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FkllailrtpMi, Thunder, Scptembrr IS, 1921
COUNCIL SHOULD GET BUSY
WITHOUT a considerable strain upon the
verities It rnnnot be salil tlint the re
convening; of City Council today minks the
end o( nn earned vacation.
Technically, the suspension of meetings
was a recess. Actually, it was an example
of quitting in the face of urgent problems.
Once more these present themselves for
solution, and this time the shirking of re
sponsibilities cannot be condoned by argu
ments in support of summer holidays.
"Agenda," that favorite term among
diplomatists, who appear to delight in pon
derous phraseology,, la after all a penetrable
mystery. The word simply means "things to
be done." The "agenda" before the present
Council includes the transit and gas leases,
which cannot be disposed of by mere tinker
ing. Unless an early derision regarding the
city's relations to the P. H. T. Ir reached
the opening of the Frankford elevated must
appear hopeless.
The only possible way In which the Coun
cil can justify Its vnrntlon Is by promptly
grappling with realities.
JOHN'S EASY DAY
GREAT hopes and great fears, cherished
respectively by the ardent drys and the
bootleggers' bunds In New Jersey after the
passage of the State's special antl-llquor
law, were alike prematura, If we lire to judge
by the turn that events took in Judge In
rersoll's Court at Atlantic City.
Raiding has been the fashion of late in
Atlantic City and elsewhere In New Jersey.
The local authorities as well as the Federal
enforcement agents have been rounding up
men against whom evidence of dry law
violation was conspicuous. When the ac
cused were arraigned finally they were per
mitted to go with what must have seemed
to them extraordinarily light fines.
Under the terms of the Van Ness act the
super-dry law passed by the last Legisla
ture a Jersey Judge may either jail or
fine any one convicted of selling prohibited
liquor. Judge Ingcrsoll refused to jail any
one because the Van Ness Law is being
attacked in the higher courts on the ground
or unconstitutionality. He imposed fines
which, while they might have hurt an ordi
nary offender, certainly could mean little to
any man who bandied contraband liquor in
a large way. The maximum fine permissi
ble under the State law is about equal to
what some wholesale bootleggers have been
able to make in a few hours of any busy
day.
Hero again the futility of too rigorous
laws is illustrated. There were people In
New Jersey who wanted a dry law that
would be a terror to all drinkers. They got
It. And it is a serious question whether
It will stand the tests of an nppcnl.
GOOSE AND GANDER
BRIEFLY It may be said that the Public
Service Corporation of New Jersey,
which has again begged the United States
District Court to overrule the State's
Public Utilities Commission and give It the
right to charge ten-cent faros on Its trolley
lines, is asking for an Increase in wages.
Its representatives argued that it cannot
continue to live unless It gets more money.
Now, It would be interesting for the mo
Kent to leave all technical and purely legal
arguments aside and inquire nbout the dif
ference which deems to exist between the
trolley financiers involved In the present
case and the multitudes of wage earners
everywhere who are being told that they
must accept continuing heavy wage reduc
tions if they wish to keep thema-lvcs and
the country economically safe und efficient.
Ferhaps Governor Allen, of Kansas, who
preached the doctrine of lower wages and
longer hours In this city, is the man who
could best diagnose the peculiar affliction of
the Public Service director. Between these
directors nnd the workers and captains in
all other Industries there is a wide gap.
Everywhere railway men are seeking to
bring rates down in order to get lost patron
age bark. Trolley managers are finding
that higher rates of fare tend to drive busi
ness away and to reduce revenues. Indus
trial leaders are trying for their own sake
to keep the prices of their commodities
within the reach of the masses of the peoplp.
"Workers are accepting wage reductions.
But the trolley corporations of New Jersey
go on desperately demanding higher fares,
running counter to nil normul economic
processes of the hour, without wondering
lor a moment where the people who ride on
tbelr cars are going to get the money to pay
the higher fares Hint tlicv .'e.nnnd.
THE QUESTION OF JOBS
TlTORE than a great many people expect
' may come from the meeting at which
representatives of nbout 18,000 employers in
tail city sought and discussed ways by
which to provide jobs for unemployed men
la this general region. The culminating
resolution offered by Joseph M. Steele,
president of the Builders' Exchange and tho
Building Employers' Association, reflected
a most sensible and admirnblc spirit in the
presence of what is, for a great many peo
ple, a very real emergency.
