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Philadelphia. IrH.j. June 10. 121
RESPECT THE PARK
FEW if any pleasure ground in tin- world
nre so generously nml sympathetically
conducted as Fairmount Park. "Keop-off-thc-grass''
signs nrc rare nml apply only to
partictilitr areas under special cultivation.
Such regulations ns are imposed nre void o
the least suggestion of patronizing inter
ference. Paris, famed for its, solicitude for popular
enjoyment, sees fit to drum the public out
of tho Tuilerlcs and the Gardens of thi
Luxembourg every ovoniDg nt sunset. There
are. spacious and shady squares In London
-which nre actually locked up save to perons
possessing inherited or acquired special
privileges. No patron of Fairmount 1ms
ever had to contend with the restrictions and
inconveniences of a closing time.
For these rensons nml mini) others the
Tnrk Commission is well within its rights
In counseling visitors to lespcct the respon
sibilities with which they have been sc
liberally intrusted. Picnickers and pleasure
seekers nrc usually too thoughtless to be
accounted vandals, and yet the trail of debris
sometimes left by them is equivalent to the
wreckage of ruthless invaders.
At the commission meeting this week It
was stated that repairs to pome 300 benches
are necessary after a big Saturday or Sunday
attendance. Shrubs, flowers and trees iin
abused nnd trash is scattered everywhere
save in the properly provided receptacles.
A request to the superintendent of public
Bchools stresses the need for an educational
campaign to Inspire respect for public prop
erty ns on" of the fundamentals of civic duty.
The school assemblies on the Belmont pla
teau hnve been particularly blamed bv Eli
Kirk Price for indifference to tho primary
obligations of neatness and order.
It should not be difficult, if the suggested
program is systematically carried out, to
Convince the children that it is quite a
wrong to throw rubbish and lunch remains
about the Park lawns ns it Is to violate the
codo of tidines nt home.
Considering the immeasurable benefactions'
contained in the foremost municipal park in
the world, it is surely not too much to.
solicit a decent mensure of nublie respect.
A LAW THAT DEPRESSES TRADE
HOWEVER well intended, the new pro
portional immigration law lias already
begun to operate in a manner which was,
perhaps, but lightly regarded by the f ranters
of the act.
' An instance of its effect is furnished by
tho announcement that the large Italian
liners Taormina and America, which have
been calling at this port, have been diverted.
As the allotment of immigrant!) for Phila
delphia for the remainder of Juno is fhod
at 630, the danger that established ratios
of nationalities may be inadvertently ex
ceeded is obvious.
Loath to delve into the higher mathe
matics of the problem, the Italian steamship
officials have preferred to ignore it altogether.
Hence no passenger ship from abroad will
risit this port until the Haverford arrives
In .Tuly.
Similar drawbacks to commercial enter
prise are probably being felt elsewhere
throughout the Atlantic const region. The
unfavorable effect on foreign trade suggest
thnt wlille the motive in restricting immi
gration was generally approved, the com
plexity of the arrangement is so formidable.
as to be stultlfjing to natural trade develop,
ments.
THE PERILS OF PEACE
COLONEL (iALlIUAITII. bond of the
American Legion, who was killed in an
automobile accident nt Indianapolis, served
more than a jear In France without serious
Injury. He fought in the Argonne. H
w-as in the St. Mihicl drive nnd he served
on the Unccarut and Ypres-Lys sector. On
one occasion he led his regiment through the
German tire.
Of course, the chances of death nie greater
for a soldier in war than for a civilian in
peaceful occupations but the amount of
Ammunition that has to he fired to kill a
rnau is surprising!!- large. It has been esti
mated that for Hvcrv man killed In battle
about his weight in lead Is used by the con
tending armies.
Colonel (ialbraiili is not the only man
who passed through the war unharmed only
to meet his death in an nccldent when he
camn home. A Pliiladelphinn who went to
France early in the war and drove an nm
lmlance on all the fronts camn home for a
rest, only to hove his face torn open in
, an automobile accident. When be got out
of tho hospital he went hnck to his ambu
lance in France, "whore." lie said, "it is
safer tlinn it is on the streets of I'litladel
pbia;" MUSIC AT TWO FAIRS
FOIt the Centennial In JTtl Itichnrd Wag
ner composed a march of which he said
that the onh thing good about it was the
price which he was paid. The denuding
of llieodnre Thomas' orchestra in lS"f)
was attributed in part to its disastrous sen
son at the Philadelphia fair threo jcarw
Drevlousl)
Tiidoubtedlv some consciousness of the
worth of music novrd tbe minds of the ad
ministrators of the memorable exposition.
But nt thnt time musical appreciation in
tho J'tiitcd States was in its infaner. The
Uostou Sjmiihony dates Its history from
1881. Compositions npnrt from those of n
purely "popular Htump" were deemed food
for super-esthetes.
