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TIME TO SHOUT
"T7W.GUE introductions t the formidable
V task of preparing for tlie World's Fnlr
in Philadelphia in 1020 have about ex
hausted their appeal.
While it cannot be Mid that the public Is
emotionally aroused ever the project. It is
equally undeniable that definite incentive te
enthusiasm have been rare.
The Executive Committee in charge of the
program Iiiih expressed the feeling that mere
spirited publicity methods are needed. There
can be no argument en this point.
Campaigning en behalf of the exposition
should be comprehensively planned iind pur
sued with all possible celerity.
The congressional 'nnctien imperatively
needed te support the indersement by Council
and the State Legislature will preb.ibly be
withheld for several months. When the
appropriate moment arrives for presenting
the case in Washington the diffusion of infor
mation concerning the undertaking through
out the t'nlted States will be an obvious help.
The committee is properly emphasizing
the necessity of preclnimin; its purposes in
a way te enlist millions of Americans.
This is the fashion in which all world's
fairs In this country have been launched.
Ingrown methods will net fertilize
THE PARLEY CROWS REAL
THE official announcement of the personnel
of the Japanese delegation te the arms
parley and Premier Briend's published deci
sion te sail for America en the Lafayette en
November 1 lend substance te a momentous
undertaking. As the conference draws near
Interest is focused en personalities in addi
tion te principles.
The appointment of Ambassador Shldc
hnra by the Tokie Government is an excellent
omen of practical accomplishment, since it
is with this envoy thnt Secretary Hughes is
reported te have already carried the Yap
Hsuc almost te the point of settlement.
The ether Japanese legates are compara
tively unknown in this country, although
Prince Tekugnwa is an important national
figure abroad, auspiciously announced as a
"man of peace and common sense."
Net the least of the striking features of
the situation is the tardiness of Great Britain
In naming her representatives. Politics is
evidently causing some of this delay, and it
is interesting te note that it will probably
debar Lloyd Geerge from appearing in Wash"
Ington.
French ministries nre prevcrbiallv inse
ctire, but the determination of Aristldc
Brinnd te be present suggests this time that
the embarrassments, are en the ether side
of the Channel.
RAIL MERGERS
ONLY the responsible executives of the
great railway trunk lines can properly
assess the value of the Interstate Commerce
Commission's sugsestien. of n new system of
mergers of small lines with the larger onus
In a new scheme of national transportation.
The theory behind the formal announcement
of yesterday appears alid enough te the
eye of a scientltie economist. It is remi
niscent of formulas adopted by the Govern
ment in the period of federalized rail control.
It would provide n plan under which, accord
ing te the theorists, big lines nnd little ones
should prosper, while communities new
served by dispirited and dewn-et -the-heels
mil systems should fare best of nil
Meanwhile, because of the desperate situa
tion in which the Inrger railway corporations
find themselves at the end of a period of
unexampled financial nnd economic confu
sion, there may be geed reasons why the
executives of the dominating hues might
brink from a suggestion whuh, In the end,
would involve for them increased lesponsi lespensi
bilitics and a part of the burden of anility
new borne by th" smaller reads.
The Interstate Commerce Commission ob
viously Is actuated bv u trust In the added
efficiency whuh closer co-operation ought te
bring te railway organizations everywhere.
But the problem, as it appears from the
outside ut least, is one for executives te
deal with. It Is lenrrelly felt thnt the big
lines should share some of their strength
nnd vitality with the smaller ones for the
general geed of the country. Hut manv of
the big lines are new se situited that they
need all their strength nnd utn'uv te keep
In running order.
DAWES TRUE TO FORM
CHARLES G. DAWES is ivid but se',..,m
inaccurate of statement. His announce
ment of n saving of XMO.OOO.OOO iu Federal
expenditures since his assumption of the
position of Director of the Budget is ns
impressive as it is cntcgenciil.
The achievement is mere than a tribute
I te expert and common-sense business meth
ods In n centralized administration of Gov
ernment finances. It is an illustintieu of
what chii he accomplished In spite of u Con
gress which has failed thus f'ir te alienate
some of the principal burdens which afflict
the Natien.
What could be done were the right sort of
assistance and i o-eperatiou forthcoming?
The prospect is tee much for the uwrnge
t American imagination.
Mr Dawes, however. scm- eipial te i eping
with realities, and it Is net of record that he
has despaired of the magnitude of his job.
His performance up te dale is in line with
his war service and his quick mastery of
the burciucrntlc tangle which mocked t lie
pretensions of Government relief te disabled
vetcruns.
MORE TROUBLE IN GERMANY
IS THE fall of the German mark te un
precedented levels merely a preliminary
te (he heavier full of the present German
(Jevernmeut?
In almost all the European capitals It Is
hslrir'ihcltly admitted that the moment of
a, profound fhnnsils apprearhlnj In BwIIn.
The value of a U "wfa niener Is the trvlest
Indication of the strength and stability of a
nation's Government.
