1"' ,0 IK V V N 'I I -vj. r : f t t i u IT ' h s i ' I r rvv -, 10 S JErli t Ift.fUi: 3!7.saetr r .lIUEUtrtfl ilUwUC JJlCUQlTC PUBLIC LEDGER COMPANY CVltUB II. K. (Jill 11. uUSFIfir..ST Jehn C, Mrtin, Vlca Vrlent nJ Tirt.urjf! ten, I'lilllp H. Celllca. JeMn IJ. vni'ljimy. """' ffrurstan. O-erze I' OelJumllh, David i:. Bmllt-, iMrrciera. jpAvre b. BMir.r.Y . .EdV.r .JOHN V. MAIUIN, . , .UfMrul nl.-ifM lUnrr rubllihfd dally ftt I'nue I.anlJuliJ'ni Tildrnendnc Uiur. thi,M-tiM. Aw.JMte Cltt rntr-Vnien IlulUI-t NB VOStK 1114 Mlut.' .1 DiTtNT 701 FcrJ r. ..lllff BT. 1.0CIS., CIS Qlel'Dcrrat Jl 4 r i Clfioiae 1102 Trlb'ji-.e llu.'.d..ir , NKW3 HfnKAVi TViHtiNOTO.V DcmiC, N. i:. Cer. P-inj-'v-ita, A-s a-i H'K c' ?nr Yek I1cAO Tf- Sus ltu'M rt I Londen Ucitrie Tr.'!r llui:.if , HunsciurTie.v terms Th L'ri.VIVO PcUO litest la e-Vft 14 i jS- I acrlhara In rhtlrllrh' r-.l a'i re-.ru r. tj-r j t the rata of twtlva (la) Cfiili r.- wtk. r" ' thJ,rt;nTlVJ.,P,V.nV6-VV;ag;0l v . ii.r. ilnni. retff fre. (iff (SB' tnt r tne-.:: bix 1 1 hi cellars prr fer. pvh'f 11 ignnn Te all ferelrn reun'rl e-i (11) Ce. itiv i'' OTlcr 3Jb.rlr1 w!hlrx tiirm ih..-ta rnuit f ! e.l t ' I at ir ajdrctr. JIKLL. W0 ytM mtTOM W tt'l E7AiJrras all eer -r"iT?cu7i" i " f ,'Tli.e riTe'u' Member of the Associated Preis Tjff Assecrtrrv rrjj'.w . r-;k(.'..i i- If7rif le tle .ir 'ei vi; ra'in f e' nUpafcitl trtditti tn . f i J I tt'n .jf rf,ti n fits pajrr a .? n't r 'xvi' f fini vi:-'f' -ij rfc'.fj e cyubVca' e 0 -rftcUi', A'-pi!clii I't'k tiT n.'fe mm'rd rhllailrtplui, Ki.Jj.-, NxniiSrr I, 19:1 ANOTHER CITY HALL SCANDAL IX PUKI'AHINTJ t.' iApee bribe. luinfi-'. who are snld te haw effi n .1 te "T." 11 municipal e:r!er fei ,s,"illO,( t0 Wurlli of lire apparatus te the firm w'n.rh '.m:!1 psv 10 per cent of t'le n,'al rnnitin! for i"ie con tract, Majer Mne.v ' hk-'I.' niv""t:,v n new pl.avn ()f me 01 i.in e!iNt and most Kertlid sj.;nniH ,.f piltii,t xraft. Why U fi-t. lin.p se ut'eii defeithe'' M'liv arc tin- l!vi' df t'ir'in'ii se f; rq.imt!) en tlfttiKeriil hi- r.;"ir.'itu- r .-at :ev s In-fie-tUHtc in 11:1 " m'TKi'iii v'.' He-i' U a ti -sli ansv cr , t'te.-.p f,:in!!iar ei.f.:un. Finns Mlilih -r, mnt"riah te the -ty have dftt n 'iail Je i'liiiee betv.vn siviriK brlbm nml v ithdi.iA.tiK freii t!.e lie'd. ?.Ir. Moere mpiiis te li" apIn en the u.vl of "certain n: mi." He u lslif te be pecitii Jn thlM instam e I hl-i s-andel sneuM no' be permltl.-il te flc nut as (;'.i atietl.nr one wlili h -;re- nut Ions a'ie :' uf the p'en te Kraut tup Kiiesmi t beuiiurJ trellfv con cen con ccsien. A FULL-FLEDGED HOLIDAY GOVITKNOi: SITtOnS p-e l-imatlen r" Fanilnc Armistipp l.-iv rish'Iy ta'.'s a a tentien te the Npu! wurr.mt for slsnc'lums thi allniverfllr of the i-'os of he't'-iit.cs in the World War. November 11 Is net ni'relr rubrientfil be CSU'C of fe,-itl-c pioneuiieer.iT.ts. Thn T.egis'nttin , !.ii-!i enjoys the exclusive au thority te p'taMNii l.e'ildavs in this t'om t'em t'om menweulth, has santtlened the formal ob servance of tlii date by a firwcinl att oper ative until repealed. National helidny i a rr.'snemer in the United States. The diwiwiinn is net even accorded te th IVi-tli of .luh . vhli ii is universal!' teiebrnted u'lrnucinut t'..c Na Na teon mi'l the eutlyins possesiens because of fipeelfle State or territorial enuctinen'. It is mere than likely that in the ftr.re Armistice Huj will be similarly honored. Thli yesr the selemnising of the evrnt i Kiippertfil by presidential prueliimatlen urginu tl:e Stat" (ioveriers te commend its ebsTvanre by ronjtrHssienal resolmlen, psychologically effeetWe. ui.d by laws in teveral Conimeiiwe.iltU. Seldom in the i'euntr"s .rin.ls lias his torical const leusneys been disp'.ayed se been after an epech-mi.kini; event as in the case of Armistice Day. The warrant for such sppy rvoj;nitie;i is inspiring, and IVnn sylvnnlsiii. have cause te rejoice that the stamp of formal authenticity has been siren In their Slate te a uniqtip and ever-memorable day in the calendar. SELF-DETERMINATION N OltMAN ANOEI.l.. who curiously com bines an ciuheranr Idealism with an ncute sense of realities, hns Intel tven en gaged in pressing the doctrine of nelf dctennlnatien Inte a blind alley. "There is net n small minority in the world," he insists, "which, though ready te prlsh t.uher than surrender any jet of Rclf-determlnatlen." is net in the midst of its heroics demanding flint tome iiumvcn lent minority surrender its sptf.ptprmina. tlen. Every Britain has it Ireland, every Ireland has its l'lster." Most gereral principles, however admir able, can be crushed between the millstones of paradox b analysis of this typf. It is when the facts are in line with the reason ing that human einbarratsments arc par ticular! bitter. Ireland, which is certainly entitled te in dorse the self-determination prlnclpN, i just as nsMirerily a ease in point. Although little is actually known of the details of the Angle-Irish parleys, it is cleur that the enclaves of Tyrene and Fermanagh, tn the province of l'lster. arc furnlahii.j some of the chief stumbling block In the way of a aettlemeut. In these counties a majority of the pnpu pnpu latien Is unquestionably sympathetic te the program espoused in Southern and Central Ireland. The plebiscite plan, said te be under consideration, promptly inspires Sir James Craig, the Flster Premier, with alarm. Anether diusien