wWWHPww SRSBTOJ TEgHF W w-py - j'Vfe- K mu iT Wrf1 tr FiflS ' ,Vav V ' , .r ,J . ) iiTl. 'f'V.. 1 11 yiii ''xCt'I t'ii.t f! issjisr Tsft. I ', -l.t!. (SSU yp i i i' i i .tn-v .-.-- '8' 6 jEuentng public ffiefrger PUBLIC LEDGER COMPANY CTOL'B It. K. CUItTIH, PsMIDIKT SJehn C, Martin, Viet rrealdent snd Treaaurari Charles A. Trier, Secretary, Chr It. I.udlns ton, Philip 8. Cofllm, John It. Wllllnma, John J. Rpurxeon. Otorte F. Ootdamliti, David E. Sinllar, jJirecmra, lU .PAVin n. smit.et. .Editor 'JOHN C. MAUTIN..,.Ofnrl llulne Manager I'ubllnhrd dally at rt SMC LtDOts UulMinr Independence Square I'hllsiltipliU, Atlantic Citi Frit-tnion tlulldlng Kwv York .. .t4 Mailliun Ae. , Dersorr T01 Ford Building I BT. Locis 013 fliole-Demotfrol TlulMlnr ' CnicAao irtOJ Tribune nulldlns .Sr.WS Ill'IlKAl'S wnniNnTow IIciiicac, ., '' Oor. Pennay'vanla Aw nil 11th S! New oric Herein The "sii linlldlns Lonoon Dtnru- TrafeUr Kulldlnt .... SfllSfllllTION TI'nMS The Rvkmmi Pciilic I.nmrn Is enM to ub- crllstrs In rrnnilelrh n . nd sti-rntinilliu; towns at the rate of twelve, ill!) cents por ntik, pajahle to the carrier Uy mull to points outsldn of Philadelphia In the I'nltfd States, t nimla, or L'nlie.l Mates os. Maloni, postane free fifty (.10) cents per month. fix (10) dollars per star, pijable In advance To all 'rlcn countries one itll dollar a month r.OTICB Subscribers wlshlri address changed int Klve old as we'.l as lien adiliess ru.. tooo ru,Nnr krYrcm. mm imh (Cr.liMrfjj all eommuiucallsiKJ to f.i'rnfno 1'ubHc ruurrt inn'pennence ftqtmre, mi laaelphta Member of the Associated Press :J'!B. ASSOriATBl rilFSS ( rteluau-elv en titled te thr tisr for -,-publlraton of all news mtpatchrn credited to it n m t olJientMe credltei n thli paver and al.io the loonl neics published Inereln AU rto'1'' rf republication of spcclol dlivatches Herein are alto reserved Philadelphia. WfJn.t.liy, Auiuit U, lltl PENROSE SPEAKS HOW deep into the ootiiciouinpss of the Penrose lenders in tlih rity will the Senntor'a mesng( of eatc(ltt actunlly ink? Will it sink at nil? The people of Philadelphia waited so long to hrnr the toice of the oracle that they may have grown to expect too much. That may explain the seine of doubt that ensues auto matically after a leading of the pronounce ment in favor of sood government nnd the incidental expression of opposition to the Fifty Pifty ticket. Nowhere is there any reference to the character or importance of the fight that the Mayor has been carrying on almost single-handed against a campaign of betrayal directod against him and against the mu nicipality bj powerful factionists of his own party. It is still within Senatni Penrose's power definitely and permanently to lescue his or ganization heie from the org-tnlzntion of the Vares. Hut he will have to be Ie.q casual before mieh a i-ilit is asotirid or ven probable Hie Senator depends too ,'lvlmslj nn terms coiivenicntl broad and general. He is a champion of "jjund go eminent ' So. for thnt matter, are Mr Vnre nnd .lude Uror. n nnd Magistrate Cnmiilxll Aren't they forever laj'tvi ? Kn't it 'ir.iler that Klngan thnt the; are now united? Mean while, there is nuthing in III" Penioe jiro nouneement to frls'iten nnj Penrose lender who desires to go alnnj as a I'ifti -Kift.i ite The s'neeritv or insinrorkj of Mr. Pen rose will be (b'ni mstrnt-d as th- rampaign progresses as llir n''c'-ss ty mises, is it will, to he'n or hinder in I lie Held In the dajs immedlnteh b"fore the prim tr election and finallv at the polls The nuestion no-v whether, if the im partial reader hesitates to record the Sena tor's slatemnt as an nlr'nininiii to hi fol lowers, those isaine fullovxers v ill be moved to take n mo-" nt on view of it RECKLESSNESS AT TORRESDALE Nil HATH INC beaih i- fool -i.M.of. ei-d ir N probab with tl'l g.ne'al trulli in mind ttmt DtMitoi Cuen lins lefused to penn'le Hie whole lio-ip'ntioii lie n'l-e of tt-o'nted mstnnc if ie ' lesne-s m Tories, dale, tr.icii thiiugh these e The bench has succssfullv uistifieil Its etnlill'hiin nt 1 the mimii .pn'itv fo- a'most two sonsons There i no one turn that It n 'Iberi'H jiatr ml-cd ami -jr ntlj npp-e-elated this smiiiir r. e-nelnl diirin; the pio'ongel hot wrnthrr In .lulj Kviden 'e thnt the unileitow in l he Ile'a-Tt-are ' ff Torresdilo is parti. 'I'nrlv strong at low tide does. Iiowevc", war".''iit Mr ("men's new rule forbidding bnthlns there at Hint time. His warning against swinimiig past the mi felt bum is neitlnent , U would lie a oit to ilspe'te wllh !i mn li-eniiiMNl mntilritinl Institution heuuise of lrreionsjli'e smart ale !;. The iitv's present dot' Is t i rotiriel n rlsld enfni cement of the le.'isonilb'e srcitnn ru'i f NO WAR ON THE ISTHMUS AS WAS nitireh lo'.al the S'nte lie Xi. i,n tment le-enfo-ceil lis injunction to Contn Kicn to lump) i he Coto ieiiitnr with a w.iiniii'r njainst hostllitlis , Panama. Iiiiiillv logi ni is the dei islou by the Piinaiuii Coveniment t i aeci'iiesce in the demnnilH of the Cmted Stntec. "The I'nltid St'ites." dc lined tin Hughes nole. "rnnnol. hecnuse of its ftpei'lnl tre.it i with Piiiinuin, pemiii a re newal of hostl Itiis l'.inninn nrilnsi ("nstt Ulca n ruiscii of the hitter's taking penceful posset-shin nf t'i it larrltor'." In other words, this Cniemment .nf tloui nnd iiiipif i's the nii'iipnii m of the