li
rt.-
I
if.
u
m
w
:r .
t
"a
(I
i
1 1, "
i
7t - TTJT r ' f. ,
s-j
J&imma public HtbtK
i PUBLIC LEDGER COMPANY
'' X ' CYRUS 11. K. CUIvTIS, Parjlbr-sf
U( thkn tl Martin Vie. traiflnt Mnil TrfturFt
V Welles A. Tyler. Secretry! Chir'e II. I.udln.
, rhlllp S. Collins, John ll. WUIIsms. John J.
Ktcnn. Oeorse F. Goldsmith, David IS. Smlltr,
MiSO: !
svm CMftf r-v ICMMay
g8PMf " ""
"''tS9W c- MAHTIK.... General llanlnm Mnnener
t ,;PttblUhl dully at PUBLIC LtMR Dulldlnc
i - Independence Square. Philadelphia.
Atuntio ClTT. ....(.. rress-tfnlo Building
Mrjt YoK , .....HH Madlsnn Ave.
BWMotT T01 Ford nulldlne
, T. Locn ...018 alobr-Drmocrat nulldlnn
.uivauo.. h...iJ"V4 j ntrnnv uuiiuina
NEWS DUHE.VUa:
WASWNOTO! ncilUO,
N. :. Cor. rennarlvanla Ave. and 14th St.
New YoriC noslUB .The Sun llulldlnc
London nuiiutr., .Trafalrar Dulldlnc
8UI1SCRIPTI0N TEHMH
'Th EteMINci I'cjato Ltuim is served to sub
aerltrs In Philadelphia and surrounding towns
t the rate of twelve (12) cents par week, payable
to the carrier.
t Uy mall to points outside of Philadelphia In
tha United Rtates. Canada, or United Ftnte poi
sessions, restate tree, fifty (SO) rents per month,
fix. (10) dollars per year, payable In advance.
To all foreljrn countries one ($1) dollar a month,
. NoTto Subscribers wishing address chanced
Stmt ah old as well as new address,
BfLL. 3000 VALNUT KrVSTONE. MAIN 1601
RVMiblreu all communications to Evening l'ublio
V Ij&iprr, Ind'prniitnce Square, Philadelphia
" - Member of tho Associated Press
etrr Jeilrttiinifn nbcan j. . , ...
jH'"flfIcct (o fh use or rcruMlraffon o all u-e
miparrnrs crraiifci to it or not olflerirue crttiited
in thl$ paper, and alio the local netcs piisHshrd
therrin.
All riffhlt c rcpuMlcntlon of special dltpatchei
"crrtii are also reserved.
rhllid.lphl., M.nd.j, July Z5, lMt
WHAT A MURDER DID
FTOOK n murder to attract attention to
the squalid alley In the rear of 1--Sprucc
street and to induce the owner of
the three small houses fronting on a four
foot passageway to announce that he will
tear down the buildings an soon as the
tenants can find other quarters.
. Rut there are other alleys just as bad.
Women die in them and the doctor's cer
tificate declares that death was from natural
causes. Rut . the doctors know that the
causes that brought about death were the
Unwholesome surroundings in which the
women had tried to live nnd bring ui their
children. This is not murder in tha eyes
Apt the law. Rut the community In which
public sentiment permits such conditions to
.exist is morally responsible for what hap
pens. i Buildings erected prior to 1895 nre not
jsubject to the sanitary regulations of the
law passed in that jcar. If the law wore
intended to protect all the uarrow alleyways
filled with houses without water or sewers
and denied the light of the sun It could not
have been better devircd. It is the old tene
ments that need to be modernized in the
.interest of the health of the whole com
munity. Dr. Furbish, of the Department of
Health, knows where they arc, but he says
hels powerless. I'erhniw a little publicity
could accomplish what the law cannot do.
LET IT ALONE!
ONE office that women of all parties may
well leave to the men and their bouses
is that of city magistrate. A magistrate
iasn't a pleasant job. lie is usually .en
vironed by political barbed wire. In ninety
.nine cases out of every hundred he is ex
jpected to terve not tho cause of justice or
even fair play, but the interests of a heeler-'in-chief.
Rut it is chiefly because the war
jof public opinion on the magistrate system
iie continuous and certain to grow more
bitter that women ought to fight shy of the
office.
!Mlss Kdnn M. Snyder, of the Thirty-eighth
Ward, is the first woman candidate for a
magistracy to appear formally in this city.
$ But Miss Snyder is a Democrat.
i She Is safe.
JOHN BECOMES A SAILOR
jTTvID the sea ever before turn up anything
XJ more surprising, more alluring to
chanty-makers and the .seekers after adven
nire than the good or shall we say bad?
ship Pocomokc and similar craft that nre
charged with flitting back and forward be
tween the Rahamas and ports in this gen
leral neighborhood with tons of hard liquor
of the sort called Scotch? A large, fat.
aft schoener of dignified appearance is nuld
,to be vending vnst quantities of firewater
from an anchorage just a little more than
three miles off Montauk Point.
The waters between here and the Rahnma
I Islands are smooth and bright in all
weathers. Winds are fair. Life on the
ocean wave will from now on teem more
, attractive than ever to a great many folk.
) Where there is a little smoke there often
jl much fire, and where there is one Milp
obviously in the business of liquor smuggling
there must be hundreds as yet undetected.
