v ' iwwv? 'r,r$-irj t - ,,,rtAT7 Pr" ' 'l ( V J ' .ff v.. V H '8 TY ' EVENING PUBLIC LEDGER PHILADELPHIA, THURSDAY, -JULY 7, 1921 'r i j I &- 0 !' T 'i'l It fc u "'. Cuiming "public IGe&ger TUDLIC LEDGER COMPANY CYnUS It K. CUttTIH, PneslDciT 6i John C, Mnrtln, Vice President And Treitsuren larlea A. Tyler. Secretary; Chur'en It. L,udln- ton. Phllln 8. Colling. John II. Williams. John J. Virurreon. Qearxa F. QoKUmleh, David K. Smiley, ft, PAVtD 73. EMtUSY...i ..Editor ' -JOHN C. MAItTiN.... General Iluelne Manager ' , Published dally at Fcblio I.ctxtKR Building , J Independence. Siiimrr I'hllailelphln. Atlintio Ciri,.,.., ,Ptta)'Vn(on nultdlng Js'Kir YonK., .!,.. not Ma1lKini Avo. DtnoiJ .,.701 Foiit Building Bt. Loots .013 Ohbcntmocrat Build, ns Cntoioo 1302 Tribune Building Nnws uunEAUa: WitmnnTON Donne, N. E. Cor. l'enneyhanta Avo. nnd Hlh St. Kcir YoK Udre.11? Th Sun Bulletins Lomoon Doiitcu Trafalgar Building sunscniPTioN Tr.rnis . 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Julr 7, 1921 POLICE AND BOOTLEGGERS " A CCL'SATIONS such as wore mudeogalut XTL Police Lieutenant McBHdu In the coue of a bearing before the Civil Service Com mission yesterday were not needed to sug gest the extent and danger of possible under ground relationships between word politics and the Illicit whisky trade. Whether you like It or not, it la necessary to admit that the power of ward politic U still uccess fully exerted In innumerable Instances to direct police policies, nnd that what 1m known as police corruption is merely the corruption of wurd methods made visible by enforced police co-operation. So, with the authority for enforcement nnd the power to grant iuformnl immunity thrust Into the hands of minor police offi cials under the new dry law in Pennsyl vania, It Is not too much to ossiitno that we nro approaching n time when the lesser bosses will wield the most powerful weapon that ever was made available to them. Time and acain In this city there have been rumors of working agreements between a few police official" nnd thou' who syste matically violate the Yolstend law. It ought to be remembered that all the graft ever charged against policemen of the old school was petty In comparison to that which the dry era and the State enforcement laws Bwopt within reach of almost all men in uniform. This is, of course, an old story. It Is easy enough to say that it in't news and to ask what can be done about It. Nothing can be done about it unless you can remake the police organizations of the Stnte nnd appoint on every force and in every execu tive office orily continued, convinced and incorruptible advocates of bone-dry pro hibition. )C0NCERT-G0ERS BY THOUSANDS A THEATRE or opera house responding to an instant and imperative necessity of (Increasing its seating capacity by 1000 would J'Btralghtway be classified Us phenomenally 1 successful. The band concerts on the Paris -(way Plaza are logically entitled to a similar rating. The appeal of good summer music under the auspices of the 'municipality has devel oped far beyond the original conceptions. Since the scries of excellent entertainments i given by the Philadelphia Hand began this I season public attendance has overwhelmingly (outstripped the seating accommodations, although these nre far in excels of those (formerly provided on tho north pavement of City Hall. One thousand more cbnlrs have already been ordered by Chief Barter, of the Bureau 'of City Property, and it is hoped will be installed by the end of this week. Plainly tho public has passed beyond the stage in which a liking for music is fostered by so licitous propaganda. Thc taste for concerts is genuine nnd general. It is the part of the city at this time to keep pace with this hopeful index of sincere nrtistie enthusiasm in the com munity. This means not only that the physical do. mands of the case be met, but also that the p purveyors of municipal music should strive j to Increase the quality standard wherever I and whenever possible. There need he few fears of depressing the public with alleged ("highbrow" offerings. ' Musical Philadelphia in its present devel I opment is quite capable of appreciating the best products of t'ic h -t of enmrtosition. j SMUTS 'IN IRELAND -1ENEIIAL JAN CHUISTIAAN SMUTS VJ is swiftly becoming the biggest man in Europe. He was a soldier, and a very brave one, who fought the British in the Boor War and later became the dominant nud guiding mind In the new Union of Mouth Africa, a Premier representing British authority. lie hns always had a genius for conciliation, nnd his brilliant achievements seem to have been Inspired chiefly by a love of reason anil of his fellow man. Ko twist of international events ever 'brought about n spectacle raoie strange than that of this great-hearted Afrikander jour neying to Ireland to bridge the tast and deep abysses created bv -centuries of misrule