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JUST SO!
imHB nudncit of Mr. l'incbet," re-
. A marks Senater Vtirc, in ""wkinR a
TBomlnntlen at the hands of the Kenubll
can TOtcrs is, perhaps, withmit pamllel in
'the history of the Itepiiblirim l'jrty in
(Pennsylvania or nny ether State."
This is Just what the Senater would be
xpectcd te ray of nny man who had excr-
jctsed his inalienable right te fellow hit own
i convictions in voting.
i Any man who dares te attack the !ibucs
In the llepubllcnn l'.trty and tries te cure
'them is audacious. The little fellows take
their orders and de as they am told, and
receive their little rewards. Thsy would
be mere dare te teek a nomination in oppo
sition te a group of leaders than they would
(jump off a nineteen -."tery building into the
J street. It isn't in them. They are net
Jbullt that way.
jj Senater Vare cannot understand a man
wee assumes tunc inc nominations nre mime
y the voters at the primaries and that he
hitn d. rleht ns n llpnubllenn te seek a nemi-
Bat ion at their hands.
It Is net surnrislnc that the Senater
J thinks that Mr. l'incbet is audacious in
! daring te contest the nomination with the
man he and Eyre and Leslie have selected
e e tse next uovcrner.
CONGRESS MUST BE SHOWN
rpHE skepticism with which Congressman
' JL Bland, chairman of the Heuse Commit
tee en Expositions and Industries, views the
ipesslblllty of Federal aid for the 1020 fair
il by no means surprising.
I -Congress, the most extravagant legislative
ibedy en earth, automatically delights in
B08)ng as a symbol of stern frugality. Mr.
Bland adheres te this transparent conven
tion, although there is unquestioned war
rant for wariness in the economy pains
'which are certain te afflict Congress if it
succeeds in putting through a costly bonus
'ateature.
. y Representative Bland, however, need net
t.tV ecessarlly be regarded as a conclushe de-
jpressant. Fredding is inarinbly needed te
arouse congressional interest almig practi
cal lines In world fair projects. And in
.'addition te such pressure definite accom
plishment at home must justify Federal
assistance.
f The appointment of a director of vigorous
ftjrpe and reiegnized constructive abilities
twill enable the promoters of the fair te
apeak with authority and te urge their
'claims with some basis of convection. Deri Deri
.nltlen of the actual boundaries of the expo
, sitien Is also essential. At present the term
iParkway-Fairmeunt suffers from aguc and
loose construction. It is imperative that
the setting should be charted, its frontiers
..established, Its topography duly mirct'd
2ad considered.
Congress is unquestionably open te per per
,aaasien if the major and initial responsi respensi
ifcility is accepted in Philadelphia. Mr.
.Bland Is probably aware of till;'. His re
J serve should be interpreted as an incentive
(for hard work and organized hustling.
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ORGANIZING FOR VICTORY
.IT IS generally admitted that the nemlna-
fX tien of Mr. l'incbet depends en the size
(l the vote polled for him in this city and
,ia Pittsburgh.
J lie is expected te carry the country dis
tricts. Tba contractor machines in these
two big cities of tlia State hope te roll up
rural Plnchet majorities.
They can de it if thp free and untram
aseled voters are tee indifferent te go te the
.primaries.
i Efferts have begun this week te organize
, ,tB Pinchot sentiment here and te make ar
rangements te get it out te the polls. Mr.
Fisher is co-operating with Mr. l'incbet in
this work.
If the men who asked Mr. Fisher te he
ecne a candidate can be arrayed solidly
behind Mr. Plnchet the Vare machine will
BOt'find it easy te carry the city for Alter.
But these men will have te get busy and
vfll have te urge their friends te set busy
also if the full anti-contractor machine vote
ia polled.
1 NEW STAGE OF THE BRIDGE
V,j ,f!11' uugc vriugu luiaeun, me largest ever
. mn l.... i.-t.i i... .. u i
). euut, wmcu was nonerco witn a for fer
isaal launching in Camden jesterday, rep
irctents a new and realistic stage in the
progress of a monumental uiideitakinK.
i' An wrn is iiuw ivru imtii. ine illusive
msr. ' L-iu-u- . -.. .,..!., i ...,
Iti. jpninu9 ui uun jiiuiiiti-ui utiii uiinranens
jKiWf oratory. As n matter of fact, thoe
SVMpPenlueus preliminaries hay, from the
SiiTilSBtset of the nreject. been reduced tn n
rt v raiirl atiiiT mlntmtim Hlin Tnl.,.. -.
