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"FRANCE WILL PAY"
PREMIEIl I'OIXCAHK'S iiiinouneement
te the Finance Committee of the Kronen
Senate Hint Krnnee will jiny all her ilebu, na
hae been her eimtein, U Interiiretcd by the
1'arls jiress ns an answer te the t-tntement
last month 1J I.011U V. l.euehuiir that
Trance would never be nble te pay the
United States a single seu of what she had
harrowed.
This Inference does net go far enough.
Hie' Premier's announcement had te be made
for' the protection of French credit. Ne
flclal of tbc Government enn afford te
fait that there are any public obligations
which It can never meet, even though he
knows that It Is true.
The debt te the United States Is part of
the war debt, and only a nmall part of It.
The French officials are finding .It difficult te
raise money te pay the interest en the bends
held by private eitizenx and financial lnstl lnstl
tutlenx, and It has net been able te pay any
interest en what wa borrowed from the
United Stnte. If It began by repudiating u
debt owed te another (levcrnment there
would be the Immediate fear that it ueuld
be followed by a repudiation of that part of
the debt owed te banks.
France has net repudiated any jiif-t claims
gainst her, and she will net begin new.
But this will net prevent her from (ecUing
te ecale down the debt In every possible way.
80 when Poinenre says that France will pay
he means that France is net planning re
pudiation. AN ALASKAN MUDDLE
DEPARTMENTAL sensitiveness concern
ing; jurisdiction in Alaska hns deubtle-"
exercised an unfortunate effect upon the
development of that territory. This much
Bay be admitted without enterlns into the
merits of Secretary Falls or Secretury Wal
lace's contcntlens'or the pretests of Glfferd
Plncbet.
At present Ala-knn affairs are handled In
thirty-two different burenii In Washington.
The provinces of several departments over ever
. lap and are in conflict.
The President Is said te favor Secretary
FJTaplnn for untying the tangle by ton ten
finfrtg control te the Department of the In
terior. The situation is tee complex te be
grasped in detail by laymt-n out of touch
With bureaucratic intricacies. Hut it Is
certain that some sort of simplification is
seeded and that 'Alaska has net prospered
Under the existing system of confusion.
Mr. Hanling'skceu interest in the lt lt
tiatien is the most encouraging sign of a
better deal for Ain.-ka thun has been de
tected for a lamentably long stretch of
jeans.
, HAYS AND THE MOVIES
WILL II. 1I.TYS. in what has been de
scribed as his Inaugural address as the
head 'of the motion-picture inlustry, has by
Implication confessed that there Is need of
reform In the movies, and has premised te
bring It about.
The industry, he said, "accepts the chal
lenge In the righteous demand of American
mothers that the entertainment and amuse
ment of the jeuth be worthy of their value
M the most potent factor in the country's
future."
He hns net said just hew he will go fflieut
It, but his recognition of the movie shows
as nn entertainment for the jeimg suggests
that he will ue what power he lias te dis
courage the exhibition of tilms which would
demoralize the Immature.
If the movies arc te be censored for the
young person we shall seen hear realistic
critics making the same strictures en them
that they have long made en American lit
erature. Seme of these rltlcs have de
nounced IIewclls and Longfellow because
they wret nothing that was 'strong" and
because eer thing they wreic could be put
la the hands of a liftcen-jcai'-eld girl with
out opening her mind te facts of which she
Is Ignorant. Hut "strong" literatim, is
usually filthy literature, dealing with sub
jects properly belonging te a medical clinic.
If the movies nre te be made a little less
strong than they have been many adults will
Bad greater pleasure In them.
IRISH MUSIC IN THE AIR
TIHE broadcasting of Irish melodies by the
. i radio stations )esterda wai a compli
ment te the Irish race en SI. Patrick's Day.
"The Ould Plaid Shawl." "Kathleen Mn
TOurneen" ami "The Kerry Dance" were
among the melodies sent through the air te
j be listened te by every one who had access
te the receiving Instruments.
But Irish melodies were heard nreund the
world jesterday by millions who have no
radio receivers In their homes. Wherever
two Irishmen could set together there was
tinging of the old songs. This means that
In every country they were heard, for the
Irlshmcu are cverj where, net enlj in North
"and Seuth Amerlcu and France' and ier
.many and Itussla. but In India and China
and Japan and en the islands of the sens.
The race is widely distributed, and whcreier
Ita representatives may live there Is 11 little
bit of tbc euld sod with all the tender end
poetic sentiment which seems te flourish In
It better than In any ether kind of sod en
this green footstool.