People with n tnirst for imported hooch
aj of endless faith and credulity. Not long
ago it was repot ted that the nmount of
'foreign" whisky being sent from Canada
to the United Stittcs is four times greater
"than the amount of foreign whisky uctually
imported monthly into the Dominion. If
' half that Is being rumored is true, more
whisky thnn ever was ict'n in the Bahamas
is being poured into this country by all sorts
of vessels that report the stuff as "just
from the Islonde." Poked labels and adul
terated liquors arc not exclusive to land
lubbers. The hardy skippers of the vchiskv ships
are taking a good deal for granted, and
doubtless they are malting plenty of money
nnd having n delightful tlnip. But the
winds are not all in their favor. All the
powers of Congress could not dry up the
Socean, Rut it is possible for the United
.States Government to dry up thnt part of
the ocean which waMjcs these shores. One
law for which prosecution is always possible
prohibits conspiracy to commit crime So
ships and thrlr crews nre not wholly snfo
even beyoutl the three-mile limit. A vessel
used in n conspiracy to violate the lawn of
ithe United States may be seled nt any
American port nud her owners mid her skin
per and even the members' of her crew nn
'be made liable In court if evidence is found
against them. Whether the conspiracy wns
hatched at sra or nt a dock doesn't matter.
STILL FIGHTING THE MOORS
SPEAKlNtl In Rui-gos the other day upon
the 700th anniversary of its exquisite
cathedral, Alfonso of Spnin took occasion to
(lisclalm any territorial cupiditv on the
part of his nation. It is noticeable, how
ever, that his reference to Spanish expansion
in Northern Africa was offered In just Idea -
tlon of that program.
Ethically regarded, the exception may be
called regrettnble. Historically, warfare
with the Moors is ingrained Hispanic habit.
The struggle haB been virtually continuous
4nce tho Saracens first crossed the Stialts
,Tof Gibraltar In 711 of our rro.
jlllta'latest manifestation tnkis the form of
hews, which, though doubtless hitter to
, Madrid, can scarcely be called novel.
Spanish tronns near Mnllllii, n small posses-
1 lon on tho Mediterranean Const of Morocco,
( nre said to have suffered a considerable do-
i feat nt the bonds of rebellious tribesmen.
' If the rumor is verified another Moorish
I Yfsr, tliou.ili perhaps on a comparatively
nmnll scale, may be added to a list which
is tinl'iup. ,ln history. It was the Sloslem
overthrow. 9t (liannda in 1402 which nil
hut diverted the attention of Isabella from
tbc Minn'lenHnj Columbus, Jtuy Dlax, the
Ciil of chronicle find learnd. whose fame lias
J beeu entwined with that of tho Burgos
.j!&JLl3fsitfj.o5i
MSHSHJ
cathedral and whose transferred, bones now
rest there, was first of nil the scourge of
Arabs. To the Castlllans, Aragoncse, An
daluslans, "the enemy," In the abstract, is
cvcr of Othello's race.
Rut there Is no equivalent of the Cld
Compeador today to inflame the bards.
Spain, otherwise free from destructive .am
bitions beyond her frontiers, is usually either
concluding n petty but harassing Moorish
war or beginning n new one.
While it is lamentable that n proud no
tion, which within recent years has been
in n sense reborn, should commit such blun
ders nnd undergo such costly nnd tragic
trials, it is questionable whether the ma
jority of Spaniards arc inclined to view the
case exclusively In that light.
The practice of Moor-baiting is congeni
tal, and not the least of its temptations is
the flame of roinauco which, rlshtlv or
wrongly, Is thus kept alight
ANTI-SECTARIANS SHOULD NOT
I BLOCK NEW CONSTITUTION
Plenty of Opportunity to Prevent
Breaking Down Line Between Church
and State Without Obstructing
Needed Revisions
THE objections of the Anti-Sectarian
Appropriation Association to the diver
sion of public money for tho support of sec
tarian institutions rest on the fundamental
American doctrine of the necessity for a
separation of Church and State.
This doctrine is formulated in the first
nrticle of the so-cnlled Rill of Rights In
the Federal Constitution, which provides
that "Congress shall make no law respect
ing nn establishment of religion or prohibit
ing the free exercise thereof." It is re
peated in the Constitution of this .State in
the Declaration of Rights, where it Is de
clared thnt "no man can of right be com
pelled td attend, erect or support any place
of worship," nnd that "no preference shall
ever he given by law to nny religious estab
lishments or modes of worship." Then in
the article defining and limiting the powers
of the Legislature It is further provided
that "no appropriation shall be made
to any denomlnntlonul or sectarian Insti
tution." Yet In spite of these provisions there grew
up the custom in this State of appropriating
money for the care of dependents in sectarian
institutions who would otherwise have hod
to be cored for in Institutions under public
control. It wns justified on the theory that
the money was appropriated, not to sec
tarian institutions, but to charitable insti
tutions, Tho Supreme Court has recently
decided that this theory Is untenable and
that no institution under sectarian control
mny receive public money under any pretext
whatsoever. And good lawyers agree that
the Supreme Court could have reached no
other conclusion. -
Yet there is a plan nfoot to oppose a con
vention to revise the Constitution for fear
that the anti-cctnrlan provisions may be
modified or removed.
