'"' 'Wfm&Sf1.' 'V v nv IS 'WiVWV rjvivwy'fflfjr ,. ,. y jt & mm 7 iiifrj. I ,41 "'1 'jJT 1, PI fe 8 PUBLIC LEDGER COMPANY ' cthcu . ic ctrn-ns, issm Churlon It. Ludinelou. Vlco PrMM.nl, JoUa C. Urlln. 0-rUry an.t Trtasurerg I'hlllo H. C'jIUtu, .J.otin It. T.'IIIUmjt, John J. npurcson. Mrwtfrn. nnrroniATj boahi Cram it IC CuTtu, Oudrma HVID W. (WILEY TJJItr JOm-T C. MAIITTNV Pnral timing Mny Ptlblfilnvl dllr At Frcuo Lnnora llutldiny InJontnJ'.nso Unuur', VhlUdelpliU Atuinio Cnx Prtit-r nton DulUlaa ?Jw VoK 304 kl&afccsi Av. Dro! 7(t "Aird 11 illdlnir r. LoOI 013 Olobj-rvmoo-ol IIu'MIn CntOAaa 1302 Tritv.. , BulUlrg NEWS XlirnKAUS: wiim-mori Gciue, tt. K. Cor. Pennsylvania A r.nn ilili LI. NaT ToK Dt'irtr Tin 7un imiWIti'f IJNOON IMSBtC Til tin ZtllM Pt'IWCttlPTION TrillMU Th Btsninti I'icuo Lson !. isoi-va! to tub. crlbr la PhiUKphltv ivnJ -jrrojnJir.i town t the. rt of fjlra SS' ert? per -k., praM to th carrUr. Br evri to t!:.ts outfit! of PV.iSn'.nh.a, In u Lmtrfi Kt:.. caa. or rmuj hui, Mtl5!lS, pOfl'JK rrc-. Ort (SCO C.T.3 MT lao-.tit. Bit () tiMUm fr y.r, nht !n lotven-e. To all forMun enintrlps on 1 doll.- a imsf. Inoticu 6u,:rlbf wlthtng tiOMt c!-ant;a l&Uftt rlv ell an wall an n--x adJrcffl, SELL. rr SOW WALNtT jtyTovi:, iu ij 3C7" Aiirtjs all c mi mun'Cfftfes fa r.iAin. JiM.u XtfJgf-, Jnj)viif-j fl7i t-f, r'silcil.'lpVtj Member of ths Asuoclstcd Prcsa iwj jt.?ocArcn rx?ff frc:-uf-'iiv rv Mflfd t (he u jr rruf..lculloii 0 a. I nu'i ljafehM oiUtptf fo f o- no! o'Wrujs crH(t ifc Mj popr, and o!i tVo !im! v-iim y1l! )f J tttreln. Xrlfi o alju rfjfffrif. r.MliJtlpM., VCiretitf, Jinntry 10. UJ WORK THAT CANT WAIT TOO OFTEN it is th habit of ri'ip W attorapt to mix ehnrit) with hcifac Cheerful!) to Hjx'rul trn dol'nr-i in "Sorts to Veep nne dM'.ar njt A thu hands of the tindeserTinK. It iB greatly t.' i hopf,! thnt cr.v Iitt.t,of the monc'j to be nrp"'"prmt'il by the oity f r the relief of nnem;l'v J lo-oi'in 1u Kiiisinc ton will be spent for uunve'.or" rcl tij". If ;i nmn is willing to nnvt tK'5i ."v.il as ( the oity U preparir.g o ;ro ie V .siia'.i.r uecda it and needs it badi.T. Th- prose.-'. Instance is one in which dire t tcli' n is desirable. The prorle whoc cnerpes l:rep the ur town mills nnd fa'-torlcs RninR are clrr.oit inrariab!) hnrd-worklr.s ami tliriftv. Kcw Impostors could be found nmmijc th"a. Thv drew hitrh vasce.. Th-;. j.il'l hi?h prioes, too. Ilut for their habitual restraints In the expenditure of r.iunej t.u-y -ao'iM r. t hi"o been ab!i' to surviv -vltho'it citclile help throush a long period of enf. rri-d idleness. Even r.o-v relatively 4f familin a-' in difficulties. Thii. f-ict pcows OKttin the in jUHtice of ranch tbut wu written about tl.e lupposed eTtraT-ri:: .i ufte erce-B in this country. The less there is nf tnro-lad's formalism In the present cas the betfr ! will be for everybody. It would be bitter to wnat" ti little money on ji.-opi wh", In n ttchniial calnis, mlifhr appear undevrini;. than to let one v.-orthy faaily so h".cii": actual want for n doj in WHY THE "L" LAGS THE Trankford oi.evated. it Is -can be opened b Dec-xb-T 1 i a. :, i:ci. Considered us tin engineering ii-rfix-muace, there would be notb'cjr surprising m thus giving reality to hopes. It is practlc.tl'y possible fo.- the "I," ti bo "iddcl ta the high-sped sy(.fcn: .: I'bila ''.!pbi'i within lens than a y.nr. The obstar.e to accc.Tip..-hme:.! lease, and notliin hut the !ase ij tao I'ntll that is drawn up and duly ratified by botli the transit om ..any nid 'h" ";-. r'- f"r completing the ne .- nai. r OT'lpTlrg ' tnd plaiing it i:i s. r'.i e af xis'c.rary. It is not s. I'.vjan-.a ''ami', nor en Ala'-'kua railway job uaieh has 'e'3 underti'kfti iti eastern I'lii'.aiie'.plii;.. The work culd have been r!nlshd long .iso laid the rm:r.'oipulity tnd the 1. 11. T. be.-n ubl to agree on financial conditions uod uti.tr matters uf control. The Mayor 's cxpoted to ttterd a -ranidt conference in Ilr.rrisburg when he r-turas from Florida. Culculnt uni on the aa.oui.' of time h -euod for a'tua' v t.rlt oi thi - ad will be eeme . n or .e i! coi.iet'' '. .f ..-it mitt in.!. Vu.d HOG ISLAND QUITS Till. Aisro oomp'n '-s t 1. tig m . r ji-st.' hn of v!.; t whi h th.- 'J nsu- y.-k !a(! . Tho fortcir -.Hiise' viill be deli .- 1 t. t'.j hlpping h .ti-d y- ' At" r "an lTrr.i tional Sh'pbulldiu? ' -irp.. ration ..n Sat in'm; of this reik an! :L('':-..r'i'. '. f- ..'.1' d ;nr. from Hog Island The past reoorri of he reatf '. ti a., nr.lp ;oBstruction plants ;s - ' rl!!iant us iu fu ture is obs.-ure. rfiir-nr.- 1 ' si" an the date on which the '?. ..' t,.. -.ard .vn! be turned over to the fr.' ment, CS rejiresened ' .. ' Philadelphia"!-, a'e r , i tomed to th.- fi i-t t'.R. : chasers of Hog Isln'id ar dismal eon -msi'in ' si Stati s (iri'rr -M 1p'" l)..!;.-'l time ho tie : ll".'9ptlb J'l-- . ulli.V.e that th itruordlr..iry acli!t'esiut Ij t"-ated .j.r... s: as c nr.nior. piece. The j-j.rd 1 '.. ,-u a .'.;. i, v hjv elephant. '1 . r - t; '. a'ti id.- r i "r.-ibb-for Mich a o,,a-a.r. r- nti... s . n ; -.""-'nr; to that pi-!' .if . i; .ns" .;' - .. .. V-.: -r '. sua a-e so fot d '' ' k'- i THE NEW SCOURGE . .' j iblu-. i.i. z- . ' : :i n ".;! i ro. ' aid . . . 11 .".'(is rr i in-. ' -". .: -j ibiu-. i. tv for tl.e ..',. : ... ,f pollee , tl ... I -.1 progw 1 - '. . 1 , t.i t.. The traffii . . il; !. Merely te l.. J rison ,vi was trres-l wit'i SI!' r.n-4 r. . If HI -.., ... otics ia his possession i 1 n i -is.y hinder a i rr .