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Independence Stjvarc, Philadelphia Member of the Associnted Press Tltn ASSOCIATED PHKSS creluiii ! ett- tlttfd to th use tor rrpHDtlfarioit 0 all news dispatches crtdltcd to it or not ofJitru-Ur credited Vlu tjili taper, and alio the local netcs published l therein 3 i tll right s of republication of special dif patches herein are also reserved Cr rhlltdclphli, Turidijr. Auiuit , lt ,,. FILM SAFEGUARDS TIIK State Department of Labor ami In dustr) Is to be congratulated foi ap preciation of tliu dangers attendant upo.. impromptu film exhibitions and iihiIIom picture allows In buildings not dp-dgiit'd fm ueh liurposi". Strinut'iit rccuIntlonM were promised at a lic'tiinit bcfoic thu Iiiduti'ia' Hoard of this department la-Id in I'hiladol phla yp'terdaj . It N promcd that lln w rules will be in force b September 1. The hardships uhlcli'MU'li orders will in flict upon social BntheviiiR". ".mokers," church entertainments nnd the like will ob viously be infinitesimal compared with the measure of ocurit.v gained. It may be re called thnt the Boyertown horror of some years ago was paitly duo to the fact thnt the hall wus rju.'tu un-'uitcd for film e hlbltion purposes. Z An an instance of loeklui; the smble bc- "forc the horse is gone, ine iotiuiuaiion m fthc new code regarding amateur- who mii '.'mean well' is a rarity woith checrtm. tattention. A PACIFIC IRONY TIIK Piuilie tl-oni the (ioluVu (inle to the Strait of San .Ttian de Fucit ironicall belies the name bestowed upon it bj .Ma ll gellan in tlie iuiiiidp. I he hi- "f the S COnstal passenger liner Aln-.Ua on Hlunts Ilei-f tragically in'-renses the ill repute of these waters, treacherous by the prevalence of fog nnd by the proximity of a rugged (coast inhospitably void of good harbors. The navigators of 'thii unfriendly stretch of ocenn are n.-hooled by hardships nnd ob stacles. The skill of Captain Hooey, of the Alaska, is unquestioned and he conformed to the nnclent heroic trudition by winking ' with his ship. Hut his vessel, thirty-two I ijears old was of a type, all too common in (ilbort coastnl runs, whose powers of resist uncc to shiii-U are scant. It if to such craft as this that the dov eminent s wireless charting sjstem. tried out in the Atlantic and (lulf. is of in O'alunble aid. The new wireless tinder oper ating through indio stntions in coast light 'houses fnrnlslit-H n eiiide which cannot be rtrt milnbtir l.iutnlln.l Itl flu. r'.m Xlrtll Pacific. "A ? MUSIC AND THEATRE PRICES jsniHE amusement-going public is. uulikelj to take nnv side but its own in the dis pute now. raging between thp theatrical managers 'and the musjiluns' union. Tin- f,. does not mean that theatre und moving- " picture patrons will organize or actively 1 campaign on their own behalf Purile bv temier;tiieut. tlie probabh will do little else Uinn maintain their habitual altitude of lrwistfiil waiting. l' Tbat this policy, meek though it he, is ft capable of eventually bearing fruit Is proved ,Tby the recent announcement of the reditc " tion of prices at the New York Hippodromr. , Labor troubles with both actors and mu tSicians. however, have seriously complicated ti o situntlou in an 'industrv-' which has been i one of the last to respond to the force of (readjustment What nre described as exorbitant wage demands of both i ln-w of artists have i-n- I nbled the malingers to full buck upon a specific w excuse for the high cost of entcttnlnment tThe charges ma be well founded, but it is more than probable that no monopoly of either virtue or villainy exists on either sgftlde. ffi Nevertheless it iimi be admitted that tl-e average increase of IJOO per cent in the wages of the music -makers since 11)00 und th. rise of l.lO to 200 per cent sIiicp the war appears disproportionate to the general in "Tlatioii movement. B" In New York n In. koitt of upproximately 100 orchestras has en-ueil l'hiliide'nliia threatres of all classes, -uve those demoted (to musical riniiwh, an- considering tin 'elimination of onhestrn- this -eaon I.uiii before the present conllict uccuned lr. "Belasco substituted a few sepulchral gong -4aps for the once-traditional orchestral m- l terludes There Is no record of a Mib.su- J'quent reduction of admission charges at any bf his offerings. The public can accustom it-elf to the ub- aence of any entr'acte music Consldeiing ,ltlie caliber of some of the otchestnis the omission may take on something .it th.