Coto ii'jion in Co. in Hun ,mi the ex trnvngiint c'lnnis of I'aiiiir.i.i me ruled out of court. There vlll b . of course. ome sulking In I'nnnmii nnd loi-.il pfiliili a' " nioi.il wiM he made of the faiiuie of the pre.ent Adminis tration in the little republic to cirn off a polic of iinrniiiluimeiit Hut it is ..cap oh Imaginable thnt opposition to the order fioni AVnhlii'tton will tnke nnj ntln r form than words Apart f i aim the statcnien' of President I'orrns. tliere are signs thnt reason i returning An lnlluenti.il I-thml.iu mwi. paper asserts edltorlalU that "the I'nited StnteH has heen and Is n most IomiI fiiend of our nation, nnd her dl.ilomntists latl. tried to obtain a just solution of our .ffni' ' The most pererse historian must he sophistical to dls'iute this statenn tit Panama has thrived unde- Aini-i It nn pr i trctlon. Our support is onh nlthdrnwu in the fact of Pnunmanian Injusti-e and n clear contempt for pledges and arbltial de clnlons. THE TREATY TAKING SHAPE TUB trcan of peace which the 1 tnt-d 8tntes has negotiated with dermany has been nt least "roof against one particular! unfair species of attack from which the pro ceedings of HUH In Paris seriouslj sulTced It may be rerul'eil that the League of Na tions was denmiiMcd months before the Cov enant took final shape and that long er reaching Its definitive frm the Treat of Versflllles was violentl denounced as" the Ignoble produci of a detestable diplomacy. The pact which Kllis l.nrlng Dresel, under Instructions from Sfcretnn Hughes, pro pared in association with the Cermnn au thorities will soon be published, with everv "i" dotted and evcrj "t" i rossed. It will be judged both in (Jermntiv nnd the I'nited (jUtes, not by the agonies that may have l accompnnieo me naming process, tuit by Its h actual merits or demerits ns disclosed in the flcial text. No secrecy will attend Its con Merstion by the Senate, and it is eipccted v,fMt the methods of the Reichstag will be -Syf'Walijr frsnk. '' ) terms open and covert diplomacy are ' l ... miiHmw mltleadlngly used. There cm. ,V MNr hw really eecrct treaty between the "' '-jy'' ytt) and any other Government. M,9mi9mW eoBstutional pr'eroiatWe will 1... J: rnlso whatever veil may have been cast over thoformatlre steps. Whether they should or should not be deliberately shrouded is a matter of opinion. There is no doubt, however, that one way to suppress crass criticism of n treaty In Its early stages Is to withhold the negotiations from the public gaze. It is difficult to find fault when the nature of nn offense is undefined. U. S. OIL MEN INTRODUCE 1921 MODES OF DIPLOMACY Magnates Off to Mexico to Discuss Their Grievances With Obregon Show How the World Is Going THKSR nrc the dnys of new nnd changing styles. The nnklc-rauff has appeared on the Hue do In Pnlx. Longchnmps reports even shorter skirts. I'lsewhrrc in Paris swords nnd gold lace nrc still the rage. The dlp'omntlc mode established between London and Dublin reflects what might be called a revolutionary departure from long accepted fashions, It inns to simple nnd graceful lines and revenls none of the Btnrch nnd steel of the Victorian and (icorglrtn styles, which Downing street regnrded until recently ns the most becoming of nil. Simplicity and common sense will be the vogue in most places for the time at least, and It Is cheering to see by the papers that the I'nited States Isn't out of the pninde. Hut few people will at once appreciato the utility and the significance of the new fash Ion In diplomacy just inaugurated by Amer ican oil men. who. Instead of trying to stir up tumult and trouble In Washington, packed their sixjtcasea totlnj and started from New York to tnlk over with President Obregon, of Mexico, the troubles that nre behind most of the war talk henrd on both sides of the border Hig business men. like Presidents nnd Congressmen nnd Ministers of State, hnve peculiar, irking ttoubles of then own It is unfoitiinato that n few of the biggest of thorn, esptrinllj In Europe, hnxe been nc customed to seek wrong ways out of their difficulties In the Old World of the pre-war days too many captains of industry lurked behind thrones and whispered nnd threatened nnd urged nnd incited their various Oovernraents to policies of violence. So n good-humored squad of business men tripping to Mexico In broad da; light to argue their cases in the open gives n wholesome tone to the day's news. These men they repiesent every American corporation with large investments in the Mexicnn petroleum fields are experi menting with a line new method. I'mler the rules on-f fashinn-ihle thev would stny nt home and try to persuade the Covern ment to siid an nrmy down to poke bajo nets in the ribs of Obregon and his col- leagues "I am glad." said Obregon. "that they hae taken the shortest route " Of course he Is glad. Obregon has as fine an assortment of worries as nn man alive. We. nitrsehes. have nlwnvs been irritated bv talk of mll'tiiry pressure on Mexico and expeditions and Inrns'onB We have a feel'ng a delusion, if j on will - thnt n mtiin has a ri'.'ht to make its own laws nnd live its own life and do as it will with its own propertx so lone as it reapi'ds the rights nf its neighbors and lliose with whom it does business Tha dorsn't mean, how mit. t' a' nil the rights of the situation in