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BETTER TIMES COMINQ
TIE bids received for $3,000,000 lu 5Vj
per cent flfty-ycar city bonds yesterday
Indicate that there is plenty of money Beck
ing investment in securities exempt from the
Federal income tax.
The total of all the bids amounted to four
times the umount to bo borrowed. The suc
cessful bidder will pay 104.130. This will
make tho amount of cash paid into the City
Treasury for the bonds $5,206,030, and it
will reduce the rate of interest to n shade
bore Ci per cent.
This is too high for a municipal bond,
but when it is recalled that investors have
been getting big profits out of war indus
tries, the readiness of capital to tiiko up
the bonds at the rate of interest offered will
I be regarded as an indication that readjust
ment has begun. It is a sign that the pur
chasing power of the dollar is improving.
A COUNCILMAN BLUNDERS
COUNCILMAN HALL'S abilities as a
political lender fall to shine conspicu
ously hi the dispute that has artecn con
cerning the naming of the city's new recre
ation grounds at Tenth and Hodman streets.
Representatives of nine leading Negro
church congregations already have taken the
Vnre henchmnn of the Seventh Word
severely to task for his opposition to com
memorating the famennd inspirational career
f Phillis Whcntlcy, the first American poet
f the colored race, by giving her name to
this playground.
The movement is likely to grow. Its fit
ness was promptly realized by Mayor Moore,
who dedicated tho center to the memory of
the remarkable slaTe-poet of Colonial times
on day last week.
Mr. Hall asserts that the matter of nomen
clature is for City Council alone to decide,
and somewhat heatedly insists that "Charles
Seger" shall be the designation of tho play
ground. His efforts to perpetuate the mem
ory of n gang ward boss has nrouted the
'force of sentiment, which is sometimes snitll
ciently potent to destroy even the most
strongly intrenched political traditions.
The Negro -citizens of Philadelphia arc
offended by Hall's tactics, and their griev
ance is justified. Council will reflect public
sentiment by lending its official sanction to
"Phillis AVheatley Center." though tinhorn
politicians may sorrow over u tribute to a
vanished brother.
Occasionally there is more in a name than
la dreumed of in Vnre philosophy.
CRIPPLED WATER SYSTEM
THE bursting of important water mnins in
several sections of l'lillndelplila yesterday
cannot be ilimlcd as exceptional. It is
needless to dl'guise the fart that only im
provements on n comprehensive scale will
be Miffirlrnt to reduce the frequency of such
accidents.
Central Philadelphia especially is af
flicted with n water-distribution system
antiquated in equipment and unequal to the
gTeat demands upon it. Chief Davis repeat
edly has pointed nut the necessity of gen
erous appropriations for the betterment of
the municipal water supply, which is handi
capped not only by decrepit pipes, but by n
reservoir system which regularly breaks
down in times of prolonged drought.
The proccrs of patching has been severely
strained. Expenditures for wnter supplj
lack ornnmental appenl. Clamor for mod
ernizing the sjstcm seldom arises until the
damage Is done. Of late jenrs mishaps, ac
companied by specific dangers, have occurred
so often that postponing a large scale reform
becomes a peculiarly dnngerous sort of
trilling.
SAFEGUARDED AT LAST
F' IS welcome news that the preservation
of the old City nail and Supreme Court
Building at Fifth and Chestnut streets will
no longer be left to the somewhat uncertain
mercies of chance. The contract for restora
tion work, which has just been awarded by
Director Caven, calls for an expenditure of
$47,045 In safeguarding the structure, ren
dering it habitable nud placing it as nearly
as possible in conformity with its original
appearance.
It is worth noting that the previous Ad
ministration paid its respects to the shrine
chiefly by futile discussion. Meanwhile the
building suffered increasingly rapid degen
eration until its condition today constitutes
a serious shadow upon the historic .self
respect of the community.
Fortunately, the work so long overdue
will be started not only at once, but under
the direction of experts competent to revive
the charm of the structure and at the same
time to offset the blight of anachronisms.
The plans have been prepared by the Phila
delphia Chapter of the American Institute
of Architects, which has previously displayed
Its protective hand in Independence Hall.
When the repairs have been completed the
most historic block of buildings in the Na
tion will be worthy of its patriotic inheri
tance and will, lu addition, be memorable
ns im exhibit of Colonial architectural beau
ties in their finest flower.
