V 8 EVENING PUBLIC LEDGER-PHILADELPHIA, WftDNESD Atf, JANUARY 12, 921- V, . w - . . 51. 'fuf w . TUDLIC LEDGER COMPANY crnua n. ic. cuims, rsKsiriNt ,.. Cj!arI" 11, liUdlnitlon, Vice I'reslcl.nt, John C. HArtln, flecrotary nnd Treasurer! Philip H caiiino, Jghn II. U'llllnma, Jolin J. Bpurefon. Dlris-tora, editoriaii hoard '.. tos II. IC. Cams, Chairman .ftAVlP B. WMILKY. . . ... .i;jtor JPUH C. irATtTtN' Clmi-ril Duflni Manager rubll.hej dally nt rcBLto iasMEn BuUdlnc lndren ncc yquare, Philadelphia ATLiNTIO ClTT rrravl'iiroii llulldinc Nvr x.onK .104 .Madlno-i Ave. pinoiT 701 Pord nulUUng AT. Lotas. Ol.'J Globe-Dfmocini HultJIng CltlOAOO 1302 Tribune Uulldlne news nrncAVSi WiSHINOTO-C Dl'lllHl , X. Ii Cor. I'onnsjlvanta Av. nnd 14th St N"T Yontc IliRRAti The Sun UulldlnR XoM-oK BCBCiU London rime oitnocmTMiirt.. m.. ....... . JWAsi-Jt iiu.1 11.11.113 $' Ti1 EyB!w I'lBilc Liihieb Ii tenod to nub- "" m i-iiiinuciiiiii-i Hna surrounding towns at tho rati of twelve (1'J) centa ver wrek. pajable to th carrier. .v".?"1 i 5lnl outside of Philadelphia, in the United Btat. a, Canada, or United ttat" pos 1"lf,J.p?.,,ng0 ,rcu" mty 5u " Per month, B'5.".'. oollan Per .ur, panblo In advance. To all forHim countries one ($1) dollar a month WOTtcr Subserluerc wishing- nddreis rhanecd muit elvo old as well ns new address. BELL. 3000 WA'.MT KEYSTONE. MAIN 3000 C JLddtrej all Coiiiiiuii(C(rioi to KvttHnp Tiillio litiatr. Independent- Square, rii'flrf-'i'((i , Member of the Associated Press THE ASSOCIXTFD MFSS ft rxcluslvelu en titled fo the use . tepublieatlon of (ill nc ti i Hpae7ieJ credited to it or not otlitrwtie credited i this paper, ond aho tho local -teirf published therein. All rlchti vt republlratton of spoefnl dirratchea Herein, are aha mm ed. Philadelphia, Wdnf.Ia)r, January 12, 1921 LAMENTABLE BREAKDOWN 0! XC11 more the Iioard of Public 1 .'dilu tion has met mid failed lo elei I n suiier- iuteiiueut or vciiixiis It has failed because its meiubeix have been unable te nsiee on nnjUihis. They cannot decide whether thev should elect a I'liiladelphiau or an outsider, and IiicUiuk thatabilitv tliev c.inimt com' ilnwn in a consideration of individual i,iiuliil.iti" The propel tlnnu for them to do is to fleet the best man mailable, no mattci where ho lUcs. Their ImeldtiK and tillini! for the past months have forced ome of the ablest school men in the country to refuse tn, be come candidates. The list of nvailablcs H thus narrowed and is constantly growing narrower. If the failure to agree continues much longer the board will be fortunate if It can find any one at all willing to accept service as superintendent under It. This breakdown of tho school board is lamentable. It will justify every friend of the school sy-tem in demanding that a radical change be made in the constitution of the. board nt the earliest possible date. SATISFACTORY SURPLUS THK cit iosed the jear with a surplus of $I.S'4.fl(10 above ependitnres. Tins COinc about i lnelh because the leceipts during the year were larger than the nuinunt esti mated whin the budget wns adopted. Yet it is to the iredit df tlic administration that there was an unexpeuded balance of S"iM.0U0 .left from the appiopriations to various de partments If the pi.iper kind of eionomv is puutiied this car there will be a nun h linger un expended bal.ini e on December 111. The Council is alreadv planning to use the surplus for sal.irj increases, lint it would better wait a while before appropriating it. ANOTHER PEACE CONFERENCE? THE Vaie Cunningham alliance, which in its fui us methods and its anus has been illlnlv suggestive of the (ieiiiiin Tin k combine, has iwiKci! it ti annuvmous It. th ulium llnl g to semi out ticni'ilnus appials for a pea, - uitlimit mi tm When Mr. Moore i4tinn. fi.ui liw vai'iilioii this in evitable propos.il will piob.ibl.v take di linile form. What is to In iloie admit u : What i the moral? 'Hi. 'iiisv i in tln'se inenes not difljcult It shniild take the foim of - gi n eral demand fm open nn, mints of peine openly ui lived at What do the bovs vv.int in ntutn for llieir surrender and t In hiving down of arms' OUTLAWED MOTORCARS TT W()l I.I) ln 1 .11" beltOl" f. if ni.irtli.iilv JL ioiiceiiK.1 ,i Mip'iint nib nt Mills'. Ins I ..jsilict' and t i ..Hi .ils f the Si ". Iliglrvav i i n .. .. .i . i i , - l"llllllll' III "OHIO snip lUIIM)llll" I1IIIOI1C theniM'Iv. s iliunloii fonvii tin- iioIh v of I fright fulin s. tlmi li.is bun al.iili d to niotoi I drivers u tlnnit in vv n- use .aii , and s( t about r.ilioiiullv to liinl ,i in. t'loii bv winch file niiniuil imi of conf'ision m tin- motor division at linn 'shun: may be avoided m he future Two things ill, iiiiiliuMtii s inigbt tin 'I'liev rotiid nrik" it nhl gatorv fir ovvikm and drivers of nutnnio'iili . to ' nter futme ap plications hi to' e I. 1 1 niliep I" Mr thev eonld help to organize a vihii of bi.nicli offices or siibsiatioii. through win. b m iior licenses might be is-i ed .it imintv seats or in the lnigir iitus Tin brier metliod lias been in opei.ition for inn- m s vei.il f tin statesvvlnii uioto' regisii.iiioii -In.ivv It is a method umb'i vvhnli the bur.. u of labor thai overvv helms ilie Stale Motor l.i "ii-e Tturcnii in the Inst dav of cadi ve-ir i dis tributed with a vnw to nvniiling just tho sort of delav and .niiiovaiii . that motor own ers aie ( unipl.i mug . b .ut heir ami ise where in l'ennsv h una The i.iw cie.it d l.v tin-, police nnd tile tate iiuthoi itn s without am