Wfr' v AVVfc I i :?', BBHHKn OT AHyVWVHliV' " c -ik l . ' J2nwiiirn-HB ' v. i HHREWflWW r..,.fyLlMfjX!""Mi'Y T RWi'-wv n - t mja-y V . . icniira wugut wcuuei; K'V,V .,t,e ,;rr, ,rt4Vv r ' " cna'8 h. k. cuims. rtcsitirsT W fl"-Min C, Mnrlln, Vice rrfstdrnt and Tr?aurr: S-.CMr1aa A. Tylr. Secretary: OhRr'e II. I.udln., i.'VWi". PhlP . Cellins. Jehn H. Wllllfttni. Jehn J. , VCTJWOTWeen, Qeerffe 1 Oeldmlli, David B. Smllay, hbffMj'AVID K. SMILEY Editor tS'W -JOHN C. MARTIN. ...General nuaineaa Manager ru'4'V qpubllihed dally at Prtue Lcdeb Bulldlns ' - fhrlanffnrt-nrwi Uniiar thl!ltritnhlA ttk r Atlantic Cm rrttt-Vnien Building IJ Knw Yedk 304 Madlaen Ave. ' DrrtDlT 701 Ferd llulldlnc tft Ct. Letus ......... 013 Otobe-Democrat Ilulldlnt L-. rmninn .tan? T-WtHin TlntMlnv IV . Ni:va minnAtJS! '!,, 'WiintNOTe.s Ecann, ;' Nlr TeK t)citlAU.........'..,ThH Sun Itulldin ?V, Loi.ten Dcnr-ic Trafalgar HulMInx J " T HUHSCHUTION TKIUIH Vil ' inv fevsniTie rcaiac l.kdees is wrvpu 10 iud h. aerlbera in Philadelphia and aurreundlnr tonne .VvL -.' ID tne carrier. S&fXc.' lly malt te te!nt eutild of I'hlUdelehla In J"7 ' HIO 1H.C W. V'C1C 1J MHt. fr . "Vlt 'WjawD 13S ' '' United States, Canada, or I'nlted ftate le- !Wii. eeaiene, postage irea. niiy vaui nmi per menin. 9'' t ' ((1) dollars per ear, psab!e in advance. t . 'Te all ferelan countries one (11) dollar a month. mietics auDscneera witnins adures cnangea (Miat slve old as well as netv addreis a' Sift t 4uvi iiii vi r ittktnvr tliv Hftt I7wtd.rj all rommunfrniieiu te Mrelnp ruMle S 1 ,t?An t mtrt r,ir1us C,. I lif Mf4Inl irt Member of the Associated Preu ' THE A8SOCTATED MESS is rrcluJli-rfy en titled te the use for republication of all neu tlsvatches credited te it or net ethrrwlse credited tW paper and alie the local nru'J published inerein, All rnht rf rnuhf.ratJAn nf .tncMdl diseatcham ' ' ere(n are ale reverted . 1 I'hllidrlplili. Thiirdir, Mirth e. p:; WECLEIN'S WELCOME WORDS RICHAUl) WEGI-niX, presldenr e Council, lins cenin baek fi-em Flerida with the rlglit fccllnc toward tlie WM (uir. He mys tbnt "no rnnttur what site is cheeii, it will have the loyal "iippert of Ceunr-ll " This Is rcfrcshini;. In !rv et' what femc of the Ceuncllmpn hae bcrn sajint:. Wh"n n ilt has beeu selected by the unntitinmis agreement of expert? that matter heuld be jfjtarded as settled and attention iheuld be .turned toward Its development. If the fair is te succeed it must have the backing of all official find unofficial Vhll.i - delphia. There may be diPtiMen of the preliminaries, but when an authoritative de cision has been made then the heldinp of Inquests becomes n waste of energy nml time that ought te be devoted te mere profitable ueM, CHAOS IN WASHINGTON IT IS being whi-pcred that Senater Iluiau, fiercest enenn nf the Four-I'ewcr Treaty, hai beeu cenierrlng nnd receiving fresh iusplr.itien from Mr Wilten. If this i true 1 means a union of Interest between the most lotispieueus opponent of the Ver sailles Treat nnd the man who fought for that treat till he fell. If means mere even than that. It meant co-operation between the me't progressive Democrat and the most backward Itepublicjiii. Such manifestations of hifting sentiment no longer nttenlsh Washington, though they bring chills te the people whose fortunes depend upon the rigldlt of party lines nnd tin- principle et party lejultj As Mr. Gilbert suggested in his di-patch from he Capitel ji-terduy, party leadership in Con Cen dress is net the eay business that it used te be. Democrats and Republican- alike tire breaking out of their party lines, fra ternizing In odd wnjs and uctually laughing nt the eruek of the whip They no longer take orders from fleer leaders. The Repub licans have refused te take orders een from the President ou mere than one occa-ieu. j -What we are witues-ing here is the ub ub stitutieu in -Congress of economic principle .et fejlf-interest for guiding political legend. That is what the farm bloc means and it ! what the various cllijue and lobbies mean. Unt discipline of thought is as neecs-ary in j Congress as it is nnj where elte And if the , politicians are te engage meiely in a wild (.ramble after the rebellion against old fashioned party rule, instead of formulating a new and tolerable philosophy of political action, the country will net be better off than It was before. It will be worse off than it was under the old arrangement. VOLUNTEER DRY 'AGENTS SANCTION bv Prohibition Commissioner Ilnynes of the velutin cr movement te nid prohibition enforcement in this Stnte marks the beginning of n new phas' of the Velstead experiment Director Davis has announced his intuition te co-operate te the fullest possible etent with the new Lew Enforcement L'ague, and, what is mere, te de all thai lies in his power n entourage the growth of the n nvemeii' which the League represent;. This means the establishment of a sort of volunteer dr police It implicit an admis sion by representatives of the Federal en forcement -js-teni that the mm finding