-.sft ?Vf. r'' i..tv:? '-.' r 'v' ? rs -" ?U'-'"''iW;,: (Tj". M' f - i.r' '' nnn . ' . .vs-.t lA1... ' v -- , .lK ,-'S" , . . 'VH, 'J.,Y M .' v 1.1 f . I EVENING EUBMO M3DG5DR-JPHIEADELPmA:, '"PBIDAY, J3E0EM&f3R 16, 1931 . ''" 1 $' V M ' Huenlng public Uletigei; PUBLIC LEDGER COMPANY CtnUS II. K CURTIS, Pt:'erST Jehn C, llartln, Vica President and Treasurer; CfinrMs A. Tyler, Secretary; Char'ee II Ludlnie- ten. Philip 8. Cellins. Jehn II. xx'llllams. Jehn J. Fcureeen Oeorse . OeldtmlKi. David E. Smiley, J'.rectere. rAVID. H SMIt.EY Udllr. JOHN t MAItTIN General Business Manager published dafly "t "PCBtic trnxini Building In'l-pendi'nee Square Phlladflt-hla Xtlintic Citt rreso-Vnlen Building .rw ebk 3tl4 Madisen .We. DnteiT TOl Ferd llulldlnr fit. J.etIS 013 atobf-Demecrat Building Cinoiae l'OS Tribune Bulldlnc NKW8 UtnEAUS TVjsmnotes Prene. T i"or. Pennay'vanla Ae and 1'S S- Nrtv Vehr Hearer, The Siiti Building Lumpvin IlCKEAt' ... . Trafalgar BulMIng HfnSCKII'TION TEUMM The Evcsisn Pcsuc Latin Is served te sub f Piers tn Philadelphia and surrounding town at bf ra'e of twelve 112) cents per week, pajab'.e te th arrler. By malt te reinta eiitstdi. of Plulade'phla In t I unci S"ate I'anala or t'nlted rate o' e' fallens pemace free lift (50 1 cents per month. ilx J(l' dellat twr "r p-tabie In advance. In , , feretcn ceun'rie- en ID dollar a month NeTlrB Suhecrlbera wishing address changed fnutl she ecl us wei, & new address. IIBLL. JOM AL.MT kllTONf.. MAIN 101 tAddrens all MmmnnTeKdii ie E'cntia Publia Vrtde fndryrntt nc Snuare, Philadelphia Member of the Associated Press TH', ISfOi IA.TFD rttr.S rxclusiirli en- fitted te the f 'or rrpuMe-arie-i .' nil ueu.9 Hlttatih'3 credited te .! or net eth'rv ite cedlttil thitt tartr and also fee local new pubU'hed thtrtin .VI rights e r'rubheatien of 'prcial li'-sparcAe fc.rrin are alie retimed I'hiltil'lphu. Iri.1... Pec 'mhT I. l:i THE GOVERNOR'S OPPORTUNITY THKRU rnn !) ri" f" eiilniMi about the diJM of ImviTiier Sprmil wln-n lit" i'piiM te tb"" appein'lne "f two inaKi'trates te till mi PXiMiriK hihI .in ntipmuf Ihiik ncn nrj Kvpry nifmlii'r e( t lie uuiEiKtrnteH' irt nbeulil b n niuu nf lilsh rhnrai'tur, min min rrenrhiibl" b iibhnrr-nt liitluenrPK. This li net tl.p rn- nt tin' pr"-cnt tinn-. Tbe nmnbi r nf nimi pr-nlinK in tli'ee fnurt wlie mea'ir' "l ' tin" -tnmlftril ii small, indpnl. Stagl'-'iitf Ki-'iibnii. who ilicil a f' day- hK". w.i "iK" ( tln-m. ami Hubert I'ar I'ar sieti, whi'-- tfrm fpircs mi Dci'Piub"'!- .'il. i nethrr Tbe place inntlf Micant b tlie deail' ' Mr. Ki-riibvewn .liull bf fillnl b a innti of tbe .nuii' tjpe. He in neniiiiall.v a DpmnT.U. b'lt be nrtunll " itidoponJ itideponJ itidopenJ put. Wbi'ii rl lJiiuM-rat refu-i'il the nomi nation te him In- ran en hi own ticket nnil was eleeteil. Tht re is tin soeil n Ui-Oll for ceiiMderinc n IvimxTat us his m-i enr The tir-r rfin.lib'r:uien .li.iibl be demon -atruted litne-1- for the place, and tbe second ieniiJtrntin. wh"li may ! but another Tilia f the ti r -r . i that he should b e lndepeii.li'tit that be 'cti be tru-ted te exe cute jiktl.' rather tlinii te protect tbe nsent of u pnlniMil jnaehitii who may come before him. Sii'h a innti i- Rebert t'tiren. He and MiiRistrat" Heti'-hiiw are the only ma;l tnitek, iviept MiiRixtrnte .Mecleary. who will retin. wlie have had experience m the fen trin i unit, and the Maer ba wild that the... two inaKltratp are needed when efTmtN te free men with a political pull are made If tie tJoverner appoint- Mr (.irmi he n li a.iirii the peede of the city t' at he i w.l!in te eo-epernte with them in prevent -liis tin- protection of ratals. MiiKii-trate William 1. I'umpliell utires from tin1 bench te become Heai-fer of Wills nt the bt-sinnitm of the year. Mi -ucce.ser. In spite of the (imerner's habit nf appoint lnp te ! Micancj a mini of the snme fin-tien or p.trt. ns the retiring elficr, heuld be eho-en for )'iblii' rather than for factional reason". It i mere important that he be ipiulified te become a yoed magistrate than ttiat be be a Varn man or a l'enree man or a ( iimpbell man. It the ifinemer desires i.. consult with factional leaders about this appointment he would l wise te fellow the cusieiii of Theo Thee Theo derf' Iioe-i'tolt in such cae. Tlmt was te insist that they select for him n man nt for the jnli. He refii-e.l persistently te uppemt mere pelniiul hacks ie-e unl qualiticutien a1- liuiij;1 r for a snlury HIGH-PRESSURE "RELIGION" rpHK di-i il n.ii In flu. l!.ipt.,t clersjmen - of I'lul-i'Mphia as tn 'he general work of c itiidi-Ts.. breug it abeiii bj the action of the r.i. ntij feiiijcil of '('implies of Plttsb irKii. which i.., dunled that evun Keliti' meetinss ,,f i,. "iJillj" Sundav order are 'Vonimeromllzed, obsolete and InelTi'ctne " i..