-. A v ' rVi. IK 15 K p IV 1- 5 F 51 If ?a. aa. 8 Euenmcj public Slebger PUBLIC LEDGER COMPANY CYItt'S II. K. CI'ltTIH. l'nfMvz.M John C. Martin, Vice I'ruld lit and Treasurers ChMlei A, Tjlfr, Secretary: Ohar'ea H. I.udlnr- ton. rtilllp R. Collins. John it. William. John J. Spurtrtm, nom F. Ootdnmhn, David n. smiltr. imrewra. tuvtn n. PMtr.r.T .Editor )QUX C. MAltTty.... general Hualneaa Mm r r 1'ulillehert dally at Pibiio Lrnor.i Building" " !tiilpndftica tiurp. f'ltllaileiiihla An.NTto Cur Pren-VMon DulUlnj New Vohk .H1I4 Madleim Art. DcrxClT TOl Ford nulldlnc BT. I.oru 018 uiotifDtmocrnl CniCAOO 1802 mtuiD NEWS llfllKAI'S. nutMliur Building WainivnToi ntnrjc, . N. E. Cor. I'annijrlvanlit Avr and llt'i Ft Kw Tobk HratJO Tha Sum nulldlne London ninr.c TrnfMjar llulldlnc sunocrttPTtoN tkumh The Eveniso PnsMa Lrrwira I irvt t auk. crUers In rhllailelrhla nnd surrounding- towm &t the rate of twelve (is) cntn per weeK, payable 1 the carrier. By mail to points outetde of rhlledftnhlA In the united Statu. Canada, or fulled Biatee po tuilnni, poetaita free, fifty tin) centi per month. Six (1(1) dollars rr year, payable- in advance. To all fnrelan countries one HI) dollar a month. Noiiob 8ubacrtbra wialilrr address chanted mast live old aa wall a new nddre. BELU JOM WALNUT KFYSTONK. MAIV l01 CXAAdrtas all commiintealloii td Ereninp J'uMlo IMtgrr, Indrpetidrnet Sgunrr. Phlladrlphla Member of the Associated Press Ttrn avsocuted phehs i rrchnfvii e- tlrW o the f far rriwbUcatlem nf nil tieice ttiixitchc credited to it or nor ntJieru Ui credited i Mj paper, and alait the Joool nnes publithed therein. Atl tiphta tf rrpti Mention 0 spttlal dlstatchti nertin art alio rrtrrvtd. Nillidtlplili. W.dnftdej, Julr 11. lt NO SUNDAY SPORTS FOR MONEY THE Mayor' instructions in Director Cortclyou lay down a clear anil ontily understood policy regarding Humlit) spurt. There la to be no Interference with games indulged In (or recreation, provided they nre played where they disturb no one. This means that there Is to he no ball-playing on vacant lots near churches where services are being held or in the built-up residential sections of the city, hut that In the parks and on vacant hind in the outskirts of the city the games can b. played without in terruption by the police. But no bnseball or other game may be played where admission is clinrgil in any form or under any guise. This means that there is to be no money -making sport on Sunday. These rules conform to the desire of the great majority of the people In the city. And they are within the law. They enn be enforced readily if the police care to do it. The Mnyor points out the wa when he ays that games plavod for money must be broken up and the players dispersed. The police have authority to do this with out warrants nm! without malting orrests, Just as they have authority to keep crowds moving in the street. Superintendent Mills knows this very well. And he knows also that the people expect the commercialisa tion of Sundnv sport to he stopped at once. The Mnyor's Instructions hnxc been issued in time to give warning to every one. If they are obeyed intelligently no jontig men ploying for the fun they get out of It will be dUturbrd on Sundays, and no men seeking to make money will find it worth while. BEST SELLERS IT IS interesting, but not in the least astonishing, to hear from one of the beat-Informed men in the American book trade that the character of "host sellers", has changed for the better everywhere in the East and especially in Philadelphia. Chicago book merchnnts were reported not long ago to have said that the Hible and ".Mother (loose" were the bcMt sellers in their community. It is possible to ansume that the Uiblc has in Chicago something nf the appeal of a fleshly discovered liteiary novelty. The vogue of "Mother doo.se" may Indicate that the new Mid -Western war millionaires hove gone in for culture and the literary life. Hut it is significant to observe that even in Chicago the swift and ephemeral fiction that swept all other writing before it in the years prior to the World War and held first place in popular Interest no longer leads the field. In Philadelphia book stores and libraries the books most in demand represent work of a different and higher trend. Tims a recent biography of Queen Victoria, distin guished for frankness aud flue literary style, is among the best sellers in the Philadelphia book market, and the demand for books of philosophy inspired by the war notably the vivid speculations of Mr. Wells is steariv and growing. Wise publishers ought to be able to rend a clear meaning in the newer demands of book buyers. They are dealing lnrgely with a new generation of readers, monv of whom were stimulated to curiosity and criticism by tremendous personal experiences during the period of the war. People nre thinking more earnestly than they used to think. There are many millions who have a new interest in Europe The public schools are teaching vast multitudes of loungfiters to be critical and iliscerninj The country Isn't so easily entertained ns it used to be. And it in't so easily fouled A FAIR WITH A MEANING 17111 1,E the magnitude .if the World W Fair program in tills city lays heavv responsibilities upon lis publicity enm' palgucrs, they arc privileged to