The Constitution needs revision In a hun
dred ways in order to bring it up to the
times. It is nearly fifty years since it has
been revised. It is full of anomalies and
contradictions. The nntl-sectarlan appro
priation group Is in dancer of placing Itself
in the position of preferring to have these
anomalies and contradictions continue rather
than to run the risk of having the elected
representatives of the people suggest or even
consider any change whatever in the section
forbidding the appropriation of money to
sectarian institutions.
The fears of any radical changes in that
section are groundless. The objections to
any union of Church nnd State nre as
strong now as when the Constitution was
first drafted. If the objectors beliove they
can prevent tho cnlling of a Constitutional
Convention they must realize that they are
strong enough to prevent any change ob
jectionable to them in the matter of sec
tarian appropriations, without blocking the
needed general revision of the document.
But whatever the convention may do, the
new draft of the Constitution cannot be
come effective until it is npproved by the
voters. The supporters of the antl-scctnrian
provision will thus have three opportunities
to prevent a breaking down of the consti
tutional prohibitions. The first will he
when the delegntes are elected. The Eecond
will be when the delegates vote in the con
vention, and the last will be when the
revised Constitution is submitted to popular
approval. This ought to be enough to sat
isfy Ihe most exacting, especially as all that
the objectors seek is a eontlnuance of the
existing restrictions.
The danger of any modification of the
Constitution in this respect Is so slight
that it ought not to be allowed to stand in
I lie way of a revision of the other parts of
the Constitution.
There are other interests, however, op
posed to nny revision. They do not wish
the status quo to be changed In any way,
for they have adjusted their affairs to exist
ing conditions. These are the hold-backs
and reactionaries. ,They will welcome re
enforcement by the anti-sectarians and use
them In preventing, if possible, the mod
ernization of the fundamental law. It Is
possible that n combination of the worst
kind of politicians nnd the unscrupulous
kind of business men with the high-minded
citizens who fear the setting up of a part
nership between the State and religious
organizations may block the plans of revi
sion. That would be regrettable.
Objection to the convention is based on
distrust of the ability of the people to pro
serve their own institutions and to protect
their own rights, n distrust which is as un
American as is a union between the State
and religious corporations.
Ther.' Is no issue which any genuine
American should be afraid to submit to tin
judgment of his peers. And It mov be said
further that there Is no provision of law
which has nny rolldltv when it is contrary
to the will of the citizens, for low in n
democracy is the will of the majority,
whether it be written In the statutes or In
the Constitution or whother it be observed
bv general consent In the absence of anj
formulation.
THE WEST AT ITS BEST
"-1IIINA," asserts its President, Hsu
J Shlh-Chnng, in n recent hook, "has
always regarded military leaders as inferior
nnd has honored them far less than her
scholars, her poets and her civil function
aries." This sentiment, which Is undeniable,
should find particularly appropriate expres
sion in the exercises arranged for the formal
installation of the T'nlon Medical College In
I'ekin, founded by the Rockefeller Founda
tion. The occasion will take on somethliig of the
nature of a world medical convention.
Mnny eminent American physicians will be
In attendance, including two from Philadel
phia Dr. George E. de Schweinltz nnd Dr.
John G. Clark
It Is lwdly extravagant to describe the
five-day celebration, which Is to begin on
September 13, as the inauguration of a new
era In the soclol progress of the Chinese
Republic.
Of all tho features of Western civilization
introduced into the Orient, thoso concerned
with modorn medical science have been per
haps the most unreservedly accepted. No
shadow of exploitation darkens the hu
manitarian efforts of the doctors, surgeons
and sanitary experts whoso unselfish labors
have already contributed so much to the
betterment of living conditions in China.
President Hsu echoes the thoughts of mil
EVENING PUBLIC LEDGEE PHILADELPHIA,
lions of his countrymen In questioning the
laudntlon of militaristic 'and materialistic
ideals over those looking toward social nnd
moral welfare. Rut his Indictment of a
pervnsivc Western viewpoint, expressed In a
treatise recently translated for tho benefit of
Occideutnlsby a French Judge of the mixed
court of Shanghai, Is not so prejudiced as to
dismiss certain really glorious achievements
of the outside civilization.
"Is it not possible," he Inquires, "to
use what wisdom there may be in the teach
ings of the West to correct those of the
Enst?" The Rockefeller Foundation fur
nishes nt least a partial answer. Its minis
trations have harmonized admirably with
the Confucian philosophy, which, though it
discountenances over-emphasis upon ma
terial things, hns for one of its goals, as
President IIsu admits, "the 'happlucss of
mankind."
It Is undeniable that the medical accom
plishment of Westerners hi China is tho
moral antithesis of tho wrongs done nt Wcl-Hal-Wcl,
Knnn-Chaii-Wnn nnd Shantung.
ANOTHER FORD STORY
HENRY FORD has just been telling the
country how, when buying hod slowed
down nnd depression was over tho land nnd
the report of his financial ruin was ac
cepted in Wall Street and emissaries of
bank syndicates were hurrying to Detroit
to dictate terms, he, unaided, wns putting
his organization safely on the high road to
Increased prosperity and increased produc
tion. The narrative is, in its wov, an
epic of business.
Henry is an odd sort of man. He Is not
easy to understand. He entertains inex
plicable nnd sometimes dangerous delusions.
