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rhilidclphU. Mondly, Aujuit 29, 1921
REGISTER TOMORROW
CITIZENS wcarj of the repetition of In
junction!! to register ns voters lime
the remedy In their own hands. When the
public is fully aroused to the necessity of
enrollment clamor upon this theme will im
mediately subside.
Electors entertaining the faintest interest
in national affairs seldom need to be in
structed concerning the date on which a
presidential contest is fettled. The infor
mation Is subconsciously absorbed and it
sticks. Interest in tin- registration dates
ought to be equally inevitable. Franchise
temporarily lapses unless the simple act of
formally qualifying for voting is performed
once a year.
Need It be repeated that the first of the
three registration days on which members
of this community are privileged to confirm
their right to participate in the November
election occurs tomorrow? Unhappily. es.
Experience has shown that thousands of
citizens arc disfranchised annually through
Indifference to n simple preliminary duty.
The other two dn)s fixed for registration
this year are September t and 10. The
hours of business in the division polling
places are from 7 to 10 in the morning nud
from 4 in the afternoon until 10 nt night.
Tomorrow will be an index of the in
terest which the forthcoming contest-, mostly
local but of prime importance, have aroused.
The influential politicians, of course, are
never indifferent to registration. That is
one of the reasons why they arc influential.
TOO BAD!
COUNCILMAN HALL is grieved that any
oue should suggest that he visited a
apeak-easy in South street. He is more
than grieved, for he has threatened to swear
out a warrant for the arrest of any man
who says he was in the place.
This Is too bad. Whj should any one
suspejif the Councilman tf visiting a place
where liquor was sold illegally? He bus
always insisted that he believes in fair
treatment for every one. lie went so far
'n few months ago as to boast of what he
would do if tlie police, who, he said, were
not interfering with the rich men who were
able to get a drink when they wished it or
to play a game of cards when they were in
the mood, should invade his district and
interfere with the right of the poor to enjoy
the same privileges.
perhaps when he said this he was just
talking and meant nothing, but he ha only
himself to blame if the ptople in his district
assumed thut he was defending their right
to have spenk-ensies within i onvenient ac
cess of their homes.
WOMEN AND THE FIGHT
IT OUGHT to be ii matter of Interest to
the women of Philadelphia to observe
that the plans of e Fifty -Fifty campaign
are being laid and perfected without any
apparent thought of them.
There are enough women voters In Phila
delphia to turn the tide against the two
headed gang een if no help was offered by
the unattached men voteis. Hut the Fifty
Fifty leaders seem to feel assured that
women will not tukc the trouble to exercise
their right at the pulls.
All factions anil parties in the present
election preliminaries hae found that the
woman ote cannot be systematically or
ganized. The Vares. the Independents and
the Penrose leaders have failed in the effort
to mobilize feminine sentiment. We shall
see what we shall see. Hut it Is necessary
to admit that equal rights mean equal re
sponsibilities. In the future the women
voters of the city will have to share a part
of the blame when municipal affairs are mis
handled anil when the municipal Govern
ineut is debased to s(-rve the mtriests of
looters.
WHAT THE FAIR NEEDS
THE Indorsement of the Paul Oct plan
for the lil'Jti fair by the ralrniount Hum
ness Men's Association is probably not tor-1
dlally regarded in bustling Roxborough.
The confidence of thnt enthusiastic suburb
in the merits of the Wissnhickon Vulley situ
lias been registered in a way that justifies
self-admiration.
The Roxburgers are propagandizing for
dear life and their vision of stntclv pleasure
domes would run Kubla Khan a pictt race.
Competing programs arc reckoned bnsc In
trusions There is ii'i-hiiii; tcprihciiJblu in sin h
rapture. Whut Philadelphia needs, however,
is similar fcnenc elsewhere for nuiiitcr
propositions Thete is not the least harm at
the present moment in discus. ion of the ut
most varletj of filiations for the world ex
position. An) thing is preferable to In
difference to the project.
Residents of the Fairmount section are
to be congratulated for advocating the Park-way-Schu.vlkill
site. A rousing dispute over
situations might scfve to dispel some of the
cobwebs villi h seem to have settled upon the
general undci Inking, lime In. a I enthusiasms
lire awakened it should be posp)e i,, ,.i.
ordinate them in support of the tnir when
the final decision is rem lied.
Opponents of the two sites, which ,ave
aroused sorie intciests, will nln little bj
merely destrmtic i itii-Um. if tt,.y dl.
coyer u cause of their own to espouse the
'community will be foitunnte.