begin their task with at least one signal advantage. The Seiul-Centeuuial kignallzcs no ob scure occurrence, no parochial event, no achievement circumscribed by limited In terests of special concern only to the few. The anniversary has neither to be ex plained nor justified. It tells iu own story the birth and progress of a nation. Propagandists, mores the pity, have wrought wonders with inspiration of the most dubious nature. If the commemoration of the IfiOth year of American independence cannot be popularized and brought to the oonnclounifss of the citizens of the He public, then they nre not to be moved by the majesty of history. Tho only other celebration comparable in algnlflcance with the proleet now launched Is that memorable one held In Fnirmuutit Park in 1870. The Publicity Committee, of which Colonel John Oribbel has just been appointed chair man, need never bo opprehenslve of strain ing the proprieties of enthusiasm. The topic which they are commissioned to exploit magnificently warrants a dnrlou appeal for national interest and support GOOD SENSE ABOUT SHIPS THE few weeks that have elapsed since A. D. I.asker assumed control nf the Shipping Hoard hnve been sufficient for the production of a novelty in this organization. For the first time since its activities began to revolutionize the entire status of the American merchant marine the board is pos sessed of n policy explicit and calculated to endure until certain definite and Intelligible purposes are carried out. Chairman I.asker is obviously not a sen eatlonnlist, and at the outset he has dis nbuscd tho public of the ridiculous notion that tho administration of maritime interests by the Government could be instantaneously abolished. The board will continue, through the re vival of the Emergency Fleet Corporation, t operate Its vast squadrons and to de velop their worth In the most advantageous porumercial routes so long ns It is necessary to preserve the new merchant marine prea 'tlga offtjie TJjilted States, v Throgram looks toward the day when all the vessels now operated by the Govern ment can be turned over to private owners. Federal control Of rallwnys or steamr.hlps Is In disfavor. The board has no Intention of combating the emphatic nnd widespread sen timent upon this point. lly the present arrangement steamship companies are brought to realize that the Government Is heartily In sympathy with the principle of private ownership nnd will place no unwnrrnntrd obstructions In the way of Its progress. The np)olntment of such practical ship ping men as .1. llnrston Smull and William .1. Love, of New York, and A. .1. Frey, of I.os Angeles, ns vice presidents of the Emergency Fleet Corporation, Is a vigorous display of forthtlght business methods. Similarly, the procedure adopted regard ing the ilect of U8." wooden cargo carriers is void of pretense or doubt. The Govern ment wishes to dispose of this fleet ns rapidly as possible. 1'nder present conditions these vessels are failures. Nothing Is to be gained hj disguising this fact. Sales, not tears, nre in order now. Mr. I.asker Is too busy to indulge In lamentations. With an enormous task upon his hands, he envisages the goal to be at tained. That It Is still a long distance away is no reason for supposing that it will not eventually be reached. HARDING PROVES HIMSELF TO BE A MAN OF COURAGE His Soldiers' Bonus Address Is a Bold Protest Against Increasing the Burden of Taxation PRESIDENT HARDING'S address to -1- the Senate on the fmnnclnl crisis con fronting the Government is the ablest nnd frankest utteruncc that has come from him s'nee he entered the White House. It was morn than n request for n post ponement of the proposed adjusted coinpen. sntlon for the soldiers. The need for such postponement called forth the address, but Its heart wns contained in n brief sentence In which he named the three things essen tial to a restored order. They are: The rei'Mion, including the reduction, nf our intermit taxation; The refunding of our irnr debt; And the ndjuttmeni of our foreign loans. Hie President announced that if Congress commits the country to nn early pa.wnent of adjusted compensation to the soldiers It will place nn additional burden of from $.,I.flOt).000,000 to .-.000,000,000 upon the people. This would mean increased tnxes at a time when every consideration of prudence demands thnt the taxes bo reduced. The Administration, in nn effort to relieve the country, is already at work on plans to reduce the expenditures of the current jear many millions below the appropriations. It Is borrowing money nt a high rate of interest in order to meet its temporary obligations. It will have to refund between ?.-.000.000.000 and !?7.r,00.)00.000 of war savings certificates nnd Liberty Honds within n j ear or two. If additional obli gations ate incurred to the extent required to meet the burden of adjusted payment, the interest rate to be paid on the refunded bonds would be so high as to add immensely to the burdens of taxation. It would take from legitimate business the capitnl needed to enrry It on. nnd it would head the Gov ernment directly toward a grave financial disaster. The Piesidnt is right when he snjs that "our greatest necessity is a return to the normal ways of peace activities," and thnt "Htabilized finance and well-established confidence arc both essential to restoied in dustry gnd commerce." Yet the Nation i prepared, according to the President, to take care of the disabled and dependent soldiers and to do so gen erous!. It already has paid out more than half n billion dollars to them. It has trained men who were earning nn average of .? 