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WOOD, PROVOST OR GOVERNOR?
WIIATliN Kit comes f the reported xclcc
lion of Major tirnl l.cnimid Wood
as Governor (ienernl of tip- l'hilippiiie, it
is hnrdl.t to be mi--I m ti'-l t lint his oci up-itn i
of the post would he to l he -:ihl'.n imi of
the piTKent Admiin ti'iti'ii in Wa-liiiiilmi
General Wi d is a tciccin m I'iulippiiii'
aflnlr,", and hi' ; i j u n i n t : 1 1 1 with t lu-tn litis
been intimnte reiiewed m the current tour
of inspection to which he lias been n-sicucd
in association with W. Cameron Kiulies.
Hut General Woods ai'coptntn e of the
rirovost.sliip of the i'nivcrsity of I'ennsjl
vanla, to take effect after Hie conciiiHion
of the island survey, was, so far in is
known, explicit.
The tdtuntiou is In some icspeets unusual.
Robert K. I.ee assumed the presidonc of
the then ratlter obscure Washington Col
lese, iu T,exingtnn. Vn . when his mililun
cureer was nl tin end, and then- was sanl
possibility of political pieferment.
Hut while plensi d t" Ilollnr Genei.il Wood,
the trusters of tlie I ni rr-it j nf Pcinisjl
Tnnia weie nvowedl icckoniiiK with his
reputation ns nn executive The Govern
ment, if it hn made the reported offer,
may be regarded as emphasising the.e iiinl
lfications in a disparate Held, with which
he has been i liieiU ntsocitiicd
Should tills miicli-soiight-nfter otlicinl
decide to reumin m the service nf the Nation
the I'nlversitv will resume contnet with n
problem that lias given it much concern since
the retirement cif )i Smith 'J'he.t the
lending iu.stituiioii of higher leaitiins de
serves the must inmpeteiit ieciitive oh
tainablp is a fnct that snould be innpirn
tionnl, nnci vet. in tliu event of nuotlier
hiatus, is liristtiiig 'vith dilliciiltie.
THE KLAN ARRIVES
RECENT astonishiiig hoiists luaiic In his
Southern stronshold hv tin: Supiemc
Grand, Wizard of the Ku Klu Khiu. one
Simmons, are being justili"d here. The
Klnn hns arrived l-'rom an oilic-e ai I'if
ttecnth nnd Waliiul streets it i setting about
the business of oryani.iiiK" the Stale. lt
representatives glildj lecite it- prnginms
and purjioses.
The Kn-Kliier nre t- "picitect the
IVC.lk " Sii we are fn slllie that the lav
of the Inml are for uriiniuentnl purpn-e
only. The) nie to "protect tlie Con-tit u
tlon nf the I niteel Slate- " There i noth
ing to inditaie that the Constitution i- m
the least clanger, and we nlwuv- hml -ui
posed tbut tlie Government w,i- i.cpial to
the task of protecting n-elf ami its instil, i
tion. The Kluxers nre "to uphold mer
icanism" In meaii- of t.u- and fciithei.
burnings inoli violence. Ivm lnin;s. the i.'
finnre of law and the e!alh!iinrnt of
religious lint reel
Theie are alwa;- people who re-pond to
the lure of proinifcil violence. 'I'lie aiithon
ties ma) lie uiialil" to deal with the profes
aionnl nrgnnb.eis of tioulde who have en
tered Peniisvlvniitii. Itut there :s n wav in
which these new propagandist- of Know -nothingism
mnv be dealt with in the t'lituie.
Wherever tlie tir-t night ridei appear t.i
cross the jinlli cif tin- cnnstituieil authori
ties thev should lie trnuipleil upon They
should be made to taK" a long and tliougln
fill look into the bisine- endi of tmnhine
guns operntecl in the iiiiiiic of tlie real law
lind real Amerlcnuism.
POOR OLD BILL
THE forlllel Geiliiiin Klll-ev
OUt niillieograplli'd letteis to
tot rharitv nnnoriKini; that In
to go to the relief of the needv
Elzes for the mill grn plied leiiei
i -ending
a)iplii'aiits
i- too poor
Me npido-
.xplniiiing
that hi- fund- nre so 1, tinted that he lm
to resort to thi- foim of epiHiolni.v noun
He receive- hjs im-oini' in Gerinau lunrK
At the present rate of cMdiange in Holland
twent)-live ninrKs aie worth one int,i
Sllilder. Ileiluceil lo the Ainericnn ttindnid
this means that !-ll '.'." m German ihuih
is worth fnrt cents in llofhnil '
But if a depreciation in tin. mlie ot lm
marks wan the mil) thins winch troubled
Wilhelni he would he happier tit. n he i
today. Not out) hiive hi- uinrlis ilepiei mted.
but the value ctf his i ova! Mood hns folic n
ho low that it is not woiih ninthim; in ihe
markets of the world.
He has nut rt linen in ragui d he fore
any established trthunnl in answer foe hi
offenRe, but he i- -uffenut; a puiii-hiiicm
which i
tribunal
heavier than anv whic
i -in h a
could iniln t on 1 1 1 1 ; i
LEGAL ETHICS
Attoknk gi:m:i:ai, iai ghkuty
is asking (Vngie-s to pa a law fm
bidding former Government emplovis and
oillcers fr on pioseeuting claim- ngnin-t tin
fovcrnmeiit until thev hnve hen out of
iofliqe nt least three jears.
This is aimed at the law vers who open
Offices In Washington after the; hnve left
the. Gnvernmf nt service nnd solicit hnsiurs
from clients who have grievance against it
Mr. Wilson, it will be remembered, at
tached himself to n W'.-iNhinglnn ljw- Jinn
vben be left the While llnitse, nml Mr.
