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A DESERVED TRIBUTE
THE Mayor continues to display a nlco
facility hi the art of nomenclature. His
fitting revival of the fame of Phillis Wheat
.ley in connection with the new municipal
playground at Tenth and Lombard streets
Jis followed by an admlraotc tribute to
.Rudolph Hlnnkenburg.
I Mr. Moore has suggested that the name
jof. Philadelphia's picturesque, high-spirited
'nd tireless reform Mayor bi accorded to the
city's newc. t flrcbont. At the same time
the present executive has-rejected the pro
posal that the vessel be cJhfid after himself.
American milnlclpalitlelarc not always
happy In their ventures? with nomenclature.
New York, however, has lately paid Its re
spects to one of Its most eminent champions
ot clean government and efficient adminis
tration In launching the fireboat John I'urroy
Mltchel. The precedent is worth emulating
In the fashion exemplified by Mr. Moore in
a sister city
EVENTUALLY, WHY NOT NOW?
WHEN the anthracite operators beg the.
people to buy coal, ns they lire now
begging thorn, the consumers who hnve
begged their dealers for coal in times past
will be inclined to smile.
The operators are assuring the public that
it; can get all the coal it wants If it will only
order it. And then, as if it were aware
tliat the people are not ordering coal be
cause they object to the price, it announces
that there can be no reduction in price until
there is n reduction in wages.
Perhaps not. lint there is a law of sup
ply and demand which works ill most busi
ness relations, and it may be that it will
work in the coal business. If the people
-will not buy a commodity at one price, the
i ntoducer ueunllr reduces his price until it
reaches n figure which the purchaser will
pity. The price of coal must come down
some time. Why not now .'
:REIGHT RATES AND BUSINESS
1T IS notorious that munj large building
! operations have been postponed because
Jf the high cost of structural steel. by
the cost Is high was explained by K. (!.
Wrace. president of the Bethlehem Steel
CJompnny, the other day in n statement on
XKIuqcJnK a new price of -14.i'0 a ton for
such steel.
Mr. Grace said that the freight paid on
the raw materials used in making a ton of
teel Is now $7. So more than before the
war; that the cost of the raw materials has
Increased 57.10, and that the labor cost of
njaking a ton of steel is $,".04 greater. This
amounts to an increase in present -d'tv costs
ot iJ-O.rii) over the pre-war costs. The price
a which the steel is offered now is equiva
lent to n pre-war price of .114.1il a ton.
UHie ten-vear average price before the war
was 5&1.S2.
,.Uut even at the now figutes quoted steel
is. not moving rapidly. If freight rates
could be reduced to a reasonable figure the
railroads could move trains of cars loaded
to capacity and the cost of the goods moved
could be reduced to such a price as business
can afford to pay.
THE WHITEWASHED SOX
II' IS nlmost useless to comment on the
; verdict rendered at Chicago in the cae
of former big-lengue ball plavers who were
indicted in the State of Illinois for con
spiracy to defraud the public by winning or
Idling games nt the dictation of gamblers.
FCicotte and others of the old White Sox
dealt nlmost a deathblow to the national
K&me. That the have been fornuillv ac
quitted by a jury of deluded hero-worshipers
doesn't matter in the least Their own testi-
Sony given on the stand showed that they
dn't plav fair and thot they were involved
in deals bv which, for money, they were to
bijtray the millii.iiH of fans who believed im
plicitly In their honestv mid sportsmanship
felt is fortunate for the big leagues t lint
they hove n dictator in the person of .Judge
Tandis. who said, following the neqiiittnl.
that none of the accused plavers would ever
again appear in the major leagues. Any one
ho wanted to kill bneball as n professional
sport could do no better than invite Cicotte
and his group in again from under the cloud
tliat no jurv verdict can whollv dissipate.
IfOUR MILES FROM A TELEPHONE
11' ISi:i to be said tliat the extreme of
' Isolation wus whin one was four miles
from a lemon Hut four miles from n tele
phone, where President llardius now Is,
rolght be described ns the perfection of bliss
fpr a man who litis In in , iicnmp.issed 1 the.
wires of office for tivc mouths.
f'l'he telephone has ti"t rated into so m.in.i
places that it is suipiisinu to discover t hut
Secretary Weeks' cottage on the mountain
near Lancaster. X 11.. is not connected br
Uce with the outside world. Mr. Weeks
evidently wanted complete relaxation when
lfe went to Lancaster, and arranged to get
1. If the truth were known, it would prob
ably appear that the possibilits of escaping
from Insistent calls of nn Kind was one of
tne reasons which led the President to accept
the reasons which led tli I'res
tfie secretins '.s invitation.
fThc tc'epljwie is indispeii"
many other indispensable tbl
toe secretins '.s invitation.
fThc te'eplauie is indispensable, but like
many other iiiuIiciimiijip tilings it ims its
annoyances. o matter how busily a man innv
bjjs engoged in conference at his desk, he feels
cbmpelled to iiutwcr the telephone when the
1)H rings. If n man knocked nt the door of
lts office the caller would be told to wait.
