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PENROSE TALKS
EVENTS have forced Senator Penrose to
conic hero from Washington and inter
fere lu the political situation. He lins op
pressed his hntllltt to the foices which
were repudiated bj tiie voteis two jenrs u,jo,
forces thnt nre now seeking to control tho
j Republican primaries for the nomination of
! a ticket of their choosing
He has announced that lie will support
and that lie cxpeits his friends to support
"a ticket of lionet, efficient, patriotic Re-
publicans whose sole allegiance Is to the
( Republican I'arty and to good municipal
government."
, Tills nunouncenirnt means much or little,
(according, as It Is followed by the naming of
the names of the "patriotic Republicans"
whom ho summons his friends to support.
Events are likely to force such n state
1 1 men t from him in the near future. If they
do not nnd If lie Is content with generallza
, (tions his followers, who lmc been making
1"tbelr own deals while he has been other
wise occupied, will be likely to use their
own judgment in indorsing candidates.
' The significance of his intervention at thi'
time will not appear until he does name
- . names, publicly or In private conference
j with his lieutenants, and until he brings
what pressure he can exercise to bear upon
these lieutenants to induce them to follow
Lis lead.
, LAST NIGHT AT TRENTON
SIT for an hour in any criminal court nnd
you will see that the iunoccnt and the
' blameless suffer most as n consequence of
formal punishment visited on the guilt.
The case of the two Camden men who weut
to the electric chair in Trenton last night
was no exception to the general average of
uch cases. Iioth of them were dared
toward the end. They had not the capacity
J for suffering that, was apparent in the
y mother of one and the wife of the other.
J Capital punishment is an ugly business
at best and a great many people doubt its
usefulness. Kut in the case of Schuck and
James there was no reason for mercv.
Crimes such as they committed go far to
justify a sj stem of punishment agiinst
which complaint is loud, continuous and,
for the most part, logical.
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THE STAKE
DIRECTOR CAVEX. who said two or
three months ago that the city would
J clean the streets in the central section for
5200,000 less than the lowest bid, has just
i-announced that the saving will be at least
$350,000.
If the contract had been awardid to Sen-
, ator Vare, who bid for it, he would hnve
made this much profit at kast. He might
LJiave made more, for work done by the citv
"j usually costs more than private contractors
j Lave to paj for It.
Unwillingness to loe the profits on con
tracts is back of the political activitv at
this time of the Contrattor Combine. They
are lighting for dollars and cents to be. taken
out of the pockets of the taxpajcrs. They
cannot get tho opportunity to put their
hands in the pockets of the people again
unless the people consent.
FATE OF BURYING GROUNDS
rIS impossible to hi) down an) hard
and fast rule for the treatment of old
burying grounds. The eoutrnversv waging
orer the disposal of the buivinx ground
around the old Oak I.nuc Baptist Church
Is an illustration of what iiHiallv happens
when it is proposed to devote such a plate
to uses other than those for which it wus
Bet apart. The decision in this case must
rest upon tho existence of Int-toiic and sen
timental reasons of suflinent Mrcngth to
justify tho preservation of the plate in its
present condition
It has never been seriouslj proposed to
remove the graves from t'hiist Church halv
ing ground in Arch stnet, although the
land that It occupies could be sold for busi
ness purposes at a high price The fact
that Franklin lies there is sufficient insiu
ance against its molestation St Peter s
churchyard in l'ine street will doubtless re
main undisturbed because of the inteust in
It and because of the historic graves that it
contains. The Old Granar.v burjing giound
in T'remont street, in Ronton, within a
(tone's throw of the Common, is as safe as
J, the old State House nt the hi ad of State
street, and the graves aiound Trinity
Church hi Rroadwav, Xew Yoik, will be
there a hundred years from now jutt as tliej
are today.
, If those persons who wish to preset ve the
Oak Lane burning ground will concentrate
their nttcntion on efforts to piove its his
toric character they will be more llkdv to
succeed than if the) devote themselves to
raising objections to the use of the land for
a garase and for a block of houses.
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LAW AND SOME LAWYERS
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FTEX it is inteiehting to specuhte upon
(Who formuluto the working policies of the
anthracite operntors It doesn t set m
.probable that pructlcnl business men would
continue a H.vstem'of profit taking thut is
certain to cost com ptoumcis nir mote in
the end than they ever can get out of it
Mr is it like intelligent investors in public
Utilities to disregard the lessons of the past
P . ,1 ,lliA.t limit iifTfttl.! fli, fitil(mr tji nlnnu
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! vnt laid uovvti oy me tapitaiists who mihi
Wlu lliujli wi' iniuuiiii Attn tut' iiiui
men oelng misled, after all, by thcoiists
sho call themselves lawjers?
iAn answer to this iuteiesting question
ikAw t.A fiitntt hnttl'Diin tltn 11, in.. nf ,i,i, u
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fw'Jw coming out of the nuthiacite legion of
M Htate. It Is no uncommon thing to see
. , ; irvtiBC or u Kt vol' ui uuueeia nmutuiv uis-
V-'vfcar In n part of tho hnrd-coal region J
that has been heavily mined. Great gaps
open suddenly nnd through them dwellings
and other buildings slip down into the mine
workings. Scranton is dangerously tin
dci mined. I'nrts of many coal-region towns
nie far from safe for those whose homes are
built over tho mines, A ninn who sees his
house nnd his lot disappear through the
ground and the work of his da)s vanish In
it flash ceitalnly has n right to complain of
injustice. Rut there was no protection for
him nnd no guarantee even for the safety
of his life until, nt n recent session of the
State Legislature, n law was passed to com
pel mine owners fo keep their workings
safe for those ovoihcnd.
