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All rionti of republication of special dispatches ntrttn are also reserved. rhllidrlpbli. Thunday. Jnne , 1921 4 DISCIPLINE SIMS TMSPATCHES today iiidlculc tliat Hour "XJ Admiral Slm fnil romiili'ti'h to (' the blunder lie made tn (lrnntniritii; the American pro'Irinh in lii- rn-cnt ium-i-Ii. ."I n''t, nothing mi Aincrirnn in It. ' In' sold, In commenting upon Secretin lnili" query sent follow iiij; t?pnutnf .McCnrnilcL'. protest. The remark shows that the Admiral lias Do sense of his official responsibility. It 1 'not a question of whether ho wns tin American. It was u holly u matter of taste, tact and etiquette. 'Thfo Is not tho first time that title Canadian -born novnl officer has allowed hlR tongue too freo rein, nor yet the first time that he has been licenced of h'elttR more Drltieb than tho BrltNh on the IrHi ques tlon. tiSccretary Denhy's "nniazement" wat fully Justified because, pven unintlnc the Admiral's right to hold the lews hp d"e-, ho evidently forct In fprrsitiB iIumh the weight and significance that would uttaclK to them by reason of hit otficinl position. Ilo should bo promptly and vigorously repri manded In n a that would preclude the likelihood of his icpeaflng his ofTcn"e. BRIDGE IN SECOND STAGE THE submission to the Undgf Conunissioii today, of an authoritative report on the character of the structure and the ndvantagi of a site tentatively determined bv experts marks the completion of the initial stage in the progress of an inspiring (.mblic under taking. Tho recommendations ore, of coure. sub ject to change, hut with the outlining of a definite plan the public will be materially aided In its consideration of the enterprise. TTJntll now discussion of the bridge-sjie question has been somewhat confused. While partisans have spoken on behalf of Arch and Spring Harden streets and Washington Square respectively for tho location of the Pennsylvania end, crystallization of tho question has united upon the formal woid (accredited experts. Wlth tho report in hand the matter will begin to assume a professional aspect. The public hearings that are planned will pro niote n full expression of opinion. In ad Tancing so important nn enterprise this procedure is healthy, provided, of course, that it does not degenerate into mere ob atructionlsm. i(Jt is well to bear in mind that the com mission has performed its preliminary task Vlth commendable celerity This example of progress is worth imitating by all citizens who desire that the iong-needed physical link between two great Stntes be established with a minimum of delay WHERE FLOODS ARE COMMON rplIAT men have built towns at the feet ol X volcanoes and have continued to build them tlrfcro in ,plte of succeeding disasters argues no great wisdom on their pari, though one is prompted to pav homage to their pertinacitj . Similar criticism mav lie levied at and similar liomuge may he paid to those, who aro in danger from flood; and this is par ticularly the case where floods are fre quent. iThe disaster in Pueblo is overwhelming. but the property damage done year in and year out is no greater than that wrought bj the Ohio. The difference is that floods in the Ohio Valley hpvp become n common place and they only rarelv result in lo' of life. I River towns in West Virginia and Ohm ke their floods in the spring and fall pretty niuch an a matter of course The stage ol Water nt Pittsburgh and Wheeling gives them warning of what is going to happen with ample time to remove their goods to hjgher levels. Then they ret with com posure If not with content until the flood hos reached its crest and begins to recede After that their work begins, for the water indoors must be agitated si, that it will carry a win the mud it contain lingular spring or fall liousecleamng follnus Sfon aj fixed anew, buildings are civen a coat of 'paiut ; and as a remit, the river towru are invariably fresh and new looking No man needs to do much thinking to finn alremedy The trouble is that ln would hve to be a Croesus or a f"aear to put K into effect. JThe remedy might be the construction of Wees. Pittsburgh has such levees in the -neighborhood of its steel nulls: huge lnnks of sing, both on the Alb-ghenr nnd the M., nngoheln The drawback i that this pro vision is purel local nod that it Inflicts its penalty elsewhere The lowlands lmc added burdens because of the pent-up streams where levees exist. t The Government already has rights in all navigable streams An autocratic govern ment might extend those rights from hill to hill and forbid habitations on its property. The land could still be cultivated with profit by those who wished to leae it Factories and mills could still be built and be made comparatively flood proof. And the unused Jand could be turned Into parks that wnuM 4e" little the worse for occasional floods with riverside roads at least 100 per cent Duller man tlioce that now exist. Xes, indeed! It could be easily done by a benevolent despot with the purse of Tor ttyiatus. The curious thing Is that a familiar demon with ability to do tho work may lie already with us: a demon who runs on wh'eeln. Jtiver towns grew around the wharves. Ijf there had been automobiles and motor Iftilcks when the towns were born the said .