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EVENING PUBLIC LEDGER PHILADELPHIA, FRIDAY, APRIL 29, 1921
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Published (iiilly At Pi'iuac t.Ei'cs llulldlnr
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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
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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-"
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