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READINESS FOR THE NEW CITY
nmiM Delnwnre Itridcn mid the Wer'd Pair
iSi 'JL.are untiiiestlennbh' tlie fnlelllet publU'
Kj -enterprises In whicli I'hlladelphla hit1 been
E-SP concerned for n generation. The nlue of
. mexa mee unneruikings is largely uepcmu-ui
rlf' tapen auxiliary preparations fitting into their
I i eepe. Fer this reason the approval by the
, Councils Committee en Public Works of
if the, construction nf n new Vnlrmeiint dam
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jmivevi irein ruin te inc iciunnrc ivircr ia
gratuying intancc et practicni teresigur.
,The dam nt Fnlrmeunt Is Ininentnnlj'stiiier-
annuated and constitutes n serious detriment
te efficient operation of the municipal water
supply system. In addition te the need for
a new structure en these counts, there is
the obligation te begin and complete the
irerk before the exposition is under way.
The Schuylkill is te be a scenic feature of
the Scsqul-Centcnnlnl. Thcic are cogent
artistic s well ns practical reasons for
starting the lehabllitatleii process nt once.
The Spring Garden street extension, long
In abeyance, Is new ohWeusly dcslinbld as
an artery for bridge truffle. The mere as
sumption that the Fair will be in progress
and the bridge ill be opened In 102U Is net
enough. There must be assurance .that
Philadelphia will be ready te make the most
f these monumental enterprises.
AN HOUR MORE DAYLIGHT
THC experiment with da light saving made
during the war was se satisfactory that
f every enewlll be delighted wjien the clocks
ire put ahead an hour next Sunday and
work en Monday begins and steps nn hour
, earlier than this week.
The cxtrn hour of dnj light can be used In
rsrleus satUfoctery wajs all summer. The
? people who live In tejvn will have another
hour for recreation and the people who live
In. the suburbs and In the country will have
mere daylight after their day's work In
rg, town is ended te devote te gardening or any
;nrdi
KW-, or, the various etucr activities
Wjk. kave access te the open spaces.
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(,' .'Ae railroad companies arc making the
iX same arrangement ns Inst renr. Thplr trnlna
will still, run en standard time, but the 1
o'clock train te the shore this week will
start, at 32 o'clock next week, according te
the time table, but it will still start at 1
o'clock by the watcli of the passengers who
have adjusted their timepieces te the summer
.rule. This nrrangement produced no com
plications last year and it will produce none
fhis year.
END OF THE VESUVIUS
WIIKN the djiitiinitc cruiser Vesuvius was
built some enthusiasts hailed it as the
Most destructive engine of war that had
ever been linented.
The ship, it will be recalled, was equipped
with two tubes in Its bow from which dwm
mlte wns fired by .compressed air. Tlieo Tliee
retlenllj, enough dnnmlte ceuld'be fired te
blew up tlifj strongest fortification ever
built.
The oppeitunity came in the Spanish
War te test the theory. The captain of the
snip was ordered te fire at Morre Castle
en the high bluffs overlooking the liaiher of
Santiage. Sevcrnl rlinnrns upm tlm.l nntl
SJf terrific explosions followed. I!ut when the
ij. iy wns inKen aim mere was an oppertunlt
, te sec what destruction had been wreuclit
it wus found that net n gun In the fort had
ftE been shaken from its enrriase.
f' Ah the djnnmitc tubes were rigid, marks-
if narubip was impessthlc and the cunncis
V", kail te trust te luck hi getting the range
lijrt and bitting tlie target. e mere ships of
,-i, I tUm tvrwi nts linllt Tim ftiltuu ni t
t-W 'rf' " " -", .'M-7 ciu null
Wif Mlt nf ! cllrt wntr. ..ni.L ri ....) .. n 1. ..
wu us. mu DMtji rwiuu jvuin " "llll UU nlli;
has been Md ns junk te a Mnsaclmsetts
dealer for $4200. Thus ends an inventor's
drenm.
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vw jii (iiu iiii-Miiitiuu 1111: uilliltllic lia UCCJl
IP perfected which can dren tens of dwitimltr
, en a fort with greater precision and fiem u
f v itreater distance tlian was eer nessible te
' the Vesuvius,
A RUSSIAN ONE-WAY RULE
GEOKGi: CIIICIinitlN Is fur from
wrong in his deduction that Allied ob
jection te the Itussiuu principle of nationali natienali nationali
sateon is blocking the Hcenumic Conference
at Genea.
