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IT IS A PARTY CONTEST
TUB first thing to be remembered by the
voters who with to prevent the iinnimn
tlon i.f thi1 ntiiliilntoi of the Contractor
Coinliini' is tiitit tin- contest l within the
Republican Party.
To sots of i-hixJ nln t it linvf bi'i'ii sclorleil
by two pet of UriHiblii'titu TIic -i't whh'li
get the mo-t otns in the Itopublioitn pri
maries will bo nominated.
There 1 no Voters Lengue I'nrty The
League li n group of Itepublli nti" The
camlldntes thnt It luilores lire ItepublloiiiiH.
They ennnot be voted for b rltlen who
reliefer ni other tlinn Ketmblicnnx
There Is some confusion about thiJ in the
minds of the Incxpericnred otera. a con
fusion which the Contrnetor Combine would
like to foMer bepnti-e It will benefit h it.
Kverv voter who regi-li'rM ax a Hepublii'nii
ii (ttalif)ed to vote for the rtmdidntf" op
pored to the Contractor Combine
If nil those opposed to the Combine.' get
their nntnei on the resitty liMs by the
time the books are cloved net Sntunln)
night, and if they vote tight at the ri
mary on Seiitetnber -(I. the efforts of tin
Combine to come back will he frtitrntrd
THE UNIVERSITY SEES DAYLIGHT
TIIU rrnMiurlng niblexnim from (Jcnern!
Leonard Wood to Dr. Charles Custis
Harrison goes fnr toward extricating the
Unlversit of IVnusjIwinia from one of the
most extraordinary situation in which in
American institution of higher lenriiing ever
has been involved
Selecti. g the head of n great .nivi'iMty
Is quite as difficult n tsik as hoosing n
Governor of a distant archipelago. The
conviction of botli clnlinnnts concerning
General Wood's fitne-H for such dlsp.irntn
roles, while it mut have been flattering to
him, can liardlj fall in have been embar
rassing.
A matters now stand (Seueinl Wood will
enjox the unique fellcit of pleasing both
parties.
His acceptance of the headship of the
University, to take effect in the fall of
1WK, l contingent upon President Hard
ing's willingness to rfViise him from the
duties of Governor of the Philippines after
a j ear of service
ioBiit n Washington the belief piv,uls
that twehe mouths will he siitlicient for
General Wood lo work out Mie delli'ilt"
problems which have been raised in the
'islands. This nko is the opinion of the
new Governor, judging by the accounts of
the ilUpnti'h recently sent In him lo Se(
tary Weeks
Witli this outcome in le. prominent
Fennsilvunm aluirlni who weie instrumen
tal in securing from General Wood ins
orig'nnl pledge to direct the destinies of out
of the foremost American uniiersities are
content lo he pntient It is postponement,
not, ns was feared, defeat of their ambitious
)lnns. which has result' d
MR. WILSON'S HEALTH
EVKUY (INK will be pleased with the ie
port that this newspaper's correspond
ent telegraphs fioin Washington that Mr.
AVilsoii's health i improing
Whin he tetired from olfice I mill nut
rise from a chair without assistance and
he had lo diag his left leg nlong as he
walkid. He had to be lilted mm the auto
mnb'le in which he went to and fioiu the
Capitol on the lnt dm of ln term He
can now enter an automobile without us
plstance.
if the time shall i nine when he Mill glw
to hi puitTv-niiil to his counu the l'ii"lit
of his ndt ce : that is. if he can it-simi"
the role which G rover Cleve'an I tilled niter
hi rioir-'iuen f-imi net he pd'ic-. lie will
be nhh to make a valuabl nliibutiou t
the iicis. mi of inniiv iiies"nns prixiug
for sdiiiioii. nnil in time he v. II win
conlid m even of his political oppoii
as Clcwliind won i'.
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SEVEN YEARS AFTER
CJRYI'N veins ngo no mie ion d h.n,. f,,i,
O told thnt the i e'elilllll HI o l.ilnille
Day In the I intul Slates won'd be nmi
bined with n ee'ehratioii of tin nninwi ,ir
of the Inst Intt'e of the Maun
Yet tli Imp leued jc-ierd.i, nni uil m
this i it hut .11 Mount Vein ii mid m
various other pails of the count . It was
not until mole than two mh'-s anil ,i ,
months nf:-r ihe bnttlc thai the I i I
Btnles qualiti'il to part'eipnte in the iele.
bratlon of am v'. 'ories of the Crvit Win
yt now slinri' with Great IJrit.nn I'liince.
