fmW' ,y' H -' y?w7M tyXimw-'WMpbW' LJBJUAlA'llMHUiyJUI'jULJLil, U JippiWIf wwiU'M'CTfJf w ft: itt I nt 'II i it ra 4 :mw f5i r mu 'rki'. i mi 'i; Eg ;" I'M A s :' ii:K i ,4 i . ' .V Hi MlV' , PUBLIC LEDGEU COMPANY CVnUB II. IC. CUItTI8, FlustlDCMT .Chsrlei II. 'Aldington. Vice PrrslJenlt John C. Itartln, Trtsnuren Charles A Tyler. Secretary) i Philip 8. Collins. John H Wllllami. John J. PnumeOM. Ocorca F. Goldsmith, n.yld, E. Smller. nirwtori. ;i)iTimiAi. noAHD t'tnt II K I'tBTix. Chairman jTlAVin E HM1I.K . . .K.tltot JOHN C, MAHT1N fl-n.rnlMtiHInoiii'Munaiter l'ubllKhfil dally nt 1'rut.ic LRimitn llu tiding IndeiH-nd. nco Hrniiiu, Philadelphia. ATLANTIC ClT VrcKK-rnkjn llnlldlne Nrw oiiic ;nu Mniilonn Ave. DctnoiT Tin Kuril Itiill.llnic At. Lot'is 013 atobe-Demoerat ntilMInc ClIIOAilo I3a rnfiiiii llnlldlng NUWS IlL'ni'.AL!': TaIII.noioN lllllllVl', - t li. CVr IVnnsyltsnli. Axe. and tith St. Jnxit Ynm. III m:t Tim Sun Hull Hns , LoxnoN lli-nru London Times SfllM-llll'TID.V TEllMii The Evkmno l'tti.ic Lumm In nervc.1 to sub scribers In l'hllml li-hl i nr.d Mirruuinllng t.mna t the ralo of twelve (12) fonts per vv. rlt, p.ill to tho carrier. Ily mall to points outside of riilladeliilila. In the I'nltrd Slut's Ctnndii. or United states no, slnns, iioitase fie.. Iltt (50) i.'iil per month. Elx (III) dollars per vr. pn.il.l in advance To ill I fori Inn countries one t$l) dollar n month. tsOTIcK Subscriber winning n.l.lres rli.ini.cil must give oil na well ns new nddrrss. DCLL. WO WAI.M T Kr.Y.TONE. MAIN J008 E7 .lifilrrsa all CoimmuiilcoMoits to Kictiln;; Putlo oiffrt liiiltprmh ncr Htuatr, I'Molifrlphit Member of the Associated Press THE ASZOCIATHD PIIKSS (.1 exclusively rn. Ullcil to thr ii-' fnt ri ,ili Ira'inn o' III! .irn i diSIMtcht l crrdititl tn if or itof fjftirrirl.c rrrilifrd n Dili ia,r. mnl nlttn the loco itrte pitbUihtd thtrttn. .ill uplift o rrrubfirarlnn et nprclnl rfOjintcliM nereis nrr nln r sen nt. l'hllllplii. Krldav. M.rrh II. IJ.M WHAT SHALL THE SENTENCE BE? rplIIC qiu-i-t iiiti to l I'lititltltTfil nl the liciir- JL lug mi tin City Hull tlii present llomd Sterling school lllll ill till' nfti'inniiii is whether the "f Public Ivlui-atidii slnuilil bo continued The Sterling bill ntio1ilio tlio prcK-nt board mill iirnvidoa for new board to take Its place. 'l'lio new board i to contain M'vpn member'., who me to i.ore six jears cacb. TIipj are to be elect d at larce on a nonpartisan ticket at the regular tiiiiniviial election. An niT.nisenioiit ii made by which throe of the mcmhci' to be cho-en In No-Tt-mber of this car. if tlie lull becomes u law, will crve six M-nrs. two for four years and two for two jear The successors of the short-terni members will be elected for the full term of si jears. ('otitinuit of policy is thus assured, jot it will be poissiblo tn c!inii,v the i'ompeion of the board at two elections occurriiii; two jent-s apart. If the irpsent board were functioning to the satisfaction of the; cit the bill would receive little attention. The fact that the Kcneral opinion of iperts favors a .small board would not be enough to induce the people to denial' I a reduction of the ciae of the board fron. fifteen to -i'mmi if the fifteen Men were miiiiaging the schooU as they should be managed. Some of the severest critics of the board are within that body. They have been saiins that in the choice of a Niiperintenileiit of scliooN more thought was gien to how the inlluence and prestige of u group of men could be maintained than to the selection of the best possible .super intendent. When men on the inside nialce such remarks about the methods of tin board conditions hac icached a deplorable state. Therefoie. while it is tlieoreticallj much better to hae a boaid of sexeu than u board of fifteen, the reduction in tin1 number of members is not the piirnary purpose of the bill. lt purpose is icallj to wipe the slate clean and to make- u new sturt. There is no use in blinking tins fait. The members of the board recognize it. Thej will make no official appearance at the hearing today, for They realize that llnir purpose might be miseoristrui d. The will not appear as pris oners at the bar to defi ml themselves, nor will they give thvir views on the best way to cure the ewU of which the public has been complaining If an member does make any remarks it will not be a a representa tive of bis colleagues Indeed, it may be said that the attitude of tin board is that of a defendant in court asnint whom a verdict has been found and who is waiting patiently for the sentence. There is no certainty, however, that the new plan will gie us a better board than the old one. It will be a different board. That 1 all .Mint is assured. If the people are as Indifferent as when they nominated nnd elected the present t'ltj Council we may b1 longing in u ;e-ir or two for the things which have been tejocrid. The i oinluct of the schools is rcnllj up to tin' people. They can get tin- kind of a school board which thej wish under the Sterling plan. If tln-j ib not take tho trouble to nominate the right kind of men. s..tish interi st w-ll nominate the kind of m-n who will si.re mmp inter ests and these fault. In othe not reform "m the work is to selves. will be elected by ie cs tin I.i g'sluture can ...i .i.iiiii fur us. It a w- must do it our- A STOP-CAP TARIFF S i:N.TOU 1'I:M:i i.si:s statement that an cmctgei,i '.uiil I i'l will In passed within the tirst two U''..s ,, tin i-xtrn session of Congress null' tes tn.it the p.irlv leaders liave deciibd ti. i' tin' prutiM tioti of tlic revenue- c , vw II a. tin' protection "f indus tries de;u.iinl .1 t'liipir.nv int tu ilisphii the 1 ll'I'TW 1 l,i vv .it III" L'.lllie.st possible zaoun in Sin'li an in t w ill It vv ill pre ' nt tie into th int!; Under tii" l'. lb proti M t, ' rev inn tor i' ii "i t' i - from riihltig p'. unities f g.lod- .1 tn ' picscut law. Wl l.'b Is sluw IV And it w'll i .' i nl i-ir; resuming its i, ,i i. r .,.,.. '.'