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titlfj te tlic vc Jer rtpubhcatlOH e' all tiii t
4itatche eredtttd te (t n ttet vthmritt crtdttttt
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MACKEY'S BUNK
UM J.SS tlic pe'iti-imw h.'iv .i . a-e '" I
dll indtue i.um" frlvoleu- "!l1 nical i
I'ommentnler te n'narl that rlic old cili"' cili"'
len of incredulity. "Tell that te the ma
rines." Is outmoded and that 'Ten that t
the women voters" muxt take it- pl.tcu.
The candidates already are Joshing the
women. Harry Mackey is the latest te have
hii My te them. l(e told the Pennsylvania
Ijeague of Women Veter ye-terday after
noon that If e'ei-tnd (toverner he would HP
point te office "the vcrv hlghet class of men
fliiMctnted from all political nd factional
1 entnnslcmfnts.' men "te whom the salary
1 wis no attraction."
1 This Ih the kind of tall. If MDp.urntly
thinks the women want te hear, but If he
' thinks they Itellcre that as Coverner he
would turn' down the politicians who .helped
-r elect him, he ertdit-j tbem with a lack of
. xophWtlcatien of which his experience should
' tell him they are free Smii" of the "omen
! thctuFelves are pnlltiflani and they would
' like office. Arc they te be disqualified?
The only answer is that Mnekey is talking
bunk and that he knows it. He is net se
' Innocent as te think that the Vare machine
-will support him without hope of getting
-part if net nil of the patronage my the
Highway Commissioner with ht power te
"'award contracts, or the Attorney (icn-ral
Vlth his supervision of the lej-al business ..(
tthe State.
McCONNELL'S CASE
W
HKN the case against AVilliam J. M -,
Cennell. former direcrev f prohibition
) in this State, is aired In the redernl t eurt.
' and net before then, we shall ti whether
the rnormeusl.x profitable and extremely
j dangerous nllianc between politics and th-
i illicit whisky business was diMMptud by the
revelatlen.s fercid ! Ashist.mt Distrift At
torney Walnut and the indictments granted
by the Federal (Jrand .lurv in answer te the
belated lleas of Mr. i'li
If Mcl'ennell is eenvictrd lie sliquld be
verely punished. Put hard .sentences nn- ,
') posed en a fc. men will inn de .uiy geed te J
the State If large gteups of fonsplmter. are .
permitted te continue the most perilous .
tem of pelitieal prostitution ever attempted i
Jn this or any ether pan of the country. !
It ha been nluln siuce the beginning that i
if the conspiracy charged by .Mr. Walnut rx- j
i.e... n, nll it c.w.li,,l.l e ,i-r.'it i. iiciv 1t nnd
little politicians whose names have net et j
IHttij lit nil ii .' .u'.u . ... ... -e - i
appeared in connection with the JKi.entieu
, case. It is the system lti-elf which cheuld
, ! attacked and hiekeu up. Te catch one
. or another of its organizer is net enough.
This is something t'.int Mr. t'eles will
hare te keep in nund if he f te live up te
.his official responsibilities Onl the Di
trlct Attorney and lus officials can conttel
the facilities neet.snry t' prow ihe truth
or falsity of rumeis of a shameful kind
that have been current in Katru Pennsyl
vania for almost n war. It is geneiall re
ported, for example, that local polities in
many towns and cities and counties of the
interior of the State is under ihe control of
parge-scale bootleggers or their friends, and
ilb"at something very much like h Statewide
conspiracy existc umung officeholders of an
easily recegnisable type te get riches and
, power by the violation of the Federal l.tw
It would be interrstiii' te knew Hint her
these rumors lusw t cached the ens of Mr
Celes ami whether the.', ha..- gteatlv inter
ested hi n i
BRIDGE1 PREPAREDNESS
IT WILL cost mere thun a million dollars
te open Spi ng tiHrden Mie,n irem Fiftn
t the Delaware Itiver Abstractly consid
ered, the sum is consijcruble und retinc .1
may be eipeeted te inquiie closely mte the
details of the propeed iniprevenvn'
Iut the betienuenf of approaches c, tlP
Delaware Hlvei IJriduc . of win, ii. S,rmx
Garden treet plan is a part, is ,i Mibie. t
demand)!.. comprehensive wioe
ueuld I
i)i! iiic inijsn ei uiiwiscieiii n c'.peiutc work
upon the span while neglcciin' tiarti en-
idcratiens nti'iutelv uunn vitl. the
"whole pinje.-t The .iiy inu -t be readv for
. the bridg" alieastltiilsew.il ie,-nr. e . ,il,
i ihe new phiM'.il bend bninnn x- -rent
State:'
The wideiciiig of Si.ng liitiijen t.;roe-
j ntiween I ttti. ami .-sum und the etensien
of the cast and west thercigbfai.. t,. rlie
liver is an obvious necessir, It will hi.
J impebslble ter Market etieet and -ii'l njete
jhO for narrower thoroughfares In the hean
of the city te meet the Immetue new- iratlir
j demands whien the bridge will impose
I Four years is none tee long n t.me m
which te piepare for sinking chat.-es in the
' iirean routes of meter vehicles and for a.
inevitable dc-rclepiueiir ( cemuieulal ,u -
.ttrlct".
