' ...7." V - afar .. iYEiSl.NU PUBLIC LEDUEK- 1'HlLADELJHiA, ii'liliTAY, MAY 12, lte! KTjT u " " tft' J E. IT-t J . u 14 if I I. i u Btl II K retting public Ve5eer fOaLIC LEDGER C05IPANY M C. Martin, Vice Trenlilfnt and Trmurf: 'te..A' TyUr!. Secretary: CharIM M. taidlne. Philip H. Ceillnt. Jehn n. William. Jehn J. n, Oeerss K. Goldsmith, David E. Smllc-v. ;nr. MVtD E. HMtMIT Tviiini. '..T'V-.JrtlHsl' s Ifintt ...... .. r -- f s. m v i i.t . . . , urnc ra i iiminrFii -ianagrr I .WWT:8ubllhd dallv at Prntm t.rtwu-i n.iii.ii.- Lk'I ,. ' InUepcntUncS Serjarc, l'hllailclphU. ra".(tATU!iTI11 Clrt rrc-Piilei liulUlns ar.ey" LVtw Vmv iui tt.ii .. ...T tL?.4 V. mvnn ' .-.i.iiii.u.1 ftve, t. lems.... . .Cl.-t C?7nS.niiAsYif TlulMlna. S v CBI0400 1302 Trilm) Building Av ' NEWS liUHEAUS: ijl ' niniiMiva UIIU1, ,i , .. J, i;. ter. rer.nsj.vania Ave. and I4t:i St. ,t - ,' tnw yena- none vc The Hut Hulldlns 4 i, lAMBO.t Bveeac Trafalgar Oulldlnr ft HtinsrmtiTtnv tphmc S' The CrtNlN'ei PfBttct Lrrxirn Is tervM te iub- ' ,? it, Mribem in i'iiiudipi in and nurreunine town 1-VtV ma mi or tvcive cr.-i cntn dot xrtt:.. tay.i.b;e I t'rS .tlth carrier. jVKr-f . or man ie reinta out de of rhi ado d'.iIa te 'viff lh tlnltfd Mates. Calikdi. nf sTnlt-d IHaten re- aalen, iwitute fr flitj- (SO) c-nts tr month. .JnX (101 dollar i-er IMr, pm al-'e in advan". V-.S- V " r"lTi ceuntrl.' en -$1) delUr a ment'1. KyJQ Mint give old as M , 'fw addrs. KJM SB tH A W....- ...... ,-.-r- ...... .... If fj r i ga" WM fyAttdrcas till coritif)ffce'o)i7 te fivenh a Publ's I Member of the Associated Press ' THE ASSOCIATED PRESS s txcUf'.vlu V. nf(a le fic uj for republication of n't nrii.3 tltpatchta credited te ,t or net ethrnrl rrrdiffd IMa paper, and also the lecat neics published thtrfin. All rights of retubUeetlen of a.ec'.al iflsrafek htrtin ara also rettrvtd. rhii.dtiphi:. itiiiy. Mj.' !- i'- MOTORS AND THE PARK 1I7IIK.V. follewinc the rei-cnt deoii-leii by VV Judge Fergusen, the Fairniuiint I'ark j Commission nbregnted u -erles of spe.Mnl rulfngi which It had formulated as a cede te regulate meter traffic, it abrogated llttb ! thai it cannot get along without. The Coiuiuisxlen may still shut eenimer- j dal traffii' out of the Park. It may close . te automobiles- such drhe and reads a Mem unsultablt' for meter traffic. Wlifii it i is paid that tin- law cetrning tl.e use of seneral hlghwajs nn i app'y al"-e lu the j Park a wrong Interpretation Is gicn both te Judge Fergusen's decMen and the Moter Vehicle Act. In that act It i1- 'lcarly stated that officials in clmrge of public parks may .make such special rules as seem necessary te the character and purpose of sueh places. The guards In Fuivmeunt l'ark have been rigidly enforcing spcial rules that relate te lights, smoking meters and "parking." And It Is significant that active opposition te the I'ark OunmNieirs i-ode began enl after it had been applied lth unnecessnn strictness. Judge Fergusen de ided that tiie tiieery of meter regulation applied under the Stat" law must apply wherever meter traffic is permitted. Thus the I'ark authorities arc without power te make' p,clal restrictions relative te the uc of driving lights or smok ing engine. Ner. apparently, can they prohibit the sort of pnrklng that does net interfere with traffic or general safety. In justice te the Park Commission, It is necessary te admit that its special meter cede operated normally for the safety and comfort of meter drhers themselves and in the interest of th multitudes who go te Falrmeuiit for re-t. recreation and fresh nlr. One o"r-eil',d or poorly adjusted au au au tomebilo engine can make metering un pleasant for thousands of people caught in slew-moving traffic P.ut since such uoters nre permitted te operate under thn State law they mnuet be shut out of tire Park. Ve shall see hev their odors mis with the scents of the .-hrubbery and flowers which the gardeners cultivate with extraordinary ' care and at hcavj expense. One of the objections jiiadi" by Park engineers is that the gas from defective meters is ruinous te shrubbery and even tree. It must seem. therefore, that smoking machines were wisely banned in Fairmount. even if the) have the law en their side. These who hae ben criticizing the Com mission ought te leek te the Park itself, its reuda nnd Its general atmosphere, for thei answer. It ii perhaps the most beautiful and, peaceful place of its kind In the world and it is at the same time the clcantst. Nowhere else in this part of the country 1 metering se pleasant and .-.afe. WHITMAN'S HOUSE THE special committee of the Cumden City Council . which has been appointed He "make a shrine" of the little house en Mlckle itreet where Walt Whitman lived and did most of his work, will have no easy time of it. The old Whitman home is a small frame building In the mlddle or" a row that faces the Pennsylvania Kallreail tracks near the Federal street jard. It has been falling vapidly into dee.ij. It uught, e course, tu "fe.be preserved. fIV. --...I,.