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I'hll.Jflphl., Fridir, Jtnoiry 1, 11 r u OVERLAPPING ELECTION LAWS 'A T A conference called yesterday by Chair- JrX. man Jtiircli, of tlio Council's llunncc committee, to con.sldar the much-crltlelrd politicnl nKsoxpnient pystciJ), the Interesting suRKCHtlon was niude that the assessors ahnuld sit in the division polling places on registration days. The execution of this proposal might prove Instructive. An elector could then be duly enrolled by the assessor and nt the next mo incut could turn to another official to bo registered. In the course of such proceed ings it might conceivably occur to somebody ' that duplication in formalities was being car ried to the point of absurdity. (Revolutionary as tho idea may seem, would it not bo possible for a singlo official to perform the whole job, and would not the registrar suffice for the work? The truth is that tliu assessment system is n survival of the daj s beforo the persoual registration law was passed and has become In a large degree tn irritating superfluity. When the Legislature sees lit to revise tha election lows some way should certainly be found to eliminate tho overlapping of proc esses which will be strikingly emphasized if registration and assessment take place nt the snmo place on the sonic day. COMPLAINTS IN ORDER TIIK average Individual is ns quick to grumble ineffectively ns ho is slow to follow abuse with direct and specific criti cism. Director Caven welcomes the latter. Indeed, he earnestly solicits it as an aid to tidying up the eity. Tho Department of Public Works has asked each citizen to con xtitute himself a municipal inspector and to report at once to the City Hall any derelic tion of duty by street cleaners or by ash or farbagc collectors. This policy of encouraging individual re sponsibility is excellent. The obligation to keep the city clean first of all falh upon the city or the delegated contractors, but prop erty owners and tenants can If they will render tho tnsk both easier and simpler. A town whose Inhabitants are enterprising enough to register explicit complaints when things go wrong is not likely to suffer for long terms from the affliction of unkempt streets. ERRATIC ILLUMINATION IN SOME sections of the city intermittent electric lighting hos almost come to be accepted philosophically. Tho gloom Is lightened, at least to a certain extent, by sparsely scattered gas lamps. In Fairmount T'ark the situation Is really serlouB, uud the disfavor with which the Park Commission hos vinved the case would appear warranted. The pleasure grounds of many important cities, especially in Europe, are closed at sunset Philadclphians are inclined to ro gard the regulation as inconvenient and antiquated. It is absolutely necessary, how ever, that thu lighting service should be dependable. The prompt dispatch of lepair men Is not enough. The Park, if it is to be open at night, should he equipped with tho most modern and reliable system of lighting ob tainable. LAW OR LAWLESSNESS? GOVEKNOU MILLEK. of New York, in his menage to the Legislature clearly saw and fearlessly defined tha mounting dan ger that attends general and uninterrupted violation of the prohibition laws. The time has passed when tint rights and wrouKS, the justice or unwUdom of the Vol stead act had a central bearing on the ques tion of enforcement. What is at stake now is the dignity of the government Itself and the dignity of the laws which sustain it. It is the "ocundnliius Mintempt for law.'' not the spectacle of men furtively selling and buying whUky, that offends Governor Miller, just ns it must offend and disturb every one lsc who has a rational conception of the needs of the times. If one law can be flouted openly or made ridiculous, it is natural to nssunie that resneet for other laws will son l.e impaired. Only by sjirtrmatic enforce ment ran any law be properly tented And hs Mr Miller observes, modification, if mod ification is needed, may come aftcrwaid AUSTRIA AT SEA FL'TL'UE historians will look backward ui Austria and admit that in the vear 1IW1 m new thing actually appeared under the sun. For Austria's present condition is without a parallel In history. The government, com plaining that it could not function or main tain order under the economic and political restrictions imposed bj the Allies, quit, walked out and invited the conquerors in to attempt tho tns.k which it could not perform. The country is now without ureHlilent king or councilors. It i a derelict iimou tlie nations of tin- earth The nnlj approach to a rational so ial order visible at tho mo ment in Austria is being maintained by Mr. Jloover's relief organization ' In somu quarters the abdication of the Austrian (Jovernment is regarded as a move intended fuither to confuse the allied conn lis. Those who are able to view the gen eral European problem Impartially are dis posed to believe thot the Austrian ollieials held out as long as the) could LENINE AND "NERVES" UP TO the present the physical endurance of Nikolai l.enine has won grudging ad miration