ELjt2M T, f ,f il I ' 'M) f.l $1 i i M t ( I'i . I ' - l & i Jxsjl !, J Hi? LS 8 PODLIC LEDGER COMPANY cvnra if. k. ctnvns, rnnstoBNT Charles II. I.udlniton, Vlco President, John C. Martin, flferetary anil Treurri rhlllp K. Cotllnn, John II. XvlUlnmn, John J. 8purirron, Directors. KniToniAi. iioarp f'tBDfl If K Cuims, chairman iVVID H. SMILEY, ...Editor joiin o. srAtvrts' 0n"t Ilulnri Manner 1'ubllthait dally nt 1'CDl.lo Lnpcr.it DuUdlng-lndei'i-nif ncu Scunrc, Philailrlphla. Atlantic Citt Pi-mi-I'mou RulMlng Ntiv YobK Sill Mix.llaon Ax. DnrnoiT 101 Knnl nulMlng Et. LOCH Ill J Olcitw-Dirmocrot DulMlns CniOAdo K'lDJ re-ifum.; Uulldlng NEWS Ill'nnAVS: WlltllVOTON lltUEAC, N. 11 Cor. l'ennaylvanl Ax, nn.l Mth St. New York IUnr-tc The Sun UulMlne lo.NDON IM'rcxu London Time srnscmrTioN -runnis Tho 12vknii l'muc LEiaim i rorvM to tub- cnberj In l'hilnil.-lphliv and irroundlni: towns at tho rati of tvlxo (12) c-m ir vrtek. ijyabl to tho eairlPr. lly malt t r-olnts outaldu of Thllrdelphla, ll tho Unite.! SlaUs, Cumuli, or United ftftlei poa fctalon. poflMge free, fif t C5ii centa pr montli. Bit (SO) dollars per iwr raxall In adx-anre. To all for"lBn cotin'ries ono (Ml dollar a month. Noticr Pubscnbere wlthlng nddress changed must clxo old as xx-ell a new address. HELL, J00O TTAl.M T KEYSTONE, MUN JOOO tT .lJilrru o'l cownnumlcaHons fo Evening TuMlo Ittjdger, Independence .saurtre. Phitadel&hta Member of the Associated Press THE ASSOCIATED ritriS Is rrrhiili-'i en titled to thn mi 'or r.'puS i 11 i i all reus 6spatchcs credited to it or not iifHrrulte crrrttffrf (it. this paptr, oiid also tho local news published therein. All rights of republication c' special dispatches herein are ao rrir---d. l'liila.lfliihU, Momljt January 31, 11J1 WOMEN WATCHING COUNCIL THE interest whiih the Women'x l.easuc for iooil (tiixeiiiineiit is taking in tliu work of tho City Council is encouraging. The league hn appointed n committto of forty, representing tho eight oouncilninnie tlistricts, whose members will attend t'io meetings of the Council utid report ou what the I'oimcilmcn an1 doing. Such a committee can .ti.Mify its creation If it persists in Keeping watih of xxhnt coph on m the City Hall and judges it intelligently and impartially, nnd then reports its con clusions to the public. The newspapers try to do this and they mieceed so fur as it is possible Itnt be tween campaigns there is little popular in terest in tile subject The effect of the work of the league's committee will be to keep nlive an interest among a iarge group of new voters, who are studying the questions of government with great curinitv now- that thev are able to go to the polls and express their approx.i! or disapproval of what is done by the public I'tficiaN CHEAPER LAND TITLES IK THE bill proiding for state registration of land titles js loiiMilerecl ou its merits it will be pasted unanimous! by the Legis lature. The people a few ears ago ratified a constitutional amendment permitting the state or the counties to register, insure and Biiaruntee the titles. The plan in view will simp'.'fy real estate transfers and will remove all doubt ubout the validity of title, for when the deeds ha-e once been registered nnd the title guaranteed nil previous uncertainty is wiped out. Thereafter at each transfer it will be neces sary only to examine the record of the pre vious; transfer to establish title beyond u ahndow of doubt. The cost of guaranteeing the title under the proposed plan will be s'ajijt At present it is so high that many a man hesitates to buy a small pieep of property because the bills connei ted with securing his title will add so much to the cost t.iat he cannot afford it. The national commissioners of uniform Ftate laws are urging the measure If it is also urge! by the real estate men of the state it will have n chance of passing. DEAD NEWS i oiui s fron Wu-'j.r.gton that the friends of the Km dney "urgpriev tariff bill in the Senate huxe g.xeii un hope of bringing it to a vote before adjournment. This means 'hat the bi'l .s dead Looked at in another xxav, it means that the bill iiex-er was nlive When the di't c'nars awav it will doubtless be admitted that it xxas in t -odueed inprelj as a snp 'i the fa'l.iers, nnd that when the House i,;d passed ir the farmers wt re to be to'il t!..U there im so much opposition t' it b tin- Ier. M"-ats in the Senate that it could not be passed When the tanlT - r x si.,1 n x i ! lm be in a different xxav. to THEATRES OLD AND NEW THE c ur:ent xx.n-er . a npi ii" .sly prodii't.xe ..f ilex. , . ,ir. I lt'itiroxe- iiienr in tl rx's p'jxiii s,. :"a '..ties The Aeach'tny has I eon mt-'isti-il to fvm patlietic hands mid ti . i imi'h.u uf its historic foxer is un ur'it. a'l.iexement of high rank. The tran''i:i r,..-, uf the v. n eiable 'a!nur Street Ti. v uul) nes the i ham of modern mufori .u,.! I . ai.-y xxit'i thoe df age and tr.i lit. mi And noxx- the new Stani. ' ti.e tuoti.in pn .n- !' , ;i fi signal xxoiih to I' id, i apaeii.'is .i. II. e ci . e si , ;,; t nth and Miirkc tn ets is smiiest eta!)lis!.m, nts rf Tc.eatre nonors - an on a;...o.t ..l Itsf-i'' T'.e ..r .i at Nine :. "i" the i.ainl- '; -id i th- iir -tr' f 'he ,- .- -t ' I s. .. :.' . !.s - I O'lMTV. The s; ' j,d i- .i' I intei .ir xxuM-.n '. ,i 1,-. i As an an :' i i : n--." rate xx ith the ! - r n ,i impormi '.. ,f ,i ' . i 1 hi'H're is esp. . a x- t , v,. n' 'I- mi it-d I he -oillll. 1' if rilicilll.x th.it . ' house no ur i ment nf M'csr M stilx hasten' d ' v bines guild I is'.