iwvs "7 IS i ,? 10 EVENING PUBLIC LEDGER PHILADELPHIA, FRIDAY, APRIL 29, 1921 '-W Vi i 91 i ;; H-IH fcl Eliciting JJubitcle&gcK PUBLIC LKDttKU COMPANY cvnt's ti k. ctmns. piibsipbnt John (.'. xfsrtin. l l-reli!on- and Tirmuteri Charlna . Trier Scremr,, ctisri II. I.udtner. ton. J'hlllp 8. e'ultln John H. Wllllairia. John J. piirpon (leone V. flo'damlth. n.itlcl B. Hmller. ritreetftre KPITOItlAI. IIOAnP ('tins II If CrnTii" rhalrman DAVID B, gMll.TiY Bilitat JOHN 0, .ir.MITIN... Cleneral llalnm Manager Published (iiilly At Pi'iuac t.Ei'cs llulldlnr Indtpeiifi'ncc Suunrr I'ntU'Muhta JkTLAMtr riti 'rc i-fittc. Ittillctlnic IM AullK lilt Maitlmn A UMtioir flr. Locls CHICAGO T"l Vo-,1 jliilMini! (11.1 Olobr-ttnnocrat tlullillnir l.1; Tribune ItulMInc vuws in tu: vi s WAMIIM.ro.N HtllKlC. N K Cor ppiinrj lnnln A' p. hp.I k'tw Yosiw IltEDAl Tlis ins Lomkjn BtJarui Trafalgar Uth SI Mull Unit UuMJing SrBM'ItirT!" TERM 1h tgiEMsei I'lruc I-ki-.m. it rnit tu ip tcrltitra in rhlli.leieiiiH roiil -i.rruu'iJinc towns it the rale nf livelie- (H'T unia pe w eK. pairibte to the cairHv. Py mall to mints omnia- ..' I'hiUrtiu-h !n the I'nllfd Sin. s Lanaiiii ui I nitnl xtw iis etaion roaiaRt free fifty (Boi lents r'r month. Oix '10 dollar? per ve.ir pn.tl' in artvame To kll foflni c-eun-tles ene '$1. ilol.nr .1 nion' Notion Subscribers wishing adure changed Inuat ffive old as we.l nn new adurets BtlL. JOCfl UAI.MT KLTnvr 51AI.N 10M XI7 Attdrtss all ccimmuii.cciKoiT to nt-mifn,'? Public laager, urfi-pftnfriio Stunir J'htlruic'pWn Member of (he Associated Prcrs 77': AMSOl'lATEl) rrF.HS rtrlttwij Utlrd to ihr sir tor 1 r,iib.lt-a'io i J nil ,-fufl ditnafe'fi rn-di'rd to n or 1 of .if lie , ( irirfffrf (H ffttt pu;)ir. a.itl also 1U Iil n.rt pubrfjird torrH.i. Jll i'(bh of frpiibHrnHOH o 'pociol J"rtfc'ic4 Sm rrt nMO frrrd. Thilidflfhn, lll.l? April :i HIT IT WITH AN AX GOVmiMUJ SPUul I. l" I nsitriii muxl (' tin1 lull pniMiliiiK fur ihc appoilllliirul "f llti fAtril .nillgr III the Mil nioipiil Cotirt .mil miTrit-iiitf th nlario! of Iho jiiilsf. The ini'iKiirp n hai-ked b tlir .Iciti ("dim bill"'. It i ilo-iri'il not. lifi aiisc 1111 ottra jtiilRi' ( ih'imIpiI In tnkr I'.nr.- iif tin orl in tlio cmiri Tim (iiiiii; ,itidns line lieon abic to iilloiid to nil Imixiiip'k tin" inter tu pitp of tl.c fa-'t liint l'rpi(luiK .IndRi' Hroun inf opput 11 crrat ilr.i! f tun- in llnrrlbtirE lnbbjinc for tlu nnil otlu'r uiPiiowri'! in which the ("iirahiiio ii ntovos;od. Another JhiIsc i. ioitsht becnii-e u l cio aired to make a pince for 11 politi'inn loo bie to be ntiHe( with the Mibonliniite pifltioti' in the imirt. alrenil) n iiiinii'ioii-' that the attendant are in one another way. It i a ircnaiiiy 11111I in the interest of spoil A ne jiidze would ha' to hae 11 lot of tetioi:nih"r and IcrUt and hi tendnni". and tne pinp. xould lime to pay tleir salatie. t'.nt the .lob Combine does not enre nny 1 111111: alion: ei-oiimm It i m bnine for ulntt 11 mi make mt of ii. and it lui- deliberateh et mil to compel tin people in m 1 he -alaries of it supporter-' no that if "-fin build up a political machine. The (!oernor refi.ed to appoin' an extra Judge ihon the i-i-ii-i showed that the population of the eit mill increased cni'iigti to wnrnint a tie mils1 n the basi.s nf the appnrtionnient of the nrigmnl l.iw And In did thi because he mis convinced thai there wan no mstihcntion for increasins the cost of the com 1 The (!iiernor cannot nff"nl 10 -mn the measure. THE ARON BILL FARCE THK House laughed when Ihe Anoi hi'l OApired nw that tli- threat which it contained apa.nst strniKhtforward nmnicip-il RoiPrnmeiir is averted tic tuililic can aftoiil to bo annisr'il at the uhnle episode ll outcome sr.ltlfi IHBlj (Icliliinatrates the riihV.ilfj of tinkenn; with the I'IiIIhiipI i1iiii (hnrter cen bv metnods uhich In fhe Van- 1 amp pa fr nht The ind n: of the amended wording m the nue n;iiiri cnntlj cuiiccineil with street 1 lean 1 us con tracts was oIivkhis There is ln,,e (im.hr that the (.inern'T would lmi ii-ioeil tl.e lull had ir (.r reached ilie siirnaturp stnjje. Appreeintion of this fuel. f i-finrse hal siunellntiK 1,, , with its 1-iiinn demise The height of the ruell ludicrous. h"W ever, was run. bed h In n .1 n.ea to Senator Vare n help kill tl.e lull was read in tl.e Houae - mils- 11 ci 1 ti 1- U plot indeed thai is pi-n.if iifninst this r ..f inur. IRRESPONSIBLE DETECTIVES BI'KKAI !- - mi-. t-.Mi ..11 tin. I ni 11 -rar.oiis .c-y.iii , .n c ,,,, ;, ij on , tlo-n xelves n tie iniiiji.r- .t prnn . (,... u . ncencies e.xp.lliil iitki nn,,f.p ,11 lin nst.illisi, - 'HR rate Tie s ,1 f srnie rc'iliitioii h wlii-ii : ,1 uist in om-ihimI alwns I .is in n f-trun oosp( "t hill! ..v." it mil ttuit lu.int private ilern-iit- a;iii'- '-ml grown eimr moijslv t, i. fit. ioi-s of tricih-wil rnp.ir- fnnee in inh.-ii vi'li areiit ichib nrtni'" of hard fisted I ,-d en., s '..- u..- ,11 .irlke and t. right --n in- i o -i.,s. l,., !)ni,; the 11111.S- Velei-dn( .1 ulg' Me(',.;in, im poi-d bail of MjiKin oti 1 m. n.e.-i . en.ll Ulg tlieniseU es pi 'ni- deteetns l.p chargi nun 11 -in fi .r-'ig . d'-ii.-- of 11 lii-ulinrh i.