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fbllailtlphla. I'rlJ.r. January 11. 11:2
AN ASSET FOR THE FAIR
THE interest of the City Parks Assocla Assecla Assocla
llen, a private organization, in t he sug
gested use of p.trt of Fnlrtnuunt l'rtrk in t iie
fair site Is supplemented by tin encouraging
resolution of tin authorized Commissioners
of the great pleasure jrreuntl.
It would lii- of 110 Miiill advantage In the
exposition promoter te lie dippertil In
their activities, pract call uml vigorous',
by the Park management.
TI10 n-holnt.eii, "-iieturcd liy T. U' Wilt
Ctiylnr, declares "flint If tlie SeMtil-Ccti
tcnnial Exhibition Aotntlen seleets a
mitnble fitp in Ktilrinnutit Park for thu
locntien of the proposed lnteruntleii.il exhi
bition of lil-ti the. t'oinmis-'leneM of l'nir l'nir
meunt Park will bu glad te de ever thing in
their power te co-eperato with the associa
tion in prometins thu success of the exhi
bition. "
Mr. Cu.lcr. at the reeent uieetitiR, dis
claimed any iutetitien of MiRReMtin; a (itiin (itiin
tien. ThN is correct procedure. It is for
the Sit" Committee te estimate the worth
of c ill ikI In forces of prerc-s (lint are
plainly eager le be incorporated in a monu
mental undertaking.
HOMES FOR THE HOMELESS
DEALEItS 111 builuiiij: material still are
talking about tlic lieu.siiu- shortage in
the liepe that they can .tart the builders te
netivlty. Tlie lumber dealers have just had
an architectural rnslneer tell them that if
"0,000 Iieuhcs were built the number that
the city need.s 1."0.KH).000 feet of lumber
would be reiiuiied and I'.OO.OOO windows and
-.'."..nOO doers.
Hut nt preent jirices there is little
demand for thin ninteil.il. The lumber men
ere said te be preparing te reduce prices
te Mich a I'giire 11s will attract business.
Reductions 111 the price of lumber will net
be. enough, however. The price of brick
must come down and lime ami cement must
be cheaper and labor tiui't cost les.s before
there can be an extensive building revival.
Still further, the price of money must be
Mich as te make it possible for the bullder.s
te finance tW-'r prrjects with a reasonable
prespeet of a profit.
Conditions all along the line are impiev-
Jng. iMeney is c.Tier than ir was a jcar
age. The cui-t of living is coming down.
and that means that the wages of labor must
n)en be reduced. When labor is cheaper the
cei-t of nil law materials "ill naturally full.
Then we may expect te (-co an actne re
sumption of building.
The need for houses Is apparent te the
most casual eb-erver : but during the era of
high prices it cost mere te build a heue
than the average man could afford te pay.
Every one is ligpin that the coming summer
will see an impreieincnt in the situation.
Jf the houses cm be put up nt a reasonable
figure they can be sold in f.in as they arc
rendy for the market.
A HINT TO WIVES
MANY liuebniidi have habits or fails en
which they i-pend eiinsidei utile sums
every ear thnt the wives Hemctime thin!;
might be used le heller effect, lint net ail
, husbands are s0 diplomatic 11s I'Hw Ames
Ballard in 'ecnrin; wlfelj crnscnt te the
purmiit cf tl e fad.
Mr. Uallanl told ihe 1'ilnt Club that sev
eral years age lie be aim Interested in
chickens and bought some pMivwri pulle's.
Ills wife eln'eiled, en the ground llnil the
money lie neut en the cbickeii'i i-ngiit belter
be spent in deceintin the heue. There
upon Mr. P.aKiml told hi. that si(. misbt
have two delluis for nilnis feir nirj de'lur
that he spent en chii !;en. I'rnin tills be
ginning the liiillrnl household has accumu
lated a beautiful collection i.f line engiuv
Jngs. Whin lecuine of t'e 1 in, -kin. Inn net
been disilevd. I'.ut fiem Hie enlbu iaii
with which Mr. Ihill.ird I ulk about irini
it lnn he leticludeil ih;n ,,. has tuni-fi-rie I
liis affections from piillcls in l'e-inells inul
AVbistlers and oilier m.i-ier. of 1! ngraied
llne;
New supi(e eiery well-io-ile Ini .linu.l
fieilld agree le give te his v ifc Inn dollars
"for lieiiw adernincnt for eery dollar Hint
lie loses at poker or for even dollar thut he
hpends en golf or tobacco vr -ur'i ii'nisi
beverages. The linij-c ml.'lit tln-n hen, me
ill time the leposltene. of works of art
find lean exhibitions i-nild be arranged tha'
would rival that new 011 lew at ihe piini
tj'lub; tlint is, unless the wives should insist
en epeudlng en personal adornment the
sums that thus came into their possession
It cannot be denied that a fittingly gowned,
lieautlful woman is a work of art ami an
adornment of a house 1 --! -It- which nil
cthera pale Inte Insignificance, The hus
bands uml win's ma. be trusted 10 uiiike 11
fltlnfactery nriniigeiiieiii ler spending ihe
money under Mr. Dullard's pitiu. (liir uns uns
ien t? ended when we h.ue called Ihe ut ut
tentlen of the wives te it.
LET THE PAST BURY ITSELF
it A CT of oblivion" l the phra-e "ign
ZTL ciuitlv used In di'iipji' V in pieelii
;mli-
hl eeln till -
inp the peiierul annicsli ii.nni t,. i.,..