wei.ld, it is snld, reduce te comparative Insignificance the jurisdiction of the Northern I'arllament. There Is, and there Ins never been, any phase of the Irish problem he vexatious as that Involving the rectitude of convictions held by the rcspeethe parties te the con troversy. Self determination principles ruthlessly followed, bristle with formidable contradictions. WHY MONEY IS HIGH BANKEHH are saying thst the responsi bility for certain phases of business atagnatlen rests upon the Federal Govern ment. It Is absorbing capital that should DO useu in nnancing building operations nnd providing money for railroad reconstruc tion. As the Cevernment must' have th(. money it offers such a price as will gut It The price paid for the inenc te float the war leans rnn from P.i per cent te 4 per cent. The interest went up us the demand of the (Jevernment for money increased. The interest for all ether leans went up at the same time. Then the (!ov (!ev eminent began te make temperury borrow ings and it paid as high as 0 ner , - tteney. Hut as conditions are gradually readjusting themselves and as money s be. coming mere plentiful, It wns found pos. aibla te float tbe last lean ut 414 jet cvnt IJut this is a high rata of Interest for Government securities. Twenty years age State nnd municipal bends lien'rlng from .'! te 3Vi per rent could easily be sold at a premium. New Yerk 1 Ity ;ii,, prr ,.en, bnda then sold nt 10fl"M and ylrldeij , return of fl.lL' per cent. I'hllndelphla .V, per cent bends told the ether da.v at n Iraetlen under 101 und will jleld about 0 per cent. If the Philadelphia bends were aubject te .the Federal Income tax the Interest of ef IWttS" would bare bad te be ouch higher ' 1 ,n order te Induce Investors te buy them, Capitalists will net lend money te builders wr iu rn in luitp in i jirr luni u . ' time. T1ip nsk iter cent or mere. Tlic (ommlesleii en building leans Is se high that It ra'scs the tatc of interest te S or 10 per cent. This Is why the resumption et bulli'lng ou a large scale Is delayed. Hut the tendrmy of Interest intcs Ik downward. It N seen In the rnpll improve ment In the bids t'er Liberty and Victory lean scunitles. The 1'U per cent Vktery note arc almost nt par and the U'-i per rent I.iSerty bend" have vixen te ll'J.OU (retn about H'l within a few months. If (.''Tisrc'' fan pass a rce!iui' law wliMi m 1 iale all that N nei-ded for turri'iit etpen''' vltli a ni.irciii for tu!(inR cure of the Ue.itin; debt of the (Jevernment. the Tr.'h-m Department v 111 withdraw fiem i'i m.iiii t market and prlat interest'! "ill ! nMe te c t mutiey neon after nt a pile? I ' -" - J U.h nrHm t-.e vui rate rftt .r funify ye.irs aje than N no v possible THE INEVITABLE LOGIC OF MUNICIPAL CAR LINES The City-Run Frankfort) Elevated Will Be the Forerunner of a Demand That the Whole City Be Served In the Same Way 1 rpiin tvans.t mit 1 IK trnn.t mil -up is se sirloin il.ui th' ' X untangling of it eecm ImpesnibV 1! if ttun, thiiigs ui' nor hIwim1 h l.at 1 tnev seem. , If mj be thai ait'.iuush a unified system . of operation seems pren ruble, Majer Moeiv ! h.is slrtited ! tVe i.ht end of the !i ni'e j b. ih- !d,ns tn iipeiHtf the Kiankfeid I'h-v.itnl I 1 in- in !"t en. nt'y of the 1' It. T. Company I It'iCir n.'ie .ixri'en that it ewxht te be op I r.ited. llii-'iard Wejlrln, president of the I I'etit.cII, has atinn'ini rd that e.cn the Coun- til !s baik of th Mayer in this purpest The city bus .s,0(Ml.f)00 01 thrreabniits Invested in the line. It has r ci--I te nials' I an arrcrneiit with the 1. 15. T t'emisiny te nperaf'i it. The b-sl effei nude by '11. Mitten inml-.cd tin- paymrtif bv the citv nt j1,imiii,(i0I( n "ar te 1 ev.-r the ilelirit in tiled charjes mid operating i-xpense.s and te reimbi.r-ie te 1'. 1! T. I or its 'esst-s 011 t h h cenis!tinR lines Mr. M.'ften has jdinl'ted. heweiei. that, eppiafed 11s in indeptndrni lir." without lomi't'tlen with the Maiket stre.'t line ill" rratikfertl derated would carry (MiVUiOO p1v4.11 tp:r a ye-ir. whiih is piieurIi te pty its operating fxpensts. There would nMiicln thtf tixed cimrjes of about .'SOO.OCO a j-ar te be met by taxation. The-fe fixed rliarijis naif te be me: bv taintic.i at the present tim-. And the res! dents uf Krankferd aie c.inipelltsi te spci,, feity-five or fifty mint.tes le R't tn the heart of the eily. With the elevated line ninnins ti.v could Kt te Market stieet in twenty minute', and the fare tli-y paid would be enough te par for the elecir.i cur lent, the wages of the crens mannins the tiaiiH, -ind se feith. The pteple vote, that tji line should be built, as the Mnyer reminded thr piests nt the luncheon in Frankfeid tin; ether dny. Th"'y expected it te be uppr..l'l. The hac welteij with ilNdlsgulsed Impatience for the jppetiiance of tars upon i And they hnlNd with hejierul enth ii-utsm the car 1 which ran eve.