from his foes and the heartiest tributes from his friends. With iron self, determination Im bus withstood both praise and blame. Hut the latest advices from Russia via Berlin contain a novelty. The nolshevlst chieftain, it appears, is vulnerable to critl dsm, for he Is reported as prostrated over thn aspersions cast upon him by the extreme Communist party In icference to the Van derilp concessions. Lenlne is accused of "selling out the cnutc.'i The cbore is bitter enough, but 'IffY3 It Is qutstlonnble -whether Its fuU oddity Is appreciated m nussia. vine simmer num . "nervout brekdown" has in store for him, it would seem, tha realisation of what he actually receives through the trade. Americans who linve heard of fabulous concessions before this and are rather well educated In the Ironical Mulberry Sellers philosophy are prono to think that the Rus sian invalid will grow worse before ho be comes better. A DOLLAR EARNED NOT SO GOOD AS A DOLLAR INVESTED If the Manager of the Proposed Fair Remember This the City Will Profit Permanently by the Mbney Raised IT SEEMS to be admitted that there is to bo a celebration of the one hundred nud fiftieth anniversary of the adoption of tho Declaration of Independence. So commit tees have yet been appointed and no one Is commissioned to speak with authority re garding plans, but discussion of the project is going on not only In this city but through out the state ns though the matter were settled. Of course Philadelphia must take the initiative, but with such unanimity of senti ment as has manifested Itself here there is every reason for believing that thv project will bo indorsed heartily outside of the city and state ns soon as the support of the other states nnd of tho nation is asked. Thought just now Is turning toward an international fair, not so large ns that which was held here to celebrate the centennial annlvorsary of the Declaration, but largo enough to be representative of the arts nnd industries of tho world ; nnd beautiful enough to attract visitors from all parts of the coun try. Unless something better Is suggested, the fair plan will probably be adopted. Architects and engineers have already begun to draw plans for such n fair. Ono set of plans by Paul P. Cret, of the Univer sity of Pennsylvania, was exhibited to the members of the Fairmount Park Art Asso ciation yesterday afternoon nnd explained by Andrew Wright Crawford, secretary of the Art Jury. Whether one indorses the plans of Professor Cret in detail or not, tho general purpose of his suggestions is com mendable. He has sought to arrnnge an exhibition ground which shall trespass ns little as possible on improved property nnd on tho recreation area of the city and which shall alto Include within its bounds n part of the city in which it is admitted there is need for permanent beautlfication. If his plans or any plans similar to his should finally be adopted much of the work done would be permanent. Those who studied the reproduction of his planH in this newspaper yesterday afternoon will recall that ho proposes to utilize the Parkway from Logan Square to the entrance of Fairmount Park as the site for the main exhibition buildings. The Parkway itself would remain unspoiled, but tho Innd on each side would be used for the temporary ex hibition buildings, with the Art Museum crowning the hill nt the head of the Park way nt the end of the vista that would start from the main entrance nt Logan Square. There would be n court of honor in tho plaza In front of the museum, connected by a temporary bridge with the west bank of the Schuylkill Professor Cret would cover the railroad tracks along the east bank of the river ns for as Arch street and erect on this roof o scries of amusement buildings. The river would be bridged again at Arch street by a structure containing a building which would hide the railroad bridges to the south, nnd on the west bank lie would clear away the stock yards and the nbattolis and build temporary exhibition buildings, with grass plotB and flower beds between them and the river ns far north ns the Spring Garden street bridge. The space from Spring Garden street to the Girard avenue bridge would be devoted to state and national buildings facing the river. The plan would recover for beauty both banks of the Schuylkill ns far south as Arch street. It would utilize the river Itself ns a part of the decorative features of tho ex hibition grounds, nud at the same time utilize the new Art Museum as the crowning nud dominating feature of the whole architec tural plan. The chief merit of the plan. n we have already suggested, lies In its arrangement for making permanent Improvements nlong with the arrangements for housing exhibits which must of necessity be temporary. This is in line with the best thought on exhibition planning. Paris adopted a similar plan for its fair In 1000 The exhibition grounds were along the bnnks of the Seine. The work of benutlfylng the banks of the river undertaken to add to the nttractiveness of the grounds was so planned ns to be en during. When the tempornry structures