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Member of the Associated Press TUB ASSOCIATED rRESB j eiclmlffli en titled fo the use tor republication of nil neu-s ctlfiafcAe credited to II or rot otherwise credited in (Ms raptr, and alio the local neiee published therein, -All rights of repubtlearitm of special dispatches rwreln art nho reserved. rhllidtlphU, f.lurdir, Mar ! 1921 WHARTON SCHOOL BIRTHDAY THE celebration of the Wharton School' fortieth birthday npproiirintrly' calls nt tentlon to one of the most significant and fruitful movements in the history of Ameri can education. It is not easy to realize the limitation! StflE university curriculum in 1SS1. The empnnsis ot college eiliication nt that time was almo.it whollj cln.o.slcnl. Political econ omy was generallj reckoned among the doubtful Fciences. Sociology hnd hardly been indented. The tariff was regarded as the politician's field, not the student's. Commerce and finance wore considered as without the scope of text-books. The Interesting experiment made by Joseph Wharton had the good fortune to be cared for at the outset by pionecrins scholars like Simon X. Patten and Edmund J. James, who realized that the meaning of culture Tras broadening; that to be well Informed concerning the actual social and economic conditions of modern civilization was Indis pensable to intelligent progress. The spirit of these men nnd their uiulog aatlc nnd honest appreciation of realities have been fittingly represented in later faculties of tho school. This department of the University of Pennsylvania has thor oughly earned its prestige. Its influence on the wholo course of higher education in the United States has been profound. MUSIC AT CITY HALL THEY nro improving the band stand and its general purlieus near C'it Ilnll and providing n better setting for the most am bitious of the summer concerts given by the sity's bands. Is it too much to hope that f when the Inst lick of paint is applied and the last tree planted, folic who have to do with municipal concerts will go n little fur ther and improve the music? Thero is material for spirited and dhort ing discourse In the circumstances through which a municipality like ours hits been trying to express its dormant esthetioism through agencies like the Department of Tubllc Works und its Bureau of City Property. These brandies of the city's administra tive system do not make an pie'.ensions t a mastery of musical art. They will make you a band stand or n park or put in a sewer system deftly and without nn fuss, and having done that much they hnve reason to feel that thev linvo fairly discharged their obligations to the comniiniit: Wiy ask the Bureau of Citj Properu to ! a censor of music? It would be quite us fair to sug irest that Mr. Stokouski should show tho Mayor and Mr. Twining a way out of the transit muddle When the Philadelphia Ilnnd was firt organized by the late Stanley Mackcy it wns at its best There were few better bands in the country. Later, for several reasons, tho band lost some of its best men. Lat terly It has descended somewhat from the older stnndards. Its programs are too often dull and indifferently rendered. Its per formances are not alwiijs distinguished by the spirit that Maekey put iuto the work of the original organization. Is there in the City Government some body with a musical ear anil therefore oble to initiate the work necessary to put new life in the plaza band? MR. FRANCE WANTS TO KNOW SENATOR FRANCE, of Maryland, is seemingly determined to go a -sailing to Russia to look the Soviets over nt close quarters nnd to bee for himself whether there is anything good in them Mr. Prnnce is listed ns n radical in the Senate, lie has been put in the category of unrcasonables with Mr. Ln Follette. The Senntor should go to Russia All Senators should travel anw and then nnd see tho world. There are other reasons why the Senator from Mar.tlaud should get a close-tin view of the Lenlnn thenru in n. j tlon. All other people in the world, and especially those observers who went to Rus sia With an open mind or frank sjmpnthy for Sovletkm, have returmd embittered or disillusioned to rjvillratirm Mr. France remains uueonuneed He stands out con spicuously ami alone us a man wanting to i Dt SlIOWIl ' The verdict against Communism is over lTiieiuiiiiK. " Men me renmnr irnin .tinr land returns from his travels it will -unanimous. THE RIGHT PLACE FOR PERSHING IRRESPONSIBLE gossip t0 tl,(. ..ftVct that the War Department was perplexed about assigning to General Pershing duties worth) of his rank nnd abilities is happilv ended by the announcement that he will fneceed (ieueral Maich as Chief of Staff of the Army. M 't is now easy to understand why fjen (ft eral Pershing was recentlv annninteil heml of the new War Staff. It should ninke for efficiency to have the two positions, tho provinces of which somcuhat overlup eneh other, filled by one mun. Tho practical reorganization