7w k "'iii ,. ti "-7r4mfA rw v. t v i ., -? :t ' A",J"'' "' ''. '" fWr.,r ',' JwirSJWPSt I -IBS -ii? ' ' r ? ,:- r 10 EVENING PUBLIC LEDGER-: PHlDADELPHI A, TUESDAY, MARCH 29, 1921 i ml ! ft raii; a !i w. mi: m.71 . : ' fi r m W 7 JM-. ii' TM. ', ii-: I i W e' r ! W PUBMC LEDGER COMPANY emus it. k. cup-tis, rsEaiDBNT Ctiarlaa II. timlliiKton, Ice t'rrawl. nt. John C Martin, Traainirers Charles A Tiler Secretarri Thlllp . Onllliia, John ii, Williams. Jehn J. flrntrrenn, aoro r, Ooldsmllh, Davlcl E. Dmlley, nlreetora. KDITOIUAI. TIOAttD Cttcs II K (.'(arm, Chairman PAVID K HMII.r.V Edit or JOHN C. XfAHTIN. ., general MlunlnenVManarer PubllihfJ dally at I'catio I.Etcr UuUdlnr Independence Square, Philadelphia Atlantic Citi f'rrsa-l'tikm Hulldlns Nrn Your ;i4 Mailltcn Axe. D aotT 701 Portl DulMIn fit. Louis 013 Otobe-ltcinocrat null-Jinx Chioiso 1302 7Vitufi Iliillrtlne NEW3 MUHRAVS WisniNotoN Bcamr, N C. Cur Pennsylvania Ave. and 14th St Nw ToK Htr.u The Sun Uulldlnr London Dciikm . . Trafalgar iiulldliig Sl'DSCniPTION TEHMS The Dvssiso Piblic Lraxiea la aorvod to auo ertbtrs In Philadelphia and surrounding towni at the rata of tttclxc (12) cents per week, payable to tho carrier, Tiy malt to points outelde of Philadelphia, In the United Slates. Canada, or United Htates poa. reialons, pottage (ree fitly (30) t'nts per month, 8li (10) dollar str year paable In advance. To all fur-Ian countries one (M) dollar a month Noilcr. SubscrltxTH nlahlna; nddrens changed muet dve. old aa well a new address. DELL. 1000 WLMT KKY5TONE. MAIN 1000 TT Aiidrtil all eofnmunlcations to Ercnftp I'ublle faMger fmfrpewrfene giyuar. rMladcfpSio Member of the Associated Press THE ASSOCIATED rREH8 le exclusively ea tilld to the ne 'or repu6l(cot(o-i nt nil nfui cHpr'che.s credited fo U or net ofheru-lje credited In 1M pap"" oif at" t local neic rubUshed ffierelrt. VIII right) of T-pubMonHo-t o epreiil rlitpafcncj herfin ore nlo referred. PhlMrlphu Tu..Jjt. Mtrch ii, 1:l VIVIANI'S DELICATE ROLE rpHE French sense of pcrsonnl iiltios is keenly eiircx'-'Ml in tho chnii-o nf the able envoy cxtrnordinart who landed In Now York yesterdny. .lofrro n Ibe prime pie torlal anil Fentiineiitnl nssrt of the inl.islon ent to this country frotn the Qiml d'Orvny In 1017, but upon Itenc Vhiiuii fell the delicate tank of Interpretini; American opin ion and appraNlnc unusual enndltluni The role of this eminent statesman lodaj Is no less exacting. The si' nation four 5 oars ago, thouRh tense and emotlonnl. was at least definable. The embarrassments of the present time ure funnies., and as .such all the more difficult to combat. Nevertheless, if Ins perspicacity is tin diminished. M. Vivlani will soon learn that the November election was by no means a conclusive protest acaitist American co operation In world affair?. There arc man thousand of Americans who refuse to be lieve that the .lj;niitiiros of the American delegates on the Treaty of Versailles will not In the end be iitnViitl!) Indorsed or that the League of Nations. In its broad outlines, is moribund. The French onvoj will start frankly with an Interview with Mr. Harding- arranged for tomorrow- Hut even If presidential sympathies are extended, auguries of sup port must be merely tentative. Congress still holds a formidable share of the powers of mischief or progress. Soon or late the foreign relations problem inu-t be specifi cally reopened. M. Vivianl's record fortunate! leads to ,the assumption that he i not without that well-trained patience that can await de velopments. THE FICKLE WEATHER DOUBTI.KS.S the tnudcwllc idea applied in the operations of the Weather Bureau is providing a lot of wholesome dicrslon for some people. A. a uual thing it is onlv the ultra rich who can disport themselves with Palm Ileaeh zephyrs on one ilaj and feel the tonic sting of Peeember winds on the next. Kven the cannot enjoy summer and winter weather simultaneously To the farmer, however, nud. indeed, to any one who has a garden or trees or or chards to worry about, the weather of this spring is and will continue to be a cause for nnxiety. The buds arc out. They have been out for weeks lured info the open be fore their time The good mid snap is likely to kill billions of them and already w begin to hear of diminished crops and sk -high prices In the fruit market- TENACIOUS JOHN A NLMI1KR of meu who applied for liiuor lleen-es before Judge Rogers and .fudge Ferguson xesterdaj plucidl ex pressed the oplDlon that "rum would isjnit; back." Hack. From where? What tho applieantn meant was that, so far as thc could -co and hope, rum would six. It lia-n'l departed ami no one who knows umi thing about saloons and taloon keeping holwci. otherwi-e These in inner- base something to le.irn. The proh 'p imn law as intended primarily to put lli lnwer form- of -aloons out of husiness. It seems to n done ever thing but what it was intended 10 do. Still we hesitate to belieo tlini the federal govern ment will -ontinue to he atistied with u sinditmti of affair- th.it makes it appear 1111 equal in 'it and rc-ourcefiilnesa to the whisk rings RELIEF FOR WALL STREET? IN Ni: .II.KSI tin- -eck th !!. it-.n of ten -cent t roller Cure- mi 1 u- 'Ine- e-f the I'ublic Ser i 1 1 irpraiion ,i iction that ba- put the whole -late m n tighilng mood will b- iirgue-1 b' for- the neu I till rles Commi-sion 111 one w.i tie fulk in Jersey ac like the Irish. They di-plat n rnbh- ipiihci( lu battle. An interesting nine fop ihe trrinsit people may be i-rtdicteii ,inj bttle townnh.ic joined vi'h the ito-h in an ffnrt to prove that ten unt fare- woiili) be di astrous not on 'Ii- trollo companies bif to the bu-ines.