. flolll tile lll-lls- .1- s,,ii ii- tl, I n I 'ill I- f .1 illlgp ss to Til. I II '' 1 I'lestnuis 1 v phi ! tn tariff I In ni.nl" in h.ist" .in b I! vv ill Ii" nppln d tn -d Tic v will b" i I i III tli" . i ft now tors w hi 'ii o i i' derwooil 'aw w .is p.is-i Then will !, n I consider at ii- In -in . involved in a i" rinain n Such a n v ismii i ahin The conditions ,ie'i i w are not vet i n ,n Iv l better Ifiov. u n w v in' The ib ' ii"ii to hi- i -' -p gup tiinf law I' -- 1111 ii'ip i! tl.ll'tV to Hi llnll'll'l :i flint l's ! :! . nit i ., th, t.isk . i- m I'"!- In.pll.g tli.lt in orib r to ,'v ' " oct w lib w i i -Hi s lenders nppti i.it.. i before tin n 1 1 ? v -it will in I w i'l, v I i THE SEAMEN OF THE DELAWARE C iAI'TAIN SMI 1 II ..i t'i. I!.. nine Mr ,k. bus up nln ! ' " v.u'.iiil s. .inii'ii vv!.. i brave the t' i i-'.i ,.f t seems to liiink t.. v . 1 i.i v i re nvii lie pr .perlv ver' d .ii' nut in the teciiiitiMi. ..f "eaclieil tills 'Ii"1 deuce tin ii' tr.ni. . but I'f Int -'.ii mi inaibiiiate i vi There was ,. soimc di link' ii kill the ii.-:. signal tl.igs . on boaiil Th. tugs win. 'i p.i I I. 1 'ill Ills -ii n s vv no . i He "i I'V II ' 'Inn t . I. vv ..f th p. started b, re tr nig to Imlsli'd hlH ll l.'le " ,is trouble ui'.'orbuats nnd si. .Hlleil up the -red Mm and t lie i -s, 1 h ii. ! h ll i;- .nnl .-! . liver aw 'h eng'iioTs 1.1. t! ' ii vv l . .tii - in salute. When the I. oil i hid it- pier tlic eaptnin iudlgiuinil. .i.knl. Isii t t1 .". s..,,,' one in this en" I. vv ' .. in i. ,nl sign iK'" ( If colli se tin I 's Kv.'i lei.-'l. ut plot ' now s vvlini ,i dis tress si 'mil i a an- T.ie in.. torb .at and tUgbolit i.lpt.lllis .sp. i-al'v the 'llsb.illt cup wins, nt" f.i'n I'.n with tic v hole inn 'na tional iod. 'I liev do not mistulte a slip vrltli its dist ign.il Hags living for a boat die.sse.l in loliil.r nt'iie I'erisli the tliuiigbl ' 'I" ' v "in aw ire of what was bnppciiiii'.' ". I. ' -1 Id. nine Ilrook, and im iiv ' l.ii tinv were not in , !., , ,, ,. ll . 'It lillUMjil W l. ll , . i . . . id t 1 ll'l'i II' II til . I ,1 His Example of Hustle Might In Turn Revive a Taste for Ho,nest Toll In This Lazy World AI.r the prophet of evil who ttted to say that Mr. Hoover would be a cause of turbulence and trouble In Woshlngton ought Jo be mmmoned to the front nnd applauded. They deserve a toot or two of the trumpet for their astonishing perspicacity. The party sages who to the very last warned the IN" publican lenders to have nothing to do with Hoover tuny now fill the nlr with the rlnnk of triumphant lnughter. Knr Hoover Is morn than a spirit of unrest In Washington. He is an ntunzcmciit nn inexplicable force for change nnd the reversal of sacred tradition, He work. He works steadily and with a queer sort of enthusiasm in a place where, if half we rend is true, everybody else is forever resting. Politician rest In Washington after the strife and strains of the campaign. Oov eminent employes worn out, as they always nre. In hating or defending various ndiiiln Istrntions, relax as n matter of dallv habit. The Senate dozes between bottles. The House tolls voeolly for nn hour or two each day. Almost every great conference called In Washington for the discussion of labor or International communications or Interna tional relntions tnkes on, sootier or later, the appearance of n long siesta. Against a gen eral background of Ineffable peace and al most effortless contentment the new secre tar.v of commerce appears as a profoundly disquieting figure, t'p town nnd down he goes at full speed. He flashes into his office early in the morning and he flashes out of It late at night. An.vboilv who has looked twice at the cur lent photographs of the new cabinet must have olise'rveil that the Hoover of the pic tures invariably wears a pestered look. He appears like n man who has just glanced im patlentlv nt his watch. Other beam or fall into attitudes of easy repose. Hut it is clear that his occasional unwilling ventures into the spotlight are to Hoover only hated in terruptions of the grind in which he finds a sort of ecstasy. Well, well ! Hoover has done some won derful things and, for all you know, he vet tnnv achieve another mlrncle. He mnj end by making the thing called work fashionable in Washington. After thnt anything might happen. The country nnd the world at large might in turn be reconciled again to honest toil. "He hns reorganized me!" monned the doorkeeper at the Department