-1 :' d ' - : t ecoiirg. Tin- t a v 1 . i 'igurf ., ness hn-. i.el.'V r -n ...s r i c, ;. lose. 'H I'm i. . jrei t ; n ,.r . In t i.'. erie g i : i'.. a-s :,.gi,t ind learn i t tl f t ..' : : ... . r, i :.,, Jn China the M.N!n ni'i'tn'v derisd i .- i jblifrttio' . ti- r.. ge ci-" r-t f .-,-( not ou'y T.r. : .! t!.' ; it. j-l I-,.- : . f tl fendors I; Ind. id- r. .t-.od, -'..i r.-. F'ri"t fejillutii t. i : ie i;. and d.s-r.j' ;. .- ..t tttnd; tl.e f '' ral ' ts orig.n. l'.-a; i do n .v -ri 'o 1 1. ..I oondition e. i. r. lhi di im; !r"ii ' t - i r. . .f.-i.-t ire If i.i i -ii tl e p, ft , f wb..r, a' m". we sht ' hsi- i: '1 e nea- fi' C ; . rut ' ' hib'ti' r ' t.- i a DANGER SIGNALS AT PENN tTvDfCAXIuN, ')-es.r.ab. i old 'r. . LLi lilenlisri in .1 '.rn.o.n i "t 'i, . i"nter easi.) , ,. . i-f I.'i.t.i a'.il.': i ' dlsnensioiis a'..l .'O-ir-j.-ti' . ci.J .- tie polii ti s - this i-itv ix : .'. L. i.u- 'ill IWa.-l ' I'l.H!- I,.! a'.o- ...,h ,. l'or oioiitl.s to ,.gr.. '..o;i .j r th..' i if a ttipennVi . :." o: ech. ..Is, ha t en tlildt IK its' If in a I. ut ..r f n iu ii'jl.-i'g. a' now fin t. .11 uhr a.Tc.rs 0! rtnia The trn jefteil b; f widened it .1 which th. .-.ti'. sr. 'i (i'.i;, l:ig n 'el, ro -tie f'civitv f I'etirsj'. t t: .-e.if r..atlH i m i-ulfv 'in. I ti a'j...n' mh 1 'eJag t.ie i.thi - '.igl t at 1 iiiivirNity progr.nii was r- jaideU iron. in. a.i.st ontrudirti ry ntanu pollitB 'I he orgai.ii I griiduat. i .in opposed to the larje scale Mote relief sp,,m .re? t. Dt. Fli.'gm .v.d tin- facility :ia arrange meet v 1 "ii non"'l ' n.r'.'iir .11'. 1 loi g certain fldtiilnlbtrriivi lii'i-s varioiu higi l,.ca tlona) i!i.it!tutluiis vlthuut tctuallv jjtrr; ' EVENING Ins such fntrlon Into c.Teot that Identities would be lost. "Old University tradltloni" aptx'al to thu alumni, nnd there Is a rery deflnlte feelinff. whether Justlflod or not, that the Uulvursltj wotild fncrlt'uo n certain standing wers U placed directly under the stato. The protilcm la undoubtedly complex . but nothing will be (pilned by methodn calculated to plunge tho ulumnl and faculty into open qnarrelinff. Already more than a year ha1) bVcii wastrd by pontoninR the formulation of a definite isillcy. It is unlikely that whatever plan la chosen will satisfy every body. Ilut Koine policy, bun ever displeasing to an Inevitable minority, is better than none at all. The example of tV U-vird of TuWIo Edu cation Is such as u rail'" true frii'uds of the University to shudder. CONCEIT OF THOSE WHO SAY "THIS IS COD'S COUNTRY" There Can Be No Proper Understanding of Our Relations With the Rent cf tht World Till We Under- ctand Other Nations O.Nt. .iny in tho uummer of lPP.'l a man from N'i-w York was looking at the riig'i In ta? Turkish section of the world fair iu Chicago. A', he Ktood before n sill; run about three by eleht feet ho wu.s joined by a raan n-h.. looked like Cnclj Han. th rr.an -vas dre-seii in what we should today call khakl-i nlored ilotl.ei, with a khaUi colored hrt. Ithakl -colored whiskers on his chin and a knalii-colored complexion. II" sild he was from Montana. After looking ct tv.i- r.i; r. morn-ut ic fvo he s.tv tho ;rioe tj.s "Three t'j'. .s'.i.d dollars! ' he cxcluitneu lr-red liou-ly. "What is there in that thing t'.iat : lake it -orih to much money?" The New Yorker explained that it was s!!V In the firs p'ece, and that It wiis made ry t-und, in th" second place, with ever; thread tied in Mep.Vfit-ly. "Ilnrid iwde!" tli" man Ptclainv J aair. 'Humpii ' We d not hae tw make vm's ly hnLd i:"(. i'hi i ! (lod's cointry." Thi" Moatana I'ncle iam was more ne .-'.; r',)rewntativ of t !. M"u:iment of the whole nttlon at that tiT..- than many of us like to admit. And, ; i. hough twenty-novcn jir.rs hav passed since h made liw contemptuous i rer.mrl:. ind although many things him- hii,i- pened in th- .'.ln'rvul, it is the prevailiut; lelirf that t.ir -i0't'.tutlon of tnachint-muii' pwds for fio'f :nad" 1 y hand is the greatest Ii'iaian rchle". -'tnent of modern times an! ti.at tl.e L'r'fd Statnj is the especial jewi of the I'rentor, prized more highly than any otht-r ; nt on oarth am! of greater interest 1 1 IHrr l n tV S!2'it world in th in'".nitf reaches ".' s.eUar spam. A ru;..-- a'no-int of iich-eieem i i". slrabl". but wh"n it i1? carried to a-jch an ev-ii.e by tb citlr.ens nf a natirn it be-i'ot.'-s a oncclted prov)ncialiir that d!-i.-ni'jley 'hem not only f-ir understanding t'u mselvev. but for -.ndi r-itacdine th'-ir n lu'ions . :th the o!ti7"rs of other nations No nu.v prc.cious formula was ever t'r -r're.1 than (hat "this is tlod's country." It has colored th- thinking of American pol iti'i.ins fii- a l.ur.Ored years. It tas led them to believo that there is nothing in any oher part of tha world r.o good as the wont hiT-' and the if v.o are to jireser. uir institirions n,' m-ist kenp ruruolvs 'solated. Wli.'t, w,a rlh sm big it did ro naltor mui'L .. a:.' ., 'iioiight of the ri'tui le puts o' It. Hut the si&ihines of which tre Moa tana fade Sjti. was so proud 1 iv( c. ,,i p. -.'d the .. irUl ur.til it has si,uc ? d the u"un. ojt of It and 1 as brought ! - fo'lt'o .oast of th- I'nited States Into t'. eo t'y n-" t the A'lunti. We a."" n .t ro'r'--bors t. 1. :i-o'i. and Asia. aid ' a-i- .