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I'hIUdrlphU, MenJi), February 6, 112:
WASTE TO ELIMINATE
PRESIDENT HARDING took ndvnutnge
of the opportunity nfferded by the prcs:
enec of the Uudget Director nt n Cabinet
meeting te remind the Cabinet officers that
, "this is n geed time te 1iiim it understood
thnt we 1)11 serve one anil the same Govern
ment, nnd the pommen geed nnd net de
partmental advantage it the end nt ulilrh
all of us must nlm."
This remark was made nflrr lie had dis
cussed the fear that the selection of men
from the various departments te serve with
the Director of the Rudget would create n
divided responsibility which might prove
destructive of the highest efficiency
, This fear entertained by the bureaucrats
Is exactly whnt might have been expected
tinder the old system where tin departments
J'frere rivals for appropriation". Although
the Director of the Rudget hns been in office
r alx months, there nrc still mump depot t
tncnts In which it has been found Impossible
te crcete the Impression thnt they nrc only
parts of a Inrger whelp.
Fer example, Mr. Daue explained te the
Cabinet thnt it took his co-erdinating beard
a month te persuade the Marine Cerps le
use 100100 surplus nrm.v shirts nt n snving
te the jLievernment of $:M,000 instead f
buying new shirts. He had exerted hiinelf
' In vain te induce the navy te up part of a
surplus of .'l.'O.OOO brooms bought for the
nraiy. but thp navy insisted en bulng
18.000 new brooms se much lilp thesp the
Government already owned thct no one
could tell the difference. Thee are small
Items, but they indicate the inoeil that has
prevailed in Wellington for generation.
The l'residptit hn set himself the tn-k of
putting the bu-inesi f the Government en
busincs basis, and he has mnde con
siderable progress. Direct saving-, of
32,000,000 have already been effected nnd
Indirect savings of .? lOI.OOn.oeo. and the
work hns only begun. Senater Aldrich re
marked yenrs nge that if business method
were npplied annual savings of SJtOO. 000.000
could be made in Government expenditures.
But nothing wns ever done until "the present
Congress passed the Rudget Rill and Presi
dent Harding appointed General Dawes te
carry out lH provisien1'.
SUPREME COURT OF THE WORLD
ALMOST unimaginable benefit te the
world may come out of the delibera
tions of the Court of International Justice
'which hns just organized itself at The
Hague by the election of Ir. R. T. C.
Loder, its Dutch member, te preside
sver it.
The Court, it will be rccnlled, wns pro pre
tided for in the Cexcnant of the League of
Nations. A commission of distinguished
, Jurists, of which Kllhu Reet was a mem
ber, drafted a plan for the constitution of
the Court in 1020. That plan has been
ratified by the League's legislative body
and eleven Judges and four Deputy Judges
have been elected. It is these Judges who
have gathered nt The Hague te put the
Court in shnpe te de business. The United
States is represented en the bench of the
Court in the person of Jehn Hassett Moere.
, This Lcague of Nations Court is radically
different from the Arbitration Court that
Jts nt The. Hague. The latter is net really
a court. It Is a panel of ipinlifled men
from which disputants may teleet a group
' of arbitrators te decide between them. The
new Court is a judicial tribunal with per-
rmnnent Judges nnd with the duty of hitting
once n year te hear any cases which may
be brought before it. The rules governing
It have-been adopted by the legislative body
of the League of Nations, of which it is the
Judicial branch. All States which belong
te the League hae the right te take their
cases before It. Other States mnj haie
access te it en conditions laid dew n by the
Council of the League.
The hope is that the Court will discour
age war by providing an Impartial tribunal
before which tlisputees among nations may
be taken for settlement in accordance with
the principles of justice and the accepted
' -rules of international law. The assump
tion is that nations desire justice. It has
been a violent assumption in notorious in
stances in the past. Rut the world moves
forward and there is a growing feeling that
there is u better wa for ending disputes
than resort "te force.
All that is required new te raise the or-
denizatien of this Court into an epecli-
laarking event is the ubrniinn te it of a
" (rave international dispute and the ncccp-
' tancc by the disputants et its award, it
, the nations can acquire the habit of appeal
'ng te It the work of the Anus Cmiference
In Washington will become of little conse
quence, for then there will be small need
for navies of any kind nnd armies will be
useful chleily ns nn internal police force.
ANOTHER ARMY ROW
y IJIVER ulnce the armistice was signed
J.- Hj there have been subdued but bitter
tnuruutrings among service men of Prussian
Ism in the American Ami. Such complaint
' has found expression in books written by
returned soldiers, in astenishinV but in
definite testimony given te committees of
'Congress nnd In gossip In nnd out of the
' service when the notorious Hard-Rolled
Smith was brought te trial ftr atrocious
abuses of his authority ns nn nrmy officer.
