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Jim IS, 1931 DODGING ON TRANSIT MAYOIt itOOltB'S ituputJi'iii-i' nltli Ihc Wfgleln ntneudtuputs to the ponilinR Frankford elovutcil lcaao Is uut nurprislnp. He docs not discuss tho proposed chnuges in tli lease, because he regnrds thpm ns made in bad faith. This is not the time todlscus the amend -meats on their merits. Vet it ran be "aid that the proposition to lime the train run from Sixty-ninth street to the terminus of the new line und back ha nlwnji received the approval of this ueupnper. We urceti the passage of the bill to bring this about when it was introduced in the T.tgUlnture last winter. Mr. Weglein. who. vutli lav friends in Council, took from Mr. Develln. of the I.nw Committee, all power over proposed legis lation in Ilnrrlsburg- hut winter and put the duty of securing new lecislutiou in new hands, might have done i-nmetliing to bring about the passage of the bill If he had enroll to. Criticism of the Mavor for the failure of the measure comes with bad grace from him under the circumstances. But Mr Weglein is professing ii desire now to make a permanent arr.ingeinrut for tht operation of the Frankford rlevnjed b the P. It. T. and is criticisms the lense sub mitted to Council becnuse it makes only a temporary arrangement. No one pretended thnt the lease was per manent. It is by its frms short -lied. It was drafted in this wnj because the condi tions on which a permanent tense can be based have not yet developed. What they will be no one knows. The depend iu large measure upon the completion of the valua tion of the P. It. T property and In lesser measure upon the demonstrated results of the operation of the new line. The temporary terms were agreed upon between the Mayor and his advisers and the representatives of the P H. T after long consultation and after many compromises, because it was thought to be advisable to get the new line in operation without delay. There is nothing in it to prevent the cit from making a different lease when the con ditions on which it must be baspd nre known. It-is disingenuous to criticise an aowedly temporary lease on the ground that it is not permanent. It is unreasonable to de mand that it shall contain provisions about which there has been much controvcrsj . and to criticize the Administration because those provisions are not included In what is ad mittedly a makeshift agreement. t What the people in Frnnkford wish is some kind of a working agreement between the city and the P. It T which will get the trains running on the elevated line as soon aa possible The lease was submitted to the Council on March 1, nearlj three months ago. The inaction of Council has wasted threo months and put that much further ofT the date of possible operation. Mr. Weg lein's proposals, with the Inevitable discus sion of them, will put the operation still further off. There ought to be public spirit enough in the Council to put an end to the delay and to open the way for the operation of the elerated trains by the approval of some kind of a workable lense at the earliest possible date. BRIDGE DECISION DAY COMING from a constituted authority like Ralph Modjeski. the practicability of making such comparative!) minor changes in the bridge plan as will spare the ancient Methodist KpUvopal Church of St. (Jeorge warrants consideration If indorsed, this alteration would remove one of the few ob stacles to the execution of the Franklin Square program that have been worth ex tended reflection The arguments advanced for other sites hate savored mostly of narrow special in terests. The advantages of the location favored by the special commission are ob vious and should be convincing The Joint commission's decision on the matter la expected today The public is pre pared for the definitive selection of the Vine Btrect area and has now transferred its hopes to the prosecution of the work to the maximum of efficiency and celerltv Pefore the summer has passed the forces of progress should be in lustv swing. THE POLO VICTORY F0LO, the most spectacular of all games. contributes a timely restorative to Ameri can prestige In international sport. , Without boasting, it may be said that Americans are game losers in contests of athletic skill, and the admiration emanating from this country for British mastery in golf and for the honors in tennis recently won by Mile Sezanne Lcnglen. of France. has hence been generous Nevertheless, there is In Tlctory a heartv satisfaction for which no amount of carefully nurtured philosophy can compensate. A clear and unshadowed superiority in polo Is registered in the American kurels so brilliantly won on Hnrlingbam Fi'ld. For ' the fourth time the cup will be escorted westward across the Atlantic, there possibly to remain If anything like the dash and Terra of the conquering Meadow Rrook nuar. tet Is repeated In future contests. Britain, of course, will not disarm. The refreshing feature of rivalry in sportsman ship la that preparation for international conflicts is an exhilarating augury of the moat Intense, inspiriting and beneficent con flkta. DR. MORRIS JASTROW TTmUDlTION without pedautry gave to the ill seasoned scholarship of Dr Morris Jas trow its distinctive and fascinating appeal. Literary gifts of no mean quality contrlb tiled their quota to the charm of eren his Btext Intellectual works, hut nn equally jryufar, -lfe J" tin rnflt varied Interests ftMf'rwon'l,8 t tbe murch ofcoptrm- Priry Xfnis as m tpn reeiaiionyn r"7 ' frW Nlpftr and 'Babylon. sA .i .. ... l.L.'