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All right of rrr-ufc'nvitlon ct spectal dispatches herein are alio retervea. rhllsdelphn. Wrdnrilj. March . 10:1 I SEE THE LITTLE JOKER! QKFOKK tho (iriviM-iir disposes of tho I Unix bill amending tin charier in null n way us to permit tli' city, to borrow money to Jmy for repining tin streets it is confi dently expected tlint In will consult the city solicitor nnil tin men who drafted tin charter. It is expedient tlinf luaii. should ho floated 'to pay for rolujing tin pavement in a street , where tliu tirisinul pavement nai boon worn out; just lis expedient, in fart. a to tloat n loan to pay fur iln original paving. When the loan thus im longer tlmti tin life of ilio pavrmriit tin t of it is I'lpiitablj nis- tributeil hut a period of ycur This i better than pacing for such improvements out of current revenues, especially nt a time when the pavements have been al lowed to I Set in bad repair and need icplueing in all parts of the city But the bill as passed goes further than this. It permits the floating of a bum for "Improvements of a temporary kind." This is mi indefinite that the possibilities under it should be thoroughly examined by the CJovernor nnd his ndusers. The fart that the loan for improvements of a temporary rhnrocter mav not be made, accordins to the bill, unless the controller certifies that the expenditure cuntetnplated are capital penditures as distinguished from curreut penScu is Imrdlv an adetpiate sufesiiard. a controller is luman and subject to litical influence. I'X- rt l'or po- WELCOME TO DR. BROOME DU. KDWIN C. ItKiMt.MK, ho came to the city jesterday to ta!,e up his duties us superintendent of v hools. will enter on his work with the best wishes of every one. The tal; before him is not easy. There is pending in the I.egi.lature n bill providing for n new Hoard of IMmatioii elected by die people to take the place of the board which rhose him. A public hearing on the measure is to be belt! in the 1'ity Hall next Friday, nt which the reasons for its passage will be fet forth nnd the reasons, if any, for a continuance of the existing board will be explained. Whether Ir. I'.roome will ex- i press any opinion on t.n matter in pnblie does not jet appear He muhl very wrll nk to be excused i.nd' r the c ircumstanees, hut he cannot W ignorant of the significance of the hearing. Then, the state superintendent of public I instruction is (onductnig a survey of the Kdiools for the purpose of discovering what is the matter with tin m in order that he Way recommend neeed reforms. So the new city superintendent ennies here vchon conditions nre fluid and may take any shape. The opportunity presented to hint is one whhli demands the exercise of the j;rentest diplomatic tin-t nnd the highest ie ;rre uf adniinitrafni' dis, retion. He ran rasily make liltmders which will handicap Mm for the rest of the year and make it expedient to displace him when his term of twelve months expires 1 1 lie mav demon strate that he .os,i-.os the ea 1 kind of abilities needed in the pp -ent r'.'.'w and Justify the wisdom of the board in i lecting Jiim. lr. I'.roome d..,ilit.. -- nppreciate the leli'-ncy of his position. 'I hat In has had Hie courage to romo In re undi r the circuin-r-tances should lead us to hope that In has considered all I In complications in advance nnd has outlnnd in his own mind n way to Moor himself ilear of them bv devoting him !f concn ntioiilv to the specific problems, tinder In- 'iiinvdiatp .' nisdiction ! HARDING'S TEAMWORK Till. 1(1. I- to ,e po ii ail oil. Iii'tueen 1 110 I'lesidc'it nnd f..iigre - ' t i an Im- pre '"Cetltetl In tin I'l-esnl. -, . T-, . i -li-.wn In- bis statement i,, i,n ic-'ioiipir . --h'- spoinl - j cuts nfli r hi- iiintn-r 'c tin- It- pub i -an 1- ad i cts of the lb-use and tin- S- nut". "I Wish Jul woild ' llipi .'ls.e." n.'l ue, , "that at th.s coiifeien.-e it was (ei nb-d 'hat 11 few nun nn- not to tmik-' the program of 1 I'oiiKrcss. 'I Ins is on' the beginniii of a policy of co npi tatirit, luiueen tin- President ft nil Congres. It i an i.h.j .ii in tie fulfillment of what I Ih'imc i the best wnv for our form ot g-c. i 'i. in": i 'o fo'l.-w." I Mr. Ilurdiut; lias bun m t,e Sct.nte nnd be has sjen whin iinnpen- n ui n tln-u- i li spirit of in oficraiiwi hiiwien the egi-ln live and the I'tnimin Inn n i.es of tne gm rrnment. lie has a proper nppico.ntinn of the tirerogalies of fiiti;in as will as a proper determination t,, msit on r' -pect for the presidential pri mgatur- ( , . seems to be aware that if an thing i- to he m com plislied the goi rnmeiit iiiu-t f.intion, and tlint it cannot fuiictinn jiro-nilv i.nle.s there is teamwork between its tw.i lirancli's. They must pull together u)ll ,,, ,i,0 sin,,,, ilireetion The way to :naki this possihle 's by freipuiit i oiisuliation until a progrun, 's ajn-eii upon nnil then to uirry our the pingrnui It mav b" admitted l tin- h'-t.irians in twenty jears or -n ' , n t motiv of Mr. Wi! Oil's flllllllis Wife due to I, is dislike f.