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cral's office who stele $7000 whil"
Charles A. Siiyder w.tn his chif. hsi put
in no defense ami ull soeu be sentenced
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would refund the money. He has no money
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it for him. He must new take his punish
ment. But when Erindlc's defalcation was dis
covered Mr. Snyder made light of it. He
laid that fully S.IOO.OOO had been taken
from the State funds in the pat by men
who wished te ue it, and that it had all
been returned without any one being the
wiser. He seemed te regard it as n proper
proceeding. It was ull right for men who
bad the custody of public money te ue it
for their own profit provided they paid it
tack again before the Stele needed it.
It had been supposed that the lessen n
the Quay pros' .utien had been enough te
put n step iiiib sort of thin in Hauls
burg, but it is booming npparcnt that It
was net.
THE LESSON OF RESPONSIBILITY
t A LTilOl'GII Raymond Peinc-nre's efforts
A te include Itcnc Vivlnnl In the new
.French ministry have bon fruitless the
attempt nlene lends point te a heartening
political truth.
The critic in power is often net such a
terrible fellow after nil. Divested of au
thority, M. Poincare has been en impessi--blllst.
The type is net unknown in Amer
ica. Mark what has happened here te the
doctrine of Isolation within the last few
months.
In his eagerness te obtain the services of
JI. VIvinni as a co-worker the prospective
Premier of France signiticantly inclines
himself toward the principles of moderation
zai' displays n new respect for realities.
It is easier te leek daggers thun te use
1 them. The nervous tempo of International
politics has slcwtd up considerably since the
harassed M. Brland's sensational exit.
After the explosions, leading British jour jeur
"ials are expressing friendliness for France.
3Ir. Lloyd Geerge has arrived in Paris. The
Cannes conference may net lc Irretrievably
disrupted. M. Poincare discloses doubts of
the Genea conclave, but the note of outright
animosity is net sounded.
Evidently the responsibility for wrecking
Europe is net coveted even by one of the
most virulent of French chauvinist". The
situation is eb'curp still, but net without
some cnceuragluc glints of lieht.
"DREAMING TRUE" IN IRELAND
TT1ROM the official standpoint it was u
shadow the Dail Hircaun which
elicited the intense interest of ivllizatleii
in connection with the Angle-Irish Tieaty.
Te the unrecognized republican Parlia
ment of Ireland Britain looked for aid in
the establishment of it new autonomous
state in the empire. The shadow was the
determining factor in inaugurating a new
epoch. The substance the Parlian enf of South
ern Ireland, specifically nutherizcd by the
Ireland Act of lt20 provides the unsen-
.national anticlimax. It is distinctly set
, forth in the treaty that ratification of that
instrument will net be conclusive without
action by that body.
Approval haw been unanimously ouerded
X)c Valcra and his partisans remaining ub- I
sent, unu compliance witu the requisite ,
technicalities necessurv for the formation of
the, previsional government has ben duly
manifested
It was the Uail. lieeer which made the
vttn,l decision. Blitain se regarded the
event, nnd in her an-uinptteu diplaed a
flexibility of tempeiiiiuent hit king for s0
many yeurs in her tr itmeiit of the Irish
pretjiem. Jt is no mean tnslt for an r.ng
Ushmun te die am true ' though Peter
Ibbctsen did se iu English literature. Fur
the Celts of the grien isle, for Wat, for j
"A. K.," for iAmglas Hjde. fei IMnard i
Martyn, ter IJe uleru, Griffith, Cellins,
nven for Geerge Moere nnd Oeeige Ileruanl
Shaw, veluntnrilv in exile, the feut is easy.
The Dail of the dietim-wmld has pre- ;
tluecd the Ireland of realities. The legal
ized Southern Purliaincnt piesetits the un- '
excitlng epilogue te the throbbing spiritual
drama. The situation would he ini.oin.eiv ini.ein.eiv
able anywhere t,n taitii but in IreKind.
It is touching and ijpkal. Briiain has
acknowledged thni theI(. ;lrc mere things In
heaven and earth than tsn be found en the
statute books.
The Irish apuul is reciprocating in
Ulvalry. The evacuation of Dublin Castle,
long symbolic of British rule, u proceeding
Mnder the protective scrutiny ,f h-M, iP.
publican troops It is the "milluwed" iirmj
which prevents disorders nnd the jetii of
the emancipated
The spectacle is rah with jmpi,rntien..
The infusion of imagination in British
latecraft has borne irult in the dlsplav 0f
the most delicate Irish sensibilities. Th
thought occurs that had England been less
literal jears age Ireland would long- since
Jiave been dpontaneeuoly her fiiend and
partner.
THE NIGHTMARE'S END
LfT E11"1" et "'ew i .it tills moment the
rajfeiil most conspicuous tmiple (,f the feller
irfhe needs a friend. Emma (ieldnmn nn.i
Iff mv satellites, who have just been hurled out
!. w" "SBla UH uiitichiriiiiics, nre searching their
'H.-LrWls for wetds wiih which te cxdiush time
Bf!vttrei of the lieMiewsttt and their dicta-
r -i i t i ewu ma iin ei. i iiu i it ni l a ..
