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THE BONDS WERE SOLD
Mil. STOTKSHLUY, the banker member
of tho Slnkinjt Kunil C(irniiil.sion, an
nounced nt the firnt open meeting of the
commlsainn q. few ilays ogu thnt if the eritl
rim of the banking syndicates who bid for
city bonds was continued the bankers would
cease their bidding.
Vhcn the bids for $7,000,000 of new bonds
were opened Tlmrsdaj no bid was found
from mi of the banks in the syndicate,
which has frequently offered to take nil or
none nt a given ('guru and has frequently
aeoureil all ut the figure offered.
Several other batiKH made bids, however,
and still other banks were prepared to take
large blocks of the bonds.
It is evident that there is no group of
bonkers powerful enough ti force the city
to sell its boudu to its members on the terms
which they choose to fix. The demonxtratlon
of this is fortunate for the city, and it should
encournge independent bankers to make bids
in the future in the confident hope that they
will not be blocked out by any syndicate.
ANOTHER BLOW AT THE BOARD
WHILE it is impossible at this time to
foretell the ultimate fate ofthe liudings
of the State Constitutional Revision Com
mission, it can hardly be denied thnt an idea
behind nt least one of its recent recommen
dations will win a substantial measure of
popular support.
Section 1!. Article V, of the new instru
ment provides that "no duties .shall be im
posed on a court or judge etcept stirh ns
-shall relate to the ndminNtrntion of justice
. or the conduct of the business of the court
"or to the conduct of elections."
It may be argued that the amendment
Is out of plnce in the constitution. One of
the implications, however, is signllli'iintlv
clear. The law. if made fundamental, would
compel the Legislature to de ise some other
method of naming the members of the Hoard
of Education.
t'ndoubtedly the present method appoint
ment by judges is in disfavor. The fact
' thnt nbuses also crept into the earlier s.xstem
' ought not to be construed as a complete de
fense of the present arrangement
The Legislature will npposi. current sen
timent if it fails to inquire thoroughly into
'the whole subject, whether the proposed ew
1 stitutionnl change i.s or is not adopted.
RELIEF IN SIGHT
IpMPLOYMENT agencies in town report
-i that girls nnl women are appl.ving for
domestic work in increasing numbers.
'Within two or three weeks, they sa , the
applications haw increased ."( per rent.
And the girls who demanded from SV- to
fH a week which, as it includes hoard and
lodging is much more than school teachers
get are now willing to work for from fi)
to 511!. mid they are less particular about
the size of tin. famil or the number of
dinner parties given.
There are special reasons for this incrense
. in the number of applicants for household
work One m that nniny mills are idle and
another is that many girls wish to earn
money for the holidii spending JUit the
i employment agencies are convinced that the.
' peak in wage- has I n reached and thnt
' there will be a gradual decline until wages
Tench H figure which enu be p.ild by the
' average family.
The demand for housemaids, however, is
likely to be less than before the war. Many
houewiws haw bought labor-saving devices,
such as electric washing and Ironing ma
chines, pneumatic -uiepers nnd electric cof
fee and tea puts, all of which simplify house
work. If the inonej reipured to pav a maid
for a war were mwstcd in Mich devices a
hou-e would li,. so well equipped that the
Twrk in it i. ,ud be done easily by the mem
bers if the f.ui.ih with need for little out
aide help '
PETITIONERS WITH POWER
THE politu ians bo are arranging the
lc,(islatiw program t.. he curried out in
Ilnrrisburg this winter are recknniiu: with
out the new w.j.rs Women in the past have
petitioned the Legislature but scant atten
tion lias been given to their demands This
yenr the League of Won, en Voters is ar
ranging n Icgislnm- program of its ,,, ,
It will be i.pr Died ,j it, agents in the
atate capital i mi i..imifi t,, ccm.uii the
passage of the bills nhich it favors
The Wfiuiiii ar t pamcularl interested
In the protection of the different members
cf a polnwiil machine. They are just now
more dei ply interested in constructive hu
mane legislation. If the ih. not get It in
Ilnrrisburg this winter the i ,t out to
aecure the election of a Legisbitrn- which
vill be more repn sciii..tiw of the ibsiris uf
lie-half of the Mitels
The women know their power -hihI thev
know what the wish Thev naw been
alud.iing mciologiciil questions for many
jeitrs and some of them know mote about
the subject than the men 'the) have had
to suffer rebuffs In the past, but the time
when tho will submit tamely to such trent
jaent has oine to an end.