-r the Amerii an v-ti'iu i.nd i-i his pn-feren- e for the lti'itish ssiin, I ,,er tne Itri'isli h.vsti'in the ptramr 's a nan of tl.e 1'arlia jnent anil the program of the go ei nment is laid down by the i al-nnr and forieil upon Parliament. Then if I'm 'iaiin-nt objects there Is a tn w election, and if tin- iointry sloes not si slam, tie pretnn r a new man tirKlllllzcs a new calntiei . Mr. Wilson ilid li - be.t (,, f !,,, policies on Congress It was i nj at tl.e beginning because he had di liml i n-w s about vliot should be done and tin- i ongrcsMomil ' Jeuders did imi lie doiiiinatei Congrem and it Nuhmitied miIi sin li gm, e us u muid. But when the counir. gne him a Congress Avhlcll lie could not doininati- the deadlock railie which ha prctciited the doing of things t If lit might to have been done. Mr lliuding has no theories formulated fifter a comparati.e study of governmental systems such as luuullcappid Mr Wilson Ho lias been brought up m tin atmosphere of the Alueri'lin sjsti'in Hi thinks that it is pvelty good on the whole uml hr wniild not . .insc It if he could, Aud he ulso seems to have, pretty definite ideas about the best way to make It work, lie fortunately has n Congress of his own party to start with, Just as Mr. Wilson hntl. but it is likely that If he should have a Democratic. Congress he would do his best' to secure Its co-operation in the ndoptlon of n Ipffislutive program cov ering all noneonlrover.slal matters. GENERAL WOOD AND THE U. OF P. PROVOSTSHIP With a Bit of Political Philosophizing Concerning Great Popular Leaders and Their Disciples AS IMtOVOST ot the 1'iiiversity of Penn sylvania or ns special ambassador to the Philippines for the new administration, or in any other position requiring sobriety of mind nnd endless integrity of character. Oenernl Wood could not be otherwise than successful. JIc would bo successful even if. like all other men. be has found it Impossible lo recreate and restore lo the countty the dynamic force that was the essence of ltoosevelt. Without doubt his friends ntul ndmircrs could not give the general better advice than to urge him to accept the invitation to be come provost which it is expected the trus tees ofthe I'niversity will extend to him by formal "resolution at their meeting later ibis month, it would be n great thing for the i'niversity and it would be a great thing for the general. After his disappointing experience of last year it is not difficult to surmise that the general has no further political ambition". At least it Is not likely that be has any illusions or false hopes of political prefer ment like the presidency. That is now an impossibility so fur as mortal eje can sec. The general is essentially a product of the great T. It. tradition. Anil because he is a product of it, rather than n force incor porated out of the vital matter itself, he could not be President. The politicians know how to differentiate. Wood, like Colbv and Pirn-hot and Hiram Johnson, was a figure into which his friend and mentor breathed the breath of political life. Left to themselves, without the con stant stimulus of dominant and passionate leadership, almost all of the more conspicu ous followers of ltoosevelt seem lo have lost the ability to continue in mi iiiideviating line over hard toads. They appear to be with out motivating power and they have moved further and turther into the background of American politics since the day uf T. It.' death. There is in llii-i spectacle lesson of pro found import for tin country. What was known as Jtooseveltisin is not merely in abeyance, it is past. It will not come again, no matter how greatly it may he needed or desired. The force of a man's personality spent in American politics can not be whipped up and carried on by otbeis. The country passes on to different things. After Itooseveltism we had Wilsnnism. and in the course of time you will begin to hear of HardingUiu. Tho isms come nnd go. itn- may borrow some of the characteristics of its predecessor, but no two of them are ever alike. It would astonish a great many people if they were told thut at ImiUoiii Mr. Wilson was in many ways like ltoosevelt and that the example of T. U. deeply affected the man who watched him from Princeton. P.ut that is true, ticertheless. In their dislike and distrust of political rings Wilson and ltoosevelt were on common ground. It is interesting to observe that tin rings still survive. l-"nry man who Uses above the crowd In politics fights them and often gives them a hard struggle for life. But they go on. and they will continue to go on for a long tunc after the bravest of their antagonists have met defeat. C.reatlv n- the country admires the men wlio make the sort of tight that ltoosevelt made, greatly as it trusts and needs them, it is jet unwilling to accept their under studies. It dots not desire to have the gospel of its great leaders filtered through other mind-. It seeks for another prophet with power and usually it finds him He may reveal a mind liillueni-eij hy the work of Ins prede cessor in ofiii-o and he may lie -- as Mr. Wilson was for a slioit time in his first campaigns in New Jersey an avowed spoke-mnn for doctrines established by an other bader. lint he must have much else. He miisr hate a mind nnil explicit doctrines of his own with the color of freshness and i-riginalit.i . In a word the people do not want a President to bnnow u philosophy, no matter how gieat that philosophy might lie. It wants linn to formulate or seem to formulate his own. Tlint i as n saoiibi l since times change whether j on want them to or not. Tin ltoosevelt of toilaj would not lie me IJno.se elt of ten j cars ago. His mind would have progressed. C.