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By mall u points uutoldo of riillrdelplila, In the united P'il.s, Canada, or United flats rc itont, piiuce frc. fifty (50) cent per month, Blx (lt) dollars Fr '-Jr payahl In advance. To all for-lsn countries onci (11) dollar a month. N'OTicr Hntiacrtberc "lhlriir AdlreM chanted knuit crlve old as wnl as new addiesi BELL. J00O WALM'T KEYSTONE. MAIN JOOO C3T Addreia all eonmutttVa:(on to Evrwnij i'ubllo iMdpfr, mfeptidioiei Stjuarr, J'MInd'lrMti. Member of the Associated Press ,' TirC ASSOCIATED T.TrS.I cr!u(e"li et Ittled to the use for rvuh!icitio of ci'l ncu't crftapnfclicr.i cMifcrf to it o not p"im-ci itc itM(OiI tv f'MJ poper, ond alto tho local imci puMlthed therein. i All rtphtt o rewblicction c.' Fpecial dispatches Jtereln ore alto mcrcM. 1'hiUilrlphii, Silurdiy, January l'Jl MYSTERY WITHIN MYSTERY FEW criminal trials of major importance end so suddenly autl so iii'"xpiotrIl as that which Judge Ferguson terminated yes terday when he ordered an acquittal in the case of the Philadelphia collide student who was accused of killing hi chum. Til" public was not disponed to prejudge 1ho joiithful Urines. It was without nnv jdcar riijht to feel certuin that lie had not beeu unfairly accused. The ccid-in-o in the .caso was purelj circuuistantinl. Hut it was bcauso the trial left to much mystery still .;ln the air that there will be n disquieting general impression of failure somewhere in 'the mechanism upon which law and order depend. Since the Judge was moved to take the case out of the jury's hands to protect the technical rights of the prisoner, ir Is clear ;that the district nttorncy's office lacked cither evidence or moral Justification In this Instance. Its cane lagged and broke down. The conclusion and the judge's action proved that the commonwealth wo.- either at eu or misinformed. In effi-ct Judge Ferguson de cided as a matter of law thut District At torney Kotnn had not sufficient evidence for the prosecution, and the joiithful defendant wis not even forced or permitted to say a word in his own defense or in explanation. NO WOMEN'S PARTY NEEDED MOST of the women interested in politics are fortunately planning to act with the existing political parties. They acted in this way at the last election. Consequently when George Wharton Pepper told the Civic Club that the formation of u women's party nr- rayed against men would be the greatest blow mgainst unity in America that could occur he was putting into words what the women in his audience have been thinking. Parties divide on principles and policies and not on the individuals who shall apply .the principles and carry out the policies. .This is true even though at times the differ- 'ences between the parties seem to disappear and nn election becomes merely a scramble .for office. The rule is that the voters who believe in certain policies vote for candidates . who support them. There are a few women who would like to make the policy of turning the control of government over to the women an issue in politics. Hut they are so few that their efforts are not likely to be disturbing. The majority of the women wish specific things done, and they ure as indifferent as the men about who dues them. If government is to aueceed the citizens must continue to con centrate attention on the principles of gov ernment. The enfranchisement of women has rnme about because the men have recog nized the legitimate interest of women in the solution, of the problems of goernmer.f, not because the men have confessed their in ability to deal with thoe problems and wished to shift tl.e responsibility to the shoulders of their sisters, their wives and their daughters. Mr. Pepper was a'so speaking for the thinking women when he told them that in order to be effective thev must ally them telves with one or the other of the two ex isting parties. This is because we liuve the party system and ue one or the other of the parties as the agents thrnugn which to work. The nonpartisan has no voice in the nominations of the partiev He enn merely xercise his choice between nonnnslions mode by the parties and vote for those which best please bim. The evils of which the people complain can be cured if the members of toe parties will exercise their power within t tip party lines and forte the nomination of capable candi dates. This does not mean that revolt against the party leaders i i.c.t occasionally riecessarv, but that if the vote- do their duty us members of their partv o'-ganizution the conditions which justify rewdt will occur with much le frequency. In the htates in wh'i n i." women, have been oting fn- ears tlo i.e adjusted themselves to h ir party r 'a' "nlnp. It will not tiike tl en. long t . ti.ace tl.e same adjustment it! t:.e i.ther -ta'.-s. SOMETHING DROPPED TIIK seismologists' deny '.'at t.;,, - , . iling of the g'nund f"l! in r'.i :, pun ot the city earl) on Wednesday iit..'ig aus .a ised by an eurllnjuake It hu not !.. en possible to learn that ti,.n ai ar. . p'..sn,n unj where in this part of th r..u-t-i. For lack of a better exp.nna'ion, we nfler the theory that ti.e tr'niblirs curred after the Mayor droppid a remark that he in tended to kei i on c.eaniiig cut the City Hall until all the u.en seek. tig to etab him in the back had been rii:-. ne. This will scre as w-'u a-, anv until a better explanation is made A JAPANESE SCREEN WIITN the allied naun con, caled the innxt tueiits ,( their li.in hv a nioln. tcreen th.