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' A SOUND VETO
SPECIAL privilege gratis to the benefi
ciaries and disproportionate espenso to
the city lire significant features of. the ordi
nance for widening rifliinth strict bet wet.
b'oiltli Peim MH.re and Chestnut sheet,
which lias just been vetoed by the Mayor.
The projiet. winch would give to owners
of propel t now inaccessible to l'ifteenth
trcet n valuable frontage on the expanded
thoroughfare, bear- suspicious IndlentiotiH of
being a pet measure. It is iu n spirit of
watchfulness that Mr. .Moore opposes the
program aiiiil not in the least because of ani
mosity to the obviouslj good general prin
ciple of street widening m cramped and
Crowded Philadelphia.
"The relevaut facts," declared the Major
In Ids veto message, "should be more clearly
and definitel ascertained " This is un
doubtedly the proper attitude to take regard
ing n progiam involving ,i rot to the cit
of about SI. ."1)0.000 in dain.ijes
It is worth miphasizing. umrcovct. tlint
the installation of a svstcm of areudes oer
pavements moved Kick to t lie line now l.eld
by the othec buildinj he'woen South I'eun
square nnd Market street on Fifteenth street
would have the effect of widening the thor
Ollghfate without ncocss'itih ousting the
present property nutlets from the east side
of the street.
So far s public ino-icst is concerned, it
is evident that the soln me has not been
well worked nut The suggestion of u deal
obtrudes itself in the measure as originally
devised Its rejection is n gratif.viug in
stance of vigilance in the executive branch
of the Cit dminitratlon.
ANIMATING SCHOOL SURVEY
THH announcement that the u port ii the
school vurvej will piobublv not be made
until Septembei reflects the iin;nitiid" of an
elaborate novii'v in ed national re-eareh.
Dr. Kinegan and Dr I'roome will be en
gaged for a c niiderable part of the summer
In aunl.w.iiig nnd digesting tiie findings aim iu
separating the wheat from the chnfT Tiie
latter is an encumbrance perhaps inevitable
in nn undertaking -o detailed and compie
hensive. It may be vnid of the various faculties in
the public scliooN of Philadelphia tlint they
have responded pntienth to some difficult
and rntlier trvnvj demands. Mnnj wise and
nsefuj rpiestions have been askid.by the
authorities nnd some which savor of sta
tistical pettifogging. Charts, graph nnd
Comparative tables aie superjiciallv effective,
but their .ilue depends pnmaiilv upon the
vision, nis, i at i n nnd briad'ii of view of
their coiistit ited interp-eters.
The model survej awaits the breath of
life and vigir vvlmli such ej rts as the
State Sitpeiinteiident of Public Schools and
the wi) rinteiidcnf in this inuuicip.il ana
are hopifllllv deemc d qualified to give it
The simpler and more specific the recom
mendations, the more f'lllv will the aril tous
and searching nmuirv be icstimd
WHAT THE BRIDGE WILL DO
FROM ni'W on the I J. Iiw.i-i P, ulj n..tv
be cuiisuliied in th" nj'it ( nulit.v. .mil
people who I t'.e-'o tock tp.i , a! lutuest
' in the profit ami made lmic i tToi t to aid
it will le ,ih..im1 when tin v -it down to
contempl.iti the haug.- tli it an opi r load to
and frcni N'm ,le scv v.lll make in the life
of this u'nl m 'hlioring cnmmo'iities
Certairh all f North I'.cucl street U
feel the eiT. ot. i " ,i in vv vitnlit.' . mid n will
Oil tile rejloli bet Veen lllllt se, ,on of Ilrouil
street ami tin lit lavvure River. The heavier
tide of fi'ight tnthc w '11 h diverted from
streets in il downtown slinp.in.j nnd tin
atre ureas vune the bb and flow of the
1'eunsv Iv.iiiui-.Ii rsi i"i Uiiir bus ties, moves
in a line tl.i; nonnitllv would not toueli tin
central oit ngion.
It is virlu.il'v i ertu'n 'I, .it n Inige part id
North Canid u will b- rebuilt ntni imprnted
Ileal estate v.ilues within a wide indins o!
each bridge tnn,nnl will jirobabl.v move i.).
ward ns ipni i N n. such v.ilues iikuuIIv do
' in area tom h-(l direi ilj bv new inilu.i) ami
trollej Inn
Hie ashore ,i he almost nn hour nearer
to I'hiladelphi i iii.itnn-.ts nnd to the motor
ists fioiu ig1 b r ng pints of the State
SIrailaih Phil id lohiii. witu nil ns need and
resoutiis uriil ,itti ictimis will li nn hour
nennr t tie w... are.i of South unci
Central .! e- v
SOUND SENSE
Will;', tin iiimi an I'iiI r.iM n of Labor
votnl down n prop sition to indorse a
change iu the Coii-tit'iimn wlucti would pro
Tide tlint w.ir nevir should be ie( hired until
there had Imn n p f midutii on tiie mntter
it showed luttir sen-e tlinn hn- been dis
ployed bv tin theorists who have beeu advo
CnJing tli.s impossible tiling.
