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THE CASE OF MITTEN
mHOMAH E. M1TTE.V, prpsideni ei" the
- 1. II. T.. continues te appeal power
fully te the liiKielimtlen nml ilrumntlf ponse
( the city anil the country alike hecaupn
of his uiiique position In a iIrIiI that Is
being waged In reality between the financial
powers Interested In the street-cur sytcm
and the men and women empleyes.
By training Mitten Is a corporation man.
Tet hln war It i nothing lesfc Is in the
Intercut of the 11,000 transit empleyes and
The city Itself and ngalnst thec familiar
Creups which regapl street-railway systems
as prelit-maklng institutions rather than as
public utilities
. Mere significant than any ether factor In
tlie present fight for control in the I'. It. T.
Beard of Directors Is the btati of mind of
the empleyes. Thcs.e men and women re
gard Mitten net as the boss nlenc. but as
Jheir friend, their guide and their gene gene
jalissime, and it is no secret that they have
volunteered irtually all their savings te
help him in the preeent emergency.
What nrc the Mitten theories of industrial j
management and relationship worth? By
the etercifc of intelligence, by scientific
management and by the sort of humane
vencern for the workers of the system
which eliminated discontent and mode
strikes unnecessary. Mitten took the squalid
wreck of the street-car system nti(J made
of It a decent nnd efficient system.
The P. It. T. used te be a football of
speculators and politicians and a hotbed of
labor troubles. It was strike-ridden.
Se far as an outside observer may see,
the advocates of a return te hard-boiled
methods of management have no substitute
for the Mitten system but the principles
which led in the past te shamefully in
adequate street-car service, te declining
stock vnlues and endless labor unrest.
Mitten proved that geed will and content-
Jment and fair dealing are Indispensable in
Srcat modern industries. It is unthinkable
that he should lese in n fight which he is
forcing for n principle. Certainly he will
)iet be permitted te lese If the business in
terests and the general public take time te
weigh and consider what his defeat might
involve for them.
WHO WILL PAY THE BONUS?
fA SUB-COMMITTEE of the Ways
nnd Means Committee of the Heuse
ha agreed upon nine taxes the
proceeds of which are te be uted te pay the
proposed bonus te the soldiers. It is cstl
, mated that they will yield S310.000.000 a
year.
Of this sum. $120,000,000 will be levied
en the owners of automobiles in the shape
of a tax of one cent a gallon en gasoline
and twenty -five cents a horsepower en the
cars.'
The tax en theatre tickets will be raised
from 10 per cent te 20 per cent, yielding
a revenue of $00,000,000. Tills means that
a .$2.00 ticket will cost ?".
The parcel-pest rates will be im reused
W as te yield $20,000,000.
A tax en real estate transfers and en
-vaales of stocks and bends will yield $04,-
000,000, and taxes en the undivided profits
of corporations, en cigarettes and uneklng
and chewing tobacco will rnlxe the balance.
Se the tax will fall en the man who buns
a house and the man who buys n bend or a
tdiarc of stock, and the man who gees te
the theatre, and the man wh owns a
motorcar, and the man win uses toban-e.
and the man who scuds a package by parcel
pest. Tliat is, tne tax? will tall this way
if Cengrcbs authorizes them.
COSTS OF CHARITY
'JUDGE MARTIN'S reply te charges of
J extruvngnnee in the collection and dis
bursement of charity funds, made in Council
by Mr. Wegleln and Mr. Hnll, is temperate,
lucid nnd enlightening. It ought te per
manently dlspose of the unpleasant rind
groundless rumors which have already re
acted te interfere seriously with necessary
work of relief in this rity
There can be no possible justification for !
tne ueciarutien iy .Mr. Man tliat 40 per
tent of the money collected for eiganUed
charities Is required for overhead charges
and upkeep. Judge Mnrtin shows that
overhead charges total about 2 per icnt of
these funds, and that an effort is new- afoot
te muke Interest en money held m bunks
pay buch salaries and eerlieud cliniges as
are necessary te the work of organized
relief.
Misleading assertions damaging te the
Si organized charities come with peer grace
ijJV'-i 'Irem the City Council, which continues te
Hrf withheld help asked by ettlcient agencies fei
'aBiC1" ntnv iieenln who nre nctuallv In lilftnr n.il
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AGAINST THE THIRD DECREE
KECENT references in thc.e columns te
the abuses of the Third Degree have
had unexpected reactions. Magistrate Cor Cer
rlgan, In New Yerk, hns started a movement
which may lead te the exposure of the
'whole inner system of police terrorism. He
,)ias implied that evidence obtained by undue
pressure exerted en suspects beblnil closed
M doers In police or detectlve bureaus will net
rfihi. h accepted In his court.
