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Mataa-a fraa. flftv xn rmii Miih WS fix' -'aL.tui jti.-r:: " : - I .".--- -1-" ' M dellara per year, payable in advance. Vit , Tpyll feretan ceuntrlea one (II) dollar a month. rX i -' "a euMcnmni winning; anarrea .nntt aive old aa well new addretl. chanted ttl. SM WAtNUT KCYJTONE MAIN lAOt rtfy tTAdirttt'att cemmnnteathnt Je Evening rutiHe Ire' J.edger. fnrtepewrfmeg Squnre. Philadelphia. Member of the Associated Press ' .5 ASSOCIATED PRESS ( exclulv; en , ! ue or republication e all ttrte iaaatene credited te It or net elherwlee credited J! i! ar, and ae the tecal neiee published aaereln, 411 rteMa e reptiMlcotlen 0 ejeclal dlspatchta fcereH era alae retereed. . Philadelphia, Thunder, April 27, 1922 HE CAN DO IT GIPFOUD l'INCIlOT 'apparently knows something about the powers of the Gov Gov ereor of Pennsylvania, for he Is saying that If he is elected he will adept the budget System nt once, without nny mere legisla tion en the subject. He will direct the heads of the depart ments that he appoints te make their esti mates for the customary period and, after ascertaining the probable revenues, will make the estimated expenditures tit the es timated revenues before sending them te the Legislature. Then if the Legislature Increases the ap propriations he can reduce them before he approves the appropriation bills nnd keep the expenditures within, the receipts. lie can de tills because the State Consti tution empowers the Governer te veto items in appropriation bills. A MEMORABLE PICTURE SHOW HOW many of the people who pass and repass en Chestnut street have had te wait until new for a first glimpse of a geed picture? As "Art 'Week" wears away It acenis mero and mere of a success if suc cess may be measured in ethical nnd moral term. The movies captivated the people because ,thcy were put where the people could see them. Tct te this day all the better forms of art are revealed only within rather for bidding walls and Inaccessible galleries out side the beaten track where relatively few people -can conveniently go. It has been demonstrated already that the general lack efj interest in painted 'pictures is net due te the pictures themselves. Chestnut street bas an unusually lively aspect, especially at night, because the canvases in the shop windows actually have attracted a multitude of folk who, in the normal course of their " live", would never think of visiting a formal exhibition. ., Special weeks for special causes fellow each ether In rather monotonous succession'. But "Art Week" has justified Itself. It ught'te be an annual event. VENIZELOS THE' greeting extended te Kleutheries VcnlJiclc-s, the greatest Greek of his generation, by the Greeks of this city as he passed .through town yesterday afternoon did them credit. ' Teniicles Is net only the greatest Greek ' af his generation. He is one of the ablest men pf any race alive today. Mr. Wilsen said he was the biggest man lie met in Paris, and this opinion was shared by ethers. t He' organized the war against Turkey te free the ISulkan states from Turkish in fluence, and he was the first statesman able te Induce these states te forget for n few months their own jealousies in order te tight a common enemy. He foresaw the German purposes when the great war began and he did his best te prevent Greece from easting in her let with the Teutonic Pow Pew erji. .He knjw that if these Powers were victorious Greece would bcreme n Teu tonic dependency, while he had a vision of Ian Independent Greece regaining some of Its . 'Hd prestige in the Eastern Mediterranean. Tlis opponents defeated him at home and he is temporarily out of power, but lie has ii strong following of Greeks who have con fidence in his honor and In his patriotism. When the moment seems te him opportune he will probably return te Greece te obey the mandate of his countrymen te extricate them from their present difficulties. RESTORING AN OLD CUSTOM frUAE, place for the commencement exercises X of a university is the university campus. They should nlwnys be held there unless there are Insuperable obstacles. The lack of an 'auditorium of Miltiible size en the cam pus of the University of Pennsylvania has liean vifriirilnjl In tliA nn.f nu Ktiflii'lnnt- t.i M justify bringing this annual academic func tien into thi heart of the cltv. The Metrn tf relitan Opera Heuse has been used because It is the biggest hall in town. The decision te have the exercises en the aampus this year, in spite of the lack of a suitable auditorium, will doubtless gratify the whole University community. Weight man Hall will arcommedntp '-'000 people and, as the exercises for the undergraduate and graduate schools arc te he separated. It will be as nearly adequate te the demands upon, it us tlie similar assembly halls of ether uulvcrsltics. When, the new auditorium for which the late William 1. Jrvlne left ?