- 4l nature of a blcnsed relief. The vaudeville pianist is capable of meet ing most of the demands of the enii italu ment which he is engaged to "m-ionipitii. "Organists who lu general appear to be mi perfectly unionized arc competent to furnish Suitable' musical atmosphere for motion picturo shows. Amusement seekers are equal to bearing up under the present strlko and lockout conditions. Hut If the managers after effecting their no-orchestra economics will see fit to reduce the price scale, patrons of their theatres will at once cease to be neutral. Impresarios and producers In jiearch of support teadily can obtain it by a (toaplay of consistency. THE LAST SLAVE r1 WILL be fifty -eight years on January 1 since Blnvery was abolished lu the Vnitejl States. Ah the allotted span of life Smaii is threescore and ten there must ba any Negroes still living who were born -fn slavery. In Haverford this week an ex clave died. He was old enough to remember fat conditions under which slnves lived, for J fie marched with General Sherman from -Annum iv ine b. The grent majority of tlie Negroes still .alive who were born in slavery must have ieen children when the Emancipation Prot -nmnUoi; wnK Issued lu 1N(:. A man sixty years old will l,nve iw moiled inn of it mid a limn evniv will know little about it, for , he Ws onlj twelve venrs old when he was freed. Hut, tlie Negioes seent)-flve years old or mure can tell their friends what it wemc-d like not to be a free mnn. Most of ,irte aro in the South. 0. It Is likely (but for the next ihirtr years -it' mi ' fthaU htsc periodical, tbo death of n colored Man or woman born In slnvor.v. And those who happen to be alive in 11)03 need not be surprised If n the cen tennial anniversary of the famous proclama tion some Negro is produced whose friends insist thnt he was born a slave. BOMB-FIRE FROM CITY HALL FOR PENROSE HEADQUARTERS The Big Chief Cannot Pretend That He Didn't Hear the Racket In the Mayor's Office Yesterday SNNATOK PKXHOSE has dallied too long at the parting of the political way in Philadelphia. Yesterday's news from the Mayor's ollicc should be sufficient to shock him out of his dreamy lethargj. The continuing Indecision of Mr. Penrose has given comfort and actual aid to leaders of Interlocking factions who nre working desperately to give t,hc Municipal (lovern ment again into the hands of panders nnd corruptiolilsts. nnd to accomplish the politi cal annihilation of n Major who hns broken the rules bj being decent and bj fighting for decency in all public. affairs under The contiol of his office. And, what is more, it has helped to bring about In the Police Department something very much like n revolution against the authority of the Mayor and his Director of Public Safety. When the future seems uncertain, when factional strength seems prettj eenly divided, when the issue of a fight for mu nicipal control cannot be dearly foreseen, minor police otlb liils invariably become nerv ous a m mil ertiilti They hesitate to take orders from ow-rhcnd which may be In con lllit with orders issued from below. No man in :i political job Is eager to quarrel with a tio.s who, within a month or two, mil lime the power to usher him uncere-iinonlou-lj out into the cold world. It is not surprising, therefore, that Mr. Moore found n iluinge of direction necessary In the Sec ond Police Division. What will Mr. Penrose n now nfter the Mayor has thing n long-dclajod question lliitly at him? Certainly he catitmt i cumin silent. His friends talk feelingly about the weight of the responsibility thnt lies upon him In Washington, of the demands made daily on his time and on his energy. Yet Mr. Cunningham and his ns-oclntes hae been to Washington more than ome. Do thei go to consult with the French Ambas sador or the director of the Smitlisoninn Institution? Hardly. They go for advice and iustrui lions from the (irent Chief, ami if the (Jreat Chief has not been cotnerted to the idea of n tifty-fiftj ticket, a ticket composed In the exclusive interest of Vare and Penrose office-hunters, n harmony ticket of the old-fashioned model, he has been misrepresented in this community. A successful fifty -fifty ticket would mean merely an even division among the buzzards of such spoils as might be wrung in the future from orgonized vice, organized' gam bling and contractor government. It has been plain for months that a de termined movement Is in progress dis credit nnd isolate Mayor Moore, and in that movement followers of Senator Penrose have been disagreeably conspicuous ns aides to the followers of the brothers Vare. Three of them shifted the majority In Council from the Major's side to the side of his an tagonists. Long ago the word went out In all police divisions that orders of a certain sort isued from City Hall were to be ignored unless vised bj tlie lenders of the fifty-fifty move ment. Since police officials have had leason to feat that the weight of influence was shifting from the Major to the chiefs of the reconciled factions it is fair to suppose thnt Mr. Moore and Mr. Corteljou have fouud It inciensinglj difficult to mnintain discipline in the bureau The professional politicians In the Vine and Penrose camps are warring on the Mayor because tlie Mayor doesn't lie to the people who oied for him and open the doors of the city for vice merchants, thugs, the keepers of gambling hells, drug peddlers and nil others who ordiunrlly ppy to the hilt