The mark iu normal times was worth ap
proximately twenty-four cents. New It is
worth nheut flvc-elghths of n cent. Us
current value has been reduced bj almost 50
per cent in the last six months. The Ger
man financial situation vvnN never se un
promising ns it is at the present moment.
A formal announcement of default in in
demnity payments would surprise no Informed
observer if it were te come out of Germany
tomorrow.
Meanwhile, the Wlith Administration Is
being furiously attacked by rndicals and
reactionaries. And radical and reactionary
can find new means of popular incitement in
the increasingly hard times which the de
cline of the mark brings te the German
masses. Fer, with the decline "f her money
values, the purchasing power of Germany is
reduced nnd the people are confronted with
new difficulties which cannot he overcome by
nny merely physical cft'eit f their-.
.
THE KLUX IS QUITE DEAD;
WHERE IS THE UNDERTAKER?
Daylight Has Killed Wliard Simmons'
Organization and Congress Should
Quickly Bury It
BAKNl M wns right. The kleaglcs of the
Ku Klux, therefore, will continue their
furtive klcugling for a while longer and the
machinery of Wizard Simmons' canned hate
factory win continue te grind for a time by
the force of its own momentum.
Hut the Klux Is dead. It is dead in the
Seuth, the North, the East nnd the West.
And its end has been singularly undignified.
The Imperial Klenglette. Mrs. Tyler, has
quarreled violently with the chief publicity
agent, Mr. Clarke, and the noise of the
hriiwl, with all its revelations of sordid greed
nnd general illiteracy, has overflowed the
boundaries of the imperial reservations into
the columns of the Atlnnta newspapers.
Wizard Simmons is morose in his palace
the palace that the money of dupes bought
for him.
When the exposure of the Klux was un
dertaken no one suspected that the back
ground of the organization would prove te
be se mean, se utterly without seme saving
element of honest nnd earnestness ns it has
proved te be. Even an honest delusion vveu'd
hav redeemed the .squalid scene, if one were
discernible nineng the backers of the Klu.
Hut neither Mrs. Tyler nor Clarke nor
Simmons was deluded. They get the money.
They still have it.
Delusions were for the kontributers, th?
folk whose heads were turned bj the sort
of mummery nnd muttering nnd tawdry mas
querade which boys often devise for their
amusement and put aside when they arc
twelve or fourteen vears of n;e.
It is significant thnt no public man. no
organization, no newspaper has had a word
of defense for the Klux. The crazy nnd
malignant business lias been denounced by
the Masonic order, by the Patriotic Order
Sens of America, by the American Legien,
by ministers of almost all the Protestant
denominations. Only newspapers that sem
te have been born frightened have failed te
turn their guns upon Simmons and his
crowd.
The klcaglc and the klcnglettes in the
Hellene Court Building rattle their tvne-
writers te keep their spirits up. Hut the
Klux is dead, and its reninins shouldn't be
left lying loosely around. Fer the sake of
our national self-respect the thing ought te
be buried. It ought te he buried bv Con
gress with such aid as the executive de
partments of the Government can give The
work ought te be done quickly.
It isn't pleasant te be reminded that thou
sands of Americans can be kidded out of their
wits. The sooner the public can forget that
nn organization was formed te save the
I'nitetl Stutes by means of sacred water at
$10 n i an f. e. b. Atlanta, cash in ad
vance the mere comfortable the public shall
surely be.
Because newspapers retenled a little of
the past history of Mrs Tjler and her c m m
pnnien. Clarke, the organ of the Klux hi
Atlanta sbrieklngly demanded n vvar of ex
termination ngninst "all Catholics." Th
hy.steria of dissolution merely swept the K'.ux
headquarters. Only a strong-minded klengle
can see riches and marble houses slip from
his unaccustomed grasp without feeling upet.
Since iven the Georgia newspapers have
pluiked up loureje enough te tell the tnlth
about the Klux it i nnturnl te suppose th.ir
few editors will new he se timid as net te
help Cengres, in the weik of interment whsh
lies be fore it
Congress should ! mnnd 'he books of th
Kbit organisatien
When these book- are enrn we shnll knew
hew far kluxisin has penetrate, in the ngleu
nf 1'hilndeipbia The kleajle who has been
fe'ling Lan aster folk that 200 policemen
1.1 this cm iue en the rolls of the erdr i
pmbablv a l.nr If the Majer cannot c.
termin" the truth or the untruth of rhu'
nsecrtien be will have u Tight te ask Con
gress ti obtain for him the no vary in
formal ion
'I he ISlg 'I'liiee ,n AMeiltl ni'l the foeu...
netit Georgian who lire stei ki."'dcis m t..i.;r
corporation will net grentlr mind. Th' v
enn't be made te disgorge tl. millions thev
made. Clarke will newr hn,-e te go bn' k
te the work of boosting c.iin'v fn.r-.