- it last Wednesday as the beginning of the fultillnimt of long overdue premises of early operation. If it can be operated in no etiier waj. they expect the .ity te run the ca:. What the Mayer ex,j,c, ts te be (he ultimate outcome of municipal operation of this line dee-i net yet nppenr. It ii.jty be that he liiinks that the income of the V. It. T. will be se seriously aftc.'ted thnt if will make a mere favorable offer te connect !t with the Market, street line and operate it an an integral part of its sysfm P. at if enr considerable percentage of the passengers landed at Frent and Market streets use the s,:-fare cars en -Market. Arch or Wnluut street te get te their business pln.es further uptown the P, U. T. will net suffer serle.is less. It will le6C the long-distance riders from Frnnkfnrd. but it will get a let of short-distance rider" in the center of the city te fill the cars which new rir.c net crowded In the morning and nt night. r.ut the question of municipal operation does net step with the Frank-ford line It In important that the P. IJ. T. managers and the publi' nt Inrge should consider the implication- involved. The Frankford line will give te the people served by it real rapid transit. Hut a line w Itheut feeders will net serve all these who rue entitled te the relief premised when the rapid transit program was adopted a few years ego. It is inevitable that there will speedily be a demand that some wej be provided te de liver at the stations of the elevated line the people who live five and ten or mere squares away from It. They will object te paying a fare te the P. It. T.. nnd they will insist thnt bti lines with free transfers te and from the elevated line be operated. And as seen as it In re.ilired in ether parts of the city that Frankford is getting rapid transit relief, delegations will crowd the City Hall insisting thnt the Uread street subway be built, thnt the Iloxberough line be constructed and that the line te Darby down Woodland avenue be delayed no longer. The completion of the high-speeu system will become an issue. Ambitious politicians vlll commit themselves te If, and they will Insist that the people have the same right te rapid transit provided at public expense that they have te water pouring through mains laid by the taxpaers' mene . And no one can deny that they have this right. And when the P. It. T. system fails te provide the transit and hns no resources te draw upon te enable It te provide the service it will be exceedingly difficult for wi" "tie te nrgue thnt the city Itself ought net te step into the breach. Such a pmgrim. hew ever, eunnet be car ried out without bankrupting the P It. T It would involve the expenditure of millions iu tlm first instance te build the new lines, and mere millions would have te be raised by taxation every year for many years te pay the drftpit between revenues and the fixed charges nnd operating expenses. The city has the inenej and it cun use jt 1Q this way if It cheeses. And the people in Oak Lane nnd Tiega and Legan and Itox Itex Itox beroua'h and in Southwestern Philadelphia, who see the city puving a di licit of .5?00,000 a yeur for the benefit of Frankford, can see no geed nnsen why it should net bear a similar burden for their benefit. All these possibilities will become proba bilities the moment the first city. operated train runs en the line from Frankford te Frent street. The city cannot tnke the first step in municipal op-ration without tentemplatlng the goal toward which It Is headed. The absorption of the P. JJ. T. syntein itself is among the possibilities thnt lie In municipal operation. The high -speed llnea would deprive it of the revenue used te pay Its lenses. Its bankruptcy would be in evitable Hut If the city intends te attack the syH tem it hns nnether weapon In the Cuited States Supreme Court decision San Antonie rate case That decision Is that when a rate of fate U llxed bv e oent net betveen i. municipality and a public .mice corporation it cannot be changed without the consent of both parties te the contract. There Is a contract between the city and the transit company, me. Je In 1007, pro pre vidlng that the rate e! fare in this city EVENING PUBLIC LEDGER could net be changed without the consent of the. city. The fare was Incrcaned by the Public Service CommlsHlen lant year with out the city's consent. The application of the rule laid down In the Snn Antonie caee te rendition here would reduce the fare nt once te live cents. The rlduri would like this, hut the shareholders In the underlylnc companies would have te de sonic hard thinking about the best way te ecnpe from the wreck. They mijht survive until coat of operation uere reduced, but In the mean time the 1. It. T. Company would doubtless be In the haiid-i of receivers. What solution will emerge the future alone will dlselmc. but there is n solution Kincwhere be.Mind u doubt, for the people of this city are determined te have Mitis Mitis fuvtery rnp'd transit even if they have te pay fur it in their tax WIN THE LEGION P SMMIOI.OCISTS cle Pi people tt he pretend fe knew all ab-iiit unat gees en In the tieseil back looms if our niind-- sav that if is far easier te remember pleasunt ti.Injts tbnn iinp'e-isiiiit ones, and that Minn' v I'ere at th" sen' (i human cemipinustiess tlu'ic is a iiic'hanism which is ferepr at uerk clii'iiiiating icemeiies flint de net re ilecf fin biightfr and happi-'r side of life The A merit an I.ejden and lir'ually nil its memben eiTer new proof of the validity of 'hut theory. The contention that has- j 1st ri'ileil at Kansas ( itv tas 11 ilieerlul. a ioyeus affair. The vnw Mewed in retro- I I sp.vt b; the returned stddie. . does net seem j like tiie thins it was when the guns were geitii'. What is 1 cmembered new are the ( friendships. re humor, the gallantries, the lift nnd the fre spirit of the gieat adtentute, j and the a-soiled. ind'.ess thrills