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EVENING PUBEIC LEDGER I'HILABELPHIA, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 1921-
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MAKING THE HALL SAFE
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T WILL be geed news net only te everv
Philadclphinn but te every ratriet in
the country te knew that steps Invr been
taken te guard Independence Hall against
fire by the installation of n sprinkler svs
tem and an nditiute and safe heating pin-''.
, with the boilers far removed from tin- hall
The plan has been advocated for yours, but
it has remained for the prevent City A I
ministration te iarw L out.
Independence Hall is ted.iv the mc-r
valuable structure trem a historical stand
point in the United States, and. therefer'1, it
in far mere than an Interesting building in
the city of Philadelphia. It i- a great na
tional legacy, for the .safekeeping of wlmh
the Natien holds our eitv responsible Ne
cost is tee great te prccrw it ewtly tis it
is, and no money spent fur this purpose
will be begrudged bj the (Iczens f I'hilu
flelphia. Every possible precaution against
fire has lnjen taken in the pn-'t. but the in
stallation of the met modern apparatus
will make n'surtmrr deiibl ure.
A fire in a historic building Is the great
est and most irreparable of lire disasters, be
cause whatever is ilrstrecd manor possibly
be rcplaetd. It N net merely .1 menetar.v
or a temporary les. but a p rmament en".
J Wc in Philadelphia realized this eme year
age when fire dotrejed many of the most
valuable items of the I ineeln collection of
J the late Majer William II. Lambert, in.lud-
lng 'be manuM'ripts 0f the tlc'tjsburs
speech and the leeend iinuguvnl address,
. both in the liandw ruins of rhc 'ire.u Lraan-
cipater. as wel! a man per-enal ilt'. It
! tn a relief t knew that the cii t- doing its
f utmost te gunrd against a 'imilar disaster In
t the case of Independenee Hull and the matij
priceless rches of the carlj d-iys of the Ke-
public which it contain'-.
j FFTY YEARS OF HELPFULNESS
trpHE celebration of the fiftieth anniversary
I X. of the ineorperaiion of the Presbyterian
Hospital last night called attention te the
beneficent work of one et the largest insti
tutions in the city for the relief of suffering.
It has had au honorable record, and it
has done its work handicapped by the lack
of sufficient room te meet the demands upon
It. Plans were made before the war for the
' erection of a magnificent new modem build -f
lng, but because of .er.v needed modification
! in the plans the contra-1 was net let
New that building ondmeiis are improv imprev
3 ing, the friends of the hospital are hoping
that it will be found expedient te go ahead
with the new building te rcplaee the plant
1 that was long age outgrown. The citv needs
'. It, for it is inadequately supplied with hes-
- pltal beds. There have been times whn
'' patients who Imperatively required hospital
j treatment could find im vjant iimm m an
hospital in the t-itj . Ibis condition ought
. net te be allowed t continue any longer
than It will take te remove it.
CONSIDER THE FISHES
t "RIUINALLY iinonspicueiis and, from a
. J superficial standpoint, unexeltlng, the
development of the i it y aquarium has new
reached the stage ut genuine metropolitan
- distinction.
'. The opening of the much-enlarged exhibit
' yesterday attracted a crowd of hehdnv -makers
the member- of which, it is safe tu
bazard, were censiilerablv mere interested,
Impressed and charmed than they had an
ticipated. Perhaps it Is the habitual taciturnity of
fish, perhaps the circumscribed monetonj of
" their lives in captivity . which invests formal
display of them with alleged humorous s(2.
nificance. .Suppescdb it is difficult te thi ill
ever an aquarium.
r Put if no deep spiritual glow result- Ieti
a casual inspection b the uninitiated in
!chtholeg.v , fascination is bj no means
nllcnated. Fish, fantastic and radiant or
dark, conteited ami huarre, make an excel
lent show if the arrangement is well directed.
' The aquarium in the picturesque old watir
works at Pairmeunt is suitably planned aud
distinctly v.erth i'iting.
The Battery display in New Yerk and t!.e
marvelous .swimming cnatures housed in :e
Naples aquarium are world-famous. Mr.
Mechan's devoted and authoritative superin
tendence of l he alread.v important exhibition
In the Park Is gracrd with the interesting
opportunity of eventual!) becoming equally
noteworthy .
Even new it furnishes an attractive sup.
plement in natural hister.v te the Zoological
Gardens, in the fortunate possesien of which
Philadelphia scientifically ranks high.
- FAIR PLAY AND DREADNOUGHTS
QIIIPPINii expcii-, who nic rcperte.l te
O be admitting the practicability of con
verting prescribed dreadnoughts into liners
for commercial u-e, are counselors te be
heeded only with m nipuleu 'tuition.
The iiiUtcms of coiiemy and the re-
beurcefulncss uf the mrriean merehnnt
, marine would, of i'eur-e, iietli be rrved if
suitable alterations could be effected with.
out virtually rebuilding the craft. Where
the danger lies i in the reverse adaptn-
) blllty.
t Vessels Iraiisleniiablc into cargo and
passenger curriers suggest nn eu-,v revtr-
slen te original type In case of what is
, tllplemivtlcully t 'Mined a "national ctnr
r gency." The rlmnees of ucb ntavisui -bed
' nn uiigtMilal perhaps even a dishonorable,
light upon armament -mincing program.