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f' rMat authoritative technical experts pre-
i sjarable and has been refreshingly free from
1" ; bstructlenary political blights.
'i Werk witnin tue giant caisson and its
ry ipnaiBif d iv u euim vu me niv ,iersey
(4, iae, win com iiicrauy anu uguratively es
ii .itablish the foundations of one of the most
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lO, I IBQVUtC le(lfliaic uniciiJiiaua tu iue in a or
s ,'iftbt country.
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There is no reason te fear that the whole
?.WTwtnicture will he uncompleted by 1020.
ii
jK$ J,'l'4td, the signal evidences that the bridge
?fflHVS!i;w B finished en time should serve a a
WL'tmuluB te the fair pregiam, of which the
b .? -7i eJTUlatMaiaJl ttnnll lu anil rla)l I ft until n u
vS?lwrwiTp feature.
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ENTABLE AIR ACCIDENTS
XHB army and the navy, and wherever
lea is nigiuy organized upon a ceiu-
, elaborate inspection systems
,4fect mechanical troubles in an
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air.
It is unfortunate that machines used In
casual flights and for the dlrersl6n of ama
teurs ate often old and sometimes imper
fect. They arc net subjected te the careful
inspection and the expert care needed te
keep them at the standard of fitness re
quired by most professionals. Accidents
such as that which occurred near Hatboro
en Sunday, when a pilot and his passenger
were burned te death after a fall, will be
less frequent when stricter legal regulation
is provided te protect the lives of thrill
hunters by forbidding the use of nny air
plane that is net as safe as mechanical skill
can make it.
"
WOMEN'S UNCENS0RED POLITICS
IS A GOOD SIGN OF THE TIMES
Fortunately for the Country, They
Aren't Training In the Usual Game
of Evasion and Compromise
QURELY, if women were net gifted with a
pecullarlyflsubtlc sense of humor, they
would be irritated by the note of tolerance
and condescension that is apparent in edi
torial and ether discussions of their public
work.
Last week in Baltimnre leaders of the
women's movement in the United States,
Mexico nnd the Seuth American countries
assembled te consider means by which nil the
Americas might be reconciled in spirit for
their own geed, and the geed of the world.
The debate nnd the addresses were in vivid
contrast with prevailing political policies
that still tend toward confusion nnd disin
tegration and persistent enmities en this
continent. Observers for the press wrote
much about the gowns.
This week the League of Women Voters,
which ery wlely sought te shed a little
light en our system of diplomatic relation
ship with our neighbors, is continuing an
infermnl conference intended te gle better
definition te the opportunities nnd duties of
voting citizens. Hew many generations have
passed since men nut voluntarily te con
sider their obligations te their country? And
hew long has it been since party leaders
could talk as plainly and a9 clearly as women
in politics arc talking new?
It is with fresh eyes that women view the
political scenes of these unquiet days. That,
perhaps, is why they can be clear-headed
and why their public addresses are aston
ishingly lucid and direct.
Men have been writing books and preach
ing sermons nheut "means te chasten the
flapper" and te explain the meaning of
youth's shortcomings. "Reform their par
ents," said Lady Nancy Aster. And she
bccms te have said it all.
Similarly, it was Mrs. Warbnrten who
first tendered political aid te Plnchet the
Plnchet who Is new; almost everybody's can
didate. Even Mr. Fisher was disposed te be
cautious in the text of his belated indorse inderse
ment. "I'm for Pinchot," said Mrs. Warbnrten
in effect, "because he is able and because he
Is honest."
Suppose women the women whose sons
and brothers nnd husbands hnve been herded
out te European battlefields regularly in each
generation were sitting new at Genea.
Would they fellow their nnclcnt habit and be
concerned about general human welfare and
peace and the security of life or would they
sanction governmental policies inspired only
by group ambitions for trade 0 financial ad
vantages? Suppose women had had some
thing te say about our diplomatic policies In
Mexico and Latin America. Would we still
be willing te think almost exclusively in
terms of oil even nt the risk of an Interna
tional break? Would the feminine instinct
for order permit greater depths of mlsun
dertnndlng between one part of the Amer
ican continent nnd another than nrc te be
found even new between the United States
nnd any part of Europe?
