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' .i."?.'?"'! ,0 Points eutelde of T'llladelpMa In the United Slatee. Canada or I'nued Minus put- J ;!'". oeetaite free, flftv (50) cent per month. I 101 dollars per ear, pnh In edvanrp. Te all foreign countries one ill) dollar a month potier Subscriber wish! r address changed must Che e.U s well an r.e nd Iresa, HEf.r.. soeo w tiM t ki ystenf main uni t-Addrtsa all mmnn'mllevi te fining j'unMfa lAiAeer 1 naewnvm S(7var', Pnilnrf tlrthla I Member of the Asseclnted Press i.T,IR. AlpOrrATrD rVESn er;?i.itv;Ven. j! . "' "' fr r-PWeaHen el nil tieire rafc;ie.i crrditrd te (I or iief etAeru'tse cridlfej in (Alt paver eiil also the local iiiim cubUslird therein AU righli nf l,lliT(c(lHel of special iltptfch' .hrrrtn r i,0 ,,,xrj. rhilidtlplilj, Mend.y. Nettmbtr 11, l':i THE BULLET'S BILLET rpJIK bullet that kill- n soldier in war J. always caroms ur.-l ledges in the heart of some woman nt tin- reai She must lite md bear tin- wound as lii-t he mny. Mrs. Amclm Knimn M fudden. icitiviiir honors in tins iit te(la. H iirh n wnrtiiu. TThit lh-itih wer tnetlnr. ln lnt nurn n)ri nud her litiabntid nnd a iwf of elcifi r-dn-tivcdi must be pn"-int: I! 'O'irIi h nie' lull--lowing (xpcrii'iu r ilif nppiaie n the representnfiie of tli- bertavi-d n-ntjirn of another niitn'ii SI e i ii"t nllewrd t ferf her grief, but if the -, mpatiu of the Ameri run people rnn nvuiic il i ati dejri e h has tkit iinenidRinuly nnd in full measure. WILL THE GRAFTERS FALL OUT? NOTIIIXO c ruild he mure --iitMn loin tj these win, object In the In inc tf tribute en people who have te de biiMiievs wild th" city than tl.e fulfillriK nt of the th'i.its of the men neen.,-il of tr.Miij; tn cield u" the menufactitri'tx of flre-f ttinqisliins nppjrn ttis te "spill the beans" nnd slte-v up th" whole K.vt"M It Rheiild be neleci iVir tne ndrti.t thai jrrafters are operating. I'.ut tin ndnii'sien Jl unneei'svai li i a nmtt"i of record that the Scarv-I.nb::cl. I'empatn was asked te pay .''.". ( if M) m erd',- te ct the nuient of the City l 'nti in J te ii-nnit a lre!!ey line te be '.aid near it heidiu.irtMs en the Hoesevclt bniilcanl. There ns a llaii'-up a'oei.' ihN. bdt no ene ha" bei-n pun. -.lied and tl.e suspect an1 utill in office, eting or retraining fr.im voting for various ntattnr aceerrjing as. tliv think beat. The twn i full of gossip about varirnw men who aie "en the make,'- and uhe will retire from ellice with enough te remove them from till fear of future wanf Hut i is nothing but genip. The proof is Licking. The fire-e.tingtiiliir;g nppara'u -fan(ial has net thus fur invohel any en-- in uflire. but. as already intlmnted. neihinc bctte. bctte. eeuld happen tliini ili.it thn graftei, hj'iM fall out and begin telling the trutli about one another. REVIVING THE CONVENTION HALL ODDLY enough, the Convention Hall project, long in a state of deadled; be ceukc of a taxpav. r s suit, h.is been infu'il with new life by n ppii.ir ,c.. u en an ether undertaking. Tlie mcinerml au au therired by nearly l.'O.OOO IMiiladelphia-is- at the last election is obvieush (apable of being combined with the auditorium without in th" least transgressing the bounds of geed taste. Members of the American f.egien. the (i. A. It. and the Spanish War Vetn-ane have been quick te appreciate tbi-s 'act. nnd the fnver with which thev are new viewing a joint program is bread-minded and puhlle fcpirited. The force of sentiment is nner te be dis counted. The cit hn Ljng reipiired an adequate Convention Hall. I'.ut t)xU was a praetienl necessitj. Th-re was no emo tional thrill .11 the plims u-i outlined. That it is present in the uni -niemei ial idea may be rec'.ered ue c of geml fortune if the edifiee i made te serve the two pur poses proposed. The Kind Mf sep;!,-, nt that ran untie tlie Cenier.tmn II.ill knot is -.urelv needed in this , nmniuniM A HOPEFUL OUTLOOK "A7HE Ifeprcsentftthe Uarrett tr.erf te TV instruct the lleie Cenferenic f'.inunlr. tee te accept the Senate nmendmnt te the i Tax-Revision Hill putting the c.rtax en large ineenns at " per ent his resolution was laid mi the table by n ve'e ,,f nearlv two te one ' ' The Heuse lull pur the surtax at .'!0 per rent, which is large enough .Il u,l . enseieuec ' The Sennte raisid ii ie .",0 p," (,nt in re sponse te the dirnnnil of the funic is" lilc Tlie higher inte is trg-d nu ti.e groune that n man uiMi an nv mie of .f'Ofi i'0n c-m afford te tarn c'-'.'ii.OOn e' it .-, te tl. ' Government vitlmut suffe- ng .iii p-rsenal incenvcmen.e He c-.m Qt ;(. ,, ',,t meter- ' ear and ran have m cm ic.js, ,,,; 2 ,e,infr,. house, and ecu te t' , C e.ifr cihn lie ' jtleases and can s,cn. 1 1, ii-atJun in tra'-el without wierjiug MLiciut 1 ;..v (.,i)cn,(. ' But the lca suri.i is eirnutid eeonerui- ' rally in spite of 1 1 1. rheeiy of ertain 1 cer.11 inists that graduated rates of tn'atien are I wise. It can lie d fended erh , u i,,. t! f,P., that the (i ei-iinnnr d sires t,( penalnse wealth. The lax is thm lnied net en the 1 dollar, but en the man u!m owns ti.e dollar Whereas tlie idealh p-riVe' us(.in meiiI' levy tlie same tax en eer d-d!ar no matter who owns it. It will be a long tune, however, before Congress adepts tl.: i iIm-eiv. But 't is en couraging te note thni the Heuse has ref .sed te instruct its Conference Ceinmitteu te accept the income -ta.x changes made by the Senate HE COULDN'T DO IT DANIEL M. T1M:aMVI;LL. u lawer. who died in Hioeklvn. . Y . the ether day at the age of ninety-five .war, lived I0115 enough te discover that the arm of one nan in net strong enough te uverthrew the Christian religion. 