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Eie.vino Pcbuo Lrocia I nrrtd to ub. acrltttrs In Phllndelphla and surrounding" town at ih rato of twelve (12) cents per -week, payable to the carrier. .tB?."n."1! J Point out ildo of Philadelphia. In the United State, Canada, or United States poa- K"l?n,;,Jp?,tM4 '" nttf 80 " PT month. lx (18) dollar per year, payable In advance. Wfix a" "" '"""r """'"" "" ) dollar a montn. i "tiob auDicnocrs wisning aildrea changed inuet slve old a well as new addre. HELUMooa WALNUT KEYSTONE. MAIN 1401 CTAddrft all communications to Bventna Publia Et, v . Ixtdotr, Initrprndenco Sovnr; Philadelphia. Member of the Associated Press THO ASSOCIATED PRESS 4 erahulvrty e 'ff(If ro tho u for republication of all new auparcAr crrdKrd fo it or not othrrtrlse credited t tMt paper, and also the local new puMlthrd fktreln. i 'i noniM cf republication of tpecial dltpatchet cmn are Qiao restrved, rhlliJctphfa, Friday, July (, 1551 HOPE FOR THE MAIL TUBES rlS not surprising that Postmaster Gen eral Hays Is "rather In favor of the reinstallation of the mail tubes in Philadel phia." The restoration of tills important adjunct to the local postal service commends itself to the common sense of even the ama teur critic of delivery conditions. What remains a mystery is the act of ,8idney It. Burleson, who compelled the abandonment of the pneumatic system at n time wheifc it was operating efficiently and was held in public esteem. It is futile todiy to inquire into tiic causes of the former Postmaster General's perversity. A properly constructive policy is such ns has been adopted by the Chamber of Com merce in its appeal for a reopening of the .tubes. That Mr. Hays' reply to a communl callonfrom this organization does notfex ilicltlyromiRC an immediate remedy is due doubtless to a reasonable desire to be in possession of nil the facts. ' These, however, are so patentlv and con vincingly one -sided that the new postal administration's final indorsement nf the proposal may be regarded as virtually as ' aured. THE TRUTH TELLERS CLASSICAL literature of the sort which the more ardent advocates of vocational training would shut out of most of the schools is a reservoir of fundamental and priceless truth. All that thp modern world learned of the monstrous futility of war after four years of matchless agony and Incalculable loss was written out simply in the, dramas of Euripides about JOO years before the birth of Christ. There are pas gages in the Greek epics which might be accepted as eloquent expressions of the moods of the war-weary nations of today. Had the classics been as familiar to the present generations as George Ade or the baseball writers, had the Germans rend Euripides instead of Nlctzclie, the nntinns would have known what to expect btforc they began to piny with their high ex plosives. It is contended thnt the first business of the American child is to learn to make a living. It might bo contended with greater force that the first business of tiio American child is to be a good citizen. Government as we know It can be no more enlightened than the majority of its citizens. For that reason it would be folly to cut the larger part of the school population off from nn acquaintanceship with the great truths of life reflected in literature which grew out of the experience of ages and not from the moods of a decade. The world needs better edurntlon than it has had hitherto. To sav that vocational training Fhould be the first nlm of the public schools is to help to make papulnr education, less cflHcnt than it was before. The Amer ican Classical League, now in session at the TJniverslty of Pennsylvania, has undertaken In its campaign to protect the classics in the schools one of the really important tn.ks ot these unsettled and sropins times. MELLON STATES THE FACTS SECKBTAKV MELLON deserves the con gratulations of the country for the courago whicli he 1ms shown in his letter to .Senator Krelinghuyscn discussing the pro posed soldiers' bonuses or adjusted compen sation. He has stated some facts which Congress cannot safely overlook. And lie has urged that there be no commitment to -any bonus plan for the present. . He reminds Senator Frclinghuysen, and through him the test of the citizens, thnt a minimum of $1,500,000,000 and a maximum of $5",2M),OOO.O00 will be needed to meet the proposed bonus payments. This, says he. "would greatly swell the cost of government and virtually defeat the Administration s program of economy and etreuchment." He says further that it could he financed only by adding to the burden of debt and taxes tinder which the country is staggering. He calls attention to the maturity of $5,000. 