ElMkWirtAlMiH!S N pntf$ft i'' -"W,Vj".Sirmv(Ouj-- ''fTpp3! VVM( UW i' I? I 10 EVEN1XU PUBLIC LEDGEB PHILADELPHIA, MONDAY, AJL'iUL 'Jo, JLU21 I 9 III a n urn ;i i." ! r.'ta t u: H a. Ei n HI'- S I ! W 'i' i' ! or j si .UfttJ? VKt fcc r .igu Alarm W n 1 1 ii IM If!' ; X t' 8 ' w I '! I '5! ' . 1 fuientng public lEeDgci: PUHLIC LEDGER COMPANY ernes it k. cuiitis. pumipsn John U. Ifartln. Vlco I'te aidtm nJ Trcurerj Chrln A. Tyler. Secretary, Omtriim H. Ludtn. ton, Philip 8. Colllni, Jnhn II. Williams. Jmm J. fourReon, Oeorge I' rSoMnmlth, DvvM E. Smfltjr, nirertnrs. KDITOMAL HOARU Ctnis II K ctRTm, itulrmin pAVtn H. SMILEY.,., Edltnt JOHN C MAtlTIN. , .Oenernt TltmlneM Munnger 1'ublKheJ dally at I'UBLia LEpamt ISuUdlng Independence Square, Philadelphia Atlantic CiTt I'ms-l-nun Hulldlng New York :ku Madison Ave. DWnniT :oi port IJulldln Br. Lofi 013 Olobt-Dtmocrat DulMIni CiiIcaoo 1302 Tribune Hulldlnc XBWS DL'nCAl'S. IVism.NflTON Ui-niuD, N E. Cut I'ennajlvanla Ave. nnd Mth St. ft Ofiic Hutu Tho Sun nulldinp London licnuti Trafalgar llullJIni suDsciurnoN terms Th El INI NO PlBMC I.EMEH Is SerVet tO StlD- crtbers in Philadelphia and tiurruundine towns at the. rale of twelve tl2) cents per week, pa)abls to the currier. By mall to points outside of Philadelphia In the united Stat g Canada, or United Slates roe eiilnnt, postage free. flftv (30) cent per month, Blx (IB) dollar per io.t paaM In advance. To all foreun couirrlcs one ($1) dollar ft month. Notici Subscribers nlihlnK nddresi chanced must sriv old ae well na new address, BELL. MOO WAI.MT KHTONr MAIN 1000 C .liMrf.u all coimmtinlca, (out to Evening Public ledger Independence Square, Philadelphia Member of the Associated Press THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Is ezoluslvetu en titled to the lite tor republication of all retm 4ispatchn credited to if or not otherwise crrdifnl in thu paper, and also the local news published therein. All rifihft f repuh.'lcaMoii of iproial diipatchcs Herein " oUn reverted. rhllidrlpliie. Mondiv. April Zi, 1121 CAN THE GANG PUT IT OVER? IF SKNATOU VAUK tliil not wish to pet liis htrii-t-clrnnlnK cnntraoM bnck nsniu the Aniii bill compolline tho city to adver tise fr bids for clponlnc tbo streets would not have boon introduced in Harrlsburg. The "onator and Ills friends are udiic their ower iu the I.egHaturo for the benefit of thi-ir iriate btiiincyii. The emi'dder this right. The can "e no imiiropriety In it Tor mnny ears they lime tised their political power in this cit) for the anie purpose, and they have set up here the thing known as contractor povernment. Tiie nnw charter was drafted to bring un nd to this sort of tiling. And under that charter the city is cleaning tho streets in the central district. 'ITic cost this year will be in the neighborhood of 1200,000 les than the lowest bid of any contractor. The city has built an asphalt plant to be used in street repairs and it N making repairs for les than it could hire contractors to !o the work. I'ti t it "a not primaril in the interest of economy that the prowsions for doing the work by the city were put in tho charter. It wa to end the partnership between the political contractors nnd the government, a partnership which demoralized every one connected with it. Now, in the face of tho fact that the new system is saving the money of the tax pa ers. and alio in the face of the fact that the streets are cleaner in the central district than they ever were before, the contractors aie plotting to force t tie city to return to the old sstem. There ought to be such a protest raised in Harriburg by the nrouseil people of this city that no one would dare demand thnt the Aron bill bo reported out of the House committee LIGHT SAVING PERSISTS TN SPITE of certain i-onfu-iug features, a local do light -saing plan is once more 1n operation in New York city and in nu merous other large urban communities in he 1'mpire State Chicago. Milwaukee and Louisville adopted the summer time schedule on Saturday at midnight, nnd it will be in force today in Wilmington. It is Incontestable that the light-saving pro pram i beneficial to largo industrial and commeicial centers. I'hilaJelphians in general faor It. A state law passed m Is1" is. however, In connVt with any authorization of tho advanced hour by the Council here. Tor this reason an ordinance upon this nubjvct passed last sp'ing v.a repealed A bill permitting any city, borough or township in the state in ndvanci- by ordi nance the standard timo for un? portion of the state was introduced In me Assembly this Near but the pressure of the farmers extinguished a sensible and liberal measure plneinc no direct burdens upon them. At present the onl attitude for I'biladel phians to take regarding the light-saviug privileges of neighbor cities is one of envy. A VINDICATION AT ANCHOR Till: I.lhcrM ;'u d.d well to mine hwiuo The f.me ,,f tii.s fabricated Ho Island vr,sel, whose stnn' l.nes, in the end pre vailed against the destriHine forces of war and tempest, w widespread In soa annals fliere are few ul. more thrilling nnd grati fwng than timt ( rhis ompnrntivpv small ship which strck n mine off the Ihitch const m Iiocetrlior 1010 A iitrilic st,,rni sought to complete the work of th, ftplosit. The stranded Lib rt t!o w.i l.'irnlh torn apart bv tie gale In the rn, aftr months of stubborn labor t'ie w rni ; ns mei and toned to Iottrdani Tin- ii...ir fabricated parts were repln. nl On Mnn h -Jl l'JI. t'n Lib-itv (.m had her second trial trp Hir present visit to the Iielawnre i- 1 1. t!rs- ,nie her recoerv If am I'mlmii ip' .an- are still skeptical nbo ,t ling Is'iiikI ''ie r i m v be reminded flint r'n re is n,.w in ti e nrlmr a little hip thnt .