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PENROSE GETS FIRST PLUM
PRESIDENT HARDING has been in office
tnoro than three months and he has kept
Senator Pcnroso waiting for recognition all
till time.
It was not until this week that a nomina
tion to n Federal offlco in this State was
cnt to the Senate with Penrose's indorse
ment. It was to the superinttndency of the
Mint in this city. The mon is Frees Styer,
a Montgomery County lawyer, who is chair
man of the County Republican Committee.
The superintendence of the Mint usually
'foes to the politicians in this end of the
State. The senior Senator lives in Phila
delphia. Therefore it was to be expected
that a man with his indorsement would be
nominated.
Many politicians hungry for jobs will hope
that it foreshadows a further distribution of
Federal patronage in tills neighborhood.
DEMOCRATS AND PEACE
THE surrender of the forty-uiue House
Democrats who voted for the Porter
peace resolution may be regarded cither as
a resigned acceptance of the Inevitable or as
an 'instance of the appeol of Imrmonv, on
whatever basis, as the sole recipe for liqui
dating the war problems.
The latter view lids the virtue of being
optimistic and as such may be worth enter
taining by a public eager to discern even the
faint outlines of n constructive settlement
of our share in the sequel to the world
conflict.
So far as formulating n foreign policy for
the United States is concerned, the House
peaco resolution is extremely modest. Its
Importance and the samo thing applies to
the Knox proclamation lies In the fact that
it is in spirit if not in exact form an in
dispensable preliminary to future progress
on much more tangible lines.
It matters not, at this late day, whether
the Interest of the majority party in a
rerbal peace is justified or otherwise. The
resolutions can do comparatively little actual
harm, and they may be productive of much
good by disposing of an issue which lias been
interrupting congressional vision for more
than a year.
The adoption of a joint resolution. satis
factory to botli houses, should clear th
ground for consideration of vital policies
with a bearing upon realities.
SOME STEAMSHIP MYSTERIES
FIRES upon the liners George Washington,
Panhandle State and Buckejo State and
a serious mishap to feed pipes of the Wc
natchce on her maiden trans -Pacific voyage
compose in part the chapter of accidents of
which some of the finest steamships under
the American flag lately have been victims.
The visitations of misfortuno come at a
tOne when the Shipping Board and privately
owned American steamship companies have
been contending with a widespread strike.
Since, however, the deadlock has at last been
broken and there is no convincing proof that
sabotage has been carried to extremes, it Is
well to consider nil possible causes of these
regrettable events.
Significant is the fact that bo many oil
burning vessels have been damaged. The
superiority of petroleum over coal ns ocean
fuel is generally admitted, but it should be
equally plain that with the change increased
precautions against conflagrations arc re
quired. Notwithstanding the fact that the magnifi
cent new 21,000-ton passenger liners now
being completed for the Government are
equipped with the very latest devices in fire
fighting machinery, the best of safeguards
cannot be substituted for individual respon
sibilities. It la, of course, conceivable that the series
of mysterious fires is duo to exceptional
perversity of circumstances, related neither
to conspiracy nor carelessness. Neverthe
less, they should serve as warnings for future
vigilance.
MUSIC AT CITY HALL PLAZA
fl rpHE presence of more than 1000 persons
U , X at tho onenlncr ponenrt nf Mm unmi...
season on the Parkway Plar.a tho other night
la an index of the Intrenched popularity of
music provided by the city.
Naturally, the attendance grows as the
series Is extended, for every year there are
new groups of individuals to whom tlm op
portunlty of enjoying the spiritual refresh
ment bf good music comes as a novelty.
The city Is to be commended for t"he Interest
and .money which it has bestowed on this
entertainment feature, and yet what has been
thus far accomplished Is but a beginning of
an enterprise capable of fctlmulatlng ex
pansion. v
The frame bandstand erected last rear is
it considerable improvement over its flimsier
predecessor on the City Hall Plaza. Acoustic
renditions also are bettered by the new seat
ing arrangements In the plot between Filbert
and Arch streets, Broad street and the Park
irey. Without indulging in burdening ex
penRe, however, there are possible Improve
ments which the increase of public Interest
in music amply warrants,
A permanent bandstand, built of durable
material and devised tn lm i1xnri,,. ..
Ii well as useful, will soon be a necessity.
U Particular attention may be profitably be."
stowed upon the character of programs pre
fented, and the director in this instance
Edwin Rrlnton need have littlo hesitancy
ia submitting selections of vital worth and
Yiemltv.
