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EV EKING PUBLIC LEDGER PHILADELPHIA, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 20, 1921
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SI iiSOIUPTMN TEflM?
The Bvems. IT ii Kfcr.Kn it rened to mid
crlberi in l').!....!. '...hM ana wrounilii.jr tawn
at the rate uf f..,vf i!.'t(ttit& tet wtrk pAl9
to the i a ri
By tnil to .o!m iintj. of t'hi.-d piim In
tho I'nltcl S-ii i.iti!' c- Lru'ml stain pes
s.,ons, p sine f-e- fif' i'iih .-'nt per mnlh.
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To all f..r ikp ,'un"i ne ijr .lc:,ai a tn.in'.S
NottrF-SiihicriW w,.nins .ldri i hangM
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MYTOM' MU.N S09
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A,'dpc 1 ulry jftt'u' AfJLdf- riif.tK'tififr.tl
Member of the Associatwl Press
THE APSOCIATVV Pitts rte.unx tly f
titUd tfl tltr uv fnt rrpub.iratii of all mh
ilpatChrY crrditrd to i' nr up- oth'rn (j cdtird
in this yaptr out nlso tK local "mi't piiMfj.'icd
thtrrtH.
All rlghri ,! rrpubhrnnon of 'pvti! dlrtatchei
hretn or nlnn rmrrird.
PhlladtlphM. 'rdnr-dx. Vpnl .'0 )i:
HE LAUGHED
''Th' piii'iif ': I'.irhi'ii and pu..-!
eut In tid "rtli mnr" ih.i'i mvich 'h
sum cif tin- lull , ul.'cl, h.id l-tn fl."i
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THK prirnPr w iio morriinpni na inii
rrportPfl in ypi"idu.Ts n'hpaper wa
rraiencd in tno IViirral Hiiildiiip hofor
ComniiioiiiT I.oub ni'tpr ho had boen ai
rsttd i-liargnl irli I i ns nni oim'h t.i drug
ddlrl in tho ilnuntoun sfrcpis Hi- tinrrn'
j Wi'liiiin Tiu. Up mnn-nr" t.i i. ntUtKnl
All "Uig 'Inic pi'ddlei makn onnrraouj
profits. That fur tlin mnnipnt. iippiI not
matter What did Tino laugh at'
One may eutun' u suppose that h
laughed lit sorii't.r whndi permits druc rd
tilers to go unhanged at the futility of fed
trnl, :ntp and mumripal poliee 'fhu u'
unable tn deal offrpttiallv ith tbi ei-il
trade: at the spectai le of VeNlaturc that
bicker and suunbblo ov..r lob mid patronage
while the give no attention to the growing
menace of the drug ti.inV: a the proton
tlous politicians who n'ua" a.d t;e ped
dlers when tho get m'o trouble, nnd at nil
representiitivek of government who have
not yet learued that cocaine, morphine,
heroin and other narcotics peddled in the
streets represent i.n evil t'.'at. if it is not
curbed, mav jet make the vanished saloons
appear in contrast a'tnost like tempi's of
Innocence and virtue
THAT VANISHING HILL
WHEN' IJesorvoir llili. in t.i" lir-en siieot
entrance to Fnirrnouir 1'ark, lust ie
vealed signs of the change n'OMiry to mak
of it a kuitnble site for the ptoposed At' i
Museum, folk who seldom took tLe trouble
to look at it and who. when they did. saw
only a shapeless and enormous mound, began
loudly to mourn That lull never was good
to look at Hut a great many people, like
Mr. fiibbons who lamented it passing in an
eloquent address to the Contemporary Club,
will continue to see it in a glorious unagina
five light as something that never should
hnve been deso. rated or defa"d SU' h are
the effects of kindl setuhnent
Miss Vio'et (iiiklev. leung nu um-t . rii Id
visualize Ites.-rvoir Hill as ii will appear
when the Parkw.iv is nms'ued and tli I
museum built, and i' was nlfogether natural
that she should replv a bit impatiently to i
Mr fiibbons
The Parkway will !ope up to a beautiful
building from which the Philadelphiau of I
the future will b" lib!" to ge a sort of !
birdseye view ,if the Park and a budeye
rlew of the cim Nothing wa n' the tnji
of the hill before but nn uninteresting and I
almost useless -esorvoir. j
WAGE AGREEMENTS
THF. w ngi s pain i ue iond o to1 .inn inonii -men
ernplojed in in. 1 T are Hx'd
every six -noi t!i- no tn bus s . -ne average
paid to m-'n n sirnnar uip,ovrpnt. in Buf
falo. Cleveland Detroit nt.d Ch -ago Wh-u
orer wages in those ities piv increased 'he
wages i.tii here weri also -aiei The
street on- 'rnplores of Cleveland have ,
eently agr' "d to a iwli. -ton ..' fiftujn en's
an hour ami in Detiiv't tb'v have been asked
to accept a leiJurtioti of IT', cejits ,.