1, Meuy years age he wrote 0 book intended k.te prove that Apollonian of Tyana, a Greek philosopher, uhe died In !" A. D.. did the 'things which are credited in the Christian documents te Jesus and thnt .lesus wns a myth. lie hoped that when he had demon strated this te his satisfaction U would WltUfy the rest of the world. Hut it didn't. Apollenius was a histeiical character. He is credited by tradition with raising a Weman from the dead in Keine nnd with performing various ether wonders. He rlalmed ability te foresee the future, and he was accepted by priests and people as a cacred character. And he died at the age iff 100 years. Hut certain of his disciples insisted that he did net die, but simply dlMPpeared. v Haad been used before Mr. Treadwell bv vifleus critics of Christianity te sunnert tkctlr Attacks en its traditions. Hut se far as Is known, Mr. Treadwell was the first te Insist baldly that there was no historical Jesus and that the whole account of His life was rewritten out of the life of the Greek philosopher and injstic. It pleased him nnd It did no harm te any one else, for Chrlstlnuity rests en as linn foundations new as It did before he made his attack ou it. HARDING'S SENSATIONAL MOVE FOR DISARMAMENT AND PEACE A Way of Escape Frem War as Simple as It Was Unexpected Which the Powers Cannet Well Refuse EXPLICIT and therefore .sensational In ihe highest degree, direct and therefore wholly imcpeeted. was the plan for an Immediate nnd sweeping limitation of naval armaments proposed by Secretary Hughes nl the opening fce.sien of the Washington Con Cen feience of Powers. Onlj a few das nc;e the epttml.-ds were perniiltln; themselves timidh t hope that there might ! nn abandonment in nil coun tries of work 011 fighting ships less thnn 10 per cent completed President Harding and Mr. Hughes propose nothing less thnn nn abandonment of nil war wscls of the first class new in course of construction In American. Ilritlsh and Japanese yards and s complete (cssntieii of naval expansion for a pel iecl of ten wars It is ciiif( lipp.i-sbi" te measure the geed life t which (his suggestion wi.l have abroad. It will astonish 1 onileii and it will astonish Tekm Certnin! It lui astonished tin Tinted States. Tae Mu'ititnt'i of militarism has hern jarred nt ,'-. I'.iiindnHeris. Washington was prepared ,n "ee tlie cen tral agonizing pic t m of 1 reber 1 mili tarism shrntulf il 11 I'1 gs nf extraneous il.s r.ssien and eliscun i lit the nits of di'ilo di'ile rnnllc scepe-sh ftcis Tin re can be no evn Scot, new If, nftr tins. eMier !everiimeiits cum ieui:'iie te breik the hiii'k of their peep'e v.'h eponi.eus and expanding mill -ta Hind lues it w ,11 be Mirprising. We hiins- in this ciiintr.v of an nbil t fe ' g't tilings done "' Seme of the things that we de fpncklj are geed .11. d s,,u,e are b.ul. Il t here ir-r 'lafive ciiai ,icensi c iif releri nn,' our nnbit of st.night talk I. nve been mil e the seitice of a fa I Mi mid purpose se hih and sliln'n; n te wring cherts from Mr. IJrynn arid applause from harder-headed nnd intetiii!t p".iptlc.il antagonists of inllitaf.sni. Tie va.t III isiTl. sljs (lie Ciitcd States a efc-i. is te ihsaini. It isn'i casv te . ig'ie otherwise. It will he said, of course. 1 ..r we arc willing rigid! te limit 0 tr nin.il ilieicg-.h because, vnlike iv.nie of !he 1 ther Pe.'.er i-epieset.ted In the discus,.., m. v,. Lave no special cuds which an elnbeia'ed and 'paiideil naval peln may serve. limitation of ariaanicnts will net recin ei e nnd adju-l lenfllttiug nnliennl in'eiesi.s. I'.ut ,1 has been demeu-trnttd that si ch in lepesis (nnnet be snfelj or dicrtith adjusted een by the most furieii and festly of wars It ni'ght te be plain ns unj te evr.t one thpf if lievernments ever hud themselves without th" great armies anil navies that stimulate and sustain imperialist passion the-, will turn naturally te feel: les barban us means of asserting their claims and pretensions and maintaining their iniluenre in the family e( nations. And If the spell of militarism can once lie broken, it an neter be 1 rented again. If the disarmament movement can hare a real beginning It will proceed with (Umiilative feri e. Ne people can (p"ct te obtain coveted places hi the sin, by tlie war method. Since that method is outworn. i needs only te be formal! pin aside, as Mr. Hughes pjts It aside, te make way for tlie new philosophy of International relationships which is necessary te tlie continuance of nvillzntien as we knew it Th.s is wh the Anunean pmpesn! nt the opening of the Confer enee en the Limi tation of Armament may be ns revolutienarv in its ultimate iffett ns it was in its char niter Mr. Hughes has made n new ap proach 111 tlie direction of .1 universal con gress of nations and te a world court which mnv jei lunetien as the expression of the cel'ectlte will and the cellrciite morality of the world 1 1' must le that or nothing, -nice it has been proved that a military organization greai enough for enrpiest w Hi intvitnbl irtish im creators ns well a- iIimc at wlieni it inav be directed. The whole existing structure of militarv. natal and national tradition is shaken by Mr. HiiKhes1 proposal. Thus, under the plan .nisi outlined, the P.r,tish would no longer be undisMited masters of the se The r n diiceil navy V..11I1I In- about e. -nl te that of the l'nite'1 States. The determined pfti -t of the .Japanese t,, e.pial the sen power of the 1 Culled States, leading ns it doe, 10 nothing I but an ex!. .listing trial of finnn, !il nt.cl e. . - ' neinic enduiance lielween tin two jn eiles ' v eul'l have te be pbandeiiiil What Tokie and Washington .