fcvriA j.r , im, wBiiUSaiin V 'i'WH'ww! T T S 3 EVENING- PUBLIC a.EDGElV-PHILADELPHIA, FRIDAY, JANUARY 28, 1921 9 ESi&W-KwiV, A w-isiip EJ c.tl ." i'Att ffi rihl.i M LLi ' '8 a UM ,j MB-! PUBLIC LEDGER COMPANY CmUS II. K. CUIITIS, Pbdidbnt Charles H Ludlnmon, Vlca I'rutilent John "". Mirtln, aeereUry unci Treurer; Philip H Colllm, John II, wlliuvmii, Jolin J. Spurreon, DlrMlqra. EDtTOni. VtOArtD, Cintts It. K Crtn, Chairman lAVtD H, fsMH.ET.., Editor 'JOHV C. MfAnTtS. . .flrnr'nl Ttuiilnm Mimf PubltilieJ dully at rrcLic Louri. Hull-lint Indopeiu? nco tfauerp, t'hlliLlfllyhta, AtustIc Citi Pre-fnton rtulldlrs Niw Yoik ,1114 MmIUpii Ave. UnnoiT 701 Fenl n illillng (BT. Lotus 013 Olobe-Dvmocrat IlulWIn Cnicmifl . . , . 1J03 Trtbun. Dnllillnc news nrnEAUs- "WmiUM-TO Ilcnnmv, N IX Ot Pennsylvania Ave. ar.J 14 tti St. Ntw Yokk llmnr ... The Sun llulliltnn Ionpon Hctiti. ..London Timet si'DscnirTio.N thumb '111 EvENIMO I'l BLU' I.IIXIRH 19 frVKl to Ul3- -krlberi In PblMileltiMA aiu aurrounJInc Uwin t tho rt of twelve (1'J) cents rr v?ek. psv.it', to tlio carrlrr. By mail 1 points oulild-i vt PhlUdelphla, la tho t'nitci. Statu. Canada, or United Hutu po atom, pottage free, fitly (SO) cents per month, SI (10) dol'am per eir, pavabp) In advance. To All ror-len rauniilra one (til dnllar a, month NoT.cr Subec rlborr lnhlrs nddreas ehanred mutt dm old aa wall nt now niVrrai, HILL, 3000 WAt.M T KFYTONK. MUN JOO0 Cr AJJrtta nil rvm"iU'ifcOMjn to Evening TuMio ledger, Independence Sijuo-r, fMld.telpIi. Member of the Associated Press THE ASSOCIATED VKFSS . fri-fujlce!! ei. ttlled to the uf or ri'pu i-lffcl o' a I neii i dSTpntco" credited to ,' c not cfirniM-f credited n fhli paper, and alio fhe lfcal iese pubHih'd thrin, AH right t rpuM-ci"s:frn o' anreiViJ d 'patches ft-6ln 0-e a'to re.f rv I'd. I'hlladelphii, In. In. Jtmj.r ", 1-21 TOO LATE FOR TUBES Tlin Hoard of Trade hns npimtittpil ft com mittee to consider the substitution of under river tubes for the Delaware bridge Sjmpatlietio I'xpi'tti roultl probnblj demon itrnte to their own snti-.fn timi the merit' of the tunnel idea Axiator". in rhiirvoimt mood, ean lie i-nneeived ai denoiitirinj; either plan. There is invariabl n rrop of alternate rropoialu in the initial t.iEe of nn prcat ptiblie work In thpmie'vv the tiBi;eitl(in may be meritorious l!i.' tivt wortl -vliile tasks ean be performed in everal wayn PwpIIIhr too fondly on alternatives lpads to the reverse of nooompii-hment. The nub ile Hid the legislators are interested in tho bridge project and nro pushinp; it forward. The time has eotm when that fact should be accepted as the chief hope of better com munication fiii ilitirs between tho states of l'oimv.hania and New .TerseN Counter propositions, whether sincerely advanced or meant to obstr iet. savor of de itructive criticism. WARNING TO HARRISBURG WHAT amounts in a cenernl vav to the same thine as an appropriations limit fived b a budget has been set b; linroni.T Bproul. His notice to tin- chairmen of the appropriations eommitU'cs is tinielj nud detiiiite. If the total of funds vot. d bv the leRisln tors this session exceeds SPl 1.000. (100 the state executive will institute the slashine process This means that no dependence can be placed upon possible sources of new rev enue, since the limit is S10 000.000 less than that attained two years aiti It is plain therefore, that the wav of ex travapint and eliiborite pet schemes will But he east The distress of legislatures champioiiins such prnvvts will be in inverse rati" to the feelinjs of the public, which realizes the imperative need for cconomj in the sessnm (iovernor Sprout's frankness and modi rntion are alike highly commend able. FEDERAL BUILDING HOPE Rrri'ni.Ii'P are popularly regard' d as w-isitne nn.i tl.e gi.M-rnnii'ir of the I'nit'd States would prohahl ff-el little itn-bnrrtisi-meii' in erecing t '1 " entii ng icsqiui entenn.n'i here an exposition structure which could Inter be used n a federal build ing. J mice Thompson ndwino. the idea in a letter to Andrew Wright Crawford and the latter calls the suggestion feasible. From a practi'.il standpoint the pl.it, iind" ibtedlv bas n enth In principle r Is more ques 'ionabie. Tl.e In, f a 4ital'!e ' derr.i t .lid'ng b'-re is an old and vexatioi..s storv Tl.e post office 'he-" the federal departments and co'rts ,in now boused, is dcpiontih over erowdeil Year after y ar there ure promises of re.lef f., i wed b ' ollg'-esioin'. I eglect M .st teref,.ri a costi md re'i titious inti nia'ional eiiositi .n be pr i n'eil n order that Mie government siho'i'd rnli.e its nHi- jrationi ,, "v f tl.e IlIH. 'tllliortlliee , s tl1 e '' of Tl ilndeiphn' J'ulge Thompson evuler.'1 renlistk'Uh If tl ere in oi',er vv -w to aiove Corgress perhaps !.' e'nborafe tne'ii 1 1! pp e e;T,.tn- The inn! fair is .f o irsr n ,rj'-ew .rrh in d r taking f' he fostered nn , -'ipi'i i ti'd li .ill "ItUens Hi' tie v II ' 1 , ' 1 s ',. me pen pose, ., mi ii . i.si .", . -ii ii. it in go . run "t.tu -i ggn-illni' s. 1 1 n ,i"er ' i i , i, , ,i-( i" ! i ,1 1 1"'., IDg her ' ie g ' I I.Mi ',' ' - e i Mil- ingh "' s,.', tn.i.