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All ripaf of republeatioti of speotol tliivatehei ereln are also reierierf I'hlladelphlj. Frldtj. April .'3. 12I "HAIL! HAIL! THE GANG'S ALL HERE!" PASSAGE in the Senate of the Aron bill umeiidihg Hit' city ohm tor so us to com pel advertising for street -cleaning liJ every yenr Is n brav-eu afftoiit to the people of Philadelphia, who toted less than two year ngo to clean the ilirtj biaml of ion tractor gotei nmi'iil mil of City Hull Its purpose is to Jin1 the V-C It umioritj In City Council nn opportunity to pla into the hands of the Vure Organization this tail by finding a pretext for nhauilouiug the present highly successful methocl of urn nlcipal street cleaning It in a step and a long step toward reviving gnng politico. It ought to be killed in the House, but the purpose plainly is to rush it through m the closlriK confusion of the adjournment next week. It is uaky locisdation because neither the present municipal sovernuient uor the people of this city have had an opportunity to be heard in protest. ItR booker:- are afraid to tight it out in the open or they would not have wuiteJ nntll these closing dns in attempt to rail road it across. Every public spirited citizen and piiblic pirited civic organization should bomburd the members of the House with protects The gang is getting readv to strike up the old jeering hymn of graft and greed THE BROWN BRAND OF ECONOMY SO SOLICITOI'S for economy are the men who play politics with Judge Brown that they are backing .1 hill in Hnrrlsburg to raise the salaries of the judges of the Municipal Court from iftinoo to $12,000 u year and to i oiupel the Governor to appoint un extra judge for tin court within a specified time The purpose of the c-ouit wn to displace the magistrates, who are paid S4000 n jear It was originally thought thm jl'iOOO would be an adequate salary for the judges The magistrates have not been displaced And although the number of judges now fitting in the Municipal Court is adequate. the new census indicates that the city has increased to such a siie that another judge may bo nppointed on the basis of popula tion laid down in the law Covernor Sprnwl has properly refrained from making the appointment at the present time foi ihe reason that the present judges run do all the work. The kind of ecnnomv that .ludge Hrown and hi associates believe in is the kind that fives their interests nil the monej they wish, while it leaves those who do not train with them to get along ns best they m.n And the.v nro demanding It with n straight face and with man? protestations of their intercut in the public welfare Vo one Is deceit ed, however exi-i pt thoo who wish to be THE NEW PREPAREDNESS NOTUI.NO could so eloqiirnil'. suggest the state of realh inf'-nned opinion in Washington us yesterday s official announce ment of the appointment of (teneral I'ernh jog to organize nnd direct a new war staff which Is to be formed ' "prepare in stantly in time of peace for imhuiix op ru tlons on a large .scale Hitherto In this lonn'n we i,c KOi along without a siipeistaff in the War l- partment. though -mli stuffs hni, nns eirleted 111 Hurope Nohodv is belter fitted than General l'ershmg fur The special dut which he will perform Tin move is una of preparedness m a real sense Thi mid pl fact that the appointment wu made shows that it n. nnsider-d nix-es-nri i Meanwhile, impo'ienfe w-th wai and war preparations is spreading In nn address in this city John M Mason, president of the Commercial Trust Compauj said that governments crvwhere are 'dissipating the resources of the people ' H uid that until the orgj --f militiirv expenditures Ceases it will be dinVu.t --i in,posir' to re establish the eiouomic eipulibriuni of the world Radical tried to moke a woi.d peace and failed. Politicians and tutesnien tried to make a world peace and they tailtd to" Perhaps 111 the end tile Jesiple who feel loo weight of intoloiuMe birden will huve to turn to the bunkeis Wsrs cannot be fought wirhoui . ledn Ami if iuP hnnaers of Europe were disposed -. 'eel n Mr Mason does w might I" mnde iictuall.v im possible DRAMA IN THE RAW IN Till' llk- -if -lie glfUIPsl of nn. Hie mines nf untouched maieim1 foi he stage and for I ks Km Hon timers still fill their- books with the cliatti i .if tlirto tlous aud 'to- uarra'ives -if Mam Stieet and Greenwich Village and nn stage de pends almost whollj on lotlie and jiij-. Yet what could not Connn Iloyie d, with the story of il.i tinMcu-ms ijeinan sl.nn In Atlantic Cit ninid a ioiiIu-i-ui of let tfrs ln-arni!,' iiuiio-s ilnseli assm inieil with the old (iernwin diunsti If another i. tor Hugo or aio-ther llalae or another tie Maupassant is obsirwng and laboring in 1'nuiee. the woild ,if the futon will see the war in lights tha' we of this generation to-ier dream of- and see n more vividly and mote tmlv The