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THE MAYOR CROSS-EXAMINES
TWO of the most cmiiicnt of Cliincpc
statOHtiu'ti, I.i Htinir (.'hiirtK nnd Wu Ting
jfang, were rclebrnti'd for tlioSr '.i-ftl nml "-kill
j in (inking oMrMlons. Tht Kimpllcit. of tin1
DTRteni srimnuliut itnrf'pil AniPrlrmw. wIkhi'
attitude towaril s many Importiitir )ssui" is
often one of nunable fatnlixm It wiih notice
b)e howvver, that uell-infuriucd, striuuht
" forward person" seldom resented FtrailH
forward inquiry. Indeed, n keen delight was
often experienced in parrying the inquNi-
tlon with a conclusive nnd convincini
answer.
i"" An opportunity to obtain surh sntiofaction
j is now supplied to George V. Ilolmci. preKl-
dent of the board of county commliwloners.
The Mayor, adopting the interestinR Oriental
method, has stressed the interrogation point
In a letter to Mr. Holmes on the subject of
the new Municipal Court pioject.
Mr. Moore seekt light regarding plan for
the undertaking, lie wants to know whether
the $1,000,000 desired will cover the cost of a
completed structure ; vhtlier the money
ia to be used for extension to exist
ing buildings nnd if so what buildings;
what sums have hitherto been appropriated
for the physical development of the court;
what is the extent of expenditure of these
funds ond how much, if any, remains.
Such queries are cettulnly fair. If the
county commissioners have been shamming
Ignorance In the matter, now is the time to
,epeak plainly.
Up to now the commissioners have been
unable to paint even n credible fancy picture
' st the work. Vision has been obstructed by
prospective money bags If Mr. Ilolmei and
his confrere. need control of these so acutely.
the chance to say prrcii-ely what is to bi
done with them is here.
The Mayor and the public are in the a t
of pausing for 0 replv.
JHE VISION OF VENIZELOS
TflB virile patriotism nnd broad xtutoman
Bhlp of Kleutherios Venizelos have seldom
.' been more strikingly displayed than his up
peal for the preset vatmn of the Treaty of
8cres.
That do'ument is b no mean" n inndel.
But the task of devising it was one nf the
- most formidable confronting the pern e
makers. To reopen it with a view to dmutic
levlsion would probably imp'-rll the prospects
ftr the restordiion of order in the Near
Kasr, dim though they mny npp-ar to be.
"I am the first," declares the great
Cretan, "to remind the Allies that when thev
signed the Sevres treaty they were not
making me n personal present of Smyrna And
Thrace."
In other words, it Is as a Greek, n cham
pion of legitimate Hellenic aspirations and
deserts, tbat M. Venizelos desires to be re
garded. His opposition to Constantlne
ond his party is us unchanged ns ever, as Is
Jilf. consstnt determination to disiocia.e
patriotism fiom partisan politics.
The viewpoint ! one eminently worthv of
rrconi'iicmlatnii to national leader. p.-iRt and
present, of oli.ei lands M. Venizelos in
defeat is an ndn.irable figure His nhi'ity to
detach per-minl (iinsiilerations from those of
' national anJ uor'd Import inn hardly fail to
act os 11 1'iHtr.iiuing intlucn. e on anv re
patchl.'ig rrices '.u the Levant
THE STEEL BAROMETER
"QEOl'LK win. are until Ipating an earlj
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decline m it.' es l.ove leeu ignoring the
industrial barometer.
Price tendencies aie Indicated as ai
curately by the tbii timtioni. 111 tlie price of
steel as by ntif lilnv else.
Seven or eight viars ago strmturnl teel
K'M'iil' i S iold for ?J7 a ton. It is quoted now at from
R'$(,'1'ti ? . t0 ?U0 n ton' with no h,;',"' "f fa,1,ns
a'f'ijij , ,, s''J'lii the near future. So long as this figure
M 'Xj ( i ' lr molntnincd. there will be no rapid rewvul
iof building constriif tion on a large ..cale.
Men dependent on the ordinary return on
Invested capit'il annot afford to build with
tiitel so high. Tlie wi'l untiii'ie to io't(H)ne
enlargement of the.i p'ants or the construe -tion
of building'- . be ren'eil until the pi lee
of strufturnl s'"' f,i' s to a much lower
figure. Tl.Jt must come.
MR. HARDINC'S ADDRESS
r1 18 11 perfietiy safe "jnjecture that Mr.
Harding will emphasize in his Inaugura
tion address the neei for p'lttiug aside par
tisan nnimofiitio of the ufttr war period
There have been few f iin Ameriron
Presidents, who did n.it tul.i 11 -umUir note
on their induction 'ijt.i i.tfiie lew if anv.
incoming chief niagi-.tiuie. who were not
deepened in broad .atr.oti-m and mornllv
nriched b the initial sense of v.ist 1 expansi
bilities. There Is sonn thing about this ehe, un
paralleled in un. othir nation, which en
nobles the incumbent If It pauses to think
for 11 moment, the public is se'.dnni fea'ful
that an imomlng President will Immediately
jrove too partisan.
