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By mall te pelnta eutatde of Philadelphia In V...C United States, Canada, or United Statee pet. aeaalnne, postage free, fifty (GO) centa per month. BU (IB) dellara per M-or. pMable In advance. t Te alt foreign ceuntrlrx one (ID dollar a month, XoTtea SabecrUiera wlablng addreta changed muat gl old- aa well aa new addrete. KIX. MO WAtXUT KtVSTOSr. MAIN 0I tXddr.ae alt communication te Evening PnbUe Iitdetr. Jndspeiidence Ravare. Fhilaietonie. " ' ' ' r t -TT? Member of the Aueeiated PrtH rna ximecuTED press u rcutivv lltted le tht use for rrpublicatleii e all ntr 4itpetchu credited te t or net etAertrUe eredtleel fM pater, and also (Ar oral ntr p ibKj)M4 therein. All rlghti e rtioKcet(m of ntclal dtetatenm herein are alee reerued. r w PMl.dflphl., MeniUr, Merck 13. 1922 HOOVER AND THE FAIR HBltBEIlT HOOVEP. will be Bccrctut? of Cetnmercc for the next few years Ten If lie will net be dlrecter-ln-cblcf of file Phlladelpliia fnir of WM. Therefore he enn and. judging from the tone of his letter te Mayer Moere, probably will de nlmest hs much for the general suecces of the fair project as be might have done If he were directing; the work In this city. Nothing could be mer generous and mere graceful than Iloevcr's attitude of mind toward Philadelphia and the fair. The na ture of the problem Immediately confronting President Harding awl the country at large makes his presence In the Department of ( Commerce necessary. The President could net easily sp.tTe him Yet as a member of the Cabinet and the head of a governmental ' department thlch is constantly in touch with the world of nctlre men nt home and abroad Hoever cun still be a source of inspiration and help te the&e who have the plans for the great exposition in charge, Mr. Hoever's is un extraordinary mind and an extraordinary spirit. He knows the world as few living men knew it, and he knows what an International exposition should be If It Is te mirror the best achieve ments of our civilization and the larger hopes of nn unquiet world. The fair remmittce should keep in touch with Hoever and it ought te be glad te accept the co-operation which he se generously premises. CIVIL SERVICE AND RUM , El-'FOKTS are making by the Civil !tr Ice Ileferm Association te secure the !ittsi.agu of a law whicli will put the prohi bition enforcement officer in the classified t.ervicp. The association insists that It was n inistake te allow the head t the enforcement bureau absolute dKcretien in thn selection of his subordinates, became this hus enabled politicians le control the eituntiuu. The scandals In connection with prohibi tion enforcement, however, have net arisen through the failure of Congress te order that the enforcement officers should be put lu the classified service, but t'er ether rea sons. If the head of any department txlhhes te enforce the law he will get men te assist him whom he can trust and who will e1kv his orders. If he has the widest possible discretion in hiring nnd discharging men he an control his force mid can sec le it that It is faithful. The trouble with all eUll nipe ligible lists is that they nrr made up without any real guarantee of the moral qualities of the men who pass the examinations creek with education can get a high pcieentugc in the examination, and if he is a creek he will lie about it when he is abked about hi record. And if men with selfish interests te serve are asked aoeut him they will He about it also. There must be a court recetd of criminal prosecution If a creek is te be kept out, but even that is net eneugh, for men convicted of crime hate get thtr names en the eligible lists right here in Phila delphia. Mr. Dai is, the prohibition enforcement officer in this State, has power enough te put en his staff men of absolute intcgrltj who cannot be influenced te wink at viola tions of the law. If he does net get them then he alone is responsible under the pres ent arrangements, and he cannot blame the civil service laws for forcing him te aicept men of whom he knows nothing. INDIAN OBSCURITIES THE arrest of Mohandus K. Gandhi adds te the complexity of the disturbed situa tion in India. The sedition of which (bis leader is accused is unlqun in that it is spiritual and, In n bense, negative. T'iii T'iii thermere, his mstical philosophy is but leraetely related te the practical "and sec tarian belligerency of the Moslems, who re uent the degradation of Turkey, once ths independent stronghold of Mehamme.tnni,,, It is no secret that Gundhl's teachings have been mlblnterpreted by realists und that his non-resistance policy mis troubled the Indian Government mere than if it had been of the conventional revolutionary type. Gandhi is n singular figure which the western world has considerable difficulty m comprehending. ' His arrest is seemingly nl variance with the Liberellsts in the Viceregal Government who were responsible for the publication of