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SECURITY FOR A SHRINE
OBYIOL'KLY. tlio publicn duty lounrtl
the indcponilrnrc llnll Krotip shnuld not
end with occasional mpairs nnd ro.storntlnni
with tntcrvcnlni; periods of imHffrrrnrc and
neglect.
oyor Monro hns npprccistcd llii. fm i by
oppolnthirt n nuprrvisnry i-nnimittro n nrd
ers of (ho nnlinnul sliriiu nnd ompnwrrpd
to collect relics, portraits and other nrtlrles
of historic property.
The structures today rctiire exceedingly
careful watchinp, for the seed of disitito
gTation, once sown, fertilize with dUtresinR
rapidity. This has been proved in the rase
of the old Supreme Court survival nt Fifth
and Chestnut streets, which U now in n
hocking state f decay.
Director ( 'riven nnnonnrpi I hat as soon
H the specifications can be delivered the
rievously needed work of restoration will
begin. The chance cannot come too oon.
A "RADICAL" OF THE PAST
WHEN vietor is establi-lied a- to lie
'come n commonplace, oblivion is often the
portion of thoo who began the fray. Such
was, indeed, the reward of I'hebe A. Man
aford, n pioneer with l.ueretin Mott
arjd Susan B. Anthony in the once-ridiculed
cause of the emancipation of woman. Mr.
Hanaford died in Rochester yesterday at the
age of ninety-two. Virttinll every "en
ational" movement wliieh shn epnued is
now nccepted a a rnncntniirmt of modern
eivllizntinn. She wa. a prenclier, n doctor
of divinity, and times without number she
doubtless heard applied to herself the John
sonian sneer concerning the resivnhlnncp of
a woman in the pulpit to a dog slnnding
npon hind legs. If women ministers ore not
common even today, they are certainly not
' freaks.
The world forgot Mrs. Hnnaford chiefly
because it brushed aside ipiestions regarded
as settled. Tf her sense, of humor was en
, durlngly keen it must have amused her to
"recall those far-gone days when sh was
branded as a "radical, "
, REFORM WITHOUT VANITY
GOVERNMENTAL Research Conference
is the somewhat ponderous name cov-r-ering
a group of public-spirited agencies
wfiich have proved of real assistance in the
clarifying and working out of numerous
civic problems. Certainly if the Bureau of
Alnnfcipal Research, which is n part of this
organization, may be considered typical of
the whole, there is no question of its earned
repute.
This local body is void of the irapertinenre
that sometimes stains the reforming spirit.
Itis free from intellectual snobberv nnd its
ffasp of practical values is only paralleled
by; its integrity and sincere desiro to he
helpful. The bureau Is gratifyingly good-
tempered, and while its weekly bulletins
hare seldom failed to be frank in pointing out
remedial abuses, they hae never degen
erated into sensatlbnalism or futile grum
bling. jBroof of this wholesome attitude i avail
able in the excellent relations maintained
between the practical politicians with prac
tical jobs nnd the research workers domi
nated by idealistic motives. ,Jn the sense,
therefore, in which the word has grown dis
tasteful to many Americans, "uplift" is not
applicable to the thirty odd citizen bodies
Composing the present conference.
Jts aim is clear, constructive thinking
along lines beneficial not to exclusive classes,
btjfc to entire communities. The mission is
not patronizingly paternal, hut advisory.
These investigators of municipal problems
cannot in the least bn characterized as vain,
'silk-stockinged reformers. They are ev
orts concerned with realities, and hour no
(resemblance to the tvpes of visionaries who
ari so often abashed becnusn human nature
-nrid human institutions resist wholesale ami
hasty attempts tn transform them.
jThe city Is pleased to be the host of these
interesting, sane and undiscouraged Usitors.
a NOW THEM BY THEIR FRUITS
AMFORXIANS are drawing the atten
tion of Congress to the fact that pre
Tftjlllng freight rates will mean "substantial
losses" to Western fruir growers
JThis would seem to be n good time for
fruit growers in Eastern States to draw the
'attention of consumers to one undoubted
f!;t not sufficiently well known, to wit:
Apples and cherries, for instnnce, are per
matted to rot In the East while apple and
cherries from the West are being sold in
Eastern markets.
JAnd ln's despite the further fact that the
"Western fruit, though perhaps better look
ing, does not exceed in fine flavpr fruit
grown on the Atlantic seaboard
THE BOARD OF JUDGES' TEST
VT OBD knows why they aimuM be." was
XJ George Whnrtnn Pepper's comment
upon the Board of Judges, empowered hv
law to select members of the Board of Ed
u est ion.
JMr.Poppcr. speaking at n rally of Re.
