vz,: El war PXxE Y'ViV Sh - t' r4 ' V t? ' I" ijs n? l i m bePfikVl f'J 7lrlr J mi&ya.?. -:vi,tzii BwBwW maltebUc ledger PUBLIC LEDGER COMPANY frehri C, Martin, Vic president and Treaeurtr; TEP..A' ttiwi Beerstaryi tnariea 11. L.iMina PtllllO H. Cftlllna. Jehn Yl. TVIllUma .Tnhn .t. tira-een. fleArM flaMamllh. nvlA ' Nmltav. t rectors. ..f; ?TO WM1I.CT.... M' jQHKC. MAHTIK....O Editor &W JOHN C. MAHTIN....qenerat Iluslnesi Mimnr JW ruiuih4 dally at Pcttte Lnen nulldlag VTV l nupnaenc square, rniiaueiphia. IO.fj.K5W Ye , .1(14 Madlsen Ave. JA, .Jf"01 701 Ferd Building fta, Sir """ t.... t. Leets..., CIS Ohbt-Drmeerat nulMlr.sr ilS02 Trilmn Building m e c a WilHIKOTON BuacAe. NEWS BUREAUS: n. E. Cor. Pennsylvania Ave. and Uth 9t. -Smmdem BcttAO Trafalgar Building 8UB8CRIPTIOV terms Tha EriNise Pcitie Lu-ata I eerved te aub ( ecrlbera In Philadelphia and eurreuntng towns at tjia rate of twelve (12) eente per week, payable te tha carrier. By mall te pelnta eutilda of Philadelphia In th United .mates. Canada, or United fitat'a poe pee poe essslens, postage free, fifty (SO) centa per month. It (e dellari per year, payable In advance. Te all foreign count r lee one (11) dollar a month. Nene Subscriber wishing address changed mat give old aa well a new address. 9tVU MM WALNUT KEYSTONE. MAIN 1101 I gyJeWraat oil comntMnfcnttent te Xvmtne PubHe ? jwBgir. waepmnrnee sauere, pmiadtlpMn. Member of the Associated PrcM Tttm AXBrwiATttn npft-jeff vfuj..r.. . I titled te (Tie wee or republication 0 alt new eUepafeie credited te It or net otherwise credited I n thle taetr, and also th local ttrwa pubH)ti thertin. I AH riffAtt of rtwbHcaHen of s.ecM ilspatdui werrtn ere olse reeervea!. rkiUdfiphii, Moedsy. April it. :2 FISHER FALLS IN LINE EVER since Jehn S. Fisher withdrew from the contest for the governorship his friends hove been working In support of Gilferd Pinchot, with his knowledge nntl consent. His own nctlvc entrance into the campaign among Plnchet's supporters wns only n matter of time. He made his cntrnncc yesterdny after 11 satisfactory talk with Mr. Dnchet. "I Bin. of course, in hearty and complete accord with nil that Is being done by my friends In Mr. Pinchet'a behalf," he said. "I nm doing my share and will continue te contribute my bet efforts te his election." This is the self-respecting course for Mr. Fisher. He was committed in tltc beginning te opposition te the efforts of the contractor combination te get control of the government In Harrisburg. Mr. Pinchot is committed te the same preposition. Mr. Fisher with drew in order te prevent a division of this opposition between two leaders. His public Indersement of Pinchot by name is a reaffir mation of the earnestness of his purpose te help the State get the kind of government It ought te have. SIGNS OF PROGRESS TIIR presence in Philadelphia today of the Committee en Industrial Arts and Ex positions of the Heuse of Representatives te hear nlieut the plans for the fair means that Congress is beginning te take the mutter Inte serious consideration. The members of the committee will net only hear what the officials of t lie Thir or ganization have te say, but they will leek ever the site and will get some Idea nlxnit the amount of money needed te firintici the project. Then when the local committee gees te Washington te ask for an appropriation the ben who must pass upon the request will tkiiew something about the subject. ' Things have begun te move, and if n 'fllrerter general or chief commissioner, or whatever he may be called, is selected it may be reneluded thnt talking has stepped and acting has started. ART WEEK WHOEVER first thought of ttifnlng Chestnut street into a gullery of modern paintings deserves commendation. Since the public at large doesn't go te the art exhibi tions, the art exhibitions hnve tome te the public. This is the best of missionary work and it ought te be encouraged by picture buyers. The movies have done 11 great deal te make the present generation forget that there Is such a thing as a studio picture, though studio pictures are actually the only ones that really count In the long run. Fer the camera sees only the exterior of an ob ject. The painter, if he is worth his salt. ees and renders its significance ami Its In terior meaning. It is regrettable that some of the pictures included in the unique "show" are net up te the general standard, which is high. A few of the painters seem te have sent any thing that they happened te have lying about. Hut nlmest nil the canvases are far mere beautiful than the old masters for which hardened collectors spend great for tunes. They are net deg-eared. Their painters are net dead, and se they arc of fered ut extremely modest prices. The merchants who co-operated with the artists deserve great commendation. People with money in their pockets and houses te decorate ought te make the best of a most unusual opportunity. SHAKESPEARE DAY APRIL I, or what you will. Consonant with the meager biographical chronicle of William Shakespeare is the mystery of bis birth. Convention, supported by the somewhat apocryphal researches of