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Itaw YunK HiuEtc The .s'i lluilllnr Losno.v Iii'iiKAt- . .T-if.ilR(ir lllM' StWiHIPTMN THI.MS Th CvRMX'i l' i".i LPs nil i fnnl to sal) ecrlbrs in I'lnl.td, It"1!.! find . fiurnunditii: town" nt the riito of incli 112) cents vtr v rk. pisuhla tho carili-r. By mll to pi'lnti omuls' of rMUde'.idilk. in Mi Vnltrd dtsi CiMisds. or United Ht,t- pos lonr, pAstime fr. f.rt inn cnt per month. BIT (10) dollnrs prr -,ir :-.iv,r. in u,tiin. To all for-lur onun'tios me ijl', di,nr a month. fOTtcr Suhrlb'rs nlnhlnc ailirpss chunged MUftt lv old as weil as new addrrn. BSLU1000 MTALNIT KF.YSTONF MAIN 1009 " Adtlrtss ail ruir.imuntcoMont lo Evtning I'uhUe hiAatr. hittrpnidenot Square, Vhilaitelrhin. Member of the Associated Press THE ASSOCIATED PRSS8 .! ueltuivffy tn. , Htlfd to the nae for republication of nil nnet dispatcher credited to It or not otherwise cedtted ( In lhs rnprr, nnd alio the local wi vihltihrd therein. All riohtt of republication of iprctal dispa'.cct herein are n'n reirri'fd. rMlidflphll. Xeiniiitr, Mar 11. 19tl LET'S HOPE IT'S TRUE CIOUNCII.MAX HAI.l. is pr.dirtiiiK a ' drop of thirty vmU In tti- U rato tn W fixed next DccembT It will come iilmut, he a.H, thriHigli an Incrt'iisi' in tli tilin' of taxable renl i-xriiti ntnl tlirnnsli 'l' exist ence of tiiicxpi'iiil'il !,iliinr. lie might Isii lmi' niil that the iiicrcasini: ruireliKH Ins power nf tin' dulur fiiaj li.ivi- soiiirtlilllB to do with It. The city ouslit tn prullt l) the full in prices the same as private busiiicus Is nrotit io?. Hut tlu- most iiiip.irtniit point in tho Ttmarlis of Councilman HhII ix tlmt which denN with the unexpended b.iliinre. Thin mentis that the business of the eity will be conducted this jenr more eeonomieally than wis exp"ete when the approprintiou- were made In the hndc't last December. The Mayor nnd his directors are evidintly dolns their utmost to conserve the public funds. MR. DENBY'S INGENUOUSNESS SECRKTAUY DKNT.Y'S Impatience lth hysterical prnler ntnl seiisatlounl inve ticators reveuls liis tmfnmiliiirity with the penalties of political ntlife. Insenibilitv to calamity howling i. uiipnred bv most ad ministrations ure the day of retirement arrives. Josephtis DunieN, ilioush lited a-" nn nmnteur on evernl counts, was often pro fessionally impervious to criticism. It is not known that he loxt any quantity of leop orer the recurrent liulliibnlm about the American administration of Haiti The present re ivnl of this charge i:l -rages and wearies his successor. "1 am sick JE having this thine recur." declares the iecretary of the navy. "It is the same old rot." Mr. Denny merely peaks out of tirsf ,hand acquaintance with the subject, his in i formation eonrenihig Haiti bini chleflt de rived from a recent personal Inspection of conditions in tliat Island republic. He has the tetnerif to disp.ite the nccusntintis cm bodied in n nieino'nl li three citizens nf a untioti whose history for nearlv a centur was n hvwnrd for misgovernment The secretary has a feeling that tlie snp. pression nf anarchy and chaos by the ma rines has been a ?ood thing for a turbulent country, and apparenflv he entertains flic notion that the restoration o? order is some. times accompanied by jijstitiable and con- triictive severity The head of the Navy Department may eventually modulate iiis ire when he comes to reolize the unattrnctiveness of common ense. I )isen. ination of its principles would soon put the irresponsible sensationalists out of business The prosnect is mcnu'-nimbl. nut as Mr. Denby's reliance on justice nnd calm reason la pathi'tli ull ,nsenK",s SILESIA IS A TEST TUT I'olieh uprising in I"; per Si. u ii.is been compared it!i D'Annuna o's I'iume dveiiturc While, however, tl.e.-e Is simi larity in the ca sen so far :n prin. iples are concerned, their prait.Ml as;,. , t differ widely. When the Inlai. freebooters marched into the Adria'e port the status of Fiiime liad not been i.eniinl determined by treaty. In theor there .- u.. obs. i.ntj about the Silesinn situation. The ireaty of Versailles provides for a plebiscite, which has been held, nnd for decision (m..d on Mice findings by the interallied mmUsion Ponding this pronouncement order ,n the disputed terri tory is to be 'nu'iituincii by the armed forces of the pow r. The I'oles line np'-iiiv re) ilerl nsm ti s this nrrangi'ioen t !.,. h tlie hecame. b sinning the treaty, a party. The peace of Euroi' is nice i. 1 h tlndr belligerence ar.d (irnnnnv nn point o the flat viiilulmu of it solemn pact The Kreneli need not fear that 'heir nio bilization, die to the itnhr invasion possi bilities, hns been in vaiu. There is a ta'n for u first-rate bodv of troops in I'olnnd to offset a lanle.s outrage The criis is n test of sincerity which the All'es cm. ignore only at the . mi of spreadiiii; the insidious doctrine of hud faith in internation.il deal ings. WHAT ABOUT PEACE GARDENS? DL'KINt; t.'i. ..ar .M'ars. unn ..rbod