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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
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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.
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- 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--,,
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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.
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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
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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. ,
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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.
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