'it r tjrSjSJrt'" nuujSw5S(vS t EVENING -PUBLIC LEDGER-PHILADELPHIA, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 1921 3p I $ tjr f?. I , i&M t.M! m mm M T Jfe ening public UJe&ser PUBLIC LEDGER COMPANY L'VltLS 11 K. (JCHI1S, i'iciidim Mn C. Mrtln. Vice I'rfsld; tit and TriUrrs trlt'A. Tyler, Seereturjri Char'ei H. Ludlnij kFrilltlD S. Celllm. Jehn 11. Williams. Jehn J. i ten; rillllp H. Cellins, Jehn mtrstetw Geerges I'. Oeldtntliti, Uuvlct U. Hmllej. vtcinrv. It iba-vid n. sMii.nr Editor .JOHN C. MAIIIIN.. ..Hi-ntrnl IlualnM Manaaer Published dally at Pcime I.rixira DulMlnc tndpndenee Square, Pillsi1iphla. Aftairne Cut rre?-tnlen Bulldlnr Nw Teme .104 Madisen Ave Detroit 701 Ferd nulldlnc fir. Lecis 013 Olobe-Vrrvecrat Ilulldliir Cmcuoe 1.102 Trillin e Hulldlng NEWS HCIIEAUS; WilltlKOTON BCltUB, N. E, ("or. 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MAIN 1(81 ZAddrrss t' tucitie i ie r ilip Fjblie re Sm ,t r liilrt'f.,fi(rt tAtflan fH pr ' Member of the Associated Press THE ASSOriXTFD rUKPT ? excfmMrrtj en titled te ih' in ter Tpubfiral-en of oil u tlapatehes credited te It or tief etherwLir crtAittd in tMa voter and alto the oenl tteu- rubhehed therein. .411 rte)ifs rj r'rubHetiri of epTal rfLts-ifefia nerrtn are eNn reserved miid.lpMi. friil.t. rvettmbfr II. 1'21 A HEARTFELT HOLIDAY THE note of jubilee m vchemcntlj sounded en November 11, IMS. is little likely te be re-echoed en its anniversaries. It is net alone the psychological reach of the imprcssUc ccremen'.cs in Washington which lend te the observance of the new holiday in Philadelphia today the afcp-et of thoughtful solemnity. Tlic meaning of the end of the mtit c'lenl tragedy in the his tory of mankind is uncvnpable. In the wilil surge of relief tlinf wept through man nation three je-irs age the sense of hard -fought victory was intensely strong. The nntimcnt was spontaneous an 1 no apologies for its lusty exhibition are needed. But reflection nnd second thoughts have vastly altersd the popular conception of n fitting observance of the day . It Is beginning trtbc realized thnt the world conflict wns tee gigantic n horror te be signalized in unshad unshad owed rejoicings. The program in this city, which may be taken as typical of thnt in communities eleewhere in the land, is chiefly notable for its enrnestnes nnd reverem e. ArmNtlce Day can never become u competitor of the Fourth of .luly, of Washington's Hirthday or of nny secular holiday emphasizing triumph and glery'ln their mere conventional aspects. "Never" may win a strong term, ant yet it may be questioned whether thought lessness nnd frivolity, despite their potency. can pervert the s'gmlicnnce of an anniversary the recognition of w hieh has se speedily become heartfelt and poignantly sincere. HE DOESN'T HAVE TO eT AM convinced," mid .Magistrate Carney JL when .Mayer Moere appeared before him yesterday under a charge of violating the automobile parking rules, "that the great majority of Philadelphia citizens re spect the lnw and wish te see It upheld." New nnd then one has one's doubts. Can it be that this usually efficient and watchful Vnre magistrate has yet te read the returns from Tday's election? THE BRIDGE ON SCHEDULE TIMING the Delaware IJridge project may appropriately begin en January t). when formal ceremonies In honor of the Htnrt of actual construction work will be held. It is expected that contracts for the piers and foundations will be awarded by the first of ihe new year. The next step will be exc.i exc.i ratlens at the feet of ltace strct. Frem the moment that operation starts the undertaking will assume a new and realistic character. Visible pregre..s will be watched with nn interest particularly keen. since it lias been cntegerically announced that 102)1, the exposition year, will mark the completion of the work. Tile rapidity and vigor with which the preliminaries have been disposed of warrant faith in the prediction. Public enterprises proceeding en schedule are something of a novelty in this community. Apart from its goal of splendor and importance, the bridge operation furnishes an object lessen In pur poseful energy and intelligent co-operation. It is said thnt the Executive Committee fit the interstate ommislen Is considering inviting the President. Cabinet officials. Sen ators nnd Congressmen te 1-e present at the exercises signalizing the hrst chapter in construction. There can be no question that the coming event Is of sufficient national dis tinction te justify nnd, indeed, demand their sttendance, THE ANTHRACITE TAX TnE expected action te test the constitu tionality of the tax of I'-j per cent of the market price of each ten of nnthraclte prepared for sale lins been stJrted in the Dauphin County Court. The plaintiff is Reland C. Heisler. ashare ashare helder In the Themas Colliery Company, operating In the Shenandoah district of Schuylkill Ceuuti. He asserts that the tax in discriminatory, as anthracite and bitu minous coal arc net different commodities. 