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rhiUJrlpliii. ilurdijr, April 2). 19:1
ARE THE REFORMERS ASLEEP?
A HK the voters who believe in Rood gov
" eminent for Philadelphia going to let
the Yare-Cutininghum-Hrowii-Wcglcin pn
litlcnl thimblcsrlggers do nil the talkiiijr for
thrni nt llnrrisburg during the 'Oinms week
as they haw during the last month'.'
If they arc. they may ns well resign them
selves to seeing a tine i-rop of tricky laws,
devised to hamper the present ndininistrn
tion nnd defeat the reforms tlie voted for
In September and November, 1010. slipped
throtiRh the Legislature.
The reform element has not done much
to make Itself felt for good. It hns been
quiescent most of the time. It hns been
trusting pretty largely to the good faith
and veto pen of Governor Sproul.
This is not the right course. "With a
Legislature influenced by more corrupting
factors than have marshaled their forces on
Cnpitol Hill in many sessions, the eminently
respectables- are taking a lot for granted.
Governor Sproul has made pledges to
wive the city churter from evil tinkering,
and he has been a tower of strength In this
direction. Hut it is not fair to put the
Tthole burden on him. He has more thfau
this particular section of the state to look
out for. nnd his hands should be strength
ened by come showing of alert anil intelli
gent public interest on tlio cltj s behalf out
side of the jobholding professionals.
Itcform ought to be militant against the
things "the bojs" want to put ocr. It
ought to be forthright and outspoken.
The Job Combine know-, what it wants
and is not ashamed to ask for it. even to
barter for it.
If reform is not sleeping more soundly
than old Hip it w ill get bus) nnd show the
members of the House what It thinks of
the sneaky Aruu amendment, which is in
tended to revive the business of the largest
street 'leaning contractor in the world, now
sndly languishing. The protest ought to go
to llnrrisburg with a roar.
Let the reformers see that the Aron bill
is Killed positively and unmistakably as an
indication of public sentiment in this city,
rather than letting it rcipiire the over
worked veto ux of the (ioernor. That
would be a heartening sign even nt this
late daj in the session.
PRINCETON'S BENEFACTOR
Till' iimiciuiif nifiir that diic of the new
dormitories nt I'ruiccron I'nitersity was
to be named for M. Taylor Ptne in recogni
tion of his vertices ts made n few cla.ts
before the ileal h of tli.it gentleman yes
tercla.t .
Mr I'jne, wlio was graduated from
Princeton in 1ST", had been a member of
Its board of tcustccs for many .tears, lie
devoted himself to its mterots and gave
generouslj to its needs It was lifting that
he should be honored b hating a building
named for him. ami all those who believe In
saying nice things about a man who de
serves them vttilln lie Is alive will icjoico
that Mr Pt in knew before he died of the
honor that was to be done him.
HUGHES ON IMMIGRATION
TT IUTTAI.IA nil i.f southern nnd east
ern Kuriipi' wi'ie not one vast trap, the
port of the I 'hi t '! Stall's would have been
flogged before now with a tide of immigra
tion siieh ns no (otinlt.t in the world ever
was culled upon to fin
Hewildered Imidi's in nil the distressed
countries the sick, the unfit, the embit
tered, the I'etol'ttionnri think of the
I'nlteil States ns the aternge man is nccu.
tinned to think of heaten Poverty holds
them Illicit The nre hedged about bv
military regulations The) uinnot lind
transportation in Europe And if all who
want to i nine to AiivrHii ii-uld reach the
Atlantic ports there wouldn't bo ships
enough on tin an to enrr.t them. Jut
as order is leslored the heavy tide will m
prense Seeretart Hughes t unlit suites the case
in tin' retiiest for iiumediati restriction of
immigration which he l,ns recently trims
Jn.ltcil to I'oiigress. .Mr Hughes ought to be
ll-liiii'd to nnd, upparentl) , Congress is in a
mood to listen to him, an mteiesting fact
prut id bt the passage of the restriction bill
ji'sti-idut
.A RAILROAD THEORY
Dlt.' I:MHY It. .KtllNsilN .hose the
proper platform from which to net forth
his p'nu foi the solution of the inllroiid
problem. It was the sneaker's sinnil nt the
meeting of the Auiirnau Philosophical As.
socintiou
Dr. Johnson's plan in n ''in 1iii i ai the
present luoment 1 1 mat be ideall) jierfeit,
but there is no likelihood of its adoption in
all its delnils for inn nt tears to come.
In brief, it provides for the diminution
of nil state eontri'l mer railroads nnd for
turning the dircitlon of intrastate ns well
ns of interHtnie con, nunc oter to tin fid
eral goteiiiuicnl
In order In bring this about Dr Johnson
would have the uiilroads Incorporated by
the fedi'inl government mid brought iiuder
the dlicct iniitrol of Wiisliiiigtnn Some
thing of this kind has been urged for .tears,
not oul) for railroads, bin for nil big cor
porations engaged in interstate i omuieri e.
