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rhitij.lphli. I'ridir, June !l, 1921
PASS THIS RESOLUTION
UNLESS the resolution niithoi using the
city to take over the street-cleaning mill
ashes and garbage-collection contracts on
October t is pnavitl before the raidniRlit of
next Thursday it will be impossible for the
Mayor nnd LMrcctor Caven t curr nut
their plans to set the work well under con
trol before rolil weather begins.
The contracts provide that they may be
terminated on October 1 if three months'
notice is gher. If they are terminated, the
wcjrk now done by the eontractors will be
done by the city, and it will be done for
$150,000 lc.s than It will cost under the
present arrangement.
The resolution terminating the contraets
il really an ordinance to -uve ?1 .10,000 to
the taxpajers this year. Those who oppose
It will put themselves on record as favoring
putting this sum a profit into the pockets
of the contractors, who took the coutracts
with the agreement that they would termi
nate them on October 1 if the city -o willed.
Those who favor it will not onlv do what is
In their power to protect the financial inter
ests of the cit. but also to carry out the
express provisions of the Charter.
In spite of the quibbling point ued to
hold it up ycKterdnj afternoon, the rendu
tion ought to be pa-ed before next Thurs
day night.
AT LAST THE BRIDGE!
BICKEItlXti over the bridge Mtc n
happily reduced to a minimum. Whik
it would have been rtithleso and high handed
to ignore the claims and arguments of oppo
nents of the Franklin Sipiare location, the
prompt holding of the public hearings made
for progress and prevented the fever of
contention from reaching anything like dam
aging proportions.
The final word now has been spoken b.
the joint commission. The detinito decision
upon FVanklin Square gives the quietus to
controversy.
It is now the privilege and the dtlt of
the Bridge Commissioners to show that they
can produce tangible physical results with
the same businesslike celerity evidenced In
making up their minds upon a debatable
point.
Italph Modjeski. chairman of the Board
of Engineers, has outlined the various forms
which progress will take. Inhabitants of
.one of the most populous urban districts on
ithis continent are prepared to observe with
vthe deepest interest the various stages m
twhich a monumental creative enterprise will
,be bodied forth
DAWES ON THE JOB
THE first thing Charles (J. Dawes, the
new Director of the Budget, did after
he arrived in Washington was to criticize the
, restrictions on his freedom of action con
tained in the law under which he must act.
He is not to be allowed to select the men
'who are to work under him
But he is not gjing to allow himself to
be hampered by these restrictions. He at
Once asked that two successful administra
tors from the army he nssigned to htm. and
announced that he wo"uld ask the President
before August 1 to invite a number of suc
cessful business men to serve without com
pensation on an advisory staff.
t In brief, Mr. Dawes litis gone to Wash
ington with the intention of doing his utmost
"to make the new budget system successful.
If he is to nrrange a budget which is to
;prevent the waste of public funds he must
'have the best advice possible on the reorgani
zation of the departments in order to prevent
'duplication of work. He seems determined
to get thai advice.
3 A SURPRISE FROM LASKER
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Xl'EItTS are seldom eomention ridden,
emptory halt called bj Chairman l.usker
upon the laili luhcrlising campaign of 'lie
Shipping Board.
). Superficially viewed, this action i the last
that might have been expected from a man
whose reputation is based not upon knowl
edge of maritime affairs, htit direeth upmi
h.is intimate acquaintance with the app'al
and legitimate scope of ndcrtisinc. Il is
however probablj for just this reason that
Mr. Lasker. a recognized epert. has dis
tinguished between efficient nnd wasteful
business methods.
The Shipping Board has been run at an
enormous loi-s. .Mr. I.nsW is evidently
planning a complete administrative revolu
tion. This does not mean thnt advertising
.-will be taboo. The record of his training
and arhlctcmcnt forbids such u conjecture,
, On the contnirj. what may be forecast is
- publicity of a tjpe thnt meets the needs of
"the case, without regard to hacknejed and
rigid formulas This is one of the secrets of
good aiueriising.
,; Mr. l.asker's ability to direct the Ship,
t'ping Board and to place it on something
.like a businesslike basis has c( to bo
"demonstrated An a specialist, however, he
has alremh proved that he is capable of
1'orlglnal thinking.
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'. THE NEW VOTERS' LEAGUE
ITiHE new Voters' League. formally
-J. launched esterila through the effort's
.of a number of public-spirited ritiens,
marks among other things a revival of in
terest in the ematicipation of municipal
questions from those of national politics.
The doctrine involved is not new. hut it is
, none the less logical, and whenever it has
been vigorously upheld in this city it has
nroyed to be nn effective weapon nguinst
Ifeng rule.