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tv iricr- ui uviiiiic. i nu iivinu nre centluuln.'
J iKifisht te bar him ami his repiesentntivcs
'- l JTOBl tUQ Ueneii lenteieuee. Tiie voke if
k&ganlzcd censctMttlsm i r.iis-cil m tin
r'J "KWtvd States (u warn PreMident Ilniding
iuliarijly that by accepting a seat In any con-
,aTvtH:K Kticuiivii u) it'iueaviuuiivCK 01 till)
'4?cqw Government iq will be uccerdin?
,(.ik?ikleB tv the Soviets,
,,;TJirif(c'fs (lint the rjevt Oerern'ncnt
T Is chnnglug e swiftly that It must find It
difficult le recognize itself from day te day.
Communism has been dead in llussiu- for
mouths. These who sit in the Orneu con
ference will net recegnise the Soviets. They
will recognize, instead, Hie enormous so
cial, political and Inelustrlitl potentiality of
Itussin and Its 180,000,000 people who have
no aclive part In Bolshevism and no desire
te support it if n. way of escape is opened te
them
HONESTY IS HAMSTRUNG BY
EFFORTS TO CHECK ABUSES
Civil Service Regulations and Business
Lavv Are Based en the Assumption
That Men Cannet Be Trusted
te De Right
RAYMOND FOSUICK'8 ciiticism of the
(Ifil urti inn leiti'u no til At.' ft it nil In 4rA
. ,.n,.u t tl.n .,H,.n Cnllu l ,l ..l.l,t
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i te (he theerv that is back of nearlv all the
j ,.rf(,rin ,aw," v m(H,wn , f nQ-t of a().
I tiquitj .
lliat rlieerj is I lint nil men are dishonest
and enn lie prevented from improper use of
opportunity enlj by 1ht passage of penal
statutes. ("udcr the spoils system office
was a reward fur party service. The man
who refueed te obey the orders of the boss
was dismissed without mercy and a mere
complaisant man was put in his place.
Vnder thii system the police force of the
large cities was frequently med an n black
mailing device te force tribute from the pur
veyors of vice. The officer who refused te
levy en the keepers of vicious reports was
reduced in rank or dismissed or life en the
force was made se unpleasant that he re
signed. In order le step this sort of thing laws
were passed providing for the appointment
and promotion of policemen under the di
rection of civil service commissions, and
the removal of a pellcemau save en proof
of actual misconduct was forbidden.
The plan has net worked ideally, but it
has removed emr of the abuseR. It has
tied the hands of the crooked mayors and
police commissioners. But it lias nlse tied
the hands of honest executive officers. They
may net remove a policeman against whom
there Is a moral presumption of unfitness.
There must be pecltive evidence that will
convince a jury. And as there is usually
n conspiracy of silence among the members
'of the force, It Is almost Impossible te get
such evidence.
As n result the efficiency of nn bonebt
Mayer is lessened in order that the power
for evil of a dishonest uviyer tuny be weak
ened. In the present state of distrust of
the motives of the politicians it is net likely
that there will be any radical change in
the law.
The same suspicion of the henetty of men
is embodied in most of the restrictive busl
nefs legislation. All sorts of regulations
have been ninde te prevent men from doing
business unfairly. They are se restrictive
that they hamper men who would no niore
think of doing n dishonest thing than they
would cenHlder murdering their wives. And
the laws are no complicated that no one can
tell whether any new business cntcrpilse
which involves a combination of two legiti
mate enterprises jg criminal or net. Arbi
trary end nrtiticial crimes have been created
by statute, and no man can tell when he
will be arraigned in tout I te answer penal
charges.
The lawmakers have for jeni's beni in
the mood of Hnmlft, who, when enp of his
friends remarked that the world had grown
honest. xclalnid. "Then is doomsday
near!" The world is dishonest, nccerdlng
te them, and lawn must be made te pietect
it from the consequences of its own vicious
purposes. But every one knows that no
successful business has been founded upon
estential dishonesty. The late J. P. Morgan
once said that character was the most val
uable astt that a business men possessed,
and every business man knows that there
would be few commercial transactions If it
were net for the faith which men have in
the integrity of one another. .
When we discover that it i Hip misdeeds
of the minority which hamper the majerltj
there may be a prospect that the mujerity
will frown e blackly upon the nilnuritv as
te discourage its crookedness. Then home
of the hampering legislation may be r
pealed. But it is net likely te l.n repealed
until that time.
ILLICIT DRUGS
rpiIBBK is no use in denving thai the
-L illicit drug traffic is expanding. The
general extent of the traffic was suggested
en futurdaj when raiders took SiJOOO worth
of narcotics from one house en Master street.