TAX ON BANK DEPOSITS
El-.l'HESHNTATIVE TUKAIMVAY, who
has iiitrodui-ed u bill into Congress tax
ing bank deposits, estimates thnt n tax of
one-quarter of 1 per cent would yield a
revenue of at least $1 (KM) (Ms.). 000 u year
His plan provides for the collection of the
tax In monthly installments. It is to Ik
clmrged to the banks nnd thej nre to collect
it from their depositors He would exempt
mutual savings banks uml building nnd loan
associations which are operated exclusively
lor the benefit of their members.
Mr. Treaduay regards his proposed tax
Ci u tax ou cnpitul- It is not really that,
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howcrcr. It Is n tax on the gross earnings
of business, A manufacturer deposits his
receipts in a bank and checks it out to pay
his bills. Including his piiyrolls. If his pay
roll amounts to $1, 000.000 a yenr the tnx on
It, if he deposited the money in the bnnk
before he drew It nut to put in the pay
envelopes, would amount to $'25,000. If tho
Trendwny bill should be passed the Inrgc
employers would be Inclined to snvc the tax
by keeping In their own safes money enough
to meet the weekly or monthly pnroll unless
the interest on their daily bnlances were
large enough to cover the tux.
Hefore Congress passes any such new tnx
law it will consider not only the conditions
under which men do business, but its rela
tion to other tnxatlon plans. Indeed, the
taxation program to be adopted will come
from the ways nnd means cnmmltteo nnd not
from nny individual member of the House.
IN COMES MR. VANDERLIP;
OUT GOES LUDWIG MARTENS
The Inner Significance of the Deporta
tion Order Issued Against the
Soviet Ambassador
NOT ns Emma (loldmnn nnd the wailing
deportees of the old lluford went, but
elegnntl. in the first-class cabin of a first
class ship, where the fiddles and finger-bowls
are, Ludwlg C. A. K. Martens, ambassador
for the Soviets and press ngent of revolu
tion, will go back to Russia under official
pressure from Washington.
He will truvel t.i a guest of the I'nited
Stntes Government, which, in the sudden
order for his expulsion, provides that he
may be treated with every kindness nnd
courtesy on the way. This fine distinction
suggests thnt somebody in Washlnrton was
disposed to relent a little, tn give at least the
shadow of official prestige to the otherwise
unrecognized nmbnssador of a government
thnt even the Russians no longer regnrd with
any .seriousness. So the gray drnma of the
Ilnlshevists I.s coming to an end in a fiare
of Tather vivid comedy.
News of the government's Intention to put
Martens forcibly out of the country was un
expected. Secretary Wilson, of the Depart
ment of Labor, whose name Is signed to the
order, is an amiable man who hates quib
bling nnd leans toward tolerance. Left to
himself, he probably would have permitted
Mr. Martens to stroll about and give inter
views to his heart's content, knowing thnt
the soviet emissary could do no harm even If
he wished to. Only the language of the
order is Secretary Wilson's. The mood re
vealed In that document is the President's.
And to understand it fully you will have to
consider the certain effects of this particu
lar ouster on the governing minds in other
countries nnd on our own west coast, where
Kreat dreams have been dreamed ever since
Washington I). Vanderlip took a taxicab
full of concession guarantees awny from
Lenlne's office in Moscow.
Financiers of note in most of the com
munities from Seattle to San Dlgo the
same men who a few years ago demanded
firing squads for all those whom they deemed
Red were preparing to forget some of their
prejudices because tlic.v had money in Mr.
Vnnderlip's great scheme for the develop
ment and exploitation of that part of Siberia
which I.enine allotted to him. They were
not alone. In Rritain. in France, in Italy
and latterly in Japan, business interests have
been putting pretty henv-.v pressure on their
governments with n view to forcing such
recognition of the Soviets as would mnkc
trade with Russia safe and. of course, im
mensely profitable. It has been rumored
thnt friends of Mr. Vanderlip nnd his high
financiers, as well as some of the free
thinkers in politics, intended to open n drive
on Congress before long for similar ends,
nnd it was even reported that some of Mr.
Harding's advisers have ardently urged "a
more generous attitude toward the Moscow
government."
