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Noiiob Subscriber.' nlshlnc address chanced Must He old as well as new addrena, BEIX. 1090 WAIMT KtYSTONEMAtN 101 r tAdttress all communications lo Kvi-niii; Public) Member of the Associated Press ? t?'iE ABSOriATKU I'M SS Is ncclumvelv tn- 'tea to me use or rrju6llriflcm of all nexus diipatche-e, credited lo U or not ofnrtc(j credlfed n this paper, and alia Ihe local new publhhcd therein. All rights o rfpuMlcntlon of special dLipatcliet Herein ore olio rejerued. ' Philadelphia, Tliundajr, Auiuit 11, 1921 OPEN WAR WHAT has been going on in the Police Department? 'J-'he two-headed gnng which ns nretnred to rush to power at the coming elections nd transfer control of municipal nITalrH from the Mayor to loot-huncr.v politii-al yeggmen accepted Mr. Moore's threats with easy nonchalance. It was not until the flhike-up began In the Police Department that there were signs of panic in the tents of the. raiders and hurried purchases of railway tickets to Washington. ' An election can bo as clean or as dirty as the police want to make It. It is possible that Mr. Mooro could shock and nmazc the lty by a matter-of-fact recital of the details of heeler control In some of the divisions of the Department of Public Safety. This Isn't a time when the Mayor can toko chances with a icw to sparing the feelings of any one. Police otlicials who do not obey instructions from the Major's office are obviously working ngnlnst the interests of tHo Administration ond the Interests of the people. The shake-up in the Police Department ought to be continued until every gnng par tisan Is cither shaken out of the icrvice or o placed that he can do no harm. , LOAN RESPONSIBILITIES rnHE Hoard of l-ducatioii, which has dc- elded to offer a higher rate of interest than 0 per cent on the bonds to be floated In support of the J5.000.000 building pro gram, is risking some delay necessary to determining the legality of this, arrangement. (While this is regrettable there is wisdom la. the policy of milking the loan an attractive as possible. The bungling which characterized the board's sale of Its bonds in the. criticul dajs of last summer and autumn, when the solvency of the whole Xfhiladelphia school system seemed In peril, 14 a dismal memory. iWhen the point now in question has been settled, the board will be privileged to il lustrate the advantages of its "new blood" in a vigorous campaign to carry the loan to success. The old soporific methods are entirely discredited, and in the present sit uation It would be particularly reprehensible , to jeopardize projects to bring the physical condition of the schools at lust up to date. TIMES CHANGE SEVERAL years ago a man named Coxey started to march to Washington from Masslllon, O., with a Fmall army of dis contented men, which grew as it moed over the country. The men were discon tented because they did not have a larger share of the wealth of the Nation. This week a large cnmpiuy of automobile tourists drew up in front of the Capitol, in Washington, nnd its leader announced that they were from Massillon and asked to be shown where the Coxey army camped. "Wc don't march now," he said. "We tour. And every car has six cylinders." Jit Is not disclosed whether any of the tourists were in Coxey's army, but their equipment ought to suggest to the discon tented that there is a six-cylinder car wait ing for every one of them who is willing to pay the prico in work nnd thrift. THE CITY IN COMMAND IHE somewhat lnzlorious nature of the . f- contractor gang's "victory" in present ing the inauguration of large-scale mu nicipal street cleaning In October is forcibly displayed by Mayor Moore's approval of the ordinance appropriating Jl.UfiO.OOO for equipment for the work that Is to begin on January 1. The Vare Councllmen have done what tey could to postpone the Inevitable. Hut BO far as the jeur 1921! is concerned their sniping and pestering methods have proved xytile. The Charter supports the munici pality in its undertaking and contractor monopolies will soon be nichaic. I The success of the eltj In Its care of the etrccts In central Philadelphia this jear is a; substantial Indication of the value of the reform when it is applied comprehensively. Trickery nnd obstructionism are unenunl to the task of blocking the opening of the work on January 1 i I AN ECHO OF ARMAGEDDON fJlHE first astronomers were Chinese. The ilrst astronotnicul instruments of scien tific precision wore made and Ubcd in China many centuries ago. At Pekln there was an observatory which Tjas' In a large sense a magnificent museum established to illustrate the development in Qhlna of the arts and sciences reluted to tjic study of the visible