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Till .Villi Ii.Mion Hind 1'r.ifilK r nth ."i ilu ' Mn llulM.re su i.-vnirTiov Tnr.Ms Tim Evmsh 1 i n. i.iiviii ii ser.sl 10 ut acrltxra m i'hui.i i l 1.1 m. urr.'U-it tit iun at the rte uf inilu I'J units lsr tk pj.U.Is to the ch rlci . By mull to points uutnJ of I'hil.ulc.rh a in tho I'nlti'il 3t. s cuiiiJi. or I'mtnt stix.-ii pn (slons, iiln,' Itrr. nfn iV'i (oiitu n-r month. Six ($i ilollnm T 'ir pin ili In n.hflii.T To ull fur Ikp r.mn-rles on.- (Mi dollar mnntn Noti, r- ftitmrlbrie xvlrMnir n Uroim riinnttrd wui tfixe nil! mi well nil Tfu .iluii.ii DELL, loon WH.MT KfWOM JUIN 3000 XT Adtlrrij nli ccriimitniea (i to fifio'i; Public IfUlutr h h ifttdryrt S"iuarr 'nlui. 'p'.in Member of the Associated Prcs.s Till! ASSOCIATED '.'K.s.l it re'utli'lj en titled to thr HHi tor ri'piib.iro'i' '' il'l iti ' tjtlllcif- errditrrt to ( or nni .ilum iti rmlihil in ttn rapir. OHtl ahn thr Inrnl tripi tubltnhr,l thtvii. All riohti tf rri)nbhrctii of rrtial liMrtifene Arri-'ii nr ufm ri.ri nl riiiljilrlphli. (ri.liv. Mo 1. H2I UNDEMOCRATIC OFFICES LtXilC supports tin- Himii'i of Munleipiil Iteseui'i'h in its I'lftifisei of tin- priii tlee of eni-iimlioriui; coM-rnmi nt with ' imle pendent" honrils nml uniiiUsmn'- The nruumi-nf in f:inr of s i'-li hoilies h that their fiim-tinnitii; is fn-e from the in-flllelii-e of eli-c'.ioiis ii'nl ptiiiiiji's of inlniiii latrntlon. lnilt-peuditii-e from sneli 11111111 testations of tin impiilnr will 1 extoli d 1 the npoloRists. It is pertinent, however, to raise the Tery questinu posed hj the btin-an Is it Consistent to be both for dpiiinrrmM nud ngalnst it? If our theory of gorernmeiit is wrons, jx-rmam-nt i-n;nmisious mi itierense of ap pointed oilit-es is the nlterti:itle. Hut faith tli.it di'inoeraev still worhs implies belief in the elective method The ellieient operation of important branches of govern ment, state, municipal or federal, tu-ul nut necessarily be disrupted thereby. The election of the rit'lit ineii to otllce and serious loitsiilcration nf tliis duty b the electorate will offset the perils of change. Tt is not so iiim-li the theor nf the system as the practice which is i! fective ORCHESTRAL ACHIEVEMENT WITH its c inciTti? this rifri-rimon and to morrow night, tin I'liil.vlclphm drches trn roiintls nut two dei-ndi-h nf musical prog ress that is 111 its way tinp.ir.iin'ii'il 111 t lie annals uf Amerlmn Miltun- All of the great symphony ""ganizations of Ktirope. the lieuundhaiis f.nd tli" I.am oureux. for exnmple, are consul-rably more than twenty years old. The Itnstou Or chestra was dominating its held lone before the faintest cnncHption was ever seriously entertained of a similar enterprise in Phila delphia. It is ditlicult to hustle artistic development. Apart from its present influent e ns a potent factor in the musical life of America, the standing of the Philadelphia Orchestra is remarkable ns an in-tuncc of intensive growth. Mr. Stokow.ki w.is fortunati In building upon firm foundations laid by Pri'j; Seheel The drilling by the : mpvrnmen tally unappealing Pohlig also servi d 'In-new-corn r to good purpose Hut it innnot be deni.-d that Mr Stn kow ski's triumph is to an unusual extent personal IIi own gifts and the .li.l financial ha. king of the community haw proved nn admirable combination in stamp ing the lending musical organization of tins city with unimpeachable artistic authority. THE WEATHER TTIKW people know what a nor'catir is. jl. anil ii-wer Know or can imagine lae jiur- j pose it serves in the utn-irsal m acme nf things. Nn ..no in his s.-nsis umild think of apolugiz'tig fnr it And yet it may sc.-vi one useful purpose. Tt nin h a good many people to appre ciate spring whin it liualU em. rges from biding mid larn to behnv When tli" aierngi- man griiirbi-s about the weather of the in-1 f--w da' -. ask him how mnm Aprils and Mays ii."d with sun light and fragrant nils he let go lj in tin past without a v ird nf pipi-e o- a innuient of appH'i'iatie understanding That is ahiitit all w- hum t" suv about the weather It im t mudi Hut even deficient phihsophy is l..-t '- than none ONE PILOT AT A TIME DISAHMAMKVT ni one .jm .neon ,g d rlain fools is r. e.irdi d issue. It 1'ntin"' 1 1 si ' acting filum It un . mnds of 1 er !t a lists and the 11 n intertiaiioiuil t' h 11m nrition '' led UP In tlV nteri'tl liitn for diplomatic 1 urn sj, .mji the imrvJi ,f dic..vring .vhi-tlur 'h- na tions an read t" .-.ii.s di r the sijbju.f The ren-l ii'-s. (.f m. i.attun to discuss practical stcj tn.irtl !is.i'iin:iien' d-p. nd on the state of its forei-rn relatint. . If u nation in mi-nnccil h thi tlinat of force from nn 'pi.irti " i shreild ! inlent to the lnst thoughtful that it .'.'.nniit .io-il in weaken its si.a aid Inm! defenses If lien are nn nnsnttli.i d-pu'is wito nimtl .-r nation neith- - natmr can afford u d.-l.iuil its nrm'es anu scrip i's na r 1 .1 is' 1:1 Mich an 1- nt he .rtn"' n-ild " .1. ;.-'! to M-ctiri it- wi by fon Tin m-tiihc of the arm - nntl tin- na" is a sm - "iar antee of n n i-fol settlement "f 'In- d pute than if one of tli- nati-ni -Ii disarm It "hou'd he e nb nt fmn ti.s. 1 n Hid tlnns. so .,' n -lint lh matlc. tint In niitmnn when ilisnn 1 inn nt is t when it is not to In ire I'lilnst ,1x11, i 1 r f . .i id 11 ns d .