3lut the same tnnn can go outside and send
n telephone call nml get uttetition.
,lt used to be possible for a business man
tb' cscupe the cares of Ills ollice ny going to
5s. Hut the wireless has made that im
possible, His business cun follow him
i'iicrover he may he on the ocean, and the
?riiws of the world will follow him also. Few
-. -, . - .
Mntl nave me ninrui couinrc in rviiiiiu uoiu
dinif the wireless bulletins posted on shiu-
rd, and no man knows when that bulletin
, not coutnln an anummreniet which win
ry bbf peaco of mind. Ills bank may
niim1"" 'KMttoy u' Piac s ousipesu.
Ills wife may bo killed In a railroad .wreck,
and a thousand and one different things may
happen to prevent the rest to obtain which
he set Mill on the ocean.
The only recourse left seems to bo that
of Mr. Weeks, namely, to get so far nway
from the regular lines of communication
that one cannot be reached. Thus can rest
and recrcntlon be secured.
ACCEPT THE INEVITABLE
ASSl'MU that cars have passed. Never
mind how many, ulnco It Is not easy to
determine how far obstructionism In Phila
delphia can go. Most things have an cnd
and It Is safe to assume that some day the
Kronkford elevated will either be In ruins
or else In operation under the management
of the Itapid Transit Company.
The prospects arc perhaps not the only
ones that can bo fancied, but they are all
that can bo materialized. While It may be
shocking to Interpret all the maneuvering,
all the wrangling over the lease, nil the
long succession of dilatory tactics, in purely
cynical terms, the problem must be viewed
realistically or It recedes Into hopeless fog.
In the, history of public Improvements
throughout the globe there can be few, If
nny, parallels to the vexatious tale of tho
Frankford L negotiations. Tho road has
been well plnnucd and admirably con
structed. It has tangible existence, and
not n spark of life.
Imagine the Panama Canal completed to
within a few yards of the Pacific Ocean nnd
the opening of the waterway postponed by
parleys and palavers, by lawyers anil com
missions, by politicians and financiers!
That picture Is inconceivable. It stag
gers the Imagination.
realization of the plight of the Frank
ford elevated, however, Involves no strain
upon the fancy. The sorry facts are all too
palpable.
The road cannot be joined with the transit
system of Philadelphia until a lease specify
ing the terms upon which that physical con
nection can be mode is adopted hi the in
terested parties.
Director Twining has announced thatlhc
high-speed line, duly linked with tho Mar
ket street subway-elevated, can be put in
operation within a year after the passage
of the lease.
As tho vital point is the adoption of a
definite compact, that forecast is not par
ticularly specific. The famous Snark
chaning ship of Lewis Carroll sailed help
lessly backward- because the excellent rule
"no one shall speak to the man at tho
wheel" was supplemented by the stern in
junction "nnd the man at the wheel shall
speak to no one."
Trnueit problems In Philadelphia continue
to drift backward so long as the sham
hypothesis of the operation of the Frankford
elevated by the municipality is entertained.
Such a feat might be desirable, but the
formidable fact is that the P. It. T. main
tains n strangle-hold upon the situation.
Mr. Mitten and his organization arc not
morally reprehensible. In a business world
they arc playing n business band, and their
present object is naturally to take over the
operation of the road upon the very best
terms available.
The city, as was nlso proper, has been
endeavoring to snfegunrd its interests.
Numerous valid objections have been found
to the lease In its present foitn.
Put there arc limits to what the weaker
party in a controversy can accomplish. The
extreme improbability of the discovery by
the city of any competing organization to
which the line could be turned over reduces
the case to Its elements. Since the P. II. T.
is virtually bound in the end to be the
operator, why not now?
The pretense of protecting the diverse
interests involved has gone far enough. The
city is losing about !?7."0.000 n jear on its
investment while the road stands idle.
Neither side can get nil it wishes. Is it not
preferable to accept some compromise and
get the public improvement?
The sooner the lease can be executed and
"the Frankford elevated placed in running
order the sooner will the citizens of Phila
delphia gain n trifle of what is due them.
Since, no matter what happens, a grand
triumph of virtue is unlikely to be staged,
the expectation thereof is something very
like either hpocri or childishness
Phllndclphi.ins want the new L line
opened and the ludicrous gap between the
two systems tilled as soon as possible. They
are inured to iipparentl inescapable barter
ing. What chafes nnd exasperates them now
is protracted hacking and filling, whii h re
tard the inevitable, if by no means ideal,
outcome.
