. lj. ..a-,il .. . T en w 'i-s. ' i i . - ..-!. . .a . . L . -r z Tn "w- na."v"? t-t -v" v -. ' " '' ra?aaE5irBj . - -j S'.,tAW.Vl Jty -,p -tin- -M-ff.t- i?TJR r v n 'r , - -- ' jtw" - H"-.i:; Ki' 'I " . . I VrAVSrV'VV.vVvtf A1 . . . a .. u . , . r EVENING PUBLIC LEDGER PHILADELPHIA, TOfesdAY, NOVEMBER 22, 1921 i ..,.-. i s f fir 'I'irn Ult ' prpr? v --S- 1 i' Hit A ii I- M L , ?JPa J USR: ? . PUBLIC LEDGER COMPANY I CVNUH 11, K. ULlt'l'lH, I'jitflDr.NT Jehn C, Martin, Vice l'rtaldnt nnd Trtisurcr; CftarUa A. Tjltr, Htcretarv. Char e II. Lmltn-. ten, rhlllp fl. Celltni, Jelm ll. Wltlliima, Jehn J. Huurteen, Chorea 1". Gelelantliti, David 11. t?mll, .Dlftetera, .DAVID 17, BM1T.BT Kdlter JOHN C. MAHT1N. . .Ufneral llmlnea- Manaci l'ubllshul dally nt Pnat.ic I.htwir ntill.llns lndpndtnra .Square. IMi'lad'.phla. ATUNTte Cut rcaistnlen llulldlne NW Yen HG4 Mmlltnr. Av.. Dcnverr 701 Ferd HultJlnc HT. Leris 013 Otob'-Drrnerrct llulM'ntr ClIICiOO 11102 Tribune Uulliltng NTiWH III KKAlS WmniXATO.v Hemic, N. K. Cor. I'ennalvama .. eti.1 lit' " Nrw ekk llunuv Til Sun llulldlns LeNtON Heme TrafalFar HullJliif SOHSi'HIPTlDV ti:h.M8 Tha EvtNiNu Peine Lnen la arsl te atib rrlbara In I'hllAdlph'e and au-rei'nil'i r t"vni at the rata of twelve (12) cults par trek, pijulli te tha carrier. II V mall te points e-ita de of ! I'aiKr-ii !'i th t tilted Htatea. i an.-idn e- l'ni'ej Mutea l.n. jritieiiii, nuMtata (raa. rlfr fiei tenia ver nmnt'i SIJ,,n.). dollars pr rai, mjah.e In a.lanc. Te all feraljn ceunttlra nn ill) dollar u ne-t)i .eile&-aubsrrlbra dialling addr" iliai.arJ mutt cla old aa ivd z inrv itMitst ilLL. HMTlhl'l' !.L-T()Nr. MU 101 VTAtUlreta all cetn , ."ayir en ,e h riiii7 Public T.firirr l.'d'prvirjfnc $ '"art Vht'ai1 'f', a Member of (he Aageclated Press TtK ASSOrrATFD rr.KW t -ic'us vi-j ,n .!" '." "" " '"" ''iM.'iil e.i ' T! i. !. ilapatc) ra crrdltcd f.i it c tief ether. t ctiitii in rUi vptr anl n;,0 tie leral ,fi t p'iM.,W f hri (t. 11 r.gl t) Ttjmi'-'e'i of pr.l ,1 ipa'cl.fs ."-' i tirr olte ,,,,.,.,) I'allidflphii ItlriJa;, Net'uibrr ll.'l DOES ANYBODY CARE? jXrWOIl MOOItK announces that ins XiX views en the Municipal Coin budget ie the same as he expieseil las! cai They could net vrry well be diffeieni. f-n-th budget Is nu (lift rt-fii; It iMrriea a simil, i nppi.qu .rcn mi ' aalaries for supi rllueii ciipley. . m vli.n I thp Mayer objected when he ictc.cd It twelve I months age and when n complaisant t'eim- j cil oierrech the v et" Ait hiiv Merrow, en., ui mi .leiks nf the court, says that the people are net inter ested in the ninth r. Perhaps he is right The scandalous cxtrnvagaii' e of the cenn was exposed months age. jet it has be"n defiantly ceii'iuueil. Dots any one wonder, then, that Mr. Moiiew i,ns the people are Het interested? It is the business .if ;he M.iv.ir just new te show thrm why the MmuM jive some, attention te sii. h matters anil te indicate what their indiflei-eiiee in this and in ether similnr matters means te their own pocket books "HIGH FINANCE'1 BrrOIlK ilie Invpotipntien Intu iIip af fairs of tlie banknipt lirekpracf linn eC .'iinmller Itnirhnrs A. I'd, is emli'il. it bej;ln te leek ns if thi iTimmnl aiitlmrHie-, will hnvc te tiike luinil In it It is mlniitti'il by .euns I'li.inilliT tlmt ht Hipcul.itpd en his own :ici;eunt "itli I he firm's money and that li" nli we tlf linn in linyinj! -tei-ks. fur wlui'li hr put up iipither mnrRin nor iill.iii'rul. Ami Iip nNe drew from thn tirnt Sl.VJ.iien within two .icnrs. iiltlieiich he dlil net hnvc n ilellnr invested in it. Up aKe adiniticl n jiikkIIiis of apoeiints in vi-iiirli his wife was involved. Thp ntterupy for the creditors is in"itln that he paid for a. new Iieiip with tin afscts of the firm, which really belnnc te tlie creditors. In the intorest of innocent invpsteis, it h important 'hat tin' whole truth nbetit the business methods of this firm be dNele-nl and if there be criminal cuik that it be fixed where it belongs. THE ARBUCKLE TRIAL AIU'SKS that flourish in obscurity an b' lesspned by briiiRinj; tli-'in into the open. It is for this ic.'isen that this newspaprr has spui one of its staff te Sun rmnrlsce te report the trial of Arbwkle. The crime witli which he is iharged is One of the most abhorrent of which the criminal cede tnk?s copnizanec. In a mere primitive civilization it was punished b summary hanging. V.wn in the pie-em dajs of orderly court preitses ii would exhaust the language prepcrl te de.scribe what de cent men ami women felt when they read of the chnrge. The accused man ha been receiMiig n large income. He is backed by men who have been making large mnn from exploit ing him. If he is aciuitled and viudlial'-d they hope the can continue te ue him still further te enrich themselves and him. It is cen?eiuently Important that the country knows just what happens at the tri.il. the validity of the cuilenre against the iucii-ed and the nature of the defense. This Infor mation will be made available te the readeis of this newspaper through the reporting of its representntie new en the s, ene. BETTER-CITIZEN DAY WIJ7LK tlip major purpose of the "I!etter Citizen iJay," scheduled for next Sun day, is te forward the work of religious instruction in Philadelphia, there is an other