-AWn tl.ll,1,l (ml tin .... tlm Tllil J.... ....-.!... "E r' c ft V.,'t ,,..,., liui im- nil ill.- v.llli, t II III.IIIIIIM W Jt'tliB jenr nnd two months in the Ohio: ". i'i'le,r TT0,,'(' kn on phlleailH nmong the foot $ "its'"8' ""d ,ne lowlands would have remained FrTtilliTation savo wnere nuns wero needed. iReln where they are, Ihcv will remain r some time, at least, uut be pure that Utirq liJiiew will obstrro tho rule ob- .i J' h K, served by inhabitants In tlmca of danger and stress: It will take to tb hills. And by thnt time, it may be, the moun tains nt the headstreams of the Allegheny and Monongahcla will be clad with verdure once more, the snows will not melt so rap idly and floods will become far more Infre quent than they arc today. POLITICAL POWER GOES TO THOSE WHO TAKE IT If the Women Expect to Be Influential In Party Management They Must Prove That It Is Not Safe to Ignore Them NO ONH familiar with capabilities of the scv will deny that women con do nn thing in politics which they set their minds to do. That their achievements In engineering. in medicine, In nrt and In literature, as well as In politics, have not equaled those of men is not necessarily duo to their incapacity. They have been so busy with other mat ters that they have not given their nttention to those things with which men have been seriously concerned for centuries. Thu ratification of tho equal- suffrage amendment (o the Federal Constitution Is a challenge to their political capacity. Al though they lime had the vote in seveinl States for many years, the inducement to show what they could do nationally has been lacking because of the disfranchisement of women in the other States. The amendment was rntified too late for the women to he taken wholly Into the coun cils of the political managers In the last presidential campaign. Tho Democrats, however, gave theni honorary places on their Notional Committee nnd permitted them lo take purl in the Nntlnnnl Convention. The Iti publicans did not go so far, but they had nn advisor commitlco of women Plans nrc now under way lo admit women on an Mi'inl footing with men in the political committees The Republican National Com mittee, now in session in Washington, Is nboitt to open the door to them. They nre to be prepared for co-operation in national politics by training in local and Stntfl poll tics, for the Republican City Committee has just appointed a sub-committee to co-operato witli the Republican State Committee In securing recognition for the women. The State Committee, which is to meet on June 1S. is expected to make arrangements for the election of women members next yenr. It will be a mistake to assume t tint women will be put on the political committees morel because thev are women. Tlicv will sit there because they will have demonstrated their -capacity for leadership or their will ingness to take orders. Political parties are managed bv political leaders. The word leader implies followers. A man seeking pobtical power begins bv organizing the voters in his district. lie proves his ability lo deliver a certain num ber of votes on election dav Then he makes combinations with other little organizers and demands recognition. He becomes n member of bis ward committee and then of his city committee and then of his State committee, nnd If he is big enough he may become a member of the national committee. There are ten -horsepower politicians nnd forty -horsepower nnd five hundred-horsepower politicians. The influence of each of them never exceeds his horsepower: or. to put it in another wav. it never evceeds his ability to swing votes cither directly or through bis lieutenants. While the political leaders regard It as expedient at the present time to admit the women to the party councils, this condition will not always exist. When the womali voter has ceased to be a novelty she will have to force her a into positions of power by the methods used by men. She must develop her capacities for leadership and she must tight her way tn the top. not necessarily in competition with men. but certninlv in competition with other women. I'nless she does this she will be virtually puworlcss. When mntters have adjusted themselves nnd when the men have discovered exactly what concentrated power there is In the woman vote, the women leaders will get what thev have