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rhiUJflphU. Silurdi', April 16, 1921
TEAR OFF THE MASK
CONTROVERSY mil persists over the
identity of the Mnn iu the Iron Mnk.
Thorp wns n delibcrnto eonsplrncv to con
cent him.
When the Minor spoke of Certain Men
who nre blocking him nt every point be
cause he "ill not consent to n partnership
of the city got eminent with the men who
profit by the protection of vice he put a
mask over their identity.
The city hns a right to know who these
Certain Men arc
The men themselves are, the only perrons
Interested In hiding behind the screen of
feeee words.
The city is expecting the Mayor to tear
Wf the mask.
THE FRANKLIN FESTIVITIES
ITxHE exercises in connection with the
J. transportation of a new Franklin statue
through this city today arc both appropriate
ami unnecessary
From this latter fact Philadelphia's may
like to deme pride, even though the preser
vation of the memory of a great American
In this community is almost an involuntary
performance. For it i simply impossible to
forget Franklin in a place the fundamental
Activities of which are so grounded in his
achievements.
For this reason no tributes to the simula
tion of the man in bronze can ever in the
least acquire the character of absurd image
worship. Indeed, it is somewhat difficult to
appraise the artistry of Franklin statues,
for the vigor of n unique personality nbldes
and the mind reverts to what Franklin did
and thought rcther than to what the sculptor
accomplished. Memorials to this illustrious
Philadelphian by adoption take on the na
ture of honorH to the lit ins.
It is the spirit of such tributes that is
Inseparable from the festal ceremonies of
today. It is an untrngic, cheery life that
will be celebrated, n life the continuity of
which does n"t seem to be severed, although
history maintains that Franklin's eyes were
closed 131 years ago tomorrow
THE HOUSE RECANTS
AFTKR a sensible start In its treatment
of the reapportionment problem. Con
gress i exhibiting characteristic igns of
repentance.
, There was manifest wisdom in the decision
f the House of Representative!, as ex
pressed In a bill passed by that body lust
session to adhere to n membership total of
43.". Rut the measure died in the Senate,
and the best that is promised in the House
now i a compromise between the extremists
who seek to increase the seats t INI unci
those who would be content with liiu
Approval of this figure would mean that
no state would suffer a decreased repre
lontatlon due to enlargement of the con
gressional districts On the other hand, the
day is ceitainly coining when the accommo
dations of the House can be no further
tretc hed
Such concessions to the expansionists ns
are now in prospect can only be temporarv,
for by the time another icnsus yenr rolls
around the quandary will be more embar
rassing than ever The proper course s to
begin the Inevitable self-restraint methods
at once. The House is nlreadv overcrowded
and ns a legislative bodv unwieldy .
A constitutional amendment ietricting
the size of the Houe to a total of ."fin con
gressmen is now suggested Such proi eilure
Would be whollv unne.essarv were the e.
eellent original progtnm carried cut
TOWN VERSUS COUNTRY'
THE death of the mother of Judge Uormati
at the age of 102 tear siijjims that life
in the i it j is not so uiiw ho'esome as tne
advocates of n leturn to the land would
have us beliete Mis (Jorman had '.wi in
Philadelphia ever since she was i icntepn
yonro old She retained her fncultir. to the
last and those who did not know her nge
were astonished when told
There are many men and women hue
who have hc(l more than four-seore ears.
and thin are still mtnelx pursuing their
usual occupation- The p.o;iortloti of hale
and hmrn oitogenarlans ati.l nonagenarian
in oeri i in is larger than in the .ountr
The reason for tins i not f.ir to seek .j
the comrnii nces whicn make life en- are
piovided in the cm- Tnere is wantith in
the houses The wnter is mre. good food
is plentiful and offered in nn nlluting tariety.
and theie are uiiuiriiicnts mil, mailable
which distrn-t the muni nnd keep nlive the
interest
The iminirt. ultn all it attractions of
sccnor, lis grein grass, n lowing herds
and its glowing ci op. is nlso the ,aee where
the water i frequintlv r iitHin innir-il with
tlisense g'lins wliep' K is not .,s to git
medical attiMidam e (inckl. win re ihr Moors
of the lions!, are i'o!i lie. niise ihev are
hen ted with stoics, white ilrafts blow nhojf
the looms ami where nwin fannln s ,, e on
the farm products wh,ih the,, cnnic- si'
Salt meats in the winter and nnnM g'eis
In the suiniuer nre c oinnion And tn mi.
trjman who survms does it i,i,,.. u ,w
blessed with a ciistiron onstiii.i.oi,
HOW COMPROMISE STARTS
JAPANESE pii-s comiinut reguimrg ''ie
Stale Ileparimcnt's iriticiMn of the Vnp
mandate dwells upon the possibilities for
hitrgaln wlih h the situation still I, old,, ,,,,(.