apparent use or pui'iosi '1 e i, limed nh ntlfu ition lists for tin - i' v. it ,ii,. nut j.t out The lis's f ,i list . ii ai still in the li-ii.ds of the iiuliie 'II. Ii'in t.igs oi" for the nu nient a. tn ill' t ( us .ful th in ilu v.llovv ones. JAPAN AND US IT IS ilneiing ioi .imi tin ii to liea! some one in i i ills. I n.ivvs .liipnii ami i In .lapailis ilisi t.s tin issi, si,,t biveniiseii between Tokio ami Waslnnm m lu,, ,,f American lni..n mil liud hiws Itoland S Mom. .itnl.n-. ,i',,r t,, J.ipm. In nil iiildn ss to th, 1' iil.iil.'lpln.i I, i, .up oi the I'enn-v Iviiu ,i IImiUms sso(ia,ion s,m whut nil vvll in1'.. i nu . I n. n. Know to be true when In as-end Ins hnirers tlui the .Inp.llU'M iniili"! s, , K ,,i d.sii,. niiv s, 'ions trouble v nli tin I'liiiul St.it s Su. h re M'nlment as evists among .lamnese is ,,,, , he obseived. to tin Ciililnriiia laws, v ,i. h dlscrlinina . (!"Jn .elv beivveen .hip.it and other aliens .There is on,. . i of lb, .. , , , r, ,, ran question vvbn'i . -. '1I..111 1 'lli.nd m t'n. news or in piililic add 1 s M ('altoima the lines 01 1 i ' 1 1. n mil di- ui'tiaiion ar somewhat hatshl; diavn Hut lli.'v r, not so inllexlbl s the law- vvlii. h Inuii thp lights of f gin rs in .Ian in vvlnie in. one who Ik not a e'ti.en i. peitnltlid to own land. nil to be miiiiralii d in .lapaii von have not .mlv in io tbiougii all tin- foims I'omiiioii 111 .''i ' ...1111 ru : von iui.i ,,.0, plete the in 1 - In assuming a .lapinn .. name THE UWr.'JNCING CLIMATE A WARM wnii 1 01 a 1.1 d .1 1111111 r alw.ivs leaiN tin imihinkiii.' lo i iii.ii k that Hie climate is ilirngng The lemaik has Inen made thousuiuN 0 tiiuu. diuuig the last two weeks. But the meli urologists Inovv that tlieie has been no change in the average tempeiatiire fince vecoids Ingan to l I.ipt. Of oourM1, the. climate of I'lillaih I'.'iic lodnv is ven 1'ff,""'tt fl' ' 'I" ''it 1 1 v ' 1 h n I'Vinleil . il . , ' . I,il , I" , jhi. 1 I live w'ti- "it Ions ii'iu that Hit teinpviaturca of i thnt licrloil nro o( no interest to purchasers of scasonablo clothing at the present time. Tlii local weather bureau iitmuitticoi thnt (lie mean temperature for HC'll was 51 1 degrees above zero, which Is the nvernge for a lone peilod of years.4 It aNo alinounccs that there were 11 'J clear dajs. This Is a considerable number for a legion which is in the ruin) men of the eastern slope of the Appalachians. We should be thankful that we have the sun for so main d.is. It snowed on twenty-nine dns and there were lit iln.vs on whli'h the tainfall nmotiuted to mi Inch or moii'. The small snowfall innKes this mi iiRiee able climate. A humlrcil and flft niilcx fur ther hoi tit it is not uncommon to have a hundred dnjs of (dclnliing In the winter. We aie foilunate if we lime ten tns. Wheeled elileles call he used all the ear around with no incoinenieiice. The absence of sdcluhs final the city streets does not indi ate that the climate iuis i liatujed since the dnn when Washington lived near Indcpend eme Unit If one rocs to the Hiiburlis he will ilnd in tin in erase winter just as much snow as Wii'lilmjtnii and rrnuklin used to find in Mnilc-t .triet when the town was mall and no attempt was made to icmove it after a winter lium WASHINGTON'S LOSS IS THE NATION'S GREAT GAIN Harding's Veto of a March 4 Hullabaloo and Jamboree Will Restore Dignity and Good Taste to a Sober Occasion THK high tost of had manners is probably largelv accountable for their popularity. Ameiicans, as thev are eager tn nsseit. are "no pikeis," which means, umoug other things, thm their tolerant genciosltj c tends to p.nment for things which ate not onl.v liitrinsic.illv valueless hut which ate positive!) vexatious. This HtilTctance of what really might to be the insuflernble has been strained to distressing cctiemes nt president lol iii'iugtiiations Mr. Harding has sunppiil.tii . ond Hashed bv" a mandate to the ariauge- nients committee are Impps of a tnlrepre M'titative inaugural ball, hopes of Washing ton hotel keepers with window space to sell. hopes of pompously caparisoned "marching" clubs, of tinhorn politicians, of rowdies mis called revelers. Hans Brcitmann's famous party has not passed more, irretrievably into nothingness than the expectations heretofore entertained of staging again one of tho most preposterous scenes in the native social pageant. .Senator Knox, battling as emotionally for a tiftj -thousand-dollar ceremony fund as though the fate of his precious separate peace with (iermanv vveio once more at stake, is halted in niidcouro. Mr. Borah, who has been insisting thnt a ten -dollar bill would sniKce for inauguration "fixiu's," suddenly limls himself underbid. The I'lestdent-elei't respectfully requests that "Congress will not appropriate any fund wliatevei " nnd has expressed the wish that the "ecu mini) tnke place within tho Capitol or on the east poich. in its sim plieitv without extra preparation for the occasion." It is uicnnci ivalde that the national legis lator will oppose this explii itl) stated pin giaiu. Tin-) aie probably stunned nt the outset by the injeition into the situation of the principles of good taste. The novelty alone can baldly fail to excite interest. That of the loinmorcialists, who have capitalized the ipiadieunial inaiigmals with the yest of a war profiteer domineering over compliant victims, in couci ivabl.v of dark and nicful lomplexion Tlic public for a moment mil) feci rather i at a loose 1 mi. I lie plight of an