changes Iiiivm vet bror, . p. .1 ! fmri. 'h
other eitiew
If the v ,n;e of ',.. l'hiiaii"lpuia iroii",v
men go up '.nner 'ue pg'.-etnn' when vvag
nre increased in ! - I-.t i'i'-. i' is dilh
cult to oe i ow j : d . for ifj wages un be
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it nil exhibit tho weaknesses of the tna
tnrtty When Senator YVillinmi, .lotniug
Senator Heed, talked about Hip stilling of
Hip progressive wing of the Uoptiblienn party
he was calling up tho bugaboo of the "Oltl
Guard" nml the "Senate Oligarchy," think
i tijc he could frighten Infants by exhibiting
ilipm in public view, 'flic nation, however,
sent :i ijppiihllcnn mo.loritv tn Hip Spunto
nml n i exporting thill ninioritv to do it
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MR. HARDING MODERNIZES
THE MONROE DOCTRINE
Its Vitality Is Inspirlngly Enhanced
When Viewed as a Liberalizing
Agent cf World Reconstruction
rpHK l.a'in ret'iil'li' iping u goodie
X puition of thlt itmlplieri have long
iii' iKigtiPil Simon I'olivnr to an Invio-
lat" n,.-lie In the irridnr of fame Hud
l'renleiit Iliirding. iledii'iitmc a memorial
to this patriot in o York yesterday,
dwelt e.tenielj i,n hi ai liiexemeuts mid
detailed the pi-mligi. whieh rrown his ea
repr. South Aniern,i would have learntMl
little if nnvthing pi-eionly unknown to her
and would hate been denied enlightenment
on a theme of vital und immediate Interent.
Thar .Mr. Harding reali.ed the situation Is
proved by the tone and the comprehensive
sweep of nu address which may fitly stand
as the ke stone of a poliry which loP none
of i msnitirnnc. in its coi)onani e with
we!lltniwn and oft -expressed American
principle""
Indeed, the repetition of them t a matter
of national duty. for. familiar in we are
v. ah 'heir eeiitlal. the l'uropean concep
tion f tho Monroe Doctrine and what is
.ailed Pan Amoncaui-in is not always clear,
and the miundort.inditis ha omtimes ev
tended to the tropical and south temperate
portion nf this ontinen-
To a degree hardly appreciated in nortu
rn latitudes, the Spanish and I'ortugupse
speaking peoples, rated as out- neighbors,
awaited Mr liardiug's induction into ofliee.
The woilii conflict obvious played havoc
wi'li certain international policies once re
forded as fair.v durable. 'Without vanity
it m.ir ue id that the balance of economic
and financial power and of militnry poten
tiality chitted to the most populous untion
of the Ni'w World.
The intoiest of South America Ju the cou-sequi-nces
of this change was inevitable
What i noteworthy is the speed with which
his government censed the spirit of inquiry
arill rv0i Wlt, . larify and dispateh
Infi-i ontineiitnl nffuns concerned the new
' adtnuu-trutioii w.tiiiu 'he first week of its
j existence when tie principle of arbitration
became at stake in ihe frontier brush be
twei.ii i'os;n l!ic, aud Panama Secretnrv
, Hughes' handling of, that crisis, which in
I the mind of Central Americans was bv no
means pettv. revealed both adroitness an
a reassuring predilection for fair plav.
Mr Harding hi followed up this ad
mirable lead with sentiments which, though
perhaps taken fo- granted by his fellow
citizens, clarify oir purposes m 0 field In
which explanation fan scarcely fail to be
stiniu'ating The President, while respect
ing the Monroe Doctrine in it- original
specific form-'ii" piote.'tion of the conti
nent against colonial ambitions of Old World
power- links with this fundamental policy
a hroader constructive id" a.
Pan-Americanism is the handy word for
this conception. Mr. Harding nctepts it.
but goes fur'her till in translating it a
the spirit of progressive democracy uuiting
the New World nation"
"With all hurr.iltrj. but in smcrltv and
earnestness. " d-ilnied the President. "I Crc
tha' we Anieruars N'orth and South. ar
entitled to hold that out democracy has on,
as 11 light lnti 'he world of international
relations, aud tbrr. ft wi'l -how us a way on
of the world's present fnubles iuto a dav
when mankind mav know peace and plenty
and happiness '
"Pan- Amenenu'sm.' a he pointed out
elsewhere in Ins add"-, means ' svm pa
thetic and gener.e.s AmeriCAuism The
world needs the i.'m.st of production nnd
rehabilitation of steadnng influeuce all
that we can eoutnbitc to !i Our gren'ejt
service lies in s'linding tl"tr.v togethei
Here i au msp.ring political doctrine un
shadowed h- a bin' of trat patronising air
n' whi'-h tne Central and South American
na'ions have sometimes, wi.einer mstifinbly
or nor. omnia nu"! The pen for co-npern-lion
is frank and reasonable Candid ac
ceptance in Latin America will m-nn the
forging "f an instrument "f p'liee and prog
less tna w-T e'so be for. ib'e beause just
I n'on along thoo- line- is tie- 'everse of a
. halleiig-. ft I. nope It :s nn offer of assist
ance a gr.uine step toward wor'.d so'idariiy
and s.v-,.. international rchitionship D i
undenianle that tne spe ta. Ie of unity and
. onstrii'Mive sympathetic understanding in
i.e New World wou'd be a hopeful U'.gurv
..f un.veral adjustment
Mr Haiding insists that tne historv of
tli la' do. adc is oroof thai "we staml will
ing to figh', if necessary 'o protei t ibis
ci r.tinen these sturdy young demortn. ies.
fritm oppression and tyrnnuy
Th s view of the causes inspiring the par
ticipation of the I'nlted States In Hie world
war e.emplitn; an enlarged but in no w.si.
.1 strained com option of the underlying s.g
nio-ance of the Monroe Doctrine
Si'Pty eight years ago a President of ihe.
I lu'ed S'.ntes conceutruti d nis nt'eution on
,1 paitpulnr petil !" democmi'T 'he ten'a
iv p'.is-ain of tin ei n it"" -nti- Enropenr.
