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PUBLIC LEDGER COMPANY
. CTIUIH If. K. CUtlTIS. I'n.iifttVT
Jehn O.- Martin, Vice President and Treasurer;
Charles A, Tjler, Secretary: Chr-M It. J.udltif J.udltif
ten. Philip 8. Cellins, Jehn 11. Williams. Jelm J,
flrurscen. aeerte l Qeldunlch, David K. Bmller.
jrnrt-cters.
akvtt k. pmii.ht Editor
JOllN C. MAnTIN.... general lluelness Manager
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rblhdeljihU. HcJnrida), December C8, f"l
MOTOR THIEVERY
MOTOUCAU thieves hnve no reason for
ceniplulnlns about peer busi;ics tills
year. Thej hnvp mnnnsvil te get pos-eion
of ttbeut len vnrs n ila. in tliiw cilr ever
since Jnmiiirj 1. U.'tebcr wns their bet
month, vi licit thev lelp UDt cat". There
vmn a sliitiip in Xovfinliei' ami tlui far in
Dcti'tubcr liie O'leber record lias net been
wiiinled.
The police, however, tl'ser .(,mmenila .(,mmenila
tien for the buccces in recovering the btelcn
cars. Of the total. O-.'S. they have hue
ceeded In rettirning te the owners til but
473. What became of these is net known,
but it Is suggested that many of them rvcre
unk in the river or driven Inte ponds or into
water holes in abandoned stone quarries with
the knowledge and consent of the e tiers,
Khe wished te collect the Insurance.
But when one out of every seven Melcn
cars is recovered, even if the thieve tire
net all punished, the police are working te
some purpes". Take the record for the tlrst
twenty-two days of this month as an exam
ple and it shows of the I'll! curs stolen 1217
had been found. Seme of the remaining
twenty-six will probably be found before
the mentli end.
Se long an this condition prevails the
motorcar owners will net have te organize
Tlgilnnce committees, as the horse owners
used te de, in order te protect their prop
erty. COST OF EDUCATION
DR. FINlHiAN", State Superintendent of
Public Instruction, has taken advantage
of the opportunity offered by the assembling
of the Educational Association of the Com
monwealth at Alteena te reply te some of
the attacks of the Grange upon his methods.
He has insisted that he has net consolidated
the rural schools nor has he abolished the
school with a single room. What has been
done has been done by the Legislature. And
he has defended the expenditure of money te
improve the tehoel feysteni.
It is generally understood that the griev
ance of the Grange is that Dr. Finegdn has
adtecated a longer school year for the rural
''districts. The farmers de net like te pay
the extra money required for the extra weeks
of schooling and they de net like te hare
their children In school when there is work
te de en the farm.
This grievance cannot stand examination,
although it is hacked by charges of extrava
gance. The schools of this State have been
starved for se many years that any approach
te the expenditure of an adequate sum en
them would seem like extravagance. If It
an be shown that the money Is wasted the
friends of the schools vill talc the opposition
of the Grange worieusly. hut the salaries
paid in 1'cnnsylvunlu arc lower than these
paid in New Jersey and the rurnl school
houses here are much poorer than these
across the Delaware ltiver.
Dr. Klncgan has star' ' the State in the
right direction and he .ieuld be supported
until he accomplishes what he has set out
te de.
BIRTH RECORDS A NECESSITY
DIl. FUItUUSII'S appeal for the careful
registration of nil births in Philadelphia
might be called a restatement of the obvious
lid net indifference te this necc.-sary obli
gation persist. It is estimated that sumo
1000 births in this city were unrecorded thW
J ear.
When the newcomers thus unannounced
reach maturity perhaps even before they
are llkclj te be exceedingly handicapped by
lack of efficlr.l records. Hlrth certificates
lire required for pauMert-. Thej are some
times needed in proof of legitimacy. Thej ntv
often wanted for identification purpes"-. c--licclally
by certain classes of employers of
labor. Health records in the municipality
i-annet be accurately kept without a complete
return of births.
Registration is net a mere rhmnnd of
jfaddist statisticians, but n basic ncevsity in
the present structure of civilization. I'hysi
Wans and parents alike nre guilty of some
thing mere than indifference in falling te
record accessions te the citj's population.
Their offense amounts te an inexcusable
dereliction of their duty a- elt'cn".
THE SOUTH AMERICAN BOGIE
OF Till- Schlcswlg-HeMcin controversy
it was unl by a certain Ilriiish states
man that no one but him had ever under
stood it, and he had forgotten what it 'ies all
nbeut. Heppllj, that historic co'e no
longer imperils reason upon Its throne.
The menace has been shifted te the Tacna
'Arlca dNputc comprehensible In nil its
ramifications te none save h chosen few.
The fundt.inentnls ere simple enough.
Hack in the late seventies and early eighties
if the Inst century Chile and IVru fought
H bleed and destructive war ever the pos
session of the immensely valuable nitrate
country ou the Pacific seaboard of Seuth
.Vmcrlea.
The region had been Peruvl.in. It be
came, Chilean under the condition that at
the expiration of ten jvara from the signing
jf the Treaty of Ancen. which dosed the
druggie, a plebiscite te determine the
fjuestien of national status should be held.
