B E l Ul 8' 1 Euening $htblfc1liebgev .PUBLIC LEDGER COMPANY crnra 11. k. cuhtis, Pubsidum .. Cuarlta II I.udlneton. Vlco President John C. Wirtln, Btcrtlnry ami Treasurer; I'hlllp H. Collin, ToHn 11. tvininnn, John J. Btwntcon. Ulrtctore. KDtTOntAIi 1IOAIID- Cnim It. K. Ccims, Chairman ?t,VI B. HM11.EY. 7 KJlUr JOttM C. ?fATlTlK. . 0- m-rif lluKlnon Mnr PuLlttheil dally at Pernio Lhhiki HiilUlng Invlt-pem. nco Pcjuiirc, 1'hllAitelphla ATUMTIO Citi rvj- fit Ion Ilulldlnic NBW York ,104 MaJ!(in Ale. DtnotT 701 Font IlulMlric Bt- Lorn 013 (llobe-nemncrat IlulMlne CmoAoo 1:102 Tcliin- UullJItii NEWS r.fnKAL'S- wasni.NOTo.N UcnKAC, N. Ii Cor. l'ennolanla Ai. and lttli St Iiw Youk Humif Tho A'wi Ilulidln Lou-don Ucmuu Lumlnn Times SUDSCP.IPTIO.V TCnMK Th ElEMSM I'I'hlio I.KixiKn lit renal to aub exltwrr In Philadelphia nml nurrournllnic towns at th ram of t reive (12 cnt par vetX paj-ali.e to the carrr r. By mall to tlnta vutelJ.. uf Philadelphia. In tho -united Siatis, Canada, ir United Siatea poJ eaatonn, po:nno true, fllt (60) vents per month, HlrtlO) dollars per year fasiiMe In advance. To all far dim countries one 11) dollar a month. Notice Sut-K-rlberc nlshirg address changed mutt Blvo old as welt tin new nddresr BELL, MOO WAINIT kn STONE. MAIN 3009 OAddrcsa all ccwiinutiictritotis to Ei'trtng PuMIc iKiftfer Indeptndein'c Square, VMUuleUtUla. Member of the Associated Press TJtE ASSOCIATED PCRSS h ettlusirrlv r titled to the t -r repullU'ttiox o' nil mn iliapatohei c edited f-i it or not others is creiUted In Ws paptr, and aUa tho deal nttcs pubHihrd therein. AH riffhfa , eepub.'IcuMv-i ' --us-m,! dispatches herein are ?o r'irf. Philadelphia Mi-n.lv, Jaiiuin 10. 1121 TIME FOR A SHOWDOWN AN INVKSTHiATlON of uutl production, distribution Mini pric is iiiidi'i' mi. in the Scriatf A similar survey i. iirc'',il by tho Legislature of tliis stiitf. 'I'nosi' lmjuiilci ought to be wutrheil enreftill) 1j the pnblii'. I'or if some virt of eherk eniitwt bo l'ut on the combinations thnt rule the eonl indtistrj one startlitiK ili-ductioii will he inevitable. Ve nhall lime to admit that the coal barons lire strongei' and more roviireeful than the government of the Tnitid Htutes. The producers of anthracite and bitumi nous coal eomidaiu pretty generall) of mis fprwentation. Hut a a matter of fact they )i(ve framed the Indictment U(nln,t them selves. They have written It out in black and white. The recently published schedules maintained by the (.peculators show that the prices of fuel have varied by as much as .." or ?fl a ton at one time in the same market. Meanwhile, supplies were not diminished, h'opie people lime been making a vast lot of money by stemntie extortion. Who are these peopl ' and how arc fhv to be dealt TrithV Thi uie notions that the Semite or the St.tte Legislature onsht li tiik'tit noA-. f VSTREET-PAVING FASHIONS THE trial of wood blocks as street putiui: In Phllailelphio f urn too I- t to tore Stall it CKiiiparatitcl vurl 'loudemjiiitlon JiOlldoli. Pari- and oih.i I'.iiope.tli cities did much io pop'ilari.e fhls vnricn of ro.id Led whne 'audible rxpoiisi- t.i trulhe v:is n.erfly a dull, soothini; ruiiiiib- Ililt !n- as in the dn before ih. p.-i. tliglous develupment of heav. motor mIucI-s, And just ,'iliout us the restful poih w.is ile partiiiB this oh j awoke to what had been liotic on I'i. cadilly Circus and the ltoiib vard lies Italieiis. Inevitaldj the wood-block experiment un Sfarket strict has been utiKrutii'yiiiK. Nitice it wah a reversion to an outmoded model. The fc'aHulllie ace has utterl altered puviiiK prob lems, as London and I'aris. with their many Bipiare miles of now rut-searieil wood stir fnee, arc h amine it hiijh cost. Fortuiiiiti l.i I'hlladelphia. desiite some re prettable pi rimi nt', is not u wood-block town, and the I'ui-eiiu of Hiuhwajs has now resolved tiia' it shall never ln-come one. A-'Coiilinc to present indications, asphalt and Kmall rediessul crnnite blocks will he h- Id In the most favor and will be used almost exeluslvelj in paving reform The most formidable autotrucks have failed to challenge the ellic.ic.v and soliditi of lha cranitp cubes cot in mm ret", as has m-i-u well attest , on a nortioti of N'orth I'ifth ftreet. Tin hinhwii.i e.pert.s ai- wise in their (leteriiunatioii to modi rnie oiti imliij Wlierevnr possible with the solidili of sii u.-i i. i ' t. Ill-Ill. i lirieil stone. BRIDGE TOLLS ARE OBSOLETE COVliltLSSMAX DAHHOWis bill pro viding tor ! di-rul sanction of l'eiin-v. Miniit's part in the Delaware bridge undir takiiig includes apptnvnl of t..ll collecting "While it iimv lie il-'lllollstriil-le th i In phtll has a rtiiin tinaticial vitalit.v. it is in prin ciple Vlllollv Ut V.irMIHC With tl HM of progress in inti rstate i omne i- e KuniepnH toll chaiges on upper Jn-lunare 1 ridges ll'ive been llll-nislie.l within tie lust t'vii eai- The spirn ot the times regards tolls on nud- and bi-.d--s alike a- vexation lllill Ilt!lil!Utci, In the eiul.v dais o the I!ro.)h!,vn bridge snmll taxes wen- imposed on pedestrians nml vehicle- ltnt th- prtntiio has U-eii long flbiindone.i ni. 1 ab ol ilo- foui gn-nt spans ovrr tin Ka-t nui .,! n-iw toll free It will 1,.- .i .gn of b.n kuiirdness if i'.