(IOO,000 te the University is built at Thirty-fourth nnd Ipruee streets there will be space te seat as many! as can get Inte the Metropolitan 'm .fWera Henae. It is exnpctpil. Iieivkvpf tlinf K3F,ti' new building will accommodate many mere, inen wnatevcr objection may lie raised by thepe who are inconvenienced by .the comparatively narrow quarters in WfUhtmun Hall will be removed. The abandonment of the usual com mencement address by n distinguished guest rlll tnnbn tlin .rimiiwtiinmnnf uHtl nm.e E'!CiytvAAAnlaltf i TTtilvnuU, fi,,. lr.,1 '1,1.,. n,.t fiipK Ing 'provost is te speak te the graduating fe.U '" ,B" flml t,0 "cn(ls of tne various deport- rtKh1- W! ftlOVF Bj'VIlK! ''& iuc ,'IIUI nuiu Of counsel and admonition te the young aatas 'tlin Ii a a riaaii In 4 Ii a! a sen ah vei jy mvj W M"!V WVlll IUVU V.UIU 1UI IUUI tyin. (Ptt i0. irrangenwnta mnrk a return te the .'Wl.U.ralililnnAil t,HilU llllf It I, n u nfr tA SJV.tiiaB-WWMIWitVli .VHWfcVM.". Mfc !. ftlllC 4IUI. .H't Pfcfeii,'' announced that all the old customs ,. kH'ip he restored. When the colleges were ''('mall every grnduntc wrete a commence- IV,- tvrniiuii ii, u ,v-,,fvn.-, ii, iu iiiu ur- ',tmjtf;.vy ilia iriciiua iiiiu oeimiiiiiiis iu inn mm el tne etner listeners, uiien as 'tUetra IntTeased In slze a selected r,iN , brilliant students were chosen ik,v ..And Unally the gradiiiim censed lf tins ted .by speakers' cMfcJ(lnd eYiraiel ri iBMfwW3MESlBBBliBMFSKif, v h'-u'A. i "1?wW','v" , r,.-;,' IV. s ZvtltW?! ' . nWKKKm 'IIsbsissssssssssssssssS ul .tSBaHil -' WV-.WK''w iUS .. W....--. . -'' .. . . ;-V. -h U . -.'' tui " D . -T-. it- .-(t't )t ..-,.i i, i .nnnnili ii iaaeaaaaMMaiji: UlfaMM,: Mfft e make an, address preliminary te tne i voice of ta very Urge, part or. tne uniieH i ,j ;-ttay t U' t?!V,lt iPWWwl'hlWrigMtJwi ef.the dlnlemas te the araduAtes. , States and the deleeste-at-lartetif a'cen- 1 -.L.,, f 'OMCvNOTID: FAKtv :'V:1 Uma be that net only the University of Pennnylyniiln but the ether great nnlvcr sltlcn may decide in the future te glve te some .members , of the senior class n part ln the exercises, nnd that te be selected as a commencement speaker will' be regarded as n distinguished honor. It could be done without making the exercises any less in teresting than they liavq been in the recent past. A PACIFIST CAPTAIN EARNS TODAY THE NATION'S HOMAGE ' i The Centenary of the Birth of Grant Em phaslzes the Appealing Attributes of a Here Unique In History ATTIUBUTKS frequently deemed In herent in American character, especially ln Its alleged manifestations of the present dny, are net enslly discoverable in these foremost national figuists whose deeds and fnine the Nntlen most delights te honor. The "llvc-wlrc" type, the efficiency engi neer, the astute magnlfire of business, the technically virtuous "strong mnn," scientific embodiment of every maxim In the success Chart, the breezy hustler Impatient of ob stacles these are among the specimens sometimes adjudged representative. This estimate Is either fallacious In which case the hand of an attentive Provi dence may be perhaps discerned or else the makers and preservers of the Republic were strangely untypical. Plainly, It u only en n Precrustes bed that Washington or Lincoln can be made te conform. In the case of Ulysses Simpsen Grant, born one hundred years age today ln n two roomed cottage ln the hamlet of Mount Pleasant, en the banks of the Ohie, even the nttempt Is hopeless. The anomaly, te put it bluntly, is net in Grant, but in the present rnther widely prevalent misconceptions of the fiber of authentic moral nobility and ethical heroism. Centenaries of the great are significant opportunities for repairing defective apprehensions nnd unthinking judgments. The fame of Grant Is, of course, secure. A urtited Nntlen nttests It. Gorgeous monu ments proclaim It new and for posterity. The glory of the Indomitable captain Is prc-i served In orations innumerable, iu the for malized pntter of school histories, in In evitable anecdotal apocrypha and ln the tnllsmanlc magic of his name. He will be eulogized today throughout the land. Public gratitude in tliislnstnncc, se freely nnd richly bestowed, differs, however, from popular understanding. It may be ques tioned whether the processes of splendid con secration have net limited appreciation of one of the most touching nnd Intimately appealing figures In all history. Moreover, it should he easier today than ever before te, grasp the psychology of this extraordinary military leader, who hated war. who ardently hoped, while a cadet at West Point, thnt this Institution would he abolished by nn act of Congress then pend ing, who was at once one of the slncerest pacifists and magnificently obstinate fighters the world has ever known. In his Informative nnd unusually dispas sionate account of the Civil Wnr, from nn English stnndpelnt, Jehn Formby ln some bewilderment asserts that, though Grant de tested war, "It Is a curious fact that he never succeeded in anything else." This is a general statement, taking no account of certain vital and enduring achievements of Grnnt as President, such as recognition of the arbitration principle through the treaty of Washington nnd the adjudication of the Alabama claims, the appeal for civil service reform, the