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THE ASTOUNDING P. R. T.
THESE fUPMliniiH p should like to put
direitlv to flip 1'. It. T. dlvetonito. to
Mr. Mitten, to the controlling bankers, the
Major, the rity engineers anil every otic eNe
who hnniiens tn he In unv unv pnncpi-ticil
with thp astonishing prniiiM.t mad yesterday
for anotlipr increase of trollcv fares In thU
city:
Sinco wnjjea. pri pi ami opera tins poi
re falling in all other linos of Imsinp-o, why
Jaust thp trend of .strept car fan- coiitniiit.'
upwanlV
Where are familir.s and wage earner to
get the money to meet a 100 ppr ernt in
crease in the eot of ,one of thp necessities
of life in a rity like this? Out ot the nir?
Do economic laws which apply to all other
froup", to employers nnd employes alike,
ceaSe to operate where street railway cor
porations are concerned?
It would he folly for the citv to rush
Into the nstnunding plan offered yesterday
by the IV It T. Time is needed to look
not only into the iiuestion of fares, but into
the policy anil purpose siiKcested by the
transit company's reprrsentotives.
A request for authorization of rotnlu
tionary changps in the street car sitvIcp bv
April 1 is ominously nuggestire of an effort
to stampede the city into a blind nllc.
The matter is one for investigation by the
Public Service Commission and probably by
the I.e-islature itself.
SILLY SEASON BILLS
THR Ilarrisburg silly season occurs most
inopportunely. There is n, vast amount
of follil work to be performed at the capital
of this commonwealth unless the current
Legislature is willing to accept the charge
of1 failure
Itnt the prospects of setliinj down to
butiness are not enhanced by s-nch foolish
ncss as the threatened Sowers bill limiting
the terms of Philadelphia Mayors to two
jcars. The proposed measure is unworthy
attention save in its aspect of time-waster.
In this regard it is in line with a grist
of other bills framed for intimidating or
purely obstructionary purposes. If this sort
of thing keeps up the public will be inclined
to view the even years, when the Legisla
ture does not meet, as Imbued with a par
ticular charm
THE NEW CONGRESS
fTTAIUFF revision, the immigration and
JL transportation problems are forecast as
subjects which will engage the attention of
Congress in the etra session which has been
formally called by President Harding for
April 11. Formidable as these questions arc.
the program may be called modest and even
inadequate.
An intrusion of intprnat.onal quandaries
Is almost inevitable. The November election
was said to emphasize the public's distaste of
foreign affair. That may be true, nnd yet,
like many other disturbing things in life,
they will haie to be fnced sooner or later.
Somehow or other the war must be formally
ended : somehow or other the position of
America to tin- other powers of the world
must bo nuthoritativi'ly and spci ilicully
defined.
The direr p'sponsibihtv of Congress is,
morcotcr, much heavier than in the recent
past. A f.nrh even balunce of political
power that ready excuse for obstructionism
no longer exists. To justifv itself the new
Congress will have to display qualities of
ifincsmanshlp
A fresh start ought to be a fresh in
ppiration The nation as a whole profoundl)
hopes for progress
HARDING AND BOLIVAR
MR. lIAHIUMi'S interest in L.itin
America hears the gnitlfjing -tamp of
a vigorous Hineentj
The "other Americans," n thev have In en
called, yield to no peoples in their apprecia
tion of international amenities. The Presi
dent's promised participati in in the dedica
tion of an equestrian statue to Simon Iloh
var in Cmtral Park. New York, is there
fore of first -rate importance In cementing
the ties which -hotiM hind us to our soutnerii
neighbors Venezuela, of which the great
liberator was ii natne. will recipro.ite with
the opening of I'porge Washington and
Henry Cln parks on Mav l!i
Comparisons of the llrst President ot ie
T'nited States nnd the emancipator of South
Americn hine often been at tomtit cd, hut
without suieess Iii t Itolnar is no less un
inspiring figure for that reason. i
He was a soldier rather than a sia'esin.m I
nnd as mh one of th most extraordinary I
tile world has ever seen. His pro ligious I
marches, Ins campaigns through Mist torn- i
lories, some of hIihIi bristle with diftipiiltiiw
even for well-equipped modern explorers,
smack ii'most of the incredible IPs mur
age, enthusiasm mid abilities warrant the
fullest recognition in northern latitudes
The ejer'-ises in New York will take p'ai e
within li few weeks of the icntcmir.v of his
decisive Motor of Carnbobo mer th Span
ish armv Mr Harding does well to be
concerned with this putt int. South America
chafes most of all at North American In
difference The change of a.titude regis
tered by the new administration cannot fail
(o be beneficial to good understanding in this
hemisphere
GERMAN STAGE-FIRE?