. -a tMjJ- -.r IB IB Be"xr ,p,-0,'n- um mental rigor of this brilliant and tireless student nt the past and present the Univer sity of Pennsylvania and, indeed, the highest realms of letters and learning may be said to hare suffered au irreparable loss. SomethiuB of the breadth of riew typical of the Renaissance, the clarity of the French intellectuals and authority f the best phases of Herman scholarship is exhibited iu Dr. Jastrow's writings, whether the theme is ancient Mcsopotamlnn religions, Semitic languages, the Hook of Job or the llagdad Hallway and its effect upon the World War, or the elusive history of magic. The intellectual prestige which Dr. .las. trow lent to his adopted city was akin in validity to that bestowed bv Henry Carey I.ea nnd Horace Howard Furncss, with the trngic difference that these eminent investi gators were enabled to round out their careers with a full mensure of jenrs. giving scope to the fruition of their great powers. SIMS' HOMECOMING WAS NOT A PRETTY SPECTACLE No Credit Due Any of the Factions Con tributing to the Painful Episodes Started by His Injudicious Anti Sinn Fein Speech FOLK who. loving I'M-ltenient and novel thrills, find ordinary hot-weather diver sions tiresome, viewed the nrrlvnl of Ad miral Sims on his native shores ns one of the great events of the week. And such It was. It was au event that brightly re flected the mingled lights of trngedy nnd conn dj . The admiral Is n proud old -en dog of the sea dogs, hardened !J perils und discomfort and discipline and lic.ivj responsibilities. His holiday wns cut short He was jerked out of Kngland. in full view of n staring world, by n harsh cablegram from his boss. He has been coldly rebuked b man) of those who speak with authority in Kngland for the traditional fair-mindedness and the good spurting Instincts of the representative Rrltlsh. Tin o nre painful experiences for n man of the admiral's rank and place, for n sen sitive nnd extraordinarily able officer who has behind him n lifetime of exnlled service to his couutn. Painful, too doubtless, will be tiie private sessions in tin .Nnvj Depart ment. Hinis p-obably will fnco the music without quailing Tor it Is etreinel doubt ful whether an- punishment meted out to htm can lv n subtly painful as the private sessions of Admiral Sims with Admiral Sims. Men of courage normally are fair dealers, and Situs is n man of courage. Vet he did. in a moment of heat. In an emotional lapse from the rules of tact and good taste, offer u wanton nffront to some millions of his own countrjmen and to other millions elsewhere who, iu our own and others' wnr, have never been found lacking in valor nnd devo tion to" high principles He dragged the question of Irish jmlttics into an after luncheou speech nnd tied it up with American affair nnd tried to dispose of it in n few epigrams. A man of Sims' fiber cannot do that sort of thing nnd be quite hnppv nftcrward, be cause the questions related to present -dav Ireland are too complex, too trngic, to be discussed anywhere without profound knowl edge and infiuite forbenrance. Good ad mlrnls do not sa what the.v do not mean, as Sims l.njws better than nn.v one else And that conviction prnbablv involves for the errant old officer punishmnt severer than thnt which any one lse can put upon him. The spectarle of a thousand policemen ranced In protective columns at the ad miral's pier was therefore funny or painful or humiliating necoiding to your particular point cf view Rut In the last analsis it did little credit to Admiral Sims Certainlj It reflected no credit at all upon the more violent nnd hot-headed persons who had it in their mind to visit reprisals on him there and then, nnd it reflected no credit on the opposing groups, who. in their fenid parti sanship with the admiral and their applause for his speech, revealed not a lore of logic or a rational regard for American -Rrltish solidarity, but a desire to hnd new wavs to express old and ugly race and religion prejudices. The few folk who were seemingly read to start random fights at the dock will be the last to help either toward peace and happiness