It must still 6cem te any fair-minded
.observer that neither the army itself nor
d '!! ranking officers nor the men who have
i" .circulated chnrges of outrage and brutullty
'eed be jreatly blamed for all this. The
i&frlctlen et life in the field, the Inevitable
iramips
that iron dlsclpllne brings te
PjMiH tvne never nciore were accustemcu te
V-Uand (he strains that all soldiers are sub-
ted te In modern armies during wur lie
of the resentment wineii many service
feel when they remember their years
ranee, Cruelty Is almost nn inevitable
f .tke came of war,
ilt which Majer Malcolm Wheeler-
T. '". V -til . ft . 1T.11-
H written te rrcsiuem nnruini,
awfflffis
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' nnd his demnnd for nn Investigation of the
whole system of army rule, should be read
In fhe light of this knowledge. Hut Majer
Wheeler-Nichelson Is nn officer of the reg
ttlnrs. He hns a geed record. His nssor nsser nssor
tlens thnt the rnnkltig officers abuse tbelr
power, protect ench ether, , maintain nn
exclusive enste consciousness nnd destroy
any one who ventures te combat them sound
unpleasant. A grcnt many people will be
reminded of the frequency with which nc
cusetl officers nrc exonerated by courts
martini composed, of course, of ether offi
cers. The President cannot afford te Ignore
Majer Wheeler-Nichelson's, charges. Either
n military nutoerney controls t lie army or
the major should be immediately dismissed
from the service.
MORE DRAMA TO PROVE THAT
YOU tANT GET BY WITH IT
The
Swifter the Secial Pace Is
the
Quicker It Brings Yeu te the
Inevitable Smash
T5IUTISH writers like Mr. Wells nnd Mr.
-J- Rennelt were the first le report nt
length upon the dcvnstntlen worked by easy
money In some avenues of modern society.
At intervals In the past rich and undis
ciplined persons these who had come by
great wealth without having had the ex
perience or the training necesnr.v te the
proper use of money in quantity get them
selves Inte trouble, into scandals or into
jnll in one spectacular fashion or another,
and we thought little of it. Rut the war
and the sudden rude disturbance of social
and economic balances that attended and
followed It widened the areas In which easy
money flowed and Hew. Aberrations once
peculiar te n small minority of ever-moneyed
idlers became common te n far larger class.
The general result of all this hns been
nppnrcnt in the swifter pace of Londen life.
In the reckless whirl of J1177. and gambling
in all centinenlal cities nnd in the assertion
of Rreadway cabaret kings that they run
their plnces at n constantly quickening
tempo new tint le please the professed
bounders, but for the gilded youth of the
geed uptown families who hale tn go home
before daylight.
The social conventions, observers say, arc
going te ruin. Thnt Is a misleading asser
tion. It li because the conventions remain
that the people who consistently disregard
them are going te ruin of one tort or an
other. Yeu have only te read current ail
lees from Hollywood te perceive that this
is the case.
Refere.Mr. Wells explored with a despair
ing ee the new night clubs of Londen, ex
periments Adequate te reveal the worst
possible consequences of easy money In ex-
cpssup quantities were nfoet In a limited
nnd exclusive area at Holljweod, where
some of the most important and some of
the least important people, in the film world
seem te have decided that social conventions
nrc things thnt enn be done without.
Other people had learned and are con
tinuing te learn that .social discipline, ns it
is ordinarily accepted, has been nn out
growth of nses of bard humnn experience.
It has grown from the wifilem of succeed
ing ages and generations. All 'sorts of ex
periments conducted by all sorts of people
tended n!vns te prove thnt if ou dance
you have te pay the piper.
The rule operates for nations, groups anil
individuals, and it is one of the few fixed
and certain things In this world. The trend
toward pagan license is nel one in which
any one can have a part who isn't willing
te endure the pains and discomforts of a
smash.
The man found dead in bis home in the
movie colony prebablj wouldn't have be
lieved thi. Neither would the beautiful
ladles who are In a way le be drawn into
the shadow thai hangs ever Arhuckle. And
neither would the sub-debs of Rreadway,
who are certnln te Hnf that the jenr that
mav held the greatest happiness or the
prcalest misery lie 11 little beyond these
years in which one may be tempted te !cw
the cersetless age as the social millennium.
All-nlghl dancing with jar.7. and under
ground gin is bad net only for die mind.
It is bad for the complexion and for repu
tations. The unconventional sub-deli wil.
have te atone in one way or the ether or,
whnt is mere likely, in a number of ways.
The social conventions which were openly
thrown aside In some of the mere exclusive
sccUens e the Hollywood bungalow colony
would hnve saved at leat 0110 life nnd
quite n few reputations and millions for the
magnates who have thejr miney invested
In contracts and studies.