" That reactions hnve often followed so
closely upon the heels of victory for gjod
'.'fortrnment is a fuct of which much cjnicul
ItMpttnl has been made. But the recurrent
IjBOvementa on behnlf of efficient nnd honest
pBttntctpal administration cannot be dis
Jabasd as In the long run negligible. 'Pit
j'frfiefolum may sometimes swing back tonnm
'rrsptwjt, but the nevr rauie Is likely to
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be more circumscribed than its predecessors.
The membership of the non-partisan
Voters' League Includes not a few Vctcrahs
In the vexatious work of municipal house
cleaning. Armed with the lessons of ex
perience, and obviously undaunted, these
champions of progress will doubtless exercise
a steadj Ing influence in the organization.
A high aim is desirable, but equally neces
sary is patience in times of repulse and per
sistent energy.
I'hllndclplllnns not entangled in special
interests and free from political prejudice of
the rubber-stamp variety will naturally
wish the utmost success for the unselfish
men and women organized in n mission
which, despite setbacks, has displayed
marked recuperative powers.
A WORD ABOUT RAINLESS DAYS
AND GREAT FORGOTTEN THINGS
Tho Drought and Its Dangers to the
ops Considered In Relation to the
General Scheme of Life Hereabouts
WHAT is the most important thing in the
world?
Fling thnt question suddenly at an avcrago
crowd anywhore-at, sav, the sort of crowd
that gathers so easily on Cltv Hull Plaza
and the diversity of the replies will show you
what is the mutter with civilization.
Determined voices would be lifted for the
Republican Party. There would be votes
for the Volstead act, for Mr. Br.au's code
of modern ethics, for the protective tariff,
for elegtrie energy, for the Treaty of Ver
sailles, for the philosophy of Mr. Wilson
and for n thousand other things.
Once in n while not often in these- parts,
but pretty frequently in the Middle West,
iu some mills of Chlnn and in limited areas
of Europe the fog through which men see
with o much difficulty Is suddenly cleared.
There f n flood or a drought. Then It is
apparent that there are only two indispen
sable things upon this earth. Everything
depends on them; everything needed, valued
or desired in life. Thej cost nobody any
thing, not even an effort of mind. One is
sunlight. The other is rain.
I So long as these things fnll in accordance
I with immemorial routine out of the silence
' nnd mystery of the skie there ought to be
i no need for complaint Should thev fall for
i even ii little while, there could be only
' doubt, fear, hunger, panic nnd chaos in nn
I inevitable and dreadful succession. Men
take a vast lot for granted. Who ilnesTi't
cjinplniii because the sun is too hot or the
rain too wet? . ,
Up Burlington County way, in what .ler
sejmen like to call the richest bit of earth
in the East, there has been no rain to amount
to anything for almost two months. Miles
of cornfields are dry and hrnv; with the
dust thrown up from the roadways by un
troubled vacationists who believe that the
twin-six gasoline engine ft the supreme tri
umph of the ages --the greatest thing in the
world.
Down in the regions of Delaware and
.Maryland, known as "the green corn coun
try." when- millions of monev annually
come out of the ground for the growers,
numberless people stnre dnilv to the skv as
If they were awaiting n miracle. There has
been no rain there, either.
In nil the fnrm regions of N'ew .lersey and
Pennsylvania folk, who have put almost a
j ear of labor into the soil see all their hopes
nnd rewards dependent on "a good fall of
ruin."
People everywhere are beginning to talk
ns if a drought were upon the whole East.
But the East doesn't know the menning of
n drought. To know what a drought can
mean to n eonimunitj. to the individual for
tunes of a man. you hnve to go to the Mid
dle West, to the plains and the plantations
where people get nothing thnt they do not
wring out of the earth with their hands.
Failure of the sun to hine at the right
times, failure of lain in midsenson. mav and
often does mean to the Middle Western
farmer a loss and confusion thnt cannot be
repaired for years or for half n lifetime.
It is no wonder that the typical farmer,
working as he does, putting his seed in the
ground and his fortunes upon the knees of
the gods, waiting for the rain nnd hearing it
foil in the night, rending his future not in
Congressmen's speeches, but in the temper
and direction of winds and the color of the
skv over his head, remains a stubborn indi
vidualist hard to reconcile to the follies and
flippancies of the newer schools of politics
and economic theory. It is from men of this
sort that t'nele Joe Cannon got most of his
philosophy nnd nil of his celebrated impa
tience with the faddists in Washington who
seem now and then to believe that riches and
luxury can somehow be tricked out of the
natural earth without toll or sweat.
