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Philadelphia, Wrdnridar, December 21, 1921
THE BRIDGE COST
rpriK submission of a bid for sinking the
L caissons and building the foundations
for the steel piers of the Delaware River
ttrtdge tbnt is $2e0,000 below the esti
mated cost in the engineer's report must be
gratifying te the Bridge Commission.
The low bid is $1,000,275. The highest bid
was $2,55e.00. This great discrepancy is
uetunusunl in such cases. The difference
between the sums that different contractors
will offer te de work for has been a con
stant marvel te th"c who fellow such mat
tr. The contract will net be awarded until
the commission meets today. The engi
neer's estimate vus made several months
age: The cost of mnterials hits fallen since
then and the wages of labor are rendjust
It'g themselves .te normal conditions. It is
hoped that as the work progresses all the
bids will fall below the estimates in the
same proportion. If this hope is realized
the bridge will cost $.".000,000 or $4,000.
000 less than was expected.
If the award for the foundations for the
piers is made at once the celebration ar
ranged t" signalize the beginning of work
en January 0 will have something mere
than a mere anticipation te slrlfy. The
coin mission without doubt will de its utmost
te have a contractor en the ground with
material evidence that work has begun.
PROTECTING THE PUBLIC
BICKETSHOPS are forbidden by law.
et they manage in some way te persist,
for the information of the uninitiated, it
nil) be said that a bucketshep is a fake
broker's eliine. It has n stock ticker ever
which it gets reports of sales from the New
Yerk Stock Exchange and pests the figures
en u beard. Its customers "buy" and
"ip-11" stocks, in the hope that they may
make u ivw dollars en the rise or fall in the
quotations. Hut there is never any legiti
mate transaction in stocks. The broker
never semis an order out of his office nnd a
share of stock never comes into the office
te be delivered te a customer. The cus
tomers merely bet en the rise or fall of a
Stock,
The New Yerk Stock Exchange bus been
investigating the methods of business of fcv
ral brokers in ether cities who have been
vjspeeted of "certain irregularities" and it
has ordered that the telegraph wires nnd
Hteck tickers be taken out of their offices.
The offending brokers are charged with
quilting prices of stocks te th?ir customers
that differed from the actual prices at which
these stocks were sold.
It has net yet been disclosed whether any
of the effendlnj brokers, arc in this city, but
it Is known that there bnve been brokers
here who have net conducted their business
as it should be done. One firm is in the
Bankruptcy Court, with criminnl charges
pending against some of its members. When
a lirm engaged in a legitimate brokerage
business lays Itself open te such charges it
is about time tliu stock exchange paid
some serious attention te the character of
U brokers receiving its newH service.
NEW BLOOD AT THE UNIVERSITY
rIB five vacancies recently existing in
the Beard of Trustees of the University
of Pennsylvania have presented problems
both of delicacy and vital importance.
While it is desirable that governing
uedies In education be guided by experience
rnd traditions, it is essential also that ob
stacles should net be raised against the in
fusion of new ideas through members rep
resenting a newer generation. The main
tenance of a balance between the sobriety
of, age and the refreshment of youth, be
tween conservatism and innovation, is the
ideal.
The difficult demands of the situation have
Tieen well met in the selections thus far
made. The choice of Charles Day and Dr.
Charles J. Hatfield, disclosed a few weeks
age, is evidence of sound judgment, which
Is emphasized again in the designation of
Themas S. Gates as the newest trustee. Mr.
Gates, lawyer and financier of distinction,
is intellectually and temperamentally well
fitted for his new responsibilities.
It is said that the two remaining vacan
cies will be supplied by out-of-town alumni.
When these pests are filled by trustees of
the caliber of the recent appointees the
University will have bubstantially pro
gressed in a reconstructive work which, ac
. erding te expectations, will be crowned by
ihe $10,000,000 endowment campaign and
by the installation of General AVoed as chief
executive.
UNHAPPY IMMIGRANTS
IT IS reported from Ellis Island that im
migrants brought te this country from
many parts of Southern Europe and held
for deportation because quotas permissible
under I lie new restrictive laws were filled
when they arrived will have the unhappicst
C'uristmas of their lives. And it is a great
plti that there is no law under which the
fcteamship companies that brought them te
this bide of the world in violation of the
law might be compelled te contribute all
a lint is needed for their comfort and their
lc-establishment In the regions they left.
