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$VS .flHE rededicatlen of the restored Su-
" Preme Court IJuHuIiifc ntul elil Ulty Hull,
SVkt: FiftU nnd Chestnut streets, today repre'
PfT.aXiAAHfa 1.m ..1!1M.M J.r n .1 t..Mrt .trtfip.t.l
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Aistericai sensibility una coeu tuste.
t Throughout the cntlre country there is no
aU8ter of buildings comparable in impcr-
labable aHsoclatiens and primary patriotic
, appeal with the illustrious triad of Iinln
! WlWndencc Square. Iu addition thcre is the
vtlUl element of an unpretending and an
IV, ,: , BDecicu Krneieus arcaiu'cuirui uiMuniuun
r' i Ik these venerable structures.
BVir some years, but by no means through-
t'dMlf tn vaiIa,1 titafnrL Tt,flennn1n,i a If rill
i 1ms been well scfeguarded. The rchablllta-
i tlea of Cencress Hnll te the west Is of a
K klip Mmnt ilnr .t(ln ln SStinton,e riifff
nw, VW.lh UUJ , ,im.iv fc.i: ,ll',....v .."
tt i' aniace emerges eniy new irem u ions "i
j w rata neglect.
e ' jiuru uv ruviupnimi cum iutluiic iuu 1
I ,fcy design has this picturesque nnd, in its
' twasscrtlvc way, charming old building been
yreierved te these times. Fortuitous also
.- kaa Been the survival of fundamentals of
" " t ss!fn which have enabled the Philadelphia
t, .Chapter of the American Institute of Arebl-
l Vtcta, supervising the restoration, te revive
I He eriginul artistic appeal.
t.. Aa nearly as respectful historical research
' mn make it, the structure Is n re-creation
' el the seat of the highest judicial tribunal
la the Infant Republic presided ever by
I Jehn Jay, Jehn Rutledge and Oliver Ells-
"I worth.
The formality of the new dedication, at
I which Chief Justice Taft and ether dlcni-
taries will officiate, Is in tit keeping with the
reawakened pride which Fblladelphlans in
particular and Americans in general are en-
UUed te take in one of the most noteworthy
" tec our first-rank historical shrines nnd me-
iaeriale.
IV
MORE JERSEY JUSTICE
TTH)R some reason or ether, about which the
JT police in Philadelphia might well in-
'liMH InamcAlwaa mtt t1 Atnia te in at a It
&, New Jersey and few "crime mysteries' re-
ain long unsolved.
.There seems te be bemethins in the air
across the river that enables the sleuths te
ink straight and act with alacrity and
wisien.
It If 't tee much te suppose that in New
ark or Pennsylvania the Bruncn murder
euld still be a matter of rumors and de-
Sctives' speculation. The Ions record of
naelved murder mysteries iu these two
'Hates Is astenishini; iu contrast with the
tark of the police in Camden and Burling-
m tjeunties.
Ellis Parker, the Sherlock of Burlington
nnty, ought te open a correspondence.
tool for sleuths of ether Utntes.
CHINA IN CONVULSION
rirtHE nreseut civil conflict in China is of
"i4;. XI proportions be greatly superior te tliose
.jHutrte mamtainca met nope et a decision
fcK (I J yvAUHVe Kuniii. vi bui.iij' uu lliuuiiv.,11 -
Ai . ' MM .MM A MO .AMUhlM I'n.lnlnlii n r. lm.AM.il..
j.mTO ouvceido weuiu ineuu me continuation
, chaos and devastating unrest.
tyta-i v. Americans as a whole arc net disposed Ie
Vh'4aW bIHaa Trlth nnr nf the thrAA fnAtfanci
f 'trugclInK for mastery in the vast and dls-
ij v vapted republie. Ueneral Wu is held te rep-
nTr resent tee necrai but tureuient elements of
the Seuth. Chang, of Manchurlan origin,
Sfi--f -vhMtpparently exemplifying a militarist r''-
of . I f 'rc'u'nc8S' The Government at Pekin
In tr? m .flnds Its bulwark mainly in foreign prestige.
Is tbltjL ', ,iJ1ner shades of distinction arc bcarccly dls dls
ie'emrjf. ceralble from this distance.
fives Wj Hepe, for China and for the preservation
laws,1!.! mt u l'ntellitlble btatus with rceard tn the
meaAa ikittaMa trnrlrl nfinltACttnnnKI v llnu Iti nvnil.tl.-
.! . ' ,0 Baverujiuaiiuu vi iuu cuautciiug irnut."). jra
h.- j- I--AI - .l. dt.il ,.
AJofltal5ertant treaties made at Washington were
t of lm ?' "getlated with the Pekin Ceveriunent of
a mucwhlje'su. They will be jeopardized by his ever-
"irpw, put Bii muru eu uy uny regime in-
rely establtsbed.
