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in tM$ taper, end aUe t fl !?el nrx$ psilUKtd
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ONLY $510,000 APART!
rIE P. It. T. Company has rud point
blank te pay any tental for thr ue of
the Franltferd elrntctl llu?, nail it li &
wnndlnc that the city iay t' It !?fi!)0.000
annual rcntnl for (ha m of th Market
tr:t subway from th feriy te Fifteenth
itrcet.
'XhB city ensincers luas: thur ijflSil.lHiO It
tentreua payment for th tibe of the Market
atrcat hnbway by th Frankford trains.
Every en sstc the shareholders in the
r. R. T. will be inclined te nsi?e with the
Ity ena;ineers.
Reduced te Its fundamentals, the P. IX. T.
Deposition is that th city, in addition te
permitting the transit company te use th
IVonhferd tracks for i.u'uing. shall aKe
compensate it for the far.v that will he col
lected from pasccnacis who use the new
Frankftsrd line instead of (he eurfsi.e lines
of the P. R. T.
In brief, the P. R. T. proposes that the
city shall talta nil the ri-ks and that thi
P. R. T. bhail take none. Tl in "Head? I
win, tails you lese'
Thl is net th way (e come te an ajree
ent. The diffcrence of $510,000 between
the rental anked by the P. R. T. and the
irental Xhich the city enjincvis think Is
adequate is be great that the renlbllity of
a compromise btcms remote. Yet there is
Se tcllinc what will happen. The city entl entl
neera de net control the committee that la
wnslderine the question. Onl two of Its
members can be depended en te support the
position of the engineers. The ether mem
bers are in close affiliation with the financial
interests which will profit by a contract
fmTorable te the P. R. T.
WAR ON THE BLOCS
NATURALLY there should be i.pplaune
in the.e column!) for Representative
Anaerte, of New Yerk, who has tartd n
tfht in Congress and presented a bill te
break up the various "blocs" organized re
cently en the fleer of the Heuse and the
Senate for the control of governmental
affairs In the interest of one or another class
or area in the United States.
Mr. Ansorge, in hi opening addres, mid
jrecisely what we have been saying for
months in reference te this new system of
oengrcssional control. "If," said he, "thtre
are te be farmern blocs in control why
abenld we net have manufacture' blocs
atnd doctors' blocs, lawyers' bloc and mer
clanta blocs?"
That query has been put in the ne
words en this page time after time, and no
rtne hRS attempted te answer it. A very
large bloc, the most powerful of a'.!, is
pledged in Congress te the theory of the
AfTlculturict ueber alles. Its members
kave net taken time te reflect that they
have departed widely from every tafe and
tolerable rule of democratic prtetice by com
bining te give one group of citirens a per
manent advantage ever ethers under the
law.
Mr. Answgc wants te p.it a ilr.e of $.'000
en every member of Congress who is shown
te be an active member of any Wee. And
that would be light punishment, nil things
eneidercd. The only question in hew te
enforce It. There's the real ditfru'tr.
A LOVE DETECTOR
OFTEN since the days v. hen the lamented
Prof. Muensterburg. following at Har
vard the thery of bcientilie cffHpricy which
llnally ditched his cherished fatin-rland, dc
vised ft mechanical lie-detector for ue in
courts of law, tbfre hiive been civ-actens
When auy reader of newspapers had reason
te wonder whether there huh net a foolish
fringe about the border of the world e:'
applied science.
A genius associated wita the Society fur
Electrical Development in New Yerk has
just issued an nnnouneement whWi will
revive that suspicion. lie has invented u
ler detector a neat device, nickel-pleted,
presumably, which is intended te prove
wbethcr one's girl really lore ena or
whether ehe is only pretending. The thing
mtybeescd, also, of ceure, te show whether
a masculine wooer is burning up with love
or merely faking.
New, if there is one thing under beaien
that men and nornen, and e-en be? 3 aud
irlrls, are able te de unaided it ii re tell
whether one he approaches with the
Bounds and gesture normally Indicative ,(
love is lying or telling the truth. It is only
after a professor gets very old and unui&e
that he will wander about with a thing like
a mechanical love detector. He does note
than carry coals te Newcastle He might
better write a book urging upon the people
of Switzerland the need for their solemn
agreement in progresshe movements ter the
limitation of naval power.
TWANGING AN OLD STRING
DIRECTOR SPROULE has been talking
about the Belt Line main. The subject
is ens tn which authorities en the pert of
Philadelphia and its needs frequently refer.
Xba refrain, though w"ll intended, is mo me mo
aetonous. It is rafe te wager that the city railway
llae destined te expedite freight handling
Jj,betn productive of mere verbiage and
lfSS action than any ether imperlnnt enter
yrjptj in which the municipality is ceneerned.
Tie address which the head of 'In Do De
uartment of Wharves, Decks and Ferries
'madt the ether night m the "Materials
Handling Sjtnpeslum" of pert englniers
f.'em oil rarU of the country has a long
5i-8etry. Fer many jenrs the Belt Railroad
lag. b?en wretchedly mismanaged nnd its ro re
VTffl jmperfectlr tapped. At present only
uue'tnW of the Hue is in use nnd tome
ridiculous and costly detours scrlculy crip
ple goods handling In this pert.