the power to take and verv little moie. Their fnr sighted lenders are aware of this fact. This is win thev have organized their voters' leagues and why thev are seek ing to keep alive the spirit of the organiza tion which waged the successful fight for the ballot They labor under no illusions, and they know thnt when n political fight gets hot little can be expected from the gal Innlrv of the men hungry for power. They expect to meet the men on their own ground and to fight theni with Iheir own weapons that is, bv the organized voting strength. The women have n long way to go, for the.v arc not yet voting In large numbers. In this State, nlthougb they had the fran chise. Inst ypor the total vote, male nnd female, was onlv twenty-one out of every 10(1 of the population. It Is ordinarily reckoned that there Is one ndillt male of voting age out of every five of the popula tion, or about as many eligible male voters as the total male and female vote in this Stnte In the presidential election last jear. There are unit two States, Delaware and Indiana, in which the voting strength nt the polls lnr yenr exceeded forty out of every 100 of the-population In New York it was onlv thirty three, in New Jersey twentv nine and in Texas, Louisiana, Georgia. Mississippi and South Carolina it was less than ten The women have an opnortnntty to bring idealism into politics nnd to organize to secure economy and effleionry In government and to force the men to pay less attention to spoils and more o public service This is really what they nre dreaming of doing Many of us hnve enough confidence In the sincerity of purpose of the mass of voters, untie and female alike, to believe that the women will not be compelled to admit that it is onlv a dream A MEXICAN POLICY AT LAST STRAIGHTFORWARD and forceful in the now fninillnr Hughes manner is the statement of the Secretary of Slate regarding Mexican relations The negotiations started by George T. Suminerlin. Ameruan Charge d'ffnnes in the Mexban capital, have not been mods public In full detail, but enough is known of their character to establish the exceed Ingly welcome fact that tho Administration has formulated n definite and Intelligent Mexican policy. While yoid of belligerency, thin program Is firm In its adherence to a principle with out which no enduring structure of nmity between the two republics can be icared TIip question refers directly tn the meaning of the retroactive clnuses of the Cnrrnnzn constitution of 1017. which appear to ieopardie American property rights in Mexico secured before that date Mr. Hughes Is nnxIntiB to know precisely how the Obregnn Government proposes to interprot that legislation. The rpiery does not in the least reflect upon the authority of the Mexican Government to enact what laws It pleases concerning future property acqui sitions and titles In the neighbor republic, or to Impose what restrictions it sees fit. If the polul in dispute Is sntlsfnctoi ilv cleared up (he Hughis plan embraces Hie negotiation of a treaty hcuficial to both nations, nnd this will of course, automat! call guarntitee recognition of the Obregos Government Although the Mrxllcon problem is still complicated, it Is a ilief to note the aim 13VE2STOG PUBLIC lijD&ER-lILADEUHlA, pllficatlon of its essentials. Tho solo ob stacle to a friendly settlement today seems to be nu ultra-liteial interpretation of the confiscatory clauses of n constitution im perloiiHly established bv a discredited and now deceased dictator BROADENING COAL PROBLEM Till' frankness of Sceioliirj Fall N hardly calculated to soothe the feelings of representative figures In the coal industry who have been attending ail Important con ference in Wnsblnglon under the nusplees of the Department of the Interior. Government interference receives, 'of course, Its conventional share of blame. The coal men, echoing the pleas of n one time rebellious group of American Common wealths, nsk to be let alone. The Frellng hu.vsen bill, providing for the publication of cool Industry statistics through the Depart ment of Commerce, is regarded as particu larly obnoxious. It is as easy to understand the nature of these sentiments ns it Is difficult to sweep nway facts nnd tendencies by angry com mentary. "Sooner or Inter," declared Mr. Fall, "you must find yourselves In co-operation or competition with the Government." The warning grows In significance pro portionately ns the Alaskan railway nenrs completion. The mileage now In Government operation is about 100 out of a prolected total of -171. 