It is precisely because women are new in
politics that they can afford te pioneer, te
be even gallant and te leek the facts In the
face without shrinking. If the country at
large were alive te the simple truth it would
at once recognize the political inexperience
of women as a cause for high hope and an
assurance of better times te come. Fer,
being new in politics and. as the bosses say,
inexperienced, women voters have no highly
complicated organization te protect with
base compromises.
As voters they have no debts te pay ; no
beses te placate; no party system te con
sider before they consider the wclfnre of
the country and its people; no hidden scheme
of party government te demand their nl
leglancn and their service. They nrc, for
the time being nt least, free from a thou
sand Inhibitions that befuddle the average
out-nnd-eut party man. They have net
even a political tradition te keep them In
line for things they de net believe in. And
se the women voters of the United States
are thinking in simple nnd fundamental
teims. They have net yet learned and
probably they never willte let a cloud of
Incidental concerns and the fogs created by
deliberate tclf-intcrcst obscure the difference
that exists between riclit and wieng. be
tween political conuptien nnd political de
cency. What will happen as they go further in
what Senater Penrose used te call "the
game" remains te be seen. Hut for the
present women voters are looking nt public
questions honestly, simply, earnestly nnd
nith all their intelligence
Their public dl'cusriens have, therefore, a
cheerful sound. Party lejalty has net yet
become a religion with them. They are for
the right first and for the party afterward.
Fer that reason and for that reason only
thev will seem inexpert te the goe-estopper In
politics, for whom party management hes
become n business of compromise, evasion
and the frequent betrayal of just causes.
THE LIGHT IN THE HEAVENS
THE difference between the meteor seen
Sunday night and the ether 10,0f)f),0!0
ether meteors which enter the earth's at
mosphere every year 1h that it was bigger
and mere brilliant than the rest.
The little ones nre usually called sheeting
starsi, familiar te levers en summer eve
nings. They are especially common In
August, but they nppenr every night in the
jcar. When there in no moon a caieful ob
server can count nheut ten every hour, or
an uveroge of one every six minutes, In the
small urc of the heavens visible te him.
These sheeting stars seldom reach the
earth in a solid mass. They are burnt te
nshes before they enter the lower atmos atmes
pherlc envelepe and full down In impalpa
ble dust. The weight of this dust falling
ou the earth every year has been computed
by astronomers and it amounts te an in-
crcQluie nuinuer ui mum. i
VCVUMVU4. mnr w w M19V luai it
.wUMUMC yut asu generate bt ui sen i
passage through the air and Its fragments
have been found. Admiral Psarjr discov
ered such a survival In Greenland when ha
went te find the North Pele. The largest
fragment of It weighed thirty-six and a
half tens. He brought it te the United
States and landed it in the Brooklyn Navy
Yard, and it may still be there. But there
is in Mexico a bigger meteorite than Peary's.
It is thirteen feet long, six feet high and firs
feet wide, nnd its estimated weight is fifty
ions. Wliencc this heavenly visitant came
no one knows. AH that we can be certain
of is that It fell te the ground from the sky.
The theory, however, is that they are ex
ploded stars.
Thcre is another theory that these
meteorites were originally thrown Inte the
air from a volcano, but this is net widely
held, Iig nccep'tance involves the assump
tion that the volcano has power enough te
fire n missile into the air se high that the
earth can revolve half-way around en its
axis before it falls te the ground. And the
recurrence of meteoric showers about the
same time each year is Inconsistent with
the theory that they are dependent en the
irregular eruption of volcanoes.
- The curious fact about all the meteors
which have fallen te the ground without
first being burned te ashes is that they nre
composed of the minerals that arc common
te the earth. The spectroscopic analysis of
their light shows the lines of magnesium nnd
sodium. They burn with the bluish white
of a magnesium flashlight. Sunday night's
meteor blazed with this sort of a flame. A
chemical analysis of the meteoric stones dis
closes them as composed chiefly of iron.
Other known minerals appear nnd some
mineral compounds have been found in them
which de net appear in the ores of the
earth, but it is the compound only which is
new, net the minerals.
THE DIPLOMACY OF "IFS"
RAYMOND POINCARE'S assortment of
monkey-wrenches has been exhibited
ugain for the benefit of these political forces
lespenslble for his elevation te the Pre
miership. Te spectators unversed in Touch
stone's accommodating philosophy of "ifs,"
the display mny conceivably be alaiming.
