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Llcutcnimt Governer Dcldlcmnn In an address te the Veterans of Foreign Wnrs, "when every community will have a soldiers' memorial in the form of a community center rather than a memorial in the form of a tombstone!" Geed enough. But we are moved te wonder what sort of memorial would be suitable te the occasional politician who digs his own grave and publicly burk" himself therein. LET THE COURTS DECIDE WHEN the court sentenced II. L. Brlndle te imprisonment for embezzling $7000 Aem the office of the Auditor General It j also sentenced hlra te make restitution. , tfhe present Auditor General has perti nently asked the Attorney General what is te Jbe done toward getting the money. Is any one besides Brlndle responsible? De the bends which the Auditor General gives protect the State from lewcs through the misdeeds of subordinates In his office, or de tlcy protect It only from the lessei due te the acts of the Auditor General himself? There is an answer te thee questions emeVhere. It may be that It will net be found until the ceurti disclose it. The opinion of the Attorney General will net be a final answer, for If he says that Charles A. Snyder, who was Auditor General when the money was taken, must make geed it is net likely that Snyder will pny up until the courts have passed en the question. Then If the courts held Snyder responsi ble for Brlndle's defalcation there will ttill remain the question whether the State can recover the fees which Snyder paid te law yers In disregard of the law which forbids any departments from engaging" lawjers without the consent of the Attorney Gen eral. JERSEY'S MUNICIPAL LEAGUE -'tSOR the people of New Jersey the new , League of Municipalities, which met yesterday at Newark in a sort of formal convention, has a special and highly slg aificant meaning. It is frankly regarded as new and informal substitute for an un satisfactory Legislature. It Is an organiza tion frankly formed te protect the mnsses of the citizens and taxpayers from betrayal by the men they elect te important offices. .The League of Municipalities was first organized te fight cxccbsivc trolley fares and xising costs of light and power In all the impertnnt towns and cities of the State. Latterly It has extended its interests and Its activity. At Newark the representatives of the League discussed many important mat ters of legislative policy and, disregatding , party lines altogether, acted much like a Third Heuse of the Legislature. Of course, the League has no power te mnke laws. It may only criticize and recommend. The significant thing, however, is te find that in almost all matters of general intcreU it dif fers sharply with the State Legislature, ,-which, In the past, it has charged nlth being' subservient te interests considered dangerous te the public welfare. The growth of an organization like the New Jersey League of Municipalities sug Keats the widening differences that exist between the people and machine politicians. "Why the people continue te elect men whom they cannot trust is an interesting ques tion. Yet the same people who have been Urging their Mayers te act as their repre Hcntativcs in the League vote regularly for legislative candidates and huve the power te remake, their Legislature whenever they ;wlll. U. S. IS NOT BANKRUPT CONSIDER these facts: President Hard ing appointed a commission te t-cttle claims against the Shipping Beard and made Judge Walter D. Meals, of Cleveland, chairman. Judge Meals was informed that the beard had adopted a policy of settle ment en a 25 per cent basis. Warmly de claring that Uncle Sam was net bankrupt, Jie decreed that all proper claims should be paid in full and nil improper claims re jected. The beard then appointed a Claims Com mission of its own and Judge Meals offered bis resignation, which the President de clined te accept. New Chairman Lasker, of the Shipping Beard, has asked the President te relieve the beard of further responsibility in the matter. There may or may net be here an issue tbetween ethics and expediency; but the facts seem te indicate that the President ,vrill grant the beard the relief it desires. TOO MUCH ORGANIZATION? THESE are the days of organization, The farmers are new organized with a view te something very much like u restricted tn'onepoly of essential feedstuffs. Ceal producers and distributors arc organized te maintain high schedules of prices, Laber Is , organized and Is forever at work strength ening Us lines of offense and defense. The inoving-picture Interests, if you believe the charges just made by the police in Les Angeles, are organized te frustrate the work which police departments and courts ere established te de. The Ku Klux Klan was organized te be a force superior