-ire sm.n; with guns and l!itt!hlp- wmld ,av. t" he expre-sed in ether and c-nin'r nrm1 The Hughes program alters tery slighilv Ine e- ' Isting prnportiens of naval strength. It 1 does, however, point a wav te enormous re. I durtielis of nnv.il exjien-es and te es-ape from I the international state f mind whli 1 is lapsing (Je'-ernmentH mice ineie te r'gard ' mil.ia: ism as the milt Mir nfi-gimri of tl.e.r .'.tUists It v, ,' I, , ,T wi.,. , ,,, ,,.,1 ' i" HIT. less, j. It Het Whnllt lb 1.'. 1 f Tieri.er c.-reai Porters e,un;v m.u, bed eel, II luhl ell'llriut tl p )n- niiei national ar .'i sin 'ig'ti e r ci- TI " lint, Mi, v 11 li all 1 in ev, i-secs pos. scs..is te viirrj about , . Jupain-.e. asked i n-'ept 11 third place 111 th- teivnl rnrill.s of the f;t'in, u, be cxpei-tu te ponder nnd I . s,i,-,te in the face el" th's ikw- est plan for world iienep Tlie ,lapanee, eager te get along. pa Inn -.'tily ilerlreus te benefit by tlie laeirl and economic domination of ( 'iii.n. sensm e te the authoritative pre ep.e(. of grtftt Western Powers in tlnir immediate neighborhood, will naturally wanr 10 knot.- w-heti.er they ruu-t scrap thi ir ambition with theii icival ,110 gram. Hrita.i v ill as r.nt.irally want te knew whnt nssurnncis she is 1 have ler her own safety The fact remains that va-t new nrniainetils (nnnet be depended ,,j le B,V1, 1 liber tlie HriHsli or tlie Japanese the snfe guards and the e .untv which ihry see;. Other ways miut Le found te insure justice te people and countries, and se long ns there is 11 temptation te resort te violence they 1 nunc t lie found. Tlie Hughus program would Involve griii menev losses te nil three llevi rninents be arise of abandoned ship con tracts Hut such losses would be Ip, (l,nn negligib e when measured against tlie econ omy of life ami money and lime and effort which would be possible everywhere In the civilled world under n working system of armament limitation;. Harding and Hughes are two mere Ameri can statesmen who seen may be aicepted the world ever as spokesmen net en! for Amer ica, but for the masses of mankind. -'V want no advantage ever anybody " they Hiiy for the Cnlted .States. "We'll ditch our weapons and be humane and reasonable. Hew about yauf" WHAT CONGRESS DIDN'T DO TIIK presidential proclamation of pence with Germany, an announcement long forecast and long deferred, is new expected ns a sequel te the exchnng" nf treat ratlil catiens in Ilerlin. This would be the logical end of one of the most confuted interna -lienal situations in which the. United .States bns ever been involved. Hven the briefest teview of the steps whcieby chaos has been supplanted by order ,.-,-, v v. v EVENING PUBLIC IEDGEK must prompt the conclusion that there is no hide deer te ptmecinnklng under the Ameri can Constitution. Helievers in the efficacy of the Knox-Perter resolution declaring an end of the war with Germany were in high glee when thnt meas ure was passed, and presumed te foresee some official pronouncement te that effect from the White Hetifc. Hut Mr. Harding was net Impetuous. Deep as is his respect for the legislative body of which lie was once n member, he appears also te entertain 11 regard for due legal processes as defined in the basic in strument of the Keptiblic. He has waited for the official negotiation of n treaty. 'l"he Knox -Perter resolution gesture was partisan in origin. Later congressional self esteem was intensified by the conviction that since peace in the practical sitise had come, there was no harm in emphasising the fact 111 a form of words. As it happened, little or no damage was done, but the impotency of Congress te make n formal peace before 11 treaty has taken shape is unmistakably disclosed. Mr. Haiding's tact may be noted in Lis nppreia! of the ineffectual resolution. His irvci.uice for fixed pieccdlirc is equally 1 lear. 1'wii a mnrked! fiiendly Congress has net yet been pet nutted te run Ihe Executive and Slate Depai tmeiiL FOLLY ON THE WING rpHK aim of the marksmen who sheet felly X as it flies must be peer indeed, for a surprisingly Inrge amount of it still manages te wing its wa.t into the public ga?e Tlie latest flight occurred nt the Ameiicnn b.ith-ioiitrel convention in New Yerk, where re.olutien-. were adopted asking the Wash ington Conference te consider the limitation of the birth rate nmeng citilizcd nations ns the surest way te prevent war. If the cure were applied heroically it would surely end war. This much must be admitted Hut it is also tiue thnt beheading is a cetiuiu cure for toothache, ns the man t.iin loses his head will niter again be called 1. 