was rich, innate ir gardening become i great fad. It was a profitable an! even a fascinating exercise of mu'.ele and imagina tion and faith So far us we huve heard, and though times are l.ard and prce- liiith, there has been no such general rush t . plant gardens this spring And yet gardens are more necessary now than they were two years ago Those who practice gardening as ama tours insist that it is the king of spurts. Hut it is a sport in the true rather than in the conventional sense Nobody advertises special tweed toggery to be worn in honing com nnd there are no annual displays of the newest things in spades. There are no gar dening champions and the achievements nf gardeners are not reflected gloriouslv in dally score bulletins from the lettuce patch or tho onion bids It would be a pity to aee home gardening pass nut as quickly an It came in. MR. BRYAN IN THE SOUTH IS IT in response to a decree of Provi dence that William Jennings Bryan, tireless advocute of self ddi rmlnation for those who .agree with him and unflagging champion of the laws of freedom and human brotherhood, has taken up n permanent resi dence in Florida with a view to a nomina tion from that state for the Senate? Mr. llryan is intolerant of injustice. His heart la wrung by thoughts of violence and oppression. Hurely he is needed in the South of today, Th governor of Georgia has publicly In dicted his own people for their outrages against the Negro, and it has called for a icraBecIfaolng and for some formal course of nuthorltaUte action liVely o check the Increasing general tendency of Georgians toward mob law and lynchings. The sta tistlcH he cites are appalling. While the governor was appealing to his people the ICti Klnx Kliin, which only a few enrs ngir was regarded as an organization of dangofous outlaw s. was conducting public Initiations In some of the far southern cities and parading with white masks and shrouds in streets guarded by the police. Nebraska., being a peaceful place, can spare the PiNiccntnlciT. And if a preacher of the light ever was needed anvwhere, he Is needed at this moment In the South. What Mr. llryan should want to do in the Senate while things arc ns they are in Florida nnd l.oorgln is hard to understand. THE GROWING COMPETITION BETWEEN "GAS" AND STEAM Jitney-Trolley Fight Is Expanding to Include Railway Lines and Motor Transport Systems WHAT the wiso men ot these times speak of as economic and scientific progress Is clearly a good thing. No otic ever hns beou known to mi.v llntly that It is not inevitable anil desirable. Yet the processes by which civilization i advanced actually work un expected hardships on n great many people and often appear to those immediately af fected as processes of evil. Here, for evample. Is Julius Kruttschnitt. chairman of the board of directors of the Southern Pacific llailway. who told the Senate interstate eommcrcn committee yes terday that If the railroad systems of the country are to thrive and continue in etli '!ent operation we must "stop the use for common-carrier purposes of highways built with public money without adequate tolls or proper regulation." The reference is, of course, to motor transport. Suddenly the question raised long ngn in controversies between jitneys nnd trolley systems has epanded as it had to sooner or later and assumed national proportions. If public highways are not to be used by common carriers, w! .. have they been built? The Southern Pacific Hallway, like all other groat rail lines, hns been feeling the pinch of financial necessity. It has been feeling, too, the increasing pressure of motor compe tition. Just ns the fiscal and operating policies I of street railway lines have been confused in some instances by the appearance of the relatively unimportant jitney, the groat trunk lines of the country ee in the growth of the motor transport industry sources of increasing trouble for the present nnd the future. To suggest that motors be restricted on public roads in order that the railways may not have to compete with them is to preach the most primitive of economic philosophies. The growth of the motor freight system proves that the public, which pn.ix fnr the highways, participates in the benefits of the new method nnd draws from its investments in public mads more than it drew before. To penalise motortrucks and make their normal use dillicult would be to deny the general ndwmtnscs of modern science nnd invention. The railroads, on the other hand, are and will continue to be the nerves of the country. They nre at a disadvantage in the growing war between steam and gasoline. Motors cannot supplant them or render nnything like the service which they perform. Their equipment is enormously costly nnd infi nitely complicated. Their interests will be fulh protected in nny wise policy of public administration, just ns the interests of trol Ie lines will be pmperlv safeguarded in nny community which recognizes the inadequacy