siirfm e of the subject has not been lunched The ret cu I 'ng hand has not nppeured Kierybody is engaged with detail and the gi-'ut central facta and implications hate uot tet been Clothed in nu.t hiuguage So It ulvtats Iihs lici ii Then- aie human CH lit- - ' S"' i' -i nd tone hint, o wiiKIj and so near to the sklos that no one who docn not view Uicm from afar can possibly have a ncnao of their form and their mean ingn. Some dy or other the dramatists'? and the novelists und tho poota will awake to a realization of the endless drama of our own history. Those who have seen the play made by nn Englishman from the record of Abraham Lincoln's lifo nnd death of ton feel that they have seen America and felt the true spirit of America, for the flrnt time. How long will It lako the stage writers to work back ward to Washington and Jefferson, their hopes and their achievements? And bow long will it take them to reveal truly tho strangeness mid the majesty of our own hopes and labors and sacrifices and failures in the recent war1 GOOD WILL IS THE KEYNOTE OF THE COLOMBIAN TREATY Clouds of Apprehension, Dark, Though Unjustified, Are Dispelled by an Epoch-Making Pact THK injustice of an argument Is not neces sarily evidence of Its ineffectiveness. South American resentment over the methods by which the Panama Canal nego tiations were put thiough i testimony on this point Since IlKW when the Isthmian republic enme into being, propaganda against the I niti-d States lias flourished in Latin Anmricu It mnttcrs not how much of this was organl7ed, how much of it could be related to domestic politics in the uirious republics, how much of It wan disseminated b foreign traders and concession hunters to further their own personal ends. rVnr of the dominant position held by the 1 nited States in this hemisphere were easily mi litated If the actual details of the canal case were overlooked, and especially the fact thul we were authorized by treaty to pro tect the I'ntuinia railroad b armed force if necessary, there was nothing uncommon In the character of such misrepresentations. In our home affairs delusion anil falsehood often obscure issues which should logically be obvious and clean cut. The tieuty with Colombia, now passed by more than the tuqiilsltc two thirds ma jority in the Seuate. is a gesture of good will, and as such it Is broader in its scope than the particular situation out of which It was born It muy surprise some North Americans to leatn that the Spanish War of 1S0S was not universally accepted by southern neigh bors as a sedative to their feelings of anxiety The justice of the cause for which we took up arms is susceptible of complete demonstration None tho less, that conflict made the Tinted States for the first time a Caribbean power In many parts of Latin America this result was viewed with an uneasiness which militated against care fully reasoned analyses of fundamentals. The German drummer who stimulated his trade with denunciatort allusions to the "Colossus of the North" seldom lacked nu-dietu-e Reference to the "manifest des tiny" of the greatest republic the world hns eter seen provoked shiters in Ilogota. Val paraiso. Ruenos Aires and other capitals. Not oil of the suspicions entertained can be traced back to the self Interest of com mercial visitors In Mexico City there is a monument to the valiant but unavailing defense of Chapultepec by the cadets of the military academy The sentiments intoked by this memorial have little to do with the actual origins of the war of 1S40-4S between the I'mti'd States and Mexico The selfish ambitious of the dictator. Santa Ana, are forgotten The pathos of defeat by a vastly more powerful neighbor beyond the Klo Grande remains The Colombian treaty will be better un derstood in this countrv when the public renlixes tin enormous value of sympathy as an asset lu international relationships Po li'ienl tire-eaters and foreign marplots will tind the task of proving that the policy of tho I nitfsl States is to ride rough -shod over the sensibilities of her weaker neighbors far from congenial if the long-pending' compact is executed That contention was ful" before the Colombian tieuty was passed The point to be considered is that under the new agreement lies will fall on less fertile soil than formerly As the treaty involves an appropriation of money SLTi.OtMi.OOO it must be referred to the House of Representatives, where there are pmspeeis of luelv debate The situation recalls John Jay's treaty, which was long held up m the lower chamber after a r-omparatiti It swift passage in the Senate Nothing thai mat be nid. however, can dlspiove the hetierU'cnt inllnenco which the Colombian settlement would exert upon cordial, unufraid ai-fcptnucc of the true spirit of the Monroe Iioctrine The treaty from which the apology to Colombia hie been piojierly deleted, is not even by con nf