were removed the city discovered the great value of the improvements mode, and it has profltud ever since by the foresight of thu men who did the planning San Frnjicisco hod nn Improved water front left after the buildings of its fair were torn down. St. Louis inherited some permanent struc tures from its Trans-Mississippi fair. Buffalo s park system is larger und better because of the wise expenditure of money in arranging for its Pan-American fair. Hut about all thot Philadelphia has left to show for the money spent In the preparing for the fair in 1S7C is the museum in the Park To offset the value of thnt building it hud to spend tens of thousands of dollars in restoring the part of the Park occupied by the temporary structures. Whatever is done it will take tens of mil lions of dollars to pay for it. Part of this must come from a congressional appropria tion, part from a state appropriation, part fiom a city appropriation and probably the remainder from the subscriptions of public spirited citizens. It will be the port of wisdom to conserve us much of this as iossi hle and to make the expenditure of it carry forward some of the public improvements the need of which has long been admitted. The oppoltuliitj offered by the Schuylkill, which divldis the tity into two paits, has never been utilized. If we can start the woik of improving its bonks to odd to the attractiveness of the exhibition grounds tho time mn come when it will be to Philadel phia what the Seine is to Paris and the Thames is to London ond the Charles is fast becoming to Boston It is a stream of great beauty us it winds its way through tho Park. The attiai'tlon of the Park can be carried into the heart of the city by building boulevards along the bonks of the stream and covering the railroads that run along its honks When this is done we shall have an asset of beauty unsurpassed in any other city. The celebration committee which the Mayor is soon to appoint will doubtless give serious consideration -to the wisdom of in vesting as much as possible of the exhibition funds in workH of a permanent character TOWN-DWELLING NATION TO THE founders of the republic nn urban I'nited States was unimoginable ; not, indeed, until comparatively recent times have the forces of change at work In un em pire whose early growth wos primarily de pendent on Its vast agricultural resources been realized. It was evident, however, from the census of 1010 that the stendy drive of evolution would soon give, a new aspect I to social and Industrial prtbiems, ana now a gain of D.O per cent In tho 1020 figures reveals tho novel fact that the majority of Inhabitants of the United States abide In towns or cities. The percentage of town dwellers persons living in communities of more than 2000 Inhabitants is 01.4. Interpretations of the figures will vary according to the tastes nnd special interests of the analysts. Thero Is a prevalent Impression that the herding of population In towns Is socially nnd economically unhcnlthful. Alarmists enn show that the decllno of the Roman empire proceeded simultaneously with tho drifting of tho pcoplo Into tho largo towns nnd tho consequent abandonment of farms. The attempted analogy, however, will hardly square with the facts, The United States Is still one of the foremost of agri cultural nations dcsplto the foct that more than 04,000,000 of Its inhabitants arc rated as urban. Furthermore, exceptional nnd transient conditions, chiefly war products, ore in part responsible for the change. It is interesting to note that Pennsyl vania scores heavily In both the urban and rural spheres. Its town population 5,007, 810 Is tho second largest of any state In tho Union, while Its total of country dwellers ?i,112,202 is surpassed only by Texas. Tho commonwealth may take a justifiable pride In a raro combination of Industrial and agricultural growth. RED AND WHITE SINCE Philadelphia first began to drift nwny from the red brick nnd white mar bio and exquisite fanlights of the Colonial period of building, innumerable sins you might almost say innumerable crimes of violence against tho rules of good tnstc and utility have been committed by nil classes of architects. It is only in these later days thut we have begun to realize what we loBt with the passing of the perfectly proportioned little house with Its spacious interior, Its unfailing dignity nnd Its doorways as beau tfully designed as a flno medallion. It was nbandoncd nnd almost forgotten in the rising passion for tin mansards, iron cupolas, flimsy bay windows nnd tho dark granite and brownstonc that became almost universal In nnd nfter the sixties, when the first of tho millionaires succumbed to delusions of gran deur nnd began to seek the plaudits of tho unlverso of men. Nothing thnt builders have evolved In n full century equaled tho simple perfection of the houses of red brick nnd white raarblo thot fascinated Dr. S. Weir Mitchell. So the associations that have found a congenial abiding place in Caruac street will really make of It tho biggest little street In tho world if they can manage so to