Ml" H lENTR ' thR i CI una jisterj Th te 0. ijed. mDnugi in the ted his nothing McM . eved te,! But r" i iveled it . I if-A e clar J ta i Chi e hi itba pect t en. scow d ' an it istci ri grei e te t. rac tot J e 1 ! i 111 eth m U La1 et. thpi -or B ES GIANj iye He William illllcs, ance 1 eled 1 acue e we, ajf i, "ye FSlbl trad n t, id la' ull PhlU urn te "ThereJ r a trade Jer nny ew Heme iew he hi,' ippcns te erk. I BUppej ilphla vrei, ear'M Ev -V, tucsa Ne Bex! Hera-ant' i ntarcelj' rAXne te a .Mfr&rY te vor. the v euld be me, imber of t Tim Or ,i X 4 ) V . ".. i OTl U W 1 -J! And iBmBSs' wmi m n i PVltir Tmir& V3L i rr fMnc V.igPJ H y. m ;ttenmg $JubUc Heifer PUBLIC LEDGER COMPANY CYItUS II. K. CtmTIS, I'BCTtrrsT Jehn C, Martin, Vice rrld nt and Traureri Charlss A Tjler, B.crftary, Chur e II. Lulling. ten. Philip S. CeIIIna. Jehn h. Williams. Jehn J. tlpursten. Geerge I. aeMsmli'i. David U. Smllfy, Directors. K.lliir JOHN C, MAItTIN.. .ilenrrat nuslnen Manager Published dally at "ptiauc LKCOra Building ina"Pfiiuence Square, roll iMlhl.-i. Atlihtie Citt rresa-Vnlm Building ;Nw Yeuk 3H Maaisnn Ave. urieit 701 reril IlulMInc B. Let 613 OMe-Demetrat tlulliUn Cnioiae l.ie: Tribune Building . NKW'e Ill'ItBAfS. WASItlNOTpN nCMtir, .. N. II. L'er, I'ennaylvanla Av. and 14th Ft. New Tonic UctEitr Th Sun liulldln trO.NLON ncj:B Trafalgar Building MOnsntiiTieN TnriMa Tha EiBNiNd Pbulie I.erit la aemsl te sub crllwra In Philadelphia and Ufreundlng towns t the rat of tvvelve (12) centa rr week, pnabla te the carrier llymalj te points outslde of Philadelphia In the LnltcJ siniei. i anuria or United Mutes poi pei poi jcailena, pea.aita fiv. nfti' (SO) cent per month. Bit (SO) dellarn pr seat, payable In advance Te nil foreign rnuntrii-a one (Jl) dollar a month. rOTiri) 8ul)icrlbera wlehlng addreia changed muat give old us wen aa new addrcts. SEtL. 3000 WAt.NI'T KLVSTONX. MAIN WOI trAddtfis all cummimicafiens 'e kirninp Pullle yuirr. inticpe nnrice AOlierc. t nunaewnm Member of the Associated Press inil ASSOCIATED TRESS It ftreluilivfi n Titleit fe the tur for rrpubllciiueit til nil eu alapatchet crrdlfeil te U or net efhrrnUe credlletf In IMj pcipfr, and oIje Die lern I tieii'l fulllihtd Inereln. XII rlghta r repuMlcotlen e special dljpalcSM nrrrin are alfa rrtrucrf. Thlladtlphli, TrifiJ.r, Jimurj 3, W22 MUMMERS AND THE FROST WITH the mercury 18 degrees below freezinc nt 1) o'clock yecterdnj morn Inc. there wiw enthu-'iiism enough In tlie henrtH of the pnrnders te keep tliisa warm In their lone march en llreud utreet. The Fpcctnter.s en tip; s-irtcunlks shivered, but they kept their phteei se that they mlulit bc the nnnunl Fpcctnck welcoming in the new year. A lccH vigorous ntid n lei determined people would liave culled the pnrude off en account of the cold The .nly effect it had was te delay the starting by half nn hour. Even melnitNci Mews .lely in cold weather, fe it was net surprising that the Seuth Philadelphia!! In line should be slewed up little in their movements. A demonstration which enn survive such severe weather de.rvcs te be perpetuated. IRELAND THINKING STRAIGHT INDICATIONS that the return of the Dail Kireann me '.hers te their constituencies has been instructive are relhvted in the at titude of some of the leading Irish journals upon the autonomy treaty. "Ne tepliNtrv, however fine pun, enn disguise the fact that te thwart this (rati fication) would be te betrfi a sacred trust." declares the l-'reenian'.s Journal and Irish Independent. "That seu of trenchcry makes no appeal te Irishmen." The vigor of this utterance is emphatically supported .by accounts of overwhelming popular enti ment for the compact. The majority of twelve votes for the treaty forecast bj ex tremely conservative observers is a political reckoning. That th; margin of public approval is much wilier than tins Is sugseMed by ex pressed belief that many opponents of the agreement will refrain from voting, thus technically safeguarding their principles without interrupting the course of pregr-ss. The resumption of sesIens by the Dull teda) premises it speedy response te the claims of honor and duty In u historic con troversy. BARRIE AMONG THE ELECT IN IlESTOWINlt the Order of Merit upon James Matthew Ilnrrle, the lliitlsh Gov Gev crnmciit deploys discrimination, courage and an admirable senvc of humor. l'os-e--elen of the Inst two qualities Is neces-ary te any administration engaged in heaping official honors upon the author of "The Twelve round Loek." Uarrie himself must enjoy the piquancy of the situation. Having penned one of the most delicious of' satires upon distinctions of title, I.ik feeling for whimsy must have been perceptibly intensified by his elevation te knighthood shortly after the production of his popular little comedy. The Order of Merit ran s him with D.wid XJeyd (leerge. A. .1 ll.ilfeur. Lord Merlev and n sennt and selei t company. The clas sification is purely technical. The creator of "Peter l'an" is unique, nnd tin iimt generous intentions