tSHiWfV"vWM a. r i EVENING PUBLIC LEDGER JPHlLADElHt A, 'MONDAY AtGUST 1, 1921 E?' ; l K p 7 1 bo . 'iff'- B"' i.4 r-f J"5 liiit K f ... HP Its r. ' ' f i ! V , 9 5 ?- IT &.' 1 i B. ft tf luenincj "public SEeDger I'UUUli L.HUUUK COMPANY Jshn C, Martin, Vice Prrild tit nd Treasurer) wn a, lyier, secretary; entires II, I.miin. n, Philip 8. Colllne, John J). Wllllama. John J. nrseon. ucoree r. GoWmilili, David E. Bmltey, jcur, jvro K. smit.et Editor TTN C. MAUTlN....anral Uuplne.j Manager xiihiih(i iiii a ttia ... t . ...., r ImMflM.tiH. I)nlla. 11kH.l.l..l.l TtiHTio Cut rrewtfnlon Dulldlnt -" '. ;ui4 aindlaun Ave. rnOlT, 701 VarA nullrflnf IT." Loots 013 Oln?r-mocrnt IliilM hi memo inoa TrtDuite Building VCll'tl tlTTM-fu. .WilltlNnTON JlCHKAB, if, ?.K IJ!'. Penney'vanla Ap unci tit1' St J.SW Toric nmiAB Th Sun nulldlnu toMDON ODirAC ..; Trafalgar )lulllln !j The KiKMN.i Pest to LtiHirn In eene.1 to iUb crlbors In J'hllmlelphla nnrt aurroundln townn t the rato of twelve (12) nli par nh, payable IP the carrier. u,?1it.!7.1!! a? PoinU 0Uj"1J of Philadelphia In !...!?,,oi 8 "tee Canada, or United States poa Ki"?n,?,Jp?,"e ,rte nr,' (B0 cn Tr month. S'S."nili58lI".r" p'r '"r Py''lo In advance. ',f &2JS" fnL"n countries one (11) dollar a month. 'X 8ub,cr""r" wlhlnS addresi changed . ,.. H nni innr anarsfll. ELL, 3000 WALNtT KEYSTONE. MAl.t 101 Addr?S& nil rmnmiMfvifrt - t.. ' n...tj. Member of the Associated PreeB THIS Afisart ATitn rus.?eo . -i..i..-i- III. V? ' ysr for rjutHral(on o all tieme 2Ti. """"' ' " nr "ot ornericof rreiHtel JJ fhl paprr, nnj nlo tht loonj trnri p!iArd lnrr(n I XII rights of rtvuhlicnUon o pr(al dlvatcn mereln are oho rrjerved. T rhlUdtlplil., Msndtj, Autuit 1, 1921 1 DOING PRETTY WELL NO 0X12 can look back over the crowth of this city without being a bull on Philadelphia. " Th assessed vnltie of the real estate here tlris ynor, nccordlnj to the flzurp1) just given out, is JjS.OCW.OOO.OOO, or $100,000,000 afreatcr thnu last yenr. lJut one must look back further to jet any appreciation of what has been happen -J$g. Twenty years ago the taxable prop- Ety was assessed at $804,000,000. Today has increased more than 225 per cent. le population has Increased In the same fttriod by only 61 per cent. 'What better proof U needed to thaw the rel vitality that is back of the rrowth of Philadelphia? Convincing, isn't it? Well, then, don't be afraid to talk about It the next time you run across a booster for an other city in your vncation travels. ' ; "Fire-plug bathing" THE public shower-bath idea now under consideration by the Mayor and the Water Itureau is ono well worth developing in torrid Philadelphia. Chief Davis is re ported as doubtful of the plan to harness Apparatus to the fire plugs, but such an arrangement would be an economic improve. -raent over the flooding system whereby con gested districts are cooled oil on scorching days. ' Kefrcshment for children K of course, the main purpose of the proposals. Free itre-plug showers in Xew York have brought ttllef to sweltering thousands. TThe Itnper ordinance now in Council, jirovldlng for the installation of a similar system in Philadelphia, warrants attention &i a humanitarian and healthful measure, promising to boys nnd girls, if not to adults fearful of soaked attire, some alleviation of hot-weather d'rnmfort. NAMES, POLITICS, SENTIMENT THE intrusion of sentiment into politics i' sometimes embarrassing to near-sighted partisan spokesmen. Councilman Hall, fhose obvious Intent was to annoy the Mayor by seeking to perpetuate the name of Charles Seger, the late Varc henchman, lu. connection with tho new recreation center fttrTenth and Lombard streets, has thereby nit endeared himself to tho colored citizens of the Seventh Wnrd, where he presumes to" rule. ifcThc celerity of the Mayor in championing the label "Phillis Wheatley" was Just an appropriate and happy as the councllmanic ordinance paying tribute to a ward boas was itt-iittlng rind ungracious. The public hear ing on the question which Mr Moore has scheduled for Wednesday will permit a growing seutiment to express It'elf. cMr. Hall is not the type of politician who can afford to affront his constituents with transparent crudity. If the Mayor, as is highly probable, vetoes the ordinance engi neered by his opponents, public opinion by that time niny be crHtalllzed in a way un pleasing to nhstrnotinn'N's I THE TALE OF A SHIP WHEX tho graceful new seu grej hound Great Xorthern steamed down the Del aware on her maiden voyage to carry sight seers and tourists to the Panama Canal and the Sou Frnnclsco Fair in lOlfi, rosy ex pectations of an honorable career for the epcedy vessel were duly entertained. It is afe to assert, however, that nobody dreamed at her becoming the flagship of one of the grea naval fleets of the world. t'But you never can tell about ships, least of nil in the shadow of war. Following -Arnerirn's entrniipp into the rnnflipt thn Hit. Great Northern, camouflaged and strinned of frills, returned through the Isthmus qualified as nn army transport and became the crack unit ' that perilous service. Her peed record for rarrjiug troop i bark and rwjt'i .forth over the Atlantic has betn equaled J,l tJW'Tto other craft lljing the national colors. hen peace came the dove nnient re tained this efficient Philadelphia-made ves- y ari, nnu insc eeK nerrctary uenDy an- jj Bounced that she would be used as the 13! administrative