methods adopted by Secretnrj Weeks are also islble in the selection of (ieueral Hnrbord as General Pershing's assistant, and there is tho nucleus of elllcient war machinery in tbo plan whereby. In a national emergency, command of the entire army would be im mediately turned over to (icnerul Pershing, fioncral HnrUirrl would then automatically become Chief of Staff. The changes outlined are refreslilngl free from bureaucratic pedantry, and It will he jtenerally felt that the tight men hnve been picked for the parts-they are pre-eminently qualified to play i i rr rrr- no.tr -m am a airs m ,'i luuiu uuunuu jit rjutlu WA 1 LOYI) CSEOROE'S faculty for drnmaflz. k : XJ iC a situation and presenting it with S'r. ' wttreme elnrity and forceful simplicity of " language seldom lms been better exemplified flihli iu iiiu t'lldress to tho House of Com ' mniii upon the Polish situation, " ,"Wq must decide," declared th Britiah - ' . i Premier, "fairly and sternly according to tho pact we ourselves have signed." By their reckless uprising In Upper Silesia the Poles have flatly repudiated the Treaty of Versailles. There can be no argument upon this point, and Germany will be en abled to chargo the Allies with bod faith unless prompt nnd effective measures nre taken to restore the validity of tho clauses relating to the plebiscite. Mr. Lloyd George calls cither for sup pression ftf the revolt by tho tnnjor Powers or for the Issuance of authority for Ger many to take n hnnd. Britain, it appears, is In this instance not afraid of fair play even though her late foe becomes the ex ecuting agent. This Is the hopeful feature of nn otherwise deplorable situation. NATIONS WON'T FIGHT WHEN THEY CANT AFFORD TO But the Aggressora Will Flrat Havo to Discover That War Coats More Than It la Worth WHILE tho discussion of international disarmament is going on It might be well to consider why thero has been no disarma ment in the West Virginia coal regions. The "war" which was waging there some weeks ago has broken out again, nnd the Federal Government has been asked to send soldiers Into the State to restore order. Here is a concrete example on u small scale of the working of n plan which tho French wished to be incorporated in tho covenant of the Lcaguo of Nations. It may be snid that an industrial "war" witli its gunmen bears but slight relation to n war between nations, and this may be admitted without invalidating tho nnnlogy. The West Virginia tioublc has arisen be cause each party to tho controversy has insisted that it was right and that It would hnve its own way. The miners assert their right to organize ond the operators dcclaro that no member of n miners' organization shnll work for them Opinions niny differ as to the merit of tho controversy, but the thing on which atten tion should be concentrated is the existence of an irreconcilable difference of opinion be tween the disputants. It is not necessarily irreconcilable, but so long as the miners nnd operators continue in their present temper no ngrceineut is possible The appeal to force has resulted In nn appeal to n stronger force to bring the "wur" to an end. So we have a war to end war. The conflict is not profitable. The mine operators nre earning no dividends on their invested enpitnl because their mines nre idle. The miners are earning no wages be cause thej are not working. The loss in dollars will be computed when the trouble is finally settled, nnd it will run into many millions. But men arc so short-sighted and so per erso that they will suffer great loss rather than compromise or submit their disputes to the arbitration of nn impartial tribunal. A form of blind autocracy represented by th operators met another form of blind nimicracy represented by the miners' union, and a clash was inevitable. Both sides have forgotten that there is no excuso for the existence of coal mines unless they produce coal, for they have stopped the production of the mines. Tliere can he no permanent peace until there is a permanent change in the point of view of the employers and the employes in the mining region. It is equally true that there enn be no permanent world pence until there is n widespread and controlling conviction among the nations that the establishment of justice is more profitable in the long run than any war or series of wars entered on to secure by force whnt n nation cannot secure by mutual consent The French delegates to the Peace Con ference, with a clear If cynical view of the present state of the world, argued for the establishment of nn internntionnl police force to preserve the peace. If war broke out between notions this police force was to be sent in just as the Federal troops are to be seut to West Virginia to compel the com batants to laj down their arms The French did not believe that peace could be secured in nnj other waj. The petty war now waging in Polnnd seems to indicate thnt the French were nenrer right than those