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Member of the Associated Press JVtf ASSOrtATm ri?-q It pjreliu.iviv t' tttlta to the vte for nmbUeation of all ntwt ttuvatchc credited to it or not othcrvUe credited in thli paper and also the local flftea puMIthnl fnertifH At rtphts nf rrruhllcatlon of sp'dal dlpatcJiM nrrrln nrr nlo rrien ed rhll.Jtlphl.. Mnndir. September 12. Kll STERRETT GUESSES WRONG RonnitT .1. sti:uhi:tt. tin- dmo t'tntic ratnlldiilc for I)itr.et Attoiner 1b tnll;liiy ns n powliiiistie imrtinii when hcf wnjs tn.it more is no nopo lor rniiniiPipnia save tlitougli the defeat of the Keptibluun Tart The Dpinnrrnlic I'nrty in this city Is t?o small Hint it ennnot lie rcsortctl to bk nu alternative. It polltil about ."0,000 vote' in n local election out of a total of iO.OOO or 300.000 before the women "cetired tho franchise. Such propre ns i made here must be made through the supremacy of tho better elements in the Uepubllmn I'nrty. In short, the hope for Philadelphia lies In the defeat of whnt I'llhu Koot once called the criminal eonspiraoy which masnuerades tinder the name of the Republican I'nrty. The thief conpirntotx nre not Republi cans from principle. They hne affiliated themselves with that pattj merelj becnunp it is In the majorltj. If they lived in New York the. would bo Tammany Democrats and would vote the Democratic ticket in national nx well as in local elections. The ta-k before the Republican wters Is to defeat at the primaries this jenr the ticket supported by these men. nnd to defeat It in sucieedliiB enrs with nch overwhelm ing mnjorlties thnt the conspirators will be driven from politic s. It can be done if the voters wish to do it. PRIMARY DELINQUENTS 'AS WAS the cae in t lie- nmoraIt rum Jt. pamn of two iais aco, the primary election marks the high tide of the political contest The struggle which so intlmatol) Involves tliP fate of decent j;oernnicnt In this city will be waged at the polls on September 20. HegKtrntion is the credential for voting In the primaries, provided the registrant has designated his party affiliation. The insignificance of the Democratic Tarty in I'hilndelphin has almost inevitably rendered the selection of Republican candi- t dates the most Important political ipicstlon 1 before the public. I The primaries will determine whether the Contractor Combine or its opponents nre in control. I'nregistered electors will be barred from 'the primaries. It is not. however, too Inte for citizens to repair their failure to visit the registration place- of their respei tlve divisions on an of the three regularly fixed days. The law !, more considerate of delinquent" than is sometimes believed. Citizens who were out of town or HI on the 'established registration diyn, and can furnish authentic excuses for their ubsein e. are privileged, even nt this late hour, to present mpiest for enrollment on September 14 nnd 15 nt Room MO in the Cit Mall. The Registration Commissioners will sit from 0 o'clock in the ninnilng until 12 noon. There is -till n c Inline for unreglH tered citizens to participate in the decisis primaries If thej are enterpri-ing enough to make n comparatively slight effort. HITCHCOCK'S LEVY ON CAPITAL S' 1ENATOR HITCHCOCK'S critici-m of the piopo-al of Secretary Mellon to reduce the stirtnxtH on large incomes to p 23 per (ent reads ns if it might be intended ah a decimation of Democratic pollcj. If bo, It deserve- serious consideration. The Senator fny- there should be a gradual inciease of the surtaxes until the.v reached (14 per ent That Is, he objects to a repeal of the high surtaxes In the ex isting law. He insists that such sums n 5500,000 cannot be legnuled as Incomes, "The anT merely increases in capital," he insists, "nnd ought to be umsldered con trary to public policy." Assuming for the moment thnt lie U right. his proposition is thnt the (ioveinment mu-t mnkc a levy on capital and thus discourage its accumulation. Such a theorj of taxation has never been seriouslv proposed before tave b.v the Socialists ot the Communists Others have regarded it ns the business nf i :j . v:j-;. Government to foster the nu umiilatlon of capital, to incourage tin 1ft and to make large enterprises easy and to do nothing to prevent their miv. If the Democratic Party is to be com mitted to i educing fortunes bv a levj on them and to penalize the recipients of in comes nbove a given nni it Is desliable that it should be known so that the countrj may understand where It stands. THE YOUTH OF CHEMISTRY TIIRKK thousand American, llntish unci Ciiuadiiin chemists have lnte'j been dis cussing the state of their profession nt n convention in New Votk 't would have been difficult to tind that number of chemist In the whole world a hundred veins ago. Chemistry as we understand It todnj is one of the joungest of the sciences. It was not until 150 j ears ngo that the chemists began to accumulate uuv deli til to knowledge about tho constitution of matter. We know today thnt the thco"ies then iidvnnced nfter experiment were inndecuate nnd unsatisfac tory. Thcv hnve been upset by the dis. covery of nullum. Hut before I.nvoisler the common bellei among nil men "f science was that matter VfUS Composed of two subsliiiic e-. One was called phlogiston or lire and the other was n ash. Combustion wns supposed to tome about tluougli the llbeiatlon of the Hits through decomposition. Kxperlment.il chem litry. begun by Robert Dovle in the seven teenth ccnturv, InitI the foundation for n u"1 more delinlte knowledge of the ptoces-es of nature. The modern chemist is inntintMlh seek ing out the kev to those processes about which he fruukl.v confesses he knows lltt'e IIo docM not formulate n theory until he has tl berk'8 of facts lovstippoit It. The old chemists" nindo their thpory fiist a.i .. ft... fiirtfu fit- eTiimnln tlim Bnt( gucwsvci lie !