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,,. 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""
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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
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iiui liunv Ul Wltliu lltv wuilvi-ir ,.... --- .. ,
lei's lint u-nrrv oii.loK- We'll IlltllllUtJ
through somehow.
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