te these same institutions, f present tendencies continue we shall ;yet ,sec the end of our national spirit. We shall see myriads' of self-interested groups operating Independently under their own ' itlasa governments and warring silently hfalnst the forces of established nutherity for advantages of one sort or another ever tie groups opposed te them. Here In this city the habit of Independent organization deeply rooted. Processes of natural ad- l7t,iui,11Ncl"u:'H ui.ciciuruuu vy mc uispusjuen ei ',yv,,1iauB " uiucrvm pari? ui tue cuy te ih lisMishek'-ewm.'ceeuttuaiUes as-somehow exclustveand apart .rather, than as" sections ei a progressive ana amoiueus cuy. This drift' toward division and disin tegration already hnsgene tee far In this country. Before we are much elder we shall porcrlve the need for the re-cstnb llshmcnt of laws and the.rcassertlen of prin ciples under which all the people may enjoy common rights and' work with equal en thusiasm and interest for the greatest geed of the greatest number. - PRUSSIANISM WILL NOT FIT .,. INTO THE AMERICAN SYSTEM Promotion Should Be Based en Fitness Rather Than en the 8tamp Affixed by Any Kind of an Educational Machine DOES any one suppese that respectful at tention would be given te a preposition that the Constitution should be se amended as te exclude from the presidency of the United States every one who hnd net se c'tircd a college degree Indicating that he had pursued studies in political eclence? Yet every argument 'In support of the requirement of a college degree as a necessary preliminary te practice law or te teach school could be ucil In defense of the re quirement of a college degree fr the Presi dents. ' Greater demands are made upon the training nnd abilities of the ' President than upon these of nny ether citlztn. Yet we have had seme pretty geed Presidents who were net college graduates. Indeed, almost every one of the forceful men who has occu pied the presidency has been vlitunlly self educated. Washington wns a .country sur vcyer who was never inside the doers of a college. Jacksen was a rackwoeds' soldier. Lincoln's formal education was confined te a few weeks th a leg schoolhouse. Cleve land had the equivalent of a high school education. Roosevelt, however, wns a Har vard University graduate. And Wilsen was a graduate of Princeton. And Wilsen Is the euly man among the long list of Presidents who had engaged In the formal study of the science of politics. The present eccupnnt of the White Heuse went te college for a Httle while, but he wen no degree. While no one would seriously consider a preposition that a college degree should be n prerequisite te election te the presidency of the United States, the By-Laws Com Cem Com mlttse of the Beard of Public Education In this city hns made a favorable report en an amendment of the by-lawa which provides that after September 1, 1025, no one shall be appointed te the prlnclpalshlp of a public school who has net a college degree. Superintendent Broeme has explained that the change is desired in order te put the teaching profession in the same class with the ether learned professions, such as the law and medicine. He did net say the ministry also, which Is usually included among the learned professions. It may be assumed that Superintendent Broeme thinks that by dignifying the teach ing profession the schools will mere suc cessfully perform their cducntienat' func tions ; for that is the only reason which can justify nny chnnge in the qualifications of the teachers. But shall we have better schools If men nnd women of fine abilities, executive capacity and experience in teaching are te be denied promotion because for one reason or another they did net go te college In their youth? It is exceedingly doubtful. Seme of the best teachers the public school system has ever known were net college graduates. Seme of the best supervisory officers of the- public school systems have been men without teaching experience In the public schools. One of them was the late William H. Maxwell, who was superintendent of schools in New Yerk for yenrs. He was n graduate of an Irish college and taught for a few months in a ladies' seminary in Ireland. He was elected te the associate supcrin tendency of schools from n newspaper office, and in the course of time he told the pro fessional teaching force bow te Improve and develop the school system in ways which they had no conception of. If the plan te put all these connected with the schools through a uniform course of training, of which this preposition te rcqulre a college degree for principals is part, Dr. Maxwell would never have been connected with the school system of New Yerk. There Is a tendency nmeng school men toward standardizing teachers nnd pupils ery much ns the manufacture