It is odd to feel' thnt a season of dry
and parching weather should be required to
remind people generally that they survive
onlv through'the smooth operation and co
ordination of forcee that thev cannot
measure, control or comprehend. They live
because the rnins fnll in April and becnuso
the sun shines warmest In .Inly. The
scheme on which they depend Is mystcri
ouslv. firmh fixed. If il were to vary ever
so slightly there would he uproar nnd misery.
The rain doubtless will come in time to
save nil the E,'itern crops It nlwas does.
That is win life ought to be a good deal
more hnpp and more peneeful than it Is.
Its essential needs are provided for. It
holds no troubles that cannot be easily dis
posed of. If men bicker and brawl and
torment ench other in large and small wajs
it is. perhaps, because they Inck the disci
pline that n contact with renl and genernl
misfortune usually brings. Humanity rows
and rages nnd imagines itself unfortunate
because, apparently . it cannot be hnppv
without being troubled or sorrowful
THE CINDERELLA OF THE NORTH
BRITISH HONDl'HAS. undeveloped nnd
scnntilj populated, was recentl.v charac
terized as the "Cinderella of England's
colonies " The epithet is deserved, but its
employment fails to clear other nations from
the charge of neglect of outlying possessions.
The particular derelictions of the Cnited
States apply most lamentably to the in
differently managed territory of Alnska.
Compliments upon the Inherent wealth and
vast natural resources of this vast North
western empire are legion. Comments upon
actual progress, however, nre usually nnd
signifiennth in the future tense
The Government railway is expected to
effect n beneficent revolution in Alaska and
its coal deposits to transform magnificently
certnln nspects of the fuel problem. But at
the present moment the 'economic status of
the Territory Is far from healthr. its popu
lation hns inerensed in some sections merely
in driblets nnd in others the totnls have
actually declined.
An attempt to offer Alaska something
more than vague promises was made jester
dn when one of the most inmoitnnt confer
ences ever planned In aid of the Territory
was colled in Washington. President Harding
Invited to the White House (lovernor
Bone. Secretary of the Interior Fall, Senn-
tor New, chairman of the Senate Committer
Territories, and Representative Curry.
bend of a like committee in the House, to
discuss the situation, to cut the tansies of
red tape nnd to formulate some consistent
policy upon n realistic basis.
Scott C Bone, the new Governor, has
vigoiously emphasized the need for "a new
deal, a square deal nnd a generous deal" in
Maskif Ills enthuslnsm promises well for
his administration, but without tho due
nronortioii of Federal aid his task must
I lirln ilik'llnslon
' Our own ' ttdvielfh of t'ic North cau din I
EVEHIN& PUBLIC LEDaEBi?HlLADELPHIA,
pense with miracles and Fairy Godmothers.
What is requisite is simply a decent and
Intelligent administration of the parental
household.
UNDER-DOG AND LEAGUE
TWITCH of the early crltlelsin of the League
-- of Nations was based upon the conten
tion that the international society was or
ganized to intrench tho power of the major
countries victorious in the World War.
Under the present limitations of perspective
it Is not easy to pronounce upon the yalldlty
of this charge. The fact, however, remains
that whntever Its orlginnl trend, the League
has been leriniug toward" the functions of a
court of appeal for the under dog.
Mohammed Fahmy, leader of the "Young
Egyptians," has addressed to the society n
letter urging it to take up the question of
the Independence of his nation, and nssert
lug that Egypt herself never recognized the
British protectorate "forced upon her iu
1014." Albania has filed a memorandum
with the League, in which representatives'
of this victimized nation reiterate their
grievances ngnlnst the Greeks nnd the Jugo
slavs and protest against their encroach
ments. '
In contrast, It is announced that Greece
and the Kingdom of the Serbs, Croats nnd
Slovenes nre hopeful of Ignoring the League
and nre extremely anxious to hnve the case
settled by the extra-legal Council ot Am
bassadors. This body has no authentic
standlug. It exists simply becnuse the
nntlous whose representatives compose It
arc powerful enough to enforce their policies.
Opponents of the League have been wont
to declnrc almost In one breath that the
society was potentially dangerous In Its
strength, and nt the same time moribund.
If they ever become sufficiently rational to
reject one of two violently conflicting argu
ments it seems probable that facts will
support the view that it Is the improvised
conferences of the leading European Powers
which arc seeking to make the processes of
reconstruction rigid and nre upholding the
policy of might.
Austria, Albanin and Egpt have looked
toward the League as nn antidote for alleged
oppression. Such conduct scarcely implies
thnt the covenant ns il operates today guar
antees the congenlment of frontier lines and
the establishment of an unbreakable status
quo.
Whether through the meie force of cir
cumstances or not, the League appears to be
regarded in several quarters as the door to
liberalism ami tolerance.
