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EVENING PUBLIC LEDGER PHILADELPHIA, THURSDAY, APRIL 28, 1921
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Philid.lphlt Thurnl.t. April -' I'll
MAGISTRATES AT PLAY
WHOEVER the citv mugi-luiie-i wen
whom the Rev I)r II Cressnn Mo
Henry saw in n j.im den ' with two young
flrls sitting on their laps it ml being fed to
beer, tlie.v probably nre mvspjieil nnd "tit
rngrd by criticism ititendcd to question th"
ethlcnl standards by which they live nnd
have their being It is not too uiurh in n
that the) nre grterously hurt
Wise nnd experienced n- Or Mi Henry
. 1b. he appears to have something M't to
learn about th1 rodes o n gang mnRisirntp
The two whom he tan on thti invasion
doubtless felt that the were duini; the rd!
lant nnd proper thine What gentleman
would not share his beer with n lad " And.
If you wouldn't refuse beer to a lurii is It
conceivable that you could be so cold and
henrtlecH as to withhold it from an eager
child?
If criticism like Or McIIenry is to
continue, the reformer uill he expecting
the ward leaders to read bnolts nnd take im
Intelligent interest in public uffair l'ulilic
sentiment may ccn demand that the re
aped the law nnd go. nit n casions. to
church Then we might as ell hand this
country back 10 the Indians or. what would
be more convenieni. lie down nnd die of
hopelessnes and irritnttori
PICKED MEN
TXTKN ere resigning from tne in mite
'-'- three rears ngo faster thnn their places
could be filled There were two reasons for
this condition One a ihni empiii.ier
were offering high wuges ro all sorts of men
and the other was that the pav in the police
department wns loner than it should have
been The citv could not lompete with
outside emplo,er In the meantime, the
rate of pav for policemen lias been raised
and the uagen offered bv prirute emplojer
have been lowered and the demand for men
has fnllen off
As a result when it ns announced flint
the Civil Service Commission would hold
an examination of candidates to rtll suty
'vacancies on the police force 1."0(i men of
fered themsehe. or rwentj-fire men for
verv job
The iiij lioever lin" n in of iMt'mg
the fitness of applunnts fot work without
tlvinc the men a trial. Of the original l."(Ml
fullv IL'.'i uerc rejected t ttie I'ml Servm
Commission before the remninder were sub
jected to n plivaic.il exiiminotion Moie
than 00 pi-oved phjsicjlly until for tho
duties of a patrolman nnd onlr .i."T re
mained to take the written examination'
Nearh 300 of these failed to pn- and of
the 201 n tin posspwil the intelleitual qnn
ficarinn sixteen , rejected bocnuso tt:e
could not p.i- the i minuter ter lernuig
27." men qii.iSifiei to serve the clr, out of it
total of 1.100
These are picked men n a err 'cnl sense
Krerv one of them has now n niglier opinion
of the (ijallt of i en .n 'lie jmlice fone
thnn before he so jgrr enipiorment mere
The storj of tms exauiin.iMon ought u so
to Increase the resput cf the getiern' pubili
for the nun nnd file of the fur.'
THE DANCER POINT
BV THI imp.e net
li'-rman note to ine
the President nnd Mr
ttaiismi'tiug th'
.i I lied gmerrrm-nts
Hughes migh' h'
lie lotnpac nnd
regarded as putties to
In a "iie iipi" i "ts
schemes of sett lemon'
of 'he proposed
The quos 'iiij ii' "-eparntloli- ' oil" tha'
does nor direitii" i "tieern 'ne I nitfl States
We have ndded nothing to the vast sum of
dam.iges. asked from 'he (iermnns Vei it
is possible to imngine n futuie in unlet, 'lie
people of France deprived of what foev
lind been taught to xpeet nnd th" masse
in (iermnn burdened m an unprecedented
weigh' of tnxnn i, "i 'u Mnnie im one but
the I'nitrd Stn" s
Mr Hughes i- ins" t mpoiiing !
allied giuernmiLts i,i (i"rmanv to uini.'
proposals slid (ich nre tt.ents in 'he open
light of dav t" fi "' h 'iikes uni formal pan
whatenr n le t'uKi1 negotiations
SPOILSMEN WILL WEEP
WHIA I're-.ilen1 liant.iig .cni tne ti.ont
nation of . igntv four liohlinnsters ti. tde
Senate rmculni lie 1 1 .. k pains in pmni out
that en 'i of Hi" u inuiees had been taken
from an eligible i prepared h the I'ivil
Service i "lumi" n .ind that each man
stood highest on Mi" iisi for bis olbce
If Htll n.' Iill'l I ill 'ear Ml.lt till I'leSl-
dent w'Hiiil im tu post'ilbces tn '"waid
politicn' milkers ti i tea' is n..i iemovei
Mr Harding citdent.i Iw-ueies timt '!,
wav to take the postoirices out nf pn.itlcs is
10 take iheiii mi lit might Inivi 'esciriil'd
the ordei nf president Wilson P'lttmg flic
jmslolhci s in toe i uissilifil ser i. Ie had
the powet 10 i. it and tin politicians wmi'tl
have i iiiigiiiiiiliiied him on his pra ticn.