In Sehu.vlkill County tin operators hnve
just announced their intention to light that
law They hate formnllv tailed It uncon
stitutional. That aigument doesn't sound
like the argument of a practiinl buiniss
ninn It sounds more like the plea of n
lnvvvor who was never nearer to the coal
regions than Wall street the sort of lnw.ver
who still is willing to saj, "After us, the
deluge!"
TALK ALONE WILL NOT HELP
THE COUNTRY'S UNEMPLOYED
Those Wlio Are Summoned to Mr. Hard
ing's Conference Will Have to
Work Hard or Fall
THE general ipiehtiou of unemployment
whli li 1'resldent Harding has prepared
to bring up for survc.v and scientific scrutlm
nt a confluence in Washington net month
Is larger than the question of the tinem
ploved If ltf uncmplo)cd ou im mi witg---eamers
tempor.irll) without work It In
volves 'haiiNhlpK for business men lu a.'
lines of ti.ule whose fortunes iie or fall
with the fortunes of those vvlio-e needs tin,
siipplv Through these business gumps tre
disagreeable and unwholesome reactions of
unemplovnient icmtliiue bnekward to others,
nnd in turn the effect of idleness in one
trntie is Idleness in another.
Tho Federal authorities estimate thnt ovet
5,000,000 nilult wage-earners are now with
out jobs. If that estimate Is to be arceptei",
and there is no reason wliv it should not be
accepted, about 20,000,000 persons In (he
United States, as well as the businesses wlilc'i
their patronage usually supports, are facing
a hard and uncertain winter.
Something like n miracle of ludiistilnl
reorganization or industrial finnncing will 1 e
necessary to dear the air before the snow
llles. The causes of tah unemployment as
thcie is nre so various that it will be. Im
possible for anv confeience of business nun
and labor leaders to eliminate them nt n
stroke. The source of most of om econonilt
trouble Is in Europe There political un
certainty continues to depress the value of
foreign moncv In relation to the American
dollar A decline of foreign purehnses in the
United States follows as a mattci of course.
Russin used to be a large bu.ver of American
manufactures. Xovv Russia is buvlng little
or nothing from us.
Simultaneous!) the warlike spirit mani
fested b) organized labor and b) capital alike
has made idleness cotnpulsorv in many sec
tlons of tho rutin trj. It might be aigued
thnt the President's conference should find
a way to icioniile the interests of organized
labor and the emploving gumps. The num
bers of the second itiiliistual umfeicnie
called by Mr. Wilson did its utmost In tn.it
direction when Mr. Hoover presided over It
Rut even now the unions and man) of the
large emplo.vers of luboi stem disposed to
seik other wa.vs out of their difficulties and
ignore the fine logic ni'd the humane nnd
scientific spirit of the Hoovei icport
Eneli side still appearn to believe thnt it
can best serve its own ends bv n war of
attrition waged nguiust the other Mi
Hoover has Implied that lie seeks in let the
light of publicity in on sonic of the causes
of present unemplo.imuit We have sion
groups of gamblers and ivploltois dciiber
atelv (oriii'iiiu national supplies of buildup
materials and, with the co-operation jt dis
honest labor lenders, bringing about almost
a complete cessation of building opemtlons
lu man) parts of the countrv Publicity
ought to be good for the building trades It
ought to be good for liianv other manufac
turing industries in which hundreds of thou
sands of men and women ate ciuluiiiig dire
poverty on one hand and owneis are risking
the loss of their markets on the ntln r with
the single hope ot gaining u pennant nt ad
vantage over the so-called opposition tins--,
"It is inconci liable.' snvs Mr Hoover.
' that people willing to woik should be out
of cmplojnient in a counti) so licit and
lesourceful as ours." Of course it is in
conceivable Most of the wage-eainers In
(icrninn) were kept vmpiojed evm when
ull tho maiUets of the world were closed to
their emploveis after the war. Rut Amen
can iiidustiies nre not so finnnied ns to
make accumulative production possible.
