f SB, . PUBLIC LEDCJEK COMPANY ctol's u. k. cirrms, pbeudbnt Charles it, Liulliwtoii Vice 1'r iliWiu. John C. Martin, Secretary mid T cnnu I hllp -lllim .Tnhn 11. Vllllnmit, John J fc'puritcon, Dlrwtnf. nntToniAT nonn Ctni'n H. K (.'I uti, Chalrr.ian Tivvin k sMii.r.T. , Editor JOltV P MMT'T-N n n -il Tlutn-it Mnnngrr rublltiuJ ''illy nt l'tmic Liunit:n UullJlng 1iiiJ p. a. nee ii'iuiu, 1'hlhttU-lctil.i. AtmntI' Cm rrm-l'iifoi lluilJIng , NKW YuiilS Hill Miiillmiii Axe. Dvthoit Till I'oM MulMIng ' St Lorn Ui;i (llobc-lMmacrat lliilKtins CittcAno 130". TVll'iin., IlnlMIng news rifni:AfS: XVasminiiion Hviiuu, .s i: Cur 1'tmwh.anl.i Ae. and Hth St New Vi'iiK lUiil'M' The Sun lIuiMlnr London Uinciv lAinJon rimrs srnscniPTioN ti:i:.is Tho Etit.NiNn l'liuic l.nimrn Is senesl to sub- cr.l.err la l'hll.i.li iphln uml MirrouiiJhi,; tuivns at II') rot" of twolvc (12) cnt per w- ek, "ij-nble to ill i c irrlor, Uy ni.nl to points putslJo of I'MladsUhla, In tho t'nlt.'l Suit a. (.jiikI. or I'Mted Si u.'j. poa- ctlon, i mt,ivi fit . tur t.u c Ms y?c month, Blx OH) ihllarx p. r r ,.i,,t.l. in ndvnc. Ti all for tun rounm.'-t n 11) dolour n month NOTiir Pub?crUwn. wlnhire nd.lrM chineed muat Kivo old as wr'! ,n imv address 11LLL. 1000 WALMT KCTONE, MAIN 3000 d" .liltl't 3 nil rtii iu-i ca lo.ij fo 7.ic nliitf 'utile tjtt-fr. hitlrpniflrHCC Stjuarr, Phtlntl' l,il,tn Menilirr of the Associated Press Till: ASOCt.lTFD miss (a rxchMlrrlj ro tlttitl f. io t i . .' tea' 'wi ,.' I .im a fJla(rtV'M , yftfUti ' tit it i - "f il'llTW l(- ( rcihti it til f'nt ;"i"t, o'Kt oo th t'tcnl itr.ct riiMfs'irit f herds. All Urtiti nt rritu'iltcitti i r ' fjn'ctal itninfeS-ci herein ire i 'o r" f r' l'lnl.1,1. I.hln, lliiifdn. Drrrlllbrr 30, 14:0 FRANKFORD "L" STRATEGY IT IS llliili'llilltiir lll.lt illi ii-luu of H SU-jii-i llui)ii .NiiuniKii.i i anal had lilllt'll to , do with tmiil ili'i kihii umiii tin' 1'aimtiia route. Witlintit ilniwmg amiIiK too ulo-x'ly, It inn be -niil tluit a ias of tiatiounl liis torj i- iis:i;i'ti'il b tin- roiitriuporur) local . ri'fonl. Ma.Mir Muni'.' lui .iiiiiiiinii'i'il that lilnns liavr lii'on il-.iwn unlit ntiim that the city m!I i. ni it' pmi.T t ii tin- I'rniiUforil cli' vatnl frnt.i it mm n pi nit A imu uiitliui'd, tilt- I'lopii-'iiN i nil t"i tin- (TiM'tlntl of mu nicipal power .i.iti"ii- which will vit'tunlly diipliiati' .onio of tin-.' wlni'h tin- 1'. 11. T. Low oppruti for iN -.iirfini' cur litii". Mr. Mom.' 1uh tin ah il to Inm an ordi nanci' intriiiliii i'il prmiiliiiK for tlic tnkini; oit of additional pmpi'it for tho Fair xnmiiit aM.-iiui' Mibtatioii and for the ta-tmn- at Arrott street and I.ettetly stuvt. If the whole project i. evei llti'd the city , will he in n position to maintain the l'rank- ford I. without tappinc the power resources of either the Ilnpid TuiiiMt or the I'liil.idvl phia l'b'i trie ( 'uti.paii The prnspci i of iii'l'iieiidi'iicc furnishes, pnlpahlv p M id li.irea'ti.'i!; niaterial which nia emu,, in ii'nnh in tin lease ni's.itiatioiis. Ohviniish it would be foolish t. tint the eastern s.vn.ni of the iit wrh power sta tions it a sutlii lent n imber were nlreadv nvailalil" just ) it would have been foolish for two i anal- to hne b dui; m iVntrnI Anieriea Itnt the city will lo..i- nothini; b lnnkim; forwanl It ,-nii afford to lay plan- fortifv liiK its indHpi'tideiiifi, . vi n tliointli a munici palh oieiateil I. line is not what was trcn ernllj epeetul and h.is seldom been re parded as the most pi-.n tie.il solution "f a fitiintiini that can he sittKd by common sense and fair donl-mr CONFISCATORY TAXES CriU-.DKKH'K C. H ''. who was ijuo'iil oa flu p.ii e:oidu . put in words what thoi,ai.is .,f business ni"n have been thinking about the s pmhts tu- He sanl that it was an abortion of th tir-t nualitv so far us jutn or eeonouiii. prin ciple is ii mid. The tas. he said, i- based on a state nt nel'idiiii; an inventor the Milne of which is I'oiistaiiti llin'timtiin;. The netu.il profits are added to bookk. eping profits aiel on t , i j, uiii the ta is paid 'I'he 1 KU'ipiii.- pi'idits .ire those shown, by the invi ii' ir I'.m sinf- n vain hae in ninn iiistain.s i .-.lui'-'il the aetual profits to ,nmcii less than thost.. how n when the state ment was rii.Hli- How t'li.s ork has !. t.n snown h Iianiel C Ii.'p. r. forini r cot. riiiio,..r ,,f internal reM'iiiu . in an nrtii Ii in ( 'oiiiin..ri . nml riiimi. i. Mi Hop r .ins the ru- ( a silk in. n hair we, tii.idi- a . asli pi-., tit of .VilMMMiu , i'hj,. UIlll llt th t,ni (if th(i yenr hud g mils ,,n .,n, , , i(, v ( ,(l(, ,, They had . ,,t him oi.h .'. mhi ihhi IIi V-ns coin,. ,., to !i.,w an in.iuor profit of Sl.l'i I" era to'.ii piotit of 1. 71111.000. His ta on this w i ssiiu n ii !t the valui; of his s'oi k in.; sMMiik dining 1020 Until It W.