BEES NEED A SENSE OF HUMOR
YOl it rcr can tell how mnn friends a
man or a cause has until jou say some
thing in print which may be interpreted as
hostile criticism Defenders will arise from
every quarter nnd. even if the remark may
have been intended jocularly, it is taken
with seriousness.
We never knew that the humble and
necessary bee had so many friends until we
said .something about feeding glucose to them
in the course of nn article on n wnrnlng sent
out to the keepers by the head of the State
Department of Agriculture This happened
nbout a month ago. Letters of protest have
been nrrivlng almost every day since thnt
time. Thej come from all pnrls of the
country from the Department of Agricul
ture in Washington. Qrom beekeepers' asso
ciations nnd from agricultural colleges.
It is gratifving. indeed, to discover that
the bee has so mail friends And it is in
teresting lo be told thnt the bee will not eat
glucose. He or should it be she or it?
lives on nectar gathered from the flowers.
The nearest nrtificinl substitute for nectnr
is said to be n sirup made of the purest
sugar and water. This Is frequentlv used
lo prevent the starvation of the colonies
when natural food, is lacking, as II wns in
this State in the spring because of the delav
in the appearance of the blossoms.
t'nder the circumstances, the only repaia
tlon we can make to the bee is to apologize
for suggesting that his. hers or its taste
was so depraved that he. he or it could be
induced to eat such n thing ns glucose. We
sincerely hope thnt the bees will accept the
apologv and that the next time any one
mnkes n jocular remark about them they will
learn by this oipericnoc that not everything
snld nbout them is to he tnken in dead
earnest
MEXICAN OIL TAXES
AS IF the tax problems of the I nited
States were not perplexing enough,
representatives of American oil companies
operating across the Bio Claude are asking
Secretary Hughes to tackle the Mcxicnn tn
problems
President Ohregon hns recently increased
the tax on Mexican oil b. "J." per cent nnd
the American producers in Mexico object.
The owners of oil wells on tins side of the
border, however, are pleased with the in
crensid burden placed on Mexican oil. for it
makes it easier for them lo compete.
The new Mexican tnx Is said by its op
ponents to be unconstitutional; but it seems
ns if this were n question on which the
Mexican courts would have to pass, just as
the American courts would hnve to pass on
a similar question if it were raised bj
Mexico.
Secretory Hughes has shown no eugerness
to plunge into this complicated mntter of
American oil rights In Mexico. He is en
gaged just now In attempting to adjust the
relations of the I'nited States with the
Government of President Obrcgnn. When
he gets that question settled he mnj be will
ing to talk with the Mexican authorities
about the other.
NO SOVIETISM IN GREAT BRITAIN
THOSE nervous persons who me been
drending the Introduction of the Soviet
into Grent Britain mnj rest easier now.
This is becnuse the attempt of the radical
wing of the British Labor Party to arrange
for affiliation with the Communist Party hns
foiled. Delegates at the Lnbor Party con
ference represented ) 11.". 000 workers.
When the ballots were counted it wns found
that representatives of onlj L'24,000 workers
favored the Communists, or about .r per
cent.
So long ns British labor stands fl." per
cent against communism and its application
through sovietism there is little to fear from
the Bolshevist propaganda.
General Charles IL
Passing of a Taj lor. who died this
(ir;od American week nt the nge of
seventj -the years, de
toted bis life to making the Boston Globe n
pnper whnh should serve tho people, and he
Miiceenleil The Globe Is one of the great
newspnpers of New Enginml nnd It Is great
because it reflected the tolerance, the kindli
ness iiinl the sense of justice of its directing
spirit The denlh of Genernl Taj lor is a loss
to journalism
New York schools, are
The lemed at Hand dnrk and dirty fi;e
mips, uecinres a coin'
I nut tee rei.ri nine fort women's clubs nnd
civic organizations. If the members bnd
belonged to their ward organizations they
might Imm hud no renson for complaint.
King Constantino of
(irernlinin'h Luck Greece snys he once
played the Amerlcnn
game of poker, and although he did not know
the value of the cards he bluffed and won.
It must be admitted dial as n bluffer he
is some lillle pol taker
Nubody wituU the pulponieu to disarm.
AS ONE WOMAN SEES IT
It Is Mildly Suggested That Rank-
and-Flle Manners Sometimes Aro
as Emery In the Bearings of
the Chariot of Progress
By SARAH D. LOWKII5
I ONCE had a very hot discussion with the
head worker In n social settlement on
the subject of manners ! Not her manners
or my manners, but the value of n code of
manners to tho boys and tho men who enmo
to the settlement clubs for recreation, and
for general betterment.