-. ';'. i-i.ti-Tiii i' V'-v Tian is :.s iu the hou With i.i.i. ha'iper.3 thl I J concerntd A"th .bet Ja' r.et door , T..e elected :;ires"ntiiti-.e-: . ' .; '..'i-.p'ie in CongrenN 'vill talk about tne cuanges in the world, but when the.- coto to nf. they ignore them entire!;. This i bis-vis 'hey ttr really representntive .. 'Ih. grer masH of fl.o people are iudif'errt to won.'i . . . nents. i l-t they are Ind.nV.-.'nt t ti.e political r.bucr's in t! Ir i i.me town Tney are so busy rtnning t!.- 'naet'ires t. . . ;r due uial-.i that te Lk--j !.:' tin to gr. e to aiyth'.ng N. There I. therefore, t.o ;...;.-.- .-..id'.nir fir'e which can compel Cougi -s t.. lift !'.; uMt of ita I miinclnlism. 'la.-r- ii hardly a man In Wastiingtun ..it1, any j.i- lOuite appreciati" ti of the ..:.!. im'i K t"eor a tarrV policj and t."." s 1 1 sVf relation-, of th" f nitPil States Wita t! r nntiiitis. The Penat" fln'in.p ccain it'.-e. i hlch is s'ipnosfd to con'aia 'orn- -f '! ablest men m public lif", hes j-ist report' d .-iv.,riil!y f' r Feidrv cmergt-Lcj ti.r .T bill, he J a-, -age '" which woi Id J -odi re -no t embur res :.g CjpIIcti'lons f ii tui o',(t--, Soa.. ' t, pc Hci.atori noi i r.iiic'il. Mr Itrysn nh.-i '.e rt'n.andtd '' ' rem. pe.l..ation ! .silve- regardb-ss of '.'rr- liaiiLi 1 il -i.i i- fii- o-,i r i iviliied r.an , . Mr. Itrvar has i-'-wi.-s been r .J ti bright ar.-l i-hini: i.gl i, i ' 'he choo! rf thoug.vt l.. ;.hi-'n :..e M.i: tar.e fnc S,i r. w .s resr'-l, f. ' 1 i . ih.a,n bdi.--.Ml tha the fui'vii S a i '- i" '.'In' i' would with the com. trie H.e! .!.'! laws ind get away wl,,i !' 'Inr's ' ."-. Thl' :- t oi'. -'.atr; M i..' s . i 'a. a i: !.' i. r.an ' Mi t', .d'.t at... n t -..! n iii"-a t .r. Ii..!.. v- 1 I p.'" i. .mi 'XX .v.. 1 S n. i rs'i; '. '.' 'iv- 'iih.Ti ' ..-,' r Viirriii " ' .-." ." r ,i . ti-iru.t i r.r piil.'.i- . ,. :: j :lu-.ji.t t. p.rs-'i,. tie kcii me ".r-.ved '.' '.i a ,iitruatli in I .". fT n. f of (. i" : i M -s e'l.i'i .n .t d'ter n:f erlur I r-. --ring d in tl.. fi f i ! ' t M. re thl.r. f Tt; g- ; . tie in'err.atu a-., i . j ' - iilli s triaf.v doe i i T . ir r .) plr.n wl!l he s . r.'ig f.-' nut i.nv mi- lirs - re: . trn- " ;r.n-' be adopted .'it "T A ; ....-r i.ie hatdreds .f r. i . i ti : i all ;i.rii"i, vl" i.r- b.r . ... d t tro .1'rr.r'f of t1 I'nl -. Smt , ! u-"iat. i .'-i ra 'vuld I" i iv not a. , s noon ". i L 1 1 . '.' 1 1' u'ii ,i to e an rM!i;.if'o i .n ti.ii.i'" i. , -.irl. t, . - ratioi . '1 'if - : ' i m..j;i t.-nnf.er o." s.ne. ig- , fl , t. ough .-5 t. nct.'i'.s 1 1 t... 1 .-1, -,.iff,n (,j. la 'j.i!el. h".d ' jiri-ii '.1 n 1 "nine .iS"v..t ''. ' '1 t' T- r. . .. ii'o, jo. f. i.o .' tl. f.l l'.l'. . Inrf 'Ut .'.' V. n "V .1 II ,', u ' be itt.e I.afri .r." v di v.e .ulot y for the righ's ' f.. nation, .ire bo'l. odn ii ,b- . ,. t. 1 . I-4t oi"-. loti-r. h-ic.c -" .i.:ni.i' ; ; ., t- ' sier.ts -Jiiica inv:--; . gr-at ! !,,-. (I',-' .-i.ietits -'.is' (or th" ftiprul good, not t1 t S "'I of one niltii u u'ont , but for the i ndva if 1 etit f 'be whole hiiniiin ruce Tl ey jiroifit wr. In their r.gnts to I if,. t e7 si jr. to t'.em llhir'y h'A th-, ' 'C- tie-. fr,... ( pi -mi" l.np:inem. fue trouble A'ith t.f in t e ( aitei .stutrit ' is ti at too ...any o.' i., as i.n.e tint 's o'.r j,-"!ni lent cloti- vvihi. sieki tvi tnehe I 'm!-i. ri d t'.at t ie govi ruii.erU of "ther nil ! t olin !..- sicking norui'thing else. J y,,. he' e HI' '.'t''J ltr deimiigj with tileu. v t feul tl.' ,1. 1 . il r. .1 tV.,,-, the v II! trj to i. ifie'LIn -."jr W be r-BNiin ' not ird'es."' it PXTBLId of the national vision. In the colleges, In the pulpits and In Vie newspapers protest Is making against the narrowness of the po litical vision. Two million American jonths have been In Kuropo and have discovered that there are men also beyond tho oceans. The seed has been planted. It may ba slow In germinating, but It In bound to spring up In tlmo and yield a beneficent hardest. The nations which haro been crucified by war will ultimately the from the dead and a new gospel of human brotherhood v. Ill grad ually spread until national Jealously go to the litnbo nlong with provincial thinking. Then when the foreign relations committees of Congress deliberate It will be upon the merits of plans for International peace In stead of upon how this country can shift iti moral obligations to somebody else. TAXICABS AND TERRORISM rIKECTOK COHTKIA'OP appears to -' have evolved some entirely new theories of law enforcement. Policemen comfortably throned on the front seat' of taxicabs are to hunt for violent criminals under tho bright lights. Certainly the director should go a little further. He ought to warn nil good citizens to stay olT the unguarded streets and go to bed at dark whll" hh diverting experiment continues. For months a bitter war has been in prog ress between tnxicab companies in this city and striking chauffeurs. Tnxi.s have been -tolen and wrecked. They have been stoned by the strikers. And more tocntly, by the introduction of home-made bombs into their interiors., n few of them have been trans formed into rolling Infernal machines hardly less dangerous to people in the streets tlmn they nre to unsuspecting passengers. It is this conflict of violence that culminated In the brutal murder of two employes aud the injury of six In a ntntlon of one of the com-pniiie-i involved In ithe strike where a bomb taken from an incoming car exploded. The inevitable assumption, supported by common sense and the clear evidence of recent