If the Versailles pact is net executed,
France will exert military pressure alone.
"If the French delegation cannot go en with
the work in Genea," it will be obliged te
quit. If "proper guarantees" are net given,
France cannot co-operate under Lloyd
Geerge's international non-aggrcsslen agree
ment. Much virtue in "if." It has permitted
M. Pelncnre te kpeak daggers, but te use
comparatively few.
Ever since his accession te office the
French Prime Minister has been lavish with
threats. He wits recalcitrant at Cannes, but
eventually swung into line. Because of the
Russe-Gcrman Treaty, he, was for breaking
up the Genea conference, but didn't. He
was furious at Geerge Chichcrln's plea for
reducing military armaments, but that is
new a "closed incident."
In fact, setting aside his threats and re
viewing realities, it is difficult te discover
any extreme divergencies between M. Poln Peln Poln
enre's actions and these of bis unfortunate
nnd discouraged predecessor, Arlstide
BrJand.
Thcre Is, of course, still the possibility
that M. Poincare may really kick ever the
traces. Thus far, however, he has, doubt
less involuntarily, been teaching the out
side world te discount his most fiery out
burst. A deserving object of commiseration at
Genen is Leuis Bartheu, head of the French
delegation, upon whom devolves the trying
task of adjusting himself te se-colled
"crises" while at the same time seeming
te support the irrational Chauvinists at
home, who are the mainstay of the fulmi
nating Chief Minister.
AMERICA: 1922
AUGUST PROBST, n Swiss, twenty two
jenrs old, was engaged te be a butler
at a club where the ultra-fashionables of
Pittsburgh take their ease in luxurious cx
cluslvencss. August nppears te have fallen
into n sort of long-distance love with ene
of the daughters of a proud Pittsburgh
family. Then strange things happened. He
was shunted suddenly out of the city in a
private railway car guarded by private de
tectives, held prisoner in New Yerk for a
while and finajly sent te Ellis Island te
nwalt deportation. He was said te be
insane and se liable te ejection from the
country.
Alienists summoned te examine him say
that August was merely lovesick. But
after a legal battle in which the Swiss Con Cen
sul General figured prominently, Byren R.
Uhl, Assistant Commissioner of Immigra
tion nt New Yerk, has ordered that August
be deported.
Tlie order must be approved by the Fed
eral Department of Laber before it becomes
valid. It is pretty gencrnlly understood
that political pressure has been exerted at
Washington te mnke it immediately effec
tive. If the process of informal deportation
Is te be extended te serve private ends, we
hnve come upon strange days. Attorney
General Palmer's terrorists were reckless
enough. But if an unhappy foreigner Is te
be hurled out of a country because be hap
pened te fall in long-distance love with a
peer little rich girl, the time has come te
bay that any cat that leeks at a King must
be nt once formally iuffecated in the public
pound.
WIRELESS MESSAGES
THE half-humorous suggestion of Heward
Zimmerman, sergeant major In the
Pennsjhnnla National Guard at Harris
burg, that cockroaches communicate with
one another by wireless opens up the wbole
question of the method by which animals
and Insects and birds understand one an
other. That there Is some method of communi
cation is Indisputable. The students of
ants have noticed time nfter-tlme that they
deliver messages 10 one another which bring
about a change in their occupation or dl
vert them te n different route from that
which they are following. Every owner of
n deg has seen a neighbor's deg approach
the house and entice his deg away. The
two animals stand looking nt eaph ether for
11 few moments and then, as if by a com
mon purpose, they start off in the snme
direction and de net return for hours. It
Is just as if ene boy had said te another,
"Let's go for a tramp in the weeds." Net
a sound is made by the dogs, yet they seem
te understand each ether, llew de they
de it?
Here is n field for investigation where
every possible theory might be tested If
any one could discover n way te find out
whether a test produced any satisfactory
results.
The body of n child he-
Triumphs of lieved te hnve been mur-
.Modernity dercd hifn been found In
Newton Creek, N. ,i. A
woman against whom no charge has been
made is being held by the Camden police.