(.iIs lnterestin -idcli.bts e the subject It i lllllet be del, ml ibai l-eh;ieu Ilieet- lnjjs cenductid niidei- ln-li pi insure are apt te hae a relictien .upon church wer ns n whole which i, net n!wn.s heultliful. Tl.e contention that, while sonie of the converts remain m the Church and de i-Mellent work, tnanv ichers diep our .if i . r the immediate effect of the evanKehst bus subsided, is fully anaftircd m the Si riptures in the ,tery of the ninet -ulid-uiiie and the one lest sbeep. The whole trouble m the mutter lies in file att Illlde of the people theil-eh i.s. It is deulitb i- trim that most f these wlm se e hear ! prominent evangcli-.! , especlalh one of the' Hilh ' Siiiidif tp. cotiein motives of curie-nj ruther than the- of lelml.m. Wieii n person .ittends an e mcelistic eni'e 1I by the clmrclies then,-i e- be ees at b-ast )n a mental attitude which i- open ie con viction The lnsli-pr ssilr evangelist las Ie convince through fore-fulness of p t . sinalifj, imitation of ethers or un appiul te the i motions Such "conversions" are rarelj busi il upon tinu belief and are apt te ptevr short-lived The pt-ebli tn helere the rliurcben ,s te deiisi a plan which u II de the work of the lilgU-pie-siire revivalist w t Injur the dis ndvau ages nt t titla tit upon meeting,, of this Idlld Conviction which , nines, fiuni emo-tiennlj-iii is gi n rall ti inpei.ii v that which come- iretn ii beln f fesii rul h tin sreuey. all-the-veiu-niiiinl work of the churches permanent. THE "CRIME WAVE" ONf; bundled mid ninety beni-ups In thtrtyniiie days within the city limit of Philadelphia are enough te cause anxiety among the elbeiuls of the, pelni department The ie is no question as te tl.e elliciem y of tle police force et the eitj . then is mi -mderable question as te whether the tone is Milhcicnt iiumerii ally te patrol the vast urea which comprises the City of Phila delphia Since the close of the wui ihe problem of the criminal hu become increamngly dUlicult Fvery great nierr.l disturbance is followed 1 an immense gain jn crime. The Twl War created the American tramp, and the World War linn caused u vust inereuse ill crime of violence. ( rime which is sensational, as most crimes of violence are, Uh.s a greater effect upon public sentiment than any ether, in that it inilki'H ll deeper iinpiceclen Where many hlich cases occur In close succession there often seem te be mere crimen than tin. HgureH uctuully show Hut iu any event there Is enough in the city te cause utulety. Philadelphia is by no means alone in this plight. Hi cry large mid most small cities) hljew the sunn' im reuse, seiim linger and ? );erne nmullvr in ptopertiou te population .than ours. The trouble is nutieuul In lis ' epe, AddeiJ te t lie increase in crime is th" tWttcuHy fxpcrlciiced In catching the offend- .' ,-. yhis la largely cuusetl by the use of the ' lnitmQDl!c us n means of vscape after crimen nre pemtuittctl. The cost of the present out break In money less Is put nt about half a million dollars ami several lives. This sum in cash nlene would far mere than pay for the police necessary te curb the outlaws. PUBLIC HAS RIGHTS WHEN OMELETS ARE UNSCRAMBLED But the Men Who Put In the Most Eggs In the First Place Seem te Think These Rights Can Be Ignored yiHKTHKIi the men who have put a few '" eggs In an omelet have ativ rlgbt which these who have put in a gieut many are bound te repect will be known when the Kcderal court decides, the suit whkh the minority stockholders of the Jersey i'rw tral Hallre.nl have brought te upset the sulc of the I.chl.h and Wilkes. liarre Ceal Com pany te tbe Reynolds syndicate. Incidentally . the question whether th public has any rights, niuch the makers and unseramblers of llnaui ial omelets must re spect will nlse come up for dlscusgien.' This Incidental question I- mere impei taut than the main point nt issue in the suit. The action Is breugl t because the minority shareholder at- dissatisfied with the price secured for the Lehigh and Wilkes Wilkes Harre Ceal Cenipanv. It Is alleged that if the bid of a different grcip of men had been accepted the proceeds of the ,nle would have been increased by nt least .yj.tMUl.Oiin. Aew the question arises. Why was ihe Hevjields syndicate bid accepted V The facts en which the curious may speculate nre con tained In the story of the effort of the Ted oral fievernment te dissolve the anthracite coal trust and te brin nbeut a separate ownership of tbe cenl mines and the Jersey Central Railroad Cmnpanv. The Court ordered the Jersey Central Railroad Company te sell its cenl holdings. and it forbade any shareholder in the rail road cempanv te bid for the prepertv of the eeal company. Without IM order, the decree separating the railroad from the cenl mines would have amounted te nothing. The men who owned one would own the ether, and the identity of interest vvbiih the Court .sought te destiev would Lave i-en-tinned. This is what happened when the Court dissolved the Standard 1 Trust, and the holders of its shares laughed at the (Jov (Jev (Jov ernment as they pocketed the increased earnings- that followed the dissolution. Hut there is an is-ue of publii pe,cv In volved in the railroad-coal combination that was net involved in th" oil problem. A railroad company owning cenl properties can show- favoritism te itself in the purchase and shipment of coal and can discriminate against railroads net se fertunatelv situated. If all railroads are te be en an equal fool feel ing the muit all linve equal opportunities te buj what they nenl, i.nd they must all be si, conducted that they cannot hide earn ings and multiply apparent expenses bv