- a ndorit n of its . ff i . j- , . .j;i at,., mi'Mind f , ii ; I .. i 1 o f,e expo. i'i. i i mi !;- '. ,r i ." p,nr- terx for t,,. id. ' ', , b -'nes ,n thi. i' I it V - 'n' .Ii.dgo Thou i s " ' r. ,-- . .tl.ia'v if bejpiiig HOW VENOM REACTS Till" !! I" Y ii T I ,nn ng s - . , . ii ' i , ,to i ,f, I , , i, r i pus of I s i, ' r . I-rotoi-in V.; .S op.l' I1! i l s. ,." ,' ' , W (.11 t nn- misi i" . i - ' i ! i.'i. ii '.i is merith. I (i'v." ii'i"" r 'i -mi' -i d min 111" I I'Ctl' 1 .'I 11" 't - a I i ' u I ', cut' nds tiew nil ! i. i fror.ti I- Miici'iiS Hi1 rh" r ,-,' r ,t i Hearst ii' i.pipi-- In 1 . '.,r s, v eral enis 'pi. , .'ir.ir . . r s -. . ( Ueil Ul I 'tit 1 if ' II . s- , ,- ' ,.,H.r,. Jn war'. ii, e him, re' is, , . ( ,,i mrn of M nor 1 'ii, s ! -' .-- ,. i.ij'.t '' b' ' r o n II' i-st ii tin, i . l'mihg 111 in ri ! f ' i i . pai Mpa tlon ii. tip " . i " I ir l.ini lug sought to , nils' and n cue tefisi, on accoui.t i f n n- r. ti" ''Inr.iti ('tirrrh a he ti 1 1 ii is v .,, i'l.- v .i m ,! ... nn armv i lapiiiln ,i' Cin ; f . u He happen to ,,ive In i I, torn 'ii Vut ai I wl ere f.'ie flret ten i"irs of !,. i ! . .i, ,i:it This fa,' was dec p. d as !,,. burdm f the Chlirge. llglll.sl i i s li . , ti eveutual'v took sh.i". in in. cili'..n i' ic'dul he fin,, fhe S.M.od II s. ulii' th' 1'itii'ii uns m progiess Tin nt'l. e. r ii ' ' ', , um wire', ri'Milted in tin 1 1 'Tiin.it i f i'l ither enn dida'os mill 'lie uii.ii.i'iio.is eintion of Iir. .Mnimiiig The drain. itn eierit is ii s'i re as n amplif.Mi g thi f'iti!" of d.ig-an' unfa'r ness fi r -ans in K' neral I'leirel men or laymen ur p-i tie '. i'i,ii p.,diir and clenrli when abuse is c.irr,-d t i a fitioinnus exfrenie MR. NUGENT REAPPEARS DllVlOl'H beyond words are the wn of fiu'llonnl iiolltics in ew ,K-rse Aiu no fiictioiittlibt n'er wa- so noted for Mihtletv 8N Kik Jim N'llKPi't. who held the Demo cratic party In tho hollow of hi hnnd and bnnaeil one of the moat wonderful bipartisan machines ever devised until Mr WINmi left Priacetun nnd unexpectedly made w reeling!) t Xiigi-nt and nil hlH work HlK Jim hiia n long memory and he is not of .1 forgl-iltns dlitpoi-ltlnii Ho the nnvi lhat he Is ulng a wnr contractor for coin- missions on work obtained through "the cuordse of his influence at Washington" is likely to inspire wonder rather than colt' vlctlon ninong the observant Mr. Nugent m title himself famous by call ing Mr Wilson nn ingrnte nnd n liar. He said even less kindly things about Tiiimilt, and It is pretty well known in Washington nnd nt Trenton that Tumulty hates the big bos from Newark quite as nrdently n the President hates Senator Lodge. Vet wo find Tumulty blnndl mentioned by Itlg ,11m ns one of those whose help he obtained when he went journeying to Washington in the In terest of some of his friends who sought wnr contracts. Are we supposed to believe that there has been n burjing of hatchets In Jersey? Or can it be t lint the enemies of Mr. Wil son nnd Mr. Tumulty nre nicrcl tring to prcpnre n warm welcome for them In civil life'' On the face of the situation it np jicnrs that Mr Nugent, ns well as Mr. llryan, has his own pcculia- notions rela tive to the form and manner in which the Democratic party whould be reorganised. EPHRAIM'S EAST-WIND DIET NEVER MADE HIM STRONGER And Philadelphia, Because It Has Been Fed on Words. Is Awaiting Public Improvements Projected Long Ago Til II services of nn nutiiiunrlnn would be tiipiired to discover when the talk of n convention hull for the city first stnrted. It Is possible that it mav huve begun within the lifetime of the oldest inhnbitntit. but it is probable that it stnrted much earlier In the inter ruing jenrs more breath tins been wnsted in talk about it than would serve to run n forty -horsepower windmill for six months Architects have drawn plans for the struc ture, it is true, nnd the people have author ized n loan to pay for it. Itut no plans have ever been ndopted and no site was selected until this week, when the Mnvor formnilv designated ti plot on the Parkway bounded by Vine. Wood. Kighteenth nnd Nineteenth streets nnd filed n bond to protect the own ers of the property. If the building is to be completed in time to be used as part of the equipment for the international fair held to celebrate the seso, ;i centennial of the adoption of the Declaration of Independence It will be necessary to pro ceed with all possible speed to condemn the property nnd to agree on n plan for the structure. I'nless yome one in authority makes it his business to substitute action for talk, months if not jenr.s will be wasted In futile discussion about the kind of a build ing to put up The arrangement: that are now making for a new building to nooornmodato the public oiFioes now in rented quarters and to relieie the overcrowding in the Cit Hall have coin" onh nfter years of disi isi,,n of Its need If the situation had not Ii nif acute tic citv fathi rs would still ! t.ilhitig about it The Free Library building Is progressing slowlv nfter long delays, but unless the woik is pushed it will still be incomplete in 10'JfI and the Cm Council will be making appro priations for it in driblets The Ar' Museum Is approaching comple tion n lifl" more rapidh The reason for this. boweer, does not lie in the initiative of the public officials, but in the prodding by the wills of wealthv i itir.ens, who have be queathed their art collections to the public provided n proper place were mad" in which they could be exhibited. If it had not been for the necessity for notion to save the col lections for the