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Tennsy'vanla Axe and lltli St tw Tonic Dtnaiu The Sun Bulldln le.SDON Odiead Trafalgar Building .,. eUHSCRirTlON TEItMS ',, Th ErtNlNii Public LmxiEa Is eerxed te sub 5 acrlbara In Philadelphia nnd aurreundlns towns , at th rate of twelve (12) cents par week, payable , te the carrier. th United Slates. Canada or t'nlted States pus- .ur man te peinta outside of Philadelphia In "mni, postage irea, nrt; ie, cams per me Ix (10) dellara per fat, paable In advance. Te all fernltrn (-ntin.rt nn (SIX Hallae & month. Netici Subacrlbera ulshlnt address chanted must she old as well a new address. BELL. 3800 WU.NfT KrvTesr. mu hoi fZ7AddrtS3 all communications te turning Publle Irtdgtr, Indrttndn Square, Philadelphia Member of the Associated Press THE ASSOC t.lTED mESS rc;tmue!i en titled te the i;se or republication of oil neiK "tsralcici credited te it or net etherittse credited n this vevtr, and also tht local ticcs pjMCthrd MerHn. 411 rteht ef rerufcllcntlen e iptclal dlJratcAet titrrin art aUe rrtentd. 1'hiUdflphi., Tbundir, Jinuiry . 132 THE CITY AT IT DIItlXTOU f'AVKN fr:inUl admit that ever thing did tint erl; .moethb when his department took etpr the task of col lecting refiiT and as!u" ami keeping till the treets of the whole ci' clean The jenr "tartcd with two Imlnhtv " lint the work was besun en Mnndiw nlglit with a wcll-ergunl;ccd force .Mr ('men prom prem ises that within a week lie will haM Btraightened out all foinplleutlen and that his force will be working elh -'entl He did the work of cleaning the street In the central district mere tutisfacterily thnn it ever hat been done before. There 1" reason, thcretere. for belleilng thut he will succeed In the linger lak that he lint under taken. He has preper: j ak"d fi tl" -npi4- tlen of the hmirieldi r In keeping litter from the -lreet lie lienid ieeeie It. fin it 1 their streeii tli.u he Is It lining and their rtibbUli tiint I i Mirlltig nwa The men who de the welk are paid b tlieir taxes, and ewv dollar that ii aeil mean mean se much redtn tlen In t In- tii bin den- inthei than added prellt t n prunte centrm im THE WORLD'S GREATEST SHOW THE Mumm"r"' Parade i an outdoor spectacle of the iir't magnitude It radiates a ort of significance that cannot be tnenHtired b nnv mere formula of art. It is. a ila.zllng. spontaneous and amazingly picturesque expression' of oemmunity pirlt. of our common enM of humet and our common llket and dMike.. and being that. It Is larger than the art with which tunny well-meaning but m'guidi'd people would like te "improve" It It Is because the Mummers' Parade gets Its inspiration from human nature that It is the sort of thing from vhieli nil art ultimately is made. And since it surpasses In Interest and vnrlety anything of its sort known elsewhere In the world it ought te have the right sort of background. It ought te hnvp n background of spring or summer. Then It would be almost impossible for this rilv te held the neenle who would come ' arf''. .from the four corners, of the count iv at U "'i,,! . each appointed season te view what haw , -ri become In realitv the greatest show en i Th'i 'i'a;j earth. Th" fi -Why Mr I.imebuiner and ether members 3W of Council as well as the leaders of some W'' t'1 r'"'' should continue te tnlk of 'SV shifting the spectae'e te some ether winter dn it is hard te undeistand It there Is a change In the date of the spei t.ide it ought te be se managed that an outdoor spectacle of great and growing Importance need net be innde difficult for purtiilpant.s nd spectators nlike In itnloei we.itliet If the parade were te tie a ,ummei spe. -tacle It prubablv would become wet Id -famous. And since Inspiration lm reuses with the sire of one's audience the clubs would seen lind themselves able te make their annual show i.i.ne rarleuslv stunuln; tbsn an thing they hae jet dietiined about. WHEN BIG PAY GETS SMALLER THE Income Tax Law has te be consid ered when a man is eflered n big snlm-j te take a new job. He has te hire nn ex pert te iigure out hew much of the s,ilnr. the tax collators would allow hm te re tain, and hew much is te bt paid in what. 80 far as he is 'OiihtiihI. Is uirteh stage money. Take for example the cne of l'e-tmastei General Hays, te whom the mnxing-putuii producers are said te hae effred SlOO.Iiiin a year nnd then raided it te Sl.'O.OOK Tlie surtax en the last thud of the s.iltm is 4s per cent, no thnt out of the Inst S.'Q.Oi.M) " paid te him he would be able te letuin ?26,000 The tax en the ether 100.00(1 would amount te nt least .S'J'J.OOO mer Se a salnrx of Sl.'O.ODO would net him S101. 