1 AN AFFAIR OF THE HEART
S.f 'Lit My no mere," cries. .Mine. Mulzcn-
&$, X auer, speaking of her KM) per cent
a&A-aabaud nnd talks a column full. "I've
ElwUrtd my story,',' gritted the 1(H) per cent
r-'ft'-zikaabBiid from the front seat of Xn'lm-
RfCallfernin automobile which he again Is
'n!stv:;tnwat (or n living, ami i nave nothing te
) f;y$e.aW li" ''lu'" u0 t,,I!i',(l another column
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' k. ni 1111 inn ..Him, .uuizciuiucr nun Air.
ibnch said tended merely te prove the
trial truth of the nilagu which says
Hjbt'jrett marry In haste you will repent
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always insist that their affairs arc their
own exclusive business. That Is true In
one sense. Hut It happens thnt Interest In
romance is u ruling pnsslen with nil sorts
and conditions of people. The public always
likes te rend talcs of the Great Adxenture
of marriage, especially talcs told by travelers
who return from the sea which never was
und never will be charted. The perils and
glories of the voyage arc matters of general
Interest because well, fcccnusc every 0110
expects te travel sooner or luter. Mine.
Mntzeniiuer and Mr; Glotzbach merely added
a few mere scraps of knowledge te a fund
of Information which, extensive as It Is,
seems never quite udeuuatc te human needs.
BOSS BARLEYCORN OUT AGAIN '
TO RULE IN STATE POLITICS
He Has Power, Limitless,. Meney and
Seme Extremely Powerful Friends
Even In Washington
IT WOULD be far better te wipe out the
Velstead law altogether, te repeal the
Eighteenth Amendment, te open the saloons
wide again nnd te give whisky nway than
te permit the existence of n class of privi
leged and protected bootleggers ulllcd with
the corrupt political machines of this State
or any ether State, for that matter.'
Thnt Is why the action of Attorney Gen
eral Daughcrty's office in attempting te clap
blinders en the Federal Grand Jury In this
district nt a moment when the lid hiding
a frightened let of liquor-peddling politi
cians was about te be lifted becms peculiarly
reprehensible.
The profits of the underground whisky
trade are enormous. If, by any perversion
of political influence, these prelits were te
be concentrated In the. hands of miner inn
chine bosses, there would be an end te
political order and political decency. The
elections would be even mere drearll farci
cal than they nre new in many parts of the
State. Any olio who had permission te
monopolize the Huuer trnflic would become
enormously rich within a few months, nnd
have nt his disposal money enough te pros
titute the election machinery In any doubtful
area as It has never been prostituted before.
The sources from which corrupt political
rings drew revenue in the past the race
tracks, commercialized vice nnd gambling
hells seem niggardly and negligible in com
parison with the mine of money thnt would
be opened te any one who could obtain a
mandate for the distribution and sale of
whisky or Its Imitations In 11 country sup
posedly drj.
When the drj laws were written into the
statute books we took occasion te oberc"
in these columns that a great and unconsid
ered danger lay In the pessibllit of a work
ing nlllaucc between the creeks of politics
and the "big-time" bootleggers.
That nlllance was effected almost Imme
diately. The scope of its influence has
constantly widened. It is useless new te
inquire into the sources of its increasing
strength. It seems te have had exalted po
litical sanction or It neer would have been
able 'te exert pressure in one of the most
lmpertnnt departments of the Federal Gov
ernment. Politicians in the whisky business already
have brought about a shameful conflict of
nlms and Immeasurable confusion in Wash
ington and in the departments charged with
the duty of dry enforcement. Commissioner
Hnyncs has been trying enrnestl te make
the Velstead law eperatise. His orders hae
been countermanded mere thun once by his
superiors.
Senater Pepper asked for the appointment
of Mr. Davis te the pest of prohibition
director in Pennsj lvanln because he, tee,
has sought te have the law enforced hec.iuu
It Is the law. Au order from Acting Attor
ney Genernl GelT cut the ground from under
the feet of Mr. Davis and made wreckage of
the plan for a general exposure and clean-up
which had been worked out b Mr. Walnut.
It is impossible te measure the pus-lble
effect of this policy of obstruction In Mr.
Daughcrty's office. The work of enfone enfene
ment is difficult and dlsceur.igliu enough.
What mere Is needed te dishearten any man
than the knowledge or even the suspicion
that the powers of the Gecrnincut Itself am
being turned against him in his effort te be
honest ':
If the politicians who have been bossing
the whisky ring in this State manage te
escape, Mr. Davis might as well shut up
shop. Ills force will be demoralized and
the big and little bootleggers will laugh ut
him. 1)
The Velstead law may be guud or bad,
right or wrens, wi--e or unwise in its present
form. Hut the nature of the law itself lias
no bearing en the general question created bj
the bootlegger in politics. Are the Federal
laws te be systematically and deliberately
broken b officers of the Government?
Arc sources of ulmest iiiilimlwsl wealth
te be opened te men who hae become
rich and Influential through the sclentiiic
prostitution of elections? Are bootleggers
te be permitted te buss the State and are
they te be encouraged In the arrogance that
has led them at last le Issue orders In
Washington?
Mr. Dnugherty ought te huirj home from
Flerida and answer these ami a few ether
questions. The condition which lias been
existing In this State and which Mr. Wal
nut was about te uncover when he was
jerked out of office by Mr. Guff's telegram
is suggestive of nothing less than anarchy
unvarnished and unashamed. Anil if the
present Administration even appears te de
sire te hide or excuse the odious sj stein of
betrayal charged by lnfcience against sonic,
of the bosses of this State it will de se nt
Its peril. If political leaders laugh at the
laws which they arc sworn te enforce, what
can you expect from the rank and tile?