- i .it' ,i- iiin r',u d .,e i stan' h JAPAN AND THE REALITIES ffrplli: I'l'.nioti ,i ,,i tr , nd reliiiimiH be. J. twe-ii tlo !v,i nation- will constantly te tin fbji.t, ninl ti,. new- iidininistrntion Is, glad to dulari n .i-rutioim in tins respect Th Iniiotis bitw.n th I'nited States and Jap hi has. new Imn . arranged in the real si use ,.f is. t. mi. i.m Is anv such estrnngi ni' nt fios-ibl. A 'rding to (pa'i ho from Tokio this Is what l'rt'-nli tit fl.irdir,.' siml to the new ,)n Hi ri' - :niihnssinnr mi In- nceiit viMf to the W'llt' House Til" n ll'Ullent l-i sig nUlcnni but it miglii no' t,, be r gnnlerl ns siirprisiiig Tin .itrs ami oi'goi - e,t in both this cnintr nnd the island empire Kicluiiund I'earsoii Hudson Hpceinlizci in militant nrophei ics nnd tin re nre types of liim n Tokio Hut mii-hI" California, whnh has an i Miggi i"it' d 1 1 nii'iinle and iiiilustriul problem un it hind most Anteruaiis ear nesth , ek to pn -i ive iiinii able relations with .I.iiuin Win n the are disturbed at whnt sei in in bo ilitle ultics tiie issues aid to b" iiiohei an iisiinlh lictitious Wit ness ili" .Miigd.ileiia It.'iv f.ibriciition 'J'Ih ii tangle is jui now affording an other opportinnt to i ri siilloii s propagan dists 'Hi" icport has been circulated that the Tol.in (,iiei iiinetit was biisllj engaged in fortifung ii l'icilie islet whose harbor is narilh lapable of nccoiiimiiilaiiiig three small Nteainern The Ii" is in cntegoricnllv nailed Hie .lapauesc foieigu oliice in n formal Htiitcineiit Furtlicrinore, truortln reports from Tokio intiinnte thnt the whole status of Tap nun ! refeired to the ('miiii'M of the League of Niitnms whiib in igm.ilh inn 'rrcd the mitiidate mi .lupin Tins i pn cisely where the Tinted IStnt s would like to see the case reargued as in proved by tho tenor of Stwlnry Hughes' notes and by the fuel (li 'ho dispatched tlicm not only to .Trpan. but to the other major powers liivohcd in the transaction. Sensible Americnns can afford to koep calm about the Yap problem. Assuming tho accuracy of the remnrks nccredlted to the President, it mnj be said that hu cor rectly represented thnt trend of American opinion thnt prefers realities to figments of overheated Imaginations. BRYAN STILL PRATING ABOUT DISARMAMENT He Seems to Think Men Would Not Fight If They Had No Guns, For getting That They Made Guns to Fight With TT IS impossible to abolish war by dis armament. The only way to end it is to bring nboiit a dominating desire for jus tice in the hearts of men. Yet the disarmament ndvocntes are urging their cure with unabated zeal. Mr. ltrynn has just told the Economic Club, of lloston, thnt the I'nited States should work for an international ngreement to disarm nnd, failing thnt. it should lend the nay. "My position," he said, "is disarmament by ngreement if possible, by eTnmple if necesKory. I bellee the Christians of tho world would coerce their governments into joining us if we lend the wa." This is of a plecowlth Mr. ilrjon's fninous plan for raising nn army for national de fense. It will bo recalled that he sold a standing nrmy was not necessary, for It would be possible to raise nn army of n million men oxernlght if nn emergency arose in which they were needed. When the emergency did arise we raised our army of four mJWnn men, but it did not happen mcruighrw A conscription law had to be passed, and when we got the men it took six months to train them for their duties. It is the favorite nrgument of pacifists thnt if n man does not have n gun he will not shoot. Thev nre right so far ns shoot ing is concerned. Hut they nre wrong in assuming that absence of weapons will pre cnt men from fighting when they nre In thnt mood. A man without weapons will tight for the defense of his wife nnd chil dren. Ho will use whatever he can lay his hands on, whether it bo n stove, poker, n chair or n wuter-pitcher. He will im proviso n weapon. The frontiersman did not havo to be taught that it was prudent to keep n gun to protact his home ngainst wild nnimals. Nearly every war is the product of the wild-beast instinct in nations. Hunger of one kind or another sends them on their foraging expeditions. They see something which they wish nnd they set out to get it. Those who own it resist nnd the war fol lows. There have been exceptions, but they have not been man Disarmament, in the present stage of the world, means that the nations which disarm will deprive themselves of the power of defense ngainst unwarranted nggresfion. Xo nppeal to the Christian people of the world to prevent war 'has ever succeeded The churches in (lermnny preached the righteousness of the war begun in 1014, just ns the churches in the nllied nnd asso ciated nations preached the righteousness of the war iu which those nations were en gaged. The thinking of Christian people, whatever may be their nationality, is col ored by what they regard ns their interests. They accept in theory the two great enm mnndments to love f!od with nil their heart nnd to love their neighbor as themsvlves, but when it comes to npplying them they fall far short of the ideal