of 11 tinged tliaf "moved tbumgii peilis it ml escapes te I a hupp end. j I'Vcii and Admiral lleiut and Pei-dung ate buddies new, net fur-off in -itciieus 1'iitvm appemtul le iuipe-c iron discipline nnd make demands that might include one's ' Mr life. The marches me done The lu-t ! long mile h.ns been covered mid Hie incident I i- Moved. Sergeants and torperiiN. cap'ains nnd majors mid iven generals them-ehes arc I persons te be 'inken In the hand or clapped J mi the back us teu icmembev what a riotous old time it w.,s and what 11 decent and warm-limited let your outfit pievctl te be j 1'uddies. "intci ii of i hem, wheeled up in line te be tnnnieil whi'.e the great ciewd itud nnd sang "The Leng. Leng Trail." The voices rolled HI." summer thunder. The gang was all there In nil the discourse s of the Legien convention there 'n- 110 talk of Iipte, no solemn warnings, no shaking of Iits, none of the nsp'tivc gestures indica tive of dlmir sensed tear. There wn n.ssur anee of foeu eaten from plates nnd of a bed te hliep in, liiitead of the bottom of a watery tri'icii. Tiic youth of AniP! n-a van it-turned te normalcy te ite invincible optimism und flic careless, laughing isith that is its greatest hei itage. Colonel Harvey received a xereal briik or two and fheip was a lesolutien te ndve- ate the limitation of aiiiiauien!.j and. of smr.se. a decimation In fuer of soldier bonuses which wan 'hoeped through with out n dissenting ,-,e. Alieady tl.eic is a disposition te criticize the Legien for its continuing suppeil of the bums principle. Hut the declaration iclattve te bonuses wns in tills Instance lis vensi native and tcin- ppi-at as these issued ir i tens ire of Colonel Hfi'-vv,y and In support of the move for lim ited armaments. The Legien members knew- perhaps better hail mi; one else of Uw hardships of in numernbie men who reiiirm d from the bat tleliel.m te find themselves at n !os in a time of Industrial depression. If it doesn't T'.eak for these unferMnate buddies, who wi'!1.' If the men who iur. everspas didn't fftl shie-ked and hurt at the Mht of px px seldiers Oiit of weil. and in bitter ne-d they could net have been the men they weie. A bonus for soldiers would add two or thi-c billle.is te the national debt, and it isn't s uprising that the President and Con gress hesitate te put tha, j,,,,,! burden en the ieuntr.1. The fact rcnvuns that the Legien docs no meie than it ought te de in continuing te insit that it is up te the ou n try te cultivate n mere honorable regnrd for the men who are ick or hungry anil broke because of the service they did in the name of patriotism. " " "We must keep the Legien se straight, se i lean." said Colonel MncNIder. thr- lievv commander, "that when we ask for things the people will say. 'If the Legien is for it we are for it.' " That sort of talk is premising. The Legien convention, largely n reunion for memory's sake, revealed in the snnitv and tempernteneva of its proceedings and in its non-iielitlcal atmosphere the spirit that ought te make the organisatien a power be hind these who work for fair plav and gen erous thinking in all the affairs of the country. THE PLACE FOR CHARLES iiviir tvuse ul iil-miRul plopeillon te be luuctieuiutf uUmirubJy at lludu M.CUJS ,n.si. -upolceii ujU Ills Jcllerenlii.il. Uiurlve, iiapsuurs, appropriately cueuu, iiiib l.ci tilevvwunu. r-ucn is ttie luede.-t uann.' et the lluwal gUUUO.il upon wiucu t, lljSulUcUUt u-pliaiii. ie tut irewn et .'i. .Mepinu is ui- lt.l'i .-t'JWI.li. iu- Hi's i iiisinijiiun Mf , llll(; ijrltlsu is.-u la tiumu, ivuiuaiii.i. .u ,,at point uuti-atjipiiiviil I. t.uiisuilua ,JlL Ull. ul(lult ftci i!, tn.ii.aui.-. Oicp. ..., tlJ1,ls cmi euier lieu mm n.v ti. uuie t ii.ims ain.es u is unity tuut sum u-iinue ue. imi.ii iiriuiuilig uib iinui impeMiuui vvni ue ujijc. .NH.U1.11U, lull relLUfeiJ.se Usnctnui,,', is lew unuer toils. deratien u u ,un:i ei exile. 11 is u iiiiiiiiniiu fnit ami i uinuiii in one tit tuc niveiieat mm- towns .,. t m litly .,.a, UaH. idiiin nt le .Wucira i.s ,i tiL. ,,,,1 uucutuieu le lemli tnc rtviiuMtniL. in uie most. Mllll. llRiiluii iiiiuueu. Vie.i'.is uie pi. 11HUU6. I'liu tlimate m pern i r. 'me ciiine im,,,,,.,, ,., i,,,,,,, pieu.sf. l liuiaB in tiiej... euitidus jt.jj.a , u tanc.v susluiiiuiK none ,,t hu loiiventleiiai t uut pileus et iiui i room, 'i tiih ,s a, u Mieiiiii He. 'Iho St. lleien.i puruu-l mijsi net b.: iiinvvu, AuuiiiS,e, wun illunic tirtutiieas in ueieuu uinniH lie iiinui) it t uiiriti in ce.il.v i'iim ijhi ,.( ln a tiewerlnjj i. mi in me iinui ei suli.-lnne, wines nnu winter leuriBts. Dis isolation, essential te the stabilltv of J.uiepe. can be there .issuied. This will satisfy l lie Enlenies, Dig ulj a.ittlw. t harics, if the discussed pi.ram is cairlud out. will have te be cenn m vvlth a destiny for which, save ler his thoughts, many folk in harsher climes would fain envy him. His stature Is net great enough for tragedy. Cotten growers and I'nprofltaule wheat glowers nrc Amendment being hard bit by fall ing markets: but di versified farming Is saving the Northerner from the financial trouble of the Southerner. "Don't put all your eggs in one basket," nppearH te be geed advice. Andrew Car negie's amendment, "Put all your eggb in one basket and 'Mitch the basket," mny bav favorable application In the neel busi n -s... but it doesn't held geed vvltb crops,. A coiTe-peiidrnt