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Jann.C, Martin, Vies Preslnt and Trsasureri
Chrls A. Tyler, Secretary. Chr's II, I.udlnr I.udlnr
ten, rhlllp 8. Cellins. Jehn D. Williams, Jehn 3.
Bourgeon, Oeorre r, Goldsmith, David U. Bmllsr,
Director.
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NO-PARKING EXPERIMENTS
A LAW or an ordinance which is net
explicit is always likely te causa trouble
and te fall Inte absolute disuse sooner or
later becnuse it provides tee many oppor
tunities for the practice of favoritism by
the enforcing agencies.
That Is why the new scheme of motor meter
traffic regulation is pretty sure te prmc
unsatisfactory. Mayer Moere, in ordering
the police te apply the no-parking rule in
the central nrees, refrained from suggesting
the strict enforcement of the erdinmu c and
he left much te the discretion and judgment
of the traffic men. Obviously the Mayer,
dealing with a condition complicated by
long neglect, Is seeking te improve traffic
conditions by eliminating the worst factors
in the general problem and te learn by
careful experiment with the new restrictive
rules. There is nothing cltc that he can de.
Meanwhile the plight of meter drivers
yesterday was net pleasant. Tim police say
that nil drivers were anxious and nervous,
and "in the air." That is net as it should
be. A clear definition of rights Is what is
needed for meter owners and drivers. 'When
the lenders in Council and the police offi
cials sit deuii in a rational inoed and ac
knowledge the usefulness and inevitnblencss
of automobiles, and seek a way te accommo
date as well as restrict them, it will net be
necessary te carry out experiments with un
enforceable ordinances or te put upon
policemen en pest the responsibility of
making their own lnws te suit the occasion.
A way will have te be found te park
motorcars in the central section of the city.
Council and the police bheuld admit that,
and, If they cannot sec hew such prevision
can be made, they might call a few traffic
engineers In te help them. Te bay that
meters shall have little mere than the right
of passage in the shopping, hotel and thea
tre districts is te step backward into the
eighties.
A PLAYED-OUT TUNE
fTUIE cx-Kalser's latest protestation of
X innocence of war responsibility and
"Ven Htndenberg's publication of the Hohen Hehen Hohen
zellern letter, suppressed since last spring,
tire clearly intended for propaganda pur
poses for use while the reparations question
is in the critical stage.
In the clarity of these methods there is
merit. The ex-war lord is revealed as still
a clumsy apologist and the field marshal as
an almost pathetically Ingenuous champion.
It's unlikely that liberal opinion in Ger
many, which has been strong enough te prc
eerve the well-meaning Wirth ministry
through many trials, will be seriously in
fluenced by this crude exhibit.
As might have been expected, the for
mer monarch Invokes the heavens, once er
roneously regarded as gunrdians of despotic
thrones, but there is nothing in his letter
explaining precisely why the Caesar was se
ewlftly converted into a skin-saving fugi
tive. This is a point which has Interested
Germans mere than the rest of the world,
and upholders of the new order arc Inclined
te dwell upon it when Hohcnzellern lamen
tations arc heard.
As n propaganda trick the substance of
the epistle will doubtless waken the sym
pathies of just these reactionary factions in
Germany that are in need of no persuasion.
As a contribution te international affairs it
appears, like its writer, te be unimportant.
DECORATIONS FOR CARPENTIER
THOSE geed people who leek askance at
everything done in France will find their
point of view justified by the decision of the
French Government te decorate Carpentier,
who was defeated by Jack Dempsey in
Jersey City last summer. They will argue
that any nation that would decorate a prize
fighter has something the matter with it.
There are at least two ways of looking at
this, however. The decoration which Car
pentier is te receive is that of a new Order
of Physical Education which 1ms been insti
tuted se as te encourage the jeuth te
train their muscles. The order will have
knights, officers, commanders, grand offi
cers and grand cresses. The ribbon is te be
violet marked with a white line.
At the first bestowals net only is Car
pentier te be made an officer, but his man
ager is te be made a knight.
The decision of the French Government te
encourage physical education will meet the
approval of every physical director in ecry
university of America, and every young man
wh6 served in 'the army and was compelled
te take setting-up exercises and long hike-)
will ngree that there are great hem-tits te
accrue from nttentien te phy-ienl exercise.