S a national entity, it Is the ml&for-
of China today te be little mere than
re of bpeecb.
PRECAUTION PAYS
i flartggJ'BLOCK of steel with the ashes of a
auc ; man's body In it Is said te be burled in
J!iifartnrT7& et a steel company's plant in this
iaiaTAl- The man fcl1 lnt0 thc "10"fn metal
S the tSi.ffii" working about the furnace and, of
. ui;a, was killed lustantly.
i 7$ was such accidents as this that led
rflSA4)e persons te demand laws requiring
AKtfttN e of safety devices in foundries, fc-
rfpiarle. and mills.
'4,ffiiJTv.'ClUferd B. Connelley, State Cemmls-
irinKtyxSZ M "1 "u'',irj, s utkhik me
i j:uir vuuuuioeiua iu iiruviuu iur un ex-
Ien of wfety appliances that sliall be
ltd in thc city and added te as new
s are invented in order that it may
eenstantly available te all employers
7Seca te prevent, ucciuenis ie ineir em
see. Mr. Connelley has a small exhibit
jviii,, M !- bittrl nr ilie rufflfleln I tiuf I r-nn ,.
iri ri . . ... . .
f t(fi(lolefy in Pittsburgh, of which he is thc
ltMM.- I10 wishes te have an exhibit big
rVvfT.Qttata'te include every known device.
n'XlB im Pi lywuiimiaiHB taiiiuiii;i. n, jj(
iriy nuuiuiir, uui ii Buiciy devices lip-
r only te tne Humane instinct they
I net have been adopted widely or ran-
L These devices ure economical, ami,
rtunateiy, eusuiem men are mere Inter
la saving money than in saving lives,
have been accustomed te held that a
Aaesumcd all the risks of bis employ-
1 IU. MU.MUMW U.tie iun 44 IUU t-TI'lll.
when a man Injured at bis work
compensatory dnmngcH the juries
illy found a verdict for a generous
employers have thus been taught
l ui af u uv iimiuereiu,
i',tK Legialatarei .bare been as
M juries, MsT save 9-
prevldlng ways for tellcctlng the money.
The employers have net objected te these
laws, for they have become convinced that
,they provide a way for relieving them of the
assessment of heavy damages by juries
worked upon by eloquent lawyers.
But there Is room for improvement Indi
cated by 'experience. Commissioner Con Cen
neltyy's plun deserves the attention of thc
Fnlr Commission, for it adopted it will
point the way in which improvement should
be made.
THE LIGHT OF THE FIREFLY
MAY BE LIGHT OF THE FUTURE
Research Has Revealed Its Source, and
Invention Will Find a Way te
Commercialize It
EVEM." schoelbov can name n score of
distinguished living men whose namca
will appear In the histories. There tire Per
shing and Wilsen nnd Harding nnd
Hughes nnd Lloyd Geerge and Nerthcllffe
and Clemenccau nnd Fech and .Toffre and
Beatty nnd Orlande and Vivlanl nnd Poin Pein
carc, te mention only n few of them.
But it Is within the bounds of possibility
that the name of the living man who will
be remembered In thc future as thc greatest
benefactor of his kind is new known only
te a limited circle and that he li regarded
as a sort of visionary chop with no sense
for the practical,
lie may be such a man ns Dr. E. New
ton Ilurvey, professor of physiology at
Princeton University, who has recently an
nounced that he has discovered a cold
light.
Pasteur va tin unknown professor of
chemistry when he established thc germ
theory of disease, lie was merely pecking te
discover what was thc cause of the ferment
In beer nnd what it was that killed thc vines
in the French vineyards. He found out and
he also found out n great deal mere. Thc
world ewes mere te what he discovered and
te the development of these discoveries by
ethers than te any ether single event that
happened In the nineteenth century. He
affected both Industry and health. He
reduced the mortality In maternity hospitals ;
he robbed typhoid fever and diphtheria and
yellow fever of their terrors. He built the
Panama Cnnnl, and made it possible for
Northerners te live in the tropics. .Ml this
Is true because if It hnd net been for his
discoveries these things would net have
happened.
Before Pasteur there was Jeseph
Priestley, who isolated oxygen gas and laid
down thc foundation for all thc discoveries
that have grown out of it. Modern chemis
try really dates from Priestley, nnd thc
searching into the mysteries of nature from
which be lifted one corner of the veil is
continuing in scores of laboratories te this
day.
After Pasteur there has come Madame
Curie with her discovery of radium, which
has revolutionized thc theories about the
constitution of inntter. Thc Nebel prizes In
chemistry nnd physics nre glen every year
te men who have added te the store of
knowledge, nnd the Franklin Institute, of
this city, nwards medals annually te men
of science for their achievements in finding
out something which was net known before.
