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PUBLIC LEDGER COMPANY
CYItrS H. K. CUIJT18, Pmsididnt
Churl'ii H LudliiKton. Vies l'roiltlont John C
' SUrtln. Heori'ti.ry ami Treasurer. PhlUn H I'ollln.
.Tnhn I) Williams, John .T. Spurgcon, Dlrc-etorsj.
EDITORIAL 110AHD
Clues II K. Ctim, Chalnain
TVVin H HMII.TCV
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0n"a1 TluslneM Muneuter
Pubttahcil HII- nt I'i cue LiwuEn UuUdlng
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ATUNTIi' Citi rrcii-Unton IHilldlnc I
Ntw loss 1(1 MntlUon
DrxnoiT TOI rnnl Tl Hi .lies ,
HT. Iivib 013 Olobc-lreiwerct Utilltllng
ClltctflO 1302 Tribuii UulMliiE ,
news ncnnAfi- '
Willll.NOTON IllnRAIT.
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IiO.sdon ItinriL .... Iximlon rimtj
SI llSCIUPriON TBUMS
Th EirM', 1M mi n 1 rruxn l.i tvnnl to ufc-
frtb' r 111 I'hlln I Irliln and iirroundinK ton
ftt f'O 1 v.n of tu he (U) ceito vtv wtk snabl
to tha caiiI'i
B- tnnll 1 i-Dinta uutsidv of Dili delphla I
Ihe Vnll il Sin'" (.niindi. or Vnltcd vtntK i'0
Fjon, p ntnsr f i r tlftv (0) cfntn per month.
Six (Jl do nr pt .ir paatilo In mhnnce
To all f"r ln i mn -i.- one Ul) dollar a mon'''
J.oncr Fuiimibvr nlhln(r .TlJrem changed
moJt Blve old ns wi' .i nw uJilrcfn
BELL. 30OO HLMT
SnTONE. MAIN 3000
iCT Address all ctnmuntcaiitms to I'vtntnp PuMlo
Jjdiign , Ittlrjrendntc Nnuare, Ptoladrltihta
McmbtT of the Associated Press
THE ASSOCIATE PRESS It rrcliul' -Ty fit
Utlrd to th' v tii ti pubtlrotio i of u.1 nru i
fltspatchrv ccdxtid to or not oftrni vc crrdil'd
iji this vaprr, end alio th-y local rtr published
thtreln.
All right t republication a' iptvdl Jipo:feSj
hfrclll are oNo frrrt rd
Phlladilphla Momlit. Jjniun. 21. 1:1
MOTOR LIGHTS
U.di:u tin- ro
enrs loft in
road liiws of tlio tnti motor-
enrs lott in the strcots attiT iliirK musr
show tlii' iimihI tin to Hulitu two in front
nnd on1' m Ho i Mir ThN tni'niii ttmt rnrs
"imikoil nt tho i ml' ilnnns tin afro m
Mlppor linur- n-'o ii l"t nf olntii. rurn ill
nooilli'ii-li
In tiintij tntii tho ii'Kulntioii" .no boms
amomloil to ponnit tin- uo of n miikIo -mall
nicht lnnii Mhioli, plaood on tlio foinlor of
mai'liino. ilio wliito In front nud roil
Iioliiml 'I'lit airnnuoinont portint-. tlio inn-
nation of .nrroiit ivitlioiit v.l.Ii movt
cars cnniiet h.ii I he i
'.id laws might to
be clmngi ii in pi" nut it
In till" state
ginor.il adoption
SOUND MUNICIPAL FINANCE
EI'ASsrK.VNCi: of rhe sounilness of the
cifx - tiiuiiH ml methods is furnished in
the spi-i mi "luiiion ileltveied In lieorse
"Wlllll ti-n I'll pel II tin- Minor's H'.liest
regun'inj t ie i.ilnlni of tin- 7 (Ml H o
bonds iO'iiitl sniii in the niuuicipnliM Tin
(Ueslioii i.iis.ii coiii erntng their status ,ue
ohowii to h.ie been pettifogcing and tinw.n
ranted The lepori i- esnoiiiill1 timelv just now
ince todjv will mark tin tn-s' use nt the
ritj'snow boi 'owing power a'lt lioriy-fi when
the S:."i.IHIO,Oiiii loan wh approved b the
voters last NoMiiibet The S.l.tiOO.OliO wortli
of bonds tor wlmh bids will be at once so
licited at 'he Minor's office are bin king for
nn etensii nnd miicli needed prngruni of
public iiiipiiiieiiients
Ctiiiiisui of the nature and (ient ol en
loroealil'' nliligiifioii in this loan is not in
order The bortowmj uipaeitv of the eitj
has bei n ii'itlioi until civ aiinlx ;!. Material
progress vit'i 'he timiiei in hand is now the
object on win. Ii jmblic attention should be
coneentratid
WINTER AND A MORAL
Ul'ON one iii t urn it least neribodi i
ngreeil Wis and ollnrwise Kepubli
i nns nnd Iiemo.-iMis mi ing and old admit
without res n lit inns ihat this Im In en the
funniest wintir m then- i'miiciim It
hasn't been . w mil i at .ill Ii has been a
sort of laiidnilli untile up ot odds ami nds
of Aprils and Sopti inhers nnd .in nee asioiml
shining scrap of Mm Hits of Arctic
weather Iiiim been lluuj in npparentlv for
the sake of iipp- ani in -
None nt tin t'liiie- iioimnli ipei tei of
winter hare been done No profective blank
ets of Htinv, haie heen put upon the ground
for the suffix of fnturi imps In the run
ftlcinn of irrntu forces a gieiit deal of en
ergi ha- bien wasted at tin onni.