of machinery has been standardized. The belt-making machine, wherever it is Installed, will turn out belts with screw threads te which the nuts from any factory can be fitted. This uniformity la desirable in the pro duction of belts. But the whole pnrpese of the public edu cational "vstem Is te develop the individual capacity of children, differing from one an other in a thousand ways. A man or a ueman put through the machinery devised for making teachers would be inclined te attempt te use the machine method in edu cating the children. All friends of the schools should set their faces against this sort of thing. The possession of a college degree does net qualify a man te become a school prin cipal, nor does the lack of such a degree disqualify him. The tests for promotion te a principnlship should go te the heart of the matter, and every candidate who Is qualified by experience and capacity should be eligible whether he ever had any formal education or net. The comparison of teaching with the law Is apt, for in spite of much effort en the part of the promoters of law schools the Legislature of this State has consistently refused te require a law school degree of candidates for admission te the bar. And Imr examiners have said that often the candidates who pass the best examinations nre these who have been trained In law offices In the old-fashioned way. Formal training in a college is desirable and useful, but it Is net essential. Under the Prussian system no man could enter any of the professions who had net pursued a regular course in established Institutions The boy who studied in one kind of a school was deemed te be a mechanic no matter what his abilities might be, and the boy who went te another kind of a school might continue bis education through the university nnd enter one of the professions. A caste nnd class system was set up under this method which was undemocratic, but American school men still seem te think that It was a geed system. Let us have the best -trained teachers we can get, but let us net fall under the deln deln Bien that there Is only one kind of training that Is effective. MRS. ASQUITH'S CIGARETTE THE New Yerk World, which has net known a moment of happiness or a geed nlsht's Bleep since the day of President Harding's inauguration, grieves bitterly because Marget Asqulth was net permitted te smoke her cigarette in the Green Roem of the Academy of Music. Such a pass as we have come te 1 Beheld the mighty structure of our hopes of free dom fallen te the ground ! Had Mrs. Asqulth been In England or In France or In any ether renlly civilized country, mutters the World angrily, she would have been permitted te enjoy her fag la peace. Fer in these countries there it ."' it - - - - ' ' ... If -. lihlliif , Hill I I .no itcpuDiican iTeaiaeni ana no veisieau act nnd no desire te revive Prusslanlsm In the name of righteousness. Ne gruff offi cial, representative of a tyrannical minority, the World exclaims, would rudely ask a lady te desist if she wcre te light a clga- rctttf in any of the joyous lands across the sea. Well, we are net sure of that'. We are net convinced when the "World asks Its readers te believe that Marget's cigarette appears upon the current of contemporary events as n thing of mere significance than any straw hitherto scrutinized by the prophets. Mrs. Asqulth was approached In the Green Roem just as she settled down for n few whiffs after her lecture. She was told that smoking in the Green Roem of the Academy was prohibited. There Is a sign upon the wall which states the rule clearly. The rule Is net peculiar te the Academy or te Philadelphia or the United States. It happens that In every properly regulated theatre In Philadelphia and in New Yerk smoking Is prohibited behind the scenes. The restriction Is Imposed net by any or ganization of moralists nnd net in accord ance with nny whim of the management, but at the explicit direction of the public officials whose duty it is te guard against fire. ... ...... .. -f.- j HE STIRRED THEM UP SENATOR PEPPER'S Albany speech seems te have displeased the Democratic Senators In Washington. Senater Pepper would doubtless say that he did net Intend te please them, and that it was gratifying te discover that he had net done what he did net intend. The Democratic Senators are particularly disgruntled by what he Bald about the New berry case. It seemed te hurt te be told that they had voted unanimously te unseat a Senater who was sent te Washington by an undisputed majority of the votes cast in Michigan, and that they did it for partisan reasons. When the passion engendered by the con test has subsided it Is likely that It will be generally admitted that the Republican ma jority did right in refusing te unseat a Senater en the mere demnnd