Ilut nothing has ionic of ii. There bus been
teluctnnce to concentrate nnv moie potter
In the national capital than is now exeictsed
there Ilut no one kuowt, when this re
luclancc will disunpeni
Part of Dr Johnson s p'an is nliendt
provided for bill ft is a pni't hn has litlle
relation to cderul coutrol uti'fj it be ru
I f
gnrded ns the prepnrntlon for thnt coutrol.
It Is the consolidation of the ronds Into
great groups. The Ksch-Cununlns law ar
ranges for this, but ml steps linve been
taken for carrying out the plan. The crea
tion of n transportation board of from
Uirec to five members, to have executive
control of. nil the railroads', ns suggested by
Dr. Johnson, hns not been seriously con
sidered in any responsible (tinrter.
Yes. the Philosophical Society wns the
proper plncc for Dr. Johnson to set forth
Ills tnilrond itrogriun. It could be consid
ered there ns tin exposition of theory, nnd
discussed as such. There may come n time
In the distant future when it will enter the
realm of practical legislation.
A PROGRAM SO GOOD
IT HAS TO BE ADOPTED
The Legislature Has Already Passed the
Teachers' Salary Bill and the Other
Educational Reform Measures
Are Near Approval
rplll' passage by the House by an nlmost
- unanimous vote of the bill ("renting n
State Council of I'ducntlon, following the
passage b) both houses of the Legislature
of the teachers' snlnry bill, put the Gov
ernor's educational program in n fair wny
of accomplishment.
Governor Sproul urged in his nnnunl mes
sage the abolition of the Stute Hoard of
IMueation and of the College nnd Univer
sity Council nnd the substitution for them
of n State Council of I'ducntlon to take
over their duties, lie also urged a law
requiring proper qualifications for teachers
and guaranteeing adequate pny to t'uiiort
possessing those qualifications. ! it's
recommended u fuller utilization Ct '
normal schools, an niucndment of the enni
pulor education law so ns to Insure better
educational opportunities for the children
nnd an increase in the aid given bj the
state to public education.
The teachers' salary law, which also fixes
stnmlnrds of fitness, is now before him, and
of course he will sign it. The law cannot
be enforced ns it should be unless the Legis
lature provides the money to pay the state's
slinre of the increased salaries. The Legis
lature cannot be so illogienl ns to refuc to
consent to the levenuo measures needed to
raise the mone.v .
The purpose of the bill ct eating a Council
of I'dtientiou is to concentrate educational
supervision in one body. The plan was
recommended by Dr. 1'inegnn, the state
superintendent of public instruction, ns
part of his program for raising the educa
tional rank of Pennsylvania from the twenty-first
among the states to ns near the top
Us he could get it
He and the Governor hnve been co
operating In good purpose op they could not
hnve secured the approval of tlie legislators
to as mm li of the scheme ns has x been
adopted. Their case was so strong, how
ever, thnt It hns been necessary to do little
more than to stnte it to secure the approval
of the lawmakers. There is no politics in it
ns that term is commonly understood. lis
sole purpose is to benefit the schools nnd
through them to benefit the -people of the
stnte.
The control of public education and the
chartering of degrce-grnnting institutions nre
to be conicntrnted in the new stnte council,
presided over by the superintendent of public
instruction. It is understood thnt it is the
dclre of the Governor nnd of Dr. Pinegnii
that the new council shall be as vvjdcly rep
resentative ns possible. It is to hnve nine
members. The present State Hoard of L"d
ucntion has onlv six. The members nre
intended to be the representatives, not ol
the schools, but of the tthole people of the
state. This is because' it is believed that
the direction of the genernl educational
policy of the state should be In the hands
of representatives of the people nnd not in
the hands of professional educational ex
perts. The experts can be trusted to enrr)
out the policy when once the people have
decided what it is to lie.
If merchants and manufacturers and pro
fessional men and fanners sit in the council
the relation of the s bonis to nil sorts of
Industry urn be governed more lntelligi ntly
and with better results than by nnj nthei
plan. The fanners, who nre interested in
the eduintion of their children nnd also in
the cultivation of their land, can give val
uable advice ns to the most expedient length
of the school )cnr. And the manufacturers
are entitled to be heard mi the relation of
child labor to education. No manufacturer,
commissioned to consider the whole educa
tional problem, could iirge a lelnxntion of
the compulsory education laws for th
benefit of his industrv. lie would be coin
pilled by his desire to fulfill his functions
n a gunrdinn of the )outli to take other
matters into consideration. There would
grow up in him what Gilbert Muriat has
Intely culled profos.lonnl pride, which would
impel hiiu to be as good an educational
councilor as it was in him to be.