ruction n confession of wrongdoing It is a repudiation of charge which were uo less disi'oiicerting and vexatiuus because un founded Coiigiessnn n will, of course, hate then snt about the possibilities of the industrial ami nomir; detelopment of Colombia which the resumption of nmicable relations with her rich and energetic neigliboi un folds It may be forecast that the tiensurt of ml Inlelv discovered in the tropical re public tull be mentioned as a sinister tact Pan Americans interested in the welfare of the whole cnntmint can afford to adept with pleasure letelations of Colombia s vir tunllt untapped resources Stupid, selfish, war bleeding exploitation of virgin terri tones is one of th" darkest stains on modern citilintion And tet true world progress is iurgely dependent on the ability of tnnn t-- teplenish scientifiealli his physical, cul tural and mnteiiol powers ut the expense of nature's generosity The well being of t'olomb.ans, save for that minontv culmnting nn inherited in tellectual and po.mcnl monopoly upon the lofty plateau where stunds the unique capi tal, Bogota, hns been lamentably retarded bv iinderdet-f lopiin ni in a vast region of prodigious natural .isvts Neither North Americans nor Colombians need feel ashamed of locognuing the necessity for a change The tieuty gives piomise of facilitating this reform mi a basis of sincere sympn thetu ii, opi ration and square dealing, the benefits .if wiiiih to the entlr continent nnd to a I ntin lepublH that ha-, hardlv begun to find it-ilf (itnnot jutly be minimitrd ROGER BACON'S CIPHER rpHK success of Prof New hold in tie J. ciphering tin- cryptographic writing of the famous Roger Itnc-.n manuscript, wliuli n discussed befori the Amerimn Philo sophiinl Soeicti may explain to im- un initi.ited l.ow it is possible for the experts of the fur. ign otin es of one nation to read ih i ipher dispatcrcs suit out by the for eign olhios of anothi r nation The cipher of Roger Macon m the most complicated 'but lias yet been discovered The mntiusi ript ns written oiiginnlly in iindietal Latin Then it was tianslated mlo a (ipher. and this cipher version was then letransl.ited into another tersion bv a different ciphei I'ntil Prof New bold set himself to I he task the attempt to find the key to the original Latin had failed. Although the key was written nn the last page f the manuscript, no one had been able io find out how to use It. Sniet wilting ii a oM lis the desire f men to conceal from outsiders tho contents of confidential communications. II was practiced by the. Greeks and by the Romans. The Hebrews tisod It, and examples of it arc found in the lllble, whero tho crypto grammatlc words aro brought over In tho translation into English. Julius Caesar in vented a simple cipher for sending his mes sages. In the slxtocnth nnd seventeenth centuries European scholars and statesmen wore In the habit of using a cipher in their' correspondence. Pepys wrote his famous diary in cipher, not only to keep his gal lantries from the knowledge of his wife, but to protect his own bead from the conse quences of his free comments about the conduct of the great Of course, these ciphers could be un raveled, nnd when it was worth while the key was found nnd the documents were read. Indeed, the practice of writiug In crypto grams was so common that Francis Uacon urged that the art of deciphering them be taught in tho grammars. lie had n cipher of his own that he was in the habit of using. The theory that the plays of Shakes peare were written by llncon, nnd that the secret of the authorship was hiddon in thorn by nn ingenious cipher, grew In part out of this knowledge that Uacon was deeply interested In secret writing. If he had ntver used a cipher It Is not likely that the Hacon-Shokcspeare controversy would ever have arisen ' Our own State Department hns a cipher for the transmission of dispatches to its representatives abroad And the Navy De partment nnd the War Department also have their own secret codes. The most that is expected of them is that they will make it dlHicnlt for any unauthorized person to read what is written The experts in Washing ton can trnnsliite any cipher messages re ceived by the foreign ambassadors thero, and it is betraying no secret to say that the code messages n-ceived by Derustorff beforo we entered tho war were rend in tho State Department about ns soon ns they wore 'read in the headquarters of the German legation THE ONLY ANSWER MAKING a new speed record in diplo macy, Secretary Hughes reflects Amer ican public opinion with an official em plinth "no ' tv the German mediation proposals. The dispute technically is between Ger many on the one hand nnd Great IJntain. France, Belgium and Italy on the other hand Hut the t'nited States, as ouo of the powers which waged the war against Ger miiuy, is morally nllgued with the other nations which