flagship of the Atlantic Fleet. As she will carry the admiral and a rather .numerous staff, her original equipment as r coast pasxeiiger liner, in Parific waters, will sjrve her admirably. The element of personality inherent In nil rf(" 0JUI3 iniifi i'F llll'll IttllTIB u B1KUUK-UUCG tw4'- seldom uttalned by other products of man's tr handicraft. The elevation of the rakish Hb&. Great Northern to her new dignity soundn IJEallTr' etiA ifnfntllnr tuln nt rulnnnnn lnuinn.nl.l n from the sen f OSCAR'S MONUMENT THE bankruptcy of tin- two m ionizations whereby Mrs. Ocar llammerstein KX Bought to emulate her resourceful husband. piid the threatened if temporaiily averted sjioUation of the late impresario's tomb in Jjebt proceedings, constitute in a material tfttfc sense a shabby close to prodigious f ventures. That the optimistic Oscar himself would probably have rebounded from n succession ( new disasters Is" probably true. Appar ijBtly he thrived on litigation and entangle Igents, and omens of failure were usually . fcccompanird by promises of new uudertak- jilgs outstripping their prulecessurs In mag nitude. Personality was nt the base of mich r- wnrericu, which peihups serves to explain shy bis successors have come to grief, and ,2bw why their collate Is rnablu to taiuisli orao valid and unique claims to celebrity, ipho contribution which Oicur llammerstein ado to the development of Ijric drama in J(h"e United States is fur more durable than Opera nouses or opera compames striving to rTl ekpltullze his prestlgp. Qltf S'i'lw Metropo he Metropolitan Opera Company, which .ha challenged, continues to display the eflclal I'fects of his ctierjetic warfare ttsdnrd of cfage dressing have been .iStw operas are no longer regarded but e profitable necessities. haa mob: dvlosd and i . . . widened, nnu not only the highly standard ised Uroadway institution which supplies lyric entertainment to Philadelphia In winter thrives upon the change, but all grades of grand opera companies throughout the country. , In the comprehensive sense bankruptcy does not end the remarkable story of Oscar Hammcrstcln. The stimulus to taste, esthetic enjoyment and enterprise endures no mean monument, after all. TIME HAS COME TO GET BUSY ABOUT THE BIG FAIR It Will Take Fully Flvo Years to Develop tho Plant and Carry Them Out Successfully THE summer is almost ended and the 1020 World Fair project has not progressid much hcjond the appointment of commit tees. It must be speeded up If the thing Is to be put through on .time. Little can be done until a competent director is selected. He can bring the tan glod ends together nnd get things moving. The mnn chosen should be young enough to stand the work, big enough to imaglno greatly, energetic enough to push the project through, magnetic enough to communicate his enthusiasm to others and diplomatic enough to induce all to work in harmony toward a slnglo end. Ono or two men big enough for the Job have been mentioned, but so far as is known they have not been approached by any one with authority to enter into negotiations with them. This matter can bo settled in August as well os In September. The sooner it is done the sooner will the project begin to take shape. Put before Roing any further we should get rid of the word "sesqui-centennial" in our talk of the fair. Tho college graduates who have taken a classical course know what it means, but to tho great mass of people it conveys no more meaning than "sesquipedalian." If wo talk about the fair as a celebration of the 150th anniversary of the adoption of the Declaration of Independence, let us say lQOth anniversary, and then every one will know what we hare in mind. The Chicagoans did not call the fair in 1803 the quatro-centennlal of the discovery of America, but the Columbian Fair. The school children knew who Columbus was and the adults had not forgotten, so there was universal appreciation of tho event commemorated. It can be cnlled the Independence Fair, the Philadelphia Fair, the World Fair or the Peace Fair peace should be secured by 1020 but It does not matter much what It Is called so long as the name by which it is to be known is simple and easily un derstood. Then comes the selection of a site. The experience of other cities should bo helpful here. Since the famous Centennial Fair, named so simply that its significance was nt once evident, there have been great fairs in Chicago and San Francisco and St. Louis, to name only three. These expositions demonstrated the Im portance of having the site accessible from the heart of the city. Accessibility, then, should be the first consideration. This does not necessarily mean that It should bo In the heart of the city, though an excellent site there has been proposed. But it does mean that tho visitors should not be compelled to take a long ride from their homes or from their hotels before they can reach the gates. If the site chosen is such that a consid erable part of the development of It can be in the form of permanent improvements there will be justification for a more gen erous appropriation of money by the city than If the improvements were nil to be for the enjoyment of the public during a single summer. No co-operation from the National Gov ernment, from the other States or from foreign Governments can be expected until the City of Philadelphia has guaranteed Its good faith by making a generous appropria tion on Its own