"During her questioning, which lasted all
through the night," reads the news report,
"the wemnn remained calm, answering
questions rendlly, but telling the detectives
nothing which seemed te have a bearing en
the mystery." Wonderful thing the third
degree; beautiful though Illegal. And "ques
tiening mreugn me niim, ineugn net quits
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violent as ine raca or ens
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SUFFERERS AT HOME , ,
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,Ths Qrsat rieed In ths MlMlsslspl
nd What It Mtana Is ths LsVss
System Failure? Thousands
of People Homeless
By GEORGE NOX MeOAIN
TIE Federal Government has appropri
ated fl ,000,000 for ths relief of flood
sufferers In the lower Mississippi Valley,
In addition it is rushing aid, from every
available point te the submerged districts.
A flood in the Mississippi doesn't mean
much te the people of Pennsylvania beyond
a let of interesting news dispatches.
Te millions of people In the Central Seuth,
however, it spells less, danger, semi-star-vatlen
and possible death,
Any ene who has never witnessed the
Mississippi in flood can hnve no conception
of the scene nnd its attendant horrors.
Today every nvnllable river craft from
Memphis te New Orleans, possibly, Is en
listed in the work of saving human life and
property.
Tens of thousands of people are camped
in the highlands beyond the reach of the
yellow floods, or clse living in hastily cone
structcd shelters along the levees.
I HAD the unique experience of traveling
for a week en the crest of a Mississippi
flood., v i
It was thirty years age.
The voyage was made ns a newspaper cor
respondent in a sixteen-feet skiff with a
photographer nnd two Negro boatmen.
The latter were roustabouts, en one of
the Lee Line steamers whom Mike McDon
ald, the mate of the R. E. Lee, picked up
for me en the levee in Memphis.
Twe colored men whom I had engaged the
day before bached out nt the last minute.
They were afraid of the river.
They were willing te work en a steam steam
beet, but they dicw- the line nt a skiff and
the river thirty-five miles wide in places.
During that experience we camped en the
levees nt night, with the river, ns yellow as
geld, stretching away for miles te right and
left.
With us en the tops of the levees were
men, women, children, horses, cattle, poul
try and what household belongings the
wretched humans had saved from the clutch
of the rather of Waters.
THE present flood is said te Jie the worst
the Mississippi Valley has ever known.
Of course, the greater the flood the mere
widespread the devastation, the less of life
and property and the ensuing misery.
The subsidence of the waters does net
mark the end of the trouble.
New homes must be built. Plantations
and fnrms must be restocked. The varied
life of great communities must be established
anew. ,
The last great flood In the Mississippi
River was in 1010,
War wns impending, however, nnd the
catastrophe did net attract the attention
that the present ene has done.
Every great flood in the Mississippi Val
ley demands heavier appropriations for
relief.
The population affected by the floods is
growing larger year by year.
As far back as the great flood of 1SS2
rations costing $220,000 were furnished the
needy.
In 1884 Congress appropriated $300,000
for the relief of the sufferers.
This year it Is a million and it mar he
mere.
AFTER every great inundation there rises
the recurrent cry against the levee
system.
Engineers, newspapers nnd sufferers from
the floods cry out against the futility of the
levee system upon which the Government has
been spending countless millions of dollars.
Frem the time the Mississippi River Com
mission wns formed In 1870 until the begin
ning of the present century the total amount
of money appropriated for its work was
$43,572,603.
Opponents of the levee system claim that
the Government Itself is responsible for the
Mississippi floods,
The work of Government engineers, which
seeks te control the waters of the mighty
river, actually causes its recurrent over
flows nnd floods, they bay.
AND what is the levee sjstem?
What is it supposed te de besides
erecting hundreds of miles of dikes te re
strain the river within bounds?
The Mississippi pursues n winding course.
It flews through hundreds of miles of flat
country.
Like every great river, it brings down a
vast mass of sediment in solution and
spreads it along the bottom of its channel.
The Yuken River has reduced the depth
of Bering Sea te five feet at a distance of
three miles from the river's mouth.
The natural effect of the settling of this
sediment is gradually te raise the bottom nf
the river.
this causes enanges in the channel nnd
produces overflows when the Bpring floods
come.
By confining the river within prescribed
limits by means of rigid artificial banks or
dikes, Its overflow Is prevented and the low
lands are protected.
But, it is pointed out, as the deposit of
sediment raises the bottom of the river
higher every year, en the dikes must con
tinue te be rnlsed.
This involves vast expense, the river chan
nel Is ultimately raised above the surround
ing country and greater danger te life and
property Is Incurred,
IT IS the theory of the engineers who favor
this system that by confining the stream
within these levees the current will scour
out tbd channel and keep it at one level.