The voting of the Inhabitants has never
taken place. Kacli republic has blunted the
either for the Bittiatlen and moral principles
JiUve become clouded in a mass of fchnl
calltjes, disputed evidence ami uatleual sen
sibilities. The problem was interjected Inte
the Assembly of the League of Xatienii at
its Inst meeting only te he bustily with
drawn. Peruana the courage of the Washington
P Conference in approaching points of ex
slii'enn dellcncy has inspired two Latin
."'American nations, te which the restoration
I? f umlcitulc relations wetiiti ec or tlie tit-
jeit-t ipuiutij iiuvaninRC, wait new nopei.
' In nuy owns, the Chilean Uovcrnment lias
fctaud4 l m l'wuvl4 (ieyenmiciit a
proposal that the neighbor countries desig
nate plenipotentiaries te mct in the Amer
ican capital (e continue tentative negotia
tions begun two weeks nge. The idea has
already been expanded Inte the suggestion,
popular, rather than efl'ultil, that I'.elivln.
which Is Interested In securing an outlet te
the sen, In or near the nltrnte country, be
admitted te an International parley of Inter
ested and friendly nations.
The possibility of n clearing of the Latin
American nlr is attractive. The Tacna
Aricn dispute has proved n pest both te
these who find It cryptic and te the selected
few capable of analyzing Its details.. Tb.e
reopening of the whole case in WnRhlngten
would be directly in line with the spirit of
the admirable precedent for facing interna-
tlenal begles by looking them squarely in
the eye.
quacks the only people
Who believe in panaceas
This Is Why Sound-Thinking Men Have
Ne Use for the Theories of Debs
rnlil-: lnnbllity of the Socialists te think
X straight was never better illustrated than
in the opposition of ISugcnc V. Debs te the
Draft Lnw.
This law conformed te the Socialist theory
mere nearly than any ether law ever passed
in the I'nited States. There was an occa
sion when It was thought necessary by a
majority of the representatives of the people
te draw into the service of the people n large
number of fighting men. The law provided
for drafting every able-bodied man between
certain ages, without distinction of wealth
or social position. Then It provided also for
the exemption from milltnry service of men
who could be mere usefully employed in the
emergency. Thin exemption applied espe
cially te working men, It these meti would
devele then-Helve:, te viuning the war by
wirl.ing in the rear te l'cen the army sup
plied with what if needed.
This is the c-cnrn of seii.ihsm : that rhe
suite shall command the services of the
peeple and shall assign thelu te the tasks
that need te be done. But Debs opposed it
because, forsooth, he Is opposed te war.
And he sought te interfere with the opera
tion of the law. this is wlint he was pun
ished for; net for his opinions, but for his
active efforts te nullify the expressed will of
the majority in a great nntienal crisis. Ills
conduct was the same in kind as that of the
German spies who sought te sink transports
cirrying troops te ICurepc. Ne one ought
te permit himself te be fooled by the talk
that Debs was a martyr te his opinions.
He vas no mere n martyr te his opinions
than were the German agents who were shot
In the Tower of Louden.
There is another phase of this socialistic
business that deserves a little attention just
new. when Debs is en the point of touring
the country in opposition te war. We are
hII opposed te war, and the men n-he dis
covered hew socialistic principles work when
applied en se large a scale as te compel them
te tight arc certainly as bitterly opposed te
war as any one. This ether pha-e is that
socialism is net the panacea which its sup
porters insist it is. There Is no panacea
or cure-all in medicine and there certainly
is none in government. The medical man
who ndvertlse n cure-all is known as a
quack. The Socialists arc political quacks.
This does net mean that socialistic the
ories arc net useful in an emergency nor
that they have net been used successfully.
They have been a titeful remedy ever since
democracy began te supersede autocracy.
We have get beyond the stage where n spe
cific preposition is damned by calling it
socialistic. We de net ask hew it Is de
lined by the political economists, but
whether it will apply te existing conditions
and better them. Lighting the streets at
public expense is socialistic. Sp is paving
them. Se is a water supply for a city pro
vided at public expense.
.hist new there is talk about municipal
i ownership of transit facilities in this city
as a way out of the prc"cut tangle, and no
one has denounced it as socialistic : but in
the socialistic state all transportation sys
tems would be owned by the people. len
the presidents of the great railway systems
arc saying that unless the Government steps
interfering with thim it will be necessary
for the Government te take ever the rail
ways as It has done in some Lurepeiui coun
tries. And there arc many leaders in the
Democratic Party who have advocated it,
just as they have advocated Government
ownership of the coal mines. And the
posteffice. as every one knows, is a socialistic
affair, displacing the private system of dis
tributing the mail, which broke down under
the pressure of business when' business was
net well erganised.
The weakness) of the position of the So
cialists who spell the word with a capital
lettr is that they demand the wholesale
abandonment of accustomed methods of
government nud .buslucts and the applica
tion of the principle of the Draft Law te
all human activities. The plan would net
work. It is waste of time and energy te
advocate It. These who really have anything
te de devote themselves te mere profitable
tasks, knowing, whether they believe in
feclnlism or net. that when a dose of so
cialism is Indicated te u-e the medical
phraseology it will be administered, and
that when I' is net indicated I; will de mere
harm than ftoed.
