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WRIGLEY'S GUILT
TIIH conviction of Maci-tmti' ltjpui K.
Wriclcy of the rlinrcc of driitiR an auto
rnobilt; uhili intnirutt'I and riiuuitii; tlmvn
ml ItilliiiK a winnnii is one of the most
whole-omt1 tilings that has liajipcneil in lliii
city in a Ion;; tim It -hos that nulitioal
"pull" can be circumvented if prosecuting
Officers and courts tleirc it.
M'ricle.v e.tpeeted to get o(T thi time (is
he had escaped punWhment in the past for
infractions of the law. I'.nt the killing of a.
"onian in the street is not nn offense which
can be. ignored, especial! when it was the
econtl "accident" of the kind for which he
tvas responsible.
All the expedient for delay known to the
law will be used to postpone the execution of
sentence upon him, but the public confi
dently hopes that they will be of no nvail
und that ho will feel the penalty of the law
which he has violated.
GIVE HARDING A CHANCE
MH. HAKDIN'ti'S protest against the
virulent criticism to which he has lately
been subjected is jutirled.
The country is awaiting his administra
tion with confident hope, untroubled by the
kuon ledge that he must do many things
which the party of the opposition will at
tack. Hut it is disposed to give him a chance
to get things started before it begins to judge
him.
What he has done thus far is pretty satis
factory, lie has named two excellent men
for his cabinet, and a third man has been
chosen primarily because he is a politician
to whom Mr. Harding is under obligations.
If he can keep up this proportion of two
thirds idealism and one-third practical poli
tics there will he no grounds for complaint.
AMERICANISM IN JAPAN
UNTIL jestcrday the world had never
heard of S. Shiba. It is likely to hear
more of him from now on. P. Shiba is a
Japanese journalist who was educated and
trained in Honolulu, where the democratiza
tion of en-tern peoplts .mil the progress of
the America idea of government among races
unaccustomed to it hao been amazing In
Honolulu you will find educated Chinese and
Japanese who are more ardently devoted to
democratic ideals than a good many native
Americans.
From Honolulu, where S. Shiba had been
editing a newspaper for .Tap'inee, he wont
to Japan to take control of the Tokio Times
and to make of it "a mouthpiece for the
masse-." He arrived, and began hi- work at
time when the policies ,,f an imperii!) and
aggrrs-ne-minded government had inspired
tinren anil antaenn!m among 'hp people.
His iirt important pronouncement wa- pub
lished in the form of an open letter on hi
front pag" on a day when riots in the street
and wild debate in the Parliament attended
the efforts of the present government to evnde
overthrow or at least a parliamentary vote of
censure fo' it- leaning- toward tniurnri-tn.
Paid thi S Sliib.i. graduate of th" schools
of a Ihe'y .itinocracj. in ,z tvpe in an open
letter to the governs nf of Nippon .
".Japan i- cir-cd the mrid over for its
bureaucratic policy , polii , domestic m
rell a- internatiotia'. n t frank, truthful and
htraighttorward -uil 'a
A govo.-nnint
which treat- its mn p(op'e as an ignorant
ma- wi'l neve- -anl. No nation that lies
To tin1 world will - r:se"'
Secretary Iar..ei. and : is associate at
Washington appear cnrv.ncel that at orne
time or other the n.i'i'ary party in Japan
will make a sudden driw for vantage point
in the I'acific. J. Vilf-e,l Kip.d'.nj. a promi
nent Ni w X.ealar. !-. v.a- jn-t be.-n iellmg
London that Japanese ; o icy l.eing fnru.ii
lnted with a view o coniiuc-t in Australia,
sjich H(-'iiiiiti"ii- ia be itlio-jt ri veal
foundation. I'.'it ." 'i -t ' .i- -ik U sii-.
pielons i an ! nrr'i' ir. ' ,-rIl ,s in j-.
self proof of sonn't -z v ro' ; t 'l'n, i, S.
Shib.i. joi.rnali-t. !ii tobi ti Jnpnnese j-t
why Japan is iti at r.g d i inr nnl l . .- !
quarters her" i igii' frp'ini- o- n.'glry
enemies mux !e r. -idi wit1 i,..i, ease.
SPELLING
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.n III tl,lli'l fit; it. . . i'.i ii .,er
the actmii ot tli. . g -lutuc , oi.in.it''-' ,,f the
Nntiunu! IMuc.i. .:i As-,,1 i.iiihii f.iMirmg
the abolition f s i t'.-d s , llmg.
Tin y seem in t'i in, !,',!, i t(... sp.iln.j ,,f
words is ,t inn",- ..' grut imporrniH .
Perl lips they nr n.'ut. And tl.in aita.ii,
perl.iipM tlnv arc n"' W- do no' -td:
word- now in n 'i u r ,.. t ' 'i.iuirr j i !
them, bit tin pn., ! i.(ri,,niiiT ti" . , i.-.'o
fet hi- 'ini.'i ng. Js'ial-i -p. ,ir. li, i,.,t ,f,i.'
