Wm " W' -Jnr w f " S-A-', .s,,,tlTir" 'i v1 r ;i , 10' EVENING PUBLIC JiEDGER-PSlLAlSLPHlA, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 30, N 1921 I. m'!Ttyx U laienmg public Wei&ger PUBLIC LEDGER COMPANY crnta ll K ct rvr: Pbemdt Jehn C, Msit.n ic l'nsid nt ami Treasurer! ,Cbrln A. Tlcr, Seerem-' . Chri 11. I.udln. :tn. raillp 8. Cellins. Jehn 1). Wllllim. Jehn J. 'gpnrKten, OeorKe r. Oeldmli'.i, DnMd E. Smiley, DAVID E. HMILHT Kdlter ,JOHN C, MAnTIN O'ti'rnl ninuni?s Mnnr,Br rutllthfci dally ntPtr.Lic Lkixjiei DulMlng . Independence ("quart- Phllnilelphla. lATUNTIO CUT Prci-Unien DulMInc Jw YettK .104 MadUi-n Ave. iScneiT 701 Ferd Building .fit. Leris 018 atobr-Demecrat IlulIil'nK SCniClOO 1303 Tribune Building Nt.wa IlL'HCAl?. Wastunotem nt-mut, N. n. Cor. l'cnnsy'vivnla Am. and lltl St JJkw YOMC DtllKiC The Sun lUitlrUnit XrONDON ucsctu Trafalgar inilljlng fiLHSCnilTlOh TERMS Tin Evinine Tcblie LiDUEn Is Berved te tub crltxrs In i'hllAileiphin nnd surrounding ie.in at lh ratp of twelva (12) centa per week. paabn te the carrier. I Br mail te points outside of Philadelphia In jumicu eiaiej, , uiiiiuu or i nuea eiiiies pefl- Mielene, peatace free, flfti (Be) centa per month. Six (JO) dollars per ear. payahie In atlvam-e Te all ferelun countries one til) dollar a month NoTleifr - Subscribers wlnhlnff nddresq rhnntfi.i iWUt give old ns 'if.l as new address. BELt. 300fl WAtAt T KrTOM-. MUN 1601 UAddrea3 alt coin .ntontie'iv te Ktentii PubUe Ltger, Intievendrnrr Squnrr, DMnttrlvMa Member of the Associated Press Tim Asseit.irrn rnrss t, txeinaiviy - siiiea je rnr -c jnr -"rjuiuiirnrien or en new ditpetches er'tillcrt te it ei net otherwise crrdued in thin paper and alie thr local nrus published therein. All rights - rfjiuMlcatien of special dutM'chej Tierein are al90 reserved PhlUd.lphu, U'eJnriiIs. ptnnbrr 30. 1131 P- . CAVEN SHOULD BE TRUSTED rpHE coniplalsunce of tbe City Council uL when conMUei ins Piroeti r I'aven's Jbudget for street donning anil eshes and garbage colledion fellow pi the visit of Senater Vni-e te the City Hall. These who nrc -e disposed mav i-ime that It iniMii" t! it the Jeb ( im''lni' ha decided te fultill in i!v '! ti"' f;.ir ird Kvhicli It ln Mtiiml mi tl-i - iIijc (. bWlien it turned down the irecter ( an-n thut lie ln nl'is ,t'C of I . ( rr- 'eise his (ipiinn ti en Oetebir 1 inn rlisml!' tiie i onM.u-ten. arrange t" d :.n the werK in the i-!ti emp I'll'", i '"I'll- i an an faeunce.l ili.nt ,i the cl t war- i nmmirtril te the plan nt nmnii'i'Ml tnci !. aning u reuld -er the thins tlneugli. But in l lie iiitereiniiK epl tli. .i Uoi Uei Inen of the Combine hae liieii Miving ib:tt the plan would lie tnnrc hwimU. than the old centrm ter i' hi. 1 The-e iiike-mi n .ire new a-'n.ns I'lr'ler Caven te eM.lr,t,. )u, budget in'" item J.hat Coutu il mux iippre.ri.ite ti.-.ei) uin for jvages in the ,irinn br'iiie'te- of the -i --iv j se much for ilie trert i enner-. e nu'eii ter the garbaji' v-!!. tr and ; r.vivh fm the cel eeters of a -he- muiI rubbish j The Director i .inking for ii lump sum tot wages because hi. plnns t u" hl. nun intcrchungeably in ihe different kind- of fverk. In the summer, ulieu r'.'ere .in fe fishes te collect mid a large nmeun' of c:i. bage, he will have the ash celli t .r- en garbage wagon, and in the winter .i wil' b" the ether wa around. Hut hi a i'-uxiring tyetem will -hew the exact cost of ei ', kind f service. t If Council wihes te demon-irate it- soed JaJth It will de nothing te tie the hand of Director Caven. but wi! e;!c him fr(e te Jisxs the nppiotiuatien te ti.e iet ud;:nijse. j THE CONVENTION HALL I liHE Ueard of View lias ihp',iM.r r. jj. cellent jndgmenr in making uv.iil.ible the Parkway block bounded by Eighteenth. Nineteenth. " .n ntnl Weed "t recti e a frite for the prope-ed new Jloinenal Conm Cenm Conm lien Hall j In terms of the pro-beulevnrd dsys. the location is the north side of Legan Square. -Ehe. Free I.lbraiy is mm in enurv of eree eree tlen ncrev the itreit eti w wet et Nineteenth. Then- i. indeed, the premise bf ineniiinental d.guit an. I bent, in the plans for adorning the p,ie. 1 1 eip V v Ineli iiew form a -en of parvi fei the Cathedral. Although J. din I'. 13. S'nl.ie- bus been pskeU by the Mnyer X iiret.ir' dciign- f'.r Ihe mexnenal structure uuthunied 1h the jreters at the la-t election, there i still piuch te be said for the nla of subui.tting Jthe scheme te t eninpetiiien open te ether nrtists and Hrchitet-ti. The County Commissioners, who have charge of the undertaking, are invented with high reipenilbi'lr.ei New that th , ity ias been pb-dged t the i'ntirir:e. it i- nn nn Jiertant that no -top making ter the mas kerty of t hi sentimental, decorative and btllltarian purpose, involved sh:ulj b pmitted j Ell Kirk Price and Edward Bek a'tuiued ihe conference held en Monday between the Mayer and the Commissioner. This i an (encouraging indication that the uubji't i tieing considered with the neeessary breadiu jef view. J Artistic authority ,- net th. iiistinguil Ing feature f most of the lnrge strut tures rrectcd b the inuni i.a'itj in former jenrs. JRy beginning right a litt.ng hit,irifil tnb.it' .te the 'Priee nien of l'hi'adi !p ia .tt.il a Wactlcal im-entne le the dei l.q u.t-r of yhe town tmv be rembnrij ,n tin- eenv. :,Mei Stall, that I n!