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THE LICENSE COURT
NEWS from the License Court yesterday
and the reports from the prohibition
offices in the Federal Building, where nil but
five of the active enforcement officials were
packing up for n mention of forty days,
made the new Astoclntlon Against Prohibition
seem like an altogether unnecessary luxury.
Old times returned to City Hall, whero
more than 100 applicants sought the right
to conduct saloons. The lawyers niado
cautious jokes about the Volstead Act. The
Federal officials in the prohibition enforce
ment offico were sadly humorous. Those who
applied for saloon licenses had friends and
acquaintances to testify to their good citl
enship and their consistent obedience to
tho law.
Unless there is a change in the status and
character of saloons thero ought to be a new
sort of exominatidn provided by the Com
monwealth for the licensees who arc making
the most money. These are the folk who
continue to sell imitation whisky. Testi
mony as to their personal character, such as
is given cheerfully and voluminously in tho
courts, is no longer of much importance.
If half that we hear is true, they ought to
be examined by pharmacists or a commis
sion of chemists or a board composed of the
directing engineers at gas plants and chemi
cal works. Then their fitness to stay in
their accustomed business might be wisely
elccided.
A GOOD SCOUT
NO ORGANIZATION is doing more for
tho i boys of the city than the Boy
Scouts. It has tt platform which appeals to
the best in every boy. Its activities arc
auch as to gratify the boyish taste for ad
venture. It keeps the boy mind busy with
wholesome tilings, and this is the best way
to keep unuholrsomo things out of it.
Consequently when Dr. IJroomc, the su
perintendent of schools, consents to serve
on the Philadelphia Council of the organi
zation, he puts himself in line with the
influences that arc working for the best in
terests of the rising generation.
"NEWS" FROM RUSSIA
LITTLE news comes out of Hussia save
that which the men in charge of the
Government wish to become public. Con
sequently no one knows what to believe.
For instance, it has been reported from
various sources within a week that Trotzky
is seriously ill with cancer in a sanatorium
near Moscow. Yesterday a report came by
way of Hclsingfors that Lenine and Trotzky
had n sharp difference of opinion at this
week's meeting of the Soviet Council.
Lenine advocated the inclusion in the Gov
ernment of men who are not Bolshevists,
and Trotzky opposed any such concession to
their political opponents, and, according to
tho report, requested an adjournment be
fore any decision was reached.
The chances nre that neither the report
of Trotzky's illness nor the report of his dis
agreement with Lenine is true. We have
had detailed reports of the destruction of
Russian warships In battle with insurgents,
iffhcn those who knew all about the Itussian
navy have told us that the ships were not
in commission and had not been in commis
sion for years. The Itussian news factory is
working overtime, and it seems to be manu
facturing stuff out of the imagination of tho
workers.
THE FAT OF THE LAND
F "WOULD not be cricket to identify even
the most famous of those invalids now
ripe for medicnl treatment under Dr. Harvey
"y. Wiley's characterization of obesity ns a
disease. Themes like this one are most
courteously dimisscd in generalities unless
the critic scurries promptly behind tho in
trenchments Vf the past. Snfety is there,
and it is therefore quito within the pro
prieties to diagnose Kalstaff when he called
honor "air," Henry VIII when he had six
wives seriatim and Napoleon Bonaparte
when he lost the field of Waterloo, as very
sick men.
'"Nobody," bewailed the rotund sheriff
of "The Itound-rp." "loves a fut mnu."
The severity of this indictment is now
manifest. Hamlet, fat and scant of breath,
should have been intrusted to the kindly
mercies of the Danish Department of Pub
lic Welfare.
Brigadier General Sawyer is poucrless to
right tho ancient wrong, hut it is not too
late to start segregating those well-fed
human wrecks who laugh too much, whose
girth is wide and whose entire expansive
dimensions proclaim their ills and their
hopeless competition with the lean and hun
gry. Corpulent members of the gentler sex
need not concern him, since fashion has long
since decreed that these must not be. Fat
males arc the real menace to the nation's
health.
What with a luxuriant food supply nnd
good enough cooking, the rnvnges of disease
nre apparent in an alarming proportion of
tlie Itepublic's population. Until the quar
antine on good living, easy habits and the
delights of no exercise is drastically pro
nounced, hygienic security Is a mockery.
NO EMERGENCY FARES
EVE It Y street-car rider in Now Jersey
will agree with the reasoning of tho
Public Utilities Commission which has led
it to decide that there is no emergency suffi
cient to justify the Public Service Hallway
Company to charge ten-cent fares. Tlio
Utilities Commission has ordered that the
present fore of seven cents, with n charge of
one cent for n transfer, be continued until
there can bo a complete valuation of tho
transit company's property.
