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ANOTHER DIRIGIBLE BLOWS UP
MIUTAKY officials In this nnd ether
countries will probably continue te feci
ftbetit for n Dractlcal dirislble air?lup, ile-
ti)lt the gnccesMve tlisatcrs Involved in
bat leem te be futile experiments.
,,? The Germans hit nearest the mark "ith
tbtlr super-Zeppelins. But even the Zcp
ytlins were a disappointment. They ac
complished nene of the thiiiRS expected of
theiri. They wcre practically useless ns
weapons of offense becnube of the cfliciency
t modern anti-aircraft artillery nnd the
tracer bullet a small projectile carrying nt
its base an exposed epark Intended te fire
the gas In a balloon or the gasollne in an
mlrplanc tank. Moreover, Zeppelins were
difficult te navigate, and they were likely
t be helpless against any force of v,ell
akTiftted airplanes.
' The wreck of the Rema and the less of
soma of the best air men In the army nnd
naval service could net have been much of
a surprise te aviation experts. Coming m
een after the less of the ZU-i. the British
built super-Zcppclin, and the attendnnt
acriflce of forty-nine British nnd Amer
ican airmen, the end of the Rema veil mlpht
Mean the end of the dirigible fad for the
present.
The Rema en her trial trip in Italy,
where she was designed and built, did net
prove te be n shining success. She was
permitted te fly only in the fairest weather.
Her trials were postponed again nnd again.
She was of the semi-rigid type, which means
that extended interior balloons filled with
hydrogen gas. rather than metal frames.
were depended en te maintain her (lying
nape. She was admitted te be a danger
ode vessel.
Properly the original experiments made
en the Rema's home grounds should have
been accepted as conclusive proof of her
uaelessncss. Only the army and naval offi
cials In Washington knew what the trials
la thla country were meant te prove.
The less of life Is tragic. It will be hard
te justify it In official reports. Beside the
Sema the ZU-2 seemed te expert eyes te
if- as safe as a house.
Aa in the case of tue .u--. me mss u
itt. en ti Ttmnn Tvns line te the inevitable
-'J egploslen of the vast quantity of lifting gns
F ia the ship's balloons. Until nen-inliam-
Ijl . . tl.t I 1mma n.inntlHnc nil
xaaeie gas is avnnuuiu in miv 'I"'"'""1"
ilrhrlbles are likrly te be death traps for
these who operate them. Helium gns is
eBcient and, nen-explnnive. But at the
present tlme It is available only In small
quantities.
A GOOD PRESCRIPTION
SENATOR PEPPER proved by his ad
dress before the Traffic Hub in New
Yerk en Monday night that he knows what
ia needed te cure the transportation Ills.
Ha said that nn equilibrium of interest
must be preserved nmeng these who use the
railroads, these who furnish the capital for
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!A. inem, tnese wne run iuw irmus uim wiu--r-
who manage the reads, and that the preser-
vttlen of this equilibrium must be partly a
f"' nutter of human relationships nnd partly n
matter of legal compulsion.
tTke emnhnsla whlnli Kpnfttnr Ppnner nut
en human relationships is significant. It is
only within recent years that any attention
baa been paid te them. Tet there are a few
railroad managers who kttll think It safe te
disregard them and te ignore the fact that
the workmen who run the trains are men
like themselves who wish te have a little
consideration, nnd who object te being
retted as if they were machines te he
irked till they break down and then
Town en the scrap heap.
If the perplexing industrial problem In te
be aelred, It will have te be through n fuller
recognition of its human side and through
an effort te bring about a co-operation be
tween the workers and theso who pay the
wages.
BALFOUR WONT HAVE IT
ARTHUR J. BALFOUR'S refusal of n
X. title for the fourth time suggests that
the British nobility is net what it once was.
New lords have been made in profusion
daring the last few years. Brewers nnd
contractors and manufacturers and all sorts
of new rich have been promoted te tlie
Heuse of Lords until that body has Ien its
M character of aristocracy. It Is like a
dub filled with self-made men proud of the
Jeb and ready te beast of it.
This sort of boastful prlde is net charnc-
vterlstie of the old British aristocracy te
which Balfour belongs by birth. That
aristocracy has lest Its political and murh
of its social prestige through the breaking
down of the barriers whlrli sepainted it
from the new-rich commercial class. And
the new lords have acquired nuue of the
respect which n generation age was ac
corded te the old lords and te their untitled
i&fjk M. the gentry.