Iltlcill effcilsiM iMimi.ii'l'd In ie'iilli pl'er
0 the 0per.1t Ien of the tiiic last .lulj."
The rup of fergelfuliiess uiuv seem unpnlaia unpnlaia
lde te ceitani chuiaeteiw of fi-iveut nnke
Tap, but It Is iiiuiuestii nnhle thai the drinkers
r English and Irish alike -have giusped the
meaning of honorable loeensinctloii.
It la fculd that uptireximalelv a theuand
perpens, urdeiit brines In the drama of
emancipation, will be n leased. Prepnrn Prepnrn
tSetiR for the milliar.v evn urtlen of llebliu
Cattle, historic s.vmb'd of I'.ililsh rule in
Ireland, liuvi' beguu. Se'f-gevenilng, suli
Btnutlnlly free, Kvln is t.-kiug shnpe vviih 11
elcri(y once scarcely liuained by her
fondest dreamers.
Willi each severance of bend- there mils!.
almost Inevitably result Im reused popular
nppreTuI of the treaty, lin-ierfeetly rcllce'cil
In the slender margin by which it passed the
Dull Eireann.
Tflct uiul teucresity of spirit arc the
ijunlltles me1 Jtredctl by tint Englieli In
handling the delicate nltuatlen out of which
a nation Is reborn. In the liberation of
political prleners and the plen for the
effitcenifiit en both bides of bitter mid long
rooted animosities. King Geerge lias made
an admirable beginning.
TIME TO STOP KICKING
THE RAILROADS AROUND
Drasa-Knuckle Regulation Hasn't Been
Geed Either for the Corporations
or the Country
It' Till' tallread execillives of the country,
the men who actually direct the physical
operation of the various systems, aren't
e.wilenl and weary of life and prematurely
disillusioned It Is because they have mere
than the usual reserves of optimism nnd
hope and mere than the usunl capacity te
endure punishment.
b'er jears the railroads have been at the
mercy of realeiis amateurs in and out of
Cengics. who believe that high intentions
nnd righteous emotion may be ndeipintc
substitutes for scientific knowledge and ma
terial resources In the conduct of transpor
tation systems.
The corporations brought regulation upon
themselves. They deserved it. Hut it Is
notorious that Federal control has tee often
reflected merely u spirit of animosity and
Rtisplelun. The hardship doesn't fall nlwnys
en tin; stockholders or the directors of the
corporation. It falls en the men in imme
diate control of railway prepi'rty. And it
would be lnteiestlng te knew what these men
suid and felt when they tend Hie met recent
order of the Interstate Commerce Commis
sion, which demands that she great trunk
lines grently extend their automatic train
control equipment before July 1, UilM.
Tin commission's reasoning is numl as
far as il gees. Th" newer train-control
eiii-tncnt devised te operate en the prin
ciple of block signals and te automatically
cut off motive power and bring the brakes
into action when the way is net clear rep
resents a great advance in the science of
railroading. lJut it is very costly. A vust
amount of money will be required te meet
the conditions lnid down by the Interstate
Commerce Commission. Where Is the money
te come ffem?
It would be Impossible te question the
wisdom of a Government order requiring
all citizens te own their own homes by duly
1. Ill" I. Citizens ought te own their own
homes. Iiut they might lie pardoned if they
addressed a polite inquiry te Washington
with regard te wajs and means particu
larly if Vashi113teu put stiict limitations
en the salaries, they were permitted te earn.
One might net be led te Mi-pei-t from a
cursory reading of tin announcement of flic
Interstate Colnini:.ien's most iccent order
that wrecks lire distasteful te the men who
operate railways; that every imaginable pre
caution possible with limited resources is
observed with 11 view te the avoidance of
even miner accidents en any Intelligently
operated read : that smnshupM are terribly
costly and that the average executive would
rather break a leg than hear of a train off
the tracks en his line. Ner would you Ik
led te suppose that mi practical railroad
man knows of wa.vs by v.liieh he could In-
lease the rttieicnej of Ids sisiem b e0
per cent overnight by merely sciapplng old
equipment nnd replacing it with newly built
or perfected mechanism. Itnl railroad
equipment is enormously neil, and ein-c it
is linn based it must lie used.
il happens tlint Ihe newer s.ifity uevi es
which the big mails are nrdeted le install
huve been peifeclcl luijci because of the
Initiative and en irn"cuiciitef railway in"ii
and corporations, ami it ! ceitaiu, of
course, that lliey would new be uiiivei'sullv
used if the companies hadn't I ecu 1 hard
up t') pa the heavy h-i. of installation.
Wrecks like that nl I'.i.vu Athin, which
the Interstate Commission mrnii"n 111 lis
current order, are inexcusable upon an
ground. They ate suggestive of 11 sort of
negligent!" and haphazard pra'-tbe win. Ii
ought in have no place even in ihe most
obscure corner of a railroad s stem, I tut
uch disasters, evceptieiial as thev are. may
be attributed in a final nnalvis largely te
outworn nt deficient operating equipment.
Outworn and deficient equipment i-. in nine
1 uses out of ten. one of the eenseiiji nces of
drci eased earning puwir ami tli'iunl-lied
credit.
Gradmill the enimti i ning le icali.'e
that il r annul dclibenuclv inneverisb any
iiiipeiiaui railway l.ne without bunging 11
novel assortment of woes an I hardships
upon its'df.