&, Judges in Chicago have junt
gene a little
Jffiftftirtbtr. They
jCblieUcc that evli!
rJ&Oerture will be
have made It plain te the
lileucc obtained by threats or
torture will be thrown out at the trials of
rjmlnuls. This course was suggested te
m ,tiuugcs in i iiicnge ny revelations et
itrageeus abuse by the police of persons
geu with serious crimes or suspected of
knowledge which detectives sought.
I'Tawd Degree is practiced, of course,
any, every city wnere large -police
HW;Wt.lned it Is M1HVM
the "examination" te which any one may
be Mibjcctetl immediately after his or her
nrret nnd before the nupect lias had time
te obtain the services of n lawyer. Doubt
less this new method of Inquisition Is of
neine value te the police and of use In the
work of hunting down roiiie of the worst
of criminals. But if it Is te be continued
as n necessary part of police technique it
ought te be Justified and regulated by law.
If it Is net te be justified under the law,
It ought te be abolished.
The time will conic boencr or later when
Judges In the criminal courts of this city
will be forced te fellow the example set by
Magistrate Cerrlgan and the Judges in
Chicago. There Is a general suspicion that
ihe Third Degree does mere harm than geed
and that It represents a sort of Injustice
which ought net te be tolerated even In the
Interest of justice.
"MALICE TOWARD NONE
AND CHARITY FOR ALL"
The Lincoln Spirit Ic Needed te Guide
the World Toward a Solution
of IU Problems
II' TlimtH ever was n time when the
spirit of Lincoln's second Inaugural ad
dress should control the actions of men,
that time Is the present.
That address iq one of the profoundest
spiritual documents ever drafted by a
fallible human being. There is in It re
spect for the divine forces that govern the
world, tolerance for all sorts of honest
opinion and n sincere demand that atten
tion be concentrated en an effort te estab
lish justice.
Lincoln called attention te the fact that
the people of both the North nnd the fjeuth
read the same Itiblc and prayed te the same
Ced, and that each inveLed His old against
tlv ether.
"It may seem strange," he continued,
"that any men should dare te ask a just
(led's assistance in wringing their bread
from thi sweat of ether men's faces: but
let us judge net, that we be net Judged."
The address concludes with a sentence
which should be deeply pondered by every
responsible statesman in Europe and
America .
"With malice toward none," he said,
"with charity for all; with firmness in the
light as Ged glcs us te see the right, let
us strive te finish the werK we are In; te
bind up the Natien's wounds; te care for
him who shall have borne the battle, and
for his widow, and his orphan te de nil
which may achieve nnd rherlsh a just and
listing peace nmeng ourselves and with all
nutlens."
The thing that is crying out te be den
today is the binding up of the wounds of tin'
world in a spirit of charity and the sub
ordination of everything else te the etab
llshment of a lusting peac.
Hatred ami bitterness unfortunately pre-
I vail in many quarters. It is assumed that
tlie victors w-pp completely right and that
tlie HiniiNhed were whellv wrong. And
there still is ,s determination that the van
quished shall be compelled te paj te the
uttetmest.
There seems te be Inability te take the
bread and long view of the great war, a
view which finds the (.neds 0f the conflict
in the conduct of nil the European nations
'mill holds them nil in greater or less degree
responsible for the catastrophe.
Lincoln desired the two icctieiis of the
country t" unite in binding up the Natien's
wounds. The wounds of the world cannot
be bound up until there is co-operation be
tween the victors nnd the vanquished, until
the future is faced with u determination te
remove the provocations te reprisal en either
side nnd a disposition te co-operate in es
tablishing just relations among all the na
tions, even though some of them may be
called upon te make sacrifices.
The recent Washington Confidence was
conducted in the Lincoln spirit. It suc
ceeded In facing certain issue.s in a spirit
of fairness te all parties, with no nttempt
te deprive any nation of its just rights. It
lias set an example which ought te be in
fluential upon future conferences, and
especially upon the proposed economic con
ference at Genea.