If there was a political motive in the Pres
ident's order against Martens it must be
traced from that latter rumor. Mr. Wilson
has done all that lay in his power to put
the Soviets and their spokesmen forever be
yond the rench of recognition. He has stuck
to the point of view that lie assumed at Paris
and held agninst nil opposition and criticism
in later months, when the temptation of gold
and platinum and oil lands and concessions
held out from Moscow darzled Old World
rulers and caused them to wonder whether,
after nil. the Reds were not deserving of a
little help nnd sympathy
Mr. Harding is no more pnrtlal to Lenlne
and his theories than Mr. Wilson. Hut he
has had to listen to all sorts of pleas and all
sorts of wild accounts of the riches we are
supposed to be losing by our uns.v mpnthetlc
attitude toward the Moscow government.
For once, therefore, an outgoing administra
tion mny have performed h good service for
nil incoming one.
A little while ngo it nppenred thnt the
case of Martens might drng along indefi
nitely and thnt the agent of the Soviets
might still be living peacefully in the I'nited
Stntes when the Soviets themselves were van
ished and forgotten. Then Mr. Vanderlip
landed in New York nnd told of the noble
nims of boUhevism. Some prominent west
ern bankers, listening to Mr. Vnnderlip's
account of his concessions, confessd n
change of heart The stage was being set
for an emotional appeal to Congress It
was nt this juncture that Washington seems
to have mude up its mind to dally no longer.
The order was issued to put Martens out
The text of the Imposing edict embodies
more than u stateimtit of the case against
Marten It is a reiteiatlon of n justitinhle
iinlw tment of the Holshevlsts' ulms mid
methods. It is even more than thnt It is
a veiled answer to excuis and nppenls of
the sort that hnw become common since
adventurous captains of industry began to
plan campaigns in Russia under the aus
pices of Lenine
Tin1 government of the I'nited States re
fused to djckiT with the Moscow crowd he
cause it found that they had the support of
less than liulf n million people In a db tntor
ship of force imposed upon the IMI.OOO.OOO
of the population llecaiisc Russians have
a habit of forgetting in one government.il
Incarnation what they did in previous mi.-.,
because the first art of the Red govei tuni lit
was to repudiate all obligations and debts
left bv the 7.r culm -minded statesmen
ever where felt that It would not do to iwlt
much with a regime doomed from the be
ginning to last nnlj a little while.
The views of those who at Paris refused
to treat officially nt Moscow have been fullv
justified bv retent eventu Wherever dic
tions are held in Russia the mod- rate p.ir
ties outvote the radicals It i- war that
has kept Lenlne m power, becuuse the people
h.tve been willing to co-operate with anv
government to repel invaders. Hut a pro
tound change In coining, and what sort of
government will follow It no oneknows. It
is with the disappearing regime that anxious
opportunists are cngv to mnke contracts and
working agreements. It ia a disappearing
government that other governments are
Bsked to recognize. Yet recognition would
only prolong the confusion and perhaps leud
unsuspecting peoples again into the wnrs
that always follow upon xreat foreign Invest
ments made unwisely or in too great a
hurry.
Mr. Martens Is in some ways a pleasant
enough geiitlemun. ITc lias a taste for
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revolutions. lie was deported from Russia
nt one time for plotting against the govern
ment, Tho Germans, knowing his hnblts of
mind, didn't welcome him. He has the nlr
of n cultured man of the world nnd he speaks
several languages In n nicely modtllnted
voice. Hut ho bore a rather astonishing
tuessngo to these shores. Having to spenk
for Lenlne, he had to imply thnt If our gov
ernment didn't recognize the Bolshevist gov
ernment, the Bolshevist government would
turn the proletariat loose to cat us up. Oddly
enough, It is the proletariat In Russia that,
being sick of bolshevlsm, Is now getting
ready to ent up the organization nt Moscow.
Even this knowledge Is not such ns might
be expected to console a government threat
ened on its own soil by ambassadors from
abroad. Martens was tolerated In tho United
Stntes. but his position even ns an unrecog
nized emissary never was very snfe. The
news of his expulsion Is pretty sure to cause
something of a sensation abroad. Recogni
tion by tho United Stntes even of Russian
trade agreements and credit systems would
have done a great deal to bolster up tho
declining prestige of the Lenlne dictatorship.
It queer and uncertain methods some such
recognition has been provided by somo of the
foreign governments, and naturally these
governments would prefer to see America
join nn adventure in which numbers are
necessary to even comparative safety. Hut
th administration nt Washington Is still
tinder the domination of a single-track mind.
The depnrtnt.'on order, even though Its ex
ecution may be long dcln.wd through court
appeals, will hasten mi end and a new be
ginning in Russia.
The interesting nnd significant fact for
Amerlcnns Is that ns Washington D. Van
derlip landed in America Mr. Martens was
ordered out. Therein, apparently, lies the
whole story.