account and until its citi zens have underwritten n considerable port of the expense for getting the work started. Tho solicitation of contributions of $10 from every one is all very well In its way, hut it will take more than ?10 contributions to provide an adequate sum. While these preliminaries are being ar ranged the campnign of publicity should bo organized a campaign which should cover the whole world, not only for the purpose of creating that popular sentiment which will justify foreign Governments in erecting buildings on the grounds, but for the pur pose of exciting the interest of the hun dreds of thousands of foreigners who will take advantage of the fair for making a visit to tho United States But the city cannot accommodate tho visitors with the present hotel facilities or with the present housing facilities. It is not too soon for capitalists to begin to plan the erection of several permanent new hotels so arranged that, if conditions do not war rant their continuance as accommodations for transients, they can be turned Into apartment houses or office buildings. Only by the most strenuous building cam paign con the present housing Shortage be removed hv 1020. The city Is short moie than 20.000 houses at the present time, and the normal growth of the population re quires from fiOOO to 7000 new houses every year. Building costs are coming down, so that the risk In building Is disappearing. And the city is growing at such n rate that there Is no danger of ovcr-bullding for ten vears, even with the Impetus of the coming fair to spur the operators. Intelligent attention also must be given to the transportation problem. It has two phases. Wherever tho site may, be, It will bo necessary to arrange supplementary lines of some klud of traffic to get the people to and from the grounds. When the site is selected it will appear whether surface, elevated or subway lines will be best for tho electric cars und whether motorbusses or trackless trolley cars can be used to odvontngo. While the mattpr of local transportation Is Importnnt, that of transportation be tween this city and the rest of the world should not be overlooked. There is time to make arrangements for direct steamship connec'ion between the piers on the Delaware Kiver and the Pacific ports of the United States and for similar service between Philadelphia and the great ports of Europe. If fate had conspired to provide on opportunity for brlng'ng the ad vantages of this port to the attention of the other nations It could not have arrauged it bettpr. All that Is necessary is for the wido-awake Philadelphia to rise to theli opportunit) to bring shipping here The foreign ex hibits can be landed directly at our phrs and the foreign passengers can be brought to tho city of the fair without having to take a railroad journey. It will be seen that to carry tho project through to a brilliant success there will have to be co-operation among a large variety of interests which will not be directly con nected with the Immediate work of the fair itself JERSEY'S DRY LAW WHEN the new Stute Piolubition En forcement Law was passed In New Jersey not long ago it was denounced by tht dry M tyran&fau ana by tut wet at an act calculated to throw the wholo liquor question Into the limbo of factional politics. Now', with tho series of raids and arrests Just completed lu Camden and neighboring counties and in some of the shore com munities, the new law Is likely to bo put to practical tests. Thus far It appears to work extraordinarily well. Judges In New Jersey may try prohibi tion cases with or without Juries. That right represent the 'desire of those who framed nnd passed the law to recognize the validity of circumstantial evidence which, naturally enough, figures largo In every prosecution under the Prohibition Law, nnd to Justify decisions inspired by moral cer tainty. The extreme penalty for first offenders Is a six months' jail sentence accompanied by a $500 line. But the far harsher punish ment which may be meted out to second offenders is what may put n sudden check on flagrant violation of the Federal and 8tnte Liquor Laws. Even a hardened boot legger Is not likely to welcome the prospect of six months In Jt.l, Yet many of those caught In the recent raids lu Camdon County arc liable to far heavier sentences, since they were convicted before. In the end the Jersey dry law will be about as efficient as tho Judges desire to make it. Most of the Judges who have sat hitherto at whisky trlnls seem to be fully In earnest. Trials arc swift nnd devoid of nonsense. And the maximum sentences aro usually pronounced. WHAT HARDING WANTS BECAUSE no nation can put aside its excess armament until It first revises tlie policies which mako heavy armament necessary j because, in a word, n Government cannot disarm lu reality until It first (Un arms in spirit, President Hnrdlng has been insisting .firmly that the new conferenco for pence must be held In Washington without any preliminary and seml-sccrct agreements Nuch as n minority of Powers might arrlvo at through "informal" preparatory discus sions among themselves. The conferenco for disarmament can actually be one in which every nation, big and little, which now U in doubt or fear or uncertainty or a warlike mood, might ulti mately submit its grievances or Ita claims for rational and peaceful consideration and settlement. Such treatment of major In ternational