!W!5?!Sw5!ffsl,,'' s'?pr Wr I hk?:. S Guening JubUc-1c&acc PUBLIC LEDGER COMPANY crnts u. k. cvivris. pithpsm John 0 Sf.irtlr M.t I'n-Went na Trii r. Chtrlcs A- IMf Sccrfftri, ClimlM U iulrf ton, Thlllp 8 I'olttni Jntin 11 Wllim ns. John n Ppurufon Ocoreo r OoManitlh David i: Simile!. Director KPITOMAI. ROAM.) I'tnes II. K L'tmu, Chairman JDA.VID E. SMILEY. L.lltot 'JOHN P ".rAttTIN Ornernl mnlnfMnmcf rubllnlicd Oally at TtMlc Ln-eiEn Building Independence- Square, I'hllmlolnhla A-lUMIc CITt t'teiK I man llul.dlne Kw York, i . . Kill Mmtlenti Ac Dtrnoir Tin ronl HulMlnn T, Lows . ... 013 Glot'-Oemocrat Ilulli'lrig ClttciGO .. ir."J T-iliiMd HuiMIng news Driu:.rs tVitm.voioN Uuiui' N i: C.ir !VnnjlaMa Av. nn.l utli at "NUT Yornt lliRGAi' ...The i lluikllnr London Ucr.cir Trf1ar Hull line sruyi'IUPTION TEIUIS The E kmmi I'miir I.Mx.ln 11 nerved to nu'i- crlber In J'Wlu'leli'hlft nnd (irriiunil'nii t "ni ttt the rao of tmlxs (l!i cents pel wick pjjable to Ills Currlt . Bv rru.l to isilnts outside of Phllaete'ph a In th United 3ta,. cumJa. or lnlteri Elites - teutons, pustatie free, till- Cot tenia pt month. II (101 dollars P"r !r. pajalile in ndvanco. To all fur-lp countries on St dollar a month Nonce Sul'crlbera wlshlm; iedure-9 (hanceJ tnuat ele old us ve!l ,n new addttj. BLLt,, 3000 TTUMT K1 TOM. MAIN 3009 S Addrt3 alt cevimunica ions to Kvctn'0 ''etho h 'egrr iitfpreiifc' ce Stjtid.c-, WiWarfeljilurt .Member of the Associated Press 77E ASSOCIATED PRESS e-xcPis.tr.; ti tltrei 10 fn cur 'm raieb (cn'ei"'i o' all . -rfejpnfcJifa crrdittd to it or vnt ofhiniije . e,t n fW paprr 0 id olio t'i' liral trios piiI),i-iJ Herein. All rijd't o' vpiib;ti-arion ot ipcial djpafc-'iei frfin flee o'o rerreif. I'liilidelphli. Tbur.da.. April II 1S1 "FOUR CERTAIN MEN" THAT "lis lighting talk which Muvoi Moore gave tn tin Culoniul Dames wlnn he saiil tlmt nil Ins trouble u an adminis trator would be over if lie would strangle his conscience ami cumpnimiKC "itli '"four certain men" li" want him t'i protect "dope. gnmblinR and all tlie vii e .Mr Moore has ititimafil a situation of this sort veieral time.-" in pnblie bit never ) expliettl.v before. Now ii Ins chance to do the biBS1 tliius er dono by any Major "f I'hiladolpliia bj xposins tho whole rotten -.ido of romblne politics ns it is now plnjetl In City Hal!. l,et him name names. Let him tell the decent omzciii uho am these "four certain men." and thvj will rise to bin support in 11 unv to astonish the smuc gentry "ho liavo bi'en boosting round City Council corridor that they lime the Major "licl.ed." The people ate tirnl vmlleoi bnliins nil qunrrelins between the different func tionaries ami faotionalists in control of the local Bvvirnment. Thcv are bored to death by petty maneuveriiips and foiicing for ad nntajc Hut a kpecific oharge against foir indi TlduaN, who, the Minor says, are th" real malefactors in holding up his plans, would have an electrifying cffiet upon tli" public The Major' opponents in Council and out have had things pietty much their own way lutelj If he is not going to submit tamely to being Img-tied h this iaw um bination and nobodj who l.nows him uill think that he is-uo is the time tij lunch aft" the fireworki. Who nic the "tour rtrlnin n i ' MR. KNOX OBLIGES THE Knox peine resolution a reintroduced in the Sennle estenlav is sigmticunt lur what it docs not 1 outain The original declaration, etoed b Mr. Wilson laxt year, specilirally reipusletl the President to (ien peace negotiiitiotis with Germany and what is left of Austria Hun jrarv. Clauses to that effect arc now omitted and the resolution as it stomN mm be re riuoed to two assertions. That the win- is over and that the Cniteil States ios not propose to forf"i atiMlutig ginned 111 i-oiin tinn with that roiitlict, neitli'M- -niisciiteil German propi-ru nor anv nglit luriitioind in thi armistice, to wtiich m nartj. nor th trent: of Vns.ulb- wliph wo ie fused to sign The separale-treati piograni, h.ilieno so ferentiv oxplolted In the bllti 1 - iider. has truck n snug. Wlietioi the wrwltage is irrepar.ihl' depends Inrg-U upon th nature of tin Harding Hngio i.i.ln ies, iletlnite detailed e:,it-i ssiioi of In, li is still wanting. Tr is well Worth noting however, th.it M Penrose's furinisi th.n the .Semite would lead heieiitiir in foreign affairs is noi vet substantiated Mr Harding 111 his maiden message 1 n.plia-i. d ihe futility ot tsola'ioii, and purtic iilailv set f,,rt, his opposition to separate tieaties i, m.r former fi - 'Me too" enn be rend into th- !o id siletp 1- of Mi. Knox's resolution nm-niing these points Is the Si nut' in statei rnf' ' jfti r nil to hec THE PENNSY 1846-1921 R.H.lt"lIN'c; a, ;,, t, .!,,., v . elitv live ce.ii. ago w lo II lie l'l-M-1 ranin Railroad oinpunv wis ihintird Then mr" fii' th.ui sunn ,nii, . t ,, '. roud in operation m ii "Hole run,,) jsrut s in lM'i 'flier, nn- n.. v in. ire tl.au ."n.Oiiil miler o; iv'n.h 'lo Pt litis !' inn 1 -v-t.in operates 1J nun n. o - - unit, fi.au Pmi in XCesS of tliv tot.il llll'e,ig , til- o.ljtiv when it begun to i.i ta. n.. I .inies 1.2 per 'iu of a 1 tio freight imi pif.engeis oariied bv s;enui lanronu. It. I u. s i. tend into tnntciii state. m,d r .cim. t il'V one-half of t'i" p , . .it m ,.v ., , I'mied States M..n '....i iiiMi.ciiHi.iHui 1. in vostcd in its plants ,u.l .1 .ipnii u tv u.