the appeal for a revision of the Treaty of tfevrc-H. The delicacy of the Indian problem calls for tactful statesmanship of the highest elder. In the light of many mngnliicrnt accom plishments in her Oriental empire, if is ridic ulous te view England's policy thcie with sweeping disfavor. As a whole, the record of progress would be creditable te any gov erning nation. But the World War ob viously subordinated Indian interests in 1onden. Unscrupulous radicals and sensn sensn tlenalijts have net been Idle. The firing into the mob at Amrltnir is new regarded in many quarters us a tragic felly. The Lloyd Geerge Government U face te face w-ith one of the most trying problems of its checketcd nnd yet inspiring career. THE MYSTERY OFTRENTON IK ONLY te abetter illuminate the prohi bition question as a whole somebody ought te psycho-mialye the Legislature of New Jersey. Beth houses ut Trenten passed the Van Ness net with a rear of "approval, though the Van Ness act whs medieval In its rigors. Beth houses cheer fully passed a substitutu Dry Knfercement Bill which is quite as drastic in its provi previ sions as the Velstead law. Vet it was only after, much wrestling with the spirit and u ,territlc conflict of groups that the Legisla ture managed le get Itself en record for .ratification of the Federal Prohibition Amendment. All this serves te suggest merely that the LsfislttUM'ef New Jersey doesn't knew its ..b win, wind when prohibition is under dls- LMnd tnat it is opposed in spirit Ue wnicn n yetes, The SUr ' J6MI C. uartin, vice rreaiatni "'"" Hf W4f CUarlee TjUr. Secretary) Charles H. Lualng I wf 't ten. Pblllp B. Ceillni, Jehn U. WMtema, Jehn J. 'WV ''Vptiriten. POtere F. beldimlili, David E. Smiley. ?: A. J -Plweten. . . Heuaa nnd Senate In New Jersey (teem te be much like Houses and Senate elsewhere. They nre net guided by any eetUed philoso phy. They veer with the winds of political opinion that rise nnd blew out of the va rious camps in which sentiment Is artifi cially created for one or another cause or purpose. , CALMLY THilJeWTRY DRIFTS TOWARD A JIUINOUS MINE WAR A Ceal Famine and High Prices Will Almest Certainly Fellow the Ceal Strike Scheduled for April 1 IP YOU will think .for a 'moment in terms of economics rather than in the terms ordinarily used by the weather ferecnBtcr you may say with truth that April will ceme in like a lien. It may go out like two liens. Fer n coal strike of unprecedented dimen sions and unexampled bitterness seems In evitable. It is scheduled te begin en April 1. President Harding' did his best te prevent it. He put pressure en the operators te compel them te honor existing- agreements and confer with the mine unions in relation te the general question of future working conditions and wages. But some of the operators are obdurate. They will net con fer. The miners' unions will net enter a conference that is net rcpnesentatlvc of the operators' organizations. New Mr. Harding is en a acatIen. Sec retary Hoecr, who for years has been try ing te persuade Congress te u rational sense of the perils latent in n disorganized coal industry, has gene West. The operators have enough cenl in storage te supply the needs of the country during the Rummer at a price. Since even he prospect of n general strike is likely te keep coal prices high, the teries of the coal business seem net engcr te stand in the way of n miners' walkout. It is significant that toft-ceal operators in the Western Pennsylvania field, where .Tudge Oary'H doctrine of labor relationships pre vails, have been leading the group of op erators who broke their pledge te the miners. The minets' unions arc net prepared suc cessfully te withstand the stresses nnd rigors of a prolonged strike. In great areas of the bituminous and anthracite fields the mines have been working only part time. Union icteurces are nt n mtlier low ebb. And, what is worse for tlie men, their gen eral organization is tern by interior dissen sion and opposed opinions, Rivalries of a bitter nnd personal nuturc have split the directing groups of the United Mine Work ers. There are operators who believe that n disintegration of the unions would be ene of the certain results of a general strike. Se. there are mine owners wtie probably would welcome a mlneis walkout. Meanwhile, the consuming public, which has been hoping vainly for a reduction en coal prices, must face the prmpect of a fresh scarcity and continuing high retail rates. The miners' unions haw formally de manded nn increase In pay nnd n five-day week and a six -hour day. These terms, however, can hate little mere than a stra tegic purpose. The men naturally ti.k- mere than they expect te get. It is pretty freely admitted thnt they would be content with a continu ance of the existing wage rates. 