MMlican women the other nk'M nrie1 l.io
Lj ,hsrers to consider deeply the question of
. 'yi. ueit inrani wnerrny oinciais with an -
''tliprlty to direct educational matters in ihls
Sm& .should be chosen. The advice was
B Sfcoleome.
Jit comes, however, at n time when the
.rf sent system is ns fully intrenched as ever.
.All-rjins for revising it were turned down nt
in? recent session oi the Legislature. At
this precise moment the most earnest cogi
.Paffon by the most sincere municipal ideal-
iM is incapable of helping mutters.
AYhere solemn thought and painstaking
'judgment nrn necessary is nt the table around
which the. Board of Judges will meet today
fThl body will name two new members uf
, ibj!' Board of Education to till the vacancies
i,lalised by the resignation of Simon firnta
"aiH the death of Charles 11. Edmunds,
Hia responsibilities involved are npparont
FsVerr thlnklns citizen, The board sorely
lM ''yfcfV0" '" ""v ",Vt 1P ""'Rfs
Mlly Mief eBo Jlr. roppar s amue
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sittss
ment orer the extent of their prerogative by
rising to n. situation of which the whole
public Is aware.
As almost any other system of government
or administration, thin one can entirely
justify itself by working well. A conspicu
ous chance for reform is at band.
LIBERTY BOND HOLDERS AND
THE EUROPEAN SITUATION
Until the Old World Is Put on Its Feet
There Can Be No Economic Recov
ery In the United States
FOLLOWING the announcement of the
Federal Reserve Banks that after July 1
Liberty nnd Victory Bonds would be ac
cepted ns collateral for loans on the basis
of their approximate market value instend
of at par. the market price for the .'I'... per
cent tax exempt bonds fell to SO.
'Hie action of what is (o all Intents a
Government bank has thus depressed the
market value of Government securities.
It has been explained thnt the purpose of
this movo Is to force n reduction in the
amount of outstanding loans secured by
Government bonds. The bonds have not
been properly absorbed bv the Investing
community. Thev were bought in large
quantities by banks, which took the amount
assigned to them; and tho hanks. In order
to prevent Ihelr working capital from being
tied up in this way. borrowed money from
the federal Reservo Banks on the security
of the bonds. Private capitalists went to
the relief of the Government In the same wny
and borrowed money from their banks to pay
for the bonds, nnd the banks in turn bor
rowed money from the Federal Resprvo
Banks to get the money to loan to their
customers.
An attempt was made several months ago
to force n redaction in the amount of those
loans. 1 1 was not so successful as was
desired I'ntil surplus capital enough has
been accumulated to absorb the war loans
without drawing on the banking resources
of tlit countr the bonds will mnke trouble
in the money market. And so long as money
enn be lent to private borrowers nt a higher
net rate of interest than is pnid on the Gov
ernment bonds, those bonds will be selling
below par.
This condition will continue until the
economic questions growing out of the war
have been settled both in this country and
in Europe.
The siiuntion is such that every holder
of a Liberty or Victory Bond is financially
interested in the policy of the Administra
tion in Washington. Consequently the man
ifest determination of the Administration to
participate In the settlement of the economic
questions in Europe through the Supreme
Council, sitting In London, and the Council
of Ambassadors nnd thn Reparations Com
mission, sitting in Paris, should be reassur
ing. However reluctant the I'nited States
innv be to get entangled in any wny in the
political concerns of Europe, it cannot ignore
the financial conditions over there. Euro
pean Governments owe the American Gorer
ment about S10. 000. OHO. 000. and European
industry owes American bankers between
SH.OOO.ono.OOO and $-1,000,000,000 more.
We must do our utmost to assist our debtors
to get on their feet so that they can pay us
what they owe.
If it shall become necessary for us to
nssist nltlmntely in the political rehabilita
tion of Europe ns part of the task of com
pleting the economic rehabilitation, it is
probable that we shall accept the logic of
the situation and do what seems host under
the circumstances.
The plan of Senator Watson, of Georgia,
to lelieve economic conditions bv making
Government bonds a legal tender for debts
is of a piece with the popul'stic theories of
this pseudo statesman. The Senator thinks
thnt the country is .suffering from n shortage
in the circulating medium. He proposes
that it be increased to the amount of the
outstanding debt of the Government.
Now. in the first plnce. the country is not
suffering from contraction of the currency.
It troubles are due in part to too much
expansion of the currency, a trouble that
afflicts it along with the other nations in
volved in the war. which were forced to
expand their currency in order to provide
funds with which to make the enormous
purchases necessary tn carry on the war.
This brought about high prices and high
wages and high interest rates for money
because the purchasing power of the dollar
decreased ns the number of dollars in cir
culation increased.