,,owers to anus! Span 11 11 ..' fj nig th.
superb a -h-evem-ni ot Rouvn'- the I.ioerator
I I was the iiroposul econi iest of the forw
Spnnish colonies on tt.is ontlnent nsaitif
which Monroe took his stand
Add'd 'hereto v. is -h' pronoun eineu'
iigainsr anv further K.r'op'iin expansion on
ih.e side of tn A''.ip'i- Tna' danger can
1, .1 b s(i,J fi ,r 'leui ased iliti! !!
set'. omen1 if ',e V. ne : ,1 Inn lio.ndHiv ion
lrmeij wi'n iiti.1t Itrr in
It'll the lll.'Ii- Uliin,,l'ltig .Moiir e vvi.en I.e
formiin'eil a .h'.n'.te warning ugainst n
ib-fintti- u.i t.acc .ii" endirirg Prmident
Hn'd.' g iitipiiis tl.tii to an era ,n wlndi
'u'u ..f pointing new Ki'opean . olonies ..n
t .,,s niii'i n' -ei i.s af . H' II n'ei pre
n', oi .!' tin Jll!lo. i.iit-i,.. ,s ..uipiv a
leslMlern" I,' o'' I'll 111 !!s of l IIC.C 'Hi l .iid
I -a. . '..' w I, 1 n i. ':! iitrio'. "-o'.iil w-'sii
.- i- nation ' . "an .
(in.' vii fo.gli' :.' 'nes :r. fc v..r.d
w.11 . ognio I' a .-'iniiiiotipla' '
,i. 'i.n' W" v end as. vigoioiisl; ihumpion
1, em sgaiii. and vi't Ihe declaration 1- v.-.n'li
w h' - The he.t fori n. of pu.fiess n l.ntin
Amerii'ii n:e therebv mfomud Hint tlfie is
s single standard ' d mociatii' po..cv ,,
.- s .,e of the jr'oltp
ggrcssmn has 1... p.. i.e ... 'nis for.'-i 11a
'I e '!. ing ' 'I'l:- it'll- s "1 f-eils,p
.-.iiiol g nn n.i' "'tis vvu.'ii fire intitje'l to
draw tuiiallels hit ween in,. hie perform
an.es of Wusliirigioij Sim.n liolivai and
.Jos,, do San Mu'tin
Mi Harding bv emphasizing fuinl'iiri'i.fiU
I :is 1 rui the av '0 iL" tiru. a! a. . mn-
pi.shtnttit of this nb al
IRISH HOME RULE
WIi: Ihe P.llf-I, I..H. in,..,. negail
yen' "I dav to p. j' in-., iff,,! .,,,. r,,
homo-ruli law pinvidiiig for two P.lrl.aments
11 pmlmblv did so with ltte , oiitbi-in ,r,
its ability to carry it its purpim..
I'liciotis aie to be held for the new Par
liain.'iii' "ii -Mav " Cmu 10s 11111.;. a:
rang. 110 n foi i ...ding tne ' I. "f;..'i and ''
organ ung in Parnain. ir Wna' will 'rip
pen in the o'l.e. piovlrjees will appear
after it has occurred, but if there ate peace
able elections and If the Parliament meets It
will surprise every welt -Informed spectator
of the anarchy which goes by the name of
government In Ireland loday.
PUBLIC INTEREST SUPREME
TDK reasoning of the Supreme Court sus
taining the ntiti-reiu-profiteering laws
of New York and the District of Columbia
is convincing .lustice Holmes, who wrote
the prevailing opinion, cites the admittedly
legal exercise of the police power to limit
the height of buildings in a certain quarter
of n city, to compel tho erection of safety
pillars in mines and to regulate bill boards
nnd to protect the watersheds in country
districts, and then announces: that "these
cases are enough to establish that a public
oxigfncj will justify the Legislature in re
striding property rights in lnnd to n certain
client without compensation."
There is nothing revolutionary in this
decision. It involves merely tho extension
to a new region of Ihe principle hi Id down
bv the court when it sustained the rate
making power of the Interstate Commerce
Commission
It is the principle that the public rights
are siipii'iiie and that the Hillce power ol
the government may be exercised whenever
and wherever those rights arc threatened.
This supplements the rule laid down in the
famous Dartmouth College case, in which
the inviolability of privnte contracts uti
affectcd by a public interest was declared
The (ollege had been t bartered ami its ili
rection put in the hands of twelve trustee,
empowered to till vncnucies. Thp Now
Hampshire Legislature amended the, chatter
by a law providing for the appointment of
11 new boa nl of eleven trustees by the gov
ornor nnd for 11 board of overseers to in
spect and control the conduct of the trus
tees. The governor tnnde his appointments
and the new board got possession of the
property, of the college. The old trustees
brought suit to recover possession of the
property nnd for 11 restoration of their
rights. The case was tnken to the Supreme
Court, winch held that the college was n
private mid not 11 public corporation and
that us rights vvic protected under its
charter, which was in the nature of a con
trnct between the state nnd the college and
that the trustees could, not be deprived b.v
legislative enactment of the property in theli
are
This decision established the inviolability
of privnte property from public sci.ure
when no public end was to be served. It did
not interfere with the right of eminent do
main under which private property is tak'ti
for public ue That right rests on the
superiority of public over private interest
It has nlwnys been admitted, though mai.v
attempts have been ninde through nn appeal
f the Dartmouth College decision, to cstnb
lish the superiority of private interests
The nntirent -profiteering decision ought
to enlighten many men who hnve been harp
ing ou the inviolnbility of contractu as
though a contract agninst tho public interest
must not be interfered with. The books,
however, are full of derisions setting aside
private agreements which were contrary to
public policy
Yet there are many lawyers in Philadel
phia who insist that the P. It. T contract
with the underlying companies i not sub
jec' to reripvv either by the courts or bv the
Public Service Commission, nnd they cite
the Dartmouth College case in support of
their contention. They forget that the lease
i affected b.v its relation to (tlie public in
teiest and tha" the tights of the people are
Mipreme. They forget, too, that the stnte
constitution expressly provides that the state
shall not surrender its police power over any
orpora'ions seiving the public.