WHITE LIGHTNING
TIIL truth is often painful. 1'elk who
have felt nsjrc(l that the prohibition
laws were working out ai'u.Iublj became
genuine hard liquor is dlflicult te buy will
be shetked te r'ad of tI.- 12.500.000 gallons
of alcohol that havn been permitted te flew
frcel; in tills general regleu during the last
few IilOllt'.ts,
In tint! '.'ier of white lightning there
were nieie potential headache, mere vio
lence and mere cold gray dawns tunn ever
could have come from the stuff which once
was sold e-.er the bars in a period of hix
months. It Is relatively easy te control the
illicit sale of alcohol, and this ncwci-i sort
of violation of the Velstead law cannot easily
be (ontinued. The news from the head
quarters of the prohibition enfenement ofli efli
ccrs will scte one geed purpose. The
"wise" chaps, the n;n who "knev whrre
geed Scotch an be bought at reasonable
prices" and these whose celiacs are replen
ished regularl.i with prettily labeled bottles
bearing em e famous names may knew nt
last what they have been drinking. They
have been drinking alcohol and "vntcr col
ored with tea or burnt sugar and flavored
with chemicals. And thei hire b'-en paying
about twenty times the regular commercial
worth of the mixture.
REALIZING A CIVIC ASPIRATION
IN A philosophic sense it may be, as
Stevenson said, "betlcr te travel than te
arrive." which Is another way of saying
that there ure keener emotional values in
aspirations than In attainment. Perhaps
this Ib why the public becms net especially
moved ever the certain destruction within
the next Bix days of ene of the most vicious
phases of contractor domination ever mani
fested in this city .
Had the goal been missed, it is unlikely
thrt "Ucli Impcrtiirbnblllb w.,u!d lure pre'
vailed. Hut the flslit for municipal control
of the streets Inn been mi I he ut'ery I
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complete, nnd nt flrtt bliiBh most realltlcj
Isxk tiuT asstel el dreuuu h signlfcaaca
1 of the event will sinkln as the merits of the T
new order arc rercnlvil. Appreciation for
the most important Vmstruclive achieve
ment of Mayer JIoere'sAdiiilnlstratIou thus
tar will Be cumulative
Proof of the excellence t municipal street
cleaning ban already becnyllsclescd in the
tidiness of central Philadelphia throughout
11)121. With the new ycar-vte be explicit.
en Jnuuarv 2 the nniemm illll be linnrcs-
t-lvely expanded by the total yxtinetlen of
tlie private-contractor regime.
It is announced that the prlmaiv object of
the Uty Administration is clean Vioretigh
fares and prompt collection of aivics and
garbage. If economies, naturally enr te
the taxpayer s heart, can be effect vL h0
fmn'h rt,c bHicr-
lie better.
Hut all considerations arc subservient te
efficiency, le the performance of a chic t.vty
in the most expeditious, most thorough ulid
most modern fashion. An expenditure' A'
about :s..uln,000 n year will he Involved hi
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me unueruiMng. in uie "iieiu wer mono
en army of some 0500 men will be employed.
The opportunity is nt hand for Philadel
phia te inscribe its name in the book of
municipal progress. The chapter of dreams
has been succeeded by one of negotiable
realities. In principle the change is justi
fied by conditions Hint had become Intoler
able. It is new the obligation of the mu
nicipality te realize in tlie fullness of its
resources its vital new responsibilities.
UNIONS AND THE STAGE
NOW it is Mr. Zlcgfcld. the "Follies"
man, who is in the midst of a little w'ar
with the erganised labor of the stage and
threatening, ns Geerge M. Cehan did, te say
goetl-by forever te the American theatre
because of an inability te get en with the
At ter.' L'quity Association.
The American stngc nnd the people who
sing, dan-e. pose, lrc.p and sesturc thereon
lm-e been very geed te Mr. Ziegi'eld nnd
Mr. Cehan, ami the American people have
been even better. Mr. Zicgfeld and Mr.
Cehan are clever and amusing persons, and
because they arc clever ene may venture te
suppose that their wild farewells nnd their
expressed determination te depart forever
from this our laud mean little. ICnch
wants te go where there will be no labor
unions te trouble nnd hamper the artistic
mind and the mind that rules the box office.
Put where could they go?
Actors are In the British Laber Party
and se are authors and chorus girls and the
musicians. The British unions de net bar
even the folk who piny soles en the trom
bone or the xylophone. A producer of Fol
lies or Cel, an shows would surely have n
hard time in Htissia. vUiere any one with
any sort of talent is supposed te work fcr
two meals a day and sleeping quarters in a
Soviet barracks, nnd where the people are
asked te find delight in the dank plays of
Comrade Chckev. Could Mr. Cehan express
his art in the Scandinavian? Would a Fol
lies be a source of profit in CVecho-Slevakia?
Hardly. Mr. Cehan and Mr. Zlcgfeld will
stay In the L'nltcd States, where the slaying
is geed.
Doubtless the Actors' Equity Association
knows hew te be high-handed new and then.
