S'l.J9S r -J s EVENING PUBLIC LEDGER PHILADELPHIA, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 1921 rf ft 'uetiins public ledger PUBLIC LEDGER COMPANY f'VKLM II K I'l It IIS. 1'nmlDltNT pun Jehn C, Martin, Vie t'ruld lit and Treaaurar: In., I'hlllp P. Cellins, .Tuhn H. Wllllami. Jehn J. furirce.i, ueer r (ieiflm.m, uaviti ;. iramir, ireinr. Uyrn r bjhu-t .Bailer t 'ljiHN i , .M icii.s . 1 1 event I UtiMn Mnnmiei . I'ubllalie il duTly at t'tnue I.imara rtulldtnit SO IneVrendfnPe Mqiinr P"-IMVlph1it flANTle Cm ... PrtDa-Vnlen IlullJIn tv YOUK.. S Mm1lnn A' , rrxMT 701 Keril IlulMInK r. t.eru . . 013 Olole-flfwerrnl Wu'M e VlCiOO 1.102 Tribune Uulldlnx mVKWB III UKAC AvniKitTfiN ntrmr. , V v.. i or. I'amiayvanU A't an.l tls S- r" Ven Br.'MO Th in llulldlm NDON IIUFir.tr . Trafalgar ntillillnc V SL'HSC-liirTIiW TKHM8 n -The KtKNiiu rriii.ii) l.rrwim la ntm-rd te tub- ' lfl"r in r.,llstlppt.e and nuT-reiindlnit towns tltjt th rale nf lw,lv (12) ct-nta liar wok, payable Wrtl ,n "if. .. -Mr mnll te point tvitilde of Philadelphia In " B I nitrd S'Rtaa randa or f nlti-d Htntat ret arc Vint peuiar free, flftv (SO) cnta vrr month hy ."'" "lnMnrM rr var, invali'p In atlvane. 4' JTe -1 il femian 1 'ntn nn el dollar a month T""' F'l'wprttfTi inhlrc addiita changed Amenst R.ve e.d a fee . nj nmi rtd.liA- ired' . ,IWI- mm t m v.-TQr mmn urn ijiJT nidrMi a'l (iimi-noen-fion- te Trnilnp J'utTfe 1tfTt, ' '."' f"Pnffw .Siiic-rc, P 11ntif-lh'tn eite Mcra'Jcr of the Associated Trees blddX"" AsserrATFn rprt i ficwrfy ,. JnnT'"' '" ! "V? '.1 "O'lli Ml.cl' e' fll t-i-tnt J''VparAti e'fdittrt In (I e iej elkrruur rri-rtff,-,f llml; H' parfr. nnrf nTte fli rocel ncirn ptfjfd euro""'""' Jre, W( r3ir rrjtub'ienUcnt of pclnl J(jiifeiM rhlliilplpliu. TilrttlKt. rplmbrr i:i VARE FIRST FRUITS ? TTMItST fnnt.x of lekt lxtfk'x 'itiilorM1 'itiilerM1 I ment" of thi Vri-p politic nl mni'liiiip ivrfp cnthpiMl b t h puliUr yesterday in Clt.v reuiiPi! Pretty Moen the ppo)le of thi" i it will st'f te their ier row thai the Maver of tln fruit I1- f tlie unripe pennntnen arn'tj Net nu item in the prepu'd niiietecti nullum -dollar lean bill for i'H improve impreve nielita nut. extra vacant or. in fact, li'tle short of nu necpi;." ff the city i te niake iiregie 11 nmL net Lnjcle ever ueh expenditure.'' lpt-etally Is It nciT-sarj 10 get authorization for thi tvefk In time te have the voter nppreve it at the November electien: ethervvie the crentrr pait of it nnit be po-tpened fei ut lenM another venr The pasiise of tint lull 'i-ul the prompt lettlnc of lentvnets undir it would ae fur toward relieving nneinple.i incut of tue un kkilled vve.-kertt who ate new ihe Kieniet ufferer fiein indutrial iinditien With tlic aid of their Mie(".ful t-.indidaic or City ("iintiii'lei Mi Iladlrv. who lius alvvfl.TK been loud in deelarinj I'm li" 1 net in politics, but IK I- veit n.m 11 10 tlie roil reil trnrj. (he Vaic leader 111 Ceiiuell were able te sidetiueli the lean in the Finance Com Cem mitter The plea for etenninv i very larcelv bunk when It eeines fiein 11 li-ml agent who -wltliiij; te tie up the i!t.v' eivd't for tiftv yeais at the hinln1.! raie of iuieret it li.i bad te pav 111 n Keue'iltieii liur reniteiit y i net pi ized by tile Naif t'.uitit iliuen et ept in tlie matter of il-f-atin'; anytnins that i desired by Ma.ver Moere YeMpnlnj "s tireceilure 111 tre Fiuutii-e Committee was a m luiilnltui" ei.ibit of petty fiutienal -pire lliet will In hulerlv costly te the i-'t . TWO BRANDS OF CONTEMPT IT IS preposterous te pretend th.n legal tecliniiaiitii" are mi binding that a ens can be permanently npplied te the majerl'v of the members of t.ie Ivlawaie Ceuntv Grand .lury in tlie Chester gambling ea-e-. Kleven jurors, s'x of whom are women, are evidently envliieed t lint tin- tc-ritnenv of private dete-in-es was. valid and Hint tlie ether nine members of the tirand ,'urv aie fngnjed in an nttempt te railroad an un un tavery enve out of eeurt .ludje I'roem.ill hni deilnreil that lif vv.ll hear no rommuni remmuni rommuni cntlen un'ess made bv the foreman, who happens te be one of tlie "stubborn nine In this pronouncement lespeii for legal procedure mnv lie pre- Tved. bin the ruling by no mean gees te the bottom of the cun cun trevern.v. Se far an t tie presentation- of insirut tien are concerned, the e even jurors, though tbev are one chy of the number requisite te bring an Indictment. Iwi.e iiniiieM inmibiy 11 right te be heard. Tuev are a dear majority of the sitting membeif Flouting of their prerogative by n foreman representing a inineritv should iuitlfv the raising of a charge of mi-demeanor "Contempt of ceuii" is sometimes a tu tu picieusly liandy plirane Judge I'roem.ill appeals te be herriliid because juror:- wnh consciences ipiestlen its blanl.et npplii atien The jielnt at i-suc u well werthv a sturdv fentenf "We nb'ieluielv refused," declaies Mr. Julia C Yarn.UI. whose hversien 10 cerrti)t practices i obvieiisl.v proneuncetl, "te be steam-rellered." That comes of admitting women te jurv flut due immediate lesult is the District Attorney's announcement flint all further bills of presentment in tlie gambling cases will be withheld fiein t hi - pnv and pre sented te tlie December lit.ind Jurv Tlie right -thinUing eliuient of tu,. p ibhc assuredl.v hope mi. and will net be witisticii until revelation of the eiiilitinns piempting )ier opliesition has been made complete. 