-iV j- rsy v; 10 JDV-E-NLNG PULJIjIU1 LrlfiDaJiil-rJbllLADliJJLPJtLlAk TUJUSJDA1', ATltlli G, iy.21 'AJW'y'J1 fh tst l if a t y . ftttti B.r e f !- ) H ! fatening public Weibger T PUI1LIC LEDGER COMPANY CYRl'8 It K. CL'HTIS. rniDrT John l'. Martin. Met i'lesiilani and Treaaureri Charles Tyler HeerMar, Ctinnei II. l.lnlln. Ion, Philip B. Collins John it Wlillnina. John .1. fpurnn aearw V OoMnmllh Dxvld E. Smiley, nireefnrs KDiror.l VI, tlOAUP t'tat It K iiiitik chairman PA.vin k BviiLr.r. .. t-.i.tnt JOHN C MATITtS ric-m-ml Hunti-ims Manager I'ubllahoJ dully m fi-ntac LnnuEii Hulldlng Independence Square, I'liUudelpnU Atlantic CITY 'hmj-I niou llulldlng Nrvx YOUR fliii Mnitltnn Vie DrrnoiT . ;oi ronl Hmlilinic fir l.nris . .. (113 aiahr-Demeerat tluiMIng Oiiicaoo Ian" Trihuiut lliillellrg nbws iuiii:.vr TVllHIMIlON IJCllKlt" v I! I'nr Pennsylvania ,v nn.1 Mth SI Ntm- York III rkm . The Sun Builillnr London UcttAii Trafalgar llulldlnc SI IISiTtirnov IE.T1M8 The Bir-Mvi Piiuic l.nNinu I serve-d lo ur acrihera in l'huinl..,hln und u-routidum iitib I Ihe rate nt tw M o el'.') tents per n.tk pdatlo to the tan It i. ll- mail to nclnis piu.I" of Phi vle.jih a In the rnlted Sta. h c.inadi v United Mitten ime. ,(int, pitiase fie, rift iftoi ienti per month. Six ItVl (Jolliers , r ar pa.nhl n ndvflnce To all fwr Up dnin-iirs ''he ($11 dol,ir a month Norte r H utt8crlbrs ulRhlnff ndurei iciAnaoii miiAt fflve ld as weVI n ne ad,lie.i I1ELI . 1000 TI VI M T krVfTOM' MVIN JOOil 3ZT AtUi'tsg all cofmmun.ica'ioi'1 to Krtning rublic ttrdpn nerpmcfcicr .Vreic?'-'- Vhlldrlthin Member of the Associated Press THh ASSOCIATED PRESS if rtalultvtlv ' tUlrd to thr cue Me trpubiro' frit of till tnjti fflspnfrhr rrdlled fo i' o no' oMrn, iir crrdltrd in 'Hi paptr nnU alio fie Innil en'i pttblihed fiereln. .Ill lights of rptiNfiration of perml rfMpatriei herelti ne o'io rred. I'hllidrlphu. 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April ib. -2 EMBARRASSING THE SCHOOLS "OKASONS f"r ilriiKsmi; tin- jmmmiiIp court ' into lln futii tiiuiiiii; if ill'- i iim)iilnry riiiirntlnn ln in tlu. n'l nn' noi iieni Tho pii-sctii sixtt'tn lin- unrKi'il pII. nmi flip ppmlini; h( huol umIp bill which ltivciM tlii aiipcriiiU'inli'iit ct pulilic I ti-tnifi nii uilh uthotil nicr , ,iit nf ililliircn tictuct'li fourteen ntnl -ivtecti iciir o'i fiicniicil lit useful lawful Ptnplninicnt iImiiiir the periml of choiil iioti, l lctfl'iillj uiiiul I'mler n liixt-miimti' iiiiietiilim'iit. the Juvenile coii'i wuuld exen ie i or" f cll TPtinn cnncernitii; certiptnia .1 uritf Itrowu. of the .Munli'ipttl I'niirt would thu be tin nexinK ome new privilege It l not enxy to iletecl aa convincing unntltv of piibln sum in thl nrninge ment In fnct. n dlHii-uli probletu would be further i otnplicnted h the Injection of ne fnctori not entireh without the hudow of politif m The rode oiiRht to he kept n "linple und rtralRlitfitrwnnl n prcible Tjinic up ttx functionlns with couti niliiiK'' procedure that liii!" little to reeoniinend it nnleis thought of ullenot purposes be i-ntertnined CLOCKS IN CHAOS PITTSIirUlMI i iinj n runes Kutnrn. Stnnilartl t'eiitrn' for the rrnin, bound West und dm light uine time wi come of the i hurcnei A local onlitianee nuthonzc"' the mnnnier cIock A -tatc law cat doubt upon thi rnhdit.v of me nm nlclpnl law Most of the larce citie in New York state have established the ml vn need hour l.ocnl trains in .Mnnhnttnn are nrrivins and de parting bv the niniii ed i heilule Wall street employ 'he nm system and hence Philadelphia broker- are nine nn hour ear lier than is their titnm Alice in Wonderland n advised to treat tune gentlv. respectfullv neier to be.il it or otherwise to harass its movements The warning is worth heeduu Hiscourtesv to word time and disregard of some elemental considerations of common keue have pro duced a fine mundle in the Middle Atlantic ktates The absurdity of the Munition is interi"! tied h the simplii itv of thi mentis which could accomplish n hiih The Nntiona' Davligh' Saving Association is seeking sup port for Senator Kdge s bill m iinko the minmer clock effcctiv througaour ihe east ern time .one The thought tlmt herein lie-. a reinedv somehow will not down "THE WORLD DO MOVE" THI" critics of Ch.-let' III 'V .ire , toe iinoil of saving T h.l ' Hie ill gltl.Hois of nuiiv of the teachings ,,( ir Founder -i ti be found in the snyinge of me wise men of the Far Fast However tlis inn In it is evident to the least observing t1(i there s somi thing in ('liristianitv mat did no; originn in the Far F.iist Kvi.l.i t 'a,s is afforded bv the repor' of -i.e .nr Fast te.ief cum tnittee for Ihe iat v.-ni More rhtiii .44 liOil iilut has been , i.nti ihi.tcd in h hi Americans f,u the re ief o siiffenng and flour worth vlJiiiHiimu n civmi ti add rion As a re.uii in, ires ,,f more man 1 ,000,111111 pers.iris have been suieij Sm h a fiiatiifestrf'n.,, ,,f humiui brotner hood vv iii.d nave bun ,iicoiii eivfln e 'JiXmi vears ago And indeed, so hit;., had the world itieovcrd in.c I'hn-tiantv meant that no mi -il pmje. t for -he i.ve' of sutler- ing far from horn, w I have r.'i"ive. g,.,, eral supper' ,"ii"i in . .ig,, llu- m.