There is sound pstclmlogt back of the
plan of the Governor and 1 r I'lmgim to
enlist busiijess men in the work of inising
the standards of the schools Thev nn find
men among the yonn. Ofill population of the
cotniiionwinlth who will be glad to give
their tune to this publii work and who will
take pride m it
POLITICS AND PATRONAGE
TIIK nomiiiatioii of Gmige V. Aldndge.
of Hoeliester. to be collector of the pott
of New York brings nine more into promi
nence u mnn who hns been nbhntred b the
reformers for tnant yius
Mr. Aldridg" i a politician of llie old
school. He ha- pint id the game without
too man) scruples He has been fnitlif.il to
his friends nnd icleiitless to Ins emmiis,
nnd in spile of nil the attacks made upon bun
he has mnn.igul to hold his own for a
generation He is now to" fill the most ini
portnii: presiib ntial olhce to be glvi n lo nny
New i oik politician
It Would be possible, if one were so in
clined, to write to his disi'iedit n long
hoinilt on the staudaid- that Mr Harding
has set up to guide him in the distribution
of patronage. Ilut it is probable that he
has set out merelt to deal with the material
at hand and that he has decided to lefruin
from involving himself in nil the complica
tions that would follow if he should try to
refoim his pnrtv in n wa) to suit tlnj ex
treme reformers
Mr Aldndge s a i npahlc man and lie will
probably ninke a go id collector That he
is also u piilitn urn will not be held against
him save bt those who think that politic
should be I mi lit peoplr who do not know
an) thing about tin siiliji . t
SOMEBODY SLEPT
A SHOUT disputi h hus i nine oter the
news lines to innnuuuic n slight
earthquake slim k in Los ugelis t iniue
from Los Angeles diuct. and for thai n a
son it was the most astonishing bit of news
in the papers. Weie tic prcs agents for
California, for tin- Paradise of America,
the Land of Dreams, the Land of Heart's
Desire, asleep V
Now mid then nt long intervals Los
Angeles experiences slight Mirth tremors.
Hut it is not considered proper to do any
thing but go quietly about tour business
when a trembler nn urn and attribute the
disturbance In u slight attack of veitigo
lluck a citizen of Los Ansebs in a i orm r
and insist thnt the earth trembled dightl.t
nnd lie will sny that there inustihnve been
n new n ivlng picture merger at IIIollj wood
or that Charlie Chaplin was smitten with a
new Idea.
In the gray of this mornlni;, therefore,
the people of Los Angeles probably beard
n rulllc of drums in the streets, .trie smmd
of sliullling feet and of a strong liinu weep
ing, and, a little Inter, n gust of gunfire,
followed, ns the novelists sny, by the silence
of denth. Tor one might safely wnger good
money thnt the Pi ess Agent In Chief 'of
the Loveliest City in This or Other Worlds,
who slept nt the switch, was marched forth
nnd shot nt sunrise. There oojild not bo
an cnrtli tremor In Los Augcl-.'s'! It Isn't
permitted.
THE DECOY FAILS
"AAE AIlK "iro"u,B ourselves," laments
VV one Ilerlln newspaper, the Lokal An
zelger, "helpless into the linnds of.n man
whose message showed how far lie wns ie
moved from German ideas and jeutlmcnts."
How on earth was this conclusion
reached? What, besides facts, remained to
guide fliis sensntlonal German editor, who
actually anticipated the tenor of Secretary
Hughes' note?
A little more of this sort of observation
and Germany will begin to understand that
only a few jenrs ago we raised ngninst her
the greatest nrmy in our history; that we
fought our wny to victory side by side with
several of the nations of western ICurope,
nnd thnt we nre not yet in n state of pence.
Meanwhile. Mr. Hughes may be counted
upon to be terse, prompt nnd explicit. His
reply to an invitation from n nation with
which we nre technically nt w.r to mediate
between her nnd n grotvm of nations with
which she is technically nt pence is one of
the timellejt of state documents. Consid
eration is promised for new German repara
tions proposals, nnd the propriety of pass
ing them on lo ;'. Allies ls'n nubject that
fill rcnlrc lUontlon. Less than this the
I'nlted States .ovvt-ii'-.ior.t coiAeJ hcarccly do
In the sittintii)u. Anything more nf this
time is out of the question, and n definite
"No" disposes of the fantastic mediation
ofter.
The temptntlon to denounce such nn iden
n mad Is modified by present knowledge
and past acquaintance with German impu
dence nnd propngnndn methods. It wns
impudence from Herlln which hurled us
suddenly into partnership with the Allies
in the world war. It is Impudent miscon
ception of our nttitude concerning the tieaty
of Versailles that is discoverable in the
clumsy German effort to drive n wedge be
tween her former foes upon the battlefield.
