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The Brt.vi.No Public Letoeb Is served to aub- t'--.. aeribers In Philadelphia nnd surroundlne towns ;,'' at tli rata of twelve (12) cents per week, payabls K to ths carrier. K:i. " Br. mall to points outaMe of Philadelphia, In ,; uis unueu Biases, (.anaaa, or united states pos i r MSitons. postaae free, fifty (BO) cents nor month. nx (SO) dollars per year, panble In advance To all foreign countries one ($1) dollar a month XtOTfB Anhiwrlhftra tvlahlnv oililr rhnni4 t most site old as well as new addrewi. KtUIOOO WALNUT KEYSTONE, MAIN 1601 IL KT Address all cctnmunlcations to livening Pu&Ho V tMdger, Independence Square. rhlladclpMa Member of the Associated Press ran ASSOCIATED PKKSS Tfl,.tl,iI.i ru. 1 titled to the Ulfl fnr renuhlO'nUfvn nt rill tfi dispatches credited to U or not otherwise credited Si in this rarer, and also the local news published therein. U All Wffnf repubHoflMon o special dljpatcJif nerein nre ano remervea. rhllidelphli, S.turd.T, June 11, 1921 se HOW TO CELEBRATE THE 4TH fTlHE suggestion to make tin- eelebrution of JL the Fourth of July in this city a na tional event every year is not new. An attempt to establish such n celebration was made In 1011 nHd President Wilson was brought hero to make an address in Inde pendence Square. The Governors of all the States were invited to be present and some of them came. Congressmen from all parts of the eountt y were hero. The crojvel which gathered in -the square was larcer than any that had assembled there since the great celebration in 1M(J. The success of the affair was universally admitted, and it was admitted also that permanent plans should ( be made to repeat it every yc.tr All tho arguments then brought forth in favor of having the chief national celebration of the udoption of the Declaration of Inde pendence observed every jenr in the building in which the Declaration was adopted are M still valid Hut it takes more than argu ments in support of its fitness to make any celebration successful. There must be some one who is qualified to make plans every year and carr them to completion, and there must be a public seutiment back of the move ment which will secure the co-operation of enough men and women to prevent a fiasco Philadelphia can lift itself into the con sciousness of the Nation on everv Fourth of July by staging n great celebration here if it is so disposed, but it cannot do it by merely talking about it. It will be necessary for the influential men of the city to incon venience themselves a little, even to the extent of beiug willing to stay in the city to attend the exercises instead of spending the day at a country club or at the sea shore. Wo can stage a great function hero every twelve months if we nro so disposed. But it cannot be done if arrangements arc delayed until two or three weeks before the date when the distinguished men available for addresses have already consented to appear somewhere else. THE HUNGRY ARE FED THE virtual abandonment of the Chinese famine fund campaign marks the close of a notable chapter in the history of Ameri can philanthropy. The long-expected rains havo como and conditions in the stricken area have thus materially changed. "" American benefactions nnd those later forthcoming from the Chinese themselves may bo said to have delivered an immense population from actual starvation. Not all the tragedy could be averted In its vast proportions and in its poignancy tho episode was one of the mopt appalling of modern times. But alleviation was also upon an impressive scale. The local committee, from the chairman ship of which Alba H, Johnson has just re signed, reports that more than 5100.000 was raised in this district This is an in spiring record ot generosity and does honor to the administrators of the campaign, which expires on the heartening note that its serv ices are no longer necessary. FREIGHT RATES AND PRICES THE members of the National Hardwood Lumbermen's Association, in session .n this city, have prettj definite notions about tho obstacle in the wav of a revival of their business They voted unanimously j ester -day afternoon to ask the railroads to reduce tho freight rates in order to encourage the movement of lumber Lumber is a commodity the price of which at tho points it is used is senouslv affected by the cost of transportation. It is bulky nnd heuvj. A restoration of the freight's to the figures that pre ailed before the war would bring about a considerable reduction in tho cost of hnrdwood lumber in tins city and in every othex city in the cnuntrj It would encourage building and do much to relieve busuiLbs stagnation And the lum bermen believe also that it would increase the earnings of the railroads that have been seriously nfTeeted bv the falling ofT in busi ness due to tl e high freight rates INTERNATIONAL AMITY PEOPLE within a ladmn ot tiUO miles of Berlin weie reientlj inabled, by means of tho wireless telephone, to hear the entire opera of "Madama Uutterfh," which