Italj and Hels'iun in the niem irj of tin
trogrcl es and triumphs of the inflict wag d
to put down the Prussian idea of wm-lii
domination
President Hai ding's message i., i(,,. M1
took pa i in the demonsti iitimi at .Mount
Vernon set forth the historic bond between
this countn and r'iniiee, a lioml fotged
when l.afaet'e assisted the struggling coin
nies to ncliieic their indep mlenee nnd
Mrengtheued when the Ameri'nu nrmica
went to France to nsfist In drhhii tin
German intnder from her soil
It was the kind of a message wliiei,
should mnke It easy for the I'mtul Stalls
and Franco to co-opernte in the D'snina
ment Conference and to brlni; about mi ii
n undprstnudiiis among the tint'ons n. wil(
prevent a repetition of the horrors which
began a little more than seven rnrs n'j.i
PENNSYLVANIA'S COAST LINE
PItOPKHI.l sneakiii';. the South .leise.i
coast line belongs to Pciiusj IvnnlH. for
Pennsylvniiinns Inhabit most of it and make
it the liveliest anil most colorful 'trip of
Vacation ground In ihe known wor'd.
Jersey folks nie a bit b'ae ah ut the
sta. They voyage in'and for their sumnier
outing.
Mhwhlle, the ocean comes nearer and
Bearer to Pennsylvania with Jhe opening of
pnt good wotor road after another, and the
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V EVJSftlftG PUBLIC
lantlc City nnd the neighboring resorts as
we think now of the most easily accessible
suburbs.
Entertainments such as the people In
Atlantic City have been planning for the
period following Labor Day notably the
great pageant of this afternoon nre In
tended to inako people generally better ac
quainted with the delights of the early au
tumnal season along the coast. And It Is a
fart thnt the months of September and Oc
tober sec the seaeonst region at Its best.
Some one ought to write a book about the
Jersey roust, nnd In time some one will.
Nowhere In the Cultcd States Is life so
arlous and so attractive In odd and un
expected ways as It Is In the coast region
lietwrcn Asbury I'irk and Cnpe May.
In the larger resorts the cosmopolitanism
of New York nnd Paris Is reproduced for
fhne who like it Yet a step away jou can
find communities as tranquil and salty and
full of unchanged sea life nnd sea character
ns nnt of the celebrated waterside communi
ties of Knglnnd or Hrlttany.
SIX MONTHS OF HARDING
AND WHAT IT HAS DONE
Postmaster General Haya Rightly Says
the Greatest Achievement Has Been
the Laying of the Belligerent
Spirit In Washington
IT WAS six months Inst Sunday since the
present Administration In Washington
came Into power The Republican cor
respondents in the capital have summarized
the achievements of that period, and the
Democratic correspondents have culled at
tention to the things promised which have
not yet been done
President Harding in a letter to Senator
McCornilck has teviewed the economies
effected by Congress.
Postmaster General Havs has handled
the sltuntlon In a different manner, for In
nn address before the Nntionnl Association
of Life Insiiiatice Underwriters in Cleve
land last night he attempted to Interpret the
spirit of the present Administration, with
incidental discussion of specific plans and
purposes.
The temper of Washington is very different
today from what It was six months ago.
.Mr Hays reminds us that when President
Harding look ofiire "he found n condition
in which most of our domestic politics ex
pressed themselves In terms of nngei, con
lioversy nnd factionalism " Theie were
"hlt'er eiiders," "irncoiieilables" and "but
tnllons of death."
These terms are no longer used, nnd it is
because the country has progressed toward
n state of nrumnlry. The feeling in Wash
ington has been tuodilled by the temper of
ihe iiiun In the White House
Mr Hays Insists, and many villi agree
with him. that events have "brought to
the White House exactly the personality
that was needed to lead the louutry away
fiom the turbulent passions of wnr back to
the normal human nature of peace."
If nothing else had been accomplished
in sir months this achievement, which Mr.
Ilnjs stresses hy discussing it first, is
enough to justify those who supported Mr.
Harding last year.
The men who must solve the national
problems nie now in a mood fo work to
gether toward a lominon mil. They have
stopped lighting one another.
Theie is reassurance in the statement by
Mr. Havs of the attitude of the Adminis
tration towutd taxation. He does not de
nounie Ihe war-tax laws, but apo'oglzes
for them and explains that they were drafted
to inise the largest sums possible In the
shortest time
Milt with the illsnppeainiu e of the neces
-Itv of linaiiclng lighting iiimies n better
wuv can he found.
The present svstem of interna! taxes puts
a handicap on saving
"Hetween the m;ui who consumes his
day's work as fast as he iieates it." said
Mr. Havs, 'anil, on the i.-her li.ind, the
man who piactiies self-denial and saves
patt of his day's work and puts it In savings
hanks, in life insuriime policies or in other
forms of investment - - between these two
men. 1 s.iv, it I the business of wise gov
ernment to tax the former rather than Ihe
lattei "
To tax the squanderer and to en-e the
louden of the thrlftv would seem to he the
part of prudence.
If the Interim! Tax Hill inn be dnifted
in iici in dame with this principle it will pave
the way to a revival of prosperitv and to n
resfointioii of the capital destroyed by the
win
Theie is Jut as much sanity in the Post
master fiineial's discussion of the tariff
Thoughtful men must hesitate to draft a
peimniient Tariff Law at the present tunc,
fur the reason that no one knows the inn
diti' ns nbioad which this law will have to
nie"!