line ilillin ulilil Join ii, il proposes that if lite
I'nitvil State- should refrain from fnitifiuig
Guam llie -Iilt'is of n;i might be icvi-eil
This Is u fantastic idea, since the cases
arc in no wny nuulogous 'I here is not the
slightest i Iniiil upon the Anicricnii title to
the laigest island of the l.adrones, unre
stricted possession of which wns seciiricj by
formal trmtv Hut lh extravagance of the
Mlggcsliou Is iln upie of iiliirming The
fii-l tluit it was made is nu iinle mJnn not
only llmt Japan is hard prested fur au
nrgiimcut, but that she Is groping for the
path of compromise.
Mr. lliiuhes' sound tntccraft is revealed
in the nine lintor mood in which his pialn
spoken nolo to Toklo has been received.
Just ns most Americans liclleted, there re
mains a batch of salient questions of foreign
policj capable of being straightened out.
Self determined isolation will accomplish
nnthingf Thero nre few international prob
lems so constituted that neglect will not
mnke .hem more formidable. Our approach
to the Yap Issue seems to hae been firm
enough to hnvo meaning and good-tempered
enough t promise oventun! adjustment..
HOOVER WOULD MAKE US FREE
FOREVER FROM HARD TIMES
The Secretary Has a Scientific Remedy
for Ills That Politicians Can
Only Mourn Over
"X'RV shouted the politicians in tint-
VV son. "is Hoover?"
Even the cynics did not realize until then
how little a politician sometime knows about
real life.
Hoover, who lall.s in this cltj todn nbout
one nf the greatest, plans eer formulated
for the improvement of life in the United
Stntes, a plnn thnt he himself devised, Is one
of the few grent geniuses of his generation.
Politicians generally believe that civilized
order and prosress nml collective thinking
in a country like ours depend on the repeti
tion of political truisms inherited from
earlier and simpler times, nn speeches In
Congress, nn allegiance to pnrty doctrine.
Hoover believes that life has become n
matter of labor anil that economic practice,
rather than political theory exclusively, gov
erns existence and controls feeling and In
the end makes for the success or failure of
grent industrial nations.
Statesmen hope for n world without wnrs.
Homer Is laboring for n country without
h.nd lime., without privations, without the
friction that lends to strikes, or the selfish
opportunism thnt so often is n preliminary
to war. What is more, lie is able to show
you bow his aim may be nchloved with means
and methods already available. His view of
the business nnd industrial life of this coun
try, of railroads nnd highways, itrcat plants
and mines nnd the multitudes that operate
them has the sweep of poetic vision.
Give a mnn scientific training nnd he will
accomplish marvels. Givo him, in addition,
the quality of Imagination and he will as
tonish his times.
It is because he is imnginntivc, because
he is sensitive to every manifestation nf
human needs nnd at bottom generous, that
Hoover news industr in America ns a
series of dissociated and conflicting forces
rather than as n unified scheme of effort
likely In bring the mot benefit, the most
hnppiness to all people concerned.
He insists that the country nt large gets
only sixty or seventy cents for the effort
thnt ought to bring it a full dollar for dis
tribution nmong the men who own indus
tries nnd the people who lnbor in tbem.
Faulty organization, friction between op
posing groups in Industry, the use of coal
where water power now undeveloped might
be used, duplication of effort, unscientific
operation of basic industries bring nbout this
general waste. And so Hooter is responsi
ble for the new Federation of Engineer
Societies, which, endeavoring now to make
science more general in industrial organiza
tion nnd management. Is In reality making
for the solution of the mint trying social
problems of the times.
To a man of Hoover's temperament the
industrial mechanism of the United States.
lewed as a whole, seem out of adjustment
It has many clashing units nnd other units
thnt do not function nnd still others thnt
are worn out nnd ready to be discarded. It
ruttles nnd bangs. It wastes Immeasurable
power and burns out bearings.
Mines and rnllwats and rivers and high
ways are not so organized or utilized us to
work toward any common end. to help each
other and In thnt way to help the country
and its people. Most of them have been
permitted to glow out nf the accidents of
chance and opportunity .
Public utilities are not alway public
They are too often organized nnd admin
istered for the ei luive benefit of a few.
Stnl;e5 and lockouts, seen in the light of
such beliefs n this, appear as the most
lamentable of all conml' waste.
Tli ideal condition of which engineers
hne begun to think is one m which no one
would bine to be idle or underpaid.
The Ureal Lakes would be open to ocean
going -hips ami thus the interior of the
country would be brought cloer to Euro
pean market-.
