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Pennsylvania Ave. and 14th St. Nr.r Voiik IUseac The dm nutldlnc Lo.ndon LciRtu Trafalrar llultJinc SbUSCRlPTION TEltMS The Evem.vo rtBUC LErxiicr l served to iub erlbera In Philadelphia and eurroundlne tnwna at the rate of tvvel c (1.) cents per week, pajaWs lo- the carrier. By matt to points outside of Philadelphia, I't t United fltatea, Canada, or United Hlates P0 atstlona. postage free, fifty (f0) cents per month, filx (ID) dollars per yir. pavahlv In advance l To all forel -n countries one ($1) dollar a month. Notice Suoeeribrs wlrhlnR nddress chanced must ete old as well new address, itrtx. JOOO WAIM1 KRVMOSr. SiAlX 1401 t7" Atidrtts all cctiimun fcatioiii to r ventre I'utltc bfdprr, ludepmdenct Stuart PhiladriphM. Member of the Associated Press THE ASSOCIATED PRESS i" wlnsivfty titled to the usr tor republication o' oil i.rus tttspatchfs crtdlttd to il or not othtririte rrrtt,trd (II IMs paper, and also tht local nru-s vubllslitd ihrrrtn. All rlghtt ef republication o special dUpatcfccj 7ire(n ore1 nlnit reserved. Philadelphia, Tuetdir. June It. 1I THE FRANKFORD LEASE IT IS to be hoped that the hearing nu t lie lease of th'e Frankford elevated line today before the Transportation Committee of the City Council will be directed toward a clari fication of the situation. The city has $13,000,000 invoked in the new line, on which it is paying interest. U'his condition will continue so long an tbs line remains idle. And worse than this, so Ions ai the high-speed car nre not used, tens of thousand of residents of the North -cast section of the city will continue to be put to the Inconvenience of lining the pres ent flow and overcrowded surface lines. There can be no objection to an attempt to secure an cquitnblc leave. But It Is easy to ui a prolonged public hearing as an Instrument of delay. No matter how long the subject is dis cussed, It will be impossible to drnft n lease Milieu is satisfactory to every oni. nnd it is useless to make any such attempt, What ever differences there arc niut he compro mised. The sooner the compromise is reached the better will the people he pleased. A REAL SPORT INVIDIOUS comparisons aside, it maj be safely admitted that the traditions of American rowing are of the cleanest nnd most unsullied sportsmanship. Moreover, Its decisions are as clear cut as its prin ciples. The great race a Poughkrcpstc to morrow will establish some unquestioned titles to skill, pluck and brawn. The existing prestige of Annapolis and Columbia is regarded by the experts as suffi cient to place these crews in n class by themselves. Pennsylvania is aspiring to a creditable position In what is forcint as the second division of the regatta. This is n modest ambition ami contrasts oniewhat dismally with that entertained in the liiMy days hen the University's o.trMucn were deemed fit to compete at llenlej. Ilegattns, however and this is one nf liic reasons for their anneal a-r seldom devoid of surprises. That the.c ma icntt fin or ably upon the fortune of t'.ie crew from this citj is at Inist it prniPMible hope. GOOD WILL WORTH SOMETHING IT MAI he that the inunazcrs of the Ucad , lug Iliiilroad may be able to explain wh.t the morning train from Ocean City jesterdny contained so few enrs that twenty -six pas sengers were compelled to .land in the baggage car nil the wav from the shore to the Camden terminal. Hut If this was the llrst time an thing of this kind had hap pened the explanation would he easier and more convincing. The overcrowding on tin- trains runniug out of this city to the suburbs nnd to the shore rc-orts has long been notorious. There . Is hardly a commuters' train out of the cit or; Into It during the null hours of the night nnd moruiug which has curs enough to ac commodate the pnscugcrs. It Is false economj to permit such a con dition to continue. The prosperltv of the rajlronds depends in large measure on the altitude of the public toward them. lie cause of the past sins of their linanclal man agers they have been subjected to nil orts of legulations. Much of this icgulation might hae been avoided if the people had not been convinced that In too many c,t.os the ronds were operated in the interest of stock specu lators rather than to serve the public. It is economical in the long run for tin roads to provide such accommodations, for their pasecngprs as will enable them to ride In comfort. Many n ureat retail business has been developed because the management lias acted on the rule ihnt the customer is filwsys right even when he is actunllj wrong. If the railroads ian adopt this tiollcv In their relations to their passengers many of their troubles will disappear. A MEMORABLE MONTH IT IS not easy to e.nteitain hard lliouglits of u summer that has been prefaced by weather of which Californinns would be en vious. The farmer", it is said, are displeased wtTTT the dry, cloudless .Tune with which