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MORE POLICE
r' IS a bit odd and on the whole significant
that the Mayor's HiigRcrtion of nn en
larged police force is bard prlmarllv on (he
fact that the men now In the ervlrc hate
been overworked in maintaining order in
areas where labor trouble cxlsth
The simple fact of the mutter i that
H'rlkc duty reprciunto merely an incidental
addition to the burden of overwork with
which all policemen are fumiliar. When
jver there is n fire or a parade or a quaran
tine or a fight or a rumor of radicalism the
district men nnd the renorves alike are
trotted out for long tour of extra duty
without pay.
There are men on the force who have be
come inured to working all around the clock
without nlccp. There is no other employ
ment In which men are icgularly asked to
work overtime without reward of any son.
The police are not permitted to hnve unions
and they themselves admit that their sen-ire
cannot be orgunized ns n labor unit without
opposing the fundamental interests of the
community and society at large That,
however, Is no reason why the members of
the force should be denied the rights granted
everywhere elc to men who work for wages.
The police force ought to be enlarged nnd,
in times like those, no man on it ought to
be required to endure unneceMiry hardship
merely because he is without the facilities
to make an efficient protest.
THE FRIENDLESS PUBLIC
IN CAM LIEN the economic plight In wnuh
strikes and lockouts leave the general
unorganized public of the I'nited States is
now reproduced in vivid miniature
The jitney drivers who operate from the
Camden ferry are at wur with the Public
Service trolley lines. The trolley compan
is, of course, nt war with the jitneys. The
ferry company, being a corporation with a
brotherly regard for other corporations, has
always fought to have the jitney Uepr off
It grounds and out of readi of the people
who want to use them
The row has reached a crisis. The jitneys
have been foned to move about two .square-,
irom the ferry entrances. Their owners,
nelf-interested. of course, have taken no
trouble to cultivate the friendship of die
ferry company
As a result of all this, while rorporation
heads, courts, captains of industry and city
officials find themselves unable to solve tne
simplest linuginable problem of public serv
ice, the jitnej -riding public must trudge
through the rain and mud for a considerable
distance to obtain a sort of service which a
decent l. organi7t'd transit sjsteni would
provide fiu It on the spot
AN AGONIZING PROSPECT
THE Knov resolution, now hearing the
senatorial stnuip of n. i--. nl has tn-cn
censured on many counts, but it is safo to
my that up to now it luis never beeu
criticized for lining (ierinnnj a shabb turn.
Yet what but iinkltidn' mn he deduced
from the present, situation in Coblenz?
A news dispatch, based upon the possibilitv
of the withdrawal of the American troops
in consequence of the Kni.v peace piogram
declares that the rrtireun in of our soldiers
'would be regarded as regrettable.' Shop
keepers are in tear-, philosophizing tailors
wince from "weltschmerz, cafe propriitors
are on the point of breaking down Aiunst
is approaching, the sulfide month as long
revealed by Teutonic statistics
If Mr. Knox h peace restorative :s preg
nant with sin n forebodings of woe ro our
late foes, wherein shall its merit b" found''
Is it possible that nothing we ma do Is of a
nature to gladden the (ierumn heart
THE RED ILLUSION
Qt'lTl. till -auest lefenuii- to tne sup.
posed Mac Day mood uf the tadlcals
came from Attorucv fienernl Daugherty.
who, alter receiving advices from ugents of
the Department of .Justice in nil parts of
the cotmlrj. saw no neul for the sort of
"official warning" that Mr 'aimer used to
issun as a mutter of habit Cerlninlv. If
half of what was hinted at was true, iliere
should hne been some uninlstnltable signs
of nn organized effort for u 'Ited" demon
stration -nmewhere In the I'nited States
But thpre was none
Mr Uaughem implied, propeiiy mough,
that elnborat police unlets and an niiiios
phere of expeitancy and ncrtous tension
wero not onU unuecrssnrr but unbecoming
in a (oiiutr) like ours. It is tasll) possible
to create nidieallsin where no radicalism ex
isted lefore bv harrvlng and hounding people
who insist on talking ccononn nonsense
That is what he meant when be said, "Don t
agitate the tigitator who onU ihnves by
official lids v Incli he enn interpret as
"oppression
THE NEWBERRY ACQUITTAL
Till' Supreme Court decision oidiring the
rcwrsni of the wrilict of inimntion
against Senator Newbenv, of Michigan. Is
based on the tiiu onstitiitininilitj uf the fed
eral lnw regulating the expenditures of can
dldntes for the Senate ami the House
This law prm ides that no more thnti ,H -OftO
nuij he siient for sei uring the nnnuna--tmn
and election to ilie Seinte hi nuj can
dldate. The court holds t tint Congress has
nn power to regulate prinmrr elections, as
ihey arc not elections within the meaniui; of
the constitution The power of the Senate
to pass on the qualiriiations ain't elections
of member is sufficient to enable il to pro
tect itself against fraud or miruption
The charge nsnlnst Senator Newborn ivim
fbat he had spent more than ihe sum allowed
by Jaw It woh prowd that large sums weie
.peiit to carry the primaries Charges of
flratid were also made, but they grew chiefly
out of'flie ue of money to hire halls and
automobiles and to pay or advertising in
newspapers, and to pay the expenses of
party workers. The prosecution depended
largely on Its ability to prow tlml moic than
StO.OOO had been spent by Mr. Newberry.