There is in some quarters a fentinuing
disposition te igneie this new menace te the
hialth nnd morals of flip umntrj . Advo
cates of prohibition fear te de or say any
thing that may seem te be correboia'tivo of
home of the contentions advanced by the
mere rabid wets, who, of i nurse, endeavor
1 te make liretiagunda for rh..i,. nu . ..
every new revelation of ail ltiuiensin" illicit
'iv e: urugs.
ine question et the di ig tiafiic will have
e be viewed apart from the question of
liquor prohibition. It should net be oh eh
scured bj propaganda of unv eert. The
country ought te be tmulted te knew the
tiuth about it. and only Congress end the
Legislatures of the v.irluus Stmt's enti direct
the son ni' Inuiiirii s tlin.iifii ,.-i..i. ,!,..
neeee.arv information cin be obtained
A NATIONAL MALADY
THOTGH Senater Stankv, f Ken'uckj,
is a IemArat, with u Democrat's habit
of deploring ewr thing done nowadays In
Washington and malting speeches ut nntl nntl nntl
prohibitien banquet, u h necessary te ad
mit that he stumhhs at rare intervals en a
'hining truth or two and says things that
are weith iemembering.
The genii, man irem Kentm ky has been
upenktng in ( iikage, where he remiiuled a
large uudience of the fallacy of the belief
that laws ulene i an correct any of the social
and economic lnulu which appear from
time te time iu the scheme of American life
Mr. Stanley became hejrse with itiesiennte
ea,ernt!en. when he talked of the flood of
bills poured annually through Congress and
the vaiieus I.cgislatuics by people who be
lieve that a millennium fan be attained bj
the "drastic regulation" of business, of
public morals, of personal habits and even
of individual habits of thought.
The state of mind which causes people te
seek such w.ijh out of the confusion of
modern life and such temedles for real or
imagined ills Is dansereus chiefly because it
is misleading. The country has experi
lnentej for years with laws devised te regu.
I late business and te make something like
publiT spirit and morality dominant in com
merce and industry. Every one knows that
theories of restriction nnd regulation were
carried te extreme limits in special laws.
It was supposed that there never ngnin
could be combinations In lestraint of trade.
Yet the country has suffered mere through
artificially created trade restiulnt iu the
last few years than it ever suffered iu ihe
worst days of unregulated trusts. One com
bine virtual! brought house building te a
standstill in most parts of the country.
Others jockeyed with feed prices. Others
nre obviously in control of the coal supply.
The se-called Espionage I.uws were use
less. The intelllgenceand conscience, of
the mass of the people, rather than any of
'the hystcrlpal efforts te suppress opinion
na Tre speecni. My j tne United States
, i
EVENING- PUBLIC ' LEDGEH
from any taint of dlsleynl or red doctrine.
It is becoming npparcnt that taboos will
always be useless in themselves and that it
Is a waste of time te try te compel people
te be geed by threatening them' with jail
or fines. 'Censerships en movies, books,
plays and the like serve only n negative
purpose se long ns people continue le
desire the things which such laws nttempt
te forbid. When business men can be made
te feel ashamed of doing wrong and when
(hev can be made te understand thnt the hog
I is never a happy nnlmal j when people nre
se educated and enlightened that ugly ami
destructive stage exhibitions effenu them
and turn them nway, we shall be en the way
te spiritual and intellectual health in this
country and no! before.
The general rule here suggested applies
le a considerable degree in the case of pro
hibition. The best way te eliminate the
liquor traffic would be te convince people
that alcohol is bad for their health and
worse for their future and the future of
their children. Itettrr education, tending
te a belter general system of ethics, may
yet have te be depended en te de the work
which multitudes of restrictive laws have
net done and probably cannot de
MOTORS ON PARADE
IT WOl'LI) be casj It would be, Indeed,
almost pleasant te start a noisy con
troversy with folk who insist that there are
no clearly discernible signs of n creative art
sense in America and that we, as a people,
have yet te develop that indispensable qual
ity of civilized minds.
Isn't it fairer and even wiser te believe
that an ability te nppreclete and create
beautiful and significant forms is naturally
inherent in nil people, like curiosity or the
rense of sight or hearing, and that it Is
realistically manifested In new nnd novel
ways unfamiliar' in tradition te meet the
changing needs of puttlcular limes, places
and environment?
The creative art sense of America is ie
vealcd in many of the modern skyscrapers.
in monumental bridges nnd much of the
magnificent machinery of modern industry,
through which gifted minds have brought
about a truly exquisite balance of Immense
physical forces thnt is in itself proof of n
retlevs end fnr-renching imagination.
Te admit that creative Impulses may be
expressed otherwise than in paint or bronze
or marble is te admit that the modern auto
mobile is worthy of the annual salons in
which it is paraded for the delight of the
multitude. The automobile is en achieve
ment of human imagination. And the man
who gees fascinated from mechiue te ma
chine Iu each annual show is, without knew -Ing
it. a connoisseur of artistic values.
Michael Angcle, versatile as he was. never
slaved for qualities mere elusive than these
which arc necessary in a perfectly designed
camshaft, a device that can be ns subtly
and variously potential at a well-balanced
mind. The modern motorcar performs its
miracles only because of something very
much like magic operating, ns the engineers
say. "under the heed." Ferd wns nn urtlst
of sorts who expressed himself in n magneto
of revolutionary design. And if it were net
for u multitude of abler men who think
enough of steel te work with It as patiently
as earlier artists worked with geld and
paint, multiple-cylindered meters and the
open-air life which the moderate-priced
fnmiiy car brings te ulmest every one nowa
days would be impossible.