The employer nnd the em pin; e will fight over the amount of work to h done and the amount of money to be paid for the work without nny thought of the Cioldcn Rule. As nations nre mode up of emplovers and employes, they con duct themselves toward one nnother after the manner of the men who make them up. Hut the world is moving slowly in the direction of the peace which Mr Hrynn sopks to bring about by disarmament. It will tnke n long time to reach the goal, but thinking men hnve discovered the rnnd to it and they have seen the nations take n few faltering steps on the glittering highway Tho Hague court was the visible mantfis tation of nn aspiration for better interna tionnl relations bused on justice. It did not accomplish much, but the few cases tried before it set men to thinking about the establishment of justice rather than about the accomplishment of a selfish pur pose Then the pente commissioners, gathered in Versailles, rose to n lofty spiritual piano when the drew the cov enant of the League of Nations nnd ar ranged the machinery for settling interna tionnl disputes on their merits. A court which should decide between the disputants was planned in the full knowledge that th" purpose of ti court is to establish instic" Arrangements were also made for the ad ministration of the backward territories seized from fiermany. not in the interest of an one nation, but in the interest of tho people living in those countries. The man date sjstem set up the principle of trustee ship in the administration of dependencies, nnd it said to greed that it must go un appeaseil. I'nfortunntely the world ciulil not keep itself in the rarefifd air that it was breath ing when thp covenapt was drawn 'llie old hunger for loot renssertid itsilf The man date proisions of the rmmnni have not been fulfilled in the spirr m v.hiih they were drawn. The 1 nirid Stnti. for u moment committid to ihe service of the world at larne, has sink back and Is now more concerned with saving its own skin than with doing nnj thing else. It i suf fering tiie reaction from a mood of spiritual exaltation, and n" mm knows how long that reaction will .nt n i" Hut it will not last forever The dream of international justice which has dl-t irhei tho slumbers of the present gemrntion will become the waking vision of some generation of the future And disarmament then will tnke i are of its,.f 'or there will no longer be nn use for munitions of wnr Onh S" long .is it is necessnrv to lesJHt nggresmn will the weapons to nmke that resist.iin' iffectne be i c'imi.latod BOUND BROOK: AN OMEN IT IS lnglilv pr-ntml le that, bnnu of the loudlv npplaudid failure of the League of Nations plan ami the cmiserpii nt danger of new nrd sudden war I In f!o eminent is manufacturing and storing Inrg" iiianlites of poison gas In the present ntato of the world It could ii"t well do otherwie An gnat nation caught in n military eiuergem without an ndiqunte supi! of the gases that ma be the hlef menus of offense nnd di fense in anx great war of the future would le a' n fatal disadvantage. It might as well lie without guns, ammunition and airplanes Hut the means of handling this new medium nre iik ot more or less primitive ami experi mental. The hnrnriW which the elaboration of chemical war methods inn involve for un suspecting and puioeful communities were I wdl suggested at Hound trunk. N .1 , where ."iilO'l people weie awakened in the middle of ihe night in lirnl that then- honu's were in danger of envelopment iu a wave of phosgene gas from a IcaMng tnnk wheie enough of the compound to kill an arinv was Mimed Accident. In this instnnie. aiconi plihid II tiiumph nl sv i itinlisin Tin re i ,,,, , ni n 'ti "lie of tli'llMlll lllllHI no plate in the svsteni of self prote. Imn witi which soiielj endeavors to surround Itself that Is nnfe from sudden, unexpected nnd ellent Invasion by the destructive elements generated out of the moods nnd needs of modern warfare. The Wnr Department or Congress ought instantly to sec thnt the tragic Incident nt Hound llrook cannot, be repented. Poison gns made for ue iu w'nr is heavier than the ntmosphi.ro. Had the storngo tank nt Hound Hrook been below the level of the ground there would hnve been little danger to the sleeping population even If a valve were left open. Phosgene and other gnses should bo so stored wherever they nre handled or manufactured. Men's minds do not nlwns appear able to keep pace with the consc iiuetices of their own inventions, (insollno in areas close to centers of population Is usually stored under ground. Poison gas. n far more deadly substance, is still kept In exposed tanks where n bolt of lightning or a fire might send It in killing waves over defenseless multitudes. OVERDOING A TAX PLAN THi: Woodruff bill now pending in the Legislature tins boon defended ns n financial aid to the comprehensive rond betterment program In this stnte. It is argued thnt the onorinoitR increases in the cost of motortruck licenses for which the measure provides mean that truck operators will be appropriately tnxctl for benefits di rectly nffcctliig them. Theoretically this reason Is sound enough. Hut tho .schedule proposed ig so rigorous thnt motortruck traffic throughout this com monwealth is likely to bo depressed if the plan is put through. In some Instances the rnto of Increase over the present license chnrge.s Is 200 per cent. The minimum ndvnnce is