'Ihe railroads nie an 1 ".II innlinue le
he 1 he mst impeiiant of all niilities. The
leuntrv ni 11 be no mere piospireus or fill -dent
than 1 hev are. We ma.v I find that
ihe (i per iint winch ihf (ieverniiienl per-
111 is tie 1 1 tn a ni i net adequate :u these
dais ,,f lurge oppei'liiiiitM ,i iillract the
capital iieeiieil fnr 1 be iiuriuul opunseu and
iinpioveie-iil of tnir facilities.
High rulis will net help them. What will
help llii'in .1 isn't fin us le s.iy. I'.ut one
Ihllig is plain. Tin' lime bus come when
lie federal I Envenom lit, In attempting le
regulate and control the ruilieads, will have
le lislen for elli e le ihe 111CI1 who kllOW
sonic' Mug iilviii iiulinadl'i.
DEMOCRACY IN OPERATION
pOMPTI.MU.I'K CIl.MU, of New Yerk,
J lias kept bis premise le diaft n charier
for the 1 Sty um! has Mibtnltteil It te tha
'barter Comiiiis-leii. lint in spile of the
fact that it has some mcrils, it is about 11s
likely te be adopted h the Slate I.egisbi
tine as it it that an ririllieuil ice plant will
he itet up fur 'he c mlert of these who walk
Ihe slriets paved with geed inleiiliniis.
Mr. I'r.ng : t a ineuiher of Tniuniniiy Hall
and a supiiuiter of Mayer llylan. This is
milhi iciil iM't'ii for cenclnding that thu
Craig charier v ill go into Ihe wnMe huskei.
'flic charier also plays ducks and drakes
with 'he eNisling elliccs ill tin cllv. This
is another reason whv II will 11 il be seriously
celisi'lei't'tl ltl ItV I n I'lllll'ler Commission
P.11' after till tin. is iidmitleil, the charter
fi-ninel jii in old Hie- with the rirfht
piiqclple . It contains only "IMMl v.erils.
against 11. "re 1 ',1,111 Ill.dflO in lln pie-enl
charter Th liffeicace in length is due le
the emission from tin Craig i.hailer of
almost all legislative previsions. it lavs
down Ihe fiaincvverk of Ihe city govern gevern
meul v, li.'i a iltsi clhii 1 khi or pevveis mining
the various departments, and il grants te
these departments full dccretlen In the
eeiflsn of the.e pevveis. '1'he City Legis
lature would have the uiilheiily ever Ihe
details of the cal government which Is
new etei'i 1'cil by the Htuiu I.i;ls'iiiuri.
'J'he lime m'l.v come when 11 1 harler based
en these principles will be granted In New
,erk, but it has net .et arrived. The dtv
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IS llsmil.J "in 'f.i ,1111 null .'.' -...- ,.-.s
Int'tre Is iiuiiallv IU'iiuhlhaii. About one ene
lia'f of the population of the State i- iq the
lia'f of the pepu
city. Thi1 Statu
te HttrreCJler Its
Otaii; ji'gisiuieiv la ie 1 iiiij'esci
s power ever 1110 rny, ami
the up-State Democrats are ns jealous ns
the up-State Itepiibllcans of their right te
legislate for the city. And It must be ad
mitted that there Is 11 considerable minority
In the city itself which objects te nny rndl
cal increase In the power of the local gov
ernment. This minority distrusts Tnminnny
Hall with 1111 Incurable suspicion nml will
co-operate with every Influence which seeks
te keep Tammany in Mibjcctien.
Public sentiment, net only in New Yerk
but in Pennsylvania, will have te be radi
cally changed before tiny Btich scheme of
home rule for cities as Jias found approval
In some of the Western States .will bu ac
ceptable. In these States the cities may
draft, their own charters and may amend
them at will, subject le certain general prin
ciples laid down In the State Constitutions.
Itut when we teen 1 1 that the State Consti
tutions themselves nie tilled vvltli legislative
previsions that have no place in them, pro pre
visions arising out of distrust of the elected
representative, It should surprise no one
that city charters in New Yerk and Phila
delphia ere drafted by the Legislatures in
the same spitlt of dlMrust of the discretion
of the cities.
THE UPHEAVAL IN FRANCE
VOLCANIC action in French ministries
is traditionally almost as Incessant 'tis
in Kiluuca itself, nnd before the war was
deemed quite ns harmless te outsiders ns
the spectacular performances of thnt famed
crater. I'.ut political disturbances; can no
longer be localized. That has been proved
In the Fulled States, and is new ominously
demonstrated in n sister republic.
The driiinnlic resignation of Arltldc
liriand ts doubtless te some extent due te
partisan intricacies of which most Ameri
cans possess little mere than a surface
knowledge. IJut domestic reactions from
t he event arc wholly secondary te these of
international consequent e.
The European situation, through which
glimmerings of light could he at lat dis
cerned, is thrown Inte darkness nnd un
certainly bv the upheaval. The prospects
of an Angle -French accord, preliminary te
n mere rniienal treatment of Continental
problems, nre threatened ; an unwelcome
shadow has descended upon certain achieve
ments of the arms parley in Washington,
find even the bright premise of the economic
conference of civilization bus been dimmed.
Secretary Hughes displays a keen sense of
values in characterizing the overturn in
France as "a .cry grave event." It can
scarcely be otherwise unless n speedy re
adjustment repels the forces of lVnctliuiNni,
of opportunist politics and of militant infat
uation which appear primarily responsible
for M. l'l'iand's downfall.
The pi sit inn of the intensely lr-. fated
Premier, whose (enure of office this time has
eiiduicd for approximately 11 year, lias been
increasingly difficult month bv month.
Spiritually, M. lSiiand lias been n liberal.