Mr r.li-s mm sit up all mglr uml make
charts uiim vi.ti i ntiiiiiiiiiiiiii s nnd blame the
dlsnider mi .111 1 irrMits uml nrnin-pln'i 1. do
pressiotis uml all tha' s.nt of tlnng. I'.nt
hp eanuor esinpe responsibiliT for a wuollj
deficient and Impeli h sitaniblnl and in
definite poll, v ot action.
"1V0 know w h it be li.is be. u rl oug
lie 1 iinm ' pml us
lie has Imp 1 nii-u li ir s wit ii. i.iwt
mindf of iln "i nn
And unlik' Mr Haul ng no ua, tneil to
Iriinslnte int. 1 working poll a'! th- ad n e
and sugc sin t . ,.tf. ii i ' -,
THE DRIFT TO SANITY
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TAXICABS AND THE PUBLIC
TT Itl'dlN.s- lo ,i.in 11 ilui in li -son
whl'b 1 igl t b di.iwii tiniii ''1 .ur of
liiC tilMMlb will lie gi m 1,1 ' i(jiiiiiii imii
nfter I In 1 1 1 1 1 t i 1 - ,1 no -nil, . 1 inb i
'.Mole than .1 0 le-tmii of wages w ,. itn,,v, ,
lu the iol iii tow In 1 w 1. 11 tin ini mi in r
and then 1 ba ifti in- Impm unit iiudi il mg
1 allies of ilisiiirhiini mid inudeiiuiii -crvne
were mibki ud In Supi I'liitetnli lit M.ll- wlnn
Jic aiiiionii' 'I tbiii lln striki 1 s in th. pu si nt
im-tnin mi ii mi mg a .1 in d'.il nl Ii lp
trout tin ' in Ii pi inb nt- that is iln iji.)
Xltlll'Us Will IIW II ,llll I'pllllll tll'i IMII
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The niiili fait is that lends liaie been
nlllliicl loiisUini b.twiui iiuiipetiiig groups
ill the Iiim Im-i 111 ss In 1 , ins,, of the fuiluie ol
the iiiiini' 1 pnl and Uiic mil hm iln s to pio
1 llle pnrn r ii 1.11I.11 uni Im Ihut P.1111111I111
liliblic mm i n e II is tn tin mierisi ol imii
J'emlcill npellltol's In plolollg the utrike III
rlvillg iiimiil .uni inaiciuil aid In the 111-111
put taii'iibln s tin 1 not "ii'v limit iimuei
17 their nni p'.kils tln s,ni,fi au obi
'nidge agim ' 'I nuiiue-
Tim ll-st or ' 'sc iiuiipuiiii's -oiiuiit to
1 lonoiiolUv Uie UMciib luit-liiejfjH cnim of
unlet uercciA'iitb witu ruH-v-""-oii
tlio ownors of biR lioteli. vTliry did succeed
for a long time In innklnR eonipctitlon illffi
eult or Impossible. Hut siunller eompnnlcs
manured to suniie uiid harass tin larger
onoM. They were liarns.ed In turn by tlio
indoeniletit. A time enme llmilli wbrn
there was wjint nppeated to he a workiiiR
nRroetnent betueen nil the cotiipnulos lo
elltnlnntc Independent enbs nltoKetlier. Tudor
othor city ndmlnlgtrntlons police pro-mro was
n-ed ultliout stint to reserve important
"stands" now for the one concern and aain
for another.
No consistent effort oior has lieeti lnnde
hj "the nnthorltles to Htandardl7e tai rates
nnd service. With proper roRiilatlon. Mich
as is In force in almost every othor clt.
there could he no ruinous competition Cub
stands would be estnblldbcil with a view to
public comenionco It is probable that the
filming' of the tniuib owners thomsilics
would he increased bi ati sjsteni that tended
to make their sori ice more easih ninilnbh
and more genornlh popular
POLITICAL PRACTICE OF
"LETTING GEORGE DO IT"
Men and Communities Who Can't Man
age Their Own Affairs Appeal to
the Government for Help
IT IS chniucteriMc of outh to nysumc 1 lint
it knows more than age and to Ignore the
t'ncliings nf epoi iemo. The wisdom of the
lace concentrated in its proverbs means noth
ing to it So far as it is (ont'orned, the
world began jetenlii.
Unit of thr nodal. iniluttnil and political
remedies offered to the people of Ihe I'nited
States at the present time ignore the truth
in the homely old snjing that every tub must
stand on its own bottom. The tntteiing
tubs arc told to lean on something else and
make that suppoit them
tioxeruor Miller of Vow York, the re
tiring pi-i suietit nt the bar association of
t lut t -tiite. i ailed attention in his fnrewell
ndilres to some of the complications which
have come lrom the refusal of tubs to de
pend on tjiemselves
The things against which he protested are
not now. ne In the form which thov take.
TIlP,.'nro th(, MOn, nm Bran,,Mmsiim Br,,nt
rHti(lioti of uldor follios Mattire nioti lmo
nut forgotten the wnie of populism uhlih
spread over the countrj thirty cnrs ago. It
started with the fiirmo'rs who had failed in
their businci-s. They demanded thnt the
goiernmeiit do for them what they had been
unable to do foi themselies. as though the
gin eminent were an omnipotent power with
unlimited resouues The', said "Lit ("corgi"
do it, ' moaning the (Jeorge whose other name
is Washington. I) (' . and the thought that
if they could got him to do it all their trou
bles would ho ended
The foigot th.it the gowTiiment is only
liifmselies acting together, that its wealth
i niih the combined wealth of all of us, nnd
that it has no tinniicial ioources save as it
puts its baud 111 our pockets and takes our
savings for its h-h
The old individualism which animated the
men who founded the nation and which in
spired thou descendants who hewed their
a through the wildernos- to the western
plains was forgotten The demands wore
a confession that so far .is they wore con
cerned indiudtialism had failed and that the
time had conic i.lien it was no longer possi
ble for their tub to stand b itself
lioveTnoi- Millei protested ngiutisi the
adoption of this confession of weakness by
the cities and the states and against the
sin render to the national government of the
powers whii h the states and the local com
iniinities iniuht to exorcise for themselves.