1 1 00 a jear befjre the war and has equipped them so that they nre now earning $1,100 a J ear "Hut." snjs Mr Harding, "no thought ful person, possessed with all the facts, is ready for added compensation for the healthful, self-reliant masses of our great armies at the cost of n Treasury break down which will bring its hardships to all the citizens of the Republic." In these words he has placed the issue fnirlv beforo Congress, nnd Congiess can not dodge it. The question is not one of dealing fnirlv with the soldiers, but it in one of burdening the country with heavy obli gations nt n time when it i staggering under n load which Is a drag upon every legiti mate business There Is only one thing to do, and that is to postpone all further consideration of ndjuHcd compensation for the nhle-bodlcd soldiers until the country has recovered from the first effects of the war. It is the duty of the Government to relieve business of excessive taxation. This ennnot be done If It takes on new obligations, mid it cannot be done if it lias to refund the maturing war debt nt n high rate of interest. An the Pns'dent intimates, it is much more important that bomcthing bo done to bring about the re-employment of millions out of norfe. The assumption of courageous leadership by the President in tills crisis is heartening to all broad-minded Americans regardless of party. lie has risen to the occasion and he has stated the ensn with such claritj and precision thnt he will have tho moral force nf the whole countrj back of him a moral force which ought to stiffen the purposes of anv weak-kneed Congressmen afraid to do what they know to be right . DANGEROUS TRUTH ONLY brave men set forth to be tellers of unwelcome truths and none ever escapes without encountering plenty of trouble. Here, for exnmple. Is the Rev I)r Charles Townt-cnd. rector of the Hpiscopnl Church of the Good Shepherd, at Roemont. who, trjing. as eery earnest man tries now aud then, to make subtle definitions plain, ob served in a Sundaj address thnt the enforce, ment of prohibition is not necessarily purely ChrlMiau work. Promptly the "wets" .eled upon that statement and now they ore quoting Dr. Townsend nnd describing him as a clrrgman who believes thnt the "dry" laws are un-Christlnn. What Is more, they probably believe thut that Is what the rector meant. What Dr. Townsend did mean nnd what he aid clearly enough to be understood bv nnv disinterested lldtener was that in a thoroughly Christian world prohibition and prohibitionists wouldn't be necessary and that the flrM aim of religion should bo to eliminate all Impulses of intempernnce In tho hearts and consciences and minds of men rother than to depend on the forcible sup prciwlon of raerjjl; Miperflclal symptoms of folly and wTongf-Tfhc difference In methods EVENING PUBLIC LEDGER here suggested is nn old one. Dr. Town scud's view nnd the views of tho people whose methods he deems Ineffectual nro familiar enough to every one who thinks nt all. Time will tell which theory Is most sticccksful In practice. "I nm not attacking prohibition," said Dr. Townsend. As he saw the matter, a religious method that would let light into n man's soul that, in a word, would make every m.m his own enforcement officer was to be preferred In the end to that which would lead n zealot out to break saloon windows. And for that he has been called a champion of the "wet" principle! OPEN DIPLOMACY THE cry for open diplomacy, raised so' vehemently in 11)10, has not been an swered to the complete satisfaction of those petitioners who clamored for diplomatic re lations conducted along the lines of the old New England town meeting. It Is doubtful whether this Ideul ever will be realized; doubtful, furthermore, whether enterprises of great pith nnd moment anywhere ever have been forwarded b public discussion nlone. Tliere will be side conferences, sealed letters, secret meetings, prlvnte conversa tions to the end of the chapter. The alter nate procedure is a series of world referen dums upon every detail of the world's busi ness, n performance manifestly Impossible nnd inconsistent with rational order and progress. A vast gulf, however, unquestionably separates the diplomatic methods now em ployed from those practiced in the European ihnneellcries within the memory of living men. The reformation, despite the chorus of skeptical walls, began- in Paris two years ngo. Compared with the conferences of Vi enna. 1S14: Rcrlln, 1878; Algrclras, 1000: een American Portsmouth, 1005, the in ternational parley nt the Qunl d'Orsay was as open as a mass-meeting. The secret treaties, out of which so much sensational capital was made, were about ns covert ns the average white elephant. In addition, the flood of Inside reminis cences and "truths about the treaty" have rather effectually laid bare the most flagrant onsen of concealment. This retrospective vigilanco has been useful. The old order wns languishing 11 1 Paris. That