000.000 nf the war debt in the year when it is proposed that the payment of the bonuses should begin,, and says that as the debt will have to bo refunded if the Government were to be compelled to finance the bonuses at the same tirap, it would find itself seriously em barrassed. Besides, the Liberty Bonds, in stead of recovering their value in the market, would be liable to further depreciation. The pertinence of these financial facts is obvious to any one who gives thought to the subject. They present practical conditions that must be foced. Every one with an appreciation, of the responsibilities of the Administration will be likely to urge that definite commitment to any bonus plan for able-bodied soldiers be postponed until such time as the prerent financial burdens of the Government hav been lightened. An in crease of the public debt and an addition to the burden of taxation would delav that recovery of business for which we nre all hoping. THE GREAT, EASTERN MYSTERY ANY ONE whose business it is to keep an car to the American end of a trans -Atlantic or a trans-Pacific cable cannot but feel that all the nows from the other side of She world is not coming to this country; bat partial paralysis is upon news sources 'at highly important centers of information. ' Thps it Is pretty well-known that war is on iaj various parts of India. It is known, 1 tee, that the Russian Soviet Government, .having failed to bring the British Empire down in ruins through insurrectionary move metits In England, has thrown the weight of U military forces and all tho power of its propaganda machinery to insurgents against British rule in Eastern dependencies. "Asia for Asiatics" is a cry which Lenlne has put into, the throats of millions of brown and 1 "yellw Peoples, and Bolshevist emissaries r-'ave been dolnj their utmost to fan tho sv'i!"! famthhm of Orientals to a white ytvx r3- tit eonacqucnccs of all 7 T this anti-British activity has been no one in this part of the world knows as yet. The British Government's continuing friendly in tercourse with Japan and Us cautious ad vances toward Russia and even Germany may represent nothing but the diplomacy ot self-preservation. Tho obliteration of the white Influence In Asia would mean a moral setback for the white races everywhere, and it would be preliminary to the most ominous sort of changes in tho balance of world affairs. General Smuts, on his visit to Ireland, doubtless was nblo to tell the republican leaders n great deal that they did not pre viously know about the course of events in those Far Eastern areas where big and little wars are going on behind a veil of silence. And even the most zealods of tho Southern Irish leaders are not men who would give indirect aid to a widespread movement which is not only direct war on Englnnd but in direct war on the prestige, of white nations everywhere. DOES COUNCIL SERVE THE CAS COMPANY OR THE PEOPLE? The People Will Know When It Acts on Hall's Plan to Increase the Price of Gat for the Benefit of the U. Q. I. COrjNCILMEN who set up their Judgment against the judgment of the experts on the Gas Commission arc within their rights, Just as they were within their rights when they rejected the recommendations of the engineers for the location of the Delaware ltivcr Bridge. While the Bridge Commission was prepar ing to accept the report of the engineers that the Philadelphia terminal should be at Frnnklin Hquare, the Council hurriedly passed a resolution indorsing the Spring Garden street site and rushed it to the meeting of the commission, But the Bridge Commission is uot a creation of the City Council. The Gas Com mission is. On November 30 au ordinance was passed providing for tho employment bf three experts and two other pet sons to be nppointcd by the Mnj or with the npproval of the Council, and this commission ,of flo was directed to inquire into the gas situation here and to outline a permanent policy for the future. This ordinance was voted for by sixteen Councilmen, Including Hall, Gnffney, Coxo nnd Wegleln. It was opposed by only five, nomely. Guns. Limeburuer, Montgomery, l'uttou and Von Tagen. The division was not on factional lines. An overwhelming majority of the Council apparently wished on November .'10 to get expert advice on the desirability of substituting the British ther mnl unit for the candle-power standard In testing the gas and on the best plan to be adopted for the future in view of tho ap proaching expiration of the lease with the U. G. 1. The Gas Commission mode its report on May 10, in whicli it recommended the tem porary continuance of the British thermal unit of r.'?0, the negotiation of a new lease and provision for enlarging the plant of the company In order to enable it to meet the increasing demnnd for gas. Tho report dealt with every phase of the subject, and its recommendations were framed to protect the. interests of the public without interfering with the legitimate rights of the leasing company. One of its recommendations was that tho present price of ?1 n thousand cubic feet of gas he retained until u new lease had been negotiated. It reported that upon the present basis of cost the price of gas should be between $1.05 nnd $1.10. but that if the prices of ruw material continued to fall the price in the lntter part of the yenr should not be more than $1.05. But it did not recommend that this ,prlce be charged. It gave those figures to show what the condi tions were. Now we have Councilman Hall, who