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Phllidrlplils, Siturdir. Aoamt 27, 1921
THE ATTACK ON PHILADELPHIA
IX STATE, before their applauding
friends, Coroner Knight nml Magistrate
Campbell, rival Hlndonburgs until now In
the northern section of the city, burled the
hatchet with an accompaniment of hand
shakes, oratory and pledges of friendship.
Notwithstanding the sonorous pronounce
ment from Mr. Penrose, his leaders united
formally with the Vnrcs. A juncture was
effected, as the war correspondents used to
say, between tho two factions which are
moving to attack the city. A fatted calf
was duly murdered The beast would have
died anyway of laughter at the bpeeches.
"I am hie enough," declaimed Campbell,
"to forget that I fought Kcndrtck at the
lust election'" Did he mean little enough?
It Is to be hoped that Mr. Penrose rend
the news of the meeting. It means either
thai his leaders do not take him seriously
or that they understand him better than
the voters do.
Senator Penrose, after all, Is the only
Sinn qualified to discuss the uptown merger
if we except the independent voter, who
lias it in his power to express himself In the
only way that really matters to gang leaders
hungry for loot.
GREEDY JIMMY
IT SEEMS to bo admitted by the politi
cians with whom James B. Sheehan
trains that he has a right to a job with little
work and generous pay.
He insisted on being renominated to his
present office. As Register of Wills he has
collected fees approximating $350,000 during
the two terms he has served. When some
one else was selected by his bosses be an
nounced that he would run anyway. He
might pull votes enough to throw the nomi
nation to the opposition candidate.
Now it is Informally announced that he
is to be made a Mercantile Appraiser and
that he has withdrawn from the race for
the nomination to the registershlp.
But why should it be necessary to pay
him a price for taking himself out of the
vny? Is the threat of a mere ward leader,
such as he, sufficient to bTlng the Contractor
Combine to its knees? Is the Contractor
Combine so fearful of losing what power
it has that it is willing to go any lengths
n order to preserve it?
Whatever may be the answer to these
questions, Jimmy seems to have succeeded
in putting It over on the Vare machine. In
which there are many men who would like
to have received a tenth of what has pnssed
through his hands since he has been sitting
nt the receipt of fees in the Register's office.
DUBLIN'S OPEN DOOR
rIS fair to assuino that Mr. tW Valcrn
nnd his associates in the Irish Repub
lican Parliament may depart somewhat In
future negotiations from the rigid line of
fiction' defined In the formal answer to the
British Prime Minister's peace proposal.
A demand for full independence is there
reiterated. But Ireland hns been through
a war of blood and pnssion. Every diplo
matist knows that nationn, like men. re
quire time to recover from oncer nnd bit
terness, and Dublin and London seem to he
playing for time. Mr. de Valern's note 1s
an extremely able presentation of the moral
side of the case. But the practical difficul
ties which mnke it hard to settle any Inter
' national question on purely moral and
philosophical grounds are none the less ap
parent and pressing
It is not easy for Americans to Issue
judgments againt the British or against
the Irifeh, especially at this moment, when
something very like a parallel to the Irish
question has suddenly developed within the
circle of our own affairs "Put all thoughts
of Independence out of your heads," said
the new Oorcrnor of l'orto Rico to Uic
people of that island in the course of n
recent nddte". "Old G'ntv shall nnti
always, over vou And nothing but English
must be taught from now on in the prlmaiy
schools " The people of Porto Rico talk
Spanish ami thev are Spanish by blood,
tradition and temtiei anient.
ERZBERCER'S DESTINY
TAJTATHIAS ERZBERGER. threatened bv
1VJL his foes during n stormy and vivid
political career and nt last a victim of
assassination, was a violent moderate The
uncompromising intensity with winch he
voiced his conviction contrasted piqunntlv
with the balance and sobriety of Ins judg
ments. It was Erzberger. the Reichstag memb'r,
who urged pence without annexations in
1017: Erzberger who accented the iinciivl-
,x able post of armistice commissioner for his
naiiun in i ui"; i-rznrrger wno ncivociitccl
the imposition of sufficient taxes to enable
tv&' Germany to pay her indemnities ns the
uyest means of eventual financial rehabili
tation. A spokesman for unpopular realities, his
personality, If perspicacious, was belligerent.
Enberger suffered from the misfortune of
beholding things as thev are and proclaim
ing: them with the lire which more commonly
infuses fiction
Such men are not infrequently ndjudged
dangerous and destined fnr trngic cikIn.