- v ,! ., ,.j .s'' (Hill immi The tax !... imd t pm i, t. .,.,., ,, nt J71'1S;"," "i"'-" i ...i. !. - .as, pp.tii, ,,,,,1 . his In- I -hrinknge in vain.. ,.f l,,s st..,-k ns 5simi i ,1 ,1 1 Vinl' i iii a i in-1,'1,1.1 in ,, ir ;. ,,,,, m.. prising tint lien tan. ! ar iv.'h rl. business condition- are d im n,e,i,g t ,, pr. s .r , x profits ta i,,,r is ,t . ,, , ,. ,,,lt tll secretin- of the tr.a-,.M ,- ..nrng that it is destroy. ng t. mi-j ,..n.s... taxation th-iu selves Hi p.v.-riiii. -n-. ,ti ..i.tisea'... pr.,p- ' "n ll,r' W,. ,. , .s ..rl.n.rf re- main to I,. 'a... ,, . , ,, FIUME'S FIZZLING FINALE OAr.ltllM.i: Ii.v.NM l mstonav.. 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Ii ss'j , . , , "iliicati.i il ' tr. 1 ii" i ,.f.'iit of public instruction, declared before the Penn sylvania Educational Association the othcr day that "Pennsylvania has tlio opportunity to become the greatest state 111 the Union ho fur as vocational education Is concerned." Hut this recognition of the itidiistrinl and economic .situation in thin commonwealth need not imply that there is old olio key to education. Sclentilic and technical schools throughout the country have appieclatcd the value of general culture for specialists. It is absurd to Imagine that a balancing and fusion of the two policies Is unattainable. It is. indeed, principally fadillstn b both parties which has created th" breach which Dr. l-'liiegan rightly believes to be by no means incparnble. MEET UNCLE JOE CANNON, PRINCE OF PHILISTINES A Most Useful Man Is Ho, but One of His Sort Is About Enough In Any Congress TKN' years ago there could luie been in Vongti'ss no such storm of felicitations as bent .M'sterdny upon the slight. Ironic tiguie of I'nclc .loo Cannon. The country would 'iae felt that the gentlemen of the House hud gone suddenly mud. For the muckrakes were nt the peak of their en thusiasm and "Cannonism" was a term of withering hatred which political reformers used as the brick Is sometimes used in a riot. Times have changed, lttit .Mr. Cannon has not. He is the same proudh iinregenerate Philistine that he nlunys was. with the ..nine notions of legislative procedure, the .same distrust of innovations in and out of Congress, the umiii1 harsh and colorful vo cabulary, the same Ingrown dlllke of artists mid the snme nolsj detestation of intellectual pretension, Vnruly little children once were told in ominous whispers that Cannon would get them If they didn't liehave, and they would shudder nnd meekly obey their moth ers. N'ow the gentleman from Illinois Is glorilinl b his colleagues The House and the Si nate and. indeed, the oonutn at large Iiiim- ai i epteil many of the views tb t Vncle Ii nee held in almost solitary grandeur. Are we to suppose that there is sortie good in a Philistine, after all. and that virtue and unwisdom are still the boon companions that the were of old V Vncle Joe has iust rounded out his forty fourth je.ir in the House. lie has served longer in Congress than any man ever served before, and he has always been known in the Ilecord as the gentleman from Illinois. He might better have been called the gentleman from the prairie country, because he reflects in his speech, his habits of thought, his ab errations, his irtues and his weaknesses not so much the Illinois of an older day. but all he Middle West. It is only lKces.nry to read the Itecord to know that he has persisted in the mood of plnies where the Itible is still read and be lieved in. The clang of great old words is in his disordered speeches. His comparative allusions are oftetns' to primitive and an cient tilings. lie ha a faith in mortal strength that is as barbaric and unashamed as Vli'tsche'.s, but. rnlike Nietzsche, he kiows no more about art than Henry Ford, and caies even less. Vmloubtedh Vncle Joe has n blind side. Aitists. anhiteets and landscape makers, who always abound in Washington, writhe in something like agony at the mere mention of h's name. He has fought and woefully misunderstood them nt ever turn. Against their attacks he defends himself bv boasting of his understanding. D'dn't he find his eyes hlitided by tears when he first looked on the gient mural decora tions at the west end of the Capitol in which a family of pioneers move loiiesomel toward the Wi st. 'ind isn't ,e o,i record with the assertion that James Whitcotub Kilev was a poet sure of immortality in the hearts of men? The scholars and fh" cog osi-vitj m the Ilmi.e taruw up tlndi bauds in despair ana go awn to other plir " wlnn these things are in. litiniinl The renumber n time when cm"i the harilhoiled members from Con necticut ami Texas squirmed in their seats lit the gestion of Vncle Joe's that as tin- population of this yreat cituntrt in creases" additional stories would have to In built on the Capitol in the place where the dome is now. Sin cessive administrations have had to mobilize all their forei s to keep the gentle man from Illinois from filching the small public parks in Wnshing'on, and even a part of tin- great Mall, ns sites for new govern ment buildings. What w.i. the use of spend ing iiinni'i for .ites when tln-r" was so much nib laud around? All this is iry sm Hut it was Cannon who believed in I.angley and gave the m-w-nfor of the an pi. in- all the m.u he iieeili'il for hi. exp. riments. nnd it was Can not, who stood iii.t againt stampeib s that would have carried i cully destriietle anti corporation 1 gi.l."iou tli.