- mtere-ts of man com munities The tight .Iga'll-t the ltlie-,iD New ,Jf"-er Is prnceiding -id- h sjic ni 1'rinfon lth the bght f--r I'igher 'ri ear fare- There is a visible effort 1.-1 the part of intPrrsU allied With the trell- , nrporntlon- ti put 73 per cent nt the jime.'t. out of bunn-.-s altt gether. It is intere-ting in ..hscrve that the I'uWie Service Corporation in it- appeal for larger revenue- pr-en' ngurei to ludi-'ati tha' it is being bled hoipli.- in hor-Ies of mnii un derlying companies which -ontrol ha-e- ;hhi them man icnr- ago Anj n ho hur m rhiltdelphiu will realise rhn t su-Ii argu nientu ma be valnl nougli Hut it 1- hoinjf freely rumored 111 .ers- t tin t there ure Imrd times among tin bankers who control niati' Important eastern iiolliv lnir, und I'uit the ten-cent fare is teal'i being prop,,-..,) ;, measure of relief in ke. i the cruel olf from the lloors uf 'nll -Ireet FLY FACTS Till'- cr. of triumph chi aping from the ordinar morlnl who in tualli mi ds In snufliug out tin life of an ordtnarv house fly Is pathetie proof of the rnril? of that performance, foiiiiuninpi to "ewat the fly," the public -Kh- It Is so ensj to give tlio order, so ealiou-l difficult to exe. cute it. Dr. Fiirhush iidvoca'cs the mplojtnent of other taelli- which, if universnll adopted, would mean the extermination of n pest There i- nothing new In his mil for an attack on the breeding place- Sinn lar advice wan gm-n last jenr It will bi liecessarj to repent it until there is general realization th.it the !I plague can be de stroyed by a cuiupaign of cleanliness in stables and by clamping down the lids on garbage palls. The tlrst real hot spell of the enr, such ns lias just been ghlng nature a lift, Is scrupulously Impartial, Young HIch as well ns young butls profit b the large scale awakening. The early flj catches the op portunity This can bo denied the winged offender bj the practical energ and vigi lance of riilladelphlans at the pscbologlcnl moment. This community can be made vir tually fly free. What Is needed Is the will to destroy, scirntlficall operative. Rubber bands, gummy paper, wire swat ters In mid -July are temper tempters. A lot of anno.tnncc can be sned by a spring time offensive conducted against n menace nt the source. PEOPLE'S AGENTS MUST BE AS ACTIVE AS MR. MITTEN In No Other Way Can the Street Car Riders Be Protected From Unneces sary Increases In Carfares TIIHItn enn be no proper solution of the rapid transit problem In this city so long as the authorities are willing to plaj second fiddle to the transit corporations. These corporations Rre Indebted to the public for ever privilege the have. Their right to operate cars In the streets is differ ent from the right of private citizens to operate their automobiles or to drlc their horses over the public thoroughfares. The streets are for the u0 of the public. We may walk on them and drlo on them with out molestation and without license, with no restrictions saw those required for the pro tection of ever body. Hut a fttrcct rnilroad corporation is re quired to get a franchise permitting it to operate Its vehicles. It enjoys a ccrtnin monopoly In the thoroughfares over which Its cars arc run. And in order that the greater number ma be served its cars have the right of wny over other vehicles. Trucks and automobiles and carriages must get off the track when a street car approaches. And the companli's are allowed to charge n fare fixed b.v the public authorities for the privilege of riding In their cars. Their permit to do business and the prices they may charge for what they have to sell de pend on the grace of the public. Yet It hns been nssumed in this city that tho public Is at the mercy of the corpora tions which own the street -car franchises, and that the public must submit to what ever those corporations are willing to give. And the representatives of the corporations nre doing nothing to remove this misappre hension. They nre telling us that they will do thus and so and will do nothing unless wo come to their terms. It would be foolish to denounce the rep resentatives of the corporations for this. .Mr. Mitteu la the emplo.ve of the V. It. T. He is paid to do his utmost to get ns much money as possible out of the public on the most profitable, terms for his employers. And he Is 11 faithful servant. He took a bankrupt corporation