TP THK old doctrine thai (iermiim .is
no strong and orderlj that sh. must ho
obeved lios suci ded the prliuiple that slip
is so weak and disorderly that she uintint
be commanded.
Whether implicated or not. the Teuton
commissioners who have balked at the
reparations terms are tinlikelv to be wholly
displeased In the reports of riots anil Con,
tnuillst uprisings in Hamburg, l.elpsie nd
other Industrial centers. A spectacular ex
Mbit of collapse is not cntirelv no un
imaginable iiioc on the pail of a dcfi-ntnl
Ballon
In tins iiiiMii'cliiiii liimiM-i. II is . i
nitsilblc tj i- a" H- P""u I' lis'isn -ttU'i
tho Fronro-Prusslan War. The German,
armies cynically looked ou while the Paris
Commune sprnt Its furies. Drastic demands
were ultimately exacted of the victorious
conservatives.
The situations are. of course, by no means
precisely parallel. There Is sincere, If mis
guided, radical sentiment In flermany. Pus
sian propagandists can be easily conceived
as capitalizing any opportunity for ad
vancing the topsy-turvy program of progress
through destruction In the former empire of
the Hohenznllerns,
All these factors may be involved in the
present situation. And ct possibilities of
deliberate theatrlcism nre not to be dis
missed. The first abdication of the kaiser
was n fake.
The next few days should in -some degree
reveal whether the new "revolution" is
trumped up, staged to embarrass the Allies
or n bona fide decline of Germany into an
archy. Scrupulously watchful waiting should
be serviceable.
MR.
LANSING'S PORTRAIT
OF MR. WILSON AT PARIS
Ex-Secretary's Book on the Peace Ne
gotiations Also Paints a Picture of
Himself as a Rejected Official
THK manifest purpose of llobert Lansing's
book on "The Peace Negotiations" Is
to justify his course in staying at the head
of the State Department until President
Wilson asked him to leave It in February
of last year.
As there is never unanimity on anything,
some persons are certain to Insist that he
has succeeded. They will find in the book
evidence of n loyalty to those nHnclnles on
which Mr, Lansing was convinced that the
peace treaty should he founded a loyalty
so great that It made him willing to submit
to humiliation nftcr humiliation In the hope
that he might even in some small particular
secure a modification of u program to which
he was unalterably opposed. Mr. Lansing
himself apparently takes this view, for he
has much to say about his futile attempts
to persuade Mr. Wilson to change his mind.
The general verdict, however. Is likely to
be that he has exhibited a state of facts
which should have led hlni to resign as sec
retary of state in the autumn of lfllS in
order to permit the President tn appoint n
successor in whose judgment he had confi
dence and with whom he could consult on
terms of mutual understanding.
It would be very easy to sny that Mr.
Lansing did not resign because lie wished
to hang on to the office as long as possible.
He is an international lawyer who has been
engaged in dealing with negotiations between
nations for many years. The promotion of
fiich a man to the bend of the foreign office
in his government is like the promotion of
a lawyer to n seat on the Supreme Court
bench. It puts him nt the top of his pro
fession nnd is the greatest honor that can
come to him.
Mr. Lansing's gratification nt becoming
the head of the State Department was nat
ural. While It would be easy to say that a
sort of understandable human vanity kept
him in office, the explanation must bo sought
elsewhere. Put whatever it may be, it Is
not adequate.
The former secretary of state explains that
he believed the treaty of peace with fier
mnny should he negotiated with as little
delay as possible. He even favored n tem
porary treaty which would end the state of
wnr, while the permanent treaty should be
negotiated more at leisure. He believed that
the maximum indemnity that (iormnny must
pity should be fixed in thnt treaty. And he
believed in n League of Notions in which
the equality of all nations was recognized,
in which there was no guarantee to use
force to protect the territorial Integrity of
nations nnd in which there were no such
mandates as were finally provided for.
Put when he began to make suggestions
for ii peace treaty and n league late In the
summer of HtlS he discovered that lie was
out of sympathy with the purposes of the
President. Indeed, the President did not
take him into his confidence. He did not
reply to his notes or make any acknowledg
ment of the memoranda prepared for his in
formation. He was compelled to nsk Colonel
House whnt was in the President's mind,
and even then got little satisfaction. Colo
nel House apparently thought properly that
if the President wished Mr. Limning to know
his plans he would disclose them himself.
Most men under such circumstances would
have resigned. Mr. Lansing pocketed his
pride nnd continued in office. His course
tied his hands and closed his mouth. He
could not publicly advocate anything be
cause he was in danger of committing him
self to a project which the President would
reject. It wns necessary that the official
t'nited States should present it solid front,
and Mr. Lansing realized this.
If he had resigned, saj, in December,
IMS. when it wos evident to him that he
differed radically with the President, he
would have been free as n private citizen to
novocate a course of procedure in Paris
which he believed the situation demanded.