wisdom if he had done it I'll he evidentl"
thinks thai ii is mm n u wr ( put in th"
postolln e ui"ii w hoh" Jituess hits been tested
bv an exiiiu nation thin to put men there
whose chief i hlllll fur liplinllilllient la in
tbeir servii es in the pnrrv
The nien tioiuinnied mm l g 1 pnrtv
xeorkers l!o' tint s 'ml minor a I s.. 'rmg
as iIiim an lit foe tin in, i rln i ai '. fi'l
CAPITAL TAKES ITS MEDICINE
A T A nine w lit n Inlior
mjei ring "i i
! reduction in wages uml
tu ti idh i -it.
lllll is deuiii'idiog n IiirIh i rat" nf m'etes'
thnn prevail' d oefore IH" u,i tne due. mr.
of the I'i'll mhv I vii ii in IJtu.ro, id Ciunpnuv haw
found fhcitiselies coinpelioil to 'educe the
annua! dividend from a ll to a I per eenl
basis This iiii.ius thai tne capital uiresieil
111 the railroad is to receive one third l"ss
thnn it has been receiving while inpital in
new investments is detimnding and getting
In one form or another fimn II I" per cent
The coti'lilloll ' winch h,,ve forced lr
railroad to reduce us dividends ure largely
the product of government control. Wages
were Increased during the war and a large
number of now men were employed nnd
rates were mined to provide money to pay
the new bills. Hut the rates were not raised
enough to cover the new expenses.
When peace runic nnd the road wns turned
oer to Its owners it was necessary to spend
large sums in repnlrlng equipment and there
came a slump in business. The income of
the road has fallen off. but the high wages
nre still paid ami the high rates nre dis
couraging the shipment of freight. IJery
one is waiting until there is n more com
pletc readjustment of business to pence
conditions
The action of the directors while It wns
necessary, is nlso Mrntegicnllt prudeul
They cannot consistently nsk for a reduction
in wages without showing Unit capital In
vested in the railroads is willing to share
in the inoniiioiiicticcs of a reduction in the
earnings of he system
TO INDICT LEGISLATURE
IS TO INDICT VOTERS
The Men in Harrlsburg Are No Better
and No Worse Than the People
Who Elected Them
TO INDICT the Legislature whose ac
thitlos are drawing t" n close n to
indict the people of I'ciinsv Iviinlu
The members of that body repiescnl the
people They were nominated nt the prl
mnries and elected by pnpulnr vote They
icpresent not nnlv the average intelligence,
hut the aveiage of public spirit nnd of lo
nitv to the best interests of the common
wealth
It in no Htiswei to snv thai mnnv of the
members were in reality picked b.v the
political bosses and have tuken their orders
fi f tin those bosses The boss system so
fnr as it exists exists with the knowledge
and consent of the voters They seem to
prefer to have their political nffiurs man
aged in that way The; delegate political
control to men willing to assume It and the
bosses plav their game to suit themselves
It is jut ns easy for the people to abolish
the boss system ns it was for the House of
Representatives to unseat Speaker Spongier
nnd to put Major Whitaker in the chair in
his place The power rests with tbem
They may exercise it whenevei they feel so
disposed.
Kvcr state nud eer cm has the kind
ot government for which it is iitted To
pui it more brutally, every state uml every
'in has the kind of government which it
deserves.
As the people of Pennsvlvnniii are neither
wlmllv good nor vvhollv bad. their I.egisla
ture partnkes of their qualities It has
served selfish interests and it has nlso acted
for the general good A final verdict on its
ii' htevements cannot be rendered until after
it hns adjourned todnv for many important
measures have not vet been acted upon
Thtse hnve been held up until the closing
davs and hours of the session in order that
thev might be used in the dickers and deals
for the passage of the special nnd local bills
in which the members arc interested Votes
for meritorious bills favored lij the Governor
have been traded for votes for bills which
individual members are interested in Old
legislative war horses Inugh at the inno
ccnee of a member who votes on every blil
according to its merits Thev would ask
him whnt his vote was for if not to be
used to get what he wishes foi himself oi
hw own district This is the truth, cynical
as it ma seem.