Propagandists, who hnve been .repeatedly
blundering ever since the challenge was
flung to civilization in 1,014, have unques
tionably been stirring again, and with the
customary consequences. It is not too much
to sny thnt never since the bickering over
the peace treaty began hnve the sentiments
of America nnd the Allies been more closely
in accord than nt this moment. It is a
case of the German folly of 1017 all oter
again.
The mass of American public opinion,
despite abiding criticism of the treaty and
fears of punitive excesses, is without doubt
solldl.v behind Great Hritain and France in
the determination to prevent German) from
wriggling out nf her obligations. The ex
posure of n marplot nnd Pecksniff is com
plete. .Mr. Hughes, ns n professional statesman,
has succeeded admirably in keeping his tem
per. Tirades against German v will not
expedite the peine which is n world neces
sity. It Is possible both to I eject obvious
traps and to suggest an opening for negotia
tions which sooner or later must be con
summated. The compact wording of the
secretary of Mate's note, dispatched within
three hours of the receipt of a request
steeped in bathos, significantly urges Gcr
mnnv to cease sulking.
There can be no doubt that If a new in
demnities proposal were sufficiently in ac
cord with actualities tills government would
forward the program. The advance into
Germany, fears of which have induced that
count r.v to address, (he I'nlted Stales in
such fawning terms, might then be uverted
bv constructive negotiations.
There is sound statesmanship in this
aspect tif the case as viewed b) Mr. Hughes,
just ns there is vigorous common sense in
Ins flat repudiation' nf a childish decoy.
CABLE HARMONY IN PROSPECT
THK Stute Department, it is said, hns
evidence of n virtual noccptanro b)
1'iaiice and Japan nf the principles govern
ing the American irv of the cables con
trovers) This-development Is constriinblc
as a somewhat' more accurate index of the
status of the Yap dispute tlinn can lie
glenned from cither the Californinii or the
Japanese press,
Tokio has not replied hastily to Mr.
Hughes' lur communication. In this in
stance debi) may be constructive, for not
withstanding the emphasis flint has been
accorded the American position, it is vuutli
remembering that we have mlvnnccd no
clnini for thc possession of what is actually
an insignificant Pacific islet and that ngree
mi nt legaidlng the cables there would re
lieve what has been called tension.
If the general outlines of cable settip.
ment are envisaged, there is prospect of
arranging the details. The program of this
government would nssign the line from
Gunm to Yap to this country, while s,inc
tinning Japanese control of the line running
north from the island.
The untangling of the cable snail, eten
in principle, while it .would not suite the
pending problem nf the Jnponcsc inundate,
could hardly fail to exert a beneficent in
fluencc. Itnmniaiis mil) tnke comfoit in the
fact that the William Slinki-speare who was
born .""" .tears ago today wns not the au
thor of tho plats thnt bear bis mime It ls
nlmost impossible to nccomplish nun h on u
first biitliday. ,
What the cable companies lose i)(.
world gains bv the sort of verbal economy
practiced by Churles I'ruus Hughes
The Pennsylvania. Legislatuie of 1 ; I
hns only five more days to live, o duith,
vvheie is thy sling?
Attacking the I-'instein theory is aiconi
pnnied by all the ilifliculties of lighting the
unknowable.
If they keep on spelling it motnrhusses
the jo.vriile censorship will soon have to bu
invoked.
German c who remembered tin- song,
"Tbe Ml Never Helicve Me, ' sang on the
key .
LOVE THOUGHTS j
i Adapted from the Poets)
rpHL Wooer speaks:
" O in) hive's like a red. ied s( renin
That's iitteied bj n loonl
I) 111) lute's like a meloilli
That's nitwits out o' tune.
Sac s.'tft I would t lion wcit, my lass,
As cleei) in love am I,
And I will woo theelike nn ass
Till u ' my Jul. gangs di).
The Wooed ThillkH:
Airy, fairy German) .
Scar), prnjery Germany ;
Passionately gasping, "Love us!"
After having failed to shove us
Dei p Into the sea ,
Is there, b) the stuis above us
Aught like Gcruuiu) 'I
n. t. o.
' WORK FOR WILL HAYS
Foreign Lotteries Busy In This City
Dr. Poole Talks About Allenby and
Lawrence The Rise of Sam
Lewis, Auditor-Gen-
cral-Elect
Ily GKOHGi; NOX McCAIN
TF POSTMASTKIl GKNKHAL WILL II;
J HAYS Is yearning to eliminate objec
tionable features from the mail fccrvlce he
might indulge his prentice hand nt rooting
out the foreign lotteries which are doing
' n mail-order business thnt beats tho Chi
cago record. ' t
One of the worst features Is thnt they nre,
most of them, state or government lotteries.
The latest Js the "Great Plank Money
Lottery," that proclaims itself under tlie
direction of a certain western Kurope gov-'
eminent.
Just the same. Us nllurtng literature Is
mailed from Germany.