The narrowness is in the pett politl' inn".
the office-seeking hordi s, factions that mis
conceive the roi mn suniticani - of u na
tional triumph at the pills. Mini the un
gracious soreheads uniible lu srai the
meaning of defeat.
The last name I iluss wl.1,1 not !arg..
has been persistently a't,i. u, anil limting
errors by Mr Harding. This Is 11 deplorable
business, consult ring the nieMtuble embar
rassments of the future I'residi nt's position
before March 4.
Mr. Hunting will follow the c,urse if tra
dition nnd common sense In thus sounding
tbo tone of his ituiugurul remarks, if the
carpers arc not Insensiblu to slmine they
thould feel its twinges on that oecahloti.
SHIPS AND MYSTERY
w.
HATS the matter with our men'hait
marine' The econou 1st steps forwuni
and cxplulns . but lie does not convince
Once upon a time there was mystery nnd
romance lu a ship- any kind of u sea going
H'4t vessel, jacht, clipper, brig, bark, schooner,
liner, tug or mud bcow romance in the look
of her, whether seen in mldoccan, a speck
on the horizon that grew larger nnd took on
shape nnd llfo before your eyes, or lying up
In a dock on Delaware avenue; mystery In
the smell of her, qiinlnt, weird, spicy, aro
matic, adventurous odoro that arose, and
overcame the nmell of oakum and bilge; ad
venture in the hold of Ker, n story in every
cask, bale, bnrrel nnd crate. You wntehed
her sail out of the harbor and waited long
for neWs of her; wondered wnat storms
awaited her; whnt strange happenings in
foreign ports; nnd willy-nilly there was born
in you a desire to be with her to "go strange
countries for to see." Talcs of Melville ond
Unim nnd Mnrryntt but served to sharpen
your desire. What careil you that snllonncn
got but .$'12 n month nnd sometimes only
curses nnd blows instead? Were there not
both money nnd adventure ready to fall into
your hnndi if luck were with you? And
Uncle Sam's ships were well und ably
manned. Hut nowadays our ships nre too
efficiently press-ngentcd. The novelist ban
been succeeded by the wireless. Hallormen
get JS." n month nnd nti eight-hour day Is
possible. Pshaw! The thing W ns common
place as 11 factory! "ltndlo messages re
ceived today tell of the troubles of the Wan
wnto, an American enrgo carrier, disabled
nt sea because of poor fuel oil. She Is in
tow of the Caspar, a Hog Island boat, and
will be docked nt a Hcrmuda port tonight."
Mvstery? Oonc, messieurs! There ain't
no such anlmflc !
IMPROVED PROSPECTS FOR
A REVISED CONSTITUTION
Popular Interest In the Subject Has
Qrown Because of Recent
Events
F1 IS beginning to dawn on the conscious
ness of the people that the only certain
way to get rid of the scandals arising out of
the dual system of government here Is
through an amendment of the state constitu
tion which will merge the county and the city
governments nnd empower certnln city of
ficers to perform the constitutional functions
of such county offices ns have to be pro
served. The Municipal Court complications have
arisen because the court is described in the
law of 1013 ns n court for the county of
Philadelphia nnd becauge the county com
missioners were empowered to provldo quar
ters for it. Plainly, that part of the law
dealing with tho provision of quarters by
the county commissioners was repealed by
the charter of 1010. which puts the construc
tion of nil buildings in charge of the De
partment i,f Public Works. Good lawyers
insist that this wus the intention of the
charter. The courts, however, huvc not In
terpretd the point.
If the revised constitution should provide
for the consolidation of the city and county
tovernments it would wlpo out all conflict of
nuthority over the Municipal Court. Hut
it would do more, for it would at once extend
to all the so-called county offices the civil
service regulations which govern the city de
partments. Then it would be impossible for
the politicians whoc followers were removed
from one of the existing city offices to find
places for thein in the county offices with
out the preliminaries of n civil-service ex
amination. The anomalous conditions have existed for
years. The politicians have been interested
in preserving them because these conditions
have ennblvd them to profit by the distribu
tion of spoils without interference nnd be
cause they could mandamus the city to pay
their bills. There is no greater ncd for
correcting the abuses now than there has
been for a generation, nut ther.e is u grow
ing realization of the existence of the abuses.
It is almost impossible to hange a bad
law fiom which some one profits. It must
be impressed on the mind of the people that
they sufTcr because of n bad law before thev
will bestir themselves. And even then It Is
usually necessary for some interest thnt seeks
to nth once itself to take the lead in de
manding the repeal of the bad law.