of an admiring (ioveru (ieveru mrnt must fall, like the efforts of Ills most affectionate admirers, te catalogue a rare and exquisite genius. But the endeavor is laudable, and the en , tire English-speaking world may he said te sympathize with the sincerity of the at tempt. SITTING IN A CIRCLE CUTTING ill n circle sonic men will talk O pelitilN and swap stories; rtlicrs will recite poetry and sing songs. Tin- Welsh nan belongs te the latter c'use. It is natural for him te want te sing when he gathers with his fellows, it ju a legacy from his fathers. Wales was Wnle-., be will tell you, before Kngl.uid wan born. and some of the songs lp. sings coup, fiem that far-off time. li; has the veire for it. tee, strong and rich and true, and lie an I his fellows take ns naturally te choral sing ing as ducks te water Vith him sitting in u cir le. n sexlen. nn eisteddfod, means peetrv and song What else could it mean te a Welshman'' Kwn that little Welshman who lias had se busy a finger in the European pie, kn"ading and melding nnd baking and slicing the new Europe, knows it. That's why he smiles through nil his cmifereip e. It is nil uch a Jeke te him. He knows that instead of talking the conferees, Frenchmen lin,i Belgians and Italians and Kiislans ami Germans and luhmeu ecia1'iy Irish men! should be singing. .lust think hew that would .simplify mat tern' he- much It would de t.) bring about harmenv ! Se annually the Welshman at home and abroad holds his eisteddfods; gathers his bards and hi soloists ami his clmii., and puts them through their puces; rewards these who prove their etc lluncu in compo sition or exei 'itieii, and, up Ideulall.v , in in Jeys himself as only a Welshman enn: Philadelphia, therefore, feels, honored in having been host te men and women who fester and se worthily tepresent se ancient an Institution. The Philadelphia eisteddfod was a sue CUSS. It could lint be otherwise. IMPORTANT IF TRUE w T DAVID R SMtt.nt 4uld go tcjf,A- rpHE revelations of the tin recegnised dele ill micajZiJSSmt' X gates of the Far Eastern Hcpubllc re- iXmmr gardlng an alleged Fiancn-Japniiese rem- 'pact te grab concessions and c vcrthrew evlctlsm unit Its nmiintienB in Kussin nnd Siberia raise n prehlem which will net yield .','tte mere indignant blanket denials. The charges of a secret treaty and of covert agreements read like a wild yarn. They are serious only if true. The burden of proof unquestionably lies upon the Cliitn xepresentatives in Washington, but both parties te the case nrc under obligation te bfl specific. The Far Easterners appear vexed by their ejqulvecnl unofficial status at the Arms Con ference. It is possible that they have chosen nny pert fn a storm or that they have been deceived by n cennrd of Impres sive proportions, jr. tney are ueepiy solici tous of n lieiirlug It is unquestionably their ilutj te disclose the history of the liicrinl nating documents. A Freinli representative hns character l7.ed them as "malicious fabrications, for geries stupidly centiived." it Is en-y te understand the anger provoked by n sheer fake. Hut. however comprehensible, the exhibition of such emotion is net enough. If the Governments of France and Japan nrc possessed of the ammunition needed te demolish n lie they should discharge it in full. Details from both sides are the pres ent requisite. Even if the Conference should see fit te Ignore a sensational outbreak, public desire for detailed explanations would remain. PENNSYLVANIA GIVES WAY TO NORTH DAKOTA McCumber as the Successor te Penrose as Chairman of the Senate Finance Committee Means Anether West erner Is In a Seat of Authority . WITH the denth of Senater Penrose, who was chnirmnn of the Finance Com Cem mittre, there remain only four of the eleven important committees of the Senate presided ever bj Easterners. Senater McCumber, of Wnhpcten, N. D., will succeed Senater Penrose ns chairman of the Finance Committee. Wnhpcten is a village of 2S0O population in the southeast ern corner of the State, en the border of Minnesota. It hns three weekly newspapers, one Uepublienn, one Democratic and one agricultural. The whole county of which Wnhpcten is the capital has n population of only nbeut L'0.000. Thus n small-town mnn from nn agri cultural State becomes the head of the great committee which really drafts the Tariff nnd Internal Tax Laws of the country. Senater Aldrlch, of the manufacturing State of IJhede Island, was chnirmnn of the com cem mittee for many yrnrs, nnd when he died lie was succeeded b Penrose, n representative of the manufacturing nnd agricultural State of Pennsylvania. It would be n mistake, however, te ns sumo tlint because Senater McCumber lives in a small town he is net litted for the chairmanship. He has been in the Senate for twenty-two jenrs nnd lias invUiat time participated in the framing of mticir impor tant revenue legislntien. He 1ms been n member of the Finance Committee long enough te have infeimed himself en the general prim iplc which the majority of the