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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,
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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.
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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
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fc.rrin are alie retimed
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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.
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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;
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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.
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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
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hat Is a bascule bridge?
bat U tlie correct pronunciation of
Kiiekiin
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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
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rlvcd n,in Mm I'Veiicl, "p rie'i l'rj
spea It or talk ' "" te
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and material 'enuarj hte,,H
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bra'ted IJiiglish .ictiess ' ,s ,"v1h 'i.'V
in 1083 unci died In iT.ia' "' "as b"r"
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doubtful origin.
means of
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musical e oiiipesi r, named n, i'iV, !'
of Music" ll was c ,,,01 ' ,s,,s' V
the, Late.an. Vatican ..mTsu ,' ', "Vhwlu
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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.
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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.
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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
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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. '
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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,
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wni, lucre nave uecu nm" " '.Ml
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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 """ "" ,
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they would have lie. a
the alleged fart that
passed from en pm ' e
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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 "'
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