The finances of mnnv of the griat tot
porations nre in disoider Railway and
stieet lar lines aren't billing iqulpuiint
The) haven t the monev and tiiev liuvin t
the necessar) credit. In the smalh i m
dustnes uiiempliijnient could be i educed bv
r0 per tint if hboi and the emplo.virs lotild
find a n) to ptrmanent agreement nnd to
opeiatioii The unemplojinent confi rent e
can urge titles and Staffs to engage largely
in public works. It may find means to
biing the pnt es of law matenals some
what lower. If it i an do more it will be
it thing to marvel nt, and 1U immheis will
disirve tiie gratitude ol the whoh lountrv
THE WORLD COURT
THE t pectation that orn or more Judges
of the new Couit of Inti iitiitlonul Jus
tit e will be Atneiiains h nils to the im
pending met ting of the A'sembli of the
League ot Xations at 'leneva a special im
poitance Opponents of tho si In me of international
paitntrship tlevistil in Pans nml not fun
that tin foreshadowed ilutlnns uisidioiislv
involve this liovernintut in n co-opt rntive
com ei n wliii ii the I iiitttl Stntis Senate
ugaitlttl with sueli einphntie disfavor Al
though tiie strut tun of the aibitral tribunal
has bet n iniiouslv mlsreprtstntnl, as am
bitious novelties ii-uulh nie, notliiug hut a
rompli te iirveison of tat t is 11 sponsible
for the impression, nun lit in ome tpiaitirs,
thnt pnrtlt ipatiou in it means lontamina
tion b the League of Vatioiis
X'otlimg of the bort 'J'he worltl t ourt is
open to evil) State on earth, rtiinlhss of
League status For tins itason the nomi
nation of so mini) Amerltnns as rnndidutcs
for the international bt m li must lie view til
as a tnbiite to ment nnd not as a ruse to
entangle the l mtttl Statts in a t it-opt lativo
limit itnkiiig win' li it foimallv n putllati tl
Tin Ann 1 1' an nomine s aie Elilni Root,
Dr .lames Rniwn Scott, pnsidiut ot the
Ameri'iin Institute of Intel national Law,
Piof Rosi oe Pound di un of tin Iltiivanl
I'niveisitv Law Stlmol, inul John It issett
Moore Eleven Jiulip will be selntiil floin
the list of nintt) t anilitliites
'1 he fitntss of the four Ameiitnn nominees
fol till It pioposttl posts is uiiqiii Htiniuble
Mr Root's was tvitlentl) so appealing that
he has Ixeii pained bv Jive roiintiio
Frnnte, liia.il, l ruguii), Rolivia and
Vi ne.uela
The propriet) of installing him as an in
ternntiolial adjudicator is so nintknl that
the question of his smite Is nffttinl t 'n llv
hv his peisonal inclinations Should lie take
office In an enterprise lu the luuuchlng of
which ho was vitally concerned, this Xatlon
will be no more Involved ,In obligations of
the suspected Article X of tho Lcaguo Cov
enant thnn it is today.
The court, it is true, is a product of the
League, but it will function with about tho
same Independence ns The Hague tribunal,
whose field It seeks to expand and clarify.
THE FARMERS' BLOC
THE surprising feature about the farmers'
bloc in Congress Is not that It has been
formed, but that its formation has been
dela.ied so mnny jcars.
There hnve been solid groups of Congress
men committed to the support of the in
tciests of the mnnufactiiicrs, of the cotton
growers, of the steel iuilustr), of the wool
growers nntl of vailous other business ac
tivities. When legislation affecting nny ot
these activities was piopistd the groups in
terested in it netid together, frequently
without regard to pirty lines.
The farmers innk" up the largest single
class of producers In the country. They
have been slow in dlscoveilng that they have
interests in common and that those Inter
ests can be advanced it) united politicnl
action
Xotlilng would be easier thnn to denounce
them, but denunciation will not break up
the totnbiuntlnu of it prest ntatlves from the
Western agrieu'turnl States. It did not
bieuk up the combination of Republican
repi est ntatlves from the manufaeturliu
Statts, n hit h his nlvvnvs done lis best to
secure protective duties for the manufac
turers The Demoeints have exhausted the
vituperative resources of tho tllitiouaiv In
their comments on the activities of the
mniiufactuiirs' bloc without nil) other re
sult thnn loading down the Congicsslonnl
Retold with their futile speeches.
Farming Is a national Intlusfr.v It Is not
confined to nnv section of the countrv.
Penns.vhanln, New Yoik and New Jeisey
nie gnu agilt ultural States Their repre
sentatives in Congress nie supposed to be
as tlicph inteiested in their welfare as are
the lepicsentatlves of the farmers of an)
ofhei States. Senator WatNvvnrth, of Xew
ork, is hitiiMlf n farmer. He cultivates
moie acres than nny but the gicntest ranch
owneis in the West.
The ngrlcultuinl bloc In Congress is nt
present tnnde up of Westerners, ns though
there were fnrmeis nowhere else. If It is
to he prevented from becoming n sectional
group it must he enlarged to Include all
lepiesentatives from farming communities.
Then the extreme iilclis of the Westerners
who nie tovlng with the sCml- Socialist
panaceas mnv be modified in the interest
of sountlei thinking The farmers arc cer
tain!) entitled to whatever legislative relief
thoi need, but thei should not be benefited
nt the expense of the rest of us.
A BLOW TO LIBERIA
LIRERIA.is u small icpubllc on the West
Const of Afiiea. It boasts n population
of about two million people, most of whom
arc savages who live wiltll) and jo.vousl)
in the fni interior A handful of Xegro
olhciuls nntl n small element of industrious
natives live in the const distiicts and are
the (lite of the tountr). What the) would
want with 500 bands of nlcohol or where
the) got the monev to make such n puichusc,
no one outside Libeiin mnv know or guess.
Were they going to opeii a summer resort?
Weie they intending to rival Scotland in
the expoit business.' Did those Libeiians
lenllv contrntt in the Flitted Statu for the
500 bntrels of alcohol which canst d the port
authorities here to tit tain the schooner
Lizzie V. Hull; and, if thi) didn't, what
is the meaning of the queer proa dine?