Uepublienn Party wishes te have em bodied in the revenue laws. He is just as well qualified for the chairmanship of the Senate Committee as Nelsen Dlngley was for the chairmanship of the Ways and Means Committee of the Heuse, although Dlngley came from the small city of Lcwistewn, in Maine. Where a man lives is net of se much importance as what Ids mental equipment Is. It must be admitted, however, that n man absorbs te some extent the point of view of the community in which he votes. The significant thing in the assumption of the chairmanship by Senater McCumber is that it transfers the presiding officer of one mere Important committee te the West. Senater Warren, of Wyoming, is nt the head of the Appropriations Committee, nnd Senater Wesley L. Jenes, of Washington, Is ihuirmnn of tip; Commerce Committee, and Senater Albert H. Cummins, of Iowa, sit at the head of the table of the Committee en Interstate Commerce. Of the sl members of the Hules Com mittee, which decides hew Icgi-duden shall be considered, only two are from the East. Senater Curtis, of Kansas, is chnirmnn, and his ether colleagues are from Minne sota, Illinois and Indinna. This shifting of the (enter of power is merely an Incident in the development of the country. There was a time net se manv years age when the dominant lenders in both houses of Congress were New Eng landers, or residents of States no further West than Ohie. Hut with the Increasing population of the West and with tlm emergence there of men of ability who vvee willing te devote tlcir time te public affairs theic has come about n -lnftlng of the seal of authority. The presiding officer-, of both the Senate and the Heuse arc -till New Engenders, it is true, but Spuiker (lillett, under the aiiti aiiti Cannen rules, ,n tt,, nleru ,,,,,. ,ia1 the Vice Presiihm. The fleer lender of the Heuse leuies from Wyoming nii.l the chair man of its most important eeinmitt' e rcp--.sents a Mulligan district. The country discovered in mill that it took mere than the vole of the Eastern States te elict a President. Thoc who went te bed en election night confident of the victory of Hughes becniise he had car ried New Yerk and Ni w Jersey and Massa chusetts and Ohie and I'enn-jlvania awoke the next morning te read with surprise the dela.vcd returns from lip' West. The En't will have te adjust itself f0 the changed conditions. Ir still hns powerful members en the important committees sit ting in K'nts about the Western chairmen, and It will still be influential n framing le?Wntlen. Hut it will have te give mere serious considei.itien te the views of ether parts of the country than lias been its js. lern. Fertunntelv for tie L'nernl geed, no will balanced mini mu -it tmj in Congress wan. ei.t discovering th.it purelv sectional or his- legislation i- pernicious, and that ii is n mistake te fnver manufacturers ever farmers ,,r fnmieis ever manufacturers, Wl'li Senater McCumber at the Ipiui of the I'mame CVi'.niittec there may he n change in empl.n-is in financial legislation, but theie run bt no radical change in its gen' nil content. QUICK WORK IT TOOK tne Heard of Public Education mil twelve minutes te re-elect its execu tive staff vchferdn afternoon. This was licniiise there was general satis faction with the men. Superinr ndeut Hioerue, who enmc te the city lnt spring, hns juMified the confidence that his sup porters hnd in bun. The nssei inte and dis trict superintendents who have worked with him will continue te co-epeuite in improv ing tin- schools and the superintendents of buildings and of supplies have given no grounds for displacing them New, if they can all work for the coming year with the same harmony with which they have been letnincd in eliii e It ought te be pesslb'e te see some tvidemes of prog preg lesK next Dei ember. THE MYSTERY REMAINS I T IS ensy le remember a time when n formal renuin iiitinu of the Darwinian theory bj a scientific man of eminence would linvu caused n Hurry of world-wide dimen sions and an uproar of praise and blnme from different gieup' of the self- st led lllumlniitl, That was the period In which the nations of the earth were iiciusteincd te become evcitu1 ever a whiff of smoke from the Balkans or n new poem by Mr, Kipling or the departure of ships for the North Pele. It isn't be easy te be interesting newu- VBNING PUBLIC' LEDaERl-PHlnM)EK .