J In this city within the Inst decade or so
the march of-musical education has been
awlft. Jazz, musical comedy alr.s mid fo
ealled "popular" songs, of course, find favor,
but t is questionable whether their alleged
widespread appeal has not-beoa exaggerated.
The Action about "hearr" musle Is rn.
7 , , ratine, What remains Is ofterj.an apprecla-
4- wejjujr wie nearer 01 me ncauty tnac 18 In-
( ereniwn genuine inspiration,: He may be
i. ,iwaUe',te
alyze bin esthetic pleasure, but
in ia Done the less keep.
'on the, plexa'antl in the eitr-
VnaMtMftJU to bB'4h' timmZMlmt?
revealing the best of their wares. There is
a strong likelihood of sincere response from
nn awakened public that takes so just a pride
in the Philadelphia Orchestra,
It is n mistake to consider that the popular
taste ,!s necessarily banal.
SENTIMENT MUST GIVE WAY
IF WE ARE TO HAVE A BRIDGE
It It More Important That the Living Be
Served Than Th'at Hlstorlo Land-
marks Be Left Unmoved
THE Interest of the Methodists in the
preservation of St. George's Church In
North Fourth street does them credit. The
reasons for Its .protection are of greater
validity than those for the preservation of
any of the other church buildings which must
be removed to make way for the proposed
bridge In tho event of tho adoption of tho
engineers' plans.
The first Methodist society organized In
this city worshiped in St. George's, but this
socloty had been in existence sovaral years
before it got n church building. Its meet
ings were held in a sail loft on the site of
the present buildings at 248 and 230 South
Water street. That loft was torn down long
ago, so that the first home of Methodism here
has not been In existence for many years.
The building now occupied by St. George's
Methodist Church was bnllt for a German
Reformed Church, but before it was com
pleted it was discovered that the people who
started could not pay for it, A citizen
bought It at public sale and gave it to the
Methodists in 17G0. They completed it and
iiavo occupied it ever since. It is tho oldest
Methodist church building in the United
States.
When tliey have considered tho matter in
nil its bearings it is Hkcly thnt the Meth
odists will find themselves on the side of
progms and will Wko such concessions as
are necessary to facilltato the completion of
so great a public work as the proposed bridge
across the Delaware.
It is not necessary to destroy tho building.
Its location is such that it can readily be
preserved by moving it across the street to
the next corner. Much larger buildings have
been moved greater distances with no injury
to their structure.
The sum which the city must pay to tho
church for the site should be much more
than enough to cover all the expense of
moving the building, If the ordinary rule
In such cases la followed, the condemnation
award will be large enough not only to cover
the cost of moving the building, but to pro
vido a considerable endowment for the main
tenance of religious services in it.
Tho original site can readily be marked
by a tablet which ran contain the announce
ment thnt the church was moved in order to
make way for the bridge, and was consented
to by the Methodists in order to show their
sympathy with all those movements under
taken to incrense the comfort and conveni
ence of the people.
What must happen if we are to have the
bridge, no matter what site Is selected, is
whnt has happened in every other large city
In the world when it has had to rebuild Itself
or replan itself in order to' provide accom
modations for the increasing population.
When Parori Haufsmann laid out the new
Paris for Napoleon III his plans involved the
destruction of scores of fnmous buildings
closely linked with the history of France.
They involved the wiping out of streets mndc
memorable by centuries of use and bv the
residenco in thorn of some of the most dis
tinguished Frenchmen.
Hut what might have been suitable for a
Paris of ,",00,000 population was not suitable
for a city which had outgrown tho plans of
a century or two earlier.
Paris today, with its broad boulevards and
spacious squares, Is admittedly ono of the
most beautiful cities in the world, and there
Is not a Parisian who regrets the heroic
methods employed by Ilaussmann in opening
up the narrow streets and destroying the
alleyways.
The same methods were recently employed
in London when the new Klngswny was
opened through a huddlo of ancient and his
toric buildings nnd streets. The comfort and
convenience of the living were regarded ns of
much greater importance than the preserva
tion of historic sites unchanged, no matter
how great the sentimental interest in those
sites might be.
The same practice has prevailed in Rome,
a city more ancient than either London or
Paris nnd fuller of historical monuments.
And Prague, the capital of Crecho-Slovakia,
was torn down and rebuilt on a modern plan
when it outgrew the narrow alleys of a
medieval town, and in spite of the regret
felt for the demolition of ancient and historic
structures it is generally felt that it was a
price thnt must be paid for the convenience
of the living.