Trusting folk who have been pijing to
the hilt for bootleg whisk) will be moie
eoinfoi table if the) do not intpiiie too dtepl)
Into the mvsteiv suggest! tl b) the Lizzie
V Ilnll For all we know, the Li7.ie nnv
be n pi rfet tl) honest ship with a ltgitimate
plan to iarr) 500 ban els of alcohol to the
thiisty Libeiians Rut Mi Knit, Sur
vtvor of the Poit, implns bneitllv that
altohol t unsigned from tins gnni.il men to
places like Liberia never gels fur be.voinl the
thiee-mile limit. Sometimes if we are to
believo the Fidernl offit mis, it is delivered
safelv in little friendlv coves, from which
it emerges next ilav as impoited Scotch or
"good old American r)t "
Made-iu a-minute whisky is no new
tiling lintlei the sun It was sold over
highlv p dished bars, once upon a tune, for
fifteen tu tvventv live mils a drink, though
it was best known nlons tiie river front,
while n knoiknut portion toiild be pur
cli isetl for five tents One gnllon of alco
hol with a gallon of wntn and some flavor
ing mutt! r, will make two gallons of bootleg
liquor A gallon of pure nlcohol purchased
legitimate li t osts appioiimatelv S10. Water
t osts nothing N it nnv wonder that the
illicit whiskv business is hard to control?
TEXAS WAKES UP
IN '1 EAS win re ku kluxism has been
spnatlin swiftlv fu nbnit a )eai and
a half the uievitabh hits happened A
i iv al organization has bt en formed anil
Tt iis is tending to Im une n vast stipn
Donmbiook, with shuotinss nntl burnings
and tin -and feather initios on evei) bv -road
(lovtrnor N'tfT lias suddi nly tome into the
opt n with n demand foi a hgislntive in
vtsrtgatiim of the Ku Klu ami laws to put
nn end to steutl) organinl teriiium The
nuthoiitits weie content until tliei found
theniselvts drifting with a movement that
threatens to nnd the Slate with blind and
miJiiinglfsH feuds Now t lit are doing
some huri ml ntkoning Thi) lintl that
mine thnn fiftv onli ;s hnve been com
mittitl within tin bortliis of Texts timing
the last )tnr anil that time woimn were
among the vittmis The kluxers have been
holding public initiations They hive
palatini with bands in the stints of Texas
titiis it is bt ing whispered that the
stent organization foimed to fight thnn
is piepuiing to tai anil fntthcr the Ku Klux
K .it 1 1 is
lnstrlft Jiulre C W Robinson, of
Houston hud oiniston the otht r iliy to
atlilitss a (iand Jtnv stirnmonul to inves
tigate Ku Klax otitiagts U'e nie urg
ing, said lie ' on a condition of anarchy
will so than Russia ivti felt '1 he piactue
of stiint; min nntl wonvn anil, without
tnal in jtnv, siibjtiting tin in rti indignitii s,
is tlaninililt and louanllv if we vvunt tar
ami fnithtis as punishment for crimes, we
should wnte it in oui statutes A mask is
not nictssiiv to show that n man is a good
Ann ihan
THE WHY OF IT
SOME sin prise has been tipiissei nt the
ilisiim v that until garagi s than houses
win built in the 1 ultcil Statts Inst )tni.
The ( xpliiiiutliiii Is simple Tin min with
mis alniith nvviinl hinisi s and tlev hail
mniit) inotigh to build giti.tgis. Iinlted, it
was tliiiipn foi thnn to Iniilil a shtltti foi
tin n nn than to pa) foi sp.m in a publji
gauui
llounts weie not built foi tin leasiui that
tin tost of luboi and i ii it t i In I was so high
that pim hiirft is oi ti n tuts iouIiI not be
found tor tint new stint tints R js n
sinipli mutter of i minium s. If tlient had
bun a li inn ml foi tin Imusi s at sin It a
flgilie ns would hnve iinnlt it profitable to
iniilil, tin u tliev would him bun built Rut
whin ii n nidi ttiutlltloiiM letuin lu the build
in,; tlin'is no one n t tl lie mm pi Kiel f the
ininilin 'f nnv Mnag's ism N t im number
t f tn v li i -i f ii sevt ml vnii s iii omt , for
the iminhir of mnttiuni ovviitrs it Inn easing
iniicli more rapid!) thaa tho number of home
bcekeis.
AS ONE WOMAN SEES IT
The Story of a Social Climber Has a
Lesson for the Reporter Who Would
Know Society as It Really Is
Ily SARAH i). I.OWIHE
SOME of us wero discussing n new novel
the other day. The situation about
which the plot centers is n possible one in
nny country, but perhaps of more frequent
occuricnce In this country, because In this
country we have no caste svstcin as in older
and more organized civilizations, so thnt it
is not unusual for children to belong or
to wish to belong nt nil events to n differ
ent stiiitum of society from that of their
parents
It happens just ns often that they wish
to drop from their parents' dull, conven
tional In.ier to a somewhat more lively or
easy-going group, ns that they wish to climb
into a better nnd more tutclligcnt group. It.
the novel the girl in the family wished to
climb and the son vvlshccl to drop. The
parents were willing to sacrifice everything,
even honor, to help the climber, ami
naturally resented the bo) 's seeking n lower
level.