BREAKING A PRECEDENT
ALONG line of traditions run counter to
President Wilson's choice of Washing
ton ns a permanent residence after with
drawal from public life.
Heretofore the clnlms of the natlnnnl
capital upon the nffectlons of retiring Chief
Magistrate!! has been conspicuously weak.
John Quiney Adams, it is true, began a new
career in the House of Representatives and
died as a member of that body. Andrew
Johnson sought to repair his reputation In
the Sennte, was chosen to represent Ten
nessee in the upper bouse, but died in 1R75
before taking his seat. But after leaving
tho White House neither Adams nor Jolin
Bon regarded Washington as home. The
eagerness of the first President to regain the
peace and gracious Isolation of Mount Ver
non is historic. Madison withdrew to his
ample Virginia estnte at Montpeller, nnd
Jefferson more or less serenely viewed tho
whirligig of politics nnd the progress or
retrogression of his fellow countrymen from
the splendid eminence of Mnnticelto. Presi
dents to whom their former habitats ceased
to oppeal selected a new environment, as
did Cleveland with Princeton.
Mr. Wilson's departure, which is in an
other sense no departure at all, Is unique
In addition to personal reasons, which are
probabl strong, there are other possible ex
planations for his decision, nnd in these the
American people are emphatically interested.
It Is generally understood that Mr. Wilson
will revert to his original role of American
historian. There is n momentous story, in
which he figures with extraordinary promi
nence, to be told.
Residence in Wnshlngton will place him
within rnsy reach of the Congressional Li
brary nnd of important ollicinl documents
nnd statistics In the various government de
partments. In the former home of Henry
P. Fnirbnnks, just purchased, Mr. Wilson
will be enabled to pursue his anticipated. In
quest into the greatest cataclysm in history.
The nation, instinctively kindly to those
who have nt Inst escaped from the turmoil
of politics, whole-heartedly desires thnt Mr.
Wilson's days ns a private resident of Wash
ington be spent pleasurably, comfortably
nnd, to spenk selfishly, fruitfully. In the
Inst hope Is contnined the expectation of a
first-hnnd chronicle of prodigious world
events.
MR. MORGENTHAU'S MISSION
THE selection of Henry W. Morgenthnu as
personal representative of the President
in the medintion plnns concerning Armenia
is not surprising. Mr. Morgenthnu's ex
perience with Nenr Eastern affairs is au
thoritative. His record as ambassador to
Turkey is brilliant and honorable. Hi ex
cellent narration of events in Constantinople
during thut part of the war which preceded
America's entrance reveals an expert knowl
edge of the various races whose conflicting
claims still confuse the situation east of the
Bosporus.
It is unreasonable, however, to expect
miracles even from the well-informed Mr.
Morgenthnu. His duties nre embarrnssingly
ill defined. Nn instructions from the League
of Nations have been forthcoming. The sole
specific fact In present view is that neither
the American Government nor the adminis
tration of the leigue promises nny remunera
tion for the services of the mediator's repre
sentative. The nature of Mr. Morgenthnu's work can
hurdlv be more than advisory. He enn In
vestigate and report. The most efficient of
individual mediators can do no more. Critics
of the whole procedure will do well to re
nu mber that judgment upon the diplomatic
method of settling international disputes
cannot be fnirl based upon the outcome of
the present problem.
The Aimeninn mediation scheme Is simply
e.peiimeutal and should be considered apart
from the international court of justice plan
which has at present only a pnper existence.
TEUTON DELICACY
GERMAN skill in devising substitutes ha
its limitations. There 1 no "ersatz"
for good taste.
Under the impression, perhaps, that he
bad found one, Wllholrn Mayer von Knuf
beiiren, German ninbassadnr to Franco, so
licited a formal introduction to Hugh C.
Wallace, the merican plenipotentiary, nt a
diplomatic rec i'ioti in Paris this week.
Teuton persistence compelled the Ameri
i an representative to be frank with his in
termediary. "Tell him." said Mr. Wallace
to M. de Fouquleres. Introducer of ambassador-,,
"thnt I refuse to meet him."
The technical war between the United
States and Germany rendered this decision
obl'ga'oiv The sltuntion was, of course,
i.iiov. ii .i II -rr von Kaufbeiiren, whose ob
ject 'vn o1 v oisly to embarrass both the
French nnd American diplomatists.