It is the Soviet Government's contention
that "the social and economic system and
fuBdsmcntal laws of the Communist Republic
will. seriously interfere with the restoration
0t Russian property te former private
owners In foreign countries." nut ns these
nations nrcu "bourgeois" and dedicated te
,Q Jthe principle of pahate property, It Is argued,
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-viiiis reasoning amounts te nn attempted
,ea!lratIen of tlie outside world for its
rlvarttenerate capitalism. The quid pre quo
y,lk overturned upon the thcety that Russia
.am one iuc uuu inc irsi 01 me uuiiuns en
tik nther hnvn thn rifrlit. In ndnht whntpvpi
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JtPY cvnumic ijii'iu iiiuudvu ilium ujiu iu uct
1' accordingly.
wi; logically mis uectrinc may ue sound, it
fSs& (furnishes, however, but a doubtful basis
LrJ"4 Aarrtftisy f ntornretntlnTiH
i'J$A bandit, for Instance, might readily jus-
T.?1 kl nfMiiilBl (I vii lirnnlff. nti 41ia DfAimil
Luitbattlicy were consennnt wltli his pnrtitular
i niMrwm ei ccuuuiinrt. in iu viuw non-
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? MAauilitlrlriit tit triifulM 111 thlrt filsililnii wnu m,t
;necepted in their teclul iihlloejiliy.
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i at'WMt in incomplete, ii tan nuieii nver-
l,te nationalization is Heming up pie-
i, is tne uussian nisiasie ler tne
sijief private pesxessluu net equally
rt,,lf nn accommodation is te be
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aiu net upon inaistence by
JMf4Wflyke rigidity of bis own
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what (- "fundamental" I,
prwweiy tne Mnr.
The right' of the Russians te maneuver
for n favorable position l, of course, un
dcnlnble, And it is permissible te suggest
that the Soviet demands en the subject of
interchanges of property holdings have been
hiridc deliberately extrnvngant.
CoinpreraUc Is net Infrequently the out
come of extreme claims bv two contestants.
each group assuming that something will be '
saved after reciprocal abridgments. i
Beth the Russians and the representatives
of "bourgeois" nations at Genea have al
ready trod the path of concession. Hut fur
ther surrenders te actual facts are essential
If the scsslenM arc te continue. It is unrea
sonable te assume that this was net realized
by the Soviet delegates even In their
emphasis upon that aspect of nationalization
which disrupts the system of equivalent
exchanges.
ARE THE PARK COMMISSIONERS
TOUCHED WITH PRUSSIAN)SM?
Twe Sides of the Case Between
Mr.
Price and His Colleagues and
the General Public
A CASUAL discussion of the Falrmeunt
Park meter-traffic rules, printed In
these columns a day or two age after Judge
Fergusen had decided that -the Park Com
missioners hnvc no power of regulation net
explicitly dcilned In the State Moter Vehicle
Act. had nn nstenlshlng reaction.
Thousands of persons seemed actively In
terested in the present aspect and policy of
the Pnik administrative sjstem. And what
was most surprising was flic intensity of the
antagonism which seems te hac dc eloped
In the minds of most of them for the 1'nrk
Commission, its police, Its cedes and, espe
cially, Its meter regulations. "Prussian"
was the word eftencst flung In letters or
eer the telephone wire at EH Kirk Price
and his colleagues.
Correspondents nlleged heatedly that the
Commissioners have forgotten that Fair
mount Park Is n place of recreation and a
resting nnd breathing place for the multi
tude. "The Park," said one very angry
gentlemnn, "Is ruled like a private estate,
without regard for common sense or the
public's needs. I knew a lady who only yes
terday was Insulted by one of the guards.
She sat en a bench nnd peeled an orange for
her children, nnd this man approached her
and told her the scraps of peel would have
te be removed from the Park '."
New, it is a fart that the thinking of the
Park Commission tends mere nnd mere
toward fresh rulings and rather Irritating
and sometimes unnecessary restrictions en
the drives nnd elsewhere. Any meter driver
who steps after nightfall te leek nt what is
supposed te be beautiful In the Fnlrmeunt
landscapes will be gruffly told te keep mov
ing. Tlie keep-moving regulation Is, of
course, absurd and unpleasantly suggestive
of the sort of hyperscnsltivcness which
passes for mernl concern in places where all
geed people arc supposed te stay at home
after dark.
The Park Commisslencis nlwnjs have had
an nlr of merely tolerating motorcars. There
Is no justification for the arrest of a driver
for n first offense or an unconscious one
ngalnit a miner trnffi" rule. But It Is seri
ously te be doubted whether ovcr-zealeus-ness
in small particulars can be made
ground for a general Indtctmcnt of the
Park's police sjstem. What Is needed te
eliminate the friction that seems te be grow
ing dally between the Park Commission nnd
the public is common sense nnd a second
thought or two en each side.
In making the rule that offended the well
meaning lady with the orange Mr. Price nnd
his associates doubtless were guided by un
pleasant experience and the record of tribu tribu tribu
lotien recently written by the Commissioners
of Parks in New Yerk.
