IW'W pp. "pi : -'''sw---- n "-V.1 i l t EVENING PUBLIC LEDGEI PHILADELPHIA", WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 22, 1920 8 K-"E" 1 ' 1 fEfuenincj "JJubUcUIcbgcr PUBLIC LEDGER COMPANY CTOU3 It. K. CURTIS, rsBIIPINT Charles It. Ludtnston. Vice Trldni: John C. JUrlln, Sfcrot-ry and Treasurer I'hltlp H Collin. John II. Wllllami, John J. 8pur.ort, DlrctoT-. EIUTOMAL. nOAHD Cticn It. K. Ci'STtn, CruUrmn J1AVID H. flMH.KT.. " Editor JOHN G. afAriTTN. General Ilmlneis Manantr PubllphfJ dally nt TOLto I.Rom llutldlnc linlepend nee sici-are, I'hllartelphln. Atiustic Citt Press-Union muMInc Nxit Yoim 301 Madlton Av. Dbtkoit . Tfll l'onl IlmMing St. Loch 613 oiolx-Dv-'io.-raf nulKllnc OtltCAOO 130J Vnbutri HiilMlrg news nfncxvs- W'aJIIIs.OTO.V llCRKAf. N. IX Car. Petinslanla Ave. una 14th St Srr York Iici-rur. 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I'hlUdelpliU, Tltdntida;, December 52, 1M0 THE RIGHT VIEW ON TRANSIT TN ANNOUNCING to tin- 1'. It. T. dircc .1 tors his determination to take ns speedily in possible the steps necessary to the op eration df the Frankford L, Mayor Moore evidently assumes that the lease deadlock is breakable This Is the right attitude to take, for whatever the difficulties and complexities of the situation, nothing can be gained by timidity and doubts Roth the rlty and the transit compnnv xk ill have to do some compromising. The alternative Is stagnation arid n repudiation of the public's interests. The conference of engineers which the Mayor intend to cull cannot, of course, put through the definitive terms of a contract between the municipality and the P. K. T. Rut the meeting should be nblo to clarify certain practical questions and servo as a useful prcliminarv to action in which legal aid "111 be needed. Though, it may require courage to face tho transit .situation cheerfully, that attribute Is indispensable to an unraveling of the tangle. Neither of the parties to the lease which must eventually be framed need as yet fpar that it has abused the public with exhibits of overc nufidence. To be ingenuously and excessively hopeful of progress is nn-Philndclphian. sometimes rather regrettably so. LIGHT NEEDED THE public will not be interested in a row between the police and federal agents for precedence in the case that has grown out of the raid in which Captain Tempest gathered in .?'.", 000 worth of narcotics held b peddlers who sell the stuff to dope fiends. What the public wants to know is why, since it federal ugent spems to have been at home in the house where the drugs were confiscated, the place was uot raided before Tempest arrived? If thit odd circumstance can be explained It ought, to be explained at once, in justice to an important branch of the federal service which has been put in an unfavorable and rerhaps an unjust light by current accounts. of the raid. HIGH CARNIVAL BREWING TIIH natural reluctance of the public to look beyond the delights of Christmas rather heightens than detracts friyn the appreciation of Philadelphia's New Year carnival Save In those persons directly Interested, preparations for the celebration are somewhat unmarked The pageant i, therefore, doubly enjoyable. Occurring nt a time whbh would otherwise bo nnticlimactic, It contains something of the elements of a refreshing surprise. The "shooters" tins year have been ex cepMounlly hiisc Twenty -five thousand badges, entitling the v. eaiers to plai es in the line of mareli, hae alreadv been dis tributed. Several of the captains' capes will require hs maoi i- hftv bearers Tho em phasis will he particularly placed upon splendor I'i. irfs,.ipnpss dors not have to be eiill'vated It is inherent in this unique, festival THE FROWN OF A LOSER TIIT etrr.' of . Mm s Vnre's reflection of publi- opinion having been emphasized bv his fn i'ii r. . ,', n membership in the it csimrnit'f 'n-i sinng, attempted re tiiliatii ii wis ;ei ,i s inevitable. The ax was vheftnl f..t ,, s. p;, ,s 'rramer. whose double oiTeris. wi, i, r-'si-nee iu the committee fnd Ms atli'mtion ;i the Moore admin lstrnlieii r'e. '.; ' popular vote Tie ranir r-r; d'reeteil toward Truin er , remova' v.u ut least an ilium. rating nutance of n'.i' p iblii- opinion means to those from v lio-n it has been withdrawn. It is ! ii i , . up,, al of Mr 'ir that he arts as "houih 'i.s defeat were un indorse ment. THE LONG PILGRIMAGE Cji:VAT('i; lulir.r, S addr. ., je-t.rdav at O tint trrri r in 'i brntio-i of the I'll srims" landins nr I'hmout'i. spliitd and Kehol3rlv as it n, indieated that even so thoughtful n man as the sag" of Massachu setts, has fa"' n in oik of the i-ouunoiiesc of trrors. 