MOTOR PARKING AGAIN
ypEPPEKY debates between Superintendent
,J. Mills and Ceuiicilmnii en Tagen. no
nutter hew glinting und cutting they mjv
b In jiartlculnr phrnsei or what gifts f
rhetorical talent they dlnclese, will net Sev..
"Mae problem of meter traffic.
What Mr. von Tagtn obviously hud ln
zalnd when he offered the new automobile
ordinance which excited the derision of the
Tfjuperlntcndent of Police w.h a desire te
xillevc automobile drivers of the feeling of
being eternally chansl and in conflict with
ta police, and te give them an opportunity
te put tiieir machines te normal use eveu in
ft crowded areas of the city.
ZjW '"Superintendent Mills seems te be as earn
Qfey ,' i-uiic;iiirii iiuuui iuc Liuiiuici ei mer
llsc . 'ri-jnt. who ill the tinst feiiiul tlmi ,...t .i
- - - . - ----. v.... I'.llU'U
car formed an almost ImpassaMc barrier in
ll. ...a. it l-ll trt, l.l CV1I, n.l.. .1 ,1 .
ji u - '"j sh-cjs.-w.. .i mm no inei
yA s'akepping in meters. Deth officials, there
jcVsr, have geed cases te present and there is
.. rfVMAfe1.,l ah An.tl. hlilA
-.n-Kni siu vttvil pi.ii.
hat the public will want te knew Is
no' consistent effort Is made te ilnd
space in the bu sines district or
w tu wis. v iuclcteu streets
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nre comparatively empty during a geed part
of the dny. There is the desert space nbeut
City Unll and the unused space of the Park
way terminus.
There 1 it delusion In some minds that
parked automobiles are unsightly, ft is n
delusion ami nothing mere. Properly
under police regulation meter parks might
be established In the places here suggested
and In many of the cress streets close te the
diepplnp distrl.t without seriously (raped
in,? or confuting trolley or meter traffic.
A SCHOOL SURVEY THAT
HAS JUSTIFIED ITSELF
The Scheel Beard Has Already Cor
rected Seme of the Evlla Found
by the Investigators
TR. P1XKOAN is Interested primarily In
imprering the public school t-ystem. He
knows that tt it Is te be Improved the
work must be done through these men who
are in charge of it.
Therefore, these who looked for denuncia
tion and Invert!. e lu hi sumumt of the
tesults of the survey of the schools of this
city, mntfe public before the Academy of
MiiMc Forum lust night, will be disap
pointed. The Stale Superintendent of Public In
struction took especial pains te avoid, se
fur tis possible, antagonizing any one. He
dealt with facts and he laid down principles
which should guide these in charge of the
.schools. The fact.i spoke for themselves and
the principle are these which experts rec
ognize n sound.
The survey v.a made during the school
rear beginning it) September. Itl-tl, and
'tided In dune t,t las jrar. When the in
vestigators b'gati te .ittrait the attention
of these In charge of the schools te the pre
wtillng condition! by their inquiry into them
the authorities began te take thought and
t institute reforms en their own initiative.
It thus happens that before the full report
of the mrvey Is made public some of Its
i preminentia) ion? have nlrendy been adopted.
Dr Finegan explained that the report would
Indicate by footnotes or otherwise where the
abuses criticized hnd been cured.
If nothing else results than the awakening
of the local school authorities te their re
sponsibilities, ihe survey will have been
"erth while Put mete should result from It.
There ate three general criticisms which
Dr. Finegan mukes that deserve attention.
The first applies te the practice of employ
ing almost exclusively teachers and super
intendents who haw received their training
in this city. He does net charge thet thee
teachers arc poorly trained, but he does say
thai th" practice pieients the schoel.s from
gettinp the benefit of th training and teach
ing methods of ether cities, where experts
.is well qualified a" these here have been
i-tiidylug the ame pieblems and urilwng at
diflerent solution
The practice which l.e uiges i that fol
lowed In all the l.i rg llfges. which de
liberately recruit their tticullle in part from
the graduates of ether lelligcs. in cider te
pi event the Institutions from falling into a
tur and continuing te de tn tin1 dciade "hat
.-eemed geed in the Inst decade
Tr. Finegan susgests that m order te
bring about the leferm H should be decided
that hereafter at leasl 'S per cent of the
new teacliern employed each year should be
men and women name I mituli of Phila
delphia HU second t;itu'i-iii is of the -i hoel build
ings. JIc says that "It Jiinet he tee ein ein
nhettcnllv stated that the general . endinnn
0f the school plant i depUrable ' 'uly '.''
tier cent of the buildings ai'f tit ptoef. The
sauilnry condition of rnanv .- di.sgraieful.