-.. ..t l,,.1, It n... ...' ..... AU 11.IUCI.. "L ununn ,1 twi '1. in ill lili world the Whitman heu-" suggests all that is geed in modern peetrj. Put it Is hard te we hew it can be moved te one of Camden's paWcs.. And te make a park ubeut it the Camden authorities will have i endemn a considerable amount of' property. Kven tlien the Whitman heue would net have the aspect of a shrine until -nm one found a wny te enable Pennsylvania locomotives t operate without smoke. ARMORED TAXICABS? GOOD uses might he found, after all, ter peme, of the artillery taken from battlc Bhlps discarded by the Gn eminent In ac- '..Avrlfliifui i'ltli fif.t'p.Mitntir.. rii!Wh.? (. ,Vw . VV1H"V" ...... .w. v. v...- ..... .-.....tj ,, .... I r ... t - .i... t i..j..i- ... t ueniercncc ir me i.iuuimiieh ei .irma- racnti The gun-, might be mounted en tuTl r? " rabi for the safety of folk who have te go pjfV about the clt.v at night. ' lianuitry is reviving. .nu tiie jegg- . ,1rl has made her appearance In the news. W'Twe Mich steed en l.anca-ter avenue and 'Svatched their companions rob the occupant PI of a taxi. jr- lenff lime age uie imij invesieij u ir ;t. of money in "bnndlt-chaslng'' moten-iiic sv' Have the detectives run out of cas': LEEWAY FOR BUSINESS F-IVBHH time bus nassed when nnv rreti.itn ji.,('orfttnlatlen of buines was supposed llMttt in iustloe te Peniws it euciii te he tcfMVfim wuivHw uniia'iwiin iiiiii it;ii ruiiiiiii. KJrwaemberea thut the ShnniiH law, the T iJUtyten nvt and lIic Jntcrstat Cemmvre F"- 'A .-.-. . ' " l(, iltiKlrtnl nrzHiil-zntlen. hut te check ulniseu nf K n. --- --- - jlie power that comes with the peel! "Interplay of interests among allied b ng and business il, "groups. ff& !L It stands te reason that the power se at- lVv'tied may 1) used as broadly for geed as swerajr; III. mien by repression and supervl- !!?' vieverniiiriu suugiu ie cnecK untie- fw i " ,ru"l,H ul "'k I'll" "ices, u naturally vAJPlted tnB constructive as well as the dc- MKrtfcive power of the Industrial median- ilwi. , Tliat has. always been apparent. i'Sft?"W'l,r' Hoever, lu an address te the -yfeAMHcan .Alunufacturens Association, sug UX'iiatiad an effort te make the rorulnterv lnuu lMW' flexible. He wants te retain the geed L'SMtf, f ucli laws and eliminate the bad .':, What be baa in mind is a bystem by mwmiiaJ' " tu-uieniuen or rfcllecicy. ThuH hcl Wtm rrVef .tntemta and ' jaauant' would be pesalble feri '&!&M?'A formed In advance of the purpose of tlic movement. The resourcefulness of the old fashioned trust would be used In tlic public Interest. The right of the Government te Interfere and regulate would net be In any way abrogated. The Government would merely have n right te waive Its rights when It might de no In the Interest of the coun try, its people and business generally. Mr. Hoever's address was significant. It indicator the trend of scientific thought In businesses and (Severniiicnti everywhere. Business ought te be big. It ought also te be geed. It has learned much in the Inst twenty years. And it ought te be relieved of unnecessary hobbles). DRIVING FORCE NEEDED TO MAKE VISIONS REAL i There Ha9 Been Toe Much Talk and Toe Little Action In Planning for the Growth of the City ONK of the satisfying outcomes of the Hcsqul-Centcnnlnl Fair will doubtless be the improvement of the banks of the Schuylkill Ulver north of Market street. There eems te be agreement that what adornment of the river banks Is undertaken for the fair shall be permanent and In ac cordance with a general plan for beautify ing the stream. Such structures as arc te be built en the part of the Parkway within the area set apart for the fair are also te be permanent, pe that the money spent In thl way te make the fair grounds attractive will be Invested for the permanent beaut and convenience of the city. The heautlfjinc of the Imnk of the river will be much mere expensive than if plans for that heautillcatleu had been made years age. when the land was cheap and before business structures of an kind had been built or before railroad tra'k- hud been laid. The city has net been wholly indifferent te the necessity of planning for the future. When it was laid out bj William IVnn with a central square nnd Jeur ether .quarcs about equidistant from the .entral one, with u gridiron plan of -treed, a great ad vance was made in clt.v planning. one suffered any inconvenience then because, of what we new call the narrow -erects. They were mere than adequate vr nil traffic for mere than ICO years. Wither Pcnn nor any of his associates expected the i ity te grew te Its present size. The population was only -1500 in 1700 nnd only -ll.Ol'U in INK". Hut In the next bundled jenrs it grew te 1,300,000. Tn the Intervening twenty jenrs the population has Increased by mere rhan OOii.flOO. The necessity of providing for the comfort and convenience of the growing population has received much attention. Fairmount Park has been expanded from its original small area until It Is new one of the largest and most beautiful municipal parks in the world. Penny pack Park, In the northern section of the city, has been acquired. The Iloeevelt and Cobbs Creek Boulevards' have been laid out and opened, and the Parkway, connecting Fairmount Pari; with the heart of the clt.v. Is new In process of development. When public and semi-public structures new planned have been built along It, the Park way will compare favorably v lth the lltieat avenues in ether great citle. But much remains te be done if tLe prob lems of the future are net te become almost insoluble. As the population has been In creased by half a million since 1000. It is morally certain that It will be Increased by at least another half million by 1!M0. The downtown streets are new crowded te their full capacity during tae rush traffic hours In the morning und at night. As the popu lation Increases the small buildings in the center of town will clve way te eight and ten story buildings, which will be crowded with workers of erne kind or another. It is net tee eflrly te begin the serious consideration of providing a way for thee workers te get te nnd from their homes and te provide avenues wide enough te nc.