His prestige as an expert in international
affairs would have commanded nttcntion for
his views, and as the first definite proposi
tions put forth on this side of the ocean
sentiment would have crystallized about them
and would have Inevitably forced Mr. Wilson
to make greater modifications in his pro
gram than he did make.
Mr. Lansing clearly understood the temper
of the Senate and understood it much better
than Mr. Wilson did. He wrote to the
President on December 23. 101S, while they
were both in Paris, that a League of Na
tions covenant with a guarantee of terri
torial integrity, such as Mr. Wilson favored,
was unwise. There would be difference of
opinion about the manner of enforcing the
guarantee, which would be seized upon by
opponents of n league to create discord,
and in addition there would be opposition
in Congress to assuming obligations to take
'affirmative action olong either milltr-y or
economic grounds. He prophesied that this
opposition would weaken our position nmoiiR
other nations and might defent the league
coicuant altogether. But the President did
not agree with him and went his way without
even acknowledging the receipt of the letter.
The publication of this letter in Mr. Lan
sing s book i the first intimation that such
advice was given to the President
It may he that in the course of time Mr.
Lansing may come to the conclusion that he
made a mistake by remaining in the cabinet
and that he ought to have freed himself from
the l)0iics of silence in order to make n
tight in the open for those things in whith
he believed.
Popular interest in Mr. Lansing s story
will center largely on the personal side of
it. Tills is not of great historical Impor
tance. The President pursued his way ns
the constitutional officer entrusted with the
fluty of negotiating treaties, as he had a
right to do. It wns not necessary for him
to consult with anybody and he had a perfect
right io reject whatever advice was given
to him. for the final decision was his. He
i ould ignore the other numbers of the peace
Commission with impunity mid, so far as
Mr. Lansing knows, he did ignore (hern most
of the time. He made use of Colonel House
ns un intermediary. It is true, but he re
jected the views of the (olonel on the loagup
covenant Just ns he rejected those of Mr.
I.unslng. The grievances of a man who went
In Paris with full knowledge that he was out
of sympathy with the plans of the Pnsldent
nie not of great moment.
There Is historical value in the hook bo
ra' d the exhaustive disiii-sion in it of
the virions plans proposed ind a clear ex
I Idtiauuu of the dlfTcnii'; priuiiphs invo'vij
iu tboae plans The exhibition of t'i wuk
KVJ!JNIKGV PUBLIC JUEftftEfora
nesses and faults of tio Icagud covenant,
which, as Mr. Lansing 'says, sets up n sort
of an oligarchy of the great powers Instead
of n democracy of notions with equal rights,
Is useful even though there may be persons
who will not follow him In his fear of evil
consequences. Ills analysis of the methods
for settling International disputes favored
by Mr. Wilson and Incorporated In the
covenant Is clear.
The theorists will agree with Mr. Lansing
that diplomatic and political pressure Is not
the best way to establish Justice among na
tions. Yet that is the method favored by
the President. Mr. Lansing urged the set
tlement of disputes, so far ns possible, by
Judicial process before nn Impartial court
which would enforce the rules of equity.
The diplomatic and political method has
failed to preserve peace In Ihe post. The
judicial method, in Mr. Lansing's opinion,
Is worth trying, .
He does not say much about the provi
sions in the covennnt for an International
court, doubtless for the reason that he thinks
it will not be resorted to so long as there
is n quadruple alliance of the great powers
disposed to Insist on Its own will.
Those senators who are opposed to any
form of nn International association to
which the United States Is n party will find
much ammunition In the book, but those
who wish the United States to play Its part
in the family of nations will conclude nfter
reading it that .Mr. Lansing In his desire
to vindicate himself has forgotten that
progress is made by compromises nnd that
perfection is never attained bv mortals.
CARDINAL GIBBONS
THKItlO arc men who, Inborlng here nnd
there nt high or nt humble tasks, seem
to have been born into the world with what
you might call wisdom of the heart. They
dignify whntever they touch. Only because
they are gentle can you know thnt they nre
strong. They become, often unconsciously,
the comforters nnd even the strength of
those about them.
Such n man Cardinal Gibbons was. Not
one church alone, but nil churches, will
grieve because he is dead. He was storm
proof. When the winds of conflicting doc
trine became a gale nnd when human pas
sions were vented, oddlv enough, In the
name of causes thnt only the calm and pa
tient Fplrlts can hope to serve, he was able
to speak tranquilly when he spoke nt nH.
If the world needs to know anything it
needs to know thnt nothing violent can en
dure. Violent nntinnnlism Is oh lamentable
as any other sort of violence. Cardinal
Gibbons wns one of the men whose patriot
ism was too deeply rooted and too ardent
to be a subject for public declamations. He
found no difficulty in reconciling the spirit
of his high office with the spirit of Americn.