of the Demo cratic minority, a Senater against whose title no legally valid argument had been presented. But te return te Senater Pepper, these who knew him in this city ere confident that the Democrats will discover in time that they have In him an opponent who will put them te their wits' end when they clash with him in debate. IRELAND'S NEW TROUBLES. IGNORANCE of contemporary affairs in Ireland has been one of the most fash ionable of modern weaknesses in the United States. Se the amateur cynics who used te say that the Irish never could manage a Government of their own have beceme voluble again with the newB of fresh con flicts of nrmed forces in the border areas between Ulster and the regions of Sinn Fein nutherity. It would have been strange If disturb ances such ns are In progress new had net developed, but there Is no reason te believe that they will terminate seriously either for the governing powers In. Ulster or the people of the Seuth. The Irish leaders en both sides are confronted with a problem precisely slrailnr te that which caused end less trouble, worriment and confusion In the Conference of Versailles. The difficulty between the North and Seuth of Ireland Is the difficulty of drawing a clear line of separation In nny large area of mixed popu lation. The Allies had te contend with tt In Silesia. It exists still us a possible cause of future trouble in what formerly was Austrian, German or Russian territory, despite all that the ablest and fairest minded diplomatists could de. In the North of Ireland and under the authority of the Ulster Parliament are counties that show n clear majority of Sinn Fein senti ment. Yet these same regions are united te Ulster by many practical and economic considerations. It is "tee much te cxrect that het-headed partisans of the Sinn Fein would cheerfully accept Isolation from the Southern Govern ment or that unmanageable groups of Ulsterites would net nctlvcly resent their continuing anti-Ulster propaganda. With the causes for the new outbreaks of vie lence the Government in Lister anrt the Government at Dublin have had nothing te de. In the course of time there will be a general cooling off at the line of separa tion. Then the men In authority will find a way te adjust the purely emotional dif ferences that have led te the new disorders. Te accept the current advices from Ireland as proof of the approaching failure of the plans of the Irish Free State Is te admit slight knowledge of the problems which con front statesmen net only In Ireland, but In all parts of the new Europe ns well. It is te the interest of Ulster nnd the Sinn Fein alike te work for complete peace In Ireland and the general acceptance by all the people of the terms of recent treaties. And the men in charge of affairs at Dublin and at Belfast will probably prefer te let momentary passion burn Itself out in n closely restricted area before they Interfere by adopting nny hasty fcchcme of repression which might lend te a conflagration. Civil war Is one thing that neither side wants or will tolerate. Newark. N. J., police May of Course Be are en the job te pre- Anether Angle vent the Erie Railroad from removing Its tracks. from the city. . The possibility of the read clinnglng Its route Is net agreeable te city officials. It would appear te the outsider that the preventive measures being taken can hardly be effective. If the read, for instance, considered the lines junk it might be glad te be relieved of the necessity for removing them. It Is pleasing te learn Make, Earn from Washington that and Burn the fire In the Treasury Building will net entail n less of mere than .$100,000. Still, when you come te think of It, that Is quite a respectable amount of money. It would take a movie star almost a jenr te make It; and hew long it would take te earn it is net computable. . New Yerk Legislative Committee, In an effort te halt the crime wave, makes inter esting suggestions In legal procedure, but fulls te stress the one Important fact : The severity of sentences Is no deterrent when the luw provides possible loopholes for escape; but the certainty of swift punish ment would assuredly have a bencllclnl effect. Prince Albert of Monace has been elected n member of the Academy of Agri culture In Paris. Other royal members are King Geerge of England and King Albert of Belgium. Doesn't this suggest cabbages nnd kings? Other members, we may sup pose, are, of course, socially speuklng, email Uotntecs. . Chicago girl has postponed her marriage for the fourth time In n cnr. Every time she swears by the motto, "She who hesi tates Is lest," she takes a peep nt that ether one, "Loek before seu luap." It Is confidently expected that the Gene.i conference will bring about limita tion of inenetaiy armament and scrap the