nnd of misunderstandings between peoples whose Interests, becnuse of the Inexorable factors of naturul laws nnd Biographical lo cation, ought to run forcicr parallel. Smuts, tho statesinuu of the future, In uierclv trying almost single-handed to ntone for the ap palling errors of an army of statesmen of the pat. The greotest barrier in bis way and, in tho way of the British Government lnIrcland is the terrlblo wall of icliglous prejudice created for tho moxt part by poli ticians, now long dead, who belli ved that they were thus building surely for the future security of the empire. If you wnnt to know what Is tho matter with the world, give a thought to Smuts as h-a. appears in contrast with recent events In the United States. No crowds watch the bulletin boards for news of the Irish pil grimage of General Smuts. Pew people will " gife' that adventure n serious thoughts Yet the Premier of the Union of South Africa is some millions of times more courageous than either Hempsev or Cnrptntier, and the work in which ho Is engaged mean moie to humanity than oil the prlzo lights ever fought. ART COMES FIRST iTjjr THE abstract, hard work Is distntesful ,'J-' to mankind. Operatic singing Is pecu liarly exacting labor. Enrico Caruso Is a (tinlan being. Tho most Illustrious of tenors should, thrreore. welcome with delight the 'prospect of his permanent tetirement from the .stage, Spmehow or other, however, this syllo- Itlfcfn Ib faulty1, Captain Kulton, of the 'TJnjlcd States Armv Intelligence Service, halt' lust returned from Kurono with on. ne- lrt ixwiht'Of nn interview with the great artist, v" Jii'. which .th' letter "almost broke down" in ' K A4k'..bllef that he would never .toiaflfe ttTTwlh of tie story, the aln- cerlty of tho sentiment Is hardly to be dis puted. It is significant, none tho less. Itich In worldly goods and assured a princely Income through his royalties on talking machine records, after sixteen years of ad ulation nud glory in America alone, after activities thut enri scarcely be matched by any tenor in history, Enrico Cnruso is loath to retire, is moved almost to' tears at the possibility. The desire of his audiences that he should return In full lyric vigor Is explicable. It Is In the main selllsh. But the attitude of Caruso himself is altogether another affair. Perhaps the nnswer Is to be found lb. art, that insatiable mistress. The aspirations of her true servants are inextinguishable. CONGRESS CANT SUCCEED BY ATTACKING SYMPTOMS But Its Leaders Do Not Seem to Under stand That the Little Problems Aro Parts of One Blfj Problem of World Readjustment (10N(SRHSS has, been In sesiion about three J mouths, yet ' none of Its lenders has seemed to grasp tho fact that tho various matters which they have been talking about are merely different elements In one big problem. They have been puttering nbout with de tails when they should have boen consider ing general principles. Which mentis that they have not mastered the essentials of leadership. They do not seem to be able to formulate n constructive policy broad enough to take In all the details. The icvislon of the tariff and the Internal revenue laws, the adjustment of the nlliid debt, tho payment of bonuses to the soldiers, tho relief of the farmers mid tho ratification of the peace trenty nro tied up more closely than the Peace Conference tied the League of Nations covenant with the Ycrsailles agreement. Th.ey cannot be considered sep arately with any hope of teaching n satisfac tory conclusion. The peaceful business of the United States and of Europe is out of joint becauac of the war. Moucy was spent without stint or limit for j cars. Eionuuly could not.be considered when results had to be accomplished in the shoitcat possible time. 'Ve Indulged 'In nn orgy of spending. Money llowed freely. The Government s-pent it and the citizens Into whose pockets it went spent with equal freedom and w Ith U.s justification. When tbu fighting ended the Income of tens of thousands of wnr workers suddenly stopped. Private Industries, which hod been sclllnc their products at high prices, found the de mand for them stopped with equal sudden ness But tho wnr taxes which were levied on them arc still in force two nud n half years after the lighting ceased. This Is true both in this country and lu Europe. The people have been forced to economize, but tho Governments arc still spending on a large scale and are seeking ways and means to enable them to raise money to pay tho interest on their war debts nnd to carry on their business in the extravagant style to which they became accustomed during the war. Congress can pass no adequate readjust ment lnws without considering the situation on both sides of the ocean. The European Governments owe the Gov ernment of the Unittd States $10,000,000. 