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The inoviti; ilaj nrc liere. nml if linlf that we hear is true a sonil many people with houses and apartments to let nre determined to sweat the last possible cent out of tenants. In one West Philadelphia sircet small flats that were rented for $."." a month three jenrs nco ere jumped lo S-I7V when the house shortas1" became acute. Last spring lenanlK were compelled to paj S."7 a month. Some of (lies,, iciiiiuts hnve been informed that they will have to nai Ss." a month from now on if the.i wish to remain. There is little that am one ian ai it bout this Hnrt of thliiB. There was a gteat deal of talk nt Citv Hall and a sreat ileal of tall; t Ilarrisliurs. but no one in I'etmsj Ivaniit K-etned able to suggest a wn out of the house famine. The Pennsylvania I.edsln turn was wholl. inipotent nnd even dls lliteresteil in the fine of the houins prob lem. And it is probable that a ;rent many people who are now trying (leper,itidj to Uriel shelter for their families voted for ma chine candidates anil would vole for them again. IT HAPPENED IN CHESTER LIKK the in ins "'ml that orrasionally Is dm; out of solid rocU, the medieval mind persists and Miniii1- hen. and there below the surfaces of modern society to astonish those who stumble upon it by nceldent. In Chester a man who. Iin Ing lx'cn out of work, couldn't pay a tax bill of less than M5, was taken from his familj and thrown into jail. There he remained, unable to pay, unable to seek work, while his famih went hungry The blame is put on a public official who unearthed an old statute to justify this extraordinary proceduie. There arc people who uniilil still cheer fully hum criminals at the stake if the law permitted them to do sn. In this instance it is sijnififaiit lo lind that the i-tim of official zeal in Chester hears a foreign name. It is easy to hii.ikiiic his type. He was poor and out of work and lie had no fi lends and little knowledge of American n; or lie wouldn't have got first into jail and then into the papeis Why s it that in some American 'om munitles n citizen who speaks with an accent is Mtmehnvv sunn i eil to be. mfi rlor nml w Ith -out the rights whlili tradition and the law arc supposed to accord to all men cipi.illj '; THE BABY IN CONGRESS C1LKVi:UNi:SS and persitein'e that is 4 trulj niljnirable distinguish the cam paign whuh the women's organization of the couutr.v continue to wage in behalf of the Sheppnrd-Towncr hill the 'baliv liill" nientionecl so frequently in dispati lies from Washington before the House sidetracked it. In almost every other civilized i mint r.v governments long ago begun tn do the work outlined in the balij hill. Thev sought to provide better education as well as belter are for the mothers of the poor and to give newer generations the benefit of what sj ience calls the hjgiene of maternity. Hj such means infant mortality is ri dined and the health anil the lives of women and children alike ure conserved. The Senate, notoiioiisly lacking in senti ment as it Is, passiil the Sheppard-Toivner bill, which i arries mi appioptliitiou of ?1,4S0,()(I0. Tins sum would he spent an nually In slates vvhiib appropriated funds cuunl to the nllotuient provided for them out nf the appropriation. It would he ijsnl lo provide supervision and specialized educa tion in legion" where Hie population ). ,,ni. gpsled and where the occupations of women invoke unusual stresses The House teceived the bill coldlv. t lallifd of tin Increasing trend toward pa teruallMil in American goveriiinental niethoilN. TJila la the snme House that distributes ions , feeils, approves Innje appropriations to ', tiartments of coiiiuiHrce and ngrlciilture 1 saiietiolls great exiieudltures for the im lU'oVement of methods of cattle breeding. It ccoineil for a while that the hnbv bill tvoiiltl lle il the House. Hut delegations .a s.t 1 Il a u a rom lllO .Mllioiiai reueraiipii or y omen ft 1,,bs, .lie Vn;n'H Cos,;esln,lI,i 11 Jill w nyufeMv v iiiMimu v'f.-rntiivmi the White House the other day and had tea and a lonj conference with the President. Am a result of all this, It appear!) likely that Mr. Harding's Influence will be exerted to get the baby bill off the side track nnd on to the main lines agnin. It Isn't too much lo suppose that the bill may tas nl the next session. KNOX'S TOM-TOM PERFORMERS ARE BANGING AWAY AGAIN The Present Sideshow In Washington Restores Attention to the Iniquity and Impractical Absurdity of Peace by Resolution 'T'niP nwny from the main tent, ladles - and gentlemen. Kntrance tickets there are obtainable only with honor. If you lack any do not hesitate to patronize our truly remarkable sideshow. Step lively and sec the extraordinary picture 'Pence by Res olution.' Kast colors are not giinrnnteed and the