It goes further, for It Fays that when
costs are coming down in nil other fields of
activity n better ease must bo made out
than haV been presented before thero can
h" any justification for Increasing the cost
Vf travel on the street cars,
The commission discredits the figures sub
ulltted by toe transportation 'corporation
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and suggests, by implication If not directly,
that they were compiled in an effort to
prodiico the impression that nn emergency
existed of sufficient gravity to justify finan
cial relief.
There has been an evident disposition to
project the Interests of the car riders against
the inefficiency if not tho rapacity of the
managers of the car lines. The policy of
the Public Service Corporation has lost to
It hundreds of thousands of dollars In the
Camden district alonej where' people nre
patronizing the motorbuses running over the
same routes ns the electric cars, as much
because of resentment ngainst tho attempt
of the company to get ten cents out of them
as for any other reason.
AMBASSADOR HARVEY KILLS
HOPES FOR WORLD LEAGUE
Shows tho Administration Drifting To
ward the Diplomacy that Leads to
Exclusive Alliances
COLONEL HAUVEV. as tho new Am
basudor of the United States nt tho
Court of St. James's, hns had his say in
London. Apparently it is the say of Presi
dent Harding nnd the majority of the Cabi
net. Tlie prospect disclosed with the fiat,
final and over-eloquent rejection of the
only mechanism yet established to deal peace
fully and in a realistic fashion with the
conditions that generate war-madness Is
neither .cheerful nor inspiring.
If we interpret the new Ambassador
rightly, he means that in the diplomacy ot
tho future each nation must look out for
itself, while the devil, following his ancient
custom, takes the hindmost.
This address, in which the Harding Ad
ministration seems to have spoken its mind
clearly for the first time, accomplished n
number of things. It closed the great chap
ter of history that began immediately after
the armistice. It dispelled n world of doubt
and a world of lingering hopes.
Tho great structure of human expecta
tions that grew out of the universal pas
sionate desires of the war period and
survived storm after storm of organized
antagonism must fall now or undergo a
desolating change. The feeWe contacts of
peoples who have been groping toward each
other for deliverance from miseries of pre
ordained wnrs for the desire for peaco and
understanding is still In tho hearts of tho
people rather than m the hearts of govern
ments arc interrupted again.
Perhaps it was inevitable. It is possible
to understand the President's desire to be
free from the nppalling conflicts of selfish
ness nnd intrigue in Europe. It is not
possible clearly to understand the direction
and purposes of his alternative course.
Explicitly Colonel Harvey has announced
a policy of isolation to be varied In emer
gencies by Amerienn co-operation with The
English Speaking Peoples of the World.
Co-operation for what?
That question still looms above all others
and Colonel Harvey does not answer It.
Clearly reflected in this frank declaration
of the Administration's international policy
is a drift of official sentiment toward some
thing like nu alliance of the moral and ma
terial forces of the United States anil Great
Britain in tho interest of world peace nrd
mutual safety. Almost nt a word Frauce is
virtually isolated. The French do not speak
English.
The suggestion of peaceful world domina
tion by the English-speaking nations is not
new. For years there have been honest
and able men who sec in such a combination
of forces the only possible guarantee of in
ternational peace and the free progress of
democratic ideals and government. And it
is true that the people of the United States
and the people of Great Britain, working
together, could actually make nn interna
tional war impossible for the time being.
The Tower that dominates the fci will in
evitably win in any foreign war. The com
bined navies of the United States nnd Great
Britain could easily police all the waters of
the world uutil some implement superior to
battleships were devised, when the race of
new armaments would begin all over again.
But in mnking on alliance you automati
cally invite the suspicion, if not the hatred,
of outsiders. You invite opposition. And
there never et has. been nu alliance thnt
could be made to operate fairly nnd without
special regard for the interests of the allied.
In contemplating some of the meanings of
Colonel Harvey's London address it is neces
sary to remember that Russia and Germany,
Japan nnd Asia nre still unknown quanti
ties in relation to world affairs of the near
future. What of them and their ambitions?
What of France? The French and tho
British are nt odds on Sllesin. The British
are no more anxious than the Germans to
sec Franco acquire a monopoly of virtually
all the rnw materials of the mid-Continent.
Will the Ambassador of the United States
introdilcc his policy of co-operation with
The English Speaking Peoples when he sits
in at the Silesian conferences as an ob
server? None of the great Powers in Europe is
thinking now of political factors formerly
considered in tho plans of war settlements.
Economic factors alone hare weight in their
councils. Doubtless economic factors weigh
also at Washington.