Our repn sintatiip institutions are not
perfect, but we imve mer (iiteiul into n
' Ivor W'h'i It dd not have the support of the
people The leptesentativis iii (' tigress are
tn sensitive m popular scutum nt in matters
that nff' I their tioiiticnl fnitune that not
fine of them wi uld dure vote for u war whn li
l.e knew his i ilistitlients oppos.il Indeed.
the countrv mis nmlv for war sevirn'l
months befioo the Cougiess in Apnl, 1!)1,
Toted tlint w sh uhl engage in it.
IN THE WILDERNESS . .
Cliritl'U conventions in various p.uls of
the country are receiving from dUtm
jrtlished reiiiesentntives of tlieir own vnnous
denouiitinti' ns ns well us from other ob
eerverH who speak with n manner of mi-'
thorll, ibprissing n ports of the state m
Hfe and feeling and the ilei lining ethical
tfiitlences Iu the world of t idnv
Keeentlv the N'utlotnil Ititptist Association.
in session lit lies Mollies, vi iis informed bv
Jt president tli.il this vetir is n ni in n!.
tin" darkest in li'stnr.v by a general disregin.
f uinral res raint iierceptible among nl,
laws of Americans. Yesterdav nis!in,
'XbutuM V, (Jailor, uddrcssiug reprcsenta
T ttl-n .lF (llrt t.S.Mnl.. .t I..1h. C..tA... f
the episcopal Church In Old St. Peter's
expicssed the belief tlint Christian Inllueueo
atone can correct habits of modem thought
which Imperil civilized standards and the
Republic Itself.
Tills is serious tnlk. Much of it Is doubt
less true. And yet It is impossible to believe
that the modern man and the modern woman
nre not rendy to follow an authentic light.
Justice between uinti and man, peace on
earth, the improvement of life these nre
fundamental concerns of all humanity. 'The
Church can restore Itself to leadership by
working valiantly for such ends. If. in this
crisis. It Is without the courage to do this,
if it Is hampered by considerations of ex
pediency or fenr or prejudice, it mnv ex
perience the trngic failure of which its most
earnest representatives nre beginning to
speak.
THE DEAL IN COUNCIL
AND WHAT IT MEANS
The Combine Has the Votes and It Will
Use Them to Put $1,000,000 a Year
Profit Into the Pockets of the
Political Contractors Unless
It Is Blocked
TT Till' taxpayers of this town realized the
significance of what Is going on in the
City Hall they would move ,cn masse up'ii
Council nnd put the fear of Just retribution
upon the Job Combine members who nre now
running that body with n high hand.
In nil the history of the city there lim
never been a bnlder or more cynical exhibi
tion of contempt for the verdict nt the polls
nor n more deliberate conspiracy to loot the
public trensurv for the benefit of private
interests than the refusal to sanction city
wide municipal street cleaning.
The thing began almost as soon ns the
new Council was elected. There were eleven
members chosen on the strength of their
pledges to support Mnyor Moore and to carry
out the atitl-contrnctor provisions of the new
Charter. They were nble to organize the
Council and to elect one of their number as
its president.
But there were selfish interests on both
sides. The minority of ten was tied up
with the Yore contractor combine. They
could do nothing unless they could win over
some of the opposition Coitnelltnen.
The desire of Judge Brown, of the Mu
nicipal Court, to get the support of the
Council for his patronage mill made It
necesnr for a combination with the men
who believe that government exists for the
benefit of the governors, and w ho in practice
treat public office as n privnte snap.
All the circumstantial evidence points to
the existence of a deal under which the
Vnre Cotiticilmen would Mite for the Munici
pal Court appropriations if Weglein, Mont
gomery nml I.imebuiner. the Couiiciluien
from the Seventh District, part of which
Judge Brown controls, would vote for what
the Vnre Councilmen wanted.
When the Mn.vor vetoed the budget appro
priation for the salaries of 15 useless place
holders in the Municipal Coutt the veto was
overridden with a .shumeless disregard for
ecouoinv, anil it was overridden by the Vnre
votes with the help of the three votes that
Judge Brown controls
And now Woglein. Montgomery and I.itne
burner are voting with the Vnre Councilmen
to hold up the plans of the Mn.vor to put the
contractors complete! out of business, and
aie thus fulhlling their part of the baiguin.
The Job Combine members have raised
legal quibbles against the termination of the
street-cleaning contracts on October 1. The
nature of the quibble is not material. Thev
first demanded an opinion from the Cit
Solicitor on the h galit of terminating the
contracts When that official said that there
was no legal obstacle in the wa; , as the
contingeucv had bien providid for in the
contracts themselves and agreed to by the
contractors, they sought new pretexts. Now
thej are sain"; that the iontraets cannot be
terminated b a lesolution. And if it should
be decided that there was no validity in this
objei tion the would find some other point
to quibble about.
