VW- 10 ErESDsG PUBLIC LEJJGE11 PHILADELPHIA, ( SATURDAY, OCTOBER, 29, 1921 '", ' "VVi 1 1 rs jEu-mina "Public Wri-gec PUBLIC LEDGER COMPANY I CYHUH IL K. CUltTlH, l'snsinrNT Jenn C, Martin, Vice rrtildrtit una Trefturrj Chtrlea A. Tyler, Secretary! Char'es H. Lulling. teu, Philip 8, Celllna. Jntm II. WlllUmn. Jehn J. Bourgeon, Oearis V. aeldsmlUi, David K. Smlltx, Director!, ruvtn r.. PMtT.r.Y. . . . ...editor TJQIN l .MAHTIN., . .tlencrst Pitlne Hammer ruLllnhetl dull)' nt I'tmLie Ltnerr. Hulldlnc Indriidenc Hquarc Phtln1iphln ATtiNtie Citi PrtiyVnlen Bullillnr N'kw YenK a(H Marti n Am. Dmteii , 701 Peril IltilMlntr St. Lntls 013 aiohr-Dtmeerat llnlldln CntOAQe 1.102 Tribune Bulldlnc NF.Wa nUllKACHi WafinixftTe.f DcnGAU, N. K. ler. renmylvanla Ave,, and H'i St New Ten UtnHie The Sim Tiulldlns Lokdex liearAr Trafalgar Building sunprmiTieN tcrmh The EvrNixrj rotate Lmeita 1 aervM te ub ub ircrlbera In t'hlladc'phla and surrounding towns at the rate of tnalva (IS) cent! per week, parable te the carrlrr. tty inn II te liMnts eutelde of Philadelphia In the t'nltrd S ntca. Canadn. or United Statee pos pes easlnns neutrino free flftv iti(l) cent! per month. Blx (trt) delUis per rear, pajable In Mdvnnre Te ell fO'-ejKn r mn'rifn en ($l) dollar a nienth. Netict Hutnerlb'ra wishing addrtts chanced must el'O old us .ell ns w nddrias. nn t,. tene xtum t KlYsTONT. mmv ni CTAihtrtat all cemmrinliTiiluiii te F.vmlne Public Jtder ttirt'pevilenee Snuere. Philadelphia Member of the Associated Press TIIH ASSOCrATFD rUFf!!! exclusively - IW1 te the for republlratlen 0 all new dispatches credited te It or net otherwise credited i this pater, and also the loeal news puM(.iel therein. AH tiphts 0 repuMfctiften of speciat dispatch nerHn ere nlw reserved Philadelphia, Saleritir. Ortnlitr :9, 1021 HEADED IN THE RIGHT WAY ! THE eritii-itm te which tin- financial etli- cers of tlic City Administration were sub- 1 jectcd nt tin' time of the snle "f n. block of ' fifty-) eur "'s per cent bends hns bume fruit. It wns charged then thnt It was wasteful te obligate the city M pay interest nt that rate for flfl jenrs, niul it was asserted that there should hne been reserved the right te redeem the beuds at the expiration of twenty xenrs or less. The bend for whleli bids were eened yesterday were in two groups. One group wns for fifty jenrs, t Itli the citj's option of redemption in twenty years; nnd the ether group was for fifteen years. The Interest offered was ."'i per rent. The city can reduce its interest obligations by refund ing this lift -year lean nt n lower rate in twenty years. A svndicnte offered te take the whole issue of $lU,."i.rM)(l nt 10:: :!. This would yield te the city a premium of ?4:i0..".7O.UO. Or, te put it ill ether words, the city will get mere than ?-trt0.0M in excess of the nmeunt which it desired te borrow . This means thnt the city offered mere than the market value of money. That xnluc is net 5.U3 per cent, but only fi.01 per cent. The question arises rt once, what is te be done with the etra 430.000? It is bor rowed menej . The custom in the past has been te put the proceeds from premiums en bend issues into th current funds nud te use them for current expenses. That was done with the premiums from the la.-t bend sate. The Charter, however, forbids the city te borrow meuej fur cut rent expenses. The Controller nud the City Solicitor will have te decide what legal disposition can be malic of this sum. In the meantime, it is desirable thnt the financial officers of the city should consider the wisdom of adopting a wiser policy. The city needed only RILMVW.SOO. It will re ceiveJ?lb0!J(U70.r.O. If it had followed the Xcw .Jersey practice and advertised thnt it wished te borrow S12.0ri0.i-00 and would Issue the bends nt e't per cent te the bidder who would paj that nmeunt for the mallest iuiitber of bends, it would have te issue bends for only a little mere than 812,000,000 and would have mortgaged the debt-centrneting power te only that extent, and it would hae saved something like ?25,000 n year in interest. This result could be accomplished bv a reservation of the right of the city te deliver only se ninny bends at the price offered bv the bidder as would net te it the sum which It wished te borrow. This is what a private business man would de who wished te con serve his resources nnd keep hW debt obli gations ns low as possible. It is net tee much te expect thnt the city will ultimately adept this pelicv. "THANK COD, IT'S AVERTED" fTTHIS is what th" pnsidcnt "C the X Urotherheod of Hiiilmnil Trainmen said when he learned that the strike hud been called off He nU that thousands of wives and chil dren of the trainmen had written te him asking h.ui te de what he could te men the strike. j These dependent en the workers knew , whnt idicniss of the breadwinner a the ' beginniug of winter would me.iti te thim. j They are the sufferers in nil strikes. If they could be considered .1 little mere fin. fluently theic would be a greater disposition te settle wnge disputes by arbitration. Strikes lune cost the ceiintiy in dollars nnd cents mere than thej hnv ever wen fur the workers. THE GREAT CAPTAINS