Bronx. Park nnd sections of Central Park
were laid partly waste through the lack of
precisely such rules as are called Prussian
by some of the critics of the Philadelphia
Commissioners. Tens of offensive litter,
trampled flower beds and ruined shrubbery
were left In the wake of Sunday picnic par
tics. "It's our ground," said the crowds
te the Park police. "It is everybody's
ground. We de ns we like with our own
property!"
Falrmeunt Park, as a matter of fact, Is
everybody's ground. But only about one
out of every thousand of Its en nets will per
sistently spread grime nnff old pnper and
broken glass ever its lawns or wish te leave
it en Sunday with something of tlie appear
ance of a public dump. Tlie rule new Is that
picnic litter must be gathered up and put in
leeeptncles provided for it. It Is a rule
that may seem unnecessary in some in
stances. Yet, after all, why shouldn't people
he willing te gather up the waste they leave
en the lawns? Why should such simple and
necessary tasks be left te ethers? '
Most of the owners of Falrmeunt Park
drive with their lights burning nnd very
few of them permit their motorcars te smoke,
largely because smoke from n meter exhaust
means oil waste or an engine in need of
adjustment or icpnir. And most of them nie
(entcnt te ehscite the speed limit. Se, in
a final nnalsis, the Park Commissioners
seem disposed te sere the Interests of the
greatest number.
Of late they have been leaning tee far in
one direction. Tlie Park police have estab
lished an ever-rigid system of regulation.
There are tee many arrests for small first
offenses against the meter rules, and the
commission deserved nil the criticism flung
In Its direction when It permitted the fool
ish "no-parking" rule te lie actually ex
tended from the Falrmeunt drives te boule
vards recently brought Inte the Park system
of control. Tlie correspondent who wrote
most bitterly of what he called the tjranny
of the commission was a mnn who said he
hud te step visiting friends who live en the
Roosevelt Boulevard because he wasn't per
mitted te leave his automobile at the curb
even en Sunday.
The Park Commission has developed a set
of geed general principles. But It is enforc
ing them tee sternly, particularly in relation
te meters. Moter drivers themselves ought
te recognize the benefits of rational regula
tions consistently applied en the Park
drives. But they aren't alwajs ready te de
se. One man wrote te ns te say that he liml
te go te Falrmeunt Park te find that the
Halted States was no longer n free (euntiy.
He was net permitted te run his ear en
Upper Wlssnhlcken Drive'
A WAR TO BE WELCOMED
THE drastic rate-slashing which has al
ready begun in the steamship service
between North and Seuth America brings
into the eneu the pressure which the Amerl-
can mercna
manne revival iihh ucen 01
In the chief trade routes of
late exert):
the seas.
atreaji Lasker, of the gkif
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pint Beard, foresees a possible "test tight
en all the oceans," and .adds thnt "thin
country is prepared te meet the fight at
every point for any length of time."
Thin Ih a declaration of war which, the
general public can accept without, alarm.
Steanlslilp passenger rates the world ever
have until new betrayed no tendency td con
form with the downward trend of prices.
The ability te "get away" with almost any
policy of 'extortion was ostensibly regarded
in shipping circles as justification.
The Seuth American schedule has been
a notorious offender. Including head tax,
one-way passage te Buenes Aires has cost
the unfortunate traveler $500, a total'of,ap tetal'of,ap total'ef,ap
proxlmatcly $1000 for the round trip. At
the present time bookings for round-the-world
excursions, Including certain transpor
tation features ashore, may be secured nt
minimum rates of $1000 te $1050. The mile
age of these routes is mere tlinn twice ns
much ns thnt of the round trip te Argentina
from New Yerk. , '
'Hew excessive the charges have been is
demonstrated by the extent of the rntc cut
by the Lampert & Helt Line, n British
concern, which by its new reductions chal
lenges the Shipping Beard's service, oper
ated by 'the Munson Line.
The fare te Buenes Aires has been lowered '
te $370 from $400. The Shipping Beard
meets this.reductien by a $360 minimum rate
te the Argentine capital en its splendid new
steamers.
Mr. Lasker Is obviously in aggressive
mood. It may net be many months before
preposterous 'charges en the North Atlantic
will receive a deserved blew.
The competition by the new American
Hues en the I'utepcan run was originally
derided by leng-cnttenchcd feielgn com
panies. The public, which hns been char
ncfristifally patient under extortion, will
welcome nn efteusivc move from either camp.
Should Mr. Lasker take the Initiative the
alleged popular discrimination against
American passenger ships is certain te be
swiftly effaced.
A FIGHT FOR JOBS
SENATOR VARB'S remark that efforts
were made te induce him te support the
candidacy of G I fiord Pinchot before he in
dorsed Geerge K. Alter has called forth some
Interesting details about the preliminary
negotiations.
