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Itir.ln. Trea.ureri Ciu-rles i..fi'.'Ii. 8iihr?'
Flillip S Coll nc, Jel-n II. Williams. John J.
ppirirrnn, Otorse r. Uoldinutli. David E. Smlliy.
PlKftom
KlJtTOIUAL. HOARD
Crura II K Cmns Chairman
OAvm a smiley Editor
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ot the rale of tle llS cents per week, puabl
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tha United Stat-, Canada, or United Mate poj
ilon, iinsiace f-ee flft 30) tenia per month.
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To all for-lgn ceuntrln otia (Hi dollar a month
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muil llli' old aa well as new addrrai.
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Member of the Associated Press
THE ASSOCtATLD MESS s rxdiuU'rhv en
titled 10 !'( "" "" lepuMCdMOT Of Oil ""'
4ttvatchts cedlted to U or not ofarni'Ue c''olfd
in Mi paper unit alio thu loool ne-ej publMnrif
.111 r(ohf retmhUeatim of tprriol dliparenM
Jlereoi nre nlto roeenM.
PhllaHelphla. tednnd. MirtS 3".
to be supported by the three societies with
the reoperation of the men In charge of
the Academy of Musk-. The concentration
of energy Mid resource will enable the new
fetlerntlon to command the services of the
best-known men in the country In their
various fields. Utorature. art. Mlfiiw,
philosophy, geography mid the like will be
discussed by men whom we nil would like to
hear If we had the opportunity.
Wlint the outcome of the experiment will
be the future will disclose. It may result
In the organisation here of a society similar
to the famous Brooklyn Institute In which
the vnrious artistic and educational and
Hcientltic Interests of that borough have com
bined with moot satisfactory results to all
concerned. It hns departments of music nnd
geography and biology nnd photography nnd
art and what not. tnking the place of tj lot
of little independent societies devoted In a
feeble way to these things. Famous singers
and pianists appear nt its concern. Dis
tinguished men of letter-, give lectures be
fore the members. Statesmen appear on its
platform nnd men of science tell the latest
news about their t.pecinltlcs. As a center
of popular education it is unrivaled.
CLEARING THE DECKS
FOR GENERAL WOOD
Rejection by the Trustees of the Uni
versity of Pennsylvania of the Plan
to Make It a State Institution
Will Be Regarded as Wise
A PERFECT FIT FOR DAWES
TIIUKli is nt the slightest necessity t'
resist Hie temptation to applaud the
appointment of Charles (5. Dawes as head
of a neu committee to investigate the war
risk bureau.
It is not only vigorous language of which
this t'hlengonu is n lately acknowledged
master The public, while delighting some
what naively in his verbal frankness, had a
thoroughly substantial reason for enjoying
General Dawes. He seemed to know what
be was tnlkiDg about in reference to army
ofTairs.
The novcln was refreshing. An in
spiriting change of this sort, and conse
quent action, is soreb needed to put an end
to the chaotic and Incompetent manner in
irhich the problem of wounded soldiers tiud
lrnpnired erlcp men genotnlly has been
handled
Mr Harding realization of the 'orions
ress of the rasp Is displayed not only in the
choice of General Dawes, but in the com
position of the entire committee. It bristlos
with nuthorltathe nnd varied personalities,
including those of Krnnklin D'Oller. Mrs
Douglas U.ibinvon. Theodore Roosevelt, .lohn
D Lewis, president of the fnited Mine
M-n.b.r. ..r Antrim! T V. O'Connor, head
of the Longshoremen's Tnion. anil Y.
Y (inlbraith ,Ii.. national commander of
the American I.giu
straightforwnid workuhle policy
toward disabled service men run be pretty
cnniidentli predicted as a result of Mr.
Harding's deletions. The committee looks
big enough for a bis job. long neglected.
The 1'resid-ni and eounm are to be cou
jratulated JOHN BURROUGHS
JOHN" l!l RRnrtillS hns been alled the
successor of Thorenli. The ascription is
chilling and inadequate Nature at seen b
the keen c-es anil felt bv the responsive
heart of t'r loved nud lovable patriarch
whoso long career i ln-ed esterlln, was, be
fore all ele tho prime agent for the c
chang' ii. stnp.ithii
Neither icsoareh m its imperiuiis form
nor the si .enUHc aloofness which is so often
'a bv-prixlti't eier nppenled to Burroughs.
The simple and understandable pantheism
which n his working creed was a frank
reiognftiou of liuuinnit m its wondrous
ciivironm'ui
Nature in r.urriiiighs i-w of life n
never lauded et Hie expense of man lliimun
relation- ' richest portion wore his as well
as intimai i with trees and flowers, bird"
sud bee" li' tnes.ige wiisono of revela
tion inthei 1 1 an nf distuictneh original ex
ploration In sum.' ilegree 'ns M'nws are (iilberl
U lute an. I l-..uik Walton, but his hphere
far tiiiiEte3 (1 t,.. retncteil boinnl of
those na'ira it "I" n nldor ln Tor .lohn
r.iirr.mg'is .lin-suiliili. lli -ere. Illteuseij
socinbli . nrne' riterested m lif' mme in
time in tiil all. nit a sTmbolu tide Ho was
lb" delight. "I sll(,Kesmuii of iiVure to his
fellow men
His wr.m.j- utteili Tree imni the lamt
et hint if affiliation were concerned . as
ivns 'er ihiir auth c witli what are ailed
the nrdiiMi-i iiiumfi-suitioiis nf the natural
"nrld Nature in her well advertised,
gmnilei' n, ."il I' ft hni i.iih'T indifferent.