In Secretary Hughes' basic prep sul
there was no juggling with words or ulcus.
The eventual fate of (he capital ships lUiil
the financial sacrifices involved were net
specifically considered, although it wus ob
' vieiis that the sudden halting et an
elaborate eenstiuct.."i i rerum m.isi m tlie
' vml prove cbea,cr than its uiiiiuHu v and
expansion:.
The llnlteil Is'iai. with iu grntlf.ii'igly
lAn record u tlie t'eiifurcncu, cuunet a (lord
t tedulge new in equivocation, Fortunately
tii jrhltncn of the ship conversion scheme
!
nre outside the sessions nnd it is by no
menus fully demonstrable tbnt the successful
transformations cun be successfully made.
Tin1 mere hinting of dubious procedure is,
however, resrcttiibic. The public ns it whole
l unafraid of the vigorous word "scrap
ping" ns applied in prospect te costly, wnr
breeding capital ships. If the preposition
poet through ruptureus applause will oier eier
whclmingly drown out the murmurs of near
sighed dlsi'ntirs.
And speaking of the luck of great pas
senger liner". It is pertinent te note the his his
ler.v cf the Leviathan. Nearly three ,cnrs
have rlnpi'd citice lln1 once ctnek vessel of
the seven srn-, originally built for luxury
travel rind fa-t freight, was removed from
th" troop -carrying service. The restoration
of the world' largest ship te commercial
routes under the tiiilien.il Hug has net yet
been accomplished.
In view i.f tlii achievement in retrogres
sion it way be womb red vvlien ilreftdneughts
censtrm ted for naval purposes exclusively
could be made fit for the pursuits of peace
(til trade.
The moral obligation (e play fair is strict.
In addition there an; practical conidcrn cenidcrn
ti'.ns te -niiiet r m decent ethical standard.
ANOTHER GAS MOVE
An'rit thinking u ever for mere than
three vuM-k. Ceimcilman Weglcin has
at last mail" public th-1 reply of the United
(Jas Improvement ("empany te his Ineuiry
nbeur tlie kind of arrTngemcut which it
would like te make with the city.
It would be e.isv ., rvumine in detail the
preposition made by the gas company. But
at this time it would be n waste of effort.
The Wegletu request for Information was
merely a move in the game that the City
Ceiiik il is playing.
It Is generally believed lliat It is the
purpesi of the Jeb Combine te potpene,
if possible, nil settlement of ihr contreversv
evir the gas lease until nfti r the next
inavetaltv clcctnn. It then hopes te con
trol both the executive and legislative
branches of the City t!e' eminent and te be
free te make what term eein te It bc-t.
Whether it will be able te de this or net
has net yet appeared It will depend some
what upon tlie complacency of the gas com
pany. There have been intimations that,
after giving the city a reasonable tune te
aijust its grievances, 'he company will ap
peal te the Public Service Commission and
argue that the commission lias tlie right
under the law te intervene. It is con
ceivable thai the circulation f tlil report
has been allowed in order te force Council
le act for f"ur the Mate commission will
tnV' the matter entire lv out "f us liand
And it is conceivable also that the State
commission may insist that it Ins no juris juris
dictien at the present time.
In the meantime the g'is cempan; is sup
plying gas which does net measure up te
tlie standard of us lease, and i- Uahl" te u
fine for every day that the stat'dard fills
short. The Len'timtrs are nut interested in
the details of the contreversv. Thev want
geed gas at a reasonable price, and they are
wondering why the pre-ent situation ! al
lowed tu continue.
ANOTHER TRY AT IT
T;I1U work which tu.e new commission te
recommend a reorganization of the Stat"
tievcrniiient has been appointed te de 1- cry
in: eui te lie done, lint that man is r.n
optimist, indeed, who expects any radical
nferm te lesiilt from Us investigation and
recommendations.
We hnve had ether similar commissions in
the past, but with little real results. The
most recent was an Economy and Ktiiciene.v
Coiiimi-sien, of which Harry S. McDewtt,
Governer SpruuTs seerdary. wa- ei retary.
Mr. McDevitt 1- a member of the i,ew com
mission. Associated with him aie Senators
ftceree Woodward and Frank A. Smith,
Representatives William .T. MeCalg and Jehn
M. Flynn. and Mrs. Jehn O. Miller aud
Leenard P. l"e. Tin re i- ability enough
here te de the work The commis-ienei s are
familiar with the organization et the State
Government and with its duplication of
tuiictiens and consequent wasteiulness. e
is every one else who has interested himself
in the way things are den at Harnsburg.
Out nothing luis been done te improve con
ditions, ter the reaen that It would have
distiabed existing political arrangement-.
St Me jobs are part of (he oil that keeps the
State political mm lime in working order.
If any of ihcm are abolished' the hearings
will get het soniewhere for Inck of lubrien
Mn. uiid the politician interested will raise
ructions until tlie job or one just as gei l
is uiven te his depend' hm ushiii.