Too many employers have permitted them
elves to feel In recent months that the so
called industrial slump Ir something In the
aaturo of an act of Providence. It is noth
ing of the sort. It Is the Inevitable result
I errors of judgment and policy that may
to attributed alike to many trades union
readers and many influential loaders of the
greater industries.
It' Is too late now to frnme new Indict
tnenti against the union men who urgurd
too insistently for strikes and sabotage and
the equally guilty exploiters like those who
virtually paralyzed the building trades by
erecting a profiteers' comer of all the essen-
till bulb
ik materials.
den of unemployment falls now
bor. alone, hut on the whole com-
Wet w'pe
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beeUng.at tbs Bellevue-Stratford
were many earnest nnd tnlcntcd industrial
lenders. They havo done fine nnd difficult
things in tho past. But they will do a
finer nnd morn difficult' thing now if they
will combine their resources, pool their en
ergies, to bring nbout an Industrial revival
that, without scientific stimulation, may be
deferred until enr'n
CAN PREJUDICE DEFEAT
CONSTITUTIONAL REVISION?
It Cannot Do It If Electors With Confi
dence In Representative Democracy
Vote Right Next Tuesday
WHETHER n convention to revise the
Constitution of the Stato is to be held
will be decided at the primary elections
next Tuesday.
The electors will be asked to vote "Yes"
or "No" on the question of holding tho
convention and to vote for the nomination
of dclcgntes.
If the verdict Is in favor of the convention
the names of the delegates nominated will
go on the ticket to be voted nt the Novem
ber election.
If the verdict Is ngnlnst the convention,
the nominated delegates will be ignored and
It will be as though they had not been
named at the primaries.
Every voter with a sense of his respon
sibilities as n cltlr.cn nnd with a proper
desire that the Constitution be modernized
and that Its contradictory provisions be re
moved will vote in favor of holding the con
vention. There Is organized opposition to the con
vention, but not a single valid objection has
been raised to it.
One group of persons objects because
under the lnw providing for submitting the
question to the voters nnd fixing the number
of delegates and the method of their choice
the Governor Is empowered to appoint
twenty-five dclegntes.
The objectors profess to believe thnt the
Governor ennnot be trusted to name dele
gates who will bo loyal to the public in
terest. They forget thnt their representa
tives in the Legislature approved this plan
with full knowledge of what It meant.
The legislators were aware that a ma
jority of the delegates would bo selected by
the local politicians and that the men chosen
In many Instances would be without special
qualifications for the work they were to do.
They knew nlso that some of the ablest mon
in the State, men who ought to be sum
moned to serve if the Constitution is to be
revised, would not make a fight for election
as a delegate.
Therefore, in order that the State might
have the benefit of the wisdom and experi
ence of these men, the Legislature empow
ered tho Governor to select twenty-five
delegates, confident that he would be guided
in his selection by a high sense of his public
dntv.
If the Governor can be trusted to name (
the Attorney General, the Superintendent
of Public Instruction, the Highway Com
missioner, the Commissioner of Public
Henlth and the Commissioner of Public
Welfare nnd Judges of nil courts of record
In case of vacancies, he certainly ought to
be trusted to name a small minority of the
delegates to a Constitutional Convention.
Governor Sproul, as a matter of fact,
has selected the heads of the State depart
ments with a view solely to their qualifica
tions. He will use the same standard in
appointing delegates to the convention.
The convention Is opposed by a group
of sectarians whoso members fear thnt If
the Constitution is revised the door will be
opened for the appropriation of public money
to sectarian institutions now forbidden.
Their fenr is groundless.
If one thing is established more firmly
than any other In the American political
system it Is that the State must not be taxed
to support religious institutions of any
kind, whether they be schools or hospitals or
orphanages or what not.
Tho State does not interfere with a man's
religious belief, and it will not tax a man
of one sect to support the institutions of
another sect.
It is doubtful if n single delegate could be
elected to the convention who would favor
a reversal of this policy.
Besides the necessity for a general re
vision of the Constitution, there are two
Immediate and pressing needs which cannot
be met unless provision is mnde for them
In the speedy manner possible to a con
vention. One Is the financial pro-vision for a cele
bration of the one hundred nnd fiftieth anni
versary of the adoption of the Declaration
of Independence in KUO.
This city has no power at the present
time to raise the money needed for the pro
posed international fair. It can get that
power only through a change In the Consti
tution. That change cannot be brought
about by the ordinary process of amendment
until 1025, when it would be too late to be
of any use.