We have progressed far from the time
when Americans, recognizing in war an
afliiction from which all the plain people of
the world hod a right to bo freed, called
for a system of international relationships
In which all nations should be granted equal
opportunities nnd the guarantees necessary
to enable them to live in peare.
If ever on nllioncc of English-speaking
peoples is achieved tho world will have
moved a little nearer to another conflagra
tion. Who can recall an alliance of race
conscious Powers that did not end in n
smash? And, reading through Colonel Har
vey's address nnd discerning the subtler
meanings below the too bright surface, what
shall we say to the Americans who live in
deadly fear of "entangling European alli
ances"? They did their share to force upon
tlie new Administration a choico of courses
more difficult thnn any ever put heforc
a President of tho United States. Is the
prospect of co-operation with ono or more
Powers for war or defense more agreeable
to them than was tho prospect of co-operation
with nil nations in the interest of rea
son nnd world peace?
ANOTHER MUDDLE FOR HOOVER
HERBERT HOOVER is a recognized
master hand nt untangling deiirate
problems, and hence it is good news that
he Is now engaged In investigating the diffi
culties involved in the complete execution of
the Jones Shipping Act.
Rigid enforcement of this law would mean
the abrogation of treaties preventing tho
imposition of discriminatory duties on goods
carried by Amerienn ships. Mr. Wilson
refused to annul these pacts, holding that
Congress hod no directing authority in the
mnttcr.
Senator Jones, despite the congressional
orders, which he was Instrumental in for
mulating, now Insists that the case is, after
ail. one for the executive ' branch. Tho
bucjv which Is thus plainly passed is typical
of the history of most snarls In which Con
gress finds Itself.
Tho Merchant Marine Act was laudable In
its aim. which was to safeguard the Immense
new volume of native shipping. Foreigu
competition is strong nnd there is no doubt
thnt every effort is now being made to
squeeze our mercantile marine interests Into
positions of the most extreme Inconvenience
But subsidies would have given protection
in tho most practical way and all the dau-
VEtflNG PUBEltf LEDGEIimBAi)liJLtHlA;
gcrs of treaty Infractions would lmvo been
avoided. As It Is now, the Secretary of
Commerce has no mean task on his hands.
That an expert is on tho caso is, however,
consolation that the maximum ot tact and
patriotlo good sense wilt be invoked.
FRANKLIN AND LANE'S PLAN.
THIS country is so big and the activities
of Its citizens so varied that the lata
Franklin K, Lane cau be pardoned for not
knowing exactly what the Franklin Insti
tute of this city was founded vto do nnd Is
doing.'
If Mr. Lane had kuown It Is not likely
thnt he would have suggested n few days
before his deatli the establishment of what
lie 'called n supcr-unlvcrslty to duplicate Its
work.
"My thought is," he wrote, "thnt there
should bo established somewhere a Place of
Exchange for the New Ideas that the world
evolves each year, o central spot where all
that is new in science, philosophy, prnctlcoi
political machinery nnd all clso ot the
world's mind products shall be placed on
exhibition where those Interested mny sec."
The form of cxhlbltloH which ho had in
mind was n statement by tho scientific In
vestigators of what they have accomplished.
They would be invited to explain in n lecture
the progress which they had made toward
the solution of scientific problems.
Well, this Is what the Franklin Institute
has been doing for many yenrs. It was
founded as nn appropriate memorial to
Franklin nnd also ns a means of continuing
the work in which he wns interested through
out his life that is, tho discovery of physi
cal laws and their application to the well
being and comfort of mnukind. Its annual
course of lectures, delivered by specialists
from all parts of the world, is known wher
ever men arc interested in scientific progress.
It annually nwards four medals to men who
have increased the store of human knowl
edge. On Wednesday of this week Ambassador
Jusscrand came here from Washington to
accept in behalf of Prof. Charles Fabry, of
the University of Paris, a modal conferred
in recognition of his discoveries in connec
tion with light; nnd Frnnk J. Sprague, of
New York, came hero to accopt in person
another medal awarded to him for his elec
trical inventions.
All thnt tho Franklin Institute would
have to do to become tho kind of n super
university thnt Mr. Lano hod in mind would
bo to broaden out n little and to Include in
Its activities all the multitude of subjects
in which Franklin himself was interested.
It has tho prestige of Franklin's nnme, a
name known wherever men of science gather,
as well as wherever any group of men of
average intelligence discuss the progress of
invention nnd tho pursuit of knowledge. It
will be 100 years old in two or three years.
It could do no finer thing for itself or for
Philadelphia than to begin nt onco mnking
plans to start its second century of life
with a program of expansion nnd populari
zation that would make it and its work
known ns widely as the nnme which it bears.