Senater Woodward, about the puruv of
whose motives there can bu no quesiiun. is
a- well aware of this n any em fl-e lie
knows what lie is up against. The patron
age mongers will unite against any plan that
will interfere with them. And the State is
se everwhelminglv Republican that the partv
in power Is net forced by fear of defeat te
give any heed te the premises of an opposi
tion which might offer te de better. Se long
a- this condition exist- it will be an uphill
tight te bring about any rcterra" in Ilurris
burg. That a radical reorganization and consoli
dation of State di parti.ients would ieult in
economy and edit .encv is generally ad
muier. What can be done has been ill'is
trat'd by the work of former ('mrerner
Le'vibn. of Illinoi- who brought about the
1 1 nsolidatien of 1'J." state departments into
iiiin by ubelM ng n let of comnit'siens and
beards that had l"rt maintained te give dig
nified jobs te "stuffid shirts" who were
useful te the politician".
The Woodward ceram! -ion will make its
report te the Legislature tha' I- te be elected
next year. If the report could be published
n advance et the election and us adoption
cei'Id be made an lsue in tlie choice of i'gt--laters
the voters could express their opinion
in a wav te bring abeur tie needed reforms.
But unlese tuis done the report is likely
te go the way of all the etheis, and if the
voters show no in t r -t it certainly will be
ignendas inenthir- l.nv' ben.
WHAT IS A PERFECT LADY?
THE results of a recent questionnaire ns
te personal conduit wliuu wus placed
befen: .VJ ce-e.ls et .Northwestern Univcr--,n.
at I'v iiiten. III., would Iihvc caused
a moral revolution i.i Victorian day, but in
thee unieg' ii' rate times scarcely a flicker
of interest .-. nrimseel
The qui at ions, which were peculiarly
searching and pergenal, were as fellow :
(1) Have veu ever cheated? i2) llavn
r.u eer been Kissed.' f'i; Have you ever
. meKeil-' ill Hivn y oil ever I I'd cm-n-leuslv
' ' i Ifave ..ij tvr I'ninl, In
t.jN rat.iiB liqiie' ''! Have j uii ver
darned, Impr.pnK ' ' JI.ivh ou e. r
wurn imprep r 'l"tliinB' is J Have you
e.r had ' "i ru-ii' i'ii Have you ever
I.e. n ci a ' pettinK paltj'.' (10) IIuve
veu ever den. my thing veu wanted te con.
val tiem ' "U- part-ins '
'Ihr victims of tins nlentlcss question
naire might veil have complained en the
ground of die VHgue-lies:, of bOInc of tin
questions. Fer example, question Ne. 2;
tlie sex of the kissee being known, there is
no request for information a- te the sex of
tie kisser, and ilieiefen- no differentiation
bctvv ic-ii a proper '""I "" Improper notion.
Alse us te questions Nes. I! and 7. There is
n wide diffcri ii"' of r pinion as te wliat ton ten
stliuli - proper and iinpiepei- dinning and
dc-sing Ii iinv one wishes i oriebnrntlon
et thi ta'-'ii ' ui. all that is neees-ury in
il i i - i tu spend a few muititee in
uiii p u .a- damuB room, or, m the second
a walk of n few blocks en Chestnut street en
nnv plenRnnt da Alse, what Is n ''petting
party"? The name, largely self-explanatory,
is new in the effete Knst, but doubtless
the Middle West knows all about it.
But the results of this set of awful ques
tions! The most pulcbrltiidlneus co-ed
registered only 00 per cent ladylike and the
liveliest of them scored but 20 per cent;
the average wis 00 per cent net bad when
we consider the vnr nnd ether contributory
causes te a superheated college life. The
pitlchrltiidineus one, who wrote "Ne" nlne
times, answered "Yes" te the charge of
cheating, perhaps cheesing this ns the least
compromising in case the authorities wanted
te go behind the returns and demand incon
venient and embarrassing details. Besides,
ten answers of "Yes" might have engendered I
u suspicion of a violation of question Ne. -I.
Sixty per ceut means that tlie average
co-ed had te write "Yes" te four et tlie ten
questions, n percentage which would havi
shocked our Victorian ancestors. But it
must net be forgotten that the Victorian era
lint! a record eif national achievement equaled
by few similar periods of history, ns well as
a reputation for intensive morality which
bids fair te remain unbroken by the present
generation. It would be Interesting te note
the results of a similar questionnaire among
the male youth of Northwestern University.
SHRIEKS OVER THE WATER
LLOYD GLORGE. it is said, will prob
ably meet Aristide Briand ?een after his
ictnrn. Difficulties in connection with the
separate Peace Treaty recently negotiated
by France with the Turkish Nationalist
Government nt Angera and tantamount te a
supersessien of the pact of Sevres were
considered by the British Cabinet en Tues
day of this vveek. "
Twe days later Earl Curzon, the British
Foreign Secretary, was vocally aghast at
what he deemed evidences of French mili
tarism. Among the itemized objects of bis denun
ciation was the new "settlement" in the
Near Last. "Mere important than the vic
tory of either party," he insisted, "Is that
there should be no victory, but that there
should by peat''. This will never be achieved
if anv one Power attempts te 'teal u march
en another and conclude arrangements en
its own account."
It is at least pardonable te fancy that a
thread cf consecutive interest can lie identi
fied in the above nneiinicut of fncts nnd
surmises.