This makes u look as if they aie com
mitted to the rehabilitation of thei outractors.
'Iln.v an tilitin-; now the preliminary skir
mish in the great battle that is to be fought
win n the Ma jr and iHtcctor ('men plan
to have nil the street denning and all the
collection of garbage and uibbish done by
the implo.vcs of the city.
If the thirtfcn Job Combine Counclineu
..in fniie the awarding of contracts for all
this work for ret jear tin will do it.
The do not line an thing nbnut the
ecitiomiis that have been effected in the two
districts in which Director t'uven K cleaning
the streets 'Iliis will amount to SUOO.OOO
this vear. The are indifferent to the baving
of .sl.Mi.uuo for the Inst three months of the
rrar to be brought nboiit b the taking over
l. tin cit on October 1 of the work now
done 1' the contractors, .i saving at the
rate of SljOO.OfiO n .vear.
The decline in the ist of labor and ma
terials vvhnli hns already begun is so great
that it is nmrallv cettain that the citv could
do all the work of colli ofing uibbish and
(hailing the streets for SI. 000, 000 less than
the i-oiiti actors will do it for. On the basis
of the known ligures for this cnr the saving
would be SsUO.000
This is the stake for which the Mnvor i,
tight i tvt He insislH that this sum shall be
savnl to the tnxpujers.
'I lie Job Combine in the (.'mini il insists
that it shall go into the pockets of the con
tractors. Tin1 members of ibe Job Combine me in
different to ever thing save the agreement
they have made to give and take for their
mutual benefit.
The fact tlint the streets in the two dis
tricts in which tin- cit has In en doing the
work aie cliauer than ever befoie doi a not
inti rest them
Tin' fact ihnt wlnn the cit does the work
the loiuplnints about the scath ring of nib
hlxh b) the emplojcs of the ccmtiuctors in
strumd to hustle to the dumps as ninny
loads a ilsij us poss-lblo would ceinie has not
eviu been considered by them
The catt no morn about' tlnse things
than the cure about econoinv The deal
lias bten made, and the are gjiug to put it
through if possible.
The t mill not protect the contracts lust
jear for cleaning the streets in the two cen
tral districts Hut they would have done It
if thev could The deal was not perfected
in time.
The present plo' can succeed onP through
the indifference of the voices. There v.
once n time when fhe people moved on the
City Hall with ropes In their hands which
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menaced Councilmen suspected of negotiating
n nefarious gas lease. The leaso was not
negotiated.
There is in prospect an equally nefarious
project backed by selfish and unscrupulous
men. It Is opposed by the Mayor nnd the
Independent minority In the Council who nre
still loyal to their campnlgn pledges.
But the Mayor is virtually powcrlcsa
against the conspiracy unless ho has the
backing of (Jie people who nominated him
ami unless thnt backing Is accompanied by
such evideuce of determination ns to mnke
the conspirators fenr the consequences ot
their conduct.
They now sny In effect: "We've got the
votes. What nro you going to do nbout It?"
Whnt Is the answer to be?
A PROTOCOL WITH A MEANING
TWO subjects of mnjor International im
portance are closeh related to a brief
dispatch f torn Cosfn Ttlcu announcing the
signature of a protocol preliminary to a
trenty belwee'n that small icptiblic nnd the
United Stntes.
The definitive pact when finmed, nnd If
favored with the Sennte'.s npprovnl, will
cede to the American Government ccrtnin
rights nlong the Sim Jtinn Uiver and will
lemove n long, lingering obstacle to the
construction of another intcroccaulc canal
if the United States should ever deem such
an undertaking advisable.
That the idea is by no means fantastic is
exemplified in the persistence of this coun
try in securing the necessary property rights.
The concessions from Nicnrngiin nre gunr
nnteed by a treaty negotiated several yenrs
ngo permitting construction of the waterway
fiom the Caribbean to the San Jiiau Uiver
and from hnke Nicnrngun to the Pacific.
Existing wnter routes will bo used for the
intervening distance. The great Central
American lake will, of course, be utilized
nnd the Snn Juan Uiver. As this strenm
forms part of the frontier between Costn
Ulca nnd Nicnrngun, the need of obtaining
the sanction of the former republic is pluiti.
Although it is somewhat staggering to
picture the Panama Canal as outmoded, the
Government is clearly resolved to take no
chances. The Nicaragua route would con
siderably reduce the journey between At
lantic nnd Pacific ports of the United States
via Central America, aud the existing deep
waterways would serve as on immense
initial asset.
The second significant feature of the pro
posed treat is connected moie intimately
with Central Ameticnn affairs than with the
fortunes of the great neighbor Uepublic iu
the North. Nicaragua lias abstained from
entering the new Central American Union
from alleged fear that the process of ab
sorption would in sotne wa invalidate her
treaty with the United States.