idealists who trusted to moral suasion to prevent greedy men from seeking to satisfy their desires. An intelligent and informed self-interest will prevent nine out of ten wars. It will prevent every nggressive war. Except when men have fought for their liberties tho fruits of no war hae been worth whnt hns been paid for them. And even when men hnve fought for right, ns the Allies did in the great war. the price which they have hnd to pay for it is so grent as to burden them and their children for many generations. No appeal to hltfh ideals and to humane instincts hns yet succeeded In preventing war. because the number of persons who hold the idenls nnd respond automatically to the instincts has never been large enough to control the policies of nations. If it can be demonstrated that war does not pa. the first step toward disarmament will have been taken. This is one of the reasons for the insistence of the Allies on the enforcement of the reparation clauses of the trent. Germany was tho nggressor She forced the other nntinns to resist her nnd to pile up enormous war debts. The penalty of $32,000,000,000 laid upon Germany Is nono too heavv when one con siders the gravity of her crime. Indeed, so serious is her offense thnt her resources are not grent enough to reimburse the other na tions for oon the money loss of the unr. to n nothing of the loss of life nnd tho suffering of the maimed and the brenved. But she must pn whnt she can. nnd the other untions must hope thnt the moral will nor be lost upon her or upon any other nation which mny in the future contemplnte n similar nttempt to domlnnte the world If there is nny reduction in armaments in the near future it will come about, not so much because war is barbarous and un christian as because the nations cannot af ford to pay the cost of their military nnd naval forces on the present scnlo. The dnnger of nntinnal bankruptcy will force action much more quickly and surely than nnv abstract arguments against war. PITTSBURGH PURITY I T IS permissible to ask whether Mr. iVllerdicc, Director of Public Safety in Pittsburgh, has not recentlv been rending or seeing the pluys of illinni Shakespeare. Certainly the offenses of this playwright nro vividly stlgmutUed in the list of things which will be no longer tolerated on the stages of tho chief city of Western Penn sjlvunln. Tho Pittsburgh theatre must not reveal scenes of gambling This rules nut "Ham let,'' wherein Claudius stakes his best Bar bary horses on the result of a due Tho samo play also transgresses the rulo ngniust profnnitv and the display of epi sodes involving the use of dope. Queen Ger trude, it may be recalled, was drugged to death. Romeo and Juliet were drug addicts. Fortune tellers nre barred, and this ruling is clearly applicable to the equivocating witches of "Macbeth," Bare-legged females must vanish, nnd with them, of course, the fairies of "A Midsummer Night's Dream." The ban on the one-piece union suitn worn by females means the elimination of Queen Hermlone from "The Winter's Tale," since nt n crucial moment in this drntnn the during lndj is presented as a mnrblo statue. "Richard III" will havo to bo played, if played at all, nilnui Its titular character. No exhibition of deformity will be sanc tioned. From these facts it is qufto clear that If Pittsburgh is thinking earnestly about Snakcspcarc, this reprehensible playmakcr thought of Pittsburgh not nt nil. Ho was Loted for his carelessness. UNFRATERNAL FRATERNITIES A RESOLUTION demanding the abolition by legislative action of secret fraterni ties in the public schools has just been ap j.toved by an overwhelming vote of dele gates in the annual conrentlou of the New .fctsey State Federation of Women's Clubs. This action Is clearly the tcsult of the con ttovcrsy recently created bv the temporary suspension of four high smool pupils who refused to recognize the nntl-frnternlty rulings of tho Camden Board of Public Education, ln the pronouncement issuid by the Fed eration of Women's Clubs public school fra ternities are called "nndemocratic and gen erally undesirable." That shott indictment is temperate and wholly warranted. Only the members of faculties In public schools nnd universities know what nn nnnoynnco many of the secret organizations of pupils am' students can bo to tnosc who i'l'ist on regarding the work of education ns serious business. It hns to be admitted, of com so. that some of the fraternities nro harmless and per haps In n way diverting. But thev were not diverting nt Princeton ui.d they have not encouraged cither respect for author ty or a ifitionnl conception of the purp-iBcv o demo ciatic education ot many other American iiuivcrsities, cc lieges nnd schools, it may cvtn be possible to nduiit the right of uul 'crsity undergraduates to organize if they drslro to do so nnd segrcja'c hemsclves into rival social groups. But t.ic thought of a similar prnctlce among miniature public school pupils is