'When they nbk for n six-hour day nnd a five-day week they are trying te attract attention te one of the most painful aspects of the coal In dustry. That is, they seek te cmphasi7e the fact that the average miner new nctuaily works less than thirty hours n week because of the haphazard manner in which the min ing industry Is etgnnized. 'Die miners want Mich changes In the industry an will equalize working time and ellmlnnte the conditions which force whole regions into periods of idleness nnd depres sion and simultaneously require long over time effort in ethers. The operators answer that working conditions have nothing te de with the tetail costs of coal and that reduc tions in miners' wages mlist precede reduc tions in the retail markets. Well, let us see. In estimates jut issued by statisticians of the United Mine Workers of America It is asserted that the labor cost of the production of one ten of bituminous coal urerages $1.07. The average retail cost of tills ten of coal in the period covered by the survey was $10.41. The difference be tween the production cost nnd the retail cost of a ten of bituminous was SS.41. Te whom does thnt ?8.41 go? The operators have been insisting that a 25 per cent cut in miners' wages iH neces sary. According te Mr. Lewis, president of the United Mine Workers, the average bituminous miner earned approximately $700 in 3021. If the miners consented te a 25 per cent wage cut we might leek, it seems, for a reduction of forty -nine cents from the present price of soft coal, presuming that the operators passed the benefits 0f the lower Nfige nleng te the consumer Nothing is said of a cut en the ether side of the ledger, where the S. 14 item of jnefit nnd tales cost remains as one of the deep, dark, unexplained mysteries of tuei.e times. Yet what man in his benses will net feel that reductions should come from that enormous overhead charge rather than from the wages of workers who at the present moment nren't earning any mere than enough te keep their bodies and souls decently tegether'' SOME HOPE FOR THE STAGE DRAMATISTS, theatrical managers and producers in New Yerk have combined te organize a voluntary jury -system designed te banish indecent and licentious plays from the stage. The representative and diversi fied character of the movement cleats it nt ence of charges that It may function in n narrow or petty obstructionist spirit.. If huccessful, the plan should render entirely unnecessary the oft-suggested establishment of a political censorship. The sincerity with which the new program Is being considered is proof of an intelligent regard for the dignity and importance pt the American theatre. The progress of the na tive stage is net infrequently overlooked by theatregeers In whom thet spirit of remi niscence is active. Speaking at the Belt Award cevementcs In the Academy of Music the ether night, James M. Beck alluded te the drama as a neglected art nnd lamented In strong terms its de cadence. But nre the forces of corrosion and de generacy really at work? Seme two decades age Mark Twain inveighed specifically against the frivolity and inconsequential character of the American stage, and" com pitied unfavorably its offerings with these of u European capital like Vienna. The weight of his evidence was unquestionably crushing. But. a survey of facts today discloses strik ingly changed conditions. There are, it Is true, numerous futile and unworthy pro ductions, but the development of American dramatists has new become one of the most heartening Indices of a betterment of teste It Is jetdiljr lemeautraU thit pore bf y HHwBWcSPVfVHIHRSIw?7?l fSMHBwfflmlinn m?1IH . ... J:1'. : EVENING -PUBLIC iMSDllsw xmuAvwri I the se-called legitimate theatres In New Yerk are devoted te well-intentioned plays than te musical comedy or banal revues.. sucn nn organization, ter instance, b in Theatre Guild is executing the once-lauded intentions of the New Theatre, without the plutocratic pomposity of that shipwrecked enterprise. Philadelphia in a sense is still the re cipient of crumbs from the table of the producing center. But the effect of meri torious accomplishment ever there is in disputably experienced in this city. The current season here has net been gen erally regarded as especially notable. Yet such productions ns "Mr. Pirn Passes By," "Mary Rese," "The Skin Game," "A Bill of Divorcement," "The Whlte-Hcndcd Bey" and "The Bad Man" have been brought for ward, and "Llliem" nnd two Shakespearean companies nre in the offing. That there is llfe la the American theatre is conclusively shown by the vast increase in the exportation of our plays te Londen. The pathos of distance lends a roseate hue te the "palmy dajs." Such critics as Mr. Beck will net In evitably stultify themselves by patronizing certain of the contemporary offerings.. The proposed ban en salacity is a sign of an authentic awakening of geed tnstc and artis tic Integrity. CITY WATER FOR ALL THE purchase of the Helmcsburg Water Company, ns provided for in an ordi nance new pending in Council, Is in line with sound municipal policy. Independent water