deter mined protection of national credit and the inauguration of a humane policy toward the Indians. Nevertheless, the political Ingenuousness of Grant, born of nn unimpeachable sim plicity of soul, Is familiarly regarded as re grettable. But the mistakes and blunders or better, perhnps, the unnffect'ed loyalties which se perplexed the politicians exhibited no new phase of charncter. The miracle of Grant's career Is the utter consistency of ethical attributes amid the most amazing shift of clrrumstances, new humdrum, new epic, new romantic, new pitiful. It was the outward scene which changed ; Grant, the incarnation of will in a crisis, the straightforward, modest, reserved Amer ican, never. This nscriptlen of merits will held through situations such as his days of shabblness nnd despondency en the Pacific Slope before the war. nnd his alleged intemperate habits ever which laudatory biographers would prefer te gloss. Hut there is no real occasion te indulge In euphemisms. Perhaps most accurately of all his contemporaries. Abraham Lincoln understood hew te differentiate the splendor of that inspirational will, that supreme In tuition which conquered Buckner nt Donel Denel son. Pemberton nt Vickshurg and Lee nt Appomattox from Intensely human weak nesses, trivial in the scale. Fer It is the unmntchablc distinction of i Grant's career that of the vices of the here he had none. Ills modesty, which must net be construed as evpr Inhibiting the most Intense convictions, , was fundamentally genuine. Under these conditions the unadorned candor nnturally followed. "I voted for Buchanan for President." explained Grnnt In justifying his political oscillations, "be cause I knew Fremont " The memoirs are replete with personal rcvelutlens of this sort. Indeed, this auto biographical chronicle rounds out a remark able documentation In the history of human character. Authentic stories of Grant, of his Iren resolution In need, of his tenderness, as toward his old friend the hapless Buckner at Donelsen : of his hatred of sham and pre tense, of his aversion te florid heroics, as Instanced in his curt "Ge beck te your quar ters" te the new recruits expectant of mere oratory in the I.egan-McC'lernand vein, are innumerable. Fortunately, Grant has been spared n Weems, that sentimentally prim biographer who mude of Washington an icy monster of virtue. The great captain, who fought for peace and unity, surpasses in the basic beauty of his poignantly comprehensible character all the stiff uml formal patterns of the legend mongers. The inspiration of Grnnt in emergencies, the qunlltlcs which made for epic victory In the field forbids the assumption, for all' the dramatic piny of events upon his life, that he was of average American make-up. Yet if there tire points of contact with the nn tlve character today, it Is upon belief in such that hope for the Republic can be based. AN INTERNATIONAL LADY LADY NANCY ASTOR, though she Is a member ef-the British Parliament, con tinues te be in many ways a better American than many people who never even saw the deep waters that divide the United States from Ensland. It Isn't necessary for her te tell nn audience In the land of her birth, ns she told the guests at the Associated Press luncheon in New Yerk, that she is n Vir ginia patriot and an ardent one. The pic turcsquc fact bhlncs directly or by reflec tion In all she says. Lady Nancy, preserves in her manners much of the simple dignity of the elder Seuth. Aad ahe mlghliAve beea4be elected Htaflttlw i.nliti.(Ha m1h nf tit. A maliatt t&ft pie when she said thnt'practlcal politics U the beginning' of the bad politics that leads te. war." That sort of opinion Is fsr mere familiar in the United States nowadays than it is In Englander anywhere else. , It is when this brilliantdaughter of Of Vlreinv exclnlnin tinsslenntclv that the truest patriotism is net narrowed In vision ie tne limits of nny one innn mat sne in arresting and significant. Perhaps it must remain for women, who react te concerns altogether different from these which nor mally best war mnkcrs nnd politicians .of the elder type, te create n new interna tional spirit alien te wnr nnd proud In the service of nil humanity. Certainly women hnv6 paid pretty heavily for the sort of nationalism that normally asserts Itself with guns. "Help usl" said Lady Aster, speaking for the peoples of elder nations separated fremuis by the accidents of the sea and the earth's contours. "Unite the world! All Europe leeks te America for a great moral lend!" , Moving as such an appeal enn be, it .is almost necessary te believe that the woman who uttered it forget for n moment thai Genea Is ln Europe. What she is nsking from the United States was tendered at Versailles and Ignored, and in some qunr tcrs laughed' at. Seme one with the fine spirit and the courage of this returning Virginian is still needed te speak for com mon humanity in Paris, In Londen and, at ether plnccs in Europe where the movement for peace nnd a mero .endurable system of International relationships was arrested after the war nnd where patriotism