ON TFIH ee of the I isartmiment Confer ence lienerul IVd-Iiiuc. b.i k home again. nnd Marshal Pech. making Ins American debut, are joint recipients of marked public enthusiatui. If there is a seeming pnradev in this sit uation, it is nt least nus)ii( ions nml stimu lating in character. Happily, it is quitn possible te wuv fervent ever the siniultn ' neeus nppenrancc of these two distinguished military leutkrs without speciously gletifjing war. It is quite conceivable that 111 times p,it n soldier with a I'er.shiin; reinnl could liuve caned for himself nn msj path te the prc,i dency of this Republic. In the I'imihm of bygone dnjs an even richer iipimrtunity for a cenqiieiur like I'm h can ! niui'iiip il Count must, of course, be takui of 1 il islllg influences iii J11 un Mltleli-. bul equall) slgniiiiiint lire the personal allumii's of the two 1 ha flams Teehuiealh, se tar ns knowledge 1,1 the art of wjr is cencerin d. theic 1, mui h ihut is Napoleonic in I'ecb. .Merallj. he ,n tents the complete antitlnsis of the niubitieui Ifimperer. Of the aelf-secking military politician there is in the modest Pershing net a dis cernible spark. Meth stent captains mude War te terminate the most hideous threat ever mnde h u jiiinldeued nation against mankind. Thej wete peaie bringers. It is as Slicll that they me publlcl, I'ig.inled. The times are out of joint for I'.eitlangers nnd I'Vemeiits. They :11c ripe for mi. Ii pi,t,e as will be Fech's portion en his nation-wide tour and I'ei siting's en his return 1 1 niitne. beII. The cheeiing is spontaneous, and rightly se. WATER RATE EXTORTION ASSl'SllN't! for the in e the setuewlmt unfamiliar rob' of public benefactor, Council has definitely interested itself in the undent but surviving abuses sullen d by lestdeilts lu the eiltl.vnig sections of the eit.v nt tlie luiiids of intuitu wat'r supply cum pKiiles, The departure tnl s the form of a nolu nelu nolu deil reipiesting the fit Solicitor te repot t 13 Council the rights and status of these urftitnlntieiis nncl the possibility of relict by iwunlcipnl service. It in tin Jipl and bitter truth thnt Mib u uuti tnd tjitnl'j wutci cuiiv litis uuw Jyui; practiced extortion upon their custemers. Ceuncilmnn Ilnll, who introduced the in quiry program, dcclnrcs thnt residents of Oak Lene nre paying ns much ns $7 a month for water in two-story dwellings, whereas for the snme supply tb chnrge of the city would be only about $10 n yenr. It is probable thnt nn increase, in the tax rate from the miburbnn te full city rate would fellow the elimination of the prlvnte wnter companies from the territory of Phila delphia County, but unlikely that the higher levy would leave no margin of iinnnetnl gain. Naturally, the wnter companies hnve made the most of their monopolies. It Is equnlly logical for the city te protect it3 residents by furnishing them with wnter at reasonable rates. The old distinctions between the built-up central portions of Philadelphia and the miburbnn fringe nre being rapidly effaced. The change should be accompanied by an Identical municipal water service through out the whole county. NEW MOTOR TRAFFIC RULES AND THE CHAUFFEURLESS CAR Fresh Trouble for the Multitudes Who Regard the Automobile aa a Business Utility THE puzzling thing newndnys, if you live in n city like ours, is net te get an automobile, but te kuew what te de with it when you get if. Traffic peliciiien nre becoming constantly mere strict toward folk who go up and down In meters, ami it is hartll fair te blame them for that. 'I ! ev ate, as the Pieiich neatly say. ih'lnvt. ct automobiles are truly mnrveletis th'ng, Kven the littlest of them will return gmd for evil in n way thnt mnkes the family deg seem in comparison like a bleak-seuled hypochondriac. They seem te knew mere than n geed many prople who drive them. They survive nil sorts of shnmeful treatment with a bright nir of let ting bygones be bygones. The lnmentnble thing is that with the approach of the meter millennium innumer able people in every big city in the East arc grndually being deprived of the fullest benefits of a device that seems in its present state te be the actual embodiment of many essential virtues. Listening te Director Cortelyou or Super intendent Mills, jeu realize that we are In the shadow of a d-.y when, te get the best use of n motorcar, it will be necessary te live and de business semewhere in the open ceuntr.v . The city streets nre gradually being eled te the mnn who drives his own meter te his business nud te the theatre. If the new pnrking plnn of the police department is actually put in operation, motercurs will have little mmc than the rlcht of passage in the area between Race and Vine streets and Seventh and Eighteenth. Lucky folk who have chauffeurs will be able te Fend their machines te wait in a far place. Hut the hard-working bus that is accustomed te drowse nt the curb while its bees works for the tires nnd gnsellne will have te pass its idle moments outside the closed 7eue. It will probably be left in the garage at home. The police whose job it is te keep traffic moving are doing their best amid a welter of difficulties. Vet it would be possible