IX this countrv, of nil countries, the desire
to better oneself should be recognized iii
natural ond laudable. Tq better oneself
financially and not socially Is nNo quite
generally recognized as a very stupid stop
ping short of tho best. If good food nml
good clothes and good books nnd good houses
nntl good travel nnd good pictures aud good
shows arc worth working for, n good,. intelli
gent grniin of friends is even better worth
seeking nnd finding. And. generally speaking,
the most public mttidtd, interesting, sub
stantial, well-orgnnlzetl, for work or piny,
group of men nml women nntl oung per
sons Is to be found In what in n general
wnv Is inlletl soclet).
Helng i ('sponsible, being substantial nnd
being pcisons of the snme geueial tnstes
us to the comforts nnd necessities of living
unil most of the embellishini tits nnd haling,
to n inrger or smaller tltgne the means of
can) ing on thnt life, thev nntmally form
a group.
WHAT we were discussing nbout the new
book was, whether lie had made It plain
whv, with all her struggles nnd sncilfices
nnd all her pnrents' struggles and sacri
fices, the girl had fulled to obtain what she
desired a recognized placo in the group
called society. It seemed to somo of us
that another such girl ns she reading the
book and there will he muni sucli girls and
suih mothers who will rend the book migl
msi the point nnd never know why she
was such a failure. The) might even sup
pose thnt she was a failure because nh
wanted to climb, whereas slip was onl n
fniluie because she did not understand the
gtoup she was desiious of (limbing Into.
And it very often hnppens thnt men nntl
women, but espn inll) women, do take ,t
great ileal of trouble to be one of n group
of pel sous whom the) do not understand
nnd whoso lntilnsle qualities the) icr)
much underrate. So that if the) fail to
associate themselves with these men nnd
women the) are apt to take it out iu calling
the group u snobbish one or it selfishly ex
clusive one, whereas in tliiscountr.v at least
the best society is neither snobbish nor
exclusive. An) one with similar tastes can
be one of it. and no one with dissimilar
tastes can find n comfoi table or lasting foot
ing in it.
IN TIIE novel the girl und her mother
failed to comprehend what those tastes
weie.
It was like pln.v ing a game of tuith ami
getting high mniks for just the wrong
qualities. It was like telling a stor) that
int meant to enteitnin n ciowd with untl
offending the Important persons in the
crowd b) the things jou thought weie funnv
nnd the) thought wete citiel ot lies or
"broad" or lrreveient.
The pcisons disctis.sing the novel thought
that it was n vei) well obseivetl episode and
an almost cruell) true picture of one side of
Amc'ilcan life, but with the moinl blue
penciled out.
Aftei nil there is no use looking at n
nml pictuie of lnilure unliss it is plain to
evil) one at what point it ntiiltl have been
made ii success and above all vvhj it was t
tuiluic.
WE COXCLFEEI) that, pin II), in real
life the group we tailed soeut) was to
blame for th" gineial lnisuiidcibtandlii
about the points in its. make-up thnt it
tonsldeied iltnl. and p.utlv the newspaper
lcpoiteis weie to blame who did the societ)
columns
e tame to the conclusion thnt socletv
itstlf wns cureless mid even stupid about the
impiossiim it made on the gem ml public, and
the societ) lcpoiteis weie caielcss or not
verv wise nbout the cvtnls nnd the limine
teristits wlili h thei those to unplinsize as
important coiiceinlng soeiit). So such girls
nml then motlurs weie not whollv to blame
for til. it mistakes nbout the things which
renll) counti tl m societ) .
W' wondered If theie was an)thlng tint
could rimedv these mlstnkes so thnt whctlie
thev lined to belong to It or not no one
could mistake what weie the leal assets tlur
would inilude a ninn or woman or gnl in
)oiing ninn in that group anil what would
in the long inn exclude him
I think the societv ltpoiteis cmill help
make mi understanding nnd thnt tin) In e
a nail) gieut fiintllon to peifoim -n 'Im
respect which for some leason oi nnotliei
thi) are vti) negligent over.
THIS autumn, for institute, the society
lepoittis will have u gieat tKll to say
ubout tho eutianie Into sot lit) ot III' gills
who nto lallid the ) ear's "debutantes." They
will catalogue the tens and the dinner
dances anil the balls that are givin for thoe
voting gills and trv to get lists of the.i
fellow guests and the It piospcillve hosts for
the public to lead ovei liut tills foilii tt
eiitiitalnlng is in reality of the least im
pint int that sotietr dots and l lite the niti't
stupid and peifumtoiv, und old) ver.v )oung
girls ami bovs and a few lmuutiie ub'cr
men t oulil endure It five nights in succession,
ict alone foi u vvhuic si.ts i
The leall) lmpoitaut tiling for those
joungstirs ,just out of school is tint thev
should begin to be lesponsible membeis e.f
the gioup us hostesst s piactieintr hospltalit),
ns It ith is Initiating various nilivl les, iliic,
uHglotis, philanthropic, cultuial or athletic
'1 In i have to bee how things are done in
n huge win and in n public win, for man)
of them, pei haps most, will have eventual!)
