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" rhiiidiipiiii, rriJir. jnir ::. mi. A WARD WAR SIGHTED t A LTHOUGH new life has been Injected Xi. Into the proposal to divide the Twenty -et'cond Ward by the fnvornblc recommenda tion of the special commission appointed by the Court of Quarter Sessions, the preroga tives of the voters themselves are not iu the least invaded. Should the Court itself approve the re port on August 26, the date set for n ruling, the question must be referred to the rotors of the district for decision by ballot for or against in the all election. Division polities, will then have its innings. Already suspicions of gerrymandering jmrp.Ki's are prevalent. Residents of the Twenty -second Ward are traditionally in dependent politleallv, and it is improbable that Eclieme will escape careful scrutiny. Councilman Roper, who originally advo cated splitting the ward, has experienced a chance of heart, and now prophesies that the Toters will defeat it. Tn any event, one of the liveliest of narrowly local political con tests of recent years is in prospect. Incidentally, it may be forecast that the lndcp-ndent voters of the Twenty-second Ward will be exceedingly loath to surrender pains spiritedly won in a succession of elec tions, POLITICAL MASQUERADING A PI'EALS for a stronger program of the -ii Democratic Party In Philadelphia need carry no date. It is difficult to cite any occasion for the last half century in which the staudinz of the national rival of Repub licanism was not equivocal in this city. Speaking at a partisan dinner the other lg-bt, Edgar W. I.ank, chairman of the Democratic City Committee, uttered the venerable plea for "real co-operation" and for the cessation of petty, insincere, gener ally tin-horn local politics in the partv of which he Is a spokesman. The familiar nature of his lamentations docs not invali date the force of bis contentions. Good government In America is unques tionably fortified by the sturdy clash of po litical parties. Such healthy conflict has had comparatively little effect upon the ad ministration of Philadelphia, where so-called "Democracy" has so often been merely au xhlbttion of sell-outs and masquerades. Should Mich a miracle as an authentic Democratic minority ever be consummated hre its opponents need not be troubled. The Beptiblicanism of the city is traditional and likely to endure. What has grievously af fected local political conditions has ' been the creation of such absurdities as Penrose Democrats, Varc Democrats and the like. Inevitable instruments of corruption and degeneracy in their relations to both parties. Mr. Lank's ideas of reformation are ound. Given the stamp of genuineness on local party labels, some of the most iniqui tous sources of intrigue, barter and trickery re certain to dry up. The public could not fail to profit by such a change BALL THAT WAS TRULY BASE ipESTIMONY provided by Hill Burns, one ( time ball player and chief witness for the State of Illinois, in the finnl airing of the scandal which grew out of au organized o effort to "fix" World's Series games, proves tbat there were in the old White Sox a few men who deserve to be known ns the Orover Xergdolls of ball. Burns and some of bis associates some bf them Idolized by all Chicago fans first greed to lose a certain number of games. They lost two. They refused to lose a third one "after they had failed to receivu the money promised them by a gambling yndicatc." First tho fans were double crossed and then the double-cross was given to the double -crosscrs. The major leagues do not appear to have trnffered any noticeable loss of support or westlgc because of the exposures In Illinois. Baseball Is not crooked. It Is not crooked because, as the evidence in the present In Btance seems to show, a man who would attempt to play the part of betrayer Is not likely to have fiber of the sort needed even Wj a consistent crook. It Is not often that justice works ont as NtWactorily at It did in the case of the ftccuiwd members of the Chicago team. The tnen were discredited and banned. And the xer who tried to rot ont organized ball by bribery were themselves betrayed before they jlad had a good start at their work. ' CRISIS BUT NOT WRECK fTlHE delicacy of the Anglo-Irish situation U. Is exemplified in the care bestowed by potn sides in trnmlng the communique an nouncing a break In the London nnrlevs. Cere the crisis irrenarnbln It ! -rimj. Qnllkelr that such eitremn nnn-lltln nn.,M (lave prevailed. Breaches that cannot be mended are usually dtraalixed br dlsnlavs of flrennrlf. (, kft. rrouns of nartlsans. KnrMnv n th .. distinguishes, the present situation. Mr. de Vnlera hemled fnr Th-MIn (... "presumably he will communicate to his col Jeague the British proposals which, as mat ters now standi have been deemed n barrier to negotiations. Tho cautious announcement from. Downing Street clearly presages his return. Without undue optimism, there fore, It may be conjectured that the Irish lender has gone home for Instructions. Outsiders throughout the world can only hope that the splrij of