In the second place, no experiment with
an interest bearing Government note as cur
rencj hns ever been successful Such a note
has to compete with all other time securities
offered in the market. Its value fluctuates
with the market. Experience has proved
that non-intrre.st bearing demand notes,
such ns the Federal Reserve Rnnk notes, are
the best form in which to issue currency.
So long as the credit of the Government is
good they are on a par with tho gold in which
they are to be redeemed, for the gold can be
obtained instantly whenever it is needed by
the holders of the notes. A bond is a time
note which cannot he turned into gold until
the date of its maturity. This is why the
war bonds due in three or four venrs are
selling at a higher price than the long-term
bonds, which fell tn SO when the Federal
Reserve Ranks announced that they would
be accepted as collateral for loans at their
market valm
Senator Watson's pnn will not be adopted,
for the Senator is not a safe financial guide.
He has advocated irredeemable paper cur
renci and nil the other Populist economic
fallacies based on ignorance of the nature
and function of money. If he had had his
n. i enr-s ago the Government printing
presses would have been kept busy turning
out "rnone" jilst. as the Bolshevist printing
presses have turned out rubles until it lakes
n hale of them to buy a meal in Moscow.
His plan descries attention only lo warn the
unthinking against it. It would neither
restore the l.ibertv nnd Victory Itmids to
par nor would it relieve the business of the
count r. in urn wnv whatsoever. Indeed, it
it should be adopted it would bring about
financial chio.s
.Long headed meji with available capital
are Inning tho Liberty bonds nt tho
prevailing prices, for thev know that
there is tjo safer investment and few on
which a better profit can be made in the
long run Ewrv man of modest mean- who
has a S.VI bond or one for S.100 or .slOOl)
should hnug on to it Instead of allowing
himself to be persuaded to sell it and buy
some luxury with the proceeds. Ife would
better save as much as possible from his
earnings and buy more bonds at the present
low prices. He will net a better return on
his money than he can gef from the savings
banks and he will make a handsome profit
when the bonds nre finnlly paid.
STILL THE ESTHETIC CAPITAL
THE artistic litulitv of F rimer after (he
Franco-Prussian War moved observers
lo evolve a tlieorx that defeat, which con
futes materialistic aims, invigorates the on,
tunil and Idealistic impulses.
Argument along this line was certainly re
enforced in Paris of the enrly seventies
b the remarkable school of Impressionist
painters of which Edouard Manet was a
lender nnd the renaissance in music in which
Georges Riet plnved so striking, though
unfortunately so brief, a role. The imper
ishnlile opera. "Cnrmen." saw the footlights
at the Opera Comique onlv four wars after
the triumphal defile of 'he conquering Ten
torn through the rch of Triumph
Acfprdlnf, therepre, 1 the deductions
from tntio circumsf nces, nourishing ante
EVENING PUHIjIC LEDGER PHILADELPHIA,
belluni art should now- be sought elsewhere
tlinn In the nation restored to dominance lu
Western Europe.
Yet Leoiwld ritokowskl, now upon his
annual quest of new musical scores, Is tes
tifying enthusiastically to the inspiration to
lie derived from French theatres and French
concert hall. "The musicians ami t play
ers." ho avers, "are of the very best." He
marvels nt Camllle Saint -Saetis, nt eighty -ono
still n potent force in music, and Isnr
ranging for n visit to Philadelphia of Vin
cent d'lndy. otic of the representative fig
ures in tho modernist school.
For Russia, responsible for sonic of the
most glowing, virile nnd original specimen
of early nineteenth century composition, he
forecasts n season of titter artistic sterility.
German Inspiration in music flagged lamen
tably just previous io the war and the out
look today is far from bright.
Paris remains the world s esthetic capital.
The philosophy of defeat or victory has in
reality little to do with this leadership. It
Is inherent in the genius of the nation.
MORE DISREGARD FOR ECONOMY
IT IS proper that this city should be rep
resented at the coming convention of
welfare workers in Milwaukee. And it is
proper that thn expenses of tlio official rep
resentatives of tho Municipal Court to that
convention should be paid out of the public
treasury.
But $7000 seem to be more money than
should be needed to pay the legitimate ex
penses of an adequate number of delegates,
Yet at the request of thn ourt the City
Council appropriated that amount. Mayor
Moore, with whom nearly every ono will
ngrce, vetoed the' appropriation as extrava
gant. But the Council, morn Interested In
doing what the Municipal Court wishes than
in preventing the waste of public money, has
overriddpn thp veto.
TIip Court seems to own the Council nnd
to he able to do with it. whatever it wills.
Last winter it secured nppropriotlons for
the solaries of 12" attaches whom the Mayor
said were unnceosinry. and there Is nothing
thnt it has asked for that has been refused
to it.
Tf the Court wpre run primarily In the
interest of the public there xvotild be no
cause for complaint, but It is the annex of
a political machine and is being used to
Intrench that machine in pocr.