Mrs. Lawrence, of Pittsburgh, nnd Mrs.
Warburton, of this city, both admit that
they called en Senater Varc In the Interest
of Pinchot. Mrs. Laurence explains that
the Senater said he tauld net support
Pinchot because he did net belong te the
organization nnd if elected could net be
depended en te appoint organization men fe
office. It wns necessary te have a candldntc
who would take care of the organization.
These who knew the Senater will recog
nize In Mrs. Lawrence's statement the
familiar stetc of mind of the Seuth Phila
delphia lender. It Is the state of mind of
the machine politician of every party In
every section of the country.
The honest and efficient conduct of public
business is, in their opinion, only nn inci
dental function of government. Government
exists chiefly te provide easy jobs for politi
cal werkcis who will assist the lenders in
controlling the sources of power for their
own profit. Sometimes they make their
profit out of contracts awarded te them by
favoritism, or through a favorable Interpre
tation of specifications In contracts wen In
open competition se favorable an Interpre
tation thnt the' man wjie can get it enn
mnkc money while the mnn who Is forced te
live up te the letter of the specifications will
be bankrupted.
The profit Is also made through granting
favors te special interests which will recip
rocate by making generous contributions te
campaign funds handled without rigid ac
counting by" the lenders.
In cither tase government Is nn Instru
ment used for the especial benefit of the men
in control of the party machine. Every
little mnn who hopes for a job supports the
organization, for that is the only way he
can expect te get the job.
SeNwhcn Senater Vare says that Mr.
Pinchot cannot be trusted te appoint or
ganization workers he consolidates the op
position of these who are in politics for
what they can make out of it.
The strength of Mr. Pinchot lies in his
rejection of this theory of government. The
application of the theory in Harrisburg is
lespenslble for the, scandalous conditions
thnt prevail there. The officeholders have
been partners in the business of getting
everything possible out of the State Treas
ury for their own profit, and they have net
Interfered with one another.
This is why no one protested when Sny
der, ns Auditor General, was paying big
legal fees contrary te law te various attor atter
ncjs te de the work which should have been
done through the Attorney General's office.
It Is why Lieutenant Governer Beidlemnn
thought it wns nil right for him te take
$.5000 paid te him for legnl services out of
a fund from which no one had any legal
authority te draw money for the work which
he did.
Mr. Pinchot premises te step this prac
tice and te run the government for the
benefit of the taxpayers lather than for the
benefit of the officeholders. He premises te
nppeint the best men obtainable and te sup
port their efforts "te clean up the mess."
There nre mere voters who believe in the
Pinchot theory than believe in the Vare
practice. If they go te the polls en May 10
Mr. Pinchot's nomination will be made by
an overwhelming majority.
One of the most inter
esting things being dis
cussed nt the Interna
' tienul Rallwa.vs Cen-
AlvvasShyef
Perfection
giess in Reme is n'U'eed -water henter for
locomotives invented by n Philadelphia en
gineer. Which suggests the thought that be
fore th.e locomotive reaches its highest de
velopment It will be superseded by clectrifi-
atlen of tlie railroads. Which suggests the
further thought that one of the reasons per
fection is never reached is that the read te
the goal is alwajs abandoned for another
toad te another goal. There might hnve
been n perfect stoge coach or omnibus if the
horse-car hadn't begun te run en rails; and
a perfect horse-car but for the cable-car;
nnd a perfect cable-car but for the electric
car; and by the time we are in sight of a
perfect elertilc-enr we may all be flying and
disdaining ground travel.
We gather fiem Mr. Nerrls' biechure
that Mr. Jehnsen's desire for a modest set
ting for his treasures was confined te Phila
delphia, and thnt architectural beauties
would cease te be a distraction if the pic
tures were tiunsferred te New Yerk.
We suspect that Captain Jehn Kelly
(admittedly an alius) . arrested en bis sub
marine chaser new said te be a rum-runner,
is really Captain Kettle and we anxiously
await the nevv of the finding In his cabin of
an accordion and a prayer book.
Ne fault can be found with Congress ter
making available for flood control the sum
of a million dollars. It means money saved,
for mnn times that amount In life nnd
property Is tliiewn nwny in the Mississippi
Valley when the wateis inge.
Londen society women are taking
iieiwia baths te get an ollve-celoicd skin.
Designed, we presume, te give a henna
chicken-like appearance; nnd proving, we
surmise, that the olive Is nn aenulicd hue
as well as an acquired taste.
The odd thing about the trlnl in Charles
Town, W. Va,, is that the miners have their
greatest chauce of ultimate victory in bclmr
convicted of treason. The strong arm of the
law overreaches itself when it makes; a high
trims et a miner ekwssvi ..