of Commerce, who is in a mood to believe the rumor that his new boss gets up In the middle of the night. "He works!" There wns n note of pain in that cry nnd n note of nstonishment. Yet work which might be defined as u wholesome expenditure of mental or muscular effort for a rational end- was once actually fashionable in the fluted States. That was a long time ago. More recentlv the practice has become de tested. It i out of style. Everybody seems to hate and avoid it. A good ninny people, fearing death from inanition, sljly and furtively work at golf or tennis and take Infinite pnins to tnnke their toil seem like something else. Hatred of work, a wild belief that the world could get on without it. caused the Soviet revolu tions in Kussin. Wherever there Is complete or partial economic pnrnlysis jou will find vast numbers of people, in all the high and low departments of industry, with a new nntipathy to work. N'ot long ago there was a good deal of talk about a six-hour day. Hoover works eighteen and he appears like a man in pretty good health, dun-toting Is the present substitute for work in various parts of Europe, just n talk is being accepted as a substitute for honest creative effort in a good many parts of the T'nited States. Tlie mo.nl of inertia charged so frequently, and with some justice, against labor Is not absent from a pretty large class of business men Labor found money ensy and It expected it always to be easy, Husiness men found thnt contracts and orders came knocking on their doors. Hut times have changed, end there are men in business who are not jet willing to get up nnd hustle, just as there are labor men who believe that war wages can be cotititi'ied without the attendant hor ror .itnl waste of war. So a rather large part of the population is resting about as Washington rests, nnd occaslonallv If tries to excuse ifsnlf bj breaking Into print with long and labored expressions of self-pity or high Inti minus or frustrated effort. Hut speeches and controversies and Mir vevs and claims and counter-claims will get nobody nnywhere so long as work continues to be for nil sorts of people the mo-t nn fisbionnble thing in the world. While al most all of Europe is still trumping around with guns and rattling sabers Italy is get ting down to work, and current reports indi cate that Italy will be the first allied n ttlon to got fullv o'n its feet nnd achieve normal conditions of life. Europe is tilled with men who got into official inilitarv uniforms and hate to get out of them, because that would mean the necessity of a return to work Hoover in Washington is, therefore, an extraoril'iiiirilv interesting and diverting ligure. He doesn't work sixtien nnd eighteen hours a day hei.iu.se he has to. He likes it What will ids eMimple mean to senators who have to rest for a week after a, speei Ii and to members of the House who often are thousands of miles awny when Important jobs are waiting to lie done? une is thrilled at the possiiiiimes sug gested bv this thought. And what will be I t (feet of Hoover's example on tlie p.y 1 cliologv of the countrj '! Will it again bo I irsjie. table to work hard at wholesome tasks'' Hooks are written about the teeli- m.p f golf and great tennis pin-. ers write tin i r own autobiographies and draw large i rovaltp-s In return. Hut did you ever read tmv thing written to celebrate the man who harvested the largest wheat crop or read , anything iiifoiinttr; relative to the technique I applied in getting the most potatoes out of the ground? The difference between labor nnd what Is I known as spurting exercise is the difference between neeesnry toil nnd toil brightly ve- I i red to satisfv the tastes of an age in which too many people are ashamed to l.o found working haul to do useful things. I And the number of people who wm Id rat'er I talk Than labor, who believe tlin' w.inK I written or spoken can somehow be made to I s. rve intead of rational effort, is appalling!) I biigi. mid ii is still glowing. Too many people who never did any work in their lives are, as some one said not long ago, telling I tlie people who never did all) thing else to get bus" I'eople who don't want to he fair ' are publbl) indicting others for unfairness. All this is largely because a great manv ! people in all walks of life and all positions I in industrv have been smitten bv a habit of idb tifss, nnd when you are Pile ,vour iiiinil takes queer turns and straight thinking isn't ensv I", s'i'oii. -H lies cnn be louvvil. The nenple who ml1'" illUnery nm! govvn are f Him . mi kill'.' Ii.n k to aiu" .lit md for on. Their cheers vere given with an in tclllgent appreciation of the ivcnt. If tbe captain will make careful inquiry atonic the waterfront he will discover the truth and will never again make alighting remarks about tho amount of nautical lore In the pilot houses of the Delaware river craft. WILL HOOVER MAKE WORK STYLISH IN WASHINGTON? - i ilium iiiilin. i ni ! i . !! ! i . r r gotten modes nnd restoring them (o favor. .Any one who could make work fashionable In Washington, in America at large anil finally In Europe would do a great deal more for humanity than was accomplished recently by Congress, by the