- - ...ml n't'.i-n I'd hi di authority i 1 Ii hn rectir.i; f"n gn polio tli in 'lliis s 'ln Pres-rh n slsted thii' the nnril Inro'iig hn. il'l'i'"ir'ati'U. luli su.ns ioii-i stu.g or xi- to mite lin-nt should i-'intaii n 1 prm authorizing tin i-ci-ut, Ttfitntn fii.fl .Tntint l...... - .-.. ,.....- ernl ri'tiresrn-iitnes t- .1 d -nriuiiinrtlt iwi tin- otlu-r 11 iwers to ference 111 W-ishtngtoii Sucli proisinu' if they anintui'id to ,-int thing tn..r. than a jlimble of words wniild ,-- .in ur..i imi of tin' prerogatives of the Hecu'n. Tile initnt-M- -n all f.Hign ndatmus Ins with the I'l-esnli nt III- i-t r -isi s it through. his seorct.m of state Wlon the time is opportune the 1 an .nil a lisnrinatueiit con ference and nsk I'liiijn-o ' pn- the nece. nary npprnpt-iii'inn to im- -'s epeines This is trn- now nud alwan has b -en true. Ho' C'PT'ss has not been willing to Ijeen its hands off Alison Hurl iiganif for example when In wan 111 I'linii'i-o off'-riil n resolution rec.ig i'.lzing the indepenib lie of a rexoltmg jirox infe of Austria and when he was appolntnl minister to Austrin In I incoln tliat country refiiced to n-ee.ve -i-ii heiause uf his at tempted liit-rf r n i- i'h its affair Vet ilurllnglllne is ilie of the ablest men in piihlic life at the time ami he ought to haw I noWll liellel' As ,t l-iriieil out. Ills ii 1 o'tlttn n- ti ' i.i s .1 iiisolnt'oii nrii t ,ve li'm an otiiiiiriui'itv ' udilex. ,m m ternotlourjl reputation, but that did not jus tlfi lilx inritillliig with foreign nlTnlrs with out flic nutliorlty of thr President. If the 1 'lilted States Is to puss safely tliMUKh the preient grne erlsl In Its In ternntlntinl rnlntlons it must lie cnlded friitn the While 1 limit- in uoeortlniu'c with the express prn Islotis of the constitution. This tines not pivvi'ti' freiieiit .eoufert'lifes he tMiii the IVeilili'Di mid the lenders of Hie Si'imtr. hut II does llltMII tllllt if the -h'p of -lull' is t,. inue fniA.n'd there must 111' hill iili pilot 'I'lif Siliiiti'. forltiniiteh , took Hi" ills .nrt.inineiit provision from tl.e nuviil njipro pi'iiition hill in spite of nliji'ftion b those lni ish to rus'i forward without i-iitiiitiii;; the I'linsi'ipit'iues CITY'S AID TO EXTEND MIRACLES OF RADIUM With Authoritative Medical Approval, Council Should Provide the Money Necessary to Relieve or Cure Those Afflicted With Cancer IP CITY ('()I'N('II passes the ordinance just uppt lived by the health committee upon the advice of a group of physicians headed by Director Purbush and surgeons of tin- Philadelphia lieueral Hospital, it will spend almost a ipiarter of n million dollars for a tiny rod of metal resembling a short length of lend from an ordinary pencil Yet 110 ordinance cxer presented to the (Vumll was more deserving of' approval than that which would make this extraordinary pur chase possible. If the money is made mailable tin- city will soon hnxo in its possession a fragment of tin- strangest substance known to mini. It will hnxe something very much like n key to the door behind which many of the secrets of life are hidden, together with mysteries of magnetic force, of universal energy and of tin- power by which tli planets move. Moreover, it will obtain a menus of relief and comfort for ntllicted thousands who otherwise must face slow death by cancer. Tin-city will have two grammes of radium Pure milium is a metal and n great ileal more. It is perpetually hot. Out of itself it gives almost inexhaustible energy in the form of light. It hns been estimated that radium will continue to give off energy in the form of light nml heat for 1U00 years before it "dies." Carry it in your pocket without proper covering for a fw hours and jou will die. Touch it antl your fingers xvill be burned. It is the only substance through which atomic energy the energy that holds steel in mnssi-s and preserves life in all Ita forms nntl holds the earth and the other planets together- is automatically released in measurable ami xisible forms Original energy, as science understands it, is imprisoned within ntonis. the invisible moling division of nil matter If it could be released life would be completely revo lutionized ou-rnight. It is at-mimcd that an ounce of iron could be made to release force equal to that which is liberated by the ex plosion of a ton "f dynamite. If the power contained in the txvo grammes of rndium that tin; city may pur chase could be released at once instead of being permitted to oipend itself !owly over a period of thousands of years it would be sufiicient to lift from the bottom of the ocean all the warships sunk in the course of the recent xvar The glimpse that radium provides of the vast universe of power nntl motion beyond the narrow circle of ordinary human under standing has thrilled and ex en terrified- -.some of the wisest of men. All tin struc ture of earlier scientific deduction was badly shaken whn the discovery nud isola tion of the mysterious substance was first announced by Mmc Curie. It had been supposed t tint th" atom rep resented the ultimate form into which mat trr wns divided Ir. Howard A. Kelly, of .lohns Hopkins Iniversity. who knows as much about milium us any man alive, is authority for the statement that if all the implications of Mmc. ("line's discover- are to be ai-ceptnl. - nch atom may be n com plete unix ersc In itself, xvith forms nf con scious life as i-omplii atrtl as those with which xw are familiar. To isolate the txvo crotnnies of radium xhich City Council is asked to purchase, it would be necessary according to Mini" authorities, to refine abuit 'J. 000. 