The new immigration Law may be in
Fenie ways deficient or hursh, but it has
served one. (excellent purpose. It Les re
vealed te the whole country the fundamental
cause of some of the troubles which we have
eeen experiencing in this country as a re
suit of a tee heavy incoming tide of the
foreign -born. Transportation companies
liave ranged Europe for years hunting for
people with whom te fill their steerage
luarters. Te them the immigrant is a
xource of profit an assurance of a steady
income. Steamship lines were hard hit by
tb restrictive Immigration Laws, And a
few of them undertook actually te set them
selves above the Congress of the United
States. The result of their untempered
greed is disaster te thousands of unfor
tunates who tore tip their roots and sold
their homes in Europe only te be barred
and turned back at the gates of America.
A HOOVER BY ANOTHER NAME
IS NEEDED TO RUN THE FAIR
The Prompt Declination by the Secretary
of Commerce Should Be Followed
by a Prompt Invitation te
Seme One Else
OECRETARY HOOVER'S decision te re-
mnin in Washington nnd complete the
reorganization of the Department of Com
merce, instead of coming te liillndclphla te
take charge of the lD-'O Fair, does credit
te his sense of loyalty.
This much must be admitted, however
deeply it is regretted that the arrangements
for the Fair nrc net te have the benefit of
his active direction.
But for nil this. Mr. Hoever's visit te
Philadelphia was net in vain. He has con
centrated attention en what must be done
if the undertaking Is te succeed. There
must be an ideal behind It which will stir
the imagination net only of the American
States, but of the nations of the world.
It will net be difficult le agree ou what
that ideal is te be. A little thought en
what has happened in the fifty years slnee
the centennial of the adoption of the Decla
ration of Independence wns celebrated In
1870 will indicate the line te be pursued.
There has been astounding material progress,
se that what were luxuries tfien are necessi
ties new, nnd many things have been in
vented nnd arc in common use which were
net foreshadowed by any of the exhibits
then.
Hut there has been an expansion of Ideas
also. The world is smaller, drawn together
by the discovery of a cemniuiuty of Interest
disclosed by the mere intimate contacts
brought nbeut by the modern inventions.
Asia is In the next county and Europe is in
the next street. There is an interchange of
idens nnd ideals which Is elevating the com
mon man and broadening the foundations of
democracy nnd making for that human
brotherhood of which dreamers used te talk
with u wistful longing, undershot with a
note of despair.
A great International exhibition, fe organ
ized ns te exploit the material, moral and
political revolution of the last half century,
could net help being brilliantly successful."
Hut it would have te be arranged by men
with vision nnd initiative. Mr. Hoever
would have made an ideal Director General.
As he says he is net available, it is Im
portant that the Executive Committee mem
bers bestir themselves te get n Hoever by
nnether name.
There are such men. Mr. Hoever would
be the first te deny that he is unique. Seme
of these men have been mentioned. Among
them is Matthew Brush, who get Heg Island
Inte working shape. Anether is Charles M.
Schwab, a I'ctms.vlvanlan by birth but a
citizen of the world, with contacts In all the
continents. And still nnether is General
Goethals, who built the Panama Canal. This
does net exhaust the list.
These men have had wide executive ex
perience in mnnaglng great enterprises, nnd
they have accomplished what they have
undertaken. They are equipped te plan
broadly and te enlist the support of capable
men in the execution of their plans.
Mr. Hoever Indicated his appreciation of
the fact that no time is te be lest when he
gave a prompt answer te the invitation te
take charge of the Fair. He realized that
the lender must be secured at once if the
best results were te fellow his activities.
The committee cannot de better than te
fellow his example and tnrtte one of the
ether men whom it must have had tinder
consideration as nn alternative and Invite
him without unnecessary delay.
WHY DEFEND LYNCHERS?
DEBATE en the proposed Anti-Inchinc
Law will be resumed in Congress after
the holidays, and there is no geed reason
why the measure Bheuld net be pnssed with
out delay.
Lynching in itself is a great evil that
leads te greater ones. It encourages mob
spirit in politics and it must result in
evitably in the peculiar sort of manin that
led te the fhameful scandal of the new
Ku Klux. There is no imaginable geed
that mob law can accomplish. And it is a
matter of record that at least CO per cent
of the victims of lynching parties have been
innocent of wrong.