This is the law of growth. A child gets
too big for its first garments and new ones
have to be made for it. The fond mother
regrets that the babe must grow out of her
arms, but she knows that it is best for the
child and she adjusts herself to the situa
tion. The lovers of expanding cities must take
the philosophical attitude of the mother and
learn the content of the creature of the sea
of whom it has been snid thnt
Still, as the spiral Krew,
He left the past year's dwelllnp; for the new,
Stole with soft step its shining archway
through, '
Built up Its Idle door.
Btretched In his last-found home, and knew
the old no more.
All that is necessary to remember just
now Is that the bridge can be built nowhere
without the destruction of some of the monu
ments of old Philadelphia around which
cluster many sentimental memories.
If we can adjust our thinking to this con
dition, then we can give our attention to the
selection of the site which will best serve
those who are now living nnd those who
will come after them.
WHAT IS MONEY?
THE Bolshevists continue to think that
their most effective attack on "capital
Ism" can be made by destroying the value of
money. When they first came into power
they set the printing presses to turning out
paper rubles nnd announced that they would
print ro many of them that the people would
cease to think money was worth anything.
Leonid Kras.-dn, their Minister of Trade,
has just been saying thnt while they will pay
for what they buy nbroad with gold or Its
cquiralent, they will print so many paper
rubles "that money no longer will be taken
seriously" and then the internal debt will
liquidate itself.
Krassin nnd his associates are likely to
discover before many months thnt they have
misconceived the ' nature nnd function of
money. Because money can be accumulated
and because in large masses it can control
Industry to a certain extent, they and others
have assumed that It is a curious and in
explicable thing.
As n matter of fact, the only theory that
explains money is that it is an intermediary
commodity invented to facilitate barter.
A man who makes shoes cannot very easily
buy a suit of clothes with the things that he
makes. A third commodity Is necessary."
Experience has proved thnt one of the pre
cious metals serves this purpose best. The
shoemaker sells his shoes for the precious
metal, or sometlifnglthnt represents it, and
gives this precious mftal for a suit of clothes
or a quart of milk oir a table or a chair or
whatever ho wlshei (nl buy, The transaction
is barter as really. a
inodlty entered jnlo'l
though no third com
trannaqjon. ,
Trade between i
Is more nearly like
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EVENING PUBLIC LEDGER
invented than is trade between individuals
nt the present time.
The United States sells goods worth
$500,000,000 to Europe nnd Europe sells
goods worth $450,000,000 to the United
States, but the only money that passes be
tween the two parts of the world Is ?00,
000,000 needed to settle the difference.
All the money thnt circulates in the
United States Is gold or its equivalent. The
greenbacks, national bank notes nnd tho
Federal Reserve notes nre merely promises
to pay. They circulate because the credit
of the Government and of the banks is good
nnd we believe that we can get the gold
whenever we wish it. The moment doubt is
cast on the ability of the Government or of
tho banks to pay these notes In gold the
holders of them demand the gold.
This happened In tho last century when
the deficit In the Federal Treasury was largo
nnd growing nnd when Congress wob doing
nothing to increase the revenues. The banks
which held the greenbacks Immediately began
to present them for redemption, nnd they
exhausted the gold supply of the Treasury.
President Cleveland had to make n bar
gain wlth,,T. Plerpont Morgan to supply the ,
Treasury with gold and to use his influenoo
with other bankers to stop the run on the
Treasury. It was only in this way that ho
prevented a disastrous panic. The panic
was pretty bad anyway, but it might havo
been worse.
All this is but an elementary exposition
of the subject, but it is good to remind our
selves of It when the Bolshevists arc ex
hibiting such monumental ignorance. ,
STILL DOUBT ABOUT MANDATES
THE second reminder to the I'nltcd States
that this Government has failed to an
swer tho invitation to send n representative
to Geneva, where the Council of the League
is to meet on Friday, is susceptible of sov
oral interpretations. Listed for discussion
by the League Council is the question of
mandates.
It Is permissible to believe that the prin
cipal allied Powers are anxious to establish
clarity of our refusal policy as a warrant
for procedure regardless of American in
terests. On the other hand, the very fact that the
mandato subject Is to be reopened suggests
that tho Hughes notes addressed directly to
the foreign Governments and questioning
their right to dispose of Ynp. Mesopotamia
and other territories acquired through the
war, through the agency of League ma
chinery, have made a considerable impres
sion. If the League were sure of Its prerogatives
it may be wondered why the issue should
still be left open. Aside from technicalities,
it would seem that the Powers nrc not quite
sure of their ground.