it has not in the least convalesced is exemplified by the franknesR with which fncts bearing upon the proposed disarmament conference nnd dis. cusslon of Pacific problems have been ilis closed. Lloyd George has publicly divulged the mystery surrounding the status of the Anglo-.Inpaucse treaty by admitting the embarrassment of IiIh Government. The question, he confesses, wns submitted to tho Lord Clinnccllor, who came to the con- lusion thnt the agreement remained in force for otic year after it had been formally denounced. As notice of its nbrogntlon wns not given by Great Rritnin this month, the alliance for the present holds. It operates, how ever, under conditions far different from those prevailing in the pre-war period. "Every treaty," declares Article XVIII of the Covenant of the League of Nations, "or International agreement entered into hereafter bv any member of the League shall be forthwith registered with the sec retariat, and shall ns soon ns possible be published by it. No such treaty or inter national engagement shall be binding unless so registered." The succeeding nrticle, fully as signifi cant, provides that "tho Assembly mny from time to time ndvlsc the reconsideration by members of the League of treaties which hnve become Inapplicable and the consid eration of International conditions whose continuance might endanger the peace of (he world." In strict conformity with the spirit of this regulation, llaron Hayishi, representing Japan, and Earl Cumin, representing Great Itritnln, have dispatched to the League a formal notice thnt "if nnv situation arises while the agreement tcmnins in force in which t lie procedure prescribed by the terms of the agreement is inconsistent with pro cedure prescribed by the Covenant of the League of Nations, then the procedure pre scribed by the snid Covenant shall be adopted and shall prevail over t lint pre scribed by the agreement. " Assuming, as must be assumed until otherwise proved, that this announcement Is sinccie, here is n concrete instance of the working of the new spirit of candor in diplomacy. Frankness nKo lias character ized the foreign reception of President Harding's invitation to a supplemental world parlej. In Great Itritnin, in France and' in Itnh the Prime Ministers, have seen lit to make public disclosures of the henrty approval of their Governments. It is no exaggeration to state that both at home nnd abroad the negotiations and various steps lending to the most important development in International affairs since the sessions in Paris hnve proceeded ns openly ns the situntinn will permit. What has paused between President Harding nnd Sccretnr Hughes as prelimi naries to the public act is not known. Were it available the new edifice of co-operation now building might tom-elvahly be im periled. The fact remains that citizens of the world are at tills moment iutlrnattU in touch with tlie major endeavors of the world's constl luted ciiieftains. Medievalism by no means lias entirely vanished from diplomacy, but its hold is fast relaxing The coming con ference in Washington mnv be expected to reflect the decnv of the old regime in 11 fnshion fur more emphatic than thnt legis tered in Paris two cnrs ngo. A hearten ing popular movement has gained an im petus which cannot be seriouslv checked. HONORS FOR TILDEN WILLIAM T. TILDEN icturn.H to Amer ica today after suci essfully defending in Europe ills title to the international tennis championship. The Davis Cup Com mittee of the I'nited States Lawn Tenuis Association is to give luni a dinner in honor of hit. triumphs. This will be n fitting recognition of one of the greatest tennis players that the sport lins developed. Tilden's skill hns commanded the admiration of ull who have seen It dis played. His height and his long reach give hlin considerable advantage over smaller men, but they nr not enough to account for his victories He lias outplayed his opponents by his service, by his return and by his placement nf the ball. The Germantown club on whose courts he developed his game should be proud of the honor which he hns brought to it. "Lay off the sodas !" Hot Weather Stuff cry the kids in the Ilronx, New York, nnd the htilke Is on Their mothers arc backing them Thev threaten to start home breweries If hhIii-water dealers don't bring down prices Tills seems an effective vvuy to register a kick Boston has joined the protest. The kids have Inaugurated the parade nnd the boycott There are those who consider Ice (renin n luxury. It isn't. It's 11 necessity. At least, that's the posi tion taken bv the Massachusetts State Commission cm the Ncccusarles of Life, which hns called on dealers to rut the prices of Ice cream and soda water Every where people continue to get hot because nf tlie price of keeping cool, . The pastor of an East St Louis church appears to have found a remedy While he preached n big fan played over n dftzen hundred-poiintl bloek of lee nnd vufteo7oojlng breezes over his congregation, ( JtelLABELPHIA, WEDNESDAY, JULY 13, AS ONE WOMAN SEES IT Qrandma, the Demon Chaperon of Toonervllle, Has Her Work Cut Out for Her In Thla Day and Generation Ry SARAH I). I,OYVRIK UNTIL thn present impasse for chap eions blows over, wise parents who can wrench their young away from the usual rummer haunts