PORT FOR THE STATE SHIP
TO THE war, not ordinarily a recipient of
much public gratitude, probably is to be
ascribed the rev'val of the schoniship pro
gram by the Commonwealth of Pcnnsylvn
nia, The lapse of the undertaking, which
lasted for n fexr years, was repaired ad
mirably by the acquisition of tho Annapolis.
It nlready has proved Its worth to a State
which, though grograohk-ully inland, is
maritime In some of lis most vital Interests.
Coincident with the sailing nwoy of the
schoolshlp yesterday upon her summer cruise
romrn the announcement that Penn Treaty
Park, near which she has been moored, may
k-e provided with modern lauding facilities
yiiil f'ruMtrd vrjtlt a slillnhlc whnrf
li'lto JLdvrt deserves development fur both
practical and sentimental reasons. The
present condition of the waterfront at this
point Is not such as to Inspire the cadets
with respect for the harbor' of Philadelphia.
Poetlcnlly the home of the Annapolis is
on the high seas, where the youth of the
State are schooled in nautical craftsmanship.
Hut the ship should have a suitable anchor
age In winter. No berth could be more
fitting than one by the very shore on which
Pennsylvania was born.
ORGANIZED MOB GOVERNMENT
A NEW PROBLEM IN AMERICA
Art. the States Powerless to Deal With
Masked Hordes That Laugh at Gov
ernors, Courts and 8herlffs7
BID the devil In to tea and, before you
know it, his business shingle will be
nailed to your gate-poet and he will be
having his mail sent regularly to your ad
dress. Attorney General Palmer made debris ot
many of the constitutional guarantees that
are supposed to protect citizen and Govern
ment alike in peace and In war. Burleson,
in his days of exaltation, set himself up ns n
dictator and sneered at a basic law intended
to kuep the press forever free. Similarly,
during the rush and confusion of the war,
lesser officials encournged and pructlccd
lawlessness. Peaceful meetings of working
men were raided. Mobs were taught to
strike out at any one whose blunders had
an appearance of deliberate disloyalty. Ex
service men were incited to break up meet
ings called for economic discussions.
You cannot do such violence to principles
without inviting trouble of an unexpected
sort. For many months mob-law had high
sanction in many quarters and its equivalent
animated individuals in too ninny places of
authority.
These examples were bad for undisciplined
minds. How bad they were you may know
by reading tho news of almost any day from
tho South, where the mob n mimlless and
monstrous thing moved by a savage passion
for bestial cruelty is making a mockery
of courts, of the principles of justice nnd
of the authority of Government.
Far more ominous thau the increase of
mob violence lu Stntes like Georgia, Texas.
Louisiana and Arizona is the manner lu
which the authorities and the people in
these areas accept the phenomenon of re
vived "klans" nnd defiant nightriders.
Sheriffs cringe or join the order.
Governors change the subject.
District Attorneys take vacations.
And the mob leaders boast that the "best
elements" In their communities are bound
to them by oath.
A mob is always vile. It is always
cowardly. Thirty Texans, masked and
hooded, turned out on Sunday to brat ami
tar and feather one woman.
In Georgia, where great public Initia
tions have been held by the Ku Klux Klan,
a minister of the Protestant Episcopal
Church, whose life was conaccrntcd to work
among the unfriended nnd exploited Negroes
of the State, was whipped by a crowd of
maFkcl men.
In Atlanta the Ku Klux Klan has im
posing headquarters wherein sits a man wlt.i
cnlls himself the Grand Wizard of the In
visible Empire and cnlmly talks of the wor
that is being done to establish his organ
ization in the. Northern States in the name
of 100 per cent Americanism ',
The Ku Klux Klan Ip frankly organized
to terrorix-i Negroes. What its example
lead to was shown recently In Tulsa, Ariz.
There, according to the report issued after
an officinl investigation, a Negro youth en
ferine the elevator of an office building,
stumbled and stepped accidentally on the foot
of the girl operator. The girl screamed.
The frightened Negro fled with a mob nt
his heels. The result was it race riot In
which thirty persons were killed and n fire
that drove 10,000 Negroes from their home-'
to the hills.
The Grand Wizard of the Invisible Em
pire may be talking more thnn nonsense
when he boasts of the spread of his or
ganization. Only tho other dny all the
Italian residents of Beaverdale, here in
Pennsylvania a town not far from Pitts
burgh were driven from their homes by a
mob dcecribed as being composed of Amer
icans seeking vengeance for bomb outrage.)
attributed to the Black Hand. Those who
at that time expressed a curiosity to know
why the State police, which so efficient'''
suppresed meetings of steel strikers In that
area, were unable to prevent or explain the
outbreak of mob violence at Beaverdale,
have thus far received no word of enlighten
ment from Hnrrlsburg.