-nm-inedntc the Increasing traffic that will llew into the heart of the clt.v. The Frankford elevated railroad, which will be in operation In November, marks the beginning of nn effort te improve the tniu-.it facilities, but that serves only one section of the city. Other lines providing fast service will have te be built te serve the ether districts. Bui we h.ive net get beyond the talking stage in the opening of diagonal streets across the gridiron of right-angled streets In the elder part of the clt.v. These diago nals nre imperatively needed. And they should be planned with a view te the traffic of fifty years from today, when tiie citj i. likely te have a population of at least 3,000,000. It i sometimes objected that the est of such thoroughfares is prohibitive. I'nder the existing laws the cost would certulnly be burdensome, but If the laws were modified In such a way ii' te permit tin city te con demn a bread strip en each side of the new thoroughfares and te resell such part of the land as is net needed for the readwaj, profit enough would be made te cover nearly if net quite nil the expense of the improvement. This statement Is net based en theory. It has been proved by the experleme of ether cities, where In some instances net only the cost of the improvement has been paid for out of the profits of the resale of the extra land, but a surplus has been left te usrist In the payment of the defirit of ether similar improvements. What Is needed is a comprehensive pi.ui for u clt.v of at least .'i.OOO.tiUU population, for the city will grew te that siZp within the lifetime of u considerable portion of flic present lnhnbitaiitti. There arc sixty rquure miles of unimproved land in the northern part of the (.ii There are hundreds of acres of unoccupied land m Seiitn Pluhi-. delphla, and in the southwestern part or the' city en the western bank of the Schuylkill there are thousands of acre- waring for transit facilities te become as tliidily in habited as tiie meat populous area m We-,-Phlladelphla. Public-spirited tlti.ens jt' .u y,,ri. url already talking of pluns for Unit c.ty IO it will be a hundred years from new. They de net nuns u ioe seen ie c ensiucr ne com fort and convenience of their descendants. The Uussell Sage Foundation has experts at work en the problem. They are facing tlic spread into New Jersey and Connecticut of the population that must he accommodated. We have had city plunnere here, lmt for the most part their plans have never get be. yond the beautifully printed reports. The vision has net been lacking, bur no one. 1ms supplied the driving force te make the Usleu begin te take concrete shnpc. If we could have a comprehensive plan agreed upon nnd work started toward Its execution net later than lOL'O, the city would be able te profit In hundreds of way's by the appreciation of the millions of visitors attracted by the fair, it Is well known that the owners of some of the most successful enterprises in town came here first as vis itors te the Centennial Exhibition. The city nearly doubled In population between 1870 find lhWl, the decade which was marked by that exhibition. History is likely te re pent Itself. A GIANT FROM GERMANY DEDUCTIONS tha4 the age of mammoth passenger liners rjr ached ltd peak in the ax-Deutschlaud, es4Leviatban, new the President ITardinjr, cJmbleted en the eve of' the Imminent arrival te our shores of that White Star ileet queen Majestic. This enormous floating caravansary ex ceeds the Leviathan the name is somehow adhesive about 11500 tens and represents the climax of the German effort te outdistance nil competitors, nnd especially the British) in the merchant marine Held. The Mnjestie, new speeding westward, wns te have been the Bismarck and the giant of the Hamburg-American tlect. British owned nnd manned, she is none the less u product of Teutonic murine engineering nnd Teutonic shlpcraff. Whether either English or American yards will strive, for some years at least, te outmatch her proportions in subsequent floating palaces is uncertain. Prophecies en this line, however, are dangerous. MegalemnrHn is apparently an inextinguishable characteristic of trans Atlantic travel. On ether seas ten or fifteen thousand ten ships arc considered, impressive. The Atlantic Ocean Is a spoiled dnrllng. Its special position, how ever. Is harmless enough If the huge ships, as Is presumable from their abundance, can be made te pay. What quickens the imagination just new Is thnt within eight years after her Urn voyage the tremendous