There is wisdom behind the effort te en
act a Federal law under which counties in
which mob rule is permitted te progress te
a point where life is sacrificed be compelled
te pay heavy Indemnity te the family of
the victim. Such n prevision ought te be a
valuable stimulus te the public officials who
are either tee cowardly or tee careless te
protect prisoners committed te their care.
HOOVER'S CORN
HERBERT HOOVER continues te be one
of the most silent nnd efficient men in
all Washington. It wns at his wirnest
behest, backed by President Harding, that
Congress set aside $li0,000,000 for the pur
chase of corn te be sent te the relief of
the starving people in Russia.
Cern has been selling at seventeen cents
n bushel in Iowa. Farmers have been going
broke. They have been burning their crops
because grain' is cheaper than cenl. It Is
net pleasant te think of corn being used in
furnaces while millions of helpless men,
women and children are perishing slowly of
hunger.
Hoever's corn fund will help the farmers
enormously. It will help Russia. And
before very long, when the people of Russia
have time te reflect again, it will he a
greater force for International political geed
than the speeches of a hundred statesmen.
THE MOONSHINE COMPLEX
MR. DAVIS, of Blairsville. wne Wls
trained for the ministrj and wandered
far te the Pennsylvania Legislature, hinted
broadly after a long interview with Senater
Penrose that he will seen succeed William
C. McConnell ns Prohibition Enforcement
Director in Pennsylvania.
Running parallel with this news in the
papers was the dispatch announcing the
belief of Secretary Mellen that beer nnd
light wines Bheuld be legalized in order that
the revenue derived from taxation ceulu be
used te provide Federal benubes for former
service men.
The Treasury always has revealed symp
toms of n tender feeling for light wines nnd
beer. It is just possible that some of the
officials in Washington are mere deeply con
cerned about the lighter brews than they
are about cx-seldlers.
Meanwhile, however, the ghost of Barley
corn is appearing iu a new guise te haunt
i
and trouble all men who seek nnd occupy
offices such as that te which Mr. Davis, of
Blairsville, new aspires. Seme one has
said and said with a geed deal of truth
that we are rapidly becoming n Natien of
moenshiners. In cities and out of them the
home still Is becoming ns common ns kitchen
ranges nnd bathtubs. Pennsylvania is said
te be producing a veritable flood of white
lightning. Heme brew is being pushed te
the wnll by home whisky. Particularly in
the farm and erchnrd areas distilling Is ad
vancing te the category of favorite indoor
sports.
Mr. Davis nnd the Federal enforcement
officers generally will have te find a way te
elimlnnte moonshine befere they can mnKe
any part of the United States really "dry."
A DISGRACEFUL EPISODE
HE IS a daring statesman who applies the
ordinary rules of common sense te the
language of diplomacy. At least se it
appears from the embarrassment of Presi
dent Harding, whose lucid Interpretation of
Article 1 of the Four-Power treaty Is re
vealed as contrary te the subtle construc
tion given te the integrity of the possessions
clause by the delegated negotiators In the
Washington sessions.
Mr. Ledge, whose glib references te
Rebert Browning, Hcrinnn Melvllle. and
Rebert Leuis Stevenson betrayed InNhls
treaty presentation speech a few weeks nge
Heme ncjuaintnnce with literature, Fccms
te have been reticent concerning the partic
ular subject which he was supposed te be
discussing.
The announcement that the parties te the
pact nre. by its text, pledged te respect the
Integrity of Japan, ns well as that of the
detached island possessions in the Pacific,
is followed by a revised view from the
White Heuse.
By whatever standards judged, it is plain
that the American commissioners have
played .both the President nnd the public a
shabby trick. If the treaty does net mean
what it was deemed, by the ordinary proc
esses of ratiocination, te mean, informa
tion en this point was due en December 10.
Senater Iedge's flagrant dereliction oc
curred en that date, when the pact was
made public.
It is instructive te note that the very
objection which he formerly raised te Arti
cle X of the League of Nations Covenant
is reflected in the meaning which is new
ascribed te the first article of the Pacific
compact.
This newspaper has never Iwcn anions
the critics which scented danger in the spirit
of Article X. It Is new convinced that
there is no peril in a pledge te "respect"
the homeland of Japan. The obligation en
that part of the contracting nations if
mutual, and if Japan is te be safeguarded
at the outset, where de the possibilities of
aggression or war te protect the Mikade's
empire lie?