3U 'hut time It is nine emiVc ttie meniilllg of "Miutempt of ceiiit ' mm he made tu . cover attiaipts. against the vv.ll of a uiit uiit Jerit.v . te condone tie wiiitinv.i-uiiig of v 1. AN OLD STREET GARDEN GOES IN Sl'KINt; ;AUD1:N street us elsewliiTe in communities (ailed prugrtssive enti Bient pspeiisesi the losing side of tl intef The need of new tiaflic limes in tlits jtj in paramount . and mi ihnt sc e-e ("euiii'il was, of course, justified I.1 nut hoi l7ing the destruction of a tuv p.uK tee small tu he of nun h practical utiliM, the'igh iindcniahlv quaint. The destruction of the tiees unci the litt'e feme.l-iii pad lie. of svvnid fmni the middle of Spring liaiden stieet between Twelfth mill Itreild stieets is Idusttiitivp of the Kinil of clianges c entliiuitlh in progress tbr.ntg.i tbr.ntg.i eut the town What lesi m pictiirescpii. ics anil ' atmosphere" is gained In con lenience 11 nil the adjustment of the citv te modern nee es.mc The sitiialnui has its pa 1 alius In some of tlltt most udniited metiopidises I'lllgiie W no leilser one of the most fiideanuglv quaint of Ilehemiaii tmt u, but a splendid exemplar of modern citv planning where the traveler leeks In urn fir survivals of a eiiie vivid medieval pisi .Many a steiled thoroughfare or venerable ftructure lias u combed te extinction through impievement en tlie "Left Hank" et I'll!'!-' although the elTa euient there is nut et complete, while feri en of tradition in Londen were violent!.! shaken b.v the open lug of the new Kliigsvvnv It U clear that the exintence of ihe garden rellca, which have lent prepilety te the name nf one of the few wide eai-t anil west thoreuglifnrcH of which Philadelphia cun Lenat, ban been Imperiled for a considerable Period. The bivje tireemni, deatined tot revelu- tienlze the city in numerous renpects, nat innlly furnished the culminating blew. An unincumbered Spring Garden Ktreet will be of Immense service under greatly changed traffic condition'). The Matthias Dnidwln ntutue. which it may be noted eccapea demolition, will join the ratikx of ether upstnndlng worthies In stone and melnl upon the pavement of the City Hnll plar.n The new site does net indicate that c c trnerdlnnry thought has been given te the dittpofdtien of the monument, but backed up with Itullitt. I.eidy and the rest against the Hanks of the Public Hiiilillngs the figure cannot be charted with obstructionism. Furthermore, the imaginatively inclined, whose impulses are generous, may perhaps give a Iheught te Its puuimit.v te a gieat railway terminal MERRILY ON GOES THE WORK OF BALKANIZING THE U. S. Something About New, Invisible Groups That Strive te Scire the Powers of the Federal Government rplli: H.ilkaii. In the da.vs befeic the war. - were a ilutter of small States, packed 1 Ie;elv together and divided in spirit hv different racial, teligietiu. political and eco nomic interests The.v seethe 1 with snspi cleu Thev were tormented bv alusmal hatred created bv diplomatic intrigue Fric tion in Hie Halkan produced the -park that set the world nitre We hear a great deal new about the Balkanization of F.uiepc. Meanwhile the lin'kanir.atien of the Tinted States is being 1 brought about slowly, qinetlv but surely bv people who are ten shertighti;d te read the sign pests en the way they are following. New and then some one draw attention te the pi ogre s of nodal and economic ill- -ruptien for whnh the new American pilsien for class organization is lespeusible as Senater Cumm.ns. of Iowa, has just done In an address at Lies Moines I,ut 'he people are tee busy or tee distracted te listen. Meanwhile the country is being organized out of all fccmblnncp te Its eriginnl forms Once we were n Natien with something like common mind and a common purpose. New within the I'nlted States- innumerable ether States are functioning and gaining lower which often nvnl that of the Fel eral (iOv eminent New lines of social and e. iimimic separation are being rigidly drawn In all parts of the ceuntrv Tin-re Is a f-n liters' State and a labor State, a tinaiieie-s' State and a manufac turers' State There is a "wet" State and a "dry" one Simmons, of the Ku Klu. ac tu.illy was about th-' business of dentin; and arming nn exclusive religious State. Loek deep enough into these new divisions of the Commonwealth and u will find mailer Steles dividing tae large- ones Yeu vv.ll find 11 railway owner-' State. 