transform it ns to provide for nil who pass that way an authentic reflection of the earlier architecr turo of Philadelphia. It is true that Comae street was not within tho area which first saw Colonial houses in their complete perfection. But n small street that would be in a sense a museum nnd a continuing attestation of tho value of an nrt almos lost would be worth much in nny city, nnd it could be ns well a source of constant Inspiration to builders and every one who hopes ever to build or own n house. Oddly enough, the mood thnt inspires tho Cnniac street clubs is being felt In other parts of the country. It is reflected in a general revival of Interest in old communi ties and old buildings. In New York there has been for almost a year a movement of the ultra-rich away from the brownstonc canyon of Fifth avenue toward obscure and almost forgotten sections of the city whore fine examples of earlier American dwellings arc still to be found. For generations these buildings were given over to mean uses. They were tenements or plnces of business. Their steps were worn by the feet of crowd ing aliens who found In them a first habita tion in the new world. But the fine work manship that went into them made them proof against tlmo nnd the unthinking crowds nnd their dignity nud dim beauty survived under the dust. Yet New York never wns so rich iu such houses as Philadelphia. The general regions of Franklin and Washington Squares still can show unspoiled examples of old dwell ings, built iu tho days when the minuet was the dance of fashion, nnd keeping to this day something of the atmosphere of gentle and gracious times. In other quurtcrs of what might be culled old Philadelphia there are streets of old red brick and fanlights that have changed but little in n hundred years. But the dwellers in them have changed. Only here ond there you will find a family sticking to au old homestead of small-paned windows and brass and iron stoop rails in the midst of poor and foreign-born multi tudes who hovo taken out for themselves what ouce were the proudest regions of the city. When life became hurried, when popula tion began to increase, builders and carpen ters became their own architects. Great old houses were torn down in nil the larger streets to make way for shapeless masses of brownstono nnd irou erected by a generation of architects now vanished, who appear to have had no notion of tho integrity nnd lusting benuty and practical value of good design. Some regions of lower Delaware and the communities lying nloiij the New England const between Cape Cod nnd Boston ore fumed for the beauty of their old build ings. Yet it was in this e'.y that tho beat work of the early builders and designers was done. Philadelphia can never again be the Red City that Dr. Mitchell loved. But a re vival of appreciation for Colonial standards of design nnd workmanship such us may be hurried by the enterprise of the Camac street clubs would certainly have a good and lasting effect. Many modern builders put a great deal of excellent material to uses altogether hose. The builders who made Philadelphia whot it used to be showed by their work thot the littlest house can bo charming and wholly dignified They created dweilings so beau tiful inside uud out thut those who lived in them could not but find in their habitual environment .in influence which mado in evitably for good manners and grace of mind. Colonial architecture, as we know it, pro vides one of the best demonstrations of the value of restraint and simplicity iu artistic expression, it still can teach many ambi tious aichitects u lesson of which they ure badly in need FOOL LAWS AND LAWMAKERS WHEN Calvin Coolldge told the Massa chusetts Legislature thut its duty wus not to make laws but to discover them he laid down a rule which legislative bodies too often ignore. If the men who frumu tho economic- nml timiucial statutes would de ote themselves assiduously to discovering the laws of finance und economics beforo they tried to formulate them the statutes would woik much more satisfactorily. The emergency tariff bill now before the. venule is me result oi nn attempt to mako a law instead of an nttempt to discover those permunent principles of international trade whtih govern tho exchnngo of products. The bill if enacted will do no good. It Is a waste of time for Congress to consider it. The humorist of tho Washington Star has as firm u grasp of first principles os Gov ernor Coolldge displayed, for he has n neigh bor remark to Sir Isooc Newton, "I under stand you have discovered tho low of gravi tation." "Yes," Sir Isaoc replied, "and a good Job I consider It. There's one law that won't require a big appropriation ond an army of deputies to enforce It." HTTIKU t ..si.e.e ,.... w-iaisjsr ,. s is, jii ' '-, . i t l . i .-. 7 ,4 ' '' -?