the Mexican oil fields are with the prisent M"' ir, n Covrrnment. The Mexican Congress has manifested n somewhat Iluss'nn disposition to believe il.nl for e";nors were profitiiv; too grcntlv t!i wish the r:iv materials of the country. The fact is tlci tin- inw m.itcrinU of the roiMiti' would still be under nnd in the ground if it weie not for lh euergj and Miteiest of foieign inM'stors Hut the Mexicnn Cmi'-tcst. ronrd the natiinal Con stitution to impos" hnvv tnxe.s on nil petro leum taken fioni f rei-n -owned wells The o'l corporations jrumbleii Tlic uled out s' rill, nhrn thot were infoimul that the political rulers of the land were determined to mao this pioductinn tax retroactive over n bin" ir-'nii of w.irs The bulk of the accumulated tn would in some instances haw h"Mi so ijtiat a to mean nitual con fiscation ! the fiiicrnmcnt of highly de w'npod properties Ohn'Ton is between the devil nnd the deep sea He is opposed frnnkh to tin- principle whlfh underlies the retroactive tnx. Hut if he opi'nh f ivors the oil corp irntlons he will tdin into the hands of n neculiarh tnnleio lent riowd of politlrnl enemies who een now dream of ousting hira If bv going iilonif wlih the rndlcnls and the plotters in h!s Cmiti sk he nppe.'fs Intent upon luenk mg orooi itinr v it'i lnri" interests in Mexiio, lie will invite the on'iiit of other CmiTniiK nfs nnd. per!niis .onhuuing thrents and piessute from the I'nited States It mm be too much to hope that American I'lis'iirs in-ri . frankly and lion irnbh putting their i.ise b 'fore the Mexican Cnernmet" and '' e t"lin people ein be assured nf i s'iun-e deal and manage to untiiigle a er i"-',f' 1 .nteiiirt onnl mmpllinr on. Hut tin i I'f-iiimgi' of th" il ni"n i in its-lf In dub tibli' nronf ot jood intentions It is 'i w;se tire'lni nnr'- to further action or nigo t atioiis at Washington It ought to impiesv Me-ico And It is iifteii apparent thnt Ihe hi'dest irobl"m sometitnes requires the slmpl -st sort of Uej . The bus, lies, man win l.ns m him llie enei gi to be his own dlplotii'itist inn go fur hecMtise 1 e must have the right mi his side to srnrt with He is not en nltigethii tew th'ng undo- the sun Hooer in his enrli (n - proved that wot dors nf frh nil ship and offirieiim arc possibh througli direr' and honest contacts betwien Ihe pioneer- of indilstr nnd the rulers of unde eloneil lands POLITICS BY SCHEDULE rji!tr(,n:.vn:us of poiincii meetings hae alwniH known tint there was soin -thing In' king In their in.uiagf ment A 'oiig- w nidi d inndldnle would on up. so mm h time ih.it the other 'nndl.lutes who liked to liear the sound of their vo res had to shorten their remarks or keep the '.iteners sipiitmlng in their seats until midnight The League nf Women Voteis of Dela ware Count v Is going to elmnge all this It has adopted a series of rules to be observed nt the politlrnl meetings undi r its auspice this fall. The rules provide that before n ennd'date is introduced the presiding officer must rend without comment a statement setting forth the duties. oiillMrations and salaries attached to each office A limit of time foi en h speaker Is fined, tnrying with the importance of the office he seeks to fill A candid ite for a judgeship r.r a proxv speaking foi him mi talk for fifteen minute. If he brings some one nlong with him to Introduce him. the lime used bv the Introducer Is to be Mken from the time of the introdncce A cnndldate for Sheriff may ta!k eight minutes, while a candidate for clerk of court or for n director nf the poor or for de'egnte to the Constitutional Convention mnv speak nnlv (He minutes. In order that things nin be done decently and In order every formal speaker must tnke the p'nifnim He Is not to be heckled, but after ho has finished questions may he asked and ho must make his nnswer In not to ex ceed a minute. These are admirable rules. Thoir only defect lies In the length of time nllowcd to the speakers, It ought not to tnke nny man five minutes to tell why he should be elected. Most candidates could say nil there Is to be said In four woids: "I want the office. " The rest is guff nnM nut nf fen. N-4 elaboration in nln cases Now It remains jto be seen how this plan EVENING PUBLIC LEDGER will work In practice. If the women of Delaware County can run their meetings according to the schedule, they will doubtless be nsked by women politicians In other parts of the Stnte to tell them how they do it. BROWN'S PALACE IN COURT THE Job Combine has plnjcd into the hands of the Mnyor by pursuing n course which 1ms enabled his friends to hnlc the men connected with Judge Hrown's "Palace of Justice" plan into court on the eve of the primaries, for Just ns the County Com missioners were nbout to ndvertlse for bids papers were filed in a taxpayer's suit to test the legality of the proceedings. Here is the sltuntlon : City Council np proprlatcd $1,000,000 Inst winter "townrd the construction of building or buildings" for the Municipal Court, and directed thnt the money should be spent by the County Commissioners. The Mnyor vetoed this npproprlatlon on the ground that the uses to which the money was to be put were not stated with sufficient dcflnltrncss, and on tho further ground that under the Charter the construction of the proposed courthouse should be under the charge of the Director of rublic Works