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I . CYItUS Hr K, OL'KTIS, rnrsmrsT
Jehn C. Martin, Vlc PresUl nt and Tr.imiref;
Rhrl;j., ,T'"", Secretary. Clinr'ea H. I.udlnir.
ten. I'hlllp B. Cellins. Jehn It. William. Jehn J.
Bvnrtten. Ooerge V. Oeldsmlt'.i, IJavld B. Hralles.
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. Illilfnendence Squire, inui.i.i-lphla.
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fiT r1F "CBBiU The Sun llullllnir
tONOO.N Dcarac Trafalgar Hulldlnc
Th Cvbnine PriiLie Umerii la ierved te aub
cribera In Philadelphia and surround. nc lewrus
f Ji?6 ratp .of l"!ve U2) cents per week. p.iable
te the carrier.
it1'?.1?1! te Peintu eutalde of Phtlnrielplilt li
the United Htates Canada or I'mted ft .tea t'o t'e
S,,K1H' Je,ta free. flit. (50) cents per month.
B1l dollars P'r ''ar' aahl In advamr
Te ell ferelirn countries enr (in dollar n month.
Isotieb Subicrlbera wlnhlnit adilreca changed
must she old ui well as new address.
Bell, joeo talnit Kn-ieNr. main 1601
C74dlrraa oil cemiunicinni.. 'e I ,11010 Public
Itdeer, Intltptndtnre Squat- Pl,il.irfl;ihiu
Member of the Associated Press
TJ7B ASSOCIATED PRESS d rxc'ujlvrly eit
allied fe (he ae or rrpubllrutlcn of all new
.aupatche credited e u or nor eth'ru t credited
H" (flit paper u,d alie th- local neu p-iblUhrd
4J)ren.
ail rlphtj rf rttuhllNilten of sp'rtal d..ipn(c
Aere(n are ciIje rrjeri ed
I'hlladrlphU. MenJT. Urrrmlitr '.. I'll
WHEN -SPOILSMEN DISAGREE
TII13 ilpclnititleti by tli -le! cmiiiiu "I tlie
.lob (""enibiiH. in tln City ('uinn-il ,tlmt itb
I.CKiHlutivc Ceuimlttn1 siiettlti k te Ilarn
burg te secure (lie pn-ui:i of law wlitih
would take from tu" l'rdiliiiK .IuiIkc of t tn
Mmiielpiv Court lus pnwrr nf upiielutim lit
OlIKht te hi lumlc keimI net Kin
That it In Inspired lij n feelirn: of reM-nt-incut
IIKJllll.st the l'ri'-iilillir .IiiiIke heeilllie
lie o)iekpI the .lob Combine tulset in ilir
lttt elrctieii K net inntcriul. 1U wlmtfver
motive the nih eenles of n t'liiinire m the law
arc stirred, their help henM be welcomed
Uy nil tbev who sire dltsitMicd wuh the
V'ny the Muiileipul Court hn been u.rd n
a potreniiKe mill m udiince the political
power of one man.
If it i- jiessible under the Cor-titufieii te
de it, the jiropesed ehunee In the law --heiihl
go further than pl.u-ins the power of np np
pelntmcnt in the lte.nd of .luilse. It heiihl
make the court a city trlbim. ' and put Hi
btnft In the clas-ilicd ihil m n ice. This
yeuld necempli-h two desirable ic-uli Tim
firtt would be the transfer of authority eer
its Ihiatu'inl affairs from the Cetintr Com Cem Com
nilsslenurs te an appropriate i Itj bureau,
rvhleh would mean that the Pneeter of Pub
lic Works would lme charge of erecting the
proposed new courthouse. And in the sec
ond p'uee it would compel the applicant for
appointment in the court te pass a civil
service examination and qualify as stmi-i-ticiniis
and accountants and probation
officers.
SCHOOLHOUSES FOR BUSINESS
THE purpose of the school beard te ar
range the new schoelliouscs In the ill
tlutjtrial sections of the city mi th.it they can
be chanircd Inte buMne.s buildliiKs will
commend itself te the business judgment of
experienced men.
The tfUiftlng of population m every large
ctty presents a difficult problem te the school
benrd 'as well as te the responsible beards
of. the churches. What was once a residence
district changes in a generation or les into
a. district given ever te manufacture. The.
people who stippcrted u church in the neigh
borhood move awaj and the church property
is left without (i tuniiut. It cuuuet readily
be turned te ether uses.
And a thickly populated district with a
crowded school is invaded bv business. On
factory fellows another, until there are net
aneugh children left living In the neighbor
hood te fill three classrooms. It K im
possible te foretell today what the condi
tions in an.v of the districts of the elder
bectlen of the citj will he in twenty-live
years. Rut It is certain that smie dNtntts
will cease te heu-e matii families. Ne one
hnews, however, what district it will be.
The school beard proposes te erect a new
type of schoolhouse, planned in such a vvu
tlint if for nny reason its usefulness ;u a
school shall cease it can be conveniently
turned Inte a factory or office building and
qeld for business purpose...
The svhejue la feasible, for ir has been
adopted for tutitutieiial buildings in ether
cities. Husten has at le.ist two examples.