companies operating within the city limits nre anachronisms. While It is undeniable thnt the private organizations originally performed com mendable service in the outlying districts of Philadelphia, the development of the city hag new rendered this work superfluous and, Indeed, in some instances, n burden te resi dents. The municipality is in a position te extend the system of the Bureau efWatcr throughout the city limits, Uius ending mo nopolies possessed by private organlzaliens in the semi-suburbs. The proposed purchase of the Holmesburg company property nt the price of $850,000, fixed by a beard of appraisers three years age, will net only conform te municipal tra ditions, but it will relieve city institutions in the northeast of an unnecessary financial strain, will tend te equalize water rents in Philadelphia and protect residents from pos sible monopolistic encroachment. The present policy should be followed until all privately owned water companies are excluded from the city. This would mean tile purchase of that portion of the Springfield Water Company's plnnt which lies within the municipal boundaries. The organization has long imposed stiff rates upon property holders who nre just as much entitled te municipal service ns residents niuLajlwclllng owners in central Philadelphia. The passage of the ordinance terminating independent control of wnter rights in the Helmcsburg region is earnestly te be recom mended ns a move In the right direction. WE ARE THE GOVERNMENT ALTHOUGH we have had democratic gov ernment in fTie United Stntes for nearly n hundred nnd fifty years, it periodically happens thnt groups of citizens forget whnt the Government is, Theoretically they new Hint the Gov ernment is the people ergnnized for the preservation of order and the protection of life nnd liberty. Practically they leek upon it as something npnrt from themselves, with inexhaustible resources that can be tapped at will. The bonus advocates nre taking this view et the present time. They nre snjing thnt the Government Is rich, with billions of geld in its Treasury, und that it can easily pny $."00 or $000 nplece te the men who were drafted. But who would pny this money? It would net be the abstraction known as the Government, but the people themselves. Fer example, Jehn Dee nnd Richard Hee, who went te France with the first detach ment, lite en a block in Wet Philadelphia containing ten families. These two men want the Ge-ernment te pay them $000 each, or $1200 all told. This money will come In practice from the ten families en the block, including the families of the two men. It means that each family would be called upon te contribute S120 te Jehn and Richard in appreciation of what they had done in the war. This is a minimum estimate of what the family contributions would be. Heme figiiTers hate put the amount nt $200 a family. But the point which we ish te make is that the money asked for the bonus will cemu directly from the pockets of the neighbors of the men who arc asking for it. These neighbors will have te pay it te the Government before the Government can pny it te the service men. ALASKA NEEDS THE PRESIDENT MR. HARDING'S desire te visit Alaska is reiterated in it letter received in Santn'Ana, Calif., where a sister of the President resides, jf t10 Executive gees te the Pacific Coast next summer it is vir tually certain thnt he will proceed te the great Northwest Territory. It is te be hoped that this large-scale Western trip will b undertaken. Economic and political conditions in Alaska ate ap parently none tee healthy nt the present moment. Thcie was a decline of nearly 10,000 in population in the decade ending 1020. Geld raining has lnllcn off and the uxtraerdiuary coal teseuices have uw jet been senrcely tapped. The forestry situation hus occasioned strained relations between the Secretaries of the Inteiier and of Agti culture. On the ether hand a monumental work, the Federal railway system, has been almost completed. Its operation should initiate n new chapter of Alaska deelepmeut en lines hitherto inadequately exploited. But steam ship facilities, without which the railway would lock much of it value, are still in sufficient. It is proposed that u Shipping Beard line te the coast terminus of the new railroad should be established te sthuulute competition. Alaskan ufl'aits hnve plainly passed the stnge in which they can be regarded ab stractly. Spirited administration is need ful. It Is fitting that the President should personally suney the situation, clarify It and set new wheels of progress in motion THE CRIME OF CONCORD SENATORIAL nagging with respect te the Four-Power Treaty has disclosed the fact that British policy In the Pacific has been coinciding with our own. The shock of Mich testimony agitates Senater Robin son, who vehemently suggests thnt the actual drafting of the mooted covenant was done by Arthur Balfour. Mr. Hughes denies this. But Canada, Australia, New