r'ty we should still be mik ing about n public nrt museum. Necess.ty also is back o' the proposed amendment to the chartir permitting the issue of bonds for repaving to en foe the estimated life of the paiement. The revised charter, in order to juevent tic issue of bonds for current expenses a prm tice whiih gn w up because the politicians win nfrnid to increase the tax rate en nigh to iover the annual cost of the government provides that all rt pairs to public building'' nnd paving shall be paid out of the annual reve nues Unt the paements are in such n state of disrepair because of years of tieglco' that they will have to be completely telnid in ninny stpets. nnd it is not expedient to burden the taxpayers with the n-t this year. It l estimated ti.ot it will take ."JO oOO.OOO to put the sti-i ets in proper cotid"i"ii It would lie impossible to raise even .fi.OlMl OIK") for this purpose without iicreisipg the tax rate beyon 1 all reason Coi.-cqit ntl tin ity is pn paring to nsk "ie Legislature to permit it to issue repaving bond. Tl e tliHori of the 'inrt.T is so ind for under n proper engineering policy with the streets continually kept in rep'i'.r it w mid cost no more each viar ripnve the streets needing i than it wi'l iot to pa the in teres' nr.d pro i'l" for the rdciuption of r paving bonds cnon efir 1'i.t we 'ire cm froi.ted by an eiuerg'tiey nnd must tind our way out ns lies' v , i i And thi citv is u r'.ls condition becai.se more time has bun d"ioted to talk about economy nnd t ft" nr.cv than t" their practice. i'h iiideip .Hi 'i'.e- r t s.n in this respec' above ai! t! e . ti i r - ties ,,f ). , .nintry. It s a hp-oTt i.g vii e of human n.it.ire. Tnlk is eas . Acti. i, f'p ires , fforr It ii, i st be peel mli'd b a d'fiiiite decision about u'.n' to ! i mid b the moral (o.irnge f r.s-i. . p sr.oi.sil lit for doing i It - - '.. it t" ! r fni gs s'nli ami to ln i.o n r ''.in is absi on 'Ii ne nnr Vow nrd tic n n Pn s dent, a governor or a ii nv - arises In has moral inuiage and or- i g f iree to gei rl 't.gs do'!' nb -it whi-h I'vti on' haslet taik'iig fit'leli for years It ' MM was sii, I n s.n One . ' tl e least i p'ir,iit of ).. marn things li did u.is to brig ii'in'if the h'lilil'ng "f ecitn.i otlice- n a ti" v ' iig "f tin W' i" lions., a ro)"' t t'i i.i I mi t n c.rg'd for a get.i r.iti.u. w th- ,,,; i.Pi.i (ioeernor fiwd"n 'o V tdr h' 'l ' l- t i'l when l.e bun Ii'. gow rn c- ' TP nois .rid ("iied n reorgnnizn'ii'ii "f tie s"iti g.. 'i rn i ' in d tl.e adoption of f'.e I oilgi't st, m iiiir " i i, lni r tins r,r. o'-r 'rt mitv , ' nn ' ,i' he ciiii do m pushing 'o ..mple ' ton Tir,i)e, -s tie n or'niice n' l.ii!i cm r' n' I is 1 nig ndm'it'i d hut w i 'r 1. n , one has h en ( iiiiriigeous ero'igh to g, started or ,f li grit them started. Ims not had the , r h t Hi e to finish Take pner .. ve .jiTTii nt for nn-i p Ad ".irab'e nlwrs line h en adopted f u - s t"T.i of pier- hihI we 'ire mnk'iig t igres In h ii'iling then Hut if takes tiiore 'han piers o make n por A stenuiship was In rlie linildr 'oi several wieks in'titl '.n"'ng fi r a ' irg.. itn it '.rul r. sen i'Ii on! half its espn" t, fill 'tl Thm w s n ' ... his. freight for its pur's of 'all does 'iol originate in large qunnfi'les in tin1 distri -t proper' 'rlhu'nr to I'hiln ile'.ph e b ,' bet I -e tl.lTf hns h. i Tl Tin coll ,rt,d itTort nr'w ..ire so f.ir n - s l.mmn to a-sen hi., tlmt freight her" It m,iv no' h n Tir'nic pi! f inotion to d the nssen, tiling loi' it is cerrnii,!-. in'1 i the provinc of the M.n or to st r p "' n en whose dut II IS Tl lo S'lllle'1! ng in this d rec'ion ('iinjo' 'i m of rnpul 'ritisi tihis is still eatigmg fire hedi'ise o' r. oinflui of in'ere' Itntnun the citv nnd th J I! T It '' e ,r'ir'i" to h.ing fir" until public aentimen' Is stirred up t" so ' l pitch that the I' It T will find it unprofitable to ploj the part of the do? in the manger The construction of diagonal streets ' . relieve congested trafTe and the w di'tiing "' home of the existing stn ets have been urg' ' f r a l"ng time and ever one admits tl need of 'hi se lln' ' ' ii-ts b'lt Iii I'l e ' doing anytlune about it sne to talk abou' the failure of William Penn to foresee ths growth of the city. All this leads tip by devious ways and gradual staffes to the proposed International fair In WM. If the city, like Kphralm, is to be fed on east wind for a year or two before we start to do anything, the build ings will not be ready for the fair on the dnte when It should open. The city is full of business men who in their own enterprises exhibit courogeous initiative nnd grout driving power. When they decide to do a thing they do it. If these men nre summoned to the task of planning for the fair and enrrying out their plans the thing will be done brilliantly nnd on time. If. however, the lesser men nre allowed to push themselves into positions of authority on the committees we are in danger of seeing n pirnde of peacocks vainly dis playing their beautiful feathers while the real work of organisation and construction lags, The way to do a thing is to do it. Hut this is so trite a saying that we nro in danger of forgetting that It is also true. "MORE THAN RIGHT" LIVE would really become hard for tho money -mnkers in politics nnd corrupt factions would find existence more nud more uncertain If any considerable