events, is that the outraso was the work of striken or their sjmpathi7er.s. It is natural to K'ipio-e that by this time the police would !.now u'l about the plana and hublta of the Men suspected. "Kiidicnln!" said Captain Tempest, meaning, apparently, mjsterlous people sup posed to l at wnr with society. Ulot sqv.rds were sent raiding in drcles. Slxtten n en were locked i.p and the police had no evidence ou which to hold any of them. Patrolman, suatchoij again from their post", wtri sent trundling aimlessly about the city on the cabs, though they alieady bad more work than they could do in tho jobs for which they are engaged. Pronouncements issued at City Hall made police headquar ters Miund unpleasantly like a kind rgarten m a tl'irr.. In ome of the older countries a man wl'se 1 ii'is-e takes fire is regal drd as a dan gerous individual subject to strii t investi gation and punishment until he an prove that h did tverything po-mlMe to protect not nt ly his own property but the liven and propi rtj of his neighbors. The lawlessness tvct has characterized the taxionb strike is i. n..m wajs suggestive if a tip. It has gro..n to be dangerous t' the pe.iee and tho I.fe : the community. !-o, -v-:i if the poliei eoj.d arrest the murderers in this n's-ancy ntnl send them to the deetri" chair, thi r- .-'ill would remain a very serious und unanswered question. Who is actually r rpons tie for a condition of affair In which unguarded taxicabs may be much like death traps to people who engage tlcm'' Can two opposed groups of men bi pi rmitted to go or. indefinitely mn'tlng a battleground of the city streets a.i the tuxicab owner and their forrr.er employes have been doing? So far as the public re-urd of the strike rjvials, no fiTort has ever been maJe to cil! e'laer hide to a rational aoe.iunMi.g or t-vui to l"a;i wl.-.t they are lighting alio .t. The trouble "vith people who attribute everj act of outrage and violence to "ludicals" is that they make ro further eiTort to find out who or what or wher these tudicnls are. The word has come to be aeceptul ns n soit of universal explanation, a universal term that justifies inaction by atttibiiting every ii.i agit.iibie sort of wrong to Homebody In a dim world tevonl t'..- r. aeh of police au thority. The radicals in this instance are s-omv-iLiii xvithlti t'u- world of taicaL.s, i.ad if tae piuieo officials w er i.ot thinking in the i. n:i i.i r of ('ii:iinii--ii'tur Iloright, who turned ,t hi" whole fore- the i trier night after an nouncing that N' Yoii. w. s to Lo bl..vn up, they ought to be able to Idintlf.v, t.rrri-t ami prusM'tite them Tfle poll, emeu ought to be withdrawn Ins'atitlj frou tl i -ihs. Th -y nre needed, and necdul bndlv. .01 tier- posts. 'Iliey are not paid to engng- a-tivily on " n s.J or the other of labor disjnit' s that take a for.-i of mysterious and blomlj war. Tt and their officers ouht i' nmn i up every trlker or sympathizer ni-iectod of violence nnd do everything possiM.- t" railroad the iikulkiag assitssitin who-i buin'i took the lives in" two unwarned and de'en-de' men. That s.,rt of work runnot be doi.e un the s.'ats of tttxleiib-. It can only Le done by detectives ih' s.ek di'termluedly f. - sjurm f the. tr. uhU'. Wl' re, by the f-ir, lav. the detectives '...a a1.i1" all this v, .',.' . and oiifusion developed? Have their : iid L -en uwtiy on a vui iition? A LOST-CAUSE ANNIVERSARY THIl glamour of u ,. . cm a Is often in-ci-ea-"l as lie p.i i('ilitv of eei uting its priaciples frtdi s .. ,1. urpriing tin ."' f .r , in ' f rd' lu lierm'itiv .. t , sa-e : th- fieindn.g . . ' n.'.' I .' 1' 1 r 1 ' h'vrd'v ! 'ms t , -itr-jr' 'li U nothing 1 1 1-bnitii u ;. ." ft u 1 h auci'. r ;.i i-mpiro Tl -1U- , hovveie-, ions i.iieiiHln'-'- on the purt of ti, tr.etit ijioved t .f'. worthleas Uoarjc: boasi.'iilly t" fori . a Stuart, i.prl-ingi '. failuie. 'I he Si,-; tl the liast be'.i' f in suite soveivig v ' e alive in son;', or i of the (V.nf ''era t, 1- world. Sonti i' ' s to Idinlte tl.e I'r.i.f Charlie" and .i!- rei :iti after tv.o -1 1 uded in e.Tphat " v .'l.tii.t 1 nti-rtnini: a ;rncti'al vitalti; of r. .' I.esltieu to keiti :u -Wtloili) tl.e (.'1. ties No doubt . 11... 't Tijratl. ii uf t.er mrns do .!. .. ' a ii'.nurch.i -,1 i-vlval, and the Jt..isi .- L.ii.-'i - i- invi'sted with tie ddu or., gut- '.1-11 1 1 -pi'i'tai-i.lii." In glnnn.? c- t' ''.or-, l.vel jon inioi. In it tu'li'd. ()c Ji a', .r; lk, l'sTl. n the Initiative of the il. g ! Ilavarlii, th" king of I'russiu was proe'i.i " ifr".u.i in.pir..r. Th" seei.e wai t1 e i.itl.t1' of the palai e of Versuilli''. I'rtri '. t 11. l.-i.'getl. was to fall It ten dnj Th ",!it.,r;. ' 'iirmnn Militarism and of (Semun t. s-.iunjhip, in reprcented by Itisn.ar ., j-. trei'dingly ilruirmti- aid '.how Th- . '. a t a sitiK . ..i.r.se u! idi a s' :- uira.Hi.od n"'v . Let recolleo ii- si.' a abides The '(minus are i- ra- 11 m..i. hjjp, and it is fi- t" inri!ii-y that the inonanii. will 1 enr ugaiii dominate th- a;ic- pu'hiis "f 'i iimjority of ihu nation l!i;t h.sli rj is mplete with l.iKtanceg in wl.ic il' ..ateij factions cl'ng to o'jsoli'te can 't 1 1!' r -, ''lerish then., . 1 a'iiaentalize ov-r th'-r.i a: d ''I'mmeniora. mi-letter annlver-sc.