11" sp,,., ,,( the Pilgrims as if They represented a un shw tjpe an nban dor.i'd muse. :i d app'aring element of human character In th- address delivered -i this city b I roihusli, of Swarthmnre, nnd indeed, in nil th var ou ciirrem dis i issioiis of th( life of th" first p.onei rs in New Kiigland. there is uu i"holug note of regret for goiretlnng presjuiably lost out of the lolllll.on life of these t.lnes. The view thus s'igge,tul will nut be shared by uny one who takes th.. trouble to look beyond the surface of contemporary affairs. The Pilgrims were men and women U,, traveled far and venturnl greatly m seari h of liberty of conscience and liberty of aetioii. Thev faced gre.it daugeis ur.d -iflirnl great hardships in their qui m and for moral prin ciples whii h the) deemed lu-ejiaruble frum ail upright and ordf led and progressive lift, they left the world bi hind them and traveled ns far and in regions as strange as a man might travel now if he went to set up a new civilization at one of the pules. Vet. for one Pilgrim who lauded on the roi k, a thousand are now Mntur.ng and striving and going on lung journeja anil en during the stresses and tho dangers und the loneliness of pioneers whose only guide Is the light within Men everywhere who still go forth to battle with the forces of hatred und intolerance; those who give, their lives to bold back the emissaries of savage rc iction, and those who insist on speaking truth at all times und in all circiimstaiicos bavo merely taken up the long journey at the point where the? Pilgrims stopped. point where rtalnly tl'fjlri.t to ( the men nnu women who were i co from our own and allied conn pl if the relief of the children and tbe lfs..4Vr i ,. . afflicted noncombatants in enemy territory risked as greatly as tho Pilgrims did In the voyage over almost unknown waters. They had to go against the suspicion and contempt of their own aroused nud Injured peoples. Hut they went, becatiso the spirit that was iu them would give them no rest. "They set spiritual things above all ma teriol values." said Mr. Lodge of the May flower's company. So they did. "The two most Important things we can learn from tho Pilgrims," said Dr. Porbush, "ia to shoul der our responsibilities and to be more tender und considerate to ono unother." That Is true. Hut it is only necessary to look about the world, to listen to the courageous voices that r.rc lifted In it constantly to make them selves beard even above tbc tumult of bigotry, ignorance and selfishness to know that the long pilgrimage of man toward a worthy Ideal of life und conduct has not ended and Is not in danger of being aban doned. Kvery ni.ni who uiniuestiotiitigly risked his life, his peace, his reputation and his com fort for a principle and there arc some mil lions of them in our own country alone is a unit in the great fellowship associated by tradition with the Mayflower. Kor tho Pil grims were for the most part humble nud devoted people. It was the Puritans who were self -assured and domineering. The Puritnns. rather than their associates in tho founding of New nugland, formulated the rigid codes of the time and the laws that since have been cnlled blue. MAYOR MOORE HAS JUST BEGUN TO FIGHT The Hostile Council Majority Is as De luded as the Commander Who Called on Paul Jones to Surrender, Thlnklno He Was Defeated TIIH moral victory which the Mayor won In the Council yesterday afternoon leaves him stronger than nt any other time since he entered tho City Hall. He has forced the members to go on record on the issue of whether the city is to be run in the interest of political machines or is to be run in tho interest of the taxpayers. He defended the Interests of the taxpayers in his veto of certain extravagant nnd un necessary Items In tip appropriation for the Municipal Court. He set forth in a calm nnd logical manner his reasons for cutting down the appropria tion for probation officers, for stenographers and the rest. He exhibited the needlessness of so large a Btnff in the light of what is done in cer tain other departments of the city and In the light of the far greater omount of work done by the Chicago Municipal Court with a much smaller staff of assistants of all kinds. There was not a word in the veto mes s.igo which could wound the susceptibilities of a single man. He discussed the question on its merits and made out n case that is invulnerable ou its merits. Put when the question of sustaining the cto was put to a vote it was lost by a. majority of nine Tho ten Vnrc council men, supported by five men elected on n platform that pledged them to the support of the administration of Mayor Moore, united to override the veto. The six men who supported the Mayor Mere fleorge Council, James A. Pevelin, William It. Horn, Robert J. Pnttou. Wil liam V. Hoper and Charles II. Von Tagen. They were loyal to the people who elected them. They refused to become a party to a plot of spoilsmen to protect a lot of use less jobs in a court that has been prostituted to the purposes of politics almost from the moment of its organization. And they de cided to continue to uphold the hands of n Mayor who has pledged himself to give to the citj an honest nud economical administration of its affairs. The city knows now where theso men stand. It knows that it can depend on them nnd that it can have confidence in the in tegrity of their purposes. It will not forget them when It is selecting men to serve it in the future. P.ut the five apostates hac won for them selves a distinguishing ignominv which will follow them for the rest of their political lives. 