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LIGHT UPON HARRISBURG
IT IS safe te assume that most of The Beys
of the disabled political machine" in thW
State are broadcasting a general quer te
their bewildered county chairmen n tlic
result of the invitation eitended by Mr.
Plnchet te Dr. Cl.vde 1.. King, of the 1'ni
Tenity of l'enn.vhaniii. who N akcd te
turn a sort of spotlight en the internal ma
chinery of the administrative s-j-tcm at
Harrisburg.
Who it thU King? What crowd it he
'With? Who's his leader? It I easy te
Imagine such questions thick upon the wind
about the camps of the shelterless refugees.
Dr. King will naturally be viewed a an
Undesirable alien by every reutineer in the
political field. And because he is alien in
spirit te the boss system and all its work?
his appearance a a tirst aide te Plnchet
will seem all the mere ominous. He is a
man with a deerved reputation for accom
plishment in the field of economic science.
There is no place in his system of thinking
for the theory under which the affairi- of u
State are directed in the interest of exclu
sive political groups.
Dr. King is the direct opposite of Char
ley Snyder nnd Mr. lleldlemnn. lie be
lieves thnt the resources of a State should
be organized primnrily for tlie geed of the
State's people. And he believes, tee, thnt
the fiscal policies of a State can -and hheuld
be as intelligently nnd scrupulously con
ceived as the fiscal policies of any great cor
poration. He is one of the pioneers in the
movement which is being directed te bring
the resources of great educational institu
tions te the service of the masses of the
population who, directly and indirectly,
contribute te their support.
On frequent occasions In the past Dr.
King did admirable service for the city.
Fer a man with an inquiring mind such as
his, Harrisburg ought te be an invittng
field. Whnt he will find in a survey that
Is te extend net only Inte the present sys
tem, but into the recent past, may be
guessed. That there will be sensational
news from Harrisburg before Plnchet Is long
In office seems certain.
MR. PRICE EXPLAINS
AT LAST EH Kirk Price, speaking for
A himself rather than for the Fairmount
Park Commission, has efTered something
Tery much like nn apology for the brutal
nub administered In the name of the Com
mission te the officers nnd men of the
Twenty-eighth Division when they were
summarily ordered from the Parkway plnza
near City Hall. In Mr. Price's statement
there Is n note of genuine regret. The evic
tion of the soldiers, he said, was due te the
t automatic operation of n technical rule,
rather than te nny desire or intention of
the Park Commission te be otherwise than
j friendly te the men of the Twenty-eighth.
Se any one might have supposed who ever
had an opportunity te knew hew painfully
rigid some of the Tark rules can be.
A statement from Mr. Price is net quite
neugh. The Twenty-eighth Division re
union lasted only n week. The general pub
lic must continue te leek for recreation in
, Fairmount Park. Any rules that operate
se inflexibly as te Inflict humiliation en
'1 soldiers who were the guests of the city and
, en the. Commission itself obviously need te
be revised. It would be interesting te hear
, from Mr. Price why there is se much bleed
and Iren In the administrative system of
Fairmount that no official could find n way
' te keep the Park Commission out of se
sorry and ridiculous a complication, such ns
that of last week.
HEART OF THE WATER PROBLEM
PHILADKLPIIIANS. with the ienhdence
In the sanitary efficiency of the present
filtration sjstem, have as a whole bien In-
clined te leniency in consideration of thf bnd
tastes and odors occasionally found in the
J water supplied te them by the city.
Te a large extent improved health condi
tions of the community have. inplred this
temperntencss. Nevertheless, the problem
Is seriously growing and It wns frankly und
scientifically faced at the closing session of
the American Waterworks Convention held
here last week.
Chemists and bnrtrrlolegists admitted the
difficulties of further purification, recom
mending aeration ns perhaps the mes-t nd
Tlsable mechanical process. Could the
maximum possibilities of pollution be ac
curately gauged this remedy might b"
BtnndardUcd. As it Is, however, the task
of counteracting results of increased indus-
Irisl development of commercially iinpor iinper
ant rivers becomes increasingly trying.
The comprehensive remedy is what has
been suggested In the past nnd will even
tually have te be adopted. This Is nothing
less than the establishment of new supply
sources of "raw water" in strenms cither
specifically safeguarded or net likely te be
'Industrially invaded.