-i' "' r .iii!'i beapatl'; if reviving th pu In lorn-R ..d v.ell as in I.iigland there are Htin ind'-Htnii'tible Tories who suli'ii.nlv vri .,'! lul service the "martyrdom" oj II. . U 1 ill' s I. 1 'resilient -elect Harding v.ull i,j,.ahir .it lutit that sine- h" 1 an t pkii ,e .a t e seleitiori . f hi- iabifl"t lie - 1 mnuy If 1 e el out Just to LDDGER-Pri:iEADl3LHrAiv WEDOT)SbAY, JAmTABf 19, 1 AS ONE WOMAN SEES IT It Isn't Pure Carelessness That le neaponslble for Hard Times In Kensington nnd Lending a Hand la a Good Investment H- SAHAII . LOWRIK YOU hear very severe remarks about the working people who hnd such big wages this time last year and who nre how, so to speak, on the town, with not a red cent In the savings bank to show for all the war years of steady work and big wages. The story of the man who fumbled about in his overnlln pocket and bought a pearl necklace with ready cash : the story of the thousnnd and one typewriter girls In fur coats and the stories of the laborers' fami lies that only bought tenderloin, are without doubt true. We hnve all helped needy fami lies and found they had put the rent money into cabinet photogniphn of all the children, so one can be pretty certain that luxuries rather than necessaries will be what six men out of seven covet and will stand treat for once n sudden lapftil of gold tumbles Indio crlmlnatcly upon him. BCT the stories of the worJclngnicn who bought houses in this city lust spring by the thousands are also true. The tale of the prices paid for those houses being once and n half greater than their prc-vvnrtlmc value and nlreadv a third more than their present value, 1m likewise true. They did not wnnt to Invest In houses of an Inflated value, but It was that or nothing. Houses' were not being rented last spring. Thev were the rearrest aud mot expensive things on the market ; the smaller the house the larger the inflation of value. Hut If your landlord re fused to rent the house you had lived In for years, you were up against it. There wna no place to go but out ' And the stories of the Inflated prices for rhoes and food und enrfare were true j but you had to buy food and wear shoes and be conveyed to work none the less. And the stories of the Liberty Hond buying were also true ; and the loss of some of their negotiable vulue hit months later waft true. The stories of the great accumulation In the banks of savings made by the people were true ; also the tales of the banks' sudden caution nbout making loans to the peoplo were true. The great nums Tuised for war sufferers and for the Red Cross, the great taxes raised by the government, the partly successful drives by the churches nnd bv the Y. M. C. A. nnd the Knights of Columbus all theso were true I These did not come out of the rich only. Shop after shop, mill after mill boauted of being "over the top" 100 per cent. I HEARD u man who had casually given hlc daughter a pearl necklace valued at more than SlOO.OflO for nn extra birthday present because of his gains in one week on 11 staple of food that is usually six cents a pound but was selling at twenty-six rents. 1 heard him deuonncing the uuthi-Ift.v habits of his employes, falrl.v bellowing about how little pity they deserved because of their folly and their fondness of luxuries when tlu-y should have been lulng by. and I won dered nt his lack of imagination for the power of example. They probably secretly envied his lavish power to give and admired his success in getting. So when they got what looked big to them they also spent it ii what looked big IN FACT, tho v.-orkingmen in this country did about what every one does who comes Into a legacy. Instead of putting aside all of the extra Inheritance for investment, they took some of the loose odd hundreds or thou sands as ready money and lived on Kasy street for u season. They did some of the foolish, splurgv things the; had always fancied the dwellers on Kasy street enjoyed doing. Who of us that has aii ounce of "pep" in us hao not been foolirh ' encp and again on Kasy street! Some of us pay by -doing without luxuries for n sea son, some of us pay by do'ng without neccs Miricd. The fact that we have all rich or poor trespassed on Kasy street makes our -uperlor attitude of "better than thou" when we are only "bi tt'T off than thou" just a bit too smuij. I HEAR that In Kensington 2! per cent of the emplojes of the mills are out of work and that hundreds of them will need help before the spring I used to run it penny bank in Kensing ton. I ran it twice a week for about four years with the help of a lot of capable vol unteers and with the hacking and oversight of the Lighthnu.se Settlement. In those da; children were employed in the mills, aid they used to come with their wings as well as tl" ir parints. Our business amounted to manv. many thousands u year, and when i" reached over fs.'lO.OOO we very thankful!-, 1'iiniled it ovi r to one of the big savings oanl ii of the city which established a Keut.ir.gM. branch that is flourishing to this day. Once I had a run on the bank because of 'ome n isin.der-tnnitlng between a child of six who liiij been sei ' fo draw out tl.e family acioutjt fur a funeral without the prescribe''. notlcQ of one week. I did not know it wis for a funeral the child spoke of it as "the doings at our house" and I sent her 1 on-e with the message that the bank could i.et i,av that wed.. I should hnve said "will no'k pay, and r!l wotild hnve been well. ,s 't vas, we hid a panic and hundreds of cl!l dren. r- etiforc -d by indignant parents, !n line. It wi -i Satrrday and all the banks were clo-fd and our stock of cash was soon ex hausted. I shall never forget thosp anxious strained f,t"es. Very few had more than S'.i In the bank, but I learned that day what those little accumulations meant to num.. f the trotner" and old women und sallo-y r. .,,. girla OK COI'R.SK, .