and in a few years succeeded in earning dividends on its capi tal stock In addition to paying nil the fixed charges. Then the war enme and upset all values. Dividends have been passed and Mr. Mitten is doing his best to bring about a condition under which his books will close at the end of the year with u balance on the right side. He thought he could do it with a five-cent fare a few months ago. The Public Service Commission, however, act ing under pressure from men who disagreed with him, raised the fare to seven cents, with lour tickets to be sold for twenty-five cente. Now Mr. Mitten is asking for n straight seven -cent fare! And ho is going further than this, for he is Insisting that In any contract between the city and the P. II. T. for the operation of the Krankford elevated line the dividends of the company must be guaranteed. In other words, the city is to get nothing for its investment until enough money has been earned to pay the exorbitant rentals on the underlying companies in the P. It. T. and until enough has been earned to pay ," per cent on the $,'10,000,000 capital of the oper ating company. But It Is useless to con demn Mr. Mitten for ma1. log these demands. He Is merel taking care of the interests of his einplocrs. What we need just now is some one who will be aw insistent on the rights of the public us Mr. Mitten .s on the rights of the P. R. T. There are two bills before the I.eglsla ture drafted by men who think that tl.e public has some rights that ought to be respected. But there does not seem to be no brilliant 'prospect, that they will ge.t to Governor Sproul. One nf them empowers the Public Service Commission to revise all leases between street railway corporations, the terms of which make it impossible for the public to be s-crved adequate. It permits the re vision of rentals whether they are fixid by contract or not, and the increase or decrease of the rentals in accordance with the meds of the situution It Is extremely doubtful whether contracts an be Invalidated in this wa, for there is a constitutional prohibition against any lcgMlation Impairing the validity of eon tra:ts. But there ought to be some wa by which the outragious contractu between the I It T. and the underling companies can be reached, for they lie at the bottom of the whole trouble If they cannot be reached 111 any other way the privileges of the underl.vlng corporations can be taken bv the -tate b the crer-'i-e of the right of emlui in domain If the "tate doe- riot wish to exercise this power then the right to jcrclso It can be eonfernd b.v legislation upon the city Thru a proper board of apprnl-al iould fix a fail value on the franchises, and they could b. taken over bv the cit and Ibe private right, thus wiped out could be rcconferred or u pew inrporatton or could be leased to au "perutiug mmpany We ure not urging thi:. wa but mrt'lv 1 ailing attention to It 111 a 1 mi nble last reort lu the cvuit tli.it the court ih"uld refuse to set aside the existing li-aac- The iirnpl. nrr not povverlesf. Their tep resentativc however, are not exercising their power in the mtirest of the car riders with the same .eiil that Mr. Mitten is per forming what he regards as his duty to the -Imreholders in the eompan.v There is another bill before the Legisla ture that ought to be pnssrd without tin npop,,,arv delay. It empowers Ihe Public Service lommlsfcion to order two -tret rail way coinoiinies. between whose track- 11 phsicil innnecliori can easily be made, to consent to the connection and to the mu tual operation of their ars over the tracks of the two -j stems. 1'nder noli a law the cit could make a ph.vsiilll loiineclioii between Ihe Frankford elevaud line und the line of the Market street elevated, and the Public Service Coin uii'Mou could oider the through routing of the lity's cars on tin- Frankford line us far us Slxt ninth street and the through rout ing of the P. It T cars lo the terminus of the Frankford line on terms that would he equitable lo both s,uli n law would niaki it impossible for Mr Mnteo to nfuse to make a connection In-i u ecu the Market -trcet line ami the Frankford 1 levated until such time as the citv vvus willing to come to his terms It would give th whip hand to the cits aud would enable the public ofliclalu to protect the rights of the public more effectively than Is now possible. The lo.valt) of the Legislature should be to the Interests of the public It should net on the theory that the only justification for the existence of n public service corporation Is that it serve the public. It should put In the bands of the agents of the people nil the power Hint Is necessar to safeguard the people. To argue that the exercise of this power in the interest of the public would bankrupt 11 corporation Is to beg the whole question. There Is business enough for the street cars In this city to make nn; corporation rich provided Hint It is required lo earn only n proper return on tbe capital legitimately Invested. The P. R. T. is