Conference of London or by the ndvnnee into (lermany. Tho ab sence of energy and the resolution (o produce and create Is almost as marked among many people in authority as It Is among the fol lowers of the more radical labor lenders. The productive energies of Hritnln and France and Helglttm and Italy and tier many and Kussin were diverted to the pur poses of war nnd destruction. Until they nro diverted buck again to tlie purposes of peace no settlements, no agreements, no in demnities can give the old world the new stnrt it needs. And thus far no ono seems to know how the great clinnge is to lie accomplished. Hut it Is cheering to find conspicuously placed In Washington one mnn who Isn't afrnld of toll, who loves it for its own sake and thrives by it. Mr. Hoover Is secretary of commerce. His example ought to be good for the Interests with which lie denls ns well as for organized lnbor nnd nil the rest of the people In n country that hns been willing to drift for a year rather than take the trouble to get its blood In lively circulation by some con certed and systematic work at tho oars. "PRESSURE" FOR THE LEAGUE? THE I'nrls dispatch announcing that tho French foreign ollico was negotiating with tlie American State Department through Ambassador .lusseraud "In nn effort to In duce President Harding to favor acceptance of a tnodliied League of Nations" is unfor tunately worded. What Is probably happening is not nn effort to Induce the President tn favor ac cepting a modified league, but nn effort to discover from the President and his secretary of state what modifications in the league covennnt they think should be mnde before they will recommend its rntillentlon to the Senate. There Is a vital difference between the two things, It Is not likely that either France or (irent Hrilaln will urge the I'nltcd States to enter the league. Their statesmen know too much about American sensitiveness to foreign pressure to make such n mistake n mistake which would be likely to defeat the ends they seek. They desire us to enter the league just as many American statesmen think we should enter it, not only for our own good but for the good of the world. Hut they know thnt there Is a right and n wrong way to approach the matter. France nnd (Jreat Hritnln nre Interested in an agreement nmnng the nations to dis courage war and to bring about the settle ment of disputes in an international court. Tlie 1'iiited States Is Interested In the same things. There is room, then, for discussion among them of the best way to bring about the ends which they nil desire. There ought to be such n discussion, entered into with open minds nnd with a determination to face the accomplished facts. When the mntter has been thoroughly considered then this government will decide upon its own policy, not through pressure from abroad, but through the exercise of its own enlightened judgment. To what conclusion thnt judgment should lend it this newspaper has indicated ninny times. The logic of the situation points to n ratification of tlie lengite covenant with such modifications ns seem necessary to prevent the entanglement of the Fulled States in matters with which It cannot Hisslbly have the remotest concern. SHORT curs The Colombia pact seems packed with Hail Columbia. Wo sincerely hope that old Doc Sawyer won't be overworked. It is time the local drug ring had the law as Its keeper and jailer. Meanwhile, the man who pays the freight is keeping u hopeful eye on the rail toads. The linttle nn the Hnnnle gests thnt its name, perhaps, been Doiinylirook. Hrook sug should have Mel Trotter is severe on those who tall: too much; those, as it were, who let their tongues run Pell-Mel. , Cnmdenites whose tax rnte hns gone up may console themselves with the thought thnt gasoline has gone down. Some estimable citi7etis nre nlh.wing admiration for the late Theodore Hooscvelt to blind them to present patriotic duty. "Tho whole of Hussin," sa; a dispatch from London. "Is In a ferment." Revolu tionary hops preparatory to a bitter bier. What hns become of the guy who once upon n time took a wicked delight in watch ing women cross the street in rniuy weather': There K nbsolutelv no truth In the re port that Ilir.im Johnson will retire from tbe Senate to accept the ambassadorship to Japan. I.nddle Hoy's cousin pining in tlie local pound knows that every dog hns his da.v ami t liu t some in ineui are reu letter ami some of thetn decidedly blue. Delight over the reopening of tlie Chesa peake and Delnwnie canal Inst eveiiin; is tempered by the fact that ever so man) of us didn't know it had been closed. Here nnd there nre to be found evi dences that President Harding can put his foot down hard enough when ocutsion arises, as witness the Colombian treat). The declaration of Dr Louis Nusbaum Unit our public schools are safer than the homes from which the children ciitiii. an accusation rather than a vindication. A ship has left New York for Italv with a cargo of spaghetti, but our ambition is as et unfulfilled. Just wait until we arc able to ship her n cargo of Old Mastvis, From what we gather, Commissioner Sadler N unable to answer so simple it conundrum as "What is the difference be tween a highway