still wenrs mere sabers than it ever were In the United States. PERSHING ON PREPAREDNESS GENERAL PERSHING, speaking before the Senate Military Committee ln oppo sition te the reduced nrmy budget proposed by the Heuse, argued ln a manner which is sure te bring new charges of "revived mili tarism" from members who are pacifists for political reasons. What the general really did was te talk frankly as n professional soldier. Such talk ns his is necessary te cure the dangerous optimism prevalent among the members of a minority in Con gress who seem te believe thnt the merest shadow of an army and the dry bones of n navy will be ndequete te keep the country safe in these days of perfect international friendliness nnd pence. The logic of the armament question, how ever, is net changed in the least by Gen eral Pershing's rather brusque assertions. "Streng leadership in the United States and adequate military preparations," said he. "would have prevented the World War." Would It? Germany had strong leadership and her military preparations were all that could be desired under the clrcumstnnccs. And Germany caused the war. There Is strong leadership and strong leadership. The strength of a military organization has very definite limitations in a final analysis. The strength of moral character is the only strength thnt may produce permanent geed. "Failure te recognize envy, hatred nnd jealousy among nations," said General Pershing," has always left the United States at something of a disadvantage in emer gencies." Recognition of hatred, envy nnd jealousy is pretty general in Europe and always has been, but it doesn't seem te have done Europe much geed. We in the United Stntes require an army of at least 150,000 men for defensive pur poses. We need a navy even larger than the Senate and Heuse seem willing te pro vide for. But General Pershing would hnvc been mere convincing if, ln the course of his appeal, he had been n little mere generous in hl.s view of the purposes that have ani mated the "people of the country in times of a world crisis which militarism created when it ran wild. THE PLESIOSAURUS: A MORAL WHEN men's wisdom is ns great as their curiosity this will bean easier world te live ln. An expedition of scientific men is new in the interior of rntagenin te leek up a monster of a species supposed te be ex tinct which was reported te be residing in a lake in a .lldemess. The pleslesnurus of this quest is, or was, an enormous liznrd. And that is all. Scholars in another expe dition hnvc been risking their lives te reach the top of Mount Everest. And thousands of scientific associations are engaged from one year's end te another in a search for purely abstract' knowledge. In West Vlrglnln, meanwhile, n very large number of werklngmen of native parentage, with the effects of the American tradition in their very bleed, are about te be put en trial for treason; They are miners who engaged ln n labor demonstra tion which, in the view of public prosecu tors, was In defiance of the laws of the land nnd calculated te weaken and discredit them. Wouldn't it be worth while te knew whnt nils these Americans, what their trou bles were and why, even if they were net treasonable, they risked conflict with the powers of the State and Federal Govern ment? Wouldn't it be worth while te knew why mnny Americans dislike and distrust the machinery of politics? Isn't it netually necessary te obtain that sort of information in the interest of national safety and peace? Of course it is. But no scientific com missions go te seek il. Ner does Congress. Ner de committees of citizens. As n people we nre quite like the scientific men ln Pata gonia. We hunt only the pleslesnurus ; though i plcsiesnurus, even if one were found, wouldn't be worth its keep for -nny purpose whatsoever. LOCAL PRIDE IF THE rivalry among the Jnpanese cities were ns keen as that among the cities of California the news of the earthquake in Tokie yesterday would net have been sent out from that city. Seme rival would have put en the cnble the news that Teklo had been devastated by a terrible quaking of the earth. , But the Japanese are accustomed te earth tremors. The islands are the center of vol canic disturbances which produce earth quakes every day, and the people take them as a matter of course. It Is only occasion ally that serious damage is done. They are just ns accustomed te earth quakes en the Pacific Coast. The earth tremors de net happen there ns often as in Japan, but they occur often enough te have lest their news value for the dally news papers. It Is only when the shocks are mere violent than usual that any .attention is paid te them. Even then the cities In which they occur belittle them. It Is said that when there was a severe earthquake ln Southern California n few years age the Les Angeles newspapers printed n story nbeut a "Disastrous Earth quake in San Diege," and the San Diege papers reported thnt "Les Angeles Is Shaken by Severe Earthquake" when as a matter of fact the shock was felt equally in both places. The fact thnt a Winsted. Publicity Conn., cottage owner digging for a spring discovered a vein of water five feet below the surface and the next morning found two feet of water and two dead rabbits In tne hole gees te show what a hard-werkinf newspaper correspondent may de for a com- raumij, ,.,wj-.