Its leaders nnd officers have studied at the
feet of the bricklayers, the carpenters and
the plumbers. And all the knowledge they
have gained is by no meuns evil. Thnt much
Is apparent in the nature of the row which
Mr. Zlcgfeld is having with the union.
There was n premise te pay emc players for
a special Thanksgiving performance net
provided for In the contracts, nnd because
the management sought te revive an old
rule which made of the proceeds from spe.ltil
performances n gift te the management, some
6f the members of the chorus struck, nud
two were, ns the saying gees, fired. A gen
eral walkout was then threatened nnd
averted when the insurgents were reinstated
in the cast.
Such brushes of temperament arc hardly
enough te justify a play producer in seeking
a home In lands afar. The theatre managers
continue te mourn about tlie killing effect
of labor-union routine nnd restrictions en
the stage. There arc logic and justice in
much of what they say. In every play and
every player there must be some llickcr of
artistry, and aitlsts de net work well within
any formula. When managers and actors
begin te quarrel ever these subtler disadvantage-.
f a unionized stngc it will be pe.
sible te tukp sides and recognize ground for
debate. But It is a fact that some old stage
traditions permitted the consistent pinching
of actors and netrcses through extra per
formances and overtime work for which no
pay was given. The Actors' Equity has
been fighting that tradition tfnd It ought te
win.
ROYALTY AT ITS BEST
THE limited radius of royal marriages of
the present democratic day lends te be
trothal announcements something of the
interest attnehing te an ingenious puzzle.
What with toppling thrones and prescribed
titles, eligible noble suitors are scarce and
brides-te-bo arc rctrl-tcd te a narrow
c-iivl".
It may be said, hewevtr. of the Heuse
of Savey physically one of the sturdiest in
Europe that its members, have displayed
considerable invcntivencs in their quet of
ncv.- bleed without infringing upon the
externals of conventional aristocratic re
quirements. Somewhat in a Pickwickian sense vas
Nicholas of Montenegro a King. Hut the
Almanach de Getha acknowledged his rank,
and assumption of Its authenticity was made
!ij Victer Emmanuel III in taking the Prin
cess Elena, of the tiny Balkan state new
extinct, te wife.
The present Quern of Italy need entertain
no fear of photographer. She is fair and
strong. Her effsprins are vigorous and
healthy . and quite as presiulalili In leeks as
the average peasant children of a nation
noted for its ienielir.es-,
Humors are current of the approaching
engagement of her fldcM daughter, Velnudn,
te young Leepold, Duke of Brabant, son of
these model niemircbs. the King nnd Queen
of Bilgium. Savey cleverness is again dis
cernible. Albert aid Elizabeth of Belgium
beer regal titles. Biter than that, they are
able secrclgus. patriotic- suardiuris of u
valiant people, sound in character' and in
bedv.
The ruling Saveyards are te be congratu
lated if this match is ensuinmnt"d. Kings
nnd Queens are like the rest of tin in this:
they annet effet processes of degeneracy
with nretens", however pompous, nor inn
they advance lem'uicing arguments en behalf
of eicluMve inbreeding.
The marriage of two such decent and nor ner
ninl specimen-' of royalty as Yelandn and
Leepold would he a public gulp.
llcnts tire still high.
Whose fix Building:, are net going
JsGerwJ.' up with the speed and
frequency desirable.
I, imitation of available labor has seuiethimj
le de with U. There in much virtue in
labor unionism; but sui'ic has brought
abuses. The Leck weed committee found In
New Vnrk a labor union which had fewer
members, than It hud ten years age and with
i.H of its mcnibcis ivcr fifty yearn old. There
,ti hundreds til veung Anieihan ex-cricc
i ui unemployed vhe ntlghl easily lie taught
truth - nud put le mi, Itii'ilcnls 1117.,
iln cons'-leiiMii en 1 1'kliigmcn, I
eh conscleii.-ips deprive willing men of
. t.pt . i-enn-icni.-ips cicnnvc wining mc,
we,, wherein Is the tyranny; of labor
1 Decles le that eL Jciuxt f r
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AS ONE WOMAN SEES IT
Architecture and Interior Deoora Deeora Deoera
tlons no Aids te Character Fur
niture Jar.z That Sets the
Nerves Dancing
Uy SAItAII I). I.OWK1E
I DO net knew a mere severe test te an
empleye thnn putting hlin te work in
surroundings that arc down at the heel and
out of repair, timl lneklinr te Uln. m keep
up his end of neatness and regularity when
all the things with which he bus le deal tire
makeshifts.
It Is difficult for a chauffeur te keep a
gone-te-pleccs machine polished and oiled
and filled, or his own clothes mended nud
brushed. It is difficult for a superintendent
or a head nurse in a dilapidated hospital le
de even the things that can he done, even
In the way ,of cleanliness timl discipline.
Allll in II tllpfr n.1,1 r.f.ilnfwttl flflirn tltllldttl!'
vi :. . - "" ..,..... .. -.-. -
v tnese wne Have te de their worn under con
dltlens eC disorder ncceninttsh their daily
viiive with mere expenditure of nerve force
Minn is fair te themselves.
