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rubllflitd daliy at TfiMO Limbi Bulldlnt
Iiidrndi'nce .Square Pht''l.PhIa.
ATtAMte Citt Prtta-Vnitn nulldlns
,Btf YeiHt "64 Madlf.in Ave
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lT. I.nris 813 Oieh'-Dt-necrrt Ttulld'tis
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N'srr YetiK HcaaaC Th Bun lluildire
Lo.vde.-i Dciiicac Trafalgar Bulldins
sfitsrp.iiTie:; terms
Th EvCNlNO Pruue Lirxin ta rved te uh
aerlbeis "n rii artelphla end aurreund'ns ter-ns
it the 'ate of twelve (IS) rn!s par wee);, enable
in the carrier.
By mall (e Mints eiu'a'.ile of PM'.af'"sila In
he I'nltcd Statu, i i.irl.i. e- I'nltf.l Slates pos pes
aaalnna. onstage f-ea f.tiy SP) cnt par nant.i.
bin JH rel.ars pr 'far. pivah'e In advanc.
Te l. 1 ferdm i vjntr! n i ill' dollar a rrev'i.
Veticd Subac-lberi) wish!! addrejj c'.iaac-a
triuat site eid as ' e'l an r.err address.
Rri i 1031 ttum r
m--tevt:. ruv itt
tr tarrr.j a' eei-' saf'C '3 ' ? nul.'e
Member of the Associated Press
( if 10 (' r- -r i'(-c c- a' r'! 1 "rj
nlzpr.tch. cri.'tii 'u ( e- nr rrur cd 'rrf
," ti ' M-rr- 0 itf c'-s ''it lew.' "fen yit'.'i' 'A
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BRIDGE AID AND LOAN DUTIES
BUI. Ti:i rfiMsiiltien ii tlm ett..' nlili
KUtintis in tin ini'iii',' tli" npliiv.ir" briilj"
irejn t Iia ti-rti niiidi' in u tiv erdin.ini'e
n Cniinril jiitlidtuinit an vx'cni!itt.r 'it'
Sl.O.'iO.dfHi. Thin matches nn appropriation
etcd bj Hi" I.enUlaturc at its lnt s"'ion.
and with tin' NV .Trr-e funrln Ions virii'e
available i "iittii-irnt te Iioeji tli or'.s ijein;
in its preliminary wapes.
Frem tlif etitipt tli Interstate I'.nds
'omniisMen ha 'l'-plii: ej mi mtirli vjer .nil
se k" n ;i i''i,iprplietMiiin of its re-.p-itinibill-fies
th.it 1'iNlath? bedies. ein'i.'iiilv en thia
irle of tli" I 'flaw are, bav" by contret Ui'i'ti
exliibiteii a- lassurd.
In i'liil.nlelphia part of th delay : ui ui
reetlj attributable te the p :rel t'art:'iiai
oppe-itii'ti or' tlii- 1 nitivilni&nU' majeritv te
the SIO.imhi.iiiIO lean i.s ip recently pri'pevj
by the Mavr. Tb" defeat of his preg-am,
however. i 'vrtain t prove inminiiiMv.
There are rertai: duties whiih ounne: be
shirked even m ti.e sn-eke of . pe'.i'i. ,ii
quarrel. uv of tin ? i p-aeti. al u.sf . ni
of the brinRe iire).Tf. r."tlier i tinanriai
attention te t'.ie dredir.i 1: wer); in the I)eln
ware and Siliill;il!. Ver th. undertaking
111 ordinance r i;rr 1111 an appropriation of
s'500,000 has ju.-t been intred':.-,"!.
The measure mid the r.ruije IJill may be
"egarded a preludes te a ne"- oenneiimanic
ean. Teehnieallv. thin may net bear the
irlsinal stamp of the leeiitive Auminis Auminis
rntieti. but praeticall: it n iike'v te cor cer cor
espeud 111 vvera! jiartieulars te the Mayer's
plan.
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This i a stupid 1-jv of fatin? r-alitii"
Pcrhaji-. Miat ii v hv it is p:act.i;"d ir.
Council.
BUILDING AND BEAUTY
TI1E approval by the Mayer's Zenin;
(.VminissiDii of the draft of an ordinance
egulatin? the height. i:e and area of build
drs in Philadelphia i n definite step f.ir
vard in a matter which le:j ha" ben denied
lutheritative consideration.
'This community is. p.-than". a ;rat--ufferer
from uniczulut l con'-tri'.et.en v. eri
han anv 'dty in the country. The profu prefu profu
ien of etlu r narrow (.trs'ts raises an arf.i::c
ireblem of which complete -elutien i' i" i"
lessibl". I?ut mi.eh ct.ii be accen-j K,hed
nd valuable partial renWiei apnlied bt
ireper rules rejardin the height and "har
icter of .structures and their sitne-s in er
1 ain districts.
The importance of attract. v vita sr.u .'.
C considered whreer prae'.iable Alre-d-he
City Hall, ponderous 'h.-uea it b". ha
assumed r. new dijnitj en it" Iar!;way front
Sensible rulings, "Inch need net be or
7ressic. should safeguard this new eharra
ind render possible ionic resnwi t for beaut."