THE WET, WET SEA
SlXl'L the (ioiernmcnt of the Inked
States has no menns, of establishing an
exclusive title to the Atlantic Ocean nnd
no authority to regulate the habits of for
eign skippers who labor thereon, it Is idle
to believe that random seizures of smuggling
craft will solve the question raised by vessels
like the Marshall nnd the Pocomoke in their
venturing between the ltahnmas and the
friendly coves of Jersey.
If the people of this country Have H sin
cere desire to make their land dry they must
prepare to provide nothing less than an
elaborate patrol and espionage svstem over
all the waters that flow between the beaches
and the three-mile limit.
Two ships have bei n caught thus far in
the illicit whisky trade Tliat menus that
hundreds or perhaps thousands of smugglers
labor in peace and at an enormous profit.
What of the coast lines further Smith1
What of the interior harbors of the Deln
ware I!nv and all the rivers and inlets 'hat
seem to have been made for slurrying little
essels with an intense desire to hide and
unload cargoes In secret? And what of the
dry and inviting stretches of the Xorthern
const?
Prohibition history Is repenting itself
The earliest dry ndvocates felt that local
option laws were the onlj things required
to wipe out what they called the drink evil.
When local option wns established the felt
that the social millennium was almost within
sight. I'ut local option wouldn't work be
cause the bitter-enders among the thirsty
could nlwnys find what they wanted on the
off side of nn imaginary line in t rritory
that eleited to be wet. and wets were eon
stanth invading drv mens with contraband.
It wns then tliat the ciy for n dr country
arose nnd filled the air. It whs held b the
prohibitionists tliat a Federal ban on strong
drink would be alone adequate to protect
the dry principle expressed in local option
laws So provision was made for a dry
country Yet the country as a whole Is now
confioiited with precisely the same piohletn
which iniensed local optioiiists who couldn't
prevent lenknge into their particular com
muniticH.
The er for a drv world will gi ow
stronger. ' Hut it will he main ienrs before
the world goes ilr. if It ever does Ko dry -and
meanwhile, ns the operation of restric
tlie liquor laws becomes more effective, the
price of contraband liquor will go higher.
It is not difficult to imagine a time when
smuggling inav become a business likely to
tempt larger and faster vessels than imv of
those et designated as whisky ships.
Citizens of the Foiled Stnlcs who con
spire to thwnrt Federal laws, whether their
coii-qiirai ii's operate on land or on sen, mm,
of course, l.e put in jail. Foreigners who
do that sort of thing inav he similarly pun
ished if the nre caught on the soil of this
country or within the three-mile limit Hut
when one country begins to seize flu ships
of another on the high seas, trouble of a
serious natura Is pretty sure to follow.
Ever Government-it particular! ensltiT
about the rights of its ships in deep waters. T
In the end the Government nt Washington
will make no effort to pollco the deep nnd
It will not attempt to extend Its authority
beyond tho bounds fixed by international
Inw. It will have to enforce its laws by
Intensified police work in its own waters
and by making examples of those of its citi
zens who cuter systematically into the busi
ness of whisky smuggling.
So the prohibition question has suddenly
become ns extensive nnd ns Involved as the
Atlantic and Pacific coast lines. It will bo
interesting to see whnt revenue agents who
cannot dry the streets of nn ordinary city
will be able to do In the wilderness of har
bors, beaches, rivers, coves and bnys where
tho dry problem hns unexpectedly presented
itself in nn acute form.
BITTER-ENDING AT PARIS
PARIS newspapers of the sort reputed to
be "closo to tho Government" continue
to say In unison that President Harding's
conference for disarmament will end un
successfully nnd that tho high hopes with
which the world looks forward to it will bo
"smothered In words."
Let us assume for n moment that this
cynicism Is justifiable. If nothing but words
comes out of the Washington Conference it
will not be many years before the forces of
war nnd organized fury nnd desolation stalk
again over Europe. If tho hopes of tho
world nre smothered in verbiage at Wash
ington the people of the Continent will he
confronted with prospects even more bleak
than those which they had to face hi the
years immediately prior to tho war. Why,
then, should there be powerful newspapers
In Paris intent upon smothering the hope of
tho conference in words even before that
hopo.lms been given an opportunity to try
for Its life?
The ISritlsh arc obviously slnccro in their
desire to end the nlghtmnre of renewed mili
tary rivalries. The Italians hnve accepted
the President's Invitation In n communica
tion notnble for its earnestness, Jnpan has
entered with some reluctance into the
scheme. Hut she hns entered, largely be
cause she could not long bear tho odium and
suspicion thnt would have followed a rejec
tion of the President's Invitation. China
looks to the confereneo for emancipation.