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Ispelleii 1'! ill ,,,.,;, i ( , ),.,, I
Anato!i I'nmce 1 ,r ,,, ,,j , ite, ('. :' .
men can re id M.e.taiji,'. ;.;! ;..'. u
he rote at)., it .1- -,n , 'j,,-. . r ,
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the import.'ii f -; !' ,ig ' r .
but fo'i- h it. - Mr I . 'c
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over. ,i oi 'I'P'd 'I. i .- .,'
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letters a- tt i ..illii j. t ill' i ,,.,, t
with si let', r t -le lust ,i ,; ,, ,,,,
nineli tie will. ig..' In f.n I. u ' t, ,t .
brought on tin 'iii'le no on- l.iii.u , r ',r -
how th ik P llnl If hull nl. .,,,, ,,f
the best oiiulcts ,'.r iiiini. were pnp.ire! by
cooks who could i .it spill at nil.
What i- known n- -p, llrng reform im.-.e,
nbout gradu.ilN vittmul any blowing of
Irillilpets, just as i-. f.irpi in puni'liiiiiinp. is
brought about iNwift. in his "Talc uf a
Tub." inserti'd i-ntiinui- and si'innidniis s,,
freelj that the pmifir were put ro if to
find cno'.iif'i In g.' iirmiiiil V gi in ralum . go
fteii r 11 l ' i"i 'l'i' ti i a . in pnu' i
; fie , 1 1 . ' .1
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abbreviation, nnd sought to Induce writers
to agrco to use the colon ns he used it In
writing his name. lint his efforts enme to
naught. Punctuation, however, is much
simpler than it was in the nineteenth cen
tury because It has been discovered that
men can inuke their meaning clenr by the
arrangement of their words without the aid
of no many punctuation marks as were once
regarded necessary.
So while the school men and women are
excited tho rest of tis need not be moved
from our customary calm.
THEY'RE CUTTING YOUR UNCLE
OFF THE WORLD'S WIRE LINES
This Action by the Allies Is the Cause of
the Testy International Debate
Over the Island of Yap
TltY for n cheerless moment to Imagine
what your feelings would be if oii awoke
one morning to find that the telephone lines
over which our business nnd personal af
fairs nre directed had Middcnly been seized
by a strong-willed competitor and connected
up with his prhnte switchboard.
And suppose you knew that there was nn
intention frequently to "plug you out" at
this switchboard and that strong rivals were
preparing to establish listening posts at
which jour most intimate communications
ami jour business plans would be scrutinized,
recorded and reported for interests frankly
opposed to you.
Doing nil this, j-ou will be able to under
ftand what the government of the I'nited
States: hail in mind when it lodged with the
Council of the League of Nations u tint
nnd uncompromising protest against Japa
nese control of the island of Yap.
Yap is at the heart of a question of
worldwide importance.
Sail westward from the Hawaiian islands
on a direct line to the Philippines, and if
the ship is a slow one with a loafing habit
of wajsjile journeyings joii will come upon
Yap after traversing about three-fourths of
the distance.
Ynt is a tiny ilet of rock and sand. Yet
it is coming to appear more nnd more like
a spearhead of Japanese diplomatic pur
pose in the Pacific. It is an important cable
relay station. Trunk lines that connect with
tho I'nited States divide at Yap and run out
to China, India, the Philippines nnd nil
important points in the wide Kast.
Formerly the island und the cables wcto
under German control. A cable independ
ently controlled runs from Guam and the
Hawaiian islands, but it cannot meet nil
the needs of America.
About the first thing that the Japanese
did when they entered the war was to seize
Yap. They still hold the iland. Moreover,
they hold it with the consent of the Supreme
Council of the League of Nation.. The
French and ltritish Governments have good
reasons of their own to be shy about object
ing to an arrangement thnt is plainly un
desirable and even unsafe for the I'tilted
States. They themselves have been seizing
cables and expressing a determination to
hold them as part of the spoils of war.
At all the places where German cables
were landed in Kuropo the Pnited States is
confronted with a situation almost precisely
similar to that which exists at Yap. Ameri
can representatives in Pari did not ask for
ownership or control of undersea telegraph
line. Hut they demanded that nil such
line be internationalized in order that every
country should b0 assured of the means of
free communication in pence or in war.
Pecause we have been without voice or
nuthority in the later deliberations of tin
League of Nation Council, the allied coun
tries haven't troubled themselves greatly to
respect our wishes in the matter of the
cable. The process .,f distribution to
favored nations went on q lietlv but openly.
Whether this gradual chi me of American
isolation represents a deliberate allied pnllcv
or whether it i menly a n-ult of drift
ami aciident thnt jet nirty be fullj remedied
will be apparent when the International
Communications Conference again gets well
iiinler way nt Washington.
This conference ha ju-t resumed its de
liberation. It was cnlhd ome time ago by
Mr Wilson. It is made up of experts nnd
diplomatic representatives from all the allied
countries. It wrangled itself into a dead
lock and then adjourned to await further
advice from the allied i.ipirnl. The repre
s native of the 1'nited State Government
have not moved from their original position
nor have they in anj way softened their
demands.