The water power of the East would be de
i eloped and so coal could be saved by all
the eastern railroads through the simple
process of general electrification.
Tnere would be federal agencies to aid in
the scientific distribution of labor to the
places whoie it would be most profitable and
must producthe
Everything possible would tie done hj en
gineering scienie to icgulate better the dis
tribution and pioduction of inal in order
tout miners would not hate to face seasons
of ciunpulsnry idleness.
Homer dnes not belioto thnt there enn
proper. . be uu such thing ns overproduc
tion It is liis conviction thnt better gen
eral prosperity made possible b better gen
eral industrial oigntuzation would make the
luxuries of todav the necessities of tomorrow
for all sorts and conditions of people. Ami
he does not ask governments to force nny
one to do anything He depends on the
good sense unci instinctive decency nf the
average mnn to do the right and progiessjve
thing once he is permitted to know how it
can be done
In it word, he vv isheu actually to put the
country on u liuinis.s basts, to provide con
stant work nt good wages for everybody mid
to make nil business men sen that they
ihemselve, would profit thereby,
N'n man living has struck clin-cr th.in
Homer to the roof and origin of the unrest
mid unliiippiness thut are prevalent in the
world todny. Every foolish and dangerous
political theory of these tlmeR originates as
an i xpresslon of dissatisfaction with some
set of economic conditions Other people
hope and talk nnd quote from the political
formulae of other times.
llonwr sek. to bring about social justice,
prosperity and pence bv a method that never
fah- lie relieH on science And be has
convinced about l!O(i,0t)0 industrial engi
nei i-s and enlisted them in spread his gospel
wherever it is needed
GRAY KINGS AND BLACK
ffrpIH.Y were both very unplensnnt char-
J. Hcters," decided little Alice when
aked 'o discriminate between the Walrus
ai.'i the Ciirprnlir Sin h would lie the
opinion of niaiiv prr-ons regarding the
present dethroned heirs nf the Hnpshurg
and Hob' nzollern houses
In A Wria howevir, some distinction Is
significantly made bill just introduced
in the National Assembly renders the pres
ent e of n former king in Vienna n felony
putii-hiib'c bv five years' Imprisonment.
Charles' c han"'- "f n come-bnek would be
enoiilv compromised In such ii law
The I'hii fieimans who nre eager for tho
absorption of Austria by llerlin, enthusi
astically npproved the bill, which originnted
with the Socialists. Their support U said
to lmve markedly increased the clumces of
its passage The political combination is
extraordinary but bv no means inexplicable
Wlllllllli Hohennllern was nut II former
ruler of ustrn The I'hd licmniis have
no liking wdiatever to come under Hnpsbtirg
EVENING PUBLIC LEDGER PHILADELPHIA, SATUBDAY, APRIL 16,
swny nnd they hnvc not the lenst reluctance
In furthering n program which would pre
vent such domination. If the new bill hml
licen directed ngnlnst n inonnrclilcnl restora
tion of nny sort the Socinllsts would hnvc
probably lacked an ally.
It seems that in central Europe degrees
of obliquity concerning ex-royal houses are
sensed with n fineness difficult for the out
sider to grnsp.
SIXTEEN PEACE POINTS
rpHH order of the national Railroad Labor
-- Hoard abrogating on July 1 the national
agreements entered Into during the period of
government control wns issued in nnswer to
the petition of the railroad managers.
That petition was presented at it meeting
of the board in Chicago on January 31 Gen
eral W W. Atterbury, ns the spokesman
for the roads, said that unless there wns n
reduction in operating expenses many of
the line would be forced Into bankruptcy.
"The I.nlior Ronrd can nvcrt this rntns
trophe." snld Mr. Atterbury. "by declaring
thnt the national ngreements, rules and
working conditions are terminated nt once:
thnt the question of reasonable nnd economl
ml rules nnd working conditions shall be
remanded to negotiation between each carrier
nnd its employes; nnd thnt ns the basis for
such negotiations, the agreements, rules nnd
working conditions on encb railroad as of
December 31, 1017, shall bo re-established."
The board has not acted precipitately. It
has taken ten weeks to consider the matter.
Instead of ordering thp nbrngatlon of the
national agreements "at once." ns Mr. At
terburv requested, It has given ten weeks'
notice mi ihnt there tuny be time for nn
adjustment of the minds of the men to the
new conditions nnd In order to give time to
negotiate new agreements.
The board has reserved to Itself perfect
liberty of action in order to nbrognte nt nn
enrlier date the agreements nffectlng any
class of employes "unduly delaying the
progress nf the negotiations."