'Pie resources of the Nenona coal fields alone, lapped by the line from Fairbanks are estimated at Io0.000.000.000 tons. While It Is true thnt, owing to transpor tation drawbacks, the yield bos been com paratively small, the time Is rapidly ap proaching when the mines of the Matnnuskn nnd Ncnann districts must seriously be reckoned with In nnv siirvcj of coal condi tions The Government will soon be In a position elfher to operate Hie mines on its own account or to lease them on such terms ns will mnterinllv affect coal production nnd prices elsewhere. The prospect Is not fantastic, and It may be conceded that Secretory Foil's warning was not unconnected with n view of Alaskan possibilities. "While it is inconceivable) that fuel for the Atlantic seaboard will ever be carried from the far northwestern territory, transport Improvements should render the task of shipment to the Pacific, Western nnd some of the Southern States comparatively easy Such changes could not he accom plished without materially altering the entire coal Industry, which, like nny other, has no enduring monopoly of inflexibility. The contest in which the coal men find themselves involved will eventually be shifted to Congress, when the Frelinghuvsen bill Is debated Rut that measure Is onlv one nspect of a vast and complicated problem Co-operation Is the only sensible procedure In working out n situation In which both -!dcs hold powerful assets The peculiarly Interesting feature of the case Is that the Government's bargaining material Is Increasing at a rate which seems to have been rather insufllcientlv appreciated RICKARDS' APPOINTMENT TIIR appointment bv the President of George C Ricknrds. of OH City, as chief of the Militia Rureou of the War Depart ment will be gratifying to every militiaman throughout the I'nited States. Mr. Rlckards has served in the National Guard for forty -four years. He was grad uated from It Into the regular army during the Great War. If the relations between the army and the volunteer militia nfe to be arranged on n satisfactory bo"sls it Is Im portant that tho man in charge of. the work should be familiar with the spirit and temper of the organized militln. It would have been difficult for the President to find n man better qualified In this respect than Mr. Rickards. Tho appointment Is politically Interesting as a recognition by the President of the validity of n recommendation by Governor Sproul The Govt'rnor backed Mr. Rickards from the beginning. The final appointment is doubtless the fruit of his recent trip to Washington to see the President, which was followed bv bis announcement that Senator Knox would probably be re-elected next yenr without serious opposition. T h p alacrity w I t li Virtue a Necessity which New York fire underwriters promised to he good when (he I.ockvvood Committee got after them might serve ns nn object lesson to coal operators who nre now protesting ngnlnst "fuither governmental Interference." The oldest home brew is trouble t Senator Fall apnears to have "crowned" King Conl. All thnt a Southern Republican delegate wants Is to be let alone. I.loyd George's doctor has done what his enemies couldn't : mode hlra promise to take n rest. A recent Coroner's ense demonstrates thnt Death sometimes swaps his white horse for n white mule. The man who said "What's the Con stitution nmong friends?" must linvp had prohibition In mind. The regulnrltj with which colleges vrar after year ban hazing speaks much for tho virility of the custom. Though a dollar Is being treated now adays with a little more respect m a grocery store. It Is not vet putting on nnv lug-. The Republican National Committee questionnaire may be more far-reaching In Its effects than lhat made fatuous bv Mr. IMlbon. The per capita circulation Is SI flfl less this year than last. Sounds ns though this might be due to the last bargain the wile bought. Chicago is to be congratulated on tho sand it has shown; and mi the cheerfulness with which she dropped it into Thompson's! political -machine If i)r. Butler, president of Columbia, doesn't know what to talk about when ho ifoes to tho Imperial Conference. It won't he becaube a lot of obliging newspaper editors S news. ;h tips. fulled to give ntm ennug A Roston expert says that married men employed In Industrial plants are less de pendable than single men. Tim Is contiary to general belief and experience, but per hnps the Benton man aeserts himself by looting every time Ins wife rives him beans. Now that the I'liiled States military government Is to be withdrawn from the Dominican Republic, n good many Amerl cans will learn for the first time that a I'nited States military government hnd. as It werp, been sojourning In tho Dominican Republic. The concrete Is Invariably listrosnB Those who go down tn Hie sen In ships lose esthetic Inteiest In North Atlantic icebergs after their vessel bus bumped into one I lining the last few days we have received i iports of the beautiful sointlllnting color elTeclH of the massive travelem from the Poles Itut the moie recent report of n ship tn