000 tons of ore. Physicians and surgeons and especially those xvho are engaged in the cure or treat ment of 1 ancer are interested in radium chiefly I'n.itise of tin peculiar penetrating power "f its light emanations and their effect uii.ui diseased human tissues. Thei liaxe r.n' accepted the strange metal a- a depi'iidab! cure" for cancer. There is po crta'ti tin- for cancer except early surgical treatn i.t. though tmw and then ladium tins been know r. to check the growth nud ehmi nnte 11 altogether Surgeons rely mi radium when cancer d xeliips 111 area- where the knife cannot rettrh or wheri 1 lining would be fatal. They r ly 1 ti It tin us the onlx means of relief be snlis opiates fur those xho have permitted the ti sense to progress to a point beyond th" powir of atn i-nrathc agent x or method I'xtiii'i"' experiments show that 'In radium niunutlnn filtered through -" iiallx p'npnred coverings, kill diseased .-oils and 'en fullv check the progress of .h-i "ruis it.-i-wtiis while having no effect 'vlnt . xi 11 iioriiial tissue). I.nng 1 -"s when they are normal gr-.' '1 '"rtain ordered ways, as the contini.nt.i-n .f Mm- iiurn.nl human type and n- nni' 1 -iiiian l.ariii teristlci shows When f.e ...ii' r i'.iii nm clearly undersioml. fits. ells grow suddenly "wild" anil drvi lup 1, .iliiiutma a;s, theri is cancer. -t .. tuberculosis, i-nncer is the dead I'i.i 'n.i , an nmictlnn. It is curable bx -11 i,.l s' -l'i 1 .11 its early stages. Itadmi -u,, uf-'. rs onlx incidental aid to physicians when . not accepted ns a last resort in I. 1. rve cases or to allay torrble pain In. city ought to prmide th- mgge.tnl impropriation for milium if proper iindeal I it' oritv npprnves lining that, it xouM ntinne as a pioneer in un-dlcal kcierin aid II the work of hospital riln-f. Philnde. iiiiui xx mild be tin firs' Ann rlraii cm tu stiihlish a minicipnl radium insinuation fur the benefit of suffering people w lm nppiv sometimes in hundreds fur special tri-ntrmnr it the Philadelphia tieneral Hospur, ,md win are too poor in t-mst instances to benefit bv this ip wet no-thud Hut it vx mid no- be the last A BUYERS' COAL STRIKE? THl'.Y are talk ng 111 Washington -ib .ut a buxers strike against tin coal opera tors and Senator I'lkins, .if West irgiiiia. sins that it Is "uiie of Ihe grave and iinuie d.ate prohb nn confronting the ejceeutive ami legislative branches of the federal gov 1 rnment Senator Pn-ltnghiixsi n of Ne-v .hr-ov, is proposing seasonal fr-ight rates, lower in tin summer than in the winter in order 'n encourage hummer Inning. He hns 1 ailed attention to the idleness of L'.'O 000 coal 'ins ami to the uneniplovnn nf in the pnn ing regions due as he snys, to the refusal of the public to buv coal Hut xx hv doesn't the public hnv coal'' If an nii"er can be found to this question, some wax mav In- found to git the idle coal cars linsx and tu put the iinemploxed miners in the mines One iibvioii. p-a-on is business stagna tion The industries that use bituminous cnnl nr not running nt full time and some . stiiblihhiin-nts are no' running it .1" 'Ho .win rs -will not bux cinl when th t , know whether M'j, will have au. u. 1 not f..r EVENING PUBLIC LEDGER-PHILADELPHIA, lt, and especially xvlien tli'cy hope prices will full. Another rea.ion, growing out of the first, Is tiiieinplojinent. .Men out of work cannot lay in their coal supply for next xx Inter nt the present time. The bnx-e not the money to pay for It. And few men xxho arc nt work are willing to pay $1.1 or ?M 11 ton for anthracite In (puintitle.s xvheti they feel Mint price Is inure than It Is worth. SILESIA AS A CRAB BAG SOMlH'HlNt; mmc than iion, lend, zinc and coal mines is at stake in the com plex mid deploinble Silt slim situation. The principle uf tin- sanctity of covenants Is Imperiled. The Polish uprising prlmnrlly slmivs contempt for solemn official engage ments. The rash "conquest" of some of the richest portions uf the plebiscite nren Is akin in its immorality to the fret-booting at Finnic and the recent aggression of Pniminn in the Costa Hit-an boundary dis pute. The policy governing both of those offenses xvns In effect, "If you see what you want, tnke It." Theoretically, the treaty of Versailles xxns supposed to repudiate such nn iniquitous code. Practically, departures from tin high standard hfti'e hi en discovered by u multitude of critics. How serious these defects appear depends upon the taste, temperament, ideals nml po litical persuasions, national and Interna tional, of the self-constituted revlcxvers. Hut criticism ns n whole has dealt kindly with the plebiscite principle. Absolute justice is elusive in this world. In seeking nn approximation It U obvious thnt the doctrine of self -determination Is respected by submitting questions of sov ereignty to the xvislies