Oddly enough, '70 wns the great year of
the first production of "The King of tho
Nlbching" in Hayreuth. America wns in
terested In the sensational undertaking of a
- musician regarded here chiefly, in the light
of'a peculiarly persistent freak. The Wag
ner march was n cheek-book bid for culture,
clrrus-fe.at performance somewhat akin
t Jarnum's effort to trnnsport Shakes
, ptare's house to our1 shores.
;r ;W phMomensl and beneficent changes In
; AeWuiJU8tca taste wltbin the last half
cMUwy eta constantly being eseupllfiei
but I he Illustration nssumes particularly
convincing form lu tho program just ad
vanced to provide the highest forms of
orchestral entertainment nt the Scsqul
Centennial. The Philadelphia Orchestra Association
has offered its services for the appointment
of n committee which shall have full charge,
under the auspices of this organization, of
all musical features nt the World's Fnlr of
11VJ0.
There is no dubiety about the advantages
of thii proposal. The struggle for culture
which marked the exposition of forty-six
years ago has 'given way to the certainty
of sincere Interest.
Mr. Stokowskl nnd his orchestra nre su
prcmclv well iltted to set the standards of
taste and achievement. The Orchestra As
socintlon Is to bo congratulated upon Its
prompt display of genuine municipal spirit,
and the Nation may rest nssurod that there
will be at the fair good music in the most
satisfying abundance.
THE DELAWARE BRIDGE
IS ONE STEP NEARER
Recommendation of the Race Street Site
by the Engineers Awaits Approval
by the Commission
THE recommendation by the engineers of
the rielawai'e Hirer Hridge Commission
thnt the bridge be built between Knee street
in this city and Pearl street in Camden puts
t lie advocates of the other sites on the dc
fensio. '
The engineers aro supposed to have ex
amlned Into the feasibility of all available sites
and they have doubtless done so. They hnve
made borings in the river bottom where the
piers must be built nnd have discovered the
deptli to which tliey must go in order to
reach bedrock. They have considered tho
length of the span which can be built with
the greatest economy. They have studied
the movement of tratllc and the possibilities
of opening adequate thoroughfares to tho
approaches on both sides of the river. And
they have done all this with n full senso of
their responsibilities to provide accommo
dation for traffic and to conserve tho public
funds and to interfere as little as possiblo
with established business enterprises.
Their report will receive tho respectful
consideration that it deserves. It will not
be adopted by the commission, however, un
til the people hnc hod nn opportunity to
examine the plans in detail and until those
who object to It have been cnlled upon to
explain why some other plan would bo better.
Samuel M. Vauclain, now a member of
the commission, has been advocating 'a bridgo
at Spring Garden street. Many things cin
be said in support of it, nnd Mr. Vnuclnin
will doubtless say them with all the per
suasiveness for which he is noted. There
nre also serious objections to the Vauclain
proposition, the chief of which Is thnt it
cnlls for n bridge too far north of Market
street, with n terminal in Camden too far
north, of the thoroughfares leading east and
south into the interior of New Jersey.
The site recommended by the engineers
is about half way between Market nnd
Spring Garden streets, nnd its approaches
would be built on this side of tho river
through n district very much like that
through which It would be necessary to ap
proach ii bridge nt Spring Garden street.
The cost of condemnation of the land in each
case would be about the same. The Kace
street bridge, however, would terminate at
Franklin Square, nn open space belonging
to the city. The cost of lnnd needed for an
adequate plaza there would lie much less
than at the site favored by Mr. Vauclain.
15. U. Gillespie, chairman of the Bridge
Cimmittoc of the Board of Trade, has been
mging a bridge at. Market street with twin
approaches one to Spruce street a'ud the
other to Spring Garden street, with an esca
lator for foot passengers at Market street.
The obvious objections to this plan nre that
it would Interfere with the ferry structures
on this side of the river and thnt, unless the
twin approaches nre mnde to divert vehicu
lar traflic from Market street, it would in
crease the congestion on a street that is
already carrying ns much traffic as it can
accommodate.
The Laird plnn for a bridge with a ter
minus at Washington Square puts a bridge
about as far south of Market street as the
Haco street bridge would be north of thnt
street. Each bridge would end in a square
owned h tho city and neither would inter
fere with the ferries. The Laird bridge
would enter Camden nearer tb main thor
oughfares of that city, and would thus pro
vide better service for motorenrs to nnd from
Atlantic City. It is favored by many influ
ential citizens of Camden and opposed by
many influential citizens of Philadelphia.
There must have been good rensons for
its rejection by the engineers of the commis
sion. These reasons may not seem valid
to those who have beeu urging it, but that
they will be thoroughly examined nt public
hearings may be accepted as certain.