Philadelphia and the surrounding region lias been favored. Hut If the poets and romanti cists; generally are not content with the meteorological performance, tlie should he denounced n ungrateful. For what they have teceived there should he sufficient inspiration to withstand the most devastaiing invasions of Immiditv and heat. Summer begins tonl;lu at pipciwly "(1 minutes after (I. When the vconhers ar rive, as thev doubtless will, persons cnpnble of gratefully recalling the brljlit and balrcn days of an ideal June will probably he m the minnritj. Therefore let il be recorded that Philadel phia climate is not itnanahl.v a hitler 1 1 in I. One iwif abuse it nil the more loundly for i:s sins b.i npportinuliir; credit when due. PHILIPPINE RELIEF AHEAHTKNINOLT swift recognition of facts Is registered by the House of Rep resentatives )n its passage of a hill author ising the I'hillpplue Government to Increase the limit of ilb indebtedness from SIO.OOO. 000 to ?o0.000,()00. (Jeneral Wood has not disguised the neces sities of our Island empire. His recent 1'lcgram to Secretary AVeoks was an im perative call for relief of conditions which nre in part the result of a nebulous Philip pine poller . Naturall., sciiliuietil fir liidependcin e lis Increased, ns docs all discontent in lean times. Whether the islands nre to be ion sidercd ns tcmunrnr winds of the United (antes or ns permanently established under out' fla. an long as our sovereignly Is innln t Dined the obligation to make proper provi sion eiss. IVnressinn In the riiillixiinc-- has a. ' ippij. the proportions of n crisis Tin1 ji.nte lull du well to Imitate, the prompt tf,'SV procedure of the lower House in authorizing nltl where it Is sorely needed. It is difficult for n sovereign power to Justify itself to tributary possessions if Its rule is ungenerous nnd indifferent. WHO'LL GET THE COAL BARONS SOME CAPABLE PRESS AGENTS? Apologists for the Profiteering Combines Are Manifesting Signs of Hys teria and Brain Fag IT IS extremely difficult to believe that the violent and disordered tumult created by lobbyists In opposition to Senator Prcling huysen's "coal stabilization" bill lcflects, nny heartfelt sense of threatened Injustice or Impending wrong. Nothing could be milder or. in the long run. safer for the coal men themselves than the measure now before (lie Snnte. The bill docs not even provide punishment for social sins that range In the higher circles of the coal Industry from ignorance and I gross Ineptitude to systematic conspiracy in restraint of trade. It does provide for one thing which profit eers hate nnd fear. By giving to the Department of Com merce, to Mr. Hoover or other agents of the Government, a right to look into the coal business and to let daylight in upon the weird mechanisms by which extortionate prices are maintained, it grievously offends the soul of every practiced monopolist. U may mean nllcn feet In the sanctuary, vio lation of the holy of holies! The Senate Is asked merely to expose abuses nnd crimes in the coal business nnd to leave the rest to public opinion. Amid thunders and lightnings from the "publicity bureaus'' maintained by the coal men, the public Is informed that the Senate Is taking to boUhcvlsm ! A propaganda bureau malntnlncd by pri vate and anti-social Interests is much like n good burglar alarm system. It goes off with a terrific clatter: it goes off automat ically, at the first approach of danger. So the wires arc burdened, the bells ore tolled, hand nre wrung and speeches are made to spread the dreadful tidings: The Senate is turning I ted ! Rending that announcement one can only feel thnt If the coal combines nre taking money unjustly from the people they in turn arc being swindled by their press agents. Scaremakers who cannot find something newer thnn bolshevlsm to shout nbout aren't worth their keep. Thnt theme is dog cared, outworn, utterly and wretchedly futile. If now or in the future n mnu tells you that the Senate is going Bolshevist, if he even suggests that any tinge of real liberal ism has penetrated Its steely crust, call a policeman to feel his pulse and see to it that he isn't permitted to wander nt large. The Senate Is not IJed. Indeed It mani fests the old. persistent tendency to look out cautiously for the friends who have always been near and dear to It. for if Mr. Frc linghuysen's stabilizing bill is passed by Con gress it certainly will forrstall far mote drastic schemes of regulation and control enntemp'ated by a few radicals from the West and the South. The coal men ought to call Mr. Krcllng huysen their benefactor. Perhaps they ac tually regard him as n benefactor. Their lamentations and their shout" will scun to really sophisticated .observers to be little more than stage business. Yet you npver can tell. The first rumors of an Interstate Commerce Commission caused a riot of furious objection among the big nnd little combines. The new bank laws