Wizard Simmons will never nj.iir be unitb'c
te pay ins r u And Mrs T,er w ir,
nb.e te 'ive en ,i ,m I'nuun w'lu et among
sunken gardens
Itnrn'im wn me," -linn r.j'.t Jn was
piephe'
HUMPERDINCK AND A PARADOX
THE delightful in,, of folk (,uv tnt.M I
In literature bv the Brethers dr. mm nii'i
Wilhelm liftoff i hiirmingU -mid thenrtistie
purposes of Eugelbeit Hi.mperdini k ,)iem.
death, announced j(. terda ever the 'nble.
in centuates the growing arnlit) of modern
German mu-lc
It bus often In en said that (lore were we
Germnnv- the geese-stepping braggart nnd
the exponent of simple, unnfTeeteii senium nr
of the hearth and home of kobelds, "hexes"
and fairies, of gmgerbrend houses and geld' n
key, of spontaneous reimince m the king
dom of childhood.
With unexampled authority IltunpcT'liri' k.
transfused this mvstlc rculin with music.
There i- probably ineie genuine direct In
spiration In his fairy opera of "Hnensel und
Girtcl" than In any ether mu-lcnl work for
the etnge produced in Germany since IUcliard
Wngner.
The scope of this sprightly and tender
expression of folk whimsy mnv be mlled
lir ited, (iiul the same charge is applicable
te the somewhat mere Inbercd but still en
gaging score of "Kecnlgskinder" (Children
et the King).
But If the composer shunned the Prome
thean mood assumed, though net always with
complete success, by Richard Strauss, fitness
of werkmnpsulp In a congenial r nelq itle
quently justifies the economy of talent dis
played. "Hacnscl unit Gretel," a little gem
of its genre, is something very like a per
manent contribution te opera.
It has been said thnt the personality of
Humperdlnck was dry nnd in eclnl relation
ships uninteresting another instance of the
Tcutetiic paradox which even wars fall te
elucidate.
MORE TREATY DELUSIONS
BY WAY of consolation for the negotiation
of a treaty which recognizes thnt Ger
man lest the vvnr, the Berlin Government
softens Its plen for ratifying action by the
Ueichstag with the observation that the new
pact is "full of holes."
Superficially, nn Instrument held te be thus
riddled might be expected te nppenl te the
nntlen which has looked in vain for oppor
tunities te wrlggle out of the obligations of
the Versailles Treaty. In the memorandum
just presented te the National Assembly,
however, the Government quickly vitlntes
Its own nrgiinients by admitting that the
Drcsel-Bescn pact Is n preliminary te fur
ther negotiations with Washington.
Specific questions will come up for adjust
ment in these Inevitable subsequent nrrnngo nrrnnge
nients, but there Is net the slightest reason
te believe that the detailed terms will be
any less tender of German sensibilities thuu
was the mere general contract.
One of the chief differences between the
methods of the Allies and these of the United
States in dealing with Gcimany is that the
associated Powers e'nberatcly nnd in exact
verbiage stated the whole case as they saw it.
The United States lias seen fit te negotiate
along less vivid lines, principally because of
the necessity of establishing eflicinl peace ns
speedily ns possible with n practicnl Instru
ment. The "holes," if they exist, will be
plugged up iu later transactions from which
Gerninny, bj rensen of the diplomatic pre
lude new up for approval, vvill be unable te
escape.
In Berlin there is little prospect of pro
longed wrangling ever the Drcsel-Bescn
Treat. If it plenses the Government te
pretend thnt it is tee weak te be worth de
feating, no cspecinl harm will be done.
Secretary Hughes is net reported as losing
nny sleep because of alleged inadequacy of
the agieement. It may be presumed that
he regards it ns nn indispensable preliminary
te a tightening process which will fully safe
guard nnd protect for the future the inter
ests of the United States. German delusions
en this subject nre of mine- consequence.
Minimcr rose yestcr yestcr yestcr
Professienal Jealous day te remark that
she is net dead and
that the calendar fibs Hew the righteous
mnv be traduced ! The ealendnr speaks
sooth. Summer is dead. It is but her ghost
that appears, though a most excellent nia nia
teiinltzntlen. But Nature grumbles thnt
her drama of The Seasons is net n ghost
show nnd summer's desire te stny In the
spotlight is gumming things up. She is
positively ruining the fnll transformation
scene. The leaves are falling before Jnck
Frest hns u chance te color them. Aren't
these thespians the temperamental let?
A bomb weighing
Spending Meney .4000 pounds is te be
Te Save It dropped by nn air
plane off the Virginia
Coast, and Government experts vvill innke
observations nnd arrive nt certain conclu
sions. A demonstration with se large n
bomb will cost n let of money, which, ut first
glnnce, seems money thrown nvvuy. But if
the experiment proves thnt it is futile nnd
foolish te spend $40,000,000 en a drrud drrud
neught which may be destroyed at a single
blew, then the experiment is u wise one and
worth nil the money it costs.
SHORT CUTS
One never can tell. Perhaps the Limi
tation of Armaments Conference may give
birth te something almost ns important as
the World Court of the League of Nations.