The most widely known of American car
dinals was first of nil n mon of infinite cul
ture. He knew humanity and he hnd in
finite faith in it. What to most people
appeared like the shadow of doom was to
him only n shndow passing against the vast
background of continuing life nnd resurgent
hope nnd aspiration. In the midst of shocks
nnd upheavals and wild antagonisms he was
patient and assured of a good end of every
thing. Among his best friends were those who
disngreed with him. He wos opposed to
Socialism, though he was forever a dweller
in spirit with the poor. He was one of the
most ardent nnd influential udvocates of
temperance, though he did not believe that
efforts to enforce temperance by law ever
could succeed. This great spokesman for
Christian citizenship hnd not onlv found
knowledge. He did n more difficult thing.
He accepted it. And so, in any effort to ad
vance civilization or to make life better than
it is he believed in nppenling not to courts
or parliaments or armies or policemen, but
to the heart of man. Because Cardinal Gib
bons knew all this he was n great church
man nnd n great American.
VIVIANI AND THE SENATE
HKItH is n new international complication.
Former Premier Vivian!, of France, Is
coming to the United States tn ajipenl for
full American participation in the League
f Nations. M. Vivlnni does not speak Eng
lish. He will be compelled bv force of cir
cumstances tn direct bis appeal to the Senate.
The only senators who speak French freely
are said to be Moses and McConnlck. Both
arc bitter-enders nnd veterans of the inner
circle of the Lodge group. In that fnct an
odd tragedy Is suggested. The senators who
might sympathize with the gifted Vivinn!
will be unable to understand what he has
to say.
As an orator M. Vivian! is strangely
gifted. He is one of the most eloquent men
in the world. When he visited Philadelphia
with the party that attended Marshal .Toffre
he delivered an address to n company at the
Bollevue-Stratford which will always he
remembered by those who heard It. He
spoke in French. And by some queer sort
of magic he managed actually to make him
self understood to those who didn't know
his lnngiinge. He lit the plnco like n flame.
I'very totie, every gesture of his was some
how eloquent of heroism, resolution and
terrible sacrifice.
Those were great days. The mind of the
country was open and its faith wns high.
Women who did not understand Vivinnl's
French were blinded by tears, nnd men who
have n hard time ordering a dinner from n
fashionable menu card stood on chairs and
cheered wildly when the speaker wns done.
Cun the mirncle be repeated in the Senate?
It is not likely. The French mission will
have to discuss facts and statistics and
policies and intentions in a practical way.
War. they used to sav, was like black
night. This, then. Is the morning after.
MOREOFGROVER
0NK swaggering, hare-brained slacker
more or less will not matter greatly to
the Germans or Germany. In the present
elastic nnd uncertain state of international
relations it Is pretty safe to nssume that
Grover Bergdoll Is not nearly so safe in
Germnny as he Imagines himself to be. The
Germans now In authority at Berlin ache
to appear friendly to the United States. If
the State Department really wants Bergdoll
returned, its request probnhly will be
granted.
To a few of the burghers In the border
towns thp fugitive from the United States,
with his motorcar and his money and hi
tales of escnpe, is something of n hern. He
is not a hero In Berlin, There his appear
nne on the home grounds ns a new cause
of peculiar irritation between the government
nnd n country whose good will it Is ardently
seeking is likely to be resented. Bergdoll
is likely to find thnt he Isn't wanted In the
fatherland. Then he will have to move
pretty fast tn keep out of the clutches of
an nrmy that itches to get hold of him again.
Arthur Brisbane Implies that Americn
will not trade with Soviet PurrIu because
Bolshevist gold was stolen from the czar.
lie hotly desires to know who the czar stole
it from. And he scornfully notes the fact
that Soviet gold is being given the stamp of
the Swedish mint and thus is achieving re
spectalillltv. But the renson that America
hesitates alsiut trading is not that the money
was stolen. It Is simply that a good busi
ness, man hesitates to trade with irresponsi
ble parties, especially when said parties,
branded ns criminals, may at any time be
pinched nnd put nway and their business
dealings nullified. "Stolen" is n crude way
of phrasing it. As a matter of fnct. there
is no talk of theft in the taking hold of a
government ond Its resources " 'Convey'
the w ise It call
Tic nn I v individual who has icnson to
(l leiieve ..ie assertion that It pays to ml
icrii e U Ills lawbreaker
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AS ONE WOMAN SEES IT
The Reason Philadelphia Looks Dull
on a Holiday la That Moat Phlla-
delphiana Have Qone to
the Country
Hy NARAII I. LOWniE
DUPING the war, when Philadelphia wns
crowded with persons unfamiliar with
Its highways, let alone Its byways, I was
continually being told by the strangers within
our gates thnt n duller or lonelier city on
Sundays and on other holidays could not
exist. I always probed the matter, only to
find that they knew nowhere to go but out I
And "out" to them meant cither Atlantic
City or the Itlver drive In the Park, while
'In' meant either their apartments or lodg
ings or the corridor of one of the big hotels
surely "dumb dull," nnd likely to give
Philadelphia n reputation thnt even the
Desert of Sahara could not rival.