'ion te ask n dentist m iniieic him. If no mere children s mild be born nfter January 1 the world would b' come an un 'tihabited waste within it hundred .teius and it would be wrapped in pennancnt peace un broken by the clash of arms Hut is this what the birth-control people seek? Wc hardly think se. " They de net leek quite se fnr. What thet flunk they think is that if tlie families should be se small that each son and dnui'liter could be properly tieined the snuggle fr existence would beiemc less ncute and the protoca pretoca proteca tion te war would gradual! disappear. They de net seem te renumber that tlie only people who could be induced te adept their remedy would be-these of whom lliere arc tee few in the world nlreadt . Tlie intelligent and well to-de have tee small families new. This was 'thai Hoose Heose Hoese vclt protested against in hi i lampaign against 1 .ice suicide. Tim tendencv of families as the increase in wealth is te disappear and give way te families thai are iV.ruggling up from the bottom. Thus the world is con tinually losing the incinl stock in which is concentrated the fruit of the experience and wisdom of the past and is being managed by men who have te learn the old lesions all ever ugain. The birth-control lesnlutiens will doubt less be deposited in tlie laige waste-basket that must have been pretided nt tlie Wash ington Conference for the accommodation of foolish proposals with whp li r is ertain te be bombarded. OUT OF ORDER TIIK diflii ult nnd complex Irish situation is under earnest consideration in Londen bv the three parties -most directly interested in n .settlement. In most instances the par tisans of these groups are waiting in a spfrit of cemniendnble restraint for some definite outcome from tills convention. Fortunately, tlie extratngant interjection of the Irish problem into a meeting called in fhc Academy of Music en the evening of Aimistiee Ii.iy te fester tlie cause of inter national peace cannot be icgardrd as typical of the best Hibernian opinion. Hut it was a foolish exhibition, none the is, and reflective of a kind of thinking winch has greatly interfered with iccousfrtiu icceusfrtiu iccousfrtiu tien since the war. Individuals there are, perhaps less nu merous thnn noisy, who seem incapable of t letting any question en its merits. The cause which they have nearest at heart ob trudes te the extenl sometimes of actually halting progress en particular mattcis in hand. Much of the 1 riticism of the Pniis Peace Conference of mifj was bused upon dis- ippeintmetit ever its abstention from topics net growing dn-ei tit out of the World Wnr. It was as if the medical profession, for in stance, had insisted en a 1 heck en all proceeding- until all the appendixes of all the delcgnles were reunited, (iranted that im im pieved health may promote clearer thinking, such a pregrnni could hardly be called ger mane te the situation. If it is regrettnhle that all n forms i.'tn i.'tn net he perpet milt cosmic in sweep, it is none the less a solid laer. " I'lmnii better ment is a piecemeal process. Any ether method inetitnbly means a devastating med ley of 1 less purposes 'I lie Iaiiergeni t T.mlT Vili'l Ne ct. w Meb vt . ,1' ether- Slcli An'iinlle" wi'e i pirc Nevunber J", wi I be 1 xiemlcd uniil 1 rn anent tanlT legislation i- iii.Kted. It I-. if iniirse. iindcisfiin itiat whin Cen- grcM.1111 n sfiak of 'in 1 n.ani nt tariff ligi-- lllticjli thev speak ill u pnrl.dlneiilai t , n Pjpkv.ul.iaii. n metaphor icil, Ir p rhelieul eue. The Maver of pits, relii fwemau burgh i being 111 ged te Pauline Pry appoint n hundred wem en peiii e etfii Ms tot isit i.elels, restaurants nnd rn burets m tlie in t crest f teung girl tisiteis 'I'hiy are net 11 make arrests, but liuplt te "ndiLeninli" wiiywnril young women. Speaking offhand, we hhelllll s,14- this Would 1 ause a whole let mere trouble than it would cure, A let el f 1 eight will go Huslncss Hush ever tin- leads before Or Iyeng Delaj the 10 per cent cut in wages is ninslijcifil by tee Hmirend Laber Heard . and tin; amount can't be tee gr'at te milt either cxeiulives or union men The Vew Yerk l"niveritt H irenu of Hunness Kestareh sent out a iuei-tlnnnnire te seven tx -one professors of t iimeinics. nnd one out 'if 'lie whole number nterred thnt the Ameiiien xnluntinn in lh" Perdney TiirifT Hill would net decrease imports, one thought 't would net dei reuse experts, five thought it would net decreane letenrie and four tlieugli' if would net inciea-e K cost of living. With this Indersement, since Mie ether fellows evidently didn't knew what thev veie inlkfug about, Mr. I'eidney inuy go merrily en. Thiee hundred marks for a dollar and then -te for a dollar two dajs later. Ger man, instead of a currency, lias a seesaw ; tnsteud of a medium of exchange, has nn excuse for speculation. These clever enough te sense tlie remedy are selfiidi enough te enjoy the picking. The trouble with the murk Is that it rubs off. Hogs me selling at eight cent" a pound in tlie Cleveland stockyards. This will enable .ten le approximate the value of what bumps and pummels you get dally en the P It. T. caiv The world will sympnthhp with Ger many's efforts te halt traffie In foreign ex change. It is a ncccs.sary step te her finan cial security and te prosperity everywhere. - grf&iK .stvwr' ""vUtTf?''f '"-vvkmql-i&"s,fv,irt,-iVf'$ - lILADBLPHIA, MONDAY, .NOVEMBER '14, AS