000. If his nominal snlnr weie .Sjoe.ooo he would retain of it Slliv.'e,) His ai tti.tl pay would htne te be SJ.'O.iXm te enable him te retnln SIRK.OOO of it Whether Mr. Hajs remains m mi I'est office Department or bet eme th .Judge Landis of the moving picture industry will prebnblv depend upon hew much he is in need of money and en the nbilitj of the meving-putuie people te er,inde htm that he needs the sum which they will paj him. He i useful te the Administration, lie has been useful te the Republican Party But men with the rudiments et a conscience tle net get rich in politics A SEA TALE FOR A MASTER AN IDKAI flietue for Jeseph Cenrad, specialist in plumbing the subjective Jives of sen captains, is furnished i the true tale of a rescue off the (hand Hanks that 1h net enl drninam. but ptegnant with hlfhly sensitized moral mi1ii- Seme months age Captain Albert 15. Handnll. of the I'nlted States Lines' pas bengcr sleiinU'i Hudsen, beheld three men in ft smnll beat waving frantically te his ship. His wireless operator sent broadcast a mes sage describing their plight, but the Hudsen. which was earning mal's, did net step. Captain Itnndiill later testified that he .had expected t lie steamship Lncktiwniiiia yalue, which hiv nenrer the men than his vessel, te pick them up. Tliej were een- . tnall dellviied b the Nantucket, of the X 'Ilosten-rhiliidelphia run. J''Jf ' Adverse criticism was iinipru upon the Hitfemjnnnder of the Hudsen, and. although ' ' ".' exonerated P me renerui autiieritieH, he "xas suspendeU for one round trip of his Millner, st. Lord Jim would exultantlj lime welcomed vuittich opperttlliltj for leliabllitatleu as befell Captain Kandall Tempestuous seas, a ilnj .!,.- nt unskeil mariners fnlntlv ih.vnrin.l ELV 'Jlhe' difficulties of lowering a lifeboat in a X" '" ficnt. tho,vIielgniint moral obligation all k'. AVW Mr foncemitnntH of the climax In a " ?draA e( redemption. Special pIcturcsquL'. I'!s !i. mi uvrnraiu eiCUIl i hii ini. vs jvfy ui tne crew or lr;e:Hlf r,Q? of the Sra (Heine dcs Mem), a IBS-ten French Seener bound from bleak St. Plcrrc- Mlquclen te Berdeaux. Skipper Bandnll Is bringing the six men te Ncxv erk. m ... , .,., succnctiy record the . . . .1 incident. The master delineator of the l.nnPa nn,1 Enn1a , itnllcntn mnrnl pnlla- hearts nmi souls, tlie uciicatc moral cqun ., - ... . 1 .. ......... tlens of sea folk, is pre-eminently capable of supplying the requisite Interpretative com ment. GOVERNOR SPROUL HAS RISEN TO THE OCCASION His Refusal te Appoint Himself as Sena Sena eor and the Reasons for It Will Command Universal Respect GOVKUXOIl SPKOUL has proved te be morally strong enough te resist the temptation te appoint himself te the I'llited States Senate and te awa't election by orderly process te membership) in thnt body. As a result of this decision, the Governer is a bigger mnn this morning thnn he was yesterday morning. He has retained his self-respect, but he has done mere than that. He has remained true te the pledges which he made when be was elected Gov Gov ereor, nnd which he repeated when Senntnr Knox died. The goxernershlp is. as he says, a trus teeship from the people, no accepted thnt trusteeship with nil that it Involved. One of its duties, as he reminds the public, is the appointment of Tnlted States Sena tors nnd ether officers when vacancies oc cur. Then he makes n splendid declaration, the sinit'uMiiee of which gees beyond the present emergence and lears directly upon the n'lgnment of political leaders engaged in plotting for profit Here It Is; I fiiiitlantcntttl prtitctpti' of thv ldtr mitl iiiidrritantlmtl gnvvrmmi trtntrr i'iip m thnt the hnhleri thereof shall net itir tlirm for prueiinl mlrantnijc. Te mi mini it irnultl certainly Ir an evasion of that principle te ijrwn mci a trimtce ship M held in ertltr that nil laicfnl ii(ccrer might appoint me te another gnat public office. If the Governer had been playing for fame lie could net have done a mere skillful thing. When he gees te Washington as a Senntei. as it is merallj certnln he will go. he will inirv with him the prestige of a lefusul te take inUant.tge of an oppeitunii te confer the honor en himself and of waiting until he was iemiuisiiicil bs the suffrages of the people, ll will ! piuxed through him eine mere that the uglit tiling is the expedient tiling The efl'ei t of lli (luennr' decision en the pelitiinl situation within the State will be far-rea"hing It is intimated tednx thnt Senater Ciew will lesign. In that event (he Geerner will have an oppeiiunitx te cir rcct the mistake he made when he appoint' u Mr. Crew, nnd te name a man phjsicalh aide te ni t a Senater, nnd also a man whee qualifications for the high ellice will be tmi veisnlh admitted. Of course he will name as a suc e., or te Sennter Pentese a mnn fitted le sen.- the State in Washington. If he den'unds of these (we tippelntees the Name high standard that he bus -et for him self his selei lien will give general satis faction. 