fhemsilis limbic ( mpe alone with the situation wlii'li tne Velstead !iv has treated. It has bi-iii leai nom tin beginning that the geeriiiui niul ngtw ies unaided cannot enforce the drj U euull or effectually. Congress cnaueii tin VeNttud law, but made no ndtriuatc iipropriatletis for Its en forcement An Hi i' hi drj police ( nuuut be maintained without isth mucn-cd appro priations. Wllill M'luilleei i Mil de 'ii lessen the abuses and siuluk , f tj,.. luiier situa tion remains te hi m i . THE GHOST HUNTERS FA : AH 111J.M b.li 1l,'i ii ! ul .tin -f etU'V mind there is it -i u.r ticlief in ghosts. Ften the i-ulili st Moedul realist will be dUpe.cd te Itir.e a Jight burning when lie gees te bed aft i one of these, eve nings in which the talk turns te super natural things un J come one or ether starts a series of gliewt stories with one of theso familiar narritlves f.f iidw-ntun "in a strange farmhouse" where bleed-curdling things happened in the middle of a lonely night. " As almost even one beefs dimly in ghosts, se almost everjhmh has sP(.n one, or bemethtng that looked llk one t home timu or ether. That is whv the country will fellow with Intense interest the nd- venturts of Dr 1'riin.e m Vmigenlsh.'where he has gene te see If he tan find n ghost that will talk te him and tell its ruil mime Dr Piincc, hardened b w letiec. doesn't nxpect te meet his ghost. Yci it s doubtful Whether he has uctuull abandoned hope of n scrimmage with n real specter Fer the thought of ghosts nnd n eiuer fear of them i as old as the ra c It comes down te us like the i-Iiape of our thumbs and the es- .rrntlul glands. It btau In th dim past, unions tlie originals if the nice, In their fqrests, in their loneliness ami their dread. 'lihd it continues te reveal mankind Ktill nwed, for all Its glib self-assertion, in the presence of the nijbterles of life and death. Ijf. is net the reasoning faculties that te- .sneiid when beiuu one lu a unlet iulenal jL? begins te talk of mntifylng things seen or .'jy. liaaril In cloemy places or of sounds thnt ij; .- . t ... ... it. ....... i. ,i... ,i..i,... .... .. .... f -rVWUlstl IU IUIIIV WllsiiiM' tM- Mill nut m III illl ilfstafamlHar nlace from the ether hide of the BttF'kfave. It is prlmlthe instinct that brings raSf "''ft0 thrills te the back of our neck, the fWtt 'sDO et n lear iiini wiueis me, uiuri et une ui v-?f'?yeur earliest ancestors in the ilajs when I? -. ' .... worn (nut lielnnlni? te weniler .nnil In ,MM . w J ' ......... c -. ....... . knew what fear was. There nre, of course, the folk who believe .... .I...I. rt.ul i.imIh tin k.t.r.it if fluili f.viru rWtMt. llf fliuaia illlll Ninni , ........ "&T ' 'Only thoughtless people will venture, te ills .M' kre flatly with them, tdnce no one knows WUBfllv tuvrti uis ijuvctc. w iiv ..v w a rmm v..P S''1LL w JV A.r JV r fEyj this troubled and isolated planet Is a flash of time between eons, nn experience with forces that the luimnn mind cannot com prehend, nn earthly flight of consciousness thnt nmi . Mr nil you knew, have n futur'c as long or longer than its past. The Antlgenlsh ghost, hew ever, An net of the met convincing sort. If there are ghosts they exist in a dimension of matter nil their own. Therefore they couldn't rlnp bells if they wanted te or move cattle from one set of stalls te another or plait the horses' tails. Neither would they start such fires as have troubled nnd frightened the former residents In the house where I'rofesser I'rince is cnrrylng en his Investi gations. The belief in the resien of Antigenlsh. that radio waves of high power may be in geme ways responsible for the unennny disturb ances in the Antlgenlsh farmhouse opens a Held of speculation as interesting nsthat of ghost lore. Wireless Is becoming common place. It is giidllng the earth with free electric current. If It is possible for high powered radio stations te stnrt small fires In distant places n new problem is presented te these who are new setting about te map out a course of action for future police of the air. THE 4-POWER TREATY IS VITAL TO WORLD RECONSTRUCTION Senater Ledge's Admirable Defense of Its Meaning Is Justified In the Lucid Text of a Momentous Instrument THE breadth of Iew necessary te a proper appralfrfl of the Four-Power Pacific Treaty and renunciation of partisanship in cstimutlng its worth are precisely what were lacking In much of the consideration of the T.euguc-of-Xntiens covenant. It is n historical fact that the merits of that program were obscured in n political controversy of exceptional Intensity. Neither party, however, was fault free. The ob duracy of Mr. Wllen and the unreasonable ness -of certain opposition Senators were nllkt destructive. The effect of the storm upon what may be termed the morale of statesmanship has been unhealthy. There nre Democratic legisla tors whes, present ambition is obviously te tquare accounts with their opponents, who lu the whirligig of circumstnnce have be come spokesmen for a policy of international