workmanship Is crude and fantastic. Itnt what's the odds? It all looks enough like the real thing anil you and I are frugal people. High standards come high. Hring along your debased principles and walk right in. Show now beginning all over again !" Whoever endowed the linrkers for the Knox separate pence program with lungs made a stentorian job of it. And there Is nothing shy about the tom-tom ohbligatn. It can be heard all over the land. The hist performance, given in May, 1020, failed o reach these deafening proportions. The presidential veto of the Knox resolution, disposing of all pence problems In n policy of scuttle, was anticipated. The congres sional majority vote on behalf of the decla ration was in effect the discharge of pnlltirnl steam. Partisan passions, in both camps, were nt their height nt that time. The situntion is altogether changed today. The Republican party, in control of the presidency ami both houses of Congress, can alTord to consider soberly the most decent and mnnlj methods of restoring pence. I'ortunntel). moreover, every public act performed b Mr. Hughes since he took charge of the State Department bespeaks a firm grasp of realities, vigorous candor and high resolve. President Harding's con trasting reticence is also quite correct. He is expected to outline his foreign policy nnd his views of the relation nf the United States to the rest of the world In a message to the special session of Congress scheduled for next Monday. Hut the 'irreconcilnbles" are as frovvnrd nnd violent as the name implies. Washing ton seethes with rumors nf the President's conversion to the mile of the bitter-enders. The French envo.v , M. Vivinnl. is said to have been told the worst and to be almost jubilant nt the prospect of independent pence action by the I'nltcd States. Senator Knox has dusted off his resolution and hopes to have it rushed through Congress nt the earliest possible opportunity. The .stam pede Is on. According to the shrieks of ecstnsy now proceeding from the national capital, Amer ica is about to retire Into the unimpcnchahly virtuous isolation of the Western Hemis phere, a fellowship of the nations has be come n discredited dream, we shall nego tiate a treaty on our own terms with (ler niany, trade will be reopened nnd all will be well. The Knox resolution is the boisterously advertised panacea. So comprehensive a remedy is worth examination. It is incum bent upon Americans that they should fully realize Its import and compare its ingredi ents with the purposes of this nation in entering the world war and the general principles entertained by clear-thinking peo ple concerning the peace. If such persons are not nauseated by the contents of the resolution it Is charitable to assume that tlioj have become hopelessly entangled in Mr. Knox's serpentine sen tences, one of which s fifty -four lines long. Patience, however, will extract a meaning from this labyrinthine product, ami sicken ing nml contemptible is the revelation. I'or this specimen of pinchbeck statecraft is not alone cowardly and skulking, but prepos terous. It contains n declaration of peace nnd urges the prompt negotiation of a separate treaty. 1'util this Is ratified a two-thirds majority of Congress the t'nited States will retain all Herman property coming into its posscs-mn op April (I. I'.H", and on nny date subsequently. This properly is oh viouslv regarded as bargaining material. Tlie adoption of that view, however, raises a disquieting point. To vvhnt purpose was all the American expenditure of blood and treasure': The really slick thing would have hem the easy confiscation of all Herman property on this side of the water, without a war. Is the nation, therefore, ptepared to admit that its partii ipation In the war against Herman tvrniin.v and brutality was a ghastly error'' Passage of the Knox resolution would infamously imply that the nation had mocked at Its own .sacrifice and that the debt to chllizntlon paid on the tields of France had been hideously vain. Dishonor cannot pass this extreme. The sent tiers, however, demonstrate that iv hat they lack in decent feelings is offset by no slight respect for substantial compensa tion. The method by which the I'nltcd States, one of the dominant contributing factors to the uctorj. saves from pauperiza tion in the finale is ingenious. The resolution nsseits that pending the ratification of a new trent this lountr.v "does not waive iinj of the rights, privi leges, indemnities, reparations or advan tages to which it and its nationals have be i nine entitled under terms of the ariuistue, signed November 11. IMS, or any exten sions or niodlfu ntioiis thereof which, under the treatv of Versailles, have been stipu lated for its benefit as one of the principal Allied and Associated Powers and