It is held against him, not without sonic
justice, that his method of production means
death to the creative Instinct of nil his
workmen. Yet ho did captain a great In
dustrial organization and innumerable little
industrial organizntlons nnd nil their de
pendent men, women nnd children safely
through a condition of affairs that brought
hardship or wreck to others. He continued
to produce, to moke money, ft) stand off the
sharks, to pay wageB. And he did a vast
lot to dispel the hysteria of cost-boosting
nnd to bring about the revcrsnl of commer
cial thought and practice that was impera
tively necessary to the well-bclug nnd the
economic safety of the country. For that
reason and for the inner meanings of his
efforts and his achievement he is well worth)'
of study.
Mr. Ford did whnt might have been done
by every other business man who could sup
port himself in n crisis by faith In himself,
fnlth In his product nnd, above all, faith In
the country. In April, 1010, he had
$20,000,000 In cash to meet obligations
totaling SoS.OOO.OOO. and only five months
In which to make up the difference. It is
characteristic of Henry that he charged him
self Inexorably with $7,000,000 required to
pay the usual bonus to his men and that he
coolly set down that sum in the nggrcgate
of his immediate liabilities. Then he made
a survey to learn how much of the material
on hand could be turned into dollars in the
shortest possible space of time.
Again an inspiration struck him. II
reduced the retail price of his cars nnd he
sold his output for less than the cost of
manufacture. Was that a great sacrifice?
Let us see. By being the first big manu
facturer of a useful and needed article to
slash prices to the bone, Mr. Ford again
got In on the ground floor. Again he was
the early bird. lie was carried nobly nlong
on the very peak of the wave of new buying
which he had done most to create. Other.?
followed on a slocking tide. Henry was up
nhead, in comfortable water, riding swiftly
forward. He deserved to be there. There
can be no denying that, for he had acted
with courage.
Convcntionnl-mlnded bonkers, who snw a
man in need of ready money selling his pos
sessions for Icsb thnn he could have got by
holding on, said not tinnnturnlly that thnt
man was crazy. But Henry was far from
crazy. Having broken the spell nud started
Ford cars rolling outward, he set about
without the loss of a minute to make every
possible dollar out of these cars by new
economies of manufacture.
There hod been, he sold, o great increase
of laxity in his plant. Thousands of war
jobs nnd ornnmcntnl foremen were still being
maintained. So clerks were offered jobs In
the shops, every ounce of human cnergv ex
pended wns made to produce something
marketable. Waste wns eliminated, over
stocks of material were turned into cars
ond into cosh before new purchases were
made, and becnuso the Detroit plant opened
up in full swing after n shut-down of only
six weeks new life entered into all of the.
workmen. Whiofe before he needed fifteen
men per car per day, he now hns nine.
Cars were produced more swiftly. By sys
tematic liquidation of reserve stocks, by
getting his whole organization to turn fin
ished product into cash, bv making day-to-day
purchases of raw materials until the
trouble passed, the Ford organization wos
relieved from the necessity of borrowing n
cent from Wall Street. And. whnt Is more,
it was started toward the period in which
It Is making more automobiles than It ever
made before under the old wage schedule's,
but at a labor cost lower than labor costs
ever were per machine in the Detroit fac
tory. .
"It's faith," snid Henry. "Faith nnd
work nnd a ruin I learned from mv father,
who used to tell me never to buy anything I
didn't need and to sell, anything that I had
no use for."
EXTINCT CAR ROUTES
TROLLEY service on Cullowhill street
having long been rudimentary, then ex
tinct, the city's track-removal propositi
ninde to Mr. Mlt,ten indicates a srasn of
actualities. If carried out, the program
will unquestionably relieve some of the
ttaffic congestion upon the east and west
thoroughfares between Spring Garden and
Market streets.
With the rails out of the wny, Director
Coven promises n speedy repavlng of C'al
lowhlll street between the two rivers. The
transit company would lose nothing more
than nn abandoned line.
The time obviously hns orrived when
transportation in 1'hllndelphln must be con
sidered as a subject involving vehicular
traffic as well as transit over rail routes.
Trolleyless tracks existing in several sec
tlons of the city are In the nature of need
less nnd obstructlonary survivals.
Cnllowhlll street, the widest artery be
tween Arch nnd Spring Garden streets, if
suitably paved, will be converted Into a busy
thoroughfare without in the least Interfering
with public convenience. Similar reforms
elsewhere might be profitably promoted by
this sensible beginnlni:
The Farmers' Export Corporation Bill
contains more dope tliuti curative proper
ties. The bloc; that backs it proposes to
wait for business instead of having live
wires out to hunt for markets. Tncln Sum
is not asked to help find markets. The billion
or so the bill would "ost him is to help
hold grain nnd cotton for higher p'rices.
This Is precisely what small tradesmen hsvo
been scored for ihe country over. It is pre
cisely for the snme reason that the econ
omists don't cotton to the bill. It goes
against tho grain.