-... I. .. - ,.. fa. j days. Prof. William Batcsen, one of the flrst biologists of England, has formally abandoned Darwin's theory in n public ad dress nnd there Is hardly n sound of hand clapping te be henrd, nnd the world will probably proceed te forget nil about the matter. Yet, if ether men of Prof. Bate son's eminence nnd learning feel them selves compelled te accept n similarly new point of view n whole literature of scientific criticism will have te be revised or ditched altogether. That, indeed, Is what is very likely te hnppen. Fer the movement nwny from Darwin has been progressing for some years, ' Dig and ponder ns they will, the biolo gists have never been able te produce scientific proof of Darwin's innln deduc tions. The missing link thnt might have visibly demonstrated the possibility of the rise of the human race from Inferior levels of anlmnl life hns never been found. Pundits who have created a new heaven nnd a new earth out of the Darwin theory will probably he disposed te maintain n dis creet silence in the presence of men who, like Dr. Hntcsen, humbly admit, nfter a lifetime of research, thnt something mere than evolutionary processes must account for the peculiar gifts and nature of the human race. REVIVING THE LEVIATHAN DIAGNOSIS of the ills of the Lcvlnthnn in terms of dollars and cents graphically denotes the degenerate condition into which this queen of the seas has fallen. The lowest bill of the marine physicians fixes SU.OOO.OOO lis the cost of cure. This includes several contracts for reconstruc tion and general repairs, for engine repairs nnd for stewards' supplies nnd mevnblc equipment. The sum is a bit staggering considering thnt even in these days of chenp dollars presentable passenger liners, handsomely nppeinted, enn be produced for nbeut that figure. But vessels of the $0, 000,000 class are pigmies compared with the Lcvlnthnn. In 1014, when she wns new, the cost of the ship te the Hnmhurg-Aiiiericnn Line was Sll'.OOO.OOO. William F. Glbhs, chief of construction for the International Mer enntile Marine, which will operate the Lcvlnthnn for the Shipping Benrd, esti mates thnt she could net new be reproduced for less than 522,000.000. The expenditure, therefore, Is Indisput ably worth while. When reconditioned, converted into nn oil burner, cnpnblc of stcnmlng twenty-four knots nnd reap pointed in the handsomest and most modern fashion, the Levlnthnn will be n superb and magisterial addition te the American mer chant mniinc. It is distressing te consider the protracted period of neglect from which she suffered. But the problems of the Ship ping Heard were net such as could he solved offhand, nnd it must he remembered thnt the injunctions of William U. Hearst were largely responsible for the delay. A new day of distinction is in store for the giant ship when she assumes her right ful plncc In the trnns-Athintie service as the pride of the American passenger fleet. OVER FIFTY TO JOHN COWPEK POWYS nnd W. L. Geerge, the English writers wdie new hnppen te be gleaning industriously in the always rich fields of Amerlmn lecture cir cuits, some prompter or ether must have whispered. "Give it te 'mi strong. They like sensations!" Women. snvs Mr. Geerge, are irrever ent In the presence of lnws ami instinctively contemptuous of nil rules nnd cedes. We shall let that pass. It is halt nnd nothing else. Professer I'ew.vs is a bit mere subt'c nnd therefore a bit mere restrained. He gently expresses n belief that nil men ever fifty who have nssured incomes should re tiie from business. New, it is by business that the world lives nnd move. Mnturit.v and experience provide the best thnt we knew In nrt. literature, science and lelltlcs. By what process of reasoning does n professing philosopher arrive at the conclusion thnt business is less deserving than these ether major pursuits of the human race? Much may happen before In a Splilt November lieu, but nothing of Prophecy Is likely te occur te change the solemn and uvve.-enie ,a. i thut en a fateful day in that month little groups of earnest men will sit In dingy rooms nnd solemnly record the will of the bosses; away in the dim past will dlscnn- s-elatelv lie the dellated booms of Heidlenian nnd Snvder, and "he Is ier lias been) n sick nun" will be proving a mere or less effective alibi for n Culled States Sennter seeking election for the long term. Black, white, green nnd red will be fashionable the first three months of 1022, sns Paris. Te which mav be ndded thnt blue will continue te be i oinmen en Mendny and dark blown the morning after the night befeie. What De Yeu Knew? QUIZ 1 What Is an usteddf eP ; What Is the capital of the Far Eastern K-pjbllc ' " li.it Is n geilfct .i" 1 Name two gre.it in'htnry commanders. who kil armies .icn s the Alpa. Z Name two famous heroines of fiction who huff, i ell ileith by I .amine B Whu is the head of the Southern Chinese ijevetnnieut ' 7 Vhn ,lld the Sepev lfebelllen occur? . Who was. I'hilllp M.isaingir? ''. Weat war was feuijh' duilntj the presl- ilMitliil administration cf JameH K. I'elk ' 1" Vv li.it Is a laagf r" Answers te Yesterday's Quiz 1. Ilenrl-Fiederle Amll a Swiss phllose- I her nnd poet, 'vinte "democracy Is the frrm of government In which majorities rule and minorities think." 2. semite is the continuous line of plnnkini: ur plates from stem te sfrn of a ship. .1. Carl Kehuri hip a nuted American statesman, p'hti. ,i ictenner nnd general, born In I'ui.ssla In 1SJ0 He nime te the fi, ted .States after thu Insurrection of I sis, nerved en the I'lderal side In the Iluttles of flettvs. liurB. Chanccll.irsvllle. Second Bull Hun nnd Ch.itt.ir.oejia , was Uepublienn Senater from Missouri, n leader of the "L'b-r.il Hejmbllcan" revolt of lsT2, SKretnrj of the Interior 1H77 H?l, editor i t the New Yerk Evening I'est lMl-USI 4. Thera are t.n seeiet.irles In the Cabinet of the President of the United States. 