Earl Curzon, it has been hinted, was kept
at home during these Conference days te
pi event tlie intrusion in Washington of the
peculiarly unconvincing, net te say disturb
ing, brand "f diplomacy which he has long
exploited. Conceivably he Imagines that t lie
monkey wrench whicli he wields can be
cflfitivrly hurled oversea
There is undoubted a substratum of
truth in the fears which l.e piefss,r con cen
leruing French militarist)' ambitions. But
the recontructleiists in Washington are net
child' en and their sen-e of proportions seems
tint far te have been ra'lier well preserved.
Net all of M. Briand s idea for a Prem h
military establishment uiiehetked by inter
national agreement wa- taken at its face
vpl'ie. Hut his leaseunij wa-, far fiem
being v '.lelly fallacious, aud the -vmpathy
wilh which it was I'teivcd was in a large
degree genuine.
The Washington method attributes a cer
tain amount of value te practical accoinuio acceinuio accoinuie
eiation of delicate differences. The mood
thus evoked is plainly constructive.
The British Foreign Secretary, and pre
sumably, tlieiefere, certain powerful ele
ments in the British Government, see fit
t'i reopen the excessively dangerous subject
of France-English rivalry. Tlie venom of
Fail Curzon's eutgivings is scarcely thinly
dlgulsed, and ill accords with his pro
testations en behalf of reduced armaments.
France never mind the possible selfish
ness of her motives appears te have out eut
maneiivered Britain in the Levant and hns
undoubtedly seemed a profusion of impor
tant concessions and commercial privileges
from the Kemalists. Perhaps the BrltHi
lontrel of Constantinople i- net ignored in
Paris nor the covert British approval of the
militant enterprises of the pre-German King
Constantine.
The Near East drama is darkly crowded.
There are few if any unblemished heroes in
the leading roles.
But the intrusion of the whole vexed
theme of France-British antagonisms Inte
the Limitations of Arms Ceufcn m e is un
comfortably suggestive of a -plrlt et crass
opportunism.
Earl Curz'iti's ire is net enlv ill-timed
and out of place, but its destructive tone is
uiimisiakabl' It i ! rfei tly will known
that M. Briand spoke for the self-inteicst e.
his nation, but h" was a duly qualified mem
ber "f the Conference- and admirably ulive
te necessities of tact and te the madness ()f
confusing it situation alieady ,-uflicientlj
complex.
SHORT CUTS
Incentives te thanksgiving
Congress is still adjourned.
persist.
Bv war of departure from the ordi erdi
narv he Arms Conference i- m"-t of all
admired for its limitations.
"The situatieu.
declares u
Sinn Fein
for talk."
representative, "is tee -erleus
An unexampled crisis, indeed '.
"What's the use," eb-erves the eptl-
misfit' idiot, "of worrying ever the State
Treasury when (here's nothing iu it ? '
It Is net se much silver as asbestos that
,s needed as lining for the cloud that durkiy
overhangs the Angle-Irish -I'l-ncr situation.
The announcement that Lloyd Geerge
will seen sail for America indicates tin.
existence cf a hope rather than an expec
tation. The first consignment of Chrbtmas
trees has ariived in town, which suggests
that it is about time te begin the Christmas
shopping.
Ne, Gweudelyn, the people who en
gaged In a steeplechase en Thanksgiving
Day were net raciDg te see which could git
te church first.
Independence Hull has steed for mete
than 110 years without burning ilee,n. Se
it is net tee late te take the nee -.-iir) pie
caul ions te protect it from tire
What the Sesqul -Centennial i-- te be
ofheidllv eall'd is net se important as the
still pinding tl'ii'ien about when n real
effort ii te be made te get ihe plans moving.
Thanksgiving Day passed without u
single held-up arre-t. Probably the hold
up men found out what turkey cost this
year und realized the futility of plying their
trade at lea: t until the next pay day rolls
mound.
That net all the scrapping is te be
eenfimd te shipyards and arsenals is the
lively cpee-tatien of prospective speetateis
of the West I'oint-.Minapeii- game, winch
lends Us inwiriahle turn h of brilliancy te
the finale of the football season.
Slightly revising tlie late W. S G$
berl's famous verslclc it may be said of Karl
Curzon' "monkey -wrench" speech that
"It was wild, it was futul,
wild us the liree.e,
It wnndeied ubeut Inte hcvernl keys;
It was jerky, spasmodic and Iiursli, we're
aware,
But vet it distinctly suggested a scare,"
BANKING AND MISERS
Cnptaln Morrison Tells of the In
creased Banking Business In the
State A Miser Who Wanted te,
and Was, Burled Stand
lng en His Fcet
By OISORGE NOX McCAIN
CAPTAIN JbllN W. MORRISON, First
Deputy Banking Commissioner, expresses
the opinion that no department of Pcnnsyl"
vanla's business world has developed ee
rapidly as that of banking.
This statement Is in view tf the fact that
banking might be termed nn ultra-conservative
business.
It docs net fellow the lines of rapid ex
pansion characteristic of certain Industries.
The substantial progress of the Common
wealth can be gauged mere accurately when
it Is known that In the number of banking
and trust companies nlene there hns been nn
increase of ever 300 per cent ih a quarter of
a century.
Increase in the number nnd volume of
national banks Is nnethcr matter; the
Federal Government's.