And they will net be se squeamish about
Jiexing, which is the exercise of which
"prize fighting" is the ceiaiaurdal manifes
tation. CLOSING THE COLOMBIAN CASE
DISMAL reports of opposition in Bogota
te the treaty adjusting all outstanding
,-outrevdrHics between the 1'iiitcd States mid
Colombia arc auspiciously offset by the news
that the compact, passed after long delays In
tjie American Sennte, Is assured a sub
rhiiitlal majority In the Congress of the
tropical republic,
The passage of this agreement, which dis dis
jieaea finnlly of till the questions arising out
ct the acquisition of thcOinal Zene and the
tbntrel of the waterway, will be a significant
ticp forward I" the betteiment of Pan
American relations.
'Aside from the aspects, ethical or other ether
wise, of the financial bonus te Colombia,
there can be little question that the settle
ment of n long-standing dispute will be
bealthy for the entire Western Continent
If ratification is obtained the last chapter
irf the chronlcle should be written by the
JIetiBO 01 Representatives, empowered te
lii'dku' tbttranpronrlattea. The treaty has
censed te be a partisan matter, since with
some changes it is the pact originally devised
during the previous Administration.
The Heuse will serve All-Aincrican rela
tions an excellent turn by contributing the
stamp of finality ns seen as possible after
the Colombia approval.
FRENCH CRISIS WAS TOO
TRANSITORY TO BE REAL
Swift Adjustment of the Naval Ratie
Problem Tells an Instructive Tale of
Hands Consciously Overplayed
TjUlENCII acceptance of the naval ratio
17 originally laid down by Secretary
Hughes reduces a showy collection of fire
works te the condition of damp, descending
skyrockets.
The result is naturally bewildering te the
agonists, sunk te the delights of extreme
depression only three days age. If accom
modations are se swiftly te be the sequel
of crises, the authenticity of Conference
clashes is laid open te suspicion. In the
present instance, Indeed, it may well be
questioned.
Such inquiry docs net discount the fact
that French nnvnl "demands" caused dis
tinct anxiety in Washington at the end of
last week. But the preposterous nnture of
the "feelers" put out was In itself proof
thnt the situation could net be fairly judged
by externals.
The practice of overstating conflicting
sides of n controversy is net uncommon
among either nations or individuals. These.
Americans who are inclined te shiver when
ever marked differences of opinion occur in
the armament conclave apparently closed
their minds te the lessens of some ether mo
mentous conferences.
All parties te the Constitutional Conven
tion of 17S7 everplnycd their hands. The
consequences when nil the pyrotechnics had
been discharged were the three great com
promises, without which this Union, in all
probability, never could have been formed.
The small States, nervous and distressed,
wen the uniform senatorial apportionment
concession. The basis-ot-representatlen
quarrel between tlin Northern and Southern
delegates was settled for some seventy years
by the three-fifths rating for slaves, and the
congressional control ever foreign and inter
state commerce was established by extend
ing the slave-trade permit until l.S(W.
And even with these adjustments the ses
sions continued for setnc time te be strninuft.
llhedc Islnnd took no part in tliem. The
New Yerk delegates went home in anger.
It is idle, of course, te maintain that
these ructions were wholly spurious or that
Che modern specimens lately en view in
Washington were purely theatric. France,
it is certain, has a bargain te negotiate
which she hopes te conclude as advan
tageously te herself as possible, but it is
scarcely conceivable "that infatuation for a
huge and costly navy supplied the underly
ing motive for liar tactic.
The influence of outstanding problems
closely involving France and Great Britain
has obviously been pronounced. Adjust
ment of the reparations question fore
shadowed in the Impending meeting of
Briand and Lloyd Geerge is virtunlly sure
te exert some bearing upon proceedings in
Washington.
The French have also the Near Eastern
muddle en their hands, complicated by their
new treaty with the Turkish Nationalists.
The rapidity with which the fleet
"demands" have bceu recalled Is evidence
that they were being used as leverage.
There is every indication that Secretary
Hughes was fully in touch with the Intrica
cies of the OJ--C. There were strong Amer
ican curds te be plajed, including especially
these setting forth possible jeopardy te sym
pathetic relations with France. The pres
ent French Government, whatever Its ambi
tions, han no desire te wreck the historic
geed feeling of mere than a century. Eco
nomic and finnncinl conditions also strongly
support the American contentions.
The accord, dramatically reached follow
ing the visit of Ambassador Harvey te Pre
mier Briand in Londen, Is a most hopeful
augury of the establishment of a genuine
program of disarmament.