11 mine owners' State, lumbermen's Stnies and importers' and exporters' State- Kath i intent upon obtaining, without tee much attention from the public-, cxclu-ive advan tages for ltse'f. And cm li has peweiful and wpII -financed representation at Washington. The lobbyist and the piepanandist. the tlpstir and the legislative terrorist are the atnbnssailers of these new States at the national capital When Mr Cummins observed that tide pendent and impartial political opinion is be eming rarer and rarer In tin- iniintrv. and tiuit Washington is becoming liitle mere than 11 hattlegie-ind 'if privilege-seeking organizations and 11 responsible ilupies In stated the i.tse very mildly. Washington is thoroughly Halkanized already. A general view of Washington during a session of Congie-s will shock and etlenil iinv Ameiiian who has been uble te ntniu the old-fashioned conception of the aims of the Republic In a dai - tour of the uptown eth- e build ings you mud leiint a theiisancl independ ent erganintciiis inalntuln"d and InaviU fmuncMl te ' bring pressure" en the Heuse, the Senate or the individual member-. I'm innately, in one light, most of them are working at cress purposes l.ebbvi-t some of them made nriegant by the consciousness of unlimited re-our is at their command sit in the galleries witn an air of .iminnnd sugge-live of the eli..-nngnia-ter It has been the bea-t of many amb.iss.niurs of the newer, c Inss-ceni-c Ions groups that they inuld and would ruin mem bets of the Government who tcfused te tnke lln li orders. li 1- a matter of 10111111011 knowledge ni.it part of --ertii.ti powerful lobbyists' eftj. e equipment 1- 11 tard-index sist.-m and a series e.i records devised te bring within ..tsv re.11 h the details of eveiv Cengr man s pr.vate life and 'he complete iluei, 1 ,e of even mi ident of which any ineudu r of the Hui.-e or the Senate ha reason te fi-i 1 iii-lu nu l The Sen.iter or tae epreseutative Insists en doing his own thinking .md wi... thereby uiiih ceuntcjr te this or that power fully organized lobby Is pretty sure 1.. -if.i in unexpected win. Inte some s-n.ill ihw paper of hi community derisive dispui l.es Will Cieep He Will be I '.d.Cllleil II lid Illls reili-sented in sheets ilint p-11 their columns tee the detestable out pl.t of the lt.bbvisls' "Iiubllutv" fac turj. (if late tlieu- has been taili in Waslnngtccri of u PVi)llltl(cll III CenreHS Hglllllst the lebbviug ilniueB and the hidden gevernm.-uts that mtiiiittiln their embassies In the nth, e buildings of 1'eniiKjlvuniii uveiiue That levolutlen should net be delaved Thi Na tional Capitlil was established in Washing ton be, ii'ise it wus believed in the beginning Ihnt CetlKrcss would be left free te de its own thinking where it couldn't be disl.iibed unci harassed by privilege seeking lupies New Washington is overrun with lobbyists who draw from unknown seunes larger salaries than the eIIimth nf the I um-il States (ievernmenl What ineaiiw hile. is te be, nine of the people who have neither Ihe money nor the tin liiiiillen niei-ssurv te cstublish and mill 11 -ta.n cm lusii-e ieubsenratlen in Washington? MITCHELL WINS I'l' Will lil he ditlicult t.i ewiestijii.tle the imperiunce or the significant e uf the wink done bv (ienerul Miuhell and his lerps of army fliers in the slup-bembing tests vvliuli Iiave just come te a close with the destruction uf the old Alabama in a night attack that, te thine who witnessed it, must have seemed like a revelation from another world The airmen went out ever the sea at mid night, located the old war vessel within an hour, though she Bvyung in the tide without lights, and they pnjycd rer the first time that air attacks In the dark may be carried out successfully against ships of war. Frem the planes great IlarcH were dropped te light the surface of the deep water for n mile fi roil til while the (Hers themselves were safe nt greater altitudes in complete darkness. The innrksmanship of the air men, who used enormous bombs, was amaz ingly accurate. When they desired te hit the Alnbnmn they hit her. When they de sired te sink her n solitary airman leafed armsM the sky mid sent her te the bottom with one 'JO(H)-pound bomb. Mitchell will probably miy again thnt the battleship is obsolete n s a lighting tnncliiiie. After the experiments of the last few days, that statement will carry fnr mere weight than it did less than it vent age when Secre tary Daniels laughed loudly at it. The b'i',"leship will survive for 11 long time. Put she has a new sort of enemy te contend with new mid one that appears te be mere terrible than any yet devised for vvai HARDING ON UNEMPLOYMENT pltKSinn.NT HAHDIN'G. spooking yes- terdn.v at the opening of the National 1 tiempleyment Conference in Washington, obviously was thinking of the recent futile experiments of the llrlt i. . who believed for a while that the general question of enforced idleness might be met successfully with deles from the Government Treasury The effect of that method was disastrous te ltritish Indiistrv. te the prestige of the Government nnd, above all. te the morale of the idle workers. Idle men worth helping aie the last te be content with charity. Whir tliev wnnt and what they ought te have 1- an opportunity te earn a decent living de -ently In Knglnnd the