nt present enrn Ing and pa.vlng more than 70 per cent an nually 011 the amount invested In ouo of the underlying companies, and the sum thnt It Is paying on them all Is fur In excotm of what could be earned by the rnpitnl put Into them. The street car riders are com pelled to pay dividends on the pyramiding of capital In n group of operating com panies along with fho dividends on n heavily watered capitalization of the franchise owning companies. Speculative reorganiza tion Hfter reorganization has piled up se curities which represent nothing but the nvnrlcc of men nfter easy money. The through routing bill would not solve the whole problem. It would merely pro vide a way out of the deadlock on the Frankford elevated lease. But If we can get nothing more the Legislature should ccrtainlx give this relief, nnd justify the belief of the incurable optimists that the elected representatives of tho people really have a little interest lu protecting the peo ple's rights. THE MEXICAN REVIVAL T3 l'PORTS from Mexico onrrj the grati---1 fylng information that the problem in thnt country is "solving itself." Since the inauguration of President Obregon the eco nomic and Industrial sltiintlon lias vnstly Improved. Bnnditr.v Is vlrtunll.v nonexistent. Villa Is playing the Cincinnntus role on his farm. Zamorti is dead. Bonillu holds out, but with few followers. The banking nnd credits systems have been stabilized nnd a most wholesome reform in the currency has been established providing for the wlthdrawol or destruction of the worthless paper money with which the coun try was flooded. Indeed, Mexican money now ranks among the best in Latin Anierlcn. Railway service is fast being restored to normal conditions, and Mexican and North American rolling stock, under a new agree ment. Is being Interchanged on terms that are no longer hazardous. The evidences of Invigorating self-help in Mexico do not dispose of a tangle of vexed questions outstanding between that nation and the United States. Before leav ing office Mr. Colby suggested to President Obregon the formation of a joint commission to consider these disputes. Mexico hns not yet acceded to the request, and It Is chiefly on this account, it is said, that our recog nition of the new Mexican Government has been deln.ved. The hesitation of tho United States cannot be called unreasonable. Claims arising from the old disorders do not settle themselves. President Obregon will perform n valuable service to continental American solidarity nnd harmony by co-operating with the United States in a sincere effort to close one of the most deplorable chapters in the history of this hemisphere. VICTIMIZING EMIGRANTS "OASSPOHT faking is among the most con--1- temptlble of the various Impositions practiced upon gullible emigrants In Europe. Of latp tho abuse lias become so aggravated that the American consul reports that nearly every third-class passenger intending to sail for America from Cherbourg Is supplied with defective papers. A well organized coun terfeiting agency is suspected and probably with reason. The record of deceptions nnd trickery in the European exodus is long and pitiful in the extreme. Credulous und helpless thou sands have been ruthlessly deluded, as the deportation statistics clearly reveal. The passport fraud is comparatively new since the drastic credential rules are chiefly a consequence of the war. The American authorities can, of course, hult the deception campaign by careful investigation nt the port of intended embarkation But many of the unfortunate vongors are natives of central nnd southeastern Europe. It i Greece in particular where the fraud ulent passport game is said to flourish most vigorous!. Its victims, stranded in Havre, Cherbourg and Antwerp, are midway between Ihe new home of drenms and the old one of rejected realities The immigration service should bring its full power to bear on this ugl business. WHERE IT BEGINS QINCE the Fulled States follows the trends 5 of Paris not only in millinery and women's gowns, but in the lighter or fhall we sa.v the heavier? form- nf theatrical entertainment as well, the indictment of French play producers by M. Bennevny, minister of justice, who eloquently ex pressed anger and disgust in an address to tin- French Senate, ought to be of peculiar interest on this side of the world The theatrical productions that occasion ally are censored bv the polici ,,f American cities prove nlmost iuvarlabli to be diluted versions of plays originated and performed in the ga.ver Paris theatres. Since the war ended such re'trulnts as once were observed by the plaj inanagera and their patrons In Paris, Vienna and even In London have been prett.v generally forgotten Almost anything goes, for the time being at least, 111 one class of European theatres Here again is the bnckwash of war. In lauds where for four cnrs the nerves of the piopb- were strained almost to the breaking point the public i no easily amused It is not sutisfied with amuue mmt It wants to be shocked OVER THE RIVER CONTRASTS TUE order things better not onh in Franco but upon the left bank of the Delaware river The celerity and ofTcitive ness of .lersev justice has long won from PeunslvanlaiiH an nnprodurtive admira tion. Recent criminal trials In this com monwealth have accentuuted the coniiast in the methods And now the Legislature In Trenton def initely plans to adjourn on April h. If the record of that bod this jenr has not been louspicuousl brilliant, it has at least been expeditious. In its most optimistic mood, the Assembly 111 Ilurrisburg was unable to forecast a closing dale before April -S. The prospect of adjournment by that time is fading. 