-U,-.l. 1 S f tl ' V - itrrt ' ttANf ai J ,i' . T-T The Millions In Jewel ifeW Hv esn Slelen at the Centennial st 1 , 1t7 A War sWntlfle J . ' 4taax t By GEORGE NOX MeCAaN JM. WOOD; of the :leriesjflVala Mail- read.i has 'called, my attention.. te an unusual story. that had te de with ear Cen tennial of '78.' Mr. Weed was a bit of a he thin; but the thrill imparted still lingers In his memory as though it were but months Instead of years in the past. ' - . Publicity .was given the story In one of the Sunday tin nor nf Phllntlelnhln In thn fnlt of 1870. The. stnrtlln henilllnpa anil th . Lcmoeraic uetaii or. tnc narrative awakened proton ne: interest nnd later' great amuse ment. . 'w According te Mr. Weed's recollection what is new Pnrksldc avenue was, In theso days, called Elm avenue. A large portion of the thoroughfare was given ever te hotels. They were temporary structures , Intended lte serve the purpose of feed 'and shelter te thousands nnd then disappear like the Intti and plaster palaces of our first great expo sition. '4 It was In one of these Jcrrj-bullt cara vansaries that the plot had Its Inception. THOSE who recnll the Centennial Expo sition will recollect that its main build ing was, for the time being the repository of some of the, world's greatest treasures. Priceless jewels, the finest specimens, of the geld and silver smiths' art, wonderful enamels and engraved gems were housed benenth its vast roeL Tiffany & Ce.,' If I recnll, had en exhi bition the then largest snpphire'in the world. These rare, beautiful and, above all, port able treasures formed the crui of the nar rative recalled by Mr. Weed. Among the guests at one of these hotels nearest the exposition grounds and the mnin building was n little group of men .Who gave every Indication of wealth and refinement. In the course of their stay by seme strat agem or ether clever scheme they secured possession of a portion of the cellar beneath' the hotel. Or at least obtained a room en the ground fleer where they could be un molested. ' ' THEY were in 'reality a band of notorious thieves and internationally known bur glars. f, They were engaged ln running a tunnel t AMAH 4 1 lll ht Jk am A a AUUA1 A- A t ii-iivuiii uiui uTciuie 10 connect ineir iieici with the main exposition building and its heard of wealth. One morning Philadelphia awakened te discover that the rarest treasure en exhibi tion in the main building had 'disappeared ever night. .Millions of dollars worth of geld and jewels nnd similar portable valuables had vanished. The tunnel was discovered, the thieves were traced te the hotel Mr. Weed thinks it wns called the Glebe but they bad dis appeared with their booty. At the close of this thrilling recital, worked out in detnll, came the sensatieu prepared by the writer. . The story from beginning te end was. a fake. Ne such thing had occurred. As Mr. Weed points out, it did, however, hnvc the merit of supplying a description of mnny of the interesting nnd valuable things that were en exhibition. ' ' FAKES nowadays are common occur rences. These of the gardcn-grewn variety are greatest ln number. Gigantic fakes, however, which startle the world by their cleverness or brilliancy arc comparatively rare, - but considerably .mere frequent than they .were fifty or seventy live years age. I recall when a boy hearing the old people of Pittsburgh talk nbeut the "Flying Mnn," one of the greatest hoaxes ever perpetrated en the public. It occurred about 1845. Newspapers of that city published a story that en a certain Saturday afternoon a Mr. Somcbedy-or-other would fly from the cen ter of the Hand Street Bridge, connecting Pittsburgh and Allegheny City, above the river. The greatest excitement prevailed. On the designated afternoon both banks of the Allegheny River were packed with humanity, while the reef of the bridge, which was a covered structure, held hun dreds mere who risked their lives te witness the spectncle. Promptly nt the hour named the wag, or faker, slipped through an opening from the wagon read te the footpath of the bridge, made his way te the rail, flung a live geese into the air and disappeared before his identity could be discovered. JOSEPH MULHOLLAND, forty years age, became celebrated as Pennsylvania's prince of hoaxers. He was u traveling salesman whose home wns in Washington. Pa. His fakes were of a highly Interesting but harmless nature, and took the form of well written newspaper articles, the first one of which appeared in the Pittsburgh Leader. He wrote under the nom dc plume of "Orange Blessem." One of his most picturesque ynrns was the story of a blazing meteor tliut fell in West ern Pennsylvania, spreading wide havoc and setting fire te n large portion of the coun tryside. Other equally startling cheats followed at infrequent intervals for twenty-five years, each one bearing a