Here nnd abroad the exhausting sepial
pace has been quickened hy people who.
moderate enough before the war. found
themselves suddenly rleh after a riot of
profiteering. There ere times when it ecms
thnt the anser of people who hated the
prehterrs was wasted. The money cot by
people who didn't have any moral right te
it seems te he working its own peculiar
engennee en many of Its possessors. It Is
burning them up. And It is In a way te
mnke life n desert for a geed many of t heir
childien.
"THIS SIDE OF PARADISE",
ONLY the ether day Dr. Nicholas Murray
Rutler, president of Columbia I'nlver
slt. cried out in a burst of unaccustomed
candor that the youth of America have come
te regard a college term as n period of
luxurious idleness and case In an exclusive
country club. There (ire university faculty
men without number who, if they were net
resigned through long discouragement,
would hurry te the housetops every morn
ing te shout this same Indictment nt their
tee complacent generation.
Dr. Hlbben, piesldent of Princeton, n
conservative man, os any wise successor of
Woodrew Wilsen at Princeton would nat
urally be, seems tn be approaching the limits
of his patience. His pronouncement against
metering undergraduates, whose cnstl and
conspicuous machines nre 0110 of the sights
of Princeton, Is slgnilieant. it is lemi.
nlscent of the war waged ever the dining
clubs in Woodrew Wilsen's day a wur
that was wen by the advocates of privilege
leisure and exulusJveness, who were forcing
Wilsen out of his office when he went Inte
politics te battle for the cause wh'eh he
lest en his own campus.
The dubs remained at Princeton and un
dergraduates are still split up into small,
self -centered groups, envious or contemptu
ous of one unether. The ceurse of events nt
Princeton Is duplicated at many ether
American colleges nnd universities.
Strangely enough, it Is net the undergrad
uate, but his parents who de most te en en
ceurugii n tendency tewnrd snobbery In
places where the snob can be peculiarly
troublesome nnd weirdly nnd unconsciously
greteMjue.
The under classmen whose rearing meters
Irritate the president of Princeton with their
4VENIN& PTBLId LBD0EBPADELf8lA MDypAYf BBjtTABYf
Inevitable suggestions of wasted time and
theatrical pretentiousness didn't buy their
cars. They are victims of parental pride.
Se nrc the youths who have te go through
ench college year with the feeling that they
have been snubbed by the governors of one
or nnethcr of the clubs In which member
ship Is desirable only because It is avail
able te only n few.
What nil this sort of thing leads te nt
Princeton or In nny ether university Is
pretty clearly revealed In a book written
net long nge by F. Scott Fitzgerald, a
graduate of the Princeton classes nnd nn
embittered analyst of the American col
legiate atmosphere. Mr. Fitzgerald wrote
from the heart, nnd he wrote, tee, while his
memories were fresh nnd Irksome, lie
wrote of" high nnd low. Jinks, of cliques nnd
clubs nnd vnnltles nnd foolish pretenses;
nnd his here who was. seemingly, him
self went out from all Oils, bewildered nnd
made giddy by unexpected renlltles about
which he hnd never been warned, te lenm
'ns n tramper en the highways whnt life is
really about.
Ne one can justly complain about motor meter
cars as such. It is net of motorcars thnt
Dr. Hlbben Is thinking. He Is concerned,
It must seem, about the whole slack scheme
of university nffnlrs nnd nbeut the hnhlts of
thought and feeling which In many colleges
tenil te displace 11 desire for work and
learning with n craving for ease and mere-than-Orientnl
luxury.
The undergraduates, with the aid of par
ents who Encourage them, nre rapidly taking
control of the universities out of the hands
of faculties. And some of the faculty men,
after many battles nnd defeats, seem willing
te play the pnrt of the weaker nations and
accept In disgust the mandates of the Domi
nant Powers. That Is one of the reasons
whv mnnv vnune men with university de
grees begin te acquire nn education only
nfter they get out of their clnsses nnd into
direct contact with the hard-listed world.
MacNIDER ON THE BONUS
IF THE ruling powers in the American
Legien Teally desire le create the favor
ing general sentiment which must precede
a successful termination of their agitation
for n Federal soldier bonus they will have
te be far mere tactful than Colonel Moc Mec
Nider, the national cemmnndcr, was In his
address at Gcrmantewn en Snturday.
Colonel MacNidcr said in effect that the
Legien has no interest In the problem ere
alcd for the Government nnd taxpayers by
n demand for some billions of ctra revenue
which would be needed te pay bonuses te
former service men. New, neither Congress
nor the American people wish le withheld
appreciation of the work done by the Na
tional Army, the Navy and the Individual
lit the ranks. Many men who endured the
hardships of active service abroad returned
te face the added misery of unemployment.