two eighteenth-century commentators, fixss the above date. Rectification of the calendar moves the event forward te May S, new tyle. The, Ferrest Heme, which may be relied upon In this community for formal lecognl lecegnl lecognl tien of the anniversary, adheres te the elder reckoning and accepts the conjecture thnt England's future "king of kings," baptised, according te the Stratford pnrlsh registry en April 2(5, 1504, was then three days old. The weight of modern scholars is largely In accord with this view. The point Is mainly of academic Interest. Ne Legisla ture or Parliament has yet signalized the birth of Shakespeare with holiday enact ments. There is deeper and mere genuine tribute In the vitality of his literary and dramatic monument. If Edwin Ferrest, who left ex plicit directions for the birthday ceie ceie menlnls, feared an atrophy of this fame lie was oer-timerous for the future. Despite snap judgments te the contrary, the popularity of Shukespearean drama Is as vigorous as in the vanished epoch senti mentally known as the "palmy dajs." A new access of interest in the plays has lately been manifested in Londen. In America four successful organizations, headed respectively by E. II. Set hern and Julia Murlewc, Walter Hampden, Rebert 11. Mantel! and Fritz Lelber, are combining inancial with artistic prosperity. The chief criticism that muy be directed toward these attractive, enterprises Is the somewhat routine chnracter of the reper tories. While it Is true that masterpieces are fundamentally imperishable and that they have the udded charm of novelty for new generations, the inclusion of some of the less familiar works In the list would tin- ipiXA- questionably be welcome. ,f'i'Mf "Corlelanus" is a stirring drama, ripe for revival. In this country there Is un actor, Wffl Tyrene power, whose gifts, it would seem, iMiVftSS J0UIU 08 aumiruuiy uccunnuuuuicu 111 wie f Magnificent title role. fyg&hkMlM Marlowe is vaguely reported te be .Y'gtMliering jsenena in .Measure ler .ueus- YLH M tdtt nt ttiiAtiaalv tnnflArn vintAnt T V I"TV ., . ... .......... fvgflsTaai emotional appeal, xuv presen t www "V, ."J,",,T" m71"m7Z mmim;Vn. away iMvwnvnKtmmtmy acaaaiafa jNujHaawj WWi TO.W,?W ffil EyENIW later cemedlea, "The .Tempest" and "The Winter'a Tale," and the Indefinable but touching "Cymbeline." The myth that "Shakespeare apella ruin" has been ex ploded, and there Is little reason te fear that experiments with some of his splendors, unwarrantably closeted, vweuld prove rash. Meanwhile, however, the tibinulty of the mere routine repertory constitutes a con tinual birthday tribute for which there Is no parallel in the world of English letters. CONAN DOYLE'S ANSWER TO THE QUESTION, WHAT, IS MAN? The Englishman Insists That the edy la but a Teel and a Tenement, While the Tenant Is Immortal SIR ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE, who Is lecturing in this country en the proofs of immortality, is engaged In a task which has occupied the thoughts of men ever since they began te consider their origin and their destiny. He is confident that we are en the eve of a revelation se convincing that belief in Immortality will cease te be a matter of faith and become transformed into a definite and firm conviction founded en demonstrable fact. Wc de net speak of faith in the multi plication tabic or faith in the existence of the sun and the moon. We can see the sun and the moon and the accuracy of the mul tiplication table can be preVed mathemati cally. That the sun is can be proved te every man with eyes, and that the multi plication table is correct can be demon strated te every one with any conception of numbers. But in spite of an almost universal In stinct, mankind has always yearned for an unmistakable demonstration thnt the soul lives after the body dies. The Christian Church hes It In the revelation of the Ulble. but the acceptance of the authenticity of that revelation requires the exercise of an act of faith. There is probably no Christian who in his innermost heart docs net long for proof which would justify the faltb se that it could become a belief as firmly based as that in the succession of the sea sons. He would like te see with his own eyes and hear with his own ears from these who have gene before him te the grave. Sir Arthur professes te have had such proof. The dead have spoken te him. They have appeared te him as Christ appeared te His disciples after the crucifixion. And he insists that the resurrected Christ was a spiritual body and net n material one, and that the ancient prophets who appeared te the disciples were materializations of the dead similar te the materializations produced by the spiritualistic mediums of the present. He is putting a new interpretation en the Bible te justify his belief. And he is insist ing that wc de net have te accept the theory of immortality en the authority of the Bible, but that wc can demonstrate it for our selves. This view i regarded by these who held a different opinion us Irreverent and irreligious. Itilt it must be admitted that Sir Arthur Is a sincere and carnen seeker