ini.iginai.v monarch who found tin wotlil "extremelv Hat with nothing whatever to grumble at" is analo'jotis It will seem queer not lo lie jammed upon jerr.v -built grand stands vve.iiil) to witness the dijile of boobies from I'nintul Post and Lonesome I'ini . It will seem stiange not to hand over the Hope diamond or its equivaliiit for the exquisite privilege of ((inverting 11 billiard table into a bed on tumultuous inauguration eve. I In t 1 ven inexpensive icfoiins in time win th"ii meed of favor, and it is not. ftiithcr tnore. to he pri dilated that Washington will not be 1 low ded on Mnich I! and t nor that some oidinailly infelicitous lodgings will not be in demand. Hut the conventional spei tin le the un duuilttd and sputious jamhoiee will h- mod ulated If tile urge to p.ll.lde Is llloprcssj ble the will to sanction is not vvluit it once was Mr Hauling i the bi.t p is th" land to diseouuteiiaui'i' a imiie, ih.iiiiI.ii 111:1111 fi st.iMou It is the specious ( hai.'li ter of the i'lnugri'.ition tiiiuimiigs vvl.nb is offensive, and whin the I'icsiilciit eh 1 t has so em phatic ill) done is to distinguish between icalit) and sham. Tin solemn Mguiliiiuiio of the imluilioii into ollle.' of .1 I'le.id.'ll of tin I 'li'ti d States is inherent in the event. The eailv 111 nugiiiations bicuthed. indent, something ,,f t III" vjiirit. The lirt chief mag'stiite fi. .in nth s() bitteilv 1 riti inl tin vvl'tii was tin 11 thought to be a picilih" tiou for 1 1 iboiate I'oriii.ilittes, delivoied Ins lirst in.iiigiii'.il adiltess within the Si tite I'linmliei of the f.-di ral state house on Hrn.nl -treet. New Y01 k : the second within the modest Sinn to building at Sixth and ( In stunt stieets in this 1 iti Mn both incisions tint, was fei v id popu lar ii'iiili nig w It limit the walls hut matching dubs had not vet been bom and pmlitieiing on public .pi ctaclt's was still in tin infant stage An ording to .lohn Adams, ns iv.-r frank and tactics in his glee over a political vic tory, his own inaugiirition was bv common consent "the snMimest thing evi 1 xhibltcd In Anuriui " Ills disenpin,. powei vveio I .s fu'vint four years hirer Indeid. tin l..st of (lie I'lderalist I'lcsidents had no diieit personal knowledge of pre. ielv what took pl'tie The toiv that the profi ssionnl demoiiot Thomas .liff i.hi, null, on Imi .. Inn k lo the longps ional building and hirihnl his hoise to a fi in .. po.t on inaiigutiilioti dav is a pi ..veil I'lu.iid I'.iit the ininiii.' I'resM(.nt did walk fiom his boaiding lion .-. attended l.v nienlv 11 lo'npanv of Viiginia aitillei), nnd h's pri'dn 1 ssor was not at the Capitol to grot him. .lohn Adams, nursing his painful partUan grlevnine. was bv that time on his homeward ioinnev to MassnehuselN. I'm 11 (onsideralile period in the eailv liistiu v of the icpiiblic inniij'iniitioiis weie void of vulgar pieteiitioiisuess. Madison's nive tit 111 f was .tiformal Tlic oath was l.iki 1 !n the Senate. A cavalcade ot citi.cns e-i 1 1' d . I. lives Moni'iii to the Cai.ilol tn sl7 and the napiis t hulled over a iiovvd vvhnh iniinl.i'i 1 1 f 1 ..in live In eight lluiii-aud pi r soiis The si one. however, was spontaneous, iinmai'ii'd bv vvoikid ii fulls, an lioni'st and tniicliilig tiilmte t'listiidi.'d als 1 were the .lai ksoinan jubilations, something ,il,iu Hooseveltiau fiiioies. nithoiigh hv 1"L!) ilm mob a.pit of inaiigiiiatioiis was In ginning to impel II the i" isfein'lnl gravitv TI e -laging of W'll inn Ileinv liatiison's 111 visti'ure in IMI bespoke a no" v change in .iiMiiotiial ii.iiiin'i- that wis 1 t fMI 1 ,,. 'i..' TI -o nihil liadilioiis that hive giovvn up liave ev ilv d a situation in vvhuh the spins to pride in not huip Mr. Wilson ininehd the iiiaiiguial ball, which had long since ((used to he a pi also worth v fn tor 'in the prm ceilings Ciics of anguish arose, for that function, strii tlv 1 otniui iciali.id. hnd loine to he an agent of liniiui ml leeiipeiatioii a 1110111 ,v making it f fine 'o oiii "s.l. fm funds mn ind nil 11 n . . .1 mi 1 te ji p' iv and nil th. di ...m forts alliiulanl iiaicon, Jlut Mi Wilson dimply ndded to the woes of tho professional organlKcrs without materially bettering the general atmosphere of the inauguration. Mr. Harding, it Is plain, would prefer his installation to tnke place within the Capitol, although he will consent to tho administering of the oath in the open air. There Is no irrevocable rule on the subject and, ns ex plained above, all the early Presidents wero ushered into ollice Indoors. The net so per formed would leave the withers of true democ rney tinvvrutig. The spiritual import of the inniiRirntloii should b0 the republic's chief concern. The simpler the scene the more will its inheieut qualities ot grandeur bo revealed. Tho President -elect cannot, of course, dl veit the throngs from Washington on the greatest day thus far in his career. Nor Is it in any way pioper that the In.tugurn thm should sound the note of exclusiveness or distcgtntl of popular I'lithuslnstu. Hut Inauguration day reforms, especially along the lines of good taste, common sense and decorous behavior, have long been needed. Avaricious and unscrupulous vlctim'" i7ing of the public warrants effective rebuke. Tho Harding standard of dignified simplicity can ho beneficially observed bv the crowd. The economy which the Incoming Presi dent's appeal enables the legislators to prac tice is as novel as It Is desirable, ttven more commendable Is prospect of the restora tion of the impressive and lofty sentiments which should properly necotnpanv one of the cardinal formalities In the fimitioiiing of the republic. POLICE AS MORAL CENSORS rjlHECTOK COUTKLYOU'S announce 1J meul that the police "will not laid so ciable caul games in private homes" hns an odd. an astonishing, sound in this time and place and generation. l 1 ilslnkiible cvldeiKc of seilous 1 rime can justify, the entrance of a police man into a private home, nnd such evidence should he used as the basis for a warrant. If we ate to assume that the police may act at will us custodians of public mnrah and k.ep rs of th0 private conscience of citizens, Hun )ou never will be able to till when a patrolman may 'come knocking nt tho door Of What Once llSCd to he mnr ranlli. 