-re na never been a mnr. -p - no ) illustiu'inn of practiial rhristiauitv unn 'hi The China re -' nmitiee is efjgiige'1 in the snnie L.nd of g, ,s work tor 'n p I ' nt' the fiiinin. -sir i,m leg. in of Mie oun'rv whllll gave bll'l. r, ('i,fiici,s t,, vviiiptH M)inc persons ttH ,. ji, ,,f , . C, ,jeti Hule Hut s,, in . - Kinivvii n, I ,nfu. i.in ever . nnn-ive.i , c '.. ' npi , i,, . , relief o' ' ,e -ic'vig r n mi, ., - , ,n, the World "r even ., He e it,,' i ,rr, v n,.xi door I't" wm d i ,i- - v , , ng mi .il , , ' '111' 111 II' .1 I V '"M ,,, I I was niiii.il 'ie. i,i. . . , , ,. ;n..r, ., II. ) ,. It.llo v ... I III .0 . ,,.1, ,, UNCLE SAM'S WEALTH prIMIS'l . r,, ,, ,. ,,, " l'r i- - Ii , ...nioriH onferen i .. . , , lt,Hi, leavings lei .p.- i ii v i . ,, I, , . cttv lollHiri-,,,1 j - 1 I - .. ,, . v w,iii,i be cireil ,' e . ...I, ., fig.ies v,.' iindr b'ei,v l. i ,i..i h , , i ,, ll'.'H 'lie J.. .re ., .1 . ,.Mr,, j,.,,,. ,,,, astefi' .!. ha. I,,-, i, MUigeii The .ep.,.its . ,.. ii,,, ti,n 1n . ai. sld tn hnv. ie i en. eil bv niiirv ,n ' i hill'ori dollais us' m ik i, . Ifll Hri,, , Infln the hum' ,ii,i.ii in ii 'ni .nvmg. imnks "it t i, in in 1 slid ,, ..Lin,, ro the repi.ii ,.f ! inptrollei ,,f' m,, ,.,,r ictiiv tue .n ng. onnke were tailing n. n' SVniNHHMMilHi mi T'l'i Ti, s iiH. I,,, ,r. tnan S-ltHI iHNi nilii ,.x ,,f i,e ,,.p,)Mt. in l'Ms in,. I in,, i.- I'iiii, ,,', nun ihiII.IKiiI gieni.ir tl.ari ii I'miii In ,wenv viar. ti e eflVIIIgs of ,e i. ,li.iig,i ,,., fm tne U' i uini.-a' oti- i.i b iini'Hh li.ive more luau do ibliil Hill thesv flj('lll lepr 1,1 ill, V s-tii, 1 j.art of tin' aiiiuiiii at, on- ii the hanks The depoKits ii i litem i I ii ii k- ii, IIKIH mi, V -00 null ihiii n:,.i in m.i'i b.inks M L'.'iM 000 .000 li.i.i i, ad glow n i, loin i,, i tjnrmoiis sum ,,i nun inn, nun , ,,,,. j.atioiial IctiiKs .in. I ii, ,!i inn. nun. (inn m the stute bank Hire i- n tutal f ntmui ,,'ll.' 000 000,000 in nn tin i kinds of banks u... .1 tor deposit ami 'J ono noli noil uf n mm be i ailed the vv ukiiig iiiiit,i of ordinary iiuslness A nation with tlii. v.i.t (mount uf uiobiii -H'i i- Hi i I'imv I - n it ,, Tin' e . "', i '! tins ii in v .puiii in pan rh. ruse wltii vvlilrli the government llontctl its war loans and It also explain the contl dence with which men who have faith in the stability of American business enterprises ( ontcinplntc the future. If n man wishes to he pessimistic hp must look for support of his forebodings to some other place than the banking deposit figures. MR. HUGHES GOES CAREFULLY ON VERY TREACHEROUS PATHS There Are War Makers In Europe Eager to Shift Their Responsibility to the Makers of Peace XJO SKH1KS of diplomatic negotiations ' ever before attempted and. indeed, no other result of organized thought and effort ever had moral and practical reactions so profound and so far reaching as those that must follow almost instantly upon the set tlement of the iiucstion of (Sen-nun repara tions to the Allies No decision will be whollv satisfactory to evervhoilv oncerned Thete will be discon tent in (iermnnj or in the allied countries. When the final terms nie made there max be even a sense of new defeat Kurope hns been promised relief Its statesmen have been promising il deliveinnce from its matchless troubles They hnve promised something like atonement through reparations wrung from the vanquished de strojer Hut the simple fact is obvious that no terms of settlement alone can atone tn the Kuropenti masses for what the) have etidiiied and lost Nothing dccieeil bv n diplomats council can wholly dclivet or relieve them now. Thev are voniing fintrlly to reckon not with the onseqtieiires of the peace or the settlement Thev are being permitted at hi"t to come face to face with the conse quences of the war itself--consequences; that were inevitable after the first guns It will be difficult for the people to realize ttn Man.v of their political leaders do not want them to realise II. The statesmen of Kin-ope have been in no hum and thev are In no hurrj now to approach the dav of reckoning. The pros pect is chnrged with suggestions of danger to men now at the height of their political careers If it can evei he made to appear that the miseries and povert of Kurope are due to the terms of pence lather than to the triumphant insanities of the war, a problem that now harasses some of the lending states men of Ilurope will be beautifully solved. President Harding and Secretary Hughes nie clearly aware of all this. That is wli) tnev iiinnot undertake to be mediators or to relieve the political leaders of Ftanie. (Jre.it Hritnin and (iermaiiv from the re sponsibility for all final decisions The. an be interpreters. The can nci--wuh extteme care and caution to transmit appeals and suggestions between two1 croups of principals who have exhausted their own enpacit to negotiate Hut that is all. and perhap a Itttle more, than the I'nited Stutes