strong semblance of truth'. The signature "Orange Blessem" enme te be known ns the slgn-mnnual of this modern Munchausen, nnd Ills Hterles were rend ns the entertaining product of a brilliant imagi nation nnd nothing mere. THE frequent controversies that have arisen between art ertlcs and art deal ers regnrding the authenticity of certain "Old Masters" hnvc become notorious. Se cleverly have these fakers reproduced the ugurcs, tones, technique nnd even the tlme-innrked cnuvas of the mnsterstef paint ing, thnt it has well been said that no nrt connoisseur should purchase, n Rembrandt or Titian, se-called, without first having it passed upon nor ny one nut by a, jury et competent art critics. V Anether, and the most prolific nnd profit able. Is the faking of antiques, whether they he Egyptian scurabs or American Colonial furniture. At Luxor, en the Mle, 1 knowingly pur chased n fake scarub manufactured in Bir mingham, England, for which the souvenir selling native first demanded $S and finally sold it te me, for twenty-five cents. Scarabs arc the most easily detected of all bogus Egyptian antiquities that are palmed off en tourists. PERHAPS the most scientific fake was the se-called "Flgure Stones" of Dr. Ber inger. It grew out of the controversies in the early part of the eighteenth century ever the origin of fossils. Paleontology wns in Its swaddling clothes nnd scientists formed antagonistic theories nnd schools te account for the presence of. fossil forms in the rocks. One of these" controversialists was Dr. Jehn Adam Berlnger, of Wurzburg Univer sity. Bcrluger declared thnt fossils Were merely unrelated formations from the hand of Ged created for his pleasure. He becume exceedingly bitter in his dis cussion of the subject. He much se that the famous hoax that lias lived for 200 years came into existence. Seme of Ills pupils-nnd opponents fabri cated numerous clay forms of outlandish reptiles which they .hid among the rocks where he usunlly searched for specimens. These were subsequently found by the de luded professor. He gathered them and wrote and published an imposing volume ubeut them.. With the publication of Ills volume in 171M came exposure, derision, and finally disgrace, anil tnen me ueatu ei me uruinee scientist. ter of philosophy amJVl & thli tfa,t.er; card ul tu ""te ,en ... ' t'.4.lfefta,-'e9,B,e with j the fie was uuiu uwiw dlflnlt.. i ' jbsssssssbV9hk iaBaKaMjmMtwBasmmmKtfiu$mitfxwaimamBmBHBm mmmmmmmm'mmiHmmBiim TTl''v' ' ' .ssssssssssrldsssssssT V ' ' AS jWftfl? " 'S Vi'V' t. M'?Pk .--,' .' u vsassssssssKff jissssssfv' ' ' wLJ?Jiw W-ssssl '4fwm2r&. . ! , h -: w.-, . ssafflBflKJ.T . . :m jNTaySSSSSBaSuBRBSSVR aXdSSB9lPXBSBttSSBTjMUMkJHSBEBJBJBmHAB (itk'tassi f'jm PBSSSSSSSSSSslBSSrJB. LBSSSSSSSStl B, Jf YSpBJasc'.SSSlBh' -'li ataraBSSSSBflUQfi jXpSB '.'. 5-1 ,.f-J' 4' .nq3?w ta.i. "?1 . t. . fit d VSBBSMBSSSSSSSBf3l ' 'ryfftiMlrmilf ' . ' - 1 ' ' $ r - ' . all .- JK NOW MY IDEA IS THIS! Daily Talks With Thinking Philadelphia en Subjects They Knew Best ANTHONY H. GEUTING On Safeguarding Retail Credits IF THE plans formulated by the Retail Merchants' Bureau of the Chamber of Commerce are brought, te the. completion which it is hoped te nttnln,- It will be prac tically impossible' for any irresponsible per son te obtain goods en credit from the retail merchants of Philadelphia, according te An An teony H. Gcutlng,"whe hns played an im portant part ln the organization and carry ing en, et tins werK. "Philadelphia Is. ln n way. In a peculiar position In this respect," snid Mr. Gcuting. "The big towns of the West grew by design and net by accident In that they brought enterprises te, their cities, get the right kind of railroad and itenmbeat connections, ac cording ns they were inland or en water, and thus in n sense planned their own des tiny. But'.nn old city like Philndclphla grew from the force of clrcumstnnccs. The West ern cities grew through the residents coming there ns individuals; the Eastern clt,ies like Philadelphia, especially, grew in groups. Importance of the Retailer "This has necessarily led te a partial lack of co-operative enthusiasm, especially among the retail dealers. The retailer Is the last link in the business chain, but he I is n very important one. It is the retail stores Dy wnicn n cny is juagru uy Kininncm rather than by Its great industrial establish ments. The lntter people hear about, but when they visit n city they rarely see them personally.. It Is the hotels, the theatres and, above all, the stores which make a city and are the greatest clement of its success. These really constitute the face which the city exhibits te the public. "Originally the Retail Merchants' Bureau was established with the development of this thought in mind, and it may be carried out later, but out of It has grown a system for the protection of the merchants In dealing with customers who open credit accounts and never Intend te pay for the goods they get. "There arc nearly S!,000,000 persons in Philadelphia, of whom about 000,000 nre adults. It Is our plan ultimately te register every one of these 