compromise. Is not yet whollv extinguished. The responsibill ties of Britain and Ireland are equally pressing. Civilization will receive a shock ing setback if some way leading to further negotiations Is not found. MILLION-DOLLAREDITORS GENERAL DAWES, the Director of the Federal Budget. Is reported troubled over the expensive revision of speeches In corporated in the Congressional Record. Senators nnd Representatives are nffec (Innate editors of their owu stuff. Their so-called revisions most frequently take the .form of extensive, injrrpol.itlnns, to say Whine fit cbnnjes of 'phraseology believed ;t w , .w. u. nucit; to heighten the'-grandcur -of periods nnd ero'rations. The total cost of this tinker ing, so far as It affects tho Government Printing Office, is fixed at about $1,000,000 annually, While It Is more than ptubablc that Gen eral Dawes, like some millions of bis couu to men, is neither nn Inveterate nor nn ecstatic reader of the Congressional Record, his attitude toward the revised addresses seenu to lie a trifle unfeeling. There may bo times In which even Sena tors and Representatives entertain a certain regret for the matter nnd the mnntier of their vocn.1 outgivings In congressional halls. Should they be deprived the privilege of decorating their efforts, of adorning them with grace, literary polish and general ver bal elegance? Deny them, nnd they may come to hesi tate before sneaking at all. Compared with such a nation-wide shock as would ensuo from congressional reticence, a million dollar preservative outlay ranks ns a necessity. JAPAN'S MISTAKEN VIEW OF THE OPEN-DOOR POLICY That Doctrine Was Evolved to Protect Trade Rights by Preventing the Dis memberment of China JAPAN is aware that the settlement of Pacific problems at the Disarmament Conference will Involve nn exhaustive dis cussion of her own aims in China. She also is aware that "her Chinese alms arc incon sistent with the alms of tho other nations to be represented at the conference. This is why Japan has delayed her formal acceptance of the invitation to be repre sented nt the conference. She is seeking to get advnncc guarantees thnt there will bo a minimum of Interference with her Chinese program. This is natural. If lb what ecry other nation would do in like circumstances. But whatever guarantees, if any, Japan is able to secure there will remain a conflict of interest, not only between Japan and the other Powers, but among the other Powers themselves. If there were no conflict of Interest there would be no need for a con ference. The purpose of the conference is to ar range for mutual concessions In the Interest of the peace of the world. There can be no comprehensive disarmament program uutil there is a general agreement among the interested nations on the controversial points in the Pacific. The report from Toklo that the Japanese arc preparing to demand that the open-door policy shall be extended from China to In clude the whole world discloses part of the Japanese plan of campaign. The Japanese statesmen mutt be conscious of the funda mental weakness of this position, yet it Is so fair superficially to demand n universal open door that the Jnpnnese are counting on creating a sentiment in favor of It among the uninformed, a sentiment which they hope will affect the actions of the memberi. of the conference. But the open-door policy Is not what Japan would have us and the rest of the world think it is. The term was first used in diplomacy when" the I'nited States, after taking the Philippines, announced that the door would be open in the islands without discrimination for the trade of all nations. We took this undeveloped territory as an incident of war. but we did not intend to exploit it exclusively for our own benefit. Then when the Powers were getting ready to partition China and to take for them selves lnrge blocks of territory to which citi zens of other Powcts would not be admitted, Secretary Huy checked them by securing from them an agreement to recognize and protect the territorial integrity of the empire nnd to maintain the open door for all na tions. The motives of the United States may be called selfish because she was M-eking to protect the rights of her citizens' to do busi ness in all parts of the Chincne Empire. But the effect of the action of the United Stntes was to prevent the division of the rich and undeveloped territory of a great people among a lot of monopoly-seeking na tions. It preserved the sovereignty of China by preserving for the citizens of all the na tions au kiiuality of opportunity in Chinese territory. The question of racial equality was not involved; neither was the question of immi gration. Yet the Japanese would have us believe that an open door in all nations means the acceptance in all nations of im migrants from Asia on equal terms with immigrants from other parts of the world. It means nothing of tho kind. The regulation of immigration is a matter of domestic policy entirely under the control of each nation. The United States Congress line recently passed a law which arbitrarily limits the number of