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At ONE WOMAtTtfCtt IT
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Superintendent Clayten Has a tulet
Way' With 'Her, but rtar Quietness
Is lern of Knowledge and
Efficiency
By SABAH.D. LOWME
I WAS thinking today as I sat tatkln'gftq.
Miss 8. v, Lillian Clayten, superintendent
'of the Nursing Department of the Philadel
phia General Hospital and of the Training Training Training
Scheel, that the best of humans have te1 go
through a mighty special training, either by
choice or by chance, before life takes the
fittest and places them where they will fill
the greatest need.
In MissClayten's case It was decidedly1
mere choice thnn chance that prepared her
for her great position, for te be the bend
nurse of Bleckley is'to'held one of the score
of commanding places open te the profes
sion In this country, nnd In certain respects
one of the five of highest rank In the score,
It waif a quiet room te sit In, that blue-,
gray sitting-room of her npartment, and
Miss Clayten Is a very quiet person ; thnt Is,
she possesses the power of stillness. There
in liniV lltltl fllAM n AaamU.h M.l.k aaA I..- A
ii "" i" icuiuut. ujiu Jicvcr hub iu
rnluc her voice, but Is henrd perfectly with-.
AKf MM. tf..ft..l M.. V J At--.. i V
;rl" ""j uumnru I'uuri. i imagine mni me
head nurse of the Philadelphia General is
likewise always heard without cither tense
ness or waste of effort. I have observed her
at hospital committee meetings when the.
Advisory Committee meets out there, and I
have been struck by the quality of her per
sonality. Her fellow members are all of
them Impertnnt women in their way, neme
. . i m rwr0naiw. but-shc is an authority
wliieli in the end even the most impertnnt
of them show no tendency te override. Her
opinion, given, In nil probability, last of all
and with the utmost brevity, Is accepted as
somehow final.
A LL this interested me, taken in cenncc-
tien, tee, with the great possibilities
that she holds in her grasp of ministering
te the necessities of the city's 111 folk, se
that I wanted te discover, If possible, hew
slm get te be -what she is, where her finish
and technique nnd control came from;
whether, in fact, life had been a chance for
her or a choice. Se I asked her If she would
mind telling me.
TTNTIL8he wns fourteen she grew up
- pleasantly nnd naturally and religiously
en her grandfather's plantation in Mary
land, without much remembered thought ap
parently about a future or a career, or any
scheme for life or responsibility for any
choice. Then her grandparents died, nnd
rer various reasons she suddenly felt re
sponsible and Impelled te cheese for herself.
She decided that she must have an education
and that she must provide it for herself, and
that she must meanwhile quickly acquire a
sure way of supporting herself.
She had an nunt here in Philadelphia
whbrn she grently trusted and under whose
outside austerity she felt both nobility nnd
kindness. Se te her she came during the
tvye yenrs she studied in the business school
where she perfected herself as an account
ant. '
It wns during tills time about her six
teenth year that she came across, In the
Century Magazine, nn article with illustra
tions en trained nurses. In it was a picture
of Isabel Hampton Robb, the graduate of
the original Bcllevue Scheel and the organ
izer of the Nurses' Training Scheel of Jehns
Hepkins nnd a biographical sketch of that
great and splendid woman. The girl, who
was held as by a quiet spell by the picture,
had never known n trained nurse, nor had
had anything te de with hospitals, nor. I
think, sick people; but she made up her
mind then and there te he n trained nurse.
f "'VJwn'j1, very hospital she could hear
of In Philadelphia, but she was tee young
wiii n.ccePtcdJ1,V nn-v training school.
Finally she heard that the Children's Hos
pital, then opening under Dr. Starr and
ether great specialists, would take" pupil
nurses, although there was as yet no train
ing school. She persuaded her aunt te se
?h .er t0 v?ueh. for her whn se applied,
and then, curiously enough, the sight of the
long, steep steps up te the front deer nnd
perhaps a premonition that her very success
would close all ether avenues of life te this
straight, immensely responsible ene made
her pause In n kind of panic and then turn
away te go back home.
te hVnuSr.' nt t0 bc " ,,Urse" she sald
TT WAS here that the elder woman came
J- understnndlngly te her rescue. She had
2iTh "ir.e.d M,rh ", ?heice " 1'er-indced
? Ui d sceu1rnpd 't se as te make smc
t was real and net a girl's fancy and then
having assured herself that it was realshe
iievy stemmed the wavering panic by a quiet
gesture of reassurance.
"New you are here, you had better apply,"
was nil she said. They went up the stens
nn1 at.e,,top.,,.he K'r1 W. ltta " a little
gasp, "Well, will you apply for me?"