universe That place was looted by the Germans In 1000 and instruments of Incalculable historical Value were transported in triumph to Uerlin and set up for the gratification of the ljurghers. Now, under the terms of the Versailles Treaty, the (iermaus have restored Aeie treasures tn the Chinese. The 1'ekln Aservatory will be as it was before. J-Siirutsc newspapers, with their usual pa tient irony, are remarking that the beaut! -lljul equipment of the Pekln observutory is ftll that China has received for its par ticipation in the war. Jt Another Hepublle which received nothing fBt Its participation In the war is the TJnited States. We are proud to believe lint China is in good company. I Bo are we . . .-. JHE RELIEF TERMS STILL HOLD nrUIE release of onlj six of the consider JL able number of Americans detained In .Russia while theie is perhaps n certain Uiciance on me pint ot uie .-soviet million. e to accept completely the terms of famine Het explicitly set fmtli by Secietary oavcr, Is an iustaucc of performance under wuro o( vealiUet. Naturally, Leultie uuil wrtlsmm are .loath to confess their litltty-to handle, tie situation without foreign aid, nnd especially without nsslstanco from a nation still functioning under the hnted principles of cnpitnlism. A few weeks will reveal the truth. Wal ter I. llrown, Eiiropeau director of the American ltelicf Administration, has nl rendy reached ltlga, and has been told by Mnxlm Lltvinoff, the Soviet envoy, that every American will be freed. America can afford to allow the situation to develop. It is Uussla which must hurry If hundreds of thousands of lives nre to be saved, Where I.enine, if he Is really spar ring for time, is In error, is In confusing political questions with huinnn necessities. Itlght-thlnklng Americans nre not dwell ing upon the possibilities of a Soviet col lapse because of the proposed relief invasion. They nre genuinely eager to stem the lido of an appalling tragedy. Hold.ug such opiu Ions, however, they are perfectly justified in stipulating the release of their own coun trymen. That is a consistent view of the case nnd cannot loglcnlly be construed as quibbling over terms within sight of the imminent death of n potentlnlly great nation. POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC WISDOM IN NEW TAX PLANS Under the President's Leadership Ex penses Are to Be Reduced In Order to Escape the Need of New Taxes TT IS becoming evident that the man In the White House has the qualities that go with leadership. When Congress gets public busineas tangled up President Harding cither summon the chief men In both houses to a conference, or he goes to the Capitol nnd tells them whnt to do. The latest instance of the exhibition of ids prima in the io eminent occurred this week, when he arranged a conference with the Secretary of the Treasury, the Speaker of the House, the Republican floor leader, the chairmen of the Committees on Rules and on Appropriations and the chairman nnd all the Republican members of the Committee on Ways and Means to discuss the revision of the Internal revenue laws. These gentlemen had not been able to agree on any dellnltc program. They were aware that the country Is demanding relief from oppressive taxes, but instead of preparing to satisfy that demand they wero proposing a lot of now taxes. Even the Secretarv of tho Treasury was guilty of suggesting new taxes that might have raised revenue, but would certnlnl have raised Cain politically. I'nder the guidance of the President, if not under his orders, Secretary Mellon sub mitted mi estimnte of expenditure for next cnr MSOO.OOO.OOO below previous estimates. One can imagine the President snjing that the onl way to bring about a reduction in taxation is to bring about a reduction in ctpcndituies. nnd reminding the men in eon'erence with him that the Nation ex pected a lightening of the tax burden And he muj have concluded his remarks with the warning: "Gentlemen, if we fail the voters will give the Democrats a chance to do whnt must be done." Hut whatever he said he succeeded in bringing about agreement on n reosonably satisfactory program. The first two items in it provide for u repeal of the excess profits tax, and for a repeal of the higher surtaxes on incomes. The wisdom of tepoaling the excess-profits tnx has been ndmitted for months. Ex perience lias demonstrated that the heavy surtaxes on incomes have done more harm than good, and that the nmount of revenue raised by them wns constantly decreasing. The third item provides for a reduction of the transportation tax by ."0 per cent dating from January 1, 10-2, and for its abolition on January 1, 1!23. This will bring relief where it is imperatively needed, nnd it