There is now to begin u series nf eonfesj
ences between the men nutl the managers of
the different railroad systems so that they
may come to nn ngrccmont on wages nnd
conditions of work. This Is what the mana
gers asked for Inst Jnnuary. It is whnt the
Esch -Cummins lnw contemplates. If it Is
impossible for the two partios to come to
an agreement in any glren case, the Lnbor
Roard can interfere In tho interest of har
mony. The conditions thnt must be recognized
in the negotiations ore laid down by the
bonrd in a statement of sixteen points, likely
to become ns fnmous in labor controversies
ns President Wilson's fourteen points were
In the pence negotlntlops.
The right of the men to orgnnize without
interference or obstruction is asserted, and
their right to act toward lawful nhicets
through the representatives of their or
ganization, whether those representatives nre
employes of u particular railroad or not,
must be agreed to by tlJ managers. No
discrimination inus( be made by the malin
gers between members nnd nonmembers of
different organizations or between members
of different organizations, nnd members of
organizations must not discriminate ngalnst
nonmembers or use other than lawful per
suasion to secure members.
This is substantially n declnrntion in
fnvor of a rcnl open shop on the railroads,
for it is an attempt to guarantee to the
rnilrond mnn n right to work whether he
belongs to a union or not.
The employers must agree that the work
ers have a right to be consulted prior to nny
decision reducing their wages np i hanging
their working conditions, and they must
ngree not to discipline nny worker without
giving him nn opportunity to be heard. The
eight-hour day is recognized in principle,
nnd the right of men to pay when tliev nre
ordered to report for work is Insisted on.
Many other points nre touched on, but
they deal with detail. The outstanding
features of the ruling nre n recognition of
n real open shop, nn admission nf the right
of the employes to organize and to be rep
resented by the nfiicinls nf their organiza
tion, nnd a declnrntion in fnvor of the eight
hour day. The program will lend to a
settlement of nil disputes if the malingers
unci the men nic disposed to mnke pence.
CHIVALRY IS NOT DEAD
WHEN knighthood wits in (lower disputes
were settled in niconlnnce with n set
of rules framed in n spirit of fairness which
ha lost some nf Its sheen with the passage
of the years.
Rut that spirit still survives.
It has manifested itself nmong the girls
attending the University of Pennsylvania.
n wns proved when the' members of the
girls' fencing team tried to elect a captain.
The vote resulted in a tic. They said it
was useless to vote ngnin. for the risult
would be the same, Thereupon one of the
candidates said :
"Let us decide it with the foils."
It was ngreed to. nnd the two girls fenced
a they hml never fenced before nnd the
vanquished congrntulnted the victor.
This is how they used to do In dnys nf
old when knights were bold and barons held
their swny. Now when girls have the vote
and (ch-o to dote we return to the gnod old
way.
BRITAIN'S ASSORTED TROUBLES
THE miners in the Ilritish Isles m.iv have
moved in the course of their strike ne
gotiations to force the government to make
pence through n policy of seizure nnd nn
tionnlizntlon in the conl fields. Hut tin
decision of the railway workers' leaders to
ancol orders recently Issued for n sympn
thetic walkout shows clearly that the mind
of Ilritish lnbor doesn't run freely nlong
with the mind of the more rndlcnl leaders
Some of the demands made by the coal
workers seemed at this distance to be mst.
Hut the miners' grievances were not so
serious ns to warrnnt nny thing like a tie. up
in the industrinl life of nn empire.
A conl strike in English and Welsh mines
might still have serious consequences Hut
the outlook becomes far brighter with the
refusal of the labor group ns a whole to sup.
port unions which nlm to use their power
for purely political purposes.
THE ROOT OF THE EVIL
IN CALLING the attention of the country
to the fact thnt unfit men have been nu
merous nmong prohibition enforcement olfi
cers the National Civil Service Reform League
merely stresses u truth with which most
people alieady were familiar. Rut it is to be
doubted whether blame can be put flatly on
either political party or on any of the ie.
partment officials wholfuiietioned in Wuh
Ington before or nfter Mnrch 4.
The appropriations for enforcement made
icy Congres were nnd still are whollv m
adequate tn permit salaries of a sort likely
to attract the better classes) of men intn
tin- special service. Moreover, a man who
lias no criminal tendencies may very quickly
develop them when, working for n pittance,
he i confronted every tiny of bis life u(,
opportunities to make a vast lot of easv
money by temporarily forgetting hw oath
and merely looking another way.
There are times when one certain man
inn be of decidcdlv morn value to the com.
muuitv than four certain men The reud:-iie-s
is all. '
It is the conventional tribute to Japa
nese Imitative powers thnt n Vivianl from
Tokio Is expected here.
Steauirhip oil upon the waters appears
in neV" life anything but smooth for the
offended snad in the Delaware.