-ij bv 140.0IKI slmnhold. 1. This svsteiu has 1, 1, ,. ( ,,,,i, ,v I ne genius nnu fmc.iglr Pint. . .viiin.ii. who have nlwnvs liehfMu thit u was aii to bank on the ontin o i p. .;n'i .1 y ami c ii..ij Hon of the I hlteil s.taf-s When 1 vc ry wiu.'i. . c to . o iio- on, panv blew for Ihlity - 'on. I, ,. imotl . terdav III hotioi 'if ns .ev,.i. nflh bll tlnl.iv. verv Am' rican " h" heard tno noise o ght to hn" tnl." 11 "fT h.s hat to .ic Ins r p' ' for the nation m wimh - p n r- u t .spin, ou of 11 tinnspoi 1'itioii . ot poiatio i i a- i ti possible THE MILLAR BILL rpnr. den'ji of th. mm in 1,11' ,, ( X glVC till' I'l'lltlsVIVillll.l ruliiii I Commission powir to pas. upon with uiidcthuig oiiipniiir - . f . corporations siio.ibi not I gnunati I strue'd as nn m know li dgti,. nt .,1 upon the ' ominis .ion's uutln" it c The ti niptatiou to 1 m 1 1 i .-i iin in this win would iiob,ibl 1 ot I .1.1 I '(.I i. .I'l lllo I' 1st' by coi'poriitioiis inteii stti in i,.. suiij. 1 , Aa 1 1111 1 1 1 lie faibiti of ti in asiiH. win. li is iiii'fttiitj oppo-itnm m lie Mat Js'ii.i'i would n v . nothing -'to' Ho .01,11. , . . . , 1 , t Still hac power I" lb-till' 11 limiting ,! I such contiaiiH basing theii iIoimhh. on tin ) iiudnmeiilal prim ipb-s of hv , A PACT OF FRIENDSHIP SENATOR KELI.oiit iio'iuii. iluu p... SHge of ih" oloiiibiiin licalv would Ie equivalent to an unequal bnig.iiu. -nn" tin Vnlted States woulel teeehe' 'absolutely nothing corpoteal "i 11 1p01.nl and Co lombia would siii'icnd' 1 nothing in 1 xi hang' for $25,000,000 There is ome tclinuii' ncuiay 111 tins view uu' " -' Dot a eomplete survey of the situation Tho treaty now beforo the Senate is one of nnd will, anil It involves to a con siderable extent the prestige of the I ulteil States on this continent. It may be dis turbing to 1 educe Ibis to llnancial term, but that does not nller the necessities of the tase. President I larding s Mipport of the tieaty cannot be construed its regret for the method!) by which the Ciiited Htntes secured the Canal Zone. VnipieMionably most Americans npprote what Theodore Roosevelt did. The subject, so far as Its ethical values arc con cerned, is closed. What is open now is nu opportunity to solidify internal ional friendships on Ibis continent. That is 11 cause In which Mr ltooseudt would have been ninonc the first to be interested WHAT DO YOUR CHILDREN DO AFTER THEIR DAY'S WORK? A Query Suggested by the Mayor's De termination to Censor Badly Managed Dance Halls SI t 11 teith as were ill Governor Sproul'.s prohibition enforcement bill lire being slowlv extracted bj the wets in the I.egisla tine. Hut they will not be wasted. They will be deftly snutched up, it appears, for Incorporation in the poliej which Major Moore and his associates are preparing to apply for the publication of public dancing mid the dance hull..'. Thus, for the seventh time this weak, newspaper reiulem have heard of laws nt Washington, at Harrisburg and nt Citj Hall so equipped. Hut 11 great mnnv ncople aro beginning to wonder whether, after all. the science of dentistry lather than the rules of enlightened common sense can ever pro vide a certain cure for social and political and economic ailments of thee parlous times. Let us eliccrfullv admit the truth nud jus-tin- of nil that the authorities sav about many of the jaz dances. These dunces, like the rhj thms that attend them, came origi nallv and not very loug ago from the jungles where luUMimptlon of the betel nut is not jet prohibited. They were elaborated in the underworld of New Orleans and fiom there passed on to be npproved and accepted by the elite of the white man's world. If ja. and all that goes with if were exclusive to the dnncc halls, the pioblem of the police and the censors would be simple and easy Hut the well-bred and cultured and leisurely part of the population, which Is broadly referred to as Society, shows no disposition to returu to the waltz and the minuet. Dam nnois who Delicto that joii enn solve a problem bv suppressing Its outward sjmptoms are too ready, ns n rule, to devote all their attention to the young men mid wiling wotii'ii who. in weariness or sheer boredom, dnft about 111 search of the cx litement that, for manj people, is the mod ern substitute for happiness. They might well go n gotfd deal further and make occa sional ecur-ions nito the upper eirclcH which these joiing people studj and imitate. Mr Moore and the police will, of course, do a great crih e to the community if they rinse or clean up the ugly resorts that pass for dance halls 111 some of the obscurer parts of the cit Hut the social complication pre sented in such plates cannot be solved by mere suppression. It is nn old and familiar problem and it is 1 elated in mnuy wnjs to inadeiiuiii" housing, to poverty uud to op pressive routine, a well as to deficient moral training You may s:)v what jou will nboul the dewl. but jou cannot deny