The btccl mills have their chemists now
adays, who analyze thc ere nnd add te U the
substances needed te preduce steel of the
desired quality. The du Pent Company in
Wilmington has a large research laboratory
in charge of an expert chemist continually
engaged In experiment with the raw ma
terials used In the manufacturing plant and
seeking out new uses for waste matcriuls.
Thc United Gas Improvement Company has
a staff of scientific experts studying light
ing problems. And thc colleges and uni
versities with research departments support
professors who urc engaged in seeking out
bidden knowledge, thc discovery of which
may some day be of great practical value,
just ns Dr. Harvey, of Princeton, has been
busying himself with un attempt te find out
hew the lightning bugs make their light and
te reproduce it. He lias found out and he
has reproduced It. New it remains te find
a way te repreducu In synthetically, ns
synthetic camphor and sjnthetlu vanilla
flavorings arc made, and te de It en a com
mercial scale.
Fortunately, these men are free te make
their Investigations without such hindrances
as Galilee encountered when be announced
that the world revolved around thc bun.
Little theological odium attaches te the pro pre pro
peunder et a new theory nowadays, al
though when Darwin announced his theory
of evolution he was denounced by nil the
orthodox. He Is still denounced by men who
have net Intellectually progressed beyond
medievalism.
Fer the most part, the right of men te
seek out the processes of nnttire is admit
ted. It is no mere sacrilegious te inquire
into th origin of man than te seek out thc
origin of the gle"- of the lightning bug. We
measure the stars without fear that thc
heavens will fall in punishment of our au
dacity, and we analyze the light of the sun
with as little fear as we study the candle
power of a gas lamp.
Our whele educational system is dewitwl
te arousing the curiosity of jeuth in the
hop? that its gratification will rcsrilt In the
discovery of things new unknown about the
processes of nature that can be utilized for
the benefit of humanity. Ne matter hew
lifeless a new fact muy bccm when it is dis
covered, it may have great alue when put
along with certain ether facts newly dicev.
ered.
The physicists could make toy electric
meters long before electricity was put in
commercial uses. The college graduates of
thirty-five years age saw such toys in the
physical laboratories and they had net been
out of college five years befere they were
riding in electric cars.
Seme boy feeling with a wireless telegraph
plant may even new be en the eve of a dis
covery which will make the wireless tele
phone se simple und se cheap that the most
remote farmer In the country may be able
te talk with his neighbors und the vlllage
store as easily as thc people In the towns
new talk ever the telephone with wires.
Research is the most profitable work en
which men are new cugaged. Its results are
patent en every bnnd.
WOMEN'S DIVIDED WORLD
ONE of the purposes of Lady Nancy
Aster's visit te the United States Ja the
encouragement of a mere general femlninn
Interebt in the Women's Trudu Union
League and thu causes it represents. Ladv
Aster la eae oftheso who seek te bring the
wmm .Hmmm aa I suae, aau me w w. w iue icmiutut weria tiieush the cxncr.-iii..lall IIhk.1,. ........
')Bm&WQM82&wt&Y..i.rti. . , -. .vauJL',A:i ., , rQ
wealth and '
their less
ff.ii..it.fi. ti.efAi-.. itii trmef Inhnr tn I.VO.
As a result of the shocks nndiuphcnvals
of war, many of the barriers that divided the
rich women of Eurepe from the peer were
toppled ever. Thcre is new' In England n
highly organized and very successful move
ment te inuku women of leisure nnd in
fluence better awnre of their responsibilities
Ie women who have been caught at n dis
advantage amid unfavering social and eco
nomic conditions. It represents an Intel
lectual and spiritual rather than n social
reaction.
In giving such aid ns she can te the
Women's Trade Union League, Lady Aster
becks te quicken nnd strengthen an organi
zation that has worked bravely nnd intel
ligently, largely with the assistance of well-to-de
women, te make life safer and hap
pier for women and children in Industry.
THE CITY'S NAME AT STAKE
THE proposed employment of thc right of
eminent domain te cnnble thc city of
Philadelphia te house the Jehnsen pictures
in thc Municipal Art Gallery raises a point
in ethics which should net be confused with
the original arguments concerning the dis
position of the collection.
While It is undeniable that many citizen
nre Inclined te favor the housing of the
paiiitlnss In the pretentious structure new
building ut Falrmeunt, there is an increas
ing tendency te' question the suggested ex
pedient et widening Nnudaln street in order
te wreck the late residence of Mr. Jehnsen
and necessitate thc removal of his nrt works
elsewhere.
The program as embodied in the ordi
nance introduced In Council en March 'J2
smacks decidedly of unscrupul6us Ingenuity.
