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Pennsylvania Av. and 14th St. Crw Toast BciBAV The Sun Building pox Bdbias Trafalgar BulldlDf 1 SUBSCRIPTION TERMS '- Tke BriNiMa Pcatib , Lieeta ta served te sub- Mrlkara In Pnlladelphla and surreunlng tewni Miarat of twelve (12) centa per week, payable fsJSe carrier. nihr mall ti Mlnta ! f tkH.t.i.i. ri. v !i ,Un,t States, Canada, or United Btatea pee- Wt(M) dellara per rear, payable In advance, i i?.e'Lfrlf" Sgntrlea. one (ID dollar a month. ' Nenea Subecrlbera wtenlr. addreea chanced OBneat aire old aa well ae new addreie. MLU MM WALNUT KEYSTONE. MAIN 1191 WTXUmt all communications te Evening Puetto Ltdatr, Initptndmc Square. Philadelphia, 1 Blember of the Associated Preai L.73 AMOCUTBD PRESS U txctuHvtty e. UU te ffte uh for rtpubllcatlen of all new eMtfaeet created te ( or net of Aerobe ertduri fcjf ,r' " ' local newe publieard AttrleMi of repiitHcaften of Ktclal tftesatcSM BereM art alto reiervct. Pblledtlpkle, WeaniuJer, April 1, XI'.Z , NOW FULL STEAM AHEAD! SIGNALS en the 1020 World's Fnlr route are clear nt last. The decision of the Heard of Directors jesterdny te vitalize the undertaking titti personal leiulcrshlp Is I explicit. ' Tbe committee delegated te take up the t question of captaincy Is eminently well fltttd for this difficult, necessary, but by no means ' lmpe8!ble, task. The right man te fill the responsible pest of chlft commissioner can ' Ml site tr1 iit 4-tin 4- 4 It a at wlt In alHAAiiikltr W IVUIIU J1V1Y lliaii IUV OlUIU ID DIIIIiVICIJ Instituted. It was ridiculous te assume that the posi tion was greater than the nvallable material. That illusion is new dispelled, and with its disappearance the fog which has enveloped exposition enterprise for a full year Is pierced fcy candor and common sense. rv The fair of 1020 has emerged from the speculative stage. Philadelphia will cele brate with due -magnitude and splendor the one hundred and fiftieth anniversary of the birth of the nation. - The train of accomplishment has been tarted. The first essential of a solid read bed has been laid. Full steam ahead and the hearty, practical co-operation of every ele ment in the community are no longer fctltleus watchwords. Personal direction, capable of uniting the loose threads of endeavor, will serve also te stimulate congressional aid. There will be be excuse for hedging when an authentic commander has been Installed! New, Natien, city, State all together. WANTED: A WORD,, ITT WAS from the slang of the Londen "A pavements that we borrowed the word l"Aannfi" when It was first nnnllvil tn vnun &.'M A girls in the United States. But we show no Mere grace In tbe Invention el popular terms than tbe British de. The predecessor of "flapper" was "chicken." Beth words bare been subjected te nauseating ever-use. They were an offense in the first place te any normally sensitive ear. New they have become a nuisance. Seme one ought te devise a better desig desig aatien for the modern girl If a, special designation is needed. The American girl 4a ber teens, clever, picturesque, charming and eager-hearted, deserves something bet ter In the way of characterization than random words pulled out of rather dirty gutters. Something is wrong with a time that smugly accepts "flapper" into its every day vocabulary. The term is ugly at best and It Is misleading. Its very sound, mere than any quality revealed or inherent in the avenge American girl, is probably re sponsible for the feel, notions that rattle around in tbe heads of self-appointed critics ! the contemporary social state. The only unpleasant thing about the flap ver is her name. And that was put upon ber by ethers. She had nothing te de with it. THE NOISE OUTSIDE TTNTIL Mr. Tumulty burst suddenly into U the limelight and quoted for tbe comfort- of Tammanyites what be said was a Bteasage of hope and encouragement from Mr. Wilsen and thus invited an icy reprl stand from bis former chief, the country bad almost forgotten that there was In ex istence such a thing as a Democratic Party. The Republicans, with their wor ries and their bandwagons, have been fill lag the skyline. But there la a Democratic Party, and it asms te be Imbued with a fighting spirit. Tbe trouble is that the new-fashioned Democrats, like the old-fashioned ones, are ecurably disposed te de their fighting song themselves. Their fighting spirit as sures nothing, it seems, but continued battle within the party ranks. It is yet tee early for any national cam paign plans. But the Democrats are already split into savage factions. There ia net only one Democratic Party in this bappy land. There are four. First, thcre is tbe party of Tammany, with which Mr. Tumulty seems te be some bow aligned. It Is a party organized and administered solely for its own welfare. Then there is the Cox group, which seems te be working toward a national organize erganize organize 4ea founded upon the Tammany method and the Tammany ideal. Tbe farmer Democrats are a class