The point of discussion was, What code of
manners? She held that as she and I formed
n very small mlnorltj In thnt particular
neighborhood we had no right to insist that
our code should be the one to obtain In the
settlement, especially ns there was among
the great majority of the self-respecting fam
ilies that comprised thnt corner of a grent
city a very recognizable code of manners
which might be said to be more representa
tive of (he rank nnd file of Americans than
those which n minority of our countrymen
laid stress upon.
It wns considered elegnnt In that neigh
borhood to remove one's piece of bread from
the genernl bread plate with one's fork;
conversation during eating wns not only not
required, it was rather nn Interruption; a
marked responsibility on the part of n host or
n hostess to make talk, if talk was not forth
coming, wns conspicuously absent; going
through n doorwnj before rather than after
n woman wns n man's prerogative; once
planted on a chair, rising to speak to a new
comer or to one's hostess or one's guest bnd
no significance ; shaking hands wns scorcely
obligatory nnd never hearty thnt is, tho
grnsp wns fnlnt and tincordinl and the hand
dropped away with nothing linnl In Its ges
ture. Presents were given nnd received with
n casual air and with almost nn unwilling
comment from the recipient. Notes of Invi
tntlon dropped ns Into nn abyss, whether the
Invited one fully Intended coming or had de
termined to stay nwoj.
Except between bojs anil girls who were
courting nnd then rather Infrequently
praise and compliment or even aflcctionnte
appreciation of a spoken word was avoided
under the idea that il was fulsome nnd even
open to the suspicion of dlslngenuousncss.
On the other hand, certain reticences ob
served by the miuorin In Its code of man
ners regarding physical phenomena had no
place In the code of the majority, which is
why the ordinary badinage of the majority
Ik so surprising to the minority.
THE ludy of the settlement held that as
the manners of the minority that is.
hers nnd mine were purely arbitrary, to
tench them as an obligation to the boys and
to Insist nn the practice of them In our com
puny to tlte men wns arrogating to ourselves
a superiority thnt might well be resented a
class dictation.' She gave me a very funny
description of entering a room and trying,
without nny words, to i'et a mnit who wns
adhering to the code of the majority and so
to his chnlr to rise nnd greet her. She
paused at the door with her hand out; he
responded to the extent of putting out his
bund, nnd she upproaelied his chair ns though
she were going to do It all; then just short'
of his outstretched hand she paused, and six
times out of ten she might lift him by this
maneuver on lo his feet; she would then,
once the huudshakc was accomplished,
calmly tnke his chair, which obliged him to
draw up another for himself. But this
little byplay had no meaning to him beyond
u sense that she wns awkward In her un
expectedness; ns n lesson in manners it had
no significance at all, and she had eventually
discarded it us being non-essential.
MY OWN theory about the mntter wns
that from purely utilitarian grounds It
would be better for the boys who hud to mtike
their wny iu a world where the code of most
of tho employers wns the mnorlty code it
would be wise If they could get u viewpoint
of the milliners 4hnt were nt least theoreti
cally valued by that cluss. I considered the
menus to accomplish this and thought the
learning and acting of good plnys might do It
by a kind of natural absorption. But I
found thut it required n grent denl more
study to use a piny later than the nge of
Shakespeare unless it wns a fnrce or a
Diekensonlnn drama because of the very
difference in mnnners natural to the char'-
deters nnd those habitual to the boys.
Eventually I let the matter drop, as the ladv
of the settlement hnil done, because the tns'k
was too big; not because 1 was convinced
that she wns right or that, becnuse most
Americans had those mnnners, they were of
necessity the best. Thnt was one place where
it seemed to nic the "will of the majority
being the voice of God" seemed to fnll down.
I WAS interested the other dnv to observe
how my theory was proved true thnt a
knowledge of the code of manners of the
employer class was a useful acquirement and
a business asset, and a lack of that knowl
edge a corresponding loss.
I heard of a very good, nn exceptlonullv
good, opening for a young man us an tic".
countHiit and as general foreman in a big
Institution. Part of the opportunity to an
advance lay also In the chance that If a
man made good there he could be used as his
employers' representative meeting and
dealing with the clients of the business.
As these clients and the business itself
were very personal and confidential, a verv
good address and a quality of tnet and help'-
i illness ui mumicr were uecidei) necessities.