of casual competition of an unfair sort de UM'd merelv to take the ens' money nnd b ave the hard work of development nnd pioneering to the rail lines. Hut the war is on and the gasoline motor is proving its ability to bo as revolutionary a device In pence as it was in nr. Only by a long series of trinls and ndjustments can the ense het en steam and gasoline be adjusted. It will be ndjusted not by methods of ri pression nnd restricion or by special legislation, but by the gradual evolution of a new sort of general transport system in which gasoline and steam will play sj. .. cia'.i::"d part- There ought to be no conflict of interests In the field of general transportation. What is new oi, ght to he utilized to increase the serviie clhctetiey of what is alreadv estab lished Cnmlli -nuking was an important indus try in Loudon when illuminating gas w.is first fntroduc.d to the world. The candle makers groaned and predicted explosions nnd disasters and demanded protection i ins ..impales in turn viewed with horror the first im ices intended to light streets bv dect rieit;.. They talked like Mr. Krn't schtiitt mil suggested prohibitive legislu t'oii Hut -iiey endured to make a vast lot of n.oti' v and they are doing fairly well fod.1T Tie s.-wing machine was called dti in famous dev e, Sensitive people objected to it because ir "was sure to put many seamstresses out of employment Kveryhodv i Inniors for progress, but prog ress is made with infinite difficulty - in politics economics, in science and philoso phy end everywhere else. People arc uetunlh afraid of progress Tl' important fnct in the pit-suit in s'linii- i- that rho gasoline motor ha nr rived It innnnt be held back. It cannot lie w ii red into the background nny more Mini, tlie stonm engine or the sewing ma cli'ne or the incandescent light could be vnveil mt i the background. Tlie tlung to do ii.cv is to mnke the host use nf it and. I, s, e.iri(i,. imllcies devised for tlie general good, make it a help rather than a hindrance t , the great railway lines Tore is Mist room fur impi moment in e gonirnl freight and pn-enser carrying - stem of tho I'nited States There are vasi areas nnd innumerable communities vir tually cut off from main trnflie nre rios. It 'likes people too long to get about in cities. The united facilities of railway corporations, street railway companies arid motor sys tems exerted under u common plan will yet be required to give the country tlie service It needs in the sparsely Kcttlcd rigions in suburbs and in the cities. To talk of fighting the railroads or the mllivs to a finish or of "suppressing" the gasoline motor is to talk sheer nonsense A PATERNALISTIC PROPOSITION SHNATOIl KKNYON'S bill p.ovldlin fui tin: creation of a new executive depart ment of public welfare, the head of which ;s to sit in the cabinet, is not likely to go through by unanimous consent. Too many spcml interests nre affected by it and it interferes too radically with the plans of others fnr it to be accepted ns tl.o perfect solution of perplexing administrative problems. The bill provides for four nssistant secre. taries. each of which is to have charge of special functions. One of them will loon after all the educational activities of the federal government and ulll take over the duties ot tlie commissioner ot education Another will have charge of the public health activities, including research work, quarantine, sanitation and hospitals. A third wil. devote his time to whnt is known as social service. He will be responsible for tho women's and children's bureaus and the Roy Scouts and the Ited Cross. And the fourth will assume all responsibility for the Administration of the service for the benefit of the Var veterans, such as Insurance al ldtinent, payroentJof bonuses if any are grnnted, schools for vocational training nnd the like. Aside from the wisdom of establishing such a department, it may bo assumed thnt the cotiserintivo influences In Congress will object to such formnl indorsement of pater nalism as would be involved In crenting n federal department to bo devoted to it. Some of tho activities in which the new de partment is to be engaged wore once thought to belong exclusively to the states. Hut citizens of the states, who cannot got tho people at home to do whnt they wish, have long been seeking to induce Congress to authorize the federal government to order thnt the things be done. That is, they hnvc been nsklng a federal appropriation to bo apportioned among the states in proportion as they meet certnln standards Fot un in Washington. The penalty for not meeting tho Htntulnrds Is the loss of federnl money. The Kenyon bill provides n concrete ex position of tho plnns for n public welfare department, nnd exhibits what the con trnli:rs nre after. If an) hill of tho kind goes through It is likely to be different in many respects from Mint now before Con gress, s THE INEVITABLE BACKDOWN PODOIXft nnd evasion no longer profit