for political protection. So the sileii. e of Mr. Penrose and tlie consequent alignment of his followers with those who are trying to wrock tin- Moore Administration show the Senator asso i mted in prettj unpleasant company. In naming Capuin Tempest as Assistant Dins tor of Public Safety and moving Cap tain Van Horn to command of the Second Police Division the Mayor is clearly seeking to stem and strengthen parts of the Police P.urenu weakened or disorganized by politi cal meddling. He ought to go further. If there are traitors about him they ought to be named and tired. The fight has been lurried into the open and there it ought to lie kept. If the public is made aware of the nature and T'Uipo.o of the war wlildi has continued ngii'iisi Mr Moore almost since the dn of hi inauguration neither wing of the fifn - litn i omuine nut nope tor mu h in the oming elections. There is a great deal of vitality in the independent movement A fomplete exposure of the seuniv side of mu nicipal politics such s it ii within the power of the Mayor to make would shock public opinion and it would unquestiomiblv give fresh and poweiful impetus to the sentiment reflected In the Voteis League The best tii.ug iibo.it vestcrdav's develop incuts nt Citv Hall, however, is unit Sena tor Pentose inn v no l.n.ji r pose us n neu trnl. He will have to appear In the open nntl show his ting if he doesn't want the people of this city to believe the worst that Is being said alwuit htm. HOW FORD DOES IT TT WOl'I.D be inteiesting to know whether those westerners wlm sent a petition to Washington the other day .tsking that Henry Ford be put in i barge of all ihe railroads knew ju-t how Mr. Ford mintages the I)... tto.r. Tn'edo and limit, n line, whi.h he owns They did know h,v he cu H, ,,, up the handling of freight nnd hw , m,j Increased the revenues, for he told about It in u published interview How he manages the rnllroad entploveshas just been disclosed in n Detroit dispatch to a financial news bureau. It is reported thnt the railroad brotherhoods: took a proposed working agreement to Mr. Ford some time ago, and that he tore it up and threw it into the waste basket Then he ofleret) the men a minimum pay of (l n daj for eight hours' work on tlie condition thnt thev would work as he told them to The nidi accepted his uffer. Now the brakemnn in the passenger train the roiul runs one passengci tiniit a day dusts the seats, carries the baggage of the passengers and acts generally ns a porter The conductor turns the switches. The engine crew actually takes care of the loco motive. There Is no pay for overtime, for no mon is allowed to work more than -'OS hours iu a month, pr mora than twenty -six 4 EVEXIG PUBLIC LEDGER-PHILADELPHIA, TUESDAY, AUGUST 9, eight hour days. When be hns completed 'MS hours in n month he Is laid off until , the beginning of the next month. The time f.ir which n man is paid begin when lie reports on the job nnd it ends when he stops work; He Is not allowed to charge up the time spent in golug from his homo to his work, all hough it may happen that ho has to travel by train to get to his job. The natlonnl agreements against which the other rnllroad malingers arc protesting do not seem to tro blc Mr. Ford. He hires his men to run his trains, lie pays them what they seem to regard iir good wnges, nnd they run the trains. If the petitioners knew all these things when they nsked that Mr. Ford be allowed to mil the railroads, they proposed mich a revolution In the methods of railroad oper ation ns would arouse the opposition of all the railroad brotherhoods in the country CUBA AND THE SUGAR TARIFF IL'lLV hns sent a special mission to Wash- Ington to protest ngniust the proposed tariff of two cents a pound on sugar A Cuban agent has told the Senate Finance Committee that the tariff would bankrupt the country nnd bring aboiif conditions which would lie likely to lend to the nn nexntion of the Island to the I'liltetl State-. The lliiancinl condition of tlie' island is grnve, but It Is not quite so grave as the special pleaders for free sugar would .have us believe. Yet we inaj expect the op ponents of n piotective tariff to cite tlie allegations of the Cuban agents ns proof of the Iniquity of the protective system The leason why the situation is not so grave ns those inhibiting it nre trjlng to make out Is that the woild need's the Cuban sugar. The Fulled Slates prodtu es only about half as much as n consumes. The sugar-producing ureas of Furope which were devastat.d by the war ate tint vet turning out sufficient (intimities to meet the demand. Tariff or no tariff, the liilted States will have to buy huge quantities of Cuban sugni . The Cuban planters, however, need finnn clnl relief to i-nii-y them over the piesent emergency a Using out of a large supplv of unsold sugar and a slow market and they ought to lie able to g f if possl not on terms that will be pleasing to them, vet on such tetms as v ill