Qua of them is the building of tin: City
Qlnb. This organization eutgiew us origi
nal rented ipiarrers within live ve.irs of its
organization and decided te build a i luli luli
betise. The business mi n among its mem
Tfers asreed that it would he difficult te
timuice the enterpri-e if a ouvi-ntiemil i lub
. IlOUtwi wciu bLilu mi it vviu ari'iiugeil te plan
the building in such n vvav that if for any
reason the club should ci'iise te eisi m m
sheuld get in liu.iiiclitl sti-l()t.s ihe hehlei's
of the njertg.iyc en ii milit I urn Ule stme
turc Inte an ellh e building .mil re.iltze ou
tlielr liienev Tlie architi'cts i,i, u dull
culty In tiLikms the ehuis. for thev li"it m
inllld the possible necessity f dividing the
large rooms b,v hulls ,uu p.irrineus. Tin..
building is admirably adapted te its pnsent
liaes and it hi en-.lv he n mieiIi l d i i.n
St, COJunierci.il purpose. Then is no reason
why schoelhoiisi s 1.11m, it lie pl.mjied jii the
eamc wu.v.
LLOYD GEORGE FOR ACT FIVE
rTtfHS progress reported te have been made
JL en the subject of naval rati" in the
Washington Cenfereii' e sugg,M thai I'n -mier
IJejd ilierge uuiv tind one of ilm
basic topics before thin beilv -n-rtlvd by th'i
time of his arrival in tin- muiitij
Blvvptlci.sie rvMai'iling tin issii)iitr,- f
lffreenieiit has been sig:i:ln-,iutl di-p, :i,,
bjrllig the last lew days. Details 01 t1
special cemmittvc meetings havu jwii with
held, but (iieugh has ben revealed iu entab
IJsli the pniiistHking accural or th Ainei.
can experts (u arilving at their csti,,mic
f the existing naval -truigih et ihU .siiin-
try, Great HriUUi nnd Japan.
Ilepresentativer, of duitau npptar te have
Ilicn much liiflueiu'vil bj this displai 01 sen sen
qreUH fair-mindediK's, ami ebieetluiis from
okie. aeein t be no leiigtii' rigorously
Bres?ed.
Tl)( llvitittli I'ramivi' is inn erdiuartlv
linsQClittvil viith anticlimaxes If his pres
ent etwlu'e. l held, hewever. hv: will UlTlve
i t.b eoucluve .some live weeks, after its
opening.
Should tl.e, luvul (luestieii. as U preiuistd,
bi 6a8 of the way by that lime, it Is quit-.
tence.lx'abk that Par Pateni isuus will
liaTi jeavUed tbc pruciical stuge Hunting
gractly upon this will be the status of thg
nglp-.Tapanese Treat. v
' I'crlmpi Mr. l.le.vd lieergu uuiv be leiind
Mktklllg dramatic gesiiircs utter all,
AN UNDESIRABLE ALIEN
rplIU ndinisulen of Oharlfit W. Meik te
JL Hfrunce has been ileuled en the gfeund
htt'Iii Hit undesirable alien, ami he Id te
lK IreMVht Ves'1 America te utiswcr the
tirc4 of thf (iuvemment acaiiut htm.
" -TJin c,teu it UlP Kreiieh (evernincut i
lAtiie of a fflendly ilUimtiltleu toward the
1'i.ukiu Cuvsviunant vviileh should bn nitt
usSatd'lu official quurtcrn,- Hut It In the
HtjiVSRetien Vhlch elmuldl be eicctcd of
iu anruuvnu uu vneiiuuva mipiuiiifii .vmm-
mia sis' accused te? JeffenaM i tlin
law. IIn sailed for Kjnnce tinder nn assumed
liiiiiie. Vhethcr hit is guilty or Innocent,
his nclleii looked like nn attempt te lice from
justice. If he had been 11 petty criminal
1'raiirc wt mid have sent him back te the
Tnllcd Suites without question. It Ls Ihu
fact that e N n man who hns been engaged
In large J ffnlrs that attracts attention te
the case.
PRACTIG AL AID TO AMERICAN
SHIRPING SIGHTED AT LAST
Prospects of Presidential Support of a
Subsidy Program Shrines Through
the Darkness Leng Enshroud Enshreud
inj' a Vexed Problem
TT HAS beiu nnpnrctil for some months
- that 1'reMilnnt .Harding was out of sym
pathy wlih nukheii of dosing the American
merchant marine -ith piack reuiedles.
Dust lle thUk upon that section of ihe
.leneb act which dimands abrogalien of mere
than 11 score ei'trrjitlc Mi'iullni; in the wav
of the (Wcctitmit if a propesiti sjfifeiu of
discriminatory ,, tales en Imports cnteriiij
the I 'tilted Stntd't 011 fere.gn vessels.
There has hem) no treat) suinshing by the
Kxpeutive. and In censispielicc the pecu
liarb i'limidlcatiV kind of a lstaiice te our
maritime. Iuere,.js urged by; Congress has
lint het 11 forthieii Illg.
TJie Panama Til'ls Hill, fiympting (lomes (lemes
tic shipping fritjn iduiles. is rvldeiuly stalled
:n that capacieijs ,gult that 'midlines omi emi omi
lieiisly v aw lis belvaeeu the Senate nnd the
Heuse. .Mr HardiSng has extended no res.
cuing hand.
llelh iJicm nieai'irew were clumsy and
dangerous attempts te smisiiite the Ameri
can ceininercial llei f by sfcje-d.,er bcnellts.