- .-! -.. Knew that Ore burns nnd that (julcklime " klw burns. , Therefore they tald that the tf,'aiMJllrf,'y q 'lulekllmo va due to the 1 ,' lire used In burning the limestone to moke llic lime; a theory nbout ns unscientific ns thnt of the old astronomers wno insisicu thnt the earth was Hat nnd that the heav enly bodies t evolved about It. The man who discovered oxygen nnd laid the foundations for nnalj ileal chemistry died nnd wns burled in Northumberland in this Htnte In 1501, only 117 years ago. In 2001 the chemists of tho time may regard the theories of the chemists of the present as more primitive thnn present-day chemists regard the views of those who preceded Joseph Priestley. 500,000 BUSY BOAT-ROCKERS HARD AT WORK IN THE U. S. The Narrative of Ku Klux Borers From Within and Their Labors to Divide the Country DIVIDE n nntlon or a political state nnd, of course, you wenken It by half. Dl vldo It ngoln nnd jou leave It exposed to all tho cumulative forces of ruin and disinte gration. (Jo up nnd down the United States nnd patiently range religious creed against re ligious creed, befouling men's minds with whispered lies dividing the people Into an tagonistic groups moved b.v mutual hate and furious, uneplalnnble suspicions nnd whnt inn become of the spirit of nntlonnl unity that wo hnve created out of more than n centutv of experience nnd hope? How will It fare with us In the next great emergency? What will become of the sense of common aims, common purposes nnd a common des tiny thnt Is the true source of our strength, nnd how nre we to survive In n world of highly organized nntlonnl effort? When a civilized order Is divided ngnlnst itself the end is In sight. A nntlon is in some ways like nn army In the field. Rrenk It In two nnd you eon trample It nt your leisure. A wedge of the sort which military com manders In Hurope used to talk about Is being driven into the life of tho United Stntcs. Behind it Is the more or less mys terious group of men who have revived Ku Kluxism nnd Intensified and multiplied and expanded the passions thnt mndc the old organization dangerous and detestable. So menacing Is this movement to America, so destructive is it to the foundations of our common life, thnt it would be easy to suspect Its lenders of purposes far shrewder nnd more studiously mnlignnnt thnn Hny now nppnrent on the surface of their scheme. Outwardly, the Ku Kluxism of tho hour seems meicly like nn astounding manifesta tion of mass neurosis. It exhibits nt every turn the unthinkable malice nnd the love of unennny suggestlve ness. shabby imitations of mjstery nnd dark grandeur thnt ordinarily nre nppnrent only in subnormal minds. Its central appeal is to Instincts of vnnity nnd cruelty. Its books nre a hnh nX Kngllsh thnt can only amaze a leasoning being. Vet a survey of the country shows thnt nbout 500.000 men hnve solemnly sworn allegiance to Ktuim nnd its Wizards nnd C.oblins nnd joined In u secret wnr upon Cntholics. Jews. Negroes nnd the forclgn born nnd those of foreign parentage. Knell member Is required to pay $10 for the rights of citizenship in the "Invisible empire." for the rlsht to nid in establishing law nbove the written law nnd government nbove the estnbllshed Cov eminent of the United Stntes nnd its vnrlous communities. ' Judge William H. Sheppard. of the United States District Court of New York, who has ju't ordered a Crand Jury lines tigntion of this extrnordinnry business, may be right in assuming thnt Ku Kluxism, If it is not curbed, mn.v prove to be ns dl-rup tive to the life of America as bolshclm has been to Russin. The Rnltimore Sun may be right In its assertion thnt "Imperial Wizard" Simmons and his associates are merely engaged in n large and extremely profitable exploitation of suckers. In either event, the Ku Klux Is dnnger oils. It i- being zealously pushed through n card-index system of efficiency and with nu army of professional orgnnizers ami propagandists. What Its ultimate purpose may be no one Is permitted to know. Its nvowed purposes are nmazlng enough to bewilder people ac customed to think In rational terms. Men who go obrond In mnsks unnshnmed nf the badges immemorinlly associated with cowardice and crime nssume to he secret censors of the moral, lcligious, social nnd political life of tho country, to administer justice independently, to torture nnd burn if the whim seizes them nnd to formulate their codes neoording to the will of n gen tlemnn who sits in Atlanta counting his monev nnd writing books