nnd the City Architect. He cited the provision of the Charter that the City Architect should piepare or supervise the preparation of all plans of public buildings to be etcetcd In the city to be pnld for by moneys appropriated by City Council, and the additional provi sion thnt the Department of Public Works should have the supervision of the con struction of public buildings of every kind for public use. He argued thnt these pio vlslons superseded the provisions In the net creating the Municipal Court. Council overrode this eto bv the com bined vote of the mctnberr lovnl to tho contrnctor politicians and the three votes representing the Ilrown-Cunnlnghnm wing of the Hrown-Ctinnlnghnin-Varc combina tion. This was on February 17. Under the nuthorlty of the ordlnnncc the County Commissioners began to make ar rangements to (idvcrt!e for bids for work on the com thousc. They let the matter lag until n few days ogo. And now on the eve of the primaries a group of representative citizens hnve begun Injunction proceedings ngninst the County Commissioner In order to give the whole mnttcr nn airing In the courts nnd establish whether tho Charter means what It says. The papers In the case nre returnable on September 15. only five days before tho voters will go to tho prl mnrles to give their verdict on the nomina tion of n ticket composed of men who are opposed to the continuance of Job Combine machinations. Thnt Combine not onlj overrode the Mnvor's veto ot the appropriation for Un building for the Municipal Court. It also overrode his veto of impropriations for the snlniies of "J.'O useless nttnehes of that court appointed to it without civil service examination nnd apportioned among the members of the Combine in Council. The veto was aimed at the looting of the public treasury by the spoilsmen for the benefit of their dependents without icgnrd to the needs of the couit. The whole transaction is a matter of record. The Job Combine is on the side of loot. The Mnvir Is on the side of the pio tectlon of the Interest of the taxpnvers. The Mayor's veto messages nre printed In the proceedings of Council nnd the nnines of the men who voted to oveirlde them ate there also in i old tvpe. And a further iccoid will be made when the Court listens to the arguments bv the attorneys for the citizens who arc fighting the battle for decent gov ernment on tho side of the Mnv or SENATORIAL DISCOURTESY THE House nf Hepiesentatives could mil vc-j well have refrained from censuring Sinntor Urnl for his nttit'k upon Repre sentative Volstead last week ll Is surpils ing that there should be three Representa tives found who would vote against the i ensure The rule in Congress is that neither House intl(l7os the other and that personal at tacks upon members nf eilliet House are nut of order The.v are forbidden by pa ilia -mentniv rub s Hut Seuntor Reed went out of his wnv to say things about Mr Volstead for which he would have been summnrlh i ailed to order If he hail said them nbout n Senator The ru'e against eiiticlsm of one branch of Con:iss bv the other is based on the th oi v that taili House is iosponible nnh to Itself for what It does and thnt it max not be called to ni count in the other blanch. The siir:uisin; fenturi in the episode is thnt Senntor Reed was m i ailed to order nt once when he was liiilulg,:is In ni dl -out toon lemarks A BLOW TO RED TAPE THE ted tape nn lib lit to foreign ir.ivl is giadiinll.v Mi i umoui'.' to the shears of common sense. The 'ntest oili ml f onct'Sslon tnkri- the i 'rni of i decl'inii from the Tiens ii' I( purl Mient nbiogiti'ig the rule which foinierh compelled Aineib-niis to settle their inn me-tnx obligations in order to piorurc learaiu e papers. This does not mean that delinquents are sudden'v fnwired with the IVdeinl blessing. The lie essltv to nbs'rve taxation duties Is unaltered The virtue of the new order is the spirit of nrdlnnrt. sensible dei ency which It sustains The oneious regulation, now sot nslde compelled mnnv iltlms to p,i their income taxes In ndvnnce impUm? in a wa that the traviler was n nun ll moie suspicious and untnistworlliv individual than tin stn.v -at home. Sailing permits were nnlv issued fioni the pnits from whii h the ves.e's to be hoarded were scheduled to depait. and the traveling pub'ic was c.inieipientlv subjected to .nconvenlences w lib h seemed designed cl'iellv for putpnses of trilt'ition. The refoim is n welcome sequel to the (Invciniiicnl's remit trentm'Mit nf the pnss purl nuisance Those pnssnorts deemed uocessnrv tndnv err demnnded bv foreign Covernineiits It Is not the I'nited Stntes which compels Its cltlzrns i pav vise fees before sailing The diarjes oxnrtoi nbrnud hnve hi en proving lucrativi to the finvern incuts concerned. thniih at the expense of hampering trnde intercourse nnd tourist trnvel. Hv returning to sanllv In the passport and income-tax business the I'nited Stntes deals a long-awaited blow at the elaborate system of travel annoyances thnt hns developed since the war. The breakdown of the whole pes tiferous structure Is thereby brought nearer. HARDING STILL A LAWMAKER THE debate In the Sennte over the pro priety of the appearance of President Harding before that bodv to uige the tempo raiy rejection of soldier-bonus legislation developed for the Information of the Senators