THE COMING COMET
It May Approach Within 750,000
Miles, Dr. Barton Says Ancient
Superstitions About These Ce
lestial Visitors, the Tramps
of the Sky
Ry GEORGE NOX McCAIN
DR. SAMUEL GOODWIN RARTON. of
the University of Pennsylvania. Informs
me thnt Wlnnecke's comet, which is due In
June nnd which hns been sighted by Prof.
E. E. Rarnnrd. of the Yerkes Observatory,
has not bi'en seen yet by the University
observers.
The prediction (hat the comet will ap
proach "very near" the earth Is more or
less of n moot question.
It may come ns nenr ns "fiO.OOO miles,
Dr. Hnrton says, or it may sweep through
Interstellar space nt n much greater distance.
Dr. Hnrton does not look for any remnrk
able developments In connection with this
celestial visitor. V
The fact thnt Dr. Rarnnrd has picked up
the comet is due. the doctor thinks, to pho
togrnphy . ns the comet Is not yet visible to
the naked eve.
"Wlnnecke's compt is n periodic nnd we
have been expecting it to nppenr for some
time," snld the University astronomer. "We
hnvc been looking for It, but, ns I sny, hnvc,
not jet located it."
REMARKA71LE views nnd superstitions
concerning comets hnvc been held by
men throughout the ages In every lnnd.
They were held nnd nre still held by
countless millions todny ns omens of dis
nster or portents of war, pestilence or
fnmlne.
Particularly were they supposed to be
the heralds of denth to those in high places.
Every generntion or so witnesses n resur
rection of thp nnclent belief thnt this planet
will come into contact with one nf these
fiery visitors some dny and be nnnihllnted.
A dor.eit yenrs ago. when otto of these
periodic comets which appear nt regulnr
intervnN wns due, thousands of Negroes in
Philadelphia were thrown into great fenr
lest the earth would be destroyed by colli
sion with it.
THE Into S. P. Lnngley, the eminent
scientist, once writing about comets,
said that In their spectroscopic analysts the
most prominent clement was carbon, '
It wor suggested fifty years ago that
comets kept up our atmospheric supply of
carbonic acid gas thnt even tho carbon
found in our own bodies was supplied by
comets. Langley snld with fine scorn con
cerning this:
"That we may be partly ninde of old nnd
used -up comets? Surely It might seem thnt
n mndder fnncy never enme from the brnln
of n lunatic at the full nf the moon."
In 1MVT Prof, Fnlb. of Vienna, announced
that on November 13. 1SI)D. n comet would
strike the earth and the end of the world
would be the result.
Rut the professor was fooled. The old
planet still swings on in space.
There .Is little doubt, though, that the
globe has several times passed through the
tnll nf n comet. Spine comets hnvc ap
proached very close to the earth, too.
SEPTE.MRER.
Catnllle Flan
ISO.", wns. according to
driest September known In Europe in U00
years
From this -It wns inferred thnt Fnye's
comet of thnt year had passed very close to
the earth nnd wns responsible for the
drought and beat nnd n yellowish hnzc that
pervaded the atmosphere nn the continent.
Fortunately. It is only the comets that
are visible to the naked eve that count with
th nlnrmlst denizens of earth. What they
can't see dnes not bother them very much.
In November. 1SH2, the Holmes comet was
flitting through space. The word was passed
around that there was to be n collision be
tween the earth and the comet nnd thnt the
end of nil things wns nt hand.
The announcement sent n shiver of ap
prehension down the spine of millions.
On the Sunday before the comet wns sup
posed to strike us, the Inrgest congregntlnns
thnt the hurchrs in wirlnus sections of the
country had ever known assembled.
It wns tinnlly ngreed by the vvngs that the
comet vvls the prophetic portent thnt W. .1.
Rryan was to be walloped by McKlnley for
the, piesidency in the election t lint followed
a few 'days later.
There nre good reasons for believing thnt
the eaith passed through the tall of this
comet, though no one seemed to suspect it
nt the time.
Dr. Henry Drnper exnmined it speetro
scoplcnlly and it was also photographed, the
first time that any comet Imel been subjected
to such tenestrlnl indignities.
The hoodoo end of comet lore, if there hnd
ever been unythlng to It, ertnlnly should
hnve developed in ISO-.
In the fall of that year there were no
fewer than seven comets In the field of
astronomical vision.
The following celestial tramps were cut
ting capers over the highways of the night:
Swift's comet. Wlnnecke's (the one now
duel. Demnlng's. Hrook's, Rnrnnrd's,
Holmes' nnd Freemnn's.
The curse failed to work nnd the joke wns
on the frightened Mnr-gnzors.