continental prcssen thnt are printing paper rubles, marks and uraa. ' A8 ONE WOMAN SEES IT r Mr. Plnchet-Puta a Red In Pickle for Himself by Falling te Keep an En gagement, but Hie Substitute, Happily, Knew Hie Subject By SARAH D. LOWRlft ' I CAN never make ,up my mind,, whether 'the persons who keep their engagements te spank at public meetings add te their reputations as great a sum in their favor ns theso who break their engagements de themselves harm. Yeu de get merit by being where you premised te be, but the merit you tesc by disappointing your audience 'Is hard te compute ; it is se far-reaching a memory nnd n grudget That Is markedly be for a public man who has something te get from the public. And nil this Is by way of saying thnt a very hand-picked audience had been gathered te bear Mr. Gifferd Pinchot the ether after noon, people whose Interest In forestry can create public opinion and eventually Influence legislation, and it was a pity that Mr. Pinchot was obliged te disappoint his hostess nnd, his audience. Deputy Commissioner Mnjbr Stewart, who came Instead, knew his subject, for he is obviously n deer rather than a speaker, and by u careful putting of ques tions the great funds of Information and experience that he possesses were In part extracted from him; but he was at a disad vantage because he had net been what his audience had expected, and hfs audlence was net one would sny quite what he had ex pected in the flurry of his sudden arrival te take his chief's place. I suspect, however, that the facts that he cave were quite as much te the point as Mr. Pinchot 's would have been, and In any case, te persons interested in trees and forests and familiar with lumbered areas or land deemed te be lumbered, what he said of the plans and prospects of the Pennsylvania Forestry Commission was interesting and enc6uraglng, I for one get a great deal by being there. I HAVE te go across this State between White Haven and Wilkes-Barre nnd be tween Scrnnten nnd Pert Jcrvls once or twice every year, and In doing this by meter I leek out en miles nnd miles of burnt-ever forest lands. Most of the Poconos are covered with low scrub nnd m'est of the mountainous country along the Susquehanha is ferestless, just as most of the Alleghenlcs have been denuded and burnt off and left unproductive. Yet seventy-five years age the Pennsyl vania forests were famous nnd the State steed In the first rank of tree-bearing Stales. In 1800 Wilkes -Bnrre used te be a summer health resort, aud the magnificent hemlock forests nil nbeut that region one of the lam of which at Harvey's Lake was cut down about ten years age were famous. New between the vapors from the mlncu and the beat reflected from the treeless mountains it does net invite summer guests, nnd though the air en the summit of the mountains Is cool and wholesome. It lacks the peculiar forest purity that one gets, for instance, in lower altitudes In the Adlrendacks. Thcic is something which is perceptible In the qunl. Ity of the air from miles and miles of forest that is at ence healing and Invigorating. BUT apart from the pleasure and the beauty and the health of great forested lands, they are very remunerative. That is, the forest can be kept growing indefinitely, and yet the trees ns they reach a certain size and maturity can be taken out and sold. Just te leave a forest uncut does net pro pre serve the trees ; they ruin themselves and one another eventually, and although the weed remains a weed, it is far less beautiful than If it were properly forested and judiciously lumbered and replanted. The New Yerk State fercbts thnt I am familiar with only recently have begun te be scientifically forested. And the difference between a forest that is forested judiciously thinned and one left te grew and die of itself Is recognizable by a moment's glance. The trees ava mere uniformly beautiful and the surface under them Is lovelier us well us mere get-at-able. Pennsylvania has this year 1,120,000 acres of land thnt arc State-owned and arc being State-forested. In order te supply tills innd and private forests with new t'ep.s for old ones or lumbered ones, there are four great nurseries in various sections et cue State besides some small plantations. The trees in these nurseries nrc from two te three ienrs up that are ready for trans planting. They are used for State institu tion grounds, for State forests aud for lands owned privately needing reforesting. Tun lowest number thnt can be procured from the State nurseries is 100. Prlvate planters can procure these subject te certain conditions nnd they can be obtained free. This year there arc 3,000,000 of such little trees ready for transplanting, and by 1025 the Stnte Forestry Commission plans te have 20,000,000. APART from the lumbering