SO per cent. These nre excessive rates, calculated to give n serious setback to development of n transportation agent the worth of which to the public Is undeniable. Prohibitive taxation defeats its own ends. The rate program should bo modified in bring it within the bounds of common sense. The damage to roadbeds by heavy trucks is unquestionably considerable, nnd It is right thnt the owners should contribute to the upkeep expenses. Hut tnxing the truck off the highwns is the negation of progress In that case nn important new transpotta tion arm is destroyed nud the coffers for road-building arc not replenished. n the public interest a revision of the Woodruff bill is n mnttcr of present ne cessity. THE BEST MINDS CHAMPIONSHIP contests nre never held in the fields of intellectual achievement. What man of science ever wns n hero to the crowd? The folk who cheer Hnbe Until and love Charlie Chaplin might look with nwe nt Dr. Alexis Carrel, the wizard of the Rockefeller Institute, who has just been talking in this city before the American Philosophical Society, nnd they probably read no further thnn tho headlines of n nar rative of effort thnt is being successfully di rected to disclose tho secret of life nnd to prolong humnn existence by locating the exact origin of vital energy. Yet thousands of people are now alive because of Dr. Carrel's work and his discoveries. Surgical operations nre safer. The causes of old ago and death nre better understood and ore actually being brought under scientific con trol. Next month, when the American Academy of Political nnd Social Science opens its penodicnl sessions in riiiladel phin, the crowds will probably view the recoid of its discussions as dull rending and rustic on to the sports pages. That is not ns it should be. We havo been hearing a grent denl ubout the Hest Minds. Few people ever rcnlUc that the minds that are really best in this count r regularly speak from forums in Philadel phia. There are men whose instinct for exploration is gratified only by pursuits in the utter darkness thnt shrouds tiltimnte truth. They might bo divided into two great 'groups One group deals with the intangi ble and untouched nnd unseen forces of nil life. Another gives Its time and attention to the visible realities of ordered existence, to n search for the fundamental verities of politics, economics, historical implication nnd the war of social influences. Ono group serves what is known as pure science. The other group seeks to achieve pure reasoning and to present the absolute truth before it has been filtered nnd diluted in minds less able to see it dear. Hoth are so tar uhead of the procession that you seldom hear of them. They do not even npply their knowl edge. They leave that to othtrs nnd go on. Science ns it is served in ono group spmks through the American Philosophical Societ , which Franklin founded. Reason, the Invv that guides the other group, speaks through the American Academy. In neither case is ony.cause served but the cause of simple truth. Nothing elso matters to the true scholar. Prejudice, preconceptions, self -interest do not weigh in the scientific mind. If a thing is, it is nnd it must bo reckoned with. Of life, wnr, economics, polities, government, medicine, diplomat', religion, socinl opportunities nnd human relationships generally the scholars are sa.v -ing today what the rest of the world will believe and live bv In generations to come It is seldom that national, state or mu nicipal governments nre represented nt their assemblies, A politician of the "prominent and influential" type who strn.ved in to the Philosophical Society or to u session of the Academy of Political nnd Social Sep nee would probablv drowse and fall nlcop, fane ing himself iu church nnd fieling like a visitor upon n fnr planet THE TROLLEY CRISIS 0NL" of the most extensive lond-bnilding programs ever undertaken bv an state is being pushed to realization iu New Jersey. Not mil the grent main highwn.vs, but many of the important links that connect them are being rebuilt nnd mngnitleontb surlaeed And, i specially in south nnd central Jersey, each new or finished road is a new inspira tion to the jitney owners nnd. If nil we hear is true, a now cause of public support for the jltney'iden. It wa Inevitable thnt the state authori ties, tr.ving rationally to modernize tin lugh niiv s.vstem and at the -nmo time to u. habilitate the Public Service Ciiiporation'H stleef railway system, should find tin inselves sooner or Inter working for interest that iu a final anal his si em opposed The nrgu ment for u ten-cent trolley fare mi most of the .lersev lilies will be resuiilid befoie the new Public Service CommlNsinji m Trenton this week At the snme time the p. npU, in man of the co intles adjoining Camden nre nctualli seeking to have modem Im lines established over their roads for sMm,,. to and from the Camden ferries It I easy to understand why the towns and cities of New Jersey hnve obiecied iu chorus to the rr-oposed ton-cent trolley rate. That fare would be .cesive now. It would be more excessive in the future whm operating costs hnve gone further over the present downward course. Hut it is also true that it will be innnv .veiirs before the motorlius miii be regmded as nn acceptable substitute for the trolley cars The growth of the Jersey suburban areas depends nl most wholly on inilwav and tiollev trans