causes a Gorman puper to complain that the scene of the opera is in Japan, the opera was written bj an Italian, it has an English title and nn American hero Here is no grouud for complaint It is a musical League of Nations which German is permitted to enter without proliminaiy -apologies or promises to be good. GEORGE COHAN GOES ON STRIKE GEOKGE M. COHAN, who is both an actor und a manager, does not believe in tho clobid shop in the theatre Aa tho Actors' Equity Association Ms decided that no member may play on the stag" with nn actor not u number, Mr. Cohan, who organ iied thu Actors' Fidelity Liague, n rival "union," has announced that he is through with tho theatre. Ho has money enough, he say8, and is not going to be bothered with the quarrels of octors nny more. This is a dispute in which the public is not ucrlously interested, for it will not result in the closing of nny theatres. The playgoers do not care whether the members of n mu sical comedy chorus are or are not members of the Equity Association. Union chorus girls can dauco just as well as non-union chorus girls, and slapstick artists on the uiwloYille stage can cut un their antics in n union as well as out of it. And for that matter, union actors nnd non-union uctors can net together just as well as apart. When the actors formed their union thej did it to sceuru the redress of well-defined grievances and they had the sympathy of that part of tho public which took any interest iu tho fortunes of their entertainers. Tho situation is one with which the mana gers v.'ill !inc to deal as best they may, for )t nffectii them diicctly. When they are Mating a new play tbey will have to find iy " (Hit wht'thOr nil the actors are members of - -i r . i , uiusui:iuliuii ur uiuv wiu juiyr 5 : i. ' w.. --- - - . -. trouble. A union Shylock will not play with a non-union Portia, and( if nn open-shop Caesar tries to play with' n union Brutus there will be more trouble to pay than that about which Mark Antony talked in his famous oration. But as it Is a long timo beforo the theatres are to be opened again, working arrange ments may be mado which will even entice tho versatile Cohan back to the theatre, where he has spent the greater part of his life, THROUGH TRANSIT FACILITIES ALONE WILL JUSTIFY BRIDGE Shuttle Trains Would Mock the Struc ture Primarily Designed to Effect a Complete Revolution In Inter state Communications THE inspiration contnlucd in tho artistic, comprehensive and convincing designs of the Delaware Itlvcr span shrinks suddenly In eontnet wjlth n significant little sentence of the commission's report. Beneath draw ings illustrating existing transit lines and their possibilities runs this legend: "It ts proposed at first to operate bridge shuttle car only." The public, without in the least descending into tho mood of ungracious criticism, slnco tho engineers forecast much larger develop ments, possesses an unqualified right to question even a suspicion of makeshift methods in treatment of the major problem which the bridge is devised to solve. Through transportation routes are indispensable to the utility of the structure. Direct transportation, without vexatious changes, is quite ns nccessarv to the success of the monumental enterprise ns are ele vators to an offico building, wheels to a motorcar or covers to a book. There should not be the slightest valid reason why the disquieting word "tempo rarj" should be injected into consideration of the cao. The operation of the bridge must be made commensurate with its dignity, with tho wealth of mental and monetary resources to be devoted to its erection nnd with its immense potential usefulness. The shuttle-train idea Is childish and tenth rate It is imperative that not n moment be lost in organizing all the various transportation interests involved in n vig orous and public spirited effort to devise the best and most practicable sjstenl of com munications capnble of being Inaugurated on the first da the span is open to traffic. That obstacles will be encountered may be taken for granted. Apart from purely selfish interests, inherited traditions, prejudices nnd sentimental debris inevitably appear to dl- vert, f possible, the march of true progress on a large scale But co-operative, cordial resolution can demolish these conventional barriers. Not one nrgument that muv be raised against tho dispatch of through cars from central Phila delphia and beyond to central Camden and the outlying districts is really insuperable Moreover, the engineers, whose detailed report is so refreshing in breadth of vision, have outlined a vnrieti of menus by which tho Itnpid Transit Company, the New Jersey Public Service Corporation nnd the railroads can merge their material assets in working agreements redounding effectively to their own advantage and that of the public A projection of the future Arch-Eighth-Locust delivery loop is proposed to be con nected with tho underground station nt the bridge pla7n, or, declares the report, "rapid transit