-..i.,'li Congriss at a time when t ,. rporntioiis i hanks largely to their own errors, hmi got themselves univi'isnlh disliked. If Vncle Joe has stood apart in the House, if in- lias b" nine sunn thing like a significant landmark, it is not b ..tiise of Ins whims or Ills p. i. ..mil clmrnctcristi. s. It is be cause h.- 'i alwins the !ntlciuuu from Illinois-i,..t i ,e ii. nt li mini from I'topin or tl.i i! ni.. ii. an from a l.aud of Ilreuiiis or lb 'f a ward or a political machine. Illinois has grown and i hanged since it ir-i s. nt lmi to Congress lint it is from ' ii.Hin.ir4 of tho wide, unfilled fields of if .f swollen rn.-rs and 44il1brnes.es ot ..f'llcd timber and of hard-listed men nnd 1 .1 . w. 1 king vol.nli. 'Mil, no time frti in ii-...;.. .-tioii. thai Ii,.!. .1... I, a. drawn i.is ii.pii.r.oii IK- -e, ms to f. 1 1 during 11 l.nge part "f tin tun.- not like a , ongrcsMiinn. bit ike the i.atriur.-h of the clans - 4,.t. .. bin, to Washington "(hit tin n he -.I'd on., with a w ,ne of his , heroot t. 44 m! '. t'mg -in. "tlo job of a 1 oiigi,.. man - ...,t an . .4 on. When the rain fa! . .,r f'i. dr-eight "III", w 11, -u the weevil g. r. in tie . nttol, 4 III II the .tops fail or tin wife f !!. H'k i" ip. or the Im4 runs nwn fn.ni '.on..', tlo turn '1. tl ngressnian mid p. him ."Mellon to be their eoinCrter And 44l,4 shouldn't they? They Jiiim- in, one I-. 'Ii.s.' rsndori. pb "asps there ar. 4ivid stigg. sfiojis .,f ,f, s ,t is 4ei in the larg. r areii-if Minn, a oflifi as it is exp. ri. in" ,1 In t'n it mi whose labor, the eounti-4 .,. pei is imiilh for it. ".ittiniiiug cxtsti tic., nnd t b nd ns mid tr'biilatii.iis that th.uigl 1 1,. 4 ar, sM.ing, to tie -I'liolaiw in Congr. .. arc .ili the portion ..f most ,,f h'jtuiiniti. Formal ulu. iiiinii a- it known in the iinv. .im-. ,11 to., often b- a pr...... ,,f .4 -t iini'i' x. I 1. ion, ,, narrowing ,,f l,lt ..,,- .1 - "i " nt 11f11.11 of atri-n'ion ,,,( nl. preciiitioti mi things alien to tin warm cur ieiil of t! 1111011 life (if that son of I dlll'lltloll t licit' Joe had little. He llisisf, that '1 linrn-d b tooling aioiind .Many of 1I10-. who followed him III the flals of In, .T.ngi!, '.live wished that he had more .,f w im' I'l.-s. s for culture among thus,. 44-1,,, are not u-lintH sophist'cati d Ccrtainh he Woillil hllM' lie. 11 11 more Useful innn ) Wiishlngton ami perhaps In would have been a more suet essful politician if he had hud that particular ort of additional cipilpiiient ltut I'm-le Joe preferred the role of the proletarian in p"' cr and he had little faith in thing, learned out of books What he knew of business, enrpoiatioiis and legisla tion be hiii'lii-d foi the most purl in the in.., of experience. Ho has little of the know I- edge that can bo acquired, through theAx perienco of others. So it was natural enough for him to believe that art expressed in painting and sculpture Is n useless luxury et. joyed only by the rich, and that it should therefore be subjected to a very high tariff. Tho Amerienn nrtists didn't want protec tion. They fought against It. Hut Uncle Joe was immovable. Similarly he is said to lime been eager to snatch away the public parks in Washington because he Imagined public parks s places In which the billion aires sat down on nice afternoons to loaf and smoke expensive cigars while the rest of the country went about its useful work. Some of those who have watched the career of Mr. Cannon during his rise nnd his fall and who try to perceive clearly through the dut of the wars lu which he has figured hold to this day that In; Is the last product of the environment that produced Lincoln. That Is hardly n fair assumption, since Vncle Joe had an advantageous start in life and lie passed his youth m a comfortable home among people who were not by any melius poor, ltut he took to Washington the traits that are native nnd almost exclusive to the Middle West an insular and dogged belief In his country's ability to get along magnificently by itself without any regard for any other country; n hard nnd narrow jet capable mind, n dislike of unfamiliar things and endless trust In strength of body and strength of mind. Cannon really has spoken, sometimes un consciously, with the voice of a vanishing Amei lea the America of open spaces and untitled soil, and men who fell timber and make roads uml are simple in heart and courageous and direct In speech. The scholars and tho theorists have tinted ami derided Vncle Joe. They have had good reasons in many instances. Vet in one way he was and still is superior to most of