Isewhere. Haphazard cemtrui tleaj ar"
amentably unmetrepulitan
THE PUPPET
rIK s. 13" tears, the bUjc sestu. .,-.?
btaje eu.ijfrice and the .tajy fa;r.t w.t.
vhicb Wizard Suumens. of th" Ku K!u;.
. ntertaiued Wuhmirtnn when he tas calVi
lefere a oemmit'ee of C'ercres will net be
lennitted te hQi t the plans for a risld
irebe of Kluxisin unlesr ( V,njree,.sraen arc
,ar cn'en'T and mere :iilibl" than they
usuall spem.
Clarke, the prejmjandist, t-he is the real
.nergy and brains of the invisible empire."
rus th- man bdrnd the Imperial Wizard's
ivery s't'ire sm ev"ry word. Simmons
ilnjed a part that had been even a little tee
veil rehfar-ed. "!! f!l at the end of his
estimeny." s-aid en" rrert, "but he fell
'ery careiully nrd was net hurt." One
euld almost hear i.'larkc sayins, "At this
teliif pull the buciness of a tearful cel-aps-e.'
If In- elVense ecninst :oed tate and
luiest -'icry a'-ceptabl" principle of Ameri
anism rn-re net se sryveus it might be
e-sili'e te laugn smtly at the Wizard arid
nit Iniu aside us u prsen of no impertan'-e
Jut it i--n't it,i Simmons that Conre
ias te deal. It ii itli th orpanmatien
ictuall: headed bj 1'larke and Mrs Tjler
hat the srat trouble lies. That orgaiiiza ergaiiiza orgaiiiza
ien eMsts as u negation of the patnetiim
Jjeut v hi'-h .Simmons Ixiemed pe bravely in
VatdiiUBten It eushr te be broken up,
tnd it will be broken up if the truth about
t is made generally known.
THE BANDITS ARE BACK
A I.b the bold-up men who were harassing
ti. Philadelphia about a jear age seem te
lave returned refreshed from their vaca vaca
len The number of highwuy robberies re
ported te the police within the last few
Jajs Is astonishing.
When meter bandit.-i first made their ap ap
eearauce la it year the city bought a fleet
f small but f.r.t motorcars for the use of
ipecial detectives assigned te make the
itrcet.s safe. When we last heard of these
machine, they wcr" being used te "patrol
regions affected br the shirtwaist strike."
The shirtwaist strikers are glrli. High,
powered motorcars operated by heuvily
armed policemen te keep girls in order seem
a bit extreme. A time has come when these
Automobiles should be nut te a better u ie.
A REFRESHING CITIZEN
WITHIN the space of a few hours Colen
11 M. Meuse s:lt nt .1 liinelinm, Inls
iCl
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blc
Willi rresiiienr naming ane; lert his calling
card at the residence of Woodrew Wllben.
Something mere than mere careless catho
licity of taste Is implied in this perform -j
Mice. Colonel IIeum has-been satirized, but
4 net harhhly, for his alieg"d constitutional
Innbllitf te niiv 110. Ills watchword during
Uie Paris negotiations is said te have been
' compromise." winch he sought daily.
Hotheads Inclined te group mankind po
litically, incialb. financially as heroes nnd
villains naturally abhor such procedure.
They are of the stripe which breeds wars
arid devastates political deadlocks.
In up He, of his reticence In public, it is
bv this limn nrettv ce'iernllv unilprulenil Umi
Celeur!' Heuse has a graciously inquisitive
Hii&d. lie Js. veady vlth kind words for
ssirstA Vlcmenccttij, and tire reports of his
aversion te the later Wilsen were weakened
wme menthB age by hln connection with the
Woodrew Wilsen Foundation, whose pur
pose is te fester the spread of certain lileale
entertained by the former President.
Colonel Ileite Is tolerant because of his
zealous quest of truths which tnaj lie hidden
behind apparent paradoxes and clouds of
misunderstanding. M fr an his side is
concerned, it Is incorrect te claim that hl.s
quarrel with -Mr. Wilsen Is patched up.
Ne actual proof of Colonel Heuse's antag
onism bus cer been forthcoming, although
the old association lias been broken for two
nnd a half years.
It is refreshing te contemplate the spirit
which animates this distiiigulshnl private
citizen. The Disarmament Conference
would be eay and bigotry routed were his
temper of mind, at once acute and consid
erate, dominant at the session"-
IS MR. VOLSTEAD'S ARMY
MENACED FROM THE REAR?
