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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."
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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
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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.
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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?
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