after the truth. Aside from the revolution in the Bible and the materialization of depened -.pints, the theory of immortality Is wrapped up with the theory of personality. Who and what is the real man? Is there nn ego independ ent of the body that It Inhabit'-, or Is what wc call the ego merely the product of the functions of the brain, and does it cease te exist when the brain ceases te function? The materialists Insist thnt there is no ego independent of the bruin, mid the spiritual ists meaning net these who summon the dead from their graves, hut theM who be lieve there Is such n thing as an Immortal soul Insist that the body Is but the tem porary tenement of the soul. There is n school of philosophers which insists that the ego existed before it entered the body and that it will still exist after the body perishes. It is easy for any man te test this theory with the material at his command. He has only te examine his own consciousness, and he will discover that the real ego within him has no conception of jeuth or age. If he will think back care fully te his boyhood he will find that the ego then was no different from the ego of his maturity. THe only difference lies in a greater command ever the body and In the accumulation of a greater store of facts te be used as the basis of conclusions. The ego of the adult has mere tools te work with than the ego of the child, and if there is any ether radical difference It has net yet been disclosed. There is a sense of immor tality in this ego which it is almost Im possible te destroy. Kant had this in mind when he wrete: "The death of the body may indeed be the end of the sensational use of our mind, but only the beginning of the intellectual use. The body would thus be net the cause of our thinking, but merely a condition re strictive thereof, and, although essential te our sensual and animal consciousness, It mny be regarded as an impedcr of our spiritual life." New whence did this ego lenie and whither does It go? Mankind for thousands of years has been seeking an answer te this question, the acceptance of which does net require the exercise of faith. But we knew little about the real ego that Inhublts the body. Experimental psychologists who have been exploring the region below conscious ness hnve been finding evidence of forces of which the old psychologists had net dreamed, and they admit that they have merely opened n deer Inte the unknown without crossing the threshold. They have ceased te degmatize. Likewise, men have ceatied te degmatize about the Impossibility of communication between the dead and the living. Whether they take seriously or net Buch evidence ns has convinced Sir Arthur, they nre willing te admit that anything Is possible, and they would all like te knew mere than he told his audience at the Academy of Music the ether night. IN SOCIETY'S WHIRL THE decpratiens of the occasion were communist red and royal purple, strikingly blended. Among these present were Geerge Cbicherin of the younger net, who may be recalled as having somewhat violently snubbed the Nicholas Romaneffs, nnd Victer Emmanuel of Savey, whose resi dence In the Qulrtnnl quarter is still one of the handsomest in Reme. Mr. Chlcherln, who is an accomplished linguist, disentangled the succulent skein of liis "fettuclnc con regaglle" with the art of an epicure. His host en beard the Cente dl Coveur discoursed wittily of the topics of the day, Including the weather, the deplorable chaos of feminine fashions, the latest best sellers and the most popular plays. Mr. Chlcherln. as be quaffed his Marsala, Hacked into a fascinating analysis of the jfcoraueK in W,SffiJ3 WBxv&xMm&m Vrir2i;r'iri IjifllMJWaK-illlJJAJ 9 :l and Gtacome Puccini as operatic composers A canltal time was had br all. It Is hinted by theso in n position te be nasty that the Russian guest of honor re frained from asking his entertainer for his bread card and displayed no disposition te demand a property Inventory from the, dis tinguished Savoyard. The latter is reported te have said rrb thing concerning Mr, Chi cherin's silk top hat. The wearer was lately conspicuous at the tomb of a certain Giuseppe Masxlnl, who may be remembered as having accepted Im prisonment in preference te adjusting him self te the ambitions of n former King of Italy, grandfather of the present occupant of the throne. In any event and notwithstanding, what ever mean things may be said about it by the Irresponsible society editors of Pctro Pctre grad and Moscow, the luncheon was n charming affair. Naturally, the Gridiron Club of Washington will be envious, but wc have net the space te enter into the social aspects of its chagrin. PARK MOTOR TRAFFIC IT WOULD be most regrettable It the deci sion just rendered by Judge Fergusen were Interpreted te justify In Fnlrmeunt Park the flagrant abuses perpetrated by reckless and Inexpert meter drivers en pub lic hlghwns in and out of the city limits. The decision seems te be in technical accord with the terms of the Moter Vehicle Act of 1010. It means, apparently, that the Com missioners of Fairmount Park are without the right te