portutimi. Communities that impoverish .street rnilvvnv lines by pei muting unfair competition by less costh nud consistent sv stems of transit will in turn impoverish themselves Of mnn strict railvvu s.vs tems in New Jerse.v it might be suid trill? I hat tbe.v would profit bv more talent in operation and less in legislative lobbving Hut it i plain loo that ihe people in some parts of the stnle have borrowed a bad trait from the street railway companies They, too, are apparently in n mood to kill the goose that lnld the golden eggs. AS ONE WOMAN SEES IT Happenings That Are "Almost Provi dential" Provide an Appropriate Setting for Faith Hy SAHAH I). I.OWHIK A WOMAN said to me not long ngo, speaking of her religion: "It Is not so much my daily bread that makes me believe In n (!od as the unexpected but singularly appropriate enke!" And by the unexpected nnd appropriate cake she mennt the occurrences which an other woman I used to know was wont to speak of ns "almost providentlnl." I suppose to n genuine believer In nn overruling nnd divine purpose nothing "Just happens ; but men cross the world for what they speak of lightly afterward ns a "chance encounter." Thcro Is In this point of view not only great Interest for tho par ticipant, lint n great incentive for nctlon nnd nlso considerable enjoyment in retro spection. I wns impressed by that not long ngo by the following "almost providentlnl" "chnnce happening" thnt befell a womnn I knew well. She related It ns follows: "I wns told casually by one of the house hold servants thnt n womnn who sometimes worked for me was 111. 1 made n mental note that I must go to inquire for her, nnd the matter passed out of my mind mv conscious mind, thnt is for the morning. "I had that nftcrnoon nn engagement of long standing, nnd ns I left tho house for n second tlmo thnt day I was intent onlv upon fulfilling thnt plensurnblc duty. Hut greatly to my own surprise I found myself bothered by the idea that I should look up the sick woman. More to get rid of the visit thnn anything else, I reluctantly went in the direction of her little house on her poor little street, meaning to Inquire nnd uiit until later in the week to see her. I found from it neighbor woman who an swered the bell thnt she had been taken away to n nearby hospital. I loft n mes sage for her with her friend nnd turned to go about my own nffnirs, when again, much to my surprise, I found myself Impelled to go to the hospital at least to Inquire. "When I reached the office they told me the visitors' hour wns over ond that, any way, the patient was allowed to see no on'e, as they were preparing her for nn operation. 1 left ii message with my name nnd wns tinning nwny when the desk nurse ran after me. '"Will you please come back, mndnm,' she said. 'Your name was left nt the desk by the patient when she came In today and the doctor promised she wns to see ou when you ciime this nfternoon before 'she went under ether,' T WAS ton nstonlshed to speak ! Hut of 1 course I went up to the ward, where I found the woman being bathed and prepared for what was to follow. By the order of the doctor everything was stopped so the patient nnd I could confer together alone It turned out thnt she had n trouble about money nnd that It lay in mv power nnd in my power nlone to ndjust the dlfllctiltv with no bother to myself or to the othei's involved. I gnve her the necessary assur ances after n few moments' talk nnd she was able to put the whole worry quite out of her mind. I nsked the ward, nurse ns I left bovy long she had been expecting me. "'-'" ' f"id the nurse, 'she told us ou would be nlong before half-past 4.' It was then 4 :1." : "Knowing how little 1 had mennt to go that da at all. I quite trembled at the near ness of my failure to answer that scarcclv heard message, but I could not think mv response, was n dinnce happening or that It could be accounted for by my own volition or even by the woman's. It seemed to mo then and It seems to me now providen tial. I WAS reminded this week again of an other curious coincidence to which I referred before in this column, but which has a new significance iu the light of n recent happening, I was coining up Spruce street some vears ngo. and nt Thirteenth nnd Spruce streets I Bitw Miss Agnes Irwin coming out of a house nnd stnrting to walk west nlong Jspruce. Apart from the fact that 1 had been her giateful scholar, I had everv rea son to show my cnitilude to her just thou because she was helping me move some per sons in the town to an interest in the . . ( . A. and in a proposed club build ing for business women. So I crossed the stieet mid asked if I might see her across Broad street. Her eyesight made crossing streets irksome and a little dangerous for her As soon as she assented she began to talk to me about the proposed clubhouse and ngainst its being large or pretentious. "I'se and adapt buildings, btit do not build grent now ones:" wns the gist of her advice, based on her own experience ns denu of Hadcliffe College. "Do not sink great sums of money in buildings. Not bricks and mortar, not bricks nnd mortar !" she said us vvc parted. JN THE Y. W. C A. (ainpaigii for thnt club building which followed I forgot her admonition, and after her death nnd that of her sister, when the alumnae of the Irwin School nnd of Hadcliffe College met to confer on some sort of n memorlnl to her, I went to the meeting