Somebody fired thlrtj shots at a So Se
i lallst Deputy at Beri. Itulv, nnd only one
took effect. Isn't It strange thnt nftcr se
mu' h war there should be sticking nreund
se peer a shot?
Japan's nnval plans are said te be e
ceiwru' ted as te make her the peer of all sea
Powers. It may be that the bombing of the
Aliibunin is designed te prove te her how hew
foolish she i.
A speaker nt a recent luncheon In this
i in de lared that piivate rights are net
bci'ig e u ilcd 'e much bv Kids ns by
Legislature- and courts. Who, we ri-e te
inqu.re, who copped his hee' n '.'
A re en'lv discharged piiseuer from Sing
Sing has bei u returned at his request se
that the jnil physician may continue treat
ment lie does net vvih. his recovery te be
retarded bv fear of the s.e et the doctor's
bill. '
Fate get out her little hammer the ether
night and. striking while the it en was het.
afflicted Old Ferge, N V . with seven
MiiiuHiinee .- fires, a skunk and u dense fog.
Tl ere wn- n het time in the "M town, but
t:.e leg vva- in bad odor.
Three hundred nnd nineiv-feur cases
of iicrmiin-made toy- for t ie Christmas
helidavs airived heie the ethe- Uav en n
-hip from Hamburg. Bi.t why wait for
ri.i .stmiis? Why net ijr,, p'iu te the
kiudit- en Armistice Dav '?
Theoretically, orenomv in geverr.mem is
n'wavs i.ei-t desirable; but the fu-t tuat the
Shipping Beard hn fired "."no empleye- slnie
la-t D" ember and is piepar.ug te drop U000
ui'.'H doc, net betoken urn h de-ire te Mm
p'ny the work of the Washington conference
n '.n lopleyvictit.
Clue age couple quurieh l ew r naming
. baby and went te court lie wanted it
nam ci 'Vlndislnw ; she pieferied Charlie.
Ti.e Ce.it told thru the nm-t ompremlse.
Tai y cuii'ieiTiist'd b miming it Charlie.
But'wbv go te court"' The answer i-, 3 until
and n huspund slew In horning.
A Put-burgh dispat h tell- of a mnn
i.n'.-vng himself bernu-i) he could Iind no
work te de Neither he nor his wife bail
eaten for days. Step le realize that the
country 1- full of work te he done and only
ii-v.iits somebody te start the ball n-rolling,
nnd the simple annuls ,,f the peer become
t 1 ni'j-t complex thing in the world.
Dr ftelph Berninn. of Hahnemann
('ell'ge, says Amerii aiw bathe tee much.
Dr J Cameren Pickett -ays tee much
bathing breaks down health. Dr. Lida
S'ev'art CegiH and Dr Martha Trace j sav
there i-n't any buch thing ns tee "much
biith:'.:: The mere the better. When doc
tors eh-ngree the rest of us tun v continue te
le as we darn p!en-e Thiee cheers for
Sutiiday night, cries did Timer.
'1 l.e refusal of the License Court te per
il t a saloonkeeper te chuiigi bis pine,, of
businc-s te n spot iinir the Phillis Wheiitlcv
Uee-rentien ('filter ptempts the query 11s 10
w I at objection the Court has te the sale of
eift drinks; for thnt, of course. Is ull that
sal'eiikeeper are permitted le sell under
the law Is it pes-il.le t tut t the Court sus
lie. tH t lOt some saloonkeepers nre sellim?
hind li'iier? Why that would be simply
H rrihle
Then- is Jietl. 15 particularly noteworthy
in the fact that u ten enr-eld Ardmere hey
wan arrested for stenling cigarettes. It is
n beush ese-apadc that ji seance n the
woodshed ma ere But there is humiliat
ing Mgnihcnnce .11 the fact that fifty mem
bers of his gang ktermed the police station
and demanded nw release letith appears
quick te ncqulre the laci of rcHpcct for the
law which has manifested Itself in mobs In
nil parts of the country all tee frequently
ier me peat ui ininu 01 ueusiiuuiusen.
LUCK IN RACING
A Herse That Paid for Himself In Hla
Flrat Race A Search and Seizure
Game That Failed Beb Inger-
soil's "Mistakes of Moses"
By GKMtGK NOX McCAIN
DOWN nt Havre de Grace last week a
horse named "Tlcnccy" came under the
wire first, netting a fat wad te a let of
Philadelphia politicians who took a chance
en the entry.
"Tlcnccy" paid $37.(55 Rtralght. The
horse's owners likewise made iv geed haul.
Behind the performance lies a little ro
mance of the racing stables.
The horse, a big black gelding, wns entered
by the Triple Springs Fnrni.
The gentlemen who own It nre Senater
P. F. Joyce, of Lackawaunn, nnd "Billy"
Gnllngher. chief clerk of the Stnte Senate.