fought Germany. It cannot separate itself from them nnd act ns nn umpire In a dispute between them and Ger many without weakening the ties which bind it in moral interest with the nations beside which it fought. Secretary Hughes wrote to Germany some time ago that It was responsible for the war and that it must make reparations to the full extent of Its ability This country could not be regarded as nn impartial or as a disintetested judge, even though it is not demanding anything from Germany. The only conceivable conditions under which It would be justifiable for the ITnited States to act as an arbitrator would be those cieated by; a joint requebt from the British. French. Belgians nnd Italians on the one hand nnd from Germnny on the other that we decide between them, not ns n party without moral interest in the settlement of the Issues growing out of the war. but a a nation in the fairness of whose decision all pnrties would have confidence. HOOCH AND GASOLINE ALCOHOL ns u motivating agency .'or automobiles isn't half bad if it is used in the engine. In the driter it Is and always will be most dangerous. Not nil city magis trates yet appear willing to admit the im poitnnce of this simple fact Old times returned for an instant when still nnother politician charged with driving a motorenr while drunk was let off with a slight line by Magistrate Mecleary Wit nesses, the police who made the artest and. finally. Police Suigeon Kgun stick to their assertion that tho accused man was intoxicated nnd unfitted for the time being to manage his machine with safety to him self and others in the streets. If you want to evade the laws you have to cultivate the friendship of the men who make them and swear to enforce them The man who has no friends usually gets full punishment from n city magistrate. One who bus friends higher up is often as im mune from the operations of the law as hangei s on usid to he in the courts of Chines.- mnmlnrins. ONE GOOD DEED liLPARTl KB from the prevailing ttpc A. of -alary boosting bills in Harrisburg is protided by two new forestry measures, one of which advnnces the pay of Gilford Pin.-hot to $Sf00 a yenr. The importance of the post of chief for i ster of Penusyltnina Is axiomatic. I'ntil comparatively tecent years timber wastage in this commonwealth has been little shoit of criminal I'uder the administration of Mr Pinchot modern scientific methods of preservation of tree wealth have been ap plied and still more efficacy is promised in ihe recommended reorganization of the de partment Tlie lamentably swift deforestation of many sections of the nation, whose timbei resounes wero fantastically declared "in exhaustible ' is one of those dt-structite processes too often unrealized until the damage is done Fortunately, the case in Peniisyltnnin hns not yet reached an ir reparuble stage, and Mr Pinchot is devel oping a c-onsei vation program calculated in time to offset the years of thoughtlessness In parsing the hill recognizing tho worth of Ids end'-avois. and also tho measure increasing the pay of firo-fighters from twenty live cents to forty cents nn hour the Senate can point to at least one Instance of i onstructlve thinking THE NEWEST "DON'T" IT IS not otten thnt the divine right to be fickle in love, which some women claim in the days of their youth, Is so rigorously challenged as it was in tho case of Leonllda e Angelis, an Italian girl, who, coming to this city to wed nn old sweetheart, fell in love with another man on the way over end spurned hei first nffinity when she lauded Leonllda was ordered depoftcd from the immigration station at Gloucester ''Out with vou ! said the immigration author) ties sternly to the gul nnd her new fiance and out thev will go The odd thing about this arrangement is thnt it offers not com fort, but furthei trnwtil of heart to the Jlltee The habit of deportation has become some thing of a fad in Washington since it was inaugurated bv Attorney General Palmer In iho dnts of the war, when free thinkers in politics and the radicals getiernllv wen doing th'-n best to make thetnseltcs n nuisance iiiul an annoyance to the govern ment It is nn alternative that ought not to be too greatly encouraged Before you lino ti lt one may be deported for taking a drink of strong liquor and. in the course of tune, the immigintioii authorities may usher out of the countrv nnv one caught dnncing to a jazd tune Fickleness, strong liquors, nnd in?, are lamentable in their various nays But wise people do not use a hatchet to kill tiles. Apropos of last night's eclipse, the less moonshine there is the more there is likely to be, .kIM M-i-Vi , ,TVfh'' w-vtrrc. AS ONE WOMAN SEES IT Interesting Possibilities of the Mod ern Merger System Suggest a So lutlon of Some Church Problems ny saiiaii t. i.owiui;: TIIEKB are, between Broad street and the Schuylkill river and Walnut and Pine