The only consolation there Is lies in the
hope that the Court is merely laying up
wrath against the day of judgment, xvhen the
people shall have an opportunity to take
vengeance on the men who hnve been abusing
tlielr power.
LENINE'S NEW WAY OUT
WHAT
of th,
purports to be an official report
the conclusions of the Soviet Gov
ernment in Moscow justifies the skepticism
which wo expressed the other day about the
authenticity of the announcement that
Inino had formally declared that the com
munistic experiment has failed.
No such announcement was made. All
that happened was an announcement that
there xvas to be a m
odificatlon In the eco-
Inset industry moving. I
nomie policy In order t
The farmers nre to be allowed to keep two
thirds of their crop, while one-third is to
be taken by the Government. Attempts hnd
been made to take all the crops, but tho
farmers found ways to defeat this purpose.
They are not Communists and they objected
to working hard nil summer only to hnve
tho proceeds of their toll tnken over for the
benefit of others.
The larger industries are still to be regu
lated by the Stnte. but they will be under
the supervision of trade unions, which xvill
regulate the wages. The Communists ex
plain that the unions nre to not as the agents
of the Soviets. The smaller industries nre
to be- conducted by private persons or by
co-operative societies, and personal initiative
is to be encouraged.
Leonid Krnssin. the Soviet Minister of
Trade in London, hns explained that the
Communists snid from thn beginning thnt
unless all Europp followed the Russian ex
ample the Russians must compromise for
a time. They have decided "to make the
compromise." Of course, this means Hint
the Communist experiment lias failed But
I.enlno nnd his friends nre too shrewd poli
ticinnsi to admit it. They are merely snying
thnt it will take longer than they antici
pated to estnhlish it on a firm basis.
The rest of us, however, need not worry
ov.er the tribulations of the economic ex
perimenters In Russin. If they are wise
enough to adopt a policy xvhlch will put
that country on its feet ngaln, no one nred
care how they explain their nets.
A Communist paper
Ain't It the In Berlin wants to
Naked Truth? know what right tie
police hnve to stop the
naked bathing of the proletariat when they
permit naked dancing for the entertainment,
of the profiteers and plutocrats? Thn point
seems to be xvell taken. It xvotild seem that
the police have decided that they must draw
the line somewhere, but don't know nt just
what point.
Patriotism
party lines.
and pork alike obliterate
Fourth
safety first
of July motto Sanity follows
What Tulsa
League of Nations.
nppnrs to need is
Communism in Russia, unable tn clear
its skirt, is providing it with a capitalistic
fringe
Aihices from the Beuthen nnd Tulsa
bnitlefronts tell sad stories of misdirected
nctix Ities.
Rockefeller gets ns much advertising out
of the nickels he gives away as he dura nut of
the millions.
-
In naming the new Governor of Alaska
even the President's friends will admit ho
pulled a Hone.
If Atlantic Citj's
sufficiently pretty thev
added attraction.
womrn police are
ought to prove an
Perhaps we have holidays
if we need another why not call
and let if go nt that?
enough,
it Piny
but
Day
It must be admitted thai Postmaster
General Ilaxs phived in tuck in having Bur
leson for his prodeeesMji.
TIipip are optimistic office seeker who
think Senator Penrose curries his plum tree
with him wherever he goes.
With the light of battle in their eyes,
members of the House and Senate seem to
approve of naval warfare.
Have ou iniiiiccl that the latest ban
on beer ..vnohrnnies with the promotion of
water fiower development '!
Is Mr. Kn
wondering if the peace
resolution to be
e passeii ny i nngrrss will ne
nil Porter or
half and hulfV
The man who satisfactorily solves the
P. R. T underlying companies problem
might make m fairly strong bid for tho first
link award
I'eiiuip I reason the Railroad Labor
Hoard didn ' take the wage cherry at one
bite was because of a wish to avoid the pit
of opposition,
The local boy who stole Silt) so that he
might" vlMt Hie Zoo wns evidently of the
opinion thnt the high cpst of living had hit
the peanut crop hard.
Si,
AS ONE WOMAN SEES IT,
Words of the White Queen to Alice
In Wonderland Have Pertinence for
Negroes Who Wish to Succeed
By SARAH 1). LOWRIE
WITH the opening of the Hotel Dale at
Broad nnd Catharine strrelu the colored
citizens have a iirst-clnss hotel at their dis
posal. It has. besides Its restaurant, a big
banquet hall "that, will scat many hundreds
of diners, and its entrance on Broad street
Is both dignified and attractive. This enter
prise, with a new theatre near by, is a step
in the right direction of Independence for a
race that has sometimes lost out in the
tparch of progress by failing to take tho
initiative for itself.