1 luring the present vear he will lemiir. GeMM-tmr with the obligation te protect the interls of the State from the little loeteis who luiu' been putting their hands inle the public treasury. It would hae been n grievous mistake te have permitted Lid tennnl Gotenioi Ileldleiiian te b-cei.ic Goprnei Such a course would haxe meant thnt the misuse of funds dii 'osed b the rcceuls m the etlire of Auditor General Lewis would have been tgnen d and that lleidlcmun and SiimIci and the n t would haxe prepared te entrench tlumsehes in power for the purpose of continuing te enlej the profits of their tiustcesiiip IVnns.xlxaii.nns mn held up their heiuls with pridi today, for their Governer has furniu'nted a high piimilile "f "iidiu t m puhli. eflne and has a-nsl in mcenluiiie x.ith thut puncrple MORE WORK IN PROSPECT TUP. stait of Samuel V.iuelain for Mos cow is better evidence than nn thnt lias et been forthcoming that ei unemlc condi tion" in 11 issia nie chunging Mr. Vauclnin was in Lumpe a je.ir or two age te sell loeemotixes but he made no attempt te inter ItusMa because Uusslu was in no condition te bin an tiling. In the meantime the Soviet Gin eminent has nbandened raet of its communistic theories and is atliiiiging te le.tme the old system of having and selling bx puvate individuals with the use of nienex as a medium of exchange. Htissia nieils locnnieiives as well as many ether things She iniiv net luixe inucli money in pax for them, but she is producing' goods whiih uic excliangeable in ether ninrkets for money. I' Is understood that .Mr Vauclnin is rendv te accept pnjmi'tu 1" Reeds if he can sell the loeemotixes If he su( i ceils, s he probably xxill. n will meun thnt theie will be meic xxeik fei- Pbilnilelnluii. ii the loiemotives will le built hei- and tin meiie) tecelvcd for iliem win in pain in wugrs m m-- -mi.. laborers et ti.is citx U-BOAT TAMING Rl LE.. regulating wtufnre -sin h. le ex nn pie as Mr Beet has devised with respect te flu ubniaiine arc easx gnnit for the ex ni( The strict logician is also well supplied with munitions when he asks xvli) Lairs should be split .11 legalizing murder The xiew hns even been adxniiced that the ipnekest wnv te estnbllsh pl'imiiiient peace would be t remexe all testraluts or implications of nstrictiens fnun nations In lentlKt and thus permit war through its gross nnd unfettered snvagei x te destroy It-elf Theeretirnlly this preposition may be sus leptible of proof, but iiiaiikiiul is hardly te 1 bliiined for recoiling nt the idea of su h an ixpcrltuini Refm mers of the t x e te which Senater llernh, with all his mjepln. nssuredl) be longs are temiieriinientally Inipatlent of (iiinpremises and nie inclined te leganl partial lenicdles for abuses as Indicative of deliberate h.xpecrlsx Out of a mood of dnrkest pessimism inn) emerge the (emepl of a war In which Elihu Reet's cede for taming the I'-betit would be reiluceti te atoms N'exeriliele.s the ant het itutlx c asset lien of a moral principle Is sometimes of mew con sequence t li 11 ii curiously enough the stern est moralists are willing te admit. Of this fact the downfall of German) was Impressixe evidence. ' The submarine regulations should he w garded as reiegnt.ing lenlitics, hew exer un pleasant. Nations running amuck will threw them oxerbeurd. But net all Goxcrn Gexcrn liieuls go mad lit once and t In contractual nature of the piojiesed piegiaill leiltnllis the premise of some benclil It is assuredly preferable te treat the subject in this wii) than te dismiss It altogether The assent of France te the principles of (he cede completes the alignment (if the fixe major Powers pledged uet te imltutu the horrible excesses 'et the German under- EVEKIKG PUBLIC LEDGER sea navy. Deliberate Infraction of rules would prcsngc iiiornllselnIIon for the of fending nntien. Among the popular misconceptions of the .League of Nntlens is that it iissuincd with 'a mere lint te nbellsh war. Such was by nn means the Immediate object of the plan. Limitation of the frequency of xvnr nnd checks upon Its likelihood xvcre Its primary purposes. These features of the covenant xvhlch prevpked the most debate concerned the course te be ndeptcd should one or mere nntlens prove nrregnnt and racnlcltrant. Mr. Uoet's submarine modifier Is of some what nunliijeus modesty and is n sincere step forward. It will gain in significance should additional nations subscribe te Its doctrines after the Washington Conference has ndjeurncd. It is Idle, of course, te assert thnt the abolition of ' the submarine by the Arms Conference nntiens would net hax-c been nn Infinitely greater advance. But n begin ning has been made nnd, although unyielding logicians may be disturbed, It Is unfair te brnnd the attempt as spurious. WHOSE FAULT? YOURS THUOUGH the records of police scandals thnt nre aired nexv and then In Ameri can cities usunlh as part of the routine strategy of competing professional politi cians one gets glimpses of n xxerld of license and laxxlessness such as nermnll.x decent people never drenm of. There occur suggestion of a government xxlthln n government, of rings within rings and of the authority of civilized and sup posedly enlightened States and municipali ties used consistently in secret for ends and In wnys that would make nny