Te a large extent the linn is waited.
Argument ecma te have brcn squandered
ale, and comment en lest opportunities in
freight shipment has become a somewhat
standardized antidete for inneinnla.
The surest way te liven up the Rclt Line
topic is te reanlmat? the admlniatrntien of
the read. Melancholia regarding n remedial
condition is void of practical stimulus
BEIDLEMAN'S $5000
THI) exhibition of conditions in lliuri
burg contained In the articles in th!
newspaper written by Colonel Geerge Net
McCain deserves the serious attention of the
voters of the State.
They reveal the low ethical standards of
IMwnnl 15. lleidlcman and Charles A. Sny
der, each of whom is a fnndldnte for the
gubernatorial nomination next year.
Colenol McCain found in the Auditor Gen
eral's office cvidence that Mr. Snyder, who
wa Auditor General until last srrlng. paid
$3000 te Lieutenant Governer lleidlcman
as "payment of costs and ether expenses."
I'ut then? nti' no voucher. en record i-hew-ing
definitely what the ceN and cxpeuie
were incuircd for. The espert accountant
whom Auditor Genet al I.ewb employed
when he took oftice report that the money
was paid for ".services net shown."
The auma paid te Lieutenant Gotetner
Beldlcman's luw firm are justified by vouch
ers in the usual form. Thty amounted te
$-iii00 last year. Rut the Lieutenant Gov Gov
ereor himself received the $5000, a sum as
great aa his annual salary, which is recorded
in a different account. Se far as appeals,
Mr. Snyder put his hands tn thr State
Treasury, took out 3000 and gave it te Mr.
lleidlcman, and put en l.le the general ktati
meat that it xvas for 'Wvkes and ex
penses." But Mr. Rcidlemau said that he had
"received no money from the State ether
than my salary na Lieutenant Governer and
as a member of the Heard of I'ardenv."
Can it be that $5000 is se fcmalt u ham
that he has forgotten that it vns paid te
him? Or is what purports te hi IiIh in in
eorsement en the check in the Aud!r Gen
eral's euice n forgery?
It 13 possible that thW transaction un
be explained. Rut it has an ugly leek en
the Mirfacu, ur.d it is net made less ugly by
the Lieutenant Governer's denial that he
received any money from the State besides
his salary.
Other disclosures of the way the public
funds have been handed out te political
favorites will appear In succeeding articles
by Colonel McCain. They indicate that
there baa been n general evasion of the law
in the cecduct of Slate business, an evasion
which may net be technlcally crlm'.nsl, but
whii'h suggests that in transaction;! among
political filends some of the public officers
in Harrisburg have refused te hainper them
selves by u altlct ebicrvame of ti.e spirit
of the atatutca.
It is this sort of thing that has brought
the State Treasury into its present de
posable condition, with unpaid bills piling
up and with no mecey with which te meet
them.
ART AND WAR
EVIDENCE that art is stronger than na
tional frontiers and national prejudices
has net been wanting since th war ended.
"Carmen" is again Staged in Germany
there is indeed no pre if that it was ever
banned there and the Wagnerian operas
are once tnore iMighting Perinianj who
vowed they would never again listen te a
note of Teuten music later than Hectheven
or Schumann.
But the creators ate !e; fortunate than
their works.
A century age the inextinguishable
Beranger was invested in jail with the irenic
privllege of hearing his delicious popular
songs chanted by unfettered pasavs-by ob
livious of the origin of these ingratiating
versed.
Mentis Moszkew.!i, aged, ill. impover
ished In Berlin, has escaped political perse perse
cutien. Ills opinions or observations during
the world upheaval have net ore-scd the
Atlantic, fudging by his previous career,
be was probably entirely aloof from the .
storm of nationalistic contrevcrsj .
But the touch of war in his case ss nil
the mere wanton. Whv this fluent com
poser of sparkling music, perhaps net the
greatest, but ever refined and skillful, ,
should be financially embarvassed is sem- ;
tMng of a mystery. But war deals iti bleu.s 1
with sweeping, at times almost incempre-
henslblv drvastating, force.
Eight of the most distinguished pianists
.., A me-ir.i contributed their bcmce'i last
night in New Yerk te a con ert in honor
and aid of an eminent member of tln-ir
artistic craft, Mosxkenski, pathetic Mir- j
vlv'er of an elder generation in music. 1
There l much that Is pitiable In the neves.
,.ifp of huch support for an artist of euch
established repute and of se authoritative n 1
position
Ills tillgr.t tends nc rwpiiasis te rne
fturt'ul draft mad" by war upon prefes-
slenal claeics. Mere than OCO.Oihj of this
group wcie sacrificed in the c ontrihutie-i of
T,v,ri tn Armacedden. Scholar, artl-ts or
professional men nor of mlUtai.v age suf
fered cr aelly l.n ether vvbj-h in the countries
of all the European belligerents.