Lansing bail not been out of the Suite lie
partmrnt wrv long before hi- name nppmrcd
on the nthee door of nnolher Washington
law firm These are two notable recent
instances of n custom which has In me
Common
The Attorney General insists iimt his re
QUCfct for legislation is not aimed nt an.v
particular liuliv hlunl, but that he iliiiik'n
it i llliwlse to allow the piesenl eoildlllnus
to continue I'nder Ihem it is pn ihlc for
K man with confidential information to leave
office nnd ine that uiformatioii in pm-ccnt
lajc sil)t ngainsi the Governini-tit
The OllStOUl to vvhuh he oi;e, t- ,s ,lt
iincommnn iu pntnto businiss. r.awvcis
fho Innve been in the emplov of one hug,.
i t "(rpraJioii littto been known to accept pi.
i,AitRH''f'rom a tnnipetiii!r cnriiorntiou am
1 W-iUu,! I V..AflA.. M.,t...l ll.lu
l.iiieii-1 teMlliri, VI1VIC llnilCC I
'tWHstamo is tlint ffv
prominent member of the Pcdornl judiciary
who, when in private practice, dicvv lit '"'
charter of n manufacturing corporation
which louses Its pioduct. He was also one
nf the directors of the corporation. Not
ver.t long after tho ronipnii.v begun to openite
under its charter this lawyer Ivgini to nt
tnel; It in tlie rourls on tlie groimtl I lint
It ns violating the nntl-trnst laws, ltut
he vn not noeied of vlolntine im of the
principles of tegnl rtbliw. niul whenhe a
nntninnteil to the Kodernl beneh he vn mil
llrmed bv the Semite in which there lire
tmiti.1 lii.cr.
All Hint the Attoniej (ieiienil i illiliR
I" tlint n luw be passed tthicli lmll pie
vent ii man who ha-" been an nltorney for
the Coveinment from b imins nn nttorney
iiKain,t the (loternnieiit mi twenlj -four
InuifH' notice. We slinll xooti Know ulint
the Inn.tcit in Coiisre think of lii plan.
WHAT WILL FOLLOW AFTER
THE FAMINE IN RUSSIA?
A Bewildered Country, That, Through
Hunger, Will Get Its First
Glimpse of Democracy
Ql'CIl aiitl-Sovlcr propaganda as Western
- nations, including the I'mird Slates,
might iniike of the present famine in Uu
sla and the general work of relief would
be siiperlluniis. The fuels of the situation
will speak terribl) enough and eloquently
enough, even to tlie bewildered Russians
themselves.
It is a poor sort of Government that niii-t
tuin inai'liiiie-guiis on people whom II has
brought to starvation, a poor -oil of polit
ienl theorv that makes siudi wild nlternativiw
necessarv or even tolerable Mm cover, the
demand uiaelc upon Western e iviliatlmi is
too solemn nnd too tragic I" be confused
with anv otln'i motives than tho-c in-pirecl
In pitviii'; forbeaiiilp e and a ciiih rn for
the i- minion ii-i ds cif common hiiniiiintv
It i heme -aid that the failure of the emps
and the con-ecpieiil suffering and di-n-lcr
will not weaken ih ntrnl Soviets. I'eople
who aie sending tlint news from the Rus
sian borders seem to have forgotten that
the food shortage in Russia is due very
largely lo an attempt of the farmers the
vast majorit.v--to starve the Mo-cow dic
tatorship out of existence,
Mnl) jcHtcidny I.enlne was threatening
to turn gunlire on I lie farmers because of
their tefii-al to "co-operate with the pro
letarian Government." I'mler normal con
ditions theie would be enough food in Rus
sia to (IT-et crop failures due to drought
over a limited men.
Famine ha- broken down the wall which
l!edslii'ist leadeis have mnnageil to set up
between the plain people of Russia and
the plain peoples of the outside1 world And
i be scene thus icvealed is viviel with iionj
To the heart- of nations, which the) ealhel
lo'iirlle-s. the Soviets have appealed for
help niul help i being sent to them ijunli
ties of ilemocrntle civilisation which tlie
Couitimni-t- have elerided mo-t bitterl)
Wctein talents for oignnizatlon. We-lein
goodUearteclne-s. Western abilit.v to do large
thing- epilckl). Western liulustr) - are the
epialities ihai alone I'aii nave- the Russians
from a catastrophe largely of their own
making
The Governments which the Sovieteer
have e ailed emi-i iemele-s tiirneel nr a vvorel
from their own ciioimotis ta-k- lo help
people- who. in a supremo i-ri-i- nileleel a
new weigh; lo I heir almost intoleiable bur
dens And vet tlint I- how 'he pent
victories are won The patient are nlwavs
victorious Machine-gun- and furtive
propaganda have not been getting the natiom
nii'.wlnii'. though thev hnve been used with
unpnrallcled lnvisbness iu iccent veins. Wars
made upon Soviet Ru i.i under one pre
tense or niivthcr bnve bem invariablv futile
au'l in nio-t intiiii-es unjust Hisgiace
and failuic vi-ired eveiy one who partlei
paii'.l in ileal heinii-e fliev were win- for
e:p;oiiation. Tlie Ru inn- havi a light
to -el up nil) -"'it "f government thev
want. Unlv becau-e tin nn drifting
masse-, a- blind l" tin- logo nf orgaiii'.ecl
government and tin1 re-poiisjbilitji - of fne
eloiu as ibildriii in a niir-crv. ,"n(l Olltl ac
tive Couimuiii-ts have luaniigeil in keep
control .if n ntr) "f IMl.tliHl.tliili
Tin' end of Rii-siaii coiainiiiil-m is in -iglit
Ami Russian- are in a way t" I. am what
demncraiie pr.n-ti mil the dem 'atic
cnilscieiH c are like
HooviT known to them ns the ruthless
tool of nithles capitalists I- the man
who was first to begin the organi7.atioii of
relief work 'n the famine area- The d' -iio
of Western peoples to help Ru ill in
tin- iMiicigi'inv i- the outgrowth of trndi
lion.