able, (icrnmny hns accepted uncondi tionally tho Allies' reparation terms. The events resulting in submission to the explicit demands of the ultimatum significantly recall the preludes to the armistice. When there Is nothing else to do, Germany will acknowledge facts. It is reported from Herlln that the new Wirth ministry hns bowed to the terms in order to spite Frnnce. nnd with the view of convincing the t'nlted States nnd Great Hritnln of German sincerity. In other words, Germany Is angry enough to espouse n course of honesty. The rest of the world will not be dis tressed if this method of heaping up coals of fire is consistently pursued. The perils of a new military movement, desired by no body save a few imperialists and desperate politicians, hnvc boon averted. Genuine pence construction in ICurope is in sight. These arc the welcome realities, and the indignation which bns prompted Germany to submit' is additionally gratifying. The iidvuntnges of fair play are not diminished oeu by the most spiteful motives. In justice to the new government in Ilerlin. however, it may be said that Dr. Wirth's plea for acceptance was frankly and manfully phrased and sounded a new note of straightforwardness. This chuiiKi'd tone, if sustained, should render the execution of n genuine pence program easier than at nny time since the signing of the treatv of Vor- -Jlll.s. APOLOGISTS FOR TYRANTS SOMK two decades of brutal tyranny und ignorant oppression are evidently in -sufficient to depress the forces of press ngenfry organized on the modern fashionable model. The tale that the suicide of Senoritn Cabrera, of Guatemala, was the consequence of her despair over the imprisonment of her father Tstrada Cabrera, the cruel, re actionary old ex-dictntor of the Central American republic, mny on its emotional side be true. Hecent dispatches narrating the tragedy dwt'll significantly, however, on the plight of tho former tyrant and nre nb viouslv intended to arouse public sympathy abroad. The story benrs the . un.-nistnknble ear mnrks of deliberat" press-ngenting, nnd ns such is highly typical of the way in which Latin-American politics is so often played for the benefit of outsiders Kx-dletntors hnve adopted the practice of maintaining wary publicity bureaus in New York and New Orleans nnd sometimes Snn Frnncisco nnd I'l Pnso. The hundy scribes fnr Pnncho Villn nnd Ciprlano Cntro scored some strik ing successes in their day. It is a fact that some years before the expiration of his rule Kstrnda Cabrera was a name of dreadful omen in Guatemala. His people, mostly Indinns, feared him, and ho returned the sentiment. An attempted assassination by means of nn Infernal mnchlm; of tMs ruthless presi dent resulted in the establishment of n ban against the introduction of electrical ma chinery in tho republic. This wns but one of the many manifestations of his insensate methods. When the earthquake almost destroyed Guatemala City a few "yours ago the terrified Cabrera seized a large portion of the Amer ican Ited Cross supplies for himself and his inner circle of partisans. This was the crowning infamy nnd a revolution soon broke out. Cabrera's escape wns cut off by determined bands of natives sharpening their machetes on the rails on which the di spot's train wns expected. l! nevci nrrived. The provisionnl government seized the pnnie-strikon ex-ruler nnd bestowed him in eomfortnble .but woll-gunrdcd quarters. It hns been said thnt Cabrera accepts his in carceration with considerable philosophy. It is better than almost certain death. I'nder his successor, the enlightened nnd liberal-minded Herrera, Guutemala has en tered upon a now phase of progress, slow, for the effects of Cabrera's misrule are not to be dissipated even within two or three years, yet solid. PRICELESS MARBLE O.NK hundred years ago this year there was placed in the Louvre in Pnris u statue which has been the admiration and despair of sculptor, ever since. The Venus of Milo, nrmless though it lie, is n ligure- of surpassing beauty. It hns been accepted as the ideal model for the female form. The physical directors of the women's colleges are in the hnbit nf announcing every year or so that u girl has been found nmong the studeiits whose proportions correspond to those of the Venus. Some of them go so far ns to compnre the chest expansion of Oie living girl with that of the statue. The approaching centennial of the arrival of the statue, lias led to a discussion nbout the way it was secured. The guide-hooks sny tlmt it wns sold to the French Govern ment for fiOOO francs. Hut the Louvre hns recently published a statement, which, while omitting the sum paid for the mnrble, tells an interesting story of the cupidity of the Melos inhnbitnnts when they learned that something had been dug up from the earth that had financial value. A servant of the French ambassador nt Constantinople attempted to gut possession of the statue by bribing tho Hoard of Aldermen