The use of the iiatfouago of the Mu
uicipal Court to strengthen men who ore
fighting Mnyur Moore spurs the worthy In
tent of that official to extend the control of
the city government over what was created
as a county court. If he can bring the couit
within the jurisdiction of the city beyond
all possible question he will accomplish n
desirable reform, and he will also weaken the
pov er of the enemies of good government nt
the same time.
There are hero in Philadelphia a large
number of men backing the Mayor who nre
also bucking the plan of the Governor for 11
cnnvi ntion to revise the constitution. For
t'lnntely for the Ity. the changes which they
seel. . an be defended on sound constltu
t nnal theory. And fortunately for the pros
pects of success of the plnn for a convention,
fome of the men advocating it are moved
bv n combination of high motives nnd po
litical desires strong enough to force them
to exert themsehes to the utmost to bring
Imi convention about.
No one need bo seriously disturbed by the
ritl'-ism launched by E. Lowry Hnmex. of
Pittsburgh, ngnlnst the plan for the dec
uon of delegates to the convention, Mr.
Humes is n Democrat and an able man
When he objects to the election of four-fifths
nf the delegutcs on party tickets and to the
appointment of the remainder by the Gov
ernor, he is speaking as a Democrat anxious
thnt his pnity may have n fuller representa
tion in the convention than the people of
the state nre lilieh to give it. He knows,
ns well ns hiiv one else, that to expect partv
dnes to bt whollj Ignored in the selection
of delegnt's i to pect the Impossible. It
is not done Ami. us a mat'er of fact, it
ought not to be dune
The ron-titi't!nn ought to represent Hie
views of n majniiM of the people of the state
(orrectii) us much us possible by the vigorous
criticism of the minoriM . If the majority
is Hepubli nn. then Republican opinion
should predominate in the convention.
Y" t bemuse it is recognized that partv
veidiits aie fu"ible and 11 convention filled
ith men nominated on a party ticket mnv
1111 k Hiini of the nb men In the state whose
udvi'e is i si: able the bill providing for
cilling the convention authorizes the (lov-erno-
to a; point one fifth of its members
There i no reason for bc!lelng that the
Governor would confine his appointments
v holly to nien from the Itepublicnn partv.
It Is morallv certain thnt he will appoint
M'vera! prominent Democrats whose quallfi
iiitions fit them for constructive co operation
with the majority.
The plan is devised to correct the possible
ftults of the elective system by bringing Into
the convi ntion men of the quality seldom
selected ') the powers that control nomina
tions nnd raiely e'ected to nnv office. It
a good plan am1 U is to be hoped that the
Legislature will allow it to stav in the bill.
It is becoming increasingly llkelj that the
people will have an opportunltj of deciding
whether they wish the convention to be
culled. A commission has already drafted
a revision of the document. While the time
devoted to the revision bv this commission
might better have been spent by a conven
tion with authority, yet it mny bo that nftcr
nil It has not beun wasted. Its activities
have directed attention to the subject for
several months It has exhibited anomalies
in the existing constitution und it has sug
gested muny defllrnble changes When tho
loiivention is finally culled there will be n
better informed sentiment 011 n n ore of issues
than there vuh two years ngo. Even if Its
conclusions nre rejeced. a vast mass of In
formation hss been fathered which mny be
I
EVENING ' PUBLIC LEDGER
Ubcd to assist the convention In reaching
lis own conclusions.
If there is Any defect In the convention
bill it lies In th number of delegates to bo
chosen. A small convention is better than
a big one, for it can sit ns n committee- of
the whole nnd draft n document consistent
with itself. The federal constitution was.
framed by a fow men. When It wan finally
approved by the convention there were only
thirty-eight delegutcs present who signed it.
Yet It seemB to have been a pretty good con
stitution nftcr all. It has stood the test for
a great many years and has commanded tho
admiration of the world.
Fifty men would probably draft a better
constitution for this state than one hundred
nnd fifty and one better Adapted to its needs.
Hut it Is too much, to expect that so com
pact n body will have charge of the work.
MARTYRIZING JUDGE LANDIS
SEXATOK DIAL nnd Representative
Welty must be lacking in a sense of
humor or they would not seriously press
impeachment proceedings against Judge Ken
esow Mountain Landls.
The judge Is not to be taken too seriously.
He is suffering from a condition of mind
which has laid low many careers more
worthy than his In this country. For lack
of a better term it might be called "first-pt-RoItls."
Since the days when he fined the Standard
Oil $20,000,000 only to have his brand of
law chucked out of the appellate courts, the
Judge has courted tho first-page headlines.
He cannot help it. It's the kind of thing
that gets into the blood, warping the vic
tim's capacity for self-criticism and de
priving him of all senBc of personal propor
tion. The newspapers are not to blame for It
either because their business is to print tho
news, and if there aro picturesque characters
who persist in doing fool things, why, that
is part of tho day's events and must be
chronicled accordingly.