It is new little short of extraordinary
that the thick and murky waters of the
Schuylkill can be made petnble. The men
t science are te be admired for their in
aenulty and zeal in seeking antidotes for
pollution.
But wnnt is actually needed is the be
ginning of sonic new system providing
1 clean water nt the outset. In lime Phils -dclphla
will be forced te adept one, as will
every ether large urban community in an
industrially active region.
PRODIGAL BABE
BADE RUTH, wiser if net sadder than he
was ii year age, is hark in baseball
after hii suspension Dy zar i.nniiis, wnese
Wi&y authority he flouted by going l
WU after the close of last year's ball
Ueuteu tiy going uanwnniiing
season.
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p.nW'V AUU f,wv -- ' '."
fw iraph for permission te play nun ins team
K"llif mi net the Uabn who, only n little while
&mtfmmk. fiatly Implied by word and octlen that
ksSte,W Mfr ban Indl and bler than
the rnme of bnll Itself. Mr. Uuth seems te
have learned by cruel experience whnt most
men lenrn In the course of yenrs tlint no
one Individual Is Indispensable In this
world.
Oddly enough, the bnll season opened nnd
games were played nnd crowds gathered
nnd cheered as usunl, though the Bubc sat
gloomily nfnr.
Se it always Is. The captains nnd the
king'' depart, nnd seemingly Indispensable
men vanish, but the world is Mich n various
nnd resourceful place thnt It gets along
quite comfortably without them.
NONE BUT DEMOCRATS CAN
SEE A REPUBLICAN SPLIT
But the Evidence Adduced Is Proof That
the Party Is Mere Harmoniously In
tent en a Common Purpose Than
It Has Been for Years
TIIK amount of energy which certain
Democrats are putting into the effort
te prove that there Is a split In the Repub
lican Pnrty might better be devoted te de
veloping u spirit of harmony In their own,
party.
The New Yerk World has been especially
active In this attempt te find evidence of
Republican discord. It rarely has n decent
word te say of President Harding, usually
spenklng of him us an Incompetent nnd
stupid blunderer who is tied up with the
reactionary wing of hl party.
When lleverldge was nominated te the
Senate by the Indiana Republicans the
World called It n direct rebuke te the Presi
dent. The only justification for any such
inference lay in the fact that Senater New,
who was defeated for the nomination, is u
friend of Mr. Harding.
Hut Mr. Heveridgc is also a friend of
Harding. Mere Indiana Republicans wished
te have Heveridge represent them In their
dealings with the l'resldent than te have
New continue te represent them.
The Indiana primary resulted in n de
feat for New and it left the President just
where be was. He did net interfere In the
Indiana campaign, and he has announced
that he will interfere in no State primary
election. As official head of the Republican
Party and ns the head et the Cievernment
which is working through the Republican
Party he knows thnt If Its representatives
In Washington are te work cffei lively the
must be strong enough te carry their own
States without outside Interference. A
man who can win his nomination in the
primaries Is strong en his own account.
When he tells the l'resldent what the senti
ment of the voters of his State Is he speaks
with authority.
Likewise there has ben tin attempt te
make it appear that the nomination of
Plnchet for the governorship lu this State
is n slap in the face for Mr. Harding. The
World went se far as te say that the Presi
dent Indorsed the candidacy of Mr. Alter,
when it Is notorious that as seen as Mr.
Alter left the White Heuse .Mr. Harding
issued a statement announcing thnt he was
net interfering In nny primary elections and
that he wanted that understood once for nil.
The attempt te make it appear that Alter
had the support of Harding was deliberately
frustrated by Harding himself. He knew
the ways of the politicians well enough te
be nware thet if he received Alter nt the
White Heuse and said nothing about It,
Alter's friends would straightway begin te
beast that he was the man favored In Wash
ington. The World knew this, but It deliberately
ignored it in order that it might make out
a case of rebuke for the President in the
Pennsylvania primaries. It has been sa.vlng
thnt Plnchet would contest the nomination
for the presidency with Harding In l'JVM
In pursuit of its efforts te bring nbeut a
split in the party. Mr. Tinchet nailed this
misrepresentation In short order, for lie
said that he was a supporter of the Presi
dent new and would be a supporter of him
in 101M. nnd that he was net u candidate
for the presidency in any event.