-rtainly some of ins opinions would hao been revised. The trouble with miinv of the graduates of his school of tmnking is that they do not chango and progress-. When they arc true to tin- prin ciple, they me loo likely to preach laws wliuh. while thev held good fen jears ng.i. nei d ( hange, revision or elaboration to i tin- condition of today or tomorrow. "Wood is otu of the few men who reallv si ems fundamentally like the niau who taught him politics. e has some .of ltoosevelt -mental energy and much of his austerity of i oiisi leiu c and tmt n litlle of his versatility of i ult ire. But lie has not Konsovc't's w ing ing imagination, bis audacity, ins wnle ranging sympathies or his sense of humor. I And n s,-ne of humor springs from a who'll. I indi-pcnsiible sort of wisdom Without it I ''wi, wi?e men can occasionallj appear fl.llhsh. II ram Joi,usnn l- n-w-s himself to he the r. pi ronificinion of l(ooeie1t s In st oual t ".. Hut In lias nothing to justify the j assumption except mui h of Roosevelt's stub I hormu . Colby alwnis was sensitive to the I good things m politic- nnd to tin- onuimnu I .irt its in men and he has a good mind. 1 I'.tnhof happened merely to he a iiinspnu 1 j i.'is tin-iiitier of the crowd. 'I here is among I all tin nu-n who nine were leading Bui. I Mni.si-s mi one (iipahio of taking up the I i light wh'ie T. It. lolt oil and carrjing on I in the Itooscvi It manner, with the Koom'vi It um iction or the ltoosevelt force. 'l"o i i-. back for a revival of Itooseveltism ' is then fore funic To try to re-nstuhlih I it i. futile. Sin h liitiir. a grew- out oi I T. It 's personality doe, m.i icpeut itself We mme on to better tiling or worse -hut ' more on we must 'i'o he as Hoosevflt was. a man would i have to in in open aim cnineuipiiKm war fare with the more complin ent conservatives nnd tho haters of enangc He would have to be able to hit an cm my without hating him. T. It ennui move in digiiitv with kings, and yet In- was thoroughly at hoiiu- in iln heart of a crowd of his own pi-op'c . bad a bin-ting hatred of dishonest ,,r mean i oinpioini.se but In- was versatile enougn to make small and even disagreeable compio niises gracefully when the mud atose .;nl he detirlv loved conllici. He was g'ad of an opportunity to tight. lie knew Americans down to the ground, and he knew how lo humor them when the, inedi-d to he humored for their own good. Tin- scholar in him had not i oiuiuered the man. (If Ceneral Wood j mi could not say all these things, (ieneral Wood is what he used to bi a good and misually capable Ameri iuii of great executive cnpacitv. Hut hi politics he shone by a rellect -d light Similarly, within tne no few rrnr. the Democrats may follow earnestly after leaders EVENING PUBLIC LEDGEKr from whom they will expect much becauso of a past association with Mr. Wilson. But Wllsonlsm, like Itoosovelttsm, cannot ever again bo revived. Wc have passed through It nnd nn, for better or for worse. The mere, imitators will inevitably be rejected, either by the political leaders or by the people. Out of the great crowds new men will come up before another national campaign is thought of generally, nnd thev will have new things to say and gospels inspired hy the issues nnd perplexities of their own times. They are the men to whom the public will look for help and guidance. A presidential policy is n thing that does not live twice. It moves in four or eight years to a consummation, to success or failure, and then It is done. That does not mean that successive Presi dents have not contributed greatly to the whole brond scheme of political morality In tho I'nlted Stntes. Lincoln is still n present and grow ing force, and so arc Washington nnd se.crnl other of the earliest Presidents. In the future there will be times when the people will be guided hy some remembered phrase or act of ltoosevelt'. But wp have never tried to create one President ir. the exact likeness of another, nnd we never will. No one knows this better than the men who sit silently aloft ami tlirect the affairs of the two great political parties. The whole force of the Republican general staff was ditectcd to make the nomination of "a ltoosevelt man" impossible. Similarly, in the future, the Democrats will shrink from nominnting a man whose chief virtue hap pens to be n past devotion to Mr. Wilson and the Wilsonian doctrines. A PERNICIOUS PENSION PLAN IT TUB municipal employes' pension fund were made up entirely from contributions from tho employes themselves there would be little objection to Representative Dunn's proposed nmendnient to the law intended to permit the retirement of employes on pension at the age of fifty -five ye'nrs instead of nt sixty ns at present. But the pension fund Is made up largely by an appropriation of public money. If Mr. Dunn's amendment should be ntloptcd u man who bus served the city for twenty years could let ire at n comparatively youthful age and receive for the rest of his life a pension of half of bis salary, not to exceed a total of SIHOO, and more than one-half of this pun -sioti would be paid by the taxpayers. No objection can be raised to