I vnf '.'Mr. Balfour apparently prefers le remain
I lf; uniiura gcimemnn miner man enter the
ir. new titled class te which no distinction nt-
Hf taches. Gladstone refused a title because
, '.S he wished te be known in history by the
jj'v name te which lie had given distinction nnd
:?' flfd net wish te hide his glory under another
i'X. name or even te confuse his identity by hc
,;i' coming Lord Gladstone. But Balfour's re-
(i$ luaal ia doubtless for different reasons,
W..t .There ia n social revolution in nreci-ess in
M England which is none the less remarkable
(, Meause It Is cemlns nbeut peacefully,
Vi (
m numen nnu i nt w-wime i i i u i iupJ
F, ' YP XVAR In rpRnenkn In thn ili.mniwlu ..
m-;X women that Ceneress nassed the SIi,.m.
lkf pard-Tewner Mnternlty Act, nn net in
&f;isdd te extend as far as possible the
llctlen of the Federal Government
f, the philanthropic work of the .States',
have been taken In New imk te
It the act as an unwarranted invn-
the rights of the State. Governer
laa-addreu before the Htute.Uar
Mgarvarncd agtlBM the
-alifeW.Mtate te vluu for
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fX,
co-operation between the Federal nnd State
Governments as n mennce te the continued
Independence of the States.
A bill has just been Introduced In the
Legislature, with the approval of the Gov
erner, imprepriating $100,000 te the State
Department of Health for tint tise of the
division of maternity, infancy and child
hygiene en condition thnt no contribution
from the Federal Government Is received
under the terms of the Shcppard-Tewner
bill.
Senater Davenport, who Introduced the
bill, explained thnt the Federal Govern
ment, was within Its rights when If led the
way in legislation te develop Interstate
oenimerco and te build pest reads, but thnt
It nns doubtful whether It could constitu
tionally be se far ns te Interfere In the care
of dependent mothers.
But the women who hnve urged the Fed
eral appropriation insist thnt the work
should be done, and hnve been indifferent
te any possible constitutional restrictions en
the power of .Congress.
G. W.: ANOTHER PATRIOT
WHO HAD TO DIE TO LIVE
America's Habit of Giving Its Prophets
Over te Martyrdom Began With
the Celonies
TIME, which is impnrtial, nnd the evi
dence of events which never enn be
twisted in nnybed's favor, made of Wnsh-
Itietrtti llin tunnrli Ileum llinf lip is in AtnCr-
'lcnn history. It was net the esteem of his
contemporaries or the understanding of the
people who followed Immediately after them.
In his day G. W. was hated, suspected,
libeled by the politicians nnd advertised ns
n trnlter te his country. He moved te the
end of his official career in a storm of criti
cism generated out of fear, jealousy and
ignorance and the passionate enmity e
snobs. In the reaction of sentiment that
came a generation after his death AVash AVash
Ingten was misrepresented in ether ways.
He whs presented as a sleek embodiment of
all the small and rjnsy vlrtacs, ns n sort of
cotton-wool saint, In attitudes thnt would
have caused him spasms of nnusca if he had
been alive te read the early histories of his
time nnd work.
Washington wn. In fact, a two-fisted
man of unbending honor nnd limitless cour
age, who brought te the service of his coun
try n love of fair dcnling nnd n genius for
leadership combined with a slew, cumulative
hatred of nil injustice.
The memory of Washington, who rehired
after all his matchle service thanking Ged
for the opportunity of escape from the mean
conflicts of selfishness that raged around
him, may have sustained Lincoln in the days
when he, tee, was being called a wrecker
and a visionary. It may have comforted
Roosevelt when, enlv n few years age. the
folk who new make solemn pilgrimages te
his tomb were calling him an nnarchlst who
ought te be locked up. It should console
Wilsen.
Whether Jeu like it or net. It is necessary
te admit that such triumphs of free gov
ernment ns have been achieved in this coun
try hnve been due mainly te inspired leaders
rather than te the voluntary force of collec
tive opinion, and thnt the lenders are lucky
If In the end they ere net martyred In one
way or another for their pains.
It will be better te think of Washington
net ns n personage of celestial character,
such as that whieh moves In the honeyed
and inlslendiiig legends, but as a man sus
ceptible te all normal human emotions, whose
achievements wen. the nobler because they
represented work done In the usual doubt,
disappointments, sorrows and disillusion disillusien
ments. The British armies uetcr tried
Washington ns his own people tried him.
It Is fashionable te feel that all the
people in thl country nie alike in demo
cratic sympathies nnd similarly willing te
subordinate their own special Intel csts te
the essential interests of the majority. This
is a delusion. It was n delusion of the
patriots of the colonies. When Washing
ton nnd the remnants of his army were
starving ami freezlnj at Vallej Ferge, the
native Teries in this Ity were warring
among themselves for the privilege of enter
taining the officers of the enemy's army.