will demonstrate td everv user of the railroads that something hns been done to redeem the campaign promises to reduce taxation. The fourth item calls for a repeal of the soda-water tax, including the tax on ice cream, and the taxes on clothing and similar articles. These ure populaily known as the nuisance taxes. This will relieve thousands from annoying payments where the repeal of the transportation tax willrelieve hun dreds. And then it is announced that the sug gestions to tax automobiles nnd bank checks have been nbandoned as unnecessary iu view of the economies that are to be effected. The only tax to be increased is that on corporations, where n fiat rate of 12'i per cent Is proposed in place of the present rate of 10 per cent There will be opposi tion to this from the corporations, but when the objectors are reminded that it is necessary for political reasons to put the party In power inthe position to meet the charge of the opposition that the ricli are favored by a reduction in the heavy sur taxes on lnrge ii-comes they will 6ee at once the justification l'or the higher tnx on cor porations, even if they do not think it de fensible for nny other rensons. The new program seems to be com pounded of political and economic wisdom PINCHED LITTLE sympathy will be expressed bv women who paid thirty cents a pound for sugar Inst summer for tho holders of common stock of the American Sugar Re fining Company, who will not get their cus toumry quarterly dividends of 51.7." a share on their holdings. The company has just pncd its dividend for the first time in its history The reason doubtless goes back to the period of high prices for sugar, when thtit necessity was rationed and when the supply on the mar ket was bo small that there were times when it was difficult for householders to get it. There was suspicion of profiteering then, though the American Sugar Refining Com pany has been at elaborate pains to create the impression that it was not one of the profiteers. Other sugar dealers who wore loaded up with raw and refined sugnr, bought nt high prices, had to take their losses when the slump came. And now sugar is selling nt a reasonable price and every one con get nil lie wants. The profits In refining huu been reduced to normal figures. Hut if the refiners have had to pocket luavv losses on past purchases of raw sugar they are not in a position to make n net profit today. CLERGYMEN AS EMPLOYES THE decision of the Workmen's Compen sation Hoard that clergjmen ure em plojes of tlie churches nnd thnt tho churches nte tesponslble under the law for accidents to them In the course of their employment, just as tt Is responsible for injuries to sex toiib, contains inteiestiiig possibilities. Would the compensation board require tho church trustees to pay the doctor's bill If a clerginan caught a serious cold while attending a funeral? Or if while making a pastoral call the ceiling of Sister Tinklepaugh's sitting room should fall on the man's shoulder and break the bone would the church be financially responsible for the accident? It is ensj to understand how the trustees might be responsible if the chandelier in tho church fell on the preacher's head or if he i might cold in the pulpit becnute thn build ing was lunileqiiatelv heated. ltut it is difficult to see how their responsibllln can be extended to what happens In the house:) of the purishloners. Tho decision of the board needs con siderable elucidation before it can bo un derstood or appreciated by the conscientious men apparently held responsible for the life nnd limb of the preachers. ' THE CAUTIOUS COUNCIL THE decision of the Supreme Council to adopt an attitude of strict neutrality regarding the Greco -Turkish war suggests a natural aversion to political hot water. The conference hns already a number of formidable problems upon Its hands the settlement of which will Increase its prestige and enable the "Principal Powers" to ap proach the Near Eastern muddle with more confidence than nt present. The Ironing out of the SI. sinu tangle, now apparently well under wnj, must Inevitably enhance the nuthorit of this extra-legal 'but per sistently vital body. Greece and Turkey .alike have played upon the dissensions and cross purposes of the major nations. The establishment of hnrmony upon the subjects now listed for treatment will give a new complexion to the Eastern situation when that Is, as it finally must be, considered. The Council can nf ford to proceed deliberately and to maintain the new poise which hns served It thus far in this week's sessions. If It is baldly the highest statesmanship to ignore nn important Issue through fenr of the dvnnmito it may contain, there is at least something to be said