juggling the books of coal and railroad com panies owned by the same people New i lie Revnnhis sjnillcate w lin a bought the I.chigli and Wilkc-Harre Cenl Company from the Jersey Central was chietlj com posed of officers ami sharehomers in the First National Hank of New Yerk, which is a Jersey Central bank. (ieerge F. linker Is chainnf.n et the Heard of Direi ters of the bank and is also a mem ber of the Heard of iJirecters of the Jersej Central and a large holder of its snares. Hut he did net subscribe te tae svndionte. It would have been centrarj te tbe drcree of the Court. His son. however, who i a vice president of the bank, subscribed for ."O.eiiO shares of the cenl eeiupnnv steek. and live ether etiieiTs of the bank subscribed for HI. 000 mere shares, making a total of P.i.UnO shares tbut e into the bands of officer of Ihe bank tb.it is intimately connected with the ownership and management of the rail road. Tbev all svv-eie that thev did net own an.v Jer-e Central stock. Uut se far u is known they did net swear that tiny had net owned uny in the immediate past or would net own nny in the immediate futnie. Hut whether they become linnneinlly in terested in the Jersey Central or net, they belong te that group of financiers which i interested tinunciall in it. si, that, however technicullv correct their course may have been, the question i, whether they have in effect flouted the Court decision whuh was Intended te divmce the cenl company en tirely from the Jersej Central interests. And the men who control the Jerej, Cen tral may be imagined slum; in their ma hogany chairs ateuud their mahegau.v tables aking the public witli u smile what it is going te de about it. Tnere is an answer te the question be cause the public lllls deeldi d te breul; up the anthracite-railroad rouibinutien iu some wav. If it cannot de it m one wav. it will de it in another The inliieritv shareholders of the Jersev Ccntlul who Jie seeking te upset the s!c an acting in the interests of tin- publii a- v ' ,i" .n tin Ir own mieress, for if tin v s ii . d the coal property will go te it "judiciite ih.it is net tied in u some of wajs te the ra.lread. TRAFFIC CODE NEEDED COt Nt II iiji cieue what, if ibe purpose of tin- met ion be etli leiitlj earned out, will prove ii wise move in appointing u committee te dtavv up new traffic regulation. 'I lie present one have urideubti dl worked ennui hardship, upon legitimate business concern! and uie epi n te question in ether wev- Pliiladelphin, like iveiy my in the eeun-ti-v which dates bin k te Colonial days, Ims inunv si i eet in the congested section tee narrow for tl.e volume of traffic which mod ern business conditions have imposed, Tn meet this londilten wise regulations are re quired, allowing reasonable speed iu tians tians tians portatien both of pussenger, and m.-i -chundlsi ' The work of the committee will take tune and effort. The subject is one tee vital te the interests of the cit) te be; hustlly settled, and any sueh disposal of the question will simply mean that it will have te be done all ever again nt n very ellstanf date. A study of the ri'gulutlenn in toree m the congested- sections c.f ether great cities riiUht offer some valuable suggestions THE "COST" PLAN TIIF e ity should most carelully consider the "servlco-nt-cest" pluu which Mr. Mitten has proposed for the operation of the Frankford "I." before committing Itself te it dellnltel). There lune been tee muny instances, of bow the "cost" anil the "cost plus" plan work out for the oily te rush into nnvlhingjif the sort. During the war the "ces.t plus" plan of doing Government work proved te be the source of liiuriy et the industrial and eco nomic evils which followed that period When the Government paid iirst tbe cost and then n percentage of profit Titled en that cost, it is little wonder that prices of every- thins; went senrlnjr. With the resources of the Xntlen behind them, the contractors for every kind of thins needed for the prosecu tion of the war naturally cared little what materials and labor cost; the Government was paying for them, net the firm or the individual. The lesult wns, ns has been shown, a complete demoralization of the market, both for materials and for labor. If certnin work men were needed their services were obtained at any price they ebee te ask, and It did net imittcr upon what kind of work they were engaged previously. It all went en the bill for the product, and the higher that bill mounted the greater wns the percentage of prelif. The "cost" or Hie "eet-pltit" plan of figuring the price of anj product ha shown itelf tn be one of the most pernicious things ever introduced into the rLmieniy of a na tion. The city authorities may well rend this page of past experience with profit te tbeintelves and te the city treasurv. WORD-MANGLING AGAIN IS JAPAN an insular possession of her self? Is the I uited States actually the I'liited States, or doe the I'nited States possess the Cuitcd States' H France France. Creat Itritaiu (iretit Hrltain? If net. whv net: henv.v . heavy, what hangs "'I'l "lid what shall be done with the ewn-r? The word manglers nre nt it again with the Fioir-l'ewer Treaty n the starfenture of their