The news I mm Wasblugten. thnt Mr Hard
ing will suggest dn-ei l treaiaueni in a special
message te I 'enirics is, tlci iiff e. en,euraging
ii the highest degree. Th s-ilij" ' will net
resiend te I inhering hsisi of all tn ex
li.irnguiil propesc tlireuleiilug the stjibillty
of internal ienal relalim.
Se far us can be Varned, it is a system
of direct subsidies wlrjell I lie President 'will
advocate. With regard te ships. Cengrcsi
has long balked at furnishing such vrotcc vretcc vrotcc
tlen. The mere intimation of It has seldom
failed te distress the lurnl element's of the
Natien, unable te gr.isp the importance of a
tleurlshlng commercial (lee and Jfs Inevita
bly favorable Influence Un the prosperity
of the ceuntrj as a whole.
Hut when Mr. Harding approaches a tra
ditional obstacle lu ihe path if maritime
progress he will be by no means ununited.
I'vperts already are at work devising a
shipping program wltieh will he compre cempre
luiislve ami workable. Kmery It. .lelmsnn,
of the I'niversity of Pennsylvania and one
of the foremost authni-jtles en transporta
tion, has been examlninx the situation with
the Shipping Heard, lie heads a special
commission of varied and widely representa
tive make-up.
Chairman I.asker. of the Shipping Henrd.
reeciiI declared that "once the I uited
States establishes financial backing for its
ships the value of the American tleel will
advance half a billion dollars, and the Ship
ping Heard will be able te carry our the
mandate of Congress mid turn ever the Gov
ernment fleet te private institutions. "
Priuitclv owned shipping enterprises
capable of holding their own against for
eign compel ii ion is. of course, the goal
which the Administration has in mind. The
subsidy principle has worked well abroad,
lntclligcnll.v applied, it should safeguard
our own fleet, remove difficulties which new
exist in great numbers and in the end may
result in an actual saving of iev eminent
menej .
When they are made known, the Presi
dent's proposals should command the re
spectful interest of the Natien, which would
like te be proud of its expand' d tiiaiiiiinu
resources hitherto se imperfectly developed
because nf narrow prejudices and a le
liiciance te face ihe issue frankl.v.
The antl-siibsidists will howl, of ceiir-e.
Mere open-minded members of the public
should rejeue ever the oppertunitv te make
an effective change in !ev eminent hook
keeping, which at the same time wi'l prom prem
ise the merchant marine a deserved chance
for existence.
HOPE FROM THE HUMBLE
THK lewl.v heiilu.nl and the humble fish fish
weim of l nioiitevvn an1 peifuriniug a
deiible-liarrelcd public service tin- winter.
Thvi aie holding out te the iitveu who
guards against heart failure evi rv time he
sees the bulletins ei the deabu- g.ving the
price of coal the hope mal theie will In an
epiii winter, and tlcv an putting ,i Mimp
into the fondest ilnniu. of the ieal barein
therebj .
I'very count has ,i. 'iji,' and the
holder of this imperiaiit nlhi 1 111 I'n.vette
Ceutit.v dei-l.ires lh.it the hopteads aie t III
hopping about and iIihI the lishwein.- are
preparing 10 winter only 1 few inches U low
'he surface of the irih. This -,,v t lies
-age. liiealis tli.l then w .11 ,be ;,n open
winter, and he -t.iL' - h. prefes-innHl ti-pu-t.irien
a- a went her prephnt mi the .1. 1 ..n of
the heptiiad and tin- nshwnrm "Nature
produces heller (lis lllllll s. leilce,' lie
sji.vs, or weni- in this clicet.
l'a'etre Count v 1- often in tin 'cid. in
utln r tlnnjs fj.'sidi the iciieiis 01 inir
hopteads and llshweiiis I.i t 11 iiM,, limt
111 tin- . i-i lev 'in 1 ghi n- will a- mil
tiih rii
TRAGEDY OF MAY HATFIELD
TllPltl' dud 111 Camden lust wee I; a little
old v. .mum Known us M.i Haltiild. who
had Ue"i 1 itiiid.v store ,it Point nnd Krie
-n-eits ;,,i n air miii-. Win n sn ,,. mid
I thai Im ' ud w is mar s (, .idin.tti d tli.it she
had aii"' In r uaiii" utul that she ih the
mother "' fi ir -nil- nnd a dauglitu He-
feie sh u, I ivn the imnic ulnl addri n of
mere than one of her children -lie died.
The seu who was summoned recegnised her
and said that the family had supposed thut
she WJS dead, lis '.he had ilK.ppe ireil about
twenfv -seven .Vein's age.
Wh.v -he ilisuppeuicd bus iinl been e
plained. Ih t there 111" weineit with giown giewn
up children who own imagine .1 leu-en. She
mnv luive tlieiighl hi'i-t'lf ill the w.i. The
children mn have wished te miinuge things
and ignored her mid her wishes, siie may
have sifid in hirself, "Very well, If thev
don't want nn I w.ll t.tkc m.vself mil of the
VVH.V." Hilt s,e lem. lined 111 the Sllllle c(V
and die kipt track of her ihiliiier while fhu
lived In 1 own lift) 111 hei own w.iv, taking
no "lie into her ceiiliileme (ill the ver.v end.