Viscount Bryco will lecture in Williams
College thU week. lie will bo tho first of
n list of foirlgn notables to appear there to
discuss international politics. The series
of talks, though unofficial, unnot full to
have some bearing on the later official con
ference on dliurinunieuU
-.V-J&lteRrtMxti 1 ..,;., ,t;.rfttt-j&siefci it r 1 tkftfiiyLg -,.,,,, ,:.;,. ,,,) ; f gy .c.iytift jUljsM
i tt&-J&- . I ll - MM " -- rr.4Ssssssssssssssssssssssssssi
AS ONE WOMAN SEES IT
Lady Rotative by Marriage of a Mid
dle Western Town Takes n Dare
and Makes the Wicked
Weary
By SARAH D. LOWIHE , ,
I DO not know If It Is a point of honor
nowadays with' children, but when I wua
a child to accept a dare was a foregone
conclusion.
Whether It wns to jump from the highest
hayloft or walk on the outside gutter of
the mansard roof, or go up to a perfect
stranger with your hot out as though beg
ging alms, yours "but to do nnd die" If yoli
were dared. I was amused the other day
to hear how a friend of mine out in a Mid
dle West city had risen to n dare. Her atti
tude toward the town and toward opposi
tion would make the "low-spirited Lady of
Main Street" sit up. take notico and mend
her complaining, ineffective ways, I believe.
At nil events, the way my friend went at
her job and ncccpted the challenge of op
position shows she is a real American,, ond
her town, being a reai one somewhere west
of the Mississippi, likes her for her spunk
nn'd "goes to it'' with her, even though she
Is nn Easterner and only connected with it
by marriage.
THE challenge was over tho holding of n
carnival. Now it seems that what the
Chautauqua is to the High Brows of the
Middle West, carnivals arc to the Low Lives
a source of income, a source of inspira
tion. The inspiration that comes from n car
nival Is for dancing, gambling, drinking nnd
"queered shows" thnt are immune from po
lice raids by some one being fixed higher up.
Carnivals seem to have most of the ob
jectlonal features of county fairs without
the good agricultural competition. There nre
rcgula companies which put them on the
road, arrange their appearances and exits,
and guarantee their "pep." They arc gen
erally Introduced Into a particular town by
some local organization in need of funds.
The organization nominally holds the car
nival, nnd pockets about $1000 without fur
ther trouble to itself beyond n generous
publicity under its name.
IN THE town of my friend's adoption
there is n law on its statute books making
the holding of n carnival without the consent
of the Town Council a finable offense. It
also happens that from her experience with
the flotsam nnd jetsam cast up in the wake
ef rast carnivals my friend hnd come to the
conclusion thnt tho evil that tho hordes of
unscrupulous strangers wrought by their
week's stay during a carnival could not be
estimated In dollars or cents and certainly
not rectified by any punishment the law
rould devise. So she was against carnivals
with all her mind, nud did not care who
knew it.
As she is n very well-known person in
that town, very few of its lending citizens
were unaware of her stand.
It so happened that for last Fourth of
July the women of the Civic Club had under
taken some sort of celebration to welcome
the new citizens with appropriate ceremonies
Into their American citizenship. It also
happened thnt part of the ceremony of
welcome wos to be a parade in which the
war veterans, young and old, from the Civil
War down, were to inarch. These military
heroes are known familiarly In the town
as "the vets," nnd their clubs as the "Vets'
Club " With these few facts In mind, my
friend's recital of the challenge and of her
acceptance of it, I shall now give as she
rctuiled it without further explanation.
it
' A LL seemed well until one afternoon n
XI. verj smooth-speaking young man from
the 'vets' camo to sec me. I learned later
that he had written manv pro-German let
ters for our pro-German paper until it
was suppressed. He had then gone to an
other city in the Stnte and given his uge
as over the draft age, but was caught and
drafted, so that his being a vet was, so to
speak, involuntary.
"However, during tiiis visit to me he was
most conciliatory and seemed desirous of
beinj helpful in the matter of the parade.
He said the 'Vets' Club' wns to have a
carnivnl hero the week of the Fourth and
they wnnted to know if there would be any
legal action brought by the women If they
did. It was a new idea to me, the legal
action, but I wns gome and said there cer
tainly would be. I proceeded to tell him
all the objections to cnrnlvals on moral
grounds nnd also the law on our city books
prohibiting carnivals except under ceitaln
vcrv stringent conditions. Ho seemed much
moved. He said he never had heard of a
carnival being bod morally, but that neither
he nor the other vets would core for carni
vals if they had known whnt I had told
1 Im. Bv this one they expected to make
S1000, and as they were bankrupt it would
mean much.
"Before they appealed to Council on the
matter I sold I would be glnd to speak at a
meeting of the vets and tell them how the
women felt nnd why.
"The next few clays I wns occupied in
rounding up the women nnd In beeing the
Councilmi'ii Tlw meeting of the Council
wus to lie held the following Mondaj . I
had rounded up six women eager to appear
before Council to oppose carnivals, nnd I
had four of the eight (ouncilmcn pledged to
our nlde. The 'vets,' on the other hand,
hnd boosted that they had six Counellmcn,
which, if they were telling the truth,
meant that there hnd been some squirming,
or would be when the vote was taken. If
our four held, then the Mnyor would have
to cast the deciding vote, which would be a
sore trial to him, for he likes to please
everybody and also be a pattern of nobility.
1 hnd been the president of the Vets' Club,
who wns extremely nice to me. He saTd ho
liked corneals, liked a little excitement,
didn't mind gambling as long as you didn't
'go broke.' He thought the world a pretty
dirty place, but felt 'no call to worry
about It.' Let each person take care of
himself nnd the parents conttol tho chil
dren. WHEN the Council met one of our men
was uot present. I called him up at
once and he said he hnd forgotten, which
I rather doubt. The speakers for the ets
were the smooth-spoken Involuntary vet,
and the expert divorce luwver of tho town,
with a neck like u bull, who is also a lay
reader in one of the churches.