thnt would be funny If they were not for the most part unintelligible. Whether the Ku KIiit Is due merelv to mental nberrntions In Its lenders or to n scheme lnrgcr thnn any of its members sus pect, it needs daj light let in upon It. Dav light lr shall hnve. The columns of this newspaper are opened today to admit the detailed ti nth nbout the oignnlzation ns it hns been revealed In it carefully made countrv-wlde Investigation Day bv dny we shall piint the -tory of the Ku Klux. We rball tell no more than the-truth about it. That Is enough Whnt fould be moie astonishing than the spectacle of a large nnd Increasing group of men nt the business of creating a separate. Independent Government of Intolerance within the United States within a country that has grown grtnt because of the un wnverlug devotion of Protestant nnd Cnth olie, .Tew- and flentlle, white men and blnek, who from the beginning have hoped nnd fought and died for it without a shndovv ot doubt to temper their love of tho land or their lovulty to its Government? WHAT'S IN A NAME? WORD comes from Washington that the fanners' ble in Congress is opposed to Senator Smnnt'a proposed "mnnufne turers' snles tax" of ri per cent, but thnt if It Is called a "ninnufnc turers' tax" the membeis of the bloc will vote for it The pioposed tnv will rnise revenue so siinplv nnd in such Inrge amounts that It ndvocutis In Congress ought to be willing to give to It nny name which will conciliate the opposition. It does not mnke nuv dif. ference what it Is cnllcd so long as wn have It. The 1bjcc tion that the tax will be pyrn mhled ns it is pnssed from the manufne tuier to the jobber nnd o on to the re tailer nnd the consumer is more serious. If that can be removed It ought to be possible to get on almost unnnimous Re publican vote for It The Democrats will vote ngnlnst It. ns thev nie planning to vote ngnlnst the whole Repiib'lcnn tnx prngmm The i..i i hers of the United Stales Chnm her of Coimu'ue favor the kind of n tax which 8cnntor Smoot hnH proposed, and tlmvdo-not care what it la called. Rut vjern niOUC "-nwuMina.. tt tux-nun. , enU are twually n ' """" , EVENING PUBEIO LEt)(ERPHIlLAfeIHIA) HODY, BEFER T other reasons, It will upset the machinery already organized for collecting revenue tinder the present law. But this Is a frivolous objection. And, anyway, It Is Congress nnd not the Sccretnry of the Treasury which Is empowered by the Con stitution to decide whnt taxes shall be levied and how. MEN WHO DO THINGS PRKI-UDKXT IIARDtNG'S determina tion that the Conference for the limita tion of Armaments shall accomplish results Is indicated by the chnracter of the men he hns nppolnted to represent America. Secretary Hughes, Senntor Lodge, KHhu Root and Senator Underwood nre the eqtinls liv ability and experience of the best men whoti the other nations will send. They arc neither vlslonnrles nor agita tors. They have never tried to bully or drive the country into a position for which It wns not prepared. Some extremists call them conservatives and even go so far as to sav that they have never actively supported any disarmament program. Hut even if this were true, It Is n quali fication rather than n disqualification for the task before them. The ground hns been prepnrcd In pnrt by the ngltntors nnd In greater part by the experience of the world that competition In nrmnment Is putting n henvlcr burden upon it thnn It rnn bear. The agitators are seldom qunlificd b.v temperament or training for constructive application of the reforms they fnvor. These reforms hnve to be brought about in their final form by cool-thlnklng and levcl-hendcd men who fnee the facts nnd ndjust the new policy to the old conditions. (Jnrrison nnd Phillips and the other anti slnvery agitators would have emancipated the slnvcs long before Lincoln Issued his famous proclamation. Lincoln wns not nn nbolltionlst He was a conservative on the slnvery question, so fnr ns nny man opposed to slavery in principle could be n conserva tive. He did not abolish slavery until It became expedient ns n wnr measure. Limitation of armaments can now be looked forward to with confidence because it has become expedient. Secretary Hughes, who Is a lawyer of wide experience accustomed to measuring bis mind with the minds of other able men, can be depended on to state tho case with clearness nnd precision when ho calls the conference to order Mr. Root Is distinguished for his success in finding a way to do thnt which It 1b legitlmntely desired to do. In the present Instnnce he will be in nn assembly of men who wish to do something If they enn only discover how. His knowledge of Internn tlonnl nffnirs will enable him to lr.dicntc to the foreign statesmen how they enn do whnt they wish to do nnd how they can avoid the pltfnlls thnt may be laid for them by their political opponents nt home. And the presence in the conference of Scnntors Lodge nnd Underwood, the lend ers of the two pnrtles in the Sennte. will assure the visiting stntesmen of the political unity of the United States. The conference Is not n partisan but a national undcrtnking. backed by the be-t sentiment of nil parties. The subject Is bigger than partisanship. It