The fact that this countr is working
toward n somewhat similar urrnngement with
Costa Uicn is evidence tlint no such conse
quences of the federation movement are an
ticipated. Costa Uicn has already signified
her willingness to join the Union of Central
Americn This is, of course, known in
Washington, winch is none the less engaged
in preliminaries to a pact with n future
Stnte of the new nation.
This development is conceivably sufficient
to convince Nicaragua that she will not
jeopardize n tre.ttv advantageous both to
herself and to the United States b.v partici
pating in the federal program.
The birth of a new nation and the possible
future construction of n new interoeeunic
cnnnl nltogther remove the protocol npprovcu
nt Son Jose from the class of diplomatic
trifles.
TWO VOICES IN LONDON
EAItl. CUU.ON. British Secretary of
State for Foreign Afl'iiiis, arose in the
House of Lords a da or s,, n0 to deride
the League of Nations, and to imph very
broudlv that the organization in its present
foim is often found to be an irritating obsta-
le in the way of practical men and the more
experienced architects of empire.
In London, almost at the same hour. Gen
eral Jan Smuts. Premier of tin Union of
South Africa, spoke on the same topic.
General Smuts plcided with his usual elo
quence fjr policies likely to perpetuate and
strength! n the League nnd make it perma
nent. "Disatmunient?" said lie. "How can
we disarm until you change the policies
which cannot be defended without vnst arma
ments?" Was he thinking of Kail Ctitzon?
Karl Cmon is an imperialist b.v tininiu,;
and tempi anient, one of tin- ablest diplo
matic magic makers for the P.utish inter
ests." n suit of c uflicio high pi test of the
British Hoard of Trade, the man who forcei
s unethiiig very much like n British jjia) ,,(
Persin while the Paris Conference tulkt tl
nobly of the lights of small nations- -a
statesman who puts his trust solidl.v in foice
and the old diplomacy who se nis to legnrd
Ins own i onspicunus cynicism ns n ri'mci!
distillation of ull political w isd m:
Smuts is a statesman, a seh lar. a hn
mnnitaiian. n democrat b.v d mpei anient, a
hater of war. u philosopher, l'ew statesmen
In ought to the front in tin wm Id lutilliit
have been able to see ns ebiirh and talk as
bitivel ns Smuts, wlio belii vi s thut ifiivili
at ion is to b; .saved it must he saved lij u
i. mimon senc of justice and by the willing.
lie.-, of Governments to ru opinio1 in tin
name of sanity and decency and f .r the good
of humanit at large.
Smuts nnd Curzon typify uit, evtraoidi
nnt' vividness the fnne-. t n snppoit the
'I ipse of the League of Nation, and (host
that oppose it.
MR. HARDING'S FOURTH
SAVE for the war pin.ul, Minn speci-il
conditions prevailed, the diffeientinlion
characterizing Foiiith of Julv sptreh.s .fJH
been about akin to thnt nbsciwible in u
school of sardines What was intend on
Independent!' Dm, Isyo, n njuyiij ,
pliciible to the same ihn. in ss,l or'llllO
To confess that i. not to ill predate the
snuerit of seutnni'iii.s disclosed or th"
splendor of the tin me P.ut the fact remains
that roiuth of Jul oiatory has been un
avoidably conventionalised.
Thnt 1'rcsiihiit Minding has ileciihd to i
frnin from foruiallv contributing to the
gigantic mass of verbiage is a gratifying in
stance of iiidcpcinloni thinking The Chnf
Executive of this Republic suffer, f i mil ail
aeciimulntul dilicieuev of di mtui) wiiatmns
perhaps more than any nth"! Aun'iicim of
high estate The Pii'sident has latneel the
infoitiuil linlidnv whiih he iironns". to take
ns the gin si of Senator ri'elluuhu.v-en In
Vow .lei si v, ami the Nation should applaud
his sensible eh'i Ision
The Fourth " above nil oilier things,
should be a season eif revelry and icfiin ing
Then- is no v llnl jiccessltv of pontllic'iting
upon tin iiiumin:; of this iinnhi'i.nr of
freedom Wheie education is neeehel is
along the lines of fitting ami at the same
time enioviibli' festivities Pattern oratuv
mull r a broiling sun will not eoutnhute
niateriallv to the attainment of this uhal
A shyih,,M Kwls
A Wise Siiggestinil made at tin' Jewish
Social Si i vn e i on-m-iii
urn in Milwaukee that loans should b
siibstiltili I for gratuitii w I e lie t penHible
wlie'i' ,isiiiini,e v its uiieliii Tlnii' i lii'ie
i e ge i in ..i a lug ib n M nn a in in in li i nl
1 ti U would incept n loan lo tide him over
vvlien he would feel himself degraded by tin.
acceptance of charity.
POLITICS ON THE SIDE
Governor 8prouPs Choice for the Now
Public Welfare Department The
Automobile Scandal at Harris-
burg Incandescent Politics
In Pittsburgh
B.v GICOUGE NOX McOAIN
GOVEUNOU HPUOUL, I understand, Is
nearly ready to announce his appoint
ments to the new Department of Public Wel
fare, which wns established" bv the late
Legislature.