Leviathan has been hurpaxsed. SHIPPING MUST GET AID THE emphasis which the Foreign Trade Convention 'new meeting lu this city has laid upon the necessity for protecting and developing the American merchant marine Is in principle almost identical with the arguments which President Harding and the Executive Administration arc endeavor ing te instill in the somewhat unreVcptlve minds of Congressmen and Senators. William J. Cenlcn, who addressed the meeting yesterday, was explicit in his in in eorsement of the Ship Subsidy Bill nnd the opportunities w hich it provides for increas ing American sea-borne commerce under the (lag. Almest simultaneously Mr. Harding dis cussed the outlook for the measure with members of the Senate nnd Heuse Merchant Marine Committees in Washington and sug gested that the bill should be handled ar. ". party measure. By this means certain reluctant Itepub licans with constituencies remote from the seaboards may be swung into line. The strategy proposed I only superficially of the partisan variety. If party regularity will serve te expedite the shipping measure. Mr. Harding is net nverse te using it In a cause productive of intelligent progress for the entire Natien. Opposition te the bill, which plans for an eventual retirement of the Shipping Beard and u system of iinnnclnl nld for all our for eign commerce carriers of mere than l.'UO gross tens employed en voyages of mere than l.'O miles, is chiefly of the destruc tive. Alternate remedies are net proposed, since it is the prevailing disposition of the recalcitrant te blame the merchant, marine for net being prosperous rather than te analyze und indorse some specific method of assistance. There arc rcarens in regvcttuble abuu abuu dance explaining the embarrassments of ocean trade under the flag. Net the least are the rapidity with which the present great commercial fleet was created, the difficulty of meeting triumphantly and im mediately the strong competition and the powerfully intrenched interests of foreign companies, and the lamentable indifference with which the general public has viewed the mapiificcnt chance te restore and vital ize American maritime prestige. Mr. Cenlcn alluded pertinently te the prevision of the proposed net requiring Government officials te travel en the Na Na teon's own ships and inquired with war ranted indignation why any prodding en this subject was needed. The fact is that many Americans are net yet adjusted te the new order, displaying an abysmal ignorance of the fine new American passenger licet new In service nnd yielding readily te the pertVtly explicable persuasions of feieign organizations which fear the challenge te their former almost exclusive privilege. It would indeed be a most happy condi tion were a revived American merchant ma rine firmly established and in need of no aid. 'ln.it is the ideal which the shipping bill seeks te fester. But the facts today are otherwise. The primary reason why the commercial fieet should be helped is that without rational and deserved encourage ment it may prove u costly futility,. Although spokesmen of the rural districts may demur, the bill is in the interest of economy and is basically intended as a safe guard against the kind of penalties and ob stacles with which the Shipping Beard, with a monumental ta-k en 'its hands, has had te contend. A BREAK IN RUSSIAN LOGIC. IT IS net easy te fellow through the line of reasoning with wlieh.the Soviet dele gates in their reply te tl e Entente register their indignant surprise t the economic isolation of ItusAin, Although new di vorced from association w-ith the European Powers, the I'nited State, is singled out for blame with the1 comment "that it Is diffi cult te believe that only the interests of the ItusMan bondholders and former proprietors of nationalized propertied are being con sidered."' , In his attack Is the implication that, since Americans were net hcivily Invested In Ilussla, the United States must be nursing some dark and covert political reason for its attitude. What ih" heviets seem unable te comprehend is that tiie American Govern ment is contending for a principle, which. I rightly or wrongly, is the si Urged inviela bility et private property, whether of an acre" In extent or hundreds of siuiiic miles. It was principle which the Uiisin Com munists invoked te justify then- attempt te overthrew the economic structure of tlic world. It is net surprising that they should consider opposing views mistaken. That is their privilege. It is also ours. There is something nlmest naive in the assump tion thnt principles are permitted only in Moscow. THE CURE FOR JAZZ MItS. ANNIE S. PECK, of New erk, a visitor at the National Foreign Trade Convention in this city, said that mountain climbing is the surest cure for the t.z habit. Doubtless Mrs, Peck pehe simple trull.. But meuntnins fit te be climbed are far away. And they nre net necessary. Mrs. Peck might hnve put her argument in sim pler terms. She might have said that any sort of hard work is a sure cure for the jazz habit. Fer jazz in its acute form is almost exclusively nn affliction of the idle. The Idlest people are the worst jazzers. If they would expend their energy in farm ing or gardening or at any