trains could be sent direct from all parts of Philadelphia over the bridge into Camden In Camden the proposed loop line of bridge surface cars will make connections with the present New Jersey traction system and through it with the Readiug Railway nnd the Pennsylvania Railroad at its Broad wa? station." Obviously, however, the problem, although carefully considered by the commission, is not one which this body will cventunllv be called upon to sohc. Actual woik must be done by the cities of Philadelphia and Cam den and by the transportation companies en dowed with the power to make the bridge worth while. There is every indication that the span can be completed by July -1, IOL'0, on schedule time. Within the same space of years the most generous and far-seeing at tention should be given to the necessity of linking up the interstate transit facilities Tho shuttle-train expedient would tjpify weak and shallow trifling. If the subway plans are not brought to fruition there is nothing save technicalities, which represent no real difficulty, to pro vent tho diversion of several main trolley routes from this city over the bridge to New Jersey. Trnubfers of passengers nt the bridge plara would provide few advantages over the present ferry inconveniences. It is tho changes, the dclnj and the consequent crowds that render transit bv the steam vessels so objeUionuble. Tho method of propulsion itself is n minor matter Philadelphinns ond Cnmdenites cannot begin too quickly to accustom themselves to the idea of a complete revolution in the interstate transit situation They must aim high and insist on the realization of a per fectly tangible goal Imagination may be given beneficially full play There has long been too little regard for its creative worth in this community. The picture, for instance, of Pennsylvanii Railroad electric trains depuiting fioin City Hall Square for Atlantic City nnd coast lesorts is by no means absurdly fantntk. The present line from the New Jersey ter minal is operated through parts of Camden on the trolley sjstem. What is to forbid such trains from proceeding across the bridge nnd on the Market street surface tracks to the Public Buildings, where n loop could bn made before starting in the return direction'' All that is needful is the spirit of in thusiastic harmony, which could make light of piesent legal entanglements by establish ing new legal sanctions. It ih possible in many Western cities to enjoy through elee trie communication with far-distant points. If tho public nnd the corporations will adjust themselves to their splendid oppor tunities, obstructions will vanish. Granted the capacity of the bridge engi neers and architects, who have already so magnificently justified the authority imposed on them granted the continunnco of legis lative interest in tho project -the ultimate success of tho bridge lesohes itself into a matter of temperament "Boldness, again boldness and ever bold ness," counseled Danton, who had n revo lution on his hands. So have we To tho metaphorical guillotine with pullbacks. re actionaries and the tirfiorous exponents of an outmoded cant! The bridge, for all its foreshadowed maj esty, is simply a means to a practical end modern, swift transportation in one of tho most populous districts of tho continent. Persistent enthusiasm, energy nnd compre hensiveness of insight can perform in four years what was onco timidly regarded as little short of a miracle. Pull together for through carsl MEXICAN POLITICAL PRELUDES THEobstructionary tone of tho Mexican Foreign Oflico regarding the settlement of long-stnndiug disputes with tho United States Is not difficult to understand. Opposition to the Obrcgon Government has been lately proved to bo sufficiently real to justify for political purposes a display of decisive gestures. IK is noUccablo, however, that the new Mexican President takes rcfugo in technicalities whlfch can be offset with a little Judicious and dVarefully staged maneu Tfrinc. I . Mexico, declMpthe Foreign urace, has EVENING PUBLIC LEDGEJ no power to conclude through its present Govcrnmcnf tho kind of treaty for which Secretary Hughes has asked. There Is o well-defined Impression In tho United States Hint executive inhibitions of this character do not apply to Mexico nlona. Mr. Hughes, of course, is well aware of this and ho has not requested President Obrcgon to upset tho usual procedure which applies to treaties in virtually nil republics. What tho Secretary of State proposes is that certain Mexican retroactive laws eljall be so Interpreted or nmended that the ex ecution of the treaty would bo simplified. General Obrcgon, so far as is known, has not definitely stated that ho will novcr be in a constitutional position enabling him to promote such n pact. Tho loophole which he leaves for himself seems to bo the sort that will permit negotiations to go on whilo nt the same time regaling his own country with a display of "firmness." It Is altogether too early to despair of progress, Americans