A MONARCHICAL FIASCO
THERE was cold comfort for the militar
ists and monarchists In the Merlin
jnrau of soldiers who fought in the World
War. They were rorlewed hi (Jencial
Ludendorff. Prince Eltel Krlcdrich, son of
the former Kaiser; fount von Wnldcrsep and
7yicra! von der Golf None of these one
distinguished memwus chceicd sine ticurnil
J.VJeidorff, but the applause for him wn.s
eoble. ot "lily was there a loci,- of en
r)Ulastic approval at this uiouaichut
lonstratlon, but there was positive evl-
we. of disapproval In the shape of '"boos"
am' some of the spectators
'""In the light of this coolness it is possible
(,' W'Juus uia riieccn mane uy uouni von
Wjjjferjrtwe. He said that the time would
V, .rtM wWthey would nil Etand together
"foe the Kaiser and the Fatherland."
"Hatred," ho exclaimed, "will stand guard
la (icriiiniiy," and "so long as Hermans
suffer under a foreign yoke nnd the French
stand guard on the Rhino we must pre
pare for revenge."
if there had been n demonstration of
approval at the expression of such senti
ments the review of the old soldiers might
have taken on nn ominous significance. But
Germany hns- got olong for three years
without the Kaiser.
Before the war, the most powerful single
party In the empire was democratic. The
mass of the German population hns been
anti-monarchical for yeors, In the sense
that it has been oppose! to the restrictions
on the right of franchise which Insured the
dominance in political power 'of the repre
sentatives of the monarchical and aristo
cratic minority. The Germans have had a
taste of democracy and they seem to like It.
Such acquiescing response as there will be
to the Count's speech will find expression
In the palaces of the deposed petty prince
lings, in the hearts of the old Prussian
guard and In the melancholy retreat at
Doom. The experiment of exhibiting a son
of the former Kaiser to the Berlin populace
docs not appear to have been brilliantly
successful,
GERMAN TREATY JUSTIFIES
HUGHES' FOREIGN POLICY
American Rights Are Safeguarded and
Harmonious Relations With the Al
lies Preserved by the Consist
ent Methods Pursued
Since March 4
NOT the least infirmity of purpose on the
part of the directors of the foreign
policy of the United States Is visible in
the brief and. in several ways, extraordi
nary treaty negotiated in Berlin with the
German Government.
The document is illuminating not only
as a definite expression of the official Ameri
can viewpoint, but also as evidence of the
consistency which has characterized the
successive moves of the State Department
since the advent of the Harding Adminis
tration. It is now possible to discern Inflexible
logic in such acts of Secretary Hughes as
his Tefusal to commit the United States to
an intercessory role regnrding German
reparations and his restoration of America
to certain commissions of the Allied Powers.
Proof that the outlines of a constructive
program have been established for several
months Is now unmistakable.
The rejection by the Senate of the Treaty
of Versailles has been accepted as Incontro
vrtihlo history. This acknowledgment of
realities Is not necessarily an Indictment of
that pact nor of the League of Xations,
which has found numerous ardent support
ers In both political camps.
But practical circumstances, which ore
In no wise chnnged by regrets, have made
impossible a formal revision of the treaty
of 1019 to suit lAmerican interests. Mr.
Hughes was therefore confronted with the
necessity of negotiating a separate agree
ment with Germany if the hypothetical war
status was to be altered.
To be more than on unmeaning diplo
matic gesture It was obvious that any con
tract must contain those features of the
Versailles Treaty which in all probability
would have been left in the document had
the United States been enabled to amend
and edltjt.
In this respect the new pact goes far.
In a sense its brevity 1b specious. Fruits
of the war to which Germany and the United
States have agreed that the latter shall be
entitled nre described nt length in the text
of the Versailles Treaty. Tho separate pact
simply enumerates them by part and sec
tion. Of the fifteen parts of the Versailles
contrnot, ten are retained.
The clauses demanding the trial of the
Kaiser are ignored. It is specified that the
United Stntes shall not be bound by any
thing relating to the League of Nations,
the laying down of the new boundaries or
Germany, the geographical nnd political
readjustments of Belgium, the left bank of
the Rhine, Czocho-Slovakia, Aubtrln, East
Prussia, Mcmcl, the free City of Danzig,
Schleswlg-Holstein, Heligoland. China,
Siam, Liberia. Morocco, Egypt, Turkey,
Bulgaria and Shantung.
In other words, our foreign policy Is kept
distinct for all settlements abroad and our
direct concern In the consequences of the
World War Is reduced to matters of direct
Interest to ourselven as formerly one of the
Allied ond Associated Powers. These sub
jects include nil benefits In which we were
originally involved, subject to the excep
tions noted ; the retention until further
adjustment of seized German property ;
the right, although we refuse to be bound
by it. of participation In reparation pro
ceedings; joint title with the other Powers
to the former German overseas possessions;
German disarmament under international
commissions ; war prisoners and graves ;
certain financial details, Including payment
for occupying troops; economic ariunge
incntR ; aerial navigation for Germnny; reg
ulations concerning German ports, water
wnis and rnllwojs, a number of minor mis
cellaneous details, and, what Is most im
portant, guarantees of pence.