CANDOR, THE ARM OF PEACE
MUTl'AL confidence mere vilnl th.in ;my
contained in after-dinner oraierj, en
grossed resolutions or crrtilicd icminicis is
manifested in the interchange of informa
tion between the HritMi and American Gov
ernments iu regnrd te poison gns. 'piie
English nre telling us their chcmlcul sccicts.
We arc reciprocating.
There Is an American mission 111 Londen,
n Hritlsh mission iu Washington, 1 ngngcil
in studying the war-gas situation and mark
ing the latest developments b.v the icclml
duns and scientists of the two nations. The
work fellows an inquiry Inte tank piegrcss,
concerning which both the Hriilsh and
American authorities have rcvcalid the whole
truth. Each of the Governments is new In
formed of the exact naval status of the
ether.
The censtiuctlve weith of such candor
can scarcely be (ver-estininted. As guar
antees of peace, Interchanged 1 evolutions of
military and naval secrets arc heartening
novelties. Mystery, vngue fears nnd jeal
ously guarded secreK have In the past
thmtenlnily contributed te the encourage
ment of the vnMmblL.' The Icklcal step
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EVENING PUBLIC LEDGEB
ucyetid the policy of disclosure is, of course,
a further extension of the principle of dis
armament. Ily their present mutual frank
ness Great Hrltaln nnd the United States
arc laying the foundations for the execution
of a program of. arms limitation much
broader In scope than the one established In
the Washington Conference.
Where there arc no national Fccrcts, the
likelihood of war Is Inevitably lessened, and,
without mysteries, secret diplomacy, even
from the most selllsh nnd mntcrlnllstlc
standpoint, becomes a superfluity.
it Is Interesting te note thnt the confes
sions in which the two Eugllsh-spcnklng
nations nre engaged nre in direct accord
with a categorical prevision of the covenant
of the League of Nations. According te the
sixth clause of Article VIII. "Members of
the League undertake te interchange full
and frank Information ns te their urma
ment", their military, nnvnl nnd nlr pro pre
grams nnd the condition of such of their
industries as arc adaptable te warlike pur
poses." It will be needless te bewail American
abstention from the League If, ns In the
present Instance, the spirit which It exem
plifies is observed In international relation
ships. . ...
Signatures alone will net protect civili
zation. Its fate, if that Is te be happy, Is
te bu determined by just such nets of trust
and geed will ns can nt this time be
ascribed with honor te the Governments of
the HritMi Empire and of this Republic.
MR. CAFFNEY'S MONKEY-WRENCH
COUNCILMAN GAFFNEY'S Hidden to te
J gard for the dismal rookeries and ill
favored thoroughfares new disfiguring thnt
district between the Parkway and tiie
Schuylkill Hlver comprehended n part 01
the exposition plans is unconvincing and
conventional. . ,
Ne public enterprise vtas ever started in
this cltv without developing insincere forces
of reaction. If only te rccegnl.e ncrus cd
precedent, minatory monkey-wrenches must
be raised. , . ,
It Is plain that Mr. Gaffner if wielding
one of these historic implements In bis op
position te the condemnation for fair pur
poses of property assessed nt 5o.l80,euu. it
Is his contention that Council has no au
thority te close a street, except temporarily
for repairs.
Just hew the city plan has undergone a
quantity of changes in the course of jenrs
is net explained. Certain thoroughfares
have vanished completely. It would be
perhnps iuqulrliirf tee callously te ask Mr.
Gaffnev for information en this point.
Hesi'des, It is needless te leek for logic in
nffairs dominated b the palpable spirit of
obstructionism. Mr. GatVneyV obvious pur pur
pe is te make trouble for the fair under
taking because 11, site has been chosen of
which he disapproves.
The Mayer's message, calling for the
passage of nn ordinance enabling the city
te iuke title te the region between the Park
way, Falrmeunt Park and the east bank of
the Schuylkill below the dam for the fair,
has regard net only for that cnterpiisc,
but nlse for the permanent development of
the city.
With or without a Sesqui-Centennlal cele
bration, tne municipality can ill afford te
delay Improvement of tin- banks of the lower
Schujlklll and the condition of that river
In general. The fair offers an excellent
opportunity for beginning the much-needed
wink of lehabllltailen. That is one of the
signal merits of the Cret plan.
Fortunately, the nonsense about the in
ability of the city te alter Its own appear
ance is tee extravagant te be taken seriously
for any length of time. Gesticulations of
the wreiich-slliigers are hence alarming only
te the 111 sophisticated.
PATCHWORK LAWMAKING
FOIt an exhibition of legislative futility
and confusion, it would be difficult te
surpass the latest porfei mances of the Heuse
of Representatives respecting Immigration.
The ." per cent quel.i law, which lias
worked se many hardships and resulted In
se uriu.v iilisiird and irritating complications,
is theoretical! operative until .luue lit) of
this year. Hut the measiiie lias functioned
se wrelcliedlj that the patching piecesb Is
already under way in the pas-age of a
resolution admitting permanently te the
I'niied States! the 4(0 excess aliens who
have been granted temporary entrain e since
March 7.