So long ns any one Is content to be third
best or fourth best in any line of endeavor
he is bound lo be jostled nud pushed aside
by the hustlers who want to pass him. There
are ninny occupations thnt the colored man
Is jostled out of because he has not tried for
first plnce. but has been lazily content with
fourth or fifth. But where he has made him
self nn expert he is neither Jostled nor
pushed nslde.
In this city of good food, colored caterers
have gained and hnva kept, a first place, npd
deservedTSl keep it, else they would not have
stayed put." There is no race prejudice
ngninst cnterers, either in the price they
receive or the pool t Ion they hold while about
their business. Tho.i have had to compete
with chefs nnd stewards of every race from
1' Tench to Japanese ; thej come Into houses
that during the time of their stay are dis
organized nnd In n flutter, vet thev nut
through their delicate and difficult business
of providing an entertainment nnd serving it
wjth n dignity nnd finish thnt command
respect nnd leave behind harmony nnd order.
IN THE art of shopping for dressmaking
firms they excel, pven comparative chil
dren hnvlng what one woman who employs
them calls "a matching eye."
They are excellent and quick packers and
hnve nn instinct for tilting things in tleflL
nnd safely. They play dance music, espe
cially the modern sort, with a verve and
rhythm thnt in natural skill is almost equal
to that of the Hungnrlan bands that play,
it will lie remembered, without written music
the most difficult and subtle hnrmonies with
a syncopation thnt is more difficult even than
jar.z. I am told that in their theatre here
nnd In other towns they are creating a new
school of acting nnd of stngn settiug.
Now if In all these directions they are
setting themselves not to itnitnte but to
excel, it. looks as though the intelligent
among them were on the right trnck.
A bill of rights that will make it n finable
offense, not to admit them wherever they
choose to apply will give them whnt they
have, theoretically at least, in New York
and in New Jersey: but their own superi
ority of accomplishment in whatever. Ihey
set out. to do will give them the only stand
ing worth having.
I
REMEMBER Booker Washington re
marking onco thnt his nice had n mo-
nopoly of tho barber's trade when he was a
Isiy. nnd lost it through sheer carelessness.
At the time of the first agitation for hygienic
shaving and hair-cuttlnp thev fnilerl t,
'''""'g0 with the changing demands, nnd were
"'n1..0.'", V'l 0rnn'1", '' nt'ns.
ii-., iiiigni imvp nun me iruit trntie; it.
went, to n race of immigrants who were ns
illiterate and humble of origin as anv plan
tation field band. The very best "market
vender of foodstuffs I've ever dealt with is n
colored man by the name of Andy, nnd the
most honest. He hns n very large and rich
nnd appreciative clientele; no one would
think of "jostling him"; nnd I'd tnke his
verdict on a chicken any day abovo his
employer's; in fnct, he is superior to most
green grocers nnd could hnve had a flourish
ing business of his own. His mce would
have been no handicap.
DURING the war there was undoubtedly
n great deal of German propaganda
used in the colored newspapers to stir up a
feeling of "wrath for wrongs"; there i still
here in Philadelphia a kind of undercurrent
of race indignation that almost amounts tc
n sullen obsession.
One of their leaders said publicly not long
ngo thnt under certnin circumstances that
had to do with the bill of rights falling to
become a law he could not be answerable for
the race outbreak that might follow.
These were very foolish words for a leader.
A race outbreak German. Italian, Chinese,
Jewish or Mexican- would be suicidal in
this country, and n Negro outbreak no less
so. This country wns split Into two nngrt
camp, over the fate of the Negro Tare, but
had that race risen to do its own fighting
the country would hnve united in a month.
If tho leaders of the colored race would
raise a great discontent in the breasts of the
colored citizens of this city over the whole
sale selling of colored votes, that would be
a lawful race outbreak worth while, and
might accomplish all the political power
needed to pass any just, piece of legislation.
Tho votes of "00,000 persons shifted to
honest, and enlightened candidates, with no
deal that could not be shouted from the
housetops, would do more for the race than
any sullen "wrath for wrongs" can effect.
The whole point of the difficult matter lies
in what means shall be employed to bring
about nn end desired by all persons who
wish justice, done.
THE pilgrims who landed on thce shores,
the Quakers, tho Huguenots, tho Scotch
and tho Irish, all had to struggle for what
they got. They conquered bj being more
civilized than the nntives. not less; more
industrious, more expert and inventive.
This Is not n country where any one con
rise who does not work, who is not far
seeing and inventive nnd keen to perfect what
he has and is.
As the White Queen remarked to Alice,
"You have to run to' keep in the same
plnce."
I
WENT the other dny to see a woman
whose, husband was ill, on a street south
of Pine srcet; or. rather, when I came to
the iiumner it was marked nn an archway
between two houses. The archway covered
an open gutter that led bnck Into a court
yard on which six three room houses faced.