strcetH, eleven Protestant churches nnd one Roman Catholic, Of tho eleven, six nre Protestant Episcopalian, four are Pres byterian and otic Is a Methodist church. Of the six Episcopalian, three ore chapels or missions I. e., adjuncts of larger churches --so thnt technically it might be said thnt there arc three churches nnd thrco chapels supported by the Episcopalians within the area In which Prcsbytcrlnnlsm supports four churches and Methodism nnd Catholicism each one. In actual attendance, however, St. Pat rick's, the Roman Catholic church, has larger congregations than all four of the Presbyterian gatherings put together and nearly ns many ns any four of the six Epis copal parish centers. In order to accom modate all its parishioners on Sunday mornings, however, St. Pntrlck's has a service nearly every hour from 7 until 12. The congregations" pour In nnd pour out, ncafly filling tlip.biiildlug each hour. In most of tlc Episcopal churches thero are also on un average of three services be fore 12 o'clock, but there Is no expectation of n crowd except at one service. The Presbyterian churches have one morning service in each church, yet only one of the churches of the four hns whnt might be called a lnrgc congregation. One of the four, with wide galleries and a very broad lloor space for pews, could easily accommo date nil four congregations at one bervice. I WAR talking with n meuibci' of that church the other day, and sho called my attention to these facts In the course of ex plaining to me her own and others' desire that there should be some sort of a union effected with three Presbyterian churches. She felt that the Presbyterians of fifty years ago, who had built and ondowed these churches, had overestimated the church going proclivities of Ihe neighborhood and miscalculated the popularity of Cnlvlnlsm terstis sonic other Protestantism. Her feel ing was thnt If, like the Roman Catholics, the Presbyterians had considered the area of one parish and built n large church that would have accommodated its congregation by multiplying its services, this generation of faithful churchgoers would not hnve been disheaitened by empty pews, depleted Sun day schools and discouraged elders and clergy. Her remedy for the original error was, therefore, to unite two atid perhaps three of the congregations in one or another of the churches, combine tho endowments, pool the expenses and start afresh with at least one with well-filled pews. BIT she confessed thnt uniting was easier proposed than accomplished, since the question of which would give up its partic ular set of stained-glass windows, not to mention memorial accessories of wood, stone, brass and organ paraphernnlla ; which should move and which should stay, what name should be the rallying name, what type of theology should be the dominant one, the Princeton - Westminster Confession Shorter -Cntcehlsm logic or the I'nion Theo logical -Briggs-Ilrown experimental ethics or the Northfield-Moody-Spear evangelistic eloquence ' The one all -compelling motive for uniting forces poverty of funds was lacking, he cause owing to the past generosity of de parted members of all four congregations the churches could afford to hate dwindling congregations nnd still support lusty paid choirs and discouraged pastors MOREOVER, one could uot sny that in unity only there was strength, because one of the four had taken on new life under a good preacher and ndministintive pastor anil filled its pews nnd made Its parish house hum with activities, proving beyond n doubt thnt men nnd women and children still like to go to a Presbyterian church in the Wal nut street neighborhood, given a certain in centive of interest, plus congeniality, plus a feeling of success in the nir. Summing It nil up, the faithful prop of a "has-been" congregation gave it as her opinion that what one mini hns built up under the present system another man, ns well-meaning but not ns effective, could pull down. She felt that the fate of the church that had her support might well be the fnle of the more prosperous congregation with the death or the removal of the present minister It was her opinion that as the sermon for a Presbyterian was the be-all and end all of the Sunday service, anything short of n great sermon was a catastrophe But she admitted that great preachers cie rate and made not overpractlcnl pastors as a rule. Her way out of that was to separate the preaching function from tho administrative in the manner of n cathedral with a dean and archdeacon for affairs of the parish and cations who would be alternating preachers. The combined endowments of three churches would suppoit this personnel, she felt. Prof. New bold, decipherer of Roger Bacon's cryptogram, is to be envied Some of us whose interests are more contempo raneous can find no key at all to avnlanches of modem jargon descending from legions