6. Twe West Indian republics new under the administrative protection of tha United .States are H.ml and Hunttt Dominge. 6 The phrase ' ip,.-, k dagrers, but use none," originate In Hnmlet'H an nouncement of th policy which he will adept i once rnln his mother In Shakespcnre's tragedy. The text In scene two i,f act three runs: "I will speak daircr r-i te her, but use none " 7. In Greek noilulegy the nppje of discord was a ge.d' n fruit, bearlntr the it'i. bcrlptlen 'for the meat beautiful,'" thrown by ICrls, or Discord, Inte tha midst of tha company at thu murrliiRa of Pelus .iiid Thetics. The prize wan ildlmed b June, Minerva nnd Venus, and was adjudged te Venus 1 y Paris, who vvai lulled In te inuke the award. Frem th s, through the machinations of thj diitppelnied goddesses, came the TreJ in War. 8. The ster i f Ananias and Sapphlra. Is I elated In the Acts of the Apostles. 0, An unapest Is a feet III verse consisting if two hhert syllables followed by enu long. Alueil I.dvvard Nyana Is a lake In Central Africa, south of Lalte Albert Njnnza, and connected with It by the bemlllil Hlvtr. It was discovered In 177 by Henry M. 8tanay. THE LADY BRICKLAYER She Is the Highest Paid, W.eman Worker In the 8tate Then There Are Women Carpenters and Coopers, Alse Machinists and Engineers By GEOBOE NOX McCAIN . MHOKE GOTTSCHALL knows mere about Pennsylvania than any ether man in the State. I refer particularly te Its diversified In dustries and products and Its varied .In terests. It is n matter of business with him. His everyday routine compels him te keep posted en the subjects I have named. Every branch of industry, nnd that In cludes empleyes, raw material, office and operative forces, production, distribution and wages, is se much water te his mill. He is the State's statistician. He Is Chief of the Bureau of Information in Sec retary Woodward's Department of Internal Affairs. WOMEN" in the last two or three years hnve lnvnded the fields of industry formerly occupied exclusively by men te a greater extent than Is lmnglned. At least tliis is the observation of 'Mr. Gottschall. He is n most patient and persistent In vestigator. Likewise he Is n digger after the unusual, the odd, the unique In every field of mnn's endeavor In Pennsylvania. It is a survival of Ida college days. I nm sure, for when I first knew him he was digging around Greek roots nnd Lntin verbs. One of his most Interesting finds is that the most numerous nmeng the wage-earners of the State arc "helpers." There nrc 224, ITiR persons engaged in this business. Householders will recall the "helpers" In connection with plumbing jobs or frozen pipes. They hnnd the plumber his tools. TVTit. GOTTSCHALL lias mnde some curl ''' etis discoveries ns te woman's work nnd wages last year In Pennsylvania. Particularly is this true ns te the occupa tions and income of the gentler sex. There lire women designers, pharmacists, chemists, forewomen, fleer wnlkers, overseers, etc. It might be lmnglned that the best paid workers nmeng the sex would be found in some one of these classes. iet se. Bricklayers were the best paid women workers outside the learned professions in tlieCommenwenlth. Femnle bricklayers were paid an nverage dally wage of $US for nine hours' work. v.arpenters, women, of course, received ?,i.2,' per dav of elclit hours. Lady coopers worked nn hour longer, nine hours, and were pnld ?4.7i" n day, which wns net bnd considering the demnn'd for re ceptacles for home brew. GLAZIERS, ladies who make a business of putting In window glass, which is usually considered part of n painter's job, worked nine hours for $4.00. Cement workers, nn exceedingly unhenlthy nnd nrdueus employment, paid an average te its women empleyes of ?4.GS. Perhaps the most startling exhibit made by Statistician Gottschall is that we have women cenl miners in the Stnte. And they nrc Invncling thcdemnln hereto fore occupied by man in increasing numbers every year. There is one satisfaction, doubtless, te these who insist en the dignity that must attach te the employment of women, nnd it is that female designers were the second best paid of their sex. They received $0.15 for an eight-hour day. rpHE war years unquestionably gave i- woman her opportunity and nobly she availed herself of it. In man office buildings female elevator starters and operators have permanently sitpplnntcd men. Among ether occupntiens into which ineri nre gradually pushing their way arc the follewing: Engineers in Industrial plants, where the average wage is $.-.."5. As "iumpmen," a seeming anachronism, where thev tend lamps in Industrial establishments and railroads. Loe, fixers in textile mills, car runners in street railway operation, weavers, pol pel lishcis nnd rippers." There are women electricians. Among the best pnid of the sc-c are embossers, who iece vc an average of $.