'Ihe session will probabl.v drug on. If its performances were innpiring delay would be tolerable But the art of doing nothing pondernusl aud painfull is the chief exhibit. Our neighbor state jet, our envi A Merchntitville, N J , man being out of work decided to steal so that he might he sent to jail, where he would get three meals a da.i As he .idverlbed the fact he was pinched before he stole, and the judge cut him up with instructions that he be given but one meal a day und Hint of bread and water, The prisoner Is now convinced that life talks too darn nrnch EIGHTY-TWO YEARS AGO Some Odd and Interesting, Facts About the Philadelphia of That Day. Publlo Schools, 8I10W8 and the nittenhouse Clock By GEORGE NOX McCAIN RECES'TLY refcrenco was mnde in this column to Daniel Bowcu's unique his tory of Philadelphia published nnd copy righted In ISM), There Is so much of general Inlcrcst In the odd book thnt more tlinn a paragraphic reference should be devoted to 11. Trt the historian, or the delver after the tinuunl, all sorts of Information can be unearthed In almost any history of this city. But It requires work, nnd the results arc not always entertaining. From Bovvcn's history, which Is a boll down or condensation ot previous pamphlets nnd works on Philadelphia, n number of Interesting pnnifjraphs can .leaned. Thus, Delaware river, with which we nro so familiar, was originally named the Zuydt river by the Dutch. That was In 1021. By a blunder lu navigation Thomas West, Iord Delaware, steering too far north of his destined port, established by the South Virginia Companies, discovered Dclnwnrc bn.v nnd tinmed It after himself. Over nt Gloucester, then known as Glou cester point, the Dutch built a fortification and called it Fort Nassau, the first on tlio river. THE plnn of Philadelphia was suggested b.v the form of the Chaldean capital, Bab Ion. It wnN found to be too large nt first nnd the limits of the contemplated city were re duced to nbout one-fourth of the orlglnnl. The charter of 1701 fixes the bounds as the River Delaware, the Schuylkill, Vine and Cedar streets. The city was laid out by Thomas Holme lu lOs'l. Nine streets only were recognized In it. Dock street was the only avenue that was not laid out on the right angle plan. It fol lowed n serpentine course and vnrjed from 00 to 100 feet In width. Nearly all the street squares of the city were .'0(1 feet long. Tho squares from Sec ond street to Third were the longest in the city, belug 500 feet east and west. Thirteenth street to Juniper and Juniper to Broad were the shortest, -50 feet in length. d Tourists were invited to visit the South ern district beyond the city and "the highly cultivated garden 6pots known as the Neck, the Naval Asylum, Moyamensing Prison, the airy location of Point Breeze nnd tho large prairies nt Penrose's Ferry." Another excursion to West Philadelphia included "Mantua village and the improved nnd splendid country seals, Hiirtratn s Bo tanical Garden, the almshouses und tho new Lunatic Hospital nre objects that can not fall to gratify," suggests the compiler. TWO separate and distinct coats-of-nrras of Pennsylvania Illumine tho work. Both hnve the familiar figure of the eagle perched upon the shield, though In one the shield is tilted nt an angle of thirty degrees, to which the cugle Is clinging with precari ous grip. The plow horses rampant, so familiar In the Present coat of arms of Pennsylvania, are lying on the ground In the midst of a growth of tobacco leaves. In the other cont-of-urms the shield is low and broad, tho horses sprawled out to almost their full length with tails upright wnving in the air, and the scroll bearing the words "Virtue, Liberty nnd Independ ence" nlmost straight. It is the ugliest and possibly the most uunrttstic coat-of-arms Petiuslvnnla ever possessed. THE twentieth anntinl report of the con trollers of the public schools of Phila delphia Is given by Mr. Bovvcn as "ex hibiting the absolute success of public In struction." There were 17,000 pupils In the public school In ISoS's, and they wore instructed throughout the year nt an annual expense of $.1.75 per scholar, which Included books, stationery and fuel. It cost SlOl.tslO to run the schools, erect new buildings, enlarge old ones nnd operutc the entire school system. There were fifteen banks in