self-respect of the Gov ernment's new pensioners, the will te work In Inrge numbers of them and the general stiindnid of living were m turn impaired. The I.leyd (Jenrge Government provided unemployment pensions that seldom totaled mere than a few shillings .1 week for each indlv id.ial In accepting the pulsiens and relinquish ing their independence ntid their right te de mand the re-establishment of eionemic con ditions under which thev might live honor henor honer ablv and in relative comfort, the unemployed in F.uglnnd gave up fir mere thnn they received. The stimulus vvlm li normally would compel an erjanizisl effett of in dustrial leaders te work, and sacrifice if necessary, in the interest of an Industrial revival, was removed. It would be idle te tepeat se depressing an experiment in this nuintrv. The Presi dent's opposition te it H humane and legicnl. Tlie business of the pie-cnt conference is te determine vvliv. in n country like our, filled as n is wit 1 1 raw material and with a popu lation in grievous need of many of the things which could be wrought out of that raw material, great iiia-sps of creative labor should be iincmplevcd An answer te that question will be of mere value te the coun ceun trv. te business and te wage-earners than all the deles that could be squeezed out of the Federal Treasiirv. THE AMERICA FOR AMERICANS WlIOFiYFU 1 ein lived the idea of pre serving the epoch making yacht Amer i it n a memorial was gifted with n keen sense of historical and romantic vnlues. The illustrious old i-ec-t. which will he anchored tcuipernrilv in tlie Delaware off the Corinthian Yacht Club tomorrow, has sin lived in almost unexampled fashion the ravages wieught by indifTeieni e and itith lessness. It is ilisticssing te retail thnt the fleet 1 tntt which effected 11 levolutlen In tlie y mining vveild in 1s(1 nsd gave her name te the most famous of all trophies in the records of sport was actuall'" Mild te n group of Knglishmi 11 at the outbreak of the Civil War. Tic Confederacy did net overwhelm her witii honors, riifeelingly reclirlstened the Memphis, she was employed as a dispatch beat, and the Northern forces were net tender of her traditions when they sank her in the James Uiver shertlv after her un impressive entrain e into the Southern Navy. That she was essentially as sturdy as she hud been swift was demonstrated when she was ultiiiintelv salvaged. The navy, new aroused te her signitlf an, e, is te de posit her affectionately in the Severn Ktver 111 tlie nautical museum at Annapolis, where the best of geed ship Z" The navy mill Clinrb s Francis Adams, of the IJpsr. lute, one dollar for the tiatisfei The tran-ac'ien is creditable te nil parties 1 eiicerned Of all inanimate objects, ships an- tlie most personable Fwi in her ills maniled ee.nditieii there is mere of pride than of pathos te be felt in a g'impsc of the Anient a She repipsents a -pceies of in 1 tnntieniil rivalry pre-i nunenflv healthy, n-iiirnig and radiantlv void of tragic em phas.s. Her fate in old agi is a luting rec ognition tif tlie admirable and invigorating traditions springing from an unforgettable v icterv. The Amem an Kedern- it In Chains lien of M isiel.ins has tnkeu steps te prevent a Montreal producer from engaging un Kng- I -h musical director te dene the orchestra .11 the prnduitien of an Kngu !, play by an a'l Kngllsh company As tnembers of the ttderatien. instrirneiiiulists 1 nnuet play with 1 nun -member even though that individual s a member of an Kiigli-h trades union. It .s tins insistence upon the letter of the Inw, I ttie Invvs of little organizations and big l.iws of lug oiganlzutieiis, even when such H-i-ti-nce borders en fl.e ridiculous, tliuf lulps iei bring all law into disrepute. 'I ..eiigh Director Cm en is te be 10m u.eneled for rushing citv work in order te 1. I the unemployed, sin 1 i-e i,n , 11(r l,e f0if e ,' the number of n,ip!i' illens is net se gr,-a' as the amount of mic mplev ment would s, en, te warrant one m expecting. Net all lien in tilted for manual labor And theie in. ether leasens. Te cite but ene: A mini with but one suit of clethts and that fairly geed, will hesitate hef-iv ruining if by n iluv's work en the stieet He f,.(.s ibnt he will destiny mere thun he earns and lessen the 1 hiiucu of getting 'lie l,lt,. of vveik he wants and for vvhuh lie s best fitted Put there Is every likelihood that the Director will get all ihe men he needs or can acconi acceni acconi medule City work will b.