Bv thlh Inst icscrv.itlon the United States
nsserts Its right, with the other victorious
Power", to occupy Rhine bridgeheads for a
period tif fifteen years.
In a general sense nil these stipulations
were embodied in the long 'cntence of the
KnoT-Porter pnce resolution which forms
n kind of preamble to the new treaty. That
this pni t is sufiicientlj explicit to estab
lish, when It is constitutionally ratified,
formal iclntions of pence between the late
belligerents is incontestnh'e Enough con
fiscated (lermnn propertj now Is held in
this countty to moke the adjustment of
dnmage claims largely n technical business.
So fur as Germnny is concerned, sho will
gle us what we exact. In unexampled
fashion the majority of the rights which we
assert i nn onlj be tucorctli-nlly indorsed bv
the defeated nation. It Is from our former
paitners, Mctors In the conflict, that we
must t in n fur practii ill acknowledgment of
the bulk of our demnnds
It is, consequently, plain that execution
is largely dependent upon the compliance
of a third party composed of our former
associates
Nertheless, the difficulties of the case
are probably superficial. It Is understood
that the Allied Powers, accepting the situa
tion, nre favorably disposed toward our sep
arate negotiations. Mr Iliiglies has been
loreful to preset o haiiimnloiis re'ntlons
with these Governments, which haw been
ohnwii b the line of poln i adopted since
March -I. 10-1, t lint the I'mtul States has
imt the slightest intention of plnilng the
uiniplot In the peine nor of permitting itself
to be outnittlieinercd by Gcminiix.
The Washington Conference is approach
ing. It Is rmdilv cone cjwible Unit nu
merous mutters, the so-called riii.il adjudi
cation of which we formally dispute, will
bn reopened for discussion.
Something ery like another peace pat ley
is in prospect. Its reiill.atloii would justify
the whole 'ngenlous pence poller of Sei re
tniv Hughes as It hns been delibeinteh nnd
nuthoiitntiieli unfolded
The method are (.Imping up The Senate
should expedite them by tatlfvlng a treaty,
which furnishes the sole avenue of escape
from a mnddenlng elluntinn. Partisans of
whatever stripe cannot logically oppose the
new pact. While the so-called "Irrocoft
cilables" may rejoice that the League of
Nations Is not accepted, their opponents
need ,nqt be uttcrjy ulsmnyed. The cov-
EVENING PUBLIC LEDGER
cnant Is not repudlnted. The United States
has simply refused to be bound by ;a docu
ment which it did not sign. The position Is
honestly and manfully taken.
As It stands, tho German treaty Is n
definite step toward International recon
struction. It Is admirable in Its limita
tions, framed for the specific needs of the
ease nnd big with promise of further re
assuring developments.
MINGO
TODAY the situation In the West Virginia
soft-coal fields, snd nnd fantastic nnd
bewildering as it appears In various lights,
Is highly charged with the possibilities of
trouble nnd even disaster. It Is doubtful
whether tho Inevitable consequence of slack
and Inefficient political administration ever
was made moro vividly apparent than It Is
In the Mingo field nt this hour.
If the troop commanders nre tactful nnd
cool-headed, If the strike police do not lose
their heads. If there is some one with au
thority In the State able to appreciate the
force that patience and a sense of humoT
and charity can be mado to exert in nny
crisis, tho long months of folly and mal
administration of affairs In the soft-coal
country will not end In an orgy of machine
gunning nnd bloodshed. Otherwise the
outcome of lawlessness on the part of the
miners' unions, the operators and even the
civil authorities in the Mingo region may
shock the country.
The -1000 miners who were marching to the
mine regions to "protest" ngainrt the con
tinuance of martial law proclaimed by the
Governor nre not all union men. They are
miners who have been enduring the hard
ships of a combined strike and lockout for
more than a year. The unions precipitated
the strike The operators called In strike
breakers. Gunplay and murder followed.
The Sheriffs of West Virginia and, Indeed,
tho State authorities ndded to the confu
sion by giving unlimited police authority
to a small army of men summoned from
outside nnd paid by the coal operators.
These men exercised the authority of the
State. But they were responsible only to
their private employers.