- - gl I - I .' I. 'I' t 't a -:i t XX ' I d "I 11 lie - ,), v, . -, . ni. - i I'll .1 IX I' r ognit'oti i ' thi i iiis pi ogress LIGHT, NOT HEAT. NEEDED u's.iiii;h i:i i i, ng r c IIU I Its I f t , ' , llllllg gtls The I i T ..as r-. adopt tli." hea' i.nit ii ui; tiieilsiii-ed t' at xx i .- i i , i I nplx t Il'l . .- .1 unit. Ii tl." i - .--i g i- t -is inn- h , isn-i- t . ,. x. IIIH ills, USS!,!-!. mid V i! W I oil! In . tll'gll'i 11.11 I t win ii tl ey xxere nppoin', ti to g.n n is - 1 t t If -. ii-:i.t helllselx e . 'd ol. iu-'tficil 1 XX THE GLORIOUS GLO THE ' .llpM ship 1 l.iei IX ' ' lllll'li s1 Wlls i I ? ,s' 1 Ihiic a r -ij a I. I ih I rt I Ollll 'lllip I g II -II- I -II ' "I ' O ,' ,-- tor but oil ' 1 xx i , ..I i- .in u, d- tr m liei in thi l ins' ' I" 'n-n I ' ii I In I i . i lulu i .1. I'M!!. ' x.-ss, i . ,. a subiiiiigid in Mi- oft the Hutili fain Si." island x as fnn s to .lie ' he i '".I'I n pair the daiuiu-' i ti hept across tlie North w a -u - i -r --r i ,!l' d 'l i'ip I! ...- -' -I I i" In ' walks and plates, all that I'M r. -I p together, xxeie . , 1 1 1 . I and I silmni it what sceiuul to be u doom d mafl diifnd t i -bore. A xioleiit poiifiding b. tin- xx-ix s eilKiied. Itut the Liberty tilo. like old .lot Hag Mm L was tough. The -kipper atan-d llboard mid bv spring most ot the uirgo liad been Mixed and the -hip hid I n put in mi h .onditioii th.it he ...ui I In- toxx.il into port and di'idoiki d Her viiduranie '"' '"b. ihe most trvltig clrcuuistauces htui ueen tebieu 10 mo -.'...rm.t ..nil wero trlumihaut. Taut and trim, she was floated last week and will at once return to America. Persons who may havo forgotten where the Liberty Glo was built may Instructively ponder over the fact that she was a Hob Island product, n fabricated ship. Indeed, her restoration was n matter of looking up tho records and dispatching the proper tem plates to Europe. Detainer of the world's greatest shipyard will tlo well to scurry to seclusion when the Liberty Glo arises as a conversation topic. MINDS THAT FOUGHT T. R. LEAD THE WAR ON HOOVER Can a Country Clamoring for a New Roosavelt Learn That He May Be Just Around the Corner? NONE of the minor wars that tinted out of the debris of the one called (ireat was fought more furiously or oxer wider ground than that which the old guardsmen . of American politics nre waging against j Herbert Hoover. The disorderly assaults of reactionary opinion aren't directed nt Hoover alone. They are embittered b a dull hatred of progress, by fear of science in I politics nnd by distrust of all humane and courageous thought ; The ends to which the mandarins of both parties seem willing to go in the effort to obstruct an alliance between rational philoso phy and frpo government nre astonishing. Even the Sennte is in a mood to admit that socialism or socialistic prnitices nnd trends miit now be accepted as substitutes for the honor, the Intelligence and tin' decent ie strnints t tint once ruled in the indtistrnl and political life of the country. The tigl t of pnx.ite initi.itixe may jet be denied in the ('lilted States solely because there were not in Washington minds qualified to deal ctli clently with the small groups of ruthless and unthinking men who have been making de structive uses of it. Hoover has been trying to find wnxs hv xhiih the validity and iustioe of our eco nomic l.ixxs max be lestored without blind destruction of the laws themselves. He h.is thought and labored while senators of the vnrious unreconciled cliques go spcechu g aimlessly in circles to avoid tho hard neces sity of looking n fact in the face. It i clear that terrific nrpssnre Is heini? brnnphr J to bear on Mr. Harding to keep him out of the cabinet. Hoover may be a wizard of in dustry, a great engineer xvith the heart of a humanitarian, an immovable friend of labor and an nppreciatixe supporter of ra tional minded capital, a muter of economic laws nnd a man eager and able to give all he has to the service of the country nnd mankind generally. Hut one indictment rests against him. He in't a politician. lie never trained with n hard gang. And lie is a s,-it man probablv because he can not find words to express his detestation of the highbinders and the gentlemen -frumps in both parties xhose dullness and ignorance nnd inhumanity make anything like a frank and intelligent npproach to political and economic realities almost impossible in the I'nlted States of today. These same realities are looming so large that statesmen who fenr to look at them will soon hax-e to wear blinders. Si nator Calder said the other d.ix that coal profiteers had mulcted the country out of about sUXiOO. Onn.ilOO in l'.CH. Thomas II. Wntkm. speaking for his chaste asociates in the conl combinations, has just replied xvith an nir of outraged innocence and assured the Sen ate committee that the gougerv took only about JsfiOO.nonoilO. There apparently the matter wi'I ro-t '.ntil Mr. CaM r ean estab lish something like the nationalization of coal and substitute politiinl i mttrnl for con trol by profiteers in a basic industry. Labor and capita! are lining up for a new war that may be ns cnstlx- before it is i ndi-d as a good-sized 'ontiict of arms. In New York even well-to-do families have had to seek shelter in packed East Side tenements becaue a sort of legalized anarchy in the building trades nnd among tho-e xxlio control building materials made the eri-ction of