of considerable eminence. Senator Harrison insists that Colonel Harvey in England will seek to destroy the League of Nations. In a way this is a serious reflection on the efficacy of the colonel's methods to date The American Academy of Political and Social Science, which is to meet hern this month, has selected peace us Its open ing topic. The discussion, it is lumored, will be strictly theoretical. The intensity of California earthquakes is nothing nt all compared to the tremors of press agents compelled to disguise the bru talities of nature with ingenious nnd sooth ing phrases. f What Do You Know? ' QUIZ 1 In what city was Simon Bolivar the lib erator of Houth America, born'.' i Who was Phoebus in classical myth ology'' 3. Whnt is the orllnal meaning of tho word camera I In what pint 'of Africa are gorillas found? .". In what plav by Shakespeare does the character of iIeiinioiu occui " s Who was Michael Karada,y" 7 Who first propounded tho question, "Why should thu dovll have all the good tunes'"' What kind of tiees aie planted to coun teract malarial conditions? 9, Who wns Krfderle I.emnltre'" 10 What is the contents of th "cups that cheer but not Inebriate"' Answers to Yesterday's Quiz l The Sorbonne is the building housing the faculty of arts and sciences of the t'nlverslty nf Paris. J Kdwln MarUham wrote "The Man With th Hoe" 3 Charles X, deposed In in 10 wns the last Bourbon klnn of France 4 tieneinl Lee became president of Wash ington College in Lexington Va , after the Civil Will General Leonard vooec Is now bead of the University of .Penn sylvania f, A clavier Is any tceyboard-Mnngec In strument such as tho piano or clavi chord d A hemstitch is a Mud of ornamental stitch A hemistich (pronounced "heml stlk") Is hulf a line of verse. 7. Chihuahua should be pionounced "dice-wah-wah " S. Pandemonium means the abode of all tho denims. ii The ancient Unionists were non-Greeks who used the Greek latiiruntce. 10. A ll'imiiii legion consisted of u division of .1000 to cnoij men including a com plement (if civuliy, ...:. . . s. A & IJM.i ; Ai . . . ,. . i f, ftA& i .1 L . II IIIM. 1 H. .-II' JTii ; I., t Jfi I p . v- NOW MY IDEA IS THIS Daily Talks With Thinking, Philadelphia on Subjects They Know Best MISS HARRIETT GOLDMAN On Delinquent Girls WHEN parents fail to sympathize with or understand youth; when families live in overcrowded, Insanitary homes: when girls have to leave school early to help earn bread for the family; when chnnres for fun nt home or in normal surroundings nre so slight and the great commercialized vcrld of amusement is open nnd calling, is it any wonder thnt many girls answer the call and arcs caught and pulled down in the whirl pool ? That is the way Miss Harriett Goldman, secretnry of the Girls' Service League and the Personal Service League, lfiO." Arch street, sums up the whys nnd wherefores for the downfall of hundreds of young girls In the city each yenr "Few nnd I am tempted to say none of the girls we eoine in contact with through the Personal Service League nre intention ally bad to start with." said Miss Gold man. "Home conditions in most cases fling them out into the swing of commercialized amusements. Motion -pictures, city parks in summer, the public dance and, most of all. these small club dances, lead step by step downward until the girl is across the border linn before she realizes she Is even on the way townrd downfnll. l believe in most cases, bin ring the mentally deficient, girls are redeemable even after they have sinned more than once We hnve proved it many times over in our work here. Vulgar Dancing Serious Problem "1 know of several cases in which club dances were the direct cause of girls' down fall. We ure curing for one girl in the psychopathic waid of a local hospital now Vulgar, objectionable dancing is one of the most serious problems we huve to face, and 1 am so glad to see dancing masters of Phil adelphia tnking up this problem. "They nre the experts on the subject Theirs is the prestige needed to set proper standards ami to swing public opinion toward leaner more wholesome dnncing The responsibility rightly lestK on them, I believe. It Is whnt is danced in the halls, cafes and restaurants downtown that sets the pace for others "I recently heard a young girl, when told that certain dunces were objectiouable, sny : They allow it in the swellest dance halls Why ain't it light?' Our girls an- live wires und follow the latest styles. If so ciety folk aie dancing these dances they set ihe pace. "1 believe if existing laws were enforced n would be much better off so fur as dancing is concerned. 