Drama cannot move without a lusty con
test of wills. Neither can such nn enter
prise as a universal exposition and festival,
which Is merely an emptv formula without
tbo clashing smirks of life.
i MR. PEPPER GETS OUT
THE lesiguiition of (icorgc Whaitmi Pep
per us nil houorar) dhc cr of the
ttrlntrntis nud Constables' Assm iation is
I.' ,due to the position of the association to
a vuii6uuiw"iui "o "luiiii.
ilJMr. Pepper is committed to the comen-
jUetu Indeed, lie is so thoroughly convinced
aH-tiM its importance flint he prefers to sacrihee
,." ,iat?ver distinction there may be In asso-
a-
elating with the constables and magistrates
rather than let nn impression go abroad
that heshas weakened in his belief.
The constables and magistrates object to
any revision of the Constitution because
they fear that their interests will be ad
versely affected. They are thinking of their
jobs nnd not of the broader issues Involved,
just as the other politicians who object to
revision are afraid that something may bo
done which will make trouble for them.
The resignation of Mr. Pepper will serve
a good end If It calls the attention of the
disinterested voters to the forces which nre
seeking to prevent a correction of the de
fects In the fundamental law of the State.
There are enough such voters to provide a
majority in favor of the convention If they
will only go to' the primaries in September
nnd express their wishes.
WHAT PURPOSES INSPIRE
THE NEWER FANATICISM?
Is Current Propaganda of Bigotry and
Violence Being Shrewdly Directed
for Practical Ends?
AGAIN, with the astonishing rumors of
midnight Kit Klux Initiations, with
torches nnd secret oaths, in the region of
Philadelphia, it becomes nppnrent that,
through the war nnd Its aftermath, we are
in some danger of losing nt home the things
for which we fought abroad.
For the preposterous tramping nnd swear
ing of the Kit- Klux organization nnd the
habit of mob violence which Its example in
spires in others are merely s)mptoms of a
larger and more deeply rooted evil. Intol
erance nud secret hate and the propaganda
of division and class enmity ore combined
in n ferment thnt tends to do enormous
harm to the social structures of the country.
An) citizen who refuses to recognize and
face the problem of the new fanaticism is
guilty of intellectual cownrdlce. The spec
tacle of white men engaged in rites that
seem appropriate only to the Jungle is re
volting enough. Hut it is a relatively small
detail In the general scene.
Something very much like civil war is
threatening in West Virginin because of
class hatreds intensified by industrial con
flicts long drawn out.
Under the eyes of the police masked mobs
have been burning nnd pillaging In some of
the Southern States and swearing oaths
uniler which they nre pledged to disregard
all lnw as It is administered with the nu
thorlt) of the Federal and State Govern
ments. Jury trial is no longer assured to defense
less people in some vpnrts of the country.
And in the propaganda by which mob law
is being established and sustained nnd ex
tended there is n subtle but always dis
cernible appeal to the Instincts of savagery
which seem to lie dormnnt only a little way
below the surface in many people.
It has been said truthfully b) observers
of the ljni'liing fever In the South that
burnings nnd hnngings and jail-wrecking
by mobs represent an end and not a means.
Such diversion is gratification for the bar
barous heart of mobs made more cruel by
the obvious helplessness of their victims.
Side by side with the propaganda of mob
violence runs nownda.is the propaganda of
religious ami racial lirgotry. We passed
only recently through a nntlonal crisis in
which every race and creed nnd denomina
tion proved eager to give its first devotion
to the Hag and to the country. Never
before did the folly of religious prejudice
seem so cruel, so groundless, so utterly
without justification as it did in the war
years, when all men became brothers in a
common cause of patriotism nnd so suffered
and died nnd sacrificed together.
It was not believed that religious differ
ences could ever again count for nn) thing
in this country. Vet hate nnd suspicion
founded on sectarian antipathies are for
the moment threatening to become something
like n mania in many quarters of the
country.
Irresponsible and undisciplined groups,
which include even some of the men who
served most gallantly in the war, are ap
pearing here and there and assuming to
be n sort of morals police for all the people
of the United States.
The general phenomenon is not explained
by any of Its surface aspects. Hohind it
clever minds and clever hands and men who
have little interest in mornls or In patriot
ism arc obviously at work.
There is hardly a da upon which there
is not In the news clenr evidence of great
masses of excited opinion flung this way and
that in the interest of some hidden cause
that enn only be guessed nt.