who had forcotten the fact that the Presi dent of the United States Is part of Its legislative machinery. Senator Rornh, who was grieved over what he called an attempt to dictate to tho Senate, wns told that the vote of the Presi dent on a bill was equivalent to thr vote of two-thirds of the Sennte, for If the President votes "no" no bill can become a lnw tinlers two-thirds of the ScnntorR vote "yes." It might have been added that two-thirds of the House would also hnve to vote "jcs." The grievance of Senators Rornh and La Follette seems to be thnt the President is participating In legislation by advising Con gress what to do. They nre so sensitive about a trespass upon their powers that thoy forget that the President acted within his constitutional rights. - PHILADELPHIA, WEESDAY, vAtrUStf AS ONE WOMAN SEES IT Architect and Landscape Gardener Who Plans to Specialize In Garages and Cemetery Lots Provides Toxt for Civic Beauty By SAKAII D. LOWRIE A WOMAN I know, whose son Is nn nrcht text nnd landscape gardener, said he wns going to specialize In garages nnd family burial lots, ns they were two necessary things thnt had hitherto been the results of nil emergency rather than of cnrcful design. Certainly no two gnrnges or burial lots hnve nny relationship to each other or to the surrounding landscape. 1 suppose there Is no renson why n cemetery should not be laid out like n continuous garden with dl visions thnt would complete it whole design nnd jet ench mnke n separate resting place. There nre many lovely formnl gardens that would mnke idcnl ceitietvties of this sort, but I know of no cemetery thnt cau be thought of ns n lovely gnrden. Looking neross nt Lnurcl Hill from the Park drives it seems fnlrly to bristle wit.i marble spikes, that nt best might be tnken for denuded nnd sharpened tree trunks. The curious form of one Protcrtnnt re nctlon was to make mourners choose the monoliths of an nnclent sun-worship cult rather than the cross of Christendom to mnrk their burlnl places. It seems curloii too that when it lies within the power of nearly every family to have n burlnl gaidcn for their dend, they actually choose to hnve n burlnl lot; jiibt' ns in our towns we hnve most of us succumbed to living in lots when wp could have pooled our back yards nnd lived In gnrdens. I THINK back sards will have to go. They are chlefl.v vvlint makes city life ugly nnd sordid. In the few rases where the original owners built them for gurdcn-i nnd not for places to keep gnrbage cans, hnng clothes nnd nccumulatc ashes against the nwful day of the nsh and garbage collectors, they restore one's self-respect. Rack sards that aic guldens or that were meant to be gardens nre not confined to the richer streets or the bigger houses or to the new or to tho old portions of the town. Some owners hnve insisted on them and some renters hnve made much of them, poor and rich, white anil colored. Hut they ure not common enough in any locality to make living in that locnllty nn nnieliornting cir cumstance. There is no widespread ideal of back sards in Phtliidclphin, no common re quirement except that they shnll be made to hold ash cans, garbage cans, fluttering un derclothes nnd nprons nnd the week's trnsh. Yet more, windows of the houses look out on the buck sards, more depends on the sights nnd the sounds of them than on the sights nnd sounds of the streets. Tliere Is.' to be sure, a society cnlled the Soclet) of Little O.irdens that has an idenl tor bnck-snid guidons nnd which pushes that Ideal dellciitel.v but Hi mis ench senr. As ct it hns not mnde n dent on the mind of the builders in whose hands lies the future of the back sards of todas nnd tomorrow in the town. AND their nlso very successful is In Philadelphia one very successful experiment of co-opera tive garden back snriN. About sixty .venrs ngo n man named Hnriison built a great house on Rlttenhouse Square, and to protect his view in the rear he built n garden from his back garden to Seventeenth street, it whole city block In length nnd nbout fifty feet In breadth In older to pny the taxes on this propertv nnd make some return on his invested capital, he built also a row of houses bncking on this continuous gnrden nnd facing on Locust stieet, and he further built n continuous row of stables facing the alley-way thnt divided Walnut street piop ortlcN from Locust street properties between Eighteenth nnd Seventeenth streets. These houses, therefore, had gardens or one com mon garden, but no back ynrds. Their kitchen entrances nrc under the froiit-dooi oiitrnnocs on Locust street. Their nshes nnd gnrbage nre collected from the front sidewalk unless they are stored In the stables nnd taken from the nlley-way. Their Inundry work is either done nt the top of the house or dried in tho basement. These houses nr1 nlwnvs rented for n high rental. This hns alwa.vs been the case, .though they must now be half n centur.v old. Sitting on the back terrace of the gieat Hanlson house now the proport.v of Mr Edward Stotesbur.v nnd loaned by Mr. and Mrs. Stotvsburs to the Emeigciicy Aid sou might be any where but in the heart of Phila delphia. I had dinner out there one night in June and their was n-nrcols a sound of the citv nnd much of the feeling and the smell of ihe (ounliv. One looked over dark, i ool stiiiing leaves of the