But the misrepresentation of intentions
has been disgraceful. It has furnished the
sensational Jrrecencilnblcs with pellticnl
ammunition nnd resulted in nn indictment
of the President of the United States for
nn honest interpretation of the English lan
guage. If the treaty docs net mean what
It says, prompt verbal revision is In order.
THE SUBMARINE OBSTACLE
AS HAS been foreshadowed for some
weeks, success of the disarmament pro
gram will In the end rest upon adjustment
of the submnrlne problem. With formal
French concessions regarding capital ships
definitely in sight, the status of submersibles
becomes the only question in arms reduction
likely te disturb the harmony of the dele
gations. The British, it is understood, will plend
in public session for the total abolition of
the under-sea instrument. Of the popu
larity of the general principles which, pre
sumably, they will advance there can be
little doubt.
It was submarine outrages which drew
America into the war. It was brutality in
the use of submarines which was funda
mentally the cause of the international
odium which was Germany's unenviable
portion.
The United StateN alleging weakness in
length of coast line, is said te favor te
some extent the retention of submerged
craft as a war weapon. It is the French
nnd Italian contention that submarines con
stitute the cheapest defense of nations net
engaged in upper-cale naval enterprises.
Practical arguments tints clnsh with
these grounded in emotional revulsion te a
cruel, in n sense cowardly, and unquestion
ably a once abhorred method of modern war
making. Outside professional circles Amer
ican public opinion is unsympathetic te sub
marines. A plan involving substantial limitation of
the construction of under-sea vessels would
conform te the spirit of humanity, which
furnishes the moral strength of the Wash
ington Conference.
The work ahead is delicate in the extreme.
It Ih encouraging te note that no crisis of
the sessions has yet proved tee severe fe
resist the application of intelligent and
bread-minded methods of compromise.
It is noteworthy that in
Open Grouse Season Upper Silesia. In Po
land and in Czecho
slovakia there seem te be general belief that
the League of Nations is functioning.
Which, of course, does net prevent the
chronic grouch from fulminating against it.
The chronic grouch is one who turns the
milk of human kindnebs into a piece of
cheese.
What De Yeu Knew?
QUIZ
"Where was the Orange Free State?
"What Is n perimeter?
"What Is an eread?
What is the origin of the ulans word
"truy" applied te persons?
,'ara two Kinds of animals which lay
ckks nr.d nurs their yeunp.
Fer hew long a period are members of
the Heuse of Representatives elected?
Where an'l when was the Battle of White
Plains fought and who were the bellig
erents" Hew many ships were scuttled by the
Germans) at Scapa. Flew In 1019?
What American State has u special Court
of Industrial Relations?
When was the first Federal Chinese ex
clusion law passed?
Answers te Yesterday's Qulr
In most parts of the country December
21 Is the shortest day of the year
The music of "Heme. Sweet Heme," te
words of Jehn Heward Payne, was
composed by Sir Henry It. Bishop In
1833 and first sung In the opera
"Clarl, or the Maid of Milan."
Ameer Is the title of the ruler of Afghani
stan. Henry Clay died in 1852.
Heardings nre fences of beards around
buildings during erection or repairs
often used for posting bills, '
The Pillars of Hercules are the rocky
elevations at the entrance te the
Mediterranean at the Strait of Gibral
tar. They are specifically the Reek of
Gibraltar en the European aide and the
mountain, DJebel Musa, en the Afri
can shore.
Hansom cabs are be called nfter Hansom
their patentee, In 1834.
An Iffuana la a large West Indian and
Seuth American tree lizard,
Gules Ib the name given In heraldry te
red en a shield or coat-of-arms.
Gunwula should be pronounced "gun'I "
AS ONE WOMAN SEES IT
Curiously Enough, Ne Country Hae
Yet Thought of Setting Up a Monu
ment for the Army Nurse This
Age May Be Known aa the
Age of Service
By SARAH I). LOWKIE
THE American women who served over
seas during the war, and lately organ
ized as the American Weman's Overseas
Legien, had n dinner the ether evening, at
which the out-of-town guest e honor was
Mrs. Rebert Meade
It was rather a touching occasion te mc,
who, having been a stay-at-home, wns there
that night merely ns an interested looker-en.
It wns also a distinguished occasion by rea
son of the personnel of the members present.