Pennsylvania Democrats are hunting for
evidence of Republican discord here for the
reason that the nomination of Plnchet has
settled every issue en which they had In
tended te fight the campaign. Mr. Plnchet
will make the very heusecleanlng in Harris
burg that Mr. McSparran has been saying
he would make. It was because the Re
publican voters wanted this heusecleanlng
made that they nominated Plnchet.
The Democrats would have had a fighting
chance for the governorship If Alter had
wen, because their issue would have still
lipen alive. Ne wonder that they are sere.
They will continue te be sere uud te talk
about Republican discord when the news
every day shows that the party is har
monious, with the leaders who worked for
the nomination of Alter pledging their sup
port te plnchet one at a time and in groups.
They will nil seen be In line.
What the Indiana and Pennsylvania pri
maries preve Is net that there is a split in
the Republican Party, but that the party is
alive and progressive with the same kind
of pregresslveness that inspired tlie mass of
Republican voters in 101-. It Is the re
vival of this spirit nnd its apparent domi
nance in Republican councils that is disturb
ing the Democrats. They lnew that when
any part Is se alert te the great Issues
confronting the country that the voters take
thn control of the party mnehlnerv Inte
their own bands und make their own nomi
nations the opposition part in";lu as well
go out of business.
Even assuming thai Mr Harding was
originally a stand-patter and reactionary
In the worst meaning of these terms, he is
tee geed a politician and tee shrewd a man
te misread the signs of the times nnd te tie
himself up with the group of leaders en
whom the Republican voters flre turning
their backs. He will wcUome Mr. Heveridge
warmly te Washington nnd will show surh
genuine Interest in ills humanitarian pro
gram that the Indlnnian will seen discover
that his own presidential ambitions will have
te remain in nbe.vnnce until Mr. Harding
has served a second term.
And when Mr. plnchet is elected the
President will congratulate him se heartily
that he will leave no doubt in the mind of
any one of his sympathy with purposes of
the voters who nominated and elected him.
There is no split In the Republican Purty,
nnd no signs of It. All shades of Repub
licans are wnrml) supporting the President
while they are settling their own contests
In the States en State Issues.
If there is a split an where it Is In the
Democratic Part. The maehiiie Demo
crats nre rulblng ureund Cox, while the men
of Intellect in the pnrty who assisted In
framing its policies under the admlnistia
tleu of Mr. Wilsen are holding aloof. The
party Is sluklngiiute that state of moral de-
llhl
evening public ledeim?:
generation which characterized It for the
greater part of the Inst fifty yenrs. Ne
amount of railing accusation against the
Republicans can conceal this from the
thoughtful.
WHY THEONFERENCE TOURS
ALTHOI'OII considerable emphasis has
been Inld upon the congenial ntmos ntmes
phere of The Hague ns a setting for Inter
national pnrle.vs, no special perspicacity Is
required te comprehend that the transfer of
the diplomatic stage te the Dutch capital
was net necessitated en thnt score.
Compliments en "(lenea the Superb"
were liberally bestowed nt the closing ses
sion. There would be little hope for better
results Hi Helland were optimism based ex
clusively en that nation's virtues ns n host.
The secret, if se obvious n fact can be se
described, was disclosed by Lloyd Oeergc In
his geed-tempered nnd earnest nddress that
was part of the final proceedings in the
Italian city,
"We have," declared the British pre
mier, "a month for reflection en the diffi
culties we have had in this conference.
Uefore we resume the discussions, 1 sin
cerely hope that that month will be util
ized with n view te discovering and sug
gesting solutions for tnesc difficulties."
Herein lies the justification for n touring
conference. A season of serious self-examination
and a deepened consciousness of
realities are needed by all the mnjer partici
pants at (lenea. Manifestly, it was impos
sible te adjourn the sessions there for se
long a period as n month. The only practi
cal expedient was, therefore, a new start in
n new locale. It is the opportunity te think
things ever In advance, rather than the
chat ms of The Hague, ingratiating as that
little capital is, which is the prime con
sideration. Mr. Lloyd (Jeorge. lemperatel.v nnd with
a view te avoiding controversy, admits that
the dei trine of repudiating debts "may be
sound, verj sound," but he is free te con
fess that affirmation of that principle Is ex
tremelj unlikely te promote the securing of
credits by Rus.sia nnd that it Is far from
diplomatic.
It is, therefore, the Soviet nevernment
for which the interlude of reflection has
been primarily established by the Entente
nations. Russian consent te the new pro
gram Implies that further proposals, with
diminished insistence upon political phi
losophy, may evcntunlly be advanced.