Opponents of the bill rose tn blame the
steamship companies for the muddle. Pest
slbly It can be shown that these organiza
tions are st 1 King te profit te the utmost by
the Immigration business. Hut whatever
their faults, responsibility primarily falls
upon the framers of a law that is both un
workable and pteiluctlxc of a multiplicity
of abuses.
Meanwhile the framing of a new law ex
tending tin quota rule, for another jear lias
begun. That also will probably be revised
and chanced before it has run Its course.
On the general subject of immigration
C'ongiess is npiiaiciitlj without consistent
ceiivl' tieiis. TI10 steamship lines have been
sceicd. Ellis Island conditions lmve been
"exposed,'' but authentic stud.v of the sit
uation Is tltigranllv lacking. In the Sen
ate, Iliuiis, of Georgia, has uigid the total
prohibition of immigration for live years.
Mr. Kobliiseii, of Arkansas, favors lie ad
mit slen of all tempiirjij excess quota aliens.
A problem of the inmost siiioiisuesi ami
magnitude is ebscurnl b,v ceiifusid Hunting
at res. ptinir.se., ethlng like ,1M intelli
genl und iiifeiinicl grasp c)f tiH. matter has
jet la en nxcaled.
SUNDAY WORK FOR CHURCHES
THE suggestion th.it the women of one
religious denomination la the. farming
districts of Iowa lontrlhute 10 the home und
foreign mission funds all the eggs laid by
their liens en Simdaj would provide enor
mous sums if it wen. extended te all the
products of the farm.
Grass grows en Sunday, and se de pota
toes and corn and x.luat and sheep and pigs.
Cows give milk en Sunday a- well ns: en
vvcek-da.vs, New if the Sunday milk and
a lemputed piopeitlon of perk 'and mutton
and grain and hay product en the first day
of the week wcie set apart for religious uses
the chinches would find themselves In a
better tliiutii'ial shape than ever before.
The old biblical rule of laying aside a
tenth of the finiis of Hie Held and the fleck
for the support of the temple called for n
smaller com 1 Unit Inn than Js asked of the
Iowa farmers' wives. Assuming that hens
lay cver.v da) . the Sunda.v eggs would be
one-seventh of the pieduct of the poultry
jardi but hens de net lay ever) day. An
average of live eg,j.s a week Is pretl.v geed,
se that a contribution of the Sunday eggs
would amount te neatly a fifth Instead 0f a
tenth.
The v'eiuen. however, nie likely te ngree
te the plan ninth mere generally than the
men would agree te a similar request that
they set aside a fixed proportion of the jleld
of their farms for 1 burcli work.
Jehn A. Hell Jtidlg-
Ring Out, niiutly denies the report
Wild Hell tluft he Is te settle Sen-
iiter Crew's liabilities
In Hie sum of SII.Vl.OOO in return for a scat
in the United Slates Senate; and his nole
sounds true. There was a story In the
newspapets Hie ellit'i dux qf a Pennsylvania
fanner who laid lied a bell en the neck of 11
turkey gobbler in order te scire away tlui
nits from his chicken house. Hut Helling
a Crew xveuld have had a precisely oppnsfce
effect and the public will .welcome the dU-
al.lnl.P .r . '
VIIMIW-
- 7PHIEADELPHIA, SATURDAY, MAlpffflrlO y '
NEVER SAW A TRAIN
Clrcult-Rldlng Preachers Who Pay
Large Income Tax- The Musician
Who Composed "The Arkaniaw
Traveler" Where All the
Whetstones Come Frem
Ily GEOKGE NOX McCAIN
f
I SEE by the paper they had 0 mountain
chnti Intn Knnvl1l Term., the ether
day xvhe had never been u railroad train, or
n spaved, street, or a movie. Never been
outside the cetintv in which he was horn."
"Hew old xvas he?" asked a fellow traveler
suspicions of a trap.
"Fifty-seven. He xveuldn't been In Knox Knex Knox
yllle then If a friend, a city feller, hadn't
brought him In te have his eyes examined.
"Funny part of it Is," continued the
speaker, "he lived only twenty miles from
Sergeant Yerke, the World War here, and
didn't knew him."
.The Western Express had left Little Reck.
Arkansas.
It xvus headed for the Texas border, -lOO
miles farther toward the sunset.
The Committee en "Unlimited Free
Speech nnd General Information" xvas al
ready In session In the smoking compart
ment of the Oklahoma City Pullman sleeper.
A large bruss cuspidor ornamented the
center of the compartment, for be it known
tunny male humans west of the Mississippi
nnd south of the Missouri "cat" tobacco.
"Chaw" is the correct expression.
A bluish, diaphanous cloud of burning to
bacco hmeke burdened the nlr of the place.
The remark about the "rldger" with the
peer eyes xvas merely for purposes of con
versation among thchol-pellol assembled.
It Blurted something ns Is usually the
ense under the circumstances.