If if is within tho pow r of tin- Legislature
to limn the mi ml received from a house or
an apartment, and thu- interfere with the
freedom of continct between landlord and
tenant, it is diflicult to understand what
valid objection there enii be to a review of
1 ontrnets between two public .sfrvitv cor
porations win u those contracts seriously
nffef the nbilitv of one "f the corporations
to serve the public
CONFUCIUS AND MR. GARY
Rl'.ADKKS of th" 01 cas.olllll ploll'i'ili. .'
mer.is vvhii h Mr ijary hands, down tiom
I,;. ..al'ed plate in th I'mted States Steel
Corpoiiit.on have had leasons o fear that
he v a no sedulous -indent ,.f the newer
Iteui'ir" of economic and social progress
I is ,i'i the more icfrrshing therefoie to
len.-n taut the 1 hief of the most poweiful
ii.i'ist'-iiil organisation of this or anv oiler
woi.il is 00 stinnger to the classics Mr
liniv 111 11 1 address to his siochln.ldci s
quo'ed and quoted conectly the fundn
irentni rule of Confucianism to prove that
'he I'ii ted States Steel Corporation has
a sou!
Here .ertainly vve are confronted by 1.
iiypotl.sis n int""estlng as nnythiug ug
gested by the Kinstein tlieorv Mi. Can
has no' only discovered a mul in his cm
poration He is able, with the n.sj.tniii f
Confi.i nis. in define the true nature of thu'
.nluiiteiv mysterious nnd various thing
A so.ii. he observes cierilv. is :,
I oii'rollnble inllueiir-e in individual.-. 101
poratious and stales which 1ecogni7.es as ..'
equal importance the rights, interests ti ml
vvejfhie of themselves with all othe;s ;
involves the practice of a rule pioimilg.n' !
bv Confucius r.00 yeais before Christ
One .iav on'y hope that the widows .1 1..1
orphan- who ow n lock 111 I'liitrd S'n'.s
Stoc, pre frnniuar enough with Urienia! 10
ligiom ilictiine to fully nppierinte me .in
lonanc- of this postscript to Kevelntnu,.
ror their beiplit vve shall take tl.r dii .
sirn up at the point wheie Mr fiarv pin.-nl
'v.th even iippenraine of caution
iV'tif ,cnis, was n sage who lived m Ch,i, ,
nliour 'J.'.fMi ve.irs ngo and evolv.d ,1 ...... r
moral-, half r. lig'n.is. half philos ip'n, nl
upon the theory that only the good . un p -pi
1 and that only the humlili inul 'In in
-elfish con be 1 ailed good.
' In what one -r-ntence. Mnstei ' sani
disciple. ' could you present a nil" adeipn'i
II glide one il.i-oujh a hist and vin..
life?'
Conft ius. silting in the dignitv ot e -dum
aid poveiiv uti'Ier a imidsid" t
"I'ew on Hie fi on nil 11 single cho'ii' .! ..' f .
Mii.-nn' I hme.e .'ilphnbet whlcn. fiee, i a . -lit
oil u eai,w Do not do to other'. in
.ml wou'd riot like to have them do to f.
'Phis pmalle! with the Hnlden Utile of Chi -iintiity
need not seom i.iiririsi:i8 Truih a
i' . di-ioiiied In inspired mmd i- rci .1
vnriab' complicated thing Ii .
saire 'ne world over
I Vinfui 111 dlsdaiiiod riches. He gave min
imivi of Irs possessions In the p II.
desired "i-orvbod.v to be jusi geueio.. nnd
to'eiar.' It mav b hoped tlml Mi Cum
ill give his foremen. Inn Mipelih'c dent.
his polunul niili's. bis police and bis strike
bieakoi-s n "'oii'ie in the religious phi!. ....pin
of China We should prefer the genera!
application of the Cnldon Iiub 111 the if "I
bus. 11. 8s. 1 1 is far more vivid anil moi.
positive than th" negative admonition m'
lonfutiii". It w a "iiiiiiliiud to be ecu a
itle more than fair. Hut. in 11 nim h a
1 reacting to tbe Oriental n option of
good is fur betier than none
Resignation
I f.T, -.- Kr.-as . ' star
The Herman Hoichstag has aim -hnl con
si ..i-iti(iu 111 the Ht-im. win'1! Is n mitiir.ll
I. .suit, we supposi . of the A I If s,' ab..ltioi
i.f th.. I'lorn.an nrnv Wiutivee else ihe
(ioniums nip ou've got to give it to them
J for being logical.
AS ONE WOMAN SEES IT
Distinctions In Political Reform
Methods Are Displayed In the Pro
grams of the Newly Enfran
chised Voters
H SAItAll I). LOWItIK
0NK reason the word reformer is such a,
term of opprobrium to the "regular"
politlclnn is because the "old hnnd" at the
gnme is nstonlshed at the foolhardincss of
the man with his precious reform nnd
the lack of common sense shown In the
simplest details of "getting It pnst" the
obvious pitfalls.
As one hard -eyed boss remarked to me
apropos of an ardent soul with a "cause."
"That feller acts like he thought he could
win a trot race by sailing over the course
in a balloon'. You can throw a basebnll ns
far as ever you've a mind to. but If It
don't pass over the plate It's a vvlld ball.
And you can't get a law changed to suit
your fancy unless you convince the boss of
tha' law Hint you're holding the trump
cards."