It is now pretty gem rally admitted that
Ambassador Gedde wiiit to London in have
i.ctii.c.1 conferi nccs with hi- government
relative to this genera! que-tinn of entiles and
..lb!" cniitrol, and there is good ground for
the belli f that he is returning to Washington
with . unci ssii.ns nrd u formula thnt may
Hid a controversy which has been svviftlv
developing into something like an interim -tinnal
i rii. For it has been n long time
since any communication betwien one gov
ernment and nnother wa so tinged with irri
tation und so harshly uncompromising a
the note sent by Mr ''olbj to the Lengui
of Nation- I'ouncil in the matter of Yap.
Mudi more than "i up i- involved. f
course There i a disposition among the
Allle- to throw discretion to tl.e winil and
in re-unie the scramble for what is regarded
a- iiiplomtitic t-ensure. This return r,, -,n
old destructive habit of reasoning is i ridi-nt
in Mesopotamia, in Persia and nr miuiv
places on the Continent The schetne of
cable monopoly happen- nn-rflv to I e
iletu . of the newer allie. policy that directly
anil adversely affects tl,, Tniteil States.
JSicflusp of the .rint .if P.riti-h In'luence
in France nnd New ton- among the Allie
it is upon the P.riti-': rlmr a peaceful and
satisfactory set'o n t.t ..f the ,-nlile dt-ullocl,
hirgilv depemfs Prime Minister L'nvd
fiiorge mh Prrinier P.ri.ind are the i on trol
ling intl lences m t!.i Snpn n.e Conni il of tin
League of Nations nr p'-senr. P.rinnd I no
fire en'er and he I- Ie nf nn opportunist
t! til. it.biiv of the men about ,,im in Pari-.
Ti.e i able grab wa part nf the sj stem
..f np;. irtiiliist diplomacy that hlir Il stidih u
and ili.itrniis revival on the Continent im
II,. din'1 !v after the iidjo'irnmi :,t of the Wr
si.illi- .-oiifereri' " It ri'llei ted a policy that
i- no long, r generallv ip ported bj the really
In'luenliu. i uders in flu- varimi allied coun
tries. I'nqu' -fcrniblv however, a enh'o nionnp
... .- is son .thins wliii 1. many of the powerful
rn d iirgiiinxatioiis nf I rarer- nnd Untuin
wm 'i ,i ,-irlv love- to si,, established.
I'ff'.r-s toward i, t(lcii. ut of the -ort
.sgisful by the t'niiiil Stales will show
Cii'iier ii philoMip! v nf .iggn --in trade itn
;.. r .th -r l.u- ri-nliy triumphed .oer the sim, r
i..: si. phies ..f progns.i.s, di loiniii j j (ie
a.' 'l ii ition--
'i I. ere vionlil be irninen .ruble ironj in the
-if at., n if a -ii all spar f i nek unit sniid
ii, n far putt of i,, pueifii- ocean were to be
ii new pniiit nf dm, s roils iMi-rnutiotuil frlc
ti'.n. 1,'it sfritiiger tlntig. have hnpiieinil
And "lap inppui now In hi. the pivnt on
wliit-1 a ipie-tiuti "f gr .-u iiifermitional im
pott.in remlvi .
If do Alii'- in I'urnpi, tisli Japii" to re
llmiuNI V:i'i. Jnpnr, will i-ertninlv u-k the
ili. s in 1','irop. whj the Geriiiiiii able
laiiding in Fniiiif iiinl the ltritish Nc are
not being Iiiti-rniitiiiniili7i-d. And lln-re voii
are !
Mr Iliiriling nnd Mr. Hi-glios nre ns well
iware ns Mr AVilson and Mr Colli of the
iiiipiirtiiiice in this i-nuiiir of free and nn
censured cnlili - It i- iiltugetl r unlikilj,
tin p fori thu tli' in'' iidiiiiiiistiuiinn nt
Wa-liiiiL''.'i. will d' parr In an, -in i'r..io Mi..
,,t', . ,1' ' i " - t, ,,',-
President and the secretary of state. It Is
significant that tho Communications Confer
ence hns resumed Its sessions at a time when
the British ambassador has just returned
to Washington.
The nllled press has been asking why
Japanese control nt Ynp Is more objection
able to the Putted States than German con
trol. The allied press, knows well enough.
The Japanese have great ambitions and great
temptations in tho Pacific and tho Germans
had not.
Any nort of foreign censorship over cables
must nlwnjs be distasteful and dangerous
to the I'nited States. Any sort of exclusive
control of the means of communication be
tween nation and nation Is manifestly bad
for the world nt large.
As mutters stnnd, this country might In
nn emergency be deprived uf tho right to
receive news or even private advices from
many parts of the Orient. It could not even
depend on unrestricted cnbte service to and
from many parts of Kurope.
Anything that tends to put up new walls
between peoples is especially dangerous and
undesirable in the present state of the world.
