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rubllKheJ dally at Pcrtto Lkdorr Bulldlngr
Indepen nces Square, l'hlliulelplilu.,
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Kair Tonic lU'xnAC Tho Sun UullJlnj
London Ucicic Indon Timtn
sunscniPTioN Tnnns
The Evenini rt tate Lnxiiai u een-cd to ut
orlberf In 'hlladelphln nnd eurrounditic towns
it tho ratr d twelve (IS) cento per w.ek, payabl
to the carrier.
By mall t points outeld of Plilit tMrlila, !-
tho United Stat, a, Canaili, or United Mates po
ttslon, poetano free, fifty (SO) crnts per month,
Olx (10) doll ra per y-ar, paalili In advance.
To all for ten countries on-? (U dollar a month.
Ioiicr Subecrlberc wli 'r? address chanced
'Jaust slvo old as well os t v address.
Ht.L, SOOO WALNUT
KIYTOr. MAIN 3000
ICT .ld.lrt3 in communications to Evening Tubllo
Jxrdgrr, mteprrdetiri Squarr, 1'Mladrlphut.
Member of (he Associated Press
THE ASSOCIATED rRESS t crcl-islfrly en
titled to lli uie tw rewhlrato of it.f ticus
illsenlclies emitted to it or or odie ni He credlferf
in IW taper, prut alia 19 MfdJ nctcs published
therein.
All riphtn of republication o spccinl dtrotehes
Mr!n are alio reirn rd.
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CASH SPECIFICATIONS ONLY
NO ONK can call the county commissioners
vislonao . Their i'n options aru in
tensely ptat'tienl. Wlmt thoy bohnltl is a
wad of moni-y, tho romimct Mini of SI, 000, -000
nml the prosppct of its Wins plncod un
rehcrvedly in their hnniN, HpmiiiiI thnt point
imagination refuses t i'oilj forth the forms
of .things unknown
Commissioner Holmes is apparently in
capable of ilellniiiK in U'-tuil tho l'nlare. of
Justice plnns. Commisioner KucnzePri ic
'nornnoe U equally nbymnnl. There may bo
.alterations and additions, a sinsle .Municipal
Court structure, n croup of buildings. Tlieto
is in hand a draw ins of hazy origin. The
pendcrs arc disinclined to regard it too
curiously.
What does anything matter f-o long as the
million-dollar appropriation goes through
nnd the architect is guaranteed his Sl.vhOOO
commission on what is vaguely foreshadowed
as n S3.000.00n job?
What are een marble halls and chrysele
phantine colonnades so long as the cashboT.
Is. stuffed and there is no regulative power
i.ave that of the collectors over the disposi
tion of the funds?
If anything could add to the prepostcrous
ne.ss of the Municipal Court monstrosity It
U the license which the aspirnuts for trus
teeship hope to obtain.
The effrontery of the gang that cries
tnoneja nnd nothing eKe has seldom been
surpassed even in Philadelphia. Scandalous
as was the story of the City Hall, tho public
was at least favored with some information
upon the size, design and general scope of
the structure.
Up to the present nil that the promoters
of the wasteful, bloated Municipal Court
program have revealed is the itch for mil
lions. The sole available npecilicatiins aro
exprcsed in the dollar-mark.
CAN THEY 'JOB' THE PRIMARIES?
TNDKPENDI'NT citizens are beginning to
understand the reason for the being of the
Tob Combine. At first the Combine appeared
to b" solely interested in getting job. That
is why the people were quick to cliissif. the
new organization nnd record it in local p
'itienl history as the Job Combine. Now it
levelops that the winning of jobs was only
preliminary to the larger plans of the lend
irf. They want to "job" ih ters and
"gag" the primaries.
All the gossip that is being let loose en-i-nerning
this and thnt uartl leader ling
onsldered for one .f" the place on tde
ounty ticket, to be nominated and elected
his fall, is purposely spread alMitit. The
dea is to accustom the people to the kind of
late that the Combine lender- hope to jam
hrough the primaries. They realize that
It will need all the reiterative advertising it
:an get.
The .Job Combine does not expect its can
lidatos to win on their merits. They count
on the overwhelming power of organization.
They hove rombiued I'enro-o men. Vare men
Mnd others who nre almost indescribable the
satellites of tile purveyors of mo with the
idea of standing like n rook against public
ientiment.
Hut if the leaders have mlhVii rit political
sagacity left to urge them in put their ears
to the ground, thev o:inti"t fail in l.eur the
Insistent rumble of the coming storm.
AN INJUNCTION ADDICT
HAVING rnpph d the npp'irtunm of the
shipping board t d pne of its tleet
under fur n.oje ndi jntageuuu conditions j hup
n'ho-e now prevailing. William K. llear-i now
brandishes his favorite weapon, iniunctioii,
befoie the Treus'in Iiepartnicur.
The court is petitioned to restrain Secre
tary Houston from making fun her loan- to
foreign governmi nt I'rev .mis rcilir agree
ments not nl e ii ii -t i 1 are ulo ih iioiin"ed.
When leliugog Is mi tie mi. i. mo, un
little tiling like puilge violation is oiisnleml
Immaterial.