There was a great to-do by the opposition
that the head of the new department would
be a political favorite; tlint the new ap
pointees were to be distinguished for politi
cal fcnlty rather thati for scientific attain
ments. The Governor is going to disappoint his
critics.
Dr. II. W. Mitchell will very likely head
the Public Welfare Department.
He is not only a distinguished nllenist.
but he is described as possessing unusual
executive ability.
At present and for some .vears past he has
been iu charge of the State Hospital for the
Insane nt Warren.
CONGRESSMAN BEN K. FOCHT, of
the "Shoestring District" of Pennsyl
vania, is receiving great applause from the
people of Washington.
He is trying to put n bill through Congress
to supply nil the school children of the Dis
trict with free text -books.
Congress, jou know. Is the Common
Council of the capital city.
Strange that one never hears of a city
Congressman ever putting over a public
spirited proposition like that!
It was John It. Farr. of the Scrnntoli
district, rnted as a country district then,
who tint the free tevt book hill through the
Legislature years ngo
if I'nrr were in Congress now he could
help lepcat his perfoitnnii' e of a score of
yen re ngo.
TIIEU13 was a fine kettle of fish upset a
few weeks ago when an auto accident
injured n couple of passengers and damaged
the machine.
It was a State-owned automobile that was
being used for the privnte benefit and amuse
ment of certain individuals.
Suddenly there was an outbreak of indig
nation, nnd officials denounced the prnctico
and tho pnrtics who were caught in the jam.
But the indignation wns assumed. It
was a fake display of outraged official virtue.
Just ns If every head of n department nnd
every burenu chief didn't know thnt the
prnctico of utilizing this class of State
property for strictly private purposes wasn't
so common thnt It long since ceased to be a
novelty.
TT WOULDN'T be far out of the way to
JL say thnt every jenr for cnrs past the
Stnte hns pnid gasoline ami lubricating bills
thut hnd no more to do witli the business of
the Stnte than tho Ameir of Afghanistan
has to do with the disturbances in Ireland.
' It is regarded us (lie common tiling in
Hnrrlsburg official elides for , deputies,
assistants, burenu chiefs, members of com
missions and even high appointive officials
to "borrow" nutos for their own use from
the various depot tments.
As n species of pett graft it iius no equal
on Capitol Hill.
By tho same token, there nre a lot of
officials who have costly (ais maintained nt
the expense of the Commonwealth, who have
no more right to them than any citizen of
Philadelphia.
It is an abuse that has been growing
steadily. Every whipper-snapper of a sec
letury thinks lie deserves a cur.
If lie can't mace the Government into
furnishing him one, then lie .sponge on some
official friend who hns one. '
Everybody on the Hill is nwme of this
fact.
G
OVEUNOU SPHOUL has forked into n
linn tice stopped.
There will be n lot of heart-burnings and,
on tiie side, a sputtering of awkward and
uuiouth prolanity over tho order.
But the Governor's absolutely right.
It's graft; widespread graft, too, ns I have
had opportunity to know.
It will be, likewise, a difficult task to
break it up.
An ollie ial order pioniislng prompt dis
missal from ofheo of the guilty parties would
soon end it, though.
Merely In tin interest of public informa
tion, it would be enlightening to know who
is going to pay for the smashed car that
sttu ted the ruckus.
DH. W. P. SNYDF.lt went to his giavc
with his lips sealed on the story of who
really ami secii'tly sinnul
building giaft for whidi he
It isn't likely that "Hill'
scut to perish as a uiuitvr
iu tiie Capitol
suffered.
Leih will con
for the sins of
others
There have rercnth bei n vague rumors
that winii' fine and wholly unexpei tcel day
tln c-lIonoiub!e William will tell all lie
knows.
If not all. enough nt least to show who
benefited by Ills disjiuie ami imprisonment.
The late Jaiiies II. Uiiiidall, division
woikir. political scout and detective, was
one of Leib's personal fin ml-, up to the
tune of ills death.
And James Uaiidull w.is another man who
eaitfeil a lot of secrets iluimigiiig to lertnin
individuals with him wlnn the eloois of the
sepuldne closiel behind him n few mouths
ago.
I.ilb's scents, loo
rvr
gh tin' heirizon is faiiiy
slue t lightnings of fao-
W ablaze with the
tmual politics.
Tin' Olivers, who lnkeil their fate with
ft n nil Joseph It Gruudv, are clnmoious to
put a slruight-oul Olivei tiiket in the field
this fall.
Hi'lief is widespie.'nl union;; tlieir lllltl that
they can bent lhe .Max Leslie ciowil te n
faie-ou-well bv sin h a progiam.
Augustus Oliver I. tin u- Knight of the
Silver Shield to lead tin in a a iiiiulidnto for
Mayor in the fia.v
Leslie is for compnuuisi' for nibbing
salve on thi' law w I. inllu ted iu the last
Ligisliiluic.