Experience hns shown that trouble of the
sort which the people of West Virginin
dreaded can be easily avoided If men who or
ganize for n demonstration arc permitted to
demonstrate peacefully nnd hlnw off their
steam without hindrance. If the miners
had been permitted to go to Mingo they prob
ably would have walked around and snt down
and the thing would have been done. If a
Sheriff or n captain of troops had lost his
head and attempted to stop them with gun
fire or threats, a good many people would b"
killed nnd the Mingo trouble be no nearer
settlement. The confusion at the soft-coal
mines is a disgrace to the State authorities,
who permitted both unions and operators to
play fast and loose with the laws, with tho
Interests of the State and the Interests of tho
Nation.
SMUGGLING IS NOT EASY
THE bootleggers who nre smuggling liquor
into the United Stntes are coming In
contact with a lot of officors intrusted with
the enforcement of the law long before
the prohibitory amendment was adopted or
the Volstead law was passed.
They are experienced in detecting viola
tors of the customs law. They nre not par
ticularly Interested In the character of the
goods brought into the country in disregard
of the statutes. They have detected smug
glers of diamonds nnd smugglers of silks and
laces and smugglers of cigars and fine brnndy
nnd smugglers of nrticles of every Kind on
which the importers, piofcsslonal or ama
teur, have been reluctant to pay the duty.
Their machinery Is highly organized and
efficient. The Volstead act has not changed
their duties In nny rodlcal way. It was
contrary to the law to bring liquor into
the country without the pnymrnt of duty
before the constitutional nmendment was
adopted. That amendment prohibits ItH
Importation for beverage purposes. It may
be brought in for medicinal uses ns hereto
fore, nnd when so Imported it must pay the
usual duty. The revenue officers are not
Interested in preventing the consumption of
liquor They nre Interested merely In the
collection of the duty on all that Ib brought
Into the country. If the duty Is not pall
they nre authorized to seize it as they have
for cars seized articles of other kinds on
which the importers sought to evade the
payment of the legal tax
The customs department Is not In the
hnblt of winking at the violntlon of the
revenue laws. It Is equipped with fast cut
ters which patrol the coast on the lookout
for smugglers. If this cutter service Is not
adequate to the demands on It now that
organized efforts nre In operation to bring
liquor into the country by forbidden was,
it Is likely to be en'arged. While smug
gling cannot be wholly prevented, It can be
reduced to such nn extent ns to discourage
adventurous nnd nvaricious men from per
sisting in It.
BEER
BEER, like those who advocate Its re
turn, is still' in the air. In Washington,
where Its fate has been trembling in the
balance for more than a month, it appears
to be viewed as political dynamite.
A few weeks ago Trensury officials,
harassed alike by the wets and the drys,
demanded that Congress go to their rescue
with n law to clear up the beer question by
i losing lenks In the Volstead act. They
threatened to make rulings virtually legal
izing "medicinal beer" if the House nnd
Senate fulled them.
The House nnd Senate failed them by
ndionrnlng nffer a deadlock. But the Treas
on has changed its mind. Sctretiuy Mellon
hns nnnounted that he will mnke no new
rulings. He will wait until September,
when Congress will resume Its work nnd
take up aguln the Anti-Beer Bill, which
was drawn to meet the Issue raised by the
Treasury and the prohibition enforcement
officials.
For a dizzv moment after the congres
sional recess wns nnnnuncrd it seemed that
beer wns about to return, nnd it is rumored
that the brewers were ready to release enor
mous shipments of the so-called genuine
stuff.
What Congress will do when It returns
to work it Is hard to say. The Senate Is
sticking by an Intention to make the search
of houses, motorcars, satchels and the like
illegal in cases where the searchers are not
piovlded with specific warrants. It will
vote for the House Anti-Beer Bill only If
its no-search amendment Is accepted bv the
House.
Agiecnient nilsht be easier we venture to
believe that It would be ensierIf Wnjne B.
Wheeler, head of the A nti-. Saloon League,
would take n short vacation from Washing
ton Mr. Wheeler Is obviously n cause of
growing Irritation to many SenatoiH. He
hns a bad habit of talking for Congress ah
if he owned it.
Wo hnve from time
A Masterpiece to time derided (lis
efforts of genial stor.v -
tellers who strive to give tung to the news,
but In Westchester Countv, N. Y., there's
u Unr we love. He says bees have parked
in the gcirbox of his flivver and travel over
the country wltli'hlnf When he stops they
gather honey, Imt nlwajs come home when
be honks his horn To try to improvn that
storv would bo to gild the lllv
As though Russia's
The Grasshopper weight of woe were not
Becomes a Ilunlrn sufficiently heavy, nn
army of grasshoppers
has Invaded Its train belt. One may Im
agine the deyll quoting Scripture with a
vile grin.