Ai'iinie, h whii'ev r .in,, ,il ,.il. tl.e in
junction halo i il.inger..iis Wl.i-ti Mr.
Hearst is t i- a Id . l.iptr.ip bstruetlon
Iblli run lies H ln.iviu ,.n
MORE GERMAN DELUSION
THE invitation to loiti.i.h to ,i:in. t'.ie
impending n piiratioiis nijfi ri be- in
London plaui'v wirr.inred the assumption
thnt "oiintir pro,ioi-ais to i',e nllh-d terms
vould he made Nor tn ed surprise he felt
over efforts of tne llerliii go , eminent to
Uiuneuier for tin- host bargain possible. Tins
ib the urn of all nations in defeat.
Yf cording to the Jleut-ohe Zcitung. Ger
many lues her own ubilitv to pav at S.lii.
OOO.OOOOiio. and wholly disconnteiiam es th.
jmiposid 1- per eni tax on her exports.
The Ki.in tot il of die ih Unite pavmeiits de
manded I'V llie A I le- is Hp'ilDllliatoU S,"",
Olwi. (Km, nun. whiili is aliei Die nidomnitv
figure nil' lied l t',i. AiihiImiii hcnl ex
pei tn at P.ir.s Tl.e ii.ipo'i luxation pro
vision, however, fiirim i ii pait of the
Aniern on plan.
I 'nquestioiialil.v t' e (uriinn p I'-tioi. '
driving it vvnlge 1 i . r ! . )i imse
rhich, hr the wav. iei nit i iiiihtar taihire
in the war. will I nlopinl in tl,c
1 ploi.uiiic
frav. 'I'hoie i, sii'l ii ii.ii.,ii able liodv of
opinion in Gciii .in waiiii inti rprets Ameri
can i eject ion of the pi iii c trcitv as nn indi
cation that the I int' i SiHtcs lius eitj(, for
gotten or icpMiis the i-e;ion for wiuih si."
took up arms in 1 1 I T
Nothing lolild lie tiiiiler fi .nn the tiutli.
Count von lleriistoi-n the other dav warned
bis t'Olllltl'V Ull 'I lint to evpl'lt IIMIsliV luvors
from the Harding administration. The for
mer timbiisMtilnr acciiiH lo have learned some
thing uftcr all
The hopes "f Ani'il an utbitrn! inlerfer
CIICC In the indemnities i use have culled from
the conservative l,e I'ot the winning to
Germany not to npent the mistukes of 101 v
Jtcallstlc reasoning of this sort will be helpful
to Heron
Amen
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pro-ciTlli2aHon. Americann liave no deslro
to see tlio former empire absolved from its
guilt nor to begrudge. Urltnln. Prance nnd
the rest compensation for unparalleled out
rages committed by n conscienceless foe.
When the Germans wake up to this fact
they will cease to talk nonsense about sym
pathetic American arbitration. Moreover,
such German claims as may" be submitted in
London will stand n much better chance of
recognition If they nre made, sincerely and
without reference to n complete, misconcep
tion of American sentiment.
DEMIGODS WERE ONCE
MEN OF COMMON CLAY
We Ought to Keep This In Mind When
We Try to Understand Why
Lincoln Is Groat
IT USED In tukc two or three hundred or
n thousand cnrs for the world to make
siiiiits or demigods out of its heroes. The
stories of the great achievements or the acts
of sacrifice traveled slowly in the days when
there were no printing presses and no tele
graph lines and no ralhoads or automobiles
or steamships or airplanes. And by the time
the saintly or heroic myth was established it
was impossible tn correct the exaggeration
nnd discover just what sort of a man the
subject of the myth was.
Hercules lived once, but it is doubtful
whether he vyas the invincible giant oMhc
legend. There was nn orlglnul for King
Arthur, but he wus no more like the man of
the Arthurian legends than the actress of
today is like the wonderful creature her
press agent depicts.
Man is In the habit of giving to his heroes
the attributes that he admires nnd would
like to possess. In the leisurely centuries
of the pnst, when n year was no fuller of
nctivities thnn a week is today, myth build
ing wns a slow process. The hero was hand
carved, eacli wrinkle and fold of his counte
nance wns the laborious work of decades jititl
the figure was not completed for centuries.
In these days of steam nnd electricity we
do these thing i differently. Lincoln has
necn (lend only about I fty-pi. jears mid lie
'' oviti niov luiuil ill? rimu' i tlio ill. o
figures represent their conception of what
they like to think he was much more fro
quently thnn they show the man ns he really
walked about tho roads of Illinois or trod
wearily through the streets of Washington.
There are old men nlivo today who saw
him in their youth, and few of the statues
are convincing to thorn.
The idealized Lincolns in bronze and
marble may be regarded as the apology of
tho present generation to the great man for
the misjudgment of his contemporaries.
The so-called realistic Lincolns offend us
now because they differ radically from the
ideal of the man which has taken shape in
the common consciousness.
If tiiis man's career is to mean anything
practical to tho present and coming genera
tions it is importnnt that we should remem
ber that he was a very human and fallible
sort of a being, with ail the weaknesses and
temptations of our common human nature.
Then when we study what he did and bow
tie did It the humblest of us mny hope to bo
able to follow, even though remotely, the
example which he set.