-v merelj adopted an old tnck of interuutionu! diplomacy. There is this dif ference, Iiohi-mt, between th,. operations of the iidv.il othi'ers and those of the d.ploma tists : when a smoke screen was hung in front of the shlpo everv one on the other side of the screen knew what it iu. It is not mi i asj to identify a diplomat. c ma neuver. Yet those who hnve followed the relations 'of the t'nited Stales with Japan are aware, that whenever the .Inpanesi wished to dis tract the attention m' Amti-i. a from what they were doing somewhere e!s.. thev would provoke a discussion of the lights of .Japa nese In this country. Jf one will onlv remember this one eun regard the tisitutloii with calmness. The merits of the case are all with the I'nited States. The .lapauese pretend to ask that their naliona's have the same rights here thot American nationals enjoy in Japan, lint Americans' have very few rights in Japan Thc may not own rril estate and thee pie no rules for their niitiirnlizntion V'urtlie- tue demand of the Japanese thnt "their nationals bo admitted to citizenship 'Jiu'tf bus uuh'I' been tuads by any other nft- . "Si lA. tion. An a matter of fact, the other nations hnve Insisted that their nationals might not expatriate themselves. The (Jermans ond the Frenchmen tind the Italians who went back to Kuropc during the war went back on the summons of their home government to enter the nrmy, n summons Issued in spite of the fact that many of them had become American citizens. They dared not disobey, for if they refused to go back when oim moned they could not vWit their native land again without becoming liable to punishment for evading military duty. The l' tilted Htntes went to war with (ircat Hritain in 18 ll! because the HrltNh refused to admit that F.ng1ih-born sailors on Ameri can ships bod ceased to be Knglishiiicn ond insisted on taking them from our ships and impressing them into the service of their native country. It wai not until 1MW that we succeeded In perv. inline the HritMi by treaty to admit that :i naturalized Hritish subject in this cunt .. was not a subject of the Hriti'li oorc in. The Stnte I)cnn"i!ent is doubtless nware of the aethities which .lapnti Is trying to conceal by its immigration-smoke-screeu discussion and it is not unduly disturbed by the matter. PHILADELPHIA HAS A NEW CHANCE TO PROVE ITS WORTH The Sesqulcentennlal In 1926 Furnishes a Magnificent Opportunity to the Shrine of American Liberty ONK must be spiritually and mentally deaf not to hear the knock of opportunity on the doors of Philadelphia's future. The sound is not new here. Citizens of this community ingerly detected it half n century ngo when the conviction was birne upon them that the centenary of American independence was approaching, that the event must be signalized with fitness and splendor and that Philadelphia, where a new nation drew its tirst breath of life, must play the dominant role in the commemoration. Neither the material nor the psychologic heritage of the Centennial has evaporated The latter bequest is particularly potent just now when the city is committed to the ob servance by u world's fair of the loOth an niversary of nationul liberty. The magnitude and influence of the Cen tenniul, its effect on both the civic und the national consciousness are not themes for boasting. They ore historical facts. It is no exaggeration to say that the tirt universal exposition in the United States began a new age in this country. The color nnd characteristics of events and movements, scientific, nrtistic. political, social, commer cial, idealistic, can be readily comprehended by dating them before or after ISTIi. That the glamour of that jear has not ye: faded is a factor of prime importance to the preparations now afoot. Philadelphia is no novice as a world host. In this respect the coming exposition starts with an advantage enjoyed by no other world's fair ever given in the United States. Chicago, San Francisco, St. Louis rose magnificently to their opportunities, but not one of these enterprising cities was fortified with an inspiring precedent. Philadelphia's equipment is unique. Residents of tills community who beheld the Centennial cherish and frequently dis cuss the thrills which it imparted. The younger generation that knows the first American world's fnir by hearsay or printed record are almost as deeply steeped iu the great trnditiou. The personality of the en tire city continually refleits this memorable background. Experience, however, entails high obliga tions. Philadelphians may profitably glance backwurd for inspiration, but mere reminis cence will not launch the deservedly pre tentious new undertaking. What is needed now is tirst of nil en thusiasm, vigorous, unqualified, hearty and infectious. Pride in the privilege of the municipality and in the majesty of the event is another requisite. Generosity