Ins extraordinary cleerne-s or his slnewd insight into the deep;, of human nature. He has been iht mitted to moruipolire much that is bright, cheerful and even beautiful in bis business He offers, if jn 1 are joiing and eager and inipicHMoiiable. the temptation of shining things and things seemingly good-humored and joyous Man doou 1 lire by bread alone. Neither do bojs and girl- and children generally. There is in everv wmthftil heart a c-raving for movement and light and color nud music. It is 11 perfectly rational desire. So joiith. when it ventures into stiange plitis-s ,ir night doe. not go with any sense of wrongdoing In far too many instances it t.teivlv s... ks ape from homes that uie ov.rerc.wc"d. -iUalid. disordered, lib-al: and a torniHiii d nrve strained in the routine of a hard ciuj's worl, It ought to be osj m icalu' th.it until niet. acting through municipal governments or the churches up some tn v nud novil as-,o mtion of existing tigeiuit-. t'nicls a waj to gratifj th" normal lminnn dsiie for relaxation unci lecygnics t.H- csflietic impulse which drives all joiing ii.onle lovvaid lights and cheerful sound, the pnndeivi's w ill have the best of it Ii.ince halls ninv be siippre.scd Hut tliev in- otilv svmptonis. Good doctois go br .ond svinpiciins to the underlying tnuse When the poln e aiifi otlnjr ,igenes of I tio ui'iincipnl niliuinistrntioii canx tell us way dance lulls tin- so popular, whv thentie I inntiag'is nui ulwnvs be iissurccl c,f big i rovvds at their mo-t highly flavored shows, I wl.v ihildien tile hard to kc-p'iit home, we sua' I f"d thai something rcnllv worth while mis hem achieved ill the interest uf belter 1 geneial uior.illty 1 rienii ic-creution n i)' u-mi; ii lit' -I f..sts far too much nowuduv. Th" movies ! wlien lliej are piopcily iiuihaged go far I toward the solution "t a question thul seems still to liavo no othi r solution I hey have, lu'cn a nifllieid of si np and n!if for vast multitude's to whom xi1' u .- 11 elnaiv routine of laboi nd se p In every ItJ the'' ought 'o lie gou'l ti" concerts in w.uiei and imiiiei Tin re oighl to b" ino-c low priced tliealie. with attrae-tive ilun bnN And. since daiidiig bus b mi " populin tnerc secin no iea- s.m whv 1 s.u'i not be preipirlv miinuged lit eheelfll pll'li' Lulls With goucj U1US, ii what i ! it' r in the open an T'I,' p'opl. in the I nit'd State, am siarvid I'm what might be culb-d th" nil of . ui rii v .1 1 Tlmt simple and obvious f.n t . (.plains 1111111 of th"ir seeming digie.s'ons 'flo reu-oii fot dunce bulls of the lowr ivpe I. niipal'lii "II the urfai f the fU"s tloii no" r.ds' d again bv the toll nt t'il.v Hull Pibli' resorts of the sort that ptop . rlv mm be 1 otnplaiiH d about me most fro ipient in mens that ate tiio-t utn oinfortnblj ioiigiste, Th v aie n natural eonsequi in e of the ' loWlled Hliel elieerless life of Sli ll d'.i i 1- REAPPORTIONMENT W',',, rilll.i: it is liiipiutant that lucre s,,,, ui appeeltlolIIllUlt of this slate', llo c ongrcsIOIilll .ippoi'ionun r.t enn be mael" at this utn. (hi'li will not liliv be iiudoi.c 111 tin lo ai fut if I'e ulisv Iv aiii.i is entitled to four riioie i prese ntniivi s under the nditi ibuiioii .liin .oiisideiid In the Inst Coiigies. This plan was not udnpieil und Coiigriss adjouined without action Tho Legidaturi' in Harris burg is consiliums a b'll elividing tin state lllto tbirlv-slx districts so ns He get ml eef the neicsitv ' electing four 1 otigresinen oil th" genera! ticket It' tills bill I" pnssul the luesr-iii. , ,111 giesslolilll delegalion will be clttiel from disirb'ts lint when the Congress pow In session iidistributes the tin inbtjis fiiuong the states aud Pennsylvania gels foui ijhi 1 otlgressllll'll. these' tvill have' lo be ob'l'lcel at largii until the statu is teappoiiioned again Congress is morallv ceilum t'i in t before the 1 lection next veun While .1 postponement of ' ongie ..lonnl leapportioiiiin nf until Hie session of the Legislature of 102.1 would compel the state 10 elect eiBlit congressmen EVENING PUBLIC LEDGER It would permit a dlvliilon of the stntc Into districts In n way that would be much moro satisfactory to all concerned than a re apportionment this year to be followed by another reapportionment in 102:5. Hut it may bo that tho political lenders dcfclrc to have four congressmen elected on it general ticket anyway, aud nro making their plans accordingly. BUSSES AND THE P. R. T. TWO seemingly Insurmountable obstacles always have stood between the people of Philadelphia and the Improved transit serv ice that would be possible with well-organized public motor service on tho well-paved trolleyless streets. One Is City Council. Tho other is the P. R. T. What, therefore, doet Mr. Mitten's or ganization hope to attain through the bill lust entered lu the Legislature by Mr. Varc to give established street rnllvvny corpora tions the right to operate motorbus exten sions in Philadelphia and other communi ties? Does Mr. Vurc know'.' Theie would be no objection to a grant of suc.li extra franchises to nny company which could be made to guarantee efficient service nt n moderate price. Hut