At the delta, where the river makes its
way te the Gulf through n dozen mouths, a
ship canal can be kept open by n channel
that scours itself out between the vvnlls of
jetties.
Fer this reason it Is assumed that the
mine precens will be repented between the
levees or dikes along its banks from Caire
te New Orleans.
Meantime the floods grew worse each
year.
The present has been an unusual spring.
Everywhere near the headwaters of the Mis
sissippi persistent rains are. reported.
The picclpltatlen has been unprecedented
all through the watershed of the vast stream.
Only the periodic overflows of the Yellow
River of China can equal the disasters In
the Lewer Mississippi
Millions of lives have been lest in China.
though.
compared with hundreds in the
Mississippi.
A new ulrplane wing,
Fly Time en trial In Washington,
permits nlmest vertical
nsccnt nnd descent. It may only be n little
while before the suburbanite may get Inte
his piano ut the top of bis etbee building,
travel sixty miles In thirty minutes, drop
into his back yard, taxi Inte his hangar and
be ready for dinner In next te no time.
Russia wants a lean of
Russia's Need $2,000,000,000 from the
Allies. When she says
the money is needed at once if railroads,
agriculture and Industries are te be restored
she says what every one will readily believe.
Doubt only begins te show its ugly head
when the matter of using the money wisely
and eventually paying it back is considered.
Members of the Danish nobility who ar
rived as tteernge passengers In New Yerk
with a request from the Minister of Foreign
Affairs of Denmark that all courtesies be
extended te them have been detained iu
Ellis Island. Only limited courtesy is at--tached
te a third-class ticket.
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Things may leek pretty black nt times,
but after reading the speeches of two emi
nent gentlemen we arrive at the conclusion
that Uncle 8am need net wholly despair
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Daily Talks With Thinking Philadelphia en Subjects They
Knew Best
GRANT M. 8IMON
On Architecture's Relation te Other Arts
ARCHITECTURE Is the art which, used
te the best advantage, furnishes the
background for the ether arts, according
te Grant M. Simen, nrchltect of the Meade
Memerial in Washington.
"MeBt of the ether nrts," said Mr.Slmen,
"such as literature, in the case of a novel
or peem, painting as in a picture, sculpture,
and the rest, are direct arts, but the real
province of architecture, especially when ap
plied te the designing of a memorial, or ether
structure the purpose of which is decorative
or commemorative as well as being artistic,
is te provide a suitable, background or set
ting for the ether nrts. Fer this reason,
architecture Is made the mere difficult be
cause It demands great restraint.
"This restraint must be exerted, especially
when the sculptor nnd the architect nre
working together. After the theme has been
discussed nnd decided upon, nnd the outline
of the memorial or monument nlse decided,
it then becomes the function of the nrchltect
te prepare the way and te lead the spectator
perhaps unconsciously te the work of the
sculptor and it is the function of the latter
te Ipll the story in detail.
A "Mether" Art
"Thus architecture becomes something of
a 'mother art' In that It is In the position
of a mother who gives up everything for
her children. In a similar manner, Archi
tecture lakes the background nnd In reality
only prepares tbe way for tbe best possible
exposition of the ejher nrt.
"Artists frequently think that architects
pre-empt some of the functions which prop
erly belong te them. But if the architect
works with the proper restraint, ns most
of them de, his work docs net take anything
from the ether art, but rather forces or ex
aggerates whatever of beauty thcre is in
tbnt work.
"An excellent example of this kind nf
treatment Is found In the Bosten Public
Llbrnry. where the treatment of the wait
forms what is in reality n framework for the
Paul de Chnvanncs painting. The person
viewing the picture is entirely unconscious
that the wall is forming the framework for
the painting, but a leek with this In mind
will show that it actually is the case.
The Mall In Washington
"The new plans for the City of Washing
ton show another phnse of artistic archi
tecture legitimately employed. Mr. McKIm
und Mr. Burnhnm some years age icsur
rectcd the old plan of the city, and ene im
portant thing which they did was te plan
a great new avenue from the Capitel te the
Washington Monument te be called The
Mall.
"The original plan of the city, known ns
the L'Enfant plan, from the name of the
architect, had been very materially departed
from te meet the exigencies of the city's
growth. This departure was net always
marked by the best nrtlhtlc sense. In fact,
much of the result might well have Minim?
from a lack of the artistic sense, but the
exigencies of the moment wcie allowed te
dictate the course, which was pursued,
"In the new plnns one of the important
duties of the architects is te provide places
for the best exhibition of the ether arts.