ether sort of constructive nnd useful labor hnlf the eco nomic troubles! of the country would be solved ever night. Leonid Krassin, Ilueslan Soviet envoy, is said te be negotiating with a New Yerk corpdrutlen for the development of the Baku oil field. Perfectly all rltbt if the New ' Yerk Arm wants te risk Its -own money and docs net expect Unde Ham te, pull its chest uts worn tne nre, - v a "Jn tne political dMieMri My man uwjM AS ONE WOMAN SEES IT. New Voters, 8llghted by Old-Tlmera, View Bag of Political Tricks and Learn 'Seme Startling Lessens By SAKAII I). LOWKIK ft T0 YOF suppose all primary elections -' excite lis much interesl iih this, or is it just because I'm working in politics thnt I feel thnt this is momentous?" u frlcud of mine asked inc yesterday. (I put her question te n seasoned veteran of the machine variety nnd he shook his head with n weary smile. "This here has me were out In my temper before it comes off!--'- was; hin sole comment. The truth is the uncertainty of what te expect is a bit wearing en the "boys" from nil accounts, and the astenlshfnent at what they did net expect is giving the new voters a considerable jolt. In ether words, the machine men are nfraid of n surprise, and the women politicians have bad their sur prise and are staring at a new world with calculating eyes te see hew best it can be adapted for their use. opened before them for the first time, with a personal menace, is astonishing te them, I but net In the least alarming. Te have the I jelly Innles who nntted them nn fh annul. dcrs and invited them in te help nnd asked them what they could de for them alter nately Ignore them or double-cress them, new thnt they show a tendency te think for themselves, does net scare them, does net even discourage them in their quick dlsillu dlsillu slenmentu but turns ihnt wns perhaps an attitude of geed-humored pntronage.en their part into n quietly determined attitude of seeing tne tntng through te a finish. IT WAS perhaps as well that the inevitable ' "showdown" should come sooner rather than Mffer. If, let us say. the women of the , variety that directly after the war were ' culled out by the political powers for politi cal power of n figurehead type had been content te be figureheads for the ascendant boss te decorate his ceremonial nnnlver- , snries with, it would have delnyed things ' nnd rather blurred the clear-cut issue; but ' fortunately these women, chosen for their ' prestige und charm and for their influence , with women as well ns with men, were net figureheads! They had always been leaders in a vastly mere intricate life than even politics can produce, their home lives and their lives in the world, se that when they i were Ignored they were aware' net enlv f their rights but of the way te claim these i rights properly and with dignity and in a , way te held the public attention. Toe late for their own success, the poll pell ticlans who in the name of the State Itcpub llcan Committee chose n candidate for Gov- ' erner without consult)" their women State , officials of the party have rcullzed thnt their technical error Is working havoc with their ' nine blue discipline. The strength of the i machine idea is the giving te each member his due et pew.r. In placing women in nominal positions of power thev forget te . give them at the crucial moment even a ' semeiauce et authority; they really humlll nteil them before all the ether women of the State. Seme of their victims took it quietly, biding their t'me ; some took it angrllv and with personal animus, but, fertun'atelv, there were some who took it for what 'it was, an act of injustice directed against the supposed weakness of the uninitiated, uii injustice as much injuring men as women. rpiIE contention of the vice chairman of L the State Republican Committee, Mrs. Barclay Narburten. that she was net offi cially consulted uhen tl.e candidate that the State t eimnlttee decided te adept ns its candidate for Governer was chosen, and was therefore- net responsible for him." is based en a technicality that no machine (politician from the Governer down te the division boss would care te have ignored where he was concerned. Te the dullest mind ignerin- her official rights 'was net playing the game." The fact that the candidate was n very reason able candidate te hack does net change the issue. lie was chosen "out of order." Vn less the primaries indorse him next we'ek, therefore, he has no right te the name of the committee candidate; le was actuullv chosen as Independently by Republicans 'as was Pine het by his group. But the men choos chees ing him or forcing aim en the committee were or one type net wholly agreeable te many loyal Republicans- the State-contractor type. I'ntll the issue is decided at the pri mnrifs these net faerable te his backers may with a. 1 -oed conscience vote against him, net because (hey dislike or even dis trust him. but becnusc they distrust the men who overrode even tlc common decencies of the r party discipline te.put him under obll ebll obll gatieu te them for his candidacy That is the position that these women leaders have taken who. though efficlallv State t oinmlttrcwemen. are backing the Independent Republican candidate Pinehet The machine broke down in the selection of Alter and slid him in by a trick of u few ",..., "", M'.'