Within the League itself there is reported
n strong sentiment in favor of referring the
whole question back to the principal nations
which negotiated the Versailles Treaty.
Notwithstanding our refusal to sanction thnt
pact, the United States did actually play n
vital part in its framing.
Judging from his actions as thus far re
vealed, Secretory Hughes Is apparently
anxious to have tho mandate matter settled
by the victors in the war against Germany
without special reference to the League.
Thero nre indications thnt the old argument
that this country forfeited its rights by re
jecting the League is less vigorously sup
ported abroad than was the case n year ngo,
Final proof of the worth of the Hughes
program must be sought in the future.
THE "TYPICAL AMERICAN"
rpHE typical American of today." snid
J. Walter Dill Scott, president of North
western University, "is more often the de
scendant of steerage pnsscngcrs than of the
Pilgrim Fathers." And the scant context
in tho Evanston, 111., dispatch seems to
imply that the fact is deplorable.
But Is It?
The "typical American" of today is n
mighty good though sometimes n somcwhnt
careless citizen, nnd if he comes from among
those who, ns Mr. Dooley says, missed the
first boat, it must be admitted that the
steerage in the old dnys carried some pretty
good Rtock.
What the "typical American" of tomor
row, the descendants of present-day steerage
passengers, will be is, ns Perlmutter would
say, something else ngain. Which is one of
the reasons why tho immigration problem
is Just aching to be solved.
While people nre being
No Time for bitten by rabid nni-
Being Finicky mats, the notion of a
Media citiren who had
suspected dogs valued at S1000 Fhot is to be
heartily commended ; nnd one hesitates about
stopping to sympathize with other owners
who loudly complain of pets put out of the
way. Children nre of more Importance than
dogs any old day In the week.
Cobb now knows Ruth ns ruthless.
The new way of phrasing It Is, "Oh,
all right, old toddle top."
Of course, Senator Harrison didn't ex
pect any answers to his questionnaire.
Last chance today to pay the second
quarterly Installment of your income tax.
Wo BUspect thnt the toddle top is the
bean of the gymnast who walks on his hands.
Suspicion grows that uprisings In Si
beria are less anti-Bolshcvlst than pro
Jnpnnesc. The principal objectors to the Franklin
Square bridge site appear to be voices from
the grave.
A gallon of hooch exploded in the Fed
eral Building yesterday morning. John
Barleycorn rnlsin cane again.
Do you suppose Attorney General
Daugherty's search for dendwood qualifies
him for tho forestry service?
,
Hot dogs are being given it chance to
cool off. Coney Island sausage stuffers are
on strike for an eight-hour day.
After having taken n second look at the
Sevres Treaty, John Bull has decided that
ho would go a mile to get a Kemal.
If that young Buzznrds Bay Socialist
keeps on turning down fortunes of a million
dollars apiece It may grow to bo a habit
with him.
Sims showed Initiative j newspapers pro
vided tho referendum ; tho Secretary of the
Navy provided the recall. One, two, threo
aud away.
Germany lias given Rinteln the Iron
Cross, which strengthens the suspicion that
if she s not watched she will give the Allies
the double-cross.
. Chemists nt n recent meeting In New
York declared the Volstead act a blow nt
science. Any ex -bartender will swear it Is
also a blow nt art.
Any system of Government reorganisa
tion Is bound to give birth to an nrmy of
kickers. It will be composed of those who
have lost their Jobs,
We learn from London that Admiral
Sims has dined with Ambasundor Harvey.
What a lot of trouble they might harlvaved
lurmseiTeB u mey uau unvc'r ui'ir iies
PHILADELPHIA, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 15,
AS ONE WOMAN SEES IT
Principles of Party Politics Summed
Up Jobs That May Be Bought
for Cash or Perquisites
By SARAH D. MNVRIE
AS THINGS nre nrrnnged in this country,
n cl'.lzen In- order to vote has to mark
his bnllot ns n member of soma political
Party. He need only vote for the candidates
he likes in that party and he may substitute
names of those ho likes In other parties nt
n general election. At a prlmnry election,
of course, he must vote for the majority of
the candidates of one party and he must
announco himself as belonging to some party
in order to get a ballot. Within that party
before n certain dato and nftey complying
with ccrtnin regulations he can sec to it that
certain candidates that lie favors arc placed
on the official ballot of his party, and If
lie tnkes n great deal of trouble nnd spends
n considerable sum in ndvortlslng those can
didates he has n reasonable chance of regis
tering n reasonable vote In t heir favor, in
somo cases a majority oto If he has under
stood his business,
I had n near relative who was once ap
proached by the lenders of both the Re
publican and Democrntlc Parties in his lo
cality tin the State with the proposition that
he should run for Congress from thnt dis
trict. It was understood" that whlchevor
party ran him he would be practically un
molested by the other, but the cost of the
campaign was fixed at about $.15,000. He
was given the choice of paying thnt down or
of nssurlng the leaders of both parties the
control of certain appointments that would
eventually come under his. Influence to pro
cure from the Federal Government. These
appointments to offices totaled up n larger
sum than $35,000, but that was counter
balanced by tho fact that by tho time the
nppolntees paid "the boys" what was com
ing to them out of their official salaries they
would hnve spent about $33,000.