at.ouce Muiculous and irri tating. Tho fraternity that flourishes in a public school Is likely to be a b.'eidog place lor the silliest sort of snobs. It ordinarily encour ages the natural pretentiousness and vanity of youth, as any one must admit who has seen tho representatives o" these otganizn tions assuming, with Incredible cocksurencss, to challenge the nutnonty of their teachers nnd even the boards of oducatitn. Of late we have heard telati dy little about the question of school fraternities, and tho fraternities have multiplied and grown in size nnd influence. It probably will not be long before women's organizations in other States follow the example of the Fed eration of Women's Clubs in New Jersey. Nowhere would such a general movement to re-estnbllsh boyond question the authority of teachers be more welcome than in tbo faculties of public schools and colleges. MADAME CURIE'S VISIT SIMULTANEOUSLY with the announco O ment that Mine. Curie, the discoverer of l.-.tllum, will be asked to visit this city as the guest of the City Oouccil, which Is preparing to spend about a quarter of n million dollars for n radium installation at the Philadelphia General Hospitnl, comes the formal denial of the great Frenchwoman of tho report thnt sho attributed unfailing power to radium applied ln the treatment of( cancer. Radium is, in fact, a medium almost but not quite as useful ns surgery In the treat ment of cancer. Physicians know, and al ways have insisted, that surgery applied lu the earliest stages of the disease Is by far the safest method. No investment that the city could make would be more useful than that through which radium treatment might be mode freely nvallnble to those who could be benefited by it. Radium may be of im measurable benefit in cases where surgery Is impossible or unsafe, and such cases arc numerous. It has even effected complete cures. But it would be wrong to cause any suf ferer to avoid the direct and almost certain benefits of surgery with the promise of pain les treatment which, according to .scientific findings, is not nlwnjs certain in action or in result'. THE RUM-RUNNERS WHEN romance seems to have died out of the world, when every one is nbout ready to agree that there is nothing new under the sun, the tides of the sen bring in some new surprise nnd go softlv back to the plnces from which they come. The rum-runner is new. He appears, in current manifestations disclosed by prohi bition raids on shipping nt Atlnntic City, to combine some of tho picturesque qualities of the old-fashioned pirate nnd the more daring smugglers of a vanishing age. He spreads u reckless sail or nius nn engine tuned like a piano, and so long ns ho can remain uncnught or unsunk he probably makes cnormoiiN profits out of his ship, The lanes between BoiuinI of the Bahumns nnd the innumerable coves, harbors, river mouths and lonely beaches of the Atlantic Const the very waters wherein i'nptnln Kidd did some of his most ndvuituroiiH work nro crowded, if half we hear is true, with the rum-runners. And so long as the unreconciled drinkers are enger to pay $12 or ?l.r n qunrt for authenticated nrewnter the United States Government and its pro hibition enforcement ollicers will have no easy time in dealing with them. Must the Government dot the coast with special guards or elaborate tho revenue cutter service? Tho phase of the prohibi tion problem suggested by the capture of great stores of contraband liquor at Atlantic City and the Identification of schooners that have been bringing it In Is perhaps the most serious thus far developed. It is possible, for example, to imagine a day in which the Canadian and even the Mexican authorities will co-operate effectually with the United States authorities U eliminate the whisky smuggler. But bow are we going to deal with smuggling from the sea until all the world has gone bone-dry' GOOD RAILROAD NEWS WHEN the wages of railroad workers were increased the railroads asked that freight rates be increasid also to enable them to meet the new chnrges Now word comes from Washington that the workers nro prepared to consent to n reduction of 20 per cent In their pay und that the freight rates nro to bo correspond ingly reduced by the Interstate Commerce Commission. Tho increased railroad rates did not in crease tho business of the ronds, because, the increase was mode nt a time when biui ness was declining. Tho higher charges hastened the decline. A reduction ought to hasten n revival. It menus a reduction in ultimate cobts of all commodities moved by tho railroads, A reduction In cost moans a reduction in the price, and u reduction In tho price means nn lucrensc In the demand, other things being eqiml. If business is on tho up grade the an. nounced reduction in railroad charges ought to hasten n icturn to normal conditions. The nnnouticed willingness of rnilroml labor to accept reductions in wnges indicates that it is prepatred to do its share