- PHILADELPHIA, SATURDAY, AtrfiUST y,
A WONDERFUL CAMP
Delmont, Once an Indian Hunting
Ground, Now a Boy 8cout Ren
dezvous Historic Unaml
Valley Forty Miles
From City Hall
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THE Boy Scouts of America is the great
est juvenile organization In the world.
Fortunate Is the boy who is a member.
Fnrseeine is tho father who encourages hl
son to join Its ranks.
It has effective and enthusiastic organi
zations In every civilized country on the
globe.
Objectively, It alms to keen boys In the
path of rectitude; teaches them the beauty
of courtesy, kindness, honor and helpfulness.
In great cities, whenever juvenile altjes
or auxiliaries arc needed for public func
tions, Boy Scouts nre selected. -It Is a
recognition of their manliness, personal re
sponsibility nnd duty.
Grent are the Boy Scouts!
CAMP DELMONT, the remarkable Scout
camp In upper Montgomery County,
closes Its ninth annual encampment today.
Director Ernest Schultz will superintend
the departure of about seventy Boy Scouta,
the remnant of the summer jrogiment.
The camp will bo left in a condition as
snick and span, as fresh and attractive as
though It had never known the presence of
a boy.
Yet more thnn COO red-blooded, athletic,
clean-minded Scouts lived there the last
two months.
More than 2000 persons, home folks nnd
friends of the boys, visited tbem during that
period.
It cost $0000 to feed nnd care for them.
This sum did not include permanent im
provements nnd certain incidentals of camp
life.
In July and August the boys came In
troops from all parts of Delaware and
Montgomery Counties.
Every two weeks the personnel of the
place changed. A fortnight is the recog
nized camping perldd of each troop.
D
ELMONT is one of the largest Boy
Scout camps In the United States.
It Is the most romantic nnd beautiful of
all.
There are 100 acres of woodland, creek,
meadow, rock nnd tangled hillside.
The Federated Boy Scout Council of
Montgomery nnd Delaware Counties owns
the property.
Ideals of outdoor life for boys from twelve
to seventeen years here attain their highest
realization.
Tho valley was once the hunting ground
of the Unnrai Indians. They were a sub
division of tho great Delaware tribe or
nation.
In the museum are foxes, weasels, birds
and butterflies trapped or token by the boys.
Indian relics, rare mineral specimens nnd
polished samples of all the native woods are
there preserved.
Ten college men, specialists, comprise the
general staff of Instructors nnd attendants
every year.
There are no martinets. The Scouts are
Instructed how to do things. They nre not
ordeicd. Self-control, courtesy and per
sonal pride prevail.
DURING the season just closed there was
no sickness at Delmont, though a camp
doctor and n well-equipped hospital are
always at hand.
There is n naturalist versed in wood
craft, a director and two assistants of
Scout activities, a scout master nt large,
swimming masters and lifeguards on the
staff.
The Scouts live like pioneers of the early
West. Every house Is a log cabin.
Eighteen of them, set around the campus,
are open on nil four -sides. They are the
bunk cabins, wljh eight bunks to each.
The great council house, 33 by CO feet,
is constructed of huge logs.
Within arc two council fires. They are
squnres of stone set In the floor. When the
council fires are lighted the bmoke passe
out through holes in the roof.
The chapel is the most remarkable, ap
propriate nnd picturesque spot In the Tcgion.
It is a natural amphitheatre. A semicircle
of rocks, some as big as a two-story house,
others the size of a wheelbarrow.
The pulpit is n curiosity. It is a boulder
shaped like a pulpit desk, with nntural
sloping top.
During services on Sunday the Scouts and
their visitors perch on the rocks or sent
themselves on the ground.
Clergjmen of nntionnl fame, Bishops of
great dioceses, hove been proud to preach
in this amphitheatre with its odd pulpit
and rustic wooden pulpit chair.
THE Scouts at Delmont nre Instructed in
the mysteries of woodcraft and the lore
of the great outdoors.
American history Is taught nt its source.
From the trails and fishing grounds of
the I'natni Indians it is but a step to tho
fulling mills of Colonial days; to the pre
Rcvolutionary powder mills of the Unaml
Valley.
On the camp ground still stnnds a mill
that made gunpowder for Washington's
muzzle-loaders. There ore the ruins of a
dozen others within a few miles.
The Scouts swim In the vvnters above a
dam tbnt was built before the Declaration
of Independence was proclaimed.
It fed mill-races that ground the grist,
made the ammunition and fulled the cloth
for the armies of the colonies.
The lad in khaki not only hears the story
of those wonderful pioneer days, but is con
fccinu of tho visible presence of scenes linked
with liis country's history.
"The Daddy Shack" Is a unique feature.