THE suggested candidate could not "see"
the proposition nnd the offer wni taken
elsewhere. The man who accepted it made
n very good thing out of it both for himself
nnd for the district aud eventually for the
oiaic. uuring the war he was even a na
tional figure. I have sometimes wondered
whether bo pnld the cash down or gave tho
equivalent In appointments. It is entirely
possible thnt in cither case he saw to It that
the money or the appointments were well
usou.
But tho whole episode threw n very prac
tical light on whnt "going into politics"
means lor nn ordinary citizen. H he skips
nil the first rungs of the party ladder and
gets one of the high-up jobs, he does not land
by vaulting or by flying. Ho has to bo put
thero by n party, and the persons in the
party who want the place ns well as those
who work for him to have the placo have to
get something from him or through him
Hint they want.
THE persons who work In n party do not
do it for lovo of glory. Martyrs on tho
mission fields may look for heavenly crowns,
patriots on the battlefields mny look for
heroes crowns, and orntors at the hustings
mny be satisfied with applause, but the men
who nrc in the political patties for n life job
expect something different from n martyr's
crown or n hero's chnplet or the applause
of the multitude.
They may love their country nnd bo pa
triotic with the best of us. but thev arc in n
business nnd must bo paid by that business
pr "go broke" ! Honcu the thing thnt goes
by the very significant name of "practical
politics."
THE reform politician nnd most of the
new vntern nmong the women have a
tendency, when they think of "going into
politics ns a proposition for themselves, to
look nt the mntter ns though thev were going
to n town meeting of the New Englnnd tvpe
to use their franchise for the affair of "the
moment with the same freedom thnt they use
their umbrellas when It rains. They 'con
ceive of government ns netunlly the will of
the mnjority, whereas government Is the
progrnm of pnrtics carried out eventually bv
the vote of the majority a very different
thing!
IN LOOKING bnrk over the history of
party in the United States two figures
stand out ns directly responsible for the speed
with which the voters massed themselves into
two ndvrrse camps. Alexander Hamilton's
vivid personality nnd clenr reasoning nnd
ndroit statesmanship made tho Ideal of Fed
eral power and a protective pntcrnalism
popular in New Englnnd nnd In tho Middle
Stntes: while Thomas Jefferson made the
idea of Stnto sovereignty nnd n democracy
based on personal worth popular among the
planters of the Southern States.
The fact thnt the South produced rnw ma
terials and wished to Import manufnetured
ones made a low tnrlff n logical desire.
The Jeffcrsonlan Ideal of democrncv and
of States' rights fitted tho mind o"f the
Southern gentleman planter to perfection
It gnvo him his renson for disliking Federal
Interference In his private concerns, nnd nt
the snme time gnvo his practical position ns
nutocrat nnd slave owner n theoretic atmos
phere of genial simplicity.
After the Civil War 'tho fact that tho
freed slaves became Republicans In a bodv
has compelled the white South to stand firm
ns Democrats. In the North nnd West the
line-up of the pnrtics has been brought nbout
by less gencrnl causes.
MOST elections nre run for candidates;
most men vote for candidates rather
than for theories of government. The
strength of tho political parties is their
organization before an election nnd their
keeping faith with their workers after nn
election.
The plntforms of the two big pnrtics are
constructed to lose as few votes ns possible
It is left to the minority parties to push new
causes nnd to tho freak parties to lead for
lorn hopes to the point where thev look like
winning hopes, when they are adopted with
alacrity by both of the big partios.
I HEARD the other day the above very able
summing up of tho history of pnrty
government in the I nlted States.
ror the
new voters, t party politics Is at times
somewhat disillusioning, itH study is none
the less a noccssary one if we are to under
stand our country, for it belongs to the
very warp and woof of our country's historv
It is disillusioning because tho party
leaders hnve little faith In the theory of
democracy government of the people bv tho
pepple they have fnlth only in themselves!