All the Bmallor nations o Europe look to it
for security and relitf from intolerable,
anxiety.
In Paris alone not in France, mind you,
but in Tnrls opposition to tho President's
plan Is frank and apparently well organ
ized. It ought to be remembered now that
tho press In Paris Is generally representa
tive of official rather than of popular opinion.
It wns natural to expect that certain
clearly defined groups nt Paris would look
with iittle enthusiasm on n project intended
to limit greatly the potentiality of militarists
in international affairs. The Fiench politi
cians now In power have nt their command
a very powerful army. The Government nt
Paris Is nnturnlly concerned about a debt of
$11,000,000,000 owed to French bankers by
the Czar's Government nnd repudiated by
the Soviets. It cannot be blamed if it still
hopes to collect that money by direct or
indirect pressure on Itussin. Similarly, the
French Government relics largely on the
present potential strength of its armies to
keep out of the hands of a suspected element
in Germany the enormous natural resources
of Silesia eonl. iron, chemicals, virtually
all the means necessary for another on
slaught in French territory. It is because
the issues of Silesia and of Russia nre still
unsettled that the ruling politicians of the
moment in Pans would prefer to see the
discussion of international disarmament de
layed. What do the French people think mean
while? Viscount Hryce is uuthoiity for the
statement tliat "everywhere on the Conti
nent the Versailles Treaty is regarded as
a disaster." The terms of the Versailles
Treaty are what the Paris press desires to
see upheld by force. Does P.ryce read not
the Paris papers, but the mind ot France
itself? A Disarmament Conference Hint did
not justly dispose of all legitimate French
claims in preliminary discussions would get
nowhere. Hut are not the French the last
people who ought to believe that even a
victor can win In n modern wnr? Aren't
they the last who should feel that more can
be "attained bv fire and blond than by the
cinliid processes of deliberation and rea-
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COMMON-SENSE DIPLOMACY
Till; kind of dlplouinci now employed by
Secretary Hughes nun not commend
itself to champions of the megaphone school,
hut it unquestionably is productive of re
sults P.lnznned abroad, the recent interchange
of correspondence between the 1'nited States
and Great Hritnin on the theme of prelimi
tian parleys to the Disarmament Conference
would possibly hnve created the aspect of
tension between the two riovertunents. As
it is. responsible parties have effectively dis
posed of the question.
A lrding to official ciicles in Washing
ton. Itritnin has dropped the idea of fore
stalling the meeting with preludes of her
own nnd has agreed to a fresh discussion of
the problems nccording to the original plan
suggested by President Harding.
The outcome is not in the least n triumph
for secret diplomacy, the meaning of which
lias been so unwnrrantnbh distorted in some
quarters. The Ticatv of London, whereby
France and Great Iiritain ph d';ed their sup
port to Italy in certain divisions of the war
spoils, was Indeed secret diplomacy, lr.
Wilson and the Ameiicim Government con
sistently refused to acknowledge such a
covert pact.
Whnt Mr Hughes and the Hntisli for
eign Office have exemplified i- common fctiFC,
as legitimate ns it is imi..iu to progress,
A TEST OF BRYANISM
THE police officials nt Antiocli, III., who
refuse to sny whether the tail man with
the broad black hat whom they arrested as
the occupant of a speeding motorcar was or
was not William Jennings Hrvan, lire with
holding information of a particularly valu
able and significant sort from the country.
The constable intimated broadly that the
accused in this instance was none other than
the great Nebraska!!. What, then, did Mr.
Hrynn do when he was stopped, mauled
verbally, hustled and subjei ted to the haid
ships which always await motorists caught
in the toils of a countrv 'squire? From
Chnntniiqiiii forums and in the Department
of State the Commoner always insisted that
one subjected to pain or injustice should In
variably turn the other cheek. If on this
occasion lie lost his temper and spoke harshly
to the constable we should know it. Here
nt last was provided an adequate test of a
theory of action that hns been loudly do
bated in recent years.
Gen'ly ami smilingly Mr Hrynn may have
blessid the constable and begged to be ar
rested again. If he did that, the victory
of his spirit ought to be proclaimed upon
all the winds. If he didn't, then Itrynnlsm
is nothing more than a meaningless nnd
misleading word.