voted for the appointment of the commission, set ting up his judgment against that of the experts, nnd proposing that the price of gas be fixed nt $1.25 for the next year. The passage of his ordinance would certainly relieve the gas company, but it would not get tho city any uearer to the settlement of the gas problem than it is now. It ignores the necessity for the Immediate preparation of plnnrf for additions to the gas plant, addi tions which should be completed, according to the commission, not later than the autumn of next J ear. It ignores the negotiation of n new lease on a new basis. It is merely n makeshift, and it is such a makeshift as is repugnant to the judgment of the experts on the Gns Commission. Mr. Mnltble, the chairman of the commission, says that if the Hall onliuunrc should be pnssed the city would surrender its control over the situa tion nnd put itself at the mercy of the gas company. There can be no doubt thnt Sir. Maitbio is right about it. If Councilman Unit is planning to" weaken the case of the city for the benefit of the IT. G. I. he could not huvc devised a better way. Councilman Weglein's plan to keep the prltc of gns nt $1 u thousand cubic feet and to reduce the pnjments by the gas com-pany-to the city by ViVi cents a thousand docs not differ materially from the proposi tion of Councilman Hall. It recognizes the existence of, opposition to un Increase in the price, but It gives to the gas company lS'a cents n thousnnd feet more than it Is now obtaining, or one-half as much as the Hull proposition does. The fairness and justness of the Gas Com mission's report have not been attacked by any one. It ought to be used ns a guide to the city in its future relations with the I. G. I. As the negotiations progress it may be necesurv to modifv the recommen dations In some details, but the general out line laid down cannot be improved on. Therefore the resolution of Councilman Boper directing the commission to consult with the gns company nnd the City Solicitor with a view to the negotiation of a new lease ought to be preferred above either tho Hall or the Weglcin propositions. So long ns the price of gas remains unchangfd the city will be in a position to demnnd better terms than it can get if it gives its case nwav, us Hnll and Wegleln would have it do. In the street-cleaning business these gen tlemen sided with the contractors against the people. Are they preparing to side with the U. G. I. against the gas consumers in this gas business? TIME FOR WORK SIMULTANEOUSLY with Mr. Wann makcr's visit to the White House in the interest of the proposed Philadelphia World Fair of 1020 it became known that one of the step-Hvely-nnd-treat-'em-rough cities of the Far West was first In Washington to seek Federal co-opcrntlon In plans for nn international exposition. Tho early bird in this Instance is Portland, Ore. The meaning of this news from Washington is obvious. Western folk, when they want anything, go after It with headlong energy, nnd they aren't afraid to crowd opponents or to forget ceremony. Portland already Iihs n bill in Congress to insure Government support for a World Fair. The bill hnH made little progress, and the weight of Ad ministration influence may ho depended on to enrry the needed Federal support to Phil adelphla, But the time has come when every one interested .Irt the Philadelphia World Fair must work, nnd work hard, Without the fullest help of the National Government the exposition as it is VlNinIJ.e liy l-llliouril'inmin i-iiiiiu i"l no reulized. xuo western contenucr ipr icu J EVENING PUBLIC LEliGEfeMllkDLPHrA; eral aid Js pretty suro to work lifelessly for tho support of all Western Congressmen,' The measures to keep tho Philadelphia plan formally before tho Hon so and the Senate should be pushed with all possible energy. DAYS OF RECKONING IT WAS a Democratic Administration that spent the money which a Republican President aud a Republican Congress must repay through tho medium of now tariff and tax schedules of the sort which Democrats in the House have Just condemned violently in a minority report. This fact is not pre sented to Justify Mr. Mcllon's theories of revenue nor to imply that the Fotdney Tariff Bill is flawless. It doesn't prove that the Republican tax scheme is a perfect one. But the knowledgo that the new Adminis tration is confronted with a really stupen dous problem created by Its predecessors ought to temper criticism nnd inspire sober second thoughts among all peoplo who nre disposed to view- tho newer revenue plans of Congress ns an unjustifiable drive on the pocketbook of the average ckcn. The Democrats may, say with Justice that Republicans were almost unanimously in favor of the wnr and that thev did as much as any one else to bring about a state of affairs out of which high Income taxes and enormous national debts grew Inevitably. That, however, docs not dispose of the pres ent problem. The war debts arc. upon us. They have to be paid. These are the days of reckoning. What would the Democrats do If they wero in power now? Would they restrict business