"He had tried for the soft office of
judge-adMicnte in one of the Stale regi
ments nt the beginning of the wht nnd or.
del ed the appropriate uniform for the job
and got married in it. Of course, he missed
It and very late In the war went into n
training camp, out of which he did not get
before the war wns over. Thero wns nkn
, a labor union representative. Ills plea for
carnivals was nun no one stioultl oppose'
evil wiiile we had so much in our back
yards. Some one asked him if because thtfro
wns so much evil in the back jnrd ho
wanted it In the front yard, too, and he
said: 'Yes. that's It exactly! Until it is
cleaned out of the bock jord.' lie also
said: '1 am not opposing women; my
mother was a woman '
ffrnHE law.ier lay reader quoted Scripture
J- nt length and told the 'denr ladles' to
stay nt home and mind their business. He
said welfare workers put on tin- lowest 'leg
shows' in the worst slums in New York
that could be seen; he hastened to say Hint
he lint! not seen them, not the worst, thnt Is.
Ills climax was thnt at any time lie wns
prepnted to meet his Maker face to face.
'"Ihe next dny the 'Vets' Club' announced
thnt thev would not march in the parade,
but would huve a bnll gome nt that hour,
and that they would put on the carnival
shows on tho night of the Fourth, Council
or no Council."
OF COURSE, that was a challong'c sho no
ccptcd, ond went to work to innko It a
teal pomelo, She enlisted every one of the
fouitecin Sunday schools In town, and every
one of the fourteen had a float and bands
and bicycle squads and drum corps and hoy
Indians. And, of course, the event was n
success,
h v' fc !
MONDAY, JULY 25,
- - - - -- i e-i a- SM
"WHUTSATI!" 1
. .. A ' " - s -t ? '
PaaVTsylJ i Si JgMsaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaWeieaaaB A. A iaVsaaaaaaaaV .esaaff. lMsjafeaiiiM . ayene 1 iMSjejjaByjUi' STlhaesyTe Sf3 tsrsaaiaMaL sB
" MaliM SHJHflRflt9BMBp flsVUe at SBBBBBBBBBBffllsBm BAeBBKL aLBJ3aabeawr,rTIUreJfctffeHt3eB7 JefBLnsPaTsWa eeai t
ttreviw ' C "sytJt'l"UeT'JVa.a-aVsj'lr'tfcs. i 1 . . r- -
.MjJ
fc"V; U-J 'T.i,fl .,n(er.tW...l.U..f. , r-Z' "1
- -a i - . J. , u. . . L ' -
c?wiJ!r! w-WrWin1
awjJ1 "' " . "
-rKTZr
I - M IJ M SHUETO.,. .
n -"--"
"f- ' Jsr
NOW MY IDEA IS THIS
Daily Talks With Thinking Philadelphia on Subjects They
Know Best
THE REV. FLOYD W. TOMKINS
On Bible Teaching
THAT the Bible is becoming more nnd
more n factor and nn almost dally
greater influence In the lives of the people
of tho United States, despite the generally
prevailing pessimism, is the opinion of the
Rev. Floyd W. Tomkins, rector of Hoh
Trinity Church.
"This desirable condition of nffairs,"
said Dr. Tomkins, "is due in n great measure,
to the largely augmented increase In the
study of the Bible, evidences of which we
see on every hand.
Many Bible Classes
"It Is a cause for the utmost satisfaction
that Riole study is being held in so many
places and thnt the study Is being conducted
with every evidence of sincerity. One Bibb:
study conference alone, the one which has
been held at I'crkasic for twenty-four
j ears, has, In that time, conferred certlfi
calcs upon 1000 graduates.
"This proves two things: First, the
great iuterest which is now and has for a
number of years past been taken in n con
scientious study of the Scriptures by men
and women, and particularly by young men
and young women; nnd, second, that this
interest is going to bo spread largcl
throughout the country by the teachings of
those wlib had been graduated themselves.
"There can be no question that, while
there have been many learned criticisms of
the Bible and while much has been ac
complished by the so-called 'higher criti
cism,' faith in tho Word of God, as we have
It, hns inci cased rather than dlmlnshed
among the people ef the country at latge.
"Whllo there may have developed some
differences of opinion, and perhaps with
some reason, among the higher critics re
garding authorship, dates and even as to
the original Gieek nnd Hebrew text, noth
ing lias destroyed or even disturbed the
gieat confidence the people have in the Bible
as commonly used in the King James trans
lation. "A knowledge of the Bible in so far thnt
people generally know whnt it teaches umi
whnt it contains Is much more widespread
than the average mini or woman imagines
The spreading of this knowledge is duo to
several agencies, which have worked long nnd
well in tlie furtherance of this cause.
"For example, thero are the men's Bible
classes, which liave been meeting for ten
j ears. They have done much to create in
leiest in intelligent btudy of the Word of
God. Then there arc the tlnilv vacntion
Hilda schools where, for six weeks in sum
mer, children am tnught Blblo storieainnd
Bible lessons as bearing upou their daily
lives and upon moral living. This is seed
well sown and which will bring forth a good
harvest in the results upon their later
lives.