were viewed ns a menace to the country. When the coal operators and distributors say that the Government should keep its hands off business they snv what is logical and riclit. Rut if we are to hnve less of government in business we ought to have less of the business man who nttempts to create and exercise in his own Interest something of the power and authority which ought to be and must be exclusive to govern ment. If, for example, a group of men plotted to monopolize the water supply or to get i oinplete euntrol of the food supply nnd if the then used their power to the detriment, discomfort or actual danger of society, they would he usurping authority of a tort greater than that whhh belongs to any modern gov ernment. Coal, too, is a necessity of life, nnd if the Senate has i ome to feel that ils distribution must be supervised from Washington it is because there has been a tendency in some Quarters to Incorporate in business too many of the privileges and powers of government. The coal combines have been seemingly disposed to set themselves up as super Mates within tilts country. They need policing. If they do not accept it in the form proposed by Senator Krelinghu.vsen, they will have to accept it in more painful forms later on. And if by bolshevlsm you menn the nega tion of logic and wild rule by a minority, it is necessary to admit that the bolshevlsm of which the Senate lobbyists are talking now is more apparent within the coal rings than outside of them. TOO LATE? DR. .KIIIV GItlKIt HIBHKN. president of I'linceion University, was on,, of the group of American "intellectuals" who. al the moment when the war ended, saw clearl thnt it would forever be impossible for the people of the Unifd Suites or an other countrj lo live in (omfort or even In complete safetv ns isolated units in tlie new world of enluiged competitions and intensi fied cffoii In his baccalaureate sermon to the graduatiiu- clns.s of the university on Sundn.v he elotpientlv lepented his belief in the need for a new international point of view nnd new means for the humvue nnd scientific leconciliatioti of national trends and ambi tions. A rending of Dr. Hibben's address to the l'rincctonlaiis brings a sense of something liko regret for its lateness nnd for the months untl enrs that have intervened since the time when such utterances would have nrrlcd further and struck deeper Into the national mind thnn they do now. When i he foices of right and wrong, logic and iinrenbon. darkness and light vveie hanging in a stupendous balance, many col lege men in the United .Slates were either silent or hnlf-hcurledlv or casually on the side of those who fought lonesomely for the good of the future world. Among Ameri Tun intellectuals" there was not the same degree of I he fin- and 7.enl thnt (harncter l7cil ihe thought iind action of liberal Intel lectual groups in IGnglnnd and elsewhere. Now. after all rllic long second thoughts, lifter the evulem e dkf events hits shown how perilous the future Atay be for u world given if. F kvkxjxg public LEDaii)irj.aADKLijH.ui over again to the deviltries of old-fashioned dlplonmcy. the thinkers of Amcrlcn nre re "Ycnllng n tendency to get actively Into the light for n cause thnt seems almost lost. Are they too Into? THE PEACE COURT QUANDARY Til 10 telntlonshlp of the Hague Tribunal, in which the United States Is officially concerned, to the Permanent Court of In ternational Justice In process of erection by the League of Nntlons, to which the United States Is not n party, is illustrated by the Interesting Invitation which has just been Issued to Ellhu Root, John Bassrlt Moore, Judge George Gray nnd Oscar S. Straus. These eminent American jurists, who nre duly ipinlifietl ns arbitrators in the Hague Court, have been asked by the council of the League to submit the names of four persons, no more thnn two of whom shall he Americans, ns candidates for election ns Judges of the new court under the League, When the council nnd the assembly of the League meet In September thee bodies will make the finnl choice of Judges, of whom there nre to be fifteen, nnd of deput Judges, of whom there nre to be six. It Is significant that In rcQUcsting the services of Messrs, Root. Moore. Gray nnd Sttnus the council hns primarily recognized their tenure of offices which linve the sanc tion of the Ainerlcnn Government. The arbitrators of the Hnjue Tribunal are appointed, for six yenrs nnd they may be renominated. Judge Gray is the veteran member, his assumption of office dntimj from 1000. Mr. Root hns served since lftlO. Mr. Straus since 1001' and Mr. Moore since 1013. Changes of Administration obviously have not nffeeted their Incumbencies, nor have their duties been regarded usually in n light other than respectful. Despite Its failure to prevent, the World War, the Ilnguc Tribunal has been given the credit for excellent intentions, nnd anti Lengue opinion in the United States has