side whlfh might well be taken nun consideration by the prime movers in the matter, and that is mere serious attention te civic duties. The recent elections In Philadelphia show show mere clearly than any words ran hew lav n very considerable number of l'hiladel phians are in the highly impeitant mntters of registering and voting. If eterj right thinking citizen did his full duty In these particulars, gang rule would cease fur geed and all after a single election day. Put there is little hope for such a result when less than ene woman out of three register and the proportion of the "stav-at-heiiies" among the men is se appallingly large. Church ami Slate are pieperl divorced from the political standpoint, but the aims of the Church are ldenticul with the aims of theRC who desire te wee a great city re deemed from the political inin,uity which has for jears been its shame both at home and abroad Religious instruction is ncce,. sry te geed citizenship, but of almost equal importance looms the necessity te fulfill te the utmost the requirement of political sanctity. RUNAWAY MARRIAGES 'TMIE Ilev. Dr. Oergc Clark Houghten, X for nearly a quarter of a century the rector of the "Little Church Around the Cerner," and, by reason of experience, one of the great matrimonial authorities of the :eiirtry, makes the assertion that of ever 00 runaway murrlnges, eightv-tlve are un successful. While Dr. Houghten's figures arp unolli unelli clal. they are probably accurate, alt heugh it Would be inteiesting te knew hew the doctor computed bin percentage, ns the cuuples in volved in runaway marrliigei usually reme from distant points und go hence imme diately after the cei teny. Hut there is every reason why the per centage of failures: In elepemens should b high. The chief elements involved In such unions are veuth. with lis consequent in experience, unanaled infatuations and, in ,tnest cates, the open defiance of parental authority or the rcftiMil te submit te moral discipline bad trnlnliii: for the &elf- discipline which Is essential te a happy married life. It would be of Interest te knew the sta tistics of Klliten, Mtl.. en this subject -Hint Is, If there are any. Hut, under am clrcuinstnnces, 1t is comforting te knew that nt least one of the better-known (Iretiiu Uieen efh'clals keeps such careful "labs" en his patrons. BRIAND CLEARS THE AIR A S IS ge, flnliute nerall known, it was the p.is. C deie te just II y the WH of Frame te her best frlinds wlibh was )in lnarll lespeiisibli fui the pei-sennl purllii purllii pntien of A i Nl ii.' I'tiatnl m the Aims Conference. The identical motive mn Irilmt'il I lie lone behind the eloquent, moving and eti cedingli undid address de llierisl es!enln) In Washington b Hi" Prem Ii Piemler Te chai. lei ie tins i .mipieln nsne Minr) of the rr..n.-h mililiirt ).i.sitieti n an apoleg is hiiulU griicimis nor in nceid wiih iiitual (omiltieiis "The Cnited States," declared Mr. Hughes, in opening the second week of the sessions, "full tuegllles the apprehension and ditlicitltles el the lemn Peweis regarding land armntneni Vs usual with the pn-ent Nitinn '" Slate, his e. ntinln of wutds was in iniei-c iiitl" in tic amplitude of their meiiiiiii.' In efl'. it, the significance of his unneiiti. eiueiit w.is .iiiie(!iiin HI,,, tliis: "Pram e Is maiii t'linliij u huge an. n coin ciuing wlibh us us us locieiis hate been iniseil. There un- n-nsuiis for this pnliiv whiih Aim in ii app'e. intes and is sympathetically leiidj h lu.ir de sci ibed in iletii! The eppnrtuiiil thus pinvnlid ",is gnisped liv M. P.i-iiiiid with vi);ei ami ft.inktiess which go fur t.i explain his preint peliticil einiiieni e in a sser lepubli Altlfuijli mail nf the la. is addi.ced bv the Pi'-niiev are inatters et oiiiineii knowledge, si. Ii u u u ordinatien and grouping as ihey le.eived yesterdny is of signal value as an offset te many inisi mil cptieiis "ml a 'aiueuJ.ible quantity of lnese i. linking. Within a single cntitiy four ditin t in in iiieiis these of 1MI. l-sl.",, 1ST0 and l'.M-l have shaken the security of Trail' e. "Suppose." urged M. Itriand, "that by our side there v as a nation that for .ears had been in b'eiid innlli. t with ou. Sup pose the nation should 0 el that he was r'ad te resume the struggle when she had the material. Would .von i Iee our e es and turn awayV Would yen net deshe te de ever thing in your power te safeguard your life, jour honor? Would ou de anv thiug te weaken jeurself' Ne That the fervemy nf this vivid ple.i i m be fairly r'garded as merely an eineii.. cloak for a cede of aggressive militarism -set forth both m the army pregiam win. 1 1 M. Hrinnd has uutllued and in his analyst of iiintemperar sentiments in (icrni.iny At present the numerical strength of the Trench military establishment is nbeut half a million, u reduction of "am.Ooe since a year age. A furtliir tedU'tieu "te half its former strength" wa ategericall proposed by the Premier. It is net easy te delist inflated ambitions or lust for I'uiepenn dominance in s'icli n program. It is net alone Trance which wnl be safe guarded by the maintenance of n quarter of u million troops In Turepe. The estab lishment may prepeil be viewed as a form of peace insurance, which, while net ideal, und even theoretically at variance with the bread purposes et the Conference, is none the less of deep Interest te the major Pevvirs of the world, including the United States. M. Uriand's picture of the two tier tuiinys, the wholly Prussianized factions led by I.udenderff and the present well-meaning bill weak group headed by the present Chan cellor, is net fanciful. Ner are hi en visaged possibilities of potential and secret military fiamewerks in let-many nor hl presentation of Ituss-ian military conditions evtravngnnt. The role wlii.