them. For he didn't import or borrow ids stand ards. He didn't get tils opinions from France or Italy or Athens or Itoston. Ho got them, such as they are. from the soil. They are his Inheritance. The philosophy that he acquired In tills way must be pretty sound, for nowadays, when bis friends have fallen away, when he goes ntone in the cor ridors among meir who have forgotten that he was once n C7ar. Vncle Joe lights another ,long cheroot nnd smiles nnd Is content. He knew the way of the world and was prepared to endure through its changing moods. And that is more than you can say for most men in Washington. THE WAY TO DO IT THi: Mnyor's instructions to Police Lieu tenant Marple, commissioned to clean up the Fifteenth wurd, arc u model of their kind. In direct, straightforward language the lieutenant is told that it is believed that gamblers, protectors of 4 ice and illicit liiiinr dealers ami makets ure doing business in the ward, and that he is to secure evidence against them and bring them to justice. He is warned ngninst spectacular raids and ncaiiist arrests without sitilieiont evident e to secure conviction. And lie Is told that lie must look for his orders not to outside political meddlers, but to his superiors, namely, the Mayor and the director of public safety. His assistants are to be men of his own choice whom he can trust, nnd both lie nntl they are to feel that they are backed by the whole power of the administration in what they tlo. These instructions read like those which Itiiosevelt used to give hi- men when he was a police commissioner in New York. They are the kind which heuitui cmtj- faithful police tiflicer who wishes to do his tlutj. The ollicer who gets one kind of instructions from the City Hall nnd another from a ward leader, with a threat from the ward leader that if he obeys the City Halt orders he will be 'broken." is between the devil and flic deep sea so long as the waul lender tan uiiike him IndicM' that he dare not inter fere willi protected vice. Vnder this system, which has prevailed too long, we have two citv governments one elected by the people ant the other self. constituted and responsi ble to no one. And so long as the self constituted government can intimidate the police it can reap rich profits from pro tected vice. Now Mayor Mooic hits decided that there is to be no paitner.sliip between the police mid the Melons elements of the city. He tills icfused to make terms v j 1 1 1 the political leaders who would go along with him if he would let up "ii the liciiiiih resorts and ullnw tliem to 1 ollet t tribute from them. The leaders aie imiv lighting him because lie in sists mi biei.king up the sj sit m under which vice has In ell proticteil. Sonic of the Pell rose h mil rs are as hostile as are all the Vale l'inl"is, but the Major is indiffeient to the nlliliatioiis of the leaders in whose 44 arils conditions are bad. Tic Fifteenth ward is commonly regatded us n Penrose ward. The petty leaders are .u.poi ted of being in partnership with tin' .111. 'It operations .supposed to he going on tic re If this wartl can be cleanul up it will In- insier to clean up the other winds, f,.r as soon as it is manifest that political pill is powerless to protect the lawbreakers the filthy ciew will run to ihht if they do not go .nit of business altogether. Lieutenant Mm pie is the right man for the job. He IU041-1I that he could do a thor ough jol under Mayor Hlankenbiirg. He did it so tlinioiighly that win 11 Mayor Smith entered tiflice lie was transfer! ed to the police boat Ashbridge, where he hud no jurisdiction hut the peculiar kind of law breakers that In- had put out of business. If there is any detent citizen who fuils to back up the Ma or in the light which he has unib rttlkt'll it i because he does not understand the nature of the forces with which the Minor is iniiteniling A LINK WITH MEXICO RESTORED ri(,.NS ot the uuthuitn il of peuce in 0 MeM'o blue bten iiuiiieiou.s of late. X , howiver, is iimri iMHi-ing than the setilcin. lit of the hiug ' bantu iimditioiis rel ume to the lnteichaiigc of luilwaj lolling stock It n niiitruet which has just been signed, the Mi n an railways an- le established as lll.ks in the gli'lltest of all lllllway systems, extending. i"Ughly speaking, from Prince Rupert in ''" noithwtst and Halifax in the liorl In nt " M'M'io and Jilllt. inula cities in tin- s,,uth. Cars delni'it'd to .Mux-lean railroad- prior to January 1, P.ll.s, me to be 1 . I.siih l-i il lis .old lit cost price. Tic ai ti nipt in trni h and 1 4cr all this erillllt lolling stock lill in en g4Cl p, J(e- ginning on Suturd.i). Mesii .111 and American rail. say s will excliaiiB1' mis on the dollar-n i,-i4 rental basis pieailiiig thioughout tin I nited States In ollni 44ons, the Mexiinn system is ri instated in the pun in iit b ague of railwus in the noithern hulf of the Ameiiouii conti nent. The hetteriinnt of shipment and other trade