te accept each new system of meter regulation with better grace if the people nt City Hall were a little less read) te be content with inerclv testrietive measures. If there Isn't room in the city for automobiles, room ought te be provided In one wav or another. It id because no one ever appears te think in constructive terms that autemnbil" owners w ill sooner or later succumb te a uiecd of irritation. In many important Western cities there are public parking places where cars nre cared for by the police, who charge a very small fee for this special service. Where there are no open spaces there are public garages operated under a icnsenable scale of intes. Ven cannot solve pieblems such ns the police nre wrestling with by tnerelv driving motorcars further and further away from the city's center. There is n great deal rf eprn space at the eastern end of the Parkwav which might be tised for n meter park. It is conceivable that if the commercial traffic were diverted te some of the smaller streets, sections of I'ruail street might be made available for idle cars without hindering traffic. Since meters naturally fellow the better rnved streets, the i entral highways nre most seriously con gested. A time may come whpn it will bn necessary te remove trellevs from one or mere crosstown streets te make an unim peded, well -paved wnj for commercial trucks. Ihreeter Ciii'telv-rtii did net ever stnte the case when lie Mild thnt th traffic pnlue arc new almost at their wits' end. Te under stand the nature of the problem with which the traffic department Is confronted it is ncce-sarj te take a long leek at Market street or at v of the ether streets used by wesiwaid tiaflic late in the nftei neon. 'Hie j.im is becoming intolerable and dan dan eerens It is neth'ns unusual for cars te spi ml tvventj minutes tn getting from Eighth street te P.re.td Street Station. The delav is due. of course, te the crush of vehicle traffic en the central nnd cress streets. Wlieri repairs te the streets ate tlnisj ed nnd when parking is ngnllv restricted wnliiti the 7ene detined in the latest police plan the movement of all sorts of truffle will be facili tated. Hut it will be facilitated nt the cost of many thousands of meter owners who have reason te regard the automobile ns an imlispcn-ubl dailv ceitvi nieni e. of these people the city will have te think seriously before it is mil li old' r Wider nnd btter paved streets in the downtown regions would iclp enormeiislv. Seme new si stem of parking or steume will have te be devised, 'I lie fa file pi ibl in will net be sptibd hv a pintinl banishment of meters from the stie t- It will inerclv be evadd! A WARRIOR'S MEMORIAL AI!III.I' nmmiini Hi t' a snider of i tv ili.iiiini' 'ii.it is the vi'nl meaning of the llnrsns Meumriu Institute of l'ropi l'repi tnl and Preventive Medicine, the bnMc plans of which were laid at u neti vverthv meeting of phvsltians, fie'.eitimcnt officials nnd dis tinguished workers In the field of human we'fnre held In this cttv this week The people of P.inniua luive dennted the, site for the lijslimtien, wluih U te adorn the cipital of the Isthmian ier,ublie. Its muintennme ivill be secured hv n foundation stmil ir te tint siinperring the work of the Cam s,i' aid I!ei kefelle- enterpi.'is As a icsteriitive of faith In the uirrents of human progress it would be difficult te surpass this noble prejei t. As a leader of the forces of enlighten ment. General Willinin Gergas takes rank br one of the great captains of history. Caesar, Alexander, Napeleon the,i were lethal conquerors. General Gergas had life, Its amelioration nud enrichment, as the stniiilurd of his untiring, ambition. 1 1 irs wnr ngnlnst dlsiase, espeetullv in that eiherw ixe fnveied glinka which nun .till the tropics, wis fought en nmiv tiiMs, but of all Iim iiiumphs that nt Pniiiima um the most signal. The uialeriiilistic fruits of thai conquest are marked bv the gnat i.tn.il. but tl.e vn vn terv . ever jellevv fever transcends that tichicvcim nt. I' is In the highest degree lilting that the Institution which Is te enm ui Luuiiiie uud carr). ou tiie jfiwerk of b T General Gergas should be located in thnt I land where humanity has been nt last safe guarded ngnlnst the onslaughts of one of its most terrible fees. Philadelphia can take pride In the incep tion here of a "war memorial" which helps te Justify the pretensions of a civilization which no often nppenr naught but vnin nud overweening. THE SOUTH APPROVES THE earliest tone of Mr. Harding' Hlrinlnghnm address upon the rnce prob lem Is re-echoed in the comment of the most influential Southern newspapers. The few editors who resent interference by n North erner in n secinl nnd political question pe cullnrly affecting ene section of the country cling narrowly te an old and obstructive convention. The spirit of a broader Americanism is grnsped by the Charleston News and Cour ier, which believes that the effect of the speech "will be wholesome"; by the Bir mingham Ncvs, which calls it "wonderfully i courngeetis" : nnd by the Baltimore Eve- j nlng Sun, which regnrds it as "fortunate for the country thnt the Hepubllcnn Presi dent has