Is n movement in the interest of hu manity ns n whole, on which there can be no serious difference of opinion. THE PENNSYLVANIA'S 'VICTORY' DISPATCHES from Costa Ricu accredit the battleship Pennsylvania, which sailed from Philadelphia with 400 marines a few weeks ago. with playing n silent role In the Internationa) drnmn icsulting in the occupation of the Coto legion in Central America by the Government favored In the carefully considered White arbitral award. The peaceful entry of Costa Rlcan troops has been joy fully received. Panama, though with bad grace, has refrained from actual opposition. It Is fair to consider the effects of the presence of the Pennsylvania upon this sit uation. Ilu'llying battleships, with force as their sole argument, arc objects of a deal of detestation nowadays. The coincidence of moral and physical strength, however, is another story. The "victory" of the Pennsylvania Is an argument for navies that point true. Ad mittedly it is sometimes difficult to steer nn unimpeachable ethical course. In the race for monbtcr armaments moral values that should be basic nre perilously likely to disappear. Rut maritime police forces engaged In ministering to the needs of justice are far from superfluities, and, granted sane agree ments between the nations, it is unnecessary that such navies should be of colossal pro portions. It is In mad competition thnt the dnnger lies, not In Hi in stands for fair play. The Pennsylvania, engaged on n mission of decency, hns justified Itself by not firiug n shot or detailing n single mnilim to uitlve shore duty. A TALE OF TWO PROJECTS MEXICANS of stnnding nre disinclined to discuss nt length the status of the buperb new opera house erected in their national cnpltul. The external walls of the structure have been stnnding for nbout n decade. Within there Is one of the miracle-, of modern art, the opalescent glass curtain, without u peer the world over. Vet the building is incompleted in certoin details, tho lack of which render- It unfit for present use. It is majestic, but futile. Festal performances in honor of the current observance of the centenary of Mexican in dependence nre heing given in nn old nnd less pretentious playhouse. Regrets for the situation nre expressed In the fateful word "revolution." It may be ndded that grand opera Is an esthetic luxury nnd that enterprises of this kind nre apt to be slow of growth. By January 1, according to Director Twining, the cars for tho Trunkford olovnted will bo ready for use The structure Itself is virtually finished. Rids for power-house work will be ndvertlsed on September IS Nobody knows when a lease with tho P. It. T. will be signed, If ever. It is un certain that the city will run the line What can bo definitely foieenst is that It will soon be In condition to be opernted. Mexican excuses will not suffice. Tho road is n necessity, not a luxurv. Revolu tion Is not responsible for the intolerable yet tolerated, situation. Revolution, moreover, docs imply action nnd is. consequently, n rarity In this neigh borhood. The prosecuting nttor- Senslbillly ney of Hnckonsack. nnd Whiskers J . grieves that the deli- cate sensibilities of womenkind should be jnrrul by seivlcp on Juries; n view with which one of the iury women strongly dls-ents We should like 'to hear the opinion nf the womnn Who went to jail in Wilmington in order to grow n side show beard with which to support her family and. just at the moment of her suc cess, is to be pinched ngnm by Millville and West Chester uuthnrlties Is she usurping man's rights or are women's privileges being denied to fler? New York will lose Its last firehorso December 1 Sentiment will deplore his passing, but Efficiency will grin (ontenteilly The llrehnrsn made n brave showing, but because his energy manifested Itself in an up and down rather than a forwnrd motion, he made a poor nhowiug compared to a motortruck. f AS ONE W0MANJ3EES1T Edward Root Tells of a Characteristic of Roosevelt and Companion Re cites Strange Lapse on the Part of Woodrow Wilson By SARAH I), LOWKIE WH WERE talking nbout vitality the other dny nnd ngreelng thnt It wns the foundation qunllty of genius when one of the pnrty, Edward Root, fell to reminiscing nbout that great exponent of vital energy, Theodore Roosevelt. As his father's son, Edwnrd Root would hnve hnd ntnplc opportunity to observe Roosevelt from n very nenr nnd lutimntc position down In Wnshlngtonj but quite npnrt from, being Ellhu Root's son, Edward Root Is nn observer with whom notable per sons would bo themselves, nnd themselves ut their best, I think. The fact of his deafness hns In n sense set him n little apart, nnd that he Is composed nnd thoughtful nnd shrewdly humorous hns, I fancy, given him the role of confidant rather than adviser or defender or cvccutnnt for elder men. He hns n fnee thnt tells no tales, and yet now nnd then there Is a smile tlutt Is illuminating ns to his sweet-tempered view of life, so thnt one is piqued to know whnt ho thinks nnd then charmed Into voicing one's own opinion. Curiously enough, with that power to gnin the confidence of other people lie hns not followed In his father's footsteps nnd