'T,HAT'S nothing. There's people in
A Arkansas living up in Madisen and
Newton Counties I'll bet never suxv a good geed
sized vilhCge," declared a smart jeuug
drummer from Memphis.
"Why? Hecause they've no desire te
travel. They're both religious and super
stitious. They think all the evil in the
world's found in the cities.
"Largely they're right," said a clerical
looking man in the corner farthest from the
xvlndews.
He turned out te be a miner official from
somewhere In Oklahoma.
"They're superstitious because they read
little nnd hnyc few churches. They're re
ligious where they haxc the chance." He
xvent en:
"Talk about self -sacrifice. Yeu all ought
(e talk te some of these Huptlst nnd Meth
odist clrcult-rldlng preachers.
"Hevv they keep bedj and soul together
en their salaries the Lord only knows."
"Hew's that new oil field ever te Malvern
cemln' en." Interrupted a chap In twteds
und leather legglns.
"Jus' tel'able. Tliej s lets of money geln'
Inte that field, but cver.v feller's vvaitln' for
'cm te bring In a big well."
It xvas another man In leather legglns who
had answered the first.
"Speaking about circuit riders. 1 knew a
preacher xvhe gets less than $."00 a jeur und
spends nearly all of It for expenses. He paid
mere than .$1200 income tax last eur,"
resumed the Oklahoma official.
"Hew come?" asked one of the leather
breeches, greatly Interested.
"Oil," xvas the inoues,v liable reply. "Hit
of laud In Oklahoma."
"Quit preachin'. 1 reckon," said leather
breeches Ne. " with a grin.
"Ne. Geln' ahead same as usual,
the Lord and the people need him."
"WWI, I'll be damn."
Sies
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A RE ou a native of Arkansas?'
XTlIIc was a business mil
man. apparently of
iilty-hve or sixty, lie um a iNerthcrii
accent nnd addressed himself te Leather
Legglns Ne. 1.
"Net exactly. 1'xc lived in the State
though for thirty-four jcars. Came In as
11 boy."
"Well, xvhat I xvant te knew Is, xv hat's
the correct pionunciatien of Its name. Is It
Ar-kan-sas or Ar-kan-saxv?"
"Ar-kau-suw," was the reply xvith n
smile.
"Well, xvh.v don't they let the world knew
that? I was taught as a be te call it Ar-kan-sas
the way It's spelled.
"Seems te me half the people I knew call
it thai." he added peevishly.
"I don't we what mere we can de te let
the world knew what the correct pronun
ciation is," xvas the replj .
"There ought te be 11 ti.xed rule en its
pronunciation," reteited the H. M.
"There Is. Net a rule, but a law. If ,xeu
Northern people xvant te keep en culling It
Ar-kan-sas, go te it. Hut " and he
grinned goed-naturedly te soften the blew,
"Well-informed people pronounce It Ar-kan-sjiw,
its legal name."
HE WAS an exceptionally xvell-lnfermcd
man en Aikansas subjects xvc discov
ered. An oil operator, 1 think, with interests .n
Oklahoma.
In reply te our inquiries, lie said that In
the early eighties the General Assembly of
Arkansas had adopted a concurrent resolu
tion declaring the proper pronunciation te
be Ar-kun-saw, pronounced in three s.vlluhles
with the final "sas" pronounced "saw" and
the accent en the first s.x liable.
"This xvas in conformity with the decision
of tiie Slate Historical Seeb'tj. which had
investigated the subject," lie said.
"I guess that's right," avowed unnther,
"Yeu always speak of the Ar-kan-saw
Traveler, and net the Ar-kau-s.ts Traveler."
"What de jeti knew about the 'Atkansnw
Traxeler'," snapped the oil man.
"Nothing, except it's an old dance tune.
Isn't It?" '
TTH.R reply the oil man took a dipping from
" Y pudgy portfolio and passed around.
Prof. Jeseph Tess,) ,W1S ,, utheP ,,f t.
famous eiu .rhunsaw i ruvclcr." He was
born in Italy iu lMrj and died near Cin
cinnati in IS1--.
He went te the City of Mexico when a
child xvlth his parents, who were musicians
He was then considered 11 predlgj as a per-'
former 011 the violin. At the age of fifteen
he visited Philadelphia, living. there awhile
and after Hint made a tour te various coun
tries of the world 11s a musician. In ,s;i,-,
he settled In Cincinnati as a teacher of
music
He was eaily known te fame as the author
of the "Arkansaw Traveler." Fer a quarter
of a century his chief eiiiplejment was phu .
ing for parties and balls. He was alwa'vs
popular with the best society in Cincinnati,
net only for his musical talent, but for his
social qualities as well.
Ole Hull was one of his warm friends, and
always visited Prof. Tosse when he went te
Cincinnati. Exety few .xears 11 benefit con.
cert was given Prof. Tosse and thev were
well uttended His geneial fame, however,'
xvas founded en his work us the composer of
the "Arkansaw Traveler."
BEFORE" darkness fell that night I hd
learned considerable of this rcmaikable
but little known and barkwurd Statu of
Aikansas.