lssuos will be a necessary pre liminary to any useful program of disarma ment. No one knows this better than tho President nnd the Powers with whom he has to deal. Chief Justice Taft In the opening address at the now Institute of Politics nt Williams College which, by the way, Is an experi ment In advanced education that Is sure to attract n great deal of general attention as time passes clearly expressed aims and purposes similar to those which actuate Mr. Harding and Mr. Hughes. Oddly enough, Mr. Taft drew, In the course of his discussion of International affairs, on knowledge which ho gained ns a student of labor conditions nnd a labor conciliator in tho war period. He had found, he said, that when two parties In any contest of motives sit down and review the case coolly and with open minds each grown wiser by a study of the other's contentions nnd diffi culties. Each grows more liberal and more generous. "What vro need," said Mr. Taft, "Is something like a system of international col lective bargaining." That Is Just what the United States has been hoping to establish at tho Washington conference. But agree ments of the sort which must precede nn abatement of armament rivalries certainly would not be possible if the Powers whose strength nnd resources are greatest should sit down and formulate their demands In advance and then call In the weaker nations to sign on dotted lines. HOW POLITICIANS ECONOMIZE SMOTHER the goldfish, poison the canary, knock the family cat firmly on the head and save the money usually expended for birdseed In order that jou may not bo stinted during Joy rides or in the stock mnrket, nnd you will be practicing a method of economy Just announced nt Madison, Wis., where the pigeons that flutter about the Statu Capitol Rre being slaughtered to ease tho pressure on the public treasury. These birds eat too much, it seems. There is a notable flock of pigeons at Harrisburg and there are always the pigeons at City Hall. Others besides Mr. Grundy have been denouncing the Pennsylvania Legislature for Its extravagance and thore is need for economy in our own municipal bureaus. But it will be difficult for the politicians to pass the buck to pigeons either hero or at Harrisburg. These pigeons llvo by charity. No ono in authority ever thought of providing food for them. It is good to know that now. The pigeons at the State Capitol are, of course, of little practical use. They are about the only living croatures on "The Hill" in Harris burg without political friends or political protection, and therefore they have some value as curiosities of Nature. They serve other minor purposes, too. After n day of factional caucuses or after speeches by Mr. Salus or Mr. Vare or when one's eyes are wearied looking at the likenesses and statues of dead corruptionists that are everywhere about the big building on The Hill, the pigeons arc good to see. In an environment everywhere suggestive of squalor nnd decoy they are reminders of a sort of order that Is perpetual. And, besides, thev do not steal anything. What they take they take openly. The crusade in Wisconsin Is reminiscent of ono inaugurated here some years ago to "rid" City Hall of the pigeons that flock about the great tower. Tho Tire Depart ment was summoned and spent days in the destruction of nests in tho cornices. Yet the pigeons nt City Hall nnd those at Har risburg and in Madison are not In the least different from the pigeons of St. Mark's In Venlco celebrated pigeons about which poems have been written by travelers who Journeyed far for the mere delight of looking at them. But Venice Is Venice and Mndlson Is Madison. "These creatures," says Superintendent Morrlssey, custodian of the Wisconsin Cnp itol, "cost tho State hundreds of dollars a year!" We do not know how much WIbcousIu pays to maintain Mr. Morrlssey. But we venture to suggest that perhopa the money Is wasted. RUMOR SAY, in the midst of a crowd, that Jones dnef not beat his wife or fall to pay his debts, nnd put sufficient emphasis on yoin denial, nnd many of your listeners will sol emnly nod assent nnd wonder, for the first tune, whether Jones doesn't llvo a stormj life at home and whether ho Is as iionest n ho ought to be. You will, without knowing it, be a rumor maker Au uptown bank, which has offered a re wurd of $10,000 for the conviction of those who set nlloa't false rumors that caused what might havo been u disastrous run, Is the lutest victim of rumors. It is uot the first victim. It will not bo thn lost Business firms know how deadly an untraceable nnd unjustified rumor may be So do public men and even Governments- When sou stop to think of the vast num ber of lies that aru started In circulation every year and of tho few that 'llvo ,long enough to do any damage, tou will be likely to hart V-Jter ODnlc-.r,f human nature r7f" f- AS ONE WOMAN SEES IT 1 i Tho Informal Interview, Skillfully Practiced In France, Haa Women, Its Pioneers In This Country, as Successful Exponents lly SAKAII D. LOWKIE T AM continually being asked If It Is not J- very difficult to get the material that goes to mako up this column, seeing that I am very little down nt tho newspaper office, where news items of importance of all sorts are flowing In. I certnlnly miss a good deal of Interesting talk as well as news by not being much where reporters "most do con gregate," and I admire the nrt nnd the cleverly concealed labor that go to