It Is what Its name Implies: a log cabin
equipped with cots and other comforts for
fathers who come out to spend the week
end w-ith their bovb.
The log bonthouse where the boats are
stored dining tho winter is the only one of
its kind in this country. Tho Scouts built
most of these structures.
There Is a ttading post. Scout necessities
nre for sale. Candy can be purchased, but
in qunntlt.v no lnrger than permitted by
the doi lor.
llinlth. robust and vibrant. Is the sine
qua non of Camp Delmont. All other things
follow.
THE record of the kitchen, where two
cooks nie cmplojed, is nn interesting
presentation.
The lommissary, with a competent stew
ard in charge. Is ample, varied and satis
fving. It requites 3000 pounds of Ice per week
to supply the place.
A barrel of potatoes and seventy-five
pounds of meat nre consumed at a meal.
A crate of eggs for each meal and 120
qunit.s of milk per das arc other requisites.
Then there are ICO big loaves of bread
a dny, a 100-pound tub of butter n wcok,
bushels and bushels of tomatoes, benns,
uibb.ige and other vegetables, with jams
iixid preserves, watermelon, ice cream and
other wholesome desserts In proportion.
The charge for nil this is .$7 per week
per bo j
Of i nurse, thut sum cIocb not pay for
much inoie than the mess nnd attendance.
The uniiuul deficit Is made tin by contribu
tions from blg-bcarled men and women who
icnlle the vnluc of the Boy Scout move
ment to the future of our country.
Dlieclor Schull. laushed outright when
asked about his discipline In case"of trouble
with the bovs,
"We never have any trouble," he said.
"We never have had any trouble since Camp
Delmont wns founded six yrnr ngn. The
bovs are not bossed. They have the honor
of" the camp und their troop ut hciiit, be
sides a keen personal pride. Even if thcro
vveic n bit of trouble In any individual caso
the boys themselves would settle it."
"How?"
"Boy fashion by ostracism of the of
fender. It's the Indian way," ho said.
Delmont Is one of the few Pennsylvania
Boy Scout camps that showed an Increased
attendance this jcar over that of 1020.
Great nre the. Boy Scouts 1
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NOW MY IDEA IS THIS
Daily Talks With Thinking Philadelphia on Subjects They
Know Best
JOSEPH P. CARROLL
On the Athletic Pot of Gold
COMMERCIALISM, personal vninglorl- .
ousness and specializing in athletics arc
denounced as detriments to the public bene
fit, according to Joseph P. Carroll, athletic
director of the Athletic Recreation Center,
Twenty-sixth nnd Mnster streets. The
cause of athletic benefits for the community
generally is suffering, says Mr. Carroll, ns
a result of the ascendancy of these factors
in athletic life.
"One can understand thnt in past times,
when human life was more constant, a fairly
leisurely preparation for competitive sport
was, for those who could afford it, n natural
provision," says Mr. Carroll. "The average
boy (but seldom the girl) went Into ath
letics in n tranquil spirit of adventure, to
get what physical good there was or as
much of it ns lie could and to enjoy the
getting of it. He accepted what was put
on liis plnte, took It for granted thnt it was
wholesome becnusc thoso who had the
knowledge offered it. consumed it nccording
to his ability and in duo time departed more
or less cheerfully.
"It was assumed in those days that teach
ers and purveyors of physical educatiou
knew more about the broader nngles of ath
letic competition than the novitintcs hi
sport. It was nssumed that nthletica were
a good thing in which to participate nnd on
the terms or rules offered.
Question of Real "Food"
"But now ! Who enn say that life is con
stant in these days when one lives for to
day onlv nnd wonders what he and the rest
of the world will meet tomorrow' When
every other authority on athletics tells tho
competitor that the world of sport is not jet
rearranged, thnt it is n new era, and no one
knows what the conditions of competition
are going to be, is It surprising that he
should nsk himself whether the purveyor
of athletics ore giving him real food that
will help him to live or arts merely keeping
him amused and employed by things thnt are
out of dote and no longer important?
"Educating n boy or girl In othletlcs now
ada.s is like buttlcsbip building. In both
cases the question nrisos, 'Is it worth while
wasting time on numbers when the supcr
tvpc will sink the smaller craft?' It has
been bad enough for the last twenty-five
j curs, since directors began to deviate from
the old classical inspiration in nthlctics and
substitute for it something that teemed likely
to bo more useful for financial return nnd
material gain to both themselves ond the
nnrtlclnnnt.