the bill as it has been prepared might easily be con slrucd to Imply that only those transit com panies that are already in existence ami functioning should lie permitted to operate motor x'chiclo lines, and it is possible to Imagine the P H. T. or any other corpora tion meeting convenient opposition in City Council after It had permanently chut out all other potential competitors by meuns of a state law Of what use are new boulevards if they nrc not fully opened for the convenience of the public which pays for them? The Roosevelt boulevard is almost deserted during sis days of the week. The Parkway Is given over exclusively to private motors, though It oflers un ideal route for motor bus lines to the northwest areas by way of Thirty -third street. Itroad street, as the opponents of jitneys and motorbiises see it, Is too crowded for passenger-carrying motors; yet Fifth nvenuc lu New York, the most congested street In the world, has one of the best motor transit sj stems yet organized. Similar service could, of cnurse. be provided on Broad street if the methods of traffic regulation in use on Fifth uvenue were to be duplicated here. Trolley companies everywhere are carry ing on n concerted war not only on jituejs, but on the motorbus Idea, Their aim is to make their existing lines uud equipment profitable. Hut the steady improvement in motors and motor vehicles makes the use of automobiles in street transit service in evitable. Jn other cities as well as in Philadelphia boulevard systems aro being extended nud elaborated, and in the course of time public opinion will demand that they be no longer regarded merely as Hellenics of ornamentation. The P. R. T is so engrossed with Its financial difficulties that it cannot be ex pected to enter with large investments into 11 relatively new field of experiment and endeavor. And yet to almost any lay ob server it has always seemed that tho transit ompnnj might devote its funds nnd its energies to worse uses. People who arc now required to pay six unci seven cent fares would not object to paying ten cents for a llde home that, unlike the trip in the average rush-hour trolley, would not be a deadly hardship. The objections so frequently raised against small and experimental jitney lines con trolled bv individuals or smiill and irrespon sible corpoiations are logical enough. Motor bus service, if It is permitted nt all, should be organized with a view to city-wide serv ice and administered scientifically. It should be made as safe as the trollcjs ure for those who Use (hem. Money nnd technical ability nnd nn en lightened conception of the opportunities that still nie unrecognized und undeveloped in this new field would be required to pro vide In this city a sort of motor service that already is long overdue. Hut tiie text of Mr. Yare's bill doesn't encourage hop of relief for .straphangers. It suggesis rather a new development In the campaign to re strict competition between motors nnd trolleys. In Paris. London and almost nil Kuro puin aud South American cities, as well ns 111 Japan nnd China, efficient svstems of itmi - transit aie aheady established. Hut until Citv Council reverses its familiar policy of blockude Philadelphia will bnvc to depend on ' ercrowded trolleys while its great and costh avenues ure given over lo private motors almost exclusively. A HOUSING LAW THAT WORKS THK marked revival of dwelling and apartment house constitution in New Yorl. is attributed by Henry II. t'urian president of Manhattan Horougli, to the new t u -1 vemption ordinance ufTcctiug home building Stat isticians and scientific investigators can probahlj prove that other factors are at work and that legislation alone.' is not 1 1 sponsible for relieving the stringency Yet. with due allowance for this sort of unalysis. the facts are noteworthy. Since the new municipal law becmie cffntive on February 'J3 home (instruction in New York has increased "(1 per cent. 1 on pared with n corresponding period a Mar ago Apartment houso building, vii tuiillj stopped in 191.0. hns begun again Students of the housing problem 1 an hartllv afford to oveilool Ihe implication of the lacis r " ' 1 Whal Do You Know? QUIZ W1.1. was commander of the 1 'oaf. a-nui- i.i.eler Alabama in the Civil Wir liuw um.sh did tlie Cnlterl St.itt.-H t'.cv Panama for the Canal Zone? What Is an apotheosis" Wii.il is ini'jnt by the) ' hoi polio How should tho phrase bo pionoutii.nr Wb.it was tl.o first nanio of r.ipiieln c'ook U-e famous Kmillsli navigator" Who was tho Cld? What are llnnas' Wr.ero .nd what is the I'oul.i To what nntlon does the Bleat isUi,u uf Miidagascai belong'' 1 . Answers to Yesterday's Quiz LSo'irgeolsie Is a J rencn nam- iri he icdle 1 las.s The word .a de-nveej flom ui'! Latin ' hiirKUs town suonniriiiej torpedoes inn luopell, r ,v multiple- cylinder engines clintn by 'omprtsseil air Alhett I). Call, foimer at n.itor from New Mexico. Is the present secret.irv of the nite 1 lor Aturlaid was .1 noted ncUi" .' 1 j.-nch KcnoUl cue "f ' foundi-j of M-ncihisllc theoluKj lleloise wm h l-'rnch iibbess. beloved of xu.'