IN lSl J.Tcbbutt. an nmnteur astrono
mer of New South Wales, discovered n
comet which ultimately became one of the
most splendid nppnritinns of the sky in the
last century.
The superstitious afterward declared that
it had foreshndowed the assassination of
President Garfield, which it preceded by n
few- months.
It would be n verv remarkable thing if n
comet did not appear in the sky n few months
or n yenr or so before every great event
such as wnr. fnmlne or pestilence, seeing
that during the century just pnst 348 comets
were observed bv astronomers.
Till number included eighty-four re
appearances of periodic comets, though only
twenty -six were visible to the naked eye.
LET us go buck n few years.
A comet which appeared in the year
371 H. f. was thought nt the time not 'only
to have been the visible prediction of but
nciunlly produced the enrthqiinke that caused
the Greek cities of Ilellce nnd Hum to be
ruined nnd submerged
Josephus vouches for the story that the
fall of Jerusalem was presaged by "a comet
in the form of a sword thnt hung over
Jerusalem u whole yenr together."
In the Middle Ages when n comet blazed
In the heavens it was looked on as nn omen
of death to some king or prince. Shnkes
pcore couldn't escape the superstition. He
declares that
"When beggars die there are no comets seen.
The heavens themselves blaze forth the denth
of princes."
The Emperor Vcspasinn crncked n joke
nbout n comet and the augurs or soothsayers
or some similar cull vowed that he suffered
for it.
A comet in A. D. 70 was said to be the
forerunner of his death.
"Thut hairy star doesn't mean evil to
me," he said with a laugh, "It points to
the king of the Parthian. He In hairy, but
I nm bnld.y
Vesnnslnn's light went out within the
year just the snnie.
COMETS as death warnings, according to
the credulous, were : That of -145 A. D.,
which preceded the denth of the Emperor
Valciitlnlnn; of (S.TJ, the denth of Mahomet,
and X)', the demise of Louis II.
When the year 1000 A. I), dawned every
body ill Europe looked for some awful cntns
trophe or the end of the earth. They hud
their fears foi their pain.
In lHlii n petition was sent tu the French
Academy nsking thnt It umiuuuce thnt the
earth would not be destroyed by the comet
of that year.
The renson assigned for this unusual np
peal wns thut in 1773 ho grent vvns the fear
in France that the eaitli's end wns approach -lug
thnt speculators took advantage1 of tho
panic tn sell seats in Pnradise ut exorbitant
prices to the gullible ones,
Tim Academy remained silent.
"SIC
NOW MY IDEA IS THIS
Daily Talks With Thinking Philadelphia on Subjects They
Know Best
WALTER P. MILLER
On Americanization
"rpHE light of Amerlcnnlsm cannot be
X hidden under a bushel ; it must be set
up high, so that its rays can penetrate nnd
dispel the dnrkness of ignornnce."
This is the stntcment of Walter P. Miller,
chairninn of the Americanization committee
of the Chamber of Commerce, who in dis
cussing this city's obscrvunce of All-Ameri-cau
Dny said:
"The citizens of Philadelphia, through
the medium of n great mass-meeting April
7, expressed their loyalty to their country
and their government. .
"It wns a fitting nnswer to the element of
radicalism that dares to flaunt itself In the
public eve throughout the country. Such
ineetings'ns the Atnerlrnn Legion hns under
tnken, supported by the ninny other organi
zations Of the city, nre bound to rout rndi
cnllsm. to strengthen those who mny be
wnvering in their attitude toward the gov
ernment nnd bring to the front the lnynl nnd
true Ainerlciins. whether native or foreign
bom.
Wants Efforts Kept Up
"This effort en masse could be continued
for permanent good if each individual would
mnke it a point to carry his Americanism
Into his dally life. Too often the American
spirit of patriotism is something to be
brought out nnd held up to view on holidays
only.
"We have ninny people living nmong us
not knowing our Inngunge mid customs, our
history or our Invvs, and because of this lack
of knowledge they nre susceptible to influ
ences which nre hurtful to them nnd which,
if allowed to persist, might hnrm theVnuntry
of their adoption. Counteracting Influences,
continuously and consistently applied, should
be brought to bear upon them.
"Not one of these people would be con
vened to n fnlse doctrine if every American
did his full duty by his foreign-born neigh
bor nnd would give him that consideration
which would make him realize thnt be hnd
it friend.
"Friendship nnd a common purpose, with
n knowledge of the English Inngunge, is the
first step in Americanization. We cannot be
a nation ninde up of vurious foreign coun
tries on Anicrlmn soil. We must have n
common Inngunge, a coinmoinpurposc.