completes the mot elective trio of ncecssnry spiritual attributes, and then the tussle with realities can safely begin. Work n n huge scale will be re quired and funds in commensurate quantities from city, state and federal go eminent. Commitment to tre enterprise is nuthori tntively made in the Mayor's appointment of a group of I'M' prominent citizens t.i deise preliminaries and undertake grniral 'super vision of the project. The financial drie is begun in his appeal to the I'oiuci! for an appropriation of S.'O.liOO in tl.e first contri bution to a treasury that man in the end contain millions. His request is accompanied by a message of the meaning of the fair w! n h is not in the least overstated. "I'nderlf ins the proposal generally," asserts Mr Muore, "is th con scinusiios of a wnnderf.! world progrns since the Centennial Exposition a progress whfeh. while it has been marred by the wirl I war. has presented so inanv new an 1 varie 1 developments in art, science, agriculture, manufactures, mien'ious and deices or. land, water nnd in the nir as to make it desirable in the interest of a better, more useful, happier and irore peaceful world. a coming together of the nation-, state- and communities ur.der su h auspices u- nn in ternational expus.t.on nt tl.e shrine of Anier i'-an independerc e will rrovide." This is unu ir-t.oua!!y the clear-sich'ed nnd correct v.. w to take of the situation A great tusk - iliead of n-, but it should be assumed . .i'lti'lv and in the lustiest spirit of confidence The occasion that is t.p b' oler.inize.l is rraiiseendentlv worth while. It . rsi casv to d,s,.oia' the nat.onol from ti.e ,(-al actors ..f 'he . r.t"rpn-e. In a sen-e they coetuil. and jet mere are "pe ll'" features of i he case w I , ., noi;lil arouse the energ.es and .-, j r f . : : Plnia 'eiph.an- in tiar'icu.ar Tne it n .irji begnr. n n v era .h tl.e Centennial ..is a 'U' -' .i '.re-i.e . han-v to inaugurate mm, rr bril.ia: t I '; :! of k grontll wit.", '.f' ' ' :.'. f HO. The ambitious ; rogram ..t ihV ' o-R. tv.at is i1 ready under way v .11 mn .vably be brough' to coaiplet.on i . t'not !. 'inner eur The I undred of thou-itnds ..f v:-it"rs who may be e.xpee'ed to be uru". n to ti.e fair should 1 uplifted with the -peetn, ', ,,f l( new Philadelphia, well nbr"l- of ti.. tn.ies, even leading them son,,' .; ns different from the l'l.iladelj hia of 1-70 n- h.it over- glOWII t"WR Wlls l'"l:l t' e 'acid eopger-;e of murii''i,'nl'ties ,.f die 'o on'l fiftirs of tho last century, irnr, ." ork wn- forg ing ahead ;n tl'e rii' 't Am-rii'a". 'ies If the Iip'.awi- I i ' lg" ' nt" p'l'h'il by Id'.'1! th s (, 'nrit'.ll t,rii' ite of entire aeci.molii.:i.".'.en - .' I b vii ':!. The Pub lic Librai). tli A.t M'iw'ii.1, the Purkwa) dev.-lopn.fnt, tiie transit -ftem, harbor im provements, tfrmlnul facibties si.o i'.d he broi.gl.r to a ,-ndition for wl.nh no upologie.s wil' be f.tded No' . i's Interni! "iii1 expo it. on, but Philndeipcia itself will lie in ie. to the wor'.l U s .Uie" IM tl.uf the si .n bo ple-tsmg, tefiei'tive .f t!. intellig'."' and . i'e ;rov.tii of one of tl.e g'-e;ttest Aii.ericnn it ies -ij-.d hi-tori uio) ti fore:r.o-. The program o' dirn.r.g term-inetit ma terial advantag" in builditgs and i.mnii.'ipal :.".provements from tt.e tuir warrants the most helpful consideration. i'.-n though the onu comprehensive plan - ,gge-tei is not adopted in minutest detail. Tin1 scheme of reclaiming that somev. i.nt -hahln section of the city within the triangle formed by the Schuylkill and an eiHt-mnI west thorough fare n8 the two lejjs nnd I ." Parkwuv as the hypotenuse would uiiiiic-tionn!i!v foster a development of . ett-n1 1 "h tfn I. ' ;.'i -:t high!' txm'fli-iu! '" ,h'- ''i' '- i ri"" The proposals involving the beautifving of the Schuylkill's backs arg well worth core EVENING PUBLIC til attention, and Philadelphia ought not to brink from the idea because it Is large. The optimism for which the present situa tion calls cannot be administered in excessive doses. Such treatment Is Invigorating, nnd vigor Is the ingredient essential to success. That the finances of Hie Centennial were the best managed of any exposition ever given at home or nbroad Is the best of omens of the solvency of what ought to be immeas urably the most notable, interesting nnd 1m presidio world's fair in history. In this connection it is significant to recall that the federal loan granted In 1S70 was entirely and speedily npnld. Congress can afford to be liberal to n city with an exposition record so novel. World's fairs arc pre-eminently peace manifestations. The pioneer international exhibition in London in IS." I signalized iu a w.iy the decades of stable progress achieved by humanity following the Napoleonic up heaval. France was prosperous and nt peace when the most successful of her ex positions celebrated in 1SS!) the centennvy of the fall of the Hastillc. The Columbian Fair In Chicago In lSOo while commemorating the discovery of the New World, symbolized also the best in nine teenth century civilization. The Centennial particularly emphasized the unity of the ration eleven jears after its tremendous civil ooniliet. World solidarity should