Tho study of the history of pnrtics Is not
disillusioning, for It proves that the party
leaders who attempt to be partv bosses nre
wrong. It Is the people who actually rule,'
nnd woo to the party boss who falls to hear
their voice!
Old New York War Record In Missouri
From tho Columbia Mlnsourlun.
Among the interesting relics owned by
Columbians is tho roster of the Eleventh
Brigade of the New York State Infantry
from 182S to 1KJ.-,. which him been pre
served br Prof. Charles A. Ellwood. General
Isnoi: Ellwood, grandfather of Prof. EU
wood, was commander of the brigade when
the roster was presented ninety. threo years
ngo. His commission when he was made
brigadier general is also in possession of
the grandson, with nn address made by tho
general curiously like the patriotic addresses
mado In the late war. Another Interesting
relic hnnded down to Pi of. Ellwood Is n
bird's-eye maple cano sword, owned by the
great-great-grundfuther. Isoac Ellwood. It
Is at leaBt 150 years old, but still retains Its
original finish and color.
Afraid of Nothing
rrom the Qalveeton New,
One reason n rlpsnorting revivalist has
the courage to get down on his hands nnd
knees on the tabernacle platform und dare
tho devil to come out of a knothole In the
floor Is that he knows the devil Isn't there,
A Stadium Defined
From the Doaton Transcript.
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NOW MY IDEA IS THIS
Daily Talks With Thinking Philadelphia on Subjects They
Know Best
K. M. COOLBAUGH
On Men and Industry
THE nverago worker is nn individual of
specialized knowledge, limited to one job
nnd consequently unable to fill another po
sition to tide him over financially during n
period of business depression, nccordlng to
K. M. Coolbnugb, superintendent of the
State employment office, 1519 Arch street.
"Industry's zeal ror incrensed production
has brought nbout this condition," Mr. Cool
baugh said, "and yet I don't mean to con
demn the employer. It's not his fnult j
rather that of the individual for not develop
ing his abilities along other lines of en
deavor. "For the last eight or nine years, even
before the war, the trend of employers was
to put a man on one job nnd train him until
he knew that one particular operation thor
oughly. Auto Trado as Example
"Just take the automobile industry ns nn
instnnce. A man would be so placed In a
plant ns to know how to fulfill some small
duty, trifling In Itself but vital to the com
pleted product. He was trained to perform
that operation in the minimum time nnd
with the least effort. Ho filled the job
perhaps for jcors.
"When the period of depression caused a
slump last fall, what hnppened to such in
dividuals? They were out of n job nnd had
no training to do anything else.
"There's onlv ono remedy, nnd that is for
the worker to develop his talents during his
spare time. He has the tlmo because the
country Is now practically standardized on
the eight -hour day.
"What we need is more 'jacks of all
trades.' A mnn can very caailv be a master
of some line of work, but he should bo nblc
tn turn his efforts in other channels if
necessary.
"Tho fact that we've specialized in the
training of tho lndustrinl worker hits rcnlly
increased unemployment, I think. It baa
submerged Individuality nnd versatility, but
thnt is only the price we've had to pay for
increased production.
"Men have become cogs in huge industrial
machines. They know one operation nnd no
other. Such a man has no place to turn
when n business slump throws hlin out of
employment. He can only qualify us an
unskilled laborer.
War Made Some Changes
"Wn've hod n sort of half-way machinist
devoloped during tho war. A man wns put
on n machine and ho learned that one and
no other. He couldn't begin to compcto
with tho journeyman machinist who has
spent nnvwhore from three to seven yenrs
learning his trado nnd can gpcrate anything
which mny be found in a guncral shop.
"Those ore the types of men who nro
Old Houses in the Slums
MANY mansions face the street
Where tho past nnd present meet
Mansions old nnd ivy-swept.
Homes thnt once were proudly kept
By aristocratic dames
Bearing old and honored names.
Now the carven lions, set
On tho steps' low parapet.
Only serve to guard at piny
Foreign children all the day.
And the rooms nre homes and shops
Where an ancient splendor stops
Like a presence, gad and slow,
Wistful, lingering, loath to go.
Life was once n stntely round
On tho consecrated ground
Where the crumbling mansions stand,
But the democratic hand
Of the years has leveled low
All their pride nf long ngo.
Now a hundred noisy feet
Through the dlngv portals beat.
Tragedy and death nnd birth,
Jov and sin nnd noisy mirth
All emotions one mny trace
lu each stony furrowed fuce,
And thej make a Jiuman whole
That has given the houses soul.