- i t ''Hy" " ' AS ONE WOMAN 8EES IT International Jokes That Die for Lack of Attention Indian Boy Gives Discouraging Illustration of the Result of Environment By SARAH D. LOWRIE THE amusing and abused editorials apro pos Punch's very British wit directed toward If not ngnlnst the U. 8. A. will doubtless never reach that complacent joker's ear. After all, there Is a kind of strength In invincible Indifference. I remember years ago thero was some port of belated celebration of tho hundredth an niversary of the Yorktown surrendor. Gen eral Hancock wns then In command of the United Btates army, and In the military pngonnt thnt wns held on the battlefield or surrondcr field, rather ho and his staff re enacted the part of Wnshlngton nnd the American officers. , , . One of tho sons of n staff officer, who had n school holiday for tho great occasion, was a great little pal of the general's nnd was honored after the formalities of the revlow were over by being allowed to walk over the field with him. Ho gnvo the general band a llttlo tug and remarked with ponderous seriousness: "Geo, general, I bet the British feel bad today I'1 "They don't know they wcro benten, raj boy I" the gcncrnl said with a hearty laugh. GENERAL HANCOCK certainly did not look like tho Father of Our Country, but he had all of his presence and a very fine dignity. I remember hearing southerners, especially Louisiana people, say that when he followed Butler In New Orleans in the reconstruction period the relief of having nn officer who was a grent gentleman as well as a soldier was a matter for congratulation, even in those embittered dnys. After New Orleans he was In command of whot was then known as the Department of Missouri ond was stationed at Fort Leavenworth. All thnt pnrt of tho world wns still an Indian country In tho sixties. The Indian reserva tion nenr Forts Hnrhen Dodge, etc., were therefore under Hnncock's supervision. In the summer there were Indinn powwows nnd military courts to settle disputes nnd claims and Inspections, and in winter the staff settled down nt Fort Leavenworth. The gcnornl's pcrsonnl nldc nnd soorry was a brothcr-in-inw of Governor Curtln. of this stnte. Captain William Potter Wilson. I heard him tell years nftorwnrd of n curious Indian experience thnt hnd come bis way from his scmiadoptlon of n little Indian boy. THE boy wns tho sole .survivor of an In dinn mnssnerc thnt hnd wiped out all tho family of n chief cnllcd Black Kettle except this child. In tho confusion nfter the fight the child hnd been stolen nnd the tribes about Fort Dodge threatened to rise In revolt If he was not found nnd returned. The gov ernment, after considerable trouble, discov ered him in a traveling circus, and he was sent to General Hancock to to dnlv delivered to the tribe thnt claimed him as chief. It wns winter time when he reached Len venworth nnd his people wero not duo nt their hunting grounds before spring. At tho request of General Ilnncoek Captain Wilson therefore took charge of him. The boy named himself Wilson Orahnm, after tho two staff officers he liked best. He never seemed like a child. He was as dig nified and reserved as his fnther tho chief might huvc been, nnd his manner toward the noncommissioned officers nnd the soldiers wns hnughty in the extreme. Everything he saw his friends tho staff officers do he copied, though with an indifferent nir that forbade a smile. He was a martinet with tho order lies about his clothes and shoes, and as for bis pleasures ! If his friends rode, he rode. If the two officers dined out, Wilson Graham preferred to dine out. But back of all the amenities, which lie mastered without it word said on either sldo, he was Indian through and through. MRS. HANCOCK was giving a dinner one night nnd nt the last minute n guest failed. She sent word over to the nldc-de-camp to bring Wilson Graham, which he did. General Hancock was the most gracious ond genial of hosts and thero was a good deal of champagne. The captain saw the boy re garding their host with steady, observant eyes, and he did not wonder the child wns impressed, for the general wns magnificent looking, nnd never so wonderfully so as at his own table. But presently the boy leaned over to him nnd signed that he wished to speak privately to him. Tho captain bent his head and Wilson Grahnm whispered : "The Big Man will be getting drunk soon ond will fight. Take care!" NOT long afterward, when the Big Man was holding a powwow with the Apaches and the boy was a spectator of the very grand ceremonial nnd pomp on both sides, tltc officers in full dress und the army at dress parade, the captain felt a slim hand creep into his and ho looked down to sec his charge contemplating the Apache braves with narrowed eyes. "Tell thu general now he's got them to kill them!" wns his solo rcmnrk, lie wus very cold toward the wife of ono of the officers, whom he denounced ns "pointing her face." "Why do you think she does it. Wilson Graham?" General Hancock asked him, "Must hove u little Injun blood," tho boy grunted. WHEN summer came word was sent from Fort Dodge that the tribe was due nt a certain date and thnt Wilson Graham must be on the spot to be handed over to them. Ills officer friends were very unhappy about parting with him nnd they saw to it that all his little belongings were In A No. 1 condi tion his tiding things, his