What the I'nited .States is peeking first of
nil Is n system of cable administration thnt
will give nil peoples free nnd assured rights
to communicate with each other at all times
and under all circnmstnnce.s.
'llie freedom of cables Is quite as necessary
to the peace of the world ns the freedom of
the seas.
IN THE HOMESTRETCH
TIIH General Assembly eutcrs next Mon
day night at Harrisburg on its conclud
ing stages. L'p to this time the legislators
have done nothing, in a sense, other thnn
mark time and prepare for whatever is to be
finally enacted into law.
This menus that the state so far has gained
nothing; perhaps it Is equally true thut
nothing of legislative importance hns beeu
lost. At least, such vicious proposals ns
are embodied in the Sowers "undcrwnT.d"
bill, for example, have not been slipped
through the House nnd Senate. Neverthe
less, in point of time and money, much bna
been wasted.
News reports tell of conferences between
Governor Sprout. Senator Penrose nnd other
leaders, presumably with the object of reach
ing a general and harmonious agreement on
n legislative nnd finnncial program. It is
to be hoped that these conferences will so
speed up the machinery of the Legislature
that the contemplated adjournment by the
end of April may bo had.
Governor Sprout's recent statements,
which are in accord with his message to
the Assembly, clearly indicate n desire to
consider legislative matters on a business
rnther than a political or factional basis.
He snjs in effect :
"If you wnnt to develop certain of the
vital arms of the government you must pro
vide the sinews with which to carry on thc-e
enlarged activities."
Considering this suggestion in their confer
ences nnd in their legislative proposals, the
leaders may well see n clear-cut opportunity
for service. They are faced by conditions
which may eem paradoxical. As a matter
of fact, these very conditions constitute n
challenge to whatever of statesmanship there
is in the councils of the Legislature. If the
people of Pennsylvania want anything from
this session they want something thnt spells
progress, not reaction. They wnnt this,
remembering nt the same time thnt the eco
nomic -structure of the country is passing
through a well-defined period of reorganiza
tion and readjustment. Taxpayers nre surely
entitled to exercise their privilege of insist
ing, especially nt this time, that new reve
mis -linll be raised in way thnt shall not
hamper development and prosperity. Of
course, if new taxes nre hampering there
may be no incrrue in revenues.
As against this general proposition the
members of the Legislature will have to
consider a series of progressive measures
calling for the expenditure of considerable
sums. Larger appropriation will be re-q-iired.
for instance, for the state-wide im
provement of the school sj'stem. And ns tho
Governor pointed out the other day, five
million dollars will be sought from the state
as this ear's contribution to the Delaware
river bridge project.
The people of Pennsylvania will be glad
of a chance to travel forward. They cannot
be criticized if they urge thnt the rate of
fare be ns reasonable as possible.
It is a splendid idea to promote the ap
plication of economy. Put legislators must
nNo differentiate between tNe cries of special
pleaders and the arguments nf constructive
critics. There is a wide chasm between
business-like economy and that kind of econ
omy which is advanced for political orsellish
reasons.
It is time thnt the Legislature swung Into
action. It i up to the members and their
leaders to decide whether or not the session
,.f IfrJl i to pass into history ns one notable
if not distinguished for n record of pro
gressive legislation, combined with the adop
tion of n sound financial policy Let the
va'ohword be, "Not how much, but how
good . "
WINGS
TO PILOT P. M. ALLISON, of the
I'tiited States Air Mail Service and,
indeed, to the organization of which he is n
pari the country will take off its hat in a
spirit of something like reverence. Uecnuso
ho could sit at his controls for thirteen hours
at an altitude of about (iOOO feet and average
107 mile. an hour tbruugli pitch darkness
over u course that he bud never traveled be
fore, all transcontinental ulr records were
broken ar.d mail was carried from San Fran
cisco to New York in n little more than
tli-rty-three hours. The feat i- in its way
an cpV one. P.ut the general ti -t in which
Allison figured so magnificently proves more
about the stajing power of nn igators than
ill-jut the pn sent -day possibilities of nir ma
chine. One pilot lost his life in the effort to
make this new speed record. Other machines
oiiuic to grief, lint by methods n-ch us this
the army nnd navy, ns well n.- the postal oJB -ln!,
acquire explicit knowledge relative to
the stn.ving power of the best nvuilahle men
and the best available machines.
There appear to have been n deliberate
effort in this instance to try both men and
filur.es to the breaking point. From thut
point inventors and strategists will proceed
with newer devices.
it inaj be a long time before transennti
i.oiitnl mnll cim he regularly transported in
n da and ;i half Put the miracle of jc-s-l
rdav is the conventional thing of today,
and once n need is apparent mears to meet
it are n.wa.vs found.
What is needed now are larger planes und
mote dependable nnd more powerful motors.
Wiring ev-erj moment of his night ride Alli
son's life depended on the smooth function
ing of hi engines. When a motor Is so
devised that it cuiinot fail a man In such
Miierg -iii-n-H. nil mnil tnaj travel a wing nnd
f.-.ver pilots will be killed in carrying it.