What had beep the back v arils of two houses
was .turned into a little brick open place
upon' which the siv houses Mom). These
houses had no sewage connection, though 1
think there was a sink with running water.
All of them were tenanted bv colored fami
lies. It struck me, nt iust n cursory glance,
thnt the city laws of housing were' violated
In more ways than one. If the tenants hnd
been white I would not have boon surprised,
but that they put up with the conditions in
n ward that is predominantly colored was
very surprising. Politically speaking, they
could have done anything (hey wanted In
that street. They could demand proper
housing, proper drainage ami lighting nnd
cleaning and paving, proper policing and de
cent neighborhood morals nnd conditions, nnd
could have made the street n model-'thev
own it politically, unless thev have sold it
for the price of their poll tax and a little
more.
Thn time is past when they will listen
very amicably to advice from other than
their own race. It is to be hoped I lint among
thrlr loaders there will be found those who
can leod. not by intlnmlng words, but by
lives that point to work well done, skill woh
applied nnd n passion for perfection, the.
pride of accomplishment.
RESTLIiSSNKSS
SPRING
Slllite
PRING in the air! 'Tis a jo.vous thing.
dies of song and Idts of blue
In n sky that lias rrowneii tin- long days
through,
Whiffs from the salt sen far away
Where fresh winds scatter the' foaming
spray
And ruffle the sea gull's wing.
Spring In the heart! 'Tis a heedless thing.
Awakening dreams that were hurled deep
Forgetting their pain lu endless sleep.
Tossing with careless hands nslde
Tim patient ly wuven mask of prldr
Mockingly laughing Hiring!
Mildred Scilfy In the New York Evening
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Talks With Thinking Philadelphians on Subjects They
Know Best
Daily
HORACE WELLS SELLERS
On Restoration of Old Buildings
rpHE obliteration of historic landmarks,
J. buildings that arc records in mortar and
stone, is one result of (he change in the
homogeneity of population in the country,
but should be avoided nt all costs, according
to Horace Wells Sellers, chairman of the
Committee on Preservation of- Historical
Monuments and Scenic Realities of the
American Institution of Architects.
Mr. Sellers, a Philadelphia nrchitcct. de
clared today such buildings show the social
life and taste of tho times In which they
vvern built and give reality to historic events.
"The Stnte House, or Independence Hall,
and the adjacent buildings. Congress llnll
and the nriginnl City Hall on Independence
Square," he said, "comprise in ono sym
metrically balanced group three structures
representing in historic associations and
significance the municipal, State and Fed
eral Government, nnd arc collectively iden
tified with the founding of the Republic.
"When preserved in its original appear
ance nnd devoted solely to tho commemo
ration of tlio notable events nnd personages
with which it has been associated, this
ancient landmark gives reality to history
and .stimulates patriotism.
Matter of National Concern
"Thus viewed, the condition nnd aspect
of the buildings on Independence Square are
a matter not only of local but of national
concern, and in recognition of this nnd of
the responsibility thnt rests on Philadelphia
as custodian of this historic monument, die
Philadelphia Chapter of the American In
stitute of Architects has, from time to time,
tendered and contributed its services to the
municipality as n public duty within its
function as n technical society qualified to
consider tho problems which the. restoration
of these buildings Involves.
"In pursuance to ordinances of old Coun
cils in acceptance of the advisory service
thus offered, the restoration of Congress Hall
was accomplished in 1U1!I, according to the
plans and under the supervision of the
chapter Committee on Preservation of His
toric Monuments, followed in 1015 by the
iiuprovPini'iitH to Independence Square as
designed bj the committee to bring tlio in
closuie into architectural harmony with
the buildings.
"In like manner during 1010 the commit
tee was called on by ordinance of Councils
lo supervise (lie survey of old City Hall
and. through tlio study of documentary evi
dence and physical conditions, to prepare
plans for the restoration of the building to
its original form when occupicd-by tho Mayor
and Councils under thu first City Charter,
and when also the seat of the Supreme Court
of the I'nited States prior to the year 1800.
"While this survey was in progress the
services of the committee were extended b.v
ordinance of Coiineilh, approved December
I". 1017. lo include the supervision of a
complete survey of the State House, or In
dependence Hall, in order to obtain' an
accurate record of Its original construction
as it now exists, anil thn result of this sur
vey is represented by thirty drawings thus,
prepared.
Careful Research Made
"Incident to this search, the committee
has made caieful icsearcii and study of
documentary evidence, gathered from original
sources, as pertaining to the erection and
subsequent changes in tho construction of
the building, and when nn opportunity is
afforded to mnke u physical examination of
the structure, bv removal of modern work,
the committee will, in accordance with agree
ment, supervise the preparation of the draw
ings of such details as it would bo desirable
and expedient to restore in harmony with the
original design, and which details nre now
at variance with the architecture of the
building.