f civdi.atioii. which Soviet- vvorkul
iv'i rriiui' t" distiov hven liefme In
Bine tlint American nrisnncrs wouhl he
was
i e-
leased bv the Soviet Government Hoover
set the mnelmierv of lelief Itl ino'loli We
have b-i-ii hearing a great ileal nb nit th ,,
pri-micis but not epiite i-iiougb. Hue. tlie
vmilig vvninnn release el through the gnoel
Iitlies.- ot Si untor Trance, admitted that -he
bail been in fii-mllv couimunicatioii with
counter ii'vnliiiinnists. Anotlier. wim ha-ni-t
readied lliebordei. entered Ruia with
iinieral Wrnugel. All that i- aside Rut
it i- enough to show that we in tin- pan
of the worlil have- iiiiii h to learn about the
-line of affairs in Ruia
Wlia' Russians ne.'d is time not curses
nnd abuse ami inva-imi unci lh.it '"it ..f
thins Tlie vb lures that nail' rnduie
in-, being won in place- like ii'iimi and
Gumnii) and the Near Pai-t. w In re Amer
i.-ans I. live been conieiH to ib, g mil, in b"
gene'ro i in ipiiet, In look In mini the mi
uiecll.ite liiiiiu't and n gnire I In nhligntmu
of one (ivili7ed man to niiothcr in nil-fortune
SollU' elm III the lillurc t!l" people
f the I'tiiteel Slates will be iiliiayed to
know the number of friend- then intry
ha- in the far plan's of the earth anil the
extent to which inn oiinti'd inillmtis in Ki
rope and even A-in would niPinslv go to
serve the illtt teste of till- llltlll that thev
neM-r saw nnd us p"i..le who. bv nn-i h
being lusi ami ge i" rod- to -iiange it- pimid
thai e iviliaiinn is umre than a term of
diploiuiie v
'YOUR PRESENCE IS REQUESTED'
Till', ell-patch ot the c mfiii lice inula
Imii . fimii tic Government of the
1 lilted Stales to tin Gnverumenl- of Great
Britain. Pianu ImIv and .lapnn con
trlbllll's rile ieipill!e teen ll of f ril'lllll H t i lo
a niovunent oi iginalin'; in ivliai perhaps
lull) I"' ea'leel II lieu gan l.eel public opinion.
The American public, wiihout ili-inictioii
of parlv. ha- iiiuiuestioiiablv been disturbed
bv the paradox of pence' piofession nnd
gignntie nnd costlv iri'paratioiis fur wnr
Senator Itornh a- in-l rium ntul in ervs.
inllinng 'his geii-'nl eiiniiieiil but Ins
oiiginal disarmament progiain wa iimor
oiis. iu thill it sought to oju luele from the
pat bv the verv epie-tmns upon which cop
e cried uciion iu ilisnrming vunllv elepemN
Tin- eb feci wn strai-rhtforwnrdl lem
eelieel bv tin' President in Ids call for eon
sielirulion of Pneitii ami l-'nr Kn-tcin piob
Iciiih The sjifnl hand of See relnrv
lliiglies is unmistakable in prm ceilings
which linve iiiaele it ehnr thai the uivitn
tion to face franklv some vexe-d ipiestioiis
will be ciltegii.'lcallv lli'eeplcd
llidei'd frecin the outset expert nnd highly
professional diplmuai has been iiianifesied
lle-pite ipialms or fen is. whuh an. nut n m.
ami .In pa n in partli'ular. mnv t.r ,nier
lllllieel. lilt nllllospliere of e o iipe'iitliin hn
been cstnbliHlied The iiritiuli p.osrani of
iiii'Ilininarv ennferenees at lionie has been
I .,.,, Hit' ,Olltllei I'll Jlllf
nine iruiini; ...,. .,,,.,,...
- IInlf-faniic.n!en Uk
ourteoiisiy counirieu nu is now (iiscniiieu.
postponement have
i
been adroith set nslde. 'Mie appropriate
dale -of November 11 has beeii fixed, nml
the question of ncccptnuce by the interested
pnrties Is no longer one for the least anxiety.
The elegancies of international diplomacy
nre now In motion The difficult and del
iente Initial work has been ndmlrnblv ac
complished. The present nulhnritntlve cast
of tin? situation is nn augury of success for
mi enterprise concerned with civilization's
utmost need '
MORE HAGGLING OVER GAS
SCGGESTItlN for solving tbc gas
' problci
in Is belter than that made by
tlie Mnjor. It Is that there be a confer
ence between tlie gas compuuv on the one
liiinil, and tlie Cit.v Solicitor, leprcsentlng
the Mayor, ii committee of the City Council
and tlie Gas Commission on the other baud.
The Weglein plan for the appointment of
a jiominittco of the Council to prepare n
plan and polli v for developing the gas
works, approved b the Committee on rub
lie 1'tllities .vestcidn). is defective in tlint
it is based on the assumption that the
Council can do the work without assistance.
If the committee were directed to enter
into conference with all the parties involved
the Wt'sicln plan would be so much like the
Mayor's plan that it would not be ras.v
to distinguish between them.