'I'l.n privae) of a man's home is supposed to be guaranteed under nil modern law. It Is a I tile that has alvvnys guided the legal thinking out of which tho Anglo-Saxon codes have developed. "Lieutenant Montgomery informs me," the director continues, "that he entered nnd raided the house nt Fifty-fifth nnd Spruce streets because tho husband of ono of tho women found playing poker thero nsked him to interfere " Are we to suppose thnt the police are to go to the assistance of all harassed, husbands who ennnot nnlntniii ntithorilv over their wives? If thnt is what we are coming to, tho police ought to lie the first to worry. They do not know what thev aie letting themselves in for. The public mav have to look forward to a time when policemen will feel justifiid in committing breaches of law and order far more serious than tlio.e they clinrgo against peisnns ar rest, d 011 their amazing excursions into pri vate homes The police have enough to do in keeping order in the stieets. They have neitl er light nor business to enter n dwelling without a win rant or unless they aie summoned from within TWO MEN HOOVKK is growing, lie lias his own extensive pi ivate nffaiis to look after, .vet he is conducting the greatest woik of iKoiistruition nnd lelief that lias been un dertaken since the war ended and doing much of the service that the governments of I'm ope would have undnrtnhen had the) been more far sight, d and mole sensitive to the gem nil need ol their time In addition to all this, without advertis ing or tho smuidiiig f ttumpets. Hoover is lending the Kedeial Kugii ling Council, an organization foimeil hv the I'ld.'.atid societies of American engineers, in a scientifically orgnniid efloit to bring about better tech nique 11s well as better and mine humane relationships in American industi.v. He nnd his associates have set out to eliminate waste, to Holder ininv of the processes of production and to make big industries and little nt once line.' i Undent and more re sponsive to the nei is of tl nullify and its pi ople. Thev have assumed 11 tusk that Con gress fumbled and then put n-'d" Mr. Hardiiu is gi nv.ng, too Ii Is be coming new l.v appaii nt that he isn't going to lie forced bv pnitv. gi .up m individual intcic-t to tal e the I'm tul S'aii s baeU inward the mads that l"inl inevitablv to war and waste He has fiund that niunng the best minds of tlit eountrv then- aie in m.v which exhibit the soil of exi ellcnce that belongs in museums The destructive philosophies which glow out of bate and livshni at., in a wnv to lontiol too mn 11 x minds ben. and in lCu lope llaidiug is still ih toimincd to keep his vision i tear. Hauling and Hoovci will in a shmt time lie two men fiom whom tin louutr.v may expect muih. Closer co-operation between them would be good for the I'nited Htntes nnd for nil its people. PRESIDENTS WITH A TRADE TIIH elf'tion of Mr. Hauling to member ship us u jmnueMiinn punter in the Minion T.vpnginphieal I'moii calls attention to Ins unique distiui tinn He is the lirst and mil) printer ilciicd to the pn -.idenev . II ml he is the fo 111 th man with a Hade to I) ' 1 lei led Washington was a suivt.vor and fillmoie, igid .lohiison v ( re tailors Ta.vlor nnd fir.ml were ptofessional soldiers, al though ("Irnnt woil.ul ns a tanner. All the 1 est of the Picsidmts. sue the elder Harri son, have been law vet- Indeed, theie is 110 ptofi-siou which lends .so siuil) as law lo public lite in America. Monroe, it is tine, did not practice law ver.v long, for eailv 111 life he In. nine nu nll'ito holder and tlicieaftit he abandoned the pi net ice of his profession Until Itoosevelt and Wilson weie ndmittnl lo the bar. Itoosevilt never pi.uti ed and Wilson, after milking a vain i IT01 1 to ( mi a living as a lawvei in Atlau'a tiitind lo teaidillig. Mi Kinlcv. who was ,( lawver. did not have main i-iii nt. bur both Henjamin Har rison and (timer ('lev. hind were prominent at the bar before thev emmed public life, and Harrison rinpernd lijs law ollue after he H'tiinl and prm ticid until his death. Cleve land was n iniiMilting nitnimv for a little while, lilt he soon i'ini up all active win k and lived in letireuu nt in I'ldneitnii. It is woilhv ot note that last year neither the Itepiiblu mi not the D111101 ratio candidate for tin nr iihtnv was a lawver Tliev weie both Mbio in v sp.ipei puldisluis and thev hud li.tli 1I1V..111I tl ' whole life to the newspaper Ini-m - h 1 wmth) ol note aNo ilmi both Tuft and lloo.evelt after their retirement fiom tin piishbncv turned their tit tf tit Ion lo Journalism ainl bec nine editorial 1 ontt Ibittois tn pot mdh als If Mi llt'iillng has ahsoibeil fiom his trade some of tin luminal wisdom which disti'igui.'ud