The other need is provision for a con
tinuance of the State road-building pro
gram. B.v tho end of 1028 the snm of
$50,000,000 authorized by the voters in 1018
as a State bond issue for the improvement
of the highways will have been spent.
Without a change in the Constitution no
money will be available for this purpose
after 1023, save the automobile license fees,
and the Constitution ennnot be changed
nntil 1025, or two years after the present
fund is exhausted.
It Is proposed to put In the revised Con
stitution an authorization to incur n high
way debt not to exceed $150,000,000. If
the convention should be held and this pro
vision be included in the revised document,
nnd If the voters should rntify It at tho
polls, the way would be open for continuing
without interruption the work of giving this
State the best highway system In the
country.
Every nutoraobllist is personally inter
ested in this matter. There are more thon
000,000 of thera in the Stnte, or enough to
Insure tho holding of a convention if every
one of them votes right next Tuesday.
Every pretext offered by the opponents
of the convention is on appeal to prejudice
or intolerance or reaction.
Every argument In favor of It Is based
on confidence In the ability of tho people to
manage their own afTairs in accordance with
the fundamental principles of sound Ameri
canism. Vote "Yes" next Tuesdnv
THE WORLD COURT ENRICHED
THE election of John Bassett Moore to
the bench of the International Court of
Justice, now In process of erection by the
League of Nations, is a reassuring index of
the possible character of the new trlbuuul,
Although considerably younger than Elihu
Root, Mr. Mooreris an unquestioned au
thority upon inlerfhtlonal law, and has been
enabled to seasorOfs learning with valuable
experience.
Since 1013 be bits been a member of the
EVENING PUBLIC LEDGERPHILADELPHIA, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER
T International Court at Tho Hague. Ho has
served as Assistant Secretary of Stato nnd
as Counselor of the Stnte Department. In
169S ho was counsel of the Spanish-American
Peace Commission, and since thnt date,
In addition to other duties, he has been
especially active In questions ot diplomacy
nnd International law affecting Latin
America, n fact acknowledged v. hen ho bo
came vice chnlrmnn of the International
High Commission at the Pan-American
Financial Conference In 1015.
His "American Diplomacy, Its Spirit and
Achievements," Is one of the clearest nnd
most readable expositions of the subject
extant.
South American nations have been con
spicuous in urging the choice of Mr. Moore
for the new court. It has perhaps been felt
that, although the Government of the United
States plays no part In Initiating tho tri
bunal, an authority upon New World in
terests, trained in American policy, must
enrich the qunllty of the International bench.
North Americans will be justified In be
lieving that while Mr. Moore serves in tho
new court their alienation from this ambi
tiously planned instrument of world peace is
by no means complete.
KU KLUX LETTER-WRITERS
WE HAVE not space to print the letters
thnt have been Hooding this office since
the amazing narrative of the Ku Kltir drive
began a few days ago in the news columns.
But the reading of this correspondence has.
been nn odd nnd enlightening and reassur
ing experience, which readers would be per
mitted to share if for a day wc could crowd
all the news ofi two or three pages.
Men and women In all walks of life, of all
creeds and callings, have written to say that
the cxposuro of highly organized nnd com
mercialized malevolence calculated to work
havoc to our nntlonnl spirit is n public
service of nn extraordinary sort. These cor
respondents sign their names to their lotters.
A parallel stream of threats and pro
nouncements nnd denunciations come from
folk who invariably keep their Identity a
secret. These writers threaten. They ac
cuse in language wild. We arc to be pub
licly hanged on the clad day when Wizard
Simmons establishes his authority over the
land. We nro to be tarred if, indeed, wo
are permitted to survivo that long.
One man wrote vividly of his hope to be
the first in line when tho editor of this
newspaper is lynched. Like the others of
his sort, he was careful to kcop his name
to himself. Thus he denied us the privi
lege of telling him personally what an un
happy goop we believe him to be. For It
is hard not to be sorry for such a mnn.
It is hard not to be sorry for tho group
that can produce him a group which,
through its nnonymous letter-writers, seems
for a moment to turn a distorted face of
black nnd unreasoning fanaticism on its
critics.
No He is too stupid, too transparent, to
be unacceptable to some people. That is
plain. How enn the would-be lyncher know
that his mind has been poisoned like the
minds of a good many others by people
who do that sort of thing for n living so
long as they can remain out of jail?