'Jho Attorney General replies that they are distinctly different commodities, differing In kind as well n in degree. It Is nlse alleged that the Federal Con stitution is also violated, as the tax Is In effect un expert tav en anthracite shipped i from the .State. An injunction is asked restraining the State officials from assessing or collecting the 'tax. Whatever decision the Dauphin County Court may make, the iuestiiin is .bound te be taken te the Supreme Court of the United States It ought te be taken there In order that the right of a State te levy taxes en coimneditles produced within its boundaries may be settled once fur all. But while the Ismic is before the courts, the coal operators will pietect themselves by adding the tnx te the price of anthracite, as they did in the case of the tax which the State courts upset a few years age. fvt, Ht UtrtKIH Ur LtADERS r WOULD be n mistake te draw sweeping generalizations from the results of Tues day's, ejection. The Democrats In Washington nre saying that they find In them Indications (if a Democratic revival. The. election of Democratic Mayers in cities Hint hnve long been Republican docs net necessarily mean that the next Congress will 6e Demecratic1. In most of the cities "re were local issueb which turned the tide. Albany and Syracuse, in PW Yerk. have Bene Democratic for the first time In yars, but the Republican candidate for the Court of Appeals bench wns elected In a large plurality, lhe State, which was Re- publican Inst year, still Ih Republican. ' The. Incrensetl strength of the Democrats Jn Kentucky and Maryland, however, is slg. "lilfleant. In view of the failure of Congress In. rlun in Its onnerhlnltlen It In uiirnrtuir,,. that the reaction te Democracy was net mere V marked. . mnr ue tuijt ine rcasgn for this It, mnr be is that the country Js net persuaded thnt the Democrats nre capable e( doing nny better thnn tlie Republicans. Heth parties nre Incklns In outstanding lenders who ap peal te the imnglnntlen of the voters. There nre dcningngucs enough and little" meit vVjhn fuddle about with great Ifsucs. but Congress Is JiiHt new barren of men who win grniplc courageously with grent Issues. ANOTHER TOMB THAT HOLDS MORE OF LIFE THAN DEATH The Torch Carried by the Unknown American Soldier New Lies at the Feet of the Statesmen In Washington TT13 PROBABLY was'n very young man, -- greatly In lore with life nnd expecting wonders from It. Such nre the soldiers who normally tight the battles of great nations thnt go te wnr In the full tide of their en ergies nnd their power. Ilehind him, when he went nwnv. there , surely was woman, his mother or his girl, who would nvvnkcn in the night te fear fcriihly for him, te wonder where lie might be and te whisper small, distracted prayers for his safety into the empty hours thnt precede dawn. All the hopes nnd wishes thnt her heart sent after her soldier were somehow lest in the d.irkness above the sea. Ne one knows hew death cnine te him whether It arrived mercifully In udden tlanie and darkness or little by little and very slowly. ith infinite pain, in a lonely place. He Is back home new. nt last. And many of the thlncs brightly vlsiened by his un troubled soul en the march outward have come strangely te pass. The flags are out for him. The people are crowded In the streets te welcome him te his own country at his journey's end. Old and Incredible prophecies have a way of being fulfilled. "Serve the world." some one ha said: "give it all you have te give, and sooner or later men nnd women will come le you en their knees '." It is right, of course, that the country should pray in this hour for nn end of war. But we shall be happier if we remember that the decree of death for this I'uknevvn Sol dier did net come from the i.kles nnd thnt battleships and guns nnd poison gas de net come from the skie, either. This American, as all the men killed in France, wn sacrificed te the strange gods thnt men create in their own likeness. With in them were all the qualities thnt yet may prevail te save the world hope, imagination, pity, fnith, laughter, courage uml genereu" strength and it is the fault of earth, net of heaven. If civilization had no use for them nnil desired only the will te kill or be killed. Te pray with an honest heart in this hour one must therefore pray te be free of vanity and greed nnd cruelty nnd false de sires and foolish pride. It will net de te say ever and ever that wars are made by the unregenerate "men higher up." That view is justifiable only ip part. If you feci secretly that war i" geed for business, thnt It is necessary te national spirit or that it is an unavoidable evil: If you believe that nil right Is en the side of your own country and refuse te acknowledge the claims of all peoples te common justice, you net only de net knew what war is; you are te some extent a maker of war and an inspirer of militarism. It is at a time like this that yen must become aware of the painful limitations of ull generally accepted formulas of modern thought. Familiar