-very misunderstanding was leiired up in a duy or so nnd nil that had been drawn out funic back, no-enforced bv hew m counts, lint after that I was in-t.-ested t know v hat those little bankbooks tiiod i.ir to the savers, who put in not often Il.ore thin flft.V Cents nt i 'im- , The; meant gndiinflon dresses and holi 1 da; trips and doctors' bills and baby fu- H-r.11- uii'i in w cniicaes and the coal bill aid 11 v.'ik s food when tl.e man was out of wom and carf'ir- downtown to see the i.utn in the ( 'iy Hail about some will; thev miMiit getting - orrlei! or buried or Urn or into the hospital r cut of jail or movini' or piijitig ..ir a loan shark. Such work-worn, i-ripp nl fingers counted out the pennies and nickels and dm os and unrolled tho crumpled d.il'iirs vvli mi they put the money In! And there was such anxious, responsible counting and s'cv.'ng uv.ay when thev tool: ! ..t ' VJONL of 11.. t ...k the transactions lightly. 1 Lvnv -ent that was put awav for safe Keeping meant a sacrifice of something fo souie ore. Jl.f. a'-cuimilatiotis that were breathless v timen out 1 leant the fulfillment rr tae giving p of some cherished plan for some one No one cm persuade me aftor tvlt ,,v. perlf nee tr.at the rank and file, of the mil' hands in Kensington spend money uireleish If the; art "up Bgoiii-t it" today it must e becuise the grmt retarding wheels f piofiteeriiig have caught tbi m iu their nion ti iius grip To help 'hen. regain their equilibrium and fight 1 overty 1 nee mr,. with hope n their faces .s the Ust investment I know for the city government. It is better even than I av'n , 'I"'" or laying down new s-wers . r 1. illding th" bridge. It U not charity , strangers: it's family prid I is li tiding a hand to one's brother; it i s.dng i.uit ever; one in the hous,. j, ,-n,j, ti fed t l. he belongs there. Tl Ne.'. York Sun opines that the rea son the IJritish Council of Impeilal Defense looks with disfavor on the big-ship policy is due not to lack of faith in the big war veselH, but rather to their big co.st at a time when the national purse is light. It may he so; but. on tin- other hand. It may be simply appreciation of the fact that naval vessels of the futi.re may be nothing but landing places for airplanes and storage ho'i.ib for bombs Tl.e Chicago beauty specialist who mar ried h dealer In skunk pelts has been gran ed a divon . The home atmosphere presum iiblv. wai not wim t she des'rrd It may be thnt both found marriage, like their r ESecUve b.uinevoes, a akin gaiue. iMSS ,f rrri7ir(ftwFA:.iKixwaif!w'nirttwriMt.PrAt&.j-.cfircr?BV z?iwir.:. mfflm6tiB8Bsmmmmm& ' &$ - 1 5traHBasaiiMfOT '"' s UmMmm '.4--,i v. 'A , . ' 'VSl'f'ftf. V . J jfih rl. i'Ln.' I'.,-. ? w!fa0s " JK5- r- tMmmJexTSi -'5'1- .s .'T5Jt.'-,',, .wi ." ,1: NOW MY IDEA IS THIS Daily Talks With Thinking Philadelphians on Subjects They Knoiv Best ARTHUR D. MURPHY On Life Insurance as a Factor In Thrift LIKE insurance is the social service which In a great, constructive way helps to develop bigger and better men and women for life's work, in the opinion of Arthnr V. Murphv, president of the Philadelphia Asso ciation' of Life f ndorwriters and a promi nent local Insurance man. The importance of today mi National Life Insurance Day in connection with .Thrill Week, according to Mr. Murph;. is n thing (he dti.'.ens of this country should not forget. The connection of the welfare of the stato with tho sound basis of family life, nnd the latter with insurance, are emphasized by Mr. Murphy b.v Hiinessivi- stages. "Today lsNaioual Life Insurnnc" Day. tie inidtll- or keystone day of National Thrift Wee!:." sa;s Mr. Murphy. "And it may not be apparent to some, ai it should be to all, Just why life insurance has been allotted this significant position in the na tional propaganda for wise management nud prosperity. Yet life Insuronce is probably the most Important factor iu the establish ment and growth of thrift. Thrift a Valuable Habit "Thrift is a habit the practice of which conservis our resources by careful and frugal managunent and strengthens in thoughtful persona the values of moral obligation, oun tldence and contetitn 1 nt of mind. All tlicso attributes nre emphasized by the unselfish provision made possible bv life insurance. Thrift and life insurance go hand In bund, and It beconns ever; man's first fluty to those he loveu and who are dependent upon him for their care und maintenance to lift the burden that ma; be caused by the dan ger of untimel; death and ut the iiumc time to free his own mind from anxiety that those dear to him may be subjected to future want. "Life insurance is a great co-operative system bv w hlch the polie; - holders insure each other, tile string taking care of tho weal:. In becoming a member of this humane co operative organization cadi individual Is iu realitv purchasing the best security that the business of our nation offers and Is given the privilege of pa.ving tor such sicurit.v on an Installment basis, but with the proviso that should death intervene the insurance companv will cancel all unpaid installments on the purchase and deliver to his family or to the bt:r.iii'".s "f the insured tin par value of tho security purchased. , , , ... "Viev.lng it from thi- angle, we readily see how legal n serve life insurance telntes itself to American business in the closest possible wa. Indeed, it goes down to the very bottom of the nation's resources find amplifies in tne most constrin live way u.e fundamental principles of conservation and thrift. Sodetj is iomposi.1 of family uuifs, the wholesome development of which, includ ing rinani in! independence, is always of vital importance. So long as the family la able to sustain itsdf s a positive, nggres tdve, solvent sodnl Institution it mny be re garded as nn aesot ; otherwise it becomes merely a liabllit . A Svstematlc Havings Account "Life insurance offers to the bread-vdnnfr of this soclul unit nn opportunity of building u s.vstematic savings account for emergency cash and for bin own or hh life partner's old age. It also provides a system of life value indemnity whereby th" fainil.v's capital, lost through the husband's death, will be ie covered bv hii insurance. Tills enables the Mriul unit to function nnd to retain its identity as (in Independent institution fon terlug the very highest ideals of American citizenship producing th" maximum results alike in the building of character and the doing of the world's work. "Legal reset ve life insurance makes uvnll tible immediate funds with which to 1 over family needs, educate children, pay dibts, support credit, protect busdneis, provide for bequests. iiilHfltiince taxes and many other rieeds. Every solvnt social institution Is therefore the illreol or fnillrect benUlolury of every life insurance policy issued. "Life Insurance is the grent constructive social service that takes up the slnd: n th" onward march of life, developing bigger und better men nnd women for life's vvoilt. The success of our nation depends upon the success of Its citizens. The succors of the fltl.en depends largely upon the family unit being thoroughly grounded and established upon n sound financial IiiihIs. "It must be Impervious to the negative, intemperate and destructive factors of so ciety 1 otherwise.' like the mushroom, It soon withers and drcnys. The attainment of this much -coveted goal Involves above all cIko the development of the family unit nlong those constructive liics of svKtematle and loiupul sorv suvlng In order thnt It muy maintain uu iudeneudvUt poulticm us one of the effi- 19t "WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO elent, constructive morul units of society. "Legal reserve life Insiiriiiiei. oft'eru the opportunity for every family in the nation to estnniisti itself on such n bnsls. as it not only provides for 11 systematic plan of savltig. but It also guurantcin the continuation of the family capital by conserving the life value of the head of the family. The real value of this pmcess cannot be measured alone in dollars and cents. Commercially, however, the growth and leadership of our '"'intry will depend very largely upon our ability to conserve und properly use the life '.nines of our citizens. "Life Insurance is of special value to mod ern business, nnd adequate use of it bv ull our citizens will go far in helping to advance the commercial interests of our nation. In weighing the conditions now existing na tionally and internationally undoubtedly thoj-e was never n period In the whole his tory of the world when a productive life was moie valuable than now. "Just a final word about those engaged in the business of life insurance selling. Ther are more than 100,000 high-class men nnd women actively working in behalf of legal reserve life insurance service rot only on National Life Insurance Day, but ever; day of the year thereby carrying the gospel of thrift to every nook and corner of our rreat commonwealth. These workers are helping to educate men and women of the land In the rig.ifeousness of preparing In advance to meet ull of life's contingencies and nbllga 1 i'! .""'' ,,int ,lir'"'Kh life insu-ince thrift the individual has nn opportunity of mnk ng himself a better citlten und, too, of making the world 11 little better for his having lit id nnd added his mite toward ad vancing the ideals und purposes for which we were created and for which we exist." Once on a time the spring awakened thoughts of crops; of little flowers a -peeping out from shady nooks nt lovers blithely strolling; of buds u-bursting on the bare, brown limbs of trees awakening after win ter s slumber ; of warbling birds, the free verse poets of the wildwood ; and human songsteis tuned their l.vres with Spring's own tuning for!:, the invvnrd urg to sie, to glorify imd to love all that Is good and sweet und pure ir nature. Hut Spring (If one mnv junge Horn what one rends) has been fori some time past 11 wnndercr from old familiar paths; no longer herald of the summer's opulence who blew glad notes upon u horn of plenty she blovvH u brassy bugle, drat her! and sounds n call to nrms. Last veur it Polish drive; the year before the Reds and Ilela lvun ; and ;oars before nnd juns before the menace of the Hun. Ay, Spring, the sweet, the beautiful, has been perverted, diverted from her peaceful wajs. and now adays whene'er she sweeps the snow uwuv 'tis but to dlj 11 trench. A murrain on the fickle jade! So long has she pltrved her hellish tricks we did not need the hews of Reds upon the borders of Rumania to find in her a spring offensive. What Do You Know? 1 QUIZ 1. U'n it Is .1 lodestar? i. Name two novels by Tolsto,. ii. What h. niriint tiv Johnsoimt'i' ' 4. What Is a havtlnek'' f Wli.it Is a JfiPii house? (j, 'W ti-re are tl.e patrons'. 