In some of the small Southern and Mid
dle Western communities there are print
shops which once were devoted to the busi
ness of printing nnd circulating obscene
books and pamphlets. In recent years they
have been given over to tho production of
books and folders which outrageously libel
any fraternal order or any creed that ap
pears to have enemies.
An amazing thing now Is to Jind thnt the
atrocious drivel written and printed with
out a moment's regard for truth or decency
and so fantastic as to offend a rntlonnl miu'd
has been accepted as simple truth by many
otherwise sensible people.
This newspaper hns no desire to be nn
nrbltcr between religious creeds or a cham
pion of any one of them. It is content to
remember the provisions of the Constitu
tion nnd to feel that every mnn hns n right
to choose his own manner and way of wor
ship. It la concerned only with the danger
which Ku Kluxlsm brings to the spirit of
unity in America nnd to the whole social
order of the time.
If we hod had any doubt about the wisdom
and justice of the KIux exposures and wc
hadn't It would have vanished after a
reading of tho letters of the Klnn's anony
mous defenders. They more thnn any one
else need to know the truth
A NEW BUILDING ERA IS DUE
THE beginning of a movement to catch up
with the pressing need for homes in
Philadelphia is perhaps discernible in the
marked incronse In the number of building
permits Issued for dwellings thus far this
month,
Within the last fortnight the Bureau of
Building Inspection has sanctioned the
erection of more private houses than in any
whole month since April, 1920. The total
to date for the first half of this September
is 220.
If this new activity presages u much
greater development n favorable view of the
situation is wnrrnnted. Taken by them
selves, however, the figures represent noth
ing like the response to urgeut necessities.
It has been estimated thnt the wants of
tho growing population in this community
can be adequately served only by the con
struction of at least 10,000 new dwellings
each year. While tho cost of materials re
mained at tho peak excuses for tho stagna
tion in building wcro valid, But although
pre-war conditions have not returned and
may not recur for a generation, it is indis
putable that the day of exorbitant coats is
passing.
Ono of the requisites of the present Is en
terprise inspired by practical rnnnideratlons
of tho future. If the projected celebration
of the one hundred nnd fiftieth anniverhary
of the birth of the Nation is to become a
fact here, even normal Increases in build
ing will be insufficient.
The citv will require new hotels nnd or
commodatlons of various kinds for throngs
of visitors. The resolution ptesented by
Joseph M. Steele, president of the Builders''
Exchange, nt n meeting held under the
auspices of the Industrial Relations Com
mittee of the Chamber of Commerce this
week, particularly specifies the need of
vastly enlarged residential equipment.
The success of the fair would bo seriously
compromised should this city take on the
aspect of Washington In wartime. A new
era in building is certainly duo If Phila
delphia Is to adjust its energies to its ob
vious opportunities.
Grcnt Britain favors
Teasing the Goats limitution of naval
nimanient no long as
sho may remain In tho lead. Japan Is will
ing so long as there Is no chnnce of anjbody
licking her In the Pacific. The Disarma
ment Conferenro Is being ushered In with
many preliminary gestures. The pitchers,
are limbering up. The riders are jockeying
for position. The pugilists nre punching
the bag. The publicists are mixing their
metaphors. And nil things point to tho
likelihood that when the conferees get to
gether every concession will 1ms buttressed
with a "but," and every "but" will behave
as though It ought to be spelled with
two t's.
No sooner hnve we
Mixed Nuts finished listening to
a bunch of prophets
who predict n hard winter thnn another
bunch of 'cm, this time from Sussex County,
Delaware, steps to the frowt with n predic
tion of n mild winter btHiuse Nature hns
failed to provide the HqulrreU with a plen
tiful supply of nuts. But wHt'a the matter
with the propheU? ,.A
A RARE PROPHECY
Herbert Spencer's View of the future
of America and England, Spoken
Thirty Yean Ago A Dire Pre
diction for Hit Native Land
By GEORGE NOX McCAIN
THIRTY j ears ago today Herbert Spen
cer, the famous English philosopher and
author, delivered a prophecy on America.
Nowhere docs it nppcar in nny of his
published writings.
Ills words were titercd in the courso of nn
Interview in London with nn American
newspnper correspondent.
On this occasion he nlso outlined what
he conceived' to be the future of the mon
archical government in Grcnt Britain.
Viewed lit tho light of today, nnd regard
ing the course of events subsequent to the
World Wnr, It Is an Impressive declaration. ,
mo propnecy applicable to this country
is, ns to Its correctness, a matter of indi
vidual judgment nnd point of view.
