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Tennsjlvanla Ave. iir.d 14lli SI sw lenre ucrctu The Sun lliuMlna- Ifl.NDOM Bcatic Trafalgar Uulldlng st-nscnii'TieN tkhms Th Kumih Prnue Lxrent is aerveJ te sub trlber In Phllvl-lplil.i and surreunlng- towns at ti rati of twelve (12) cents per week, payable te the carrier. .aK. t!,a'J ,0 r-!nts eutslda of Philadelphia In the United States. Can.ila, or United states ro re !?Mi?!l!,Jir?.l,l,lM '" "" (50) cents per month. '.('5! dollar per 5ear. rayable in advance. Tp all foreign countries one (II) dollar a month. Notion Subscribers wiping- nddrees chanted must ctve old as well as new address. IT!, SOOO TsLNlT KEYSTONE. MAIN 1(01 tTAtttress nil commutifniffen tn Everlng rub'le I-tdeer, Independence Square, I"illndefp)ila. I Member of (he Associated Press rrnK ASSOCUTKD PRESS U tretutWttu -n-tiled te the ue for republication of all nevst dispatches eredlteit fe If or net ethencli credited klMs pnptr, and uta the local ticuj puMljbed" All rilflM 0 repuftllcollen 0 social dktatek Brtn ere olae reteryed. rhltidtlphli, Thund., April i. li:: MR. JOHNSON IN ERROR "A NX ONE who takes n properly imaglna- tive view of the great fair project and pauien te consider the moral nnd practical possibilities eC an International exposition In times Uke these 111 dlsagree sharply with Alba H. Jehnsen's suKEt'iMen that n man flat commlttee is preferable te "a nierly Mnamental" dlrecter-ln-chlef. Whether a director of the fair would be IB ornament or a drlrlns ferce for unprece dented achlerements would depend wholly en tie character and equipment of the indi vidual selected. A committee might be ex pected te navigate a ship with temn rttfli ealty. A committee might be nble te direct n army In t,he Held or Tun a bu-lness or de the work of the president of the I'mtcd States. But committees are net relied en for such work because it bus 1mi demon -trated bj long human experience t lint no rganl7atlen of men 1 Misceptlltle t the juallty of Inspiration. Committees are net imaslnnti 'd or capable of Inspirational effort. 'I'liey are, en the contrary, useful In mid out of busi ness ns checks nnd anchor- ! tonuel nnd steady the flights of entni( tlw genius. liy their very eompeaite nature ttij tli"m elves are incapable "i illgbi m th.- m-1eii of pleiu'ers. If a committee cei'il h n di'-nabb .-w n director general for n pmject 1 1 K- th.ir of the Jjesiiui-Ontennial, h in't ,1 ..iii mlttee nibstituted for the ilin-i rln IhmiI of the llaldin Loeemothe Werk-': I'm v h.it re presidents of banks and raih.i or er or peratlons paid? Could a eemimttM' luue In vented the incandescent lamp or the i.-le-phone or wireless'.' Ne. Committees tub s Mr. Jehnsen has In mind ure useful only as forces of Inhibition and control. They seldom are forces of incentive. There mti't be a director general of the right tjpe for the fair If the pteject is te amount te anything worthy of the tiiiu. Otherwise a cemmitter might l.e a l'til worse than useless. PASSING IT ALONG THE United States Is net the uiiK mi nan which lent money te ether nations dur ing the war. Great Ilritnln lent mormens suina te France and te ltal and ! (Sreece and te Russia. And Frame in turn helped her allies, nnd Italy went te th relief of ne or another of the little Powers. Se when the I'nlted States demand' the payment of Interest from Great lirmuti -.lie tarts bemethlng which deci net step In Londen. (Jrent Ilritaln has nlreudj enr a note te her allies announcing that as s. ims agreed te pay the interest due te Amuiui, he reserves the right te call en her allies for the Interest due en their debts te Great Britain. The natural consequence of tin- mite will be nnte from France te her allies that -he reserves the right te ask for jmjmenr of Interest due her, and he en all along the line. The collection of the Interest due from Great Britain thus becomes something mere than a matter of negotiation between Wash ington and Londen. Its echo will b heard In ever) capital of Europe. "Whether the Id-funding Commission In Washington bus taken 0"eeunt of this does net uppear, but it makes the settlement of the debt morn "implicated than has hfn realized by theso arnet patriots who have been lnslbtlng that we should muke Kurnpe pay at encu uhat we lent te ber. LASKER PUTS IT PLAINLY CHAIRMAN LA.SKFU'S earnest appeal for non-partisan treatment of the mer chant marlne problem is consist! ntly strengthened by his btnughtferward defense of his predecessor in elfid., Admiral Bensen. "When I took charge," declared the present head of the Shipping Beard in a session before members of the Senate and Heuse Merchant Marine Committees, "there was a certain indignation en my part as te condition. But I neon found thut Admiral Bensen had done the best h could with the situation.'' Mr. Lnsker's sincerity and discrimination are welcome amid difficulties that can never be solved by hunting for scapegoats or by viewing me cnv.