The figures nbevc given refer only te
banks subject te State supervision.
pAPTAIN MORRISON and be earned bis
J title in the Civil War lias been identi
fied with the State Department of Banking
for twenty-six years ns Deputy Commis
sioner. In that time firms nnd corporations
engaged in banking and trust company busi
ness have increased from 1SS te mere than
700.
Building nnd lean associations also conie
under the supervision of the department nt
llarrisburg. and there nre new ever 2000 of
them operating in Pennsylvania.
When Cnptaln Morrison first entered the
department in 1MJ3 as Deputy Commissioner
only eight bank examiners were needed.
New there are thirty employed and even
this force l insufficient, considering the
character of the work.
With banking institutions like some of the
great Philadelphia trust companies it is a
job of the tir't magnitude properly te in
spect their operations.
Net only must the books be gene ever, but
the character of each piece of collateral must
pass muster.
It takes four or five of the department's
experts weeks te go through such ou insti
tution and give Its nffalrs the detailed In
spection the law demands.
FROM time te time exceedingly interesting
stories come out of the Pcrklemen region.
it I" the valley which opens en the Schuyl
kill River above Valley Forge at the mouth
of the Perklemen River, twenty-five miles
from Philadelphia, and winds en back north
ward te the Lehigh County line.
"The Pcrkiemcn Region," by the way. is
the name ()f a new historical magazine that
i- shortly ready for the press.
A number of scholars, antiquarians nnd
tlergymen will form its editorial staff.
The whole region is rich In historical ma
terial : pn -colonial, geological and anthro
pological. It is net my purpose te anticipate the
labors of these scientists nnd historians in
terested in the magazine, but two very in
teresting stories have just con.e te my hand.
My friend. Jehn R. Tiillls, contributes
both of them. lie is the indefatigable in
vestigator of the odd, Oic ancient and the
curious.
"T7NOS S. SCHWENK recently died nt
Hi the age of eighty-seven years, en his
farm near Sphwcnl.sville. He w-us u pioneer
and a patriot," said Mr. Tallis.
"1 de net think there was n combination
mere interesting In tlie valley than Enes
and the farm en which he lived all his life.
"Tlie farm was purchased by his father
from Benjamin Pawling, a lieutenant In the
Revolutionary Army und the original settler
of this neighborhood.
"With his family nnd slaves he Is burled
in a plot In the weeds along tlie edge of a
,-mall stream en the farm.
"Mr. Schwcnk delighted te tell the history
of earlier days te his children and grand
children. "The thing that impressed me most," said
Mr. Tallis, "wa- that em Decoration Day
ymi would no this old country gentleman,
with flowing Lair and beard and shoulders
thrown b.uk, marching alone from his farm
te the grave of Benjamin Pawling te plnce
upon it a tlag and a few flowers.
"Enes Schwcnk sought te enlist for the
Civil War. but he was l ejected en account
of a marked physical disability. It nearly
broke his heart.
"The last shive that I bare any record
of in the I'l'ikienieu Valley," said Mr.
Tallis, "was 'Black Tube' who was sold by
the Pnv. lings te Lues Schwcnk s father
when he purchased I he firm.
"He died while ill the employ of Mr.
ScIivm nk and I buried In the Pawling plot.
rnlIE oddest character that ever lived in
X the Perklemeu Valley was Jehn Hall,"
cenl intud Mr. Tallis.
"He also was one of the early settlers.
lie owned a big farm between Iren Bridge
and t " ii tfcville, en the east nanl; of the
rii ir. Part of it is new known us the
Fin-man place."
Then the antiquarian disclosed these facts:
Hall evidently married, for a son is burled
near him in the family plot en the farm.
In these days every family, or clan, had
its own private burlnl ground en one of
the farms.
Hall mu i have been either a crank or a
mystic. He was u miser certainly.
The daughter of a woman who was Hall's
housekeeper, and who died years age at the
nge of i Ightv -live, used te tell hew she
knew he was a miser.
One day. when a very small child, she
disobeyed her mother's orders and menVeil
up te the ntne or garret of the house. She
found a chest aud lifting the top saw
some sin, ill bags, one of which was open and
partly tilled with yellow coins.
ller ineihei- urnvul just then with a
spanking outfit.
It was she who afterward averred that it
was old linn Hall's bank the bad discovered.
117Iir.N Jeb
T ? vears ace
HEN Jehn Hall died, nearly ninety
go. he gave explicit instructions
that lie we" te lie buried standing en his
fed. en th" summit of a hill en his estate,
new the Fin man place.
Moreover, he was te be Interred only ns
far ns bis neck.
His head was te be left protruding from
tlie ground se that, ns lie put It, he could
leek round ever Ids estute.
A cev-r of earth was te be placed ever his
head, with u hole in It, that "in case the
devil gets after me I can get out quickly,"
lie said.
Mr. Tal'is says thut this Incredible story
persisted through the years, and the mound
ever Hall's head en the top of the hill was
long pointed out, and is te this day.
Finally a iinv.ite investigation was made
and upon diguing into the earth heap a
skull vva found, with vertebrae extending
downward Inte thu eurlh.
It would seem, therefore, flint Jehn Hall
was buried a- h" wished, "standing en his
feet."