WAS interested to hear that the so-
1 .-all
eil reformers of the city were going
to drop tho hated word and be known
henceforth as "independents." I am won
dering if Hies,, disinterested gentlemen know
that that word nlso Is not without n repu
tation of a kind.
Do they know that In the wards where
the two factions of the local licpubllcnn
party are pretty evenly divided there In yet
a third faction called and calling itself in
dependents';' Meaning by that nothing more
Hum Vare some elections nnd Penrose other
elections, or Crow sometimes and maybe
Moore once.
llcing n minority party in evenly divided
words, they can swing the election one side
or the other, whichever it is worth their
while to favor most. They nre bargained
for quite spiritedly. I understand, by the
faction, but they, of course, never vote
outside ihe Hepuhllcnn party, and In all
evi ept loenl politics they are a very steady
element of the geiieml machine.
One wonder If in dropping the word re
former tl.e loforiners hnve netnnlly bettered
the situation In adopting the loo well un
derstood name independent I understand
thesp new Independents inee reformer) are
also planning to praise and to boost that
which they enn stretch a point to admire
in party legislation nnd for the present ab
stain fiom making all things new nnd hold
ing a rummage sale of nil things old.
II' THKY are setting their faces to learn
the ways of the machine In order to beat
ir they- may in the end build a better mn
chluc nnd sii'-i cod. If they nre thinking for
an Instant that anything they do will please
and beguile the machine they may just as
vveil give up and go back to their own
i private " oncenis. You cannot charm a mnn
i who likes tilings ns they are by telling him
j vuii want them changed.
' Tne now independents i tefoiniers) want a
, change : the men nt present In power from
j Senator Penrose down to the hondquorters
' ihnirmnn want things to btuy put. So then-
is bound to be a tight. Ihe question I.
Where and when and how'.'
If the new Independents i nop reformers)
nre really grooming themselves for that light.
It is to be hoped that they will go into
training nnd get some grave, patient, cau
tious "old hand" to train them nnd some
shrewd ninuugcr to choose the time nnd
place f ,, the tight, and very steady, plucky
backers to. so to speak, "hold the sponge."
Iu choosing the time ami place for n fight
one must also have sufficient reasons for a
fight not ,iust general principles, but real
li-stie that will make the backers on either
side angry or dismayed or approving or
frightened, as the result hits the individual.
After all. no change N real unless It
makes some one curse n well as another
mnn bless ICven the sunny day is a ills,
aster to some men
III.W K been ptoud and pleased nt the way
the new women voters have gone abend,
slowlv tor the inns. part, learning the mean
ing of their new power before they at
tempted using it even for little local mnt
frs. This ignorance which they have in
common has m a ciiaiti way drawn theni
together, temporarily sympathetic, in vari
ous organizations so ns to protect them
selves against sins of ignorance Kventii
ally they will loam their power and cense
to be suspicious of being Imposed upon b.v
the "o'd hands." Thev will then be less
.n need of leagues ami more at home in
I foul parties.
niong Hie women who hate been assigned
01 e In, have assigned to themselves the
position of temporary loaders there aie nt-
I leadv apparent two tendencies The one is
I to absiitb the lesson of citizenship with ns
' It'" 1 I nnge as possible of picsont ooiidi
I tions. i he oilier Is to ahsoi h ihe lesson of
' 1 ti7eimhip in order to change ihe piesent
l . 1. millions
. In such h ii organization as the League of
I Women Voters I have watched the progress
of both types of mind, the ivpe which in
1'iis'i'd ii-clf In the wav the machine of
governim nt was working, and the type
nhi'ti interested itsilf w.th the usulls of
h" wo i k of the machine
S'ningelv enough, the dilTeience was
r.r.oigln to n focus here In Philadelphia.
I wheie. alter all. so much that has proved
fial to the nation hns boon brought to a
o. ! and in spite of the i ity's, reputation
'', disliking change it was tho Philadelphia
League of Women Vo'eis. in distinction to
he stale board, that has h'.ood out for a
liogiesslve sludv -a sfplv of li'sillts - in
politics, while the state league has proved
i In onsorvative one ot ihe two.
!V'
League of Women Voters Is a national
"-gniiizntion. a slat"- organization and a
. ..mil v organization The states meeting at
.1 national convention make n program for
education along citizenship lines mid for
"Kislatimi. The states accept this program
nnd pass it on to the lounties, which in
"i-ti pns it on to the members of the league
'hrough wnrii or division or township lead
ir Now in the case of Pennsylvania the
state clialriiinn did not trgard Hie national
ptogram with unalloyed approval. 10 judge
In the fact that part of the national pio
grirn for legislation v 11s noi taken up nt
:i!l bv the chairman and some of tin- chair
iinnslilps were not tilled, iiolabh that of
hiiirmnn of legislative iiuasiiies and of edu
cative "lata regarding women in industry.
The state cliaiiuian held that laws ie
giirtiiug women 111 indiistiy were too pm
jiossive in their nature, even such ones as
ue I'liited States government hud approved,
- 11 h 11s tl Ighl-liour 1l.1v or the mini
n.utii wage, to be srifolv made subjects for
legislative or for edip alive propaganda. As
, pressed 11. an organization had to lie
sc.rtsh up to a lertulti point in order tn
u.ike its wa She a vei red one must draw
'ie line soiiiew hole in order to keep the
fi lends one lui".