enforce special restrictions of any sort upon the Park driveways and that the traffic in the Park Is net subject te any rule net generally applied under the State law. Broadly Interpreted, the decision would make it Impossible for the Park police te forbid the use of the main drives te heavily laden trucks. Judge Fergusen states flatly that the commission has no right te fine or arrest the driver of a smoking motorcar. Yet the rule forbidding the passage of com mercial trucks through the Park was made because the present driveways cannot stand up under heavy traffic nnd because the Park is supposed te be a pleasure ground. Smok ing meters nren't permitted en the Fnlr Fnlr eount drives for the simple reason that the gases from improperly adjusted engines arc supposed te be extremely, destructive te trees and shrubbery. The Park Commission is frequently ac cused of 0 tee rigid policy of traffic regu lation. But ns a matter of fact It has done little mere than formulate an intelli gent cede and enforce it consistently. As a consequence of this Fnlrmeunt Park is a safe nnd plcnsnnt place te drive or walk in. A liberal speed limit is fixed for automo biles nnd these who violate it nrc quickly repressed. The drives are kept in geed re pair at slight expense because they are net subject te the wear nnd tear of overloaded commercial vehicles. Accidents In the Park nre few because the speed fiend has learned te de his speeding elsewhere. What is needed In the city nnd en open highways is stricter adherence te principles suggested in the present system of traffic regulation in the Park. But the implica tion of Judge Fergusen's decision is thnt. since nn inadequate law permits abuses of the rights of passage en n public highway elsewhere, the Park Commission has no right te make special rules for the protection of the Park and the comfort and well-being of these who frequent it for recreation or rest. The looseness of the State Moter Lnw may have made such n decision unavoidable. But it that is the case the sooner the State law is amended the better it will be for everybody. If the people who systematically abuse the rights given them with an automobile license were permitted te have their own way en the Fairmount drives the Park would seen lese its present aspect. The central drives would net last six months under the weight of commercial traffic. And the foliage along the most frequented road ways wouldn't survive for a season in the noxious gases which the municipal police permit conscienceless drivers te discharge into the faces of the people en city streets. On the boulevards recently brought under the direction of the Park Commission, and even within Fnlrmeunt Park itself, the Commissioners have established wholly un necessary "parking" restrictions. Since the Park is supposed te be n breathing place, motorcars should be permitted te step any where nt nny time se long as they de net impede general traffic. The rule under which machines are compelled te keep moving en most drives is Inexplicably silly. It should be abandoned. But en the whole the Park Commission has a right conception of the general trnffic problem. It has provided many excellent examples for these whose duty It is te mnke reasonable and efficient tinflic laws. WARBURTON'S REVOLUTION BARCLAY WARBURTON is exhibiting n curious and inexplicable sense of re sponsibility for the expenditure of money in the Department of Public Welfare. It is net his money. It comes out of the pockets of the taxpayers. If there is net enough te pay the bills, mere can be get where the first came from. Se why should any one care what It costs te run the Heuse of Correction and the Heme for the In digent? This is the way is has been customary te talk. Departments of the City Government nre created in order te make jobs for de serving political workers. If there nrc net jobs enough te go around, two men can be appointed te de the work of one, with a third man te watch the ether two nt their leisurely occupations. If this is te be changed in the Depart ment of Public: Welfare u revolution is im pending. Mr. Wnrburten is objecting te the luxuries supplied for the table of the managers of the Heuse of Correction and the Heme for the Indigent, nnd he seems te think that the inmates themselves get ice cream tee often. They certainly should net get it eftennr than the families of the peo ple who pay the taxes. There may be u hard-working woman or two In town who think that they should net get it nt nil, as they cannot provide ice cream for their chil dren save en rare occasions such as birth days and the like. And there nre attendants at these insti tutions nt the rate of one for every three and a half inmates, nnd some of the inmates are paid wages of ,$50 a month, which Mr. War War burten thinks is tee much for people whom the city is supporting. He is talking of dismissing a let of the unnecessary em em peoyes and reducing the wages of the In mates, ns well as cutting off the luxuries served en the table. Objection is already being raised te this sort of disregard of sacred custom. The emplejcs with a political