number of voters were to observe consistently the rule of action suggested yesterday by Mrs. It. J. HnMon, who presided at n meeting repre sentative of the independent women voters of Philadelphia nnd Montgomery counties. "All women desire to do right," observed a delegnte. "llight"'" cried the chairwoman. "That isn't enough To accomplish what needs to be accomplished the women who vote must be more than right!" The difference here suggested Ir between the positive and the negative ilrtucs. It suggests agnin the truth nnd the inner menn ings of the aphorism that once brought n storm of criticism on Colonel Hoosevelt. "The mnn who is good and nothing else," said the fighting President. "Is of little use in the world." Similar! it might be said that the man who is content to vote right nnd lot it go nt thnt will never be much of a force for political reform. Political corruption has gone so far in this state Mint crusaders people who nre able nnd willing to be "more than right" are needed to contend with it. The independents among women voters seem to have realized this They ore among the honorable mi nority which isn't afraid to face a fact or nslmmed to go into open wnrfnre with an accepted condition. Will the mood last? Will it sunive the defeats and disillusion nients that have mode reform movements of the pnst fruitless and inconclusive? It was the opinion of yesterdny's meeting of the Independents that women should do something definite to eliminate habits of law lessness in this city and to halt crimes of the sort ordinarily called violent. No method for direct action it available to them. Put they can do n great deal in the long ruai by fighting the cliques of pretentious political leaders whose cynicism and furtive evasions of Inw have for years been a dangerous ex ample to their undisciplined followers. MOBS Till! worst thing nhout the revival of ku-kluxing nnd lynching and night-riding in the .southern states is the rocurrrnt and clear evidence which proves that none of the savage cruelties perpetrated by the mobs is inspired bv love of justice or regard for the rules of order nnd common decency. The nutrnge iust done in Arkansas by men who rode hundreds of miles "In fast auto mobiles" to capture and burn n fleeing Negro made it plain once more that ninety n'ne lynching out of every hundred result frot i the mob's ut for excitement nnd desire for n barbaric holiday. The victim in this instance was carted a long distance in n motorcar nfter his cap tuie. The preparations for bis torture were deliberate!- nnd carefully organized. He was "permitted to oat a heart meal" be fore the crowd lashed him to a heavy log, covered his bod with hruh saturated with oil nnd applied the torch. The evidence nga'nsf the Negro was com plete. He confessed to the brutal murder of n man and n woman, nnd he was on his wav to suffer swift and certain punishment unde- the law when the lvnc'icrs took him b force from the custody of the police. The singular enterprise was not organized by outlaws or th" illiterate. It was led bv well-to-do ri'izens whoso mo'orenrs gave to the long chnse an unusual! ominous aspect. The mob appears to have enioyed the far pursuit and all the preliminaries to the cul minating horror ns keen! as hunters enjoy a flight on the trail of a fox. The sheriff who was supposed to he the roost responsible ri'p-esrntntive of law nnd o-der. was bland. "All the people appear to have wanted him lrr. -hed " said he. "so there was nothing for i, to do." Hut what cm: Id be the effect of 'he final spectacle on the multitudes suir.ii one, to witn"ss this reversal to the lungb s.-nngerv'' Did the signt encourage in these people a respect for law or an regard for the civilized codes thnt are supposed 'o make murders ond Ivtii hings alike infre. uent or impossible? Tin re is more ' t mc 'I'celihood thnt b the time the pew ',ave re-c bed the pre'iminat v stage- n de, Kion , , ncerning Armenia 'here won' be any Armenia left. What Do You Know? QUIZ it n V"hnt wa in the ' A'ro wn.s 1 S'lnday schools lI' s ' Si .(In ,.t the time of si'i i n1 Oi ur'-TiilA' he de' Who created r o r-hnracter of Unfiles, the 'nn'.ite' I.sit an What Is " by m . i W1l.lt ll ' mite in! Who w ,. " Vhnt !- nt l-.'.s "i ' Wilts' i nsijs Wlint la t' tO l",,' '' th expression tT',no lietwcei s",!.ictto' a atalng- - " .n.0 ' r.iK',nr.'l iv,is murdered by '' Tower of London" niflnal Sean- of tho wor 1 ' trlles' rcord of nn ntteinpt -h.p by s, nm" io, ' Tin Tallsn an' Answers to Yesterday's Quiz V I i d "i 'l.e i '.in. lln,. Rroup l-i l'.ielll ncilil hill,' ohm of ;.lnis Its Icrffth Is about ten .1! li ' i ' so y Hi it' si, i-aniellpt .-.rn! fi . r if Methodism Ihed In the '. 'hietifirv His dates am 1703- i ."fi3-lS. I) f ih w't.- . f Nnjio. I wart a I'lirtipean hit " ss born r. " i'.r 1 s.i , n H, n.ithu i,f s I' is Mur'l ie --.'.'.''I friener, nre tie worst of i im" Is a llr,. from Tiavl 1 fJurrlck s og'lc 'O "The lntil"'i'Tl z le "'.itn n'lis or f.nrio w.is th'i i ii c i ,et of I'' runel Hl chief work 'is I.usui'les '"Thu Luslads"), a i i' iind idr alUid in i'i,i,i,t pi i! rs. of t'. cfir,'i 1 ni)vi(.,i ' V.nci da ij.irrn 'o In' ,t f irr.oens ii. Porn In I.is'ion .ib i;t l!,n f,nd ,,,., In that clt In :r,Si1 1 - ur Is tl.e il ne' whose orbit la the arest In tie Mir I . i irdftcis Is n lirge Ki.nus of chiefly Me la p nit" The Blenl, r p.ilm-lll(i t m is often "supported .n i-lou,, prop -oots Tie lir.ir-biH ire I.Ttnuint, d hv rnwn n' rei'irvi'l nn ord-sli iped. .p in il v spiny lemen furnNr'ni: n use- fj flloi Th.. fruit s souk MmeH nten .