of the Deuble Hener New Yerk Times wishes te go en reierd as being the first man te suggest .Jee (sic) Tumulty for President. And It ma also be, without canting any reflet tien en a capable secretury und biographer, that he will be the last te VUggCBt lm V j-J -" - PHILADELPHIA, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 4, AS ONE WOMAN SEES IT Movement Afoot te Celebrate Armi stice Day by Ralalnp; Meney for the Rettoratlen of Delleau Weed Hy SARAH D. I.OWIHB TTlOn mere than two weeks new ns T have " geno by the Kmergency Aid HiilldlnB at 2-'l Seuth Klghteenth street my eyes have fallen absent-mindedly en a large netice posted across the doorway : "Helleau Weed Memerial Association" If. conveyed nothing te me. and did net stir 11 "feather of my thought" until cs tcrday, when I welcomed a woman that I knew back from a summer In I'urepe. She had just landed and jet there she was with a bright button In her coat with that name Helleau Weed In geld letters en It. "Don't get me started en that subject," she said with mere feeling In her voice than I have ever heard her dlsplny. "I can not explain te you hew I feel about devas tated France !" It appears that she had been actually ill after her meter tiip through the war region from sheer overwrought feelings. Heur after hour travcrslnj the ruined land hid been sensation enough, but tbe people j at .-erk en these broken nnd charred houses I nave the finishing touch te her sympathies. I The very fait thnt the never begged nor I looked for pity, net even by the shade of an I expression, and that with patient cneigy . thev were telllnu uheml tn hrlnir the di"id plaeei fe life, reused her te admiration and in tealli-utieii. ALL of Fiame is working te rehabilitate itself. In Pntis one sees no longer well dressed women en the streets in the old iiiipiettisli fashion of "well dressed"- they went black or gray, no ornaments, no fle'ui, no expensive fabrics nor furs. Everywhere, and with their scant means, thev arc neatly replacing and restoring. Paint nnd paper and chlntr.es nnd flowers and graveled wnlks nnd rcpavrd reads nnd re-reefed houses nrc what the householders tire busy ubeut in the untouched regions se as te give work te the iineniple.ved and resteie the morale of the homes, Itut ever where they are feeling the piiith of pevertv and the difficulty even with immense, thrift of saving. There is I'rnnte's own debt, which takes an income of five billion frmn ; there is her war debt whhh takes another five bil lion francs; theie is the depreciation of the franc, se that where five used te innke a dollar, fourteen barely equal it. There is the rie in prices! Although Americans: can gei nearly three times as many francs for a dollar as fie years age the cost of living, even te French men, has nearly trebled. Nevertheless with out despair nnd without ce-s.itien the French people are working te conquer poverty n' they worked te conquer the invaders of their homes. In the devastated regions thev work en the farms, in the dairies and nt ether busi nesses during week days in order te live, mid en Sundays they work ever the lcliabllitntleii of their homes. Rlt bv bit the broken stones nnd plaster and splintered nnd charred beams of weed uic collected, the telliirs are cleared of nil the refuse and ruin, the chimneys braced and rebuilt nnd gradually and, llter allv stone by stone, the house rises en its old outlines until enough of It is built te form n she'ter te the family. Sometimes that only menus ft cellar with a makeshift loef, sometimes part of the lower fleer. TIIF.KE are v Hinges, however, thnt have been completely destrejed, se that even the inhabitants who once lived there cannot lind amei'4; the powder-blackened henps the outline of u single street or house. With all the familiar natural landmarks gene und even the contours of the surround ing Innd changed, no one can say for certain where his village v.as, let alone his home. BI'T if appears this iu net ISclleu'i. the town which the case with the American Army was obliged te shell when it made its fmneiis stand en the pdge of Helleau Woeo and two regiments of I'niied States Infantry nnd two of Marine.. fir.Ht held nnd then drove back the Prussian (iu.iriN, with what less of brave lives te the Americans the cemetery nt the edge of the town bcurs wit ness. When tli" fin il clearing nut of the nest of Prussians was .itcemplished by our bat teries ver little wi'.s left standing In Hel leau. The chateau and the church were almost intact, but the were en the edge of tli- town. Mere than half of the ether houses and buildings weie cempletel.v shat tered. These that were left are roofless and w'th empty windows and broken doers. Nevertheless the American architect. Whitney Warren, and his committee who have studied the situation have made it plain that the place could be lebullt en pietty much it., old lines for something like $.".00,000, which nt the present rating of the franc fourteen te n dnllnr would represent a slightly larger sum in Prance. MA NT Americans feel that there could be no mere fitting celebration for Armistice Day ever here than a great pop ular subscription for that MOO.OOO mid no wnj better of giving Marshal Foeh an ovntien thnn te present this te him in trustee for America for the icbullding of ltellenu and the replanting of the Weed. Se that is wbiit that sign means en the deer of "21 