The romantic sense which conventional
works of art evoke and stimulate in the
average man answers swiftly te the impli
cations that radiate from n motorcar. It
is something, surely, te make of metals a
thing half alive, n thing of vncigetlc obedi
ence which actually nukes definite claims
te a man's loyalty and his sense of grati
tude. Why will the ewnei of nu automobile
actually lie for the honor of hit. particular
machine whether it b" a fut and burly
monster of power or an unwashed and recif
less looking miniature devilwugen cars and
years old? The genius of man bus put spirit
into these things. The toads they have
traveled, the for places and green te whlcji
they huve flicked their owners, the hills they
huve climbed, the wild flights they have
made in the line of dut, the races they have
wen for undeserving drivers, have left traces
In and en them and given them'a quality of
character almost poignant. Because they
are mysterious, because few people know knew
why they go at all. motorcars are wonderful.
Behind them and largely icspensible "for
them are the marvelous mcehunisins in
which the restlessly asphln; genius of Amer
ica is revealing itself devices that can al
most think, devices that seem te have braius
of their own.
The motorcar industij, like the motorcar
il6elf, lis packed with undiscovered romance,
It has ull the courage and energ and Ver
satility of youth. Fer nil Its elaborate ad
vertising it is sMll Inarticulate. It hasn't
been able te tell Its own wonderful story
or de justice te the genluse.s who people it.
In the far future we mj he permitted te
rend of new and imposing motorcars with
"camshaft by .lenes" or "meter by Brewn''
or "ignition sj stein by .Finks. " nnd then
there shnll be recognition fur some of the
able artists of the- thins. Fer, -utter all,
when jeu are going up hill or down nt fifty
nn hour or hitting it for the distant horizon
or for home, y i,i have moie than metal te
thank for jour s,ns,. of delight and securitv.
' Yeu are being propelled by the spirit of some
nnoujnieus genius or ether who translated
in terms of alleys or design the lira- iutegilty
of his own mind.
THE TIGER RETURNS
CLKMLNCl.'AF In ight) . But he is
Clemencenu nnd that means mere thun
passing yea is lie has burst suddenly from
retirement te tstablisli and edit n new news
I aper in Paris ,i newspaper which, ac
cording te nil signs and omens and rumors,
will be Vesuvlnn in character.
People who de net sympathise with Clein
emenu the unrelenting politic inn find it
easy e sympathize with f'leinenceuu the lr
lepiesslble patriot of France. A .tear ei se
rge the Tiger wuc telling the world that lie
wa through with politics, through with
stth.ng, thieugh with neriy and with pub
lic life. Nu would see'; peace and quiet am!
let the ethers fight it out! Ne wus net In
the best health.
Since then it has seemed us If the gieul
I'ewers, intent en wiping out old grudges for
the suke of the muIiI'h future peace, might
actually iselnte France and leave her with
out the allies that she needs te continue the
policy which her public men deem necessary
te her continuing teaulty.
It was the thought that France was again
ciidanijercd the' opt, curs te lime levltnliecl
Clemencean and forced him aguln into the
arena. "Dees my emntiy need me," says
the Tiger in effect , "then I shall be young
again!" Such men ate lew. It Isn't often
that 'Jp'iit can triumph se magnificently
ever matter. Clemencenu ma be n stubborn
Clemcnceau and a wrong-headed Clemen
cean but
, Vive Clement eau !
A New Yeil. Miio'iibev
Hard Liur died nfter a fight width
for City BeS tesultcd Iu a fraetuied
skull. The moral of the
sten is net that bejs should net fight. The
scrap may be geed for them. What the tale
suggests is that the city boy plays iu hard
luck In the matter of u place en which te
fall, In the country he may fall en the soft
ground, But lu the city nothing softer than
cement will satisfy the wfipel director cither
for basement or playereut ' . '
PHILADELPHIA, MONDAY,' JANUARY 1G,
: l, -i 1
AS ONE WOMAN SEES IT
Heme, Sweet, Sweet Heme There's
Ne Place Like It When You're Well
and It Isn't Half Bad When You're
Sick Enough for a Hospital
By SAItAII D. LOWRIti
I HAD occasion net long since te visit ene
of my kith and kin in the private word of
a hospital. The corridors leading te the
room were stately nnd spectacularly hygienic
nnd the elevator was prompt and the nurses
were crisp and businesslike. The patient's
room left nothing te be desired lu the wav wav
ef light nnd possibilities of nlr and the solid
practicability of the furnishings. Every
thing looked antiseptic, from the bed te the
suit cellar en the supper trny. I leei sure
net a germ could live te reach the loom, r
if it grew ill the patient it could net subsist. ,
outside of him for a second, for from the i
entrance of the hospital te that third-Peer
bedside the sir was heavy with something
that smelt like cabbage and was, they as
sured me, the ordinary hospital odor of dis
infectant. There were no surgical cases
en ene of the floors nnd no fever cases en j
another and there were strictly nervous
cases en still another, but the whole great !
! building wes saturated with that dull, pern- '
trating atmosphere.