relations is inevitable. Most significant of all is the trust im plied 111 the uriiiligeuient made bv the Amer- II an Railway Association with the lines of our neighbor republic. The stamp of rcalit upon the Mexican renaissance U unuiiatnk-nine. ,u 1 n.141 ' , NEW YEAR'SAY' Different Dates' Observed Among tho Nations Making of Good Resolu tions Harks Back to Caesar's Time Odd Customs That Prevail Ity OICOIUJK NOX McCAIN NKW YIUll'H Is a world-wide festival among civilized peoples. The New Year which with us fnlls on January 1 Is celebrated by only a small por tion of the Inhabitants of the earth. The greater number start the New Year on some other date. In Russia, (Ireece nnd the Halkon states the l.'ttli of January is ahelr New Year's Hoy. They adhere to the Julian cnlcli dnr. 1'ven the Japanese, In some parts of the island cmplie, have accepted tills date Instead of their own. The Chinese New Year, or "Shin Xenn," falls several weeks later. Thus the Ciregorlan calendar gives us one tiny as the dividing tine, the Russian cnteu dnr another. The Mohammedan tins still a third, while among the Hebiews there Is n fourth. The Chinese, the Japanese and various Independent tribes of India cele brate still another. There Is no particular reason why the year should begin with January 1. There would be some reason were it to begin nt the winter solstice, when the sun reaches his greatest southern declination uml turns to come northward again, In the' Christian world it would be even more appropriate were the yenr to start with Christinas us the anniversary of Christ's birth. It Is so near the solstice that, so far as the length of the day Is concerned, they practically coincide. When Julius Caesar reformed the calendar he named Jnntiarv 1 for the commencement of a new twelve months. It was pure ncci dent that tills date was fixed. Perhaps Ids experience In the office of augur had something to do with It. He had what in modern slang would be termed a "hunch" ttiat his reconstructed year should open with n new moon, mill in thnt particu lar year the new moon fell on January 1. WHATF.VF.R the date m riling to our calendar of these various New Year's days, nil of them are celebrated with rejoic ing, pomp, ceremonials, mimicry or merri ment. To the western Christians theie is one ad vantage of a New Year beginning in Jnnuury. lhe spirit of Christmas lingers In our lives 11 ml cements the period as a continuous time of joy and happiness. Until the Inst liolf century in this country nnd Vnglniid the bestowing of gifts on this day was ns general as on Christmas, In Scotland today much greater Impor tance, ns a festival occasion nnd gift time, is given to New Yenr's than to Christmas, It was the custom for ceutuiies in the Old World to celebrate New Year's F.vc with the ringing of church Mis and the singing of ballads in the streets. In parts of Vngland the lasses of the vil lage carried from door to door a bowl of spiced ale, which thej offered to the inhabi tants, in return for which they received sluilll presents. Another custom, no doubt the genesis of our present New Year's masquerades and processions, 4vns that of the voung people exchanging garments and wandering in groups through the village streets. It was known as "mumming," or the parade of tin mummers. THV practice of mnking new resolutions 011 New Year's had Its beginning among the Romans before the Christian era. These usually took the form of prnmlso of reform or the adjuration to cease some ob jectionable habit. AIM T . . firt Foitunately. they had the wine no. Till: making of presents on New Year's I)av dates hack to the Roman emperors, llieir favorites i;ave them gifts in .-rent pro fusion on that day. In Kngland the practice I riininj u cached its lielitiit during the reign of Queen .lizabelh. She leitniiteil the... ..(T....!...,D o iii..iim-I1. .-Mir H'L'llHini IIH'NI IlItoiMturo no pinpiisiies ot the crown The greater patt if not nil of the peers and peeresses ,,f the realm, the bishops, chief unit cis of state and the tpieen's household servnuts down to her apothecary, master cook and sergeant of pastry "made good" with a present of some sort. In Flbaheth's "Rvery Pav Rook." in the iiccount of her "Progresses" v ,rouK, :,,. land, it appears that slio -,.'i4cd gifts on New enrs cii.stiiiR n e,.,uI ()f S of money, jewels tiinkets and wearing 1,0. parcl of gieat value. " ' , ?'"' I"'''11."' made presents in return, but. like the shrewd old danie that she w,h they were of far less value than those w,e', she received At the Court of St. James today the pining of 11 .urn n-ph.,... under the dinner plates of tin- two chaplain--in-waiting on New Y nr s Day is a survival of the nniient vogue. A MONTI the nut ions some x,.,, y ,,,. M .... V.su,CPs ."f ,1"' ",I,I,'f s'-t are observed lhe Rulgariaiis believe that the dull ami hi. demons ate more than irsiialh acthe then lhe most extniordinary pains me taken to