Yet the prospects are favorable for the
success of the constructive progiam outlined
by the Governor in his opening message to
the Legislature
The Governor urged the creation of a
Stale Council nf Kducution to Ink" the
place of the State Hoard of Education and
the Colli ge and I'niversitj Council The
purpose of this was to eonr eutrute in one
hodv the direction of the educational policy
of the state The plan had the indorsement
of tl' I'lnegan. the superintendent of pub
lie instruction h" has set out to inie
educational standards and to do his utmost
to remove from the state the stigma which
has attached to it because of Us low rank
as compared with other states The council
is hkelv to be eitnblished
Th" lull raising the pav of lench'-is and
living th" qualification of the teachers to
icieive the mi reused pnv is aireudv in the
hands of the Govmnoi It tn conjunction
with the creation of the Council of Kdiicn
tinn will mark the beginning "f n new era
for the public schools
i his progiam how ever . nntiot be i nrried
"i.t without an inciense in the revenues
'I'ii provide ih" tntmev a senes of revenue
lulls have been drafted nnd they ate on
their final puesnge as tins is written
Thev will yield between $1 0.000 000 nnd
12 000 000 The greater part of which will
ur used for 'he betterment of the schools
A reform m' iqual importance is innteii.
o'a'ed b.v the Governor through Hie eiea'ion
' a Department uf Public Welfare to take
over the functions of th" Stntn Hoard of
t'naritles the I ufiacv Commission and the
Prison Labor Commission The establish
ineiit .if ih" new department sho.cl snve
th" peopie between half a million and a
million dollars a vear through the lardful
sciutinv of the appropriations for . huntnbl"
institutions which receive state aid
Tlic distribution of tmhiii inoti' v ro.hiiii
'ul!" institutions has bei n m omnpiltiiod bv
siundnl fru years Much of the 'not ev has
been paid nut not on nni scientific or in
tiiligeui nan bu' through favoritism and
in pavment of political den's r uie has
domed the existenci of the abl.ses hut until
Hie piesent rm one mis had the i milage (,,
demand that they he cured
If the opponents tr, the public weifaio
I. ill had not resort' n o tru kerv tn pi even'
its passage it is not nk"lv thut the tlnre-up
which result' i in ousting speaker Spangler
frmn th" h.i'i 'iniild hnve uci tirred when
it did aim m." seinri might have onie to
an i ml wiui all 'he nppeiinini es of haruioiiv
on Ho -urfui '
If .i' i-r the educational hill mid 'he
Putin vveifmr. hill can hi pl.t down in the
. fill t of 'lie Legislature th"V will offso'
i i "f 'i ".mures fnr vvhnii Mo'ii nn In
l." ') t'-h-e
SEA ROMANCE ON TAP
0i K.V LIN'IIK luxuries neretnfnio
iiuifiift'sieil it, si , fnrriis ss art gitl
lei ies, Piiiii I and luilv siiuws riicatri's
'nilinti panne exhibits tea gnrdftn- ball
tnnins and inch soil nd pioof ilechs touch
a i liruni in Hi" program n itlitied hi nn
Amenum steamship '"nip.'inv operating ves
sels from New . ork
Phvsnnl 'oinfoir r mints for rrni'li but
ufier all this is s'louduiv '" 'he spiritual
it 'nl uiotitul refreshment detived fmni n
giiod. lomifiil v ii i n si'tfullt spun
Sin narratives with just th" piopoi sf
s.'li g "f vcllMlllllltlld' are oiinoeiviiblv
iipnble "f ' ounteini ting tlm apartment
house alillosphel I of the lll'ult'l n ocean ferrv
rati
ud so tin siitty fin v nt is to ne imparted
oi 'luallfioil lu'ofcsMioi als lotenin -kipper"
nnd aurhoritative sea folk e.irofullv .elected
Im ilioir descriptive powers
These )cture'ii' guides will moreover
'en eve the laptain from rhe annoyance f
the fool questioner who nrdiniirilv knows
not a stani hum from the combing or ,,
doadeye from a marlinspike
The -Old Man ' has. of course plentv
of uini' mi his h.inds for nnv member nf
Ins i lev will tell vou thru lie hasn I a
thing to do snv'o keep awake fur three or
four dins roiii, n during n fog .Never
theless, commanders in services nre some
times prosaic nnd without tho proper nense
of dramatic values.
Hut dullness from the licensed tnle-tellers
will not be tolerated. Their Job is to make
the sen seem real ngnln, the splendor nnd
majesty of which task should make them
keenly nlle to tbeir glowing responsibilities.
BIG BILL GOES AWAY
"piSK. brothers"' Hig Hill Haywood
JLV used to say In the grand vvnj that lie
hud with lilm wheuexer lie felt his feet firm
upon n soap box. "Down with jour boss
and with all bosses, nnd don't let the cops
scure you Stand together! That is the
Important thing. Stand together for the
glory and triumph of the toller nnd the
emnnciputioti of the downtrodden!"
The downtrodden of the vynr period -the
folk from enstern nud southern Europe,
mostly, whose recently ncqutred silk shirts
and Kurds could not, of course, be regarded
as spoils of war listened to Hig Hill and
liked his philosophy In n country where
men accustomed to twenty cents a dny in
the Old World farming nrens could earn
?1." for n few Jiouih of piny with n hntclict
and saw, anything might be possible.