Three other gas ordinances considered by
the Committee on Public i'tilities were re
ported without recommi'iidatieitis. tine was
Mr, Wcgleln's proposition to keep the price
of gas at !?1 a thousand cubic feet and give
to the gns company eight) -seven and one
half cents of this anioiiut instead of ".event)
live, which it now receives. This plan is
indefensible because it is based on nothing
better than a guess.
The second ordinnnce, proposed by Conn
c'llmnn Develln. directs tlie Ma.vor to engage
the Gas Commission to prepare a new form
of contiact with the gas compati). This is
just ns defrclive as (he Western proposal
that a committee of tlie Council shall setiln
the gas policy for Hie city
Councilman Roper's otdinance. the third
reported without rccommcndntioii, nierel)
extends the period during which the .".'iO
British thermal unit is to be tiseel as the
standard of quality. There is justification
for tills, ns n compromise to continue until
the larger issues involved in the relation of
the gas company to the city have been
settled.
The wny out of the whole mess is sn
simple tlint if is difficult to understand why
the Council hesitates to take it. All that
is necessary is for the parties in interest
to get togcthei ami agree on what is to lie
done Tlie gas compnin is willing The
Gns Commission stniuls ready to do an)
thing asked of u. the City Solicitor will
enter the conference as the- representative
of tlie Mnvor. The Council alone holds out.
UNCONVINCING PARTISANSHIP
S
ENATOR P.VI HARRISON, of Mis
sissiiioi. has seen tit to direct a snr-
cnstlc attack upon Ills Republican colleagues
for their ignorance "f the negotiations now
said ito lie under wa.v between tho 1'uiteel
State- and Geiman.v He has expressed
ironical surprise at the alleged secretive
methods of ihe State Department nnd has
asked for lufoi million coiicerulns the Sen
ate's neat) milking piovlncc upon which mi
much emphasis was laid during the Wilson
Admiiiirtriition.
Rut. while the Inquisitive Mlssissjpnlnn
ma) he comfoiting Ins soul by allusions to
lim-scs of another i olor and shoes fitted upon
oilier feet, the humor which he has assumed
will hurtllv bear logical analvsis. The Ev
iculivehas a constitutional light to negotiate
a treaiv or an under-landing with Germany,
secietlv or openl), as lie see tit.
A- it was childish and ab-urd for the
Semite in rave bce-ause every convi'rntinti
connected witji the making of the Ticnty
of Ner-ailb's wii- not filmed through a
niegaohoiie. -o it I" eipmllv ridiculous to
complain eef the methods which Mi. Hughes
is now npplvin;: in ihe Gi rnian situation.
Th" liemocr.'its will not niel their cuse b.v
imitating offenses of which thev formerly
complained Ionbt cast upon the President'-
nbilitv to frame cither per-niiallv or
thioiigh Ins icpie-eutativi'- a tieatv. upon
which the Si'ii'ite will Inter be privileged
to pn-s. I- rot. no matter in which political
camp it oiigmates
ANOTHER TATTERED-ENSIGN
TUT, sister Slates nt ilngoii arc inclined
tn sMupnthiie wiili her in her appeal
foi the pie-ervntinn nf the illn-ti ions old
htit'Ifship which hems In i name.
Tlie sturdv but far from -peeih vessel,
whnh Captain Clark pies-n in the utmost
of h"i uipaeitv in rounding South America
in ls'.is iu lime for valorou- pnrticipntioii
in the sea tijlit of Santiago, is not yet
quit"' M" Velieiullle n Was the "Collstitll
linti" nf the time when Oliver Wendell
Holmes' Ivie snved hei fiom destruction.
Pelt the Oregon, a pntinui' memorial toda.v.
hid- fair, if iinhninirii. to me an equau.v
fnmoii- relic. The patho- of
distance will
mine to gild In-r
intinisicallv tine
achievements.
The Suite wim Ii t- In r ep
onlv requested puss ecn of
t.iiitli-tiin. hut bus a-ked the
iinvm has nor
l In- outuiodeel
Tceleral Gov-
..iniiii'iit tn sutmlv a peisoniiel for her. nnd
to bear the cpenes of Inn upkeep
Senti-
ment here e'onlln'ls somewhat
perlllK'Utly
with piacticnl I'onsieli rations
If the State of Orecjun is really anxioi!
to lis. ue the historic cinfl from the junk
pile the willingness i,, pa; for her deliver
ani'c would tend i I'oiiflrni tlie intensity of
expiesse.el emotion- 'lb" illtltilelc of the
PnciJii Commoiiwialtn -uggesls certain
.i.i,.tn,-" of a ineiiiorable excursion who
wept tcai- 'if I"'
cfll-l' .1'
'n beholding tlie
I.aKe of Galilee
ami ini'i
ba'keel indignantly,
upon its hallovveel
ill the co'l of
waters.
a vnva"-
Spanish bulls have become loo pacilic tn
make bull lighting at.ia.t.v.. says a Span
inrd newlv nrnv-d in New ,i He should
Interview the binml on exhibition eilne--elnv
in Ihe norlhea-iei'i -ci'imi of tins city.
The wliiiiei c.f the linil heat in the
inoforbont champimi-iiip of the Great Lakes
aclieve.l n speed of -evenly -six mile- an
hour. The Rihiilou- line nu such a boat
sboiiiel be invaluable in the In h busines-
That Germnn "reparation" hns phases
elnsplv ipseiiihling nggiession is evidenced
bv the fact that Grmnn mei chants nre
driving tl"' trade of the I alieel Suites out
of South America, parric'ilnr'v Argentina
and Rrnyil
When the I Msnruinmi nt Confeieni'c do.
cnles lo reeluee competitive naval nrinnment.