for caution and n practical policy of reconstruction step by step. Little is to be gnincd by reopening all the numerous world problems simultane ously. The difficulties of that method were suf ficiently, 'though unavoidably, exemplified in the Pence Conference. PAGE THE MONUMENT MAKERS! APT Kit the automobile manufacturers of the country hnve done the decent thing by erecting on the highest available hills some beautiful marble nnd bronze statues of the rate-boosting railway executives of the country who have been working tire lessly to moke every American yearn for' a motor, they should turn their attention to New Jersey. Mr. Ford especially ought to put aside a ton or two of money to honor those Jerscyraen who seem Intent on making him and other automobile men the well rowarded saviors of the people. No monument which the motor trndo could devise would be too good for the executives of the Public Service Corporation of New Jersey nnd the members of tho old Utilities Commission of tho Stntc who hnve helped in one way or another to keep street-car fares on the upward trend. Judge Rellstnb, of the United States Dis trict Court, at Trenton yestcrdny reversed himself nnd refused to permit tne street-cnr corporations to chnrgc eight-cent fares, though he appenred to be convinced that higher fares nre necessary to keep the trol ley combine out of something ver much like a financial collapse. The lnwjcrs for the Service Corporation Insisted that imme diate relief In the form of Increased revenue wns necessary to keep their concerns operat ing. All this may be true. Hut argu ments such ns those just miii.e nt Trenton are the sort that must react inevitably to the everlasting benefit of the motorcar' in dustry. Already the motor is being seriously recommended ns a substitute for the trolley. Motors will continue to improve nnd the cost of their operation will continue to be reduced as the scientific methods which pre nll in the industry become more efficient. Meanwhile the men who control the desti nies of trolley corporations seem unable or unwilling to recognize the importance of the new competition In their particular field. And even the easier-going citizens nre ob serving that while other costs of living decline the coal combines and the street rallway combines, interests which ulwnjs appear to have the closest political affilia tions higher up, manage not only to con tinue wartime rates, but to increase them. Iu .lorsc, where the question ot trolley fares Is most acute, the man in the street hns stopped trying to reason the case of the Public Sen ice street-car rates to u conclu sion. The task has wearied him. His newer hope nnd his state of mind could be described clearly in a few words. He wants a car. A CENSOR FOR CENSORS? lyrOVING-I'IClTUK CENSORS talk i'J- enough puerile nonsense to justify a good mony of the hnrsh things thnt pro diuers and playwrights are beginning to say about them. "Successful films," said Major Alexander S. Hamilton, censor for Toronto, at a con tention of picture regulators In Chicago, "deal with the wholesome, npple-pic sort of cirl. Vamp films are languishing." Major Hamilton didn't throw his hat in the nir and cry that the world is saved at last and that the proper limitations of the screen have been fixed according to a standard of gingham and farmhouse kitchens and undi luted sweetness and light. That, however, is what he nnd a great many other censors seem actually to feel. We do not pretend to know whnt an apple-pie sort of ghl K Certainly she wouldn't be n Juliet and she wouldn't be a Cordelia or a Paula Tanqueray or yet a Cumille. All the good in this world doesn't go clad in ginghnm and nil bad men do not wear sIIk hats. Life is not ordeied in the way some of the censors appear to con eehe it. If a censor, worshipful exclusively of the apple-pie girl and the ginghnm motif in art, were to sit every day at the elbows of paint ers and plnj wrlghts and novelists what sort of art should we hao In the end? Whnt would English llteruture be like? Whnt would tho Hible be like if it were censored to meet the whims of those whose vision is ns narrow and whose nerves are as un healthily hensitho ns the more tulkatlve movie censor's? The movie iimkeis brought the censorship upon themselves Their Mns were conspic uous enough. Hut there are times when the punishment Usited on them beems almost too great for the crime. It ought to be possible to develop nn art of the movlng-pictuie screen thnt would be as dignified, as true to life and tho change less standards of pictorial and poetic beauty as the art of painting or written literature. Hut if the plajers nnd producers in the new world of the motles nre to be kept perma nently within