1 don't know that i approve especially ot women ciance-linll inspectors, as suggested by Director Tustln I do think women police could be of great good in protecting young girls if they were the proper type of women. They should, I believe, be trained in welfare work, and be strong, i lean -minded women who huve this work at heart If the.v watched the streets in certain sections at night, watched the railroad stations and corners nearby, they could do much to protect girlhood and pre vent delinquency .Must Belter Conditions "Enough cannot be said ngnlnst dub dances m eettaln sections of the city. What has already been bald at conferences of dancing masters and city officinls has not been exaggerated Theie are groups who hire IiuIIh for private dances, where liquor is served and the dancing continues past the hours set bv the law, and wheie there are no rules ugnlnst nnv sort of dnncing So long as such places and conditions exist we can not set and keep high standards. Welfare organisations know well enough of the ex istence of such places, because to them come the (Ity's youth who have lieen soiled by attending such dances "Commercialized amusements are all right if properly supei vised If u gill has strong chin acter and mentality she will go straight un) way But you will find numbers of de linquent girls come from overcrowded homes, where it Is virtually Impossible to retain ii sense of mildest), wheie parents nre fight ing for a livelihood and do not give the at tention to training their children thui thev Vl 1.1 II' V - hoociiu. wiii-n me (lurciics arc Iiiieiglieis who have not become Americanized, and they do not understand or sympathise wifh the chlldien who ate growing up unf, American ideas ami ideals. 'We would not have nearly so much trouble with delin quents if housing conditions were better. Parents Full to Do Dut) "And jet we have some delinquent Kir, coming fioni homes that aie apparently good nnd ou wonder what can be the cause' I'sually Jim find it is lack of Hympathv Parents refuse to give their girls a cham-e to. entertuln at home, so they go eNuvvhuie for their fun "We tind one of the best ways to icach delinquent girls s through other girls who giuvv up au-J-r uoiuial condition and liuic ' u'l ImI ,'IVf'i ' WiH fli .ll'-u f rti WHAT COULD BE FAIRER? I normal ideas. Frequently a girl will con tide in a girl compnnionbefore she will in her mother. Apd often gul friends can have great Influence on their weaker sisters. "Thnt is why I encourage the friendship of the normal, healthy working girl for weaker members of her own sex ; encourage them to form clubs where they may get to gether for clean, wholesome fun nnd recrea tion as well as for welfare work. I like to see them wide uw-ake, with a knowledge of how to run clubs, of politics, of existing state and local laws for the protection of women nnd girls. "I like to see them given nn opportunity to lenrn to think for themselves and choose the right bernOse they recognize it as such. I like to see them looking out for their weaker sisters by reporting places nnd sit uations they believe objectionable nnd dan gerous to society. "After all is said, the blame for delin quency usually falls back on the home, the training received nnd the conditions there." Knox Still at War I'rom Him N'stv York Kvenlnt- Post. , Any one who has struggled through Sena tor Knox's ')"(-word sentence declaring a state of peace between the I'nited States and Germany must wish thnt the senator had first mnde a separate peace with the English language. THE MAGICAL PICTURE GLINTING on the roadway, A broken mirror lay ; 'Hie-n what did the child say Who found it there? Ho cried there was a goblin Looking out as he looked in ' Wild and speckled skin, Black, bristling hair! He brought it to his father, Who. being n simple sailor, Swore, "This is a true wonder, Deny it who can ! Plain enough to me, for one, It's a portruit aptly done Of Admiral, the great Lord Nelson, When u young man.' The sailor's wife perceiving Her husband had some pretty thing At which he was peering. Seized it from his hand Then tciirs started and ran free, Mark, you have deceived me, I love you no more,' sntd she, 'So understand!' "But. Mary," says the sailor, 'This is n famous treasure, Admiral Nelson's picture Taken in )outh.' 'Viper nnd fox,' she cries, 'To trick me with such lies, Who is the wench with the bold eves? Tell me the full truth!' 1'p rides the parish priest t Mounted on a fnt beast. Grief and anger have not teased Between those two ; Little Tom still weeps for fenr; He has seen Hobgoblin near. Great white teeth nnd foul leer That pierced him through. , Now the old priest lifts his glove, Bidding all for God's love To stand and not to move, Lest blood be shed 'O' O!' cries the urchin, 'I saw the devil grin. He glared out, as I looked in, A true dentil's heud !' Mary weeps, 'Ah, Father, My .lack loves another ! On some w)ngc he courted her, In a land afar.' This, with cursing, Jack denies: 'Father, use )nur own eyes: It is Lord Nelson. In disguise As a young tur. ' When the priest took the glnss, Fresh marvels came to pass. 