to which it Is entitled." In other wotiN, a treaty which the Presj dent of the t'nited Slates was admittedly liitlin ntial In framing, a treatj containing in International partnership piogram, Amer ican in fundamental spirit and in a sense fun ed upon reluctant foiclun nations, is I'.isr in the teeth of tho-c governments. We will fashion our own pact with Herinany, meantime Insisting upon all advantages safe guarded to us by a treat which we reject. In the entire histoij of International rela tionships this revolting nonsense lias no fellow. It is almost ini onceivnble that such de spicable sophistry can win general accepta tion In the t'nltcil Slates, a nation whose diplomacy has ever been marked bv high minded sinierlty and lamlnr. Whnt is happening In Washington just now is a hullalaloo which must not be confused with constructive work upon a problem perplex ing, ililliiult. vital, but not Insoluble. Men like the President and Secietarns Hughes and Hoover are not "little Ameii iiins." Thcj have a si use of national ob ligations, a sense of nulional honor and n teallzation of the role which America must plnj in the rebuilding of civilization. 'I his part cannot he enacted bv letlring to shame ful isolation arid subscribing to a bogus peace. I'urope needs us, it is true. That fact has been .perhaps overemphasized anil capital ized by jingoes who are pleased to assume that we shall become catspaws in the hands of wicked foreign governments. Hut ethi cally tpeaKIng, the Old World iIoch not need us so much as wc need, for our own spir ilual salvation, to co-oprrate In repairs to this planet. Participating in the Jtruggle toward better t things, we can speak with nuthnrlty, per haps restrain bigotry, cupidity and Inflamed prejudice. At least we shall have the op portunity tn nsscrt the claims Of justice. Without our entrance Into some form of a socletj of nations the present league stands nn alarming chnnce of degenerating Into n military offensive and defensive alliance. These are all obvious Implications. It may be assumed (hat thousands of persons are thinking them as they stop their cars tignfnst hnugiug nnd booming of the fake peace piopaganilists. THINGS ARE LOOKING UP TIILlti: is little food for pessimists in the report of the survey of the Industrial, linaniial and agricultural conditions of the country made b the agents of the Fidelity nnd Deposit Company of Maryland. The report Indicates whnt every one knew, tiamelj, thnt buying Is restricted, that retnll prices have not been reduced In the same proportion as wholesale prices, thnt the cost of living has appreciably decreased since September, that there arc few strikes, and that general transportation conditions nre good. In short. It shows thnt business men nre playing snfc while they wait for a more complete readjustment of nffalrs put out of joint by the war. Hut trends arc wholesome. I'or example, the productivity of labor per man has in creased since lost fall. This hns n direct effect ttpon the cost of commodities nnd Is one of the causes for the reduction In prices over which every one Is rejoicing. The banks have ample funds for nil de mands, though the interest rntc Is still high. Their deposits have decreased, however, probably because of the stagnation In busi ness. Savings bank deposits, on the other hnnil, hnve increased ejervwhere save in the South and in the Mountain States. This fact, considered in connection with the in creased productivity of lnbor, indicates that the worklngnien hnve been practicing the same kind of caution which has been lead ing business men to buy only what they actually need or what they can readily sell. No man has known how long ho will keep his Job and every man has been seeking to mnke himself as useful as possible, and has been laying aside a part of his earnings In order to tide him over n possible period of tincmploy merit. The era of reckless ex penditure and indifference to the amount of work done has come to nn end. The sentiment of the nntlon on the prob lem that has the greatest bearing on national prosperity is unanimous. In every region It is agreed thnt taxation stands first. I'ntll we know what readjustment is to be made In the federal tnx Inws business men will hesitate about risking their money in any ventures from which they cannot sec nil immediate return. Next to tn.atlon, New York and the Mountain States place the settlement of the tariff question ns of the greatest Importance. The South puis the pence question second, but the rest of the pountry Insists thnt until the railroad problem is settled nnd the new taxes are known business will play a wait ing game. Without the information supplied by this survey many persons would hnve concluded thnt Pennsylvania nnd New Kuglnni! nt least would have insisted that