limits established to conform to the understanding of provincial preju diced and untutored minds the bebt days of the screen nre already over. n , .. a.wo ,,11Ii"" dollars' worth of Coming Home American made goods in the To Roost possession of the A. E. F. were sold in I-'rnwe lifter the wnr nf greatly redimd prices. .Shrewd mer chants on the other side re now shipping them lii'ie Panicky muniifai'tuierH and business men seeing prlcis l educed ns n consequence are beseeching Congress to take action Reiuesentntive Grulium snjs the lnborer must work and the factories must run and Iu ..I'ier that thev mu do so u tariff of 111) per cent ad valorem should bo placed on tho goods which, under the I'nderwood hill, would otherwise come In free of duty. The consumer isn't saying n word. He would, ptebumiibly. rather work than eat. And, speaking of dumping, the people of Prance, in this particular instance, might n- -iniibly have made the first complaint It mil be thnt in the nutter of Silexin Frame has been chastened f()r ,0. own good. Now that accoid has been i cached on the tnx bill wc may expect to see the surtax BtxaDglsd. THE VICTORY MEDALS There Are 30,000 of Them Now In Process of Manufacture Only Half of Them Will Go to Pennsylvania Guardsmen The Reason Why By GEORGE NOX McCAIN PENNSYLVANIA, whose Bons crowned v" her name with Imperishable glory in the orld A nr, is nt length to recognize, In n measure, her debt of gratitude to them. Her own decoration, a Victory medal, is to be bestowed upon them. Other States have taken the same step months ago. The United Stntcs, In the bestowal of medals, ribbons nnd crosses, began the woik shortly after the war closed. It ii to be the old Nntlonnl Guards' own decoration. "DEN.TAMIN W. DEMM1NG tells me that - tho Victory mcdnls nre now In process of production. The sketch of the medal has been sub mltted.thc dies made and the work started. Mr. Detaining, who is n son of Colonel II. C. Demmlng, tho geologist, Is chief clerk li the ndjutnnt general's office. In a way he has tho .detail of the work in his hands. There will bo about 30,000 of them made and distributed. ADJUTANT GENERAL FRANK! D. BEARY passed upon the designs nnd approved them. They will be known ns the Pennsylvania mtory n,C(inI'' They will be of bronze. J lie medal Itself will bo one nnd three eighths inches wide. It will hong dependent from n ribbon by a Mctorin Cross English swivel. Llie ribbon will be attached to n bronze bar three-clghths of an Inch wide nnd one and three-eighths inches long. Heavy moire silk ribbon will be used, an Inch nnd n half wide. It will bo of the same texture as the United States Victory medal ribbon. In the center of the ribbon lengthwise will run tho colors of the Allies. The out side, or edge, will hnvo a bordor of Penn sylvania blue. HERE Is the official description of the bronze medal: .11.;.Sbvcf,0 w11' carry th8 head and bust o: William Pcnn in armor. Surrounding It will bo the words, "Penn sylvania National Guard." At the base of the body will be a Keystone with the letters P. N. G. On the reverse Is nn allegorical eagle flvlng from the shoro line of America to the aid of tho Allies in France. The figure 28 ap pears in a Keystone. There are ships on the sea, nnd nt the base a bmall model of the flag on a Key stone. rV THE 30,000 to be made, odd ns It may y seem, only about hnlf of them will go to Pennsylvania men. In nearly every State in the Union there nro i etcrans who will wear this decoration. . arc veterans nt "over there" nnd they fought with the Pennsylvania division nnd under its flag. This is due to the replacements. After the first shocks of bnttle the Penn sylvania Nntlonnl Gunrd began thinning out, and its losses were replaced by men from the selective draft. They came from everywhere. Practically one-half of the Pennsylvania Gunrd did not come bnck with the troops after the nnnistice. .iTh,'.8.fnct shows tllc tc'ble casualties In the division. Some companies were mustered out with ony n fraction of the originnl men. The Somerset Company, when it returned, did not hnvo an officer or private in it who left home originally for France. Mr. Demmlng refers to this ns one of the mobt remarkable episodes of the World War No other division in the United Stntes had any buch record of casualties. TN ALL the more or less disjointed . '"culrntions over the financial condition of the State, there is one salient fact that bus been overlooked. It hns to do with the future. Within n few years there will be demands thnt must be met for the maintenance of soldiers orphan schools on n scale never et attained. Those who recall the years following the close of the Civil W ar do not forget the re maikable grontn of these