News Frem Washington 1c Unpleas
antly Suggestive of an Encircling
Assault by the Politicians
"KTOTIIINO less than the crackling lingo of
- ' the war correspondents is adequ.it" te
summarise the woes encountered bv the
Velstead army of righteousness in the Penn
-ylvaniu field.
ileneral Mc'eiiii"ll, then, has been sup
planted after a short and futile c, nipaign,
A new movement is being erganised against
t'e advanced position of the enetm where
the barleyceriicrs have, dug th"ni"lves In
bil.lrd a barricade of money. Thre are
gi-.iv rnmers of serious interruptions en
the line of communication between prohi
bition grand headquarters in Washington
and the drj army In Pennsylvania There
K obvieu-. danger of an assault en the dry
,ar bv reaming bands of savas- politicians.
iiiner.ii Kntter. npfeinUd te -.acceed
ileneral Met'onnell in authority b-. ause of
hi-i brilliant record hi New Yerk, where he
I'ried up Ureadwuy for a whole da'-, is sc"tn
ingly under orders te de what ether hard
nressed commanders have done in times of
rie-pera',-n and stiess. He i in a mood.
a,ip."r"-.t'.j . te 1 t.it reprisal en rlic 11011
1 m.i.atart pep ilatien. Ne ether interpre
.atiwn an be put upon the sudden elder
from Washington for a ruthles drive en
1. .me-bri wers
' 'Hie lid." s.,;,; ;,-:iera' ltutter '. en
th- r-im ma- mil".'
Well. .. I'd e. sume .sort s"enis te be en
'.'.e 1 -ehibitii 11 I'nt'.'ri'cmciu one tee.
S .rr." one he.i- ; se"ins te b" sitting en if.
Cnimi-- iii r Hanes .'iiineunied a d.ij or
se age tl.at h" a about te fire Mr. M.--(
innel! II" ril a conference uita Secre
tary 3!Ci!i ar.d Mr. Penrose and emerged
with th" ne--s that he wouldn't fire Mr.
.U" enneil. He would, he said, rive Mr.
loCet.ne!'. an assistant. A few hour later
Mr. Ilutter and his aides were in charge e:
the efi'r'err.i-.t -system in this State.
That
Thli-h 1
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ve.T '.,,rg. ji.irt of the population
as no n"-d erde.,;re te violate any
law ; becoming a bit resthe .is it
."arns of tn odd things that are being done
:n the effort te make ours u hoehless world.
'I be ces: of th dr- law is piling up. That
r.-t u e worst of r.
The .-rlr for r. new drive en heme-'.r-trs
las ;- o-..:r.eu. s.-,und. It brings
'1 the fr -: -z :" .'..e most lurr litable a
. .,.. t .v. .. ;', campaign. H'.-nuse
:' :.- - -.- .- !"- ' s of th" Vel .tend law.
fO".f-s.c L- - t; s--.- "si'-e 'enribting
r.'.'ig- W.. .-;;.,,. ;; e s'.itu-i ,,f th"
h'r. -br r
'"'ogres- ,-s
S-. th" !'.--.
r;-s!s2'..s a'
il.ey asjj.e
by dar' h.r.'
a' tl.e '10-irs
the ;i"."vr te
tot b-'-r. p- rmarnt'.v sixed.
I.' . :n some de ;br about him
jblt'i.n 'ommissiener and hi
" nr :'. wrong trac', when
te a. . n.piish by intimidation.
- cid by gestures of terror!-in
of itizer.s what they h.e net
a empli-ih by direct nrd open
rr.rheJ.'
If l.eT.e bre-,- l:.g is a crime .1 e.ight .'
-. :r-, te be stepped. If it is r.et a ". ime
! -re is no ii-.s-if.citien for edb and erdt-r--
di -:sed V. r-u! people quake in thir l.emi s
If Cin5m:;,in"r Haynes intends te ad
here te a pelicv of .ictien Inspired b- n
peljef that bottles and corks and ic-i urd
tin-pans and ir.e-presses are "-n:-k" of thp
devil that ought net te b advrrti ed :n
newspapers, and that all home-brewers are
K'iilty of high crimes, he will j;ae te find
i.reuey te put up a let of r.ew jils te house
about one-eighth of the adult n.a!- popula
tion of the I'niteil States. I'.ut h" euglit te
wait until Congress finally rnal;es up its
mind in relation te these tiling-"
The point really ii that the ury agent.-,
car.net carry their war infi fl homes of
th" land whily the big and defi.nt bootleg
ging syndicates flood the 1 iijtjtrv with bad
liquor and work in the open like privileged
ci.arai ters. Ii they de thev are very likely
te eryitellize casual anti-drj sentiment into
n movement that may imneril tl.e ,hole
prohibition principle in this leuntr-
It will be time enough te till: of wr.rs or.
the heme-brevrers when the shameless
wholesale traffic in illicit and fak" whisky
ir stepped or at least lessem d
Public intcres' cannot b" diverted from
that central problem by raid ar.d secures
in the homes of private citizens who, be
came they believe they have a right te de
e. huvij been making win" nnd beer for
their own use.
"Lt them reme and jet me, ' ,nm one
of the leaders of the whisky merchants. The
agents didn't go and get him. Tl.e-- looked
the ether way. They couldn't get warrants.
Are we te suppose that a new- tort of
political machine is being assembled in this
State a machine that will hae alcohol for
Its motive power."
If fJeneral Ilutter cannot de better than
Oneral McConnell and his Democratic
prdeceHFer did before him it will be im
possible te believe otherwise.
EASTERN EMBARRASSMENTS
DISPATCHKS from the Orient credit Dr.
Sun Yat Sen with the intention te leavu
Canten today at the head of nn expedition -arv
force of six divisions headed toward
Pekin. fiei.th China, n republic with a
population of some J00,fVifl,fl0n, is embat
tled, and the prespe, f. of 11 ne'v large-scale
outbreak of civil war are impressively real.