distress bccauw of one of them cnuses one tn forget their beauty nnd tn think only of the terror they Inspire and the damage they do. i CANAL AND RAILROAD Few Relics of the Canalboat Era In Existence Old Boatmen Passing Awny A Matter of $26 Fare, Philadelphia to Pittsburgh Ry (iKORGK XOX Mct'AIX ft A S I we'll up lo Pottslown on the Penn- Jr- sylvanin Railroad I noticed a number of canalboat bulks rotting away In the bends of the old Schuylkill Canal," said nn ob serving friend yesterday. "It seems remarkably strange that our I'astern historical societies have never made any strenuous efforts at least none thnt I've ever heard of to preserve memorials of this cm of our early transportation." be f-nn tinned. "One of the most Interesting events that 1 recall was an old canolbootmen's picnic thirty-odd jcors ago. It was held out at or near Apollo, on the KIsklminetns River. "There' were a couple of dozen of old canalboat captolns present, survivors of the day when canals were hlghwa.vs of commerce. "The picnickers were largely the children and grandchildren of these veterans. "Most attractive of all, though, were the models of ooniilbont.s. barges nnd packets posseugcr boots that were exhibited, ' "They were duplicates In miniature of the crnft thnt were hoisc-drnwn along tho canals of Western Penns.vlvnnia. "I've nevpr seen or beard "f such a thing In KnMrrn iVniisylvanlo. Anyhow, it would be too Into for such tin affair. About all the old cnunlboatmen hove' passed away. "What astonishes me Is thot some effort has not been systematically made to get these miniature replicas of the early canal boats nnd preserve them In museums nnd historical society buildings. "They were made by the boatmen them selves; just ns the Iteilfnril and Snlem sailors used to make tlnv duplicate of the w holing vesspfs and clipper ships of srycutv -live .venrss ago. "The Pennsylvania Historical Society and the Carnegie Institution in Pitlsbuigh could, I hnvc no doubt, s.ci urp from their dc scendants along the Allegheny nnd Kiski mlnetns those beautifully fabricated boats, perfect an the originals In every detail." My friend Is correct. The cnnolboat and towpath era of our Kastern States is most indifferently represented both In history and museum relics. rnHE principal business of rnllrnod traffic -L managers and expeits is to discourage travel. They He nwnke nights scheming up vvnyR to place obstacles in the wav of legiti mate travelers. f "Then they howl about bod business. They rip and tear nnd rush nioiind Wash ington dcniandlng this and flint, when the trouble lies right within their own office doors. ''I'm beginning lo think thot rnilronding in its financial aspects fs just a plain, ordi nary blundering business, and that half the railroad executives have a lot less acumen and common benso thou they ore credited with." Thus he spoke; and thug he continued lo spenk : '"IT'S no wonder traffic has fallen off and 'I the railroads are loslnp money when It costfs $0i.flS to go from Philadelphia to I'ittuhllt-rrlt Pnnnli. -..Ill A ....,1 ' . (-'.. p,.l 1 . Wl'- ..III l"l. IIIMI I, He was a prominent business man of Philadelphia, with connections in four Stntes; prominent, too. In his line. He is likewise president of a corporation whose freight traffic with the vnrlous trans portation companies climbs Into tho thou sands, annually. I confessed surprise nt his very emphatic statement. I suggested tho possibility of ft mistake in hl arithmetical calculations. "Nothing doing In that line of argument," he Interjected brusquely. "I've got the doc uments to prove my case. "I'vp gone up nnd down thp line with the rnllroad officials nnd their underlings on this question. It's n fact; S'J.j.flS from Philadelphia to Pittsburgh." "Did ou have any special accommoda tions? Are ou like the fellow who goes into n barber shop, gets n hair cut, shampoo, facial nnd scalp massage, hair Ingoing, tonics and perfumes, and then yells about the outrageous cost of a shave?" "Not nn extrn," was .ilic reply. "As usual, I took a section Instead of a single, berth in the sleeper. And it cost me SI!.".'!"? I" he vociferated. "Think of It !" 1 declined to think to order. Here are the collated facts as recited, (hough. Railroad people and travelers are the ones who should indulge in an org of thinking. That's their business under the circum stances. TT WAS on n Tuesday night thnt I . 1 started to Pittsburgh. I cot my berth, a lower, nuu pniu ine cierK js.'.on for it. with .