It n if'nteil t lm h sunn in interest in
t.ie siiecta. olur lohann o' Kilaiien Hi Hawd'l
ril tha in leganled to .,. -' - lf ''' Y!
lnti,tiuii .s :t legie.tnnl exliit "f wnsf
toei'jii -
I'll i w,iiiel- ! 'lie Wi.lill III I .ir.s'lV.lt -l
pn tliresi l Until .Inllll s" tuietnost soiiri'-s
of sjii.i mI lefreshmeii- Misplaced ii
overd hi lu.ii'i in l.nvevii, never mnrred
hi 'till i-ii-ics K iinis nf his stimulnt
ing ' Intra i e, . .iiiiuli, i-i and sanitv
Noi 'ii. ? ij. i"i de"P nor hig'i.
tan e ji m mi .t.v.i f.in me,- he sang
1 , me ,, s i-ni aii g rmitie little poems
Cnniprel 1 1 - i 'ii"l v al.nut pnllosopln . this,
sud it su T,nc Li at no time sugared the
tnuin i! i - i ' s jilnno ' .lohn I'ur
roughs II - n'1 ti fain' i- us (leai and
inspiring i u - ii-hm ot ''h rutin
THE GREEK ADVANCE
Ei r.i iiir.uiii's i Nii'i.us n
tn i . i r.niiii. -null n- lie reads
ti,, .(.,.it- . mi !.'urni i a'li.uiign now
ni;.'il I' ' ' '."i'" aga nst tie Turks in
Asm M.i in I 'i pn'iti rl reuinlintion r'
, tit's ti 'I h"- li i ii ini m itntesiniin in
Ins nati 1 1 nl in' I'm -t.'iuige truit ,:i
lie exiiMti.ill nf I 1. "I his HH'f fol I'lgll
p.llil les
It m.i- I i..'i,'.il mi Mi uii7i'lii last
f.iiuini i i,l tn is ilu.' i i reek troops
were ipi.t i iii.nr1. ..i .liiung t.ie Ottoinnn
iiiliunl nnd tlui in .rT"r"il m itirn the terms
of the ti'. nn ut re res inin tticts bj mill
lnr. ni'imii King unsrniiili.e now puis
i,: , ,nni, n. hi . . i. mi. Inn. 'Hi oi mllierm.?
rnthlleiiistii all lo lln enielns linln ies.
The lit l mini's luit, rem lied n point
on the Ungilii 1 inilwa'. Tin 4""l is Aiignrn.
tin in the hiiin rlainl when tin KcnmlMs
hBe lloli striiiighnld It this point Is
cwntiinllj 1 1 hi Ind the iins will dae n
new piobhin mi tli"" hands. fp hIu'i- thej
orignu.tlv fiuolnl .i i nek iifTeiiHivc. tie
Munition i "'' j"'-11' l"isi lm- iiiatigid
mnii) nines sinit .it inr and the Turks
linvc wnii in w riiiipur in some ' u.irters
The grmi poweis cannot no' le wholl)
snllslieil with the piospe. i i.f gieutl ex
jemlcil duck doni.liloii Mr 'em..elos. how
ner. Is pinliiihlj not displeased. Il is one
uf the paradoxes ot modern historv that he
nnd lil il'lll I'oiiit.'iiliuc Iiiim limg entet
lalncd son'i'vhai sinnlai' ilrenmn of llellenic
icfoiiatrmiinii f tin old lt.untfne tirri
lurles. A GREAT NIGHT SCHOOL
mill, ii'-'i'i'v i .T. ii'd tid'-ratioii of the
1 l i.rsin I .luislun So it the ( (tj
Club, tin t ii i.b end the Academv of
Mush' I orpi return promlscH much for the
Irctiiri' goes niioMe next winter
Tim pun tiioHUes. 101 u uullk'd piogram
THK declaration of policy issued 1) the
trustees of the t'ulversity of I'ennsjl
vanla will not surprise those who have been
following the course of events.
This newspaper said n week ngo today in
the course of u discussion of the announce
ment that General I.cotianl Nooil was to
be put at tho head of the institution: "The
decision to elect a business administrator
seems to Indicate that the trustees are In
clined to make nn nttempt to solve their
own fitianclnl problems without asking the
stnte to take the whole burden off their
shoulders."
Their declaration removes whatever doubt
there ma have been about the course the
trustees are to pursue. It announces that
the University will retain its present legal
status under its present charter and that
the board if trustees will retain full control
over the property, policy nnd administra
tion of the University.
This decision will commend itself to a
great majority of those interested In the
development of the University ns an insti
tution of higher education.