Yeu realized, en examining the groups at
the vnrleus round tables, that thev hail net
Just happened te get en the ether side during
the war. I never saw a mere quietly force
ful, mero carefully set-up crowd of women.
They ccrtnlnly were the fittest, and thnt they
survived some of the hnrdshlps they had te
cope with proves thnt these in authority
who gave them leave te go knew what they
were about.
I should have liked nothing better thnn
te have learned straight from some of them
what they had been "up against." but they
had a pleasant aloofness en points touching
hardships that made me shy of searching for
details. One of them laughed when she men
tioned casually that she hnd net had a bath
for nine conbecutive months ever there, and
never enough water te wash mere than an
Inch or two at a time. They agreed wllh
me tliat these of us who stayed at. home
would never knew what war was like; its
nwfulness could net be put into speech.
One ether characteristic : There wns
scarcely any npplniisc for the speeches and
very little laughter possible, either in what
was said or what the audience tempted the
speakers te suy by their attitude ns listeners.
THERE was nothing tragic nbeut them;
they were, en the contrary, rather matter-of-fact,
but thev were gravely mnlter-ef-fact.
As you looked in their faces you
could see purpose, force, discretion, ex
perience, charm, but mostly what you felt
yas their gravity.
They had had se much in common that
they spoke a language interspersed with
symbols. All the organizations te which
they had belonged Yeung Men's Christian
Association. Yeung Women's Christian As
sociation, Red Cress, Friends' Reconstruc
tion, Ambulance Cerps, Jewish, Catholic.
Emergency Aid, elc. were known by let
ters rather than names, and the sort of work
that was done, the places where they were
quartered and the army branches they came
under were all known by short-cuts of
speech, se thnt I was Jcft laboriously spell
ing in the Tear while I listened te the re
ports. But I should say that that crowd of
doctors and nurses and canteen nnd recon
struction workers who had come out of the
great tribulation of the war with a still
greater common memory of u unique ex
perience could make themselves felt In their
day and generation if they ever chose te
unite for any purpose except te remember.
It seemed from their ,reports thnt they
had, n.s an organization, lent a hand this
year new te this naval or thnt military pest,
with a view te helping the enlisted men
through the boredom of barrack or hospital
existence, but I wondered If such interests
would really held most of them for an ap
preciable time. It struck me thnt what
really struck fire out of them wns net that
"sep te Cerberus," that amelioration of the
drastic conditions of u whole system, but the
whole question of the possibility of eventual
disarmament, the stepping of war rather
than the mitigation of the soldiers' hard
ships. I MAY have misinterpreted what I saw
and heard, and rend into the atmosphere
mere thnn was at least consciously there.
But I felt as though the gravity nt the men
tion of war and its results had n significance
that was very arresting. These women have
earned a right te nn opinion en war that
these of us who stayed at home cannot chal
lenge. I am wondering If their testimony
may net be an even greater asset te our na
tional conscience than their unselfish bcrvice
wns te our national reputation.
They will always find hearers and re
spectful henrers, these women, should they
cheese te spenk en the suffering that results
from misused political power. They have
been very silent, very reserved, really, about
their knowledge. Which tuny account for
the fact that the Natien has betablctcd al
most every ether variety of war here, from
the army mule te the unknown soldier, nnd
emitted both iu Europe nnd in this country
te place a public memorial for an army
nurse.
Yet the nrmy nurses must have saved the
lives of thousands of American men, just as
the canteen worker lifted the morale of
hundreds of thousands. Mrs. Meade, who
wns the Y. M. C. A. officer in charge of
recruiting nnd assigning these "Y" canteen
girls, was a person of such power, nnd such
ability te use that power during the war,
that her presence at the dinner the ether
night would have made it an event for most
of us quite npart from the rest of the pro
gram. Frem her headquarters in Paris hundreds
and hundreds of girls were sent or their
great errands of cheerfulness te all the divi
sions of the American Army where "Y"
huts were opened, nnd her charm and kind
ness and her decision made her felt as n
force for American geed feeling nnd right
thinking the length and breadth of France.
Ne wonder she was chosen again last sum
mer te go te Poland, and up te the very
border of Russia Itself, te report en the
canteen arrangements and en the reconstruc
tion and en the relief work thnt Is helping
Poland stem the cress-currents of war and
fnminc, Prusslanlsm and bolshevism, In that
barely reorganized nationality.