"Philadelphia was extremely rich in early
American architecture, as is tlio case with
nM seaboard cities. The change in commer
cial centers and the influx of immigration,
which always invades the old part of n
town, have resulted In a rapid destruction
of buildings and u rapid change In their
character thai is to he deplored.
"In the caso of privately owned buildings
It. is hard to supervise them, and in the case
where publicly owned buildings are Involved
It is haul lo convince thn politicians that
a professional mini can have nn thing In do
with public works and be willing to give his
time and money for nothing without nn
ulterior motive. Rut the basic principle of
the Institule of American Architects is lo
render service to the public.
"We are now engaged In making a survey
of the whole united Ntates. uut we ire
intently meet with the situation (hai arose
iii- Hartford, Conn,, where the 8oclalUa
IN FULL COMMAND
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wanted the old State House, designed b.v
Bullfinch, torn down for the benefit of the
taxpayers. When they were reasoned with
they only replied : 'What do we care? Wo
were not identified with this country twenty
live years ago.' The building hns since been
well restored, however.
Get Views of Many Experts
"Our action Is always based on the col
lective views of many men. Some one archi
tect could propose changes in a historical
building, perhaps, that would greatly re
dound to his personal credit, but it might
not be historically accurate. But our action,
ns I snid. Is always the result of collective
judgment of many architects and personality
Is elimliuited. v
"Wo study history with nn appreciation
of building istructinn during the p clod,
and that often puts nn entirely new inter
pretation on the period's history."
HUMANISMS
By WILLIAM ATHKRTON 1)U PUY
OF ELIIIU ROOT, former Secretary of
"War, Secretary of State, Senator, now
ndvlscr-at-large of the Administration on
international affairs. 1 heard Secretary
Hughes sa.v not long ago: "He has pointed
the way to the stars and I find in his ex
amplo daily courage and inspiration."
Mr. Root was recently discussing the po
sition in which international lawyers found
themselves in these times of vicious public
opinion. He snid Hint he knew a innn who
visited nn insane asylum and was being
shown through it. Thev came to one ward
in winch wore many patients and all of them
were in rocking chairs and all were oscil
lating back and forth with great energv.
The keeper explained that these patients
were violently insane and that tho rocking
chairs were provided as a means through
which their violence might spend itself It
kept his attendants from being all used up
In the present unpromising circumstances',
Mr. Root thinks, it might i. wo , provj,I(
rocking chairs for the International lawyers'
Bert M. Fernsld. Senator from Maine,
owes his .success lureglv tn Aunt H..nri.,..n
She
lent him the first thousand dollars
led lnm to get Muriel en,,,,;.,..
that
r.. 1.I..1. i. V . . ' '""."iip, unii
irum which ne iiiiiue a lortuno before he be
came Governor and Senator
, But before Hint he hud helped Aunt Hen
rietta. In what way? Why, n volunteer
undertaker.
There was no undertaker in West Poland.
Me., so Aunt Henrietta, without charge,
nlwnys laid out anv woman member of
the community who died. There was a lilt o
old man to whom the task of administering
similar riles over deceased mules fell lli
in time the little old man wori out ",', Aunt
lenrlel.n assumed the added res, o'ns b
but. mustered her nephew in i" '.''
assr hVisHT'to't
l!!o',!!,;i-V!'"noo,,cod1!
X' . ., ,.. .... . "-"Illlll.
he would take
estate, but
Hit he guessed he would have to mi
. in. .nn nssessment .... r.,-i
her dow
trugai ami no felt sure that she
much put away.
s
that
"If you do," she said. " will hill i,
county for every shroud I I ve L rh
people who died over nf he L f?r
the last thirtv venrs" "... .. I,n" Immisp in
Thnt ,.s .; .i " ' '. W'nsldcre
...... ..... ,,lv ...I'tii-unii tuat
loaned tn her nephew.
she later
As one goes
nroi.tid prying int0 the ante-
cedents of men
in public life he Is rnt
Prom I
the number of them wl , tr op' i ,.' ""''
back tothntsmall number ,," ffl tu!
that have
been
II )Si,rlin.l !..... 'si.s
politic.