apart. Democracy te them is a mixture of Populism and the Nen-Partisan League. The fourth Democratic Party is tbe party of Mr. Wilsen. It is consciously superior snd conspicuously .high of brew. It wants te be the voice of the elect, an organisatien of serious thinkers. It is a very small party and it wants none of Tain Btnj or Cox, and it leeks with intellectual lagivlngs en the' farmers. What will happen te the Democratic Party as a whole it is net easy te say. But the show will be worth watching. IN IRELAND OPPONENTS of the Irish Free State who vj'Pletted and fought and schemed in the Heuse of Lords and the Heuse of Commens tax wreck the plana of Cellins and Griffith eneunced ey tee menus mat tne insn r4,CfSrBvrv MMW VTVIj r.M.v MB wim.. ww.it.u.i- 4liala "u uraura VI li.ui. v iuc H, 'UMsaeats oz tne irisu tree state wne are ,'y naw cssapaigning under tne leadersnip of ""WliMfr. de Valera and hs group with a view rfjf.wrawiiag tne puns et ueuina ana unmtu TT1 l '" """- "" " - ww- sai,asa re se regarurti as painc-ir. l-.'gteiteet trouble with tbe Irish re ef uat ey,-,want te achieve taeir r.aaa.is-aeeueTe i vsraigat-r ,'eaIWIikl,, ,! -- ' &??,$.$te?l&!' ISraSSiK!?SSml' j 'v;t ,.M .x.vrjV r. wv rrrr i ' i i ' i 1 1 n i pi free?' What man or country or corpora tlea could net conceive' of a mere satis- L factory atate of being, attainable at the coat of the general order and tbe safety or the Interests of 6thers? Cellins is no less sincere than the most turbulent republican and he Is a geed deal wiser when he realizes that perfection Is the fruit nbt of passion, but of labor and patience. HE WONT BE HAPPY TILL HE LOSES IT Alter Seems te Be Leeking With Anx ious Eyes for Release Frem His Unhappy Predicament IF MR. ALTER is hnppy be Is skillful in the art of concealing It. He did net want te run for the governorship. At the last minute he was drafted. He Is acting new like a small boy who has been thrown into the swimming hole by the bigger fel lows and Is floundering around and shouting te them that they must pull him out or he will drown. And the water Is pretty cold, tee. He does net knew whether he is going te have any campaign headquarters in Phila delphia, but he supposes he will have head quarters in Pittsburgh. He supposes, also, that he will be at the Metropolitan Opera Heuse mass -meeting en May 0, but he docs net knew anything about the arrangements. All he seems te knew Is that he was forced te pocket his objections and become a can didate. What Mr. Alter is saying In his own be half is what might be expected under the circumstances. It Is known that as Attor ney General he drafted the Wener act and the Ceal-Tax Law, both unpopular. The tax en coal will increase the prioe te the consumers and the Wener net has been de nounced as an aid te bootleggers. He has net defended the Wener net, but bes shifted responsibility for it te Governer Sproul and the Legislature. He says he merely acted under instructions when he drafted the law. He assumes no responsi bility for it and has refrained from say ing whether he thinks it geed or bad. It is net se easy te dodge the Ceal-Tax Law, for as Attorney General he was com pelled te appear en Monday in this city be fore the Supreme Court and defend It. 'He did his best te argue In behalf of Its validity. It will be impossible new for him te go ou tbe stump and denounce it. If Mr. Plnchet had arranged this situa tion for his own political profit he could net hac managed it better. Mr. Alter, the peer man, Is se confused that he cannot pee the Implications of what he says when he denies that he had prom prem ised Mr. Fisher that he would net run against him for the nomination. He is se earnest about insisting that he has net broken faith with Fisher that he says he examined tbe Fisher platform and ap proved It. That platform, as every one knows, con tained denunciation of the Contractor Com bine which is backing Alter. The big Issue In Fisher's mind v,ae tbe necessity of pre venting the Philadelphia, West Chester and Pittsburgh political contractors from getting control of the State Government. And new Alter, approving that Issue a few weeks age, is depending en Vare, Eyre and Leslie te help him win the nomination. Ne won der he Is all at sea and is unable te bring himself te take his candidacy seriously, His whole attitude seems te be that as the Con tractor Machine had te have somebody te run in the primaries he would reluctantly consent te serve It without any expectation that he would be needed after tbe primary ete was cast. If he had any expectation of getting the nomination he would be talk ing differently. Mr. Alter has shifted responsibility for the Wener act and the Ceal-Tax Law te tbe Governer and the Legislature. He has held Judge Schaffer, former Attorney Gen eral, responsible for the failure te prosecute Snyder and the ether officers who have hired attorneys In disregard of tbe law making the Attorney General the sole legal officer of every State department. Snyder