tics, all his clothes. They rode over to Fort Dodge with him, nnd ns his people were not yet ar rived they left him with an officer's, wife. The boy clung to them until the Inst mo ment, shaking with sobs, but he never said a word, which made it almost more henrt rendlng to the two friends who rode uWay. The officer's wife was very good to him, and in the brief time remaining to her tried to tench him wlint she regnrued ns the essen tials of religion. He took the doctrine of heaven and hell, sin nnd punishment very simply, nnd on nttending the burial of an officer who had lived badly and died in - gloriously, lie electrified tno mourners by suying gravely ns the coffin wus lowered: "He's gone to hell!" His tribe came n day or two later and took him off. The next year when they came back to the fort ho was with them, ns naked as the duy he was born nnd ns sullen nnd as dirty as the oldest among his braves. So much for environment! A Timely Problem l'i m ili Ohio HttUo Journal, It is alas a problem with us on oc casions like this whether It docs not do lebs real harm to give all the lamo ducks jobs with good salaries attached than to force them to resume the practice of lnw. At the End of the Old Brown Road DUSKY brown in the shade, golden brown in the sun, The old road, turn by turn, cleaves through the fir wood's gloom, Making n path for our feet, carpeted thick from the loom Of the tireless weaving years, nt their task thnt is never done; Clearing a pntli for our sight to the blue of tho fathomless sky And the gracious friendliness of white clouds floating by. Far. so far, seems the sky, in its awful loveliness ; But the clouds go loitering low, as If they would fain look down, Through the rift in the flr wood's roof, on the old road's sun flecked brown; Gently they move, nnd pass, exquisite, pas sionless. Ro still fnres tho rond, beneath the sky's immensity But look the last turn that blue the sea, the sea, the seal Minnie Leonn Upton, in the N. Y. Herald ikh ri a' i rawirMrn:! y, 1?? , "" i IT -' ' - '" V- tv' s . '. -,-s NOW MY IDEA IS THIS Daily Talks With Thinking Philadclphians on Subjects Know Best MRS. ISABEL W. KENNEDY On Teaching the Blind to Read THE advantage of having the "blind teach the blind," in respect to tho great field of reading is emphasized by Mrs. Isabel A . Kennedy, secretary of the Pennsylvania Home Teaching Society nnd Free Circulat ing Library for the Blind. Mrs. Kennedy in telling of the work of the society In bringing worth-while litera ture, both modern ond classics, within the reach of tho thousands of blind people, de clares they have found that in teaching the blind the various systems, such as Braille and Moon, it is n distinct ndvantagc to have the teacher herself blind, botli from the re sults obtained nnd becnuso such teachers nro almost Invariably faithful to the last degree. "The society," says Mrs. Kennedy, "is the sole representative in America of the National Institute for the Blind in England, with which Is nflillnted St. Dunstan's Homo for the Blind, headed by Sir Arthur Pear son. It is now entering on its fortieth year, having been founded by Dr. William Moon. For sixteen years it had its headquarters at the Bible House, led by the into John Rhonda. In 180S it was reorganized by Robert Moon, son of the founder. Like Regular Alphabet "The Moon type of embossing literature for the blind, which can hardly bo ex plained without examples, dlffeVs. generally speaking, from the Braille type of letters In thnt it closer resembles the regulnr nlphnbct. For this reason it is preferable for adults who have lost their sight late iu life nnd who do not like to lenrn something so en tirely foreign nnd strungo us presented b.v the Braillu figures, which, however, can well be taught to children. "For example, the A of tho Moon type is nothing but the regulnr A with the cross lino removed. The O, C, V, L. I and , nro identical with the icgulnr nlplinbet. nnd other letters bear u close rescmblnnce to the letters of the alphabet;. The Braille system Is one of a number of dots bearing little or no relationship to letters, and therefore harder for the adult to learn. "It is nn unfortunate thing thero nre so many kinds of alphabets for the blind, in cluding such types ns the American Brniile, Hue letter, European Braillu, New York point and revised Braille. The blind often complain nt linviug to learn so many types if thoy desire to have access to nil the litera ture thut has been published for them. How fine it would be, then, if there were only one grent universal type that all blind people knew, and which would open up for them every piece of literature published for those without sight, "The character of the hooks which are contained in our library, and we obtain them from publishers of all the different types, is varied. Fiction predominates, but we also huvo in circulation a great many books on travel, biography, the war, poetry and drama. Recentaitles which wo ordered from the Moon Company in England Include i.ami) s -inies nom isuakes-peare,' the "Car dinal's Snuffbox' and new