pensioning a city employe nt fifty-five if he is incapaci tated, but to retire nn able-bodied man at that age and pay him the (I per cent on S'JO.OOO for the remainder of his natural life is a little more than public sentiment will stand for. The school teachers, who nre paid al as low a rate as the employes of the municipal government, nre not retired before they are sixty -five or seventy years old. They arc expected to work lis long ns they are effi cient. Then they are taken care of by a pensinu. A similar rule should apply in the other branches of the public service. SHORT CUTS dy can deny that I.lojd fieorge is Nob, stajcr. National Fish Day is designed to benefit thai poor tisli the Ultimate Consumer. Tin Turks may have captured Batiiin, but if takes Robe Ruth to do it effectively. Recent experience demonstrates that he is a thoughtless bandit who picks on a fiie ninn. Dr. Simons furnished additional evi dence that the tierman-j do not shine ns diplomatists. Tho short-term loan is nil righl. It is the way the mrmej inn", be spent Unit c'ves the public pause. Mayor Moore was fifty-seven yesterday. Age cannot wither nor custom stnle the In finite variety of his years. His relations with the city indicate that Magistrate Wrigley lias not accepted his present lot with resignation. Mr. Brady is acting on the assumption that if the tipstaffs can't get what they want thej will tnke what the, can get. March, having provided a local heat prostration, may ot ptove her versatility b giving some of our citizens cold feet. The difference of opinion between Mr. Moore and Mr. Mitten grows painful. Sup pose we admit that n mistake has been made somewhere and start afresh.' The maple sugar season has opened early. Reports from Vermont indicate a lieav run of sap. Similar reports Lave sorped out from state capital. The Allies object to the habits and man ners of the (iermans; but. during their pres ent occupation, will probablv become thor oughly enamored of their customs. Kercnsky is said to be directing the tiring at Kronstadt. Kerenskv is nppare.ith ready to give an affirmative answer to the ijiiestion, "Can a man come back';" "Judge" Wrigley. we are informed, is to be teamed with Judge Wheeler. Then- is little likelihood that the Movntnensing minor judiciary will exceed the speed limit in any decisions reached. The fi-h born call I'ln fish scales of p. lice today do their balancing act Todaj writes finis for many of the tinny tribe. You save fish by eating it. Nntlonal Fish Day is expected to net important results. If the State Senate passes n bill alnAiv passed by the House, Fcnnsjlvanin nngleis will have to pay .! lor an annual license. Rural members speak of this as a "lax mi recreation." Perhups il is- but isn't a en son's fishing worth the price of a eouplt of movie. The nevv secretary of the navy says he will spend ns much time nt sea as possible. He may lie playing the part of wisdom. Tin secrefury who spends nil his tunc ashore may lie forever nil at sea. and he who spends his tune at sen may forever haw hi.s feet on solid ground. And if ou don't believe u don't blume us; blume the English language, "Why is it." asks an. earnest woman protesting against the exclusion of women from juries in certain i uses, "that men lan't leallze that indecent subjects can be treated in n decent wn." Why, indeed! But un fortunately so many witnesses haven't burned that gentle art and treat their sub jects in a way nun jars mo nner sensi bilities.. Dr Charles W. Flint, president enuri uis of Harvard, says the annual dinner of the. Ancient and Honorable Aitillery Com pany usually began quietly, but within fifteen minutes after the whisky ami huiiipagiie (ireulntcd (he company became boisterous And riotous Well, may be so, doc, mebba mi; but don t .ion think such a declaration on the part of a guest is decidedly iilielubb.v, old top 7 Many units of the Ilolshevisi infantry, il is reported, ale showing syinpalhj for the rebels, "but the Chinese mercenaries ure standing firinU bv their Soviet lender.--." Which may eosilj lie the beginning of the end for sovielism. Mercenaries of nnv com plexion will stand by the men who pay them wages. They have no Inducement to take up a popular cause in u country where they are noi native. Rut as soon ns wages cease and ipplicti become meager ihey will fade away. I.etune nnd TroUk; uppenr to be in a par lous state. - PHILABELPHIA, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 0, AS ONE WOMAN SEES IT What the Young Women's Christian Association Is, What It Does and What It May Become By SARAH I). LOWHIi: I1IAVK observed tho Young Women's Chrlstlnn Association for ten cars, some times nt very close tiinrters, sometimes from the outside, not only in this city hut in this stnle, and not only as clinlrninn of some half n dozen committees in turn, but ns n very sharp critic standing afar off, nnd now nt Inst as a very genial admirer not only of It hut of its administrators. It suffered, when I first knew It, front a sort of dualism. It wns made up of two quite separate nnd diametrically opposed forces. In this town it hail been started by a band ot capable and religious women ns n women's Christian boarding house, and as such it was both financially nnd practically successful. The women who started