.n' i' tl,p 'nmlttccuien "have come along" and some of the coni ceni coni mitteewemen. hut net all of the committee men or women have nrqulesced in the trick, thcissue wuUl,,l? fur t!l ."maries te decide It is a perfectly f.ur stand en their part nnd one which eeii the-e' whom they are inconveniencing and even threatening can understand and in a sense admire even while they use every effort and well-known trick te' circumvent. e WHEN I s..y every well. known trick" I menu, of course, well known te the machine politician, but net nen before In all their glory by the new voters. I will enumerate just a few that have enlivened sem,. of mv political hours of late.' There are vaumis racial bodies m' (hin ruy mat nave aiwa.s neretoterc heen handed ever bodily for a price at the polls because of the ignorance et tl.e voters and the tran sient type of their occupations. The new voters undertook te organize the new voters among these races into groups of independ ent intelligent voters, and te de tills gatli eri'il them under lenders of their own na tionality or nice, with the pleasing result that no sooner wns a gieup organized nnd set ti recruiting than Its leader was bought off and set te canvassing it against any independent thinking or acting. This stealing of groups through leaders i-, se a part of the he .s tactics of the racial sections of the city that it is a lespectublc aim ic-pe-cn'ii uusiiipsj, arrangement te thou, sands or' the, eitlfiiN in the densr, poim peim IiimI part of the town. Their labor J coal no t labor, anil se is the vote. lv ph-h. ing eui a likely and intelligent leader of a political group of women you actually place her in n position where she ran eve'ntuailv sell I. it group for her uWii benefit te the political boss from vthnui veu arc trvlng te wrest the ignorant votes of his division All you accomplish ih te vnlsc the money price of vetys. Thru .a the matter of safeguarding the netiiiil taking of the votes at the pells: I listened for two hours the ether afternoon te u lessen te the women watchers who were pledged te safeguard the polls from trickerv - w far as they should be able. The nieii who spoke enumerated (he tricks that thev must expect and gave advice concerning the ones they had, some of them, alreadv wit nessed at the last election. The mv'steries of tlic"fleailiig ballet," of "ballet-stuffing " of "marked bal'ets." of false challenges and rep(ntern, or fraudulent help, of bullvlng tactics were expounded with Illustrations from experience. ADVICE what te de In case the judge of election was drunk or did net appear, if the counting was tricked mid falsified, if the ballet-boxes were tampered with before or after the election, If the ballets were abstracted from the package before ltseltjclul opening -this advice was all based en well known occurrences of last year and the year before. And as the very disillusioning bag of tricks wns turned .up and shaken out, I looked ever the fuces of the new voters and I rauiht a leek in thein thut was at- mien maternal and sharply Intent, As, though' ,MwnrD niiiv inr i lit untL niiita uii ' naur MMce they were gntherlni.all.thajjt fucu. i,'-V" ' ' i , j- Si jpHnswwiMl - , , NOW MY IDEA IS THIS! Daily Talks With Thinking Philadclphians en Subjects Knew Hest DR. OLIVER P. CORNMAN On Special Activities of Public Schools FEW persons in Philadelphia have any idea of the large! number and diversi fied character of the special .activities of the public schools, says Dr. Oliver P. Corn Cern man, associate superintendent of public schools in charge of the special divisions et the work. "There is quite a large number of tiie special classes for the education and train ing of hundicrppe'd children." Ml III Dr. Cornman. "and one of the principal of tin many different types of special classes is that for the mentally subnormal or defi cient pupil. It N generally agreed thai after a mentally deficient person I caches tlic age when he becomes a menace te society he should b" yivcn institutional eaie. where he may b- made at least parthll'v self-supporting, lead as happy a life as possible and net multiply the evil by the propagation of his kind. "But up te that age. unless hopelessly deficient, his training ought te be. and new is. in special classes of the public schools. Ailvantaec te All I'tmiU "Separation of the siibiiernuil pupil from these of the regular classes, net only meets the needs of .the deficient pupils, jnit en ables the normal pupils of the tegular dulses te receive better attention It is varum l.v estimated that from i te ."i pn nt of the population may be classed as mentally ele iicient. Thus, at tne lowest estimate, this mean- one menially deficient child in a class of fifty pupils. One such pupil will take from ten te twenty fines the amount of the teacher's time which sheulil lie given ie one pupil. This answers the question some times asked ns te whether the iiIiIIp school authorities are justified In going te the un UEiial expense' Involved in the training of tlic speclnl class pupils. "The school law of tin Smte ,,f Petinsjl vania makes no distinction between pupils. It requires that all