It I an auspicious circumstance thnt aid
te MozkewM has taken definite and prac
tical form. Cultural reconstruction is pro pre
grening. The process of reparation, how hew how
exer, i alew indeed, compared with the as
sault of war upon wellsprings of inspiration
and fie devoted interpreters cf exacting art.
ALASKA'S RAILWAY A FACT
OM"E again a gleaming eplke will syni syni syni
'bollie the mastery of imperial ieeurces.
All Maeka la thrilled ever the completion ei
un undertaking clearly calculated te niter
and enrich the destinies of that vast tcrri tcrri
terr The event Is worthy of comprehensive
national interest.
Early in February the fjelden spike fer-m-il'iv
which 6ignallted the opening of the
-.. 'runs. continental tail-ray te traffic will
be repeated nt Seward, Alasla, terminus of
r-i -.. -1 A Iflfil a a amiw itnu .a)
the unlque lieverninrni i unium, mi
south ees-t with the interior v.illcyu of the
Yuken tributaries.
The magnitude of the accomplishment can
tenrcely be ever-emphasized. It is net quite
seven years since President Wilsen an an
neunecxi the selection of the route for the
Government railroad in Alaska, from Sew
ard en Resurrection Bay, te Fairbanks, en
the'Tanana River. The work, which In
volved the reconstruction of the old Alaska
Northern Railway, suffered severely from
war handicaps, but even In the most trying
years there was consistency of performance.
Considering climate, transportation hue
ilens and the natural difficulties of an almost
v.rgln country, the speed with which the
task was prosecuted has been little short of
phenomenal.
The tnuln line, ninnlng north and south,
measures 471 miles. Branches have also
been constructed and the virtually nntspped
nnd extraordinarily opulent coal field of
J.K. I.
EVENING PUBLIC LEDGERr-PHILAtELPHIA, THtfRSDAf, DEOEMfcR 2,
Manatuska ntul Eskau arc new en direct
transportation routes.
The new chapter of Alaska development
premised by the Federal railway seta com
paratively few bounds te the Imagination.
If Iho past is a criterion, this large-scale
beginning of railway expansion in the ter
ritory meana nothing les than nn indus
trial, economic, commercial and social revo
lution of the most progressive type. The
entire Pacific Coast of the United States is
reported as excited ever the inevitable
nwnkenlng. The East, tee, can afford te
be enthusiastic about 11 national accomplish
ment affecting the whole group, contiguous
or detached, of States niid Territories.
CHRISTMAS AMNESTY
AS THE Christmas ncasen warnn toward
the hour of the bells niid the twinkling
trees the breasts of a great many peeple
who ordinarily would think twice before
giving up the price of n meal te a hungry
orphan are bursting with Yulctide sympathy
for some eminent aud near-eminent persons
who happen at this moment te be languish
ing in the jails of this land.
Political folk were behind the nppeal tnade
te the State Parden lleatd for the iclease
from durcts of William S. Lelb, a former
political bns of Sihujlklll County, who was
jailed under a charge of juggling publh'
money while he was holding an ofiice (it
Ilarrlsburg; Byren Wrigley, former magis
trate, who is serving n sentence for causing
the death of a girl while he was intoxicated
nt the wheel of a motorcar, and former Mu
nicipal? Court .ludge William F. Wheeler,
who SAhR accused of converting te his own
uses funds belonging te a woman for whom
he was a trustee.
Many iwyer and public jiroeciuers and
tneit inei.cru jailers lnip come te feel that
long jail terms de no geed either tn the
cnjivutcil criminal or te society. "If I
vere a Kin." ssld 0117 well-known prosc presc
euter net long age, "I should tnake every
J effort te obtain formal convictions of per-
seus obviously guilty of crimes. I should
visit uren thera the Ignominy of conviction
and sentence and n jail term. But having
put them behind the bars I should feci that
I had done enough, and I should tnake no
effort te keep them there for the best part
of 11 lifetime. When jeu put u man in jail
you de your weut t" 1.1m. Nothing greatly
mailers after that, t'eitainly a long term
will n..t make lihi anv better. I'd kt all
but the worst of them no titter a little while.
If they ar'n't of the worst type they ought
t' h:ue u cbain'e t'i cc'inc back and thev
ought te be given time, 'l he time that mn.t
people hpend in jail is waited and the pub- j
In: lcmenibers nothing out the tomuiten.
That is enough."
It is conceivable that the rule here indi
cated migat be inade te apply in a p-eat
many 1 envcntknal ra-es. But why it should
apply first ou'.y te men who happen te have
friends and money while ether peer devil
without cither wear out their live." behind
the bars is mere than it is easy te compre
hend. If jail deliveries arc te be eidcred,
in the name of Christian charity why should
they net be erganised firnt, 113 all t'hiistiuu
works should be, out of a regard for the
hopetes and the forlorn .'