Thoroughly Spenccrlnn, it Is characterized
by the clear expression as well as the pessi
mism thnt marked his wiittcn nnd spoken
thought towntd the close of his life.
Herbert Spencer died In December, 1003.
mIIE American Imagines that he enjoys
JL tho ndvnutngcs of liberty, but the fnct
is thnt there as elsewhere in the civilized
world the State Is steadily and rapidly ab
sorbing the individual's freedom of nctlon,"
said Mr. Spencer.
"The American has the form of self
sovereignty, but he does not hnve it in
reality.
"It is difficult to foresee what will be the
outcome of American progress, but I do not
think thnt your republic will cscnpo the
consequences ot tno general struggle.
"The fact Is, few men have nny
nny true np-
nreclntion of liberty.
"Suborvlcnco to n majority In personal
concerns Is as bad ns subservience 'to a
king, nnd thcro can be no worse despot than
the majority.
"Just In the same wny that men have
now come to resist the dictation of the State
(be It one man or the majority of men) in
the respect of their religious beliefs, so when
they fully understand liberty will thev como
to icslst such dictation, even of the million
ns of the one, in matters of prlvnto concern.
fiTTUin great reform needed Is to InslBt
JL everywhere and alwnys that each man
shall take the consequences of his owu
nature,
"That he shall hnve, without deduction,
nil the benefits of his own nature and ac
tion, nnd tnke all the evils of his own
nature nnd nctlons, nnd shall neither saddle
those evils on other people nor be defrauded
by other people of the benefits.
"This Is the law thnt should bo InsHod
on, not only in the conduct of individuals to
one nnother. but also in the conduct of the
State to individuals.
"Teaching does little. The discipline of
life does everything,
"There is nothing to do but to Insist upon
the carrying on the lifo in n thoroughly
honest, conscientious way, and reprobntlng
everything thnt docs not conform to a high
standard of conduct.
(tj DO not see much hope of chnnge in
X this direction while your mntcilal de
velopment is going on nt so great a rate.
"In a society like yours ambition In
evitably takes tho direction of acquiring
wealth, nnd the struggle for this brings In
evitable evils.
"So long nR you hnve the American con
tinent to subdue and people. I do not sup
pose you will change much In your ethical
standards."
HIS views concerning the future of his
native England were ultra -pessimistic.
His predictions, or rather his ideas, con
cerning the people of England took on n far
darker and more gloomy nspcrt than did
thoBC concerning the United States.
"Since I begnn to write there has been a
dear reaction against Individual liberty,"
he said.
"We are certninlv tending toward State
socialism, which will be it worse form of
tyranny thnn that of nny government now
recognized In civilisation.
"After State socialism will come military
despotism.
"At present the State Is absorbing the
individual nctivlty of men.
"It is Intermeddling in all mnnner of
ways In whnt should be private enterprise.
"Gradually the State will usurp the func
tion of private enterprise to such nn extent
thnt the people will one day awake to it;
but It will be long before they make an
effective resistance.
UT CANNOT but think that the struggle
JL will be severe something terrible to
contemplate.
"I do not pretend to set n date for the
catastrophe or to anticipate Its horrors.
"The progress of the doctrine of evolution
throughout the woild Is unquestionable, but
at the same time I ennnot say that I rco any
movement in the direction of my own view
politically."
Following 1i!r predictions concerning the
future of the American people. Mr. Spencer
predicted the revolulon In American copy
right laws which has since been effected.
"So fnr ns the present Copyright Law
recognizes the rights of nn author, It may be
nccepted ns a good step In the right dircrt'lon.
There will, however, hnve to be n change
before the literature which deserves protec
tion can gain any benefit from it," he de
clnred. What Do You Know?
QUIZ
1 What fnmous specialist In optics declared
"Tho eye hns every possible defect that
ran be found In nn optical Instrument
and oven some peculiar to Itself. If nn
optician tried to sell mo nn Instrument
which hart all these defects I Bhould
thtnlc myself quite Justified n blnminff
his carelessnesR in the strongest terms
and In sendlnjr him back his Instru
ment"? 3. Distinguish between KHJah and nilslia
3. Where and In what war was the Battlo of
Cowpens fought?
4 "Where nnd what Is the Out of Canso''
B. When dirt Dnrwln's "Origin of Species"
first appear? '
6 Whnt four names are given hv the Rwlsa
people themselves to Rwltrerlnml'
7- wl?nwoorKnhK;anprtar'en,s of Kin
8 What was the original home of the Kick.
npoo Indians'"
9 Distinguish hetween Rocecrans ami
Itosencrnntz.