Many arguments can be advamed in sup
port of the proposition to make the Unl
versitv a state institution. It nn be said
that the whole educational svstcm should
be under state supervision: that the Univer
sity should be the apex of the public school
. '..., nn.i tv,,ie u should be so managed
Ijntcm, i4 ..,.. ... -
ns to provide instruction in courses that lit
in villi the courses that start in the prl
mun schools nnd continue through the
grammar schools and high school" and are
concluded either in the collegiate department
of the University or in one of the profes
sional schools attached to it. This is what
every svstemntizer and elassltier would like
to bring about. It would npplj to educa
tion the principles ot factory orgnnirntton
principles based on the desire to transform
law material Into n uuiform finished product
without nnv waste motion.
it can be said also that the University
should be maintained by the state on so
generous a scale that it would never lnck
for funds to par its professors or to carry
on its work in suitable ounrtcrs.
'ut the trustees were confronted hi
practical conditions which had to be ion
sldered. along with considerations of the
oretical organisation of the .uucaiionai sys
tem. If the Pennsylvania politicians who
control the Legislature were idealists accus
tomed to considering eduentionnl problems
on their merits and willing to permit the
ixperts to direct the eduintional work, the
objections to turning the I ?iiversit over to
the state would not be so forcible as they
nov are.
IVuiisvlvjtun polituians ai" prm ticnl
men Thev nlwas s-ok a return for wlint
they give. ' If thev const nted lo the appro
priation to the Uuivorsttv of as much money
ns it needs, and if they pledged thcmsolvo,.
to take can- uf all its nuances, the- would
Bssumi the right to dietat" what should be
done with the iiMini'i If the members of
Its facultv should denounro. polltb al crook
edness, and if in the courses in government
thev should use what hapi-ns in this state
ns a: example of what snoum not ue none,
the resignation of the offending professors
would be demanded or the appropriations
would be cut down so that there would li
no monev to pn their snlnne-. This is
.hut hnpp'ns in othei departments of the
grrnnvnt
The m vlio draw pa from (he state
must work with the machine or get out.
This I" unfortunate but it is true. There
fore, the tiustees deserve the tl.iml.s of everv
on who would regret to sec the Universitv
made nn intesral part of the stato mm hine.
with its general polio diti.itul bv the saui"
man mi whose word the legislators in liar
r.xburg Jie wnitini, before th.y tnke any
important a tion
As the I'nivei-sitv is !o .on'ir.e undei
fa.- direition of the trustees it mist have n
laigor endowment The trusteis haw m -
circlinalv denied to ask th mmittees nf
i t! ol..mni to in-operate with rhelr oom
i.'i.ttop m rai-ong an ndo'vm"nt fund of nt
len.i SlO.iKHUHii! mis sum is ueoiieii m
pnviilc income enough to rover the pn-ent
annual deficit without anv allowance for
expansion. Tno stat" m to he n-iked to
-sumn some of the responsibilltv for the
maintenaiu-e of tho.e departments loselv
allied with publii health und general wel
fare, such i i the hospital, the gtailURte
hiiiil of medicine nnd the srhonl of 'sliil-u-t.oii.
The hospital is entit'd to state nid
in aicordanie with tiie filed polic;- followed
f,r venrs And tin- si iiooi or meuunu nun
the silioo! of eduintion are etititleil to statf
aid out of the general school fund It an
be asked for with prfe. ' propnet.v with
,mt putting the Untver.sitv i nder auv obli
gations vvliich would be embarrassing.
Ir is not likely that the drive for the
enlarged endowment will begin until aftei
t'ie lotorn of lieneral Wood from the I'hll
.ppines In the summei In the meantime,
however, the ommlttees will p.-ohnhl' begin
to organize for the work Thev know that
there Is monej enough in the state to pro
vide for all the needs of the institution
and that the men who own it are m munv
rases seeking for a worthv cause on vvhii h
to bestow some ot their s irplus wealth.
Ul that nhoilld he needed to lap the-u io
sollles is to mnke it cville.lt to the men
with millions that their innm-v can he used
to good advantage bj the UniverIti . ithc
for Increasing It pioiitn tiv enilowment or
fur the erection of m-w building-. If ilu'
men do not wish to give tleir monev at
the piesout lime, some of them i..n he pel -siiadrd
to remember the I nlveri.it v in theii
wl'llH, so that tin- e I thej do nun livi
after tiiem for ilium generation- All thut
should be nccrx-ary is to state th" case in
tin- proper quarters Then in the n.uis' of
a vear or two tin moiiev will flow in n It
has betn flowing in to the treasuries of liar
vard and Vale and Princeton universities
in leccnt J ears
The measure provides that assessment of
voters be mnde in tho election booths by tho
registrars on registration dajs.
Much nu nrrangement. If adopted, would
meau the end of a complicated nnd archaic
svstem of keeping straight the record of
quallllcd voters. It would be economical
and expeditious nnd in conformity with the
present spirit of the registration laws.
Hut It would nbolish certain jobs that
of the assessors themselves. .lust there Is
the nasty rub.
There Is a touch of the millennium in any
legislative notion Involving the reduction
of officeholders. Still, If Ilarrlsburg as
pires to be brilliantly revolutionary, the
opportuuit) Is nt hntul.
THE SPROUL LIQUOR BILL
mllK so-called Hproul bill regulating the
i sale ot nonintoxicnting nicononc uiv.
ngCH will not plense the extreme prohibi
tionists. So fnr ns we know, it is not In
tended to please them. Its purpose Is to
provide regulations which can be enforced
nnd to keep under police supervision the
places uhcre noniiitoxlcatlng alcoholic bev
erages are sold.