Now It so happened thnt n very expert ac
countant wns in need of a position nnd was
recommended and came In person to the em
ployer's own house to apply for the job. He
Mil Hin-i-e uii- coioieu mail servant had di
rected him in a room opening out of the
drawing room, and here the mistress of the
house happened on him a moment or two
later as she was passing through arranging
some flowers. He remained securely wedgcif
in n rocking chulr as she passed him, und
when she presenth returned nnd spolie to
him lie still did not budge She explained
that her husband would mc him presently,
whereat he nodded his heud judiclnlly ami
remarked that the colored gentleman liad so
informed' him. Her immediate and swift
decision that he would not "do" was in
evitable. He might be a good iiccoiintant,
but he did not know leiw to meet strangers
either helpfully or cordially, nor could he
lecognlze Instinctively or by training the
manner suitnble foi one situation and un
suitable for another. He had his own man
ners, but not those of the pejsons from whom
he sought employment
ONE of the most speelneulnr cases of
"losing out" by H failure in manners
was acted befme my ejes one summer day
a year or two ago In a verv smiirt young
machinist whose ambition It was to' be a
demonstrator for J.K motor ageuey
lle hud confided his icr,. t , ,vhile acting
temporarily lis chauffeur He drove me und
two friends of mine during one long hummer
day. It wns n hot dnv and we were orrnnd
iug part of the time and part of the lime
topping In templing bits of country to
botanize. He hated getting out for the or
rnuds. but be .grew surly at stopping vvith
a clear road ahead of him while three women
collected plants nnd heiriet.. Ricogniziiig
me as his emplover and temporary boss, he
did what I suggested, ,t he grumpily ills
regarded the wishes of the two guestx' His
being a good mechanic and a wry good
driver was lost on them; hut his being a
very surly boy was most evident, which whs
n pity for his prospects. . ,, f ,,(,(,
women was the sister of lb business mana
ger of the New .ork Pnekaid ngciii v und
(lie other wns the aunt of the agent of the
Voile cars!
Announcement has been iiihiIc that the
Yonkers (N. Y.I Statesman has been sold
by Edwin V. Oliver, lepreseutlng ( h- stock
holders, to Arthur W. I.uwienee. owner of
tho Yonkers Daily News. The fuel is note
worthy because the newspaper dialogue joke,
now s union, first made its npp-'iiriincc In
the Statesman ami Mr. Oliver wns lis au
thor. Wu nre not dead sure whether this is
a knock or a boost Some of the dialogue
jokes one sees assuriillv hem evidences of
an nnliquliv gi Ciller than Hint of the Stutcs
j limn, which was started In 1(7, ,. (
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Daily Talks With Thinking Philadelphia on Subjects They
Know Best
CORONER WILLIAM R. KNIGHT
On Prevention of Accidents
CORONER WILLIAM R. KNIGHT be
lieves that a thorough course in educa
tion is needed as to the dangers which
threaten every person in his traveling nbout
in n large city. Thi. carried out to Its
loglcnl conclusion, will result in reducing to
n minimum the large number of Occidents
which now occur every day.
"it cannot be denied thnt by fnr the
largest number of accidents come from the
very general use of the nutomoblle. Who is
to blame In most rnses, the driver of the
automobile or the pedestrian', Is bard to say.
There are many cases which hnve come be
fore me in which the driver's carelessness Is
directly responsible; there Is nn almost equal
number of cases iu which the fnult lies nt
the door of. the pedestrian. As a result,
both must be taught the clemenlnry rules of
safety. But there is this distinction the
nutoist has the benefit of learning the rules
nnd of having the necessity for their observ
ance clearly impressed upon him, whereas
the pedestrian hns no such school iu which
he may learn.
Educate the Children
"The first step in the reduction of neoi
dents is, rlieiclore, the education of the
people ns to their danger and how best to
avoid It. The automobile has come to stay,
both as n business nnd as a pleasure chlWe.
We might ns well make up our minds to that
and to the fact that we have a condition
and not a theory lo face.
"This education should begin in the
schools, and if it is well curried out it huge
number of accidents, may be easily pre
vented. The system of 'patrols' originated,
I believe, in one of our schools, has iu It the
germ of much good if it be carried out thor
oughly. This 'patrol' plan consist- of one
or more of tin- school children acting .is mln
latuie police oflit-cra at nearby streqt inter
sections, mid they help the other children
to cross the streets.
"Nevertheless, for the efficacious working
of this plan it Is necessary to use some dis
cretion ns lo the children appointed lo do
this work. Not long ago there was a case of
a child being killed by on uutomobile at the
very gates of a school, and niv Investigation
showed that the child appointed an "pal nil'
was totally untitled for the work. Of course,
II must be remembered that these 'patrols'
are purely unollii lul 111 every sense and Hint
the ultiii wus adopted to teach children tin
necessity of using cure in crossing the streets
rather than us nn actual accident -preventive
meiisure. But if handled propeily it Is
a long step In the right direction.