mako up n good journalistic Interview, but what comes my way Is nlso of value, chiefly bo cause it comes by its own Initiative nnd has at least the grace of unhurried spontaneity. People, have their minds on this column when they tnlk of their great interests or occupations that they wish to share In some sense with the general public, nnd what they say they hope or Intend shall filter through to that public, but tho conversation gen erally takes place In such surroundings nnd subject to such unbusinesslike Interruption and diversions that they are nt onco less cut nnd dried and more frankly natural. As n conscquenco, though it is perhaps tacitly un derstood between us that I nm n trustee of their ldens pro tern. until I deliver them over to the public, the facts arc not come by in nn interview, but lu the courso of n general conversation; and unless figures or dates or names aro involved nothing Is written down, nnd my position is, for the purposes of the hour, nothing more than one of nn interested group of casual talkers more or less engaged In general discussion. T DO not think that this form of Journal - ism is ns well known or as skillfully or generally practiced in this country as in ! ranee, audit has always seemed to mo that the Philadelphia Pmuc Lkdoeii set the pace ears ng0 for that very distinctive branch of nubile service in Amcrlen. And Mrs. Cornelius Stevenson, as Peggy Shlppon, has mado a very unique place for the woman Journalist by her dally column In that she has been able to keep her own personal values and those of the persons she writes about, and nt tho same time she givos noth ing to the general public that did not belong to it. She Is like n person who reads a letter out loud before a group of persons that Include others besides the family, nnd man ages to skip the details only meant by the writer for the family without an apparent break in tho sense. As n consequence she has been able to lead a vcrv varied and In timate social life and pur .o her functions ns trustee or official in many semi-private organizations, nnd yet In her journalism slio has never been Interesting to her Inrge group of readers at tho expenso of her large group of friends. Thero havo been other men nnd women journnusiB in tins country who have fol lowed her wise example, but they have all of them so far as Philadelphia Is concerned reaped the benefit of the quiet understand ing which she has imperceptibly arrived at with the general public. She has done for the short, personal editorial and lntcrvlow in this city among women what the Irwins did among head mistresses of private schools. Sho gave the position publicity without losing nny dignity, nnd she proved that tho art of journalism for women can be com bined with other duties not less broadening. The fact thnt sho does not sign her name to her column hns never from the first few years, I suppose, been meant to blind nny ono. A NOTHER. very notnblo woman who has " given the luster of a great personality to editorial writing In Philadelphia, but who. outside a very limited circle, remained to the end of her days "Incog." so far as her newspaper work went, was Hcbecca Harding Davis. Her husbaud was, of course, widely known for his editorial work on tho Punn'c LEDOr.n, nnd for many venrs during tho Charles Wnrburton ownership ho was ono of the editorial writerw on tho Evening Tele graph. Her sons, Richard Harding Davis and Clinrlcs Belmont Davis, of courso, mado reputations of their own ns journalists and novelists; and Mrs. Dnvis, both for what sho wrote for children In tho great early days of St. Nicholas and her mora fugitive btorlcs nnd ossnys of Inter years, had a wide place In American letters, but In the later years of her life ehe wrote regular editorials, which were unsigned nnd unacknowledged. This was from a feeling on, her part, I judged from her impatient words on the subject that If they were known to be the opinion of n woman they would have less value to the public that reads the news papers. Women were not then supposed to havo tho Information or the judicial minds to form opinions on tho subjects fit for edi torlol writing of the gravely responsible sort. Sho was well aware that sho had tho requisites for tho work or sho would cer tainly not havo undertaken It even under tho pressure of the editors-in-chief who Insisted on her help, but she thought of herself ns being rather tho exception In the matter of Journalistic lore, not so much, I fancy, be cause of her personal acumen as from tho circumstances of her lifo. And Indeed her life was an exceptional one both for Its interests and its friendships. MY PERSONAL contact with her came when I was n young girl and she was a snd nnd somen hat crippled old woman. So that the vprled experiences that had mnde up her life nnd the Interesting personalities that had peopled It I knew about chiefly from hearsay, although to tho last the fire side with the blue Dutch tiles In the long downstairs sitting room of the Davis houso on Twenty-first street wns a place to which old friends from all ends of the earth und some passing strangers came as though it were still In spite of her protestations to the contrary tho most worth-while spot to lslt lu Philadelphia. Yet, I fancy, never nt its acme of hos pitality was her house the sort of social Mecca that Philadelphia quite understood how to duplicate. The hours for thoco in formal gatherings, tho