Hookselh rs decline
Newsy and that the Fordney tar-
Dramatic if "' books of L'O per
cent Is not a tin iff
for reviiuic, but a high protective tariff and
it t null prohibitive, if vou get what we
mean. Which, of course, is not news If
h till' IIOIIV VVC1C IO mss,-i i mill r,.riui- inn- iii-ni
of tlie Fordney Tariff Hill was as it should
be, mid proceeded to prove it beyond per
adventure, why. that would be a big news
story. It would be in a sense dramatic,
as It would contain tbo element of surprise..
LEM ACKLEY, REPORTER
An Anecdote of the Lawyer Who Was
Assaaslnated In Chicago The Lost
Washington Portrait Ed NauN
ty's Proposed Flight Across
the North Pole
By GEOHGE NOX MeCAIN
LEMUEL ACKLEY, a member of tho
Chicago bar, wns assassinated in a
courtroom in thnt city last week.
Ho bad prosecuted a wealthy pollco ser
geant so vigorously that, maddened by de
feat, the culprit first tried to kill the Judge
nnd then shot Attorney Acklcy to death in
tho presence of his wife nnd daughter In
open court.
Lemuel AeZIey was one of the finest news
paper reporters I ever knew.
Ho wns the most conscientious of his
craft, hi the mntter of professional honor,
it wns ever my fortune to meet.
Horn and reared In Pittsburgh,, he read
law during tho years that ho passed ns n
reporter.
Tall, slender, intensely active, he wns so
nenr-slghted that he was compelled to write
with his eyes following his pencil nt n (lis
tnnro of four or five Inches.
The city room wits used to say that Lem
Ackley rubbed out with his noso what ho
wrote with, his pencil.
HE WAS, If I recall aright, the support
of n widowed mother.
About thirty-five years ago he left Pitts
burgh, went to Chicago and entered on the
practice of his profession.
One night in the early eighties Lem Ack
ley brought into the city room of the Pitts
burgh Dispatch what was regarded, In thoso
long gone days, as a big bent.
They were tho sanguinary times when
fine old John Jnrrctt was president of the
Amalgamated Iron nnd Steel Workers of the
United States and strikes were frequent.
William ("Hilly") Martin, who still re
sides hi Pittsburgh, was secretary.
Tho Iron nnd steel manufacturers met
annunlly, or at the expiration of their con
trnctR with the Amalgamated, and formu
lated n now sliding scale of prices for labor.
To sccura a copy of this scale In advance
of nny other paper wns, in the Iron City, a
"scoop" of first magnitude.
Ackley brought It in that night.
I asked him, being city editor at the
time, where ho obtained it.
"I can't tell," he replied. I insisted. It
Wfs noccssary to protect tho papor in case
of a "fake" scale.
Besides, a city editor is supposed to know,
in confidence, such things.
"I can't tell you. I gave my word that
I wouldn't tell a living soul. You see I'd
be n liar If I told even my city editor," was
the reply.
There were no heroics about his manner.
He was naturally cool, rigid and, in his
way, stubborn.
"You needn't be nfrnid," was all he
would bay.
Tho manufacturers' scale was published.
It raised tho very devil. Amalgamated men
stormed over the terms. The manufacturers,
though, were the hottest.
They demanded the name of the man who
had furnished it to the paper; not tho re
porter, but the one of their own number.
Hut It never leaked out.
Years ofterward the late Joseph D.
Weeks, long secretary of the Iron nnd Steel
Manufacturers' Association and editor of
the Iron Age, told me that he had given tho
scale to Lemuel Ackley with the proviso
of secrecy.
And Lem Ackley kept the secret, I pre
sume, to the day ofhls terrible dcuth.
A NEWSPAPER friend tells this un
usual story in connection with the un
warranted run on an uptown bank last week.
In the crowd lined up nt the doors of tlie
institution wns a man who had n deposit of
J?tstl( In the bank.
He was In doubt nbout the advisability of
joining in the run.
In conversation with one of the officers
he was told that the bank was solid and
ready to pay every dollar.
The citizen began to waver In his deter
mination to make the withdrawal. He
didn't want to lose his funds, nor did he
core to iiiriirc as it n alarmist.
"Say," he said to n friend with him,
"tell you what I'll do. I'll let my 'toddle
top' settle it."
Pulling from his pocket one of the little
gambling devices so popular just now, he
stooped and spun it on the pavement.
"Take nil." the top said.
And he took It with a check for the full
amount.
SOME tune h.-uk I quoted my friend C. S.
Hrudfoid, genie photographer. In the
statement that he knew of ten or more Gil
bert Stuart's Washington portraits.
Whether or not this was the Inspiration.
Morris Enrle recalled tliat somewhere he
had heard there wns an unfinished portrait
of Washington by Stuart.
He began looking up the mntter.
It is n matter that not one person in a
thousand, possibly, ever heard of. It belongs
to the odd and remote in American art his
tory .