000. European business men owe American business men between ?I!,000,000,000 and $5,000,000,000 more. llow to pny thlB Is perplexing our debtors. How to enable them to pay it ought to receive the earnest consideration of Con gress An adjustment of tho debt to us of the foreign Governments will instantly relieve the Federal Treasury. The pa incut or the funding of the debts of the European busi ness men to America will ielcae the enor mous sums tied up in foreign credits nnd relieve to that extent business conditions here aud abroad. This means that the new Tariff Law must bo constructed by men who see beyond the American coast line and can understand that n protective tariff to be effective must In fact protect the iutcrests for the benefit of which It is framed. A narrow-minded, provincial Tariff Act that Ignores the necessity for encouraging international trade mny he protectlvo in name, but it would be destructive in fact nnd fall to accomplish those rhiug-t which Its uninformed drafters hoped for. It means, nlso, that the internal revenue laws must be revised lu such n wav as to take the brake off business and to encourage enterprise. Those laws are In large part responsible for the present conditions under which n man who Is making no profit this venr is paying heavy ta;.eM on his profit) last -enr, nnd is rapidlv getting into such a condition that he will have nothing to tax next veur. If the present laws continue in force the source of revenue will be destroyed, for the taxable profits and the taxnble Incomes will be t educed to the disappearing point. One of the axioms of ctnnoiales Is that the power to tax is the power to destroj. A corollary of that nxloni Is tlint the taxing power exercised iinlutelllgcntly will destroy lust as effectively as though destruction were the purpose of the tax. The inteinnl revenue laws nre unintelli gent. Every business man knows this nnd every Congressman ought to know it. They have absorbed a laige port of the working eapllal of the country. They have discouraged initiative. They have continued so long nnd th'otigh so serious a period of business depression that they have forced mnnv men thts jenr to draw on their capital or their ssviugn to pay their taxes on the business done last yi nr. And yet Congress does nothing nnd talks about recessing until the autumn. However much nny one mav desire to pny a bonun to tho soldiers, this will be Impossible under present conditions. If will need between Sl,.i 00,000.000 and 5..J.1O.. 000,000 to meet the bonus charges. Yet the revenues nre constantly declining and the source of the revenues Is being de stroyed. Financial rehabilitation of the country must prei eil nnv si riniw consideration of n bonus appropriation, as Secretary Mellon pointed out 111 his letter to Senator Frellnghuysen. TI.e troubVs of the formers nre part of the general troubles nfilictlng nil productive enterprises. Cotton mills here and abroad" are Idle be cause peoplo are not Inning cotton goods. Therefore the price of cotton Is so low that the cotton growers nre threatened with bankruptcy. Peoplo out of work arc not haying ment or fruit or vegetables or bread in such quantities as they nre accustomed to buv those things when they nre enrnlng wages Lack of demnnd is forcing the price to low that the farmers are clamoring for homo kind of relief. But spcclnl legislation for tho farmers and cotton growers will not help. Neither will special legislation for tho manufacturers. Thero is up way out save through lgisla Hon based on a realization of the necessity of attacking the cause of tho trouble ruthcr tharr the symptoms, But, as already Indicated, there Js no lead- crship in Congress that perceives this. In the Senate, Lodgo and Underwood were out voted this week by tho farmers' bloc when they asked for a recess until August. Tho members of tho farmers' bloc insisted that Congress remain in session to do something for tho producers of food nnd cotton. "Wo can't do much," they sold, "but wo ought to do what wo can," This was plainly a political excuse of fered by men who wish to do something to nppcase tho farmer vote at a tlmo when that Is the last thing of which Congress should bo thinking. Tho country Is pleading for bread, nnd the farmers' bloc in the Senate proposes to offer It tho stono of futile legislation passed merely for political effect. The .Kuox-Porter pcaco resolution Is, in its Held, like the proposed legislation to appease the farmers. It leaves the great issues of the war unsettled so far as this country li concerned. It does not commit tho United States to co-operation with tho Allies in the readjustment of Europe nnd ro to the restoration pf normal world con ditions. No congressional majority entered offico with a greater opportunity than that which confronted tho Republicans in Washington. That majority will havo to develop moro competent leadership, aud that right soon, if it Is to Justify the confidence of the country. ABOVE PARTY