can nfford to be patient while the opening acts of fumlllar political drama are staged. THE JOHNSON PICTURES THAT the late John G. Johnson desired his collection of paintings to remain on exhibition in his house nt C10 South Broad street is beyond question. His will made this clear, even to tho extent of providing that if the building should be destroyed without the dcstnictlon of the collection the city should rebuild or restore it. Yet he contemplated the contingency of the permanent exhibition of the paintings In some other place, for the will provided that they should not bo so exhibited "unless somo extraordinary situation shall arise making it extremely judicious." M. Hampton Todd, who took testimony on the interpretation of tho will, assumed that the extraordinary situation hnd arisen when he reported to the Orphans' Court that tho paintings should be exhibited in the new Art Museum at the head of the Parkway. Judge Got, however, overruled that opinion nnd held that the paintings must be exhibited at filO South Broad street. The determination of the city to appeal from Judge (Jest's decision is prudent, be cause it is desirable that the citv should know just what its rights arc under tho will. Whnt constitutes "some otrnordinory sit uation" which will justify the permanent exhibition of the paintings outside of the walls of the South Broad street house? Mr. Todd and the city authorities seemed to agree that the necessity of virtually rebuild ing the house in order to make it fireproof rnnatlf llfml imiMi n ..Ititntwtn Thn 111 ltil not rontemplate the rebuilding of the house save ,n cnsc it nfta troyed, and Mr. John- son evidently expected part of tho art treas ures to be destroyed with the building. He seemed to hnvc considered the rik of fire nnd to have expected the destruction of part if not all of the paintings It is n nice question thnt the higher courts will have to pass upon. If they are going to interpret the will in order to carry out Mr. Johnson's desires to the letter they will hnvo to decide not only thnt the pictures must bo exhibited in the South Broad street house, but in that house retained in the condition in which Mr. Johnson left it, for Mr. John son certninly did not contemplate tearing out the inside of the building nnd recon structing It unless it were first visited by fire. The fearsome crv, Cheer Up; the Worst "Tobacco Next," Is Is Yet to Come always accompanied bv the disclaimer, "There's nothing to ir." But Utah has now nn anti-cigarette law. and it was lu just such a way that John Barleycorn got his first bump. And it is nn awful thing to realize that prohibition of tobacco would be much more easily enforced than prohibition of alcohol. Tobacco can't be crown in n cellar. And violators could not avoid show ing their smoke Beggars in tho State Beggars Description of Viiginia are said to have formed a union. It ought to he called the Paradox. It will be a labor union in which the mem bers, do not labor It vvilj favor the open shop, since the only closed shop available is the prison. The member who strikes by going to work will be stricken from the lolls, and the one who strikes jou for n slice of ,our roll will remain in good standing Jby Idly sitting. Why does the bark Add Edison of a sea dog mean Questionnaire stormj wenther? Why should the language of a rear admiral affront? How much lati tude Is permitted Jack ashore? Most of the punch of a crisis Is in its advance notice The Tobacco Store Indians appear to be on the warpath in Utah. Any tax assessor can give expert in formation un how values shjlnk One good thing that will come out of the Denipsey-Carpcntler fight is the war tax. Public abuses of park privileges sug gest a new field of endiavor for I'.oj and Girl Scouts One gathers that Carpentler would have little show m the bi tight If the cartoonists were referees. Well, remarked the Average Mnn as he read tho bridge report, if the engineers nro satisfied I nm Chicago phvsiiinn sars salt lau-es can ier Tnke it with a grain of salt, sav some of his coiifieres. The presumption Is that some of thn mirrors that "relict tho President's views" have flaws in them Rotary having Indorsed Hie one-piece bathing Miit, tho rest of the world may be expected to come round. One wonders how big a club he holds when Bricker buck seems so confident that big men will hack Bricker. The trouble with U G. I British thermal unit appears to be that It has not yet received its niitutnllmion papers, "Then- is no difficulty in mising money," itmaiked Senator Penrose Roj, page the Republican National Committee! The owner of Pla.v fellow , younger brother of Man o' Win, has refused an offer of $100,000 for him. The strnin of refusing an offer of that kind would give most of us nervous piostration. Ever nnd nnon as the world continues to scrap, rcinaikcd Demosthenes McGlnnls, thoughtful men see inuse for fongrntiilntlon lit the fait that China is pcaieful as well as big. It is pleasing to note, remarked the Offlrc Smoke Consumer, that