and the planting of these forests and the clear ing nnd the thinning out and the general se lecting, the Forestry Burenu has the respon sibility of protecting the forests from fire and from blights. Overlooking any great view of mountains in Lewer California one Is struck by whnt appear te be reads cutting the sur face of the forests In great regular Intervals ; these arc renlly clearings nnd arc made te di vide the forest masses as a protection from fire. In Pennsylvania these "fire reads," as they nre called, are used te some extent, but the reliance is new chiefly placed in the fire towers from which the tire gunrds over look n great acreage. The moment smoke Is seen coming from any spot, a detail of fire fighters is sent there, notified by phone call, and before the lire has gained headway underneath the surface or ever the tree tops It Is put out. The State grant at present Is $1,000,000 for four years for this protec tive slde of the business. This is hardly adequate, one would think, unless public opinion Is enlisted te help out. And thnt is where the. Garden Club, befert which Mr. Pinchot had been asked te tpeak, and many like organizations can help won derfully. And. ns In former years, manv rlla. astreus fires came from camping and plcnu parties and from berry pickers, n further safety device in the shape of camp sites with protected fireplaces Is being installed by the State, and set up in many spots made popu pepu lnr by the summer campers and excursion ists. AFTER a long hike or strenuous meter ride it Is a very pleasant relief 'te find one's night quarters conveniently made ready for one the fireplace near running water, nnd the place for pitching the tent already cleared and with a dry sandy fleer, a pro tective thicket for the dressing room and a planed leg for the dining-room tnble. Of course, first come, first served, but the next nnd the next camp sites arc only a mlle be yond. Perhaps the most interesting part of Mnjei Stewart s talk was concerning his forestry experience in France. The Forestry De partment in Washington was made lespon lespen fible for procuring all the lumber needed by the army, from beams te splints. Much of It wns bought from the French Government ns forest land and lumbered bv the Unite! States Forestry Regiment, which wns mads up of 18,000 lumberjacks. The French forests were In n better condition for lum bering than ours urn an yet because the ground beneath the trees was kept constantly cleared of underbrush nnd fallen timber by the frugal. Industrious peasants, who do de tended en these gleanings for all their fuel. Instcnd of leaving the tops of the trees te ret where they fall In a great network of lm lm pcnctrnble debris, every part of a French forest tree la salvnged, and the ground that that eughly raked and re-sewn with tiee seed, a much cheaper nnd a very little slower form of refercstry than the one we employ. The question of Christmas trees and the waste Involved by the millions thnt are cut each year was brought up and most satis factorily aiiMvercd by Majer Stewart, I thought. Tic suggested that they be raised In nurs eries specinl'y for Christmas at a low cost nnd near the towns where they would be re marketed. s AN NOW MY IDEA IS THIS! Daily Talks With Thinking Philadclpldmts en Subjects Tliey Knew Best HENRY J. GIDEON On Hew Schools Fight Poverty THE schools of the City of Philadelphia are making a hard fight te keep .theso of their pupils who are in unfortunate cir cumstances sufficiently clothed In order that their school attendance may be unimpaired, nccerding te Henry J. Gideon, director of the Bureau of Compulsory Attendance of the Beard of Education. "Se far as the pupils of the public schools are concerned," said Mr. Gideon, "we have had mero trouble this winter in the matter of obtaining sufficient clothing for our poorer pupils than any winter slnce that of 1914. Then we had trouble, especially in the matter of shoes, but this year it is both shoes and clothing that are needed. "Of course, this work is entirely gratui tous en the part of the Beard of Education, as there is no appropriation for it, and we are therefore dependent upon the gifts of charitably inclined persons te furnish us with the garments thnt we need te keep the children sufficiently clad te attend school. The Response Generous "The requirements nmeng the children of school age have been se great this winter that the charitable organizations have net been able te meet it fully. But In response te the need the people of Philadelphia have fully maintained their reputation for gen erosity, and, while we have net had nil the clothing nnd the shoes which we could use, the reply has been very; gratifying. "Since the first of the year we have pro vided outfits for nbeut 300 children. We