That It Is tantamount te n violation of the
municipality's pledge te "permanently com
ply with the previsions of thc will
as modified by codicil nnd te de
ever thing en its part te be done te con
form therewith" is forcibly pointed out by
Gcerge W. Nerrls in an open letter ad
dressed te Mner Moere and the city legis
lators. Other prominent Phllndelplilnns, nmeng
whom there nre possibly advocates of the
Municipal Gallery plan, providing it can be
honestly executed, have expressed similar
sentiments.
It is perhaps te pe regretted that Mr.
Jehnsen desired the collection te be retained
in his ewii home, but te no testator of sound
mind docs thc luw deny indulgence in per
sonal predilections.
The will of Jehn G. Jehnsen, which thc
city was free te contest, bns been validated
by unanimous judgment In the Orphans'
Court. Council has net directed the City
Solicitor te take any further appeal. Search
for relief through litigation is abandoned.
Whnt fellows is n shady attempt te distort
thc right of eminent domain into warranty
for nn infraction of contract.
Mr. Jnhnen's felly or wisdom Is no
longer nn Issue. Whnt is new a matter of
public concern Is thc geed name of thc mu
nicipality, which is far from being en
hanced by threatened procedure nt once
brutal nnd tricky.
Nothing In Mr. Jehnsen's will, peculiar
though it be, i.s dishonest; nothing in that
mooted document Is se arbitrary as te jus
tify deliberate vlolntlen of solemn pledges.
UNIMPEACHABLE PRECEPTS
LABELED weeks of fermall.ed slgnlli slgnlli
catii'e are pyramided nowadays. A
seven-day period emphasizing the worth nnd
appeal of music is currently superimposed
upon Clinn-up Week with Dr. Furbush
as fiigclmtin and official promoter. Or per
haps the order of priority should be re
crbcd. On this point It Is discreet net te
press debate.
In any event, the campaign te instill In
stincts of tidiness in the public and te in
culcate sanitary and hygienic social habits
is well worth prosecuting, even though the
btundurds proposed ure precisely similar te
tlioe long reiterated.
Dr. Furbush calls for intensive house,
cleaning, ruthless, InquisltUe, compre
hensive; for an annihilating offensive against
iiibblsh and accumulated Hash; for the ex
termination of 11 y nn.il niu-qulte breeding
placcb; for soup und water and the udmls udmls
blen of fresh air and btinligut, 'nature's
best germicide," into the home.
These precepts urc all Unimpeachable.
But it will net suffice te observe them merely
n-, n response te organized campaigning or
the slogans of set seasons. Clean-up Week
admonitions ure wilid throughout the calen
dar. MR. GOMPERS OBJECTS
W.S there ever revealed anywhere iu this
dizzy world a icversal of positions se
strange ns that which is suggested by Sam
uel Gempcrs' newest blnst against American
recognition of thc Russian Soviet Govern
ment? It is obvious that the diplomatic and
financial interests of the larger part of
Europe have reached or are reaching an
agreement favorable te co-operation be
tween Moscow and the eldiT Governments
en something like eon term", and that the
ultra-conservatives uie actuallj in it mood
te accept belshcvism of a cuiefully tem
pered bert Inte the scheme of Old World
diplomacy. Seme bankers and some states
men In the United States ate similarly
minded.
Thus Mr. Gompers appears the conserv
ative of the hour, while the. lenscrvuthrri of
a few j curs age, te whom the Soviets were
nn abomination, beem touched with "radi
calism!" The president of thc Federation of Lnher,
lifting n eicc of thunder in the diplomatic
rtildcrness, wants nothing of thc Soviets at
any price or for any purpose. He would
net deal with them. He would net rccog rcceg
nUe them. He would light and isolate them
until they are no mere, sajlng that any one
who docs otherwise will surely hetruy civili
zation. It is clear that Mr. Gompers views Rus
sia and its present system of geernment In
u light unfamiliar te the ordinary diplomatic
agunt. What would be the effect of Soviet
recognition upon I he tiadi-s unions ut
America and England? What sort of re
newed Inspiration would such recognition
provide for the beiers from within the
Communists nnd the true radicals who have
been trying te steal the whole labor organi
zation of the United States for their own
ends? Whnt would men like Fester be able
Ie de if they could direct the attention of
labor generally te n diplomatic triumph of
what is still supposed te be a dictatorship
of thc proletariat?
Thete questions nre uppermost in the
mind of Mr. Gompers.- Nuturally, he hutes
the eompulbery labor sjstem of Russia. lie
knows that all freedom of action vanished
under Lcnlne and thut the workers must
tnke whut the state gives them. The
American nnd British radical ought te
knew that the advent of Communism was it
disaster of Immeasurable proportions te
labor in Russia and te the peer. But they
stilt dream of a communistic btate and of
cemmunUed industry. They de thin largely
because, though the proletariat get II 1 1 Il out
of Its dictatorship in Russiu, th(! plutocrats
get less. Fer the agitator of Mr. Fester's
tpe there Is consolation Iu that thought.