nf hotel mid cottage colo nies, and can nip them up before they dtiltc understand the game to remote ranches In this country or strange cities on the Conti nent, where they do not know the language and hnve 110 acquaintances, let nlone friends, will doubtless be the envy of the less forehanded ones, for undoubtedly this will be the most difficult summer for the chaperon that ever has passed into history. llicrnbly forced to exist by their own mistaken sense of duty or of importance, they nre a drug on the market, a eause of indignant protest, nnd worse than a fungous growth in the eyes of their refractory; nnd disapproving charges, A quotation from the Psalmist fits the attitude of this generation townrd the gen eration of mature ndtilts, as though It was snid by nn Infant of sixteen but yesterday: "Your wnys nre not my ways," wilth tho girl. "Neither are my ways your ways. For aH the heavens nre higher than the earth, so nre my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts." IT JUST happens that for a bright, cheer ful talk on a hot day two perturbed fnthers have poured out their woes and ex periences In the lost commencement orgies of June. They could not contemplate the arduous times ahead of them without shud ders. They were made to feci like dodder ing taggers, and In the end. around -l A. M., In n bedraggled ballroom, they hail lost their charges completely. Any girl who Is mod erately fit con send her chaperon staggering to the ropes between .' and ft A. M. without any trouble, unless thnt chaperon belongs to her own vintage, lit which case tlie youthful matron is only too liable to outdo her, out dance her nnd nutmotnr her to n still more distant club or restaurant or country inn for breakfast. I tipped tlie two disconsolate fnthers that bit about chnperons of their daughters' own age ns being on the whole simpler nil around. All tnlk about "You don't understand" or "Thnt mny hnve been the right thing when you were young, but indeed it is not done now," would be omitted. All Bolshevist re pronrhes nbout the tyranny of nge would be nn anachronism. If the chaperon got tired before the girl, she could call her home ns Mary colled the cattle home, with a fnce as open and unnpologetic ns on alarm clock, and a manner ns assured. If the chaperon stopped longer than the girl had partners, the girl would he jolly glad to bolt for bed without hunting her up, which would be n wholesbmc renction for both parties. A rebuke from the young nnd Innocent nbout too Into hours Is n rebuke that one feels from its very rarity. PARENTS hnve put off the evil hour of chnperonngc by delegating the task to others. What they do not leave to the schools nil winter they throw over nn the summer rnmps all summer until the nwful summer comes when the girls nre too old for school, too old for summer camps and no longer wish to go by threes nnd fours with arms entwined about one another, but consciously or unconsciously arc on tlie "still limit" thnt hns engnged their mothers nnd their grnndmotliers before them. Then nre spectacles nnd teeth -strnlght-encrs Inld aside, eyebrows nro denlt with, the whites nnd reds experimented with until n sort of habit of facial adornment is formed : then is the hair made the crown of glory the Iliblo says it was meant to be, and in tlie matter of dress, things that are meant for a sprightly matron of thirty are annexed, to lend nn air of assurance to seventeen. Then, too, n variety of manners vamp. Cnrmenesciue. Follies, naughty manikin, sweet boyishness nie tried on and Tnerged Info 11 composite. And then, most of all, is independence worshiped as n god and de feuded bv slnmmed doors, stamped feet and passionate reproaches. TIIIC present girl has .'0 per lent more Independence than her mother had nt her nge or hns yet, for the matter of that but she defends the other ."() per cent which she feels that she ought to have with 11 sort of maternal fury of no compromise. There again my feeling Is, Evc her her head. The old crupper that used to loom so menacingly over every young Independent career what the Victorians called Immorality"-- Is not likelv to overtake the modem girls without their knowing It and choosing it They mny come cruppers, but tliey will be more sinning than sinned against if they do. What thev wish to do with their dearly fought for independence seems to b, harm less enough, viewed from the standpoint of niot of the Mosaic law. Thev wish to go "somewhere eNe nil the lime." ospcclnllv in the small hours of the morning. They wish to see a movie rntiier than read the book, dance afterword rather than have conveisatlon, eat afterward rather than come home. Home and conversation nfter 8 P. M. until ns near H A. M. ns the voiith who is due at I. Is oflice by fl can manage to hold out Home and conversation are signs of failure to improve the electric shining hours. IT IS never conversation, so far as I can find mil That is deadly mid npt to turn you forever against an otherwise perfectlv good man. That Is where hildge comes in ns one's salvation if worst comes to worst. A woman told me she had nt least made a dent in her voting daughter's mind bv the following quick iuru to 11 conversation:' The particular vouth who was "coming" thnt particular cvenini wns nn "ensign somebody" or other