If representatives of the allied and asso
ciated nations can sit down with repre
sentatives of Germany and the states
organized out of the Autre-IIungarlan
Empire, and with representatives of Russia
also, and enter in geed faith into a dWcus dWcus
sieu of the economic rehabilitation of the
world, some progress can be made. Se long
as industrial chae-, prevails in Rursiu and
in Germany there can be no satisfactory
Industrial recovery of France or Italy or
Great Britain, nnd se long as all these
countries remain Industrially feeble there
enn be no real rehabilitation in the United
States.
The nations of the world are linked to
gether by indissoluble chains. Nene of
them liveth te Itself alone. Nene of them
can Ignore the ethers without suffering In
one way or another. Without whole
hearted co-operation the present conditions
will continue for no one knows hew lung,
and new complications will arise which will
make It still mere difficult te find a waj out.
IT WONT WORK
THE Rev. William A. Sunday Un been
called te Charleston, W. Vu., te in
stitute "u .thorough campaign." The geed
people In Charleston seem te bcllete that
fvemehlng is seriously wrong in ngiens wlieic
miners go en strike nnd drift Inte riots,
where calls for Federal troops ure raided,
where moonshine Is consumed nnd where
tendencies toward something like civil war
hae been manifested mere than once within
lettrleted areas.
Something is wrong, of ieure. But
most of West Vlrglnia'n troubles are deep-
roereci m sordid pentics, In systims of rea
-""ln which justify economic inequalities
et a rniner cruel sort, in nard times and In
hardship which indie-triii slackness has
brought te n very considerable number of
people in mining and manufacturing regions.
Sermons which ewide the tealitles of the
hour and eliminate any principle later than
lfeeU will net bring quiet or contentment
or n spiritual rctiwi! in West Virginia. If
.Mr. Sunday could get some of the politicians
nnd soft-coal mine owners te hit the trail
he might de much geed. But the trail, it
seems, is net f,er people such as these who
wield social auth. ntv in West Virginia.
HARDING AND THE SENATE
T IVE," says an ivied adage, "te learn!''
i-i Mr. Harding Jived in Washington nnd
sat In the Senate during the years of the
Wilsen Administration nnd he saw what
he saw. When the time came for ills ap
pearance in the Senate with the tieatles
formulated by the Conference for the Lim
itation of Armament h wisely refrained
from nnj word, or gesture that would make
him seem like a conscious embodiment of
all the higher political virtues or the emis
sary, of the bright millennium.
Modestly very modestly, indeed with
the nlr of u man nilvnnclng nlmest In a
spirit of reverence te the presence of Sacred
Power, the President went te the Capitel
te submit te the upper house n report of a
really masterly achievement of statesman
ship. He knows tliat you must net think
of the Senate's mind until you have Hint
thought of all its prejudices.
Se the treaties were carried te the Sen
ate as they might have been carried te
Mandarins dwelling In an Inner City, when
I ifemalitls conceited iu recognition. of cast
lines, personal vanities and legendary rights
were of mere Importance than any fact of
existence.
The question before Mr. Harding Is net
whether the treaties are geed or bad. Will
the august Senate be pleased te be pleased?
That is the riddle te which we have te get
an answer as best we can.
The Senate seemed te be resting well after
the ordeal of listening te a voice net Its own.
Mr, Berah was almost convinced of the
wisdom of the treaties drawn te limit arma
ment and the possibilities of war In the
Pacific. He would vote for ratification, he
said, "if it can be,shown that we will net
be ratified Inte any entangling 'agreements
with ether Powers." That sounds ominous.
Yeu cannot enter into any agreement of any
sort with nnybedy without becoming some
how entangled, if only by considerations of
honor and n pledged word.
Senater Hitchcock, who was the spokes
man for President Wilsen nnd the League
of Nations, was reported te be depressed
and in some pain. He said he was mere
suspicious of the disarmament treaties new
than he was before Mr. Harding's appeal.
Mr. Hitchcock Is still viewed as the moral
and Intellectual leader of the Democratic
minority in the Senate. Where he gees
the ethers of his party doubtless will fol fel
low. Ills gods will be their gods and his
people will be their people, and where his
spirit ledges the spirits of all the Demo
cratic Senators will ledge when the time
for the ratification vote arrives.
Thu Republicans will succeed In having
the disarmament treaties ratified. But it
appears new that there will be some pretty
loud speeching before the thing Is done. It
Isn't senatorial reason that stands In the
way of such work toward a better interna
tional way of life. It is senatorial pride.
That was clearly revealed in Mr. Wilsen's
day.
The Senate has come te feel that it is
the mind of the Government and that the
President is a sort of assistant te it. It
grows mere sensitive and mere jealous of
its old and new prerogatives as the years
pass.