clinic. Article I provides for an agree tin nt among the contracting parties "te re- spKt their right In relation te their insular I possessions nnil insular dominions in tbe I region of the l'nolfle Ocean." !ttriist of language ns the conventional vehicle of human thought has given rise te the ingenious Idea that since Japan itself is insular territory and the I'nited States is net, the latter nation is under joint obli gation without loeipreelty te preserve the integnt.v of Japan. It i the vvenl "posses sion" tlmt sounds the alarm bell. Hen tofeie, bv the crude nnd childish process Mf plain, straightforward thinking, "pesscssiniis" 0f nation were generally re garded .is something detached from the na tion itself. Thus, the continental group of the Ftiitnl States is familiarly regarded as the 1 tilted States and the nutljing terri tories as "possessions." Such a rating, hevvevei, implies that the (iiiuuning of words has been definite!) iied. Seme disecter of the Four-Power Treaty ate uncetivincpd en this point, which obvi ously increases the difficulty of devising nny form of words whatsoever oquatMe allay ing their fear. Fraiiier of the compact have neglected te erewn their achievement with n glossary. What, for instance, is the meaning of tbut disquieting cpiss ion. Pacific Ocean? Where dees this greatest of seas begin and end? (ieogrupheis bave been known te claim that there i en the glebe but a single vast body of water through which continental masses and island obtrude. And. speaking of continents, arc they net. after nil. insular: and is net, by the logic of the verbal v ivlseotlenit, ' the United States really an insular possession of itself, tiie integrity of which the Hmpirc of Japan is obligated bj the treaty te respect? Aiistialia oe. piesents an interesting problem. If the signatories of the pact ure pledged te safeguard eacli ether's, insulur possessions in the Pacific, what is te be the fate of the great s'eiitincutal Island Com monwealth, the westerns half of which may be reckoned as facing the Indian Ocean? In case of controversy ever Pacific rights, will the safeguarding of Australia be merely piecemeal'.' Such pmnts eempl.fy some of the mag nitude of the task set for themselves by treaty inquisitor, loath te accept word and seiiiences in what were once considered .standardized meanings, Fven the Invention of a new language, or reliance upon Yola Yela pnk. H-pcinnte or Ile would be no aid. Skepticism will plav hob with met specilic mediums, of thought conveyance ever de vised. If there is. as Hamlet felt, nothing either geed or bad but thinking makes it se, innnifcsilv the most effective way of de nouncing a tieaiy subject te the limitations cf language i- ie decline that the words mean the opposite of what fhey were sup posed te mean: that jes ineuns ne: that black is white, and that true progress is altogether impossible since nobody can ever truly knew what uny body else is talking about. . In thut ease it would be quite needless te call u conference. The delegates incapable of conveying their thoughts te ethers bad best remain securely at home and soliloquize, in their Alien tongue. THE NEW FRANKLIN FIELD THC possibility of tiie return of the unique football dasic, the Army nnd Navy game, te Philadelphia is pertinently sugr gested by Sidney F. Ilutchinsun, chairman of the Athletic Council of the University of Pennsylvania. Natuially the prospect of leeetistructed nnd greatly enlarged Franklin I'ielil inspires the idea. Its development and that of ethers of cor responding intiret is dependent te some extent upon the iveiutien of the new stu diiim plans. Yarieus reasons have been as signed for the liansfer of the Annapolis West Point i eiite-t te New Yerk. The un answerable defense of the change was su su perieritv of accommodation. It will be reasonable also te bid for the staging of the next Olympic 'carnival in tl.i city if sufficient seating capacity is provided by the Ftanklin Field expansion. Should enough funds be available, double-deck grandstands may be erected. Iu thai case from Ml.OlKI te 100,000 per sons could be seat eel in the stands, which iu capacity would be unrivaled in the United Stales. Thus, far the Reman Celi- scum holds the ii rd in world history, with prevision in it heyday for ),(i00 spectators. The prompt approval by the Council's Public Works Coinmittieef the measure ner- mitting the University te arcade several sur rounding streets for the Franklin Field oper ation i bars the wav for a speedy passage of the eidinaiice Popular ititeiest is virtually certain te be stimulated enn the terhnlcul obstacles are lomeveil. The Creater Franklin Field is mere than un undertaking of the University, It should be a matter of geneial public con cen eern, sineV its effect upon the growth of the community us u center of attraction for athletic carnivals of all kind is destined te be profound. Tver se many people Santa Chilis who we're urged te de en the Jeb their Christians shop ping early ure new- be giiitilng te appreciate the wisdom of the advice. It will comfort them te knew that the political e'liangi' in the Philadelphia T'os.teflieo will net interfere- with the Sniiiu CIbiih express. The