Schools' Aid Aliens
"A common language is easy of attain
ment Our public schools nre well equipped
to leach the foreign born, from the little child
to the ndult ; not only to tench the language,
but to bring home in tho teaching the ideals
of our country Those who arc looking for
ward, to becoming United States citizens
should use these facilities of their own voli
tion The desire to conform to the laws of
our country, which require n knowledge of
English before citizenship Is granted, ought
to be sufficient urge to nny ono desiring to
become a member of our great democratic
family.
"To hnve n common puipnse there must he
a common meeting ground, nnd with a unl
versnl knowledge of English it is nu ensy
matter for the foreign born to come into
contact with his American neighbor, and
ensier for his American neighbor to bo
friendly with Mm. If there is n grent work
to be done, something which will benefit tho
country nt Inrge, to which all people must
lend their efforts for successful accomplish
ment, it tends to form a bond which unifies
ns nothing else can.
"During the war the foreign groups of
this dty were brought together In the work
nf gathering subscriptions for the Liberty
Lonns. They gave their support to (ho
government loyally, they gave their sons
bravely and their money willingly. The re
port of the foreign language division for the
Third Federal Reserve district shows how
faithfully they performed their duty tn
America. Nineteen different nationalities
were represented in this report: Albanian,
Armenian. Chinese, Czecho-Slovnk, French,
Gerinnii-Anierlcim, Greek, Hungarian, Itnl
Inn, Japanese. Lettish. Lithuanian, Polish,
Rumanian, Russian, Scandinavian, Serbian,
Syrian nnd I krninlnn with a total sub.srrlp.
tlnn to the fourth Liberty Ioan of S33,
OW.IIOO. Showed linlty to Untied Stule
"This work not only showed the lovnlty
nf these people to (he government, hiit it
created friendships with the native born
1921
'EM, BOY, I'M WITH YOU!"
Wt
tzrpsr' s$$f. mi'
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which hud never been realized or thought
possible before.
"With the stnrt nnd impetus that has
been given for icnl Americanism, a wonder
ful opportunity to join forces onco more in,
a common purpose is presented In the coming
celebrntion of the scsqulcentcnnial, to be
held in Philadelphia in HUifi.
"At thnt time wc will eelebrnte the 150th
anniversary of the signing of the Declara
tion of Independence, tho beginning of a new
era not only for this country, to which it
brought freedom of speech nnd liberty of
action and the right to worship God in
man's own way. but for the whole world.
"The new citizens of today will npprn
cinte whnt this event moans us much ns the
native born, and they will gladly give their
best efforts to mnke it a success.
"Let us supplement our patriotic meetings
with our dally efforts to become better nc
quninted with sour foreign neighbors the
employer with bis foreign -born employe, the
teacher with the families of tho children who
attend their classes, and wherever It is pos
sible to let the light of our Individual Ameri
canism shine."
DAFFODIL TALK
UNDERNEATH the emerald hill
Shone the golden daffodil ;
"Am I," softly whispered she,
"More than banquet for the bee?"
"Tes," I answered, "you nro mirth
From the bidden benrt of earth ;
After winter's silence long,
Comes with you the breath of song;
You nro on en, you nre sign,
Of nn ecstasy divine
Thnt shnll like n flood immerse
All the wnkened universe!"
So the daffodilly smiled
Radiant and reconciled.
Clinton Scollurd, in St. Nicholas.
What Do You Know?
QUIZ
1 Who was Sadl Carncrt?
3. Whnt Is the orlglnnl mcnnlng of cabaret?
.1 Where did the Druids live?
. Whnt Is the correct pronunciation of
Anne Boleyn, ono of the wives of
Henry VIII and mother of Queen
Kllzabevh?
r Who created the fictional character of
Colonel Mulberry Sellers?
6. Who wrote tho score of the
"Norma"?
opera
7 Whnt people nre sometimes called Cam-
brlnns?
S What Is n cache?
9 What Is the keelson of a ship?
10 What Is n palinode?
Answers to Yesterday's Quiz
1. The first grent International exposition or
worlds fair In the modern sense wns
held In London In 1851 under the presi
dency of iho prlncn cojmort.
2 Woodrovv Wilson was born In .Staunton,
Va.
3 Modem scliolaishlp Inclines to tho view
thnt the name Julius Caesar was pro
nounced "Voo-le-oo&o Kl-snr."
4 Charlemagne. Ulng of the Franks and
emperor of tho west, was born In 712
nnd died in 8U.
5. The "Canterbury Tales" Is tho most
famous poetical work of OcofTroy
Chaucer
G. Australia holds the niandnto for eastern
New (iulnc.i anil for New Britain
New Irelund nnd HoiiKalnvlIle Inlands'
New Zealand holds the innndnto for
pa it of the Samoa n group in tho
Pacific Ocean.