And the men who are responsible for such
outrages against the v principles of true
Americanism raise the Hag of the country
above their mobs and denounce as dls
lojallsts any one who would call them to
order '.
Whosp are the directing minds behind the
movement which tends to turn thy forces
of intellectual and spiritual progress into
forces of rcaitlon and savager) ? Who are
making dupes of the crowds ami the or
ganizations that go out to do their bidding
at the pull of Invisible wires?
That Is n question for which Congress
ought to s.pk nn answer without further
delay.
TAKE CARE OF THE TOURISTS
AUTOMOBILE touring parties from nil
set tlons of the countr) L.tc been visit
ing this cii) in large numbers this summer.
The) have uirrietl their rumping and look
ing outfits with them, hut it hustnot been
iiisj- for t Ihmii to find a plaie to pitch tln-ir
tent for tin- night. In the West tlu-j found
uutoinobili- camps in tli outskiits of all the
large tuuns, provided with water and other
loiivi-nii-nees These Wi stern towns long
ago found that It worth while catering
to I he needs of tourists. v.hn ,d Qt i,),
to patroni.e the Jinni" and the garages.
In limn) instances the tourists would liuie
had to stay nt home if they had not been
able to i amp out at night. There are few
more expensive forms of leereatlon than
tuneling about the country in a motorcar
and slopping at night nt the hotels along the
routi A single hotel lull fm a pnit of
four would almost pin a wick's -xpriisi, of
ii motor iiiiiiplng pain of tin- same s,e.
The need for IP cniiiiii-iilafioiis for t 'to
tourist- of this kind has inipresM-d it-elf
on the Ie stone Automobile Club, and ;it its
request Ilirector Cnvi-n, of the Iepurimeiil
of Public Works, has been instructed to
see wljnt he can do. Then- are niiinv unli
able sites within the city limits any one of
which could be set apart for the r-uinprrs
unci equipped for their comfort and con
venience. The establishment of the ilimp
should not he dc'nved until the World Fair
There is need for it iflready If it could
lie rcaih for use next summer the aiituiiiu
blllsts In all parts of the countrv would
learn of it in ad wince of the fair and h'gin
to make their prcpaintloiis to conn- hen- In
lil'jll. If not befoie.
Such a camp as would serve the needs of
ordinal') lourlst travel would not he ade
quate for the aciommodution of the fair
visitors If we begin next jenr we can
enlargp the original camp or open new ones
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BVJ3NJGNQ FtfBLICV JaE
as the necessities of the, "enso demand. All
that Is required to attract tens of thousands
of tourists here every year Is a Bplrlt of
hospitality. We have attractions such as
no other American city can offer In the way
of historical shrines which all good Ameri
cans hope to sec before they die.
AMERICANS ON THE RHINE
THE suggestion from Washington thnt the
Administration may call all United
States troops home from Germany nftcr the
ratification of tho new trcnty attracts at
tention once more to an lssuo of which
American critics of things American have
been making nn unwarranted hubbub.
No decent-minded mnn desires to see fric
tion nnd hnte perpetuated in n world thnt
needs nothing so badly ns it needs peace of
mind. Btitjt is n mistnko to suppose that
the small American army on the Rhine has
added to tho hardships of German non
combatants. Germans themselves would
rnthcr sec the doughboys stay than depart.
Our force In the occupied nrea numbers
approximately 1-1,000 men nnd officers.
Americans who profess to sec something
cruel nnd incongruous in the spectnclc of
largo armies subsisting nt the expense of a
country in which ninny children arc deprived
of necessary food see the question Imper
fectly nud In a wrong light when they
shout for the withdrawal of our own small
force "In the nnmc of decency." Through
the force of occupation we have contributed
far more to the welfnrc of the civil popula
tion hi the occupied areas than wo hnve
taken away. The example of restraint nnd
forbearance provided by the American troops
has had a steadying effect on the troops of
other countries, Life has been made snfer
for German women nnd children through the
influence of the Americans in the occupied
regions. And the soldiers themselves, with
their usual habit of spending their pay
freely, are about as great a burden on the
Germans ns n holiday crowd is to the resi
dents nnd business people in n summer re
sort. There may be good political reasons
for ordering the doughboys home. Hut cer
tainly the circumstances of their stay on the
Rhine suggest anything but tragedy.
NO JOB FOR WOMEN
ONE or perhaps two women nre pretty
sure, after all, to be elected to the
office of city magistrate. The orders arc
out and the bosses nre eager to "recognize"
the women vote nnd to hold It In line with
n few- scraps of patronage. This sort of
appeal to the newly enfranchised voters is
characteristic of the men who have made
it. Were they more sincere than they nre
they would hnve refused to help in electing
women magistrates.