-.37, ns ngnlnst $4.17 icceived by engravers. The nvernge wage of the Indies of the live wire, the electricians, approximates $2.) n week. IT IS u well-known fnct thnt in certain Industries skilled empleyes decline te tench apprentices unless the number Is lim ited. In past years glass blowing was a trade te which apprentices were ndmitted only from the fact that they were relntives, chil dren, nephews, or grandchildren of the journeymen While this practice U being invaded by the operation of technical nnd trade schools', there would still seem te be a paucity of apprentices In the Stnte. IN THE vnrleus industries there was n total slightly In excess of 0000 np pi cut Ices who will some day occupy positions ns skilled workmen. Although Mr. Gettsclui'l does net indicate it in his statement, it Is possible thnt mnny of these listed ns helpers nre really ap prentices who, for the bosses' ndvnntnge, nre listed ns such that they may charge hither rntes flir their services. Thee familiar wi"i the manufacture of iron nnd sfeel will 1 Interested in certain figures presented by the State's stntlsticinn. In the old days puddlcrs, lieuters nnd rollers were the big money -mukers in the iron mills of the State, 'Hie boss roller, like Robinson-Crusoe, wns monarch of nil lie surveyed .nnd wns a mighty peer head of n roll gang if he could nut clean up fiem SHO te $50 a day. Puddlers en the average mnnngcil te eke out mi existence en from :1() te $l.r for nine hours' work, while hcutcrs averaged prni'ti'iill the same, T'.ese weic day t when the purchasing power of the dellnr was double what it is today. They were a class of men whose families lived en the fat of the land. The.y worked hard in the mills nnd thev demanded net only the necessities of life lii abundance, but jts luxur'es. What de the returns show today? Puddlers work ten hours for '$10.1." j heaters work nine hours for $K.2S, while rollers draw $12.70 for a ten-hour day. T HAVE MENTIONED in a general way JL the extent te which feiniilc workers nre undertaking employments heretofore re garded ns strictly masculine and mere or less strenuous. Tlieie were 1,1,10,831 workers employed in 20,"i occupations in this State the Inst yenr. Out of these 205 occupations 132 engaged women. Among these were numbered trades sup posedly masculine, such ns engineers, coal miners, machinists, coopers nnd em perners. Next te helpeis the greatest number of nny class of workers were laborers in manu facturing plnnts who totaled lfi5,40O. But the helper head the list. In his polite and genteel way Mr. Gott schall lists them ns "assistants te me chanics and ether weikeis." As I remarked nbeve they nceempnny. the plumber, the tinner nnd the carpenter journey men te ban I them their tools. Net the Finishing Touch I'rum the Wlclillu Il.icle. One tiling about finishing school Is that it docs net train girls te hang about en the south steps of the PostelDce lulklug te non descript malu idlers. fs&vfflsmww T.TiErss- W " , . 9rme7!W,fr WHY WYATT WOULDN'T GO Venerable Negro Gives Congressman Glass Seme Reasons Why He Can't Be Fired By WILLIAM ATHERTON DU I'UY REPRESENTATIVE CARTER GLASS, of Virginia, after long service in the popular branch of Congress, is well schooled in the philosophy of the precedents of seniority. Aside from being n Congressman, he Is owner nnd publisher of n newspaper in Lynchburg. At his own publication offices he recently found himself confronted with the rule of seniority somewhat te his dis comfiture. There is a very venerable old Negro named Wyatt who putters around the plant and who was a fixture there when Carter Glass first enme into the world. There is u ques tion of Wyntt's utility, however, and his manner of performing certain tasks is often quite exasperating. One day Mr. Glass thought he had reached the end of the row with Wyatt and cnllcd him upon the carpet and told Mm te pack his things nnd get out. "Ne, siih," said Wyatt. "All iiln' gvvine. Ah wukked henh fe you' fatha' befe' you' wu7. bavvn. an' All iiln' gvvine," nnd he hobbled nwny. This produced n situation which wns snmewlint difficult for the Congressman-publisher, but it was still further exaggerated a few minutes Inter when old Wyatt shuf fled in and said : "Murs Ctthtuh, lemine sec ye' let' linn'." The Congressman put feith that member nnd the old Negro pointed te three white scars across the back of it. "I'ii' knew vvhnh ye' get dem Fcnhs?" snld Wyatt. "When you' wuz fe' yenhs ole, ye' get Je' ban' ceteli In de press an' of ele Wyatt hndnn' been deb jes In time ye' vveulda les ye' whole ban'! "Ne, sab, Ah nln' gvvine." And he went puttering and mumbling nbeut the shop. It is Mild of Sennter Oscnr Underwood that he started life with n card index for his marbles. Te him it would lie ns unthinkable that lie slieii'd deliver a speech without preparation as that he should come le breakfast without brushing bis immaculate hair. He writes