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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
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I
Italian nrcliikci, bculnter aml'n
11, I I" Untk. . ,
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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.
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