CIS-ATLANTIC POLAND
PANAMA, were she bigger and more pow
erful, might be called an American Po
land. Certainly Isthmian folk appear as
loath as Warsaw diplomatists to comprehend
the validity of solemn treaty obligations.
A commission is now en route to Wash
ington to explain why the Republic of
Panama objects to recognizing the Porrns
Anderson Treaty implying the lnvlolncy of
arbitral rulings on the boundary controversy
with Costn Rica.
There is not a spark of sympathy for such
a program discernible In any other Centrni
or South American nation. The Govern
ment of tlie United States, with Mr. Hughes
as spokesman, ndheres firmly and categori
cally to the decision pronounced nftcr scru
pulous investigation by the late Chief Justice
White.
The Panamanian mission, it Is snid, will
be courteously received, and at the same
time informed that, so far as our position
is concerned, the ease is closed. If tho
desire of the little republic is to find out
how loudly the United States can ny
"no," there is every likelihood that this
wish will be promptly granted.
CUBA'S NEW PRESIDENT
ALFREDO 5CAYAS was inaugurated ns
President of Cuba yesterday, and Gen
eral Jose M. Gomez, his opponent in the
election, now in New York, sent him a cable
message promising co-operation with him
In the government of the island.
This indicates, on its surface, that the
bitter dispute over tho election has been set
tled and that there is to bo orderly govern
ment in the future ns in the past, indeed,
tlie Cubans themselves know that there must
be orderly government or the United States
will interfere. They prefer to settle their
own disputes to having them settled for
them by us.
The New York Her
Haven for Authors aid, complaining of the
fact that authors ex
clusively have been sent to Ituly as Am
bassadors by recent Administrations, and In
sisting thnt Italy, with tremendous economic
problems facing her, is entitled to a prac
tical rather than a literary man as Amerienn
representative, suggests the Society Archi
pelago ns n good embassy for ambitious
writers. Hlghty-Tahit! '. Has the Herald
no reverence?
After marrying a
A Laying On of Hands woman who hnd lind
two divorces to a man
who had bad tluee, the officiating jmstor in
returning the license to the Cltv Clerk of
Sjracuse, N. Y said lie wished he had the
right to give the parties a good sound
spanking and make It n part of the record.
But why, wc pnusc to inquire. wh didn't
he think of that before he performed the
ceremony and mention it to those imme
diately concerned?
Of the three commissioners elected by
the voters of Ilnddonlield, N. J., to govern
the town, the one who recehed the least
number of votes is Mayor j not because lie is
entitled to tho job nor because tho others
wont him, but because lie said If he didn't
get It "he wouldn't ploy," nnd the other two
were unwilling to argue the matter further.
"The race is not always to the swift nor
the battle to tlie strong." The persistent guy
sometimes wins out, thus marking tho po
tency of on active minority.
The oluntccr stewards mi the liner
AquitiinIn, some of them wealthy, arc said
to lie divided on the question of taking tips.
Shucks! The world Is divided exactly the
same way between those who take tips and
those who won't. And wealth linsn't a
thing to do with it.
The Now Jersey Federation of AVonien's
Clubs has inaugurated a movement to "make
good music popular and popular music
good." A waltz movement, probably. Not
ever, tho peppiest would daro suggest that
they put jazz in it.
M. Mnrgoine. who urges M. Urlnnil to
nppeal to the I nited Mate to help solve the
European pioblems, will read the views of
M. Harvey with more interest thou satis
faction. There is prudence rather thnn finality
In the. declaration of Secretary Hughes that
wo have no concern with conditions In Upper
Silesia.
Representative Ijingwnrtli's new wrin
kle In tnrlff legislation is calculated to put
a new wrinkle In the brow nf tho i In porter.
Daylight having brings adequate life
Interest.
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MEDICINE MAN TALK
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J. Webb Jones Suggests a Possible
Use for the Ceremonial Stone.
A Far West Experience.
The Legal Aid Bu-' '
reau's Story ';,
By GEORGE NOX McCAIN. ,
THAT Indian ceremonial stone on tho
side of Spring Mountain In upper Mont
gomery County is once more to, the fore.
rrom a most unexpected quarter comes'
it statement thnt may throw' light on this
interesting subject. .
.1. Webb Jones, of AVIssahlckon. who
delves Into geology and kindred sciences,
related to m an experience, unique In Its.
way, In the Far West.
It hnd to do with Indian medicine men.
About twenty-five yenrs ago," says Mn
Jones, "I was tiding through the Shoshone
Indlnn Reservation early in April. Powder ,
River wns filled with Ice nt the time.
no met a detachment from the Indlnn
Agency that hnd been sent out to determine
why so innny dead Indlnns were floating
down stream. ,
"Later, in Lander, Wyo., I met the officer
In chnrge and he told me they hod discov
ered the cause.