reconstruction. Thcre nre Republicans whose enthusiasm for u course of co-operation with foreign nntiens may perhaps be ascribed te the weikings of party sentiment. Hut te dwell only uponrncenslstcnelcs in the existing political alignments in Wash ington is te aggravate a situation which the public n a whole heartllv wishes te sec ended. An lienett estimate of the meaning and pretensions of the arbitral nrrangement among the United States, Great Ilrltaln nnd Japan cannot be made by raking up bitter memories. As in the cac of- the league covenant, this new contract war rants only such criticism as Is untainted bj the breath of factionalism. Henry Cabet Ledge stated the simple trutli lu reminding his associates In the Senate yesterday that in the Washington .Conference the shadow of polities or of per per henal feeling never rested for a moment. The tangible results of that conclave en tirely support this view . The set of interdependent treaties nfire sents a brilliant practical achievement in the adjustment of formidable International prob lems. The base of the btmcture is the feur-KTwer pact, which extinguishes the Angle-Japanese alliance, confirms national -,ulms nm, fiw th(J elltIlncs of ttrbltral machinery for settling future questions in the Pacific. Te minds net corrupted by shallow ob structionism or infatuated partisanship, the text cannot he else than transcendently clear. It means precisely what It says. It Is n pledge of harmonious accord, nt least up te the point of conference. It Is net an alliance. It acknowledges the manly obligation et each of Its parties te respect the rights of the ether In insular posses sions. The confusion which for a time existed concerning the application of the agreement te Japan, wholly nn island empire, has been categorically cleared up In the supplemental tienty distinguishing between "insular pos pes sesMiins" nnd "Insular dominions." There is no loophole for rational mi&understnndlng. Mr Ledge's views regarding International adjustments have net always coincided with these of this newspaper. Hut the disparity passes in his advocacy of the Four-I'ewcr Treaty as an instrument of true progress and a stimulating safeguard of honorable peace. The abrogation of the Angle-Japanese alliance in in itself an accomplishment of the .first magnitude. Its removal, asserts tin- Senater from Massachusetts, "created the situation in which it was possible te bring about an agreement for the reduction of nnval armaments." This reasoning Is unimpeachable. The burden of naval preparations for w-nr, the menace of conflict ever Pacific problems cannot be lifted, nor can justice for China be secured, as fore'hndewed in the Nine I'pwer Treat. unlesj tbe quadruple com pact Is ratified. Mr Ledge's eiplunatery address te the Senate Is utterly exempt from strained im plications or hypotheses net flatly supported bv the brief teit of n momentous treaty. Equally fiee from equivocation is the President s reply te Senater Berah's reso lution calling for n declaration of the stntus of the I.anslug-Ishli agreement In the Orient That much-questioned arrange nient is. indeed, u bubject apart from any tit alt with in the pact of the four major nations It Is the Nine-Power Treaty, te be presented later, which, as Mr. Harding points out. superstdes nnd hence obliterates one et the numerous disturbers of Mr. Berah's peace of mind. The worst that can he ai(l of the four Power eomentien is thut it is u treaty. That in itself inu serve te inflame some of the most ignoble traditions of the Senate. But the intrinsic value of the pact is un affected. Rejection "f ' vhivh notwithstanding lniith political red-liie seems unlikely, would mean a return te International chnes and, lu Mr. Ledge's words, te "suspicions which develop into hatreds" und te "hatreds which develop into wnrs." Hv the passage of the treaty t,hn Senate 1 i will net only at last display u eense of responsibilities, but wU tear a stately pillar of n new elder of world progress. WHY CRIME INCREASES WHATEVER any one else may think about It, one of the great surety com panies is convinced that there has been an increase in crime within the last year. Its annual report glret iwt- te prev IKsSiP! WiiSA , ? ?&T'n7H rav pi ILEDGBJ it. In 1020 enfy 28li burglary claims wert presented for payment, while last year there were 34S7, an Increase of mere than CO per cent. The company was called upon te make geed en 15,000 defaults by men whom it had bended and the amount which It paid en depository bend claims totaled ns much as It received in premiums en this kind of business. The increase of crime is due, according te the theory of this company, te the unwilling ness of men te give up the extravagant habits which they formed during the period of the war, te the use of drugs nnd te un employment. The drugs are probably responsible for the greater activity of the habltunl crimi nals, but unemployment and extrnvagant habits arc leading men into crime who have hitherto net come in contact