Judge I.andls' latest outbreak is merely
another manifestation of his appetite for
publicity. As n judge of long service, he
ought to know that he was giving utterance
to a dangerous doctrine when he discharged
a bank clerk who had embezzled more than
$00,000, sympathizing with him because ho
rtcelved only $00 a month In salary. Xo
doubt, the Judge meant well, but the logic
was amazingly infnntilo for a federal jurist.
If the size of a salary is to be the criterion
of honesty, heaven help society. Does not
tue public mind recall coses of bank prece
dents with princely emoluments who engaged
in peculations on a vast scale? Are only
tin- highly paid possessed of a conscience?
Should not federal judges themselves who do
not receive $-12,600 a year additional from
"baseball magnates" hove reason to depart
from the straight nnd narrow path, ac
cording to the Judge I.andls dictum, if they
must continue to scrape along on beggarly
salaries of $7."i00 per annum?
Hut, as we have said, the judge should
not be too harshly judged. Impeachment is
a punishment whose grnvlty and severity
ought not to be weakened by resort to it in
anything less than cases of venality or gross
Incompetency. Old Kcncsaw Mountain is
net that. Ho merely labors frequently and
brings forth mischievous mice to scamper
gleefully over the front pages. Tho public
is not fooled. The public long ngo took his
measure, nlthough certain thick-skulled
sporting gentlemen do not know it.
AROUND THE MULBERRY BUSH
NOW that 11 resolution has been introduced
into the House of Representatives au
thorizing nn investigation of the investiga
tion of the conduct of the war. the ground is
cleared for nn Investigation of tho investi
gators of the investigation.
There is no reason, save that based on a
nemilcgendary attribute sometimes known
as common sense, why the pyramiding of
probes should not continue indefinitely. Con
gress, apart from its vital obligations, has
very little to do. Dull days nt the Capitol
arc sedulously to be nvolded.
As It is humanly impo-.slble to convince
everybody that every report in every detail
is correct, why shouldn't investigation of in
vestigations be conducted somewhat after
the fashion of a perpetual relay race?
Chairman Johnson, of the investigating
committee, has suggested a tempting pro
cedure in his appeal for inquiry into the
Inquiry of all the official seekers after truth.
It seems strange, however, that Congress
with nil its palpable fear of idleness did not
evolve this method of warding off ennui long
ngo.
Truth has many facets; error has many
blinders. Disorder always obscuies the right
and wrong of a strike, but only occasionally
is It designed for that purpose.
What Do You Know?
QUIZ
1 v ame two Kuropfan capitals which aro
located on Islands.
2 What Is n tiara?
1. How should the word be pronounced?
4. In whnt century Is King Arthur supiosed
to have lived?
j Who wan Diderot?
0 What is n palnnquln?
J Whnt Is a mlhrnb?
i. Who wns the god of thunder In classical
mythology?
P. Who was Vice President under Benjamin
Harrison?
. 0 Whnt la the custom of monandry?
Answers to Yesterday's Quiz
l Thomas A Kdlson was seventy-four years
old on February 11 of this year
2. The word prwmler should be pronounced
' prc-o-mt-r," or "prem-yer "
3 nolnndl Itlccl Is the new Italian nmbna-
nador to tho United States
4 The musical term cadenza d scribes a
flourish of volco or instrument at the
.nil of n movement or number
5 The Sublime Porto Is the Turkish Govern
ment or court at Constantinople
, A'nsco Da Oumn Is famed for his dlscov
ery of tho eastern sen' rout- from
Kurope to Indln by way of the Oapo of
Good Hope In 1498.
- Niagara Kalis Is 184 feet hluh 11 1 Its
hlpheet pnrt.
S Porphyry 1b hard rock nnclntly quarried
In F.gypt, composed of crvstnla of
whtte or red felspar In reel around
mass In peology, porphyry ts un
Btrntlfled or lirneous ro. k bnvlna; n,
homogeneous baso In wblc'i crystals of
one or more minerals tire disseminated.
'i Mikado literally means ntia-ust door.
10 noifo City is the capital of Idaho.
BOYS BATHING
THEY laugh ! They leap ! 1 he clear
Cool lapping vtater parts:
One after one, each starts
From his place on the grass, ond sheer
Leaps from the bunk, without fear.
Their lithe aims slip like hlodes
Their glowing bodies skim
Up from the clear and dim
Caverns of quivering shadis.
And the sedges' secret beds.
One stands aglow with the sun.
Hi white shnpe gleamingly wet,
Mk nlabnstcr set
Agolnst dark grass, and one
Splashes him, wild with fuu.
And now like statues ginwing.
Slim nnd lithe nnd free.
They race exultingly,
Their proud h'eads backward throwing
Happy, untramineled, unknowing!
The loud lark's sunny voice
Shivers out of the sky ;
The lush grass -meadows lie
Lulled In his lovely noise..