Governors nnd sheriffs in some parts of
the United States have hern manifeting nn
Increasing fondness for machine guns. They
hae been known to practice sedulously on
insurgent laborers in West Virginia. A
time -is coming when, if the country Is not
to be utterly shamed In the ejes of th?
world, they may have to put their' aaccntly
acquired knowledge to better uses.
The mobs that nrc swiftly taking over
the power of Government In Fome of the
Southern States are not composed of shubb
ruffinus. They ride in good motorcars. Theie
is in most of the reports of organized out
rages from Georgia and elsewhere n sug
gestion of something darker thnn mere law
lessness. There is n suggestion of tiie
revival of the prehensile brute in eminently
respectable citizens, who, seemingly rational
in daylight, go out after dork to satisfy nn
ubnormnl lust for blood in maniacal orgies
of cruelty.
The original Ku Klux Klan was organize,!
to keep the freed sIsvch in a state of doclll'v
inspired by bliud fear. It led to unspeak
able wrong, to banditry nnd to all sort- of
tiansgrcHsionx against all sorts of people.
Yet it wa a fugitive organization. It
didn't flaunt its power lu the open.
Cnlmlj. in the midst of tons of atrocious
junk intended to be awfully symbollial, tin
Grand Wizard of the invisible Empire, wi'o
the American flag draped above his head,
announced the other day that the .lapnne.
question Jn California, "like the Negro
question in the South, would be settled by
klan methods."
The Government nt Washington is not to
be consulted if the Grand Wizard has his
wav. The Legislature of California is to
play the part of a spectator while the mob
resorts to tho diplomacy of the burning
stake. And this is In a country that will
not deal with Russia because of what It
calls the lawlessness of the Soviets. Yet
neither Soviet Itussla nor the medieval
hordes of dark and vanished centuries ever
were credited with burning people for fun.
Before we talk of sending the army to scttU
labor disputes in West Virginia we should
send it to re-establish the waning prestige of
the courts in the South.
GOLDEN RULE IN POLITICS
WHEN Mrs. Barclay Warburton told the
members of the Women's Republican
Club, the organization of which was per
fected jesterday, that there could bo nothing
better than the golden rule In politics, nbc
was, perhaps, a little wiser than sonic of the
women who heard her.
Tho purpose of the club of Republican
women Is to Interest the newl enfranchised
voters in politics and to tench them how to
mako their wishes effective. It is to In,
elude iih many women In nil p.iits of tho
State ns can be induced to take purt in its
work.
If the women toke Mrs, Warburton's ad
vice and do unto others in politics what they
would have 'others do unto them the men
EVENING PUBLIC LEDGER-PHIIiADELPHIA,
will discover in the course of a year or two
that there Is a powerful new force at work
with whlqh Uiey will have to reckon i
Although it in-..- not have occurred to'
them, every successful political leader who
has retained his power has followed tho rule
to which Mrs. Warburton has called at
tention. Every boss takes care ot bis fol
lowers because ho knows that if he docs' not
they will not take care of him. And' the
followers fight for the boss becanee they
know that If they do not he will not fight
for 'hem. In this way political organiza
tions are built up.
The theoretical reformers may say -that
tho organization is held together by tho
cohcslre power of a common appetite and
that the golden rule has nothing to do with
It. If they refer to the high spiritual quali
ties of that famous formula they are prob
ably right, but the practical virtues' of it,
as used by the politicians, are what make
the task of the reformers difficult.
The mutual determination of the membent
of any group of persons to stand by one
another for a common purpose Is what makes
organization effective. It concentrates at
tention on the objective nnd thus reduces
friction to .a minimum.
IT IS UP TO THE MAYOR
COUNCILMAN HALL hits perceived the
weakness of his gas ordinance increas
ing the price ten cents a thousand feet to
the consumer, for he has announced that if
it should be vetoed by Mayor Moore no
effort would be mado to pass It over the
veto.
This puts the responsibility for construc
tive action straight Up to the Mayor.
One strategically wise course for him to
pursue now will be to ask Council to recall
the ordlnnncc. This will save the face ot
the men who voted for it. Then he could
renew his request that Council appoint a
committee to join with the City Solicitor
nnd the Gas Commission in conferring with
the V. G. I. over n new lease which shall
make n pcrmnncnt settlement of the ques
tions nt issue.