laineis between the huc, of eight and sixteen yc-irs must be educated, and requires that special pinviiein he made for pupils hanilicappi'il physically, mentally or environmentally. This mahes it incum bent upon the school autheilties te provide means of education fei eveij iieisna jh the Stute between the specified nnc, and eperi tnee has shown ieiic'.usim ly thai the best results for both lire readied by placing e er tuin types of pupils in special classes, net alone for their own geed, but ler the gunil of the normal pupils as well, "Among the ether kine of special clas.es which have been c-tabllrhcd is one for back ward children these who, for any uiisuii, arc net up te the grade of their age. (nliecM are the 'orthopedic' clas-es for ( rippled children, the 'nutrition' classes for anemic or undernourished children, the nutrition tuberculeus' clatses for children Willi cases of Incipient tubercules.. Thi'ie are also 'sight-saving' classes fee children with seriously impaired vi-ieu ami 'English' classes for e-hlldren of fuidgn paifiitagc handicapped by the language dlihciilty. .Most of these have hail some '.!". it khiii) facilities' in their own ceuntrv, and alter thev acquire a sufficient knowledge' of English 'they are graded according te their iiblllile-s and placed in the regular classes. Several dastes for the 'deaf an- m operation and a corps of teachers have charge of 'spec-ch-imprevcmcnt work with children bavin- detects of speech. Other Special Classes "There are alto classes for s0. ciilleel in corrigible pupils or persistent school offend ers. These n i a seldom of normal meiitnlitv and usually they fall behind in the regular classes ami retarel the progress (,f the- ethers besides e-aiullig trouble in mini ions oilier ways. "Many of the special classes are part of the organization of tegular scioesvand are thus scattered ever the city, but efforts are being iiiuile te ientrall,1' the various npc-s of special classes in small buildings adapted for the purpose. Centiull.utieu makes it possible le s)cciall.e along lines (,f different tvpes of Instruction for each group, Thus if there he a sufficient number 0f pupils in domestic science te warrant the operation of a kitchen this can be given along with the regular instruction; hut if there wen only one class, thlH kind of Instruction could net he given. In general, the reiicciuruliiiii makes possible better grailini; ami chtssifi. catien of the pupils and ulTeids better ,.(ju. cutienal opportunities. "Tiie organization of special classes j centers im-ans that the children cetui-i from mere or less extended ureas. That fact indicates the necessity of u single nwJihi of kcJiueT' instead of the erdlnarc two hest hest sieiTO wit!,, recess between. This In turn .necessitates tne jprovieinif et lunclic-s, in the .mue, uHUBiijr jme 'tirvjiuiug or het i at hemiJiai er.v'Tbs namt ..i iivulpua.elilUm'MvMedTunckUu' THE RISING TIDE vV They crackers and Hulk. Usually the lunches for these children tire llunficed by philanthropic individuals and agencies. "The crippled children are transported te their classes in autobuses pievided by the beard, ami i-hlldren in ether special classes whose residene-e- is mere than two tulles from the school or who en account of physical i-oiiditien are tee weak te walk long ells lances te M-hoel are furtilshc-d with trolley tickets by the beard. Transporting Crippled Children "Dalit are new being accumulated as te cardiac cases, and a number of children vvitli hearts se weak as te need Special care have been liste-d. These should be placed lu room en the tirt floors of the school build ings se as te obviate danger of strain by climbing the stairs, and great care- sheulil be taken te place the proper safeguards around their forms of exercise vvit,h the same end lu view . "Ne oilier clt.v In tin- ceuntrv provides a greater number of special classes than Phil adelphia. New Yerk lias cardiac classes, and therefore a greater variety nf classes. It has net, however, se large a number'ef special classes in proportion te its popula tion as Philadelphia. "The outstanding need nt the present min is for a paiental school. The Beard of Public Education recognized (his need some years age ami lunch.ised a site of about ninety nc -es at By berry for the purpose, bur the buililiiig lias net yet been erected. It will require an investim-iu of ut least 500. 000 for an adequate school plant. The nirest of tlic building program iiee-essitnted by the war has p-istpnned the consideration e'f the proposed parental school up te the present time. It iniiy perhaps, be found advisable te begin the work at ll berry upon a small scale and aihl te tin- project from time te time sis conditions permit. "The sooner a bi-giniilnc; is made, how ever, the better, for there nie pupils vvhe, becau'e of hail home or ether conditions, cannot have their educational need supplied I'Veii by a vvell-cnnducted dl-ciplinarv school. These pupils need te be under supervision tvvcniy-teur hours in the clav but should net be e unsigned le a reformatory school for iie-tunl delinquents. lievs of tills tvpe come before the Juvenile Conn and nre the ele spalr of i he Judge, who has no place te which lie is willing te send them. The parental school, as Intermediate between the special duss and I In- reformatory, is the answer te the question." What De Yeu Ki new." QUIZ Where did Dresden cl.ln. come from? Who w.