in Ireland or the cause of better relationships between the United States nnd other English-speaking countries Speeches like thnt delivered by Admiral Sims are a hurt and a hindrance, rather than a help to the cause In which thev are de livered. Sims irritated ton innnj of his own countrymen--men who ordinarily try to view the nnglish-Irish complex without prejudice of nny sort He caused reactions in th United States which in turn irritated mill titudes of Prisons, who are as angry nnd as bewildered as the Irish themselves at thf spectacle of violence and bloodshed and dis order in the neighboring island And there yon are. What the loudlv vocal partisans nud oppo nents of Admiral Sims forgot Is that the admiral always has had a quick and ncrid waj of speech He spoke as harshlj of Secretar.v Daniels nnd others as he spoke about the activities of the Sinn Fein. To understand his psvchologj and the original causes of an unhappj incident it is necesnrv to remember thnt Sims tins spent a long nnd laborious hfe in the haul loutine of the navv where inevitable codes enour age no shrid of sympathy no shadow of regard, for the pretensions of those who nre without authority Discipline, order, ac ceptance these nre the guiding rules of the fighttug ships The quarterdeck has no in teroFt in abstract questions generated out of humnn aspirations It is no temple of the democratic Ideal It could not be, without disaster Somewhere in the background of Admiral Sims' mind there appears to have been a dim thought of n world ruled for its own good as quarterdecks are ruled Rut the world todav annot he ruled after Hie man ner of the quarterdeck Peoples will nsplre and hope nnd strive nnd question after ideals of their own So nn admiral even nn admiral who functi-.ns ns brillinntl; ns S-nn within the wide radius of his normal activities in vvhollv without authority to !o the voice of a government or n nation This the ad miral probablv has learned in buffeting n storm more troubling thon any thnt he ever encountered upon deep waters Because he was wrong he ought to he disciplined. And because he was wrong jou hnre to feci in a wa i-orry for him WINGS AND WAR WHDN in he recent war, air fighters wtre sent out to battle with lively and resourceful enemies on land nr water, the) were usuall) under orders to mnintnln n normol altitude of 10.000 feet or more. If airplanes dropped below that height as, of course, they often did in their scrimmages nnd for the sake of better aim they went well within the range of nntl-nlrcraft guns guns which, firing aerial shrapnel, can create a storm of missiles In the viclnltv of the fliers. Naval aircraft that successfully bombed one of the big German-built submarines In the maneuvers off the Delnwnrev Capes worked nt an altitude npproxlmntlng 1200 feet. Some of them at least would have been destroyed if the nircraft guns of the submarine had beeif working. The tests now being made nre shbwlng however, that the skill of the nlrmeiAis improving rapidly and the Plane Is becoojlng n dangerous rival of WmXhul:ireWIn,ro1hUn.e jfyi,j, , . ar , s EJVEJS1KG . rajBLlC ,LEDGJ - superstructure of n suhmarlile with a bomb dropped from n height of ll!(Xt feet Is to proe that the larger lmttles!ilps Would be n rela tively easy target for bombers worklug from an altitude of .'HXH) feet or more;. The present trials nre not conclusive. Hut they tend to show that aviators who say that they soon will be able to chase all battleships off the seas are not Indulging In Idle perslflnge. THE NEW BOSS OF THE BUDGET TllKKK wilt be general public satisfaction with the selection by President Harding of Charles (5, Dnwes, of Chicago, ns Director of the Budget. Mr. Dawes Is n man of large experience in flnauclal affairs. He is of undoubted courage and has lnrge powers of initiative. His qualities have bnen demonstrated many times, the latest of which was when he called dovin a congressional cominltteo which was wasting time and money In an Investigation Into wur expenditures. As Director of the Budget he will be In n position to make himself, ns one Congress man said In describing the powers of his office, "the second largest man In the ex ecutive department of the Government." The Budget Law Is based on the theoiy that the President, the on! executive officer elected by the votes of all the people, should prepare the estimates for Congress nnd should lay down the financial policy of the Administration, The Director of the Budget is made the personal appointee of tho President, holds office at his pleasure nnd is not subject to confirmation bj the Senate. He is to con sult with the heads of the executive depart ments ftnd then mnl.e out u budget of the expenditures for the year, usinz his judg ment in apportioning the probable levcnues among the different departments If the Director