immigrants from ench nation who may enter the country In a year and no nation has protested. The Euro pean nations have at times forbidden the emigration of tbelr nationals, and no one has disputed their right to do it. Most of the 'European nations refuse to consent to a transfer of allegiance, of their citizens. That Is why naturalized forelgnors were compelled to go back to Europe to fight In the armies of their native countries during the recent war. If they had not gone when summoned they would have been ar rested on the charge of desertion from the array If they had later returned to the place of their birth on a visit. England alone of the great Powers admits the right of her citizens to change their nationality, but ebe did not do this until the late sixties of the last century. The regulation of Immigration 1b a ques tion of domestic eoosomio policy. The Dis armament Conference ts to discuss foreign policy In the Pacific ns a preliminary to a reduction of military and naval budgets. It is to attempt to secore an agreement that no nation will force) Itself upon another nation, but that all nations will respect tho sovereignty of other nations, and thus co operate in maintaining an open door for trade for the benefit of the whole world. Japan is aware of this. Nevertheless, she will continue her campaign to preserve as much as possible of her policy to dominate China and ths Par East for her own in terests. THE MOB AGAIN THE I. W W. is organized and directed to bring about the success of the One Big Union and to encourage the dream of a world soviet and unlversul dictation by the proletariat by direct action. The Ku Klux Klan and organizations formed iu imitation of It are supposed tn be nt work In the interest of what their de hided leaders call 100 per cent Americanism. A mob in the Turloek district of Cali fornia, led, according to reports, by mem bers of the I. W. W., applied to Japaueso fruit pickers whom they forced out of the region the same methods which the mobs of so-called respectable citizens In Texas and Georgia have been applying to white men and Negroes singled out for punishment. What Is more, tho I. W. W. mob In tho California fruit-growing country dealt with the Japanese workmen just as, in days not long past, respectable citizens In Western communities dealt with other members of the I, W. W. They used methods of terror Ism nnd informally deported the Japanese without consulting the courts or the police. If the I. W. W. is to be suppressed nnd nntngonized, what Is to be done about the direct aetionlsts who masquerade more dan gerously and more powerfully under other designations? What action Is moro direct than a lynching? What organization could bu more ddugerous ihnu oho whoso members arc sworn to tako tho law into their own hands that Is, out of the hands of .the courts, tho police and the constituted authorities? HOT EMBERS IT IS the part of optimism to say nnd be llevo that Frenchmen, Poles, Russinns, Gcrmnns and British nre bluffing desperately In Silesia, where the embers of the recent war seem ready to burst into fresh flame. That may be. The biuhlinj.' war of which the foreign correspondents have so much to sny mny be nothing but n war of words and gestures. But iu cases of this sort even a bluff can be enormously costly. Tho aggre gate of money and human energy expended recently In preparations for sieges and bat tles in the Sllesian areas is truly nppalling, . The Russian Soviet Government has called up four now claWs of conscripts to be ready for nn Invasion of Poland. The Poles hnvo been iuformed thnt tho Russians will attack them as soon as they attempt anything like nn organized advance into Slleslnn arena normnlly German. Warsaw, in nnswer to this threat, has summoned new couscripts to the colors. The French are reported to be rushing vast quantities of war material Including tanks and airplanes to the Polish front. Where would tho plans for nn In ternational disarmament conference bo If war should break out in Silesia? The question at Issue In this new sent (K unrest relates to the future control of the rich supplies of Industrial raw materials In Silesia. The French frankly desire to keep Sllesian coal nnd Iron from Gcrmnuy. It looks ns If tho British nre nlmost ns eager to keep these snme valuable resources from their French competitors. The Polish Army commend Is charged by the Germans with having encouraged nn advance of Polish Irregulars into disputed territory solely to ndvnncc French interests. The British nre almost alone in demanding a rational settle ment of the whole mntter nt the hands of the Supreme Council of the League of Na tions. The worst thing nbout the present state of nffnlrs In Silesia is thnt most of the Powors Involved do not nppenr to fear tho effects of a new war. The Russian Soviet Government thrives on wnr nnd Is strength ened by It. Some of the militaristic Toles believe thnt,. with French assistance, they could become almost nt oucc n first-clnss militnry Power on tho Continent. Even Germnny, when she is not publicly rejoicing nt the evidences of