the readjust ment of the tariff to meet the new world conditions was of equnl Importance with the problem of domestic taxation. Hut relief from oppressive Internal taxes seems to be what the whole country is Imping for in the near future, nnd it is willing to let the tariff wait even until the rnllroad problem is settled. There Is absolute unanimity on the de sirability of nbolishlng the excess. profit tnx nnd equal unanimity in favor of the sub stitution for it of a sales tax. The signifi cance of the demand for the sales tnx will not be lost on Congress, even though Infill eiitial men here nnd there nre raising oh jections to making any extended experiment with this method of raising revenue. Prospects for improvement in the housing conditions are indicated by an increase in building operations everywhere save In New Kngland and In the .Mountain States. A reduction in the price of raw materials nnd an increased productivity of labor, together with available capital at rates which are not prohibitive, encourage the belief that in a year or so a man can find a house for his family at a reasonable rent or can buy one for n price within his menus. It begins to look us if we had passed the lowest point and begun to ascend the grade toward the normal level of national pros perity . ARE THE CHURCHES RADICAL? IT WAS to have been expected that reli gious orgiinl.utiims would reply vigor ously to the nstonlshlng charges Hung nt them when, not long ago, they determined to make their voices heard in the disputes which grew out of widespread strikes and labor lontroversies. Their silence hitherto seems to have been the silence of profound aston ishment. How could It hnve been otherwise? There was n time when nny one who didn't think In even iJrcles was suspected of bol shevisiii. Hut who ever expected to hear the churches of the country assailed as ullies of the Heils? The Federation for Social Service, an nut -growth of one of the great religious denomi nations, in Issuing ii southing teply to those who did their best to make it appear that churches were growing radical, begins until lull; with Pittsburgh. The attack on the Interi hiirch World Movement was directed from Pittsburgh. It was In Pittsburgh thut, a little later, a hoy colt was ordered ngalnst the Young Wouien'8 Christian Association. The Young Women's Christian Association had formally expressed approval of the social and industrial program of the Intcrchiirch World .Movement. It had set out to obtain n special fund of .fllOO.OOO for its work among girls and women of Immigrant fami lies in the steel regions. As a result nf the bovcott n had difllciiltv In ohtnlolni- Sim nnil Like the as'.icintlons in the Intcrchtirch World .Movement, It was charged In letter" sent to business men with "harboring radi cal doctrine." The current report of the Federation for Social Service suggests appropriately that the causes of unrest in the world of tod;, may lie in unexpected places. "The time lias come." the report continues, "for the i lunch to stand unflinchingly for her social creed." The Pittsburgh boycott is exposed and is roundly condemned. If events follow the usual course, we .shall before long hear the Federation for Social Service pilloried in open letters ns an ugeney of revolution. THE SLUMP IN DIAMONDS WOUD comes from the American consulate In Antwerp that the depression in the diamond industry which began In IIIL'O is growing worse. I'ntll that year there were many enthusiastic buyers of diamonds. Profiteers were investing their winnings in gems and loading their wives with precious stones. Hut they have stopped buying. Perhaps they have bought all they wished foi, but anyway they are not spending their money t lint way any mon As a result, die Antwerp diamond cutters arc discour aged. The do not know when they will see the old-time prosperity agnin. Hut they should not be discouraged. If the price of diamonds falls low enough the demand for them will he revived. The price ot which they were selling in 1020 was ubout fm r times as greut ns It wus before the war. Only profiteers could buy them, When the season of normalcy returns: every young man will buy for his bride n ring with ns big n diamond an the wlfo of. the man who grew rich out of the war now ears. AS ONE WOMAN SEES IT Some Speculation Upon the Interest'' Ing Experiment to Be TrleJ at Bryn Mawr'i Summer School for Working Girls Hy SAItAII I). LOWItli: Wlin.V I heard about the plan nut nt llrjn Mnwr College for n summer term for business nnd Industrial students I was tilled with wonder ns to how the girls who would make the best use of such nn oppor tunity, and In n sense needed just such n vlstn Into life, could be got to spare the time and the money to drop work and go out there to study, (liven the great empty