G. W. was no national here then. He
was viewed doubtfully and disliked because
he wns supposed te have made n sort if
international scene. He had made what the
snobs of these days called a sorry exhibi
tion of himself and the Celonies. lie was
in bad taste, if you get what thej- meant.
G. W. wns sustnined by , own courage,
his own pride, his own faith and his own
vision. There never wns a great man in the
sen lee. of nnv nnlien who didn't find him
self at some time similarly alone- and sim
ilarly undismayed and similarly without the
support of uninspired majorities.
Only die ery strong men who rni mere
for jiislice and for mankind than they care
for their own comfort or even their own
lives may dare te be pioneers of great new
causes in n democracy. Such men have te
travel far without company. After years,
when they are shown te have been wise mid
brave sort ants of the people, monuments are
built for them and we turn out te make
speeches which imply that we ourselves
somehow helped them en te triumpu.
Usually we de nothing of the sort. Tliore
are tee many of us who hate f.ie thought
of change or progress, tee many of us who
are comfortable enough as matters stand,
tee many of us who forget that time nnd
thinking go ei releutlessly no matter what
the individual may desire, and thnt these
who refuse te mine forward Intelligently
nnd bravely te fuee new responsibilities
crented In the pmeess of evolution wul hr
violently compelled, sooner or later, bv
forces outside themselves, te tnke second,
third or fourth nhiee In t be precession.
MAKING IT NATIONAL
THK election if (ireigc UVkrrsham
of New Yerk, and Albert I!. Urunki r'.
of Chit age, te membership in the ,cr, flf
Trustees of the Timei-sity of I'eniiMlvaiiin
marks the beginning of the end of the man
ngement of that gieat institution b. a .h.M .h.M .h.M
corperation. Mr. Wiekershiiin nnd Mr. Brunker were
nominated by the iiliimui and were elected
te the beard in accordance with an agree,
incut entered Inte some time nge that hem
nfter the vacancies en the beard should be
filled in that wnj. The new trustees arc
the choice of the nliiinu! scattered nil exer
the country, nnd net the ehuice of the hiuull
group of men who have constituted the self,
perpetuating beard in the past.
It Is noteworthy that they are net I'liila
delphlaiiH. The University in a national In.
stitutien. but it hns been malinger! in the
past with tee little recognition of this act
and It hns suffered accordingly,
Under the new policy an attempt will he
mde te enlist the active interest of all Us
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EVENING PUBLIC LEDGER P
friends, wherever they may live. The selec
tion of General Weed, who Is neither n
Pennsylvnnlnn nor a graduate of the Uni
versity, te prcslde ever It was due te the
feeling of mnny.ef the alumni that the tlme
had come te broaden Its appeal. Mr. Wick
crsham has a nntlon-wide reputation ns
former Attorney General, Mr. Brunker
wns one of the most active advocates of the
election of Oenernl Weed, nnd he Is one
of the most lejnl and enthusiastic of the
younger graduates. The participation of
tliese men In Its active lunnngciucnt will
bring n new spirit Inte the beard that every
ene hopes wllj be helpful In mnny ways. "
A LAWYERS' TRUST?
LACK of character rather 'than lack of
education is responsible for most of the
disrepute which nttnehes te lawyers. Seme
of the most brilliant young lawyers In Phila
delphia, ns well ns In every ether city, are
the most unscrupulous. Yet they arc grad
uates of colleges and lnw schools.
In spite of the fact that schools de net
give an unscrupulous man n fine sense of
honor, the American Bar Association hns
proposed n standard for admission te the
bar which requires graduation from a law
fcchoel after two years' preliminary study in
n college. It is seeking te get this standard
adopted in the different States.
A conference between delegates from the
State Bar Associations nnd the Bcctlen en
legal education of the national association
will be held In Washington en Thursdny
and Friday of this week te devlse ways te
bring nbeut the universal ncceptnnce of this
standard.
If they should succeed, then no one would
be nllewed te practice1 law who had net
spent two years In collcge nnd three years
In a law school. Every young man who
studied law In n lawyer's office would be
shut out, no mntter hew well he might be
qualified, and we should have n lawyers'
trust.
Of course, It Is important thnt no un
qualified man shall be nllewed te practice
lnw. But the qualification is what should
be stressed and net the way in which It
Is acquired. A man can lcaru te become
n lawyer in a law office just ns well ns in n
law school. In fact, some of the greatest
lawyers this country hns known wcre
trained In lnw offices by ether lawyers.