1'rani is F. Iturch, Siginund .1. Onus, Alexis J. I.imeburner, Hugh L. Montgomery and Itichard Weglein were just ns faithfully pledged to the support of the Mayor when they were elected ns the six men who voted to support the veto yesterday nfternoon. Ilecause it was bellet ed that Weglein coii'd bo trusted to keep his pledges to sup port "lean economical government he was elnrtr-d to the presidency of the Council by the vote of the administration members. Hcoause It was believed that Iturch was a lo.al supporter of th" purposes of the men who led in the fight to overthrow the con tractor domination of the city government he was made chairman of the finance committee of the Council, the most important and most powerful committee of that body Hut these men have gone over b,r and breeches, to the Mayor's opposition If they hud been elected as Vare men they ,ould not hae served the purposes of the Vares more effectively. The Vare councilmcn are interested m spoils They or their polltienl masters have been taken care of b the distributor of the spoils of the Municipal Court . Most if not all of the so-called administration council men who voted ngainst the Major jester dnv Imin also been taken (are r,f They voted to pruttct the jobs of the men who had been appointed or nre to b appointed at their solicitation If the j.,1is had been guru to t (ill as tile price of then' votes they could not have acted anv differently. They wre f n " men so long us they i hose to remain tree Hut they have chosen to sell themselves into political bondage to the worst political influences iu the oty. They are no longer their own masters. They have got themselves into the toils of a political (ombination which cares fur nothing but the spoils It does not pretend to be interested in efficiency or in economy or in anj thing but its own politiial power and the profit tnat can be made out of that power. Tln-v tna think that they are still free, but their masters will continui! to demand from them payment for whut they have received, and squirm as they may, so long as thoy continue in tl.e combination into which they have eutered, they ennnot resist payment. When the master pulls the strings the puppets will perform just as they performed yesterday. These turncoat councilmcn may think tho memory of the people is short, but they aro likely to discover their error The memory of tho Mayor is not short, nc has been playing for months for just such a show down as bas now been made. He has knowu who the weak-kneed members of the Coun cil were. He has been aware of their dlcker- in,. u-ltli his pnemies. And now tltnt Iia lll1 " " - -" "s Irbas got these men out in the open, where tho public can understand just what he has been up ocainst, he is in a position to carry - -.- s -s- j.s. ',. r r - -1 ,, ... . - --r,SElaHHHaa Hfc5i- ' " t. ... J.5fffiaHTlia3:v',3HK,r ITTT. ,";'Smi'.'.-ir.-.i!-i-...-.s.j,.iJ'.j-lJi ...j... .- . L his fight directly to the court of public opinion. Councilman Hoper correctly diagnosed the situation when ho told his colleagues that they might he able to override tho veto, but that they could not override public senti ment. There is not the slightest possible doubt that public sentiment supports the Mnyor's veto. It cannot do otherwise. He exhibited the extravagance of the Municipal Court items so clearly that no defense of them Is possible. Indeed, no attempt was made to defend them. The councilmcn knew in their own hearts that they were ludcfenslblc by any argument which could be addressed to thinking men. The money was set npurt to take care of political proteges of the various leaders, and that was nil there was to it. Sc 'pi'.ifferent were the (otincilnicii to the law that they once more voted a salary for n probation officer who already holds nu othrr Job. They knew when they voted it that the charter cxpresslv forbids dual office holding, but Judge Drown wanted the money and they voted It to him. iu accordance with the terms of their understanding. The fight is on between those who wish a decent government of this city nnd those who nre willing to wink at tho exploitation of the taxpayers in tho interest of political gangs. Indeed, distinguished leaders have advised the Mayor to "go easy with the boys" nnd to let them bnfe u little leeway, moaning to let them use the resources of the city to pay their political debts. The