I'l.inl.ltn. the gi cutest Ameri- nil pi met. Iiis iiilminisiialiou should lie hrillinnilv .in 1 -ful 1'iiilt 1- I. iti'. fo'ind with the dei him. 11. .11 ol ih 11 . i ml '"I'l'i 1 oiiiaiissioiier of ( 'ho .1,11 I lull li wnv to nu v nt . apnble ste. imgi.ipliei s iroiu getlini: loan lid is to uilse tin ii salain- The dissenteis ihcline that if a gul li.visa man she'll mam him wliat evei her 'iiltnv mav be. Vei v prett), but not vcrv Hue Though a woman may sac iiliie much fm love, a fal pav envelope lias oci aslouallv la en know 11 to ait as a deter lent Tlic tumble with the Chicago mini's lei IlllllHiill Is lis llllth not s la'silv. , 1 11 11.. .1 . en .1'. n 11 'n no 10. mcr mn ne I so I- no I licit!' so useful to the 1 ouiiiiuii'tv 1 1U U (.111' llUlu uiullll'i'. AS ONE WOMAN SEES IT Manner of Paying Bills Is Sometimes - an Index to Character, as a Girl About to Marry Once Discovered Ily SAItAII 1). LOWKIK TrO.ST women, I suppose, have almost J.TJ. niarrled other men thnn eventually be cntuo their hut-bands, and have been deterred more bv a series of small negative signs rnther than by any one big obstacle. There is something heroic ubniit a big obstacle that intrigues n romantic temperament, and some thing very tinlierolc about small delinquencies that graduull) lluttcn out enthusiasm. I remember a vvomnn once telling me that her doubts ns to the man she had thought herself in love Willi were ic-enforced by what seemed nt the time a small happening, hut whnt more experience of life impressed her ns having been "significant of much." Her mother nnd she were downtown to gether on n shopping expedition, nnd between matching, samples her. mother went into nn pflicc of nn agency thnt compiled confidential information legardlng the business status, solvency, hemisolvency nnd insolvency of tho householders and business and professional 'ms and Individuals of the city and vicinity. iMiilodier mother wns making her inquiries ns to tho reliability of 11 certain (Inn In tho town which had made a bid to do a ceitalii piece of work for a philantluopv in which she was interested, the gill wandered about the outside office, which was deserted for the moment. Spread out on a desk wns n book, indexed, for filing nnmes. Pntler each name was n small summary of the person or family or firm, giving the general characteristics of credit, reputation for prompt or tardy pay ments, evidence of prudence or recklessness in spending, etc., that each nnme suggested from the more specific records kept on file by the agency gatheredfiom many sources. HI1U own nnme, or rather her family's, was what she turned tn look for first, nnd she found to her satisfaction thnt her people were listed ns being prompt dls clinrgcrs of nil monev obligations and, in fact, noted for the quickness of their settle ment of bills. She turned to look up the man with whom she wns more or less in love, nnd she found lie was not rcgnrded as a prompt pa.ver or what might be called 11 good asset. She found that a number of persons whom she knew were designated as tardy in the payment of bills, whose credit wns none tho. less good, with that drawback noted, so she turned back to study tho summary of her lover to discover where he differed from the other tnTdy payers, when a clerk entering tho office interrupted her investigations with scared npologics and alarmed chagrin. Tho matter in the book wns, he nssurcd her. not for cnsunl inspection, nnd her ensy nnd inno cent ncccss to its content, being the result of his own culpnble carelessness, made his telling very peremptory. Her trouble of mind over the seeming care lessness Willi Ulilnli lit n iiinn ,.1,..., u1.n l.n.1 1 , i i "-" ',' "'".II , ,11. on f-.n- nan been consideiing marrving had alvva.vs spoken of money obligations wns not lessened by this experience. She would have married a poor man without much hesitancy, hut in the fnce of her bringing up in the matter of owing money, his carelessness loomed up ns nn ob stacle to their real team piny. That ond other straws eventnnlly prevailed ond bhc broke with him fortunately for her. I he bitterness of tills result of n glimpse below tho stiiface. however, left her with a keen sense of obligation in nil business trans actions and a kind of hurt dread of careless ness or of postponement in money dealings. Tlinitn are some lirms as well as many individuals whose credit is good who. as part of their business assets, do not pay their bills until the vcrv last legal moment. Hut, however successful thev aie in keeping the ndded interest or in keeping their capital free for other ventures or in tiding them selves through n tight pait of the venr. their position in tho community nlvvnvs suffers from their reputation. It is ulvvn.v.s coupled with then- mime nnd mentioned with varying degiees ,,f dislike ns one of the unndmlrnble traits or their .'burin tcrs. X0 transaction with them is left to their honor, money is lent to thcin after iloluv and after all legal safeguards are attended to with a ligid ex action of the lust item of inteiest if the reln tmn is that of a business venture; if thev aie in their private capacity, their tardiness in pa.ving iehts vvoiks a kind of irritating havoc among their friends- thnt no amount of geneiosity or caielessness in (heir giving gifts can caniouflnge. TIIH curious thing is that lavislmess in giving sometimes goes hand in hand with gieat tardiness in paving debts. I remember recommending a governess once to a