IT IS generally conceded that tho clash of political parties in tho United States generates the force which moves tho wheels of government. Tho reluctance of the first President to admit this was doubtless largely responsible for tho anguish which all but overwhelmed him In the executive office. Ills successors were not similarly trou bled. Partisanship is today in good standing. For all its practical merits, however, tho prevalent code will not always stand the test of the higher ethics and tho broadest public spirit. An uiilmpcnehably sincere lnftnction of tho conventional principles is talculnted to thrill even the most hardened partisan and to impart n vision of respon sibilities finely realized that Is as tonic and refreshing as it is rare. Such was the case wheu'Willlam. II. Tnft as President appointed Edward D. White, a Democrat, Chief Justice of the United States. Precisely in the spirit of this high-minded net, ulthough of inferior prnctlcal produc tiveness, is the disclosure made by Alton B. Parker conccrnlug an appeal indorsed by lending members and ex-presidents of tho American Bar Association to induce Presi dent Wilson to appoint Mr. Tnft to the Supreme Bench in li'Kt. In n letter to the New York Herald ex tolling the qualifications of Mr. Tnft for his present offico the Democratic candidate for President In 11)01 recounts the tale of the communication signed by eminent lawyers, fifteen of whom wero Democrats, p. like number Republicans and one n Roosevelt champion of 1012. Among the noted signa tories in addition to Judge Porker himself were Elihu Root, Joseph II. Chontc and Francis Rnwie. Judge Parker's opinion on this subject has not changed with the lapse of jears, and ho exhibits no hesitancy In expressing tile belief that foimer Ptesident Tnft is in every way fitted to fill the highest judicial post in the land. Party lines temporarily melt awny In this statement. What remains is a fearless spirit of patriotism and unblemished national pride. Justice Tnft nnd Judge Parker, each in their day the spokesman of rival parties, nre alike honored by this exhibit Custom and contracted thinking have bccji spurned by a wholesome and henitenlng sur vey of facts which ring truer than even the most loyal political affiliations. The rarity of tills sort of wisdom invests It with a distinctive luster. CHAOS IN THE NEAR EAST THE prospect of a new siege of Constan tinople by the Turks the first since 1 15IJ is suggested by reports of the tension snapped nlmost to the. breaking point, if not b-.'ond, in the Near East. British wardiips arc speeding to the Bosporus. The tumor of an invasion by the Ottoman Nationalists of the neutral zone established by the Treaty of Sevres In in part responsible for these warlike preparations. Other causes, however, nre operative, and it in bv their very eomplexitj that the Turks as usual nre profiting. In the unending Near-Knstern. imbroglio thero is ever one cardinal, conspicuous and intelligible fac tor the Ottoman determination to play both cuds against the middle and to cling to the remnants of their foimer vast empire ns long ns possible. With ominous regularity events seem to conspire to their advantage. The Turkish Nationalists are favored at present by tho plight of the Greeks buideucd by a costly war in which their gains have been mediocre, bv the Icalouslcs nnd rivalries within the Entente and by the insecure '.landing of the Tuaty ot Hevics, man of tho punislons of which' have never been executed. Thut pact marks only a paper peace. There is still war in the Nenr East with serious possibilities of its expansion to the very gates of Constantinople unless disor ganization nmong the Powers is speedily repaired. France and Italy have obviouslv viewed with extreme dlsfaor the tightening of British nuthorlty In Constantinople. Tlint prize, which was originally to havo been awarded to Imperial Russia, has becu sub iected to n confused and trouhle-brecdlng administration, which the. Turks have been quick to capitalize. To add to the confu sion, Constantino of Gic.ie, Inllntcd with Byzantine ambitions In inverse ratio to his abilities, fantastically contemplates the re vival of the Greek Empire in the East. The British, judging by the comments of the London press, nre convinc, il that if they had held tlie lines ruiiicientiy taut lu the' beginning of the occupation tho present crisis would never have nrl?en. A naval demonstration mny forestall direct attompts of the Turks to regain their former capital. The Kemallsts, operating fiom tho interior of Asia Minor, possess no fleet. But a cordon of BrlMsb battleships in tho Bosporus and Golden Horn enn be but a temporary expedient without effect upon tho dangerously intricate fundamentals of tho situation. The new gun which Great Guns! can noiselessly hurl five tons from 200 to 800 miles, nnd can be filed with such pre cision thnt