trees straight up Into the evening idv The rows of formei stables have become oiderl) piivnte gatages or, better still, tea houses or shops; the guldens ate as pleasant fur the owner of them ns for those of houses nn the other side. Evor.v dweller tu that b'ock has a pleasnnt vl-tn winter or summer, bitter air and more quiet And nil who live their nio pel fnier good neighbors, for thev rent their dwellings subject to certain pir fcctlj tensonable nelgbborlv rulis. Something like this rprilinent has been tiled down nt the (lirard estate and has sun 1 1 ded. Why should not Philadelphia, having Mien riled with the I'oinmiinltv -gatden Idea, work it out on it large and general seal" not only in its new building cntorpilsos, but in malting over it.s old dilapidated st i eels'' IN NEW YORK, where the taxes nic far higher anil the land far scarcer nnd Ihe demand for family room-spnee far greater, there hnve been some very successful coiu muiiltv back-vaid ical-estnt" ventures that might give Philadelphia builders heart lo "go alu ad A n table nne Is called "The Tin tie Ha Development," on Second nnd Third avenues Let hi en Poi'tv -eighth nnd Pnrtv -ulnlli sticets The builders have transformed a citv block, thnt was sordid with crowded old houses "ntir to ti nement-lodging shacks. Into both a paving and a charinlng npaitmeut sd'tlnn Tiie gaidens sunge't Italy In their grnve dlgnltv. and bv the i onstriR tion the backs of the house have b"eoiui the ftonls so that from jutting Imlconv or second-llnor ten ace the owner ni.iv enjov the trees and grass spaces and shrubberies and tiellises at their Irlsiur, while the business life of the house the delivery and in riving end, tin noise and biibtlc is vvlieir it rightly be longn on the strei t. 01" COURSE, this is no new idea, the wav Pompeii was built nnd It It is is still the wnv mnnv Europeans live from Italy ti rianders The new pait nf it would be the square nf houses built around a ronimunitt garden Instead of one house built nrniiml II. gnrden. In England they have come n little nearer thnn we have by making a garden sqenre, around which n square of houses front, ench owner having n key to the locked gntes. Hut this somewhat snobbish plan is not so utilitarian as the one of making nil the buck ynrds the common garden, upon which all the houses front, nnd for our old town not so practical as keeping the gnideu thus private to the house with no necessity of keys or Iron fences or locked gates. A SUMMER EVENING SWEET were the hours of the sapphire summer weather. Hours that were fleet to f?r, When we watched the wedge nf the clear hnlf moon together Sever tho eastern skv. Never a breeze In the tops of the maplci sighing. Never n whisper harsh : Only the eerie notes of the trcctoads crying Ear away i" the marsh. Only the veil of the mist thnt came creeping creeping Out of the night's vast deep, Wrapping us, warning us this was the time for keeping The calm white tryst witli sleep! Clinton Scollard In the Now York Ilerald. TO GET IN Gaining SEASON FOR TTHE great 1922 CONGRESSIONAL RACE IS NOW OPEN. ENTRIES - GAP- WINNER OF THE 1920 CHAMPIONSHIP NOW MY IDEA IS THIS Daily Talks With Thinking Philadelphia on Subjects They Know Best CHIEF HARRY T. BAXTER On City Improvements PHILADELPHIA is due for mure per manent improvement to her property within the next year or two than at nnv time in her hlbtory, according to Hnrry 1. Rnxtcr, chief of the Htirrnu of City Prop erty. "Bv next spring, in fnct." snld Mr. Rnx ter, "many of these projects will be either completed or rlbo well unucr wny. "Perhaps the most striking changes will the Interior nltorntlons to Citv Hall mill be 1ip iKimnlete rrorcnnlntlon of nil municipal departments physically with the aim of get ting more spate nnd grenter efficiency. "To mnke this possible, within a short time bids will be advertised for the razing of buildings nt Hrond and Race streets. Epon the site thus created will be constructed nn eight-story building to housc the police nnd Hie departments. Departments Scattered "As conditions now exist, these depart ments nre scattered all over City Hall and even outside of it. The City Ilnll guards nre on the eighth floor, the Central Police Stntlon. Reserves' Roll Room, the Centrnl Police Court, the ccllroonis nnd the Elec tilcal Hurenu's rooniH nre on the sixth floor. "On the fifth floor is the Detective Hureaii and on the second the offices pf the Director of Public Safety nnd Superintendent of Polite respectively. In the same way the Eire Department is scntlcied. Much work also hns been done in the vnrlous station houses that should be centralized. "This will leave n lot of space in City Hall that can be utllicd to good advnntngo. City Hall has in n ,wuv "rown up and new offices were generally Installed wher ever room could be found. A lot of changes will now be made so that the various de part ments enn have ell their offices together. This will mean many alterations nnd a gen eral opening up of the offices, so that many of the bad little looms will be abolished. "Independence Hull, the shrine of liberty, rhnrtly will be safeguarded ngninst all pos sible danger from fire. Without changing the appeal am i In nny way, the building will be file-proofed. A system of automatic water nil tains wlil protect the louf nnd the sides exposed to