vcrv i ! h and agreeable woman for her little gnl. At the i ud of the spring teim when the goviiness went off for her holiikiv. the woman and her little girl went off to l.urope Hie snlaiv for the hist lirni was owing the govcintss nnd she was not paid until August I'd The icsult was Hmt the governess could not plan the tiip she had hoped to take dining the summer, not having the uisli on hand she hnd enough t stav at home on. but not i nough for her trip The woman who ivv.d hei die salary had a habit of not looking nt mn bill for thin and not paying nnv iimli i six months. She said it was nniisi ns Her ciedit wns good; people knew thev would iet the money sooner or later. A little lain because it suited her was all pail of the business, the point belli" thnt thev got then money. " It did not humiliate 'her that she owed working people mid piofessionnl people and unknown piople f. , the clothes she hnd on for the food she ate. tm- the education of her child; all the time she was going nhout in the clothes, long alter sh,. hml enten the fond and had p'liled fiom her child's gov crniss. it pevei se, mod to give her pan., thnt the monev she was spending between the teieiving of lur hills and the settlement of them was monev that she was borrowing Without mill est f,m peis,ms ..in, .., would have In eu Imi i iii,., to have any inti mate relations A MAX once ixphiiinil to mo that owing monev was all pait of the gnme of htisj. ness. ih,. inetili.iiit buvs on ciedit and sells to )ou on (i edit, nllovliig so much mine f.,r votir none-too-pimiipl payment, just ns von boriovv money and ive a mortgage or put down collateial. and no one is injtiicd or thinks the vvoise of vim. Hut owing mom v to mail stores nnd lo ttllllesllieil and t th, ,,., ,.. wo.pl !, work for vim p. is.mallv is not like owing iiione) to a bank ulio.e business it is to lend monev on si mm it v and for a fixed in terest. mi aie t'iking advantage of their necessitv if von I,, i n them waiting for the monev vvhuh is iVih, and you also pliu e jour hniini at thm f, et Hverv time votir name is mention, , ilu v have the light to think nnd sMv '-hut person owes me money ; In .. ,,,. , , , ,aJ ,. Jl(, m( wluir is mine, not In. "' Pa.ving bills piiiuiptlv is often tho tradition of n faniilv. just as , aielessness in the use of money is a fanulv habit lather than nn innate v u e A ilifli inni i of standaids in this respeit is nt tin ,oot of much nintii ition al linhappiniss atid much unnecessary humiliation We talk a great dml about the geiieiositv of the Aim t a an li.iher nnd husband; as a nintter of fail, the business arrangements of the pan ns. the in image settlements and legal lllideist inlnu-s lequiied ill Prilllie ot nnv Continenl.il (ountiy of both the paiuils and the luiin e ol u Kn about to iiiiniv, ate both kinihr and n nisi thnn the Ameiluin wav of taking gi m-io-ity and justiie fm gi anted rronie's ntli'ude lowniil (iermanv in Hie mill let ol (o.il and her threat to on up. the Ituhr distiiit i ise cm) in Hie henn of i vcrv luiiisi iiniiier. dust think m luippv it would iiuiKe a man If he intild miei bis coal (1 ili r with the bold flout 1'iann presents ' '1 1 ink ol Hie jov there vvnuld in tilling thai gu,v mat if lie didn't helm, ,voil would loiHiviia iiioieeil to imi up l,,, (in I vind liud dlsp use sliiil jitslhi ,mi coal in ilmiu'siii' st,.es without unv icgm for his tetidire-t fei lings whlltsoever ,.,t )ettl Then tlieie would (crtnliilv be the hnpp.v ilti)s! llr Knth, (ieiinau nilnister nf Hie ui Irrlnr. mid Hi- Uuiiilia, onic Austiinn nm. bassadoi in the I'nlliil States, who fear nu liiviisli'ii of (leiinanv in the spiing ,v aimed Soviet lop's nun console theinsetvi xv ,t , the Hioiigii that luiin) of the Hnns Hull wuu'i us most nuvei hiipiieii. 'NO, THANKS, v ;i. s n hrfw(yl smir msKmmiimmmA NOW MY IDEA IS THIS Daily Talks With Thinking Philalelphians on Subjects They Knoio Best WILLIAM EDWARD MEEHAN On the Work of the Aquarium MANS! people have tho entirely erroneous idea that in order to tnnke an nriunrium it is only necessary to have a tank of water, catch some fish nnd throw them in, nnd then feed them hi end crumbs occnslonallv when they look hungry, according to William IM ward Median, superintendent of the Phila delphia Aqtiatium. On the contrary, Fays Mr. Median, those in charge of an aquarium have to be both good doctors and good psychologists, since lish have a variety and complexity of both diseases and idiosyncrasies, much after tho fashion nf land creatures, man or aiuiual. ' "In the first place." declares Mr. Mee han. "living fish on exhibition seem to have an even greater fascination and attiaetion for the average ninn or woman thou animals have, or in fact inn other living tiling, nni miil or vegetable. Piohahl) the biggest ica son for this popiilnritv is that we aie a laud-living people, who only go out to sea incasioiuilly, and cvin then onl.v on the sur fine. We see animals nil oiounil us, peiluips not nlwa.v.s the vaiieties general!) found in zoological guldens, bur at least of kindled species, fin the other hand, all the avci'nge man sees (if a living lish is u flash or swirl in the water, nnd so that lish, is cloaked in an inteicsiing mjstei v "It is ulso Hue that a fish in a tank is. with very few exceplions. exnetiv the same ns a lish in its native haunts. The same is not true of nnimnls. IV w if anv of them have the same mode of living and habits in eaptivitv that the) have in their native state. One of the few exceptions leferied to in regard to fish Is that ceitain species who in their homes under the sea or in streams cling persistcntlv to the bottom and never come to the surface except to spawn or in case of extreme hunget, in veitheless, in captivity, i ome very often to the sin face of the water and stay there, legaiding onlooker.