Certainly the town has very few surface
attractions thnt would make the Hog Island
war worker or the dollar-n-year war volun
teer of the government crowd feel exhilarated
at being alive in order to participate In the
Joyous doings. The place wns not Invented
by Penn nor continued by the colonists nor
further amplified by the later settlers to
entice the passing strangers into nn orgy
of pleasure and spending. New York spe
cializes In enticing strangers, Atlantic City
caricatures New York to the verge of lese
majeste : but u stranger can nevertheless
find amusement nnd some joyous Impressions
In Philadelphia If only he knows how to put
himself in the wny.of them.
A
ND most plnces arc like thai. There nre
highways that are dull and bvwavs that
are very tun ot happenings even in cities
made for the stranger, like those on the
Ilivlern from Cannes to Genoa, for in
stance. I nm thinking of that wholly tourist
center, Nice, while I write. I discovered
Nice the Nice of the Nlceois nftcr wc
hnd left the hotels and gone to the unfash
ionable native part of the environs and lived
in an old villn whose gardens were given
over to the market gardeners and whose sWn
"To Let" had been passed unseen by the
winter visitors because it was In a quarter
unpatrnnlzed by the agents catering to for
eigners. From It ns n starting point we
learned n Nice few foreigners dreamed of
paths Instead of roads, gardens Instead of
parks, whole, valleys of flowers instead of
flower markets, shrines nnd hillside chapels
instead of the theatrical show churches of
the lower city, remote towns reached by
grass-grown Iloman ronds Instead of the
show villas of the sea drive. And from the
friar who brought us our salads to the gny
little coachman who drove us about in a
mite of n vietorin the neighbors whom we
dwelt with were actually neighbors real
people of the place, not the imported riff-raff
of the big hotels.
Ever since that experience I have realized
that a tourlst'H point of view is likely to be
as far removed from the realities of the spot
ns the hotel he stops ot is unlike the private
house In the next block. Unless he sees the
town from the private house point of view he
cannot judge it. Now, hearty as is the
American hospitality for foreigners, it is
very lackluster for fellow compatriots, es
pecially fellow compatriots who arc on the
wing, in the sense that they arc not settling
for life but only during the ncrlod of a
special mission. Hence Ft comes nbotn that
n young man coming here with his wife for
part of n year finds us often dull on the sur
face nnd impenetrable as to the core,
PERHAPS this cannot be helped, since life
Is strenuous nnd hospitnllty is not so
easy to practice generously and haphazardly
ns of yore ; but at all events intelligent nnd
adventurous strangers who do not so much
desire our society as n chance at our recrea
tions ought to be able to eat of the crumbs
thut fall from our tables to the extent nt
least of food for a holiday once a week.
During the war days I made out nbout half
a dozen holiday gleanings for up-and-doing
young married folk who wanted outings that
permitted of lunch somewhere out of town,
yet not too far out of town to involve either
expensive carfare or long car rides.
There was, for instance, Vollev Forge;
by train to Berwyn and across by foot or by
the station hack to the Washington Inn or
the Memorial Chanel. There Is the
Aquarium, a canoe ride. Memorial Hall Mu
seum, the Horticultural Hall botanical show
and the forest walk up the Wissahlekon
river to the Vnlley Inn nil In Folrmotmt
Park; the trip back to town from Chestnut
Hill or Germnntown by trolley or by rail
road. There is the University Museum and
Bnrtrnm s Gnrdens, nnd then out on the
trolleys or trains toward Wallingford to
Crum creek for a picnic lunch nnd walk
along thnt delectable stream. There Is Rose
valley and that creek by the Pennsylvania
Railroad to Moylnn station. There Is the
York rood trollev line out nost thp big
Stetson, F.lklns. Idener. Jay Cooke, Wnnn
maker places to u side road near Willow
Grove, where n road to the right leads over
to the lovely Second street pike ut Bryn
Athyn, where the beautiful, surprising Swe
denborgian cathedral is being built, nnd
then home by train or trolley from Bryn
Athyn station.
There Is the trolley or the electric or the
Pennsylvania Railroad trip out to Haverford
College, then over to Bryn Mawr College,
then ncross country roads past charming gar
dens to Mill creek nnd down thnt by a
country rond to the Schuylkill river, to cross
by ferry to Chnumont nnd so home by the
Pending Railway. On thnt trip the Bryn
Mnwr teahouse would be the place to lunch
There is the trip out to Villanova bv train
nnd the walk over to the Mnrn-PliilllpH es
tate, with the most surprising Mnxfield Pur
rish views of a distant little town from one
windswept hill nnd of country plnces old nnd
new from another.