-n fate has con signed te Frame is unquestionably one of extieine difficult, tendered all the mere em barrassing b the peace-loving proclivities of the people, which their "apologist" touch -ingly emphasized and did net in the least exaggerate. The departure of M. Ilrlnnd for home is fixed for Friday. If he leaves with the knowledge that his personal appe il has been marked and he has previsl n powerful ntul instructive spokesman for his people, h" will obtain some understanding of Tlie ad mirable impression which he has rented. It was of paramount importance thai the attitude of Trance toward the Conference should be aulheritatni'l explained The Premier bus gene much farther than this in his outline of drastic reductions of the military m.ii hine. That is a practical pledge nf co-operation bv a land wbnh has long been one of the bulwarks of civilization. MORE SHIPS; MORE FORTS API r'J'F.NT iiigumetit for tin retention of the pn sent naval rutin, rather than nil Increase In Japan's proportion, is found in i Im Philippines. The virtue of the Hughes plan I es m the practical lnvulnei-.ibllltv of the attacked. In cause the eitiick'-r is handicapped by dis. tnnce. This i. tiue ever where but in the Philippines. Ter Japan e want meie ships nn, )lt the same time te object te Pacific fortifi cation lietrnv- a certain lack of faith, while it eallB en the Cnited Slates te show inore of that qualnj than perhnps the occasion warrants. Pei imps Japan is entitled te mere .ships. If se. tl.e I nlted States is entitled te gruit fortification in the Philippines if sin de sire! them. PORTO RICO PERFORMS POItTO IJU'AN affairs are m seldom brought sharply te the attention of the average citizen of the Continental Cnited States that popular reactions te the ad venturous home-coining of lievei-ilur K. Ment. Iteily, of the West Indian possesien, partake hugely of the nature of bewilder ment. Threatening letters poured in upon the insular (ioverner before his departure from San Juan. The wliip en winch he sailed mysteriously caught fire nt sea and was burning when she decked. Preparations were mnde near the pier for n hostile demon stration by malcontents purporting te repre sent the "Independent Perte Itienn Party." The ilcmmist ration subsequently took the form of derogatory dimits and u display of banners in front of the Governer's .New .New Yerk hotel. "Ilrltiiin has its Ireland; America has its Perte Itlce." was one shrieking inscription." While it is undeniable that n f"vv Irre Irre spensible fannths uie q-iite capable of fomenting disorders unrellective of the ma ma jeritj nttitude of any people, it is equally tine that disturbing icperis fi-um Perte lid ii have lately been (iirrent. It bus been bald that (jeverm.r Jledj has no Spanish and that his ndinlnlstratieu has been tiiinynnpathctte, The former shortcom ing, although- it may be regrettable, Is net precisely n heinous offense. The latter iliiuge i, te n the least, vague. Hut light en the whole situation Is un questionably due Americans, seldom chary of criticism of the treatment of dependencies by ether nations, nrc net comfortable when tales of oppression in similar circumstances are laid at their own doers. Perte Itienn uneasiness may be exag gerated. It probably is. Hut it would none the less be well te submit the origins of a series of disquieting incidents te searching analysis. Porie Uice, It must be remem bered, is net "Ameilcanlzed." Our authority en the island is main tained ever a people whose habits of thought and vehicle of expression difTer from our own. Tnct and a regard for sensibilities arc always in order In that populous and iii hi preduiliic dependency. Ten fre quently it is un ebjci t of our bland and self confident uiiceiicei n. AMERICAN VALUATION PLAN lIKItT is a "mill and suthclcnt reason for T the iiuviit.v of Ameiiiun iiianiifaetmcrs ler n speedv adoption of the American vnliatn'ii plan incorpeiated into the Ford Ferd in v Tnrifl I!. II new- under i oii-idciatien at Wiishing'en. Ic . nuse ii iiiiii,iiitfen of the i In-iiplv inndi (Scrinim iiierchatnllse in many lines. ;ilu,ns keen, is ii leiisllied bv the vtry small I irtff duties which nte imposed en the-e g.nils under the piescut sjsteui of valuation Whatever may be said of Smerican valuation as a peimanent vveild-trndi) policy in normal times. ihc emergency new existing justifies its advocates. 