The Methodist l.pisoopiil Council of
( itiis. meeting In. lluituln, has adopted a
n solution cotuini'lidirg the hiterchiircli
Wui Id Movement commission nf Inqulr.v for
its ri port on tile sleel strike of Kllll. '('here
i- cnu-e for congratulation in the fact thnt
a Philadelphia mini.-ter the lie. William
S Mitchell, led tin fight for such commen
dation The fact that some of the conclu
sions readied to the commission were seri
ously questioned In ome quarters affords no
reason for doubting the sineerilj and in
legritv of the investigating body.
'I he Ilurlesoii ailininlstrntloti hns nroed
tlint i nil enn be curried from coast to
. na-t hi tliiri. mret nun a mini mmi unu
tlia i it mi take wice us long to be carried
, ,f . .i im. .
DIED OF DIPHTHERIA
Dr. Walsh Says It Killed Washing
ton Dr. Da Costa and His Memo
Her, of Samuel J. Randall.
The Retreat From
Qermantown
IJy OKOHGE NOX McCAIN
Dlt. JOSKPII WALSH calls my attention
to a very Interesting and unknown fact
In the death of Washington, now thnt we
tire at thnt period of the year when Incidents
in the life of the Father of His Country are
more prone to be discussed. ,
Washington's death tins been variously
ascribed to acute inllnmmutlon of the larynx:,
a quinsy or tonsillitis,
Dr. Walsh tells inc that Washington died
of diphtheria.
The authority for this is the late Dr.
nil lam Osier, who evidently hud made a
study of the case from all available his
torical evidence on the subject.
In Dr. Osier's "Practice of Medicine,"
seventh edition. 10011, that ery eminent
authority briefly but emphatically sajs,
"Washington dli'd of diphtheria."
.,"-,,Llc.:nc th,nS ,,int impresses me In the
Ife of Washington." said Dr. Walsh, who
is a student of Wushlngtonla, "is that he
never fought back those who assailed him.
He went right straight ahead attending to
the business In hand and Ignoring his de
tractors. "lie had n great work on hand and ho
knew it, and be apparently determined to
let no personal interests or off airs interfere."
DP. ,T. CIIALMEHS DA COSTA rcmem
hers Samuel J. Itundalt with admiration
and affection.
A little incident in the lives of tho two
men, one n statesmnn, the other a young
chop just graduated from the University,
had a controlling Influence on the career of
r)r. Da Costa.
His recollections of the famous Pennsyl
vanlan recalled to me some facts about
Itnndall.
Kven in the Democratic party, upon whose
history he bestowed the lasting honor of his
name, he is but a mcinorv now.
And yet Samuel J. Handnll was, possibly,
the greatest Democrat Pennsylvania ever
produced.
Ho was a man of stainless integrity and
high purpose, and as courageous as a pan
ther at bay.
IN PPPSONAL appearance Randall was a
trifle above tho medium as to height. Ho
vvas smooth-shaved, of full face, with mas
sive jaw, heavy eyebrows, keen dark eyes
and firm lips.
He was a trifle careless ns to dress nnd
when deeply in earnest upon any given sub
ject spoke with what might be termed a grim
determination.
He entered Congress from the old Third
district a poor man, and at the time of his
death, more thnn twenty-five vears after,
was but little better off than at the be
ginning. Senator ,T. C. S. Ulackburn. of Kentucky,
in his eulogy in the Senate over Pandall
said :
"The Lord never made a man more honest
nor a innn more courageous. He never knew
the nume of fear. Though u broken orb
should fall, fearless he would stand amid
the ruin."
It epitomized the political career of "Sam"
Pandall.
HE WAS too big a man for his party.
In the. last few years of his life his
party drew away from him. The southern
Democrats objected to his strong tariff prin
ciples. At his death he stood prneticatlv
alone like the lost massive column of a
ruined temple.
His party never forgave Pandnll nnd
twenty -live other members who had been
elected as Democrats who fell In behind Con
gressman William McKinley and bellied to
make a vote of l,ri4 to 11! against going into
committee of the House to consider revenue
bills, which meant the tnriff. It saved the
tariff bill of that dny. for it was a test vote.
Many stories used to bo told of his inde
pendence of character. One of the best was
when he was n candidate for speaker.
A great western railway magnute called
on him and said :
"Mr. Unndalt, you want to lie speaker.
It is in my power to elect whom I plen-e. nnd
joii know it. If you will allow me to name
a majority of the Pacific Itailrond committee
you shall be the man Will vnu do it?"
"No," was the quick reply; "I'll see you
dnmned first."
"Is thnt your last word?"
"Yes."
"Then you shall not be the speaker."
Hut Itnndall fooled htm. He became
speaker.
FRANCIS C. COLLINS, of Conshohocken,
tells me thnt in a recent paragraph in
this column there was nn error of one word
which rendered my statement historically
incorrect.
It was about the retreat of Washington's
army to Pennj packer's Mills on the 1'erklo
men after the battle nf Gormnntown.