contnet with other buildings, Tinne will be no danger to the intei lor, no more tlir.n there is In any or dinary mill storm. The tower will be fire pi oofed and nn outside heating system built to nvold danger from overheated stoves and furunces. Permanent Hand Shell "A permanent band shell of the most np piovcd type across from City Hall Plna will be another addition In the spring to supplant the lmpioviscd and not altogether satisfartory structure now existing. A public comfut ' 'tloii ui'urbv will be a wel come improvement. "In this ci iiuection the bureau Is pro posing to constriut (otnfoit stntlon i in nil the pnrks nnd squares In the city controlled bv the miiiilclpnlltv. Stations along piln ilpnl streets nnd in congested sections arc a future proposal. "This fall will see an outdoor skating rink at League Island Park and n now What Do You Know? QUIZ 1 What nation hns been otTlclnllv repre senting the Interr sLs ot" the United Stairs n Ormnny since diplomatic relations were broken off In I'tn' '1 Namo tho six countries of Centrnl America. 3 Win : planet Is sometimes known ns Lucifer? J Whnt Is rinderpest? .1 What Is the Riksdag'' 6. Wliy Is a mer.nnnlno floor so called' 7 What Is a protoplasm? 8 Of whnt country Is Alexander Ornham Hell. Inventor of tho telephone a native' What hns been tha most terrific xolcnnlc disturbance In the world within tho Inst ten years? 10 Who were the Sndducees? Answers to Yesterday's Quit 1 A gardoyle was onrrllv ,, i .i i hr iiou t with grotesque decorations, 2 "A posteriori" Is a name given to the procfBH of reasoning from effects to causes 3 Apollo wns the sun god of classic mj thology 1 Slnglo a. is the fastest pacer horse In the world nt tho present tlmo ItU record Is n mile In 1 mlnuto and 59 seconds. 5. John Clay, the Kngllsh writer, published In 1716 a burlesque poem entitled "Tilvla, or the Art of Walking the Streets of London " 6 Tho four horsemen of the Apocnlmse were War or Conquest, Pcstllei co, Famine and Death 7. Hungalows originated In India. 8. "Imperlum In Imnerlo" Is the name given to supreme nuthorlty within the Juris diction of another authority 9. A trundle-)! oT 'truckle-bed Is a low bed on wheels that may bo wheeled under ,s another bed. jO. W. N. Haskell lias been appointed Amer l lean director of the famine relief work In nussia. ) wurK 24, 1921' CONDITION HE'S GOT swimming and bathing beach for the Bum mer. AN e nrc now linrd nt work filling in one of the lakes there to n safe depth. "It will not be long before thr Municipal Art Gnllcry will begin to nssumc definite shnpe. The old City Ilnll at Fifth nnd Chestnut streets will shortly be restored to its original ronditlon, work being'now in progress, nnd will form one more nddltlon to the city's plnce.s of historicnl interest. In fnct, improvements nnd safeguarding of nil such places nrc part of our program. "The sesqul-centenuinl headquarters will be moved down to those of the Rureati of City Property, thus Insuring more efficient co-operation between the two organizations. Incidentally many of the changes now tak ing plncc will form n substantial contribu tion toward the city beautiful, which wo will have by tho time the big exposition In 1020 brings the world to our doors. "In this connection we nre working on other pnrks nml will hnve n chnln of boule vnrds nnd pnrks nnd other beauty spots to encircle the city when thnt time comes. Much Credit Due Mnyor "Much of the tredlt for the work that this burenu is accomplishing is due to the great porsonnl interest manifested by Mayor Moore. I'ntll the present Administration enme into power this bureau did uot have murh of a chance to do anything effective. It wns regnrded ns n sort of dumping ground lor all soits of miscellnncoiis work, and ns little money was forthcoming, it wns not possible to accomplish much. I'nder the present regime the bureau hns actually be come one of importance nnd will be nble to nccompllsh substantial results." HUMANISMS Hy WILLIAM ATHKKTON DU VVY SECRETARY JOHN W. WEEKS, of the Wnr Department, chuckles when he tells upon himself u joke which developed nt the time he was preparing for the entertainment of President Hauling at his summer home, which sits on the top of n hill near Lancas ter. N. II. A scout from the White House was sent Into the neighboihood to find a place wheie the Secret Service men who accompany the President might be put up during the Chief Exenitlve's v-Mf. This scout went to n hotel near the Weeks summer home und engnged Its pioprietor in conversation. "How far is this from the icsblenco of John W. Weeks'" aiked this scout, "Weeks, Weeks," said the proprietor, scratching his head. "There used to be a man of that name around here some place, but I think he got n job down at Wash ingtoii," Last fall, down In Oklahoma, the fight over the election wns as desperate ns nnv where else in the Nation. John William Htirreld was running for I'nited States Sen ator and wns scheduled to make n hnlf diven speeches on the Inst das of the cam paign, l.ntoiin the nftrrnonn he was to nil dress an niidience at Shnwnce. nnd nt night his final speech was to be made in Okla homa Citv. The two towns were forty miles npnrt. The bridge which connected them bv automobile road got itself washed out. Wo the candidate found himself fncp-to-face with an emergency. The onlv wnv he. could get from Shawnee to Oklahoma 'Citv wan by hiring a special train, which would curt him SrSOO. As he had already spent all i he uionev allowed him under the law to do this he vvnu'il need to violntu the law Otherwise, he must miss his Oklahoma City meeting. Trusting to luck, he went nhend with his speaking schedule, not knowing how he was to get to the point of his final nddress s he finished nt Shawnee, however, he henrd much to his surprise, the Impatient whistle nf nn engine nt the railway station The sound brought new hope to him. nnd in vestlgntlng. he found that this engine. 