He was onto even Identified with a wing of
the French Socialists, Ills praiseworthy
inclination te view the European muddle
lealisticnlly, his appreciation of the need
for snne co-operation, have angered the
growing ranks of militarists and marplets
at once selfish nnd romantic which have of
late induced such n revulsion of world feel
ing against France.
In Washington, where M. P.rinnd suc
ceeded In eliminating military 1 eductiens
from the scope of the Conference and where
his siiccostrers carried the day for unfettered
submarine cntisii iictinn, the n tiring Premier
obviously extended bis concessions te his
oppenruts te the maximum.
Ippi'sltbin te the proposed defensive
treatv with Great P.ritii'n has been the In
tulerab'e ciiin.nllc rebuff.
M. liriand. It np'ii ni's, d''i lined te eert
his personal uingm tism ever Ihe Chamber
of Deputies, in which body, il Is snld. be
niit s.( I,,,, establish!- 1 ,, faMinible
mujnril.' . Hi- has r gul:.e. President
Miltci.tnd as an unv i dillng iiiiiugeiiisi.
There Is no in-i tl le idtiititv (he fire
clling I'nincare inn the sl,!'e,c Leuis
llartlieu :is implacable fees. Tin ir 10 tlvlth's
have been undisguised ami have brought tin
French nation, v liich lieretcfuic has s,,
powerfully chimed the most intelligent
human s mpatiiies, te a siuge of alaimiiig
embarrassment, net untiiigeil wiih mischicf
inakiug. It Is com'! liable ibiit M. I'.ruiud's under
standing of the ni.tiuiinl psychology Is at
verl; iu the itnu-ual mai tier f his rlt. anil
that the confusion iu which the (i iveriiiiient
ami Europe have beeq thievvu may evoke
qui'k force-, of rchabil.talieii.
( itherwlsc. chauvinism, iiitnleiauec. vanity
ami unreasonable niiibilieu are iu the
iiM'fiulniit in Frame, ami ihe recovery of
1 ivilisuttiun has r' e:ve, a violent and i.im
eiitable si'lba. k.
ONLY ONE WAY TO DISARM
TNTEUNATlllNAL iilis-nmeiits in ihe
X Arms t'enfeiein e have -hifled with the
ilisi ussien of aiine'i eerv Hi mi en the pro pre
grtiin. Prepariiimu of the rules for scrap
ping capital ships In lugs -rauce le the side
of the Failed States iu advi-iac- of such
disin, Hilling i: would leiiihr I lie vrs-ebi
entirely 11 1 le .
The iiinlerlv nig motive of lae European
nation lliut ha i been sounding in.ui.v of the
Heles nf opposition in ihe conclave need net
be (en ilei'i cum. tied. Il vufiices that
I In Finin"i-..ii,cre.'iii position js In line
Willi tin- hi ljiinillv aoue'iuei , fiiirpeses of
1 la- piulev. Without b'.a'ii'ig. i! may In
i"iid I liul uli'ii lie I niteil States prepi I
ilis.itmaini nt it meant specliieallv disarma
ment without hedging or bnt k thoughts.
The Allgle-.lllplinese leluctllllll te sill'.
riliie warsliips, lalbd available f,,r conver
sion Inte harbor gunids or training vc-isels.
Is a mildly disturbing tacler. The Coufer Ceufer Coufer
eiice sl,iild by this lime have passed the
"in-prindple" nage. li is epectci that
both Gieat P.iitiiln ami .Inpan will even
luullv iiueiinri! their i.lTcciien for the-a; war
llgeiieus umler scutciue of destruction.
'I'lie case is net one ler quibbling. It Is,
then-fin e. heal tdiliig te note that false sen.
tiiri'iii has net nh!iiici the American con
tention. The ships branded as iiienni es te
peine must be lendeied unlit for service in
order 10 ground tin- limitations of aims
pregiam In Indisputable 1 ralil ic .
A 100 PER CENT SHERIFF
mill, machine. guu with whi'h Sheriff
X Sha v aw i'i a mob organized te bleak
Inie the mil nt Fnionlewn and utngn a
l.vnc'iiiig pretecied mere thnn the prisoners
who win te have been tortured te make a
Ivu Klu; holiday. It protected the dignity
of Ihe la- , ihe self-ie-peel of all decent
Aiuei inn- and i'ic principle of common
in Ini- v.hlcli is the basis of constitutional
I get . I' nit III.
'I li" lii'b ill Fnioiiiev a was like all ether
in". li was airegnnr ami delimit and
fe'irli when it hut nothing le contend
with bill I'm or lime civverlng prisoners
ami a qiinMiii; jailer. When It was con
front -I by oil" cniirugceils and determined
mini Vilie was quietly lcsnlveil te meet vio
lence with violence te upheld the luvv it
lii'ianie mi iig'.'iegatlen of skulkers. It broke
up nml dl 1 1 1 se, I in basic.
Ileie again there v.lis t'Vldenre. enough In
previ lb 11 l in hlii-s ure pos-lble only when
I tin e in nutheiily an- cither cowardly or
sei'iel' lu sMiiputli Willi the mobs who
pcpctiiitc Ihe eulrageK which continue te
lie a shame in the people of Ihe, I'nlled
Stall's.
Though the action of the French Par
liament hiis bad the effect of leaving Mr.
Lloyd Geerge up ill the air. It must lie
remembered thai (lint gentleman has trvr
lacked n parachute.