may do with lomplete safetv and without risking an almost endless series of disagree able complications Reasoning that i possible in Washing ton is possible In Loudon. Paris and Herlin. And the Kuropenti diplomatists reason clearlv enough What ome of them dread is to publish the conclusions to which their reasoning lends them From that awful duty thev would glndlv bo freed Thev have shirked ii and .shrunk from it for two jears This does not mean that the appeals for American mediation In the final deadlock represented a deliberate attempt to shift all responsibilitv to American shoulders What the political leader- in Kurope appear to desire is moral lustificntinn attainable through the co-operation of a government known to be without selfish interest in the immediate controvere The extent to which the American Govern ment properl inn go in that direction is well understood in Washington, and It tR of the utmost importance that tne Piesident hihI the secietar of state sanetlnu no fiirnnnn of terms that has not first been puh-lic-ir icvealed ns the work of leaders of tne nation, dnectlv concerned iin nun niteiest i- ver.v great, but it is indirect I'n'ii Kurope spttl.s down there can he no economic revival, no general re newal of normal life and effort an. here In the worid Hut even a full iconoinr revnal would cost to., licuvilv if in the effort to bring il about, the I'nited Stntes were made to apieni responsible for the hnnlebips under .vim h all tue Kurupean nations will groau for ninuv vears to . ome V'w.iis before the Piesident and Mr II uhes must be tne example of Piesident Roosevelt who evpertetlc d t Ihe full tue ingratitude ordained for nil peacemakers Mr Roii.evelt intervened in the Russn lniuie.e War at the earnest solicitation of thi Kinperor of .Inpnn The .lnpane.se were vtithiu a few week- of bankruptcy The i ild not go on witn the war or pusn their ii'lrntitage The Russian !oeriitiien' 'ii-eatened on "lie side bv w uji spread cor i iptmti in al, it- admini-trativi branches and mi ihe other by tevolunnii w ,th it--n.ivv gone unci Us people desperiti appealed to Wasiiintou for mediation The iimip of Portsmouth a. as t'n.i as a pence .oiild be under the cir, imstume. It WHS Uo sucuier clu llireil tlinil .lllpllliese statesmen and p ibln ists disavowed responsi lolitv for if to H ieon win, had been piom--ed nst indemnities ami end.c.s iiiumpl, Ila.f cif ,!apuu t M believes that it was in itall. stopped mi '" vaj in lomtoit unit giorv b the Prc.detit of the I'nited States Rlissinlls who v'e .ndet the tutelage of tl Ider in 'tn-. ails still bejievi 'hat we ileiiheiaiel fr-.strated tneir effort 'o recover cist ground nfti siibiected them to unjust war inileu n,t,.s Kven ( ount Wttte who wag the ,i adi-r of the Kussiun iea. . de'egn -tion ii!mii tejienteil that fantastic .barge ii 'he page. ,,f iiis autoblograpln Pis'dei,. larding and Secriti-v Hughe, nee i h gn '.rage and keen minds t,, deal aim il - ' ns s ti i,e world s affair- V .i ,cv .' ti Portsiicitn , in idem i,'i, ueip 'i ei.Tr H .o d p. 'falls ,nw AMERICAN LINERS EVERYWHERE TI l K I ti. led Mutes .,,;,uiig iic.anl . pub i-n tig in n'lver i-e i,ent ontfiiunu lue . i.iiiii. c "- ,Passeiij;(r Millings for tn n ' ii of Mav I ins dered without relation o 'iielorv t icre is nuthiiig in t us announce ii . ni to disting iisl t from in it of a n v othei .crge siea.n-h.p oinpiii,v . ngage, m solicit ,iu i.im i'iiii:' Hii h'siorv g.ve. ,t rtinliie l,es. 'i.in a dee ad- ntjo me gre,n major. tv of foieign co,nc Aim (.cans tinve'ed uion ves is living n.nri tin It was not choice I necessitv vvhl'h I'llilian usseij even the -....-I At.i'i.r tiflfr ot Willi a fi v c xeopi III"" ... I - ' I - Vmerieiiii pasei nger service to foreign pons was non-existi nt lodav there lire sailings ! t,t n ioh-i. of ... ....... . ., I ,. I mini I '1. .,.., I t-o i' n ,VHi , '" ' i,,,, .UI, lie muni Hal ! rain e in tMct. the prin cipal (oiintries nt the globe through pus senger communication under the American flag is established between tin Atlnntu sen board and Hnwnii N'ew route as well us new ship, are in videnm In addition mine of tin- linest of tin ion n. .,1 ml (Jciiiian iiiers an at 'a.t n nn fci. -Mil e .11 nlclllig li'laO.. luc plt-s.iji miji I ship, (icorge Washington Virtually all the new liners, Including nn Impressive licet on the Pacific, testify to the energ and skill of marine engineering In the Delaware river shipbuilding territory. In spite of the fact thnt many criticisms of (he shipping hoard have been warranted, here l epoch -mailing achievement. Pre tentious ilnns of which doubts were freely entertnlnisl nre'bearliig fruit . The Ameri can passenger licet, including both the board steamships and those exclusively in private hands, Is one of the finest and most modern afloat The survival of this enterprise is depend ent on expert management. Moreoer. the problem of government control is by no means fully worked out. and It tuny be that, with the ships in being, private ownership inn supersede the present clnbornte