favored such a strengthening of this court ns will render it authoritative in settling the most vital International problems. But the orlglnnl builders of the Hngue Tribunal scarcely contemplated the exist ence of either n rlvnl or n partner organiza tion devised along similar lines. It is in this capacity that the, League's International Court of Justice, in the framework of which Elihu Root was so actively concerned, now nppenrs. The elder court is. in a sense, rcQiiested to give the new one its start. Nntions which are members of the Lengue nre naturall unembarrassed by this circum stance. The United States, however, is presented with n problem of unusual complexity. It mny be argued that the four American arbi trators In the Hague Court have no right to pnrticipnto in the operations of a League which the United States hns rejected. On the other hand, the council of the League solicits their services ns individuals holding offices to which they were accredited by the American Government. One way out of the qunndnry. of course, would be to dismiss Mr. Root. Mr. Straus, Mr. Moore nnd Judge Gro if they betray an inclination to advise the League. The ndoption of such drastic methods, however, might be interpreted ns discountenancing the general principle of arbitration, in which the country as a vvholc maintains n warm faith. Should the League persist in its adher ence to the piocedure outlined in Article IV of its constitution, new American members of the Hngue Tribunal would be sent invi tations similar to those received by the pres ent officeholders. Should we withdraw from the Hague altogether, it will be permissihle to discern n paradox belwcen our senti ments Rnd our actions. Il has been said thnt the means of select ing the Judges of the League's court was troublesome to its makers. Reliance on the prestige of the Hague Tribunal was chosen as an escape from the difficulty. The so called Root plan was prnised hi some quar ters for the fashion in which ft incorporated the Hague Court in the general peace .scheme. The simplicitj of this tribute is evaporating In contact with realities, IS THERE A REAL SHORTAGE? TT WAS announced nt a midlcnl conven--1- lion In Washington jesterdny that there is a shortage of LTi.OOO ph slums in the United States. Statisticians of the Protes tant churches have Intel discovered that there is n shoitage of fiOOO c'erg.vmen. The attendance nt the medical schools ami the theological semlnnries is fulling off. The churches nre more nlnrmcd at the .situation than aie the doctors. But there is no real reason for alarm. The old nnd much disputed law of supply and demand Is likely to provide the count!- with nil the doctors thnt it needs. Preven tive medicine is decreasing sickness,. The automobile is making It possible for one doc tor to attend .as many patients ns two doc tors could attend in the old dn.vs when n hor.se was used for getting nhoul When it becomes known that tlieie Is such a shortage of doctors that a .voung man inn be assured of a good practice as soon as be puts out his shingle, business will cense to attract men with inclinations toward a medirnt (.ireer who hnve h"en avoiding it because of the better rewnrds of the business house. As to the shortage of Protestant clerg.v men. I here nre tunny persons who will not regard il ns an unmixed evil. It has already forced i hurches of different denominations In small towns to (ombine inforiuallv In order that they may continue their services. And every one knows that there are many towns with live or six churches with a church -going population lnrgo enough tosup)ort only one. A single church could maintnln nn able pns tor who would do more good than the five weaklings who gravitate to the little churches hecuusn there Is no demand for them from anywhere else, Without discussing nn.v of the oilier rea sons for a shortage of pieachers, it mar he said thnt the economic reason is likely to he that the demand for lliem is not ncuie enough to attract men to the profession. Mr. Jennbe Fncl Ma Not I 'oo 1 1 llahiilstn xaudnrnni. expounder of Bahaihin, now in thl- city, while praising America's stnnd for altruistic principles, during Hie war. rcj;rct lh 'nationalistic sometimes sectional, spirit springing up here, fostered in the sehoo's mid ollege " Recognition of some such condition is contained in Mr John Grlcr Hitmen's dissection of the phrase, America t'ut" and his indication nf how the slogan nia.v be justified and glorified lu ll larger and moie wholesome viewpoint II mny be we hnve swung over far from the exaltation that rilled us during war times: nnd since it mny be so we hearken with a receptive enr to the words of wisdom of the stranger within our gates; but we nre more likely to glow with resolution when one of our own points out our weaknesses and suggests n remedy. It is n reflection on Attention Needed our civic pride that an appeal should have lo be made for the