Hut vMuilever was her motive It is 1111
neeessaril.v suggested that her ii. ml wns
nlTeciiil 1 lie curtain has been lil'l'd upon
one et the tragedies of life, which aie taetu
liuiaerei.s tiinn tnc tneinilit'ess supe. t
BRIAND PLAYS THE GAME
AUIST1DK BIHANI) n bat.: in Fran. -with
glevvlug accounts of his success in
America.
The French Premier lnys. particular Mress
upon the eympathy for France expressed b.v
Secretary IIusie, anil upcakH feelingly of
umcauie iejaiTiHH wi.ui .Mr, naitenr. nn
the imrjftce, atlfienst, undwturbed by Karl
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EVENING PUBLIC LED GER
Curzon's outbreak. M. Hrland seeks te make
out a plausible political case for himself.
Without rcflcctlne utieii his personality,
, which scored heavily lu Ainctlcu, and with
out imputing the accuracy of his statement
of Trench military policy, it may be said
mat the Premier came te the I nlted Htntcs
partly with a view te safeguarding the po
litical Interests of his nartv at home. Fer-
. ttinately, there has never been, any mystery
aueui iius tact, and it hns been almost as
well understood In America as in Prnncc.
As. his forpmet opponent ls the new
reactionary Raymond I'eliicnte. many Amer
icans who are net unacquainted with the
injection of political motives Inte affairs
international as well as domestic are inclined
te hope that the adroit M. Hrland will net
be superseded just new. He is one French
statesman who Vmlerst.itids the depth of
American affection for his nation, but does
net misinterpret this by chasing the phan
tom of a formal trcat.v of co-operation.
MORE CRIMINAL COURTS
TUP action of the Heard of Judges in
ordering live additional jurists te sit In
spei ml criminal courts, for the purpose of
disposing of the 1000 criminal cases new
awaiting trial, will meet with the approval
of every cltUni of Philadelphia County xvhe
desires te spc the law promptly and vigor
ously enforced.
Hut the "siiriej" of the mtirc criminal
situat.en which judge Pinletfer suggested
and upon which the Heard of Judge set the
seal of .ts approval is even mme far-reach-ing
than the additional courts which are te
be put into operation next month. Indeed,
if the survey be carried out in the full
spirit In which It was conceived and fl.s ex
plained h.v Judge Finlelfer. it ma prove an
important contribution te etuuinolegj,
In the tirst place, the savvey Is te be
enthelv fiee from the taint of politics; it
Is a '-iirvcv" and net an "investigation.''
This I- as it should be, for if there is one
place in ihe national life which should be
kept free iieiu politic!) it is our courts. Te
this end it has been properly decided that
the Philadelphia I,aw Association and net
the officials, either prosecuting or judicial,
shall conduct the survey.
The I, aw Association hns thus a great
opportunity for the performance of n work
of lucstiinuble value le the people. It ls n.et
likely tli.it anything radically wrong will be
discovered, but, as Judge Flnletter says, it
will be a matter for much surprise If ith ith
pertant improvements arc net suggested.
This will be the case especially in the lower
branches of the administration of flic law,
for the survey is 1,1 begin at the bottom
and go straight te tip1 top
Most of the publi' dissatisfaction with the
criminal law is with the lower branches,
notably the magistrates' courts. AH cor
relative brunches of criminal administration
will be Included, sin h as die tieatiiient of
the untried, the parole system, the jalN, the
criminal bar and methods of detecting crime.
Including the famous or Infamous "third
degree."
The extent of the se-called "crime wave"
will also come in for attention. In this can)
it is net improbable that the actual number
of crimes committed will be shown net te
be greatly in ex s of the normal number,
but mere spectacu'nr.
The higher courts themselves arc net te
be exempt, und the I. aw Association will be
asked te consider wind her a separation of
the criminal from the civil branches is de
sirable. The charge has frequently been
made that the present system makes the
Judges cither very hard-hearted or very
sentimental.
Much mil test will attach te the report of
the survey 011 the mutter of the magistrates
The aduiinl.str.it ion of what might be an im
portant nnd ii-eful office In the county has
been often and bitterly attacked, and net
without geed luisnii. A judicial ami im
partial survey of their work villi go far
toward e'earing up the tangle nf controversy
which has surrounded these office, fur sxune
time past.
It is gratifying that District Attorney
lb t 111 heartily appieves the proposed work
if the Law Association as well as the open epen
iHg of the extia courts, 'j'h.. co-operation
of all the officials. i necessary if the great
work which may be in cempllshed is te be
done te the best purpose,
lu the meantime an important dutv -rests
with the Law Association, namely, te belect
the best men possible f,.r the task. Ne
appointments te this important committee
should be made in haste or without the me-t
careful consideration of the attainment of
the candidates. The District Attorney
makes the sugg,..!!,,!! that the commission be
made no in pint of -killi Investigators from
outside the city a suggestion which Is well
worth ( oiisideratieii
THE ELECTION OFFICERS
THE convention of the Pennsylvania
League of Women Yeteis took an im
portant -tep nl its iiiieting at Wilkes-Ham-when
ii ih elded te md"i 1 candidates for
election officer and ceiiunitii euien as well
as these for sehoel dimteis and school
v lslters.