propitiate them t These demons make mvay with amthlng they niny fain that happens t,, I,',. ,.ft empty liroimd the premises. Wnti i- is there fore left ill I4.,4 vessel Mini a lug of 4Vooi in c4crv 'art and so f the mo.t supersti- tinus of the pea. ants , t rilu ,M1r clothes on thi- night for fear of the devils mnking 11W114 them. Among Hi. Vlacks. a pastoral people of (.recce, cmm v New el,r caller is expected to throw 11 pint h of salt 1,11 the tire, f,,.,. that lie must 1Mrrj ,, ,.KK ,() tli rhjc.,. bouse and pine,, it in a hen's m st If this offer finds tn 4 or with the fi4 it lavs a,, ,.,,., to match th. gift, mid the guest Is there,,,,,,,, consideicil ,1 mascot mid is feted ncconliugh In .lap..., a glass rone with a ,1c,.,, niitK." Is festoon,, I across the front of the house while om i- hi, h entiance swings a great tassel of grass ..'iitainiiig a scarlet ciayti.h It is ., 4,1-4 satisf-i,,g talisman, be, ,,,,se for the r. ninlnder of the year no evil snii-It will dui" entir the dwelling. P"U Chimin. 11 on New Year's Dnr in Pliila delphia ii.i.I nil o4cr tlie world pay all debts and -1111 tie M'ar with a .lean bonk It is an iiiliniiable practice that itiiulit be adopted in tin. mintry. ' ' Tilt: goon old f.,i,, ,,f ope,, ho,,s,in ,N"1 '"J. V'" ll-"v J'".,,,v generally . .. ., --' ''..i..,.. as '"h" " ,Vf revi4e it dm,. H,(,M ,M Tie Vos,,,,,l a,t is ,;is, t f jtH iienr 1 ,.114-14 i.illtv is to 1 oiisidcred Among I'len. h Caniidians it u il. .,,. ,. 44 I II ever won,,,,, j, mi,,,,,,.,.,) , )(. 1 ' to r.-. 1 Im- visitors , .. 1 . . . the paternal nenison. In n ib b.ie on pioliibiii,,,, in f u,u ,l wits liielilnuiid the fait that Xo,i, ,,.n! wine nnd strong lupines and J4-ciI i00 ,,... It mm be pointed out for the defense ,',u . 1 4 er. that he also lived for a considerable period on wafer period on wafer Woni'n 1 ule unions the southwestern Indians, .aid 11 speakei at the n ting of th,. American Anthropological Soeleti held In this city. Is this a boost for feminism ,,i 11 knock? The Lock wood Investigation In .4v York lias at 'east been provocative of many promises to be good. n neo ,111111m 4vns eiinsen god f the iiiiuiin 01 rue year it was because of his pos session of two heads. This made It cm veiiient for him to tool; backward nnd for utml nt Mm untit.. tit,... ....... ..v , Mini- it'll-. As intelligent man is supposed nt the be ginning of the yenr to reflect upon his past and resolve to tiiark out a new course for Ids future, the selection of the two-headed deitv by Julius ( nesin- was ,1 fortuitous choice It was also their privilege to offer nt the shrine of Janus cakes of meal with salt and wine. wiip NOW MY IDEA IS THIS Daily Talks With Thinking Philadclphians on Subjects They Knotv Best LAWSON ROBERTSON On American Atretics A MFRICA, n nation of specialists in all 1....,-, ii-iii ,.,.,ititiin, tn sni'clati.e in its ,,,1.1. ..i,, '.is,.ln tl.n tlo.oi'les nnd ideas of research organizations and societies, accoril ing to l.aw-son Robeitson. director of t nick and field athletics t the iniversit of I enn sylvaniii and assistant coach of last year s American Olympic team. Mr. Robertson is inclined tn scout a re-(t-ntlv projetti'd theory that a system of eugenics can pioduce super-athletes in the coming generations, but he does ndvocate u more universal and all-around training as ; n groundwork for specinlization if the Indi vidual desiies tho latter. "The reason we have won recent Olympic games." Mr. Robertson says. "s the system of specialization which is characteristic of this nation more than of any other I see no reason why we should not go 011 winning in ternatioual competitions despite the un doubted fact that in other nations, far more tlinn our own, the general mass' of the popu lation lias indulged in some form of exeicise. Rut even the American business man. who lias up to thi. time been onlv too icinly and willing to neglect Ids idiyslinl development, is beginning to realize its supieine necessity. "It is, of course, much easier to test out theories 011 the ipicsiinu of physical training among college men than in the general com munity, ntul so 1 will speak In-st of the former. "It has long been in my mind that ( allege athletics, with tin Ik stowing ot .1 letter and the production of a team of splendidly en dowed specialist, in one or peilinps two brandies of spoil, are bv no mums ns per fect nor as thoiougli-goiug as they could be made. Mass Athletics ii Failure "As a result in" this syst.n, a small body of men in our big institutions git the strenu ous training of the t'ootlull in Id or running Hack, while the n niainiiig L'n per ci nt or so inn tii-ipate only 111 gy miiii-iuni or mass nth -ietii-s, N'ow, to mi mind, mass athletics us tl ietl out both III the ill lll and in connection with the Y. M. C. A. Ihim proved a failure. The reason for that 1 nit has been the luck of the competitive eleiiit'lil "The individual does n., necessarily