Many Blblo Conferences
"Then consider also the many Bible
conferences which nro being held ull over
the country nnd which ore being very largely
attended and show n growtli In numbers and
interest with each succeeding enr. These
facts Indicate not ouly a vast Increase in
the amount of Interest tukeu in the Bible
and its teachings, but they show ns well
that people ns u whole recognize that the
Bible Is a guide for moral living every day
of the year as well os a foundation for
religious faith.
"Social service workers, too, find much
matei mi m mo juuio siuuy which is or
vulue to them iu their work. Mnny of them
urge the Sermon on the Mount us an in
fallible guido for the solving of mnny vex
ing social problems. Clergymen are also
expressing more nnd more In their sermons
Blblo truths that have a great bearing upon
nationnl nnd International interests.
"This is most encouraging for it proves
two things : First, thnt the S ore! of God has
not lost a purticle of its influence upon
men; unci, second, that the ichitlnnship be
tween man und man is daily being more
nnd more guided by the exptessed will of
God.
A Clergyman's Analysis
"An old Methodist minister mnny car.s
ngo told a Sundav si hnol of which I was
then a member that the Bible might be
summed up under two 'PV and four 'D's.'
These, lie explained, were Persons and
Places, as representing the 'P's' and Dates
Doiugs, Doctrines and Duties for the 'D's.'
"But there Is nn added knowledge of tho
Bible nlso regarding '" division Into his
torical, prophetic and poetic literature.
Our KinK James translation, in splto of
mnny new translations recently given to
tho world, and ell of which oro helpful, stUl
stands as an oxamplo of wonderfully pure
English which hns few, if any, cqunls in
tho iangungc.
"This In lUolf gives tho Bible student
who docs not desire to enter tho field of
critical examination, but seeks only to find
"God's will, n inspiration ns ho tenches ami
nn he governs his own life by it which can
not bo easily measured.
Tho Bible's Infliirnto
"In a word, we mny soy thnt the Bible
today has more Influence among tho masses
Vi
'V.TW'" ",; ,' p?-"'vr"r Vi i. W;,j ', A. vvy-- T7"r;,;1( -. T"im
B ' r A t t r . r, t xt - t ,f -H
102i
T""
- on - -
jie-we I- .-Jeavea
-
WMEZ
of the people, ns well as with those who
may be technically termed Bible students,
quite beyond uuy influence which it lias
exerted nt any prior time. People do not
realize how much Bible truths, translated
Into dully actions, nre influencing men an.!
women, nnd even children.
"We may admit, as we must, thnt many
persons aiu ignorant nnd that the principles
of moral and upright living nro not tuught
In the public schools to tha extent which
they should be. But, on the other hand,
when wo consider the fact that 'so mnny fine
Bible schools nre being held throughout the
country, thnt so many Bible institutes nre
fitting men nnd women for the better, the
work being accomplished by the churches
and the Cluistinn Associations, it must fill
us with, hope and bring home to us clearly
u realization of the power of the Bible in
its effect upon the molding of human 'life
along the strong, clean lines laid down
in it.
Great Interest Manifested
"Thoso who hove not visited any of tho
numerous Bible conferences which arc being
iieiu uirougnout me country nnd other con
ferences, hnving for their object the study
of the truths of tho Bible, can scarcely
realize the amount of interest in the work
manifested by those In attendance as well
as by 'those to whom is entrusted tho work
of teaching the classes.
"Take, for example, the Pcrkasie Park
conference last week. Two or three well
known Bible teachers were there, each of
whom gave two or three days of clear and
conclso teaching. There were present from
(500 to 800 persons, including some fifty
ministers who were deeply interested in the
work nnd In the manuer iu which it was
carried on. On one rainy night, when tho
ruin descended almost in torrents, with
the thunder roaring nnd tho lightning flash
ing, n night when the weather conditions
would have justified almost any one in re
maining nt home, there were more than
COO porsons gathered In the tabernacle,
"Tho sume conditions and tho same
amount of Interest nro truo nlso of tho Bible
conferences hold nt Sliver Bay, Northflcld,
Genevn, Wis., and mnny other places.
Tho Blblo Schools
"The Blblo schools, which were started
first iu Chicago, then were taken up in
New York nnd later in Philadelphia, hove
nlso had a wonderful influence in stimulating
interest nnd enthusiasm in the knowlcdgo ot
the BJble. Those who nro familiar with
this work or even have knowledge of what
It has accomplished are filled with en
thusiasm. "Dr. Torrey, who some years ago con
ducted a series of public services in Phila
delphia, has established in California a
Blblo school which ranks second to nona.
lie nlso has established a summer school
at Montrose, Pa., for the furtherance of
this work. To it como people from ull over
tho State and from many other States as
well, not only for Blblo study but ulso for
tho study ot the problems of every-dny
life. There are other classes conducted in
a similar mnnnernnd with the samo end
In view iu many other parts of the country.
Deserves Public Support
"It might be well if people generally
looked upon Bible institutes and similar
organizations (or the study of the Scriptures
ns worthy of national interest. The re
sults achieved fully justify any support thnt
may bo then. From my own observations
I can nssure any one that the persons who
attend the summer conferences held iu var
ious pluccs find their faith as well as their
interest iu Blblo stud, wonderfully
deepened.