it grew oltl and the women for wdioni it was run grew old, and ns a consequence when there was a vacancy by death In either group benefactors or beneficiaries the only type of congenial per son to lake the vacant chnir was another oldish person or u youngish person with an oldish mind. For this reason it was not nn organization that young persons liked to be connected with. If, because of economic reasons, they were obliged to board there, they accepted its limitations without much enthusiasm and were not very loyal to it among their fellows. There wns, to be sure, always a long waiting list of persons ready to accept its cheap and comfortable accommodations, but these be longed for the most part to n certain typo and not "the most ml in I red tjpc of girl or youngish woman. AS A consequence, nlthc tion did n great busin ough the orgntmn- ness amounting ten years ago to more than S100.000 n year, it wns not a generally popular organization with the younger element in tho city. One heard it much more "knocked" than praised. Its board members, however, praised it con tinuously, for it was what they had mntle and what they wanted all except n few, who wanted it quite different. Those who wanted it to be quite different wanted it to bo not nn old women's Christian association, run by old women for oldish women, but n inning women's Christian association, run by joung women for young women. They wished tin members of the association to be the ones who would benefit by the associa tion, because they co operaled to make it what it was and nt the same time partook of what it was. Tho ideal of tho original founders wns a benevolent scheme; the ideal of the later orgunizers was n co-operative scheme. The type of boarding house that would bo con genial to women over thirty nnd the type of religious anil educational classes, the type of recreations, the cry look of the rooms set iipnrt for pleasure, would of necessity differ from the type of mirrnundiuss congenial to girls in their teens nnd early twenties, ilules nnd regulations and n social ntmnsplierc created by a board of managers most of them over fifty-five and many of them over seventy and none of them under thirty-five could not be ucceptcrl with enthusiasm by the normal girl feeling her independence for the first tiling away from home and supporting herself. When the few progressives on the hoard tried to make the organization fit the young girl rather than the joung girl tit the or ganization they bad a long and bitter tight, which ended In n lawsuit, which ended in the victory of tho new over the old, the co-operative over the benevolent program, and the actual ousting of many of the old authorities, who took their mournful de parture with many prognostications of evil days to come, Tun t Christ ransition from the old women s tian association to a leal Yniiuc i omen s Christian Association has been accomplished in two years' time without a hitch ; the whole tone, inside and out, has changed. Those who partnko of its benefits nnd those wbo stand by and look on like myself are made aware of the change by nothing else thnn by the wnv the genera'! public speaks of it. and by the type of girl thnt now connects herself with it. In the public schools there are tint big Girl Reserves clubs iind the interschool rallies; in the various association buildings there nre the Industrial clubs, created anil governed by the industrial workers theni sches. Formerly certain mill owners paid for Christian association clubs in their own premises; now the clubs arc run by the mem bers apart from the mills nnd independent of the employers. ,In the old days, when the rooms were full of boarders, newcomers were referred somewhat casually to outside avail able lodgings; now there is n responsible and very efficient registry kept up to date, which provides suitable accommodations for nearly 'loon applicants in a year. In the old day's there was an employment bureau which placed a few applicants and registered u lonsidcrnble number more; this bureau, now under Miss Theodora Butcher, has placed more than 2011 women in positions since tho summer. . There are now ten centers in the town taking care of nforc than .'1(11)0 women it day at n cost to them of about $7 a week for board and room rent. Tills does not include the (ierniantown clubs or tin summer camps and clubhouses owned and run bj the Phila delphia, organization. Ten years ago the total membership was not 1.000; today it is mure than 10,000. Tin; the gymnasiums and swimming pools. class and club and social rooms, the afetcriiis and bedrooms are up to date and perfectly adapted to their uses. 