have to have a tlesh and Ii'o.mI opponent or be a Member of a team pl.nin.' against another team, tint lie at IcaM inut have some goal to attain or some mail. 1,, itach. That is why 1 lass exercises In ,, g4,niiasiuin do not iiibii'M' the necessary 1 -n 1 r . mid that is whv a great propoition of il.e average college student I101I4 get litllt good out of their" physical education. "M iib 11 would he t,, ai range n piogrnm of .poits. a sort of pentathlon. In which nil 1111 mbers of the stmb lit body except those physicalh unlit could i.i',,. part. The Cue ilium Ins of this piogMi would be a matter for ilclib, iiillon. but I Jit suggest swim ming, running, lope clim" -,v mid either some form of tin owing or .iiinpiiig, with the fifth In 11 lit Ii lo lie lu the 11.1t mi t of an elective for the individual. "Ill se swimming In .ms, I believe that should lie part of own man' eiuipiiicnt Running, both for spud a-,. eiiduinuic nl.o would have value bey mid il .K,, ,,ir.t, and lope cliiiiliiiig is a -. .,d a let of the stiingih of a mail's inn-' ,1 . ns j imnv ,,f ami also has its pu-sibb p ,, ij,. side. The thiowing 01 lumping !" .it 44011I1I retiiilre a certain amount ot i"hniuil skill nml 44011I1I be valuable for ilni reason. Would Run Through Finn-. Year ('ours This pentathlon won .1 tl ,K, (,L, four years of 11 man'. . , ', ,. touiM., and would be so iiiianged a. ' . be an liub-x to bis phy.inil improveint hi m ihm time.' A 1 el tain ".lie "i- Mules ,,f 1 innn iim .l-ind'ards would lie sit. and the 1 m 44011I1I thus have ouiethiiig tlelinite to stii4. .,r, '',, XVa1)) be tested from time to Mine ,, .,.,, ml piogiess tin 4 had made, nnd w mild, on gu,d lllltitill. receive, if fln'4 111 I , 4c, .pccijil ev.. ,,1'en.... II Mlisltj letltl 1 1.1 us Hieillheis of ,,e foolhlllor Illicit lei.li, f ,H.V , , .put. 1 1 nib this high -l.iiidai.i. ,, did do piod woik, Hun might b, SiWI ,!.,. jm. Im insignia, just as me n,, 4 .u,.,, , ,, . minor spoils nnd on cln.t '..u,,.. Thus tin 4 44011I1I lime .1 ,, ,, ,.(,,v 44 hull IMillld elicolllllge il..,,, .oiitinue gl4lllg lltlc best clllllts . Uiloh.Hil . , 4.. lis. I kin.W tills .gllll.g of ,m,,.N o j no n w ill In sulci ed In n - 1,, ,, ,.,, 11,111. but in the final niiiihsi. wa should not t,e individual who ncliiei.. ,i,h ,ivi-ih,. il, a niliubi'l of foi ms of lithe in s ,e lewindci just ns much as the mini 441,., special j,,,,,, j olle follll and does liotillil.4 111 l,at f ,,,,,, v llllt. ll I said befoie. , ucsfiou f uuiveisiil 11II1I1 tn - Is solo. tiin,4 , Hlheh ,lf fennt. Il i hind to pie.. .1,, f,. ,, eral mass of lhe piople. Ii 1. tin., howiwer lhat the laigllsh ciltlcUe 11. nl,,K (,M I)(,' A crowd of 10(1,00(1 uttciuliiiK an Kngljs'l "THmCT, 'THRIFT, H0RATM v , soccer game will prob.'iblv contain 00.000 who still actually participate in some form or other of athletics themselves. How many in 11 cioivd at one of our baseball games, or even nt college football games, are so equipped? Probably not .'!0 per cent, lnccnthc Necessary Quality "It is not to be doubted thnt un nll-nroiind physical foundation should be laid in the case of every innn, but the question seems to be in mnking that tiniiiiug possess qualities which will attract the individual, the first and fni c most being incentive and the com petitive spirit. "it might be that city governments could take charge of universal athletics, but then is always the danger of the result being merely that type known as 'mnss athletics,' shiIi as the army developed. "And in the meantime America's young men will inntiuiie to specialize and will prob ably continue to win Olympic meets despite the apparent luck of long-dlstunce runners. And as it is a fact that the Olympic teams nre composed ill n large part of college men. such n theory as 1 have suggested in regard to training the majority instead of n smnll niiuoiitv of student bodies in all-around ath letics might' very possibly resultjn improving still more the quality uf our future Olympic teams." THE UX BROKEN LINE i WF WHO have trod the border lands of death. When- coinage high walks hand in hand with fear. Shall we not hearken what the Spirit snith. "All ye were brothers there, be brothers here"? We who have struggled through the bnlllitig night, ,, Wbeie men were men nnd every man divine. While loiind us brave hearts perished for the light l'.j clinliicd shell holes stained with life's lich wine, Let us not lose the exalted love which came From coiniadesbip with danger and the joy Of stiiuig souls kindled into 1l!ng flame I!y one supieme desire, one high employ. la t lis dinw closer in these nariower years, Rehire lis still the eternal visions spread; We who ouiimisteicil death and all Ids fears Ale one xi cat 111 my still, living and dead. Canon Stntt. in lhe Toronto (ilobe. Resigned I'r.'iii the N-w 11,14. 