They learned tjic practice of the law by ac
tual contact with It. They participated In
the preparation of cases for trial long before
they went into court nnd they had the per
sonal instruction of great lawyers during
their preparatory years. And nfter they
were ndmittcd they held their own with the
graduates of the law schools.
The bar cannot be purged of its disrepu
table members by laying down ji hard and
fast rule that no one can be admit tetl te
practice law save through the deer of n law.
school. It can be cleansed by the determi
nation of the reputable lawyers te ask for
the disbarment of these unscrupulous jury
fixers nnd barratreus scoundrels who are n
disgrnce te humanity ns well as te an hon
orable and useful profession.
SHORT CUTS
It wns a gns bomb MacNider threw.
" !i'2 22 Teet - toot - toot - toot - tee !
'Rah for Geerge Washington!
Apecrjphnl stories of great men still
remind us thnt cherries will seen be ripe.
When Henry nnd Tem ilirt with green
backs they seem te argue themselves moss mess
backs. Mary Garden's poise Is proved by the
calm with which she reads the stuff written
about her.
Cheer up! The cltv'will yet be cleared
of x ice and cr-ime. A Negro bootblack has
been arrested for betting en horse races.
We venture the opinion that it Isn't
modesty thnt keeps Arthur .1. Balfour from
accepting n peerage. It Is n sense of litimer.
Sarah Bernhardt iccenily heard n jazx
band for the first time nnd applauded. Peer
Sarah! It probably is the beginning of
the end.
Lieutenant Governer Bcidletnnn says
the present, business system in Stnte de
partments rausei heavy losses. Nobody im
pugns ills epert knowledge.
dust because the .Health Department
hasn't listed 'em, ploate don't suppose for
n moment there are no cases of spring fever
leiind about this man's town
With the help of n Bermuda onion
Secretary Hughes may be tilde (e .summon
tears exer Senater Hitchcock's grief because
of unrecorded diplomatic conversations.
Bj the way she is peeking In en us we
fear Fnl-e Spring Is seriously thinking of
inviting the buds te come out and play se
thnt the waggish deg, Jack Frest, may nip
them.
Captain of steamship arriving In this
pert snjs lu threw thirty cases of bended
liquor owrbenrd when off the Delaware
Capes. Notable addition te Davy Jenes'
looker.
Samuel' Gempcrs urges that n step he
put te further lmnsiens of America by
British non-union actors. This will leave
us cold if nothing is done about the lec
tin ers.
Frem the number of branches we have
seen we arrive at the conclusion thnt what
little (icergle cut down with his lit t le
hatchet was net a berry tree, but a pussy pussy
wileow. The McCermlek kid's finuee Is new
fifty-seven instead of forty-eight. If she
doesn't hurry up he'll strilte thu sixty or
seventy mark and then grandpapa "will
tuicly' object.
"Kill an Englishman n day" is the
slogan of the Egyptians. Messy wnv of
doing business-. Why net compromise by
tating an apple n dav nnd thus keep away
old Den Consequences?
Financial note Mnthllde MeCnrmlck'n
fiance, v he opened at fort) -eight and rnsn
te fit t -seven, has new dropped te forty nnd
there is much Interested conjecture ns te
possible ( losing figures.
Slnti' College is conducting nn orgnn ergnn
l.cd war en rats. If It succeeds in ridding
itself of a pest which bus become n menace
te the town it will htive set an exnmple
worth following te the rct of the country.
When the twin plllnrs of the Natien
nre shattered by the vandals of privilege
it will comfort us nil te knew that .Senater
La Follette will be found beneath the
ruins still btrenueiihl talking, talking,
talking.
Frem the IV.vchialrlc Institute, Ward's
Island, comes a fresh oice crying the
ancient story that mencv is n gieat carrier
of disease germs. Filthy lucre; but, brave
men thnt we ure, vvc are iilwa.vs ready te
Hike a chiinee,
The Stale .Supreme Cem t refuses te
believe that thu suction of nn express train
would draw a man and an. automebllo te
it. Still when ene thinks of the men in
automobiles drawn te the fisIS eli, well,
this is an age of unbelief.
There Is strong suspicion thnt the gi
UUiim of SenateiH Hitchcock nnd Jehnsen
ever the absuueu of data concerning the
quadruple alliance. 1 due less te a genuiue
desire for information than te a inlselileveus
appetency for trouble-making-.
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AS ONE WOMAN SEES IT
Women Voters, a Little Puzzled at
First, Are Quietly Learning the
Political Game and. Mean te
Play It Hew the Fac
tion! Line Up ,
By SARAH D. LOWRIE
rpllKRE are certain opinions that poeplc
-L take second hand nnd maVe the fashion
temporarily by repeating them. They nre
like the present style of wearing galoshes,
conspicuous, but net practical.