The explanation Is given thnt Its mail is
"desbntched," ns the wnrped Knglish an
nouncement declares, "from Germany to
save postage."
Anybody who is fool enough to fall for
this sort of thing unci scud good American
dollars In exchange for the debased cur
rency of the lottery, even should a prize be
won, deserves to lose his coin.
One of tho circulars which came to me
rends like the old Louisinun Lottery litera
ture in its- most prosperous days.
DH. FHKDI'HIC POOLK. formerly In
charge of the Hncc Street Chinese Mis
sion nnd of late years lecturer nn China and
Japan, Is recently back from Lngland.
After service in reconstruction work fol
lowing the war he fell In with General Al
lenby. the conqueror of Palestine, nnd
Thomns Lawrence. .
The result of this was n series of lec
tures and a tour through the Hrltlsh Isles.
It was the lia.rsh KnglMi climnte that cut
short his engagement. Throat trouble or
something of the sort.
Odd, too, for the doctor Is n Hrltlsdier by
birth, lie's be'en nvvny from the fog and
rain and chill of the "blooinlnk" Isles for
so ninny years that even his, vocnl cords
icbel nt the Infliction.
lie describes Thomas Lawrence ns one
of the most lemnrknble men of this era.
Lloyd George said that he is "the most
romantic figure of modern times."
LAWUFNCL wns Genernl Allcnby's most
vnlunble aid in dealing with the Arabs.
Dr. Poole describes him ns a young, un
titled nnd modest I'liglishmnn, who was
digging iirotiiid ninong the llittlte ruins
when tlie war broke out.
It wns his familiarity with the Arabs,
their trnits, manners nnd even fighting
customs, that led Allenby to drnft him Into
service.
He dresses likn nn Arab and Is familiar
with the various Arab dialects.
The gieat achievement of Lawrence's life
wus when he succeeded in getting tlie Arnbs
to revolt against the Turks nnd throw off
the sultnn's yoke thnt bound them to the
dynasty in Constantinople.
Allenby. Dr. Poole says, is one of the
kind of Kngllslimcn who "wears well" in
contact with Americans
SAMCKL S. LI'WIS. whoso claim to
slate-wide dtinction is that be be
comes auditor gencrnrou Mny- .'I, is one of
the youngest men ever elected to that posi
tion. His career is nn inspiration to every bov
who has bruins enough to aspire to lie. and
do something in the commonwealth of
Pcjiiusy Ivuiiin.
When u child his fntlier died nnd he hnd
to begin life for himself.
His first job wns watching cows nt pns
ture. His wiigcs were fifty cents a month.
It wns the regular wage scale paid for the
same work in China.
As he grew n few years older he grad
uated into the job of clenning nnd tending
n doctor1 horse. His wages here leaped to
S'J n month. ft
He was. meantime, getting nn education,
'attending the public school and filling in
Ills odd time at any tiling Hint would bring
in n nickel.
The eagerness nnd manifest Intent ability
of tlie boy I he did not tell me this) ut
trncted the attention of Hiram Young, pub
lisher of the York Dispatch.
Hiram Young, as I knew him, was that
sort of an American; he was interested in
bright boys.
"Sam" Lewis began selling the York
Dispatch, serving a route, and finally wus
taken into tlie business office of the news
paper. He made good,.
When Mr. Young became postmaster of
Yt I; he carried young Lewis with him into
the government service.
That was Sam Lewis' opportunity to
study law. He did so. Worked nt night
oter Hlnckstoiie and by day over govern
ment business.
Ills nllilintioiis with politicians inocu
lated him with the virus of political ambi
tion No need to tell I he rest of the story.
TIIKIUj is a certain very popular dub in
Ilnrrbtburg noted for Its abounding
hospitality and true democracy.
Prior to the Sahara days of one Volstead
It wus also celebrated for the brand of good
fellowship dispensed nt the round tnbles
that stand so Invitingly on its Ktuak and
Ghinrdes nigs.
On a certain night, just nfter W. J.
Hrynn lind. ns a member of Mr, Wilson's
cabinet, made one of his foolish brenks, a
little group of state officials and lion
vlvants were in tlie club cafe discussing
politics unci cocktails.
In a moment of temporary and exuberant
patriotism it was determined to send n tele
gram to the President dcmuudiiig the ills
missal nf William J, v
The message was sent.
TT WAS also signed with thcrTull names
nf tlie indignant put riots.
Moreover, a copv of the telegrnm was
tacked up on the club bulletin board, nfter
which tlie pntriots adjourned for light liquid
refreshments.
A waggNh member of the club saw the
telegram on the board and rend It. He
adjourned to lhe wrltins room, nnd soon
ufter the following appeared on a regular
tclcgruph blank tacked beneath the original :
Washington. D. C , Aug. , m.