The Russlnn Communists FnUed prlvute
property, xuiii wuu always endear tJieiu te
me prepiicis or irjcniian. elsewhere, even
I I . I I A
REMARKABLE AOE RECORDS
The Brazilian Who Lived 128 Years
and Had 188 Descendants An
Englishwoman of 133 Who Had
a Daughter of 109 Years
By GEORGE NOX McCAIN
THE announcement lest week that the
eldest woman in Philadelphia hndcelo hndcele
bratcd the 103d anniversary of her birth
wns unusual but net remarkable.
There are n number of old folks in this
reuntry. who nre much elder, though the
fame of their longevity is largely local. r
Seme years age what is believed te have
been the eldest man ever known in the
United States died at ene of the missions In
California. He was un Indian known ns
"Old Gabriel," nnd his reputed age was
185 years.
I have recently looked up the necrology of
aged persons In connection with u stntcment
by a local life iusurnnce expert that "the
nveragc of human llfe is growing longer. .
If the following records carry weight It
would seem thnt these whose lives extend te
any considerable length beyond the century
point are net nearly se numerous new ns
they were 100 years age.
Practically the whele of Eurepe was cov
ered by the necrolegist of thc Town and
Country Magazine of Londen, 1771-1774.
In its issue of April, 177-!, occur the fol
lowing under thc head of deaths:
MAY 25, 1771. Jasper Jenkins, Esq., age
100, at Endfleld, formerly a merchant
at Liverpool.
May 'SI. Frederick 'Glllcmaud. Esq., for
merly n captain of u Russian man of war,
nged OS, In Piccadilly.
iJune 17. Mr. Jehn Wignn, aged 02, en
Epsom Downs, one of the eldest jockeys In
this Kingdom.
June ill. Mrs. Keith, nt Ncwnhnm, in
Gleucestershire, nged 133, who retained her
souses till within n fortnight before her
death; she has left (1000 pound te br three
daughters, the youngest of whom Is 10!)
years of age; she has likewise left behind her
about seventy grandchildren and great
grandchildren. Then fellow iu succession these deaths:
Mr. Firth, aged ft", late physician nt
Whcatley. near Halifax, Yorksnlre.
Mary Metcalf, aged 103, near Backwerk,
Northumberland.
Mrs. Tate, aged 100, at Malten, In York
shire. PARTICULAR uttcntien was paid by the
. editors of the Genernl Magnzlne and of
Town and Country Magazine te the death
net only of extremely old persons, but te the
demise of noted, unusual and titled individ
uals. Thus:
Pcrrmnn, Esq., at his sent at Hert Hert
eordshire, well known in his skill in horse
racing and cock fighting, by which he
nmassed upward of 1000 pounds per annum,
besides a great sum of money, the bulk of
which, after paying some legncies, he has
left te n relation, a youth about nine years
of age.
June 1. Mr. Morgan, nt Retherhithc.
formerly purser of u man of war, recorded
te have died worth 30.000 pounds, but was
se penurious he would net keep any bcrv
nuts. At his home in Tulley street, Seuthwnrk,
Mr. Brech, an eminent apothecary and man
midwife.
April 4, 1774. Oliver Goldsmith, M. D.,
a gentleman highly celebrated for his literary
productions, nt bis chambers in the Temple,
October 21, 1771. Dr. Smellct, nt Leg
horn, after a long nnd painful illness, which
he bore with great fortitude nrtd resignation;
the character this gentleman held in the re
public of letters has rendered It unnecessary
te expatiate here upon Ills merits and abili
ties, nnd we lenrn that some works he had
intrusted with a literary ffiend would prob preb
ably add te his reputation as a writer.
The above referred te the famous novelist
and playwright, Dr. Tobias G. Smeliet.
His biographers arc nt variance with the
shove date of his death, placing it en No
vember 17.
THE death column of Town und Country
Mngazlnc for November, 1771, notes the
famous dead :
Solemon Emnnual. a Jew, native of the
Marqulsatc of Moravia, nged 100 years and
8 months, at The Hague, October 13.
The following are taken from various Is
sues of the two magazines named between
1774 atid the close of 1770:
Mrs. Rachel Minis, nged 107. at St. Al
bans?, who never hud a lit of illness in her
life.
At Shissnall, aged 123. Mary Yates. She
married n third husband ut 02 and was
hearty and strong at 120 years.
At Wcstherpc, near Southwell, in North Nerth North
nnipteiibhiio, Mrs. Dorethy Clarke, aged 112
years; nt thc iige of 102 she sheared wheat
a whole day against a man und performed
her work with ease.
THREE of thc most remarkable in this
unusual record of longevity arc these :
-t Kill-James, near Themas-Town, in
Ireland, Mary Jacksen, aged 127 years; she
retained her senses te the last.