On the score of principle the Soviet rep
resentatives nt lleneu unquestionably made
a showing which must have rejoiced their
constituents nt home. Mr. Chlcherin is
expert in ratiocination. He has demon
strated the somewhat well-known fact that
wars and revolutions are net nlways re
spectful of private property and nt some
time In history virtually every nation of
the earth has by force majeure applied the
tenets of repudiation.
Mr. Llejd tJeergc is apparently willing te
grant him nny number of points In debat
inc. but with the understanding that dialec
tics alone cannot settle n practical Issue.
The outside world Is net tempted te invest
heavily in Rusia unless some agreement
concerning property principles is contained
in the contract.
Mr. LUed tleergc was outspoken en this
point. He has net asked Communist Rus
sia te renounce its principles in home affairs,
but simply te recognize the necessity of the
quid pre quo in Interchanges of money or
goods with Western Europe.
The nntlens nnd peoples that are anxious
te develop trade relations with Russia are
united in their conception of contracts.
There is little delusion new nbeut the pos
sibilities at Tlie Hague. They will vanish
unless the safeguards proposed by the prin
ciple can be matched.
Lnik of a program clearly defined in ad
vance imperiled the (lenea meetings. The
Hague conference will start, after four
weeks of preliminary reflection, with mere
limited objectives by the se-called Western
nations and concord upon one salient de
mand. THE TAME VOLCANO STIRS
UNIQL'E Kilauea. the enl.v active volcano
in captivity, is becoming impressively
restive, nnd Themas A. .laggnr, Jr., who
has devoted years of his life te n minute
study of its habits, announced that all indi
cations point te most sensational flews.
It is improbable that the islanders of
Hawaii, annually -visited b.v thousands of
tourists for Its banner attraction, nre es
pecially excited by this warning. Lefty
Manna Ken they dread, but the tame off
spring en its flank has for .vcars been as
brilliant and fascinating ns it is harmless.
As for Dr. Jaggar, he lias invested it with
a personality, unmatched by nny ether
crater tlie world ever. The scrutiny of this
volrnnelogist, who, b.v the way. is a native
Phlln.lclphian, is unflagging. He has docu
mented and scrupulously anal zed every
phase of its behavior, spending his dris and
nights upon the rim and charting its
vagaries, which thus far have never raised
its sea of molten lnv.i above the raging pit.
It would be perhaps unkind te suggest
that Dr. Jaggar is eager for Kilauea te
show off in the manner of any ether vol
cano. Rut science Is capable of thrills of
which the layman knows little, and could
life nnd property lie safeguarded there are
possibly even Hawaiians who would rejoice
te sen Dr. .laggar's unwearying patience re
warded. Furthermore, should Kllauen's
fires actually go ever the top a host of
Kanaka legends concerning Pele, the ancient
local deity, would lie tevlved, und n bit of
fancy mlds appreciably te the vnrlet of an
increasingly formalized existence.
Dr. Jaggar will supply the scientific ex
planation, but the imaginative natives will
knew that the fire-goddess has been aroused
after her long season of resplendent docility.
THE SKYSCRAPER ARRIVES
THE skyscraper 1ms eme Inte its own;
in Nebraska, at least. After being re
viled for a generation as n monstrosity and
looked down upon by highbrows of the breed
that, in an undent ihi . doubtless sneered
at the flreek column, It is accepted ns a form
of art nctui'lly and permanently cxprcsslve
of the American spirit. The State of
Nebraska has used u sk scraper of modern
artistic form as the central part of its new
State Capitel. And the plan, worked out
en paper, is extremely beautiful and dig
nified. The early skyscrapers were pretty ugly.
But during the last ten or fifteen cnrs ar
chitects have worked steadily toward artistic
perfection in the designs for tall buildings.
The modern skyscraper takes en the form
of a beautifully proportioned pillar. It was
by perfecting new rules of proportion thnt
the architects found the smet of sky
scraper design. Many modern buildings of
this type have the symmetry und grace of
ancient masterpieces, with the ndded dignity
of thrilling size.
A meteorite weighing
Warning te a hundred and twenty
Meteorites pounds came within
twenty feet of hitting
n house in Valley Ferge. This outrages all
precedent. The big fellows usunlly fall in
the ocean or in the center of dense forests,
where they arc never found. If one ever
hits a city street the Highway Department
muy take action in the matter.