Utah' anti cigarette law is being scrupulously observed in tho Sheriff's oflico In Salt Lake City and nowhere else. Aud, ho added, you may take that any way ou please. Said Ambassador Harvey to Admiral Sims, "Henceforth we'd best stick to the singing of hjmns." Said Sims to G. Harvey, "Or, perhaps, stick to prayers. One gets so confused with the national -air," - PHILADELPHIA, SENATOR AND SOLDIER A Present-Day Episode of Hlatorlo Valley Forge Tho Vast Work of Rebuilding Our Forests Strikes and Their Costs In the Stato By GEORGE NOX McCAIN "XT ALLEY FORGE was the background. V Automobiles wcro parked along thedrlvo way leading to tho rcsldenco of a former Secretory of State. A distinguished company wns waiting to visit n neighboring residence. One of the number, nn officer wearing the star of a general, attached to the entourage of a great official, approached a distinguished senior Senator with tho query : "Scnntor, hnvc you any objection to my riding over to Mr. X 's in your nuto?" "Not in the least," wns the reply. Tho nutos began moving off, the senior Scnntor clambered aboard nndv turning to the hesltnnt star-wearer, cried, Ignoring rank nnd punctilio: "Como on, Doc; we're ready 1" AS THE big car rolled awny the army official, who is slender nnd a trifle un dersized, turned n pair of merry, bespecta cled cjes upward to the big man nt his sldo and said : "Scnntor, you didn't know you were sit ting beside a soldier, did you?' "Huh I" wns tho monosyllabic rcplv. It was warm outside but very chilly in tno nuto about that time. Then, for tho purposes of conversation, tho general, who knows nothing of Pennsyl vania politics and its intricate convolutions, spoke up. "I suppose jou're acquainted with Secre tary Mellon?" 'Iuh! Known him for thirty jears." And then deep silence ensued to the end of the brief journey. NOW nnd then the more intimntc and in teresting things in our new forestry system get to the surface. It takes 1500 young trees, seedlings, to reforest n single devastated acre in the wasto lands of Pennsylvania. There arc something like 10,000 acres of this desolate terrain to be reforested. It will require 15,000,000 trees for the pur pose. White pine, black locust, hemlock, oak, black walnut, ash and manic will he used. Nevln Detrlch. of the Forestry Associa tion, tells of hundreds of buhes of th.eso seeds, ncoms and nuts that have been col lected for this purpose Of pine, spruce und larch seed alone nbout 700 pounds have been available. COLONEL FRED REYNOLDS, of Belle font, is the boss matchmaker of Penn sylvania. Not the matrimonial brand, however, al though he buys and handles enough sulphur to supply. I fancy, the mismntcd misery of all the divorce courts of the sixty-seven counties. He is the hend of one ot the State's big gest match corporations. The kitid the English cnll "luclfers." Just to indlcato how extensive this match business is, Pennsylvania alone manufac tured enough of them last year to light 15,041,000,000 cigars and cigarettes. There are just 27fi workmen nnd women engaged In this industry, nnd these people made, each one of them. 54,700,000 apiece. Capital invested In the manufacture of matches in this Stntc is slightly in excess of $1,000,000, nnd the production last year was valued at approximately $1,400,000. WILLIAM J. TRACEY, vho is chief of the State Bureau of Mediation and Ar bitration, sajs that last ear saw the great est number of strikes in the history of the Commonwealth. Thcie was a total of ,"."." strikes, although this Is not within 100 of what there would have been had thej not been averted. It is unfortunate for Philadelphia, but nearly one-half of all the strikes in the State took plnce right here in Philadelphia. There were 27." of them. The loss iu wages to the city amounted to $4.877,'81. Not all the loss is shown in the above dismal array of figures. Suffering, loss of home comforts, the in evitable assaults and lcgnl difficulties are things that cannot be estimated by any standard of arithmetic. THE stubbornness or perhaps it might be termed rehu tance to consider terms of settlement is shown In Mr. Trnccv's state ment that of the C55 strikes declared, the Buieau of Mediation nnd Arbitration, of which he is the hend, endeavored without success to settle 4,'iO of them. Only eighty of this total were officially called off by the union, tho remulnder grad ually dvlng out or being lost or still pending. In only twenty-nine of them were condi tions of employment the cause of the strike The greatest number of these industrial disturbances arose over the matter of wages. Ten per cent were called directly over the issue of tho union or non-union. Men Involved In these strikes lost n total of 8,128,201 hours, anil women 21,100. It is an appalling showing that Mr. Tracey makes. It is a tremendous argument for ndvnucing the dawn of a dav of industrial peace. Today's Anniversaries 1S21 Alexandir 1! I.attn, inventor of the steam fire engine, born in Ross Count v, Ohio. Died nt Ludlow Kj.. April 2S. 1805. 