The downtrodden got themselves sworn
into the I W W They began to believe
thnt thev ought to be permitted to run the
government, nnd in time tliey felt sure thnt
thev knew more nhout governing than Con
gress or the President nnd more about jus
tice than the Supreme Court. They hnd to
stlk together! Hill wns forever telling
ib.'in thar and promising to stick with them
to the glorious nnd inevitnble end.
The American bourgeoisie were delesln
ble Thev lesented one's efforts to blow up
their houses and their wives nnd tbeir ihll
drcn They called their police und nctnnllv
put one in j.iil for that sort of thing. They
were hopeless Hut a good 1 W W of
the sort thnt Hig Hill talked to looked
upon them with tolerant pity nnd decided
to spurn these snme police nnd go to jail,
if that were necessary, like martyred heroes
grandly, with heads in the nlr.
Well, they nre going to Jail nnd thev
nrcn't going proudly. They are filled with
suspicion of Hig Hill Haywood, who told
them to stick together They stuck Hut
Hill didn't He bus gone awny to nnother
place
The eleven men who hnve just stnrted for
Atlantn Penitentiary would like to nsk Mr
Hnywood to explnin himself. They hnve said
ns much nnd more. Rut be is not around
He changed his mind He exercised the
right of self-determination nt the last min
ute and. ns they say. blew
Hig Hill's former disciples were convicted
of plotting ngninst the government in time
of war So wns Hill. Were Hill to be
found he. too. would go to Atlantu. for his
appeal for a new trial has been denied.
Whither has he flown? One mny guess.
At this moment, somewhere in Hussla. Hig
Hill, rosy and well fed and in bis grnnd
war s milling to an eager group of the
downtrodden
"Stick together ramarades!" Hill Is say
ing "Thnt js the important thing Wc
must stick together whatever hnppens!"
BUSINESS PRINCIPLES PREVAIL
THE familiar term, "business adminis
tration, is in at least one instance
divested of the imputation of vagueness and
rant in the Senate s prompt uction upon
the budget bill
This measure, which origtnnted in the
Sixty -sixth Congress, wns vetoed by Presi
dent Wilson for rensons npnrt from the
principles of sound financo involved. In its
tirst form the bill icrttrted the t-qunbble be
tween the Executive nnd the Senate in a
ptovision that incumbents of the offices of
lomptroller and ussistnnt comptroller of the
treasury could be removed merely by eon
curtent resolution of Congress.
Mr Wilton argued that by this lestric
nnn, the President's right to dismiss ex
ecutive ollicinls would be invaded I'nder
less stormy political skies the hill has been
amended so that the President s signature
is requited to make valid joint removal
resolution bv Congress
'Hie merits of the budget system as prac
ficed bv most foreign governments have for
ii long time been axiomatic. The disadvan
tngci of haphazard methods adopted by Con
gross hnve been equally apparent
The new measure creates a bureau of
budget in the Treasury Department, under
the bead of a director appointed bv the
President with the coni-ent of the Senate
fnr a trim of seven years The bureau will
annually prepare estimates of the approprui
turns needed by the various departments
The House, it is said, will soon indorse
tne Senate s appioval of the bill The end
f a iimbersomc, extravagant and until
telligent financial system is in sight at Inst
SEEING RED AGAIN
E ICN the poop si peasants In Ilussin
even I.enuie himself, if the truth were
known sees bolshevism as an extriinelv
disagreeable sort of joke Hut th" Hod
obsession and the fear of n lew ignorant nnd
helpless, and wild-tongued foreigners weie
nowhere dantrd so deep ns in the mimis of
some Americans
A squad of polite raided a house down
town, and ii report issued imniedinteli
nfierwaid announced the cuptme f iiine
"en ' dnngeroiis radicals." Afterwuid the
policemen touglit iimoug themselves and in
dulged in a little gunplay to decide who
should have mot credit for the inusterlv
f.at
These Hods were illiterau Hiev
were poor and thev were abvsmallv ignornnt
of the wnvs of n country in winch most of
'hem arrived milv recently Thoy were
'aught will, a lot of the literature of the
soap box Hut thev will be tried under the
si ite espionage law. and the polue charge
them with ' plotting to overthrow the gov
ernment bv violence
The misguided alien of eonimuiiiNti' im
dencies is often malicious and alwuvs sillv
Hut hunting him down with guns aid do
mnnding his deportation or life Imprison
ment lire nol going io cure bun and teio n
nun common sene
SENTENCING THE MOSQUITO
S Plti: EMINENTLY p,i,vgno,ii
states New .fersey nnd ("nliforniu haie
mnnv points in common Publicity mtithnds
in the two (omuninweiilths. however, diffn
Widelv suiic on the Pacific const the ilmvv
birk to 'he pel feet life is confuted with
(he scorn of silence, while in lllc Atlantic
i (creation region this method is wholly m
effective
In oih"r words. California can ufford to
keep quiet about her earthquakes Sho
can't ptecent them Hut New .lersev must
spen k to the purpose nnd act with vigor to
ml heiself of the mosquito nuisance
Frankness m this instance is the only roiul
io prognss It has been tuken with detei
iiunntioii by the New .Icn-ey Mohijuno JCx
tei miiiation Association, vvhicn opens Its
eighth nniiual Hcssion in Atlantu City to
night A laige-scale nnti mosquito war is
outlined in petitlohx that will be addressed
to 'i reiiton asking for $100 000 nnnunlly
for a five-year crusade to wipe out the pest
The program is nol fantastic Hesults
in Cuba and Panama prove Indisputably that
I he mosquito has no chant o against a mod
em s.'iiutiitinn offensiw if capahlv directed
uml with ndequnie. Iinnncini limiting
New .lersev has frequently shown that
she can attack a problem with resourceful
ness and dispatch Sim need not fear that
Hie discussion rif the mosquito blight will
dtimage her repute
"OLDEST" SOLDIER IN HOUSE '
Major Gearhart a Descendant of Man
Who Crossed the Delaware With i
Washington Clergymen as Leg
islators A Mean Bootleg
ger's Trick
H- GKOUOK NO.X McCAIN
MA.IOIt .1 IlEAVEll OEAnilAItT is
the oldest soldier in the House of Hep
le.sentatlves at Harrlsburg.