-i i 1 li,iriii-ti-i- 1.. !.. i.ed ,n -i divor e wijii The ts .mi . . -,s . ,,.. nll , uch men ..i- nr.l o-i. n upp.mi tn.i the grunt tli-rn '... ni . jf J f. .,., ettles dm 11 Hi mis ...lli'li I. 11 '1 ii,i.i rhnt nil' i 1 ki.i. tin ,, i i, ,., ..,, umnll h..t nigiiU 11 ...-uu- r 1 . -i n-ol.e of the ii.-w.-- p ' . .1, ,,, , lu an, a general in , r- -. . v oil, w ..,, raluc THE NAVAL REVIEW rpnr. n ip ..- r . ,. ,,- n !,.,. -...-m n, X I'oion ,0 .. ,u -,, , ,,,. i,. t iant h tl . . 11 - - i, '-on h pi-nei,,. cr'iisi in soi-iern - 1. ,' . ... (,, , ,(11 the Ht'-I II of II os. H-. I 1 lo t,,. treng'h ..f 1 ie I in oj irtu. ,, , e,i 'I'hei-e -i. s,n o.s.. r. (,.. (lfot undei oniinninl .,f ltnr dinira ViUon. rarginir fr iln n- , t.. irudn'ii;lti Kver; one ' ii,.mi ,, . rntil ..' iloing the p-ork t--i w to I w I. m'- In ' I'M- ..1 .1" 1 'i- k i'i...it ijuani.-i neiii. id. 1 1- 11. M s litest prohnhiliM that nm -f " -n p a ' I im s. rap'.ed ,iutn H has he. . ic .r ' iini. o- uieriraii'e m some oilier l- . . ' 1,1 iij n pi , 1 , the spa for- - of ii.. in',, n P-esnleiii IIkmJii hns '( ' 'mn 1 n that he . ipii..ri to n,.ri 1,11,11 f,,r weak .nine th Minim 1 ' fen si s .it ihs tune Y"t lie is Is I 1 -lh 11- in- one o erinsniPI' plnii" foi ml. 'Join. i.,il 1, .-ace 1'ntll trie plan a" ttiaoe 1 rd n'-iptcd it uill he rjecesaarv f.n ev. r na ioi to be nrepared to llefi lid ll "W n 1 te.eH's This is not hoenoni If 'ion- 11 . o;ipnei to pe,-i i-, hilt liei.'i'is. i.v 1. ei . to mt, penre Mien if thei i,ae to hgut f- r tt VIVIANI HAS IT RIGHT V)Ki: VIMAM nr s ,. , , J.V lounirimen n. hi r.l thm r in- sj ni -patllles of tl.e 111 linn-, maioriti of the American, me wnot inarinlli uiih the French ' Th'- -isiniMi'i'i- "f 'his remark is not so 111 m-lt in ii until, which is of long and siii standing but in the fact thai it reveals the Fr-m h envor as compet'-nl to distinguish between 1ner1can politics und Aiiirrican popular feeling IteKUrdillg these diliiictloiis in the rnllcd ftnles. IJurope has seldom illsplnnd ,-(. mi rcss. Tl.e Irii" uaiuip of the ir-m nimli h a '"' im.aiire w lefull' iiiIm-oiici ivrd rbrsmdojmd our late allies hare breu proue to Interpret American opposition to the document n almct a rocantntlon of our principles professed during the war. Nothing could be further from the truth AntericniiM who read Into our rejection of the treaty deliberate unfriendliness to France and Ilrilnlu nre extremely mre. M.i Vlvlani's appreciation of the real tale of affair f nn excellent omen of nn amicable and constructive ndjuntinent of our relations with Kurope. AN EXTREMELY WET DRY LAW WAS MADE FOR PENNSYLVANIA The Woner Bill. Passed Yesterday. Is Almost Funny, Though It May Yet Do Some Good IT WII.I. be said of the state prohibition net p.isscd yesterday at llarrisbiirR that it is the wettest dr. law ever written In this or any other world: that ll offers unprec edented temptations to dishonest public oiliclals and opens (he waj to almost limit less graft and a hopeless intermingling of hooi h and politu-N That oit of criticism nun be iustifled in communities that continue to put their ad minisirative affairs in the hands of corrupt and uiitcachable politicians At this writing the folk who have been trying lo raise ltarlejcorn from the dead arc almost jubilant. The will be wiser to unit and go lnul For the general effect of the new law. defective and amended al most 10 death as It wn, mav be good It ill make life a little harder and more uncertain for those who have been making e.isN money bj limiting the mithorit of the federal government. It represents at least the pretense of an efforl on the part of the stotc to extend its aid to tli" national government in what must be regarded at least as an extensive ex periment for social betterment And. because it has been written on the books, no one will have to put the blame for a Ktntewido siandul of graft and law lessness on Providence or William Jennings I'rran or human nature or the ofJice cat. The blame for illegal liijuor traffic in this state will rest flatly after thio upon the district nttornejs of the various counties Tliej ma not be able or willing to enfone the law Hut thev will have to tell why ami thai is something 'ITio H rooks high -license law is continued on the statute books and the license fees fie cut in half The burden of proof i put upon the prosecutors. Neither the mnors nor the police are granted nny new legal facilities for the maintenance of the i"'w law. Initiative and the work of in-M-st, gation are left to the inuvts oml the dls lrnt nttoriios. mid onh the district attor-n- ! grained the right of summary veareh in places suspected of systematic violation of 1 ne dr law District attorneys are necehsuril "olofo' i" political leaders, ami most political tend ers him- not been iinfriendlv to saloon own ers in the pat. Hut the fact remains thai power t-i begin actual enforcement of prohi bition is placed in the hands of the state's elected officials. In the end. if public opin ion -s as stiongl behind the dry laws n the drys believe it to be. these men wilt have t. make tin- law operative or ipiit their otll.-es The question with which thev are con fionted does not relate to the rijhts or wrongs, the widoni or the unwh-dnni. of the Volstead act. It is another ipiestion entirely, mid it is thi . If responsible nfTi .