If we made mvths after the ancient pat
tern we should cnll Lincoln a sort of
earth-god, for his strength was due to his
determination nlvvayH to keep his foot on
the ground. He kept close to the facts of
everyday life nnd devoted himself to n study
of things as thoy are. The ptory is familiar
of how he surprised a delegntion of New
Euglnnders who had called on him to demand
that lie act in accord with their conception
of what the facts were, a conception not
justified by exuet knowledge in his posses
sion. "If you should vail a cow's tail a leg, .iow
man.v legs would the cow linveV" die patient
mnn asked his visitors.
'Tive!" they exclaimed with tiuanimitv.
Lincoln smiled sadly as lie n marked:
"Gentlemen, it does not moke a tail a log
to call it n leg."
This great man devoted himself oti"is
tently and unselfishly to preserving the
Union when its disruption was attempted,
in all the years of the war he kept thnt pur
pose consistently before him. Ho used every
menus at his command to accomplish it.
When it was necessary to win the support
of lukewarm politicians by the use of pat
ronage he did not hesitate to appoint their
fr.ends to office. When men ns eager as In
to preserve the Union poured personal abuse
on him he continued to work with them, be
cause he know that they were seeking the
snnie ends ns he. He had no pride of opinion
nhout his methods, but he wus ndnmant when
it came to insistem e 0u the tilings to be
done.
The shifty politicians here and abroad who
are paving tribute to his memory on tins
nuniversnry of his birth have it not in them
lo plan the high-minded course which he
laid out for himself in 1S01 when the Union
armies hnd boon suffering defeat after de
feat. It is known now thnt in Hint trving
summer ho called Genera) MeClollnn to
Washington nnd offered to retire from t'io
presidential race and call upon his friends
lo support MiClellnn if the general would
pledge himself to carrj on the war for the
Union. lie did not attempt to deceive the
people, lii order to retain his hold on ollioe.
i iflice was the last thing ho wiintid in that
tremendous crisis. A decisive Union victory,
however, was won before the negotiations
witli Mt-Clellnn were eiidid and Lincoln thou
became confident thut the nation was still
willing to use him as its instrument, a 'oii
tidenco justified by the outi nine.
Europe and Anc rica are sjffcritig tnd.iv
because the politicians nt the Paris Pom
I Coiifercnci; phivcd last and louse v'th t.n
I people, ns tli did not want tn lose nn r
hob! on office In both Prance nnd Grin'
i Hiltnin tiiov i Id the voters that Gerinaiiv
was to he compelled to pav the costs of tin
war and thut the knioc vvns to he brought
to trial before an ino rnutionnl tribunal iiiid
puni-iiod f"r h's offenses, Thev foil lie
(ires of hnte and stirnd up the demand for
letnhiition for their own selfish advantage
Andliow they are struggling with the
problem of reparations ami iitlcmpiing to
ndiusf the nmniint which Geimnnv inn pav
in s p., ii wuv that tli. v i an -till sav tn the
pimple that thej have compelled the con
Miiiied nation to bear the v hole cost of tic
vur Thoy cannot do it ho. nine it is iin
I ns-ihii'. There is not pioperty enough it.
Germany to meet toe hi'.i if evrv murk we:-
I taken.
Pi'i' these politic .ft ri si.. 1 1,- in the bu'-ii
, ing Invn rrmn u live v.,!. an that had le;.r. I
n continent, filavcd ll.e tcc'tv l!llliie of noli
,-rA (,,. their personal advantage And ihev
are sii'l plnvii-f tn saim game, nli.m igh
the.v can hear neneath their mt tin i :.
bangs of another eruption.
I.vor.v soldi, r in the mmi's was to Lim mil
a iiiliu and u biother Ilo could nm llnnl,
of them going into battle withoii' ilrotnl oi
the slaughter, for he could piit'ite to bin,
self the grief in the homes of the slnj,,. jlt
the politicians in Europe are lining as if
the nrmles were composed of uutoiiintons.
food for minion iti-ioinl f tin sons and
brotheis of tin ir friend".
If these men had the fain ust g. minentu
of Lincoln's insight into the lealities that
is, if their feet were on ?!" common earth
where the humble ami the lovflv cpvell tln-v
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bed at night without dreading tho morning,
and which would permit young men to think
that they hail seen the last of the horrors
of n hell on enrth for their lifetime.
A concentration of tho efforts of ull of them
to establish nn approximation of justice
would simplify their problem ns It simplified
the problem of Lincoln. Hut national greed
and personal hunger for power mid place
nio complicating their task.
There Is just ns much need for Lincoln's
kind of thinking In the United States ns
there is on the other side of tho Atlantic.
Wo have an Indimtrinl problem hero which
resembles tfioNJioHtlcai problem which eon
fronted Lincoln. The slavery Issue had
raised tho micstlon of thn nornetuitv of the
j Union, nud Lincoln declared on many occn-.
sions that the Union could not survive Iinit
free nnd half slave. He set out to save tho
I'niou, and slavery disappeared as an inci
dent in tho accomplishment of that great
endeavor.