of the inhabitants of a given territory. If the ballot-box Is not n perfect mediilm of expression, it is nevertheless accepted as one of the best available. The plebiscite machinery worked admirably in Sclilcsxxig. Ilolsteln. The Danes, an ancient, long civilized nation, xvcre xvise enough to renlize that greed and aggression nrc in the erTd unprofitable. Their philosophy seemed to have been understood by their Herman rtx-nls The campaigning in the disputed territory xvns spirited, but the voting xvns conducted in orderly fashion. In con.se ipiencc the Schlesxvlg-Ilolsteln stnin on the map of Kurope is effaced. The issue is as dead as the once bitter dissensions between the red rose of Lancaster and the xvblte rose of York. The Silcsian question presented formi dable complications chiefly because of the mii-eral and Industrial xvealth of the region involved. Within nn area of .".OOD square miles there is concentrated a population of L' I'OO.tlOO persons. It is asserted in War saw that (12 per cent of this population is Poli.h Doubt of the accuracy of these statistics, and particularly nbout the distribution of races m the industrial, mining nntl agricul tural rtgiona, moved the makers of the Versailles treoty to attempt the plebiscite solution The pact explicitly provides for the policius nf the territory by troops of the Allied anil Assoelnttd Powers. 'Puis ex plains the presence o( the Italian fon-es in the region. Had the I'liited States ratified the treaty it is probable that sum American detachments' would hnx-e been present. According to the agreement, this interna tional occupation is to cud when the final disposition of 1'pper Silesia is determined by tin- special commission. The findings of this body are, in conformity xvith the treaty, to be based upon the results of the plebiscite. The balloting took place last March. Karl reports emphasized an oxcrxvhelming (icrtnnti xictory. Modifications .siibso quently appeared, and it was stated that xvhile the industrial districts went solidly Herman, the Poles were xvinners in the agricultural sections, ns'nlso in the mining lands. A full dctnilcd report on the subject has never been made publit . As a signatory of the treaty, Poland xvns official!)- pledged to respect the final axxard. Humors thnt it xvas llkelv to be adverse to her ambitions nrc saitl to have inspired the present outbreak. Innuendoes do not cense lure. The French may or mnx not he back ing the Polish movement on the side. In any event, licrnnny xxtll hardlx hed tate to make the most of a plausible sus picion In her present plight she xxill clutch nt nnything likely to embarrass the Allies and to confuse the reparations issue. If her x ictors sanction n xiolatinu of the treaty of Versailles, fiormanx's pleas for rx-ision xvill nsstitne a nexv nntl tlnngerotis signifi cance. The cris.s 11 one of the most alarming of the many that hax-e tnnde reconstruction in Kurope protracted antl painful. The Poles are recklesK Insurgents, willful viola tors of the pledge to accept tin- 1 ominis ston's ruling. Sticklers for the xvliole scale enfonenient of the treaty of Versailles will be guilty of gross inconsistency In extruding the least measure of approval to 0 clear case ,,f ag gression endnngerliig the vital principle of covenants. LITTLE FRENZIED FINANCE Till siilcitle of a Muorestoxxn banker who iiifhiihcd some of the funds of (us insti tution nnd a few embezzlements that brought di-aster only to the embezzlers represent tlie net results in tills part of tin untry of n pet mil thnt was filled with temptation fur any one xxith the instincts of n fn-nii-d financier nnd menus to gratify it. The irregular movement of stocks during the war nnd afterxxnrd made it easy for any gambler to see his way tu quick and easy mniiey. The fact that there was little nr no trouble in even the smallest and most uhscure of hanks when the air was filled v iih rumors of men who got rich In a few hours is additional proof, if any were tu edi-d nf the adequacy of the hanking system gen erallv and of line morale in th" arm., nf men to whom the public intrusts its nimu x THE LAST WORD AMATKI'H nud pnife.innal diagno-ti clniis of tills planet's ills max tun! nni. ti to displease them in the drastic ultimatum issued by the Allies to Cicrmany The terms nre severe the demand, are of formidable magnitude. This is not the tune though, to split hairs upon the eternal ques. tinns of hnrstiiiess or leniency. If the present program proves uuxvo-k able tin- door of revision can be reopened. More important than the need of n aching an ethionllv perfect settlement tmbiv U the paramount necessity of attaining .sonn- defi nite decision. Whatever the agonies in the making, tin character of tin- ultimatum is nn explicit rovelntion of official unanlmltx among the Allies. Tills is the prime viilm- of tin decree, for it wns perfectly evident that fiermany would refuse to think renllsticallx so long as the slightest possihllitx of profit ing by dissensions could he entertained Her recourse to American interference lias fnlled The others of her late foes have stated precisely and in unison xx lint tin x want. When the walls nf n situation are thus narrowed fiermnn Jot-keying is I1K1 1 tn cenic