The action of the court clears the Senator
of the charge against him. It is as if the
lower courtH had ncwr found Mm guilty.
He may now take his seat, which he has not
occupied since the prosecution began.
Chief .llistli-e White has suggested that
there be a new trial, but so for a the reports
from Washington indicate he does not point
out what ofTcnse should be charged.
As the matter now stands no prosecution
against a enndidate for either house of Con
gress charged with the excessive ue of
money in securing the nomination can be
made. Whether Congress can limit the use
of money in an election teems to be still an
open question
MELLON'S TAX PLAN
OVERLOOKS AVERAGE
MAN
Secretary of the Treasury's Revision
Program Is Dangerous Politically,
Since It Does Not Directly Re
lieve Voter of Moderate Means
rTMin men with modest incomes, and there
-L are more such than of nny other eco
nomic group, have been hoping that the
Hepublican administration would relieve
them of some of the burdens of the war
taxes
Consequently they will be disappointed
with Secretary Mellon s letter to Chairman
Tordnej . of the wais and means committee,
in which suggestions are made for n revision
of the tax laws.
The sporetnrv of the treasury propose'
the repeal of the excess profits tax and the
readjustment of the income taxes to benefit
men with Incomes in excess of $70,000 ; but
he makes no suggestion for the benefit of
the man with an income of $3000 or $.i000
or $7000. This man must continue to pay
the old taxes.
He proposes, il is true, to abolish the
taxes on soda water and men's nnd women's
wearing apparel, but he keeps the tax on
railroad tickets nnd tickets for theatres nnd
movie shows. These taxes affect millions of
people. They ate a nuisance and nn Irrita
tion. While these irritating taxes are to be pre
served, the secretary proposes to irritate the
men of moderate income still ftiither by n
federal tax on automobiles, n tax which
will directly affect 0.000,000 motorcar own
ers Politically the secretary's plan '.s most
disappointing. It fails to take Into account
the reason which led thousands of voters to
support the Kepiiblicnn ticket Inst year.
Sound political strategy requires that some
thing be done to meet the expectations of
the country by lightening the burden on the
greatest possible number of people.
It Is not enough to repeal the surtaxes on
the incomes of the very rich, even though il
is true that those heavy taxes have ceased
to be productive The ordinary man does
not think very far below the surface in eco
nomic matters When he hears thnt the tax
on his income is to remain unchnnged, while
the tax on the income of a man who re
ceives every year from 70,000 to $2,000,000
is to be reduced be is likely to denounce the
administration
Tho political phase of any tax plan is
likely to be considtred more seriously by
Congress thnn it has been considered by Mr.
Mellon
If Congress can combine political wisdom
with sound economic theory In a plan to re
vise the war taxes it will come somewhere
near doing what it ought to do.
Tho Government needs revenue, but its
needs should grow less the farther wc get
from the war It is imperative that the
strictest economy be practiced by the ex
ecutive departments and by the appropria
tion committees of Congrc.-ss. I'.ut along with
economy there must be a rewriting of the
tax laws on n more scientific basis thnn
was possible when they were passed in the
first place
There are many per.'ons who believe that
the ideal tax is one which is intended to
tnx the dollar instead of the man who owns
the dollar, nnd that everv dollar taxed
should bear the same burden, no matter
who owns it nut the polnicinns are prone
to favor taxing the dollar of the rich man
ni a higher rate than the dollar of the poor
mnn. This is why there are heavy sur
taxes on lnrge incomes, and why Mr. Mellon
recommends that n surtax be retained that
will take -10 cents out of eiery dollar of the
niiome of a man whose nnnuul balance
amounts to S70.000 or more
The sales tax. which comes about as near
as possible to a tax on the dollar, no mat
ter who spends it. is rejected by Mr. Mellon
on the ground that a would tax everything,
including tin- necessities of life This kind
of ostrich reasoning should not be indulged
in b.i nn one who pretend- to make tax
proposals
Ever? economist knows thin a small direct
tnx on the neiessitics of life, is mm li less
burdensome than n direr t to on the pro
ducers of the necessaries. We have had
a tnx ou the producers for the last few years
and. iiccordlng to the figures complied by the
Llepartment of .lusticc. it has added 2.T per
cent to tin i-ost of the neicssaries, und the
luxuries also. It has been estimated thai a
direct sa'es tax of 1 per rent would not add
more than .i'j per cent at the outside to the
letnil price of commodities.