O duy, thut urt passing by,
Hold fust In memory
Tho wonderful vivid poise
Of naked bathing boys!
F. H. Kendon in the London Mercury,
PHILADELPHIA, fctTE&DAX ttEBBtf ABY ' 45,
STAMPS ON SUNDAY
Postmaster Thornton Will Introduce,
an Innovation Speaker Spangler
and tho Absentees Dr. Sny
der's Mission to tho Colleges
lly GKOBOE NOX McCAIN
P" OSTMASTEIt JOHX A. THORNTON Is
going to put into effect an Important and
much-needed change in tho routine of the big
office over which he presides.
It all came about through a trifling in
cident on n recent Sunday evening.
A gentlemnu residing in one of the outer
wards, who makes it a practice to clean up
his personal correspondence Sunday after
noon, found himself' short of a few postage
stamps.
With no thought of Sunday restrictions ns
applied to the purchase of n few postogo
stamps, ho came into town for dinner nnd
rodo down to the postofilco to mail his
letters.
Hut tho long row of stamp windows was
closed tight as wax.
Affixed to one of the retail stamp windows
wns a small placard, which read:
STAMP WINDOW OPEN 10 A. M.
TO 2 P. M. SUNDAYS AND HOLI
DAYS. There it wns, a government regulation
staring him in the fnce with the self-evident
fact of tho impossibility of inuilug several
important letters.
TtTTHAT do you think of that?" he said
VY to his companion, ns they paraded out
the long corHdor toward Mnrket street.
"Pretty good evidence thnt nil the com
ments made about Philadelphia provincialism
nre true," tvna the smiling responso of his
companion.
"Well, Til say so," wns tho disgruntled
reply. Then he continued:
"Think of it, a city of nearly two million
inhabitants nnd you enn't buy a postngo
stamp at the postoffice unless you hustle
around at a time when you ought to be at
church or else eating your Sunday dinner."
"Oh, but you must not forget that we must
have Sunday observance, nnd you nre lucky
to havo four hours out of twenty-four In
which you can purchnso a stamp on the first
day of the week," answered the other.
rrr'S this way," snld Postmaster Thorn-
X ton with a good-natured laugh when
the incident wos brought to his attention.
"The retail stamp window wns open for
the sale of stamps, but not for the delivery of
mall matter, until a year or so ago. Then a
commlttco of gentlemen interested In Sunday
observance waited on me nnd demanded that
I censo the sale of stamps.
"I pointed out thnt it was n public con
venience, necessary in a good many cases in
a great city and particularly in case of
strangers." The committee insisted Hnd
finally I wns informed that unless I censed
the retail sale of stamps on Sunday complaint
would be mado against me at Washington.
"It is a matter of no personal interest to
me. It wns only a question of convenience
to the public. I then suggested that the office
be open for several hours every Sunday.
"Several of the committee 'asked that wo
discontinue the receipt and distribution of
mail, which would mean the closing down of
the office, the piling up of mail matter, the
disorganization of the city's Monday business
nnd the necessity of deploying a large extra
force of men to make up for lost time.
"1 think they saw the force of my argu
ment." ,
THIS is what Postmaster Thornton pro
poses to do hereafter, nnd his action will
undoubtedly meet with approval from a good
many people.
While the retail window will be open dur
ing the present limited hours for the solo of
stamps and postal cauls, it will be closed
during tho rest of the day.
This will relieve the regular stnmp clerk
from duty except during the four or five
hours in question.
A push-button bell will be installed nnd
citizens desiring to purchnso stamps need
only press the button to call an employe to
the window, when stumps can be secured.
The attendant at the stump window, out
side tho regular hours, can be assigned from
among the regular force, which will therefore
obviate the necessity of keeping an extra
clerk on duty.
Objectors can find food for thought in the
question ns to what difference there Is be
tween buying postage stamps nt the post
office or nt a drug Btore. where you arc ex
pected to make a purchase of some other
article as n repayment for tho proprietor's
trouble in selling nonprofltnble stamps.
MEMHEnS of the House of Representa
tives nt Harrisburg ate due for a jolt one
of these dayB.
It has been tho custom since the beginning
of the present session for gentlemen from
Philadelphia and Pittsburgh, butPhllndelphin
and certain of the eastern counties particu
larly, to hop a trnln Tuesday afternoon or
Wednesday morning and go home, leaving,
those who rcmnln to curry on the work of
tlio House.
It Is nn imposition on faithful representa
tives Spenker Spongier tells me thnt he proposes
to put an end to the practice. He is the
business manager of the House nnd it is up
to him, he declnres. to see that it is con
ducted properly.
It would not be a xery pleasant or profit
able thing some Wednedny or Thursday
morning to have the question of n quorum
raised, followed by n "(nil of the House."
Sergeants-nt-nrms visiting rnuneicipMa or
Pittsburgh to capture and haul back to Har
risburg runaway members nt their own ex
peuse nould be the cnuso of a good deal of
unnecessarity profanity.