Te leek out of n window at ugliness nnd
ti leek Inte n room nt narrow shnbblness,
cv If one is net often conscious of the
geuynl misfit of evcrylhlu; man-mndu about
iiltiu .is an Irtitnnt that inn aec011.1l ler u
geed Acnl of fatigue.
It .V perfectly nvtenMihg that the scn-e
of protxVtlen which t lie rally In'lldeis In (his
country Vnd was se geed and that it yet
was net v'lihcrited by tin- succeeding gen
eration. "Vhey could build little houses and
big houses, little looms and big rooms and
every vnrle.'Jk of reef and deer and window
nnd stalrvvn. nnd liri'iilacc. and somehow
combine slmlclty with grace, and their
ihlldren nnd fAindehildrcn tailed with every
one of these lYktngs and with the relation
that these parts' Viad te one another.
EVEN new w'.n they copy an idea of
an elder lmll.xl.ig they de net pet the
spirit, even theug.X they may acquire the
letter. 1 was tntcMVd te observe this in
a great Coleui.il-lookli'g building en Blend
street used as n clui'v Yeu would expect
such a building te have x vide and dignified
hull nnd n stnlrway thiM- completed the big
nlr of welcoming hespltavYty. But the hull
is a corridor and the stafx.way is just steps
going up. In the committee room en the
third fleer where the inretliTY? w-as held thnt
I was attending the ether daV. folding doers
divided It from a scries of nvvnis stretching
along the front of the buihllnxV But these
partitions portioned off the spnvV into rooms
tee long for their width, and We scries of
divisions when thrown together v.ndc just a
great space with a low icillii',' tui.V a number
of windows; there was nothing ntv'Viteclural
te glvc.it the proportions of a hall i-r audi
torium. Y'eu could net think of Wiy thing
but classrooms, and poorly adjusted class class class
toenm for hearing at that
I arrived tee early for the meeting, which
was depressing anyway In Christinas 'vek,
iiml as I settled into u duilr ten narrow v'er
most adults, I cave tongue te my illssnv4"
faction te the only ether, occupant In tV'
100m, another curly comer In the row bchln
me.
"I think it is this awful paper that dc- '
presses one." 1 said. v
"I like crav naner." said the ether se-
vcrely.
"But it Isn't gray, weman: it is brown !"
I called back at her. She did net reply,
and looking round at her, I saw she wnti
dressed in brown from head te feet, se I
felt it was best te held my ycace.
TJEKIIAPS she was
J- furnitutc. Braun photographs of old
masters and rough plnstcicu vail, tinted
light brown, with libi..ry table ornaments of
tanned cowhide, were the last cry. Perhaps
the man she did net uurry had nsked her
llways te wear di esses the color of her eyes
and hair, perhaps but what Is the use
guessing? She faded eul of my skyline an
t!-e room Idled up with I bey women in gayer
(o'ers, and piecntl.v the lecturer came in
and had te ask us te sit no front ns far aj
,e could lieeac.se It ".as dlllicult te be hcuid
in se long n room. Liter en he complained
of the ventilation, nnd still later en of the
noise ftnin the streel. until I began te wonder
if the room had get ou his nerves, loe.
I have seen people tp.ind and grew icMid
and leuiideutlal under the ciiaim of loe.us,
and 1 have known memories of beautiful
rooms outlast the memories of the men nnd
women one met in them.
Most children can remember rooms and
their furnishing further back than they can
lecellct the nppenranic of their parents
and their brothers and sisters. All of which
gees te show that surroundings have n very
marked effect upon our minds.
1 Mil
untel Piece" in which a mantel at the
end of a sitting room was dismantled of Its
erlglnul bric-a-brac by n visiting niece nnd,
modernized was dcmetalized by a bewildered
servant trying te remember where the new
things went: was swept clean by n visiting
burglar, nnd filially restored te nn even
earlier fashion by a plaintive and attractive
maiden aunt en the eve of the return of her
ancient suitor te claim her hand.
In each cat; the value of the arrangement
was that it actually expressed a mind even
the burglar's and nothing that really e
presses "a mind can bore or depiess one, nt
first sight, at all events. The trouble with
most public rooms is that no one person Is
responsible for their general effect. A com
mittee probably decided by voting the color
end c: rang' incut and shape of the room that
the lecturer and I found se depressing.
I WISH that I teuld ficd out who in
vented and then made popular in this
country the eater-cornered arrangement of
furniture and rugs thai one "ic in hotels
and in certain well-to-de houses. The rule
seems te be that all bureaus should go
across a corner, all nigs lie slant-wise te
the walls, all sefns be arranged with one end
further out in the room than the ether, rl!
vases put any way but In pairs, nil pictures
hunrf in tUghtcup or down a wall like flyln';
Kwaus In fuliy tales, nnd all books and pho
tographs arranged tit the corners dunt-wlsc
en tables.
Seme persons go se far as te make their
beds run out from a corner into tlie center
of the tenin and I knew one house wheie
the dtulng-rnem table is flung forth from a
cerne- se that nothing runs parallel with rlnt
nils of the room I nun n spoon te a gucsl.