And be Isn't nn old mnn by nny means
at thut It Is only n rclntlve term. He
Is lust n trifle over fifty years.
He is a veterun of the Spanish American
Wnr nnd of the world wnr.
Major Gearhart Is of the fourth genera
tion that hns figured tn the affairs, of ntatc.
A linenl descendant of Captain Jncob
Gcnrhnrt, he cherishes the proud fact of his
descent from n man who wns one of the
little company that occupied the boat with
Washington when he crossed the Delaware
Captain Jncob (tcnrhnrt. n pioneer set
tler of what Is now Nnrthumherlnnd county,
wns his forebear.
In the world wnr he wns nttnehed to the
Seventy-eighth Division ns division dental
surgeon.
lie wns battalion adjutant of the Twelfth
llegiment. I'ennsylvnnin Volunteer Infnntry,
in the iSpnnlsli American War
The most unusual thing ubout his po
litical career Is that be is only the second
Republican elected to the Htnte Legislature
from Montour county since Its organization
Montour hns been nlmnst ns unyieldingly
Democratic ns Herks county
It hns been eighteen years since the first
Hepubllcau came down the river from thnt
domain.
THE adage, "Hewnre of the preacher in
politics." originated, I think, with
Matthew Stanley Quay
Wherever It came from. II doesn't hold
good with the present Legislature.
There nre four clergymen who hnve an
swered the rollcnll in the House since it
wns organized.
Whether the Hnptists ure more prone to
politics than nny other denomination may
be open to question.
The Methodists; nre usually, among evan
gellcnl sects, supposed Io be political ex
perts. He that as It may, there are two Haptist
prenchcrs in the House, one Presbyterian
nnd the other a United Presbyterian.
WIIBN
It opene
the unique midnight session
iDetied on Mondnv night the Hev. .lohn
T'homns Dnvis, of HlnirHville. opened the
session with prayer.
The regular chaplain of the House whose
services, by the way. were not needed nt
Tuesdny's recess session was not about.
He had no business mussing nrnund the
House nfter midnight.
The Hev. Albert E. Curry, of Armstrong
county, Is the I'nited Presbyterian clergy,
mnn He comes from the county scat, Kit
tanning.
The other gentlemen of the cloth nre the
Hev Charles . Jnrdnn. of Lawrence
county, Presbyterian, and the Hev. I.orenro
I). Thomas, the other Haptist, wIiofc home
town Is Wyoming, Luzerne county.
It's nn unshakable qunrtet when it comes
to bills that hnve to do with the moral
betterment of the state
And they arc all popular with the other
members.
THE Rev. William II. Fenlmnn, of Yoik,
is the regular House chaplain. lie is
n Lutheran.
He Is what the brethren in Israel would
describe ns "n power in prnyer."
In grace of diction and the eloquence of
common life ho hns rarely been surpassed
by House chaplnins
Discussing this subject, a more or less
ungodly attache of the House recalled a
story of Edward Ilrackney, who wos one of
the former desk clerks
Down at the Dauphin Hotel last session a
group of statesmen, near-statesmen and
House employes were discussing the very
unusual question of prnyer.
A Hebrew traveling man joined In to sav
that the rnbbi in the'-sjniigoguc which lie
attended was abler and more eloquent in
divine supplication than any minister of
religion he had ever beurd
Instantly HracUney timed up. drew n roll
of bills from his pocket, peeled off two
twenties and a ten and, slapping tbem on
the table, mi Id :
"I don't know much about the subject,
hut I'll bet IJoO thut we've got n chaplain
up at the House that can knock hell out of
any prencber you ever heard when it comes
to prnyin'."