who was on shore for the last two days of Ins leave Up hail given the girl quite n rush since n dinner that same week, at which thev had met for the first time. The girl, with the casual ness that was meant to be salutary to her mother, happened 10 mention that she would probably be out nil her lotelsh. as he was coming and they were going somewhere or other. "You might stay nt home and hnve n enzv talk," the mother had snid with a tactful air of its being nothing to her. "Talk!" shouted her doiiBlitcr. eyeing her mother suspiciously and with n "tliere-yoii-go-agoin-I-MippoFo" tightening of the neck muscles "What in the world would we lint! to tnlk nbout?" "Oli, well, his experiences," her mother icmnrked, still trying to seem nxuo nnd quite out of it. "I think it would be a very stupid wnv to spend your last evening on shore. It would be a great deal more fun to go around a bit nnd M'c a show and maybe dance for a while." the girl announced firmly. "At every port he touches he can buy n girl to do that with him," her mother said carelessly, "but nowhere until he pets back Is he likely to find nnything so unique as a girl sitting by a cozy open fire in a room like this, a girl who ninkea him feel nt home and yet a sort of special guest for whom a whole intimate evening Is set apRrt. Rut then that takes cleverness nnd n certain sort of subtlety nnd " "Oh, what's subtlety?" her daughter In terrupted shortly. Hut the Idea evidently caught her fancy, for her mother observed that she stayed at home thnt evening and wore n most becoming house frock nnd mnde n very pretty picture of herself by the open fire. AND truly subtlety Is not nn art much practiced by the present generation of young things. It savors of deception, nf studlrd effects, of vomplng gone mellow, f thnt awful thing called "mush." It Is the nge of the syncopated bent In life an well ns In music, Smoothness, suavity, grociousnoss nro not accented j it is the unexpected, tlio restless the begun-nnd- not-ended that charactering thettune. r? Ks ' i A ' ) 'V I w"'i 3 o -Ai - i y 1, . .5 VS?1-!1 mix 1 i-U tj-?s. ! 4 feilfic' Ww? q& : & Sm? JMMmm l 1 i IrYxCrLi-f. -TavBrCflRiir' " yy ,r Ain h TUT rwHaBf (.') r t3T t ai w H XviAAfc'jMiJc-i ''' mJlt Zaol U ZZfx2'l&l 1 . AWiWw.'nfW!.".! i- fc Suffix-, ' 'j ekVW. a 'TfKklfZiS!ffZiP!Lt Y','1 fkh t 'i iBBgay-- uJEtMwMmnipr n asr 1 ,. w..,m..K)u .'-.s ,..r.hiS tyyvisl-,,. Ul.i'K.TTrVi-.-s -l.i'l.ttei:. ' w- . !,tiij .fwfc- ' ... .W . ..- 1 ' ' .ri-IS-Ki .cssrr: - - 1 ." -.r.M "Ml 1'JWIJM I fa?'-"-" ...AjAirt: i.af-,-.fl.-Nrrt s -"'... . -1 y!krvj&3'r kV? NOW MY IDEA IS THIS Daily Talks With Thinking Philadelphians on Subjects They Know Best BENJAMIN H. LUDLOW On Giving to Charities ECONOMY nnd efficiency nre the great ends to be achieved In the community drive which will be conducted by the Wel fare Federation next fall, nccordlng to Hie plans now being made by Benjamin II, Ludlow, who has been made the chulrman of the committee having the drive in charge. "The national hysteria which mnde great drives successful without much questioning during the period of the war has now sub sided," Mild Mr. Ludlow, "and this feeling has been succfeded. ns it should be, by one of cold common sense. Figures carefully compiled show that during the wnr period tlie expenses of these drives ran from 8 per cent In the more economically administered to 1(1 per cent, nnd n few even higher In those which were conducted less carefully so far ns expense wns concerned. The fig ures upon which the estimates of our cam paign are based show only ,'1 per cent In costs. This leaves $07 out of every ?100 for the purposes for which the money Is to be given. And it should be borne in mind tills It per cent covers not only all the cost of raising the money, but of administering it as well. "Now, out of the 110,000,000 population in tlie Culted States, Philadelphia Itself has about 1,800,000. But In addition there nre 1 lie suburbs, which for nil practical purposes mny lie considered ns a part of Philadel phia, although politically separate. But the residents of these suburbs come constantly to Philadelphia, many of the men have their businesses here and a lorge amount of the giving to charity comes trom them. They will add about 1100,000 more to the list of Philadelphluns, actual or potential, making the total nbout 11,000,000 no inconsiderable percentage of the population of the country "Of these 2,000.000 persons, nbout r.0.000 may bo rated ns consistent and regular givers to the charities of the city some of them large givers, but all of them regular. It is our task to increase this number. Percentage Is Ixiw "From these fisurcs it will be seen that tlie percentage of Philadelphia givers 1 not so high as It should be in tlie wr tli- - onghly Amerlcnu city In the country. We hove now n little more than 2 per cent of the total population giving, while Cleveland with ir per cent of its population regular givcis to charity and Rochester (tlie highest j witli 20 per cent far outrank us. Hut this Is not because the people of Philadelphia am not liberal, but bemuse the manner of making the collections in those other cities 1 better. This condition will bo changed, nnd I believe the figures as well, by our cam paign In the fall. "After the fund Is collected It