toward bring ing the business of the nation Into more wholesome stale The Tramvvaj Pickpockets' Associa tion of Genoa complains that people robbed invariably tell the police they have lopt more than Is really the case; nnd, ns n conse quence, pickpockets hnve trouble with their colleagues when It comes to n division of tho spoils, There Is evidence here of au Indus trious group that believes a llnr Is worse than a thief, IT COVERS THE WORLD Activities of the 8tate Insurance De partment Practically Universal. Odd Facta About It The Race Horse "Penrose" Meg acephalltls In Har-rlsburg By GEORGE' NOX McCAIN THOMAS BLAINE DONALDSON, State Insurance Commissioner, presides ovor ono of tho most unpretentious departments of the Commonwealth. It occupies less floor space In proportion to the range of Its activities and the diver sified character of Us work than nny other bureau or division housed under the dome of tho State Capitol. It is tho only one that maintains offices cutside the boundaries of the Commonwealth, two being located In New YoTk City. One of the curious and least known phases of its operation Is thnt It transnets business with nearly every country In the world. Outside of the central and western Euro pean notions, Its ramifications extend to China, Japan nnd the various dependencies fringing the Pacific In the southern nnd southeastern portions of Asia. In tho Mlddlo East it touches Czecho slovakia, Serbia, Bulgaria, Turkey nnd the Azores Islands. It has claims against the German Gov ernment for passengers killed on passenger boats during the war. Among them aro several connected with the destruction of the Lusitania. MORE than 1000 Insurance companies re port to the department. Ocean mnrlne insurance, in which It has nn Interest, covers ships on every ocean and sailing the seven seas. No single policy of insuranco wrltton by nny registered company Is Issued without the consent of tho department. In 1020 tho department collected fees from foreign companies that were turned into the general Stato fund In excess of $3,7.-0.000. Complaints concerning tho conduct of companies registered with it run on nn nvcragc of about thirty-five a day. These are examined by Investigators op erating in three zones into which Uic Stato Is divided. ITS offices in New York are maintained ln connection with the liquidation of various Insolvent Insurance com"nlen, the largest of which is the Pittsburgh Life and Trust. Tho grentest complications the depart ment has had to wrestle with came in con nection with the crash some years ago of the grent Hnnncvlg Bank, of Norway. Three fire nnd marine insurance com panies were involved In this smash. One of them was the old Jefferson Company, with offices nt lourth nnd Walnut Btreets. Marino insurance fenturcs arc the most unusual. Months and years frequently elapse before the loss of n ship is reported. ' One recent case was that of n vessel that was lost In November. 1010, whoso claim was filed only within the last thirty dovs. Commissioner Donaldson tells me it Is not improbable that ns a result of tho com plication nrlslng from the Hnnnovig failure h will be compelled to go to Norway this bummer. . A2ft. Statc department It Is self-supporting 200 times over. It is the money-maker of the Common wealth. SENATOR P. 1 JOYCE, of Luzerne, O and Chief Clerk of the Senate William P. Gallagher arc jointly Interested in a number of enterprises. They own a racehorse whote value is said to be upward of ?20.000. As n tvvo-year-old it won fourteen races out of seventeen In which It started, and it holds the world's record for five furlongs. It is of the famous Hanover strain and its name is Penrose. The senior Pennsylvania Senator, in honor of whom It was named, has never set eyes on his nnmesake, although n hand somely framed photograph of the horse, taken during the race In which the record wns made, hangs upon the wall ln his npart nients in Washington. In conversation on the subject of the racer s performance one day. the Senator inquired : "Why didn't you unme him Senator Pen rose while you were at it. Gallnghcr'" "Well, you see." replied Gallagher with " m'"'..' isn l thof klntl nf " borne. It's "Huh!" was the monosyllabic comment. n OVERNOR SPKOUL is chairman of the VJ Executive Committee of the Association of tlie Governors of the States. This mnkes him dean of that unique or gnnizatlon. Within the next thirty days he will go to Washington to confer with a number of the Southern Governors on matters of social nnd politicnl interest that affect not onlv their own constituencies but Indirectly Un people of tho entire United States The meeting of the Governors in Hnrrls burg in December last, while not the first of Its kind, was tho most Important ever held in this country. In Its civic work Governor Sproul tells me that differences in politics are ignored The effort is to unite upon projects for the betterment of the people generallj. It has been