Institutions, then first orgnnized in the history of the Stnto A-VA-,0"' 8" thc cIlllt"n,' of the veterans of Ol-Oo grew up, the schools dwindled in their attendance. Then came the Spanlsh-Amcricnn Wnr. nnd once more they experienced n sort of rcjuvenntlon. Now come tho World War orphans. SOLDIERS' homes nlso will demand greater appropriations. The Legislature of tho present year passed two impoitant bills in this connection. Veterans of '01, who formerly figured largely on these boards of control, are pass lng rapidly. .Their bons of the Spanish War are taking their places. Amendments were pnscd to tho law of 1.SS.J, relating to homes for indigent nnd ills, ablcd soldiers, sailors nnd marines, for the appointment of three veterans each of the Spnnl-h-Ameilenn Wnr and the wnr with Germany on the Soldiers' Home Hoard. In like innnner two veterans of the World Wnr nnd members of the American Legion go on the Soldiers' Orphun School Hoard. Retter homes, better bchools, greater care more experienced teachers, better surround ings and opportunities In every respect will be thus Insured. T SHALL never forget the furor thnt was J- raised during the legislative session of lS5.ri, when the late Thomas V. Cooper, of Delaware Count, proposed un amendment to the Soldiers' Orphan School Hill that would haw permitted the Poor Directois of each county to remove tho children fiom the almshouses and put them in the sol diers' orphan schools. Thc Grand Army of tho Republic mndo just one protest. Hut it wns enough. Cooper dropped his bill like a hot horseshoe. It was offered in the mistaken interest of econoni for the counties. It would hne saved them some money, but it would hiiio pauperized tho soldiers' or phan schools. LONELINESS I SIT upon my lonely hill Above the little town Just nt the further edge of day When one white htar looks down. The huddled houses murmur boft, The drifting shadows meet, And little lights show ted and warm A-down the drowsy street. The slow stars gather while I watch; The houses, one by one, Put out their lights nnd go to sleep At Inst the day is done ! I sit, of all the town, awake So quiet thnt it seems The hill, the stnrry night nnd I Are frugiucnts of their dreams. Hut oh, I am not quite content To watch hero all alone To be of others' dreams a part And never have my own! Abigail Cresson. in the N. Y. Times. Not Yet Arrived rrom the Washington Star. The ear East is, as usual, In a slate of near peace. A Peroonal Application from tho Arli.inn.-u l)rfite We have never sunk to our neck In quicksand and struggled to get out, buttwe know the feeling. We have tried to get out of. debt, . . mmwfw wm m. m jy ..'raiw- - jlm jtj nr '-- jr,r --" ..". . n.i. NOW MY IDEA IS THIS Daily Talks With Thinking Philadelphians on Subjects They Know Best EUGENE G. MILLER On the Modern Hotel THE more intimate relation of host and guest that one time distinguished thc hotel hns given way to u more distant nnd businesslike relation, according to Eugene G. Miller, a prominent hotelmnn of this city. "There hns been a notlcenble change, even In thc last ten years," said Mr. Miller, "but the prevailing note is a more reserved, more matter-of-fact attitude on the part of tin public nnd a distinct absence of that good fellowship spirit that at ono time dis tinguished the hostelry. "Many events probably have conspired to bring about this change, but there is no question but that the greatest fuctor has been the ndvent of prohibition. "This hns affected the hotel in many ways. In the days gone by there was doubtless a small pcicentage of people who did not conduct themsclws ns they should in public places after drinking. But if nny one imagines thnt this has Been obviated by prohibition bo is mistaken. I frnnkly can sav that wc have more trouble today than w'e ever had before with this matter. People who never knew the taste of liquor before nre the ones largely affected and, when the adulterations used ure considered, it s small wonder that many people 'go off their head.' ,, , ., . "At one time we could control this mat ter. It was possible to nscett.iln when to call a halt. Hut today they come with It on their hip nnd concealed in every con ceivable way. They arc all ages, and doing it on the sly ns they do. the consume more thnn they would have In the old diti. Ihe old storv of not being allowed to do it thing nn,l rebelling ngnlnst it seems to be the case, ns most of the people nre of the type that would be absolutely above repronch. Hotels Hlg Losers "Tho sociability nnd good fellowship that used to distinguish banquets uie gone. Tho 'coiiie-nnd-get-lt-over-with' nttltude is one of the most striking results. That pro hibition has been a grent loss to the hotel, burdened