- irem tne political stand point. If the present costly chaos in Amer ican merchant murine affairs is te be con cen sidercd from the positions of partisanship or sectional prejudice, It is useie.-s for Con gress te Imagine that any udecjua'e reme dies can he found. Mr. I.asker is net In the least a victim of illusions. He admits the hopelessness 0f the present system of the government opeiatlen of ahlns and supports his contentions with alajuiing ligurec. It has been proved that under the existing arrangement the Federal Government is losing ?e0,000,000 it year Only 4'Jl of the 11 J2 steel vessels owned are new In service. This is nside from the woedcn-Bhip experiment, wliUh Mr. I.asker regards as un Irremediable failure. "Rot ten" wns his (spontaneous description of the results of this eriture, although lie later rejected the epithet as undignified and asked that, it be btruck from the record. As depressing as any of bis disclosures was his admission that a feeling exists that "a few .operators have purpecly abused their operation privileges te prove govern ment operation a failure." It should be plain that, if nny real progress Is te be made, governmental aid must be of huch a nature that the prlme responsibility for operation must rest upon the shipping com- -,.,,. The Subsidy Bill new before Ceneress feffl,M,fTl4t legitimate means of protection hTii-VJairt'4ecedlns; te the sort of coddling .7 TOrSI .JaiMHS MUMC MM W for lunt mssasi "r'-jr.""? "-r c ---w - - ?'--; 3VHM!1IMHPR PBWTV- "TOf V' SKff! abu'ses. The subject lifts been exhaustively studied by experts. The program of Indirect nid, of income tax relief t Importers who use American Hag ships, of government patronage and of special immigration privileges for American ships has been carefully worked out. It will place the bunion of operation where It belongs, enable private companies, even tinder the present Seaman's Act, which Mr. Lasker declares has been gresslv misrepre sented, te meet foreign competition and will permanently take the Government out of the shipping business. , With the Conference treaties oft Its hands, Congress can afford te give .some at tention te the .shipping sltuntlen. This Is critical nnd demands prompt practical relief. HOW PASTEUR INCREASED THE RICHES OF THE WORLD Scientific Research Is Productive of Mere Wealth Than All the Geld and Sliver Mines ANEW impetus Is likely te be lmpnrted te the study of science by the celebra tions this year of the hundredth anniversary of the birth of I.etiln Pasteur. Hr. Krnest I.n Plnce is te deliver an ad dress tonight nt St. Jeseph's College en Pasteur and his work, when he will exhibit one of the settled flasks of sterlllred lamb broth used by the great chemist seventy-four yars age te prove that decomposition wns caused by the presence of what we loosely call germs. Pasteur insisted that if the germs were dcstre.ved by bent and the sub stance were protected from the air, decom position would net set In. Ills theory wns at first rejected, but he finnlly forced Its acceptance. The broth In the flifk that Pr. I. a Place owns is still unchanged after eventv-feur jenrs. The young French chemist he was only twenty-six: jeurs old at the time had made a discovery, the development of which 1 as revolutienised medicine and snrgery and has had nn immeasurable effect upon lndtrstry. Antisepsis in surgery hus reduced the mor tality fiem wounds, and women enn go te a maternity hespltnl new with the moral er tnlnty that they will return home alive. In the old days the phieians used te talk of hospital fever, and they used te think that the nlr In the he-pituK get lontnmi lentnmi nated after the building bad been used for a long time. In order te get rid of the fever, hospitals were burned down nnd new ones built, but the fever persisted. Ne disin fectants could prevent it. But ns seen ns it was discovered that germs caused disease tind efforts were made te kill the genus, "hospital fever" disappeared. Then search was made for the originating cause of va rious fevers. Pasteur proved by his experiment' th.it chicken cholera and anthrax were caused by germs, and he discovered nn antitoxin, i.i.ter lie found an antitoxin for hvdrophebta. Ills successors have cli-cevcted preventives for tjpheid and tjphus fevi-i. nnd they arc searching for. if the.v have net already found, un antitoxin ter cl!ev fever. But they have learned what c.uise e!ev fever and can guard ng.iin-t it But se recentlv as lXis.. wl.i-n the I'nlted States went te Cuba, jelle'v fever was n mysterious disease suppe-ed te b communi cated by poison in the air. l.iennrd Weed disinfected the whole cltj of S'lntluge villi corre'ive