suggested that tho'next meet ing be held in Alaska, but owing to the distance it Is probablo that some other place will be suggested, one of the Southern States possibly. Charleston S C is being urged bv a number of the Southern Governors The Governor tells me that he regards the association ns one of the great agencies for welding the diversified Interests of the vari ous sections of the country into n homo geneous whole, PlUBLIC office hns n tendency to provoke mcgncophnlle trouble. Megnccphnlltls, In the phraseology of the street, is "swell-headedness." Most every public officlnl hns lln nttnek of It nt some period of his career. With one or two exceptions, Capitol Hill in Hnrrihburg. is singularly free from the complaint. The one or two cases referred to how ever, are not only pernicious, but 'aggra vated and aggravating. AUDITOR GENERAL SAM PEL S LEWIS has never hnd n touch of if His promotion from the ranks of private to the supreme command hasn't stirred n hair of his bend. Boyd Hamilton soys he Is "worstr" now for pluin wuys and plain speech than he was when ho was an understrapper At lunch the other day in the Penn Harris tho Auditor General said in answer to n question: "No, I'm not going to more int0 tjle hotcl. I havo had a room on Walnut street ever since I've been In Harrlsburg. It's good enough for me. "The family I lived with moved out the other day, but the new tenant Informed me thnt I could retain my room if I cared to "I'm going to stay there because it' is homelike, nnd besides, I'm not going to chango my life just becnusu I'm drnvvinc a larger salary. b "The title? Oh, yes! But jou nee I nover did think that titles in themscl.es cut very much ice. I'vo rubbed up ngnlnst homo pretty big. folks when I wns attending the university in Washington. I found them after all to be just 'people' like you and me We nre nil human und, as I said, titles are juet togs put on us to distinguish u from the lest because we ro doing certain kinds of work or have certain responsibilities "Anyhow, I am going to stick to my old room " The Return to Private Life from tlia Washington Star. "Everything seems to depend on whnt a man's salary typ-hen ha quits the govern ment." remnrk. jScnntor Sorghum. "Jf he is getting tvventi thousand lie expects he's going to muko a wholo lot more, if he Is making eighty , hundred he's afraid he's going to mukv less," "OH, BOY, IF I DIDN'T HAVE ME HANDS ALREADY mrBLW- 7 .'i ' -".'A r vrr NOW MY IDEA IS THIS Daily Talks With Thinking Philadclphians on Subjects They Know Best W. B. THOMAS On Preserving the Wlssahlckon STIMULATION of public interest in the Upper Wlssahlckon, with a view to in suring tho preservation of the famous beauty spot, is the object of the Riders and Drivers of Philadelphia, according to Its president, W. B. Thomas. Mr. Thomas, who has traveled all over the world, believes that the Wlssahlckon is the most beautiful natural park in the world. There nre a number of famous parks with Impressive entrances, ns the Chumps Elysee, of Pnrls. pnrks ln Berlin nnd other spots nlong the Rhino nnd in other parts of Europe nnd this country, but nono of them equals our own Wlssahlckon for continued beauty nt every turn through its fifteen miles or more, he snid. "Wo wunt to call attention to the beau ties of the spot, not in n perfunctory way. but to havo people actually visit It and come with their horses or teams or on foot and experience at first hand Us manifold beauties. Want Parlt to Remain "Wild" "We want to sec the park remain in all the old glory of Its orlginnl wild splendor, and to secure Influential friends for it to preserve it ngnlnst the rnvnges of so-cnllcd progress, of the motorist nnd others who, with no deliberate Intention to Injure the spot, might do It incalculable harm if al lowed to go too far. "Some of Philadelphia's finest traditions arc associated with the Wisinhickon. With its graceful, curving, sloping hills nnd lofty hemlocks nnd other trees, It lias been often the theme nnd the Inspiration of poet and writer of classic prose. "A geologist, who with Ills hammer and magnifying glass tramped along the rocky embankment a short time ago, declared that the valley Is older than that of the Schuyl kill nnd that long before the latter was formed the Wissnhlckon was there. Wissahiclion's Revolutionary History "The valley, with Its peculiar formation, rcstfulness and quiet, nttractcd the attention and admiration of good old John Kclpius, who with his monks or Women of the Wil derness selected It for their retreat, nnd these according to their way worshiped God. who line given the valley Us grandeur. "During tho Revolutionary War, when great nnd good men struggled for politi cal freedom, the Wissnhlckon, with its What Do You Know? QUIZ t What was the trado dollar? 2. ln what century did Gainsborough, tlio painter. He" 3. To what nation does the West Indian Island of Qundivloupn belong? . What (lowers are sometimes called lady shoes? 