He reiognied the tendency, as it has been
leccigitied bj exerj intelligent obserier of
erints The tondencx was diseusved in this
nen.spiipi.r a few weeks ugn and the goal
toward which it is headed was pointed out.
If 11 lontlliues, "it is porfei tlj obiums."
said the goiernor. "that the states as wo
liaie known them will exint in form mih
He s'ud further thnt "if the state under
takes to put crutches under the amis of its
itions it will lime a population of 1 rip
ples, uml if it uudertnkis to place a nursing
liottle at the mouth of our people we will
lime 11 race of 1 hildren "
He xinrneil against the danger nt the ot-Uh-ion
b otliet federal bureaus nf the
powers whnli the Intcrstati ('onuiniie Com
mission Is 1 xeri lsing mei the aitiiities of
lommetii. This 1, espicinlh pertinent, for
the state of New York is lighting th" efforts
of the Interstate Common e Commission to
fun c railroad rates within the state to the
siiu.c liguie which it hns ilei reed shall be
1 h.irged in commerce aiimn the st.iti s. If
llle filler.!! 1 ommisioi 11 n regulate state
rates, then the state tribunals whnli have
jurisdiction over such matters nie useless
'I here nie icgiiliitors ait ie now a. the
gnvernor said, in urizing a "iinilnr 1 r"-uision
of fisiler.il ii'iilrol in 1 1 edtii.ition mil oior
agriculture nud oior public health, and
others who are demiindiiig that th" stalls
giie ininiiseil siippm-i to oi al oilucutiou
Hnrdlv 11 wmd hu- been uttered tu protest
ag.iint 1 In- propositi " titralintinn of power
and siipenisli.n I'ln Nunonnl I'din ation
Association i 1 iiiiiiu tted to the plan for fid
1 ml appropriations P r eilii'utuin to In given
to states 111 will' h the standard of the -chnuls
is Mitn-ftii'torv to .iiiiinu Hies in Wnstimgion.
As 1 verx state would wih the monej . theie
would cliielnp a federal otitrnl of iduiation
whuh would he likeli to siipcrscib stute
inntrol as t'n fuleial 1 iiiiiincri e lornuus.
-Ion w'l - iperseile the st'iic utilities com-iiis-mii
f it tarries its imiiif
1 nie told that unless something ot this
I., in! Is done lllitei.ni Minnot lie wiped out
ot ie binkwnid state- and that the nation
1. iiitiiesied in the intelligent o of the whole
ili.toriti soibeplv interested, in fnit, that
it 1 nn no longer ennsi ut to the 1 nnlinunni e
ot pn -eiit conditions
s to state appropriations for wlui .itmu.
the goieinor lulled attentinn to the expec
tation of the 1 itx of New York thill Ihe
Legislature would go to its relief nnd appro
priate .'s'JT.nllli.niMi needed to pnv the local
si hool bills this 'ear Tho New "t nrkers
si clued to forget, sniii ik that th"i would
have to p.i the inonei wlmh was appro
priate!, for the cltx with its gnat wiulth
was the source of the greater pint of the
suite's i-Mcnucs And it the poln 1 of state
-lI.port of the pllblli si bonis wi'i udopti'll.
New Yolk citx would he taxed not onlv to
nni lor its own schools, hut would pnj a
lurg" part of the mil of maintaining schools
111 other pints of tin' stnti
lint this di'sii'1 to lean upon im -i,ii,
which is but an aggregation of tin ionium
iiilios within its hotniilarnssi, 1. inniiifested
in I'ennn.ilviiniii us well as in 'm 01 1, nnd
the state itself is about to siml on a polio
of golllg to the relief nf Ihe si I, mils Willi
-tiili tnotiei Whin it I- iniiiiei. for cieri
ItiUiir that is tinned nni' 1. the In, h1 school
imirtl foi un rinsing Uin in siiliii-n - it is
likeli thnt lit least two dollais will be taken
limn l'hiladi Iphia to be u-eil in iluieii-ing
tin tern hers' snlaiiei in other coniinunities
This 1- because of the large proportion of
lln nl' inn s of the taii that Hie lolleilnl
Wllhlli Ibis 1 111
No im 1- protihiiiig .ii,.iiiis it In 1 n 1 1 it
is iiilmitlid Hull souiethiiig must In tloiic if
tho cdui iitiiimil siaiidniil of the smie is to
be ruisid and hn.iuse oioi one admits that
under lot u I control the schools hme tailed
tn cdtiiatc tin 'nihil' 11 or to teacli the
illiterate adults how to n.id nnd uli
Nobodj Hceins to car' whetlm 1 incniib
centralization or decentralization paternal.
I isni oiiindiyidualliini, because every pnP is
more interested in n definite nnd Immediate
losult than In any theories of government.
And the movement linn ncciulred Mich mo
mentum that, while u man now and then
like Ooxeiiior Miller will cnll attention to
what Is happening, no one Is so rash as to
think he can cheek it.