dwellings impossible. Millions of men eager to work are idle. Imperious arrogance i the dominating mood nownd.ixs nn.ong the more powerful groups xvho speak and act for organized labor and organized capital. The markets of the world are disorganized. Hi ,Iolmon, who did as much as any man nlive to disorganize them, maintains, however, the gloomy sileni e nf a bud -tempi rerl nival d an 1 lias little or not.ung to sav ' the busim-si, depression that is one of the results nf his i iimpaign of ignorance und 1 at. Tin re i5 n j indimti"!. in Wasinngtmi nf onv ordered effort to reiono.le tin- forces of prud'u tn-n to get out nf t.n- s.,il nnd out if ! uman energy the mat- rials of prosperity ami the ii.i-.m, of g. i . ral cou'entmcnt and happiness that are xx.'l m easy ruih. I!c fore tin' looming iu tun'itie of life the rou tine political inn,'! is n m.'i ni.d appan nil helpless bo auso it is g-iuM ou'y by proce. den', and there a; !. i prei -dents to guide it Uoxv. Ni flier Wa' Ii..- . n no- .!aikmi nor Jef lersou nor Lui- o'.n por McKinli v nor Iioose- velt left sign pis', xvl.o!!-.- a leo-l.-lle for the politi. mns i and fores t xar are new fore, when i well as ba ides V o ,'.' I.l. le aue t i-iin tits ' i grnxx u r,-ir of ' .- v. m i.l II id tl.es,. thltig. (lst,i In knew hoxx to look forward ns i iiit and dipend.ihle priuei ixe t,,-.-n eriu'i'i-ln d for tl e idaui - nf tunsc xx-Iik have to meet them. It has iireti Hoover' bil.ef- it pi ..lal-' x mi1; .- his . -.-,',. ui i1. a' the trn i1 'e .f me pus. -r s : w 'ii f.in liar -on-' uii laxx. I' sj.r i ,-s ft i'ii i ,nior of that !nv Whut ' , s . i d i, if ope ti. ix p ad fr ui the I'lold o I- I -. th- i d : i. it.ori III tl e a ' ' n'li ' saw t'-n n I-. i.'i' ng r.xeiit itfiirt-. is to ristoie .iiid o- n i" t i' c- a uiis t i lltld I i otiolllie lie nt the -ll it. un II hi r -iixx- iiioti than t i' and 'aboi lb .. t XX. of t.i-r.'x . terribli iniserx in i t'ott nf i ni group I" in : o" l- I II t i . ' x ni ti t ' ! 1 -' "P .ii 'I ise i,. r an Mln-r a s ri ,,t it n' r be xxe1 -. n ed i'i th.s I "llliTV 1 u '' xx n s I ' lid 1 ill' oXX I el-s hi IXM i M I 'I XX IX I 1 llolgi i-s and in .r . inter I its of prof it ii . hcru'i-lx tn i-i ti i t the '. I ss t, s 1 .- W-IV (li. f'lfthl - ' r ii udi-d to Iu .ng t . up 'a xi ax r ' . f ir'.r. i , c-rs xx no si., 1' I V of life s l .- .11 ' of t u'"'i p.ita.x--.' ii-.-es .f tn -a xi 1 1 -' a ! .1-1 1- of II-.. . PI i-'-d dip ' ..ajni ! x H'lOX'l- ' i '.onaliati'ii i of the I 11 'I' - s ,,-nl n i" nt 111' I I I ., 1 v I ' II., old,- at tin- vi rx x.tat i ni rgy . Hi ll ' poJX I ' ill tl." x ins, ml. -rests up-t- ti ls of the great ;, "ii .. for i . n i 'he natioiinlr.'iiion if h.- xxat.t- to do. oilier nut of wliut , miomio riot Hie i w iippaif ntlx , .s i . I-i I -i- f r- at ni ! - 1 1 i..i.-itti-n tut -iidi-pei.suhlp clement In- xxould mli-ii'i .- i.i'o tl I,, xi r pi i M. ol imlus ii Hi I .is s. m, i , ,,, .t. ,,tlx to 1 1 order t.,i. i f it,,. Mm! life in fort .- --ig- gi i"d b.- a '"git. tut of tin- human iqua inn titd the nghr of everv indii nlual to a '.i .ii .tig. a i h ii, . Hid a square I a1 'I o Iloox.-r's s, it-Tit i'ii- ti. i ml all xx-iste is tilllldi XX l.i tin 1- it he waste nf life, of iqii.i fin. i x . of him. un faith, nf human eu- , ij-v ... tie- fui is uul inntit hils i ssarx lo I'xilied exist, in. He sought, as i hair man of Piisident Wilson s second indii-'riul on un simi lo In ni-' i p'pscniiitixes of labor Ulii. repiesi nt.ltix'es of Ihe great einployltig Blimps lo a ii'i'ngiiil nui of their nn loiiimnii huiiiiinit the siiiularit x of iheir mutual , , . I'm ii .1 l!i I'M - i d th'iit -ion 'i lie failed ii tmit nd aftei m. Ii u bad . . . , ...., . i ,.. .., i.t btUrt, 1 1U lUUUMIl.'ll lulUUHBMlUU K IUIIII1 1-UUIU ' have llttlo practical use. Great as thdy. EVENING PUBLIC LEDGER were, they have becu almost completely for gotten. To a man of Hoover's training nnd tem perament nil ninrkcts, domestic and foreign, must appear as n series of closely related and interdependent units, each sensitive to the mooda nnd renctions of tho others. So the man who is not acceptable to professional politicians can feel something almost like rage at the blundering, the stupidity nnd the stagnation common in the business of coal production and distribution. He knows t! nt there can be no lasting prosperity for any one in places where n majority arc not prosperous.. If it were up to him, he prob nlly would seek to facilitate production nnd bring down costs in nil important Industries bv the scientific elimination of the lost mo tion that is inevitable in all businesses which, like thnt of coal n.'