ordinary savage sick xvlth disgust. Wp In this city knew what such rexelaliens may be like. The,x knexx in Xew Yerk and in almost ixerx citj of nn.x importance. The people read the nexxspapeis mid shudder and blame "the low politicians." and nexer suspect that the Mann? must lie net en the "lexv politician," but the noti neti noti pelltlcnl, Inactive nnd uncritical majority which tolerates him. The letliurglc or herded voter is n greater peril te the Institutions of itex eminent in the United Stntcs than all the nels.x agitators in the xverld. Because of him the corruption of ignorance, greed, ciimlnnlity. cynicism nnd cruelty continues te penetrate te the roots of our political nnd beclnl enler Hexv tar nre these destnutive forces going unseen'' Again it Is possible le guess .if tot a lending of charges ledged agaiust font ebsctue policemen In Camden. Sir. Blenk lex. counsel for the city, feimnlly alleged thai one of these men "took protection inetiev from one girl for eight xenrs, be ginning when the girl xxns fourteen xenrs old." It is fin thcr charged that this po liceman bci.ime n merchant of prixilege xvithin the radius of his bent, nnd that once a week social outcasts of all soils met at his house te pay tribute te him This is shocking, of course. Put mete significant thnn anything intimated in the text of Mr. Illeakley's indictment is the fact that news of the exposure, made public jes terda.x . caused no ripple of feeling, no gen eral nieuil of indignation en either side of the nvei It wns accepted by the public as a mattei of course. In the cud, the people of Camden way put tlieir four policemen In jail. But I lie sjstem that made these same men and permitted them te make abominable and xieletitlx destructive use of official au au therltj will net go te jail It will keep its place in the sun and de business as usual. Ter one of its creatures caught and ex posed, hundreds will continue nt .welk belexv the stufnee. And thnt svstcin nnd ether systems like It will limn ih and iictunllv direi l political timught and union in Ameri ian States mid Amiilnin cities until men mid women ran liml enough keint. enough pride, enough coinage and i ('solution within themselves te pa the slight tribute of an Intelligent, unbiased, utipreiiidiced xete te an Ideal of gexeinment which hitherto has done mere thnu mi) thin? else ter their happiness, their safety and tlieir piesperity. Ma) or Meijre u fexv dnvs age booted two men out of the Department of Wharves, Decks and Perries because they had been found ntcepting mene.x secjetlv from n eon een ti acting (encern whose xxnrk they were sup posed te inspect In the hum est of the city. The com r.n tins, a teputuhle firm of engi neers, suld in thur own di'ten-e thnt if you attempt te de public xxeik j en must be prepared eliher te pax the politicians or suffer bedexilment and annoyances of n hundred different sorts They went further 'Hi. v s.ijd that mu nicipalities themsehes aie hirgelv te blame for putting shameful!) underpaid men in plneis where there nie ninny opportunities te graft or extort m i ftem tirniH or indi viduals who may happen te ionic xvithin the scope of their nutheriix There is much truth m that remark. And again the repensibilit i,,i- (onspictieus and frequent abuses of pelit.ml power is put fla'l) where it belongs -upon the shoulders of xetirs and tnxp't.xers w, refuse te gixe a few minutes' serious thought once or twice a j ear te assure for tlieii , (immunity some thing like Intelligent et ultic adminis tration It is interesting te nm! tate for u moment en nil this nt a tune xvluu there Is a crying out exervwhere bx the-, he demand that "Gexerument be giwn hack into the hands of the people." Geieinnient wus In the hands of the people, ,nnl the) Hung it nside into the hands of pi'iii'ssiennl speilsmen. 'Ihe people haxe enl te leneh our mwl tnLe , ,,lm,,.. .ontrel of an their gexcrnmcntal niiairs, municipal, tnt( and national. Thc will net exert thenis. lxes exen in thnt sllsh't dtgrei. And that is aleut all that is the matter with America t tl. ri.sPnt moment. REAPPORTIONMENT THE reappoiileiinient problem in Congress mux be iIumhhI .1 nuisance, but It is ilitlinilt te tiiiug in I uvv it can be sucicss fullx dodged this session '1 lie bill prexiiiicg for nn increase in its nicmbership was killed in the Heuse lust summer. A previous measure approved by the Repiesentntixes and authorizing reap portionment without inn cusp of inenibi r ship succumbed te mdifferi nee in the Sen ate. Tlie sitiniien ptesents some exceed ing) delicate feiittnes, but figures of the census of lH'.'O emphatically call for recog nition of the (hnnges In population. The reliictnnie of the Heuse te lncrense its ranks be.xeinl the present llle is under standable Lars' legislatixe bodies are 1111 wiehh, and tlnewtn all) Congress Is quite big eneugli te iittend te the needs of the Natien. Seileiis re ipi.ilities of repicsentatien must be I'llniid The most