hired Bel dleman, he says, while Schaffer was Attor ney General and he has nothing te de with It! This theory of official responsibility will gratify every creek in office. All that is necessary under it te give immunity te them Is te change the prosecuting officer, and the new man will Ignore all that happened be fore he was sworn In. A fine Ideal for a man who wants te be Governer ! But this is net the kind of theory that will satisfy tbe voters. They have supposed that the way te punish the guilty is te put in office a man who will bring te Justice every creek whose offense has net been out lawed. Mr. Alter, however, has acted en his novel theory since he has been in the Attorney General's office. He has done nothing te recover the money illegally paid by Snyder te Lieutenant Governer Bcldleman when Snyder was Auditor General. Ner has he done anything te recover ether sums paid te ether of Snyder's legal friends. Ne adequate steps have been taken te recover tbe money stolen from the State by one of Snyder's clerks new serving a prison sen tence for embezzlement, and there has been no Investigation into the use of public funds for the private profit of the men who had access te them. Snyder in defending his embezzling clerk said that half a million dollars at various times in the past had been taken out of the public chest and put back again. This is contrary te law, and Mr. Alter knows It. But as it happened before be took office he is net interested ! There has never in tbe history of the State been a mere successful Impersonation of a reluctant, unwilling and indifferent can didate for nomination te high office than that with which Mr, Alter is favoring the people at this time. THE UGLY DUCKLING OF MUSIC DENUNCIATIONS of tbe familiar type have, been hurled at the convention of tbe State Federation of Music Clubs, new in session here. The attacks are doubtless sincere and, from the standpoint of the best musical art, are deserved, It is a question, however, whether the effusions et tin-pan alley are net unduly dignified by the Indignation of reformers, Tbe period of Jazz infatuation in this coun try has been coincident with an unprece dented development of taste. Never before were symphony concerts, well-sung operas, and recitals by distinguished virtuosi se liberally patrenised aa at the present time. If '"Jess music" is, as Miss Elizabeth Lstta,' , president of the Pennsylvania FsderaMea Mask Clubs, malatalns, "like u m eeet' apea R uea Ar fekt-mWc "v; " ,wv deeper than that of profanity upea geed literature? i ( . A defense of the iaaattles of what is gen erously termed popular music Is net In tended here. Hut a sense of proportion will sometimes serve te offset melancholy. Miss Latta Is properly Interested in tbe question of stimulating music In theatres and moving-picture houses. But even in these places of amusement there has been within recent years a change. Theatres, nt least most of them in this city, have escaped the problem by dispens ing with orchestras altogether. But com positions of authentic merit are by no, means excluded from the photoplay houses, and it is noticeable that se-called "classics" of the graceful, tuneful sort are increasingly ap preciated. ' Jazs, unlesa it emanates from a crude sense of folk song, as seme of its defenders have tried te imagine, has thrived te some extent by the very intensity of alarmist fears. When of the machine-made type it Is a peer thing, destined, if let alone, te find its level. BED ROCK AT GENOA THE injection et side treaties In inter national conferences is no novelty. One of the most flagrant instances of diplo matic dislngenueusness en record was Lord Salisbury's announcement nt the opening of the Berlin Congress of 1878 that Great .Britain was entirely free from special en tanglements with regard te the general sub ject of the meeting. The following day, June 14, a Russe-Britlsh pact concerning Turkey in Asia was printed in the English newspapers and similar publicity waa given te the Cyprus convention according the United Kingdom rights ever that Levantine Island which have since developed Inte com plete colonial control. But the Congress of Berlin, called ostensibly te evolve order out of the con fusion resulting from the Russe-Turklsh War, is familiarly regarded as the sub limation et the old cynical diplomacy. Theoretically "we have changed all that." Particularly in Bolshevist Russia have de nunciations of the ancient traditions of bourgeois chancelleries been extreme. There is a touch of irony, therefore, in the rapidity with which doctrinaire principles have been unleaded in the Russe-German pact negotiated at Rapallo, within easy commuting distance of Genea. The "Principal Allied and Associated Powers" te use a title which has somewhat staled have debarred Germany from their parlejs concerning Russia. This is drastic treatment, but it is. what would perhaps have been invoked at Berlin in 1878 had any nation save powerful England