old sleigh is in first -class condition and the deer are romping with geed spirits. Medem history seems) bent en dis-pi-eving preconceived notions of national charai'teristie First, "vnlulile mid d,. caelcnt France" proved her slubillty and stuininu. N'ew the "wild nnd emotional Irish" exemplify in the Dull Flreann pm reeding hew thoroughly they can retain command ever their feelings. Colonel W lilttlesey left nn citule of less than $5000. Hut Im also! left a record that ' .11 net lilt? men1 fuuMi v jf AS ONE WOMAN SEES IT Grewn-ups May Profit by Attendance at Seme of the Entertainments Planned for Children by Mr. Bek at the Academy anU Mr. Carpenter at the Little Theatre ly SAKAII I). LOWItlK THE ether night I sat next te Edward Hek at a public dinner and he 'talked of little else than hew he hoped the children of the town were going te enjoy Chaplin nnd the children's concerts, both of which joy-giving series nre te be nt the Academy for them In the coming holidays. And for the crippled and orphaned of the town these shows arc also te be enjoyed' without money and without price. Fer the cripples nre te have the boxes and the orphans the gullerles for rit least some of the afternoons. Yesterday I listened te Ell weed Carpen ter nnd gradually discovered what he w-nnted te de for the pleasure and amuse ment of children by turning the Hittlc Then t re into n sort et young people's lyceum of the arts of the stage, where upon Saturday afternoons for children there would be espe cially acted, sung and danced the fairy tales of the world from Cinderella te Hiawatha. Meanwhile, all Innocent of the pleasure planned for them, the children of Rltten Rltten heuse Squnre nnel the children of the ether squares and playgrounds' nnd school jnrdx nnd streets and alleys and day nurseries net te mention duv children dragging foot sore parents about the department store toy bazaars were en pleasure bent of their own devising, from sentterlng pebbles with the kitchen shovel from under their nurses' feet in Ulttenheuse street te collecting tire tire weed for home consumption from the dis mantled houses out near the Paikwny. MR. HOIC'S plan te fill the Academy, with the Orchestra nnd then later with Charlie Chaplin a star performers, seemed net mere ambitious than Mr. Carpenter's .scheme te fill the Little Theatre by Cinder, ella nnd her sister heroines. HecnusCi though the Little Theatre holds but u few hundred te the Academy's thousands, the Little Theatre has shown n marked nversleu te be filled en nny terms. Mr, Carpenter feels, sure that he can break the hoodoo; in fact, lie can show facts In elellars nnd cents te prove that it is already broken. This season for a great variety of uses, from a lecture en spiritualism bill-bearded "Why Fear Death?" te his own classes nnd the re hearsals for the new society successor Ve "Why Net." the monthly rentals pay a geed Interest en the investment. He met some of us at Mrs. Fli K. Price's te lay before us a plan for a stock com pany te act as owners net te net us actors of the theatre, thn idea being that it would be a sort of neighborhood house for the activities of the clubs, schools, philan thropies; nnd social organizations In the part of the city of which it is mere or less the geographical center. It is admirably adapted for such general uses and has the ndvantngc of being en a quiet street. MR. CARPENTER has spent se busy ,i life in ihe pursuit of his profession that I doubt if he hns had the training for the sort of business organization that will be needed for such n venture. He had the gentle, serious leek of being entirely in the hands, of his friends, but of being vague as te who these friends might turn out te be. A less serious but ut the same time mere alert gentleman, who seemed te have the business details mere adjusted for public consumption, sat nt his elbow and acted from time te time ns prompter and even ns spokesman. Probably the combination of the two makes a xcry geed whole in the adjustments incident te the taking ever of the theatre. Certainly as a master of his art and ns n director of public perform perferm nnccs, Mr. Carpenter is his father's very able successor. And W" of Philadelphia have most of us owed much to4be Carpenters pere unci tils. Fer the females among us the Prince in Cinderella was our first ideal of what a husband really ought te measure up te, velvet cloak nnd ull. And I dare say the males among us have never lest their feiul liess for the "pretty, pretty" type of Cin derella in her bull diess. I remember, tee, seeing old Mr. Car penter give an exhibition lessen en the first steps of the art of dancing te a rough-and-tumble crowd of boys and girls up in one of tiie mill districts. And his control of the awkward sqund and what he accomplished iu one hour has always stayed iu my mind as u beautiful example of the great art of teaching. THK children of the meie well-to-de homes, who have mothers te read aloud te them, nud nurseries te play iu, and sum mer weed nnd fields nnd beaches te wander safely in, nnd well -disciplined school rooms te learn their lltHe bits of first lessens in, de net especially need nny mere color or laughter or even music in their