-e te bu a f cognition of .valor and patriotic devotion A HERO'S DEATH fpvEEl simenty and iitKni. of eni.l).,. jJL ties .ire iruid lin-rreil bv wir jColenel Wluttle-'U , c)u.iu.i'kIi r "1 the I,e pattalien, fu'filled m 11 the ..hi , tue re. an -Jments of h rei-m in his -up, rb expie.t in ihe Argeiiui He jppen-'d tr. t. pi uf un Mauntcd soldier about which 'he romancers nt firt ir n vpin' their tab of pul tin gling advcnti.re. JJut like these iirvivei-i of th" w .rid e-ui-'ilict who nn i urn-d Mi profound fei-iingi lind the eiipncit if int'ei-" iHi'. inm peu.- Jdld net lung hai piue te r.ihml Whnt- ey. Hii inenierv, llli I'm! of rinlip ii".!,... vas tee painfull? a u It is -Hid thn' the bader of the "lyst liattnlien" whs Higiiiiutl. nfte ted bv the rmistiie lla ixiriisei- m Arlii.gteii That jceremenj w.i- ind."d n ..ve tsr of sen i Ibllltlcs Ne'ulv i 'Uicened. ii sought t" ex press thut which wn- i i-ifiiiialh me. fpressiblc. It is probable 'hat the -.fntinict.ts (reawakened in Colonel Whlttle-e en that occasion proved the unbearable i-liumx te a (Jeaseli of morbid lu-enillns and intiespei tieri e Death b suicide i- baur iat t,r a tpe here Colonel Whittlesey w,n much mere (ban that, which ,s julaps why he r -uiil the strain of retio-i.ictien se inteleiablc. BUSINESS STATESMANSHIP ANK ANDEItl. II' .i applying te n cetislileriiliiiii ei tlii war ilebf that Europe ewi'i te Aiiieriui tin kind nt w.-'h.m hat take- within it- iiunicu all s,, .. ,,( he cafe r The imniiiil i ii i - ilii. en tin. .lelit i i lilieut hu'f .i billion ild'ir- It luis ne.. n Jjrepcsi-d llnlt 11 be pin.1 III goeil- In ia. t, fills In about Ihe only way Eui-np ian pa it. lint eei dollar of g mils shipped here )n payment of the interest will displace an other dollar's worth of goods that might have been manufactured here . At the commercial debts of Europe te America are already stupendous mid must IM liquidated in goods also, Mr. Vanderlip Is persuaded that the Industrial solvene of fcelh Anerlcu, and Europe dependx in large Measure: nj,i limiting the deiuands en Europe te the lowest feasible sum and te kneplng tkt Imports from Eurepe te America from swnmpinB the country and taking (he place of goods made here nt home. Europe cannot recover unless we help It. and up Phnll suffer If It does net re twer. Aeoerdlncly. Mr. Vanderlip would hare nrianseincntw nitnle by which Europe, uhile recognizing her debt te us, would be allowed te postpone the payment of Interest for n I'cui'dr'cruble period, and he would take up the general question of settlement after mere normal conditions have returned. This Is the view of n business man nccus nccus temed te dealing In large sums. Hew far It will commend Itself te Congress will de pend semen hat upon the ability of the Congressmen te spe beyond the confines of their respective districts. SINKING FUND TO DISGORGE PART OF ITS EXCESS MILLIONS First Fruits of Thl3 Newspaper's De mand for Showdown Se,en In Con cession Amounting te 4 Cents In Tax Rate By GEOIUrK 0. Mct.VIN rpHE majority Sinking Fund Commission- -- ers. Messrs. ttcburr mid Hadley, have apparentlj sPen n Kreat light. The commission will this year contribute indirectly te the iity's budget n part of the c. cm surplus of its funds. It will help toward paying the running expenses of the municipality. Te this extent, small though it be, it is a point in favor of the taxpayer. The interesting feature of the situation is lhat i hi' concession en the part of the Com missioners is a reversal of the policy pur sueii in former year Hi n lefnre. with pet naps two exceptions, whir, a bend issui matured Council?' nppro nppre pii.itiut for that .r was made as tijual n nl a crtcd by th" Commissioners. It was nn evcr-paiment and entirely uu-lic-n-ii-i. It should have been remitted ipstci'l nl 2emg te swell the cces surplus m the Commissioners' hands. The Emcmmi Pfiuu" ELPi.cr. ha mil-si-tiiii! puutifaineil tliht the e.vce- surplus a--et iu the Sin kin? fund Commissioners hand- shorn;, i- utiliied ler the benelit of the pnh'iii It his. uei cm er. insisted that the -ecrecy w.th winch the commission ihreudi its e it it ions aad mask- its financial trnnsac trnnsac tieiis sh ni'il be s'ept aside and the public be fullv acquainted with its operation'. Tlieie are between $4.