Anether and u different aspect of tl.e
wate of Chiislmns amnesty cntlmcnt is
revealed in the cases of war-tin.e piiseneis
whom President Harding probably will par
don before Christmas. These are con cen con
nclcntieua objectors new confined in Federal
1 prisons, ex-seldlew who were committed for
long terms for breaches et military discipline
in France and some of the agitator like
Eugene Deb's who were sent te jad for viola
tions of the Espionage Lav.
We aren't n hard-boiled people, and we
have no reason or inclination te fear ene
mies within or without the gates. Men who
were jailed for preaching against ".tar when
the Government had te maku war or face a
possible alternative of disaster merely take
advantage of the situation in v.hich they
find themsehes te poee ui martyrs before
their following. They wcie net locked up
for having radical opinion's or even for voic
ing them. They violated a law which Con
gress passed for the protection of the
country in a cry grave emergency. They
have hud a lessen and it would de no harm
te rarden them.
These most deeming oil pardon are the
men who, after eerrins in the nriny, broke
some rule or ether and were made, te suffer
the full tigers of war-time military law.
In England such prUenet were liberated
almost as seen an the armistice was blgncd.
There is no earthly rensen v liy we should
be le.-s liberal or less courageous than the
English.
IT CAN BE DONE
SPURKED en by the j.be,. 0( the chair
man of the coremi-.tion appointed te draft
11 new charter :or New Yer!, Comptroller
Craig, who is a member of the commission,
aid that if tie enimNfl! 11 would give him
a little timj he would dratt a perfectly geed
charter.
His offer was unanimously aerepted, and
he has premised 10 have the charter drafted
in tlme te present i; the eomcnKilen nt its
licit meeting ou January 10.
He lias announced that his diaiter will
i net be mere than one-tenth as Ien; :u the
present charter, rnd that ii vw.l si'-e te
(he city sweeping pu'ser eicr its own nffali-s.
The task of draw ns such a ehar'T 1 net
difficult. The trouble with most city char
ters is that they nie fnu-.vd for the purpose
of protecting this, ll ut or the ether job, and
for preventing any interference with the
political fences of the little bosses.
They also contain a multitude of ptO'I ptO'I
slena based en distrust of the elected rep
resentatives of the people. The hands of
the local legislature are tied se that it can
de little.
Comptroller Crn'g's charier, s.e far as he
has outlined Its ueneral form, will provide
for what is In effect a twe-charnbeicd local
legisluluie. with power te legislate for the
city as the State Legislature has power t
legilate ter the State. And its purpose will
be te give the ' ity the cempletest possible
degree of home rule under the Constitution.
There is no assurance that it or anything
like It will meet the approval of the Char
ter Commission, or If it was approved by
the commission that it would be passed by
the State Legislature. Yet all these inter-
i Csted In the solution of the problem of city
' . .. ...& ."11 iwv,i4a at.. .IYi.hI aaha vIm
government win u umiuaujc ui im-
details of the Craig charter with undij-
ui-cd curiosity.
It Is Ingeniously sag-JA-ft.
Right, Restc by the New Yerk
Quick March Timet, that while the
Dail Eircann will even
tunlly de the right thing it must first lahori laheri lahori
euslv form n L ft Wing if its Parliament is
te have a healthy opposition party, and that
De Valera Is patriotically providing the
necessary mesns. It may Indeed be se, but
why should the gentleman Insist upon giving
the world heart failure whiU he a a-eleln'
of it?
'1 lie .i w eU hun
1'luwt-linre l.i.il.es the point that the
Later On wwerd em the new peuce
dollar might properly
have been hheatheJ or blunted, but eheuld
net have been -reken. The point Is well
taken, but perhaps the designer In arrang
ing his symbol felt that he. was prcparlug
the Hwertl for the mcltlBB-pet,
THE CHRISTMAS HOLIDAY
Curiosities of the Day and the Super
stitions That Have Clustered
Around It The Story of the
Christmas 8hlp and Its
Carge of Toys
By GEORGE NOX JUcCAIN
CHRISTMAS in many wnys is a very
peculiar holiday.
The superstitious and ignorant of ether
ngcg ascribed many strange and uncanny
attributes te the day.
Tliis year It falls en a Stmdny, nn occur
rence which happens, only four times lu every
twenty-eight yettrs.
It comes nbeut nt the expiration of every
five, six, eleven and six years, respectively.
The Inst Christmas that fell en n Sunday
waB in 1010, eleven years age. The next
will fall in 1027 at the end of n six-year
period.
The cycle will then begin again with a
five-year interval, the dates falling 10.12,
then 1W)S and 1010.
ROBERT G. 1NGERSOLL, who was the
greatest of American agnostics, wrete
beautifully of Christmas, though he disbe
lieved in its religious origin.
"I believe in what is called Christmas,"
he said, "net because of its supposed re
ligious origin, but beeauw I think It well
te have n time when families can come
together nnd the ordinary business of life
may be suspended, and when we can think
about something besides trade and barter,
"As 11 matter of fact the holiday known
as ChrJslmnH la far elder than Christianity,
and far elder, I presume, than any existing
religion.