with the crimi nal laws. With a decrease of unemployment, crime arising from that cause is likely te fall off, and as we get farther from the war era the extravagant habits will have te be abandoned and there will be fewer moral weaklings tempted te dishonesty in order te keep up the old scale of expenditures. But no one can tell what will reduce the ac tivity of the habitual criminals. A mere rigid enforcement of the law might help, but the drug-crezed criminal Is no mere deterred by fear of the law than n drink crazed criminal used te be. VARE'S BOOM FOR MACKEY- WOMEN who have net been accustomed te Interpreting the political news nre likely te draw incorrect Inferences from the pronouncements of tne political leauers. They will learn in time that there is strategy In politics as well as In chess and In war, and they will discover that what appears te be an ultimatum or n deflnite declaration in favor of the nomination of this man or that Is merely a move in, the game. 'Pnk-r. for mirneses of illustration, Sena- vter Verc's talk ubeut Harry A. Mackey and the governorship. The iinsepnisticatca would be likely te infer from it that the Senater is Irrevocably committed te the support of Mackey, when as n matter of fact the thing In which he is chiefly Inter ested is the piescrvatien of his standing as a State leader. .... Without any doubt he would be delighted with the nomination of Mackey, because then lie would have a Governer of his own and could play politics en a broader stage than that en which he new makes his exits and his entrances. Mackey is a wnrd poli tician whose personal political influence docs net extend far beyond his ward boundaries. He was an expert damnge law jer before he became chairman of the Work man's Compensation Heard, and he has been en the whole a Mitisfactery chairman. Senater Vnre is nware of the weakness as well as the strength of Mackey, but Mackey is strong cnough'te serve Ills purpeees. Senater Vnre can hardly expect Mackey te be accepted by the ether leaders as the organization candidate. He Is tee well aware of conditions for thnt. He knows that the last two Gocrners hnvc come from this end of the State and that it is regarded as politically expedient te select the candi date this jcar from the Central or Western districts. Hut when the leaders get to gether te cheese the man who Is te hnvc their support in the primaries Senater nre expects te be consulted. He will tell them that Mackey ought te be named, nnd they will explain te him that the eastern part of the State has had the Governer long ,,i. nml thnt the nomination ought te go te buch nnd such a man from Pittsburgh or Fuch, another man from Indiana or.Verk County. After making n show of objection which will deceive no one, the Senater is likely te &ny t-emcthlng like this: "Of the men jeu nnrac se and se stems. te me te be the best and 1 am willing te support him. Then uftei- the man is nominated the K.iinuii- will see te it that he knows that he agreed te bis selection, and after he is elected the Senater will proceed te collect for his support by getting appointments for his friends te State positions nnd by get ting executive approval for bills thnt he sponsors. . ' Till" is the way the game 19 played net only bv the Scnnter, but by all the ether leaders". They de net admit it te one nn nn ethcr, but they ull knew what they are after and no one is deceived save these who have net troubled themselves te fellow the course of events. The same rules apply In the national arena. The favorite bens pep up In the national party conventions as pawns In the struggle for power. When the vete for a favorite son is thrown te n candidate who can be nominated bis supporters always demand something in return. They get a Cabinet appointment or a diplomatic office or a bureau neauMiiy, c" v ;--te be consulted en all appointments te Fed eral office within their State. If this is a cynical view of the matter, then a recognition of the facts is cynical. It is disirable, however, that the Inex perienced women voters who aie beginning te take an interest in politics should knew, what gees en beneath the surface se that they may be able te understand the signifi cance of what is talked about In the open. l -.ii.in nn eii tiu ri n rivi i. New Yerk Supreme Court has ruled that the right te wear silk htecklngs isn't worth Blind Down en This Bank SHOOO. A woman who wanted te sue for that amount because of a scar en her leg bus been told te stick te the lower court, ...i.