with 750 francs. The transaction was discovered und he Tur'itlM Government fined tho com munity 7000 plasters. No on should assume, however, that the Turkish Government wns shocked at the conduct of the French servant. Turkish servants were capable of the same kind of Mirlfty conduct. The Turks merely saw nn opportunity to got 7000 plasters from Melos and embraced it. Just how the French am bassador finally got possession of tho statue has not been told. Hcforc tho summer i over some one may dig out the facta from a musty record and then we may know what the market vnlue of old marbles was in MoIob in 1R21. Hut whatever the French ambassador paid for Venus, the peoplo of Paris know that no American millionaire has money enough to buy it out of tbo Louvre today, AS ONE WOMAN SEES IT Sincerity, Earnestness and Convic tion Win Highest Points In Ora torical Contest Among Schoolboys Ity SARAH I). I0V1HE I HAD n very interesting experience last week which I owe to two functions it hns fallen to mo to fulfill in this town. One Is my temporary chairmanship of the Phila delphia League of Women Voters, during tho absence of Mrs. Dunning in Europe, and tho other is my position on the Evemno Prune Lkdokh. The experience was my being chosen by n committee of public school boys to net ns once of three judges In an oratorical contest conducted by the Library League of the Free Library of Philadelphia In the library assembly room, Thirty-ninth nnd Walnut streets, West Philadelphia. There have boon four of those .contests, and until this year the judges have nil been men, but the boys thought It only fair that, as women now had political rights, they should, so to speak, be given oratorical ones, too. Moreover, it was felt that tho press should be represented, so ns betweon the Dollys and Poggys of journalistic fame, my name was chosen for its lack of frivolity. 1 wns thought to be older, I FOUND Miss Williamson, the supervisor of club work and of story telling for the Free Library system, the master of cere monies, with n number of librarians and the chairman of each club of the league, already on hand when I nrrived. The chairmen are mostly university men who have boon high school boys and notable orators or debaters In high school or league contests in the past. These last were Morris Wclsman, Southwark Club; David Gordon, South Philadelphia Jr. Club; Carl Dow. South Philadelphia Club ; Anthony Fret7., Klngscsstng Club, and Isador Kntz. These men nctcd as coaches for tho contestants and wore most of them the modal men in previous contests. Of the judges Mr. Lottlnger acted as chairman, and Mr. Homer, who is a noted debater, coached us ns to the rules governing the contest. My part was to have a new expe rience and to enjoy myself nnd to greatly admire the orators and to learn what the points were by which such youthful speakers should be judged. I discovered that the four main points were: First. Manner of delivery, i. c., en trnnco, posture, gesture, finish. Second. Voice production, i, c., pronun ciation, inflection, Third. Effect, I. c., nppenrnnce, appeal, power to move. Fourth. Appropriateness,' i. c, subject, populnr or classic, apt. THE boys were nil young, belonging to the seventh or eighth grndc; their voices were npt to go shrill in their onger effort to fill tlie big room with their sound and fury. Only one had n voice that was uuchlldlsh and low -pitched and wns capable of n variety of Inflections, Only one used a gesture, nnd only one smiled when he wns spenking, or Indeed could be said to change the expression of his face with the change of ideas, but tho speeches nevertheless were surprisingly well nnd vivnclously delivered, with conviction und with good emphasis and without uny halt or self -consciousness. The English wns well and very clearly pro nounced with only n shade of foreign tang here and there one "w" pronounced like "v," nnd an accent perhaps once or twice on nn unusual syllable. As will be seen , from the program, the speeches cnllod for considerable intelligence from the audience, yet the young orators made their point and turned their arguments and Hung out their scorn or shouted their enthusiasm with a fine sense of tho meaning and of rhythm. THE speech on democracy was composed from fragments of other speeches and from sentences of his own by the boy who gave it. nnd he gave it ns one convinced and intent on convincing. The wnr message from Woodrow Wilson's speech was given with a slow dramatic art thnt was very moving. Our tuition and our flag and wnr were given with such fervor nnd decision nnd shrill nppenl to pntriotlsm thnt quite shook the thin boyish bodies. The Lincoln's birth place apeccB wns made by n boy who ought to mnke n good administrator anil leader be i,s so firm and nent nnd henrty. The boy who spoke on nntlonnl Ideals had by far the most inflections nnd changes of manner, and, as my fellow judges remarked, had been very cleverly coached. IT WAS