Tin llilsll . 1 .11 ll II 11 ill on wM II n in i ill
law is Inii'l namely, the mt of innniifac
iio-i nl'-oii'l are iinstab'e Tin value of
'lie I'lropi an i urrencv In whl Ii iwige, ate
i alii is tlin mating ami i ne nil pieilei
wli.il it will be next month or iii'M win
T " in l i the ciri Hlilstaili es. iheiefoie, it is
nor surmising that the thoughtful men m
i 'i ngress have loiii'.uded thnt it is hist to
40 s ow nnd to avvnlt developments
The Senate rinntiee Committee hist week
IIIIUOIIII' ed that It would give prei eilence n
ihe Internal Ta T 111 and let ike tariff
wan until the Internal taxes linil heen nil
Misled so as to rest mure easih IMI 1(.
In, s, nes. of the iiiiintrv Heie is i v-ulem c,
if it wen uiedeil. of the in urncv with
whn h the Postmaster (ieiieia1 has ilescitlied
what .s i;..iug mi in Wnslilugton
Tin kind of noimnliv vvhiih Mr Ilnrding
l.is liroii'jht about is the kind which the
nllllll heeds
VOTING AND THE UNATTAINABLE
Till! a'luienieiit of the uiiaitniiiniile is
sitnevvlint iromcnllv exemplified bv a
oinpaiison of this year's nnd last year's
political campaign
Owing to the brief inteival separating the
ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment
from t hV assessment ami registration dav,
considerable numbers of wouim in this cty,
though thev had gained enfranchisement,
lost the opportunity to vote in the Novem
ber clef tion
Alip-nN for special judicial rulings nn
I'mrij'lng n belated process of registration
fi'led Grief over the repulse was acute.
It seemed at the tune, m some circles,
thnt feiv things could be s() precious nnd
deeulv ileiirnh'e as the registration pilvilege
This year the assessors have enjoved amp1
lime to list the electors In their divisions,
and theie is no technical obstacle to pre
vent n large enrn'lment of voters
And yet the various women's organlzn
tlon of, both parties have been forced to
realize that what Is nt Inst obtnltinb'e Is
viewed with apathy.
There Is no question of the vigor nnd
enthusiasm of a few leaders, but the In
difference which they are seeking to over
come in the registration campaign Is equally
A
Incontestable. Citizens of the sterner sex
are quite as lax but that Is an old story.
Under lackluster conditions like tho pres
ent the proposition of compulsory voting,
which would Imply compulsory registration,
Is usually revived It has been resuscitated
within Ihe last fewdays.
Tho fancy, however, Is a queer inversion
of the spirit of American liberties. Under
compulsion enthusiasm for the privileges of
democracy must inevitably fade.
Perhaps registration could be popularized
by converting the process Into one of diffi
culties to be compassed only by superlative
effort.
Is it the ease of becoming a voter that
cheapens the right?
PUBLICITY AND DISARMAMENT
TiItKBIDKNT 1IAIIDING ntinenr.s to hnvc
ir met the nil -important question of pub-l!
licity In the Disarmament Conference with
still another of those governmental Innova
tions to which we have become accustomed
In n tlmo when Governments have to try
their hands nt alt sorts of new and dlfilcult
and complicated tasks.
Current news from Washington Indicates
thnt the sessions of the confetence will be
private or secret, if you prefer the word.
Ilut in order to keep public opinion informed
nbout nil that goes on those assigned to
represent tho United States in the conference
will Issue detailed reports covering every
debate nnd every action of the conferees.
Uncle 8am. after tolling for years as
Galnhnd, as the Good Samnilttm, ns Arbiter
of the World's Destiny, ns Hearer of the
World's Burden, will now nsstiinc nn even
more thankless but perhaps even more
Important role. He will function for a
while ns n reporter of news.
It has been urged by statesmen in Wash
ington nnd those of Europe thnt n wide-open
Disarmament Conference Is impossible be
cnusc of the delicate and explosive nature of
ninny questions of intimate concern to
various nations which will have to be
dragged out for frank and fiee discussion.
Men familiar with habits of thought nnd
feeling in some of the foreign countries most
seriously interested in the present plan for
pence feel sure that the aims of the con
ference might be frustrated at the outset by
too much publicity.
They say thnt general misinterpretation
of motives would be Inevitable If this na
tion or thnt were permitted to hear Its affairs
talked of bluntly by critical statesmen of
other countries. They wish, rather, to sec
heated debates reported or summarized In
calm nnd tactful reports
Perhaps they are right Perhaps here Is
a hint bf war's original causes.
When the people of all countries learn
to think rationally, to keep their feet on the
ground and to keen a diet k on their preju
dices nnd passions when, in other words,
they learn to think clearly - they may be
delivered from the terrors of war. I "lit il then
they will continue to pav for their emo
tionalism with dioih or mounting taxes.
DOCTORS ON ART
UD1NAIHI.Y n doctor is the last man
from whom one would expect u finished
0
criticism of n school of painting. Ilut u
good deal may he said In prnlse of Dr.