OKIE WOMAN SEES IT Everynedy's Rushing, and If It Isn't Business It Is Pleasure That Keeps Them en the Ge Which De Yeu Blame, the Moter or the Phene? II.V SARAH I). LOWIIIE APKOSPnKOr.S young business nmn of my acquaintance, who has lately been given 11 gicat raise by bis firm and installed in New Yerk City ns their agent, confided te me only Inst week that he found the additional strain of flip pace se great that he calculated that It would take fifteen years off of his business life If he continued en Ids present job for another twenty t cars. "I am obliged fe get rich, se as te be aide te retire worn out at fifty!" was his dry comment. I asked him why lip did net take lime off as tlie .teunger men de ever here in Phila delphia te piny racquets or squash or golf, or te hunt, in order fe k'eep in condition. "There isn't time In New Yerk te get info flic leal ceuntf during the week, nnd I detest (he suburban mlxfiire." he said short!. And we left it at (hat. I THOUGHT later when 1 was spending a Sunday out In Leng Island, an hour's distance fiem town, that even there the pace was 11 bit strenuous. .Seme men enmc in very latq for tea. having played off the end of a tournament pretty much all day. Tlie betting had been thirty te five en one of them. and. a'theugh he hud wen the mutch by -1 up nnd .", te play, it was evident the mere fnct flint he had been the factor in sucli high sfnkes had mnde what should hate been a pastime a nervous and re sponsible exertion. He was a young clinp and rather high-struiic nt the ben, and his business was an exciting nnd tense one. I wondered as I looked at his none tee serene young face hew long he would be nbh; te stay in tlie race. Later en in the evening tlie (alk drifted te comparison of businesses and which of the group had the easiest time. One of tiie mn, n cotton broker, said, I remember, that effen at the end of the day be wn wn liearse from shouting his bids and a sep of perspiration fiem Hie muscular exertion of mere gesturing te get Ins orders taken 1111 across the lloer. He said: "Yen'te no idea unless you've been in it whnt tlie turmoil and confusion and noise nre. livery one sheuis nnd no one Is really heard, then every ene gesticulates. , And between getting your order across nnd making sure that tlie man who appears te be taking it i answering you and net the broker back of you. and keeping nil the. varieties of tr' nsactiens you nre there In put through straight In your head and down in jour notebook, with men jostling and crowding le get ahead nil about you yeu'ie frnaJed when it is ever." He added that lhat did net happen every day nor nil of any day. except en rare and sensational rises and fnlls of tlie market; but tlie.t nil agreed that flic whole plan of the. Meck markets for any commeditt where there was competitive bidding after tin- methods of nn auction wns barbarous nnd used up human nerves nnd vitality at (i killing rate, and thnt New Yerk, being the center of that kind of trade for th country, put its money getters and their empleyes through d cruelcr mill than all the rest of the world put together. IN A certain sense, except for very se,lf poised communities, tlie rest of the coun try lins let Ne.t Y'evk mere and mere set its pace for it. however, even in (lie mat ter of pleasures. There was n time when with full piii'se tlie dwcllir In less magnifi cent cities fell that lie had te go te New Yerk te get fanned bv the whirl once nnd se often and te spend nnd be spent just te see what it was like. New he can' rush at home nnd find plenty of company. Lntcly I happened te fellow nfnr off the tielent rushes of some xeung persons en the week-end of the Priiu-i len-Hnrvar 1 game, se I feel that I am up en what can be accomplished 111 forty-eight hours in the way of "pleasure exertion- 'I'hese particulai jeung persons nmttj lreni the four qiiniters of surrounding com. ir.t nt Priiueteii inst in time te dress nnd dine out. They then went te n college dance anil danced until morning, w lien tlie breakfasted and changed into ether clothes and drove for miles nnd visited about until lunch and tlie game. After the game they scnttcred te three cities. These who enmc here dined lnt" nnd danced until tlie clos ing time for Sunday sent them te rcspectite relnutes. They arose fnr u morning train and mnde for their various colleges or Sun clnv afternoon cricagem.'iits in still mer. distant towns. At the game they had seen nearlv cteit one they knew, except the persons whom they bad intended te sit with. Only once did most of them for an Instant come within sin tiling instance et ineir np np peinted chaperon. And most of them ap peared te be as surnrised te find themselves with their nclial Lestcs as she was te have 1 1, em. ONi: woman showed me a telegram that she hud reriived during the course of Mie previeii-. day from one of her young relative-. It was a mnstoielooe of indecision. 'I mnv drop in en jeu about S, unde cided, w'.l! probably explain jnter, may be nble te phone xt hen I knew." She etentu.iliy phoned at 10 P. M. that she was stepping for n lulcli kev. Sh' stepped for ihe latch Uet at 11 P. M. And she. "dropped In" te sleep et ' A. M. and depaited that morning at ! ::'.