The bill does not define a nonlutoxlcating
beverage, but leaves that to Cougrcss. It
does require tho person selling inch bev
erages to take out a license. The fee In
the present Hrooks low Is reduced fit) per
cent, so that n saloonkeeper In this city
will be required to pay $.",00 instead of
?1000 for the privilege of doing business.
Tho penalties for violation of the law ure
also reduced from a maximum fine of .$5000
to u maximum of ?20O0, and from n maxi
mum imprisonment of twelve months to a
maximum of six months.
The state and municipal authorities nrc
directed to enforce the law. At present
neither the state nor the municipal au
thorities assume nny responsibility for en
forcing the Volstead act. Tlih bill in
effect makes a part of tho state law what
ever law Congress may pass for carrying
into effect the prohibitory amendment to tho
constitution.
The bill forbids the sale of nonintoxicat
ing beverages in grocery stores or in places
frequented by minors. Hut it permits citi
rens to have intoxicating liquors in their
own residences for their own use nnd for
the use of their guests, nnd it extends the
term "residence" so as to include a suite
of rooms In on npartment bouse or n room
or rooms in a hotel or boarding house. It
contains no provision for the search of such
pri'-ate residences nnd none for the seizure
of intoxicating liquors thnt may be legiti
mately In such places. Hut regularly
licensed places may be searched for the pur
pose of ascertaining whether Intoxicating
liquors are kept there,
While these provisions will be regarded
b.v the "dry.s" as altogether too lax, those
familiar with the customs of the people will
regard them ns nn honest nttempt to meet
the situation with a law which can be
enforced.
It is useless to pretend that liquor is not
sold and consumed or thnt it will not be
sold and consumed for many years to come.
There is not a prohibition state in the
Union in vvliich the law has not been
evaded. Men who have wished to get liquor
even in Maine, where a prohibitory clause
has been in the constitution for several gen
erations, have had little trouble In getting
it Au unenforceable statute with heavy
penalties would be useless. It would en
courage the verv thing which the drjs seek
to prevent
If the .Sprout bill did nothing else than
to direct the stnte nnd municipal authorities
to co-operate with the federal authorities
in the enforcement of the Volstead act. or
whatever ot,her federal net may be passed,
it would be worth while.
AS ONE WOMAN SEES IT
Doylestown Stirs the Esthetic Im
pulses With Its Fascinating Tiles
and the Antiques of Mer
cer Castle
THE HORRID THING
I'vu nlv iiiorlcan toliiiers quelled a
Herman Rid uprising in their Rhine sector.
Red Is the wriui'; adjective, evidentlj Yel
low's the word
The striki of clRnrniakers m Manila
serve, to lemtnd us that the Philippines er
ports tnbateo and hemp, and sometimes we
hare thoujht it was the hemp we were
smoking.
Tin landlady of n Detroit npnitment
house i under suHpended senteure because
she is alleged to have hors"whlpped members
.... . ;.n.M ,linl ..Ittlo. ti-l V,n hnnun rule
oi ii muni. inn, ,,..,,'.. .... ., ,...
against music by performing on the fife, the
wlophone nnd the bass viol while their
phonograph played. Perhaps sentenie is
being suspended until the authorities can
provide the lad with a medal
When a child of four gm oats.de the
liars of a New York hospital window on the
third lloor two men knotted the sleeves of
their overcoats together and ut this im
provised safetj net caught him safely nnd
unharmed when at last his little hands re
laxed and lie fell. Our hat Is off to thee
two unknown gentlemen. Inventiveness and
presem-e of mind nrc great gifts and deserv
ing of honor.
Co nenlent with the booming in Harris
burg of the Hums bill, w hi' h exempts
kitchens anil bathrooms from the require
ment that looms In Philadelphia shall be
not less than seventy square feet in area,
conies the admonition from the Department
of Agriculture in Washington that "apples
to lie made i onilortnble must have tnom to
In rathe." And concealed somewhirc in the
two items there mav be explanation of whv
ever and nnon a slum dweller becomes "a
bad apple "
Ity .SARAH IL unVUIK ,
I1IAVK always meant to go to Doylestown
on the trail of the Mercer tiles since I
saw them in the Capitol at Ilarrlsburg yearn
ago, and I onlv got there this week anil then
by no Initiative of my own, but on whnt the
Adirondack guides used to call a "raudom
scoot." . , .
Thnt Is. I was taken there without guess
ing my destination b.v some one who was
exploring the country nnd had heard there
wns an old Inn up at Doylestown worth
v,,itl"S- . ,. , ,
One cau motor there by tho ork road to
within a few miles of the town, when you
turn to the left, or out by the Bethlehem
pike bevond Lnnsdale, when von turn to the
right. The country beyond the V hltemarsh
Valley 1s rnthcr wide nnd lolling, with pros
pcrous fnrms, but It Is not so varied ns the
Schuvlklll or the Chester Vnllejs. Doylcs
town, like no many of the towns bordering
on New Jersey or In New Jersey, is on the
ridge of n long hill J or. rnthcr, It Is on the
rounded crest of a sort of wove of the ground
thnt rises out of low fields and slopes back
on low fields. I do not think that is a par
ticular characteristic of Pennsylvania towns.