Teaching Older Persons
"Now, as to older persons it is just as
necessary that some instructions be given to
them as to the children. I wish that every
person in 'Philadelphia could read n lecent
decision of Chief Justice von Moschzlsker
in which he refused to grunt damages to a
pedestrian struck by mi automobile when the
man was walking in Hie street instead of on
the sidewalk. The decision wenl on to say
that where there is no sidewalk the rights
of pedestrians mid autolsts nre equal, hut
where there is n sidewalk the pedestrian
must keep to It except nt crossings. And
yet how often we see persons walking iu the
stieel. even In the c-ltied, to suj nothing of
children playing there.
"The lirsl rule of 'safety first' that the
pedestrian should learn is to cross the streets
at the crossings only. The autolsts are gen
erally careful nt street crossings, mid if
pedestrians would exercise their shnre of caic
also there would be practically no crossing
accidents. As it is, there are i datively very
few of them.
The Reckless Autolst
"The gieat danger of (he automobile lie
in the reckless driver, and he Is responsible
for most of the accidents which occur. The
outojnohilc in the hands of a driver ot this
kind Is n coiibtiint menace to pedestrians as
well as to the careful drivers of other cars.
The automobile clubs and other organiza
tions, as well as the police, ire doing whnl
they cnu. but here ngnln the citizen can help
If he will by reporting tho numbers of oars,
which he sees being recklessly or carelessly
driven.
"Most of the liouble Is caused cither by
leckless driving or by persons who are op",
crating their first car. The latter class Is
more apt to become -peed nuinlais than per
sons who have driven for some lime, ami who
nic thus iiirre acqiuunlcii with ihe dangers
of (he load both to Iheni.elvea nnd to ollie
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able care In the operation of their cars.
"There arc few chronic offenders. Gen
erally a warning is sufficient, as it should
bo. to bring any autolst to a realization of
the dangers with which careless driving
threatens oilier persons, and they are rarely
summoned to appear for the second time.
What Police Can Do
"The third element ot this problem is the
police. Wo need more care tnken by thein
if we are materially to reduce the number of
preventable accidents to the point where we
hope to get it. When an automobile driver
has sounded his horn for u crossing he seems
to think that ho has done all that is re
quired of him. but he has not. He should
immediately bring his car to a speed where
he can instantly stop it if required nnd
where, under ouy circunistnnccs, It Is under'
tuH control. Any violation of this should
be immediately reported by any officer who
sees it, even If no Occident lias happened. It
may prevent one In the future.
"Then there Is nuother very important
thing. Every drlverwill stop when he sees
a semaphore turned against him, but whnt
happens when he gets the signal to continue'.'
Generally the car leaps ahead nt high speed,
and the pcdcstiion who i- closer than fifty
feet to him has to run tli mnke the crossing
in safety.
"When a driver does this, and all of us
sec it happen every day, his number should
be taken and reported. Autoists must learn
that the meie turning of the semaphore In
his favor does not give him the right to
burst Into high speed within it few feet.
Laws Aro Sufficient
"The laws of the city on this subject nre
plenty stioug enough to reduce nil accidents'
to u minimum, provided, of course, thnt they
are properly applied, and under uuy circum
stances n thing of this sort Is more o mntter
of Intelligent co-operatlou than of law. Of
course, theie always will be a certain number
.of almost uuavoidahle accidents due to break
ing machinery or something which cannot be
guarded against, but we can greatly reduce
the Immense number of accidents now due
to the reekles- automobile driver nnd the
careless pedestrian.
"To siitu up, therelore. I repeal that,
vvith proper npplli atlon, the exibting laws nie
sufficient, and if the police officers perforin
their duly ags they should, together with the'
assistance ot the general public and the co
operation of the sensible autoinohilistg,
Philadelphia will have fewer accidents than
uuy other huge city lu the country."
II hat Do You Know?
QUIZ
.1 When weie eleeli lially fired submarine
minis tu mi used iu wurfnie"'
2. Wimi v-hh tin- "Vinegar Wide"?
II. What was the fale of the Kigali tie- wooden
statue or llindciilmig erected by the
Germans during the World War?
I In what century did John Hryden live?
5. w hv is a dissipated person called a
"roue '?
fi What Is a rondo?
7. Whnt Is a funicular wilUvay und wbv Is It
so c .illed?
8 Who I.- ut present Iu command of Ameri.
inn naval forces Iu Kurope.in waters?