Their activities in politics nnd their wide
acquaintance may have been responsible for
the sentiment, rnthcr than cold judgment,
that led a let of City Hall officials te back
the horse et the Maryland trnck.
rpICACEY," wherever he get his name,
JL is still n mystery, even te his present
owners, nnd had been a rank failure en every
track.
On the last day of the Saratoga races,
although showing creditable form, .Joyce,
Gallagher & Ce. bought the horse for $."00.
"Bud" Fisher, the cartoonist, who has
risen te the point of affluence through his
pencil and India ink brush where he can
mniutnin u racing btnble, sold the gelding In
disgust.
Senater Joyce nnd his partners bought
Ticacey with the idea of putting him in the
steeplechase clnss.
In n tryout the aniinnl showed such Fpced
and form thnt he was entered In n six-fur-long
straightaway te see whnt he could de.
Backed by his owners nnd running in a
fnir purse, the horse paid for himself in his
first race by pulling down the purse.
"Whnt's the answer?" Inquired Chief
Gallagher when asked te explain why a horse
that hed been a failure for Fisher should
prove a prize for Jeyce & Ce.
Replying te his own question he con cen
tinued: "I give It up. But that's f the
way race horses sometimes de. Maybe It's In
the handling or riding. Anyhow 'tisn't
often you hear of a horse paying for himself
in his first race. EhV"
A MEMBER of the bench who is noted
for his polished wit and rare anecdotes
tells the following prohibition stery:
A merchant, n physician and a judge
having mutual friends, tastes und accom
plishments were invited recently te spend
Sunday with a friend en the Main Line
between Philadelphia nnd Ceatesvllle.
"And bring a grip or suitcase that will
held a couple of bottles," was the injunc
tion accompanying the invitation.
Following n delightful Sundny In the
country the trio started en the return home
Sunday night, each with n couple of brown
quart bottles iu his grip. They were nn
evidence of their host's friendship, nnd bis
Idea of the eternnl titncs.i of things.
In the smoking compartment one of the
three met nn old friend, an officer irt the In
ternal Revenue service.
Instnntly he suggested n fnke "search and
seizure" en his friends back in the car.
"I just want te huve some fun with 'em,"
said the joker. "You'll recognize 'cm. There
nre three grips piled along the seats."
UNNOTICED by the pair wns n third gen
tleiuun, n stranger, in the smoking com
partment. He rose nnd going back te where hie two
intended victims were chatting he unfolded
the scheme he had overheard.
"I don't knew nny of you, but 1 couldn't
sit by and hear n job like that put up, even
as a joke, en a couple of gentlemen ns well
known ns you ure."
The levenue ngent strolled through the
car nfter n while, failed te notice the three
grips described nnd returning te the smoking
room gave his friend a lacing for making a
feel of him.
"There nre no grips in sight," declared
the official. "I'm the one that's been double
crossed."
"Ne, but honest the grips are there. One
of 'cm is mine, with my initials en it,"
leterted the joker.
Then he sauntered buck te investigate for
himself.
TiON'T talk te us," was the chilly reply
xJ te one nf his casual remarks.
"Why? What's the matter?" he inquired
in some surprise.
"Ne explanations arc needed," was the
further rejoinder. "You'll oblige both of us
by keeping ns fur away 11s possible.
' "But I Insist." continued the new very
much disturbed joker. "We've been friends
for years nnd I demand te knew the renben
for eiir attitude and words."
Then they told him of the discovery of his
ill -timed attempt at a fake search and
seizure.
"De j 011 Imagine that two gentlemen ns
well known ns we are would submit te the
indignity of being searched for liquor in n
railroad car: said tne legal gentleman.
"I'm done with ou," was the indignant
iinele, as the speaker turned his back and
gazed out of th'" open window ut his side.
"But whnt did you de with the grips? I
don't see 'cm. Where d'ye hide 'cm?" in
quired the alleged funmnkcr.
"We didn't hide them. Rather than be
humiliated we opened the window and threw
out our grills."
"And v.'here's my grip?" he gasped.
"We threw it out with the ethers."
A STATE official of mature years nnd
large experience was recalling incidents
of his interesting life when the mention of
tiin name of "Beb" Ingersoll, famous ag
nostic and champion of liberalism, recalled
the following :
"I appeared en the stage with Ingersoll
once He was te deliver his celebrated
lecture, 'The Mistakes of Most-.'
"It was my business te preside nnd In
troduce the speaker.
"Ingersoll never spoke te a mere intelli
gent, curious und appreciative audience.
"At tlie close 11 crowd gathered in the
wing.- of the btagc te meet and congratulate
him.
"Among them, en the outskirts, was a
thin, cudavereus, wry -necked man, en
crutches. After n time Colonel Ingersoll
saw him nnd making his wn., through the
press of IiIh admirers appreai lied him.
'I wanted te tell you, Colonel Inger'ell."
said the cripple, 'hew wnndi rfully eloquent
1 think you are. Your gift In the use of
languugu is marvelous. Ileslde,' he went
en, 'I wnnted te ask you two questions, if
you'll permit.'