-nn-s.ilvunii Mid Nw .! r-i y hecm,.,- partners in a toll bridge 1'h. t v' -'nti- are i-ch enough. H some oliviv'i:-ii is,., s. , truva gauccs ol tioir , idge's an uppr-ssed. to provide f r r s. nvei pa-s,ig- f..i ,ul kinds of tratli- A TRAVELING GOVERNMENT? CU'HA 1ms growing p.utis. And besides, ) sb iiu- b- ii .iilln'.il bv nmbitioiis fni--tnms not un'ik- tho .- v i, . b i , th- pus gn-e MC-xii'o -i bi iiu.i It i'iI-.i Is drifting toward a -'.- iriop ..i ii tli, i r s, j.r govein lueiit is I i-ig i'u..--"-'.,i. ii-.lv I in JlllClllUtli.il!! - lelll--. -it ll)-lll, - t" it iiiigat bring i . -v 'it at. -..' Lur-.p an n .--Idling on this llh ' i - .vor'd, it will 1 the dm of the I'n'i'il .-s-m. , to pi' o,i tne brakes. Till, hi - -I, llH'dil Ji-fities l,i ,, n. ,. for a Si i.uti on, mm ' iuo,uii m I 'ib.i. The Senate liti- -nougii t.. d-i ut i on - IJvir sun , i. , iir-t nip ..f f i.- rge Wnshiiigtoo in- nit- ot toroigii tiuv-I on eoieiiiiin in slip- 1 i- b - n I, ll in -'i. -ia tiouul capital. Tin House of Hepr-spnts-lives orgut i' '' i g'ori-1,1- -jnge i.. the Orient tor ome -if its n.ei.iheis. N-.-v n is thl' Seiuit- 1 1 1 it i w-mid Imvi u juuxit. Vi t nlL'ihe iiif ii mi Ion uiMt -i-.iiugt.il, ni ds nl'oul ( 'ub.i o igb to I. -n-'li ii.n'iiMe by lllCIIIls ol ill- ro'ltll'i fll. lilies of tue ,S(ate Depart'ie ii' NEWCOMERS AT HARRISBURG UNITY f in tn. n b won hi voters and their bad-i- m tl is stut. , which, -if course, i oiibl i- i Ii- obtuiind l-efon tin- gen eral el.-ciiiiii. I.i -i in, naiurai tendenci of till vnriii'l- lol.is 'MS l-i diviile be- ai.-e of (liffercin - - of poliucal thi-orv . i, being acjiiend :e In i-u.j-.i- i'h- wom.-ii are nnding n conniio , u -.iiii-l lor u tight agaiu-t the rnutiui'i i i' Harris", ur .-i libulf of priucl pies thai i' pi al die tl.v ti tl.i-ir 0111111011 kciihc nml 'I r .ii-liiei fi.i iu-ri- -. Thi -M-i -.f tl... h.-vvi-' ii,ovi-ii, nt mi, ,ng women's 'gi,ri!atloiis will bi a -iirpiis. to ohl-fush.-ii. -I piii-ti-iiu luidiis. It ought to 1m a v.ui. ng to ilciii. The Independent women i. tie- gr nt group organized by "Mrs .lolui t). Miller and h-r nrsoen(es in tin "sllllc I'edei-atioli of Women's Club-; the Kepublnaii won.ei, under Mrs. Warburtoii's leailcrsh.p. ii-pri- ntativts of the mothers' clubs mid icaii civ I. and religious organi Silltlolis hiivc iii-iblli.iil their resources for the prviS"' legl-hitiv" session. I'tiited with them nrp n gi-cn iioiul-cr of the em-rgctl,- orgnnl-viHn-l "l-i''' '' p'-esent v-o-'iin and girls In lUjHl ' i '' '1 " '' i- f ' - - I .lit "1rP Ii laws formulated in the interest of women and children who work, n well us the lnw intended to brine about better conditions in eliitoli and In the general social life of the idate, life not pruned or crippled bi im of the deals nud eonipromipes of which o much has recently been written. It would be foolish to deny that the ten dency of women to work together in their own groups irrenpective of party names and policies the Democratic women are moving In harmony with the others who seek to force the Lcglidntiire toward an enlightened conception of its present duties Is a politi cal omen of considerable importance. The full force of the newer women's movement will not be felt nt once. Hut it is likely to be full apparent nt future elections. If the whips and bosses in the Legislature are fool ish enough to Ignore the validity of the claims made In the name of women voters ; if they are blind to the need of progressive thinking and progressive laws, they may do a great deal to break down party lines between the new voters' organizations. The may find themselves at some not far distant day confronted b n vast mans of angrj voters who will insist on thinking not as Democrats or Ilepubllcans or club members or workers, but as women. And at n time like that the balance of power, to which politicians In this state have trusted Im plicit! for a generation or more, might bo badly upset. EVERY GIRL WISHES TO CHOOSE HER OWN HUSBAND So Why Shouldn't the Politicians Who Are Worrying Senator Hardlnp, With Advice Let Him Select His Own Cabinet MK. HAUDINv, is in the position ol the jouiig woman whose parents, while e.x pi casing solicitude for her huppiness, object to the attentions of every young man to whom she seems to be attracted. It is universally admitted that the mem bers of the cabinet are the personal choice ot the President. They are his intimate ad visers. They must be intellectually and so- ially agreeable to him if he is to work with them. And tho Senate, recognizing thtwo facts, is in the habit of confirming the ap pointments without question. It may reject un appointment to the Supreme Court bench, but It has never been known to reject a cabinet appointment. Yet senators and others have been rushing to Marion to tell Mr. Harding why he should not put in his cabinet this man or that whose name has been mentioned in connection with olio post or another. The political leaders, who know that the.v would have no popular bi.cking if the should seek to induce the isctnite to rcfue to coutirm the new cabinet, are s-ekiiig to use their -etoin ndvunce in older that the ina.i force upon' the President-elect the kind of it CHbiMi't-whieh the wish instead of leaving him free to select tin- kind of advisirs whom he desire--. The countr.v hK been expecting Mr. Hard ing to summon to