The avetiige vetir-, nn n as will as women,
pay tee little iiili'iitiiui le the candidates for
election officers. It is -m, (,, s.lv ,mt j
ninety -nine cases out ei iv.iy hundred they
knew nothing of tin 1 iinlid-itts fop vvheiii
they vote, in spile ,,f tl. tint that Ihe whole
election inai-hiiierv i- in 1 1 1 . -1 1- hands. The
voters knew something of ti. political record
and the qu.ilillcii'ieiis of 1 1. . - pnncipiil can
didates, iml nothing of tln.se te wiiuiii the
whole result of the ballet is intrusted.
This situation is bitter than it was some
years age in Philadelphia, when juggling
with the 1 etui us in 1 1 it. 11 11 winds was looked
upon us a thing te In i-xpntnl In most
install! c-, 1I1U is prevented In t,u t-levlleil
of member of each jnditn-al panv te the
election he.ll'd. but !n main eases, tlll tee
fn sh iu the publn liiiml for recalling, it
did uul work.
The election nth '- a man who performs
uu important duty tw a year for s() smiiM
a sum us in.il.e- it no u ,tive te the
average piien t" lain the place. Ideally,
he should be a pi 1 -mi willing te donate a
part of Ins lime Im- the pelliii.il geed of
his ceiintv in city : jiiiu lic.illy . he is usually
a ward wmhif. Il tin women will help te
elect a better lht-s ,,( ileelinli iiHieiuls te
the-e iusiguilicant but n-elly Important po
sition tln-y will huvf j nplishcil 11 geed
work
Judging hv Ih,- stones
icnl en th ( "in.- timit Win -
the I'elllt -te.nl, I emi , the heiue
his w tin re j, stiniig,
flllvel.v and productive "t inend.leity . Thu
latest yam I'-iis 01 a nariel et home blew
exploding ami pieilpltiillng Its iiiiileuts into
a Link veiituluing tlnnuaiiils of halt fish.
The lisb gnl lit up and exei utul ti hpins.
Hill 1 lie ic.illy Int. resting stunt is performed
by Ihe peer tish that owullewed iml the
liquor but ihe sierv .
Tin- movie story ,,f Carl
Wltcie Tiulli Ixinhener is meeting
t Falls Down with violent pretests lu
1 Londen. Ami Willi geed
i.aseii. Tiutlt is ni oil' e 1 punk play-writer
ami luiim-ii" iiei' in" uuiv icaseu sue
L sliaugir lliini fiction ls that she Invnrlubly
igiciics tin- dramatic unities. Which Is why
lilsieriuil dramas are never successful until
people have forge'lcu the fuels.
If the propesiti of the Shlpping'Heard
thnt legislation Is- enacted requiring thnt
n certnln percentage of Immigration be car
ried en American linermbe carried out. the
presumption Is that stepH will be tuhen ut
the ort of cmbarkntleA ,te avoid the nece.
"... '. nn...t..,r ilm liiiidun carce buck aauln
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PHILADELPHIA, MONDAY, DECEMBER 5,
AS ONE WOMAN SEES IT
An "Inventive." Father Who Mada
Saturday "Quests" at Once a
Delight and an Instruction
te His Children
Uy SAKAU D. L0WR1E
A SMALL hey entertained me very chlr-
nlretisly the ether day pendinir hi
mother's arrival, and while we wcre both
awaiting a summons te lunch. In the ceursw
of our very pleasant, though slightly labori
ous, conversation he let fall a phrase aleiit
his father that remained in my mind until
later cm its significance was explained te
wc by that father himself.
The boy had said :
"My father is' very Inventive with us
children, 'specially en Saturdays."
I learned from the boy's father that the
inventiveness " 'specially en Saturdays, "
consisted in taking thorn te see a sight char
acteristic of the city or of its environs nnd
of enjoying the novelty of It with them, net
te much ns a mentor but as a fellow dl.
cevercr.
A list of possible "sights' te be visited
or revisited would be submitted, nnd a
choice of Keme particular object or objects objects
te be bought out would be discussed. And
ns one who is shopping for a particular
fabric or color or shaped article is led by
her Aucft into a .variety e& othcavise intes
estlng place land &01110 adventures? se these
children and their futhcr found that hnving
an objcctTve of their own election gave
an added zest te the mere act of sight
seeing. "As what, for instnncc''" was my natural'
question of the party guide.
"Well," he taid. "take fish as a sub
ject." "Then I knew where you went: the
Aquarium out in the park'." was my prompt
rejoinder.
Hut they went te several places before
that. That was only the end et the quest,
I discovered.
They went down te the wharves and looked
about for fish coining in. and found little
or none le be seen in bouts, but smelled the
cmell of them in the nearby streets and
beheld the chaffering for them In the for
eigners' shops down In the Italian and
Jewish quarters.
Coming up te the Twelfth street market
they viewed them munificently for snle and
of astonishing variety en the counters, and
presided ever the cleaning of mere thnn
ene into n basket. They chose and bought
one for their mother and ate it with mero
curiosity than gubte at the following meal.
The next Saturday jaunt they spent in
the Academy of Natural Sciences nn old
hunting ground for many a quest ponder
ing the monsters of the deep limb little fishes
stuffed or skeletons that are there displayed.
And the third Saturday they ended the
fish quest at the Aquarium. Fvery new nnd
then they have continued te add te their
tish interests by puusing ever tish in pic
tures nnd tish In stone and lish in ornament
wiille they were "questing" ether things,
and later en iu their amusing careers they
will go deep se.i fishing mid brook trout
fishing and even crabbing with their ven
turesome parent.