will be administered In n representative board of trustees, composed of the finest men nnd women in the city. As the collections will be made 011 n strictly nou -sectarian basis, so will the administration of tlie funds. The board of trustees will include Prates tauts, Catholics, Hebrews and representa tives of every other Inrge class in the city, and it Is needless to say that absolute jus tice and equity will be its keynote. Lnrgely Volunteer Work "One reason why we will he able to keep the expenses so low Is that most nf the work will be done on a volunteer basis. There will be few salaries paid and those which are given will not be large ones, and they will ull be earned. Theie will he n commissions paid, as was the ease in many of the drives during the war. There is nothing more disheartening to the giver, who often denies hinisolf In order thnt his contribution mny be as large as possible, than to lenrn afterward that a considerable per centage of what lie gave went In the form of expenses, even though those expense, be legitimate ones. Everything of this sort will be eliminated from our campolgu. "The members of our committee all are volunteers. We nie not even 'dollar-a-vear' men: we are dollar-it -drive men without the dollar. "We also propose to eliminate some of the feuturcs of former campaigns which proved to be distasteful if not actually ag gravating to the general public. There will be no strcrt booths and nil of our workers will be instructed not to stop people on the streets when they ore busy nnd thinking of other things nnd nsk for contributions. This is not only distasteful to the public, but it is often embarrassing to the persons op proiiched. mid while It mny bring in a few dollars, it often results in the loss of larger fVoPtributlons from tlie same people If they Khad been approached at a better time and 1 n a mire tnctful manner P U 1921 WIF YOU PLEASE" Ik . VW,- . . Wufwa..-1'- Ci." -- "The contributions will nil be used for maintenance and running expenses. If, for example, a hospital desires to build n new wing, that is considered nu net of cap ital of the organization desiring it and the money for such an improvement must be found by the hospital outside of the funds collected by us. The maintenance period for which tills first fund is collected will be fifteen months, that is from the. first of October of the present year to the close of the year 11122. "It is the aim of every true Philndelphlun to boost the city in normnl times by bringing new commercial enterprises to the citv with their attendant scores of hundreds or thousands of workmen. But wherever there is increased work there are also the in creased burdens of Illness and accident, for successful mechanical business always car ries in Its woke the likelihood, If not the certainty, of personal disaster. "If we have these Inescapable con comitants of successful business wc must meet them. Besides theso there is the caro of dependents for which provision must be "i .,.."ml. u m,lst hc mn(1 b' tbc citizens of Philadelphia nnd by them nlone. Accidents Aro Cnlversnl "Hut it is not only the persons of lesse. mntcriol prosperity for whom our hospitals must bo in a constant state of readiness ; It is not only the cripple, the new mother, tho sick baby, the young children who appeal for Immediate aid at Its doors. It is not at nil beyond the bounds of probability that some of the largest contributors to such an Institution may meet with n street accident in which immediate help Ik necessary to save his lifo or limb, and for these ns 'well our institutions must be ready. "Accidents are no respecters of persons, and amid the manifold dnngers of our city life the wealthy person is ns likely to meet disaster as the poorer one. "But to revert again to the practical side of our proposed drive: All the Institutions in the city will share in its proceeds and .givers will be spared the necessity of re ceiving many appeals from ninny organize tlons nil working to the snme genernl cuds. On the other hand, the cost of n number of campaigns vv II bi eliminated, because their needs nil will be provided for in this one movement, 'lhls alone will save n verv large sum 111 expenses, all of which will go' to tlie charities for which it was originally in tended. "Our plan contemplates that the given may designate the Uiarltles which thev wish especially to aid if they so desire That s a person who Is interested In any special hpspita or other organization may ninkn his contribution with the proviso that it al go toward the maintenance of that organ ization These requests will be strictly car rled out although, naturally, the greatest goo. to the greatest number of persons wouid be done by allowing the Board of Trustees in charge nf the disbursement of the nionev at least some leewny In spending It. ,"m ,s.,,l !i,nrs of ,llirtl1 nDl1 'yth thnt intelligent help is needed most. The ,,.". tlons arising at these critical times should be relatively and intelligently eoiiMclerc But If any one making 11 contribution has ;i hobby, if n charitable impulse muv be given so harsh a name, for work along anv esne clal line, his wishes will be observed to tho very letter by the hoard. The Mutter oT Giving "This question of giving cfTectivel, for charity, one of the