Dercuiu and the other alienists whose views
of the anarchistic trend in modern studio
have been summarized in a pretty pamphlet
bv some public-hplritcil New Yorkers who
de-lre to see Ihe galleries of Ihe Metropolitan
i lennsed of evil.
The doctois believe that much of modern
cubism and futurism Is due to Intent insnnitv
In the artists. They see evidences of mental
and spiritual degeneracy in many of the
canvases In the show of modern work nt the
Metropolitan.
Twisted and distorted hinlit", green fe
males and skv -blue cows seem to them to
reveal something like n mental collapse In
mniiv painters who can bicist International
reputations and two motnicni each.
We ventuie to believe that the ni lists are
not crazy.
The crazy people are those who buv and
ndmlie the futurist canvases
It is significant that maiiv of the aitists
who now pose ns the must cubic of cubists
nre men who once painted nb'y and earnestly
enough. Then no one would buy their pic
tures. It was otilx after tlu'V began to
point like children or lunatics that thej
found buyers.
The picture dealers, who do much to es
tablish fnshious in nrt, In-lncd the futurlstii
movement. Thev didn't know what It
men m They knew, however, that it wn
profitable. Certainly that sort of painting
has gone fnr enough.
The "impressionistic" note was lately iu
trodiired into the movies h a Gciiuan linn
of film producers. A picture wns .so made
as to ' Induce in the bcho'der a sens,, of
living in the midst of madness." I,im of
perspective were distorted. Iluihlings were
made to nppenr to the iiiilleii'e as ihev
would appear to n madiiinn
" Thnt was n very pretty and inspiring pic
tnre to show to the chlhlien of the I'mted
Slates'
PATIENCE THE GREAT SOLVENT
THF. Hiitish Tory of the past, much
abused as be has been in modern wining.
wn a man who could boast some ailnnrab'e
qualities He was slmple-iiinideil. dire t
stubborn nnd ftnnk lie iiuiv have been
unwise Hut be had niuinge and he w:i
li'uiit. You were nevei in doubt about Inm
He wasn't n livpocrVte. ami if be had dutv
work lo do lie did It feniesu in the open
It Is not possible to snv so miu h about
the Tory of today, who sicks to do bv in
direi tlon what be fears to do In open dav
light Thus it is impossible to trace or
define the Influences which nre plninlv at
work to forie l.lovd George anil his Cabinet
to brink the truce with Dublin Ilut the
air of Knglnnd has suddenlv been tilled with
clamor for the use of the mailed fist ,,n the
Irish and the use of n powerful iirmv to
"put down" the Southern Pin lininent and
its lenders
This melius nothing less thifn tnnlfs and
bombing nlrplanes and poiou gas and .ir
tlllerv instead of the ordeilv mediation
whi'h. Instituted at the demand of ihe
Conference of Prime Ministers, lertainlv
will lead to settled peace If it is larrlril on
with patience nnd tolerance on both sides
The Sinn Fein have some hot headed
lenders who, whether they know It or m,t
have been doing more harm than good In
their ariogant and defiant manner in the
midst of the crisis De Valera has been
keeping n cool head on his shoulders, and
there is little doubt thnt his followers will
finally do as he suggests.
Meanwhile, the people who talk of a war
of extermination In Ireland are enemies of
the Kngllsh and the Irish nllke. The world
Is sick of seeing men slaughtered by ma
i hinery.
It would be shocked by anv step toward
a wnr of attrition In Southern Ireland. It
would be better for the English and the
Irish to let deadlocks wear themselves out,
to tnlk for a year, rather thnn permit any
renewal of the war In Irelnnd
Hy way of protest
May Serve against the farce ot
One Good End Leipzig, Germnns ac
cused of war crimes
may be tried In their absence by the French
This tuny not land the culprits In Jiil, hm
it will at least keep them nt home
Highway Coinmis
Good Timber sloner Sadler plans
to line wide State
highway's with trees each bearing the name
of a hero who died that freedom might live.
Here practicality and Idealism meet.
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AS ONE WOMAN SEES IT
Th Society of Little Garden Ha
Aroused Interest In Competition for
Beautlflcatlorf of Back Lota
By SARAH D. LOWRIE
SOMETIMKH In this column 1 shoot au
nrrow Into the nlr nnd I hear by re
turn mall just where it falls to earth, I
wrote nbout back yards not long ago. nnd
my letter box wns full of Indignant protests,
nnd interested query, and benevolent agree
ment. I said that the city back yard that was
only the receptacle for the nsh enns nnd tho
garbage cans nnd drying underclothes wns
a nnlsnnco nnd should he wrapped. City
dwellers nnd suburbanites who hnd gardens
back of their houses wrote that Indeed they
would not be scrapped. I had to write per
sonally to them to villi their Indignant at
tention to the fact thnt I wns "swatting'
back yards, not boqk gardens 1
BUT the letter thnt really lilt the mark
and found me guilty of nt least tho sin
of Ignorance wns the following from Mrs.