contractor and a highway robber?" Dr. Hroorne spent yesteidny -viewing the machinery of tlie public schools; but he'll have to attend a few meetings of the Hoard of Education to renliv see me vvneeis go roiinil. Yes. We mean vv heels. Jamaica's legislative council has pns,ed a measure providing an appropriation of S:i,"i(,000 annually for forty vears for the purpose of helping In the liquidation of the mother coiinlr.v's debt, liven thus Jninuia puts ginger Into patriotism. Su)s the New Jersey state secri tary of the Lord's I 'a' Alliance: "Tlieif is room for otilv one Sabb'itb in this state, ami that is the Christian Sabbath." (Hi, well, if he wants to lie ilictntorl.il about It but we trust there will be an restriction on the number of payda.vs. If the Hoard of I '.illicit Ion wants to tutike itself solid with the schoolboys it will insist on n strict interpretation of the law ful bidding baseball In school playgrounds and decide that a game pln.ved with n soft hall Is "soinething else again" nnd therefore permissible. The Hev. Isaac W. Hagley, of Camden, ciiticl.ing fellow ministers who obiect to Stuidav concerts, points out that many of tlieih give ''"i I'ls on Suiula) and e.filhit niotloii-picluies to attract i pie to the ehii.c.es Which miliiMt's that it all de- 'Ill .1 e.l I 1 1. i in i ' f r i ' r I u AS ONE WOiyiAN SEEfc IT The Gentle Art of Treatlna a Small Legacy 8o That It Will Grow Bio Enough to Be Useful , Hy HAKAII D. LOWKIi: IOHSEUVED the very enrc-frce, prosper ous appearance of a young married womnn the other dny, who had Inst year looked a bit down nnd out, having come to tlie end of her trousseau nnd nlso, appar ently, to the end of whatever allowance her youthful husband nominally, nt least, doled out to her. Slip explained her regained affluence by saying that nn aunt had left them .f.iOOO, nnd ns the interest on thnt amounted to so little they were easing up for a year or two by dipping Into the capital tn sort of straighten themselves out, "If we Invested it enrcfiilly it would mean only $.100 n year, and If we speculated with it it would be gone in no time with nothing to show for it, so we nre just letting ourselves feel ensy when .Inck's salary cannot quite buy little luxuries that we have both got on without, of course, since we married ; but It's mighty nice having them ngnln" was her casual way of ex plaining It. Now it certnin banker' that I know lately amused himself during a forced rest In bed by calculating what could be iWne with the sum of $1(100 Invested at tl per cent for twelve jears and six months. He held that a (I per it bond of $1000, with the interest payable semiannually Jan uary 1 uiil July l. could be made to double Itself in twelve nnd a half years by the sim ple process of placing each jcar the Interest accruing in twelve months In the snvlngs bank nt .'I per cent until ?.0 accumulated, when these nmnunts would be Invested In some conservative security yielding C per cent. He mnde a table of the accumulations! at compound Interest covering the entire period, of which I set down the data for the first three years, say from January 1, JH1H, to January 1, 11124 : Invented enpltnl Ht 0 per cent. .. .$1000 July l, inal. coupon I.in.im .Intiunry I, 1H2., coupon . 31). On Interest l'a per cent If, JflO.tr. lluy bond r.O.OD 601 110.45 July 1. m'2, Interent .. .. l.lttlo coupon 31 41 141.SH Jnnuiry 1, 102.1, coupon Interest Utile coupon 31.83 173.74 80,00 Iluy bond so $23.71 July 1, 102.1, coupon Interest I.lttle coupon $32.03 j.-,ii.iin 3ll.H0 Iluy bond CO to.no Jnnunry 1, 102-1, coupon Interest Little coupon I.Vi.OO $.14.00 . $4o.a THE above calculation, continuing by this process, gathers momentum in the way of compound interest until the little coupon Interest creeps up to nearly the amount half yearly ns the coupon, so that n ?o0 bond cnn be purchased twice a year Instead of once a year. Eventually at the end of twelve years the .$10110 bond has doubled itself with, at the most, one hour's work on tlie pnrt of the investor a year. AS .MY' friend the banker pointed out, if Instead of $1000 one wns aide to Invest $.-(lOO, the bonds coiihl get higher Interest nnd the time period for doubling would lie appreciably limited. In the course of. say, twenty jears. one could accumulate nearly $-."1,0(10, which would tncun that an income of SlfiOO a .vear could be earned by $."000 thus Invested for twenty years. A young married couple stinting out with a little legacy or a big wedding gift could in this way, before they were forty-five pro vide an emergency, income without any en croachment on their yearly income, ' Or in ten ) ears' time the couple thnt hail been left the unexpected $."0110 could have let it double itself and had n sum worth $000 a year to them, and the wife would huve been secure of her little allowance, at least. THERE Is one other way they might have invested it which hns its right nnd practical side, such ns no easygoing spend ing by driblets as though It were income can compete with. I menu investing it in travel or a library or a collection. Something that puts one in the possession of lasting memo lies or great enthusiasms or growing powers of nppieeiatioti. The temporary