tho entire city with n capital of $5.1,050,000. The postoflice wns located in the Mer chants' Exchange Building, at Third and Walnut streets. Twenty-two clerks con stituted the office force nnd fifteen carriers delivered letters In the city "and all parts of the adjoining districts." The revenue of the postoflice for 1838 amounted to $210,000. The number of letters received and for warded dull in thnt year averaged about ll.OOn, while 1:0,000 newspapers were daily deposited for distribution. James Page was postmaster. THE Philadelphia Zoological Institute, 011 Chestnut street near Ninth, was tho great attraction of the day. The secret was that It possessed n giraffe. "It Is one of the greatest wonders of the animal kingdom, admired for its great height, singular proportions aud remarkable I agility," is the comment. ' Dunns Chinese collection, corner of Ninth anil George streets, was at that time the other great exhibition that delighted the hearts of the people. Among its principal attractions were a genuine Chinese pagodu, a collection of por celain and "models of cities bridges, bonts, lanterns, implements of nrt and husbandry, and 1111 almost Innumerable variety of other articles." The Rittcnhnuse astronomical clock Is mentioned particularly. It contained six dials, showed the motion of nil the planets, the minutes, days and hours of the month, the phases of the moon and the position of the orbit of the earth. It was made by David Hlttenhouse for Joseph Potts, who paid $040 for It. When Genernl Howe, nf the British arm, was In possession of Philadelphia, he offered 1'JO guineas for It. Later on the Spanish ambassador offered $00 for it He intended it as a present to the King of Spain. VI IF. amusements and entertainments of iehtv two years ago er.v manifestly ran to museums uud animal exhibitions. Nowhere in his book does the compiler mention a theatre, though Hie Walnut Street Theatre was In the he.vdii of Its prnsperltv The cholera plague which visited thit cit In 1WI2 and carried off a thousand Wc tinis presents the darker side of the book. A delegation of "several distinguished medical gentlemen" was sent to Montreal bj the City Councils and Board of Health to Investigate the disease. As it result ample preparations were made and a number of cit hospitals were or ganised for the treatment of the disease The public schoolhoiises in Locust. Lom bard, Penn, Cnthnriue, Chester and Sixth street near Catharino were fitted up with bedding, mattresses und all things neces sary. . Additional hospitals were outfitted in a building in Cherry street and 11 sturehouio In Jones alley. Each of tbe hospitals had a principal physician and several assistants and suth 1 lent male and female nurses to give prompt trentment. A number of institutions are mentioned that have long since been forsotten : The Philadelphia Sacred .Musical Society, the Athenian Institute, the Philadelphia Insti tute, the Infant School Society, the Artist Fociet.v of the United States und the Lin nenn Society. The present survivors of the newspapers of that da.v are the Inquirer, then the In quirer and Courier, 72 South Second street, the North American, Dock street opposite the Exchange, and the Puiii.io Lkdokii, northwest corner of Second und Dock streets Detroit nuthoress declare, her in opiration to be a black cat. She was unable to write stuff that would sell until piths cume and sat by her side and gave evi dences of appreciation. We presumo the lady rates her success at so much purr, j ' - I fit f I I 1 i,j wmm $wB96&F' ' mMVtj .wjv 1 1 in t ian" m -n i . ' l X MlMl )lriS Tid NOW MY IDEA IS THIS Daily Talks With Thinking Philadelphiais on Subjects They Know Best MISS MARY WINSOR On Dress Reform for Men MEN dr arc the ones who should have 0 dress reform rather than women., ac cording to Miss Mary Wlnsor, president of the v omen s Economic Club. "The 'moral gown' designed for women by Philadelphia clerg.v is a verj simple, at tractive frock," she said. "But, above all things, let the men stop regulating us und regulate themselves. We are much bettor than they are. "I would like to see n dress refcrm for men along the lines of beauty. They look perfectly ridiculous now a blot on the horizon. Whv should the wear clothing thnt displays their (to their minds) hand some figures, nnd hold up shocked hands be cause women's skirts are short enough n show the leg? Mark Twain said most men would like to wtjar fine fabrics of pink and blue und gorgeous colors, but they were too cowardly to admit It. You think that ridiculous? Why shouldn't they use colors? I am sure they could look much better than they do now. "As for the women I would like to sec them hiore dressed In the ballroom and less drrs'sed for outdoor exercise. Why should Avinotti, Kcllermnnn be allowed to display her beautiful figure on tbe stage, in films and before the public, while convention dc munds that other girls wear too many clothes when the want to swim? No Absolute Stnmlard of Modest "Thero is no absolute standnrd of mod esty. The only standard worth having is common sense. It isn't the fact that girls' wear low-necked, short-skirted gowns so much as It is where and when they wear them The Japanese think it wrong to dis play nnv portion of the body just for the sake of 'display or to make themselves con spicuous, Yet these name people think nothing of taking baths in public. "I have seen pretty glrlH on Chestnut street when it was cold and raw, wearing xcrv low necks with only nnrrow pieces ol fur' as a sort of collar about their throats. I think that is immodest, for it wns osten sibly for display. If they hnd worn an What Do You Know? QUIZ 1 How ninn keys hat. a modern piano? 