-netlt them directlv and ethers of the unempl.ncl indirectly. will put money In ciri ulat'iiii These who cam money will spend it ami in due courst ceurst courst ef tune the buteliet . tie tn.ker, the candle stick maker will have added employment. Nothing I" mere catching than the wink habit 'Ihe one thing eerta'a m the wet and dry muddle is thnt the eme biewer ;h nut permitted te knuw fei twent v -four hours nt 11 tune just eXIlet'v vthlie he is at. Whicii, when you - nine te think of it, is txiitllv the condition e H likely te le.ieh if permitted I" sample ,- own brew When the i--"ei,tie editor f ihe Sc.iichlight, ethuul organ et the Ku Klux Klitn. urges the llltluhels of tin. Klan te unleash the deg- ( win it is just his law abiding way of disiiiiiiugiiig violence I'riin paper 1- new being made from linter- stripped from cotton seeds f ir 1 mild be made from weevils stripped from 1 01 ten bells, two buds could be killed with one stone. Toe mill li should net be expected from the I'nempley ment Conference hi Washing, ten A conference Is a signpost, net a vehicle; it points the wuy. it cannot make the journey r - ' "WHat Philadelphia no- pines for Is a real uusiuess auiiiinisu'uw A ROMANCE OF ROYALTY An Interesting Sidelight en the Life of Napeleon III Miss Walz and Her Success as a Dance Censer Uy GEOHGi: NOX Mr CAIN rR. GKOHGH ('. STOl'T made nn In---' teres! lug discovery a few devs since. Incidentally It revealed n bit of the deerct history of France; 11 sidelight en the career of Napeleon III. Mere than a quarter of n century age Dr. Hteut wns In Paris. Requiring some dental work, he was icceimucndi'd by friends in the French capital te a dentist. Dr. X . who had gained 0 considerable reputation for the excellence of his work. The dentist, as the doctor discovered, was n finely educated gentleman of culture and lcllnement. He already hnd, nt that time, gathered te himself a select clientele in the practice of his profession. He was n personal friend of Dr. Themas Kvans, the Philadelphia dentist who mntle French history by assisting the escape from Paris of Kmprrss Kugeuie, following the downfall of her husband, Napeleon 111. The Evans Museum and College of Den tistry of the i'nlverslty of Pennsylvania nt Fortieth and Spruce streets, which stands en the site of Dr. Kvans' birthplace, is a monument te his memory In this city. ON HIS last visit te Paris since the close of the war. Dr. Stout, requiring the services of a dentist, endeavored te lecste Dr. X . who had attended him thirty years before He was unable te de se. Last week the doctor entertained 11 dis tinguished Frenchman, whose acquaintance he had mode during visits abroad. He inquired of his Parisian friend con cen icrnlng Dr. X , In whom he felt a personal Interest, largely because of his exceptional attainments. His guest Informed him that Dr. X still resided in Paris. He hud. however, restricted his practice' te a very selpct circle coinpefil of the aristocracy nnd descendants of tlie ancient regime. Then the Parisian disclosed this most interesting fact : DR. X is a natural eon of Napeleon 111. While Ills early education had been pro pre xdded for. Ills social position hnd never been clearly defined until recent years. The widow of Napeleon III. Fnipress Kugenlc. after her husband's death, mani fested nn unusual Interest In the young man, and it was presumed thnt through her a knowledge of his pnrentege became known. The residence of Dr. X in Paris has become the rallying point for the descendants of the coterie thnt clung te Napeleon after his fall from power A perfect museum nf relics and records pertaining te the unfortunate Fmpeinr has been gathered by Dr. X . He hns gradu tillv surrounded himself with these melan choly mementoes of his royal father, many of tlier-ni riiie and vnlunble. "Hut," said Dr. Stoul's guest in fault -lis Knglbh, with nu expressive finger te his lips, "it is n secret confined te the few. The world is net aware of Dr. X 's parentage." Dr. Stout is the only man in this country. I presume, who today heldi a Itnevvledge of the identity of tlie Parisian dentist vvne is the son of nn Kinperer. MISS MARGUF-RITK WALZ has feimed the dance customs of Phlle re- del - phia. Mie is tlie Mayer's unofficial censer of public dancing in this city. Her work, which in the beginning was purely experimental, bus developed in one summer Inte n note-worthy nnd brilliant success. The asphalt dance curnlvuls and the Parkway soirees open te tlie public have, she tells me, levolutienized public dances. They have set a new stnndaid for young folks whose dereliction and lack of correct deportment were laigely due te carelessness or Ignorance. Miss 'Wal, with the aid of ft hundred geed-natured police officers, has accom plished this lesult. iyr(iIM7 than ."O.Olill persons attended the J-'J- Pnrkwav and downtown dances," said Miss Walz., who is herself n teacher of dancing. "Our first offeit was te impress upon the young people that there were certain niceties of conduct that would he insisted upon. Anvtlilng coarse or suggestive must be elimi nated under penalty of being fei bidden te participate in the dancing "With from 1.100 te 'JOOIl persons dancing at one time, it was impossible for me. in divlduallv. te discover and correct infrac tions of the rules. "Mayer Moere placed nt mv disposal 100 policemen, and they were the real censers. "Of course, they had te be instructed. It was an entlrelv new- dtitv for them. "Thev were coached In the etiquette of the dance Iloer ns I interpreted it. They were shown the difference between correct, graceful and healthful methods and the vulgar nnd unrestrained attitudes and steps. "Anether idea impressed upon the officers was that they were dealing with the people directly ; that their work was courteously restrictive only. "Courtesy and geed nature In their role as censers were the first requisites. "Thev caught the Idea like a Hash. 