The modifications in the existing law sug
gecd by Mr Mellon will not bring tin- re
lief sought because thej do not go to the
root of the matter His propositions involie
n rontinuance of the unpopular taxes that
is. taxes lei led on special groups of citizens
mid on special Industrie;. This hj stern
nlwn.m works Injustice, for it gives the men
who pav the taxes in the first place nn
opportunity to unload them on the rcrt of
us and to make uh paj three or four or ten
times the nmonnt uniin they pay to the
(iovernmenl.
It had been hoped tnilt tio ixecutiie
branch of ihe Government would recom
mend tnx leform based on sound economic
principles, but as it has not done so it re
mains for Congiess to see what it can do
toward fulfilling tru expei t.itlons of the
people
WEATHER BY RADIO
TTHlIl ,ome years evi ry hlup equipped with
L vuelrfs has become in a sense an
itinerant weather bureau. 'Ihe interchange
of rndio information regarding meieorolojlcul
londitiom has prodti'-ed u writable trans
formation in narigntion methods
Skippers are thus often supplied with
fans concerning storms whMi they never
ne and whlfli the) exercise particular earn
to mold. NnilgatmH of the Gulf of Mexico
hnte cspecinll.i benefited hi this communica
tion system, which is tnialiiuble in the hur
ricane seuson
Nuwh that the government is now to take
,i hand In l hose tailio warnings relieves some
of the strain upon individual captains und
icdip cs the hnmes of carelessness or error.
Ileginning on .lune 1 the I'nited States
weather service is to issue special daily
bulletins bj wireless for the benefit of ma
rine and aviatlun interests
The messages will be sent out broadcast
from the nowerful station nt Arlington and
will be re'nved from points on tho gulf and
Atlantic co;tts iTfje reports whlc'i m the
beginning will fGver only the Eaet, will
EVENING PUBLIC LEDGER PHILADELPHIA,
eventually embrace, the coust-to-coast area
and will take the form of complete weather
suiiitrtaries.
The goiernmctit Is said to be looking for
ward to the development of commercial nlr
routes nntl Is especially considering nt this
time the value of the innovation to the mall
aviators. It will take a smart storm to
cn'ch up with the heralding, of its approach
which Arlington is to'flnsh.
SHOP TALK
TjESPOTlSM is going out of fashion. It
---' is going out of fashion because the aver
age man who has to work to keep the world
going doesn't like It. Were 5011 to tell this
sume citizen that he reveals, in occasional
moods, some of the worst traits of the
older-fushloned political tyrants lie would
be amazed and shocked. And yet that
charge can be sustained
Any one who enters seriously into the
work of dally journalism knows that he
cannot always present the simple nnd un
varnished truth to his readers without Home
risk. If the truth happens to be unpleas
ant, if It is not what the regular subscriber
prefers to believe or if It Is opposed to some
favorite delusion of a community or a criti
cal individual, those who roveal it in print
arc likely to he treated as the kings of old
treated the bearers of bad tidings. It will
not matter how wholesome or how impera
tively necessary the truth may be. The
Steady Headers and Old Subscribers, who
may find it a bit irritating or even occasion
ally unflattering, will sternly sit down nnd
in stately language cancel subscriptions, nnd
Inform the editor that he has missed his
vocntlou, that he Is disloyal or that he Js a
toolfif the propagandists
Newspapers thnt hew to the line and
present nil the news uncolored nnd undi
luted, and seek to be guided not by preju
dice hut by clean reason in their editorial
columns, do so with the knowledge that
while they make friends they make them less
speedily than those who play deliberately to
the little vnnitie.s of readers and encourage
even dangerous obsessions that happen for
the moment to be populnr
Reflections such as these ore prompted by
a modest announcement of the approaching
celebration of tho 100th anniversary of the
Manchester Giinrdlnu. The incident ought
to be of interest not only in Englaud, where
the Guardian has been for i hundred years
the exponent of journalistic idenls repre
sentative of enlightened democratic feeling,
but whcicver citizens engaged in the exact
ing business of self-government .have to
depend on the newspapers for the facts, the
advices and the general information by which
they are guided.