his cabinet the ablest men whom lie can peruude to enter hit), official faniil.v. It is aware that the problems before tin- Incoming administration are so compli cated that it will need the best wisdom avail able to solve thei.i. And it is looking to Mr. Harding to assert himself and force the iticddlcts to a pt his decision. It would be a fatal mistake to use the nbiiiet posts for pining political debts. It lreipientli happitis that a man who hus been so active in political management that he can in-ist that the Presnleiit-i lect is under obi! Ultion '" him is utterly disqualified for the duties ol ,i ii'spousible executive position. And it more trequeiitly happens that the big men of the p.'iriv that is. the men who have iblnoiistiiitcil their abilities in their profes sion or in their business hue been too much occupied willi the larger affairs of polities to lime had time to do those things which create an "obligation"' lor the successful aiidldtite to meet. A i al'iiiet of part workers would be a lailure. Mr. Harding has not yet given any indication of u purpose to make such n cabi net. The names of some active politicians have been mentioned in connection with one .abiii't office or another, but this, has been due to the desire of the men rutin r than to iiu.i known intention of Mr. Harding to give them s,-t ions consideration Take the case ot Harrj M. Dauglierl , for sample. He is the Ohio politician who was pack of the Harding Ix-mi for the nomina tion It is said that Mr. Harding allowed Dauglierty to use bis name in order to give the man an opportuniti to strengthen him self in the state, and that if there is nny obligation in the -a-e it is the obligation of Daughert.v t- Harding. ISnt the Ohio poli tician has been talkid of for the attorney generalship Outside of Ohio, and possibly in Ohio also it is r.ntiiiiikablc that Mr. Harding should put Daugh-T'i ut tin- head of the Department of Justice when so able a man as former Senator Suthctlaud, of I tab. is available, not to mention any other-. Mr. Sutherland is one ot tne kind m men nut of which a cabinet should be tiu struct! d. He is an abb- lavv.ier. He lives in I 'inh and ''an tnk" to tin council table knowledge f the state of nubile sentiment in il West. If a mun from tin- farther Wi-t should have us his astoi-iati s men froii. tie middle nud central West and the Kat. and even from tho South. fh combined wisdom of the group would be greater than lie i ollllillieil Wlsiinm hi ail pon-mnj Kruui that could be gathered from an single see Hun ot th untrv. While geogniphicnl considerations should not be allowed to ham per Mr. Harding In selecting his associates, a proper respi or for them is desirable. He could tiud in Philadelphia. New York and I'.ost.in men well fitted for ".tj post ut his disposal, but it would be a mistake to tip point ill- m. No one lien- is in Intimate touch with the iinti -Asiatic sentiment on the Paeltie slope, a -otitiiin tit winch is likely to make trouble for the new udmiiiistiution. We do not know, i-itlnr, how the piople in the great iigrn lit mil states of the middle ami further West teel aim it the dut of the national government to go to the relief of the farmers. W are aware that there are southern prob lems, but we do not understand them as they r, nprehended by a man who hus lived in touch with them. There ih un eastern view- of banking and an eastern view o corporot'ons and nn east ern vn vv of commerce whiih is not the west ern or th" southern view The cabinet must tuke a national view, which means thilt the -fiiuuiitl opinions must be correi ted In the light of nii.iplete knowledge of want every -..it ion teds. This cannot he brought about unliss tin- mi rubers of the cuhinet coinu fiom different pari" ,,f th conntr. Ii does not matter ver much whether the .lein lepreseiitativi s come troui Pennsyl vania. New York or Massachusetts. These states are close enough together and their I ph. have mi intimate business relations that n clti.eii of mi one of them is fnlily lepn -entiilive of all. Ct.ailes I" Hughes, of S"i w Yolk, has been talked about for sei -iiiur.v ot stall-, and In would I"' a good one; fur better than David Ja.vue Hill. aUo of Ni vv Voil. l-'rinl. Vnndei-lip, of New York, i- as admirably equipped for the secretary ;,ip of tin ii'i-iimu' a any man in the ooiintrv. nml Ueoigi Wiekiishnm, of New York, who has b- en attorney general, could Ml 'he olhee acceptnbl again. Hut it would be a tactiiiil mir-iukc to put thiee men from the same cit into one cabinet. The Itepuhlicaii part, fortunately, has ilili- men in all narts of the country well flit -I to assist the Preslip nt -elect A it Is ,.-.. i- 'h.u V ' '.'". i '. 