end.ir.gering both the '..e.ilth .uul the morals
of ihe childien. And the accommodations
are se Inadequate that 40. Hull children can
attend school only part of the time. In
order te bting the plant i.n te da'e :t bed
in? program should be adopted involving the
expenditure of SO.tM'O.OOll 'it.,"i Mi.- nx
twenty year" rnd the ebandenmen ,,f nier
than rift v obsolete Hnd unnfe si-.c'ure-
Ile iiisisif, thai the cl' U n'h enough te i
.spend th.s sum. ns i's debt . letvei .icr
ciipii i bun thai f m'jst n' it.e e-nci .arge ,
cities und a the e-i of malrita.nm; .s
ml erd system ts also below That e' ether
communities of similar ran-.. Ihe present
Heard of Public Kct'i'-ati-.n i jj hvl , harce
of it" own finances .ni i. lull und m, fr- i
loreiiig te Dr I'lr.eian .' ha.- net ndep'cu j
an nctciifite building program
Te third crtic.-m :s i.i-c-. , :, is. n..
me'lieii of app'dii'.ng 'l.e v l.oel hour.! ,i,.i
dcams! it war of cjejii; buni'ss The
si huei beard i enijOrtei" ',- tt: t., Vvv
ta.e. but it .s iep.;n-be ri. ..',. I
Finegan U uenn the r ttv 'jlat ., edy t
unicn levies injcs sUc,i;m lie , 'c,j ijt the i
people and be ispeii-ibIe 'hir. Vm- j
a sound rule, vblch no ; who believes .n
demeciac-. can s n et "I'l v irn.i Y--I
until Hi- city j, reUy te haw an (i,tM I
school beard Dr.
F.ngan wome
l.avc the
, i
pre-ent vstem e' sppe.nt ng th-
r.ieinber
b. the Judges centinied. ". no change .hert
of eb;ei:eii In the jepie ueulu be worth
making
Ilewevi'i ti,efircl sufu'ecj .t n.e.jld b
i meielv i ''j.s'jtiv bedv and siei.ld Irak--j
r.e nttem,c t'i per'cini Hfutlw. tun'ticns.
j Th'ifO funct.er.s should be 'Jl'g.iti.i -r, (!.,.
sutierintendent of hoel-. an efijcei e, ,pur-
erre no' "nlv tu .crrv On' t.e no'., .es ..f
the beard b':i ' f"rm -.'' pelicies f,,r .
approval That . Dr F vgan -vo'ile ..m
the ditectlen of the ,'iie',; -."i'n in ihe
hands cf a 'f'i-ncM' ijj.f.r' j"sp.,n.!bi.- tc
a buinl elei-ied bj Mi p".pv , tjeatd which
would emplc.y the ,c.c nrpe.-' i),'tintih and
trust bim ;r. nil prefe'-'ena1 uu' '
Tin. is nei r't ntir ti.i'ix- .)" . '. i i ,.
'l'h hc.nl bee- I hiisj nei .', . .;,,,.
'ti'Miden the '.ewer- ''a- l.j. ,,i, . ,,i dV(.
It hampers l..m , .des-t.n; I. i, f. r j mngle
vtnr knd Leb's ere: n.m ihe 'iwa: of di
misssl if he prei ir.e i , tis.si th.T !,.
triune.! juijgrnetit ef'e- thdn Tjt . the
larmen nhcj I. Ire lurr
Wllfn the fll'l te;eri f tll( , ilv,y K
mede public this p'.'n x- .11 c4eiir,;j.s be
elaborated with exanip!'- fr th ethf-r cities
and instances of th tru'-n'en of the pm-.
poi's of 'he sijjeriiitcineer)t i,, i,j C1,,
And the teperi also will discuss ;, ,jrr 0I.
mete of niittersi te whien Dr I'.uegan ie
fcriecl 'ini', briefly 'u his niidre... xin dw
position of i1!' peb ! wl'l t i, iim.pt the
repett n mfl'ie In pjis'ilt of an earnest en",,it
te mnke the p'lb.ie let.oel svi(.., ni-re e(h
cicnt an effort which the i-hoc. beaicj .t'(
U uppe-ed te be making
ANOTHER IRISH CONFERENCE
A COMMON menace is. net infrepic-ni.v a
healer of internal disitcnrieiii. The
operation of euch a force Is new manifested
in the d-cUlen ei the Dall Klreanu te u.
prnd the political campaign in Southern Tre
land in order (hat nil factions tnajr unite te
bring about a change fiem the tumultuous
conditions In llclfnst.
Fortunately for the prospects of pence,
the proposal of a republican dictatorship de
signed te overthrew the Dall, the Provi Previ
sional Government and the Itrltlsh and
Northern Governments was deferred for
consideration by the executive. It cannot be
imagined I hut responsible Irishmen would
subscribe te e extravagant and impossi
ble a program.
The desire te icpalr the recent distressing
degeneration iowerd anarchy is dlsplned In
the Important conference between reprc
sentatlw" of Northern nnd Southern Ireland
and )hc Uritlsti Government, new being
held In Londen.
The sessions are shrouded In secrecy and
the participants are facing a formidable
crisis, It is te be remembered, however,
that it was amid conditions of equal In
tcnsltj that the Free State program, which
still premises the most rcasoneblo measure
of salvation for Ireland, was born.