.niug. have been left to develop ntiordiiig to thancc nnd net i lent Into a w ildenipss of conflicting forces that never nre guided with any thought of mass economy. An economic philosophy that could itipir" a purpose of that sort would soon bring prices down without hurt to any one. and It would do more than an army of trnveling salesmen to open way for American products iu foieign markets, it would hnve no ns peet suggestive of tho Calder school ot so cialism. It would certainly lead to new growth and new prosperity. It would bo like a wall in the way of any group thai sought to govern Industrial relationships through power or accidental advantage rather than by the rule of understanding and fair the cabinet Hoover would be n force and an CMimple of immeasurable good, for ho is a brave man. lip Is braver perhaps than any man now in the Senate, for he is not afraid of truth. In the chair of a commission formed to Tcorgnnize various departments of the government a place in which Mr. Hard ing seems eager to put him he could be of equally- great service. As one who still be lieves in the democratic theory and who scol.B to make it operative In the economic nnd industrial system, he could be a voice in the wilderness, nnd he might be within a few years as great a force in the Interest of Americu and its people as Hoocvelt was in the days of Ids greatest power. THE RIGHT MAN FOR THE JOB FIUENUS of education will be gratified by the selection of Dr. .John M. Thomas, of Middlebur College, to succeed Pr. Sparks as the president of the State College in Center county. Soon after Or. Thomas was elected to the presidency of Mlddlebury about twelve years ago he attracted attention by announcing an unusual sort of program. He said that he did not intend to conduct n campaign for money, even though the college needed a much larger endowment. Instend, he in tended to exert himself to serve the people of Vermont, confident that if he succeeded in providing for the sons and daughters of the people the kind of education which they needed the money required to develop the institution would appear. In the interven ing years he has exerted himself to make the college serve tho state and he has strived to impress on the students their duty to servo their generation, a duty which he told them was much more pressing than the duty to make gieat fortunes for their selfish en joyment. I'ridcr this policy the number of students increased from 'J20 to l."0, the faculty from fourteen to fifty-seven, several nexv build ings were erected nud the endowment was largely iiu reused. A dnve for a still larger endowment was organized la-t year, but that was not until the high cost of living had compelled all colleges to mpIs more funds. lir. Thomas' program of service workid as lie thought it would. He xxill have an opportunity to expeil ment xvith it on n larger scale nt the State Cn! leg". The number of students iu that institution has increased from EiOll in IPOS to ,'!000 in 1020. nud the faculty has grown in the same period from 120 to ."1, This expansion lias come about under the able administration of Dr. Sparks. The retiring president has alwnvs been a t'-achi r. Dr. Thomas was a I'resbxterian clergyman before he went to Middleburv. The theory of service which inspiics nil teachers is re -enforced in his rase bv belief in the Christian obligation to sacrifice one's self for the general good. His baccalaureate sermon to the graduating class in Middle bury a few years njo was devoti d to setting forth the need for educated men and women iu the rural lommiinities . f Vermont and to a -iinunons to the gradu.it. s to fill that need by going into the small tmins to teach or to practice medicine, or evci to manage n farm or to run n store, and to ta'te with them the torch of leariiing which ! i! been lighted for t'.iem xx bile in college and do what thev could to illuminnte the il.iikness The fact that several members of t! e i lass eagerly xnlunteered to become missionaries of en 'iglitenment according t i h!s plans proved tl.nf he had In en working tn some purpose to instill the idea of seivice into the young in. u and women who fime under his influ ence. If lie ,in inspire ' great educational plant at Stute College with the same kind of high moral purpose, the college there will become ni i' li mure '!il than it has ever b. . i. A RADICAL OF YESTERDAY 11' IS highly uul 1 x that the Soviet f!ov erni.n nt in Mo ha- dureed a period . f .-..oiit-ning for xx !.. i died on S.u ago ti.e leaders E irope, and part, h. en In, wed in g' the uio-t brilliiu p x diitionlsts i f lint the rex sflUCtltlll till' Kropotkin. t' ' ,.' a tive dnys ca1. i -I I'- i.i e i'eti-r Kropotkin, in. ' t twenty years i xtrnnist radicalism in ar!v It i-sia. would have ' at the passing of one of . untiring and unselfish i timet! i nth century. must of toilnv is bv con- "isi rx .it ix i of tomorrow ' In- xx .is iluting his most ,' .1 a Nihilist, xxns in reality ; anarchist, is ot u Hi xolutimiist," pub- a philosophi i, Ills "Mei . 1 -lied in V.hui ing. and his i ..f Saints 1' xxork, is i xi Inch I!i i i i i -ike s the lie -I CM mug Tend - -ape from the Russian prison . atnl Paul, described in the thrilling than any exploit ,tn Ci llini nm United to him ihe added mi nt of truth, inr xvas iiverihmwii in 1017 self, nm When Kropotkin, tit the ngo of seventy -five, waxed entlilisiiis- . oxer tin- ulleged claxxn nt a ! xx ci-a. Hi- ; ninns a- ih'-n c-iiuiiciated would hardly sir l.e the axirage American a- ni ce nd l arx The ,i in al xx 1 1 -1 had In en impri-on. .1 in Kiishi I ml Krance. hud Im-ii batiislnd friun Svxit. ..ml nud had found his niilv secuie asylum in London, declined that he hoped the .- vtioii of tho tnonaiiliv meant that "It'i-siu WJ1 follow tin- exninple of America lino u ' f'i'1 freedom to the people." Ho ii- iii-.uiil) in fuvor of the xigorous prose cut .' of tin- war against, (iermany, and ii.u ii'.i'ned "that it i- not xxithout reason tl..i' 'In ih moi rai ie. nf the xx liole world have i.i .! " II.- xx is a lv ri'iu lev paiti-an mid was off i red a p! ice in the Russian i abinet flnlv a f. vv months Inter bolshevisiu rose lo official j -.1. i stablisln d a new uutocrocy and I n ed into lieriiiuny's hands xvith the peace I Un -t I itovsl; The uut I ,n of ' Mutual Aid, a l'm-tor in E- olutloti." lixi-d lonq enougli to witness the tragic trial of tin i - ii" thut destnietinii Is an iiiKtruii.ciit uf p mn'- . The scene was not at all in a. i old with his dieanis, for tlie i.