As new outlined the prospect appears te
be ratios of 5-5-3-1.70-l.GS for the United
States, Great Britain, Japan, France and
Italy, respectively. This will mean that
within tiie next ten years the total tonnage
of France In capital ships will be increased
from 104,000 te 175,000, n trifling acces
sion. She had tentatively asked for .150,000
tens.
The submarine question remains unde
termined. There are hints that en this
point France nnd the United Stntcs may
be found favoring the under-sea arm in
opposition te the attitude of Great Britain,
which favors its great reduction or total
abolition. Thus another factor in the
cnpltal-shlp ratio harmony may be sensed.
In private ns in International affairs,
swapping of assets and mntching of re
sources are likely te continue for some time,
even In a world dedicated te peace. Beside
the splendor of a five-Power compact pledg
ing Its parties te drastic naval reductions
nnd limitations, the bartering methods dis
played in nttalning such a result would
shrink into relnthe insignificance.
There will be new crises before the ses
sions close. Patience nnd concentration en
a practical ideal In sight may be recom
mended as antidotes te nervousness.
END STATE CONTROL
STATES en and near the Atlantic sea
board have made slower progress toward
the solution of the problems of municipal
government than these further Inland.
Ohie nnd Michigan nnd several ether in
land States have amended their Constitu
tions in such a way aw te permit the cities
te draft and adept their own charters and
te amend them from time te time. Under
the Ohie plan the City of Cleveland has re
cently decided te" ndept the commission form
of government. It was net necessary te go
te the Legislature te ask the representatives
from the rest of the State te consent te
what Is in essence a matter that concerns
Cleveland alone.
Ne State Legislature is particularly inter
ested In the details of local government of
the cities. In this State when the revised
charter of Philadelphia was before the
Legislature it was regarded as n nuisance.
It held up general business for months until
It was cot out of the way. And the legisla
tors expressed the hope thnt they were free
at last from giving most of their nttentien
te Philadelphia business.
But this was a vain hope. A large num
ber of Philadelphia bills were before the
Legislature last winter and some of them
uete amendments te the charter which hail
been adopted only two years before. And
if a score of amendments arc net submit
ted te the next Legislature t-wry one who
is watching the course of events will be sur
prised. The same thing is heiitv-ning in New
Yerk. The charter of New Yerk City was
adopted in 1001. A legislative committee
which has been investigating affairs in the
city has just made a report in the course of
which it says thnt slnce 1001 fully KJ00
nmeiidmentH have keen made te the charter,
te W nothing cl, he paurnge of a large
number of general laws which affect the
government of the city.
The committee does net go se far as te
recommend thnt the Constitution be changed
se as te permit the cities of the State te
draft their own charters, subject te gen
eral limitations of power. It docs recom
mend, however, that n greater degree of
home rule be granted te New Yerk be that
when it is desired te abolish efficca or con
solidate departments or create new depart
ments It may be done without troubling the
State Legislature.
The committee is controlled by Republi
cans nnd New Yerk is normally a Demo
cratic city. If It were normally Republi
can the committee would probably have
recommended a plan which would have put
the affairs of the city mere completely in
the hands of its citizens. Its recommenda
tions leave the Legislature with power te
Interfere at will. This power is net likely
te be surrendered lightly by n Republican
majority in Albany. The up-Stnte Repub
lican legislators wish te keep a whlphantl
ever the populous Democratic city for the
political ndvnntagc it gives te them.
Ne such reason for denying home rule te
Philadelphia exists in this State. Yet it has
been impossible te free the city from the
control of Harrisburg. There nre State
laws creating new positions here nnd fixing
salaries, and in general taking the control
of their own government from the people of
this community. A large part of the an
nual budget is fixed by State laws beyond
reduction by the Mayer or the City Council.
And the farce of n dual system of govern
ment is maintained which would be done
nwny with by the passage of the proper
kind of a home rule bill.
ERIN'S POET-STATESMANSHIP
LITTLE new remains of the original Irish
question but the settling dust of nn
ancient conflict, some random echoes of the
great debate that has led te what will
almost certainly be a durable pence In Ire
land nnd n luminous assortment of great
hopes in Dublin, where young nnd ardent
statesmen are thinking net only of n gov
ernment of their own. but of n new way of
life for all their people.
