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'te..A' TyUr!. Secretary: CharIM M. taidlne.
Philip H. Ceillnt. Jehn n. William. Jehn J.
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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.
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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-
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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
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l(, iltiKlrtnl nrzHiil-zntlen. hut te check ulniseu nf
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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
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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
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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
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