$1.2." additional which the railroad puts on ns a surchnrge. That mode ?.'t.75. "Then I decided that T wonted n section, so I purchased the upper berth. Thnt set me back ?:t more S2 for Hie berth and SI surcharge, which goes into the companv's pocket: .?!) in nil. Remember that siir charge ! "And yet," said mv irate peripatetic friend, "the rnllmad people say this is the mil time the have ever 'broke even' on this Pullman business They tell me, despite their Delmonico dining-car charges, that the.v'yp been losing money steadily on their dining cor service. "Thnt Sf!.7.' for the sleeping car section vyos my only luxury. Relicyp D1e, I paid well for my self-indulgence, though. "1 have a mileage book. When I got to Pittsburgh, and while at breakfast. I looked nt it and was astonished to find that ?1S.!),", had been taken out for nn fare. "Over I went to the ticket agent in the I'nlon Station 'How much is tho fare from Philadelphia to Pittsburgh?' I asked. " 'Some ns the fare fiom Pittsburgh to Philadelphia, was his brcc.v and non chnlunt reply. " 'And how much Is that?' I Inquired meeklv. " 'It'll cost von S1:.' snvs he. "WI,r'N ' cnl '"lrk '" P,'ndclphia I we VV up lo thcoffiio where the.v sit j,, jnd, incut on tl ket tumbles and kickers ent Idg " 'You clung, d me S1s):s fnrP tn ,t. burgh from Philadelphia,' I pn, ; tnov it from me while 1 was ash op in my berth ' "I was ull het up nnd ready to tight." he added " 'Some niislake,' -nid the young chap in chnrge. 'Ihe fare to Pitt.sburgh is SlL'fl" minus the war tax ' "Well, lo cut the story short, he took mv mutilated mileage book nnd promised to re", fund the ex es. T,en he had a sudden influx of Idea " "Did .von hnvn section jn the sleeper'-' ho asked, 'for if ou did, that will account for the oveicbnige " 'Yes, blind a section and I paid Sl.fiO for it: and I paid S'.'.'j- in addition t the railroad (oinpimv for the privilege of havine a section. n " 'You see.' interposed tho voting chan 'the railroad colled half a fare 'more for the use of a section. " 'Rut snv. I had already paid your '"i1 mn!lnrntl.W5f fn.r ,nP,,'"'-'"-. nlM an additional J.-.i for their share of the deal and now ou take SO 7." more from me for what?' " 'You better go ask the passenger traffic manager.' was bis icplv K """" "I just ran aiound in ciicles tjvini' to get to the bottom of that b." exclaimed the gentleman I ben I gaie it up nft,.,. ,1..,., told mo the Interstate. Commerce, Conunis' blou govo theni authority to practice thin extortion. 'I immediately st down and wrote a letter to hi. I'.. (' nrk ,.ln I ...... .. ., I-- --- - . , " i --., v,,,,,, nun, j oto commission, whom I know, nskluc him if his board authorized rolnVry. k ",ra 1C "lie liosnt replied, ,,,) j,', 1)rrj . weeks. Return of an Old Stand-By Idaho Tell I nrr. r.,r, , , ,, , , , ylUA The "two-hit" pice came hack in own here Muudaj morning when the largest restaurant in the ,.f announce! ,Hn, ,,, eggs back nt Ihe old pie war pree Othei n,r,(,p y,,,,,T.,l,",t nttraeted the hungry at the "two lit ' nrlce were beef n.,.i ' "l '"", J n"Lk ;&.? " W " & have - -,! viuvt THURSDAY, JUtfli) ft, NOW MY IDEA IS THIS Daily Talks With Thinking Philadclphians on Subjects They Know Best MRS. MARY VAN METER GRICE On the Home and School League "fTIHERE Is n growing feeling thnt home X and school leagues must sooner or later becomo a part of the work of the school, di rected by trained workers," says Mrs. Mary Van Meter Gricc, fouudcr of the league movement in this city. "Fifteen yearn ago I organized the first Home and School League, and Its growth was astounding," she added. "In one car wp raised more than $17,000 through Hip school communities, and the money went right buck into the school hulldlng, buying pianos here, starting a library there and placing attractive pictures In the fcchool liouses. "The Home nnd School Associations grew out of nn awakened sense on the part of those In the home that the yenrs given to the educntlon of the child in the school were not producing results commensurate with the needs of adult life. Must Mold Child nt Homo "At the same time, tho school realized that the few hours given it each day could not be used In such manner as would com pete with the Influence of the forces plnying upon the child, molding his body, mind nnu spirit, dining the much longer daily period when he was not in school. "Whcievcr Ihe movement has proved a success it has sprung into being through a simultaneous reaching out of Hie homes of n neighborhood and the school of the com munit . Many experiments have been tried in the working out of social influence through homo nnd school associations, and there is now a growing feeling thot to be permonent they must become u part of the work of the school, directed by Its trained workers. "The financial problem of such piogrcsslve work would solve itself were the people given the proper kind of school buildings to use. There Is now a partial use of school build ings in Philadelphia, but it Is very slight when compared with the real need. And that need in the largo, is to arouse the people of tl It to nn intelligent Interest In the grejat