Today's Anniversaries
170". The fumeua Eddystene lighthouse,
built In liiOl'i, wa destroyed by n storm.
ixSI-t The ninth session et the Conti
nental Congress opened at Annapolis.
l.ef Busliretl Washington, Associate
Justice of the Supreme Court of the United
State-!, died in Philadelphia. Bern In West
moreland County, Va., June .", 1702.
Tfl2 Dr Mary Walker, the first woman
i.liv.iclun in the world te he commissioned
I nn assistant army surgceu, born nt Oswego,
N. V. Died there February 21, 1010.
1804 Marriage et emperor Aicneins II
of ltu-siu and Princess Alix of Hesse.
ISfirt Miifhilde Blind, famous nuther,
died in Londen. Bern nt Mannheim, Ger
many. March 21. 141.
1002 England nnd Germany united te
pie their claims upon Venezuela.
1010 The British Government proclaimed
the suppression of the Sinn Fein and the
Unullc League.
1020 Arthur GrlOlth and ether leaders
of "Iriwi uepuuiie" m
nrrested in Dublin.
NOW MY IDEA IS THIS!
Daily Talks With Thinking Philadelphia en Subjects They
Knew Best '
WILLIAM H. WILSON
On Philadelphia's Development
f.TN VIEWING Philadelphia development
J- In retrospect, betii as te its growth as
a great city of homes and home owners ns
well ns a tremendously great industrial city,
rightfully entitled te be called the 'Work
shop of the World,' attention is directed te
one of the greatest factors that lias con
tributed te make our city pre-eminently
successful." says William II. Wilsen, for
mer president of the Philadelphia Real
Estate Beard.
"The enormous wealth nnd financial
power of Philadelphia, through our banks,
savings-fuud societies and trust companies,
are largely responsible for the growth nnd
development of Philadelphia's home, com
mercial and industrial life during the last
one nnd a half centuries," be said. "It is
nn interesting fact that Philadelphia ranks
second in financial power in the United
States, due te the wonderful accumulation
of trust funds which places Philadelphia
ahead of Chicago and nil ether American
cities excepting New Yerk.
"The Philadelphia banks and their finan
cial ability nnd preparedness te conceive nnd
execute operations of magnitude nnd im
portance have been in cvldence prier te the
time this Natien became independent of the
parent country, for was It net Rebert Mor Mer
ris who provided the funds te carry en the
Revolutionary Wnr that spelled liberty and
freedom nt the birth of the Natien? Later,
during the Wnr of 1S12-14, we find Stephen
G Irani making n great lean te the Govern
ment te carry en thnt wnr, and again, at
a most critical time in the history of the
country, Jay Coeke, n Philndelphia banker,
furnished the menus te win the Civil War
that preserved the Union and freed the
Negro from tlie bends of slavery.
Aided In Recent War
"And during the recent war Philadelphia
financial institutions liberally financed the
industries in our midst that were working
day and night te send forth the munitions
of war, clothes and feedstuffs across the
seas te hasten the end, that victory might
be ours.
"The potential power and the great posi
tion Philadelphia, holds in the world of
iitinncn ennnet be crasned or fully appreci
ated without a portrayal of the facts that
iniluence our resources. . , ,
"Philadelphia is the fecal point for the
receipt of large quantities of war materials
from all parts of the United States and the
world, and it is the distributing place for
a multitude of manufactured products which
go forth from this 'Workshop of the World'
te the four corners of the earth. The huge
and diverse business of our 0000 industrial
establishments, with au output of n billion
dollars u year, means a settlement with each
transaction. Then millions and millions of
dollars are represented by the mammoth
busiucss done by our 20,000 stores and busi
ness houses.
Can Supply Needed .Meney
"Our financial strength lies In our ability
te finance capital requirements within the
eitv, such ns homes, eifiice buildings, npnrt
ineiits, commercial properties and factories,
se that our people may be properly beused
and that our business may develop. Our
institutions have magnificently aided nil of
tbese in the putt nnd ure new generously
nssisting in financing these enterprises which
tend te supply the needs of our growing city.
"Our banks neit only invest In our be
loved city, but reach out te the aid of the
marvelously rich und wonderful Keystone
State as well as sending their funds through
out the United States. Philadelphia capital
Is virtually te be found everywhere and in
everything.
"The investment assets of our large sav-ings-fuud
societies, trust companies or life
insurance companies will show many mil
lions of dollars worth of bend", ether forms
eif corporate obligations aud stocks In prac
tically every railroad of importance In the
United States or Canada.
"Mortgages en farm property In the
Western and Southern part of the United
States, as well ns mortgages en central city
property of many of the American cities,
are among the investments made by Phila
delphia capital. Public utilities supplying
light, water and transit facilities in dozens
of towns and numerous large cities arc made
possible, by the initlatlve aud funds sup
plied fiem Philadelphia.
Have Bached Mine Deals
"The geld, silver and copper mines of
this and ferclgu countries likewise have
khnrcd in our money, as have the steamship
lines thut plow the rough und treacherous
seas.
"Realizing the proud possessions of this
historically and financially grcet City of
Brotherly Leve, whose people have the cre
ative minds of a genius, It Is refreshing te
recall that we have sent forth ever 100
'firsts' te the people of the Natien.