volumes from the works of Bret Ilnrte. Frank Stockton, Kip ling, Stevenson, Dickens und Mark Twuin. .Many Volumes Needed "When one realizes that an ordinary length novel printed in Moon necessitates from two to four volumes it is easy to seo how many volumes we must have. In fact, in 1010, included in our two libraries, one in Philadelphia and one in Pittsburgh, we hnd .H2,-J.'W books, and in 1020, although the figures hove not been announced yet, we had more thnn IlIl.OOO. In Philadelphia the books nre kept in the Free Library and In Pittsburgh they arc connected with the Car negie Library. "In connection will! the volumes which we circulate among the blind of the state it is interesting to note that, despite what has been sold on the subject, bonks dealing with blind people, even those in a very sympa thetic vein, such as 'The Lady of the Light house' nnd others, nre not popular among the blind themselves, who do not seem to like or 10 uu nispireii oui raiiier to no (llsenur uged by reading or hearing about ttioso for tunoto blind people who are oble to do nil sorts of miraculous things which they, prob ably, can never do. "This, then, Is the character of our li brary; ond then thero is the great field of teaching the blind of Pennsylvania so thev can enjoy this large stock of books which we are able to put at their disposal. We have teachers In every county of the state, who are paid by us, but who in turn give lessons without charge to the blind. We ob tain lists of tho blind In the first place from the census list, although us yet we have re ceived no dota from the last census, nnd then through our teachers, who hear of now blind people as they give lessons to their regular pupils. Teachers Need Guides "One of our greatest difficulties is the pro viding of gu (lea for these teocheis, who must go around through the country and into the cities in ull sorts of poor und dangerous dis tricts, among all sorts of people. Unfortu nutely, we cunuot always be wire if our teachers can get u guide In a particular place at u particular time. I nhould like to see the tiny when our teachers would be en r mjuhofiAvAml9 They abled to go n round in automobiles donated nnd opernted by friends of the society. "During December Mrs. L. Webster Fox, of the society in nn entertainment given In the Academy foyer raised $1100, which went toward raising the salaries of the guides. ie do not attempt much work among chil dren unless they nre ton sickly to go to school, but confine onrselves to adults, who very often find in rending tho one great solnce to their lives. Incidentally, we often have occasion to provide cards, checker boards and other gomes made specially for the use of the blind, and which serve to make their lives easier. "I find the work nmong the blind to be the most wonderful that could be imagined, because of the remarkable sincerity and deep spiritual and moral qualities always dis played by those locking their sight. It is a work which no one could help desiring to give their whole lives to. since they can feel thnt their efforts are helping in a trulv great cause." Fighting the Shortage Tiom tlio New York World. Old street cars and nbandoned stages have been known long lie America among shncks for humble dwellers ond shelters for sum mer transients. Paris now contemplates in its attack on the housing problem the con version into two-room homes of each of the fifty compartments of the giant Ferris wheel of World's Fair fame. If New York had only a terns wheel like that! MY SON A MAN HE HAS grown into my world; he Is a man, My son, nn equal of the men I know. Tho women with whom I tiilk and laugh and plan. How shall 1 make him now my friend? They say, These other mothers, that their sons outgrow them And ore amazed because they do not know them. But find their son n stranger or n foe. The boy in him will always for tho sake Of motherhood revere mo; but to make The man in him acknowledge me nnd give Me glimpses of the wny he meuns to live And why his dreams, his hopes, ambitions. creed How can I make him know mo not n mother Alone, but comrado, friend, like nny other? i must win the friendship of this mnn anew. Patiently tactful, wait, as mothers do. ot smother him with whut ho does not herd: Not buiden him with my 'anxiety, My worry for him ; but have faith that he C an order his life well npart from me. then, equals, we may strive to understand Life s puzzles, not n part, but hand in hand. Mary Carolyn Davics, in Hearst's. What Do You Know? QUIZ 1 What I'rtBldents of tho United States senod In tho Revolutionary War? .. What wns tho first stato to ratify the womnn suffrage amendment? J Mima two Inland countries of South America. ul" AVho first propounded the doctrine of freedom of the pens? 8 '" !Lwnat ccntury did Nell Qwynn live? 0. What is meant by tho f aun a of a reBto ? V iSfmo ,tl,reo lla' of "enrlk Ibsen 8. What Is a fugleman? hor'f!e silent?" '" her" ta P""""""! 10 What kind of "nn animal Is n koodoo? Answers to Yesterday's Quiz I ICngland was u republic during tho com- frssrw tonni,6r,ecto, ?