development by seizing capital to pay the 'war bills? They would do nothing so futile nud dangerous. They would probably do about as the Republicans oc doing. When the last general election returns came In Mr, McAdoo Is said to have piously given thanks t,o henven for the complete triumph of the opposing party. He and his friends had got from" under nnd they had left their enemies to shoulder the thankless but necessary job of cleaning up after tho wnr. No Congress can satisfy cverybodv. The Congress thnt continues Income taxes will not have n happy time and its party will not have n hnppy time nt the next elections, ns Mr. McAdoo knows well enough. The fact remains that unless Mr. McAdoo nud his party were In n mood fo repudiate the Gov ernment's obligations they would have had to do much ns Mr. Harding and Mr. Mellon nnd Mr. Fordney are trying to do. They would have had to find enormous extra rev enues and they woiihl hnv'e gone about the job with a view to getting the money in wnys as nearly painless ns they could find nnd by methods carefully devised 'to spread the burden evenly nnd to put as few strains ns possible on the ngcneles that actually pro duce the wealth of the country. SUMMER SCHOOL WORK . THE wholly desirable co-operation of the T'nlversity of Pennsylvania with the educational system of the community is man ifested In the Inrge increase in the number of women students attending the summer school of the leading institution of higher learning in this city. Many of those mntrlculated aro teachers who have embraced the opportunity to ac quire scholastic "units" paving the wnv to degrees, nnd hence to improved positions In the public schools. The Finegnn salary schedule was nrrnnged partlv as an encour agement to such Instructors. In addition to the monetnrv prospects, tlre is. of course, the sincere zeal for learn ing which must be considered a factor In the marked expansion of the summer school. Furthermore, not all of these. University students nre women nor nre they all asso ciated with pedagogy. The summer courses ot Penn nre exercising n wide nnd potent appeal. Although the registration will not be con cluded until the end of the week, moro than 1000 students nre already listed, exceeding last year's total by more thnn 300. The progress of this nuxillnry enterprise of the T'niversltv is convincing testimonv of the intellectual alertness of the community. PLAINT OF UNENTERPRISING THE Imperial Conference in London ex perienced n fit of depression not unmixed with spleen the other day in considering the resources nnd comprehensiveness of Amcrl enn news distribution. Ah it so happens thnt the United States gcogrnphicnllv intervenes between Britain and Australia nnd New Zealand, the Pre miers of these far-flung dependencies are vexed over the mnss of American dispatches, prepared by American, paid for by Ameri cans, primarily for American consumption, which eventunlly find their ww into tho nntlpodes. Prime Minister Mnsscv, of New Zealand, compinins thnt under this system the United Stntes is unafraid to advertise Itself nnd Its viewpoints. The chnrgo may he true, but the offense, if anal zed, can scarcely be called heinous. The nntidote. If they care to employ it, is in the hnnds of the British colonials them selves. News in Svdney, Melbourne, Auck Innd nnd Ilnbnrt Town can easily be served "a 1'nnglnlsc" provided the requisite cash and enterprise are forthcoming. Americans do not usuallv object to the flattery ot imitation. There will be applause in this country for antipodean journalism and news-gathering administration whenever it reorganizes It 8"lf on modern lines. THE RAGE FOR CENSORS GOVERNOR MILLER, of New York, re cently signed n bill to nuthorlze moving picture censorship in his State. Ohio, Kan sas, Maryland and Massachusetts recently passed similar laws. Censorship bills nre appearing in other States Meanwhile, the need for movie censorship is passing and the president of the exhibitors' association In New Jersey has just said that If censorship cannot he npplled rationally to the censors tho moving picture industry in this country may be ruined. Movements of tho sort ordinarily called "popular" grow slowlv and often gather great momentum before thev nre discerned by the folk whose peculiar interests they threaten. The demand for movie censors in the various States is, in fact, n protest ngalnst fashions that persisted in the moving picture world five jenrs ago. Then pro ducers nnd exhibitors were reudv to do almost anything to draw a crowd. The more enlightened movie men of todav are now asked to take the punishment for tho sins of those who got Into the business enrly and looked to tho box office rather thnn to the future of the industry. Once on a day when What Next? n comic artist sur prised himself by achieving something really comic, a picture appeared in the newspapers of n mnn who, surrounded bv the members of his family, had brought to a successful conclusion a game of solitniie. Pride oozed from him as wife nnd kiddies showered congratulations. But there was hope ns well n pride in the question of his youngest son: -"What are vou going to do now. pop?" The morni? Oh, nothing much. Butnov thnt Congress has declared pence It innv be thut the people nre nsklng the same question. From u Wichita, Kan., dispatch wo lenrn that nnts which for n time threatened the destruction of the woodwork of tho Live stock Exchange Building hnvo now turned their attention to the posts and timbers of the stock pens. From the Woman's Page we cull the Information that ants hate the smell of.jtlcohnl. Is WlrhJtn engngriMn u subtle autl -prohibition camnalgtt? A ij. ilfJH "-&'" J , AS ONE WOMAN SEES IT t i... . 