'tfrpHK odmireble feature of the summer's JL supervision Is that thousands of young persons have discovered the bmutv and charm of correct dancing and deportment, ns distinguished from the ungraceful and tee often vulgar dnnces which hnve become popular since the war," said Miss Walz. In the main these young folks could net be held te strict accountability. They had never been Instructed in correct deportment and postures of the dance "The best of nil is that the young people took kindlv te this supervision. " said Miss Walz with satisfaction "Hundreds of them huve sought me out te thank me for my suggestions." Miss Wnlr. tells me that public dance halls in Philadelphia will be chaperoned this winter. A corps of discreet women have volun teered te net as chaperones and in a courte ous wav see that objectionable feittitres nt these public gatherings an- eliminated. BKKT I- FASTER din-its my attention te a phase of business fp thnt has at tracted but little intention In the general depression. It is that life insurance people have suf fered uncomplainingly and have pocketed their losses without advertising them from the housetops or wailing ever them in the public places. A business man s life insurance is (lUl f)f the last secmities with which he -ll purt. His teiistaiit aim is gradually te in crease bis Insurance te he, p in,.(, wj,, bis prosperity. Pest-wur conditions have, in thousands of cases, played dm Uk and drakes with this vvell-erdeied and laudable practice The most noticeable decline in life in surance business, .Mr. Kystur say-,, ia in the small amount of new insurance Rust liess conditions de net warrant taking out additional policies in liundieds of cases. The struggle is te meet the piemiums en insur ance already in force. In 11 number of Instances us u lasi tenert business mid professional un-ii have been compelled te reduce their holdings Hut the sun Is shining below the horizon, Mr. Fvster says. The tide has turned. There is no doubt that the worst li pan. In a way, life insurance Is a barometer in the business world. It is a pretty geed indication that the situation is improving when life insurance is looking up. Lifft Insurance, according te Mr. Kyster, is looking up very decidedly. Senater Ledge Is developing consider able skill as a tightrope walker. "BY THE WAY, J W1.1..' NOW MY IDEA IS THIS Daily Talks With Thinking Philadclphiaiis en Subjects They Kneiv Best J. FRANK LEONARD On Insurance THK life Insurance business has its ro mance as well ns Its hnrd end practical business side. Is the opinion of J. Frank Leenard, president of the Quarter Millien Debnr Club of Mutual Life rinlcrvvrlters, and the history of this vnst business is one of the most intctesting. "There is n popular Idea that life insur ance is one of the most ancient of Institu tions." said Mr. Leenard, "nnd tradition has It that It existed in one form or another among the Greeks and ether nntiens of antiquity. Of this, however, there is no ileO'i'te evidence It i fun tint theie were guilds In these days, nnd of this there can lie nt doubt, but tnese we-iii 1111 timber thnn te aid their members when in sickness or financial distress by the payment of small sums. The Earliest Transaction "The very first transaction in the natuie of life insurance of which we hnve indis putable evidence is found In the records of the city of Genea, in Italy, In the year 14''7. and, therefore, ns fnr ns we knew the Idea originated in Italy. Ne policy in that day was Issued for 11 longer term thnn one year, and the Insurer wns net a firm or n corporation ns new, but en individual or nn association of individuals. Transac tions of this kind were effected in vnrietm countries, although they wete generally looked upon then us being against public, policy. "The first company organized te Insure lives was the Amicable Secictv of Londen, which was incorporated in 1701!. Its plan was crude as compared te the innnner in which life insurance ultimately worked out. The contracts ran for only n single year and all the Insured paid the same premium. "In this organization no definite amount was premised ns n denth benefit, nnd nt the end of the year the transaction was closed by a division of the funds in hand among the beneficiaries of these who hud died und the surviving members were ullewed te enter into a new contract along similar lines for the coming year. Naturally, this plan wus unscientific and unsatisf.ittery mid was been abandoned. The First .Scientific Company "It wus net until half 11 century later, that is, in 171!