lives than they have already ami are all tee likely te hnve as time gees en; but there arei many children who need just what Mr. Hek can give them and Mr. Carpenter hopes te give them because they nre starved ter color and imagination nnd laughter and the "long, long thoughts of youth." I asked Mr. Hek why the movies hud never done the Rible stories well be that tlni churches could really profit by the cinema Instead of finding the picture house.) their rivals. He said that the stories had been done theatrically Instead of classically, nnd hence the sentiment had been cheap and the histrionic details in bud historical tnste. He told me, however, that n fund of !?,000, 000 had been expended en a sL.ries of pic tures detailing the story of the first book in the Hlble Genesis ami that he had heard they were very wonderfully built up. Ills feeling ubeut Chaplin us nn artist for the delectation of children was that, apart from his remarkable ucrebatic slap-stick art that children love, there was a certain ful fillment of childish ambition for the wonder ful and impossible in bis escapades, and his philosophy under the stress of clisoppteval, suspicion nnd detection wns the perfection of interpretative art of a state of mind. IT STRUCK me. tee, that Mr. Hek and the ethers responsible for the ''children's hour nt the Academv" had in mind the grown-ups who would come with the chil dren, it ler no oilier reason man te see that'thuy get home safely. Perhaps If thece grown-ups hear a whole Academy full of children laughing and catcli their gleeful observations they will catch something of the spirit of Christmas, which is net the spirit of buying or selling even buying or selling or giving presentsbut. of being glad of glory te Ged and fiem aheer geed will te men. Today's Anniversaries I 'SO Massachusetts yielded the jurisclie -tien ever her laud in New Yerk te that 11,00 Twe bout lead of men left .Teffer .Teffer Fenville, Ind., te join the Aaren Rurr ex pedition. IHiO Themas Oerwln was inaugurated Governer of Ohie. IS 17 Murj Cnlberwend. noted author, born iu Licking Ceuniy, Ohie. Died in Chicago Ileceinber "7. IDOL'. IS ID Geerge I'pfeld was consecrated first Fpiscepul Hishep of Indiana. ls.71 -William M Tweed, the New Yerk political boss, was committed te the Tombs. IS1I7 Congrebs appropriated $170,000 for relief in the Klendike region. Hi-0 United States Semite committee In vestigiiling cable situation alleged Urltlsh misii.-e of cables. Teday6 Birthdays e-iur H. Colquitt, former Governer of Texas, born nt Camilla, Gu., sixty years age Majer General Wllliuin J. Snow, Chief of Artillery of United (States Army, horn in New Yerk fifty -three jvars age. Rear Admiral James JI. Helm, U. 8. N., retired, born tit Qrayvllle, 111,, ulxty-slx years nii. v .7h5 a i MttitmS . ""s-js-l" yjL "r ssT" ' , -tsZSl-'? cr iKai.aicL't- js ! .-.. jns.- sw sfsssa!aaflii,.- Cv-siC V,v afsCi5 - ? ?:-"-. . "3' Izjuii5--r7" -- --, '" NOW MY IDEA IS THIS! Daily Talks il ilk Thinking Philadelphians en Subjects They Knew Best . ' JOHN THURLOW KOMMER On Something Else In Business CAN a man of trade be a man of manners a gentleman? Nowadays hardly any body would admit a question, jet nt one time gentility was defined as restricted te robbers and lunatics. There are still per haps n few of the exulted who hebl te the absurd thesis that trade perforce coarsens a man. Hut a dean of a department of Hosten University recentlj' ileclarcil the modern man of business te be the spiritual descendant of Sir Galahad, King Alfred and St. Francis of Aisl. And this, perhaps, is wiiat Jehn Thurlow Ixemmer, n rug manu facturer for many years, means by "some thing else in business." "It has been frequently stated," he says, "that business, se called, is n 'cold-blooded' affair, in which the only consideration is that eif making profit or gain, and that every tiling else must bend toward this pur pose. These who make this assertion ulse tell us tlmt we must net let bentlment, or anything akin te it, enter Inte our trans actions with our fellow men or we shall be the losers thereby. "We must net let our friendships sway us, or influence us in making our decisions or arriving at our conclusions. We must be 'cold blooded' in our dealings If wc would be successful. Philosophy Is Questioned "Is all this true, and is this a snfe philosophy te fellow? Is modern business conducted in such a manner? De we exclude from our commercial life qll thought of these high and lefty ideals that sometimes tnkei possession of us in our social relationships? "if se, then a business career is an unsafe calling for a young man or a young woman te fellow, and will lead sooner or later te the lowering of these standards the maintenance of which mnkes for nil that if. best in life. We uie net willing te ndmit, however, that business in general is con dueled en se low u plane as the foiegelng statements and queries would indicate. "Wc are thinking of some of the men we meet in the run of a day's work; men who have been fashioned in n "very tine meld ; men whose honor and integrity are of such high type as te make It impos sible for them te steep te anything low or unfair; men who will go out of their way te de a