enlightening to hoar from the ap plause what was liked and what was ad mired and what wns discounted by the boys themselves and their fellow club members. I oni not at all sure Mint the very pains taking decision of the judges really met .with the approval of the majority. I confess that the result wns not in every case whnt I would have come to ns my single conclusion, because something which J felt was an artistic triumph, the result of temperament, was discounted by the two men who were wise in boys and In rnclal characteristics. They said it lacked sincerity, it wus nn as sumed mood; not so much n parrot imita tion us n self-conscious attitude without inward conviction. That viewpoint of the two judges very seriously given interested me more than the whole contest. Evidently no tongue in the cheek, Mark Anthony orntory, however nrtlstically set to entrap, is to be encouraged ns a gonl out side the playhoUEC. It would be well If all political bunco could nlso be discountenanced, ns well ns nil demagoglsm directed nt men's ignorance could likewise receive the "onrly frown." I SHOULD say both for the conches and the judges, earnestness rtnd convictiou were the points counting most, politeness nnd good form in address counted next, and voice production was the least consideration. The silver cup for the best all-round speaking went to the South Philadelphia Jr. Club. The highest medal to Morris Mann for his speech on democrncy, with honorable mention to Davis Kaufmnn for "The Wnr Messnge" nnd the silver mednl went to Carl Schauffelo, who had more points on de livery and general effect than any one. FHEE LinitAIlY OF PHILADELPHIA LinilAIlY LEAGUE Fifth Annual Oratorical Contest May 0, 1021 1. "Our National Ideals," by William Hnckus (iuittenu; lsraoi vuiucrniau, South wnrk Club. 2. "Capltnl Punishment," by Hlenklc wicz; Jnck Wcincr, South Philadelphia Club. 3. "Lincoln's Birthplace," by Woodrow Wilson; Murdoch Goodwin, Kingscsslng Club. 4. "Democracy : Morris Mann, South rtiuaaeipiiia ,ir. uuio. IS, "The Crisis in Education," by Carl ;c; Ilnrry Knit, South Philadelphia Club II. "The War Messnge." bv U'nlrn, Iec Wilson; David Kaufman, Southwark Club. 7. "Our Nation nnd Our Flag," by Charles Sumner; Carl Schauffelo, Kingses sing Club. 8. "War." by Charles Sumner; Max Chcloinsky, South Philadelphia Jr. Club. The nbove program would havo been highly creditable fox grown men ; it was remarkable for young Ifoys, and more encouraging for the future stability of our social and political future than all tho American Day speeches put together. The two judges, who did tho actual de ciding while I profited by their experience, were : Prof. Leonard A. Lcttinger, Central High School. Mr, Austin Homer, ,T. E. Caldwell & Co medalist and prize debater, graduate from high Bchool. Senator Salvatore A. Cotlllo, who has failed in getting from tho New York Legls lnturo an appropriation of $10,000 for tho 000th anniversary of Dante's death, says ono of tho legislators withheld his support believing that Dante wus n New York hall player. It's a good story, but it would have been n better story If tho legislators as a body, believing that Danto was a ball player, had authorized the appropriation, 4WJlffJ&Essfcirsf 'fcS'"- NOW MY IDEA IS THIS Daily Talks With Thinking Philadclphians on Subjects They Know Best THOMAS ROBERTS On Drug Peddlers T HACKING down drug sellers is, In a mensure, comparable to big gnmc hunt ing, is the opinion of Thomas Roberts, specinl federal narcotic agent in the Phila delphia office. At least it is fully as thrill ing, says Mr. Itobcrts. "The big follows, especially, who arc the ones that we arc most nnxlous to capture," said Mr. Hoborts; "are regular marvels when It comes to keeping one guessing. The schemes which they develop to carry on their illicit traffic and outwit the authori ties are worthy of ft bettor purpose. The same skill nnd wit, used in a constructive way, would place them high in the ranks of the community's citizens. "If one were to look nt it purely from the standpoint of the pleasure nnd excitement which you get in matching wits with these fellows, in defeating their schemes, cupturlng the drugs which they attempt to dispose of, preventing it frqm being distributed, nnd in catching the big fellows themselves and 'getting the goods on them,' so that you will be able to present evidence In court that will convict them, this business would have many compensations. Used Mails for Deliverance "Tho cunning of a Machiavclli. the strategy of n Napoleon or n Foch, und the guile, craft and nerve of history's noted figures arc nil combined in these fellows. "I arrested two young fellows the other day, sons of wealthy parents, who hud n prize scheme to get drugs through the peddlers nnd users. "It was nothing more or loss than a plan to use tho mails and let Undo Sam do the work for them. They reasoned that In this way they lessened the personal risk and that Uncle Samuel would simply