Rut it is seriously te be doubted whether
membership in the Legien hns been adequate
tn create a new sort of class consciousness,
in nny considerable number of these newer
war veterans or whether the average cx cx
seldier feels sufficiently npart from the rest
of us te lie wholly unconcerned nbeut the
troubles of the great mass of Americans
who, though they nre lnhering between the
devil of high prices and the deep sea of
diminishing income, would have le bear the
ndded burden of bonus nM".
The tone of Colonel MncNidcr's address
is reminiscent of the differences in point of
view which often exist between nations and
the self-interested and politically minded
statesmen who presume te speak for them,
and speak, ns a matter of fact, for causes
in which the masses of the people hnve no
Interest. Colonel . MacNidcr is net the
Legien, though he talks as if he were.
Against him there lies the lecerd of divi
sions and pests which have voted ngaiust
the bonus Iden. And against him, loe,
there are the innumerable veterans of the
World War who. tliensh they experienced
nil the grueling stresses (,f lmig-cuntlnupd
service in the Held, nre frankly repelled by
the suggestion that they ask special pa
for the service they rendered.
It will be hard for file country nt laige
te believe thnt Legien members "hae 111
interest in means suggested f'r inislng a
bonus fund." That job would lie extremely
hard for the Government and the mass of
the people. It misht Involve some very
dangerous experiments of finance, and cer
tainly it would involve hardship for the
general public of which the Legien itself
Is n pnrt.
The side of the ense which Colonel Mac
Nidcr did net discuss is admirably pie
senfed by Senater Pepper. "Any measure."
snid be, "Is fundamentally unjust te the
disabled man which ghes him no mere
than the allowance made tn Ids unharmed
and vigorous brother. I em willing te op
millions te the disabled soldier, ' but net
one pent te the man whose earning ca
pacity Is undiminished. It Is unfair 10
any healthy young American te make it
popular nnd easy for him te de something
which In the end will lessen his self. respect.
This measure proposes n waste of public
money a wnste te make n wholly innde
qunte allowance te a disabled tiinu for whose
entire care the Natien is responsible. Ii
would deplete u treasury which is near ihi
point of exhaustion te hand ever money
te people wdie would be hurt rather than
helped by what they receive."
Mr. Pepper speaks for the ler interests
of the country nnd the members of the
American Legien.
CIVILIZATION DIDN'T TAKE
SEEMS te be a crime In Massachu
setts te play checkers outdoors en S1111-
F
day.
A cripple who was plnMng llic pame with
a friend in Rrockten Park was arrested,
convicted and lined for violation of the
Sunday observance laws. The State
Checker Association thereupon asked the
Great and General Court te amend the
Sunday Sports Law se as te include check
ers nmeng the "athletic outdoor sports or
gnmes" permitted en Sundny afternoons be
tween the hours of U and 1! o'clock. The
lower Heuse of the Ceurl has defeated the
bill, nnd persons who seels te aniuse them
selves next summer playing the game under
the shnde of n tree will still he liable te
'nrrest and fine for desecration of the Sab
bath. The Kentucky Legislature Is i eusiderlng
a bill forbidding fhe Slate (nivertlty te
teach the theory of evolution ns formulated
by Darwin, and if its proponents have their
iay it will be passed. They de net object
te the Darwinian theory en the ground
that It has been radically modified since
Darwin propounded it. 'Hint might be
jiistlfloble ground for objecting te Jt, al
though It would uet .be Justification for
legislative Interference with the. curriculum
of the. university. Yet, after nil, whether
the theory of Darwin has been modified or
liet, it is as Important that an educated
man should knew what it was as that he
uheuld knew the theories of the construc
tion of the universe held before the formu
lation of the nebulur hypothesis. Velivn the
Dewleite would orb Id classes In astronomy
from learning anything about the nebulnr
hypothesis if hn had his way. Rut then
Vellva 1ms a theory of Ids own.
We beast of our civilization, but there
seem te be wlde spaces where it has net
taken root and where thorn Is a disposition
te come as near as possible tn hanging or
burning people who, say that the win moves
or who find something else te de besides
going te church en Sunday afternoe.ns,
. -A
AS ONE WOMAN SEES IT
Editors, Seme of 'Em, Are Tempera
mental Cutset, but, Taking Ona p
Thing With Anether, Heaven
Will Protect the Work
ing 8crlbe '
Ry SARAH D. LOW'ltlE
TjIVEUY new nnd then I have the pleasure
1-4 of meeting some young nnd serious per
son but net tee serious who Is proposing
te mnke writing n profession. Almest nil
of these am studying ROmcwhcrc Columbia,
Harvard or Chicago the technique of
writing. They nrc happy and hopeful nnd
enrefrce nt that stage, nnd very critical nnd
'severe nnd given te sweeping' generalities,
such as: "The only editorials worth reading
In this country are, .etc., etc.," or "we
have no real humorists, except Lenceck,
and he's just n tnkc-eff man, but there s
a new chap en the, etc., clc."