"As to the practical part of theso con
ferences, they nro generally financed by teg.
istratlon. The teachers nre obtained from
various places. They aro universally deeply
Interested in the work and usually come for
their expenses, making a contribution 'of
their time to the 'work. The graduates
pursue their work In Sunday school Bible
classes, or the form groups for tho study
of the Bible iu the sevcial communities from
which they come,
"There oni usually u number of minis
ters in attendance, especially those from
the smaller churches, and they not only learn
much concerning the Scriptures, but also
find many new Ideas which nie of value to
them unci to their congregations.
"This Inteiest In the Bible nud the desire
to lenrn more about the Woid of God Is one
of the bright spots in our life today. Iu
tho midst of troubles which tend to make
even the stoutest -hearted pessimistic, It is
well to keep our e.es upon these blight
places, which shed light persistently mid
which influence for the better the jives of
countless numbers of men and women,"
The Name's the Thing
From the Kansas City Star.
Dr. Wiley tells the Ilouso Judiciary Com
mlttee thnt beer Is not o medicine, ' As we
understand It, thnt is not the point urged
by I hose who want the beer prescription
legalized The point is, they wont It called
a medicine.
. . . . ,'.
u i in imiMiufrmtaaUirotK- wjfTL . -k:
SHORT CUTS
Mount Gretna is ramping with rood '
health and spirits.
Meanwhile the Dove of Pence is resting
in some pigeon-hole. ,
Jim Bnrnes, golfer, led the (port
scribes to epic heights.
Everybody hopes thnt the Pacific con
ference will justify its nntne.
Exporters will proceed to look for u
open door in the tariff wall.
K
- What effect, If any, would a tax en
hides have on the bootlegger?
Frat fights have their proper place In
Chronicles of the Unimportant.
Blest be the man who brought nn end
to the building strike. He's a brick.
And now we shall see if a revenue
officer hns 4he speed of a rum runner.
Governor Small, of Illinois, seems bent
upon putting frills on n live news story.
Pcrhnps Mr. Fordncy figured that the
country wanted a tariff in the worst waj.
Enstwick citizens now know that the
way to get whnt they want Is to go after it.
Editors the country over continue to
consider it their duty to tan Fordney's hide.
"Rum runners?" quoth the Qulnlcal
One. "Blame it on Columbus. He discov
erca the Bahamas."
California docs not appear to be work
ing to help the United States in tho confer
ence on the Pacific.
As nn economic revivalist Hoover
awakens faith and hope nnd, mayhap,
charity toward the railroads.
"After all," remarked the district
leader who had made his poace with tbe
boss, "Boles will be Boles.1'
There aro many dark and insanitary
alleys in the city. As we understand it, one
murder apiece will clean them all out.
Tha Scotch question continues to be.
"Should auld acquaintance be forgot?'
With, of course, the customary trimmings.
Is It to betray n too trusting disposi
tion to suppose that the nations who owe
Uncle Sam monoy nro anxious to do the
right and proper thing?
That tho consimer eventually pays all
tnxes of whatsoever nature is a patent fact;
but there nre mentalities in which tbe
patent appears to have expired.
What Do You Know?
QUIZ
1. What wns tho name nf the warship
recently sunk by American naval air
planes? 2. What h bns-rellcf!
.1. Whnt li nn aula?
4. Whom is Baluchistan
5, What 11 cryptography?
6. What Is the chief seaport in tho Bahama
Islnnds!
7. Which country has the larger area, ar-
many or France?
8, What li boscage?
. What was the first name of Kant, tm
philosopher!
10, Whnt Is the meaning and origin ot w
word Bnloro?
Answers to Saturday's Quiz
1. Gcnernl Peyton C. March was chief
staff of tho Amarlcnn Army during wt
World War.
2. Psycho In Greek mythology was tM P
sonified and dollWd soul or spirit. !
lioloved of Kros. by whom snewas"
ternntely caressed nd tormented. M
was considered ns a fair jouag SJ
?" wltA. "'S.5'n.5! ,1 B.vmboi.
anu uie ouiiunij - --- .
Tho Latin expression "hjno '"" '..
rymao" menus "hence these tears.
Sizar Is the name given tp a "'".."coi
Cambridge, lingland. and Trin't)
lege. Dublin, paying reduced fi
formerly charged with menial offlus.
Senator Moses Is from New HanPIW
In Amcrlenn-Krcnch ,10'"'-onelhteen n
twelvo zeros In u inlllon. eigni"
linrcllKli notation. ; 1
Amerigo Vespucci first y tatted the d
Woild on an expedition "Idea
from Spnln Iti H97- It h" $,
Bested that Vespucci W "J,, 0r
companlod Columbus on 1 '
A f?,;,,,neVs1o!nC0-.vhat slmdar to fooM.IM
Pli.ycd In ancient Oo a mi ,
A form of tho V'J11".0-! Vn Pi" T-vCif."
been played In l'mHard in l'i
, Century. ,.i,rni Ion of ("J
'rhe word savvy Is a ,1i'f'" . ".., tWv
Hl.mn.fh " ! p- tauw &
which menna ho slr or I w . ,M
10,
ltnuw, do you iinuv f ,
or it know. 4 .
I t
71 ssssssssssi
tSbjMfrA-fiMk