enable ihem to survive Tlie I nited States luis levied a sugar tariff for iniiiiv vcai-s. It hits be -n a combination of n revenue and a protective tariff The Iicpubllcau Congresses have peisistentlj protected the cane sugar glowers of Louis iana against the competition, of the Cuban growers, and they have also sought to develop tlie beet sugar Industry in tlie West hv Mich n tariff as would make It possible tor the home prodm er to find a domestic uuiiket for his product. P.ut the Itepuhlii an Con gresses have known verv well that we Im ported half of til" sugar that we i mistimed nntl that we would continue for mtinj veais to import large quantities, no matter how fast tlie domestic production increased. The tariff that thev levied yielded from SoO. 000.000 to .SI.10.000.nOO annual revenue nntl nt the tame time protected the Southern cane sug.ir producers nnd developed the beet sugar industry In the West. When the Democrats came into pawer in 101" they set about lovising the tariff and the firt thing thev said they would do was to tnkc the tax off tlie sugar that the poor man ii"cd on bis breakfast tnh'e They levied n low rale of tariff to continue for a short time, but provided that after May 1. l'.UO, all sugar should be admitted free of duty. Although for n generation they had been demanding n revenue tariff they did not s(.p the Inconsistency in abolishing n tat iff which had always been stronger in its levenue than In its protective features. Thej were playing politics and thought to win votes bv admitting sugar free of duty and thus bringing about a reduction lu the retail price. Hut several months before the date fixed for the admission of sugar without duty it became evident that their revenue legislation was so defective t lint they would be com pelled to repeal the free sugar section of the Tariff Law. The tepeal was ni-ioni-pllshed Inn in April, lliltl. nnd the duties 'have been collected ns usual. What Cuba needs is teuipoiary iclief Her leprescntatlves are now saying that ns the I'nlted States Government made ?.'10, 000.000 profit out of its sugar agreements with Cuba during the war iclief should be given ill the form of a modification of our historic tariff policy. Thev would have a stronger talking point If they would einphu st?e the relation between the profit made by the American (Sovernment and the financial straits of the sugar plnnteis nt the present time, sttnits in which tliej ntslsf thej would not have found themselves if thev had sold then- sugar during the wnr to flic highest Milder instead of to tlie I'uited States at n fix ei price which enabled tlie I mted Stales to sell at a profit. A VOLSTEAD FOR LADIES? A FRIGHTENED reading of current dispatches from the studios in Paris. where dictators of fashion weave their spells, fills the mind with premonitions of impending trouble Skiits aic to be shorter. siTy the cables b.ddlv The stnvless gown has come, so to speak to stay. It will be made of tliuisv in,iiei-.is Evening dresses may with propnerv be cut to the waistline in the back We should be calm The time for hysteria nnd panic is not vet Itut no one need be surprised if some ..n.- arises in Congress to do battle for a Twentieth Amendment to the Constitution an amendment utithor i.ing the gentlemen of the two houses to formulate a new philosophy of feminine dress ami depot tment anil enforce it by the iron hand of the Federal Government What days there will be when some Vol teiiil of the futuie sits th. w n to define in ,t bill lust what spt of dress icllects the olie-hillf of 1 I"1' ,,n' "f ntidticitv to b. (Unwed under the l.t- . hundred per cent 1 1 until etl Per merlcnuihiu Is to 'be Cent Hunli t'o motto of the Ship ping Hoard, and for eigners nre to he bniilsheil from ships and offices. Our merchnnt inarino having reached n point where it dots the sens and is making money hand over fist, this is ns it should be. Particularly Is this the ease in foreign offices where, us ever body knows, o good American from the Middle West delightful! free from expert know bilge of the shipping business enn put it all over a foreigner in n foreign ""' t'1 I ' nuutii- of getting biis. ness from f iiclgni-i-s ot of course, thnt the Shipping Hoaul needs to get business. That hind of tb ''s' 's ill usht for a private firm that would otherwise have to go into baiik'rupti v . Hut till that a Government body has to do is to pi ovule jobs, and. when tilings go wrong, to wave the starry Hag. A Washington corrc Where Do We spondent gloats over Jubilate? "the leaps and bounds" with which the Ameri can mercantile marine is forging to the front and he furnishes some pofectly delightful figures Fi installs: Iu seven years our ton nage hits grown from l.Tr.OOO to 12.:iM.