oecome u invvyer, out nns turned to teach ing, somcwhnt nlong the lines thnt Ruskln followed, the ethics of beauty In art or the ethics of art in beauty, whichever way one choose to define n lectureship that teaches the appreciation of art. Whnt he snid about Roosevelt wns from the standpoint of nh nrtist observing n man of nctlon, nnd wns vnlunblc ns throwing yet more light on thnt nlrendy vividly illuml nnted figure. APROPOS of Roosevelt's gestures', he said that they were like his voice, effective from their very vehemence. lie called Roosevelt's voice "tlutt terrible little voice" that was shouted out with such force thnt the rcllernted sound of It nlone could bring nn audience to its feet In excited entbu sinsm. Ills gestures hud a like power of exciting and moving one, though In nn or dlnnry mini they would have seemed over emphasized. He hnd n sense of crowds nnd of distance and of momentum In what ho did with Mb body to carry his meaning, so that whether he wns bidding his successor to the presidency good-by on the dav of his inauguration on the terrace of the Capitol before that vast crowd representing the Na tion or whether he wns waving his hat to the children nnd wife of the engineer of his private train as It roared past their house on the outskirts of n town, what he felt wns carried without loss of power. His hand-grasp of Taft ns he left to make his train while the innugtirnl speech was still in full tide snid so much of what he expected of Tnft nnd whnt the Nntlon be hind him expected, thnt Tuft's speech wns interrupted by nn upronr of npplnuse nnd fniowell which followed Roosevelt out of the Capitol nnd down the great steps to his waiting motor; the way he rose from his writing on the private car when his secre tary, Loeb, mentioned to him that the train was nbout to pnss the home of the man driving the trnin, his quick snntching up of Ids lint always by the top of it, never bv the brim his pumping it up and down with quick jerks, ns some powerful animal might jerk something In his great set jaw, nil reached the wnving womnn nnd her children nnd told them that he felt the power thnt her husband wielded for him, nnd admired it. EDWARD ROOT said that that sense of the public and of his position as in n way symbolizing the power the public dele gated never left him. He used it ns one would use a sixth sense, ns pnrt of his re sponsibility toward men. His power of cor relating facts with people nnd using that knowledge quickly nnd to the point wns nnturnl with him nnd wns nlso consclouslv cultivated ns part of his duty ns President. Edwnrd Root went on to sny thnt Pnul Warburg hnd once remarked on It to him, nnd to Illustrate how fncile the President could be. told him thnt on the return of President Roosevelt from Panama the ship carrying the piesidentlnl party had drawn up nt the same wharf In the same harbor in one of the West Indies nlongslde of nn outgoing ship on which Warburg wns n pns seuger, nnd for n hrief moment on docking the gang planks of both vessels were ap proximately close. Wnrburg hnd the merest acquaintance with Roosevelt then nnd was surprised nt the quick recognition thnt he got, nnd more thnn surprised to have the President cnll out henitily. "Our boys nre clussmntes in Harvard, nnd mv son 'thinks your son Is fine!" The cleverness of the whole quick recog nition of the potcntinlities of the encounter struck n mnn like Wnrbnig more thnn the fact of the cordiality even. As Edward Root said, lie excited one's imagiiintlon by the vltnllty of his power to mnster nn opportunity. FROM thnt point the conversation of our group flashed sidelights on oup mnn or another in the public eye who had or who hnd not that gift of tinning u situation to dramatic account. Some one snid that Wilson hnd hnd it to n marked degree both In his privnte nnd public encounters, nnd some one else ngreeel thnt he hnd nt times this public sense of being the central tiguic. nnd then agnin strangely Inp-ed from it, failing both politi cally and nrttstienlly to remember that whnt he did counted Immeasurably in the success of his plans. And then n man whose name I nm not at liberty to quote, but who had been in n sense a participator in the following epibode told of one of those curious lapses. ' DURING the wnr the Red Cross wns given control of whnt is known in Washing ton ns the Presidential Suite in the Union Rnllrond Station for the use of the soldiers that were being transferred to the Walter Reed Hospitnl und other convalescing cen ters. The woman in charge on the dnv thnt the President and his pnrty were to sail on the George Wnshlngton for the first trip to Paris was the wife of one of the high up nnva'l officers, nnd her sense of drill nnd discipline mndo her feel thnt ns the presidential party pnssed through the waiting-room on the wnv to the privnte train there should be as much ceremony on the pnrt of the wounded sol diers ns wns possible In their crippled con dltlon. Cots and stretchers unci wheel chairs wero nrrnnged hurriedly so ns to mnke a clear passageway from door to door, and nt the Inst minute when the warning 'enmc thnt the President wns coming, those that could wcxo got on to their