It has been suggested that in addition
te Mether's Day we new celebrate Futhcr's.
Day. It Is net necessary te take any uctlen
in the matter. The old man with the saving
grace of humor has already annexed April 1,
timbEiM
AS ONE WOMAN SEES IT
Life of a Settlement Worker Is Per.
force an Artificial One, but a
Clergyman's Family Achieves
Naturalness
ny SARAH D. LOWR1E
I WAS Interested In a remark by Barten
Currle, the editor of the Ladles' Heme
Jeurnitt, nbeut what incited renders of n
magazine te write (e the editor. He snld that
the kind of article that challenged letters
was one which ran contrary te the conven
tional Ideal of n subject, or one thnt praised
or blamed In a very partisan spirit, or one
that in advocating one person or cause cen
sured, or nt least deprecated, another pet
son or cause,
A great preacher told me once that It
was dangerous te be epigrammatic even lu
n geed cause, because It made ou quotable
by the casual listener, and hence, liable te
be used dangerously. And, of course, we
have Oliver Wendell Helmes ns nn author
ity that It is net well le'bc ns funny
you can be In n public utterance.
But unless ene occasionally finds oneself
nt least unconsciously dropping a stone Inte
the pond thnt causes n splash one might be
talking Inte n disconnected phone for nil the
Inspiration one gets from one's public. And
I confess thnt occasionally I an. net uncon
scious of my intention that whul 1 have
wiiten in this column will make a splash,
Fer even if the splash wets me te the skin
It gives me a sense of a public,
NOW It se happened that one day last
month I went te a conference nt n set
tlement house in the town nnd, having
worked in settlements for nearly ten years
in 'ii v twenties nnd gotten much that wns
helpful from' the experience as n by-product
te giving a little thnt was helpful, I found
myself lu a position as I left the place and
walked slowly home through great lengths
of "peer Rtrcets" te review the whole sub
ject of settlements past and present. And
that evening I set down in this column a
little summary of that review. As I did It
there was one sentence that I paused ever,
almost struck out. nnd then let stay us
it was. it concerned the manner of living
of settlements workers, and I called theirs
"an artificial life." I knew that that word
would touch mere than one person n little
en the raw and bring down en my head
nn nnswerlng criticism. The reason that
I paused ever it after writing it wns because
I really felt that it was the correct word,
but I wanted te be sure that 1 knew that
It was.
Well, I've heard from that sentence!
And the ether day the woman that I think
of as the most successful settlement worker
In Philadelphia took me gravely te task for
that particular column and, mere than any
ether, that particular phrase.
She Paid thnt In dropping the obligations
entailed b society spelled with a big S
and tlie expectations of one's family with
regard te one's personal career, expectations
that weie shcerly of n worldly nature, and
by devoting oneself te n life and work In a
peer neighborhood under conditions that one
shared with one's neighbors, one threw nside
with almost a dramatic emphasis aititi
ciallty nnd became effectively nntural.
She quarreled very seriously with my
terming her life in her great nnd successful
settlement nn artificial one.
I nsked her if her life, or the life of her
associates, together or us n community, was
a natural family life. She answered that
they were a very happy family. But when 1
pressed her as te Its naturalness she wavered
n bit.
s
OME settlement workers marry, but I
could be included ns part of the hcttlen.cnt
life. The children t hate warm in the settle
ments all dny nnd every day nre ether
persons' children. Settlement workers sit
down together nt a common table, but it is
net like a family beard. It Is a eress
between a home bearding house se-called
nnd n bearding school. The goings nnd
comings and interruptions nnd Interests in
the settlement house nre net duplicated in
tlie neighboring homes about it. It Is con
tinuously giving out help or inspiration
of one sort or another which it dinws from
sources ether than these of the neighbor
hood. Its furniture, its atmosphere, its
very simple previsions for the necessities
of life are net tlie snu.e previsions and
never could be of the ether houses up and
down the street. Te be u successful worker
in n settlement ene must forge a home of
one's own ; generally one is unmarried, or
If married one must live one's married life
by bnutches and one's single life as the
general order of one's das.
If one is a man working in a settlement,
one is surrounded en all sides b.v single
ladies of var.vlng ages with only un occa
sional fellow man en the horizon. If one
is a woman, one is generally a spinster or
n widow, net very often a jeung girl,
seldom a married woman and mere seldom
still n mother. I linve never known n
real live boy who lived a home life in a
settlement Se te the extent that the so se
called families nre composed for the most
part of persons incapable of creating a
family en ncceunt of the clrcutnstunccs of
their 'daily lives, te that extent Is the atmos
phere un artificial one.