To Hon. John Jones, William Smith,
Thomus Hoblnson, etc. Hiirroum, Clare-
iiiout Club, llnrrisbuig:
Your message received. Hrjnn is still
beio and no doubt ton nic still theie.
WOODHOW WILSON.
The memory of thnt episode still lingers.
It hns, In fact, become it tradition of "them
good old cloys what was "
The fAlor Question In Oklahoma
Trout tho Okl.ihii!iiun
Can u cow be ted and at the same time
liavu n bi'lndle neck, a black head or any
other distinguishing color markings such ns
darker lines ai on ml her ied body? On this
question ii jury in tin- Kay County District
Court pondered all day and finally told
Judge I til il that It could not reach a de
cision. A haul, as plaintiff had a mort
gage on ii led low. The cow's owner Is
said to bate become hard up liiinui lally ami
left the country utter selling the cow. The
bank tried to take the cow from lb,. i.w
vcivtner, who set rtp the defense tl(at his cow-
is not ml nut a red lirlnille, in that her
licuil is darkei nnd she has darker stripes
nroiind her bodv Five of the jurors held
out for the defendant.
A Hopeless Race
I'roin tho Nw ciili-unn Tiinei- l-li.ttun
A scientist lias asserted that the 1 1 aril
may rule the world a million .tears hence.
.N'nt the lounge-liard ; even that would be
au insufficient time for him to cvoluu- into
unythnig wmth while.
A Fellow Feeling
I rom the 1'rotlUuuc Journal
The Priuce of Wales offers n rewind of
live! pounds for the return of two old briar
pi pen he lost on his journey mound the
world A hobt of smokers kuow Just how
AN IMPUDENT ATTEMPT '
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NOW MY IDEA IS THIS
m 1
Daily Talks With Thinking Philadclphians on Subjects They
Know Best
PR. JESSIE TAFT
On the Need of a Mental Hygiene Clinic
TIH'Hl'i is 11 level where every child Is
callable of succeeding, according to Dr.
,Issie Tnft, director of the nicntnl hygiene
clinic- of the Children's Hurenu.
"If he Is placed In nn environment where
the standard is too high for him he feels
Inferior and falls; if, on the other hand,
it is too low, be fails because he doesn't
have the right opportunity," snid Dr. Tuft.
"The object of the mental hygiene clinic
is to solve the problem of the child who is
classed as abnormal. The case mny be one
of stnpidityjjr it may be one of n child of
superior mentality who, through environ
ment, has become lazy and indifferent.
Whatever the condition, It can only be
understood nnd reached by individual study.
"There wns a time not long ngo when the
only problem of placing n friendless child
was flint of finding some one, nny one, to
tnke it. Any town officials or group of city
fathers would be competent to decide thai
the Jones family, being respectable and
God-fearing, were just the people to bring
up Mnry Hrown, and thnt Mary wns n lucky
girl to find such n home. Or, if there; were
1111 otphiiu iisyliim nvnilnblo, Mnry's fato
would be, settled even more simply. There
tin- individual case is treated, with dozens
of others, collectively.
Duly Toward Friendless
"Case problems with children, as with
adults, arise through some blocking of the
main tieiuls of life love nnd creative work.
We have lo lemember thnt In the Inst
analysis the success of our treatment de
pends upon our obtaining for tlie child at
least a minimum of fulfillment in both.
"With the distinctly Inferior child no
amount of home treatment can undo the
1 fleet of his inevitable nnd constant failure1
to come 1111 to public school standards. It
Is bete that we get our greatest problems
of ileliiiquency, beginning nnd confirmed.
If the ease problems presented to me by
child-caring agencies 111 Philadelphia during
the lust ye-or nnd a half nre nny criterion,
the ciiiclal situation In all children's, work
is lad, of suitable school opportunities for
the dull noruinl child.
"It seems to me our ellflicully lies in u
fiiuilamentnl misconception of tlie relation
of abnormal to normal, and n consequent
belief that we- can do nothing witli so-called
iibiionnnl children unless wo possess some
mysterious technique which hns no relation
or application to our everyday normal cases.
Mental hygiene doesn't mean Inbeling dill-'
ilren. but menus increasing their happiness
and adjusting them.
Look Into Personality
"If, instead of marking off n group of
children ns psychopathic or abnormal, we
began trying to understand from the Inside
the personality of every child we: lfhdertook
to place, taking enough time; to get at the
actual details of his mental unci social
iiiake-up as consciously and systematically
as we now do his teeth, tonsils unci adenoids,
we- should go fur in eliminating many of
the cases which now seem to belong to' the
abnormal class, and there would remain a
loinpiiiiithely small group of those who are
too fur removed from normal to be treated
without a special technique.
"In this city, nt least, nnd I nm sure in
tlie vast majority of city public schools still
running along conventional neademie lines,
then- is no possibility of obtaining for the
dull normal child, who husNliccoine a be
hatior problem bee-ause nf bis sense of in
ferioiily and failure', the treatment that
will touch his i-nse; that is. a school pro
gniiii that is suited to his abilities.