'Hie Griiiid ailvisPt- in Pittsburgh aie
aliening to Impie s tH i)ijUTs with the
fai i that tlu-y an. p'u'ii.iiig u tactical blunder
in iiiishing "On," Oliv r tor first plue'e.
If Max Leslie leiiihi (oiiipuss tin' defeat
of Olivei It would he the downing achieve
ment of his timpi'-iiiinN i iteer.
And it would be a si thai k to the Ollveis
from which they would not iciovcr pi half
a decade.
But tin- hitler eiiii'i see it In that light.
Not. at least, up to th, pti'se nt
When Majesty Meant a Poor Fit
1 toll) the M.eill I" M I ,ii i I
The wi ll-gioo in 'I i pi i' nam c l the Clown
Piliue of Japan s,,..!. ,, ,, viilulieni in
lailoiing liulhoils union j the Japanese slmo
l Im iluys wni ii Adiniial Knblev II Evans
In -t visited the iiiilniuil Tin Adiniial
was astonished to lunl the Empicsr, "as
h In tilt)- III tippeniii as some' line piece of
Die-ilen china." uttiieil it, a Pun-, gown
iliul iiinile no pieoii-i o luting, while tin
l.iiipcmi's treniM'i- ' bugs d" at the kmcs
most atiodeiusly. It u.i. iviihilunl to hnn
that no Japanese tuiloi would dare, in touch
the pel soil of either nl their Majesties, hilt
just looked III the III Mini gueshi'il the lueus
nn incuts.
All the Details
I loin Ihn Ilu. Imn.li . i .
Mi. Molds I'limpci hud his lliiimh pain
fully injtiied while iitieiuptitig to crank an
automobile on Tinsduv vvlien his hand
slipped and stunk tin lie cumi tug.
Why She Stopped Her Papers
I'MMIl " I I 'II V I. I ' I'lllllt
Miss Madge A Hn i , II enli'i Ilu pi'nhin.'
contest nnd wdl n ad her sclee tion. Aside
from this a ciy Intciestlug program will bo
given.
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NOW MY IDEA IS THIS
Daily Talks With Thinking Philadelphians on Subjects They
Know Best
ELMER C. BERTOLET
On American Dyes
A MEUICAN-MADE dycatuffs rre exnetly
" the same ns Germnn products, type for
type nnd color for color, nccordlng to Elmer
C. Bertolet, head of tho chemistry nnd dye
ing department of the Philadelphia Textile
School.
"The explanation of the general conception
of the inferiority of American colors to those
manufni tared abrond," he said, "lies wholly
hi understanding just whnt u dyestuff Is.
"First, it is an organic chemical, a highly
specialized nnd complicated product. But at
the same time It has a definite constitution
which never vnries, whether It Is mnnufac
tmed in the United Stntes, German., Japan
or ut the South Pole. Kcmcmbcr tlint one
point nud you have the explanation in n
nutshell.
"Type for type, color for color, the Ameri
can Is absolutely the same ns German. And
ns for wnter used in German liuinufiictiire
containing some clement which gives n bcttei
product, thnt Is pure In tion.
Some Colors Standard
"Another thing: There nre thousands of
dye, tuffs, many of which do not find a very
wiih' application. Beds, for instance. Hun
dreds arc known and manufactured blue
teds, otnnge reds, brilliant icds some aie
biilllant and others dull. Each has its defi
nite constitution which never varies, no mut
ter wlieie niunufaetuicd or whether the time
happens to be yestetday or will be next year.
"Thousands of tests have been made by
American muniifm tuicrs of tlieir own prod
ucts against the impoitcd color of the sainu
i (institution. Our inlon, Imve In mo"t In
stances pioved to be equal and iu many cases
superior.
"Hack in 1111 1 importation of foreigu
inade dychlufts piactically ceased. Tile
Aiiniiciu liidustiy at that time was iniiuu
facliiiing colors from intermediate products
made abroad. This Importation hud been n
i RAIN AT MIDNIGHT I
THE stoim put out the moon in mighty
wiatli,
did the Moor his fair Venetian's light;
Its passion spent, close diuws the blood
ing night
Witli loiind of rain along my garden path.
The wet leaves rustic sirungel.v in the wind,
Lisping like waves that, lap nn clllaiul
shoie.
Hinting tantnstii' laughter, gloating o'er
The dripping foiest tangles none muy find;
While 1. with evi's bv sleep imvislted,
Semi forth my spirit on the midnight eleep
'I'n seek emt youis, in fancy you mny keep
Some thought nunc dear, some wonl ns yet
unsaid.
Oh. cotnfoit me- let me not seek in vnln
Some dearer wonl through nil this dark and
inin !
Helen Kent Denslow, In the N. Y. Times.