words, useful enough in the everyday routine, are Inadequate te express beliefs thnt seem te press in tremendously fiem somewhere m the inilnilc. Old hopes, obi faiths reassert themselves in minds from which belief long age vanished, and in one's heart there are echoes that seem like the reiterated assurances of an ancient, promis premis ing voice. Here, for example, is still nnether tomb that will held mere of life than of death. Endlessly through time, as long ns the Ue public endure,, long after all the people new living are dead, men and women will con tinue te turn nnd leek at it with a lift of their hearts and the consciousness of being in the presence of Immertn! geed. The grave of the Unknown Soldier mav yet sfcm te be the tomb of the most pas sionate hope of mankind. Then it will be like n cry raised perpet ually in the center of the living world against the hardening heart of humanity. It niny be the tomb of the most ancient of wrongs nnd then its silence will mean mere than the proudest songs of victory. The statesmen new in Washington must sense this. They must knew that because of this beldier and the ethers who fought and tiled after turning away te martyrdom from all the pence and beauty of the world, Gevernmept' have come upon new times. The men te whom civilized peoples trust their nfTairs must de a little of the fighting and the people who stay lit home must barn some of the virtues of ceurasc nnd even of sacrifice, which the world needs mere than new trade routes and spheres of mflueuee. The diplomatists new in Wasningten are net only In the presence of a dead soldier of the American Army. They are in the presence of the spirit of the future. At their feet, burning brightly, is the torch that the Unknown Soldier held. They may take it up nnd carry It en or they may leave it where it fell. The job Is theirs new. If they fail in it, future generations will leek backward from the tomb In Arlington and wonder net be much at our cruelty as at the rising madness of our self-worship that already has carried most of the civilized nations te the very edge of n bottomless pit. FRANCE OF FRANCE FEARS that Anatole France's definite efcpeusnl of the cause of radical socialism would shock the dispensers of the Neliel j prie for distinction in literature seem le hnve been groundless, rne veteran Ironist, philosopher, novelist, dramatist and histo rian has been formally mimed its worthy of the honor. That the entire world of letters will ap plaud this verdict can hardly be doubted. Net binee Veltniie has the pen in France been wielded with such rapier-like finesse ns is characteristic of M. France properly Jacques Thlbnult In cynic vein. But the scope of this modern writer is far beyond thnt of merely destructive acidity. He hns hearty humor in ubuudance, as the immensely flavorful "Retisserle de la Reine Pcdnuqui'" triumphantly testifies. -He is a master of pathos in "Cralnquebille," of de licious farce in "The Mun Who Married n Dumb Wife," of sardonic implication In "Thiils." of remorseless learning in "Jeanne D'Arc." of funtasy iir"The Revelt of the Angels" nnd of the most variegated Bjft j,, unique profusion in the unclasslflablc "Pen guin Island." lie Is at once Jovian In effect of emnls i in clcncc and as arch, as tricksy and ns lovable as Puck. The Nebel prize is n mere inci dent, though n happy one. The merits (if Themas Hardy, nrlglnallv thought te hnve appeal) d te the Nebel jury, are net in the lrat shadowed by thin ear's e'citien. With utterly different claims, the Det-set novelist and pert is quite as deserving of Hie tribute ns is M. France. Hut nrlN lieu by the two illustrious w riters tire nut in l lie leant competitors. Neither by the utmost stretch of versatility is capable of encroaching en the provinces of the ether. Mr. Hardy's candidacy is as authentic as It ever wns. CLEVELAND IS AWAKE WHEN the clty-mnnnger system, adopted by Cleveland this week, inut into effect nt the expiration of the term of the new Mayer, the country will have an op portunity te learn hew the application of business methods te municipal government will work in n city of 800.000 population. It has been argued that the cltv-mannccr PnM wl" " ,,,'.v wc" e'' eempnrallvciy smnll communities like Dayton. Put that It would brenk down of its own weight or weakness in n city with anything like 1.00)1,01)0 population. But there is no reason that It should. The principle en which It Is based works in big corporations as well ns in little ones. This is. because the large corporations cm ploy men big enough for the job. It is simply the application te municipal government of the methods of large business coiperatlons. A group of commissioners is elected, which corresponds te the beard of directors. The commissioners hnve n presi dent, called n Mayer, nnd they elect a man ager te run the business of the city as a beard of directors elects a general manager or superintendent for Its business. The city manager appoints the heads of departments under