-inls of the stale man'fest a dixrospect for tin" provisions of the federal con.stitution. how ciin thev justif indictments of fhe foil: whom thev put in jail for what is com 111011K culled radicalism and contempt of law? Even tier -tongued champions of personal liherM who still an disposed to regard the VoUn-ad nci as a crime asaitit a fnir iNilizntion admit hurried! that, if you left it to them, the wouldn't let the saloon come back. Man such people innocent! bln'i that the saloon lias gone It was a bad tiling tliei will lei! vim. It was tlie most con spi.-uous of all modern influences for the degradation of commiiint life and com uinnitv p.. luics m the I'nited States. It lepi multitudes poor and millions of chil ilren in nuerj . and it made countless men old and hope.tss in what should have been then- best I ears Vow the .nlil thing to observe is thai the saloons win-re nil ihe trouble began, arc the i,n!i iiistit'itioiis that hav une through lie ir crisis with leas damage Hotels and other establishments when- firewiitii -his a mere incident m the scheme of en term iuiient suffered henv losses und sen us inconvenience The In ewers are in a nn- Distilleries an- drifting our of bus- n s It. n saloons coiititn.e 10 thrlte. Tin ir i.r.os are higher tlian th' nrices of old ami ie stuff thei sell is more dangerous-, and the ili-nin on 'he neighborhoods 111 which tlie --.is' -s hen ier than it used to b" Hut mau of rhi-m Iihvc beeii iiinking more -nouei than the ever made before The majorit in tin Pennsylvania I.egis lnri.ro i-fillied to their protection It had been proposed mat the police, with thi an -ti..n of their directing officials be per uiitted bv law .0 enter and sennh public p'to es against which stro"ng siispnioii of l-iw - -nlntioii res'ed That piovisnm was inien.'eil it of llic W'onei b II A rritding f 'In- bill makes it piett plain that tin Ki.e generallx w"l now hste no mole r" sponsibilii for dry enforcement than thev hud before Hot -i en in us pi 'sent shape the Worn r 'aw will strike hard al one verv vulnerable puioe In the stati svsiem of illicir liquor 'raffle It will uuiiie the transportation of liquor more dniigeroii". pnrtir-ulnrl in re gions when the sinle police are organized and uefiie !rvh Olid wets alike oiighl to hare worked for it more efficient drv law in Pennsylvania 1'or tefortn in the piohihiiiou luw wheth'i b reform ro 1 mean a more IiIhthI a mote strict regiilatnui of liquor sales and inatm failure, cannot he attained until the present feih ,-al laws arc tested bv actual enfone neiii The present confusion onli prolongs the i.gf.ni for o'enbody And theie is luile in ui- nnw state di law to make it ponih. for tile people in tell whether thev wont to ro hone dry bv gmng them an opportunity to 1-arn what hone dryness is like WAGES AND BUILDING TT I f now suid to he possio'e to line . or J penteis foi sen-uti -file 1 enth an lioui The are noiiunion nun. however If imj union man rmiMiitH to wo.-U tor that sum he forfeits his membership In the organization Th" union men insist that the si ale of wages that has pievaih-d for the last ieai is not ton Inch The admit that it is higher than ever befoie, but ihe.v inaiulain that thev never got what th"ir work was worth until the new scale was a,i J t,. Thev ate now savin.' tiial if the builders ofi or 10 pn.v them 'J I per run !es. ihan llo-v have been reo-lving ilie will refuse 11, nr -cept th" reduciion If the workers and th" builders were the ml persons coiicei lu-d lhe might lit al lowed to light tip- llUht(ll Ollt Hiu ln.-e nre ihoiisnnds of families compelled to live in cramp' (1 quarter because tliev can grt neither n house nor an apartment big enough for thrill at 11 reasonable rem And the pi-et ailing price are so high that they aie in, 1 willing to bur a house ih. value of w h h thev foar will decrease ivithm two 01 three vear "lue isiue btfore the h-i.iui aid 111c workers Is not priinaril.v one of wages. It Is an issue involving the resumption of building operations on n large scale. They cannot be icsunied at the present prices of building material mid the present union scale of wages. If both parties to the dis pute will take into account the public need it ought not (o bp diflieult for them to come to an ogieement. 1 HOW THE TREATY OPERATES Till-) action nf the Allies In fixing n total of i:!'J.(XM).X)0,0(Hl gold murks as the total damages for which reparation Is due is not nn answer to the (Sermnn proposals now In the hands of Mr. Hughes. The notification of the debt Is in strict conformity with that provision of the treaty of Vci-snlllcs which drelates that "the tlnd Ingrt of the commission as to the amount of damages ,m u,,, concluded and tiolitied to the Herman Oovrriinicnt on or before Mnv 1. ll)"l, ns. representing the extent of that government's obligations " This categorical command Is followed by an article authorizing the reparation cotn tiiission to consider Ihe resources and ea" pacit and even to cancel any part of the indebtedness if specifically ordered to do so by the several governments represented on the commission after May I. According to Ihe trentr. therefore, the time for making changes and modifications will not arrive until Sunday Realization of this fact has a