10. What American State has the motto
"Mountaineers Alwnys Freemen"?
Answers to Yesterday's Quiz
1. Joseph Prleetley, nn English chemist dis
covered, or Isolated, oxycen In 1774
2. Shnntunit la n peninsula In the northeast
of china, hetween the Gulf of Pe-cht-ll
nnd the Yellow Sea. "
8, Lewis Carroll (Chart! Lutwldee Dodo
son) wrots "Alice in Wonderland"
4. Albert I-anKer la the present chairman of
the United States Shipping Hoard
6. Isnbello. Is the heroine of Shakespeare's
cornedv "Mensuro for Measure
C. Thomas Jefferson was tho first President
of the United States to he elected bv
the House of Representatives
7. "The layltur on of the hands" nn erft
for tho king's evil was abandoned In
England after the time of Queen Anne
because It was Buppored that thn
curative virtues belonged exclusively in
theHouseof Stvinrt.of which Anne wn
the last relgninR representative, nnd
did not extend to the Hours of Han.
over as represented by George I
8. Tho Latin phrase, "mlra4illo dlctu " fre.
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Daily Talks With Thinking Philadelphia on Subjects They
Know Best
SAMUEL M. CLEMENT
Public Service Commissioner Talks of
Transportation and Civic Con
ditions In Europe
EUROPE hns made a marvelouely quick
recovery from tho effects of the great
war In many ways, but In none has she re
vealed greater recuperative powers than In
the transportation nnd policing facilities of
her largest cities, according to Samuel M.
Clement, Public Service Commissioner of
Pennsylvania, who hns just returned from
nn extensive trip abroad.
"I went abroad this summer," said Mr.
Clement, "with the prlnrlpnl thought in my
mind of a close examination of the trans
portation conditions in the Inrgo Enropcan
centers and of the Rtudy of civic conditions
generally. I thought thnt In this manner I
might obtain Information of how these things
were being conducted In the world's largest
cities, nnd especially nt the close of tho
greatest war which the world has ever
known. This information was bound to be
of service to me in my official capacity, and
thus make me a better Public Service Com
missioner. Conditions In London
"London wns the first place which I
vlhitcd, nnd I found thnt the municipal au
thorities there haye solved the problem of
handling the people nnd preventing that
congestion which Is one of tho public trans
portation problems of every gient city. The
British metropolis, in this respect, is fnr
ahead of oiir yeat American municipalities.
"When the British shops and factories
close each day there Is, of course, an enor
mous number of persons immediately thrown
into the htteets nnd thoroughfares of the city.
But there is nothing like the congestion in
nnv pait of London which I snw, nnd I was
in nearly everv part of the city, which wc in
Philadelphia know at. for instance. Fif
teenth and Market or Thirteenth nnd Mar
ket in the evening or nt Sixty-third and
Market In the morning, where In the rush
to get home or to get down town the people
form n struggling mob, and where It is a
case of every one for himself nnd the
btrongest ones get into the cars first.
"In London the filtlng of tho busses nnd
trams Is an orderly proceeding. Under the
supervision of the 'bobbies' the people enter
the convejnnccs. two by two, without hnsto
and without disorder. There Is no confu
sion, no hhovlng, and I must ndmlt thnt the
vehicles nre filled In this orderly mnnner
with more speed thnn our cars are filled by
our tvpically American manner of getting
Into them.
More Persons Handled
"And It must not be forgotten that with
this orderly method London handles a great
many more persons than Philadelphia or,
for that matter, any other city In the world.
This, too, In spite of the fact that tho Lon
don streets, especially in the older parts of
the city, are far narrower than those of
almost any American city.
"In nil the time which I witnessed this
performance, which was nmazlng to an
American, I -never saw the first suggestion
of disorder. The people obeyed the officers
ImpHcltIv nnd without qurstlon nnother
fact which is an unusual one from tho
American point of view. But the order was
largely maintained for that very reason ;
the officer knows exactly the traffic situation,
and when his rommnndH nre Instnntly and
Implicitly obeyed the results nre good.
Vehicles Under Rama Restraint
"The vehicles, llko the foot passengers,
are under the saino admirable discipline.