As a preliminary to the negotiations It
would be expedient for Council to authorize
the postponement of the July payment due
from the gas company pending revision of
tiie lease. This would relieve the immedlutc
financial necessities of the company. It
wouM exhibit to the managers of the U.
G. I. a disposition on the part of the city
officials to deal fairly with them nnd it would
pave tho way for an understanding thut
would bo fair to every one.
If the lease should contnin the provision
for n periodic readjustment of the price of
gas, as recommended by the commission,
the way would be smoothed for gas at
seventy -five cents a thousand cubic feet or
less eventually as the cost of raw materials
falls and as methods of manufacture arc
improved.
The matter is now in the hands of the
Mayor nnd it looks as if he could do with it
what he wills.
HARDING WINS ON OIL
THE President's letter to Chairman Ford
ney, of the Ways and Means Committee,
was li suggestion that Congress take n
broad rather than a narrow view of the ol!
situation.
Certain independent domestic producers of
oil have been complaining that they cannot
compete with the Mexican producers so long
as Mexican oil is allowed to come In free
of duty. It wns in response to these com
plaint" that the Ways and Means Commit
tee put an oil duty in its draft of tne
Tariff Bill.
The President reminded Mr. Fordney tha'.
the Administration is seeking to protect
American rights to oil in the undeveloped
oil legions of the world. He asked that
the oil provision of the Tariff Law be so
drafted as to permit him to bargain with
other Powers on tho oil question.
Mr. Harding's reasons were o potent
that the Hou-e of Representatives sitting a
a committee of tho whole nt once remoc.l
the oil duty paragraphs from the bill yes
terday. This leaves the waj open to re
draft the paragraphs in the way indicated
by the President. Then the negotiations of
Secretary Hughes over Mesopottimian oil can
proceed as conditions justify. In the mean
time the domestic producers will be pro
tected to n certain degree by the export tn
on oil levied by Mcj.ico.
VACATION BY CANALBOAT
EDWARD M. MULHEARN, a Carbon
County lawyer, who Is planning n vaca
tion trip on the Lehigh anil Delaware cannls
from Mauch Chunk to Bristol, will utilize
one of the unappreciated resources of the
country.
The cnnnlR once were used for passenger
trnvcl. but since the railroads were built
they hac carried little but freight. Yet
they run through picturesque country, pass
ing towns and cutting through mindows nnd
pnstute land.
A generation ngo n company of young
nrtlsts hired a grain boot, fitted the hold
with cots and curtains nnd the deck witli
awnings nnd spent two or three weeks on
the Delnwnre nnd Rarltsn and the Morris
nnd Essex canals, and one of them wrote
about it later in one of the magnxiiicn. But
their example has not been generally fol
lowed. The eauals of the eastern part of the Stnlo
nnd of New Jersey are still filled with wnter,
nnd the Erie ennui, connecting the Hudson
River with Lnke Erie, is wide nnd deep
enough for boats which would run aground
lu the cannls lu this vlclnit. These water
ways nre awaiting the vacation parties, and
they can give to them a glimpse of a kind
of life with which few are familiar.
LEGISLATIVE FOOLS
WniLE a vast and beneficent gulf sep
arates lcgislnthc measures propose I
from legislative measures enacted the former
nre often worth attention as Indices of tint
autocratic temperament.
An extreme manifestation of this kind is
now tecorded in the French Chamber of
Deputies in a bill aiming nt the suppression
of what is described as "niiti-mllitarist.
propaganda " Presumably the Junkers ami
Chauvinists and Jingoes will be privileged
to jiroselytize and campaign lis much ns the7
please. It Is their critics for whom the gag
is planned.
While it is hardly conceivable thut such
n measure will actually be adopted in the
republic which formulated tho "Rights oi
Man," the situation is serious enough to
huve alarmed Anntole France, the ironist,
nnd Henri Barbusse, the denunciator, of
modern civilization.
The spiritual kinship of these eminent
writers is pinbably by no means deep nnd
certainly their lllcrnry methods nre utterly
dissimilar. They speak, however, a common
tongue lu their signatures affixed to tho
manifesto protesting against a barefaced
attempt nt l runii.i .
Judging from the character of the bill iwel
viewing it from a safe distance, It seems
that fools are inl'chievouslv nctlvo in
France But for individuals of a like type,
it is hcnll) neccsutry to look across the
ocean.
PHILADELPHIA'S CHARITY
How It Hob 8aved Thousands of Vlo
tlmo of Famtno and Pestilence.