system of the board. Hut it is utilikel) (hat the stmt already mi tin can be really nullified. The effects of the blow dealt to the American passenger licet b the Civil War are at Inst repaired A sentimental thrill over the accomplish ment is irresistible. V0LSTEADING IN HIGH GEAR NK1TIIKR (tovernor Miller, of New York, nor the Legislature thnt passed his dry -enforcement hill nor the police who take orders from Mayor Hylan could be counted at any time among the nctive supporters of the eighteenth amendment or the principles enunclnted In the federnl dry lnw. At best they were neutral when the fight was on So tile tiifious nnl with which Commis sioner Ktirlght and his men have set about to make Manhattan and Its astonished en virons bone dry cannot be attributed to mornl conviction or a belief in the mote modern form of soul saving. It is easy to see that, whatever (Sovernnr Miller ma have sought to achieve, police officialdom in Now York 1b dedicated to the task of making Volstcadlsm odious b making It actual The federnl grand Jury has nnnounied that It will return no in dictment against any one arrested for the possession of strong drink unless there is evidence to prove that the contraband was held for barter or sale Still, nrrests made possible under the state enforcement net of people merely caught with the goods and suspected continue at an astonishing rate The courts are clogged. There is nn method of dealing with all the prisoners. Confusion threatens. It hns been suggested to the police thnt they go a bit more cautiously Hut each such appeal Inspires them with new energy and enthusiasm, and there was a note of rejoicing In the voices of Ktirlght and his associate-, wJicti they announced that it will require about $.10,000,000 a vear to keep Manhattan -even snpcrficlnlly drv Vow what fhs'Vilsread net and hc New York state enforcement act contemplated was not oppression, rnlds, sorties and sudden violent attempts to accomplish the impossible. The first duty of Knright and his police was to prevent the flngrunt viola tion of federnl laws In public places. Doing that much and no more, the New Yoik police would have made a sane beginning at u task that will require years of patient and judi cious work if it Is ever to be accomplished at all For the time being there is onlv one law- In New Y'ork that is being enforced to and a little beyond the hilt, and that is the inn-liquor lnw And judging by the temper of the administration the nun h heralded enforcetnen. act is being used as an instru ment to hinder and not to help general pro hibition. WHAT INDEED! jXTAVY peopl,. are toiuing to believe ilint there ib altogether too much amateur lawmnkiug in these Injteil States News paper space, like the patience of the generul public, is severely taxed to give u fair bearing to the innumerable groups of moie or less earnest folk who set themselves up as powers in tjie land to agitate for novel statutes of various kinds and to "force" (nls bill in thnt through the State Legislatures or through Congress. It is argued, with some justice, that legis lators ate elected on the assumption that they are reasonably intelligent and icason abl familiar with the needs and temper of their various communities. Yet the growth of amateur congresses and ninnieur legls latuies implies that the lawmakers of the country are not ho equipped If they were what they nre supposed to be vvnv Kiiould poweiful organizations of private individuals be necessary to advise them nn.1 to force upon them laws to dry up the country and laws to keep it wet. laws to protect business nnd Inws tn harnss It, laws to make Sunday open and laws to keep it ed laws to protect chlldieu n ml lnw io evp.oit them and some thousands of oihet 'nws of which you never hear'' It happens now thnt a visible answer to tlc.s epierv is presented In Ihe people of Pennsylvania Turn your binoculars on Hnrri-buig in these last dieain days of the legislative session What can ou cxpectV OUR BUNGLING SENATE TIIK measure of senatorial stnteirati inn be accurate! gauged bv the favorable leport made upon the Knox pence le.cuution vesterdny by the foreign relations comum -lee In the annals of pestiferous bungling there is hnrdl a match to this union taken at n time of ex Heme delicacy In the .titer ti'ifionnl situation Herman- will naturally pa thi . losest attention to the debate upon the piopo.n, scheduled for the Senate today. Shi mis n weakness for absurd argument- Thi rfiiuntion however. Is not laughah e ut this moment, !:.t i. calculated to unvc downright misi in ions The Ameriiiiu public is well awm, nin Mr Hughes is secretary of stale ainl thai he is curiiest) at work upon one of t in uiosr foimidable piobleins in the careei nt ani statesman Hut I if rum in mis shown befme now i,nt she lend- a i inp.ithetlo tin- to a Senate prone to usurp the functions of tn.