him, nnd they nre responsible te him for the efficient conduct of business. If he falls he can be removed by the men who appointed him. If he succreds he can be kept in office indefinitely. The plan was introduced in Dayton nfter several years of agitation. The city was badly governed. A Democratic Mayer would be handicapped by n Republican Council or a Democratic Council would tie the hands of a Republican Majer. The public officials played politics and used the offices ns pawns in their game. They did net care whether the people were served or net. Way back in 1800 Jehn II. Patterson, the head of the biggest business corporation in the city, urged thnt the "municipal affairs be placed upon n strict business busts nnd directed, net by partisans, elthcr Repub lican or Democratic, but by men who nre skilled In business management and social science, who would treat our people's money its a trust fund te be expended wisely and economically without waste and for the benefit of all the citizens." It was net until 101,'t. however, that the ether business men of the community were convinced that he was right. An amendment te the Slate Constitution had grunted te the cities of the State the right te frame their own charters. Dayton took advantage of this permission and elected n Charter Commission pledged te draft a charter which should organize the city gov ernment as a private business Is organized. The politicians opposed the plan and sought I te defeat the candidates pledged te the cltj - mnnngcr system, nut nicy tailed, because the business Interests of the city were 0 virtual unit in support of it and because they educated the people te support them by exhibiting the extravagance and Inefficiency of the old political system of running affairs. It will be two or three years before the new system is put Inte effect In Cleveland, but the decision of a city of its size le turn its back en the old political methods of city government and te make a serious ntlcmpt te govern itself in accordance villi sound busiiKss principles will have n great moral effect upon the advocates of betterment in all ether large cities. THROUGH GERMAN EYES DR. KRIEDRICH ROSEN, who nego tiated the German-American treaty with Mr. Dresel, views the Disarmament Confer ence with huspicien. Search as he will, he is unable te envisage any benefit te Germany from the parley save in the highly unlikely event of a cancella tion or postponement of the debts owed te the United Stntes by the Entente. In that case be is tempted te believe Uiut some re vision of the German reparations obligations will be made. In his gloomy forecasts Dr. Resen evi dently considers It hnrdly worth while te speculate upon a successful or even u partly successful outcome of the meeting. German materialist."- ambitions were frankly besetl upon superiority of armament. Is lt'bccnusc the Teuten mind is. unable even yet te im agine a world guided by principles of honor able restraint that the former Foreign Min ister of a ruined nation is still .se bkepticalV PREPARING TO PAY GREAT BRITAIN ewes the United States a little mere than $-(,000,000,000. She hus pnld no interest en it since she get the money. The United States, however, which bor rowed the money from the people and Issued Liberty nnd Victory Bends as security, has been paying the Interest at the rate of ubeut Sl'00,000.000 a year. ThliJ money has had te be raised by taxation. New it is announced from Londen that the British Government has made arrange ments te begin paying the interest. As It lent te its allies most of the money which it borrowed from us. It muy be thnt its debtors are finding a way te pny part if net all the interest due en the money they bor rowed. But the details of the arrangement nre net of particular interest te us In the United States. What we who have te pay the taxeH nre glad te knew is thnt the amount which must be raised annually by Federal taxes Is foen te be reduced bv SUOO.OOO.OOO. Briand says France is Fair Weather in sympathy with the ' Premises ambitions of the United States. Kate sayH Japan Is willing te curtail its naval program te conform te reductions In ether countries. With everybody In this pleasant frame of mind tlelegntes te the Washington Confer ence may be able te untangle the snnrls as they appear. The depreciation of the German mark, long slme ceased te be a joke. It has be i oiiie a menace. But Amerlcnn soldiers of the army of the occupation ere net worried about it while It is possible te buy n geed suit domes ter ;. .mericnn money, a geed meal for ten cents and a street -ear ride for a third of a cent. They don't care hew long school keeps til. When Marshal Foeh lecclves the hon hen hon ernri degree of doctor of lnw from the I'ni versltv of Pennsylvania en Tuesday there will be instant recollection that he wen a very Interesting case against the Germans some little time age. His clients, as we set m te remember It, were awarded heavy damages; but, unless our memory proves treacherous, thev hnve net