'The. main thing for the prespciity of the Cnited States just new- is te keeji all of Its industries run ning at as high speed as possible; that the Amcrii an valuation phut will help de this in ifrtniii important industries there is no doubt. Ne tndical (Image is I'nnieinplnled b.v this plan. The rates of dot nie net changed a' all : the plan sunplj puts merchandise subject te an ad v.ileiem dtit.v en a specific dutv basis. The crisis making this , hange necessary has ben brought about by the depreciation of foreign money , because the ad valerem duties under the piesent plan are regulated by the value of tin- merchandise in foreign money and nNe b.v the value of the foreign money in Failed States money. Therefete there is no way te pi event an nutematie re duction in duty when foreign money depre ci,es. Te idiiiw the effei t te which this has become operative it is necessary only te knew that German goods te the value of ITiO marks had in HU 1 a value in Cnited States money of SJVi.70; today the same .'oecls are worth SI U'i in our money . Gi rmnn goods ie the value of let) minks m 1!14 would have paid a duty in this . euntry of Sll.HU: en July 1, 10'Jl, with the then rate of exchange, the same goods would have paid only sixty-five (cuts m dut.v. The American manufacturer in com peting lines, theiefere. fines a set Ions prob lem, because goods which before deprecia tion would have nisi the importer n total of ?47.ti(). today cost him only SL'.OO. With the American standard of living and wages there are few manufacturers who can meet this handicap, even grunting the supenerlty of the Ameiican goods and workmanship. While the cuse of Germany is extreme because of the greater depreciation of its money, still the same condition of an nuto nute mnthally lowered duty xists, but in n lesscr degree, in the cases of the ether coun tries. Goods te the value of till, made in Great Hrltaln. in P.H4 hud an American value of !IS.S0 and would have paid Sl(i.'J."i dut.v, a total of Sthi.ll."!. Today these smne goeils are valti'd nt .?e7.:'.n and pay n duty of STJ. Ill, n total of SsI'.Im:!. or about SI." cheaper than seven .veai-s age. French geed-i te the value of '',"D francs were worth in 1U14 Sis. oil with SHiJii'i duty. SlH.ild in all: today they arc worth SL'0, with Jsti.titl dut.v. a total of S'Jd.tJii, or :eS cheaper than in il14. The Anicr'unn valuation plan simply pro poses te put all nd valerem duties en an American-dollar basis instead of, as at present, mi the value of the goods in the money of the uintr of niuuufa. tine. It will prevuit uncler-valuntien. one of the great evils of t In' piesent law, and will go far te stabilize niuuufa. luring conditions In re ON A FRIENDLY MISSION rpIIK ri marks of J- who has arrived Huren von Tliermann. I in the Fluted Slates te prcpnti the wav for a G. riiian Ambassa dor te be appointed in the future, nre radically dllTeruit itein the tire-and-btlin-stiuie talk by the old military caste which has been tabled from lierlin 'The Huren is exi c edingl.v meek. He siiyn that Gcrnianv is no longer warlike and that it mild uel go le war If it wished. Industrially, the country is depressed. A few factories .ti liiniiing en full time but the great majeiit.v an- working at only from ,'!0 te 4ii per i cut of their capacity, and large numbers aie running en only a 10 per cent schedule. As he is the spokesman of the Govern ment, his views en war may be taken ns mere nearly lepriseniiitive of etlicinl Ger man sentiment than the sinleuicn's of l.udenderff nnd the rest. There is no doubt, however, that hate for the conquerors is prevalent Ne defeated nutieu ever loved the victors. The business of the rc-t of the world is te Ii" mi just te Gcrnianv that the excuse ter hate nt it gi.idiially disappear ami te un lis best te show Germany by example that there i- a bitt.-r way in achieve na tional greatness limn by tl.e sword. The attitude of the Haieii is fncndl) as it should be He will be met by official Washington in the same frond! spirit. THE "BABY" BILL TUT, femi the pus MIT. feminine lobby thin has been urging passage ei me s(, caneu iinny ssage el tlie bill fei months is new congratulating Itself tin the success of its i-ITelts. The Senutc has concurred in t lie Heuse amendments nnd the meusiire new gees te the President. Its purpose is te extend Federal aid te these States which make an appropriation for the relief of dependent mothers. Its advocates have insisted that, as the Government spends large sums te lnslrin t the farmers in ways in raise better pigs and in the best cure for their diseases. It should also de something te prevent the alarming death rate among infants born te the very peer. Its opponents have insisted that the bill wus paternalism or shall we say maternnlisinV run mnd. As the President is expected te sign the bill, we shall seen knew- whether it will accomplish the geed results prophesied by its supporters. James M, Cox thinks Politics Intrudes the Washington Confer ence can accomplish nothing without binding conventions. He is pi nimbly right; but there may be differ ence of opinion as te the nature, of the blading. An agreement backed by executive orders might be pisi as effective as a trenty backed bv the Senate. As such an agree ment might be used as an excellent campaign deiUliicnt for tli re licit mn nf President Harding, there is ample excuse for objection en the part of the Democrats. THE CHILDREN'S HEALTH Dr. Burns, Director of Hygiene In Pittsburgh's Schools, Gives In teresting Facts Many Chil dren Often Wrongly Listed 96 Defective Iy OKOKG13 NOX