I de net get the itlra ' If It Is an at
tempt at informality, the i-eal ideal would be
te copy tlie helter-skelter appearance of
sweeping, day. Almest ell the persons, thnt
1 knew who live thnt way, from sojourners
In hotels te elderly spinster, are rc-lless and
iinre.-tful companions, e perhaps then- j.i;-..
ring the furniture is a kind of outlet te t'l.'de
inward uncertainties. And if u reallv Is
the outward and visible expression of their
irward cress purpe-cs It i inlet-citing ,, -i
symptom, though no well pet&ou wants te
sit long among bympteiu-.
AHOl'SE decorator told me net long age
that she was offered a very lucrutivp
partnership ever in Ni erJ,. but net
knowing the would-be purine she v ,i v,iry
about mere things than i annul before she
ii iis'ulerrd the (imposition (.erlenslv. She
ipked him. for one thing, v, bat was Li.s Idea
of furnishing n room th.it was alrc.idv fur
it'ished and had been long lie( ip,
lie said he took e-.er., thing eir and
stripped the paper from I he walls yn, began
v lib the paint nnd paper new uml then put
in his own idea.-, of fin nislilngn gunlcij b'
the tpes 'or which lie loom wns di .ign d
lie left out the people as being negligible nnd
their former be.englugs n bung fe,- tbu ,0,,t
part sentimental survivals.
She did nut go further .th him once bi
got that point of view, her procedure being
iust the opposite. The people who occupied
tlie room being first in hep estimation and
their original nrraligenieiil being ludienliw
of the people was always iiupertnut. What
linages Mie suggested were along ihe In,,-.
of what was the bcH in the room. Hlr .1)(
it was like .riling t biography Iimcm! ,,f
novel. Yeu hud le keen n fimiaetcr In
illltl lint te create one. Vhcil site bi.d fin-
iMied It was llieli- room, net '",l'
1 ieiU instead, pi at tucir irerst.
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NOW MY IDEA IS THIS!
Rally Talks With Thinking Philadclphians en Subjects They
Knew Best
MrCxS CATHERINE E. RULAND
On PiNysical Education for Women
THAT physical training is net only a geed
thing fv women te adept as a mnttcr of
health, but t.'mt it offers considerable possi
bilities ns a profession, is the opinion of
Miss Catherine !'' Huliind, director of phys
ical education ,at the Central Branch of
the Yeung Wetvn's Christian Association.
"Tlie adviintn vs of a sound nnd well
trained body nt v se great." said Miss
It'ihiiul. that it iV unnecessary te de mere
than nicuileii iliii vlinse of a great nnd
highly divei-sideii siyA,i''ct. And they are
equally great whether considered from the
standpoint of personal' .physical health, the
mental strcnslh which almost invariably ac
companies a sound phyWquc. provided, of
course, that there is someSasis te start witli
en the mental side, nnd as tx possible profes
sional career.
"We hear much of the bixxadening of the
sphcie of women In many wnts, but in few
matters has there been a grcnxVr change In
the last two or three decades Chan In the
relation of women and nthieties. The day
of the 'clinging' girl who was af-.vx id of the
sight of bleed and whom the tiwexpcctcd
appearance of n mouse threw into something
like hysterics has gene, never te rctir&u.
Is Boen for Natien
"Women are all the better for this clitxnge,
and se is th" Natien as well. The develop
ment of nthieties in women means a stronger
race in the future stronger physically aiuL
by reflex action, stronger nieiitnlly. lllstevv
shows that these nations which had the met-y.
useful national lives, net only in the work
lequiring pnysteai strengin. nut in tnc arts v
and ether cultn-al lines, were these who
were athletic. I
"The two thing.-, menial activity and I
physical strength, seem inseparably bound
together. Naturally, there haye been excep
tions nnd persons of little physical strength.
If net actual weakness, have often achieved
great deeds in the arts and s.-iences. but
they were persons who succeeded In pite of
thc-lr handicap. They accempllshe what
they did, dc-pite their physical drawback
and net because it save them any advantage,
I have little doubt that, were It possible te
prove it, there would he many who had
perhaps an almost If net entirely equal
mental endowment, but who failed becaute of
phi Meal weakness,
As a Profession
"Considered as a profession, physical
training offers many pesilbllltlcs for women.
It is especially attractive te graduates of
the high hchoels, who piefer a profession
akin te. but net of. (he- cultural am. and
si ienccs, Pel them it Is nearly Ideal.
"Like, every ether line of work, the mental
abilities are employed te a great extent by
thn girl who l a Lei up physical training pro pre pro
fesslenally . A lellcge education is, there
fore, a deeided advantage as a basis for
learning the work, but It i net absolutely
essential.
"When four years of further education
after the high school arc net pessUde, there
is tlte school for physical education, v l,hh
offers u course of tlnee years, thus peiinit
llng the student te begin her teaching career
a e.-ir earlier than the ch'I who bus gene te
college. But while she is made thoroughly
competent by h"r (mining, the h:ts mis,e'd
four very valuable years net only of menial
training, but of environment which proves
of great us- In her later veik.