"The creation of the star performer,
specialist or super-man and Indifference to
the person of mediocre ability; the strenuous
race to win nt all hazards by menns not al
wavs legitimate; the offoring of awards out
of 'nil proportion to the energy or ability
displaced nnd tbnt arc extravagant to the
disgusting point; the strategy, wot thy of a
better cause, whereby rules are emasculated
to suit conniving officials or their pampered
proteges; the crimes committed on the ath
letic calcndnr under the caption 'expenses'--these
nre the deteriorating influences that
ore gnawing at tho ery .vitals of honest
competition In sport.
"The boy and girl become specialists, if
they are physically able, or promoters if
they aro not; and the physical value attend
ant on athletic competition (mens sann in
corpore sano) is lost sight of entirely. Aside
from the physical damage often ilntio the
Individual by over-indulgence to gain hu
premacy nnd under the direction nnd en
couragement of those who nre often, employed
to safeguard thafrvory thing, the Individual
becomes a veritable 'pot-hunter' nnd wi'l
not compete or 'perform' unless reimbursed
with the requisite publicity, sufficient ex
penses or costly awards. The exodus to
Klondike n few ears since and n moro recrnt
quest for gold in tho hills of Mnrylnnd in,
parallel lnstnnces to tho athlete one finds to
day In Increasing numbers,
Parasitic Lesion of Sport
"Tho chameleon athlete whose principles
nre gauged by tho 'pot-of-gold' btondnrd and
whose allegiance and lojalty to his school,
club or team vncilloto with highest bid is
the parasitic lesion of sport. If competitive
nthlctics are to attain desirable results nnd
to erect, In the persons of honorable par
ticipants, fitting testimonials to consistency
of purpose, then tho dlrrctors of spent must
needs bo nbovo tho encouragement of theso
debasing tactics in those over whom thev
exeit influence.
"The policy of n group or organization
should reflect, ns accurately as possible, tho
attitude of its mentors. Directors of sport
should be in n position to spenk frankly and
fearlessly upon any mntter connected with
their activity. Thoy should furnish nn ab
solutely Independent and unbiased expression
of opinion on all live matters affecting ath.
letlcs. They should, of course, be fair, but
abould uut hesitate to champion the un
v 19& -
WHERE THE HOPES OF EVERY NORTH SIDE
TAXPAYER ARE CENTERED
popular side of a question. There should
be no private Interests to be served nor should
their expressions be subject to the control
of monctnry considerations or other emolu
ments. "The director need not always reflect what
he thinks to be public sentiment, but whnt
he believes public sentiment would be If
the public generally were as fully informed
ns he Is. He should not be content to
merely voice public sentiment, but should,
with large wisdom ond discretion, create
and direct public sentiment in accordance
with tho highest ideals of sport. Having
done this he can say with Horace, 'Lxcgl
monumentum ncrc- perennius' a monument
to thnt pre-eminent American institution
competitive athletics."
HUMANISMS
By WILLIAM ATHERTON DU PUY
IT WAS, ns a matter of fact, very dis
concerting to the navy when, n few
weeks ngo. It converted two captive German
destroyers Into targets that were to be
sink in practico for experimental purposes
and the clam things refused to go down.
First nt 0 o'clock in the morning the de
btroycrs went out in a line, steamed back
nnd forth nnd cracked nwny at iiflOO yards,
which is a rather short range. They did
it for hnlf n day. Then a group of great
big battleships went out to shoot. For them
10,000 yards was close up, although they
got closer later on. They unleashed mnln
turret guns, broadsides 'n' everything and
the sun traveled avvny over toward the
western horizon nnd one of those de
stroyers still bobbed contentedly out there
In tho ocean.
Finally all guns were concentrated on
this hopeless, firmly nnchored little bont.
It stayed ntloat until 7 o'clock in the eve
ning, having endured ten hours of unvy
firo. then turned quietly over on its side
nnd. as if disgusted, sank without so much
as kicking up its heels.
It would not hnve been so bad if the
performance had not been viewed by some
army officers who hold that the way to sink
ships I" to let them drop bombs on them.
Major H. M. Hickham was one of these
an inconsiderate sort of fellow. Do vou
know what he said? Well, he kinda drawled
and. says he:
"If you give a woman n lead pencil
k ndn long, with plenty of lend lu it and a
nice shnrp pocketknifc. nnd If every" hnc
!,,r0,te0;:tb?I,e.,..I'"t " ",t " " -"
I cwTs7seoi'1?.n)meAt'C Co,n"ncr Ernest
I. I.i wis I mi, of the most traveled men in
the United States. He used to be n writing
thing nnd thus make a living as he "vent"
I What Do You Know?