geed turn, even te a competitor, if the occasion arises; men. who could net be 'cold blooded even if they should try; men who prize an unsullied character above the mure making of a dollar in trade; men whose friendship, in many Instniices, doe net extend beyond the confines of the busi ness world and jet who exhibit a spirit of real friendliness which cannot be ex celled cvpii iu the best social circles or around the fireside at home. Mere Politeness Is General "We are thinking, tee, of the frequent exchange of courtesies which take place day after day in the elliee, in the store and in correspondence; courtesies which murk the man n a gcntlc-ninn. It was Lord Chester field xvhe said, 'There lias been but one perfect Gentleman, and He was born in Hethleheni of Judea.' If Lord Chesterfield could bave met some of our modern business men he would have been led te conclude that these also have ubeut them the tiuits and mannerisms that make for real gentility and genuine manliness, such us character ized the Man of Nazareth. Men of this stamp throng the avenues of business today, and their presence mukes the conduct of business a pleasure nnd delight nnd helps te relieve the stress and strain which are necessarily n part of commercial life j ,,n age of keen competition and dose bargain ing. "There is something else in business apart from money-making. The obi saying, 'Wi are net in business for our health,' has a measure of truth in It, te be sure, but the man who sees nothing but the dollar mark as he trudges te and from his elliee, and who makes everything else subservient te Ills dcslre for gain Is missing the best out of life ami l overlooking the esseiitlnl pur pose of business, which is te make character as well as fortune. A enreful study of human natuie helps wonderfully in the up. building of chnrucler. "In business a splendid opportunity is afforded te stud) our fellow men ut clese range, "Take, for instance, the vast number of men who pass In and out of the average office In the course of a day ; men with whom you converse; men with varied tendencies; JUST A PART OF THE JOB f - 7uSSl!&s1 -- - ? -3-Si' - i ' -i, ""i. "!. "v v - -, -' , , xv -.-... ""- men representing a grent variety of in terests; men wlie add something te your fund of knowledge; men who bring te you news of a world outside of your own. "Yeu may net trade with them nil in the inntler of merchandising, but in a wider sense you cannot escape making the tradi which is continually taking place, viz.. net only the interchange of thought In conversa tion, but also of that Indefinable and In tangible thing which is a part of personality nnd which in contact with ethers Is ever present, mnklng it impress cither for geed or ill. Te gather up all the impressions of a day and te allow only these that minister te our morn! growth te remain with us is n step toward the formation of u geed and noble character. Gain Ts Net ICxerytlilng "Then ns a last consideration te upheld our contention that there is something else in business iu addition te the exclusive idea of gain, we nic thinking, of the constant exhibition eif faith which i ever) when present. Wc call it confidence; wc call it credit; hut essentially it is faith. Ileic ubldeth faith. Knewing each ether, we aie led te trust each ether. If it weic net ter this clement of confidence and faith the entile business structure would topple and fall : and s,, we conclude that business is net a 'cold-blooded' affair: net a calling whose tendency is toward lower morals, hut lather a calling iu which friendship and courtesy loom large and in which faith and helpfulness play an all-important part. "Tin highest ideals, nttuinnble should lie handed down te posterity, and business men shall then be ' hissed as benefactors and future generations shall 'rise up and call them blessed.' " ' Paster Has Large Fleck of Jobs Tr en the Knns.cs I'ltv star J. R. Wllkle. of Fmperin, is the Ga zette's choice for the town's busiest man. Mr. Wilkle is pastor of the Hethany Con Cen Con giegntieiial Church, manager eif the city laaiket, director of the city Kmpleymeut Hureaii, superintendent of the AYelfare As. sedation, executive secretary of the lied Cress, pastor of the Upper Dry Creek Chinch, assistant instructor of psychology in the State Nermal and a member of the police force. If'' hut De Yeu Knew? QUIZ bat is li.n ium ' here de the i;pirets live" bat kind uf an animal l.s a bind' lieu wa tbu Bosten Tea Party bat i- cbuiiarral I W : XV .:. W I w 1. w ; w be were Secretaries of .State under l'lf'Hcleiit Mek-.iilcv ? r : w .'but Is a dhele.' s. AV u. w hat Is a bascule bridge? bat U tlie correct pronunciation of Kiiekiin 10 Who vvrui The Aclventure of Philip"? Answers te Yesterday's Quiz Uakir Island, in the I'.icitle Ocean is the possession of tbu t'nlted States Mg nearest te ibe equator If iH sliir'lit h ITS V.' l"e ""U Ul Ul,0l,t l0''K'tu 'la it is ceiisideicd piebable timt riiarlc- magne was hoi n l Alx-la-riiapVlic. new .t city of Germany, for v-feuV iiilles west of coleim. arid cm, Ke us In Its municipal boundaries te the- IU- ? Kltin and Dutch tientlers Charlemagne, lived In parts of the el-lith T43-?4V lc",ur,w'' "I" OteiuH Hunene V. 1 lebs has iun sever.. I i. .,.,.. Crip III.. lit. ....i... --..