finest ud noblest jn i pulses which can animate the human cm -sclousness, Is nut always so rasy ns 11 , iwtnru to lin nn !,.. .... W " " "P" "" ." '" " ""'"' J' or eninn r, given. "Or. n sum wiVJ"?.i,Pn nml '"' """' administered reached the beneficiaries r,s the'dnnnr 1,? teuded i. should. Intelligent glWuiTgiv ' ......., v,.k. ,(.,- onu ,,n, ", ',,, . ."" mil mane ln,1er nm- plan will accomplish, because both instil tlons nnd the nut hod of ndiuinlstratio,, v ill of Tr,.f:.e'es,.",""r thC '0""'l "' '""' '" "Hut it is not nnv institution no matter how worthy nor any I onid of Tr Lii, which is making this mil for help 't, appeal comes from the abandoned ' child iioni iiiv n-iimiiirii Kin, trom t he (tie ehll ( ren nil n i.f.nnlr. ... .!... "".r Hill' " "' ,""i'B. irnni the couples sitting i tin- various homes nW fol These are the ones who need suppo ,'aud ai. and these it is who moke the ca I mi- iitiu uuuihiik i eir nun summons nerd the stimulus ut war 11 t take caro of tneir own. ' t- '"' "... . "Mj. -. . C-i - ff .-.. I. AliiTKW A mrJi 7 T'V-L "" . V-" ... - w AiAjylfsi-.'ifil I Jf il . . ' - w . .iWLJEfVV'sVL.-Vb. .ri irr- n M mara .uvi -, ..wwwjci..-'"- h3vss:"''i::v ii j? y. Sr vlFOT ' A, , Nv- a man. with the best intentions in the wori.i' may g ve a sum to an unworiln ners, o or institution, although there are 'very fen of tlie latter class i existence, at le-.s. I Philadelphia. In this case the Hfi . V. ' . " l"H l 1 m-i tv, n. r SHORT CUTS The Dove of Peace begins to nrj itself Hall's gns bill goes to prove that cor porations nave no souls. Yap appears to be an Islnnd entirely Burrouuueu uy tnc jnpnncsc nag. Our new Immigration Law apptari ti Miuiii m gnnm wane it Hwniiows cntneiB. "Yes" is to th? fore in the plans c( Disarmament. "ut win come inter. The one and only piece resort publlclt) elocutionists appenr to know Is the ont piece bathing suit. The trouble with the Anglo-Japanm treaty Is that China at nny moment inljlt unci ner open iloor ajar. Last year many apples rotted on tie ground, 'i lie ciiier press this year may pre vent any such contingency. A Detroit man has been arrest4 for stenllng n fur overcoat. He ought to jet away with a plea of insanity. "Golf." sniuTthc Becinner. "is a rati In which you pay a small boy to walk n rou ml with you and give you the laugh." Senator Edee advises radical revision of the Income tax. Right-o! There mljkl be wisdom In revising it out of existence. The news from London that the ther mometer registers 128 in the shade at Uasri, Mesopotamia, makes us feel cool Dy com parison. "Adaptability Is first cousin to Fore- slcht." siivh a New York financial writer. To which it may b? added that Reraone It own sister to Hlmisignt. That French movie houses nre cold M the Carpentler-Dempsey prlzo fight is tlnrjlf added proof thnt nothing succeeds ne suc cess, nnd nothing s so list as tonure. "Light heavyweights." said Pericarp, "Intrigue my Interest, and yet To other songs I'll tunc my hnrp. Oh, how I love the blonde brunette. Tnmnnun. Pn.. nncler fishing in Lofty Creek. Weasel swimming by seizes Dan. Hooked. Pop goes the weasel! 'lamiiui congratulated for publication of really queer lUIIUili A till U(lill ....... ..a .-- - fish story. Former jaegerH nnd sharpshooters of t'l iicrmnn Army, wno uem 11 im-m y bration in Berlin for tholr fallen mra'. hnve been called upon by the authorltW ira pay an amusement tax This may wro" a light on history. Perhaps It wa n amusement tax they levied on Helgiurc. to.- 11 ti.- i,.nl, Strntnn SITS " Jl lie nut 1111 Jwi4... -- - , Roosevelt were hIIvc he would have n attended the "disgraceful nffHlr "' -", pentler-Dempsey fight. Eermlt Rooeyi n.,,i .vifo ,vlin ntteniled the fieht. say V" reverend 'gentleman Is not well infnnj"; The n tort courteous, but none the less t photic. n What Do You Know OOIZ Who created the science of tTeometrjr' , Of whom was It snlrl that It AVr 1. was i sniri mm "- "",.. mr all question the nest cnronicicr - age or nation 7 . , .ri. 3 In wiint country did the word loot on! nate? 4 What Is a gibus hat' R Whnt Is a slhbous moon ,..wi fi. How should the word be Propo""'?0,,.,! 7 Who wns Snppho nnd when did she n s What Is a nuagrn? . fj 9 What Is the meaning of the w 10 WbaWendency of Great Britain U 0, flclally styled n Commonweivltn. Answers to Yesterday's QuU 1. An nmphora is n Greek or Human t handled cssei, . Ith thl 1 ffc ...nrfl hii!,l h nronnuncNl w',n " accent on tho first syllable cj 3 Ivnnoe nonoml Is the present Premier . JMY,-. .. , . ..... ...tun fie Illeo' 1. l up ninrni is it mini; ,',,, Hi 11111811 IS. Wight nnd the mnlnlnnd of Hampw ICnnland n Nolls nre abort wool comonih.- phlllp- Hector was nvvnrueo '".',., stend of Ainx he went mud from w lion nnd stabbed hlms' f , .. ,nCsn 8. The musical term "prestissimo lm very nulekly. ,, ,. rnl,i tM town of Seltrs. In armny, ,, -j,.! 10., A hoopoe la a largo "propjan wro 'J vnrferated u umnge nndalargerc7 o rfiu. iraii.i winiAu iicniiu in ii" pine Islands by tro treaty with N"' concluded on April 1J. J,"'' . man 7 Ajnx In classical mythology w ") of Riant stature, self-conflileni i nritir ,v iipii imp ii.ki." ., i.. ... .. & nrmnr , i iu - A i crest ,. ,ju .n . .vv VII Wtl -rttn, j 9-nwtf . h ,1 ;!" fteHrxfy V
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