vital bear ing upon the part which Secretary Hughes Is now endeavoring to play. If the inva sion of the Iliihr takes place it will be undertaken in preservation of a principle laid down In the trenty. and whatever political- forces, good or bad. ore behind this threatened move, they do not affect the main point. ' Once this is established, either by force or diplomatic pressure, the era of possible niodilications will be inaugurated. It is nt this juncture that the (fovernment of the I nlled States ma be able toHnflvct the situation What it is important to remember Is that Mr. Hughes' opportunities do not cense with the advent of May I and that the failure of the current negotiations need nut necessarily be construed as final. The Allies are engaged in carr.ving out the fundamentals of the treat. Hut this does not preclude the adjustment of details, which nre nf'such niugnltude that they nre ome tunes mistaken for the main struclutc. MRS. LESLIE'S MILLION Till; natural curiositv about the use made by Mrs. Carrie Chapman Cult of the money bequeathed to her b the late Mrs I'rauk Leslie is satisfied by u statement jiii made b.v .Mrs Call Mrs. Leslie iniidc Mrs. Catt her residuary legatee and expressed a wish that the prop erty loft bv will should be used to adiame the ciiusp of woman suffrage. According to the inventorv of the esra, there was .1.7H7.-477 available for Mr". Catt This amount shinnl: considerably when the jirop-e-ry was turned into cash. Since .latiuarv 1. 11M7. however, the date when the first pa.vment was made. Mrs. Cntt has received 11 little more than SP00.IHM1 She has turned this money over to a com mission incorporated for the purpose of disbursing it. This commission has paid nit Ssjts'J.iKM). The largest single item was Sl'lO.IMX) for the support of the Woman Citizen, the newspaper conducted to advo cate woman suffrage. The commission has a balance of about .400.(t0) and there remains scleral huudred thousand dollars more to be paid over to Mrs. Catt bv the executors of Mrs. Leslie's estate. This, Mrs. Out say. will be turned over to the commission ns fust ns it is rcoviicd. The administration of the fund has cost onh about .'s'J.'.Onn, or about $00(10 a ,venr. and one. half of this aniouut lin been paid out for lent of nn oflio". All the rest has gone directly to the siippoit of the suffrage campaign. As an example of the economical admiiii tralion of n trust this deservis couimenda lion The women have been so earnestly ib-voted in a cause thut none of them has sought to make money out of her connection Willi it SCHWAB ON GERMAN TRADE EVEN the 'varment udniirei of Charles M Schwab will feel that the anal sis of what was called "the menace of Herman . oiiipetltlon.' presented b.v the most talented of steel iri'-n before a convention of nidus trial lemleis at Atlantic City, was n bit strained It is true that Herman mnchine tools -h. being sold in Detroit lit prices less than me Ameiicnn product. It is true, loo, that Herman siwl is cheaper than the native product in England H11I Herman manufactures arc relnmeli cheap liPi-ims-p of the low value of the H"t man mark Ainern.au or even Hriti-n mnncv has nn almost miraculous purchi.smg power in the Hermnnv of today Wnen Herman monri Is not so cheap ns It is n,,w , Herman products will be more expensive m foreign markets. To suggest, eien hi Inference that Am.'iicuti workers must compete 011 nn eieu basis with Herman is to implv that ije people of the i'nited States must lin-'lslolll Ihernseiie, to 'lie toirtbiv low living stand ards and tin- hrend-and-lentil diet of Her man 'iirlustrial centers HUMANIZING THE MAILS REHAKDINU the department ovei vin..i he presides Will II Hays is oug.iginglv 101 a1 Douotless other postmasters genera! have sensed then- icspnnsibilitles. bui not nil of them hav succeeded in nml.iug them appear attractive and even inspiring Th" Hnrlesou method was ins'im 1 with n challenging t.snness. Mr. Hav.s adopts the oilier tuck, ami when he sins me,, 'hiugs about the neccssltv of delivering newspapers on timi he repudiates thp distorted notion 1 tt 11 r the pustothcc is a censor of the piess. When he promise a straightforward effl cionf administration he renders dcoidedl easier tin fulfillment of these programs Heading a department alwnvs imperiled In led taper and the intricacies of po lineal preferment. Mr Havs assum. t,p rol" of nn 1I11115 but a bureniK rm. Hi 1 rip and cheerv outline of his intentions, given the oilier night to Ihe American As soi irtion of Newspaper Publishers, furnishes nn excellent stnndanl for prngres. jn the mail service The pe that passeth nil misiuidei- Handing is th" most elusive of all It will lie possible heucefoirh lo prove tluu ih- .Municipal Court i aluavs crowded - Willi judges If nil win were as poorl.v press agenit'd as the current Tiirci-Hreek fray Ihey would I mill'- be worth tin lighting. Judging b hi attack on Knox and his pence re-ola'iun. Senator .Nelson is a mild reservationist onlv 111 n Pukwi'kiun sense. Contiur to an riocopud ((intention, aliv thing but peine will be typified In the Hiihrnl scenes now in preparation in the latest European drama The school (-million who wore lu'.en in sec at'tj st nil; thr actions of ihe Clt- Cuunril