3VENIN& PUBLIC LJBDGEKr minds "will go along with" his, these able men are willing to co-operate with him, All hr needs to do is to assure them of his desire for their advice and of his detcrmlna tion to back them up in the administration of their departments. Of course, it is certain that some men whom Mr. Harding would like to have asso ciated with him will find it impossible to adjust their uffalrs in time to enter tho cabinet. Hut it will not be necessary under such circumstances for him to select second or third rate men as substitutes, an has been done by other Presidents. The emcrgenc which confronts the nation Is so grave that men who, nnder ordinary conditions, would be unwilling to sacrifice themselves for the, general good are likely to be moved by bo strong a sense of duty that they will respond If summoned. All this should make it easy for Mr. Harding. Ills chief difficulty at tho present time seems to arise from the neces sity of Nlavlng off the men who wish to select his cabinet for him. "ALL THE NEWS" NO MAN who ever was of the iuvisible company that labors through the twenty four hours of each day to report the news of the world to wring It out of obdurate and unscrupulous men, out of the disorderly conflict of human purposes and out of the confusion In which all great public events arc shaped will be able to read of the plight of .the reporters sent to "cover" the rescue of the navy's airmen In Canada without a stinging sense of nostalgia for the times and places in which the hardest labor of his life was done. His mind will be disturbed b.v a wish to be back again with those who always are expected to do the impossible and who do it in nine cases out of ten because of a sheer love of difficult work and the delight of hard impacts with unfriendly circumstance. Tho mood is inexplicable, of course. Hut if it were not common to n very considerable number of men whose names you never heur or know newspupers could not do the service for which they ure made and the business of government In n country like ours would be fur more uncertain and unsatisfactory than It is. At Cochrane, in Canada, the representa tives of the newspapers were stopped short. Tho disastrous significance of that simple fact as It must be viewed by reporters on an important mission cannot be understood by u layman. It spelt misfortune complete and Intolerable. There was a trackless wil derness of snow and uproarious tetnpcstB, and somewhere within it was one of the great "stories" of the year greut because it re veals again men's ability to fight it out to n good finish with the elements, and their willingness to strive and sacrifice endlessly In one another's behalf whenever they nre left free of the artificial restraints that con fuse existence for most of us. That story will come smoothly over the wires before long, and In a good many mil lions of people It will revive n sense of proud wonderment and faith In their kind and new appreciation of the restless and aspiring spirit that rules under the naval uniform. Hut the man who reads it with the accom paniment of the breakfast coffee will know nothing of the cxhutfstlug trluls of nervous strength nor the wearing physical strains endured by men flung without warning or preparation Into strange places to contend against space anil time for the news and ull of it, and to go without food or sleep through days of stress and anxiety. Yet the job at Cochruue is one that nine reporters out of every ten would rejoice to have. They would jump a truin, us they jump trains every day, and trust to their peculiar gods to see them through ull imagi nable vicissitudes in their hunt for the truth. What they didn't know ubout snow shoeing or life in an Arctic wilderness thev would learn. It Is ;i wuy the.v lyive. In the war the correspondent went every where nnd saw everything, und when the censors didn't hnriisn them the wrote the facts as the.v found them. Some were shot und some were blinded and some died of disease, but they went to the trenches und lived in them becuuse the news was there. So the news that u group of reporters hud to stop and remain bullied for days n long way from their goal, while the world waited on its toen for what they sought to tell. Is iu itself a story of an extraordinary sort. It records one of the rarest of phe nomena. For the quality of fidelity shines in men who do the hurd work of journalism. The brilliant tilings they do are forgotten the next day. Their work brings none of the cumulative rewards enjoyed b.v other pro fessions. To them "the paper" is of and for the public. If the paper comes through with tl) Ins colors, wlint matters frost-bite and sh-epless nights and nerves strained al most to agony? Nothing, of courne. Kven the best reporters and the best news papers are not perfect. Nothing can be per fect in this world. Men who get and write news nre engaged in a perpetual fight with the clock, und they feel the constnnt heavj pressure of the needs of the man who ex pects to have the veracious narrative of each day's achievements and errors deftly ar ranged and presented to him with his morn ing chop. Hut the Tankers of daily journalism have compensations for much that thej lose out of life. They learn to detest n He. They know by painful observation behind tho scenes that money ns a means to happiness Is not ull that It Is cracked up to be. The poseurs and pretenders cannot bamboozle them, und the ure feared by opportunists and eorruptlonlsts of thi sort who laugh at Mr. Pulmer and regard a quizzing by a con gressional committee us n bit of pleasant recreation. They give ilimtarily to society o quality of service that is not purchasable in any mmket. To tell these men that thev serve the Lord would be to iilmsh them terribly. Hut that is what they do. for they an- the eyes and ears of democracy, und the.v belong to that diminishing company