preservation of Bartrniu's (inrdctis. The suggestions made by Mjss Anne Hc.vgiitc.Hnll nre excellent. And once we stnrl renovating, perhaps something i ill he done for a certain dilapidated build ing at the southwest corner of Fifth and Ch' stunt streets. Chicago hns hnd Its Kver.v body Cray third hanging hailed by n idea nf Insnnitv. This plea, by a recent decision of )he Stnte Supreme Court, iiulnnintlmllv brings nbout n sinj of inoceedliigs, as it vverp. Which, in iioih will ntlmlt. U enough to make ,Tacl lu-Uli himself muii. THE FAITH OF GREAT MEN How A. J. Cassatt Knew That His Accounts Were Squared A Count ess as an LL. D. and Why. The Start of Stetson Hy GEORGE NOX McOAIN GltKAT men often have the faith of a child in matters pertaining to their eternal destiny, , , Abraham Lincoln was a fine exemplar ol this. U. 8. Grant was another. One of the most striking stories I have heard for ntnnv a tiny corroborative of this fact of simple fnith wns told me by n friend. He In turn had it from high ecclesiastical authority. . .... It concerns the late Alexander Johnston Cassatt. president of the Pennsylvania Hall-. road nnd the far-vlsloned engineer who planned the Mnnhattan Railway tunnels, Mr. Cassatt was born nt Pittsburgh eighty-two yenrs ago. Ho married a niece of President .Tonics Riiehsnnu. , , In the brief period of nine years aud be fore ho was thirty-two he climbed from the position of rodmnn to that of general su perintendent of the Pennsylvania System. LIKE thousands of other great figures in, business nnd finance today, he was a churchman. Not active or conspicuous in the inner life of the Church, but what a clerlcnl frlund once described ns "a contributing member. The nftnlrs of great enterprises left for him little time, ns is the case of thousands In the maelstrom todny, for the eternal Issues. Toward the close of his masterful life his thoughts evidently turned to these problems. Few knew of the changing current. One of his visitors toward the end wns a clergyman, nn old friend, who wns deeply concerned about the great constructor's out look nnd hope nnd fnith for the coming unknown journey. "TVTit. CASSATT," he said after n while, 1V1 "your affairs In this life arc doubt less In admirable shape, but bow does your nccount stand with God?" "Fine, line I Everything's all right," was thn reply, to the surprise of his friend. It vnsn't, perhaps, just what the clergy man hnd nntlclpntcd. that spontaneity and the decisive utterance. He had expected nn expression of n great hope for the future; a reliance on the mercy of tho Master of Life. And then A. J. Cassatt, with the calm ness of conviction, continued: "The nccount is squared nnd I'm per fectly satisfied. I hnve nothing to fear." "Might I nsk how this wonderful con viction has come to ou?" inquired the visitor. "Certainly. I've talked it nil over with 'Bill' S . He works on the road. I've known him a long time nnd he's u splendid fellow. "He's been visiting me. He wns con verted nt the Gnlilcc Mission yenrs ago. Bill knows the road; iust how it is. I sent for him nnd well 1 know that I'm nil right with God." THAT was all. The great engineer, said my friend who told the story, had found solnce and direc tion in the guldnnee of one of his men. "He saw, and he made A. J. Cassatt to see. the light that shines for nil of us some time." THE Countess Santa Eulnlia, of this city, was invested with the degree of LL.T). hy Bucknell University nt tbc commence ment lust week. Director of Public Welfare F,. L. Tint In. whose father for years was a member of the faculty of Bucknell nnd who is himself n member of the Bonrd of Trustees, presented the Princess to the convocation for her degree. ,- It Is the first time In the history of Buck nell thnt this doctorate has been conferred on a woman. The'honor wnp in recognition of her in terest In nnd work for Stetson University nt De Land. Fla. Her efforts and benefices on behalf of higher education pla.vcd n further part In distinguishing her for the honor. Mr. Lincoln llullry. president of Stetson University, now one of Ihe leading educa tional Institutions in Florida, wns n former professor nt Bucknell. Countess Santa P.ulalin is the widow of John II. Stetson, manufacturer of this city, who founded the university that bears his name hack in 1SS7. She bus maintained her former husband's Intel est nnd Idcnls in the institution ever since his death. JOHN B. STLTSOX'S life, rather than the internationally known industry that bears his name, is his greatest monument. He was the son of a hnttcr nnd wns born In Orange in Ijo, a Jrrseymnn by birth, he possessed lo nu unusual degree the push, thrift nnd ambitions thnt seem. In so ninny modern Industries, lo mark the native of thnt State. Stetson was thirty-five vcars of age when he enme to Philadelphia. He hail decided that this city was the place rather than New York to begin busi ness for himself. Capital he had none. Me