Permit the Senate te feel that it is
cleverer than you are and tliRt you have
been inspired by its godlike wisdom, and
you will be a fairly happy President of the
United States. Venture te suggest that you
have flashes of wisdom better thnn the
Senate's wisdom and nn ability te feel mere
deeply and sec further than the Scnote can
bee. nnd your days In the White Heuse
will be filled with sorrow.
Mr. Harding will be far mere successful
with his international treaties than Mr.
Wilsen was because he knows his Senate
down te the ground.
A bunch of old-time
Fer Old black face minstrels,
Times' Salie their ages averaging
seventy years Geerge
uilsen. Tem Queen, Banks Winter, Harry
Armstrong nnd Geerge McKlrsen are going
te return te the stage, making their "debut"
in Chicago. If one in a hundred of these
te whom they have giwn pleasure in the past
go te see them they will hae packed houses
for a iccerd engagement.
SHORT CUTS
In the matter of birthdays Edisen's
motto is "Ruslness ns usual."
IIuw would Alcohellywood de for a
name for the Les Angele.s' movie suburb?
Rumer has it that Jack Dempscy is te
marry Hebe Daniels. Clesc-up of another
Knockout.
The proper way for Uncle Sam te ccle-H
orate i.inculn's liirtliday is te think seri
ously of the problems that face him.
We join the rest of our country's teem
ing millions in the hope that Mr. Edisen had
a happy birthday nnd will knew many mere
of them.
Jnsz parties and emotional dancing, we
learn, are net peimltted in the Cleveland
public schools. .We trust that burlesque
show,s and lioeze parties also are net per
mitted te Interfere with the regular educa
tional course.
The Prince of Wales and the Crown
I rlnce of Japan are te play a match game
of golf when the heir te the British crown
visits Nippon. We may take it for granted
that every mec en the green will be diplo
matically put.
Fred Stene's chorus girls Imve pledged
themselves te de no mere jazz dancing. The
penalty is $100. Net even the reld shoulder
they gne it Is permitted te shimmv. Thev
shake the jazz and bar the shake that
usually gees with it.
Fires in ISJ21. according te the actuarial
buirnu of the Notional Beard of Tire Under
writers, cost the people of tlie United States
mere thnn n billion nnd n half dollars. Uncle
Sam careles-sly demonstrating te the world
that he has money te burn.
Student of University of California savs
college girls desire te be kisc-ed and expect
every man who takes them out te attempt
it. College girls make indignant denial.
And there the matter rests. And there, be
it noted, it has alwajs rested.
Poland's offer te transport gratis te the
Jtussian border the 15,000 tens of grain
arriving monthly from America for Russian
famine relief is a welcome but net surpris
ing instance of returning geed for evil.
Starvation knows no natiunnllty.
Sixteen inches is the amount of seating
space accorded te each person invited te
witness Princess Mary's wedding, and Brit
ish mntmns of ample proportions are pro
testing. They are opposed te the slxteen-to-ene
heresy. And whether they win or leso
they premise te sit tight.
By thanking n magistrate in sarcastic
tones a man in a St. Leuis court ran his
own fine up from $50 te $.'00. Then, we
learn, the bidding censed. It was no place
for n man te get cold feet. Having gene se
far lie should have strhen te ii(hlee u life
sentence or the death penalty.
Thu principal of the High Scheel in
I.onacening. Md., snys paint und powder
should only be used by women ever fifty or
by extremely ugly girls. If tlie opinion ever
became general the paint und powder busi
ness would net merely knew a decrease in
Nelurne; It would absolutely ceate te exist.
Vice President Coelldge broke his tee
by attempting te kick aside some wall drap
ery that liad tripped him, net suspecting the
presence of the wall the drapery concealed.
That kick .was evidently in excess of half of
ene per cnt and argues that the cool, col cel
lected New Englander hax reserve force as
unsuspected as the wall he assailed.
When we are informed (and we nre se
informed at some length in the public prints,
which is the sole excuse for this puragraph)
that a Jamaica, L. I.. High Scheel boy of
ten dislikes flappers, prohibition und pros
out -day women s dresses, we make no claim
te the possession of superior nciimen in ar
riving nt the conclusion that his father dis
likes HnppcrH, prohibition nnd present-day
women's dresses.