officially discarded the old policy and hns cotue te leek at fncts from the pntrletic nnd commensenso standpoint." Journalistic voices such ns these testify te the wisdom of the President in speaking frnnltly nnd tend te support his obvious be lief that the time for treating with candor a theme once regarded ns of perilous delicacy hns nrrived. In Atlanta yesterdny Mr. Hnrdlng touched Indirectly upon the same subject, empha sizing the value of the distinguished services of Ileurj W. Grady ns an Indefatigable con ciliator with n bread conception of the cause of national uulty. In peme qunrters the suspicion lias been expressed that Mr. Harding is seeking te rehabilitate the Itepublicati Pnrty in the Seuth. The Intention, if it exists. Is net necessnrily reprehensible ns a by-product of n new pregrnm grounded in large nnd intelligent sympathies cnlculnted te efface outmoded barriers of sectionalism. Mr. Hnrdlng has chempiened n wider diffusion of political opinion throughout the country. There is much less of rigid parti sanship In this sentiment than of antagonism te mess-grown prejudices In States North and Seuth nllke milltnting against the most desirable forces of national cohesion. Mr. Hnrding hns thoughtfully nnalyztd a case bristling with difficulties. These are rendered net n whit less perplexing by an aversion te facing them a fact shown te be In accord with the best Southern opinion, MUNICIPAL HEALTH "TnODAY we hnve only fifteen miles of X streets without sewers. Net long age we had Kt5 miles of such streets. A few years nge there were -10.000 pigs in the city. Tedav I doubt if you will find forty." It is te sanitary progress of this kind thnt B .1. New mnn, managing director of the Philadelphia Heusing Association, attributes the remnrknble reduction of the Philadel phia death rate within the last eleven years. The peiceiitnge has fallen from 17 te 14 per thousand. While self-praise is often dangerous, and esnei tally te with regard te public health conditions, recognition of a great reform in this instance can be rightiv regarded ns nn incentive te further effort. Able health directors such ns Dr. Krusen nnd Dr. Fur bush have revealed by the very accomplish ment previous nnd perilous InTi'ties. There is room still for Mist improvement. We are net yet mosquite-frec, like Havana, nor without disease-breeding swamps nnd slums. But as metropolises go, Philadelphia pre sents a notable Instance of hjgienic develop ment. What has been done can be most fitly npprecinted as au inspiring beginuing. J. BARLEYCORN, M. D. DOCTORS of medicine nre "men who culti vate the quality of mental equanimity ns a recognized virtue. Uestraint of speech and temper nnd calmness in the face of calamity arc characteristics of th"ir every day lives. But the rage inspired in doctors evervvrhere bv the slv efforts of Washington te enlist them ns pineh-hitteis for the bnr bnr bevs of old is none the less dangerous be muse it is suppressed and revealed only nt i nre infrvals in some icy pronouncement frm the lords of the profession. If the phsiciiin believe that the wets nnd the drys alike nre trampling destructively en their sacred preserves, if they feel. In a word, thnt thev are being belgiumed. they cannot be blamed When the doctors should have been called In te advise Congress thev vveie utterly Ignored. When they wanted enlv te be left alone. Mr. Mellen, without a word of wnrniug. commandeered them for extraordi nary tint;- in the field. All the distinguished nnthelngiMs in Congress were content t blni'P their own trail when they set out te firmuliiin legal definitions of intoxication and intoxicants. They knew what was geed for jieeple and what was bad for them. Mr. Veltead's long practice of medicine and bis piofeund knowledge of human phjsiolegv were adequate te inspire com plete confidence in the less distinguished phjsicinns who crowd the Heuse nnd the Minute. Mediinl men who tend the sick wcien't asked te tcstifj tegarding the worth or wertk'i ssuess of nlco'iel in Iwiernge-). Thej weren't invited te aid In the effort te define the quality of nn intoxicant. The drv move in Congress was a crusade which bei ame n stampede. .Mere science wasn't permit ted te have part in ft. 'I'heie wire doctors w he looked en nnd wonder' d and mnde no snund. A great many of them refused te believe that light wine is a poison but they were compelled te act iieceidlng te that belief. Nene of them be lieves thnt b'er is medicine. Hut the order of the Secri'tarj of the Trenury requires that thej nnept that belief as it has been newlj feimulaieil temewheir in the neutral one bctvvK'ii Mr. Mdlen's effii e und the Capitel. Dr. Geerge E, Armstrong, rci'ring presi dent of the Aiii'riciiii Celli j;e of Surgeons, puts the case mihliy when he H!gj;i sis that most dectms will refuse id mt hh interim-diaries hi twi en the brewers and the mil It i tiiihs that thirs'. He dee-n'i snv, as he might have done. Unit Air. Mcllen's elder, bv opening a wnr te rn.v money for un prim ipled phjsicinns and unprincipled drug gists, lenves leputnble and conscientious members of both piofesslens nt n disadvnn tnge, A doctor who lefubes te prescribe