!... T , -.w,m11 miltn n number of New
lllll V,l .LXM.I ,,m.. .. ..
Jersey towns that are on the crest of Just
such n wave Princeton, Pennington, Lavv-
rcncevlllc nrc nenr-oy rxnminea.
INHVKU was in n cleaner or neater town,
nnd I saw no single house or lot for rent
or snle the length and breadth of Doyles
town. It is not n conspicuously brick town
like Quakertnvvn nnd the others farther lip
on the Rending road toward Bethlehem. The
old houses nre low plaster houses with a very
white finish. Lnter generations have added
mansard roofs or gablcs'ond some few harly
Pullmans" nnd Queen Anne horrors, but the
impression one has Is of a comfortable white
town with a broad white old hotel of the
stage conch tavern variety, with an upstairs
porch nnd a wide flugged place In front
where the old coaches used to draw up. no
doubt, but where the tourists' motors now
stand while their owners have lunch In the
low-paneled dining room.
TIIE owner is French, or his fathers were,
who bus a passion for old hickory furni
ture and Chippendale mirrors. He has many
other good things besides, enough to make
the Pine street old-furniture men desire his
bankruptcy or death with n gritting of teeth.
All the bedrooms- are very quaintly done, even
to the chintzes, and ns you heave up and
down on the sloping floors you do a little
coveting yourself.
The place smells like nn ancient farm
house with apples iu the cellar, but it Is
very clean ami tnc loon is nret niic m ""
country fashion, with just a touch of other
countries in the cheese nnd butter nnd sal
ads. The damsels that pass you things arc
unmistuknbly American, severe and unim
pressed and always bearing about In tneni
the memory that Charley Ross was abducted
by affable strangers. It is the manner that
the high school of a country town often
Inculcates ns protectively dignified. One
sees it behind many counters here in town
a kind of "ou 'tend to our business and
I'll 'tend to mine nnd tho less said the bet
ter for you." , .
it mav be that diners in Interesting old
country hotels are overgurruIotiH and ehatty.
und need to Ue Kept in tneir inm-en u.i v..-j
litckory chairs, but, with so much to remlud
one of country inns In lands where the
actors never feel above their parLs, It Is u
pltv that that one touch of geniality should
be 'lacking in the handmaids of the Iouu
taln Hotel.
OUT at the Metier place we found noth
ing but human kindness, though they,
too, must be overrun with strangers who
"Oh" nnd "Ah" and "vvnnt to know. I
found n very nice young chnp who bail
come on some years back nn u molder ami
Is now assistant manager, who satisfied my
longing for information most paternally.
The potterv looks like a jumbled-up Spanish
mission out in the desert, only it is on a
deserted pasture twenty minutes out of the
town and is reached by nn unfinished cinder
road. . ,
You nre allowed to see the rooms where
the designs are set up and the tiles are
stored in bins, and on shelves from which
you can take them down anil uunu tnings
ou of the colored blocks nnd patterns.
Tiles are embedded everywhere, in rough
cast plllnr.i In concave nud convex ceilings.
Thev line huge fireplaces und border walls
and window places. The color Is for the
most part a background of red the red clay
of the country about there, a bort of n
shale I should think, with various glares
superimposed. The glazes aro done by a
secret process and are very rich.
But I do not think, however, that nny
blue that Mr. Mrrcer hn Is as beautiful ns
some of the l.nfield tiles show in Mr. Dulles'
pottery out bevond 1'dge Hill. In fact, the
greens nnd blues nnd yellows of the Mercer
tiles showed purer lolor on the edges nf the
tiles than over the design. The deoigns
seemed to me a little too worked out, too
full for the space.
I like his ship designs the best, both in
the lnige (ompositlons nnd in the emul!
tiles, which one can buv for n little sum
and carry off as ii reminder of a dellgntful
experience. For, after seeing the pottery,
it Is often quite possible to obtain permis
sion to visit the Mercer "castle," where
one sees the tiles set up nnd quite ut their
best.
They have the value ot frei cies in tho.io
strnng'e, vaulted looms of the castle, nud
far outshine the tapestrlis or rugs with
which tlioy nre allowed tosuullj to com
pute. They are, I think, more brilliant than
mosaics on tl.i ceilings, although no at
tempt was made to bnve large designs such
as one sees used iu churches with mo.snlca
In Itnlv.
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NOW MY IDEA IS THIS
Daily Talks With Thinking Philadelphia on Subjects They
Know Best
What Do You Know?
SUPERFLUOUS ASSESSORS
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the entirely reasonable po.dtion is taken thai
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QUIZ
I II u' ii am men 'ine nerved .is President
of the United States?
' Where and what is the 4u.rn.il'
3 Who Is the present seeretnrv of . r
Who wns Haddon Chnmbers"
r, I'rom what Is tapioca derived
I, What instrument in an orehestia is some-
times cnlled a "bull-fiddle"'
T Who w-as Tantulus In slous'.e.u mv-tho'-
S Who eommnndiid t'ie H'.'.iso (1 n In the
(Treat vlctorv over tho Clerinan squad
ton under V.m Speo off the raluliiid
.s'.nnrts. in the world war'
j Wlio wn- Lloyd Oeorgo's Immediite
p-i ilecessor as premier of flreat
lirltiiln."