as it dltl In the eleventh hour before the armistice Infinitely worse for civilisation than an imperfect settlement of the reparations issue is the International anarchy resulting from a continuance of uncertainty. fi mnnv herself will gain bv giving a cate. gorical ncceptatice mid hv no other method The simile of Napoleon can I limit the amount of publlcltr lie unlay i conipln n got TPP AS ONE WOMAN SEES IT The. Value of the -Written Word to Never Underrated by the, j Advertising Man ' It) SAKAII D. I.OWItllC I WAS interested the other do) In tnlklng to a man who was about to rhnnge his job of editing for the advertising btndness. Since the war trcat corporations, lmve been more tnnn ever Impressed by the nil vlsaldllty of keeping the public gond-nn-Hired about their dealing with It, nnd the price of the time and the tnlents of such men ns enn get tliem over the top hns gone up nnd up. t)f course, not just nny suc cessful newspaper man can turn Into n successful advertiser, nml some nrc .lust born and some grow. I asked one man inst year who Is getting a very, very large snlary even for New York how he got into the game, for he hntl never written for any thing hut n college paper. And he said It wns through war posters. He lenrned by lils success with those the icri ot of catching the public's attention and holding It just long enough to leave nn Idea (hot sticks, lie hns In his short, simple sentence Or two to attract attention, to appeal to common sense, to create n wnnt nnd to show how that want can be fulfilled. He must wrlfe fnr the average mind, ,xrt not condescend; he has to be quick, yet catch the slow thinker; In order to nrrlve nt nil he hns to overstate, but he must hav the sound of not telling half, This particular man works only for the winter season In his town office; t lie rest of his business is ntteuded to nt his leisure nr nwn) from New York on his New Knglnud farm. .He leaves nothing to chance, from the turn of Ills sentences to the spacing of Ills headlines or the size of Ills type. Hi' considers ever) tiling counts either for or ngninst nn advertisement, from fne color of the background to the lnst flicker of n word as the page Is turned, or the train rolls by, or tin- motor rounds the corner. HK CALI.KD my nttentlon to the fnct that one must be enrcful In reiterating an'idea, either when' It Is accomplished by constant repetition or hv ringing the changes. The public must feel amused nntl ex-en tickled bv the recurrence of the expected-, not bored. Do said some vnudevllle artists and one or two renowned clowns hat! nn in stinct for ninklng the public lough by n re curring phrase until they word on the verge of h.xsterln, and lie nlso reminded me of the part n chorus has In 11 song or ballad, which he explained was a wny of fooling the public Into tnklng n pnrt In the performance. Tim very fact that at a certain point they enn anticipate what the performer is going, to say or do ninuses them nnd mnkes tliem feel knowing. A repetition thnt bores them Is one thnt implies they need to be reminded. TT J n HTItrCIC 1110 that the very successful J. man who bravely promulgated these rules' niui uncovered tliem after, not before lie innde lils success, however. I think thnt In ndvertlslng more than In most pursuits you lmve to feel your wny without stopping to nnnly.e yourself or your public. It is oulv perhaps after you have lost your public through some stupid neglect that you begin to scan your course to see where you lost out. I was struck with that this winter nt the time there were various public meetings held by the women of 11 number of civic orgnnl 7atlons to discuss 'the I. 5. I. nnd the qtinlity of gas it was giving the city. From n housewife's point of view the expressed opinions nt these meetings were not favor able. And the president of the I'. (!. I., fully awake to the fact thnt certain facts not perhaps understood by the public might change or nt all events neutralize the un favorable comments, was nt great pains to lmve certain women responsible for, these meetings npproached so that they might either stop the propaganda against the !'. (J. I. or see that both sides had n fair hear ing. Now this was good business on tin part of Mr. Hodine, and made one feel that there xvns one corporation officer fullv on to his job ; but if Mr. Hodine hail glanced back ward over the history of the V. O, I. and Its relation to the public he would lmve Keen thnt until three years ago he had under his hand 11 most admirable plan for keeping the housewives In n gootl humor xvith the 1". !. I. and in constant touch with the company . IP ONK bought a gas range or any cooking utensil three years ago one tould npply free of charge to a district representative of the coinpan), n woman who wns an expert not only on cooking but In bux Ing and pro viding fond. Tills export would come to your house anil show you not once, hut over anil over ngaln until you were proficient, how to market and cook with the greatest eton omy both ns to food and ns to gas. If you got in a fix nnd company wns coming anil tin- rolls would not brown nr tile lioots get soft, you could send her n hurry cull and she would come and show vou how. Sometimes when the mother of the