college with nil Its dormitories and rhisKrotiug ready; given n carefully selected faculty drawn from many sources, who hnve the adaptability and preparation to give the courses in history, economics nnd science that will fill the time without nvercrntnmlng It; given all the money needed for the scholarships, so that those studying there may do it at a minimum expense, how can the right girls be enrolled? I1IAVII lienrd a vague allusion to the Y. W. ( A. and to the Trades Pnlon Lengue as being the readiest and most de pendable sources for the girls, but surely there must h plans afoot for girls who be long to neither to compete for the scholar ships. I tinderstnnd that the would-be student who hove already been approached have asked that to the courses In economics and history ami science there be added, ns per haps of even more importance, some course on the appreciation of nrt, especially of music nml painting, and n course nn I'ng llsh literature, with a special hearing on the speaking nnd the writing of Kngllsii. In the short summer term, with a varied assortment nf minds unused to quick acqui sition along unwonted subjects, the faculty's task would be n difficult one between giving what they thought the students needed nnd what they found the students wanted, ITAKH it for granted thnt whnt Miss Thomas, the college president, nnd the women she has Interested in the plan believe the girls who will come to this school will need is a less partial view of economics nnd n more gencrnl knowledge nf the relntlon of lnbor and capital In the light of modern his tory. I can imagine their belief is that the only reason a girl brought tip to industry or to business listens with nvldltv to the teach ing of enthusiasts for a radical socialistic government, or for a communistic revolution of society, lies in the fact nf her ignorance of the nrtuul facts of the present form of government, as well ns of the; opportunities for her nnd for every one who can use them in the present form of society. TIIF. difference of income in the household of n bank clerk and of a railroad engi neer Is all in favor of the engineer, just as the netunl money per child In a minister's family and a ship carpenter's family is nil in the favor of the carpenter's children ; yet the bank clerk's family nnd the minis ter's family nre seldom to he found among the ranks of the radicals, nnd the engineer's and the carpenter's often nre. The reason must be the difference of edu entinn, one would suppose; and ns, in the families of less income, the minister's and the clerk's, the education is generally in sisted upon, while in the engineer's or the carpenter's it Is often left to the child's decision, nnd hence sometimes curtniled or neglected, it looks ns though, given nn edu cation along lllsernl lines, (he appeal of vio lently radical views, except in a few in stances, would be almost nil. THKUF.FOIU: if in the repose nnd the serenity of such college halls as Hryn Mnwr's some of the education discarded or never attainable could be given in specialized courses to the girls hitherto dependent on radical honks or speeches for their mental pabulum, the response would be along .the normal lines. Instead of fomenting bitter ness, knowledge would widen the sympa thies: Instead nf being made restless for vvhnt they do not possess, the students would awake to n world of beauty nnd pleasure that Is theirs for the taking. I rather think the above line of reasoning is what is moving those interested in finan cially backing the scheme to forward the plan. Hut naturally it could not he the point of view of the girls who may he con sidering the acceptance of the course for themselves. The radical among them and most nf the avid for education arc radical have no notion of dropping a single prejiulice against capital or of changing sides in the silent struggle now on between capital and labor. What they wnnt more education for Is to light modern society with its own methods, and there will be n large group of them who will feel no pnng nf softening toward their opponents even though they have had as a gift certain large accessions of intellectual enjoyment at their hands. AFTF.U nil, the education that makes for a better understninllng cannot be taught in a month in a school. Such nn outlook on life is n home product nnd, in a normal per son, must be the daily bread of the growing mind irom earnest clillillinod. Mmnll in comes nnd hard work cannot destroy Hint outlook once It is n possession of the mind. The labor ngitntor often hns more income fliun most physicians and sees not n third of the misery the doctor docs, yet ho is a revolutionist by profession and the physician is n i onscrvntor. The reason one is nn agitator and the other a doctor lies, back somewhere In the childhood