McCAIN DU. 1IAUHY H. IIL'llXS. director of the department of hygiene of the public schools of Plttsbiiigh, was in Philadelphia for a day last week, lie is one of the leading authorities en public school hygiene In this country. The Aincilcan Health Association, of which he Is a member, had invited him le deliver an address en "Scheel Medical in spection" at its annual meeting In New New Yerk. Incidentally he Is also a member of the National Kduc-iitleiiiil Association. Ameri can Medical Association nnd lecturer en school hygiene nt (he Fnlversily of Pitts burgh and the Carnegie 'Technical Institute. He is the author of a recent work en the health of public, school children, of which !H.'0,000 copies have been distributed free in the last four months by the American lied Cress and ether agencies. Dr. Hums planned unci etgunized the de partment of public school hygiene in J'itts burgh. In HH.'t he organized the Pitlsbiugli Department of Child Welfaie. He has a siuff of IMi.men and wemen--ph.vsb inns, nurses, dentists ami inspectors until r him. The lieatd of education appropriates $-".", IIUO iinniially for his depuitmciit UNDTIi Dr. Burns the medical depart ment of Pittsburgh's public schools is unique among similar organizations in the Cnited States. Theie are approximately 100.000 public mIioeI clilldieu, and the department Keeps an individual record of every pupil fiem (lie day he enters the prliuarv school until he graduates treiu the high school It means nine years of constant cnie ami watchfulness. It has control of (he health of the pupils in the tiOO public schools, Including n spe cial school for crippled children mid two hospital schools for the tubercular. It maintains fresh-nir rooms, open-air rooms, special dental, diagnostic and treat ment clinics and low-temperature moms. It has supervision ever swimming peels, jjhewcr baths, gymnasiums, playrooms, plny plny greunds and allilctlc fields, hours of recrea tion nnd sports. The vision, hearing, teeth, nutrition, cleanliness and general health of the chil dren are constantly under Inspection. Fnch eue of the 100,000 public, school children is weighed and nieasuied at lcgular intervals. It maintains eight dental cliniis as well ns an ophthalmelogical dispensary. Where the parents of n child are unable te furnish It with glasses for defective vision the de partment supplies them gratis. The physicians nf the department aie, by arrangement with the authorities, aNe mem bers of the city health organization. If a child is absent en account of Indis position or illness for n day the child is net permitted te return te school except en cer lain specified days, t These are Mondays, Wednesdays or Fridays. On these days every pupil under goes an inspection at the hnnds of u phj -siclnii. WIIFNIiVI'.K a case of sere threat is dr dr cevered a culture is taken and the ehi Id is net permitted te return te school until it can snow a clean bill of health. There are thirty -six physicians en the staff who conduct frequent examinations for physical defects, malnutrition, suhiiutri suhiiutri tien, digestive disturbances or chronic dis eases. Fer inspection, first nid and general at tention te the henltlt of (he children there aie twenty-nine nurses, who nlse instruct parents en tlie subject of child health mid nutrition. Where parents are unable te bear the expense the department sends visiting nurses te give personal attention te ailing pupils. In the dental department children have their teeth treated without cost where par ents nte unable te pay for the service. .Mere than .SOC0 chlldien lccelve this benefit every jcur. Mere than 1000 pupils are annually sup plied with glasses free of cost. The experience of Dr. Hunts Is that at the end of the high school period one-half of all the graduates are or should be wearing glasses. Malnutrition or siibautrltien Is (rented in n very practical way. in mid-morning and iiiid-nfternoen such pupils are evcused for n brief period, and they retire te drink, through soda straws, the ration of milk allotted them. About SI 0.000 u yepr Is appropriated for fresh milk by the Heard of education. TIIC detection, care nnd tieatmeiit of "unusual" children, as Dr. Bums cheeses te designate the in. is a very important part if the department's work. Dr. Hums' experience s i lint many school children are improperly listed ns defectives or "unusual" when they lire net. Children of normal facilities with n peculiar mental bent or limitation nrc likely te be stigmatized as ft oble-minded, due te n failure te distinguish the real causes. On the ether hand, there are. he says, a number of mentally normal children who reach the end of their powers- of academic assimilation with the completion of the sixth grade of public school. Academic effort beyond that point is wasteful if net actually harmful. Ter sin-li as these n special scl js maintained under the direction of the de partment of hygiene. 