There is the city golf field out by Cobbs
creek, the skating rink out by Fifty-second
street, the Delaware river boat trip to Hog
Island, the navy yard at League Island;
and there is the Zoo!
THE noted private gardens of the town or
its environs or the picture collections can
only be seen by cards of introduction, but
those can be got through the right sources
The Widener gallery, the Franklin Me
Fadden gardens, the Wnnnmaker place are
the most worth-while private possessions to
see. For the study of good Georgian houses,
those in the Park, especially the Benedict
Arnold house, the Hamilton house in Wood
lands Cemetery, the Chew house nt German
town and the IOgan house on the edge of
the city nre lovely types. The Ferris books
on the old stage roads are a great help for
seekers nfter fine old Colonial places. And
many of the roadside Inns nre as pleasant to
stop nt ns in coaching days, just as the old
churches and meeting houses of the last years
of the eighteenth and the early years of the
nineteenth century nre still filled with vvor
shipcrs on a Sunday morning.
I
F ONE hns a motor then the possibilities
(Yr such excursions nre doubled, f hou,.
county, wiin us wmiuenui larms; the
Schuylkill valley, or rather the country to
the east or west of it un to Lebanon valley
the hunting country this side of Media, the
Brandywine river road, the Whitemarsh
vnlley roads townrd Bethlehem, the Old York
rond to the Delaware beyond Trenton.
When the stranger In our midst gets it
Into his head that wc are a country-loving
lot here in town, and that we turn naturally
to out-of-door sports and recreations, he
will really get the gist of us. Up will find
us In the squares, in the parks, on the golf
links, or boating, or riding, or gardening,
or playing ball or tennis or cricket, or sknt
ing. or hunting, or motoring, or bicycling,
or just walking along the ronds. Which is
why the town looks so dull on a holiday.
Every one who can hns gone to the
country.
We confess to experiencing severe pains
in the department of the Interior whenever
we read of polite or gentlemanly or cheerful
bundits. All the odds nrp in favor of the
thief being a cheap skate whose manners
match his mentality nnd his morals.
Now that the consul ut Jerusalem has
informed us Hint the fall of ma mm was
neither poetry nor a miracle, but that it
-till fulls and, hardening on oak leaves, tnl.is
ihi forui of grain, we n w lit Informal Ion an
to he iv It ' omen from nud what shape It
te.'. es when 't 'ills or dock leaves or uettlea.
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NOW MY IDEA IS THIS
Daily Talks With Thinking Philadelphia on Subjects They
Know Best
MRS. WILLIAM E. LINGELBACH
On Market Conditions In Philadelphia
MRS. WILLIAM B. LINGELBACH, n
member of the former market commis
sion and one of a group of women who
visited the Mayor Wednesday morning ask
ing that another commission be appointed,
expresses her opinion as to why this step is
necessary.
"The improvement of market conditions,"
declares Mrs. Lingelbach, "is oue of the most
important problems before Philadelphia to
day, and one in which xvomen are particu
larly Interested.
"The present methods of handling food
nre antiquated, insanitary and wasteful. It
Is women for the most part who purchase
and prepare food, who care for the health
of the household and try to make the family
purse go as far as possible.
"When cities were smaller the farmers'
markets couid supply them with produce, as
is still done in many small towns today.
Rut with the growth of great urban popu
lations such markets became more and more
inadequate and were crowded out. Trans
portation compnnies and middlemen gradu
ally filled In the ever-increasing distance
between the producer and the consumer.
Little Conscious Planning
"It followed ns a matter of course that
chance conditions often determined lines of
development. Conscious planning for better
things has been conspicuously absent.
Americans love individualism so much thnt
they are loath to interfere with personal
Initiative or established business, even when
great community interest Is at stake.
"Food that Is denr in price or poor in
quality may be grumbled over, but is only
too often accepted as a necessary evil of
city life.
"Europe long ago recognized thnt effective
city planning includes properly planned nnd
administered markets, and has proved thut
these could lie self-sustaining.
"It is sold that Paris was receiving be
fore the great war $1,000,000 In profits from
her municipal markets. The Ilnlles Cen
trales nre more than 100 xeurs old, having
been begun by Napoleon I. but they maintain
a remarkably clenn, rigid system of inspec
tion. London hns nlso been successful In
running her municipal mnrket enterprises
nt a profit.