I might have learned mere had net the
genial company disintegrated gradimllv ns
the express carried us further Inte (ikla (ikla
henia, and night settled all discussions,
In remote Northern Arkansas, in j.lw.
rence, Fu'ten, Ruxter, Marlen, Seare.v,
NewtniV and Hoeno Counties, are some of tint
grcntchivsh"' deposits in the ceunti.v,
All 11 "" e,elll's ",,(1 whetsleucs in (he
United Slates mc niaile In Aikansas from
xvliat I" Hmixvn as Washita rock.
The peculiar geological formation fMIIII
which theV' rocks are taken Is known te
exist In 11 , small way in only 0110 or two
ether plucrii.
Arkansas centalns mere mineral spilngs
and boiling springs of radio-active wateis
than auv ether State In the I nlen.
true (It tiie- largest nn, 11 un-lll uittura
wonder, exists in Henton niinty.
1 also learned that Arkansas hud a 1 jVul
e euV own "Honest" Jehn Hardslcy in the
icrsen of "HnncHt" Mnjer Woodruff, a
former Htnte Treasurer, who managed te
iii-iiti
irer. who managed te
ut the State Treasury
pretty weiL cican ' h" ",0 "bw rreaeury
aurinz .
SOMETHING
ill "O
X J A & f 01 HiwcKrv-''Sr""' " 'r,,s fc
A-ZiSf0 ....tTF55rTiraMiW'M pil---"RfliP , Lw VLiPkiS " 4t"ltiii,
NOW MY IDEA IS THIS!
Daily Talks With Thinking Philadelphia en Subjects They
Knew Best
DR. WILLIAM A. STECHER
On Swimming for Schoolchildren
OF ALL the forms of physical exercise
taught in tiie nubile school plixslcul
training course, swimming is one of the
most. If net the most, beneficial and useful
mivs Dr. William A. Steelier, director of
physical education iu the Philadelphia pub
lic' schools.
"Swimming is one of the recrenlive ex
ercises." said Dr. Steelier, "which may be
continued In later life, und herein It differs
from some of the ether and mere spectacular
forms of exercises. Football, for example,
is of no xalue In later life, because the only
cupaeiiv In which the elder person can par
ticipate is as 11 spectator. And swimming
has the additional feature that may be made
11 competitive sport if se desired.
"'riils, in short. Is one of the principal
viewpoints In modern ph.xslcal education
te stiess these thiugs which will prove of
value after the child has finished school.
Swimming has this value, and It is ulte a
most useful accomplishment.
Taught In the Schools
"Swimming is new n part of the regular
phvslcal educative xverk. Of course, its en
thusiasts claim for It ever.x thing that can be
claimed for any sport, but nil enthusiasts
are that way. and the followers of the ether
sports make the same extruviiginit claims for
their favorite pastime. Nevertheless, swim
ming is n splendid form of exercise, and, for
that matter, se is walking. Walking is per
haps mere practicable than swimming, for
u person can walk at any time and almost
anywhere, while the same conditions de net
apply te swimming.
"Hut swimming Is taught in the school
.t .. -.....!... ltBdl .If 1tt1
course. IIOlll as IIII cxcuise mm ua u Bum
in which every human being should acquire
proficiency when he is jeung. Our experi
ence has shown us thnt the best results arc
achieved when the child is taught betwteu
the fourth and the fifth grades: that Is, at
about eleven years of age. At that time the
child is still fearless, in se fur as the water
in concerned, and jet is old enough te no ne
quile the icqlllrcd skill. Fietn the xcry
practical point of spending money we find
that we get better results at that age than
when xve start instruction either larller or
later.
"During the summer months the Heard
of Education authorizes the teaching of
swimming in sixteen city peels. The mimic.
Ipal Henrd of Recreation allows us the ie
of these peels part of the time, and the
Heaiil of Education provides sixteen men
teachers te Instruct the be.vs and sixteen
women teachers for the girls. They have
turned out literally thousands of excellent
swlinuicrs and some vciy expert ones among
them. . ,,
"Heginnlng In April, xve send out cards,
ca'lllng the attention of the parents and the
.million te the fact that the peels will he
open for the leaching of swimming and
asking whether they deslie 10 have their
children receive the instruction which will
be theirs for the asking: 110 charge Is iiiadc
for uny of this part of. the cxini phjshul
course.
Taught In Squads
"The Instruction is given In sounds of
four children each and the lessen lasts for
one-half hour. Thus, at eucli peel four
children will receive the undivided utlentleii
of the teacher from, sa, II e neck in Hie
morning until 1) :e0. when another four will
be taught from 0:.'I0 until 10 o'clock, und
se en throughout the entlie teaching day.
"It takes from tluec lessens for the most
adept te ten or fifteen for tltese whu learn
mere slowly until they can be called swim
mers. If the child is feailess of the water
and Is fairly skillful in the handling of its
urnis and legs he usually learns vciy quickly.
If they have been frightened when joiinger,
it takes a much ledger time te teach the con cen
tidence which every one must acquire before
lie can svvlm. Cliildieii leniii swimming
much mere rapidly as a rule than adults,
Just as the.v learn most ether physical ex
ciclses iiime quickly.