Attorney General Daugherty says the
credit of forcing down retail prices should
go lu the American housewife. Price went
down when business slewed down. House Heuse
whes bought less beeuuse they had less te
spend. They hud less te spend becuuse hub hub
bends were earning less. They were earning
i,miiii nintilovers found buslneui ln,l
Credit for lower prices must, therefore, go
te bad business. Legta logic, said the
narrator ei '"xn.ve
Bhay."
AS ONE WOMAN SEES It
j Women Who Hang Together In Little
Groups De Net Always Knew What
Other Women In Other Qreupa
Desire and Can't Frnd Out .
By SARAH D. LOWRIE
A MAN who was sitting opposite te me
nt dinner the ether evening looked across
nt me bevercly and remarked:
"Yen women tliat, think you nre se public
spirited all hang together in little claw
groups discussing what you want nnd what
.ion don't want, Without nn idea te bless
jeurselvcs with about what the Vemen In
the ether groups want or think they want,
and you don't knew hew te reach them, let
clone lnflucnce them!"
I had just returned, from New Yerk where
I had been listening for n whole day te the
deliberations of the Weman's Branch of
the National Civic Fcderatlenj 'nn organ
ization chiefly of men that dealt, supposed
ly with civic questions from the viewpoints
of both capital and labor nnd employers and
employed. The reason that I say "sup
posedly" is becuuse when the names of the
executives of the Wehian's Branch of the
I'Cdcratien were read off as being re-elected
some forty or fifty of them representing
most of the States 1 heard no names promi
nent among women's labor organizations nor
were any of the reports from the States in
forming en that side of the question. One
woman from the Mlddle West spoke of her
self nnd her State committee ns the "key
women" of the State, but it struck ine the
were "keys" that opened philanthropic and
social and civic nnd educational doers and
net the doers of trades unions nnd beneficial
societies or indeed nny of the political labor
groups.
I usked where such representatives could
be found, since the federation was civic nnd
national, and one woman said :
"Oh, but this Is only the executive. We.
have meetings when Gerapcrs and ethers
tpeak te ns."
And still another explained that repre
sentatives of labor could net be at such a
session us that because they could net spare
the time from work, "Se we have te repre
sent them," she had ndded kindly. Still
nnethcr member pointed te a short energetic
woman who had just made n speech about
the chemists of the country nnd asked for
n resolution of appreciation for the American
chemists and their war work and govern
mental work kince the war.
"Yeu ought te talk with Miss Opcnauer
about hpw the federation keeps in touch
'with labor," she said severely. "She has
made nny amount of surveys for the Govern
ment nnd for the federation about the cost
of living tlnd minimum wages nnd various
trade situations. She knows mere about it
than the employers or most of the empleyes."
LATER en I did have n talk with Miss
Openuucr. She Is a very interesting
woman, one of the war products, for though
she had been recognized ns a person of
ability, first ns a teacher nnd then ns an
organizer before the war, her first big step
into the eicn was indiee work for the Coun
i il of National Defence, in which body she
perfected her teehnique as u maker of sur-
eys.
The minute the war was ever slie set up.
a private consulting office with a group of
assistants that she had learned te work with
duilng the war, and her bchcdule for surveys
is crowded and booked up for a year or two
ahead. One of her Inst surveys had been
chemists nnd their beneficent discoveries.
She told me of n cement factory that had
been changed from n nuisance te the sur
rounding country in the Orange Belt of Cal
ifornia te n dustiest fertilizing plunt which
turned out tens of potash, all the work of
experimenting chemists I Which wus why
she brought her enthusiasm for her fellow
federation members te iJuirc.
BUT remarkable as was Miss Openaucr's
success as a surveyor of achievements
und of conditions, and great ns was the glory
she reflected upon the federation of which
bhe was an honored member, she could net be
mid te represent the labor or empleye groups.
Later en in the day I heard a recent Cabi
net member speak en I he Pcoce Disarmament
Conference nnd still later the present Com
missioner of Immigration, the Hen. Albeit
Jehnsen, talk, but they tee were of the em
ployer class I felt, although doubtless the
Commissioner rejoices lu the conventional
ideal of being n "servant of the public."
lie was u breezy soul and might well take
with any group, unless it sidcwlped Ills
plans, then it struck me he would take off
his very' well-fitting coat and go in ter n
regular fight, te get his plan ever or under
or through without further ceremony or by
jour leave.
He described himself ns the target for op
position from nil sides in the matter of the
;; per cent ruling for u restricted immigra
tion. And I rnthcr thought that, due te his
mailbox being heavy with suggestions nnd
complaints from nil quarters, he really was
the sort of an ull-reund man the federation
was Invented te encourage and listen te.