Smith Eighteenth street! The quota of the fund allotted te Penn slvnnla is S,"0,000, nnd under Mr. Charles A. Lc as chairmnn the subscriptions nr being asked for and subscribed there. I understand thnt the contributions are $1 or Ifhs. The mall is heavy with them, but net henvv enough when one considers hew seen Armistice Dny will be upon us. IT WiiFI.D be a great and beaut fu! "ges ture ' If the place America hud te de. strej ln order te help snve France Amer ica i odd restore te Fiance. And it would add te the blessednes of Armistice DSv if flint gift could go te France's great repre sentative from the heart of America There are ninny wins of spending thai nnntverinrj . I knew of none better than thnt devised by the women in this town who worked iu the war, at home or ever-ens. Notices will be sent out ! all the great war work organizations, the Red Cress, the Navy League, the Nhtlennl League of Weman'- Servli e, the Weman's Overseas. I.eirien. the 17n ergenrv Aid 'ind ethprs te their numbers asking them te gather at the Church of the Hely Trinitj, Nitieteinth and Walnut slreets, at 11 '"0 o'clock, en the morning of ArmlMlcij Day for a service of thanksgiving nnd prayer te be led by the Illshnp of Pennsylvania, the Hlght Itev. Philip Uhlnclander. Af 12 o'clock, neon, there will he silence, for only nj n client lifting up of the heart can the great and final prayer for a lasting peace en earth und geed will te men be made. 'lliere is a pcice which wns willed te the enrth in the pain and tumult of the last night before Christ died, us there was a peace premised te men in the tumult and joy of the skies en the night In which He wns born. If it is ever te be ours this great in heritance we must claim it -with nil our hearts and be renitnt with no lcis gift. Today's Anniversaries 1R12- Illehard M. Hlshep, fjoverner of Ohie 1S7S-S0. born In Fleming County, Kentucky. Died at Jacksonville, Flu., March 2, UWI. IS'J." C.overner Clinten and pnrty ar rived in New Yerk City en the first bent from Lake Erie by way of the Erie Cnnnl. 1M10 The famous Iren Crown of Lom Lem bard was presented te the King of Italy nt Turin. sM - Denver was selected ns the perma nent capital of Colerado. 1MSI Klfhnrd .1. Oglesby was elected (.inventor of Illinois. ISOO-The urea of Chicago was increased by annexation te 180.-1 squure miles, 1S1HJ Edward It. Pejnter was elected president of the Hoyal Academy. ll)H -Tammany was defeated In the New Yerk City election. lut mw fr.Ti' " ff(HT" -." yj& .ft.--.fi.-SUl..' .-"-.,, '. "-""" .s-.'-."- -'s.-r.v. . "hi - 'eir,la, L-..tt.. .gj :.. f - -'K"t t ,..,.. , '?- e .''- pn-s !,,. - . ' , t"Hl(lll-l 7 J-J s ' -5- NOW MY IDEA IS THIS Daily Talks With Thinking Philadclphians en Subjects They Knew Best HEDDA VAN DEN BEEMT On Music and the Criminal THE effect of music en the life und mood of the mnn in prison Is as Intense us it Is intangible. Te many hardened criminals It is the single remnining phase of their existences that is inviolate nnd Inviolable, nnd if Its influence in extended nnd encour aged It will become nn effective agent of salvation. Such is the belief of Iledda van den Hicmt, director of the Eastern Stnte Penltcntinry nand. which yesterday hnd the honor of being led through a concert by Leepold Stokevvsl.i. "Music for its own sake is n secondary consideration with us," said Mr. Vnu den Heemt. "I understood that five minutes after I hnd taken charge of the band at the prison. The primary consideration Is some thing that I cannot ndequntely put ln words, though I suppose T might call it the genius of music, the idenl which guides the men who create music whether geed or mediocre. The grade of the music docs net se much count, for that after nil is a matter of culture nnd u relative thing. "Yesterday's concert was n fair enough cxnrnple of w-hnt the penitentiary band can de. The point is net that mnn bands would bnve done immeasurably better and that some would hnvc done unspeakably worse, but flint the players put Inte the concert ever thing that they had te give it nnd for no reneeii except that It gave them joy te de it. It is trite enough te say that Idealism is rare among criminals. Criminnls in prison are very often geed, but usually be tnu'e there Is some end te be served by it. There arc privileges te be earned thnt make the drag of a sentencu less difficult te bear, anil there nre geed records te be kept that bring the dny of freedom closer, "Te belong tn the prison band mny entail a few material advantages, but one will get no mere of them for plnylng te the utmost limit of his nbility than by playing meiely passively well. "Why, then, will these men prepare se patientl and diligently for a concert, con cern themselves se jenleusly about Us suc cess, nnd be inordinately prnud when the linve neceinplishcd It? I think It Is because for many of them music is the only existing truth. T have seen men te whom the taking of human life has been a commonplace al most nt the point of tears in dejection ever having sounded nn E flnt In the wrong jilnce. I hnve deeply wounded n burglnr'a feelings by reminding him that he was out of time. "A prison band presents a wholly unique problem in musical organization. A def inite number of musicians is seldom avail able, and consequent! the band is wanting in equilibrium. In a professional orchestra members nre seldom missing en the night of n