IASKF.D for one ether subject of "ill
xcrt," having found lish se happy 11 one.
and the children's father generously gave
me two tueie that had of late proved suc
cessful. Due was "idols," and in the course
of that quest they had net only visited the
various museums where idols "most de con
gregate." the I'niversity. Memerial Hall nnd
a private collection of (ireek statuary casts
being tlie principal, but thvy ulse visited
.some churches te comprehend. If possible,
tlie difference between 11 heathen idol and
a sacred ltnnge.
Ileitis xery much interested in the whole
subject of gods and half gods from their
Christmas books en mythology ami tnc
heroes, they adopted pet gods of their own.
even invented some. In this they were llku
some children that I knew long age who
hud a shrine for a dressinuklng lady figure
of the sewing room, te whom they elfeu-d
flowers and whom they addressed as "(iod "(ied
dess Hedlce." 1 understand that these, later
children iu further pursuit of idols uie.v,
an up-te-duie missionary who knew some,
very dangerous and cruel ones of present
day power. ...
The ether subject mentioned had te de
with the places that Washington was known
te have, visited or wheie he might have
been entertained in and abuut the city.
'Flint wns n long and circuitous quest,
for it lnvelvtd country houses in the park
where he might have supped or dined, inns
where In- wns said te have slopped, reads he
must certainly have traveled, streets he
tniversid, and, of course. 100ms and build
ings iu which he transacted his momentous
business. That quest ended with a super
lative vi-it in Washington ami Mount Ver Ver
eon, with the children's mother along us
iioueud guest.
Il'NDl'ltSTAND that tlii- winter some of
the future quests are le be "ships," from
Heg Island te Cramp's; "desk," old nnd
new whiili will nietin junk shops, factories,
schools and letail stores as well as historical
specimens; "violins." that will begin with
the milker and end with a concert, and "n
piece of chocolate" that will start. I be
lieve, nt the Cemmenial Museum and prob preb
ublv 'end at a soda fountain downtown.
The ICIIslill this sightseeing is ilelle wttfi
the father ns the only adtili 1- that when
two or tlii'1" guvwn-ups get together they
are apt te listen and te talk te one nil nil
ether and then the whele affair gits teachery
or else absent-minded toward tin- children,
1 asked tlie children's father if It was an
easy task for him te manage the three chil
dren and keep oil their level. He said thnt
it was everywhere but iu the stint, where
they talked continually somewhere about his
iIWvh se he could net hear what they
-aid or understand half their questions,
or sec the things they looked first at iu
the shop windows, his eyes net being oil a
level witli llieirs. for one thing, and hts
mind net being quite us fn e and easy as
theirs for niiellur Hut once het en the trail
rif tlie quest, tliev were till one a;e una
se far as ingenuous interest went, one spirit
of adventure ami gullible belief iu the pos
sibility " "N ihing-. He made 11 a point
te be' ns ignorant as tlu-y vvcic, and one
or another was appointed te In- the scout
of the paity te go forth utul find some one
who could explain processes or positions or
history or future plans.
It was part nf the dny's plensine. also.
te icceiint all that had erciirreil with the
unnet freedom of personal comment and
ed enough jokes" en their father or 011
each ether te their mother en their ie-
turn.
The whole iluug uucl, me as even txi
tcr th.in a hiilf-helldav of golf or bnse-h.ill-fiinning
fei 11 tnmily man, and sud
denly made all the lily's plans of public
exhibition. fi'"ii tin- Aquarium te the Acad
emy of the Fin" Ait. seem vii-tly mere Im Im
peititut. mere worth keening up nnd adding
te. W aie ratio r nn ek and apolegeth: te
guests and strung' r about what is te be
bad for the Inekiu nt in this town. lluf.
u matter of fait, if one has the carfnie
ttinl a half helldav (nice a week utul the
desire te widen his horizons he can cdu
cute himself i" "-" '""' '" i-dence te u de
cree undreamed of by university men a
generation age.
IRONY
SHVJ was a bcaulj of an carllei day,
Provoking, sweet, with levers by the
score,
nd he a peet, peer und plain ami gray,
'J'e whom the tossed n smile and nothing
mere.
Leng dce they beili were gathered into
du ft,
And jet the fragrance- of her beauty lives,
JNet in thq hearts, te whom bhe gave her
1 truat.
Hilt in tne joy nis poem en her glvcj. J
'-vna.riette uccKcr, in fhe N, Y1"
4s t-T rfe i-WBBT iiTWtaHII ur- - s r
OKI i )mH!w
NO W MY IDEA IS THIS I
Daily Talks With Thinking Philadelphia en Subjects They
Knew Best
DR. FELIX E. SCHELLING
On -Literary Phenomena
SOHFJt-MINDLU) journalists ghe them
selves occasionally te commending or
bemoaning the pass te which the literature
of the age has come. Seme grew fiercely
ie v eus nt what they see as the creation et
new standards and ethers are incxpress b y
saddened at whnl they regard as downright
decadence. Whichever the case, nil this is
foolish, according te Dr. Felix H. Schelllng,
luiid of the department of LngHbb nt tnc
I'nlversitv of Pennsylvania, because con
temporary literature is just where 11 might
have been expected under tlie natural laws
which govern writing.
"It is complained m often. Bays Dr.