on tire with a pro posal that her interest in the Y. W. C. A. and the business women's clubhouse should' be turned to account nnd nn effort bo made to make that Into her memorlnl. Now it happened thut the meeting wns nt the Oallege Club, and as I arrived at the corner of Thirteenth and Spruce streets a sudden memory of that chance meeting with Miss Irwin on that er corner and of our conversation enme over uv and swept nil ni plans fnr urging a meinoilal of bricks and mortnr out of ni.v heart. When the other memorial tho pension fund for private si.,i teachers -was pro posed as an alternative for a great school building to be called the Irwin School, I realised what n (iimulative power that phrase, "Not bricks and mortnr." had when it .wns quoted iu such u 'i?is. It was recognizably Miss Irwin's, and fitted tin point nt issue i aptly that to main minds besides in own It left nn ground for debate, although to a minority the setting aside of the big school building idea was a marked disappointment Lventuull mote than SUM), 000 was raised us a memorial pension fund to the two greut sisters, and the j early pensions derived from that fund do honor to the recipients nnd the Irwin name alike. Meuuvvhlle, the school that for so inan.v .cnrs ha gone b. the mum- of the Irwin School has been lurried on in the original house mi I)e Lance street. It hits out grown its quarters, lui kept its reputation for fairness, for discipline and for success under its present head mistress. Miss Nntt, and its secretnr.v, .Miss Laws, and has proved itself still dear to its alumnae. So that this spiiug. under the leadership of Mrs. CluiiLs I'd ward lngersoll Miss Kilev, Mrs. J. Howard lihniiiN, Mis. John (irlhbel,' Miss Tnvvnsend and oto.rs there lias been ii quiet drive for nn endowment fund to buy the present si hool quarters and the adjoin' ing bouse on lie Liiiney street nnd to fit them for the present iiculs f the still grow ing school. Tin; in t fund i- not a memorial fund except ne provision iiiui. wiiii i nn cessation or lie scnooi it sunn ne useii h the trustees in u wn to tittlnglv cairy out the school ideals. Neither do the trustees i outeniphito using it to build a M-houlhouse. H really only confirms the original choice of the Irwins and as simply and practically as possible carries out their taste and judgment In the adaptation of pleasant living quar ters on II quiet stieet Into pleiisaui school quarters. Alreiid. without mi blowing of trumpets more than lll,lfili has been ioecei fr,,,i Ihe aliimune nnd their friends. Thursday afternoons at Mrs Inucrsoll's house on t. timhotlso sillllire have been dev.ile,! i imrts on Ihe nroL'ress of the olleei,,ru i next niiliiinn, when the business ,,f adding to the. fund will again he tiiKcn up. that hospitable house will once in . !,,. meet lug place for the old nud the new Irwinltes The slmpliiii.v ami genuineness ,,f nl(, spirit displayed in this uffnlr speak well for tho school nnd iU present ns well us iu past traditions. T NOW MY IDEA IS THIS Daily Talks With Thinking Philadclphians on' Subjects They Know Best RAYMOND C. KOON On Vocational Training LIFTING men out of the ruts of im proper nnd Insufficient training nnd setting them on their feet on the road to a more successful life is only part of the vast work undertaken by the federal board of vocational training ns viewed by Hayinoud C. Koon, 1027 Hiiscomb street. As nn instructor in tho school for dls nbled soldiers nt the Spring Curden Insti tute. Mr. Koon hns had utiusunl experience in the Insk of directing nnd helping former service men in the choice of u lifevvork. Here nre his views : "The men generally have a latent desire for .some vocation and n buried possibility of success in an npplionblo lifevvork which must first bo brought to the surface nnd then developed. It has been proved iu u vnsf number of cases that which seems to be the correct deduction of the problem nt first is reallv foreign to the real, successful deduction thnt will follow as the findings of careful study of these cases. Machinist's Helper "For example, we can cite the case of n man who has spent considerable time In any given trade without the basic education necessary for advancement in thnt trade, The machinist's helper is it fair example of this. Now we find tills same man, who would till this above clnss, with vision of development into some higher grade of mechanical work, or to some cvrciitlve capacity allied with his original vocation. "Hi- has been advised by his friends, his former fellow cmplo.vcs nud others, euch according to his own ideas, and before long his iispinulon has taken the form of possible leaps and bounds to an enormous job. a lot of money, and in nil, onl.v pos sibilities. He nppenlH to the 'board' for training, ami in his preliminary interviews iletinitel scopes his ideas and possibly his Ideals. Ho probably insists upon some training whose thorough accomnlislimeiit would take six or seven years' solid appli cation with little or no remuneration other than thut furnished by the government. "He may ask for and insist upon train ing upon the lines of mechanical .engineer ing, or some similar tcclmicnllt. and his .ulvlser will agree some part of mechnnlciil engineering courses which he requests will iisit the man with his former work nud belter fit him to advance along his original line of vocation. The man starts his studies in those parts of the cour-es des ignated to him as best for Ins condition. Vnrcst Tnhcs Place "Soon he finds the spirit of dlssatisfac tnui and unrest bus taken the plnce of his original vigor. He grinds nt the preliiiilnarv ihnes of mathematics, and labors with lli'e eleiueutary classes In drafting and applied incdiiitilcs. and before long Is miserably ills, gusted bcdiuse he claims to be getting in,, win re. 