ills speeches, prunes them, readjusts them, rehenises them painstakingly, before allow ing them te go forth ns representing the poli cies or which he stnnds. Mr. Underwood Is a tall, bread-chested, round-faced,, hn7.el-e.ved, liiimaculiitel dressed individual, who is much innre likely te create the impression of being u Wnll Street broker llinn n Southern Senater, His favorite amusement is a game of chess, de liberately pliijed, Riehnrd t.inthiciim, secretary of the Democratic National Committee, vvns chuck ling the ether da ever the remembrance of the time when, nt the national convention of 11115. the possibility wns being discussed of nominating for Vice President. In plncc of Themas Riley Mnrsbnll. the venerable Sena Sena eor from Alnbitma, Edmund W. Pettus. In discussing this statesman, frequent refer ence was made te the fnct thnt he wns nn octegenaiiaii. A certain delegate from Okla homa, misiindcrstnuding the mennlng of the big word, seemed much worried about the prospects of the octogenarian being nomi nated for the vice presidency. After consid erable contemplation lie remarked thnt he had never expected it te become nece.ssnry that, te mnlntaln his Democracy, he should tie required te vote for n man with Negro bleed, Representative Hemer Hecli, "from Kan sas mid proud of It," was waiting for the check girl te bring his hat and talking along in that frlendl.v wii we homely men have te adept te keep popular. "Theie was a mini," he said, "wfie wns much myttiltd nt the ability of a lint hey at a hotel te take his chnpeiiu every day, give him no cheek, jet meet him lint In hund as he emerged from the dining room. "One dav he. sought te test the boy. He lueked doubtfully nt the liendpiece presented and nuked : " 'Aie you sure that is mv hat?' " 'Ne, sir,' the boy replied, 'but it is the one jeu left with me.' " The record of the late William II. Alli Alli eon, Representative and Senater in the Congress of the United States from Invvn the man of them all who served lenueht in thnt body, is today broken. s ' Mr. AU'sen was In Congress for forty three years nnd nine months, nnd Jeseph G. e rt ."- "7VT' 5V ,i UtWiEiW NOW FOR IT! ' ' Cannen hns rounded out n similar period. from new en Mr. Cannen Is trav eling out into u virgin field, is lengthening a congressional record which no man lias ever equaled, is making it harder each day for these who come after him te wrest from him Ids laurels. Out In Danville. Illinois, there nre men who inve cast their ballets for n hnlf-rcntuiy who have never voted for anv ether candidate for Congress hut Uncle Jee. He has been the nominee of his party in tweiitv-tlve con secutive campaigns. Twice he hits been de feated, twenty-three times elected, nnd begins a new term en March 4 next.. Through the fifty jenrs of his nssocintlen with various inw firms, Elihii Reet has held te one principle. Whoever in these firms 'i'iTi"1-0.'1 " ,,iet b( lic "1C most obscure in dividual In the whole organization, his name always appeared upon that brief. Riehnrd M. Whitney, newspaperman ami Lutln-Amcilcan expeit, was telling of his callow youth back in the middle nineties when lie was a sophomore nt llarvaid. He wiis a seu of pretege of Di. Edward J.verett Hale, who wiete "The Man With out a Country." Se. when he get what he. thought was a large idea he went le Di. Hale with it. He proposed that right then, nt the close of the lillicteen'h lenturv, ,c write a complete history et Unit century te tie ready for distribution as It came te nn end. Dr. Hale listened nlMitivelv. He was sympathetic. He suggested tlui't the two of them go ever and discuss the matter with Jehn FIske, the historian. This they did, nnd jeung Whitnev poured forth ills complete vision In a burst of enthu siasm which could net be tlnettled down until he hnd talked nn hour These two distinguished gentlemen listened deferentially. Then Jehn I'isl.e said: "I nm nfrnld you have net sull'ic'eet time." "Why, there is four jeurs." said Wh'tney "I" nm writing a history of the Pjevlnce of Cutiilenia. in Siiaiu." said Jehn Fis'te, "for the year !."23. I have been working en it for fourteen jenrs," Charlie .Meran was the cuai h for "thu praying Colonels," that football un,,, fiem Ccntie College, Kcntiick, vvhn.li pieved the sensation of the lirent m-u-s.u. When lie was a boy down In Tennessee he was built excccdinglv sie, . n,j 0 ,,N(.,.j . bed.v III thu back -let baseh.iu circbj, of his neighborhood called him "Tubsje " Net long age he wii. umpiring n foetb'ill game down nt San Antonie 'JVas, and r ght in thfc midst of the p ay (hue came ttem out of the grandstand this call : "Helle, Tubsle!" Meran stepped the game right there. He walked ever te the grandstand and de manded : "Who is theie here from Nashville, Ten nessee?" , And there stepped forth for business of shaking hands one I'huilie Winnie, one tune of that village, new colonel, United States Ann) . Lord Riddell, who steed between the British delegation at lac (. eiilcience ami the pi ess of