sublimate, washing out all the houses and public buildings nnd jails and hospitals, in an tffeit te kill the jellevv fcter germ, but he paid no attention te the mosquitoes nnd the disease pei-Med. Then the army surgeons, with Pn-teiii's gie.it discoveries In mind, ln'nn their experi ments, with the result that the scourge of the tropics hes been virtual! wiped out. Ami all this lias come about because n young French chemist usfd his microscope and his test tubes and his Imagination in nn effort te find our vvhv the fermentation of beer and wine did net always produce satisfactory results, and because he was able te convince ethers that his conclusions were sound. There Is no longer nnv doubt among In telligent people that scientific Investigation pnys. Huxley snid years age that the dis dis cevery by Pasteur of the cause of chicken cholera and anthrax- had saved France mere than the amount of the indemnity which she paid te Germany In 1S71. What it has Indirectly saved te the rest of the world in money and In suffering and death Is be yond computation. We talk about the mineral wealth of the country and are thrilled by the romance of the search for geld and sliver, while we pay little or no heed te the quiet and patient chemists and physicists who are working In their laboratories, searching out the secrets of nature which, when mastered, are worth mere te mankind than all the silver and geld that ever were mined. . If this centennial year of Pasteur does net see n richer endowment of the resenr-'h departments of the colleges, It will net be be cause the money Is net needed te maintain experts while they go about the kind of work te which Pasteur devoted his life. THE CAPE MAY-LEWES FERRY JBRSEYITES of the region which might be called the Far Seuth have been having a great dream and new, for the time at least, it is ever. It looked for 11 while as if the plan for a meter, freight nnd pas sender ferry between I.ewes, Del., and Cape May would be carried through without a day of unnecessary delay. By this means it was Intended te establish n direct route between Washington nnd the Seuth and the matchless benches of Jirsey. All the people in the greatest of vacation Statm have reasons te pgret the temporary collapse of the scheme, which is nbnndened for the time being bemuse of a lack of capi tal and public lnten st. Moter read and rail sjsjems new in existence tend te con centrate vnatien creuds in the tniddle and northern sections of the Jersey const. A I.evves-Cape May ferry would instantly Increase interest In the resorts below At lantic City nnd it would indirectly benefit the whole State. Certainly It would enlarge the summer life of the coast by making it mere accessible te the peeple of the South ern coast Stutcs, who would be diverted In greet numbers from summer resorts else. where by the establishment of nn easy vay te the most famous het-weather playground in this or nny ether world. BACK TO PRIMITIVE TRANSPORT THE impression thut this glebe Is ade quately girdled by steamship routes and railway lines in service is ruueiy uispeiiei by the report from Tehernn of arrival 01 the new United States Minister there after three months of trnvellng. Jeseph H. Corn Cern feld, who will repieM-nt this 1 minify in Per sia, left New Yerk en January 3. As a diplomatic pligrlmege his exceeds by ten days all records in the history of the itatf Depjfttmeat, Jn mint of time Persia iiu,' . , rraii -EVENING PUBLIC LEDGER PHILADJS wns mere" ncccsslble te the Reme of the Caesars than it Is te Western Europe today. Prier te the war the trip from Washing ton te Persia consumed seventeen days. The, quickest route wns te Havre by fast steamship, te Constantinople by the Orient Express, steamship transportation ncress the Black Sen te Batum, rail te Baku, en the Caspian, n short journey en that inland sen te Resht nnd by wheeled conveyance or pack train seventy miles due south te Teheran. Owing te demoralized transportation con ditions and political circumstance's in the Bakti-Biitum region, new under Bolshevist "protection," Mr. Cornfeld wns forced te travel by way of Eg.vpt and thence by routes mere 'picturesque than speedy -te Bagdad nnd from there into Central Persia, still without railvvnjs, te the capital. It has been repotted that during Mr. Bryan's Incumbency of the Secretaryship of Stnte a deserving Democrat who hud been named Minister te Teheran rushed indig nantly into the Stnte Department, the day following his appointment, and propounded this startling question, "De jeu knew where Teheran is?" Mr. Cornfeld at least can be counted upon te nnswer tills Inquiry in the light of Intimate and arduous personal experience. MR. LODGE LOOKS AHEAD HENRY CABOT LODGE hnB been ac cused b.v his fees of net understanding the Pacific and Disarmament Treaties, but there is no evidence of any such lack of com prehension In ills views expresses;! In Bosten nt a meeting of the Massachusetts section of the National Civic Federation. Referring te the navnl-rcdtictlen com pact, Mr. Ledge explicitly said: "De net imaglne for n moment that I think the treaty Is n finality. 