let-up of eionomy In the spending of capital is really the most makeshift pretense nt sane living, and only evcusahle because of 111 health or obi age or utter independence from family ties, for in the end one hns nothing to show for the diminished capital but the fact that one has livrd; nothing to remember but meals ami a few clothes, and nothing tn count the loss us gain for. Whereas, the gain of travel is tremendous, the company of books is a bulwark against loneliness, the possession of some carefully accumulated collection is an actual Investment In knowledge which has a dozen permanent possibilities. One can un derstand an Investment In health. In a post graduate course. In a scientific investigation either for oneself or for some one else with capital providing the means. I can ensllj understand spending part of an unexpected windfall, if I had been in the place of that voting cnuidc, in long-dcsircil, intrinsically worth-whiie gifts to each other, but I hark buck to the pity of it that the) felt it was so small that it was only worth pajing their monthly bills with it until it hud all slipped iiwa.v and the) once more came down to the iieiessities of their housekeeping backed by the monthly salary. Dt'HlNO the war a great mnn) careful souls had rei nurse to capital as income for the brief tune nt readjustment, but for most persons the adjustment wns made heroically nnd adhered to. In some families a wide nnd hnbitual hopitalitv was the first to go; In others the Inst. In one case I knew most of the luxuries were retained and some of the necessities were dropped out, with eventual dire results We all know very lavish men nnd women who give away what tliev shnllid Iill.V their debts with. The most generous man I ever knew alwa.vs looked after the orphans and widows of his friends, but he died so in debt from long-neglcctcd bills and loans that his children and wife were left worse than penniless. WE ALL rather envy the men of affairs down on the slieet who know when to liuv mid when to sell, nnd for a trip to Florida or to Euiope or for a new house cnn go to the stock exchange and in a day or two make a turnover thnt will more Hum cover some extra extravagance, bur we know mighty well thnt those of us who do not live or tit least spend our business hours "There, where men hunts most do cougre irnte." are not enough "in the know" to make buy ing one iln) nnd selling the next a lucrative wii) to pass the time. IIIEAHD of the father of a woman I know who amused himself long ago in bu.ving stock on the pavement for a few cents. He is ver) rich toila), hut I know plent) of other fathers who bought peach orchnrds in Dela v.aie and orange groves in Floiida nnd shoic lols under the sen In New Jersey for a few pennies without ever getting so much ns a peach or an oiiinge or even a uiosipiito to show where the good pennies went I think, for the mnjorit) of us, the lifting moiiev eatn iiiotiev bv seiniyenrl) investing the inteiest and compound interest in small bunds is a mighty pleasant way of getting ready for old nge. Hut. of course, von have got to be some one's niece or nephew or child or grandchild to get the original ftHKH) Life has its compensations, says Demos thenes Mcdinnis. After I have woirled my self si' k over the amount of monev I'ncle Sum inn) hnve to pn.v Colombia, I may get a doctor's presei iptlou for Hie particular brniid of old ale i pilfer and proveitl to ., ..ell NOW MY IDEA IS THIS Daily Talks With Thinking Philadclphians on Subjects- They Know Best MISS EMILY EXLEY Horticulture as a Profession On " joi hnve tnved ii parilen. If) gnrtlrn hlnoni fnr ynu ; For ioh the hanciMiirktr' irrit Ami the tall InrUnpur Hue. BET that is not nil there is to gardening, according to Miss Emily Exley. a gradu ate of the School of Horticulture at Ambler, who has mnde horticulture her profession. Onrdening hns its artistic. It, sclent tic and its purely practical sides, Miss I.xle) points out. , , ,, "To those who hnve never thought ot It. she said, "the study of horticulture may seem vcrv trivial the soil has neither the glory of "the celestial nor-the glamour of the uu fnmillnr. nnd its association with such un intellectunl and mundane concerns as food anil flower product Ion has had in tlie past no plnce in tlie ordinary conception of a refined nnd liberal education. "In the earlv mythology of (ireece mother enith held a very dignified position she was the goddess (laen. the mother of mankind and the bounteous provider of food. "Earlv In the fifteenth century in England some very fanciful ideas were advanced upon the subject of nrborlcultiiie and grafting where n limb wns severed from n tree, n bandage of clav was applied to exclude the air and to prevent hemorrhage. ..., . 1 1 ... t nl,.,, for novelties I lie llisie i.i.-xi...'