At Tluncrsne, in the County of Clare, In
Ireland, Mr. David Bran, aged 117.
January, 1770. At Slara, In Brazil, ene
Andrew Vltlul nged 124. He enjoyed the use
of his memory and his senses te the dnv of
his death. In the year 1772 he was Chief
Magistrate of the city, and notwithstanding
his great age, he performed the office of
judge te the entire satisfaction of every one.
He was father of thirty sons and five daugh
ters, of whom sprang thirty-three children,
fifty-two grandchildren, forty-two great
grandchildren and twenty -six descendants of
'icse Inst, all of which formed a pecterity
..f 1S8 persons, of whom 110 were living In
1773. They lived in ene and thc same house
with thc respectable head of the family.
HERE are some oddities from these nc nc nc
croleglcal studies :
At Northampton. .Mr. Jehn Leach, in the
100th year of his age; lie retained hiH mem
ory te the last hour of his life and could sec
te lead and write without spectacles.
At Wedlboreugh. in Iiclund, Mary Cecn,
aged 1I2 yours.
At Kensington Palace, Ladv Burgevne,
wife te General Burgoyne, iu North ..liier
ica. .U Woodferd, In Essex, James Gibsen,
aged R3, feimcrly enn of the. foremost
brandy merchants in Londen, having paid
i In the course of forty yenrs 2,000,000 pounds
te thc Government. In the early part of life
he was taken by pirates nt sea, from whom
he escaped te nn uninhabited islnnd, where
he lived alone four years subsisting upon ilic
fowls he found there.
Aged hi, Mr. Jehn Harrison, inventor
nnd niukcr of the timepiece for ascertaining
thc longitude at sea.
THE year 177(1 records the following;
M Hammersmith, Miss Margaret and
Judith Hedges, twin sisters and maidens
who died within u few minutes of each oilier
In Lincoln s Inn Holds, Mr. Natbanlal
Cnrdcn, aged 00; bcrvant of the Duke of
Marlborough In his lust campaign In Flanders-.
In Oxford street, Mr. Wells Reslanc, de
signer; and en the third day ufter his wife
who refused all subtcnunce nfter her hus
band's death until she expired.
aU Dumfries, in Scotland, Mrs. Kennedy
in the 110th year of her age. '
Here are Iwo lather curious netlcrn:
In New man btrict, Oxford Read, Mrs.
Mnddex, a maiden gcntlnwemaii of a 'gentce'l
fortune.
At Edmonton, Mrs. Dorcas Sjycr, a
muldeu ludy of fortune, aged SI.
ONE of the most interesting btntUticul
facts In connection with this matter of
longevity i.s tnken from one of these ninga
zincs concerning the death mte In Londen
140 yeurs age. viz., In 17711.
It is culled "A general hill of all christen
lugs nnd burials from December 12, 1775.
te December 10. 1770."
Of these who died out of a total of 19,048
in Londen In that year, 000 were between
70 nnd 80 years of age: 807 were between
f0 and 00 years; fifty were between 00 and
100, und nine ever 100. Of thobe latter two
hnd reached the ugc of 100 and two .ethers
101.
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NOW MY IDEA IS THIS!
Daily Talks With Thinking Philadelphia en Subjects They
Knew Best
ROLLO F. MAITLAND
On the Value of Municipal Organs
THE value of a municipal organ te the
general culture of a city Is very great,
according te Rolle F. Maltlnnd, one of Phil
adelphia's lending organists, both as com
poser nnd performer.
"The principal feature of a municipal
organ," said Mr. Mnitland, "is that it gives
thousands of persons In a city an opportunity
for relaxation and affords them great pleas
ure. In this wny it docs what music in nny
form docs in that It uplifts and in a measure
inspires thc hearers,
"But there are certain problems about a
munlcipa1 organ which have net been satis
factorily solved in many cities. In thc
first place, much depends upon the person
ality and the ability of thc organist, for he
Can de much toward the biiccess of the work
he has in band.
A Matter of Growth
"The popularity of a municipal organ is
somewhat u mutter of growth. People as a
rule have net an innate appreciation of the
possibilities of n great organ purely as a
musical instrument. In this respect it has
net yet thc status of the violin, the cello or
of that unlversn' instrument, thc plutie. But
it is one of the gi cutest of musical instru
ments notwithstanding, although thc experi
ence of ether cities has shown that u little
time is necessary te bring this home te thc
people us a whole. It seems te me that thc
opportunity for development along this Hue
is very great, with a consequent gain te the
whole art of music.
"Several important cities of the United
States have municipal organs. In Portland,
Me., the development which 1 have men
tioned Is working out In splendid sty'e, und
in Deliver, Cel., also. Springfield, Muss., is
following along the same lines with excellent
results. Tim experience in all these cities
has been that, us the public is net accus
tomed te ergun music en thc purely instru
mental and' musical basis, a little time is
needed te convince them just what organ
playing means in this respect.