There is an unfinished portrait, but not
of Washington, somewhere, and I nm in
debted to a learned friend for the anmver to
Mr. Enrle's quest and the story of the pic
ture. THE full-length portrnit of Washington
known n tlie "I.ansdnwne" portrnit was
engraved In tine-line by Heath, n celebrated
engraver in England, nfter it was finished
by Stuart.
Il was originally ordered by the Mnrnuls
o'f l.ansdowne. but Stuart allowed William
Hingliam to pay for It.
P.iuglmni then presented the portrnit to
tlie nobleman.
When Stuart saw the engraving and dis
covered thnt he had neglected to copyright
it lie fit that he had been cheated and grew
verv ludlgunnt.
lie quaneled with the Hlnghams over the
matter and in revenge refused to finish o
portinit of Mrs. Hlugluim of which he had
painted only the head.
It vva tills incident that gave rise to the
legend of the unfinished portialt of Wash
ington. orwu.v. in r"i:ii ''inuci .
.in. iiuii.i, i.ii'i is mi iiiiuniwi, iii-in-
paper and magazine writer and nmateur
iistionomer. is well known to older news
paper men in Philadelphia,
Some years ago twenty or so he was a
special writer on the old Press,
About ten years ai(o he, with the aid of
several Xew York financiers, patented a
solid stcl building that wns guaranteed to
wlthhiniid the attack of any mob or any
body of ai med men
The model he had constructed was a
mngnifieent produrt of the model maker's
art
It cost something like ?,"i000 nnd was ex
hibited by him In Xew- York and Wash
ington. It was a burglar and mob proof bank
building, tu wliiih, he claimed, millions of
dollars might be stored without fear of
thieves.
I'p to dote no structure after the Xaulty
model has been built, so far ns 1 have
heard.
It wns Edwin Fairfax Xaulty who pointed
out thnt the artists who repioduccd the
signs of the .inline on n lerlaln great public
building hi Xew York had the Hams, Fishes,
Scorpions and other zodiacal symbols run
ning In the wrong direction.
Fifty-eighl aliens
Heforni were turned buck
Needed from the port of Xew
York on Monday , not
because of their unfitness for citizenship, but
because the month's quota for liiiiui'.'nilits
of their nniifiiialitv perniltK-il to land hurt
been cvliausteil There Is something
wrong with u si stem which allows a man
to stake his all on being permitted to land
and then send- him back broke. It is jiixt
one other reason why the examination of
Immigrants should bo undertaken by Amerl
can vice consuls at the port of. embarka
tlon. " - . .. i
EDWIN FAinr.W XAULTY, according
to Xew York dispatches, plans n trons
Polar llight across the frozen North from
Point Harrow. Alaska, to the Xorth Capes,
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NOW MY IDEA IS THIS
Daily Talks With Thinking Philadelphiais on Subjects They
Know Best
MRS. WESLEY L. BLITHE
On Aiding Poor Children
THE impetus given the impressionable
child by Intimate and constant contact
with people of force, character, ability and
purpose Is the most valuable feature of the
vacations given poor children by the Chil
dren's Country Week Association, according
to Mrs. Wesley L. Hlfthe. president of that
body.
"When you consider that the children
nffeeted run from six to twelve years," suld
Mrs. HUthe, "which Is conceded to he the
most impressionable period In their life, nnd
that they come from homes and environment
where none of the above-mentioned de
sirable conditions exist, actually living with
such people ns I have described for a period
of two weeks, the importance of thnt feature
can be readily seen.
"The Country Week Association, while
independent of nny other organization,
nevertheless forms a connecting link and
works in harmony with other social service
associations of the city in tackling one im
portant qihasc of the whole big problem.
Outings Hate hasting Results
"We then not only give n large number
of children ench year an outing that improves
their health and gives them a lot of pleasuic,
but ve do an important work in giving
them a good stnrt at a critical period, and
forming in them certain useful Ideals and
habits that will stand them In good stead
later on.
"The association, founded in lSm, stnrtcd
with annual outings for n dozen children.
It wos more or less an invitation matter in
the earlv days and handled, tiirough force
of circumstances, hi a none too scientific
manner. Thus one hostess would write that
she wanted to care for u period for a chubby
little girl with blue eyes nnd light hair; an
other preferred brown eyes and red hair,
while another would designnte twins as the
tpe of guests that she would entertain. It
tlicn resolved itself Into a hunt for the typo
of (hlld desired, which meant that from
every standpoint desired results were not
obtained. , ,
"Now we nre giving "000 ihlldren n year
a two weeks' outing, we have entire control
of the matter and we can organize mid carry
out plans iu our nine camps and farm cen
ters tliat we feci will produce the desired
results.