, Today We Cannot Help Starv
; Ing Russia as We Did Thirty
., Years Aqo
By GEORGU NOX McCAIN
DIU TALCOTT WILLIAMS once re
marked In my henring that one-half the
population of the .world went to bed hungry
every night, while one-third of the human
race died from diseases thnt could be directly
traceable to lack of nutrition.
In other words, they were victims of tho
lnck of food.
Word hns been sent over the continents
nnd under the seas In tho last two weeks
"Chlnn is fed." , ,
Interpreted, this means thnt China s
wailing for food hns been answered.
Millions of lives' have been saved from tho
grisly fingers of famine by tho charity of the
world.
There Is famine or food scarcity some
where on the globe nil the time.
Mostly they nre local affairs, like the
Persian fnmlnc in 180!) or the almost an
nual food misery In Labrador.
Luckily, the Western hemisphere has been,
in historical times, nt least, practically free
front this curse of tiie race.
If drought, or incessant rain, or grain
disease ever bring famine to our floors it
will be the record disaster In the history of
the race.
LENINE nnd Trotzky will soon have the
blood of millions more of men nnd
women on their hnnds.
Word hns just bren cabled this country
that "iO.OOO.OOO Russians nre near to star
vation. Disheartened and discouraged, with no
incentive to ngriculture and with what they
do produce confiscated in the namo of the
Soviet Stnte. lack of rain hns added to the
calamities of the wretched peasants over a
wide area.
The most regrettable feature is that the
world must stand idly by nnd see these
millions of peasants perish.
Were It possible to send relief) tione of
it, judging by conditions over there, would
ever reach those for whom It was intended.
No one of all those who have visited Rus
sia since the present malign influence set
tled upon the Innd has ever reported thnt
tho Soviet chiefs nnd their fellow execution
ers lacked for the best the markets afforded,
whatever that might be.
PHILADELPHIA has saved Russian lives
by the tens of thousands in the past.
This city outstripped ail other cities in
generous contributions to the reilef of the
starving millions of Russia thirty years ngo.
Phllodclphians by the thousand nre living
today who helped send the steamship
Iudiuna to Russia with every hold filled to
its capacity with food in that famine year.
Washington's birthday, 1802, is marked
with a white stone in the annals of Phila
delphia's splendid philanthropy.
Thnt wns the day the Indiana sailed from
Wnshlngton street whnrf.
Francis B. Reeves, Rudolph Blnnkenburg,
Alexander W. Blddle nnd Colonel A. J.
Drexel were commissioners sent by tho citi
zens to sec that the food reached Its desti
nation. Contrast conditions then with those of
the present, so fur as the question of relief
is concerned?
WHEN the Indinnn steamed down the
Delaware 85 per cent of her cargo of
food had been contributed by our own citi
zens. And the European world stood ngnpe nt
this spectacle of magnificent charity.
The world had never known anything
like it.
One city sending a great steamship load
of food to the fnmine-strickcn !
European newspapers made it n subject
for editorials for weeks. Many of these
comments were cabled back to this country.
How did the Christian charity of the other
cities of the country stand up in the com
parison? Well, here it is:
Philadelphia ?HO.O00
New York :i4,0(i(l
Baltimore fi.OOO
Boston 3. .'00
Des Moines 3,100
Chicago O
The figures nre not mine. They were not
compiled in Philadelphia in any Pharisaical
spirit.
The lowu Stute Register gnc them to the
world.
LI HAT wa- the Russian port to which
the Indiana hastened.
She reached there about the middle of
Mnich, nud on the 17th of that month the
unloading wns finished.
It is interesting nt this distance of time
to read the end of this great work.
The Inst eight bags of the cargo were
carried ashore by Count Ilrobrlnsky, the
chief of the Famine Relief Committee; by
the City Prefect of Lilian, Captain Sargent,
of the Indiana ; Mr. Crawford, the Ameri
can Consul nt St. Petersburg; Mr. Ilorn
holdt, the American consul at Llb.iu ; the
local director of railroads and Dr. Dulau,
an American.
When the first trnin started for tho fam
ine dlstrhts with lis load of fooil it was
cheered by thousands.
Half the cll watched its departure.
Bands phi.wd and the Russian and Amer
ican standards were draped on the loco
motive. It wns a proud day for Philadelphia, even
if it was celebrated thousands of miles from
Independence Hall.
TODAY, not only Philadelphia, but the
entire country must stand with folded
hands while the Russian millions await their
doom.
This Is the contribution of communism
gone mud to the sum of the world s suffer
ing. We hel'd China; we cannot help
Russia.