whose chief reward in this odd world Is pride of achievement, tho memory of good woik done And they are the people over whose imagined deficiencies the Contemporary Club is accustomed to lament when, in the bliss ot ignorance, It assembles to talk of the de line of journal istic ethic-. FAME AND MANILA 01 T of Muuilu is-sues the plea for a .2(I0,(IIH) memorial to Admiral Dewo.v on tiii- shores of the tupucious bay with which his major fame is linked. ConuresH will bp asked to appiopriate halt the funds und the Philippine I.egislatuie the remainder. Apart from the Ineslstible sentimental and patriotic values in such an undertaking, the ptoject Is ingratiating ns an explicit tribute to a victory whose dimensions hnve not in the least shrunk with time. Nor has the repute of tin victor waned. In the hands of i uptious ond energetic in vestigutors the fame of many of the great departed is shockingl.v unstable. Napoleon's debt to some of his greatest marshals, Davout in particular, has been repeatedly empha sized. Colllngwood undoubtedly shores some ut the glory of Trafalgar. In American naval annals .Manila lu.v is what New Orleans is in the American ndli im. chrou'cle Th" individual responsibility and aooiupllshmeiit of Jackson and Dewey Is similur in our most overwhelming and to nur-ihes least costly tilumphs of arms. Thei" are not iimiiv decisive buttles to match them even In vvoild hlstor. An thing so exceptional, so proof against the disillusioning shafts of later und higher criticism is indeed rare. If only to signalize it specific instance of u fame that is durable, ih" .Mar.Hu i ij inoii.'i'.i ii .juld kecui v.ur i ' ' - PHiLADELPHlA, MONDAY, "'J A AS ONE WOMAN SEES iT j Reminiscences of Two Notable Quests In Philadelphia: Pastor wagner, Who Was Hectic, and General Booth, Who Was Surprising Hy SAKAII I). LOWKIB MI3N and women who speak of their onuses with n capital ore generally exciting" guests. Tho most hectic guest I ever knew was Pastor Wagner, the simple life man; the most surprising in his demands was the late General Hooth, of the Hulvatlon Army. General Booth was nt the hefjlit of his fame, and the son. who was In command of tho "nrmy" in this country, was at that time Halllngton Hooth. whose very beautiful . nnd popular wife, Maud Hooth, had won to the cause of the Salvation Arniv n great many generous nnd influential friends. Perhaps her very popularity was, to the mind of her father-in-law. a danger mark; perhaps her husband's mmewhat American point of view of English headquarters or ders muy have seemed another tmu symptom. What chiefly Interested us in Halllngton Hooth ns children regarding him from a safe distance over the banisters was that he changed his boots in the hall and put on eusy ellpptrs before going to join his vife and our mother in the drawing room. That was before the general, his fatlier, camel After that old gentleman's nrrival there wuh nothing exactly easy. AVKUY elaborate menu was given the hostess to cover the general's brief stay. lied meat was strictly forbidden nnd other dishes were enjoined. The time of meals was changed nud nn extra one added a kind of hot .supper late In the evening. It was requested that he have n sitting room attached to his bedroom. He was always upoken of in awed tones, generally by his fumlly as "our father," so that to us children his coming was solemn, cton fearful. His arrival in an open carriage, escorted by some hundreds of the "nrmy" nnd serenaded by n brass band, somewlint confused our expectation of a deity and gave the episode a lighter if more exciting tone. There was u reception, there were, speeches! Many notables not of the Snl vation Army had been delighted to come nud meet its founder, and to tell him how remarkable they thought his daughter-in-law and how well his son was organising the American branch of the organization. It seemed to us children, who braced our selves In the sheltering curve of the piano nnd regarded the scene with no effort to be pnrt of the congratulatory hosts, that tho dark, thin, tall, handsome old man who was tho center of nil this attention grew darker und more forbidding with each commenda tion. Wc also observed the almost tearful efforts of the members of his family present to shift the spotlight from the Halllngton Booths to the wonderful nrmy in England. Long before the guests had nil departed It was upparent some one had blundered. A dinner had been planned, but the "colo nel" who wus the general's secretary asked to see the menu nnd the list of guests. Both were submitted to the general and were found to be entirely not what he wanted. He preferred eating in his sitting room and lie preferred roast beef! It was too late to ting the guests und too late to cook a roust, so a steak was got and such other dishes as the secretary announced were imperative, , DOWN stairs nt an abnormally early hour1" the guest-, mid our family ate the simplified meal that had been desigued for the general's restricted diet, while upstairs behind closed doors the hero of the evening partook of a much more substantial later repast in the company of peisons sum moned to Join him b.v the faithful and fortunate colonel secretary, who seemed to breathe but for his generic's pleasure. As to who these persons were the hostess