Indeed, the discussion is likely to concern
itself ultimately with the Franklin Squaro
and the Washington Square sites to the ex
clusion of the others A layman would find
it difficult to decide between them. Tho
engineers will, of course, defend their recom
mendation They have the advantage over
every one else of expert knowledge of the
physical problems involved obtained by their
long study of the question. The ndvocntes of
any other plnu will find it necessary to meet
the objections which led the engineers to
l eject it.
Tim great mass of people, however, who
hae been waiting for a bridge will not h
deeply concerned about the site so long as
thev get the hridge. They will bn impatient
if time is wasted bv a needless prolonging of
hearings or In hesitation of the commission
to i each a definite decision ns soon as
possible after it has shown proper respect
to the desire of the public to express itself
on the subject. Tile money is nvnilnblo to
pay for all the work that can be done for n
year or two. The public is hoping thnt this
mony will he used before it becomes neces
sary to ask for additional appropriations.
Tniess the work is pushed with speed 'w
bridge cannot be completed in time for the
Sesqut-Centennlal celebration in 1020.
ICEBERG SEASON
ACCORDING to Rear Admiral Chandler,
head of the Naval Hydrographic Serv
ice, natural conditions upon tho Atlantic
markedly resemble thoso which prevailed in
1012 when the glaDt new liner Titanic wns
sunk upon her maiden vojage.
Rut if Nature is grimly repeating her
self, it is a satisfaction to note that man is
fighting her ruthless endeavors with nil tho
resources at his command. Though not
preciselv in its infancy nine years ago, wire
less was tho safeguard chiefly of the larger
types of vessels, and the Interchange of re
ports upon berg conditions at sea had
reached nothins HKe the proportions exist
ing today
How efficiently the radio, now installed on
virtually all North Atlantic vesselsToTOOO
tons nnd over, works has been demonstrated
In tho instances of th0 Philadelphia-bound
freighter Chariot and the British cargo ship
Seapool, both of which have collided with
big ice. Assistance has already been given
the former vessel, while the latter, which is
proceeding under lir own steam, is keeping
the world well informed of her condition
Both ships havel contributed valuable in
formation upon thfi southward progress of
Ice drift and flcnfcltlon of secure trans
Atlantic routes at fchls season Is now possible-
wTi,. '. ..
Fog, Of C0tTSP?BWlll overturn uiv moat
EVENING PUBLIC J-KDaER-l'l-IILADELPHTA,
scieiitllio calculations, and Iceberg in the
courses are perverse. No practical detection
devices have yet been discovered. The sea
will ever be mysterious, but wireless nnd
the prompt co-operation of shipmasters cnu
do much to modify those perils which for
merly made mariners entirely helpless.
THE CLEAN STREETS ISSUE
AFTER the unquestionably batisfactory
showing of efliclency made by Mayor
Moore's Administration of municipal street
cleaning in the two central districts this
year, It is incoueclvabe that the city should
go back to the old system of contracts ns n
fixed or even n temporary policy.
So .successful has been the experiment
that It must be n hardy spollsmnn indeed
who would dare to suggest abandoning the
system.
The question of which method should be
followed thus being virtually settled, the
only epiestion remaining for City Council to
consider Is whether citywlde street cleaning
tinder direct municipal operation shall be
attempted October 1 or January 1. The
former date is assigned In the draft ordinance
now before Council with the request for ati
adequate appropriation to tlnancn the pur
chase of necessary equipment nnd supplies.
As the matter stands. Mayor Moore nnd
Director Cnven. under whose direction the
work hns been inaugurated and performed,
have declared in favor of the earlier date,
and since they aro charged with the respon
sibility of performance, their opinion ought
to have predominating weight with Council.
They have asked for the funds to go ahead;
they are ready nml willing to assume the
responsibility and It should be granted.
Cautious scrutiny of possible legal com
plications Is not undesirablo ; that is n per
fectly proper attitude for administrative
officials at all times. But since tho Mnyor
and the Ditcctor arc both enthusiastically
committed to municipal work as a fixed
policy, and tliey nre the responsible admin
istrators, Council ought not to put unneces
sary obstacles in the way.
The clauses in the present contracts pro
viding for n termination on October 1 were
fully discussed when the agreements were
mnde before the first of the year. The con
tractors were' put on full legal notice by
the inclusion of these clauses, and by every
rulo of logic nnd law they would be estopped
from raising thnt issue if the option were
properly exercised by the city.
Failure to grant the request of the Mayor
nnd tho Director for sanction In the form
of appropriations to begin eitywide munici
pal street cleaning on the earliest possible
date would shift the responsibility of evading
the plain mandate of the City Charter from
the shoulders of the Administration squarely
to those of the Coiinciluien themselves.