UP FROM POLITICAL SLAVERY
IN TOM'S unmistakably compounded of
disillusionment' and despair. Senater
Porah has implored his colleagues te tell
him hew the League of Nations enn remeln
n polltleel issue "with one party going in
the front deer and the ether In the back
deer." His attitude of pausing for n reply
is one of bitterness. Fer Mr. Berah knows
that in peiug the question lie hns an
swered It.
The game is up. Oppeituulst prejudice,
blatant demageg, myopic partisanship have
done their worst. It was u great deal. It
rellected shame upon the bigots and sensa
tlen mongers of tli two national parties. It
tetnrded for thii-e years the urgently neces
sary repairs te n sheiked cliilizatlen. Hut
It was net sutlicient te extinguish the vital
principle of International" cooperation as re
llected both In the Leaguu program and in
the treaties framed in the Washington Con
ference. Truth may be crushed te eaiih, without
relinquishing its resiliency. The present re
bound is se apparent that representatives of
both parties In the Senate are Involved In an
argument en the origin of an idea tee potent
in be effaced. Mr. Hitchcock reverts te the
Naval Appropriation Bill of 1!)IG. contain
ing n suggestion of n conference of major
Powers). The contentions of avowed Wll Wll
henlnnr arc well known. Republican ether
than these of the P.ernh stripe point with
pride te the present Administration. The
scramble for credit is as amusing as It is
eshlln rating.
The truth i that the principle of wet Id
partnership and reciprocal peace pledges Is
mightier than any of its exponents. Whether
the .structure of comity be called n league of
nations or a four Power treaty s ttcs
tinn subordinate te the fundamental gran
deur of the conception. Ner does (lie hi;;e.
color or shape of tln deer by which connec
tion with the force-, of progress. (, ntfnlned
matter v;ratly. In Mr Heiah'rt despair lies
the he! of civilization, it. ns he sorrow
fully implies, partisan politics has been
eliminated ftem piegitiius of World rei-en-struct
tun, the future is bright with premise.
Th" Senater from Idaho plumes himself en
his c.inder. All Americans with it eiic of
responsibilities must hope that In this in.
stance he is running true te form. It was
politics which warped the national vision
and t'ei a time threatened li!indne.
A FLIGHT TO THE POLE
N .THING in the technical plans that
t.'nptiiin ne.iM Amundsen, the great
Ncirwejjinn explorer. 1 making for n de
tailed survey of the North Pelar legion by
airplane is mere lemarkiibb or mere vividly
Miggcstie of undiluted romance than the
personality of Amundsen himself.
This wanderer of science is trill v of the
Viking- breed. He is about the last of Id-.
sort. He has caninl down into this mat-ter-ef-facjt
uge the magnificent spirit of
a people who loved clanger for its own sake
ami looked for it where it wns most plenti
ful upon the sea. A hundred times
Amundsen has been near death in the
ice. He has been lest cm ilees that cliiftetl
indefinitely in the .ihlerncss of Arctic ice
and he has been cut off for years at a
time from nil contact with the weild beyond
the Pelar Hegiens Keturncd from these
e;ipi. li is immaculate in dress clothes,
i c';iet ei ed. with a fine French accent un
.inpaircd
It is pleasant te get nway. Amundsen
ays, pleasant te be in the Arctic, in silence
, and darkness, for , few years. The lights
leek better when ymi jjet back again. What
would the average man say te tbnl the
j nnin who is bored if he cannot haw his
j cwniiig- jnr. or a show te see twice a week
' at least'
i ,. ...
Mm- or IDC pepnl.li l.lllailee l te suppose
that Arctic exploration is a fad and a diver
sion for the people who engage in it. and of
i.e practical use. What geed, people used
te ask. would the N'erth Pele be if It were
found'.' Such information us Amundsen
probably will turn up in the course of his
airplHiic flight evr the I'elur Itegleu will
b of scientific value. t will contribute
se the science of navigation, fei one thing.
nice Northern magnetic currents which in
tlnem e mariners lemnassc
ure net yet half
understood. And li may add greatly te
the general fund et knowledge relative te
ail unci ocean currents, which still aie some.
'V'"s of," '"vst"' '" navigatern of ships.
i ne origin ei -miiiii is aueiner mutter mat
Amundsen und his sett whtir te knew mere
joeih
It is probable thai the flight ever the
Pele will be Kiicie.jcfiilly made. The met
effii-lent machine v.-t ck vised will be usH
l.v the explorers. Where one man gees ihr
crevd inevitably fellows oener or later
Sec ing-the. Pele icitrsir,ns mat be common
before long after airplanes become " little
safer.
I Snle of ll.e effe t- beint!
uetlier Angle naI te unienun them
ft i- a nrnal.c te eon-
hide" the uoii-iiniei coal fields wheln nil
! c-kt 'e opetater- whose ijieti aic en strike.
Tic 'liiiines nre Je stnke .li nei continue
I until miners or operators acknowledge ce.
I tcut. It will ciu.tiiiiie cmh an long as the
' thlid i-aity te the coiitieer.v. the jiubiii .
penults i. The neii-iiiiinii fields in ly ilelm
I miervciitien unci the delay may a- ensili
"oil- t tie !iiinut,'i;i. of the liulici i js l i
I lie epetntOfs.