serviienble nr rniigi'inent weild jerhaps be an expansion of the lepie-etiiatteii basis thnt xxeuld lcuxc tlie total of nn nbershlp iinultered. It is the dun of the Senate te refialll from cxliiigii'Miing (he next reapportion ment program of the lower heus'e. Rep resentatixc i ndell, the Republican leader, is well instilled in accenting tlie necessity for attaching 1 t,.xlng task In curliest , New leil. Judge ( 11 1I111I of ( iliuin.ils liinM's tlie suggestion that count mi'd ciinil lulls lie scut lii pi I oil without the a. lining of II specific (cilii. there te icliiuiii Hitil n beard "I pilieh decides thcyttiiic lit te In nt large, nnd that there after ibex shall be fercxer under the ('ontrel nf the hen id Though tluf suggestion is u startling one nnd glve birth te niuiiy ob Jcftlens, most of them political, It hnH in It an iden Hint may yet gtrmluute and, bear coeu irtui. i , i PHILADELPHIA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 5, AS TO WOODEN COACHES Something About the Man Who Pro Pre poses te Put Them Out of Busi ness Hobbles of the Public Service Commlsalenera Sena Sena eor Woodward's Commlttee By GEORGE NOX McCAIN JOHN P. DOHONEY" Is a former widely known Hnrrlsbiirg newspaper corre spondent. A sensntlennl but eminently practical re port en wooden railway coaches has for the moment forced him Inte the limelight. He is, nnd hns been for xcars, chief of the Accident Division of the Public Service Commission. When the Bryn Athyn horror en the Bending Itnllread occurred Mr. Doheney sent two of his Inspectors te the scene. Out of the details of their reports of that tragedy Mr. Doheney formulated his finding, that the Beading Itnllread should supplant the obsolete wooden enrs with modern up-te-date steel coaches. Moreover, he found thnt the Beading wns, though he didn't say se in the exact xverds, behind the railroad age in its signal equip ment en the Newtown branch. Jehn 1. Doheney, xvhe n quarter of a century nge xx-as a retiring, nlmest shy, young newspaperman, has developed In the intervening years Inlo one of the most ef ficient scrvunts of the Stnte. Best of nil the Pennsylvania Public Serv ice Commission recognizes his xxerth and takes his expert recommendations nt their face value. THAT public service reference reminds me thnt possibly no ether body of public officials represent fe many different trends of mind nnd thought. Every day they denl xvlth the most prac tical affairs of life. Trolleys, railroads, gas nnd electric t,crvice, xvatcr supply, om nibuses, tnxicnbs nnd the geed Lord only knexvs what else. Anything thnt inns ever wires or In pipes or en xvhcels comes tinder their beneficent or be-dnmned supervision ns the case in hearing may terminate according te the xx inner or loser. Commissioner Billing Is net only a lever of music, but one of its patrons. He is president of that most excelleut musical orghnlrnllen. the Capital Hill Or chestra, composed of State empleyes under I he capable leadership of Hexvard 1'iy. chief clerk te the Hlghxxny Commissioner. Judge Ainey. chairman of the commis sion, is nn omnivorous render. He has one of the finest libraries in the State. 1 am told. Ills recreations arc purely Intellectual ns become a jurist nnd one of the literati. Commissioner Samuel M. ('lenient U the representative cluhninn en the beard. He is the xvhat. for n mere expressive term, might be cnllcd the "wlner nnd diner" of this official coterie, though the xxine Is sadly lacking in these degenerate Velstead days. I haven't been able te locate the partic ular hobby, recreation or pastime of cither Commissioner Brecht. xvhe Is of sturdy Lan caster County Pennsylvania German nn (estrj. or liny Shelby, xvhe halls from Knjettc County, the old frontier of xvhlsky Insuriectien days. Commissioner Reed lenns te golf and Commissioner Benn te politics. Se there you nre. Take jour choice among these gentlemen who dally and weekly tell the public utility corporations of the Com monwealth just xvliPre they get off. Cenfidetitiall), they're net n bad let, taking them b and large, as Mark Twain would say. STATE SENATOR GEORGE WOOD WARD Is (liuiriiMin of the Commission te KeergnnisT the State Departments. Its pin pose is te suggest retrenchment nnd refeim te the otilcelielders. It delxes Inte nil sorts of subjects from salaries te soap. Chairman Woodward tells me thej have been making some interesting finds nnd they haxe held only two sessions. The condition of the Stntc's printing nr rnngements is se defective and se extrax-u-gnnt that almost any ether plan xveuld be an impievenient. The pi Inters use costly bend linen tinner for common jobs. It is almost impossible te get work of mi) kind done en time. The erection of u Stnte printery xveuld be an economy, the Senater thinks. He saxs the Depni uncut of Agriculture is admirably organized. HUMANISMS By WILLIAM AT11ERTON DU PLY AN ODD frllexv was this man owed the Government a bill nnd Blank. He lid he xvnntcd te pa) it. He