No daily newspaper came through the
trying nnd revealing period of the war with
a nobler record than the Guardian's. That
journal ncier yelped, it never went slogan
mud, it lontributcd nothing to the moods of
hysteria that swept at Intervals over Europe
and the Hritish Isles, and, even when pre
micrs went off their heads nnd talked wild
nonsense and sang hymns of hate, it be
haved like n man able to face tho unpleasant
as well as the pleasant truth with frankness
and fortitude. It was one of the few quiet
nnd assured voices in the bedlam of the
world.
The Guardian was established to promul
gate liberal nnd effectual democratic opin
ion, to temper the minds of politicians who
were willing to run great risks for the sake
of immediate und doubtful advantages, to
speak largely for the masses everywhere who
never hnve unv desire to make war. And
one can sny no more in pruise of its editors
than that they were sajing years nnd even
generations ago the things in which states
men of today are fomlng to believe onlv
after disasters that tried tho strength and
staying power of western civilization. It
has never hesitated to tell the Uriton the
unpleasant truths about himself. It 1ms
advocated justice for Ireland, for the labor
ut.nns. for all the colonies and has made,
war ngaiust every reactionary who ever
appeared in the Government. It has been
a great aid to all Englishmen who wish and
work to see the empire strengthened by a
now idealism
Such newspapers do a greater service for
democracy than nrmies of conventional -minded
and self. seeking politicians. Eor
thut reason we venture merely to hope that
the Guardian may live for tit least another
hundred years.
A FATEFUL RESPITE
mHE postponement of the threatened
-L. march into the Uuhr provides the Ger
man Government with an opportunity to
lunsider certain realities of which it was
perslstcntl.i loath to take notice.
Chief among the misconceptions pre
viously entertulned In lterlin was unques
tionably the idea thnt a plea tor American
Intervention might confuse the situation.
The note to Secretary Hughes, however, de
feated its own purpose. The American
Government has revealed not the slightest
intention of sponsoring, even as n mere
transmitter of messages, a proposition ob
viously unacceptable to the Allies.
Interest therefore now attaches to the
German disclaimer of linnllty in the plan,
since Mr. Hughes has pronounced it un
acceptable. The buiden of revising tho
program falls upon Herlin
The period of twelve: days' grace granted
bv the Allies contains possibilities of help
fulness for all parties lonoerncd. The ulti
matum fixing the reparations figures is u
mark of Allied unity und has the virtue of
calling for a (ntegnrlcnl answer.
Hv the terms of the treat, however no.
icptnnco by Germany of the full demnnds of
her late foes does not necessarily bar the
way to amendments nnd revisions The
specified time for discussing them is after
Mnv 1.
The position of the United States, based
upon tho desire that Germany should pay up
and thnt the reparations problem be solved
as rapidly ns possible without mllltur.i
movements into Germon.i. is strenptiiAnn.i v.',.
this ruling. If Germany can renounce the
illusion that she can play off this countr
against the Allies the door of negotiation
remains open.
fly our clear-cut diplomatic notions
up to date the Allies have been ns
mi red of Americnn sympathies. The sin
cerity of our conduct is proof that it is not
Germany's trials, hut those of njrllizntion
us a whole In which we are primarily inter
ested. Mr Hughes may still hove a fateful role
to piny in a crisis which has been s-iiiil.
clently prolonged to afford space for reflec
tion.
.Just when the world (euriousl enough i
began to note with satisfaction 'that the
silk shiit era had passed the Federal He.
serve Hoard records the furt that there is
a growing demand for silk stockings, while
thac for mircerized nnd lisle goods is onlv
iV) per cent of m rmal Thnt stockings
should loom larger in the public eye than
the slilrls is, after till, but natural. We
see more of "em.
An admiring crowd watched a Lock
Haie.n tailor sew three buttons on William
J. Bryan's coat Some of his detractors
will meanly withhold surprise at the news
thnt ho had lost them.
Turkif.li women, we are informed in n
dispatch from Constantinople, lire beginning
to find freedom in dress. Progress, deuh
lioy, progress' The next Mop Is freedom
from dress ns they bejfiK to rmerge from
either cud, H
THROUGH THE RAPIDS
The Man Who Wanted to See What
It Looked Like In a Film The
Tragedy of Niagara and
the Whirlpool
y OKOKGE NOX McCAIN
SEVEIIAL years ago n roughly dressed,
ran boned Individual, who spoke with a
foreign nccenf, called on me to Inquire nbout
n rare motion picture.