medicinal beer will be m some danger of losing some pitients whose well-heinj he insists en saf"guaiilins. A druggist who doesn't sill beer v 1 1 1 net make an mm h money ps tin one v itt dies. n the rnnn who is in business te il al legitimately in drugs i mnet nlferd te inn n buttling estab lishment or bier d'pnrtment en the side. He would hnve te leersnuue his whole de livery svstem. It would hnve been far better if Mr. Mellen had broadened the rule and made it possible for every man te write his own prescription and have it tilled at n saloon. Then we leuld nil be doctors together. Cer tainly the nverii,;i mnn is ns well qualified ns Mr. YeNteinl te practice medicine. The medicinal beer rule will net simplify the prohibition iiicsiieii l will ronfuse M. If tin lievi i mui nt wants te ligaliie light iins und heir il ought In have the i mirage nt lis i otivlctieiis nud ,ij se. All this dm I-lug mound the bush is futile and uiidigiilli'd. One v- ny of punishing lllnnt m and Hep ct "mild b' te make them Ien! te- tu I OUR KINGS IN COUNCIL The Officials Whom Philadelphia De lights te Hener Had Their Unlucky Prototypes In the Past And They, Toe, Had a Tough Time By GEOnC.E NOX MrCAIN DTD net Council at Its recurrent meetings nnitise Itself by pranking with the lives nnd safety of the people of Philadelphia, the nnlics of its vociferous majprity would be diverting. Were it net thnt ltn lenders, Ceuncllmen Hall, Gafftley and "Weglein. are gentlemen of protean versatility, with eloquence Instantly available for every subject, from sinking funds te herse stables, a considerable num ber of taxpayers, would feel they wr scarcely getting Ihcir money's worth from the weekly performance. The vete of confidence In the Vare organi ergani organi ratlen which wns given by the citizens at the recent primary election hns Inspired the gentlemen of the majority te renewed ac tivity nnd fresh outbursts of flamboyant and Impnsslencd eloquence. The fnct thnt bridges nre closed te traffic as being dangereUR te life ; that In this, the second city in the Natien, ene patrolman en an average Is detailed te the protection of .1000 dwellings, and that almost every sug gested improvement Is hamstrung by Council without n hearing from Its proponents, nre miner matters that must be set nslde until the vltnl issue of leasing an lnsanitnry horse stnblc from n local boss has been decided uuen. NATURALLY, It is Just what the people wnnt. They expressed their desire for this sort of thing in no unccrtnin way nt the polls last month . Thov will tenfflrm thnt desire November 8 when they xete finally te retain in office the friends nnd "buddies" of their Kings in Council. Fer 1'blladclptiln today Is ruled by Kings Instead of Ceuncllmen. They have usurped, in their Jovial and clamorous way, the administrative functions of ether city officials. They hnve elevated the rubbish enn te the pinnacle of honor. When n distinguished Tammany lender some years nge enuncinted that gem of pellticnl wisdom. "What's the Constitution between friends?" his prophetic soul must hnve visualized In the dim future a Vure ceuneilmanic combination. THERE Is another political axiom equnlly applicable whose truth has been verified in the history of cities and of natiens: "People usually get the kind of govern ment they deserve." Ceuncllmen elected as reformers here turned renegades. City officials hnve be trnyed their constituencies und delight in piirnding the fnct. Meantime, their masters, the citizenry, continue te be lnnimcd nnd robbed for Inck of sufficient policemen. They complacently traverse bridges thnt threaten collapse for Inck of repairs or re building. They smile Indulgently when hundreds of thousands of dollars of their money Is voted into the pockets of favored contractors. Having been smitten en one check, they net only submit the ether, but assume n position .subserviently adapted te the appli cation of the beet. Citizens who resent the autocracy of this ceuneilmanic combination still retain an Illusive hope thnt history may repeat itself in the case of the "Charlies." the "Joes." the "Dicks" and even the "Alexises." for each of these ceuneilmanic Kings has hnd prototypes in hlster.v. In every instance the nnnlegy is net only striking, but is nt times ubselutely btnrtllng. THE voluble. Impetuous nnd undisputed leader of the Kings in Council. Chnrles: II. surname Hull for Chnrles I. patro patre nvniic Scgcr, wns also of the Seventh Wnrd - hns innumerable points in common with nneilier Chnrles II, King of the West Pranks a thousand jears nge. He tried te seize n kingdom, but fell down en the job. He was n bridge expert, tee. for. as his tory records, he tried te "put n bnrrler in their way of hnving bridges built ever all the rivers." Prem beginning te end of this first King Charles' reign he wns censtantlv in het wnter. His fingers were nlwnjs getting burned, though there is no recetd thnt lie discovered a municipal scandal in the fnct thnt his Director of Public Snfetv in one jrnr had erected fifteen electric lights in obscure cor ners of his tnpltnl citv where crime pre vailed. WHAT mere appropriate than thnt the prototype of the