Zealand nnd the United Staten were unitedly in favor of the abroga tion of the Angle-Japanese alliance and the establishment of a new order In the Pacific area. The pressure upon Britain from her over ever bcas dominions was emphatic. The result is an Angle-American accord and the prospec tive removal of a possible war menace or seutce of International Irritation. The distaste of opportunists and cheap politicians for tangible accomplishment is notorious, The American peeple are, of course, at liberty te bewail a great con structive proposal if their outlook upon the possibilities of a better civilization JE as warped es Senater Robinson's, The tireless wlrelew-atrer atefg terras w(- JM,aWsftr'ThVr1l AS ONE WOMAN SEES IT University of Pennsylvania ,- Club Held Debatet en Intereatlni ' Subjects and Achieve t De served Publicity , ., SARAH D. LOWRIE SOME time age 1 wrote down my experl ences In the matter of publicity in this column. They were my experiences as pub' Uclty chairman rather than Us column writer, but in passing I mentioned-some- of (he mntcrlal that comes te a column writer which cannot be used, ns well bb that which can. I think I quoted excerpts from .both yA9'dny or two later I received the fe1 lowing letter, which Is a jcrv geed illus tration te my thinking of the kind of letter a column writer likes te get and is glad te fellow up: "Unlverltv of Pennsylvania, ' "February 2.". 1022. "Miss Sarah D. Lewtlc. Evkxixe Public Lerciku. "My Dear Madam It is with a great deal of hesitancy that I pen this brief te you, -for I have but shortly finished reading your article of the 24th instant. "It would be a superhuman feat te re member the writer as the conch of the Beys Library League Club which wen the oratori cal contest last May, nt which contest you kindly ncted ns a judge, nnd a very nblc fine. ten. "May I Impose upon jeu because of yeiKj interest in tlie uiurary dengue in me iui iui lewing way? "Inclesed you will find some invitations nnd programs of the literary and musical evening te be given. by the Econemltcs a graduate branch of the Library League together with the Falamltcs, a society with almost similar purpe'cs ns the former so ciety. "These organizations nre well known In Seuth Philadelphia; in fact, they arc the leading clubs of their character downtown, nnd their affairs are closely followed by Phllndclphians throughout the city. "Because I believe it would be a news item of nbserblug Interest, te these people. I am writing te ask jeu te glance nt the program, scan the list of names en the Beard of Judges and observe the prominence of these men. "The subject of the debate was very care fully selected and is one of the greatest im portance te the public. "Upen the fate of the railroads depend the fate of our business men and it is net going far te say the fate nUe of our Nntlen. "As seen as the labor contracts expire which is cry seen the country may have te face n severe railroad strike, und new thnt the Brotherhoods hne drnwn up their agreements with the miners' unions, who can predict what calamity will befall! "But if we are te give the Laber Beard power te enforce its decisions, can n strike be prevented as it was prevented in Sep tember, when, I believe, the beard did net have Its present power? "I am sure jeu nuibt new agree with me in the news value of our literary evening. I de hope that I will find in the inclesed envelope some Welcome news when the next mail arrives in my home te be received by hands that are eagerly awaiting it. "Hening thnt you will tnkc the same in terest In this nffnir that you did in the boys' oratorical contest, I am "Yours sincerely, "DAVID B. GORDON "(A. L. L. 'graduate'). "P. S. Whether you give us publicity or net, jeu must nttend our evening, nnd please bring some friends."' NOW I put it te any one. Wasn't that real news? And is it a wonder that 1 "glanced at the program, scanned the names and observed the prominence of the judges"? The names of the officials of the Falam ltcs were en the hack of the pregram: Fer the Falamltcs Hjman Schwartz, M. V. Harrison, Harry J. Celchcr and Jeseph Omlnsky. Fer the Econemltcs Herman Pollock, Abraham J. Levy. Isidore Ferman und Herman Zletnick. The Beard of Judges and the Debating Teams were as follews: Beard of Judges Emery It. Jehnsen, Ph.D.. Sc.D., chairman, dean of the Whnr Whnr ten Scheel, Unhcrsity of Pennsylvania; Geerge William McClellund, Ph.D., profes sor of English, University of Pennsylvania ; Grever Gcrhardt Huebnev, Ph.D., professor of Commerce und transportation, Univer sity of Pennsylvania. Chairmnn David Burnnrd Gorden. Debating Teams : Affirmative Maurice N. Luckier. Martin T. Glass, Jeseph Omlnsky; Harry C. Llebman, nlternnte. Negative Merris Welsman, Maurice Wex ler, Isidore Katz; Abraham J. Levy, al ternate. And the subject of (he debate ran thus: "Resolved, That the Transportation Act of 1020 Be Se Amended as te Empower thc Railroad Laber