play n vital spir itual part In the 102U proclamation of prog ress eight years offer the black tragedy of universal war. The crystallizing of this thought in the sesqulcentennlal is tho proud privilege of Philadelphians alive to respon sibilities and opportunities hardly matched in tho annals of this distinctively American city. THE GAS INQUIRY TAOn MOORK expressed the prevailing 11 informed opinion when he said at the opening of the gas investigation yesterday afternoon that he is not in favor of munici pal operation of the city gas plant at the expiration of the lease "except in cusc of extreme necessity." The purpose of the investigation is to in quire into the necessity for u revision of the terms of the lease and into the wise policy for the city to pursue when the lease expires. The operating company is asking permis sion to increase the price of gas because of the increased cost of labor and raw ma terials. It does not deny that it has made money in pnst years, and it seems to bo admitted that it lost money on its Philadel phia business in recent months. The point for the investigators to decide is whether the recent loss is so great os to threaten the company's stability. If this con be shown, then there will be some justification in per mitting a revision of the terms of the lease in the iqtcrest of fair play. Hut if it cannot be shown, then the request of the company for permission to charge more for gas should be denied, since costs are again on the downward trend. The information to be gathered by the investigators will be useful in guiding the cty when it must decide whether to renew the lease or to operate the plant itself. It may b that it will be shown that the cost of manufacturing gns is so great that even if no increase in price is allowed now it will hae to be nllowed in n new lease. And it nvi) be that conditions will justify an imme diate increase. A revision of the lease nt this time for the relief of the gas company would establish a precedent that would justify tho city in future years in asking for a modification of a new lease if the cost of production fell so low that the company was making excessive profits. The wise course would be to draft u lease in such a way as to provide for a periodical revision of the prices charged for eas in the interest both of the producer and the consumer. It might be expedient to ndopt the prin ciple in the law regulating the price of gas in Hoston. The right of the company to a minimum dividend of 7 per cent is recog nized, but the law provides that the divi dends mny not lc increased above that figure unless there is a reduction of one cent n thousand cubic feet in the price of gas for every one-fifth of a cent added to the divi dend. Thus if the dividends were raised to s per cent the price of gas would he reduced five cents. The investigators, however, who nr" experts, ,an be trusted to make such i eeomniendatiot's as the conditions warrant. HARDING ON THE NAVY TiTOST of the talk about the necessity of disarmament comes from men who are i.o' charged with the duty of national protec tion. The responsible public officials are confronted by conditions which they must prepare to met. The unofficial citizens find it easy to eu;gest plans which the responsl b'e officials would regard as unwise. Although Mr. Harding is not yet in office, lie begins to feel the burden on his shoulders. This is evident from a '"iter written to a icriodical edited by navtn officers, in which he savs : "We would all like , reduce armaments, but so long as there is need for American national defense we rani' nutintnln our navy not only in its material strength, but in the i orale and capacity of i-s officers and men." There will bo need fop armaments so long .- the nations remain jealous of one another ind -o iutig as any oni of tho great nations !i uines to join with the others in practicable . lans for international peace. BUILDING PROSPECTS mAI.K will not b ,i'd houses nor will it JL shelter families ftiun the winds nnd rains of heaven or return any dividends of the -ort that mny be distributed in woges. The slump in the buiM'tig trades has been tin- reVid for almost a year. None of the 'roubles that r!d in upon the country after the war hi- been discussed more in--intently or wit.i greater heat. Even now it is plain that -;rfato remedies or legisla tive surgery ir :.. be adequate to the emergency. !( f can erne to the country only through surrender by nil interests immediately . verned of some of the ex orbitant pp't"s iind some of the unfair ad vantages aohi w! at a time when war woges made it poss . , for house owners and house tenters to c.i. r extraordinary strains. Few pei ; . seem to have made easier money dur.' i tne last few years than the groups whi by restricting the normal sup i !y of lc. ,ir.g materials and, cement, millwork '. many sorts, bricks and the like manaseij ,, k' ep tho costs of these necessities omewl.er" near tho moon. Tho building materia' untune grew to bo very powerful. It has I n attacked and beaten only on one snlienr The I.ockwood commission gave It u bad fr iht. Hut the inquiry, carried on under ti.e auspices of the New York Legis lature did little, after oil, but inform the public about the causes which have made the get,, n! question of housing acute and in firite'v troublesome in muny ports of the ( I'.try. 