-, curiouslv ns if they, too, wondeied at the strange spei imens before them. Aquariums Alua.vs Popular "At an) late, aquaiiunis s,.pn, nlvvnvs to be veiy popular The one in New York lias a linger attendance than the Hritlsh Museum or the Hionx Zoo The Philadelphia uqiiuriuni itself, until the building of the art galleiy made it almost inai i essible, used to have an ntlcndanie of KM). (Hill a .venr. "It was built in 1!HL' and was Intended to contain mainly fi-li of It mi-iv 'v iiiiiu, that the people might know the fumv specimens of their own state. Its gem ml obe,.t as is tine with all iiquntiuiiis, was cdiiintiminl. mid that il Niit nil timis ,, sh01 t"m(, new addition will be opined, vvl.hh v ill make it one of the Impost iiquaiiuuis in the world. "And now- as lo the line of lish, vvhidi Is something inoie than it i ombinntton of a tnnkful of water ami n few bread crumb,. In Ilie lust plan, ,,11 lie diffnent fi,h must be ful the foods ihev aie nei ii-loined lo ami that lit then- liectiluir eh n.u t ,,, lsil,u p.... example. Ilietc me some vvhiih me almost ui. ..lie ,,..,, I. !.... I. .,. , wholly .. h-.... ..,,,-. .sin ii us me inn man uirp. vvlih h is not. as is sometimes believid. a i un nn .in ns,,. , ,. c ai i in looting up vegetable foods at Ilie bottom of the bodv of water snnieli s ih-tiovs Hie sequestered abiding pliu e of olhei lish atid muse their dentil, but it m vermis other fishes. "Then there is niioiher kind of tish which feed-, on mud, in wither nu minute orgiinlsms of mild. An example heie is the mud shad. Some fish will not mt lish, hut will live on iiollusks or i iiistiinans. Otheis will eat i t food, but nisUt on a (In t of lhing tilings. Still nthcis nte almost oinniviiiotis, .Must Stud) Whims or Appetite In even uise the whims of uppel.te of .nh individual lish must bo studied and met. Tlieie ilie some vtllicllcs, however, vvhiih mi mutter how muih attention thev icielve! i niiuot live in i nptivil). These aie geneiallv known as the pelagic fish or vvandcicis of the si.i The) live far out in the middle ,,f tin nei nils, nnd never ventuie near the show i mi pi in i espouse to that occasion H.. ,,,M. vt rsal mil of linuine In food. In iMh , .n. egni) aie the bluelish, the henjui; famllv ami, we might a, Hie shaik, vvhiil, w not liulv n lish ut .ill '"' "Such lish siinph will lint live m ,. lined spin es fm anv nmsideiable I, ngth (,f tune. The dli itois of mie nquaiium st,eut eighteen .veins befme the) secuieil a ii'in- of sharks vvlihli awoiiunoilalcil theius(.v,,s .,, coniineil quinteis ami lived mnie thai, ,, (,,... months. Ihe lie-t longevlt) for sliiuks oh tallied heie Iuis been four months, with Ihe excciihui , of one ti,,,,. i.,, W(. m( , sliinl! vv hlch lived over half a vein-, and (., then killed bv a huwksblll tut tl.- kept , , ' , Hume tank. '" "Tin avern-re llfi nf n f. 'i i ,i, . .. i ,. 1 months, although, uf couisc, iiiuti v iu. tu I WASN'T ELECTED f3F- '-."- ssjcw jb&s Wj i' TFitrrpwhsir' - v y TA'WU' j&mz& wmL . wWmSiBUf mm II II 9 &&Sk4&mP I. b 'J t 'Iv t 'y'WiL3iCMp jSbVW s 5 rr, a number of years in age. A great many which we have brought here from Atlantic -v or "ber ports died after four or five da.vs. On tho other hand, there is a iewlish now here which is over twelve years old. ov, another peculiarity about lisli, Is one ptobalily pretty well known, that is, their absolute lack of fraternal feeling or sentiment found generally in the animal i 'Vi,lnm,' ,-,,lis is Probably because, from hirtli. the life of a fish is one continuous struggle for existence, and it is not usually a case of the 'survival of the fittest' hut of the smartest and most active. It often Imp pens thnt n small fish tricks and outwits and even eats a larger fish if it once gets him at a disadvantage. Must He Careful nf Vicious Fish "That is another thing thnt those in charge of an nqtiaiium must vvntdi. Vicious, ugly lish must not be put into the same tanks Willi inoffensive, defenseless specimens. It seems in ninny cases, that the fish is a c cm -scieiiceh'ss bully. f it Bets it info its head o.lw.ni- i's ,inS", "f ","'"' Ibe lives of the other iis, will be made miserable. An example that we mav mention is a tun tog in slippery bass, n,vh ,pN,.iihes .I't'ei.', '."."., " !'on"'r '"""K0'- leaning against 11 S IV 'il!0,,,.,,r n M,0,," w ""' -tofii5 . ml? ,"'" ,ty t0 J',10 nnlrWv. but sehloin Mliing t ,,, .s. If tmtng is dispossess,.,) or a lnvoi e noiMv iiiuong the nicks it will I, is'v in",'l inl,'"'l7 '''" nnd kcVthings Inisv in the tank for seveial minutes. I had diilieiilty at one time with two J ' 1-oiiBlit continuall the "'""1 !l1 "d killing the smaller, until I had o sepawne them d s,,bstil,.te,l spade is anv,r,,,,,,,,bh,',,tc(l.,,n" T" "- -t b -Sv;-n:m,Unt,itca:r'i5 1 l.ilnd"li ,1,1 get about 7(1,000 gallons a -.ear i,',',"',';'1 'li,".'tly, f""" '" "''' Ve ins t i St '',ic.,,.l,T br:,,f.a S"'t,in' " least I.IKL... and this neicssitntes go!,,.. ,, r .ot1 it,? I ', """ l'!'r'''-. me lis! ?o l.