I which I' eeuiblh-s will) lln'ie will be im
mediate rcilll7.nl ion everywhere of ihe fact
thnr Ihe nnvie- of the wmld nre alreneh
quite large enough anv how. nml what thev
need is to be supplemented with nliernfl.
As an Italian siea passed thoStniuo
nf l.llcellv tl scvellU'i ll-vi'lir-olel -tlllll'nl of
sculpture fell to bis knee- on the deck and
praved iluil lie might -tiuic dny he able to
tundiicc such a masterpiece tvith I.lberlv as
its motif Speaking off hand, we should sa.v
that tlint youngster has in him the making
of a g I America u
We li'iiiu fimn ihe new-, lust, that the
stniii- of Ru-sian famine are exaggerated;
ami sn nnd, that ihe mini- along which
-tnrving people aie migrating are literallv
sprinkled with the bodies of children We
deduce from this tlml at Im-i koiiic children
nre dying of hunger, and that fact alone
shutild be enough to hnsten rUpt
AS ONE WOMAN SEES IT
Some New Angles on the Landlord
and Tenant Question, With Faults
of Both Parties Pointed Out
y SARAH 1). l.OWHIK
THE president of n hospital board wns
laughing rather ruefully over n letter
that be had received from the undergraduate
nut-sen complaining of the smallness of their
bedrooms nml the meager provision mnde for
them to receive visitors.
He had just returned from a visit to his
son nnd daughter, both nt big. notable board
ing schools. ,
Thc.lioy hlept in n cubicle a screened -off
part of a donnllorv -just large eiiwiigb to
acenmmndnte his bed. one chair and a chest
of drawers. Part of his duty was to keep
this room clean and tlie bed mnile.
The girl's room was somewhat larger, but
she shared it with another girl, nnd as the
school required uniforms of the simplest
t)pe, nil the other dress belongings nf the
girls were kept in lockers In a general store
room, to which the owners had access only
by special permission. The girls school re
quired no housework from the pupils, hut
the hours when they might see visitors were
restricted to certain dn.vs of the week, nnd
even then required special permission.
In appointments and general living pro
visions the schools hail less to offer outside
the library, schoolrooms, chnpel, assembly
hall and mnstcr's reception looms than the
hospital.
In one case the parents were paving for
tlie tuition of the scholars at a minimum of
S1000 a ye,ar each and ncceptitig the plain
ness of the fare nnd the mengeiiiess of the
living conditions mid 'the general helpful
simplicity of the dnil) program as whole
some and health) and In keeping with con
centrated study and good drill. In the other
case the nurses were' paving nothing for
their schooling, but being supported, nnd
were paid enough to cover their expenses
for uniforms, meals out. etc. They were
being fitted lo earn mi their graduation any
where from $:i(l to Sl.'i a week and insured
certain perquisites as aluninae of the bos
pitnl school, cine when ill being not the
least of these. Yet the) complained to the
president of wlint his son ami daughter were
iieceptlng as pnrt of the game of being
educated.
T Tl
1 st
THOPGHT of tlint incident, which was
still fresh in mv mind, when I listciieel
to n lone nnd fierce invective against land
lords from a woman who has done miiMi to
agltnte for better laws in Pennsylvania con
trolling tenement houses nnd for rented
houses in general. No doubt If an.v land
lord attempted to establish a svslem of
cubicle sleeping ipiurters such as are used in
many of the up-to-date bovs' schools in this
country anil in England, he would be pro
tested out of the business, yet the ventila
tion and the morale of the long dormitory
divided by partitions si feet high into
minute single rooms is heller ami the nil'
is better and the ccmiomv of floor space and
of light is belter than if those looms were
each twice as large and imiipleted up lo Ihe
i ciling.
There is an outer) about lack of deceni'.v
when more than one faniilv has to share a
common lavafor.v . bin sleeping cars and
boarding schools are iml the only well-paid
public utilities where thl- is the rule.
A 7'
-rl litt
TRIENI) of mine ha- -ome doyen nneient
tie stone onttnges ecu the outskiits of
the town which she Inherited with the sur
rounding fnrni from her grandfather. The
bouses have no plumbing, and for water a
pump between cadi two, their walls bulge
and their yard steps -ag. tjie farm owing
to the encroaching citv is no longer colli
vatalile, the old country roads have turned
to clny ditches and tic oil) streets have not
yet been paved that far.
Tlie-e houses transgiess soveral of i In
city housing laws in more tlnni one par
ticular An) anient reformer could iclate
a story that would make the owner droop
her bend for taking nione.v for such "sinks
of disease." Rut what are the facts on her
side? The tenant- are' tlie same tenants that
have iini'oinplaiiilnglv paid the small rental
for the l.'l-t tweiil) years and more, a lentnl
that nets the owner on the a c mcni about
'J per cent. Moieover. In the Inst venr- of
prosperity, with im coercion nnd no raising
of the rent, these renters nre gradual!) pur
chasing tlie houses on a ver.v easy install
ment plan.
Meanwhile the gradual approach of lln
i ii v ha- as .vei mil) plnved hnvoc with the
property. Taxi's weie raised, with no value
to show for the raise. Sewers we're dug anil
ihe owner eliniged, with no possibility as yet
for sewer connections. Gas mains nml
water mains weie cmried through and
charged for. vvitli as yet no possibility of
gas or of water being available for the ten
ants Indeed, the digging for the mains
made two of the old wuicr wells mu elry .
which neccs-nared allesian wells an ex
pense' of a linger output than Ihe combini'il
rental- of tlie houses biought ,ln. If the
ptopcity is -old now the tenants will be no
belter citl . if il is held until the citv aiiii
nll) plan's waiei and gas ami a trolley line
within leach, hoii-es adequate for the pres
ent leicii'is would be inadequate for more
convenient mnl hence more expensive con
lit ions.