The iron burs of picjudlce, ignorance,
cruelty nnd ambition arc lowered in Russia's
sent of so-called government against the
charity of the world.
It would be n brave American famine
commissioner who would trust the fnlth of a
Trotzky.
FAMINE, war and pestilence have been
Itnmnnit ' frrrnt ileelmntnr
Here Is the dread record of the worst of
these visitations :
In Britain In t!72 the inhabitants were
forced to cat the bark of trees to allay their
hunger
Thirtv-e'ght years later, in -110. 40,000
died in the same country.
In Italy in 4."0 it is said thnt there were
cnes where parents Hte their children ; and
In England in 1.115 people devoured horses,
dogs, eats and vermin.
At Cape Verde In 177." there were 10,000
people perished for want of food.
Famines In India nnd China have been so
ficquciit and so terrible that they would
rrnuire a sprcial tnlile for their recounting.
The years 180," -(if! saw 1.000.000 perish in
Biiignl and Orissn, India, alone.
Two venrs later in Rajputuna, India, the
deaths wi-ie 1 ..".00.000.
The fateful -ears of 1877-7S saw 500,000
go down to death In Bombay, .Madras ami
Mjsore nlone, while in Northern China the
famine was so devastating that 0,500,0(1(1
are said to have perished.
This latter wan the greatest .famine dis
aster in the history of the race.
Wholesale Kansas Hospitality
Krmn th flmllli Couniy I'lonur
Dr. Funk stopped nt the Randall Snnsc
homo north of Onylord one evening last week
and wns urged to stay for supper. He de
murred when he saw there were tweutv-slx
others there to eat. "Oh, this Is nothing,"
said Mrs. SasHc. "Sometime-, we have fifty,"
A Thing of the Past
from the Chlraro lully News,
What has become of the old fashioned
dance in which the dimm1 moved their, tuX
TUESDAY, JULY 19,
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Daily Talks With Thinking Philadelphitins on Subjects They
Knoiv Best
J. B. HOLLOWAY
On Rehabilitating the Soldier
T)UT back for the soldier all that he lost
-t jn Unclo Sam's service. And, if pos
eible. give him a little bit more." This is
the aim of the Rehabilitation Division of the
Federal Board of Vocational Education, ac
cording to .7. B. Holiowny, assistant district
vocntlonnl officer of this section, comprising
Pennsylvania and Delaware.
"Since tho armistice the bureau." said
Mr. Holiowny, "has put about 90.000 men
in the country in ouu way or nnothcr dis
abled in the service, in the way to earn their
own living, nnd a decent one nt that. About
40,000 have registered in this section, of
which about one-fourth nre either earning
their way in some vocation or in training
under our guidance.
"Mnnv of the men arc not actually dis
abled now, but nrc looking to the future, so
as to be on record if any disablement grow
ing nut of war service shall develop a very
sensible idea at tnat.
Justice, Not Charity
"The purpose of the Government is not to
run a huge chnritable organization, but
siinplv to help thoso who helped It to help
themselves if through physical or mental
disability in its service they arc not now
nble to help themselves. It is merely a de
velopment of the humanitarian idea that
runs through nil business today and is com
mon justtce nothing more, nothing less.
"In order that full justice may be done,
we try to take account of the intnngiblc ns
well os the tangible potentialities ns well as
actualities. Thus, if a young man was in
a fair way to become a successful physician
or lawyer, business mnn or the like bofore
entering the service, we will try to develop
him for thut purposo just ns he would have
developed himself before ho made his sac
rifice. "First of all, after the man Is registered,
we must make a survey. We must tlud out
whether his case is worthy, whether he falls
under the class of men we nrc trying to
help, whether lie actually needs It, and If
so just what is his education, his talents,
his resources, his capabilities, his experi
enco, his training nnd his potentialities.
Is Aided Physically
"Having ascertained these things we then
proceed to prepare him. If he is physically
in bad shape we first try to get him wejl,
to mend him ns far as possible. We then
trj to keep him buoyed up spiritually and
mentally. If he wns studying in nn Insti
tution of learning before the war we trj to
duplicate the course ho wus pursuing now.
Where this is not possible we send him
tutors and in whatever wav is possible
bring him up to the point of development
that he prooaDiy woum nave uecn ume to
achieve if he had pursued his own course bo
fore entering the service.
"Having established the fact that a man
Is eligible for our help, we put him on a
small salary, one that will enable the citv
fellow to just about live or tnkc care of his
family during the process of rehabilitation
and the country resident to do u little better.