'yVnat Would Happen If Men Invaded the "Flel'dof Women aa Women Have Invaded the Field of Men7 Ructions! lS,By SARAH D. LOWRIE , , THE mtitterings of discontent purporting to.como from women nftcr the State Republican Convention In June, because only two women had been Included for the pres ent In the party councils, were not ns gen eral as the 'unwilling comments of a very few of .them would lead the casual reader to expect, -Vs . I do' not think the fact thnt tho American Federation of Labor in Its national conven tion inndc no move to ndmit women on n par with men in its councils was a surprise to most of the. women who ore "in the know'! In that direction. THE position of women in business -or in politics or in the Church is somewhat that "of the venturesome young miss of the nursery rhyme: "Mother, mny I go out to swim?" "Yes, my dnrllng daughter. Hang your clothes on 'n hickory limb, But don't go near the water 1" , If men should suddenly wait on women by committees nnd demand or nsk in siren tones to be allowed to tnke over tho control of tho" housekeeping, the DorcHS societies, the Chit chat and Browning Club mornings; if they should appear with bright faces and notc books nnd begin to mensure the linen in the house nnd "hold conferences ns to how much sonp was wasted in the laundry; if they changed their day's ritual of labor nnd if, instead of going "downtown" promptly after breakfast, they lingered lovingly, or nt least alertly, to share the pros and cons of the day's marketing; if. at geat sacrifice of their powers of earning money, they placed themselves nt the service of their women klnd for luncheons nnd nftornrion bridge, and, instead nf monopolizing the Lr.nonn nt brenkfast, thev took their wives' tickets for the Class in Current Events at the Broad Street Theatre, and if they did this, not hy twos and, threes or In sporadic instances here and there, but bv the thousands and tens of thousands with the onrush and fearful nglllty of nn nrmy of grasshoppers, then, Indeed, there would be "blood on the moon." I cannot think the feinnlc wny of meeting the onslaught would not be ns stolidly negative ns tho male has been. Women hnvo, it is true, the courage which bears, but they also have the instinct of some wild nnlmnls and all birds; they strike work when their nests are tampered with, they even desert their young if nn alien hand hns touched their eggs. And pleasant nnd snlutary as it would be to somo women to have some men under take some of their life jobs, n wholesale move In thnt direction would disgruntle the whole female sex to n degree that might paralyze tho wheels of dally llvlug. I THINK the ratio of women In politics or women In business or women In pul pits ought to be about the ratio of men in cooking or butlering or sewing or, nursing or teaching or designing or stewardship or chicken -raising or butter-making or decorat ing or dancing or stenography. Only experts of a male sort are welcomed as competitors in those arts and crafts and occupations thnt women show the greatest natural apti tude for. And a man has to be so good that he is better than most women In order to succeed in those pursuits. And ns nlways happens in the long run with real ability, there is always room nt the top for a genius in any occupation; so the best cooks arc men cooks nnd the best dressmakers and designers and dnuqers nnd teachers, probably becnuso with their very unusual talent un usuol in men. that is they huvc nn addi tional physical power of endurance in work. IF' IN the snme ratio as men experts tho women experts who really hod it In them to make great business administrators or compelling prenchcrs or dominant political leaders or cool-hended practical poiltieni workers could be discovered and could bo utilized, no doubt politics nnd the pulpit nnd the Ftock exchange would benefit greativ by the new blood. And If women ns a whole whoso life occupations lay where their nnt ural talents gnvc them the real "strangle hold," viz., in adding to the comfort nnd welfare of tho individuals in their chnrgo, could swap experiences with their men -folks to the degree of really being intelligent ns well ns sympathetic about the business these men-folk tnke to naturally, the improvement of the political status of women would grad unlly adjust itself. THE Republican convention was not so illogical ns some of the Interviewed carpers might have mnde it nppenr. In ndinitting two women Immediately into the rnnus or us