'A saint of glory, by tho mass! Where got you this?' He signed them with the good sign. Be sure the relic was divine, lie would fix It in a shrino For pilgrims to kiss. There the llinpel folk who come (Honest Mime, mid lewd some) See the saint's eyes, and arc cliinib, Kneeling on the lings. Soiuu see the Doubter Thomas, And winie Nathaniel In thu glass, And others, whom but old Saint Judns W ltd his monev bags? Hubert Graves In Saturday Westminster GUZUU'. Humanisms ny WILLIAM ATHERTON DU PUY PP. CLAXTON, commissioner of cda- cation for the federal government, wai discussing with Mrs. Edouard Albion, one of the nation's most active advocates of opera, American written and American sung, the possibility of providing nn escape for thoy thousands who pay fancy prices for scats and pretend to enjoy perform ftrces, the words of which they cannot follow. "America," said the commissioner, "will never hnve -grand opera until its citizens are willing to listen to red-hcatlcd Sally .Tonus of the TJ. 8. A., sing nnd pronounce her performance good if it Is." Edwin Denby, who says that he has nt tained the summit of his hopes as secre tnry of the navy and that he fears the job because he loves it so, has rather a dis tressful record ns a sailor. Way back in 1885 he went to China nn a Pacific mall steamer, arrived safely, but the ship afterward sank. He took n trip up the Chinese coast in a native vessel and It later went to tho bottom. lie cruised on that ship of tho navy, tho Trenton, which ' wns one of three to go on tho rocks In thnt tragic hurricane at Apia. Samoa, in 1880, As he made these rovelatlons an aid eyed the huge bulk of the man critically and re marked: "A vessel with strained plates is never seaworthy." "Where Is East Highgate?" asked tht stranger. He was from Honolulu and sat at a ban quet next to W. W. Husband, who was then hecrctnry nf the immigration commis sion, but who has been recently appointed commissioner of immigration by President Harding. This wun ten years ago. Before tho question could be answered sonic feature of the program has intervened nnd the immigration expert got no further rhnnco to explain the location of tho town of his birth. Five jenrs later the two men came to gether in a throng that was crowding into one of the gates that admitted visitors to the San Francisco exposition. They rec ognized each other. "As I was saying," said the stranger "where is East Illghgate?" But the surg ing crowds separated them. During the war Mr. Husband represented the Red Cross in Europe. He established the depot In Switzerland through which American prisoners in Germany were fed. Townrd the end he went nround to Oopcn hagen to cache an additional store of food In cnao the inlet from the GOtith was blocked. In Copenhagen, in the lobby of a hotel, he sat and rend an American newspaper tbst had just come to hand. "Ry the way," said a voice at his elbow, "where is East Highgate?" He turned nnd there was his casual ac quaintance of two former meetings. "East Highgate is away up In Vermont," snid Mr. Husband. "It had thirty-two houses when I wns born there, but nuco hnve been the exigencies of fire and the in tliienccs of time thnt the number Is now reduced to thirty." When the children go to the White House to roll eggs on Enster they are admitted to the grounds with tbelr parents. An adult without children cannot get in. Kn there arc nlwnys certain wise youngsters who hnng nround nnd hire themselves out to tourists who want to gain admission They will be a child to a tourist for qunrler. The benevolent policeman at the White House gate Is not exacting nnd may allow it iiewbboy whose stnnd ho knows perfectly well to bring in hnlf a dozon mothers and fathers. It was going n bit too for, how ever, when on Enster Monday Inst, a lad of ten presented himself with a sightseer who could not have been more than seventeen "Whnt relation is this man to you,' the policeman nsked. "Grandfather," said the boy rnnfidentlv John F. Krnmer, first prohibition enforce ment officer for the fedcrul government. Imp tho violators classified. Here aro some of them : , First. Those who do not grasp the fact that prohibition is a reality. Second. Those who instinctively seek, like children, the thing that Is prohibited. Third. Those who fly In the face of the law out of bravado. Fourth. Those who, through past experi ence, have developed (also appetites Fifth. Those who have lived by tho liquor Untie. Sixth. Those to whom the saloou has been a political instrument. The first three nf these will lose interest when the novelty of the situation has passed, nnd the last three will gradually cease to exist under the new conditions, The his tory of prohibition In a score of ttatcs lu the West hns demonstrated these assertions. i),!iTts.,v-i,-i.jt, 'tn,, ijtilt-yR-'tf.tcft.YrfV''-;: or.
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