was not enlightened, but this much was vouchsafed her. The secretary appeared later and called her avvuy from the other guests to announce impressively that "the general is much phased with his dinner." He left next morning with such abrupt ness, however, thut the "army" and the bund, though they got there on the run, were too late to escort him to the btatlon, JK NKVKK quite knew what happened, V but within a week from that visit Maud Hooth and her husband inaugurated the Americun Ann of Volunteers, uu organ ization somewhat on the Salvation Army lines, but dealing mostly with prison work, and another Booth reigned in their stead us head of the American Salvntlon Ami. Wo children tool; opposite sides. Some of us argued it was the beefsteak that hud brought on the riiptme, while others argue 1 that the rupture had brought on the beef steak. In any case America has not lost by the change, since it has n very energetic Salvation Ann under a Booth and a very energetic Volunteer Army under a Booth. Perhaps Mrs. Booth would never have done her beautiful saving work for prisoners if the "difference" hud never come. THK visit from Pastor Wagner, who wmtc the "Simple Life," lasted scared an hour, It was on u Sunday evening and was entirely unexpected to his hosts a half hour before it occurred. He wus scheduled to speak at so man places that Suridii aft ernoon and evening b.v the urruiigement of his agents thnt iu order to cover the ground between the churches the nioton or lind to be driven ut great speed. It was iu the curl days of motors and the pastor was not equipped with a hat or u coat quite comfortable for the experience. It was mi open cur, too. When he nrrived at our house for supper h" was In the bottom of the car covered b a rug by his own almost frantic demand. He was so futlgued as to he nearly Inarticulate, but he grasped his hostess by the hand and demuuded lioar-e!y of her that he be permitted to eat without conversation, ami that she provide him with chops and chocolntc and peas. A ricurb.v himhci was routed out of his Sunday evening npose and cujoled Into opening his rcliiguator for tho chops, Some chocolate wjs ho-tow m from a neighbor, the nens were on hand. Aftpr a miracu lously brief dela.v the pastor's supper ami the regulur siilad and hot biscuit uuil stuffed potatoes and cold dessert supper was niaishaleil on the table and the meal began. The pastor fancied the regular things more than his own, hut ate heartily of both. One of tho ineii who had brought him. whose name we never quite l.nev , rose at intervals and showed his pleasure in the occusion b.v kissing all the men on the left check ami shaking the hands of ull the women with u kind of lingering fervor Suddenly the otln r man looked at his watch and explained slowly and loudl in words of one syllable to the pastor thut they were five minutes behind schedule time and must depart. The pustor, a big, burly Alsatian looking man, refusiil to budge without the dessert. Iu the end he won out. He kept growling In Flench that one day more of the pui e ut which they rosin il film would kill him. Wc saw him jerked into his unit, his hut jninmicl on his head, ond they stowed him into the bottom of the car, while his ifTiisive companion went the round of those of us that were lelt, one gratiiluting us on the wonderful opportuniti we hud hud to ititeitain so remarkable n human being. "But," said he, shaking a warning finger at 'he host of the ucialon, "v. u must not offend the great man by calling him "Vargin r" ; he ', Wugliev, 111 e "wagon!" ll siened "pH'tt soft" tor tii Pi. sale, N. -I.. paisou who returned from a llttli elopement trip und was forgiven not only bv his v. in., Inn by the members of ids congregation. Hut now thut the girl bus sued him lor iHlVi.OUO dumnges, iiHt-glng breach of promise, mid her parents have sued him for MM.lilMl because of the hu miliation mid disgrace he brought upon them, mid the authorities hiivc IsMicd u warrant for him under the Mann act why, now he begin- to hc'leve that the Scrlpluii'r ure right uul "thi v.uj ot (he I 1 s I ' I -V. " ,SS-, , " ffitftferfL r .r-J !" . .ir'L-T"f- ., ll-vi-Sl!' mils- ..-" r J ,mtmi NOW MY IDEA IS THIS Daily Talks With Thinking Philadelphiais on Subjects Know Rest MRS. FRANK MILES DAY On Women and Legislation THK women of Pennsylvania should pav the btrletest attention to the program of coming state legislation, according to Mrs. Frank Miles Day, vice chairman of the legislative committee of State Federation of Pennsylvania Women. Much of the legislation esj ially that annlvimr to hoiisimr. nrohihitioii or educa tional questions, will icry closely concern every one of the new women votei.