Today's Anniversaries
Is.",; -First brick cliutdi edifice! in Cal
lage! was dedicated
1SHV Coloni'l John Ciowell, Alabama's
hist He pri'sentiitive in Congress, died near
Foil Mitchell, Ala. limn in North Carolina
about ITS.".
1 ",'! Deci ee published in Italy suppress
ing li'ligleius bodies in Home.
ISTl'i- General George A. Custer killed in
lntile witli the Indians near the Little lllg
lloiu Idler In Montana. Hnin in lliurison
Coiinlv, Ohio, December .", IKK!).
lS.s."i Sir Nathaniel Itolhsi'hilel whs cre
nleil u pei r, the liist Jew iu Hie House of
Lends.
ls'.io Lord Salisbury nVcunic llritish
in uui'i' for tin' thlnl time.
Will Lwmin Tiiiinbull. who wns elected
In the Fnlted Stales Senate thiougli Hie
wltluliawul of Aluiihinii Lincoln, died in
Chicago. Horn at Colchisfer, Conn., Octo
ber 1'J. lSKi.
l!''(i --Tin in Marine Corps nviators were
klllul bv the full of 1in nil piano at the Paris
Island .Mm ine Corps Station
Today's Birthdays
Le Huron H Colt, United Stales Senator
from Khoili' Ishnul, lioru at Di'dluiut, .Mass ,
sevi nlv -live villi's ago
Hi'V Will i'lin A. (Juiivle, bishop of the
M. Urn I ' I'pl 1 1 , nl Clinn h. hot u nl Pink
ville, Mn . -r.l) nin vi it's i ro
Doiothy Berii.nd, well known motion
picture star, born nt Port Elizabeth, Cape
Colony, tbirty-oue years ago.
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"GOSH! TIT COPir
matter of cheapness nnd convenience. Be
fore American colors could be made fiom the
raw matei litis, processes hail to be developed
nnd plnnts erected to mnuufucture the inter
mediates. "Nnturnlly, the more simple ones were
considered fiist. From them we were able
to produce reds, scarlets, orange nnd jellow,
but wo lacked blues, violets nnd giccns.
The lino of colors which we produce is .still
restricted, and will be until wc can sur
mount the difficulties which have been over
come b.v foreign manufacturers lu their
forty ciirs of experience. Our industry is
still in the baby class iu point of comparison.
"Much criticism is offeicd thut American
dyes arc not fast. Hemember that 'fastness'
is a comparative term. Defined, it means
the resistance n dyestuff offeis to outside in
fluences which tend to change its shade or
color.
Havo Differing Properties
"One d.vestuff may be fast to light and
not fast to washing. In another case the
reverse may be true; still nuothcr may pos
sess both those properties.
"The only reason color in a piece of ma
terial may inn when washed is that it is
not puiticularly adapted for that purpose.
Two dyestuffs may give an almost equivalent
shade, but may differ widely in price and tit
the same time in fastness. In order to keep
the purchase price at a minimum, the
cheaper color will be applied. lint if the
mutcrial is expensive and the color to be
guaranteed, the moie expensive dye will be
used.
"If tho buying public were willing to pay
the price, 1 don't doubt there would be little
complaint on colors running when washed.
There is no need or excuse now for a label
placed on merchandise claiming u Inch of
fastness because of the use of American
colors in the dyeing of that fabric. Tlieie
arc sutlieii'iit colors now to dye tho majority
of fabrics as fust a color as had been np'
plied to tho same typo fnbrlc befoie tho wnr.
"During the wnr, when tlietc wns u
scarcity of Gctmnn dyestufls nud virtually
no American colors, cheap substitutes were
used In the place of fast dyes."
What Do You Know? j
QUIZ
1 What is tln chief Island of tho Japancso
Empire?
2. In what city wns George Washington ln
nuguintcil as President for tho second
time''
.1. Who said "I atn Sir Oraole. nml when I
opo my lips lot no dog liniK"?
4 What lb meant by an Omnibus Hill?
5. -Who was I'nltcd States Minister to Bel
gium eluriiiB the. World War?
0. In wlt.it century did Mozart, tho inuslcul
composer, live?
7. What American ruler was known as "Tho
Supreme"?
8 Wlitit is "dornier rossort"?
9 What is a stole?
10. Who Invontcd tho deptli bomb?
Answers to Yesterday's Quiz
1 Tho first military use of electrically fired
minis was mndo In the Civil War when
several ussels wcio sunk or damaged
by mines or torpedoes
2. 'I he Vinegar Hible was so culled because
the heading to tho twentieth chapter of
Luke w.ih given ns 'Tho Parnblo of tho
Vim Bar" Instead of "The Parable of
the Inevnnl " This Hiblo was printed
I" England by tha Clarendon Press In
1 T 17
3. A Genm.n newspaper, the Deutseho All-
geuninn .eltutip, contained this ad
vert, Dement Iu Its Issue of May 1.