(100.000 and $3,000. im ill as, i in the Commissioners' hands that i e.ibl be r leas, d te the city and nnde uvnil- i al.le it urrenf expenses. ,r least tnnt i he general belief, and it has net been de nied by the Commissioners. The budget makers in Council have been notified by Controller Hadley that the an nual funking-Fund appropriation can be reduced this, year, but net as erroneously reported by several million dollars. The amount te be cut off represents about four cents in the tax rate for 102'J. As nearly as can be estimated, this con tribution te current funds, for that is what it amounts te. will be $770,000. That is. the Sinking Fund Commission ers will redui e their demands for tlieir an nual appropriation by that sum. This will permit of the utilization of an equal amount for some ether purpose, ac cording te the will of Council. The figures show hat in reality a total of Sl.Otlt'.OtiO would be available for sur render te thp city's use were it net that thr re uie ether conditions connected with ihe operation of the Sinking Fund that will cut if te $770,000. A bend issue for M. 07-1. -00 of the years age matures neit duly. It is fully previaed for .md it is no loiter necessary for Council te appropriate money for that purpose. Tl.ts re!esf4 the hist year's installment of approximately S'.'.eOu which otherwise would b? appropriated by Council te thit lean Anether lean, the SH. 000,000 twenty -five-year one of 104. nI-e matures, and this re leases P'J-M.fiuO additional in the tinal year's inst.iKni' nt. This amount added te the Ss,-"-M"3.."i0 makes a grand total of $1,000, $1,000, $1,000, lo3.eO lhat would ordinarily revert te the operating income of the city. Th' differeni e between the total of S1.0t;r,.l.V..."0 whhh should, under ordinary i .rcumstances, be returned te the city by tl.t ' oiur.iissienirs and t!.e $770,000 which will act lelly be i-fnutte.1. or returned, is iue ie eiusr v.hic'i have ari'eu during the !,!-: j t-Hr. The-e inwil.c thr filiatien of the two bend ..i-iei ,.f S'.tMMUMrf1 an I S12.n0H.O0lJ. Pro Pre Pro lisien f t 'be In'' :ar's in-tallmeni en tin se bends must b' made, pinabb- into the Sinking Fund This will reduce the total of $l.ei;i;,i3:; r, i. about $77'',Oiji). Thr .i s,di"'is whispers that tbe. city s i redif would op injured, following the Eve mm, I" m ii I.iin.ETi' d niar.d for public information en tic secret performance; of the sinking I utid Coimuiisien. turned out te l.e .i sillit -r set t.t i hotter. This was pointed tnit a 'he t in." Anether in-idie'is let "f buncombe was tlat, i" result of thi pjper's demand for l'gl.t en the Sinking Fund, the lurid sale, tjin autherised would b unsucces-ful. It was su that particulars would th.s be true of these 1 ends wl i. !i contained a re tit million Itt'.s- . The nur-cii'I'ibii- ." ' . pi r . ent bend- of the I'sue of Sj.Oiiii.iHHi. hi 'i sold lust July ler I'll 1"!), if. .'nl I"hi 1., b the svndi cnte which p ir I ii-el tli. m They are con sidered gilt-t'igi'i and "t tinet quality, and few. I am told, .ire offered ou the market. The lust I--J-, the li per riit bends of i $12,000 oho 1".ii. par of which contained a callable proi-ieii uinl which was taken by .iw Yurk bunkers at lOe.":!'! are being held today at lle'j Th" same sort of idle uud in-idnu- ges-jp about the iredit of the Stuti of l'einis Iva nia has be'ii indulged in during the la-f ten day- It wan beeuuse of my frenls -tate-nients ceiicernins the condition of the state Treasury anil the plum-tree methods of cer tain politician. peiinhjlvttiiia's credit is a& impregnable uiul uiMlialaui as Philadelphia's in tin- finan cial markets of the weild. Thi was demonstrated ut the rtcini Mile of the balance of the $30,000,000 author ized issue of highway bends. Thcre wcre $11,200,000 of these nt i which sold for 104.31. They are new selling for 100. And fuither, ns evidence of the correct ness of Philadelphia's new business method iu Inserting a callable clause in its latest bend issue, the State authorities followed in. its footsteps by Inserting a redemption clause In Its Intcst Issue. Pennsylvania's latest bend contract con tains a callable prevision fixed at fifteen years or any interest period thereafter. The secrecy, the obsolete methods, the con stant catering te selfish financial interests, the childish baek-bitlngs in Philadelphia's fiscal policy seem te be nearlng an end. ANOTHER BIG LOSS i I T IS te be hoped that some basis for agree ment will s0en be found by the State Heard of Mediation, which Is endeavoring te mediate between the striking garment workers and the Garment Manufneturcts' Association. This is no time for strikes or lockouts. Every endeavor of the American people, whethei in the employing or the employed class, should new be concentrated in the upbuilding of the industries of the Natien. Besides the actual monetary less te both fides, there is the equally Important clement of disorganization te industry and a rest lessness which may affect ether lines of weTk than that In which the disagreement exists. This, coming