finds duplication of work and overlapping bureaus It Is within hlH functions to recommend to the President thnt appropriations for maintaining the bureaus nt fault be cut off And if any Cabinet offi cer Is disgruntled by the curtailment of his appropriation he will have to take the matter up first with the President and fight it out in n Cabinet meeting or elsewhere, So long ns the President backs up his Director of the Budget n Cabinet officer cannot appeal to Congress without being guiltv of insub ordination No better plan cnuld,hiive been devised to bring about a businesslike estimate of the sums needed for the support of the Govern ment. It puts the membeis of the Cabinet under discipline nnd compels them to accept the estimates for their departments ns parts of a complete whole. In the pnst the best jollier of Congress has got raonej for his department when other Cabinet members hnd their estimates cut to the lune All this is to stop Of course, Congiess will be at liberty to make what appropriations it plenses It cannot be deprived of this power under the Constitution. But the executive budget will have the moral prestige of the President nnd his whole Cabinet back of it, and when Con gress disregards the recommendations it will have to justify Its course. When Mr. Dnwes begins his work on July 1 there should be thnt stirring among the dry bones In the Washington depart ments which believers in business efficiency long hnve been hoping for. He will really start the reorganisation of the departments of which there has been footless talk for several years, and if he does not run up against the opposition of the spoilsmen in Congress it will be for the reason thnt they dare not challenge his ability to win popular support bv n direct statement of the issues involved The satisfaction with which the country will receive the appointment of Mr. Dawes will reflect satisfnctlon with President Hnrd ing himself The appointment is another act of the President which commends itself to the judgment of every one, and which en courages public confidence in his future course in other matters. THE NEWEST BOLSHEVIST COI.O.NKl. McCAl.VS disclosure of a plan formulated bj the coal monopolists to drive Herbert Hoover out of the Cabinet will not surprise nn.v one who knows how the minds of profiteers are accustomed to work. In keeping the question of coal before the Sennte and encouraging legislation for the better regulation of the industry, Secretar.v Hoover is not moved by animosity to the coal men He merel) Is trjing to put a little more science, a little more efficlencj, into the business of mining, und to nsure a little more fair play between producer nnd consumer. Doubtless the press agents of the combines will now advertise him ns tP radical and n Red. Hoover Is a quiet man, and quiet men nre dangerous when roused If the barons are not bereft of their senses they will let Hoover alone. They will take time to con sider the incredible energy, the almost match lesii fighting power and the infinite re sourcefulness of the softly speaking gentle man upon whom they hnve ordered n war of annihilation. H thev want to bring Hoover tearing out into the open. If they want to make of him a new national hero of the mental and spiritual dimensions of Roose velt, if thej want to start a fight in wliidi the) will hnve no ghost of an oppoitunitj to win, they have only to turn their nrtiller.v on the Department of Cnmmoice For ourselves, we hope thnt the operators will go on with their, campaign It will bring the opposite results of what thev hope GRAHAM'S UNWITTING PLEA RHPRESKNTATIVi; GRAHAM'S ob jectlon to u Constitutional Convention Is really one of the best arguments for It which has been advanced He hii.vn that the Constitution "is onl) n limitation on the powers of legislation nnd shocld not be made the vehicle of legislation " This is sound, but the trouble with the present Constitution is that it contains too much legislation and thnt some of It is con tradictory. The kind of n Constitution which Penns)lvnnin needs is one which will set up the CTCcutlve, judicial and legislative departments of the Government nnil define their powers nnd limitations in the broadest possible terms, so that such changes in pro cedure as experience may justify ma) be made b the Legislature witnout tiie necessity of changing the Constitution itself. It is not necessnrv to embalm in the Con stitution provisions for a budget sv stern. Neither is it necessar) to provide for nnv courts snve the highest court Neither Is it necessary to put the details of a corporation chartering net in it AVe cannot get such a Constitution ns the State needs and os Mr Graham seems to npprove until we have hnd a Constitu tion! Convention, composed of men com mitted to n redraft of the document on the lines laid down Havvnilaii