I Tie president of the
I Mere Miggestiens N'bra.-ka AumII.iiv of
1 l lie international At-co
i nimn for Metiier-' Day ha.i ihsUl.d a stutc
I tnent in which she hijys the ussec Intien nskt
' tint no flewei- be worn en Melhei-,' ),iy,
I the tjefciiid Sunday lu May, because of nl
I leged prefitceiiug bv tlerlst. Perhnps. alter
, ah, mother would ah lief luive a InvullUre.
! or a limousine as u bunch of Hew ere. And,
anyhow, the propel way te celebrate
Metlieis' Dm is te make her Hike a day. oil
iiiicl cle all the work for lier.
Saly .Ininre I'.iiniinm
I'ifserw PeliP nii'i t'lnrc Sheridan,
scul)tei, i rfiisc (e
rvevv . i 1 1- I cm i the alleged insult te iheir
,.c In MaiMennies' statue. "Civic Virtue."
net rii lucre is no niiiilt iheic. li Is
I ,,s'b c tluit tciesc e'ever Aemrii n.c rigliL
, lid that the "Olli'll v be aie Hissing ically
, .,-i't kiietc wl.at tlcy iii'c tulkiug about .
Men v ' llew shoe king '
"And thou, iill-shaklng thunder." cried
King Lenr. "tmitc lint the thick rotundity .'
u- :...UI'I ltn liner Veltva I
11IC WUIIvll v , H"- m - f
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A CITY EDITOR'S REVENOE
Hew He Evened Ut) en a Slight te
Hla Society Reporter Cel. Mee
han'a Hlatery of the 78th Dl
vlilen Cel. Spangler en
State Politics
i-Lc
Hy GEORGE NOX McOAIN
rpilK Mery carried en the front pages of
' the New Yerk newspapers Sunday last
about Jehn M. Vandergrlft recalls nn episode
of nearly, forty years age in which his
grandfather figured.
The .7. M. Vandcrgrift of today, crand crand
sen of J. J. Vandcrgrift, of Pittsburgh,
married his father's wife, his stepmother,
six months after the father's death. That
was in 1015.
lie Is new, twenty-nine years of age. He
is trying te get back some of the money he
spent en his stepmethcr-wlfc.
It's a mess nnyliew and a sordid story.
The grandfather, Jacob .1. Vandergrlft
they culled him "Jeke" In Pittsburgh in the
old days amassed n fortune In the Alle
gheny Itiver oil fields.
He was a short, squnt, bewhlskered,
reticent man. and pompous, but very wise
lu the way of niuklng money. He was the
Standard Oil's representative in Pittsburgh.
"Captain" Vandcrgrift. nfter his rise
from poverty te wealth, had ti dislike of any
reference te his past; the dsys when he was
net n millionaire.
GKOrtGIO II. WELSHONS was at the
time city editor of the Pittsburgh Times.
He was one of the most versatile writers
Pittsburgh ever produced.
A giaduntc of Washington and Jeffersen
C liege, he united with a phyMcul deformity
a winning personality and a rarely gentle
manner.
it se happened that some member of
"Captain" nndergrlffs family was mar
ried about this time.
"Captain" was a title bestowed en Jacob
Aendergrift. In his early days he was
' Captain" en a canal beator a flatboat
en the Allegheny and Ohie Hirers.
A young woman women reporters were
unique in Pittsburgh thenwas sent out
te the magnificent Vandergilft home te re
port the wedding. .
It was a great event in the newly rich
circles of the city just then emerging into
its cycle of millionaires.
She returned te the office almost in tears.
At the Viindcrgrift resilience, she reported,
they had compelled her te enter bv and
remain in the kitchen.
After obtaining a list of the guests she
was escorted out the same war. being
offered. If I recall WeMiens' story ut the
time, refreshments in the kitchen.
"Oh. all right. Dpn't werrv. Thev
dldn t knew an.v better." said Wclshetis te
the indignant girl. "Write your story and
leave it with me.
"Hy the way, make n tine store of It.
e eon t permit your personal feelings. ou
knew, te interfere with the facts."
THE yeuug woman wrote an admirable
story.
She described every tiling In excellent
taste: u line piece of society icperting.
cshetis rcud it nnd then, without alter
ing it in the least, added tluee or four lines
at the bottom, something like this:
"Ne doubt, ns Cuptnln Vandcrgrift sur
veyed the beautiful scene his inemerv re
wrtcd te the old days when bare-footed and
with llnsey-welscy breeches rolled te his
knees, he trod the deck of his noble craft
en the 'raging canawl.' "
Wclt-hens afterward said repot ts were lh.it
the clerks in Cuptnln Vatidcrgrlft's Pipe
Line office en Fourth avenue walked around
In silence ami en tip-tees for a week after
the account of the wedding was published.
pOI.ONKL THOMAS F MEKIIAX. the
Vy historian of the famous "Lightning"
Division, tells some wenderfullv Interesting
stories In his admirable work. "The Sevcutr
clghth Division in the World War."