0N,: J Hu d the noteworthy findings f j)r- lurns is that there Is a better attend. unci- In open-air and low -temperature rooms milling the tliildieu of pretubercular ttnd-cin-ii-s than in the regular olussi,eiiis. Tlu- former nte undci the constant care of iiiiim-s in the mailer of diet, i lething, pcisiiitnl hygiene and mcilfi-ul and physlcul .ftnrt. This pel haps aeceunls for it.. All applicants for certificates permitting ehildrdi te work under the child lubur laws arc Issued by the dcpnitmcnt. I.asf ye.ur theie were iieOll applicants, of these !!! "r cent, or mere than one-third, were nhysictilly uiilii. Half of this number received treatment and weie ultimately ap proved for vveik. Till.' thildien In all the schools are taught iln dangers of Infectious disease nnd the care of their health, teeth, hearing, eyes and heart in lien. In athletics and physical training there nrc thirteen district superintendents and thirty-seven sptclnl teachers In the second ary schools. There are thirty -five special tenders In the grade si hoels who nre assisted by "00(1 grade and class teachers selected fr' the seventh ami eighth guide pupils who weik uiuler athletic telle lie is. Swimming is taught as n fundamental health requisite in tin four upper grade's in high schools in the ten swimming peels in the city . Fvcry teacher m the public schools must held a health certificate and be examined once a year us te his or her physicul con dition. Ventilation, heat, light, seating nnd dis dis Infectien, phiy areas and gymnasiums are under the direction of the deportment of hygiene. Miihntma Gandhi, lead r of levelt in I,ulu, has gene en hunger Wise in sjelf-Denial su-ihe ler an unusual lenseii: the fact thai his followers indulged in vlelemi en the ariivul in Heiubuy of tin- Prin f Willi's. II- has intelligence enough te knew i hat his act of penance has mere potency against British r,,e thuii the blind hostility of the unthinking. iC0Kt0 jTss tMMilTWSPIrCLBvltvs vV3iuBkvVnUH j I r J' 'UtMiV' nf Uk Tk9B 4lai.aDiHflNiBraVr SVsw. ' JaamrcxWmJhjMKKMN'S .LiiL nvK" lICl vJK I vml ' O-i "'w'H-sl 'flUXi.l' .sTvlsUai ib.u I '. J.M t-U.. 1 ,L 'M.J.lWi.. .!,.." 1- l "mM ViTJ-i... ,V ri'xl tZT?'-1 n . MT ' - - rw'iRlVrr-'ns; "'H'V ute-Ct i-. NOW MY IDEA IS THIS! Talks With Thinking Philadclphians en Subjects They Knew Best Daih MISS MARIA HALSEY STRYKER On Teaching Health by Theatricals MISS MAHIA IIAI.SFY STKYKFH, educational executive of the Phihidel I hia Health Council and Tuberculosis Com mittee, believe' the most practical an I suc cessful way le tench health lesions te school children Is through theatricals that demon strate health activities. She believes they stay in the child's mind longer than the lessen of the printed page. Miss Stryker has vviitten n number of "health fairy pla.vlets.'' which have been piesenied in Philadelphia and ether parts i f the country. The characters in the play lets, such as Sunshine. Fiesh Air, Pure AVater. Geed Fend, Fereis(i, Best and Clennliners, each teach n lessen and their enemies nrc pictuied bv the diameters of Germs, Disease, Had Teeth, Impure Air, 111 Nourishment, Neglect and Diit. "The use of the play or drama as a means of education," snic Miss Strvkcr, "Is neaily lis old as (he world it-J If n-id d.itrs from time immemorial. The dramatic ever appeals-, especially te the child, whose imagina tion is mere keen than that of the adult, nnd the psychology of childhood has revealed te students that the child lives in his plays ai.d personifications, ami brought from Schil ler (he famous nnd oft-quoted statement : 'Deep meaning oft lies hidden in childish play .' Kxcitrs Child's Imagination "The realm of the imagination through imitation Is the child's reach for experi ence, and the mystic and ideal of the fairy tale is ever appealing and calls forth the reaction of all that is best in the childish mind, lie loves le play and create, und se express 1,1s very spirit ilself. "The direct connection of the pluy with health talks, motion pictures and the modern health ciusade is most evident, for the child can impersonate in u delightful or amusing way what interests him. If u child once ns Sunshine. Fresh Air or Geed Feed acts the part and lives in (his personifica tion for the moment, he will never forget the value of each of these health-giving ele ments in life. If. . en the ether hand, n child Impersonates Disease. Germs or Had Teeth in the pluv he will remember always the dangers entailed by their picsencc in our dally life ami living. "The health fairies are winning great suc cess. The idea was first en hv the Child Health Organization, which has suci.cssfully used the pluy clement In health educa tion for yciiiH. The thought of combining tlie fnlrv message and the pluv element was automatic through long experience with the workings of the child mind. Tim 'fairy skits' contain this combination. The re sponse of the ihlhlren nl the showings is delightful, and the demand for the plays from teachers and leadeis in children's groups proves, it would set in, the l' .il celu celu catieniil value of the work. SI i ess Hygienic Utiles "The inedci u health c i-u-ade is the per sonal application of the hygienic uilcs laid down in the school i ti 1 1 un I u in and mi brings into prmlic-e the teachings of em- school lioekh en hygienic physiology, domestic sci ence unci physical culture. The 'hew' of the medei ii health ciusade is se much cleurer THE WATER-OUSEL W HICHK en the wrinkled stream the vvil- Ami lling n 'iy ecstasy of green , Down the dun crystal, and the chcMnut