'Certainly, cerlninlv. and III try te
nnsuer them.' replied Mr. ingersell.
" 'After listening te your description of
the mistakes of Moses, vvliat de you think
Moses would say in reply? I'd like te hear
Mm In his own defense,' said the man with
11 grizlnil grlu.
"Ingeisejll, quick in. a Hash, replied ; 'HT
Geerge, I never thought of thnt! Suy, de
you knew I'd like te hear what he would say
myself. That's 11 new angle thnt never oc ec oc
eccurred le me.'
tf rnlIE ether question. Mr Ingersoll, is
X this,' the cripple continued;
" 'if I were out en the paw incut en a
freezing, slippery night, with no rubber en
the end of my crutches nnd every Instant in
danger of falling and I met you, would you
kirk my crutches from imdir me or would
you take inc by the anus und help me
IkOIIlC
' 'Why. I'd help you home, te be sure.
I'd be wanting In the attributes of manhood
nnd a common humanity If I didn't,' was
Colonel Iugcrsell's earnest icply.
'Then what am I te de.'' continued the
wrv-necked man. 'Your lecture en Moses,
if i believe you, vvill knock my crutches from
under me I mean the crutches of the Chris
tlnn religion. It's all I've get left.'
" 'Don't glve them up. Stick te your
crutches, said Ingersoll with a smile as he"
shook hpnds with his. questioner and turned'
away- . ,j?m
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NOW MY IDEA IS THIS
Daily Talks With Thinking Philadelphia en Subjects They
Knetv Best
ALBERT H. VOTAW
On the Discharged Prisoner
IN THIS time of unemployment things go
linrder than ever with the convict just
out of jail. Albert II. Vetavv. secretary of
the Pennsvivnnin Prison Society, the eldest
and one of the largest of such societies In
the world, speaks en some aspects of the
problem.
"Generally speaking." said Mr. Aetnvv.
"I should sny thnt there is n geed denl of
sentimentality wnstctl en discharged prison
ers. Nine out of ten leave prison with defi
nite plnces te go te and definite notions of
whnt they intend te de. They rejoin the
gungs with which they were ns-ecintcd be
fore their conviction or. en the ether hand, go
te relatives or te old friends who hnvc been
arranging the processes thnt will set them
back Inte respectable society. In the first
case there is little that organized human!
tnrinnisin can de, and in the ether little that
it need de.
Exception te Rule Is Large
"However, the exception the one in ten
who hns neither home nor job aggregates te
a pretty lnrge number. Endi year nbeut
1000 men come te us for nid. If. en the
part of such men, there is any sincere inten
tion of keeping dear of further crime, the
problem is immediately resolved into one of
finding them employment, nnd secnndnrily of
building nnd encouraging their ninrnl nnd
phvsicnl strength, both before and nfter jobs
iuive been found for them. Despair is per
haps the most dangerous of the faults thnt
the average ex -convict needs te be kept
from, nnd regular and hard labor, earning
regular wages, is the only genuine restora
tive of self-respect nnd self-confidence. It
is the greatest sanitatlve for a mind gene
wrong.
"Since nt present it is hard enough for n
man without a prison record te find himself
n job, the work of helping ex -convicts lias
become peculiarly difficult in Its most im
portant phnsc. We must sustnin tint sup
port and encourage 11 larger number of men
nnd for longer periods, until they sustnin
themselves. We must use this attention
nnd oversight nt the time when our subjects
nre helpless and en the edge of the despair
that would convince them that anything,
even prison, is better thnu nn unrecognized
attempt te live honestly. Seme of such
Whui De Yeu Knew?
QUIZ
What Is the correct pronunciation of r)all
Blrcunn"
Where does this body meet?
What Is 11 postern'.'
When wns the Panama-Pacific Exposition
held nnd where?
Whnt Is the origin of the question, "Can
the Kthleplnn chnnge his skin or the
leopard Ills spots"?
After whnt Queen of i:ng'nnd wTns Mary
land name el?
Who were the Mecles?
Whnt is the salary of the Speaker of the
Heiisa of lteprcsentntlves?
Who Is president of the Atnerlextn Fed-
crntlen of I.nlier"
Whtie vwts atlend"
Answers te Yesterday's Quiz
A cemmensal Is one who eats at the h.nne
table, nn animal or plant IIvIpr iih
another's tenant ntul ahnrliif? its feed
The word should tit pronounced with the
nccent en tht second eilable
The Magdnlcnn Is the chief rher of the
Republic of Colombia, In northern
Seuth America It ilses in the Andes
and flews In n nener.il ueitherly direc
tion te the Caribbean Sen.
The Republic of Heunder Ih mimed nfter
nn Iniaiilnnrv line, the Kqunter. lji un
der means Kqunter In Spanish
Irrigate mums te refresh with nielstuie
or liquid Irritate mentis te w tinkle
The Hnttle of the Wilderness occurred in
11 region hi Virginia south of the Jtapl
dan Hlver The engagement between
the Feilcials 0111I the Confederated in
the Civil War was feucjht May f,.7,
1801.