Chnrles Clark, the founder nnd the president
of the Society of Little Gnrden's:
"From the cnsunl manner In which vou
recently spoke of the work of the Society
of Little Gardens, ono might nlmost fenr
you hnd nnt rend the latest bulletin. Hut
no. That could not be. Perish the thought!
"Nevertheless I scud you a program of
the competition.
"It is creating more general Interest than
we. had for one moment anticipated, r nm
receiving requests for programs from nil
parts of the country nnd ninny of them sug
gest n high type of competitor. So mnny
professionals architects, landscape archi
tects, art students and decorators have
written that I hope we shall have some
very fine designs. After the judging we
shnll have an exhibition nntl the the prize
winners will be published in 'House nnd
Garden.'
"That is as far ns the story goes, but
we go further in desire. We wnnt to bring
before the whole couutrjvns fur ns wc can.
what we have obtained, thnt smnll house
owners nnd those who nre building new
homes, or rows of homes, mny be shown the
way that n little bnck ynrd can be planned.
"I have sent out 140 programs.
"Now, will you be good?
Very sincerely yours,
"BFUTIIA A. CLARK.
"President."
Af
S THE date set for the closine of the
competition is October If). 1021. it is
rather Into for nny one who learns of the
plan for the first time to get the data nnd
submit n plnn." Still I think the matter is
so interesting nnd importnnt thnt I shall
print the genera conditions, ns they enme
to me from the Society of Little Gardens,
leaving Ifto the Into but would-be comers
to communicate without n moment's delay
with .Mrs. ( harles't lnrk In the manner spe
cified in the directions whidi fo'low :
"PKOGHAM OF A COMPETITION FOR
THE DESIGN OF A GARDEN
TREATMENT FOR THE TYPICAL
SriHRHAN HACK YARD
"First. The Society of Little Gardens,
of Philadelphia, announces n competition in
the design of ii garden treatment for the
typical suburban 'bncl; ynrd.'
"Second. The purpose of the competi
tion is to procure one or more designs which
may be piesented to the public to stimulate
and guide the development of the out-of-doors
space of the average American dwell
ing house and to bring it clearly within the
iiieniiing of ihe word 'home,' now too gen
erally limited to the space within four walls.
"Third. Eligibility. All students of the
garden problem are invited to submit designs
iimler the terms of this piogiam: ibis invi
tation comprehending professional gnfrleu
designers, draftsmen nnd students In schools
of architecture mid luudscape design. Nor
is the umnteiir garden tovr excluded, pro
vided only that his ii'ens nie presented in the
technical form here picsciibed.
"Fourth. Compensation. Garden design
has long stood ns it iceugiii.ed phase of the
profession of aichitccfure. hut Its benefits
have been icstrlcteil by the cost of profes
sional set vices to the owners of propeities
of the more nistly type and hnvc extended
to the geneial public only through their
parks and playgrounds. It is bere the pur
pose of the Society of l.itl'e Gardens to
ofler to the nveiage smnll house owner with
out i os ail aid tu the loiin of suggestive
sketches, to he obtained ihioiigh this com
petition. In so doing the society recognizes
thnt the lompeliiors will have 'tendered lo
the public u mm vice of substantial vol n nmi
It. thcrefoie, pioposcs to compensate m purl
ior nils servile uy me payment nt an lion
i iniiuiu to each of the ii'ithois (,f the three
designs selected in the judgment and uNo to
include in the publication of each the mime
of its author, with its place In the competi
tive award. The honorarium will he as
follows: To the nut hoi of the design placed
tiist. SlfiO: to Ihe author of the design
placed second. !il(Mi mill to the author of
ihe design placed third, S7.V Honorable
mention, in the discietioii of the jury, mny
i. s( je ii wn riled, but designs m, rated will
be published only with the written ( sent
of then author-.
"Fifth. .lury. The designs vvilll he
ludged by a jury to In umiposed ot three
architects, Messrs. Wilson Eyre, Jr.. War
r ii P. Laird nnd Hii'iuc Weils Sellers, v. ho
lave prepared this progimn and nr .ictlng
H.s the ptofesonui udviseis ,,f the nnclety.
Should a vncuicv occur in 'he nviuliership
"f the jury, It will be filled bv nn iirchitect
n In ted by the 'cuiniiiuig mi-mbiM ,
"Sixth. Information Copies of this
program may he obtained upon upplicntion
i .Mrs. Cliarb's D.ivi- Cl.nk. pre-ident, lil.').
Spruie street. Philadelphia
Eighth. Gi nil Provisions The net
I a person submitting a design in ibis entn
petit on shall constitute his acceptance of
the terms of this pi obtain mid a guarantv
on his purt that the design si. submitted
was prepmed by bun ot. it pmd d with
assistance, then thai sui h assistance was
nullified iindei bis personal itiiei tiun No
ii mpelllor may submit more than one de
sign: flnjis and alternative diawiug i, pot
permitted, nnd no ib sign sbnll . ,.,.,.
panled by drawings, models, iliagianis or anv
means of illustration other than those culleil
for No nom de pluiin or other identifying
ii'iiuc or murk is to anpear on the wrapper iii
which the design is iMivcred. nui upon nv
nf its contents, save within the staled enve
lope as provided, mu shall any ompetitiir.