-r.; Tininrliil c 'haiic-ellers of cin- , nm.iv ilurli.t. Hie World WiirV J bat Is tin- dhense called "bends"? n et l a :tiipinr.- Of what is an EiikIIsIi horn made? Te what part of the world Is the pemc- trrun ite i.atlvev ' Whit 'm in- nuiuiiiiK of the we.-d sen- tenirluii.il.' ' Nam- mi animal which ulul-itcs. U lint. State did -Tem" l-lalt i.pre.snt In tlm Untied States Semite" liei wis the ifwldesa .of the" hunt hi irec'v mjthOlOK.v ? "' 10. Answers te Yesterday's Quiz men into laicllnli. was Imported inn. l.iisllHli, tin Vynj ,.),!,,, ''i' .-icln.illy meant a ra,Jf.lcl:er. - Vfrl -i ;r.. In EiiBlWHtj, spelie-d "with David e;anu 'lllarlt Friday" (s tlm name " Friday. Hcntcmbe,. c ,'J K'V'i te iiin.irii .flit. ,llt.. .., ... li... ...... - -Hi-, S A i line I fl. Vl.'lllee'n cetniil.il ,,...... i . 1. Mount Mitchell, neiiil- 7000 f,.et l,1Bh i he .southern App-ilacliian s f' 's tl e idlest mountain In th. V i ted ...,"' .' east of the Mhsi-slpi n.',.1 a -' 0l,',"hit ll ""'K'l web we weave when ,.1.r.s, W1' Practice tc dec icP- , eVe, Walter Hci.tt'H poem, "Marmlei Vrenl U. Ill I "IM I, IIUII1 '1'llllTi II ncler, llv.d tl,.. ci,. ,,,, '""'"' - i"i mil. .i , i-.. ..it. .. 5. TajrU.-y; entered ,. W7r v ,.' " "' 0, A inline Ih a lec.iellmj of a chanter iioueciai linn .. ., .- -v n lien f. tin Nc-.w Yerk Stee'h Kxel, ,'.. ,'U 0! ;w.br- nt.e,pt te Uhu;:f x any li iter of iln mi. . ... tonic- alphulet, especially sea; ',u: li- s-viiilln,ivriiin and nL.i, "s"1 eluiliu, hoi,, as en I u, W i''S"X0w; un,' Gr-eh e.- Itenuin letters j'Ul.f,: i-iil'Vliir ,rl' " -0 null RJ . i2IiiuA".n fHtf fiB.V'SW.H . m f VMHAT'S J ,7 W,IW!)Wrajl,1.w SHORT CUTS The really big circus is a one-day aSttr next J uesiiny. Perhaps some of these daya we'll hvl an "Ordinary Guy's Week." Judging by the darkness of the hour, dawn must be close at hand In Ireland. When Muratere quits tenerlng, as It1 were, he may get u geed job as a prw,'! agent. Rutherford, N. .1., man fined a nickel bj, I'ederal Judge for having beer. Pre-jtit, rates. "; As the State superintendent of the Anti Anti Saleen League sees it the issue is Tere tj. Toper. Ida T.irhi-ll recently lectured en "Women in Indus-try." Epert opinion by industrious woman. Perhaps lhe location of the RURgestrf ;j ni-vv peniieniiary is ar tne enn ei auaim Main t,treet. Isadora Duncan nnd her young poet has- 'I nana are honeymooning In un nirpiam. Poetry of emotion. Mere fancy flights. ' Tiie hey with the reddest hair in ion 1 may win a nieyeie ey marcliliig tn trie W ' M'eek pnrade. AVlsh we had a sorrel top. ' Danish emotional nelrpss commits Hllcldl, rather than be a performer in inartistic ,1 Plays, une star part and then tne iia cuiuiin. Panama man is in New Yerk heir.hl t . have part of his chin bone crafted en Mnrm. 'Nils ought te make hi in proficient in the tin language. Army man has invented a small machW I gun t tint can maKe junk or en aumnieDin u a minute. But any feel can de that wltai nrepiug. British oil man says there is enough el', Itmlnrfrriiiinl fit Iiit t. nAiitiiftnc fi"hl!4 Wf. shall net lack for light, heat, power ercuMJ ler scraps. Peer pi'ckln' old Pckin'w persistently vvrenii llrenlns nf mfnrtufiru ttrnw rlreflinlcr ! Due te the tidings that Wu has made W'wt'l 1 lie L'remler. I'ield Marshal French will unvrll a bull nf rii.nrfii W'.itl.liii.lnn In Vin 1 Till I nf I'lUlU ' New Yerk University en May L'rt. AnetkW'J entangling alliance. J Kansas City bankrupt asks (lie court W' allow him te retain the family Bible una set of golf sticks. Hew de you suppose tn . man ipcnels Sunday? Anthropologist says New Yerk's fttBJ "Civic Virtue" alias "The Rough Cuy" U inen. a. Docs this mean that Sculptor .W' , Meiinlcs is a hly satirist? The per capita circulation May 1 ! S-1S.R0, nltiely-tvve cents less tlirtii AP"; I. New whut, we should like te knew, dm vvc de with thnt ninety-two cents.' Gandhi sees England's viewpoint ? fr' ns Ireland is concerned, Perhaps De lc"! can sec- it se I'm- as India Is conreriN cenreriN Switched conferences might. brlng.-auiuJ"- Though it may b- said for the I.k'Jj X. J., hen that is trying te hatch some. from (In- deck -faced cgK that die is alv " en time, we suspect she i-i afflicted -.vita 1'erdney's atiack en fnrmcr I,.re'1,,Ji! Wilsen Is quiie in Hue with his record en i" bepus nnd the- tariff. That Is te say it "! meie zeal than geed taste, geed sense or w judgment. A nation-wide cnmpnlgn Is belijij JK siltutcd by the Agriculture t'ommlsslen -i the American Bankers' Association te lute the IntercHt of bunkers in agrlCD""' Interest, b- It noted, net rate of Interest. The girl of .-Ighleeu today has e ld. Iiiivixnii than the savant of 1W)0; sy Y . pre, Idem of the Nntlemtl Beard of 1 W C. . This, surmises I he )' l??x V... I I - If.. I ll.... I. i....i1rtiiliirlV tfUO 1A ,C- jnr iiiic sii.-, ii imii iiii.... - J,' 11 I ICVlUIUllli k"; There is at 'least -peiisfbhlty Jl'"' j mill Pern ninv ..(Me hl .llr)lc-U!(J'.l 'Tacna,Arli'H- ,hy cmltii 'tba WterHtefJ.a mmm iMJk :iihf
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