As we have said before, a magistrate's
court is no place in which a woman may
preside with comfort or dignity. It is n
vestibule to the underworld nnd. in, too
many cases, a vestibule to the gehenna of
gang politics. A magistrate who does not
wish to be n disappointment to political
friends cannot do full justice in his court.
Women ought not to sit In magistrates'
courts for the same reason that they should
not be permitted to mine conl or dig ditches
or do other dirt) work which men have
always done, nnd because of an instinctive
feeling thut women should be spared its
rigors. The experience of the first women
magistrates will be enlightening, nt leos,t.
Hut thev probably will not be such ns to
tempt other women to seek the office in
the future. The present system ought to
be abolished.
WHY THE SHIP PROBLEM VEXES
fTUIE United States," declares Charles
J. II. Potter, president of the Ship
Operators' Association, "is not willing to
resume its pitiful pre-wnr maritime posi
tion." As n general statement the truth
of this observation is indisputable. The
Immediate means by which marine degen
eracy is to be avoided are, however, less
obvious.
"Do what Napoleon would hnve done"
is n motto that has found some acceptance
among earnest individuals of the "stcps-to-success"
school. Rut some difficulty has
been encountered In determining just what
course the celebrated model would hnve
taken.
Mr. Potter, speaking for the private ship
ping interests, would perhnps resent the
charge of belonging to the class of magnlfi
i ent generalizes. He has n list of specific
remedies for the present situation which
include speedy establishment of non-Government
ownership, the abolition of the
bare-boat charter system, elimination of
unnecessary trade routes and of competition
on needed trade routes of Shipping Hoard
vessels and those controlled by private con
cerns. Rut what does this program represent
save aspirations which nre generally ad
mitted to be worth) of attainment? The
goal to be achieved does not perplex the
Shipping Hoard. The very arrangements
which Mr. Potter desires are those which
Mr. Lasker is endeavoring to make possible.
It is the "how," not the "why," of his
problem which is so elusive. The long nnd
painful process of adjustment onus lor pn
tience nnd hard work ami constructive
thinking.
Private ship owners would confer a favor
upon Mr. Lasker by informing him of the
most efficient practical way to nchleve re
sults, the value of whh h admits of little
argument.
LUNATIC FINANCE
IT IS fashionable to suppose that frenzied
finance lind Its origin in the United
Stati s. That delusion Is due to the work
of the early muckrakcrs. French financiers
in Turkey und Russia, the British Walling
fords in Africa, German opportunists in the
Balkan countries of the pre-war period
made tho work of the shady American
plunger seem relatively tame nnd harmless.
Frenzied linaii'e, ns we know it In this
(ountry nnd even as it appears in the cul
minating efforts of the visionaries who, with
headquarters in Chicago, were preparing a
trail of international scope for greedy and
uninformed Investors, never led to war and
international conflagrations. You cannot
say as much for the frenzied finance of
pre-war Europe.
It Is a mistake to suppose that tho "worst
aspett of the art of Wallingford is reflected
in tho curient exposures nt Chicago. Moro
dangerous by for than the occasional big
schemer are the schools of lesser sharks
which continue to prey en the Ignornnt in
estor In almost every Anicrirnn city, de
spite nil that reputable bankers nnd brokers
.an nn or dn. I lies'- people manage to
Keip uist within the law. They hold out in
imposing olhi'-s. frequently enough. Their
advertising is icjicted b) reputable news
papers, but iln'V use tin- mnlls to promise
impossible dividends.
Closer icnsorship of the mnlls is needed.
ud there ought to be u closer censorship
of office buildings In all American cities in
the interests of the public, the owners and
nil honest nnd reputable tenants.
"Women have not been
granted political equal
ii v ami opportunity,"
Logic Lacking
lils Mrs Carrie Chapman Catt. In other
winds' hnviuj; vvon the vote bv declaring
that tli' re should be no sex In politics, women
,, complain that their se is not sillli
netitlv iiMglliMl.
The horror of Russian famine does not
hear telling, but must be told, nnd the world
must hear nnd heed If thu world is to have
pence of mind.
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AS ONE WOMAN SEES IT
City Victim of tho Hurry Habit Geti
Rid of It In the Country and
Has Chanco to Appre
ciate Beauty
Ry SARAH I). LOWRIE
I WAS sent n llttlo book tho other day for
review which laid to hurry nearly all the
sins that flesh Is heir to.