Miller diiectlj or indiiictl.v, icveal the Iden
tity of his design !o or seek to iulluenie In
Ins favor (except bv n proper suhmnsi,,,, f
his design) the advisers or any member of
the society or of the j,n. It , imdei stood
that in submitting n design each competitor
affirms thai he has complied and will com
plv with nil of the f going provisions "
FROM n cin-son study of the proh'em to
be solved I should sny flint in ordu, irv
West Philadelphia or North I'liiladelnniu (r
Spruce or Walnut street lot 100 ' -, f0J
with a garage or stable in the rein" would
constitute i he type of surface to be im.
proved. ,
The printed specifications arc well worth
studying nnd the prizes well worth fining
Good luck to the competitors;
And n "seeing eye" to Up. judges'
Apart from ihe fait that the fxlillutinn
of modernist ort in the Metiopnlitan Mu
seum, New ork. is. in the opinion of
Committee of Citizens and Supporters of
the Museum." Ilolslu'vlst propaganda
abominable rubbish, artistic rot, a coicnion
of art crimes, degenerate trash, representing
mental and moral eclipse and vulgar in sub
joct. it is not impossible that an unbiased
critic might find In the collection some rcn
son for i ensure Perhaps some of the pie
tures hnve iinwlttinglv been p'nerd right
side up.
The World s Poultry Congress Is beinc
held nt The Hague mid two American pro
fessors are demonstrating methods meri-
can model poultry farms. The Hague, has
nnt been Joo successful in incubating the
Dove of Peace. It may be that the Great
American Hen will be able to Impart some
pomia worm uuuug.
,oii. ur. o..s. 2M
NE&PAY, SEPTEMBER 1921 . - , " . ,' m
T THE LAST STAND ' "?!
3fcv2SS5
NOW MY IDEA IS THIS
Daily Talks With Thinking Philadclphians on Subjects Tlwy
Know Best
REV. DR. FRANK P. PARKIN
On the Work of the American Bible
Society
THE "best seller" in the world of books
today , and nlvvays has been, is the Hiblc,
according to the Rev. Dr. Frank P. Parkin,
general secretary of the Pennsylvania Bible
Society and head of the Atlantic Agency of
the American Hlble Society. It is so far
ahead of nil others that theie is no second
"The American Hlble Society," said Dr.
Parkin, "is one of thV? two great interna
tional Ilible societies. The British and
Foreign Hlble Society is somewhat older,
and because it wns established in the heart
of London and hnd the support of that great
Protestant nation. It has always bad n re
mnrkable financial support from the people
of Great Hritnlu and her colonies. The
American Hiblc Society, organized many
years nftervviird. that Is. in 1S10" Is. how
ever, n close rival of the Hiitish nnd Foreign
Society, both In the magnitude of its cir
culation of the Hlble and in Its constant
growth ns well ns in the support which it
has received fiom most of the great Protes
tant denominations
Tim Oldest In America
"Piior to 1MII. theie were a great ninny
locul. town uml county Ilible societies In
those States which originally constituted the
thirteen Colonies. The oldest Hlble society
in the I'nlted States nmi anledatlng the
American Hiblc Society by eight years is
the Pennsylvania Ilible Society, which has
its headquarters at Seventh and Walnut
streets of this city .
"This socletv, like the otheis of Its kind,
is iindeiiomiiintlouiil. mid in the piesidents of
the organization all the meat Piotcstaul de
nominations hnve been lepiesented. These
piesidents from Hlshop White, of the
Piotestunt Episcopal Church, who was
chosen the first ex Hive in 1MIS, down to
the Incumbent. Hislmp lleriy. of the Metho
dist Episcopal Chinch, have been great
church workers, but have nut all been
churchmen in the ileilcnl sense, for there
have been -evem! lay men among them.
"The Pennsylvania Ilible Society Is, theie
fore, ihe oldest of iis kind in the I'nlted
Suites It retains its autonomy because of
Its chatter and because of certain vested
funds, but ten years ago It entered Into an
ngl cement with the American Hlble Society
uml became a part of it
"The local societies which existed in the
thirteen original States came together in
Isld to organize one gicnt intei -dcnnmlnn-tloniil
body, the lieadiuaiiers of which arc
now at Hlble House In New York City,
from which strategic position it covers nn
Immense territory. We do our own pub
lishing nnd binding anil the Ilible Is printed
theie in sixty -live languages and dialects.