-, that the first einpany ever organized upon u scientific plan wus in corporated. It was called the Kiuitahle Life Society of Londen, and it is btill in existence after a successful cureer of 1110 years. Ry the terms of this organization it wns agieed that a fixed amount should be paid at the death of the Insured, uud the premiums te lie paid were fixed ut 11 definite tigmc during life. "On this side of the Atlantic life Insur ance policies were first issued by individuals nearly -00 years uge, but it wus net until early in the IhOO's, or ubeut fifty years after the incorporation of the first scientific Kngllsh company, that the fiist corporation issued Its policies. "Several of the Rrltish lenip.inles weie issuing policies here before the organization of the first really American company, ami their success led certain American business men te organize n company here. Most of these lempanies were also enguged In ether businesses, and the insurance wus mere or less of a side linv. Among these companies wns the New Yerk Life anil Trust Com Cem pany. which is still in existence ns 11 trust company, u It heugh it lias net written insur ance new for 11 geed many years. Purely Insurance Companies "If was net until the early forties that companies weie organized in this country for the sole purpose of writing life insurance, but then 11 number of them were charteied at about the siime time. Tlie first company In tills country which wns organized under these conditions and was the first te write 11 policy was the Mutual Life of New Yeik, still one of the laigest eumputiles. "The first poll v of this company was issued curly in lM.'l, und te show the possi bilities of tlie business even ut that curlv day, the company wnite lu its first year 17il policies for a total amount of insurant'!! of nearly $l.fiOO,(MO. Te show the growth of life iusiirnnce in the seventy-eight years which hnve elapsed since the first year of business, the amount of insurance written last year by Ibis same company was mere than $4113,000,000. Insurance Is General "A careful estimate of the insurance new carried in this country, aa compiled from the vorieus mate iniurnncu icjieris mm neni W records of thevwl M-e insuruutu WHEN ARE YOU GOING TO WORK?" zTSi. ! ft tfvBl IN NNEMPinvl, m 'm ' illfip It m I cempnnles. shows tluit there me new mere than 17.000.0(10 life policies in force, nnd the Insurance cnirict! amounts in tlie aggre gate te mere than S 10.000,000.01)0. These figures de net include the Government in surance en the lives of men mid women in the military and naval service of the Fulled States, nnr that of ex-service men. "Tlie American belief in the Institution wnsilemeiistratcd by tlie manner in which service men applied for insurance, uud fewer thnn 4,000,000 pcisens took out about Ssil!. 000. 000, mi average of S1O0O each as against an average of le-s than SI 0U0 for the civilian population. The 1'uiled States Government estimates that life insurance saves the country the annual sum of mere than .''.'in.OOO.OOO in the maintenance of the peer. In the same way it i- estimated that tlie percentage of dependent childhood has decreased mere than one-third in the hist thlrtv-live years, and thai only a small pcteetitngc of the children new being iiiied for me homeless waifs, and the larger uuifi ber Is made up of the-e rescued from brutal parents or vicious haunts und consigned te the public care bv the cettits. Immense Claims Paid "During the last year the insurance com panies' figuies show that in the I'nitcd States and Canada the death claims, ma tured endowments and annuities 1 unci te .VH7!l.'J(il).000. and that the piivim-nts for premium savings idividends te policvhold pelicvhold policvheld crsl and for lap-cd, sin rendered ami pur chased policies 10 ..'!e:i.. "00. OOu mere a grand total of $0.700.00(1. in addition te which there was .S10i!,:i('iO.UOO eaid in com muted value of insurance claims uwiuilcil bv the Riirc.-iu of War Risks Insurance, milking the entire sum paid bv the com panies of this country uud Canada mere than Sl.ODL'.OOO.OOO. "Mere than til. ODD policyholders died during the last year before tlleir Insurance had been in for,,. f,. j-enr. ,, ,.. ,()ta et these claim, was Slo.eoO.OOn. Seme of the-,, hm! i,ren insuretl for less than a week and ethers hud nearly reached the full term of the year." What De Yeu Knew? QUIZ 1 "'Vel, ' ' "10 c,,emlLdl i'Ii lam e of corn " What Is the middle name of II c; YYiiH- 3 -vVh.ct Is the total number of spats In the 1 lilted States. Senate? 4. Wheie ure the Straits of lPne Isle" li. Wbeie ,n,i Washington accept ',h i.p. pelntm.nt ns General of the Centl-i-ental Army? mitl "' ""iTduIIhc' y'UrS hn3 PertuKal '"" 11 7 W,n,dnr!!.,.',''.tl,u mo,len-l'letuie mnchlne 10. 'What is 11 pesset? Answers te Yesterday's Quiz ' It Is better te tlUSt mill be ibcelvecl 111 in te suspect and hi mismUen" 1 1 , ', " spoken l,y the c harm tcr of I enP, m 'el finch In Sydney tJrun y'"oem."'" I'alr of Spectncl.H" lic'lv ,lV,pi , ,j M'crlln ,l'"Ch ","'V ,,v '"''"-l- .mil NlMh W-bstM- ,!,. c.-lehr.-.tMl Allleii,.,,, .K .Kr.ipli, r w..s !.,, In ,' ' 'eiiie ill 17.