10 InstinKUls.i bitween the words v ilplne
and lupine.
Answers to Yesterday's Quiz
I modern pli.no has Ixhti -eight '.,;
Iloixrt nruri. the .Scottish patriot lived
In the latter pirt of the thirteenth
intury and the first part of the four
teiiitli century A I His dates ate
r.'Ts-13'J?
- The sblef war now being prosecu'ed in
I'm Near Ihist Is between CJree-o and
Turkey
i ue. .a IU'Jii w" i no I" Herniary ruler of
i ariniiHu o, .,w. ---
The i;o eminent charges n JIO feo for
nawportii for foreign travel
technuffe Is a rehash The word is
Koplled to n literary product or to a
warmed-up illbh,
H ihould he pronounced "ray-show. fay."
Ilu Initials S U attached to footnotes
t nnd foi Mi' Latin ' notu bene," nolo
11 kmiii I i so " I'tisl v aromatic herb
f..in rl used meill 1 uilly
ulu Is the heroine of ghiiltcspenrB
CJIisU X.vtJftll Nljlll.
-vsillT.- ..... . ,11a. I ",-antle ' t-t sl.itneil smile
Tin. no -,,v v.-..w .- ...,... -
thing like it modern coal breaker or
cluster of coal breakers, If one inn Imagine
n coal brenker made of white cement and
hewn roughly into piling shapes by a very
romantic nrcllitect. Inside it I- scooped
nnd hollowed out. You emerge rather than
step into the rooms, which begin round one
(orner and "nil in quite another direction,
ilach bedroom seems to have a bathroom at
tached, but the walls must bnve been built
after the bathtubs were set up and llie
plumbing connected, for the winding turret
stairs and bottle-necked passageways would
not permit anything much brntdcr than a
chair to I nrried through without being
taken to pieces.
Each room seems to huvc n bookroom or
little sitting room attached and is ap
proached b.v its own little stair. The books
...... t,..m,,l1lnn tS.t, ,n!ltcttlin nf HriBlllrill.
UTC rij wruniiiiii,. ' ".-.- ..,. ,
Dutch, Asiatic tiles, etc., Interesting, nnd
the pictures oddly contradictory to the rest
of the furnishings mostly eighteenth century
Kngllsli engravings where they are good,
some Hogarths. that are rather out of place,
with the general setting of the tile., tensing
one with too much detnil, I thought.
DOWN on the other side of the town mere
Is a wild and surprising museum nlso of
the cement i nstle sort where is gathered the
uink of nil the fnrmlnc: country for miles,
r i,i.. ,,,, ,it-,l nu Ideh nu the dome of a
cathedral, one sees suspended fnrm wagons,
prairie schooners, sleighs, buggies, and
further up still a vast assemolese of cradles.
In alcoves all about are collections of jokes,
nails, rakes, shovels, churns, shoes, lints,
combs, andiron, kettles, buckets, stools,
etc Ten cenurles from now it will bewilder
the arclieologlst to guess how they cinie
there. There Is a Jail opposite.
tf i... .. .. 1. i,wIl nl .lnpiilleto I ilu not know
Ml llir n,....r. ... ........... . - -
which would depress me most, but for any
historical vnlue I confess thnt collection Iu
its present pilid-up state In the museum
seemed to me about as helpful in u trunk
full of famlh letters nud bills and account
books would seeni to nn auctioneer.
However il and the tiles nnd the Fnun
tain Hotel an niaklns Doylestown n inerca
fnr eager seekers after new experience, and
I gratefully nibsrrlbe myself ns one of the
molt ruthus'ist'' of stub Uv'ck i's.
ALFRED LYNCH
On Work of Commissioners of Navigation
THK nature and scope of the work en
compassed in the nuthorlty of the com
missioners of navigation here arc facts not
generally realized by the public, according
tn Alfred Ljnch, statistician of the port of
Philadelphia, connected with this depart
ment, who maintains a set of records and
compiles lists of figure thnt would tax the
brain of the average mathematician.
"And these figures," points out Mr.
Lynch, "must be absolutely accurate, rather
thnn be to a great extent imaginary, as is
the case with some statisticians. Dream
figures nre not enough, and there are too
manv groups of people ready to catch us up
nt the slightest mistake for us to take any
chances with accuracy of statement.
"I will point out further on the various
agencies which call upon us for Items of in
formation concerning the doings of the port.
First, let me list in Drici iuimiii.t i
statistics which we compile.
"Kvery ship which comes into the port of
Philadelphia must report to the commission-
j t .1.... l....Rti Ik... rxititnln or
CrS OI IHlVlKMUUll Ulinut.il nij ............ -
consignee. And the information that the
latter must give to us includes the following
points :
First. Name of vessel and of her cap
tain. Second. Port hailing fiom und port
bound for.
Third. Nature and amount of cargo
Fourth. Consignee of cargo.
Fifth. Consignee of vessel.
Sixth. Gross and net tonnage.
Seventh. Draft of vessel.