Then later en when they really nre vyrltlng
and getting "sent back," I meet grave
young persons who would rather perish than
be serious about their writings, or who are
less sweeping In their judgments nnd much
mere clever.
And later still I meet these thnt have
p'erslsted nnd who arc conducting the Con
tributors' Department of this, nnd the Idle
Heur Department of thnt, nnd nre snld te
have a movie scennrie nbeut te be nc
ceptcd, nnd nre very knowing nheut who
gets what for his books, nnd who Is the
best paid syndicated writer In America, nnu
whose job It is te edit nnd cut gobs, out of
the stories nccepled by the Saturday Eve
ning Pest, etc., etc.
BIT the writing people who Interest me
most nre these who' de net write nt
all, but who, like A. Alvln Adee, of the
Stnte Department, nrc the real simpers of
the destiny of their cencerns: these In
the publishing houses who, no matter who
Is called editor or publisher or owner, nre the
renl arbitrators, these who ncrept nnd these
who refuse.
1 1II1I nut knew thnt ihev existed when 1
first began te ply my humble wares in nnd
out generally out of bookish places of
business nnd magazine offices. And I wa
often puzzled because the editors looked nnd
tnlked se little like their periodicals.
Neither did 1 then nt. nil gauge the cumula
tive power of the firm's readers.
I remember the first thing I evtr wrote,
which was, of course, n biographical novel
and autobiographical nt that. I sent te the
nearest publisher, the Llpplncetts, because
I hey were publishing n magazine with a
complete novel a- month, and a very erotic
and crude slery by n beginner hnd had a
tremendous vogue, and, though I felt that
mine was neither erotic nor crude, It was
the work of n beginner, nnd I thought
mil he the Lippincotts. heartened by their
great sale of the first, might try another un
known. I received n note In nbeut n fortnight
asking me te call nt the editor's office and
nsk for "their Mr. Ferster." I did se nnd
nfter n little intervnl a worried, red-haired
little man appeared with my manuscript. 1
recognized the red ribbons that tied it. He
greeted me absently and continued te fumble
through the manuscript. He shook it. lie
wet his thumb nnd turned ever lent nfter
leaf and talked very dlsjelntcdly in n
paternal yet bewildered fashion about ihe
book. And then, nfter nn abstracted pause,
he handed It back te me with the remark
that it was geed but net piibllsluiblc.
I
WAS unused le the printed slips bearing
gets, nnd l supposed In my Innocence that
all rejected manuscripts cnused some one of
Air. Perster's position n continual pain of
refusal. Se 1 nodded solemnly nud went
forth.
Perhaps n year later I gave myself the
discipline of rereading thnt first effort. It
was ery bad in spots and very geed in
ethers. nnd perfectly surprising all
through, for I had forgotten every word of
it : but the most surpiising thing of nil was
a letter dated n year back from the Llppln Llppln
cett publishing office saying the rcperls of
the readers had been en the whole se favor
able thnt the advice was te publish it after
the consent of the writer hnd been obtained
te certain obviously necessary changes: one
wns a happy ending instead of crepe en the
deer! The sheet with these observations
had gotten stuck somewhere in the interior
of the manuscript nnd hnd net been dis
lodged even under the jerklngs of "our Mr.
Ferster," nnd. failing te find it nnd being
unaware of the contents of the book nnd
uncertain as te his instructions, he had
given it up as probably u mistake all around.
Ry that time, of course, I was writing n
new' noel and did net care what happened
In the old one. Needless e say, the new
nmel. net being autobiographical, was devoid
of Interest of 11 crude sort, and being de
vised ns n tale fe adorn tumeral, had no
interest of an original sort, se I was net
summoned te talk il ever with any one's
"Mr. Ferster."
I
N FACT, in my youth that Is, In my
enrlv twenties mj only real opportunity
in see'mvself in print came from n genial
old editor of a rellgieiiN paper, who chose
me for a writer en Ills ( lilldien s Column
without ever having seen a scrap of my
writing.
He just celled nie up exer the phone nnd
nsked me te take die job because' his wife
had told him I wns n cheerful soul and he
liked persons about him te be young nnd
cheerful. Reyend telling me never te use
slnng or dialect and never threaten te leave
his employ or he would take me at my
weid. he gave me no instructions and no
criticism, nnd I thin'; never read n word
that I wrote.
The only ether piece of sheer luck of that
Kind that came mv wev. in the shape of a
chance dropping into mv lap. was a book
that a publisher leek because ten minutes
before 1 arrived with my completed man
uscript he had hud a meeting of his heads
of department nnd they had opined that the
times were ripe for a certain kind of story
for children, histeileal without being tee
strictly circumstantial and religious without
being doctrinal. Ry sheer luek that was
the character of my manuscript, and, being
lather a sentimental man, lie theiiKht my
oppearance was 11 leading, nnd leek the
hook befere nny ethers hnd been submitted,
it was n pretty fair book and It sold te
the last copy, se he did net regret his "lend
ing," and naturallv neither did I.