to woik in tho public i)e
The lulls and tins ami tlinneis aie sup
posttl to give them un idia how liospitulitv
Is pi ui tu nl un a l:i i uc stale ami tin ut
homts nml the luminous and small Informal
tilings aie supposed to show them how it Is
pint Untl on a moie intimate stale
Hut tiie otlui part oi tiuir limning now
to biioine icsponsible iltiens ami t buret
mtntbirs and philanthropic vvoiLeis, has to
tome utxt ami is nt ttiall) moie uupoitunt
The) fti'l ft so themselves and have tie tiiultv
invented a kind of "cumins-out pint)" into
that p-iit of life which thev call the Societv
of the Jiniloi Lingtic Rranilies of the
Junior Lt ague are to be found In man)
gnat tentns of souctv, nnd the league
biiiui In s aie run bv piinuis who have them
selves In en recent debutante s ami, thou fine,
uiiilei iluntl the gills and their needs
NOW if tiie ilevtr sotiitv icpoitei .should
take this side of a girl's coming out and
stmh thnt ltaguu with tine untl ciuphnsln
what it makes lmpoitaut to Its unlabel b, the
public who nail the illustiattd Siimlav sup
pittiicnthSvould have quite itnothiraud unit li
tiuii lilt a of what nie the is-ciUIuIn to tin
gioup thai In ul It tl socitt) thin what gun
nallv loinis untie r the heading of "Sotiitv
Ilav b Ii ' of 'The Doings of uillt)
I nil " 1 1 "The Smalt St t "
(mi' ot two thing would iiievitabl) folio v
foi 'lils of the tvpt In the novel she would
illhi i lompit 'it'lid the i nl ilolngs of soiietv
ami tpjso tie fakt ones or she would he
boml at the leal doings mill piefir to stn)
where she wns In nn) case bho would know
faking would neither get ouc thero nor keep
onu theie.
"MY LAN!
NOW MY IDEA IS THIS
Daily Talks With Thinking Philadclphians on Subjects They
Know Best
FRANKLIN SPENCER EDMONDS
On the Voters League
THE Voters League is not u manifestation
of sporadic reform nor a new political
paitv, but n permanent organization de
loted to the cause of good government in
the city and State, nre online to Franklin
Spencer Edmonds, member of the Legisla
ture and a director and acting chairman of
the Committee on Politicnl Action of the
League.
"Tills organization," said Mr. Edmonds,
"is n permanent political and constructive
both formed to see that public officers do
their tint) nnd arc aided in its performance,
nnd to suggest candidates for office who
we believe lire best fitted to perform these
duties.
"It Is composed of nbout 400 membeis nt
present, students and woikeis, who shall
continuously bend theli cfToits toward a
better government in the citv nnd State.
"Its piincipal objects aie: The guarding
of the interests of citizens in the enforce
ment of laws nnd ordinances, including elec
tion nnd leglstrntion laws, and iu the per
formance of dt.v contracts.
"Aiding in the improvement of laws and
ordinances especially affecting the citizens
of Philadelphia, Including election nnd
legistrntlon laws. Aiding in the nomination
und election of competent officials devoted
to the public inteicst, whose duties affect
primarily the interests of Philadelphia.
Is Political Clearing Houso
"Acting ns u clearing house for the dls
s,emlnntlem of information concerning civic
affairs, and thiough which complaints und
suggestions 1 elating to the above-mentioned
subjects mu) be received und acted upon.
"During past .venrs we had a number of
rcfouu movements with oiganled pintles,
suih ns the Cit), the William Penn. the
Franklin, the Keibtone and similar inde
pendent patties, which flared up. figured for
a single campaign and then died out.
"To accomplish lesults civically und po
liticully there must bo n permanent organi
zation. Tniiponiii organizations nre likely
to be composed of enthusiasts, those who
ma) hnve linlf-bnkitl ideas and whose selic
tlotis nie likely to be those who happen to be
tiding on the ciest of the wave at the time,
whethci they happen to be best fitted foi
office or not. .
"The advantage of nlgular organizations
is thut the) do unelci stand the field in which
they are working anil have benefited bv
their experience anil fprmei mistukts, and
the) will have little lost motion. On the
other liniid, the oigiiiilation is llkelv from
its niitiiie to bee nmu hide-bound nnd to be
more interested iu M'lf-st eking than in the
toinmiinit) which it is ostensibly seniug.
"The Voteis League, as nn oigiiniution
nntl individual!), pioposes to studv cvei)
political question and Issue that comes or
should come before the people lt will then
act not us individuals, but us a bod), It
will seive n )t oulv ns a rifcnnh both, but
as an nttilig one ns well. If will to-opeiato
with nil bodies engaged In woik fitting lu
with theo objects.
Will Hack Candidates
"It will iiiomniend inndldntes for public
oflitc, and when neiessnr) will put them In
nomination. Wlieie suitable candidates foi
olllie nit) not brought foiwnnl it will even
go out and seek them nml induce tlicm to
"Just now we nie pnitieulnil.i iuti rested
in tiie tundldacies of Samuel I' Rotau
for Distritt Attoinc), Vivlnn Flank Cable
foi Riglbtei of Wills, Colonel dorse E.
Ktmp foi Receivei of Taxes, Edwin Wolf
for Controller mid Aithiu Ciiihiim fot City
TllMSIIICI.