"Ne, indeed." said her aunt. "It is net
I who have talked se long about being a
trained nurse. It is you who want te be
Se Lillian Clayten went into the office and
made her application nnu wns accepted and
told te come back "te begin en Mendnv."
And it was Lillian Clayten who Walked
walked I eTalrT' "t0CP &tCpS as the,'sh nbe
T ASKED her hew she liked the nursing
J. once she get into It. She considered for
a moment nnd then said that for a time the
"glory all went out of it." She had rheu
matism cry severely during most of the
first winter; at times she had te get up
before any one else wns stirring nnd limber
herself out slowly and with great pain In
order te be able when the bell rang te actu
ally dress herself and te go en duty. She
never told any one becnusc she knew sKc
would net be allowed te stay, nnd she'never
wavered in her desire te nurse, even though
the hardships had taken away a certain
fervor of enthusiasm.
After a time she felt less pain and finally
grew stieng. The then head nurse of the
( hlldren's Hospital. Miss Hegan, advised
her en reaching eighteen te npply out at
Bleckley. which was then under Miss Smith,
n remarkable woman, nnd te fit herself nt
what was even, thirty years age, one of the
best training schools of th.e country. She
must have done unusually well at Bleckley.
for en graduating two years later she was
made night superintendent nurse. She said,
when I nsked her, that she was net un
usually competent, but that she supposed
she was what might be called very faithful.
She also said that from the first it was net
the technlque or even the science of the work
that held her, but the desire te care for the
patients.
AT THAT time she supposed that she was
te be a missionary nurse and go out te
China under the China Inland Mission, and
by way of preparation she studied at a mis mis
slenary training school for two jears after
leaving Bleekjey, keeping up certain hos
pital courses at the same time. But the
Boxer rebellion came, and then nn illness of
her own came, and when finally the way was
open she could net get a certificate of
health. Se she nursed private cases, chiefly
nerve cases, and presently was called te
Dayton, O., ns assistant superintendent
nurse, where she was for some years. Later
she went te the Minneapolis Cltv Hospital
as head of thn training school, nnd still later
te Chicago te be head of the educatleual
department of the Cook County Genera
Hospital.
BUT dining nil these jenrs that slie was
holding mere nnd mere lespenRlble po
sitions she was fitting herself by summer
work, nnd sometimes by n year" off In be
tween, at the Teachers' College in Columbia,
nt the University of Mlnncsetn and In
Chicago by taking special courses, se that
finally when Dr. Harte persuaded her te
come back as superintendent te her old
training ncIioeI at Bleckley, new the Phila
delphia General Hospital, she was both In
practice and technique ene of the most sci
entifically equipped nurses ansVatalaittra
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NOW MY IDEA IS THIS!
Daily Talks With Thinking Philadelphia, en Subjects They
Knew Best
DR. LOUIS NU8BAUM
On the Public Scheel Building Program
PHILADELPHIA is second, te no city n
. the country in the size and compre
hensiveness of the building program, of its
public schools, according te Dr. Leuis Nus
baum, Associate Superintendent of Public
Schools.
"A survey regarding the phyplcal con
dition of the public schools was begun in
October of last year," said Dr. Nusbaum,
"at the request of one of the members of
the Beard of Education. It was completed
and the report made in December, 'ihis
was made entirely independent of the State
survey, and although there was no relation,
the two reports closely coincided.
"The report showed needs of approximate
ly $30,000,000. In addition te the buildings
for which the beard had already made pro pre
vision. This nmeunted te about $0,000,
000, making the total sum required te
place the school plant in modern condition
today $42,000,000. The report points out
specifically that this investment is net in
tended te include prevision for future de- .
velepment. If It takes five vears te com
plete the program, the needs of these five
years will have te be taken care of in ad
dition te the sum mentioned; that amount
covers only the needs of today.
City's Scheel Growth
"The city requires about four new school
buildings a year te take care of the in
crease in population at the picsent rate of
growth. This, In five years, means twenty
mere buildings, nnd represents approximate
ly $12,000,000 additional.
"After considering the report for three
months, the Beard of Education adopted it
as Its program of action, and in se doing
it took a step which I think Is unique in
the school systems of big cities with re
gard te the building situation; namely, it
made definite prevision te reorganize the
school system of the entire citv en the basis
of six years of elementary Instruction, three
years of junior high school and three years
of senior high school work.
"The building program contemplates put
ting the entire school plant into such con
dition that everv unit will meet the Penn
sylvania school cede standards. These
buildings which will be retained and which
de net new meet these standards will be
remodeled in many wa.vs, such as removing
additions which It is net possible te bring
in (, ilata "Pritt nnat- nf tlviinn !..
UJJ iu ,; -.- wet m at.mii iuiiiuvt3
ments will range from $000 te .$50,000 per
building. ji ,
Seme Radical Changes
"Whcre it has been found necessary te
purchase additional property in order te
make the changes, whether. these be in ad
ditions or in remodeling, the estimated cost
of the additional property has been included
In the sum total.