R11I, except for these lucky strikes, I have
had te try very hard for whatever came my
way lu the writing line nnd I leek at thn
boys and girls start ins out with nflectlonule
interest nnd some anxiety, wondering If they
nre planning marriage en the proceeds of
their cnily years.
S
OME editors are like housekeepers; they
hove a space which they wish filled In
their way: the Idlnsjiierasles of the writer
de net Interest them, lu fact, the wrller
Is enlv n little mere Important thnn the
twicsptter the important thing is that they
expect te fill that space. Other editors am
like collectors of pictures. They take this
nnd thnt In the exhibition because it Is a
poed example of n certain artist and recog
nizably his work. Others level up nnd level
down the copy after it comes In nnd mnke
one composite blend of the whole stnff work.
Heme chiefs make their writers ns grate
ful ns thirsty dogs by their kindly con
structive criticism : ethers werrv every soon seon soen
tnneoiia thought out of one's head, and, as
one mi expressed It te me, "break your
btrlde ' , t , , . .. ,
A publisher can get tn be as Intimate ns
n fnmllv doctor with his authors. Many
n one tnkes the author en for better or for
wert"!, for richer nud for poorer, till death
de them pnrt. And who shall say how hew
many mountains of discouragement In n
writer the serene faith of n shrewd and
klndlv publisher .lias removed V
It Is a grcut art, thnt of keeping fnlth
net only with thn public which rends, but
with the men and the women who write.
Hy proclamation of the Governer
March '22 will be ."Ne Tobacco Day" In
Arkansas" Rut, of course, It may net justify
its nawftw V , " ' '
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NOW MY IDEA JS THIS !
Daily Talks. With Thiuliiiig Philadelpluans en Subjects They
Knew Best
JOHN" FREDERICK LEWIS
On Selecting Exhibition Pictures
THE public has no Idea of the amount of
labor, time and trained skill 'll,11i;11p,c'
pended in getting up a great nrt exhibition,
says Jehn Frederick Lewis president of the
Pennsylvania Academy of (lie Hue Ails,
the annual exhibition of winch opened
Saturday evening.
"Our annual spring exhibit." said Mr.
Lewis. "Is nn exhibition of oil paintings
and sculpture lepresentlng the best work of
American artists during the preceding ear.
nnd Is bevend question I he premier exhibi
tion held in the 1'niled Slates.
"The Academy has no academicians who
possess the 'right of line' ; that is. no artists
who have any inherent right te cnIiIIiII pie
,..., ii rniiuini of ineiiihersliln in the Acad-
emv. bul all works shown are approved h
n "jiirv before acceptance. The painters
jurv consists of eleven men selected from
different parts of the country, nnd net Plill
nde.lpiiin alone.
"There are two or three such from Bos Bes Bos
eon nnd New Wk, one or two from the
Seuth or Southwest, and three from Phila
delphia. We have, besides this jury, live
men who sit in Chicago and select, pictures
sent te them from points In the Near est
nnd nnethcr jury of five in St. Leuis te ac
cept pictures 1 rum wi m i -,.
Juries Hac Free Hand
"All the jurors serve without compensa
tion and pass en the work submitted le them
without dictation by the management of the
Aenllcmv. in ether words, the exhibition is
nn nrtis'ts' exhibition based upon the judg
ment of artists rather than upon the judg
ment of laymen.
"The arrangement "t lb' exhibition, the
hanging of thn pictures nnd the placing of
the sculpture are all done by Hie Hanging
Committee, te which the gal erics of the
Academy are turned ecr without resti c c
tlen. or, rather, without any leal restric
tion the only limitation being that no pic
ture undesirable fieni a moral .standpoint
bhall be hung.
"The chairmen of the juries or tbelr rep
rcscntiitives visit studies of artists in dif
ferent cities nud thereby pieeuie available
mnteriul. and the jury as an entiiely, that
Is, the whole eleven palmers, gees te llosien
find pusses upon all canvases fieni the Last
em section of the country. Then the jury
men go te New Yerk te pass upon the pic
tures from that district, and tinallj sit at
Philadelphia, te which city winks of art arc
sent from nil ecr the I'nltcd States, espy,
chilly from the Seuth and the Southwest.