Walls are kindly arms to shield.
Doors nre lips witli secrets scaled,
Windows, patient weary eyes
Lit with wisdom nnd surmise.
They have served so long, und borne
Poverty nnd shnmc nnd scorn ;
Wnrmed the poor nnd fntherltss,
Given rest to sick distress.
Even sheltered Christ, I think.
Suppliant for food and drink.
Surely the old houses know
'avKF? nnc?Tt,n where mansions gof
--Mlllda MfMs, In thew.,yotrkTJmes. .
1921
ensiest to place. Another class of men with
whom we havo little trouble in finding jobs
Is the sailor with good training. Such a man
can rig, he eau tie knots, paint, do a little
elcctrienl wiring and possibly even run a
gas engine
"These fellows. hnve had their industrial
education rounded out. They probably know
one thing better than any other, but nt the
snine time they enn put their hand to nn
other trade when necessity demands."
L
HUMANISMS
By WILLIAM ATIIERTON DU PUY
TN THE Senate barber shop in Washing
- ton there is nn ancient colored man who
has probably shaved more distinguished men
thnn anybody clso in .America. His name
Is Sims.
Sims is n preacher among his own pcoplo
and wns mentioned as a candidate for tho
chaplaincy of tho Senate, a mention which
lie took quite seriously.
He used to shave Mr. Harding all the timo
thnt gentleman was In the Senate.
Speaking of going back to the good old
days of our fathers, it mnv be said that
Sims once insisted on this policy somewhat
to tho disadvantage of the Senator from
Ohio.
Mr. narding had not been in the Senato
more thnn two or three yenrs, nnd while he
shaved him Sims moralized on the tendencies
of tho times, lamented becauso tho intro
duction of the direct primary had resulted
in a different sort of Senator, nnd said the
place hnd run down sadly sinco tho good
old days.
Then ho happened to think thnt Mr. Hard
ing was comparatively new In tho Senato nnd
tried to back up.
But the man who wns some day to be
President refused to be reconciled and ho
nnd Sims quarreled about tho reflection for
months thereafter.
The eccentricities of scientists are liko
unto those of nrtlbts, says Dr. Charles F.
Balduan. of the United States Public Health
Service.
er0i-H' f,.r, ln,tance, the classic example
"f.Pf- 1J1? Mtchntkoff, of tho Pasteur In
stitute, who becumc fnmous for the dis
covery of tho so-called bnclllus of long life,
the microbo which mukes buttermilk sour.
I ho doctor was, quito naturally, very
particular about germs. Ono day he was
eating grapes and he was so enrcful thnt
ho washed each grapo separately in his
water glass.
Then he drank the water in which he
hnd washed them,
Nick Longworth, representative from
Ohio played many n joke on tho late Thco-
thl u..T,seJeU ,J'I,.1 r'Bworth bays, had
the distinction of being his father-in-law.
Ono night ot Oyster Boy Mr. Roosevelt
was showing a party, of which Bourko Cock
ran was a member, over the house and was
expatiating as usual over his trophies.
.lust as they had reached a certain bear
r,Ji1n . 1, 1,00r William M. Calder
stairs ' 100SBVC,t liaJ f so down-
nn'rLreVL'0n Mr" tynuworth took his place
y?nnt J n "'. t,,r,i,it hiK 1,an'1 ln'o the
front of his coat and made n speech re
counting the thrilling ndv-nturo of skying
nf n,i r It00NJ"lt returned ho walked
surprise It provoked only mirth.
Colonel E. Lester Jones, chief of the
Coast and Geodetic Survey,' wh has been
making a mighty reputation ns nn efficient
Government executive during tho liS
yenrs made his first big iVoin ,t, t dtric"
.rPrcVn7wU. te'C8rn'" AtS.
knew
wherMho channels and 'th
wore
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The Wind
I 'Xn..!1 Uie J'Une w,n" h" i"
vS'T-i0""'"?1! ,Bl1 lll,M or a boon
tV Ji m"iTi n' forl: Mia old wind", e'rlef
"elBK bin .1 rgtf abovTthe 1..V ! VJ.V
He had gone up there to renort nn i.i..
conditions. He wired ImcT that thi ',".!
necessity was to map the wa rei-wV
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What Do You Know?
QUIZ
1. By what routo did Magellan clrcum- ,
navlgato tho slobo? ,j
2. Of what country wob he a native? T
3. For what was Samuel Pepys noted? . ',
4. Under whnt Federal instrument of gov-1
eminent .were the American 8tatei ;
united Just provlous to the adoption cf '
tho Constitution? '
5. Into what ocean does the Brahmaputra'
Tllver flnw?