"Ne really important musical movement
con ever be successfully accomplished in u
hurry. It took Philadelphia almost twenty
years te awaken te the fact that thc city had
one of the most wonder it Instruments in thc
world in the Philadelphia Orchestra, und
the experience of these cities having munici
pal organs has been somewhat the same,
except In u lesser degree. Of course, the
work done by the Philadelphia Orchestra
would help te a mero epcedy appreciation of
n great organ.
Organ Often Regarded Wrongly
"Thc organ has been tee long regarded
purely as u stiff and nwkwurd church Instru
ment, and largely for this reason people have
net awakened te Its many advantages as a
muslcu' instrument.
"It is my opinion thut nt first concerts en
a municipal organ should net be given tee
frequently. The position of municipal
organist should, of course, be u permanent
position, but nevei thelesb I de net believe
that It Is wise te confine nil the concerts te
one person us organist. This plan of having
ether organists play has been udepted at
Sprliigflcld, Masf., and is working out very
ivel', as it gives ths public un opportunity te
near visiting artists and local performers of
reputation.
"At thc same time, I recognize the fact
that the person holding the position of
municipal organist Is far mero apt te (te the
ergn" f"U justice than a visiting artist. The
organ is an instrument of cxtrcmely complex
mechanism, and It Is only te be expected that
thc man who is playing en it every ilny will
de m-itcr limn n stranger wue pernnps sees
I he instrument for only n short time bofero
he performs upon it pub'icly.
Hew It Aids, City
"A fine municipal organ can dp for a city
what a symphony orchestra can de for it,
nnd perhaps In nn even larger way, as the
number of concerts can be greater after it
is demonstrated thnt the people, want them
and appreciate them, and after the organ has
achieved a reputation un n fine Instrument
every grout organist in the world will will.
Ingly play If he happens at any time te
be near thnt city,
"The organ cannot imitate nn orchestra,
but It can render very acceptably an immense
number of the great composition i.lf,,.i i...
n n orchestra, besides which ther. i. a.
entire organ literature, a very voluminous
I I. a.. ..., I ....a unAn n.Vl.ir a .""""
und beautiful one, upon which t,e draw."
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Mr'A I I
has a great deal te de with thc success of a
municipal organ. What is commonly known
as the 'classics' for organ are much mero
involved as compositions than nre the classics
for the orchestra, although they are probably
less emotional in the mere bevcre class of
organ compositions than they nre In the
same c'nss for orchestra. Of course, there
are exceptions te this. The ergnn music of
Bach, which, according te the common im
pression, is very dry, has in reality n vast
amount of emotional content, especially in
such works, ns the G miner fugue or thc
passacaglla in C miner, which Mr. Stokewski
orchestrated nnd played this season. This
impression that the organ music of Bach is
dry Is largely due te a school of organ
playing which is intensely academic. For
tunately, this Btyic of pleying is new disap
pearing, and Its place is being taken by
organists who understand und urc able te
communlcate te their hearers the real emo
tional beauty of this great master.
Plate of Lighter Works
"A municipal organist should be a mail of
bread musical culture and of bread general
sympathies, n man uble te appreciate all
hcre is in human llfe nnd uble te get his
hearers en rapport with him. He also must
",et P, .fraia te condescend te play some of
the lighter music. By this I de "net mean
the cheap popular music of the dav, but
there .is un immense quantity of compositions
net regarded as c'nsslcs which have nn
unquestioned place en organ programs by
reason of their appeal te a general audience.
This applies both te original organ music
und te that adapted from ether sources.
"The principal function of Kuch concerts
is te give pleasure, und therefore the pro pre
grams must appeal te general audiences.
1 his can be done without descending te the
popular music of the day.
h-. "JiffiJi01 fPlicvt' J.mt ! llcse concerts should
2L." .y fr.i- '0Ill .never "PPrcrlate
what .is given them for nothing and I think
hat n small fee sheu d b0 charged. 'Music
Is net like many of the ether professions, it
is an art of the spiritual, l)( whlle the
musician certainly deserves fjr eempensn-
,!?lf Vtk d(l"0' Hiu,il I Imrdly te be
expected that the people, especially the
nrtttrthet"11 lVU1 l" "'
"Here is an opportunity for the phjlnn-
hrepln te work together with the ns Ian.
In ether professions the lmi .....,.i,... ...... '
maud the highest payment. But music Is
net en this pfiine, cspeein ly such cas0' as
these of municipal organ concert, if i
What De Yeu Kn
QUIZ
1. Whnt Is tlin laig.-Ht prlvalclv owned t,
sengcr at.ara-l.lp under thc Amerl'can
.' Ir.vl,B'1 pn"iO" did Galll-o'lUe"
3. What Is the Irish name for ?QuMn-iaw-
4. When vyere table forks tlrst us-?.- n?
6. What Stala Includes much of ,h'7 r
,of u,V,f?rn,'.r lm""" Tr?lte v" arca
(I. When did Gladstene die' "lle,J
7. What two American I'resldnn .
elected by the Heuse TtfZ".