-.K lie did ,. , ,3 r' fl.St celllUm Of bis "A ,, , I,,, , " PueU,;'?;, W" '--.r. ' 'vv'a's Apng... Is the point In t, ,,,1,1. ,r ,,, 1110011 01 any phmet flu st fim .,, emtl. or the urein.si cll-i, . ," ''" sun fiem the Mini, -,.,, , ,' ' point in the moons or .1 pl.c-i. 1 01 1 ' when It Is nearest t. ,. ,rl , ' Htublt ill nvlntlen tmrlaiice the ivIM,,,. , .,, maximum n.-l,;ht te which .1 rei, f, or airship un climb "irpmiie Thiee kuiel-. of drums used .,. llrA jjHh; drums, siure ..,,s WV. Til- thief hlll.il tellstles of It.-Il.iiss,,,, . a.,ht.-.,.ui. me celumnV'" ;s,', J Vi.ullK llotntie ,irn,,.u ... tieini S. .1-. ......' ".::. T": i"isi,.ls .,,,,. de, oration. ,.,.,.' r ' ,,:';.'' s, ;"v"1 of lb. .ffertH of .i,i ..' ..' V "Lit. v.- fifteenth ii-ritury en te icimIu ln"i'.!,''i" Iiiks ll. spun .md distil. "h l,U tuns et anthuie st.uct, 1 ,','' 'J ';'' tuistci w.tli rle. ,,,...11 .....'"..'"' con. 8 I Fiv. disiiMR.iislie.1 mm, ..ivee'mi !!",,.. , Who H.pilliiu 11. U..1.I. ....... '.""".'"'lets llenrv 11,.,1'en ,l., ,', "-, . ,' '''! Grant ' sh" ""d The Tienty of Versaillts went u, rrc Januurv 10, 1020 ' rc c" Decj-y means te ilispaiTtue crv down Descrv rer , .. t ,. .' oevvn 9 10. succeed t dPe,v'"1" 8"''U or, t,e succeed In discerning. - "s-v... SHORT CUTS It is unfair te expect a hay-fever vic tim te enthuse ever the glerlei of the au tumn. What will happen when German murks full below the price of the papc r thry atr printed 011V The way the wizards, the goblins atvl tlie klcngles feather their ne-ts proves tlicci downy birds. ion having officially abelisiied the Intr el gravity, the world nuiy lutigh at vellta as it pleases. Aphorism bv the office c-u ,1 sii.irpIIith Uf.. for the low life means plenty of jaiii for the game. Thee who engineered the defeat of eon stitiitienal levisien may be classed with tin original -tniiil-pailers. A siirvev of the land in 1'tali demon strates that the Democrats weie severely licked last November. After l.'evd Geerge und De aleia have split enough liuirs te stuff 11 pillow pirliapi tin- weild will tuKc a nap. The qti"ftien before the Limitation el Armament Conference will be. Shall we scrap our navies m- let our navies scrap.' Wtc X'rti 1.- is weefT.trlrif- from fen Pnlflfmlt' of He.'is. Well, hasn't it nlvvavs brnggeJ about being en the jump every moment.' 1 , Titn ttondelom tins. Nw-itni from tbfift ailvecacv te 11 "Ruyers' Week " FventuallJ it will svvIiib from deires-ien te prosperity. . i,.. lentie of Kr-hprL'er once n gain aa assassin 1ms managed te defeat the cause be Invercd bv unillng the elements oiipem le it. In the place where wicked pnlitlciW go when tliev die. opined the Failiest 1 former, there Is 110 conceited opposition W tlie loivttlen of nu incinerating plant. HUMANISMS R, WIU.1AM ATHEKTON DC VVS OFT at IMgewoed Arsenal, en the ba w..ter of the Chesapeake vvhere tW Gevcriimcif. plant for the "'''',,f7,'rt, poison gas. smoke screen, and sue 1 catccl. there was much bustl'ng about f r was Saturday .ifteiuoen. General Ainnj Fries, chief e.f ihe service, vva-spend week-end. and thrre was much.''" "'P''"', A r.'d-liea.leil lieutenant "''',, o'clock, a stranger from some ether rt w intbefar-nun'tn'Mnyergaiuzin.. H MB man;, people 111 ein. ..c- , the 0 filers' CHIP te llie e -... .. - - . i. -..in i, ,v,a In in- watei. slievvmi strong' with the Auslrnliuti str"'" . P.. t ween fl nnd 7 lie was engaged '" ,fn '"fieiii S te VI there wns dancing J tbt new man ilidn t Ml out one. , . At u.ldn.Riit he was dispenser of rcftesn incuts te Ihe assembled guests ( "I wonder when that hid w. fc of staff':" sulci tlie genera, s .. ' , . . Raymond F. fVM. Jr.. H ? " ' Dire, ler of Citiz.ensiup 1; 1 .... -""rCrl.t down in Washington. Tin; "'"f., iccenilv wen distinction bv I"'1'","""" ,,. u, Sce.ut Fagler III 11 jeuilK-i W tl"'" ...1... ..1 .1.... ,...,1. n.t.iii. mid by Da ever Illlllllictl icccie lie.,,. - - . .) il.g his lentinls piesented t I "', w less n person than Picsnleiit Iliinlin . . eting Crist iinmediiitclv dein. n-H- ' ' )( ability te use the eagle v mgs for pun" , of travel. He and anethr " " out fiem Wnshiiigteii with Inini'" fL their backs for a trip of some three hind miles, ,-evi'iing Gettysburg. Ilarneis ' where Jehn P.rewn singed his rind. """ "' ij l.eiiits of histei-hal intei.'-t ""' . ,,) sunt forth biavclv each niernms en tool piebably walk .s ui'.ch as half .m he'f feri -en.,, metinist vveii'd pel. in ' V, rive- tiiem a half duv's lux i- '"''' ,( cei.'ied t( ground as 1111ld.lv as .u ceiihl have dell" in Ids own un . j It was all se easy that thev -'';"( en jeuiuev from Wiisl.iligfe'ii '"., ,,.rl intt'.c-t in uei-Slate .New V' - '.',. i'rW of 1 he tir-l dav out as siiil bad. t" -," 1 1. id siinietli'iig like this: . j, "Were poked up bv a g. 1 I l.-n.il " '" j ,l.,.l,tc, lu peach) In 11 ''"' 1ll'"i' . Slfl ink.,, nil the wm te PI. bid" P . h!,j they kept us nil nlnlit nt thdr ''" ? leeks suit r ll!sc WinlJer I'n-tte ana , t.. I f !.... tt ' A jubt us many luuum-u, t ,.-,- 1
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