been involved in separate contracts. Despite all the harsh words that have been flung at it, the old realist diplomacy betrays evidences of inextinguishable vi tality. With Russia ,and Germany as re vivalists, the Genea conference Is under going a process et disillusionment. There arc potential advantages In this contact with reality, even though the awakening Is rude and tbe situation surcharged with perilous possibilities. Immediate material interests have taken the place of florid pretensions. If the ses sions can be held together England will be unable te mask her trade hunger with senti mental protestations, Russia can no longer disguise nationalist ambitions with windy Communist formulas, nor can France, as represented by her present Government, cloak with nervous fallacies her desire for hegemony in Continental Europe. Germany, tee, Is stripped of pretenses Her perfectly obvious program is priority et game privileges in the Russian preserve and mitigation of reparation terms. The nakedness of the whole scene is un questionably ugly, but since all these mo tives exist disclosure is certainly preferable te a futUc course of deception. A pri mary cause-of the Inability of Europe te rearrange its household has been the pursuit of illusions, Russia, Germany and the vic torious Allies have alike been loath te sur render their fancies. The Rapallo Treaty means a descent te earth. The footing there may be uncom fortable, but it Is there alone that new foundations of civilization ran be laid. Angelic nations arc as rare as beatific individuals. Self-Interest has been ruth lessly uncovered at Genea. The problem of accommodation is exceedingly trying, but if the first shock can be dissipated there is nt least a' hope of progress in facing things as they are. THE SLEEP OF INDIFFERENCE THE several hundred thousand unregis tered adult Phlladclphians are appar ently content te forge the rights of fran chise in one of the most Important elections ever held In this State. The Commissioners et City Hall entered the names of thirty-one electors upon the voting lists en Monday. If n thousand new names are added between new and May 0, the last day for entrants, the total will be surprising. There is no way of coping with such public indifference. The large groups of citizens who decline te exercise their rights arc irreclaimable. They are most vocal be tween elections and can be sometimes heard Inveighing against political autocracies and machine government. Confessed machine politicians are a pref erable tvpe. Any sort of partisanship, even In a bad cause, has the quality of interest. The unregistered Philndelphians lack even tbe charm of rogues. One wonders what hert of government, geed or bad, could arouse them from their slumbers. BUCKET SHOP NORMALCY ELMORE D. DIER was cocksure and in solent in the presence of a bankruptcy referee in New Yerk, where he was called te tell what became of money given te his brokerage firm before it failed and te give an account of tbe cencern'a assets. Creditors et the bankrupt Chandler firm in this city, wondering when the indict ments found in connection with that case will be pressed, find no relief for their natural curiosity. Multitudes of small Investors whose money vanished into ,the hoppers of the Philadelphia buckct-sh'eps and stock swin dlers go wearily from court te court and from official te official in utter bewilder ment. Se stands the agitation which, it was be lieved, would lead te some realistic reforms in tbe system of regulating the sale et doubt ful securities and the abuse of stock ex change privileges by badly managed or dishonest firms. The little man in the stock market, like the little man almost everywhere else, has been getting tbe worst of It. History is merely repeating itself. This does seem like a lawless country, when you take time te count the peeple who manage te get away, as the saying gees, with murder. The income of a Londen Anether .Little publisher has been tnxed Trade Beest by Uncle Sam because he was careless enough te come te this country and buy $220,000 worth of machinery. Serves him right. First thing you knew these blarsted foreigners will get tbe notion we want te sell our geed ; but tbe framers of our tariff and Income tax laws. bleSB their foolish littln hrartm anil , their .soft little, heade, (knew different,, of. aaraa. v ' ' " n ssMMm.'I'i w- " . WSW i- .1 $ A ONE WOMAN SEES J IT Life en th Farm Will Never On atari, 8weet Seng Unlit Labor Laber saving Devices Are Installed , In the Kitchen By SARAH D. LOWBIE A MOTHER whom 'I knew was boasting 'about the advantages of having a lawyer and a doctor in the family, her Idea being that if any one of the connection get Inte trouble he could be cured or defended for nothing or et least for half price. Her pean of self-satisfaction -was cut Inte by another mother whose son is an electrical engineer. " , "Why wait for trouble te call in your sons?" wss her text. "My son saves us trouble I" And, indeed, when