"It may have n bearing on the uses for
which the Spring -Mountain stone was In
tended. ""
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fTIHERE had been nn epidemic of pneu- ,
JL monln among tho Indians," continued
Mr. Jones, "nnd their mcdlclnd man bad
prescribed for them after this fashion :
' A covering of skin over cross bows, like
a wagon top, was' constructed close to", the
river's edge. It wns a little larger thnn
would cover a stooping man, and wns closed
in tight.
"In the center of this tepee or tent "was
hollowed out n basin the size of n bucket,,
and filled with icy water from the stream.
"The pneumonia victim, stripped, stooped
over the ,puddlc of water while a hot-stone
wns rolled into it.
"Ah the steam nroso the patient stood it
ns long ns he could nnd then broke away
and out of tho topee, diving head foremost
into tho Ice-filled stream.
"This icy dive was a part of the medicine
man's prescription.
"The agency offlcinl told me," said Mr.
Jones, "thnt the steam bath was and had
always been tho favorite treatment of the
medicine men for most all ills, but ho hardly
thought it much good for pneumonia.
"The percentage of deaths from tho treat
ment wns gauged by the number of bodies of
tho victims."
Mr. Jones nlso directed attention to tho
fact that the top of Spring Mountain, near
which the ceremonial stone won fnutul la n
glacial moraine.
He thinks that perhaps the rare minerals
foreign to that section, of which I spoko in
tho same connection, may have been carried
from n great distance In the glacial drift.
His experience and observation ore inter
esting, In connection with these subjects.
THE amateur geologist who discovered
tho rare minerals in the vicinity of Per
kiomenville. in the Spring Mountain district,
was Frederick Hilblber.
It wns mentioned at the time that Mr.
Hilblber was a retired worker of Wilming
ton, Del., pnst sixty years of age, who in
lIs later years is devoting his time to the
study of nature.
A letter from n Wilmington friend tells
me that Mr. Hilblber has a well-earned
reputation In that city as an authority on
early editions.
"His little shop," says Mr. Robinson,
"In Wilmington wus lined from floor to ceil
ing with hooks.
"There were, too, mineral specimens by
the hundreds.
"lie directed in his quiet way many a
happy small boy's interest and nttention
nlong lines thnt opened up pleasant vistas
and lanes for future hqbby riding."
ONE of the characteristics of the old min
eralogist and book lover Is given by Mr.
Robinson in the following :
"Ho found through the Salvation Army
some early records of the first Quaker meet
ings in Wilmington.
"I know for n fact that he had the chance
to sell the two volumes for 500 to a Phila
delphia!!, but Insisted thnt he first give some
Wlliningtoninn n chance, since they related
more to Wilmington than to Philadelphia.
"The Wilmington man offered him ?50,
and he gave over the books without mention
of tlie higher offer.
"Thnt is the way he loved books and men.
"Don't you think those of us who know
him might feel glad and proud to have num
bered him among friends indelibly stamped
in memory?"
A CLEVER idea wns put across ot t"hc
first staff dinner of the Legal Aid Bu
reau of tho Deportment of Public Welfare
When tho guests assembled they found
beside each plate a mimeographed sheet
filled with figures.
Likewise, with such cryptic lines as Ex
tortion, Ukrnininn. Prohibited by Ruie,
Lithuanian, War Risk Insurance, Sheriff's
Office, Newspapers, and about seventy other
subjects.
Only tho initiated knew nt first what they
meant. Tho visitors quickly caught on,
however. At the top of the page wns tho
legend :
"Department of Public Welfare. Bureau
of Legal Aid. Report of the first nine
months."
On the reverse of the sheet were printed
the menu and the names mid the speakers.
TWENTY years ago the idea ot the city
supplying attorneys nnd legal advice to
noor citizens would have just about cnoKPii
Jnines McMnnes nnd "Bill" McMullcn to,,
rou over in iiiuir .cuskcis. un
Tnternnllsm gone mnd, would have"
been the verdict, doubtless, of these oldtlme
practical bosses.
Just the same, in the nine months prior
to April 1 last tho Legal Aid Bureau han
dled Ho'22 enscs for citizens.
There were more women thnn men helped
by :t02.
One-fifth of this number were colored
people.
In ndditlon to these activitiet. Ki.aS-l men
nnd women poured their doubles into the
cars of the members ot tho staff.
Money iceovercd for thesn poor clnimauts
In that time exceeded $.10,0011.