"Among the creative thoughts that have
made New Yerk the financial center of tlie
universe, Philadelphia can rightfully claim
her just share of credit, for here the First
National Bank in America was founded,
tlie first savings-fund society, the first trust
company, tins first life Insurance company,
the first title company und the first building
nsbociatien. All saw the light of day in the
Quaker Oily.
"As u real estate man I am net unmind
ful of the wonderful advantages of tbe huge
nggrct'nte of trust funds, amounting te about
one billion dollars, which are intrusted te
"AW, IT MIGHT BE WORSE!"
e
CW Zf '"ft v
our trust companies for Investment. These
funels, ns in the pnst, will, in the future,
seek gilt-edge mortgages en Philadelphia
real estate ns n sound form of investment.
While much .of this money was directed
during nnd since the war te ether invest
ments that were tax free or paid higher
rates of Interest, thus causing the real estate
brokers, owners and builders te become en
vious and' jealous, wc felt that the financial
institutions were justified In their wisdom
te properly invest their money te the best
advantage.
Mortgages Are Accepted
"Our ambition for the protection of the
tangible nnd material wealth of our city
might cause us te leek upon mortgage In
vestments with a certain civic pride. Meney
is new free for mertgage investments, and
Philadelphia's financial institutions are
daily accepting numbers of mortgage invest
ments running into large sums. The trust
companies are displaying a mere generous
attitude toward their depositor and tbe bor ber bor
rewer who is requesting mortgage funds.
These companies nre permanent city institu
tions interested in "A Greater and Better
City,' and I nm confident will stand ready
and willing te entertain sound projects for
development of operations thnt are worthy,
for undertakings of every kind whicli will
appeal te intelligent judgment ns offering
geed business. Many large hotels, apart
ment beuses and ether great city develop
ments will be required befere and following
the World's Fair of 1020.
"With large trust companies such ns the
Girnrd Trust Company, the Land Title nnd
Trust Company, Real Estate Title nnd
Trust Company, the Fidelity Trust Com
pany, the Philadelphia Trust Company, the
Pennsylvania Company and numerous ether
trust companies from whom millions of dol
lars hnve poured out freely for our past de
velopment, and savings-fund societies such
as the Philadelphia, the Western, the Bene
ficial, the Germantown nnd n number of
ethers, why should there be a cry for mort mert
gnge funds? These companies have demon
strated their knowledge and appreciation of
the meritorious value of protected princi
pal. "Mortgages rarely show a less, but ere
liquidated at 100 cents en the dollar.
Therefore it Is only natural that trust funds
nnd the funds of millions of depositors
should be securely invested in the safest
form of security.
Must Seek Aid Here
"It will be te the financial institutions
of Philadelphia that courageous promoters
of these projects will appeal for co-operation,
nnd I have no hesitancy in predicting
thnt the men of brains, who are in command
of capita, banking and credit resources,
will display the same willingness, courage,
ability and power te give effective and suc
cessful help, as did their forefathers, the
'giants of finance' whose names arc re
corded in the annals of Americun finance."
Anether Infant Industry
Frem the Chlcaee News
If the rum-runners continue te bring in
booze from abroad, the domestic bootleggers
may be compelled te ask Congress te impose
a protective tariff en the foreign product.
Nothing te See
Frem the Tolode Ulaele.
Why &heuld the Disarmament Conference
be open te the public? There isn't going te
be a fight.
What De Yeu Knoie?
QUIZ
1. WIte said "Revenge la profitable; grati
tude is expensive"?
2. Name three world famous Spanish char
acters In literature, all created by
Frenchmen.
3. What is a prebendary?
4. What animals are primates?
B. What Is a prepylaea In architecture?
t5. Who was Puvls) de Chavannes?
7. What is a quern?
5. Of what State Is Beise City the capital'
0. When was Marie Antoinette executed?
10. When and where was the bat tin' r,r
beaifge'rrnJr' and W" "S
Answers te Yesterday's Quiz
1. The eon of Julius Caesar and Cleopatra
wan named Caesarian.
I. The Suez Canal Is 100 miles lenu
3. During the M'ddle Ages It was believed
that the Hely Grail was unaided by
luilghte upon the hcKht8 of Montserrat
or Mentsalvat, a fantastlcUly bhancd
, mountain In Northeastern Spain "
4. Gerard de Nerval, a Klfted French poet
5. The bltt Is the turn of n cable and the
bitter end Is Unit part of the eat e
whicli Is wound around the bltt hence
the extreme end. ' "UKe
6. The French word "entonte" originally
ancoenru. lnlerPretatl'1' "ntelllgenc?.; Si
7. Jehn C. Fremont was the unsuccessful
candidate for the presidency , me
He wus defeated by Imchanuii b'
8. Batavla Is the capital uf Java
' ThrOnStHit..Hnnl0lP. i ,,,. .u',,t0'1 SUtea
CiwtUuMen Is devoted te Cenirresa
and the legislative power. "-u"re8
JO. Vermicelli literally mean Hale worms.
HUMANISMS
By WILLIAM ATIIERTON DU POT
"WH0'" a frlc,ld nsked Prcsident nMd
W lng the ether day, "Is this man,
Jehn Dynely Prince, whom you have ap
pointed as Minister te Denmark?"