I have seen It done n number of times.
Speaker Spongier Is in earnest. Resides,
a number of couutry members have already
begun to lodge complaints to him about the
vork-dodgers.
THE Rev. Dr. It. S. Snyder has just to
turned from visiting fortv.flve colleges
nnd universities in the interests of what
might be termed the intensive reclamation
service of the International Young Men's
Christian Association.
He wns accnmpnnled bv two other clergy
men especially assigned to the work.
Tl wns In reality an evangelical mission.
The object was to reach the thousands of
young men students and set before them ell
rectlv and plainly, without nny popular rc
vlvnllstie pageantry or chorus, the straight
truths of Christian faith and the benefit of
right living.
Dr. Snyder s'oys that the mission was a'
great success. Everywhere thej were greeted
by large nudience-s of colleglnns to whom
the novelty of direct appeal mnde 11 favor
able impression.
Ills Itincrnry covered the region east of the
Mississippi river.
The closing meetings of the tour will he
nt Princeton University, where Dr. Snyder
is scheduled to sjieok to the student body on
three successive Sundays.
Not the lenst Interesting phase 0f this
work, which had its Inception In the wnr'e
aftermath, Is that the clergvmen assigned to
tho tusk, on Icnve from theit respective con
gregatlons, lecelved for their services their
expenses only nnd n small monthly allowance
In lieu of salnrv.
The service to the universities Js free.
Normal Conditions
Krom the Ksnana d's "tr
It isn't much comfort to reflect that, ex
cept for Its outward aspects, the Irish situa
tion isn't really much worse than it has been
for the lust 1100 years.
Oh, Isn't There?
From the HyracuM rost-Slunrtard.
There Is one thing by which the egg man
hss it on the butter producer. Thero is no
substitute just as good as the egg.
Boudoir Reds
rrotu tn Wartilnnton Toat
Another red menace: Fifteen-year-old
girls with the rcuge habit,
- Tsi-im Airs i-e.- TTitffmnn) trT -. - ' s , "J
NO W MY IDEA IS THIS
Daily Talks With Thinking Philadelphia on Subjects They
Knoiv Best
DAVID D. SIMPSON
On Treatment of Service Men
THE spirit of "buddies" which existed in
our army abroad should be continued nt
the present time in regard to the treatment
of service men, according to David 1. Simp
son, first vice rommandcr of the American
Legion. Department of Pennsylvania, and
commander of the Captain AN alter Si.
Georty -Post of this city.
While unstinted praise is due the legis
lative committees, the wnr-risk insurance
committees, legal nnd medical nm comnm.
tees and state nnd national organizations,
in the opinion of Mr. Simpson, their work
in behalf of the returned soldiers is the ef
fort of a few for many nnd should be ox
tended to all citizens of the United States.
"Had the American Legion 'fathers' at
the first convention in St. Louis written
'buddyism' Into the preamblu of our con
stitution few perhaps would have imbibed
its fullest meaning,'1 Mr. Simpson said.
"Some 'llne-n-second' render In the per
son of nn ex -doughboy even might have
hurled arcusations of the legion 0 partiality
to some Oriental religion.
"However, the dignified fraraers of the
American Legion constitution expressed our
ideal in a manner more civil they cemented
into our preamble the eloquent words mutual
helpfulness." It looks well in print. Hut
these trying days when so many ex-service
men arc out of employment, for some reason
or other, it is not stirring legionaries to Its
depths.
"The piomising acorn planted two years
ago in the broad field of legion ideals has
reared its sturdy trunk to a generous height
in the grove of American Legion accom
plishments, 'tis true, but
"Has the work of legislative committees,
war-risk Insurance committees, legal nnd
medlcul-ald committees In post, stute nnd
national organizations been the effort of
'buddies' one for another? These exertions
for constructive nnd beautiful things, 1 be
lieve, have been merely ou the part of n few
for tnc many. They have not been 'mutual'
In tho true sense of the word. The effoits
have not been on the part of all the 'bud
' dies' in the Interests of all the other 'bud
dies.' "
Must Continue Spirit
"To realize our ideal of 'mutual helpful
ness' it will be necessary to continue iu a
practical manner tho spirit of 'buddyism'
that was religiously adhered to In the service.!.
Its principle Is the sumo In civil llfo as it
was in the set vice. Only the application of
the principle Is different. 'Doughboys' und
'gobs' in the service knew each other uh
'buddies,' 'shipmates' 'side kicks' or
'bunkleo,'
"Each of these vernacular terms of fond
ness implied a thing infiuitely finer nnd
greater than n mere outsider would sus
pect. Didn't a 'buddj ' always havu an extra
cigarette? Wasn't his more fortunate can
teen ever at the disnotial of a thlrstv com
rade? A 'shipmate' never hesitated to staud
watch or pull un oar for a fellow tiuder the
weather. Who crawled into a shell hole
when 'Heinle' was putting his 'G. I. enns'
over to help a wounded comrade? A man
overboard drew a dozen lithe forms leaping
from the decks, didn't he? Did u 'bunklc'
ever fail to shnie a blanket or an overcoat
on sumo of those cold rainy nights in the
Argonnc?