a bolt may be sent through a bteel plate so that tho ends project on cither side nnd without Injury to tho thrend, moy lie used eventually as a means of transpor tation. In this way two or three shots should send n beef cargo, for Instance, from a Chicago packing house to a Philadelphia boat. Loter on It may he possible to send a carload of hen fruit without cracking a shell. One would naturally suppose that If General Dawes wrote music It would be a " .,',' I ...111. It,!,. I,..,-. In I, To, 1 Here nnd there is found a man who is tickled and delighted to get back into har ness after vacation. When a girl is long on shapeliness" no man, objects. Jim.t she. M phoxt pp, swrtfc of which we have It on tho words of his publisher that the ijeneral's composition Is n dnliitv little thing with a slow, rocking rhythm, with Its phrases joined by odd llttlo tendrils of melody. Helen Maria, how easy It is for one to get fooled I BACK TO THE WOODS Boautlful Old Custom of a Massed Choir Service In a QroVo Revived. . A Pennsylvania German Serv ice of Song John Ham ilton's Doath By GEORGE NOX RIcOAIN THE Rev. Thomas Royco Brcndlc, of Orccu Lane, hns revived a custom iiinoug the Pennsylvania Germans of Bucks, Montgomery nnd Lehigh Counties that has been in abeyance slnco beforo tho World War. It is the ancient custom of devoting one afternoon in midsummer to a musicnl fes tival. Tho first onn since tho battle years was styled a Choir Reunion. According to long-established rule, it was held in the woods and on a Sunday nftcr. nooh.. Lnst Sunday. At least a thousand persons comprised tho audience, who caino in automobiles for miles around. It was an open-air pratsc-worshlp. THE beautiful chestnut grove which Is a part of the property of Old Goshcnhoppen Church, near Woxnll In Upper Montgomery County,, was tho sccno of the festival. This year tho revival assumed quite ns much of a patriotic as it did of n religious character. In times past tho religious motif was pre dominant. Last Sunday the program opened with tho massed choirs and tho audience, many of whom remained seated in their automobiles, singing "America." Tho closing chorus wus the "Star Spangled Banner." Eight choirs, a quartet and chorus and a male chorus of sixteen voices participated. G ROVER L. WELKER, who for more than a generation has been choir master and singing teacher in tho Uppet Pcrkioraen Valley, directed tho choruses. Mrs. Weiileh, wife of Prof. Wcirlch, of Pcrklomen School, who for enrs has been at tho bead of the music department of Pcrklomen School, directed the have choir of tho New Goshenboppcn Church with the skill of tho trained musician, Tho religious phases of tho afternoon's program, which lusted from 2 until 5 o'clock, was a reading of tho twenty-third Psalm lu unison, a short prayer, an address midway of tho program, and the benediction. It was a simple, delightful getting to gether of the descendants of the earlier set tlers, whose white tombstones gleamed in tho sunlight In tho God's aero within sound of the anthems. A kindly communal spirit was every where apparent. It was liko tho first day of an Old Homu cek. Everybody knew everybody else. Tho ministers of tho various churches, ac companied by their choirs, participated in tho program. "rpHE green wood nlslcs of the forest rang X with the anthems of the free," de scribed tho event. nJ'cmilVVT nrric;d from thp ucnutifui old church by half a dozen or more of Its sturdiest young members. btiinsers".0'"8 WCr banis lnU1 on Iow ntrj ,clcl',",cn'8 Platform nnd desk were SpriS". "'' wlUl ,brcc Sl,plinss t0 The beauty, the simplicity, the hnrmonv the fresh voices, the canopy of !c v the" wide circle of automobiles, the eager' in terest, .the vigor with which the audience joined . the patriotic choruses, made of It rifeW jrSo&r te " It will only be a few years now until Old Cos henhopiien Church colcbintcs the 200 h RSnSfiS tit!" .-rvlce. of worsB PIIESTER I). POTTER Is dead. - Ihc blunt w oids do not convov ,.,iv particular meaning to tho average reader The announcement would not chnlle'nro more than ,1 passing notice to h forgotten within thirty seconds. hi..u To membets of the Legislature and Stnte political lenders of quortcr of a century ago, the announcement recalls a tall, slender man smooth shaven, with thin lipssharply nqullfje nose, pinched nostrils unci n uro nouneed nasal twang. Chester Potter wns for years State no litlcal writer for tho Pittsburgh Gazette Times nnd for the Di-patch. UazittL- During the height of the old Quay cam paigns Potter spent weeks and months 111 Philadelphia. 'nit'in timP he KOt '?t0 "ctivo I'oliUcs in Pittsburgh and was taken up by the or enniratlon, which gave him one term in n lucrative office. The plilinoor nf nnllflnl llf .1..11.., -. ,11 I i '"V..' ."' '""leu nucr 11 while, and, n3 ho should have done veers before, be went into reul business Ho became a successful insurance man. 