was n total stranger, but. like Benjamin Franklin, he determined to make lu wn.v. A single small loom wns his first work shop. He wns thrift, saving every penny nnd hoarding his profits like n miser. He was his own salesman, too. A larger workshop became necessary, then a larger, until before his death he saw his enterprise the largest of its kind in the United States. lie became interested in a struggling Bap list school nt Me Land, Fin., through his repented winter pilgrimages to that Stnte. In 1SR7 he bought ground, erected build ings. Increased the faculty nnd brought into being the university that now bears his name. The institution hns n faculty nf thlrtv- seveu ami n stuueut body of more thnn .100. HOW man pieces of unclaimed real es tate are time In this city? That is, In ml for vvhnh there is no reg istered nw him . Investigation in connection with the loca tion of the Melawnie River Bridge has dis closed two p'ols near the riverfront for vhlcli there are no claimants. Uvery once in so often such n discoverv Is made somewhere in the State. Funis in siievejnig or defective definition of boundary lines nic usually the cuuses. It Is u raie tiling, though, in a crowded metropolis, wheie laud values are high and party lines nirrfull.v defined, to discover such treasure trove. A generation ago there was sinir,dv il legislative session i,nl ,, nnl rv", ,, land-grabbing bill designed lo cnplure such fragments of earth ns wimp unattached. Some big Slnie pnlilhlnns weic usuallv interested In these nitempts. ON 13 of the boldest was the attempt to pre-empt the land l.ving beneath the bed of several Western Pennsylvania rivers. Valuable coal deposit', lay beneath these streams.' the navigable water courses, ns thev were called. The Monongaheln. Ohio, Alleghcnv nnd the nnn-navlgiihle streams like the Kiskl iiilnctns nnd the Ynughioghcny weic the coveted realms. In the session of 18S5 it wns only bv the mot strenuous exertions of JnmcR L.' 'Gra ham, then Speaker, that all that portion of the Ohio River channel beds l.ving between Neville Island and the opposile banks was Hived from the spoilers. Neville Island todn.v Is the mo-t valuable piece of uianiifili luring territorv in Western Pennsylvania, nnd the coal has not been mined In Ihe channels of the river adjacent. Ji'he defeat of a l.lo.vd Compensation George man in a by elect Inn suggests the thought that if this kind of thing Is repeated often enough the little WglshiiiHii will have a chance to Indulge the wMi nf hl heart uiul muke kin pruiuUvU vjtilt to America. 'Vi"- - ' r - v ' " - . ' . - . . - ' 1 14 I V . 1 ' . i Hi. .s!SH .AYyiif ixy NOW MY IDEA IS THIS -,-,...-- ..--.. Daily Talks With Thinking Philadclphians on Subjects They Know Best Miss LEAH K. DICKINSON On Indexing Social Service ECONOMY and efficiency arc promoted in wclfnic work by nble card indexing, ac cording to Miss Leah K. Dickinson. nsstnnt secretary of the Philadelphia Social Service Lxchnngc. which nets ns n clearing bouse for more than 1!00 large social agencies -in and near the city. "Through the simple expedient of having an organization to specialize in this feature of the work, social service organizations in and about the city nre Hived thousands of dollars, much valuable time nnd a great deal of overlnpplng nnd lost motion, vvitli a conse quent impairment of efficiency. "Supported by these agencies, this organi zation hns records of 2S0.0IM1 families who have figured in charitable cases within the last fifteen jenrs. They have nmong their tiles probably from .'JO.OOO to 50,000 active cases. "A simple phone cnll if it be nn emergency case, or n letter if there is more time to spaic, and nny one of the agencies has at its disposal a complete identification of every cae thnt comes to its attention, provided it bos a history, "Thus if Mrs. John Smith or some member nf her fiiinll.v figures in the case In question, we can furnish in n few minutes every change of nddress. chnnge of name, if it so happens, nnd the name nf the socletj or oigunl7ntloii that previously handled the i a-1, as well as the date. (iel to Tacts quickly "This enables the organization to get right down to bedrock in n very short time instead of waiting the time of hlgh-piiicd investi gators duplicating the work done by others or subjecting the fnmillcs in question to the ordeal of several examinations where one would suffice. "It nlso checks up on what arc technically known ns 'scamp families,' who use sweet charity to further their own ends. This Is. of (ourse, n ncgntlve phase of the work, but it is none the less Important. it goes without saying that such a sys tem enables the various agencies to co operate sympatlietlrally with each other and. relieved nf the drudgery of such detail, to be able tp devote their best cffoits to the larger phases of their cases. In juvenile cases, mini m which iigui-e In the courts, the organization is enabled to keep the various