"Our little students are taught a geed
stroke, and In a word taught te boeeiuo ical
j.w limners and net simply te wallow through
the water. When tlic.v can swim for twenty
minutes at a time without lest, each one
who passes this test Is given a fish with the
letters 'P. S.' (public schools) en 11, If ..,
leek ill ulmest any of the public peels in
summer time ou will see 'from two or three
te u dozen or ni'-je of these flsh nn h ..1...
,of the little bajJMs, and they are very proud
ATTEMPTED, SOMETHING DONE-,
A $&
V
"Many of our little t-xvlmmers go far be
yond the twenty-minute mark, und it is
no uncommon thing for some of our boys
and girls in the firjt year te swim for an
hour or mere. Hut xvhen one enn swim for
twenty minutes he can swim for nn ulmest
Indefinite time.
"Every jenr xvc teach about 2000 chil
dren te swim. We xveuld like te tench n
greater number, but xve have net tjic fueill
ties for doing se. There are no facilities
whatever iu the schools themselves, and en
the hottest dajs the public peels where we
Have te give this Instruction arc se crowded
that teaching Is impossible. ,
t, "lni ','";. ,"ctt? building program of the
Heard of Lducatleu xve would like te have
peels built in the schools, where this in
struction could be given te as many pupils
ns want it. It is a definite part of the
physical education, which Iu its own wnv Is
just as Important as the mental training.
J hen sw mining has a life-saving value
which ether sports de net huve, and it
tenches courage and calmness iu moments of
danger.
Speed .Swimming Net Taught
"We de net seek te develop speed swim
iiing in our teaching. If the pupil 1 s
endency In this direction he can develop it
ater himself, nil. im ....! .. ...."'.
njent In this fremU,c"in;. cte7. xvhose
aim is te make him u strong swimmer
capable of taking cure of himself in ti A
PS
s
'. " ""wiiuiij ni.L'U lucre IH tiine nml
is net made u hpi'dultv. "nu
TI, . i,...ii
hlinU'lt lllr limit. ill.. ..I .1 ": "" fc
.1. 1 Jtt.uuul? bl'mim'r erk uhlph i
Kim' al00 "- beeZS
"Swimming has new been
And swimming is 01 of tlie, . ,, ..eon" ' en
which has brought ",hisfc!0,,?d,;'iio'i;,a,i!eutt:i'V
What De Yeu Knew?
QUIZ
yc.teunaSmlL tr a hB
- rnVnntev" "1Ca"lnt' f ",0 rd ,11s
S. Winy was the fatlie,. ,.r
losephy'.' "' J'euiic.11 phi-
1. Will) was Vlce President .c .1 .. .
f.. Jliat is u pnynlm?
0. AXhat delkleus fmlt hear-i n e.
. . Is a corruption 1 it t ii ,',r,i,'?,m.e1 "'at
TI In what month of he -Vr Vfl-I,l'ii 1
Lee jui lender te Grant it I. " ,"'1
tex? xiaui at AipMiMt-
R. Wliere Is Andalusia?
tl. linn was the naxal l.attt,, ,,r ,.
10. Who we.e the ceminamkMs lMI t(Uh M(K
Answers te Yesterday's Quiz
i. .UlAllll UCUIl IH tin most IllJteriO
mam .alive vulu V"'"" f '"e
. The .Meli.iui.nedaus a ,u I divided t ,,,
two principal nets et ,,,,, 1' ,hV
Suites 'j'nelr dlspute v is "i,"!!'1
about the- succession of ti ,,,'Ki,Ml
n XImIm...1 ...... .'"..". ."-villi
111U
.aeiiiiiiic. -...j
ll Sludge, the Medium" (. ., ,.
muiioleKiiL. by Jli.heit Hruvviilni ' ltt
lliipeiliitit tluitles p.issVr'i,.. .,
iruuf;i.;,!:iTri,vi,hTeiH!h,1!;
leirs ' '" ' ""l I'
S. .Miub 111. KliiK el .Si,. Hand lived In tli
clev'iii'li icntuiy A e, "' '"
J. U.11 toleiiieo hHtibaii Mui lle wits 1, uele-
bunted' Spanish painter. He UKU itl
19. The volume of the earth Is about fifty
times greater than Uiatlet the moon.
ivf lni. .inn ... .......I...... .