7. Two popular mnstlcatorleH lira betel nut
in the Oiltnt, and chewing gum v
masticatory Is something Hint may ba
chftwed
8 It to du Janeiro in tho second largest cltv
In South America '
0 Frank H KVllogg Is. senator fiom Minna-
bOtll.
10. Matinay is the nntnr for the ceremony
of washing the feel or tliu poor on
Maundy Thursday .he TIiuimUv. iu.
fore Ivjster The word lsn iti-nns Urn
Rims distributed In connection v,ttn
Ibis ceremony In KngUnd tho t
washing Is uliuokt ,ui -ov, i
i"1.,ii'f1y' '." '""'rthutwl annually "on
behalf of the sovereign,
Humanisms
Dy WILLIAM ATHERTON DU PUY
SIR AUCKLAND GEDDES, the Rritlsh
ambassador, recently told an amusing
story of a hunt in the Canadian wilds, nf
the wolf packs thnt howled around the cabin
nt night, of going forth, n torch in one haml
and n revolver in the other, of seeing two
bright eyes in the darkness nnd firing. The
next iTiorninc it was discovered that he had
killed n rabbit,
Mr. Jussernnd. the French ombnaclnr
and dean of the corps, later spoofed the
Britisher a bit on his story.
"It was nn excellent story." snld tho
Frenchmnn. "Quite remnrknblr in some re
spects. It was particularly remarkable, it
seems, to me, because it was n shooting
story told by an Englishman nud there was
no tiger in it."
Mr. Herbert Hoover, secretary of com
merce, is particularly interested In the prob
lems of reorganizing tin; government depart
ments. Some weird situations have developed in
tho Topsy growth of government agencies,
he says. Tnkc the matter of bears, for in
stnncc. The United Stntes is the ownff
of mnny hears. The pnlnr bears of Alaska
are administered by the Department ol
Commerce through the Hurcnii of Fisheries.
The grizzly bears are administered by the
Department of Interior through the national
park service., Tho brown bears, however,
nm ndminlstored by the Department of Agri
culture through the forest service.
It must all be very confusing to bruin.
Senator Pat Harrison, of Mississippi,
who is today probnbly the most active
youthful member of southern Democ
racy, has gained much prestige iu Celtic
circles because of a belief, growing out of
his name, that he Is Irish.
As n matter of fart, the senator's given
nnme is Pntton nnd ho Is the scion nf ens
of those southern families in whose veins to
day Hows purer English' blood than is
possessed by nine out of ten of the residents
of the tight little island Itself. April fool I
In thnt prime requisite of the politician,
n memory for nnincs. Postmaster Gen
cral Will n. Hays is the most gifted man
in public life. A name and face, once given
him, becomes catalogued in his mind like a
card into nn index lite nnd Is there for
good.
One nfternoon, when he had been In
charge of his new cabinet post about two
weeks, he sent word nround thnt he vvouM
meet everybody In the building from scrub1
women to bureau chiefs. They nil enrae,
2000 of them. They shook linnds and gave
their names. Mr. Hnys was careful to get
each cognomen correctly in mind. If knrn
clerk sought to hurry past the chief would
stop hhn and insist on the name.
Next day he began meeting these proplt
In the halls nnd in their offices, cnllinic
them by name, nil of which helped mate
rially in establishing human relations.
Twenty-five years ago the Democratic
governor of New Mexico appointed n dash
ing Kentucky gentleman attorney general
of tho state and Instructed him to clean up
the outlawry thou prevalent.
The appointee was a Democrat nnd jiad
served in tho Legislature ns such lie ho'l
been born during tho Civil Wnr. tiiv father
hnving gone nwny nnd fousht four .cni
without so much ns a visit to his wife ana
baby. Down in Texas (lie son married tlie
daughter of a Confederate soldier.
The son's nome was Albert II Fall aiid
today lie is the secretary of Interior In (he
Harding cabinet, avowedly partisan Hipi'b"
llcan as it Is Mr. Fnll is a Republican -has
bcon for tweuty years. , . .
All of which goes to show that political
faith is not like tho leopard's spots.
Much Labor for a Little Radium
I'lod W. Psrsons, In the Worlds, Woik
Practice has shown that It is nccessar
hnudlo nnd treat something like l,(0.iw
pounds of nro In order to recover n irlim.'"
milium. One ton of ore will selduiu u
liver more thnn lx or Bcven nilllif roi "j
tho radium element, or an amount of radium
no lnrger than the size of n plnhead. "JB
authority figures that, including conl, water
nnd chemicals, the producers must nii"
nioro than 00,000 tons of raw material i"
produce nn ounce of the precious radium
liietnl. No such effort hns ever before n
required to produce a spoouful of 'W ,in j
element. "
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