Accepted Works Hung
"These works of nit which aie accepted
nre hung with th t-ole limitation which 1
iinve heretofore mentioned, nnd these net
accepted are returned with thanks, the ie
turn being determined net because the pic
tures are net well palnled, but because they
were deemed by the jury, for xarleus i ca
nons, net available for exhibition in a pub
lic gallery. They may be loe small or com cem com
inenpluce": or, though having merit, still he
net of such exceptional quallly as le make
them worthy of exhibition lu the greatest
American 111 1 show of the car.
"The hanging f the pictures, usually a
tender point with exhibitors, is absolutely
in charge of .th" Hanging Committee. y
rcaseji of the vast extent of the country,
a large number of paintings find a place in
thn show, and It is nel possible 0 Bl0
every olio the best position.
"The public has no idea of the number
of pictures which is examined cither by the
jury or by some of the chairmen in order
te 'obtain the final t-electl The total is
net measured by hiiudieds, but lather by
thousands. An artist will make a selection
himself from bis best work of the year nnd
submit sucli examples as he deems fit. Thes0
examples ure then passed upon by the jury,
and they are really passed upon, net per per
fimeterily, but carefully and with critical
kindness.
Judgment System I'lirliaugril
"I have sat with juries for many yenis,
nnd the meetings of the jury for the current
exhibition were similar in method te these
pursued in former yeurs. The entire jury
of eleven palutciH wus present and every
picture wns put upon un ensul in full view
and In the best posslble light.
"A single adverse vole from any of IR
eev?n sets ntlde the picture under censid
ft 5vW-1ff
THAT OUGHT TO HOLD EM ,
eratien, as doubtful, for further revision,
and a fawu-nhle vole from 11 majority of the
jui'. I hat Is, six out of eleven, puts the pic-
1 111 e nl once (n the show.
"Pictures by members of the jury nre. of
course, nel submitted In the jury for judg
ment, but each juror is given the implied
opportunity of pntllii',' about two canvases
in the exhibition, icl.vlng en the judgment
of liny of his fellow jurors whom he cheeses
te nsk. Members of the jury are exceed
ingly conscientious In the exercise of this
Implied right and never transgress the
hounds of propriety. Many, in fact, fre
quently decline e exhibit when lliey are 011
the jur.v, but the management of the Acad
ein.v always urges jurors le exhibit, because,
being representative men, their failure te
exhibit would deprive the public of much
lepicsenliitive work.
Fair Play Is Stressed
"The exhibition Is based, theicfere, upon
nn imp.irliiil judgment and solely en Iho
merits of the works submitted. I have never
knew 11 a jury te de ether than play fair,
mid that is the icnen why admission te our
exhibition is eagerly sought for by artists,
iMiryiiig as it does the approval of an
artists' jury which has reached Its verdict
without partiality and wil limit Influence.
"The exhibition varies from jear te year
because the artists of the ceuntrv, repre
senting as they de the current phases of art.
submit works which represent the latest
I bought in their line. The membership of
the jury Is changed every car, se thnt the
point of lcw of the art jury varies, and
there inn be formed no clique or slvle or
scheme which shall prove le be nn' 'open
se.'inne te the exhibition.
"The chnlrnmn of the jury H usunllv 0
man of experience, who knows hew best te
proceed in the millions and inmplicnled work
or the jury meetings. .ilrrs ,,re sometimes
rcappelnled. but. as tm entire complexion of
I lie .jury is changed each vem- tin. ,..,, H
s felt i the fresh point of view presented
In each rnr s exhibition.
"Then, tee, jurors are appointed for the
purpose of getting ,1P IMest catholic view
.... ,,,, ,,,,! , ,p jpm. (,...
trail pnlnlers, s. laiidscanlslH. u iUm
paillteis.
I he result Is L,.i i... 1...1... .
f il, 1 1....1" "..' "" J'OKiiicui
.-t . ... ,,M .. ,-, uivi J. s 0
minded character."
h" most bread-
What De Yeu Knew?
QUIZ
1 Frem what language nre the words al-
- .Frl."1i.ana n'oehol derived? dS nl
- What .State does lillbert M. mtehreek
' "Km S'Mi;
'' NVll,w,r.,i"5 '" "evel "Ten Thousand a
(V In v It 11 1 1 , 11 ...).. 1. .. ,,
W "wWffrSr 'pelfflSaTCrtv In
M,rf,.'.ri1 H,,,,c-1 "'"CknifnJ:!