Mr. Collins suggests that if the battle of
the Itrnndywine were inserted instead of thnt
of Germnntown It would rover the inaccuracy
of the statement.
Follow ing the battle nf the Priindywln".
Mr. Collins siijh. the Continental aniiy re
treated to Philadelphia, crossing the Schuyl
kill nt Past Fulls and then marching up' to
Watson's ford they cros,-cil to the west side
of the river.
Continuing their mar.-i, through Paoli,
they left Wayne's division there and contin
ued on to what is now Portstown.
From Pottstown thi-j continued across to
Pennypucker's Mills nnu thence fo White
marsh. From Whitcin.-irs.i they moved to
attack the English nt Germantovvn and re
treated again to Whitemar.-h.
THE late Governor Samuel W. Penny
packer, historian, nulhnr. president of
the Pennsjlvnniu Historical Society, was
also the historian of the Perkiomen valley,
in n way.
Speaking of Pcnnypn. ker's Mills nnd the
battle of Germnntown. Governor Pennj -packer
In bis niitiildngriip'iv says:
"Peter Pennj packer Umght filli ncrei at
this place in 17-17, and t'ier(. had a grist mill,
saw mill, fulling mill ui.il nrohnhlv u countrv
store. It was the tern.u n. of the Sl.ippiick
roan, nnu is reierrcii t., in William Jlruil
ford's little book puhli: e. n 17.T1 as one of
the noted places in the province,
"Washington took the Continental nrmj
there September 21!. 1777, ind there held the
council of war which determined to fight the
battle of Germantovvn.
"After the battle iof Germnntown) he re
trented to the same i.m p. bringing with him
hi wounded men."
So. according to t!, historian Penny
packer, the present i.-wier of the historic
site, Washington's soldiers did camp on the
hills around about after the battle of Ger
mnntown. It i- really n inu'tet ot small Importance,
for. generally speaking nil the region to the
northwest within fort miles of Philadelphia
le historic ground.
We rise, so to speak, on an Interroga
tion point: If n n.irrii-d wotnnn presiding
over a I.egisliirure liecnnies Mrs. Speaker,
would a single woman become Miss Speaker?
And if mi, whj'! Wouldn't courtesy be bet
ter rervid if Congrisswouiun Robertson, for
instance, if s c look the chair, were ad
dressed as Madame Speaker? Not that it
matters, of course Itut we're strong for
Cousin Alice, and for a moment we got
"bet up."
Turkish and Greek estimates of the
number f their national-, in Thruee and
Sin) mil seem to Indicate thnt tiie reason
figures don't lie 1 because the) are too busy
being juggled
The Department of Commerce has re
fiorted n shrinkage of fr,il.O(M).(HMi In Ameri
can export trade in Jnuuiir,. The door,
inslend of being open, iinp"nra to be lueiclj
Five hundred manufacturers of "prac
tial aids" to bounty, stuging mi "educa
tional beuutv show" in Chicago, are on
record .is dei luring against the excessive use
of cosineiiis Pcrhtips their words will have
more weight than the strictures, of philoso
phers und sages
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NOW MYJDEA IS THIS
Daily Talks With Thinking Philadclphians on Subjects They
Know Best
MISS MARGARET A. DUNLOP
On the Increasing Demand for Nurses
THE constantly increasing demand for
trained nurses, due to the widening of
the field of nursing, is creating n shortage
in tlits profession which must be met pri
marily by the public, according to Miss
Margaret A. Diiulop, superintendent of
nurses at the Peinisylviinia Hospital.
"There are many remedies." she says,
"but since it is the public which demands
nurses, it bus a responsibility toward the
maintenance of training schools and must
provide the funds."
Miss Dunlop explained how the field of
nursing lias developed since the war, and
that whilo hospitals possibly suffered by
nurses leaving to go into institutional, pub
lic health or community nursing, jet this in
itself should niitl.u the profession more at
tractive. "The public health problem has come to
the fore recently," said Miss Dunlop. "nnd
tho various organizations, federnl and state
health bureaus, Red Cross, conimuuit.v, in
stitutional and educational, nre creating a
constant demand for truined nurses."
Many Drop Studies
While a great many women entered nurs
ing during the war. taking short courses,
not ii great percentage of these, according to
Miss Dunlop. have continued their training.
She said these women would prove valuable
as volunteers during epidemics, relieving the
regular nursing staffs of hospitals, but that
due to their not having finished the regular
two or three year courses they could never
take the place of the regular nurse
(Ine of the reasons whj the superintendent
at the Pennsjlvnniu Hospital wishes n larger
stuff I- to enable her to arrange u working
day of eight hours for nurses. This lighten
ing of a nurse's labors, said .she, would tend
to make tl.i profession more popular.
Asked the reasons for the present shortage
of nurses. Miss Dunlop said:
"For exactly the same reason thnt there
Is a sbortagi of teachers: tin- work Is labori
ous and the t mining is haul in comparison
to the financial i enumeration gaiiud in otlitr
businesses or professions.