-ike of xxliicli In- had uieriili ed wealth and position h xxas a geographer of high scientific st.indiii'g and suffered the pongs ,,f . - ',' II, I nlli ,1 plllllslillll lit '1 In line I . "Il I.i XX 0 Ii t e r pllllll'loll .,f Ixropiilhin and In developed creed by tlie ItolshcvlatH will rank uh one of tho btril' ing stigmata of its essential madness - PHIIADELPHIA, MONDAY, JANUAllY 31, AS ONE WOMAN SEES IT Arrangements for Women's Mass- Meeting Made With Neatness and Dispatch by Organizations of a Widely Different Character Ily SAHAII I). LOWltin rnllEIlia is nn Iden fixed in the great School - of Ocneralizcrs that when it comes to Iiollties or religion persons who differ better :qrp their distance. Tho xvorst quarrel I ever witnessed wn.i between n boy and his sister ns to where n painted slate with n winter scene pu It should bo placed in their living room. Almost the calmest meeting I ever at tended was one held the other day nt the Emergency Aid to arrange for n political mnss-mcctlng nt the Academy on Kebrunry 2.'t. Yet there were present Republicans, Democrnts, socialists, trades unionists, Colouinl Dames ; there were representatives of the Young Women's Christian Associa tion, of the Ethical Culture Society, of the Council of Jewish Women, of the W. ('. T. T. the College Club, the Century. Civic, I'hllomusinn, the Working Girls' Clubs, the League nf Women Voters, tho League of Good (tovernmetit nnd n dozen more or ganizations, cox eiing tho most varied Inter ests and types of membership. They united on n program that at least touched tho Interests of all, though it by no means embraced the interests of nil. They carefully considered and agreed, after discussion, to have certain men nnd women speak to tucm on the subjects chosen. They even agreed upon what seats were to i)e reserved and how the tickets were to be distributed, how t lie music was to come in ou the program und where the guests of honoi were to sit. They took less thnn one hour to do this thinking and deciding "out loud," and before they left virtually nil the financ ing of tho nTfnir had been attended to. T,hcro WiiB nothing cut and dried about the proceedings cither; the chairman hnd no motions prepared beforehand or speaker primed to railroad a schedule through. What made it simple nnd short and de cided was that all those heads of organiza tions had thrashed the whole subject out with their own executives and understood from experience how to put a thing over to the public once they were suro of what they wanted the public to have. And they represented n. very -nrlcd but organized public: ot some hundreds of thou sands of women. And by that 1 mean the twenty -flvn women there could reach within twenty-four hours several hundred thousand women whose point of view their xvishes, over their signatures, could profoundly in -tluence. TT IS this power of mobilization that makes our modern ways of doings things so very exciting. A mnss-meetlng iu the Academy is per haps a sinnll thing to put over for such im portant women to call in motion' their forces, but even that has a unique phase to it Who ever heard of n mass-meeting to discuss political matters thnt was called to gether and xvns supported openly by botfi Democrats and Republicans'; Isn't there something odd in tlie trades union mem tiers, who nre supposed to be opposed tojhe Volstead act, in combining with the W. C. T. I'.'s and the Y. M. C. A.'s to henr the man who drew up tho Volstead act give tlie reasons for the faith that is in him? As for the Lnagite for (iood Government, which has always worked for laws irrespective ot party, nnd the paity women who hnve thus far only worked for the party who woulu ever think they could combine to listen to n party man speak on that debatable matter, the calling of a i 'institutional assembly; The word "lobby" hus been synonymous with bribery to mosr women, yet tlie members of tho ethical culture lonuuittee and the Civic Club nre agreed that Maud Wood l'tirk, the chairman and lender of the great combina tion lobby iu Washington, hIiouIi! be heard that night of tlie 2.'td on how the 'T.aby Hill' xvas pushd. Tlie girls of the Pennsylvania League of Girls' Clubs and the I'liilomusiai, and Century Club women barely know one another by their club names, yet all of them see the point in ktioxving from Mrs. Cnrroll Miller, nf Pittsburgh, who comprehends her state from tlie college xxoinnn's point of viexx, whnt are the laws pending decision in the State Legislature that most nearly affect them and their future. AND not only is this a reinnikable union of differing organizations for n political purpose, it is also n mobilization of tlie young singers of the town, who hnve gladly ngned to put music into tlie program and lead the singing. With Miss Anne Mc Doiioiigh as i-liiiirmnn and Miss Martha C. It.irrv ns leader, a chorus of nearly three hundred girls ami young women xvill give tlie impetus to notn spenuers aim listeners that night of the 2-",d, which will make tlie eve ning long remembered for its spiritual qual ity of enthusiasm. T WAS interested in listening to the bids for -tii lets made by the different organiza tions tli.it hnve joined in this afTnir. Eacu club or committee xxas asked to name n mil itnum figure for tlie ninornt of reserved s,at i i kets it would wisli for its member ship. Three tlioiisnnd tickets were disposed of in li-e minutes, und as there is to lie no overflow meeting, tho clininnan of tlie Leug ie of Women Voters, whose business it is to .send tlie clubs the consignments of tickits asked for, began to look seated. Ir seemed to her that they were chewing moie than they had bitten off. If is not cusy these dnys to do mix tiling tic- iut time, even this mass-meeting u- t is called. 