"It was in nil probability born of sun
worship, (he most natural of all religions.
"Just before Christmas is the shortest day
of the year and the day when our savngn
ancestors thought that the sun had Iwen
overpowered or cencjuerc.il by the hosts of
darkness.
"The old Chilstmas wa.s kept bccaus.0 the
reign of darltnesd was about te ccae. Be
cause the light hed again conquered.
"Let ua hope that in the history of the
human mind the light is at last the victor
nnd at last the darkness of ignorance is
passing away."
ITS most beautiful featuie is that Christ
mas is pre-eminently the day of the
children.
Childhood associates with it anticipations
of joy and gladness, gifts and geed cheer.
The story of the star, the stt angers from
afar, the stable and the Child will never
die.
And yet every year nbeut this time some
c'.'spcptic individual, mala or female, makes
a furious attack en what they term the false
hood of Sautu Clans.
They de their best te smash the faith of
childhood in 0110 of the most glorious nnd
elevating cud harmless myths the world has
ever knewn. In their hard-heat ted, ascetic,
prim, bloodless, unimaginative vav they
strive te take the sunlight out of the Christ
mas time.
Would te heaven these kill-joys- of child
h'Kid could form un anti-Santa Clnua so
ciety, wheie behind closed doero they could
tear te nhredw all the happy illusions of
childhood and cat,t them into the bottomless
pit, and no one be the wiser for It.
THE ancient theologians of the Church had
a great time Using up the date of the
birth of Christ.
They wrangled and wrote about it for
centutief.
It was nearly k'00 jiear.s after that epochal
event before the wise men nnd (he devout
decided te ds the clay.
The earliest statement en the tubject is
that of Clement, of Alexandria, who died
In A. D. 2-0.
"There me some who ever cuiieusly
assign net only the year, but also the day
of our Saviour's nativity, which they say
was the twenty-fifth day of the month
PacheJs" c.01 responding te Mr.v 20. he
writes.
Greek fathers unci African patriarchs cln
claicd that the Oth of January was the
proper date.
Others insisted that examination would
demonstrate that the Oth of April was the
natal day.
They sce-hawed around en the date prob
lem for bcercs of years until December 25
was the day finally selected, hundreds of
jcats nfter the death of Christ.
PRETTY legend ascribes te the Chris
" tians of the first century the celebration
of their Lord's death.
They were hated, prescribed and hunted.
It would have been death for them te rejoice
and be glad openly.
With a shrewdness begotten of their love
for their Master tl.ey chose the period of
the Reman Saturnalia, when half the pagan
papulatien of Rome was mad, excited nnd
diujiken with revelry.
The spies and eavesdroppers could make
nothing of suspected Christians, who sang
rapturously in praibe of their King.
They shouted for "Dominus" and "Rex "
for these were among the many titles of
I acsur, and thus these early Christians out
witted the spies, hoodwinked the heathen
nnd icjeiccd In (he birth of their I.eid.
rpHE most foolish supeisthiens crowded
X the observance of Christmas until long
after the niiddle ages.
There persisted a belief that between
Christmas eve nnd Christinas morning all
waier in the heuse was turned te wine.
That such was never found te be 11 'fact
did net dispel the belief.
It was en thin night (hat beast
Lii.tnnuu.l ,. rirti. pman .. l.t. 1.... .
'i,va"i " "'" mm iiumun voices.
The unscrupulous and crafiy sold te slllv
folic flower that were said e have bloomed
mm iiifc-iu reieiy nei-mi'-i; III" trees had been i
inciudi en inuL jhkiit
Manv of the quaint customs of Clirl'tn-us
time, vhich have : opined ancient super super
stltien. have come te us from se-called
lies then nations or riles.
The Yule leg of England icrems le have
been the outgrowth of rites of the Scandi
navian mythology.
The mistletoe, which is u feature of the
festival wherever jenng people gather, Is n
heritage from the Druids.
Te this mystic brotherhood may also itos ites
siblv be traced the hanging of wreaths and
the twining of evergreens.
CHRISTMAS as children's day is re.;og re.;eg
jiUed wherever the teaching.! of the
Master, who raid. "Mirier little children
te romp unto Jlc ' un accepted jn t',
hearts of men.
One of the most beautitul illustrations of
this occurred tvventj -cine yours uge. It l3
a story well worth telling.
In November. IfMiO. thu Spanish steam
ship Eele. Captain Henrice Egorerdo, bound
te Phl'adelphla from Hamburg with u cargo
of Christinas tejs niid several thousand bags
of raw sugar, tan out .f coal when 600
miles off the Jersey Const.
The rest of the story can be told u, Ujc
captain's werds:
"On December .1 e tr coal un nn,, ,n..
! exhausted, the -ms we.-e vce heaw 'mid
the chlcr engineer suggested burning the
toys.