A CONSPICUOUS item sets forth the fact
thnt tho Philadelphia newspapers fur
nished 228.'! of these cases.
This was only exceeded by the number
sent to the burenu bv Its friends.
The smallest number one case was sent
by tho Britisli Consul.
Although the mnjorllv were attempts to
gouge the poor by those who knew that they
could not afford to retain a lawyer, or prof
iteering landlords cheating poor tenants,
the Tenants' Protective Association sent
onlv four persons to the burenu for advice.
Sad be it to relate, but the majority of
those applying for legal aid or advice were
Americans: -JOOl of them.
The Irish came next.
Russia contributed 277, and of Jews
there were 210.
One lono Egjptinn. two Turks, three
Chinese and four Syrians brought up the
rear.
Odd as it mny rrem, tlilrtj-onc cases were
settled over the telephone.
There were several hundred others that
were thrown out because they had no merit.
There were instance-, of fancied trouble or
too much inconsequential and loose-llnncd
conversation ; in nil 20S. "ppcu
Out of the total number of cases, only 10
were of n Criminal nature and 000 for do
mettle differences.
Burenu Chief Rnmalne C. Ilnssrick has
cause to be proud of his first leport.
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toes nnd peanuts, tires trencle and truffles,
doughnuts, drums mm doorknobs, chairs,
cheese nnd chentiiutH, jam, jokes and glm
cracks, kettles, coal and carrots, goggles "
That." luteruptcd the Corking Col.Munnlst,
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On the Library League
HrpiIIlOUGII the Library League many
JL boys and girls find tho opportunity to
study current Issues nnd problems, nnd it is
Indeed amazing what' they accomplish," ac
cording to Miss Julin W. Williamson, su
pervisor of story-telling nnd the Library
League of the "Free Library of Philadelphia.
"It is a most informal organization," she
said today. "You know, James M. Beck
recently made a plea that the young men of
the country, whatever their party affiliations,
organize to study the current issues, and in
a way the Library League is offering this
very opportunity to its hoy nnd girl mem
bers. The intelligent Interest shown is most
gratifying.
Started Library in 1000
"Wc started the Library League in 1000,
lo hold growing boys nnd girls in tlie transi
tion period between public school and shop
or factory. The first scheme wns to organize
among the boys and girls n group of reading
clubs, to interest the members In good books.
"These clubs were finally formed and then
loosely orgnnlzcd into a league, so the
different groups In various pnrts of the city
could get into touch with each other.
"We so arranged mntters thnt each club
was self-governing. A simple form of par
liamentary practice was u&ed. Under this
plan we soon found the clubs could govern
themselves nnd plnn most Interesting pro
grams. These programs went far ahead of
the plans of the various librarians and vol
unteer lenders. We soon found our proper
niches ns advisers and critics rather than
icaders in the accepted sense of the word.
"The children in tho clubs range in age
from the youngest nt twelve years to eighteen
years and more. Wc take in the seventh nnd
eighth grades. Meetings are held in tho
library buildings in the evenings. It Is a
loosely organized group. No special effort is
made to organize them ; the children nsk for
clubs themselves. These clubs arc something
i.tlio bovs and girls waul, and we now have
''them for boys and girls In many libraries.
.'. iTI ttrnnnlmfl whom vi linvn rlnhst nf ilii.
league now nre: Frankford branch, Frank
ford avenue and Ovcrlngton street, for
girls; Gcrmantown branch, Vernon Pnrk;
for girls: Haddington branch. Sixty-fifth
street and Girnrd nvenue, for boys ; Holmes
burg branch, Frnukford avenue nnd Hnrtel
street, for girls; Klngbessing branch, Fifty
first street below Chester avenue, for girls
and for boys.
"Richmond branch. Indiana avenue and
Almond street, for girls nnd for lioys; South
Philadelphia branch, 2107 South Broad
street, whcie wo hove several clubs; South
work branch, Fifth nnd Ellsworth street,
with clubs for boys nnd girls.
Literary Side
"The programs usually dwell a( first upon
the litcrnry side, upon animal btorlcs and
famous stories. Great heroes and heroines
nre popular; so are mystery stories, famous
ebcaiies nnd tales of adventure. The authors
studied most nro Robert Louis Stevenson,
Mnrk Twain, Tolstoy, Louisa Alcott, Long
fellow or Victor Hugo, according to the
choice of tho members.