. - --::,'- . and h brids how to grow cherries without stones, peaches with kernels like nuts and to make pench trees bear pomegranates. Similar experiments were carried on in the flower gardens for color, size and shape in new varieties. "Hniticulttiral science leads us Into man) nn Interesting byway ; for Instance the stud) of the soil, which Is tilled with living organ isms rcadv waiting to tight their battles of iverting the chemical elements iieccssar) for plant life into tlie available fonn fur plant use. , "Think of the soil as the great faetorv of the world, where the little bnctcrin are work ing bnsilv, turning the ammonia that is in the soil into nitrates, the available form for plnnt food to be taken by the plant into its roots through the minute root hairs, just behind each little root tip. "it is In this science that we inn) learn how properly to handle nnd work the soil so that we may give these willing little work ers the best environment. "Further, it Includes the garden, that portion of th ii'th's crust humanized. "In the broadest interpretation the word garden means all that lies within our boun darv lines. It is a great school in whli h the deepest mysteries lf '"' 'v,7""' "'"' "' ...It... .1 ,-,.- of IM'Klltlotl llllll t 10 suillioii- ine iinHi.-.i.i- ;,'"",, wonderful manifestations of life in its manv What Do You Know? QUIZ Who Is the lord lieutenant of Irelnnd" Where Is Luzon? Who Is the patron saint of England? S'nme the author of "Itlp Van Winkle " Who was 'Ella'".' Who Is the president of (irrin.iiiy ' Name tbe capital of Maine What stati s formerly bad two cipltnls.' What Is the title of tbe Ann rle;in chief executive In the Philippines'' What Is nirant by the abbieviatlon '(! A. 11."' Answers to Yesterday's Quiz 10 'resident 1'ornis Is the chief m.iKlstiate of the republic of Piinnmn. "Tamil Jim" was the, nlcltname applied to .linn. s Wilson, who was seeietnrv of olericulture 1" the administrations .of l'ri'sldeiitH McKlnloy, lloosevtlt ,iud Tuft. IIilsm;fors Is the capital of Finland latum Is an Important foitllteil port on the HIiilU sia It Is a emti r of the oll Hhlpplng Industry of the Caucasus re gion Henry Cant well Wallace of Iowa, fs the I.eW secletlliv of ngricultUle Among the tltbs of the sev. r.il dilef Imp. rial representatlvis In Ilrltish pos sessions and dominions aie . land )eu teiiniit, for Irelnnd, vU-tov. for India and governor giuer.il, for Camilla Topeka Is the cnpll.il of Kans.iH Trlali lleep appears In DIcIohh' "Juld Copperlleld " He has Income recog nized as tvplcul of cringing H'rvlllty and bMiocrlsy Hubert 1iulf Stevenson wrote "Trcanure Island " In- Walter Simons Is the Herman niln Istrr for ton Ign affalis lb. ,itiv acted as chairman of the Herman dele, gallon to ths reparations confennce In l.nilon "HERE GOES! forms nre here lend) to spring into being nt our bidding. "Their hidden secrets have been sought by sage and scientist thiough countless nges, nnd will he sought continually until these gicnt hysterics aie solved. All this is nt the service of the horticulturist who is willing to dip into these hidden Measures, and she will find in them a never-ending source of pleasure and enju) incut. "The importance of gardening from the practical side can scared) be ovetcstiiiiuted, for upon this brum li of the art the support and sustenance of the whole world hangs. To live one must eat. and it is mil) through the tilling and working of the ground with interest and intelligence that we arc able to produce the food with which life is main tained. ".Moreover, the smallest piece of ground will nihil tl any amount of pleasure, study and wotk in the inising of food crops or the developing of the flowering holders. These alike give an endless oppoitiinit) for the In telligent study of their individual reitiirc mciits ami demands. "Tills knowledge will menu an ever-in-ci casing interest in all that! is going on around one. and a thoiough appreciation of the wotk of others, us well as an awakening of one's self to the beaut) of the world. 'The flagrant blossoms to please the sense of sight ami smell.' "Ilnrticiiltuic has its artistic as well ns its practical side, and gaidenliig as the decoiative art dials with the proper handling and use of nature's .materials to produce fine effects. This is manifested in landscape gaideiiing nnd design, which toila) plavs so important a putt In the la.ving out and de velopment of places. "This work successful!) canied on in volves not only an appreciation of the ar tistic picture as a whole, hut n thorough knowledge of the factois whbh make the picture live." JUST SPARROWS FIVE little brown spurious Clt) sparrows, aggicsslve and nrrogant Arguing noisily and piofaiidy tin the lowest branch of a stunted sapling That grew unhnppil) out of the pavement On an east side street. Hut presently another sparrow An earnest, huid-vvorking fellow. With serious business on his mind. And no time to spare for argument i Probably with a home to furnish And a family to provide for) Spied, in the wind-swept guttei. A bit of bright, soft plumage From a woman's hat. It was just the tight size and shape For b"nutlf)ing a new lust, Ami it had an opulent look 'Flint was bound to appeal 'lo a spariovv of cultivated taste, So he sei.cd it jo) full) in his bill. And was about to 11) off with ll. When The argumentative sparrows llappenid to glance that way. And -for once in perfect accord -Pounced upon the unlucky capitalist And tore his ti ensure from him. He made a valiant defense. Hut it was one against five. And futile from the beginning, And so, his little breast