same leaders havo been urging the Mayor to go easy with tho protectors of vicious resorts of ono kind or another, nnd they have found him as firm in tho one case as in the other. The vote on tho veto message brought the fight of the spoilsmen Into the open. The Jight on the other Issue will get luto the light of day in the course of time, nnd when it is known by the publtc that there is a conspiracy on foot in this town to ham string tho Mayor unless he surrenders him self to the forces of evil there is likely to be such an uprising in his support as to aston ish nnd bewilder the leaders who nre accus tomed to look with contempt on every high ideal nnd honest purpose. We end ns we began by remarking that the Mayor is stronger today than he has ever been before. He knows who his friends are und whero his enemies can be found. He Is likely to fight from now on without the fear of being stabbed in the back by some one In his own camp, and before ho gets through with them the men who arc conspiring ngainst him nre likely to be sorry that they undertook to unhorse him. The Mayor may say ns Paul Jones re marked on a famous occasion when ho was called upon to surrender, that he has only just begun to fight. The history books tell us that tho other fellow surrendered to Paul Jones. CALDER ON COAL WHAT could the state do if. following the suggestion of Senntor Calder, it at tempted to use the power of the Legislature to eliminate disorder nnd moral lawlessness and inefficiency in the anthracite fields? Thnt question will present itself nnturallv to any one who saw in the angry comment of Mr. Calder and Mr. Hdge and in their threat to appeal for nationalized coal the inevitable result of headlong profiteering in the industry. Socialistic dogma from con servative Republicans is atonishing. Hut in this instnnce it merely reeals tho effect which any close scrutiny of conditions iu the anthracite fields is likely to hae upon a rational mind. The stntOj if it undertook to reform and regulate the coul business within its bor ders in the interest of the general consumer, would hne to begin from the diagnosis of Mr. Hoover, who found in the course of a thorough exnminnHon of disturbing factors that medieval rules of distribution nnd con trol still govern the output and sale of fuel in the ('lilted States. Important as coal is. not onlv to the householder but to all indus try, it is still regarded nt the source as some thing put in the ground for the exclusive aihnntnge of speculators and investors. Thus the great areas of untouched coal lands arc acquired and held by corporations which aim not to increase the coal supply, hut to rc strict it. Many leuses held in Pennsylvania were made to protect existing mines against possible competition. Yet, even if these leases were voided and if competitive opera tion Mas made possible on n large scale, the-e would still be the eternal problem of alliances, open and secret, between the rail nnd mining companies formed, of course, with a view to making life bard or uncertain for the independents. There would be, too, the disposition of the independents nod of all leaso holders and operators to organize in air-tight rings for safetj and large profits. The law of supply and demand does not operate normally in the cal industry. It was shelved jenrs ago. If the state could find a wuy by which all coal lands might be thrown open for competitive operation, and if. hating done that, it ( mild compel the rail companies to deliver (.irs wherever and whenever they were needed, coal would not be selling at $1." T.O a ton and speculators would not have it in their power to gnmble endlessly with the fuel without which in dustries cannot operate. Hut before any such reforms are possible we shall have to send men of brnins to Hnr risburg The problem in the anthracite fields is one for economists nnd statesmen. Ward heelers will never be able to solve it : nnd, what is more, they will never even try. JERSEY JUSTICE SLOWS UP THH wholesome respect in which "Jersey justice" is held is unlikely to be in creased by delay in executing the death penalty on Prank J James. The brutality, sordidness anil premeditation of the crime committed by him and ills ac complice Schuck alienate the case from sen. timentnl consideration. Since it is sinnelv conceivable thut the appeal to bo taken will result In any softening of sentence, pro longation of the case boars the marks of futilitj. Speed in fixing and dating penalties ims sometimes been subversive of justice. That iew, however, is insupportable in the pres ent situation, in which the facts are not in question, nor the underlying motive noi the vicious magnitude of the outrage. BACK TO NORMAL TLMULKH such as took place iu the si, k market yesterday, when speculators loht more of their paper profits, aro responsible. for most of the idle rumors of business troubles and impending Industrial dopressiou. Hut the stock market is a world unto it self. The needs of the country, its energy, its resources, its spirit and Its great and actual wealth are unchanged. We are morely passing, with relatively little pain or discomfort, to a period of normal valua tions in industry. We are returning to sanity. Once we get on solid ground again full speed in industry will lie restored a I most instantly -and meanwhile talk of pos( !l.l- I. ..