In'thls he doubtless succeeded; the boor
in the presence of genth men so often does
succeed Appreciation, however, of such
triumphs mn.v be safely left to the widely
discussed German mind
WILL HAVE TO FIGHT IT OUT
THE passage b.v the Senate of the so-called
anti sirike bill Introduced by Senator
poindexter does not mean thnt the meosure
will become a law in its present form or In
any other form, for that matter.
When the bill was cnlle.l up for consid
eration there were not more than a dozen
senators present. It went through by de
fault. The members of the House who pre
vented the inclusion of similar "anti-strike"
provisions in the Esch-Cummins railroad law
will fight the PolndexUr bill. There Is
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bound to be a long and bitter debate on it
beforo it is brought to a vote. No one need
be surprised If the present Congress nd
journn beforo the bill Is finally disposed of.
Its purpose Is to prevent the interruption
of interstate commerce by providing penalties
for it. That interstate commerce should not
be interrupted by any otio is admitted by
almost every one. The national government
already has power to secure the free move
ment of passengers, freight nnd mall from
state to state. President Cleveland exer
cised thnt power during the Chicago rallrond
strike about twenty-five years ago. He had
to send troops to Illinois in order to protect
the movement of trains, nnd he sent them
ngnltmt tbe protest of the governor of the
state. Hut the Supreme Court sustained
him In every particular.
Tho defeat of the Poindexter bill will not
destroy the power of the government in the
premises. The question for Congress to de
cide Is whether the courts shall bo empow
ered to protect Interstate commerce by pun
ishing thoso guilty of interfering with it, or
whether it shall continue necessary for the.
President to call out the army to secure the
free movement of trains while those persons
guilty of conduct which obstructs traffic nro
allowed to go scot free.
THE NEW SPAIN
THE South Americans must be feeling
nowadays very much like the young lady
whose hand is sought by several wooers
gratified by Its popularity, but disposed to
take Its time about coming to n decision.
The king of tbtf Belgians has been visiting
the Spanish -American countries. Secretary
Colby is now framing speeches which he will
deliver when he lands on the other side of
the equator. And now comes the announce
ment thnt King Alfonso of Spain will be es
corted to Buenos Aires by a naval fleet nnd
will use thnt city an his headquarters while
O ITU1IO
jctween
he seeks to bring about an entente between
the South American countries nn
country which once ruled them.
The South American pretensions of pnin? .
arc not to bo whistled down the wind VP
uniniuiiiii hjju tney migni nave occn Ignonmj
but tho Spain of toduy is a very dlffertn?
country from tho Spain of 1000, to go no
farther back. She was the one considerable
country of Europo which was not drawn into
the wnr. She has not been devastated. Her
resources have not been drained, and her
young men have not been killed on the field.
The war has Increased her wealth. But her
rejuvenation began longer ngo than 1014.
Certain parts of Madrid have been rebuilt
nnd the city is so changed that those who
knew It ten years ngo would fall to recog
nize it at the present time. There has been
a marvelous expansion of her mnnufactures.
Her shipping la flourishing and her navy,
destroyed by the wnr witn the United States,
bus been rebuilt.
The first qunrtcr of the twentieth century
has produced n new Spain, ambitious to re
rover the plnce in the world occupied by the
Spnin of the sixteenth nnd the seventeenth
centuries. And Alfonso is co-operating
with the political nnd commercial statesmen
of his country in the task which they bavo
undertnken.
The relations between Spain nnd South
America nre Intimate. Save in Brazil,
Spanish Is the language of the people. The
literature of Spain Is read there just as we
in the United States read the literature of
Grent Britain. The great names of ancient
Spnin nre the great names of the Spanish -American
peoples. Spanish nctors from
Madrid nnd Barcelona make tours in Ar
gentina just as British actors from London
make tours of the I'nited Stntes. And the
historic comedies nnd tragedies which they
present nre ns fnmillnr to their audiences ns
nre the plnys of Shakespeare to American
nudlences. The Spanish Forbes-Robertson
plnys the Spanish Hamlet And the Madrid
comedienne present In Buenos Aires the
lntest popular successes of the mother
country.
The raw material of an entente between
the ancient Spanish colonies nnd the mother
country is nt hand. It only nwnlts the con
structive action of the statesmen. Those
statesmen know thnt Barcelona is nearer to
Buenos Aires thnn is Philadelphia and they
know, too, thnt n Spaniard enn understand
the point of view and business methods of a
man of Spnnlsh descent much better than
these things can be understood by n man of
Anglo-Saxon descent.