kept going exer te the Ship ping Beard and asking for It, and they xxeuld leek for an index in which te leek for his name and leuliln't find 11. and reek for his account In the ledger which hadn't been posted, mid leek for the clerk xxhe might tenienibet- but had been tired Se they xveuld tell Blank te run along nlnl net bother. But Blank owed tlie Gex eminent this S7x.0ll0 nnd knew the amount and wanted te pn.x It. Kinall) lie lured Jeseph W. Hclntzman, the cherubh Cincinnati attorney, te come .i ii.i .1 t...i.. 1.1... ..... ii.ij (limil IO ilsUlim,! hum Jlflll llllll U III." bill. And Jee get in K. Chairman Lasker nnd, bx dint of personal persuasiveness, in duced him le accept Blank s certified check. Se unusual wa ii for nn.xbedj te pay a bill te the Shipping Beaid that Blank xxns sent exir te the White Heuse te be received by the Piesident He was. Then the) started out and Mr Charley Hughes came In and the Presninil stepped and Introduce I Helut7inHii te luiu. mid they gossiped, and lie litman kep' t'xitehiug his thumb te Blank te come exer nnd get knocked down, but Blank just swung back and forth tin willinglike and wouldn't de It. And Helnt man stalled fei as mm h time of the Secre tari of Stale n ml I'risident of the United Slatis as he had nerxc te, exen for a client who insisted en pajmg bills, and let .Mr. Hughes go. "What's tlie mattei.' be demanded of Blank. "Ter win jeii ih nk I want te mct the Keeretnry of Stat' " said Blank, "when I linxe just niieted the I'lcslilcntV" ti II. M. T Cuniiiiigliiiin wnnteil te get into the aimx back in wur-dn.xs and se he nsked Jelin Oliver Ladene, of the National Gee graphic tsiicieij , nun xx liiiiiui i iiiiinii, 01 tin-American- Auioiuelnli Association, te xvr'te letters sajilig he was there with the wallop A few months later he Vtiis up in th" Argenuc, adxaiiicd te the rnnk of lieutenunt (olenel and all iiiimiI up in what was going en up there. One dnx be wriH plugging along tow ui J Germanx, ilvtln out across the bat tlefield, and tins i mi inc ground epcii-fnecl nnd fricndl) was a uu gazlne from America. On one page of it was a pimtegrapti et Mr I'.aGeice and opposite was an article written by "Mr I lliiimi. Se were the men who bad x (inched for him following him Inte notion. 9 I was talking with Charles L. Coeke, tin officer in chatge of 1 1 reuienluls exer nt the State Department, when n co'ered boy cniiie. In and delixercd some p.ickugcs. Mr. Coeke told me that tills he.x was n i.utusitnucr for Ihe (iii'iniin eliibnsMj , Just new lai.ini; en life aralii I In the niernliig of th I ,t,,v the l.le hiiihii w"s suii't uns messenger i,.,, i.iniie into bis efliee somewhat excited He Odd Mr Coel,, tint the l.usiliinlii would he sunk thai aflciiioen. Mr Cieki reported Ihe sterj of the mes-scn-'cr box from the Gerinan Euibnssj le the Secictirj of State, but, of course, there wns no .reason for putt'ug any speelnl store by It, T'hq Lusftnnla, pf course, ceud hnva been xvlrclesscd nnd diverted from lier course. But xvhy take borieusly tlie.exclM clmttera Ing of a Negro messeiiBCrV i 'WE DON'T KNOW WHERE WE'RE GOING, BUT "my- && 'sir' it 'far ' V,i , tfpM ..pes"- .-rt. n-S$&' .- 'fT m' m . ta rstsi y i q i si .. ri iimmiw i NOW MY IDEA IS THIS! Daily Talks With Thinking Philadclphians en Subjects They Kneiv Best PROF. C. L. CLEWELL On Mere Light In the Park MANY fnults have been found with the present s-stcin of lighting in the city parks. This is true particularly of the readwajs in rnirmeunt Park, xvhrre the lights nre declared te be tee feeble and tee far epart te make metering nt night ns safe ns it should he. Prof, C. L. Clcwcll. of the Electrical En glneeiing ComniiKslen of the Vnixersity of Peiins.xlvanln. who was one of the Geed Bends Committee that investigated tills con dition and prescribed ineasuics of lelief, re counts briefly his nnnlysls of the situation. "Simply," saxs. Prof. Clcwcll, "It Is thnt there Is net enough light. Throughout the lead system of the park the read surfaces are dnik nnd give little tcflc'tiim or none. I'nder this condition it la obvious thnt the city leadxvnjs requite mete lighting than the general run of sticets. .Meic Lights Aie Needed "It is nppnicnt te nny one that the mad lights in the Park are tee far apart. As a nile there is a distance of 10(1 liet between them. On the lower part of the drive some of the lights predu e a glhic, but this him been toned by the use of diffusing glebes en suiue of the lninps. "It seems thnt better lighting teuld be pievided for the lower section of tlie drixe ii) the Installation of mere air lamp, xxitli these diffusing glebis. Tlie spacing distance should net be mere thnn '.'Oil feet nnd cxeu bs.s xx here the read iiirxes. The lumps en Ihe euixcs should be located se us te lender xislen comfortable, and xx hut tiees may shallow the lights b.x lasting foliage exer I hem should be tlimmeil. "On tlie uppi i section of the drive there nn new enl) gase nie lump-. Hew, of (eurse. an ate light sjstem with the same. ,,.. , .1... j H""'lug iiniti.t.ens as suggested for th" lexver section slieuld be installed "A mew effcclixc but mew cxpctisixe plan would beiie put a complete sj stein of modern beiilevitrii Uglitlug along the drixe It eiu (lid te cud I think low pests, about clexen or twelve fed high fitted witli sinull incandesient lamps et about Hit) cand'e- What De Yeu Knew? QUIZ I When xx ,ii Benjamin I'r.inl lin born.' j What Is the wcHWrnmest state from which nnv candldute for President of the Piiited States was exer nominated? :i lint Is ii laniiKrii'' 4 When did the Flint I'lus.ult' tahe place? n XVhe Is Count Szechenvl" C What Ameilenn tenlterlis new Stntes, wire Increased In am b; the (lads den I'uroheHi ' ; Distinguish lutxveen a gorgon, a li)dru mA a cliiinaira 5 XV hut nation has .i red blue!: and cold flag? 1 When did Napeleon lienHparte hecome Emperor of the 1'iencli ' 10 Who was Albert Cii)" Answers te Yesterday's Quiz 1 I'l-'sldentH of the I'ultnl .stateji hnxe li, en ilectcd from ilex en different States A Irninbi Mnssachuetts Ten neKsec. New Verlc, Ohie, Louisiana, Vcv Hiiinpshlrp I'emiBxlxutila, Illinois, Indiana nnd New .lersej .. The Routliernniest State from which any President of the United Ht.iteH hns ever been elected it Louisiana, from which Znehnrv Ta) ler was the uuc csHful cnmlldiile J Punch and Judy has been said te he a contraction of Pontius and Judes a relic of the old inliacle d.iys, ) wj,leh Important parts were these of pon pen tius Pilate and Judna Iscariot 4, -The bust outlasts the cltv. the coin Tiberius." occurs In Austin I)obsen'H linrnpbrnHp of Theophlle (iautlei's jiecin, "L'Art . 0 UiKini Is h legal term descrlblnir goods or wrecUnge llng en the bed of the sen G Aesop was a. fnnieiiH writer of fablea )t, Crerli He is said te huu ,een u s'uxc, nrebablj Afiknn ,ut net Vigre In lirccee In thu nlxth cen tur n (' T. Ilaligoen is an imnertant city i,, ,;, cli.ef Htupert of llurniiUi, near the piuutlri of the Irrnwadily Itlver p. The Reman garment with xvhlch I'ntted platen Benatern ure metaphorically ,iunn,j ",,. v uvimiuni ei fincient lteme . . x Cardinal J-egue la the Prlmaje of Ireland. The' ChlcPL-flre, occurred In J871, ' 1022 -ss5PV nr ', . Saw -s-Jav'Jjmsm. V J Si . mji. MM ir m - l l jr IJ r IW V.i ri" rT fill ' .A m f , C y--':"-: "" r. j ml Vl Wilt iW AX-h-. fiirZ2L jfmf,mmdmv ja ivfi nl'n in 1 lilllrr wfm irV I f 1 laWaJI t U ailiaax.t . . TsJtaaiaiaiaiaiaiaiaiaiaXAl "ijatMiay ItTtTIiM :-s ss- "?&& '" :--'" .7 Tnxr. power surrounded by n diffusing glebe xxeuld meet the situation. Wants Curve. Vell Lighted "TliPtp pests should be epjsisite one an other mid spaced at net mere than 100 feet: closer, of course, at the etirxes. This, it seems te me. would give the park u mere cheerful appearance nnd nt the snme time illuminate it without very much glaw. "After nn obsprvntien of the Lengue In land bpiilevard, where such n system Is In use, I have .come te thp conclusion that It offers the best solution for the llchtiin? nreb- lems of I'nlrmeunt Pnrk. I should think (hat this diixewaj Is important enough te Philadelphia te have it made a model of inedei n lighting. "Anether thing that I think slieuld be done is te paint the txve side beundniles of the diixe xvitli n white line, marking out the limit in spite of the dnrkness of the wad sin face. Perhaps ti(h a scheme is litter nil net practicable, but if It Is I suppose thut it can be best worked out by Chief Curzon." ; ' SONG OF THE StA7 ' I CALL the re'se and buttcieup Prem out their bed of green, I wake tlie suuc) whin up And xx ii i in the rattler lean ; But xx lien I've turihd long eiieiigh On xxneds and sandj dunes I go nnd iilaj a lit tle rough With planets and with moons I pppp within Ihe xvindew puns And lighten main a loom, I hutp (lie sound of linkly ranis And shadexxed pels mid gloom. But when I'xe brightened nil tlie (.irlll And Mars and Venus fail 1 pull u Inn klc in in) girlh And tliieugh the xeid I tern. Ter 1 bftvc mere le de than shim On meadow giussuinl men. The b'ackened paths of spine (tic mini Bc.xelid the planets' ken And (lime's a miglilj ceuismg stm That calls me fnun the deip. And I shall meet him far mid far And crash mid fall and sleep' Jehn R. Mi Cm thy, in the Les Angelci Times. Boestjng a play ndvci Sc and Bunt enibu Used as "a tltnelx sex lirebleiu" the promoters nsk the New urU public: "Wlij xxnste jour time en I alfixax plais when there Is u phi) that gees the limit V" It there worn as mm li Hastiness in tlie pin) as thorp Is in tlie quer) the police would slop it ; but of ienise tlieie Isn't. It Is a plea le tlie fanatic te work for u (riiseishlp mid therein It piexes that this puitinilnr press agent can't see nn imh bcjenil his nose. Today's Anniversaries 1S:i,-- Bosten harbor was freen exer for the firs,t lime in mail) rar. 1S47 -Vessels tilling out in England for a filibustering expedition te Ecuador xvere sci.ed bj (lie Government 1HT;i -Tim Illinois Stute Agricultural So Se ciel) was ergini.'