-I .II. ....... ..! 1 1.11 , .-' SIUIO uuaiiircrj aiiuii-.-i umi lung idleness H baseless and without reason. . . . i jJ c. -. . , i .. . .j - . . .j j l. . .mmtLrMMaiammim- i-jiiuti inn i iniinfi r -a -- iib-Mi. ... a.a . .i. .. ...,ni. , .uj' - --.hhh AS ONE WOMAN SEES IT Woman's Back Hair as a Factor In the Consideration of the Press as a Mighty Englno for the Col oring of the News Ily SARAH D. LOWRII3 THH other night nt tho Contemporaiy Club one of the guests of a member sit ting near me confessed to having two nmbi tlons unfulfilled, One uns to slug n scale on the stngc of La Scala nt Milan, nnd the other was to face the Contemporary so that for once she could see a front view of the coiffures upon which she had gazed for many hospitable scars. I looked cautiously about me on the bock breadths of all the ladles' hc.tds in m vicinity, and had to exert self-control not to put a tentative and apologetic hand up to my own. Comparatively few of us had what could bo dignified by the word coiffure. We had rather gone on the cook's recipe. "What you cant see won't hurt you! so far as our own putting up our back hair went. 1 was left wondering whether conceit oi ubscut-mindedness lay back of our treating ourselves like objects of one dimension. And those who do care to, nrrnnge n charming effect iu the bnck arc they cleverer than the rest of us, or just more thoughtful? T WONUHRKD if to n psychologist's eyes X our fronts were really less chaotic. It was a comfort to know that Mr. Llppmunn and Mr. Angell the two chief speakers of the evening were not lu any marked sense psychologists. Mr. Augcll Is more Inter ested in what people ought to bo than what they arc. He is charming if reitcrntivc, and has the endearing qualities nnd qunlntnesses of the "White Knight." Mr. Llppmnnn is not of n type thut Is yet familiar in thi -country in our own class. He looks very eastern. There is almost n touch of Mon golian Tartar in his face. And his gravity and firmness and stability of assurance arc quito Tibctun. It is as natural that western civilization nhould seem ineffectual and ripe for shatter ing to him as it did to any of the leuders from Genghis Khan down. Hordes of fierce, purposeful outlaws riding down the effete dwellers of fertile lands nnd sneking cllie has been the method best Milted to the tem per of the Kast uhen moving westward. It is In the blood to intend to conquer the world by force. However, tliere wns nothing that sug gested conquering the world in Mr. Lijip mnnn's few remarks on newspapers before the Contemporary. Probably when he found thnt he and Mr. Angell had no real antagonist to speak for what some angry rndlcal has called "the kept press," they lost zest in speaking their full minds before the Contemporary audience, who had so plainly come out to sec violence done some one or something that it must have been a peculiar joy to let them down with a few generalities. It turned out to be a very mild evening, even though Miss Winsor and Mr. Harrison Morris "obliged the audience" with n few renditions of their old themes in very good oicc nnd'inanncrisms. THERE wns one thing said by both Mr. Angell und Mr. I.ippmnnn with great seriousness, nnd some reltcrntion that seemed to admit to those who spoko later of no question, hut which I cannot for the life of me see the logic of, or the morality of, for thut ninttcr. It wns to the effect thnt the policy of the paper, as voiced by the editorial page, should not be permitted to color the news of tho pnper, either by headings or captions introducing the news, or by omissions of news that might color the headings nnd cap tions. Personally, I have always supposed that the general newspaper public constituted the jury, the contending lawyers are the news papers anil the witnesses are the reporters. The editorials are the lawyers' preliminary speeches, pointing out what they mean to prove by the testimony of reliable witnesses, and the captions and headlines over the news items nre the bias toward the truth, as he sees it, which the lawyer for the plaintiff or against him brings out by lib questioning or cross-questioning. IF ONH believes that the soviet is n wholesome form of government for Russia, nnd possibly for America eventually, and if he bujs a newspaper to push that theory, how futile to publish iiuy news thut he thinks confirms his views without n caption thnt will give his editorial