of each rind in the point of view each began very early to take of the things which happened about lilm. GOOD ns the Hryn Mowr Idea Is, I sus pect the teachers will get. more valuable data on life out of their contact with the students than the students will get out of the lectures. Wliat the experience will bring to the girls will be ikiievv idea of the cumula tive power of environment. The ancient dictum of the prophet, "In pence possess ye your soul," has a very vital message still, There Is a serenity of mind peaco which pnsseth understanding which cannot be ac counted for bv any formula, but which comes when the mind and the body arc In accord and there is nothing In the Immediate sur roiiiiillnc to break the linrinonv between the soul and its Inspiration And though one cannot sny what are the certain impulses toward thnt serenity, some things nrc more favorable for it than others. T1IH tingling resledness of -n body web and happily used, the meditative contem plation of new ideas, the mellow, soothing sounds nnd sights of a summer evening, the lompanlnnship without rivalry yet with a sort of inerrv competition of one's fellows," the sense of holidny and et nf happy occu pation, the sense nf temporary escape from lifelong burcJens. the leturn to youth without for the moment the cruel necessity of cramping Its fond hopes of change and of adventure nil these sensations so common to the girls of one class, whether poor or rich, and sn seldom completely realized bv the children of another class, whatever their de gree of competence may he, could at least bo felt by those girls of the Hryn Mnwr sum mer te'rm. And to the decree which each felt and recognized her reaction toward serenity nf soul she would make her progress along the only education, for rich or poor, thnt counts. , A few years ago suffering Kurope shrugged its shoulders under the burden of misery nnd said. "Well, It's the war!" Now it shrugs its shoulders nnd says, "Well, It's the peai e !"' The bandit squad has been disbanded under orders from Director Cnrtelyou. Why didn't some one nsslgu the squad to liar ilsburg? . You cannot blame thp unlnltinted who continue tn believe that the fight against the fireworks bill in the Legislature repre sents the work of the drys. You may he sure thnt the experience of Kx-Kmperor Charles" In Hungary has been eagerly watched by the Kxlle of Doom. "Vnre." shouts a news headline, 'Wk power!" And what else? more ?s$s NO W MY IDEA IS THIS Daily Talks With Thinking Philadclphians on Subjects They Knoiv Best COLONEL JACKSON W. STUDY On National Guard Training THK fulfillment by young men of the obli gation they owe to their country is the biggest side of participation In the National (tiiard. according to Colonel Jackson W. Study, 10,'ld Knglneers, who also cmplia- sizes the many personal advantages accruniK from such service, including health, pecu niary rrturn and advancement. Service in the National Guard does not, according to Colonel Study, conflict with civil pursuits in any way, and n man ran derive its benefits and still hold his position or nttend his school or college. "Dr. Frank Crane." says Colonel Study, "the well-known editor, recently wrote: " 'I not only believe in the nrmy, but think that it ought to be enlarged so thnt everv bov nnd girl In the L'niteil States should serve nt least n year under l nele Sam's flag. It would do the younger gen eration good to learn to keep in step, to come under discipline and to realize that a nation Is worth living, lighting and dying for. "It is to be regretted thnt this worthy opinion is not held b.v a greater number of the American people, and that the physical, mnrnl mid mental development resulting from peace-time military training is not more fully appreciated by the parents of the Amer ican boy. "Now, what is Hits army that holds such potential value to our young manhood? "The national defense act states that 'the nrmv of the I'tiited States shall consist of the regular nriny, the National Guard in the service nf the United States and the organ ized reserve.' All Cannot Join Regular Army "It is. of course, appreciated that all of our voung men nre not, for obvious reasons. In n position to serve In the regulur nrmy nnd thus obtain the benefits of military training. They must complete their studies lu our educational Institutions, they must attend to the business of the city and state, and they must participate in the thousand and one activities of the dally life of our great country. "Hut notwithstanding all these affairs in which our young men have such n conspicu ous part, there still remain the time and the medium through which they can receive the physical ami disciplinary advantages thut come with military training, nnd this me dium is the second component of our army