'Pho total income received from tin- girls using the clubhouses, classes and cafeterias is esti mated nt about S-HI 1.7(11! a 3 ear; for the up keep of the property, pavment on loans nnd mortgages and certain overhead expenses there is an additional ust of SHU.dV.i, which has to be made up by outside contributions. It is calculated that the tin centers are used by 1,000.000 girls during the ionise of the ear, at the rate of .'5000 girl each dav. Say that the deficit to be made up by the' friends of tin; organization and the organization members wiis as much as Ioi,,fi(lli this- com. ing year. If one divuld the $K),(IOO by tin; 1,000,000 visits paid (o ihe ten center's it would mean that for every meal that was taken and for every night in oiuinodation or class or swimming or gymnasium -visitor an additional tax of ten icnts would have to be paid to tho very small fee 1 barged. When one considers what one pajs for (lie ordinary club nnd hotel and cuiiio privi leges, not to speak of fees nnd gratuities, it is remarkable that the deficit is only ten cents for each person accommodated. In tact, that lust is really not the way to put it. The present membership does pay for what it gets, probably, nnd n little more. In 11 car or two, with the pre-enf membership doubled and some of the ocntcis enlarged and other centers added, tin- organization can pay its actual running expenses our of the icturns from its members. Meanwhile, to have nn association that is actually beginning to catch up with the girl and holding her safe is a great boon to the my and worthy of the support und lojalty of its citizens. A local woman declares Unit when men say that court evidence is unlit fur women s ears it nearly always means tlint complica tions are being discussed for which some poor unfortunute woman is either responsi ble or suffering under The ladv is mis taken. It means nothing of the kind. Men are telling the simple truth as plainly as tlu-y ma j. The tilth of a police cnurt'does not necessarily imply wrong to womankind It is often such unsexeil stuff that a man would blush to listen to in the piescncii f a good woman and alwa.M will till lie loses respect for womankind. It is fur Ins own ideals of womanhood he is lighting when he protests against wiunui having to listen to such cases. It appear thai Represi amino Kaiuner wns misinformed as to lite nature of the bills requiring the Incusing of dealers in soft drinks ami tobacco he tvas called upon to introduce, lie was told they were revenue raisers when. In fuel, thev were troubhi raisers, and bo no longer has any Interest in them. The way unscrupulous lobbyists take advantage of innocent legislators cauuul bu loo severed condemned. "SURE ' v'i V q WiMeg' i'll'ifeSli', ".:.-.:" " j7"1": ;'-' . ; .." .. "-u NOW MY IDEA IS THIS Talks With Thinking Philadclphians on Subjects They Know Best Daily MISS JANE CAMPBELL On Vanishing Old Philadelphia mlI0U(!lI Philadelphia still possesses 1 some noteworthy historic buildings, such ns the State House anil Carpenters' Ball, and is justly proud of them, yet ns a general thing there Is little interest taken in old-time structures, no matter how replete with historic interest they may be, and they are torn down with scarcely a protest." This is the statement of Mis Jane Camp bell, pioneer suffragist, clubwoman nnd author of several pnperson historical sub jects. Miss Campbell said: "Manv of the old bouses that have been demolished would have been well worth lire serving us mementoes of the early life of the citv or ns examples of the style of archi tecture prevalent in the days of old. n wavs 11 matter of interest both to the architect and the historian. . . "A noted instance of the lndlftercin'o with which Philadelphia regards its historic landmarks was the unavailing effort to save from destruction the Criflith Jones bouse, which, until within n year or two, stood on a little eminence nt the corner of joining luenuo and the old Second street pike. "When (.riffith Jones built bis dwelling bouse on bis 'plantation in the country it was so far away from the city that when he was elected Mayor of Philadelphia in 170I! he refused to serve on thut nccount, as well as for some 'disinclination to the at tirinntinu he should have to make, in ordf r to qualifj.' For his refiisn touiicil promptly fined him twenty pounds. hen elected again in 1704 this fine was remitted with the proviso tlint such remittance was not to be taken as a precedent, for no other would be allowed the same privilege. Public Appeal Failed "His bouse was of stone, well nnd sub stantially built, and was erected within the first decade of IVnn's settlement. When 111 recent "-ears -the house and grounds came into the possession of a builder some lew persons, very few, however, endeavored through the newspapers to create sentiment for its preservation as a historic landmark in that section of the city, suggesting thai the bouse could be used as 11 museum of historical objects, giving it an educational value, mid the suroiinding ground utilized as a pln ground for the children of it grow ing neigiiboihood. , 'Nothing came of this admirable sugges tion The home of the man who had the unique distinction of refusing the majoraltj of the city was left to its fate. "Fortunately, the Lctltin bouse was saved some vents ago from a similar fate, for. mainly through the enterprise of private citizens, il was removed to rairmmint Park. "It is feared nuothcr fine specimen of Colouhit architecture in the southern por tion of West Philadelphia will soon follow the (Irifllth Jones house. '11ns is W hithv Hall at Fift) -seventh street and I-lorenci; "venue. F.lghtcoiith-Century 'Ijpe "It is a beautiful stone building and a verj good specimen of the architecture picv alent in the eighteenth century. It was built about the middle of tho century hy Captain James Coultns, a man of affairs and an active participant In the public life of the time