It is a mistake te suppose that the Sinn
Fein Beusht only political freedom. They
seek as well te create or rather te restore
n civilization such ns poets dream of, a
civilization nt once a little less complex and
n little mere kind than thnt te which genera
tions of the recent past have been accus
tomed. The sharpest differences between
Belfast nnd Dublin have net been lines of
religious sepnmtien. Equally marked are
the differences of social and economic out
look. Ulster, talking of Its modernity, Its
hard work, its Industry and its thrift, leeks
with doubt and misgivings nt what it calls
the "unambitieus nnd shiftless Seuth." But
if Ulster is proud of its efficiency nnd its
wealth, Dublin and the Sinn Fein nre proud
of their freedom from Industrial pressure and
of the tranquillity of the simpler life in re
gions where the efficiency man has net yet
penetrated.
The poets and intellectuals who have had
such a large part in the making of the new
Irish Free State de net envy Belfast. In
deed, they hope te establish n civilization
thnt will be ns unlike that of the industrial
North ns it might be unlike the civilization
of Pittsburgh. If the most earnest of the
Sinn Fein lenders have their way the Seuth
of Ireland will net be industrialized in the
modern sense either by Belfast or Londen
or lively minded folk from the United Stntcs.
There are statesmen in Dublin who be
lieve that the right te sing, te wnlk leisurely
in the sun nnd te breathe fresh nir, nnd
leek at u clear sky is quite as Important,
quite as much a thing te be fought for, ns
freedom of government. They have been
dreaming of a state in which there would
he nn organized concern for the hearts nnd
spirits of the people, nnd they believe thnt
such a state can be founded by them and
their associates.
When the plenipotentiaries from Dublin
signed unpronounceable Gaelic names te the
treaty with England there were a great
many practical-minded statesmen who
smiled grimly and said the trouble was be
ginning. But the Dubllners seem te have
sought merely te demonstrate the trend of
their sympathy for old rather than for new
things. They weren't trying te cstnblish
Gaelic as n language of diplomacy. Their
plans may prove difficult of realization or
even impossible. But they are 'nt least
idyllic plans, nnd they nre touched brightly
with the colors of imagination.
The future of the Irish Free State will,
t'..,-ieferc, be a wonderfully interesting thing
i contemplate. Industrialism in its Inrger
f-).:ns is almost everywhere triumphant, nnd
there are men ns wise or wiser than the
Sinn Fein lenders who believe that It is
fundamentally necessary te the progressive
movement of nil modern life. Southern Ire
lnnd is, of course, net without well-organized
Industries, nnd it is no part of the
Sinn Fein program te retard the natural
development of Ireland's national resources.
But they de apparently wish te subordinate
industry te life, te see thnt happiness is
helped rather than hindered in the new
order nnd te have a scheme of existence
which, lu the words of ehe of the poct pect
statesmen of Dublin, shall "satisfy the
heart."
Hew all this is te be accomplished re
mains te be seen. The Dublin Parliament
will contain an unusual number of intel
lectuals who believe that hnppincss is the
right of all people and that you cannot be
happy if your life is all labor and ordered
routine.
THE JOHNSON PICTURES
THE decision of the city net te appeal
from Judge Gest's decision Interpreting
Jehn G. Jehnsen's will disposing of his
pictures and expressing the wish that they
be housed In the residence which he occupied
in Seuth Bread street will be disappointing
te all these who had been hoping thnt the
pnlntlngs would be exhibited lu the new
Art Museum.
The Mayer's order that the house be put
in shape te receive the paintings will involve
the expenditure of a considerable sum of
money. The house is net fireproof and It
in net properly arranged for a museum.
Just what arrangements are te be mnde Is
net yet nnnounced.
Mr. Jehnsen, It is known, wished
thnt the house be preserved as nearly
as possible as it was when lie occupied it
se thnt it might exhibit the pnlntlngs as
they were shown In a private residence, with
none of thu still formality of n public art
gallery.
It Is assumed that as the city Intends
te accept the wish expressed In the Court's
interpretation of the will, it will also accept
se far as possible the wish as te the arrange
ment of the house.