-. (,nil "a fabulous gain of 10.177,000 tons " Fabulous is light Tlie more we have the mine we lose. The Increased tonnage over whidi we might enthuse is tud up in Aliteii can ports eating up our substance In over bend charges. And British bottoms ure still tarrying the cargoes of the worltl. No Major ever received higher praise than timt to be found by the discerning be tween the lines of the abuse of Mr, Moore Council has placed upon it records. A GREAT AUDITORIUM Philadelphia Voters Will Be Called Upon to Decide at the Next Elec tion To Seat 10,000 People. Greatest Soldiers' Memorial In the Country IJy GKOKUK NOX McCAIN THE people of Philadelphia will hnve something else to vote on nt the coming full election than the mere matter of candi dates for office nnd the desirability of holding a State Constitutional Convention. Ask any mnn in a hundred and he wouldn't, I venture, know what it is. Incidentally it will nfford the snfe nnd sound stay-at-homes, the men who, by cms eslfication and otherwise, esenped the draft, and the women who wept over wnr a ravages to express their sense of gratitude for those who went to the other' side nnd never enmc buck. Only Incidentally and nt rare intervals has the subject been referred to that is this one particular subject In the news papers. This is largely because politics, social affairs, criminal investigations, the ninicb of famine in Itussla. tlie doings of tlie drf little Congress, the rehabilitation schemes of alien countries, gobbled up the space left by nilvertis-cis. It's n big, Interesting and. for Philadel phia, important matter. When it goes through it will put this city otPthe map in advance, in one respect, of every other metropolis in tlie I'uited Htntes. I'm IS the proposition to erect grent went emoritil Hull to the men who down to death in our years of battle. It is destined likewise to commemornte the deeds of the living on the fields of France ami Flanders. Included in the plan is a hull that will seat 10.000 pet. sons. Architecturally it will lie a monument of uit ns well as of patiiotisin It will be up to the citizens to give the signal by tllcir votes for its creation. MAJOR R. C HOC.AN, formerly of the I'nltod States Marine Corps, started ths rivulet if sentiment which will un doubted! grow to a flood. When he was commander of Thomas It. Rciith Post. IStt. the Marine Post of the Legion, back In September. 1011), he intro duced u resolution pioviding for the erec tion of tin- memorial described. The PHiuntj Committee of the Legion took it up in December of that jenr. In January of ID'-'O the attention of Mayor Moore was directed to the movement. Then came the project for a Stadium. Hut it wasn't the Legion's Idea, it was, possibly, on outgrowth of It at the time. Colonel (i. W. H. Ilicks. of the Cham ber of Commcicc, had mnopcd mid planned and talked Stadium for jears, ns I know. The Hicks Idea was a great gathering place for Philadelphia, where It can open its arms to nil the world, both indoors and out. Hut the Stadium plan stalled on the way. Somehow it langtilslitd. The Memorial Hull project kept inching along. THIS year another Memorial Committee from the Legion, with Willlnin II. Du Harry at its head. ha been at work. 1'iiostentatlously there wus passed at the lost Legislature a hill which provides: "For' authorizing t!n erection by counties of memorial halls iu memory of soldiers, sailors ami marines; providing for elections as to whether such hall shall be erected and providing for the purchase nnd condemna tion nnd maintenance of such halls." One of the provisos of that statute Is that where any proposition for such n memorial hall is submitted it must be passed upon and npproved by two snet essive (Jrand Juries in the county iu whldi it is to be erected. Two successive IS rand Juries have ap proved of the Major Hogan resolution, those of June and Julv. J- permanent nntl beautiful, having a seat ing capncit.v of 10,000 would leatl the worltl in that H-spect. The erection of the memorial could keep pm e with tlie plans for the Sesqui-Cciiten-u in I. It will be mnile it pnrt of that great scheme when it gets going Tlie Count Coniinis-doneis will have a large part in tlie plan. Aittliori.ed as they me by the Statute of the Legislature of 1017. it will be up to them to lev- the two mills tux for the me morial. Not nil nf the sum thus raised will be used, possibl. That Is if those who nre intrusted with handling the fund of a hundred thomund dollars or mote for a (J. A. R. memorial vill permit it to be meiged with tlie fund for the World War Memorial. This sunt, or something like it. lias been Ivlng unused iu the City Tiensuier's hands lor je.ir. lu addition then- is another sum nun li Inrgir. exceeding a million dollars, 1 be lievc, wliiih can be made uvnihihle because li was appropriated for a convention hall T",; HIS. then, is the 'something eUo' that lec- he voteis will vote on at the next tion. I'pon their approval or disapproval will depend tin- question whether or not. to the IKt nf the git-nt enterprises Philadelphia has projected, uill . erected here the largest , iiiiiiitiii-iuin ami the greatest memorial our soldier,, on he contiii'-nt. What Do You Know? QUIZ VA l,.t s -he hlstoiv '" What ottmi v i In. ken" curliest recorded date In is the original home of the For liow Iui.r , .tiji urn United States Senntors elided? Of wli.lf study Is nstronomy nn out- glow th Wlint armies were the first to use Iron We.llions" " i. How iii.iuv piiivs .11.1 HliaUespeaie write? Win: is tie . tiif town of the IsliinU of ' ! in ' 0 ' s- v I) . il tihutit t so culled" 'i )-,. vvtute tu nun' Hard fash"" In Wli.il i -w ''.111,11,1 office Is now being i'.prjsn ' Answers to Yesterday's Quiz 1 Attorney li. n.