10. By hew mum etcs was Ilia 'I'imIv
Versailles , nf, ,,.,, , the r e'atcs
Ken.iln en March l!i, lti.'O.' "tales
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Answers te Saturday's Quiz
1. Jehn Adams, whose administration ilnteil
from HUT te isei. was the ImAmer.
lean President t Bervo only one Vim,
2. The "Drel Kalserl.un.!."0 'T ,rce Vrnp":
nils' league," was u short-lived p" ce
nllMiice 111.1.I.1 hy the Ihnperers of Uer
niiiiiy, AiiHtiia and Itussiu In 187-
S Thn lllver .Seine Mews in genciu 11,.
northwesterly direction b0"c,ul ln a
4. France vyas Invaded by foreign Powers
four times fiem 1811 te HiH inehi
Htvr In 1S11 and 1815 bv 1 i ,S
against Napeleon; iS70 nnd till
by Ueiinany. u lJX'
r.. I,ye Is a term applied te the alkaline, se.
water. V trCn,l,,B ""''"""vitn
6. The 'general riplstle of .Tiul0 Is the next
te the last book of the niWe
7. Jacksen Is the capital of MIhhIb'sIiidI
8. Magna Orueclii was that part of .Seul nm
Ualys settled by ,,, JleJka0TilciQi!t
The gatllriK- gun
WRM tttVAIltA.I 1... -...
1 I llnill ,.r,.., 1. "'..' "y. '"
.-. ; 'ii " loiiiiinupeiuv in 1M1I
The battle of Majuba Illll hi Nat,!
?0U,t", W ,'"!' waH "'9 wne if u de-'
fr.it Indicted ,ip0 Ihi Urltlsh ,y the
Transvaal lieera In ltl, y
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battle
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SHORT CUTS
Pesit
Oh, what Is the flnpplng thing flappers 1
Hep
While the flood of the mud Is awash
With the ankles they flippantly flop as IhqB
siiep
'TIs the sloshing galosh, b'gesh!
The Arms Conference Is new a glerlmfl
memory.
The San Francisce courts seem unwIM
ing te lift their lien en Fntty.
A number of geld pens will achlr
notoriety In Washington today.
If there must he n cool strike AM
Peels' Day seems appropriate for a start.
There nre pessimists xvhe think that tb
Ferd Muscle Sheals plan will prove a fllvw.
The trouble with sober tecend theuilt
Is ihnt it loe frequently arrives tee late total
useful.
There is new suspicion that while Dr.i
Flnegan preserved silence he kept his tenjuil
in pickle.
The treaties nre stens toward wetlil
pence. Nothing remains but for the natleas,
te tread tnem.
It may be noted in passing that Tata
.lumping hrei achieved fame uelere the tv
vent of the pogo stick.
In her marriage contract Princess Miryj
will renounce nil claim te. the British threat, I
Sacrifice or dodging trouble?
llrrn XTnwt lilnmnm Tfnrvnrri for Inlti'l
eting the sloppy galosh hnblt. Passlnj till
buck while Ignoring the buckle.
We refuse te believe that there is inj-j
t 1 111? iinliickv In the fuel thnt 1 10 l''
Ington Cenfe'rence comes te an end in It'l
thirteenth week.
Dr. Hlbben, of Princeton, Is oppejeJtJ
undergraduates owning und running nute-J
mobiles. Wnlking will de mere te strengtntaj
their understanding.
When Mrs. Asenlth comes te PhlUdll-
phln perhaps the reporters will improve oil
their .New ierl bietliren nnu iei s '""l
whnt she snys lu her lecture.
Senators Williams and Lnderwoejl
realize, nlse. that statesmanship is twi
party politics. A stntesmnn is n pelitlcll
who is able te leek into the future.
Dr. Stokewskl Is new listening te muw
sweeter than nny the Philadelphia Orcneitn,
ever niaile. Just the same, he adenis i
he can't direct the Senia Orchestra or
n cent. '
When ene considers that cxpenditnr
en nnvel construction In this country "'.
nges iJt.'.DOO.OOO 11 month, one realizes w,
limitation of naval armament will save tn
world."
Mrs. Asqulth will talk here tills.""'
. ,... "i, ,i itnliit,.u mwl Invents. V
neon
spite her undoubted talent, we ventuu 1
prophesy that she won't be able te get ffw
Trem her subject.
Ferd's Muscle Sheals offer was Irani;
milted te Congress without any -ccebib
datien one way or the ether from beM"!
Weeks. Kvldently believes It te be cqulpp",
with u Eelf-stnrter. '
Richard T. Hunter sang ns he KruW.
thn decks of n Snii Francisce f err) boa ",,
wealthy musicians have mode It P""
for him te go te Europe te c puiplew wj
education. Net every unknown has sucn
opportunity te cash his notes.
The nnvy bought 18,000 M "Mlfi
catien brooms, thundered Mr. Da, , .
It could hnve hnd ,'150,000 nnny bf00?V.
nothing. Housekeeper Helen Maria is ,
dently convinced that nny broom is ""
broom if It sweeps clean.
A Lancaster, Pa., pluiiibrr b". Ilj
n legal light for L'OO acres In tli ?,
New Yerk. One of his nncesters '"'"L"'
gene for his tools nud forgotten :,
Which, by the wny, would jen prv
e( Ills' skyscrapers or- a castle la "?$
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