LEE SMITH, of Payette 10unt. is noted
in the House for his nivnrlnble "right
nens" on nil moral issues
He ,s teueher of the largest Hihle class
in his home burg of t'niontown
Likewise. lie is strong for anything the
Volsteadltes undertake to put across, state
or national.
He is the protagonist of the square deal
and the advocate of the universal equality
of man
His platform, on this issue, knows neither
i reed nor color
That Is wh he voted for the equal rights
bill, that issue which wus catapulted into
the House only to have the mantle of defeat
thrown around it
The above Is introductory and explana
tory THEY haven bootlegging scnndnl of .luinbo
proportions out In Fuyctle.
It is alleged bv the county committee of
1000. so called because It looks like a thou
sand people, that the dragnet is set to
i all. h big gnme
The whole county is wrought up The
Indies pack Judge lleppert's courtroom
during the hearings
Thev are hot on the trail of the blind
tiger and the bootlegger.
The big fish in the prison net got sore at
this feminine invasion lie resented its
scornful glnnces in his direction.
Out of revenge he stnrted a back fire
And it was somu conflagration
One dav be went down to Ilardscrabble or
Poverty Gulch or Hooch Alley or xvhntever
they cnll the undesirable purlieus of rnion
lown Next morning there appeared in huge
numbers members of that undesirable class
peculiar to nil t itles
Thev were nil women uml they were nil
colored Mnnv of them were indifferently
clad Thev were not of the refined colored
i lass by unv means
THEY irowded into tne t-ertion of the
lourtiooni sit npnrt for women
It is snid thnt they broke up, right nnd
left, the little coteries of women hitherto
holding the best seuts
It stnrted n prcttv how-dc-dn and the
judge hud to Hike u hum! The ondeslriiblcs
were forced to take souls by IneinseUes.
Mr Smith shortly nfter ihls, nud in ig
norance of the episode, voted for the equal
rights bill m the House
Next Sunday, it in snid, his Bible dnss
requested his resignation
They finally gut the tangle straightened
out Mr Smith is back on the Job on
Sunday mornings
Anyhow, it was a vile tnk on the part
of the bootlegging gent
Correspondents nhioad hnd thnt the
lending Holshevlsts in Itussui have hi en
grafting heavily and preparing for (light.
Did they suppose the Hnlshevlsls were pick
ing daisies'?
The tunc seems to have arrived for
talk of reconciliations und reparations in
Pennsylvania's political fight
Goethe's historic appeal for more
light could, il seems, huve been easily
granted by turning the summer clock abend.
War appears to be breaking out slm
ultaneouslv In llarrliburg nud nt Paris,
NOWMYJDEAIS THIS
Daily Talks With Thinking Philadclphians on Subjects They
Know Best
CHARLES W. BAINBRIDGE
On Function of the Boys' Club
T7"EEP the bov off the street nnd keep
JLV him busy if you would hnve him de
velop into useful nnd honorable manhood
nnd citizenship." says Charles W. Haln
bridge. superintendent of the Germtintovvn
Hoys' Club. This is the psychology behind
the" bovs' club movement, in the belief of
Mr Hainbridge. who holds thai the success
of the organization of which he is the bead
furnishes the justification for this theory
"In dealing with the boy." suld Mr
Hainhridge. "you must not presume lo re
gard 111 in as a creature of your desires and
one that will respond to any sort of tieat
ment that you may see fit lo give him Ho
is. to start with, largely a creature of In
stincts nnd impulses, nnd if you tire to suc
ceed in catching his interest and sympa
thetic attention you must tnke him as you
find him and work with him on this basis.
"One snlienl characteristic of tho boy is
the gnng Idea It would be foolish to be
lieve that vou urn deal with him b.v nt
tempting lo break this up. us mnnv well
intentioned persons would do You must
rnther turn this Instinct Into nn asset and
udopi It for (instructive purposes
"One nf the princlpnl things to be accom
plished is to keep the boy off the street
This done, vou will find that his gang in
stinct can be very well utilized if you nre
at all resourceful
Must Keep Boys Utisy
"One idea must be grasped right in the
start. You must keep the boy busy If vou
don't, he will keep you busy getting him nut
of trouble Every normal boy has a great
uinount of surplus energy, ulmost effer
vescent in quality, which is renllv nothing
more or less than u manifestation of the
joy of living Treated properly, It can be
miide to appeul to others in the snme wn .
hut neglected or ullnwed to go Us own way
it might take a destructive turn Jacob
Iliis mice said that one boys' club is worth
a hundred policemen's clubs. The boys'
dub really acts as society's safetv guard
"The average full-blooded American bov
Is full of the 'Old Nick' when you first come
in contact with him If you don't gel him
Iiusv right away he will do It himself. His
energy might take the form of thiowing
slunes through windows or other similur
innocent pursuit of pleasure The sound of
smashing glass is music to his ears.