"That was 'buddyism.'
"Its application under given circuinstunee.s
was spontaneous, unpremeditated.
"To apply 'mutual helpfulness' now in
civil life seems to rcquliu suggestions. In
other words, wo former tervire men need 11
tolt. Just where 'hudd)lsiu' beclns mid
enils does not matter. The field is vast ; the
time always ; nnd the effort little enough.
"A young fellow who served In tho 100th
Infantry worked on the books of a large
local merchandise house before he went to
war. He served through every major opera
tion in which the Twenty eighth Division
participated and wns wounded on November
11, 1017, shortly before the hour of U a, m.
He cume home. His old Job wus offereid
hltn. He asked his firm for a chance 011 the
outside. He knew among his firm's best
customers u dozen or so ex-service men who
did the buying for their respective houses.
He struck out forthwith, aruud with cour
age, price lists and confidence. Confident
that the comradeship of service was still
potent nnd yearning to function. Tho re
sponse from the formor service men wns most
generous, even to tho point of discriminating,
That chap's pay has been Increased. Ho
is appreciated and valued to the fullest ex
tent by his employers.
"Thnt was 'buddyism'- in reverse Eng
lishbut mutual helpfulness, nevertheless,
Some Timely Suggestions
"The Philadelphia county cominjttce of
tho American Legion, which has opened an
employment bureau, will offer tho following
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timely suggestions to all members of local
posts :
"First. Every time you hear of n job
open notify tho employment officer of your
post.
"Second. If you know of n comrade need
ing a job. nsk your employer if he can use
an ex-service man.
"Third. Never buy u thing until you
have ascertained where a legionary is selling
the article you want.
"Fourth. Propose in your post the pub
lication of n directory or Toster showing the
names nnd business of nil your members.
This Should be nrrunged alphabetically by
nnmes In one part and by classified busi
nesses and nnmes lu the second part.
"Fifth. Think of every legionnry or the
buddy' you had In the service. Don't bo
awed by his present position. He wants to
help 3011 ns much as )ou desire to patronize
him.
"The spirit of comradeship the code of
mutual helpfulness bred in the toll of drill
field or on the decks of ships, fostered In the
common determination to win a glorious vic
tory, renred 1111 in the grim trials of battle
fields and perilous wnters and cherished In
memory now is too fine a blessing, too
rich n possession, to lose through corruption
of rust and disuse. (Jive it practical appli
cation to the affairs of every duv !"
Armchair Patriots
From the llnntrm 'Iranacilp.
According to tho arguments of some poo-
Sle, the Entente should rather reimburse
lennany for every cent which she spent
during the war. Hut these persous, it may
be ndded, fought the war for the most part
in the United States.
Wood Row In Form
Trom tho Wjnne. Ark.. Vtogttnn.
Coon hunting nnd cockilghting Is the
order of the day nt Tilton. A. Carney's
game, named Eugeno II., wns knocked out
bv Sank tultz's old domlncckcr, numed Wood
Row.
Not Confined to Missouri
Trom tho 1'irla M. Appeal.
Wo know a man who can tell how many
tons of salt could bo extracted from nil the
oceans nnd how mnny millions of years It
would take for a man to make n trip around
tho ring of Saturn in a second -linnd Ford,
hut to snve his life, he could not tell where
the food und fuel for futnlly use next week
are to come from.
Might Try It In Factories
From Hie Um Anuelm Tltnia.
Carbon dioxide, which is tho exhalation
of tho coke lilust furnace, is fine for fer
tilizing the air. Within its environment
seeds will sprout like iiiiiglc nnd plunts will
grow 1 ke .Tuck s bennstulk. Hut who wnnts
to fertilize the air, even If it will produce an
onion ns big as a derby hut?
LULLABY LAND
THERE is a place where, like lazy
chargers,
Tho great wuves roll nnd beck the sand.
here the long palm rows sway ond sigh
And sing their liillnby to u sleepy land.
Their is n plucc whero the moon on hlch
Showers its silver ruvs to the earth below,
Whero the frugrnnce of fruited trees
Tempts the nostrils when soft winds blow.
There Is n pluce, away from the thronty roar
Away from the dirt and tho city's grinding
There Is n p'lnce where palm trees sway and
And sing their lullaby to n sleepy Jund
Charles Hamfleld Hoyt, In the N. Y. Hun.