He Is cared for In this way until it is as
certained thnt he Is capable of earning his
own living In ids own field, hns n job and
appears to be mnking good.
"Wo hnve n special corps of men who
keep on the lookout for suitable employment
for our men. ' Employers genernlly are
working linnd-in-hnnd with us. They keep
us informed of openings that they have or
nnv new type of help thnt they may want
anil also their requirements. Realizing the
difficulties of the rehabilitated men. they
exercise the rarest kind of patience. In his
nervous, upset condition It would ho easy to
throw n service mnn off his balance with u
few sharp words. So tact nnd dlplo- i,
being assiduously cultivated lu mnking shr.
gestlons to the service employe who U trj ing
to coino back.
Listen to Man's Own Ideas
"As fur as possible, we try to let the
rehabilitated soldier work out bis own ideas.
Hero nnd there a little guidance or encour
agement is necessary.
"One of the hurdest things we have to
face Is to keep up the courage and optlinlniie
spirit of the fellow who was affected vitally.
Particularly is this so of the nervous case.
f ho is inclined to be introspective and get
to the mental state of 'w hut's the use of It
nil, nnywa ?' it Is our Job to get busy and
show him, gently hut none the less effec
tively, that it Is.
"When n man who has been trained by
us nnd obtained n position shows that he
la nhlf to bold Ills own flnit nmrprikttu ,.., SnA1
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that our work hedouvt. We watch him ior
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a time to bee thnt there is no relapse, but
otherwise we have finished with the case. If
he does slip again wc tnkc him back and try
to bolster up his weakness, if it is one within
our province. If he does not develop n he
should we still keep trying.
"Many men get light employment of some
sort that does not call heavily on their
waning energy or get Into bome smnll busi
ness. With some vocational tulent that they
may have developed wc often find that they
are able to add considerably to their in
como while taking enre of their business or
employment and thus enru u respectable
living.
"At the present time we.arc getting addi
tional applications In this district nt tho
rate of nbout 2000 n ycor, but we feel thnt
In n few years there will be a consid
erable, falling off. A great percentage of the
boys who sacrificed nil they had for tlvelr
country will feel that they hnve not been let
off with n meager pension. They will also
realizo thnt Uncle Sam has not forgotten
them nnd has in return given nil that he
could to make up to them their losses in
ulding him in tho time of his extremity."
Today.'s Anniversaries
1821 Chailrs Green, who introduced coal
gas in ballooning, made his first ascent,
1820 Cornelius S. Dustiness, who in
duced tho United Stntes Government to nc
cept Ericsson's plans for the Monitor, born
nt Madison, Conn. Died in New York,
May 0, 1800.
1841 The Great Britain, the lnrge&t iron
steamship built up to that time, was
launched at Bristol, England.
1007 The Emperor of Korea abdicated
in favor of the Crown Prince.
1910 General Pershing led a contingent
in the great Victory parade of allied troops
in London.
1020 Er win Bergdoll, Philadelphia
slacker, surrendered to the authorities.
Today's Birthdays
Ex-Duke Charles Edward, who lost the
throne of Snxe-Coburg nnd Gothn as a re
sult of the war, born In England thirty
seven years ngo.
Julian W. Mack, of Chicago, president
of the Zionist organization of America, born
in San Francisco fifty-five years ago.
Dr. Chnrlcs 11. Majo, one of the heads of
the celebrnted Majo surgical clinic, born nt
Rochester, Minn., fifty-six years ago.
What Do You Know?
QUIZ
1. Who Is tho present Chancellor of Ger-
manj ?
2. Name four biographical works by Wash-
Ington Irving?
3. 'What Is the meaning of the word autoch
thonous?
4. How large Is the wooden fleet of tho
United States Shipping lionrd?
6. Who Invented tho limelight?
8. Which word Is preferable, drought or
drouth?
7. What King of England had the loncest
reign?
8. What Is an Iguana?
0. Who wcro the official American delegates
119 Conference) In Paris in
10. What Is tho meaning of tho name Isn-
Answer8 to Yesterday's Quiz
Ji Th?-i,nn.L 'm "If. .f. To"1 Thumb wns
( nniles H ftratton.
2. PelliiRin Is an affection of the skin, prob-
al.l duo to the bite of an Insect, and
especially common u northern italy.