One of these oft-quoted opinions is:
"Women have been very disappointing In
their influence, en politics."
Disappointing te whom? Net te the anti
suffrage workers surely, who always said
that women would net vote. Net te the
politicians, who did net wish them te vote.
Net te the League of Women Voters, which
entreated them net te give their great
prestige te any party without knowing just
what they wcre backing. Net te the reform
parties, who begged them te cut out the old
party system and patiently and after many
defeats help form a nuw party.
In fact, en all sides they heard advice
warning them te be careful. The Repub
licans urged that they vote a straight ticket
without cutting; the Democrats urged 1hnt
they vete a straight ticket without cutting;
'the reform parties urged that they cut In
telligently; the Socialist that they cut ruth
lessly; the League of Women Voters begged
them te henr all sides and then vete with
the best bide.
IN FACT, the text preached from was
"caution" nnd the sermon fell upon very
willing ears, for the women were willing
enough te have been laughed at for wanting
the vote nnd for trying te get It, but they
felt it a point of honor te be neither political
jokes nor political martyrs once they had the
franchise. They wished le be politically
powerful, and they knew thnt that would
take n long while nnd could net come nt
the first nor the second nor the third elec
tion. They 'were and nre content te feel
their wny, te learn the ropes, te btand nnd
observe, te cautiously acquire the necessary
data.
Se it enme nbeut thnt women who In the
disfranchised days were rather conspicuous
"runncrs-up" for the reform organizations
are no longer spending their political feel
ings lavishly In public. 43vcn te the most
experienced of them politically the situation
secma much mere complex and the factors
less comprehensible than when they were
vote-free.
If they had rushed in last autumn ns
they did for suffrage once upon a tlme they
would hnve bedn disappointing politically
they would have been very alarming. Thcv
might, have temporarily "done" for the ma"
chine, but they would have quite tragically
"done" for themselves.
Let no one suppese the new eters nre
standing still waiting for orders. They nie
drilling in little bquads all ever the country.
The"se little squads are training the leaders ;
eventually when the leaders are fullv devel
oped they will lend and net until then.
IITHAT happened In this city is perhaps
n ense in point. There were three
kinds of women that could be expected te
train for leaders the suffrage nnd reform
pnrty women, the War Committees nnd
Red Cress nnd Liberty Lean women, and
the ward lenders and division lenders' rela
tions nnd friends.
The suffrage women, mauy of them, wcre
absorbed by the League of Weman Voters,
the reform party women joined the Voters'
League, while the War Committee women,
mnny of them, were actually appointed te
positions of nominal importance in both the
Republican nnd Democratic machines.
Meanwhile the friends of the division nnd
ward lenders grew active and even assertive
ns having en the whole the best right
en the ground of being able te deliver the
goods te any political crumbs that fell from
the bosses' table.
By the end of the first yenr the net result
te all three types wns for the suffrage
workers nnd many of the reform party
workers n feeling that it wns best te get
Inte a real party without waiting for n new
one te be evolved ; for the War Committee
women, who were new pnrty committee
women, nominally nt nil events, that it wns
best te be less nominal ami mere effective
numerically, and for the women patterned
en the ward-boss type that It wns tlme thev
were recognized nominally as well as used
plneatingly.
Se by November of last jcar there loomed
three recognized groups of political women,
known best by the women about whom they
gathered for the purposes of organization.
THEHE wns the parly women group,
Democrats and Republicans. These
who were Republicans, yet neither for
Moere nor Vnre. Penrose nor Sproul, called
themselves non-factlennl Republicans. They
were net appointed, they held no office nom nem
innl or sub-resa under any factional
leader. Their desire wns te learn what
there was te lenrn in order te be political
factors In ii Republican Pnrty. national,
Stnte and county. Tliese women gathered
under the chairmanship of Mrs. Geerge
Lerlmer In what wns called the Republican
Weman's Club of Pennsylvania.
Then there was the Republican Slate
Tarty group under Mrs. Barclay War War
burten's leadership which comprised all the
vice chairmen of the counties of the Repub
lican State Committee. These women held
office nnd very high office in the Republican
Stnte Committee. They serve until No
vember, when they must stand for election
if they nre te serve for the next ,enr. They
sit en the S$nte Committee that considers
the nominees for the primary elections nnd
they have a vete in county party affairs and
n consequent leadership of a kind in the
State.
There wcre two local groups, one nom
inally recognized by the Republican machine
under Mrs. Dehsen Altcmus nnd the ether
actually recognized by the Republican ma
chine under Mrs. Harmen.
Mrs. Harmen had also n club which
proved effective in the Vnre wnrds and
which was nominally nt least a State club.