Printed In Many l.nnguuKes
'Hlbles In maiiv of the 1.10 or more other
Innguages in whi'h thev nre being distributed
throughout the world today are printed also
on Ihe pi esses of the Hrltlsh and Foreign
Society in London. Hefore the great war
an immense number of copies of the Scrip
tures in these Innguages were printed In
Vienna. Her'ln. Home. Copenhagen nnd
other Eiiropenn onpilnls
"However, during the war. when It be
come impossible lo obtain shipments of the
Hlble in foieign languages from these great
printing centers, the American Hlble So
ciety had to icprodiice the Hlble In these
languages by the photographic process; but
gradually, since the armistice, conditions nre
returning to what President Harding terms
'normalcy.' Nevertheless, there nre tunny
demands for the Scriptures In the different
lnnguuges spoken by the alien peoples of this
country which cannot be me'
Distributing tho Hlble
"The American Ilible Society has divided
the country into nine districts or zones, as
they are called. These have agencies or
hcndquoitcrs In New York. Philadelphia,
Richmond, Vn ; Cincinnati, Chicago, Den
ver. Dallas, Tex., and Snn Francisco. The
Atlantic agency1, which Is under my super
vision, hns its headqiiiuters here and Includes
the Stntes of Pennsylvania, New Jersey and
Delaware.
"'llie minimi budget of the American Hlblo
Socletv today umoiints to nearly 51, .'100, 000
Of this amount only nboilt 10 per cent comes
from the endowment fund nnd the other III)
per cent comes from the Protestant churches
of all denominations.' The largest of the
denominations hnvc .placed the Ami...
jT(e Society on theli own budgets. 11 u ii
Trll. cs I.... . .I...T-1 .... . ..i". ." "".
'sJ"c acieiy on iiicik awn uuugcta. XhU U
notably true of the Methodist and Presby
terian churches.
"The American Hlble Society constitute,
one of the greotest ond firmest bonds between
the various branches of the Protestant
churches. In order that no denominations
mny object to the work of the Hible society,
the charter of that organization calls flu
the publication nf the Sctipttires in the King
James or the revised versions, iihsnlutvlv
without note or comment.
"Originally the charter culled fnr the pub
lication of the King Jniucs version onlv. but
n cinngo in that instrument Inter permitted
the publication of Ihe tevised version as
well. While the Revised Vorsion has nu
merous good points about it. especially in
the substitution of words the meaning of
which has changed since the davs of King
James, nnd while a knowledge of it is es.
sentlnl to every sincere student of the
Scriptures, nevertheless, it hns never taken
nn equal position with the King Juines ver
sion in the eyes f the public. Tile demand
lor Hiblcs today, mid always hns been, on
the part of the people is KI per cent for the
King James and 10 per cent for the revised
Scriptures.
"The reason for this is probably found In
the melody, rhythm nnd sonoritv of the King
James vetsion and the dignity nnd beniitv
of the language.
Plillndelphliins Active
'Philadclphians ,id Pennsylvniiinns hnve
always been active ,, w ,.k f
American Hlble Society ns well as generous
toward its support The vice presidents
.rnmil",I1!?" ' I'-nn-ylionli, now' are W "
bnm S. Pilling, of this city : Dr. Edgar Fn
Mnitb. former p,vvt f ,hp r.ilversltv of
Pennsylvania, and Edwnid W. Hok. Others
of the vice piesidents are Charles Evans
I ughes. Mnetary of State; Hoberf Lo
sing, former Sceretnrv of State- inhi, ii
Ohio' n'f ,N,,W V,k,: :""r MM.nnft f
:.,en0;ofn,o,,,rm,i,,,Vc.,,,,IP,S f " "" """
"Few persons have nny Idea of the mnc.
nllu. ... of the work ,,f fh, American Hide
Society Ihe best seller in ihe w.uuV to,v
is. uml nlvvays has been, the llilde (. .'.
were hi many copies of it sold as diiiinc the
frightful period of the World War To
American Hible Society alone bus disl'rlbni ,i
LI0.000.fl0,. eoples of ', nlb!e , d '. l"" '
mnnd is steadily inerenslng.
I lie cokportcurs and missionaries of rim
Hlble
society and the other woikers who
co-operate with it supply P,b!e.
s. Testa-
moms n nil
.icii rs nits neen o, Dili), 000 volumes
Yoltnlie, a Poor Prophet
"Voltaiic. the French skeptic. i ,i.
latter part .. 'the eighteenth centurv I,
O'seiics of brilliant essuvs attacked tl,,.
Renin.. Catholic Chun I, lmmffl a
( hristianitx In genernl In these ""
which we., written t (;,.,.. j,, Swltzer
land, he ptedlcied that befoie the nineteenth
cenliiry was fnr advanced the Hibln wo Id
be en,.,,',, diKcarded bv thoughtf!,. '
nnd II would be lookeil upon ov s a
ever",rr.S.,il"f,"i "" ""- How"
evei, In IS! 1. 1 happened t ,e in Geneva
and found that the very room Vwih
oltnl,e wrote iM prediction Is ,, "
repository o the Hrltlsh ami Foreign Hlhlf
Socet.v, and from It tens of thoi sands of
Hlbles nre distributed every yem
During the war the 'Amciicni, Hible
Society was unable to keep up with ihe Vie
mand for Hlbles if furt'ilslied to 's , , 7
sailors and marines i this countrv and
abroad nearly 7.000.( volumes nnii ' lt "
beginning of the war gave a supph f .,. !