It Is going te be n white
Oh, Christmas Christmas, says the
Weather .Man, which
will please thee who believe that a green
Christmas makes a fat graveyard. It is
true, tee. There have been thirty-two green
Chtistmnscs since 1K71 and they all made
fat grave.Mirds. And se did the fourteen
white Chrlstmases, mid, without doubt, the
three Christmases, presumably brown, black,
blue or pink Christmuses overlooked by the
statistician. True, true! True, also, of the
Fourth of Julj mid All-Feels' Day and the
dny en which the Income tnx is due. All
made fat graveyards. It is one of the tilings
tne unys are iur, tu me vipjn. vruj worry
aoeui it.
HIS PATH WAS SMOOTHED
His Upbringing Proves That Under-
weed Was In Ne 8ense Ever an
Underdog New England
Breakfast Feed
By WILLIAM ATHEBTON DU VVY
OENATOR, OSCAR UNDERWOOD, mem
sJ ber of the American big four nt the
Arms Conference, is net one of your rough-and-tumble,
up-from-thc-grnss-reots poli
ticians. He was born in Louisville, Ky., of "Blue
grass" stock, ns contrasted with "B'nr
Grass," "Pennyr'yal" or "Purchase."
In hfs upbringing he never did a thing se
crass ds te attend public school, but en the
contrary was cnrcfultv tutored in the private
institutions of the Old Seuth.
When he went te the University of Vir
ginia te complete his education, he carried
wjth him a thoroughbred riding horse nnd a
Negro valet te take enre of his clothes.
Finally, as a young lawyer, he went te
Birmingham te hang out his shingle, but net
te endure the customary starving period of
his kind, but en nn advance guarantee of
nn ndequate income.
There he married the daughter of ,T. II.
Woodward, the daddy of the blnsb furnaces
which have made thnt city the Pittsburgh of
the Seuth, with money enough te sink a
ship.
One could hardly say that Oscar has had
n hard life.
IF YOU go back home after twenty years'
absence, nt some point along the wny come
particular thing will happen which mnkes
you knew that j oil arc again in the land
where you went barefooted and took caster
oil.
There is W. W. nushand, for instance,
who 1h Commissioner of Immigration down
in Washington, and who grew up in Ver
mont. Last summer he was tracking back
te the land of his nativity, nnd en the way
it became necessary that he should step nt
n New England village restaurant for break
fast. He settled down nnd the wuitrcsn
took her place with her back against the
wnll. natural like, south by southeast of his
elbow.
"Have you any breakfast feed?" inquired
the Commissioner.
"Yes, sir," said the waitress. "Mince,
apple and pumpkin."
Husband knew he was at home.
MERRITT C. SPEIDEL is new owner of
the only newspaper published in Iowa
City, la., hut two years age was companion
country editor nnd lifelong friend of War
ren G. Harding, ever In Ohie,
It was during the nomination campaign
thnt Mr. Speldcl went out te Iowa te David
Ha rum a bit for the newspaper which is
new his. As a sharp traderhe did net want
the renl purpose of his visit known, se he
pretended te be Interested in politics. Fer
camouflage purposes he asserted boldly that
his friend Harding would get the nomination
for the presidency, and advised Iown Repub
licans who favored Lowden te be satisfied
with the second place en the ticket for their
candidate. He was called te headquarters
and gravely consulted nnd ended the con
ference by making a denl which resulted In
these Iown politicians pinning the button of
Warren G. Harding en their lnpels above
that of Governer Lowden.
Speldcl get his Iown paper, but because
of his prognostications ns te Harding he also
get n reputation for political wisdom which
lias given him high standing in the land of
his new activities.
NOW, let's see, there's Celeman du Pent,
rccentlv appointed United States Sen Sen
aeor from Delaware, the outright owner of
the Equitable Life Assurance Society Build
ing Company, and n string of huge hotels
thnt reaches nil ncress the United States;
numerous coal mines, etcetera, etcetera.
Sennter du Pent has n remarkable memory
for faces and likewise a remarkable mem
ory for numbers, but te save his life he can't
retain the nnmes of the folks he meets.
He was down here in Wnshingten for the
Harding Inauguration nnd put up nt one
of the lending hotels. One night he plnycd
n n.'.ber of bridge with some gentlemen
whom he 1 1 met casually. At the termina
tion of the came one of them suggested that
whenever he had some time te kill he
cnll him up by telephone nnd they would
have another game. Tills .gentleman gave
his name nnd his telephone number.
Just the ether dny Senater du Pent en
countered him en the street. He remembered
his face nnd the eccnslnn upon which they
had met, but he hadn't the slightest idea as
te the man's name. He hailed hiin genially,
however, nnd recalled their former meeting.