omciai lamuy it accepted the theory that some women were ready for officialdom nnd thnt sex did not disqualify women. In defining their powers as officials it gavo women very large theoretical leeway and left it up to them to make good. In voting for the changes that would make it possible to have women members In the rauk nnd file of the committee, nfter n specified date, it left the wny open in the future for the women to mnke good in thnt direction If they could. The choice of tho two women who, in n sense, were to sjmbollze the future partici pation of their sex in pnrtv politics was n perfectly logical rholce. They took two women who had made good, tho one, Mrs. Thomas Robins, ns a sort of party whip, who had shown nn ability to focus on n specific job; the other. Mrs. Wnrburton, who hnd shown nn ability to administer nn organization very vnrled in character nnd with many difficult points of contact. These two women had never been pro gressive on the reform side of politics to nny marked degree, although they supported the fight for suffrage, not ns leaders, but as cneourngers. They hnd not been mnrkedly philanthropic or in the vnn of civic move ments before the wnr, their first school of prnctlce In public nffalrs nt least this Is true of Mrs. Wnrburton having been In making wartime welfare funds popular by splendidly organized bazaars. This was nlf'o the school of practice a generation before their time for such women ns Mrs. Gillespie. TO MAKE n great bnzanr a business suc cess takes somewhat the snme qunlltles thst are needed to mnke n great spectacular civic pnrade a success. But between the bazaars nnd the pnrnde of women wnr work ers there was an interval of perhaps two enrs, when, acting ns head of the Emer gency Aid, Mrs, Wnrburton was learning many arts of leadership, notably the art of meeting and of denllng with n great variety of human beings, from Governors to Boy Scouts and from ward politicians to Hecrc torioH. of State. She learned and bv some hard lessons, I dnro say the neccit of earning a group of persons with her without friction beforo nny group influence could be turnrd to ef fective work. She must hnvo got much valuable data on the subject of promises made on the spur of the moment to Indi viduals, or on appointments made without due consideration, or on first Impressions that had to be amended carefully, on what would take with one group nnd not with an other. AH this was preparation, but not jet sufficient preparation for her present job SUE has been very severely tried out be fore being given her big chance. It is a very nig cniim-i-, u sqe rrniiy can lie a ieader on n State-wide scale for tho women who will naturally vote witn tne Hepuhllcan party she will estnbllsh a preteilent ami blaze a h-all. The rank and file of women cannot follow that trail, even if they had It In them, for their life work is cut out for thenr, but somo women can. And what such women as have it In them to be political nw bring to the job nnd what they can get from the job will widen the scope of govern inent If they make good. The whole crux lies iust there If they make good ! "Which is wiiv so much rests on the first appoint ment of this first woman. Nothing sho does, nothing she says and, above nil, nothing that she thinks but Is Imnnrtant, because of l(n bearing on .tj, luturc. V FRIDAY, JtofotfSi 1921 "WHY BOTHER NOW MY IDEA IS THIS Daily Talks With Thinking Philadelphia on Subjects They Know Best ALBERT W. DUDLEY On School for Teaching Methods -PHILADELPHIA hns u teaeWng cx- J. change In tlie'lorm or the I'rnctice scnooi of the University of Pennsylvania, a sum mer school, according to Albert W. Dudley, its principal. "Teachers from all over the country come here," said Mr. Dudley, "both to tench and to lenrn. while observers of teaching methods nre to bo found here from nil pnrtB of the world. "The school serves a twofold purpose. It is un extension course for teachers who want to advance in their profession nud learn more about school administration and other essentials of tenching. It aho ennbles obscners to sec all kinds of teaching methods in nctunl operation. "All tho usuul courses are taught during the six weeks or so of the school. It is n more or less informal (ourse, inasmuch ns it Is open to tenchcrs, university or college students, outside observers, those who wnnt to obtain credits for college degrees or those who simply want to add to their equipment and learning. Country Teachers Interested "Tho greater number of pupils aro from the rural districts, both from this and other States, while a large number of county su perintendents nnd students anxious to mnko up lost ground or progress in some special field help to swell the numbers. "After all things arc considered, this is one of tho most effective ways of improving oneself ns a teacher that one can find, outside the field of experience Itself. "When you consider that visitors are hero from all pnrts of the world, tho school tnkes on during Its terra the nspect of a continued world symposium of education, bringing to the student nnd observer