6. Who wns Galatea ln classical mythology? 6. Who Is the preaont chancellor of Ger many? 7 What Is the original meaning of tho Spanish tltlo don? 8. What is meant by a carom shot In bil liards? 9. What Is madder ' 10. Whero arc tho scwies of ShaUesnearo's "Othello" laid? Answers to Yesterday's Qulr 1. The word puss Is said to be derived from an Imitation of n, cat spitting Tlin Danish word from which the English form Is thought to have descended is "poes. ' 2. Manchuria is a region lying noitheast of China proper and bordering on Mon golia, Siberia nnd Korea. 3. A monsoon Is a wind In South Asia cs. specially In the Indlnn Ocean, blow. Ing from the southwest In summer when tho weather Is wet, nnd from tho northeast In winter, when it Is dry A typhoon Is a violent hurricane In the, China Seas, occurring especially from July to October. 4. An antelope Is a deer-lilte ruminant nnl- mal. Thn name Is from the old French "uiitelop," 5. Two works bv Voltaire ate tho satirical tale "Candldo" nnd the drnma "Zaire" 0. General Knrfunty Is tha leader of th Polish uprising In Silesia "a rort-au-I'rlnce Ilultl. Is the largest city in The Golden Fleece in Greek mythology was lleece of the wlngod rnm Chryao. mallus, tho recovery of which was the object of the expedition of the Arco. nauts. 9. Chile Is the great nitrate-producing coun try of South America The deposits nre In the north, mostly In the prov inces of Tncnn and Arlca, which for merly belonged to Peru. 10, The nrat candidate for President nomi nated by the Republican party was John C. Fremont in U50. !-' .k1VAi J . k,- . --1M entrenchment extending from nnd beyond Whltemarsh to the Schuylkill, was occupied alternately by tho American nnd British foI dlers. Here the Hesslnns were enenmped during tho winter of 1777-1778, while Washington's army suffered at Valley Forge. "Thero is an old tradition to the effect thnt the Wlssahlckon Creek originally flowed ncrnss Rldgo avenue n short distance below whore tho intake of tho Queen Lane Station is now located. This tradition was somewhat verified some years ago when the excavation for the intercepting sewer was made through Robeson Meadow, cvldenco of the bottom of n creek or river bed having been found by the ditch diggers. "When the great flood of water swept down the valley on the night of October 1-1, 1877, the day of the centennial of the Battle of Gcrmantown, nnd tore n deep gully across Ridge avenue, a short distance below the lower side of the creek, there was re vealed the foundation and part of a wnll of n stone springhouFo, which evidently once stood on the shore of the creek. Resort for Picnickers "The Wlssahlckon hns been n resort for picnickcis for the last seventy-five years. In tho estimation of mnnv the creek becomes moie attractive as tho years go by and is visited by thousands, whose numbers in crease yearly. "It is the bono of the organization to ;,et help from the Park Commission from time to time, to add trees or banks or improve It with additional paths or shds for horses. "The work of the body during the year it has been nrgnnized has borno fruit, und today thero aro more people using horses on its drives than ever before," Home Brewing l"rnm the Chnrleston News and Courier When the clgurctto "has gone the way of John Barleycorn, will It be illegal to grow a little patch of tobacco in the back yard? Humanisms By WILLIAM ATHERTON DU PUY THE instinct of Herbert Hoover is ever toward simplification, toward the re movnl of unnecessary detail. lie has the dlrcctest sort of mind lu the world. He hurdles everything nnd goes right after results. Take the question of dress, for instance. Hoover directed Ills mind to the clothes ho should wear at some indeterminate data in tho past. Ho consulted with nn excellent tailor. He had a good suit mnde of just tho sort of cloth he liked. Then he said to the tailor: "Keop my measurements and borne ot that cloth in stock." From that day to Uiis he merely orders one or two or three suits from his tailor whenever he begins to get frayed. Ho wears tho same clothes summer or winter wherever ho goes. He hasn't had to think of clothes for years will not need to think of them again until some radical chango comes. So Is this small worry which har asses many men from the cradle to the grave put out of his life. The miracle of tho evolution of men lu high places, tho contrast between the posi tions' they now hold nnd Uioke they occupied back yonder before tho climb began, every day throws down the challenge to him who would attempt to match tho truth with the product of his imagination, Take Senator Charles Curtis for instance, who is tho whip of the Senate and, theic' fore, ono of the most lmportuut men in the execution of the program of t(. ,ICW mj.' ministration. Charles Curtis, who drives legislation through the mobt uugust body In tho world, was fifty -three years ago a wurd of the government living as mi Indian on u reservation, attending the Mission School nnd disporting himself In every way ns did those little pure-blood aborigines with whom he associated. His homo vus with the Kavvs. sixty miles from Topckn, Kan, Then, one day, the Cheycnnes swept down upon the villages The Knw warriors went out to glvo theni bnttlc nnd the children watched ns they circled each other on tho puiirle and many u red man bit the dust. At nightfall thc battle wus a draw. The peaceful Indians wanted to send word to the settlements that 'tho Cheycnnes were on the warpath The horses had been run off, so the messencer must go on foot. Little Charlie Curtis, elelii te.i-., .,i,i ...,im...n.i ii,. i '..'