The public is well satisfied with the re
sults in tho two central districts, and ther
Is no doubt thnt every taxpaver would be
glad to have the benefits of the plan ex
tended to every section of the town before
midwinter makes the work more difficult to
organize. The voters arc exceedingly touchy
and sensitive upon this subject after year
of suffering under the private contract
schemes, nnd tire in no mood now to staud
for further shuffling nnd shillyshallying.
THESE MEN WERE CAUGHT
THE dismissal of three policemen attached
to the Twelfth District station house
for their connection with an effort to bring
whisky into the city will make the other
policemen, if nn there be, interested lu
protecting tho bootleggers a little more enre
ful. They will sny to one another that it
does not pay to get found out.
Only the unsophisticated think that the
police are ignonnnt of what the bootleggers
nre doing. The fnilitre of some of tho offi
cers to euforce the law is not due to their
ignorance of its violation. If tliey would be
frank they could explain why they are doing
little. But it is not likely that they will
do any explaining.
SOBER SECOND THOUGHT
NliW thnt passions have cooled. Tulsa is
digesting some unpalatable facts.
A Negro who stubbed his toe and grabbed
at an elevator girl to right himself; u re
porter who printed a sensational story of an
"attack"'; faulty English which led to pro
gressive hvsteria oji the part of the popu
lace: which led, in its turn, to murder and
nrson nnd so Tulsa's shame was proclaimed
to the world.
This tragic version of the story of tha
Three Block Crows is destined to endure
longer than the original. It is a parabln
that lias for its moral the criminal fatuity
of hi coming historical.
It may be, as alleged
in opposition quar
ter, thnt Secretary
Hughes' message to
Private Properly
Present Issue
Mexico is n trifle dictatorial; but the fact
siiouiu not oo lost sigut or nun recognition
of a Government validates thp previous acts
of a Government so recognized. If Uncle
Sam wishes to put his foot down, this is
assuredly the time to do It.
So the skip-stop skips with glen nnd
won't stop.
Gasoline drops one rent a mere drop
in the bucket.
Would It be permissible to remark that
Admiral Sims ib more successful as n saiior
than as an orator?
Republican factions probably burled the
hatchet so that no George Washington would
do damage to the plum tree.
The lifting of the liquor ban for the
benefit of Pueblo flood -nffprprs is going to
provide lots of material for argument.
And there is nluns possibility that
Germany will grow rich paying her debts
while the Allies remain poor spending money
on armies to keep her eerlastingly at it.
Women who favor the one-piece bath
ing suit declare that it Is necessary to swim
ming, as it gives tliem a chance to kick.
But if they get what they want thej'll imvo
no cause for n kit k.
Chemists of the West Virginia Prohi
bition Buieau reiently found half nil ounce
of prusslc acid In a pint of moonshine
whisky. That stuff .would surely make n
man forget his troubles.
Sims' trouble Is his inability to "keep
things separate." Mr. pims Is entitled to
any opinion he ares to entertain. Admiral
Stms should have observed the amenities and
put his country nbove his personal opinion.
Tha probabilities nre that many per
sonages will keep right on discovering that
water w"ts, fue burns nml the Scsqul
Centennial Is not merelv of local but of na
tional, not to sa! International, interest.
Because he is a wise man who doesn't
cross a bridge until he roaches it. Demos
thenes McGinniH sajs ho is not going to get
cross about the Delaware bridge until somo
decision Is reached as to where It is to be
built.
The present unnnlinlty of Republican
and near-Republican opinion as to the de
sirability of returning Philander C Knox to
the I'nlteil States Senate Is perhaps in the
nature of snhc for what Is happening to his
peace resolution.
An Asbury Park Judge has ruled that
when n girl breaks an engacement she must
return the ring. Hero we have sad illus
tration of the fact thnt the acquisition of
Tights too frequently implies the relinquish
meni "i pnviirm-it.
AS ONE WOMAN SEES IT
Government So Busy Being a Father
to Disabled Soldier Boys It Hasn't
Time to Mother Them So 6no
, Woman Does. It
, By SARAH I). I.OWKIH
TWO-THIRDS of the college boys whom
one asks whnt they mean to be can't
make up their minds. There is nothing
surprising If within the somewhat limited
field of their horizons they sec nothing that
impels them as n life work. They have
their father's business for one tiling, nnd
that lias generally betrayed n seamy side
either as not worth the struggle if their
fnthers nrc overworked and poor, or too
confining and beniimbins If their fathers nre
overworked nnd rich.
Moreover, to start In to work under the
pnrentnl eye Is to'o much like nil that has
gone beforo to exactl seem a novelty nnd
n glorious enrcer. Resides, in the curious
play nnd countcr-plav of influences that a
son feels In bis home, ten to one his mother,
without meaning to, has prejudiced him
against his father as n person not nlwnys
sntlsfnctory to have money relations with.