t re 1 1 Admires her laige-lcavcd shadow, swift and free, A water-eusel came, with such n flight As archangels might envy. Seft und bright Upen a water-kissing bough she lit And washed ami preened her silver breast, (heugh it Was dazzling fair before. Then twittering She sang and made obeisance te the Spring. And in the wavering amber at her feet Her silent shadow, with obedience meet, Made her quick imitative curti-ie.s, tee. Maybe she dreamed a nest, se safe'and ilear. When the keen spray leaps whltely te the welr, Ami smooth, win m eggs that held n mystery. And stirrings of life and twitterings, that she Ih passieiiutely glad of, ami a breast As i-ilver white; as hers, which without rc-t Or languor, borne by spread wings swift and strong, Shall llv upon her service all day long. She hears n presage in the undent thunder Of the silken fall, and her small soul in wonder Makes preparation ns she deems most right, Itepurlfylng what before- was white Against the da when, HKu a beautiful dream, , ... Twe liulc eusels shall fly with her down- stream, iul even the peer, dumb shadow bird shall Hit With two small shadows following alter it Mary Webb, ill the Natien and the Athenaeum. "ALL FOR $1.65lw nnd mere definite than the 'why' of the textbook, for the child learns by doing. "The dally keeping of the 'chores,' which are the hygienic rules laid down by the modern health criisud", provide simple funda mentals of healthy dally living until their perfeimnuee becomes a hnbit. Habit is one of the strongest factors in our lives nnd has been truly called 'the real force of our daily living.' and we nil knew the old saying, 'Habit makes or mars the man.' "The modern health crusade system of in struction provides an incentive for the child te nccpiiie health habits, and when once acquired they are his anil become automatic and, theiefere, pave the way for a cleaner, healthier and meiv merul citizen. Aids Nutrition CIass.cs "The iiedern health ciusade ties up beau tifully witli 'he nulilllnn clnsses. 'The chore keeping' nnd the winning of the badges make tlie weighing nnd measuring, the gaining i, ml eating just e much mere interesting, while the nutrition classes, en the ether hand, arc a tiemeudeiis aid te further the interest of the modern health crusade, and the ideal school Is surely one where both nie used and correlated In the daily curricu lum. " 'The Health Fairy and the Witch is n goetl example of the idea behind the playlets. In this sketch the Health Falrv appears before (he children and (ells tlicin of a peculiar experience she has hud walking thieugli the weeds. She says she fiunu te a funny little cottage In whiih there was an old witch. The witch, she s-ij, is Aunt Sallv Ignorance, who lives in a dirly house und uses greisj- teapots and never opens her windows or lets any sunshine inside. She sny.s-Annt Sallv never brushes her teeth, ywishcs her hands and face in takes a bath, nnd neve r drinks nnr milk in takes any exercise. Then she tells' the chil dren that Aunt Sally Ignorance may come te see them. "In u few minutes .uiil Sally Tuuernnci, the old witch, appeals, and, iiftn- the Health Fairy waves her magic wand, which makes her wash her face and go through the oilier health exercises, the witch's clothes fall fiem her aid she stands revealed as a health fairy." What De Yeu Knew? QUIZ I. Who was Meg Merrlllcs? !.'. What is a gonfalon? p I!. What ! a porfalceiT.' 4. X In re Is (he Irrawailily Itlver? B. Win ii was thn ll.ittle of Hustings fought and who were the belligerents? C. What is an alternative title of Nathaniel Hawthorne's fiimeiiH novel, -'Tlie M.ii hie Faun"" 7 Who was T.iKllenl? K Wlnie Is tin- Cattcgiit" 'J. Who win. Chancellor of Germany at the niviiiiiK of the World War? Hi. What Is intdiit b.v the Silurian peiled? Answers te Yesterday's Quiz 1. Tin r.nliest known ulltleii et Mether Geese" M KnghHli was minted In Hus Hus eon in 1711 nnd bt-.ns the title, SenL'H fur tlie Nurm-rv or Mether ii,,N,v Me'uclle.s fur Children." 'Tlie story rtliis Unit the 'author w.n, the inelher-iii-l.iw et I ImiiuiH Fleet, the publisher who Issued tin; collection te avenue himself fm Mrs Goeso'h in rslstunt and inineloilleiiH th.iiiilim of these ditties te bis Infant urn J. Mount Whitney ii peak of thn Sierra Nivad.iH in California Is tin- lilt-iiest mountain In the Cnited States U summit in about 1 J.OOO Rel abov'e rC.i level " fc ". Mirnnii Schiinzii- is Iho head of the ti.,i I..,. ,i,.i. .... 1 1,,, ... i... .. ..- 1. Tli ..... ... ,. H...IUM ,u in.- .iiiium t-entci-encf '"', Ih tamed in literature us tli" si. no or .si Herre's romance of '.lV,i and Yliglnln." aul C. Jean of Arc wan nineteen venis elil -.i - , l' ih'ie of her execution in Hen,., C. The middle iiamn of Itutherferd 11 I ,'.. vviih Ulrchaid. ' "".W3 7. Nipt line Is the phiuel of the Milar mm, whose erhit fuuhtst avvay'n i,?0' S. A xebec u n. ,,iall three-masted Med Iteriane.in v . s.sel with home aquure and Hiiuiij lateen sall.s oqunre U. "Tllttl" In mils c Is n tllreeil iruillll III .VlltllllllUS, ,,, ,, n(U all lustrum..,, i - ,.,.c... . Y .7 ' ."""" K ahm ini'.ti.H a imhkuk.. for ihrs. mm, umiiI u i..,iii, .... ,..... . .. urStf I" It 10. 