nllied discord, nppcnrs to feel thnt sho could hold her own In nn open wnr for whnt she deems her rights in Silesia and perhaps restore her vanished national spirit. And the militarists nt Paris need onlv n sign of German plans for aggression of any sort to permit them to enrry out nn invasion of the Ruhr Vnllcy. A QUAY CASE IN ILLINOIS THE report of the indictment of the Gov ernor nnd Lieutenant Governor of Illi nois on the charge of making u profit out of hnndllng State funds will recall to Pcnnsyl vnnians the famous trial of tho lato Senator Quay on a similar charge. Quay escaped conviction because the charges were made after the legal limit for prosecution for such an offense had expired. But It was shown that he had used public funds for his personal profit. Illinois hns a constitutional provision for bidding the State Treasurer to receive any compensation other than his salary. The Indicted officials arc accused of violating this law. If they are proved guilty it will be hoped by all friends of public morality that the prosecution has been started in time to pre vent nny statute of limitations from saving them from jail. LET HOUSEHOLDERS NOTE IT THE enmpnign of prosecution of house holders who disresard the regulations requiring garbage to be put in covered non leaking receptacles ought to bring about better conditions. It is announced that there have been ten prosecutions n day for the last week, resulting in a fine in each case of $10. with costs amounting to ?.."(). This is the only way to bring about nn observance of the ordinances. If house holders who put rubbish nnd ashes on the curb in open pasteboard boxes were nlso fined once or twice they would discover that it is cheaper to get the proper kind of nn ash can than to use makeshifts. And the work of the street clcuners would-be made easier. The laws aro nil right, but. they are dis regarded so genernlly that a man walking nbout nny district on rubbioh collection dny would bo exeusnblc if he inferred that every one wns allowed to do n he pleased. NO PRELUDES TO THE PARLEY THE assurances from whnt is termed "a well-informed quarter" in London that nny nnd till fonnnl conferences dealing with Fur Eastern questions will be held In Amer ica arc not only n tribute to the Importance of the Wnshlngton program, but a welcome concession to fair play. With no disposition to be dictatorial, the American Government is altogether justified in desiring that the Washington parleys shall mark fresh approaches to n delicate theme. One object of the conclave would be miccrably defeated were the Interval be tween now nnd next November to be spent nbrond In formal deliberations lending nd dltlonal rigidity to the problems scheduled for frank discussion. Thnt the lending dependencies of Great Britain nre averse to forestalling the issues is exceedingly likely. It is no secret that they are much moro In ceord with the United States on the subject of tho Anglo Japnnese Treaty than with the mother coun try. Colonial Interests ennnot be ignored when the parleys ore opened in the nntional capItnL The recent imperial conference carried them ns far as was consistent with the in complete stnge of a world Issue. Wnsh lngton offers tho opportunlh for definltUe settlement. Tho hot spell is giving the English some American customs, nnd ice, which aforetime wns tn be had only in small quantities nt a fish shop, Is now much in demand. So much for the cummer. When In the winter the stove nnd the furnace find their way Into chilly English houses the American invasion may bo considered complete. "The Investment of capital carries with it much more than simply tho dividends." snid Ambassador de Alencitr of Brazil ; nnd the snapping up of St.'.'.OOO.OOO of the Brnzillan loan in Now York in three weeks may prove thnt dollar diplomncy makes for peaceful relations nt least us often ns It breeds trouble. Wireless authorities now declare that Australia is given a wrong position on tho maps. There Is an error, they sny, of a hundred ynrds or so on North and South lines. This, doubtless. Is n very serious matter, though it wouldn't mnke a hair's breadth of difference on nny mnp wo ever saw. Mnrconi in London for the last few weeks hns been receiving messages from the I'nited States by n new system of wireless which rises superior to atmospheric dis turbances. As marvel succeeds marvel we begin tn suspect thnt Nature is a woman who can't keep n secret. Mnny n middle-aged man felt the glow of youth when ho read the other day thnt Ellen Terry had returued to the stave for one performance. AS-ONE WOMAN SEES IT Soviet Propaganda Glorifies Class While Appearing to Destroy It. Tho Most Preolous Thing It Destroys Is Initiative By SARAH D. LOWRIE IIIAyE been Interested to find out tot myself 'what the Itdsslnn Soviet propa1 ?auda Is that Russian "money" Is placing be ore the restless portlqn of Americans for their consideration. I have not delved very deep or searched very fnr I just took whnt enmo easily to Imnd. It Is lltcrnturc thnt Is scattered with a cnsunl crnft where the young of the, fo called "Intellectuals" might