-. r -Ii'ih ' unoiher i.ime for tho pnii'liin'jF Tie Oi'l'' of 'he Kovne lietween thn irm." of Kit c Will am III of Knarlariil I iii i i r i i e , l i , ,i, iiironiHl k'.nn w is fought on Jul v 1, lGSfi and need in Ml- declslvr clefeit of I.irnos The IV.) ne Is n river In eastern Ireland flov.li.is' Into 'he Irish sea four mil, s east of nroghcdn ,lol 'inn Kepler was n famous rjrrman .isironomer and mathematician Hit, mime h pnrtli ulnrly iiHsoeluti'i with ... three laws of planetary motion ' K. ider's Iiwsl MIb dates are 1571 I " T' in.irKi' ' n "5'Jth Amerlrn tlgtr-ca' AS ONE WOMAN SEES IT Mothers' Assistance Bureau Is Handi capped by Lack of Money and by Strict Rules That Occasionally Work Handicap on tho Poor Dy SARAH D. LOWRIE IIIAVI1 been naked on all sides to support the mothers' assistance appropriation hill. Hut until the other nfternoon 1 was only vaguely Informed about it. I knew that in Pennsylvania the state granted a pension to mothers under certain conditions, nnd I knew that In order to got thnt grant for the mothers In Its county that county's commissioners had to put up an equivalent grant from the county treasury, and I also know that in this county of Philadelphia the oilicinl head of the board, that is tho distributor of the fund, vum Mrs. II. dor don McCouch, to whom as n child I used to look up ns Miss Mnllot-Prevost, and whose slight Spanish accent I used greatly to envy, Her father wus the great and good Dr. Mallet-Provost, who married and lived In Mexlio and ns so loved there nnd ao respected that he helped to make even the T. S. A. Red there and respected through his personality during his lifetime. TVTHS. McCOl'CII has n certain deft, ATX i tenet touch about her that has given whatever she has undertaken the nir of n finished' performance. There is nothing nmnteur in her point of view, so with her nt thi1 head I was willing to take the mothers' pension otfice on fnlth nnd pass on. Hut I was not nllowtd to! Instead of that I was made to pass through tho process of applying for n pension, and I eninc out of tho ordoiil a wiser and n sndder person. Sadder, because right and good and thor oughly wise as this beginning (s of state aid for mothers, tho present 00001111111111110111 is only the merest dawn of n beginning. And even that Is dependent on nn appro priation for the next two years, which at the very liost will only approximately take caro of a certain class of mothers In the state. If you have only 11 certain amount of money to spend you will naturally lay It out to the best advantage, especially If it is trust money. And In this case you will huve to choose between the mothers who will produce and bring up the best and sturdiest children and the ones who, though most in need perhaps, nro handicapped by ill-honlth or unpromising children or a poor reputation. Sentimentalist.-) might choose the Jatter mother first ; economists would choose the other mother first. In the case of tho trustees of tho fund for this state there is no choice. The law provides the fund for n certain class of mothers and for no others. I FOUND that if I were 11 deserted wife, or If my children were Illegitimate, or if my husband were Incapacitated except mentally, i. c. confined for insanity in a stutc asylum I could not receive a peu'ion. If the mother applying is ill of a chronic disease, or l suffering from tuberculosis, or n venereal disease, or has some form of neurosis, or is crippled so that she is physically unfit, she is not a subject for a pmsion. The mother of only one living child is debarred, the owner of real estate or securities amounting to oer SlTiOO, or of cash over f4'u mny not apply. The mother who has not lived consecutively for the last two years in the state and for the last one year in the county Is not eligible. A divorced wife or one who cannot produce proof of the death of her husband is also debarred. In fact the mothers' assistance fund, ns it is called, is ut to so small a figure by ' the state that Its expenditure can only bo trnnsneted under the most cautious and un assailable conditions. It is not yet nctually a pension for mothers, only for certain mothers, mothers such ns the Apostle Pnul described ns "widows indeed." SOCIETY does not regard motherhood in itself honorable, nud part of the cere mony of "churching women" nfter child birth if a Ieovc-oer from an ancient enstern belief thnt n woman passing through thnt experience was In need of religious cleans ing nnd rehabilitation by the priests. It is only certain mothers fulfilling certain reli gious or legal requirements that are viewed with approval by their follows ; the otherH are objects of pity, or censure, or both. Therefore money derived from the citizens through taxation for the aid of mothvrs has, in the initial stages of the experiment at least, to be spent on mothers belonging to thnt respectable c'nss known as "the worthy poor." There is no corresponding class among the rich : nt oil events I have nsver heard any group of the well-to-do designated ns "the worthy rich." AND because the state help might bo abused by lazy or erring husbands