0. Who iii-u the H.unurul?
10. What is the "herb of grace"?
Answers to Yesterday's Quiz
I iimj-iiieeiiuKh originated In Kentuckv nt
iiltoul the beginning of the nineteenth
ttntuiv v
- In I'M I England contained 34,ni6,'J0O in
liiiliiiaiith and in the same venr tho
, ... I'uPUIdl Ion of France was ail.cot K00
eral 'nuii'-oV''" '" ,l,PCtnr of llln '"ciU
i ChaiUs Huninei wiih nn American stales
iiilill especially noted for Ills opposi
tion to Bl.mry. Ho sorved iimnv terniH
bh hemtloi tioni .Massachusetts Ills
'diits an 1R1I-I87I
S Gerrvm.ui.lerliiK Is dlvldliiK a count or
State Into repiesenlallve districts so
as in kIm out Niechil political natty
uiulii advaniage v. r others. ' Tim
w.i.l Is de, Wed tiom Klbildge Uerr
GovVrn?;; ZrK tii
fi T"br"iinta;;',"r..'i';-'-"
A nifuiiKe Is ii domestic establishment :
household nianiiKeinent noun,
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Meliorism In the doctrine Oiui thmworld
may be made bed,.,, by human "ff ,i
A shillelagh Is an Irish cudgel f ,
thorn or oal,
in Thomas a'ltech t famous Arch
bishop of c a-, ritiin ,( .,,,"
"I'liorlrr or I. ,,,,im' H V Ho
fT:',.""!'" ":. '1;Hh1 King.
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SHORT CUTS
Weglcin's idea of raising "L" is to ,1m
it an aspirate.
Congress Is soon to take a rest. Then,
maybe, we'll all get one.
You can't fool' a lawn Into the belief
that sunburn is a sign of health.
No man can have the nerve this weather
to sneer nt the way women dress.
Some day wo'll be content to remember
only the good that Admiral Sims did.
And we are all looking forward to the
first red-hot editorial from the new editor
of the Budget.
Wouldn't it be n joyous thing If w
could get some of this ptesent heat in neit
winter s radiators?
Pericarp suggests that K,lng ficorge
sported nn Ulster" because the rest of Ireland
gave him the cold shoulder.
Vilhjalmer Stcfnnsson Is plannlns an
other Arctic expedition. Hold on a minute.
Stcf, and we'll all go With you.
Add Everyday Heroes Fireman Frank
Maturo, who risked his life to stop a run
away that threatened the lives of children.
If a mrfn had the privilege to dress as
though he were n boy again whnt weird,
quaint and wonderful pictures some offices
would mukc!
Do you suppose, asked the Thirsty 0m,
that It was part of the prohlbitlnniM plan to
make the country so blamed dry that we
can't grow vegctnbles?
George Bernard Shaw says tbnt the
British -Japanese alliance is directed agalnl
the American battle fleet. George Bernard
Is having fun with the nlnrmlsls.
Modjeski snys the building of the Dela
ware bridge will be as simple as the making
of o web by a spider; nud if you wnnt to
know how simple that Is jusl try to under
study the spider.
There is something alluring, appenhnj
or. nt lenst, understandable In the life ot
n pirate this hot weather say the lonnnf
under an awning on deck vvitli n cool bttnt
blowing while vvnltiug for the next prize.
There is little likelihood that Govern
inent clerks lu Washington will be llnon
out of work in the interest of economy w
rapidly and so numerously ns snl"ii'l '
nllect the labor innrkct or painfully to nug
inent the army of the unemployed
Once upon a time, the old sion ;
when the passengers of a ship cross ns I"1
Atlantic were put on short water rnilons o
old lady so got on the nerves of the cnptimi
with her complaint. "h. but I ' 'lr;..
thnt he said. "For heaven's Hike, give tn
woman a drink so that we may h)leic'
And It was done. But the "11 ld l"""
was not stilled. Her plaint became, '"
but I was dry!" Is there iiiiylliliifi i'"
practice of the National Woman s 1 arts "
give the story uppositeness?
HOfcE GARDENS
According to the Department of Agrl
culture. B.000,000 homo gardens Imve !"
planted In the United Stntt's Hi s '
anil It Is estimated that they will raise
vegetables worth $125,000,000.
AT GARDEN workers vve confess
We once were quite nu easy laugher.
We fell for quips thut sometimes bless
The editorial iinrairrnnher.
The paragrapher loads and Ares
Stiniti, ktinlH. some blanks. i Is
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mission.
And now one target grent requires
The labors of n statistician.
Think of the jokes we used lo rend
Of garden truck that cost lu labor
Its weight in gold. Of costly seed
That fed the cl.lekeus of y our nr iisbjj'j
Those days are past. Men with l.Jftl,
Now dig up weeds with culm prciini
And later on the duys disclose
Big crops to tempt tho statistician.
rarewell to silly Jibes and jeers'
We hall the toilers, beg their pnnhm.
Be very sure that coming years
Will see us busy In our garden
With lettuces and beans and peas
We'll cheat tho grocer and physhiuu,
And pile up figures, it you picu
To charm the future BtatlstieUn.
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