concert, but should it happen trained sub.tltutes could be hired at regular union rates. With us, if a man is lest because lie lias served out bis sentence or because lie has broken a rule that has caused his membership in the baud te be forfeited, there is none te take his place. Yesterday we badly mlssid n couple of clarinetists and n flute plaer. There were, when I took charge of the band it year age, three men In the penitential- who Had had some out side training In music, line of these played with n circus bunil nnd another with n baud in some European army. "Tha.ikH te the generosity of a prominent citizen we linvn teda a jjnm and well well asserted act of instruments, but the matter of repair presents nn occasional difficulty. "Ordinarily, when n musician discovers thnt he needs n new (i string for his violin or a new bridge for his cello, he step- at n shop nnd I)Uk it. The penltcntinry is a State institution, and expenses like this must go through ordained channels and there is dela . "I find that In managing my niusicluns I must use a pellc.v ultegethtr different from these of any orchestra conductor that I knew, I could net speak n tenth se criti cally te one of mj men as Mr. Stokewski might te one of his. They nre supremely sensitive of criticism, as I suggested before and almost childishly responsive te nraNc' What Warden McKenty calls 'thn prlti temperament' is perhaps the most serious thing I must contend with. This is an aggravated und infectious mnl de vie, durlnir which the mnn declares that he feels it is worthless te go en. Always nt such times I tell blm thnt he need net r.lny unless 'he cheeses te, but that he will feel better if he docs. Men of them are persunded-und they de feel better. I Imve noticed that the faintest gloominess or depression in r,ivnelf Is Immediately rellceted en the men n id then I find it wine te break ..ur routine f pracllee-say by n march around the jnrd When I am cheerful, as I nm gencrallv this mood, tee, in quickly reflected ll)' "I have been usked Miiiietunett if i ),.. found nt the prison an.v men 0f e-.trU(,r. dlnary inusicnl talents I am scarcely ahle te answer such u question, for n orison u hardly the plum In which , ,U for 'a grcnt musician, and In such an environ, ment the talent and the music el liS i " '" HV W't'M. Xl"FW "Wk 1&S1 AT THE SPHINX ,,l...- .. M-4VrArT -.. ' "r. 'MtV . . " one would rapidly deteriorate, for prison dulls the senses nnd prison music dulls the taste. When T first rehearsed the band I thought T could never endure such noises. New I no longer mind I even enjoy it. und if I could hear no ether music, the music that I hear nt the penitentiary would be come my standard. "I will say, though, that I have found one man with the earmarks of the bem musician. He had never played u note before he was imprisoned. lie taught him self te play the m'eIIii and had never n lessen until T saw him. He pluys delight fully nnd he loves music with u love that few trained musicians equal. Te this man's ear the discords we make frequently during our practice are intolerable. He weeps ever them. "After his discharge this man, with some support nnd encouragement, should go far in n. musical career. "Besides him I knew of ninny convicts of whom I am convinced they will be re turned te decent seciet through music, if the opportunity te keep within the influence after their release is given them. And 1 knew this; thnt criminals respond genuinely te music, and that with ever response the inclination te crime Is being' weakened. I knew why this Is se, but I am unable te say it. "The public. I think, ewes much te Dr. Hart. Mr. Wolf nnd Mr. McKenty, thieiigh whose influence music has some part in the Eastern State Penitentiary." A STANDBY THE weather man seems always light When In the day's report I see That wanner weather is In sight M geed wife makes it het for me. And when the weather man declines That colder weather's nt our deer My wife greets me vt, cy stnres And chills me te the very core A icry lucky man is he Who is forewarned of bis nfiii. tieir. And se I con diuninllv The geed old weather sharp's predictiens: Nathan M. Levy, in the N. Y. Herald. What De Yeu Knew? QUIZ 1. Ter "Aliaf exploit In dlscevi-rv Is Ue ,t,l Amundsen noted? ' ",,llu . Wait Is the Urccst eity In Klcilv? ' Wient?Ut0 d0f, F'"H,or Wa,flen r,-'r-e- ' lYal: !s c-ietr.imentatieii fi. what Is a mefrrlrn? ' nrtaniT1" W "" lnSfmK" ,n ""Be- S Who wrote'ln nllu1-.i. te nut'itnn. 'The .eTliryia5; i,r" t0"' he"a.inVlai ! Why Is ail ninnlbuu te called'' " ' clmrlt1," ,"Ul0" anfisc and nn- Answers le Yesterday's Qulr 1 rs-. t "". "r,r '."'ental-nrcek-Ilemn., .1,..,. a I i l,,.t i " 2. Th hip cuTurai nurt of rim ci ;, v V' se named because the ,,rtiI.,wLar" sUetchuiK tour usually vverl- ,J)a a small color box Re 1 e,l ,r. V ? fr,0!" a 4 Kacteriuin I. the anruia? of li"iA',,1,,,,b' 0 Anuchrentnm ts n infs luclna; jVere", . the order of time, a chSnelt ml cmfl..'," flcatlen. An unacherlsin , '.f1' regard te the uiacn , ,... "5rr"r ' thins:. '""i or C The forest of Aiden. pearu'a "A. y t.ii, V. .". .!'".K'- scene nt Shitke. held by sonie comtnentterH t fb t h?. fere't of Ardennea In PUuiclcrii n 2 cldeut. lewuver. from V.iinu? Il la llebln Heed nml from blt"n'ra !'"" i1" tlen that It is tl e "nuulh f'lo,":rlP f'le,":rlP Arden, exlemlUiR0 , '"-f ,"'' '?r "f tbreiiuh Wnrwlcltsh re. tT,"Mf,.,,,',,." ,... iikuiii uieuKii Ills chain. .te i tl.U Mi.cn arc Krrn, I, ""' tera In 111- miiviu Ot Sie,.vn, Ii, vvh'ili t I'V.M.. 1, the tJfriimrin, vvu fuiiu-in .... 