with a great overhead, goes with out so ing. "One recent development growing out of this condition has been the giowth of tho cafeteria style of service. Quick service Is the thing that many seem to want now. "Music has been a growing teatuie of the hotel and just ns I believe thnt piohibition has come to stay for man joins at least, jiibt so has music come to be u peiiniinent fea ture of hotel life. Not bo many jenis ago HUMANISMS Ily WILLIAM ATIIERTON I)U PUV POSTMASTER GENERAL WILL HAYS has moved his desk right out in n big room fifty feet square and theie, on the days which he devotes to inleiviews, office-seekers. Congressmen, anybody can come and talk with him. While ono individual Is telling his story ho has constantly before him the fact that ethers nre waiting. It tends to keep him from staying over long. Those individuals who are waiting look constantly upon the man to whom they lime mine to talk. They know that he is right there talking to other men of ids kind and they oberve the approach of their turn. They know that they arc not being deceived or put off. They nre satlbfiod, pleased. The Idea beems to work. MTP I were allowed to select oue quality J- with which my son should be rndowed," Senator John H. Kemliick, of Wyoming, told me. "I would choose lournge, physicnl and moral. "The man who is without courage may get on under ordinary conditions, but even tually tho emetgeucy comts which requires that a man should be btunding by and ho falls. "It is btrange how quiet men of true courage usually are. I suppose their forces are held in reserve. "I have not met more than half n dozen men In my life who wcie of the. quality to be entirely satisfying to me and most of these were quite obscure." CopyrlKht, Hi til. liy Public I.rdr Co Chance for Nature to Improve I'roin Ihu Oilune l hum II. hi p lniiiur Noturo made a grave mistake when she provided for only n few weeks of sttawbeiry shortcake each year and salads Just any old day. "BUT TLL GET 'IMP trsa-MiSf NjfeS 1Ta SSH&&Z -. the hotelmnn who would hnve suggested mu sic ns a regular feature In a hotel would have been laughed to scorn by his col leagues. Hut it wns introduced, nnd today you will find laige crowds while the or chestra is playing gathering eagerly drinking in every note. They hear the world's best music pln.Msl by the best artists who can be obtained and they benefit by it nnd enjoy It. Dancing Also Popular "It hns not been more thnn ten years since dancing was first luaiigurnted In the hotel, but in that time It has caught hold of the popular fancy nnd there is no sign that it will ever wane as long ns people like to dnnce. In fnct. it is the nearest ap proach to sociability that) the hotel af fords. "I also find thnt just n little bit of en tertainment is appreciated by the late diner, just enough to stimulate him so that diuing does not become too perfunctory. Day of ".Mine Host" Passed "Tho dny when that fine, mutual spirit of hospitality that led to an exchange of courtesies between distinguished men and women nnd the hotelmnn seems to be past. The little manifestations of ndmtrntlnn and soclnbilitv, thc exquisite notes thnt followed, tho whole feeling of thnt something that begets delightful leminiscences Is apparently a product of another nge. "Plain business and n mnttcr of con venience seem to bo tho basis of prescnt dny relations between host nnd guest." What Bo You Know? QUIZ 1. What is the original menning of tho word demise? 2. Whnt noted South American patriot fought In the American Revolution? 3. Whnt Is another nnmo for tho sensitive plant? 4. Wlio wero the belligerents In the battlo of b'ninmls and wliat was its effect upon world history? 5. What Is the science of ballistics? 6. Whnt Is .i banderol? 7. Whnt forelun nations havo possessions In Morocco? 8. What Is a fantasia In music? 9. What Is a debacle? 10. What is a "pay sage" In painting? Answers to Yesterday's Quiz 1. Tho Scllly Islands .iro n Bin.ill n southwest-of England belonging to tho county of f'oinwiill. Tho name Is pro- group 11'JWIIV.L'll .Sill), 2. Artemas Wnrd was an American soldier and Jurist, who In May, 1775. soon after the outlueak of the Revolution. wiih appointed to the chief command of the Massachusetts forces, He con ducted tho siege of Boston until tho uriiviil of Washington and was in. i.olnud next In rank to Washington, but ws, forced to reHlgn at tho closo of 177Ij because of 111 health, 3 A purnph la a llourlBh utter a slunature as a precaution against forgery. 