nrgumenfs n gentle jolt iu the right direction to n stupid but well-meaning public. The stupider the public, the bigger the caption. And since, being n genuine soul, no doubt, he is con vinced thut nil the facts prove his theory about the soviet, nnd only the falsehoods can b" used on the other side, what more justifiable than to omit what nre obvious falsehoods or throw doubt upon them by n cautionary caption? NO OWNKR of a newspaper buys tho paper to give the public the news just as news. His buys the paper to give tin) genera' public the news so edited as to make it the right news, iu his mind, for the pub lie to read, and he chooses un editor who feels inja general way about the needs of the people and the telling of the news to fit the needs of the people ns he feels, nnd be announces on his editorial page what those needs are und how the news, ns ho sees it. fits those needs; then he gives tho facts ns he sees them to confirm his edl torial. It is n perfectly open und nboveboard proceeding. No one is gulled. If the pub lie dots not like one newspaper's way of examining a witness, it can go nnd listen to the cross-examination of the same wit ness by the Jnwjer for the defendent in a rial newspaper. Th" cost of owning a newspaper Ik so tre inend'ii n, and the profits, when there are profits, are got lit the cost of so much effort and anxiety that n man must lime pretty urong convictions ns to what the news paper is to accomplish on the minds of the public in order to nerve himself up to put ting the thing through and keeping it going. It would be n reckless editor who did not strive with all bis cleter, experienced might to make his audience go with him, at lenst 1 ii 1 f wuv. He makes a double appeal to tin m -firt. by the facts, as he sees them, then by a theorizing on the facts. If he is very wise he will realize that for eerv man who reads the editorial, four read the facts, and for every four who read the fads, eight read the headlines. lie who sits reads the editorials, He who walks rends the facts. lie who runs reads tho headlines. It is obvious, therefore, that editorials, news, all the purpose of the paper, must be got into the headlines, so that he who runs may read. LIVE WHILE YOU LIVE OH SHI.n the present it is ours ; The clock is ticking on the wall ; The sweet dews huvc bathed the morning's, flowers, And golden sunshine gilds them all. Fair Mother Kurth iu emerald giecn Her lovely form doth all adorn ; Forget the past, the might have been. Come forth nnd greet the smiling morn. Oh, seize tho present it is ours. No tides delay, lny boat Is near, I'm jeaious of the fleeting hours, For winter snows nre nil too near O'er yonder deep no clouds arc seen To stain its depths a deeper hue; Forget the past, the might have been. Full flooded Life once more renew. This Life is mixed with sweets nnd sours, Sutishino and shadow, grief and pain ; Oh. seize the present, it is ours, The past is gone nor comes again. If In your eyes the calm serene A sudden moisture should annoy, Forget the past, the might have been - If any tears, then tears of Joy. CTBUK .ii". s'cyMiu uiyuta r y THE NOW MY IDEA IS THIS! Daily Talks With Thinking Philadelphia on Subjects They Know Best ROBERT VON MOSCHZISKER On the Law as a Calling ffrplIl'RK is a place and moro thnu nn even - chance of success for nny young man in the practice of law if he has high aspira tions, energy nnd willingness to work hard, acquire the necessary preliminary educa tion and to go ut it with the will to suc ceed." This is ihc opinion of Robert von Moschzlsker. chief justice of the Supreme Court of Pennsjlvnnin. The justice advises such young men to enter the profession and points out that there ore numerous oppor tunities for that type of aspirant. "In n genernl way," snys Justice von Moschzlsker, "there never wos a time which offered a more open field to success in the law than the present; but no young man should enter it unless he really feels the call. I menu by this that those who lire going into the Inw should do so with high nplrations, and not merely ns n way to earn u living. Although the majority of men who come to the bar must earn their living by the practice of their profession, nnd are entitled to n good return from their work, nevertheless the law should be viewed by them ns something more than u mere business; otherwise no real success, in the big scribe of thnt term, is possible. "The law is the only means of holding together the fabric of organized society, so its inwbers. may live in mutual accord and the body function as a whole; tinder the sys tem in vogue with Us flic judges arc the engineers intrusted with the control of this vast organization, the men at the bar being their first assistants thoe to whom the courts must look for help and support iu making the machinery operute effectively. Kani ii Lhlng Chief Object "What greater calling could there bo thnn this of keeping the wheels of organized society moving in mtapuintivc harmony, to insure continuous prosperity and happiness nn earth; but, as I said before, the majority of young men who ( mne into the learned professions are compelled by circumstances to enrn their livings in the field they enter, and necessarily they are interested iu the prospects which the law offers from that standpoint. As to this, in my experience, ns it practitioner and on the bench, I hno never seen any one come to the bar properly equipped with energy, learning anil u will to success who has not achieved it. "One of the preseut leaders of the Phila delphia bar. a very jnunir man to be m-. counted among the leadeis, entered hl.s pio fesslon only about twenty years ago, with out any important business or recognized social connections, and hv unassisted ability and push lw has not only won recognition us a lawjer but a lucrative practice. I could point to many others, both nt the bar and on the bench, who have achieved an equal degree of success under like ap parently disadvantageous clrciimsfnnces "Tho world holds forth largo opportuni ties to those who hiuo the proper intel lectual equipment for the law und arc will ing to work: but woik. work and then more work while others are pluving Is the secret of success at the bar, as 'it probably is in all other nelds of endeavor. Auv joung man with a bent toward the law who is willing to tiuvel straight and indulge lu the necessary effort has more tlmn an even chance of winning liniincial success in that profession today; mi it nlwnvs has offered opportunities (or distinction of the kind which commands public recog nition beyond most other callings. ICdiicatlon Can Ho Acquired "Of course, the stud f the law requires n prel mluiiry education up to a fixed stand ard; but this can always be obtained by those who are willing to strive for it no matter what diflicultics there are to over come, and when acquired education Is n priceless jewel which can never be stolen away. "Finally, the study of tho law tenches a niau how to reason out tho propositions '.r, fT," uiV. '; nl to reach ll.fr .nYielnulons Hutu I, .1... i. I'S'is wmv. , o. mfl !II1 l() ,.nm. pete ou more thun even grounds in either the field of public servlco or business H 'he decides not to llrnctlcu his nmtnevt V.'0 called big business is full of men whd will tnithfu y tel you thev owe i.i. '.? ""l to early legal studies j I think of several" """K5 .ME.i 'it-r1:.;''1 inking Hr I yer can be seen occupying porous ot cpji iiiuuiu iu riiiiv" i-uti uimiiii'n. miii ,. i... i FINGER OF SCORN mnnd In nearly nil our great railroad nnd industrial corporations. "The young man who has it in him to accomplish success, who wunts to do big things in the active world nnd do them well by all means should study law; the enrnest man who wants to lead n useful life will find his outlet in the law; nnd the intel lectual man who wants scope for his mental activities will find the law an everlasting joy." Color Value In Skunks rrom a. Ipdrtment of .Virrlculturo Ilulletln It has been .estimated that a year's catch sm nnnlH, '" p,w Ynrk Hlatp worth .? .000,000 Only oue-flfth of them are b ack or short striped. If all were of this non hcrr,Pru,1.e thev would be worth .:i,000, S,, LiPerimcuts ,n breeding skunks hove shown thnt black parents iegularly produce b ack offsprings. A preserve stocked with !i ,7tll,lI,K W01'II eventually doublo or treble the value of the catch of skunks In the territory surrounding it. At Long Range from tho Doston Transcript. A gossip is never willing to repeat unkind remarks to your face. We recently hear one when accused of this try to justify I,er f ''. M1'I"S: ''t.ossip. madam, is a social attack conducted on the approved principles of modern warfare-you nre not Supposed to see the person ut whom you are shooting." A Word for the Profiteer 1'roni tho Springfield Union .t,T!,atrV,crP wns,n. Iimit bo-voml w',h even the profiteers would not. or nt least did I of go is evident from the fact that no one con reived and earned out the idea of enlarging tho holes in Swiss cheese and then sell jn 1,7. product by measure instead of weight A Lone Star Sign of the Times rrom tho Pallia Jswa. It has just about goffer, so in this country that when a married woman has candy it's n sign she bought it herself. j What Do You Knoiv? QUIZ 1 In what jr.ir did Abraham Lincoln de liver nls famous (Jet tjshurir address' :'. Nnmo two piaB by Clirlstoplior Marlowe? 3 On what Island la the city of I'0rt-au-l'rinec Hltuatcd? l "u 1 What kind of a tjuat Is a proa" 6- 'da,rvoa!,0cc!?tCrnl n,ennlnB "f thc ord 6. What la encaustic painting? 