pull are rushing around town te get their sponsors te pretest, nnd before the week Is out the people who supply the luxuries will be objecting te nny reduction in the size of the orders given te them. If Mr. Warburton Is 11 ical revolutionist he will net be moved by nil the pretest, hut will persist in his apparent determination te prevent the waste of the public funds. The Department of Agriculture is going te send an expert te study the fifty-two-year-old horse at Catawlssn, Pa, His beventy-four-year-eld owner may also be net unworthy of attention. Germany and Russia have new ap narentlr decided te treat their recent treaty I as though the document, had ft,TaJue. I taam tteir curreaag. . , wviL., r, - - VA'ijmst;TB S&1 AS ONE WOMAN SEES IT Tha Wlae Man Inalata en the Henera Due -te Hla Position, but Dees Net Let It Qe te Hla Head By SARAH D, LOWRIE IT IS well te knew certain things before one embarks en public life, or by some innocent Inadvertence one may' see success recede te a vanishing point, never te become a "close-up" again. Among ether bits of knowledge convenient te keep in one's mind Is, who comes first and who comes last and who cornea, in be tween. ' In public every one has a rightful place, nnd though he may forge it goed-naturedly in favor of some lesser functionary, he will net enjoy its being taken for granted that he can sit or stand or walk just anywhere. And in nine cases out of ten if he does balk at forgoing his rights, he will put it en the ground that he must net allow his office- te be belittled, nnd, therefore, he insists that it shall be honored In n fitting manner. And there Is a great deal' of logic in that stand. In a republic such as ours for an elected official or any government official te drop all the ceremony that belongs with bis position and te treat himself and te allow ethers te treat him just like one of the crowd, one has te conclude that either he holds his office ns n cheap and unimportant trust from the people, or that he does net knew hew te carry his honors with dignity nnd geed manners. IT JUST happened that I listened te two discussions this week hinging en this very subject. The first was between two officials who had been appointed simultaneously te very important political offices which had been created te meet the demands of the present situation. In taking office both these men were as new te their jobs ns their jobs were new in the State. One man had made geed by the end of a year, nnd the ether announced somewhat bitterly thr.t he had been a failure. But he blamed his failure en every 0110 but himself. He claimed te have been ignored by the persons who should have shown him deference, but at the pnme time he admitted thnt never ence had he Insisted en that deference te the persons from whom It wbh due. He had "Just noticed that he was continually Ignored or left out or forgotten," and though he was mad clear through and hurt, It had net oc curred te him apparently that In the rough nnd tumble of public life, If one does net tntts one's rights for granted nnd llve up te them te the Inst notch, one is promptly side tracked ns net being "wise te his job." The ether man had sailed ahead ns though his position was one of authority, nnd if thnt authority was overlooked, he held things up until the proper order of precedence w-fis re-established nnd he was once mere where he belonged. He was net nny mere thick-skinned thou the ether man, nor less sensitive, but he had n talent for publicity which the ether did net possess. He understood hew te subordi nate himself te his position ; thnt is, he held his position se .high thnt he saw te It that ethers paid it the proper honor, net because it wns his, but because it was it. As I listened te the two discussing what had hap pened, I realized thnt neither the chap who liad succeeded nor the ene who had felt that he had failed quite analyzed the ether's success or failure. What they hnd done had been mere or less instinctive. The one who was built en public lines nnd the' ene who failed te sense his public successfully hnd ench followed his pattern. It was net what each wanted of the public, it wan ttie wav each affected his public that made the difference. THE second discussion that I listened te was nbeut a matter of precedence nt n public banquet nt which the Mayer of the city nnd the Governer of the State were te be present. The question wns, which of these two officials should give the address of welcome te the guests. There were some Indeed most who held that the Governer, being higher in rank, and the organization ghing the banquet being a State-wide organization, should have the of fice of welcoming these present. But there were ethers who argued that the banquet was held in the city of which the Mayer was the chief official, nnd If there wns nny welcoming te be done, It should be by the official host of the city, net bv 11 visitor. Fer when the Governer was out of his cnpltal thev claimed that he was n visitor. The matter was left for both officials te decide nt the last moment, nnd I observed with great interest that when the moment