Beard te Enforce Its De De islens." APPENDED te the program was the fol fel fol lewing descilptlvc explanation of the two organizatiens: "The Falnmltes and the Econemltcs arc organizations of university men whose pur pose is te promote nmeng their members a spirit of friendship nnd te cultivate an ap preciation of nut, literature, music and things cultural." Of course, I had every intention of going. It was held down at the Settlement Music ncneui, im veeii siren, aim tliat would have been a pleasant (background for any gathering. I accepted promptly, and then nt the last minute I was detained, ns were nlse the guests whom 1 had invited te share the interest of the evening with ine, se I have no idea hew the debate turned out, which side wen and who made the best speech, irrespecthe of the rights und wrongs of the case. I am convinced, however, the debates and debnting are becoming the popular occupa tion of men, women nnd childien. They were in the air last winter, and the Acad emy forums have given them a boost. The mere the better! And en every lUe sub jeet. A genemtlen age we had te listen le oratory and monologues nnd sermons. Tins generation is Impatient of oratory and monologues and sermons, but enjejs ierums the mere open the better. By the next gen eration we may arrive at great conversation which is quicker, cleverer and mere telling than debating, because it is spontaneous Meanwhile Seuth Philadelphia U learning te express itself courteously and te the point in public which will help Seuth Philadel phia think mere clearly nnd mere te the' point In private, whicli eventually may affect the political sense of Seuth Philadel phia's civic lespensibility for that act which speaks louder than words and is the meit final of arguments the ete. "Red" Ma'cGilllvrav ..... w,C U11y iiiyHuiying thine about the ah.. enlsh heuse is the fires. He tnj-s the noises in the house were probably caused by frost and that the slaps the reporter and the detective experienced were merely twitching muscles, the result of fright. But the fires he saw for himself. Moreover, he saw one of the burned rugs a mlle away from the house. Hew did it set there? Time's ,. i.... hhe wants te knew. AH right, Red. we'll guess for you. 'Iho rug was carried off bye n whimsical deg. And, as for the fires well, has the radio broadcasting stutien been wholly exonerated? If, as Dr. Astun asserts, vM einersy c'iUal t0 -07,000 horsepower in u spoonful of wnie.. .i.,n Our Hands Are Clean the hydrogen it contains is electrically battered until every individual atom 1ms its mnss shattered, and that if a machine could be invented te bring about such transforma tion it might result In the destruction of the vvvrld, then far be it from us te inter fere vlth its mass play. It can continue te make goal in its old familiar way for all of us. Banking Commissioner Fisher is low of the opinion that women can't take n joke, especially if they are non-partisan Deme, crats. " . j ..if lifiJAjtf VlwWZ. i - i TT" rK..7ejl nBBBBfMflffgMBtf'HeeeeBeBaneB "xP rLfjtlgijrs MrgUMeMBeeaeMaeaeeeM 1 I a Jtl le i ftaTvlTih - j2 II NOW MY IDEA IS THIS! Daily Talks Wit Thinking Philadelphia en Subjects They Kneiv Best ' DR. A. P. FRANCINE On an Adequate Tuberciiesla Program AN ADEQUATE program for the care of the tuberculosis sick is exc of the needs of the State, nnd especially Philadelphia, according te Dr. A. P. Fratclne, chief of the Division of Tuberculosis of tile State Department ef.Health. "Such a program," said Dt. ranclne, "consists in (1) n sufficient number of dis pensaries with nursing complement) te edu cate the public nnd get active and tu.-pected cases in; (2) sufficient sanatoria beds for the trcntment of active cabes of tuberculosis and particularly for children exieeil te or suspected of having the Infection. "These previsions can never be attained by the Stnte acting alone or by local com munities acting alone, but they can be at tained by a combination of tlic-e forces. "Pennsylvania has a splendid vstcm, but with certain defects. Its strengtli ly the thoroughness nnd exten&hencss of IW or ganization; its weakness was ever-centralization. The Stnte was trying te de all the work and pay for it nil through its dispen saries nnd Stnte sanatoria. This was an impossible preposition because of 11h mag nitude and expense. Fortunately it was recognized by Commissioner of Health Ed ward Martin that it was only by a combi nation of local and Stnte eflert that such an extensive system ns necc-snry could be permanently maintained. Part of Lecal Communities "It remained, therefore, te c.ill upon local communities te de tlieir share, te de centralize this system, maintaining the ele. ments which made for permanence and effi ciency and eliminating Unite which ignored local responsibility and response. "The idea of the Stnte entirely maintain ing n local institution, run for local com munity welfare under local administration, is