SHE traveled under very exceptional cir
cumstances through Poland te the Rus
sian border, nnd then down through Czecho
slovakia te Prague. Her tale of her ad
ventures nnd the terrible conditions that
were revealed te her en the Russian border,
where the Poles, thnt have been wandering
outcasts hunted through Russia since the
fall of the Czar, are new crossing in shat
tered groups, te find nothing left of their
former homes or their villages or towns but
nsh heaps or dugouts; and her talc of the
finding of the remnants of the Russian
Ukrainian Army in a camp of 0000 or mere
tiddlers interned outside Prague, and of her
rescue of one of the Russian officer's chil
dren nnd journey with the little girl from
Itussln te Prague, sound like something out
of the memoirs of the French Revolution.
I nsked the man who sat next te me nt
dinner a man very conscious of the present
nnd of its relation te the past hew te a
future, generation our age would be sum
marized nnd epitomized by n phrase or u
word, as the eighteenth century wns sum
marized us the Age of Revolution, nnd the
sixteenth century ns the Age of Reformation,
and the fourteenth century as the Renais
sance, nnd the fifteenth century as the Age
of Discovery, and se en. He dismissed the
idea nt first as impossible of prophecy, nnd
then he named it suddenly in the midst of
his after-dinner siecch as thfl "Age of
Service."
I have wondered ever since If he wasn't
right.
Every family in town
Merry Christmas being assured of some
thing te eat en Christ
inns Day we permit ourselves te become Joy
ous ever the Christmas tree te be provided
by lecnl societies for horses, dogs nnd cnts.
In the meantime we express the hope that
every unemployed man may find a job In his
Christmas stocking.
The Philadelphia mint will seen be
turning out a new bilver dollar te be known
us the pence dollar. It is interesting te re
member in this connection that one Is al
ways nble te purchase mere with a peace
dollar than with n War dollar. Which re
minds ub that we nre short of a wheeze con
cerning the shortest day in the year except
the obvious one. itix one up rer yeurei.
.y'
-A-.-. GOOD WORK!
NO W MY IDEA IS THIS !
Talks With Thinking Philadelphia en Subjects They
Knew Best
Daily
E. D. B. NEUHAUSER
On the Out-of-Deers
MASTER minds of the world have been
developed in the weeds or out of doers,
says E. D. II. Ncuhnuser, n paper manu
facturer, who laments the fact that he is
one of these busy business men who have
devoted their time exclusively te business
nnd neglected te develop a hobby eatly in
life. Yet, since he had a taste of the life in
the open a few years nge, he has become an
all-around out-of-deer man.
"There is a theory thnt I am inclined te
believe," said Mr. Ncuhauscr, "that all
human inspiration comes from the atmos
phere. It Is remarknble that most of our
great men have come from the country nnd
very few from the cities. Life in the open
brings out the best there is in n man nnd ia
bound te be reflected in his character.
Net All Rough nnd Uncouth
"Take the woodsmen, for exnmple. Most
people picture them as being great, rough,
uncouth fellows, and I did myself, until n
few years age, when I spent some months In
the Mninc weeds In the company of a num
ber of woodsmen and guides. That was a
revelation te mc.
"I found them te be as whole-seuled und
clean -living n group of men as could be
found nnywhere the kind of men I would
be glad te put my boys alongside of. They
had a wholesome outlook en life and didn't
knew there were nny such things tfs nerves.
If every business man would spend his lei
sure time In the open he would find it would
benefit net only his health but his business
also, for it gives him a broader outlook and
increases his patience, which is always a
business nsset.
"Anether great thing about lift in the
open is that it teaches men te commune with
themselves. A night beside the campfirc,
an afternoon nt the end of a trout red or a
morning's pursuit of game enforces silence
nnd gives a man a chance te become ac
quainted with himself. There is a certain
feeling of calmness In the weeds and fields
which is contagious, and it does net take
long te make itself felt and, If experienced
often enough, te become n part of a man who
lives a part of his life iu the open.
"Seme years age I met Harry B. Weed,
! The Performing Seals j
THE Ballyhoo Man, Silntn Clans,
Stands at the Christmas gate,
Ills eyes alight with pride because
lie knows his cause is great.
"Step in!" lie cries. "This show is for
The man wle thinks and feels!
The finest stunt pulled since the war !