no divorced or deserted mothers can hope for help. And bocnuso n slrhly mother or a diseased mother cannot eke out the fund In her own ialsir in or out of the home no physically unlit mother can hope for help. And because a mother that cannot manage lier children is apt to prove n poor admin istrator of any donated funds, the mother of children who do not stand well in school or who have poor records for behavior in their neighborhood cannot hope for help. And because there is greut opportunity for fraud unless very careful tab I taken of the applicants, nn mother applying for st.ite nid mu.'it produce n certllmite of her li.i-th, of her marriage, "of her husband's d'l.th and of her children's births; she must gr ' tin- reference of her husband's Inst uiplincr, the reports of the children's til., here and the names and. addresses of three reinlhes She Is physically nnd men t 1 1 exniiiiiiid, and if ndmittid to the v ailing list is under inspection through a I" rind of probation. Till" process of inspection not only in (hides a thorough looking into all ref tiling and reports nnd erifylng nil the ii other's Information ns ell as the rela tions and cinplowrs, but If nnolves ihe registering of the case in the registration 1 ire.'tu of the social serhe exchange nt Hie hnrlties building In order to see if the fnuilly Is being assisted by nny other chari table agenc These Investigations take about a week, tin- probation period is of vniylng length, 11s is nlso the time taken by the applicant in g.itln ring the icipiircd datn. II'oCND my self rutin r painfully curious ns to what happened to the fniiillici di.img thnt period of suspense; what hap pened to the faiuiliis of mothers who could not . nine up to the physlinl requirements. I understand thnt the latter nre referred '1, the -tnti dlspciisuiy , nt 17H'J Cherry sii... t That Is, tl.i ill or ailing mother is rt fi rred to that olfn for diagnosis. If he I- ivilling to go to a state institution that tuk'- hui'Ii insis lis lietu she is sent thete 111 d her childrni an placed in other insti tut' ns wlui h ul siipportid by public r b,. private funds There K however, no provision uppunntl for a state ngem y that i.nps. In touch with this familv unit a', u fan..!.' ome they Lave hi ell scntteteil jn the I oini'r or hospitals or Institutions fur which feu nge and sex and condition niiike them eligible. Mi n than ever was I n,iiiiied bv the e"-pi'iieiici' that nfti riioon in that well-run. ciiii li ntl equipped pension fund oltii that in Covmiioi is right ; toe slate needs a department of welfare that will o-ordiiiali nil its re'ief agencies and take up the inse.s mat the spei Inlized bureaus him .i hand ns not being In their pro line The very hi. t that llo mothers' assistant bureau litis pioved its worth and has n.keil anil j'l'-tlv asked for inon funds nuikes the ni xt step tivviird the general welfiire dcpnitment flu more Inevitable 'luil'irs 111 convention in Chicago haic design' d n hnnge 111 t veiling clothes for men. It is 11 d( signing bunch tin- are. Nowadays 11 iiihii 11111 sport a drsn suit he bought 111 the eighths, but how will it be If tvining clothes bei nine like automoblhs und cause a man lo lose caste If ht sports one of the model of the year before laat ? ?mw;: tCFiS.'ls", Wrly",, !Ta.i.r- ju "-v wmmc nwi 5 ; V T"L1.1.I t -T '--l.m3 WliiiHSW. 'J1S.7S .' 1 .' I X. ' NOWMYIDEAIS THIS Daily Talks With Thinking Philadelphia on Subjects They Knotv Best REV. ZED HETZEL COPP On Social Aliens TUB root of social delinquency nnd crime is in the home nnd lis result is seen In penal and correctional institutions, according to the Rev. odd Hetr.el Copp. chaplain of the Knstern Penitentiary, discussing the sub ject of "Social Aliens.' Crime is a disease', in the opinion of Mr. Copp. and ns such is open to cure, unite the criminal, as the product of the social order, is owed on opportunity for recovery by society, Mr. Coppsnys- "Crime Is a disease that can be cured! it, therefore, should not lie endured. "If vou knew that an army of 1.000,(100 alien enemies, well organized nnd equipped, rendv for Instant action against your homo, was hidden In American society, would you be unconcermd nbout it? If in addition you felt nn invisible hand in your pocket taking first toll of votir Income, and knew that this hand took more annually from the pockets of Americans in various ways than the hugo. cost of the Cnited States Government, would ou become interested? If vou could be, shown how to capture that alien army nnd denioblli7o it. nnd how to keep that Invisible hnnd out of your pocket and mnke It n wealth producer, would you enlist in tho armv of the common good nnd go over the top? If so, then you will bo interested in this nrthle "These outlines nre the results of years of careful study In sociology, criminology nnd penology along original lines. The range of Investigation was from the nlley to tho ave nue, from the tramp to the globe-trotter, from the huckster to the captain of Industry, from the crossing officer to the gnllows, from wnrd politics to the State Department from street preaching to the cathedral, nnd from the cradle to th'e grave. I am fnsolnated bv the unique stratification of American so cietv which is the result of Kuropean po litical, social, racial and religious volcanic eruptions tho historic periods of