Or If there is none of this undercurrent of
prejudice, it sometimes happens the rela
tionship as business associutc is nn impos
sible one becnusc the father cannot get it
into his head that the careless outh who
has suddenly grown to look like n man is
actually n man. He would sooner trust his
office boy, who has to do a thing his way or
leave, than his son. who probably has
enough of his father in him to have n way
of his own,
BUT If It Is easy to turn one's back on
one's father's enreer, choosing a sntis
factory one for oneself is not easy. Be
cause until j on have tried how can you
know whnt you want to do, not to sneak
o'f what you can do, especially as nothing
thnt happens to you in your undergrndunte
yenrs gives you any sense of being better nl
one thing than another, unless you couht
athletics F r
This last was the way one boy summed It
up, nt nil events, nnd I rnthcr think he
spoke for the, ninjority.
If healthy, sound young fellows feel nt
loose ends on getting through college, whnt
must be the sensations of the boyjf who nre
dismissed from the nrmy these dns. sans n
leg or arm or hand, or who nro blind or
shell' shocked, with u new. enreer to make'
out of the fag ends they have left?
POSSIBLY the boy 'is sound of body, so
far as appearances go. nml only threat
ened with ill results if he icturns to his
previous occupation. Perhaps he hns been
n telegraph operator an indoor, nervous,
confining job; the phjsical examination
shows that he will be a menlnl wreck if he
goes hack lo that after shell shock. He
must find nn out-door job that is not likely
lo strain him nervous; Dow is lie to de
termine what nnd where that is? Every
day counts, for he probably has some on'o
dependent on him. He nppeals to the Gov
ernment that has pledged itself ready to
help him get into harness again.. but the
question for him and for tho Government
is.f whnt linrncs.s?
Tho nppcnl to the Government goes
through the Red Cross Bureau, where the
disabled soldier files a report, giving his
record, bis disabilities ami his Intentions.
I'l-oin the Red Cross Bureau bo goes to tho
Public Health Bureau to be examined nnd
clossliieil for compeiisdtion.
There are two classes, of disabled soldiers,
the second nnd the third.
A soldier allotted to tho second class is
entitled to 100 u month during a specified
period of time. If he bus a wife an addi
tional ?.!,, n month is added, if he has a
mother to support an additional SHO n
mouth. Each child under ago will bring
him an ndditional S10.
A disabled soldier of tbe third class re
ceives only a training for future occupations
without a money allowance.
As soon as tbe examiners at tho Bureau
of Health have diagnosed his condition nnd
.specified what types of labor he is safe to
try and whnt not lie is passed on to the
redernl Board.
Reforo the officers of the Federal Board
he makes a request for training in nn occu
pation that will eventuallv support hint. It
is just at this point that he needs help eight
times out of ten.
I WAS talking to n womnn the other day
who 1ms given some .'!00 disabled soldiers
help in just this dilemma. This woman is
Mrs George Lning. Like most persons who
hi their job, she just naturally enmo bv hers
from being ready to do the next thing 'with
out much thought of the consequences to
herself She was on the woman's nuxllinrv
to the Federal Hoard during tho wnr, anil
knowing the ropes by that experience got
into the kind way of showing thoso who
worn strange and shv among tho disabled
soldiers tbn way to get what the Govern
ment was ready to give for tho asking, if
only the asking was done according to form
nnd with the red tape all attended to.
Having begun by befriending a voung
chap here and there, ber task has now
grown bojotid her single power to cope with
it, for the boys whom she had helped over
their hard stiles sent still other boys to her.
V hat they want mon is to talk it all over
and weigh tho pros and cons for this life
work or that with some one who has a
knack of listening and putting the right
word in now and again, nnd somehow of
guiding without dictating.
First they tall, over what the chap used
to do and can now do no longer. Then thev
discuss the things thnt a fellow without a
leg or without a hand or with tubercular
tendencies or with broken nerves con do.
Then they look over the particular nnnn-
ing that seems on the whole to promise
best. Then they find out together how one
may learn thnt trada or profession, and
where.
TnE Government Is glad enough to have
all this sensible nnd kindly thrashing
out done, for It can onlv be n father to the
disabled soldier and set him up in business;
being a mother is not much in tho Gov
ernments hue.
During the period of study, and the ofter
period of turning thnt study to account,
these wards of tho (i0 eminent turn otico
more to Mrs. Lning lo report progress, to
report discouragement, to report worrv
very often about tlieir families. She got
ns many ns forty letters a month from the
men who are nt their trades nnd beginning
the long climb up the ladder of self-support.
homo men aro studying mechanical engi
neering, others milling, others have taken
business courses, some nro nt thn Industrial
Art School learning designing or weaving
or illustrating, some nr. ,ir the Williamson
School learning some agricultural specinllv.
some uro lenrniii" to be paperlmngers, some
poultry-raisers.