yet been collected. "Ceal Is coal!" asseverates the plaintiff in equity proceedings, designed te test the constitutionality of me Anthracite Ceal Tax Law of 1D1M. "Net by an anthracite !" de clares the Attorney General voluminously and bltuiulneusly. And where the argu ments are loose the court will proceed te naui in the muck.. AS ONE WOMAN SEES IT i Parkway It Pioneer te Things of , Beauty That Will Make Succeeding Generations Ferget Our Weak- ' nesses and Remember Only Our Werth i By SARAH D. l.OWRIE THE ether day I was looking ever the Pictorial Recerd of the Falrmeiint Parkway thnt was gotten out some years age by the Fairmeunl Art Association, nnd in n moment of hopefulness wishing thnt I could live te enjoy the splendors therein set forth under the glowing colors of Jacques Greber, the latfdscape architect, and the men who nre responsible for the plans of the buildings thnt nre te line that great pathway te the park, nntz'nger. Cret. Beric, Truin baner, Medary, Webster, Huldemnn nnd ethers, net te speak of the men who have the responsibility of consulting nn nil pinny nnd carrying them out for the clly. These of us who swerve ineeldy right or left nt (he raised hand of the park guards en the devious wnys near the Spring Garden street entrance nre still nt n less te mnke anything coherent out of Jlic great vyalls of rough masonry rising te our right 'ns wt leave the river drive te enter (he town. Still less nre we nware of what Ik happening en the hill when we nppreneh the park from Legan Square. The derricks nnd cranes arc still silhouetted against the sky in a busi nesslike fashion that might menu n far lor' ler' lor' er n quarry. Very few of us see what i happcnlng from the Spring Garden street bridge side or from the west bank of the river. But we nre all interested, even the grumblers uml skeptics: nnd for some of us the icnl reason for huvlng the centennial celebration in n couple of years Is In I he hope that the Art Museum may be the sooner completed with thut ns an impetus. WHEN these vast solid wnlls, thnt we are told are only tlfe bnsements nnd sub lmeinents of the great winced nnd nillared temple that fs le surmount them, nre covered , with smooth nnd glenmlng stone, when the carvings and colored marbles and great I siHilpttired ern.imcntntinns nre in place, then ' our imaginations will be busier yet with what trensures nre te line the inside of this masterpiece. What collections of beautiful things nre te be gathered there that are already stored up for that end ! And whn,t have yet (e he gathered from the four corners of the earth! It is n wonderful tribute, te beauty wc me raising there. The sincere nnd nntlent and inspired creations of thousands of dead men I will rest there, each in n setting designed te mark Its value ns n work of supreme art : each se far as is possible, tee. Immortalizing the hand and brain that brought it intr being. We need such treasure houses in this "euntry. If for nothing else than te make ti nware thnt there is something mere worth while than temierary success, nnd thnt our familiar motto. "It's geed enough!" is ac tually net geed enough for any people past the pioneer stage te put Inte practice for long. MOST of the men whose works will line that great temple dird peer anil were never rich: many of them were obscure and little considered in their lifetime; mere than half of them were considered fniluies by most of their friends for most of their lives. Most of them worked ngnlnst real opposition from the successful nit imtreny of their day . Most of them could have made money If they had lowered their standards, or have given less than their best. Manv of them were lenelv people and worked ngnlnst great physical odds. Their works, that will eventunlly be placed with such care and particularitv in Ihe best light and among the most carefully thought out surroundings, have been many of them kicked about the world, lest, covered up, broken, discarded, pawned, sold for a song, forget ten. lnughed at and then rrcngnlztd. resurrected, resfeied and rexnlucd a thou theu thou sandeold. We admire them new and recognize their worth net se much because we nre sure judges of beauty, hut becnuse we nre new .ivvare and have net the power te reproduce for ourselves the particular form of beauty that each of them represents, ' I COME gift went out forever when Ranhnel O died, and semetliitigbccnmr n lest art when the Inst of the Renaissance painters laid down his brush and let his palette 'dry. Every genuine artist that tiles leaves a va cancy In the world thnt will never be filled. Se we scramble for their effects, knowing that the thing that cunning hand has fash ioned is actually unique, never a new one like it te be offered en the world's counters again ! Most of us put our strength into living nnd eating and digesting and committee-attending nnd calculating and buying and sell ing nnd being born and marrying nnd dis agreeing nnd making up. und being 111 nnd cnnvnlesclng und growing prosperous or grow