3. James K I'olU succeeded John Tyler as
1'rtnldent of tho United .States
4' T1,nWirAl caer' "rlRlnnllj meant n
hood or capo and uiuno In France to
ho applied In n llmirutlve sense o
adult women In charge of xouni irlrls
n socletv l this seiiso the woitlwns
Impoited In the Ungllsh Innguiige
B. Pedro rnldei'oi, , v Tlnrcu wns oiio of
he greatest of Spanish plnywrlrhtH
1 cihnm. 1,H most famous , JnV Is -T,
Vd.i hi Queno" (l.lf,, Ih'A nrenin
Ills dales urn HiOO-Hlsi ""nini.
8eDHHota.MCC"""",r IS from '
7. A charge d'affalies Is a dtputv nmliasa-
ildnomloltlsT0'"'''"""1
9. Asuncion s tho capital of l'aiuguuy
10 A rerlnh Is a fine lino i etu,r '
dally at Uie top or bottom of i EnJiCSC
4wr
SHORT CUTS
We notice that the cllpped-bair contro
versy continues to bob up.
Judging from the news columns, hooch
on the hip is becoming epidemic.
Not nil the hot air in City Hall Square
comes from the subway ventilators.
The woman wiio has next to uothlnj to
wear is occasionally seen on the beach.
Texas has now tarred and feathered t
woman. A child will probably be the nut
victim.
England docs not have to be tnughttis
virtue of n League of Nations. The emjln
has one already.
When old City Hall is renovated Inde
pendence Squnre will be more of a bcaat-1
spot than ever.
New signs of war nre noted In Russli.
The old signs, famine and pestilence, iri
evidently not enough for her.
The more one. considers the Lansing
Isliii agreement, the more one becomes con
vinced that Ishll put one over on Lanslnr.
Because it is not often he gives cinie
for praise, there Is pleasure in noting that
for clnrity and honesty Borah on the bonus
may be recommended. . -
There is nothing so sweet as the smell
of newly cut grass, hut it is not as a rule
sufficient rompensatiou for the man wM
runs the lawn mower.
if r- ..,... ..ia tnfnt fti tnriff loci
enough to do something worth while wilt
the present tnx system it might cam tie
thnnlts of the country.
Perhaps the average banker is anxious
to follow the ndvicc of Mr. Hoover ana tie
financial writers and "looseu up" but jw
doesn't want to be first.
Though the President has token up
horseback riding, Senators hopefully an
nounce thnt his love for a smooth gait win
not permit him to ride rough-shod.
Not the least among those to whom tM
Nation owes n solemn duty Is tho man
lias become morally defective because w
being gassed or shell -shocked during tbevrar.
One ndvantngc Secretary Mellon i ba
over opponents to his suggestion
given power to arrange n settlement oi wr
ejgn loans is thnt he appears to nar-.
program.
In arriving nt definitions of "WJ"';
ence." "autonomy" and "sel -de tern g
Hon" the Irish conference will douWiei
show n proper regard for the theory
relativity. i
The 'organization of the nPJgj!
Women's Club of Pennsylvania Wn$.
cnte that it is going to be ""fuS.
cult for the plain machine-mode polc"
to get by. .
If Great Britain should call her Ojj
nlal Premiers to "Uend he drmam
conference, there is little "k'"'1"?
United Stntes. Franco, Italy or '"! J B(t
enter objection to the preponderance
voting strength.
There may I good reason for lJ
course, but the average man """'' f0r
Uncle Snm paid England tf-i-jK'W , -hlpj
cnrr.vlng American uu.n " - wM,
instead of deducting tho amount from w
England owes America.
It is reasonable to M'PP"8,
hesitation of Japan in ,',",,rl" ' ctai"
mnmnnt conference is based mi a
distrust of other world '""'otW
dissimilar from that entertained b) '
world Powers concerning Japan.
It wn7'n7only the Hh"t tMt 7J
fired thnt won the war, but the mm m
reserve left untouched. Tim f ' "' b,ji
fort the Shipping Hoard, or 'c"nnl '
good with ships. Ship fc Jn"e claH.
wastage nre pretty much In the snim
When tj.e steamer Rapids KlM .,
be,- i udder and wns brnrh'rt ..'-,(-
passengers made an ' V f (lie S' I"1'
through the raglm: ""',, ,fl ,. raft
mice In n tlnv bon t alt " eil I,,,,,!!,
The coplnin. one m '"",,,, 51 I'll
river. HsMa m "' ' , it , dorr
the rwciia. were being effc I'd- lfl iW ,
Hon to duty us here MP"n.mUtr, H
men proud oi tueir cuuiu.v- -
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