The state li ague and inrough it, the
0, nt v leagues, w ei e instructed therefore
in back a innstiluiioii.il convention, mote
salaries for teachers. Hie mothers' nshi-
I .in." bill nml Hie iippoiiitineiii of women on
t 1 oinirissioiis am! s'aio hoard-, anil a!-., such
1 naitoual iiiiasuros as 1I11 so-called "babies
and mother" bill: but the whole program
nunii! 'he vvoinin in industry, or child
i welfiii'i. or social livgnne ws not only not
1 pushed, it vvns actuallv cu ouruged to sink
! into the backgrouiid lis too controversial to
have 1 i.nnei tod in tne uiiiids of the general
' publli' vvitli the league's artiviti's
' 'I ho Philadelphia county board felt the
1 ."ague could no, ignore the interests f tjM.
I voineii in intlu-try in either the state or
iitv. So it has taken issue 011 this point
with it- still" pnsidciii Tl,,. mutter will
be threshed out nt tin slate convention In
j tl,e autumn. Meanwhile, inHior than tnko
, issue with Mr- Miller at the national enn-
I onti"ii meeting this inonih In Cleveland,
' the Philadelphia League of Womrn Voters
, passed th"' following resolution:
"In view of the diversity of opinion lm-
iweeii the stale and 1 ounty board with te-
gaul 'o 1 "-0I1, 1 noi of the state boird con-
.-oi-ii ng iiiPiiiiiiiurv cliaii'innnships.
j ' It. so' w, I Thai we si'lld no delegates to
I tv Nntionn1 Convention of the T.eigur jf
j Women Voters lo be held In Cleveland."
1 . -. "- . . j'-ts-H' Jt..-1M . '- 1 "s. . n f-"r-. in,-. -j. -i ,-n.rv tt. 'T. w ti ii . rw
NOW MY IDEA IS THIS
Daily Talks With Thinking Philadolphians on Subjects They
Know Host
THE REV. N. R. MELHORN
On the Power of the Press
T
UK source of the grenl controlling power
of civilized society and its dcvclnpnioiit
lies m hooks, says tne !m . I. Melhoin.
niaunging editor of the Lutheran, n weekly
organ of ll Iiiiri'li of that denomination.
Put lie adds i.!iciUlvoi ally mat the powii
whiili stimulates men and women to lotion
is the perlodli al press.
"While we dare not untlei" siimnie "ih"
more serious resiling of our age. ' he ir
1 lares, "and piirtieuliiriv the sort of book
that ileal with the fundamental habits ot
uninn living, such as Carl .'.linv'. 'Capital'
-out of which has ginvvn the l.olhevisi
movement --the real uilluoiioe lor thought
and action is nally tne pi ess. pniliciilnrlv
the daily U ess. and also the weekly
periodical.
"When vve of flu- oliur'h iindeitake to es
timate the secular pics wc 11111-1 bear m
mind Hint in its nntuie 11 is commercial : 111
other words, a certain imoiue ! necessary
lo moot lis expiuisis and it is cxpci led to
pay dividends upon iuvi stmeiits It is tolly
to expect that ihe secular press shall be
dominated by puie altruism. That is some
thing that will not nine to pas
"Personally I divide the i-onlelils of tl.e
paper into sections, f wlinli the tirst 1- ml
vei'ttsiug, 1 In- mil news. Hie tlind propa-
gandn, 1 he foinb tiller of various types ami
Hie tifih 1 mutes ami pictorial icliof.
"Concerning tip, second first, let uic n
news should bi' spelled with a inpllal N".
It means something new. That in ...nuts
for the fail thai the avetage iniuis.cr's st.r
mini or tin routine work of the chinch Imd
little spat,, in the pages of the daily pri
It inilnniis also why, when some minister
goes wioiig. the story of this minister Is
likely lo liecoiiio a news tciiluie We taniil.
I In liven taai such incidents ui' o rare thai
I Hon 111:1 properly be called news.
j Vi'tilar Press liiipui taut
! ' We ,1111 ci',v wisely go to school lo tin
I i" ular pioss ami wo might take with good
' 10-iilis a iinii.c in advertising from it We
I must lenlire 1 Inn the advoiti-emont writoi
I use of pi inlet's inl, can sell whatever the
. m.'ii-hani has 1 . , . tl i- if ihiu men hum offers
, In addition i.-iiif, which is wlml the world
1 huiigi'is for. The 1 liurcli periodicnU iiiiisi
I 1 oiiie 111 1 line 10 realize bow 10 put on then
1 pug" s the things that the church offers, the
ili'innnds up. .11 readers which it wants f u I -
"The third iliing 1 lint we iiiognize
j piopagmulii is "sseniially a.paii of mod-
1 ern noil iialisin. and we quickly perceive the
I million, o of Hi"- pioss in propaganda work.
I With all tlji. criticism that may lie urged
I against piopugaiida. il is porfctly obvious
1 t km t no I'l'il-lilooiloil editor who had anv
I uiniiil" could avoid 11 1 least 11 measure of
1 prejinlii e in favor of the causes which his
I 1 oiiscieiiie 111, gin "'spoils,, and bis judgment
1 1 boose lo ndvoi nl. .
I " great deal of Ihe d.lliculty mining us
Lull oralis prmr in nnd m immediate 1 ounce
1 lion witli Ho ennui if th I'liited Steles
I inlo Iho world 11 r was the divided attitude
01 1 ne 1 in mi in tne ((lent tacts relative 1
Hie moms 1.1 nn Allies and of the Central
Powers
"Tin altitude of the oililo'- willi refeieuco
lo iloiiiuiiiiiiiriouiilisui probably icsulu from
his discernment of the div rsion of view
III the 1 "iniinllllH rtith leferinee lo their
numeriinl siiiiigtii h, the a it v of PI11I11-
I delplllll 111 1 000 (Wo out of I'M. IV live ci,.