one leeks ever the aero and a half that son and mother have out en the 'Main Line Just off the ,plke and sees what can be done in the way of labor-saving and of luxury making by turning a little stream of water and n fall of around et about fifty feet te account, tbe stocks of the electrical engineer go up, up. His by products are certainly dividends that are worth counting. By piping the spring into a two-inch pipe and carrying the pipe down tbe alepe into an open sluice through the chicken yard, the chickens are supplied with fresh water en tap. A few feet below the chicken yard the water turns a little water wheel, which in its turn sets going a small dynamo about as big as a brgad-brlinmed Quaker bat. This dynamo generates enough electricity te light ten lights in the house one te each room. It also runs n washing machine and supplies the necessary power for the radio. This last was installed by the owner of the house, who made all the outfit except the two receiving boxes nnd tbe horn shaped like a megaphone which magnifies nnd dis tributes the sounds, se that the speeches and music, etc., which come en tbe programs can be heard by any one In the living room. The ether thing the dynamo docs is te sup ply the batteries of the owner's car when they are down. THE original outlay for wheels, dynamo, wirinjr and lights came te about $100: the skill that the ewucr put te the use of the plant represented in days' labor probably another $50. The thine that struck me as I listened was that what that man had done for a pas time en his little place near town, where public electricity and nearby amusements and mere or less easy domestic service aic get-at-able what he had done could be multiplied in such plants as his Indefinitely nil ever tbe country, net for the suburbanite primarily, but for the farmers' wives. WHEN you get right down te what's the matter with the farm, it is the farmer's wife that is the matter ! A let of perfectly geed, reasonable women won't be farmers' wives, and prefer te come te town nnd live In a few rooms and keep ledgers In the rest of the beuse, or run a little shop, or "help" In a hotel, or get a cleaning Jeb, te living en a farm where they have te cook for a let of farm hands who grumble, in a kitchen with no conveniences and peer lighting night or day, and where beHldes the cooking and the housework and the sewing, they have the chicken jard nnd the milk palls and the vegetable garden such ns It Is te take care of, net te mention the butter te make all by hand. And always steps down two steps te the back perch with the pump, down ten wind ing steps te the cellar, up ten steps te the bedrooms, out three steps te the weed-shed and wash bench, and across the yard with the ashes. And it Is always lifting water from the pump, coal for the stove, ashes from the grate, jicc from the ice house, wet clothes from tbe tubs en te the line, dry clothes back te the ironing beard, clean clothes up in the basket. And it is always clearing up after a meal, after baking, after washing, after the day Is ever and then upstairs after the night is ever. And in the end the same mortgage en the farm that there was when she began, and the children all gene their ways te marry or te work In the towns Just when they have reached an age when they could be a help and company. I DO net say that electrical contrivances will be nil that farmers' wives may need te make tbelr lives pleusunt, let alone health fully comfortable, but tbe kind et working apparatus a well-to-de city woman takes for granted in her housekeeping equipment Is the right of the farmer's wife, and should come before the ether up-te-date Implements of the farmer's business its the initial part of the farm's equipment. It is all well enough te say any woman ought te be glad te wait for her kitchen te be right until the barn is right,' but as she is flesh and bleed it Is net a geed business preposition te use her up by unnecessary labor when the whole cemmlssarial department, as well as much else, depends upon her. And whether she wants te be a drudge or net, she has te be a drudge unless her kitchen Is made te save her nil unnecessary labor. And the time has about, come when unless a woman Is a kind of moron she will net be n drudge en a farm, If she can live with modest comfort else where. And what is true of the farmer's wife Is doubly, trebly true of his daughter. Unless her father can pay her what he would pay a competent servant, and that, tee, en the half-monthly cash basis, and give her her weekly holiday as he would a servant,, why should she stay, when she can earn mere money with less work in town nnd help the family, by a present new and then Inte the bargain? What is true of the daughters is nlse true of the sons. They must either have wages, or a part of the farm te work for them selves without hindrance "from the old man." ALL this is net selfishness, it Is common setibc. The farm is net going te make a living for all the children