family was laid aside or had died and the burden of getting the meals fell on a novice, these lessons would keep the family together ami make c slip of n girl who had known no work hut factory work since her school ihiv Into thnt finest -of all makers-11 home innker. Sometimes 11 tired nnd discouraged woman, who hntl taken to drink, would be pulled out of her slough of despond ami en abled to find the stimulus of good food prop rlx cooked and the reward of a husband who praised rather thnn blnmed. TIum- dis trict workers got very close to their cllenis. ami among flic foreign born did 11 great work of Amoricnnlzatfon. T KKMKMHF.It hearing the tale nf one cX. I perlence thnt Is perhaps typical. The agnit fir the district hail to visit periodl i.illx exery one using a gas range, and in the course of hep visits sh,. found one Hinge cemented over Ihe burners so that m gas xvould'bui'li. The woman said hi r hus band had done It out of spite. jc Wi., hunted up by the agent and admitted he had done It because his wife xxns careless and let the neighbors use the stoxe and wasted ns. Mo claimed he never got a good menl 111 home any wny, s,, l(. took his meals out He asroctl, however, tn let the district agent have a try with his wife, antl nuii'mrUcd her to get the cement out of the Inn tiers. Kvery lax for two weeks the agent appeared nni sat with thisxxomnn while she prepared and 1 onkvd the dinner. Ily that lline the woman wis thoroughly Interested nml had bcun to itiderstand balancing a nutritious nnd ap petizing meal and was giving her neighburi advice Instead of gns. (IMRTIMBS there would be neighborhood exhibitions o. if how to prepare nnd cool, our nml n iiuiirter. nml ,1... a meal in one 'Ittle Kitchen woillil lie Mill ot eager oliserv irs. The rivalry for getting the most and the best for the iioney was also a stimula tion much' resorted to by the agents, 'j-),,. matter of sick diets for invalids, of f((l,( f,,r babies and growing children was gone Into Perhaps It was the war that put n stop to thia broad-minded pnllex of gencrnl help, fulness, perhaps the t timpani f,.t that it xvas snfe to sell gas ranges no matter what happened and could cut down on this par ticular form of propaganda, but the fait t lint It vvas the women who are housewixes rather than the reading public thnt tnnst severely arraigned the company for lif change of quality of the giis seems to point to that as the side of the Is-u,. tmt ,S proved the most vulnerable. If not justiti ulily so, since it is claimed that the .ooklng power of the gas Is the same, then (),,, more reason one would suppose fm ti,, ,.m. pany to go into partnership wnh the users nf the ranges by hliowiliif them how to mok xxith economy and common sense I have liciuu woniieiing ir that limned 'mud nt experts no longer uiiii.eii tiy t. ,r. poratlon that brought them into existent e as social service xxorkers In honie-mnking could not be got by the City Welfuie )c. partment to tench Americanization by train ing the nexv coiners how to meet Hip tiew conditions In their Auierl'iiu homes. The Japanese Question In Texas I iota ihe Hiiiimiin I'osi Ah we understand this .In panes,, question ,11 'iexus. it Is nierelv a fi w Califmiilii ihcHtnuts in the lire that Texas Is nshed to l,i -jec out for the fmhlen Stall FRIDAY, MAY 6, 1921 . SA wSiVaWav. xSt Sub ,. 'JZWthrt?' to&r v'f J Mftefcaisrawwak, $$&mr ' vSSp . xJlU.. x....l. "'''.ix, rSlinift u isigTsa- Hytr? ra:-siMMMan3m' HiVMHif p' xm -mk . . 4imimT-r f HtfaiawasuTjiiB hv-i j v MiIukJtsjirr;73 w sH M lm .111 NOW MY IDEA IS THIS Talks With Thinking Philadelphians on Subjects They. Know Best Daily WILFRED JORDAN On Independence Hall TIIK first public museum nntl tho first public art xhlblt in Atnerlen were on the second floor of Indepeiidence Hall. Also, (here used to he a little zoo in the square which boasts now only a few venturesome squirrels In midsummer. Wilfred .Ionian, curator of Congress Hall nnd Independence Hull, believes that the foregoing nre only a few of numerous Interesting fncts about this national shrine of which ninny Philadel phians do not know. "Independence Hull is the only nntionnl monument of which tb,ere is kept nn accurate scnle drawing noting every feature, he said, "The cltv of Philadelphia had tho foresight to have tills done, both exterior nnd interior, primarily in ense of fire or other accident which might destroy the building. Thus t is assured that the old State House which shel tered the first Pennsylvania Assemblies, -and which saw such stormy sesshns ut the con stitutional convention, could be restored in detail were it destroyed. "Kvcry one knows how many events of. national import have tnken place there, but tnnnv do not know of Charles Vx ilson s Penlc's museum, opened soon nftci- the novo lutlon. or of the picture exhibition bold in 17S4. Peale xvas a painter contemporary with Stuart and Trumbull, who painted llilK'V Ing of the Declaration. A bald eagle, which xvas pnrt of Peak's zoo, Is still kept, stuffed. Housed First (Jus Plant "The first successfully operated ( gas illuminating plant was run in the State House. While doing some restoration work in the tower, workmen found tin tubing, an inner tube within nn outer, believed