first Jeseph II should be a Reman Emperor? In the words of the histerian: "In 1701 he was made n member of the newly consti tuted Council nnd began te drnvv up minutes, te which he gave the nnme of Out AkIas " A weird prophecy, qunlntly nppllcnble t the prcsent-dnv Emperor Jeseph, surnntr Gnffuey. recites "Thee papers eentalnc te irnnme if 11 1 lin.l the germs of his later nellcv nnd nf nil tim disasters which flnnllj overtook him." The astonishing parallel between King Jeseph of 17M) nnd King Jeseph of Philadelphia Council is completed in the further words of his biographer. "He threw himself into n succession of policies all nimed nt nggrandizement (of the Vare dvnastj?) nnd till equnlly calculated te offend his neighbors." But why continue? "Mr KINf;r,M for a horse" was once 1V1 the wnil of n King Richard. Hun dreds of vears later ir nuij be the wall of another Illclinrd In n mnyeralt.v battle. The end of Kb hard II, the proletjpe of the president of our Kings in Council, 'is one of the saddest su ries in English hlsterv. Tt lias never been solved te this dav." He just disappeared With a fidelity nlmest unbelievable this Richard of tedav Weglein of the Twenty -ninth, runs true te tjpe. He could qualify as the reincarnation of the English Richard, son of "The Enir Maid of Kent." In the greatest crisis of his life the Intter planned n reversal of the Government unilet Gloucester, which, in the wording of the ancient chronicler, "was premature nnd ill-advised." Subsequently, i-.i the record runs, "Ricli atd changed his methods." Therein lies tl.e Kcrm of a great hope for a Philadelphia thnt Is wholly subservient te this King in Conned of a later da.v . The golden thread of prophetic nnnlegy might be continued indefinitelj , hut another strand will suflice Alexis: The thread lends into the mists of hlsterv 301 j ears B. C. In Athens. The first Alexis was neither a charcoal peddler, a limn burner, nu advertising so licitor nor n porter ; much less n King. He wns a comic poet; the funny fellow of Athens. lie began ns the village ent-up of Thurlum nnd wns crowned as the King of Comedy by his friends nnd neighbors nf the Grecian city. It tickled him se that he gave up the ghost nud died during the ceremenj. lie was then, according te history's frag ments, Kill jenrs el ngi. The fnct of age alone suggests hopes of reform in his namesake of today. VOTERS of Philadelphia, men nnd women, nre getting whnt they desire. It is what they pay fnr. nccerdlng te the wisdom of the ancient mnxlm. In the words of the immortal Dr. Munven however. "There is Impel" The present tm umv en municipal con trol tnnv ultimately end when, like seinu of their undent pnindignis our Kings in t eit'ii'l ccogni7e ihiu thev are net the ' whole Government and that they de ueuiiilly ewe a dutj te the peenh . 'I he wife of n I'm III detective this week received two postal i arils iimiled bv her husband fourteen years age. Though credit ma be given te the present Postmaster Gen eral for speeding up the mnlls, the blame In this iustuncc cannot be placed ou Burlveen. '"" '"" ' mMk ejMMmW ' sLlrlriW,' liM M 3iMtiMV uif,s5nySlen''.i.' wT?sniiJ i 1 MtilR i Iff' HHHIH A w rfwl , f ' 1 r f'l 11 HiisHBB nMiull 'tQl'i:'Jr$435JBB s EjKcSstSrHEKSj.slH I BL vvaJQi NOW MY IDEA IS THIS Tallcs With Thinking Philadclphians en Subjects They Knew Best Daily DR. J. H. WILLITS On the Importance of the Foreman In Industries WHAT is a foreman? Has he nny particular industrial nnd secinl status? Is it necessary thnt he should huvc n knowledge of the policies nnd problems of his employers bejend whnt immediately con cerns his own duties nnd the duties of the men under him? , "Industrial specialists. " says Dr. J. TL Willits. head of the Department of Industry at the Wharten Scheel. University of Penn sylvania, "have long since provided the an swer. They sa.v n foreman is the smallest common denominator of the quantity 'boss' ; n workman who hns in his chnrgc ether workmen for whose usefulness he is re sponsible te his superintendent or mnnnger. "If a foreman hns no definite and recog nized sta'us in industry, he should hnve one. "A bread knowledge of the principles which regulate his own nnd oilier industries, and Industi.v nnd wealth In general, will make the foreman mere valuable te his cm cm plejers. widen his influence with his men nnd censiderabl.v eleuite his own place in society. Scheel Beard Takes Hand "The project of educating foremen in the subtler problems of finance, credits, indus trial management and industrl.il costs hns entered Inte Its second year under the negis of the Heard of Education nnd the Philadel phia Association for the Discussion of Em Em pleiiiient Problems. "Ne exact or even satisfactory estimate of the number of foremen employed in in dustries of Philadelphia has been made, but the number hits been approximated nt J0. 