1 think It Is a begin ning, nnd n very great beginning. I hope nnd believe thnt this will lead te further reductions by the Powers se that it will bring thenfte n point where they will have no mere ships than are neeessnry te pro tect their coasts and possessions what ve might cull the police duty of the sens." Article VIII of the I.engue-of-Natiens Covenant begins ns follews: "The mem bers of the League recegnlre that the main tenance of pence requires the 1 eductien of national nrmaments te the lowest point con sistent with national safety." The League, as is well known, has defeired consideration of this Megrnm while n waiting the results of the Washington Cenfeience. The meas ure of achievement attained coincides ad mirably with one of the basic purposes of the international society. The developments for which Mr. Ledge, hopes could come with particular grace from nn ussoemtien structurally fitted te take up the tnsk The Senater from Massachusetts has pointed the way. BOLSHEVISTS GO A-JOURNEYING TCIHTCHERIN and the ethers of the Russian Soviet's delegation te the Genea conference hnve been measured, draped, lilted .nid outfitted by the best tnllers in Moscow. They shine. Thej have high hats of u setr eidlnnrilv hated and suspected by the proletariat. Luxurious, fur coats are theirs and line linen. There is nothing modest no trace of ideal humility about a Soviet Grand Commissar when he is nwny from home or en parade. And while Tchiteherin nnd his huddles 11 re proceeding in state te Itul.v te show the world that there is nothing cheap nbeut them and thnt they knew hew te net like eflidnl gentlemen, nnd held up their bends among the best tj runts of Europe, Emma Geldman leaps into print te inform the outside world thnt when the Genea delega tion gets back te Moscow the Soviet Govern ment may net be there. Fer there are rum blings of n new revolution in all the hlntcr Innd of Russia. An increasing unrest that Is pretty sure te lead te n Red overthrow overthrew is due te the cruelties, the relentless force, the Inhumanity nnd the general unwisdem of the dictatorship established by Lenine, who seemed te believe that a tyranny worse by far than nnj thing ever charged against n barbarian mennrch could be depended en te cionte and sustain a sort of paradise en earth. A let of nonsense has been written about Lenine and Tret7ky. Beth men nrc intelli gent nnd both hnvc been in deadly earnest. Each of them appears te have wanted te de soma geed for the Russian masses. They have gene te unprecedented limits of tyranny and cruelty, and have made a vast night mare in the general region of Moscow In a futile effort te give practical form te what ordinarily can be only n dream of the flightiest vislennries. Left te themselves, neither Lenine nor Tretzky might hnve permitted butcheries of these who differed with them. They might net have organized the people Inte working regiments, or deprived the common people of the Inst vtstlges of human rights for the sake of what they blithely call the Ideal State. But they have been surrounded by a body of fanatics, without sincerity or edu cation or understanding, nnd te these Min isters of the Soviet stnte blmne must go for the insane confusion nnd the really mon strous injustices that sevietKm has inflicted en Russia. The Cemml-jsars, if they were in the T'nlted States, would be the sort of men who aspire te be third assistant ward heel ers or bootleggers of n miner, furtlre sort. In Russia the.v fellow their own devices for their own ends. But it hnppens that they have all the might and authority of the Bol shevist army and the Bolshevist bureaucracy behind them. Frem their committees there Is no nppenl. Te question the wisdom or Tightness of their Judgments is te invite the intention of a firing squad. Leng nge they took from Free Russia the right te think, te criticize, fe question or even te wonder. A Russian In the area controlled by the Central Soviets does the work allotted te him by the stnte. He lias no freedom of choice, no light te complain, no court te nppenl te. He has no wnges Sometimes he gets enough te eat. Most of the time he doesn't. The fnt of this battered land gees te the Com Cem missnrs nnd the friends of Commissars. Earnest people in this country who hnve criticized the attitude of the eutside world toward Russia nre concerned nbeut the Rus sian people. Fer no one In authority Jn or out of Russia seems te want te' help the Russian people. There nre nlllcd Powers who want te