"Oh. Prince." said the Prcsident. "Don't
you knew Prince? He Is a very distin
guished author. He wrote Let me
sec He wrote . Well, anyway, he
is a distinguished professor, associated for
n long time with the University of .
Whnt was that school? Oh, go and a si
Frelinghuysen. he knows."
Representative Lewis A. Prethingham, of
Massachusetts, is the best golf player in
Congress. lie often gees out and back In
70, nnd there is no ether legislator who ap
proaches that record.
Senater Frederick Hale, who is a slim,
wiry, nthletic, youngish man. is the pace
setter for the congressional group when it
finds itself en the links. When one starts
around with Hale one must threw his ma
chinery into high and expect a speedy
passage.
Senater Frank B. Kellogg, of Minnesota,
former trustbuster. is tlie best player en the
Senate side, but faces much competition.
Geerge Curry, twice Governer of New
Mexico, former chief of police in Manila
captain of Keugn Riders with Roosevelt
and that gentleman's favorite bad man of
the West, mnnv times sheriff and partici
pant in scores of gunfights. came through
them nil nnd never get a scratch.
. T.hSn thc thcr day down in New Mexico,
in this the time of law and order, in the
era of urohibUien. Geerge, somewhat cor cer
pulciit and florid from long inaction, saun
tered peaceful y down it quiet street and a
r1 "" ,hnrVIIIB, a l?w with hi "ifc and
h, tlfn fe",ei'fe'r amtl!e wen'nn shot him
his life wil1 llnn' a" tLc rcEt of
Geerge Mitchell is u tea expert for the
wfth Sl?ThAr2MdTaf ?Uch buecame acquainted
m,n n i h.nmns LPt0. the British yachts
man nnd tea mnnufacturer. When the
Mif!hlSi.src"tP,at CUP contestant te nd that
Mitchell was born n Charleston s p luv,
was enthusiastic and in sisted that he nli
SutSeS?' ""'! inat,,lsCqUaa,utt
Planned" hiV'!" " ,n,rt-. Sir T,len,as e
e vawkv from ni'lVvcJ, ,n Charleston as a
5hr.V.ra ?...Irc,nnl. H bad traveled
f,r""n W'T.. u.",l9 " Brent deal, mostly as a
Ki.W"!
Produced n S. ii nJi"2: "? "W? S
elel CenfederatetnVes efTmerica.80 " m
explain0 L?' & ?
.ucu ,.,ec-e. uut. mero than that, it has beei
pent0 In t Wdf,r f t!le asant e
held for it." and th0 Cstcem EtL
uck piece, but, mere than t aTfVhn
irs I
still
In the little town of Prove. Utah fertr
Smeeth tn'Cr W f-SnJSS
ninoet and the son of that family the beT
nca0den,vhey,CaI!Cd R!Cd' "o'the'lS
nt .?' iWbere h0 t00k Ilf0 nulte seriously
and was known as n studious lad.
Just across the street was u bearding
house, nnd in this bearding house lived an
other boy, whose name was Willie Kini,
whose home was up m the little town of
I illmere City, nnd who went te this same
school. Mrs. Sinoet used te mother thin
boy from the desert town, nnd he became s
geed deal of a member of the family.
New, after four decades have passed, both
Reed and Willlnm are members of the
Lnltcd States Senate from Utah, one a
Democrat nnd the ether a Republican, nnd
have offices in the same white marble build
ing down in Washington.
Judge M. M. Nell, recently Chief Justice
down in Tennessee, went into u restaurant
for breakfast nt n way station net long
age.
"Hew does you want ye nigs cooked?"
asked the obsequious Sambo at his e'bew.
"Sheared," Mild the Judge.
"Yassnh. boss," said Sambo, busying
mound deferentially with the sugar bowl,
and sail und pepper, but fulling le give 'the
order. Presently he letiirned te his jtiery.
"Cuniiel," he Miys, "hew does ye want
ye uigs cooked?"
"Sheared," mid the Judge.
Tills tirae the furrow of worry deepeiiei
en Sambo's, fine, but he stalled and killN
still further time with the napkins ami
water. Then finally he came back, sonic senic
wl nt p'eiidingly :
"She niif, boss," be said, "hew docs 7
went ye aigs cooked?"
V
A visitor nt Dearborn. Mich . recently,
was given a set-down en the day's bi-liedult
of Mr. Henry Ferd, uuteiuubi'c iminura--turer,
for ten miniiles of that gent 'email
time. He stated Ills business succinctly ana
get his answer well within this linilt.
As he started te lfuve he te-jk his watcn
from ills pocket, n watch which happened w
be a very excellent timepiece, of u Mud Pl;
duccd in quite limited numbers by a c
tain celebrated Swiss manufacturer.
The wtiteli nttr.ictcil. Mr. Ferd 's a tea
Hen. He nsked te exemine it, opened K TO
told its owner many facts about it of nic
lie was net awn re. produced tliicc "?!,
from his own pockets and get Inte J
eusslen of timepieces which lusted an m,
BIT1,5. wis a hobby of the automobile
manufacturer revealed.
ti .n n,V,r , Y"ar'csteii when he get n job
"Wi fBWmi"rs ft1 ,iftccn ccn's an bear.
ajt n minute." sni.i ci- en. " j,.
going down Ir,i i;. ... '."" ""'"? .'
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