'I '.e dec line of labor and material costs has b.'i r -low and grudging. Yet these costs are do: r.ant factors in a situation that ought c. i.o remedied before the advent of spring. An ! it is because no one has yet fount a w cy to bring them down that discussions 'ike that in which Senutor Calder and Mr. Krnest Trigg hod a part as guests of tho N'aticinnl Chamber of Commerce can have nrly negathe value. Mr. Colder spoke at some length in an i ffort to draw general attention to tho dan gerous i umulutivii effect of inodequoto hous ing on the country's nerves. Mr. Trigg told of the effort" of the builders and their em ployes to reach peaceful and progressive ci-l-ins agri etneiits Hut eo method was - i, ".'est. l to ileal with men wto. by with holding essential materials, will still fnis '..'J',? the. bet rtosi of larMtorg artf wrj? I LEDGER-PHIADELPHI'AV SATURDAY,' - JANUA&Y - 29, earners it they can do so safely and with profit to themselves. Public loans cannot well be made to hurry building nt Inflated costs. The efforts to have rent schedules formulntcd nnd enforced by the courts have dono almost as much harm ns good. Tax exemption for new buildings would provide n bad precedent nnd it would have a stimulating effect only in restricted nreas. Mr. Cnlder probably did not over state his case when he said that a continu ance of artificially induced paralysis in the building trndes will mnke It necessary sooner or later for tho government to provide shel ters of somo sort for n considerable part of the population In some communities. For builders or renters or Investors strikes nrc not possible. Siiejtep js essentially necessary to life and health, ond we are npproaching a senson in which Innumerable families will be utterly unable to pay the high rents which were made tolerable for an interval because of extraordinarily high wages in many in dustries. What Is needed is a revival of building nnd the liberation of normal volumes of the nee esary materials from tho control of profiteer ing interests. The Lockwood commission recognized that need. It could not suggest any direct method for meeting it. It begins to seem now that only swift nnd ruthless nction, not by state or municipal commit tees, but by the Department of Justice and Congress, enn open a way out of n deadlock that has become intolerable. For if wo havo to admit that thrifty and hardworking reople can no longer expect to own or even rent homes the country is obviously at tha threshold of new oud dangerous times. It Is repeatedly argued by spokesmen for the trades unions that the factor of labor costs is n minor and sometimes even n negli gible part of the final cost of any Important commodity. That may be true at the source at the mines, the mills nnd elsewhere. Hut high wnges on rollrouils and iu all tho avenues of trade ond distribution hove con tributed heavily to the totals of every con sumer's bills. Months Rgo, however, tha workers in the building trades frankly ex pressed a desire to co-operntc in every pos sible way toward n revival of building. The implications of this statement were plain. The producers of material, who hnve been making the biggest profits, ought not to be less generous. MORE SALARY FOR JUDGES SENATOR CROW'S bill providing for nn increase In the compensation of tho judges of the Supremo and Superior Courts, which is now before the Legislature, is en titled to the fullest nnd fairest consideration at the hands of the lawmakers. The bill proposes that the chief justice of the Supreme Court shall receive $18,000 a year and that bin associates shall receive $l".c"00. For the Superior Court, the salary for the president judge would bo ?10,I500 and for the ossociates 111,000. These figures, on the average, arc about 3000 higher than those now paid. The suggested Increase is neither exorbi tant nor unwise. This commonwealth, often nnd truly described as on empire in itself, con well afford to pay the justices of the Supreme Court, for example, ns much as will be paid to the next Governor. When the huge fees earned by many lawyers are taken into consideration, nn annual salary of 918.000 is small in comparison. And, of course, the attraction of the bench for the leaders of the bar will be greatly enhanced by something like nn approach to adequate compensation. Judges should live In that rare atmosphere where all stands out clearly : where their vision is neither obscured nor handicapped by too incessant n conflict with circumstance. They are expected to be above the petty things of doily life. Legislators, members of the Assembly, make the laws. Judges have the duty of courageously and honestly interpreting tlicm. Those who write the lnws should bo the first to appreclute tho wisdom of unshackling the minds of those who dispense the laws. Jus tice should bo blind; certainly It should not be crippled. Congressman Mason, who wants the HoKhevists recognized nnd un nmbnssodor sent to Russia, says he has private informa tion from unprejudiced persons that