The name wns somewhat like the nnme of
the one of which Mrs. Lerlmer was chair
man nnd It was presumed, therefore, thnt
it must be war te the knlfe between
them, u belief Mrs. Harmen seems te have
festered for some reason, perhaps under a
mistaken notion thnt the mere general He.
publican organization was designed te rival
her purely A'nro-mnchlne club. But ns the
mero general Republlenu organization Is te
educate the voter and te work for n progres
sively intelligent, rather than fnetlennl or
local, propaganda Its whole scheme of organ
ization is quite different from the ward
ergnnlatinn of the club that .Mrs. Hnrmen
hns se ably nnd efficiently wielded for the
Yare interests. Ne doubt the two drgnnlzn drgnnlzn
IIeiih will work without friction since their
activities are different.
A
S THINGS stand new among the ma ma
ehlne Republicans Mrs. Harmen u i,
ss
Vnre candidate for county Republican Uee
chnlrmnn nt the coming election in Phila
delphia. The group of women known as the
County Committee under Mrs. Dehsen Al
tenuis, having worked against the Vares
In the last election, will net continue ns
such, Mrs. Altemus net being nllewed le
succeed herself.
On the State Committee, however, If Mrs.
Wnrburten decides te inn for election for
the State vice rlinlniiiiiishlp te succeed her
self she Is likely te be elected. She has
grown gieally in her position and has the
trust of many women who are net factional
ns well as the respect of the factlenul
crowd. Mere women would unite te trust
her than any ether Republican woman in
the Htnte.
Meanwhile in the pilmnry elections this
spring thev will net be a great swooning
unuinn h movement that will mnrk their
political power. They will still work for
miner office, nnd accept an Inconspicuous
role, but they will net be less grevvlngly
powerful for thnt. They are lcainlnc the
game, they mean te play It and it is their
Intention te play it fairly, but te lake no
thaaci.
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Daily Talks With Thinking Philadelphia en Subjects They
Knetv Best
BERNARD J. NEWMAN
On the Heusing Situation
THE remedy for the beusing situation
which exists in Philadelphia is mero
building nnd n standardization of building
materials and methods, according te Bernard
J. Newman, managing director of the Phil
adelphia Heusing Absoclatien.
"There still Is a decided shortage of
houses in Philadelphia"." said Mr. Newman,
"nnd It is having n bad effect upon economic
conditions here. Te some extent, it is driv
ing away the classes of skilled mechnnlcs
which have done se much te mnke the city
what it is industrially. Marty have gene
or are going te ether cities, with a gain te
these cities nnd a less te us.
"But this Is net the only disadvantageous
fonture of the shortage of houses. The
deubllng-up of families In ene house is per
haps even worse, because It results In an
unavoidable lowering of living idcnls nnd'
conditions.
"Yeung couples who have married arc
forced cither te live with the parents of one
of them or te take three or four rooms in a
building converted into npartments.
An Undesirable Condition
"By doing this they naturally take no
Interest in their home or, what is equally
Important, in their neighborhood. They nre
driven te leek for their pleasures outside
of the home. Thin Is net only nil added
expense, but It nlse brings nbeut unstable
conditions. Much of the restlessness of the
present -day results, I am certain, from se
ninny families nnd young couples having no
real sense of placement in their homes.
"Living in rooms, ns se many have, been
compelled te de, these persons nre net in
terested in their neighborhood, ns is the case
when they have n house. In the latter case
they have something which represents their
own property, no matter hew little has been
paid en it or hew small or unpretentious it
Is. It is their own nnd they take pnins te
see thnt the neighborhood is protected. As
n result they arc better citizens than when
these conditions nre lacking.
"These conditions automatically increnhe
rents te the piehlbitive point, se far as the
citizen of nvornge means is concerned. If
the shertnge of houses is se grent thnt sev
eral families are trying te obtain one house,
the owner will naturally see te it that the
vent is lnlscd te a point which Is highly
profitable te himself. Net only the rents,
but the sale prices go up also te the point
where the jeung couple feel thnt It Is iu
advisabin from nn economic point of view
te tin up se heavy an investment ns is de
mnuded in n house.
Scientific Adjustment Needed
"The building of a large number of small
houses, which were sold nt a reasonable
price, has played a considerable part in the
development of Philadelphia as n great
American city. But we bhall net get back
te the conditions which made this possible
unless we go about it scientifically.
"The principal remedy is, of course, mero
building, nnd we should have cneh year n
sufficient number of new houses te tnke care
of the normal fluctuation In population thnt
comes ns n part of the working conditions
in the various parts of the city.