The military developments are certain te
cxercine an important bearing upon the con
ference for the hettlemcnt of Pacific ques
tions. Officially, the Seuth China IJevern--ment
is net recognized by the I'nited States.
It is the I'ekln Administration whose dele
gates will sit in Washington en Novem
ber 11.
Te what extent these statesmen will rep
resent the most ancient and populous nation
of the Far Kat It Is at this moment difficult
te foresee.
The Japanese are unquestionably opposed
te the aspirations of the Canten fJovern fJevern
ment, although it cannot be said that the
least sympathy with Teklo projects has of
late been ciprcabed by the Pekinese, I'nssl-
he choice or two alleged evils Iras bejbn
EVlJlN- PUBL10 JbliJDailJKr
made In Japan, since the Southerners arc
exponents of an extremely liberal republi
canism, mere Independent in spirit than
anything heretofore manifested In China.
Fer altogether different reasons the posi
tion of the t'nlted Stalest Is also dlllicult.
The utmost delicacy will be required In
handling a situation which may change with
tacli cemmunique from an Internecine war.
SCHWAB ON UNEMPLOYMENT
T TOM) him." ald Charles M. Schwab,
1 talking at State College of a discus
sion he had with President Harding en the
evp of the Unemployment Conference, "that
nothing would come of It because It wouldn't
get down te fundamentals."
The t'nempleyment Conference didn't get
down te fundamentals. Few people de.
i The conference get nearer te fundamentals
than any one hud get before It In the search
ier the onuses of involuntary idleness.
Mr. Schwab Is en geed ground hi urging
tiie need for a getting down through the
1 legs of discussion and delusion te the heart
I and foundation of the industrial troubles of
I the time. If we were te de that It would
! be necessary te stand a large part of the
' 1 opulatlen up for indictment under charges
or vain, wasteful, negligent and costly
habit.
The sins of the hour are net peculiar te
any one class, te the emplejer or the cm cm
pleyed. Industry slackened beceuse for an
interval It couldn't be made te return the
usual profits te labor and te the owners.
Neither group has been willing te make the
temporary saerllices bv which industrial
equilibrium may be restored. Each wants
the ether te take the initiative. And there
seems te be no way of getting them te as
sume equal shares of the burden.
JUSTIFIED SECRECY
NO APOI.OUIKS have been lunde for the
intense secrev in which the current
Angle-Irish sessions in Londen are new
being conducted. Ne apologies are ucc
cs.s.iry. It is" worth noting however, that the
clamor for town -meeting publicity which
rang around the glebe when the Paris Peace
Conference opened is net repeated.
(If all the attractive plnases ever coined,
"open covenants openly arrived r.f has been
th- most flagrantly misinterpreted. The
principle which it embodies is excellent nnd
represents a revulsion of feeling against the
eid iniquitous policy of framing up covert
diuN the very 1 istence of which was un
known te any one save a few diplomatists
en the inside.
ISut the absjrdity of retailing every scrap
01 conversation between statesmen seeking
t adjust questions of the utmost delicacy
should be obieus.
Fertinutel. there seem- te be no criticism
in either lhiglinnl or Ireland regarding the
procedure in the momentous parley. It is
vidently re.di.ed tnat the very intimacy of
the meeting is one of it.s signal advantages,
una hence a ..st improvement ever the
verbal sparring matches of Ue Valera and
Lloyd (irerg". penned en each side with
partii-ular regard te public effect
The existing Immi
gration Law limiting
the number of the
viu-ieas nationals has
Loese Hinjes
Oii Open Dnev
afforded reason for the plea thr.t these de
siring entry te this country be c.amlued at
the pert of embarkation, se thai they Miall
net make the jeurnev in vain. Anether rea
son is furnished by Dr. lteyu) S. Copeland,
Health Coniiiiisslener of New Yerk. He
told the membeis ut the Stiit" Homeopathic
Sucli't, meeting in Trenten, N. J., that we
arn threatened with all th" diseases that are
new r.ii.g!ng l.umpe. When this gate
1..1K
htnu
en b
nil-!
'' s,(iil Sydney Smith, "it will be
The gate te liberty appears te be
se hinges. Perhaps we'll lind a remedy
we liave been hit hard.
The I'nited States
ea Kerenl Steamboat Inspection
Still Clean Service lias cleared
Captain IJ.indall, sus
pM.i.ed master of the Shipping ISeard liner
Hudsen, of the cherge of negligence in fail
ing te rescue thre men in a disabled beat.
And rvrrjbedy w.ll rejoice te learn of his
innocence. Ne one wants te think that a
skipper would fail te rescue men in distress.
Human life remains the first consideration.
Left v. e e i being
al.'id D.ve idw ed under bv
Dterfielil.N.,1., farm
ers because they an t get 11. ere than two
eei.ts c head ter it. Uetaller.s get fifteen
iints a head. Itetailer.s being this much
i.head. "Have n heart 1" err the consumers.
SHORT curs
Adjourning is the bc-t thing Council
dee.s
Desire for harmony is what President
Harding has nothing else but.
And new the gridiron
succeeded the diamond.
has definitely
"The rum lid i.i en." says the new drj
ihief. Then he had bel watch the spout.