"Nursing i- no longer the only field open
to women: now there is scarcely mi) field of
human endeavor which is closed to women.
And, unfortunately, today there is more ma
terialism rhim idealism. Pusinins nnd its
possibilities of largo salaries, are appealing
to women. ,
Present Hours Ton Iong
"Another leasor,," -aid she, "is thai, due
to the long hours und hard work involved in
tlic training of i nurse, iiiiiny parents re
fuse to alio their daughter. to enter a
training school nr hospital.
"I feel it the d'ltj of every community to
care for its nun health. This Is rapidly
lieing realized, proofs of which arc the mi
meroiiB community orgiinlzntions and state
health bureaus which .ire being formed."
Miss Dunlop liiiicheil upon the opportuni
ties for women, far greater today than ever
before, in the nursing profession. Ilecause
of this, nnd the fact that the knowledge re
quired of trained nurses Is constantlj more
technical and broader, it is necessar) to
draw more odm ntcd women into the pro
fession. "And to do so." she sold, "we must offer
definite things a well-planned curriculum,
good living conditions and rcii-onuble work
ing hours
Conditions have changed greutlv since I
started nursing. Twiit.v-lue or thfrty .vears
ago the standards were much lower. Then
it wasn't iiecesnury for a iiure to know as
much: she didn't have to do mi much work
along scientific lines for pl.jsieians. Now,
dm turn have come to depend upon their
nurses to do n great deal for them.
Standards lieing Ituised
"The more .vomcii we have uppljing for
training tin- higher wo can make our stand
ards, for then we would need to take milv
the very best t.vpe of joiing women the one
who is well-grounded intellectually nnd well
lit ted ph.vsicull) for the work required."
Miss Dunlop enumerated the various
phased ami blanches of nursing which have
receiitlj Is'i'ii developed, us follows:
First. Private nursing.
Second Positions with public or private
Institutions.
Third. Positions with the medical depart
ments of large Industrial plants
Fourth. Educational positions; the teach
ing of first aid and sli-Wics- prevention In
M'llools
Fifth. Positions iinde,- the various health
bureaus, federal, state aid municipal.
Sixth, Cumuiiiiiity, scttii meiit and ilia -trnl
worl und visiting nurs-in.
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the highest profession obtainable for women.
A nurse can perform an invaluable service
to humanity nnd can save many lives."
' THE ENGLISH METERS '
THE rooted liberty of flowers in breeze
Is theirs, by national luck impulsive,
terse.
Tethered, tincaptured, rules olieyod "at
ease,"
Time-strengthened taws of verse.
Or they nre like our seasons that admit
Infleicion, not infraction: Autumn boar.
inter more tender than our thoughts of it.
Put a jenr's steadfast four:
Redundant syllables of summer rain.
And displaced uccents of authentic spring;
Spondaic clouds above u gusty plain
With d.ict) I& on the wing.
Not Common Law. but Equity, is theirs
(Mir meters : play and agile foot askance.
And distant, beckoning, blithely rhyming
pairs,
Unknown fo classic Frahce;
Unknown to Itnlv. Ay, count, collate.
Latins! with eve foreseeing on the time.
And numbered fingers, nnd approaching fute
In the appropriate rhyme.
Nov, noblj our grave measures nre decreed:
Hemic, nlcsandrine with the staj.
Deliberate ; or else like him whose speed
Did outrun Peter, urgent in the break of
la.v ,
Alice Mejnell in the London Mercur).
Rocky Road to Knowledge
Trnni the 1 otiHuli". l-.i Journil,
A man who was acting queerly about the
rooms of the local library last week excited
much comment. He wns in search of some
book of reference, but refused to accept tho
aid of the librarian in his search. After he
had made u s.-cond or third visit and gone It
was learned In was u member of a debating
society mid bud been chosen to uphold the
rilhriiiiitive on the question. "Could vou and
would joii order the court-martial of u
soldier who saved the lives of tho member.
of hi company b.v shooting the company
cook .'
Another Reform on the List
I 'rom tin- I, isi n 1 1 m,, r,,t.
Referring lo the library sign, "Oulv low
conversation pcrmittid here." n correspond
ent informs u- that he noticed in t,e Chi
cago Public Library n sign reading, "Please
do not sneeze In the books,"
( JVJnJ)n y" Know?
QUIZ
2 ,vS?t,?W.e Kr,;t' ,"u",'cUn of "
'"' AVl'"e -"'"' K"rl M"rX ""' W,len dl,!
' WX'lty '" ''" ' "" r V'ity ana
f ";-'dd 'iK;r,-"fIrC;"",-"t WnH X'"- "
7. Vli,it Is Hie mi-MilriK of tt,e French c.
pnsslou "nn rapport"? '"'" cv
S. Whiri Is the lamest telescope thu
t tilted Slates.' ' '" '"u
li. Wliii t was the maiden nume of Martha
Wiisbltiu-ton -uinna
10.
When did the most teirlble of tho Irish
potato famines occur? rmn
Answers to Yesterday's Quiz
The lienrian na.n.'M for tho province., ro
Kaliieil by Kranii. as a c.nsi,,u ,'-,. ,r
Hie world war arc- J.,hh iii..ll..,t,rin.