Weill. Net All Pliys.it al
'However. I he pre.'peilhe student should
lien be misled Inte the thought that all I be
verl. of a phy.sicnl director is bodily. She
will find that the mcii.ality plays an aliue.,t
equally Impei lunt pait In the directing of
the pliyshnl iipbuildln-,' of ethers.
"Tp hludl'M which she must muster m-n
scml-mcdiinl, '"! perhaps physiological
would be the mere accunilc word, and iiiiiny
nf these course.' me, In my opinion, inure
dillleiilt le mnsler than the i.-gular academic
course of the cellegi s. She must also pos
sess a geed degree of judgment and coinuieii
sense
"I need scarcely spe.il: of the danger (u
whose own preparatory traliilitg hn
tliose uneer me can- or a puyiini dli -. ier
Inadequate Sh i.m-i knew iaeil. Le v
UIIICll 'M.-ll-C MIC ,11", illlll' c .,f , U1
ttnul wlnieitit ivrrdeiii' nnd Mil n'eni r - '
i litres Lieu pIim'ivdiieu ami ipipidct.iii ,.
hygienic Lain ledge. lu addition ahu immt I
have, suiliclcnl po-eeutillty te meet cllfilcult 1
situations xvhlch taatt ui, itatte in tuists4ii
x
SUFFERING FROM EXPOSURE, EH, WHAT?
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every line of work, Mnnv n physique which
might have developed into a well-balanecd.
if net a particularly strong one, has been
injured by overdoing in exercise, especially
in these exercises or gnmes into which the
competitive clement enters.
Develops Character Alse
"But in the work of a physical director
there is also an opportunity for plnv In
addition te tlie hard study and hard work
necessary te mnsler the routine. Fer the
girl who is fend of athletics there is much
pleasure te he derived from the duy's sched
ule. The period of training passes quicklv
for such a one
"I can hardly lay tee much stress upon
physical training ns a developer of char
acter. When n girl of thn education re
quired has passed through the training
necessary for becoming a first-class physical
Instructor, she has nlse becoine n person of
strong Christian character with high Ideals,
untiring zeal and a personality which pos
sesses the power of leadership toward the
finer things of life
"With the physical director, mere thnn
with any ether teacher, lies the opportunity
te meld, in part ut least, the character of
every child whose life she touches. Thn
children of both sexes admire physical
prowess, and in this fact lies n great part
of Hie inllucnce of the physlenl director,
rhen. again, children are almost universally
fend of athletics nnd will devote time anil
enre te the cultivation of their physical
well-being, which It is difficult te get them
te give te many ether studies.
A Great Obligation
"This is n great privilege, but it nlse
imposes an equally great obligation, nnd
the inllucnce which the physical director
wields nin.v he made an enormous power
for geed in the institution with which she
is connected. She must see te it above all
things that this power Is used te the best
advantage.
"Fer the girl who hns n fondness for
keclnl serncn, the calling of the physical
ixircoter will be net only a wide but also a
iwngenial field. There nre in it oppor
tunities which nre almost uneqtialed clsc
xvirc. If I may speak from personal e.x
pcrx.iv nee. I would say that there is no jev
like ae jev derived from this kind of work.
I nnr. firmly convinced that the girl whose
own wlticntienal opportunities hove been
limited" jte the high schools, nnd who lias -the
inclinntU'ii for this profession, enn niake her
life ceuni for mere in it than In anv form
of service open te her."
IFTyit De Yeu Knew?
QUIZ
1. What is a x Ivarluin'.'
Z. XVhe were ft9 four I'lcliwieUlans?
". XVhat I ' tlie xveanlns of the Lntln phrase
"neil nm tVV'Rere"'.'
4 What Is tlie Aurtli city of the United
States In rxX'ilatlen'.
5. What Wtate entexed tlie American Union
with the prtv 'fit that It could, If
opportunity aivac. he divided Inte
lour separate Stites?
0. When, wbeie uml h tween whom was the
battle of AsiiieiV'xrt fought"
7. XVbcrti Is tbt ninclc .Y-'erest'.'
5. Who v.is tbe uoieWU who eresa-0 Die
Koruc of Nlnsara .Falls en ;i tight,
rie sat down en (Vie lop? midway en
his venturesome Jeaney and cookie
and ate an omelet?
0. Who was Tcrcsn CarrcnvV
10. What Is a inessin''
Answers te YesterdayAi Quiz
I lltiRh f'lipit was the fuit.v.vlcr or i,
.iipeti.ui djimuy of l-nmtch Ic.ncV
from which the liotirbetvu were il-
rElfwiT t"0ne:,a K",s v'r K,'a,"i0
:. An eliliite In a per-nii ilcillcuteec le inen.
ustlc or rellelc.ui lie or v.ei
; tiuyly I'iirtl- w.i-, u nt.tr IhiKlbV ihc.u-
ncnl iniiii.iRrr piuduccr of lir Ainm
erlei of Gin. -.t and sv nY'V' X
operas Ht the Klivuy Thc-uti e, Lrxvilen
t t.oiceln Ik the enpllnl of N'ebriHcu
.-. Ahilii-llenci le Sage (IliUS-lTr) w-etl, ,1..,
liiieuiis story of "tin .,BJ or K. ri"i
6. ;Im-.iIccI nieiins l)4reloelei op , h
sandaled, used l-nitlculurlv of frWr
or nuns. .uu.x;
7. I.atlfundiu are laiun csluie nu,,....i.. ...
cha.. iclerUlns a country 's aeriuV' J
S. Mytei 'I. lerrlclt N 11,0 present Auierl
can Auil'USMider te I'l-aitc-c. w",ir'
V. I-our i-ri-siei-ni- ei .-.lexice altei
1'er-
iirn cm, "n iiiiuere, liiicj
i, '.. ,' 'il ( tln't-jrtJii
i t'n -
10 i. ' 1 ll'K . . IVcin i, v
ill euipi; iventicl uU
i i le.