"Your memory is most remnrkabie, Sena Sena
eor," said the gentleman. "I am surprised
thnt you should have remembered me se
readily." ,
"I admit it," said Senater du Pent, trust
ing te luck thnt it would net be necessary
te call this man's name. "My memory is
quite rcmarknble. I can even tell you your
telephone number. It is Cleveland 0-1."
This number was correct.
WHEN Elihu Reet wns Secretary of State
the Supreme Court handed down n deci
sion with regard te our Colenlol possessions
and the Premier was being questioned as te
his interpretation of this decision. Did it
mean, lie wns asked, that the Constitution
was net te fellow the flagV
"It seems te fellow It," he said, "but It
does net seem te quite catch up with it."
Upen another occasion, being pressed ns te
the truth of certain statements which were
appearing in the newspapers, he answered
his inquisitors by taking up from Ills desk
n book and reading from it Parson Wcems'
story of Geerge Wnshingten and the cherry
tree. They did net knew whether lie meant
them te take it that these stories were of
questionable accuracy like that of the cherry
tree or whether he meant them te held that
he admitted the truth of these renerta since,
like Geerge, he could net tell a lie.
COLONEL JOHN T. AXTON is the com
manding sky pilot of the United Stntcs.
Army, which Is te say that he Is the chief of
chaplains of that organization. He it was
who did the praying en Armistice Day at
Arlington. Colonel Axien says that te him n
remarkable thing about the present Arms
Conference Is that everybody In the army,
men and officers, is enthusiastically in favor
of their own drastic reduction.
Whenever Colonel Axten Jeadi in prayer
these dnjs, somewhere in that prajer there
is nearly sure te occur that line which says
"that the job en Ged's worktable must new
be done."
Sergeant Sam Woedfills, who went out
nnd get himself nineteen Germans in ene
morning's fighting, and who was selected
bv General Pershing ns thu greatest here
of them all, was co-guest of honor with
Elsie Janis at a dinner ut the National
Press Club Pest of the American Legien
down in Washington.
Aeree.9 the table there sat an efiicer in
uniform who hnd se many service bnrs in
dicating campaigns in which he had par
ticipated thnt the whole front of his jacket
from cellar te Sam Brown belt was covered
with them. Sergeant AVoeilfills sat across
the table and contemplated these bars
throughout the dinner. Finally, he leaned
ever mid whispered te his neighbor :
"Buddy," lie said, "the captain ever there
just don't knew what peace is."
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D ley, who has worked for fifteen years
in Central Amerlen in nn attempt te de
cipher the heireglyphs of the Mayas, "Is
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the two eyea of her baby daughter in the
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Daily Tallcs With T limiting fhiladelphians en Subjects Ttey
Knew Best
POWELL EVAN3
On Traffic Difficulties
TIIE traffic situation in Philadelphia is a
matter which needs the immediate and
careful attention of nil concerned .as well as
of the city authorities in order that condi
tions which nre new sufficiently bad may net
become worse, is the opinion of low ell
Evnns, president of the Automobile Club or
Philadelphia.
"As I see it," said Mr. Evans 'three
pressing problems are associated with me
chanical transportation en our highways and
streets. First, the ordinary policing et
travel; second, the storage of owner-driven
cars mid the parking of empleye driven enrs.
nnd, third, the synchronization of travel
through the congested area of the city.
"The first of these, the ordinary policing
of travel, is well understood by both the
authorities and the community, entirely re
gardless of hew this policing Is performed,
mid requires no detailed discussion.
Storage and Parking
"The second, however, is mere complex
that is, the sternge of the owner-driven car
and the parking of the empleye-driven cnr.
By the owner-driven car I mean the vehicle
in which n man comes te his work in the
morning and does net use the car ngaln
until he is ready te go home for the day.
This requires an nil-day storage.
"The limitations en the use of our
crowded nnd nnrrew streets which caused In
pnrt the recent enforcement by the city au
thorities of existing ordinances hnve passed
beyond what is desirable and the solution of
the traffic problem has new become essen
tial. The city might wisely, however, in con
nection with mere rigid control, provide mich
means of alleviation, especially for owner
driven cars, as can be accomplished.
"The City of Chicago permits nn enor
mous epen-nlr storegc yard en an otherwise
unused lakeside park urea along Michigan
Boulevard. Something of the sort might be
done here te relieve the congestion.