feet to stnnd at attention, nnd those that could not rise got ready to Fiilute. They wero all In uniform nil pnlpably sufferers from tho great ordeni through which they hud come. And the President passed fronr door to door without apparently seeing one man of them, with n face intent on some inward thought ! Htrnngo lnpse, indeed ! HQ U0IU from there to be hulled by till of Paris In a freiuy of enthusiasm and to be acclaimed ns Caesar only wns acclaimed In the capltol of Rome nnd he carried himself magnificently in those grenf hours, but one wonders if the rlddlo of his failure (o carry his own Nation to back him In his noble enclenvor for Interna tional peace had not its answer In munidits such ns these; . A. . Mn"J botels will be Tentatively needed In Plilludel- , ,- l',,ia for the Sesnul Centennial, nnd they will without doubt bo built. Mnnv will be erected to enduic, for unquestionably the city's need in this di rection Is groat and will he greater en tirely spurt from the big fair; but most of tin in will be small nnd ephemeral, thrown up for n quick clenii-up All of which points to the wisdom of tlie suggestion made thnt huge cnmplng places be set nside within and near the city limits whero motorcars may be parked nnd tents erected by and for visitors who would otherwise be without adequate accommodation. NOW MY IDEA IS THIS Daily Talks Willi Thinking Philadclphians on Subjects They Know Best ' PAUL VOLKMANN On the Outlook for the American Vocalist THE outlook for the American vocalist from the professional standpoint is brighter now thnn it ever hns been in tho pnst, nnd the future holds still even grcnter promise, snys Pnul Volkmnnn, one of I'hlln dolphin's best-known singers nnd teachers, nnd who Is thoroughly familiar with musi cal conditions here nnd abroad. "It certninly looks ns though the best muslcnl environment In the world Is gradu ally centering in tho United Stntes," suid Mr. Volkmann, "nnd, of course, the licnrt of this environment Is the gicnt cities, such as Philadelphia, New York, Chicago nnd Boston. In these places as well ns In the country nt Inrge the muslcill spirit Is fos tered by the grcnt orchestras and tho smaller concerts nnd recitals, both instrumental nnd vocal. "As to the vocalist, It may be safely said that the season of summer operas -given In Chicago, Cleveland, St. Louis and the bcrlcs of operatic sketches such as those performed nt Willow Grove and other great recreation parks have cicated n deeper Impression than in former yenrs. The attendance Tins been larger und the interest displayed more in tense. Opportunities to Be Greater "Naturally, nil these things have n strong reaction on the musical propensities of the younger generation, and they cause the operatic field to be looked upon with far greater fuvor. Of equnl importance is the fnct thnt the result will be the spread of opera, nnd therefore n much lnrgcr number of opportunities for the nspirlng vocalist to receive n trial as to whnt he or she cun do in this difficult line of endeavor. "The great trouble with the American students of music is thnt they do not realize the necessity of tnklng their work with the utmost seriousness, n frame of mind which is as essential to success as the possession of n natural voice. The.v have the voices nnd the ambition, but few of them will devote the time nnd the mental effort required for their work. "The nvernge student spends n yenr or two in the most tnthusinstio and energetic study, but ninny nf them fail to realize when thej nre In nn artistic atmosphere that they lack concentration. "Very frequently a promising candidate for tho opera or the concert stngo Is influ enced bv conuneicial reasons, and many of them will stop studying to tench or do other lemunerntive work when their real natural abilities arc only partly developed nnd when they have attained only a smnll proportion of the heights which they might have renched with u few years more of study nnd con centration. They realize the great expendi ture of money required to reach their goal, nnd nlso they sec the enormously high stand -nrds wnich an' set before them artistically the highest standards in the world and then they stop because of this lack of perscver mice. Church Work Possible "The churches of the I'nlted Stntes offer n tteinendous help to the nspirlng young urtlst. both llnnncinlly and aitlstically. It 1h true that the standnid of church work has kept even pace with the musical ad -viinco in the country, nnd thnt It is by no means so ensy as formerly to obtain a church position, nnd when it is obtained the stnnd ard set is very high. "This standard of singing, like nil the other musical stundnrds of tho country, is constnntly being raised. Religious work such ns oratorios are now performed b.v church choirs with a solo quartet nnd led by the organist which onlv a fuw yenrs ngo It wns considered could only be performed by a choral society which had devoted a long time to the preparation of the composition. And they nre admirably performed, too. "Church positions, therefore, not only offer the young vocalist nn opportunity to pay n pnrt of his expenses while studying, but. if they nre filled In