Wo are face to face today with the ques
tion whether the industrial affnlrs of the
Union nio to bo controlled bv lnbor or by
enpitni. The lines arc being drawn more
tightly thnn in a generation. What we
need is a mnn who" will clnrlfy the Isue as
Lincoln clarified the Issue of his dn.
The question of vital moment is not
whether labor or capital shnll be in the
saddle, but whether the rights of every mail,
rich nnd poor, shall be protected ngninst the
metin.e of privilege The cqunlity of nil
befoie the law used to be admitted. Hut we
have laws now which make special exemp
tions in fnyor of special groups of the popu
lation. What is n crime for n member of
one group is n blessed privilege for a member
of another group. And the tin-horn poli
ticians arc encouraging the favored groups
to insist on the continuance of their privi
leges. The struggle for the democratization of
industry is on. just ns a century or (wo ago
the war was waging for the democratization
of government. What we need is a clear
understanding of what democracy in industry
menus nnd n determination to secure its
establishment nt nil hazards.
GIVE THE PEOPLE A CHANCE
i rvvciiriMr'ivc .. r . . ii..
f the State Legislature arc in n mood to
carry out the wishes of Governor Sptoul ami
submit to the people the question of holding
a constitutional convention.
The administration bill, which, if enacted,
would provide the machinery for the conven
tion, hns been introduced nnd Is now in the
hnnd of a Senate committee. This bill
r.hould be reported back to the floor of tho
Senate with a favorable recommendation and
stnrted on its way to final passage,
Kor a time the prospects for passage of
the bill seemed to be dimmed by reason of
Senator Penrose's declaration that this was
not the time to rewrite tile constitution.
Subsequent events indicate that the senator's
views are not to he taken as meaning that
lie cared to stand in the way of putting up
to the people the simple question of holding
or not holding a convention. There will be
plenty of opportunity for Senator Penrose
nnd those whose minds go nloug with bis to
express their views in the event that the
people authorize I he convention.
Senator Penrose showed no disinclination
to "submit" himself to tho peoplo when the
federal constitution was amended so us to
provide for the direct election of United
States senators. In fact, when others dis
tinguished in the tester of the Old Guard
ran away from the test of the primaries.
Senator Penrose stood virtually alone of his
order in facing the people.
if the senator hud u fear about intrust
ing his personality to the primaries then he
can have no fear nbout intrusting his views
ou the constitution to the electorate of the
commonwealth. Passage of the bill now be
fore the Legislature meicly gives the people
a chance to say, "Wo do or do not want the
constitution jevNed." Senator Penrose
agrees with other political lenders, we have
no doubt, that the "people have sonic
rights."
If the convention be authorized, then
thuie will be a full and free opportunit for
the delegates to debate the various issues nnd
decide just how far they should go in the
matter. And further, the results of the con
vention would then li.ivo to meet the ap
proval of the voteis.
Only n bold ami Irresponsible politiooA
loader would tr to throw the hill for the
cointitiitionnl convention on to a legislative
sidetrack.
The convention would Consist of 111," dole
gates. Two would he elected by the voters
in each of the lllt.v state senatorial districts
and twentv -live would be appointed at large
bv the Governor. It is to be hoped that those
ko'oeteil by the voters ill the districts will
uicasiiie up to the high standard sot bv the
nun and women who sat on the commission
''or the n vision of tho constitution the bodv
vhiih pa-n the way for a substantial re
listing of tin fundamental law.
PROPORTIONAL IMMIGRATION
AUTEIt llotitulering over the immigration
pioMi m for u number of venrs, ( ougrevs
at la givis, evidence of considering it force
fully and with a view to the best develop
meiit of the nation. Selective immigration
is the vital idea behind the measure which
hn- j 'st boon favorably reportid b.v tho Sen
ate eonun ttce.
'I ne bill proposes to lesson, not to halt
nbriptlv, the inflow from abroad. The basis
i- tni iiiuniginlion figures for tho last twentv
voars. The number of aliens to ho admitted
wil le lestrieteil annually to a small per
il ntuge of those of a given foreign oiigin
wlm Milled on our shores within tne last
tuo decmlcs.
Tie plan, if ndopted, would doohl, dh- ,h.
v ( ri the course of the immigration tide Itn-
i ''ii arrivals, certainly for the hist tin ve:ir.
' have lonsisteil mainly of natives of iiistrin,
. 'nil and southern Europe. Tin Muthrn
1 iit'ovv between 1000 and V.'Ui was vrv
' 'I. i h lnrgi r than it has latolv be, n
j T..o percentage system vvnild iiicvitnhlv
i tii'er the present racial ratios ;n fmnv ,.f
I t i op', s wloso desirnbllit.v lis imiiiigt.inN is
I i.rovid. The ptospoot for bitter i itii iiship
j i latetial is encouraging.
Wh.le it is linllkolv 1 hilt the pieC-Mlt SCs-
I -'on will see nil immigration hill puss,.,!, nn
i i i client stmt on a new chiim motive pro-
! giniu seems lo have been made
SPRING CAMPAIGN PERILS
KPOHTS from Heval, Esthoiua mdii.ite
Hie development of precisely SUi a a sit-
R
iiitnci i., was foreshadowed by Piosident
YVil mi in his most recent note com erning
II --hi Maiiv countries on tie fronliois of
' '-iiv.oi realm I'inlnnd, Es.houia. Latvia,
1. 1 Milium nnd Poland me stl , to be dis
t ..I. d by now concentration, of Hod troops.