"One of the modern municipal mnrkets is
thnt of Munich, opened in 1!1L It hns four
communicating iron halls, each for sepnrate
sections of produce, with cellnr below cor
respondingly distinct. Nine hydraulic lifts
are in operation, while each stnnd owner
hns a small lift connecting ills stand with
the storage cellnr. Every stand hns run
ning water, nil floors are concrete nnd nil
fittings hnve to be scoured every dav. The
roof, side lights nnd entrances ore all wind
screened. Rapid Transportation Need
"From nil sources the evidence is con
vincing that rapid nnd cheap transportation
service, as nearly as possibln direct from
the producer to the wholesale market. Is of
the greatest importance, Philadelphia has
a position as a railroad center in the heart
of a highly productive region that should
offer exceptional market facilities. Yet It
Is said to have fifth rank among thrtse on the
eastern senbonrd to which producers prefer
to send goods. Transportation of produce
from the surrounding country Is as slow and
us uncertain as market conditions are un
satisfactory In the city itself.
"The wholesale mnrket at Thirtieth und
Market streets was built In 18&H. The city
has doubled in size since then, and yet sim
ple sheds only ure provided. About 120 car
loads ii day are brought here for distribu
tion produce from California, Colorado,
Porto Rico, even from Spain, as well us
from New York, Virginia and the neighbor
ing counties of Pennsylvania.
"Here in the early morning the produce
is sold to wholesalers as well us tn buyers
from the chniii stores. Perhaps 2o0 wagons,
sometimes R00 in the height of the season,
wait from midnight to grt their place in ,ne
at the one exit from this market. Then the
grenter part of the goods are hnuled to Front
and Dock streets to be sold ngoln and dis
tributed to various pnrts of the city. The
cold-storage system ut Thirtieth and Market
streets is disgracefully Inadequate and In
sanitary. The one poor little switch line
inn rarely be depended upon nnd most of
the goods nre carried In by hand.
Until Street Facilities Pnnr
"The provision for the caie of fiuu iiikI
vp'-i'inhlri. nt From mil Dock strcts i, hm-
scarcely more than floor or sidewalk space.
certainly none of the up to date sanitary
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conveniences that nre tn be found in the
best European markets. Produce, money and
time are continually being wasted that can
not fall to greatly enhance the cost of food.
"The Governors' Tristate Milk Commls
sion showed what good results could be
brought about. Philadelphia, using 050,000
qunrts of milk a day, buys from two to four
cents n quart cheaper than other large
cities of the East. This means that from
$13,000 to 320,000 Is saved to Philadelphia
dally on this one Item of food. This result
has been brought nbout by the co-operation
of producer nnd distributor.
It bus been estimated that three-fourths
of the people of Philadelphia spend from 40
to fiO per cent of their income on food.
During times when many are out of work
and with decreasing wages, the worklngman
has a right to demand that there be no un
necessarily high prices for food.
"With fnrm production relatively de
creasing we cannot afford to be wasteful of
food. Therefore a careful nnd scientific
study should be made of the sources of Phil
adelphia's food supply, of the methods by
which this reaches the city nnd its distribu
tion here.
"In June, 1010, Councils passed a rcso
liltion authorizing the Mayor to appoint n
commission "to Investigate the market facili
ties of Philadelphia and tn nscertain whnt
was needed for a quick and cheap wholesale
and retail distribution of nil food commodi
ties. This commission was appointed the
next month by Mayor Smith, nnd in October
of the same year was granted mi appropria
tion of $10,000 by Councils for the expenses
of n survey. Before such a work could be
undertaken, however, the commission re
signed, nud nothing further has been done In
the matter. The organizations thnt have for
several years been uctlvc in trying to better
market conditions nre again bringing the
problem to the attention of the Mayor.
"The enfranchisement of women, the Del
nware river bridge project, the plans for a
greuter port nnd the preparations for the
srsqiilcentenniul seem to mark this as n
propitious time."
United States Naval Supremacy
J'"rnm the World's XVo,rk.
According to reliable information, the dis
placement of the American first line in 1024
will be I.IJiO.fWO. ngnlnst 883,200 for the
British nnd 4n7.1fi0 for the Japanese ; In
other words, American naval strength, n
the basis of ships, will not fall far behind
the combined strength of Great Britain and
Japan. This same authority snys that in
small units, such us destroyers nnd sub
marines, the United States is stronger than
Great Britain, while the American merchant
licet has reached proportions which hava
caused dismay in Englnnd.
What Do You Know?
QUIZ
Who fired tlie first shot In the battle of
New Orleans between tho Americans
under Jackson and the British Under
PnWenhnm In 181G?
Who said "Kind hearts nre mora than
coronets nnd simple faith than .Vor-
mnn blood"?
For how mnny years has Home been tlie
capital of United Itnly?
Who Is tho only woman member of Con.
Kress?
Who Is the present secretary of the navy?