at n time when production should be the object of every one, has a mere far-reaching effect than would be the case in normal times. The less In money caused by strikes and lockouts rem '." astounding figures in the course of a year. Statistics vecently Issued by the National Ceverimient show that the actual lesi in wages nlene lat year reached the amazing tcfal of mere than $4,000, 000,000, a sum greater than the total reve nues icqtilved te run the Federal Govern ment, cien allow ing for the repayment of part of the war debt. And this amount does net unhide the less (.. employers, n sum which there I no an urate way of com puting. The sttucelc for permanent markets is new engaging the attention of the manufac turers of the world 'Ihe lines of these markets, even the domestic etie, were radi cally changed b the war, and that nation which can letnln its home niurkct nnd ii, -pee of lis surplus nbread Is (lie one which is going ie force ahead most rapidly in the battle for i emtiierclnl "tpreniney. It is, therefore, of the utmet importance that no obstacles be put in the way of reaching that goal. Every Industrial controversy of this ort, Irrespective of Its merits, therefore has n national significance which st:rj net Inn would net have bad u few cats nse. We are today In a pe'tlbm where inch one counts hcawh Beth workers nnd em ployers should take th's into consideration and miike the ;n.it-t possible cunceni ns iu order that industrial peace m.i he main tained MORE TRUST-BUSTING WE CANNOT knew tot'.ay what the his torian writing in the net century will hae te say about the uit which the Fed eral Government has brought against the se-calbd Window Glass Trust because we have no way of knowing what the organiza tion of industry will be then. The suit is the result of an effeit te en force the anti-trust laws. The glass manu facturers in ihe combination are t barged with making agreements with enf ancther and with the Glusi Makers' Fnien te re 'triet production te an nnieunt a little en than the expected demand in order that pricci may be kepi up. mid. presumably, iu order that exorbitant profits may b made by linunailng con. petition These who nre familiar with the lesiilts of ether anti-trust mh of the Ge eminent de net expei t unit there will be any per ceptible reduction in the profits of the glass makers, een if the combination it dissolved. The Standard Oil Trust was dissolved some years nge uud the oil companies arc making mere money than when they were nominally one cempuny . The Anthracite Tiust ha just bc-n dis-elved. but the nni" peepb own its constituent parts who owned tla tru-t before it was dissolved. And the prb e et anthracite has net been induced. But there is another .sjde te thr anti trust campaign wukIi is interesting. The gla- combination sought te pie,-(nt wan., by preventing the manufacture of a greater amount of gins- than the markrt would lib-orb. It adjusted the number of working weeks of each plant nnd thu number el men te be employed in such n way ..- te pro pre du. e what could b? sold at a profit. New, this result i what the Sei iallsts have always sought. Then charge against pri vate industry is that it is wasteful, and that under what it calls the capitalistic sys tem there are periods of depression, followed bv Idlenes- and -mitring. Tiny would have everything regulated by the Government se that there might always be work for every man and .-e thn' his labor Might be iisel in producing what is n'eded. These who have made any c'uborntien of th- cheme have always .-aid that nn fstimate would an nually bi made 'f the amount -.f rack iom iem iom meditv that would be needed during the -uc ceding twelve months, with sufiuient margin for unforeseen contingencies, and that this amount would be produced and no mere. Hut when a group of private producers ha- made an attempt te bring about the same result they have denounced it in un measured teims. And from their point of view they were ju-titied. for the private tombinatien n organized primarily te in-trea-e the profits of the private producers, while the soeinliod Industry would be or ganized te increase the comfort of the con cen suineis ELLIS ISLAND RIGOR Dc Ul-BTI.ESS the immigialien -"rv ice would dclciid the rigor of its ruling-' In nlleg'ng the confusion (lowing from a teui'sc of 'Miipathj and lindersiundlng in special cases. Cengn s.h .s re-peiisibli' ler n drastic and remplex law. in some rcpects proof againM iiiie'.l.gei.t onfeivi-iu'iit. Earlier legislation, perhaps sound enough in its intent, lenderi the regulations ut Ellis Island unyielding and strict. Nevertheless, the ca-e et the Panama lad, Manuel Solanas, due te un dergo an opeintien for a cerebral tumor nt the University Hospital and detained in the d'ls.s "f his illness by the formalities at the immigration station in New Yerk Hurb'.r. Is one te whn h it would si i