Thnt Spain Is ready to profit by her his
toric relations with her lost colonies should
be gratifying to nil who are interested In
the progress of the world. If the United
States cannot compete with Spain it will
be for the reason that our business men nre
incapable of adjusting themselves to the con
ditions that prevail in South America. We
can offer to the Latin Americnns n market
for their raw ninterinls and we can pay for
them In manufactured products. Spain enn
do no more.
GETTING THE RECORD STRAIGHT
THE repnssage by the House of Represen
tatives of the resolution repealing most
of the wnr laws a resolution which the
President killed last summer is evidence of
the determination of the Republican majority
to redeem its campaign pledges.
The resolution does what It can to declnre
the wnr nt nn end nnd to put the country
on n pence basis. It declares that "nny act
of Congress that by its terms is In force' only
during the existence of a state of war nnil
a limited time thereafter shall be construed
nnd administered ns If the present wnr ter
minated on the dnte when this resolution
became effective."
When the Senate passes the resolution nnd
the President signs It, then the business of
disbanding the grent army of clerks called
to Wnshlngton by the wnr can proceed.
Of course, It is possible thnt the President
mny veto it, but even If he does there are
so many congressmen of both parties de
termined that the fictitious state of war
shall be brought to an end that the veto
might be overridden.
Interest Is being manifested in the ma
terial to be used in Senator Hurding's cnbl-
!'"', w,"r 'f ,';' v!"B!?,wl '"'"
hardwood finish .' Nobody knows. Decision
concerning his ability ns u cabinet maker
must therefore be reserved. The one thing
sure is that he hopes for the best and is
tapping wood.
"Let those who nre working for our
destruction beware!" cries Samuel Gompers.
Perhaps less u threat thnn a warning and a
prophecy . Labor unions have been arrogant
and hnve made mistakes, as have cmplowrs'
but to wipe them out would be to invite
something more hurtful for emplojers nnd
employes alike.
In childhood's hnppy days Santa Clans
occasionally played humorist and put n piece
of conl in the toe of the Christmas stocking
But the modern Snntn Clans cannot afford
nny such foolishness. He has other things
to do with precious coal.
We lovn the turkey because of his ig
norance. If he were a thinker he wouldn't
enjoy the Christmas season. Wanting peare
on earth, he would hnve no good will toward
men.
The first .Philadelphia woman summoned
for jury duty siis that women Jurors will be
more severe mid just than men. But wnsn't
It n minion advocate that Insisted thnt jus
tice should be tempered with mere ?
"Whatever Mr, Hoover needs to carry
on his work should be given him," says Dr.
Lewis, just returned from Vienna. It is
significant that those who know are swiftest
to indorse his work for starving babies.
NO W MY IDEA IS THIS !
Daily Talks With Thinking Philadelphians on Subjects They
Know Best
MRS. H. S. PRENTISS NICHOLS
On Value of Clubs to Women
TT ISN'T a man's world, nor yet a womnn's
world, but n world in which men nnd
women together must give their best for
humanity. And the women have learned
much concerning their share of giving
through the women's clubs of the country.
Such is the opinion of Mrs. II. S. Pren
tiss Nichols, president of the New Century
Club, one of the city's oldest and well-honored
women's organizations. Mrs. Nichols
herself is typical of the modern clubwomnn
well-dressed, intellectual, with nn innnto
ability for and Interest in housekeeping nnd
n wide, sympathetic interest in humanity
and the civic betterment of the community.
"The woman's club has been of Inestima
ble value In training women to think and
act in co-operation; thnt Is, to think ns in
dividuals and to net in organized groups,"
she snld.
"For nearly fifty yenrs women's clubs
have been gathering together groups of
women in almost every city, town nnd hnmlet
in the United States, until now the General
Federation of Women's Clubs represents
2,500.000 orgnnlzed women. The Inst indi
vidual member could be reached with any
message within a week.
"The State Federation of Pennsylvania
Women has n membership of nearly 00,000,
representing every county in the stntc.
There i.s now in process of organization a
city federation of Philadelphia women which
Is designed to bring into one organization
the women of Philadelphia. Its object will
be municipal progress and welfare.
20,000 to .10,000 .Members Hero
"Federated clubs here represent a mem
bership of between L'0,000 nnd .'10.000. At
the monthly stnted meetings of all these such
questions nre discussed as censorship of motion-pictures,
women on school boards.
women ns election officers, tho cure of the
city's poor. And through the legislative
committees, with the legislative committee
of the state federation ns well, the action
of these clubs on nil these and related sub
jects Is expressed to their representatives in
state Legislatures and Cougress.