The patient in Vhem 1 wns interested .
is a placid reul nntl has a mind that Is
used te providing him with thoughts and
problems of nn unwerrylng nnd occupying
nature, but he complained of the dullness
of his experience and was, I thought, singu
larly depressed for a person of his equable
temperament, lie wns net actually ill; he
was there for the convenience of the doctors,
who were exntnlnlng-jilm constitutionally for
the possible root of n recurrent malady ; they
were proceeding nbeut their tests and ex
aminations In no particular hurry te be
through and with much else of mere im
portance en their minds nnd a kind of genial
vagueness nj te results, one way or an
other, te us Inquiring iclatives.
THERE is no doubt in the world that
hospitals nte of first Importance te the
physlehns who can control them, and there
is no doubt that for very ill persons nnd
for very peer persons hospitals, are great
godsends. And there Is no doubt thnt
for the majority of .cases that ate treated
If. hospitals patients 'arc better off than at
home. And it is nlse true that rules have
te be made for the majority even though a
minority suffers.
But with the present knowledge of anti
septics, with the prevalence of electricity in
most prlvnte Iieufcs. with the skill of the
trnincd nurse nnd the whole hygienic dis
cipline of a modern bedroom nnd bathroom,
with the telephone for quick consultation
end with the meter for quick response te
sudden calls, the nursing of n patient in Ills
home Is simpler than the nursing of him
in n hospital was fifteen years age.
Te convalesce in one's own ugrceable
rooms, te gradually come back te life with
the strict regime of the first weeks little
by little simplified Inte normality, te have
sick diet and trays of one's own familiar
and attractive sort, te have no going and
coming or gossip of ether sick folk nnd te
be spared the weekly beard and room bill
among the ether items of one's budget, nil
these, if they nre net ceuntet acted by some
deterrent influence, shorten the dreariness
of getting back te health enormously.
While for the patient's family the differ
ence between the wear nnd tear of keeping
constant oversight of his welfare in a hos
pital and In the sunny third-fleer front at
home, then: is no compniisen.
I
CAN hear some one s;n
What about
nurses mound V What about keeping the
patient within bounds?"
Well, e fur r.-i the servants go, nnd the
matter of the diet and of the trays and of
the cleaning and i irryins. tliesU must be
arranged sjMeumti"i.!;.v and understood and
provided for pessilli as nn cxtui. It will
net ee-t anything like se nrn-h ctrn ai the
hospital private room would.
'Se far ns the nu. e is concerned she i
Iheie for tie path ul and for the patient
enlj. Why iiiuke her a member of tie"1
I'amil or Include he ': She docs net wunt
the society of the fuiaih or their friends ii
she is the right sort. She has her own fam
ily and her own outside Interests and would
be better when freed fiem her patient te
get Inte nnether atmosphere out of the
house. Her tray can be ns well artanged
and as tempting as the invalid's, end heir
goings, nnd comings can be se ineonsnlcueus
that her presence In the house outside the
fclcK room need scarcely count.
SOME OXE may say: "All this is simple
te say. but net simple te carry out."
Well, this year I have been for a month
in the house with a very ill, nervous patient
with we nurses. As I keep house I know knew
nil about the meals and the servants. 1
have only seen one of the nurses once, nnd
the ether a cei pie of times, and I have
neither heard the patient nor seen her,
though I pasj the doers of her rooms many
times daily. Her diet is very carefully
planned and her regime exceedingly strict
and her pi egress toward recovery better
than normal ; n', though in one sense the
activity's ei the house are centered en her
reccne.y, there is no surface sense of in
validism or of anxiety or of anything out of
the ordinal y, the fnially life gees en.
Te nurse nu ill person at home costs
money, but net se much money us a rest
cure In a sanateiium.
IT MAY be said: "Well, but that is just
a cmsu for test cure, net for adept nurs
ing unci he.-pltnl appliances and hurry
culls and for sudden crises."
Four euis uge 1 managed a cese of
pneumonia treni the outside In just the
same wu. laat is, the patient was mused
nnd iteanerec) without the pressure; of the
illness being appnient in the general fumll
life, ma the requisite quiet was obtained
end the huity calls were' attended te with
out 'lie downstairs life being iniiele different
or these et the family net in charge ic
quiiec te change their ordinary hubits
1 am net boasting et this; it was' nei
difficult. What would have been eliffleult
would have been te have iiad the anxiety of
the illness, coupled with the- constant ' re
minders of it .n all one's dally life, or te
have hael te leave a verj ill person entiiely
dcpftidci.t en the paid services of doctors
nnd nurses. Seiivtlmes euic hies te de that
te save a lllc c, te eajieditc n cure, but
it is e great strain if the patient is dinr te
one. And if ii is oily n case of iiicon iiicen
M'juen H'S some and e envcnienclng etheis 1
would rather nn envinience these who c-nu
be- paid for their trouble than the patient
and his family.