save Russia by the sweid. There arc ethers who want te save it for themselves. Still ethers would like te snve it In order that they might cut It up nnd (lis (lis trlbute the fragments. Ne one talks of saving Russia for the Russians. Such a liope H-ems still te he intent in Washing ton. Little by Jittle it is becoming possible clearly te understand nnd iidmire the atti tude of our own Government, which lias firmly refused te de anything te strengthen either the Soviets or the outside opponents of the Soviets. The time for American co. operation in Russia will come when it Is possible te co-operate with the Russian peeple ns a whole. That time Is coming, and It may net be very far off even new. Secrctaty Hoever has Ifense-t'lranlng found crookedness in Time Is Here the construction bus! riess, urges n general clennlng up nnd warns these concerned thnt it' they don't get busy the.v mny expect "Iho steady invasion of the regulatory hands of the Government." It Is just unether In stance of the fact that the competitive sys tem is en trial, with many watching and hoping for it (JewnfftU. , I v e "- " - s - !iJi J-' vr.'. .. .;. LfAWWLil2ta A7 GOVERNMENT THAT PAY8 Busy Hives of Industry In Harrltburg That Mere Than Pay for Them selves WhJIe Protecting the Public at Large By GEORGE NOX McCAIN HARRISHL'IUI is 'something mero than headquarters fur a sorry mess of State politics. One hears less of politics te the square feet of corridor In the Capitel than he docs In the grim, gray City Hall In Philadelphia or the ugly City-County Building in Pitts burgh. The Stnte Capitel was once regarded ns the most tnngniliccia monument te organized graft in this country, The public Is forgetful, nnd the Capitel's reputation In that respect is diminishing with the years. Particularly since It has been meta morphosed Inte it hive of beneficent Indus try with exceptions In some departments, of course. There ure mere Intensely interesting things going en within the walls of the stately building than anywhere clse within the some area In the Commonwealth. Day after dny hundreds of men and women nre scheming, planning, working nnd devis ing wu.vh nnd means te make our 8,000,000 people hnppicr,' healthier and, if possible, wealthier. It seems almost paradoxical. Let us take a few concrete examples tu prove the assertion. FROM one division alone there stretches forth a network of police protection that saves thousands of lives annually. The public never thinks of it as a part of the police power of the State. Its officers wear no uniforms. There are women ns well as men en the staff. Three prosecuting ntterneys are employed in the division. Six of the cleverest analytical chemists in the State arc constantly nt Its beck nnd call. Last year it cost 02,000 for operating expenses. It was the best Investment of mbney, en the basis of direct leturns, the State ever made. Why? Because it turned into the State Treasury $000,000 in cnsh.ns a result of Its operation. That was the visible result in dollars and cents. The nctnnl value of lives protected and saved is Impossible of computation or esti mate. THE Bureau of Feeds is the name of the division. ' James Foust Is Its director. Its function Is te ferret out every denier in impure, ndulterated or tainted i'oeds or beverages. The butcher in Bucks County who leads ills "country sausage" with rice Heur water; the creamery man in Mercer who adds water te his butter te increase Its weight; the farmer in Fayette who adulterates his "pute honey ' witn gtiee.se; the Pittsburgh or Philadelphia pushcart tnerchnnt who dis penses disease and death te unsuspecting children in cenl tar and saccharine drinks and Ices, or the retailer of fish who pnltns his putrid product en the poverty-stricken housewife, nre nil grist te Mr. Foust's mill. With two exceptions, Inst year was the banner jcur In actual work since the de partment was organized. its officers they don't call them police men had 7S0O samples of feed analyzed by Its chemists. DO XOU get the idea of what that means? If these 7300 samples of impure, adul terated or poisonous feeds or beverages, from ull purts of the State, were handed in in one-twe-thrce order, it would mean that one sample wns examined every hour of the twenty-four for every working day in the year! Laws under which Director Foust oper ates ure police regulations. Many of his cases nie of oleomargarine venders who evade the license or tax law. Other offenders are concerns who mlsbrand articles of feed. But in all cases the chemists must analyze te be sure of the fact se the culprit can be punished. "It is nil In the day's work," said Mr. Foust, who 1ms been director for fifteen ears. "Te keep the feed for eight and a half millions of people free from ndulterotlen. though, requires a vnst amount of work," was