agencies Interested in the times when these cases will come up, so that they may be able to attend to them and at the same time be relieved of the drudger.v of keeping tabs on them. "As nu idea of the scope of Die labor saving achievements of the organization one might consider the following fucts; New Spirit of Co-operation Muring Ihe yenr lO'-'O the exchange re iciveil lil.TI." inquiiic.s, or an average of II 1 a da,v In WW the exchange received 1(1, Ml lolal intruilics, but about (ill per cent of these were made by the Red Closs. In W0 onl.v 'JO per cent of nil Inquiries were inude by Ihe Red Cross. so that In spite of the decrease in lolal inquiries llicre is u net gain for W'.'ll of more than 10,1)00 iniiiii le inude by other ngmcies Ihlill the Red Cross. "Pari nt least of ibis new volume of work 1 an indiiation of u new spirit of co-opeia-t imi on the purl of many agencies. 'The service of the exchange lo liome tiuding departments has been utilized m oulv a few cases, but vvitli startling results in saving childicii froju being placed in im proper homes uiul in eliminating duplication of effort on tho part of child-placing agencies. "In addition to these gains, there has been a startling increase in the percentage of identified inquiries, from 17 per cent, or filll 1 identifications, in WW, to .'il per cent, or a totnl of 10,010 identifications, in BC'II. "Tills means that when a fainll.v applies to a Philadelphia social agency for help the chances nre one in three thnt the fiiinil.v Inn been previously known to some other social ngein . limnetic Indexing System 'Hue big fealuie of the Indexing njtciu of the exchange is 1 1n phonetic system Mealing vvitli many piThou.sof foreign i Inn lion or those whose development ni LtiglMi Is quite' limited there is pleiuv of ro nu fin inuccuiac.v and eiror in impripir spelling. But with the phonetic svsfni it has been demonstrated that almost auv one will pronounce a iiuiiie close to its corns t form. Thus It makes little diffcicnio bow they spell It, for with the phonetic kcj one Immediately can narrow the search down to u few cai'U.i ami, with tiddictjs.cn to help, mte ' v "S ENOUGH!" H -2Z ihe identification becomes a comparative! easy matter. . "Through the strengthening of the work of tho ngcnoles nnd ol their unity both In spirit mid practice, the exchange will liml I lie realization of its purpose of obtaining more s.vmpn(!ictjc uiidcrstundliig and eftcc tive help for those who nre in need." What Do You Knoiv? QUIZ 1. Who declared tbal the onl.v good Indian was a dead Indlnn'.' '-. Whnt Is the correct pronunciation of "ye" whin used iih n dellulte nrtlcle In hucIi expressions as "e shop," "ye theatic" ',ve Inn'".' 3. Of what State Is Cheyenne the capital? t. How did tbc Andes Mountains get their name .' 5. Who Is the woman tennis champion of the world'.' (1. What Is the Applan Way? 7 Where Is the Republic of Andorra? s Who wrote "Wiite me ns one thnt loves his fellow men"? 0. What does tho Sixteenth Amendment to tlie I'nltod Stales Constitution provide? 10. What Is meant by a hczonlan? Answers to Yesterday's Quiz 1. A humous sj an Arab or Moorish hooded cloak vised as a protection against the sun 2 In politics, n trimmer Is a person who stands neutral, a time-server. Sir William Coventry, nn eminent British statesman of the seventeenth century, was tho oilRlunl trimmer, so called. Writing lo his nephew. Viscount Woj mouth, he declared. "I have not "been ashamed lo own niysolf to be n trim mer, one who would tit upriRht nnd not overturn the boot by swalng too inueh to cither side." 3. A Inn.vard Is a short rope or line attached lo something else, especially to shrouds or stas, to securo It or serve as a handle. i. A ltepl Is a French military cap with a horizontal penk. 5. I.nke Is a crimson pigment. C. I.oid Curznn Is Foreign Secretary In tha Hrltlsh C.ihliiBt. 7. Crga Is the capital of Mongolia. S. The German submarine. Peutschland was tecently sunk by Fiench gunfire in naval practice. !i Kit IKii Cicrster was n noted operatic sopiano, popular In both Kurope and miiica She was hoin In Ilungnry in 1S5." and made her debut in Venice lu 1 S70 10 A supine position Is face tipvvaid, Today's Anniversaries 17-J The ship Whalebone, of the Hudson Bay Co, lett Foil l'liiice of Wales lo at tempt the Northwest Passage. IMC-Jeieinlnh Morrow was elected as first tepresentativc in Cungicss fimii tlw. Slate of Ohio. 1S1IS -The Fiench under Joseph Bona pmle were dlsosiroiislv defeated bv the allies under Wellington nt Buttle of Vltloiln, in Spain. IStil- Naac MiCov, a missioiiarv who de livcioil near the site o the future Chicago Ihe In -t sermon preached In UtiglMi healers in thai locnlltv. died nl Louisville. Born in PcuiiKlvaiiln in I7M. 1S7 An inteiuiiilonnl exhibition in honor of Queen Victoria's jubilee was opened at Adelaide. Australia. ,.tYi!i:i7MTlu' VZr.U ,x;'.,"''1 ,v"', !",t i" motion at the t hicngn Worlds