ing old. or both, but the men who have made these things have concentrated a whole life of energy nnd hope nnd feeling en the color nnd form nnd meaning of a few square of canvas a. couple of feet cither way. I THINK the owed and yet candid inspec tion of such things that the children of this town may hnve twenty years from new ought te be a leaven making for at least a reverence for perfection in the coining gen eration thnt we de net possess. I sometimes wonder hew It is, however, thnt Philadelphia, "corrupt and content" as she has been called, bv her own as well ns by her guests, has actually had the vision of that Parkway in the midst of the confused mid sordid political embarrassment she lnbers under. The ether buildings sketched In the book, from the library new building near the Cathedral en Legan Square te the Episcopal Cathedral still te be endowed ami but new hepeil for by nn enger group, nre nil in one sense castles in the nir and In another the most real and useful buildings in the dtv Fer they represent a great Ideal and a iom iem iiitin end for our civic endeavor. They are ours' We nil own them equally and all intend te build them nnd te use them ami te show them off anil leave them te the gen erations coming en. We are rather a prosaic let new, but one day we will be classified, net as the follower. of Vaie or Penrose, net even ns the reform crowd, nor ns pacifists or as laborites, but ns the generation that built the Parkway nnd chnn,ged Philadelphia from a town of little streets te a city of great spaces and widening v-IMns. The Bride Gees Marketing feTTALU a dozen oranges, some soap, a -- cake of yeast" (I'll be selling bread tonight he'll help; "a pound of tea" (Feet, be still, you're dancing like the sun shine in the east ! Quiet ! Wnlli sedHtely new '. That grocer boy might see ! ) "Half n ile.en oranges" t I'll blue tonight ! wear my "Blue te match your eyes," he Yeu peer old city tree. say. Loek nllve! It's innmlng, nnd the world is full of light ! Yellow like the sunrise quilt mv mother made for me ! ) "Half n doyen eranges"-eniis geed -by l;IsS wns sweet ! l "Eggs enough for breakfast" (Yes, I'll let that ironing be Willi" I patch his old gray rout. Geed-by, you friendly street!) "Hulf a dozen oranges, some senp, a pound of ten." Helen Cew lea Lc Cren, in Contemporary Verse. NOW MY IDEA IS THIS! Daily Talks With Thinking Philadclphians en Subjects They Knew RALPH E. WHITE On League Island Park LEAGUE ISLAND PARK, whatever critics mny have said about it. has been a successful undertaking and deserves te be counted among ihe city's most notable achievements In building. Such Is the belief of Rnlph K. White, the architect who de signed anil supervised I lie construction of the buildings in the park. "It would seem n habit of mind among Phlliiilelpliiiins." said Mr. White, "te be aggressively skeptical of any public under taking until Its usefulness or virtue hns been proved without nny recourse te Imagination. 'erv likelv It Is something iniligeiitieiis. for I luive net' observed it among the Inhnbltnnts of ether cities, who are. sometimes pain fully, proud Alike of accomplishments and projects. Old Dislikes Recalled "I can remember u mnbs-mcctlng that was beltl a geed many years age te pretest against the substitution of electric trolley cars for the horse cars und cable cars that hud served this city for halt u generation. "What? Tear up our sturdy cobbled streets and lepave them with effete asphaltV Scud juggernauts catapulting through the streets te run down our children? Hang electric wires ever our heads te fall upon us and nii'liu or kill us? Turn the peer old car horses out of work? A thousand times never! Anne, citeyenb! Down with trolley curs ! "Se it wns with the Northeast Boule vard. When that was projected nobody could see anything in it but uu unending seutcc of profits ter contractors. Se. tee, with the Parkway. Somebody has always uriscu te hamper and delay and si.tible city project by" enjoining it. The Injunction against the new Library Building, for ex ample, cost the city many thousand dollars and accomplished no purpose cM'cpt t" delay this badly needed building. , t "When It wns first suggested that the people of Seuth Fhlladcl; ,)tu had no great open spuce of pleasant scenery and com fortable conditions te which they might take themselves un a line day, except Falrmeiint Park, a long und tedious distance away, und that the city might de well te reclaim the land ut the extreme southeastern cud of the city' and make n park of It. a fury of oppo sition rose immediately. Object le Barrrnncse "And ns the biilldinguf the pnik went en this opposition grew ill intensity Net ul of It. I guess, wus dlsiiucreMcd, hut at any rute it has net. even yet, entirely abated. "What Is there in this criticism'.' It seems simply that the park is mere or le-s barren in appearance and that it isisj the taxpayers it great deul of menev The last item, of course, must be admitted : but it can he &niden the ether liiiuil that