the National Guard. "The Pennsylvania National Guard does not require any i oinmcndatlon. As the Twenty -eighth Division of the army during the world war it proved its worth on the battlefields of France. It demonstrated Its vulue as a military organization properly organized nnd efficiently trained. "Service lu the National Guard does not ncccbsorily conflict with civil pursuits. A man may derive the benefits of it and still follow bU dally vocation or nttend his school or university. His military duties are per formed once weekly in the evening nnd during fifteen days of field training In the summer. Any man between the nges of eighteen and forty-five, who is physically fit, is eligible for service. Among Attractive Ventures of Guard "Among the attractive features of Na tional Guard service that mny be mentioned nrc (1) the opportunities afforded by asso ciation with young men active In civil, busi ness, cchool and social llfu of the commu nity; (2) puy for privates ut the rnte of SI per drill nf not less than one nnd one half hours' duration, and an appropriate increase for noncommissioned officers nnd officers nt the rnte of cine-thirtieth of the pav of like grades In the regular army for each drill attended. In addition to drill pay. (mens lecelve thn f II 11 base linv nf Ihelr grades during fifteen days' annual' field serv ice; nnd CO there is no restriction upon promotion, which is based on efficiency and iiunllficotlons, Practicolly all commissioned officers of the National Guard began their service ns privates in the innlts. "The embryo soldier of Philadelphia ma select any arm of the military service to his liking. Tliero Is the Infantry regiment, with headquarters at Hroad and burton streets; the cavnlry regiment, nt Thirty-second street nnd Lancaster avenue; the artillery rcgl ment, nt Hroad street nnd Susquehanna ave nue, and the engineer regiment, at Hroad and Cnllowhlll streets. Later there will be taiik2,"orps nnd n(r servieo milts .tutloncd SWAT THE FIT! in Philadelphia, which will hold added inter est to ccrtnln young men. "The armory training is both Interesting nnd instructive. Men arc first taught ele mentary military duties and customs In the school of the soldier; then they receive In struction in the school of the sqund, followed by the school of the platoon and the school of the company. And lutcr, at the summer enenmpments, they participate in realistic battle problems and maneuvers on n large scale by the battalion nnd the regiment. Supplemental Instruction "The military instruction is supplemented b.v the purely technical work of the particular nrm of the service, such ns horsemnnship in the cavalry nnd artillery, practical engineer ing in the engineers, aviation in the nir service nnd telegraphy in the signal corps. "Men who nre nttrnrted by rille practice hnve ample opportunity to indulge their hobby on modern Indoor und outdoor illlc ranges, with a plentiful supply of ammuni tion furnished them without cost by the gov ernment. "In ndditlon to the solely milltarv activi ties of the National Guard, the local rcgl merits provide spacious company or club looms, swimming pools, field and track meets und athletics of all sorts, in which soldiers compete without an expenditure on their part. Then there nre the soclul functions, the entertainments, the dances and recep tion'), in which the families unit friends of the soldiers play u big pnrt. "Hut aside from nil the personal advan tages thnt ncrrtie to the Individual from serv ice In the National Guard, is there not n bigger, better tiling with which our voung men should be impressed the obligation thev owe to their country?" Well Known I'raoi Hi" Iliston Trm.i-crlpt. Concerning the new secretary of state, there Is at least nobody in the United Stntcs who needs to nsk "Who's Hughes?" When Amrrjcnns find it utterly im possible to get into trouble of niiv sort In Mexico, and not until then, the danger of war on the southern border will be over. What Do You Know? QUIZ 1. What nations compose the Little Kntento? 2. What class of animals Is subdivided Into bulla, cows, bachelors and pups? 2. Who was Turennc? 