Yeu cannot duplicate that life in the
homes about the settlement uny mere than
you can duplicate school or college life In
the homes et tut stuuenis.
AS A school the tettlcment has a mission,
but net us a home. The children and
the half-grown girls and boys who coma
gladly te its clubs, and the mothers und the
occasional fathers who patronize Its enter
tainments, can get from It what any one gets
from n cheerful, geed school; but they have
te leave home te gct it, and en returning
te their homes they cannot carry it ns n
model back with them, any mere than any
ordinary high school graduate who Is about
te be married regards her principal or her
school room ns possible models for her
coming Hfe ns n bride.
There is u kind of family life, however,
thnt mil be lived as u model for all the
neighboring families about, which may keep
Its naturalness even while in another sense
it has artificially changed its environment.
And that is the family life of the clergy
men who minister te the congregations of
the city's churches.
These men, even in tlie peer streets, have
little mere te live en tnun would tie the
nvernge income of ene of their thrifty
parishioners. Their parsonages or rectories
or manses are generally fitted te their In
comes and placed in a ncigunorneou tnnt
would be representative of the bulk of their
church members. Their education and thut
of their wives mny be superior te that of
most of their neighbors, but that would net
lie due te income., but rather te their point
of view. ...
Their children may be in the way of a
better education than the children of their
neighbors, but that, tee, Is net due te mere
income, but te a shift in the items en tbe
fau.U.v budget, se that mere money is spent
en education and less en perch furnishings
than their neighbors feel Is obligatory te
their position.
A CLERGYMAN has te dress better in
one sense In that he must alwas have a
geed suit ami present a neat appearance,
but he ilees net have te have a dress suit
or a golf suit or change his variety of
fentgeur Ills wife can dress very simply
nitimiit belnir thought mean, und his chil-
dren urn net criticized even by the worldly
minded if they go about in "hand-me-devvns."
A clcrg.vman is expected te glve
inenc te the peer und needy, but he Is
net expected te putrenize tlie amusements
of the idle rich. He Is expected te be lios lies
nltuble, but he is excused from being lavish.
sie it Is possible for a geed man with n
ceed wife und hnppy, wholesome children
te go into nn environment ether than their
natural one nnd yet llu ii natural, helpful
ben.e life, that can be reflected and copied
In tlie homes nil ubeut them. Fine us
are the settlements, nt best they are but
schools of practice. It is In the parsonages
and manses und rectories that we must
leek for the real home makers of our cities.
v"
NOW MY IDEA IS THIS!
Daily Talks With Thinking Philadelphia en Subjects They
Kneiv Best
STANLEY MUSCHAMP
On Cultural Value of Cheral Werk'
CHORAL work has a decided cultural
value, especially among these whose op
portunities along these lines have been some
what limited, according te Stanley Mus
champ, director of the Lighthouse Chorus,
the Olmbcl Chorus nnd several ether or
ganizations, "Singing is the one branch of music which
is open te these who have had little previous
training.'.' snld Mr. Musehamp. "because it
is the single phase of the art where tone
production is nntural te nny person who has
a reasonably geed car. or In ether words,
is net 'tone deaf.' Fer this reason it is,
therefore, net surprising te find that there
nre many mere choral organizations in n
city than there arc ether feims of organized
music.
"The player of an orchestral instrument
or of the piano or organ has te go through
n long course of training before be can per
form even the simplest of compositions for
thnt instrument, and this naturally shuts out
from this form of musical enjoyment these
who have net had the opportunity te lenrn
in their Ounger da.vs, but who arc still fend
of music,
These Jein the Chorals
"But while n great deal of instruction and
much practice is necessary te become n
finished singer, still the vocalist is able te
take part in choral performances long before
the instrumentalist could hope te de the
same thing in ensemble or orchestral playing.
There Is nothing In music te be compared
with personal participation in the produc
tion of n masterpiece of composition, und
however much the hearer mny enjoy the per
formance, these who nre uctually doing the
work enjoy it still mere.