his comment. IN ANOTHER department of this great collocation of men, women nnd progress they are planning free fun for Bey and Girl Scout troops and juvenile pleasure seekers. Recreation for tired business men and workers in shop, mill, stere and office is under consideration. Roadside camps for automobile tourists, with plenty of water and weed, are being plotted for this summer. Camp grounds deep In the forests ure being fixed up, nnd they can be hud for the asking, rent free. Maps are .being made that show the topog tepog topeg raphy of the country around these resorts. Bends, hills, paths, trails, trout streams nnd rivers nre set forth se thnt danger of getting lest is minimized for daring explorers in the forest glades. Booklets en the shrubs, bushes, trees, vines, wild fruits and nuts are in ceurse of prcpnr.Uien. They're designed te make the boys nnd girls of the State familiar with woodcraft and the secrets of the great outdoors. "piORESTRY" Is the name of this magic -- department. They deserve te be known as "joy brlngers," the workers in this rnre domain. Gilferd Pinchot, who knows mere about trees than nny ether mnn In the country nt least Theodere Roosevelt thought se when he appointed hlra National Ferester Is Its chief magician. He is custodian of 1,126,236 acres of forests owned by the State. In the last two jeurs he added 77,000 acres te the total. It is in the cool shade of these forests, en mountains, beside rivera, along trout streams and en rolling lowland tint all this work for the pleasure, health and recreation of the peeple Is being laid out. WITHIN recent years n let of money has been spent In drilling for oil In eastern and southeastern Pennsjlvnnla. It was a chase after "Foel's Geld." There is no such thing as oil In paying quantities cast of the western slepe of the Alleghenles. ' But the oil prospectors plunged ahead. They spent their money like drunken sailors. It was money wasted through inexcusable ignorance. Again the blunt query: Why? If these citizens lind only bethought. Mnm. wives te apply te it certain department In the Capitel they would have displayed common sense and saved their 10I11. There U a partlculerly nble and experi enced bdentlst named Geerge II. Asliley in the employ of the State. His official tltle is State Geologist. He knows all nbeut the coal seams thnt tinead the sub-surface. The oil and gas at ens of the State have been the particular study of himself and his associated scientists. Through long enrs they have been work ing out the conformation of these fields. It Isn't guesswork; it is bclentifle re starch. Director Ashley could have told the oily Argonauts before their drills began te drop or the "hull wheels" began te groan that they were foredoomed te failure as they found out Inter. If you went te knew where te drill for oil or gas, where te prospect for copper or Iren ere, or mine for coal, write and ask Director Ashley. It will 'save yen time, money and labor " an the soap advertisement used te jead. Our Own Mcteroleglcal Sharp Insist" that the way It should read Is "if spring sninia can MlOW DO far hehlnrftir ' .-.i I snirers jrnue ff i i Kl TH1 ..... x :, ' . J ' NOW MY IDEA IS THIS! Daily Talks With Thinking Philadelphia en Subjects They Knew Best DAVIS H. FORSYTHE On the Friends Yearly Meeting THE Society of Friends of Philadelphia has just completed one of the most suc cessful Yearly Meetings that It has ever held, according te Davis II. Forsythe, clerk of the Yearly Meeting and editor of The Friend, the official publication of the society. "Several Important things te all these interested In the Friends were taken up," said Mr. Forsythe, "nnd one of the most Important of these was the matter of birth right membership. The practice from the time of the foundation of the Society of Friends bits been that a person born Inte the society always remained a member of It by vlrtue of birth. However, there has been some discussion as te whether the Friends might net, with advantage, fellow the practice of some denominations and at a certain age require the young persons te announce their preference and decision in the matter. Of the meetings te which the matter was referred, three replied that they felt that no change In the existing practice of the Friends was desirable and this seemed te be the sentiment of a majority. Membership of Friends "The district covered by this Yearly Meet ing Includes Eastern Pennsylvania, Southern New Jersey, Delaware and a small portion of Maryland, small because there is also a meeting held nt Baltimore, which embraces most of that State. The membership in our district Is new nbeut 4G0O and there was a slight gain reported during the last year. The total membership of the Friends in the Unltel States is about 100,000. "This figure shows yttle