We gathered from the baseball dope that
what hit the Yankees whs n Peck of trouble.
Nobody has as yet alleged that the
Ku Ivlux Klaiincri lack a sense of the dra
matic. "Uiidium te extend life te a hundred
vears." Deadline. Hut what's a few years
mere or le.s."V
Immigration may ceutually solve Kng
lnnd's unemployment problem. Hut what
will solve Japan's with no place te go?
In th" matter of appointing a United
States Sen.iter it i -. perhaps, fortunate that
tJoerner Sproul cannot act en all the sug
gestions mad" te him.
Perhaps the reason tl.e prohibition en
forcement officers are going after the home
brewers is because they have already wiped
nil the big riolaters off the map.
"Reward no questions if the two
young men who borrowed a Ferd sedan will
'return it te the owner," reads an ad.
"Convey the wise It call," said Shakespeare.
In Chattanooga. Tenn., a soused possum
gave dry sleuths a clue that uncovered a
still. Artists, these sleuths. Rut Isn't
"playing possum" alvajs a study In still
life?
What Attorney General Daunhertv nn-
pears te have done is te have given Kugene
Debs a ehuiKc te play the strong-man act.
Which, it would appear te the average man,
might well have been foreseen.
Te Jehn Hull, at least, the thing thnt
gives the coming Washington conference its
deepest significance is that willy nllly cir
cumstances arc going te insist en open cove
nants openly errlved nt--er quietly dis
carded. Pennsylvania ieresters report that this
vear the chestnut sheets seem te bij suc
cessfully passing the danger period, and
there is likelihood that Nature herself has
overcome the blifjht which ravaged the trees
of the Atlantic States. This is really bigger
news thun anything cetnini; from athletic
fields.
Rig women make the bei.t school teach-
ers,
sajs uenry .1. wiueen, director or tfie
Rurenu of Ccrmpulsery IMucUlen. He mny
easily be riRht. The big unman is probably
less nervous than her smaller sister. Merc
ever bulk wins respect from little savages.
She 'can make 'cm mind, and If she be
tolerant and geed-natured she may wen
causa them te like the discipline, she Im
poses, ft 4
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- PHlLADELJfHlA, WATUliDAfc, UUTOJ-M ID,
STORIES ABOUT KNOX
He Was One of a Remarkably Suc
cessful Greup of Pittsburgh Men.
One of His First Fees Ivy
Lee Talks About Europe
By GKOKGE NOX McCAIN
PHILANDHR CHASH KNOX all his life
had the reputation of being n cold,
distant man. Net the frigidity of egotism j
rather. I think, an Inherited mannerism
that disappeared as one knew him better.
I first knew him shortly 'after he hed
formed his law paitnershlp with .fames II.
Reed, new Judge Reed, of Pittsburgh.
He was what was known as a 1 "keen"
lawyer; one of these men with nn exceed
ingly nctlvc mind and rcmnrknble powers
of analysis.
The firm prospered from the start. It
specialised In corporation practice. A. W.
Mellen, II. C. Frlck, Walter Fergusen,
"Phil" Knox, "Jim" Reed, Geerge and
Hnrry Oliver, nil men who became noted for
their wealth or business ability In Pittsburgh
In later years, belonged te the same group.
"Andy" Mellen Is new Secretary of the
Treasury: H. C. Frlck "Teft a fortune of
$llt,0fl0,0u0, and a wonderful art collec
tion that he gaie te the City of New Yerk.
Geerge T. Oliver succeeded "Phil" Knox
in the I'nited States Senate. Harry Oliver,
himself once candidate for the United States
Senate, died many times a millionaire, while
Walter Fergusen made a vast fortune with
II. C. Frlck In the coke, business.
TIIURK i n legal story that Is alraeit a
classic that was first told a generation
age in which P. C. Knox figured as the
principal.
One of the shining lightn of the Pittsburgh
bar is Judge Jeslnh Cehen.
In the early days of their professional life
neither Cehen nor Knox had any tee much
of the world's goods, though eager te ac
quire mere.
It happened that both young men had
been engaged In some research work for one
of Pittsburgh's early Iren firms. At the end
of the task Cehen appeared hi Knox's office
te talk about their fee and prepare a bill.
"My idea is that about $.r0 aplcce would
be a pretty geed fee." said Cehen.
Kne regarded him for an Instant and
then replied. "New. Jet-iah, you leave that
te me."
Seme weeks after Knet sent for Cehen
and handed him a cheek for J?li"00. It was
his share of the bill rendered by Knox.
Cehen eved it in blank surprise. The
amount, and the nerve of his associate,
fairly appalled him. Finally he said, with a
grin:
"Phil, alme-t thou persuadest rac te be
a Christian."
QhNAIuii k.NOA was boleu medium
sJ stature.
ire. lie was net nlwavs 11s rntutwl
as lie appeared in his later years.
Particularly was he correct and fastidious
in the matter of dress.
I think lie was a bit vain, with that par
donable vanity that comes te a man who
has reached the heights and surveys the
crags he has overcome.
When Mclvinley appointed him his Attor
ney General in April, IfKll, I went out
ahead of the public announcement te see
him in Pittsburgh te get some Intimate data
of his life for the press.