A film broker of my acquaintance in New
York had sent him up Into the Perkiomen
Valley, innocently, on n wild-goose chase
to see me about It.
The man, who described himself as a
sailor, had been Informed that I possessed
a motion picture film of a barrcl-tnnrlner
going through the whirlpool rapids below
Niagara Kails.
The stranger wanted to buy it. or borrow
it. to get an Idea of what the trip was like.
He intended, he said, making the journey
through the whirlpool himself.
I didn't hnve the film. Never did have
It. The man left disappointed nnd sullen.
He thought that 1 was telling him nn un
truth. It was nn oversight, but I neglected to
ask his name.
Ever since then I hnve been waiting to
hear of another Niagara whirlpool "hero,"
linked up with some movie "drnmmcr,"
risking his life for n little evanescent fame.
"""" "
THE above Incident was recalled by the
Associated Press dispatch of Sunday
last, telling of the death of Anna E. Taylor.
She died In nn infirmary nt I.ockport,
N. Y., Saturday.
Till her death she held the record of
being the only woman who ever went over
Niagara falls and through the whirlpool
nnd (survived.
One other woman made the attempt, but
was killed.
Mrs. Taylor was severely injured, but
managed to recover nnd Bvcd to be fifty
eight years of age.
Of those who have attempted the fool
hardy feat only one was, or claimed to be,
actuated by any motive except personal
notoriety or prospect of gain on the museum
stage.
H
IS name was Peter Nlssen, n Dane, who
assumed the nom-de-pltimc of "Bow
ser.
He wus a Chicago bookkeeper.
He claimed that as n commercial enter
prise n lino of Ftecl boats running through
the whirlpool capids might be a financial
success. lie made the trip to demonstrate
his theory on July 8, 1000, In n specially
designed craft.
The peculiarity nbout his wild -eyed
pcheme was that he apparently never con
sidered the matter of the return trip of tho
boat.
CAPTAIN MATTHEW WEBB, the great
English swimmer, who had successfully
nwum the English Channel, was, so far as
known, tho first victim of tho, whirlpool
rapids.
His remark, as he looked down from the
fthorc on the frightful current one afternoon
in July, 1888, "It's n rum bit of water."
proved only too true so far ns he was con
cerned. Webb perished on the 21th of .Tilly. 1SS.1.
Ho tried to swim through tho roaring tor
rent. He fought this mighty power o nature
naked, unprotected by any armor or safety
device.
Those who came nftcr him went through,
dead or alive, iu specially constructed bar
rels or boats.
The romance nnd tragedy of Niagara and
the W hirlpool Haplds are not confined to the
"death-defying" lenpers, and barrel-incased
fools.
Numbers of people caught in the current
of Niagara Itlver above the falls have gone
ovor tho brink in the lust century.
Thrilling rescues have been made that
were witnessed by thousands from the
wooded shores of the Canadian or American
side of the falls.
Twenty-five yenrs ngo the number of
fatalities that occurred at Niagara so
aroused public interest thnt Governor Black,
of New York, wus appealed to to do some
thing. .1. S. Mackleu, tin inventor, suggested
that a light wire cable be stretched across
the river just above the danger line of navi
gation. The cable was to carry a rubber or metal
tube for an electric light wire to which
bulbs for night illumination were to be at
tached nt iutcrinls.
Another scheme suggested wus to lune n
powerful electric tug ewr ou duty, with life
lines, stationed above the falls readv to
rush to the relief of victims of the ciirrint.
THE cataract of Niagara has a strange
fascination for some people.
It is so powerful that persons of n cer
tain temperament or mental make-up are
irresistibly druwn to death in the waters.
Only n few years back the head of a
widely known and wealthy Philadelphia
brewery company committed suicide bv
plunging into the river above the fulls.
Of nil the unfortunates who have sought a
Fuicide's death by plunging over the falls
the most remarkable occurred Just ninety
years ago the coming .lulj.
For several days before the tr.igedv a
young man registered nt n hotel as Wil
liam Clnrldge. He was, he said, awaiting
tho arrival of his wife.
He was from Cincinnati. His wife, n
Spanish lady, was coming from Cuba to
join him nt the Falls.
She arrived on the third day by stage, n
iMii.iiinii tiiira-sKinncu gin rather poorl.i
dressed She was rapturously greeted bv
the man
They dined together that evening nnd
loft, us they said, for u stroll to view the
falls by moonlight.
Half nn hour Inter a man on Hip Cana
dian side distinctly snw, as he nfterwnid
testified, a man and u woman leap over the
American falls from Prospect Point.
Their bodies wore found three davs later
near tho whirlpool
It was never discovered who they were
ns no papers or letters were found bv which
tney could bo identified. The name Clarldge
was fictitious.