came it was the Mayer who was the official host. I was told afterward by an undoubted authority that there was precedent for what the Mayer did, and that he wns correct In Ills decision, which being the fact removes his action fiem nny suspicion of egotism and places the whole matter in n perfectly agree able footing. If there wns nny awkward ness, the blame must be laid te the fact that very few of our Mayers have knewu any better than the general public the con ventional and correct thing te de en occa sions when manners, rather than political power had te be observed. But since there Is n right wav for doing everything and n wrong way, why net unite in doing the right tiling, in our civic functions ns well us in our social ones? And since it Is the right thing, thnt the part of host should be taken by the Mayer of the city, nnd net by any visiting official, however great or however closely connected with the city life, it is well te tuck that knowledge awny for future use. OF COURSE, foreign cllquctte, especially in the matter of official ceremonies, is n labyrinth te most Americans, and one that they had best net penetrate without a guide. Most of the Ameiicnn embassies have per sons attached te them who explain just what Is expected in the way of dress, procedure nntl social amenities. And the easiest and simplest way te meet these new conditions Is te be frank about ene'H Ignorance and ac cept advice. Because nothing is mere point less than te fancy oneself patriotic because one ignores the cede of manners of the pincp in which one finds oneself cither for pleasure or for business, it would be like visiting in soine household where the pro gram of the meal differed from one's home arrangements and the guest took te coming down late, or coming down ery early, in order te show that the change of time blruck her as foolish. I saw an American de that or something nenrly like that ence In a European cnpltal where he had been sent nt his urgent request ns a special envoy te represent America nt a grent natiennl function. IIe was nsked te piesent himself at court en n certain day te meet the King. He chose te write te the King n note te the effect tnnt no weuia jike tue invitation te include his family. He felt that lie was standing up for the rights of American womanhood ami quite fnuclcd his independence and Americanism. But he was the envoy, net his family, and the King was holding a levee for the envoys nil of them men whose wives were net in cluded en thnt particular occasion. Se what he did wns just absurd, nnd rather noisy and ene hopes net American. Curiously enough his chivalry te his family nnd te women in general took rather a funny form a day or se later, for he was snapped by seme kedak leading the Queen down from some assembly or ether te her currlage. And he was tread ing jauntily en the crimson carpet laid down for royalty, while the Queen under the push of his 'stalwart aim was walking en the stene pavement. It was n little thing, but It made a whele city laugh when It was printed. The "Genea pockct peckct Rlch in the Mind book" is en sale in Paris, n purse stuffed full 'of Ocrmnti marks, Austrian and Polish crowns nnd Russian rubles, S.m.OOO worth for 25 francs. Purchasers think It worth the money te feel rich for en unreasoning ant nTitt A ntlil BfllianiA TAa L.Iu ' luwiucut. 41"" " ntuciiic, iur, OC1UK milt-'dead, it Is less liable te bite ana teea tne ordinary wildcat ' umif "ii. T 1 . . fc sr a ' ,' IT CAtfTT BE DONE! Ti 'iff' stim , r K&'&$ SaBS&X 1 ' M' ''' '" '4 frl' t -f ' . V ds ' VSssssisssssssssHia'''' J'" sjjyyT 6GfljU0jl sWg.Egv5scMeKt!isK r a k ' j eeJfcFJg mSOlJtF ft JT Jlf- ' sMaWl T &E sssssssT . I'l aedJsMBssr ll'd aa tr f rreTgTF -A jejer t a sEjKalAlsUessssssBhauiMsl ejsjiigeeyjejpjgjejeggejjjjjajpgpSrs tWgj U01k T jedgeiWeeeeeeeeeeMieeeeeee-Je- - e WT'l.e1fJ jelT JHssssssssuJsBp fsBieH iaM"lswf T gB Jff ggMMpgMg-pMgft aj- VZcf. a.'iT yflgjgtgtWBffllr js10gfTirr. g' tf ei AZrf sssv. BttlttStkhmBIKK9j99jitS- im jfj'" ' j -j ( NOW MY IDEA IS THIS! Daily Talks With Thinking Philadelphia en Subjects They Kneiv Best DR. WILTON W. BLANCKE On the Value of Language Study THE value of at least seme knowledge of ether languages, either undent or mod ern, is difficult te ever-estimate, both from a cultural and n prnctlcnl standpoint, no cording te Dr. Wilsen W. Illunckc, pro fessor of languages at the Central High Scheel. ... ., "I hnvc forgotten exactly who it was," sold Dr. Blanche, "who said, 'He who knows only English knows no language, while he who knows ether languages knows English also,' but there Is mere than n grain of truth in the saying. Apart from ether considerations, the value of foreign lan guages, cither ancient or modern. Is incalcu lable ns an aid te the better knowledge of English. A New State Program "In the new State educational program new being framed nt Harrlsburg no lan guage, cither ancient or modern, is made n required subject in the high school. Seme of the best educators In the State feel that this is a crying shame and will prove te be a serious detriment te the cause of educa