-. .,,,,,-.-, iiiut.il iii niu uunais of music elates niei about I te l,"iUt Tim wet el parliament u erlginiillv .1.. rlvcd n,in Mm I'Veiicl, "p rie'i l'rj spea It or talk ' "" te Ordinum'e Is autheritativ,, .,-fci ,,. cree Oidrinnce is iiie.unte, L-e ,M cannon, biainl, ,,f ,,,. ' ' . nig especially will, inllitarv J. . and material 'enuarj hte,,H Vlilu'C III' Alillri t iMM.si.i bra'ted IJiiglish .ictiess ' ,s ,"v1h 'i.'V in 1083 unci died In iT.ia' "' "as b"r" 0. 10. Jupiter In the larucst planet of ti,0 seiar ij DiVIUi "Ot doubtful provenance" doubtful origin. means of ticket; ,J last linu. In lO'O M"C",,lt I'aU'Strlna was a celebrated Italian musical e oiiipesi r, named n, i'iV, !' of Music" ll was c ,,,01 ' ,s,,s' V the, Late.an. Vatican ..mTsu ,' ', "Vhwlu MiigKlerie iu Reme lie ,.( si, ,,., i tbe first compose, who united Tl.,1 with tl.e scleme , ,",! .', " . weikfc. nil sailed event two i ,, ' . .""V." 'f;"8' ""'r" - iuq'er.nnt f-.'jL.. -. ftM-rr.ri"e 'i -. .-,. ?hri'iap531aW'!sS2il-,a-il v? javiiWf T&Wd'4'v-jU . ' -:, SHORT CUTS Hestmi. perhaps, is the home of peliti cal unciiii culture. iicsinents of Frankford are net vvhelll in uiver ei complete disarmament. , Hvery time an irreconcilable thinks oil -difficulties being ironed out he also thlnkll ei a cellar. It is net en record that l.ritntuila vil'l grieve unduly en being compelled te vvurkl en pari et nor naval holiday The poorer the child the greater the I fulth iu Snntu Clans. Which, in itself, in veiy geed leaseu for Chiistinu eliarltj. Ibe New Yerk Tribune editorializes enl "The, Hate Ily inner." We knew ut a glinrtl that this did no) refer te the cxtremil feminists. They, of course, would be "Itll nun timers. " China appears te be eiinding the enll blue nole in ihe Washington i cuirert. Bull a caretul reading of the news convince) 01 that iiTcceni'iluhilitj is net wholly nqw lien et geography. S!..ll.ll,. 7. ...... ..... 1... ...II m.,l .eiii.fi -leurs siiy s lit- iiiii iiiuii.- mi ftli.i.i.r.. .1... S?. ........ ....!.. . .. ll.... ... .....V.... I I'lttir.' no .sfnme i nies se iiiul ihvuiucub will be obliged te stick te the point insteaJ 1 of "talking about anv thing aL an.v lime."l If the Senater doesn't change hw mind tbtl oilier jscniiiiirs will liavc te e linage tncits .v vviincc is e, nttie use n' slnna cum" A puisc is awkwurd for hill. Hut a mentf bug will held both wujlel and pur-e. Thcf is neiiiiiig se ntmpiuiue as a money un,. can lake the shape of what It contains M the shape of that -In which it i contain ii reposes Willi equal ease m a iniM, iti,n,teM.!i.. .11...... i, ....., .... n u.uillpnlflni agreement. It can lie used as a lcfM w eiiiimi en competitors, and, at tiie pn. .1 ........ .... .. ..r ,1... I ...1... iI.a .nmtnnl. uiit-iii iiui-e in llic law, lllhe en inc.- iviiuv ness of a lielidnj bank account and the im-iiondei-iililltc v nf u ., imiili lint he f-nre tbt , .... ....,..,,,. j, ,. , ((.. ...v - . ihe owner of the money bag will alM!1 be among these present when the gM waius. iiiii) delect nii'i-triiiislutc. ll re ana let" iu ii wicked wcild. u spotted apple ii i os) .cheeked Innocence i meaning It there should be any misuuderslaniliMT ether leul experts in fiuancei, there Is teN found a corporation law v or who U cenU eicd clever as a footprint remover peer living the Inw would m. m ""'"hi simple a eede us the Ten CeniiimndinP Hut with un liightei'iith Amendment ' in. t.ti.i.iii.iiiii. iiitei-ieekiiiL' lirecter)r there aris,. possibilities for a peer but rwB legal profession; there arise, net te lm,' VB fine a point en it, the bootlegger and fj Club of Friendly Millions. ' 1 Dee cut men despise the boell-CKM ., because he violates the law. for law lien bus en et'easlniis gene hand '" vviih high ideals and inaitvid".i' '"" j cause be breaks the rule for "''".' ''" Ik ami shows a cruel uisrcgnni i"Y , a, ( , .. ... ti lien t wni, lucre nave uecu nm" " '.Ml ...., l., I.I I... I.m.leil Ut lUClBW riiiiir ihi I H' 'Mil. I " -" " of the Club of Uuenillj Millien The presumption is thai If llp,,nl'Tc stockhehb'i'N of tint Central l!li'r,aVl New Jersej bad felt thill time mM value icccived for their Intere -i W l.eblL'b and Wilkes- Ii., lie I en I i..f,.J disposed of , Ihe Club el I I'll """ "" , . ... .. -,. .. . . ... II.. ll ut- they would have lie. a the alleged fart that passed from en pm ' e s'li.ie i ulr of pa it- . - 1 en i'i 'e- .. t In en 'UCf III '1 it. ul ri.c e il ii Some crimes nre basic; seai statutory. vrire,-!!,. Lfn..i..i,ni.i,. ,.i the Cent' Railroad of New Jersey have V-mxI & court te set aside Ihe sale of a coal ceulPM' property te the Jacksen L. lb v ueUM t! diciite. Se faulty and suspb ions is InlW: nature that nine of lliem seein te H"! they have been bilked Net only tint they come piocieiis mar saying " "m is no way for lambs te be'i.iv The devil Is up te dale and ni.in JJ wickedness as complex as the social fj' by which hu is surrounded I''11' ml enlv part of the story Civilisatien m makes its own crimes bj i."i"Sr"" lecognilieii and tubulating tl. m "' !". . ) v " i..i. j, ..,. Cfe'v", wAn
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