I rollid iiieinb.. s of the Chiisinin chinch w
Catholn . and the thioe-tiflhs remaining
were I'lotosiniits of innti.v donoiiiinatioiis.
It would bo nppaioiii to am of us that an
item which iiiii-i'. slid tin '.'i:i).(lllil Catholics
then enrolled would iiioic Iik I reieiie favor
nble cnusiiloi'iitioii than an iieni I'oncoi niug
the Lulhi rails, for exnmple, of whom thoic
wore only about ."(1,1 1(1(1.
How Papers Are Made
"'ilii'i iiiijioiin.il Minely of null. 'Hnl cm
pluyod Muuetiiin foi inii-oh iiio.'hanicnl iea-
SOIIS I" covin' Up While splli o. rsllnlly It
bus an 'ethical' Minor and iclales lo ones.
! tions of jioi-sonal coinlui 1 or sin nil interest
I Hriice, ( nine and oilier vv. iters supply for
I such purposi's vii ws whii h. if not agreed to
1 by nil. lii'iiMi ihe in poiiiini luisis ,,f ,.ni
I ersliip upon wliiih .t rest any intelligent
j tiopular 1 1 gli! Mi, i'h other filler, of
I com si. consists of mullcr of doiilitlul value;
j much is Hat, inane, the colorless recital of
events Hint iniulit or might pot happen to
' nu iivi rage Mini" t
"To miik' up deli. 1. n, ies sm ii ie this in
I render-thiiiight delii ien. ies l siliilie. li
the empty seutlmentalisins of Hoiue evinlicnte
"GIDDAP!"
r-
iniilerial, the religious press may well take
thought as to its opportunity, seeking, per
haps, to furnisli us tiller some real echo of
the world's splrltiiiil struggle, instead "if the
vaporings of milk-and-water philosophers.
"We must leoognize the place of propa
ganda mill make up for the absence of defense
of oiir'ow n work in the secular journals by
setting forth our I'nusi; In our own organs
of publicity.
"I think, fiirihermoie. that if the church
paper is to gain the ciilianoe into homes
wheie 11 is pot now received It must learn
fiom the secular press! how to present its
fads mid its ideas In such form 11s will
iilliai-i and ihtoiesi all of the laity.
"What the newspaper man may cull his
story, while it may not bo of groat rhctoriuil
excellence, js cully a highly developed sIVIe
pies" niiiig ill striking and impressive way
the thought to be conveyed.
"It is for tlii icasoii also Hint the re
ligious press, following the fashion of the
secular publications, nmst introduce illns.
nations and must mingle the solider messages
of the 1 111111 h with news. ic-ci'iuious and
oilier types of reading. s(p that the entire
page 1 an please the taste of the render."
SOiMSllT
Till) creeping hours have caught ns un
awares. And while we vet stand hieatlib'ss from
the thrill
of the warm noon. Hie twilight wide anil
chill
Has stol'n the Milor trom the golden alls'
flic dead and equal light of cvciiiii"; limes
The world of shade cie shade shall liavn
its fill;
And tlie vague gleams on rivet fold and
h.ll
Ate 01st an I lonely as unanswered prayers.
Draw closer to. up., dear: th" gienlor need
Must hi I the gienter soli All alio'it.
The moods anil mm vols of the day go out
Like candles blown upon: the heat, the
speed.
Are sped . Inn all things bring their own
1 "ill ess.
And love that's weary is 1101 love the le.s.
Herald lioiild. in the New Witness
What Do You Know?
QUIZ
How ling .ifiep ihc sm f inh t ,e n
tl'.. Civil Wai did flcht ig lnivveu the
s'ortb and South 011 'ami Hml sen c,,.
1 inne
Wu.it is a sr.l. .'ism '
What IS the llio.letl. lam,, of .1, rusab 111?
Which Is the Dm kiyi State'
What la the offn ,nl Auiericiin nao.e for
Hint pei mil of the world ar which
th- .up os of the Cnlieil state wero
Ugilged"
How innnv cubic I'. t ilos ,1 ion! of wood
oiiiniu''
W'h.ii i-i the 01 irl 1 of th, woi.l 1 "ineicry "
Whit is me puin.pul ti. cm for timber
n ihe I pin il S-ates"
Who wrote the novel "I i;niel lipruiiiln' ?
Who was I'l.ll.inli and when did lie Ji, 7
Answers to Yesterday's Quiz
V lnnally a. I of th uu,. of ihe great
ItlVor rilinn,',, i.'S VVllhlli 1. II pill, p..
ol 'c rex 11 tin
Mail 11 l.uthei hv.d 111 tl'.. lm.r part of
ii.. lifloi nth and the tlrst p.iri of the
ixleentb ciiitury His ,,,t,B ore ns't.
1 ." 1 'j
Mm. dell ie the middle name of Colon. I
K M. Iloiif.
Adnti ltoniaiiz.i 1 b.iffoe w.i. a ,,,
Aineileiiii ginerul who nchlcveil ills
Hliotlnn in the Spanlsb Win- of lsos
spe. Inllv m ihc liaitle i,r 111 I'.inin'
He coiiiinarnlid the Ain.-i n .111 i.,ntlif
l'ciii of th,. allnii iirmiesj which -,.
In "1 tin I" mill'. IIS in IN liln, Chlpn
,n luno. '"
Tile ll.ltlle lf l.lM.ttr,, ,., ,'lf, ,,
Two othir nn in, s r.n in .,n,, ,,f y,,.,
.ne lap and lioiip
'lb.- Swim . oufi ileiaiion ;,,i. ;, (ltt
liioeid.nl eviry y.ar fioiu l,. nie'in-
bn.'li.p of the ruling p.m.v in ihe
I-1 derct I 'ool'l-os.