() A. M. I asked lier amused iclntive ttlieie she had come from. "Oh. oil! of the evert where into the here'" was the leieiinler "She woke up te kiss me geed -by. and that's all 1 knew. SHI' I' pen'lt net much mere exaggerated in her wir of p'ensiir'nic. that girl, thnn her mother 11" doubt is in her way of being philanthropic. A woman showed nie her alendar ler to te morrow's 1 ngagements iu-t new. Of course nil these nre cxfi"s and de net in nny ttat fice hrr from whnt clersvmeii call in church "our erdlruirv advocatienis and duties." Ninc-lhirtv 11 League moiling. 10:."i(l iiuxllinrt meeting executive Committee, l:le Program Committee. At II o'clock she' vns srheib.li'd te speak nt a chunk ceufeieiue and at the same hour there was 11 cer' linper'atit l.cstness meeting and elec elec tien al one of her clubs and at 1 the au tumn linetlng of ihe Sficiett of Little Gar. dens. At P. M- the Welfare rederatien had a rail at the Acadeni.s le which as u team member she was bound te go. Thi" v.eniiui was whnt the Inead-w inners cnll "n woman of lelsuie." IASKLD another 11 elite nailicipnter in the City Welfa-e group if she ever lest the feeling' thnt she wns running te audi a train. She assured me that nothing Mint she had done in adult j'-ars tvas half se strenuous us shopping long age in department stores with her niethpr. "My mother n'wnys said- Jut keep me in Flglii, mx cium. nnu ten wen t gel lest.' and then off she would go, down one aisle nnd tin nnether, I nfter her full tilt, people getting between ns and delaying me until I was frantic for fear she would round a corner and be Let fur ever from sight. It seemed te me I never could v nil; ns fast even if I litre! te grew up, as she did. 1 suppose," she added, "thnt she would held her Galliger bonnet en and fuel she wns being run away tilth in the life I lend new. but It seems si-da te nfter these breathless shopping days of my infanev." I semc'tinies wonder which lias quickened the pace of today tlie mere, the meter or the telephone We refuse te grew excited ever the fact that the new Piemlcr of Japan is n se'f. made man. Tlieugli net necesnrlly tneru egotistical thuil his fellows, the self. mode man se frequently seems te be unnecessarily proud of bis work. And, ufler nil, the self' inade man never seems se very much differ ent fiem the ordinary man Ged macle. Net that we're knocking Koretlye Tnkahnuhl, We're Jusf slamming his press agent. NOW MY IDEA IS THIS! Daily Talks With Thinking Philadelphians en Subjects They Knew Best MEYER DAVIS On Dance-Music Standards TIIK modern dance orchestra has been placed upon a strictly scientific basis, according te Meyer Davis, of this city, who conducts n number of orchestras in Phila delphia and elsewhere. "The time has gene by," said Mr. Davis, "when several talented players could sit down and play together, and cnll themselves nn erciiestra. The standard of dance music has risen se greatly in the last few years nnd the administration of 11 dance orchestra has' become se complicated n matter that that sort, of thing is no longer possible. "In the. first place, the number of men geed enough te play in the first -class or chestras Is limited. New men are being tried 01ft oil the time who want te join tlie best orchestras, but it is impossible te nccept very many of them. At times, when the work of 11 man en some ether orchestra hns been particularly noteworthy, he is offered a better figure te make new connections. Such men are nlwuys in great demand. They arc icnlly artist". Many Werk en Contracts "Seme of 1 lie best men work en n contract basis, b' which their services are reserved exclusively for one orchestra, in return for which thev are guaranteed a minimum re turn, whether they arc called upon te work or net. Tlie majority, however, receive se much per engagement. It is no unusual thing for a first -class man te earn as much as .?lfKl te WOO 0 week. '"I lie music, loe. has undergone many changes. Whereas tlie old combinations used i.. -,,-,, .in.,1 Kv cue everv man musl 10 inn. ii (iii-.ci cc'cu .... - ... , . new adhere te his part nnd play It per fectlv. Tin-te is .1 different orchestration for citerv combination of instruments, "hieh demands a large and complete library, par tieularlt when it must supply several or er chestras. all pla ins the same music. , , "The music publishers always send ad vance manuscript copies of their latest numbers 10. the biggest erchestias le get their opinion en them before iiitesting fur hei menev In their publication. If tlie numbers go we'l en thn dame lloer they are almost .certain te be n success nnu un- .n.. .- turned with n favorable recommendation. Seme of the orchestras nnvc men "' chestraliens made, specially for them, the cost running into set oral hundred dollars a week nt times. S'7e of Keem a Question '"The question of the proper combination of instruments for each individual affair is veiy important. It depends largely upon tie size of the room and the number of "lies-s who v. ill be present. Cm- the or er dinarv part, the best lesults are te he obtained tith ten t fifteen instruments, lemprising a pinne. violins, saxophones lernet, tiombene, banjo, bass viol and lril"fer the l.trgcr affairs and balls Mie prepei lombinntlen tnries from twenty-five te fiftt pieces. In the late pailics it lh necessaiv te work in relays in order te ni ni lew the 'musicians te rest nt times, for. the modern idea Is te have the music continue without pause from start te finish. "Kehenrsals are Important and the pros pres enee of the men Is strictly required. Ihe best erchestias practice nt least two or Today's Anniversaries 1&0." Napeleon I and the 1'renili Armies entered Vienna. 