NEW CENTRAL AMERICA
AS Till, military power of (itiatcinaln can
scavi'oh be cnlled 11 menace to civiliza
tion the news thnt that republic Iibb rtduced
its arm ft mil 1.1.0(H) to G000 men will prob
nblx not be linlled with nny emotions? of
particular! deep relief. There Is. however,
a Htnry behind this announcement nnd one
which concerns North Americans moro thnn
Is perhaps realized.
(tiiateumlan disarmament is begun in the
expectation of a new nation in Central
America Tim delegates of Salvador, Hon
duras, (iuatcmala. Nicaragua and Costn
l.ioa are to meet in the capital of the Inst
niitned little country todax to sign a
pact incorporating them in a federal union.
The conception Is nearly one hundred years
old. Indeed, for sixteen years nfter over
throwing Spanish rule in lS-.'l the llvo tem
pestuous nations xxere joined in xvbat was
ollioinllv termed the Central American lie
public. It is not easy to keep count of the con
flicts in which tlio one-time puftners have
been engaged since 130. Revolutions that
could be called of the opera bouffe type xxere
it not for the misery nnd ruin In their train
have alternated xvltli these "foreign xvnrs."
A new union of Salvador, Honduras nnd
Nicaragua xvus actually effected In ISO's but
it enVliired only n month. Honduras and
Nicarngun have long been vittunllx bank
rupt. Tiny Salvador has on the whole been
fairly xvell governed and national pride on
that seoro has rencted against federation.
Commercial interests of foreigners, chielly
from the Tinted States, have been instru
mental in maintaining more order in Costa
Rica thatl would otherwise have been t lie
case
(Juatcmalu prospered under it tin tntor,
arbitrary, intolerant, unscrupulous, but
capable, and then engaged in a revolutionary
spree, a small-'eale edition of Mexico's.
There is uneasiness today iti Sahador. but
in general xvciiriness of nnnrihx in Central
America is heartfelt.
The new nation promised will not be puny.
It will have a population of .1.000.000 and
nn area of l.".00O square miles. The nb
siirdit.x of dlsputcliing Guntemalnn ministers
to Honduras, Costa Ricaii ministers to
Nicaragua nnd nil the ensth crlst.-c lossmj;
of "embassies ' will be ended Customs and
trade 1 el.it ions w-'ill be simplified Opior
tunitiis for petty dictatoi ships will be les
sened With these and numerous other nil
x.nitnges the new nation will be equipped.
That the five countries will immediately
enrrx out all the principles nf self-government
is not. of course, to be expected. The
ievnliitioti.il bacillus 1 aiinot be extermi
nated merely by tho signing of ,1 pact of
amalgamation at S.in .lose
Hut the nexi Central America will be a
nation of respectnble size ami dignity. Its
more existence should maik a step forward
in the civilization of the American conti
nent TWAS EVER THUS
OH.TKCTION was. probably rcgi-toted
against the pyramids 011 the gtoiiud that
thev would mar the horizon line of the
desert There must hax-c been Alexandrians
inflamed against the first great lighthouse
project mi the score that rms from the
pharos would flood their homes nereis's the
harbor nnd forbid slumber. It is known that
fenr of scoriheil eiops inspired opposition to
the fust railway Mains.
Lack of piotcsts against necessary and
important piiblh woik would indicate a
situntion tartlitigl iibiioiinal. Anxietx on
such a count need not be felt respecting the
Delaware bridge prngiam. Kickers and pull
backs arc proceeding ill the established con
xentional style.
The navy and the nun nie at odds, the
former patheticnlh pictuiing the difhoultv
of squeezing t.ill musts under the span. The
City Council has In en all worked up oxer the
Iiarrow bill, wliiih simply authorizes the
erection of the budge nnd 1I10 linying of
tolls, but does not make the Litter inand.l
tnrx Nevertheless, e oiigressiniuil i c 1 -In t inn on
the siihiiM t has m quired 11 gond surt. The
IMge bill, reported out In the Mnntc eoin
mittee, omits the tolls cl.iui , tin iiii'iiiiiiig
ot winch has been so absunlli 1 x.iggotuted.
An adjustment of the terms of the Harrow
and IMge nieusures isexpeitnl 'Ihe iirmy
nm dispute is hardly Iikelx to disrupt the
gen eminent of the I'nited St .it 1 -
The 1 hildish preliiiuu.iri -iii ibblmc is a
kind of hack-bunded Index of pi ogress It
humanizes the bridge.
WASTE
NOT long ago the rmintiy w.is -.hocked to
barn from the statisticians that about
nun ti -three Mint-, out of omti dollar paid
111 tub nil taxes is spent 10 p.u for past wars
or to pi'epaie for lew mu s
If it were possibb to siigi st in equally
simple figuios tlio ib gin of 1 norgv wnsteel
tluoiigli faulty tlitt ibtitioti of ssi mini com
nioditiis and the cost of Inst motion in all
important axenues liitwciti tin pioducer nnd
the 1 oiimiiner. most p.., j,- would experience
a si I'cind shock tiltuo-t as great as the first.