change from year te year. We make no effort te get members and there Is no preselyting of nny kind. In this vicinity the Friends belong te the mero prosperous cIehs of peeple and, as is always the case with prosperity, the families nre smaller than they were years age. The same thing applies te the meet ings in ether large cities, and while Penn sylvania may, in a sense, be snid te be the home of the Friends, lnrgcly because of the settlement of It by William Penn and his followers, It will be seen that we hove :i relatively small number of the total mem bership of the society In our district. The Maryland Anniversary "The meeting also appointed delegates te represent Philadelphia at the 250th anni versnry of Baltimore Yearly Meeting next month. This anniversary has a peculiar in terest, becnuse it will commemorate the fact that Geerge Fex, the founder of the Society of Friends, sailed up the Chesapeake Bay In 1072 and attended the first Yearly .Meeting of Quakers held In Maryland. It wns net, however, the first meeting of Friends In this country, although it wns one of the very early ones. "This date, It will be noticed, wis ten years before William Penn came te this country. "There was considerable tension ever the tnntter of sending delegates te the five years' meeting next fall. This, in a sense, may be considered as the national meeting of the society, aud the tension arose ever the fact thnt some of the meetings seem te held that it is necessary, for purposes of worship, te hnve a minister present. Our attitude is that it is net necessary and that we can worship in silence In our time-honored wny It wns finally decided te send delegates te the meeting, but without In nny way com promising our clearly recognized position in the matters of worship nnd the mlnistrv The session nt which this discussion took place held for mere then four hours. Friends In Germany "The meeting received letters from Friends In a number of foreign countries. Amenc these were Ireland, West China, Australia, New Zealand and thrce letters came from Uermnny. This is very unusual, because prier te the war, there were no Friends in that country. The compulsory militaiv service and the conscription made it obll ebll obll gntery upon Friends there either te give un their religion or te lcove the country, which by far the most of them did. "The work which the Friends have been doing in Germany since the close of the vvnr in feeding the people has rnude the beclctv very well and favorably known there nd these letters simply go te show that' s " is the case. Under the new vn.ii.i' mlV ' fl.ra.nr it would net b. surnri..",u i" Hi- CORKED society showed large gains in membership there. "During the coming summer there will be a large meeting in Indiana of nil these bodies of Christians who maintain nn nctlvc position against war nnd mllltnry service of all kinds, nnd the members of which will suffer rather than take up arms. There nrc nbeut forty of these bodies in the United States. Virtually oil of them will be rop rep rcscntcd nt this meeting and we appointed delegates te represent the Philadelphia Friends. The Marriage Question "Authority was also granted te pciferm the mnrringe ceremony In ether buildings than regular meeting houses. We de net encourage this practice and, In fact, strongly discourage it, but there nre cases where it seems te be necessary te give this nutheilty. "Contrary te a general belief, there has never been a rule that Friends must marry pniv in the society, nltheiigh this practice Is strongly encouraged. The reason for this is licit that the Friends feel themselves superior te persons of ether creeds, but simply thnt we de feel thnt It is of the utmost importance for the husbnnd and the wire te he of one nccerd In a matter se important te themselves nnd te their chil dren as thnt of religion. Se strongly de vve feel In this mutter that we would rather rise n member than have any discord en the subject, und if the one who is net a friend ennnet see his or her way clear te lv!L 1 ,0Clct'' . we weuW t'er see the friend join another religious denomination tiiun te have nny disagreement. reace Service Committee i'.'