1S40 Geuirnl William L. Marshal, fa mous nrmv engineei who discovered the Marshall Pass ni ross dm Rockies, born at Washington, K . Died in Washington, l3. C, in 1020. 3857 Snow fill at Lynchburg, Vn. 18U1 William M Kinlej, ufterwurd I'rcs Ident, enlisted in the Tvvcut -third Ohio Infuntrj. 1671 American tleet attacked the forts of Korea in retaliation for an attack made by masked batterits llKKl King Alexander and Queen Drnga of Serbia murdered h armj ofheers. 1000 Mnr Putnam .lac obi, famous med ical scientist, dud Iu New iork City. Bom August HI. IS 12 11)11 Carrie Nation prohibition agita tor, died at I.eaviuwoith, Kun. 1020 Joseph II Ehvell found mur dered in Ills home in New York. Today's Birthdays Mrs. MllllcMit Garrett Fuwcctt, most noted hi the li udcrs in the womeu'b fran chise movement In Great Brituin, bom slxtj -four .vcars ago Mme. Julia Chnissen, mezzo-soprano of tho Metropolitan Opeia Co., born in Stock holm, fort -two vcirs ago Dr. Kcnyou L Iliittcrflcld, president of Massachusetts Agricultural College, born at Lapeer, Mich , lift j -three jears ago, MibS Jcanette ltiinkin, the first woman ever eiecteci to tno inlteci States Congress born forty-one jears ngo. ' Tho lit. Rev. John J. O'Connor, Catholic Bishop of Newark, born at Newark, N.J,, sixty-six jears ago. THE PIONEERS A CARAVAN on a wind-swept trail, A scorching sky where the buzards sail There ever on, though hopes seem frail ' Tho pioneers trudging with sure Intent Are seeking the land of sweet content. Di earning ill earns of the new tomorrow Tasting joj with its lack of sorrow, ' Glad In fag, but loath to borrow, Giving their all light chierfully thev Arc traveling on tow aid the brighter day. Knowing well what the journey menus Numbing the ndie for the old-time scenes Ah, how the win Id upon them leans ' All unswerving in the face of strife Opening the way to a better life, ' So has the world from the first moved on. Leaving behind like n curtain drawn The old-time dread for u crimson dawn Just for a homo where te laugh aud nrav Is the end of a quest for a better duy Itdbln A. Walker, In the Kunsas City Star SATtKDAY, JUNE 11, IN PLAIN NO W MY IDEA IS THIS Daily Talks With Thinking PhiUuhlphians on Subjects They Know Best DR. CHEESMAN A. HERRICK On Institutional Care of Children PRESERVATION and extension of tho fnmily idea in the Institutional (iuc of childicu without parents should be the aim of educators In that field, in the opinion of Dr. Cheesnian A. Hcriick, president of Glraul College. Avoidance of ruts iu these policies is emphasized bv Dr. Heirick as of prime impoi tance. "We should never lose sight," snfd Dr Ilerrlck, "of the limitations of the institu tional form of life. As set forth b.v Dr. Erney (!. lilt sh in the White House confer ence on dependent children, 'childhood is too snered a possession mid too mighty a poten tlalitj' to be handled on the 'ready-made' plan. Family life is the noimul condition under which children should be raised, and the institution can well nffcud to call upon the influences of the family to help In its woik and to approximate us ncailv as possi ble the conditions and tho activities of tamil.v life. 1 am sine that wo in Gliaid College believe iu what Mr Joseph Leo calls the 'integrit.v of the famllj,' und thnt it is iu truth a 'vital issue.' "But soeiet.v Is full of exceptions to the normal. Man and acute aie the ixlgencics of life. That n father of a fainil.v should die is u mlbfnituno; that a jouns child should ho left dependent is n calamity, but such am the conditions picsented iu thou sands of cases. Sacrifice of Mother "Thetc lire Miiious vvu.vs iu which biieh conditions can be dealt with. One is by the disruption of the family altogether and tho incorporation of the lives of chUdiin into a new faniih by menus of adoption. The mother is thereby called upon to give up what is almost as dear to her as life itself and the child to lose tho tidiness of ntfcctioii which tomes oulj from the love of a uiothci for her oTsprmg. Then there Is the honicllng out of the child or the placing of him in an in stliution for his carl.v Jims; and linallv and best of all, thcic is the possibilltv of extend ing our aid to the mother so that hci home lim.v be kept together. "A great disability upon the dilld would be his being reined ill an oi plumage fimii his cuiliest .vcars, ami having at no pail of his child life the recollection ot a home ami famllj conditions. Wo at Guard College much piefer the bojs who have been miied in private home's to the age ot admission. "I'ndi'r the tcinis of the Ginud will bojs cannot he icgi-icicd for admission into (iirnrel College until they uic six jcais of ti li ikI as the will operates mniiv of them mcj not admitted until thej arc iio.irlj ten Tin. avcinge age of tho uelmlssioii of oui hovs is above eight jcais, so that the hovs who havo continued with their mothers lo that time ionic to us with the lcmcnibwincc and the iullucnce' of home. Expense Increases Gradually "It is a well known