Hoomt's foiiiui! siigg. stioii for 11 national
nun Let bureau to -i -t' ni.itie and Minptifv
the distribution ot f mil pinilmts represents
tho further pi ogress of hi- 1 (Tort to bring
older out of than- in tin fiindnme nial proc
esses, of our i'i 0110111 1 lif' His aim. ap
parently, is to bi ,iiii nt tin l.irms with a
sstcm of ecorioiiui s -m It a- he has nlreadv
siiggcstid f"i tin 1 oil iiidustry. What he
wants to do i- to 1 1 m.i mi ! woste ami so
orgJiiize tin imnitri - ihmkiiig that it will
know how to git ul mg without the gain-bleu-,
whone prohts ib pi ml on their nbilitx
lo interfile with tin free distribution of the
necossitii s of 1 fr
No one wl ml lln tcstimonx giien
betore th' S ti ite comtnittec tli.it Is
llixestlgatiiig '".il priccn can Im longer uu
uwaie of t im-' tig need for 11 n aliz..ition
of ihe plan- thai Hoover has 1 11 I0111111-
luting
AIR FEATS AND INDIFFERENCE
AVIATION has now reached the stage in
win b t iiiiilinrili bleeds liuliffi rence.
Air tut rpii-t. whnli abide 111 the memory
iimi im 11-11.1II1 tho-o in.irkid In some mis
hap or ii-. iIih rii- of soiin di.imatii' ad
m nturi 1
It 1- -,ue to 11-siiino that Aelmitnl Wilson's
inriipliiiieiit to the nmal filers who suicess
fulh pilitnl a tirst squadron of seaplanes
from I'ln iidi'pliia to the Canal Zone does
not Moli .1 piirtn iihuh acute public thrill.
Ihe mil tl"i.iituie f 1 0111 what is now ru
gai'iiil.i im ' iiiniiinnpliii'e wa- the 1 rippling
of one nun liine wlibh eaine elmin in Sty 1 aim
li 1111 I wa- e-cnrteil bv a naxal Iciulor to
I "loll
The whole font. Iioweier. xvus ndmiiablc.
Tin plains I f' riiilntlolphia on llooember
1" im b wm of Km West to (iiiiinta
iiniim 1. f 1 fur Ixiiigston. .Inmniia. on .hum
an 1(1 ainl.au nod at that West Indian pent
mi the .auie dm Smell machines completed
the trip to the r 11 mil b) xwiy of Old I'rnvi
dt in '
That an exi eeelingly creditable perfoim
mice iccened sin Ii comparatively little pop
ular attention is evidence of how speedily
moderne wonders pale In nn ntmosphero of
continent sopnniicBiion.
AS ONE WOMAN SEES IT
Girls In Local School for Vocational
Training Know How to Use Power
Machines and Also Turn Out
Worthwhile Hats
Hy SARAH 1). I.0WRI1C
THIJRi; is always n gieat eiiicstioii. In this
town at least, whether to keep 11 philan
thropic organization lu priwite hands nnd
thereby label It peiinancntly as ."philan
thropic" or to put It under public control
and thereby jeopardize It by making it
political, even if It escapes the odium of
looking like a charity to those who benefit
by it.
If yon keep it in private bunds you can
control the "private hands" nnd to thnt
extent control the ideal toward which It Is
working and the general tone of its output.
If Jon put it Into the keeping of the state
or court or municipality you tic your hands
for actually steering It. and while lessening
your responsibility measurably, you also
curtail your authority completely.
T HAVIj been very curious as to the fate
J- of tho experiment in vocational training
for girls down nt the public school at Elev
enth nnd Pine streets.
It could hne been made n very up-to-date,
comiiact prhntely run school of prac
tice for girls in dressmaking and millinery,
turning out n ceitnin number ot grneluates
a year who would find n mnrket for their
training in shops and factories. The fee"
of the scholia s would not hnve paid the run
ning expenses by om-thlrd. but the larg?
deficit would have been made up by n sub
scription list, tin occasional "drive" or by
11 rummage sale spiing and fall. It xxould
hnxc had a certniu elientcle of somewhat
dependant applicant-, and its pupils and its
tenchers would be one of those Isolated
groups of unrelntcil educational units In
which this city abounds. To counterbalance
this handicap of isolation, however, it would
hnxe such model quaitcrs and exhibits anil
reports thnt it would be known oiitsiele the
state and be presently the Meccn of philan
thioplcnlly minded visitors from other cities.
Hy placing it under the authority of the
Roaiel of Education and making it part ol
the public school system of this city, how
ever, the committee ol women who initlnted
its organization xvere obliged to postpone the
fulfillment of ninny of their ideals for the
sake of the very real advantage of making
the public that was to benelit by it the pub
lic thnt also suppoiteil it.
In other xxouls instead of a few enlight
ened persons footing its bills the whole city
foots its bills through the Hoard of Educa
tion, but it hns to proxe to the Hoard ot
Education first thnt those bills are justified,
and in order tn do this K hns to show re
sults and regular as well as quick icmiUs
both ns to the number of pupils availing
tlnnr-ehes of the school, the type of xvork
turned out by the classes ami the positions
gained ami kept by the pupils after leaving
the school.
NOW. paitly fiom habit, pnilly fiom the
geiieinl trend of its si hoed system. Phil
iidclphitt has not been ery enthusiastic
abotit xocntlonnl tiaining Children who
pass successfully through the primary grades
nre encoi'tugcd to take the Junior Iligli
School course mtliei than specialize on
learning a trnde or fitting themselves for n
pniticiilur occupation, and the children who
go to work nt foiuteen without having
passed (he higher piim.iry grades and xho
ate pupils pnit time at the continuation
schools are not partieulaily encouraged to
take xocational tiaining The idea seems to
be that part time in 1111 ordinary school
course will fit them better for life tnnn a.
pint tune special couise that would fit them
for a paitietilnr trade.
This being the general trend of opinion,
you can see that a school attached to the
public si hool system that tnkes gills from
limit cm up. whither they lime pas-ed
thioiigh nil the grndes of the primary school
or only got to the sixth grade, and special
izes cm two partn ular tunics, diessmnklng
nnd millinery,, gixing -only pait time to
ordinary school stpiije- English, mathe
matics, history, etc. such n .school has to
work its wm into fmor with the school
bond ami with the parents and with the
employers of childicti and of grown girls.