Thej have talked it over with her. and
aro in many cases touchingly ready to fol
low her advice, for which reason she is
'"j i11" -i. uiiuosi ennrv uf giving it.
SOMETIMES they are F0 hopeless that It
takes a great deal of gentle humorous
boosting to get them idf confident. She
and her committee had it prettj and com
prehending way of helping some of these dis
(ouraged and hopeless one- Tliey had a
pnrty and Invited to ontrtalii the guests
men who were dlsnl.Ie. ,,,! w,d mnde good.
There w-ere a blind musicmn and other ban
dlonppod men who uhidh illustrated In their
persons the poslh,lm of (arnlng a living,
even though the. were crippled To the
party,, of course the discouraged disabled
soldiers came nml gathered courage to begin
life ngaln from the ones thov met there
It Is a great work thnt Mrs. haingjloes.
And she is so natural and easy about it that
you could sit nil day and tnlk about your
own affairs to her without her ever seem
ing to hnyn n thing to do but enjov vour
society. I imagine that K,ft of unhurried
serenity Is what "gets" tho bovs!
,. ... Chairman Good, of
Ride a Wee f h Appropriations
Committee. suggests
that the wooden shirts held by the Shipping
Hoard be sunk rather than that the Govern-
ment should be compelled to pay S440,000 a
year to guard them. But why be in hnstoV
They may come In useful or carrying coal
n tows from Alaska If tho Goypmipqnt at
,ui 10 iuuvs in tuu-K uic tug coal operators,
FRIDAY, JUNE 10,
3021
' " EXCEEDING THE LIMIT X
?v.' .ryfiy 0v ' &l H lfiJ'lW
7Wk
NOW MY IDEA IS THIS
Talks With Thinking Philadelphians on Subjects They
Know Best
Daily
SHERMAN C. KINGSLEY
On Practical Welfare Work
GIVING alms to beggars only serves to
thwart the purposes of charitabln or
ganizations which seek to rehabilitate in
jured people anil give them n self-respecting
menus of support, nccording to Sherman
C. Kinpsley. executive secretary of the Wel
fare Federation of Philadelphia, l.r00 Spruco
street.
"1 don't mean that all beggars aro not
deserving of sympathy," said Mr. Kings
ley, "but the giving to those who exhibit
injured parts of their bodv, seeking public
sympathy, Is the least satisfactory method
of dealing with the question. It is nlso the
most expensive for the general public and
accomplishes nothing oilier than the en
couragement of the practice.
"You've hoard tlln story of the man who
was running for the ferry. He got aboard
just In time nnd leaned ngniust tho railing
in u helpless and exhausted manner with his
hat in his hand. People nearby began droo
ping money in the bat. That was the
foundntion of his fortune.
"Heggars arc nothing more than para
sites on society. They vo found that it's
far easier to go out on tho street and make
ii living than by self-respecting labor.
Plarc Even for Handicapped
"In n way, it's society's own fault. The
old attitude was that n man once Injured by
the. loss of bis sicht or an arm or leg was
no longer able to work. Society's attitude
Is changing nnd charitable organizations nro
doing their utmost for this class of people.
"Hut they can't help the man or woninp.
as the enso may be, unless the individual is
willing to bo helped. As long ns there
remains a vestige of character and moral
fiber in tho injured individual the organiza
tion can help. I havo personally dealt with
many people who have been permanently
injured and us long as they had any char
acter something could be done for them.
"The greatest trouble is that possibly
while under the cam of an organization tho
individual mny discover ho can make an
easier living by begging on the streets. Ho
may get out of touch with the organization
and become a parasite, ou tho public who
also supports tho organization which wns
helping him.
"Tin- charitably inclined person should
deal with the association whose purpose is
to help disabled people Notify them that
nt a certain time nud place an Individual
was seen. The proper authorities will in
vestigate omi offer training for self-support.
"If the public would rely on charitable
organizations nnd not tnke the mutter into
its own hands tho. situation all over the
country wouid bo cleaned up. An ndcquntu
and humane method of hnndling the question
would nccompllsh moro thnn is being done
now.
Work Is Co-ordinated
"Rut I don't waul to confuse you on the
work of the Welfare Federation. Wo deal
with charitable orders of every description.
In this city there are approximately II0U
sueli organizations eligible for membership.
'Hie movement is uotiung more timn ttie
o-ordination of the work of philanthropic
and welfare associations nnd elimination of
waste in etfort nnd expenditure.