tion In general. Students having no knowl edge of any foreign language usually have no sense of linguistic values, and the Eng lish departments of both the universities and the high schools complain bitterly of the 3unllty of the English employed by the stu cnts. This is nenrly always because the student has had either nn insufficient train ing or no training ut all in u foreign lun- "A comparison of the Idioms nnd words from the same root in different languages gives a sense of the true value of words In English which can be attained in no ether way. . . . ... "Even if the student in n lereign lan guage never pursues It far enough te be able te speak it, but only te rend it, he gets a miniature travel, because virtually nil the textbooks en the modern languages convey te some extent the atmosphere of the peo ple who speak that language and the cul ture and the gcegrnphy of that country. The result is nn incentive te read nnd n desire te learn mere about theso pcople nnd their history, thus giving a broader nnd mere cosmopolitan veiwpelnt, nnd an added culture. Rid of Provincialism "This in turn rids the student of piovin pievin clalism, tenches him that there nrc mere ways than ene of doing 11 tiling, and thnt the way In which it" Is done in the com cem munity'in which he lives is net necessarily the best. "There nre a great many foreign lan guages a large part of the literature of which has been translated into English, but vnBt stores of the best literature In nil for eign languages nre net translated, nnd te the student who acquires only u lending knowledge this knowledge opens up a great deal of the world's literature, which would otherwise be a closed book. "There is one type of modern educator who bcilcves that there is no 'transfer of training' ; that if a student learns French, mathematics or science, he knows only French, mathematics or science. But the teachers of the languages are all opposed te this viewpoint and believe thnt the study of any foreign language mukes the student think, above all else. Benefits of Foreign Languages "The teacher of languages believes that a knowledge of foreign languages net only de velops the English of the student, but gives him invaluable training in logic, reasoning, expression, flexibility of mind, true content of the meaning of words nnd 11 fur better Idea of the precise value of words and ex pressions. "The process of translation causes the student te nppreheml a thought expressed in a different medium from his own vernacular and te express that thought concisely and accurately in his own words. This consti tutes a valuable training in the use of Eng lish by clothing foreign idens in his own language and makes the student think both about the expression of thought nnd the mode of expression of thought, besides giv ing him an insight into the processes of languages generally nnd hew they nre melded te express thoughts, "If a student writes a composition In English, en ideas of his own, the teacher who reads and marks that composition has no real check as te whether he Is properly expressing his own ideas or net. lie may have an idea In the back of his head and net ha able te convey it strongly or accurately. But when tae, student, g translating' and etln,bU thought. "In KaalWi tka taaeher U W"l;r,r?T,VOT"l,w7iWt i-W'W&' r "tCmmiMMaMM1mJ. 1 aiKmgwig has n real check, because he knows himself what the exact thought is, hew it was ex pressed in the original language and hew the student should express it in English. Knewing all this, he is enabled te judge exactly us te whether the student hns or has net seized the correct Idea, or whether he Is expressing it well or poorly. Geed and Bad Education "There is nn old saw te the effect that any subject badly taught is worse tharl any ether subject well tnught, nnd. like the ether I quoted, there is a geed bit of truth In it. Any subject badly taught is bad education In Itself, nnd anything well tnught Is geed education. Languages well tnught have the highest pessihle cultural value, us I have previously outlined. "The practical value of being able te ex press one's thoughts exactly in English is incalculable in evcry-day life, anil hence anything thnt leads te geed English Is of grent value in any walk of life. Given equal abilities in ether lines, the person who has the best knowledge of English will obtain a position in every instance ever theso who have net this knowledge. "But there nre ether practical benefits nlse. The student who hns completed a really thorough course in a modern lan guage which includes the speaking of that language is equipped te go te the country where the language is spoken, transact business with the inhabitants or converse with them, or he may be enabled te trans late Inte his own language for the use of ethers who have net this facility works of literature or of science. The Trade Value "Very frequently a person finds n foreign language a valuable adjunct te his business career through his ability te handle for eign correspondence. This is a field which may well be considered, in view of the con stantly widening trade relations of our country with the rest of the world. "Even n student who gets only some thing of n foreign Jnngungc in school has a decided advantage if he gees te the coun try where thnt language Is spoken. He, by reason of this knowledge, Is enabled te pick up in the space of nbeut two months a working knowledge of the language which would require approximately one year's tlme from a person who hed net this rudimentary knowledge of the language. "A man with a knowledge of nny of the foreign languages nlwnys proves in the end te be the best educated man educated in the best sense of the word." What De Yeu Knew? QUIZ ' HejJiblm.?"y Beatitudes are there In the 2. Name four Scandinavian nations, 3. What Is bhang.' 