the latest and best nnd most successful practice In the teaching world. "The bchool hns been in existence for twelve years and enlists the services of about 100 tca'chors. It has about 300 pupils, and during the course of the summer the classes attract about 500 observers. Entrance Tests Required "Entrance to the courses requires the taking of n number of achievement tests. Among these nre the Monroe nnd Curtlss slleut-readlng test. As both the intelligence and achievement tests are comparatively new to the grent body of the teaching pro fession, the observers gain information on a pnit of their equipment that will he neces sary and lmportnnt In the future, when these tests will form a fundamental part of every school course. The Importance of school measurements hns been established ns a result of many thousands of tests throughout the country, nnd the fnct thnt It Is possible now to mensure both the ability, the knowl edge and tho progress of n pupil or teacher What Do You Know? QUIZ 1. Why are the Turks, called Ottomans? 2. What Is tho middle namo of Qenernl Smuts? 3. What Is the mennlng of the nautlc.il Urm luff? 4 Who was Johnnn Kepler? 6. Who Is generally regarded as tho fore most of all composers of music for the plnno? 6. Of what State Is Jefferson City tho capi tal? 7 What kind of an nnimal Is n rorqual? 8. What Is meant by rococo furniture or iiichltcctlire? 9. What Is agerntum? 10. What Is meant by the Septuaglnt? Answero to Yesterday's Quiz 1. Mocha coffee tnkes Its name from tho port of Mocha In Yemen, .Southern Arabia, on the shore of tho P.ed Sea The town long has been famous for ltii export of high-grade coffee. 2. Prototype Is a llrst or primary tyn0 a model, 3. An oubliette Is a secret dungeon with an entrnnce only by a trap door. 4. Tho execution of Charles I of KiiBam occurred In 1049. 6. Senutur Underwood Is from Alabama C, in the I'rench trl.color flag the band of bluu lies nenrest tho flagpole, 7. Alma mater literally meiiiiH nourishing or cherishing mother. v. 8. According to the iKCOUt In Genesis Methuselah died at'imigo offfi years, v- 0, Edward nollainyVaN an American nuthor nnd social refoimer noted t-speclnllv for his two hooks descrlblm: i,i,i Imaginary commonwealths, "Looklni- K8?a "n"uu",y', " & 10. The nadir Is th opposite of the zenith lino is uiejioim ot tne Heavens directly O m. iimii r inn n iHfrvRr. under thu observer. Ll '"M.r ..rttiyUyl.. lV,yi -(j WITH THAT? KNOW '''SLt with a fair degree of accuracy Insures Us permanency as a feature of every school course. "In view of tho increasing salaries of teachers, which will result In much higher qualifications being demanded, such a course as this helps materially in enabling the teacher to insure a future position and ad vancement by greater knowledge and profes sional power. HUMANISMS By WILLIAM ATHERTON DU PUY SECRETARY HENRY C. WALLACE, of the Dcpnrtment of Agriculture, wns a farmer for so long thnt ho got the habit of getting up enrly and It Is mighty hard for him to wait until 0 o'clock to get down to his office. As n mutter of fnct ho is usually there bv 8:30. About the third dny he wns in Washington lie arrived at this unseemly hour nnd hegnn work nt his desk. The scrubwoman, unaware of his presence, came In with her bucket nnd engaged herself with business of mopping up tho floor. Preseutly he coughed and she looked up. "Law," she said, settling back on her haunches, "Is you de Secretary." "I am thnt,' admitted Mr. Wallace. "Well, suh." said Mondy, "Ize been workln' henh for twenty years and this Is tho first time nry Secretary ever got down early enough for me to see him." To understand the strain that was put upon cordlnl senatorial relations as between Gcnrgin and New Hampshire, one must know thnt. in the use of tho telephone in governmental offices in Washington, there is an "inside" phone which connects these Federal ngencles nnd there is an "outside" which cpnnects with the world beyond. Senntor Tom Wntson, fiery "gladiator from Georgia, wasn't very familiar with this ar rangement when he went to call on Senator Henry Wilder Keyes, of Now Hnmpshire. He opened the door somewhat hesitantly and. not quite sure of his surroundings and a bit nearsighted, advanced cautiously. As he entered Senator Keyes' secretary was just taking un the receiver to the tele phone. Just ns the visitor opened tho door she got her nnswer from central. "Outside, please," she sold, speaking into the telephone. She paused for a moment. Senntor Wnt son also hesitated. He heard the voice, but did not see the secrctnry. Then her voice repented much more firmly, somewhat ir ritably. "Outside, please." sho said. The Senntor from Georgia waited no longer. Accustomed ns he wns to the open door of Southern hospltnllty, he could no longer brook the reception ho was here be ing given. He bolted. Roseoe C. Mitchell is n veteran newspaper reporter nnd snys that he constantly mar vels at the subjects In which render's show mot interest. Of all the stories he ever wrote, he snys, the one thnt hns been remembered longest by most renders had In It nothing what