'I he old group of political writers, who wroto politics from the inside, who endured from M'flr tn fpiii' wli M-. i..., worth knowing in every party in the State, is narrowing in. JOHN HAMILTON, who died a dnv or O so ago at his home m-ar State College wa.i Secretni of Aerlcultuie of Pennsyl vania during the Hnstiusi Administration. Prof. Hamilton had known Daniel II Hastings from boyhood. His appointment ns Seetetary of Agrh ultuie was therefore personal selectlou on the part of Governor Hastings. He wns a tall, slender, scholarly looking man, who pceied out at the world through a pair of old-fashioned spectacles In a kindly wny. Secretary Ilnmllton reolutIonized the farmers' Institutes. Prior to Ids timo they were merely gath erings of farmers who sat through dreary sessions listening to the (Ironings of somo of their neighhoiK on some set topic. 'Usually nn Imported ipcaker from u neighboring county was introduced. Prof. Hamilton, ns he was universally known, put pep nnd j.izz Into tho institutes. He selected men like Drs. Butz un-1 Frear, of State College, os institute lec turers. II hntl Dr. Armsby, dean of State Col lege, down for talks at the larger gatherings. One of his funis was Aha Agee, of Ohio, agriculturist and writer, now tho Secre tary of the Board of Agriculture, of New Jersey. Dr. Ageo was for years one of the men who helped bring farmers' Institutes up to a high degree of ethclency. PROF. HAMILTON did another un precedented thing. Farmers' wives were mere adjuncts with out volco in farmers' Institutes before his timo. Ho put women on his programs to talk 011 household economics. Even the work of beautifying tho garden was urged ns a necessity till In the end women were ns numerous ns men nt these farmers' gatherings. Illustrated lectures for tho night session. on trade topics, farmers' opportunities In tho markets of tho world and kindred sub jeets caught the young folks. After he went out of office, In Pennsylvania the United States Government thought so well of his work that he was called to Wash ington. Thero Secretary Wilson made him Assist ant Director of Farmers' Inntltutcs for the East and North. When n triumphant democracy seized tho reins of Government Hamilton got out. For yenrs he has lived quietly In his fine old homo near State College. lie was ono nr tun last survivors ot the regime that controlled when Dr. George W. Alherton wns president of State. Bomerville, N. J., reports a mysterious wild animal that looks like a tiger, sounds like a magnified screech owl and has killed a cow and two culves. We aro pleased tn. fnihlsh additional details. It has n nneV A corkscrew and a kick llko a, mule's. way. bo led by( correspondent's stilng. THE NOW MY IDEA IS THIS Talks With Thinking Philudelphicms on Subjects They Know Best Daily FREDERICK MAXSON On Growth of Church Music A REMARKABLE Improvement In church music In the lnst ton cnrs is noted by Frederick Maxson, prominent musician and organist of the First Baptist Church. "Thero Is no doubt ns to tho change for the better in thnt time," said Mr. Maxson. "Church music hns been greatly enriched, Is more impressive and genorally more effec tive than ever before. "During that time the Russian school hns exerted a potent influence on Ibis type of music. To begin with, it Is most churchly. It offers many variations nud n greater num ber of parts thnn some other music. Beatify in Russian Music "There is an advantage in this, because the greater the number of parts nnd varia tions the moro color, the greater number of delicate nuances, the greater degree of Intimney It Is possible to express Thus some of the new anthems of Rachmaninoff offer parts for two sets of ench voice during a large part of their context. "Of course the Russian music Is exotic, but it does reach tho emotions, and that is one thing tlint church music must do If it is to perfoim its trim function. As an in fluence it is useful, even if it would not be desirable to hnve 11 preponderance of it in n program of church music. "It Is useful to hnve this great variation, which makes for additional riehncs.t. impe rially on tho"part of the voices. It is well ns n rule not to havo to depend on the or chestration too much If onu Is to get the grentest effect of this music. "Thero has been a particularly gratify ing growth of able American composers of this type of music during the last decade or so. Their number also in ineieasing ami It Is possible now to use a larger number of them on programs with the best results. Grasp American Spirit "The American composer hns an advan tage over his English nnd continental brother in that he has been better able to grasp tho psychology and the spirit of his fellow' countrymen than his neighbors haie. lie has produced a school of his own that striken u more personal note, thnt has more color and less formalism than thnt offered