cnslcst come upon It. I fancy It is the same sort that hns filtered into college clubs. The trnn lntlons from Russian speeches and pam phlets aro made In brusque, colloquial Eng lish. The stylo is vehement and the doc trine is dogmatically set forth that is, by u scries of emphutic assertions thnt have nothing interrogative about them. You must either ngrco or got out I And "getting out" seems to be getting out of the proletariat nnd being a bourgeoisie Being a bourgeoisie menus belonging to the educated, to the employer nnd to the willingly employed classes; being a prole tariat means belonging to 'the unwillingly employed class, the rebellious employed class nnd the ignorant nnd ns yet debased em ployed class. There is still another clnss composed of n very limited number of per sons who nre self-nppolntcd nnd self-continued. These nre the Government offjclnls, who mnke tho dogmas, divide the prole tariat from the bourgeoisie nnd who compel by governmental flats all tho population to work for them thnt nre not "bnnlshed or In prison, under tho nnme of working for the uovcrnment. IT IS such n rough nnd nrbltrnry scheme of life thnt it is bewildering thnt It should ever have succeeded In getting tried out nnywhere or should hnve propngnndists who should try to sprend It In such a coun try as this. But It hns three thlnss thnt nppcnl to three types of persons. Its dog matism appeals to the young of this genera tion. It seems strnnge, but they lire unused to dogmn. The generation just preceding theirs nearly eliminated it because in its youth it had suffered from nn overdose of It. Its savngo onslnught on the employer clnss and Its brusque dismemberment of the cducnted class and its nrbltrnry clnsslllcn tlon of persons into clnsscs to be deult with in bulk, for good or for punishment, hns its Foothlng nppcnl for the unhappy, unfortu nate, nngry-at-socloty workman who has been fighting n losing fight. And lastly, its drastic suggestion of n general break-up of all existing formulas nnd Institutions and making n new deal has Its appeal for the merely restless, the intensely individualistic nnd the slightly psychopathlcally "Intellec tual" who is "alwnys ngln something" nnd wants another chance "to stand alone." TT IS this Inst sort of "restless helper" X who Is doing most of tho propngnnda, by both money, publication nnd talk. Tho odd thing about It is if tho "upset" really came nnd communism really planted Its heavy, bmtal foot on these shores, these rebels ngainst nil there, is, by tempornment rather than by reason, would be crushed out lint ns "too troublesome to be allowed nround" tho first dny. Before they could even change their varlablo minds to inveigh against the forces they hnd invited they would be snnpped off by the heads. And rcnlly I think they would get whnt they deserved. Theirs Is not a sin of ignorance. They hnve knowingly lost the crcntlve touch and cultlvnted the destroying touch. That the youth of todny might be mnde to pause nnd listen grnvcly to the new dogmas is, as I hnve snid, strnnge to those of us who hnve suffered nnd have disliked and banished dogmns, but the young of this generation nre nttracted by very strong opinions expressed with the loud pedal down. The limbo to which the Russlnn propngnnda sends unbelievers annihilation does not senre them, ovcii though It sends them drifting, without father, mother, lnnd or heritage, into spneel Their notion is: "There might be a right or wrong to the thing. If it's right, whnt arc wo doing here?" And to our objections to the flnt nsscr tlons that hnve the impudence to pose ns Infallible dogmnR on the say-so of a Karl Mnrx, trnnslated by Trotzky or ndjusted by Lenlno and illustrated faintly by the Com mune thnt turned Paris to chaos In the sev enties nnd now fulfilled In Russia In nil Its glory, they look still gravely thoughtful. Because it has never been done right is no proof It cannot be, being their excuse for listening. THE only type of tentative sympathizer who Is not theoretic but prnctlcnl nbout It Is the dissatisfied mnn of the employed clnss, who has failed through lack of initia tive to mnke good. For tho one grcnt doc trino of this strange religion of Government is to put the bloodhounds of persecution nnd injustice on lnltlntive nnd kill it. Like Herod, who slnughtcred n whole vlllnge of babies to mnke sure of putting un end to n rlvnl child, the classes that nre supposed to harbor nnd to rccrcato initia tive the educntcd nnd the employer clnsscs, from land owners to shopkeepers nre to be annihilated ns mennces to the power of tho officials of Government nnd hereditary ene mies to the ranks of the emplojed. It Is calculated thnt the process of annihilation will tnke about n century. Meanwhile, the children and grandchildren of the now edu cated and employing clnsscs will not be per mitted to have the privileges of citizenship, lest they uso their Intent power of initiative to get control of industry nut of Govern ment. They nre, on the contrary, to be treated with nn ncknowledscd severity cull It Individual injustice if you will