hnnlil experience oninporMlrelv little diffi ' cult; tu bt'ttenug their instruction. AS ONE WOMAN SEES IT The Spontaneity of Cheers for a Not able Phlladelphlan Criticism as a Lost Art In This Country Uy HAKAII I). I.0WK1B I WAS very much struck the other night on coming nut nf the theatre by the vim and hcartv enthusiasm of the rrowd.i which thronged Hroad street to welcome the cnrdl nnl. The rheers as ho passed swiftly along In his motor, holding out 11 "blessing hand." almost drowned the blare nf the band. It was very spontaneous nnd came from many not of his creed or race. One felt It was a tribute to his personal charatcr nnd in a sense voiced the belief that hr would use his great position to foster peace and Inculcate Justice and curb class cnmltv . "All America" cannot rest on the laurels of lt fight ncrnss the seas, but has more than ever to be occupied in righting wrongs that the war brought Into the limelight ns well ns In righting the abuses which the war entailed. In spite of their restlessness under conventions tlie youth of this country, especially the youth of the Legion, seek men of conviction and of authority tostn bllire society. And It struck me as I looked at the throngs on the sidewalks that hun dreds of the young men that bad marched a few nights before in the All-Americnn cele bration were out to cheer n man who stood for law and order and for religion just be cause he was a man of convictions that icsted 011 the past as well as hopes for the future. America rati afford to cheer its notable men nf any creed with carefree enthusiasm since its government Is neither church-ruled nor church-ruling, and the fact that the heads of the .Jewish synagogue nnd of one of Its Protestant churches formed pnh of the committee of welcome was the natural outcome of the very real freedom In the worship of Nod which is the practice as well as the right of the citizcus of this country. rpHKHK nie some, however, who ure apa--1- Miotic to cardinals on sectniian grounds. I heard of one the other day who was looking for a love story in a book shop. The clerk rather apologetically suggested "The Kentiiek.v Cardinal." by James Lane Allen. He was apologetic because It has been a .long time since its publication, and hence might seem "dated" to the customer She looked it over briefly and with evident unwillingness, saying ns she laid it down: "No. I do not core for biographies of the olugy." The clerk hastened to explain that the Kentucky Cardinal was n bird. "Yes. they nil ore rather that sort. I fear." said the lady severely as she turned awn j . The clerk loft It at that, feeling the (pl sode had been worth a inlsc in salnry to him. Most sales clerks in bookshops' are not sn wjtly in their restraints. J ofien wonder what has led them to enter on their jobs. Here and there you do find one who can put the hook and the reader en rappoit. but for the most pari one finds strange book critics behind book counters. CRITICISM, ns the French understand it, we have little of out of France, cither for books or plays or for exhibitions. It is not regarded lieVo always as nn, nrt or pursued ns a science or read as an edu cation Neither the book reviews nor the play pud concert reviews nre. as a rule, signed. They nre sometimes mere opinions of un known persons. Those lust belong lo the school of pieju dice that ha for its motto: "I do not like ou. Dr. Fell: The reason wh.v I ennuot tell: Hut this I know, and know quite well, I do not like oii. Dr. Fell." This family of critics know as little whv tlie like as why they dislike. They can onl.v sa.v a thing Is interesting or' "in trigue" or that the effect is poor, or marvelous. Thev do not trouble to go into the technique of the badness or rightness. Perhaps the tool it is beneath them to spend time mer the stiulv of an artist's technique or of a book" idea Yet Hornard Shaw took pams to he 11 gicat critic of pla.v.s. and Flnck taught one while ho crifi oi7od an opera, lnnl Dickens icported puliti (iil speeches and Cail.vie reviewed books. TU REVIEW n book that the public will loinprelienil its woith or foil or to oiiticle an opera sn that the nuilieiice will be intelligent listeners or lo shift the light of appreciation to the point the nctor is striving to lucent, belongs to the same great interpretative nrt .that the leader of nn oichestra practices wlcii he puts a work before Ihc public o that public can follow and know it tor good or for HI Some one asked a mini I know for his definition of helpful criticism. He said: "If hj helpful you mean enlightening. I inn onlv soy. something that noeounls for what one sees or hears Foi instance, the public siph lei us sn.v. an empty dlsli ! Tlie critic comes in and ronmiks; "Ah yes, well ou see " '.lack Sprat cmml eat no fai. His wife could rut no Iran, And so betwixt them both They licked the platter clean I' " mo HAVE to go to the thealre night nfler -L night In order to i-rlticl.e own helpfully the plays that are produced, in many in siiin.es to stimulate tlie wotst rather' than ihe be-t in 1 lie audience, to have to read books for rev lew lug that in iiinu.v ( nses were better left imprinted, and to have 10 absorb political speeches t lint are for the most part fulsome repetitions of