He was absent from home, but from his
associates and old friends I get rnv bterv.
Months afterward I called en lilm In" the
Attorney General's office in Washington.
I had net been seated an instant before he
said, with an assumption of serieusness:
"See here, young man, it's all right for
J mi te come and sec me at my, office, but
you 1-id better stuy away from my house.
Don't let Mrs. Knox see yen after what you
wrote about me."
I tried te recall any serious break in mv
story. He centinued:
"Yeu said in that sketch uheut me that
I 'wasn't by any means a handsome man,
though he l intellectual and a line lawyer.'
"Don't you knew that a woman don't
care hew geed a lawyer her husband is If
he's only handsome? And my wife thinks
I'm handsome. bles.- her heart "
Wxi'
IIKN occasion demanded Senater Knox
sary under any circumstances.
These who were prevent In the cafe of the
Windser Hetel about twenty years age bore
testimony te that fact.
The Windser in these days was the fash-jenabl'-,
and mere or less exclusive, hotel in
Atlantic City. Jasen Waters wns manager
and proprietor.
Senater Knox, then Attorney General,
with a party of ladies ami gentlemen, was
havlnt lunch in an alcove off the "boat "beat
room" when some gueit made a slighting
nllusien te the party.
It was, I belie-e, te-th" effect that be
cause some people were high Government
efliclnls they could make all the neise they
wanted.
Attorney General Knox heard it. He
quickly dismissed his guests nnd then ap
proach! the offender. He told him he was
a Government official, but the fact didn't
prevent him from administering punishment
when needed.
Wbvreupen he proceeded te land a couple
en the map of the objector.
The event"wns the sensation of the hour.
It came te be known as the "Cambric Tea"
episode, because the victim declared that
Attorney General Knox hadn't been drink
ing cumbrlc tea from the punch he had.
H.V
FRICK was the man who mmin
C. Knox Attrlrnev Genernl n cli.s
l nireii eruics.
Prick and Knox had been friends for n
quarter of a century. Knox had acted ns
counsel for Frkk in many of his big busi
ness deals.
He knew that Knox would, if made At
torney General, ,give the corporations at
least a fair show, which some ether able
attorneys might net de.
Knox was intrinsically sound nnd had a
keen sense of Justice, no matter what in
terests were involved.
II. C. Prick and his associates had been
larse contributors fe the previous presiden
tial campaign. They had asked no favors
in appointments In return.
They therefore prerented the name of the
ablest corporation lawyer in the ceuntrv for
the position. And he received the appoint
ment. It was largely the Frlck Influence that
put Knox In the Senate the first time te
succeed (Senater Quay.
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Come Ge With Me A-Gipsying
COMR go with me n-glpsylng
Upen the greenwood trail :
We'll join the caravan that winds
p Down te the distant sail :
Our tent shall be n rose thicket.
When night hrr blanket spreads'
We'll rest upon earth's warm besom
With stars above our heads.
The threnody of wild bird notes
Shall woke us nt the dawn;
When we shall speed as fleet airsi
As some shy woodland fawn ;
I'll bind your brew with daisies geld
Reside seme'sllvery stream;
While you shall from their petals rca-J
The nnswer te my dream.
Ner hoofs nor walls shall bold us 111.
Far mountains, vales and sea
We'll travel o'er if you'll consent
Te take the trail with me ;
Ne boundaries shall enrempass,
Wide, wide ere our domains :
We'll hark the bells at eventide
Round seftlj o'er the plains,
And we'll turn back, no, never mere;
Rut fare en merrily ;
Sunsets and dawns shall find us far
Upen the sunlit sen ;
Islands and coral recfn we'll claim
Fief held out for a day.
Hall te the outbound caravan,
Come, sips maid, nway,
aiabel W Phillips In the Les Angeles Times,
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Daily Talks With Thinking Philadelphians en Subjects They
Knew Best
JOHN F. BRAUN
On American Art
AMHUICAN art has produced and is pre
ducing paintings which in coming years
will be regarded by critics as masterpieces,
the same ns these produced in past cen
turies by Kurepean old masters, according
te Jehn F. Rraun', president of the Art
Alliance.
"Taste for American paintings has in
creased among he buying public tremen
dously during the Inst ten years," Mr.
Rraun says. "Hundreds of American col
lectors are buying nothing but American
paintings. Many arc weeding out examples
of foreign art, particularly thes? of second
and third rate Dutch and French painters.
Constant Study Required
"Collecting requires study the same as
nny ether subject. When I mude my deci
sion the litst thought was what te collect.
Many advised me that the Old Musters were
the most hnpertntnt nnd the most beautiful.
After considering for some time I decided
te confine rnvself entirely te American works.
"Study convinced me that during the
last hundred years works of art have been
produced thnt are masterpieces, irrespective
of win, painted them. As far (is my own
collecting Is concerned. I have b"en trying
te discriminate as te the men whose work
will live. , ,
"Among the living painters there rire a
number whose paintings will eventually be
regarded as great works of art,
.Many Medem Masters
"Rut among these new dead there are
many who will, without doubt. llc forever.