"Qulen sabe" Is Spanish for "Who
Knows?" It should bu pronounced
"kce-aln sab-bnj "
Columbus dlsceveied America, repre
sented by an Island In the Uahnmns,
en October 12, 1102, OKI Style, or
October 22, nccerdlntf te the present
Gregorian calendar.
"Rooming," In airplane parlance, is te
climb rapidly at a very steep nngl.
Blnaplsm Is another name for mustard
plaster, from the Greek word "slnapl,"
juuaiaru.
HOME!
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persons, sometimes, have held jobs and lest
them en the instant their prison record be
came known te their employers. Such an
incident repeated twice or three times in the
life of nn ex -convict is a tremendous In
centive te despair.
Recerd Should Be Known
"In the average case I think it is better
fev nn employer of un ex-convict te knew
that his man has been In prison, and for the
man te knew that his employer knows it.
It may mnkc for a greater watchfulness en
the employer's part, or Iu rare cases te
prejudice ; but it removes any foreboding of
the man thnt lie vvill be 'caught' in the crime
he Iiiih long since expinted und makes the
problem merely one of his willingness te
work and keep free of further mischief,
"I have been speaking of the average mnn
with criminul history the man who, through
circumstance or sudden willfulness, 'went
wieng.' I think four-fifths of such men,
if they nre given 11 fair chance, will 'go
right' afterward. There nre, I might say,
two ether types with which we have te de,
although there is very little we can de with
them or for them. I refer first te feeble
minded, iilcohelics and defectives of rfne
group or another, who have net the stninina
for 11 moral regeneration, nnd Inevitably fol fel
low the line of least resistance, which' lends
usually back te the prison.
Bern Criminal Is Rare
"Such persons belong in the institutions
that have been built te tnkc caic of them,
and iu the end most of them find their wnv
into such places. The ether type te which
I refer is amazingly rare in our own ex
periencethe born criminal, the mnn with
n geed set of wits but no sense nt nil of
mourn und tiiiim. Ne amount of supervi
sion or of moral persuasion will induce such
a mnn te live honestly, though his own sly
ness may keep him from going back t j jail.
"The average promoter of bubble com
panies Is of this type, and I vcutuie te suy
there arc 11 bundled times mere of him iii
thoroughly le-pei table locations than inside
of prison walls.
"With the predestined criminal of Loin Lein Loin
breso, and his followers, I have net jet been
made acquainted."
Let There Be Light
from tha W.iehlnKten i:enlnu Mm-
Enough publicity is desirable In connection
with official getheilngs te prevent unfounded
rumors from making headway under a theory
that one man's guess as te what happened
Is as geed as another's.
Today's Anniversaries
Ki.'50-Leid William Russell, who wus one
of England'b noblemen charged with high
treason, born. Beheaded in Londen July L'l,
lTfiR Lord Nelsen, England's greatest
nnval here, born iu Norfolk. Killed nt the
Battle of Trafalgar, October LM, 1MI.").
IS.'!!) James K. Jenes, Tutted States
Senater from Arkansas and chairman nf the
National Democratic Committee, born In
Marshall County, Miss. Died in Wushing.
ten. I). C , June 1. 1H0R,
18,";i Nearly ;t,"i(l liws lest In the wreck
of the emigrant ship Annie Jane en the
Hurra UliincN.
lSC.S-Revolutien In Spain and flight of
Queen Isabella II.
1 MKi A hurricane and tidal wave neaily
dest roved Cedar Keys, Fin.
11100 Hamuli F.'Cary. Greenback nomi
nee for lice President in lh70, died in Cin
cinnati. Bem there. Fcbriinrv IS. 1 s 1 -I
P.llll The Prince of Wales left 'im.
ceuver, II. C.
Today's Birthdays
lien. Michael Patrick Cashiu. former Pre.
miir of Ncwteiindland, born ut Cupe Broyle
N. V.. fifty-seven years age.
Frederick I. Thompson, the Mobile news
paper publisher whom President Wilsen ,,.
pointed te the I'nited Stntes .Shipping Beard
born at Aberdeen, Miss,, feity-si. .,,,,. ..,,'
Captain Neble E. Irwin. I', s". N (he
new commandant at the Portsmouth NMV
Yard, born at Giecnficld, O., fifty tVN u(, '
age.
Gnbe L. Parker, former Register of the
Treasury new superintendent of the Five
Civilized 'lrlhes, born In the Indian Terri
tory forty-three ycurs age,
Dr. Charles H. Howe, 'president of the
1 unse Bciioei 01 Applied Science, born ut
-, eec . ,, eic-iui;i3 years uge.