AS ONE WOMAN SEES IT
Geerge Pepper Once Found n Trail by
Using Ordinary Common Sense, and
the Event May Prove Symbolic
of His Future In the Senate
Ity SAKA1I 1). I.0WK1E
LIFE certainly makes home of us turn
sudden corners 1 There is Geerge Whar Whar
eon Pepper, for instance. A few months nge,
after Scnnter Knox's death, 1 happened te
be in n group of up-nnd-delng men and tv
couple of women who knew their Philadel
phia better than most, and the comment that
went the rounds of the group and gathered
momentum ns It went wns, "Wlmt u idly
Geerge Wharten Pepper isn't tomchew
available for the scnntershlpV"
And what u further pity It was, they
mid, that with all his talents lie was drift
ing pnst the point whete lie could be n na
tional figure and slowly but surely drifting
tewanl tin point if he did net extricate
himself from his environment of Lelng an
Impassioned orator for philanthropic nnd
locally heroic occasions and a kind of Piince
of Wales for the opening of bazaars.
Ne one in that gi'eun doubted that he
had the rtuff In him ami the experieiKC of
men and uffnirs mid the driving quality of
lighting bleed te fit him te make geed as a
political leader of n very high order, of the
first order, but every one of the group feared
that his very success us "dear Geerge"
would finish him for bigger and sterner
issues wiiere he might have te "take arms
against u sea of troubles and. by opposing,
end them," net se much by nicely tilted ar
guments or even eloquence and heroic sen
timent, ns by it determined linger en the
hair trigger and n curt order te the powers
of outlawry te held up their hands.
SFCII was the verdict of observant and
friendly critics n few weeks age, and le
and beheld ! (ieergc Whnrlen Pepper has by
one ad justified nil our desiies for him and
stiiiti'ieil le the lour winds all our doubts.
He Is no longer just a great lawyer ami a
notable Ilepubllenn of the dress-clothes
variety; he Is no longer only a very well
known Philadelphia!! villi u wide ncqu.iint
nnce of u superior sort.
He has stepped out of the provincial into
the nntleuul ; he stands for a great Com
monwealth nnd is for the moment the only
spokesman iu n national assembly for a
country larger than most European States
and richer and mere potential.
He is net only rcpicsentiiig the citizens of
one political party, but lie is the spokesman
for the lilizens of nil the minority pintles,
great or small, of I'enusyhania.
BL'T he is no longer even just u Pcnn
s.vlviininii In his political slntus or just
an Anient mi. As a Senater he will have te
stand for America In her relationship te the
world, uiul that, tee, at the most momentous
hour of her international policy.
Ami if at the autumn clc liens he Mauds
ready te accept i ("appointment or defeat
from his fellow Pcniisylvnnlniis. it will net
bis the first time, but It will be the pluckiest
time that he has displayed ids geed sporting
bleed.
He has get te offend the reformers by n'd
accept lug the bulk of their leferm , and lie
is bound te offend (he muchim ran!: and li'.e
by overlooking tlieir signals, lie ha.s get to te to
lcferni the ranks of a party that is threaten
ing le break Inte two parties, and lie has te
modernize mi organization that lias lest
touch with the march of pi egress even in its
technical w 01 kings, net te .-peak of its ideals.
HE CAN de it, but it will lit nt a great
cost. He knows enough of nil the ins
uml mils of the situation te gauge that ;est
better than most men. se that his neceptalu e
of Ihe tusk was iu a real n-nsc bis first vic
tory a victory ever himself anil ever the
very lnanlfist, temptation i of his unv Iron Iren
liient. Hi' Is no! n rich mnii. in spile of his great
law pi, it l ice ami bis brilliant siiccis-.es nml
niitch-t.ilkiil-n'iiiiit fees. He lias been widely
genei uns mid accepted without question
greai pi'i's-iiil laiiileiis ill thu matter of
yearly viiTperi if persons anil institution i
whom he g i.dlv considered hail claims upon
him. He inherited no money nnd he ni'irricd
very young mid inai.'e for himself by bard and
cemivirnl. d labor ihe early recognition thut
he get at the bar.
If he had continued ills greit practice
uninterruptedly ln-ic in Philadelphia, he
mint seen, in spile of his big yearly budget
of generous expinses, have h ni" a rich
man. il is doubtful if he ever i.in new.
lb is it great family man. the mere the
merrier of chlldnn and grandchildren every
hour of ihe dav. ir'un tin ceremonies nir nir
reuiiding morning shaving te nursery sup.
prrs. I!mi an apartment iu Washington Is
net cenduiive te family happenings In. He
has under his business care whole mult it nibs,
of friends with whom his frupiciit cnula'ls
linvi' bien interesting and v.eilh while. Iu
Ihe public life which be has accepted t here
on n If vci.v Utile of such familiar inter inter inter
oeillse. 0
NE l.kes his dwelling en the honor and
ii'cep'iiig the congratulations villi a
buoyant air ami facing the whole "rough -reck"
sanatien lie is up against in the State
with .Irene self-control. lie has, besides his
nciiiiieii and In- humor and his genuine good
ness, a gi"iu deul of common sene and a
pewir of wiiii'ng for the rlgbi moment.
lie nice lebl me rn Interesting story of
being list in tl e forest iu the Adirendncks
ului-h i'litsitvti s nearly all these traits, with
ethers thrown In.
II.- wit- I'eniiug i.'e'rn the Mei-p side of
MlMC Ihe ! Isbe-t of I'll Adilell'llll k peaks
- ami 'villi linn was a il,nl who 1,'ievv lb"
who sien like the '. f his hi. ml. They
were laii' ami it wmi.d lake f., going le
git out il il.. f.uest before dark. They had
no prnv, inns for a night out in Ihe open
inul Tie faniilv of nub was expecting Ids ar
rival by evening.