'e. '!." '' ln inn,' 1 .i.iun en 111, w 1 I. IS70 """ i'i'"i A pntle la an li .r . mn ,,, ,, ,. hm r in nspanhsi, or. spmus,1,,,:;; ;,;;;; 4 .. .1. 1 .... .. , -ruuni is ,t lien, r, 1 , ill. I urum and lords- in 1 iu . . no v 1, 1 10. Applejehn Is nn IStiKllsh aiml, ,, ., , fiem iu being ut ,,utu ,' . 'be it "m1 Jehn's Day (May 6). Ap tlt-Jac l i $1 American name for apple bruedy . . J Ar.r.x's--r ,-.:'...' sr", : s . ..c. j. - : .v. Iji mmmmmmmm u jm arm rfiirvr p iivnrn'i- aniitT ni .nr j.iiii rjiriiimr juiin tji.w avf.i jw '.-.i:irii.j-(Tctlr. i"s .. ii l: tut ih Mi---.!),!-..'-. --. '" . t.s-' .J- . -" i-'iinnieiiiv linev. n .. e 'treat Ilaslt. , an men the cer dllleran region of the l'n ,i u.i,0 a.. out se, ,e square" mii,."1 ? cliar.icterlre.1 by wholly interior .h-iln rBt '. picullar ineuntal M-Ltem ,?. 'Mum. arhlliv. i.s fr. tV" ,f.m. .!'!' ' . . .,!.. .1. , . .- au iiiiur 1 . in, ., ' r "" !sfW','n trlinirie Itli Uic sharp fttiple extending n,n Lewer f-'allfern u, west of the reW,,! the,-, the northern cV h L ', ,1'!,,d,ll,,,.e C th0 "raliiaBbaa iTer ill3 VTSIftHl k(. SHORT CUTS I It will be intcrcstiuff te le.irn what till American Legien thinks of the charge, oil senator lern wiitsen. Whnt we want from the Heard ell Sinking bund Commissioners is open cett- mints openly nrrlvcil at. A Paris ex pci t sn.VH that pearls begtt I fergelfulness. This should make wcareuil bad risk in credit houses. .lust in n few years the popular btlldl has veered from "Toe much liquor ! Had!'1 1 te "Toe much bad liquor." If n treaty results from the Washinj Washinj ten conference, what will opponents c! tn- tangling alliances tle then, peer things? Senater Watsen tmys he refutes te hi bottled up. Hightly. It is ugalnst the 1 te bottle anything with se great a kick. Leepold Stokewski conducted the East ern Penltcntinry prison band yesterday. Wil knew a cornet plieer we'd like te srtl join it. Perhaps the New Yerk milk (strikers anl tr.ving tn capture the name held by III I ijernuuis early in the war: The Bibjl Killers. Wc sec in the papers that a Gerait' town woman routed n thief with an us- brelln. Docs this mean that the hat pin 111 no longer fashionable.' Much ns L'ncle Sam would like te sreet I the smiling little Welshman, there will t no rgret ever the absence of Lloyd Oeeipl if it brings peace in Ireland any nearer. The daisy ban been ndented us the effi cial flower of the American Legien. Ami I Dais may nlse serve as the cemiwslte nact of the girls the veterans left behind them. Levers of Delaware shad will bern.Jtl the passage of the bill before the TIeuuj Hivers and Ilnrbers Committee te prevent I tne dumping of waste oil into btrcams. "The American Legien riebukcs II' ve.v." The American Ambassador in Len den must sometimes regret that be escfl delivered a speech that bccms destined fl live. Whether the Washington conference bt n success or n failure, It will probably pro vide the Cnltcd States with n definite fercip policy .is momentous as the "Menree W tilnc." Director Snrenle nnlnts nut hew I'hlll delphia pantS for progress. Hut perhaps tit reason Ceuncllmcn ignore the belt line , because they knew themselves te be pelt little suspenders. Mis. Arabelln Mixing says that supposes that among the necessary uetiU .if llie V."n-li 1 nfflnn nn,.fniticn in.v Ilfi COS' sidercd the military details that greet tit foreign delegates. interpretation of picturesque phrases med'' H. P. days. "Name your poison" waa os. "Hlind drunk," "pnralyzcd" nnd "dead" the world ' were ethers. Whnt we may net expect frra ," Washington conference Is whole-hearted I U (lersement of the League of Nations ; and J the League of Nations mny lind no cnemf the W aslntigten conference. The significance of the Soviet Ge ment h willingness te assume iwhwc .. .1..I... ... ...1..1....I....1 -,.1.AH .Vifln nniS ur ueei. ir. DiM-iiniiKlV-ltl linns. m..i- - . u clal. Hussln can't pay; but that the should be recegnijietl W imperiani. tin...n t. ns,n.e.i ntsutnnt nrell' ,11,1 .1,1 V. ' II, (..,,,,, ,..'! '- . . bitien tllrecfnr, sn.vs some of the peij" whisky sold dissolves rubber and nska w" It will de te the lining of a person s Man 1. 1. l. ...... v.- .t,... . n,n,i,i 1, nersOB' III II. HV PU1U IIU UUIDU k ...SUM . -" neck? X .lll., e.,n. .vcltnit nvff I" fact tjint 11 woman candidute for 0D1J!(.. iew xerK inatic ninencn m.ci-cnes - je four hours. A woman candidate f"r?,,ii ...,,,nllv client Cir (lint lvllirth of tlinOe" be occasion for comment. ..., . .. ,, ,1 i.r- .. flftll' nvveei iiiicy, anas i.swuvi: v. li l the name of u beet leir vvblbkr pepU"? Pittsbuigh. One drink lands the drln .. I . ....l ,l .111... n.lfllt I lii jiei.c!! Hiaiieii. 1 vve uriuns .j bun fit the inercue. Tills is evidently I the I.ucy who wns urged te linger lenltr' I, T U: I..:... In the tl' l. l.-lie -rilllliseil, Ull. !-, -1 ; . j nese (iiivernmeiit, says the Chineffl I'W'j wi,l solve Itself If China Is glun control " . ...i.... ,...., .,! if DP lit l" iiiivinir coiiiiiiiiiiivntieiis """.".. s muted in bave u tnriff autunenu slBlll'L (I, nt of ether nntinriM (Inn serlOUl " . lien te the aolutleu la that Japan approve of It. tv.y- !& l ti i .i.. a-sJ-A
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