2. In what century did Ilobert Hruce, the Krent Scottish patriot, live? 3 What war Is now twlng prosecuted In the Near Kast? i. Over what countr did Queen Dido rule7 6 What fee Is now charged by tho United States Government for p.isspoits for foreign tnivel7 C What In a "rechauffe ' 7 How uliould tho word be pronounced? 8 For wlia-t worvjfi do tho Initials Is'. B, when attached to footnotes, stand? 9. What Is hyssop? 0 "Who lb tho heroine of Shakespeare'b play "Twelfth Night"? Answers to Yesterday's Quit 1 Christopher Columbus attended for a short time tho University of Pavla, In northern Italy 2 Bartolonie Ixis Casus, a native of Seville, was "the Apostle of the Indies" Me accompanied Columbus mi one- of his voyages to the New World and subse quently achieved lasting fame as the protector of the natives In the Islands and mainland, performing at the same time a remarkable work of conversion. He filed In Spain In 1686 3. The world's parachute. drop record, mora than 24,000 feet. Is held by Lieutenant Arthur O. Hamilton. The feat was ro ccutly performed from an airplane, over Chanutc Field, IIIIiioIh 4 Three yenrs aud ton months Intervened between the first and necond battles of tho Mflrna in the world wnr Tho first allied victory on the historic rlyer oc curred In September. 1914, und the second one In July, 1P1S. B. "As It was In the beginning, Is today of ficial sinning, and thall he forever more," Is from nudaid Kipling's poem. "Goneral Summary." 6 Tho city of Hpoknne Is lu tlita eastern part of the stato of Washington 7. Chocolate Is made from n paiite of tbe need of the cacao tree 8 Sparta was the ancient Greek elt.v that was the chief exponent of compulsory utilitarian! 9, George Uryun lirunimell was tho full name of "Beau" Uruiinnell 10. He was born In London lu 1778 nud died r In Caen, France, In J840. AWAKE AT LAST -.v 3 v-,,,-.-. v "Wjflfc equally low neck lu mid-August it would bo common Frnse. "As for manners, find them best among the working people. Good manners are bned on unselfishness. The working people suffer more and are less self-Indulgent than the richer classes. They develop unselfish ness and the simple courtesies of life. I believe, however, that there is greater de mocracy and more general politeness today than in previous generations. A few gen erations, parft politeness wns very formal and 'the nristoeruoy did not feel It necessary to be courteous to people out of their own class of society. Women's Vole Will Help Matters "Morals nre going to be. bettered since women have the vote. Women hnve been more underpaid than men. When they are put on an equal economic basis, things wilt improve. The society girl is too rich and idle today, the working girl is having to fight too -r,i for her desires. I believe that economic conditions nre more to blame for immorality than home surroundings or lack of home training. I "However, I do not think condition nre worse now than ever before or that Sour oung folk are on the downward path. Ctv Mintion clnniL-ps and neonlo must accustow themselves to these changes. There nr passing llurrie- of indecency, but they do not mean that the whole generation Is going to the bad. The dancing that older folk nro criticizing is merely u passing fad. Humanisms B W1I.MAM ATIIKKTON T)U PUY u irv l'l Senator Smoot. "All I do Is work." "How much do ou work?" I nsked. "Sixteen hours a day, sometimes eighteen," he replied. t "How long have ou done ltf "Forty ears and more," he replied. "How do oti like it?" "To mo It Is more fun than anything else. I would rather wrestle with stutlstlcs on the tariff than go to the theatre. I never go to baseball games nor piny golf. Seven hours' sleep n day Is enough recre ation for anybody. I have never taken a vacation. Neither hnve I ever been slek. There Is not a healthier man In Congress. "I believe thnt there Is more pleasure in work than in anything else for the nvernge man. If he did more work ho would be happier. It is n great mistake to devote oue's time to anything else." Infinite! diverse is the origin of the men who come to the front in these United States There is Major General John A. Lejoune, the commandant of marines, for Instaucp siork.v, Bwnrthy, romantic type of fighting man. He is a product of a cotton plantation in I'olnte Coupee parish and Is