& 2- Th?.y"f sV&sTf &sss JRSS52 and Russia aftor the fall of Napoleon signed nt Paris on September 28, mS' and afterword Joined by all other Kuropeon sovereigns. snv oh" of l.nglund and Rome. Its professed object was to unite their respective J,,r nfcnts In a Christian brotherhood but Its reti ono was to perpetuate ex Inir dynasties by the joint opposition to nil iittemptB at change. The league 1 of 1830." af'er th Frunc" "volution 3. Keith Is the middle namo of Gilbert K- Chesterton. l,v Jv 4 Jft,a,;outV7t85POrf'Cte(, th0 ",wlm elne B, Alabama moans "Hero Wo Host " 8. I'ati-isoti N. J., la called the i,yonit . futures. " UC'C0Unt of ltH HIU "nS: 7. Joseph w! Alexander, of MIhbouiI i secretary of commerce. 1""")U") Is 0TV!2r,PHo,cl",nnu,orl'i,,ow 10 Mount Mitchell. In the Illack mountains Nurtli Carolina. Ih tho highest e leva thm In the I'nited Htntes .' 1st ,?f the Mississippi river. Its summit Is 0710 feet above sea level. tnr li m t nl " KT: r - i ' .V SHORT CUTS Minmi reports may convince Mr. Hall that he has been misinformed. Berlin will doubtless do Its lmt i . tract comfort from the fall of the' LeyniM I unlil.inl - S I 1 UMIIld. Add evcrvdnv heroes Pnlrnlmn,, m.i.I nrrngin, who saved five children from death I u,v inc. 111 the Llthunnlnn gnmo with war nrl pence tnc stones .engowsKy appears to bt UlU 1IU11I, As a news fenturo the nnvnl ballnormli succeeded momentarily iu knocking "1" out Austrinns will probably welcome the elintlfre In fnrernmnnt- If If frlvnj !.., . I thing to eat. Gilbert K. Chesterton is the Inlrm n. rival to rap prohibition. G. K. (" nt thtl uat, as it were. Mr. Hintnn must now realize that, ill lie una mane a menl or Mis pal, Mr. Furrell I wouiu not nave agreed witn mm. Manufacturers will see in the "N'orfolkl itlen indorsement of tlio older Idea that 1 1 man may do what he likes with his own In the matter of the celebration nil American independence, Father Penn wllll soon proceed to show the world how to naltl dreams como true. No surprise will be felt in this countrjl over the nsscrtion thnt labor disturbances ill England have1 been instigated by Ihwital Reds. It is an old story on this side of tbil Atlantic. The list given out by Mr. nnnlint'tl tailor ot clotnes ordered by the President I elect seems to indicate that the editor nil the Marion Star has received a raise til salary. No great nmount of surprise is beisfl nionitcstcd over the country at tne auoji tlon of Charles S. Whitman that the fur riers strike iu New ork was marked oji skin game. Skepticism exists ns tn the truth of till report thnt Lenlne is seriously 111. Jl weary world prefers to adopt too nnciet'l motto. "Them as don't expee nln't n-gwiwl to be disappointed, Interest in dermatology has iDcrciutl wonderfully in Chicago slnco prohibition fD fovecment ollicera have discovered thil beauty doctors have been prescribing nos'l paint for patrons. When one remembers how hard It wl for an admiral of the United States nary III have his llttlo wards admitted into Ml country, one finds it hard to realize mil our immigration laws aro admittedly ias. One troublo with Secretary PanM;' navy plans is that they don t go fnr enoup It we nnve 10 go in lor coiiipciiine i ment, airplanes nnd submarine forces, V natural complement nowadays of any ni! win nave to grow witn n. "Why this mito?" nsked Re1";"" 000 for the enforcement of prohibition, i' 1.t f ii tti.mrt nn n nnfnnpln Mnn nf Si fill (HHJ.UW JIU lUYIUi till llrjfll'WIl,M'M vs. v."v,"--' . the presumption Is thnt he considers w opposition n plcco ot cnoese. Tcmperunco C. Coopor and Bryan Tr 1 ..... a ..!. I -nfinnMl' lit ADD bury, Pa. Looking Into the future, have n vivid mcntni picture oi mm- - .Tuicc Cooper Hombergcr, tho boy orator, doing credit to his parents. ,..! i I-.. AMn (..., Iiftnttruptf! the Allies will probnbly nppolnt a rcrf rr to look nfter the interests of her creditor! ond mny ovcntually put her on lier feet " But there will continue to bo hard tW" niienu lor tne stocKiioiuers. Among the Important pieces of cvWejJ that Russia is not Bolshevist at bottom 5 is being starved Into submission dj JlolshovlKl is tlio tact taut ""i. "nro who goes there .and mix with the letariat comes luck cureu oi mo for tho Reds. The commissioner of health of 0jfj N. Y., is under indictment, with captain and two patrolmen, churgei ( navuig stnicn two ourrcis oi "i,,r;'ri,i. garage. He may plead that he acted In n.rdanco with the eternal fitness o whisky being n poor substitute for gaso'"6 The Berlin Government bin forbid the use of the monocle by "ll1"'"1,,0" ground thnt it Is an affectation n';. minder of monarchical days. Is of a gloss too much or ono of """', y lltlcol prophets seeing,, throiiR i J l darkly? Or Is it n k ndly finr that g taxing one glass may no "i"-:-. imu' another nnd make a spectacle """, It is noteworthy that the (i'1rl11,,,.?. papers that carry the news ndil m ,w ment, "Now the republic Is sud. im i this mean that Gormnuy Is develop' ii' ai r sense of humor? A i, i &32LJ2Ll&i2frA ... J.'teito,i.lM4.v.to.lu..... ..-. r2Sw32E
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