000. Of these, about 700 were enrolled Inst year for the weekly classes conducted In the Central High Scheel. "This education of foremen Ik proceeding under the direction of William C. Ashe, su perintendent of vocational education in the public schools, nnd no self. "There nre, besides the general ceure in feicmnnshlp, special courses for works malingers nnd production superintendents nnd textile foremen, courses in time stmlv, special production problems und traffic nud shipping. On Bread Scale Here "On a community basis such ns this, the undertnklng is unique. In tills nnd ether (lilcs, however, some great industrial pltintN have organized their foremen into classes for brief instruction by industrial cnglneets, and certain coriespendence schools hnve in cluded n course in fnremtinship. "But such training concerns Itself with meeting the ivrebleins und circumstances of n particular trade or a particular set of cor related trades. While this instruction is valuable nnd forms n fundamental part of our own courses, It docs net serve te bring the foreman into constant association with foremen from ether industries. "Association through discussion from vuried x lew points makes for :t wider ,hiii easier understanding of questions involved, and, what is import. nit, brings out the prob lems that nie peculiar te tercmunshlp rather than te a pnrticulur business. "Lust .venr, for example, our lectures and dibcusslens brought out the various tjpes of industrial organization, the iclatien of the foreman te these organizations, the wajs of planning and scheduling the routine of work. Human Facter Discussed "The hutnnn factor in industry was dis cussed hew the best resulfs can be get from men of vnrving temperaments, nnd whnt the relntlens und icspensibilities be tween empleves and cmplevcrs uud between the foreman and worker and between the foreman und his emple.vers nie. The prin ciples of health and safelj supervision, es sential te any Indusirv, were discussed, "This jear it is proposed te go consid erably beyond that. A e have already had Deputy (ioverner Htitt, of the IVilerul Re serve district here, talk te the men en exist ing financial conditions, explaining the sit uation of the European exchanges and the Influence ou trade and production in this country. Fer example, he tub them what is meant by such a pieeess ns liquidation. "This theme will be continued next week bv C, W. Ilu'ef, fniimrlv Kineial niniiager of the hih Molei Cntiip.iiiv, nud In 1 1,,. week fellow lug b.v Chillies R Weirs, vice pli'snhiit of the De .mi.. I li eik Mini Die Complin), who will drill with the im niiinnle siluittien which nquirts Imvir selling piiies In elder that having ma) be cneetiiugi d. Other Pluus for Year "I might mention home of the ether lee turtd te be given this year. Walter Fuller, "ME FOR YOU!" n. V. "V. -S. ' ,, n'M l.-lt S. - - t-;, - secretary of the Curtis Publishing Com pany, will explain what the foreman's rela tion te cost figures nnd production records is. nnd why it is necessary thnt every detail of expenditures be known. II. K. Hatha way will speak of the cure of materials nnd equipment uud the planning of work. And se en until the end of February, when the general course will be completed for the term by a general discitssieu of the pros peels of a business revival. "We are net advocating particular sys tems of management, but elucidating and explaining methods. In the teaching we are confining ourselves te the things which bear en the fercmaiiship. "Te be eligible for the course n foreman has enlv te be a member of the Philadelphia Association for the Discussion of Employ ment Problems. The coune is confined te foremen because we regard them as key stones of modern Industrial organization, the top sergennls of lndustrj. Later it may be extended te include ether executives." ! What De Yeu Kneic? QUIZ Wrint President of the United States anrt what Vice President were Pennsyl vanlans? Whnt Is a "lledcrkranz"? What Ih the nge qualification for presi dency of the L tilted States? Bew lone lias the system of standard time been opcrntixe In the United States? Who wiote the nexel, "Elsie Venner"? Hew uinriv degrees innke a great circle In angular measure? Who was the legendary founder and first KinR of Heme? What Is a habore? What Is a wallabj ? What Is mennt by a star chamber session? Answers te Yesterday's Quiz A scs'iul-centennlal Is a 150th annlver saty; ti scml-cpnteiinlnl Is n fiftieth nnnlvcrsary. half u hundred years after the event Begenlns nre named nftcr Michel Begen. n noted Prcucli administrator nnd patron of sciences, Tle died In 1710. Tin- .Murr.iy Is the chief river of Aus tralia. Prince Otte von Bismarck died In 1S08 The fleur-de-lys Is a conventionalized llevver In heraldry, said te Imve been suggested by the Iris. It In a very old emblem and npptnrs In the arms of the Empress Theodeiu. The ancient arttiH of France was n blue field sprinkled by fleurs-ile-bs. Later their number was rfduccd te three. BoRela Is the capital of Colombia In Seuth America. .Samuel Ilea Is the president of the Penn sylvania Hallread Later Hinplre Is the tuinie sometimes given te the Kastern lteniau Umplre with Its capital at Constantinople. The Christian Reman Empire from tfir flist Constantine te the last endured for 1130 Jims, lla end bclnir marked bv tlie capture et Constantinople, bj the Turks In 14u.1, The first Prince of Wales was afterward I Mm aril II of lghtnd. Bosten. Mass., waf named for