I wanted to find out was whethe
Tiatles School for (Jills at Pine
' the
anil Eleventh stieets was making good.
This is what I found :
The piiiicipnl. Miss Ruth Sill, knows her
business and is on her job.
She knows her business because she was
bom and educated and started in Rochester,
N. V. wlmh is a good beginning for am
up-to-date Miner; boeuuse. after seven years
of special leaching 111 Rochester she went
to the Teachi rs' College in New Yoik as in
structor of sewing ami organized that tie
imitini'iit : bis uiiso dining xncatioiis in Now
orh she weiii into fat lories nnd winked as
11 "hand. ' learning the business fiom the
prodin its' standpoint: because she was
called to Toronto to Ihe Tcchnicnl School,
established time Ihe lirst year of the war,
to be at the head of .the domestic ait ele
pnrtini'iit : because slip iiuide good theie fo
the- years with all the odds of tin war
against tlie sin ce ss of the school; bee.niso
iu the si mouths she hud been head of the
Trade Si hool tnr (litis in Philadelphia she
had licilt up a sjstcm among her .pitchers
and nuioiij the pupils nnd among the cin-pbnei-
whuh. makes for good team pirn,
which lui- a pi in Heal goal x i-Uile tn any in
telligent ob-erier and which has daily ic
Milts wlmh eien a casual xisitor can see
and uppiuiso
IT Is to In hoped that she
temi ti 'I In the greater op
In hoped that she will not be
iportiiniiios tif
some otinr -'hool to leave hall 111 couiplihlicu
the big and nlnimi-ly sen-ible plan for tills
school -.In , in luudl he tempted by nnv
jilai e ihat has a gi inter need. This school
is 11 ltiin-r a- pailntn for its obvious link of
1 ipiipini nt .'is it is hopeful for its obvious
1 spnt tie imps and business sime--.
I found thnt the wink tinned out eien in
the btgituiii-' departments has mi imme
diate -ale. .mil that the giaduates fiom the
si hool me now proiing us wentli by being
the impious lit. till' 'I lint null In slack
tunes of the t ratio year but in tunes miiIi ns
the priMiit. wlnn eien gnod ininds nie being
tnnn tl nwai until belli 1 times
IN Till. -I w ng ib pin tun nt Ihe gnls lem 11
to pow 1 r Hint hines anil to excel in
npoi il and in iiei'iiraci so that they tan In
put mi -ample goods that need ncciiraci and
finish tu t lit-v inn turn out work bv the piece
at high piessiue They iiie taught tutting,
designing, lilting, enilunidi 1 mg and dicing.
They .no limbing now for more than one
department store n simple Inn er good
stile nnt pine f roi k for the sales girls, who
are rriiiiied to die-s simply hut in a good
mode of 11 dink color. The siige dn-ses of
dink blin who veiy good anil of the best
null' mil mid win- what a fashion pau'e
would ml "chic." Thev cost singly Slfi,
but tuinb in quantities tor a bnanliug school
or for n ilepiirluu nt store thu would co-t
about SI", with washable colhiis mid tuffs
Childrin's play dicsses of very delightful
llttb' I'littirn- vuie from SL'..1(I lo .s.1. The
bioi'-t - and summer dicsses win- uboiit SJO.
The bits nud teieles seeineil to be mostly
S,"i. I bought tun- 011 the spot for S 1.7.1.
n xt hit one of good 111 u t i-i in I . ami hmught
it hniiii' .nni piisiiitul it tn the most biauti
ful pi r-on I know, whom it mightily be
1 ame So 1 am hemt and soul for t hut
trail" si hool The girl who hud made mi
hut wa- a Pole uml was euilv a fii-t jenr
i-hi'd I In girls looked veiy businesslike
and ml' nl and ti iimiphiiiii. I.nnili is pio
vidod In the si hool ul cost pi iie, uml the
health of the girls is mnb r the supei ision
nf tin- social w inker provided by the White
Williams I'iiiimlnll"ii
In tint, il is nliiiniisli a gnoil tlniig for
tbn tin 11 nud tin- town has nlnnnisli found
out It 1- .1 good llmi''
Aitmg under the John Leiteh plan of
iiiiluslriiil eh mot rui y , wliiih consists ol u
ongri'ss of workmen. 11 senate of foremen
nud a nibble! of compiiny olluinls, the work
men of 11 loinl stoic company lime iibkeil
for 11 reduction In wages of 1.1 per cent.
It reads like the millennium, but really
mpnm-.thn lull eduction of common ecune Into
induHrial relatione.
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NOW MY IDEA IS THIS
Daily Talks With Thinking Philadclpltians on Subjects They
Know Best
KARL BLOOMINGDALE
On the Future of Camac Street
A LITTLE glimpse of Colonial America,
with the atmosphere of tin days of
brocade 11ml periwigs modernized, is the IdC'i
for the future Canine street advocated bv
Karl llloomingdale. president of the I oor
Richard Club. The united effort of cl "
now located on "the biggest little street in
the world" is being bent toward inaUing th t
thin oughfare the center of that dellg tful
spirit of which tlie Poor Richard Club is
""i'i' -.!,,.. Ltrnot shnnld be on the Itinerary
of evcrv sightseeing bus in the city. -Mr.
Hloonilngdnle declared. ''Evprt ,,,U",7''J
comes to Philadelphia should be given oppor
tiinltv to see this little bit of Colonial Amer
ica and bienthe the unique ntmospnoie
which it is our aim to create. .