"As time has gone on the objects of
women's clubs hnve widened, until now they
cover almost every phase of human interest.
They havo devoted themselves for yenrs,
through vnrious departments, to the con
sideration of such questions as education,
public health, snnltntion, legal protection for
women, child welfare, civic development,
social service and legislation.
"Now thnt women are voters, the thinking
A VIVID FACE r
!
YOUR face is sensitive ns some clear
spring
Agleom with wavering flecks, of sun that
strew
With gold its living beryl, dartliiig througl
The fringing fern nnd violets thut cling
Abou. its brink. While sudden ns the wln
Of oriole nnd tnnager that view
In its pure glass their forms of flume
bright hue.
Each vivid thought your eves nre mirroring
And sometimes when like petnls of wild
rose
Thnt fall with delicate rippling of the
fount
Joy on your cheeks with mantling luster
glows
From hiddcji depths of feeling swiftly
mount
Fresh crystal pulsings of such tenderness
As angel's troubling of the springs confess.
Eliot White, in the New York Sun.
Still Imperfect
I'rnrn tho l.os Anseles limes
The federal prohibition director in New
York hns n plnn thnt may Interfere wllh the
operations of the bootleggers. He proposes
to furnish nu olliciiil escort) for every drop
Of liquor from the time of its withdrawal
from t(ie warehouse until It reaches the
ultimate consumer. This method would he
rather expensive nnd the escort would have
to be large enough to watch one another nn
well us the whisky, but it should eliminate
tin middleman. However, there Is alwn.vs
the question whether the ultimate i uiisiiiiier
is really the person he Is presumed to he.
There is no absolute assurance that be him
self might not liuve a ttiulu of bootlegger in
his veins.
WELL MET!
force of the woman electorate in in the groups
of-nrcviously organized women. Their long
training in careful study of all sides of public
questions will mnke it very difficult for pro
fessional political leaders to control their
votes.
"Even now legislators arc beginning to
say with reference to proposed legislation:
'What do the women say about this? What
do they want?'
"In public affairs I believe women are
going to be more interested in human welfare
legislation thnn in merely political and eco
nomic questions, although they are vitully
Interested even in these phase's of govern
mental activity.
Back of City Betterment Plans
"Club women are standing back of any
effort made by the present city administra
tion for the good of Philadelphia. At a ro
cent meeting of women in the Mayor's office
resolutions were unanimously enrried pledg
ing the women represented there to give
their earnest support to every effort on the
part of the Mayor and municipal government
to promote the best interests of the citizens
of Philadelphia.
"Thnt women are not forgetting their
work is shown by n recent meeting of mem
bers of the League of Women Voters nnd the
New Century Club to discuss nnd plan for
the forthcoming primary elections. They
will make an effort tn sen tl.nf r.r,.n. .,-''
dldatps arc chosen and that the registration
niiuu me ym: us inr as possmie the name of
every citizen of voting nge In Philadelphia.
"Club vyomen generally ns voters are going
to make character the test of fitness in every
candidate for whom they vote, regardless of
his political affiliations.
"Every yenr sees the field of women's
duties widening. We realize as never be
fore that fhis is not just a man's world nor
just n womnn s world, but a plnce where men
and women together must give of their best.
Uutt Is why our women's clubs nre growing
and developing nnd helping women to see
nnd do their shnrc."
What Do You Know?
QUIZ
1. Nuino tho Central American republics.
2. What is nn odalisque?
3. Who was SlByphus in classical mythol-
1. What bhruh produces mock oranges?
' JlL' U me""'b' a pasticcio painting- or
piece of music?
6. Who Is generally regarded ns the nblest
American seiieral of tbn American
Revolution after Wnshlngton
7 l',1, a I)arlan "V"' ll0w should the
word be pronounced?
S. How many states seceded from the
ClTwar? "10n "' th ou,br'k l the
9. What kinds of theatrical entertainment
may he .ltscrlben as pantomimes?
10. What dlstlnBUUhed American was known
ns "The Old Man Eloquent"? ""ow''
Aniwers to Yesterday's qu
1. Tho two largest rivers In the world so
far as volume of water are concerned
nro the Amazon and tho Congo,
2. Used ns nn adjective tho word n'lternato
shou d bo pronounced with the accent
on the second syllable. Altcrnnte. the
verb. Is ntceiited on the first syllable.
3. Panama has hcen an Independent re
public for seventeen yenrs.