The Red Cress Christ iurs seals."
The Ballyhoo 5Ian smiles and says.
"Just watch these seals perform!
They muke geed In n thousand ways !
Thev make the chilly warm;
Thev aid the peer; they heul the sick,
And give them wholesome meals.
Step In and see the joyous trick- .
Performing Bcl (-'rK! Heals!"
Old Snntu ns he ballyhoos
Each tender heart must touch.
"Step in! And pay juht what you cheese!
It need net cost you much !"
Whereat the crewil takes his advice.
Soen joyous laughter peals.
Each heart that once wns cake of ice
In thawed by Christmus seals.
"Put up a dollar or u cent!
Ne matter! De your best!
Once you're Inside the canvas tent
The seals will de the rest!"
They de! Upen nn envelope
Each dances jigs and reels
Till laughter's born! And health! And
hope I
Because of Red Cress seals I G. A.
A Chicago bootlegger who guaranteed a
souse for thirty cents get off with a fine of
$50 and cestn when haled Inte court be
cause his price was reasonable. Justice may
be blind, but bhe knows the value of n kick.
Reports of the Y. M. C. A. nnd the
Department of Commerce say that American
sports are becoming popular abroad. It is
a healthful sign. When there is interna
tional rivalry in sports there will be less
likelihood of wnr
of Mnnchcster, England, who has one of
the most remarknble collections of golf balls
and clubs In the wer.ld. He was first In
terested in golf and became a devotee te the
game, then he became interested in the
evolution of the game and started te collect
balls nnd clubs of various kinds and finally
of vnrleus periods In the history of the
game. He has one of the eldest golf bnlls in
existence nnd claims te have every evolution
of the golf club.
By Lere of Outdoors
"All that grew out of his interest in an
out-of-deer game. Besides that he is a
remarkably astute business' man, and his
business has net suffered because of his
hobby, but, en the ether hand, his interest in
the history of golf has caused him te have a
correspondence which is world-wide nnd
which has tended te broaden him and te
place him in touch with people all ever the
world, some of whom have become business
correspondents.
"A man who has a real Interest In the
out-of-deer will always find some ene who
is interested in the same kind of things, and
yet if he doesn't he can still enjoy hlmstlf
by getting out In the open nnd indulging his
hobby. When he is worried nnd irritable a
little while in the weeds or fields, where he
seen forgets all his cares, restores him, and
hc( feels like a new man en his return.
As I said, life in the open gives u man a
certain calmness, nnd increases his patience
and broadens his vision. I don't think there
is nnythlng that will de se much for n man
as spending n geed part of his time out of
doers.
HUMANISMS
By WILLIAM ATHERTON DU PUY
A BRITISHER attending the Washington
Conference was, the ether day, relating
a story of Austen Chamberlain, the veteran
of English politics. Mr. ChamDerlaln was
one day in the lobby of a Londen hotel when
he wns nppreached by a timid man, who
nsked :
''.May I "peak te ypu for a moment?"
Certainly," said Mr. Chamberlain.
.,,-. l .can tly u here," said the veuth.
(an t we find a place of greater privacy?"
ihe cautious young mnn led Mr. Cham
ber am into n dark corridor, where lie ex
plained that he was en the staff of n well
known paper nnd would like te get the view
of the Minister en the Transvaal question,
which was then te the fore.
"Very well," said the statesman, with a
dark find mysterious leek. "Come with mc."
And he led the young reporter through a
maze of hns amI ,Ilt0 tjlc ebsCur0.st d
darkest corner he could find, and from that
point looked ureiind cautiously and then in
a suppressed whisper said :
about ii1-""'1' J re"'Iy Ien,t 1(D0,V "Whins
e e
As an illustration of the manner in which
newspaper reporters may contribute te he
success of these with whom thev come in
contact. Commander Wells Hawks, of the
navy, tcllu the following story. '
He was a newspaper reporter in New Yerk
nt the time Mayer Gayner was shot am
was one of the twenty-flve or se of his Wnd
who kept the death watch of the Mnver for
the weeks that followed. Hawks in fet
was officially chosen "Chairm. in ef'tl 2 r.,'
nor Death Watch." Ule Gaj
These newspaper men could de little mero
than hang around nnd await the bullc ins
that were handed out by the numerous doc dec doc
teri, who attended the stricken nyer " T&
bulletins were very colorless and the nlcki.s
were net geed. The stories res, king , 'c?e
ns umiatlsfaotery te some of U.e doctors nt
tcndirig as they were te the newspaper men
Hnnlly. one of these doctors, a practitioner
from Hoboken, protested thnt lie was net
getting his nime in the paper, held tw
he was being discriminated against.