the proper manner, really give a great chance for the student to advance In the art. It also gives him nn opportunity to learn musterpleeefuof choral composition which he would not get much of outside of this place. Resides, it gives n I are ciinnce iur in he singer to prepaie for concert work. Study In America "As to the cultivation of tho voice, I believe that a student who will really work has just as good nn opportunity to mnke himself an nrtist of renown in this country ns by going nbrond. It must be admitted thnt the student who goes nbrond generally applies himself for some reason or other more diligently thnn the one who remnitiH here for his musicnl educntlon ; hut with equal Interest nnd energy the one who studies here has Just an good opportunities ns ho who goes ncross the water, often to come into contact with n teacher who seems to care more for the dollar-sign thnn for the Interests of hts pupil. The Ever-Raising Standard "The opportunities for concert work are now greater thnn ever before in this coun try, but tho stnndard of such work Is higher tllte it has over been heretofore, and It is ,12,, 192 RASSLIN' WIH IT constantly .being raised. This stnndard hns been set so high in the homes by the gen eral use of tlie tnlking machine nnd tho Iniger number of concerts ench senson that when the young singer appears publicly he Is judged by the work of the greatest artists In the world, with which his auditors have become fnmilinr. "This condition, which i6 to bo commended for the sprend of musical knowledge which it connotes, makes it very difficult for the young artists and often brings discourage ment upon them. Its real effect nnd the value of it should be to make them de termined to work nil the harder nnd to bring themselves to the utmost limit of per fection which their nbilltlcs will allow. "But the young student generally fnils to realize thnt the greatest artists arc the product of years and years of the hardest kind of work nnd of opportunities for study which we in this country did not enjoy before the wnr to the extent which we do today. Preparing for the Opera. "It Is probable that tho original goal for every singer who ever studied Is the opera, and It is heie that many a crime is com mitted that well might be laid nt the door of the teacher. This is because much more than n fine voice Is demanded for success In the operatic field. The dny is pnst when the only requirement is n fine voice. Todny nppenrnnce countH for fully ns much. Voice there must be, of com so; but the day is past when n man of binnll physique, no matter how- marvelous his voice, how thor ough his training or how superbly he could sing 'Lohengrin,' for example, from the scoic, would ever get n chance to take the pnrt on the operatic stage. "Vocal teachers should bear these things in mind. Today the vomig nspirant for operatic honors Is judged by the standards of Caruso, Plancon and the Do Rcszkes. What chance, therefoie. has a beautiful voice ot obtaining u hearing when Its owner Inrks n knowledge nf the lnnguiige nnd u befitting stnge presence for the roles ho wnnts to nssume? "On this matter of Inngtinges nlonc, how many vocnl instructors nre there who tench the languages, the first esentlnl of the opera? "To sing in the opera the singer must nave a thorough knowledge of the Italian, trench nnd English langunges, nt least, and the mastery of then, tongues lequlrcs nn un usual amount of tnlent ns n linguist and nn equal amount of hard work. Tho lan guages must be ninstere.l : u smattering of them will not suffice nnd the nrins ennnot be sung convincinglv if learned by rote. The full command of them Is required because the singer. In order to act his part well, must understand whnt nil the other parts are snying and doing. ' i, 'i(.!1!r"!.ti(7!('tmR, Is nno"'cr requirement. In i Philadelphia and in most other American cities here is not today a single institution in which the ambitious young singer may obtain the instruction which Is necessnrv to ncquiie what the finished operatic nrtist knows as 'routine.' The Phllndelnhla Operatic Soce.v has done niuch, but' ,, non professional organization can turn out finished operatic artists. tJIT..,e '!"'k f 'I''pHnnrj- powers in such societies Is one of their gientest drawbacks hiVi??Yir. ".t "kc ",c mttnner "' which he Is told to sing or act he inav quit without any pecuniary loss to himself If he goes to nn operatic school he generally s icKs to it localise he Is paying for instruc tion and he does not want to lose what ho hns nlrendy paid. Tho Remedy "The remedv fo,- this condition nnd tho only way in which we may hope to produce our own nrtlsts is to have In each large c tv an opera suppoite.l by the municipality and giving opera on nn elaboiatu scale, the city to meet the almost certain deficit, becnuso ns opera is given today the expenses ate so great ns to mnke opera ulmost impossible for privnte Individuals or companies. Tho nrt sts should be pnld n reasonable wn for r,.MSsn": ..h!.r'i,.t. '!". cn'orcc.1, circumstances. "Then us the 'routine' became effective, ho young American singer will o 1 ,,.,' mve to ask for an opportunity to show what ho can do. He w II