try te give each child two suits of underwenr, that he may attend school and net have te remain at home while one set Is being washed, as has been the case in many in stances. We have n large room en the third fleer of our building (at Seventeenth and Pine streets) where the clothing which is sent te us is stored until applicants come for It. It has been filled and emptied at least a dozen times since the first of the year, and still wepve net enough, "Of course, mnnref the children nnd the fumlllcs they come from are In need of feed, but it is net possible for us te de anything in tills matter except te report the cases te the charitable organizations. Nearly all the clothing we get-iH used clothing, although many persons have sent us new children's shoes. But used clothing served our pur poses admirably. Duplication of Werk Avoided "Every possible measure Is taken te avoid duplication of effort in these cases. Most of them orlglnate with the superintendent of the school which the children attend. They are reported te the attendance officers, who visit the homes of the children and learn the exact condition of nffalrs, and their reports, in ense aid is needed, are made te our office. "We then refer the case te the Bureau of Secial Service, where an accurate record is kept of all cases which have been referred te any of the charitable organlzetlons, and this record is given te us. We then com cem com munirnte with the orgunlzntlen which has hud the case formerly and find out whether or net it Is handling It. If It is, we knew that the children will be provided for nnd de nothing, unless that organization requests us te furnish clothing, which ue ,in ,i, possible. "I .suppese thnt, as in all charitable work there are some unworthy cases slip through' and occasionally children will reeclve cloth-' lng when the family might, with some ex ertion, provide It for them, but we use cvrrv effort te prevent this and te give out our supplies only where they are Imperatively needed. Few Americans Apply "There Is n surprisingly small number of American families which have been unnhie te provide clothing for their children Bv far the largest number nre foreign Thern nre practically no Jewish families which ceme te us for aid, as their own relief or. ganlzntlens seem te be fully ,,ble te take care of their own. This year much the largest number have been Itnllnn or PellX "The reason seems te be the lack of cm cm pleymcnt by theso members of the famllv imnn whom the linrilnn n ..,...i.. "" manda of the ethers rests. Most of thesi i V-.MIH- mi,.- rwvru huh nun ere censtnntlv Iving only n few weeks ahead of pev K ii i iSXCHANGE OF 'mW&U& Zl I'll t.W iHTafrn ii fiosltlen they must secure another almost mmedlately if their families are net te suffer. . Teachers De Great Werk "The public school teachers of the city de en enormous amount of charitable work for the children of their schools and their fami lies. I knew of instances where families were suffering for feed where the teachers contributed of their own money and kept the unfortunates supplied until such time as they could obtain aid from the organizations. "Many of the children ceme te us In cold weather entirely without underclothing, or when they have it, it Is often in such condi tion ns te be practically useless ns a pro tection against even moderately cold weather. On that terribly stormy Saturday a couple of weeks age, one child came te us with only n pair of rubbers, having no shoes at all. In ether cases the children have been obliged te remain in bed in cold weather, ns the clothing which they had was insufficient te enable them te go out. It Is surprising that mere of them have net experienced perma nently bad effects upon their hcnlth, when the state In which some of them come te us is considered. Children Are Grateful "The gratitude of these whom we are able te assist Is intense and at times very touch -.? t Tne charitable organizations have done all they could In the matter, but a large pro portion of the clothing which la sent te us comes from persons who have In some man ner learned of the situation which we are trying te meet nnd bring in themselves what they have te give. Only yesterday an aged woman came in person all the way from Chestnut Hill te deliver a package of used clothing which she had made up for us, nnd there are many such cases. "As I have said, the lack of employment en the pnrt of the earners of the families Is the reason why we ere obliged te de this h PV,.tUBti(M, Usably continue about as It is until the warmer weather sets in "It Is truly surprising, the difference an ndequate umeunt of clothing makes in the Pu,PwS, !t 15cms t0 bulld "P Immediately both their self-respect and their ambition te de well In their studies. The effort te assist these little ones means a let of extra work for us, but the results achieved In many ways se far outweigh the labor invelveS What De Yeu Knew? QUIZ 1. Where anfl what Is Dewnlnv ). 