4. The word ambergris in from the French
"anibro grin." ray amber Ambergris,
however. Is not amber nt all, but a wax.
like pubslnnre found fiontlng In tropical
whale"' lnl,8"e of tho sperm
p. Chippendale furniture Is nnmed after
Thomas Chippendale, the most famous
of Lugllsh cabinet makers. He died In
Henry Thomas Iluckje was an Enulisli
historian and philosopher, "sneclnil,
ii..tl f;r his "IPHtory; of Wvl7n,o ,
England," of which, however, only th
two iniroi ucio.y volumes wen- mitt,.,,
RucWle's dates nre lS2l-lsri.
The Canary Islands are u group In the
Atlantic ocean, lying northwest of
iv,'rl,'a.lnJ.ut,,lJdV -7 n"rth, longltmle
13 west. They belong to Hnaln
"Aliunde Honorable'
anil r parntloii
Is public apology
Filduy mean's terra's day nnd Is named
lifter I-rea. the wife of OiIIh In Anglo
Saxon my tbology.
Kismet Is destiny, from tho Arabic
"iulBinu.H
10,
SHORT CUTS
London is still fighting the battle & I
jutiana.
Santa Clnus knows the value of adm-1
tlslng space.
Every convicted rogue knows that boa-
esty Is the best policy.
Many an unfortunate criminal falls bt-
twecn two stool pigeons.
The motto of the Christmas shoppers li
now "Better late than never."
ITp tn dnte Santa Clnus hns not been I
student ot forest conservation.
Perhnps "a curbstone Diogenes" ill
guy with a pain in his little tubby.
The condition of shop labor appears ttl
De nn open nnd anut proposition.
The three enemies of world peace ml
Greed, Jealousy and Pride of Race,
Nothing is so unsure ns the fat of a ml
bill In the bands of a legislative body.
ft Is the business man who ttVti b'u
losses gamely that holds his customers.
With n bandit court once rendy, the otln
thing needed Vrill be to catch the bandltJ.
Add Sunshine Cackle No matter whtt
you do, you can't uvold pleasing somebody.
The trouble with so many parade! !i
that they pass a given point without miwsi
any.
There is no indignation quite so alncf.i
as that of the knave whose duplicity has brn
exposed.
Is thero something utterly Impossible ill
the thought of pence-time conscription w
uic farms (
A .l f A..UA T ..ntron nf N'fltiOJ
doesn't need teeth If it Is going to talk !
stenu oi oitc
It is a sardonic "make-up man" "
puts n patent medicine nd next to n coluw
of death notices.
With Coolldge In the cabinet, the pub
will have less excuse for forgetting the uim
of the ice President.
rm...A .... . v.. n.i wnmiin nmiinz I
J-JJUrC III!' IU UV ill! ,.,!. v.. "f - . I
judges of this year's Mummers pi"1''
Uh, mummer, why tins siigutf
t ...I ,...,- ,ntl,l,,n lu "rcimlntrd" til
.IIIU lllltl uivijiiiiiik ..-"- .. .
pendulum will proceed to swing the oinsi
way and, ot course, swing ioo nu
rru... V.I,.nli.Hu Hnn i-lces to 11 si, Coi"
gressmnn Mondell If a rigid economy is t1
Incompatible wltn n nexiiuc currem-i
Premier Giolltti will go to ((""ln..t!
visit Lloyd George. The presumption lit"1!
IJ 'Atiuunzln will uc "an invisiuie k"v-
The New York truck driver b '"!
11100 charlotte russes "because lie ';,
gry" snld something more thnn n mom
A successful politician must be W
achieve the impossible. He must, W I
stance, be able to sit and lie at the CTI
time.
U, t the, lr.cn I nnlillelnilS VvllO llf'fl
. ...i.i .- ,!,.!. . .. (.. Constant'
a wiuuMiiiiai vu.iii niidiu h" ,..
nnple, at present the most wide-open w ,
In the world.
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It sqems n pity tnat nenaioi -mlck,
who deprecates the amount of con"
sntion at Geneva, should not litmselt
the gift of reticence.
When it Is decided to refurbish the
Supreme Court building we shall be aw
point to one Supreme Court decision i
will pirilDV. tirijuuwj.
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Hoover s pien tor sinrving uuui " itl
III a way, nil ourr in mum I"; ,.i, kill
.,.,,. n....,r live,! In un eilllltV HtOtllSCII ""I
International application.
It may at once bo taken for Br,.0!J
that Congressman Trcnilvvny's sngKesUu l
on uiiiik deposits win in least mm- - -
enemies us any oilier suggest i
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