"What is needed abeve all is a standard
ization of building materials. Here Is the
gieatest wastn today In the construction of
houses. Fer example, nn nrchitect will plan
n heuse with windows nnd doers of different
lizes for the artistic effect "vhieh he gnlns
thereby. But tills menus thnt each window
nnd each deer has te be made separately nnd
made during the busy season and net during
the Idlu time.
Adds Much id Cost
"This, of course, is all right, if financial
conditions warrant, but It adds greatly te
the cost of the houses and this cost must be
paid bv the buyer, or by the tenant in case
of rented houses. There bheiild be a legal legal
ized standard for nil heuse-bulldlng ma
terials. Anether point of expense lies in the
fact that the builders are frequently asked
te build two-story houses meant net te carry
n two-story weight, but te maintain n three
or four-story weight and stress.
"The. Builders' Exchange or Philadelphia
enn contribute much te the reduction of ihti
cost of building If It will function as n
body eager te contribute something toward
alleviating the present situation. Many of
it.. i.it..M.ml tiulMartt are enllirpil in I
I their materials In small lets and, therefore,
bare te pay. higher prices than If they bought
in larcittlitUlM, The, exchange might
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XUU DUIN'T KJriiAtC FKUlJL
readily arrange for orders at carload prices
and distribute the mnterials ns the needs for
them arise.
"There Is also the mistaken idea that the
small wage-earning, group, which furnishes
the bnckbone of the market for the entailer
houses, can only be induced te purchnse
houses which have hardwood floors, tiled
bathrooms, closets with glass doers and ether
slmllnr fittings. The contractors who build
the smaller houses must get away from this
idea and build their houses with nil the
modern conveniences, but without the lnx lnx
urieusness and the additional expense which
these things make necessary. They will cell
just as readily.-
The Market Large
"There is n market today in Philadelphia
for every house which can be built te sell
at from 53000 te $5.-00. If geed buildings
could be constructed te:sell for less, it would
ngaln bring the investment owner into the
market. But houses will never be built te
sell for sums like these until n standard
ization of building methods and material is
brought nbeut.
"If there was a real building boom In
Philadelphia today, the Inber supply, espe
cially in the skilled trades, would be se
short that the men who have the ability te
de this work well would be able te command
exorbitant wages. This is largely for the
reason thnt the apprentice system hns fnllen
off. nnd there is net sufficient supply of
skilled workers coming from the trades In
which they nre working. The construction
Interests must face this situation, which Is n
serious one.
"There is only one way in which it enn
be done and that Is by the adoption of n
program providing for the training of ap
prentices. The former apprentices have
either geno into ether work, enticed by the
high rewards given te partly skilled labor
during the war years nnd the period Imme
diately following, or they hnve become! full
fledged workmen. But In any event, there
has been no serious effort made by any one
te recruit workers for the building trades,
The fclly's Annual Needs
"The estimate which hns been mndc of
0000 new houses each jear te take enre of
the normal incrense In the population, both
by births and the house demand created by
marriages, is, in my mind, tee low. I
should say that 7.100 new houses a car come
closer te it. There nre between 14,000 and
17,000 marriages In the city every year nnd
the normal incrcose In population is about
.'10.000. At present we are short, about 20,
000 houses te take care of the population.
"The tlme for construction is ripe new.
There is n lessening of the 'buyers' strike.'
Commercial builders should be eneniiruged te
get their plans ready and take advantage
of the present market for materials und
labor.
"A comprehensive program for reducing
building costs might be stimulated by en
couraging labor unions te Increase the num
ber of apprentices; by encouraging the city
te fester trade schools nnd direct pupils Te
such study; by group bu.ving of materials
te get the benefit of ledueed prices for large
orders, and by the standardization of mn
terials. plans nnd parts te secuie lower
costs through nll-thc-ycar-reund manufac
ture of windows, deer frames, doers nnd
slmllnr unltR of construction.
"This Is the quickest and most effective
wny te obtain relief at once from the house
shertnge, which Is working te the mnnifest
disadvantage of Philadelphia."
Karl Ceeley, acting
A Herse en Governer of Colerado,
Somebody has pardoned a mail
convicted in KI07 0f
hersc-btcallug, declaring thnt he. had net
been properly defended. Ceeley, then u
young nnd inexperienced lawyer, hnd been
the man's counsel. After fifteen years in
the pen the victim's opinion of the confes
sion ought te be Interesting,
The American Bar Association meets
In Washington this week te discuss the
adoption of mere stringent qualifications f0r
admission te the bar. There Is danger that
It will de ten much rather thnn tee little.
May the shade of Abrnhnm Lincoln be en
hand te give the conferees guidance.