the Holshevi-ts have done more for the people of Russia than ever was done before. The country, though skeptical, is willing to hear the evidence. Time was when there was much mystery over what was happening in Russia, but that mystery has been largely dissipated. Roth conservatives and radical" have come out of the country nnd expressed their views, nnd there is enough agreement iu the facts they recite to enable Americans to arrive at a well -matured conclusion. That conclusion has been voiced by the House, which has turned down Mr. Mason's suggestion. The Sultan's government nt Constanti nople has advised the supreme ullied council thnt it accepts the invitation to have repre hentatives at the meeting to be held in Lon don February 21, nnd adds that it will trans mit an urgent message to Ancora asking Mustaidia Kemal or some other representa tive of the Turkish Nationalist floverinnent to be there. There seems to he evidence here thnt the sultnn. viewing Angora from afar, has come to the conclusion that Mustapha Kemal must have n goat and that tills, is a good way to fiet it. Instead of the seventy-five cents n dav ration Secretary linker osked for them. Con gress has decreed that reserve officers in the sur-.i.ier training camps Hhn.ll have the forty two crnts a cl.i v chow of the- enlisted men. nnd that instead of new uniforms thev shall use -tch-agcd uniforms whenever possible. And tne.v won't he a penn) the worse for it. What might seem a cheese-paring policy in ordinary times is strictly proper in clay's of financial stress. Reconstruction days" de mand the self-denial of war times. Fourteen different kinds of champagne were served at President Millerand's recep tion Members of the nllied supreme council in o'tcndotioo held no meeting the following morning. This, ei.cn in the absence of un kind suspicions, is iinderstandaldo. The wonder is that with fourteen different kinds of champagne there should hno been need for f irther meetings A loving cup has been known to settle problems that staggered cold reason. As an illustration of what may happen to yoc.ng America under certain lamentable circumstunces, decadent Hoston is n horrible) example to th rest of the country. Twenty years ago she had n flourishing truant school with an average enrollment of -100. while today, despite the increase of population, she can only muster ten bo.is who object to going to school. "The friendly relation of teacher nnd pupil did it," says the superin tend' r,t of schools. Yah ! Teucher's pet. A man who lias charge of the beauty rlors of a New York hotel sa)s that miinv pa ot his patrons are men wno rouge tlieir faces, use lip-ticks. shave their eyebrows, heud their eyelashes, pink their ear lobes, carry luce handkerchiefs ond wear corsets. The naughty, reckless things! Let them beware of the bold bad women who bob their hair, smoke cigars and cuss or they may be led Into bud habits. Tl.e nnti lobbying bills of Senators Overman and Kenton make it unlawful for representatives of organizations to 'appeal personally to congressmen or otherwise to seek to Influence legislation Though lobby ing is sometimes n great evil, to prohibit it bv su'h laws would he to substitute a greater evil, tho burking of every organized popular appeal and what popular appeal can long remain unorganized? When n Welleslcy College girl wants to sneeze, we are Informed in a telegram, she goes into a little airtight room, lined with zinc and filled with the vapors of eucalyptus oil and formaldehyde and sneezes. It may be that we ore iusflfied In supposing that when she does not want to sneeze but feels she must she, without the formality of enter ing the little airtight room, lined, etc., Just I5CSZS3 acyharc & j, . r i i'...i t - . H' - -i. ..j".. ti--i'aru'ii--Ttfcr',?ig'HtaiJMWwirtT i"i" rife--' ,ii,c-f'"- . r r--' AWBmmiMwSxmrfi ! NOW MY IDEA IS THIS ! ! Daily Talks With Thinlcing Philadelphians on Subjects They Know Best J. ALDEN TIFFT On Hazards of Motorlits MOTORISTS would do well to understand the hazards of owning nnd running n car and take protective measures if they wont to continue enjoying life, liberty nnd the pursuit of happiness, nil of which ore involved in the running of n car, according to J. Alden Tifft, underwriting expert nnd insurance man. "Tho innocent citizen who thinks that the n,i.AnL. rtf o nur mentis nne round of joy is due for some rude jolts until he learns from bitter experience how to protect himself or has informed nimseii oi inc piumm '" " in his path and has ormed himself wttli knowledge with which to avoid them. "tlenerallv speaking, there are three classes of hazards that a motorist must face theft, accident nnd fire. Of course, the. insurance mun must toko these os well as others, such as moral hazards or the hon esty of his client or others who may be con cerned. "Although there ore 0,000,000 ears in use in this countrv ot the present time, the in surance of motorcars is still in its youth, being not more thnn twenty )enrs old. Thus underwriters hove had to feel their way, with the result that on the whole thev hnve made little or no money on the proposition. Theft Problem a Hlg One "The theft problem iu itself