woin-out catch phrase-, i a belittling and benumbing pror-es. Evti worse ly It to have lo listen to poor music and to glorifv it hi having nn opinion iibo'ii 11 Verv few brains can en dine Ihc strain for mini seasons on end without gitting dulled or warped, but for Iho sake of the bi gullible public ever man who has 11 in him to be a good crltlc'ought 10 guard the Thermopvlae of tasie for as long a tune as ho can endure the assault. I WAS lnteresierl the othu eiemng in listening to a three enrnered argument In which a musician, a phvslciaii nnd an editor were bv turns the nssnllant nnd the assailed. The musician attacked the doctor for the wav hi profession and others set music apart as a thing agierahli- but not vital tu oilmation. and the physician at tacked the (ditor ns being on the whole lospoiisihlo for the small part music placed on the singe of which he was the iiupiesurio the dailv newspaper Tl ditor stood up for his own partli-ulai musical critic, the nope In- was given 111 the paper, hut lie admitted that ontio of an art were few and hard to catch One wonder wliethri n ,s because that "gentle arl of milking rnemies" is not en .0111 aged bv most i-ditiii. or because it is iioi dinianded b mrii-t leader The Cloven Hoof of Capital ri.iin -lie Nr. Vnrl. l-....n.ni; Pi rt If Mr. N .leu I.au. k lobor expert. si should hnppen to pi, k up ami glance through Ins own PJ."i.tiiMI word expose of the pre.ii oitpitali-t loiispirac.v against the people his dominant sensation would be one of aston ishment nt his on 11 moderation lie laH demonstrated that 11 pint engineered bv 11 sinull cnfiitalist gioup has precipitated m d'lstruil stagnation 111 order "to deflate labor ' Hut Mr. Lauck will reproach lum self for omitting 10 mention thai Ihiee jenrs ago, vviiii poif.t'th diabolical ciiniilng, these mine capitalist cousplrntors managed to n. Hate labor, no doubt as a device for divert ing suspicion from their ultima to purpose 'ilie conspirators have deflated the farmer to the iv bent level of pre-wnr time; lmj bore ugnin they laid llieir lines far lu ad vance by Inflating the farmer, thieo ywirs ago. up lo ?- -" bushel About the only Ihinx that has escaprd this conplincv for definllnn would seein lo he the rhetoric, 01 me moor expert iu (jusstton, "'Ti""! -ii'-K 'i S-iJiiL. V -5rW? Jt itf f" " f- its' P NOW MY IDEAS THIS Duily Talks With Thinking Philadelphians on Subjects They Know Best x BERNARD J. NEWMAN On the Housing Problem INTIMATINH that endless meetings which produce no relief are about ns useful ns a crop of foul balls at a world's series base ball game. Hernard .1. Newman, in dis cussing the Philadelphia, housing problem, declares thill the tliue for bnukcrs, builders und building trades people to quit sparring and get down to work is heie ami now. "Although rents for properties of the lower tv-pe. without most of the modern conveniences, have risen only from .?'- to .$.'1 n month." he sn.vs. "many renting from i'JU) upward have increased as high as -Oil per ient a month This we have learned troiu n survey of a cross-section of the city supposedly representing typical properties of the type in which the renter Is Interested. "Philadelphia has been called n cltv of homes. As 11 matter of fact, in MHO only about U'l) per cent of Pliilndolpliians were paying for or owned their home, and our researches of llMi.' nnd Ml I showed thnt of !i()0 typical renter., only nbout 1.1 per cent had started to buv homes ijnco HMO. Sixty per cent at least of Philadolphian nie renters. "To provide for the iieress.ir.v flexibility of domicile in a manufacturing city there should be nt least !t per cent of the homes in our Industrial localities vacant at nil limes, so that workers moving trotn one section to another to get dose to their new positions can be accommodated Conditions Not Hood "Il.u.sing rondltions as revealed 111 our recnit report show a (onditiou far from Ideal in this respect. In n total of 70.8.VJ houses, there were found only titty -eight in 11 tit. simitar and structural condition for "f-npaiu-.i at n rental of -f.'U) per month or under, tin- lent reasonable lo the industrial woiker. upon whose elllcirm-y Philadel phia's prosperity depends. "Thar was the case in a cit where up proximately SO. 000 are reported out of work, with mi ncroinpuii ing inabllltv to meet expense!-. Of those 70,8.'! houses, onlv 170 were meant nnd 177 were for sale mill 111 other words, mailable onl.v to the 11. 1111 who had enough iiionei to float the purchase of the p.