Nnmo two operas by Hlchnrd .Strauss
When does tho centenary of Xa nolo on
Bonaparte's death occur? .uii
Where ib Sllcsla.?
How long Is tho Panama canal?
What Is oraron?
Answers to Yeaterday'a Quiz
San Juan Is the capltnl of Porto Jtlco
The undent Aryan peoples of India' n
white raco, spoke tho Sanskrit lan
guage. The, plural of the word court-mnrtlal is
courts-martial.
Kansas, Is the Sunflower State.
Pluto was the god of the lower reulons
In classical mythology.
Milturd Fillmore became President on the.
death of Znchnry Taylor In I860
The climate zones of the world nro ihn
North Frigid zone, the North Temper!
nto zone, tho Torrid zone, tbo South
Temperate sone und tho South Frlirld
zone H
Napoleon Iloniiparte wns confined In
Klhu, n small Island In the MciIlterrA.
nenn, lifter his first abdication In 1814
Tho earliest English comedy Is "nnlnh
Bolster DolHter," by Nicholas Udall
It was written prolmhly between 1631
anil Kill
S.iml-lilliiil iihiiiih vntually blind, but not
nol'.yt "" "Hind" Is from tho old
Rnullsh word 'sain," half
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SHORT CVTS
Even the dryest muy have a bun today.
The enmpaign song of cnuneilmanlc
nrcitcs Is "Shcnr, boys, shear!"
With ull the voters officeholders, who
will hn left to do the kicking In Tavistock.
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Germany doesn't care how many notn
she exchanges so long ns It defers pnynwnt
of her bills.
The Chicago police seem to be dolns
their poor darnedest to give dignity to
Henry's sheet.
Mr. Lansing's sore thumb, remarked
Pericnrp casually, has swollen to the size
of n book of "00 pages.
One hopeful note comes from the direc
tion of the Legislature a voice from the
tomb where the bad bills are buried.
A parachutist in Chomplaln, III., has
dropped 20,400 feet. It is n record no gai
meter can ever hope to equal.
The administration is now hopeful that
Chicago's industrial disputants who have
packed a punch may can their dlfflcultlee.
World interest in Russian husinrss raaj
indicate that the strike Is about over and
Russia is ready to return to work.
No thought of sex equality disturb- th
unquiet of the Alimony Beneficial Societt
The mnle creature continues to be the goit
Boston is setting the rest nf the country
a good example. Its official rat-catcher l
cnntlirinir more thnn n hundred rodent! 'I
every day.
H Havinc dillv-dallled until work still to
he done seems ulnrmlug, members nf thr
Legislature may now put in the rest M
their time thinking up an alibi.
Germany's attitude concerning Amen
ca's demand for the return of Bergdoll U
that she would like to sny something rude u
she dared.
An Austrian archduke is doing n vaude
ville stunt in n Berlin cabaret. Berlin
doubtless draws the line at German royalties,
knowing them to be bad actors.
It may be said for the majority of Lei
laturcs, remarked Demosthenes McOlnniv
that they possess the qualifications of mod
em biisltiVss quantity production and cneup
New York Is to establish portable street
shower baths for summer use in the tene
ment districts. We may now look for or
dinances regulating East Side bathing foe
tumes. Pottsvlllc women may appeal to the
Riiprcme Court to test their rleht to perte
on juries; thus evincing n desire to chare
man's privilege of thlpklng up cxcumi to
dodge duty.
Just because money talks the Gen""'
have apparently jumped tn the enneluiwn
that talk is money ; or, believing that tine
Is money, nre willing to give the Allies lot"
of time to think things over.
The revenue from the Income tax i w'J
to be up to the expectations of the Treanur'
Department. The three lostal inents of a
penny each still due from n w,-ad1ver,',1.i
Gcorgln capitalist will, therefore, be pure
lagniappc.
Rusiness circles in Boston ore shocked
nt tho elopement of a competent k1W
with a son of the Idle rich : but u i ht
said to be a likely young fellow there
possibility that her Mends will eventual'.'
accept him.
Two-thlrds of New York mMin
married, says the chief medical exemin r.
nnd argues that '"nr'1IBeImt.lraarJly tb t
advantages. Not at all. It is "m.v''. ' " i
married people hove greater oppreclatlon or
New York's dlsadvantogrs.
The city registrar of Bo.fon '
nine out of ten prospective brides
bridegrooms ore wcfl along in i the tWrtiw
This might serve as n text foi a bo-u.j
but it Isn't worth while. The chance
that the condition Is peculiar to one se i
for u limited time nnd tha the ".
of .bride and bridegrorf.n the roun try ow
rich and poor alike, highbrow and ?;
Is pretty mucii wiuu ii ""","" :iiDntiea
Dnn Cupid Is far from becoming a HPP
pantaloon.
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