1K27 Themas A. I.mir.et. e'der brother of Rebert Kmmet. the IrW patriot, died in New Yerk City. Hrn In Cerk. Ireland. April '-'1. 1 "'.. , , 1S.12 Jehn MeCullnugh, one el the great est actors of Mie American stage, born in Ireland. Died in Philadelphia, Net ember H. 1S.' 1M.1 The first Slate Legislature of Mi-lilgnn adjourned. M1(V The Implied acceptance by Let il Salisbury of Mie Menree Doctrine aroused much comment in I'liglimd. IflOS General .lese Miguel Gomez, can didate of the Libeial l'artv, wns elected President of Cuba. 1IH0 The Prince of Wale, visited the Naval Academy t Annapolin. lfi'-'O Klecllens in Gicece carried by sup sup pellers of ex -King Constantine. Today's Birthdays Claude Menet, one of (lie most famous of living Trench paintcis, born in Pails eight -one jeais age. Hisliep Luther H. Wilsen, of the Metho dist Kp.scep.il Church, born In Hultlnierc sixty -fit e years age. Vice Admit al Hilary P. Jenes, I. S. N., ceinmaiider-lii-clilef of the Atlantic Fleet, born at Hanetcr Academy, Va., fifty-eight .tear age. Dr. Iteherl I!. Hlackwell, president of Itnndolph-Mnenii College, born nt Wnrren Wnrren ten. Vn., sixty -seven years age, Hubert S. I lichens, author of "The Gar den of Allah" and ether successful books and plujs, burn in Ktigland fifty -seven years age. 1D21 "IP YOtfRE REALLY IN EANEST--,, tszpTj& ! V-- "-0 TP-S l(t'S-0 .. ;?&. ilfc L. --. -M. M " -.- -. " Ills.. cOE --sV, t . (-. -SFd,V-t -vS-5 three times a week, at which the little de tects are ironed mil and new effects worked up. Ne orchestra can de its best work Without these informal meetings at which te leek itself ever unci correct Its faults. .Must Drum Up Trade "it is hardly necessary te say that a' modern orchestra is forced te go out after business, as Is any nlher organization en gaged in competition. Advertising is car ried cm en air extensive, nnd I might add, expensite scale. Hut like all ndvci Using, it pay. "Due te tlie public's realization that the music will make or break an affair at which dancing Is t.ic main consideration, the whole trend of late hns been fe lift the ntnndnrds of dance music te the highest possible levels. It Is a rather costly process, both for the erchestias themselves nnd the persons who engage 1 hem. but dance music ns a result is infinitely better than it was a few short years age. "A customary charge for the average sized orchestra today ranges from ?.'M)0 te SliOO per engagement, while tlie mere elabor ate combinations cost anywhere from $1000 te .:!(I00 n night." HUMANISMS Ry WILLIAM ATHEKTOX I)U rUY "XTAITHK." 'ays Dr. L. O. Heward. J-x entomologist for (lie Government, "Is constantly trtiug experiments, mostly un successful. Tlie mnsfednn was one of na ture's experimental creatures that failed te siirvite. Se was the dodo, and se were, all or these animals lhal once lived upon 1M10 earth, but nre new gene. They linvc passed because their qualifications were such that they could net keep themselves going. They nicked competence te survive, "Mnn is one of nature's most phenomenal experiments tl.e siicies. 0f which is yet n mailer of doubt. Many smnll insects nie glten bv nature sP(s of tools with which te earn a liiing much mere complete than these giten t'i man. Man, however, lias been given the peeulinr quality nf creating tools net a part of him. Man is cnn-tnntlv In a state of change odd that change in the 10 10 eent history of the tteild has been in de velopment. He may, one of these davs, take the hack tinck. "The cockroach is much mere firmly es tnblished. Se perfect en orgnnizntien Is the cockroach that it has remained virtually unchanged in (lie world for an inordinate length of time, which fact is evidenced in Ihe fact that very old rock formations re veal fie eockieacii virtually as il exists today ." Htigndier General Ames ,. furs. Chief of the Che'iiicnl Warl'ine Service, thought for 11 long time Mini In- was net 'going in lie nble te work etil one piehlem that faced him. Then uddeiih, he get himself ad justed Teilnt. or tonight, he gives way te nobody, net even te skillful General Per shing, as 11 toddler. Mai ion, O., whete the Picddiit remes from, lias Jim nnueiiuuil Mint it is tr, have 11 brand-new humdinger of n hotel with sertiders in the doei '11 "ti ry thing. If js te be knev n 11s Hele! Hauling, All of whnh calls le mind that some thiitt or feitv tears ane Ihe picsent Marlen Hetel wii- buili in that town and nt the time Micro wns a plump young man around there who was try ins te make a living bv writing insurance. After much effort and no suce . he she ik down Ific b'nr plum the policy fop t'le Marien Hetel. His conimis cenimis conimis siens ou this policy were enough te carry him for a .tear. His name wns Wnrien G. Harding. 