Ry the neatest possible diagrams you were
shown how you began to hurry nnd ended
up insane or n murderer or n thief or n
polygamlst or a wlfc-bentcr. Rut tho book
did not say what made you hurry.
A friend of mine once remarked to me
that there were only two kinds of hurry.
You cither hurry nway from a thing or
hurry to a thing. If you hurry awny from
a thing' it Is becnuso you have too much
of It ; if you hurry to a thing it Is because
you have too little of It.
A man I know, who cnnNno longer sco
whether his shoes need blacking without
bending over, also confided to me that he
had simplified nls Hfo by one single com
mandment :
"Never hurry, and thou shnlt live long on
the laud which thou hast earned by the
sweat of thy brow."
That commandment Is much easier to
keep twenty-five miles from n railroad thnn
n ilvo minutes' walk from one. For the
reason that no one who hnbltually lives
twcnty-flvc miles from a railroad knows
what hurry Is.
I WOULD not live always twenty-five
miles from a place where trains arrive
nnd depart more or less on time, but there
Is no doubt that six weeks of the slow
rh.vthm of n remote countryside do give
you a sane view of time nnd your relation
to It.
At first )ou rebel against the procrastina
tion of every one. You have heralded your
coming by giving n program of work nnd
dates of accomplishment, but on arriving
you find nothing about the farm is so far
alorur, ns you feel jou had a right to expect;
nothing is quite finished in the garden,
nothing Is quite ready to begin a full tide
of housekeeping about the house. What
have they been doing? How could they be
so slow? What did they mean by being so
negligent?
With all the left-over hurry in you, you
begin to make up for lost time.- You turn
In yourself nnd hustle every fine all along
the line, or try to. by brightly collecting
promises of work, of instant delivery, of
immediate finishing. And your efforts do
create a kind of flurry of lnbor that looks
like the real thing until the veil is lifted on
the farce by the best promisor not turning
up nnd the old wheelbarrow going to smnsli
under a stone much too largo for its tot
tery, worn legs, nud drought making the
buckwheat planting a sheer waste, nnd the
tile pipes for the new drains being stnlled
nt a railroad junction In the next county,
nnd the man who was etignged to 'do the
porch roof going on n fishing trip of five
days instead in fact, your schedule goes to
pieces because In the end you go to pieces
and become lax from sheer Inability to run
while others saunter. If for no better reason
than thnt you look so silly and hot and
important and they look so wise and amused
and carc-frcc.
AT THE end of six weeks probnbly the
wood is stacked that ought to have been
repdy for Ihn cook when you came, but
meanwhile she has found n whole pile of
old dry nubbins under the porch floor thnt
every one hnd forgotten ; the painter has
done the loof at his ease on the cool days
nnd not shortened his life for a whim of
)ours by painting when the mercury stood
nt i'0 degrees, nnd the wire fence has got
finished on n better line thnn if they hnd
followed out your written directions. And
seeing the error of )our impatient ways,
you smile indulgently nt jour next guest
who points out some much-needed improve
ment on the old farm and says you hail
better get at the job this week or It will
be too late.
He, poor soul, does not live In n land
where there Is nlwa.vs tomorrow.- And
realizing thnt. you promise to do It at once,
knowing quite well thnt if you get around
to it next year it will be lucky.
I THINK the reason, however, for your
contentedness with the stnte wherein you
find ) out-self has nn even realer rensou than
the distance of the railroad nnd the unim
portance of tlmetnbles. I believe that the
beauty of things us they are makes up fm
the inconvenience.
If nothing thnt joiir eye rests upon Is in
itself ugly, but is, On the contrary, geuernlly
beautiful ; if tho sounds that fall on your ears
are not discordant or monotonous, but
pleasing nnd diverting and soothing; If the
odors that rise up are delicious ami fresh,
und if the things which )ou touch nre clean
nnd in u sense wholesomely responsive
well, there you nre! Why should you hurry
nway from anything? Standing still won't
make u liable for sudden death, ns it
will In town; looking about you won't pain
or irrltnte or offend jou, as in most man
made place; the odors that boftly assail
you do n'ot remind )ou of tlirt or decn.vlug
things or of munufnctiiieil things, but of
growing and blooming und ripening tilings.
It is ns though you had entered a delightful
room belonging to n vnlued frlejid whose
coming was delayed perhnps Meanwhile,
you settle in nn ensy chair nnd look about
you complacently at the books nnd the fire
light and the flowers nnd the open piano
with the music handy, nnd maybe you take
up a book or mn.vbe jou doze a little or just
drift off into pleasant thoughts, grateful for
the leisuied order of the charming room and
its power to rest )ou by Its very atmosphere.