- i.e first Men was for S.ine. The justices are pcrhnps of the opinion that woman shouldn't show 'ein. Vnd. as a consequence, the Lisle Bank must be satis fied with a btnaller deposit As a lesult of several Debbin te Blame cases of anthrax having been traced te shriving, Congress has been asked te enact n lnw pro hibiting the Importation of shaving brushes mude of horsehair and forbidding their ship ment in interstate cemmerte. After which these who iiiBist upon taking a chnnce may urge their State Legislatures te protect a home industry. Rulpreelty with the Gheaud Tdlte i'nlted States is one of J the issues, facing the Canadian Parliament, which opens today, and the result Is of interest te Atnerltans. We can gle as geed as we get; what has caused hesitation in the past has hi en the question whether we could g't hh geed as we give. In our own States, we nnswired the question sitisfacterlly long uku Let It once be conceded that ligsliter elected under the primary HjHtem arc Inferior intellectually te these formerly eh cud under tlie boss or (oneiitien sjMem ami the fait is at onto triumphantly established that at last wc liave a truly leprescntntive govern ment. The action of the Lackawanna courts in reiuslng all liquor licenses In the county should displease neither "wets" nor "drys." The issue is net whether prohibition Is geed or bad, but whether the law shall be en forced or inane u rnecnery. The allegation that Woodrew Wilsen' is back of the opposition te the Kour Keur iimi' Tieatv Is perhaps designed te prove tluit the former President continues te be unfortunate In his choice of associates Tim worst vet." savs Sceretaiy Mellen of the latest bonus plan. The "yet" saves gin!.'10 Webe faitn' Tn-M;:'Fer'dney;The worst ! ret t ). ai m .ii.:w:' van SHORT CVTS Every tfme Lloyd Geerge Is burapcd.hc bounces. It may net nlways be soft for' the hard coal men. " Twe spring attacks: carpet tacks. Income tax and Benus Congressmen new ship their perk in hogsheads. Fruit growers find present March days frosty but kindly. Net nil who are fend of music are will ing te pny the piper. The frozen credit feature of .the Benus Bill practically putB it en ice. It will be only a skeleton army and navy if the ghost refuses te walk. Age cannot wither nor custom stnl the Infinite variety of March weather. ' " The only thing the attorney for the defense wants te hang la the jury. The Mayer's trouble is that he has mero friends than he "knows what te de with. . "n'ml" said the prospectlve recipient of the Pawnbroker Benus. "Three bnlls and out." The one objection te a bonus sales tax is that it would be perfectly geed . tax wasted. The Capitel Hill and Vnre Combines may yet dispose of each ether Kilkenny cat fashion. The United States Senate continues te juggle with a sword, a bladder and the peace of the world. If Republicans don't clean house in Hnrrlsburg there is possibility that some body else will de it for them. i Ireland wants the next Olympic games. Fincl And ns a preliminary let the fields be cleared in Limerick nnd Belfast. Dr. Prince is desperately afraid he will be cold in the haunted house in Antlgenlsh, Here's hoping the. ghosts will make it warm' for him. When the Belfast women tore down the j Irish Free State flag it was perhaps their, idea that they thus proved .Jthelr fitness for self-government. It is authoritatively announced that Enmen de Vnlera has declined the title efi Knight Cemmnnder of Michael (Cellins) and (Lloyd) Geerge. "When this bucket-shop gate falls down and kills somebody," ruminates the District Attorney, "somebody else Is liable te come along and hang it." Fordney says party lines will disappear when the bonus comes up for consideration. Te give way te lines "of worry perhaps; a few lines from home. The Delaware peach crop has net yet begun te suffer from the frost, but when or if it docs we can put the blame en the Federal Reserve Banks. As we browse ever the newn from dear el' Lunnen we nrrlve at the conclu sion that old King Coalition Is still far from a merry old Solution. -The Heuse Ways and Means Commit tee, we are informed, will stand pat en its bonus plan. It new remains te be seen whether Congress will allow n four-flush te scoop the pet. Is that Mr. Relly, can any one tell, That gave Perte Hice Its terrldest spell? Yea. that'n Mr. Ilellv. resneeteil s hlffhlr. And, still smiling wryly, we wish the man well. Asbury Park, N. J., debating society decides that Jack Dempsey and Themas A. Edisen are the highest types of America's successful men. Wonder hew Edisen came te get any votes? See -saw, Margery Daw, Mexico has a new cargo. With arms en the way We may cheerfully say, "Again we may lift the cmbaige." The Audubon Societies have received n glft of $300,000 for leservatlens for birds. These birds are modest. Fer reserva tions thnt really cost something see these ether birds in the United States Senate. We ' gather from the rush of steam through the brazen whistles of the protesting opposition thnt there is raore power packed in the four-Power pact than the boilers of the country can stand. Geed old safety valves ! Frem Petersburg. Da., comes the story 1 of a pelican en the Coffee Pet Ceunc ending a game by swallowing a golf ball. Attune your cars whlle we twang the lyre te the lilt of an ancient Limerick: Said a Petersburg, Flerida, pelican, "When I swallowed a ball as a relic, an Admirer might tuy, , . 