ORIGIXAMiY, ei course, private rooms
in hospitals fei nearly all illness tame
te be desired because of the lack of anil
septic Icnnlliicss nnd hygiene lu en ordi
nary private house, because of the great
double heels and peer lighting and the family
bathtoem mil the idea of cheering the p.i
tlent with cetnpany. and the nurseV de
mands en the servants and the servant-'' elio elie elio
ebligingness with the i.urses, and the dc
pressing effect ut u sickroom attendant at
the femil meals and the e'octer's being un
able te be en hand ler an emergent- , etc.
And. indeed, in man 1-eusrs nil or some
of these reasons would still lieihl geed, but
they need net held geed, which is the point
1 am trying ' make.
Illness is bud enough, but if it can he
freed from the suit-11 nnd the sounds and
the sight- en-l reminders of ether illnesses
se much the better!
In Uimlnnd, whete the hospitals have no
private rooms ter well-to-de patienis. fnr
the most putt tlu- have imenteel (l ieie
I'licerful substitute fnr a hotel of uai,, , rK
huve nursing homes, pleasant lltl private
Infirmaries holding a patient or two in heiiiu
utility, airy snot with nethlmr of the inti...
tlen about thein und much that is individual
and cesy or I what the English would cull
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NOW MY IDEA IS THIS!
Daily Talks With Thinking Philadclphians en Subjects They
Knew Best
ROMAIN C. HASSRICK
On Legal Aid Bureau
ONE of the chief features of the Bureau
of Legal Aid attached te the Depart
ment of Public Welfare is the Americaniza
tion of these of foreign birth who apply
there for aid. according te Remain C. Unss
rick, chief of the bureau.
"We have." said Mr. Ilessrick. "what 1
like te call a legal clinic for the i)or people
of Philadelphia. It is the business of the
buienu te render te deserving peer persons
of the clt free lesnl service, se thut in no
case fhell justice be denied te any citizen of
Philadelphia because of inability te pay
counsel fees.
"Just hew great this need has been is
illustrated by the fact that en one day Inst
week ninety-four persons npplied te the
buie.iu for assistance. On the same day
100 nerseiis scheduled us 'old clients.' which
l means that they had cases here, culled at
the- bureau in refeu-nce te tlielr ulinirs. .s
:!( per cent of them were nccempanied by
ethers, the bureau was visited that day by
nearly I1O0 poisons.
Peer Frequently Victimized
"It is almost impossible te realize the
mctheels etnpleed by unscrupulous persons
against the peer. The- snle of worthless
stock, in which many peer people Invest
their money In small onieiints ecr a period
of months, is a favorite means of extracting
none from credulous persons, peer and net
se peer. The surprising part of it Is that
these who seem te tell hardest for- their
money nre usually the least suspicious with
regard te the things for which they spend
that money or the property fn which they
invest.
"In these, as 1n all ether eases, the bu
teau cudeaers te get the point of view of
the applicant and te render couttceus and
effective service. .Most of these who call at
ftie bureau de e in relation te u matter
which is appmcutly of mme vital e-ense-epience
te them than an thing else ut that
particular moment.
"Therefore, it Is i-sseulinl that applicants
be gie-n tin- udvantnges of the full reseuices
of the bureau, even te tins extent thut wor
thy eutes will be piesecuted or defended In
tlie courts.
Only the Peer Aided Free
"Net nil et the applicants icceive the
services of the bureau, because many are
able, according te their own statements, te
employ counsel. Our initial inquiry, ad
dressed te all applicants, seeks te develop
Information os te the llunnclul standing of
the pcrseiiseeking free- legal aid, and If the
luets which we obtain Indicate that the
person can nffeid te emple counsel he Is
advised te engage a reputable nttetnej.
"We have u ml" uceinst rcfeiring the
applicant te nuy paiticular uUemey. If
the case involves a question ei public pelu-,
t lien tin- bureau might make Inquiries ami
ebtuln facts te ascertain hew extensively
the public Is Invelvi-d, se that th- rights of
ether eilfSeiiN may be pretcctc'.l.
"The but can has just pieseeutid success.
fullv a seiles of complaints against a t'hiist
mas Club, wheie money was tellcctcel weekl
fiem a laige number of persons mid was net
paid back in accordance with tin agreement.
When this case come beleie the e-euit there)
were et least l.'O persons who appealed
agiilnst the defendants, indicating hew
widespread wan the imposition puii-tici-il
against the lntitteis of small amounts of
mom .
All Nations Represented
"There come te us persons of nil na-tienalltli-s
repicseiited In the cosmopolitan
population of Philadelphia. In order le
meet this situation efi'e cUvc-l, the buienu
has se selected Iti peisenm-l that twenty
luuguages tnn be translated h, persons al
wu.ts in iitte-nilaiice. n e-nl . me instance
slniu the buienu has bi-en organized has it
been nt'ccsHiry ie call iu nn intupicler Irem
ancther brunch of the city government.
"It is Impeilaiit thut me toieign-berii be
ghe-u espctl.il attention. The hnieau alms
te exercise- an Americanizing influence In
the community, tllld It Is a dec bled sep m
this eliieetien te assist pc-isens fiem ether
lauds w-he come te us te obtain their rights
under our lows.