it cost no mere than the general run ei Improve ments en such n si ale, and that il cost hardly mere thnn half of what It might if it were le be undertaken new. "Te the assertion that the park has net lis much foliage as might icasenubly be ex pected, there need be but. one answer. Wc must wait until the trees and shrubs hnve had time te row. In ten years League Island Park will leek us well as anv s lien of Falrineunt 1'nrk ur any ether pnrk in the country. It might be pointed out that the tiees and plants at League Island Park have difficulties a little harder than usual te contend with. They had te he planted in special soil, for the native sIM in that region is none ten geed and has net been much improved by the great quuutities of ashes and oilier things thai were dumped upon it. There Is always geed wind uml frequently n lenslderuble gale blowing ever the park, s0 that it is cool there cen en the sultriest nights. This is net ih,. b,t thing in the world for struggling saplings and shrubs. The plan of League shn,, ,,r. was made nut by u clever ami capable linn of Bosten landscape artists, nnd it is a.s ,. piopertloncil ami plciurcMiui nh nnv park plan In the count rv. Tills nt Building Silieme "About the buildings I would like te speak at ,i little mere length, hi,,,, j , te a large measure responsible for ihcm. The main building wus designed us an ad ministration building, suited te any needs the Park Commissi, m i- might have for It. The first deer i divided Inte offices .for Ihe superintendent of the park and the chief of the park guaids who may be stiillened then. "The uppei Hours nre se constructed mf they i an be udnplcil te nu u-cs iM. lir; Ceinuili-sliiiiei- may liud for iluin Then, i-, room for a small lock-up, which suppose will be needed. There are sleeping quarters for it uiretiiker and his wife and a kitchen for them in the basement. There nre also repms that may be used te quarter stable- HOME Best i men I eeen The courtyard is simply n piece of nemy. It occurred te me thnt since there were te be stnbles and u barn en the grounds it would be mere efficient und less ex pensive le have these buildings in a single grout). "The boatheu.se. the bandstand and the outlook en the lake were designed en the same plan of simplicity uml economy, and the cost of them Is comparatively htnnll. "The reason that these buildings are net used Is. te my thfnking, becnuse the park has net been given ever te the Park Com mission according te the original plan. I den t knew why. If the Purk Commission hns refused te take it. it should, through pressure from the public, be made te. All that Lcagiia Island Pnrk needs Is an efficient and competent udmluistratlen, n lighting system, a pcrmntient detail of guards and enough workmen and gardener's te keep it in order." Today's Anniversaries IS.'Jli- Themas Bailey Aldrieh. famous poet editor nnd author, born at Portsmouth, V II. Died In Bosten March 1!), 1007. lSjR-Mnrriaite of James A. Gurtield and Miss Lucretiu Randelph. lSllt Norway and Sweden celebrated the fiftieth anniversary of their union. 187," The Illinois Conference of Uni tarian Churches wus organized at Bloom Bleom Bloem ington. 18S0 Lucretln Mett. a famous pioneer in the equal suffj-uge and ether reform move ments, died near Philadelphia. Bern en Nantucket Island Jniiuarv 3, 170.1. i,.,i,0'"Twm.as F- 1,ales, third Episcopal Bishop of Michigan, died In Detroit. Bern at I airfield, Conn.. August .11. 18IU. 11)11 -King Geerge and IJtiecn Mnrv sniled ler India te attend the Delhi Durbar. l'.lll) At Ccntralia. Wash., three Amcr V.!.",. R ,ncn "crp hll,,t ,0 death bv I. ": ; V,"r 'I'.1"1 Arlls-'re Day pnr'ade. t. !n.J,7!rMh non, ""'i ,!i11 I'ned by Lrltisli Heuse of Commens. Today's Birthdays King Victer Emniunuel III. the reigning sovereign of Itnly, born fifty-two venrs nge in 1 ?!'. , U"v' , w"'" (1. Pinkham, Bishop of 1 nlgary, bem ut St. Jehn's, New New leundliind. seventy -seven veurs ege David I. Walsh. United States Senater fiem Mitssachuseus. born nt Leemitiister, .Mass.. forty -nine years nge. William M Cellier, United States Am Am bnsailer te Chile, born nt Ledl. N Y fitly -four years age. " Hael Dawn, popular actress nnd motion P dure star, born at Ugden, Ulah, twenty, nine years age. l) What De Yeu Knew? QUIZ t What arc algae? "' nr"arneid?tlR """,""-' 'w"c el President .'!. Wh.it Is meant by the "cognoscenti" nm! hew should the word be pronounced' nate'i?yL'"r V"ka JullU!i u "?& r' vv!,1V'a".iae"rB'' w'hlnBten Lafayette' - 11, J' n V'0 '"''"',MB ' Connecticut? K Who 'in! eni .','" "'", ''.' of Wales? in '.'""i"?1 "llP''" ls tlle Cnlenne Vf nclemc' le. In what century did n.iulel Defeo llve? Answers te Yesterday's Quiz '' n"!,N'V,m,as,.,1!f "?,". "nV'.0.ef Amerl- l. ilKnr WIImjii .y Ul, HmI 111 189G :' ''"ll'iuS"'' 'S "'C !,,mlIe"C!it f tbe Great 3 An 1111.H w ii,e iCurepcnn blncUblnl or .inv et i.