which can lie as oicurntcly traced ns the geological ages. As an approach to tills stud the following table shows the prisiuntlc elements .that should be considered. Tour Elements to lie Considered 'The four elements to be considered in tills social analysis are as follows: Socinl ...!,,,, I..,. u,,.tnl lintidltrv uooln! ilenelnnev and M;;;al"d,din;.u.:" 1'niler the held of the first there are tho following factors: The trnmp, the labor turnovei, the tourist homo-seeker nnd the business adventurer. All of these nre more or less si lf-explanatorv. Next. In taking up the question of social banditry we hnvo pro fessional mendicants, strikes and lockouts, pollthnl influence and social ostracism. "Coming next to the more serious phase of social deficiency, we ure to consider the defoiined., the disensid, the feeble-minded and the illiterate; while the final class, so cial delinquency, contains a separate set of problems which must be faced, nnd which can loughly be divided ns follows' The Juvenile, the femnle, the Incidental and the habitual Only the subject of social do linqiiencv will be touched here. "The root of social delinquency Is In the home. Child liolslievism threatens the very foundations nf socleiv. Father is 'the old man.' mother 'the old woman.' home is a house of detention The street s a broad way of adventure which supposedly leads to freedom, companionship and knowledge, hut really leads to truant y. idleness and rime. "Crime is rarely tho tesult of an Impulse, It is usually the slow development of care fully oiisiend but mistaken thoughts which grow with the individual until, under impel ling incident or favorable opportunity, his Hyde -like nm ure assorts Itself and the thought is nn in t. "The fruit of social dellnqiiencv is in the crowded social safety deposit boxes of penal and correctional institutions. It is u part of Auierhnn damaged social currency, out of circulation in storage vaults, under lock and guard at great etiiense. The absorbing question Is Wh.it hall we do with this so clal wealth? To negleit It is to Insure its Inheient depreciation, the continuation of Its watrh-i'uie ib lit and the loss of its with drawal from soclnv The provident thing to do is to lecniii it again with a new und folded value Thnt is the one supreme object of in life and hns hei n all these years of palus tuklug study nud sacrifice. Prisons .Must Heroine I'nlverslties "As i rime is the result of wrong thinking, penal institutions must do moie than nn rt'lv ditiiln their Ininati . The law prescribes the punishment and the judge sets a limit t 'K IP tlon The penult is the loss of Illicit and the comforts of suelot). There Is no stipulation now in Inw ur sentence which requires rigorous onfuiociueut. If the in- SOME EFFORT JP' . -V -,. ',.,,1, jy. VO. "sViiv ' mnto is orderly, justloo demands tiumnne and considerate treatment anr? Is satisfied when the sentence expires. Unhnppilv, however, the heritage of prison discipline from the dark aces hns not been altogether disclaimed by modern penologists. Nevertheless, many prison boards have evolutlonizod prison man agement, notably the board of Impoetors of the Lastern State Penitentiary, which out milks nil others In Its 'Christian college-like' policy, without being radical. "The so-called criminal is a product of the social order and societe owes iiim a fair opportunity for recovery . If he lacks moral perception, that should bo drilled into him just as a 'hay foot, straw foot' recruit is mnde Into n dependable soldier. If ho lacks educational or industrial equipment, that ! i be given him until the convolutions of his brain hnvo changed and his hand Is skilled to self-supporting industry. If he is homeless and without friends, nn organized group of Christian Pig Hrothcrs should take him by the hand nnd sustain him in tho "tsl't or creditable recognition. As only right thinking lends to right actions, he must lie recreated in reason, reset in judgment and re-established in will power. The old sophistry. 'The short cut1 to what I want nnd direct action for results,' must be sup planted by the logic of Industry, personal and property rights, decency, self-control and law nnd order if , is of Christina faith, ho should be lovingly led to spiritual birth, be cause It regenerates and psychologically ejects the criminal and elects the now man. It Ib tho only hope. Civilization or Deelvlllzntion 1 1 ",V,lr is ""' Product of crime crime in high Places, but crliuo nevertheless. There "ill be no safe world pence until the Uohlcn Utile is made the one rule of religion, so doty, business sm government. If the ulien army of 1, OOO.OOO criminals In America is to be disbanded, society must reorganize it self and so mnke recruiting impossible. If that giant hnnd Is to cease Its regular toll from taxpayers pockets, society must con cern itself about how recruits are made and why Inmates' beeome 'regulars' nfter im prisonment. If this socinl wealth is not to become a bankrupting sinking fund, society must insist that penal institutions become social m nts where the coin of chnrooter shall three things ore essentially ne'cessnrv I ..... ...... " i--iieiiiiy .siuiupeu UIK,n t. "l0 effect this well s thcorv,:lH,",n "",,""e"'"t' ' a, "Second. An institution court of justice for nil offenses nnd no favoritism. i'Tui.'