The Fcemv of Shakespeare's e.K-
Midsummer NiBht's Dream." am ,,,
carsnii citv Is the capital of Nevada
Die t tie of (lenernl Leo's main 'innv
Twd,,i'c',;.nd blU""' Dl,k-" '"" '"" 'eo.
Tim Iirst name of Krupp, the Ormnii
cannon founder, was Alfred ,Hrm""
i'.a.l"ert'"o(r.'nf'l,''nK 'f "'hNhiin.. Is
The heraldic expressions dexter and
duster mean respe. tu,.,. ,,",, "
left, ns regards the specli.tnr b
ih. orbits of thi iilnin'tH Venus ntnl
M.rcui-v He lietmv,, ti orld ,,f J
arili and the mi . ' "e
Mai i. Ijl( b. the Inst bonk of the Ola Tin
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SHORT CUTS
Colby strikes n thoroughly American
note
Jack Frost lias temporarily raised the
ban on skating.
In the mntter of Y'up, the Jap has the
rhyme and the American the reason.
Winter, having moved in. will probably
stay just long enough to prove tenancy.
The trouble with the jitney emergrnoj
tariff measure uppears to be u faulty tttxt
meter.
Somebody hns offered to buy tho govern
ment's fleet of wooden ships; perhaps with
the intention to pulp 'cm for paper.
Japan has aforetime shown the wisdom
of making u virtue of necessity. Ynp af
fords another opportunity for a graceful
gesture.
While the pipe is going good, remarked
Demosthenes McGinnis, let me go on rcco-i!
as lieing tickled with the vvii) smoking con
gressmen smote Smoot.
The story of the Knoxvllle, Tenn., bo--who
nto at one sitting thirtj -seven soft
boiled eggs would make interesting reading
in Lluna und central Europe.
Three drinks don't make a drunk, &ati!
Magistrate Wriglcj ; which may or may net
be so. Old Man Hooch has somewhat upset
individual standards in liquid measure.
Clothes, we are informed, will not play
nn important part in the educational hi-mit)
show to be held in Chicago. Surely there i)
to be no further skimping of material.
The best American trade can expert
just now is not an open door, but u swing
ing door : for the present rate of money ex
change uets like n self-closing door-spring,
Whether or not the concrete proposal
of the Turks will pave (he way to scttleiiiout
of the Thrace and Smjrnn problems will de
pond on what kind of steam-roller the Ion
don conference is using.
The paradox of Twentieth ward Hi
tics, as doped out by police official- -ind
other riders in municipal vehicles, is- Tie
shorter the Louo the more numerous the
bumps.
That ships with passengers nuspccteil
of having typhus fever aboard should tn
diverted from New York to Philadelphia Is,
Mrs. Arabella Mixing thinks, ton si-iousa
mutter to be considered u diversion
Husbands seeking divorces in the Cuni
den Clinncerj Court lire required to p.iy tlic
legul and other expenses of their def( iiilant
wives. It is perhaps as it should be u-1
where in the equalitj of the sexes?
It was n glorious optimism that M.
Miller dtsplnved when she told woimn at tne
Academy of Music rally that all they neoiM
to win legislation wu- to make a I;1-"-"""-',1
call on tliuir senator or represi-ntntl' -.no
explain themselves.
Thomas Raebnrn White believis '
should 1 mglstratcs. His views " -j1,'
celve tho Indorsement of very few I"1 ''.;
court reporters. It Is one thing to hear w
stories told In evidence and quite iinot
to listen to tliem In the prcsenco ot w
opposite sex.
The stnte will, in effect, be f
some nf its obligations ot-r to the ' '
the Legislature passes the bill l,r0'l'li'.,tl1
time spent in state service ma) be ii"
in the twenty years of employment i"-' f jV
to participation in benefits from the in '
pal pension fund: and there is ainplc jusu
ficiitlon for the protest of Council-
Since rats nnd mice I f'-1 '.' Vo-nh
delnhia Trades School Annex sevr i r n i
and Wood streets, und It is mini tie I ",.
frightful condition, why not qu '.S,,
us ii school and turn It In J' ' rat
tannery nnd laboratory? 'I 'he " ,rh0
hides begin fo have a i imerei.-I ."'"
rat menace will begin to (llsiipP'r
Germany. It Is said. "''lM;';UI'1'l,ar'i
preme Allied Council PJ0.WM .01)0. 0M n(t
In reparation. That, we gat "?",.
we have read of the present rnt( ' , ,,
Is somewhere in the neishborl.o, 1 ' (ir
eents On the other hand. if , b
poking fun ut the ens) i'1", u iV th" ivA
forgotten, in fairness, that I' ',
they ' avc
A New- York girl has offered to rare Mr
five starving European children for o venrir
somebody will return her bet l'lini'-raiiinti
pup. Much virtue in un "if." said Sl.nk''
peare. Yes. nnd much insolent Ignorance.
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