"In time, when wo nre federated, Instead
of eneh association seeking contributions
for its work, each will bring before our
bodv a budget for the ensuing yenr. That
budget will be studied thoroughly. The sum
necessnn to carry on the work of all ineni
bers will be calculated. Tho nmounts which
Ihcj earn, together with the. Interest on
1 heir endowment funds, will be added to
gether. The difference between the sum nec
essary for their work nnd tho income of
which they me nssurod will bo tho amount
which will have to bu contributed by the
public.
"Instead of each association carrying on
Unite and Beba
WHEN Helm Daniels got ten days
In jnll because she speeded,
It served to give to certain plays
Publicity they needed.
Hut when Babe Ruth was pinched wo learn
He got one tin's in prison -And
Query limps 'twlxt whnt is hcr'n
And what is simply liis'u.
Thus Justice, still, bejtlnd tho bar
.Liispenisiiig mnu quil, nijier,
A homer In the hitter; I' LSI ' G.A.
a drive for money, the Welfare Federation
will institute one big drive a yrar. .This
will reduce expenditure and save unlimited
time nnd effort.
All Havo Equal Volco
"The Welfare Federation is not governed
by lust n few people, but by the governing
bodies of all the members. It is simply a
'getting together' for the common good.
The experience of each Individual body will
be at the command of all the others and
overlapping expenditures will be eliminated.
"And in federated cities it has been dis
covered that through the operation of such
a system not only was the total number of
contributors increased, but it was also
found that there was t greater proportion
ate amount of money subscribed.'
HUMANISMS
By WILLIAM ATIIERTON DU PUY.
ONE of the most remarkable things about
men. bo tliey of higli or low estate, Is
that they never grow up.
Take, for Instance, thnt group of elder
statesmen in the United States Senate. Hero
is tho trick they were cnught playing on
Sims, tln old Negro barber at the Capitol,
who has been shnving them and their kind
fur .forty years,
Sims is a preacher and great biblical au
thority when he is not shaving Senators. Ho
is profoundly religious. He has confidence
in lils fellows;
So, when Senator Harry New, of Indiana,
told Sims that he bad a present for him,
the venerable barber walked into the trap
all unsuspecting.
The Senator said he wanted to bestow his
present in private. Ho and Sims went into
nn iiuteicioin. The Senator squatted down
and Sims did likewise. The Senator took
from his pocket n large-sized pair of dice
and rolled them out on tho carpet. Sims,
watched.
At Just this moment a group of Senators,
in the plot with New, hurst into tho room.
I here, apparently, were Senntor New and
the old barber, despite his protestations of
religion, shooting crops. The statesmen were
horrified. An employu of tho Senate had
been caught gambling. Sims, of all men,
had gone wrong niter forty years; Sims,
whom they trusted implicitly. It was n
case that called for drastic action.
Dr. Robert Koch, of Germany, tho dis
coveier of the relation thnt tho bnclllus hns
to tuberculosis, visited Dr. II. M. Biggs,
pf the New York Bureau of Health, away
back in the nineties.
"We have disclosed the scientific princl
pie, he said, "and wo nro wnitlng for
you Americans to show us how to use it."
Sure enough, the United States has led
the world ever since in the development of
methods for preventing the spread of tuber
I ulosis
A little while later Europe developed an
tin oxin for diphtheria, the most perfect
antitoxin vet discovered. It used to cost
.V-'.i an injection.
winu X?lv Yor,k "l'rpi" of Health sent Dr.
William II. Park, director of its laboratories,
abroad, and he found out that tbe anti
toxins wero obtained from the carcasses of
horses. Ho cabled back directions for its
manufacture and almost overnight it was
being made and distributed free
iA,,nvP?l0oi.r1'"11 s1"fr,:l'i"K from diphtheria
lu any c -organized American city can
now get its life saved for the asking.
I .i h,"'h ,,lcmo,'sratlons as these thnt
mnko the world wntd, to see what n.c. f
sclenco over here , going tll ,j(). "'
John L. Cable, of Limn, O.. s n baby
Congressman; that is, ho is serving his first
term, and it therefore happemd that lie was
one of those who appeared before the N -tionnl
Press Club when It put on its "I y
Night some time ago. So John told esc
jouninlihta a lot of tilings they d d no I o,v
about tbe beginning ,,f newspapers
niere are "Gazottoa" nil over ,1P conn
try. he said Almost even- town has its
Gazetted e. ,o you know wliv papers
are given that name? 1'npen
It all happened bnel, in the begluninc of
newspapers A eU,p(,pPr ,,,.,. , '$ ?l
Numbers of hose letters were printed h .
In" Von.!!' ff 'n ,im(, '' '"'San to 1,0 SOI.
In Aenlce n those early times there was
small coin known as tho "gazette" It .
the prim for which these ill t noyspnp Vvl
sold, They tpok their namcfro i,a
hava Gazettes. ,c9mc Joto, bjnll 9ve'r $
s.- i - -r f
What Do You Know?