-tu1 Daugluity in ) ad f the L'nltetl States Departmuit of Jus tld 1 The tKrrlljle eruption of Mont i'elee, In the Island of Martinique In the West Indies destroyed the city of Ht Plerro nnd about 40,0.0(1 people 3 William n-liford was tin KiikIihIi manor .-tteis connoisseur nnd colli ctoi best known as th.- author of the (mental it.matice Vatliek" which was oilir UMlly wtiltfti in French Hecltford vho was for tiiunv vears a nieinbri- nf Hi. Ilri'is'i I'.irllniiitni was born in I .'.') and d'ed in 18 H sin nt In i, hi,, tl,. mum of one of th, rov.il lioui-. s of Cniclniiti tlnoiiKlt Mem- Sttian l.oid I'nrnlej, who linn, i .-d Matv Quien of Scots Then son I... atne King .latum I of Kmiland In default of heirs bv Queen Klizabeth The last Stuart ruler of Knglund was Queen Anne , The North Star Is another namo for Polaris X.lon is a (Jnek form or the Hebrew Tslyon, a hill There are forty-eight States In the Atnerl- Tim judgment of Paris was the decision of I'.itis son of Ktnir Priam nf 3, till I II1WI1 i hat Aiihro.ate twits the most beautiful ..f women arid Ihe iiwarri of the. golden apple to thut goddess Ittibens nro ilu..U it famous painting on this suh ii ', which Is now In the museum ut Itrestlen it Mat tin Alonzo Pinion, the Lelobrnteil Spanish navigator, was second in com mand to Columbus on the hitter's llrst voyage to the Now- World anil was mptaln of the 1'lnta. Ills brother, Vin cent Vnnei I'lnzon, commanded tho third ship W tho fleet the tiny Nina. 10. The famous and beautiful home or Thomas Jefferson was Montlcello, near Char lottesvllle, Va. , p"" .n"rr ir-T"- -,- .y-,ne-e . -iue-zu 4JS-' -C- -" -.- NOW MY IDEA IS THIS Daily Talks With Thinking Philadelphians on Subjects They Know Best R. L. P. REIFSNYDER On Business Stabilization rpiIK psji-hologj of better living and other conditions t lint have come about since the war is compelling tlie manufacture of a better class of hosier than in the. past and Is it potent factor in the process of adjustment In this industry that has recently been taking place, according to R. L. P. Helfsneider, assistant secretary of tlie National Associa tion of Hosier and Fntlerwear Manufac turers and editor" of several journals de voted to this business. 'While various processes have been tak ing place during the Inst enr or So," said Mr Reifsneider. "to bring about a stable condition in the hosier business, this facto? has been oue of the important, If not the most important, of them all. "During the necessary process of liquida tion thut has followed cessation of buying on the pint of distributors, thai 'slopped the ball lolling,' the manufacturers and business men just took their loi-scs as the result of inevitable conditions, its then- contribution in the necessary matter of stabilising the business. Industry Nearly Stopped "In tin- spring of ln-t je.ir the Uuiiliiig Indiistij of tho Fulled sitatis was mom ncitrlj stopped than nt unj li in Us his. torj This condition engulfed the manufac turer to a greater extent than the distribu tor. Tho manufacturer was caught with big stocks of high-pilced raw mateiial. the sell ing price of fine yarns and mercerized goods as an illustration being -7.1 per cent nbovu today's market value. This icsulted lu a shock lo them when business was stoppei and necessitated n complete Ihpiidatiou in oiili-i io pay fo'" their stud; This piocess set lu eail) it nd today it has iiiotiiessed further than iu any othei brunch of the textile indiistiv Toila.v the ho'ierj business is on it fit-sit basis, liquida tion has been well completed, losses have been taken and mnnufactiiters , u this m dustry are ready for a new stint. "This was not accomplished without great disturbance being involved During this process prices were constantly falling ami a Ihe distributor took the same view ns the tonsiiiiier, buying was slow In a falling maiket "If was not until this year, iu fact, that it was realized thut a pnu ticnll.v complete tetuljuslinent had been elicited lu doing this much stock hail been sold below it iilacemeiii value The baiilie was calling for his money nnd heavy losses wen- sus mined "Things hnve now reached the point wher it is not necessary m lose money on goods We aie not facing a rising market now-, but 1 feel that prices have been stabilized atid some mills will have to have their price--Increased if they are to tontlnue