after "the old man" dies, that Is, if the sons marry and have children. Seme of the birds will have te get out or be pushed out. Tf the ones who are te go have something luld by, the new stnrt will be easy; if they hnve net, te start nt nil may uc imru: se w it u enn in young and venturesome it Is better te make "a new place for oneself. And what is true of the sons is true of the farm laborers who live In laborers' houses en the place, generally ns peer houses for wives te work, in as can be found anywhere In the land.. I have talked te scores of them, many of them have worked for me and I have known their wives. In a game where you barely come out even by doing without most thlngH jeu want and many things you need, It is better te threw up thnt game and take te another, or nt all events move en, knowing that things cannot be worse nnd may turn out te be better. REDUCED te its final equation, the thing resolves itself lute u question of the wives' comfort nnd tegular cash wages for the children who work, with times off for their own affairs. All this is hard en "the old man," but no harder than it is for city emplejers who have te compete with ether Industries and tit their business te match labor, rather than labor te match their' business. A dollar is net worth se much new aa In our grandfathers' day w hen it comes te pur chasing human labor, but it is worth many times as much when it comes te buying equipment te save labor, for In our grand parents', days such equipment did net exist. The farmer has waked up te labor-saving devices in the fields and the hams, but he will have te think of It ns a necessity in tbe farmhouse If be wants te eave the farm. Ills sons having died, an Allentown, Pa., man, ninety-four icars old. has bought lbj lumber business from which be retired thirty-four years age and which he conducted tnirtyseven years before that time. Prob ably felt for a second time that what tbe business needed was young bloody .- , A At f -. a . a. iaeVasaal1V. In bajjiasiif te tasts sitARViWr HIMH WAV tVflll imV'1PV.M9 rikff gMVIlJBW.V.IVS i " k$&mM wmwnvu jiwuwmwyurayeraMn '.-7 -ayw , ; - u : r i ir 'nvmMUwmmjumiwmmKm iiHbtv wnnwiu sy .us. s imj, 1 UA'.ti - i ' hi w.jsafBBt'aaw-'-ar'avxaa-rr rvsimi Ly,imftvmunmm.mr,vt- &r . i at-iu- j j - i i "-aa ' -" aaai i "! i ' i tawa usasi i iib'ii ' v paaBBaBaai WmmsKI'kiSS 1 :M-; n-'W - ,. .-vw.'.-Ti . .- -V-'?'. 'MP ML. 'JM 1 1 laaWf OJ &- I . l JaJaeaeaW' -. .. s -7Tl7T7i nflBeBii j anas ii S7 ia i am i '"Baammwa J '" -r&ssr wmmz c-r a BaWSmcW-ffik1' .,.v. ftSMUSJTR " JPC7 atamammammammammammammmammammamammamms -a-aaatL mama.rs'fwiammm n. wsbBUiaw-s. m. .mvY-mr gBBmmmiMg still iuaa& iZBEmmiKr-i' km mt,t.-:Vi'inmr r.i I j,.'4 JqexMMaaBiSaaeaeagft GSStfi1UiAiimBStlK5MnKmiSK'm''"'r' I ' " WHBBEnSyify Jl1 ' j, amBmBmBmBSc'eamwijlBS St-Pirs BaKHHIiBfSalHltealTVy'"" HtmwgaSanaM9t.r'V',YZ2i. JX,nZamWgfcaW"rW.aWf'.yr '. V. .t ,-- Dl"aataWWE"2 I-fctAl. .-J" rv BVaVaVXeaBSXeaaVXeaBVPM' r jaSXemeTyj' i J . -aSKlXWir-tL TiaaaaaaaFVBWBw-w..'iL.'-i . - rrr , BjBa?rrWfiaBiamwPrJM 323 NOW MY IDEA IS THIS! Daily Talks With Thinking Philadelphia en Subjects They Knew Best SAMUEL A. BOYLE On Legal Aid Bureau of Municipal Court THE Conciliation, Small Claims and Legal Aid Division et the Municipal Court Sets a variety et work that is probably net upllcated by any ether legal organization In the country, according te Samuel A. Beyle, who is In charge of that division. "A large part of our work," said Mr. Beyle, "originates in the Municipal Courts at Twenty-first and Race and Twelfth and Weqd streets, nnd the Juvenile Courts at Twenty-second and Arch nnd Twentieth nnd Summer streets, although there are many ether sources from which cases are sent te us for settlement or adjustment. x Criminal Procedure Used "In the latter cases where necessary, we resort te the criminal procedure and It Is usually effective. Many peer persons have bought stock which was absolutely worthless and have brought their clnlms te us. Wc notify the se-called 'broker' and, of course, are referred te counsel by him. Our line of procedure is te Inform them that unless the money is returned, we will Immediately take the case before a magistrate and this Is usually sufficient. In one recent ense, an elderly woman had bought $700 worth et valueless stock and then could net locate the man who had sold It te her. We made an investigation, found the man and get all of her money back. "In another case, n woman had paid about $400 for stock, which, while net per haps worthless, was certainly net worth anything like the sum she gave for it. Wc get $100 back and also were able te retain tbe securities, such as they were, for ithc woman. "The fake Insurance companies usually work among the colored people and sell them what they call 'mutual' insurance. Tbcy collect the premiums, but have no intention of paying claims. The fake 'brokers' are generally clever enough te make no repre sentations as te the value of the