'Then his disgust shapes itself into com plaint, which is voiced to the directors of bis training. He sees only that he Is doing things thai to thoroughly complete would tnl.c more time thuu be has been allotted for training, and be asks for changes In bis plans ami icvision of his courses as outlined Here is the opportunity to make dear to bun tin- n-iil purpose of bis training, pro tided th.it (learuess was not originally no- I nniplMicil Then it jM thnt the man can be shown Unit. I hough he will get onl.v a art of the fullness of technical education, jet the pari he receives wjll make lilm so adept in Ins original vocation us to place him in line for unbounded advancement, and It is pos sible then to satisfy the mnn t such a de gree he wi'l still work nnd grind nt bis pii-Mribeil studies, nnd accomplish the origi nal purpose "Tine, there will be a number of cases where the original vocation ioh tuVu foun dation and a firm hold, and n partial! trained mind coupled with the given train ing, will develop with gn.iter rupldltv and show the student he can pass far In ml wince of Ihe original courses as laid out for him, but these cases are Ihe unusual Bui there is the case where the stipulation of individual instruction us planned bv ihe Federal lloanl is most effective, find n'tl gli these cases are in the iiiinoritv, tiie mini should be, and Is, can led far iis i pnsxio e wiin me original instructors, ami - then, if time will permit, the Nino is ml 'aiu-cil In higher grades and Higher classes '" f!" " "'" l"'"rl " completion of hiN sniuies ns possllil: I p to dmlnistrators ' In brief the ultimate re-iilts allaim-d iu the application of original training u the present given trnlnlnf rests with the administrators of the Instruction, There fore, the more practical application of the OH, WAKE UP! oretical and technical instruction will pro duce tiie greater ultlmutc results. Instruc tors, whose experience hns been the indus trial application of theory, nnd whose capa bilities of shaping thnt experience into u form of concentrated instruction lire the val uable isets, to the men and to the Fed eral Hoard of Vocational Training. "These filets cover only n few of the cases, or, ns may be said, u part of the student body which comes under the direc tion of this clnss of work. But here is nnother class and i more difficult one to handle that of the men who start train ing with only the Idea of un easy way to spend n year's time nnd be better paid for It than the usual compensation In such nises. Yet, these unfortunate ones can be successfully turned to reiil Industrious ones, and a profitable trsult nttulued, "There is In every man's innke-up a spark of pride, or an ntom of slinme. no matter how much these factors have been Ignored. Then- nre mnny who require ii far-reaching influence, and n well -planned campaign to grasp thut spark and fan it to flnine. Here is n chnnce for the per sonal interest, ind personal application of tbo instructor. Find that real 'he-inan' feature in the student and develop it for all It Is worth. Must Cnrry Case Further "Possibly this cannot be dime with n purely academic phuse of instruction, so the case must be carried further. Just as ioiii petition is the spice nnd life of trade, so is it the spice nud life of personal develop incut. And, after nil, that personal develop ment is only another name for 'education.' So arises u chance for social service tur greater nnd bigger than any ordinary ehui -it and, in most coses, mote lasting Set n pioper example for any man and make him idealize that example and i.nen we can make him want to cony it, ninke him see his fellow-worker whose possibilities are no greater thnn bis own but whose success Is evident, nud so will the subjects strive to compete for that same success nnd normally ho win reach just the ultimate climax that has been planned for him, but which might hnve been so easily missed. "Couple this roiiipctition with u social phase of education and the success is amaz ing. True, these men cannot nil compete Iu the ordlnnr.v strenuous athletic contests and competitions of u iioruial student be cause of this phjsical disability: but here, again, is another opportunity to make tin plans fit the mnn, nnd the instructors must find things that will assist their ph.vslcal deficiencies and help them to enter some form of honorable competition so necessnrj to their general morale, KMiiuples Among Themselves "F.xnuiplos among themselves nre the strongest to these men. Iu one class of schools we can cite an athletic competition wherein only a few men were physically nrm to enter because of the strcnuousnes of tlie gnines: but those few examples so nrouseil the combined spirit of the balance of tne student bodies as to influence them along the lines of promotion of clean spin t . nud that student body is thriving perceptibly ns u result. "The school means something in them and (hey mean more to flu- school nnd. again, the purpose of the federal board of voca