- c..i tive find ihe Stole Department It nor delusion in this lespeel that contain, the st eds of trouble ni a critical petiod Mi Knox is evidently unafraid Hi is one of the bnldcl masters of slupi.) mop. portuinsni ever levealed In tin po ifiral whirligig ccf tins nation. THE SAME IN BELGIUM IIUMIA voted in Helgiuui lot ti firm " tune at the elei tlons this week and ns in ever oilier plui c where Hnv hnve gm the funic nise ihey voted as Ihe met, did That is theie was no woman oti inst as a solid block fur anrthing Tins icmiIi Is not pnrticiiiai I "neouiag nig to the' extreme feminists who wis), tn nrrnv one sex against anoihei Hut it is about what ever one tjiinlliiii with the feme, that influence popular thinking would nave expected The real interest ol women m govern inept is the Minn as that of men t 'k their interest as members oi' an orgnnied in ion composed of men ami women 'I'),,, laws passed to protcc t ihe political ighH of men apply equally to women when they gc" tile vole Villi till laws illss(( fi- ,',, il nt. , Hon of tin 1 1 in r i en of the people apply In uli me pt"p t ami nave jiwum so applied. THE RELIC HUNTER His Latest Depredations as Visible In the Capitol at Harrlsburg Charles V. Waters and John Burroughs. Whale and Reindeer Meat IJ.v CiEOROK N0X McCAIN NO SHRINK Is sacred to the , relic hilhter nnd no historic building or mln, Is safe from the scribbling egotism of the average man. The walls of the room In which Shnke speare was bom in the old house nt Slrnt ford are covered completely with the lames of visitors until there is no room left for even a single name. The cai-ctnkcr or guide points proudly to famous names in that unique mural decoration. Near the center of the celling he will point out Hint of Matthew Arnold. High on n side 'wall appears the autograph of Charles Dickens. And so it goes. The rage for writing one's nntuc In his toric places Is not confined to nny race. IN TDK mined city of Pxmal. In the heart of Yucatan, the egotist of the lend pen oil hns left his name by scores nn the walls of the governor's palace Some I saw had btcn painted vlth n brush. They nre wllhout exception names of Spnnish visitors, and their interest in penetrating the jungle would suggest that they wefc above this species of desecration. Twenty years ago a priest In Zacatccas, Mexico, told me that tin- bishop had been compelled In close his residence to American tourists because of their disposition to ap propriate nny Inconsiderate trltlcs lying within their reach. IN TIIK summer of 1004 tourists who visited the (inrden of the (Sods, Palmer Park mid other famous scenic spots around Colorado Springs nnd Mnnitou witnessed n curious exiressinn-f)7 this ninnln for writing nnmes in public places. At irregular Intervals, often in the most beautiful nnd romantic spots, they saw painted on the rockis n name with date In black letters two Inches high. It was the most brazen thing of its kind thai the Pike's Peak region had ever seen. The iiuthoilties determined to make an example of the fellow as u warning to other vandals He was found to be n young man from u Middle Western stnle, a victim of tuber culosis; n "lunger" ns they are known out there. Had It not been for his condition he would have been taken back to Colorado Springs ii titl ptosecutcd. The case was compromised by his agree ment to pay for the services of n stone cutter, who chipped off the offending letters wherever they were found. TDK latest example of this sort of dese cration came under my notice in the beautiful reception room attached to the Governor's offices In the new Capitol at Ilnr- risburg. In fhe four VorheVs of tills inafcnlflcent apartment, with Its superb rug. embossed leather chairs und costly walls nnd celling, theie arc four huge hronze candelabra. At the four corners of each are cupids blowing elfin pipes, one .in enchhnud. The visitor of today will discover that three of these pipes nre missing. Three brotire cupids stand each with one empty hand, the pipes having been twisted loose through the thieving propensities of relic hunters. It will not he long. 1 liincy, before nil other of the ornaments is missing, for one pipe Is held loosely, rendy to be torn away by the next thief, or perhaps I should say kleptomaniac, that comes that way. 'If the individual Is caught, he should be shown no mercy. It Is not unlikely thnt one of the Mercer tiles in the southern corridor on the main Hour will also disappear one of these days A couple of them have worked loose in their cement setting. CHARLES V. WATERS tec.illed a charming and clinracteilstic anecdote of n famous, naturalist the other day The incident occiim! up -in New York state along the banks of the Hudson, where Mr Waters spent his boyhood All boys everywhere have, it would em, nn antipathy to snflkes. They are lawful pre wheiever they are found There Is n universal and seemingly Inherent disposi tion to "bruise the serpent's head " (in one occasion when young Waters was busilv engaged stoning snakes he was halted In his pleasurable und destiuctive nintise ment by a kindly spoken mini, who begged hi in to desist Then he rend the lad a lesson that he has not torgotten to this day. It was done in such a kindly. Inteiestlng