ItiL'l "The lion IllmUnburs for wale,
ns ,e whole or In part for firewood
elclti-s I .' U, iro f Ituilo'pll
Mosse, Hiilln H. W, Leipzig street
4. John Diyilcn, the I'iirIIhU poet, lived In
the seventeenth rentuiy
6 The siRnldennce of the word lone mean
ing a iliKslpatcil or debauehrel petson, Is
relieieel tn thnt n( tin. Cn-ndi wonl
loiiei," to liicnk on the wheel "Hone"
hence oilgtmilly ill noli il u peiaon de
serving of Hticii punishment
r, A loiielo is a piece eiT mush with a lead
ing theme n, which tetiliu Is tniide
7. A funicular lallway Is one winked hy a
cable' n n. 1 n iiiatlomii v i nglne Tho
wonl iHileihcel frrnu tin hutlu 'iuiiIm,"
n i on I
.xiiniiriu .Mm ii I, is nl pie si tit In
iiiiilnl of 111" Ann ilea i- nl fi,
Kurnpenii wiiteis
IOIII-
.. in
'' lln Muniiial in -h pm n. ineinlii.ni of
111. nilluii v ci t. - , . Uo, j, , ,
ppli d to atinv ct.'e r.
10 Hue wus called tho "lieib of grace," be
cause it wns employed foi sprinkling
holy water.
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Wet hopes deferred mnketh the parched
earth sick.
Babe Buth Is' a poet whose every Homer
provokes on Odyssey.
Sclf-dcterniinntlou continues to present
pioblems to the League ot Nations.
Life for Dr. Oberlioltzer appears to be
just one darned cut-out nftcr another.
The Atlantic City press bureau is now
advertising the potency of its sunburn.
Mme. Curie sails for France today with
a little, radium and a lot of good wishes.
Mr. Lasker, as an expert, knows that
good advertising needs good goods back of It.
Mr. Gompers, being n mnster of strat
egy, early puts his opponent in a position of
defense.
The presumption is thnt the worms nre
enjoying the dry .spell, as tho biids can't
get at them.
Among outdoor sports mnv soon be In
cluded trips to the Dclnwarc to see how the
bridge is coming on.
A happy and contented lo Is the one on
which .stands the home fiom which the
mortgage has been removed.
White Wiugs pnrnding in New York
exhibited three snow plows. Mav this be
considered kindness or refined cruelty?
Whilo nn insignificant 01,000 wilt wntch
the scrap between Dempsey nnd Cnrpentlcr.
the great built of the light fans will watch
the bulletin boards.
The superintendent of the "local Zoo
says prohibition has caused tho pets acute
discomfort. Why not hnve them take part
iu New York's nnti-prohibitiun parade?
The fnct that gold is being panned daily
in the heart of the Los Angeles icslilriice
district causes one to wonder whut i fleet It
will have on the motloii-pictiiic industry.
Everybody may be nullo sine that if the
contractor gang wins delay in cit street
cleaning it will hnve another weapon handy
with which to give it n black ce January 1.
Opponents of the resolution nuthoriziug
the cltv to take over sheet cleaning realize
that SlfiO.OOO saved by the tu.xpa.vcrs would
be $150,000 out of the pockets of the coa
tractors. Tho fact that a Camden shipyard i
building a fuel ship for the Japanese Navy
should be sufficient evidence tlint there is.no
likelihood of u wnr between this country
nnd Jupan.
No fault can bo found with the with
dinwnl. because of the necessity for economy,
of the special army detachments elistributing
Victory medals. It would seem that all meii
entitled to them have had lots of time and
opportunity to get them.
While the sporting sharps fuvoi lienii
sey, said Hard Boiled, the poets and clair
voyants think Cnrpentier will win the bhj
fight. All my spirit money will therefore go
on Georges, but when it conies to the little
hnrd dime the jack goes on Jack
On the arrival of the thirty-second
condemned man nt Sing Sing tho gunrdij
were obliged to reduce tho period allowed
each slayer to obtain fiesii ulr and stilish ne.
Formerly each ninn hnd hnlf an hour n day.
Now thu time has been i educed to fifteen
minutes. New York murderers apparently
have little icgard for daylight saving.
The fnct thnt so ninny men work harder
duiliig their vacation than when on duty m
their offices gives point to the "dv ce e't a
loeal phvsiciun of eminence ",,).l,,ls.,,1'
who consult him that the, would do them
selves inoin good by going t bed (well as
they think themselves) nud staying te
for two weeks.
THE PORCH
DEMOSTHENES McGINNLS sajs
When trippers trip to shore and hill
On hot and humid summer days,
lb' kind of envies them until
lie umblcii to the porch
ll may lie hot. but any breee
'flint's stirring sure will hud I""' ""
He niids his Ledger at his cu1-;'
And r mokes Ills pipe, for lie er a "r
Can find him on the P'"''"'"
For tiiiiispoiliillon whnt inn brill
..,,,,. I, ..tin . slmieil bv I 111 tot
She' proving with her laughter sweet
Tlio very uest vacum-m i""
Ierfound upon the porch 5
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