be guilty of breaking his own laws. It was it pretty scheme. "Hut if they thought that their risk was lessened when they got into court, they had reckoned without their hoBt. When they finally get there they will learn their mis take nnd learn their lesson thoroughly nt that. .... "I trolled several well-known users in the central section of the city. One of them hn.l been sick in bed for a month. I knew that he was getting the drugs regularly. He did not come in contact with any ono except his physician, who I knew was too reputable a man to have supplied him with drugs, unless thej were an nctual medical necessity. Regular Mail Deliveries Give Clue "There was ono point that struck ray fancy nnd that was tho fact Miat the post man delivered it little colored package each day, os regularly as the clock works, "I followed up these mall deliveries and found that it contained many packages of drugs. Then it was but a stop to go to the source and thcro find tho senders. I was taken for n drug addict, got the drugs on a number of occasions, until I finally dis closed my real identity und pluced them under arrest. "I got a big thrill when I tried to urrcst a big distributor, whom I hnd led to believo was about to make me n $5000 sale. As I placed him under arrest, ho made an outcry and the next tiling J knew I wus surroundcii by a crowd that tried to take tlie prisoner from me. It becamo n case for tho hospital before I was ablo to close tho incident, and might havo occasioned several funerals if I had not had the good fortune to retain ray "I recently completed n purchase of enough drugs to keep the city happy for u week. When It came to paying, I was forced to produce a gun to show tho seven peddlers in tho case the error of their ways und tnko them to tho commissioner. In cidentally the capture included un expensive automobile. Rank Official Sentto Jail "In my visits down South the big fellows in the business gave us a lot of trouble. The difficulty was in getting the man higher up. My work directed my attention to a bank official, a man whoso reputation was ap parently beyond any possible question of a doubt, who ranked high in the community in which he lived. "nut patience brought its reward nnd the titnc came when I was able to get the cvl- "AGAIN OR YET?" Wr' . ''l iWi w.m&77jfiy''' -'" deuce necessary to send him to jail for n term of several years. "Despite the fnct thnt the peddlers arc clever, there nre times when they nre like infants in the hands of a resourceful man who knows the gnmc. "They nil hnvc their weaknesses nnd the thing necessnry to do is to ferret them out nnd piny upon them. It is a dangerous business hunting down those fellows, but there is un undcnlnble fascination In it thnt cannot help but nppeal to one who likes the element of chance in life. "Some day my service will come to an end, but I will never regret the time I have spent In it. It has paid in thrills for every minute that I have spent in it." Humanisms Ry WILLIAM ATHERTON DU PUY THE greatest trouble that women will face when they come to participate in public affairs, says Miss Alice M. Robertson, con gresswoman from Oklahoma, is to divorce themselves from the merely personal phnsc of things. They will be too prone to indorse persons, not mensures ; to nccept opposition ns being personal rather thnn a matter of principle. She worked with n certain woman down in Muskogee, she says, who wns n Democrat. They both opposed woman suffruge. After suffrage enme, however, Miss Robertson found herself a candidate for Congress. On election dny she went to the polls nnd loyally voted for herself. As she came out of the polling place she found her former crusader ngninst suffrage, her Democratic friend, had just driven up tn a flivver. She wnntcd to enst her ballot, but the flivver wns full of children nnd she hated to leave them, Miss Robertson grnspod the situation. She walked out to the nutomobile nnd volunteered her nsslstunce. "I will take core of the children," she said, "while you go in and vote against me." This is the spirit, she snys, that women must come to show. It will take some time. What Do You Know? QUIZ 1. What is the name for the broad Mat limbs of whales or seals? 2. Whnt Is the orlRinal meaning of the word churlish? 3. Wlint Is a recrudescence? 4. What is geomnncy? 5. Hound the state of Maryland. C. What Is a cavy? 7. What kind of a drum used in an orches tra sltB In a hemisphere of copper or brass? S. Whore was ancient Medea? 9. What Is tho literal meaning of mignon ette? 10. What Is tho English railway term for Answers to Yesterday's Quiz 1. Tho clgnr term Colorado mnduro literally means colored rlpo or colorod ma ture. , 2. Perez Galdos was a noted Spanish novel- IbI nnd dramatist. Amon his most famous works are the story "Dona Perfecta" and tho play "Electro." He died n few years ngo. 3. Tho nirkenhead was n British troon steamer, wrecked off the Capo of Good Hope, February 20, 1852. Tho troops formod nt tho word of command and went down nt their posts, hnvlnir nut tho women and children In tho boats Moro thnn 400 men were drowned. 