to have been port of this first gas plant installation. His gns plant Penle advertised In papers of thnt time ns a feature of the exhibit he ran on the second floor. He used to issue enrds of admission and nlso there were struck n number of medallions bearing his portrait nnd gootl for mlmlssioii to the museum. "At thnt time Independence Hnll wns the. Capitol of the stnte and the first tloor was used for official business. Here the first Colonial Assembly of Pennsylvania met nm Inter Congress used the same chairs nntl table and desks for the thirty-six: signers, of the Declaration, nlso members of the lonstltutional convention , "In nntleipation of the proposed sesqui centennial exposition here, I am making an effort to complete as far as possible the col lection of chairs used by these signers. So far we lmve twenty-three out of a possible- ""OiiVmost recent acquisition xvns gained in nn interesting wfiy. n the occasion of lioneral Pershing's visit here, when ho go buck from France, n cousin of his, '-'"m'd I Pershing, of Penllyu. as! oil to be allowed to view the parade from Inside the door. I allowed this, somexvhnt doubtful of lils identity until the general greeted him vnrmlv. Later Mr. Pershing tnlil inn he lived, i'n the old Fnujk mansion lit P'-nllxn, where Washington wns entertnlned nnd Snille Wlstar wrote her famous diary. Historic Chair Found "It appears that when he got the prop, erlv from the Drinker family he acquired nisi, some old furniture In the nttlc, 'all except Aunt Mary's choir. Two relatlv.s ,,f the Drinkers came to claim this choir, hut evidently were In doubt as to which it was. My Impression Is that they got the wrung one, for we found another chair, unlike the rest, which seems to be without doubt one of the chairs sot In by the signers of the' Declaration. "These chairs all showed traces of the Chippendale Influence In their designing and wen- matlc by an Kngllsh cabinetmaker named Plunkett 1 ioeon, nt Third and Chestnut streets "One 1 hair now on exhibition we know was occupied by tleorge Washington. In a letter to Ids wife, .I11I111 Adams noted, the peculiar design of this chair, a ChlneVe Chippendale. In the back of the chair is carved 11 large sun. Adams wrote tiuit In hud often noted this sun behind Washing ton, nnd often wondered, as the new repub lic hovered on the edge of Its being, whether thnt vvas a ilsing or setting sun. At length tin- convention finished its work, ami Adams said tliat he knew It was the lining sun of n nexv republic. "It was the speaker's chair, now cnllel the signers' chair, nud was used bv all the i-rcidcnts of tlie Continental Congicss, being later tnken to Lancaster when tin capital of Pcnusylxiinin vns removed STIRRING IT UP Franklin, as nn old mnn, hnd seen Wnsli Iiigtoti in it, nnd its fntne, like thnt of the other furniture used in tlie Stnte House, evidently hntl the snme effect ns did the history centering about the chair of former Secretary of War Maker. "You will recall thnt he xvns found taking the brass plate from the back of the chnlr lie- snt In, frankly admitting lie wns going to tnke it aw-ny from Washington ns n souvenir, That seems tn have been tlie wny things were done nt Lancaster and Inter n't Harrisburg, because nearly all of the chairs we have recovered and I hnve recovered six since I hnva been curator were gotten from families whose nncestors or reiatives hnd been In some branch of the povernment, legislative or executive. ICnnks Plrst as Museum "Independence Hall ns 11 museum ranks first In attraction in the I'nlteiPStntes, ac cording to figures of the American Museum Association. There were IM'J.OOO visitors last year. The next in order is Metropoli tan Museum, New York, with MILTON. Tlie figures here are taken nn n turnstile, which records each xlsitor's entrance. "Lnst year xve hntl 70,000 school chil dren here on edueatlnnnl pilgrimages. They were bctmtlcinrics of the 'Jocont' or teacher guide service which is found in institutions iiiHostou nntl elsewhere, but is recent here. AVe hnve employed nn ex-service tnnn Inter ested In these tilings to instruct these chil dren, sometimes as many ns (100 n day, and have found them very responsive. "Architecturally, nlthniigh few people seem to realize It. the three buildings, Con gress Hall, Independence Hnll (or the State House) nnd the old City Hall, nbout to be restored: are striking exnmples of the beauty nnd balance and gencrnl trend of Colonial building, "Their preservation nnd tho keeping nlivo of their trnditton is n tnsk wortli doing well, for they nre richer in historic fnct nml cer. tnlnly ns notable for what they signify as nre tne pyramids ot l.gypt or tlie ruins of ancient Home. We hnve done well to keep 1111 architectural record of the Stnte House. What would not other countries give to hnve kept like records of monuments equally great which nre now lost in antiquity?" What Do You Know? QUIZ I. What Is n half-Nelson? '.'. What Is meant by the sea term cabotage 3. On what river xvas nnclent Uabylon situ ated? 4 In what year did tho battle of Austerlltz occur? 5. What Is (i coppice? f. What Is a Heatlna? 7. Who 'wrote the novel "Henry Ksmoml"? 