"Working in co-operation with social
agencies of known reputation we nre able,
Niiiinlpuicntcd by some investigation on our
part, lo select tlie childien who appear to
most need our services.
How Vacation Starts
"A week before going on the vacation
cb' h child Is carefully examined by a
physician as to condition, cleanliness nml
other details conecrnin',' its physical stand
ing, .lust before taking the train to its
destination each child is ro-oxauilncd and,
having satisfied requirements, Is sent on his
or her outing.
"Taken In groups of twenty-live to sixty,
each child immediately upon nrriving at the
vacation spot comes under curtain Influ
mces. The childish heart, delighted by the
tait that there Is something doing, usually
lesponds.
"Ench one Is shown his qtiaitcrs. his bed
and other things that will be more or less
important to him during Ins stay. He Is
taught to niuke his bed and required to tnke
i lire of It. He Is introduced to the house
mother, the counselors nnd other people
about the camp with whom he Is going to
come in contact during his stay
"Relations having been established and the
child having absorbed some of the atmos
phere of the surroundings, he finds himself
failng a program calculated to develop
order, svstem, good health, good times and
n score of other important fundamentals for
bis benefit.
"This program, carried out for two weeks,
will do a lot to develop health and character
in the young child and give him a imrposu
in life that he probably never hud heroic.
(roups Handled Separately
"Hut this Is not all that Is done. Groups
of boys and sii!w are handled separately, ns
arc also groups that vaiy in nice nnd color,
Thus, under the very happiest conditions ore
social Instincts developed that will menu
much to the happiness ami well-being of the
child In later vcars.
"We also have a center for girls from
twelve to seventeen years and a seashore
center at Cape May Point for hildren ami
mothers, whose health may require thnt
kind of climate,
"One of the great needs of the city that
-Ysbope some day to provide is a place for
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convalescent children. This Is a need the
urgency of which enn only he fully appre
ciated by one in some phase of social service
work.
"There are ninny children who have been
taken from their miserable homes iu a weak
ened condition who, having been discharged
from n hospital, are yet hi no condition to
return to the squalid conditions under which
they had been living.
"If they could be placed in a sultnble
place, where they could gradually return to
full health and strength under pleasant and
helpful surroundings, a great work would
be accomplished in giving them that bodily
vigor and cheerful mental condition that
would remove the handicap under which they
now labor.
"The accomplishment of such nn objective
would mark a fitting climax to a kind of
service thnt the association has labored for
years to provide for the less fortunate chil
dren of this city."
HUMANISMS
Ry WILLIAM ATHERTON 1)1' I'X'Y
THE Hon. Richard Halliuger, who used to
be Secretary of the interior under Presi
dent Tu ft. met nn old friend on the street
in Washington the other day and was so
full of chuckles as to arouse that individ
ual's curiosity.
Halliuger hod just been looking in n book
store window and there he had seen n letter
exhibited and offered for sate for the modest
price of .sjl."!,
The letter wns written in the true hand
of Mr. Tuft while President, and it roundly
denounced the individual to whom it was
addressed for selling lo tourists facsimiles
of the signature of the writer.
And now the denunciation was being of
feied for sale.
Dr. Luther Pfahler Liscnhart, lecturer on
mathematics nt Piiiiceton, is one of the
twelve men said to have understood Ein
stein's relativity befuic the recent popular
interest iu it.
Dr. Allen Smith, piofessor of pathology
at tho University of Pennsylvania, Is u no
less erudite individual.
Roth these gentlemen went down to the
Collego of Pennsylvania, at Gettysburg, not
long ago to get degrees from thnt institution,
lletwicn them mi the platform, likewise
being honored with a degiee, stood William
.losepti ,-snowaiier, one oi the cilltors of the
Natlounl Geographic Magazine. Mr. Sho
vv alter has acquired the learning that en
titled him to tlie degree of doctor of science
by working ns a newspaper reporter as
signed to "cover" the scientific bureaus of
the Government In Washington.
What Da You Know?
QUIZ
1 What wus the first name of Barnuin, tlie
famous showman?
2 Where Is I.usitnulu .'
3 AVIun wns Spain u republic?
i. What Is a pixy"
. 6. Of what realm was Justinian the tlieal
emperor?
n. Why Is n schoonei so called?
7 What Is the meaning of the Scotch word
fOCkll-HH?
fc What kliul of an animal Is an oryx?
H Who yas TiniiiiBUo"
iu. What Is sortilege"
Answers to Yesterday's Quiz
1 nelawiiic is callul the "Ulun lieu suite."
2 f'ainllhi Desmoullns was a celebrated
Fiench revolutionist, prominent as u
pamphleteer anil Journalist. He waH
Kulllotlmd In ITU I.