sugar nlnnt Well, Ain't It? ers havn increased their yield of cane by im porting parasites which prey on insects that destroj the crop. Which suggests an In teresting angle on n recent campaign against cat in New Eugland. The cats were accused, of killing the birds that de stroyed the insects that pre.ved on the crops thnt would otherwise go Into some house thnt Jnck built Whereupon It was demonstrated bv some other scientists thnt many of the birds destroyed bv the cats dined prlncl hally on Insects thnt fed on other Insects which fed on the crops and that the cats were really performing n useful service for m.n lifter nil. All of which nwnkens In us n uiyFtlflcntinn which fte find expression, only In the word of thrf salesgirl1 flftiJher' first th1 to the OrnndyCanyentM'V?. ain't nature wonderful!" V ?; Rr - ljmLADli5LpHIA, THUKSflAY. .WJU OUR CROPS DRYING UP H Tha 8tato In the Grip of a Water Famine Farmers In Need of Rain The Rain-makers of the Government Hy GEORGE NOX McCAIN DENIZEN'S of the city nre just awaken ing to the fact that we nre on the verge of H'didistrotis drought. ' Observing commuters, dwellers In suburban towns and fanners In particular have knnwli of the threat for several weeks. Farmers particular!) have had their knowledge nt first hand through thrcntencd loss nnd Inconvenience. Hundreds of them have been conipillfd In the last ten da)s to haul water from neigh boring streams for the household and the cnltle. Wells have become exhausted nnd springs have gone dry by the thousand In the coun ties surrounding Philadelphia. In Mich an emergency the nearest liver or creek is the onl) source of suppl) for the ngrlrulturlst. Even train commuters, usiinllj non observant through familiarity, have noticed how the grass Iu meadows has gone a russet brown, The city dweller In smb. a time Is the lucky guy. He turns a spigot und the wel come w ntcr flows. IT HAS been n good many )rars since there has been a drought here Iu the East. Even Texas nnd Kansas, in the Inst decade and a half, have lost theli old-time pre eminence ns drought -stricken Common wealths. A widespread diought is worse than n flood nnd the next thing to n famine. There ure few who will forget the terrible drought of the summer of 11)01. It got so out in Kansas nnd the surround ing States that the people despaired of saving an) thing In the way of crops from the de vouring heat. Weather observers In the Middle West de clared that the nlr was so hot that precipi tation could not, occur. A similar condition Is noticeable now within n radius of 101) miles of Philadelphia. One can walk throuch the deep brown grass enrly nny morning and senne uotiie the dnmnness of dew on his shoes. And there is no rain in sight. THE late Secrelai) of Agriculture WiNon undertook to make u stud) of droughts, in the belief that their destructiveness might be lessened. Nothing much mme of it. It was about this time that the "rain mnkers' were doing business in the South west. They were the boys with cannon nnd mor tars who Induced showers, or tried to, by firing bombs against the sk). The World War hns pretty effectually disposed of that idea of bursting bombs in due lug lain. ANOTHER superstlti m or myth, per haps formerly was that droughts came ut periodic intervals. Uhe fnct Is that somewhere in the world every jenr practically there is a portion of the earth's surface that suffers from lack of precipitation. In 1002, the year following our own dry dkaster through the West. Australia ex perienced one of the worst droughts in her history. An unprecedented water famine prevailed. Sheep died by hundreds of thousands some reports snld millions from lack of water. In the up-country hundreds of settlers nnd travelers perished from thirst. Trade and traffic were demoralized and It was feaied for a time that inevitable ruin stared that continent In the face. Nature, however, relented In the suc ceeding months and poured dowu generous rains. Nevertheless, millions of dollars were lost and hundreds of lives were sacrificed In thnt memorable terror. BEFORE the "rnln-making ' business went up like Tommy Joues' famous sparrow, the Rock Island Railroad cni plo.ved n rnln-mnkcr who traveled about the country in a special cnr. His process was a secret that is, until au enterprising newspaper man discovered it. Here it is: Take 10 fluid ounuig of sub-sulphuric acid. ."0 lluid ounces of water and 5 ounces of zinc. Renew this every hour and stir every thirty minutes. Work with a south wind, which Is n moisture wind. When rain starts icraove the jar or crock at once. The theory or nlleged theory was that this mixture in an open vessel generated hydrogen gas, which astends rapidly. This creates a gaseous or atmospheric shaft through the heated air, down which cold upper nlr rurJies, creating a storm center and gathering moisture