-. in the opinion of Mrs. Day, who outlines a program of much -needed laws for the Stale Legislature to consider. A definite budget system, such us the city of Philadelphia has and the federal cot eminent pluiis, is one of the requisites of the stute government, no cording to Mrs. Day "It would be u pleasure to write of the pnbt work done by the women's clubs throughout the state; their pnrt plat id in the passage of laws for the protection of women and children and the still more un heralded work, obstructing tin- milking of laws to lessen that protection. It will be remembered It was tin- tt omen's clubs that practically put through the legislation for the village for feeble -minded women nt Lnu relton, the industrial home for women, nnd the mothers' assistance act, F.ach legislative year it becomes the duti of the clubs to bring these subjects again In fore the Assembly and to obtain s'ullioicnt impropriations to carrj them on. "The women iu the -100 clubs in the state, nenrly 00,0(10 members in all. feel their duty thoroughly in that matter, but not to the exclusion of other and newer legislation. Tilts year the fact that those 00,001) members ure all voters makes them newlv interested in what their representatives nt Harrishurg are doing; and it works the other wny. too. Those representatives are deeply interested in what the women want of them, and it be hooves every woman iu the state to make clear her desires, for she can obtain them if only she will speak loudly enough. Doesn't Mean Offices and Jobs "By tins,, desire-. I do not mean offices or positions on state or county boards or com missions. There are i nmparatlvely few women ready to hold offlec, and where there are efficient women the office will seek them out. We should stand for efficiency in office, not for a woman just I,.., auso " she is tl woman. "I am thinking, hovvnei. about a desire for legislation that will better t)P living con ditions of the people of the state; for good state and municipal housekeeping, in other words. The women me naturally deeply In-tere-ted in housing legislation, a higher standnrd of construction, a higher standard of inspection and financial arrangements making possible loans of money to builders to elect the houses so bndh nciiled. "The educational program of the state su perintendent. Dr. l'inegnn, is of the highest Importance to all mothers. Hs demands for a longer school jeur, higher salaries for teachers, etc., can only be met bv Increased appropriations; but must be met somehow if our children an to be well taught and our standards upheld. Careful Financing Xetilrtl "All these mutters requiring im reused ap propriations mi an curcful financial manage ment of state moneys Increased taxation, possibly, nml a budget. As women know well the importance of portioning out the home income, so they should as!, loiullv nnd insistently for a definite apportionment of state income not the haphazard appropria tion method of times past. "Oiireitv hus n budget act iu the hatter; tin' 1'nlted States Oovernuieiit will have a biulgi t before this Congiess adjourns, and Pctitis.vlvniiin must come up to the standard "Perhaps the most Important thing In the iji' or mail women is uie necessit , f(,r (j, enforcement of the eighteenth umcuiliiu nt That prohibition i not enfoivi d is not alto gether due to the national governm, m, jt inn only enforce a federal law by the fi'derai inspectors und the federal uuirls, of which there are but thrci in the ,st it,.. What U ii ele.l is an enforcement net in Pennsylvania putting the matter undei the state nnd iln olhilals und couru. und the iipcnl o , , IIh-.ii.s iilgh-lleuise lnw. Sue a bill is a ready draft' d and !!! be Inirodm ed inui'ie iilftlely lifter the rei ess of the l.egjslati,,,. The mruicr attorney general, tu,,v Jimi,.,', Sclunffcr. N very keen about lis pat-sin:,. nnd the new attorney guicrul, .lier. u of the siinie opinion, "It icmnliis for tin- women of th,- state of .'.uitev r i lob ! Ussoc'aih'ii oi cm t,'i SNtv 192: "BY HECK, I'VE ESCAPED HIM!" ? - (TO Thvv with the necessity for the act that they will not dure to obstruct its passage. And re member, the liquor dealers and sellers un- a very strong Isidy and will not easily in- over ultlie. "The report of the commission to revise the constitution will be awaited with great interest. To ninny women this secins a dull und dry subject, legal and technical. But just begin to study the question and its in tense inteiest to every citizen appeals. In the first place, the present evil system of the magistrates' courts cannot Is- changed except by, changes in tin tistilutiou. The np- 1 11 Ice power ol the judges, that gives lis our present old-fashioned Board of Kducii tiou and Hoard of lievislon i Taxes, both -o uurespoiisitc to the will of the electors, ciinnoi be altered but through the uuistitu lioii. And more than thut. the city nud county of Philadelphia can never lie mnde one except by altering the constitution. Unit the latter evil lies ut the root of the gang control of Philadelphia everv student ol government knows 1 nferest iu Prison Iteform "Many women are deeply interested in prison retorin. Three bills on that subject are to be introduced. At present the ninny thousands ot prison, is in, the state are idle two-thirds of their tune. Four Mule indus trial fauns are suggesicd to take the place of the present penitential ics; the work done there to be paid for ami the families of the prisoners at least partly supported. I have mentioned the most importunt items ot the legislative program of the State I eiierntion of Pennsylvania Women. Our ovvii member-, will back thcin up. It goes without saying, but ull women in the .state must help to make the campaign n success, ir .t oil do not know who your representative is, ask by phone or letter the secretary of any of the large clubs in the membership of the lederntioii and the information will he sent at once. Thousands of slips have been printed for ju-t that piirpo.o mid uie wait ing for your use "Let us all mill together mid Pennsvlvutila "HI I" ii happier and better state to live iu ' The Senate committee on Cuban nda tioiis is coutitiiphiting trip to Cuba to investigate conditions there. t venture the assertion thnt the senators will find thut it tastes pretty much tl. M1, 0V1... but that it costs mole. ' What Do You Know? QUIZ I Hoy .. uu ,. ispaidsh .uiWu, num.