There was a period after the Civil War
when art and architecture n this country
were at a low ebb und most of the buldiugs
then erected were put up with nothing in
view except their utilitarian purposes.
When we think of the millions which1 were
spent In the construction of the State, War
and Navy Building, which llke the
Treasury, cuts off another vlstn te and from
the White Heuse, it is a matter for rejoicing
that we have returned te belter things.
Improving the City
"The revival of interest in the capital
may be dated from about the time of the
celebration of Us centennial iu 11)02, and
ulncc that time many steps have been tnkcu
for tlie proper growth of the city substan
tially In accordance with the original plans.
One of the greatest of these has been the
clearing nnd obstructions In The Mell.
"Near the Capitel Hill end of The Mull
ut amis the Meade Memerial. AVe were dim
a smaller plot of ground, which formed one
element of the great composition which la
The Malli and lore Is placed the splendid
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was our duty as architects te arrange the
ground nnd the whele setting te show the
work of the sculptor te the best'advantage.
"Anether phnse of architecture is shown
in the great hall of the Lincoln Memerial
and in the center of this is the figure of
Lincoln, executed by Daniel French. The
original commission laid out a great avenue,
terminating In the Lincoln Memerial Hall.
In this the chief figure is the statue of
Lincoln, executed by the sculptor mentioned,
while the walls are decorated by another
nri!,l' ,Btut in thu rse' ns 1" the ethers
which I have cited, the nrchltect does net
detract from, but rather amplifies the work
of the ethers.
Seme Sharp Contrasts
"But contrast this work of architecture
n nJncn' with that of a hundred build
ings which might be mentioned, where the
architecture Is constantly fighting with the
decernt eiii. nnd you will see what I mean
by architecture amplifjlng the ether aits.
n,Jh 'r-u "'""I'le, the statues around our
r ?inityt "".I1, J SUP1,0S thut in the
edglnnl plan it wns net Intended te place
statues nt these points, but it was done and
bBc1' rCSU tUat lhcy 8lmp,y """'""
"But our new Parkway. en the ether
hand, is n no example of the architect
working together with the engineers te re
pare the way for the placing of great works
?',( Everything there will be set out te
the best ndvantage, as it should be. when
with Vfl?aQhAS n,ld ,the buildings are , Ianned
with this end in view. At the end of the
Parkway thcre will be n hnndsome group of
buildings Including the Art Gallery, which
will In turn provide a fitting sett ng for
decoraTer.01 tL BCUlpt0r the arUrt & '"
''Therefore, In cases such as these which
I have cited, the duty of the arc itect is te
Provide the setting; in ether vver s h0 must
bundle ils work very much as the jewe Ser
sets n diamond. Ills work must lead tbe eye
t the group and yet it must be sufficient
vigorous te add dignity te it. huraclently
Demands en the Architect
"Te de work of this sort makes great d.
mands of the nrchltect. II must have fit
least two essential qualities; first, be must
be able, and, second, he must be vvilllng a ml
by this I mean thut be must net prc-eu t
the opportunity te exploit bis own wi.ril
the possible detiiment of the object hS
should be tryinn te amplify. ""J" .no
"The relation of architecture te the nrt
of iniiRir. Iu in. mi . , i . . V; "" "re
i music is moie lemete, and et the nrehi
ct can de much in the designing of a us c
all of the larger kind. In this kTmi , ., "".s,,.c
tect
hull
llke the
f ethers, he must hnve constant v In
tie fact of uhnr llm l.niiie ....""" '"
mind the
for, and both the architecture mid the decera,
liens must be such as te put the llatSm.r
nte the proper mood for listening te Wl"at
he is te hear without bavin ht nfY.
distracted by either of the Tether arts!"""0"
What De Yeu Knew?
cyjiz
1. Who was King of L'nglanrt at the time of
the discovery of America? e or
2. What nre Enlretm?
3. What is a tellurian?
i. vvnut
.dl8unceuth7l8lnia meanln et "e
wei
5' Ihtre,ls ln" White Sea?