for precipitation. GENERAL E. G DYRENFORTH was the greatest advocate of rain-making twenty years ago. In fact, bo was the popular hero of Texas for a while. He was the Government's ex perimental meteorologist. HiH business wus to "bust" the droughts that were then nearly ruining tbe Lone Star State. Witnesses to his cxperlnimts, which took plnce in various parts of Texas, testified that General Dyrenforth either did null rain out of the atmosphere or he ran Into a lot If mighty queer coincidences The process was to fire explosive bombs that burst in midair nnd at tbe same time liberated balloons that also hurst half n mile or more above tbe earth. I'suall), it was said, the performance was followed by a shower within twelve hours And the shower was sufficient to break the drought. THE lute Prof. Pickering fought Dyren forth's theory as vigorously as the late Morris Jruitrnvv fought Prof. Hllprecht in the Babylonian nrchcoloElcnl controversv . He felt thnt the Government was vvnstlng the $10,000 or so spint l the experiments. He ndmltted thnt there wns a popular belief that rain could be produced bv explo slves, but scientific research had failed to establish the fait. And there the lontrovers) ended and tho rnin-muking experiments of the Government gradually came to an undignified end. ONE of the features of this attempt to dispel droughts, and hnsten Tain was the appeal to classic untliors for proof that bat tles were always followed by copious rains. "War and the Weather" was a book pub Usbcd thirty-two years ago, about the time thp rain-mnkers got on the job, which wns a curious compendium on the subject. The author quoted Plutarch ns one of his au thorities, ni ins me or .viarniB he says: "It iB observed. Indeed thnt extraordinary rnlns gcnernll) follow after great battles, whether it be that some cleltj choosts to wash and purify the earth with water from above, or whether the blood and corruption by the moist and heavy vapors they emit thicken the nlr, which Is liable to be altered by the smallest cause " But the author forgot, evidently, that Plutnrch wrote IfiOO years before the use of gunpowder and dynamite And these were the principal rain-making materials used In the experiments. Today's Annlversarlet jp3nJnines Mill, celebrated historian and philosopher, died In London. Born In Scotland, April .1, 1 77.'. 1840 The First Ohio Volunteer Infnu try was organized for the war with Mexico. l5jlFoiir aeronauts descended in Jef ferson County. N. V . after having traveled In n balloon from St Louis, a distance of llfiO miles. 1805 Proclamation of President Johnson rescinding the blockade. 187B The remainder of the crew of the Polaris waB rescued In the Far North by tho Bavenscrnlg, of Kirkcaldy, Seotlund, 1877 Mme, Etelkn Gerster, the fnmotiB singer, first appeared in Loudon, iflni Rnln-making experiments were begun n Texas unter the direction 'pt the jwjinrnneni; ni Rnriiiiure. t , -1 020-0 rrnwry was ordered b rfceatllaif 'Premiers lo unfarm. gA&i. 1 .r t . y-iv ira -. . i 1 ' . i a , i 1 " iiV v vr sKfliy, s ' .:'.. Vn n"1 - . .' '?AVV ft NOW MY IDEA IS THIS I Daily Talks With Thinking Philadelphia on Subjects They I Know Best RICHARD SCHMIDT On Public Band Concerts THE free bnnd concerts given during the summer months arc doing a tremendous work for the ndvnncement of the best music among the people of Philadelphia, according to Richard Schmidt, conductor of the Fair mount Park Rand, which opened its sum mer season on Monday evening before nn Immense audience "Our band, which is now almost twenty five years old, and. by the way, Is the only 'organized' band in Philadelphia, i doing its full share iu the great movement for better music which Is now sweeping the country, I can sny this with full knowl edge, because I have been lender of the organization for fourteen years and I took the position after the death of Adam Jakob, who was its leader for eight years. There fore, for more than twenty yenrs, the people of Philadelphia have been listening to the best music every summer in the Park, and the advance in musical taste is apparent to auv one who has followed the work of the band nnd the reception which It has received by its audiences. Standard Works Wear Best "The standard compositions arc those which wear the best. In the programs which I arrange the basis is mudc up of the best works in the repertoire of band music, while the encores are mude up of the lighter numbers. The object of the bnnd concerts Is primarily to give pleasure to the crowds which gather every summer night to hear Igh ha it, but I am struck, as cv must be, by the excellent It, but I am struck, as every band lender ... ..t kn ir tin- excellent class of music which the people want in the main numbers of the program nnd tnc equnii) rxctucui things which prove tbe most popular in the