casual nature of tho refreshments, the Impromptu responsiveness of the guests, the Informality of tho hosts, and nt tho samo time the short shrift given to bores or to mere onlookers, the easy talk of professionals of many arts on the behind-the-scenes episodes of their day, tho quick, stern, critical talk not for publication of one artist on nnother artist's performance, the curious, almost Impatient shutting out of tho general public for the hour, by then purvejors to the pleasure of general pub lie, und above all the world-wide point of view of the travelers nnd students and art ists nnd writers who, passing that way, dropped In for n 6ane hour of real nt-homo-ness all this made that little houso a unique place In the history of tho town. The Tnlcott Williams clrclo came nearer to it than any other, but wns at once more bcrlous nnd lebs intlmato In Its atmos phere. HI'U In'erest in her children's stirring and at' urotis intere.stB made Mrs. Davis a curmu mixture of Puritan and pagan. She had to set an example, but she also hail fnudl.v to follow with admiring ees the vagaries of n very individualistic young per sonality. Tho process kept her young, so that sho was nlnavs receptive to the en thusiasins that were built largely on joting hopes and beliefs. Where sho was strict nnd Immovable was In her sense of honor. Sho could lgnor some concntious, ns her friendship with certain artists proved, who could discount certain successes ns well as certain fail ures, her charity was her own and not either just good-nntured or unprejudiced, sh.r could ne enrnged and even touched on thn law by nn Innocent Inadvertence, but jou could not rouse her to nn Implacable stand except on a matter wheio she felt the fundamentals of loyalty nnd com tony nnd clean-thinking had been linohed There, I Imagine, her children hh well ,n her friends and the stiangur within her gates found her adamant It vaH that Underlying codo that mado the atraosphero of that house at once so stlrau- leUna and ao reitiuL 'fCd NOW MY IDEA IS THIS ' . . Daily Talks With Thinking Philadelphia on Subjects They Knotv Best JAMES T. CORTELYOU On Philadelphia's 8afety-Flrst Program SAFETY first and safety nil the time for our citizens Is the motto of James T. Cortcljou, Philadelphia's Director of Public Safety, nnd this is the sentiment ho 1b striv ing to Instill into tho more than 7000 em ployes of tho city who como under his supervision. "In tho pollco department alone," said Director Cortelyou, "the addition of 250 men jind the purchase of ninety motor cycles and automobiles for the Dctectlvp Bureau, which was authorized by Council enrly in the present year, havo added greatly to tho efficiency of the forco as a whole. It has probably dono more thnn nny other one tiling to cut down tho trcmendou3 crime wave of a year ago, a manifestation of tho criminal classes that threatened to engulf not only Philadelphia, but every other large city in the country. "At present thero Is attached to every pollco station in the city nt least one motor vehicle, usually a motorcjele with n sidecar attachment, and this has been an Invaluable aid in policing tho city. They are of espe cial value in sending out complaints or 'filers' from headquarters. The whole city is included In this Bcrvico nnd with the present arrangements It is only a few min utes' timo beforo a complaint from head quarters is distributed in even the most rcinoto parts of Philadelphia. "Another important matter is the en largement of the signal system in the various police stations. Several of these devices aro now under consideration nnd the best will bo installed ns soou as possible. Eventu ally, wo intend to hove a signal In every pollco stntlon in the city by means of whicu wo will be able to flash out news or warn ings to far-off districts where banditry or other crimes might be committed. Tho value of this device to tho safety of the city is obvious. Moro Policemen Needed "Our principal need in Philadelphia, so far as the police system Is concerned, is for moro patiolmeu. Tho territory which must bo efficiently covered Is very largo and as a conscqucucc tho bents nrc very long. We nlso need additional traffic ofheers and a considerable increase in many of the district station houses. "Phllndelphln, speaking from tho popu lation nnd the amount of territory to be coveicd, is considerablj below the other great cities iu this respect. New York, for example, has about 12,000 policemen who have nn nggregate of not much more thnu sevonty-lhe square miles of territory to cover; Philadelphia has ;i007 policemen nnd 120 squnro miles of territory. "Tho morale of the police In Philadelphia Is very high nnd I believe that it Is not excelled by that of uny other city in thy country. This morale wus bettered enor mously by the salary Increase, by which the men now receive $182.") a year. "And it must not be forgotten that the men and their families receive nil of this moue. It is not required, permitted not expected that any policeman on the city pa) rolls bhall make any contribution what soever. "I believe that today Philadelphia has the best conditioned police forco in the United States, from the physical standpoint ns well ns from the viewpoints of moinlo nnd general efficiency. To a certain ex tent, this high stnndard of physical per fection was brought about in tills way: "Under the supervision of Dr. Hubley B, Owens, chief police