Fer instance, Stuart. Sully. Inman and
Merse among the early vertrnit painters;
Innes, Wvant. Twachtman, 1-uller. eir,
Thayer. Whistler and Hemer among the
morn modern men.
"I think the fact a great manv of these
men are 'faked is an interesting factor in
any discussion of the value ttf the'r werx.
Reth living nnd dead palnter.c are being
Imlt'ited It wns only a month age Jehn
Sargent "told me faked paintings are eon een
tlnuallly being brought te him te establish
their authenticity.
"It is a difficult matter 'e authenticate
works of American painters. And if it is
difficult te authenticate the w-erk of men
living in this country, hew much mere se te
authenticate the works of some Lurepenn
nalnter dead several nunurcu .
"Records nrc
notoriously Incorrect, ns
What De Yeu Knew?
QUIZ
1 Who invented dynamite?
" What In a bandoleer?
0 When was President Garfield shot .'
4'. What Is meant by .1 Jewel cut en cabq-
ebon"? ...
.I Who was Amv Uebsart?
C. Who Is the King of the llel enes:
7 When and where did the battle of Om
' durman occur and between whom was
8 What was the middle name of the late
Philander C. Knox?
p What In the highest mountain in Huren"?
10. What is meant by a clinker-built ship?
Answers te Yesterday's Quiz
1 Wendell Phillips. In a speccli delivered
' en February li, 1801, declared "Iteve-
lutlens never go backward."
" Tli three ships of Columbus' fleet en
hln first oyap;e te the New World were
the. Sunta Maria, the Plnta and the
Nina,
" ChiirleH Dickens wrete the novel "Hard
Times," Charles l.cade the novel "Hard
Cash."
4 Jean-Sully Meunet. called Meunet-Sully.
was a famous J-'rcnch actor, especially
noted titr I1I3 performance) of traffic
role;, at the Theatre Krancals Ills
dates are 1811-1910.
H Saurian belong te an order of animals
which includes I'.uards, cirocedllcs, alli
gators. 6. Mazda wae the deity representing the
principle of light or geed In the an
cient Persian religion.
7 The. middle name of Itebcrt E. Lee was
Udward.
S, If a congressional act, neither vetoed
nor slKtied by the President, Is net re
turned by him "within ten days (Kun
dus excepted) after it shall have been
presented te him, the same shall be u
law In like manner as if he had signed
it. unless Congress by Its adjourn
ment prevents its return, In which case
It shall net be 11 law."
0. The West Indian region In the home of
hurricanes.
10, A Lothario Is a libertine or rake, The
name Is taken from that of a eharacter
L1. U'.V1!ay Tf "Th0 FataI Penitent,"
by Nicholas Rewe,
1021
AGAIN ACTIVE
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every one knows who has delved Inte Ameri
can ait. It is net hard te see, then, that
people buying Old Masters are taking a Jeng
chance at nil times.
"It is probably true many buy Old Mas
ters simply becnii'c it is n fnd. Men of
means desire te have the vcrv best. This
hi a measure may be responsible for the fad.
And this desire is played upon by both
honest and unscrupulous dealers.
"Somebody has remarked, 'I have a
Ce ret, thou hast a Coret, he has a Coret.'
And se we have many C'orets. Somebody
else estimated there are mere C'orets in the
I'nited States than ihe man himself ever
painted In his long life.
"Of course, there are many authenticated
paintings in this country. There are ways
of authenticating, although every one does
net take the trouble te go through them.
Value, Is Increasing
"Frem a financial point American nrt
has increased in value from 100 te 1000 per
cent during the last ten years, ns the public
begins te appreciate what has been done and
hew ;he work stauds up in comparison with
Old Masters.
"My personal opinion Is, if a man buys
examples of the great American painters at
proper prices he has something which ap
peals te him as American art and he also
lias a goeil investment.
"Many stories might be told of people
who have bought with judgment nnd sold at
large profits and In addition bad a posses
sion which brought them satisfaction every
day. Therefore why net nequlrc the works
while they still can be bad?"
A Surgeon's Air Journey
l're-n the Tendon Timea.
In response te an urgent call. Sir Douglas
Shields, the eminent surgeon, left Croyden
early en Saturday morning by airplane for
Paris, and, having found that the put lent
was lit te travel, brought him by airplane
te Londen, where nn operation was success
fully performed the same evening.
ADOLESCENCE
THIOY called for him tonight two little
girls.
One near his age. the ether younger still;
"Going?" they asked ; and he looked straight
nt me
("We'd planned te read together, he nnd I).
Rut new- the girls had come; they had a
dance
He'd partly premised
"Yes," I said: "yes, go."
'What mother could say "Ne"?i
And new I sit alone; the book lies there.
Open where we were reading when tliev
came ;
The clock ticks loudly en the mantel -shelf
And I '
fill, there nrc many things te de;
There is a pile of stockings te lie der
ned ;
Ami there nre letters tint I eucht tr. i...irn.
Rut somehow I can't relish work tonight. '
I had net thought it came be seen the
change ;
Only fourteen, and still mv little boy;
Fer he nnd I have been such chums' till
new :
Rut new-
I cannot give him what he needs'
Is it net cruel? Why is life se hard
Pe women most te mothers? Were it toys
I d lind a way, somehow, te compass it
It s been m pride that he had everythlnc '
'I hat ether bejs-with fathers-henste 1 1 of
1 ve bee,, his Providence till new (nl, ",.'