"I thought of the hundred of veumisicrs
who were longing for them. I thought of
hevv my little ones would feel if tJ,Cy should
be deprived of the f liristmas playthings and
I told the engineer that I would burn the
ship befere I would touch one of them
"Then the sugar was suggested. "we
threw 400 bags of it into (he hunkers that
night, but we had, te fight ugalnst heavy
seas all the ie-t of the way. 7
"The sugar gave out just before we reached
pert, bu' we had enough Meant te brlnr n
lu and all of the toys are heir." "r ,J"
Germany's New Experiment
Truni tli St. It u.J Tw Plastic ft,
Germany Is new applying her well-known
doctrine of frlgbtfulncs where it may de
some geed. She is making a frontal attack
en profiteers.
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NOW MY IDEA IS THIS!
Daily Talks With Thinking Philadelphiuns en Subject They
Knew Best
DR. S. P. ROSS
On Dependents of Prisoners
AMELIORATING the hardships which
the enforcement of the law sometimes
unavoidably inUicts upon the dependents of
these convicted of offenses ngninst it is the
work te which n number of philanthropic
minded Phllndelphians arc devoting a geed
deal of their time, through the Prison Wel
fare Association, according te Dr. Simen P.
Ress, president of that organization.
"Our organization is new twelve years
old," said Dr. Ress, "and it is primarily an
arsociatien the aim of which Is te leek after
the dependents of prisoners. I say 'prima
rily,' because in recent years Its functions
have been greatly extended, and we new le
much thnt was net contemplated at the be
ginning of our efforts.
Victims or Circumstances
"The dependents of prisoners convicted of
offenses against the law are frequently, I
might almost say. generally, the victims i of
circumstances. They ate placed In the most
unfortunate of all economic ondltleM
through no fault of their own. and often
they have few meena of aiding themselves.
"When the head of u family Is arrested
and placed lu prison, he is ted. kept com
fortable, has a place te sleep, and his taa
terial welfare h generally carefully looked
after by the State, while In many cases, his
dependent are frequently penniless, starvnu,
or are turned out of their home because et
the non-payment of rent. 'J he general pub
lic it. net very sympathetic toward the faniiiv
of a man who la serving sentence for law
breakiuB. It is our w eik te see that these
persons arc provided with the necessities
"'"'is such cases that the Prison Welfare
Association strives te help. ) KO te the
Sheriff, pay at leat a part of .the rent, se
hat the family may have reef te shelter
it. nnd suppb clothing, fuel and feed. At
present n number of lamllles ate being sup-
piled dally with bread and milk and in tome
cases it is all that they have te cat.
Are Honest and Grateful
"These people arc teuehlngly grateful for
what wn de for them, nnd they are uniformly
honest in their dealings with tlie 'association.
i recall a recent ca'-e where we had wilt tivu
' iii'-ve '" " '- - . . ,,t.0
' whose husband is Incarcerated, the tichCus
. te be used by her five ,k .lrnii. After h 5
tickets te II I lirisiinus uuim-i i " ........
were srnl. te et tuc i-hiium-ii .... .i.
nnd vere taken te u hospital, in-trim 't
relalnliiK the two tickei;. or giving them te
some ether children, the woman, re urn. -d
them te us with an explanation et why her
little- ernes could net use them.
"This is only one of u long list of inci
dents which 1 might eke te show the honesty
of these we are trying te iihslst.
"Anether activity which the osecintinn
hns taken up Is the finding of employment for
dXharg"l prisoners. Without exception
I , luVvi- Dreved faithful te the trust re
posed In them and have led honest am usetul
11 vps Their Rratltiule te ua for what we
lmve done for their fainlllM takes the
iirai-tlcal expression of a compMe reform In
i their own conduct.
' l-vvv Prcmedllatfd Crimes
"Our rceer.l show that most of the cnines
ceinmltlr.l by the heads of the fam lies which
we assist hp renimlllfi en the mpulse i.f
the moment anil that there ere tew which
were Premeditated or carefully carrled out.
'All of our cases are subjected te e care
ful investigation and thus wouveld duplica
tion. We reach n class of people which
receives assistance from no ether orgatilzu ergatilzu orgatilzu
ien Many of the cases are called te our
attention by the organized charities of the
cltv. which Is doing a splendid work, the
L(Vs which they refer te ui belits theso
which they themselves arc unable; te handle,
ether cased e-onie le our knowledge through
the. nceney of the courts themselves..
The work of the Prison Wplfare Asso Asse
elation may be called n 100 per cent r-lmrlt-able
work. Wc have no paid efllccra and wc
keep all the expenses of administration at
n minimum, se that every dollar c-entrJbut
te us gees practically Intact te Iho redlef of
Heme worthy family. Wc arc doing here hut
the Heward Association is doing in Great
Britain. fr(je cirts,mas Wor,,
"At Christmas time, during the last few
vears. v,e have departed from the relet
among the dependents of prisoners' families
exclusively and have distributed baskets
filled with geed feed in Judge Patterson's
Court In CHy Hall. This Ik (he only Christ
mas dinner which these unforlunute families
have. This work has grown amazingly in
(he last three years, lu 1010 we gavu out
100 baskets of feed, last year f00, and this
year we shall be able te distribute 1100
baskets,
"The recipient? of ihtff taskets are net
1921
HARSHLY OF THE WEATHEK-MAW J
necessarily the dependents of prisoners; we
give as many us we can get te these who are
destitute. Seme of the baskets will have te
be sent this year, as certain families whom
we have found are unable te wild for them,
in seme cases the children being actually
without shoes.