THERE is no qiiesiiiiii now of tlie landlord
exploiting the poor. A - per cent piofit
on an investment I- not exploitation, ami
lli'Me never was nnv question of II "get
vie ii -quick" si heme It is a question of
vni'ting for better times for the owner;
meanwhile tlie renleis like ihe tumbling
down little pines so much and ieeognie
their (mutual value so well thai the), too,
are holding on. and where ilny can scrape
the money mouth bv month they an- Inlying
them m Yet n picture of this pioperu
Mould be -in "Exhibit A" in a lecture on
tlie i'v il- nf bud bmis'iig.
T HAPPENED to
JL in this column
ini'iition some time ago
a liouse in an old niul
ililnp'dated pnrt of the city tliat was one of
live on a con it a luuie w it limit pliimbing.
preepcr lighting "r air spnc- where n sick
Hid it I knew lav dvlug of tuberculosis.
pojnteil out that these tenants could hnve
sued their lnndlotd, or that the citv could
make Ii I in fulfill the conditions laid down In
law. Mv ft lend whom I vsltedjii that court
sent me word thtif it was true they could
probnhlv do what I Mini, but not only were
ll.e reins very low bill Iu nt b'.'isl one cn-e
a woman wns allowed m slay on In one
house without paving ient. She hail been
evicted from her former home when her hu
bniul a eoloieel -ohliei - was Killed, niul she
had come Into the Intl.- vacant house on the
court anel I n pel milted to stay vvitli lU'ailv
n whole venr'- lent due. while she wailed
foi the Government to pav the man's in-ur-n
nee. Well. Hint's the other side of it!
111
ill Association are both doing a much
needed work- the one in its nltempf to move
the Legislature bv lousing public opinion
about conditions and the other in bettering
conditions bv a series nf object lessons to
piove i Imi well built, sanitnrv, -ensihlv
renovated bouses pay a reasonable per cent
nn anv Inve-tment. little or big, In ceitalu
crowded pints of the town
These, (nee, have solved the problem of
how to insuie their agents being honest nnd
kind niul jul to both owner nnd renter, for
tin. -ysteiu of real ciillecfions (lev heel bv the
(ii'tnvtn Hill Assncintiou is ndinirnhle and
up to dnle.
The newer association, which has devised
sonic spectacular assaults of too firmly in
it em lied mmiev making laiidloids hns a
series of lei Hide ami trill pictures In Illus
trate the evils that il is organized to coin
bat Thev have a difficult task, ami one
honors them for their tenacious eiithuaiasin
In ilghi " deep seated a wrong. Tor not
milv aie suiiie landlords hogs, many tenants
nre nl-o hog- And these last far nut num
In r the landlords Thev like In Wallow ill
a trough of nocuinulnlecl lenvlngs.
Sd'iieK hns an eloquent defender in Ed.
ward H Mnrrdl. UN stroiicei't advocate,
however. Is thoi 1nstlti"tlve district nf the
denth nennlty exist Ins in the. popular mind.
'rr ..'si-',i2mv:'s: ' -rr
v-fwJjWs5i5rS"!
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NOWMYJDEA IS THIS
Daily Talks With Thinking Philadelphians on Subjects They
Know Best
REV. ORLANDO T. STEWART
On Church Workmen's Compensation
npilE Workmen's Coiupeii-atioti Act which
-- provides payment for ,injuiies to derg.v -men.
orgiini-ls rt'nd -cxlons, is a gond olee-e nf
legislation In tlie opinion of the Rev . Orlando
T. Stewart, executive secretin1) of the Rap
list I'lnon for Philadelphia ami v!oinitj
"Although ihe recent ruling of the Workmen'-
Compensation Itonul." said Dr.
Stewart, "made the application to workcis
of the above cln-s specific, inanv congrega
tions had alreadv ice agnized the Intent of the
act and had made proper provision- for them
by insniing them against sue h risks as tliey
would run ii. the course of their avoi-K.
"It is true lent Ihe cleig.viuan due's not
run as mini) or as gieat risks as mini) others
who come under the ruling of the Workmen's
Compensation Act. Among insurance men
they are legnnfeel as pteferred risks and
generally the into of Inteiest that will have
to be paid mi their policies is le-s than in
many others.
Some Element of Risk
"Rut i hey do lake smne chances, never
theless. Tlie average minister has In talk
mole than a lavvver nnd visit nunc people
within n given time than a plivsu'ian. lie
does use hinfself up ill 111- public inldieses
and inns e'xtin risk of injury due to the
great amount of lime he ha- to spend going
about from place to place Among the
thousands of visits lie makes tlicic ate man)
places wheie he Is subject lo the dangers
of contagion from disca-cs
"The I'lergyman is subject lo mil ti t mil I v
during twenty-four bonis of the day. He
is at work whether nl home, in eluiredi, on
the street or in the homes of his pnrlsluotiers.
Even when lie is away be i- vniually labor
ing for his cotigiegatloii.
"The law -ays Hint a woikman is eligible
for lonipen-iition during the hours that he
employed. The workman who labors iu a
shop whoie he is exposeel to open niachinerv
and the, like, or in any other wav iu which
Ids duties stnctly can be eh tiued and ion
tineil to a rerlaiti time and place, of course,
is not t,( lie paid for injuries inciuroil before
e miiiiig to work in the morning or after leav
ing hl place of employment at night.
"Some mnv argue that tlie vvoik of a
cleigyinan does not e ome under the lead of
business lint when vou consider that
tint 11 little of Ills activities mil-l be devoted
lii tin1 financial problems nf the chinch, and
that with hi- limited sinrv he mnnnges
lee care for himself and ei-unllv n wife
nml fnmilv. It strikes nn- that he cannot be
accused of being lolally outside the field of
business.