encores. A vast number of our encores nir played on request nnd tho selections nsked for ns encores are mainly the best music. "The main numbers of the program arc ns elaborate almost iih the programs of our best orchestras, and they ore so constructed that every program contains pinetieiilly eviry class of music. My general plan in making up the programs is to have the principal numbers composed of standaii! works and the encores and we have to play nn encore after every number of the popular music of the day. In this wny every taste i provided for. and every person In the audit lice finds something which appeals di rectly to his taste no matter what It may be. Telling the Encores "I have also ndoptcd the plan of letting oeop'e know what we are to play for en cores and find that they nre evidently much better satisfied when they know In advance what they are going to hear. My plan Is the same as that used at Willow Grove. Ilia name of every one of the 12.r selections In the encoic book Is printed on a large card which Is shown to the audience just before it Is played. This is a good Idea for me as well us for the audience, because, from the preliminary applause. I can get a good re action ns to what numbers nre the most nonulnr. There nre some requests for the current popular music for encores, out ny far the greatest number is for such things ns Mendelssohn's 'Spring Song, the 'Iliimoiesque' of Dvorak. Pnderewskl s 'Mcnuet de l'Antlque' and compositions of a similar kind. "While the musical taste of the peoplt shows some chnnge from year to year, tho standard numbers retain their popularity, nnd it Is well for us ns well us for them selvis thnt they do. because no program an posslblv be made up without a preponder ance of the standard numbers. I have tnlked with Sousa. Conwii) and other leaders of the largest bands In the world and find that their experience has beeu exactly the same ns mv own. For example, a program made up exclusively of the current musical comedy numbers mid music of the same sort would be uneiidurnbiy monotonous. Every num ber would sound exactly alike In rhythm, harmony nnd Instrumentation and the result would soon give the most hardened follower of the inuslenl comedies more than he could listen to. Popular Standard Works It is surprising how much audiences like certain standard numbers such ok the '1RV Overture" of Tsehalknwsky. the 'Mid- ininimcr Night's Dream' mlisle of Cvlendes ifilm and the ,'JRtriizi' nnd Tni'ubauscr' crturrH of i!igner( , r- aio niay uliiler pUhe symphonies and of, Iim the jvt ''ti 'Ugi-fr-tv- n, t. ..vi iia33ffS - RING THAT BELL, SOMEBODYJ " 1,-.', J ' N ' ''v '' ' . .1 t I ' ' I 'f . x i- 'Rustic Wedding' of Goldmark and the 'Unfinished' of Schubert nre generally the most popular. I think the best reception the band ever got was after a performance of the Schubert Symphony, one night nt Strawberry Mansion, where the crowd liter ally 'went wild' with enthusiasm. It was an unusuaily good performance by the band, bu I prefer to think that most of the applause was for the music Itself. This Year's "Hits" "The popular music this year is nearly all the fox trot. These were formerly issued in song form, but now It is all instrumental. Nevertheless, we do not play It all like dancing music and much of It we still play In the nature of a song ; it all depends upon tho composition. Much of It is very popular now, but whether any of It will be heard next year is problematical. "One of the most Interesting features of our audiences nre the '.regulars.' By thesa I mean those who come to hear the baud every night and whom we are able to rec ognize in the various parts of the Park where we piny. At Strawberry Mansion, for example, where the crowds are enormous, the 'regulars' get there and take their seats as early at 7 o'clock, although the concert does not begin until 8. We see them at all the concerts nud they seem to be most en thusiastic about the music. "George's Hill has perhaps shown the greatest increase in attendance of any place in the Park where we have been playing for the last fourteen years, that is, under my leadership, but at all the concert places the attendance has grown tremendously. Wo feel that we are doing a fine work for the music of the city, and the audiences appear to feel the same way about it." What Do You Know? QUIZ 1 When and where did cump-meetlngs orlg Innte7 2 Which country has the larger population, J. ilk-land or France? 3 Who Is tho new Director of the Federal budget? 4 Who was Charles Sumner? 5 What Is RcrryninnderliiK nnd how should the word be pronounced? 6 What ure the two grint epic poems of Greece.? " What Ih n menage? 8 What Is the doctrine- of melloriBm? ! What Is a shillelagh? 