operation without loss. There is much adjustment re maining, an adjustment upward, but one so slight that It will not affect the consumer, even If it will mean a lot to the manufac turer. lyoolied Into Future "Some of the mills have been making moiiej. They had the good forliilie to see tin- flit ure and diverted much of their inn cliiiicrv to tlie making of goods that were gaining vogue it ml that wcie popular lines. In looking Into the futuie. ii is well n. mushier ihe psychology of the situation That has now and will continue to have a large effect on the situation There is a tendency to wear hosiery of the better tiuall ties. Trashy hosiery, lu fuel, h a thing ct the past. "In the aristocratic numbers, such ns tho silk in tide, the demand today cannot bo supplied. 'Ihe textile strike helped to pop iilnrlzo silk hosiery. On the basis that tho article hard to get is tlie most desirable, the demand for silk hose grew to the point when this industry Is on a better basis than ever before "The growth of tint Industry a!onK the-t .lines is largely up to woman Outside r the fitct that she has nlwujs liked (r,.s, the) ii are a number of reus ins ,N, KM. j,., made hosier) a piomlnent fi-altne Only Wnuitii Want SHU I lose "In the first place, there is the psvchologv of self-consciousness. ,H!lk is suitable for all occasions. It Is comfortable. If a woman goes to buslneas she may not requlra 1921 "GIDDAP!" -' a? silk hose just to work In. Hut she may go to luncheon or to n special engagement or somewhere in the evening where she does not nave time to go home nntl make the change. KHk makes her ready for nil occasions. "This condition has' largely been accentu ated by the short skirt. It has come to stay. The woman who five years ngo ridiculed the short skirt has now come to it mid inci dentally hopes that it will never give way again to tlie long skirt. There is a freedom of motion, cleanliness and other features that strengthen this conviction. All the talk that has been hemd about the short skirt bus only served to popuhirUe it. It also nieniid economy of goods employed lu its making. "Tlie advent of tlie low shoe for nll-tlie-enr-round wear has also contributed to this lesult. Hence there hns been develop' tl n-t only I lie vogue for the silk stocking, but for the heather and jersey ribbed anil o her vaiieties that mc the product of the tuvv order of things. Commonplace hosleij today iu not getting much attention, paiticul.uly umong the women. "Tothiv there is iiImi a great p'-ld" in foot wear. F.ver.v one must bo well shod. "Man's t'usi impulse as u result at the piesent time is to devote iiumediatt attention lo the feet, where the face used tj he lie iiitraciloii As n result there Is probablj nioie attention paid lodaj to footwear than to hats. "There Is n geneiiil growth iu the demand for pleiisiiie, 'Fills, means an incieasin tic maml for silk stockings so thnt they maj be well dressed on such occasions. Women lire going to more social functions than ever. It Is apparently u man's business to see that they are kept in good shape. Franchise Also n Factor "Womtiu's vote hns brought her more to the f i out. She Is now seen In the court room, the jury box lu club life uuil In many places that site was not seen in before. Naturally, a she must be well dressed for these occasions. "Munj families since prohibition lias conn into effect now hnve mon- mono to tllveit to other more legitimate purposes. ''ltf foimer diunken' father is now working, it is only unt.iral with us to seek luxuries, in enjo) life as we live So after the ul dinar-' expenses of living me accounted for the fnmih budget is likely to show a certain margin for pleasure and luxuries. "Tlii' open wentliei of the last year or so has affected the uinnufai Hirers of heuvv hosier). Then. Is mote outdoor life than i'n niaiiy .venrs Hosts now plnj golf und tennis that never phi) etl It hefnte. Hence there ha been a gieat ileniaml for sports stockings. These who il I iilnv but go out to see otheiH do so will be well tltessetl. Tliej will wear silk stockings. "Women uioie and nunc ut In the worlu have developed u pi j,,., ,, ambition to be well dressed that wiisgieater than when thev stn.ved at home moM of the time. "The use of the bathing suit, and par ticularly tlie slant bathing suit, bus plavcil an Important pint in the hosiery question More women are bathing In the surf than fi,iiltiuili- 'Pl.t . ..11 . -s .... . . . . i . ""'"C"J- "'is nn means more siocKlnc-t sold. 'As wages of office women went up diilinc the war they formed a taste for luxuries that they have not discarded. It will Hike another generation for them to gei back to the old biis. if thev ever do ulil :ei the chant es that Ihe latter 'i l. ,,' ,,,, likely coutliliou. Insist nn. Luxuries "Wiuniu won't tlenv themselves these lux uries as uieu will. Men have shown time and lime again that thej will deny them selves in older thai their women folk niny be piopi-iiy dud. 