1 What Do You Know? '
QUIZ
Wbnt wan the I'.mlilf ' : innt "
Wlwu eliel tlie first t lem. nts of the Anvrl-
nn Arm) niilve Iu Fiance in the
World War
When was lb" first passenger railroad In
the Culled Stales beuuii and what wns
the name of the mllioail'1
Where Is Uunn' mule ami wliv Is It
famous?
Name two plays bv Christopher Marlowe,
What Is a rll-mlnon"
llnw eliel the cravat get lis n.-line'1
What Is meant bv the jeunesse eloree"?
llnw should the phi as, he prninniiiccil ?
What Is lii'l nf an animal Is n sasln"
1"
Answers to Yesterday's Quiz
1 A di'lilise is a liain-fti m i niiv cv mice of
an estate ot Ihe trniisfei of a crown or
snverelgntv In n gianililoquem sense
ihe word Is a synonym of chat rightly
used of the death of o mverelcn
,' Kcnnceseo Miranda a 'e iiezuelmi' ami
one of the liberators of South merlea
perxed with the Tieneh in the Ameri
can Itevolutioii
". Mlninsn Is nnotlii'i iiniin for the .sonsliive
plant.
1 Th" naval battle of Salamis wan fought
opposite the Island of the same nanu
iu the Soionii' Gulf, whhh inelenls the.
shoies of Gnece. in ISO II c -,
seveie defeat Inflicteil bv t. GieeUfi
upon the I'eisliiiis virtnniu eleiennlncd
the liulepeinlem developinent or Km one
and m.l iked the dnunfull nf rirlent'il
doinlnaiion
r, ItalllstleJH Is the sclenci- of piojrci ,,H' nf
liurllng power.
fi A baiideml Is a long nairow fine' with
a rleft end, flown at a innslhead Ii iH
also n rlblioifllUe seroll Iu aiehlteciu,.,
and an ornaiuciit.il slrinmee m .,
knlgbi's lame - '
7 Spain lino i-ianee nnve linsnossiuiiH
Moroce o
In
S fantasia i a musical
e oniposliinn in
w lilch tlie rm m Is sqiis
lei enl t . f ....
deharle is 'Uiginally a huak no of I,
In a rlvei a smith n riHi nr ,
cm rung stone' and nth., (( lt , - '
llizllrnlivn dense the ,.r.l .i ,. "
nisb
.7';: ".'.,, ;...,..",. -"nu. s n
10. Tho term, p.i) saga Iniininiiiig aimllni tn
r rural scene, n latielsenne o. c , '
scat painting In gunerul. "na"
DRY .
,'"i5 Vv-.
"Also, it must be considered tlint n mall
congregation b.v the time it has pnid n
minister's salary, provided for n sexton and
rgnuist( paid running expenses and attended
to various other benevolences has not ver.v
much left for any other purpose.
"There is one consideration that makes n
grent difference tn the clrrg.vmnn. That Is
Ihe clement of M'lf-iespect. Theie is no
dniiht that wiilmut such piovisions thjc
average' congregation would take care of its
spiritual leader. Itiu he should not be put
iu the postion of having a bit of charity
performed for him. Such Compensation should
be provided for him and should be his bv
right
"He .should not hnTe tn worry nhoiit the
matter of his material .support nnd comfort,
but should have tli.it assured, so t)mt lie
would he free to concentrate ills nttcntion on
the important vvm-k tlint he lias in hand.
Consider the Sexton
"Tlie organist and the sexton and other
cliurc huicn al! desi'ivc coiiNiderniioii in this
mal l cr.
"Their sliuallmi Is dlffeient from that of
the clerg.vmaii anil tlie amount of time which
they give varies widely . Rut they are all
performing their important part in a vvoik
I hnl is of impoitauce to the community nnd
their sei vices should be lecognized nceord
Inglv. "If one of tlie-e i- Incapacitated, he should
be secure in the knowledge t lint bis work Is
going on uninterruptedly and that hi- con
gregation is not .compelled to pay for tho
services of Mime one else during that pei-iod.
The State owes them that much.
"'So. it is pleasing to note that tlie Work
men's ( 'ouipi'tisaiion Ron rd has sensed this
phase of the question as accurately nnd
justly as n Im-. niul bus put itself officially
on recoid to thai effect."
HUMANISMS
P.y WILLIAM ATIIKKTOX HIT TUY
WILLIAM A IIRADY. heail of the na
tional association of the motion-picture
indnslrv. It Tin and
lli.it his life ha
stages. theatrical pi mincer, says
been made up of three
Thde wn- the lirst stage when he shone
hi the glory of having been the discoverer
of .Tames ,1. Corbet t.
Then there was ihe second s;age in which
much t enow n came to him as the hushnml
of Grace Geoige.
And now. finally, a new da) hns dawueel
upon him when lie shines m the effulgent
glow of being ihe father of Alice Rrndv.
.1. It Campbell is a man who lias devoted
bis life to one unremitting light. He lives
in Spokane, Wash,, mid vvliiui he gets a
shipment of freight from the East he pays
the railroads nunc for cair.ving It than It
would eost to ship it right through Spokane
to coast points r,fn) miles further awa).