ln seiiip knieiiey might hnve been applied. A .lugo-Slev of California, twenty years a resilient of the I'nlted Stntc nnd u holder of nrt upplh niten citizenship piipcn, ie turns te America with a bride inuu hi native land. She i- ib nied entrance te hl adopted country heeau e the quota from .Iiige-Sluvia is tilled. The pliglu of the honcwTieouers is morel, enn of numeieus in-tune,-,, of the operation of a elumy enactment The I'Uis Island authorities are literal-minded They are net wholly 1" be Illumed, and yet new and then it would stem lluit a liitlc sympathy nn. I an oeui-ioiiul Hush of upprii iittlen of very tiying situations would net be alto gether objectionable. AS ONE WOMAN SEES IT Wemen Who Get the Blame for Hav ing Boosted Political Candidates Would Like te Knew What Is Going en Behind Closed Deers By SARAH D. LOWRIE SHORTLY after the primary elections ln this State a questionnaire was sent out te the Republican women leaders 1n the coun ties asking for data en election results. I looked ever a number of these that were re turned from the counties with the datn sup plied. And I was amazed at the time with the success which most women bad had who were slated as candidates for various offices. In tbe county primaries. In ene cpunty 80 per cent of the women put up had gotten en the party slate. I should like te sec hew they fared at the November election. The fact that the Republicans of this County of Philadelphia failed te slate u sin gle woman candidate reflects net se much en the power of woman In the community as en the weakness arising out of the local factions. "A plague upon both your houses," was the sentiment of many of the city voters, who thought of themselves ns Republicans rather thali Vnre-ites or Tral-nci'-Mnyer-llcs en November 4. The citizens of Verena were no doubt just ns impatient nnd ns cynical about the rights and wrongs of the Mentagues nnd Capulets when it came te a show of hands In a street brawl. BUT It would be a mistake te misjudge Pennsylvania by the almost sullen lack of Interest that marked Philadelphia. Even in the nearby counties, such as Bucks and Montgomery and Chester, the women's pre pre electeon activity and the women's vete counted materially both for Interest and results. Meanwhile the thing that had been pre dicted as a result of the woman's vote, by both friends and enemies, has net yet for tunately materialized, i. e., a woman's party. These who feared it ns n threatening dan ger felt sure thet causes nnd candidates and a sense of power would unite women te tight men at the polls. These who hoped such a union would be possible believed that in no ether way could women ma'kc their power felt nt the polls. The great majority believed what they also hoped, viz., that voting would no longer be an nffalr of sex, but an affair of family, or at least an affair of individuals. SO FAR. however, the male voter con tinues te pre-empt most of the offices, the bulk of the party power, ami 00 per cent of the legislative programs, partly from habit, and partly from the cautious fear that the new voter is net yet ready for a ."iO-30 basis except op paper It ten, i hp combined force of most of the women's Hubs an, organizations fur welfare In the J'nited States te get the se-called "Baby Bill" through Congress, though it involved only n little ever Sl.000,000 and h minimum of Federal patronage in the way of officers. During the year nnd a half this bill was worrying in nnd out of committees nnd being shelved nnd taken down and dusted and sent en again, however, the bills of Individual citizens and of corporations and of parties involving millions of dollars went through both houses with favoring impetus and became laws. This, which involved mil lions of babies and their mothers, the one thing the political women and the unpoliti unpeliti cal women of the country asked for, hung fire, and was grudgingly pared down te Its minimum and allowed te pass without en thusiasm. ALL of which gees te show that if the women of the country were, as they claimed, ready for the vote, the men of the country who held the reins of power were far flora ready te share that power ns part of the perquisite of the vote. 1 would like te knew, for instance, just hew- much the partv chiefs, Roeubllcan or Deme, i.it -ire takiu? the wcinen into their tounsels nl this juncture while they are dls ccssins ti.e I'lindidntes in this State for Gov i nier, or ter Fnited States Senater, or for Fnited States Reeretentntlves, or for the nei Mayer. Beth lionublieuns and Demo Deme i rats have made n verv heaitv gesture of placing women en their State committees. I wendir if in giving them the onus et the name. Republican or Democratic commit tee member, thev hnve n'se given them what would make that name worth while a real knowledge of what is going en behind closed doers and an actual power te effect the com ing