The book was completed nt Colonel
Mcelian s hand just a year age today.
It is one of the World War histories that
will live because of the human clement the
nut liter bus injected into its Iiaifs
Colonel Meehiin. by the way. is chairman
of the Central Campaign Committee of the
American Legien in its membership drive.
Hew many of us at home knew that there
were lest battalions ether than the one
headed by the heroic Whittlesey":
Net perhaps missing fe long,' or sought
se persistently, but lest till such time as the
command could make Its wav te Kafety
Colonel .Median tells the story of' Saint
Mibiel. I.imey Sector and the Meuse
Argonne offensive.
HKFtE is a story of the kind I bine re
ferred te:
"Companies R and D. ..Kith Infantrv.
went along the western side f tie weeds
te the northern edge during Ihe night of
October 17 IS.
"They expected te connect up with Com
panies A and C in ihe morning, hut morn
ing teiiud Companies , nll,i ( )l(.,
midway through tlic weeds, s that H and
D found tlfemsclve. alone with Germans en
three sides of them.
"They were cut off from .communication
nnd were unable te move all clay, but during
the early benis of dar!;nc-s made their vvuv
back te the read at I he southern edge of the
weeds.
"TT WAS during an attack i;,K, Supply
1 Sergeant Sawelsen. of Cempanr M.
.'lll'ili Infantry, wei the CoiigieAiemil
.Medal of I lencii .
"Sergeant, ShwcIsej, went t f ,,
a badly wounded remmde who was lying
cspesed te teirific nuichinc-guu fire far in
ndvnncei of his company's line. Finding
that he ceulel net entry the man in te she',,
ter. Siiwclseii returned te get water ter him.
nnd en bin seceutl t rt j out he was killed
just ns he handed Ins comrade the canteen."
The weik is full of such Meiics.
COLONEL JACK SPANG LEU. of Hellc Hellc
fentc. has been one of the wheel horses
of Democracy for m.'inv wars.
Thcic used te be talk about the-e Sia
mese twins of polities ,J, av Hi own and
W. I". Hensel. of Lancaster; one a ltepub
titan and the ether Deiuec imic
A similar paitnei"'hlp ccn-ici between
Colonel Spangler and the late Governer
Hustings. In Center Cuntv, ,v w j-(1
easier, nothing much cut nway, politically
speaking, fiem this we I -ordered arrange',
meat.
Today Colonel Spangler seed.s the cpiiet
walks if political life lie leeks en from
ihe t-UW line.
What he sees, . however Is ap'enfv
through his rienieeintic spietaclrs.
"The Democrats never have ,n, ,., an
opportunity te elect a Governer." lie m
the ether night in the lobby of the He-llevtie-Strutfer'L
"Theie's a let of sercncs ever the Re
iiiiblleun situation in Wiu.liinsten. ft isn't
nn) thing, l heugh, te the bitterness nrer the
situation tu Ilnrrlsbiirg.
"I've talked with men from nil ever the
Suite and If there isn't a whelmnle slash
ing of the Republican ticket this fall, then
my experience of forty years is at fault."
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Jests of the Architect
UPON n Heuse of (
Stl.llige fnc es li.nf
Heuse of Ged
vc been funnel.
Greicuque and fanciful
'Ihe can en jests abeuml.
Yd note r.i.r fellow men
Rclield tl e human line
'I inintlcss fiaiues thai
The s'uill of I'e- 1 1 v ne '
house
Here the Great Aiehltect
Who builds In llr-h nml bone
Has fashioned stranger jests
Than any wi ought In stone,
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Daily Talks ff ith Thinking Philadelphians en Subjects They
Knew Best
OR. ARTHUR H. QUINN
Talks of the Repertoire Theatre
THE principal achievement of the reper
toire theatre is the development of 'the
American playwright, according te Dr.
Arthur II. Quinii, of the University of
Pennsylvania, the iccegniyed authority en
di.ima lu America.
"The repertoire theatre." said Dr. Quinu.
"which I think is a better name for such
an institution than 'munlefpal theatre,' can
piny an Important pan In ihe education of
the public by giving the shows which we
should see. Its first tequlremcnt is a thor
oughly competent director, who would give
his entire time and attention te the under
taking and he idinuld be paid a geed salary.
"Associated with the director should be
an advisory committee, made up of persons
who net only knew plays, but knew what
has been produced and something pf the
history of the drama, as we'l as the' value
of new plays.
- Needed in Philadelphia
Why den'i we get better plays lu Phila
delphia V That is net easy te answer. Fer
one thing, the theatrical people themselves
aie a little afraid of Philadelphia audiences,
nnd a famous actor once told me that he
was net going te put "n a ceitain Shake
spearean play here until the pet forma nre of
It was mere finished. But geed ci 11 leal
judgment docs net account for the fact that
we have se few really geed plays.