"Jn seme instances two baskets arc allotted
te family, one being net sutiicicnt. Our
aim is te make as many persons as pessiblq
happy at the Christmas icasen.
Judge Patterson ns Santa Ciaus
"These baskets of feed will be given out
en Saturday, and en Monday another activ
ity of the association will take place also
in Judge Pattcrsen'b Court. Then the
Judge, who is our vice president, will act aa
Santa Clans and will distribute tejs te it
large number of peer children. We expect
at lean 11000 children there Monday, and
each one will receive something.
"Our officers take the keenest interest In
the work. One day recently, there was
reported te us the cae of a peer woman,
whose husband was serving a prison aenteuce
and who had no stove. Immedinte uctlen
was necessary nnd one of our officers bought
the stove, paid for it himself and saw that
it was sent te the house and net up the
same day.
Careful Werk Required
"While we aim le relieve te the greatest
extent pos'lble all suffering unieng the de
pendents of prisoners, very careful atten
tion in required te make our efforts effica
cious and still net te give the impression that
a man may commit wrong and have his
l'nmllv leulnd after, while he is paying the
penaltj which his Illegal act merited. In this
delicate task we have been successful.
"Much has been said about the coal deal
ers, but the a'-oclatlen has found them
generous in giving us fuel te distribute,
and we have iceelvrd Inrge quantities free
each j ear. Naturally the j-rcatest demand
upon our resources comes trein the begin
nlng of January te the end of March, when
we have te supply much fuel as well as feed.
"The Philadelphia public mn hern mere
than generous te the nsi,ociaitleii in the work
which it has" undertaken, aud we, en our
part, have been cinvlul te juy.i.y 1'i.lij that
generosity and confidence."
Accounting for an Impression
1'reiii ehi Ohie Htate Jeurnc t.
Statistics never lie, and th Census
Biu'phu'h announcement that there aie
2,0!iO,l.'i2 mine males than females In the
ce.untry will have te be accepted ut its face
valii". and we stippeie the prevailing im im
prevsiei! te the centraiy U due te the iact
that mi much uie.e female 'hews.
IP hut De 1 ou Knew?
i
QUIZ
1. What vveie the HCVr-n wemlcra of (lu
medieval world?
S. What Is Rehanif.'
S. What i.s meant lv n iiieeliatlzed Slnte?
i. What was the mielille name et Jehn C.
Cailieun?
5. Hew iniinv Justl'cs are there- i the
Irilied .States Supreme Court bench'.'
C. Who paid "The Husten State lleusu Is
the hub of i he solar nystfltn"?
T. Where ts ll m Vngeu KlverT
s. Name tlne- Kinds 'of cloud.-i.
'j. What Islands In the Atlantis e")ctait be-
ietlB tn Still 111
10. Winn ! a cidlll't.. .
Answers te Ycaterday'e Quiz
1, Tliei OratiKe Free State wan formerly nn
Inelepeuelent lleer Itepuhlle In Keuth
Africa- After the Uoer War the name
et this teirltery whs changed te the
OtaiiRe itlver f'oieny, and It I.s new
part of the I'nlen of Houth Africa, u
I'oiiunenvvfalili of tlie nrltlsh Kmpitp.
". A perimeter Is a circumference, ouillne
of n closed Cguie. length of this, ll la
ol?e an Instrunicut for measurlntr the
Held of vision,
". A.i eread lu Cjiccli iiiiholegj was u
weed nsmph.
4 The slang word "sil;'," applied te per per
seiih in a drroKalery reuse, la de
secrelcil from ejuy Knwl(Hn nh tlm
Bietesaue rfglra of liim which used le
le ehll)lted and burned en November
D, duv FhwIcph Day, In England
5. The duck-billed platypus and the echidna
are two nnlm.UA which lay eggs and
tiurse their veunir
0. Members of the Federal Heuso of llenre
sentatlvcs are chosen for two years
7. Tim battle of White Plains, u vlllaue
twenty-tvye miles north-northeast of
New -verk, was fought en October 28,
if., by tin Amentum, under Wash Wash
ingten nnd the llrltlsh under Howe
and uaultert n a victory for ths Intter!
5. At Napa Flew en .lumi tl. nii the
fiennana scuttU-il ten balileshlpa five
i , .' 'u,""'", v' iikiii clunkers and
thirty elcstievriM, Three Unlit crulse-rs
mid
f. Kansiii
ii eiKiucui iirHiieyrrs ware liertidied,
ua has u rpedal Court of Industrial
llelatlens.