choices. If they have kent them out of their real ceuiisrl-. then, under the present tire nnd real obloquy there is regarding the name "politician," it strikes ifSF the men have handed the women they have gene into partnership with in name only n red-het neker bv the wrong end. Ter It must be a humiliating situation te get all the discredit there is in being "mixed up with party poli tics" and boost a rather queered machine with the strength of your name and yet be tapping en the wrong side of the committee deer, no wiser than the newspapers as te what is going en within. POSSIBLY, however, the women who are supposed te lead the political paitv women nre n-allv "in the knew." In thnt ease one would think It would be the better pan of valor for them, or at least of tactics, reallv te be rallving points in tbe State and iu thei- communities for political informa tion nnd prepaganda: net in a "ipurty" round-electien-iiiiie way. but as a steady nucleus of interest and of power. Thev sheu'd be the source for pelitlenl positions open te the genernlltv of women citizens; thev should be the le-arhiteis in local polit ical disputes eier possible candidates; they should be liaison efficejs between the ordinary woman voter and the partv whips. Per haps thev nr grevvlnglv nil this and mere i. te In that case the general public might better be made aware of their growing power and lespenslbillty , for the very essence of making a success of a public position of leadership is that the public recognizes the leader Political leader-hip is net a game of Pussy Want? a Cerner. It is a game where the person that is It take- the center of the ring and keeps it until some one comes along who can take it from him Apart from the active political women in both parties there are the women who nre qunhfviug for partv leadership and parly weik In the I.engui of Women Veter- The idi a back of the league i- ie leaven the man of new voters In political knowledge. It hn a difficult role, for In the nature of the case it is either being pulled by the needs of the occasion tee near the line of partisan ship in the fad that it places before its members, or at tin- oilier extreme tee near the line of throi-etionl reform te be practical. Thnt it is able te Keep anything like a sure footing b-'ueen thes,. two extremes is due ie the viv astute leadership of the Nniieii.il l.f.igu' The league county convention, held in this iitv en Saturday last, and the State conven tion, new opening in WilkeH-Barrp, of women -voters are werthv of the interest of every woman veitr. pnitliuu or indi iwrnlent, and'ef everv iii.ni. for thnt iiiatfu. "or up te the piesent the- league is the most highly organized machine for forming political opin ions among women voters that the country affeids. At u public meeting in Irresponsible lekln lesolutlens were .Misclilef .Mailers adopted opposing the 3-3-n naval ratio mid the declaration was made thut if the Jap anese delegates an opted ihey would net be allowed te return te Jupan. As if that were net enough, these present declared in favor of Ihe abolition of all fortifications in the Pacific, All t In- Malcontents appear te want U te htiengtheii their urms and te weaken the defense of thine whom thev oppose. Which, when you come te think e'f it, is net exactly the object of the Washing ton Conference De your Christmas shopping cnrlv, bright and early . mother dear; .Mere Truth Than I'ectrj ler tomorrow in illusive nml deceptive, that is clear. And in the waning eur, mother, the bargains get away, no te de your Christmas shopping carl i de your bheppiug new- today. NOW MY IDEA IS THIS! Daily Talks With Thinking Philadclphians en Subjects They Knew Best REV. DR. ALEXANDER MacCOLL On Newspaper Werk 7TUIE attitude of many people tewnrd JL the modern newspaper." says the Rev. Dr. Alexander MncCell. pastor of the Second Presbvterian Church, "is somewhat like that of a 'man in a public library, who, after spending an hour ever the pages of a news paper, turned from it iu disgust, saying, 'There is nothing in It ' 'Well.' said u pntieiiu bystander, who had been waiting eagerly for a chance Ie get a leek nt it, 'if there is nothing in it, why did it take se long for you te finish It?' "Se many of us criticize the newspaper, condemn itvigoreusly we could ull ruu it se much better than the editor. But, in spit" of this, we read it. spend a great deal of time upon it, and will lentinue te de se. In fact, in the life of mniiy people, the news paper has come te ecuipy the place it held in the affection of nn old man who had been taught bx n church-worker te lead in a hope thnt he might read the Bible. He made geed progress, and the church -worker, net having seen him for a while, went one day te Inquire, hew be vvu', getting en. He -aw the man's wife " 'Hew is James?' he ased. 'He is well, sir.' was the leply. 