-npcrlv on ciirienl valua tions Rents on properties, as I have in dicated, formerl leased at S-0 a month or over, have gone up tremendousH . some at that pre-war rental bringing now ns high as 5i'rfi a month ' Philadelphia housing question is no longer n question of the poor and tlie badly ventilated, lll-drniiied, germ -breeding lofts and slunk, on which attention was focused pi mi- lo the wnr. Today the question of hiunes is at 'stake, and b.v that I mean the i ii'sl.on of getting a place to live ill which our 111 crage citizens can cv:ist mid be nor mnl ellli lent human beings. "We cannot dorlco the issue in respect to the link between soelnl etlicieiiri and the first essential, n decent sh"lter. On the nu thnrit of a trained investigator who acted for a company which built houses for its epiploic, I have it that where separate ipinr'er are available fr each family the niiinhei of divorces become le?s, the family quarrels are fewer, the soiinl crimes anil evils are decreased Kindred Kills Appear ' Considerable attention is being drawn of late to the dance hull evil and to fiimil) troubles ranging from the minor miscon duct of the unhappily housed single man and woman to 1 In tllegltiinnH' child arid the divorx Philadelphia's link of housing ha n lot in do wlih ifiat situation Far-sighted liunnciers and men inleiested m keeping their workers contented and effective ero noinieallv would realize that. Appart-ntlv they do ic' "The house that used to shelter 111 comfort one fnu.ilv now shelters as uionv as six, and perhaps one of these families takes in boarder That moans, franklj, an increase In divorces, social unrest, illegitimacy. Hoardeis are people who can't have homes', mil because they don't want them, Inn be ' cause b.iilileis, liunnciers, material men won't 'ut down their profits 10 the point where tln-j can have them "The conduit of people who cannot mnrri or who. once maiiied, cannot live uoiiiial domestic lives mid enjoy the sum tin- mnl KPi'lirltv of separate tn ml I v exist, me, M, ionics unsocial, indeed, nuti -socinl. "Food prices have gone down in a meas ure: (Lolling priies are slowh m-Idlng HoilKs ihere are none, practicalli Tip top Horn- of the three-story home of the last generation now shelters one familv The middle slot) is spin up mto duiki' tun or three room apai-linenis which iirt. ,,.,,. iiiMilogip. foi home" They do nut larry SI I'll lllPin even the rcsnnnclhllll.. I ... Ljifc which keeps men and women out of "QUIT THAT!" mischief. The first floor, by your leave, will be a boarding house, with an nssrmbluge of roomers who, cheated of homes, have only this to fall back on. The other expedient's forced on them in lieu of the fntnily rela tion, the love of husband for wife and wife for husband, need not be outlined In detail. They aj-eii't getting money enough to marry on. Dollar Is Worthless "From a hanker I have the admission nf just what the (inference Is between pre-war pay and present-day pay. It Is worth while considering in connection with the housing problem nnd the lalk of those who urge saving upon the people generally. "1 have doubled my chauffeur's salary in Ihe Inst four years.' declared this banker, 'but he tell me, nnd I believe him, thnt he enn not save nii.v thing, whereas formerly he could put away something for 11 rainy day week b.v week.' "This wuge situation, set against the general expense situation, aggravated by the scarcity of houses, is causing the law of supply nnd demnud In the primary realm of shelter to act in a most vicioiiH manlier. It nets as an economic check on normal human life, driving .voung people to ihe dance halls and worse, depriving them of proper home (onlnots and environment. "So acutely is this felt that tenants fairly beg inspectors of Ihe Department of Health not to report lapses by their landlords, lest they lie foiced to do Ihe almost impossible tinil another home If u piospective tenant inspects a bouse (hut is vacant or will be he date not find fault with any defect in sanitation or equipment. "The landlord smugly smiles and tells the objector that there are plenty of others who would gladly take the house ns it is. And leasts nowadays provide that a man make his own repairs. Time for Action llerr "The big. vital point is that the time has come tu quit meeting and considering nt great length. We have n housing short age which in tii-t be faced. It is flipping the vitality of the gioups involved, through In creased exposure to immorality and lowered efllciencj, both in the family und in the fai tory . shop and ollice. It is a situation not solely tlie concern of the people who nre injured, but the concern of the community as 11 whole. "The commiiint as a whole has leaped and will reap more vicioiiHly lu Ilie fiiluie the consequences of. the injury done to those who enn't live us thev should. Therefore, the communit) ns n whole has an Interest 111 solving the problem. "An instance nf the problem. A man in Kensington made a good Hi ing for his family befoie the war. and paid a lent, sa.v. of ." for a little two-stnrv house that sheltered his family, and his alone He had enough to spare for food, lie got proper ret at night, he had a little for recreation and could stive Now let us look at him: He share his house with two couples, each of which bus a nnlsr, young, nneiuic child, there is one bathtub for them all: his living expenses have increased; IiIh children are crowded 011 to the streets and into the dan.