.cd at Spilngfield. 1S70 Regents of the I'nixcrsit) nf Jlich ignu pussnl a icsolullen opening the uni versltx le women stndpnts. IST'J-Jesepli Glllntt. inxenter mill maker of the first successful steel pens, died 1H"I Tlie Cincinnati Zoological Society wnn ergnu'sicd. 1SS7 -Ohie Supiemc Court upheld Ihe censtitutiuuiility et the D iw law, Imposing special taxes en iiianufactilters and dealers In intoxicating liquors ISim-l.er.l Cremer laid the foundation stone of Gorden Memerial College at Khar tum. Today's Birthdays Miijei General Adelherl Crenkliile V S. A In leiiimiiiiil of the t.uces In Panauia. born in Ncxx iml, slxt.x one eais age Isaac Biiclinraih. Reiires,.ntiillc In Con gress of Ihe s-eceml New .leiscx District ''"V'1'! ,'l,1",1"1"1 '' t'ftx-hxe xcnr VJu l lain Bennett Muiin. pwfesser f ,. irclpil gexerniiieut In llarxanl I'iiIv.msIIx ,...iii ..,,, ninx-sevcii j ears age Dr. Ldjjir ). Mulliiis. president of t Southern Ban! st 'I'hpnln.inni a .... ...".' .' the tirMldeut of the Heuth.rn Ilwut Cel.v" i- Id nxu i't WE'RE ON OUR WAl .11 '" jJJ" .-.!' re"'1 'wisdirf-i'j: TL j.W -li.... ,,,.., 1.. !t.-r.,"""s. "" .-. ' ....... i-i. a-j" SHORT CUTS Nexv thnt n dollar buys mere labor tl nickel buys a leaf. Unanimity Is what the Dail Eiteu appears te have excrything else but. The one thing that mnkps the farcin bloc impressive is that it knows what i xx'nnts. It Is up te the Dail Eireann te prei ie tne worm tliat Jrish sclidarit) (Iou mean ivory. Dc Vnlern suggests the theuzht that i wns tin Irish terrier ''that pulled a bona V jumping alter its rcilecllen. Thp little' though efllrient police fe.it Hie .xlnjer's commission think, cannot pre tiiic- mere ttiail u little eliicicncj i't.''!'e "'w Ynr!s tr dealer who seiuS i.i.ei.ciiy ey starting n fox hunt en Fill incniic get mere than lie bargained for .Net the least of the virtues of tt nsmiigmn i enterence is that it p.ixejtt xwi) for thp holding of ether conferences It is COUCpil'nM, llin. ft mrtn'e ti.r A I lie Velstead nit maj chnngc somewhat f!t if mis ucen rimned of his private stock. Tlieru xrns little righteousness and Iw t.-.i.Mii ui iiip niiviee te the Governer ten he d better get whllp the getting wns goej Tliese xvhe fear that if treat) mav men Will" forget that WP found unr illhniit ll ircatv xvhen a tiealy might hnxe preit ' ileiuls of the ticatx in me Da l.iieiiiiii hope for a division tomorrow On' in a dixlslnn can there he unltx, if xeu I what we iiiean. It nmy be taken for granted th.u xttt .isi nie irisn l rep JStatp irets deixn t' busitiess its iinrlliinientnrx' pieceediuss nl net lack ginger. .. "One drink mid xei.'w fiieil. tfJ .Majer f)'ps. f Voiiii'-'stewn. O le tl' MciiiiKMs of Ihe police fer.ie. Ne niiet!ei .i- ui me ptncmj el a Hi Ink in "i otjiistexxo Since ever) thing is ter the best in it best e"" a I possible worlds we may rnnfluil' thnt ih bates of the Ancln- Iri.-.h ne.ue IrMt nre simplv a clearing of the waj for futon inngicss ami aunt j. l'welxp hundred alr)'nncs in the "L nite St.ifi in itiii piirrlpii or.-; nnn nnksinccri. tetnl ill-tiinip nf (I .-.(Xl.llOO ml'is And tt' dee-n'i In gin te include Ihe Luge nm ' us that vent up in the uir without n-si'linn ui ii pieiesstnnni aviator liKiian hmidits nre alleged te I'lixe ra' ii New Venr's resolution net te rob m.irrlW men. But b) the time married men YV grown inl.li.ss they will leain th.it N tenrs leseliitlnns hnxe nferetime uecn HP prepriately likened te pie crust Lcninc is calling Inte his ceumil ? who are opposed te lielshevlsm, and this said te he imviiig a salutary effis't en tj' pe'liienl situation. Which xveuld sMm.l' piexe that Lcninc has something of tin '' ilem of the serpent, but does net prove t he has seen the eirer of his wa)H Tne piesident of the American Fj liiireiiu rederiitlnn snjs the ngrleiiltuini ". is renensllil.s for irM,.l(.,,lti i.viTV it Pill i" ceiiktritethe legislation pnssed bv Cengrtj' in th, Inti. ui ,.w.fii. ....IiIaI. le nreciiC xx lint one would e.xnect' from the nri'SldW' of the American Fnrtu nurenu Federation Iilslimen eei inline xxill be glsd ti Michael Cellins in the Dail Eireann m' in defense of Princess Mary when the e"1;, toss Mnrklcwics grew hitter What e woman sa)s of nnether is, we mppese, lirl'i leged : strong feeling sometimes rnttW' fne h tongue; but n man must be clilrt' i eus ns well an xvise. Wlien Comptroller Craig, of Neix; tort fiuinliig from Hip Cunadlan wilds. JJ, asked if lie hail iiiepared the charter lie"' premised the' Citx Charter Revision W" mil lee, he proudly deelnred thst he w written It en birch bark and caribou W' xx llh the juice of hemlock nnd spruce f with u porcupine quill In a temporal"" 115 belexv zero, But it xvlll haye te M J1; xx'ritten with u jierferntlns typexriicr sheet of asbestos befera It can pae n". xTim 'nmmapy, i d t ' s ""! net -. .i. l,,A ,ii ujr.j'n.lH
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