QUIZ
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Howt many m,(,B th, nun frQm
WfoM"' U, batl, f atty.burB
Who was the classical codrtess of mirth
Tau'sVr ,h9 " "' "hlch Urates
Who was Napoleon's chief of nnli,.o
Wrnln'13 'h8 mean"5 of one Inch of
"rdayervT th' flm En"h comcJy
Wbnt la the literal rense of tlrndo?
Answers to Yesterday's Quiz
regaaus In classical mvthnin,.,. ....... .i.
winged borso of h0 v ic,sy,S" ,h.
was the lean a. d hnlf "tarve.l i?na,U?
Mnnchurla les north of rhfnn ...
nn,leborder on Siberia', SfefelfiTS
TnSVefiUirr1' r 0t"e' ve-"
A ' p'nlnVr'" ,f WjSrS'
swltifrlnsr cloth fan on newo?!?,
Vnre8a'nuV" nOI," fr ,,s Pucllnn of
Thtee Presidents of Mexico sine. n,
nnnl? !r " "-!SSr.I,E-
''"preside" f& Vt$r
means to b master. This form of
mS'2,,,,r,Talls !n England In
rWR rtSo"stra,e mor "'2
The battle of Fredaricksburic In the Civil
.War w, fought In December. W2.
10.
SHORT CUTS
The Register of Wills registered t
, won't.
The trees will soon prepare for wmfrt
by taking off their clothes.
A technicality can hold up a peet
treaty, but to uphold it a good constitution
la needed.
Apropos of some of the stories coming
out of Russia, none but a. goose Is fooled by
propaganda.
Congress has Joined the army of tsi
unemployed, but its pay envelope still goei
marching on.
When it Is suggested that the farm
laborer should sing ns he works he probtbly
says "Hoe, hum!"
Armed deputies and miners battling hi
Logan County, W. Va., are still far enoufh
away from n peace treaty.-
Those who still believe that communtan
In Russia is a success might hold a conven
tion in Lcipervillc Town Hall.
It may be that Germany was so anxious
for a separate peace that she didn't cart
particularly how it was framed.
Now that the United Stntes and Ger- v
many hnve signed tho peace treaty th
Hamburg steak may drop its nllas.
"Let the blur writers rave." cries Con
gressman Manuel Herrick. The gentleman
evidently doesn't wish to go It alone.
Dlckcry. dickcry. dock. Harmony il
ways in hock. The Vares struck one, down
Sheehan ran to wntch the political clock.
"It's fathers not mothers that spoil
bnbles," niijb the mother of n local pnM
Infant. Well, isn't that what babies art
for?
What the Disarmament Conference vHH
do depends solely on the qunllty and fore
of the sentiment the outside public brlngl
to bear on the conferees.
The Mount Everest expedition does not
believe in too much expedition. The actusl
attempt to climb the eminence will not b
undertaken until next jeat
A Minnesota man Is tr.vlng to force his
wife to pay him alimony. Sensing the
nppronrh of feminism, lie says, in effect,
"Eventually, why not now?"
A recent Federal court decision is taken
in some quarters to mean n revision o( tne
phrase beginning "Suffer little children to
"Let little children buffer."
There is appreciation of human en
deavor mid no frlvolousncss in the assertion
that the ZR-2 disaster was n siiciince nil
to give the ZR-1 a home run.
From Ln Plntn, Argentina, romes the
news that debate In the Provincial Les"1
ture was punctuntcd with bullets inw
seems to bo a line field for Ben Johnson.
Coroner's Jury of six women In At
lantic City wrangled for nn hour and
half and then icported that they couldnt
ngrre. Wonmnly intuition mubt have been
taking a day off
Alma Gluck, opera star, Fays she i
going to spend tho greater part of her ub
abroad In 'sleeping. The least we can hop
is that the concert of Europe, with its many
blue notes, won't keep her awake.
Tho wise and necessary rule that one
should love his neighbor is oft Ignored in
fashion cool by Capital and Ln bor. M"
makes the proposition nt R while W
from scabbard free: "Old Top. I II purely
love jou if .vou pi uve that jemjve mc-
Switzerland aft" .
Full of Holes drought that mob
unending Is now s it
fering from too much water rivers thwi
and rain still falling. Wo hnve it on nr
serv authority that Jupiter . PI''"8. 'n.
Switzerland uses a local cheese Instead l
ii watering pot.
In dismissing th
Something Ridiculous suit of a "!''' 2LBr
Somewhere claimed cpmpw ion
for injuries recelr"
while nttendlng n rase, the refeiee of
State Workmen's Compensation Bureau "'a
It wns ridiculous to speak of the benrin"
children as n business. Without MP"lB1
an opinion as to the wisdom o, ; unwisdom d
1 1 In h.av. binding f orcc Tlf th. ;; ll
nlalnW had been the mother, but tbnt J M
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