Klghth. Plrr loaded or discharged ai
Foreign vessels must supply the same
data, but In this case much of the informa
tion, including that concerning the cargo,
comos directly from the custom house, the
navigation commissioners have a wider scope
than any department of the port, since our
investigations include every vessel from the
larger liner to the smallest barge.
Includes State Nautical School
"Our department, which Is under state
control, by the wuy, has chnrgo of the licens
ing of pilots anil inciinics usim-riio jun
diition a state nautical school. It was In
stituted, In Its present lorni, in iwi. "
succeed the former Hoard of Port W ardciis.
Other states have similar bodies at their
ports known variously as board of harbor
officials, port wardens and harbor commis
sioner. We have records, by the way, of
vessels dealing and arriving at this port
us far back as 1700.
"Still another feature of our work, which
wob temporarily taken over by the govern
ment ns u wnr measure, was the cure and
charge of anchorages, nnd iu tho near fu
ture this will probably be again turned over
to ut. Allied to this work, wu settle, dis
putes as to docking privileges and similar
questions. Incidentally, we have charge of
the licensing, the building of all wharves in
Delaware nnd Rucks counties.
"We have n boat on the liver whose chief
duties, In addition to the former one of
anchorage tending, It to go after vessels
which, through carelessness or torgctfulness,
have forgotten to register with us ns they
nre required to do. To carry out the mani
fold phases of our work we have n port enp-
inin. WIHTOI """ " "-' ....
to such positions us statistician nnd secrc-
,,,... . A.Mn ,. fht. .mnsttnn nf the nrloilS
1 J I timv . - .,.. ....... . -- ..........
sources from vvliich come calls for statistics,
nnd which are assisted by our figures, I can
first mention the uses of figures showing the
draftH of vessels. ,,,,,,
"These ore needed particularly by the
United States engineers' office. For example,
if n vessel drnvvliiB twenty-nine feet of water
comes up tiie ihannel without any trouble,
it shows pretty loiuduslvely that we hove n
thirty -foot ihannel iii the Delnware, as Is
specified by the government. On the other
hand. If n vessel of thnt draft reports
difficulties, the government engineer" investi
gate for possible shoals. As Is generally
Known, the port Is uftcr u thlrli -live-fo it
channel all the way down, and the average
drafts "f vessels coming here ure of pe
culiar Interest in connection with tins plan.
Net Tonnage Important Factor
"liross tonnage is a comimratlvely unim
portant Item since It does not carry nny def
inlte significance, but net tonnage Is of the
greatest interest to port officials, both here
nnd throughout the country, who desire to
sec how I lie various ports minn-ire in the
SHORT CUTS
number of vessels nnd their tonnage. For
instance, New Orleans claims to be the sec
ond port of the United Stutes, a position
whlrh Philadelphia rightly owns for the rea
son that the southern city bases her claims
on the value of cargoes nnd not the net ton
nage. This is easily seen to be unfair when
consideration is taken of the immense amount
of crude oil imported through this port.
Tho value of the crude oil Is low compared
with cotton ut New Orleans or wool nt Bos
ton, but nevertheless it requires as many nnd
more vessels In its shipment.
"Other people who come to us for infor
mntion nnd who use our statistics to good
advantage nre various chambers ot com
merce and of course a great many commer
cial houses nnd trndc bodies, since my figures,
as I have said, include the nnttirc and
amount of all cargoes."
HOW LONDON PLAYS '
THK rooms ore full of blinding light.
The Mennd music blares and brays,
And tn its madness nil the night
A crowd of dancers swings nnd sways.
This is how London nightly plays.
Nor finds n nobler way thnn this
To give the fateful ufter-days
Of Britain's triumph emphasis.
Here Is n hell of heat nnd nnifc,
While gray-haired satyrs leer and Kiln,
And half-clothed girls and effete boys
Voluptuously whirl nnd spin.
And Innocence Is dressed like Sin,
And Virtue promenades with Vice
Are these the things we fought to win.
Or worth n nation's sucrlficeV
a t ........ r.. t --.!.. ,....
win mi nndj in, in i.uuiiwii iuwii
Are solitudes that moonbeams fill.
And starlight looks divinely down
On ninny a lovely vale nnd hill.
And all the earth Is sweet and chill.
Where only fays and fairies dance.
And Fnncv there mny wander still
Along the ways of old romance.
Hut her? even youth goes wenrywise.
Pursuing that which only tires.
And lonely eyes meet lonelier eyes
Across n gulf of dead desires.
Oh. ye who chnso such phantom fire1,
How Is it when the hour is flown.
And, as the feverish night expires,
You commune with yourselves alone?
U. O. T. Coventry, in London Country
Life.
The Supreme Sacrifice
Tri.tii llir ICansaH C lt Tlme
The Soviet (lovernment ut Moscow does
not understand why anybody In Russia
should be dissatisfied with conditions there,
but just to show it has no ill will toward
cue uungry imi iiiisguiurii masses it lias np
uroprintcd 10,000.000 gold rubles to buy
food for them. Only It happens for reasons
for which tiobodv Is responsible, of course
tllAWA Ik, tin iSiA.l 11 T)i. t,Lt nh.1 la. --tll t
nc.- in uw iuiiii ,u iiunsut, nun U Will uaVC
The cold snap wns ii iobI snap for the
dealers.