.n,', whom sho marl led In setie, H-y i.ti.le, Kulbeirt. canon of Notro Uaiur. was m.' Mged nt liar lapse, unci Helol.e d, nled lire marilaisrt and tool, the veil A he! aril becamo " monlc Hu died m Uti.'. Ihe Colossus of Khoitfs was a KlKantlo sl.itue of hrasf. IJc! feet biih. evruti'd l.( Chares In .indent times It ili.ml nated til" barboi of tho c.ilef port of tiin iBlnnd of Rhodes. In Asi Miaoi and was ninlied aa ona of tho seven c oiicUth of tho world l ho cualM Is tbo shiliii) of .M.,cf,i tll. Ida. said tobc built by the Atahs 011 tto exact spot of tie tubrrn.u-li. it ilown from b'-aven nt the prayer of icpvntuni Adatn Ac wording to tnnll ei'in, tlie structure wus erected Ik ihi. iioiel. assisted by bis father, Abraham Victor Uubo wrote tho novel The Man Who LauKha' 1 L'HomniH cpjl Hit) Tlie tlrst namo of Commodoie Dec.itur was Htephen rue InrResi Afrban rin (towit.i,- into the Atlantic Ocean is the Congo Kelp l" tt name for oertaln Urge kinds of seaweed , PHILADELPHIA, THURSDAY, 'APRIU 14, A MAN WITH A HOBBY Judge Orlady Makes It Serve Hu manlty Tine Hicks Plan to Lighten Our Tax Burdens Independent Amending ana tne t-icig uiii j Hy GKOMtOK NOX McCAIN JUDUli GEOl.MJE II. ORLADY. president judge of tin; Superior Court of Pennsyl vania, has nttnincd in the highest degree the gentle art of ifnltivnting a hobby. A rare one It Is In his ense. It Is the holiby of humanity. He pursues It with unflagging zeal. All Ihings, save Ids Judicial duties, give way before it. X'ime, distance nnd even the ordinary pcTsnnnl desires of the man nre sacrlliccd to its demands. Some day, U predict, grufcful hands will rear n lasting memorial in bronze or marble to ronimeinoru'te; the work of thii man, whoso later years were devoted lo ti hobby that was n service us well. PASSEXGHRS from the windows of day light tralD.s on the Pennsylvania Rail road sight v lint appears to be n Greek temple 011 a rising hill to the south of Eliza bcthtovvn It is a qiiadrangular building of stone, consisting ef a massive roof upheld by Corinthian iiilumns. It mailts 'the silt- of the hobby that has claimed Judge Orlady's attention, for n decade. It is the landmark of the Masonic Homes of Pcnnsrlvnnia, the greatest institution of its kind in t)hc world. There nrc acres nnd acres of ground, splendid bi(Udlngs, farms, gardens, dairy nnd everything that can contribute to tha happiness and comfort of the n.t) guests of the instittltinn. Judge Orflady, although only one of the grund lodge1 officers who have supervision of this superb (demesne, has made the institu tion his holiby, his life's crowning achieve ment, rnthnr. His devotion to this work recreation rather, a hclbby if jou will has. his friends believe, lengthened the span of Ills useful life. Morul . Cultivate n hobby; above every thing, 11 iLibbv t lint has humanity ns its background or basic principle. WHEN tiie Hon. Mike Malonc. while con ducting business ns a statesman in Pittsburgh, hud occasion to oppose nn antagonist"! statistics with his own, he usually pn! faced his presentation with the announcement that he was "some flggerer" himself. Xot for la moment classing former Post master Th'-ruas L. Hicks with the Malonc, 1 bear testimony to the fact that Mr. Hicks is one of tlie ablc&t und most far-sighted of "figgerers" when It comes to questions of taxation, t pproprlation, population ratio nnd funded olebt in Philadelphia. It is a tiatural gift with Hrolher Hicks and not an, acquired ucrompllshinent. Quite pij-rperly, ns the vast mass of the citizenship "ill ugrec, Mr. Hicks is of the opinion that the grueling war debt, now pressing mm the galled shoulders of the nation, should in part at least bo shifted, metaphorical ly, to the shoulders of posterity ; the million yet unborn. And the icnncr councilman, chief of high ways and C3 -postmaster submits his plan as follows : INSTEAD! of the existing varied, sep.iuite uud mull itudinous loans, as the result of the world war amounting to billions, running their interminable length, why not refund them in on huge loan at tt per cent and uniform as j o Issue? Tills lnani should run for 11 period of fifty years, wlthl I per cent i enervation for a sinking fjmcA in the perjiod designated tlie sinking fund leservntion Mould take care of the prineipnl, while in the meantime the present involved mass of liability, through the refunding process, wotild bring order out of fiuaneinl chaos. 