.."" '."". ""N .VIII... ... .w elected. Ho sturted out In the darkness ii the rood to TupoU sixty mile! . vnv uiirid to liuidsh nn. with .,i.. .... j . on 1 i...... .,..i.,.., ...: :. .: " iiiui ud iyn.iu.ij., nn muni III iHinil) () Mi. iMniilAu nti n nau-tLn,, .. !. r. ' - ,..,., ... .. ..vnnuu; mi mc my streets. II! carried on until he reached the K.m.X,'. "J he reached the settlement and told his storj, J ygVi.ia.1 . ,g,.t.w'vi..Ai; fc&lf SHORT CUTS Will tho slackers' list be followed by t slickers' list? Tnrk benchea are now doing their foil duty in supporting the leisure classes. Disarmament is not receiving the at tention in Upper Silesia that it deserves. Add Mixed Mets It is tho man with nn ax to grind who usually finds a mare's nest. Thero is a long, long trail between ths Ilettrlck codo of practice and the Golden Rule. If Germany's srnrrf In annA u bond it may be quoted in the nelghborhool of It is generally understood that politics provided the emergency for the Emergency It is when it is weighed in a trade balance and is found wanting that a nation gets really nervous. Too many men who "view with alarm" put themselves in the position of belni pessimists for revenuo only, "My land!" exclaimed Father Penn when he found a surplus in the City Treas ury, and thus explained it. There is suspicion in some quarters that when tho Bergdoll pot wns emptied of its gold it was filled with whitewash. , -,T,1 chemists of the world seem to b fulfilling their promise to mako war u horrible as to bring about its end. A tax on stair carpets has been pro posed in Paris. Sounds silly, butoh, well, perhaps it would be unwise to step too hard on tho carpet tax. The treaty between Russia nnd Poland is spoken of as a bridge between Russia ftud Europe. But it will be some time before it needs a traffic cop. Gas masks wero used to fight fire and ammonia fumes nt a Market street blaM. Out of tho wickednebs of war there thai emerges ono llttlo virtue. Advices from the West Virginia frost set forth that General Disorder now occu pies Mingo County, but that the State polic hope to be able to eventually dislodgo iilm. There is no such thing ns isolntion. If Luropenns were suddenly to develop a fond ness for corn pono it would give Americas fnrracrs much of tho relief thev desire. Perhaps what Europe needs Is culinary et ports and American advertising men. A railroad executive recently pointed out. truly enough, that "a living wap" couldn t be standardized. Point is given to his assertion by the Mississippi Central Ilallrnod, which bus reduced tho wagtj of Negro track workers hecausc the coat of corn pono nnd rice, on which they Jive, ban dropped fiO per cent. Dr. Einstein hns demonstrated is Princeton that the methods of the absolute differential calculus lend to a formulation of the principles of equivalence by means o! which the gravitational field can bo Inter preted in terms of the Invariant properties of fourth dimensional space. Wo have al ways felt that this was so, but rejoice to havo it presented with such clarity and simplicity. All Walnut street tailors nre said to agree That men nre as crooked ob crooked can be; For most individuals, ono tailor statei, Havo uneven shoulders; their hips are nt mates. We acknowledge the corn and make never a squeal. High shoulders ure thoso that wo put ts the wheel ; And that hips are uneven we're willing t avvear Is due to the bottle or handkerchief there. And tailors have no 'ause to worry until The crookedness shows ou receipt of a bill Revolutionary radicals with n fin lenrt of humor (If thero bo such anlranla) of feel culled upon to send a vote of thanks t the joint legislative committee for handsome three-volume edition nf tho nrlo ciples of Communism, Sovietlsm, BoclaH and other isms printed and distributed w the State of New York. Ilofnrm nevvJP ncrti have ln tho nnst. whlln nmrnircri in riu iirous cnmpnlgns ngnlnst (say) tho W evil, performed n similar service for nddlcw by printing lists of nil the idaces where dof may be procured. And it third reformer (J luive rend somewhere) once cxpurp" "Rabelais" of nil Its nntisrhtv worda. II then, to prove what a'good Job he had sff i it, put uem au in tie glossary. I liWjKe. Jfefftl. v yL..'J i
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