1 .n 1 l,U4,vr'"K assistance te ethei
..i.... .... ebiui, iii-isi-g. .vtanv of our mini!
ii'tiirn after the first vein- !..., ....1.,."1
of fancy swiinmlnJ '. .,,.. ".'" 7U'"" '" -'
a nit mi:. 11 ir it 1..
i"1
lw
hing fiu-whW TLs cXfttie
publiu cied t, and xet it is m , ,.i .1 u
valuable things taught V 1CI , 0 tui'se'
new W '"I" ,,t,C" ',0l."tf thK - "'" 1! 0T 0T
new fifteen xears nn.! 1,. .1.1.. ... ' "
the iiiicle m'd Meal s sC,TCl """
of these iAi Ver I ,e u rieus ' Z J T :ri'0
wlie pass the first test re eIIl. lie' t I'"iae
weend, and tl.ose who 1 ss il.e !J" Ul"
eligible for the thlt.l S imn . T'1 "V
is an efficiency test of the tl .1' V u,''Is
the child who can pf,s th, ' .''i'' ""''
snrn te !,e ),. ... ",i!"'.HN. ""'. t'lrd test is
1.. a iiiuriuoiegisi is n stud, ut of f,lnil
C. .splUemiril was 111, ancleiu cesil i,(nilii..
iiliitmuut nun u 1 hleilv- fiuniii .V,,..
belli allied te valet I'm 1. The1 , ,, "","
, ah., glxci. le Kinds l ,., a '' u lw
7. The lilIKu Pielllsleile llz.i 1 .17 1 1 ! L ,
sail. us. had, or ,.lf , Uv , '- -
t ,
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SHORT CUTS
Time has a spenge for most political
slates. ,
Clilcage's fire seems te prove that the
fire-proof building Is us yet as far off as the
feel-proof gun.
In the springtime vhen the vind blows
through the hole, iu the vindowpane then
Bayly the trouble deer opens vide for tlie
coal strike.
There nre incidents In the life of a
certain .Air. Newberry that should have the
effect of Injecting caution Inte the Pennsyl
vania campaign.
Terede uavnlls, the ship worm, doesn't
thrive in Philadelphia xvaters. Let the
knockers note the verity : In our shipping it
doesn't pick holes.
The Four-Power Treaty, incidentally,
Is an unwitting protector of xveak noa nea noa
signatery nations. Signatories must confer
befuic striking a blew.
The supposition Is thnt Chairman Ford Ferd
ney does net knew that Incomes have beea
considerably reduced during the last year
nnd taxes grew harder te pay.
The League of Nations new takes tie
ground that tt Is mere economical te reduce
the armies of Eurepe voluntarily In the epta
than Involuntarily In the trenches.
Though ratification of the Four-Power
Treaty Is new n foregone conclusion It
simply docs net occur te Congress te cut ent
the talk and de the xverk expected.
Nexy Yerk preacher (who has hnd suffi
cient notoriety) says xvhat the modern pulpit
needs Is sensationalism, his Idea, apparently,
being that the xvuy te banish sin Is te grew
historical.
If bituminous operators xvere unable te
boost the price of coal In storage the moment
11 strike Is called there is likelihood they
would hasten te consult with the minera te
nxcrt trouble.
Miitzcnauer's hundred per cent husband
has evidently run into a publicity hound who
dearly loves te sling words. Ills phrases
suggest a jazz novelist of the younger school.
They nssuiedly de net suggest n chauffeur.
Mnnchesler. N. II., textile strikers
suspended hostilities te send comHetiecs te
the man tlic.v are fighting nnd llevvers t
the funeral of Ills child. "One touch "'
nature."
Dr. Prince Iiiih, of cnur.'c, of admirers
n host, but our Grievance, b'gesli. Is that the
flapper who worked the Antlgenlsb gli""
should wear sloppy galoshes.
President Harding will gel back le
Washington with several big Micks la Iiw
bag, but it is net yet certain whether he win
swat the Fordney pill with n driver or a
maslilc.
It was 11 tine day St. Patrick lind. l"t
with the parades and the speeches by Hie
grand men with Ireland free nt last ; nna
dlvvel a thing te nieldher us at all at m
save 11 few small troubles which will l
lighted nt Inst, praises be.
Maine's election next Monday will "
lleii the leuutry's attllude toward fines"
politic , domestic industrial roiiditleiis, tne
taiiff. prohibition, the treaties, the bonus.
.. ..hi 1 1 1...,.lt. ti.. ..Miinoetinll Wltn
or will llllie lllin.iliu.tj .... ,....'-- ,. ii
anv of these things according as llie n"" 5)1
coincides wllh .veiir previous (envieniui".
If Dr. Hnlten huA the right ilepc;
Mud I'llen bud a ghost who loved te give a
And cvKei"whcre that Mar went that ghost
was sure te go. I(1
Missoula and Autl'telilsh she Idled H
filghli'iied lull:- , , .
Hut wasn't Hint n illsiauce great te iau
a ghost te walk?
It Is Inconceivable that
Mrri'l) In Help Ciuiucllmaii ". ntTn''
would, because of
,.,..ri.ieni. fee nnelbcr site, niecced te Pt
dilliculllcs In Hie way of I hose who aic li'J -I
nig 10 iiiiikt n success if Hie Si'WI'H;1,',, t 'I
leuuiiil: se wc mil take It ler gram ""'
.1... Il.lll... ..f M lllti'll I"
lie nioiiiieiis 1 no 1 u 1 -. -1 1 j 1 1 1 1 . "', , M'.l
coiidcinniitleii proc dings, merely se tmi 5V
..... iaIh .. LlHiili.liInn lltltltfVJ Mill. 11VI 'U
court.e, reallMs that this Is no time for P"
nnllfle. X -4
polities.
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