Cars Well Cared Fer
"This area was roughly drained and
covered with cinders. It wns then all in in
ceosed in a strong but inexpensive wire
fencing nnd laid out in orderly streets nnd
alleys under rcgulnted concessions granted
by the city.
"The operators of the concession charge
a nominal fee nnd locate and police the car
for all the. time It is left In their care. A
ticket is issued te the owner, which he sur
renders when he tnkes the car nway.
"This plan seems te me te be n practical
one. perhaps with some slight changes, for
Philadelphia. Thousands of cars could be
stored In this city along the unused nrens
bounding the new Parkway by the joint ac
tion of the city and the Park Commission.
The transportation of the owners from the
places where their cars were stored te the
center of the city could be arranged pos
sibly by having buses run down the Park
way te City Hall for a nominal fare.
Synchronizing Vehicular Travel
"The third point is the synchronization
of travel through the congested areas of the
city. The physical peculiarities of Phila
delphia's geographical plan, consisting as it
does of n large number of usually narrow
gridirened streets, tnnke the movement of
chicuhtr travel of the current magnitude
unusually dangerous and wasteful, unless it
Is thoroughly policed nleng home synchron
ized plan.
"I suggested this plan some years nge,
but apparently the subject had net then
become such a nuisance ns te warrant Its
serious consideration. Later New Yerk City
adopted the plan with respect te Fifth ave
nue and its crossing strectb. The plan is
lurgelv mcchnnienl, consisting of centrally
controlled steps, visible at encli street Inter
section which Is thus regulntcd.
"Flashlights nre employed ns the steps,
namely : red te step, yellow ns a warning
of a change in the slgnul about te come nnd
green te proceed. In ether words, it is n
practical application of the well-known nnd
long-proved railroad signal bybtem te sur
face street control.
Hew It Would Werk Here
"Philadelphia's central city urea Is new
be congested and menaced with vehicular
rnvei eh te warrant tne nppiicatinn of thie
num 10 every mum street intersection be
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tween the two rivers nnd from Race te Pine
street as well as along North Bread street
te the Parkway.
"By such a system, for Instance, when the
release light was flashed for travel down
Chestnut street, a like light would auto
matically flash en every ether controlled
street east and west, nnd simultaneously
every controlled street north nndseuth would
be shut off, say for three minutes or per
haps five. The warning light would Hash
en every intersecting street, notifying nil
vehicles te prepare for a shift in the signals.
Then would fellow the cutoff of travel en
the east and west streets and the resump
tion en every street north uud south ; and
all simultaneously.
"The New Yerk experiment has definitely
shown the practicability of this control,
considered from every nngle of daily experi
ence and regulating n larger and equally
complicated traffic as compared with any
found here.
Big Time-Saving Noted
"The saving there in accidents nnd in
time has been found te be very marked. It
is also noted thnt when the public became
accustomed te this visual control it respected
it almost ns faithfully in the absence of the
police as, for instance, during certain hours
en Sunday, ns It did when the police were
actually present
"It would seem most desirable at this time
for these in charge of the solution of Phila
delphia's traffic problem te studv it with
great care. They might profitably collect
the results of the experiences of ether great
communities with icgard te their trnffic
difficulties and then apply them here, and
de It speedily."
Today's Birthdays
Theodere E. Burten, former United States
Senater, new n Representative from Ohie,
born nt Jeffersen, O., seventy years age.
David B. Haiinn, president of the Cana
dian National Railways, burn in Scotland
sixty-three years age.
Elsie ile Wolfe, formerly prominent ns an
actress of the American stage, born in New
Yerk City hfty-six years age,
Rebert Lee Williams, former Governer of
Oklahoma, born at Brundidge, Ala., iifty
threc years uge. J
Branch Rickey, president of the St. Leuis
National League baseball club, born at
Lucusvllie, O., forty years age.
What De Yeu Kneiv?
QUIZ
What is the shortest day In the year?
Who composed the musie te "Heme
fcweet Heme"? eme,
WhaUs the title of the ruler of Afghanis-
When did Henry Clay die?
what are the heardings?
curieB"nd W"at nre th0 P1Ila of Her-
WnI;trunhCSnnarb3 b0 culIed
What Is gules?
W word "unnleT rmM" of the
8.
S.
10.