This power of a lovely environment to
rest one has been understood better in every
land in the world than ours.
WE AMERICANS make n great deal in
our houses nnd our flats of conveni
ence. We worship the god of plumbing nnd
we bow tho knee to the goddess of elec
tricit) Floors thnt can show no dirt, paint
that will shed the dust, metal that will stay
polished, curtains that will not fndc, hot
water henting instead of open llres, gas
ranges for cooking, electric fans for cooling
nre great savers of time for those who must
burr) to the phone, to catch the trnln, to
keep n n engagement, to send n telegram, to
du-ss for u dinner, to ring up n taxi and to
go to a movie, and there to watch every one
moving twice as fast as life,
Rut when we want to rest we go to
Europe, where there Is nlmost no plumb
ing, or the seashore or mountains, where
we do without most of the conveniences.
And what In Europe or in the wilderness
makes uii to us for the lack of all tins
plumbing nnd the electric funs and hot
water heating Is that we uru given beauty
and charm to rest our minds with.
Our ancestors were most of them puri
tans of one sort or nnother, who were afraid
of beauty, as some nre stlli afraid of music,
und some of dniicing nnd some of the drama
und some of church feast davs. And so wo
built our cities nnd our houses and ar
ranged our public places with great thought
for their convenience for accomplishing
vvliut we hail to do as quickly as possible,
for it never seems to have occurred to most
of us that apart from convenience we hail
paramount needs, a need of the mind for
licatit).
Today's Birthdays
Mnurico Maeterlinck, famous Belgian
poet and dramatic author, born at Ghent
lifty -nine cars ago.
The Rev. Churles E. Jefferson, pastor of
the Broil 1 1 way Tnbeinacle, New York CII),
born at Cambridge. O.. sixty-one yuirs Hgli.
Pat Harrison, United Slates Senator from
Mis-lslppi, born at Cr) still Springs, Miss.,
foilv jenrs ago.
Charles .1. (Hidden, one of the first makers
of automobiles in America, born at Lowell,
Mass., slxtv-foiir .vears ago.
The Right Hon. Andrew Fisher, former
Prime Minister of Australia, born in Scot
land fifty-nine years ago,
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NOW MY IDEA IS THIS
Daily Talks With Thinking Philadelphia on Subjects They
Knoiv Best
WILLIAM ROWEN
On the Schoolhouse Problem
A SCHOOLHOUSE within ensy distance
of every child, with a seat there for i
every one and no child compelled to attend
school on a part-time basis, is tho goal of
William Rowen. president 'of the Hoard of
Education. -
This can best be accomplished, asserts
Mr. Rowen. by building smaller school
buildings nnd more of them. As it is. he
says, most of the schoolhouses being built
nre of the forty-two-dlvislon (classroom)
tvpe. whereas he holds that a twenty-two-division
building would serve the purpose,
solve the urgent problem of overcrowding
nnd nvold n number of objections to be found
to the larger type of building.
"The smaller t)pe of building," says Mr.
Rowen, "costs about one-half as much as
the larger one. This means that you could
build virtually twice as many buildings
with money available as you can If the
larger type Is chosen.
"The central sections of the city arc
comparatively well provided for, but with
the outlying nnd suburban sections, such as
Gerninntown, Logan, Kensington, Frank
ford, Fox Chase, Ryers and Ilestonvlllc, the
situntion is n little different. In these sec
tions they nre crying for schools, nnd there
Is no question thnt their cries are justified.
"Children in these sections now have to
walk ten to fifteen squares to school. This
means n lot to the little one. and when you
consider exposure in bad weather and dnnger
of accidents from ntitomobiles and trolley
cars, this matter becomes one of -grcnt 1m
portnnce. There is nlso the question of
expense where those of little menus arc con
cerned, ns the Items of enrfnre and lunch
amount to something, particularly if there
are several children In the family.
"These communities nre now doing with
Insufliclentroom apt! ninny of the school
buildings are not fit for occupancy. They
also form n lnrzn part of the part-time
sufferers. Since these outlying communities
pay their full shnre of the school tax. it
seenib to me thnt they are equally entitled
with other sections to hnve their needs
supplied.
"But there ore other fnctors to consider.