'He'll digest it today.' But Beb Muxwcll nvers, 'Yes like hcllcan.' " HARRIET AS I wa Engag S I was busy in my kitchen, Engaged in these cpsentlal preparations That mubt precede tee simplest meal, The deer bell rang, And the deer, opening, admitted Harriet My husbnnd's cousin, Harriet. By an effusive welcome I strove te hide my Inward constcrnntien, Fer Harriet is nn expei t in Demestic Science, Whose name is known from coast te ceaBt. '"I am se glad te see jeu," I lied. "Come out nnd watch me cook, You'll learn things that you never knew before." "I'll come," said Harriet, "If you will let me help." "Rlght-e," I cried, n shnde tee Joyously, Lending her te the kitchen, "I'll let ou mal.e the biscuits. I hue the things all icady en the table there." She looked my table ever with an apprais ing eye. Then said: "Of course, dear, I must have Lansbury flour And Reyferd baking powder, A Gyre bowl for mixing. And I alwnys use n Shippenbcrry pan te bake them in." "My dear," I said, "I haven't anything you abk fei." Harriet laughed. "Why bUcultN, anyway? Bread's geed." Jehn enme lu then, crentlng a diversion, And whlle they tnlkcd I mixed the things together And get them In the even. And bupper toen was ready. Harriet is n most interesting woman, And we set long around the table Tnlklng of many things. We naturally asked her about her work. "It's Interesting," Hnrriet said, "but hard. Women, ou knew, are unpregrcbMic. They're qulte content te de the way Their mothers did ; And it is hard te make them understand That biitisuctery products In feed, as eUewherc, Can be obtained only by using the best tools nnd mntcrlals." She sighed, and reached out for another 'HeMenth eiscuii -Edith B, Allen, in thc.N, Y. Tribune. WJKnBKBBSOttKHgBKmt - . aaTsBBBsCirfevrBBSflBHSr " a , , BlBBBHBBBBBlBPaTBft 1W iVarBaKwKBBBBBBa SBBBBrBBBjBVlDLkllt I w hil. Wi ESIbBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBH slsBBBBBBBBWrS-SSSaBirw.iytl TMJwfthjTlJin? NOW MY IDEA IS THIS! Daily Talks With Thinking Philadelphia en Subjects They Knew Best JAMES FRANCIS COOKE On, Distinctive City Calls . THE street cnlls and noises of a great city are as distinctive of ench great center of population ns anything connected with it. nccerdlng te Jnmcs Francis Coeke, editor of The Etude and presldcut of the Philadel phia Music Teachers' Association, and many of them, he adds, are net entirely without musical attributes. "The music of the 'streets of old Phila delphia," said Mr. Coeke, "may net hnve always been euphonious or harmonious, but it certainly gave a distinctive color and character te the city which was possessed by no ether in the country. It is te be rc-irret-teil thnt with thp conveniences of med ern urban life wc should be compelled te sacrifice these features of sound w hlch addea be much te the speclnl character of the city. "Each of thd great cities of the world has its own peculiar calls and sounds, .which aru net duplicated even closely by these of any ether grca,t centers of population. Each w a law unto Itself In this respect. Have Seme Musical Value "These street cries have certain musical attributes, which have net been overlooked by some of the most nationalistic composers. Charpcntier in his opera 'Louise' has given a prominent place te the street calls and sounds of Paris, nnd, te go much further back. Orlande Gibbens and ether musicians turned these sounds into what was known as 'Fancies,' seme of which achieved great popularity. The. street sounds of Naples have long been a favorite held for Italian composers, net only te introduce ns part of the local musical color, but also for the musical value of the sounds themselves, al though the treatment such sounds have io ie ceived from the composers has done, much te establish their permanent musical position. Among the latest eif the modem Italians te use this form of expression is Mnllplere. "Among the European, cities, Londen is perhaps the, most distinctive and one of the most fertile In the number of street calls it possesses. Sir Frederick Bridge, in a leccnt address, gnve n partial list et some of the elder street cries tised in the metropolis of the British Empire. Sir Frederick asserts thnt there were thirteen different cries for fish, eighteen for fruit, eleven for rgetnbles, thirteen for articles of clothing,- fourteen for household articles, fourteen for different kinds of feed, nine tradesmen's cries, begging cries for prisoners nnd Bedlam and lUc watchmen's 'cnlls. "Philadelphia is net behind the ether great cities in the number and the chniiicterilstli' qualities of her street cnlls and sounds. It Is true that they aie npt se numerous as they formerly were, and some of the most Inter esting ones hnve apparently disappeared. But there are thousands who remember n few of the best known of tlicm, such as 'pepper pet, all het,' 'sweet corn,' 'stiawberrics' nnd ethers. Little is left of tin be musical nnd interesting cnlls, especially en the lead ing thoroughfares where they once resounded dally, except the nasal yawp of the newsboy, the whfnc of a few ragmen and thnt of an occasional