In all London I never (saw a congehtlon of
vehicular ttafflc such as wo see In Philadel
phia on Broad street between Locust und
the Public Buildings on Orchestra afternoons
or on opera nights. The drivers of the ve
hicles of every description obey tho com
mands of the officers, and thoro Is never nny
trying to get across uftcr the slgnnl to htop
has been given, or any other of the many
familiar Infractions of the traffic laws which
every American city sees a thousand times
every day.
"The result of all this Is that the streets
of London nre perfectly safe nt all times
for the font passenger, nnd mnde easy for
tho vehicular driver to get around with his
rnv or other conveyance without loss of time
and with n minimum amount of risk to him
belf and to others.
"The tuxls, tno, nre admirably managed.
They nre not allowed to stnnd around In
inuiscrinunnio groups and piuces, such ns
the mass nf taxis which wo aru accustomed
kco riciore our great cotcis, and In other
maces around the city. They have their
I p bile stands and they an obliged to remain
tiers until summoned to take up passengers.
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and the chauffeurs nre nil In uniforms, and
nro respectful nnd willing to be of the most
service possible to the passengers.
Tho Zono Fare System
"London has worked but the zono fare
system better thnn any other city in the
world, it Is said, nnd nfter whnt I myself
saw, I am willing to believe this. I saw
it worked nnd I tried it myself from the
point of view of the passenger, by riding
many times on the buses where the zone
fare plan was In operation. Sometimes the
fnro was three cents, nt others four cents
nnd ngnin six cents, according to tho length
of the zono. but there wns never any troublo
nbout it. The piibscngers paid willingly nnd
without nrgument nnd evidently understood
the system nnd Its requirements from them
ns well ns the bus conductors themselves.
"The streets of London nre perfectly bafe
for tho podestrlan nt any hour of the day
or night. I wnlkcd around the city a good
bit at many different hours and I not only
did not sec, but I did not hear of n single
attempt at n hold-up or other similar in
fraction of the lnw. The htreets are well
lighted, well patrolled by the officers nnd ns
a consequence, lawlessness is at a mlulmum.
I'nrls Even Better
"In Paris I found the physical condition
of the tv in even a better condition than
London .ilthough before going there I had
thought tliLs to be almost impossible. The
streets of Paris nie marvels of immaculate
perfection in cleanliness nnd beauty. There
Is no paper or other litter upon thein nt nil.
"But there is a reason for this. In the
first plnro the streets of the entire city nre
cleaned between tho hours of 1 A. M. nnd
5 A. M. when they nre least used nnd when
the cleaners have both time nnd room to do
their work thoroughly. And it is done thor
otighly; there lire no signs of gnrbagc, nsh
cans or other defacing objects seen there,
no matter In what part of tho city you may
be.
"But the people of Paris nre themselves
largely responsible for this excellent condi
tion of affairs. They have been taught from
youth up not to defaco their streets and the
whole city knows the lew-on well.
"Tearing up a letter or nn envolope nnd
throwing the debris on the streets Is n
common American habit ; It is not a common
one in Paris nnd ngnin with an excellent
reason. If paper of any description be
tht own on the streets of Paris and u gen
darme happens to t-ee it done the person
committing the ofleiiho is fir.st made to pick
up every piece nnd convey it to a receptacle
for the puipoip of receiving wustc paper.
"But the mntter does not end here. The
gendarme has nuthority to impose a fine of
live francs and to receive payment und give
n receipt for it. If the culptlt hasn't the
live francs, he 1ms to remain In the custody
of tho officer until it is paid. Under these
circumstances It will be readily seen thnt the
throwing of loobc paper nnd rubbish around
the streets of Paris is not a populur sport.
Ihe system Is strict and the lines are nlwnys
Imposed. Ihercfoie, the people soon learn
to put waste paper in the proper place und
not In the stteets.
On a Festival Day
"While I was In Paris, there occurred one
of the great Catholic holidays, Assumption
lwSft, ? (,"1st0,"n,,y with Continental
holidays, after church service, the theatres,
movies and other places of amusement wcro
opened. The parks, trnms nnd nil the places
of amusement were filled to the doors, but I
did not bco or hear of a single cuse if diB.
orderly or noisy conduct. Every one wns
bent upon having a good time and everv one
did have it, but there wns none of the
bolncrousuers ami towdyism which is oo
frequently it concomitant of nn American
hoi day. The I'nililiinH seem thoroughly to
understand the principles of nw M$ 0d
and to carry them out. r
"I. fou.ml tho btrcct railways of Paris
wonderfully well conducted. They have
women conduct,,, , 0,, the surface lines, and
both the officers of the cars and tho pais" -gers
are courteous to each other nnd obliging.