heaving. And his feathers milled and nigged, lie watclinl i lie umruudois destiny Tliu piett) thing lie loved. I'm- (lie) loiight olio anoiher tor it As viciotisl) as the) had fought him , And lietween them the hit of j;ii) plumage Was torn to iidiniteslmal shreds That the wind carried nwa.v. Hut they kept light on fighting--These Holshevlki! Stella (ili'lifell Floieiiie, in the New Yolk Times. As They Made 'Em Back in the '60s I'rom tl,. i'l ss i M.i I 'no. int Those who call i call the da.vs iiniuedintelv allowing tlie Civil War weie Icinilidcil of olll limes when they saw a lad at the C. nnd A. station tl ther dav wearing an overcoat of the old-time blue with the icguhitiou iiimy luass buttons. It was made Imiu an over coat woin b) llie bov's uncle dmiug the nor, and notwithstanding the lift) -odd ve.ns s'nee it was issued tlie cloth was In , i ..I i .million ami seems tn be read) for a decade of haul service v HUMANISMS II) WILLIAM ATHKKTON I)t; PUT SENATOR AIlTHUIl CAPPEU has loaned out S'-'OO.OOO, mostly to prople he hm never seen, none of them competent tn mnke n binding contract, without security, with out interest, nnd has never lost a cent. Every dollnr wns loaned to boys and evfry dollar for the purchnse of pure-blood pljss. There Is a Capper Pig Club in every county In Kansas, and lucky is the youngster who gets in. They nre fliinneed nnd shown liovv to raise fine stock. They nre shown how tn make money In the process. They nre W to nn enthusiasm over the more intelligent phases of fanning. They nre kept nn th farm, and this latter is the object buck of Senntor Capper's scheme. Now the senntor is applying the same idea to chicken clubs with girls ns niemheri He has loaned $."0,000 to the girls of Kansas for the purchase and deveionment of pure-bred Hocks. So. wherever in Kansas this thin, child less little mnn goes, he is met by throws of chlhlten who glorify him and call him friend, There nre some things thnt nre ton n nsperating for even the most mild-inannfrfd men to boar, nnd although Jno, Cnrbnd Pollard, of the Federal Trade Commission, may haggle through the years with the at turners of the beef trust, he will not stand for it if you write his name, down "John' instead of "Jno," Mr. Pollard is a southern gentleman of the old school, bailing from Richmond, uri'l admits that he is "kissing kin" to every body in Virginia. The Federal Trade Commission occupies one of those big temporary buildings put up during the war. In it is a cafeteria, run on the co-operative plan. Mr. Pollard usually takes his sandwich nnd glass of milk here with the clerks and sometimes participates in the fifteen minutes of d.uirlnx which follows. It bus been commented upon that lie his it rare eye in tlie selection of dancing part ners nnd that those whom he chooses are invariably possessed of the grace of biMiitr Sense of Discretion Kidin tl'e New York llvi-nlni; rnt Can if really be thnt investigations and inquiries (probes, If the copy reader mind1 lire no longer Interested in altitude? So It seems, for nowadays one hears little hut how deeply this is to be examined, how far this is to be pursued, how that is to be searched to the very bottom. This marks n change In style from ilavf. not so far distant. Then, too, there were investigations, perhaps as many thrllllnt ones ns todu) , as ninny boring und prrhap even a Tew that were more scandalous. Hut then there was always thnt groping for something just n bit ethereal, that enrnjr scrutiny in the nlr above, as it were for that in) Merlons being "tlie mnn nigiier up. Whither bus he flown? Where Dickens Got His Name l'r mi tlio Chlcauo Journal It seems surprising thnt the nnmei of Dickens' churneters, odd though they vvere, should be found in renl life, for it wns from life that many of them were tnken, Nnie, as is known, were copied from the nnmrs on signs over business places, but thnt was not the novelist's only source of selection, J'""1 Forster, his biographer, found among a papers n carefully drawn list of nnmes, wltn the sources from which he obtained them. Some of the names are too extravagant ' anything but reality : Jolly Stick. Hill Mari gold, (leorge Muzzle, William Why. Hoof" liospel, Rohbln Scrubban. Harah (Job siicU, Catherine Two, Sophln Doomsday, HnietM Dust nnd Sally Cimb)ctt. "A Morass of Difficulties" I'r.im He SrirlnKilelil Hepuhllc in. A morass of dlflictiltles lies nhend if t new administration seeks to cut lposr lro th ituets Into which our participation"! the European struggle carried us. Our " lierltcd policy of iioiiinvolveinent In -no World affairs." whose wisdom l'resiilt-nr Harding now extols, was swept away vvlieo the I'nltcd States Intervened in the i''u World war. We cannot escape the conse quences of that net. Daring Characters rr.un lie- Kkiis.ii I'lly Mnr. It is said that n large percentage of in' applicants for jobs under the Harding no uituistintloii want to be prohibition en on luent iiL'entH. it shows what man will ' In the line of duly, for if is well know" '' s. mm line bootle'? limior is clufbtd nmODf, l"c n" " " ...". i:.v, llllllj,! lUin Ut-Vll 'llMi) jJJyw,s to y i : P iMU,iwv'.)U.vf4tVls.U'j vv,
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