A NOTHEH romantic Niagara' suicide was
1- that of Mrs .lames Wlllmun, formerly
Glldden. of illinmsport, in June, 1S00
She was a woman of striking appearance
nbout forty years of age.
Twenty years before she hud married
.lames W lllmun. the natural son of u
wealthy bnchelnr of that name, who loft the
son u large fortune.
He shortly afterward developed tubercu
losis and leaving his bride started for the
Ulvlcra in a vain attempt to regain his
health.
For twenty .wars he wns ,t wanderer
his wife meantime remaining with her
mother, who had removed to Chicago
She had gone to Niagara Palls to meet
her husband, who was coming homo from
one of hie long trips complete) broken in
health.
He died on the train before u reached
Buffalo.
Leaving her dead alone that night Mis
Willmnn ordered a carriage and wns driven
to the falls.
She dismounted, and before the com hum,
could Interfere she had walked Into the rlw,'
und wns swept nwny '
She left a note with a sum f in,,
at the hotel In it she said she did not re
to live without her husband. The ,.,,,,
was to defray his funeral expenses
A distant cousin, it is said, his 'sole iel
live. Inherited the Wlllmnu fortune
The womun's bodj wos never recovouij.
ir
IF AI.Ij the trees were magic trees
And milled among themselves
if kings could sleep n daffodil ' '
Aud bishops (lanced on window -sills
If ull the valleys changed to hills
And nil the tons to twelves,
The world would bo nonnenslcal.
And vr should nil he elves
-G. Ilullett, in "Mice and Other Poems,"
TUESDAY, . MAY 3, 1921
WELL
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NOW MY IDEA IS THIS
Daily Talks With Thinking Philadelphians on Subjects They
Knoiv Best
A. IRVING HALLOWELL
On Giving Aid to Travelers
IMMIOHATION of thousands of foreign
ers, many of whom know nothing of the
English language, presents n growing prob
lem to the various organizations banded
together to make America safe and friendly
for those who travel.
A. Irving Hallow ell. 'executive secretary
of the branch hen; of the Travelers Aid
Societv. made this statement in discussing
the difficulties of the workers.
"The Travelers' Aid is but one link in the
chain of societies that co-operate for the
good of the community and humanity, said
Mr. Hnllowe'll. "Strangers coming to the
cltv. most particularly immigrants, need
help. Thei could, of course, nsk any one
for information and in many instances this
is reliable, but it is the exception that we
endeavor to prevent
"Hundreds of persons come under the ob
servation of tho workers each week; und
each Is an individual with u problem.
Try to Protect, Girls
"Some nro bewildered strangers seeking
employment or looking for relntives and
friend's, some are runnwa.is nnd others are
aged persons or very little i hlldren mnk
ing a journey alone. Tho bewildered girl
or woman is easy prey for those who seek
just that. If the situation is one that the
workers cannot straighten out, they put it in
the hands of the proper authorities.
"Some travelers, of course, ask many
ridiculous questions, together with the nmro
serious ones. For instance, women passing
through the city haw been known to nsk
where they . might hnve a pair of gloves
cleaned and similar trivial questions.
"I would sny that the immigrant Is pos
sibly our biggest problem. Most of the
workers speak at least onn foreign tongue
nnd the service the render nt the docks
Is valuable.
"Just picture n family of Poles or Hus
sions, poor nnd forlorn, ns they step off
tho boat nt Philadelphia, when they hnw
notified relntives that thev would arrive at
New York. Such things happen frequently.
"Since January 1. thirteen boats have
docked at this port, bringing 10,0(10 Im
migrants. The workers aiding the travelers
have been on the Job and linked the indi
vidual with the organization that will help
him most. Boarding houses where respect
able lodgings can be obtained lire often
located.
"Sometimes the winkers ate required nl a
wedding ceremony when nn Itullmi girl, for
instance, arrivis and her fiance meets her,
but has forgotten to bring a witness.
"If a strunger requires medical attention,
tho workers see thnt he gets it, and in the
meantime look up friends nnd rolatlics for
him.
"The services arc for all who need, re
gnrdloss of rncinl, loligious or national dlf-
What Do You Know?
QUIZ
. Of wliul country is Prof" Klnstcln, ox
ponent of the theory of rel.itlilty, n
citizen?
1! When did he first publish his theory?
2 What is tho nunnltiK of tlio alihruilation
q. V?
4 How long beforo the Clul War did Henry
Clay die?
S. What is on acropolis?
G Wlint Is the meaning of Hellespont?