-'.i A workl-""c on-- worked plan for leliabllitation, "The so-called criminal is just like nnv one else, except for the moral transgressions and legal consequences," Inscription to My Mother TO YOU I owe The blood of n duel, The laughter I wear As u coat of mall. To yuu I owe My gift of scorn. That I took from you In the hour I was lsirn. To you I owe The gift of belief, Though the vrvdo 1 utter Has brought ou gtlef. To you I owe My songs, ench one. For .vou hiishid with music . our little son, Theodoie Mayuard, in Hnrper'a Mugnrine. Via Amorosa Appear helpless if you want to interest women. They love dependent things dogs, babies men. ' Vou limy think this is their maternal In stinct nt work, hut it Isn't. It's their mad desire to boss or own some thing. If vou want to know the surest rond to a woman's interest in you, make her believe you need her. Don't display independence. Women hate men who can look after themselves Nn. He helpless, squashy and li respon sible. .lust let it be known that you can't tie your own shoelace without a woman's, help and you'll have them sun ruling after you Hut don't blame mo If they suffocate' vou P. W. in the N. V. Tribune. SHORT CUTS Charges against him simply- served til accentuate the general opinion that Bchwttl is all right. The railroads now ask of lnbor whitl labor has aforetime demanded of the govern I ment : tnni rcu tape be cur: Any department head will tell you tbil what is 'needed economy in other depart I menis is n ciiccse-pariug policy in Ms own. The fact that tho seven men in tltj Fire Prevention Bureau have only 400,0001 luilliiliiKS to inspect causes one to vvondul wnat tnoy uo in tticir spare time. Ever so many unscientific cus-.es ittl willing to swear that the selsmngranh (til down on its Job on Wednesday night mil that what wo experienced was a really truljl eartfiquaKe. Judge Thomnson presents so rnnvintl ingly tho cose for a world's fair exhibit thil tnoy later have permanent value as a fed I oral court that most any Jury would giitl nun a veruict. Dentietn have started a national moril ment for the betterment of mouth condi-l tlons, especially among school children. Botl so long as candy is sweet i' the mouth cfail-l Iron will prefer mouth high Jinks to moutll uygieno. Judging by modes of locomotion at Con course lake. Merlon Cricket Club lake anil Haverford College pond yesterday, life ill Just one sknto after another; hut the fact! Is without interest for prohibition enforced ment otucers. No mother of small children and no girli who giggle, rouge nnd powder but do Ml think may serve on juries in the Atlnntlt City District Court, says Judge Ilepettc More sex discrimination ! Let the fenilnUt) loon to it. Their fight Is Just begun. A Cleveland coal operator told n Seni'.i committee in Washington that the conl In dustry had returned to normal aod thnt cm! was now "ob cheap as sand." Perhapi it is; hut If sand is as dear as coal it tnnj t ono of the Innumerable caures for the short" age of homes. We mentioned with modest pride jmti few short dayR ago that If California wiihrt to know anything worth while about r!lf nice weather she should consult l'cnnijl" vonlo. Wo now rise to rcmnrk that we (lout propose to take a back seat in the matter of enrthqiinkes, either. I.ee Tonnunv of the Chinese silk mil' slon, thinks Philadelphia girls would he ! likely to "catch cold in tho legs" if th-j wore silk trousers. As his objection ttikti shape we opine that the Innovation mlW not tune interest nwav but as we were re marking, it assuredly takes shnpe Now that tho Allies have more or k" definitely decided to fix a stated amount which Germany will bo called upon lo pay In reparation, we may look forward with hot' to the day when the amount will be definite'! fixed. To attempt to visualize l!eriiiJ having paid the amount demanded wo perhaps, put hope to too heavy a strain. Thn Japaneso nro forbidden to fnf this country and Hawaii by tho treaty agreed upon by Ambassadors Morris w Slildehara and now awaiting the approval J Secretary Colby, but they are permitted settle in the Philippines without let or bin dranoe. This seems n good way of gettlrl rid of the Philippines, hut It has the '' marks of a low-down (rick on the I'i'liunM It is one thing to mnke nn Internntion-' agreement to refrnln from competitive nrroi ment for a stated period, but quite uiiotliet without such nn agreement, to quit vvortci ships already begun. With two sii"i on, nent statesmen as lleirah nnd '""',,,,:l loggerhends. It Is quite understandable tw Ilornh should be wrotyr; the amazing nini Is that, in this particular Instance, law should be probably right. At a meeting of the Montgomery c"ii-'t' Federation of Women'-. Clubs a frB president of the organization dcelaioil ti' women must not allow the men to sidi'trt" them into handling only laws for wnnn'ii " children. They must organize and "- against conditions of banditry, beggary lav lessness In Philadelphia. Well that M tight ns far as It goes A woman "iicrinr"' no rights b) holding on to her prl-'W, She might prove effective ngnlnst bnnli-J going nfter them with a hatpin, but noW wants to see her do It. Hut If she " l... ,..,,1 li.. I,t" Jo. imiv overdue one "I.0. privileges in making men do the tilting "" ought to do, such as pusslug necessary '" aud enforcing them.
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