av. thnt it carrlrd conviction He told of the good traits of the garden and garter snakes upon which the boy hail been ninking wnr How they devout ed Insect pests, nnd nine nnd vermin of the fields, and thnl they really should be protected and not destroy eil tor the benefit they weie to man. From that day the hand of "Charlie" Waters was never raised aga.nst the harm less nphidln John Hurrouglis was the teac her. THE purchnse Inst week bv a Philadelphia firm of millions of pounds of canned meat from the government that had been left over from wnr-tnne supplies led another wholesaler to remark that the time was coming when substitutes for canned beef would find a read- sale upuu the market He mentioned leitideer ment particularly and, posslblv. whale meat canned by the Japanese, consignments of which have nl readv been offered on the Pacific coast. When Dr. Jackson. Alaskan missionary and government representative, pioposcd the Introduction of icindeer from Siberia Into Alaska he was looked upon as tin idealist. That was thitlv yeurs ago He persisted, however, and today vast herds of reindeer nie not onlv raised, but utilized for food, in our northwestern ter ritory Recentl Cnnadinti authorities have been investigating 'he possibility of lenring these animals in their northern latitudes, and it is not improbable dint n generation ftoni now reindeer herds will be as familiar In Canada as buffalo herds ome were on our western prairies. WHALE ment is a diffeient proposition Whales in the past have been hunted solely for their oil and whalebone The incieased demand in past veins for whale bone and the gtiulunlly diminishing supplv of the article led to the invention of substi tutes Herbert A Wilcox of this clt who fni vears spec-ialied in whalebone, tells me thnt there is iiiu tidillv me demand for it now, substitutes having taken its place The widel scattered fields of tlip oienn in which v halts nie to be found twin ren iJcih tt mining industry for Americans a rather precarious one In reienl enr. Iiowevei an increased demand for whale meat hns been noticed, which has been hugely supplied by the Japanese. The inoHi popular fallacv about the whale is that it is a fish It is n mammal with none of the clmr aciciisties of the fish except that It exists in the water Scientists i rail kno' less nhoiit the life and habits of the whale than of any other delll.en of the deep Disbelief in Hie hnrrois of war as it wns latch waged beiween Costa Rica ami Paunmn must now i ease The former na tion has just instituted a pension system. Thai seasonable lemperaluie Is phe nomenal in this (-It is ii oved by tile piomi nence ac( orded the headline, "No Cold Weather in Sight " Revised (ieininn tirsinn: "I would not love thee, dear, so much, loved I not honor less." Theie are -nine kinds of chickens whose luarts arc m i orlh nil the care bestowed bi Dr. Carrel on his specimen. iJfitlAlNfttak. iin i '.; a f 1 r Daily n vr ni ; ,ni I'hwiMiBUJMMBBp11"'" HtBEUfmmBr Hf W NOW MY IDEA IS THIS ' Humanisms 1 . ; Ry WILLIAM ATHEKTON I)U PITS Talks With Thinking Philadelphlans on Subjects They Know Best SAMUEL WOODWARD On Mutual Savings Funds THK dollar that is put away for the rainy day Is what 'kirks) the roulette wheel of business past Ihe doldrums nnd keeps it spinning until "things pick up" once more. In other words, savings funds, particularly mutual savings funds, with tliclr minimum of overhead chargeable ogulnst Income, serve us n tiy wheel to carry our productive factors past the dead center of dejire.sslon such ns that from whldi trade now suffers. So deflates Samuel Woodward, treasurer of the Philadelphia Savings Fund, whose roll of 'JOO.OOO depositois Is mute evidence of why there Is not more unrest, more bol slievism, in the industrial community today. "Mutual savings, funds, without capital stock, uro managed solely for the benefit of depositors." declares Mr. Woodward, "and there nre no expenses other than those necessary for the proper conduct of the business Managers serve without pay and no dividends have to be earned for capital "These, funds will receive' any amount from a dollar up and this affords working people every possible encouragement townrd thrift Where a man has an odd dollar, it Is too apt to drift to an iinnecessar le ceplacle. The time, comes when he needs that odd dollar. If he has taken advantage of the sawngs fund he Is doubly glad that it went where judgment, not impulse, dic tated "The savings fund, since it is not torced to make' a 'showing' of earnings beyond those iieiessaiy to pay its usual rate of interest and expenses, is able to allot Its funds In sm h a way as to be the holder of the very best grades of securities, which safeguards the depositor, assures his pun cipal remaining practically undepreciated ami keeps his interest coming In regularly. Fund Is Family Reservoir ' A savings fund is a icservoir Inlo which tlow numerous little rivulets of cash which toda have reached the stupendous volume of ?LoO().000,000 belonging to 10.0011,000 depositors "This money is the money of John Jones, the Iowa farmer, and of Jim Hrown, the iiii.n who makes his plowshare: it Is the capital (cf Hiram (iieen, who milks the cows thai furuish De Puyster Van Dam with his choice morning dairv drink at thirty cents a quart, thereby making ii the capi tal of licorgc Ilindlev , who molds milk bot tles. Henry Williams, who cuts caps; Peter Wilson, who drives the wagon, and so on. ' It is the great stabilizing pool of liquid capital through which flows the swifter stieani of day -by -day expendltute. Always, when depression inertakes the (ountrv. for no luntter what cause, there remains the savings fund to keep enterprise from utter barrenness and its conserving influence is usuull amply sutllcleiit to nurse stunted business endeavors along to a new period of prolific glow th and fruit fulness 'The savings fund, after all, is the best evidence that there Is no such thing as a laborer and a capitalist. The laborer em plovs himself with his own funds, ndded to those originally invested, and accruing to the lufoiint of production The capitalist is n labour whose business it is to keep these funds productive, to keep the stream How ing Dn the worker rests the burden of keeping the water upon the reservoir, 1 e , of keeping his money going in, week by week, to brim the banks of the pool nil which he may be dependent for bread in time of depression. Helpful In Time of .stress "Savings liiuds, moreover, pcifonu nn important function in the distribution of M't unties nmi the development of a conn trv's lesoiirees All excess of earnings Is diverted to n surplus or contingent fund, and n Is in periods of stress that bv a systematized maturing of securities owned, plus the i chef tiffin tied from this fund an Institution really becomes mutually helpful to those who might otherwise he penniless "Huge as is the amount of our havings funds in tins . iiiintn, both mutual and gen ernl. in Into the arc less, proportlnunielv than in other lands Theie are onlv about 20 per cent of our population who deposit in such funds, as against till per cent Knglnnd and about ,'M per cent In France This indidiies tlmt we tue a less thrlftv people, but H must not be forgotten tlmt our stanilaid of living is higher, and that i lie money we do not save, sftsr all, U a tlve In some ( linixifl of trade y?,, jM the bathtubs the Fremlnnau never dreams CHAFF, S5 ot owning; we see the then ties the Hritish provinces hold in awe. "Hut we manage, nevertheless, to main tain lliat reservoir of funds which tnnkes ninny a man in the mills nble to pay his bread and meat and grocery hill when the mills are idle. So thut'tbe ones who can't pay their bills come sooner or later to real ize what it means und why it pays to be n saer, even of the lone dollar bills that may remain in n vestpockut on n Sunday morn ing after lunch mouey has been laid away and the housewife hns received her working capital. "Thus the savings fund comes to be nn economic educator of the first rank, and xithout the proper economic education of employer nnd employe alike there could be no hope of effective and stabilized produc tion in years to come. "Just vvhut the suvings fund means to business will be less of a mystery, I think, after the second national conference of Mu tual Savings Hanks which begins here to morrow. I look for the development of some facts over which both the business man nnd the man who wants to be it business man may well ponder," THORK 7A BLOSSOM BLOW out the candle now the day is come. Put by Ihe music, lay the psalter down: The blackthorn diadem W white in bloom; Whether of thorn or gold, foigo thy crown, Thy inntnis slmll be sung high overhead. The laik shall sing them, with the sun for fiauiii : The nltnr hills bear mystic- wine and bread; He of the Cross shull lend the Hocks His name. The aisles of ihe old monastic woods slmll ting With merry cnutii les, not less divine. And for her tithes the cherry tiee shall bring Her chalk-wliite blossom, odorous as wine. Thy tithes shall be thy miith. paid willingly. The words too full to speak shall be for piayeis. And all thy sins slmll lie foigiven thee. While joy fulfills thy penance uniiwuics Frank C. Kendon. In Westminster (in.ette ' What Do You Know? i QUIZ 1 What Queen of England died of small pox" -.' What Is a glaive 3 Whv Is n Jestei sometimes i ailed "a merry nndrevv"" I What Is meant bv a swotd of ice-brooli temper ' , Who was Ivan the Teniblc' t. Which Is the Sioux or Fllckei tall .State" 7 In what icnluiy did Alexander the Omit live" 5 Who wroin tbt) novel "Put Yourself tn Ills Place"" i What In the shrievalty " 10 What kind of ship is n xebec" Answers to Yesterday's Quiz I The teiin "dollnr-a-y eur man" xvng the term applied to eminent nnd wealthy business and scientific experts who entered tint government service during ihe wnr As It was necessary for them io accept salary luc'rclerto have official Handing, the sum was fixed at one dollar per year 1 The centenary of Napoleon Honnpailc'a death occuik on Max S, l!)2t 1 Lemurs nre a