7 What nnd where are the lnnon?
5. Who was Nnnce Outfield?
9 WhnMs meant by tho epicslon "mlch-
ioB mallcho"?
10. What is tho ' Dully Dozen' .'
Answers to Yeaterday'6 Quiz
1 The Marlon Star Is tho newspaper owned
by President HnrrtlnK
I, The Modern Health f'rusude Is a game of
henlth chivalry which 1ms been ile-
ileeil to Interest children in their own
hculth.
3 Nioleou Ifanapnrtc was a prlsoni i on
the Island uf St Helena for about m
iuuv a half yenrs from Octobtr. 1815
to May 6, 1821. when bo died
4 The people of China pay physicians to
lecop them welL The pay stops win.-.
a patient becornen 111.
6. Alexander Hamilton was mortally
wounded by Anion llurr In a duel In
WcehnwUen, N. J . on July 11, 1804
6. Wclinril Neill. Hurl of WnrwU-k un jj,,...
lish politician and solillei, conspicuous
In llin Wars of tho Hoses, during which
Ite often ehnuged sides was cnlleil tbH
King Maker" llu wan born about
M;s nnd wuh killed iu tli battlo of
Unmet Iu 1171
7 Delaware Is tile IJIuo Hen .Slnto
s. The time changes when n person trawls
from Hast to West, or vice lorsa
During mo ji-ur onuinK .iunn 30 Dn
morn sugar was Impoiied into th.,
Pnltcd Stnt-s from Hawaii thm, fro .
any other American overseas possm
s,on The total was 016 ::o,ooo pouiuhY
I'orto Hlco coming next iti,
8i7.73B.200 """
L to. Captain J'JeflerJ-k Mnrjyat wrote tho
V ' story, "Mr. Midshipman Kasy "
SLL, HERE'S HOPING IT SOON BLOWS OVER
ferences. The Negro family that comes
from the South nnd expects to stop off
the train mid into the arms ot n rcinuw
is one of the big cases, too. Sometimes
the family bus to be sent back because It
Iuir no address or n wrong one nnd the
father cannot find employment.
Family Is Aided
"The workers nil along the line look after,
him until he reaches his destination. If he
stays heie, he Is kept In touch with until
his children arc placed in school und he
has secured work.
"Tho workers nro always busy. Strangers
in trouble or perplexity who come here to
mnko their homes permanently or tempo
rarily and others, who, while traveling, have
become involved in some unexpected diffi
culty nnd need ndvico and assistance any
one observed by the workers who seems to
licet? protection or help these live the prob
lems, nnd these arc given uld.
"Boys who run nwny iu quest of ndven
turo; the aged and Infirm ; immigrant men
and women; people coming to the great
industrial centers; people who have lost
their tickets; those whose friends fall to
meet thorn; the mentally deranged nil these
and ninny others need u friend.
"Everybody needs a friend."
Domestic Explosives
ltneliuil Correspondence Henrc-y (,'ltlen
Miss Clestu Collins iind the misfortune
of getting her fnee scnlded last Thursday
when a pie which she was cooklnK ex
ploded. The pie was closed too tight and
happened to burst while she wus near.
Humanisms
Ily WII.MAM ATHEKTON 1)U PUY
WILLIAM SPUY is the new commis
sioner of the general land office and
used to be governor of the state ot I'tah,
From tint tiino he wns thirty until ho was
forty he lived on a farm near Grnntsvllle,
iu that state, first as hired man and finally
as owner.
It wns during (lint time that (he commis
sioner's small children clustcied mound him
and the picture of them that he sees In mem
ory is, he says, the fairest in all the gallery
of his pnst.
One of his little girls cunie to him one
daj, Commissioner Spry sa.is, and asked
this question :
"Father," she said, "do you know what
It is that the meadow Inrk snj.s?"
Tho lather said he did not know, but his
ear was attuned to the cadence of that call.
"Tho meadow lark ra.is," the child ex
plained. " 'Grunlsvillo is a pretty little
place.' "
And so, whrn the commissioner walks
throigh n part and a link speaks up and
says, "Grantsville is a pretty little place,"
a itront homesickness for the country wells
up within him.
Henry Prat her Fletcher, who is first as
ustnnt to Mr Hughes at the State Depart
ment, nnd who bus hold diplomatic posts
all over the world, began his eventful life
among the Innumernhlo railroad tracks thnt
n peculiar geographic location has caused to
pass through Ihe town ot Grecncnstle, Pa.,
just four miles above the Mason and Dixon
line.