Mors 1). cuiiili.il" l.t, r.ilM n ,,, ,, ,, r
'be llBb II" e .Iim , ,,.,1 ,,, ,'',
tl . I.I I uu:
I' s Ml I, . I , , , , ,,,, ,.,,
l'M.lgl.l,h I'.f .1 , . 1 , . , ,0.
Uueinc diHiifim o. p,ciures In Uiriilnr
ur fcort'lung.
Humanisms
I Ity WILLIAM ATIIKHTON 1)1 Pl'Y
NOW Patrick Kellcy, you will admit. I
a name which has a way of directing
the mind toward a certain Island iniiile
emerald by visitations of the Gulf Strcnm
and made famous b.v a penchant of its son
for polities in communities where there
not more of them than political jobs.
There is 11 Patrick Kellpy in the IIm.
of Itepiescntatlvcs who halls from Lansing.
Mich. To be sure his father ami ' "f
were both born on the "oitld soil ' l.nt
Pat first saw the light on n little farm "low
in Cass county.
He lias a brother nnnied John, who l
prcsidcnl of the State Normal S. I ...
Mount Pleasant. Mbh. Last hiiminei tir.e
two made n pilgrimage to the little fir 1
house in which they were born.
"Do you mind the fence':" said P.n
a tendency to drop into the verimi n'.-ii' .'
his father. "On one side of that f n
is a country school district whi.h used tu
have none' too good n reputation for f e
educational facilities it. offered. On tne
ot her side is the school district in. 'u line
the village yonder, where there vvns nlwa'
n good school. Father was careful nho '
getting his house 011 the right side of t
line. Afterward an attempt was mnd. t.
change it and put us in the rountrv dif '
but father fought it and won. The I .en
Hon of the house vvitli rclatlun to that fear
has meant a lot to you aud me."
I stood at the door of the White II
Ihe other day 11s the cabinet ofhcois "
filing our from n meeting. Mr. Dav's of
the Department of Labor. I decided was a
nearer appi-oinh lo 11 mjitincp idol than m
of Jhe others; Denby bulked the biSEf
phy siuilly : the genial Hays ami tin n
Mellon were rivals as featherweights '1 '
whiskers of Secretary Hughes gave ,i..in
piltlible evidence of being given caref ' 11 '
teiition. while the mustache of Si" '"a
Pall had a droop that gave plaintive re
deuce of his origin below the Mason nnl
Dixon line: Herbert Hoover is 11 suipi
ingly youngish mnn to havo so mum bin k
of him, ami llenrv C. Wnllinc. the fai'in"
among tiiem, is ted -headed with 11 vve.i'l.rr
beaten fm-c nnd stocky form Hint I in"
1 npnble of facing an lown bliznid A"1!
the freckles of the Vice President "nu
11 ts with the cabinet I nearly foig." to
mention .Air. Coolidge's freckles.
The first lexi'ciitive assistant ap fl
by Postmaster General Will Hays wn- -1
nim M, Mooni'v, who was assigned f.
chief clerkship of the department a ""'
which calls for the handling of i"1"' '
t lot nil.
Mr. Mooney hud been disbursing "fli r
for the department, but bni 1 of t l.n t w .
1111 iioonmplislimeii! which gave him 11 in
greater call on fume Por nuitiv ve.n
was innnteiir fistic chntiipion of Hi" I -
Stnte4 mid there is no sporting edit"" 'a ' "
nation in whose consciousness his 1 nn"
does not occupy u place like unto tlin' '
Itichtird Mansfield in the mind of th'' "I "
iiinlic critic
The huskv Mr. Mnouey sin'i ce,s Itus. ".
McAidlc, of Texas, who boasted nu if -'
temperament ami Mil pounds avondupo -
Itepieseiilntive rrederick W lulling" 1 lf
Massachusetts:, who is chairman of one '
the comiiitlees of Congress, whiili I'll-'"4
on contested elections, intended m be nn
educator, but went to the stale l.egc
before he was out of college and hli
in nolilics over since.
hi
Hut lie is still Interested in i'i
in i 11
main is. One tendency of th- tiuns 11
cation lo which be is iinaltcniblv o'l"
that of 'eiirichiiiL' the curriculum" I
1 ,f s
into Hi"' lower grades fragmeat.n v 1.. . -''
of higher studiis.
lie behoves that the result is 11 1 '"I..1;
podge
wake.
knew,
curri"
which bavi's nu'iital lonlu-.. n '' '
lie savs that n student of wln.111 lnj
who had 1 11 exposed to nn ear . h 'I
1 Ik 111 . vmis culled upon to vvut. ""
i -s.iy
on tin' human body ami t'" " '
was sonn'1 111111: nisi- tin'-:
'"I'he human body is divided int.. 1 '
ptirlv (Note the hl-lorie illusion ' I' '
first pint is the head and it contain- '
eyis. nose, cars mid brains, if inf '
i'.r.,o,,l ..' I't i I In. chi'Sl mill It COlimitf " ''
lieiiit. lungs mid part of the In or
third pint is ihe stomach ai"l "', '"
the live vowels, a, 0, i. n and u
I
of
nil 101 Hilars ot tin' r' nni' "
w ilh
all. e
II'
th"' big est l;il 1 in-j ni mi t"' "
is Mo ri Slieppnrd. "I I v"'
has I. 111 the uppci Imju -' t
nnd in n'l I bin tune mt- h" "'
y a 1 s
Hue.' roll .Mils n other H'olltor ltp"
males him in rcgukiril of atU'iidttncc.
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