net only anomalous, but wrong ami for eign te American ideal-. The first iwint was te make local communities respond by undertaking the responsibility for a share in the maintenance of thee se-called State clinics, essentially local clinics. The State was willing te bear much of the expense in order te make these clinics permanent, te give them tint prestige of official backing and te enable the sick te secure entrance te State sanatoria. It wus net willing te pay rent for buildings or rooms as had been the practice: this, It was felt, was a part of local responsibility, This net only ie Uevud tttc State of a great lmanclnl burden, which could net be carrlnl if the wetk were te be extended, but it meused n sense of community ownership in these clinics with an increase of interest in and use b these they were meant te bene. Campaign Met Ready Response "The campaign te put this ever was net se difficult as had been anticipated. It vns hutprlsing hew readily local communities iecegntzed the justice of this position. It wus also a practical demonstration of the purt these eunics were piajing in i nmmunitv welfare, nnd the lecnl nppicoiatlen of this In the universal unwillingness te contemplate the less of the clinics, it wus really u meat step forward. "These clinics bheuld be a part nf unv local welfare mevemeut, and, thtiefeie, ns far us possible, housed in the local welfme center. This was done. Anether leglcul Tilncu for a tuberculosis clinic was in n 1ms. pital, where it was suitably located. Frem the hospital point of view the clinic in creased Its service te its cemmunltj without added expense, nnd hospitals have unani mously been glad te furnish clinic space and run a State clinic ns part of their service. "Se successful has been this movement that ufter a year and a half tbeic remains today only one clinic ter which the. over ever head charges have net been pievided locally Tills, however, means something mere-' that this great service Is beitig extended apace. Clinics in Phlladelnhla "lu Philadelphia, for example, there h-ive been only three clinics, one at the PhlniiR Institute, ene in the, Mediee-ChirurKical Hospital and ene In St. Mary's Hospital Recently two new clinics have been opened' one in the Northeastern Hospital n'(1 in the Weman's Medical College Hospital and arraugements are being discussed te open clinics In the Picsbjteilaii, St. Acnes Jewish, Gerranntevvn and Ablngten Hes pltals. These would cover ureas of the citv net new adequately reached by existing "Each new clinic serves crente,. . .., ness in the prevention of tuberculosis bv reaching new centers of population. Te cet out these caws the clinics must be readllv A ",c?i'B'ff" "' aaeauatebr en.1 .. . . -'-."I aea,uatcl coy- Iffefi COMING OUT ered unless it has Us own center nnd thus docs intensive work in a restricted area. "With 1022 greater work became possible through the saving incidental te this policy, nnd from the number of communities which have applied for State clinics, offering quarters, we should seen have the State covered in a way which the late Commis sioner of Health, Samuel G. Dixen, who created the State system without, however, contemplating local response, could hardly have dared te hope. Increased Leral Interest "This increased clinic service menus in creased local interest and education in tuberculosis, increased retailing out for early cases, increased enses te be handled nnd consequently calls for increased sana toria accommodations. "The 2000 beds in the thicc State sana toria should be reserved for curable casts nnd for children. The waiting lists for ad mission hud grown s0 long en account of the prolonged stay of advanced cases that ad missions weie practically at n standstill. It was defeatiug the usefulness of these institutions. "A useful propaganda has been carried en for a long time by the Anti-Tuberculosis Society of Penusjivanin,. advocating the care of tuberculosis cnbes, particularly the mere advanced types, in the local county sanatoria. A bill was introduced bj the Department of Health and pnssed by the General Assembly iu April I0J1, authorizing counties te build and mnintntn such sanatoria and pieviding for a referendum en the question at any general election and the financing of the Mel Ready Response "This again met with a suiprislnglv leadv response, und seven counties voted h',r local sanatoria at the election lust November 1 four counties sites have been selected, an "early action by the ether three ceiin cs is expected At least live ether ceun Ie , n te submit this euest nn i i. '..".,' coming election. With e .,""? -- J'I14'11 Wl itJB un anema ens t Mm, ,i,. .i populous and richest count, "of lc State li mi backward in providing for the local eaic of its .indigent cases, 0f w,j,., n,,,,, ., Iieusands Philadelphia has about 'UwCV, in the Philadelphia General IIes, t ',',',. able for the- care of advanced U, u there is u prejudlce en tbe'pau of nanv against Keing te this institution. s,lendbj W administered ns it is. i'uiuij "A morcWgreUnble thing is that thorn dlnte need. Only sec.uid , V bh "i mper ,7;: ". ,t ." l '" " civil iiifi nnd lmine- !,,.,! . , ....j.... the care nf n.lnlt n . '"'"" "'""lenuiu for be'iKeiSSectep'ln ", TW ngaiiiHt tuberculoses 1? tl,',1 R ate T " money should, could nnd en, ,iA!'i .'" problem is InnnejCm,,?" I, s' ids nf ahe "With appiexliwuelv ""ion .innii in Philadelphia from tubcrcnW. th? " ?111' ut least IT, 0(H) Uvil e ses ? ' ,wauU thnt the State, ' tf iu .",, s IPaieyt net n.lequatelv bin IK L ... ,,e' s c0"fl1 of this cemmiul ynlS,c lh n in," T, "leli tubeiculesis U the :f ,T a l 'lpfl'tel reaps a tell of n .profit . !.. -.". .