kind of nocturnal mam mals, allied lo monkeys, but wit pointed muzzles They ute common in MadiiKiiscur l The inhabitants of Nova Scotln nre sometimes culled "Hlue .Noses" in n. liislon to the cold climate of that coun try 6 The c'npls ,ne ,nntiv K;v pilaus, espe ciallv riitlstlaiiH of nu auclem inct which separated fiom ,ne orthodox church In the fifth centurv A I t; The wind dessert Is deilved from the French "desservlr. ' to "unserve-', that Is, clear the tnble ('liauiiLU) M iKpew Is eU;ht -seven vears old ;i Mai I nf Knglnnd was half .Spanish licr mother be'iiK Catherine 0f .mgcm and hir fuiliur Hfiuy VIII , i'i An oubliette Is a sc-ciet dungeon with an entrance only by a trap door. rw IPK x4lvW VJ fi MMilPiMM.Ifl .. ESmmsixw rc i erpnaiiiiimiuaiieBisiii -- vk' ivrrrruinviurr krvi-k lr eTS THIS post of senator." I nsked Sam- tiel I.. Shortridgc who recently ar rived in Washington from California to take his sent in Congress, "your first public service?" "Oil, nn," he replied. "I was once? jani tor of the Knst Salem public school. In Salem, Ore. Judge Peter 11. D'Arc. now on the beach in Snlem, wns my asiistaM, There was more or less complaint, but we look that as u part of the life of janiton. Not long ngn Judge D'Arcy came clown tn San Francisco to attend a formal bancum nnd we lived over ngaln our initial experi ences in serving the public "Another matter which we dnvusseil and upon which xe came to nn agreement was Rufus Choate's theory that 'a good lawyer lives well and dies poor.' " Thirty-five or forty years ago io cor porals and n sergeant in the signal rnrp took training in the same class at Kort Myer, across the river from Washington The sergennt wns Will C. Harne, who afterward was awarded the much covt-tM Congressional Medal for gallantry bftiust he ran the gantlet of Indians who Mir rounded an army post in Arizona ami brought re'-enforccments, and who Is now chief of the grazing division of the forest service of the Department of .Agriculture. One of the corporals was A, .apone who has for ninny years been chief clerk of that same department. The second corporal n Willis J. Moore, for a decade chief of th Weather Hureau, also presided over by th Department of Agriculture. "Mv father was a scythe grinder tn i village in Verni'int." W. W. Husband, the new commissioner of immigration, told me. "He had nu acre of ground, n hmie and a cow . We never thought of ourselves as poor people. If outside supplies were cut o,r,on the nverage household today it would fl deprivation in twenty-four hours Hut with uh there was always enough in the cellar mostly grown on the acre, to run us tor months with the assistance of the " it would be n great thing if more families had an acre, n bouse nnd a cow, Wilbur J. Corr. director of the consular service at the State Department, is one o those quiet men on the inside who is re .sponsible for the smooth operation of 1 ' great government agency which keeps th I'nited States happy with. her sister nation A clerk or u lesser ofhcinl, lie sas re mains unknown, but may be the ' ''' "' events aa Importunt as those that hnM' on a battlefield of the world Some such n dividual, for lustnnce, studies, digests, pie .ares (ho papers on any such ''""trovers ns that which recently arose over rabies or the Panama-Costa Rica boundary The tiav is verv modest. These men or" rarely &n for what they do. Promotion seldom come. Hut some of these men Iin' the .satisfaction of knowing in their he"" that they have influenced the course of lions nnd the knowledge Hweet to tnrai When the Sennte organized, l'nn(,(ll.n''1, after March 4. for the purpose of con tun ing presidential appointments, Pnn"'; those to cubinct posts, it confirmed , only on man ns n burenu chief. That man was Colon E. Lester Jones, as chief of the const an geodetic atirvey. A record was brakeu l his confirmation, for It wns jusl forty -n" mlnnles from the time his appointment iw thu White House until it was approved Djr Ihe Senate. ... The strange part about it was tn' Colonel Jones wax a holdover from the ' son administration. Ho was anpointw early In that administration as chief of ini highly technical bureau. He was not scientist. When Mr. IWghcs wan rnn'P',l ing for the presidency.' four years ago, an' was attacking the Dempcrnts for their "I pointmrnts. K. Lester Jones was espcciaii. singled out and denounced. All of which would wciu to indicate M' this man Jones must hnvo qualities hid'l" within hlni Unit are more unusual ' ills name. A visitor to Washington sat on n stice' car and told hiH neighbor that he " constituent of liny Ktlgnr Cnnipbei. '" Pennsylvania, the only Democrat In " gress from that great state. "That's nothing," Interjected Hie ti.vr mail next to hlni. "I mn Coiigres.iun Wurzhach. of Texas, the only Kfjuihli" that slnte has sent in Congress miico m Civil War." "Muy I suj," timidly Interjected a '" ladv next to the stranger, "thai I a "" daughter of Representative Campbell fl ! .Jk, I' -.. ft- ,- ,rt- VI -
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