7 What Is the OUTer-iiM bf. v-en nnd a crow? fa.tn R Who whs Cuchuh'ln? n How should t!m name us pronoun.-e-l .' ! What meal 111 sotnetlinei disoilbeJ in tl'.Tin' Answers to Yeoterday'c Qui: 1. Arlstlf'.D Ilrland Is th new uremli r of Kninoe ; Intltuiif!iu are 'urge estalea, ecpiulnliy an characterizing a country'11 nodal 'va- tetll T Tni tattle between tt-o Monlior and tho M'lTlinno wru fought at Hampton IloiulH in 1So2 i A Lan'fir Is an Kast Indian i.illor. f yir J'.nn KratiUlIn waw a tvlrhr.ittil Ero. llali Arctic explorer, lost in nn ex. peflltlon vvnlch nailed from (Irecnhlthj In IMC. 0. Oh, Kast In Hust and West Is Went and never tho twain uhall moot" Is tho opening line of Ituily.tnl KIMlnc'ii "HallmJ of Kast and West." s 7 In the Unit sieond of its descent 11 body falls slxtien fu't ' S, There are four (lulHiiai In South Amer- p n Kretich, Dutch. Ilrltlsh and lira- zlilnn An apologia '.3 en apology .vhloli I.i In th niituie of a defcnsi, fi They tlulf toust line of the t'l.lt. d S-'tutiH h lointcr tha'. the Pa. IfU const jine. Thy former iu 1'ij mil so louir, t'to latter 13(19 ABOUT IT?" fmMf SHORT CUTS And. nt that, thrift was probubl the least of Franklin's virtues. y Not even u bonus can seem so important to 11 FervW man as legislative provision fo perninticL.ly disabled veterans. Politicians in Ilarrisburi; are no staging the annual performance of "Much Ado About Nothing" or nothing much but job3. The nebula Dreyer Is said to 'be trare, Ing nt the rate of 1 2fi0 miles a second. Is It possible Dreyer desires to bo wetter and ! going after a drink? The internnl revenue authorities bow require registration of all stills. This mi mean either a close-up or n fadc-avvav foi the Home Brow Movie Co. And of course It will be the duty of tie Legislature to see that an eight-cent tax ea coal does not become an eightv-cent tax tj the time it reaches the consumer. Dogs nnd cats In Europe have dntPrto rated us a result of the war. 0 scientist d dares. It may well he. Nothing ceema t have thrived on war but the motif. Employers might nt least realize that .' is the man who conceives that his cause l righteous who too frequently sow the v7lnl and reaps the whirlwind. One thing about tho (lovernnr s r.'P sage which legislators might ponder vrlt! profit is the fact that it deals wholly witii necessary legislation nnd concern- it-df r.ot nt all with party politics. Everybody will be glad to accept tl. theory of the pollco regarding the local borr.b throwers when the theory is hacked up b) the fact of an arrest. A clue 1 .11 t wertb I hoot unless it leuds somewhere. Tho fiovcrnnr shows appreciation 0' the fact that In the mntter of educiflnn, 11 In everything else, one must be willing t pay for what one gets, nfter winch one l( In a position to demand jiut e.Mictl v hut ctt pays for. After seventeen years' CNper-rv ti chairman of Chicago's finance commlttt sa;n the best way to keep councilii quirt is to feed 'em with lollypopa or nll-iiiT suckers. Respectfully referral to Mr HU and Mr. OnfTney. Austria, Incidentally, affords an iiir.it tratlon of what happens to a country when it is all front and no back, ad city unu m country, all consumers and no prod icers War has provided (1 svnthetl' exenq. iwa tloii of what a decadent civilization tJj bring about slowly and more mtunlb When a tenant in a Nen- Yurk cni.r' pleaded that she couldn't pay the 1 "lit be cause her husband wns irlpplen aid e 11I1I11 1 work, her landlord siarful n colli d'nii " the court ch'ppcd in ..". 'S ail ngl t 0 course, but It's pretty tough 01. n laiiillnrii If he has to start u collection ever., tiia' e wants to raise the rent. Tin busy press ng-nt is liivr-tn..' tk V,.rtl. .. stern 1 'iileei alt v with the US'JSI I.I..I.I.OI. r.t f.ml- iM-nfiwcnrs iieeeM-itry 'I publlcil;. One of them sugge.tfl tin nd vlsabllitv of wives slugging their InuiWinU" whin they "act mean.' V'c tuist t lie prn fessor'H wife will consider his ndvl " equate provocation. In the case of n man who lent nno'r.'' an automobile, the Supreme Court has rule" that a machine' used for the illegal trans poi'tntion of liquor may be a-iieil "' tlioiigh the owner has bcn found P'"tlf" of breaking the law. Ever ttnil unon tn ervstalllzfd common sense which s tne u Kites indication of being a trifle clilppeJ. Th" New York Evening post n.aku ' guess that Sir Auckland (ied.len knows tM nuike-tip of the Harding cabinet ",lllJjfh gone home to talk the mutfr over " Llo;d C.eorge. Which somehow iikj.''-"''' "J story of the .'banning widow who toll Be little son she was going to ''" ,V,r V "Ilullv for you. mn!" sahl ihe lift .'.Iww "Dots Mr. Rrnvvn know?" To those who 'Identify IVnnsj. with coal, coke and steel It mnv "' J" ' that agriculture Is still thf .Krcute'i "Im-" dustry In the commonwealfh. l"'ro . ), cellence In the suggestion, thenfnie ..r ii ernor Sproiil that the Legislature tuH nn toward the establishment of n sfi ' state fair doe- more than "' '""", ' ,, lighten'; nnd It mny be thnt i ' 'fcv larize th- world'., most iisef... , pointing out how labor mnv be lgh "''' " try soma of the cpmforts of the town 1 tf r tmMxt!Wrr?rn " i'.t(. .s, , ...
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