Schelllng, "that most of what is written
nowadays is trash. Te say that Is te say
the obvious. It might have been, and wns,
just as well said in nny ether age. Perhnps
'there is 11 gn liter amount of trash written
new, but that is because there are mere
writers new, and mere writers because tiiere
is a larger reading public. That is one et
the things te be said against promiscuous
education, for there can never be such a
tiling as n democracy of letter. Fvery
writer must write down te his audience, ami
I might say thai there is nothing new about
thut either Shakespeare did it. and cen
turies before him Aristephanes did. There
Is small point iu saying things if nobody
understands them. Hut the writer of today,
because he wiites te a wider audience, must
stiike an even lower common denominator;
provided, of leui-se, his main concern is te
turn an honest penny.
"Hut iu this I can see no occasion for
lament, because it is, after all, the natural
thing ami the expected thing. These
writers that I have spoken of de a very
useful vvntk In giving the great public what
ever measure of intellectual 'enjoyment it Is
able te take out of reading. Te take an
iiutoinelule salesman, a mill owner or uu
engineer and send him liiumphuutly ever a
series of obstacles is, after all, te repio repie
duce the mnsi engrossing intellectual prob
lems of an average reader. This stuff will
lill Its purpose and then, as such M11IT has
always done, pass Inte oblivion and liter
ature will have been none the worse for it.
"Ner can 1 see any need te lie wrathful
nt the absurdities wiittcn by our particular
generation of icveltes. The past ha pro
duced such absurdities, and thut nobody re
members f hum i tlie surest proof that these
present absurdities will net be leiiienihered,
either, rnderstiindiiig thi-, It seems te me
that it is no particular strain te take a
tolerant view of such tilings. Jf Mis Iiewell
is really trying 10 buy something, it is just
a well te give her the (bailee, and if she
is mil, there is no particular harm done.
One may leek into Miss Lewell's veises and
decide that one does net 1. ne te i midline
the acquaintance and be justified; but one
ha no right te jump te the conclusion that
Miss Lewell Is bringing malign influences le
bear en the coming literary generations.
That is taking Miss Lewell niure seriously
than she deserves.
"Call Sandhuig is no p.utieular harm le
anybody, either. I read some of Mr. Hand
burg's poems and found myself obliged te
him for telling me many things I was glad
te knew mid didn't knew before. Hut 011
the whole, he is just a man who set out te
liiid ugly fhlugs and te tell about them lu
uu uglv way. He is an intellectual tough,
line 1- net forced te associate with leughs,
but it is geed te remember that toughness
is human nature lu a certain phase.
'The mere ambitious Kiiglish and Ameri
can fiction lias taken a'swini; toward realism
or emphasis ou tin- familiar and common,
place; but In this, tee, there should be
nothing I" give anybody worry. There is
leiiiiinly 110 phenomenon in it. Twenty years
age (In- bwlng was all toward miuuiiec, ami
Just ns seen us some one writes another
romance that Is as geed as 'Treasure Island'
ihe ni minium will swing hack again. 1 de
lint object te the attention that 'Main Street'
is getting, fur the human einoiiens ami im
pulses which arc tlie spliit of literature are
felt nnd muy lie observed en Mnltl street as
any where, else.
"Tliere arc only two things that fiction
can de for the reader, ami these are te pre
sent te him that with which he Is already
fumiliur or te acquaint him with something
altogether strange This is te define the
academic terms classicism and romanticism.
My feeling is we need both, nnd the natural
laws which govern human life will nave u
from tee much of either,
Where la tee great a tendency en tiie
pert 01 young writers te ajign tBemeclves,
1921
ENVY
or nt least te declare they have aligned, with
particular groups. There is thl tendency
also among readers, and if il is continued it
is likely te make the production of genuine
literature, mere difficult than ever. I am
told that there is 11 group that would 'free
American writers from 'the FiigUsh tradi
tion.' I cannot see why these 'men and
women should wlh te be freed, for without
it they have nothing but barbarism. Kug
lNh literature belongs te us as much as the
language itself.
"I would discourage an.v attempt te make
a nafiennl literatim-' for this or any ether
country, for literature should have nothing
t de with nationality. lis purpose is te
give expression te the emotions und senti
ments that all men share. The books that
Have best ,i,ine this are the books that live
I'.'i 11. '". Kivc." tu lllu WuM "'- called
Us literature.
vTedays Anniversaries
ISOMvlnpilev S. Hitighnni. Coveruer of
Michlgaii and nited States Senater, born
Mid ',m,S 'N- V m1"0'1 ,lt Wrw 'lli'
Jlicli., October .", INIil.
Holllie!.' fJ""ur:;1 V',"rB" A. Custer, famous
June VSsrll '''' f thC IAltl" I5i Umn
rlS,iTn " I!rlsl,t' uf ""'Ihina. wns
Mt.e"sS,',,t '"'0 1Um et lh" ,i1
u.e wi!":MuK,'',"n,,, thu "' "f
olc.tel",,',;...iW!llrfU.K,,Jf,,r' "f nlli"' was
eiciu.1 Speaker of the Forty -seventh Cen-
bvTe,'u,en!,t ''0""; S"c"' was buried
I ( UU -Siineans, 0.1 the , f y,,,,., j,,,,,,,.
Itecmaei,!'';,,;;;''"'''' unn,.nn.i
n..a,l!iir,t,:!,!,,l,,, ,h "
What De Yeu Knew?