2' W,&,pa1S?meant b TC7 '' mNew Yte9rk'l7rl,Ckrt)0Cke,'8 Hlst7 ' ""iS gsmr1"1""' "W C.l.en.r ' !- wa 8. Name two titles of the Un'ted State, en the Pncltle Seaboard I which havJ Snefru8 M tW0 " " ' AtlanUe "' hi Italy? nam 0t th0 niBnln d5sty 10. What Is a cucurbit? Answers te Yesterday's Quiz t. In visiting France In her later years 5. Acedia Is sloth and surliness, it In niae SnrmnS01- M 4' 0orne,heBrnnt,e,r7or.ii'a,, ,a new Sec"ry C. nene Bnzln Is u modern French nevu teilfe?ela"y fr hta """ Sf ceu& 6. Previous (e the World War, Flume be- longed te Hungary. ' ",0 De 7. A licentiate Is the holder of a university degree or attestation of competence from a collegiate or examining heSS. The word also describes a ffcen,iS preacher, net yet havlnir amieintm.n? especially In tfle PwMnChW 8. Hep levin Is restoration or recovery of distrained goods en security given ter submlKs en te trial and Judgment if ,the'Url,e0ryname Cf wrfintlni 0. The pond Sea Is a salt lake slstccn miles . t southwest of Jerur-alem. '"QC" ml,ea fr&'tt?0' " Wad?. ii A tk SHORT CVTS Rex borough fair boosters net only knew what they went, but hew te go after It. ' The sufferer from hicceughs always rt sents the query, Hew de jeu get that wayt Cat whiskers dissolved in hydrochloric acid are said te be a euro for asthma. Pick your own wheeze. The kidnapping of Unionists in Belfast proves that life is still worth living fit Irishmen who love excitement. Fighting MIchac Cellins, who tblnb as well as fights, is new being embarrantd by these who fight without thinking. The French demand for a clear-cut program for the Genea Conference has its reason and excuse in the Washington Con ference. Twins have been born te a Leck Ravn, Pa., couple and the father 1b out of wert and broke. He's In two kinds of lck at one time. New Londen, Conn., police carry wUM night sticks. It Is claimed for them tint they are lighter even though they fall aet less heavily. Harry A. Mackey figures that nebeir can possibly knew quite as well as Harry A. Mackey what a really fine fellow Harry i, Mackey Is. With Bernard Shaw, William Jeanlae) Bryan and Dr. Jehn Reach Straten aghtai him, the shade of Charles Darwin prebiWj wears sardonic grin. We may be lacking In imagination, tot we de net seem able te visualize an rnj of school teachers rushing te the polls U vete for Charles A. Snyder for Governer. Te reduce the navy personnel te a petat where the remaining ships will be lnni ciently manned seems foolishness; whla affords fairly strong reason for extra rifl lance. Congress may fall for It. Kpcretarv Week nrlvlsen nralnst It ceptlng Ferd's Muscle Sheals offer witbett assurance that fertilizer will be msneu- Hired nml cold mnrn rhennlv than at DMMK, As Henry still lias a chance te say whetbg or net this is agreeable,-the preposition i air eneugn. Americans at the American Museum f Natural History are Interested In tne ew PAVninf ff fha fnaatllTA.1 Ntmnlna nt fl " HI crab'k which died, they 6ay, ten mllll years age. We knew net what vuwuuJ knowledge may be derived from the remiln but we timidly and falterlngly surmise Uii nt least he is sufficiently dean. Today's Anniversaries 1703 Treaty of Paris, by which FrtaJ ceded te England all Canada and the Frews possessions from the Alleghenlcs te t& Mississippi. mM 1707 Themas Worthlngten, United SUW Senater and Governer of iiuie, u-m u "J fersen County, Virginia. Died lu New f!lrv .Tnnn 50 1R27. 1808 Russia made a declaration pt against Sweden. 1R2.1 Thn Ilmrnl Asiatic Society M fiiinitn1 In T.rin1in 1820 A meeting' was held In Bosten t organize a school for the blind, the am In the United States. 1800 William B. Burten, famous com dlan, died In New Yerk City. Bern In Les ,lnn Kjllmlifll 1A. IfilU. 1804 The Austrlana and Prussians cupled North Schlcswig. .. . 1020 The former (ferman Crown Prinet cabled te President Wilsen an offer te ' render himself for trial In place of tne sw German war culprits. . ... 11(22 Thirty lives were lest in a tern at Gardner, Gn. Today's Birthdays Sir Rebert A. Falconer, president of W ronte University, author and scholar, ewj at Charlottctewn, P. E. I fifty-five y "'sir Walter Pnrrntt, celebrated ergsnW and composer, born at Huddcrsllcld, ftni-i llelm'O. Ilursum, United States ,& rrem New Mexico, born nt Fert uew, -., eT... at... ..A..i. Dr. William J. Martin, president of WJ vldsen Co.lcge, born nt Columbia, lcDH niiy-niiir yeniH nge, . ,ii h, William 0. (Billy) Evans, umplrele t American Baseball League, born in W)i"'j " X. I SI k 3 " 'i yj . Wrty-eigbt' years Me fi fc.2W.fft
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