I He major powers of Ijnope abstain
't. n iiitei forence nnd the fringe rf (ilimr
plm ,s ni vv nations refrain- fiom nggitssinn,
;l" burden of iniquity l"i- f minting new
u.-s will lest dileotly upon 'he Iiolshovlsts
-hotilil thfv launch spring m qiiiign- Now
's pniticiilarl.v the time for Hnmpi to l.o. p
lis bond in order thnt the decapitation of the
lb.l-l.ov i-t monstrosit.v should hi the spefdior.
This does not ineun Unit the bonh r conn-tri-s
inn nffnrd to iimdifv tl-ir vigilance,
(bit there is a vn-t difference hen,, en watch
fulness nnd the tjp t bo'liji rency which
iinplv plavs into the hauil- of a regime
greed.v for ovcusos.
it i- dohnili lv announced Hint Mi-s
I cosh Profits is to bo filed Iroin the
S l.ooo. Ono, 000 Appropriation P.atb i ns not
being in linniioii.v with the eiiMinbh Stage
Milliliter Good siiv- ihii llnoitth lo r mli n
THE -STATE'S MISTAKE
It Should Havo Purchased the Penny
packer Collection, but It Did Not.
As to Motion-Picture Censor
ship Mr. Trlpler's
Retirement
lly GEOKGE NOX AlcCAIN
AUHHEY PENNYPAOKEIl says that
vvhllo the executors of tho estate of his
father, the lata Governor Samuel W. Penny
pneker, have disposed of the Brent bulk of
the Governor's fine collection of Pcnnsyl
vaulann nud relics of tho early Pennsylvania
Dutch settlers, there still remains n con
siderable nmoiint undisposed of.
Tills will not be sold.
It consists exclusively of family heir
looms, documents and furniture that have
come down from the early Pcunypnckcrs,
the Governor's ancestors.
The state of Pennsylvania mode one of Its
characteristic and pcnurlou? mistakes when
it failed to secure the Peunypacker collec
tion nt private salo before it wus put under
the hammer.
State Librarian Thomas Lynch Mont
- gomery, with sevcrnl public-spirited citizens
of HarrlsburR who appreciated the value of
the offering, held tin option on It for the
state until it became apparent that nothing
would be done.
It wns fortunate for the Pcnnypacker heirs
that the stute did not make tho purchase, for
when the hundreds of books, curios and au
tographs were sold they brought n higher
price thnn that at which they were offered
to tho commonwealth.
THE Pcnnypacker mansion nt Hchvvcnks
illo will ultimately share the fate, I
presume, of the Governor's library and
relics. -'
It is orfriof the Important historical land
marks of eastern Pennsylvania.
It was Washington's headquarters, while
all around it aro the hills upon which tho
Continental army camped after the retreat
from Gcrmantown.
Several years ago tho Citizens' Associa
tion of tho Perklomen Valley had n bill in
troduced In the Legislature for the purchase,
of the Peunypacker mansion nnd thirty actcs
of ground surrounding it.
The bill was defeated because vi a fac
tional light In the House.
It was during the debato that n member
from Philadelphia suecringly alluded to the
Pcnnypacker collection, the linet of its kind
in the country, as "A collection of Junk."
The rcmnrk was the measure of the in
tellectuality of the man who made it.
HENItY STAPH UICHATtDSON, in the
course of n talk on motion pictures,
recently disclosed the fact flint the State
Hoard of Motion Picture Censors docs not
pass upon every film that Is exhibited in the
state.
Tills mny appear as a startling statement
in view of the battle that has raged nround
the heads of the board for months past.
It is, however, not n new disclosure.
Nor is it as stnrtling ns it might appear
from the casunl utterance of Mr. Richard
son. Any thinking person who will stop for a
moment and consider the matter will readily
understand that it would be impossible for
any single bonrd of censors lo view nud pass
upon every iilm that is exhibited in the
state.
Sepnrqto and npart from the theatres nnd
established motion-picture houses, there are
thousands of films that really require little
or no oflicinl inspection or approval.
They nre exhibited in churches, schools,
colleges, y. M. C. A. auditoriums und com
munity houses.
They embrace travel, educational, scien
tific nnd religious subjects,
UNDER the state law, however, they must
have the approval of the state board.
Such ns these are fir-t viewed by in
spectors engaged by the board.
Tho average run of films intended even
for the regular trade, and put out by the
gieat picture corporations, are also viewed
first by these inspectors.
Wherever there is the slightest doubt ns
lo the character of the films, or any scene
or incident in it. it is turned over to tho
state board for final inspection.
Under this sjstoni it will bo seen that
there nre really two inspections of films be
fore they reach tho production stage in this
,-tnte.
It is now a matter of public notoriety that
the films to which the very worthy gentle
men who constitute n self-nppointed board
of censors hnve recently objected were passed
by the old board, of which Mr. Ellis Ober
holt.er was n member, and not by the pres
ent board.