'with full steam up. was attached to n car und resdv for the dash to Oklahoma City He got aboard and ,vns whisked "awn v. Throughout the ride he Kept Vnwlt c t himself that should It devrlop'thnl this "rain wns furnished by sme Individual ul.o ,. .. . to exercise nn undue contiol over i,i. i. would take special pains i undo thnt nt tempt lie invster, or tho train was no solved until nex dnv after the votes v,",, ittnrnl Tin mat Af.i Tf i . . " ' ' - - ! HI- '" ";, ; ,V" ' ""." ""'rein and she re vealed thnt It was she and not some agent of politlrnl control who hnd sent the sS to Shawnee, ' "I'v-nni Senntor Frederick Halo. nf Mnlne is n diffident young fellow of the rollege-chnn variety, slim, clean-cut, black -hnlred One would pever pick him for a Senator. He looks more like n polo player. Miss Temple Halley. who Is Niircessf,,! K n writer of romance and love stories cnts her heart out because the AiiIi'Ip refuses ti accent books of a dent-u.,in. .. ,i nlflMnrn. ' "."... 0iS- JLjWi e .' TO REPUCE SHORT CUTS Dcauvllle nppcars to have a wldcawalt press ngent. The gninblcrs are beginning to wear i chased expression. Uncle Sam In Panama appears In tie role of Beneficent Autocrat. Well, anyhow, the Mayor stands to win more points If be toes it alone. Uncle Snm, for perfectly good reason's is both judge nnd sheriff In Panama. Fortune's wheel; Wheel rump; jury wheel. One good turn deserves another. I You can't make Nassau believe that prohibition in the United States Is a bail thing. While De Vnlera looks at England lie Is talking to Ulster out of the corner of h'. mouth. New York and Chicago having dlscov ered automobile graveyards, why shouM Philadelphin wnit? The second set of the Mallory-Lmilcn match, remarked the Tuneful Sport, pruinl nn upset for Suzanne. We hnd looked forward to sreliu thf XR-2 waltz ncross the Atlantic, but It ap pears to be n hesitation waltz. Cool days remind one that the time ap proaches when the belt will be re-enforcml or replaced by the suspenders. Is the Dail Eircann trying to ilomoii strate that Its lenders arc better parliamen tarians than statesmen, better controvcrla'' Ists than executives? Demosthenes Mcfilnnls Is of the opinion that they arc called capital ships teiaiM it ttikes mi immense amount of capital t build and run them. If nny thing hns made more trouble since Peace befell than self-determination of nml nntions it has been workiug in disguise anil Its existence hns been overlooked. The Young Lndy Next Door Hut One opines that Lloyd George's suggested " tuple ngrccment" probably has snniethlni to do with woman's rights nnd privileges. "RloodhounclH on the trail" can alwaH bring a tin 111. but after years of intiwe newspaper reading we fail to recall tail they ever did anything except "lose the scent." If sou don't register you cant vote, if vou don't vote su may neither glorv m victorv nor grouch at defeat : and one or the other is nlwn.vs the Inestimable prirlW of n free citizen. Hacearat players in Denuville "ri",' lieve In luck throw one-fifth of the cMP' thev buv into the sen before they stnrt to nlnv. It Is understood that the ganiDiini houses nre doing nothing to discourage tne practice. ' The National Security League :' have the study of tho Constitution one nftM stanilard requireineuts in the public I0': Quite light and very proper. Rut why P at the public schools? What's the mat"' with Congress? Wireless telephones hnve been used with success on moving trnlns In fiermnny. y the near future It may be possible for trs"' ers to learn en route thnt there me no room, nvnllnble In New York hotels. Trnde expert now declnres that jef' many Is not the mennce to American tor eign trnde thnt It has been general I) o lleved to bo. Hut why be ton optimist": while gloom etlrs one to eudenvor? nis suggestion of i Fnre-Savlng nlllanco of the I n w States, the RrltlJ" Empire nnd .Tnpnn not having been rei"u with vociferous approval In this con a 7, Lloyd (leorge now avers Oreat Britain ww receive with cordlnl attention any American suggestion of a sextuple agreement ' '" United States. Great Britain, France. IWh Japan and Chlnn. But why not take the League of Nations and give it anom name? A dispatch from K Wild Storv Given York tells of a VerMnillltiulo tender refusliiK n '" a drink ;""n"' ,fl prohibition. Rut stay your wild hi'' nnd let us go on. The would-be !"','""".' ....l..l t. .1 ..' 1IISK'V. '" iiMieii nir ii wee urap u " "'.' . ,-j we knew that would stop vou! H' , Scotch sailor, and n wise bartender ki I' were vain to hold him up for nny ontraw "V x price, 'TIs no n way to treat a S,", m Ken, c ' " - u !-, 1. V' ?-.sf "t', .. ,5v sey4fodretvt:.. .
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