What joy it was te he his Providence') '
Hut new- seen I must itnnd nslde and see
Seme ether woman-soul tnke up no task
And be te him what I have always been
Companion, eliuin, house-mate und rem-
Oh, may she be what 1 would have her he'
,," """it, -inn- iis resieij steel!
iiu minis mi inucn ; I'erlinps I
hlundercd
mere
Letting 1,1,,, think the world a neble place
And shutting from his sight the ugly truths
'Hint come se seen te me. 'ruins
Well, I must hope
The best-be cheerful; he se bates te see
M face fall Inte haggerd lines; and there'
The even ever-that's his 'step: VhunU
Ged!
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ISy WILLIAM ATHERTON DP I'll'
COLONEL Gi:ORGR GOKTIIALS, thtn
engineer In charge of construction en
the Pnnuma Canal, rode out ever the works
one day with Martin It. Madden, then a
jnember of Congress. Thev approached te
within a quarter of a mile of soma rod red
work that was being prose' uted.
"Colonel," said the Congressman, "jour
compressed-air drills are being operated
with but 25 per cent efficiency. Yeu ought
te speed them up."
On investigation this proved te be a fart
This Congressman, who could judge th
work of a drill as far ns he could hear it
hail gene te work In a stone quarrj outside
of Chicago as waterhey nt the age of ten,
had listened te compressed-air drills for
thirty vears, had even Invented an improved
drill. lie instinctively knew when they ivert
off the efficiency key.
The length of the friendship which lis
existed between President, Harding and hi
secretary. Geerge Christian, was evidenced
the ether day when the son of the latter.
Lieutenant Warren Christian, V. S. A.
came te Washington for a visit. The
jeungster was named for Mr. Harding.
a
CJeerge Chamberlain, former DeraocritiY DeraecritiY DeraocritiY
Senater from Oregon, who broke with
Woodrew Wilsen and who hns been ap
pointed a member of the Shipping Heard by
President Harding, started life as a clerk
in a grocery store in Natchez. Miss.
e 4
The late Justice Ashlev Gould, of the
Supreme Court of the District of Columbia,
once had a somewhat harrowing cxperlcnc
in the process of spending fifteen cents fe.'
a shave.
He stepped into a barber shop in Haiti
mero and was surprised and mildly pleased
when the colored razor expert said :
"Howdy de, .Tcdgc Gould. Set rijW
down," and went ceremoniously about his
preparations.
The lather was nicely en and the barber
had pushed the Judge's chin way ever for
the first stroke down past his ear when It
occurred te him te ask this man where he
had known him before.
"Law." he said. "I never will feet
you, .ledge," and he tilted that dlgnltnrrV
chin hack se us te get well under it. "R'
been fe'teeu veahs new, but I will never
forget you. Don't you remember. Jedge
(resting his hand firmly en that official'"
forehead) the time that I beat up my ole
woman nnd you sentenced me te nine yeaH
in the penitentiary?"
The sentence, the Judge later testified,
was no longer than 1 the next ten lulautM
seemed te him.
Geerge W. Spear, chairman of the Horo Hero Hore
logical Institute of America, wrote me
letter commiserating with A, F. Real, whose
frazzled nerves I described, nerves unslrunt
because the timepiece ever which he pre
sides nt the Rurcau of Standards fiddles
around and varies three seconds In a rn'
year.
Mr. Spear used te be friends with Cem-
m......Ih l.'.l -.1 T.s ... T, 1 .. I.,.- htt
iiiniiiu-t- j.iitwwu i-vcreir, iiityuen whcu e- n
officer of the navy presided ever the clock (
at the Naval Observatory, which is the s
daddy of them nil.
This is the clock which is standard time
for the Natien. It is hitched up with
thousands of ether clocks everywhere of
telegraph. At stated periods It makes an
electric connection anil the spark spreads
out ever the country and throws the lianei
of all these clocks te exactly the right time.
Wherever you see n clock with one of these
signs en it, "Corrected hourly by telegrapn
from the I'nltcd States Nnvel Observatory,
j 011 may knew thnt it is hitched te this
clock that Commander Haydcn had ,B
charge.
And this darned old clock wouldn't keep
correct time, either. It aggravated tn
Commander se he could net sleep of nights.
It varied seven-eighths of a second la twlTC
months.
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Rebert F, Griggs Is the disceveicr and
explorer of "the Valley of 10,000 Smokes,
In the shadow of Mount Ketmal. the WkM'
volcano in the world, off the coast 0!
Alaska. .,
He has led s-lx expeditions te that Yabef
where the world ml.ht tumble en one si
any moment; where (he ash crusts nitjl
break through and drop him lu for paf
One 'is likely te be a bit nppalled, wnw
this man relntes his experiences, te I""11"
these expeditions as calling for a h'rn,
deus amount of physical courage, mis
the way Dr. Griggs explains It: ,
"Most things." he says, "loom ' '"
proportion te one'a closeness te iJ"1"'
Danger Is the shule exception. 'Pen. J
ena is te danger the mere dlmliitMTf,
appears.)"
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