-e halls that are giving us so much surfnre shock. . "Lei's get to the bottom of this. That house is a home 110 longei. It is a noisy human shelter and he can't get the rest iii 11 necessary to do 11 good duy's work. Nor an cither of the wage earners who share it with linn. Fatigue jb n poison that tutisi be iciiiovoil b.v inch night's rest. It idles up on these men. on their dispirited wives, crowded for elbow room. "Irritability is the tirM thing we mav expect It i the physiological by -product which leads directly to drink, 'divorce, t,r dance hull and other woes about which we do so much protesting today; Hive -people homes mid mil house., ami you will hare done iimdi lo block Ibis drift to mural decrepitude. Hunkers Must Help "The limincin-t of iho building f ,,P necossni.v number of home for Philadel phia Is the thing Hint bus to be done now. Tlie banker ami the material man and I lie building tradesman have got in Ket theli piofits down to a sane business, get down to brass tacks ami bui'd house. Hut I do not pilitlcillarl) lecoiniueiid the 1 eduction of the biborei'h wage if he will increase hi output. "The loinniuiillv. In nny program for vvhli h it stands sponsor must see to it that the banker, the mnteiuil man. the building operator mid the winkers me all willing to pull together Thai wn.v ne can build for on- needs ami j;et la. It tn the statu., of dwellers In homes rather thiui oceupants of iloor space Jn h.ouCE." C Humanisms Ily WILLIAM ATHEKTON I I)U I'l'Y 1TEN may possess latent qualities that a-'-L inny go with them down to the grave undiscovered, snys senator Y. r. lliUms ham. of Vermont. Or. again, those quali ties mny be discovered by accident ami prn?t the jq.v of their lives.. The senator himself bad his niche all carved out. He was to be that t.vpe of lniv jtr who sees his clients, advises with tlirra. norcN over the statutes. Hut trial law was not for him. Hn hndn't the temperament for it. He would enve that for other folk. Hut the Republicans of his district went -into convention nnd there were two mn who got to squabbling over the nomination for district attorney. They were irreconcil able and the convention lost patience, tt threw them both out nnd nominated youn; Jilliughnm. who vvns .not present. He could not get out of running. After he hnd prosecuted a few criminal canes hi vvoko up to a great joy In his work. It nie nest sport of nnythinyj he had ever done. If is enthii&insm made him a success nt it The happiest years of his life thereafter were the years during which he was aa ad vocate, flxhtinc the cases of his clients in the courts. He loved it so thnt today, nfler, twenty years in the Senate, he is sorry h ever gave it up. S. P. (tilbert is a slender, rtherenl-ap' penring young rami over nt the Treasury I" portment who. ns first nssistnnt in Mr. Mellon, has the job of teeing to i thnt there ,; is money ready every Saturday night to pnv an of 1 nolo Sam's bills. It is nuile n nroblcm to forecast the de mands for money that are to be made nnl t is sttn more or a problem to figure jut how much mnncv IS tn come 111 from the lnws thnt Congress makes. Men could not do this, so Mr. Gilbert has employed tw wi7.nnis 10 .sit by Ills elbow. One of these Is ftnlieit (i UnnH pot. niissionrr of accounts, who lnnk-u over He field and estimntes just how ninny hilii will J " I'l'.'oi-iucu ni niuire pay days iiienion difficult job, however, is that held by Josepb h. .uci oy, government actuary, who guesses, a year in ndrnnce, nt the nuiouut of inonej 11 111 proposed tut of eg slat on w v e d. Mr.Vdllbort wanted to know how miieh money would come in during March from I me income ev.v how- much money I lie m lions of people scattered over the map viuiilJ scim in wnen they inndn out their returni. Ho nsked .Mr. .McCoy. Thnt gentlenuui re ported back promptly. He said the cover"' meiit would get $700,000,000 in March, inoiigli where io got the figure lemniDv 1 mystery. When the money vvns in it amounted to STO.vnnn nnn The course of national financing dependi inrgci on tliese government guesser 1 What Do You Know? QUIZ 1 What wns the real name of Ii rh.irrl roear no 1.1011 v :' Whero did he live" 3 What Is tho correct abbreviation for iVll fornla? What Is the legal principle of iaveit emptor"? 1 What Is meant by pantheism 0. Who were two Vice President uiule M Mil ley? 7 What la the nrdinai-v name for the cuui" tor lu sea parlance? X Wlvit word HlKiilfle Iho oppoVe 0' 10 entente between nations' 3 l'pon vvliat ocnn Is the South nicricia city of Cnllao situated" Hi How should this name be prurioum "P . ' Answers to Yesterday's Quir 1. The Hermitage Is n famous art uiuwuin In Pctrogracl. containing uoim vt tM finest pictures In Kurope ' :. The word gladiator original! strfn.fl1 one, trained to fight with .1 s"""1 "Oludlun" la the Latin for sword 3 In England 11 billion Is 11 million 1111111"- In Ihe I'nited Smiea a bill. on u thousand millions. i A Fiench milliard in Ihe same " " . Amoricun billion r. Tlie present Congresa is the Kixt) si-vwlli. tl .Mexico was twice- nil f.-npi" "'"If! Auiuslln Iturlndc lS.'L'Jl mid uini" Maximilian, I s C I G 7 7 Aesop was a eelfbrulod Htcek " J; fables, who lived lu the six'n an'urj- H C. K I'lncliiiinil was named after ihe """'"IJ of ilie Cincinnati, tin organize 1 'n "" .1 .... 1..- ..mi ..e il. 1 onte imipuii ,ii 11-iiuiiir uiiitL-in - -- ,,, neiital nrruy of the American '"r' linn ami tiiolr ilcscendieliis "".ii!. iiihi nuiiic or ilie city was i.oo , ?. An Ionic column has a uciolled capn- i The decoration of Hie rapui - ,. , Curliuh.au column ii enrveu 10 "'" ; kClil auwiinuu ii-fivers, ., ,-j, , 10. The "moyeii aire'' mrnnB tho mlua" , tub woiue are rencn. s-" X
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