Bosten, nn English ueiuukIi, ei igmally Saint Botetph's Town The Indian naine was Hhawinut. Today's Anniversaries 1710-Juines Heswcll, the celebrated bi ographer of Dr. Samuel Jehnsen, heru in Edinburgh. Died In Londen .June 10, 17D,"(, 17!HJ First vessel from the United Slates in a Califeriilait pert, the titter, from llos lles llos ten, arrived at Mentere.v, is;tli -Chicago wns visited by its first big fire. IMWJ-Mnnj killed In n coal-mine explo sion nt Wilkes-Banc. Pa. 11)011--'Ihe Weman Suffrage Party in New Aerk City held its first city convention In Carnegie Hull. 1010 King Albert of the Belgians laid a wreath en Washington's Tomb nt Mount crnen. Today's Birthdays (.Mieen Marie of Rumania, who has ex pressed a deslie visit Amerha. horn fr(v six viars age. Earl of Ihimleiiabl ihe heie of Linlviulili lnH'ii in England sji UIK. ,,,,,. (l ,( Majei (imiiitl Chinlcs S PiiMiswerth chief of intiin'i'v f the nitcd Stales A,-,,,, bun in I. winning Ceiini.v, Pn . jflv ..t.' .veins age. . .r' '' . A, '" (''IIer. the pc,v piesidept of the College of William ami Alary, be u In Careline Cmiiilj Va , forty-nlne rears age. r-T'Vj.rsil'-i'-'U '-sTs-,'JS- " "4s.i SHORT CUTS The calling off of the railroad strlke was n victory for public opinion. Who says thnt our city Selens are net devotees of the nrts nnd the mews? Sruuters who deem the Tnx Bill in cvitnbli; seem willing te put off the evil iky of final passage. Anether boost for the President. Sena tors Pat Harrison and Tem Watsen ure attacking his Birmingham speech. Football fans may new overhaul their P.nrtlett for "Of all sad things of tengu and Penu" and "Pitt-y 'tis 'tis true." The number of men who are saying "I tell jeu se" concerning the railroad strike is unusually large nnd unusuallv truthful. The Cynical Cnss opines that the reason some druggists object te handling beer Is that it will interfere with their whisky trade. We gather from reports from India that the diffcience between n Meplah und a Hoopla Is thnt the latter Is actuated by joyous enthusiasm. Whut the Congressional Recerd appears te need is an editor with a blue pencil. Hiul Blnnten been censored there had been no need of his being censured. "The Pacific question once settled," said Premier Briand te the French Cliaiub. r of Deputies, "disarmament will come up." Here is optimism full grown and smiling. Mere thnn half the families In the 1 nitcd States live In rented houses, vivs the Census Bureau, Letsjif room here for healthful "Ovv n-Vour-Owu-Heinc" propa ganda. A turtle 150 years old lnld six eggs en one day, says the stevvurd of the United Fruit liner Tnleii. which had fifteen of the critters nbeard. Tt Is n geed record, but. e course. In 150 years blic must have had Ieta of practice. AVarrcn S. Stene, Grand Chief of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, cut bis hand while smashing the camera e' a man he thought was tr.vlng te take his pie ture. He seems te have mude the punish ment fit the 'rime. The MIddlotevvn, Conn., man who mar ried en the day his futhiy was sentenced te death for murder and plans te take his bride, after the honeymoon, te the bungalow vvher the murder was committed, cannot he said te be cursed with imagination. Conncllsville ph.vslclnns hnve pledged themselves net te write prescilptlens for beer nnd wine, nnd Cenuellsvllle druggists hnve pledged themselves net te fill such preseilp preseilp tlens if such should chniice tn bejiresentul, thus leaving n clear field for the bootleggers, viith has never been given a fairer hearing than thai nceenled b.v the press of the i mini ry te the plea of students at Princeton that war be abated bv limiting urmiinieiil. Youth sometimes speaks words of wisdom while Age nud Experience nr fuiublmgly seaiehltig for the right phrnw. There were se many visitors in Phila delphia ou Sunday last that the hotels had te turn many of them nwny. Hew proud Phil adelphia should be te be se pepulur! He ashamed Philadelphia should be te have no better nicommediitions fev her guests! HW wise Philadelphia will be If she begins te plan at once for the big fair ciewds! Whv, asked Ihe Suburbanite, why can't the P. R. T. operate the Frankford "I" nnd the city guarantee te meet deJieieHcIci en the understanding thut the moment the preposition becomes piefitubln the citv shall be reimbursed for nmnev advanced? H'" cause, he went en pessimistically, because it is peer bookkeeping that can't delay pieflts. The Treasurer of the Massachusetts "c publican State Committee has resigned, be cause, in his opinion, Iho women's division of the E-ei ulive Committee was Bpendlnj.' "d together loe much tueuei. Vice Preslili'il, Coellilgi, uppialed hi. suggested that " m '.nn i. ilhi-bm le continued, but Hint fie iiniiib"is be i nihil uiiiiii te i also seiiic "f the inoeev thc.v hhiiiI. The women, thciefniVi 1 phui te held n Ihuiiar Just In a lllllc W the free and independent cli'cteiiil wi' culled upon te luitieiiii- it I'liminii'P' '"''' .' provide IiiiiiIh for beustlug political cainll dates. Later en there may be donutlen " tUs for HI paid officeholders, .1 '( A H , -. - wV J -
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