It is a curious sidelight in the campaign
against tho present board that the gentle
men interested have failed to consider Mr.
t therlioltzor's position in the matter. It
places him in a rather embarrassing posi
tion. It unquestionably, however, has bod a
wholesome effect iti iliiecting attention to
lefocts in n number of films that have foutid
their way into tho theatres of the state.
HENRY E. TRIPLER, assistant real
estate ngent of the eastern region of
the Pennsylvania Railroad, has been retired
from active service under the pension regit-,
lalions.
Ho has been connected with railroads for
fortv-cight years.
His career has been an unusual one be
cause of the varied character of his cx
pciience. He rose from i oilman to division engineer,
engineer in charge of construction and
thence to assistant real estate agent of the
eastern division of the Pennsylvania Rail
road. Hi- was one of 1he host-known officials
around the general offices in t li is city, where
he hail been located for a period of almost
thiity years.
Mr. Tripler was pons.onod on age, having
reached seventy years ln-t Di comber.
Although ho hud been connected with the
Lehigh Valley nnd the Heading and Potts
villc, his term of active service with tho
Pennsylvania Railroad was thirty-five
jeui-H,
Were it not for the coinpiiiVir,v rule of the
pension regulations, which lequiro the re
tirement OI ail lllliei rs anil ciiino,vcn in inn
age of seventy years. .Mr. Tripler would
still be nt his desk and in charge of lit" office
force In this city.
lolui IL llurtmnn. of P.ordentov, n, N. .1.,
retired nt the same time as Mr. Tripler with
ii record of fifty-two years and ten months
with the coropanv.
Railroading with the Pennsylvania must
certainly tend to Inup-vitv.
WATCH your gasoline tank.
This is good advii e under nny tir
eumstance. It is pniticuliirly pertinent in
this period of banditry and uutn hold-ups.
A few evenings ago an entire neighbor
hood in Wist Philadelphia was aroused to a
high pitch of eiciti tiiont because a careless
Negro chauffeur hud inghcted this precau
tion. It was between 11 nnd PJ o'clock when a
succession of w-hnt iibp'iiod to be revolver
hliots jitnrtlcd the em in- communitv in the
vicinity of Unity first 'tnc-t and Woodland
avenue.
They begun some il lance down the nve
nuc mid uiivaur,ed nil .lv toward Port -first
street.
First came two re three shots, then a
pauao nnd an miswei ng vollo.v. It ended
ill il pel feet fusillade.
Windows flow tip, and hnlf-clud forms
bung out In the chill night uii- as visions
of a holdup "i- an nttm-l. of policemen on
fleeing bandits rose hn'oie ufl'iighted o.ves.
A huiry call was s(.t to the Thirty
second Street police station. Little knols of
people came treaiiiing lovvniel tho fancied
point of nlhiok.
A motor putiul wagon with half n do.on
cops .dashed up. Noboilv, however, could
jjivo much information Then n hunt begun
for dead, wounded oi fugitive thugs us the
police sciitleied the nigh the neighborhood.
Thcv had i-uu-e in bo provoked, but like
good polli'i'ini'ii the.v turned ll off with n
luiigli us thi-.v i-eturiieel to ihe walling motor.
--.lust a e in i ii loot ciiiiuiioiir won a jnuu,
lo ' tin
t'n gi iimi-i i- initnottt
el .it the pnntii vvafioa
OH, FOR THE RAIL-SPLITTER'S STRENGTH AND SKILL!
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NO W MY IDEA IS THIS
Daily Talks With Thinking Philadclphiuns on Subjects They
Know Best
SAMUEL SCOVILLE, JR.,
On the Message of Lincoln
THREE phases in the character of the
Great Emancipator whoso birthday we
are celebrating today come across the yours
to us ns nn inspiration for every man. in the
opinion of Samuel Scoville, Jr., lawyer and
author of n volume on Lincoln written for
tho Trench Library during tho war.
Those throe characteristics which, accord
ing to Sir. Scoville. determine he greatness
of cverv man, aro courage, unselfishness nud
humility, nil of which Lincoln had to a
maximum degree. In ills life and in his
savings and -vritings nil three characteristics
arc evempllfied iitfiun nnd again, as is dis
closed by the resentclies of Mr. Scoville.
"One hundred und twelve ears ago today,
in a log cabin with ono room, one window
nnd ono door, n hov vvns bom who became
tho greatest man e) our nation," says Mr.
Scoville. "lleing dead he jet spenketh.
Across the jours comes the message or his
words nnd Ids deeds. He hud tho three
things without which no man can be great -courage,
unselfishness, humility. Ho dared
always lo do the thins thut he thought was
right. He never let self-interest influence
him. Lastly, he never let nny thought of
his own importance hold him back from the
right action.
"When Lincoln was first elected to the
Legislature of Illinois a bill wns introduced
to move Ih" capital to Springfield. Lincoln s
home town. Another measure of which he
did not approve was joined to that. If Lin
coln went back to his home town nfter voting
against making it the capital of the state his
political career would presumably be ended.