If Jehn D. has his way and Oscr Is
naturalized before he is married, the enter-
pl!fl5,.i.,P9rtT? V !' the nws for
which the world pants; they may discover
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HUMANISMS
By WILLIAM ATHERTON DU PCY
ADMIRAL CAUY GRAYSON, phyilelu
te Woodrew Wilsen, tells this one en
himself.
He was up in Virginia net long age, rid
ing along through thc-hills en bis horse.
He observed a wraith of smoke curling
from the mountainside as a Illy unfolds iti
bloom.
"Yonder," he queth, talking te himself,
as n philosopher la like te de In such soli
tudes, "is the habitat of ye moenshiner. I .
will repair me thereto and quaff of his all all
filiatien of cheer." I
Whereupon he called a cnild by the royi reyi
side, gave the bridle reins into his keepluif,
crossed his palm with a modest coin and kit!
forth. "
He took the direction of the spireisi
smoke. Noting which, the urchin, wke .
tethered his steed, called after him.
"Mister." said the boy. "what shall I
de with the herse If yetl don't come btck?"
Considering which, and the unrcadlne of
this immature youth fdr the assumption of
responsibility, the admiral doctor turned him
about and continued his journey, his thirst
no whit nbated.
The Princess Julia Cantacuzene, Russian
refugee, wns born at IC00 Pennsylvania ave
nue, Washington, D. C, the present ad
dress of Warren G. Harding.
Ulysses S. Grant then lived there, and thi
Princess was the daughter of bis son.
When she told Mr. Herding this the ethtr
day he Insisted thnt she had prier rights
and the house was hers.
Oddly, in soliciting Russian refugee re
lief, she occupies an office in an old build
ing n block away In which sat her grand
father when he was Secretary of War,
Dr. Alexander Graham Bell was, some
thing mere thnn fifty yenrs age, best man
at the wedding of Sir James Murray, editor
of the grent Oxford Dictionary.
Dr. Murray had learned contributors
from nil ever the world te this monumental
work. There was one man. n Dr. White,
who wrote se at tract Ingly as te arouse tne
editor's curiosity. fle sent a letter asking
Dr. White te visit him. He received one in
return which said that this would be quite
impossible, but Dr. White would be glsd te
sec Dr. Murray at a given address. The edi
tor went nnd found his star contributor te
be nn lnmate of an Insane asylum.
What De Yeu' Knew?
QUIZ
Name the author of "The Cemplest
Angler."
What Is the elegiac meter?
Who Is the Premier of Canada?
What Is the nickname of Maine?
Who is the conductor of the Chicago
Symphony Orchestra?
What Is a bibliophile?
What are the Hymenoptera?
What Instruments compeso a string
quartet?
What Ib a baton?
What Is the capital of Soviet ItusslsT
Answers te Yesterday's Quit
1. Sir Herace Plunkett Is a distinguished
Irish publicist and agriculturist, who
has been active In the co-eperntlv
movement ns a means, of econemjo
restoration of Ireland. In politics n
Is k Dominion Heme Ruler, opposed te
separation both of Ireland freni tne
British Kmplre and of Ulster from
Ireland. He has been for mnny yesrs
Interested in ranching In the United
States.
2. "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" was written
by Rebert Leuis Stevenson.
3. "The Wizard of the North" was a name
npplled te Sir Walter Scott at tn
height of his fame ns the author or
the "Waverley Nevels."
4. A cenotaph Is an empty tomb or menu
ment erected aa a memorial of a Pr
son who Is burled elsewhere. .
6. Bebert Bridges Is the poet laureate or
Knglnnd. ,
C. "Swaraj" la an Indian policy, meaning
lrtually the same as "home rule.
.comes from Hindustani words meaning
"hell" and "regnaney" rr se-ve
ment." The words ere cognate te tns
Latin "suus" and "regnum."
7. Three noted pirates: Morgan, the Buy
enneer; LafUte. the Tlrate of theuuu.
nnd Captain Kldd. ...,
8. "Fortissimo" In musle means the
loudest sounds producible. . ,
9. "La Travlata" wna composed by uiu
Heppu Verdi. Thu libretto was dra;n
from the younger Dumas' "Camiue.
10. "Urumrnagem" meuns cheap, tawdrjr '
lk!t,.tlln.ls nn.llitlllii.il. I., rlAllOU "
small manufactured articles, such ', I
hardware and Jewelry. The term '.l
corrupt pronunciation of.,Blrmle"Stfci'l
cngiana, wnere at one time vasi si-r
llfla fif nhanlu m-lAAjl anil merClfr
"Ui ar,lc', ranucture.
ittus articles were manufactured. J
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