m hool .sstem functioning in their midst. Would Harmonize Forces "The purpose of the Home nnd School I. eigne is to bring about hnrmony and unity between nil the foyces thnt have to do wllh the building of a citizen of tho Republic. In what better plnce could these forces meet than In the building tho verj name of which is hignilicani a 'common school'? "In Fointh of July orations nnd other nintorlcal flights of public spcnKers we hear i great deal of the kejnoto of democrat' being the working together of the people nnd the institutions of the State created by them. This Is not something thnt can he forced on a community . rather it Is the calling together of that gtoup and Its stimulation to an ex pression of those activities that will result in the betterment of the neighborhood men tnlh. mot all and spiritually. "This notn of co-operative Interest was struck ngain nnd again tho other evenimr nt th dinner given by the allied associations of . public school employes, jt was rung out with foice b.v the Stoto superintendent, nnd ci houl again and again bj the elt superin tendent It was voiced by every man nnd woman who followed on the pingrnm. "I'nili tune it was said 'Wn must create a public opinion the people must take n deeper interest in their schools,' ni mind visloned tho tightly closed school -houses all over the cit.v, the thousands of men and women who, huviug passed through the pub lic schools, nnil who worn now bending their children through the schools, still remnin indifferent. They know nothing of tho almost unlimited possibilities of educntlon in its real sense, wlint it might mean ns n civic asset. "One of our deep religious thinkers has Cupid at tho Crossing WHF.X people see a traffic cop His uiosteiship full well they know, And when he bids them stop, they stop And when he bids them go, they go, ' Ah: who enn hope to circumvent So great an autocrat as this? Well, if he's young, with Ufo content, .lust tr.v him with a pretty miss. SI e II titnplc up Ins eves with hers , She II tie him up with h.lf a smile, She'll bundle lum with eas.o. good sirs And do lum up in pioper st.vle And those who must his whimsies lienr Mu.v put Huh' ire on ice, poor fools. When Cupid'H nl the crossing- 'Ware! For Youth disdains all traffic rules. V G. A. 1921 PHWEET-T-T! said it seems as though God was not going to work through leaders any more, but in stead He was working through groups: that in tho fiitnro It would be Hip action of Hip many rather than the vision and high resolve of the one that would lend to success. . "This may be so. Wc huve waited long in Philadelphia for n Moses to lead us out of the wilderness into the promised land of education. Mn.vhnp, In tho search for the outstanding person, we have missed the po tential power and energy that make for progress in some group near nt hand." HUMANISMS Ry WIMJAM ATIIKRTON DU PUY BACK In 1 DOT Senator Knox, then Secre tary of Stnte under President Roosevelt, was making n tour through I.otln America nnd had progressed as far ns Guatemala. There a demonstration was put on and he drove witli much ncclnlm through the streets seated besldo President Kstrnda Cabrera, who is just now languishing In prison, fol lowing the overthrow of his Government. They hnd reached the very heart of the city, where the throng was thickest, when the President turned to Mr. Knox and said: "I nm enioylng this very much, Mr. Sec retary. You nun noi know thnt this is the first time I hnve driven down the streets of my. capital for manv months. It has not been safe fnr me to do so." "Well. Mr. President," said the Secre tar.v of State somewhat nervously, "do not allow me to cause you to endanger vour life." "Not at all." was Hip reply. "The fact that you ore by my side is the best Insurance I could possibly have." Rut Mr. Knox admits that lis would prefer driving In Rock Creek Park in Wash ington. . When Wnodrow Wilson first ran for tho presidency in 1012 he was a poor man nnd tliej-e wos a certain steel gray suit that came near composing the whole of his wardrobe. Ho was, therefore, face to face with an emergency when, one morning on his trnln out in Colorado, tho trousers to his suit could not he found. He breakfasted in a bathrobe nnd the two Pullmans which hK party occupied were bcaiched without results. He was to speak at Pueblo nt 10 and that hour was op proachiiiR. At the verv Inst moment the porter ap peared proudl with the trousers. He had found them under tho mattress in the berth of the traveling passenger agent who hod charge of the pnrty. So was a situation developed in which It became necessarv that two newspaper corrcspondeutH on the trnln, who sat In Mr. Vvilsons clnsses nt Princeton, should con fess Hint they hnd perpetrated this prank just to show that the.v no longer feared prexy. The olher passenger , the elevator at the Capitol instinctively looked a second time at the man with the heavy chestnut hair, the big brown eves, the Chnrles It. Iliiuford features. If he Is not a matinee idol, the.v said, some imprcsurln is over looking good mnterlnl. "New suit, eh. Senator?" the man next him remarked inqiiirliiglv. ,. i ".Y0S" .W'?S, "J0 rP,,', "Pretty good, don't vou think, for 'l? Yon must know that I havo a system 1 buy all mv clothes at the end of the season. This suit is in tended for next winter, but I am initiating it. It cohts about half as much-- ' Their voices died awnj as they entered lie Senate chamber. Rut had you risked the doorman tho Identity of this handsome and economical .voting member of the unner House he would hnve told ou thnt he vvas Park Trammel!, .of Florida, ami that he had thu reputation of being pne of tho best dressed men In Congress. Consistent I'lom the ( olumtius IUne.it li Those wlio cilticcd us for )rnil; hf... , getting Into Ihe war will pleas,, obserw I, .J e have not indulged in mi) wild Imrr! ",' Can't Be Done Any More? rroin the HuhIcjii rianairlpt When did the old proverb, "Wlt man' has done mnn can do," cease to auulv r the. rnnnln. n ll.J.a " OPPO tO uaa uuur uiiin can no, the running pi railroads ). What Do You Know? QUIZ Name two Presidents of tho United State who died on the tamo day. Wliat Is tho official name of Italy! What la tho slzo of a displacement ton used In moonurlng ships? Who wns Sucro? What Is a cenoblto? In what playB by Shakespeare, does th character of Falstaff nppear? What kind of an nnlmnl Is a pangolin? Who was Ixlon In classical mythology? Why was tho celebrated Italian painter w hoso nnmo was Jncopo Robustl called Tlntorotto? Wliot Is orography? Answera to Yesterday's Qulx Puiblo Is the Spanish word for town. In America, the word has come to be ap plied particularly to a Spanish-American town or vlllftRO or a settlement f seml-clvlllzed Indians. Tho fastest tlny's run by an ocean liner' vvas mado by tho stoamshtp Maura tanln. In January. 1911. the distance traveled In oho day bolna; 076 knots. Martin Van Btiren succeeded Andrax Jackson ns President of tho United, States, An Inipeynu Is nn Knst Indian pheasant with crested head and brilliant plum age Tho Mncoln Highway Is tho longMt memorlnl dedicated to nn American la the United States. ' Tho last nation to declare war on Ger many was Honduras, on July 19, 1918. Tho Zambezi Illver In Africa flows Into tho Indian Ocean. Tho jsoem "How Sleep tho Bra.v" was written by William Collins, an English writer. His dates aro 1721-1769. Fitzslmmons, tho pugilist, was a natlvs of Cornwall, England. A runagnto is n vagabond. The word li an antique form of renegade. A Mechanical Bull From the Popular Mechanics Masailni A school In a Madrid suburb is devoted to training young toreadors ond matadors In the dangerous nrt. The apparatus used con sists of a massive block of wood roujhlj shoped like the head and shoulders of a bull, equipped with real horns and mounted on s pair of rubber-tired wire wheels. Ry mcsni of a handlebar nt the rear tho instructor plunges, this formidable machine toward tbs htudcut, who must learn to avoid tho men acing horns while making effective use of bis lances. An Economic Suggestion lprom tho Hoston Transcript. There nre sold to bo nearly half a million Idle box-cars In this country. Why not convert them into flats and relievo the hous ing shortage? The Immigrant Problem l'roin the Hnmon Herald The problem is to toll In ndvnnro whether a given immigrant will shift from asset t linbilifv in our nationnl balance sheet An Important Figure I'rom (he Wnahlneton Star. Instead of being Isolated, Uncle Sain finds himself nlmost the life of the party. On a Joyrldo 1'iorti th" rrovldance Journal. Tho Swiss glacier that has broken "H records b.v moving six inches a day should be, arrested fur speeding. Lodge In 1918 l'rom the Sprlngneld republican. .Mr. Lodge himself Is on record as saying August i'l. IMS, "We seek only the safety of civilization." A Hopeful Sign from the Naltlniora Bun. Gerniuny quarrels about that Indemnity just as bitterly as though she intended to pny it. FLOWERS IN TOWN I DID not know I loved tho flowers Tho while I was at homo, I never cared to soil my hands With digging In tho loam. Rut now the streets have nhnt me In With just n starveling tree, There's not a bit of earth about To feed lis roots or me. I'm raising pnnslos In a pot I'pnn in.v window-sill j Two jonquil bulbs nre in n cup That's cracked aud like to spill. I watch tho lonely trcu each day For Just n hint of green Uh, every country girl In town Can tell you what I mean I r. ti i u sr..t, w ' dm -, U,( US AV-, .. ., -..; iM...v , J,, if ft , s, A, s JsVisBu . iJjL'.- t "-& 4 ssl I'
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