"The bureau fuither seeks te place Itself
in the position ef a 1 1 lend le the lert-lgi,.
born nppllcant te whom In- can come In
time- of trouble, provided he is without funds
und his cuse is within thejurisdlctlen of
the bin eau and it Is ilgl.t ami proper for us
le take it up.
Teaching Viniilnnlsin
"ii.e-. iiiiplle.ints oeii curie te leei, upon
the l,ui-i I as nn u-;enc of the- city gev-ciiuut-iii
iM- 'II . tsi theui n, ii'drcss-
ill.' til"), ieiiii- ill, e ,i I, VJI jjjji fJV
them III ussritlu-; tne-lr lights.
"We even no se far with Hies.. ., tr.
assist them Iu obtaining their naturalization
tpa
jmpvr. xuib u uui ei tee nrm inquiries
witu t-uBva4 i ipc iiiiiiiicaiii tias taken
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ON THE ROCKS
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rii'i.jft.f,'nr,f;"' I titi
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no steps In this direction we help him te
take out his first papers, end if lie has
alread done this we assist him tin the pro
curing of his final papers. In ether words,
we make him u full-fledged American citizen
ns seen ns possible. Titus he gets net only
the advantages of legul aid. but lit- is also
put lu line te become an American citizen ut
the earliest moment legally possible.
"On the whole, the foreign-born appli
cant does net understand or appreciate
the extent of the benefits te which he is
rightful entitled in the Flitted States.
This is particularly true of these who have
come from foreign countries within a short
time and have net been here long enough
te learn from among their own people what
the country holds for them nnd what protec
tion is thrown around their property and
persons by the laws of the United States,
Victimized by Own People
''Fnfortunetcly, manj of these are fre
quently victimized by their own people.
This, of course, destroys their confidence in
all persons with whom they come in con
tact. We find many, especially of the poorer
of the foreign born, who huve been Imposed
upon te such en extent that they are re
luctant te trust nnv one.
"The (list thing te de with these people
in such cu-es is te win their confidence.
This is net easj te accomplish, but once
done, it makes the hureuti the recipient of
many applications from their friends und
acquaintances, for they eagerly tell each
.ether of the assistance which they have ie
ccived. "The necessity of riuch.nn organisatien
is emphasized by the fact thut from De
comber. 1IC1). te December. IOL'1. we linn
died l.'l.-lfii! cases m an approximate test
of S.'.i.tKIO, se that each case cost the city
about $1.87. Although the bureau is now new
only one jenr nnd live months old. it Is the
luigest municipally controlled legal aid bu
jeuu iu the i'llite-d States.
"Director Watburten. who succeeded Di Di
recler Tustin upon the death of the latter,
is in full Nmpathv with the iiitns of the
bureau und the wink which it Is doing. He
is u'iciitl i tit steel iu the preposition that
the peer people of the city shall htiye an
agency te which they muy corny for free
legal advice when they descne it and when
the merit of their cases justifies our acting
In their behalf."
What De Yeu Knew?
QUIZ
!; M'.1."'? t,ve '-'"eus paintings b Whistler.
- vwmt ere tbe two thief religions of
China?
3 What Is the laiest triumphal inch In
tlv; wet Id V
I What Is the easternmost projection of
tlie united States,'
' 'vlj'J ltw,rote "T,lu UynastK" and what
,:''Infnm.: Pale"' cm'.n "" r'" sail
" ""thu'we'rlV;18""1 '"" PVtr "" "eund
m W-!,nJ M "'? "Kh't known metal"
le Who we Piiu Miiniuetie
Answers te Saturday's Quiz
l S famous lunutlm In llteratuie are
King I.eur D0I, Quixote, n Ancient
Marlm-r. Uaimiby Jtu.iKc, Mr. IjIcU
hi "David CepperfMil." , Hun k
Klnc Arthur's Cen it
iweniy-one republic n
SV.IImIi.
Theie uie live Unltpil '
lieici uie live United .Statu. n
Fnlted State s-at I'hUudel ,1,0. lnJl,C
I'lanclK-e. New e),ieani !: '. '.": .'
i tlie
irsXyt n"
e'.HMeii Clt, Nu,
mint U ciiiilniii.il u .:..-. ."t-nnmcu
The llrst Hreie ary of tlie Ue ler , r.',
rolled States was Th, ,, ,0r,'.'f 1,,ln
appointed b .ntlurj 'tu"e i.,lVL,l?i
Mississippi was the llisl Htu " i e ilttJfH..
iheohlbltlenaincndmcntVolllo'cL',',.
... .i- . .. ".;'- ".".."" iissfiy oil ee
settle eiuestleiui which hurl ,.-i ' "'
of the Hussien del 'at of .iie TV Vl
the War of 1S77-7S ru,1('
Tiuiiiau II
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U'.lll In
Mardl Hth litciall
eluj
mt mi -Km TlK
Tl bus betli iHlliiliitc-d b i in
tint tils- llej.,jleH -..'.' ','." exp. ItH
l.mg.dlst.u.c, lus ,:" ,u '.""''U"
UimUu'r.lliieul el Par s In mis ",n
". ieK"2rt tJ-.the nume D?me
10
r i.wE. .5i . ""'- "tarnished in
e Oluties. I,A e-
iuerican union. TIih ,.. a il""
Uellvlu. Brazil. Chile 'ivu'" A,'',?"t"'a.