stock which they soil and this makes it difficult te deal with them en criminal charges. But they usually are se anxious net te appear In court that they will refund the money rather than take any chances of prosecution. "We de n lnrse amount of outside In vestigatien and our division makes no move until we are sure of our ground. A letter te the persons whom we want generally brings a response, but if they de net appear after we send our final notice, we have the authority te send officers of tbe court te compel attendance. Many Suits Prevented "When cases come te us from any of the numerous sources which send them, our first work is te prevent legal action If that be possible. Besides the courts which I have mentioned we get cases from the Society for Organizing Charities, Knights et Columbus, Yeung Men's Christian Association, Juvenile Aid, the Big Sisters, tbe Jewish Federation nt Charities and many ether organizations. It Is wife te say that we have prevented a great many mere legal actions than wc have Instituted. "The conciliation feature Is an Important one In our division. Fer example, some time age a nurse employed In one of our hospitals came te us and said that her brother a young raau, was n jail in Nebraska, en a charge of selling n stolen automobile. There was no charge that he had originally stolen the car, but only that he had sold it. Beth parents were dead and the sister, who weh the boy's only living relative, had been sent te us by the authori ties of the hospital w here she was employed We get in touch with the Parden Heard of Nebraska and succeeded in setting the boy paroled. He came te Philadelphia, where our Laber Department get him a place aa mechanic and he Is doing well. "We uave many cases in the Small Claims branch of the work which have seme amusing features. One of the railroads run nlng Inte Philadelphia hired 360 men after the lest big storm te go te another city en its line nnd shovel snow. When thev et back, the men found that they were 'te be paid eni ter the actual time which thev had spent In shoveling the snow n, net 'fa the full time when they left this city .until they returned. The whole 100 nppcnwd i our court with their dnlm for connlcisn cennlcisn connlcisn tlen. The Investigation which 7rm3 brought out the fact thnt ether iends run" nlng into Philadelphia were irr the Thai t of paying men employed In similar clrcum stances from the time tbcy (eft ibis city WatU tber returned. ' ""v1 VWTbe repre.entatim of the railroad wars lt'ff j i Z.M.hJWr- -- 1J-' m am -Qfjr -.JW r'a f "t k f mi ti se informed and after n short consultation, the read agreed te pay the men for the full tlme that they were away, just as the ether railroads did. Thus the men get their money nnd they get it without any costs te them selves as te legal or ether charges. Every man . accepted, the adjustment of the divi sion without question. ' Seme Unjust Claims "Net all tbe claims which we, are asked te handle are just ones. We make a thorough Investigation of every claim that comes in and where we find that tbe claims are net absolutely just, we show the claimant that he is in error and advise him te drop tbe whole matter, which he usually does, as we make it clear te him that he has little chance te win a suit and an excellent chance of paying costs if he pursues tbe case through the ordinary legal channels. "Most of the would-be litigants accept the advice which we give them without question. As a result, the percentage of cases which come te us for adjustment nnd which wc take te court Is exceedingly smnll. This saves time, money and sometimes a et of trouble for every ene concerned. "There Is a great deal of work attached te the preparation of statements nnd an swers. By the Act of Assembly which cre ated the Court, it was provided that a liti gant might make a verbal statement et claim te tbd clerk and it became bis duty te reduce it te writing. The same procedure holds geed as te answers te claims. The purpose of the act was that theso net financially able te engage counsel In a suit should hnve this work dene for them by our divi sion without charge. The Original Intention "By a decision of the Superior Court of the State, the Clerk of this Court Is Pro Pre Pro thenptary nnd Mr. Walten, at thnt tlme prothenofory, designated us te de this work, which covers a wide field. "The original Idea was that this was te be a peer man's court, but the constitu tional prevision which demands uniform fees for certain legal services undoubtedly works n hardship upon the peer litigant. We are obliged te pay the Prothenotary's and the Sheriff's fees, amounting usually te seven or eight dollars, and in the case of a jury trial, eleven dollars. These fees are collected of a claimant, but If the person Is a defendant, there is no charge unless the Judgment is given against him, in which ciisb the fees arc automatically Imposed upon him by the lavy. If the Judges had the power te regulate the fees according te the hnnnelal status of the litigant, the original purpose of the act would be mere nearly carried out." ' What De Yeu Knew? QUIZ 1. Name five Important naval battles In U,eWal'waflrMt3 Part,C,Pated" url"S 2' ' a native ?ntry WM A,oxanler the Great 3. In what century did he live? k ww v.".ArtSian Constantine Ansen? 