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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
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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-
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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
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