AT THE height of immigration before the
war, something under n million new
persons entered the country n year. As the
war enme te n close it was' plain that the
undesirables and the starving apd the dying
and the helpless would be sent ever te this
country by their bankrupt Governments, if
semp regulation were net made te limit the
number of new arrivnls and the nationalities.
Se a per cent limit for each country was tie
.iscd which was fixed te continue until June
of this year. This limitation has brought
tlie number down te a little ever 200,000 a
ear. And a new bill Is being piepared with
improvements en tlie old bill which will
continue nt least some of the restrictions for
teme time te ceme.
In connection with these new would-be
citizens there will be certain legislative
chnnges proposed ns te citizenship in general.
Fer instance, an American woman en marry
ing u foreigner does net automatically lese
her American citizenship If one clause of the
new' bill is accepted, and n new citizen must
lend, write nnd spenk English, and the
children of foreign-born parents en reaching
an age for citizenship must take the oath of
allegiance, nre still ether previsions.
What he told us of the situation present
und te come was verv interesting; but ns
most of us were Colonial dames or Daugh
ters of the Re-oHitlen, our pleasure in it
was puicly vicarious.
AT A banquet in the evening nt the very
charming Cosmopolitan Club n geed
many women spoke, nnd spoke delightfully,
MIOll. ia","s "i. i.viinin,ii .. .iiji-i,l
of Interests, but the only woman who .spoke
as labor would have spoken had it been
there was Miss Tarbell. who described the
Bryn Mnwr Summer Scheel experiment and
the demand for education by the working
women of this country, a demand that would
net be downed, she said.
The whole experience left me in n daze ns
te whether I had failed te catch the total
impression of the National Civic Federation
fulily. or if having caught It I was unrea
sonable in my disappointment nt its luck of
scope in the direction of labor. Se I was
slngulnrly defenseless when my dinner coin cein coin
nanien nttacked me across the tuble with his
bomb of an nccusntien as te the stratification
of women's public organizations. I think. I
fear, thut he was right. Which Is why the
political boss has it ever the reformer.
W
E HAVE get te find u new point of con cen
tuct, net that of giver and recipient,
net that of tenener iinn scueiar, nor of mis
tress nnd servant, nor of enpitullst and
Inherit". It ! loe late te get up enthusi
asm ever tlie mere name Republican or the
name Democrat. A heart what most of us
want lb n Flfty-rifty Party, where the less
of n peer man will net be the gain of n rich
ninn; a party that will turn its strength
into public welfare and net te private gain.
If the women that want te work- for that
cap find, one another across the old beundf xy
lines wi e. i"'iiii, wiOTtwi(wM
net have beca Iglvw u, In YffiHjMm(
NOW MY IDEA IS THIS!
Daily Talks With Thinking Philadelphia en Subjects They
Knew Best
WILLIAM B. GILMOUR
On Frankford Fathers' Association
THE Fathers' Association of Frankford,
originally started te nsslst the students
of the Frankford High Scheel, hns proved,
in its ten years of existence te be of equal
value alike te the children, the fathers
themselves and te the whole community,
according te William B. Gilmour, the presi
dent. "Our association." said Mr. Gilmour,
"Is one of the unique organizations of the
T'nltcd States and. as far ns we knew, the
first of its kind ever ersnnlzcd anywhere.
We have recently observed the tenth anni
versary of the founding of the association,
und nt that meeting the principal speaker.
were Dr. Jehn J. Tigert, United States
Commissioner of Education, and Dr. Edwin
C. Broeme, Superintendent of Schools of
Philadelphia.
"Our organization began with the sole
purpose of furnishing the boys und girls of
the great northeastern section of Philadel
phia some of these things which tend te
develop the young life, but which could net
at that time be supplied by the Beard of
Education, which has furnished such n fine
building und such excellent teachers.
Allied With the Scheel
"The Fathers' Association has always
been closely identified with the High Scheel,
which was the original reason for its ex
istence. The selection of the beautiful site
of the present building was due te the wis
dom of a few far-sighted citizens, among
them Franklin Smcdley, who was and still
Is n member of the Beard of Education.
"At the dedication of the former build
ing Benjamin S. Thorp. C. Grant Lucas
and Charles Stehle speke of the interest
which the boys were taking In sports and
the lack of funds with which te purchase
equipment for them. Following this, sev
eral men met in the school efiice and de
cided te call the fathers together and sug
gest thnt they make such contributions -s
thev could for the purpose of purchasing
atldetlc supplies.