.1'110!, 1rk of,U! Vvnce Sc"'lcc Cem- " ? hn? ,b,e?" ,the Brcntest value te the Society of Friends both within the member ship and outside of it. "ntJ,l,,, .0 "ie fcec'iet5" the erk ha been of great value in extending the knowledge of the I riends. their work und their nirns Lntliely unwittingly, It has made known te n large part of the world what the " ,ec 3c v mentis and what it fc striving te nccemnl K 1 One of the members of this cemmltte". wh has Just leturncd from abroad, told me ha the name Quaker' Is new better known in Berlin and mero frequently heard in th sheets of that city tlu.n 111. lWLS? "This relief work, which wn . .. .1 needed during the 'war nnd imnedhte l afterward, is .till being continued On n fevy days age the IWe Cem.nl tee rl ceiyed the largest check that it has ever had from n singe contributor ti,I given wns $05,000. nnd t " 1M l, , n1"! te relet work in Russia ti, IIUcil trlbuter formerly geThc sumVKe' which was used in Pelund." ".'JOO, QUIZ " 1-'VJlM;hnIlcnal"awhenam 'hiiipPijJiSr' Ge the "iiertUnSe13 """'' caned the r' W-LUlt H a Get Rie? a whW,s.?aul Elaine? - mUVJW m-r"1 """"" ' "Papier - Whp"jrte,,V" Cabinet" """ " the , ".trtVJST0,,B,,Wl TnCn"1 of 1B 10. at kind of a airuetu l, WMb0? Answers te Yesterday's Qui, lure; aise a ilritwini; en sin, , c"rl-'a. IL lies im fn .....'.'.'" StOUt I),-i,r ,, mosaic i"wnir tapiat, or 2. It Is nn Insult In France te caii camel "' ca" n man a J. The dallv etr,; production of .., bee of a. liivu Is f,0l "nrnn,h? lueen 4. A marguorlte i; an e".n, Q ", ,, ,0 3000. D. The c ty of Buejuki Vi '.'"'sy. , the I'lanC ltlver3 Mre' ' "Ttuate en u. ;;nr v,riuuvvi 1 dfd In un 7. Winsten Churchill . ...i0,": 0. Priming Is the nreni.miu .. taking pliice from ncnti . V10 tides. 10. Trecar, i a.jjj A carton is u canteliei,,! i vM.lt., disk xviUiln ,,?j V,VlT' nl the tnntet. A cartoon Is n lrVr.?' t't of ,l bk ten. especially u nlei3;.lc,"rlal man chiefly respensllil.. 5 IW" "tnton "tnten patch of the III.,,1?"?1 xLi'iT, '? dls- 'H WS! W5 SHORT CUTS Crime Is your great reformer, E preas v irtue into action. It is tiie allied hope that famine mtl yet imihc a conservative 01 ijenine. Every candidate for Governer is a lettM ing one, te iienr his henchmen tell It Gloucester's case of Katcher stemi tJ prove that little pitchers have big can. It Is thought that from Genea's ttkl tiicte may iiy a deveskl of pcaceenttB. t ' - ' ' . - . . 1 When a political Ainx defies the Mb ning it is usually with a come-en ci piessien. "Besses Tearing Hair te Stem Plnchei Tide. evidently going te stem It wttn mattress. New Yerk has Issued 25,000 pistol pc mtts. Blue funk may new proceed te kil mere man banditry. A drifting mine has been sighted In til pathway charted for Atlantic liners, "m evil a man does lives after him." Ferd Is said te be backing Burke M Pepper's sent. Rumer probably based ci iienry h Known interest In mwers. One possible combination may ti' pungency te Pennsylvania's political Fm new n-simmcring: a Plnciiet-repper. What Congress needs tn noneint li Reparations Commission te declde Just TtkiB operators and miners ovve te the public. Wonder if that Bucks County baritesB who pinys n lerp couldn't be induced 1 provide the paity with some harmen;? There is strong suspicion that men I: dulging in guerrilla warfare In Dub! stieets ere milking menkevs of themselves. Atlantic City school superintendent a warned teachers net te bob their hair. " dignified," he bays. Seme men ieve treuM se much that they deliberately go out Hunt U. Airplanes nre te be used te checkP smuggling of whisky from Canada. TM flights, we presume, will be referred M noetiegs. Sllcht e.trthnunkA shocks in WasbtBil departments may be merely prcllmlnarl 11 lugger one In Congress round noeui Hen time. Rochester. Minn., doctor is able t9 by your linger tips whether or net If nrterlcj are hardening, (ice wnwi ether thing te worry about I TTn, .'.. . I. .... . f.,l f,a fftrtl the coal btrlke. But we will. And the pinch comes we'll begin te wonder ,, the matter is being permitted te uruu If it were net for the peik barrelfl might be mero easily fooled into the MUJ mat navy appropriations were ucing i patriotic citlzciiN who whole-heartedly ' lleved In the necessity for economy. Y If le .. .tint nnn.nnlnn COfll DlIW in West Virginia are striking in any m eiiiviiiuii; iiiiiuui'r II. Iliuy iiiiiu i,v ,ktB shei toning the btrlke by forcing the wm pnrty te the dispute, the pueue, u-s its servants, te take action. The nvvful possibilities of the wirej were dcptesslngly set fertli when be Va.1. ti,,.,, rw..l lilr. U!nl.t l.n lfllltn. i- of the plight of the radio fan with hiss eus system uttinied te jn being wtci listen tu nn oration en the tariff! Illl.i.l.l ( Li-M 1. ..tint a M iiuiutu nuiibiiiuu in "mii.m Jersey company calls a. new "''old ' ' recently Invented nnd seen, t Is ',;,, be placed nn the market, nut """" 'Jliemnses will shiue until they Themnses will probably consider It,?,! I they've seen nnd sampiea " It Is Interestlnrr. In view of the tfl of the PeiiiiHvIvnniii nnrtv mDehlnC'i while the eiillnury citizen would Ucv.i sent te lt ive an niitoinebilo of the me"''! let us sit, VumS, hu is iilnnjs wlliunej trust Ills wclfiiiii, ills fortune, ,e. '13 ins c iiieren and even Us sacrcu political machines that haven't since 1862. 7 v A A A 2i i vyV, " ' ,- A !W 'j-cr.v.wA, 7 . .it "U I. rAA&Hti LS2M
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