"Hut If you run get him in a gymnasium
wnh a few of his fellows, nud give him n
basketball lo throw around, he will accom
plish all thnt hn could hnve done in (lie
other vvny und will enjoy it considerably
more in the b.irgnln Twenty minutes'
strenuous work of this kind, or in some
other similur form of play exercise, and
vou have exhuusted thnt exuberant, huornnl
energy of his. Then you will find him iciidy
to tin u to something more serious
Sports Idea Fundamental
' li is of couise. n common snyiug t tin r
im buttles of England were won on the
i liiitet fields' If thut is true vviint might
nut hnselmll and other sports In our louutry
accomplish for us'' The sports idea, in
fail. Is one of the fundamentals In the
siine-s of a boys' club. Incldeutully. it is
a iiiosr economic ul way of accomplishing a
desired result It needs 'no high salaried
leacheih to develop the ynuugslcr
"Next to sports, the dramutic Idea Is the
one thai probably finds the greatest favor
with i he boy The nverdge boy thinks it is
ills tit. st duty to he in a show nnd show off
Minstrel shows, plays and 'grand uproar '
as he (nils II, nre probably his favoilte
forms "f dramatic expression The latn r
generally consists in interpreting one of the
movie, tu the form of words nud actions
"The average hoy of twelve or fourteen
venrs of age bus the hero Idea strongly in
trenched in Ins heart. Human nature lealiv
u I his respect bus nol changed one whil
since ihe davs when Hector and Achilles
were the siipcimcn of their Trojan and
Grecian hosts Today, if you (mild look
down into the heart of l lie average bov .
you would tliul that his greatest immediate
desire in life would be to shine ns a llnbo
Hulli. an Eddie Collins or nn Enii Eby
"Of course, you cannot make a silk purse
out of ii sow's ear, but you can shine many
of these crude boys up uml liuike llieiu luni;
like silk If you take the bov's instincts in
time, you will Hnd them plastic nud son
material thnt you can mold about as you
will One of the secrpls of ranking yourself
solid with the hoys ,.. to anticipate what he
"HEADS UP!,,r
wants and then give him what he wants in
n fuller measure than he could give lo him
self. Club Is Heally Lighthouse
"The boys' club is really it lighthouse to
steer the youth clear of the rocks of trouble,
the police nnd the courts.
"Heally, when you come to think of It.
we have reason to be optimistic in viewing
the future life of our country. If, for ex
nmple, it could produce men like Linioln
when there wus no such material to aid In
development as there is now. it seems to
me that tile future should produce some of
tho much-desired supermen that we hear
about when you consider the machinery
that we have to work with today.
"Many critics would doubtless sav that
too much aid of this sort tends to destroy
the resisting power of the boy as he i caches
inatililty. Sly answer Is that with plenty of
outdoor life there is no need to fear on
that score, for It will be a natural help in
enabling him to build up that icslstiug
power that is so necessary to success lu
luter life."
"DEBTS"
THEY who were Insolent do so remain,
And they who had no shame arc without
shnme
As in their day nf lustlhood the same!
As though one evil will, still sovereign.
Pronounced a world war had been fought
in X'aiu
For Righteousness nnd Freedom's sacred
claim !
Lo. Penitence u saving, gracious name.
They put uvvuy, with cynical disdain.
Ami still they trust ull issues to confuse
And come with price to pav minthvi' debt
Their monstrous: own, upmoiinting. unpaid
et !
Rut our "good otlices" ihey shall not use:
ll'c mil fiof iioid thrnuyh ijuilrful fori
not we !
Let fnlse Germnnin find snme bettei plcn.
Edith M. Thomas, in the N. Y. Times.
What Do You Know? J
QUIZ
I Whi'if is the famous plettiio cnllerv
called the Hermitage? y
" What in tho original meaning of the word
gladiator"
3 What la tho difrernnce between an laig-
llsh billion nnil an American billion'
4 What Is a milliard'
r. What is the numerical title of the present
11 How many times haa Moxleo been an
r tnplre
7 Who was Aesop ami when did he lie
c How did Cincinnati git its name'
'J How does nn Ionic column dllter fiom a
orlntlilun
Hi What Is meant bv tho. inoyen agu .'
Answers to Yesterday's Quiz
1 Grnmerr.v Is a corruption, grant morel '
great tuvvaid that Is to sav "fjo'tl
give vou great rewind" Eventually
Ihe expression frainercy" camo to
mean merely ' ihunk you." jt ow
nrchalc
: The large Island of Formosa, off the const
of Asia, belongs to Japan , W1H ,,.
quired ns a reault of thu Ohlno-Juna-ueso
Wnr
3 Prince Albert of Monaco is noted for Ins
rnnearches In the field of oceanogiaphv
t Menrbe, r wroto tho music of tin, oneri
"I. Afrlcatne '
t Henry Cabot Ixidge and t I Wnlah ate
the present senators from Massacbu.