"The direct result was that thirteen
fathers of the children met in the efiice en
January 10, 1012. These present felt such
nn appreciation of their possibilities for
geed te the beyi of the school that they or
ganized the Fathers' AssQclatlen then nnd
theie. The idea made rapid headway
among the men of the community and there
was an immediate growth in the member
ship of the organization.
"Frem the snme motive of service te the
children grew the idea of a campaign ter a
larger and thoroughly up-te-date school
building, nnd from that duv tlie interest in
the school and the association bus never
ceased. As a result of tlie hearty co
operation of the fathers of the great north
eastern section of the city with the mem
bers of the faculty of the school and the
Beard of Education, we have today one of
the finest equipped and most beautiful high
schools in the United States.
"The leve of giving of time, money and
service has been un inspiration te the
whole community. Thousands of dollars
have been contributed for athletic equip
ment, and today the Frankfeul High Scheel
hns ene of the most valuable ami complete
outfits In the country.
"The Fathers' Association has also sup
tilled Instructors for the orchestra, banjo
and mnndelln clubs, glee clubs and ether
school organizations, with no expense what
ever either te the school or te the pupils
who lencfit th?reby. The arts as well us
ntbletlcB have net been neglected.
Scbelarsliips Are Proposed
"Thu carrying out of our Infest project
1h new in the hands of the Scholarship
Committee. The money for the work of
this committee hns been furnished by prlwite
subscription, und our ultimate ulm is te
form a fund of from $40,000 te $.-i0,00l)
which shall be u permanent fund, the in
terest from which will help us send boys
nnd girls te college with scholarships as well
uh te assist boys and girls te finish the
high school course In cases where reverses
have occurred which threateu the comple
tion of their education here,
,"W take up m eutiMe Interests and
devote 'ourselves eniy ie ibebc wings near-
jug directly upon the school work. We
have no political or religious discussions.
The principal of the school. Alvln O. Sneek,
has been nn active worker both in the school
and in the association ever since its organi
zation, nnd the members of the faculty co
operate with us in every effort which we
make. Andrew G. Haines, of the faculty,
has given years of service in the training of
the chorus and the glee clubs, without any
compensation whatever, all this work being
done outside of school hours.
"The active business of the Fathers'
Association is conducted by the Executive
t emmittee, which is composed of the officers
of the association, the past presidents and
six elected members of the association. The
presidents bone for one year, and since the
organization In 1012 have been, in order,
Charleb Stehle, Jeseph M. Smith, C. Grant
Lucas, William H. Themas. Jehn B. Side Side
betham, C. Herbert Aspen, Benjamin S.
llierp. Herrv It. Glenn. Rebert W. Mc Mc
Cennell. Wallace H. Arnniz and myself.
The Standing Committees
"We have standing committees en Schol
arship, Athletic Supplies, 'Musical Clubs.
Refreshment, Publicity, Membership nnd
Entertainment.
"As sources of revenue we have the mem
bership dues, $2.C0 for active and $1 per vear
for associate members, und nt each monthly
meeting we invite voluntary contributions.
The committees en Athletic Supplies Mu
sical Clubs and Entertainment ure each al
lowed 20 per cent of the receipts, and the
general expense ucceunt gets the ether 40
per cent.
"The Scholarship Committee gets its
fundi- through private subscription and u
few of the members of the association pledge
a couple of scholarships each year. In ntk ntk
dltlen te this, nny worthy boy or girl Is
sent te school or college bv this committee,
net necessarily for scholastic work If n
eoed student of peer pnrcntnge desires n
college education he Is provided for quietly
or it any boy or girl bus had financial re
verses at home which make it impossible
ter him or her te complete the education
given by the High Scheel, we see te it
'V'e '?, t'1mtTtI'P. v"us,I'en is financed
through the High Scheel.