7' V!.h1t.kl."U "f a ""'"'cal Instrument Is a cymbalo or cembalo? "' ' a S. What Inlluentlal French newspaper i mimed after the Harbor of SeviUo' ' "wtlm?110 "",u '" th eol at 10. What nro Clirlstmau waits? Answers to Yesterday's Quiz 1 'J'bi) Pilgrims on leaving ii... .. linglatid. in.endcd to VJuu, In A, ore': somevvhero near tho Hudson river imJ Moulin and navlb-ailon tlllllcSltlis even .milUinpted them , choow Now J. Admiral Kturueo commanded th itn.i . licet which destroyed t iVo Gc inniPsn, h .iron under Von Speo In the w" ridTar' 3. The skalds were ancient Scandinavian composers and reciters of t,Sc?n,i lS honor of Brcut men. , pocmn ,n 4. "enry M. .Stanley was baptized Toh., Itowlutids Aa u yoiinir n vL "" toBV,n- vSSuTXS 0 Tho tlneo laigeHt cities of pnnn, Paris. Marseilles and Lyons "Ce ure - Ti?,nV,uorJ.',foo,l,scn" H a corruption of tho Italian "fogllo-cipa" (foIlo-sZCl Bl,ce Jho ciror must have been very unci.,,'; 'fH a Yiulc.r,'n'vrl "t tills "oitf TH ,er from tho thirteenth to tho soventci 1 century, was a fool'a head with cauuci 7. Cartomancy Is fortune-telllnff by cards 8. Andrew Johnson and Millard Killmore wero tailors lu early Ufa. "'more ' Ta?ou1;,7'.l,," aro ".ma" I,lnnel" "volvln.T !ffS"L ?.. bolwce tll rt-t of Jefrtrson City Is the capital ot -Missouri, SHORT CUTS It is unfair to cull a plumber a moll ouiiuu simpiy Because nc owns a uivrer. It must be put to thc credit of t vv iimtngton embezzler that liush made whine. Mr. Harding will go into the fight fl his league plans with Republican sworl anu Democratic Shields. The true Christmas spirit provides I "tho luvisible guest." Wonder if Santa Clans will hang a frl UUnUlIS Oil Hie .V nil Cllln hrklmn Irnnl The Wilmington nrencher who s.iv 111 oil card players ure Idiots iiuy huvc suHkI somo tune lrom u bum purtner. Wo have with un tndnv Old Mnn Wi ter, the cleverest guy in the world at liar.1 nig me populace tnc lrozeu mitt. Perhaps one reason the Diitlons of tl worm ncsiiato over disarmament Is til uermany (perforce) hns set thc example. Home llOOtrll is held resnoti9ihli fl the rise in tho price of mincemeat. Vhi in iuci, may ne called the raisin d cfre. Rv way of variation wo would like nave ine met stressed that the average mill dcrcr faced his victim "without a tremor. What all good citizens should realiJ just now is) thnt Mayor Moore is wa?itrl fight their fight against Intrenched col iiipuuu. It has never been expected that V.mm would be inordinately pleased with any itl migrutiou laws Lnclo Ham felt called upl to enuct. .j,.in k"s".o.c,n iiiu. I- His- nuill lic.u'B that most of us escape. The fnct that tbtl nre bogus $1000 mill 1510,000 bills in circl DlDnb nnA.lnn.M .l.An . vn . nn.n IriM.HlS union causes us little or no concern. The West Charleston, Vt , man who! internal organs ore nil on the wrenf Ml may not look at tint matter thnt war at ti He may lie all right, while the rest of tl 31. worm is a nttio A Joko bv Concrossmnn Knlin tiki seriously by his confreres, is rrsponnb!c m an import duty on lemons in the nmrgcnV lariit uiii. IJoubtless somebody souieumi h grnti'tui for this lemon aid. The Paterson, N. J,, woman who '1 quested tne court to send Iier iiiiswuhi fall llllrlllt- the rhrlstmliu holldilrs IS tirul I the belief (hat Soutu sometimes makes bl biggest hit by whut he forgets to brinj Tho Department of Agrlcult f f;,: mates tnat a year's catch ot .skiiiiks iu .; V-l. .... I.. .t Mlf.. .I..II..J I' it'ift nucic is wurcu a minion uonnio llco records seem to indicate that tin- if In New lork city isn't worth a led rent Two hovs. rnl(ppil In niivv re ruill officers becuuse they are underweight, t' npplled in llnltlmore for n Jail semeim they may fatten up. It is a far cry from o present penal institutions to the juils of t- urcau unci water days. London has seen n babv plane nllS thirty-llvo-horsepowcr engine run fort) i"1 on n trillion of ciiHolinn nt a rate of 0V( hundred miles nn hour. The d.i.v I" m"' coming when tho nvoroge citUen willj M Iila piano us nonchalantly as ne ia" his flivver. Tho Scottboro, Ala., man, ughiJ 1 years old, who Is building nib own """'. nni,.a tsA la Ia. .sl.l r., hnril mirk llllt D11 to loaf, Is ut least getting some ,,,,S'CJJ in ins old age. uncre is noiains s'-'v:. in the tabk for one so old. It is an n matter as making a bed. Tho action of Superintendent Mil!" stationing uieiiins at ranrouu mk "v j a1 that crooks do not nrrivo in Pul ww? during tho holidays Is praiseworthy.1' does not guaruutco our immunity iro depredations of tho crooked gentry now ; oi town, 'iney may nrrivo in ""'" -mobiles. ,,, s .. .... . n...1 .a bcii xuo united states is on nxu.u - -. opposed to recognition as an Inrtepj",, stato of any country that was part w . tegral Russia." Itusalan Poland wM merly a part of "Integral RussH. . w United States is on record as b'MS mined to support Polish territorial IntfJ rnau in tho world may get tyi"" w frrtkntnl nAMiiaM " VW, ' . j' .Z ,,,..., .j. v..)' ' - I- -aL4KL. mggmggtggKM
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