"A summary of the proposed program is
as follews: New buildings required, TiO;
additions te buildings, 12; buildings te be
Improved or remodeled, llli; additional
properties needed, 81; new sites lequlred,
24 ; old buildings te be dispensed with, 04 ;
present sites te be disposed of, HI I ; new ele
mentnry buildings, 40; junior high school
buildings, 18; senior high school buildings,
1. There are at present 00 buildings fifty
or mere years et age, and the number of
classes en part-time en November 30, 101:1,
was 703, the number of pupils in these
classes being 37,004,
"In planning new buildings te make up
such a vast deficiency in the amount of ac
commodations, it becomes necessary te make
the new plant de as much duty ns pos
sible. The new buildings have all been
worked out with the idea of reorganizing
the schools en the semi-duplicate basis,
which means that all the accommodations
will be in use all the time that school Is in
session,
"With this in view, andnlse with n view view
te meeting community requirements, nil the
new buildings of fifteen or mofe classroom
units are being planned with an auditorium-
The plans for the .new junior high
schools are about as complete and as well
adapted te their purposes as any plans I
haye ever seen (any where. The State Di
rector of Junier High)' Schools, en a recent
visit te Philadelphia, examined in great do de
tall the plans for the new buildings, and
expressed the opinie that they are the ftneit
iuBlorfclgbKkeol plans m the United States
aMjtae st. these plajuj.W
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taken as a model for all the junior high
schools In the State. s
"One of the hardest tasks that face the
educational authorities In the administra
tion of a big money -spending program of
this kind is te resist the importunities of
local communities , in various parts of the
city, each of which thinks that lta own
particular "school needs are the most urgent
of any in the city. The Department of
Superintendence, in conjunction with the
Department of Buildings, takes an impartial
and unbiased view of the school building
needs of the entire cltv and formulates its
program of recommendation te the Beard
of Education en the basis of the respective
urgency of these needs.
"It is greatly te the credit of the Beard
of Education that, regardless of the local in
terests of the members, no attempt has ever
been made since I have had any connection
with the matter of school buildings te dic
tate or in any manner influence the order
In which the, different building projects
should be undertaken. They have allowed
themselves te be governed in this matter
solely by the recommendations of the two
departments which I have mentioned, and
have net let their local interests Interfere
in any way.
i Financing a Huge Jeb -
- "It should bc borne in mind that the
carrying out of n vast building program of
this kind involves the expenditure of a
sum of money far beyond the present bor
rowing capacity of the Beard of Education,
and it Is obvious that such an immense con
struction program must be financed out of
leans rather than out of current income.
"As is indicated above, the complete
carrying out of this building program and
allowing pipvisien for the growth of the
city while these buildings nre being erected
n10,? t'e expenditure of mere than $50,
000,000 in the next five years. The present
borrowing capacity of the Beard of Educa
tion is approximately $20,000,000, and it
will be readily seen that if Philadelphia is
te have the number and the type of school
buildings required te meet its needs, new
legislation will be necessary te extend the
borrowing capacity of the Beard of Edu
cation. uu
"There Is no project of public develop develep
ment which appeals mere directly te every
home and te every Individual in the city than
nrStn,P"b ipC.(lucny?,n' nnd when the facts
are known by the public, it will net begrudge
am!"nr ,s t0 mnk0 tMs pregra"
What De Yeu Knew?
QUIZ
! wh!!?t,J? neuJbl'e of San Marine?
burg? aeneral ant capture Vicks-
3. What war Is new In progress In the Near
. ..na8t and wh are the belllaerenta?
4. What noted Kngllsh novelist eMh" pres-
SricU-etert' t" S0" f Passienal
6-JIew many ' spectators did the famous
Coliseum In Heme accommodate?
turles'"?0 The he'ena et the Cen
7. Who succeeded Millard Fillmore as Presl
a wiW of th0 "n't"! States? reS1
iir iai !3 mnt by hegemony?
JXLlnt ls lingua, franca"?
10. What position Jn President Hnrdlnit'a
Cabinet is held by Andrew D. Mellen?
Answers te Yesterday's Quiz
1. Henry VII was King of England nt h
time of the discovery of ArnericS
2. The Eplretes are the Inhabitant, Te? Bru
nts, a region partly in Greece S
partly te the northwest of the country
5. A tellurian Is nn Inhabitant of the , cartK'
from the Latin "tellus," earth '
known? uncouth erBlnally meint un.