A Large Membership
"In the ten jears of the existence of the
I-utliers Association the membership hns
grown from the thirteen who originated the
movement te about 1500, and we hove an
of' about" 10ed.a"CC 0t Ur mMhh mcet'n1'
, "IJV.',1.K Lll(l cr,PC'l0 "f the new Frank
ford High Scheel Jeseph M. Smith t Ien
president of the association, npnelnte, a
committee, consisting of Jehn II. Sldcbetham
Charles Stehle and Daniel R. Greenwoo
which worked indefatigably en suggestions
.) the architect of the Heard of Educa Ien.
he adep en of which suggestions had much
te de with the beauty and excellence of ar
rangement of the piescnt building. In scv
ernl Important particulars these men
brought about changes which have worked
for the ultimate geed of these who make use
of the structure. Seme of these were the
adoption of the 'triangular plan' of design"
n campus of grass, trees nd shrubbery In In
steed of the usual huge cement school yard
a iaiger auditorium than triglnally planned
uiiu iiwije gjiiiiiiisiuni and one of the finebt
stages of any sehoelhojlse in th,e country
"Thus, while the nrlinnrv nim nt i, .
secln ion was te aid the students of the
1- rankferd High Scheel, the meetings have
long slnee outgrown u narrow or school sh
attitude nnd the association lias beceme a
great civic agency, through which, because
of its lien-scctnriun nnd non-peiltlcul com
p exlen. Jhe men of the northeast commu
nity can "express the aims nnd the nsplrn nsplrn
liens of that whole section of the city."
Pearl Quits the Ananias Club'
from the St.uiley. WU , lluublcnn
Falsehood -The Mery that I started
around town while Mrs. p. Thclil was vlhit
inc ut Mcnomnnle is n lie nml r i,n .,
one who hut the paper will run ucress this
e they will knew It Isn't se about her, as K
was a made-up story wfalch 1 started myself
and Isiaalsenee), - -,
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What De Yeu Knetv?
QUIZ ;
Who is Zagleul Pasha?
What is t,he nickname of "Colerado?
Give the meaning et sesqui-centeunluL
Who were , Harrljran unci Hart?
What Is meant by the Initials O. R E.
after a person's name?
Who wrote "Boek of Gelden Deedi"?'
What is metonymy?
Whnt Is tropical language?
Of what country la the Premier a for
mer President?
Where in Druid Hill Park?
Answera te Saturday'a Quiz
Saerstatt la the Gaelic equivalent for
republic and Is used In reference te til
Irish Free State.
A moron Is a person who Is physically ,
. uuuu, uui who meniauy never greins
out of the teens.
Maliatma Mohendaa IC Gandhi is til.
leader of the nationalistic movement'
In India, and Is the formulator ind
director of the policies of nou-ce-optr-,
utten. passive resistance and civil dti dti dti
oliedlence which are being opposed te
British imperial rule. '
William Makepeace Thackeray wretl1
"The vlrirlulsns." Part of the scenii
nre laid In America prier te the IUw.l
oiuiienary war, una ueerge wasninr
ten Is a prominent character. Sema et
the early chapters are said te havi
been written by an American.
Bedtee's Island la In New Yerk Harber,
and Is the slte of the titntue of Libert)'.
The reigning dynasty In Ungland Is thi jl
war It was known as the Heme et'l
Hanover, but by act of Parliament 1
tWa name was changed en account of(l
us uerman implications.
Sheik Is pronounced cither te rliym
with "cheek" or with "take." the for
mer being the preferred form. It
means In the Arabian, whence It cornel
Inte English, an old man, henct
counselor or the head of a village.
Senater Oscar Underwood, of Alabama.
Is the Democratic leader In the Unite
States Senate. , . . fc
Hyperbole Is a figure of speech wlucn
exaggerates the size, quality or trail
of its subject '
The nlcknnme or popular name of w
Yeik In the Emplre State. It Is femi
times called the Knlckeibeckcr Mat.
The Brown Thrush in the
Willow
THE brown thrush In the willow
Sings while glory fills
Dawn en sunrise river,
Dusk en sunset bills.
The river's grny nnd shining,
The hills nre blue nnd high.
The sun's a yellow flower
Up in n garden sky.
Between the hill and river
My little garden lies,
With honey forgeld-bclted bees,
Celer for dragen-flics.
With shelter for the spotted toad,
. 'And welcome nnd geed fare
Fer any little singing bird
That cares te linger there.
Houses for the friendly wrens,
Cern for chickadees,
Suet for bright woodpeckers
That visit apple trees.
Wet bread for the robins
Whose fledglings knew ray call,
Apples for the catbirds,
And water for them all.
The hrewn thrush In the willow
Sometimes comes down te drlnK,
He comes for scarlet cherries.
And likes the place, I think. t
I wish that he would linger
As ether singers de,
Te gossip with the scarlet
Or swing upon the blue.
Fer when I hear him singing
At morn nnd evening, he
Seems te be thanking some one , i
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