In these dnys of changes and developments
nud improvements, the population drifts
from one part of the city to another. In
some sections of tho city, for Instance, we
have badly overcrowded conditions, while
others hnve been greatly depleted by an
exodus to other sections and the school
buildings nre only partly filled. A large
schoolhouse in n waning section is more or
less of n liability, while the smaller build
ing is not only n lesser one, but can nearly
always be utilized.
"In case of a fire or some similar disaster
the loss Is n more serious one with the
larger t)Pe of schoolhouse than It would
be witli a building onl) about half the size.
"Leaving the question of economy for tho
moment, the smaller school is more tirnc-
tlcal in the bundling of classes. In the
present forty-two-dlvislon or Inrger schoojs
It is virtually a physical impossibility for
the principal to really supervise. He or
she should be able to get around from class
to class to see what is being done and to get
in intimate conflict not only with the teach
ers, but with tho pupils themselves. This is
out of tlie question in the larger schools,
while in the smaller ones it could be done.
"The small-school principle holds good not
onlv In the elementary school, but in the
higher schools ns well. A few )enrs ago,
when we had the high schools onlv in tlie
renter of the city, I know from personal oh
servation that a great many people did not
send their children beyond the elementary
grades because they could not afford tho
costs involved In enrfarc, lunches, loss of
time and other details.
"Since the district high schools have been
built the high school populntlon has almost
doubled. Even considering' other factors,
does this not indhale something? Would
not the further application of this principle
still further tend to expand the high school
population?
"We need more higher schools. Ger
iiinnlown and West Philadelphia are crowded
to the limit "f their capacity. While the
junior high schools to he built will take
some of the strain nway, both these sections
need nt least another school, I favor here
building schools thnt will house about 1000
students Instead of the 1800 they now ac
commodate. As with the elementary schools,
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the board should provide enough ground to
have large playgrounds, leaving room for
the addition of wings as the school popula
tion grows.
"But if these sections need new schools,
how about swine of the others which now
have none? Roxborough, for Instance, Is
in this position. Hoys nnd girls In this
section now have to go to Gerninntown, nnd
there Is not even room for all of them there.
Logan faces tlie same condition, as do
Fern Rock, Fox Chnse, Ryers and several
other sections.
"It seems to mo, then, even though somo
may differ with me, thnt the practical thing
Is to satisfy .the people who pay the taxes by
giving them what they want and need,
rather than just pleasing ourselves,
"I have also consistently held that the
time to erect buildings nnd make Improve
ments, whether it be the Honrd of Educa
tion, the Nutlon, the Stnte or the city. Is
when people nre out of work nnd need em
ployment. It Is n bad thing for the public
morale for large numbers of persons to be
out of employment. When nt work people
are happy, but when they are Idle in this
way their brains become devils' workshops.
"The Hoard of Education has authorized
the floating of loans umountlng to $!,fl00,000
to build new schools. Now Is tlie time to
think of this mnrter. Wo simply must hnve
more schoolhouses. If the public will not
tnke the bonds nt 5 per cent, which I ques
tion, we should not hesitate, in view of
present conditions, to raise tlie rate of In
terest, even If we have to go as high ns 0
per cent.
"Wo should keep on building schoolhouses
as fast as we can expend the money to nd
vantnge until wo have enough to satisfy
the requirements of the city.
"Many point to the fact that New York
and other cities have large school buildings.
Hut they foiget thnt Philadelphia covers
more ground for n large city than most any
of the others. Therefore, on the principle
of tho grentest good to the greatest number,
we should solve this problem of housing nil
the children adequately ns soon as possible.
This Can best be done, in my judgment, by
building smaller schoolhouses ami more of
them."
One of Arkansas' Summer Crop
I-'rom tho Monti Mar.
Lnst Sunday os Martin Monk w-ns passing
his poultry house he ran across two black
snnkes, both near five feet long. While try
ing to kill one the other ran into n hole,
but ho caught it by the tail and pulled it
in two, then he had to dig the other half
out of the ground und kill it.
What Do You Knoiv?
QUIZ
Who coined the- expression. "Rose of
Sharon" '
Wnat parts of tho mainland of America
yvero discovered by Christopher Co
lumbus :
Who negotiated tho new peace treaty
with Germany for tho Cnlted States'?
Who wns Mathlas Erzuergor?
How many foet maho a perch?
Who was Alonso Cnno'
Wniver?8 th B0Urce ot ,ho Mississippi
What iro two other names for n bass
Whero was tho Democratic National
Convention of 1020 held' '
What Is tho lai-R-est city In South Africa?