"He is not allowed in leave the public
si I11111I when it gets beyond him ; yet to face
fuiluie. ridicule, icpriuiaiids, day after day,
is something which human uii'ture cnnneit
do without efforts lo i-si-upc from so un
bearable a situation The child will run
nway either in body or in spirit. lie is
bound to gain u sense of Importance, some
how ; if not by good conduct, by bad. lie
will take icfiige in siilleiiness, indifference or
in more active, aggiessive attempts to conn-te-ract
the hoicdoiu anil Inferiority of Ills
position. If he cannot shine in school, ho
can perhaps become the terror of the neigh
borhood. Nreils Special Avenue
"Thcte is mil) one" possible treatment for
this typo of child : that is. to offer him
legitimate avenues of successful -xpresslon
see that he hns the right interests nnd thnt
his nprmnl needs nre gratified. If school or
work offers him n chance o act success
V
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fully, he will sect social npprovnl just ns
he apparently sought social disapproval
before.
"AH you need to do to prove this is to
put such a child into n school Hint gives him
work in .which he can succeed. He becomes
the simplest of problems. Ills energv goes
over into useful activity and ilniins oft from
the unsocial I'lutnncls. Often he Is n new
child in so short n time that the change
seems nlmost ninglcnl.
"Let the dull normal child use his bands
first nnd bis intellect second; put him with
his peers, not his superiors, nnd in the ma
jorll) of cases lie will cense to be u
problem,
''Let me illustintc with one particular
ense: A little girl of eleven, a full orphan,
had spent the greater part of her few yi'ius
in hospitals. She was most uunttractivc
as to nppenranee. unci that in itself reacted
ngainst her. She- craved love and the little
attentions we all need. There wns a lack in
her life Hint led her to appropriate things
small things, such ns food nnd bits of pt'r
sonul adornment. She was classed as meiii
tally deficient. Her personal appearance
contributed to u considerable extent to this
judgment of her. There wns nothing to
make her feel nny thing but inferior.
Try to Prevent Injustice
"We took this child, unci besides giving
her every chance to build up physically, we
have clone everything possible to u rente
self-respect. She now lias some of the little
things that the feminine heart craves nnd
she is more iittractlvc. So rar, none of the
old fciielencies hns appeared. Change of
environment nccouiplisliecl this.
"We are endeavoring to prevent injustice.
Instrnd of taking tlie opinion of an indi
vidual, hi- are finding out, bv accurate,
eleflnlte measurements: the source of the
trouble.
"The self is u very complex, elusive,
changing phennmcnnii, and we should up.
proach it with u humble spirit, nil open
mind nnd n elesire not so much to judge us
to understand,"
An Old Complaint
I'min the W iitililnuinn I'liM.
Tlie German Government js described as
stunned.' which is what happens to every
body wlieii dunned.
What Do You Know?
QUIZ
1 Who is the present premier of Germany'.
:. Who loinmnnded the Monitor in bet-
b",'.viMVa;''.."l,h ," Mc,r,m" '
3. Of what country is .Sofia tin) capital?
4 Who ran against .lames A. Garfield for
the presidency?
B. When was the Treaty of Versailles ele-
," J.r0vii'i" li" '" cffcct for "emiuuy unci
lilt 1 1 1 1 H 1
G. Whom did Abraham Lincoln marry?
7. Who was Mctlernlch?
8. -What Is meant by the, expression, "enil-
nent domain" '.'
0. What power dock the House of Henro-
scntutlvi'B bold oter treaties?
10 When did Jane Austen lite?
Answers to Yesterday's Quiz
1. Simon Hollvnr. the South American lib-
Venezuela " " '" "" C"y f 'ar"l;'la-
2. Phoebus was the wiii-rocI ; ao c.illcil
Apollo In classical mythology,
3 The word cuim-m Is frotn Hie l,.
camera.' 11 loom or ihaiuber.
4 Gorillas mo nutltu ,n West Africa.
d Th character of Ueriulotic occurs in
M111K1 spea re's roinatiliu p.1, -T.u
v Winters Tale." "u
s. .Michael Far.iday was a famous HiiRhIi
Physicist and chemist Ills Kl ! !..