is a big ona. There nrc more claims resulting from theft than from fire. Eternal vigilance is the price of retaining a car. Owners should not fondlv imagine that just becauso they have a lock on their car it is safe. Most of the car thefts are made by experienced men. who 1om nutnrniihlle steal HE HS a business. They ore practical automobile meu for the most part. They know the mechanics of the car and ever) thing else of n technical nature pertaining to their business. "They know the lnws of various states ond where and how they cun operate to the best advantage There is every evidence to show that the business is in the hnnds of able groups of men. who probably understand their business as well as any other line of ell(,rtrt- , , , ,, "Thus many of them, after appropriating the car. take it to other states where the laws are not so strict on this matter. The southern states nrc o Mecca for those who appropriate cars. Cumps where cars ore reassembled and disposed of have been found in New Jersey by the police und other in vestigators. "Iilht in the citv nlaces have been dis covered wi'h secret elevators and doors of storrrooms. which have been hidden by what was iippnrc ntly a blank wall in n building. Not Always Hlg Curs Taken "Contrai) to general belief, it Is not necessarilv the big und expensive car thot is most often stolen. The small car. thot is jess eusih identified nnd more cuslly .dis posed of, is the fnvorlte. "The tire thief is always with us. Hut one that is less generully known, except to some unfortunate motorists, is the thief who culml.v proceeds to take necessary parts r.way from n car, since he nerds them In his busi ness or for his own car, "Hut theft is not the only thing to be considered. Accidents, ns every one knows, are the big problem. And the vagaries of Ihose mishaps are as numerous us they ure sometimes amusing. "Thus, who would he likely to think thnt on accidental collision, that kills or severely injures u pedestrian or tho occupant of an other conveyance, would be so much more expensive where one person is concerned than another? Hut experience In the courts has proved this quite emphatically. Thus it is much more expensive to Injure a woman with a beautiful face or figure than one who is not so endowed. Juries hnve rendered many erdicts that proved the contention that ii woman's face Is her fortune. "If a man or woman were run down -nd happened to bo n dancer, damages ore much greoter for injuries to his or her limbs than ordinary persons. Similarly, injuries to a musician1! hnnds prove very costly. Not so long ago an actor injured by n cor claimed SUfi ,000 damages for engagements which he was compelled to cuneel, without taking anything else Into consideration. So it goes in distinguishing between a wealthy ilctlm and a poor one, one whose earning eopneity in great and one whose Is not. There ore class distinctions even in auto accidents, and they are made by the representatives of the peop'e ot large nt thnt. Some Other Dangers "There ure dancers In transit outside of (Ujo, QtilWrx ow- 'XhMSi hifiuwoyuicu hare r - 1021 ' JUST PUSH IT ALONG, IT'LL - . ,.."- ....!-' ." - ." t;" .ht- ,JHBrt5i7raffiftrBijimkia.'Diwir.i in somo cases been known to engage a ma chine for a short trip. The motive for this apparent extravagance has become apparent when the chauffeur has discovered himself in a lonely spot lookins into the muzzle of n revolver nnd being commanded in a gruff voice to 'Oct out !' The car owner who taken a friend for a ride mny not know it, but he is liublc if his guest meets with any mishap that involves un Injury. "The fire hazards are great enough to command notice. Thus n short circuit, n spark in u gasoline tank or some other sim ple mishap, and either a large bill for re pairs or a new car is in order. "One element that raises the rate of au tomobile insurance is the 'moral hazard.' Many 'accidents' happen to corn, localise the owner finds it more profitable to be reim bursed iu this way than to sell or trade his machine nfter he has used it for a time. So that in this, ns in many other businesses, the element of human frailty plays an im portant part." PRAISE SONG I DO not go lovelorn ; Through Hoc His grace I face the glowing morn With morning face. For I nm lifted up. Yen. I am free. Since I hove drained the cup Of ecstasy. Free to hove much of mirth ; A worshiper. Free to love nil the eorth, And chiefly her. And so His praise I sing In every place Since I hnve gained this thing Through fiod His grace.' -Clinton Scollard, in the N. Y. Herald. What Do You Know? QUIZ 1. N'amo threo disastrous financial panics Iu American history? 2 JIow old Is the former German emperor? 8. What erest American river flows Into the Ciulf of California',' 4. Who was nugeno Aram? 0. Who was speaker of the Houso of Hepre- sentntlvcs Immediately preceding the present one, Frederick Olllett? C. What Is the original meaning of tho word holocaust? B 7. What Is tho feminine of executor? 5. Name a famous Amerlcnn naval hero who was killed In a duel, fl. When did Oliver Cromwell become Lord Protector of England? 