Fire in tho Olympin dispossesses the.
gallery fight gods.
What will the Rtillman baby think about
it twenty years from now?
Life is one round of pleasure to a
kitten chasing its tall.
Herman Reds rcro suppressed by Amer
ican Red- White -ami-Blues.
Boys everywhere will remember John
Burroughs'as a good old ecout. '
The Sowers underworld bills are re
ported once more to be dead, (lone to the
underworld?
Don't cry over your frost -bitten gar
den. Tears never made anything grow yet
But honest sweat will. Plunt It again.
A London doctor declares that it h
t I, t.ll.. n..ua!l,lA In ,ltn ff II hrfllCtll
piiysioiii(;ii.oii roiui. - .- v
heart. Vindication at last for the sob
sisters,
An Arkansas man who has been asleep
for three yearn awoke, yawned and went
bnck to sleep. Who could blame hlta In
Arkansas?
The two women members of the Mrdli
murder jury were quick to deny- that tM
did not hong the jury. And the jury did
not hang the murderer, cither, so it was u
square.
Mr. Penrose is in favor of cutting th
tax on incomes. Good. But that will only
be following the courso of business confli
tions, which bus been seriously along tne
line of amputating the Incomes.
New York steamship officos predict the
greatest exodus to Kuropc this suaimer in
historv. Vet there bo congressmen who
insist 'that the American people are not id
, , . aI.. 1 1. ....-Alia Ikn
tCrCSteil m lilt' lUHUS lltiunn .. ...
Ever and nnon fnint symptoms of stir
prise can be noted In the Democratic news
papers over the vigor and promptness '
which the Harding administration hns acted
iu foreign affairs. Wo don't wouder. It
hard to get over the habit of watchful
waiting.
The chair of the chief justice of the
United States Supreme 'Court is ho bigg";
judicial seat in the world. But it not a . W
oo big fnr the man Mr. Hardmg is ""!
to be contemplating ns the next occupant
Mr. Toft can fill it comfortably for hlmK
and the whole nation.
reason
collfg'',
men- in no lumi in ivussiii, anil il will nave
to be purchased from tile capitalistic eoun-
inrs nun nuvi' n.
It is a humiliating thing for the Soviet
(iitvernment to linve to do, tills trafficking
with capitalism, but it ought to show the
u'.ivnpnru lelu, tllA linirl.i.-tnn. a .l..l.. .1.
-nu ii,uiieiii, imi. 11 ninjiii 10 snow tne
wuvcrcrs who are beginning to doubt the
Bolshevist theory that the government is
willing to make any sacrifice for the public
ii'elfnre Allliiinrrli flw, tttttt ii.KmlnL .. t...
.......... ......un.. .... ...n. ,, ...i ai,,,, ,,, liu
teaching lias been that capitalism can pro
duce no good, it will nllow capitalism to
produce food for what used to be the greatest
food -producing country in the world. Rcallv,
the discontented masses in Russia, could
hardly expect the Soviet to do more, unless
they unreasonably vvnnt the Soviet to quit
altogether.
'Law in the perfection of
That'H wuni tney icneii w --' .
That means that It must be both Joylcal ami
reosonnmc. governor -".". . - i.,.r
seems to come under this dcfinitloi W
than the radical "bone-di?" m" f
the Legislature killed. Since prol i hit ""
the safe of hard liquor s provide, by W
national laws, it Is logical to make the ta j
laws accord with them. Ami since i ue
search-nnd-seizurc clause in the other d
was not reasonable, It Is properly l
of the new draft. The new bill ought to pas'.
Russian Social Center
One of the oldest Russian organizations
in New York, the rdiicatlounl nnd mutual
aid society, "N'auka" (Knowledge), Is rl
leetiug funds for n RuhsIrii People's Home.
The home is to serve ns nu eduentionnl
center for the Riti-sinn colony in New York,
and besides u large lyill for theatrical per
formances nnd meetings, it will bnve a free
employ iifnt bureau, school rooms, a library
and guest looms. It will cost about iJ'JL
000, $4000 of which hns already been col
lected by the society,
rightfulness
I'rn-u the liullaniiislla News
Reflectluc., mi what the nut! men would
have done To us If this had been n seveie
winter Is as ilislurblug us rellecting on whnt
the (iermans would have done to us If they
'ind won. a
THE SONG OF THE RlVER
Like some swift bird, the river
Sweeps by on flashing wings.
Its silver breast n-qiilver,
And this the song it sings :
"Hall and farewell!
My wave-bcats tell
The flcetness of all things.
"Far mid the dim blue mountains
Hidden my sources be,
Flung from their roek-bound fountains
1 hnste to tho bluer sea;
Thy source unknown
Is ns my own,
Mortal , wno hecdeth me.
"Sun-klssed. vvind-tossed, storm-riven,
Onward I sweep, and on,
Uy viewless forces driven J
1 greet you and am gonr;
So runs thy life
Through peace nnd strife
Yet neither waits thereon.
"None stays my course, or captures
My soul In Its ceaseless n'1"'.
Still through Its rush and raptures
Seeking the sea's wide breast,
So walteth thee
IHernity-
The ocean of thy rest.' .
Lolu Whittlesey, In the N. T. Tim.
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