illscovei'icH were In the llelds of ,- ."-
siV'5! !!'."' "'"B1"1'""! Uln dales nro
1 1 J I -1 a li 1
7 llowland Hill, an L'iikIihIi vtiitei, bom n
1744, propounded the querv Wl v
Jjjjf!,,11" U"11 '"I the good
8. KuculyptUH tiecs are planted In oviit-omo
malarial conditions They have- I ,,'!',,
oF'Tlo40.1" "'" ,ou"try a''0"1 ,llu city
9. Frederic U-nmliu- was a noleel Ki.-neb
actor, especially celebrated for his Im-
dTeTln'mei "' Mwl "' "
10 According to Wllllain Cowper. In Ins
poem, "The Task." "the cup" tliV.t
cheer, but not Inebriate" con lit In ten
According to Ulshop Uerkeley, the
content? of such csse.ls In tar wniVr"
rr . , fr .f .- "
Humanisms
By WILLIAM ATHKKTON DV I't'Y
'"pKPnESUNTATIVK PHIL CAMP
Xv HELL, of Kansas, while indulging In
the popular sport of autobiography, stated
that he had been born of Scotch parents In
Nova Scotia, '
"Isn't thnt unfortiinute." 1 said plain
tively. "You. can never become President"
"I cannot," ho ndmtyted, "but there are
ccrluln advantages in my position Other
men in public life, failing the president-;,
can hardly escape the Intimation that the
fault wns within them. 1 can nlvvnys lav
thnt failure to the fact of foreign birth. It
is n perfect nllbi."
I went to see D.r. Wilbur F Crafts, hud
Of the International Itcform lluienu, who,
fpr twenty-live years lias occupied flint his
toric old building in the shndott of the
Cnpitol which harbored the Supreme Court
when the Hrilisli drove it from its linme
beneath the great dome in the war of 1S12,
nnd hus fought his blue law campaigns from
thnt point of vantage.
I listened to this gnunf. lingular de
scendant of the Pilgrims talk lie said he
wanted the movies censored. He was against
"harecm" scenes. lie pronounced it just
that way. The double c was made very
long. Then slip wns ngainst "cabaret" scenes
and he snapped the t for nil that it was
vorth. And he didn't think they ought to
bo nllovvcd to wear "decollete" gowns and
ho )roncuinceel it "de-col -let" with era
plinsis on the "let."
They always elo. There is a prescribed
pronunciation peculiar to reformers. It must
li,' written Into the constitution of the re
formers' union mid an netite worker U
piobiihly refused n cnnl unless he passe
the pronunciation test.
The abundance, of marriageable bnehelon
and the dearth of young women to save
them from their plight have long been no
torlous vvlfere. men from (lie outside group
themselves in' the Orient ns outriders nl
commerce or ns representatives of tlieif
governments,
Henry Prnther Fletcher, now under
secretnry of state, wns, some ycnis ugo,
one of these languishing bachelors. Willanl
D. Straight, then a consul general, shared
his banishment nnd his celibacy
Info this situntiou Inaelvertentlv wan
dered n party which was seeing sights in
the Orient nnd us members of which were
two young women well known in New YorK
nnd Newport boelnl circles. They tite Miv
Dorothy Whitney and Miss Hentriee llnml.
In proof of all the warnings Hint have been
issued may be htfitcd the fuel Hint Mi'
linnd is now Mrs. Fletcher and Mis "lut
ni-y has been transmuted into ""
Straight.
There is u grent misconception in ll,e
mind of the public with relation .,1n'
ceited people, says Dr. Williniu A Will'
government alienist and superintend' nt ei
St. Elizabeth Asylum, nt Washington
The flagrantly conceited mnn Is not vviiai
he seems. Ho Is u man with verv pro
nounced short nines, weaknesses lie knows
those shortcomings, knows that hecaa-i' o
them he is nt n disadvantage II'- ""'J
front, his pouter pigeon strutting, is "
cniaoullaging. lie is not really coiiecitru.
He believes that other n !""' ""' '1'.
over him. His seeming conceit N ' ""."fj'
sion of his weakness to those who leml w
sy inptoms tindcrbtaudiugly .
'
When King Edward was a small M
PhD lug around within the vv nil
Windsor Castle, in England. Wi Ham Nr
the commissioner of the Genera Land i'
in' the Culted States, was a lad f '
tlie snine sl.e pluying aiouuil Just oiimu
the same wall. Hut one was he gi'l "
nf (Juce-n Victoria nnd tl thcr was tie
son of n tailor who made Eton j.-n k.-tsv ror
the boys of the famous prcpurnlory 1"I"IU"'
that inline ncniby, and so they nevr s
acquainted. ,ei
Strnnge to sny, there live.l about In w
nvvny nt the snme time unother boy of
ilnr age by the name of tieorge hut"' ''l ' ''
Four decades lolled by and, W I H'"'1 V
was govei'iior of Ihn sovcielgn stnte ot i ''
and Gi'orge Sutherluuel wns (be lepu"
live of that comiiionvvciilfh in the "llg
States Senute.
Perpetual Motion
riimi the Wiisldnaton I'vrnliut Hl''r .
The stciiin roller refcrrci to "' i
diHcusslon Is nlwnys descrlbeel as ben '
the hands of the jmrty In power "t '.'"
piece of niHchlnvry that Is never rehire iru
(mvlng earned repobo on tho scrni" w'
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