3 The smiles of HhalLspeare's "linmi-o mill
.lullel"-aie lull) in Verona nod Mantua,
Mali
1 nmghls Kiiltn was a MniiKollun cou
iiueiot He Lomplelul the conquest of
Noitlurn riiui.i and cnptuied I'llUn In
l.'lG anil conqui'lut Central AhIu In
1218-21
G. The Articles of Confederation were finally
adopted Iu 1781. J
0. The Administration of Martin Van Iluien
was iliscilhed by Its oppomuts as
"Andrew .lack-on's Appendlv"
7 The mints of the Culled Stales ari located
nt Philadelphia. Ni w Orleans, Denver,
San Fiaiulhco nnd Carson City The
lust named l.s equipped us an assay
olflce
8. Homanesque is the style of uichltecture
prevalent Iu Itomanlzed Kurope be
twien tho classical and (lothlo periods,
0. The wold lasso originated In Spanish
America nnd Is u corruption of tho
Spanish "luzo," e, lace.
10. Lnnolln Is extract from sheens' wool, as
the basis of ointments. T.
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SHORT CUTS
When Jupiter Pluvius tnlks the corn U
nil cars.
Frankford L Is sadly In need of an -aspirate.
It was Caruso's fate to see Nspln
again and die.
Rum runners' speed boats "prove that
Old Hooch is running in fast company.
Hay-fever sufferers realize tliat weed
destroying week Is not to he sneezed at.
,Secrctary Mellou's tax plans cannot U
said to improve the chances of the Penrose
bill.
Why is n polka dot? asks Loid North
cliffe. Why, to make the eyes toddle, old
top.
The Greeks as yet kave failed to get
the Turks' Angora. Mustapha Kcmal mint
have a camel.
Perhaps it will be time enough to worrj
nbout tlie treaty with Genunny when w
learn what it is.
Northeliffe got a rose and a kiss froa
a pretty girl In New York. That should
take the curse off Ctirzon.
Russia seems ready to demonstrate that
though Hunger may lack skIII ns a revolt
leader, it is terribly cffcc'ivc.
The baseball players left the court
without a stain on their characters. It
was only baseball that was smirched.
The fact that Moloney appears tn hTi
been released twelve days ahead of tim ll
causing concern : but not to Mnloncy.
The new Commissioner of Welfare says
he will conduct his department regardless cl
politics. He has a big job ahead of him,
Mayor Moore showed commendsbh
modesty in wniving in favor of Rutlolph
Hlankenburg the honor of Iinving a fireboat
hear his name.
Viscount Hryce denies the nssertlos
that tlie hour brings the man, nnd points to
the Versailles Treaty ns proof. Hut pcrhflP
in this case the hour was postponed Rim tn
man is on his wny.
The National Wearing Apparel Asso
ciation, In convention in Chicago, has d
dared that women's style for next winter
will call for straight lines. Hard Hues fof
the plump.
Asbury Park life guards had to pummel
a man on Monday before they could induce
him to get into safe waters. It is die reck
less swimmer who does most to swell U
list of shore fntolitles.
Great Hritnin lias withdrawn her r'fl
for a preliminary session to the l''snrm,V
nient Conference. 'I here Is here a probaDii
realization that informal conversations can
nccomplisli everything possible to a set
meeting.
The New York Citi.ens' Advisory Com
mitlec, appointed hi Postmaster G?1101
Hays to aid him in lmpioving posta facia
ties there, is iu a position to register l
close quarters a kick in thutinattcr of tl'r"'
cent postage.
An offer bv'tjie Rockefeller Institute '
.W.OOO 000 for the right lo use a tubrrculosi
serum in the United States has been accept?
bv a, Swiss hncterlolojlst. Fvcrvbody ni''
hope that this is where the white plague
gets a black eye.
It is alleged lh'
Hellish ships hftV'
been chartered fur t'
i',...,, iiou cotton trial'
Rafe War
Wasteful
to Hritlsli and American pcyts in preferenc
to American ships ofTcring themselves n1
lower rates, ami the Shipping Hoard s I.D
don agent is making a strong protest agaii"
the discrimination nnd, It Is said, threaten
ing retaliatory measures unless America gei
half the trade, There appears to be roo
here for exact Information. There is un
hi plav Im,' a cut -throat triune unless id
player holds more trumps than all his "PP1'
nents or lias u sure lead to rob them. nn
no one country In the world Is In ,!,IIC"
position. Cargoes will best find their b"
toms through rntea and service, )'t,cr,SJ
nation cuts notn ways. A rnto wnr '" "AT
of. scissors liejd.by' two persons, and y
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