"These music levers who like te de work
of this kind und have net had either the
opportunity or felt the Inclination te play
nr. instrument, find the solution of their
problem in the choral organization. And, of
course, there nre many music levers who pre
fer te sing rather than te play, nnd musical
history Is full of instances of accomplished
singers who gave up Instrumental mublc te
take up the voice when they come te a
realization of their own vocal abilities. Mine.
Sembrlch was an accomplished pianist, nnd
Giuseppe Campnnaii was sole cellist of one
of our great orchestras before either of them
found out that their voices vierc their
greatest means of musical expression.
Value of (.'he nil Singing
"But It Is net of tlie singers of this type
te whom I refer, but te these who, through
the choral organizations, are getting what
is often their first taste of whnt music may
mean te n person vhe actually participates
in Its production.
"Tlie first, nnd perhaps the greatest,
manifestation is tlie enthusiasm which Is
shown tewnrd the work. In most cases it
seems te open up a new life te many of them
nnd the influence of this Is shown, net only
in their attitude toward what they arc doing
musically, but in their everyday personal and
business life as well. The choral organiza
tions which are conducted lu the great com
mercial houses have been of nctual value te
the Institutions by helping te bind the em em
peoyes who are members of the singing body
mere firmly te the Interests of the beuse
Itself, nnd there is no mere loyal body of
empleyes en thn roster than these who are
members of the chorus. The enthusiasm
which tbey feel in the artistic impulse is
seemingly transmitted into their work ns
well, nnd both they und their employers
gain thereby.
"This feeling that they nre finding some
thing better than mere living from day te
day is also apparent in their lives outside
of their business from whnt I have been told,
nnd this applies net only te the members
of the choruses of commercial organizations,
but te all who find the real enjoyment which
comes with the rendition and the practice of
great artistic masterpieces.
Strengthens Their Sensibilities
"Many n discerning music lever has been
creutcd by the choral organizations of the
great cities. Ihese bodies glve them the
one opportunity which lies within the reach
of the averugn person of becoming persenully
acquainted with some of the great composi
tions. A person muy hear u great oratorio
many times, until he thinks that he knows
It well, but let thnt same person spend a
bcaten in practicing that composition ns a
7
THE HUNTER HUNTED
member of a, singing society nnd he will lenrn
ninny things nbeut it which he could net
pessiblv learn from merely listening te it, no
mntter' hew many times lie might hear it.
And then, after his actual experience with
the work, when he henrs It sung by another
organization, he will listen with an entirely
new conception of its bcnutles.
"And this is by no means all he has
learned, for with sufficiently long continued
study nnd practice of the grent works he
will become able te judge ether forms of
music ns well, and will tnke much greater
pleasure in an orchestral concert, for ex
nmple. because of this knowledge. He will
probably never become a thoroughly com
petent critic, in the full sense of the word,
but he will be able te enjoy performances
of nil kinds of music nnd, what is equally
important, lie will knew why he enjoys
them.
Awakening the Art Sense
"Tlcre have been many cases In which the
nrt sense, which I believe is existent in every
person, te u greater or less degree, has been
thoroughly nvvnkened by u persenul contact
with nrt which was first obtained through
membership in a choral organization. By
this I mean that such u person, first through
his Interest in musli? became alive te the
possibilities of the ether nrts, and, with in
creasing knowledge of them, found much
pleasure and profit te himself through the
cxcrclse of that knowledge.
"As I have said, the choral organization
offers the best opportunity for uny person te
measure up his own artistic possibilities nnd
likings, because It is the easiest nnd often
the only manner in which he can come into
personal contact with the fine nrts. Almest
any person can learn sufficient singing with
the help of the director te become n member
of u choral beclety, but it is net pessible
for every person te be able te paint or te
draw or te play nn instrument sufficiently
well te get the same amount of enjoyment
out of the exercise of tills ability that he
would get out of singing in the great
choruses of some of the finest works in the
literature of music.
"The person who has this Innnte nrtistic
sense, and who enjoys its cultivation. Is
usunlly u consistent and regular iitteiulnnt
nt rehearsals. In these choruses which I
conduct I never use any 'simplifications' or
'arrangements.' I firmly believe in giving the
composition as it was written or, If for uny
reason that be impossible, net te nttemnt ii
I realize that it is quite possible materially
ie viii'iiu u cuurui reperioire ny ma use of
these methods, but I consider that it is
better te glve the singers tlie rompesliions
just us they stand, se that when they hear
them sung the wey they were composed, it
will be just as they have studied them."
What De Yeu Knew?