surgeon, assisted by tho forty-two district police surgeons und by several prominent phj Melons und surgeons from some of .the leading hospitals of tho city who contributed their services, a most thorough examination of every member of the Bureaus of Police and Fire, was made last full and an accurate itcnid taken of any of them who were suffering from any ailments whatsoever. "A svstematlc progrnm was then mapped out by Dr. Owens to relieve those who were nflllcted with uny ullmcnt, no matter how slight, and this program wus rigidly followed. Tho result Is that today the worklug force In both these departments is for greater thun it hns been for mnny years. "The men aro treated by eye, ear and thront specialists whenever such treatment Is required and a ward has been set nsido in the Philadelphia Hospital for more seri ous cases nnd for those in which operations are necessarj. "Another cnuse for the Improved morale of the servieo is that the men of the pollco and fiie depot tments themse'ves know that when nny of them are culled upon to foco charges or get into trouble In the pursuit of their duties they aro given a fair, complete and Impartial hearing before their cases are disposed of. They also know that In the event of illsmls-tal no relnstotemontN hove or will bo made. Therefore their jobs de pend upon their own efficiency und upou their own conduct. "The co-operation of tho office of the District Attorney und of the courts hns been nf the greatest assistance to the pollco in tho cheeking of tho crime wave I liavu alwa.vH felt (hat If tho police can make prompt firii'xM of offenders iiirriinst the law; nni it we can secure ".speedy Indictment Ind trial throurh the District Attnrnmv', 'jtfice, and in the event 'of a conviction an NEEDS MUST Immediate and adequate sentenco would be imposed by tho courts, the question of keep ing Philadelphia clear and free from tho presenco of crooks would be practically solved. Continuous Terms of Court Needed "It has always been a mottcr of regret to mo thnt wo do not have a continuous term of the Criminal Courts during tho summer months. The advantages of such a pro ccduro are obvious. "In many cases, whero Immediate ar rests aro mode, It Is posslblo for the do fendnnt to get ball, oven though the amount of this ball be considerable, and tho cn6es are thus, In the summer, delayed for several months. Tills is a detriment to the Interests of the public In several ways. "Ono of tho chief troubles Is thnt between the time of tho nrrcst und the time of a delnjed trial some of the witnesses disap pear, whereas many of tho witnesses whom wo nro able to get nt the tlmo of tho trial have forgotten Important facts about tho case. A prompt hearing nnd trial for tho defendant would very materially decrease the possibility of a lapse of memory on the port of some of the witnesses nnd would do away almost altogether with the dis appearance of witnesses, which havo set free so many criminals who deserved con viction. "Still nnother thing In which the Phila delphia police department hns mado a name for Itself Is tho fact that we never give up tho pursuit of n criminal no mntter how long It takes nor whero wo have to go to get him. This is tho greatest discouragement possible for the crooks, nnd they will think twice before committing n crime in a city which has a police department with this reputation. There have been several In stances In the work of tho Philadelphia pollco department where the men have shown up In wonderful shape In tho per sistency nnd tho cleverness with which they pursued and finally lnmled their man. "Our motto Is 'safety first' and all thn officinls of the Police Bureau have con stantly In mind thnt tho performance of tlie)r duties comes first nnd above every thing elso no matter what Individuals oi interests may bo nffectcd by it. "There are in nil seven bureaus tinder the supervision of the Department of Puhll Safety, these being tho police, fire, tho firo marshal's office, tho Electrical Bureau, ele vator Inspection, building inspection nnd boiler inspection. Each of theso depart ments is Intimately connected with the pub- un we .n.r. !",11JlnB P nn organization with tho public in mind ns the first thing to be considered nnd also the interests of the city. !tN1w; t??.' nli n" lll'i'nnee the collapse of that building on Friday. Within n few minutes of tho time of the accident n build ing Inspector nnd a photographer were on the scene, the one investigating the causa of tho disaster and tho othor taking photo graphs of the building ns it was immediately nfter tho collapse. "These photographs ore of vnluo because they show the building ns it was imme diately nfter the collapso and it is thus made Impossible for any ono interested to make any changes. They prevent unjust suits for negligence being brought against tho cltv and wo nro thus enabled to place the ro' sponsibltitv for the accident where It bo longs. The same policy is followed In the elevator and boiler inspection departments "About n year iigo a building collapsed and as usunl tho photographs were taken nt once. Enter it was learned that In nn effort to avoid or to shift tho responsibility nu attempt had been mado to get away with tho debils. Tho portles who made this ef. foit wero not then nwaro that the cltv photographs hod been taken, but they learned this later, when it was conclusively shown thut tho responsibility rested upon the builder and nut upon the negllgenco of tho city inspectors, ns had been charged. "During a year we refer many cases to tho city solicitor for action nguinst persons who do not comply with the safety ordi nances of tho city. In most cases the failure to do so Is due to Ignorance of the require ments of the ordinances and the owners usually make the necessary changes nt once. Tho Fire Department "Great strides have been made recently In tho reorganization and equipment of the Flic Burenu. In 1020 we purchased about twenty-fivo pieces of modern motor ap paratus nnd specifications have now been compiled for about forty -live additional pieces to be bought during the present icor at a cost of ab mt Sfi.