-'" 'l Pproxlmntely 7000 deaths a j ear. ill I'endllSlOll. then li. .11 ..... . estcd i n pul.ll, wVlfare'h' P( ir extension acili U-s 1 the sISS .,H 1,,",nry '"1 nl in securing !h,i ":' fc ' of !..!,...., "-"''! HI llll) liens for the earn nf n I ..'.;.. ',,' '""'"tu "- Wict-H. Rap'ltls. Mich .Should Call MIT Strike ffirzji nation Pla' quoits Tnd,u;f If COnf The b,,,j'ieZ';ir,tlicrI,im "",i bustling Are lmstllug pleslenurlans fnr.0r j,. ;;ie!be,',.,rtep wWe Dtlnk Anlsh npWu,,,, B let Qf unci the, --,--- .,...,, iKi uu iii v ill i-a r --. --...,,.,., ,. cll( e s!,'V"t,, ' Hnnaieriu, supplementing the State sanatoria by many bundled beds l'cnnsy vania will have made giej s trde feran.nl In the light against tube cu os i tlirtL.it Isiftiil ia.4. mini mums ueiiini Hymn books n , " Ister should Irani wijh e he ..l1'0 ,"' " are foolish. There is mV 1PV)( ''.t. Mrlkei iniinlty spirit i that church at, ,,n ,' Fum is direct en. " "" t needs n "- SHORT CVTS A slippery Mitten balks many a TrJ liu I'lu . All the Genea conference lacks It program. The way Islam pronounces it netvsdijB Is "I slain." 1 There is no tactful pressure about ul income tax. . t , Time te brush up the spring bona cleaning jekcs. If it only knew the disappointment t world feels the Antlgenlsh ghost would in an appearance. Well, anyhow, nobody can say that a unseemly haste has been shown In the Mitel tien of a fair bite. Will the radio broadcasting station en interfere with newspaper circulation? Ki en your comic strip : Speaking of ghosts, that was quite I wallop Charles Darwin handed WiliiiB Jennings Bryan in old Kentucky. Tenth and Bainbrldge streets ion steps into the gliestlight. It would go bill if old Philadelphia couldn't dig up a i(i or two. Dnytenn will new proceed te ehtfll tunt tne rresttieiit mldresseu the pill w politeness. It is a habit confirmed Ij I intercourse with the Senate. If four householders with four vegetable gardens agreed net te keep cM4 ens, would thut .constitute an alliance i merely a gentleman's agreement? The only people who appear te be l ting any satisfaction out of the present Om gross nre the Democratic campaign bui tigers and their joy Is tempered by DeB crane alignment en the treaties. L'Envel te the Ballade of Antiieclfl written by tlie Spook and forwarded 1 iMiert i uts uy grapevine wireless: O Prince, your visit is in vain, . I've lcalizcd my earnest vvih. I've put upon the map, 'tis plain, Astonishing Anllgenish. 1 What De Yeu Knew? QUIZ Who would lmvu become President of ll i. t'nltccl Stntes had Andrew .JehcjsM been rtrund Ritllty In tlie tamcus i ptMchment trial" What Is a (madrld" What Is the original meaning of tl weru nijriau; Wliat is the capital of India? 4 r. What in ft uersleniiDS? G. In whnt battle of the American F.(l lutlen ui the Maiquls de UlWm weutiuna.' 7. What Is a sackbut? S. Wlrnt deen a, rapid rise in the baroetl mean: 9. Name the twelve npestles. 1 10. Hew did the Remans writ the hue liOUU . ' Answers te Saturday's Quit 1. Tim majority of the Inhabitants 'f Philippine Islands belong te the J 2 The Bonerie name 'for, the- dlasjjjj heatts, tpauca aim ciuua " r ISICjIu III Til tiu S The adjutant is said te be the Wl llylns of all birds. . 4 The Tiuaty of lris of Uii3 e4rt ' ,:. i. i.uiln Unr. r, t rock Lane. Knilthfleld, EnglanAJ X702, certuln knocking were ' which Mr. Parsons, the. own". daicil proceeded from me a- l.vanny Kent, parwms w"'"ufd te bcfleve that the had been mw n by her husband. AH IjOWKW parwms wMlS cunT mu that the kne i.rrt.tiieeit hv Parsons daugnwf' wulve. who' ranped en a i'J she took into her W IM condemned te , stand in tne i ame"' Jjr. Kniiiuel Jonnseii -"-j,,! nmnv .llstlnBiilshed persons llevcd in the Khest. k,t u A c.ecl is u larae wicker ' 7. Chuug-Iluu Mln-Kittf Is the Chine" .'?W ,Wftc ill VI I 1IIUIIO aveystt "- unDCU of a wheel with a tire anw books te M'present the liwu the martyrdom of b t, C"1 I A- nrvilnv la n tim IIIIHCI I UW .-"- chilly et an ancient Bible -lO.Phllln Ffcneau W'ffli . peeOn, native of Jfn9"', tS? ., 4 ' J J qies av ipj"" wm ,y it it-vV. T? .,-,W A vSiO &X." 'jV. f -. ij. rTi'M5?'rf.e'f (1 h&&kli 1 fr.y.V, ,s- feW-iri,iiSiliiv
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