fact that as bojs grow older the expense eif caring for them In cieascs, both for food und clothing, and time aie increasing difhcultics to u mother who Is struggling to hold her home togeJhcr, keep her bovs oft the stieet and give them piopci eaie and education. "Such ait Institution ns Girarel College piovides a menus of relieving what often be comes too hcuvj n liuuleii, and that, too, without losing her boj. Tho bojs who eomu to the college come from their mothers, nnd if the mothers aie worth.v cverj effort is made to keep close the family tie. The mothers are permitted to visit the bojn in the institution, the hovs nio permitted to go home to visit their mothers; monthly leports aie sent; and iu ease of serious illness the mother Is immediately called to be with her boj. Often for a considerable space of time mothers have been accommodated in out iiiliimiuj. so that they might continue con stantly with or near their bons. All of this serves to stiengtlien rather than to impair the family tie and obligation. The college In this si use become s in effect a bonidlng h hool, in which the bojs uic most cuiefullv looked lifts t and wheie everj lcasoniililc seij(p H reuiliud which it is possible for iiiiinev to senile "The eiisv unci nnlural course feu Mrn one connected with Giiarel College, iiom U. president to the lutcst cmplojc, is In follow in the beaten Hack, but tho ngii'ftnblo fin t is that, It lliu buiteii tinck bo followed, there can be no tint? udvaiicc. Would not the hovs committed to the emu of Giiurd College he the gaineiH If there were written huge lu the policies of the .Institution the diicefiou put on A modem impiovcd hlghwitj 'Don't Rut the Road'? C "GIrard College has lone been and per haps to au InciciiHlng degree is becoming an 1921 SIGHT AND STRAIGHT institution set upon a hill. Those interested in tho ph.v sic nl cure and upbringing of chil dren, whether in private homes or institu tions and those who arc engaged in educa tion, have a light to expect sonic suggestions fiom un institution so fortunately circum stanced ns is Giitiui College. Wisdom of Giranl Shown "As Investigation is made into the home conditions of applicants for admission into the college, and ns we hnvo knowledge of tho chances of iminj of these bojs, we can but be lmpicsscd with the wisdom of Stephen (.iraid iu providing that those who were without oppoitunltj or had limited oppor tunity should have an oppoitunltj furnished tlieni. lliL. two events of sending a gioup of ojh out of tho college and receiving n group Into tho institution aie clinch lclate'cl in time, and the eontiast between" the appear ance, beaimg and seemins prospect of those taken in ami of the confident, in.inlv, self lcllunt beailng of the gioup sent out gives henit and hope to those who aie in the work of tho institution. "I can but legnnl It as fortunate that wheal came to Gnanl College as picsident I had two sons who weie the ages of G li aid )o.vs. and that eluiing the peiiod which I have sci veil hcie mv own bojs have been glowing up side bv side with the hovs of tho college, and I have been able to keep con- "V,"1 ,J", 1,,fmp m lmml tl10 "ooJ" and pe culiui ties of the bojs in my own home und to make, both for those associated with mo ii the woik of the collc-c- and for mjself, tho uile that the sen!,,., uuo and education acfoidiil to (.ii.ir.l College bojs should be of n sou which I would be willing to have for in) own ,,, tin? selection of nn indi vidual tciie he r or olhcer again and again I have ir.ni.-lu mvself t face the question, Vvouhl 1 b,. willing to trust mj ,0,H ,,', the i uic, the education aud example of this Does Not Supersede Home "The thought of (Ju.,,,1 College, both for the bojs mid their tamilles and for those who nn. woikmg ihiii. is not that of an 'oiphan ago in the leuiiinoii use of that tcim. In no mi.sp does (,.,,,! r M.t,k or supeisci; tin. home It icceivcs bovs avci.igiiig about .,.,t and nni-hulf jeius of uf,e, aftir thev have passed tho most tender jcais of .l.iliii,,,,,,!, ,!,!,.,. which thev most o'tu lmie"'L "' U ,,1,,lhcr "mI ll,e """uwi "Thee "lb ge- is nm, J, ,oi e of the hoarding. W than of the Institution tvpe til tflllkl.l. I. ..I... !' .' se hool llojs I Inn- -'" "M: "I. Wllll'll i"u 1 1 mi is i i hi n, .' i ..; . j .. iimiiiiu.'u uuo me. 1 i punitory m linens HI l.llgl.uiil, nill tl icv e oiitiuuc' heic nurij inr tl .i . .i " wiiii in' n r. UIC I llllslluus in,.,., ,,,,,. ,1,,,,, ,.... ., . ,V ".n I -IMI Ol THE BRIDGE PLANS DM UtWhU.SsngH,,,, nu, ,nd a cloud U I hi it miHiuviiatnni the oi can; ' Lath Ah. r fcff riiiccii.oJwi lust with ci ouul. then locomotion. How doth the busv nn hitcct The engine ci, the el.nughtMnaiM lever Assemble visions, dieuins co,,. ' And weld them ,, st,i,g .'ndeavor. How sUillfulIv ihev put in In,,, The nwkvviiiel siiiucK ,,r hniis ami Alld give ic.hisie.il (he ll,. " ' U"" And liliuj texluie of our fancies: The bridge, has taken shape at last; The dicaiiis we've hail """'"in to 1 ,',, ,o; The tinu foi hesitation's ,,.,,, and public s.1,.,,,1 .,.,, , ,: , 11(, ay'J otouihiivshaje homes to whld. thev Bll,"r the long,,- , shoiter vacations, mid even , ,,, Ssatuichivs u, hohdajs when piivikges ,," in c given Tins .MiiiblPH them to como i oiitiiit uilli tamilv lif,.. r. -,., " 1 I' .mils I CIV C 11IIC- Mm lllm.il,,,. nm In it w . i t ' '" '" " speuiiinj tin ChrrstiniiM vacation in the I,,,,,,,.., the f, ili.s r f.ienels. .Mon.hlj leports to .not enf i ot uis .cspoiiMble fu, ',hL. bojs. BivliB bo h MimsVn'iitVv1 Vt;; n - nothcis ionic hack alt.,- iir bojs return o them with the testimonv that iht-ir hovs .i g.eat home hovs ,,, ,m "'he, I ,el ,, J? tubllshing ami maintaining homes." We ruler oil our busj season,' With .leibi'j justice. pci, lllll(. 