by the English musicians, splendid though their work hnH been. "Church music, to be most effective, must nppcnl to tho emotions. People do not go to church unless they wnut to. So in order to have them pttend nnd continue to come ami profit thereby, services must be made attrac ts c. I do not mean bv that they should be made merely entertaining, nor even be con ceived In that spirit. "But peoplo must be reached spiritually, largely through their emotions. S0 m(in nmj more it is necessary for the church, in order to obtain this result, to increase the muslcah fentures of its servlco. A musical program before tho service, Including tho participa tion of the congregation in seventi numbers, hns prepared them for the church fervice proper. With several beautiful Impressive numbers dining that service, with os largo a choir aa nossiblo consistent with niinlltr. the congregation is stimulated emotlonnlly to tho point where it is llkelv to get the best impressions from the sermon, provided it is up to tho standard. Suggests Ideal Program "Tho ideal program would be to have a perfect co-ordination of sermon nnd music. With tho Fcrinon and itn aim thoroughly understood in advance, the musical director could then prepare a program that would be In nbsoluto accord with tho spirit of the sermon nnd hnve the congregation In thnt ncccssnry favorable pschologleal condition to profit by the eloquence of tho ricrgynwn. "Tho war hns had several effects on tho peoplo from the standpoint of church attend ance. It did stir their emotions nnd showed them how big they could bo and conse quently opened the wny for a deeper ro llglous feeling thnn ever before. It fostered community singing, which hud tho effect of overcoming to nn extent thnt individual reticence to sing aloud, and singing together both by precept and example hns become a moro natural thing. It has also made people, moro individual und critical, which, of course, Increases the tank of tho church "But this should not deter churches from tackling tho problem, nnd indeed they will shortly havo to, If they havo not already clone so, in order to keep in existence It is largely a problem in psychology, with good music nnd good preaching added, If tho church Is to continue to bo effective. "S?mo churches nnd denominations have RECEPTION COMMITTEE long since realized this fact, nnd not only have enlarged nnd enriched the muslcul fea tures cif their services with special wclj planned numbers, but they have extended them to the responses in the rending of the psalter nnd other rituals. "Tho attractiveness of churches in tho future then is going to depend lnrgely on still better planned and better music, still better preaching and a more perfect co ordination between the two, if the congrega tions are to hold their own or grow, and if they nro to be won und hold by tho churches." What Do You Know? QUIZ IIoiv does Mocha coffee get Its name? What is meant tiy n prototype? What Is an oubliette 7 When dlrl the execution of Charles I of England occur? What Stnto does Senator Underwood rep resent? Wlint color band In the French flat; lies nearest to tho flagpole? What Is thn literal meaning of nlma mnter? What ago. according to tho Bible, did Methuselah nttulu? Who was IMwnrd Ecllamy? What 1.1 the opposite of the zenith? Answers to Yesterday's Quiz On the night or April lS-lu, 1775, Paul Reeio rode from Charleston!!, Mans., to a point between Lexington und Con conl whtro ho wns captured by the British A Macedonian cry la a cry for help. "And a Islon appeared to Puul in tho night. There stood a man In Macedonia nnd prayed him. saying, Como over Into Macedonia and help us." Acts, xvl, 0. Eight Kings of England wero named Henry. Mntlnoo is a French word, which orig inally nVaerlbcd tho period between lny break ami noon, matin being the I'rtnch for morning Worce-tiT Is tho second largest city In Mas.ichusettt. John L Sullivan yielded tho tltlo of worlds puis'lllstlc. champion to .Inmos .1. ( orbett in NViv Orleans In 1892. Latnkla tobacco takes Its nanio fiom n town of that namo In Asia Minor cpposlto tho Island of Cvprus Tho lohtcco Is Krown In the hill country back of tho port, fiom which it Is ox ptpp'it (I. An Iwjtherm Is a lino connecting places .uc.,ht S),m? menn annual temperature fh S,imoan Islands nu divided between T,YTi'i,l.tild s,nts ami Hieat Hiltaln. Jurisdiction oyer tho British Islands is clol. n.ued to New Zealand. Tho chief Amer iian possession In the Islnnrt of Tutulla, containing the excellent har- 1. 2. 3. 4. B. C. 7. 8. 9. 10. 