until tla power of initintiic thnt they hnve had a chnjire to possess by bit tli or bj environ ment is bred out of thfin. A FORM of government which blandly proposes this scheme of destruction of u valuable quality because nil of the popu lation does not possess It In equnl power, nnd which sets up martial law to deal with some citizens cruelly because thoy are better equipped for life than others, hns undertaken a hideous task and Is at the same time not only reversing nil the laws of physics, but nl"o the lnws of civilization. Thej mnv kill initiative in nil but n chosen few self-elected, self-perpetuated Government oftVials, but even the Itiitlntivo of the (. picked tyrnntH will be that of desuut'Uon, not of crention. Clmnge they will bring about, and change i the Inw of life; It 1 nlso the law of death ! In this eouuti'j of nil other., manned hj a rncc of pioneers, the killing of Initiative would tnke Sntun uml nil bis angels plus mere men to bring about, and then some. MEANWHILE this cool announcement of tho advocntcs of communism that lnl tlntive enn be inherited, like- n physical trnlt, nnd is the fundnnicntnl difference between those who employ nnd those who nre em plojed, nnd Is posM".snble b a minority nnd mentnlly impossible to the mnjorlh, uini as such must become n lost nit In order thnt men shnll Indeed b' born eiiuni, 1 tin nc kiwwlcdgnicnt of c1r-s superiorly thnt is ns founding to one brought up to think the French Revolution hail ininhed the belief in clnss distinctions out of the modern woild. In three short years tlr bouigeoisioof France wrested from the privileged class of nobles tholr civic privileges thnt hnd made them Immune from taxation, military service, tir rest, punishment and the keeping of the Inw. Clnss ns a legul or civic weapon was thought to be wiped out. But tho Russian Soviet hns revived it, mnde even n new clnss, th educated, nnd rejuvenated nn old clnss, the governing clnss. It alms nt clnss privi leges, class punishment. It proposes to govern one tyrnnnlrnlly nnd the other pn ternally. Its way of showing Justice Is to level down. i IN THIS country It is nn easy mntter to pass from employer to employed and back again. No one who hns not inltatlve can stay In one clnss for long; no one who hns Initiative need stay In the other class for long. NOW MY IDEA IS THIS Daily Talks With Thinking Philadelphia on Subjects They Know Best RICHARD E. NORTON On Welfare Drive Slogans TF THE people of Philadelphia take as much relntlvo interest In the drive of the Welfare Federation as they are taking In the suggesting of a slogan for it, the drive will go "over the top" within a few days of its beginning, according to Richard E. Nor ton, chairman of the Publicity Committee of the organization. "Our slogan competition has certainly been a great success thus far," said Mr. Norton iu discussing the drive and the methods which will be employed In assuring its suc cess. "One thing which makes the enormous number of answers to our nppcnl all the more gratifying is the fact that there is no prize offered; simply the selection of the slogan. Mnny Excellent Suggestions "Of the slogans offered thus far there have been many which arc excellent, and ns time goes on they nre coming from further nnd fnrther nwny. Up to the present time thero bns been something like 3500 sugges tions received. On the first day that an swers were received they came entirely from Philadelphia or the district bo closely sur rounding it that they may be considered to huvo come. from the city. But now the field has broadened, until this morning sugges tions came from Wilkos-Barre, Scranton, Wllltamsport and some oven from the west ern part of tho State. "But, after all, the creation of a successful slogan Is no easy matter. The main slogan for nny cmnpuign muat crystallize In the fewest words possible the fundamental ob ject of tho drive, with the reasons why peo ple should support it. "The appetil of a really worth-while slo gan is very great. I might llkerf it almost to the text of a minister. It must contain the meat of all that he Is going to saj in his sermon, but must necessarily bo told In a very few words. A Difficult Task "The difficulty in concocting a good slogan lies in the fnct that so much must be told in so few words. That, the uuthorltlcs pay, is the secret of real nrt in writing. This may be ns it may, but it Is certainly the secret in getting up nn effective sloguu. "In legard to the slognn of the Wclfnre Federation, we first have n grouping to gether of most of the charitable nnti phllun thruplu organizations of the i It) ; und set oud, n unification of effort in raising money to support these organizations. The win ning slogan must bring out clenrly both of these ldens. nnd this Is not easj to do In so few words. Not only must the thought be there, but It must be expressed In a tcrso hut clear manner which will both attract and nppeul. The Success of n Slognn "It Is almost nn cqunlly difficult mntter to sny why some slogans will 'cnteh' the public f.incy, while others-, which seem in trinslcnlly to be Just ns