HUMANISMS
By WILLIAM ATHERTON DU THY
HARRY TASKE gees about bumming.sU
the while and if ene Is se dlscrimlnatlnj
ns te take note of the nirs that cmanatt
from him, he will find that all of them ure
classic music, mostly from the operas of old
Ttl..
Washington society editors did net knew
this when they gave Harry Teskc spnee in
1in! rnln ttit-ia n fn ifltrtlra fl (Tt"i nlnnPllnC tfaft
till II 1-lFUlllMin tt, IV" -L,J un" ...-,...-.--
elect of official and diplomatic circles. Jbtj
merely neien inc iuci imu .u. ecuij .
was at luncheon with the President of the
United Stntes and the first lady of the land.
Hnd they followed that luncheon guest
nfter that great event en his way back te
Marien, O., the lilting ntrs which he anj
would have been found mere joyous tlun
Hiose of the merking bird of the Cunibfr
lands through which he traveled, for b it
known that Harry Taske but a few yean
age was a humble Italian immigrant land
ing in America in search of his fortune. A
few years later he was prospering in busi
ness In Marien nnd nt the time when all the
world wns gnthcred around the freut perci
Harry Taske, president of the Business Men a
Club, offered hospitality te many who camt
IO Iliac Blums. ,
But within him the music of the land el
his birth persists.
Victot Murdock, of Kansas, used te be a
.J !.. e. I1..l. Af frtncrfCBJ ns ICAllef OE
uiuru 111 1111; lie-en ec wi.e.y... -'- ...
the revolutionary progressive Republican
iuctien. . , ...
New he is the only red-hcaded member 01
the Federal Trade Beard.
During the war he was in Europe wntmi
pieces for the magazines, for Mr. Murueci
is nothing if net versatile.
He visited the birthplace of Shnkespeari
and wrote un article, entitled "Aven a
Wartime." .
It seems Phut the pheasant crop is particu
larly geed in this part of England, and tbert
is a beautiful legend te the effect that tb
pheasants forecast the approach of dlsasttt
nnd en its eve cry out In the night. 1MJ
hnd shiiked unceasingly during these biio biie
mer nights of 11)14 before war came and baa
forecast n (light of Zeppelins that baa
dropped bombs en the countryside.
Mr. Murdoch put his soul into the writ-
t r .1.1.. Inn...l !,., lm mdn TVcrflKUS tO
1IIK 01 Wilis ll-fcieiu, uuw .- ." - -e -.
n fall. When It appeared Hie printer had
metnmorpiie.seu puensauis imu ja
unts," and the yarn had become ridiculous.
Senater Kcv I'ittman. of Nciada, ?
Hint the turning point of his career was co
incident with 11 benicrsaiilt that he turnw
ever the Judge in the trial of his nrst case
.. M. I. . . ..hu. n ....
Ill luiiepnii, iwciuy ji-hiis "S". , ,
Tonepnh was n brand-new mining to te
and he arrived there with nothing but m
shingle. Ills first case had te de with tee
ownership of .$."0 and he succeeded In 1 break
lug down tlie lawyer en tne " ; " ;;v.
denounced him as a "shyster. A fist ni
ensued in which the two lawyeis unieiea
ever the Judge who was holding court in
swivel ciiuir. ,. . .,,,,
"The dignity of tlie court shall be sm
tnined." declared the Judge. "Where U tnai
contempt stntutc.'' n,
The index te his cede was missing, j"
could net find the statute. The combative
ntterncys Detlt pleaded ignorance- --.
statute, thus escaping fine, which ncltuer "
.1 ....1.1 i.. 1,,,,., .,i,1a ie 11. n . and De'
llll'lll WIIOIU I1HC, U,CI ,,...v .- ,--.-. .,
nunc friends through this new ceniniunuj
,. :..tc,,i
Charles E. Kern, a veteran newspaper
imu 1 of Washington, leeks se imicli n
Charlci Mtirphv. of Tammany ""i '""
whenever he gees te New Wk it-ores w
peenle acie.-t him en the street.
lie was in a cafe in the inetropell 1 one
net long age when 11 man anpreachei , tawe
lug. and begged speech with him. Mr. h '
knew what was coming, se he toeu i"
bull bv the horns. , . ,. ,r.
"Hew de von de? ' he said genu '.',.
lug this humble hanger-en the thrill of
life. "I have been thiukiiC .about 1
down at the wigwam. Why den t vetl n
1 i-.. ...... (i, , lint HUM
IIOWU III SCO IIIC.' IH, l'"i si"'- f -
it seen." lt
Kern believes lie gave this man one grw
ilav. but can't help being curious iih'iiiM'
meeting Hint followed. One can t Ie H. "
.. 1 ... Iinnrteneil tU"
argues. hi. iiiny nun- n.
man up Hint lie put Minn-mms "-
..
.j
"I went out In 01 and beck In f"V. ,
Senater FrcdericK naiv. i .- -inc
his coif hcerc. ....itn Dfi
Present Hard In ZgSrZ3&A
rcmurked : "That teuudu like the rw
n Civil War veteran," feH