000,000 persons at n cen tral credit bureau en n 'master card.' This card will contain everything about the Indi vidual which we can learn nnd everything which happens te him or her. It will con tain, among ether things1, the record of that person for paying his bills promptly, and when any merchant Is ln doubt as what te de ln n request for credit, all he will have te de is te telephone te thnt bureau and the information will be at his disposal. It will answer his question 000 times out of a thousand. Numerous Wily Tricks "There is nny number of wily tricks which nre plnyed by persons who seek credit and de net Intend te pay their bills. A favorite one is for this person te maintain an account at' two or three. of the lurger stores, which he is careful te keep paid up te the minute. Then he. will npply for u charge account at a number of ether stores, large and small, and give the larger .ones ns reference, or nt least say that he has nn account there. "The merchant asked for credit communi cates with the ether store, and 'the only thing that they can say Is that the account is always paid promptly. The new ncceunts are therefore opened, and after all the mer chandise possible has been secured the per son vanishes, leaving the bills unpaid. I Such n central bureau as we will have obviates this, because the state nf the ucceunt at net only two or three stores but nt all in the city is shown, and if the bills are paid promptly nt seme of the stores and1 net at ethers, this also appears eji the ,rccerd. Public Pays These Bills "All money lest en such accounts Is in the end pnld by that yery much larger section of the public which pays Its bills. The mer chants cannot 'Stand these heavy losses nnd remain helvent' and se, te cover them te some extent at least, prices have te be raised slightly. If there was no money lest en bnd accounts in the course of the year the price of merchandise generally could nnd would be reduced. "But the merchants, themselveH are put te n tremendous expense te maintain their in. dividual credit, bureaus, nnd this expense would also be eliminated by the plans whim we have in mind. It wquld cost iiiiiiroxl iiiiiirexl HuUely MOO.OOO a year te maintain such a l.uvamu. deimt all' tha Werk of iddinir iiui..,.., bureau. New, when the expense of each store maintaining its own credit bureau Is even estimated It will run well iip.ever n million dollars every year, for the whole city. "Consider for n moment what happens when n person applies for a charge neceunt nnd gives another stere or several of 'them as reference." ,Tbe merchnnt nsked for the credit has te send' te each of the. ether stores for the information und the establishments nsked for 'it hrtve te have persons te hunt It up and give it. All this expense could be saved by the system which we have in "mind nnd the results would be far mere satisfac tory than receiving the credit Information which one or even sevcrnl stores could give. A large corps of workers In the various stores could be put at something else which is es sentia and the credit information secured from the central bureau In even mere com plete shape. Millions Lest Annually "When our plan Is in full operation, the city will be relieved of a burden of scveru. millions of dollars which arc new lest an nually through bad ucceunts.. 'There can be no nrgumcitt nor any difference et opinion us te the necessity of such n central credit bureau. It would mean such n saving in bad ncceunts nnd ln operating expenses thnt in the end it would make Philadelphia a better nnd a mere economical city in which te buy. "We hnvc already about 400,000 namch en our cards upon which n rating inny be had by nnv member of the-bureau. Hundreds of , names will be added every day until prac tically tne whole city is cevereu. "The pln nlse works te the advantage of the honest customer. If, for instance, 'he desires te buy something in n store where he is unknown nnd docs net want te pay for it immediately, a message te such u central clenrlng credit burcnu will show his respon sibility nnd his record for paying promptly and thus he may have the article immediately delivered nt his home, facilitating, business and avoiding any. delay or embarrassment. "We estimate that by the use of such a bureau, every merchant in the city can ob eb tuin nn accurate record en every individual In the city at less than half the cost that he is paying today for much less accurate in formation. He will net only be nble te dis mantle his credit department, but lie will lese less money in extended credits, he will be able better te collect the credit he lias given and it will de much toward inducing people ve live within their means." ' What De Yeu Knew? Qufz 1. By what nlcknme was U. H. Grant known at West Point? 2. What Is wrens with this quotation, "Tift even tenor of tlielr way?" . 3. Who was the bead of the French Govern ment during the American Civil War? 4. Te what nation does the Island of Fer mesa belong? B. Who Is I.ekl In Norse mythology? G. When did Llcyd QeeTga first become Prime Minister et Kngland? 