effective, will not nttrnet un nttention nt nil. But the renl thing In the wny of singulis must hnve n henrt tltrob to It ns well ns to mnke per fectly clear the fuudnmentnl purpose of the campaign. "Nor is the value of n successful slogan overestlnuited. Mnny things hnve come to be considered essentlnl parts of a campaign such as the one upon which we ore enter ing, when in reality they might be dis pensed with, but a good slogun certainly does not come in this class. Once well Inunched, nnd if it 'takes with tho public, It Is soon on the lips of every one, ami thus much of the Initial work of n campaign, upon which so much depends, is successfully accomplished. It contains tho whole essence of the work which is to he done nnd it pnves the wny for the renl work of obtaining sub scriptions which comes Inter. The Text of the Campaign "The slognn which li ultimately selected will bo the text of the enmpnign. It Is true that it will be Mippoitcd by n number of 'secondary' slogans, nnd there hnve been so mnny good suggestions sont in already thnt this seenndnry selection should not be so difficult. However, tho commlttco will havo very hard work to choose the best ono ns the 'text' slogan. "The iilim which we shnll follow iu choos ing the licst tine will ho nbout as follows: Four or five of the best ones will be selected by Mr. Kliigle Mr Ludlow and the mem. hers of tho Puhllilt Committee, and theso will Imi submitted to the Executive Commit tee for finnl decision. As much time ns may be necessary und the best thought of every body concerned in the matter will be devoted to this task, for all of us realize Its impor tance. , "The part that a slogan plays tn a matter where there is an appeal to the public to be mnde is very greet. My experience hns been thnt I have never seen n well-conducted campaign run successfully without a slogan which may be taken by the public as the keynote of the drive. "The very best slogan which I ever heard wns the one used in the first Liberty Loan campaign: 'Ring It Again.' Thnt struck very deeply into the sentiments of I'hiladcl phiuns, nnd the fnct thnt it nppcnlcd to their pride and their patriotism was shown by the heavy over-subscription of the loan in this locnlity. "In the fourth lonn ngnln there was an other good one: 'Lend ns They Fight. Our troops were in the thick of the conflict nt that time and the slogan told the whole story, just as any good one must. The sit uation nt thnt time wns nt a white hent and every Philadelphia!) who was not himself actually on the battle lino or otherwise en gaged nt the front felt the nppcnl of those few words. This lonn, too, wns henvilj over-subscribed in this district, und while I feel thnt the inherent patriotism of Philadel phia nnd its ndjncent district would hnve done this under any circumstances, still I nlso think thnt the uppenl of the slogan hud Us effect In the henvy over-subscription. "Another lino one wns the slognn of the ictory Lonn: 'Let's Finish the Job.' Like the others which I have cited, it told the whole story nnd then a little more. It wits n nationul slognu nt the time, in the fact tJmt it expressed exactly the feeling of the American people, nnd thus It would hnve been Impossible to get n better text for thnt campaign. Must Tell the Objective "As will be rendili seen from these grent slogans which 1 have cited, u successful blogan must be one which not only brings the proposed drive to the nttention of people, but In n manner arouses their svmpnthy with It ns well. It must stnto with exacti tude the sentimeut which the public feels toward the object to be nttnincd, and In one wny this mnkes our tnsk a little ensler. be cause the people of Philadelphia have shown us very clearly thnt they nre in full sympa thy with the purposes of the Welfnte Fed erntion. "In the slogans thus fnr received all clnsscs of people are reptescnted, from the highest to the lowest. Financiers, law vers, physicians and all other branches of (lie learned professions sent us their Mens of whnt n good slogan should be, nnd working men of nil grades, from whnt were npp.tr ently unskilled laborers to the highest rep rcentntlves of skilled workmanship, con tiibutcd, us well ns women of all social degrees. "The result of this hns been thnt, aside -from the very lnrge uuinbe.r of slogans from which we shnll make .our final choice, we hnve tho advantage of having every line of thought from which to choose, because nil grades of Intellect are represented In the answers received. "Of course, there were a few facetious ones, rts there must be in over.v contest of this kind, but b.v fnr the greatest number came fiom persons of a hljh decree of In telllKence and a thoroughly sane point of view In matters affecting the public welfnte. ns this mutter docs uffect It vitally. Persistence the Answer "But entirely aside from the intrinsic merit of a slogan, there is nlso the mutter of keeping it constantly before tho public. VJhlle a really good slognn 'sells Itself to tho public, in n. large degree, still there Is much work to he done in seeing that every person In our field sees or hears the slogim repentedlj. ' " "M Idcnl of the use of slogan In this respect would he for evcrj limn to find It in his newspaper as mioii ns he comes down In the inoiiilm:. Then lis Ik ues down town or into town, ns the cu-e iniiv be, h should M' o !' ' 'iC,iiMri,r,t ';"rs '" "'" ,""' ". or on nil the billboards h. pn.