10. Who was tho Roman goddess of n-rl-culture? rl Answers to Yesterday's Quiz 1. The lust organized movement In favor of (Sunday schools in tho mite, states J. 1790, when twelve Christian work ers held a meetlnif which led to tha oriuutlon of the Society of the Inn . tutlon and Support of icirat.riav .Schools, with llUin,. Wlllla n Wh Ve becre"iry.e ' n"d M,lt"'ew Carey as 2. Philip II was king of Spain at the time SLyiVJ?fent .Rn? destruction of tha Spanish Armada In 15S8. 3' E' n'niLLor.niU"?. ,,rcatPl' the character or Jtnfllen, tho "amateur cracksman." 4. "lly my hulldom" means by mv i.olv- dom. from the. obi Ktigllsh "huligdoni " f,. A Mabictlto Is n deposit of carbonate of ime usually In tho form of an lelrle hanging: from the rof of n cave etc formed by trlc-kliiitr of wider. A stHlaK-' mite Is the same sort of deposit on th Malac"'".1" " '" Un""'g wl,h h 6. Tertullhiii (QiilntuH Septlmlus Klorcnse Tertu llnnus) was the flist of the Latin church fathers. Ho (r,i lu ,," l' 7. King ICdwnrd V of England Is supposed to havo been murdered by his unco tho I)uko of Gloucester; fterwimi Richard III. In the Tower of l"mlon 5. The word census comes from the Latin "ceiisere," to rate, and tl. word was oriK dully applied to the enmnerotl , , of the people for the purpose of lev." Ing taxes. ' 'j. The earliest endeaor to propel u shlo by steam Is said t ivx been the attempt of IJIasin cje (r(u (ll ...,, burliir Oi" I i(.-'l j,..i, u.u.,., ill 1ju io Blr,ioX v.coTur!, u,e hist"ica' GROW! 'i SHORT CUTS What with "leaks" and home-made! hooch, nobody knows how dry wo are. As a subject for u O. K. C. lecture ws respectfully suggest "Why Little Mary h Big." An ullied conference appears to be a placu where Optimism is turned into Pes simism. It is, us it were, generally conceded that there is some chest to Chesterton, but mote tonnage. The daylight-suvlng schedule aptxan to be one an easily adjusted as a railroad schedule. The cut in the urmy appropriation mj take the mainspring out of the American wntch on the Rhine. Apparently the Allies find it inadvisable to punish Turkey with anything more severt than u slap on the wrist We are now convinced that u Chester ton lecture cannot be reported with merely a typewriter's aid ; one needs ulso a saxo phone. Indictment of nil but one member of New York's automobile polico t,quad make honesty so conspicuous us to be stu object of suspicion. It is probably jealousy of Philadelphia1! "earthquake" that makes Oil City and Johnstown come to the front with tho story of u giuut meteor. It is dollars to doughnuts that Governor Miller, of New York, made more friends than enemies among the womeu be scolded at tne dinner oE the League of Women otcrs. Some visitors in New York ore wonder ificr if. when all the criminals who are drlv iug toxlcubs in that city ure deprived of their licenses, us Is threatened, it won't bring ubuut u serious shortage. A Chicago judge recommends "on nrbi trntion court in the home" us a remedy WJ the divorce evil. The trouble with that kind of a court is that it begins with u debate, truils into n monologue uud results in ouster proceedings. "Judge." said a Chicago woman when asked if she wanted alimony, "I waive all alimony und property rights, and when get my decree I'm going out into the street and wave n flag." Which is what one mlsut term u wave of enthusiasm. Mary C.arden, director of the Chirato Opera, has been made n chevalier of the I." glon of Honor by the French C.overnmciii because of her services in presenting treufij opera in the Enlted States. The cross will hnve un honored place among the silver beiu and cockleshells nil in u row. In years gone by, with less imcrapk'' merit than there Is today, there have vta disastrous panics. Wu havo found n way. through the Federal Reserve system ot avoiding tinnriolal disaster. It is only mutter of a little time beforo wo shall learn how to uvold unemployment. Tho new English "Who's Who" eon tains the names of a number of distinguish0 Americans, but the name of Warren Harding is not umong them: which "' doubtless be a comfort to James M. an'J u number of other distinguished Americans whose names were also omitted. Tho governor of Arkansas will ok the Legislature to authorize the removal m sheriff who does not prevent u lynctiini. The sheriff of Mississippi county, whose case provoked this nction. it will be remeiiiherea. favored the removal of n prltoner by ' sufficient number of citizens desiring lynching. The stabilizing of Ot-rmuny's finnnelal system has been postponed by the allied , f'1" ferenee. That Is what the decision to n tlii sum of Tcpnrotlnns lit u future i'onnr ence amounts to. Germany con get mi n fiunneiol feet any time she desires, but has no Intention of rising until she kn(i exactly what Is demanded of her lplm;,4 iit'hd and ihriuti'iii'd bankruptcy ure iu 'lJ valuable cords in the gamo of fixing 6ur" tq be luutllx djscudtd . " Among the colleges thnt need reorgan izing yno moy well lucltido the Klectoral College. Proceedings have become iierfiini' tory to the point of neglect, nnd six states this year have neglected to comply with tne law rnllhin for tho depositing of tho vot with the Vice President. b ) ..
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