4. Paraphernalia Is from tho Greek word pheina." meaning dower. It originally ment articles of personal property hat the law allowed a married woman to keep and treat as her own. C A clerestory Is a part of u cathedral or other building with a. uerles of w ndowS or light openings above the aisle root G. Thomas Jefferson In his inaugural uddreBs warned tho nation ngnlnst contrseffifS "entangling alllanceS." Was", ngton's wee"" V'M "Ba""'t "wane nt 2l"! 7. George Canning was a celebrated English statesman and orator wlm iJ?,' ' Premier In is7 YJ. i ?. ''ecaino j i l un i in u s cied teil uiti. hnxing first suggested the germ of ' th! Monroe Doctrine to IJenJamin iUHh American Ambassador to UrJat UrVt': rso'uVKca vrlw species of htlly. dried and rn.rtal." ground. The name mnt ?iffvl,,i"Jr scribes thn gouid, or ' cnlab is i e ,le" which the decoc Ion w l?P' ' , fro!n drunk. Paraguay 'and Wrazlf a? !'", ,y chlif producers of mn.. . .'tt!.. -ho luting and nswmitlw iffcctn T.e .'"'v nre duo to ttx in,,.,. .... . .. " II nr,. ...:, """-'11 proportion of tttlU'lII fl lleuiuso of his Impetuosity ami ib, ,.,,, age, Clcuer.i Antlumj V, w,, c"1 known as ".Mad Ambon-. .. "J"" cour. us 10. An , 'idee, flxo" (Prencli for fixed Idea), i mnononSaanla."ttt Umlna,8s tto'U S . SfcffV UP ij&p vj SHORT CUTS Sober Second Thought may yet clarify the mil situation. Muscle Shoals sinews of wnr turn out to be torn tendons. Thc calendar Is now steering its bark towaid tho dog days. In the mnttcr of protection the motto of the Hoiihe Is never say dye. Leninc mnkes no secret of his willing ucss to bite the hnnd that feeds him. First thc law checks the bootlegger'i cache and then cashes his checks. There is every indication that the striking musicians arc due for a few blue notes. There is abundant evidence that Colonel Harvey is finding his ambassadorship a liberal education. Ford untl Hyinn nro now In ngrccmHt that cross-examination is designed to prove how little one knows. If all law-enforcing officers were lan abiding there would hnve been no need for the Stanley amendment. .That Japan should have acquired cjb icibin with Western civilization is perhaps due to Western civilization. Chicago store hns ordered girls tritk bobbed hair to wear nets until it groin. Gross interference ; net results. Thc Emergency Immigration Law is it least living up to its nnme. It provides I new emergency every few minutes. What gnlls the combine Is the fact that the Mayor is not onh a reformer but darned good politician into the bargain. Since the Riff coast Is tho one uncivilized spot on the Mediterranean, whnt paragraphia could refrain from referring to it as tM Riff-Rnir coast? Perhaps the Senate could hnve made I better job of the Anti-Heer Hill if It bid followed the example of some saloonkeeper and culled It "bee." It may bo definitely forecast thnt all til correspondents usslgnod to cover the ois armament conference will be strongly fin or of the open door. Spanish blockhouses, featured In tjj news in 1S0S, are ngoin appealing on tin front page In dispntches from Morocco. Which is strange, for a modern tank could squush them. The long drought Is threatening French crops. Fanners nre belling their cattle be cause they have not grass enough to few them. The Weather Man is further com plicating the muddle war brought about. "The captain of tho Alaska, the last man on board, is believed tn hove gone down with tho ship." Another slap at that liow old He that self-preservation is the first la of nntiite. Every day there Is proof & self-preservation bus to give place to ioti or duty or something equally compelling- Divorce is all right, remarked the Em phatic Idenllst, when n man knows when to tako It nnd when to leave it alone. J" trouble with too many men nnd women that they don't know when thoy ve ww enough. Hut there are too nmny hnrmiB' Imitations in the market to attempt to pro hlbit it. Hpltltiinllsts In London, B'tf '.'. 5 touch with the shade of Caruso, asked MB it he were not sorry to give up t he V'l thnt was his while on earth. "No. ' " plied, according to report, "for sliiglnK ' it Is known In the world is but n discordant noise compared to heavenly l'"rll-0.nl",. Which brings up the bitterly iolgn thought that some lesser souls thnn lurm hnvo to die to learn that they can t sH It may well be thnt In the matter o dealing with n foreign debt nn eminent banker, backed by n board of -M'"tH. 7"J make n hotter job of It if !'l'!,II,'l0lrtf'1n,:I Congress. Hut Congress, fnulty as t nw be, Ik the nearest approach to the y'lf?n,, the people available, nnd the people n' want to h.iM ii hnnd In what s jcoIp. . incspe.tlve f efficiency. That is one re sou why a growing Interest n i V vlslonB of the Penrose bill is hour enin Perhaps by nnd by tho populace wl" 5J to, ta fl-!"Mwd line on Juit nat u uitnaia, r f ,-,' ", . , vft)AlL,4 .JBS, ?"'" '-i-l . . two. mii. 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