4 A classls Is a Judicatory In certnln churches, as tho Hutch and other Re formed Churches of Kuropo und Amer ica. Intermediate between the consls. tory and synod, 6. Touchstone In Shakcspearo'o "As You Llko It" snys, "Your If Is your only peacemaker: much virtue In If." G. Merlin vnB a half-legondary Hrltlsh bard of tho sixth century A. I), in tho courso of tlmo popular Imagination nnd confusion with another of ho samp name made him the enchanter Merlin of tho Arthurian legends. 7. Tho character of tho fatuous Mr. Humble occurs In DickenB' "Oliver Twist." 8. Parisian working glrlB wero originally called grlscttcs because they usual v wore gray. The word grlsette lltera y means "little eruy," 9. Kansas is the Sunflower State, 10, The loganberry Is a crosil between the blackberry and the raspWry, '7 '' TI If SHORT CUTS To put it mildly, there seems to be some discordance in the Hymn of Haiti. Happy the man this week who has t small boy or girl to take him to the circus. Italy has just lost a diplomatist 102 years old. Evidently used his art on Father Time. It is harsh philosophy but justified by history : Whether the Polos are right or wrong depends entirely on their success or failure. Despite the dispatches coming out of Rerlin, there is no strong reason to believe that the German Government Is grieving over the trend of events In Upper Silesia. General Sawyer might have had better luck boosting the Department of Public Wel fare if he had chosen n gathering of politi cians instead of a bunch of college presidents. Another thing the publication of the slackers' list will do will be to draw atten tion to the fact that Its preparation has hern marked by a certain amount of slovenliness. I, of P. professors so designated may console themselves with the thought that there Is n oertoln amount of distinction con ferred on those singled out as being "most unpopular." If It be true, as alleged, that Japan lias decided upon the unconditional surrender of Shantung, the gesture may be altruistic, but the nverage man will look for the fact that mnkes It expedient. Even the most pacific must admit that France's show of force in the Ruhr has dono more to bring ubotit agreement in the Reichstag to allied demands than any num ber of soft words. Tho chief of the general staff of Switzer land snys the American troops in Cobleni are the finest he has ever seen ; and we modestly admit that ho Is a wise guy and Indubitably speaks sooth. The bill prohibiting Federnl judges from accepting outside employment while on the bench might hnvc greater force if its per sounl application )ero less mnrked. Tlie point on the Dial is too pointedly Latidis. Though what Rornh ,lclls of Panama tolls Is evidence ot n wish to embarrass the administration, it docs not follow that the wish will bo realized. Mr. Knox might tell him something of what is likely to happen. Lady Astor's fame as a jester Is be clouding her reputntion as u thinker; In the which she shares the Injustice served out to sonic greater publicists. Tlie average rim of mankind cuuiiot see wisdom apart from solemnity. A Roston physlelnn has declined to give up his practice in order to take up o big English estate to which hu has fallen heir. If he bos enough and work lie loves withul, he shows wisdom In refusing more than enough with the distusteful burden it may ontuil. "To enforce such an unpopular law as the Volstead act," says a New York com missioner, "you must develop 100 per cent Americanism Into 100 per cent squealer." The commissioner rnnks fairly high as a phrnso distiller, but us a brewer of stntUtlcs his uvernge Is low. It pleases us to nolo thnt a world record wus broken In tills city wheii n Hrlt lsh ship bound for Hamburg wns loaded with 270,000 bushels of grain in eight hours; but we have n notion that we could make that kind of thing o commonplace, if we but put our minds to it. Muxlm Gorky's plea for the fiOOO scien tists, artists, educators und historians of Russia who aro starving to death is one not to be treated lightly. It is doubtless sobei sooth, and the condition, in lesser degree, probably exists in other European countries. The menace to the world lies In tlie fa that when a country loses its "intelligentsia it loses Its civilization. When Dr. Flnegan was asked how he expected to overcome the loss in the teach ing force by marriage he replied that It was his experience that the higher the (iiallfi cntlon demanded the longer n womnii re malned In the service, Thnt Dr. Finegnn Is right cannot bo denied; thnt the cotnll tlnn indicated is, wholly desirable is open to debate. A woman Is never n better teacher than when she Is teaching her own. I hi home clasH is the class that gets the tend est care, r -SS-.S. I - . - . .1 . - - . - f Mi
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