tional training Is being accomplished n teal, evident, successful manner. Wo do know thai most of (lie disabled men nre unlit for these t.vpcs of things, but there nre slill other uiellioils bv which thev can bo Hindi- to feel that s"iise of icsp'nnsihilltv which is so important, "For exnmple, the development of socinl functions at which interesting and enter taining features nre given. At such times nt this same school the men are nssembled and for one hour or more they are privileged to direct their own programs; nnd, in fact help to make up these programs from things which are most interesting to them. It Is done In this way: As much talent Is nss(m. bled as available, both from the outside sources nud from the student body Itself. Ibis talent iiesenls their offeilng us quickly as the time permits, and, as an Intermit tence. th,. men sing from published song sheets. "When thev hnve hcaid from each part of the available talent these meetings are given over to their own hands for direction' If they want In King, they sing; or, if thev desire some inn- of the talent to further en terlflin tliem. then they politely ttlu dp. ninth nil arrange that event. All this lends to demand that tin- men, themselves, show t i all Ihelr surroundings nnd surrounding f .. it C"iH Ml "O sci far as the lire able lo comiuand It. and. uftcr all, whnt is more necessary lu tlui i....i.ie un- iifigoi oi enqueue ami politeness Humanisms By WILLIAM ATHHBTON DUPDI . mill' new secretary of agriculture, Mr. -- Henry C. Wnllncc. appreciates the di versity of viewpoint when gazing on thnt coveted thing that is railed surecM. Otiy labored for seven years polishing his I'lejjr before he gave it to the public. The mu sician may work fnr decades that he tr.; run o scale to his liking. The gj mnast hu bnck of the flip ho turns much perspiration nnd mnny fnlis. Hut look what Ames hat done ! I mean, of course. Ames Agiirulturnl Col lege in Iowa, where the secretary was edu cated nnd where he nfterwnnl tauxlit. Ames hns developed the "cafeteria system" of feeding hogs. If j on put the food of whnh hoR ap fond in troughs nnd allow his swinelnp to select that which his appetite crnvci, ho will get fatter quicker than upon nny mix ture thnt mnn cnu stir 'up for him. i has been demonstrated at Ames It inetn millions in profits to American furm'M through each of the years of the future, Thcri is a success thnt is worth while. This season there is in Washington a rr ticularly Inrge crop of new western 8etu tors, among whom is II, O. Basciini. ilieep man from Socoro. New Mexico, which Ii just over tho range from the home of Pec ictnry I"ill. of the Department of Interior. locnted nt Three Ulvers. Former (iovernor (ieorgc Cuirj. Roufli Hider friend of Theodore Hoo-cvelt. came down to Washington to get Senator Has cum established. The other do he was telling of the time he went to the White Douse after liavinc bad n tiff with Attomej tleuernl l'miinporte over certain administrative matters In New Mexico. James Brjce. then ahibnsmlor from (heat Britain, was calling ami the 1'icsiiler.t kept him nnd introduced him to Curry "Tiie colonel," sulci the former gmi-mor "never missed n chnnce to impress upon representatives of effete civilizations what n hard lot bis Hough Itlders were. lie told the ambassador that, the day before. I imd threatened to throw his atlorne.v general ejit of n window, and that there weie nine notches on my six-shooter befoie I Joinni the Hough Itlders. indicating the nuinlier of iik n I had killed The Kiighslunnii a obviously Impressed." What Do You Know? QUIZ 1. What is meant by n "dollar a- car man"' L-. When will the centenary of Nnpolftn lior.nimrto'H death occur' 3. What arc lemuis? I. In what count! are. tbo nili.iU.t mil called "Blue Noses"? :. Who nie the Copts'.' 0. What Is mennt by the distaff sub- f a family? , 7. What Is the origin of the word dissert 6. Mow old is Cll.Ullice M ncpciv ' . What queen of .Kngland had a N.''i" mother'' 10. What Is nn oubliette" Answers to Saturday's Quiz 1. llerr Kcberenbacli Is the pi sent pmiiUr of Uermany. , : Lieutenant J. I. Won envoi '"' ;'nl" of tbo Monitor In her famous cngail inent with the Mcirliuiu Iu '"r'll tse::. ,",. .Sofia Is the capital "f Hulgarin I. Winflelil Scott Hancock was J-'""'1,' Cnrtloid's unsuccessful npponci'' Hie. presidency Iu JSS0 5 The Treatv of Versal les wns ileolnrml ' lie In force for the Allies and Oe.nians on January 10. 1020 . C. Abraham Lincoln iniirrled Man Ta ilauchter of the Hon Hubert h ToM of Lexington, K.v. ,... 7. Prince Metternlcli (Clemens "f1!" Nepomuk Lothar von Mettornic h W neburg) wiih a celebrated Austrian statesman and diplomatist He "J born In Cnblenz, Pi.issln In 1 7Ji snj died Iu Vienna, Austria, In 1 S59 rr some years after the fall of MI,'1'j Iu 181I, Metternlcli was the chief . most powerful exponent In Lur0'"l tho reactionary principles of got"0 8. Linlnent domain Is n legnl term "' the lordship of tho sovereign I' over nil property In tho stnto " right of expropriation. The House ot Ileprescntatlvcs exercit" power over tientles when they fvoi" the appropriation of money lu "J federal government Such a ,1""' " the treaty wltli oioniira, nuio"""". I Mil' 'liivii T---I --- I lopublle .,,,4 10- Jno Austen, the F.niillsh nove lis u tbo i-nyincul of isii.ciuu oou m - (7 " century. Her usies ure n ("
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