scissors grinder. Peculiar Legacy "Sonic ei ine snuet. tans nie iegaties handed down from one generation te an other, where the 'business' has descended from father te son. Thus the manner of cnlling the dally newspapers in certain cities, Philadelphia among them, is In some instances set te different melodic metit'H, if we may apply this term. "Street hawking is the most rulmltlvn urm of belling; nnd if one. will go te the Italian quarter of Philadelphia en some busy market night, he Will find the street-side venders still calling their wares in characteristic and net unmelodious sounds. T'hlb fact is particularly true of the Last Side in New New Yerk, where the nolse often reaches almost pandemonium. In fact, New Yeik has ic tiiined the street noises el a quarter of n century age te a greater extent than has Philadelphia. . A Street Missionary "Onn of the most singular street sounds and sights of Philadelphia Is that of n sole cernctist, who plays exceptionally well nnd often draws big crowds te hear him. After he has plajcd seciul tunes, be surprises ever) body by meilng te another block with out taking up a collection; ns a matter of fact, he never nuikes any attempt te get liienev for his plnj ing. "The story is that he feels himself te be a sort of musical missionary who is earning a ical mesHii-'e te the ierjday men for whom he Ihi)H In the streets. "Tlie street noises of Londen and of Paris are proverbial, but one notices a singular T Mi'tJA'ifl absence of them in Germany, where in a Kreat many communities street sounds, un less actually necessary, are 'verboten.' "Years nge, I remember nn old colored wemnn with a huge platter of strawberries, which she carried en her head and who used te haunt the vicinity of Eighth nnd Spruce streets. She was at her pest in the early morning and would very musically call her wares. She would pitch ber call in about the same tene day after day and sometimes nsccnd'a third, sometimes n fifth and some times nn octave. ' "In New Yerk there was n colored man who also carried his platter of wares en his head. He sold honey nnd would cnjl the word 'honey' four times en a high note and en the last syllable descend nn ectaxe with n gliding tone which was far from disagree able. Why Sounds Have Ceased "These sounds, se full of color nnd char acter, have new pretty well ceased in the larger communities. There nre several rea sons for this. House-te-house selling has stepped te n large extent, being superseded by Improved and mere profitable methods of merchandizing, and this is pcrhnps the chief reason why we no longer hear these attrac tive sounds during the dny and the early evening. "Machinery and electricity, which have come into such general use, furnish another leasen wny tne cries of the streets have largely disappeared. Modern advertising is still nnethcr. as all these things tend toward selling in bulk nnd therefore make the street vender, te n certain extent, u thing of the past. "The watermelon cnll still persists during the summer months, but this is largely be cause the peddler is likely te be n Negro re el ntly from the Seuth, and therefore n per son who is carrjing out the traditions of less progressive communities. Tiicre are still some vegetable and fruit dealers going about in Philadelphia, and the raucous bark 'any old rags.'' gets even into jthe suburbs. Our Cities Monotonous "The passing of the street calls and of the pleasing street raublc unquestionably robs the (ity of a gicat deal of color. American cities are becoming monotonous in a great many wais. This in seme respects is due te the i haln store. One may go en Main street in ecry city, town nnd Iinmiet from the At lantic te tlie Pacific and be sure te run into the same fientb, displaying the same kind of goods, with little or no personality and a Kind of mechanical uniformity which makes it appear as if our great cities were tumbled out of nn immense city-mnking machine "Thank goodness for the flower venders with their baskets of flowers along our streets. Let us hope thnt they will remain and grew with modern city life." Acting Natural from the Atchison Glebe. AVe are told we should net natural nml U natural things An Atchison i man say's he started out te de things that seemed natural te him but that he lnndcd in the penitcntl- What De Yeu Kneiv? QUIZ ?, "ew many feet ninke a statute knot " 'twin.' ,h0 lwrae" of e Slam, lamcBe 3: l!&.,71tt,hb'len lecatet17 G. V hat Is thq meaning of tlie prefix "i.-it,t Patrick? "UmCS "8 HWai n" Flu. 6. "What Is the origin of the expression "th,. cup that, cheers but net Inclrlatts"? 7. Who wns Caesar Jtodney? "-u"nl 7 8. hat State, did Secretary of the Interior Full formerly represent in the Seimtn? 