"A repertoire theatre could stait here In
several ways. One would be a liberally
endowed thenlre. with such a managing
director and an advisory committee ns i
have outlined. Ne move which ceuM .be
made would b" mere significant for the art
life of Philadelphia. It would net only let
people see geed plays, an impeitaut thing
in itself, but it would encourage the Ameri
can elr,unatl,t te write such plays This
p'nn would necessitate a professional com
pany entirely. The ether seemingly feasible
vvsy would be te start upon a smaller scale,
keeping down the expenses te the lowest
possible limit consistent with geed peiform peiferm
iinces and using some semi-professional
actors.
Writing Plays Most Impeilant
"Hut the creative effort, the wuting of
plays, is the most Important, Lrery project
along these lines which has succeeded has
hail one or mere playwrights connected with
It. Let us see why success has come te two
of them In New Yerk, conducted along verv
different lines. The TliratrienI Guild has
been successful because it 1ms had the serv
ices of h body of very expert stage people
who net only wrote plays, but built up a
public
"The Previm clown Players achieved
their Mirccss along totally different Hues.
This began with a group of Mmlpiefei
slenal player, and they had the ndvantage
eef their expenses being net large. They
becan in a modest way. with a detinue pre-
I gram te produce plays by American
autheis. The Piovlncetewn Players have no
I theatre license and they run as a club and
net as a theatrical routine, and Ibis, of
I eei!it,c, helps te keep down expenses, as is
necessary, as their house holds en' nbeut
ItliO persons. Hetli these organizations new
play eeiutantly te crowded houses.
"Like Ihe Theatrical Guild, the Prev
inert own Players hed playw tights associated
with their ventures, Fiigene O'Neill made
the idea u success and Susan Glnspcll helped
greatly.
Needed lu Philadelphia
" theatrical project along one of these
two lines Is needed in Philadelphia. The
great thing Ih te have at least one play
wright as-eclnted with the movement as well
in, competent actors. Nene of the theatrical
project I" this city have ever looked te
the cieiitive end: they all concerned theu
helveh solely with production. Hut, if we
weut te encourage the theajrlcnl art, we
must encourage our dramatic writers first
of all.
'There luivV been a great many American
iilnjs written within the last few yearn, but
the public must be educated te think in
tlir terms of the dramatist. This has net
I ecu ihe case thus far; persons who go te
the theatre ihluk f it i mere of the actors
than they de nbeut the creator of the play
'They must be taught te appreciate what
the writers nre doing. I knew of several
men in this city who have recently written
flay. nnd they arc geed ones, tee and In
he whole country Inert must be hundreds
of excellent dramas already written, Te
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IN FULL COMMAND
show hew jrencrnl Is the practice of piny
writing, it is only necessary te remember
that when Wlntbrep Ames offered n pilr.c
for the. best American piny them were "000
manuscripts submitted.
"A repertoire or non-commercial theatie,
conducted along one of the two ways I have
indicated, seems te be the only manner in
which Philadelphia can seeuic un outlet
for geed pliy wrlghts. The commercial
theatres are controlled solely by New Yerk
ami they send us what plays they please
and when they get ready. Thus we hare
had no opportunity of seeing nny of Eugene
O'Nctll's plays except 'Emperor .Tenes' and
one ether, I think, some) years age. 'Heyend
the Horizon' was a success in New Yerk;
then it was taken te Chlcnge nnd Hosten.
where it was net se successful, und we
never get it lu Philadelphia nt all. The
New Yerk producers seem te discriminate
against Philadelphia for some mysteileus
le.isen. at least in the prompt seeing of
plays.
Possible Alliance Suggested
"Se. if we want plays of this kind, we
shnll have te get them for ourselves. In
such a movement it might be practicable
le form a kind of alliance with eiip of the
New Yeik piejects of the kind which hns
succeeded, either with the Theatrical Guild
or with the Provincetown Players, whereby
we could bring here ihe best plays which
they have produced nnd wc could send there
the best of these which we bring out.
"Philadelphia lest the dramatic lend of
this country just one hundred venr-, age.
when the stock company of Warren and
Weed, tin best that the United Slates has
ever known, was broken tip. New Yerk
took the lend n that time and her supreniacv
has never since been seriously menaced. Hut
strangely enough, the best decade of plnv
writing that the city has ever known fol
lowed immediately after this happened,
showing that the prosperity of the theatre
nnd the prosperity of creative dramatic nrl
aie net svnehroneus.
".Theic is another function which might
be associated with such n project There
Is much intcici in playvviltlng niu pioduc pieduc pioduc
.tlen union;- the educational institutions of
the vicinity. Such u repertoire theatre
nilghl he use, ,,s snr-t of ,i,.nmatl(. Hn(irn.
tciry. available at times for the production
of plays written by amateurs or for the
production of Important plays which they
plan 10 give The r.rent thing is te make
It a center wl.cn people can see something
which s vv ei th while, the quality of the
piocluctiens carefully guarded, of course In
the director nnd the ndvlerv committee "
ff hat De Yeu Knew?
QUIZ
uhS'. ".';'' ,Vl,i,t " ln" ,'"ltle'1 'loin.'
What colei la ;c topaz"
U'.Jvlia.' '"' did Ailstetle live"
J hat Is meant by a teniuptccl blid
"", unrclffd''-' l,h,Rlne'1 fr"'
WnM'ine Kt,e,.aU0,'.l, en,l"' '
Wl.ut is a tiil.il bore? '
I" !n Hiatus hasc a biiaainlue '
What h a liiiKmrch """?