'im, i i.,..i.. : .. ' J. Ml' I J'Ji;t-'JM Itlllr ie liOKeleptlans ,uu held te m ,, .. ttileiiH society e veiv an. lent erhfln" peihaps antedating the Healcnm ,; i' and .Icdltiiled te (he worship of tli ' power et wenls Th.-lr exlsteice i.- xluteiiee, hevv- ever, has bfen disputed, Industrial Disarmament Trum tli Tiintk.i I'aiiltiil Aulecriicy in industry w )0 rece"nleil ns u pluyeil-eut curd some din. Hut" Il Is net ceiitined te the employer's side. i.Xll Is us urblliury ami iiutecraile. The indii trial pieblem will net n.,., basis of solel lien while (he two fiicteis ,,,,! tUil,Mv independent. I.ne-h will have l get off Its "high horse." What Is led;,1 Zl ,, treaty ii- between imlepeudeut pewns but u coiislilutien joining (he two tngeilii- In one oi-guniziitleii. 'i'hcie are Iny " that such u solution is en the way. 1 SHORT CUTS All China has te de new- is te discetiir nerscii. The read te international peace la pans ' I wiiu reservations. It is a safe bet thnt when Japan backs ,'j iemwi sue win tin il Kriicciuii.v . Secretary Hughes probably has a sqimi jaw iiiuuen ueiunei nig wnisKcrs. Ne medicinal beer. Before the schooner ciuilcl cress the bur It was nagged. In the matter of returned screen popu larity, nt least, Fatty's chance Is slim. The Conference hns reached the im portant stage where it makes haste slevily. Though M. Brland'H speech contained no surprises, It thrilled by telling uu old story convincingly. May n pigskin be said te be done (0 I turn when a gridiron is heated with ttt tires of enthusiasm? If Henry Ferd ever loses his preeiit job lie ought te be able te get another geed one as a press agent. Scrapping war vessels ami big pin works is expensive, but scrapping with then is u geed bit mere se. Japanese reservations en the j.,"-3 nnval iiitle are new- believed te be sjntl mental and temperamental. Perhaps Japan's nlnii te ceninletc the battleship Tesa is merely a gesture te shevr just wliut sne can de when she is pressed. The Tux Hill nnd the Tariff Bill arc like , polecat hunters making their way tlireuji u crowd. It isn't their worth that pause! them. Mud - bespattered pedestrians would favor nu ordinance reducing (he speed limit for automobiles en days when the ttreeti are sloppy, I'ven when the mercury gets hack te iiernicl there Is no assurance that It will ; stuy there. And, after all, who tares? Ii temperature, at any rate, what's neimaliJ iiiean. Premier Hrinnd says war would baTt broken out lu Curepe three or four time' since the armistice but for the Firueli Arm;. As Trance sees it, It is a condition, net I theory, that faces her. Yeu can't kill a bird every time jeu swing n veto ax, or the Majer had cooked the Judge'ti geese. Meanwhile, llreiiii dines progressively : Stake in Mtinie'lpll Ceurt: onions in Hermudu. In onions there is strength. Dr Houghten, for tvvenlj -four yMB rector .of the Little Chtiiih Around tnt Ceiner, New Yerk, sujs that Nl per cent of riiuawaj iiiairiiiges are fuiliiies YVlacn seems te prove that Dan Cupid, though geed shot, is u peer sprinter. Secretary of Laber Davis sujs the luilk bottles necessary te give New- erk Us elailj supply would, if pluced end te end, rcacn V.Vi miles. Ne data are available eentcrnlnr "lw.l," linlllu niwl flcisku 1,111 If llltnCBN In limits Ibev would nrehiibiv cover th. three-mlie limit nnel u little ever. The Interstate Commerce Commission has disregarded the compromise suggested V the ralliead.s and has issued an order re quiring u 1(1 per cent decreuse lu hay giaiii lutes. Perhaps the order cpltorelKj wisdom. Even se, it illustrates just vvliatw the matter with the iiiilreads. Ilefore a can be expected te run n business sureeM" fully he must be permitted te make his m' takes his own way. Si'cretarv of the Treasury .Mellen if m., i,..,.ii ii it Melt. hi. 1 1 nve given te the Fnlvers'ity of Pittsburgh fourteen acrtf,! of ground valued at SI, 1 500,0(10. the I''i eriy is hiiuhic iieiween u- - . .1 . , ,.. .1.. i..... .... il, lire CI Ilie t lll'lll-gll- llieilllin- en i. s - -.- m Schenlev Park, with the Phlpps auttri I iitcuv ami Memerial Hall near at "'",, Indus in iiihtlfv the title of "AltPH" Acies" given te this section some jcmMf- There Ih no cause for excitement .lapan's lequesl that her naval ratio u " creased from 00 te 70 per cent. If It'" a case of .scrapping entire navies tnwj might be reason for pretest If one lone p J iiemaniieu vvursiups; uui u u """- ,rVli upon nun need net be surprised If 'icre", .lliTi.reiiei. of oiiinlen as te hew tliul ni IIS III le.ii - , should be reached. Our Stale Dcpnrim; for presumably geed reason seiecieu -. nnge basis. Japan nrgui's that since m" ,iiiiiiii iiih." " , .iiiri of a win ship Is from lifteen te ivvenu , 0"l a sinp i I'll or iwcivc jeui-.s "in i ..- - : , i,at a- C ....!... I.I .. ,,. I SII lis a snip euiy iwe or nine .ui"- " ;,if .i r... ii,.. I.,.. ...,. ..j n niiiiiirtuut llu only three jtiii-- i, ,,,... -- lll'l.l'll III.., ,,,,.,,,. I i.. .i i.i,.... e . ,1,,,1'w ,11 tlli'H' e ...i .Lei's .,11 then' i' III I III- il iiin.-lll, .inw ...... - ..- - .. ..-, Il; ii inuUer In In settled HI u iu"- " n rounded by Icclniiciuiis, ai.d uelUiaj; te huvt heart fullure ubeut. i .6W'ftsi, lMMitmmiumu' ii mri-,-: ..., Jt-sWill MisV4..fciWi(-l ,1 A
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