immediately preceding the Revo lution. . . ,, . "It was t hiH same Captain oultas who wns a liberal contributor to the budding of that well-known church of early days. St. James' of Kiugsessing. which quaint little edifice is still in existence, though only used tor parisn puipus". . uhiii-ii having been built to supply the needs of an increasing congregation. Whitby Hail a- Landmark "Whitbv Hall has been n landmark in the old Kingsessing neighborhood for nenrlv 11 centurv nnil three-quarters, nnd when it seemed probable that it might soon be a thing of the past nn effort was mnde through the newspapers and various public associa tions to have the city purchase it ami con vert it into 11 community center. No one was sufficiently interested in the matter who bad enough lnlliienco to effect its pres ervation, so the subject was dropped. "Such examples of tho indifference of the average Philadelphia!! and the ciiv of ficials to the preservation of the buildings which nre noteworthy for their historic as sociation, ns well as for their own ex cellence, could be multiplied almost inileli nitely. "A walk through some of our oii streets in the neighborhood of Ihe Delaware will show examples of beautiful old tunc man 1921- YOU'RE RIGHT, MR. ROBIN?' sions often abused and defaced almost be j ond recognition. "For instance, at ".IM Pine strret stands the Stamper House, once the residence of John Stumper, another old-time Mayor in 175I1. It wns considered one of the best specimens of a fine dwelling house, both In side and on the outside, in all Philadel phia, niuiiy of the doors being of solid ma hogany. "Now it is disfigured by fire escapes, and its dingy appearance gives little evidence of the, important position it once held in the life of Philadelphia. "Not all the houses of the earlv Minors have fared us badly as those of (irifiith Jones nnd Mayor Stamper. The Barclay I ouse at -IL'li South Front street, homo of Mayor Itarclay in 1701, wns preserved bv being utilized ns a sailors' boarding house ?." .'. 0,vcl1 1 louse, home of Samuel 1 ovvcll, on South Third street, has ns yet suffered liltb from either time or neglect. "Another fine old house that has Lcen saved from defacement or destruction is the . lapler House on South Front street below Lombard, which has been converted into a useful settlement house. Another Historic House "To those interested in the historic ns peels and events of the citv. a glance nt the house No. 110 South street will repav n .' "' V...mPh t,." lu"ni' of ""other eiirlv Mayor. illmni Pluinstcd, in 17."i(), but its chief point of interest is that it was the next door neighbor of the observatory put up by Mason nnd Dixon when determining the southern boundary of Philadelphia. Of course, the observatory has long since dis appeared, but the I'lumsted house still stands, although in very recent ,ears'the entire front .wall has been rebuilt. "A house still standing on Second street above Walnut, is another interesting ex ample of the architecture of the middle of the eighteenth .century, ns evidenced' bv 1 hihididphhi buildings. This is the Logon house, built between 17,"i()-tl0 by William son of James ligan, of Hlrnton. who lived in il until his death in 1771., After Logan it had various occupants, among them being David 1-ranks. William Riiighaiii nnd Dr .lames Rush, who was born in it In 17811 It is now used for commercial purposes, the lower portion having been converted into a "lining north ns far ns Market, il is aid part of the foundation wall of the Cadmus house n the southwest corner of Third and Market streets was the wall of tho old prison which formerly stood on this corner. Directly across Die street ,e northwest corner still stands the Wisior house, a store and warehouse built in 17110 by Richard Winter. His country seat was about where Ilroiul street intersects Spring (iorden street, and when building his hardware store there wen- so few structures between It. and ids inline 111111 ne en 1 see 11 x on the new building. men working In Kensington District ,1 "'.',!' '"' "T, Kensington district, opposite flic 'Ireaiy Park stands a historic la,, mark that lias fallen upon evil dais This lb the Ion; house ,, Read, street', hu t before the Revolution by John Fvre ,w::J:;!'f,,!;:;,'::.',o!')'Kyre'a,,dhis , '.'" V', . '"" snipynril Delaware, in which ships were bull committee .if inf..,,. .,...1 :.. i-. oil the t for the , . " , ,''," "' "' ill" I lie tirs frigate ever launched for the United Sta e liovernment. ul"11 the first Ihe Lyres till served the Colonies ,,s soldiers oud entertained many noted Ainr can officers in their home. When L llritisl, occupied Philadelphia in 1777 ' mansion was occupied by soia, British of. tlciit-i ntul -iIii.i.l., ,1... ... .. . '---I. ill - ..-.., ...... i, 1, 11, ,,si mm; III IV" Til tin. ,!.. I lie I-.M-e house vva n I'nm ....:. a well-constructed handsome ,.ni,i' ,. '.,. "Y..1 has now been so neglected and abused that 1 tiresen Is smell 1.1. e -. '""I- 11 Male, am ---, "I'nii'T 111 im rnrnii... both lllcliitcelnnillv ,',,.... 1.. ", "'.t'". preserving vet 11 u , r, I .. ..-il. , ' "-i mid historicallv i.J . , , .: . ..mi-Jin no doubt our City Council is too 11 I,. .... ! u,tl niiiiii.,1 I.. ....... 1..- ... much oc- thiuiidit to m.cIi , :."."' .'" a --.',-. 