Fair. ,,, "'-I'll" General l'ederiiiio,, of Women's ' '!mmP,. n,1l,1,,"nlal "'i 't Denver. il,.1 unV111"'" ll','nft "ns "PI'o He,I nnM "IV71'!!IVI '1'" Pbillppii.es. W.'n'lho Allied Premiers , Boulocne fixed German iudcinuitv al be ween 111 000 000 (llll) ud Iso.iMMUMitVni , , ni 'nnA1"1"""" ""'"'I'1 l'.'mHiH f :t.0((l 00(1,1100 a ,,.,ir tor thlrlj -seven .veiirs Today's Birthdays Brjgi'.l.ei lieiieinl Chniles ,. J.,ir, ,,.. hu. h. e ns. ign.d to . command of ii, Seven, Division . (. I(,," ' ",, ,n ' 'Jh inmm. Pa sixi.v-iw.1 ,vcm i,.. , IhoiupMiii Biirhnuiiu. o Kenlii.kv nu- :;,; 'trr:v yeSfcrori;;::;,,!';:,:';-::' tears' K;,,'"iiii,i xwJz: Jack Miiiiioi heavv weigh, m.,111 ,. ,l(iru "',' ',; ; fort) -four ) cms uku, vniste,, I . , !!"',";',U el kniw.i -,s 1 ;," . M SHORT CUTS The trouble with Old King Coal is that he has -never tumbled to the fact that thil, is u republic. t Spain is importing minnows to cxtcrml nnte mosquitoes. New Jersey's minnow , crop must be lonfing on the job The Young Lady Next Door But 0n. says she supposes that the British golf titlt is Lord L.vnx. or something like that. ' It is not guesswork with Ciinirinn Lasher: he knows his Shipping Board vvhltev f.li.itlinnl I, fo1 lilt m1(Ii nnniviif imlitfia i n iu in if ii-vi d' nun 'iiiiiiv 1'Viilis.t (gjt Though the Fordney TnrlfT Bill gets a ' thniough threshing out in Cougrcsj, it does. not follow that it will vleld much grain, The "go-to-slccp" Is the latest Parisian dance. Doubtless It Is n kuockout. For details wire Muuhiissct nnd Atlantic Citj. Summer arrives officially today, but we suspect she's been loafing around town un officially off nnd on during the last couple of weeks. A Government expert says that Mexican" , oil shows signs of giving out. Whnt effect) will this hnve on diplomatic bearings? Will they grow hot? Or will diplomacy slow up,f long enough to cool off? Some of our neglected disabled veter ans have so strong u sense of humor tM they onjovyrrnding nbout the forthroniiw Mempsp,vTJnrpentier light nnd the amount of money the lighters will get out of It. We begin to suspect that Lloyd Georp is nor so clever us he is cracked up to b'. He is quoted ns saying that he wants to i nine to this country tor n complete rest. Complete rest is soiucthlug our visitors ' get anything cNe but." Inside n blacksnnke killed In West Ches ter there were found n rnbhlt nnd a larK. Which prompts the thought that this was not the first Inrk thnt had a bad end: nn the further thought that this rabbit a left hind foot wns not a lucky one. " v Though money tnlks, the Secretary ol. the Treasury ennnot make himself heard in either the House or the Senate; wliicli h probablv the reason the members npparentil don't know that the Government s expen ditures nre outrunning its income. Though Wilklns Mlcawber is without doubt the world's greatest economist : I Micnwbcr on "Income"), tho I niteiLMs es Congress apparently prefers the inu- torlan's lighter work (see Mhnwbn; on "Waiting for Something to Tuin IP ) A York. Pa., woman suffering fro neuritis was discovered, after nn -raj ' mnliiallon. lo be the possessor or an "ir rib. The doctors believe that if the " is removed her trouble will disappear l" haps, perhaps. It didn't work that - Willi .lUUIIL J The New o'licnns hanging P'011'' ': foiil.v strong argument against capital '" i .. t: i .. l,.iiii' t 111 ft llilllUlvJ l...f Ir-: W.....1 ...it linrn nt .ITU IM tW M-11MI- 11,1 (UK H'lllU Iivv ....- - .. - ., ii bad effect on n morbid crowd. " wished to he frivolous (mid. of course, doesn't) one might ndd that Hi" lc" didn't enjoy it either. Federal census report "tf1r,LrjKl the number of cattle for cverv 100 perw", in the 1'nltrd Stntcs is today onc-tairo ir than. in WOO. From Wnshlngtm. coitirs PJ. declination of n physician that the inn States is short 'J.'.OOO doctors. remarks tho Vegetarian Fiend. If "T'Zy iple f' less niiyit they won't need so man) uui"-T . 'i The idea of the National .""'",' Pnrtv foe .mini renresentatloll with 'f " ', Illation "'" i.ll trlliminlu nod commissions bdtll l'.r '".., ight but, mid Slate is nn nppeal not for V,,, iif fnP ii iiiMriincn iv ii inri ii i. .-.-- nil ii Plliii'h' - " 1 " " .. ..hl M cet nil Ihe icnrcscntiilioli she deniniKis fl Tn bei: f"r. " M she dciiioiistrnies her fitness nurclv ni ii mailer of sex is to c ferlurit). unless i"- 1 I t it iini-iuell is near ileal!'. ', Mr u lull' I" result of II slight cut rcceijeo ns performing mi iipprjidlcills up-'" , J; Though he knew then; viim dancer cMMi , lion, he went on with lib work ' ; k , ,fitr'n M ii....a iti ,i i hi nun n"' - iii-i.i s ,. , .n, "",.. Ilftn(r lorieiieo. ll is mil iiiiiiMici "V, ,,. ...OH of the fact that the Job in Hand " ?iot 1 i . .1,1,,.. in life K ' '"" "n . projsress and dylllzatjoii would cease. ,vjr IV : fci'A j yi" skjftket v-r . . j wycgXMsw, .M--s-J . .jiA f )Mi&Hf$ffp , f!Ml'afc.J Wni,.
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