1 nder tins) same conditions the responsi bility of eating for tlie inteicst chnrges would in In 1 - measure be boine bv thosej who tome after us. Think it 01 ei: EDWARD WILSON, ussistani general agent of) the Hoard of Public Charities, is likewise (luilrtnnn of the legislative com mittee of the Order of Independent Ameri cans. This fact lis emphasized for tlie lenson that the Oulor of Independent Americans is one of the' uiast Influential of the patriotic orders in tliH- country. Its-arm is outstretched against every form of alien ptopiignndn, camouflaged treason or outspoken eiieniy opposition to tlie basic principles of 'our government. As n part -of its campaign to inciile ate te spect feir thifiVlacf and American Institutions it has sponMIM'et the Wilson bill, known in the Legislature nt Harrisburg as the "Flag displnj" act. It has pasted ihe House with only one dissenting vole. It will likewise pass the Senate. rdwurd WJlson wns the author of the bill and the riS,0f)0 Independent Anieilc.ins of PtnnsjlvnniaiV'trc behind It WILLIAM IV PIKE, state iouncll secre tary, toll'l me tlmt the order distributed thousands of lilank netitinns over the sJnle in behalf of plie ling bill, which 1 noted bi icily a few flays ago. Two paragraphs from Ihe meilstiie Indi cate its purpci'ic : It is impeMllve thai nny entertninment. public gather!) ig or public meeting on any meet, lot of tract of land in any city, borough or township hereafter shall display the flog of the Cnited State. The flag slitlJl be of a si.e not less than 3'JxOU inclies Tlie onlv exceptions ate chinches, audi toriums or roOJ.tis usyd as places of religious worship. The lull spi-Dl" tioiible for the element thai delights to flu nut exclusively the red flag of Communism 4 REPLY XT OT' pity , IN Lest Rig Lnfnilli. iicsitatlons. fears Rigid be Wiong. Wrong Right. blaspheme tiie nov, With cluubtj'., of the High Truth, Whose holy no Flanied cdeur Itofoie us nil ihe shadow v years Of tlmt dim ui;uny lu blood and teais, Ciifaltering ve follow (ill, nt buy, The Oppresj.or incicy e raved ; his proud nrrnv Hovved. bimtidn, bl.istul. Peace her temple n 01 s Where we lrtive binlded . icnis on Right and Lord i'oundnilcmtu strong None else her high- an heel funic Mav bear se rlll-poised ilir Love I'n I' Unit Ibis truth we su I'm thai nor Pity safe may rclgu I uvved of .IllWli' e awe We stiove , Willi strove ii vain sttadfat in faith ami Deatu riml Hell, nor London Tnne Tin1 poll' in ''vv oik weie inleling ruin, slii! funi: hip pockets and susni- i.touslv tastinu- drinks ho veil in 1 (-"tiitiiitnts. loi when, witli a, tun- gesture. Mavor lljluu en tended 10 M. ivmnl thu fieeeloin of ihe city! Sonic of flu- European newspapers in Mst that Mr Harding's foreign policy is inadequate 10 Ihe needs of the world. Whose li"rj Spring s iieie again with an air of one who mav suddeuly depot f Perhaps she. too, is iinlible to And n place In which to live The President suggested that nil citizens co operate fni- ihe good of the country. And 01 course finey w !,.tM .-rfc'!'-0' S. ' r-r"'lVir55-'' ..-.m-I-v-"" .--'-. '.. .."..' . .-- - j . . ..'' AT. -Ze M .. j r " . jrf - m . r . j -i- j.- - . -j- ,- - ; j NOW MY IDEA IS THIS Daily Talks With Thinking Philadelphia!! on Subjects They Know Best DIRECTOR C. LINCOLN FURBUSH On "Clean-Up Week" CO-OPERATION between the public and the Department of Public Health is essential, uccording to Director C. Lincoln rurbush, it "Clean-l'p Week" is to result in continued and effective combating of dis ease in this city. "I am particularly inteiested in tlie ie sponsibllity both of the municipality and tlie I'itizcns in tlie preservation of the health of tho city." said Dr. Furbusli. "Public co operation is just as necessary for the Mice ess of our healt'h vvoik as arc the laws which uow exist upon tlie statute books. "We huve abundant laws; the difln ulty Is in the enforcement of them. It is really not n question of new laws, ordinances und regulations We have sufficient of all ot them if we onh enforce them, nnd to do tills the hciiitv o-opcrntlon of the public is absolutely essential It is nil veiy well to have a clean-up week And n clean-up week is n magnificent thing. Rut tlie big idea is to have the lessons of clci'li-up week earned ulong throughout the year. shs Aid of Publii "Then' should be every effoil upon ihe part of the public to assist this department. The people should make it a point to icpoit everv Itisiinltiiiy condition they obseive. not onlv' during this week, but nil the year .iroiind. l'.vety citizen should be a voluntaiv snnilnry inspector. Every housewife and every other person should be interested in the Minitaiv 1 iivironnient in which thej live. 'l might refer to the respoiisllillitjf that rests upon citizens owning propel tj . Thru lire n huge number who know untiling about their piopeitj. It may be lu the hands of 11 tiust eoiiipiiny. to be administered as nu estate, and the owner knows nothing about it and assumes no resjmusibililj In Pliila ilelphia time are a vast number eef sue h es tates in the huuils of tiust companies. Con dillou" in these properties are bud, ami Utile effort is made to iuuileUe them. 'Then, ton, the question of the disposal of waste in the pioper receptacles is a gteat fn.