6. What State does .Tames A. Heed rcnre. , sent In the Senate? cpre 6 vjhere U the neach at Walklld? i. Who was Inlge Jenes? 8" W1le've"?1 "An 0'8ter may b0 creS3ei1 " 10. What la cspaite? Answers" te Yesterday's Quiz The Oeimun name for the Battle of Jut Mistral is the name of the cold nnni, Thwat.rl&'uniainev'nam f N,celal Le"" FT.0,mSSref'UMt,a P0rtlrl D, J,?BS..wns he father of Klnir David Sir Themas More was a celebrated Pnir. llsh author nnd statesman. IJ0 hw- iutS vV? Sey., lla Chancellor under Henry VII r. He opposed that Kini In the break from the Henmn Cat he In riiurch nnd wa executed In H3i afte u flairiently un list trial Ml.1 be... Known work In "Utopia." n remarkabia ii.Sil.c.Vrer?if.1n 'IV1 wmmenwTafih'6 Herbert Clark Hoever, Hocretnrv nt Commerce, at one tlme held the office of Erecter Oencrul of Mines under ,., tr Chinese i Government. ,nu,r The Leaning Tower of l'8a Is m fect ,'Tti;VI.,ha!idp'!fu: . ? v..M''v7'i rriffi - . eHte.'S .e6Sla-m-!Sa t1 amv2ammaPv- 9t0 ' yJjJKEKji&QMtUHnhUlXiA ; lf.--gp7 M vramBWamBWamBBxatUKi,)!!'' .i Tha collective name ferS areun nf.,i, srst la aptf;y V"; (w.up ?reeH' dittia t aVAllaaaMllfal HatMa fu.j' W'aS w'.a jm .el I il . Women in Paris are wearing live blrb en tneir bats. unicKens? v ' General Hokum continues te be 'tii busiest little 'campaigner, alive. fj When it comes ta big bills the pelieu has nothing en the Soviet bird. .. : M Here ana there are unfortunate ftp who have time te have spring fever. ' Will the TTew-Beveridfe campslgflis Indiana be confined te half of one per out kick? - v, ' What damns Germany Is 'net eitcflj 'what she did but the blooming way m did it. ' WM t Perhaps it is because he has known uV beet et defeat that Bryan cun't sit down atl be quiet. ' Mr. Wilsen's performance en that Reel Instrument appears te have been a blister ing success. Germnny is still determined te let tie world knew that she is constitutionally W able te play fair. if - 5 , Control of wave lengths Is a problem net confined te radio experts. Hairdressers bin long wrestled with it. , ," j up It may be that people in the Mldilf West have floods and tornadoes for the mm reason that a deg has fleas. There is n revolution going en in Hit duras, but It isn't causing any mere stir il tbe world than tbe coal strike. ( By and by the fact may impress iUa en the lrrecencllables that De Valera k unwittingly playing Ulster's game. Where the dendwoed stands in the wepa- man's tracks The Ferester swings a hefty ax. , i As a conciliator between France isf Russia, Lloyd Geerge is considerable of tt oil can. (Application according te India! India! tlen.) . vt' That circumstances alter cases Is etl denced By a comparison between the Brett" Lltevsk treaty and. the pact designed t nullify it. , Paris has a five-legged calf tbst rumps three. And despite the mero or less deflnw information we arc constrained te et what's the odds? ' It 1b confidently expected by the ellled surgeons that when tbe Russe-German, part is probed there will be found ev Idcneti (llll)llcltv mil running " ,, The pitiful thing about the Hue German treuty is that it again demenstrtW Germany's inability te understand the vil point of ether nations. ' Judicine bv the blind stneicrH '! inflflft nt lllu tintnn .Iia l.n.l enj.ll n.lbhniel Is int present experiencing is being shW by the newspapers of the country. W "! New Yerk police allege that piometfj of ii crap game trained a goat te butt ej butters in, Father Knickerbocker wm train ene te rid his house of bandits. '? . Floods are once mere affording PN'H thnt a Mississippi levee has little cnst without trees te held the snow nt the hftw waters und dams of wide area te check y sudden an emergence et the waters. U Geerge Chlcherln Is said te have fj tears of joy when the Russe-German treiw was signed. One would have thought nerlencn with thn UiihhIiiii rnhln would Mr given him a wiser appreciation of the te" of a scrap of paper. ' AJ . 1 , i,w Mrs. Mary McFadden, eighty jc"" ' Majer of Magnetic Springs, O.. has ' her Jeb bccmieu net even doughnuts J coffee could Induce ceuncllmcii e ettt meetings nor iielltlclans te keen their vve The tiouhle with Mrs. McFndden evidently tee much yeutlitnl optimum. An Omahit man arrested for drun ncss was sentenced by the Court te f .I'JOO brittli'H of lumin hrnw Inte a ball while n nelicrinnn steed by his side, tej that he didn't JeUcnU drop, put Wt M umciniug in ina law aseui cruni -t usual pus6meaU7tAN,d wiiat uss imiwa n-a.i ua inaaai T p3E53eJ at . Jfy;wii l1atE:- .'' J VI la-am- . .-. r M , f SHORT CVTS I ! 1 iakfflkA teS -,3--3 rt-.L! - .Hfirifc, .,,. .! JiJiUl.j. i.
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