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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
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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
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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!"
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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
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