Answers te Yesterday's Quiz
1. The (Jcodetle Survey lnvestliratrH tu
curvature of the. earth with iJL V1?
relation te coast lines especial
2. The full name of the present rinv.
&M" 3lnn SJKS
3- raSne?t25Sllr W.?0,,(M,en '"
4. Lord Illrkcnheau is the nr.rmi t .,
r Clmrt;ell?r I,fv BnKlnnu! ' reSent Lord
C. The erlBln.il erf the character of D-Arf.,.
nnn In Dumas' "The Thri mT ''
cera" was Charles ,1b Vantz c."1"""''
d'Artnrmnn, Gascon Bentlemnn lBhSur
at huplne about 1611 Kmi k fieri' n.befn
siege of Mnestrlcht In 1073 d nt ,no
C. Camllle Salnt-fiaenB wis "iH v,
musical composer. inBne,He,J'renc,
18.U-1021. dates nre
7. Twe of IiIh most fameun works are th
opera "Hamsen and Delilah" VinH-n-i
Danse Macabre." "L"un nd "I he
8. "Teut ensemblii" means nencrni . .
ttie thins viewed ,H ii ut nil "&'
literal meaning Is a t Utl or ' h0
9" U ' - uncecfet!!tCoret ahn.
10. Eumcnldc -of th Or .,
in eluHslcal mythology c' V-0&a
,iHf,tti.,
SHORT CUTS
Lord Rlddcll, it would appear, Is mighty
easy te read.
What is the Dall Eireann going te grrt
Erin for Christmas?
There's a suggestion of near beer in
France's naval ratio figures.
What the wise nation inevitably learns
Is that deficits are worse than taxes.
The performing seal thnt performs tit
most efficiently is the Christmas seal.
In the mntter of the Christmas stecklnt
every amateur Santa Ciaus depletes his roll
for his own.
The man who invented the spring bed
has just died, aged ninety-three. May hla
sleep be peaceful.
What motorists will have te de is te
build another city with wide streets and 1
let of parking places.
There are prisons and prisons. Who
could blame Debs If he looked with cnvleui
eyes en Karl nnd Zitn?
"Ferget the unpleasant past," urges a
local lecturer. And nmeng these who borrow
small sums hp has many devotees.
Ragpicker in Seattle left $4.000. Why
shouldn't he, demands Tem Farrell, when
his business wns alwnys picking up?
Three bandits' get $10,000 in a Nw
Yerk theatre held-up. Thnt was one creek
play that didn't net the management any
thing. Judging by opposition te the pec
pacts In Washington and Dublin the big Jeb
nowadays is te make democracy safe for
the world.
Governments thnt accept the G-.V3
naval ratio and people who favor absolute
disarmament mny new alike modify their
transports.
It may be that by the time the rail
road problem Is solved ulr transportation
will have mnde the settlement a work of
supererogation.
The latest wrinkle in hosiery, we are
informed, is the embroidered knee. We noir
await the enterprising Individual with abil
ity te remove wrinkles.
One of the things thnt affect reparation
negotiations between Germany nnd France
nnd England Is the necessity each bus of
allaying the suspicions of the ether.
A committee of the Nntiennl Research
Council Is endeavoring te answer the ques
tion. "De metals get tired?" But don't H
men who shave themselves already knew th
answer?
When n woman's hair is gene she knewl
it won't return, se buys some mere; but
man, peer man, pours money en his hcaa
nnd hopes and hopes and hopes. This, In
effect, snys the Director of the Bureau of
Health Education of New Yerk. Would It
be proper, dear Alphense, te speak of this
ns a. bald statement of fact?
In the matter of a naval ratio Franrt
may be expected te yield gracefully for value
received. What she wants is net se much
a larger navy ns assurance of national
safety. Nowadays the world is beginning te
lpek en sen armament net se much as
Jewel te be worn as a burden te be borne.
And it may be La Bclle France has read
"David Harum" with profit.
Albert Ism is the name
Mntrimeny of a new feminist prta
Up te Date clple according timid
males the right te do
mestic duties while the sturdier wife go
out and innken the living. It sounds tee
funny te be true, but the idea is seriously
advanced. We tuggest us a battle hymn e!
the new cult :
Dure te be nn Albert !
Dure te stay at home !
D.ire te be a lowly wemi
And let the wifie ream!
Which, be it noted, is neither a sneer li th
woman who works nor nt the man, fereM
by imhs'rlnl conditions te he idle, wrf.
helps nre'und thu hcusw.
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