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or i ' i Pin' e" si '
:l lu, Mi l of n linlvi.i-wlte i
attcamtlim or cjoinpctciice from celT
lesUW ei cxnmJnltifi beOfh g (
SHORT CUTS
Christmas week going btreng.
"Ketan Has New Aide." Headline.
Yep. Cupid.
The Moere unemployment plan should
result in less unemployment.
Director Furbush urges birth registra
tion. Mr. Pullman could get a wheeze eat
of that.
The old woman began te pluck her
geese just u couple of itay3 tee late for
Christmas.
We respectfully draw the attention of
Jay h. Heuse te the allcgcel fact thnt
lighted cigarette set fire te a sewing machine
in a house en Chestnut Hill nnd arc pre
pared te leek en with calm unconcern whin
he throws a lit.
Christmas fare at the Eastern Peniten
tiary will bring tears of compassion te the
eyes of the families of the unemployed,
Prisoners didn't get a thing but roast beef
and potatoes and turnips and lima bean
nnd candy nnd cigars,
Irish problems are new rewiring n
much earnest discussion as ever thev wen
in the Dnil Elrcann or the Londen Confer
ence Dail Elrcann members are talking
tilings ever with the home folk; and wltlt
these home folk rests the fate of tbe Irish
Free State
flcorge Washington's little htUchet mace
no greater historical stir than that in store
for the silver-plated pickaxes te Tie used by
thn Mayers of Philadelphia and Camden en
January C. They will break rreund nC
only for the Delaware bridge but for tin
Scsqul-Ccntennlnl.
Just in case the fnct is ebscirre d by jubi
lation ever the release of Eugersn Debs: 111
was Incarcerated for opposition te the most
socialistic ruling of modern times, the draft:
n ruling, be It noted, which put labor in the
preferred class nnd consigned the white cellar
classes te the trenches.
President Harding urges that tlm prch
lems of the world he settled at. a. table rathe
than en a battlefield; that they be clisrussct!
in simple terms nnd settled in, a common
(ense manner. There Is nnthlnR startling in
the pronouncement any mere than there '
in the Sermon en the .Mount. The plea, in
fnct, has something in it of the qualitv he
advocates.
We are tickled and tlellchtcd te 'ejm
that the Ferclney Tariff Bill provide-, for
a duty en boekB brought ever by an immi
grant when Mich a materia! evidence of
Intelligence has a pecuuinry -value of mere
than .-."D because if there cre aii7 seii'i'
In the prevision it might couplet us of In
justice te the tariff gentleman in the inmie
ilinte pnst.
Humer Is often n liar, bub mere often
thermometer which register the jiepuliu'
wish and records it as a fact There is sig
nificance, therefore, in Mkp report that
Kamen de Valera. bowing te tthc overwhoha everwhoha overwheha
nig weight of opinion In favor of the trout'
will announce t Ijo withdrawal of his opposi
tion. It would be nt once in welcome ml
a sensible net.
Next week we may begm te fcc hew
clean a new municipal street-cleaning broom
can sweep There will be ill evidence two
inoter-svveeperH. a snow-lead r and two teu teu
eon tractors. Much Hint is tjoeil Is expert"'
of the new order of things. Who knows
Clean streets may yet lend tes clean pellth"
Why net? Cleaiilinesn beinKNicxt le genii!
uesH, Philadelphia may he if near neighbor
uf heuveii.
Philadelphia Is altogether loe me'lce'
She h, te ask Hie Slate for ij,'..'00.fj0t) M
the Sesciui-Centeinilal. Thli' Is half a u"
II, m dollars less limn Oregon is appi'Mir;
tiling for the world fair in Portland ""'V.',
Without doubt the Portland fair will In w
uml niieiessful; bill it does lit.! begin ln,.,'!,lj
Ihe Importance of the great icveiii In I hufV,
dclplila a year biter. The Sf Miil-CentcnnWi
i,n't u local affair It Is ijeslgtied t" ,"n.i
Aim-ru u ns she is te Hie nations or m
world.
OptlmlHtlc
i'reddy's ma is nptiiuilth'.
1 have seen tills wetUlil swcci
SiiiIIc nr llilil'klugs cabi'M I"'
(In the Heur I nm imidlty feet
4 . ,. i I I. tit.i., .
II nil KH'ni iF4liai.it ? I" nttfi . .
Sin would say, ' Wliy. si's, indeed.
It Is lucky thnt our Braify
Alu't h sloppy centW'oae! ,.,
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