'I I.-- xxoiiian's mass-meeting of Phila delphia county inny not bo the first sin '. union, but it looks unique to i Thorn xxill be one cither pleasant it., ivaliou I found all agieed' upon, x ' . that ihe speei lies should be i.Lcii t ami He whole program over by 0:1." I wonder if they can make the men keep to the 1 i nt) -fixe -minute m hedille. When y,o i I side!' ttiat nil the faith of the chinch I . kul into the Apostles' Creed take, h ss f in a minute in sav, and the Sermon mi ' Mount can be lead in n quarter of nil a- quiii sloxxlx, and thnt Mink Ant.uix . iiiigeq i no late oi iioine in ten minutes i,y hi- pi ech over Caeser's body, and that Lin i i. i s Ccttj bluug oration takes less than In minutes, exmi tin. Hun. Wayne Wheeler on the enforcement of tlie amendment or the Hon. William Si linffer on tlie constitution n ight to lie able to get a great mam good j.o'i ts over iu the twi lit v-five minutes up p. ut mud to inch. The wumeii, coiitiarj in what is generally expected of them in the com c papers, only gixe themselves half a-, mn. h tune as the nun. F (l in spite of Governor Miller's blunders tie rank ami file nnd the leaders nf tlie nit ! und file of women's organizations Imxe no i ithusiasm for "going it alone." Tin ir nn! interest ill niobili.nig tlu-ir nrg,iniii tims f.,p a inii-s mn ling is to edm ate lie is.-lxes to be intelligent e-itl-etis. Tln- xxni. i oiilv tin autlioritatixii xnui s on the M-lvits under discussion. If put to a xoie, tin- audience gathered mi the L'Jid wmilil stand in it sxxeeplug inajmity against mix -thing sn ubiiiirmul as a "woman's political pint. " Such an nmlieiu e could in-ver unite oil i itnlidilti s ; it i nii'd not exeii Ullile on legislating its uuits to hoar what eypeits hie'. i to repoit mi legislation. Eai li in dlMduul then xx ill iliaxx in-r own euni-lusinns. We nil' II l lire'l .s people, 'e liaxe lie- guilid our cniigresstiM ti into tlie belief tuaf we eaie mure for flee meds than wt do fur piibli si-ixn-e Having , ib-cc xid Ihem. xxe -ii in ni louqilain of the fact that they liaxe cut dovx u the force of the const guard serv ile b infill lien and put the huiiuiuIit mi sin it rations Hoxx nn earth lire nur pool ri'pii'sentatlxes I xxe decline to say hoxx pemi i going tn pin.ide us with tin cai rot seeds (which ilivnriliblv prove to In rail i his I for xvliii h xxe pine if I hey do not prne- ti I'liniiiny eli-i-xxlteie'.' They know what vc v.ant. bless them' That's why they up pmpriutiil ?:Sfi()0()0 for free seeds, although nil the Agricultural Department nski'd tor tl. n iin e lias SJ.'IO (KM) Germany's iiu-ntal leseivution will probably be that much may happen in forty two, year. ie NOW MY IDEAJS THIS Daily Talks With Thinking Philadelphia on Subjects 'They Know Best MRS. JOHN M. GALLAGHER On Honoring the Hero Dead ACTIVE and material as well as ab stract and idealistic remembrance of the 'boys who never came back" should be the aim of nil Americans, iiccording to Mrs. John M. Gallagher, head of the Philadelphia Chanter of ihe National American War Mothers. Mrs. Gallagher, in outlining tlie various phases of the work of this organization, points out the vnrious ways iu which we can keep the memory of tlie sacrifice of the great war's dead fresh in our hearts and by which we can lender them ut least partial justice. Mrs. Gallagher sas: "Tlie son went to camp: "'p mother im mediate! V backed him b.v conserving fooil. Ited Cross work, selling bonds, soliciting funds for the war chest, working in the serv ice clubs nnd in numerous other way.s. "Now that the fighting Is over it is nat ural that the mother continues to work rur her own, or if her own did not return then she bus accepted the torch nnd is working harder than ever to perpetuate the xvorl; so nobly done b.v the hi axe American boys in the world war. "Those mothers have organized nnd nre known iu eveiy stnte in the I'nimi as the National American War Mothers, wit.i headquarters in Indianapolis, tlie home eix the American Legion, with Mrs. Alice M. French, of that city, as national war mother. , . , , , The Philadelphia chapter, with head quarters m the Chamber of Commerce ollices, Widcner I'.uilding. xvas organized in October, liUD, with seven membeis. Hit member ship has grown bv leaps and bounds to the present inimln r 100 mothers. This chapter includes Philadelphia and surrounding coun ties, and ninny .lersev mothers came oyer to join. The watchwoid of the organization js 'service.' Mothers Favor liontis Itlll . "The mothers favor tlie bonus bill as a token of nppiecintinn of the people of Peiui svlvnnia to the gallant boys who fought so nobly that others might live. They did their work qunklv and thereby saved their couu trv n far gn ater bonus. '"Anothi- nim of the chapter is to seccrc a pait of Valley Tinge Park, which is u stute le.