Loulflsna French. Ills paternal utieestor und three brothers migrated from the land of Lafactte to Canada, were enureure des bols, pioneers of the woods, and wandered about for years In the Great Lake country. They struck the Mississippi before ail body lived on Its upper reaches, launched their canoes upon It and rode into the unknown. Much to their surprise the found, far down the stream, settlements of other Frenchmen. The Lc , jeuncs hnve lived in Louisiana ever since. This fighting man emerged as a student nt the Naval Academ). He acquired ull that Institution could give him and chose the marines in preference to the navy. He has been running ubniit the globe ever since with soldiers of the sea nt his back. In their self-indited biographies in the Congressional Record members write down 11 strange vnriet) of statements about them selves. One mnn, for instance, tells tbe stnr.v of his life lu this one (.entente: "Edwin S. Johnson, of Yankton, S. D., Democrat, bom In Ovveti county, Indiana, a long time ago. was always proud of his an cestors and family." General John J. Pershing attended the southern bull not long ago and entered en thusiastically into the dancing. It was lu tcresting to note that his partners were mostly joung girls and that his method was much more thut of the 'rollicking glide of modernity than of the staid ateMi of the past, TvVkoMA a Ki -. SHORT CVTS They were all hard-boiled on the White Houso lawn. It takes a man with a boll to sympa thize with Job. ' It is a chilly day when a new Btlllmxs corespondent fails to bob up. It takes the home gardener to take a chance at early planting. "It's u great fall we're having," re marked the mercury last night. The peach crop, incidental!, will not fail while musical comedy holds out. What the President most needs is t professional grcctcr to do his hand-shaMnf. Isn't it nbout "time that we begin to hear rumors of the failure of the pcxch crop? It wasn't trade Great Britain sought from Soviet Russia, but peace pf mind in tie Far Enst. Mr. Lansing has probably by this time begun to realize that It is extremely unnlte to seek to explain. The hard-boiled egg doesn't get mwh action In a craps gnme but just watch him on the White House lawn. The Bolshevists are willing to trade J anything they have for rci f, isn't anything they have ccognltlon, but mere 1 Doubtin the abllltv of the Allies to Doubtir ih then tiunishl r),c nu punish them sufficiently, thu Germans if now jiunisuing memseives. ThXc number of friends possessed by the underlvlhc companies of the P. R. T. A equal to ihe number of their stockholder!. - I. An cxcelfemt illustration of "looking fr what one hope one will not find" is tht search for the Japanese beetle in New Jersey, Wc nre Informed", that a "hlghwoymin" took 55 from 11 Willow Grove child. Mis take In terms. It was just a measly little sneak thief. "' , It seems to me, remarked" DemotthenM McGlnnis, that fights arc invariably won M the man who refuses to philosophize wsue ho Is scrapping. . William J. Bryan says he is in favor' disarmament, "by agreement If possible; W example if necessary." Perhaps he vis ualizes a million men arising over niKnt W enforce peace. There are some who think that bo! shevlsm is a smnll boy who some day wl big enough to weur papa's pants: but tnr more general opinion Is that it is an P that caituot survive civilizing influences A frightened womun In New Castle. Pa shot and killed n practical joker donned a mask and entered her house pre tending to be a burglar. The lneldM' regrettable; but, if a victim were inevitable, fate assuredly made the right choice. "Our prison system Is one of the mejt noxious evils existent today," says an on elal of tbe department of prisons of tw Bureau of Economics. Washington. "J huve heard something of the kind '"ore when we were not listening to stories te 1 of the easy times prisoners have. "."";., haven't heard Is just what the reformer' plan to do with persistent law breakers. The death of Dr. Adolphe Ut ay. f . .l- i- ,i . .. .. Pari hospital. ni mc .v-rnj lauuraimj i ..i,mfS affords unothrr Illustration of h",x f,'1;" rds unothrr Illustration of how ex ren t. In early das every scientific in"n was balled by the populace as an .01 le to God. And now we find n se ft ilM. , n n.,r.r nfter another I'H'I " meet Hon leise 10 woo. .xim now "",, bffS niter one linger iuut ih" :"..rrhe9. umputatcd us a result ot " "1 -no seriously averring. "The hidden S, does not wish to give up his sts ""'!. down men who seek to take them ways, beliesavugeorsuvont. thethi ,"", does not understand he deems god or -; And always, also, the god his terror e celveo Is a personal god who fi sm trifles, a being who apparrn b dr J competition of men -n cond tlon """"JjL,. compatible with the conception o J tence and All Wisdom. It " w',9.ffiM after one has discarded all he .old superstitions, there Is that within a m that prompts him to make a Tew own. w -, S S -.V
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