Proper was ilue al Placid, the oilier chap
at Koene Valley. The way te Placid nv
through a M,iinp, a burnt -nw-r second
growth f s pi a trull t hti t led out te a
leneli kike ami n forest ledge where one
could Ed u innveyiiiici-. ls companion
pointed out te him tin- geiiiual direction,
gave him mi a -t i unite of the time It should
take ln'teicn points, desctllied te him thu
Kind of ileai lug thut be would have te cress
iu ntilcr le hi! tlie tegular nnd well-defined
tinil in the Ledge. And then at a point
where ihe Kei nc Yallev watershed parted
from ihe placid wiitcished lie bade him a
ilmrfiil farewell and dlsappeaiel iu tlie
forest .
-1EUUGE WIIAItTnN PI.PPI.ll made
VJ m linl sprrd be could down the (dupes of
the mei'lllam, keeping the geneial direction
pielty Inirly. lb guesed that his tesiln
lime would come In the marsh and the clear
lug, and be was light. He lest much ihu
lignt lime negotiating the mai'sh ami evening
was inmiiig en bv the lime he i''iicicd ihe
c'cnrnig. II'' crossed It, bin leubl find no
sign of a l rail along lis thicket edge.. He
liuiilcil ami tliuislieil ureiinil ami uuule scl
eral nlli'inpts in go il blind wilheiil'n lial!,
trusting le l.teplng bis iliieclinn, bill it was
gillnr: ilmkir mid the piubabllil.v of be
coming Impi'le -I' (enfnseil iu the waning
light was evciy me. unit mere certain.
It vvis then be slinvved his ri',1' eiinble,
biinioie'ls i elii'imu icnie. lie lli't ihi't .iti'i V
walked back te Ihe ipnt en the far ilde of
th" open spai e where he hud i eiue originally
Inlo the dealing, and he sat ile.vii and looked
about him mil ceti-ldrred the whole lay of
tl e hind.
"New. If I wcte making a hull, what
spot oppe-llo would I iinttii'iill.v I'lme c le
Hint iu'.'" In' siii, te hilllseif His eye fell
liif'litutivcl en a big lue- the only big tree
of Ihe eilyiiuil fnnM left in these purls.
He walked evir le It uiul oil lis side felt the
fir I bin .a cf Ihe Ir.ill! And lifter that it
was leugh going hut perfectly plain going
Se he readied the lake uml the Ledge mid
cvenluull Phu id without fiiilber -Willi.,
Mn that happy ending of the iidvcntiire
be svinbelle of Ids future,1 Net only for
(.eeige Wharten i'epper's njl.c, but for the
Kike of Tetinsylvnnla nnd its (iitlwns,
YV f (I A 1 '
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NOW MY IDEA IS THIS!
Daily Talks With Thinhini, Ph
Knew
HARRISON S. MORRIS
Talks of American Art
THAT there is no really distinctive and
individual Ameiienn art in its bread seire
is the opinion of Harrison S. Merris, one
of Amerlca'K most prominent art clitics and
authorities en lln subject.
"Is there an American art':" said Mr.
MerrN. "Ne. Then- is no gicat national
bedv of nit In painting or sculpture that
ceuid be called exclusively American ; there
is no racial expression that gives substance
te the name 'American art'; there me no
illsliiutlve truils that set American art aside
as n whole, as an Irieslstihle movement,
from the art of Europe.
"Few persons are expert enough te say In
the French Salen or In the English Ueynl
Academy. 'That is an American picture
Fiiless ilm subject should betray Its origin
a picture se displayed might be very difficult
te Identify ns American. Sargent's work is
European In Its a-qirt I ; McLure Hamilton's
U net nationally native te us.
"In sculpture It Is the s-ime. St. Gnudcns
was te nil Intents a member of a European
school; French, with some exceptions, like
his earliest statue of the 'Minute Man.' is
nn offspring of Continental art. Paul liart
lelt and Manshlp are en the stem of Eu
ropean impulse.
All Arc Neble Ertnpl.irs
"New nil these artists are noble exemplars
In their profesMeii. They would crown nny
nation with honor ns they de us. lint they
are net nntleuul In the sense that Iteinbrandt
was, tlint Valasquez was, that Sir .ehua
Eeynulds was. that Ingres was. Yeu could
point out their work as Dutch, Spanish,
English, French in some remote gallery,
without knowing their names and histories,
Whether llils I, a consummation in "
union's art that it ii wi-e le leek for or te
he disappointed iu finding absent is Anether
inaiter. Per.enall.v , I ilmi'l much care, se
1itig as we have native Americans ns great
and cmiiiilng ns Whistler and Sargent and
Hamilton uiul Peiineli.
"Itut Peiineli lends In iinnlher story; in'
!H isirnlien ami in hhn k-mid-wlijlc we' linve
a ilisiiiut iwlliiinl ail. Ne people of Em op"
has i'i i cb'il Ihe excellence the astonishing
uhiniilaiiif aud liflniess of talent that has
been shown bv our iltti.it nil m s.
"We have hcie mi anal.vsis of character,
What De ) ou Knew?
QUIZ
Wl.'n inul In whom wis the Unman
l.inpiie sold at auction?
Wlwt Is ttie ilex eltil ion of i-prclrs'
What Is the llteiul Hirudin; of tile rcs-
lai'rant phiase "a la carle'".'
What Is an anabasis'.'