"Wc have outlined n most romprehensivc
inogrnm for the development nf the street
along these lines and have iccpiitly formed
mi nssoclut'on of those clubs which are now
located theie with the obj.-c-t of nrt'"B,ty
We have accomplished several tilings nlieai y
in the way o." lemovnl of large and unsightly
signs nnd doing away with thp dumping ot,
ashes in the middle of the stieet by some
tesidents not cmnccted with the elubs.
-One of our lirst steps will be to have the
hitching posts in front of the houses pain eel
dark green at t.ie bottom mid white at the
top. in order to -nliancc the vista the street
presents. We nlo aim K increase the niim
Lit of posts .mil have .1 tablet set In t
wall of one of the buildings nt the W alii it
street entrance, it is real li.a shame 1 ic
Volstead law went into (ffect. Mr. Hlooi
ingdale remniked. Mulling, "for those hitch
lug posts wouhl be such handy things at
times !"
Hope to Km hide Vehicles
'We cnteitnin the hope that ultimately
we can keep the street for pedestrians and
not for vehicles." he continued. ' lhepres
cut administration hns promised us its co
operation, us it icnlizes hat ( iimnc street . s
not only to b" liniiroveil for, its own benefit
but for the benelit of the city us wc 1. It
is n great little streit. and appeals to the
imagination. 111 fact. I know of neithll,
which has so struck n popular chord as
Camac stieet luis. It has emito 11 history.
"Orig'mully it wns J.nown as Uenn stieet
in the downtown section. '1 he ( ainac family
Hi-ttbd uptown on what is now . clleiSs-n
street, but ween Twelfth nnd Thirteenth,
their trait bccoining known as Camac f
W.io.ls and the mud through t ns Lanuic
street. When the wise city fathers came to
luy out the citv in piopcr fnshloii they founci
What Do You Know?
QUIZ
What 's tin
slgullkJiicc of Mai
mid
' O Ik rote surumneH -What
Is the capital of .Switzerland"
What Is tho original meaning of tlio word
resent and In what silise Is It ued bv
lint hiotLh '
Wlint Anierlc.in illy is called the 1-ori-st
City of the South"
Willi Ii was the last nation to declare wur
against the Contial rowers"
Win n was the permanent couit of arbi
tration at the Hague established"
What Is ,1 elaxlt on a ship?
Wlnn was the titninp act t-uuetud by the
British I'ailhmieiit"
What Is Ihe dlfftrcnci) between a ballade
and 11 ballad '
Wliut Is 11 pcicudlllo '
10
Arjswers to Saturday's Quiz
1 S.111 Jose I- the nipilul of e'oMia Itlr.i
' hrunk II StoiMon wrote the failloils little
tulo, "Tho Lady or tho Tlgir?"
CnMiiiiitH tire mi 11 1 U 1 bicuii-iL' f their
rescinblancn to thestnutu or hecausn
ihestnuts wnro lirst uscel as the.se per
cusslvei lustiuiiioiits. Tho word Is from
ilie .Spanish "i-muiiuctii," iiic.inliig little
1 Ill'SlllUt
4. 1 lot Ida whs ceiled to the United State;)
hy treaty with Spain lu I S 1 9
;. JMiihmilei C Knox linn held tho cabinet
positions of H'cretury of atalo and
attorney general
b i'ln- ii-ntM- of population of the; United
Slates, not 011II11K 10 tint census of Itou.
Is in the 1 Ity of lllooinlngtein. Ind
7 The I'ukIInIi laiiguiigu Is spolicu hy 150,.
00U.0UO people.
s A threnody Is a bong of lamentation, es-
ptilally on a person's death
9 The United Kingdom of Great Ilrltnln
and Ireland emtio Into existence 111
1801
10
Maria Mallbran wns a celebrated con
tralto opera singer. KI10 wus born lu
I'm Is In 1808 and died lu Paris In
I83C. Her reputation was Interna.
tlonal. 1 T
WELL, WHERE ARE
v" .
thnt Camac street nnd Dean street were on
the same line. Camac street won the battle
ot nnnies.
"My idea for the street's new develop
ment is absolute simplicity for every build
ing, each building conforming to the idea of
n little street with little clubs. This mnv
look as if we are not progressive; but it is
to preserve the quaint utmospherc and epiuint
spirit of Camac street that we wish lo do it.
To this end we hope to introduce little bit
of shops nnd studios where one cun drop In
mid see un old -fashioned worker in metals
turning out wonderful hand-wrought articles
,Jn brass nud copper, or watch a cnblnet
worker Inlny a marvel of old-time crafts
manship, or observe n silversmith as he
labors on pieces of Plorcutinc or Venetian
plate which it would he Impossible to get at
the best of the Chestnut htrect shops. Rem
oittftsmnnshln is. what we nre nfter. with
the old-time guild spirit back of it. mak
ing the stieet a place where If a man wishes
to have n hook bound he enn go and watcn
tho process done by a master hand.
Plan Studio Building
' A studio building, with these little guild
shops 011 the main iloor nud upartments foi
artists on the upper floors, Is one of the proj
ects Joseph Pemiell has in mind for the de
velopment of the street. He considers it an
ideal plnie for an nit school. We would
like to make the upper lloois, of some of
the buildings plae es where two or three men
artistically inclined can take 11 studio, dec
orate it to suit the general scheme nnd hang
out 11 little sign mull ns 'At the Sign of the
(Jreen Parrot' or 'Ye Pussye Catte' I like
tin latter name very niucli I Hut we should
never develop a '(Ireenwich Village utmos-pheri-:
Thnt is not our idea nt all. Wliut
wc want is that air of Colonial America
which will find its expression, 1 hope, late
this spring, when wo shall have a lormnl
opening, with the street guy with people in
costume, while the town crier goes down the
street ringing his bell and telling us nil in
well (when wc know perfectly well it is
not); a kirmcss on every occasion which
tends to foster our civic spirit nud the
atmosphere of the street. It Is up to the
clubs !"