This is a discriminator) rale in favor of
cities that me on the sea. Campbell con
siders it an outrage ,. has so considered
Il all his professional life. e has 'fought
l lint rale for, twenty vi'iir- He ls
legislation agniiisi it written into the
statutes niul fought for ns cnfoicemenl. lie
hrye studied inilioiiil rates until he- lms
brt'ollie eon of the mithorltie.s of the Nation
In fact the lepulatlmi lie hns made in this
llitgntloii is -.1 great that two or three
mouths ago Pnsideiit Harding appointed
him a member of the Interstate Commerce
Commission, winch gives us life to railroad
rates.
lie had been lighting a new suit against
the discriinliininry rate. The nrgtimcnlH
weie all In ami he wns wnitlng for n deei
slon. That decision was bunded down the
dny lie took his seal on the Interstate Com.
iiici'-c v ii ssimi ii was against
Spokane is still discriminated against.
him.
Tlie grandfalhei of E. .1. Ilenniiig, As.
slslant Secietary of Labor, was twenty years
old when NnpoUon iniirehed to Ids fate a't
Waterloo and the youngster was In the
gieai battle There were four others nf the
Helming hoys of those days, al! round heads
of the Alpine nn e. born Iu Alsace U(
two nf tlii'-e were al Waterloo, hut all had
servi'd unili'i ihe httle Cors(.nii.
Robert T. Lincoln, -.on of Abraham, a
successful ami retiied business man lives
lu the city of Washington ami is tin', most
I.l.wll .- ,,,,.! ,-,,!!, 1 ,..n.. I.. . I. . .
'"'' ' 'I' 'III lllllll IU lll' 11,1, ,1 ,..
fusing to
of his fal
basK
ill any of the lelli'cled cho-v
U'l'.
Mink W Peetler. nf the liiicrstulc Com.
in Commission, is the onlv imi I mm I nn.
nil nl on thill bnilv He was prcsideni "f
the Carob' i Climlilield and ohm, ilthough
his ilili'f activity was the prm .n ( ,nv
QW XOfKt
Uup riKht lost, by Pui.io fintr Co.
SHORT CUTS
Hunger knows no politics.
fl
V-R-C Very Rnd Combination.
Taxpayers hnve no objection to the cut
dilTct
Ashcnrt policemen nppcnr to be havinj
Tempestuous times.
The territory terrorized b.v n bull Memi
to have needed n man with ability to
throw it.
The success of' n political boss depend)
on his a'liillty to make his trained seals turn
flip -flops.
In the mntter of Egyptian cotton, it
least the -Shipping Bonrd insists on tlie
freedom of the sens.
Slowly but surely the history of bob
sbevlsm in Russia is being pieced out and
the final chapter is not yet.
The state of the nshcart mind just now
is Vacant Rut Cocky and invested with
Vacillating Rack Currents.
The wish to cut the cost of preparation
for future wars in tempered by desire to
the other fellow do it first.
As Mayor Hylnn hns proved himself In
competent but kindly, the chances are all
that New Yorkers will re-elect him.
.When the monufacturer rends in the
tax hill the phrase "the tax to be paid by
the manufacturer" he grins knowingly.
I
The fart Hint the Allies will join Amer
Ion in feeding the Russians is prohnbly due ,
in one pail county turn ivvo pans uqnuiuai.;.
A Philadelphia mnn is chnrgeel -villi
setting tire to the gasoline schooner of which
he vvas-a'aptaiu. If guilty he will probably
lniiil in The brig.
The report of the Newberry committee;,
with eight men lined up against four on
strictly nnrl.v lines, somewhat jars our faith
In tlie jury system.
At the Fraiklin Sugar Refinery fire a
hose burst, injuring two men. Perlinr" we
accident was unavoidable, but It nssiir'dlj
demand.- Investigation.
There is nothing startling in the dt-
covery of vice trails to political lairs. Thl
startling thing will be the uncovering and
punishment of offenders. ,
Tlie loss of the Alaska is said to be Am ,
to "a baffling phenomenon of ocean cutr'nt
tendencies." Study of them ami the wire
less may save lives in the future
Roy In Cape Ma) all unaided caught
two large sharks. That's a whale cf a
sior). but the Young Lad) Next Door But
One' thinks there must be a catch in U
somewhere
ii .i .. i. iiLac n drink
.IIIIII' lllllll OIIC lllllll U' ' - - .
once lii n while and resents infrinxement oi cl
1,1.. ..AH...nl HUAH. lu lialntr roll VPrte(1. U I
llll- JM-iimiiiui iiuill,' in urmei ..-..
not in piohlbitlon at least to the ncceww
for enforcing the law by the stories of vvholt
sale and impudent violation by men of""'
siiince and supposed good standing In tn
community. TcT these passive objectors as
well ns to prohibitionists the news that wm
nf the big offenders nre soon to be gatnereu
into the net will lie welcome new.-
"1
OFF THE TRACK
HE ME'I
Ami d
E ME'I' and loved a highbrow mail
did what he thought most won.-
plcusp hor- -He
tnlKed nbout Schchernzade,
Then turned to Tacitus and nrfcir,
He chnuged to Tyre nnd Diora'd.
Tei Dante. Homer. Pater. Urovvning.
And then svvilched to the Vispcred,
Rut all he got from her was frovvnlnj.
When he recovered from the stings
A simple mold drew his affections.
To win her heart he talked of tilings
Tor which she showed her predilection
The latest fads luo mntter whose),
.Iniw. movies, novels, sports ntliiciic,
The fashions and tho current news,
Rut she was mighty apathetic
Poor joiiih. who loved n highbrow """
And nieled out such ponderom inuuer.
Then to n simple lass cnnve.veil
Such heaps of every day isli chnllcr
He female slow or up In dale,
How can vou win Ibn favor of her.
., i .i.i ..., ,,iMile
ji oi a inousmiii iiiiiiisK )" i;'" u..
Hut fall to tell her .that you love J-; ,
-N-ithnn M.fLevy, In New ork Hw
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