6. The White Sea Is an Indentation of the
nus'sln. e?n '" l,w nertn "'te!
t. Teak Is an East Indian tree with henvv
diirable timber that Hees net wnr,f
shrink or cerrcde Iren nnd Is mii,
used In shipbuilding. I8 muc"
7. Marseilles Is the second largest cltv in
France. l ,n
8. Frledrlch Wllhelm Jeseph von ffchaiiin
the CJerman philosopher ("776.1 sb".?'
described architecture as ''aa It "ewi
rusmi music
9t Th5.h,Cftg0 World's Fair wns held In
10. Jacques Offenbach was a gifted musical,
composer, especially known for hi.
charming and spilghtly light operas
He was Twrna German, but became
ills -". nn una in
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1 SHORT CUTS if
Th rtim.rnnnur .& MfmmmMT for the
fiilfrt xmsuit mbah i ii
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vm-M
Genea crises must be slew pokes. Then
are ierever Dmg. passed.
' Seme time or ether we'll get down te
a i-iain veryaay wee.
But,aftpr-all, It isn't7' the" spook vet'ejf
that tat MtUa a j4aV AIU. I4.
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Benus, Senators are bent en giving New-'
berrv soma nelnta'nn finanpa. (
-" is
Thn tutllaf nanlaf In Tjil. ! t!n f
careis truculent for policy only.
v
The reason congressional Benus Bill de- r
fenders are unbendlnr in th rrH atur. .
, : .--""- a
recognition or Kussia must, of ceune, c
be COUDIeH with rAfnaal tn vnnvnt ha nail ,1
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As Harry Lauder doubtless views It, the,v
Central Chinese military leader is Fu th.W
UUU. il
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New Yerk pastor urges week of prayer 'Si
iu eim crime, uxceuent, t tne crimini'urii
can be urged te pray. 1
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Chauncey Depew at eighty', eight njtiM
he feels as young as at twenty-five. Still fl
retailing theld chestnut. '
Uncle Sam has apparently decided thin ,
ine eniy way be can reach urever BerdeiI(,i
is tnreugh the pocketbook. f
The Irish one-day strike is said te iw.
been a. success. We could wish them alfS
successful with one day the limit.
Frem the strenuousness of the campaijn vj
u..c iiiuy juage tnac tne rinchet ndhcrenu
I
mm uuming xer ierester conservation.
Marshal Jeffre ban been granted tht
frppnnm nf in fi. vr. vi. rri,t
,... w.. viiu uaijr uj. lien JLUHai A III" ; M
presumably includes the privilege of being -fl
held up by bandits. - &
-ew mat an tne poets in tne country ?
hit! ltnmMlik...l .Ll - A tl .a
-. .vimncicu uicir poems en April, iict"
haps their wives may be able te induce tnem
te beat the carpets.
m
If inhibitions arc damning ceramentarJeii p
consider the case of the Northwestern Uni
versity ce-eds, who nre forbidden te hve
their knees photographed for publication.-""
i
Twe Sunday fighters in New Yerk we
sentenced te attend church every Sunday for
cix menius. iet us nope tne sermons win
be interesting enough te make them get lb!,,
habit. -i
Plumb, manufacturer of hammers, saTi
nualnaBa (a Im.mma.Ihm nl..ML ui.M-lNfft .
it being understood that the only way te umI
n hammer is en a. nail. Hammer, but d tin
knock. ' VI
Muratere says Mary Garden hissed hlrnB
(the little geese!) and he would have killHS
i ui'i- iu aeiewi nis Hener nua sue eeen a """''.
anu witn n jury or tenors the verdict weum,
ui uuurev, de jusunaDie nemiciue.
FromSeaferd, Del., comes the story of
a big rat killing a, five-feet water MaJj
after a half hour's battle. The story would
have pleased Us mere If the snake bad svral
lowed the rat and died of indigestion. fi
X1T At .!. 1 J ,1. wlfiM
u guiucr i rum ine remarks 01 "rt
of the former American Minister te Perta; 1
gal concerning the girls who wear seen ,1
skirts, rolled stockings and rouged ciua
that if it were left te Mrs. Birch she'd Wv
uiu ruu,-
'If it Is a treaty let it be a treaiy,
ays France. "Take your red herring frem.i
treaty let it be a treaty. W
me trail." And wny sneuiu rru.. --
scolded because she Inslsts-that GermawW
shall play the game according te the rulcsr j
j.
Much of the turmoil iu the wer'k,!Jp'!
nay is uuu 10 wuwnii urcsn, u- .talus
Guertln, of Manchester. N, II. It .71
se. When the German began te teaat wj'JJ
rr.M. it ...mu n.i.nnU i,a r.im tnw tnfv wn'jy
Ana I- nuv yctwuJO iub ivv -r h
thinking of. jlh
ni.l n..n In rtV-nntn enmmlttCfl BIllClsStA
nfterreadlng Cenan Deyle's assertion i
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