8 Whaftwas the principal patriotic .song of Southern Confederacy? P. Where and what la Topliet? in What Is an ari;ls? Answers to Yesterday's Quiz J The original Italian form for Xnpolcon'a name was Nahullone. :'. The right-hand rear tiro of a motorcar wears out fastest b cause It not only hears part of the driving stress, but moves on the roimhest sections of tho roadxvux! nnd III the gutters 'i I'letro Masc-ngnl Is 11 conteinioiary Ital ian comKiser of oiierns, espeulullv noted for his "Cavnllerhi Mustlcann " I. John Wllltea Ilooth, the murderer' of Abraham I. Incoln, xiis shot In the bend by a federal officer. Tlie barn In which Ilooth hnd taken refuge was sur rounded by his pursuers nml set on lire 5. H'nke Island belongs to tho I'nlteil States It Is located In the Pacific ocean at about l! north latitude and 107 cast longitude. (". Napoleon llonapaite died uf cancer. 7. CloelCH first came Into use In Kurono In the thirteenth century S. The planet Primus Is soinetlnies called llerscliel In honor of .sir William Herschel. no KiiKltsh nsirononu-r of (leruuiu birth who .Uncovered the stnr 0 Jlcrnardo O'IIIrkIiih xvas a I'hlU-.ui pa triot of Itlsli parentage on tin. main side, xxho.n military skill was Inrcely responsible for the Inilependencii of Chile from Spnin o'MigKln became supreme dlriotor of Chile, with illctn tortijt powers, In 1817 After several years of piogusslve rule he was forced to resign bv a revolution In 18'.'3 lie died In I. una, Peru. In I si'.' 10. The sibyls In ancient my limlogv woe certain women npiiii-d to ponsix m. v.ra of divination or prouh. cy and in. tercesslon with tho gods In behalf of upiill.inlH rcsorllptf to tltem. HT ter '.:.' X1 SHORT CUTS Old .Tnpe Luvius carries his damp jokes altogether too fnr. People xvho lovo cheerful subjects arc not discussing the wentherMhesc days. Tt is, of course, understood that a naval holiday should be cejebrnted with a lot ol big guns. The Supremo Allied Council Is at la.t using lnnguugc thnt the Germans can un derstand. Winter hns been flitting In the lap of spring so long that the young lady's knees have fallen nsiecp. ' These nre sntl, snd days when n woman hns to go to court to prove her right to spnnk her daughter. When one rends what France is paying for reconstruction one censes to xxonder if perchance licrtnnny has been asked to pj too much. It is generally admitted nowadays that in case of 11 naval bnttle thot nation will find itself up in the nlr that has the fewest airplanes thero. Ar wc understand It, President Hard lug xvill move toward disarmament at the enrliest possible opportunity, but ho doesn't want to be pushed. Snmitcl Vntcrraycr, of New York, hai discovered a Mnthtub Trust. Is there sl nifiennco In the fnct thnt the announcement is inndo In Moys' Week? The rnin may be disagreeable, ad mitted the Persistent Optimist, but did you ever ace (hn trees In Washington Square looi more beautiful thnn they do tbeso day? The Trenton boy xvho strewed tnrks in the path of tlie nutomoblle of his rival for a girl's nffectlon hns discovered that there is no truth in tho saying that nil is fair In love nnd wnr. A French surgeon In a remnrkahle operation recently is reported to hnve "re paired an artery as he xvould n bicycle tire. The patient In therefore now entitled to a little more free air. Objection to the Hornh proposal tu in clude a disarmament proposal in the naial appropriation hill is not based on nny an tipathy to disarmament, but has Its birth in disinclination to tic the hands of the Chief Kxccutivc. Rusinn Molshevists nre said to be plan ning the restoration of nccepted currener by authorizing the free and unlimited coin.iR of silver. In a spirit of modified friendli ness' Pncle Hnm might be willing to lend 'em Mr. Hryiin ns one more or less expert. Though the Spanish architect who Is making lirnve efforts to hnve the enstle of his native land preserved should bo com mended, It may be mentioned, us a side Isstio, tliat the cnstles In Spuln of dreamer everywhere are In nn danger of deinulitlon. A Purls theatre provides beds for drnmutic critics so thut they need not take lonesome trips homo nfter they have written their crltlclstiiH for the morning paper. The presumption Is, nlso, that they will not write anything that will prompt thef consciences to keep them awake, Women of Finnic who presented n dag ger to D'Aiiniinzio have lind It returned to them by tlie poet with tlie declaration that It may be restoretl to him when it Is blood stained in a good cnuse. That e'D' ron ' take n joke. The women were simply givins him 11 chance to make good his threat ol spectacular suicide. Straight from the calendar she stepped, With blossoms fresh her hair wns braided. Such molds into men's hearts have crept; And that, of course, is Just what Ma) ilia. Sweet Mo), contented lis n cow, Itciuurki'd, "I'tl have you pleobc w member Tiuit dn)N are not much colder now Than duys tee knew In lost Octcmber. "And gloom? Why, bless your heart, dr boy, I've know 11 them look nlmost ns sober, As near to lucking sun nnd joy, M As now, say, off in dour Septober. She paused nnd strnlghtxvny took two piUa. I had it notion strong, odd rot it. Win- had been drinking hooch for chlllj I woiitlcr where on enHi she got It;
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