I AN EVERYDAY TRAGEDY
HE IS no comer idler!
In his face blunt honesty is shown.
And his tense- hand
Is not the hand that some stietch forth for
alms,
Hut sinewy, rough.
When he will speak, surprise is in his tone
A wonder, that his bulk, his height, his
weight.
His skill in ciufts, hnve now quite useless
grow n !
About him Hows the tide of hurrying life.
Pino glittering cars keep darting to and fro.
Rivals compete in keen commercial strife,
(ireat waiehouses are lising, row on row.
He hits the comfort of 11 few loose coins,
And these his lingers in wcuk faith have
sought.
For new -horn piiidencc foresight grave en
joins. Nothing the venders offer has he bought.
As In the old days, when each fail or toy
lie carelessly wouhl purohuse for the boy'
The boy ! who with his mother's wultiiig
now !
He stiinds erect! No falluie he'll avow!
Lubt year his hands, his skill, so many
sought !
What evil necromancy this new change has
wrought?
When men are strong and willing, whv this
blight
This Htmphv of business overnight?
It makes him feel, almost. Unit this wide
earth
No more has room for him ; his pride to liny,
Robbing his life of zi'st and joy and miith'. '
Now his linn footing has been swept uwiiy !
A strange, hick feeling makes his pulses
stmt.
Tluit bounding organ? Why, It is his heiirt.
Fluttering he is ashamed to own In fear!
What If he must continue, chilled, to hear
That dooming phrase he, never known to
hhlik!
To his (leiunud will men still sny, "No
work"?
Ella A. Fanning, in the N. Y. Times.
Another Version
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Thp vyay of tho'triisjres?or l well wrK
tn tip. ,
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SHORT CUTS
Hog Island is now n stirring meraon
The country will rcjoico to see Charles
Schwab "come clean."
M,
"Moore and Council to Hury Hatchet
Headline. In each other?
L'nnntural history note In every loio
feast the fatted calf is invariably the goat
We venture the opinion that when tin
list of army slackers is published it will U
read with avid interest.
His threat to reorganize the Domoorati'
party proves, thut Mr. Hryan is not nbof
kicking a poor mule when it is down.
Isn't there a remote possibility tlun
by nnd by Europe will grow a little wenn
of waiting for what Amciica bus to offer''
"When things go wrong," says C!oi
ernor Sproul, "try the powers of n smile
Righto! Half of 1 per cent kick guarau
teed.
We presume that the reason all -eln-"!
yards are paved with concrete is so thnt
when 11 child takes a tumble he'll get 1
bump wortli while.
-r
January has no far known Octobn
wenther. S'ovcinber weather and pn'
weather. There is still likelihood thut v
may have January weather before tin
month is out.
The fact that John T). Rockefeller. .lr
hns contributed $1,000,000 to the European
children's relief fund makes it possible to
nut up the price on ami for gasoline with
increasing cheerfulness.
Let us be fair. Ormany knows 'lie
bus 11 bill to pay and that It will be a lug
one, but she will be In better shape arid
better spirit to pay it when she knows tin
exact amount demanded.
Congressmen having demonstrated to
the financial shifts to which they have been
reduced in order lo make both ends ineei
that they need the money, it limy he thm
their pay will be Increased.
Hcforc one preaches too strenuoush
about the "orgy of extrnvagnnce" 011 tlie
part of workingmen during the la-t fe
years, careful note should he taken ot the
tremendous increase in savings 800011011
His lemarknble pronouncement ," J1"
proposed Delaware bridge convinces I nib'
delphlnns that the one thing that commend
Frnnklln D. Roosevelt to favorable opinion
Is his silence, nnd thai he is too seldom
silent.
The fact that lulled States senntoi
nre said to be plugging for Root for secre
tary of state because thev fear that the
President-elect bus chosen Hughes nai
demonstrate thut Mr. Harding is somen li.H
of a strategist.
"French Plnn for Reparations l.n
Herman Hacking." Headline. A it..'
startling, but merely uilelltlonal ev ilea
thut (.eininny will puy when she mum. u 1
thnt she Is beginning to realize that t"
time has come.
The fact that fieneral Wood is hems
persistently urged In some l"l,rl'1'l",nnHrii
candidate for secretary of war in -bo Hani
ing cabinet suggests the possibility tho tn'
general may not be altogether gra ef I
those who forever Insist upon his riding o
11 fall.
The movement lo hnve the public school
thrown open for public meetings and enter
tnlnments should not be left entirely to tn'
women; It should be backed by he men
And while they are about It they sho .hi f
to it that the school yards arc kept op
us playgrounds.
It is waste of time to chide .S'lisjoi
Horali. because by his opposition to in'
League of Nations he foozled nil oppor u ul "
to bring about .Ilsiiriuninent. The poll
be r. moinbored now Is Hint his elil'iK"'
measure for partial disarmament is " s"''
iu the right direction.
When all tho children of Pbj!'"''"'"."
schools hnve. bei n clnHucel us ,,l,ri'-n',
"average" and "below nvcrugo. '
be 110 living with the parent of h.
children, and parents of ch Idren In the 0 her
two elawes will b mnklnK things li''r.
estlim for educators nnd demondim,' J"'' ,
wht they tnosn by it.
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