-ioe. as ei eat as Ihe Pioper colleclion eil the wast" bv the 1 ontiactor charged with dial dutv Then must lie also throughout the e llv' a kee'ii iuteiest in the childten. their health nud then 1 uviioiiineni during ilnii seitool Hie Duly to Children 'Patents should satisfv themselves ion I eimm; Uu environmental conditions in the school., where the ihildien go If these' schools ure in tiny way insanitary, prompt lrsennuent shoulel be shown We should not huve overcrowding or ihe placing ol children ill schools that aie in nny way in sanitarv. These conditions should b.i noted and conectnl "In conucciiou with this clean-up cam paign I might suggest that ewiy cftoit should be mad'! to remove nil breeding place's of flies, mosipiitocs uud other vermin. Theie should be closer conluct, nlso. Willi the family physician In cases of illness e.nh iuhii e should be sought This frequently pievuitsn serious illness. Education along the lines of previ ntive medicine Is one of the gieatest laclors In health vvoik. "In udditiou to (he rule fur sauiluiioii and cleanliness theie should be careful ubseivit lion of chilil nutrition upon ihe pun of pai ints. and lm ndviie ot a phvsiclun 01 ot this department Rhoiild be sought wlicm vei nei essarv 'In all tins woik I believe I In 1 e is ttie gliateal lieces.itv fur the eii-oiieiutiou ol tlie Depniimcut of Health, the Deparlmeiii of Public Sjfutv aud the Depaitiueiu of Public Works And right Iieic lei up- sav this io-opeiittiiiii cvists today This de puitment would never ho able to do whal n has without tlie lie 111 ty 1 o-operulion ot these two gieat departments With theii aid we aie impidCug the cleanliness of stieeis and iilleywavN, Inn tluie is much uioie to be ilonc along tins line Hope for .Modern Muikets We hope fui'liei, to ptovido model 11 muikets iilong the most siinitnrv lines, nud iiiuiilclpal sliiughtei houses would gnatly contribute inward the cleanliness of th',.. e ny's melt supply "Cltlici things we nie vv 01 king lor aie iuiiuo'ved housing conclltioiis along piogies t.1 t! and sanitary lines, having in view es peclully the smaller homes In the 1 ily, wheie the dw'eller.s need our advice and asd-lanec In their problems. "We nie working nlso on the problem nf it protcciini 1921 "LEMME SHOW YOU HOW!" . i and In storage, in oider to keep them clean nnd wholesome. The proper preparation of foods should also be taught. In order that the greatest nutiltivc nutiiinent may- be extracted from them. This is of vital 1m poituncc in tho feeding of children. "As part of our share In the activities of clean-up dajs we have advocated the insti tution of new nnd progressive methods in street cleaning. We would like to see sys tems such 11s nre in vogue in some of the lending capitals of Europe, as nt Paris, Herlln. Munich, Dresden and others. "With nil our clean-up work, however, we must never lose sight of the fuel that civilization is built upon the clvili.ed child. Lack of .thought of parents and indulgence 111 tiaining and discipline of children are having marked results in the health of chll 1I1111 both of pie-school and of school age. A sturdy body and uu alert mind in 11 child nie the lesiilt not nlone of good heredity, but of cnieful supeivision of the habits uf hygiene and rest, tlie feeding of wholesome foods properly cooked unci scived nud. ns iiupoitant as either of these, u good home cnviiouiuent. "In conclusion, ie 1 me miv th.it typhoid lever was never lower Ihiin it Is ai the pic sent time in Philadelphia, and our mor tality from all causes is lower than it has been ui the Inst seventeen jeais Brotherly Love 1 I'.n tl.L kiili.us Citv Sliei How we Aluericniis do love 1,1.11 oilier' You get 11110 oidinary conversation All of is aie ioiix inted we aie being robbed In somebody else Our next door neighbor is a geiod fellow pcisumilly. Hut ns u busi ness man we know he is n pit ale. The salaried iuhii Is suspicious of his employer, lie knows his grocer is ti ion spimtor. As Ic.l the store downtown where his wile' lindcs, lie calls it the day light lohhciy. So, loo. ihe dealer in notions looks ciaiklv on the clothier. Roth the clothier nnd the notion man blame the jobber and the l.uiner The finmei is con vinced li" is the victim of the boa ids of tincle The Will sirccl broker is ceituin the iin.tiy is bom,; held up ill the puce of eggs m ,,,, With all th s hiolherlv love so wide- spiead. isn't it : good deal of 11 uiuacie . 1 1:1 1 ihe eouiitiy is nbl" 10 101k along nud .' t fly lo piee t s' Snake's Mesmeric Power I uln ti 1 1 I. CI III 'll 1 I el I bud an experience with the inesuieiic povvei of 11 iiiltler in southern Cnlifoi 111,1 wimh 11111 Ititeicsl buiilcrs. I was out shooting California p 1 11 1 1 with a favorite dog ol mine, an llish led seltci I missed the dog whin walking up a hill and wiilstlcel for him Thinking he must liavc got a point. I wnll.id hack und looked down into the vnl lev. wheie I -.ne him setting about .".(10 yard, olf I thought 11 was very odd. for tlicie was no love'il lhcie. and it puzzlcMl nie, as I kn"w theie could be no buds thciv So I walked up to the dog. When 1 got about lift vaiils off I 1 ould see linn lolling his load sldi'witvs. I then tan in, watching him. and when about lifteeu yards oft 1 saw 11 big iiittli'sii.ikc iiNo swaying Ins head I yi'lled ai ihe elog. who then stepped bail, and I sunt the tattler, blowing him off the ground French Justice l M II I 1" IC'll i'.i V .M III The Com I of Cassation, ihe highcsi 1-1 .'in li appeal 1 emit has given an inter e-sting decision While 11 Pan, bookseller was away liiem Ins shop leecnth his assist ant was asknl bv 11 colleiior the price of 11 1 op of the II 1 ft eiliiiun on fine pup. 1 uf Zulu's "Assouioir," liiuitdl In se ve nt -live 