-'ci if i. llNeK ,l0 trains. Next, he should sen It at nil the termlnnl stations on the blllbonrtls there and then on banners across the mulii streets' nnd on posters iu the store windows. . "7rXn iW,,'.C". ,,,(" r?nh(,: hiH "wee he should find it Inclosed with till bills and cheeks he receives, and when he .-oes to lunch it should be on the menu cards of nil the hotels and ichtaurunts. Then in the course of the nfternoon he should be enn ynsse.l several limes by the people Interesleo iu the oblecl of the campaign. The after noon Miers also should entry it, nud when he goes to the thcntie at night he should sec it on the screen in- henr It spoken by il,!. one-iuliiute speakers. This will furnish i ammunition with which the actual workers will be backed up. "In the meantime, (he committee Is having a hard time to select the very best slognn of 11 those submitted, but I feel .tire tK one chosen In the end will be the right one." short cars . w There already nppenrs to be division la (I ine xwenty-sccona vvnril. g ' Wonder if tho Inventor got his "mob gns-' trum Fortieth Wnrd sewers? , tl rri.A Am m- r. .m. , , I .iiv kwt:iiitiii -uiiiiiiuimtruiiu coral. greets its distinguished interpreter. I As Burns tells It. when doubls-cron 'I meets eiouDic-cross everybody gets a lemoa.; Strunge, remarked the Sport Scribe?. how the double-cross develops under cron examination. t' f I Instead of marching to City Hall, wkj don't the Fortieth Wurelers insist on Com cllmen attending a meeting where the smells arc runkest? A . Given a brief cool spell, we begin realize that the unprecedented weathef.1 didn't deserve the adjective, though itdt-s served worse. 1h it not surprising that none of the bullets tired during the police battle witi bandit-bootleggers on IJrowu street pene trated tho barrel? We note on todny's comic psje tilt Henrietta is entered for the open golf ckam; plonship. It is presumably a tee caddy she thinks she's handling. The men who nre back of tho chtrpi against the Governor and Lieutenant Gov ernor of Illinois nre ovidentlj of the opinion thnt those who hnve denllngs with tie pnekers mu.v cventunllj be canned. It is intercstinc to note. rerasrVeS . Pcrlcarn. thnt when the British Prime Ml- .' ister attends tho Disarmament Coufereoee J ills entile niltlress will probably be (iwrp, Wnshlngton." Commacnl, we cull it. There nre no new fen t tires in the ptj; roll robberv at Twelfth nud liiittunwooj streets. Events ran on u commonplace schedule. Let us hope thnt the nrrest, con viction nnd imprisonment of the criminal! will nlso run on conventioutil lines. British fmnnelci.N who hope to got the better of our Seeictnr.v of the Trensur) rati find something of Interest in the dlspa' from Turloek. Calif., setting forth that fifty-six Japanese laborers were chased awij because of melon cut rntcs. The bodies of ilftv-seven men who died " thnt we tnight pursue our paths In I41 arrived In Philadelphia yesterday. That ' the lnrge truth, conceded with comparative'! little emotion. The smaller nnd more W' Fonnl truth Is thnt perceived by the "K Mothers who met them. When the large ttiith hns the poignancy of the smaller trum wnr will cense. What Do You Know? QUIZ Whnt former public official diagnosed the Ills of the United Stntn ns th reed n u Rood five-cent cigar. Whnt Is marquetry? What Is pnreiuetry? a Whnt wns the first ."'"oX Custer, Wiled by the Tin Jinn J" battle of Llttlo tllg Horn In Hi" f , Whcte nro tho scenes of Shakeipearii , comedy, "The Tempest," laWi , , Why is a halibut so called? ; What Is the difference between an tagllo and a cameo? . To what royal house does the prM Klnn: of Spain belong? Who was the Cld? .J How mutiy fnrthlngs make a penny , English money? , Answers to Yesterday's Qui The percentage of humidity In the atjMJ, nnere ciwinui ii" : saturation producing ruin CJJ , John Bartrnm was ll10 .'"L, b0rn of ' botanist of eminence. He ww" , , , Quaker pnrentngo nenr Phi a Q ,t y 1609. and in 1728 l;j , HM " ,, ' Klngsess ng. on the 8c hu)IWll, " botanical garden In America. ' Two" Indents of the United .$ natural aeninH hi ""ivry tivx. , n.,,. irnrrtsno nnd Z.icnar) A A The Hermans. Ull,,fr 'vl".goravfk.ti gained u decisive vc,0f"tJltS,rraln seven m es west of M, in ,, over the French. undr Dazain.. , August 18. 1870-. ,.. contemporarf Zulonsu la celebrated com. Hpnnlsh artist vniuela. fnr. ens Is the capltnl of U ' 'de. Jimu Vicente- Gomez Is tile virtu... !,,.. nt fhnt renunlle. . . . ...i.k .till A cbnr.u-bnno Is n 'n"1,i'cixcuril)'j ; ',nwoTUor?il?n!!yBnch J means benclieii "J '?:,.. wprn'5 i..,i.,,nii,i ,iiw a flKUrnil'' ; j """I"' utrrnilvr means condition. ..... fDclalto" ( 1 k r, V ,ll,.Wt r U Wf i-l ll ' . i mxu.nut&at h it-jMvAi
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