9 Who was Ouldq Henl? eenateT 10. Who was Stentor lu Orcck mjtholegy? Answers te Yesterday's Quiz 1. The architectural style which liun fn u. (IlKtlimulahliiB feature columns with capital, caned In scrolls T c! 2" 1IlXn,SlaVCry at prescnt exl,ta In Abys- 3. Barbados is the most densely nenulntiwi . ?lH.n'l.f the West Indies pepuIatt ar- Acrl- C Cebalt is a reddlsh-gray mL.aT Similar In' nianv resnectu in mnb.i "miliar in 7 The two main illusions of the human beruumare th oerc,,rllf" ond'the &" 8 The Heck of Gibraltar Is 1431 rent i.i.h I). The Prohibition - lhifuuvntnt L C?3 , wfcMmert.aftcr Andrew J.. Velstead l3 10 Th?hrnJ.ttleytebre?rdg0na0U fall u JIIIUUHIIIIII.L IK 1 lift AtHArl.,... ters of th irame of crlcit,,". "eaJ,u ., -. iiiwiui-n is Mecrctniv of l!Ultllr 11 HmsI,!..,! II.....'"'. .F "r . w MMapp HUMANISMS "M - - - - By WILLIAM ATIIERTON DU PUT (SENATOR JOHN SHABPE WILLIAMS. O of Mississippi, is mere often spoken cl In the superlative that) any ether memte of Congress. It is said of him that he is the best clank student en Capitel HiH. As fleer leader of the Democrats la tie Heuse of Representatives his claim te btlnj the fastest man en his intellectual feet la that body was undisputed. ! He is the only mnn of whom Uncle Jee Cannen was ever suspected of being afraid in forensic combat. He savs of himself that he is the cult man who ever went te Heidelberg back la that period forty years age who did net afterward claim te- be a classmate of tbe Kaiser. ' He is the man in Congress who wears He me3t exaggerated type of "corrugate!" trousers. Finally, he is the most absent-minded man in Congress. There is the oiten-teU ctnrv nn tn thn ncr-nslen when he dressed fei a reception, tnking great care as te tie condition 01 his nnir, snirnrem, newut. Finally regarding himself ns being duly ar rayed, he presented himself te his secretin- for npprevai. . . , "Wnnr ii T innlf?" he wanted te knew, hdmiih -haiI unefnirfl." Raid the seere tary. "but I would suggest that you pet en your trousers.- Elmer Dever, who, ns a yeungater, wti secretary te Mark Henna in bis Presldentr making days, has come back te Washinrtw as Assistant Secretary of Treasury. I was talking with him the ether day til he showed me a clipping from a newspaper published eighteen years age. This cllpplnx baid that he had been offered and had de clined the identical position which he new holds. 0 - Twenty-five years age, M. O. EldridO. the American Automobile Association, Wl me there were just four automobiles la w IJrlted Stattn, Ten years afl, there were 700,000 nu chines, all passei f.cr cars. Today there i aw ten million meter vehicles, one milium tlim trucks, chlldien of a bingle decadu. 'I he railroads t-f the nation, Its rees' out standing ns3- tracks, twimnals, reIlBf stcck and evciytMng, are worth CW billion dollars. , The automebllo industry, the cars in ex tencc. the gnrages that beuse them jw fast has the baby grown), likowise repreaew a wealth of twenty billion dollars. k a rtnn.nn TCiinrten Penner. new benawi from Pennsylvania, is pnst fifty years of art i... . .,-i. ki i,n lmeVipst nnd most am I " V " ' """-'"i "-. "" T: mi life. ICtlC mail Ol III jraia I'.."- -- .. i Net longer nge than last bummer, BM office staff in Philadelphia organized a I bnseball team which, after due Pf"" . ., i ..t.Mn. m.aV nrcrn titration w I cuauengeu u niumui " that city Tlie game was sennet! en """ "rfmilf emoen and Geerge Wharten PPPr W The came was stnged en n Saturday an; een ami ueergu imiiu.. "'-:,, nu caught nciiinu ine uai iur m - innings te the twirling of one of his joejl i-.i, ...i.n i.n.1 thn uneerl of nn enwrjt Walter Jehnsen. Today's. Anniversaries i-sn-h rt.. .In f Iwnfiann. OllC of tt gieatest orators nnd statesmen that t raw ever produced, born near Nemours, uiw Paris April 2. 1701. .,,,. 1SI52 Abraham Lincoln issued V'tJ letter appealing te his friends nnd Beianwn te vete for him for the Legislature. 1 Ran The three months' war Ml"" France nnd Mexico was ended. , locating the State capital t Lansing. ' 18(12 Battle between the Monitor and w Merrimnc 1n Hampton Bends. .j. 1C.Ull'mnm r.llzithptll of AUW visited Queen Victeria t Windser. jihh ;eunc ioistey, me jwid-..." --- . .,1,11.., .,!... .,,,,1 ..,.fnl.,..i. UIIH UXCOIlUUUW 'lllitriili -i hii t .. .... , ...- - . entrd by the Orthodox Orcek Church. . BIO.- Dr. Oliver C. Hniigh was cenv tit Dayton, O., of the murder of his fata"' mother and brother. . .... ,H 11)21 The Allies took charge of the cw toms duticb in several tiennan ciuw. Today's Birthdays Edward O. Achcsen, the chemist who! fame nnd fortune through his discovery "I i i... i....... . Wnchliiptnn. "l iiium, milium, innii v - sixty-six years nge, ' .-M(t J. Walde Smith, celebrated renst?fc,i) engineer and builder, born at Lincoln, " sixty-one years age. . tu Eddie Fey, a veteran comedian ei American stage, bem in New ierK ', tixtv-cignt years age. , j. William H. Houthwerth. outfielder eUJ Bosten National League baseball team.,' nt Harvard, Neb., twenty-clgnt yearn HMC V Ik'-. Vrwfe i. " t MKjitL j . '4, )- -MfPV H l "" - ' . KV', , "K? .. i(.i.-v rV' I'.rftA. ...... - ft. A- W'tt LiLa-M,. .MitAi'Z l.r- imbh , iA'i '.vxn .4 Jjjvnua nit -s era i.:.i' "j - r . s itum . Jw i.Wl V. . Tf . ff
Significant historical Pennsylvania newspapers