111 jiii.-i 1 m-i-ii e si niiii, 1 .. i historic landmarks that appearing. .iu. " ... . .. 1 : ..'. " '".".. " "" Preserving the ie so ropldlj dis- e said to the credi of the UritlslY ,1,,,'i.iu their occupancy ,, ,,0 Plty ' " s of an Lngisli officer to allow his men , cut down the Treaty Tree for firewood 1 even went so for as to have a guard need around the tree to protect it. I'wetd Women ,Sae Mansion "Some of the organizations of women haw he,., largely instrumental in M,,," kwuu uf our line old historic mansions frojii 15 decay or destruction, such ns Stenton, .Innies Logan's home: the Randolph man sion in the pnrk, the Johnson house in Or mniilown, considered to bo the finest speci men.! of Coloninl Dutch architecture in America, now safe under the intelligent fos tering cure of the Woman's Club of (ier niantown, and the Arnold mansion. Some few residences nre still in possession of the descendants of the original owners, the Chew house, scene of tho bnttlc of (iernian town, being one of the noted examples. "On the whole, the church buildings have withstood the iconoclastic tendencies of the city fairly well, for still standing in their original sites and ministering to the needs of their congregations are the Kpicopnl ( liurrhes of Christ, (llorla Dei. familinrlv known as Oltl Swedes; St. Peter's, St James' of Kingsessing mid Trinity, Oxford; the Catholic Churches of St. Joseph, Si !"?' m f' c,K'",'ino and Holy Trinitv; the Methodist St. Ceorgc, in which the llritlsh stabled their horses hi 1777. and the 1'euiiv VJ!o, -J,V,nlHt, Church, all erected before iNW. lhough the congregations of manv other churches nre equally ancient, vet thev have nil moved nway from their carlv homes and occupy buildings in other portions of the city. The others, as limy be noticed, nre all near the riverfront. . "There nre Interesting little spots, pleas ing to contemplate in thr- midst ot Hustling streets. One such is on North (ieriimn town avenue, still another in (lerninutovvn. on the historic .Market Squnre, and 11 more extensive one on Spring Harden near Thir teenth street. "Spirit of the Age" "Perhaps it is only the spirit o'f the nje aud nor. especially of Philadelphia that hastens to obliterate all truce of the ulil and substitute something uvorrcd lo l-e equally as good' or better. This is mosi strikingly exemplified in a proposition just made within a day or two to cliunge tin name of the Lniversity of Pennsylvania lo that of rrmiklln. 1 '."ri'i,1 "'Ks'estion certainly shows an ntler lack of historic sense, to substitute even the name of rankliu for the lime. honored title under which the I'niversity has become such a great educational factor in the life not only of Philadelphia but of the cnimlnl or course, it is most undesirable thai 1 should ever become a stole institution, bu: culling it by another name would not In nny means obviate thnt danger; so lei im hope the old-time name will be' relnined us long as the I'niversity is in existence .'k What Do You Know? 1 QUIZ What Is petsonlficallon'' Nnini- tho three states In which tin tn H nre nlin tin, li-r. -.mi 1, ...w ininiui .nit-... How many cx-Prcsiilents of the Tolled .Mates nro now living and who ar they? What Ih n ladderbacl, chair? Who Is thu President of Liberia? I10 wroto the "Slur Kxingled Hanner " How- many senators Is each state entitled to? Name the author of "Sherlock Holme? ' Where was David Lloyd 1'corge, "Hi- llltln Welshman." born? What la the Instrumental personnel of a string quartet? Answers to Yesterday's Quiz ni John Dickinson, n pro - Revolution,-! v statesman, wiih called "Tho I'eiinsvl vanla Knrnier" on account of a series or articles bo wroto protesting ngnlnst the usurpations of Parliament on tl rlithts or the colonies. Dickinson ('m- 1 lege In named after him. Hoth the simile and tho metaphor hav the ilea of comparison In them. In il simile the comparison Is expressed wl"i some such word nu "like" or "ns " In Hie ntetatihor It Is implied. Kxamnle--Simile "Red 113 11 roso Is she." Meta phor "Sho is 11 red. red rose In beauty." Prngue, tho nneient capital of Ttohemln 3. . .. ,s ,ho capital or Czecho.Klovakla. 1. Tho Under-Secretary of ntnto Is the tn' adopted during the war jierlnd ror tn first (isslstnnt secretary or slate. The chango follows n precedent of thu cabi nets In other countries. D. Andrew Honar Ln-v 3 tbe titular bfi'l of the Conservatl.- or Tory part I" Croat Rrltaln. succeedlnir former I'" inter Arthur .InniPH Unlfour. He is n memher of tbn coalition cabinet of Lloyd (ieorgc ns chancellor of Ihe ex Hit-oner. fi Little N'ell iinneniR In Dickcna' "The l furiosity Shop." 7. Peking, the capital or China, Ih the I.HS est city In Asia s. Rouget tie I'IpIo wrote the "Mnrsplllmse." the nntlonal antheni or France. A "cabriole leg" or n chair or o. table ' fine with n curve or 11 "bow." It c often found In the furniture of tie Queen Anne period -nil In thnt of snirc of the (Jeorclnn ciblncttnakers, such as Chlpiieiidnle, nnd In French furin turn of the later Louis James Fcnlinoro Cooper, tbn first noted Wivi-li'iin novelist, wrolo (be "Lentil 'r-Hiockt-uc Tales." lie flourished In tfc flrit quarter qf the last century. lu ? 1 ? M y.'i SWwwM: --:wr.iu,assJi'grn-ffte ivey3 sffsft-jMS
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