8. Where Is the Aral Sea'
9. Dlstlnaul.1. between, rebellion ami rcvo rcve
10. What color Iu beige?
Answers te Yesterday'e Qui
1. The first mint In what Is new ii,. tt .. ,
States was cstabllsn'eTC V&Efff
ft Ml,,. .,l.....l ..0 .1
a..; imuiui ui i no Werd lriJy It, i
The Basque people.' live In NeniuS-., i. ,
near nnd In Bilbao ai d In !?", ?',"
The Palladium wus the I nei' , ,
en which the safe y of iftei f.'.n"113
whh hclil in ,i,;.,.,ri 0f,. ""Cleat Tlev
also come te mean sifeBullum lms
Sir I.urlus O'TilBKer Is ,. ..
BheiMa,,', comedy, VlVte,'0?. '
The plHnet Ma lwT&.h
uncc. " u'"'llsh appear.
Constant Tioye.n wH ,.., .
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shut out from such concerts the very people
who love it the best. A fee t.l.,,,u ' be
charged, but it should also he with n tl ie
reach of every person who wants te attend."
I What De Yeu Kneiv? I
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Miss May, bless her heart, cams tal
smiling.
China Is having a little Clean-up Wertl
ei ner own.
The housewlfe who sweeps while the
pnonegrupn piays uoueiy ce eDratcs.
Well, hew much interest have jeul
flreilmtllAtA.l nn vnu. .lni.llwt.fr .A.!.-". I
"- ... ,. tfWM. UUjMJIUl OlAtll,i
There are Congressmen who concede tbtl
uuuu in uenus, put insist it is a soupbene.
- t.Rai1! fans' w.e "'""misc. get their nwi
u. uuiiumj, eic., ey tuning up te a crlmel
; ,
The rising of Dr. Sun at this time wall
perhaps by way of celebrating dayllghtl
Chicago tenants are fighting rents bv
using tents. If the practice becomes general
canvas is bound te go up. amn-i
Tf ...,. iIa-..
.....aa i uu , f"lv,Bens nre correct, the
sugar ebby in Washington has its own way
of takinc rxin.lv rmm .,... "'
...... .ui u niu
Speaking of Bundle Day. did it evrl
PcrllllllH hft An .1.. T. ,
aa,.. --. ...uavii me mission u'll-l
ft" i"Skl fe? Sold was bccauJ
-i nu.i) nun urass enough,
Phiii'Vr.,"' ' ? domination !
inei-..., ".. "'. '"."" .he. would have l
... .. i- i-uum uiKe u 1'ckiii.
.ir- G,JmP"s had his way there'd be I
-" " "i-i-a III Ittlbf-lu,
who K--w.V.t.B.!,f.f'ra herelD.
cnll i.-V'v:r. 1a"" "V"" """: may new
. """' -nc little shrimp!
the S8inntcr rh.f- ma 1inc!,et W "
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result etWwXU"
WilJs'-Bam' thhLJehf J; McDcvItt, et
..JI.IL'I. Kill. Mil Cf i. . ..... .. '"" ---
"" " "" "'" -or publicity.
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-"' loe goon for it.
it wIsTtHv?elverf ,0.Le,,,0!ll,e as whelhB
Tat-en v 1 rr1inn i. " lUe Delaware H
biicker.' ' " ,l wah rc"- nn all-dij
beau ,, U e1 hn?f ",0 I"ct" f h1
Cell fii U i ? icSnii 7 ,alf' und WIr 'I
Ea! . "'". wn,n.!"t knew' if tlat uakeilfll
, ' "hl. . ..e'!.''. .Pcrhun,, net. Det.
'""" """ scc-ius te he t-ulf love.
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matorlil'ur'el
quip. --"'"" "usm ie ue geed foreni
Men arc the w;ckcr , hex, toys 11
. . Free speech nnd a free nress are t
ESMM?lc!,bi frf? pwpi? na
, ....,...., ...i.iuwmn mese rights iron. r
immature: which u w,v n n.n..i,in nk
movies, whether It be desirable or undenI
.. ii.u-i ue ceiismercq from an entirely "
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withiA .. -,,i ?.ms .or wu&j:
AkIa
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heme of (lie bishop who sold last week tktf
If obey weic left out of the marri
M-rvIce 'alimony" ought te bb left out of
uivei'ic law.
for a knl
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f5.ft.?n,lthoed nnd an earldom and
JVA,i?Jen.l.a "t he'll he conked w(
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