ever of importance. It wns the stc-y of a smnll incident nt a banquet of the Civic Federation. Mr. Cnr neglc was there and he felt In his pocket for n dime for the huthoy. He found the dime, hut dropped it. It rolled under the table and he pursued It. When ho came up his face wore the most pleased ex pression imaginable. He had not merely found the dime, but nn additional quarter, Senator Frank R. Willis, of Ohio says thnt he bus a friend, u Cnptnln Ludlow, who fought all through tho recent wnr. and he asked this mend what was Urn finest thine about It nil. nnd the captnin said that to him the finest thing was tho fact that from the time he went over till he enme back he saw nil kinds of American soldiers under all kinds of conditions, but he never heard one of them whimper. President Harding regards Seeretnrv l fiert Bacon Fall, of the Dcpnrtment of In ter,.n!:RJ ".!!" ',Lf ,,,,,f,.bMt "ntfmatlonn lawyers in America His specialty is MexiV can niiairu Surgeon General Hugh S. Cuiiiminir f the Pub'lc Health Bureau. Is m" ypi n.lly Scotch In ils nppearnifce that tho I iiii'f, did not nsk to kt bHamortl Ui;e went over during thy war, ""' ne -. . -- -v VfcsfMjrV" 4V5 SHORT CUTS The light that floods Council appears to be about thirteen thermal units. It isn't the Sam Browne belt that counts, but the abdominal investiture it tn-' compasses. If everybody says it with flour tie Armenian (amino sufferers will assuredly get the dough. Pretty nearly everything that has been said in favor of the tariff so far seems to be a pretty good argument for n sales tax. , 1 (, Reformers may not- approve of th "noble art of self-defense," but they srs "right smart indebted" to handy Crafts. May we or may we not expect an answer from Senator Penrose to Secretary Mellon's remarks concerning the soldiers' bonus? Secretary Weeks hasn't learned the fact that the way fo keep a secret is nevr to hint at or to admit that jou have any secret to keep. Apnrt from what the Democratic mem bers of the Ways nnd Means Committee; havo to say about the tariff, the presump tion is that it is all right. In a Pittsburgh suburb a firehouie burned down while the firemen were plajlug hnll. The feature of the game was a home run that did not affect the score. When the Mayor of St. James, Mo., eajs that the trouble with women is that they are catty, one knows instinctively thnt the Major of St. James, Mo., Is a woman. . , "Close your eyes and sniff," says the official program of the Christian Elides vorcrs In New York, "and you may catch tho very spirit of the city." Hooch? State agriculture officials say that there will bo a shortage of elderberry pie and elderberry jam this year, but no shortage of elderberry wine. Oh, well ! We can't hava -everything. From Madrid comes the news that the president of the Spanish Academy says the victory of Dempscy over Carpentier consti tutes the culmination of triumphant bru tality. Plain bull. The threat of a milk drivers strike in New York is yet another plea for tho aboli tion (preferably by the workers themselves) of tho strike ns nn industrial weapon. While men fight, babies die. A Doylestown man has been arrested at Long Beach. N. Y., on a chargo of dis orderly conduct because ho rode clKhtffn miles on a plank through the surf. That what he gets for mixing with the high rollers. Four congressional bachelors were mar ried in June Timhcrlnke, Hull, Crowthrt nnd Gould. Now Timbcrlnko overflows with happiness, Hull hns a joyous cargo, Crow ther crows here, and Gould is on his mettle. A Fairmont, W. Va., man lias escaped , trlnl for murder because ho hns a bold neau. Outside of that, he filled the description ol th.e murderer. That man is thankful tnai h'nlr restorers are not all they are cracnea up to be. "The Greeks themselves," says Prof. Albert Bushnell Ilnrt, of Harvard, "did not study ancient languages, and yet they were nn Intelligent people?' Mny this bo con strued ns n gentle criticism 'of the American Closslenl League now meeting iu this cltyf When the British First Lnr' f the Admiralty declared that nil that was nf" sary for International action townrd arma ment reduction wns for some notion toy inference America) to issue tho Invitation. Is it possible that he wns not possessed the insldo Information hinted ut by c tary Weeks? The Delaware County League of V'ovitn Voters nnd other women's political n.rSftmi; zutlons hnvo planned n mnss-meetltiB w which candidates for public pflkes will M asked to announce their policies. And " the meeting is over it mny be found triaj their policies will hnvo less effect on tnq vote than their neckties. At Milton, Pn Dr. Charles R. I'0"c" officiated at the marriage of Miss Horenco j Wilt to Mr. Euuene Six. "1 We doff our cap to Dr. Iloweis. Who furnished us with veilml flowers- , Provided with such pretty tricks; Though one should Wilt she'll turn f t"" "Wilt thoitV" he indeed! "I wilt." PP"1 ""' "Tnke Six. nnil linnw no blimmy. 4v I I tiuro Paradox, with. mlschieLstlrs' , ',' Though Six she'll be,' may health be nc' EVERYTHING!!"
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