1. What Is the meaning of the word Kden? C. What Is meant in diplomacy by Wllhelml C WLleUcaedy " MM ca,le1 the 7. What Is the only active volcano In any American State? ""' 8. Hew many barleycorns mahe nn inch lu long mensure? ,ngn ' N We Id wS' Bcneral Prominent In the 10. Who was Timethy Tltcemb? Answers te Saturday's Quiz 1. Tim word pickaninny Is derived from th Spanish "pequene," Bmall, ananlne " llttle cr little baby. ' u nme' 2. A pibrech is a series of variations for bagpipes, chiefly martial in character. 3. President Jnines Buchanan was known . iYmm-" ep,)0nent3 as "Ten Cent 4. aeergla was the last of thirteen original colenics te be settled. b'"i 5. The seaport for the City of Cerk. Ira- land, is Queenstown, . ' lrt 6. A letter written by the Franciscan missionary. Jeseph de la H ! Alllen. about 1633 , ,efc,8' te petro petre Icum springs found In the region of what Is new Southwestern New Yerk or Northwestern Pennsylvania, 7. The constitutional umendtnent authcrlr. tag the election of United BtatesHena" ters by direct penular vote in thilp MarLms?tt" bCam9 Wtveen 8. The present Ch'lef Justice of the Unltnl States Is William II. Tnft. uncd 9. The family name of the Duke of wi. . , . Ungten wsb Wellcsley. 0l Wcl' IB. A bourdon, u a droning-, base 111,. i,.. He,a aUtten-tene SHORT CVTS Nancy's f ancle's continue te intrigue el Lloyd Geerge put the Rap in RtptEel What place is going te be accorded tetli nurdy-guruy during music week? Speaking of color schemes, whtt'i til matter with Chestnut street this wen? The world has reason te be grateful fel the tact that Lloyd ueerge has a sent humor. Who knows? Perhaps Jack merely gave the peach trees a nee dusting, If students of Irish geography oral siennily confuse Dublin and iJeifiit iti Donnybrook, can you blame them? There is at least likelihood that hi Frest kept his finger en the fruit crop lfl enough te boost the price a little. One thine? that nremnts the belief t perhaps Semcnev is net se black ai he 1 painted is the fact that Berah Is "tj him. There is net Incklnr evidence that 1 publican lenders in Congress would nt kiss the red than accept the executive band. Wfifchlnfftnn rennrla that euifllOTI is increasing and living costs ceniln? der from which we deduce that we raiy be bifl yet, you betj State emnleves mnv vote as thev old says Governer Sproul. Naturally. But,) course, it is understood that tbey delti their own risk. It ninv he. mm some nt the trade BUblW declare, that nvld interest is being shows t the iierce corset vs. round garter ceninmn but wc re from Missouri. They're coming, Mr. Lewis says (and w dare say he s wrong.') They're coming for the Scsqui Fair forty million strong. Secretary Wallace addressed a rnir,l nil i-lirht fwlmlttpll MrS. ArlDI Mixing, but don't forget that. Nosh .1 spoke te cyery living soul in tne we- "I had a hnt full of money and III springtime," explained the New ""J3 ...1.. .... .- ...in. iei OAfi in sennit! and S870 in cash. Creek, casuist or JWI The Shiftless Shifters new nre shifted. The Parkers park within our view On. why are glndseme hearts upllKeal Well, we don't knew, sweet cblld. you? Professer Glddings, of fWumWi W versity, points out thnt the mine mulei w getting a little comfort out of the coal itrW They are seeing daylight for the first ta in sears. And that's what the public hoi the disputants seen will sec. Then lt'aniieJt what you were but what Jl arc. it?r:net what you are but whit M wear. Elniteln'a theory of re atlrW gi make untenable the hypothesis tbat "fj and sound are tranimiiieu .. - ether, but it has absolutely no heW a woman's method of arriving ?"" sien her intuition tells her is rig". There is a rumor in Wash niten jl the President will net "'"j1"1,' Dtir en the Tariff Bill of m Pt& revenue for 0 soldiers' bonus, but, wvfa most of the disasters a '- never happen. . When Senater McCumbe. JEr& Finance Committee's revision of the y. Tariff BUI he asked for sy una by 1 infl of judgment. Aa counsel for the viiiui renBeii tun --- kiu - Net the least of the perils th.t;a V.m-ene 1 ftimlne-Htrickv Southern Rust Russia, While the JfiJ a the eyes and the caw f "Jl ence holds the eyes sJMSi KSSs $$&?$&&:'') m. u -ij i(7 -.. i i. -j j,-..?.'!. jwii Mi n r uT vJF- f T TfsSf t 1 wf -w very" 1- - K 1 . 1H Bijnrufif 7.iiss , ,a. wa wrar-Jiwijif 1 itV.lliWJi I.7-&V
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