'Hew docs he get en with his rending?' the church-worker asked. 'Nicely, sir.' 'I suppose by this time he can read his Bible quite well?' 'Bible, sir, bless you, sir, he is out of the Bible and Inte the newspaper long age.' A great many people me out of the Bible and into the newspaper in our time. l''xerifiiccd In Journalism "I spent seven years and eight months in the newspaper busiuesi ns the profes sion of ieurnallsin is new known, filling about e.'-u'j" position in the average news paper eflice fiein junior lepmter le editor-in-chief, and having the varied experience newspaper life brings. And, although I am glud that these j cms arc ever, there Is mm h iu them te which I leek back with pleasure. "Among the fasciuatieiu of newspaper lile, particularly for the veiy young man. Is the mere getting into pi hit One feels a new sense of importance when something one has written can be found en tale en eveiy street corner; the very Mery one has vvilt ten shouted by every nrvvsbey nnd talked of In thousands of homes Even though the authorship is utterly unknown te thu reader. one proud being, mid only , can say, "I wrote that.' "I lenieuiber very well fr cling this sensa tion when my first publi lied i onrribtitlen as a reporter te u New .eik in .paper made Its appearance. When tin-, aiuele appeared ill the New "erk Pie--. i ,, though my carefully written half-celiiuui was i educed into a scant dozen lines it type, I am sure 1 felt seveial inilies taller ihan before. This fascination is etten 1cm ucd bv the mutila tions of the blue pencil, wielded by Mime fellow who knows far b ,-s than ihe young repertei Iu the opinion, at least, of the young reporter but still something of the fa-ciiuitieii remains unlil one gits accus tomed te it. "Anether fascination is the opportunity afferdid tin i.i w -paper limn te Knew anil perhaps have intimate and cunlideiitlal iclu iclu tlens with public men of tin- day. And a richly vm ied let of men In meets! One duv he niiiv liiteivieiv the Governer of the rjiate' the Mayer of the city, ei a I'nlted States' Senater, and Ihe next hour he may upend with a prominent pi ize-fighter or a bridge jumper. "It was my privilege te Intfrview both Jehn L. Sullivan and Steve Bredle. Public men, ns n rule, reieivc reporters with cour tesy. Seme Disadvantages "But, after ull. the ill-ndvutitagi . ,,f ;1 newspaper caret r are mam and varied. Ne matter te what gieat heights he s ars, cum if he real he., the leveted goal, the lnir of L'diter-in-i hlef he piver fed, secure in,,,, the shake-ups thai occur en the slafi.- of Ml many ncwspiipers. He n.ij be an editor today and an obscure leperier tomorrow. I lenieiuher that in lees than iwe year-, while I was en Ihe sinll et the New "Yerk Press iu the eighties, the managing editor's chair was occupied by no less than te von diffeieut men. The mere exnltid tin new-paper man's position, the gieaier hi liability le Midden decapitation. "A great dl advantage of newt paper work s the mmespli".! te which .- newspaper wun becomes uccustewied. He i- ju tym-taut SOME JOB contact with the mere sordid things of life. His outlook en life becomes cynical after years of newspaper work, beeuuse of the nature of his daily associations. Politics, graft, crime, sorrow, pass before him In almost daily review. But the splendid enmn taderlc which Is always found among news paper meu helps te brighten the round of police cases, accidents and scandals. Good Goed Geed fellowship is one of the essentials of news paper work and one of its shining lights. 1 frequently meet men with whom I was asso asse dated In the newspaper business and I Invariably rind that the old friendships endure with the jenrs. . "The influence that any newspaper wields in melding public opinion is necessarily great. Therefore, the service which it ren ders the public depends largely upon Its policies. "A newspaper which festers high Ideals can give inestimable service te the commu nity mid n man who fellows a newspaper career with such a publication can leek back ever the years without regret." An Eighteenth Century Novelist SHE flourished In theso far-off stilted days ' . When languor was tbe mode, and drooping eyes Employed by heroines, demurely wise, Who met devotion with n penslve gaze, And sorrowed o'er the error of their wnvs If for a bit they dignity forget, Or the requirements of their high-born let, And let light mil th their genteel voices raise. And, since. I hose haughty folk did nothing rash, She practiced what she preached; her simple gulle She covered with a melancholy smile. It critics called her current novel "trab " And wrote another with as narrow scope. Which reld again beyond her fondest hope. Charlette linker, in Nrw Yerk Herald! What De Yeu Knew? QUIZ 1 ttAlYt 'untJy ,B "-l-iinsfers the cap!