o longer have to seek- "." " ' - -- mil hit ll IKK-r tho w illiiru ll ill L" th h i,.. " W , '"' "' no longer Jmve to seek on the I'onrrni-v h ...in i. . . .. ", " "'i i'c MlUglll. We tefuse to nccept the stntement thnt the reason Senator Pcmoso has Inst led a movlng-p cture outfit hl.s Vas,i,g 0n homo Ih lwif.fiiii.ii I. i.. .. i- "n"'".iuu i.. i.e.. .. ' ..:, ' i"-." " "icivie inn; ore erring ratiier to holleve his mind de nan Is some yarin ion of the stereotyped Icclara- cal Is and politics was not discussed. Hen,.,?, fo. 1. they will g , ,CI, ,,. pYi,",',' Picture What chan.es , be film , The de he main ,cel Is. of coiuse, nobody u'. Following an attack on u whit.. .,,,.... a Point Hreee mob beat up a Innocent colored man under the mistaken Mel i that s SHORT CUTS The guy who didn't register on Satur day has no mote say-so than a Democrat.. Field nnd Nursery Note. Bnby Bunt ing wns probably making n sacrifice hit. Rehoboth Bench. Del., enn't see the difference between a dend whnlc and a white elephant. "So come kiss me, sweet nnd twenty," snys Peace to the delegates of tho big Pow ers nt the Dlsnrmnmont Conference. A noted English psychologist says that one wny to nvold npoplcxy is to tell the truth. But there are very evidently other ways. We nre nil Buddies todny; the boji who fought und those whose hearts were right but whose knee-joints were a little too stiff for work In the trenches. Tho Qulncy. Mnss., girl who tells Con gressman Ilerrick thnt ho lacks pep. but says she Is willing to marry him, probably intends to give him what he lacks. One trouble with indirect taxation in that it grows In the dark; nnd that the consumer pnys more when he Is lulled into the belief thnt ho Is pnylng nothing. The Iden of some mnthcmatlrallj minded prohibition-enforcement officers li that the Eighteenth Amendment is four and n hnlf times ns Important us the Fourth. Tho German Finance Ministry proposes to tax fat men so much for every inch more thnn tho nvernge waist measure. Is this n. subtle nttack on the lager beer in dustry? There nre prnrtlcnl couples who cn the mush nfter the first few spooning weeks of the honeymoon. Not so with DaliJ Vvork. of Ilnrrisbiirg. Her husband, Kd wnrd r.. suing for divorce, snvs she threw hot mush In his face nnd it wns three days before he could stir nbout. Whnt ho doubt less longed for was the milk of human kindness. The Texas cowboy, "perfect man," hs now refused to meet the New Tork model, perfect woman," who nnnounced her will ingness to mate with him, nnd the "perfect faiuly Is still occupvlng n flat and kitchenette in futurity. The pair will even tually, if Nature takes her usual course, choose ns their pnrtner.s their physical op nosites with ns ninny ns several physical Imperfections; for Nature, the queer old dame, nppears to abhor perfection ns she ki snid to abhor n vacuum. What Do You Know? QUIZ 1. Who rnn for tho vico presldencv on the Hemocratlo ticket lieac'cd by Bryan In 1308? 2. When wns tho Archduke Kerdlnnnd of .. Austria iiBoasslnated nt Sarajevo? 3. whnt Is tho estimated number of ehlps In tho world? 4. What Is their estimated tonnage? 5 Who wns Cotton Mnther? C. Who flllod the post of director general of tho railroad administration while tho rnllroada woro under CJovcrniiW" contiol? 7. Who wrote the comedy "Pygmalion and Gnlnten"? R What Is tho moaning of the word amerce! 9. In what book of tho Illblo la there an Injunction ngnlnst tho wearing ot men's clothing by women and of women's clothing by men? 10. Xamo two noted works of Danto. Answers to Saturday's Quiz 1. Ulalso rascal, the French philosopher,!; clurud "If tho noso of ticop.itra !Ja been shorter tho whole face of tM onrth would hnvo been changed " . 2. ''Aqua regla" Is u combination of nil"' acid and muriatic ncld. which, because of Its power to dlssolvo gold, tho J motallorum" or "klmr of metals" ofU'J ancients, wns called "aqua regla, tho roynl water , ,. 8. Iron Is ono of the elcmepts. Iron mat u a compound of Iron and oxygen. 4. Tho first professor of chemistry In " United HtatcH was Honjamln Hun. who studied under John Ulnck at t University of Edinburgh, nnd on n" return to Philadelphia became prolf'J for of chemistry In tho University M Pennsylvania , ,,, 6. Tho first message spoken over the, "T. Phone nt tho Centennial Inhibition Philadelphia, whoro tho Invention, then a striking novelty, wns exhibited '" 187C, was "III dlddlo diddle, the- cH and the fiddle, pleaso finish thai The words, addressed to n hearer at in other end of the wire, nbout a J1" away, were spoken by William Thorn son, oftcrwnrd Lord Kolvln. w famous Ilritlsh scientist. , ,h 6. Tho drat nume of nmgson, the Frenca philosopher. Is Henri. ,, 7. Daniel Hoone, tho American pioneer, w born In 1735 and died In 1820, . h 8. A gudgeon Is it smnll fresh-water "" used ns halt. Tho word Is also ft , nyin for a credulous pel ton or, coiw qulully, n'"suckr" ., wit n oi. v.. .!..-., r L- . ' . ...-j i...cichvei( letter In tho alphabet," because It A ,. . "urn siaris nnyining. , ,,, k ,i 10. The Brooklyn Drldgo was compiMafVjl 1MJ- . All t - -J'Jf W: ''"I & ajcrtf. "-I 1 P-r . k;aWv
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