"I'll tell you what te de," one of the re
porters told the man from Hoboken "The
next time a bulletin is issued, you demur and
file a minority report." uren"
The man from Hoboken did this very thine
nnd stnrted a great controversy among the
doctors, made smashing headlines, furnished
sensational copy for days te come, lifted
himself from obscurity and became u well
known figure in the medical world.
SHORT CUTS
Hew can nnybedy as fat as Santi
Claua be u myth?
Uncle Sam's idea is that a million saved
is- a million earned.
It will always be possible te taken reef
in the sales tax when it raises the wind.
Don't try te feel your conscience by
using last year's Red Cress Christmas seals.
The latest literary note from the war
front is te the effect that Ralsull is bound
In Morocco.
Charlie Chaplin, it would appear, hj
again stepped u pin with his face, and then
put his feet in it.
Une trouble with the Department of
Commerce is that it is keeping a geed man
nwny from Philadelphia.
The Yeung Lady Next Doer But One
wishes te knew if it is the bell weevil mat
gives the cotton gin its kick.
It is hard at Christmas time for (be
impecunious ene te believe that it is mete
blessed te give than te receive.
"Every Step in Beekeeping" is the
name of a recent book. We suggest as
eub-title, "Watch It or You'll Get Stun;.",
The chief value of the Conference for
the Limitation of Armament is that it paves
the way for a future disarmament confer
ence.
The.sc who quote Washington en "en
tangling alliances" invariably slur ever til
phrase, 'our detached and distant suui
tlen."
1.Aa. ill a V.Aiinft- -if -i rt-ft rulni firft RPPiC
J'Ul IIIU UUIItlll Ul mnin- w.aw Hi""
iiiff fccasonnble gifts it may be noted tn
ever se many recent neveis uuvw
flavor.
It is nn nstenishinu thiiiR, when Jj'J
s.AMA it.:. I, , U 4-l.nt- nn nnlHlfian WDO
visits Senater Penrose ever does te te tan
politics.
English poultrymen have produced
hybrid bird they call churkey. It seems te
us we have seen it in musical ceincuj u...
as a chicken.
Six thousand stags were killed in Scot-
1.ii,1 .In-.-. 1,n tiiiiittiirv (.ntiK'en IllSt Put"
It seems ullurlng. Who'd miss a stag pa"7
when It's Scotch?
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Blundering Prussian militarism. ,
publishing the Wilhelm-Hlmlcnburg MM";
saw te it that France nnd Great Uritam
iiIiamI.1 n.l,,,1.1n nt l nn t ll l 1
BUUUIU UlllllilUi l'l lUdUiHM.
The unanimity with which Leads e
business colleges declare that a knowledge J
business will help girls te get husbanes
proves them qualified for the positions tw
held.
rpi, -...-. t. ...I.. ,!.-., In lin rnmfirk 01 SH'
nter McCuuiber that work is geed for boy',
and danger in the possibility that : the truw
ii contains may uu nihuji iu j""'( -
the evils of child Inber.
A Trenten man hungry in fa'j
threw a brick through n window se that
might be fed in jail. It turned out eiea
he wished. Which teaches us, dear cn
dren, that no lawbreaker need go huugrj-
Opponents of the Four-Power ' Try
complain that it is un-American; tuat n
nn entangling alliance ; that it may ray
into war though it aims for pence -b ut t
principal complaint appears .te be cuius
fever.
Mrs. Agnes Kner lllncU, dean Mj
women iu the Bosten University ?JltlgJ.
Liberal Arts, nays she bees nothing wr."
in short skirts but the person uu0.nXtt
them. But, we urge, the PCW"'"';
skirts is net the one who notices them m5
nnd what's wrong withher, anyhow;
In heaven, bays Cenan y1,!',',lln'cJi
nil the comforts of home. The old WW
young, continues the creator of ""!.,,
Helmes, and the young grew te n"MVct,
But ene of the comforts of home, j "-' b!,
Is the reverence a small .hey nccera
pep. The needle, Watsen i iu -
was a bit wcuk.
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