-ivutiein, to set apait as a national cemetc-rx tor those who took part in the world vx'ai Tin advantages of this plan an; obvious, i i" place being near the homes ol the fall'ii heroes und mi ground consecrated bv the li'.'d of men who fought for the same p'llncipl. li is hoped tin I.eglsliituie will nee tin a u. Ullages that will accrue from having Hi large national ceineteij in lVnn svlvaniii "Mam bodies, arc being lctunud fiom Krance a .iiterxals ; during Christmas wccl; the nun It being ns high its -10(1(1. A large uumbi r . ti e mothers would have pieleried Valley 1 - g to nn.x other place as u u-sting place' fm their hero sons. Sollie of our mothers i urm-yed lo Arlington. Waslilng ..... 1, i nn, I t-i.,iot-teil fax m-nldx- ns to the I on, ' " ' 1 , , - , , , leineteix .is well lis to the llld of the Ited Cross ami (he War Department In Handling tliis xv ml. In two days more than 200 bodies xii i. laid to rest with full militnrv honors iu 'he world-war section of this beautiful ' nieiery. und the Washington Chapter ol War Motheis keeps tlie graves covered with flowers. Although admitting these eteedent features of Arlington, many Pennsylvania mothers would welcome tin pioxiinity i i Valley l'orgc. "Tlie up; roximate cost of tho Cuitcd Stales Government for bringing a soldier's boily home i- sTiiii. The motheis who h-rt .1 . : .. ....,' I.. .,11,. j in l'i-iiw-.t nn lilrn III- llien isoos i.iiiii.s ,, . . ,...,..,,,... thought it xi mid not entail any fiuuin-iai liaidsliip mi the govirniin-ut to give them f n e triinp"iiiniiui to l-'ruin'e in older to visit their I" h'xed dead. Two Trips to Franco I'l.iiiiuil "Delay iu iiutiuiial legislation ami un.xioiis lunging on tin pint of Hie mothers prompted speidx iirriingi nn nts fm- txxo trips to I'liini-e. "im will lie-gin during the (list week of .Itilie. the partv sailing on thi Olympic uiiilei lln eailership of the iialloual xiar iiintlier mid tin Fletcher Savings ami Trust FiiiiiI "f Indianapolis. The other trip xxill siaii dining tl" second week of .Inly, the pin I. x sailing mi the Itoc liunihcnu under tin diiei-tlon eif .Mr- Maude Cliile-y, chair man of (ho tiuiisporlalion eoinmitteci of the Philadelphia Chapfi r of War Mulhcis, Iti'sei-xallotis aie ulnady being inadu for both trips. Tin members. f the War Mothers of I'liilailelphi.t and siit-Mumling counties also uiiiiiiiiiioiihIx liivor tl ei inui of ii memo rial bnili'iing mi tlie P.itkvxnv to foiniin ino mtc lln- duds mid valor of tin boys who paid the supremo suci ihi c We feel that plans should In stinted imuiediiltvly for etc trig this building iu mibr, if for no nil, i-i i iis'-ii lo Ihivi i liiiislnd iu 1021). wlie-ii Philadelphia, has her World's Fair, so tliat she euu show the world that t'lin hus not forgotten. There Is no more cfllcaciouij ' 1021 " ' . t WELL, WELL, HERE WE ARE AGAIN! iV VJiC-'- .-Js..'iW5v 1 kmmWr mmmtmmmm. .' .". a sr j-k ulj . J) LIU.. T' 4 II If fMi i . TT menus, of tenching patriotism and American ization thnn the erection of memorial build ings everyvvheic to the dead heroes. "Wo also are strongly in favor of the building of n stndlum in Snyder's Woods to lie used for all sorts of athletic events nnd to be erected ns u tribute to tho boys who came back from tlie war and love clean, wholesome out-of-door sports. Proud of Chapter's Work "Thee are a few ot the lines in which we nre interested nnd undertakings which we ure backing heartily. We nre also quite naturally proud of the Philadelphia chap ter's work in various public health hos pitals where there were wounded soldiers. Our committees hnve carried flowers nnd dainties to the men eai li week for nearly two years, anil their reports have in gen eral been favorable in regard to tlie treat ment of the patients in those hospitals. "Yes, we are proud of this record, hut nt the present time the question which is para mount in our minds is that of the proper cemetery for the final resting place of those of our dead whose bodfes are brought back to tins ejoiintry. In such a work ns the pro curing of a part of Valley Forge for such a cemetery, we have a definite nnd practical goal to woik for which should inspire net only the War Mothers but every liatriotic and i ight-feeling American citizen.' OiS THE HORIZON WE COME to port an unknown craft, From unknown shores we sailed; The highest and the best of us Is iirst by mortals hailed. 'Iln'ii we nre held in less esteem As we nre better known. Our telling virtues are not seen Or recognized when shown. P.ut when again we set lo sen For lands bevoml our ken. Our highest point, the best of n. Is last beheld b.v men. McLnnilburgh Wilson, in tlie New York Herald. Modern Romance 1 i i . .. i Ynrls Il.-ralJ. Piiiffalo supplies: the outline of a truly modern romance. foreign nirplnne was Iniced to the ground near the city; u hand some man in a Canadian nrmy uniform emerged fiom it anil assisted a beutitifrl gnl to land. Saying in would return for Hie airplane, he walked away with his com panion. Since then no wind lias come from either. Here is a little mystery encli render mux Milve at his pleasure. An Arkansas Shortage It il - S'lirliiKilnle Nexia, Gilbeit Ilarrctt is able to be out and his brol her, .1. C, has taken his place iu lied. What Do You Know? j QUIZ What is the difftreiicu between a Slovak .'l.il n SiloVellu? Who was Hobert Walnole" What Is tlin woolsack? What American city Is sometimes known ns Porkopolls . What xvas the middle nnmo of Hooker T Washington" Weit Is a Dombastes Furiosi)? What Is tho nanus for un Inhabitant of Liverpool? What Is the origin of tho word sarse net" What Is the correct Pionunclntlon of slcl tin nump for the Ioiir runners us. il for travellritr over tho snow in Si aiidlnnvla" Win wns tho Man In the lion Mask? Answers to Saturday's Quiz Tluee disastrous financial panics In the roiled .States wt-ro thosa of 1S37. 