-0.000. "Tills will motorize tho department and. with tho nddition of two new steel fire boots for tho Do'awuro River, will provide on adequate scrvico for the cntlro cltj and tho riverfront. Tho boats will cost about S'lfiO.OOO nnd one of them will be launched In about ten davs." It inoj be taken as a mutter of courso that all the delegates to the Disarmament ( ouferenco will make u fuss over Laddie Boy. The mnn with an ax to grind can al ways tell how the wheels of industry cun bo started running, but It Is always somebody lie who is to provide tho power. SHORT CUTS Berlin chuckles as Paris and Londom wrangle. Rumor is a bear with 'a false ring ia Us nose. Sea Girt sovletism has disagreeably jarred the country. In a disarmament conference as tin whero delays nro dangerous. Hunger hns assumed the dictatorship of the proletariat In Russia. The guiding word of tho marching boot leggers Is, "nip I Hip! Hip!" President Harding's course continues to be characterized by the excellence of the advlco he follows. The one outstanding fact in tho Lloyd George -Northcllffc controversy Is that some body has been lying. All the fun of Tho Fair In 1020 when Onco we get ready to start to begin to make the necessary preparations. Thomne A. Edison has Issued another questionnaire. If he really wants nn an swer to these questions why doesn't he ask Henry Ford? It Is the absence of the alibi that proves the good stuff there is in Georges Carpentier. He deserved the reception his countrymen gave him. It is a pretty good old world, take it by and large. Tho collapse of two housei on North Sixtieth street developed anothir batch of everyday heroes. Far be It from us to doubt the wisdom of Governor Small's desire to be arrested in Cook rather than in Snngamon County. Perhaps a Cook County Jury would come nearer to mntchlng his complexion. And It may well be that the group of Republican women who will make the Iblg gest showing nt the polls nover even heard of the Republican City Committee nor tht groups of women who have striven for its favors. The acceptance of Hoover's terms It not proof that Lenlno nnd Trotsky havt abandoned their theories, but it is at least acknowledgment thnt the said theories havt not worked out quite ns successfully as ex pected. It may be a wise, a proper, n desir able and a necessary thing to give the Sec retary of the Treasury tho power that will be vested In him by tho Penrose bill, but a little enlightening preliminary debate will not be objected to by the country nt large. What Do You Knotv? QUIZ ' W,1tnry?Pre',lde"t IIardlnB,s Private secrt- S Whn 'il e.ajil hy tna dramatlo unities? sodium? num6 for cllIorld8 of ' WoftAustrn8lla?mP0S8 the Comm'"va"n 6 Wl)nLJ5lntr ?J France was killed In a tournament? Who wns Claude Duval? vO.1" ?P or,,,fln f he word vamoose? 8. Who vvaa the first KoBllsh monarch to be why? Dofent,er " tho YUth," and A Xm,vJS cataup so called?" io. WJiat Is meant by sumptuary laws? Answers to Saturday's Quiz 1. Shadrach, Meshnch and Abednono were cast Into the fiery furnace with their hots on. according to tho twenty-Mrst verso of the third chnpter of Daniel, jvlilch reads: "Then these men were bound in their coots their liosen and tl elr hats nnd their othor garments und were cast Into tho midst of the burning fiery furnnce " 2. Pamlico Sound Is n shnllovv hody of water off the east, coast of North Carolina, nbout elKhty miles Ions nnd ten to twenty miles wide. 8. At the Battle of Flodden Field fought rear the hill of Floddn in North umberland, Northern England, the nullah, under the Earl of Surrey, overwhelming dpfenleri thn Scotch, under James IV on S"Ptemher 9 1519. . Dom Pedro II was the Inst Emperor of Urnzll. 5. SerRcant York achieved distinction. In the World War by cnpturlng 132 Germans single-handed. 0. Jean Francois Ia Perouso was a cele brated French nnvhrntor. who under took a (treat voyaga of discovery for Louis XVI. Ha was slain by the i nS!lUvf7.,n, tho S0,!,h 8s In 1788. 7. Padua, Italian, Padova, la u city In Northern Italy, twenty-two miles west . ' ," "" . i-aviu is also a city '1 .0ii'thern Ituly- nineteen miles south of Milan. 8. The Ovvenltes wero the followers of Itob- crt Owen, the foundor of KnplHh socialism. Ho founded n socialist"! community at New Harmony, Ind., in 18.fi. 9. A shibboleth H a test word, or principle, or bahavlor or opinion, the use or In ability to uso which betrays one's party, nationality, etc. The word U Hebrew. 10, Propaganda Is a contraction of tho Latlr congregatio ue propaganda flue," con ' ' ' V?ff? 'for tn Propagation of tn VJi m 5 .ij. lAitj A .r..J. to-!! ..,1Ui. . &H4i,l&J&&fr . t.l .. r . ''l I .y I ilisx au ' . .
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