- 2 What nre the names of the four v-nri re,?n,t,ihy ",Cv KmlC,,' -nIWi aa . ,..,r el'-m-tls en American soil'.' ... he i, into II Knbn? When did Heguiili. tri,. prea, icciiH, winTw'""! noterial satirist, J vea," what was Dim flrM name" - nefijtt'r Sauemi rnn- G. What .. t. Hl Klat0 , retifv the crut80 a-'"--r te ilis J- Who wda Henry Dandelo? 8. uheie are th- Federated Malay States" !'. Whm i majolica.? y a-l,-a IU. Why is lynch law pe called" Answers te Yesterday's Qule 1-U'notte,r.KnI,'ln0o'1"- "- 2. According te the. new luw. income mv Piyments will be chanced in it" epplving te Inceims of thu previous 3- ln -. Kl'ccta,er for March 0. J710 Old Style; 1711, .Vec style, 'jeVeph -"'"""l01-- "A" !.. may b as- hi . lecoratleriB. as its only design Is te gratify the senses and keep up an in . delunt attention In the , u.nnee ,. i ... .i "upantly Invlab In uareis Aurellus, the Hainan Kmoe.-er and philosopher, lived In "he cend CLliturv A Ills d.ltOa Hie 1 '.! mi Tin eilmnal nam., of Uu Neti,,.. 1,0.1. l lie famous I'm opt an banUiis, v.iiii Ilauti. The founder of tl'i house vvaH Miiver Ansclm '1743-lsis), the "en ? ll i .impl. Il-H.uiniiuiun ,W1N i.,-,.. nu.r of ;,,at Bi .tin from '- ,, Th ii. IKIH "f the dome of the (nplud at Washington, loom the b, ,.' ,f t l.l-t flllllt. I '? C.i r .' , ' '"" 8. It . pievld.d by i. .wmv lu-uiianu,,. tien Ait of 1-J20 that. fMept h, m, f national .uuigrncy. ih. ".. Am.y of Uu- I niid sunen ,1,, , ixi.nl mere thnri iim mm ,," "el !' premiiithai ,. i. ,, . " Vt.Vm" j"c Wruumutttt iVsV- SHORT CUTS And why net. demands La Belle France, ban poisoned Wells? When China suggested the game "Post "Pest office," kissing became general. Doubt continues te grew as te whether pic comedy is nil te the custard. It. Is the province of such men ns Br. Lerctiis te help the world forget the past. Wp understand that business is rushins in the University of Pennsylvania 6erqrltles. Them Is plenty of force behind Sesqul Centennial plans. All it needs is direction. Ever se many people this year were free from the embarrassments of left-ever turkey. A contemporary speaks of "artificial darkness," which somewhat suggests studied ignorance. Limitation of armament seems compara tively unlmpertnnt te peeple starving in the Velga district. Every time I think of a bootleg, sighed the victim of weed nlcohel, I am glad there Is nothing like leather. Londen en Monday suffered from the densest fog in twenty years. Aftermath, we presume, of the Irish conference, Lloyd Geerge will without doubt feel slighted unless the Washington Conference saves for him ene or two of Its knottiest problems. We judge from reports of n recent pub lic meeting in Shlba Park, Teklo, that the Japanese fan Is being used te glve life te the fires of hate. We continue te have visions of naughty Pacific fortifications being toted around the high seas ready te fall upon and demej Innocent Japanese. "Every knock Is a boost" is a phrase that bus peculiar appeslteness when applied te Senater Berah's expressed opinion or the association of nations. It would appear that Senater Vare re cently ran into and perforce studied that ancient aphorism te the effect that discre tion is the better part of valor. New that Charles W. Whittlesey, here of the Le6t Battalion, has gene te join a lnrge section of his cemmund, no man ns" the light te criticize the manner of en going. The determination of the city A'lmla A'lmla lstuitlen te appoint "the best engineer new in city service te the position et ( hlef I'.n glneer mid Surveyor, Burcuu of Sui'vevs, is u cruel blap ut ancient precedent. San Francisce is running Philadelphia cle-e in shipping. While we den t gnu ?e the Pacific Coast town its prosperity we harbor a notion that a litt'e local eiitir pi lse would push the Quaker City away w the trout. The fifty Fnited States Congressmen who me investigating the sales tax in a ia" ns the guests of W. It. Hearst u.i.l'I M all there Is te knew about the su bjei-t vj a little Intensive study at home; bat turn kind of ttudj is dry work. The next time these Barnard Ce"'' girls try te kill a turkey with ehlore.ora thev will give the bird ii bigger dose net pleasant te go te the icebox ut n and iu.d a turkey there without lin 1- en rcudy te step out into the kitchen u seen as the deer Is opened. The commander of the Ai.icru.iu L'R ' overstates the case just a Hill" ' T says that if DebH is pardeiu d i "' "" ,..ii Iievk Itllleil in l'Vancc Will I'"-' -- .. ti.,.!,. liei.-t In vm in. If we reallv VI . I I I" ..!.. 1 ...I ,, .Tilt In- -i u i nee war ie muiti wrus '!' " .... theie Inn been a widespread iiiisi.a's stuudlng. Pet hut I'icillier Cleiui iiceuu ' ill 'Hie 1 I he I libber ghecs II I' " and a s.-t", l(l a siicec sl'lll op i peiseiuil Hii'ii'l III ,i--i-ti'i' iiperntlen en i. i .up' i.t It t ' i .ill itr.nii . t i t e .i ' Is nut r. ..lile vvli.il l,i f l'' ' "thou, but Ihey wire net kid a ) I ll ,." r i, 'll At; i ' '
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