1873 anil ISM. The ex-German einpcior Is sixty-two lea is old. The Colorado ilver Hows Into the Oulf of Cullfcuni.i Kugciie Aiam was nn English sc-holar, exiiuti-d Iu 17.VJ for u murder com mitted foul teen yc-ins previously. A highly Idealized accoimt of him n given In lliilxver's novel, "Eugene Aram," and In Thomas Ilood'a well known poem, "Tho hi cum of F.ugeiio Ainm ' Champ flurlt was speaker of the House of JleiiiesentiiUvcs linuu-dlatelv preced ing the Incumbent, Fii-deilcU ejeit Holocaust originally signified n, wliolo liurnt-offetliu, Horn tliu C.iecU "holos ' xx bolii and "kuustnii " hurnt ' Executrix Is the feminine of exocutlor Stephen Deaatur, the Amortcun naval beio was Utile 1 In a duel with Janus Hail on lit Klitali riMhuif- J,j( M gjo cilv.i Cromwell lncitm. lord piotcctor 10. Cores waa the Itomun goddess of agri culture. ' J F let's CLirSir,rr.iit--'' .-Ar,ua,lisW.'l''-fc' i ''"ws-.u.r.i.... SHORT CUTS The Fordney tnriff is very evidently not rising to the emergency'. Idoyd George ugnln proved his right to the titlo of "Tho World's Grcntest Littli Comnromlser." The fact that Dr. Itroomo is spoken ot ns the new school bend puts n poor r" agraplier to sore temptation. Three people were killed In n quarrel' at a Chicago moonshine party, thus clem-' onstrntlug the kick concealed in some home-; brew. Perhaps Fate, having decided that , Hoover some day will be President, doesn't' care particularly whnt job he holds in the meantime. The fnct that the story of Grovcr Eerg doll's flight might be entitled "The I'oiw of Gold gives birth to some intercitin; speculations. When Dr. Eugene S. Talbot, a elentifct of international reputation, says that U3 per cent of nil roots of teeth are improperly filled he says a mouthful. Tlie Supreme Council hnving at last agreed on the amount of reparations, C'er many may bo expected to register the cus tomary disapproval. It might soothe our nmotir propre il we could be made to believe that the latest llergdoll "kidnapping" was framed up to ,1 give tne smelter uuotlier chance to uo a lit tle lirngglng "What Is In Your Cellar?" was Ihe subject discussed by a local preacher yJ tertlay. Hero and there may be found man who declines to answer on the ground that he might incriminate himself. Tho New York man who forgot t) 'I transfer his money to his new clothes net pawned the wedding ring to pay for a mr " riagu license may have shown luck of tl- , ficiency In permitting himself to forget, but, nt leust he possessed the merit of being able to riso to nn emergency. As n further illustration of the fa. t that nobody knows how dry we arc, tin llntlsu Hoard of Trade announces that during tin first ten months of 1020 U5,M2 proof gal lons of Itritish whisky were exported to th ('lilted States as ugalnst 00(10 proof galloui during the same period in 1010. Now that the women nre getting after him, Governor Miller, of New York, l"0"1 how very easy it is for a man while talk ing to say nt oneo a llttlo more and a littlo lees thnn he means. To paraphrase a fa mous bull, the only impromptu speech that can cscapu a comeback Is the one that U carefully piepnred beforehand. One of tho most cogent reasons agamj increased naval nrmameut is that nrent'lltcu by General Mitchell, of the Air Service, to a congressional committee. He says any nnvy Is virtually helpless against an air fleet and that an air fleet is tho country s only effective, methoil nf defense. Which is CJ pert indorsement of views more than onM expressed in these columns. 1.'.,,A ... I.. lHAHli.nl mlAlt wllPn It i uiu ivun in mi uumim iiiv"" ..--- -. permitted n French girl, nfter four years oi suffering in n war-torn country, to wed aa American soldier and land her In the strin region of West Virginia, where her hu band, n war veteran, is now under arrest ea n nv.n-,. ne ...a.H 11.. le ninv xxell Ua ii tombU ui in. .inc. im, " , ... Hint slm will lntpp know something ot int Comfort nnd penco bho was promised. Out of evil comcth good. Out of war. It may be, has come knowledge of how suc cessfully to overcome pests thnt ncnJ5 mankind. Poison gas is being used by t" army to kill ratH in seaport cities, to locusts in tho Philippines, nnd the Cherolcsi War Servlco of tho nrmy is novy read) w , begin n campaign against, tho boll wcei" in tho cotton districts of the South One of the objections maelo by 'pJn''"' nf the New York State Leuguo of omea Voters to tho assertion of Governor M that women should belong to ono or thoo of tho existing parties and that nnP Qrtrn( ' movements designed to oxcrclso a biilanci) power weio u incnaco lo our institutions distinctly nnlvc. They say there in " cquullty of sex In party management a no placo for wofiien in party nrganiaiio unless they are willing to take orders, ..: when ion cumu to think of it, is not ow right but proper. Ho or sho who cannot ( Any man who gets a job oa the poliei photographic staff to take pictures of per sons participating in n not inny expect claji of monotony punctuated with hours of ex citement nnd danger. About tho first thins rioters will think of will bo to smash thi camera and, incidentally, the camera man. ("K, ST ,JL s,v -y-
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