"After the first year the clubs usually
develop along special lines, the bojs pre
ferring discussions and debates upon various
topics. Orations are prepared'. The girls
nre more likely to follow the book talks with
excursions into dramatics. Both girls and
boys have written nnd presented scenes from
books at club meetings. Moro elaborate
plays nlso have been given before audiences,
"The most ambitious attempt was made
last year by the Richmond Club, which gave
scenes from 'Ben Ilur.' Scenes ate also
given frequently from "Tom Sawyer' and from
Dickens, Dickens' 'Christmas Carol' is. n
favorite. This season tho Richmond Club
is nt work on n piny called 'For the Honor
of Euphcmcdae.'
Theatre Parties
"Thero is iiuothcr activity also, and that
is tho attendnnco nt ploys In the theatres.
For the last three yenrs wc have organized
parties and attended a play ench jenr. The
three plays so for seen wcio 'Treasure
Island, George Arllss In 'Poldckln' nnd
Abraham Lincoln.1
"In this connection It has been Interesting
for us to note thnt boys nowadays are not
getting much to the theatre. They go to the
movies instead. When wc go to a piny we
find that n majority of the boys and girls nre
In a theatre for the first time. They ure
usually delighted with the spoken drama,
"While the league Is a comparatively small
thing as compared with tho work of the Free
Library in other fields, the members feel It
has a strong plac an an educational force
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in their lives. The most encournging feature
of the work Is the loyalty of the older mem
bers, who value it so highly they feci their
younger sisters and brothers nnd frleiun
should also join.
Coaches Volunteer
"A number of former members now at
tending the University hnvc volunteered to
act ns coaches and advisers. The first
'graduate' leader is now assistant manager
nf the Chicago Boys' Club. Through Mr.
Dana Howe, of the Young Men's Christian
Association at the University of Pennsyl
vania, wc have been fortunnto in securing
some of our best workers. The most suc
cessful method lias been to hnvc one of the
children's librarians take charge of tho club
for the first year and gradually, without
losing her own interest, turn it over to n
volunteer. At present there nre sixteen
cluus with a membership of 850.
"An oratorical contest is held ench year
among the boys clubs. A' preliminary con
test is held in ench club and the speakers
chosen. Medals are the prizes for tho com
petitions, nnd there is n chollengc cup which
must be won three times before it remains
the property of any one club.
"The girls' clubs compete in story-telling
nnd recitation, and this year they have added
oratory, and hope in time to compete with
the boys. One girls' club feels quite tri
umphant because In a debate with n boys
club this winter upon the subject of restric
tion of Immigration tho girls carried off the
palm of victory."
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HUMANISMS
By WILLIAM ATIIERTON DU PUY
THERE arc only four persons of the name
of Mellon in nil the United States who
have gained such distinction that they arc
set down in Who's Who. All four live in
Pittsburgh ; nil four ore bankers. One of
them lsi Andrew W. Mellon, who recently
became Sccrctnry of the Treasury and moved
to Washington. Two others arc his brothers
and one is his son.
Tho fact that these four men nro what
they are is probably due to a father having
taken thought in their behalf.
Away back in those days which followed
the Civil War the origlnnl Mellon, grown
to prominence from an Irish immigrant boy,
sat on the judicial bench of Pittsburgh. Ilo
had accumulated wealth and he saw his five
sons glowing up around him. He opened
n bank and gave one-fifth of the stock to
ench son In lieu of snlary. That institu
tion has developed Into one of tho strongest
In all the nation and the Mellons rank
close to the Roclftfcllcrs in wealth.
Miss Alice M. Robertson, representative
in Congress from Oklahoma, a woman who
nonchalantly admits to being sixty-six
cnrs of age, says that she has been claimed
by a number of states, but as a matter of
fact was born In Indian Territory.
Georgia claims her nnd, she says, she
would have been born there had the gov
ernor not pardoned her fnther just in time
for him to get out of jail, hitch up his
wagon and drive awny to the West.
Georgia had borne sort of law which made
it n crime to work ns missionary nmoiig
tho Indians. Her father was nrrcsted for
doing bo and was convicted and sent to jail.
His case was nppealed to the Supremo
Court, which wns then nn agency that had
not gained for itself unquestioned recogni
tion. It is not generally known thnt the
Supreme Court hns no means of enforcing
its dictntes. In Its early days it was defied
In several instances. One of these wns
when it rilled ngainst the courts of Georgia
in tho caso of Representative Robertson's
father. Gcorg a rcfuhed to turn Ifim loose.
The governor did,
William O. Atkeson, the new member of
tho House of Representatives from Butler.
Mo., the only man In Congress with rca
lacc-curtaiii whiskers, Is a brother of T
(..Atkeson, head of tho Notional Grange!