11 It- tntfter. It may be, as the scientist says, thnt from a physical shiiidpiut we are in tit h inferior to piehlstorlc man : still, most of Us would 1 tit lit r be inleiior than pichistoric. What Do You Know? QUIZ N'nnii two Independent republics which 44ii. iinnexiil to the United States, What Is the ' ll.iKdiol button'"' In what Impwitant l-.uropean buttle did the LeiiiK'Ti'iiiH on oiie Hide formally InUte Hi. 11 opponents to tin first What Is m. .1111 by a coloiatura soprano? What 1 11 01 is i mi ,i Maim.? (in what hictl 1ll.1l. et is th. modern J tnl. Ian lauguaue bast d' What is a "je u. sals quol"? What Is Ule tilth 1. in o between u hyper I un! 1 11 p. ih'.la ' What is n s.ihbaih.il y.ar' Who 44.1s lb, lino Uoinaii emperor to 10 1 ule o 1 1 Ihiglaml .' Answers to Yesterday's Qulr Th.- l-'luiin unions in t'tiii,i ,v ir.Muiun 410 ami 1,1. foices were known as the St III "t ljll.mil 10 ,i Ii'.lns ilny-l.uiisac was 11 noted Kr. noli chemist an. I . . 1011.1111. Ills dates Tin Ins' lr.iii.coniliieiit.il rnllinad In Am 1 4.1 , I now 1, as the c, m,-,,, I'nclil. . In tw. n San Knuieihen ii,,l. I. mill ami (it.lin. and as ,. I'm,,,, I'.tt (lie b 14.., 11 uH,en ,,,,, 1 iiinah,, Vli.ili.il r'.ui...in was des.,1,,1,,1 l . M..IH in.i ..a n... th. .at,,,, "hi" I. 'Ill I Was ,. M , "' Mil " tin .Mtillhrniiifiiii, olf th.. 1. .11. 1 of Spain Th. Win or 1 S 1 lasted lor two 4,.,, in.l si 4. n month ' J..III.S st Shellll ill 44.IS Vice I'l.Hldem In Tall s ..dmlnlMi.itioii '""' '" vThe .imlitzl ii4. 1 Mows Into .Mozamid,,,,,, cii.ii.u. 1 pan ot ih.. imu,,,, ue.1,1, ' Two .1101,11 'in h bv I it-in .'.Hlfi'u,, (i!ulllM--s Ti-iimIs' mid Th.. Ti.lt, of 1 uiiiiiliiM cloinls in.- loiimleil masses ,,r clolltlH Jl.Sip.ll 0,1 ,,, ..III,,',,,,,! ,' 1I1L' (ill .1 !.i .i.i Ji.n t ,. I I '" l 1 1. i-o'jiiid.-r is tli,. 01 Uliml nuil mure coi rect foi m ot Hi,, wniil cullender. rrTiV, - r"? .7 SHORT CUTS Flume still fusses. The Marion guessing contest grows in Intensity. Jack Frost Is giving Mother Kan 1 1 cold deal. It is evidently easier to raise "I.'" . to operate it. Kventsire justifying the aggressive, of tiio Mayor. The Mayor's ax has its own idea . perfect thirty-six. Delawnre bridge meetings arc still L held up instead of held. Newspaper publicity is one ml Llnu'burner didn't seek. Perhaps tobacco shortens life, but I Joe Cannon doesn't believe it. Chester has burled I. M. A. Knot' but that guy never will stay put. May the good work continue until dope peddler is a drug on the market. The Kmcrgcney Aid Christmas proves that Hantn Clans is still busy . TJ'oMter renders nt least hove .lei titrated the power of a blatant minority. American dyers who nre hunting f, fast black might Interview Jack Johnson. - "mV1i iN bo'", now?" walls the Var dismally. "O Temporal Oh, Moore is' The politician who jockeys for nib tagc occasionally finds the horse Is on Ii It was a Kilos WegK line the pr dent of Council submitted to the llinin limerick contest. "Let him wprlse!" cried the Mar. . which proves him ns good a word-mlnter . be Is a scrapper. In the matter of ups and downs, I and the clevutor have nothing on the tie mometer. Mayor Moore appears to have tho Tin u her of the Vare-Urowii-Cuunlngham mm blnntion. Disarmament plana do not affect Netf otHh citizenry. Tliero every Jnhnnv tiuijr get his gun, Any practical politician will tell yon thnt reform should be carried out like any other corpse. "They enn't touch me!" avers Alrxh I.lmeburner; meaning that they can't gtt under his skin, Dougherty believes the "Wilson lengiie ' s dead ; but how can it be burled in Wash ington while it Is active In Europe? Anyhow, TTncle Joe's cigar is as ditlw tive and as Importnnt ns- the ex- kaiser's mustache, tipped at the Mime angle. We knew that the first robin of sprint would bob up before winter was tnlrlf stinted. It has been seen in Kennebec Mr The first skating of the season took place iu the open yesterday. Indoor skating lo the doggeries hat) been going on for soan time. Custom makes cominnnpliices of (imnxing things. Think, for instance, of waging '".if on a bulge by attacking vice in his horae district! "Out of the Hurley Riirly ' might Jo scribe the present plight of the liimlierjiiiii 111 tested nt Hurley, Wis., after a round nho wood alcohol. W would rejoice more over lhe hiiti'l ing of Ids authority owr to the C011111111111I Council by D'AiiiunizIo if it were imt 1 icrtain prelude to 11 series of intenleun "Rurghirs" robbed a (ieiiiiiintniwi If' 1 best iimlihiyed juy.A iccoiiIn on the iietrt'il while they lite siiiier. (Mir guess is tlij the foragers arc jokers on the siting I'' of the householder. There Is patlios in the ston nf the fit) draftsman and Ids wife, ding iiihllets. si"' to the Hoiihc of Correction for six umiii ' so that thei may be cued H 1 ") l"',', markeil. iiicldentillly. that the lei'J f.ie' I''1, such a sentence has been Imposed "'''', 1111 end In view moriilh bind- tho city l s" to il that the cure Is ellccllvc s-ri ; .1
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