.,11'.. ...n ,1, tn lnllv Intnt, stint In tlm rUtt.
licasuieiship and the vaiious iniigisti'iliil
posts Mu subcommittee under Mis.
Frank Miles Din, chalrmin, Is investigat
ing the ;tl)ll-odil inndldntes foi niiiglstiatc,
ami In a blioit time txpiets to be able to
name those whom it will support
"One thin1: that we will endeavor to htop
is the pel nlc ions tie svstini. The olliics of
Registn ot Wills ami Citv Tiiasuur now
benefit liniidsoinel) b) this s)stem This
mnv hnve been a simple unit ti i at one time,
but since the population nml the clt,v nml
Its taxes have all grown iiiorinouslv iu the
niiaiitiine it lins now become u most Im
portuut matter.
Would Slop .Money Ialc
"It menus a few thousands of dollars an
niinllv that iciill) should go Into the tteasuiy
to the unlit of the tnxpavcis, and not Into
the 'in Kits of nn individual. It is one of
the links that haio so fin htoppnl the se
tilling ot a low 1 1 tax lute. '1 he mini who
benefits bv ftes is quite iiuturnlli llkelv to
fight an publit impiovcmi'iits, as It mi huh
so mui li less niolic) foi him us it conse
quence' "We think Unit the cost of government
general!) should conic down, Just as we lime
demanded that Individuals' wages nnd proflth
,1nii n TMilu AnnliAd rini'miln Xv 41. .v
1 CUIIIH UUnh f v iiuv nil I J IU UIU
'country nud State, but to the cities as well,
tv
AIN'T YOU EVER SATISFIED?"
In this city, for instance, we hnve no fault
to find with the economic administration of
the city on the whole.
"We think thnt the cost of street clean
ing can nnd should be i educed and thnt the
tnx rate must come down. We also bcllcre
that pa) rolls arc too large. More efficient
hclpeis in some of the municipal depart
ments mid not so many of them should be
the ense, lather thnn reductlous in salaries.
"In the Department of Receiver of Taxes,
for instance, lt Is n serious question whether
the existence of branch offices Is justified.
Some other wny could be devised that would
be more economical nnd efficient nnd woulcl
involve less waste of time nnd expansion of
the payroll.
"It has been suggested that the various
batiks and trust companies of the city that
aie pioperl) certified could do this work xeiy
nicelv mui would bp glad to do It.
"We have no fault to find with politicnl
organizations; we believo that they are
ncccssai). Rut the tendency in the regulnr
organization is for one or two men to be lu
control who select for office men from the
luiiks who hove seen service in tho party.
They nre selected not so much for their
fitness for tho jobs ns for their Interest in
and iillcginnce to the party that nominate)
them.
Against Fifty-Fifty Party
"The Fiftv -Fifty Party, we believe, does
not represent the voteis of the city not its
best interests.
"The Voteis League is not n part) ; lt is
an oiganiation of citizens thnt is inteicstel
lu gootl government, in the puity or out ol
it.
"After candidates aie elected we piopose
to follow tliiui, to clieik up and advise thou
of their enois and to help them wherein
we can, Ficqueiitl) a mini gets into ofiice
who finds himself lonelv. He has no une
to till" to to explain his troubles. The Voteis
League will endeavor to fill thut need,
"lt will not onlv interest itself In election
nntl candidates, but will work for civic nntl
State impiQienit'tit, for better lnvvs, for en
actment of piopei and needed legislation in
Council nnd the Legislature nnd lu iveij
civic win tint such n bod) can.
"We will act, as I said befoie, ns a clem -ing
house, n he ic individuals may get neede 1
inloimntioii on nuittets of liiic Importance,
where they mu) enter complaints and iiink'
suggestions that may be lecelved nml noted
upon. It will be nn ndvisor) and helpful
both, v tiling to investigate, tend) to work
prepinetl to light, if necessar), for the tilings
thut nie light end u means wherein the in
dependent, stmight-tliinklng sentiment of
the citi mnv be able to function Intelligently
and effectively '
What Do You Know?
QUIZ
1 Whit does tho Fourth Amendment to tho
fotutltution of tho United States pro
ilclo'' 2 Distinguish between Calicut nnd Calcutta
J When did (Intel al I'erslilne lend n, Cnltctl
Ktates Aimv Into Mexico?
I What Is nlrianit'
D What was the Clft) ton-Ilulvver tieaty
and how did It nlfeet tho status of the
United St ttet In Peutinl America '
6 .Why Is the alluvial tract nt tho mouth ot
a river called iv delta?
7 Who succeeded James K Pollc ns Presi
dent of tho United States '
8 Name two operas by Charles Gounod
H What is u pai.in '
10. What Is .1 centilllon''
Answers to Yesterday's Quiz
1 liatnichlans aro animals that discard
Kills and tall, such ns frogs
2. Driilimlnlsm Is tho predominant religion
of India
3. Ousel tr otucl li nnother nnmo for the
Euiopeau blackbird
4. Tho cbaractei of Miranda occurs in
Sluikespenro'H coined) "Tho Tempest."