10. A rmchlcolatcd tower wns a product of IV1,'"1 wnrrur... Tt wns surmounted by a parapet with openings between supporting corbels for dropping "a tones ilc7, on "alkuit'. Corbe s aro pro Jec on, or etoa. and timber from tho FRESH FISH TIIE Allied (Blest the tie that binds!) Aquarium Association (Composed of men of many minds But one distinctive avocation) Informed the Mayor (his thoughtful frown the in) (llliU,ayc, ,la'm "s lie lienrtl They wished to give a show In town And to tho Council ho leferrcd the'iu. Now Is it possible thnt ho With conscience waggishly elustic, Has handed them a lemon see '' , 9f a" !L,u1rft).a "Wllt wrcastic"? Is t possible ho had the wish To get some dub (we won't soy which one) 'Jo tight the plan becnuse, poor fish. Of jealousy of every rich one? Ah, no! AVhllo bent on sen and shoro Makes man to stew nnd fry and slrzl Whinas the dally grind's a bote ' And Ufa itself seems but a fizzle: Ho would not bo unkind ns thnt ' lie hopes the opposition cold fish ill show a fellow feeling pnt And find n harbor for the goldfish, Ah. when at last the finny ttlbe Dwells in tho Hall of Horticulture WS " fftr" tho tm,nt! ,Ips,rJ' thu dbo ; m.a llffcrcneeH give sciuJiurc. rlW?.,rm,cJlm,.en V,th "ea nnl botil uWlll ?08 th,?.Plnn l'1 commhit clever A. hot's tho life! Tho flowing bowl "' yill surely solace them forever! - - - a, SHORT CUTS Penrose isn't saying a word about Fed oral jobs. How much bitterness Is con ccaled in his silence? The Rev. Dr. John Robert Straton says wo havo hit tho bottom ot hell with a thud. As Dr. Straton tells it, It Is n dull thud. The Anglo-Japanese alliance hns not been merely placed on tho shelf. It IiM practically been given a new lease of life. As a presidential candidate, Alton B. Tnrker did not hhino, but his letter in dorsing Taft proves him to be a large-sized man. Local fanciers wish to give a free ex hibition of aristocratic fish in Horticultural Hall. Where is tho poor fish who would balk them? Another advantage of the sales tax Is that it pulls jour tooth without nn anes thetic. This tenches you to take care 0! your teeth. One uufortunato if not suspicious fea ture of the proposed Anglo-Japanese allianco is that it demands so very many explana tions nnd apologies. The trouble with modern statesmanship, the Quizzical Ono nllcgcs, is that It potters separately with many ptoblems that ara properly but ono problem. Shnkespenro's "What's in a name?" may be added to the list of foolish questions. Man got ilngsltle seals ut big fight by sayluf he was John D. Rockefeller. There aro many ways suggested for making the income tax more equitable, Tha fuult with them is that they ,-uo suggested patches for a machine that ought to ba bcrapped. Charles G. Dawes hns broken another precedent by refusing to he photographed sitting ut Ids desk. Let the picture men console themselves by taking impressionist views of Helen Mario. George Bernard Shaw says that Derap sey was morally knocked out in tho first round and also in the second. This will be no satisfaction to those who bet on Car pentier unless George Bernard can convince tho stakeholders. The Leavenworth Times suys that a girl should iilwavs remember to her mother's credit that father has changed a whole lot since she married him. A boy never nctds uuy reminder to do his father credit. He ulwus thinks him a good picker. The police of Ottawa have called oft all bets where the Infers nic required to roll a peanut along the main street. But primi tive humor has survived worse blasts than that. Tho practice of harrying the newly weds, for instance, is as much alive ns ever. Only nnco in a great while docs a mass meeting or a paiadu have a direct effect on legislation, but one or tho other is fre quently n very useful weapon In the hands of a capable committee, Tho postal saving.! bank, which Is hcinj boosted by Postmaster General Hoys, is not a competitor of privately owned banks, but a training school .for prospective depositors In privately owned bunks. The declaration, recently given pub licily, thnt a girl nlwuys raises one foot when she hi kissed, was not born of general od solvation. It was simply 11 brief film tit. Tho kisser Is pleased, however, when s& raises her face. President Harding had probably excel lent reasons for pardoning Franz J ! clniex from the Federal Penitentiary, but It Is uot to bo expected that the news will he rcoa with whole-hearted approval and delight t veterans In Government hospitals and voca tional training stutious. "Give tho little dear his watch back, id the Chicago girl bandit to her com inlons when their victim remarked that t'jj neiihcii had been given to him by lis mother. Another joyous tiling nbout the incident is that us thu girl Is still at Mi the nib sisters haven't a chance to Inter view her. At tho natlonnl educational conference In Des Moines a New York teacher iirgcu Instructors to banish fairy stories from .n' schools and substituto stories of rent I'e0I'K' But there aro those who declare that, un fortunately, mpst of the stories of people aio fairy stories and thnt the reaw - '. -A . U - ', ... v:uiio w uiQ worm nro toe mines, f,r, I1 ' pa. t;Hpp A . : i-'- . -.,-! -pA.A-J.
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