the world. Is the oilr eilr hull of Mr. Petter of that book "I'ettcrisin," which 1ms mnde such an Impression en both sides of the Atlant'c dining the ,lst j,.r He is tlm publisher of the newspaper in the world which has the biggest liiculatleu. He is a lank, gentleman in ill-fitting i-Iutl'H with a high. eld.iiiNli.mn.il cellar and n ministerial expression, lie doesn't hel eve that things like dlsainiament can be brought about light off nnd iriemiueudH a revampln" of sehoelbooks, eliminating ,l..i ilicmien of war, ns the uiet effective method. He. ndnits, however, thnt this Cenferen, e is the world's best ndvei Using stunt (If he may be pardoned for usin,. se cium, ,t cw. pnper phrase). Ernest R. Ackermnn, of Plninlield whose name comes Hist whin the r'elVii called In the Heuse of Ucpi..Scmtu,, , " n room In his home which Is, papered vv I. postage stamps II,, N stamp c, lA and has set as.de this loon, te house ,1s accumulations. l '"" The papering Is done with the sf,,,,,,,, ' t ceuntiies of Ontra America thai l , b.id through shir,l administraih, !,? """ .! WH""l ,,n,,l,,b' '-""lw in the 'w.i.hl Mijh Mr. Ackeriimn, me f a ecitni.. i of the Island of MauHti.,s,"e hZ Ucntj.feur are knew,, te exist , ,v, , have sold fee n ,ni. ... ii,i,..u"" "(licit Kpeclmen. "" "" ,'u ,ur u "Bl. tl21ZiiWWWt i "'. SHORT CUTS Back te the every -day dnys. Numb Mummers new mum for anetle yenr. In Philadelphia the bluebird standi ta clennlincss. . "" - Seme started the new year wlthjpxrf resolutions nnd some, followers of old EoecJ, with a headache. Tt must be ndmitted that the Reilw, eugh fnlr planners have something besldesi geed picss agent. Bnrstevv. Cnlif., brags of the poslei of a soap mine. Probably jubt u blind te keep the hoboes uwity. A geed rcrolutlen for unv man te tab is net te be tee cast down if some of ht plums prove te be raspberries. Handbags must match the gloves til' yenr, snys Pnris. But it is mere impetUa' that desires match the pockctbeok. Zere was prominent in the Mummer; parade, but it was geiiernllv feared tit old pneumonia would win first prize. Simeon Strunsky writes en "Hew t bore successfully." Without going furtlf we guess the answer is "Be natural." The enith is slewing up nt the nt( of n second every thousand years. Wouldn't jeu think it would be able te slew up I little faster Jhtiii that? Arch Druid Charles Evans IIujIm Is going te have harmony in the Wnsblnrfea Eisteddfod if he lias te ninkc a aynslenj out of th,. blue notes. Postmaster General Hiivs is te esUMIA schools ter I'estiniistciH. One of the tint things te be taught, perhaps, will be het te resign without fuss. A thousand American troens left Ceb-i1-"? ,, Aiittt'"'", theie te embark for the I nlted Slates. And the band plnvcd, "Het Dry I Am." Whnl it meant wns "He Dry I'm Going te Be." Governer Sprmil is faced bv the un Happy condition invariably rising in U cinergcncj . There lire se many ways l w up ii i he enn de the wren.t and only out ii which ,e can de the right and l thing, " A woman In Norfolk. Vii., seeklnj tt invoice her leuith husband, snvs she won't be satisfied until she has bad seven. As ill eei liii.u eosterineiiger bargaining far ''1 penueith of Kippers" lemaiked. "It's ' or it h sell." I he alleged pact between Japan ! J ranee mu,t Ik. an embarrassment te lb Heiiist newspapers. Thev aie se wllllnif lelicve th,. worst of Japan, but cna't i t without relleitlnic en Frame, which thtjl einc se intei taken te their arms. I' rem Waterbur.v, Conn comes I Meri f a high school principal who pat step te tl,L, bobbing of hair by giving ptlw ter 11m. longest and prettiest curls, but suspect that the girls , ,f.'l their ort would have been proof against prlics I" the longest ami pieltiest sklits. The Mil or of .Mount Vernen, S .i has t educed his own salary $500 a ye' A nearby mugihtiate has lined himself W neglect te have an up-te-date nute Itcens at.'- An East Orange, N. J , pellcemU has limited himself f(. i,,.lllK (nml, Tbrrt men turn in the belief that if jeu ' u thing done well you should de it jeurselt The American Secie!' Bad Girls gical Society in cenrt' and Plflle Hen in Pittsburgh told by n speaker tj thu reason for the gill thief, the gill en t M reels and the girl drunkard was the lj of u "love object," mid that in treatljl such a eifse the social worker called In tM "Id of n piychlutriht, who gave bei ' 1'h.uhemetrj test in which the causes I certain chariicteiistics were revealed, "'' which the worker might pieceed te Ni the victim's abnormal self-esteem anil ; perlnrlty gievvln' out of successful ,u' social acts. Which arouse) the sujplc' that mixed with n modicum of tiutli tk - heie in, avulmiche of bunk. A girl ff tJ kind desciibcd ,n mere often a victim y -'lf-1'lt.v and sclf.ju.tiik'iiilen than Wl esteem and siiperlei Ity. And u plain t'1 f i ein n wise i,u, kindly mat reu will Pf0' amy u nur nioie geed than nil the psy.'1"" city lest, the social vlilciciicy expert! m dreamed of, l
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