The Legislature sat nil night. The voting
was close anil tremendous pressure from nil
over the state was brought to bear upon the
tweiit.v-flve-oar-old .voutig legislator. He
listened to all their sophistries und persua
sions. Finally tow-aid midnight lie got up
and said :
" 'You will never get nio to support a
measure which I believe to bo wrong, al
though by so doing I may accomplish that
which I believe to be right.'
"lie voted against it and the capital bill
was lost.
"Anothei time when a popular resolution
was offered in the Illinois Legislature against
What Do You Know?
QUIZ
1. Where was Abraham I.ii coin born?
C. What Is pultuJzuiion?
3. What was the woist defeat In thev open
liclel ever sustained by l'russt.V.'
4. What Is tho original me lining of the word
chancellor .
J. 'What Ameiban toi.uMirs liavo a coast
on tho Pacific e ' an"
C. What event In KiikIIsIi history Is ele.
scribed us tho "(llorloua Revolution"'.'
T. Why Ih a tut hoy po called.'
5. What aro lichens '
0. How uhould tho won, be pionouiuecl.'
10. What cm Is called tho Monumental City?
Answers to Yesterday's Quiz
1. A lunar r.vele Is o-in of iilncMoen ears
URtel In flndlnir the eluto of Kiister.
2. An eland Is a South African antelope of
heavy build.
J, The lioi t eldo of a shin, the left-hand
aide ns ono faces tlu how, wna tor-
merly ( ailed tint huboniel.
i. Darwin propounded bis thoorv of "Tho
Ollgln of Specie-! by Means of Nat-
ui n I ."election" In hU bonk bearing
Unit title, published in Knclanil in
ts'.O.
I. Tb'' word consummate, used ns nn neb
J-ctlve. meaning complete, peirfoct.
should 1m piouounoei with tho accc-ut
on tbr, second syllable.
C. 'J ho clili f i hninctoristle-s of a munnf;rnpli
aro that It Is a separate treatlso on a
HiuEln subject or class of subjects.
7. MiiUhus' lnw of lopulntion win that
population tended to outrun Its mums
of subsistence, since the former, ac
eonllng to bis thiol, Iin reuses bv goo
iiietrie.il progicsslo-i aid the latter by
arUhnietlcal ratio In KPomrtrlcnl
jiiogiesslon u basin number Is used (in
ii multiplier, as In tin- sei le.s 1, i ( -7,
si In uiltliniitloiil pieiurojs'on tho
bane number Is tiHftl In nn aclilltton
series, as 1, ", 6, 7, V. Thomas Hobert
Millions was nn I.'ngllsli political
econ unlst. Ills elate are l?fi-ls;,
8. Tho Knit-urn Cerellhlo wns formed by
FrniHn and (Ireat Urltnln In isus,
9. A Kiitfcr i" an nldeily i untie, an old fob
leivv, n foreman of a KtuiK. Tha word
is II c iiriuiiiioo II
if godfather or ginnd.
fatin i-
abolition nud supporting slavery. Lincoln
was urged not to hurt himself by vo'ing
ngninst a measure which was certain to pass,
lie and ono other man voted against it, and
ho said :
" 'The probability that we may fail in a
worthy cause is not a sufficient justification
for refusing to support it,'
"In Congress lie- voted against the iniqui
tous Mexicnn War, although his stand cost
him u rc-elcctioii. Ho wroto to his law
pnrtuer:
" 'Would you have voted what you fell
nnd knew lo bo n lie? I know you would
not. Would you have gone out of the House
skulked the vote? I expect not.'
"He was us humble as lie was brave.
When Stanton called him a baboon Lin
coln said : 'That is no Insult. Thut is a
matter of opinion.' Then he added after a
pause. 'The thing that concerns me most is
that 1 find that Stanton is usunlly right.'
"When McClellnn was general Lincoln
went In person to his house, although he was
President of the United States, und snld to
a fi lend :
" 'J will stand outside nnd hold McClcl
Inn's horse for him if he will only bring
us success.'
"Lincoln's own words give us some of tho
seciels of his success.
" 'The hotter part of one's life consists of
our friendships,' lie once wrote.
"To a oung man about to stnrt in busi
ness lie wrote:
" 'Quarrel not at nil. No mnn resolved
to make the nioH of himself can spare time
for poisonal contention. Yield larger things
to wliie-li ou can show no more than equal
right. Yield lesser things although clearly
your own. Hotter give your path to u dog
than be bitten bv him in contesting your
right to go by it. Even killing the dog
would not i ure tho bite.'
Advho on tha Hildc
"Abo, it the Hlble he wrote:
" 'Take all of this book upon reason that
j on can and the balance on faith, und you
will live ami die a happier man.'
"About pru.vor he wrote:
" 'I huve, hoin driven many times to mv
knees because I had nowhere else to go.
" " I deslro to so conduct the nffulrs
of tins administration that if nt the vcrv
end, when 1 come to lay down the reins of
power, I have lost every friend on earth, 1'
shall have ut least ono ft lend left mv con
science. "This wus hit philosophy of lifo, and he
never flinched r laln-red trom it until thnt
fatal morning when he wont, not without
nbiindtint entrance, into the presence of his
l.onl."
" -
The latest decision of the Municipal
Court is that though the oily bus ubsoibc-d
the county it has not jet digested it.