1 W. S Jiitai s is a physicist ,lt (10 j. roan of Standards in Washington nnd studies eui scientific problem, thill mnv benefit the whole people. ' If 11 gallon of gasoline would drite a car ihiity nrles in-tead of fiftei n, fe,. instance thai fuel would be mere p'rntlful and cheapei nnd everybedv would he better off Se he is experimenting in getting twice as liiuc'a mileage inn of gasoline. This develops interest, ,,, gasoline nll( he tins 10 mlk about it se folks can illideislund. '" Can you see n piciuie of the amount of gasoline we us,. , th,. I-nltt-il Slates in year he asks; " Well, you knew Niagara Palls, whom tin, wal.rs go tumbling ever Mm edge of , world in bif. heavy thick veliim, , beginning In 1 n.u.dii and semi-. licg around ,0 hS 1 nited Stales, half a mie ntvat ? n water tint d.uins inle Lakes Superior; Ml. I.i.m.i nnd Huren tumble down 11 MiiKimi. an awful hit of water. Well, if you would shut off ihe ',,.,, , i1-"". ,"L. ' "' ,"l""illt that Is used in the Initcd Sta.es in u year. s0 I, IUII , j hl the Mime te nine as dnes this wnlir, it orlhetils-:1 f0rt-nV ,ul,,Utc" t0 ' nvtt ' 5Waa; sH. ""1?" -iTv2EUe "xw. CftC-u 'iisf,tis7'-srf?r,,''ssL ."vsritt' "iciiii.'taii, te-iB SHORT CUTS Mnn as a hunter, fisherman or bandit, Grabs victory with case because of war's high inundate, Hut balks at peace nnd fears he'll netvr . land it. Thus peace we lack because tc don't de mand it. Morale needs kicking, as xvc understand it. "Ulster Will Make Counter-Proposals." Headline. Hargaln-cetinter proposals, wc presume. A navnl holiday is that kind of a holi day xVlilch enables a man te get some needed work done at home. Since France fears and distrusts her, Germany will be a potent influence at the Washington conference. The resignation of Lloyd Geerge is mM te be imminent. Hut we have seen that gen tleman walk the tightrope before. The building of the "War Memerial and Convention Hall, incidentally, mny provide employment for some veterans new out of work. Lack of unity in China makes her dele gation nt the Washington Conference com paratively unimportant. Wiiat she needs is n statesman who can tie up her twigs. Trained seals in Washington continue te bent drums and balance word balloon? en their noses. Hut there are no trained seals en the typewriters et the special corrc cerrc corrc spendentfi. . If there is anything in n name Geerge De 1'erest finish ought te be a landscape palmer instead of a painter of figures. Mr Hrusli says this Is an age of ugliness. Let him sit in Independence Square and rest Ills eyes. , h We had forgotten Kugene K. Sehmitz of 1 (tmf ),e iicnt fe tail nfter n ni'nVin f- into the unsavory Ttuef scandal : but we ",' ""'.'"ll'i Ised tu leurn thai the people of San I'ranclsce had elected him n super visor. Lets of queer things happened last I uesdny. There are holidays nnd holidays. Kvtry holiday (except a naval holiday) nationally observed costs the country ,n,", 000,0110 In wages alone; but 11 naval holiday extended for ten years would enable Ciicle Sam te increase both his savings account ami hli pocket mono. It is worth thinking about. There Is no ground for the charge, in ilsis Demosthenes McGinnis. Mint the fu neral of the unknown soldier was a g'orllicn g'erllicn g'orllicn lien of war eten though the nations of the world united te de him honor. Net the mili tary trappings in Washington, but the two minutes of silence throughout the country gave linprosslteness te the funeral and ia dicatcd the temper of the people. Thnt a here was being buried was Incidental; thnt a goei'l and useful life had been cut off by monster thnt clvlll.ntlen must curb was all imiiertiint. "It must net be ugain." What De Yeu Knew? QUIZ 1. Whnt Is .1 metet'' -'. When did the Mormons nettle In T'tan7 3. Lecate two fi mcum existing cd'fices beuilng the nume of Pantheon 4. What Is an ossuary? .". Who was Muiire Park? C. Whnt Is a lea In measurement ' 7, What i.r mail? 5. Why is ri lazaretto be called'1 !. What Is the next te last book In th H'lilef 10. What Is the literal meaning of Trani- van I 7 Answers te Saturday's Quiz 7. The colors of the spectrum are red, ! low', green, blue and violet . Licmgn Stephenson (1781-1S4S) was an Hngllsh engineer and Invtltiter and tn "fenuuler of railways" The St"-;'""" and Darlington Railway, of which n wns t-Jilef engineer, was opened in IS?1 and Is famous ns the fiist regu larly operated lullread In the w0"" xvliem locomotives were. cmplojeQ w haul freight nnd passengers 8. Hedonism fn the doctrine that pleasure Is the chief geed 4. A codex Is a manuscript volume, espe dally of undent Hlble or classical U'Xt!!' ,c 5, The two chief ports of Jnpan are rasa hulil unci Yokohama, (i. A canzenet Is a short light song. 7. David Oarrlck. the famous Kugllsli actor. llxed In the eighteenth, century J13 clatcii arn 1717-1779. , ,r. 8, Uncles-, did lower legions In classics' mythology, wan giumlcd by Cerberus, thn three-bended deg. . ,ha '.'. t'erenbi are se culled alter ceres, H" daislcal fieddec.s of corn. ,, , 10. Slieininn IickiHI Ills famous mareli . U10 sen in tlie Civil AVar nt AtJnnW In the autumn of 1864. Ha rencH'0 Savannah en December 13. , """"..- -"s-lSai..- i,W'Mu!',i-.i..'"'' . -s-SCC. 'sj. FiSW& C-"ii-u- llurty pupils from the Kclward T. Kteel Public Scheel attended a meeting of City Council en Thursday, and. judging bv the criticisms they inter voiced, It would "be a geed thing if Ceuneilnien could be induced le attend a school council. Thev might learn .something that would profit them. 1 3! ss , S. " 1- ' KM J 'tfi
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