No Overhead Wires
"There is not un overhead wire In Paris
and this as much oh nny other single thine
helps to beautify the city. The gtin m"s
arc a incbo,) of men, they nie nil vve I
di eased, with their shoes nlwnys shlned, un
they piebcnt u fine appearance, beside belt g
thi.imighl.v efficient ns police officers.
Naturally, I was much Interested In the
air servUo between Paris mid London; so
much m that I, with my tvyo daughters,
rame from PnrlH to London dn that wny
The ships carry ten nasseiKn.tMiv .i...
cabins, hvo on the outside wltlAthe pilot and
two outside in the rear. Each, passenger Is
two outside In the rear. Each, pnssengek' u
allowed to bring thirty pounds of baggage,"
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SHORT CUTS
Old Tight Wad says all taxes tri
nuisance taxes.
Once in a grcnt while the scales c(
Justice are on her eyes.
A belated diet of tardy birds fattened
the registry list yesterday.
Looks as though the ashcart were about
to make its luht trip to the dump.
The suggestion persists that tht Im
perial Wizard la more Imp. than WIx.
Though Hope deferred makcth Erin
heartsick, Hope remains while argument is
possible.
There is at least no question thit
John Barleycorn was implicated in the death
of Virginia Rappe.
Finger-print experts have piovod tie
authenticity of a picture by Leonardo U
Vinci. Once again Pudd'nhead Wilson n
cclvcs vindication.
It is the liveliest bird that catches tht
worm on a tennis court, and where there
are two BJHh for one worm there Is bound
to be nn interesting time.
Americans voted for for Judge of the
International Court of Justice were Scott,
Root. Moore and Pound a most Impressive
nnd impsing bunch of monosyllables.
Because they can'c get enough crop
eating iiibects to keep them alive, blackblrdi
tills year are eating moro thnn their share
of grapes, corn nnd lima beans. When
birds become strict vegetarians they become
pests.
The fact that the youngster who killed
two automobile salesmen In Chicago brnra
of the fact that he never in his life either
smoked or cbowed tobacco should be brought
to tho attention of the Antl-Clgarette
League.
At the annual fishing contest at Paris
fi-10 anglers angled for two hours and a
half, the entire cntch wns twelve pounds
nnd the winner won with nn eight-ounce
fish. That river is evidently both safe and
Seine for the finny tribe.
A Cleveland girl paraded the streets in
men's clothes nnd smoked a cigarette. She
fooled ever body until Mie saw n cop. She
tool: to her heels, he pinched her, and it
was nil off. Hupplh, the feminine henrt
can't masquerade as masculine and get ana;
with it.
From Papeete comes the news that
movie bathing beauties have been barred
from South Sen Islo beaches. Hlgktjr
Tahiti ! Press agents becomo hard pressed.
Soon we'll be told of South Sen beauties
being required to dress beforo visiting
Father Neptune.
A Jollet. III., Girl advertises that h
wants a husband who will give her lf.1000
with which to go to college. Which (sug
gests the thought that if stic gets the right
man she may not want to go to college;
and the wonder what, if she does go to
college, the husband gets for his money.
Don't forget the big ucrlal which the
Collector of Internal Revenue Is dolus, nil
level best to make Intercstlue. Third In
stallment of the "Income Tax" due today.
MrCnughn Hand in attendance ""' ''
o'clock this evening. Go early and avoid tM
rubh. Take your lunch with you. Advt,
The Antl-Cigarette Longue lilts our
coffin nails and gives 'cm fits. It lams our
pipes, swats our cigars, attacks our nwe
tobacco juis. And ulnce there's nothing
left to NonU, it knocks the stuffing out oi
t-inoke; declaring that said binoke contain'
carbon monoxide, unipty grains, a aunrt or
two of prusbic acid and (to unset our
manner plncid) some acrolein of vile nt'P,"
tlon and things too terrible to mention. v
quite bellovo It nil, and so Wring on your
piusslc add, bo!
Thirty-five of tt
Hjpcibole forty-eight States that
compose the Leugucot
Nations are indulging in n lively compel
tlon for the eleven seuts on the bench of I
International Court of Justice and the four
fccnts in the Council of the League. l
may astonish tho world nt large, but ret""
ln .1, ,....., .... ..., I Hn has PIIC
things in mind. He whispered to an nvll
tho other duy that iho (Junker City I Vm
lated almost entirely by candidate -WJJ
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