C Client llrltnln Is so called from Its an
cient Roman nnmo, Ilrllnmili Major
(Greater llrltnln) to distinguish it
from tint Northwest portion if Prance,
known as "Hiltaunla Minor (Smaller
Hlltnlnj and now liearlni; in English
tint name Hrltlaii) and In Piciith the
11,111111 IlKlllglll'
C Rodomontade, boantful, braBging talk
takes its name from tho character of
the boastful Uodomonto iu Arlosto'a
"Orlando Kurlosej "
7. Kilts Howe was tho inventor of tho
sewing machine
8 Philomel la tho poetic nnmo foi a nlulit.
ltiRiiln
9 Tuesday Is tho regular mcotliiir day for
tho piisltlentlnl Cnblni't y
10 Rosemar) Ih tho shrub emblematic of
rcmcmbrince
,. . . A Chicago clergyman,
M. A. Perhaps ullcglng that the
motliei-in-luw joke Is
110 joke nt ull and that the in-law is lenllv
1111 outlaw 1 c sponsible foi most iniitiliuoiilnl
disnsteis, advocates u uiilvcisitv for tho
itliuntlon of all mothers-in-law. What de
gtce; would she get? First? And wouldn't
uu m,wv mv mhvv )
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SHORT CUTS
General Humidity had a high old time
yesterday.
Add poisonous reptiles The curbitoni
lizard.
Senator Penrose, being smokd out,
smoked up.
Futllltnrlana
tered jestcrduy.
Democrats who wiii-
These nre days when professional poll
tlclans arc albo profesbed optimists.
Taxes must be the most popular tbloj
In tho world, judging from the present ruth
to pay 'cm.
Students of tho American merchant
marine appear to be of the opinion that sot
all of the denduood is tied up at the clock.
There begins to be suspicion thnt Chitlti l
Hoffman's newest alias is Flnncgan, cl ttl
w,n rtfl nrvnn vtn nnnn 1
ll,V,l W. ..5...., ,.... ,.(,1.1.
"Hungarian Rands Fire on Austrl
nns." Headline. Goulash jazz band, prob
ably. The trouble with the experts who ire
pointing out the weaknesses of the ZU-2
Is thnt they nie all equipped with hindsight.
We gather from an Alliens dispatch
thnt If tho Giceks hove been defeated the;
don't know it; which is equivalent to not
being defented.
The disposition of Fpper Silesia now
faces the Council of the League of Xntloni.
We fenr tho Council will find it has a very
uuccrtnin disposition.
Girl In wet bathing Milt Ins bwn
shocked and killed b) electricity in City
Island, X. Y. This will be an encourage
ment to the girls who never wet them.
Municipal street clcaulng has saved the
citv $:i5(),0()0, but what gives tho fact point
and promise is thnt the streets nre cleaner
than they were under ashcart rule.
The Chester County Agricultural Al
socliition has leceived so nianv intrles for
its show that it lins considerably more
ililtkens than coops to hold tlum. Demos
thents McGliinis snvs he lias noticed uiucli
the same condition on Chestnut sheet.
The Omaha, Xeb , couple who manu
facture n pork-and-bcan biscuit, amis.
Rockefeller. Schwab, the Clilmio puckers.
Stnnduitl Oil men and n iiumbci of national
bunks of consplincv to foi in n trust, ana
nsk SEJO, 000,0(10 damages, aie apparently
willing to give ever) body beans In order to
get the pork,
George Rcrnnrd Shaw snjs Lloyd
George's insistence on u military union m
twecn Ireland nml Englitutl menus pracu
ealli thnt Ii eland must take sides
England in ciiso of war with America, '
whitli the Riltish Pilme Minister i
ing." Which t-oes to prove thnt .
can talk as much nonsense ns the nwt mu.
The Plttsb.iigh WM'itih quotes
"Eastern city doctor's" admonition to MJ
fever suffeicrs: "Don't "nccM-or. K T
must, siieen through )our mouth, noy ""J
nose." Anv hnv -fever suiTeicr will teujf" f
that this is adding Innilt to Injurv. dui
hut we don't know. Dr. Law rente c.
tubeicillosls expert. long ago siild. "BJ;
lough!" And White I nicn 1 as W
piovetl the wisdom .Hid the Pfn'X'L.
lis vvoids. Incidentally, remarks the W
sionally Cynical IMillo nliri. 11 km utjw
liunger ought to be "Don't abstain jri
food."
When the eupcrelr";
A Smile nought Wnrt,,.
From the Past launched at Cnmdrt w
morrow a botiie
champagne will bo broken h
Cliampagne. 1 hildreii, is a ul o n
that concealed an ndu t Ulek h(,fninuch
smiling, spaikllng exterior. It, m
esteemed by .linkers In the . ark ngM
pichlhltion. Thursthii 's U ; "l" ug ejd .
by thiisty ones who look with cnweu
oh the new warship.
To the Council, League of
hliusli! Nations, ,f.
h Soon will co.no the U
count Ishll
Willi n statement on Silesia.
It is ever) body's wish he
Riing the matter to n finish.
Settling once foi ull the question
So the world may know-a.nnctia
Where before it knew Silesia
Then will w o. with good, gest '.
And ti hopo thnt md "
And ti nope iiiui- ' ';: 1 'm
Shower him with rtul.itlonJ , I
Shako the bosh nn.l hiwlr w W I Ui
Shput aloud for Vlscouut Ishli I ,"m
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