4. To what croup of languages docs Welsh belong"; 5. When nnd where wns a lirltlsh fleet cn- B"B '" " "viv'll engagement known as the Three Days" Ilattle? ti Where do tbo Maoris live? 7. What Is the feminine of mnrquess" 8" W!"sVShTatohry7'AnnUB M"b'',, I" En. 9 W,rcsentV UC3 Se,mtor McCormlclt rep. 10 Whnt Is a papal nuncio? Answers to Yesterday's Qulr 1 Tbo name Australia Is derived from the word austral, southern, which de! "o'uihwl."1 ,he lMltt "A &e 2, Annie Louise Cary was one of the most celebrated of American opera "hue nehctlcutd reCenUy 'lt her nome " & 3' wrongs". USal ,erm t0r "rlvate or civil 4" Br'l3nLon,!"0,1,a,'.lrr """vcrnment securities of fJre.it Urltnln consolidated In iVr? Into a single stock '"" m 1751 C' T,'!.m,"!d co,,hola "hould he pronounced with the accent on the lust syllable G. KuKone Walter wrote the a mrii' drama. "The busiest Way." AllurlCrt" 7. Forty-two. gallons make a tcroo ln ,,.. measure. "u ln liquid 8. Hmperor Francis Joseph of Austria u, ,0' "',. &,'a, .. American noted for ,s l, . "Tw ", ""ft " the .Mum" li .: .,."" u,'r lleloit UrSuJKr'SfT.H'N""' fr ills dales ,e 1S19.1S97, l""k un' Humanisms Hy WILLIAM ATHEUTON I)U PUY TIIKItn is u flower store in Washington which is proud of n little ceremony which takes place in it every day. Along about o o'clock the huge form of nn elderly gcotlc man approaches its counter nnd he says: "Good evening. I would like to sec soinc of your flowers." Thereupon the clerk sets out many vncc of many varieties of posies, takes especial pains to place before the customer all Ids choice wares. Discriminatingly this con noisseur examines them, turns Iheni about nppraisingly. Finally lie selects u single flower and pulls It from among its fellows "Shall I wrap it up for jotl, sir?" tlio clcik asks unerringly.' "No, thank you," is the unrhnugiiig re sponse. "I will give it the air " So does the chief justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. Kdward Dnuglm White, select the daily tribute which he bears home to his wife. Senator Charles L. McNnry, of Oregon who was a boyhood friend of lierlioii Hoover, does not like the newspapers. He regrets that the material which is printed in them is selected from the standpoint of the interest of the reading public and vvo'iM estublish some other standard. It would he particularly distasteful to him if his human side should be presented tn the public. If a newspaper iiiuu should come to you. I asked him, and should wnnt n bit of n stnrv that offered encouragement to nny ambitions lad. or should ask you for a germ of philo-mi" phy thnt might brighten n drab world, or fnr the thing in your heart that yon felt nil-Id do folks most good, nnd if he should offer to get your message to fi.OOO.OOO reader, would you not consider thnt he hod given you nn opportunity to accomplish nt leas) an educational purpose? He said that he would not. He would re fuse to nvuil himself of the offer. The verdict in Detroit is that its luti" congressman made good. In the Tlilrieeniii district Inst fall n man wns to he elected to serve from December to March, and an other man was to he chosen for the two year term thut followed. Clarence M I on'l a lad of twenty-four, n former soliln". win nominated for the short term. He ran ahead of everything in the field. Later " iv as sorry he had not filed for the loiu term. When Mcl.eod got to Washington the. doorkeepers would not let lilm on the finer of the House. They unked If he wns u pnge nnd he sulci he wns n member, They lniiglifl ut him. To be sure, he wns small of sta ture, smooth of face. He might have been eighteen, McLcod lind never mode n speech. H1' wrote one out. committed it to memory, delivered lt every day for a week In N rooms over In the House office building H wns nbnut tnklng rnre p tbo service men It went fine when he got right out front and spieled It off. He made several speeelie- cni the floor of the House. He became the rnd nrnunil AVnshlngton and was often asked to address audiences. Ho accepted all it""" tions. He needed the practice. lie liked It In Congress. He says lie i coining back. If they don't send lilm ' year he will become the pcrpetunl candi date. The Thirteenth district might a wfll reconcile itself to McLcod. Postmaster General Will Havs Is the mi'' Mvnrii-in official In the United States Associate Justice Van Devantcr. of t' Supreme Court, appeared at the Potnffii'' Depot tinent late in the afternoon of Mnieli .", nfter having administered sundry otlie' oaths to new odndnlstrntivcs, had Mr. Iln''' put his right hand on the Illble and plei'S'' himself with due solemnity. Through it all a motion-picture n"1" cionkcd his machine methodically find K"' his. The justice was hurrying down the lil' when n flying messenger stopped lilm on l"' half of n new motion-picture man who wanted to write this bit of hislniy in nli'i The justice went back, rradmlnistereil ll' oath, followed the cerciuonv to the very i'"1' for this sort of thing could not he doue half way. At the elevator on the vvny down tho l"n of jobes wns ngaiu Intercepted, was niul" admonished in tie Interest of the film ieud. and lipntn rclni-timl ntwl ,.,. Ii. flu. neiff boss nf thn mulls. ' .Mil uuti III" nils Ills I mm h wllli a 'iim- . incr, says Mr. Hays, .will ho dp iiior? snc" I fu" bi ti vln.,!,. ..r.rAH.:..n.. 'I iiMn j V ' .; ...9 ... ; , ,,,r,v M.l-lUUU, IAs' I ffo ;? M kvAyJkL,u.J:l
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