As Joyce Kilmer Might Have Said
'I he C'liidHjo 'lnhviw oicn jnrcnts at null)
mil. liill-pago advt.
trooi
I think that I shall never see
Aught lovely us u pulpvvooil tree
A tree that grows through sunny noons
To' furnish sporting png,. cartoons,
A tree whose fiber nnd whose pith
Will soon be Gump by Sjdiiuy Smith,
And make to smji0 nn,i rUe hn ha! go
The genial people of Chicago.
A tree vvho-n grace, toward heaven n-iug
Men iiiuceiuie for udveitisiug-
A ti ee (hat lifts hi r nrms nnd luughs
To be made into paragraphs,
How enviable: is that ttee
That's growing pulp for It. I,, 'j-, ;
Christopher Morle.v, in tho New Ymk
E- onlng Post.
Missouri Sympathy
I'lnlll f e K. lisus I In tJlHi
Sometimes we feel sorrj for New Yoik
on account of the great number of re
formers who go to that city every year to
save it from ponliiion, hut not sorry 'enough
to offer to take any of them off the big
town h bauds.
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SHORT CUTS
New York is still telling the world that
the Hrindcll bull has 11 ring in its tiusc,
"I dreamt that I dwelt in marble hnlli
sang Judge Hrown. Hut he may et wake tip
Al Jennings says the modern bandit h
no gentleman. Wo heartily indorse tie
opinion; but why the adjective?
We'd bate to hnve the matter iiietitiono.i
to Aunt Columbia, but Uncle Sam is spend
ing nn awful lot of money on booze these
days.
Judging by the hysteria for which it
appears to be lesponslble, wo arrive nt th
i (inclusion that jazz is u kind of musical
jingoism.
Chester dances niust conclude at ) a. n
the mayor has decided. A case of puttin.
jazz in the curfew with u toddle home ai a
grand finale.
Mr. Harding owes it to the cnuntrv t
put tlio New York papers out of tlielr inisprv
nt the earliest possible moment. Their nai'
over the cabinet grow nerve-racking.
That senators should invoke tlio aid of
the spirit of Ovcrholt to defeat Andrew V,'
Mellon lajs them open to the charje of
seeking un "under bolt."
The lack of interest shown in the fortval
declaration of tho election of Harding acu
Coolidge was nn unconscious vote of confi
denco in tlic soundness of our instItutieD
Secretary Hakcr lias removed the name
plate from his chair in the cabinet room and
will place it on n chair In bib office In Clere
land: thus Insuring that he will ho reniein
bered us secretary of war in at least one
place. It takes the labor of UOO.000 men woik
ing full time to feed the rat population of
tho United States, says the lllologieiil Sur
vey. If ratskln coats ever become) u fad i'
would appreciably help the "slnv and
starve" campaign.
Hefore we nttacli undue hignilican 1
the fact that the Japanese House of ltepre
sentatives has rejected u proposition to re
luce niivnl armaments, we pause to comi'ln
the fact that wo have done precisely tl
same thing.
Congressman Kahn says thut MsJ"
Hunt was warned three times that HcrgJoi
wan u dangerous man. Tlicie is ende-we
that, though the warning was in vniu, th'
truth of tho information has nt last hi-cu
appreciated.
Perhaps the reason Mr. Horah has founo
it hard to get Uncle Sam to leave a job Iin'
done is because Uncle Sam's motto is, "Hon
sturt anything jou can't finish." Wnlrti
incidentally, is not uu argument agiuiis1- dn
armament by agreement,
Hoth sides having voiced gratilh n "' "'
the decision, we may also take- it for grant'''
thnt the disputants share pleasuic in 'u"
fact that tho United States Hallroad Lai
Hoard did not answer Mr. Attcrbim s u
maud for more liusto with jess speed
We do not profess lo understand Iif
Einstein's theory of relativity, but ait"
reading Prof. Poor's criticism w-e venture
the optriion thnt the discordance of tne
planets is nt lenst no greater than the Ui
eordunoe of scientific' minds wicstling vita
the Hiibject.
Germany, nfter ull. is going to -w'
delegates to the repartition council in '"''
don March 1. This naturally leads in to tn
leiiection (which has in it a tinge of new1
eholy) thut much of tho frothing of 0"
mouth in which she Indulges is perhaps u .
to the close proximity of tho stein.
The fuet that twenty now ill 'v
typhus fever arrived in New ork ou l1'1""
lny on an Italian bteiimshlp .gives strcnt
emphasis to the plea of New "links lnaij"
commissioner Unit the Pro-blent icsoit t"
the use of the law of 1MI.I, which ciupo""
him to pliic-B nu embargo on passenger tintn1
between the United States and nny forei'i
port likel through its travelers to spreau
infection and contagion.
When all the bombing nlrnlaues n'
boing used to curry mail; when all the war
ships, newly painted, ure being used ''('
blnutioii museums and lestiiurautH nt siiorf
resorts; when all the lilj; guns have lof
turned Into tractors; when, in fact, ull i"
scrappers have been soruppeil- thru oh
thou, the chronic kicker will arise to ciW
the glorv of the good old (lavs vvh i i'1''1"
wore rod-bloeiilod and quid, to icseiit '
or hi jury
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