Wbv are compilations of choice excerpts
from famous writers or iielicteii wliuln
pimlucls iy ilietn i-nllril iiniiininninu-
Who li iie new I'risUlcnt of the Hall
l.lrrnnn'' ,
Wlt.it li Ilie caiiltal or f'lcilv?
Wlmt storm, m-enrdliig te the clasalflca-
II ii of ilm Weather Jliireini, Is mero
severe than ii whole i;ar?
Wlmt is the meaning of the weid hoinelo-
Knte'.'
What vn.s the first immn of Harllialdl
'
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10.
iiej i.iieuu'i jiiiiuiu jiatriet .
Answers te Yesterday's Qulr
q-he Intel number nf Ainei leans taken
prhjener In Ibe war wlih tJtinmny waa
The Inveiillen of wntelus is uccrndKr, p,
'ler Ileiiiele, a Ineksiulih of Nurein-l-"ii
fir iiliniil the yiur ir.n'i The" were
i nihil "Nuruuhiirg crrr " bcemine nf
ilii-lr Kliape ami wite aetuully Btreiu
I!. lie perlalile clocks
Nai"ihoe lleuiipin In hmileil at Vri'lue en
the Mcdlllerrniican mast of Krance
vw of Cniines, en his leturn fieni
I. lha in 181.r
,it enllliK le the t'tinstlliillen of thn
I 'nlted -Slates, i reason 'sliall consist Ju
It vvliu! war iiKainst ilieiii. or iiillii'rliir
te ihdr "in lilies, Kivlns,- them aid imli
i onifei t."
The winter dims or l)0 i-.ed'uc nre
('apiloeriiiii-, thu (Jnat; Aquarius, thn
W.ili'i'-lli-iiii r, and I'lsces, the Fishes
.Janes K. I'elU niiccieili'd .Jehn Tiler it i
I'l'.Hllli'llt or Ih0 fulled s.1,,1,.
Kdvvanl CiltiTnoe. In "The licfllne uiul J.'all
of th- Unman Ctnuin- ilcri-rlbcl
heauty ps hii outward Kift which is
Hildeni d'Hplseil mite ,y thnie te whom
it has I nn r. fused "
An nll-blua v.eallnr flug inean.-j rain or
FIIOVV.
Dclnware Iim n lower overage tiltltuda
t'uin unv ethor Stuta lu tha Union
''tfcment11 " Mcc,'r'lr vy lueuille
SJPLASH!
iladclphians en Subjects They
Best
an iniaglnative interest nnd n technique nil
our e.vii. Tlie Eurepenu mngazlnes have
never caught up with u. and when Ameri
can art is set down In history Its dominant
qunllly in this period will be illustration.
"Tills, I think, is because in that branch
there K play for expression of human char
acter ami for fancy and imagination, as In
WJI1 Lew'm illustrations of Keats. In oil
and mm hie we have had very little of these.
s though our artists were afraid te nttack
Imaginary subjects and must stay close te
fact, te nature.
PiUnt Ter Its Own Salic
"After our Centennial Imposition Aineil
cans went in Europe and cttuvht the plague
of pnlnl for its own sake. The story was
tabooed as beneath the urllsts' craft. Thus
our Imaginative impulses were transferred te
Illustration, because art subsists upon
imagination nnd fancy and Is bare without
them.
"Thus we have also done well in land
scape, became landscape offers a chnnep for
imaginative treatment; nml our natl-n In
tellectual impulse, which was checked in de
picting great moments of life or Idculs of
mind, lias (lowed Inte this meld.
"Is thrre nn American art? Yes an art
derived from Europe, Asia. .Inpan. Ne In
th" (tense that .Japanese nrt Is distinguish
able the world ever for Us embodiment of
national ideas and foams.
"I ilieuhl have l'i go into ike question,
'What !h AiueriennV te analyze our nrt te Its
essence, and te de what we have Its full
justice.
"We have had very great painters
Neaghk Stuail. West, 1 rumhull, Merse.
VnmlflPn, l'enle iu our survival from Eng
land; and great nuiFlers of eiu own day,
derived from France uml Hal ; Inness,
"Wyunt, Hemer Martin.' Hanger, Alcxn'ider
Harrison. Dutinat, Ln Ferge. Chape, P,ruh
and Thaver. and we h.nic had painters who
nie distinctively American mid whose In
fluence may form u fnitire American school
lis Wiiislew Hemer a i, Undated Kent. Uut
we must have, as Walt Wl 'tmiin nalil of
'pectiyj, great audiences If we0wunt greut
nalive nil.-nml i- In this lime the audience
Is fit, though fen."
. , Mnrquls Okui.ui. who
-lustdng died ul cichtv-live, re
did lill'.e neatedly declared thnt
, ,., hi. expected e reach the
age of 1 J.i. Ihe fuel s wertbv nf note be
muse It raises tlie possibility thnt if he had
expected te live until lu. iciii-hcil l,"l. he
might hnve lived unlit h was a hundred'
or if he lind put Ilm limit al a hundred ln
mlgtit have died (en -nr age. fine can
only guess nt the psvi liolegicnl effed of
bllehlng one's wagon in a tar; but some
effect it undoubtedly bus. O'.uimi nt eight v
for instance, could hardly ihlnk of himself
lis nn old man with feiiv-five years ahead
of him. Thu very tlieugiit was enough te
keep him eting; or. at least, vnun-cr
There is a point nl which death refuses te
be longer stayed.