, :.:. ,...; ... , -... ..,..(
u. tviucn is iuc smnurai jnancv 01 uio pyur i
system? "
it uun urn vtui oiJttrkCDjjcuf a ui wio tuna m.
his death?
v
I."'
o. tvjiui in menu uy lunab ucei au juj
9. In what decado of the nineteenth century,."
did railway trains come Into us is
Great Britain nnd the United StatM?
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10
Who were tho two VIco Presidents undr
McKlnIoy7 ,
Answers to Yesterday's Quiz 'j.
1. President Arthur was a native of Ver- "'
mont .
2. A helicopter Is a heavter-thnn-lr '?,
chine, capable of ascending vertically ',
ami novering. it consists or a ttirei-mU
Hrmed nteel tubo framework, each arm
enclno. nil throe drlvlnir two nonoilulr'' i
rotatlncr air Eernw nhnftn. I.leutnntt4i
Petrocxy, of the Austrlnn Army, it tit il
inventor. f
3. Philander C. Knox Is tho author ef th
peaco resolution passed by the Ssnita
4. Assam la a portion of British India (tUK'M
mo in tne uranmaputra, valley. IlH'fl
noted for Its production of tea, ',
6. Edmond Rostand, French dramatist tni 'j
poet, wrote mo may "Cyrano aa Btt-
Berac." Ml
G. Degrees of latitude on the earth are slrtr,
geographical miles apart
7 -Tllnlna T-,,,,.. n..,l. . H.ul 11.
.. -w...ui .. ufcuo uuuui nun ii UU19U AU'r,i I
American actor, father of Edwin Bsota. jjl
tho equally celebrated actor, and ct'
Tills AYTt11r TlAtl. V. a .aaimlattil
Abraham Llnooln. Junius Brutuiiv'
He. Cited on a Mississippi Bteambott la J
1852.
s. Stlpplinir In art la engraving', painting w
drawing In dots Instead of lines. -
9. Alexanaer Pope, the English poet. w S
iwiuwii uo Ana tvusp tu i wicnouuBHf
Sago la a ltlnd of starch derived front th
sago palm nnd used na food In pud-.
dings. r
10
Today's Anniversaries i
1007 First transfusion of blood in ms
performed by Jean Baptlste Denis In France.
1752 Benjamin Franklin by his kl
experiment Identified lightning with electric
ity. 1805 William B. Ogden, first Mayor ef '
Chicago, born nt Walton, N. Y. Died la
New ork City. August 3, 1877.
18-16 General Frcmtjnt captured Sononn, ,
1601 Steamer Maid of the Mist wfel;
passed the rapids below Niagara Falls.
I860 Violent eruption of tho tolcano ol
Collma, near the southwest coast of Mexico-
16S2-William Dennison, Governor
Ohio at the commencement of the Ci"1
War, died nt Columbus. O. Born io Go ,
clnnntt, November li, 181(5. , "M
1020 Jack Dcmpsey, champion pug"1":
found noC guilty of evading the sckctin 1 1
urnit.
Today's Birthdays
Mme.
Johanna Ondskl, famous ppert l
and concert singer, born at Ancinm, I'M"'1,
forty-nlno years ngo. . .
Rt. Rer. Henry J. Granjon, Cstn .
bishop of Tucson, Ariz., born at St Ltlenne,
KrfltlPl. flffw.rttrflif vanfj firm
?
l.nnb r vi ii .i,-, .".-of American
sculptor to havo an example of his wort" j
erected In Europe, born at Concord, W'-
.". ttiweii, wm . rr- r1
sixty-three yearn ago. , s
Lieutenant General Sir Charles tarm i
chad Monro, a prominent British cominr J
In the World War, born Blxty-one years iV T
THE WHIPPOORWILL
T HEARD tho whlppoorwlll nt dusk, U
.l When nil the branching gnoi r'
And littlo breaths liko myrrh or mu rt
Rose from the stream beneath the mu.
A whistle like n phantom flute,
A piping delicntely Bwcet,
To siimnion Nnture's forces mute
From their sun-beaten, shut retreat.
It seemed ns tho' n whisper ran,
A something nlmost less than eouna,
As gathering nf a secret clan i
That nnsseth the watchword round
round.
And then the armies of the night
l"nvn,Ti.t .fit Ida Anlftn unit UntS I
Without n sign to mntk their fllfbtt . ,h
Save where tho scout .wptbs wheeled i
pianes. ,i
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