1.(HH).IHMI , ket TestninenlS lo t lo ,o is
through the Y. M. C. A. This, s C
hlM.Trv ,I,P "rK"M e'fl f S"'''l " s I
.No funds were available for nn.
pose when it begun, but the need
, , , , i"" -
medio r an I the Hoard of Managers tool ,
i faith. How ainply this faith was jsii
tied may !.; sec, b, . fact thar t. ,, , ,.
coi.trlbu ed a quarter of a mi ,, doll, s ,
VillS In,.
Ing that Period This contribution covered
rl" ,tl!,eSllt!.n. .?' "J? exccptloll
assumed ." Wl ""lL" l"e "'J161 Slndly
isolated or neglected persons wheiever thev
may be found-to Southern mountaineers
to woikers In lumber and constr, IP ln,',
camps, to farmers In sparsely settled neigh-
IMrllMMIN 111 IIIO Vi.i. i.l
uiiuiui.il. us worn goes on nil t n. !, .,n
over the world, and this means that duri J
the last ten years there has be-.,, a'dlsn' l, .
lion of ten volumes even minute of ,,
ime. day and night. The average number nf
Issues distributed niiiiiinllv f.. i.. ... '. .
' no- nisi i,ii
SHORT CUTS
The Weather Mon registered gloom.
With Dr. Koo presiding, the Dove of
Pence should Mtrely ne t'e at Geneva.
If the Voters League can keep up the
enthusiasm manifested ut the firsf big nifft
lug victory for reform is assured.
Though denying it is dead, the I.eatui
of Nations shows n willingness to wear t
shroud until nfter the Disarmament Coil
fereiice. When one realizes that Germany hns to
say WlcdergiitmnchiingslelHtiiiigeii before sh
can pay It. one censes to wonder at delay la
reparations.
Every election day when tlicPhllnnI'
phla voter sees his ballot he sees aNn tint
theie Is what is known as a Dciaorratlc
Party in tills city.
Darby's hlstoele school bell is to be
plnied by an electric contrivance. Time
works many changes. Kids are not (til
puddled as they used to he.
The liny-feverlte who was fined brcauN
he threw bis customary fit instead of stop
ping his cor at a crosslnj now knows that
the trallic regulations nil1 not to be sneettd
at.
The Postmaster General's skill and ver
satility were shown In the wind-up of last
night's speech. It isn't everv man who
niild so nently weld Whittier's "Centennial
Hymn" nnd Kipling's "Hecrssionai."
We se no reason to doubt the suite
ment, if nnybmlv hns mnde it. that the bench
censor hnd' nothing to do with the deslgnini
of the bnthing costume nf the beauty who
was to represent Atlantic City In the b!
pageant.
At the Delaware State Knlr at Wil
mington n Harrington man took first prlw
with n crocheted centerpiece nnd a I'hlla
delphlnn copped a win with n fancy-work
quilt. Smart men! Hut they'd tnke a back
seat at n hnbv show.
I. very once In n while n man fi
vision of little children dying nf stnrv
in Itussin or China or. mayhap, suO
nearer home, and it eutlrelv 'takes the
Every once In n while n man gel."
irvntinn
ifforlng
nut of such 11 storv. for Instance ns that
" "nt, nun il riiuirii mills nn fu'v
from Elinheth. N. J., where n pet cat was
given nn expensive funeral.
What Do You Know?
QUIZ
DIstliiKUlsb between n bnhliic and a Sara
Hrovvnn belt.
Name three Important cities in Porto
It I co
What colonial cnp'lal In America be
canio tbn sent of government of a
icnlm that Included the mothei coun
try?
Distinguish between peruke nnd perlque
Wbnt State does Senator Lodge repre
sent? What la the meaning of tho legal abbre
viation "et ux."?
Hetween whom and when was ihe ba'llf
of Plaascy fought?
What is ni caryatid"
Who In Sir James Craig"
Name two planets that nre iie.ner to the
sun than the earth,
Answers to Yesterday's Quiz
1 Hugo (irotlus. or da Oroot, was a note!
I luteh w rlter nnd statesman an"
famed ns tho founder of International
law. His dates are 1583-1615.
2. Austin Dobson, the English poet, pub
lished the first original bnllude In tl
English lnngungo In 1876.
:i Hirohlto is the present Crown Prlnca of
Japan.
4 Ralph Wnldo EmerBon wrote "To bl
great Is to bo misunderstood."
Ti. Senator France Is from Maryland.
6. Helfnst Is the chief city of Ulster.
7. Leonardo du Vinci painted the most fa
mous plcturn of the Last Supper.
8. The Marquis do Lafayette played con
spicuous pnrls in three revolulloiis-r
tbu American, tbn French of I78 "?
tho Revolution, of July, 1830, also in
his country
U. The great dirigible Hit-! fell Into tl"
lluinbtr. '
10. In her correspondence with the mffi
ot Marlborough, Queen Anne d,uV,Jj5
v tha'tinnio Mrs. Morley. The Dueneas
1 called herself Mrs. .Kreeman.
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