Representative Atkeson states thnt be
owes his election to this women of his .lis
trlct. He says that they knew what they
wanted and so they voted for him
the man who borrowed money n year iic'o ami
still has tho debt to pay. 8 "U
If Mine Curio dUrovers the dllfeienrn
between a Republican and a Democrat per
haps she will let some of the rest of us know
Reports to the Labor Department of
tho Government show thnt the dollar today
buys 2.1 per cent moro than It did a year
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QUIZ
1. Who wns tho .first presidential nppolnu
to a unninot omce to do rejected by tu
' United States Senate?
2. In what American war did tho Battle tt
Chapultcpec occur?
3. What was tho South Sea Bubble?
4. Who said, "I won't quarrel with bj
Dreau nna Duuerr -i
5. When did tho BocR-of- Qlbraltftr flrtt
come into possession of Great HrltllnT
fl. Who Is the present King of Norwayr v
i. Namo seven Boinanco languages.
8. Who was AJax In classical mythology?
0- What Is the meaning of tho abbreviation
Q. E. r.? $;
10. What Is the motto on the Liberty BU!j
1. There have been nine Chief Justices o
the United States John Jnv, JoM
Jtutletlpe. Oliver Ellsworth, John M!
ttlmll Tlncrtr 11 Tnnpv Snlmftn P
Chase, Morrison K. Waite. JtelvUl''
W. Fuller nnd Edward D. White. '
2. Tho equator passes through Ecuador, Cl
lomliln, Brazil, French EquatorU:
Africa, Belgian Congo, Uganda. Brit
Isli East Africa, Jtalinn HomalllaM.'
oumaira, juornco. ueieDes, iiaimanmj
and Walgeu Island in the Milw
ArrhlnMnsrn nnri tViA flllViort nnil fill.'
apngos Islands In tho Tactile Ocean.
3. Tho weight offtn American standiri
silver dollar Is 412.6 grains. $
4. John Jny was tho first Secretary of SUU
of tho United States. Tj
6. Richard Crashaw wns nn English pott
noted for hln "fttfnn to thn Temolt".
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nnd "Tho Dollghts of tho Muses." Hn;
dates aro IC16-16C0. '
7. Tho moon completes her circuit arotiM;
tho earth In 27 days, 7 hours and III
minutes, but -In consequence of '
mntinn In pfimmnn with fh 3rtA
n rou nd the sun, the mean duration cf
tno lunar month, that is tne time w
ntv mnnn In npw moon. In 29 Qlft,
12 hours and 44.05 minutes, which u
ii tiAr! tViv mnwt'd avnnailinl nerlOd.
vssi.u uto "ivuii a -rf..wM.w.- j--- ,
8. A imrvls is an InclofleU area In iron:
n nnhnrir'ii m shnrnH C
9. A serval Is a tawny black-spotted AM-1
can tiger cat. , , . ',
10. Voodoo Is use of nnd belief in a kind
witchcraft said to have been practlcsljB
especially in nam.
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From Durondo, Col., comes the storrolJ
an Jndinn girl who wnlKcd torty mur wq
be mnrrled, leading a goat as a gift for Wfl
betrothed. The reaction of the city ilr i
the story will undoubtedly be, "She Aim
need tno animal; sue nerseit was me
Any mnn who feels inclined to polefm
at Calvin Coolldgc's "closeness" may cor
rect his attitude of mind by rcmeniuerW
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mill xi nun nil , umi( wv . . !.
poor man who Is nlso a good man must new
exercise economy wncn no is wor-i-s .
Uncle Sam.
The punishment Uncle Sam has vWttj
in Arkansas on violators of tho nitfrnto
bird act is notice to all such luerctni'i,
"M-ilu" tlinf ll,v nnnnnt IlinltC dUCUS tDg
drakes of the law.
Peach Pie and Pepper Pot
JIMMY came fiom dinner, laughter In W
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Blithe a's any sinner given glal M'rpris''
"What," wc gently queried, "gw K'
clouds this Tift7" , .
W(th a smile unwearied catno the -
swnt:
Peach plo nnd pepper pot!
Toko 'em In reverse!
Sunshine, in tho heart of you .
Money in your purse!
Happiness a part ot jou!
(.ono nro feelings glum !
Pench plo nnd nepner pot !
Yum I YumT Yum!
Pench plo and pepper pot!
Joys within our reach!
Pot that puts tbo pep in you!
Pic thnt is a peach !
Put n joyous step in you!
MorchiugMvIth a chum!
reach pie and pepper pot!
Yum! Yum! Yum I
Pench pie nnd pepjier pot !
Pretty pod of peas! ,
Phllly joys will share with you!
Docs her boat to please! ,
Gladly sbnkcs dull care with you'
Makes the bluo birds come!
Pcneh plo and pepper pot I
Yum! Yum! 'Yum!
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