Tedny'3 Anniversaries
1PPJ Dr. ltrydene. thn sole survivor of
ihe Kabul army, arrived at .lellnlabud
IS-17 Meinr General William P. Duvall
n distinguished soldier of the Fnited States
Aimy, born In St. Mary's Ceuntv Mnrv
land. Died at Corenudo, Calif., Mnicli 'l
1S-.0 .lamrs A. Gnrfie, wnM t,rrte,i
I lilted States Senater from tilile
IHS5 Ulchard .1. (Igleshy was iauugurut-,!
f"A'. ' "r'1 l0"" ".J -ew''""r of Illinois.
1,-Henry M. Sfau'ev, the African ex.
plei-cr wus presented with the f.cedom'ef
ihe City of Louden.
i '''rJ..".'""'!. H,'"-r"','l v-ns re.eb'eted
Veeu ' "."' ' ,V,,l"i" ireiil 1 .lllturilin.
III0S. -Henry 1'iiriiian succeeded in travr
ing a kilometer in an airplane.
1U21 -Tlie Duke of Connnedn i,,.,n
the first council under the Montague llefen,
Act at Madrus.
ed
Today's nirthdeys
Prince Arthur of Cennaiight. Governer
General of the I nlen of Seuil, Africa, b ri,
thlity-nlne yuirs age. ' '
Duke of Aestn, cousin or Um JCitu- flf
Italy nnd felebr.iteil as mi "liry "
maiidei', born lifty-ihue years Se.
Willlnni Henry Crocker, ole, Sun J,ln.
cisie bnnkcr mid financier, Lern ul Sucr -ineiile
sixty-one years age.
Clark Ilurdlck, Itepiesenlatlvc in Cm,.'
isresH of tin, First llhode IhIeii.I Disirct.
born nt. Newport, it. 1.. lifri.r..,. ......
nife,
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SHORT CUTS
Tlint bat that scared opera patrons (t
the Academy of Music eventually fanned.
New Yerk is complaining of its water
supply. Is it trying te Justify its boot beet
lessen? Wild men nt home nre useful te nego
tiators, but liriand didn't liuvc his buueh
properly trained.
"Plumb discouraging, gei whizz!" re
marked the Street Clcuiiing Department,
"this biiz biz is."
When Ueddy is adjudged normal It is,
of course, understood It is wholly for electrical-chair
purposes.
In the matter of State rights North
Dakota Is new added te the number of
States left.
The New Yerk railroad official who told
the Transit Commission thnt wooden ears
were sufer lluin ttcel ones probably meant
"cheaper."
The nations of the world have declared
In Washington for peace and economy. In
funic future conference they may declare
for peace and geed wi'l.
Germany, being advised te set her
financial beuse in order, immediately tees
te It that it is well papered. Hut tee much
paper urgue.s a peer show.
It is extremely' hard nt tiniei (Aris
tide Hrlnnd communed with bini'df) te
believe thnt ever tiling Is for the best la
this best of nil possible worlds.
Can you think offhand of nnv job of
nuy importance for which he Is eligible that
hiisn't piempted the suggestion that it b
offered le Hoever? Neither can we.
Old-Timer suy.s nutes and Velslrad hnv
spoiled sleighing. Te which may be added
(he sticft cleiiiilii'j depart meiit and ja.:.
Why he stingy In distributing blame?
When Vice Prcddcnt Coelldge s.iyl
j:i7. short skirts ami home brew tire pii'slrc
whims we eplii". that, en second thought,
he'd mid "nnd provocative of whim
whams." Srcr-inry D"nbv wants n "razer-edsel
navT always reudy for war." If Mr. Penby
knows thut I here' is n Conference In Wash
ington te limit armament he does net permit
the f.U't te Inlliicnce his judgment.
Then, piny be different e of opinion al
lu whither Chile or Peru innde the treaty of
Ancona a sc. up of pntier, but there is no
question as te the willingness of both b
ndmlt that it Is a paper provocative of a
scrap.
Dispatch from Cannes says American
girls have shocked the Itl.lcru with their
short skirt-i. Hems, n.s it were, lieldinj
economic conferences with tlie kuec,
musing short-circuit heart oliecks in be
holders.
Doctors nnd designers in New Ynrt
hnvB derided that sherl skirts nre desirnbli
and hygienic nnd lire probably here te stay.
And woman, lovely woman, cares net at '
for their decision. She'll wear 'em or slie
won't, according as the whim strikes her.
At the Instance of the
An linciiiiralng lntei national G a r-
Step Forward inent Workers' I nlen
u New ei k court hi
ruled th.st employers must live up te their
contract with the union. Tim fact hs
significance because It Is said le be the first
lime n Inber union has appealed te a court
of equity for protection. It Is an enrne't et
what iniiy happen in the future; n nt-sea
for the hope that liiilusti-lul courts will
eventunllv de nvvny with nil strikes by
making them unnecessary.
Ce-eds of Ohie Stat
Let I's. Net I'nlverslty, nccenll-H.
Wen.' Unduly te u committer of t
of their number, ate n
bud as they are painted Hut perhaps tnlj
may be taken us testimonial te their skill
with the nliige pet uml lipstick. Thu coin
iiilttee further finds Unit tin girls have their
chief amusement In smoking, dancing, eul
dressing, petting and di Inking. AbeI'is.
these vices we i-xliitlt the triiukncss whirl
umb.ei ten nf ihdr number te se braw'IX
point out their faults, "They knew hew t
play men dexterously enough," Ilm ic-er.
gees en, "te get nut of predicaments with'
out serious n suits," Which removes iini
reiiwni for despair ever the future. "Ce
are catty," th,. u.payt concludes, Whlc
cefedii, the crlUclzL'il or tin. critics?
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