(l!)l!) '""''"" Kinvi,'v " than "I'lom nil Hies,. Hems it chll ho seen Hint .tpiiwiia;:i:,m;i:.!t,,to,ipof,i'-''-t What Do You Know? QUIZ s,' '"' ',V".f,k, "f "'" nl,"e. besides tho v n.u is n livdra? "luViou;.,!1'" ,,,U0r N.c.ling-hlecup o, M"m:ouj!MCM """ "f hnt Is It "''sMiMKin'ror'les'1,'';-1''-'-1'ul.vvkU fapL.s"" '''I.fns' -n,,. Vv bat lolors are topazis? V, li.it Is a niiii.ige? Answers to Yesterday's Qui? Uil:;.VMl!h;;n,,d,.1c' ,,,,,,. ()r Vice r-res,. Of Hie ,'V J' I'OMse.slo! Mii.itnr '"'M H"ul1' of tho II. nr) itiiiii loiun . ..,i,lr, lln , voHsiui i:ki,hi, p, ;,', ! " "; sue- ilrmii.is me -Mrs i ,., ,' ,"lng Ills th MI.MI m V," Ti '?,',''":; Tin l.l.ns' ,,,,'" ', "M'oei It. H." lions Susan ('.ise of IJebe'l. lun.m,,,v',i!:,,J'l.V."' .."!' ....!.. the Mi.rvia.,,1 ,"' ' yui, am, ivvici ih, Voi tl i n,i i V, J ,w.'-v " . Blabllsh, , , ','v " r I,"'" XtnL'n"' " "I in I7I1J-I.7 ll'ij.il .Socle t), Tin exi.s-ion .Music h .ii,' nt,... 10...I,.. ih, sv :,Z b e,,,""rl ",'""? "' William I'dUiicvi's "Tl ilH f,!"n 11,1,1, ' "'' " '"0 MlJUItlllllT The won! inuminv iii.,.h ... n ,. i Tir i in ti ....... ' i u i.iDli'iiii mum- m, hum I'eis in i ...,..., ,.. WU" In Hull h lion lui ,s ,. , colon v to c.111.,.1 ... .."'"' '-UKiiH i , , , ,, ""( .tlotllCH, i mlo I i Id, .ii, vvus a n, . ,, ,,, ,, wMgl.l eq.e.mh . ,, c.V fo, " "iV loni.dln Ills 4,,ws ur, 17(17 ,-,. ,H Als.UI.1 Is Whlt.frlais , ,'.' 7 ,. I.'i'iili.n. wblih was iotiL- ,""""'1 of fo. lnv,1l,1Xl; d.TlmiK In in. anv .isvlum lo, ial, Ml", is llmiighi Hun Mm.,,, im ', . M-Ml.) ho long Hie del,,,' ,) ' ''' ''" r i. .mi ,j, ,,, , ,"" ",1 -'- 1 Hi. iiuillcnliiii, oi i ,, ' st.f.iimi,,',' i iij'io'i, M " ' H' AS A CIRCUS!r SHORT CUTS The naval balloonists have had the pub lic up in tho nir ever since .they got down. The jarring note in tho auto tag matter is its color schotnc yellow label and Ted tape. If Mr. Harding wishes to renlizo tlin evils of a compromise cabinet let him Ionic at the present one. And the country still looks forward hopefully to tho day when Mr. Harding puts on his fighting clothes. , Mr. Ilniding probably realizes hv this time that to "compromise" with the Old (jtinwl is to take its owlers. .State College has opened n winking school for men. Oetting rendy, evidenth, for the reign of feminism. Any man who wants to call Penrose a stand-patter will fli-t have to explain his Hop on the emergency tin iff. As n political machine hates a surplus, organization leaders have another cause for complaint against .Major Moore. An officeholder's definition of eeonoinv in government is something thnt ought to be applied to some other dcpaitmcnt. Wliethei- the Gorman indemnity be Inign or small, its amount will have to be definitely li-cid hefoie trade win know stability. The vvonderfdl exploit of the nnval bal loonists is, incidentally, teaching tiie vvnihl a useful lesson in the physical geogiaph) nf the far north. Ihe niotortiuck is going tn solve all our transportation troubles just ns soon ns vvn aie able tn build loads that will btand their vviar nnd tear. Opposition in Albany to further hives tigiitinns by the I.ockvvnod committee ni.iv be due to the conviction thnt enough of sinn duls unveiled is plenty. With offices in Philadelphia. Pittshingh and Scinnton, the state registrar of motor vehicles would not have to be mnking apoln gies and explanations. Philadelphia's latest Four Hundred lint auto drivers ariested for failure to earn .1 T.l'.l license) should oignnie to puvent i reciirience of the i mind -up. IVrhnps the Allies would play in In tier luck if they collected the indemnity thionali the o" -kaiser. He seems to be able to got mi) thing lie wants fiom the Germans. A Rutland, Vt., man has found a p.nt bottle of whisk) concealed In a sofa l" bought second-hand tlnce jeurs ugo. Tim should stimulate interest in antiques. The only tiling Republican leadeis iuo icitnin of is Hint when thev divide 100 join bv L'07 applicants tlieie will be nothing left over miles it happens to be hard feelings Since H I, us been demonstrated Hint cvir n iiinnj automobile drivers ariested mi Moiidnv for failure to display 10UI lieensii tags wiie in no wise In hhniie. will tliev have their lines leinittedV And if not, vvhv not? Hespin prohiliition, "gentlemen in tlieir cups" huve been leplnccd bv "gentleni' n in their hln tips," The disease epidemic in Sw ltcil mil and lCngland hns found lodgment in New Yoik. Kvin as peace plants were turned mi war plants in the fnce of cmeigeney, so mm' war plants lie turned into pence plants Willi piol'it; but those whose trade is war nro slow to see it. If Washington business men suffer un dulv because of the shelving of the iiiiiiignr.il puiade pi l hups they mav be utile to IniliM Con-'iiss to wite tliem the monev without tho piellminaiy fuss and featliers. One vv.i) to keep tho ile.ilh tale down (in peiicntages) is the New Votk wnv. villi I, Is to boost the population nwav iiliind of the stale and fcilcial census Tills com tu nstiii'li-llke fent until one realizes tlmt It is the effort of u political machine to nmkii a good showing. If it is tine tlmt Mi. Harding i nihil on Hie illinium nl pinuile after rending of tlm eMubilant-piiics Mime f ihu. Wnsliinslea boli Is eie piepaicd o i hnl-gi 0l lie 'f '" ' il mav be tlmt heie mid llicn a asiiinglnn llieri .1 j mh I keepi I vvioi"'') In 'n- 've I,. i, e i, . , ill' i.'Hiil 'Ii. ,. a .vei i i i, llieinseh-es. T ' ij a A V L bite 1"f masHtXiVs -!jt .' fOTSsaagg jja!'"f" ' f,z&faMofiit" J -. - '- Aa. s-itHmL. 1 fiJIPSIk iliimmKmMMBMBmmf.f.i.'im
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