sells
I. I ion IKiuclcnult was nou.,, , ,j,
dramatist nulhot ,,r Umdnt, .uK,r
ntice, "Tim Colleen imwn - rr .!,,
iiii-Pogue" and 'The Sliaughraun
Mis dales are IS'.'S-lKli'i "
The Hay of Bengal la thai part of ,,ln
Indian ocean which h, m heiwern Hi,,
dustan and Farther India from th,,
nnnges cldia lu about IB north lati
tude Captnln William Kldil the notorious
pirate, lived most of his life lu thti
seventeenth ccnturv l(. a ll()n V
Greenock. Scotland, and was haiiim
at Execution Dock London. In 1701
0 The name Chateau iiileirv Is i'i,,..,i
from the Latin ('iiMtiuni 'I heodurlcl
camp of Tlieodoric
JO. Oenerul Oeoigu H Mci tuUuiv lan against
UM Unco,n for ,h(' PrtsldeSej'ln
Humanisms
n.v WILLIAM ATIIHIITON DU rt'Y
TDEAS thnt mny sweep the world mij
1
be Incubating In the new countries !
Europe, snys Dr. Hendrich Stepanek, th
new Czech minister to the United State.
Compulsory voting, for instance, is written
into tbe constitution of C.echo-Slovakia.
That new nation bns already held nn t!f
tion in which every mnn nnd every woman
wns required to vote or go to jail. It vvorkoil
The result wns thnt the will nf the whole
people wns recorded. Here, it is held. i tb
first instance of 11 government which 1 in
reality b.v the whole people.
In the I'nited States one nf the fault" tvuh
the government has been that mauv of the
mcht intelligent people do not vote The nevx
theory is that voting is n duty which a citi
zen should be required to perforin Thu
man from eentrnl Europe believes tbat th!
theory is so obviously correct that it wi'l
be adopted generally.
When Representative Joseph W Bjtnv.
of Nashville, was going Hbout his district
lust fall beating the bush for votes, he had
one of his meetings completely spoiled ni
in n rnther peculiar wny.
There were two speakers nhciul n( him
nnd when ench of them was well under cm
n piping voice in the back of the hall riPfJ
up with this inquiry :
"How about the kcnnal," with the em
phasis nn tho first syllable
Neither speaker got just what the inter
rupter was driving at. ignoied the (iiif&tlon
and went on. Soon the query, "how abojt
the kennnl" was repented. Each speller
found himself thrown out of his stride, fuisM
und disconcerted. Each cut short hi" Wv
und silt down
Finally, Representative Hvrns arone In:
the talk of the evening. He hadn't been
going long until thnt puncturing thrust to
liis inflated enthusiasm came from the reir
"How about the kennnl?" queried the
piping voice.
Hyrns wno mystified, put out of strnh.
Hi reeled 11 bit, recovered himself, got iljt
flow of bis oratory to swishing gmcefullj
between the banks of his imagination Then
the dread question came again. It wrecW
hlm. He went to pieces, was sunk vvitbojt
n trace.
The three ointors were riding bark to
Nashville in nn automobile, gloomy nnd di
consolnti, when suddenly one of them
11 great light
"I know what that little feller meant
he exclaimed "It was the canal -.
wanted to be told about the Panama Canal
During the war the office of the tut ititjint
general of the army hnd authority over Hi
cable messages thnt might go lo France
Major General Peter C. Hums in riurp
Tremendous pressure wns brought tn bfr 10
get personal inessuges through, but "-'
dispatches kept the lines busy every minute
One anxious mother who had not heard
from her son 111 the fighting front f"r tl
months, importuned General Hurrls to sen
just 11 Hash of Inquiry.
"Mailnme." he snid, "I myself have a
nt 1 In front. I hnve nol henrd from liim
six weeks, but I know that hi orgnnl.a
lion bus been in the thick of the fightmi! J
hnve not sent 11 word of inquiry as lo m
own son." , , ku
A few days thereafter he learned thin '
son was deiiil 111 France, had fallen Iwim
Ins company over the top
It is strange bow quicklv Hie huijd '
experience glows clumsy when it is li'
from its accustomed tasks
There are the Republicans, for ui'i
who have inn things pi city regularly 'l
in Washington for two generations '" .
sut out In Ihe diciir for two prcsldfi.11-'
terms nnd then came Into possession el if
mill on Capitol lllll again not Ioiir u-rn. .p
what do vou suppose happened tbe erv n
day of Congress?
When members of the Hour-e tican
file in lo tnkn their places they J011M 1
seats all occupied. That swill in of l""r:'
which, despite freight rates, keeps iniini
about lliesc unys nun insisting "" kj
aging the cry of hard times, had lrT,
iinuitciir Republican iloorUccpi rn """' -
hnd walked right out 011 the House H""r
,..1 L,ih V 11 hut., 1 0,1 fin 1111 1 vie'.
slimt wife and six di. Illicit had si-itli'i
loil 'to1,
mm vvne nou i iii.iiiii-ii ii"'i "- - ...
Ight In front of the speaker s desk and j
. . .-1 I I.. ......... LI..- l,..,l, '
ruminatingly munching lunch