Answers to Saturday's Quiz
Tlie sun's mean distance from the earth
is n little ItsH than U.1,000,000 miles
Thjoui"n,i,.",8oBfnd,e5:,?ft,sre wa" roi,eiu""
Euphrosyne was the classical goddess of
mirth.
Socrntt-s, who died in 309 II, C tnucht
his system of philosophy In Athens.
Georgo Kouclie. Dulte of Otranto, was
Napoleon Bonaparte's Minister of chief
of pollco from 1801 to 1810.
Tho two larpest cities In Snaln urn
Madrid nn.l Barcelona. P '" nre
The b-amo of crteXet Is played on a
crease.
One Inch of rainfall over nn ncro of
Krnund, conttilnlnK 43,500 square feet
would menu 27.143 BnIlons of water on
thu neie This Is equivalent to CUJ
barrels of forty-fhe callonH each.
The tlist'.iiRllHli comedy, "Itiiliili Holster
Holster," l.v Nicholas Fdall. Hald
to have heon played some time between
tho years 1331 and IBM.
A tirade literally meant) n Ioiik speech
from the Italian "tlrata." tlrawliiK
pulling, and the Ltln "tlrare," ta draw
or draw out,
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SHORT CUTS
Erzbergcr was elected Germany's "him
of hnte." .
Lucy Pace Gaston's cigarette appears
Interest hns well-nigh departed Mm
Lakchurst.
Perhaps the time has arrived to punc
ture the Pcnroso tire.
"Mnvor T.nuphR nt Knltrlit" . Ttpnillln,
For the day knows serious business. , I
Every increase In the price of food maj
be considered as n hit below the belt.
The hatc-breedcr is a war-breeder,
however much he may howl for peace.
The world has yet to learn how- big n
mnn It lost when Peter Cooper Hewitt died.
It is to be hoped that the sparring ot
Dc Vnlern is merely preliminary to a hand-
snake.
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Wo have a notion that the Mayor, so
far from being licked, has not yet begun to
light. . .,
Henry Ford Is nlwnys a miracle worker -until
his methods arc explained. Which :
Isn't nil roast.
Now that peace is officially ours, the
next thing Is to get our six million unem
ployed back to work.
What West Virginia appears to need
is n government of tho people, for the peo
ple and by tho people.
Germany must have grinned amlablj at
the omission from the treaty of any refer
ence to Alsace-Lorraine.
If the Federal troops go to West W
ginla they should take a Federal Investi
gating Committee with them.
What with Improved turnpikes and de
veloping airships, by the time railroad sort
ice is perfected we won't need it.
Senator France says thero is little com
munism in Russia. The nntural presumption
is that it is being starved out.
Heine brothers in sorrow, it Is entirely
fitting that Uncle Snm should permit Jo"
Hull to bring the bodies of American vie
tlms of the ZIt- disaster to this country
In u Hrltish wnrshlp.
When Uncle Sam is congratulated be
cause he gets all tho benefits of tho vn
snllles Treaty but assumes none of Its owr
gallons, it mny be that lie will blush -little
modestly, of course.
Wilmington. Del., hns Iwo iw J
celebrated their ninetieth birthday last
One likes whisky nnd the other never t.W
it. There nre two morals here, ion l'i
your money nud you takes )our choice.
It was lack of suppleness that broittht
the ZR-- to disaster. ", l''8n,,de.
turn without urciiKing. -'''."".'" i,nd a
signed by it politician it might have hart J
hnppler fate. He would have given it ,
rubber backbone,
The mggestton that September 17 bj
observed natlouiilly nsM'onsttutlonI).,h;
peculiar significance at a time vvherj con
FtlttitinutU amendments nre be ng B""1''
violated not only by law breakers. Jwt V
Inw-enforcenient officers amUeglslatow.
Ought n man to be allowed .J
at the Judge who fines him? A N'""
N. J., magistrate thinks not. Ho jput
additional fine on n motorist who . rW ' w
n black look. Let this be mi '''s,,r''lndns
traffic vlolntors. Mersey Justine Md' .,
smile and "thnnk you" when It is intftcd out.
Newspapers nre dlscussliii; th& wldoi
the ndvlsnblllty, of cutting down rnfl
voted to baseball. One Ch'.cnso jinper
ready has cut It one-hnlf. Lvf M' P '
consider the fact Hint It was tho me ,
that made Interest In the game, '''",;.
national name? Newspapers cafi. I- ",,'
wl 1. linmnke It. ureal i i" ","' ',W
press! It cannot and does not deleri'j
he games you shall play, but .', $,
docs determine w-.int ,Ri " ""? ,,
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