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.PUBLIC LEDGER COMPANY
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.. 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
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to the carrr r.
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To all far dim countries one 11) dollar a month.
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In Ws paptr, and aUa tho deal nttcs pubHihrd
therein.
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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
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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
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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
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- 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
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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!"
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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
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outbreak ot ti,.. vVoriu ;;:;;-"" at Ul0
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J. The War
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SHORT CUTS
"Der lag" Ih now the slogan of thf
automobile driver.
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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 ''
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