'I ."ir vvo.k is light as mi; tilu'l. Y e II iiuiko each lino an iron band And every boost we five's u ilu't. G. A. AHEAD What Do You Know? QUIZ 1. Who was Drngo and what wbb the doc- trlno which ho enunciated? 2. What Is tarragon? 3. What Is a testatrix? 4. Who was the first of the six wives of Klnir Henry VIII of England? R. Name two novels by Thomas Hardy 6. What is the basis of oil cloth? 7. What Is tho frec7lnK point of sea water? 8. What kind of an animal Is .i kiwi? 9. Wh.it Is the capital of Mnlne? 10. Who was Patrick Snrsflcld Oilmoic? Answers to Yesterday's Quiz 1. Poland was formerly partitioned between Austria, Russia and Prussia. 2. Tho giant steamship Titanic struck at Iceberg nnd sank on her maiden vov'ace In 1012. 3. Kansas bus established a Special Court of Industrial Rotations 4. Daniel Defoe wroto "The History of Moll Flanders." 5 Clnnnbar Is red mercurial sulphide; ver milion. 6. Tho Pacllic Ocean was sometimes known ns the South Seti during the early ckijs of discover- 7. Tho first name of Rodin, the famous French sculptor, was Auguste 8. A gobemouche Is a creelulous news monger. The worel Is from the French "Eobc-mouches," meaning fly-catchtr, 0 The Secretary of Stato receives MS.OUD a J car. 10. A wombat is an Austiallan animal, a marsupial, nnd nbout the size of a badger. HUMANISMS By WILLIAM ATHERTON DU MY p' WAS thieatenlng ruin in Washington L nnd two 'husky porters at one of Hie fashionable hotels wcro busy putting up on awning across the sidewalk to protect the guests who were arriving for a recention. As thej carilcd their paraphernalia in and out through the narrow door they kept jostling quite uncercnionioiislj n slim, gray, shy gentleman who was standing bj and evidently waiting for some one. In fnet, this elderly gentleman found It necessary to dodge quite alertv from one side to the other to avoid being bumped by somo of these nwning posts, The porters paid no attention. Ihcy little knew that it was Audi civ D. Mellon, Secretary of Treasury, one of the richest men in the world, when they were thus brushing aside. Assistant Surgeon General C. C, I'circe, of the United States Public Health Serv ice, was once in the cabin of the captain of a ship far at seu when u sailor came In, said he was sick and asked the captain to give him something for what wns ailing lum. The captain shook out nbout u tcasnooiiful of calomel, told the sailor to take It imJ ' come back iu thu morning for " 'I"''0 1 salts. It was tho stock prescription for a ailments. . ' When the sailor had gone Dr. 1'iMrt piotcsted to the captain against the size ci the dose of calomel he had given. "It onlv costs foity cents a pound, the captain's response. , So Dr. Pierce icpoitcd to the I'liWtt Hcnltli Service on the methods of captains ill pi escribing for the members of tnctr crews and the service made up a little boos which it called "The Ship's Medicine ( lict which was a vcij simple doe ten book j which tohl the amounts of medicine M should ho given ami which foi what, "a this hoed; Is distributed to all vessels tMl sail under the flag. Not long ago 1 henrel Elihu Ito"'. ,'Jca. of Amoiican statesmen, di'llvcr h mself ' what seemed to me n vcrj huge Idea. While In Itussln catlj in the war. he M'flj he went to visit .the most celebrated "j1""," 1st in all tho world, talked w 1th Mm W n long timo and hail u vitj delightful nw noon. The nnuichist said that there vvouia be i evolution in tho United States after the war. that the involution oiil be "' the overt In ow of two thitii;s capital una public) opinion. .1 The niguuient against capital, .Mr. " said, was .'onvci.tioiial, but r(ioluU against public opinion had the I. .Ices novcltj. Tho view of the 'H',Vnllurt public opinion constrains individual con ' ,d that the individual shoul.l he free t ' us ho pleases. It was a thing "Sa,n3V which te icvnlt. , ,mrn Mr Hoot believes Hint there ""''"JJ? ..... ..I el, n ,llsiimtlii forces of war 111""". olent stute of mind that N vioild .W that Is antagonistic te Inn. to w am ' tho stiuutuio WHICH civilization """ up for itself through the ;yn1t,,ric!!' .. ui "The need of tho world." lie sajs, . renaissance of respect for law. V A . 'i. & - 'l r UJ. W . fMMjettQ 4-
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