AFTERMATH
THE pupcr on which this slight modern
sheaf
Of viigriuit verse Is printed long ngo
Hefore It went bock Into pulp would show
Quaint fancies woven out of liower und leaf
HnlluiU. compounded of the love and grief'
And Joy of old lomnnco, nnd row on row
Of lovely lyrics, with the charm and glow
Of borne wild woodland bird's note, keen
und brief. '
And so. perchance, those earlier songs mn)
The shadow of their beauty to the nt
And all unconsciously these light wends
blend
With something of the glamour of th.
post. ' '
Whose spirit breuthes upon each later pJCL.
Th foded fragrance of another age,
Charlotte Uecker, in the N. Y, Herald.
l- I'll 11 1 if a 1 V
SHORT CUTS
Poets may now sense the sweet bretth
of Spring. Scalllona are in the market.
A Mellon "plugged and charged with
booze ought to make a strong appeal to the
wets.
Padcrcwski, tho statesman, is as wel
come to the United Btatcs ns Paderetraxl,
the pianist.
1 ,
If the island crcr possesses a national
song, we presume it will be known as a
Hymn of Haiti.
1
Saint Valentine having done hhj little
bit, It is now up to Dan Cupid to complete
arrangements for the Easter wedding.
After a sufficient number of cures bare
been discovered, somebody may stumble on,
the dltcovery as to what cancer really Is.
1 r
The Sowers bill, Jlko some of the prac
tices that would have gained by its pa&nafe
does not appear to thrive in the sunlight.
Poincaro says Germany must pay or
Franco will fight. He must believe France
holds a good hand to be willing to go it alone. ,1
Congrcsswoman Alice Robertson mtj
she intends to keep her eyes open und her
mouth shut. A woman out of a thouxand
and one the men might emulate with ad
vantage to tho country.
Statesmen the world over wonld not le
seriously interested in the "love intrigue" of
the heir to tho throne of Japan If they were
not wondering what concealed hands were
manipulating the royal puppets.
Tho suggestion of the llnllroad Labor
Hoard thnt tho controversy between exec
utives and employes be brought before It la
concrete form shows evident intention of
establishing and cementing pleasant rela
tions. The clashing of federal, state and city
quarantine authorities In New York in deal
ing with typhus fever suggests the des'ra
blllty of an autocrat arising who will decide
first and allow subordinates to look up legel
justification later.
That John Hull has learned some les
'sons with the years is evidenced by the fact
thnt Jnn Smuts, the George Washington w
the Union of South Africa, has proved W
patriotism by staying with the mother coun
try instead of breaking away.
We gather from a copyrighted Interview
of Helnrlrh Petermoyor with tho ex-kol
thnt Wilhelm waved with his right U,
nnd threw his clgarctto nway with his lejtl
nnd we Infer that these apparently Inslg-
nlllnniii nn.lr.Mu .n lli. o..ln .niltn nt ntlllll
1,1(1. (,V uviiuuo av luv dviv v........ r " "j
cntlon,
Identification of babies born in hospitals
is nhstired by footprints taken Immediately
after birth. As the poet Shortfcllow puts It.
Lives of doctors still remind us
We moy each king, thief or bard
On arriving leave behind us
Footprints on an index card.
If the war proved anything to u Is
tho way of preparedness It wus that un
trained men could be licked Into shape ia
short order for the rank nnd file, but wd
wo should have on hnnd at all t mc i
trained men to lend nnd "experts to PIaD"
devise. This would seem to Indie-ate tn"
what Is needed Is not a large army but mow
West Polnfs.
Tho Senate committee on Immigration
has sponsored a bill that sounds like the pre
liminary bout to prohibition. It propo J
to admit aliens to this country in the jcariT
ratio of r per cent of the total number"
their respective nationals already here. io
may or may not mean n further red'icw"
to 2.75 per cent nnd then to one-half 01 1
per cent Inter. One never can toll.
Not nil the troubles of the Halknns sUT
within their own borders wherever ww
burden, may happen to be today or tomor
row. Some travel far afield as pronoi atnii
of tho Senate's 5 per cent Immigration wu
may discover. When ethnological, w
graphical and political claisu(ncnt.on "
constantly shifting, a poor Interpreter of t
law Is, as it were, likely to become, w w
speak, a mighty poor interpreter of the l
Hlshop Nikolai, of thn Council olB'
blan Child Wolfnre. says European "'"',
.IH,.u .r roMiinnullile for tllO WOfl ! .'
fPl.n.. ,ln..Al,.n, ,, MV-. Oh IntdlK'" '
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y developed, lie Hays, an j,.,,
is thinking only of material thing ."
it f.o.n us (., contradict a bUhoj
we il.nik we could make out oh i)
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hut w Hunt vp coiliii mime ",...
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diudnni'i 11 class m'" '";...
of iiuiterliil thills '"'! the rcsilltam " aK ,
tion gum blrlh nnl only to war, ''' U
host of tiwecpltig ee','l'!U1"ol'imlnSn.V
hit the truth In spots-n phenomenon,
cldentayy, not peculiar ,xo aw
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