- ".'. Ijc ploiiouuci it .' .' Wbiu .irr mulniuutCH" :' ;;;vhi.t i-enn docs th,- ,, , riv.r l. Wli.it Ii fi.int'ipi.T, - .'.. When did the ln,iu .mUUi, ilUaU I. What i a t,s, ,- 7 NDi.,nl,Nw V"'"8 M"r '" f'hnilfH ' "Lenoanl,,! " " outbreak ot ti,.. vVoriu ;;:;;-"" at Ul0 What I' u tliisaurus" ll). Answers to Saturday's Qui J. The War I ell mi " Cnltul thqmlon of"!!i:Vro.Us '""' .i T'u';::,V,",,?,i"'1:;;71r""M..1,orR America, Up-mi ' , "Vi vva JiJ.,1!'" sued In serli-l f..r,,i o,.., ,., ,-- , V T!!n,r,u-1'"''-tH.v,oU,,,, '"'liHugn.-r'.'r'l'villi," ," ben,;, w.is i,., fi ,, o1'- ,'.",', " ' ,!:" H'emUd ,l ,ni ,- ' who ,vuh ma,, I, , lu ,., u ,.';"', ir k, ;. t tl IK h l" .t ul vv 1 1 I 1 il r I, , I" milom, r , &! .lu '. "',', Bk'- .'iuiimiiib , i.rfiit, if," ,. '' J; ,,u;lhv "i . ullMbl. p. .1.?. ri ' ,l ' ,lulee, Al.raliiu,, 1.1, .., Wl , ., lK . . 'the Latin p,,,,, i, , by He fia... , ii.j "a"'1 "'' . Itrniiilli'iiit J i.i. . i, .South sea ' ' ' " . in ..'. the "n;,N:,ee,"1:;::"-:;:;lM '"" .. 1. 1 '...- ,i i.i. , M- M SHORT CUTS "Der lag" Ih now the slogan of thf automobile driver. - - - ------ Agricultural note Tammany is about to reap the whirlwind. Kvcn the most conservative will mini, flic nied of liberalizing the civil-service law Spain may challenge for the Davis cup Is there likelihood that Spain is confound ing tennis with bull? "Let's soak him with a lump of coal." tried the profiteer, which is how the Fit! mute Consumer got a black eye. Hvery mind is a moving-picture house and the reason some men arc forever bon is that they put on nothing but punk plays A hopeful country is looking forvvar. to the time when the President -elect wi get "good and mad" and settle things ft himself. About live .years from now, win reminiscence discards present dlseomfnr for the hnlo of adventure, the naval nirmei now mushing on toward Cochrane will tegi to enjoy their trip. Human nature is nt once so faulty nt so fine that people are less inclined to man n man for going nstruy than for his throw ing the blame on. the woman who share his transgression. Add Limping Limericks The youii lady who appears to be getting after ' Tammany tiger is a blind lady with a pa of scales, and to date there is no smile o the face of the tiger. It mny reasonably be expected that the'--will be one or two cnblnct appointments th.i will be generally satisfactory, but assuredh the secretury of labor will not bo one o' them, whoever he may be. It may be that we would now be pay in, lss for coal If Attorney General Palmer when nn Investigation of the coal sltua tion was projected, hud used un "accclei ator" insteud of a "conciliator." Senator Locktvood savs his committo has struck the trull of a SI. 800,000 court house contract with Sl.nOfl.OOO graft in ir Wonder what was the matter with the od Ssuo.000 thut the grafters let it slide? Does the fact that the Semite committ? on foreign relations hns taken no action on either the Borah or WiiInIi resolution indi cute thai tlio interest of tho members in tin restriction of competitive armament is pinch ncademio? Judge Talley, of New York, begs to 1" exciisid from picsidilig lu cases where wutntii arc on the jury, "So long us she Is u woiiinn," ho siiys. "her emotional strain will dominate her riitlonul processes," And Ii1' opinion Is one designed to give her emotion-1 strain. Savs Colonel Henry W. Shoemaker ' his book, "Kxtinct Pennsylvania Animals' "Piivate gtced. thut lust for blood iiionf which has been the undoing of so mutiv peisoiis mid states, bus been responsible fc the .ivvful diminution of the wild life ' Pennsylvania " It Is still with us, sb siinph moved from the country to th- i'm When Itepiccntntivit Slegel s.iy tht Johnson bill to check immigration for u ye.i" is un-American lie is presumably spenklw in a Pickwickian sense. The hill may h wise or unwise, hut it is assuredly Virion can; It i.s prisented in mi American 'i before n hodv of Americans, nud will bo set tbd ouo wuy or the other in American fashion. Si iciury Daniels is noting -.Tic I'iii'in hi rights in forbidding the mu bail. mi ists to talk of their adventures W" ifpoininc to the government that empto lie in; it m.iv even be that gome now'sp.li" would hnve been treated unfairly if on ilili number got mi exclusive story by puyi- SKi.bOO !(.r it. Bin In view of too f ' i but i hi government could not at oiiee n cp i i.ougii money to bring them lion, -i I'n-jr fe'Iitvs iu Kockawity had to pre'.'.r intii v digging, one ci'iinot I ' ' teel that il is n pity the men d ild. I.OI-..M lie .silti.iniO ut boiiiii siiuil, P "1 oi use for the hai'-lsliip, tliisy have suTeri and sisfi:i( diy tl,. ncw.siapi-is Set '' D.lli.i Is Si c, i, y, '.. ill , I'- lie ' vtdfc "Z&i' ' 'VKSf . 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