QUIZ
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Mhat Is smlu-nnnl- I"lslk'-10-
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M-hiiMs the engln of th, word hullatM-M-hevvastleres;
Answers te Satnrriei- ...
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Hen as one ( 0J J, 'cpuu-
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ni hcinlspiu ,.. t;t "fu .1 'u , '"' ,.1"
rn.ler of LrlgiiniSJ U,t. ' '" 'I'"
luavdis. " lll cntlre
A syilnx Is a iniislirii i
pipe. -"uiucnt, a pun.
MI1111 and Hut,w4r..fh"en et
of whom recently iii,i svi! I0"3
spread the tenets Uii a i n IK l'in UV(?
n" i !u!!i?p'Vi"isn.r 'iss;
are prebubly' abe ut 'a nillUu!; 'l?Sre
ents te thla 'faith in, vv tow Vrtt,r;
cteaPteuW 'nfir Pr th.
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Means Ci, r ,1 e. 'Vf'1 l'-"5 Wl4-ViJ
w hli h lev I e" ,, e f "?ks, of
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Cnlt.il .SI.,.."' .x i.l.tir in"'!1 'V1 a
ll.ihalsm Is ,1 development nf 1. 1
religion feundid , p,.rs?I V'lb'.'."' a
All Muhammad of HI Ira, ,, V, -Mlua
half of tlm iiln.twXi.'un1'" "vm
ellur Persian, IJ.iIia'u-n.i, UP . A'
tliu duetrliiiu. ,f.l. l.V."'in- develeneii
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SHORT CVTS
Our tame oilier cynic avers that Educ
tien Week will find education weak.
What we have read of the climbini ei
Kvercst convinces us that its name should
be Ncverrcst.
Vienna rioters appear te have furnished
the world with a bulletin favoring 11
economic conference.
fternuiny appears te be smeceedim
beyond her fondest hope in causing fiictiea
between Lnglaml and r rancc.
Missouri brewers are df the opinion that
the Anti-Heer Hill hns less thnu half et 1
per cent of constitutionality.
Nowadays, explained the Mctenroletti
enl Philosopher, winter doesn't begin until
it is time te wish it were ever.
The big gnu of Hndlcv clenuencc a
pears te be nil report and no shot. Illl
arguments are sound und nothing but.
Fatty is of the opinion that It I hart
en a man when he doesn't knew whether 'l
jury Is going te hand him gin or erunil
juice.
It was net entirely Inappropriate that
the local man who drank fiicvvater and then
turned in u fire-alarm should land in thl
cooler.
In the family of the average bond
holder it 1 a rash egg at ninety cents t
dozen that meets a rasher ut fifty vents a
pound.
"n your head be it." said the stnklnl
garment weikers iu New Yerk a fliey Ml
about te (it tsje Danbury hut te tin- crews
of the employer.
u appropriate gift for Santa t Intis t
give lMvvard Yeung Clarke and Mrs. Lllzv
both Tyler will be a copy of Itiky's "Thl
(.lebllns WIU (lit Yeu."
Lloyd (Jeorge is scheduled te arrive just
11 little iiheud of Sunta Clans. What deci
the Washington Conference expect te get la
Its Christians slecking'
Perhaps the reason the police cannot
successfully overceino the bandits and ether
creeks is 1 hat the opposing force is over ever over
peweringly superior in numbers.
When Hiitens get through attacking
Hrland for his jingoism they may have time
t reullze the important fact that he h '
rank pacifist compared te Poincare.
Hopteads and fishing worms have con
vinced Fniontewn citizens that they or
going te have an open winter; but they ran
never knew when Jack Frest will call
strike.
Councilman Develln suv he believe
lhat heneefeitli the Municipal Court villi
exercise economy; which shows hew opti
mistic a man may become whan he put
mind te it.
Though Jmhte Hrevvn emphatically '
wverates that the Municipal Court is net lj
politics, he perhaps will net go the lcnilta
et dielarlng thnt politics bus net wormed W
way into the Municipal Court.
A Kansas City Judge hns ruled that tbi
elty ordinance restricting the wandcriu? l
bees is unconstitutional, and that a beei
right te ream I therefore unrestrained-
einplnlniints In the suit that brought ferW
the opinion were thus stung a second tlniv.
New Yerk society folk attended
.luncheon in an immense holler en Saturday.
1 he table was set for thirtv. They hud be
complaining of cinders 'fulling from t"
Hack uf a plant near the Fast Ulver clln'i
and the company thought this 11 geed W
of allowing them te blew off steam.
I T rt.,.l ., ,n.,.i. .tl.nttell
. Kiiiuuu cuiiin says a xokie ui"- .
evers that u Washington cortcspewWJ
states that the United States. Oreat llrlwlw
Japan and France me nvgeHatlntf a ffJJ
the inenieraivuin of which Is te- be ilfj
Jvithtu a weel, -Ve find fault with netkW
'K location. Jt uhpuj, be ebJn 1W&
.x tinrrishurg dispatch tells et a law
doe mimed Mlml. with a huge deg a-i com
panion und protector, which races dally wiW
u Lewisburg und Tyrene train when
engine toots. The tune the engine wbhwj
toots Is doubtless dee-rny-MIuil, the w
Niguiiying tnat tlie ynrn is llshy.
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