Kica. Cuba " I einin,n;'i'nb ','' 0?fn
BcuaUer, Ouiitema la ii,,i 'i T pulillc.
Mexico. NIcaruK ' I'" ,',' "d,i"UH'
wmy. Peru, SiiUaUer. ffid f.1"8
Liununi.Veni.yiiui,. ' ""ed .Slates,
Uie Jaclupn period
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SHORT CUTS
An appropriate motto for the Poincare
ministry would be "Wntch your step."
Japan is adept In having her own wj
while making a gesture of renunciation.
With Mr. Hays n $1G0,000 close-up
was merely preliminary te a Cabinet fadt
away. "Other People's Meney" as staged U
Ilnrrlsburg is jubt one tense situation nfttr
another.
"Pshaw!" scoffs Iloxberough, bidding
for the fair, "Tacony has no mere chance
than a rabbit."
Germany may de much te remove the
difficulties between England and Francs by
gloating ever them unduly.
Our principal objection te the duel be
tween Count Hlgrny and M. Banffy, Hun
garian Minister of Foreign Affairs, is that
they proved such peer shots.
"Yellow nnd green," observes Prof.
Thaddeus L. Bolten, "ure the most plcnslng
colors in the spectrum." And old Tliht
wad inspecting his roll remarks, "I qultd
agree with ou, Dec."
"Loek pretty nnd warm, net expe-nsife ,
nnci coin," the Dartmouth Outing (Tub ad
vises college girls Invited te the winter car
nival. Sensible advice. And, at that, it
sounds very much like u plea from a low
te his lass.
AVc refuse te poke fun ut Johnny
l.ukas. "unkissed here." Wc llke his nerve.
If he is guilty as indicted, time has some
thing In store for him. If net guilty lie
belongs te the chivalrous group that kissti
but never tells.
Hundreds of peer families are sufferini
from sickness nnd undernourishment, sari
the secretory of the Society for Organizing
Charity, and urges the appropriation of
$100,000 by Council for welfare work. It
Is a mutter that should be looked Inte with
out less of time. i
Frem the convention of clothes design
ets iu Xew Yerk we learn that bell treusert
are coming buck and thnt accordion gussets
will math men's coots; from which
gather that the clussy dresser is going te be
a regulur symphony. And the careleu
drcs-er a phony symp.
We take no credit for the prediction
that while the plaudits of Senater Peppcr'i
fellows were still ringing in Lib cars some
body weuhl threw the hooks into him. It
happened, of course, but It wns inevitable.
And, knowing his own mind nuel strong hi
his own convictions, it won't hurt him
puriicic.
The nrret of a man for drunKennes;
clisciese-d the fuct that a family of seven Mji
been living in n wuiren near Seventy -seventh
street for six months. His wife was about
te become u mother; nil the children were
HifTerlng from disease. It Is net a ples-mut
story ter Fhiliiejclphiuns te read. Jt cam
ier ucwun at once drastic unu iieipiui,
The Xatlenal Heard of the Congress j
Mothers plans' se te ditect the training of
ihlldien during the next ten years that when
they beconie voters they will make the tea
.veins naval holiday permanent, it is some
thing much te be desired; but the fact that
Iieecefllll.v Inclined u-nmen from time In
memeiliil have hud the cute of boys fliw
later hecuiuc warlike men tcmpeis cnei
hope with u little hit of doubt.
f'ivll kervlce is. fircsnrcllllr- til lecallti
environment, training, custom and the llkfi
a kindly agent that iiretectu geed otlicehelil'
ers from bad nellticiunH or n wicked ngent
who protects bad officeholders from rlKhteeuj
executives, It's all right in its way; pu
it'll be letired iim seen nu nn effective anil
competent substitute Pi found. Thnt substi
tute- muy he an executive with plenary pew-
cis nniiiij he-Id accountable by the pwi""
Fiedcrlck ItasmusHcn, State SecretnrJ
t t....i....i. ...i.i c i.. tt-.,c, rtti
n .tfii ii-iiiiuie, leni luriners in im . . .
ter. during discussion of the promotion
dairy preducU end the pencil and nppl'
trades, that the Worst stage of depression
has passed and fanners were en the ev8.f'
ut enter inestierltv. Perlinim thlH may IlieS'l
that Pennsylvania fruit will be iidverllW
end sold us lavishly and plentifully In Iw
Hjlvauia ns the fruit of California.
The Sew Uik 'Vefljj
Couie. Eel I s Re still froth' at lie- iiv
!,,, II. I, 'iv.uuiiiui, .,..i. el,, Vn.tbi-rn five.
It declines that rVtiate'
Pepper t-eiihl net huve studleil the eviuc"j
.... i... i, ...i ....i.. i t.. .1... u,,.itn ii Ur
llil flu M'-ei CIICI Ut'V'll III I'll' n-1""- '- ,ij
hours. What, then, U th nllRbt V 2(
editor of the World, who hasn't bw lDm
Skt-
eenuie ne nil?
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