7. Who waB the wife of Christopher Celum bus? 8. What Is the average thickness of the earth's crust? ' 9. What Is a hyrax? . 10. What Is meant by a suffragan bishop? Answers te Yesterday's Quiz 1. San Marine Is nn Independent republic In Italy, under the protection of that king dom, it has an area of thirty-eight square miles and n population of about ir,,oeo. It Is situated mostly en the slopes of Mente Titaiie, near the Adri. "tic. about twelve miles southwest of the City of Itlminl, ' 2. VIclcsburK surrendered te thn army of General Grant en July 4, 1863, 3. A wnr between Oreece and Turkev la new ln progress In the Near Kast. .4. H. q. Wells, thu Urltlsh novelist and philosopher, Is the son of a professional cricketer, B, It la estimated thet the famous Coliseum lu Heme accommodated about se one spectators. ' " C. Victer Huge wrete the poem, ''The I.e. cend of the Onturlm ' "u 7. Franklin I'leice succeeded Mlllnrri T.'llt. .,...,..,., . ,a-m ui me uiiueu Mates 8. Hegemony means leadership, esnee'allv of one stute lu a confederacy or In h piirtluulur geevraphlu region, us Huren " 0. Lingua, l-ranca in n mixture of Krenl'li jtnllan, Greek and Spanish, us-d l" the Levant. It Is a se any Inlxtd Jargen nerving us n medium bntween dlfter,.rit Or?ePnta'' "" rlB"X Kn.Bll8h I" the 10. Amlrewb. Mellen la the present Becre- ..inrA nu UpAsIiIaiiI . 1. tf..i, . -.. " i . SHORT CUTS A If Tchltcherin went te Tchicage'and sapped " ' .' tchocelate sundae and tcheese. 'V Would the tchecrftil tchap tcbarm her with 1 tchatter of Genea tcheats and tchastiat- , lucnis or icuene ner witn surplus ei t sj. 3 i ' i ' Watts presumably considers It the Dt- ',' partment of Injustice. s '. j ( . i VM Te a Southern flood a Mississippi lerMSi is nothing mere than two bits. AWtQ . r . .... M 1TO., i Lady .Aster. wouldn't. be half' se .lntf,ttS&, estlng If she always stuck te her text. $SJa?. - .:r, i ', j Grant's "Let us have nenee" lias in.!1.. plicatien today in Genea and Ireland. (, Yesterday one felt thnt one could for-1 Sire the Weather Man 'most anything. As a theologian, Demosthenes McGln Us remarked, Cenan Deyle is anevclist whe lacks Imagination. . m.In. the "otter of making political deals ' with the women the McClure approach ap pears te be faulty. It la eftrlmiblv IiaI.1 l. ,-- j... ..... . H nnd women thnt humor should be limited te nnlf-of-ene-por-ccnt kick. ' - A The tragedy at Genea Is that while Ger- I man diplomacy "cannot afford te be stupid'' V jt apparently enn't-help being se. " : x ,' Pcrhnnx It Is thn nil nf .nmnnn nu : that Edouard Bcnes, ofCzcche-Slovakla, It vB nfiurlnv nn e.nn.'. 4-a..ui.j :..-... .SSI s ....b w. wv.ivuq uuuuicu tvuiiia. In the matter of materializing spirits. '' the bulk product of the bootleggers' navy,li'V preDamy greater than that of Cenan Deyle. ;. Secretory Mellen" says he. keeps young ' yB uy nmeKing cigarettes. He, fie, Andrew: " that's no way rte boost antUclgarctte week! .: Russian Reds arc like lizards, say the British : like ants, sny 'the Itnllans. Bey, page Mr. Aesop Perhaps lie can dig up a . moral. The least Marshal .Teffre can de is Pi cable Genea James 'M. Beck's personal as surance that France Is net, n militaristic notion. i ,, The tnle of 'the pirate that bearded tliffl rum-runner suggests the questien: juh ,t.i what was it that Captuin Kldd said te Cap- .j I lain Kidder? 7H V'l dinner renti rejoices ever tne pinns iw timv nffinn lintUtlnira litif what tht nlfl fftll tlcinan really, pines for is, a few new hotel , 'i 111 rrtrilnn fnt tha fnhv J , . j The seaplane that was missing between Key West nnd Nassau furnishes ndditienil.tVi reason ler equipping all passenger sir- , craft with .wireless. a Even nn age of inventions hns its com pensations, confessed "Demosthenes McUin nis. Very happily one does net have v ,5 lUtcn te the babel and the bedlam in the sir., V TTIll. .WArwlantu n t,A trlpH On0 it S "1 time the cases of the miners charged bj'l Charles. Town, W. Va.'. "with treason art fl URi'iy 10 lusi even lunger mnn i" -. meacii-ot-premise suit. x Tim Ttrnzlllan iTiinHinu will be bentfi' i clary1 of the passenger cut-rote war between 4hc Shipping Benrd nnd jthe Lampert ueit liinc. remaps seraetuiug equuiij v.r . tul will befall the riesqui. . . nli a1lenUn 'tlin'l ilnnlre te avoid pub ; llcity was responsible for .the fifth pes'l;1?, tuent- of the Baker-McCermtck weddinj .-. 'il.'-l 1.1..- t.t t nt- r.l ti.flt ltlltO tn I l'ruvi'8 l mil. iiiu nuuu u "-- a rnusc for mild amusement. .1 .r'tnry Wallace proved hs nervewhea' no' loin ma winnru iiiiii" i , ;:, .I- jm mere conventienthat he could de the im'j marketing nt nan tnij usuni mm. "j -.1 j body who saw the ladles' cyes( would r".j him i convincing speaker ., !ffMy the !!?L)j:i W.SlSfcile.'l me war oreugni iv me ir"M ,,w-,,:lf nBli Greece, was. in the city yesterday, wit ejjj 'P."-T--a 1 pecii " -., "i can't expect'the populace, te jpn ever tha-.is.et ' thaMJaV ltBS0 Demsaay'sr Cr-f&pUjf, , , ri;m WvrT.,--, a ,, 1 jjtKvBWtfM ,. s!. K ." Wie. , 7- Mimm A VA& ZiVM&f&i. arw " -1 Ju.fi .. ?'?f''V'V!r.t
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