'There is" more time for plcasio than there used to be. Shorter working houis ami mini money have been the rule. The 'all-work -niid-no-phiy t icor) has brought this about, and it is a condition that Is likely to continue At that people are better nlf, with mole recreation, more time for spoils und clvinc hns work lor the tloctois. Health anthiiii! plmss aie about the only things Hint ju. nverage human being can hop,. , K,,t 1t (lf this lite, ami even i( it ,hies ,-,.s i, t.i, more they cannot be blamed for having it "Then ns conditions mliii-i tl ..i.... . ., e .,,, ---.,,.. -. . ... ,si-l( ,-s, mi foul or live millions .,( persons out nt wink win there iiu..-'cuicti employ mem galii all I Will be II fill) hill' l email, I I I a whole are seeking a higher level to iu. on than they ever have before. This U civilization. It Is des rnble. hut it ,,,. a higher cost.' If r i. tvtiiti ri ) ; : 3m. TVieirt SHORT CUTS Famine relief in Russia is, after all, but nnothcr case of enlightened self-interest. When Jupiter Pluvius decides on a drop in temperntttre ho sometimes provide! n drop too much. If the musiclnns' wngc argument con tinues next winter we max have canned music with our canned vegetables. No fault will be found with the Ship ping Hon rd if it fills some of its Idle ships with grain for fninlne-strlckcn Russia. Movie Notrj Fatty Arbuckle lias tiro cars. It's his privilege and. perhaps, hi need. Hut how does he distribute hi) weight? There is difference of opinion ns to the identity of tlie ftollntli tlie Prohibition Uarid has to face. Somo say his alias is Lnwlen ncss and others that it is Personal Liberty The Mayor now- hns n chnnce-to dis cover just what the populace thinks of a man honest enough and courageous enou(b to fight for what is right even though he has to fight unaided. Fewer business enterprises are being started hi cause people with money nre put ting it into tux -exempt securities, which seems to prove that tax revision is nt least its important as tux reduction. After rending the statement of n person accused of murder, the tinturnl miction of the average person is something like, "Well. 1 wouldn't be surprised if there was some truth iu what he (or she) says." We learn from the fiuiincial eolumtn that tlie infrequent investor is taking stocii out of the Street. Which serves us a re minder that here and there there la n wise guy who realizes that lie serves himself best who buys on a falling market and vvaltt nnd waits ami waits. it is hard on opponents nf the I.emtue of Nations that the) have lo depend n the Assi nihil of the League to choose .Indues for the International Court vlhicli iliev HP prove, and that the League also adonis the simplest means for the codification "f th laws which the court will interpret and apply- Representative Kissel thinks Congreti 'men should get $15,000 n year Instead of 57.100, but that, to make sure- they earned it, they should be docked for non-uttend-mice. This Is rank heresy . Next thing vv know some revolutionary spirit will he sui-Ki"-tiug that thej do something useful when thej attend. , A Clearfield mail lias woisted n beat witli a corncob pipe. He blew smoke in it face when it iittnckwl him. nnd it stuilght wii) coughed itself lo death. Well, ncrhnpe the story doesn't go to lluit length, but, anyhow, it chased Itself. Now what sell respecting citizen would he mean enough t say an unkind thing about tobacco? The Fnitcd States Shipping Hoard rep resentative in London lias succeeded Iu !'' bunding the Liverpool Conference Lines to allot American ships fill per cent of the transportation of Kgyptiau cotton to lJ Fnitcd Stutes. The persuader wan, ot course, a club. A policy of discrimination can nlways be worked both wo.vs. Which H not without bearing on Panama tolls When the engine went dead in n naT dirigible in Roekuwiiy its crrw of tlirc dropped eighteen feet to safety and the g bag blew bcfoic the wind for lift) mile then fell. She wns followed for the fifty miles by a hydroplane which could do noth Ing, of course, but hang around and developments. Which suggests some posii' billtles. It would doubtless hnve been pla' suicide for the men iu the hydroplane to til" the dirigible In tow; but doubtless It win be a common stunt iu the near future Lord Hnce should not be dlscoiirngrf because the hour does not iilwavs bring t"" man Theie me. limes when the god-- St"1 wcurv nf the little man -game tlo.e oil f' a decade or so und miss a move ud "hen ihe man of the hour nnlves n few hour In" In- finds his place taken bj a mnn in.i'JJ supermini who. as a general rule, is ""'!?' thing just ns 7ood. Supermen aic vei'J ' queen bees- they are what they are siilelj i r ..I.', ii i..,.,.. i,ua flipra, iiui liunv Ul Wltliu lltv wuilvi-ir ,.... --- .. , lei's lint u-nrrv oii.loK- We'll IlltllllUtJ through somehow. J i "nrwi I ;,. -. I u. . fT T ; .v, .rf.T -JJK,i. . .-.,,-
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