QUIZ
1. What three nations were partners In the
partition of Poland In tho eighteenth
century
2. In what year did the ureat etetaihlp
Titanic sink on her maiden voyage?
3. What American State has established I
special Court of Industrial Itelattoml
I. Who wroto "The History of Moll FUn-
tiers" 7
6. "What Is cinnabar?
0. What ocean wns formerly known as the
South sca 7
7. What was the first name of Rodin, the, I
famous French aculptorv
8. What la a gobemouche?
9. What Is tho nalary of the American Sec
retary r Stato7
10. What Is a wombat?
Answers to Yesterday's Quiz
1. Thomas Jefferson nnd John Adams dlei
nn tho n.imn ilnv Julv 4. 1826.
2. The official namo of Italy Is FejM ,
.VTfnlln Iflnirilnni rt Ttnlv
3. The displacement ton of a ship, approts
mately equal to a long ton oi
water. Is thirty-tlvo cunio roei.
4 Antnnlo .Tnso do Sucre was a noted Span-
Ish-Amerlcun General, ono of the libera
tors of South America. He was tM
trusted lieutenant of Holfvar and durSI
Ills absence gained two or tno ni30'
elslve victories or tile war oi im
pendence, the Battle of PIchlncha, U
is?" uhlch frei.il Ecuador, andthltol
Ayacucho, which put an end to i Spu-.l
lull rulo. In South America, nt
assassinated while returning to M
homo In Quito in 1820. Sucre was tori
Iti Pnmann Vn n a T 1 1 P 1 H . In 17D3.
0. A cenoblto Is a. member of a rellsijj
c rder dwelling In a convent comraumw.
r. Tim nhnrantor nt Cnlstaff anneaK l
three plays by Shakespeare HeJ
IV." Part l; "Henry IV," Part J, w
"Tho Merry Wives of Windsor.
i. A pangolin is a scaly ani-ca.icr in ji.-v-
8. Ixlon'ln classical mythology was a kM
bound In Tartarus to a revolving wnw
for aspiring to the love of the goau(
Hera nnd boasting of his success.
0. Jacopo Robustl, the celebrated '"'
nnlntof wn i-nllxd TlntorettO W Wl
..iA.. n iti- in!.... ,il,n t'nu n. "tlntort,
niuu lu jus Lime. -- - .,i.
or dyer. Tintoretto means Htm j
10. Orography Is the branch of P111, 1
geography ueniinB mm iiiuu'
Tod Floors for Policemen
.. .,.. .,.... ..,. i
I' roin VHP l UllfM UUIICMll.
It Is n singular fact that most pollcen
live on the upper and often the top W
of apartment houses. There is good .
for this. It is remote from the noises oM
street and tho disturbances of nclR&wj
going up und down, in and out of the P
The top floor provides sunshine and "
air nucl splendid light for the habitation
the family and nuus to incir m
KANSAS SUMMER
DAY dawns!
Sun's up! ,
vn i,., n,..,nr. i-n n ml stretcll.
1,(1 iu; nun vi j j "
The birds awake with "tful fluttcrinj!. 1
n-i. l l ii,..,. ,on l,nlp beds UP0ni"l
till; uiuuwn, tutu, ihh .v..
earth, '
Arise nnd go their way.
Tho south wind stirs softly.
Noontide,
And bent ns thick ns golden honey.
The cattle seek tho shade and drowse,
T.S,. ,l.nn In fimntuf lirook it
Drink lazily and blink af dragon i fli".
The wind blows hot across the fields
iiti .1.- ...1 a t.n,in, lmnilon.
nere uic wm-ui, ih-uj ....-;-. ,, ;
Dips nnd swells in never-ending "
Noontide, nnd on topmost branch oi
trmivnml
A redblrd Bwings and bingu.
iJtlJi sue umi 'uuouinn.
There In tbn west swings low
1S.. . I,. .1lri.A(iAlat
The cbnriot of her departing lever.
The darkening hills ring eloser, ,.,S
falls. J '
Silly turtle doves mourn sadly
Flowers droop trees rustic lazily
From out their swaying "ado urmoi
Hushed lullabies drowsy bedtime uri ,
lugs,
T 11.- ii... I.I...,. ..P . nitimnH rni ii tus ' ;
Thr cloak of night is black. . $j
rni.i.., I It 111... lr.,,1.. nn lnver OI 'u" ,
lllirn null e.Jli. linu iii., -
Nor stirs n fold. 1lT
A naughty breeze comes flaunting ")
The chiffon blncknesH "lows aw nj.
A ml when the moon comes slyly ffl" J
Earth lies revealed in all her naked 'ffl
JlnepH, . , . J&
A .lnn l...t In llrer frnmP -5!-yl
-rrShfnh 'Hclmhjtlc njlrich, Jn'tbc.
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