QUIZ
1. Name two treaties between
and llelshevlst Russia.
Germany
2. Hew many grains mahe a scruple,
f) Ttftt lifted tt'a malnVi
in
3. In what ear did ' William .Icnnlims
j iTBry?.!l vcs,sn as Secretary of state?
4. Hew did hansom cabs get their name'
6. When did Theodere Roosevelt scttlu thn
anthracite strlke? ue
6, What Is a nenuphar?
7. What Is the name of the Instrument
5: ZX !!lSAdsSlirr the capl,a,?
1U. What Is meant by Socratic Irony?
Answers te Saturday's Quiz
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:. Uuhl Is brass, tortoise-shell," et"., cut
In ornamental patterns for Inlavint
The name Is the Clerman form of
ESS ,vivrcnch carvep c he tfme of
3
J. r. Wolfgang; Amadeus Mozart the
rsn22us ..composer, lived n ' ul
SWJ1 nluW l dates are
4. Belivia and Paraguay nre Seuth Ameri-
can nations with no beaceasi A,nen-
D. Ralph Walde Emersen in '
Leve" wrete "When half.
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SHORT CUTS I
The Deve of Peace still wears spun h
Ireland.
Very naturally every Pcnn student full
his eats en Hey Day.
In Lloyd Geerge's Genea lexicon then
is no such word as failure.
Se far as we knew te the contrary, this
is a common everyday week.
Uncle Snm having given the fair til
O. K., nothing can give it the K. O.
If left te a popular vote, the dandtlin
might easily become the national netver.
The British Heuse of Lords has vetd
te exclude women. Man's lone sanctuirj,
What a happy world this would b U
the only sharpshooters were marble playtn.
The Republican State Committee will
new proceed te find out hew well Old sUidi
the gaff.
There is evidence thnt these who JMJ
n sucker list nevvadajs simply take a tin
directory.
Jnek Demnsev la home wenrine an tit
glass. That will knock nn eye out of Hi
admirers.
The reason Lloyd Geerge Is net mm
frequently downed is that he se MlOOfl
Mews up.
&nnulff,if. if ...liAiliera U'A lieAf fr&D
Milferd that Cleanup has moved into the
ning row,
It was the Newark girl's lntfntlen ill
along te prove that the mure is the ecttcr
dark horse.
It won't be the British Premier's fault
it the Tempie of I'eace lsn t et wi
ucerginn architecture.
The one athletic event that seldom Pti
en the sporting puge might be headed
Common Guy Beats Carpet."
Tl, V.. T .!.. ., Tinnr Hill Oil I
says she understands that the Ferdneytimi
car is n McCumberseme -ehicle.
Vein nAehnnu KAmAnihnu TiKlf HlflnO. 01
Indiana, who spoke se eloquently fort"
fnlr. refused te make any glowing preml
wiiiie here investigating.
Dempsey, who plans te marry a Cole
rniln del nf nlnAlAAn giivb his Idea Ol I
happy home is twelve kids. Right, be! 0
of them there sociologists ceuldu't 've MM"
no better.
Man nnd wife have entered the Mill'
weeds nnked te preve their ability te t
feed and clothes direct from Dame Nj'"';
The fact will have interest for u number W
.Maine mosquitoes.
Frem n Laurel. Del., correspondent
Inrifti itf n Anr tl.nt H.,,Ul.rHt n llfin fnfc flOf"
bit n girl through the Up and chin.
venture the opinion that its geed temp
ceuiu net nave been apparent, cuncr.
Washington's scrambled time Is bJsmsJ
111- Sennlnr Dlnl 4nr tlm overturning 01 1
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luura imt vvuiie um live cuiiuicm " v i IaH
rylng through breakfast for the 8, ciSj j
ueclnn nt ttitli- ft n'ctnclf school. W I
naturally prefers but one recorded time.
r 1.. 1.1 .c eth it H
unrn in npiireHi'iiiiiK me miy -,.
great a speed that en .Tune 18 she Uieeri'
will only be 4,000.000 miles away. 1
information from scientific headquarter! ii
tercsts us strangely. We had thought '
distance cosily halt a mne icb.s tu
Aurera, III., widower about te remiifl
says his bride-te-be wss chosen for P"
by the spirit of his first wife. AdmU;3
the new wife have a legitimate I""";,
If her predecessor continues cerannuw
liens?
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thnt New. "ierk.
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