-rt.iln ether tluushes '','c,,,;Vnl,T.sVllhacU G. I'orifello literally means "mrrv-leaf from the Italian "pertarc," n? earn- 6. A lery I, a believer In cenrervatlve or ''''le,..,rv l.ri.lpu . A ,j' s.; Iii-Kliimr, ,1 novice J ,s ,l 7. Tin Haiti, of LuihIv'h r.:im occur,! i '!rVs7if I,1"', '' HfBl.tUSI.July u'pu'n,..1"' A!1,r"'"'ft under Ilrewn, but the laitir afterward returmd and tool. po,-sslei, of the Held i'un.iv'a Ian- was a 10ml lealli,K westward from tin- .Nl.iK.,1 I'.IVel. iit-l, I- . .,mii.i 1. IiJ 8. )'lllsi.iill,. " .It. ,!,., .-,- .1,, ,,.,,'"' MenU. or JlunU of I'lirtumil. s.il.i '!0 have been the daughter' of 13artoe..,o I'elestn O tie Mint flrvn.,r. . '. .1 !. Sante in the Madeiras . , , , 'prom" exp..ublem '" ,h" l"St,y of 'rs0 'i (ili I Italian nrcliikci, bculnter aml'n 11, I I" Untk. . , i , 1 " lni- i v 11 ami iviuc i-etiix mv of Krancc . IN" dates are IC08-ii8i). "Cc' l0, T,"n1'lLht?" .,n..tm" "equation of a f .. .. - Si 'I r., in,. ,ti.7.:2 7." Y ter"'" exenange of nitlficMtleiis by the nalleng Involved, SHORT CUTS ARMISTICE DAY Temper your pride vv ith 11 grain of tens And bravely the truth cenfess: Parleys are mockeries :'he)c, pretcusc ; And peace but a myth, unless Stirred by the lives il desires te bave, The joys It Is striving for. Deep In the unknown soldier's grave The werltl bus burled Wur. G. A. Lloyd Geerge says, "The Washington Conference is like n rainbow in the sky." Docs he menu it is ull Hughes? Marjnes have been rietniled te guard mail in thirteen large cities. The hue of the bandit business thus switches from rosy te murine blue. Gcrmnntevvn alone wns able te y, "And the next day it snow." And the snow flakes were se Infrequent thnt the Weather Bureau missed 'em. i If you want love stories rend the news papers, says a Chicago professor. Geed ndvlcc. But the trouble is that the really interesting stories don't have happy endings. The fact thjtlie Senate made but &3; amendments te the Tax Revision Bill sub mitted by the Heuse shows thnt the Sen ators nre disposed te view the btibject in a large way und te Ignore detnils. Wbcther the ward politicians accused of graft ere guilty or net guilty, that tbelr arrest should se promptly fellow the allega tions of crookedness is testimony te the courage and integrity of the Administration. Our own Apostle of Terseness says ne believes Gcrmuny's clulm thut' she is re ducing the size of her army ls justified by the facts. He read, the ether day of u Prus hin.n soldier being discharged for insubordi nation. The clerk of the weather has recorded 1217 degrees of excess heat for the year 1021 se far. Bv the warmth of the recee- . tlen accorded them we judge that beine el the degrees liuvc been conferred ou visiting celebrities. Ratification nt Vienna of the bcp.ir.ite pence treaty with the United States seems te prove that the Austrian knew en which side their rolls are buttered. Speaking as 11 11 architectural expert, wc should say they had inside information. Just because of the big majority by which he was elected Mayer of New Yerk, there is talk new of running Ilylnu for Gov Gov ereor of the State. But why step there when there is a perfectly geed presidential election coming off in 11)24? When Ihe Searching Division of the Surveyor's Department swooped down en Vincent Aster's. yacht, the Neurmahul, In the East River they get seventy bottles of liquor. This Is what Jehn Barleycorn might call n return te Neurmuhulcy. Kernchau, Soviet envoy, one of the signers of the Brcst-Lltevsk Treaty, hns arrived in Berlin te open negotiations for a Russe-Gcrmnn ullliinee. This, which H taken as a move ngnlnst the Allies for failure t'i invite Soviet Russia te the Washliigt"" Conference, may, If net nipped In the bud. nullify everything the Conference can hope le accomplish. Arthur J. Bnlfeur, head of the BritM' delegntlen te the Washington Conference, suvs he Is confident that steps are bcim,' gradually made te "produce a better world, un International world." Here the a"80". 1 rut uses language stnrtlingly like that ' the Socialist. II. G. Wells. But hnvy does the idea harmonize with American antipathy te "rntnngllng alliances"? A Kiev' professor has discovered in village in the meuidsiliis near Temir Minn Sburu. the new capital of the DughcHtau Republic, eighteen men out of it total popu lation of P-'O who were mere than 100 years old. He ascribes their long lease of life te their exclusive diet of soured cow s mill., cheese made of sheep's milk and white bread. Tills ls calculated te mnke the aver age man satisfied with n short life nnu a merry one. After Deputy Sheriff Lillian Pechin, of Chester County, had helped elect her un hand Sheriff nnd her son burgess of I m"" nlxvllle by taking women te the pulls n" nibbing for them In the kitchen nnd nursery while they voted, she culled II 11 day ami admitted that she was the happiest woman In the United States. But wu suspect llir this was merely the elation thnt iiatur.iM fellows work well done. Later en she win grieve because slte -hasn't i( daughter- ane can elect ns Governer. P r-1 SV if. " i . T -fv ,t,M
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