.......,. lml, nllt,
hotly
'I Here is
Frank
Monde
for instn in
majority coder In the House ,f ii, ,,""'"'
tatives. His father s.,eil,.,i i?i. L. f ',r f"-
delle. was a mono,.- ... ...". '"""? Mon-
siiii.l Vnllev .! ,.." '''"'''. Missis
Prairie d Cll(.n. , wiX'
iote ,
Speaker
I'll' Gcili.rnl
. onn A l.ejeiine. head of th
Mnrine Corny
iicscrnuaiu oi n Ireneh
next of rnnk in thnt ser.i,.,
V'yageur, and the
Wendell C. 'evlU. ".. ..'V";lm' General
of French trapper s.o, "' ' "B
of Senator Rert M, F,.rl)i i ' 'V'RVnl "'
were French Canadians. ufrl itlM'
traces his family back to llublre fVciiT
?'" 7x.-. -"tvw t KvHo
I effL V ' - ' s J,
A X
smi i i N si.. rrmfsr-jr'
w lfe
gin. Senator Charles K cwti? i .r.i
IMi;H, tilll 11 IlllIIll III L in i,. .. I
descendant or a French tm.t ,,. ' p
dnugl.ter of Chief Wl o ", ' . mi "
Knnin Indians, from I , i""i'',of I1''
ii- ,,, ti .. V... """" 'Jo State t(0
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What Do You Know?
QUIZ
Who succeeded William Henry Harrison
ns President of the United States?
During what decade of the nineteenth
century did typewriters como Into use?
Who were tho contestants in the Battle
of Klodden Field nnd xvhon was it
fought?
Who wroto the patriotic poem beglnnlm
"Whan freedom from her mountain
height"?
Where nnd what Is the Tappan Zee?
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R.
fi.
Who is Vincent d'lndy?
To what countries is the tapir native?
What was the full name of the palnttr
8.
Titian?
9. What Is meant by the Ural-Altalo raeti?
10. In what century did Robert Bruca live?
Answers to Yesterday'a Qulr
The George Washington Is the largest
passenger vessol flying; tho American
flag. It is 722 feet long and of 37.000
tons displacement.
Ludovlco Arlosto was n celebrated lullan
poet, author of the satirical poem,
"Orlando Furioso." His dates are U7
1533. St. Augustine, Fin., is tho oldest Euro
.1.
pean settlement In tho territory of the
Continental United States.
4 A coif Is a close cap, covering th top,
back and sides of thn head.
6. Tho French Parliament is composed of a
Senate and Chamber of Deputies,
fi. The Danube, River (lows into His Black
Sea,
7. Nutmegs are cultlvnted chiefly In the
East Indies. Splce Islands, West In
dies and Hrazll. '
8. Jumps ts. Ttlainn waB Secretary of Stat
In the 4'aliincts of Presidents Garfield
and llcnjaniln Harrison.
!. Austrln and Hulgarla nro now member!
of the League of Nations.
10
Sisal Is thn fiber of the American agave,
closely related to the centurv plant
It Is a nitlvn of Central Amerlc.
Mexico nnd the West Indies and II
used in making cordago, which I
second only to Mnnlla hemp la
strength.
Gladstone Explains His First Budget
Trnm the Manchester Guardian.
We owe to the Into Duke of Argyll "n
count of tin Cabinet meeting in 1853 ot
which Mr. Glndstono, then forty-three years
of age, explained tho proposals of the first
nf his series of famous budgets. "Ho came
Into the room," writes flip Duke, "with a
largo, flat, shallow official box, very old and
shabby, covered with drab-colored leather.
He sat on it chair nearly fronting the ivln
dow, whilst we all sat In n kind of loop
nround him. Opening the box on his kne,
so thnt its lid stood upright nnd affordwl
a rest, for any paper placed upon its edge,
he began n conversational exposition, wlilcn
endured, without n moment's Interruption,
for more than three hours." The speech in
which Mr. Glndstono laid this budget before
tho House lasted close upon five hours.
The Powers of the Rulers
From the Springfield Republican.
President Harding's trust that "we shall
never he called upon to make war so long a
God and men rule together" may, perbsp.'i
raise without irreverence the query whether
the powers of the rulers lire concurrent.
A British Need
From Hie Washington StRI.
His work would be wonderfully facilitated
if some of our- great inimnterlalistlc pb.II
osophors could devise n plan to enable Lie.
George to be in svvcrul places at the tame
time.
Just Ask Her
From the Minneapolis, Knn. Hotter Way.
A farmer's wife, uccording to tomo stat
istician, earns $1001 n year. Wa nre wait
ing for some other statistician to tell us now
much she gets.
At Wisdom's Fount
APt'.ZLEl) and perspiring world
May henceforth live in richest clover.
Its warring tings may now bo furled;
Its troubles, so to speak, nre over.
The piffling problems that have vexed
The minds of men and kept them giicesmi
No more will trouble minds perplexed;.
Wisdom will soon the world be blessing.
Pork liar'ls and governmental pap,
Silesia and her Balkan neighbors;
r'inii Fein, the railroads, tango, Yap;
Tim woe that's capital's and labors.
Mho I', G. I tho I 11. T,
We'll sre their problems dissipating -When
as wo go to hear and ee
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