'ihe elder Floti her. who was count trons
uror nnd superintendent of Sunday school
to the latter of which positions ho 'seems to
have been chosen for life as he still holds it
scorns to have been inspired to send sons
and daughters truth on all these railroads
for ho was the head or a famili so nu
merous Hint the neighbors have 'forgotten
how ninny there were.
But this son, Henry, who has become n
r.ie.il diplomat, now owns n hnmln.mn i,..,.,..
Lin Orccnenstle. which Is surrounded hv a
ihi- ,,iwii-" Minim, iiim i.s Known as
Hoscmont. Mo uiu driw to It in thr,
hours from she State Drpaitiiieiu in Wash
ington. Major General William I,. Sibeii, having
built the Gntun locks and dam at Panama
having organized and picslilod owr ,,'
choiiitcal v ill fare sen ice during (ho war
nnd bavins reached the ngo of retirement
much loved by his associates, Inst spring
went down to his ample acres near Bowling
Green, Ky. ihcie to Hw mit Ms fP ns ,,
country gontloinnii.
Hut the habit of projerting nrniiml was
still with him ami ho started a drilling ma.
til to work to find out if there was not oil
beneath his blue grass. He found it iu
plcnsliigly paying quanttlios tho nrst tn
Since he wns the sire of eight clilhllcn he
stinted seven more wells mill now word
comes that each of them hns brought iu oil
So from her bouudless .resources 1ms ,!
nntlnn seen fit to reward orje who gave his
whole life to her service.
SHORT CUTS
Clean -Up Week should clean up etronj, J
Mny headed the procession this year Jn
raincoat and overshoes.
Independence Square is now putting
tlowcrs in her spring hat.
Society, being interested in Plays and
Players, is, for the moment, holding Its
hoises.
In the matter of his being an oppor
titnist I.loyd George doesn't care wbi
who
Knows it.
Here und there may be found a man
willing to celebrate Health Day tomorrow
by drinking Its health.
Dancing masters declare that the toddle
is all right if it is an nll-rlght toddle. Hut
isn t that what they all nay?
We take it that the florists arc not
nversc to Memorial liny being celebrated'
by the populace by the wearing of popples.
A gun thnt shoots around the corner
has been Inwntcd by n Detroit man. He
probably got the Idea from ii movie come
dian. A clergyman snys women in New York
Hr.p more profane thnn women elsewhere.
"oil. where the cUcwhcrc is there more
cause for profanity?
Special nnd red letter days become o
common that common evcrv-dny davs may
eventually become noteworthy bcca'ufc of
their comnionplnceness.
The striking painter who wns forbiddM
by a wulking delegate to paint his own
house may congratulate himself that he if
not u striking cook.
It has not been seriously urged bj
anybody, so fur as wo have been able to
learn, that the building strike is going to
help the building shortage.
Ton thousand people bound for Europe
left Now York on Saturday American') b
shed thefr blood thus being succeeded kj
Americans willing to be bled.
Many women who learned to kuit dur
ing the war have continued tho good nork ,
we nre told. They doubtless feel that the;
hnve acquired u purl of great price.
Browns Mills, N. J., comes to thi
fiont with n bear thnt has the legs of I
giraffe. Investigation mny prove tbat
litis its neck surrounded by a little brown .
jug.
Spinach brings the Texas farmer fifi
dollars n ton ; t lie consumer in the notta
buys it nt the rate of $800 a ton. This
kind of thing is what gives the middleman
girth.
A Natchez., Miss., man claims to h
trained two geese to supply his tabic wll
fish and to show discrimination In their
catch. They .'online their efforts to percn.
bass and trout. The gentleman's name .
Kerr. We suspect thnt his first name II
Jo.
The Baltimore woman who demon
strntcd her ability as u packer by locklnl
her quarrelsome husbund iu n trunk r
true to form by discovering that she '
forgotten something ami had a pollcemw
open the box to give tha mun nir. i'
I heir dear hearts, it is their fallings tn
make us love, them.
Back to the Old Job Again
BATIIEB think that ancient wlz
lw
bo snntentlv said.
'My iiilutl to me a kingdom is"
Was lying sick in bed.
For when a man is-slck, with all
His work upon the shelf,
The world becomes so very siniill
He fills it with himself.
No story of a nutlon's ills
Can e'er affright his soul. ..i.
Time tiles from Powders straight to l'"
And knows no other goal.
His very wenkness makes him strung;
And be ho saint or laiiivo
His doctor jollies him along;
His wife's his willing slave.
In health, when duty calls, hh fhain
Constrain him to obey ;
When sick, he Is a king who reigns
And none disputes his suit.
I am a king with crown awry
Apil one thought In my pate; .
Just throw my vlinlim this vny, ana -
Wi b ad y abd cate. w. r
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