1, 'Iho llrat Federal Chlnesa Exclusion Law
waa passed In 1888. A much inere
sweeping uet, the Geary Chinese K.
cliulen Law, was pasied la 1801
taffj
SHORT CUTS
Dene your Christmas bheppln', girllal
Twe guesses wcre all Mr'. Hardin '
nevei cu.
Sergeant Yerk seems te be the victim of
inuian givers.
The lleidlcman boom appears te haw
oeen punctured.
We await the views of Switzerland en
tne .suttmurine issue.
"Winter Hep.s In"
home brew, we suppose.
-Headline. Meri
France put her -ardn en the table all
ngui, uut they were lace down.
ocuuiera jjerau anu ijecu mav new
study the Christmas met... '-p.a're en
carta, etc.
It is pcrhan.s (he hac of flic IVntli.
inglen Conference that language is ui.tde te
vejiccm uieugius.
Ou thing Dr. Lei-en I.as M, far (ailed
te cure is the cold shoulder tunics! te liim
u.v certain rivals.
As Germany has te pay for 1m arm
or occupation her deirp 10 have (hat army
,'iinr.rul iu n 1... .. , ....
. i, ...... , ,-, ilt i,;lSi, tiniierxiiinciaiiie.
Cliiiktmas (url.e.v, we learn, ,1 cetnlni
clewn: but it had net .vet readied (below
level of the ceiv that jumped ever the moon.
1'rcsidriit Harding's udvecacj of iheeM
custom of having lighted i-andles in the win win
cievv en ChrMmas Eve did net receive tt
indencment of thp lire department
Cenan Deyle'.s description of hcarta
clots net seem te prove his povc-slen of nnr
great amount et imaginatien: hut, per
haps, he would count that fact as hein ll
Ida favor.
A T'niversltv of Pcnnsvlv-uma niofeMer
savs that neither the average student nor
the average teacher c'ercls intelligence la
the ceurwe of a duv. Oh. well: ..cii-atlenal
statements sometimes make a fniil soei
.-.lU'Siiime.
t-
AN Lile it would appear nt lirit glanei
that the difference between the treatv oath
and (he oath of De Valeru Is (lit) difference
between twpielleilum irid tvveid'edec (as th
rrecmaii s Journal and the Irish Inelcpend Inelcpend
eut eeelarL lireeeedlnirs In the Hsil rireass
! Indicate thai there is 'till a eon 'ilc-rewl
nnieiiut of djnumite in tin Ii.-' tautien.
Ever en the lookout fv -inietbiaf
bright rtnd snappy, we are pleased te net
thin when Father Wimcr arnvnl ea
schedule lust night his lir-t naiti'K i
"I'm here and Christmas is coming " Ar.l
thfiugli the jemtirk ma appear te jeu M
somewhat lacking the epigrammatic teuclii
we hasten te urge that at bast the truta
it contains is incontreveriibi' .
Today's Anniversaries
107 I'tilteil Stall Cei.gie s p.iacd t
Enbnige At prehlllt.iig ten ku eiiaiMierc.
121 Samuel Elud, pndu'ii i 'I'rin W
'ellepc. Harford, befil I.i I! " "M
r.t Uivrlj. Mass.. ScptiM'.hi r 11. J's,
IciL'l Ceiigi-pss voted te lailiijitte $200,'
000 and a township of Ian 1 In anv part '
the I'nltpil States he might select.
lMO-Hnwidl Cobb, of (Jenrgia, w
electee) speaker of the Tlilrtj -first Celere:!
en the siM.v-feiirih ballet. ...
ISr.l llrllltih Parliament passed a U
peiiniltUtg the I'ullsttiient of fuii'Isncrs
the British Army. , ,
l.SM) (Jcorge Ellef tM.i v Ann Laa;)i
famous Kiullsh ueicli-i, ill I. Hen) '
v ember 22. 1M0. ,..
1S7 Ferdiii.inel V.hii'upii Hawlcn, '
Iiieiih gno'egist. whes lenei'l ' I te llje jl
tit ion of the Yillnwslelic Ntitauull Pl. "'"
in 1" i'lw'elnhhi llm-ii at We -i field Mast-i
Septemlicr 7. l.S'"l. , m,
1020 -An eruption of the volcano Asaw
In Japan icsuiteel in Die deaths of buiimf"
of people.
Today's Birthdays
Sir Jehn Batldeley. the new I.eiil 31W j
of Londen, born In Hiiclviiey, Hevciitynw
years age. . .. ,,..,i
Jehn T. Adams, chairman of the N' I ",
RopuhMeen Cenunlttcii bem ut U"W"
la.. Ilftv-nliip jears age, (-,(
Frank II. KellegB, Fulled Males bens"'
fiem Mlnncseia. born nt i'eisdaia.
slxty-livn .vears age. , ..,., 'fa
ltalnblldge Celb), See rrlnr nf. "l??u(.
the Wilsen t'.ihlnet, Hern in " ""1
llttv-tvve yeais age, , fy.
H. Carrell Recce. Reiirewutntlve. p i !
gross of the First Ten ties we District, , $
at Butler, Tenn., thiilyf,e years ily
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