7" Wll'rance? th Becnd ,ar0,t city in
8. Who Uescrlbed architecture ns , ,.
were, freien music".' ' ai ll
' nFa.1rnheur?r Was tUe C,,,Cttf ria
10. Who was Jacques Offenbach?
Answers te Yesterday's Quiz
i. Thcte nre nlne llcitliinii.i,
2. Four KuincllnaMan nations nre V
Sweden, Denmark and Icelnmi
erway,
... unnni; is Kast Indian hemii useii . -nai
etitic and it.texk" ,USectett
smoked or enten. Mitvvmi,
4' "Wfilrtu! ""'""""' f tUe "era n
C. The Wllhelmstrnsse Is a term useil fnf
Urn German reielgn Ofrlce which Z
, 'gcat,crtf " Wllhelinstruase, herlln
0. Richard- t of Knglaiul. who felii,,j r,n
hearted. U"' "8 1nWn ' '
7. Tht only actlve volcano In any Amn..
Stute la Mount Lucsen, nt'aUfern '
9. General Haller Is a Polish scnernl who
was prominent in.tha Wnrin iSi.1. wn
It, Timethy Tltaemb was the pin riani
Li,l-2!,Uwi,V the Anurlcaa iei
name et
asma.
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SHORT CUTS
Alter Is finding up-State slightly
stage.
Jack Frest, tee, Is celebrating Arties)'
Week.
The Ferester swings the heavy sledge si
cleverly as if It were an ax.
What is going te happen te the sue sue sue
phene storing Music Week? ti
The congressional committee admltteir
get a fair sight of ) fair site.
Don't you just love these glorlewlj
bright and snappy winter mornings?
Mary Garden having retired a director
may new indulge her temperament a llttk.
"Have one en me," said tbe btldge t
the river. Se the Delaware took the calitftl.
Tether Pcnn had barely time te sy
"You're welcome, Papa Jeffre. Come sftla.
Geed-by."
"Heaven preserve us I" cried the pre
gresslng fruit crop as Jack Frest JammM
en the brakes.
If anybody had suggested an AaM
Cigarette Week during the war he woeW
have been lynched.
This Is Children's Week in New Tort.
The bandits ought te hnve an easy time el
it laying in a stock et candy.
'Lady Baltimore is n cake," explalsej
Mrs. Wilsen. "And Lady Aster Ukntti
supplemented the Yeung Lady Next VtV
But One.
The Gridiron dinner is usually het staSi
but the burning of the hotel where It W
held Is a feature that ought net te be
ceuraged.
Atlanta, Gn., bihlness men are waglM
war en the monkey-embellished hand enju.
A far ripple from the Bryan-Dsrsis
evolution controversy.
Haileten, Pa., pastor who saysmetneiij
in-law cause 75 per cent of maWmesw
disnsters evidently hasn't heard tnst U"
joke hes been outlawed.
' It is hard for the mind te wholly e
seciate the Lord Mayer of Dublin P
te disband the Irish Army from the sw
ancient scbcuie te bell the cat.
The giant meteor which Pwed.0T
city en Sunday and crashed into the ets
beyond Barnegat narrowly escaped mala
one of tbe biggest news items of the eT.
Princeton chemist is said te have
cecded in producing cold light. The J "P
flopper says It Is the light in wemtt'
eyes when she hands a guy the ley nun.
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mis uemB aiiu-visi"i "' -ib.
safe bet that members of the Ancient OTJjr
of Perverse Ones who never 0l,e,J. v
before will de lnuustrieumy yu-"
The Innocent bystander, who appeaii
be the principal casualty In the r!
war, will wclcome the report that a mUHW
truce has been egreed upon by Irish .-
There are still n few belligerent feathMJ,
in the tall of the dove of pence. "! S
Utah wants the United States te , UeeW
Mexican ports until American claims sp
settled.
Osteopath in Atlantic City cenwDtW
says the modern flapper is a heaUhler e
happier girl than the Venus de Mlle W
Well, pt least, there is evidence that ih
hn'i all her limbs,
It la se long since we have heard tW
thing about the pleslesaunis we are iv
e he conclusion thut the member eg
P.lltliiii hnve decided that it would
ciucl te Keep It lncaptjylty.
Spite of the sneed with wW
. ii .,.. ...t ,iv iiin nickels arreste? .
Webster, Mass., de net "Pf"1','" sj
learned that the textile strike hn "
elfii tally ended by the State. t h
f!.nr. Adn or Wilbur D. Nesblt
scheduled te sell at auction wenty iwy
even ChicaiomlllleiwhajsM(
eUMe4 of the TtrtBeal "ffi
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