1 oples The nsslsiaut leplleil by luistnl.e 1 went ( -eight shillings instead of jsn Hhil lings The 1 olleclor paid twcniy e.ght sil. lings and tool, th" book away Win n ihe bool.si Her ton ml out the erieif be asked the 1 ollei tor to letiiiu the bnol; in exchange for ihe money, or else 10 pay the baliimc The collector lefliseel tee do cither, im Coin t of Cassation has eleclaied that as the I eilll'e'lell KlICW llll'le hllll been II Dllslal.e he had I" en guiltv of finiid nnd the sale was void "There Ought to Be a Law" 1' Ol. ' 11 l' Si' in.' 1 II l.iili) . ui Mm N i pem c 1 aught one of lor h,g, heels mi lln bipemiiil steps of Ihe Chi'is- 1111 Church I11.1 Tuesday and fill down headlong, imirowlv escaping killing herself Ihe pumpkin, pie she was carrying assumed - -s' Jf' m'fSZL Humanisms Hy WILLIAM ATHERTON DC PLY WHEN, on the -1th of Mnrch, two dm tingulshed gentlemen rode together from the White House to the Capitol, where one was to relinquish thnt post which carries with it more authority than any other in the vvorlel nnd the other was to assume re sponsibility, there wits much surmise as to what they bald, one to the other. And now nt last I hove the facts Ber unrd M. Haruch. Intimate friend und finan cial adviser to Woodrovv Wilson, recently came down to Washington to talk with th former President nnd brought away the whole story. While the world waited em tills event tho mnu who had held high the torch of idealism lor its illumination talked to the man who vvus to be responsible for refitting America into the mosaic o nations, not 0,' presidential responsibility, not of the wtl fuie of the 100,000,000, but of tho animals they knew nnd loved. Mr. Wilson nskeel Mr. Harding which of Ihe ilumb creatures he esteemed most hlghlr The muii from Marlon sold, without having thought of it ns a symbol of a party, that he gave first place to the elephant. Then he chuckled and hastened to explain tha' the elephant had ahays seemed to him the most intelligent, the most human, the most kindly of animals. He thought of 11 story ot nn elephant that had been told him by his sister who had spent years as a missionary tn India It happened at u little village lost araonit the jungles of the far Interior. An old, faithful and thoroughly domesticated elf pliant had lived and labored long in thif village und had come lo be much loved by the Inhabitants. Ry day ho toiled diligently with his keeper piling teak, and by night stood guard against any marauders of the jungle thnt might seek to disturb the settle ment Then the clny of tragedy come A great slack of those logs thu elephant had been piling collapsed and tumbled down tipos him. IIo was bruised and crushed to such 1111 extent thnt it soon became cvidont that he must die. The elephant himself seemed 10 know that the end was near. Groping! lie iciuheil out His tiunlt for the native net'. who hud been a much-loved companion through the years. This strange nrmof tho wounded beust was wrapped around his roan companion, who was nestled In close em brace and thete remained for five liourt before the end came. s w P J MeCuuiber. scnutor from "ortll D.ilvotn. is 11 big, verv IiImiiI Scotchman -iruc lo bU blood (hut lie sitjs of himself ' the 'ongics..ioual Directory only this '" publican, of Wuhpelon; lawyer" To tho.e who remonstrate with henatr Met 'umber because of his refusal to Oliver tlse himself, his answer is thnt he lind Ice" in the Semite twenty-two years. There an ient four other men in that body who were thi'ie whin he came These are Lodge ' son. Penrose and Warren These men are all Republicans, nie all conservatives w of them beats the personal tomtom inr is nn self-udvertlscr in the Senute who na been theie twenty-two years M lletbeil Hoover, the new s"n''' 1! louiiiierce soon ufter he came to ; ml 11 long d'isriisRlon with a ninn vvha ' ,.1,1 ll... uno... ml, vein, before 1 lit" onl liurticiiliiily into the problems of go"" nienl leoigniiiation, pulled the nibjeci Wies and forth tor hours. When the ronfrrim was ovei the visitor said to Mr lloovei "I must suy thnt we seem to be m good deal thu same position of two cole f ' soldiers, who, after the signing of the " . stiie. were talkiug uboilt what they "" do when they got back home. . One said lie was going to get !f' long-tailed coat, a high hot. patent lent"1'; slioes, spats 'n 'everything, and ne " going down to Georgia und show the " folks that he vvus as good us the' ""' 'The sec ond soldier said lie was X'' u i get nil them fine eloll.es pist 1 ike 11 f 1 lend and Hint he, loo. wus going l"11 the siintiiliind ., 'An' whin o 'gone 1I0 hcn ' hoini'V uskeil Ihe first Hooper I'se gone lo jo' funerul, ll" " spouse." Fair Warning to George V I- 11111 i.e UI. 111 Sum Jourl.it 1 f We 1 aided our dear old fiend .', ,.,-t Republican King (icoige Y MNl',r,.Vi,, ft he'd better be pretty nice to ( obmei MJ , l if mid as tlmt rugged old I' Held unci camp goes over to lPltroscu 111 the Court of St .lames, uud '" ' , Ins inline oil' the guest list for an, K 'n V ili.sld- social lunclloll, lis pan; " ".i.jl'l jltJk
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