Answers te Yesterday'a Quiz
si,!,vV.?i "'":"' ''0'c "re We te god-
they till us ler their snort." iVi,
c,l, nervatien made by Kn ' " ' '
Slukespeare'a pK.v of tlu t iibi-?p
.MereuB F.ibiu.s Cjulntlllnniis w;ih i cell.
Iirated Reman rhetorician, known hi
GliBllah us sjulntllhm. He'eie.l in llif
The'r.ilet of Afghanistan called an
Amir or Ameer. ' ' "'
At the cjiplr.itlen of bis pw,rit ,
Mi my Cabet Iertgr. who comes u S
reelection te tlie Senate neaTlu ' w?
Ilcije In' Greek mythology was the Reil
tless of south nnd cup.bcaii e t ,.
gcidH of UlympilB tu niu
Three. Italian Ketier.il, prominent in the
lli'd. 'mi?'"' We, ''n,len,a' W an'1
The most nerttnrn State from wlilcl. .,,
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SHORT CUTS
He had enough, Hell told the world.
In the matter of political finance cer
cumstaiices Alter cases.
Amundsen is going te be n treat te
owners of radio outfits.
Congress will quit packing tLc ierk
barrel when the pigs begin te fly.
Every small boy knows that when !pr!ni
ciiIIm what she says is "Play ball'."
Alter the flist robin bus become an old
story all eyes will be nlcrt for the first Mriiv
hat.
State prohibition director navs vyemm
wink nt dry laws. Flirting with unrisuieeui
ness. a it weie.
riicre might hare been some point te tlf
New lerk bun en cigarettes if the police bid
saved It until April 1.
It may be urged for Pint het that li
should be able te cut out the dead weei in
I'ie State administration.
The chairman of tlic Dance CernmitlM,
his opponent- .ny. is a breakdown eiprrt
nml net wholly inexpert at the side-step.
The flapper is new being blamed for the
decadence 0f the theatre. Peer kid! Who,
by the way, is responsible for the dapper';
The biography of many a Cengressmja
could be written under the head of "Little
Journeys from the Pic Counter te the l'erl
Hnrrel. '
Philadelphia walkers will .ten: Phila
delphia ridersi and drivers in the effort .
keep W ifcvahwkeii n haven from present
clay )ty...
If prohibition were the weist thing cw
made a law. the bootlegger by his Impudent
violations would make it a thing tevvcirb)
and upheld.
We gather from the discussion of tl
Naval Limitation Treaty that it was Mm
who first remarked that competition i tbi
soul of trade.
We gather from whut Eniuui Geldman
says et conditions in Russia under belsht
vism that the Chekn is a shade worse thai
i lie bell weevil.
Virtue lias an ugly leek in the s.isc e(
the New Yerk man who peered tlirenjh
I I eyhelc and then testified ngtiiiic' his meiuer
" n divorce .suit.
"Wireless bv Poker Disceveiil hi
Hell." Headline. et poker by 'irt)t
full many um tell. Telepathic and MM"
me'sngcs across a table.
We Icirn fiem Pint. Ve-riH i'"'1
terede or (ship weiin is net a worm at "II l'i
a bivalve inellusk. II 1 theieieie .1 sbui
game It works en timbers,
M.u-.v Garden i.s ill in Sin, I'ranfie-'f-
i ... .. I .1.. i.i. . i. -li fptm lb
i.ei .in oeic me ui-,-.e rue (.ft !"" --. .i
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Oregon me net lopeiihibV.
"Sues Chicago for $"0,000 1 !'' -f'
Lest Kinnncee" chirps a New Yerk Irl.mu'
headlincr. Hut perhaps elu w.T; his bank'-'f.
eyplnins our own lersc charuclerizer,
We refiihe te grew evilcd "ver lK
possibility that the Prciich Chaiubet '
Depuiies may make reservations in the re"
Power Treaty. Franre, tee, has her Ieri
her JohuseiiR and lier Heeds.
II. M. iTcwelt. of the Shep Crafts L'n";
told the Hnllrend Laber Peind ' U1.1,; R;
that a werkiiiginin'M family needed ''v.
a year. Why net allow for an "'L?.,
i h.inge ticket nnd mnke It tin i'Vfii -
Hy and by Craig nnd Cellins w 111. rli
that neither Cellins nor Crnls l llar,,t.
that each is limply an earnest '"'"' ',.
mined te held his own. With that imu ,
Hen will come de-Ire te meet half al
Ireland will knew peju-e at last
AiuuniUcn will be under one "J",','
which ether explorers imye """.,.'" t,i
Every man conducting a big, enter ' ',;, 1
home time or another neon suej- ' - i(
of deprofSlen, perhaps many of tlieni. i
lights them down and later frg'5 ,.J;'Bp5
n-lll nl. -..I.-. n nrnvll. 1 ( Oily ('lire"" il
flgLttt BgggBKr' IKlaEv' li j
and keep it decently optimistic.
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