10 Who waB Thomas u' Ikcket and when did hu live? Answers to Yesterday's Quiz 1 Collttn b.iwn means blonde girl. The words nre Gaelic 2- TnS.LlP1,er Rebellion In China occurred in 1300 In the coursa nf It tha rnraltrn legations in I'ekln were besieged and eventually relieved by an International W,d!tl,m composed of American, Prltlsh. French, Russian, German, Italian and Austrian troops. The term Boxer Is derived from u literal trunslu. l.l0.n of ,,hB Chinese designation, "the list of righteous harmony.1' The move ment was reactionary and antl-forelgn. Us slogan being, "Exterminate the foreigners and save the dynasty." 3 A protagonist Is tho chief person In a Irumn or the plot of a story, the lead ing person In a contest, the champion nrAeM. Tn? wo.i"1 ls from the Ureek protagonlstes." meaning first actor 4 ThtTueyni?fl,tl1 Amendment to the K,rllH.d J"".','8 s.o5Blltutl0n Provides voie elec,l0 f Senators by popular 6 Senator Frellnghuysen Is from New Jer C Gothland, an Island of tho Baltic Sc.i be- 7" ThtVmi?esIs,,i!r-lliSB82UC J 58 from the printer's error In I Corin thians, chapter six. verse nine, which in this book rea.ls as follows '"Know lnot,h!l1 the unrighteous shall In herll the kingdom ofuod?" divided Into two tiittlis! "in the first the Austrian general, Melas, defeated Napoleon after seven hours' flehtlnr Desaix arrived with ier.-M. ... """"i ments and the biittu enjlcd n the com vl'Mfc? Uf ,hc Au&t DeTitx . New Orlcmu a the larkiyAcitiV'oi' tha a ,0 A bd.Kls trt'WrMZ & 4.) 4vw Southern Confederacy,! or ivt 1 1 i u SHORT CUTS It evidently wasn't for luck that Fori- ney touched wood. ' There are indications that Old Sol con sulted the calendar yesterday. it cannot be alleged that the Presided allows himself to be hurried. Now thnt we have the polo cup, what arc we going to drink out oi it Well, Admiral Sims can't sny be wt ignored on his arrival in this country. With" the visit of King George, Uwtir makes the waterproof declaration, "Loti may he reign!" Merchnntvllle women, by combining have reduced the price of Ice. They threat'' ened a freeze-out. Speaking of the Delaware bridge ap proach, our only hope ls thnt it will not be too long delayed. A Scranton court has ruled that liquor i may be seized without a warrant. Thau the way a bootlegger seizes It. Coal operators have apparently set their hearts on making Hoover's position secure in the affections of the populace. All the chances are that the Belfast Po lice heaved a big sigh of relief when tie royal visitors left without mishap. Perhaps: Thomas A. Edison's appear ance on the diamond was designed to take the public mind off bis questionnaire. ( J. Pluvius, hare a heart and get ywr watering can! Unless we get rain well have no Jersey corn by the Fourth of July. In the rnnks of the hard-boiled there are those who, when they speak of General Sawyer's super-race, put the accent on tlrt soup. The Young Lady Next Door But One sunnlses that If a Rurenu of Submarine estnlillshcd It will be supported by the Slni Ing Fund. There Is perhaps reason to believe that1 nn agreement will be reached In the matter of the Frnnkford "h" before Sesqul-Centen-nial year. Hlrara Percy Maxim is said to have In vented n noiseless trolley car. Some of tneie days a geulus will Invent noiseless Ambassa dors and Admirals. To the holders of some offices there art plums for Dnwes to peck at; but to Daw" they are simply expenses to prune, wait" means, of course, that somebody gets i raspberry. According to tbe City Controller, J city Is in the painful position of lM obliged to Insist upon getting IU run " flesh. The U. C. I. had, therefore, better pray for a Portia. In the New York Zoo there Is a eMau pnnzee who made a success on tbe w vllle stage, but has allowed her baby to because she never seemed to realwe inai needed food. She Is now Inconsolsb le. , she were more intelligent she eouhi thlnr nn alibi that would comfort her. A Chicago police captain says i of "vamps line tho Sheridan road "" morning waiting tn smile their u'. lB'?n"; loop-bound automobiles; of business men . and steps have been taken to put 1 1 'top the practice. Speaking offhand. g say thnt the steps aforesaid had been ta at the Instance of the' business men? rrn, niit(nn iu made In a New yer dispatch that Thomas -A. cmMU.,'U p tcnlng five nans, ocqiurni .--. ,,,n llejighted with baseball apd that It w first time he had- ever -played he ?' J Incline to the belief that Ar wlwrd has e' misquoted. What he probably said i ij. It was his first game since his seventeen., birthday. .j.ii The fellow that swats us iti bound I for" bM Iliit we're itrong lor """"'.''V,'; a cut wM All army allntmentH are bound for a HJ Since we're strong for l iarmament , pu In fart, vye arc. nU of us, P7,''"7ieu,,ifl Who'll W dqfe omUlfwmament Wja 1UU Mora wears a wmic, "f - y For Wei-aS a"d Weeka and.Weekat .".Vfjja'y,. tiM mftfit liyMf &&
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