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PhUtdrlphli. Wrdnedt;. lane 7, 1923
THE FAIR MOVES FORWARD
THE unanimous approval of the Swqul
Centennlat by the Heuse of Hepresenta
tlves mnj- legitimately lie construed ns
emethtng mere than u mere formal ex
pression of ceed will.
While it Is true that the sanctioning
resolution contained no prevision for ap
propriations a point upon which Uepre
sentatlvc Mendell laid stress the ltfpuli
lican fleer leader was particular te point out
that Congress "will lie expected at the
proper time te make whatever appropria
tions may be necessary for n Government
building at this very splendid e.thlbltlon-te-be."
There Is net the least doubt that this
t. thought Is In the minds of the Knlr Asso
ciation and that It Is rightfully entertained.
, Congressional Indersement Is a prelimi
nary step, but without being importunate
It may be stated that its moral If net Us
technical obligations de net end here.
The Heuse and the Sennte cannot afford
te withheld substantial aid for the celebra
tion of ICO years of American Independence,
nor is there reason te believe that they will
be lax when the moment for financial as
sistance arrives.
Philadelphians nre entitled te be pleased
t the outlook and grateful for the promi
nence already accorded in Washington te a
magnificent undertaking, te the significance
of which the entire Natien will be eventually
aroused.
LILLIAN RUSSELL
fpIIE exceptional position se long occupied
X by Lillian Hussell with relation te her
Inflexibly loyal admirer, the American
public, Is first of all attributable te u radi
ance of personality as Indefinable ns It was
potent. Minds and sensibilities that art!
dazzled de net lend themselves readily te
the demands of analysis, which perhaps ex-
A.Blalns why "the Queen of Americnn Light
Opera" wns mere sumptuously and steadily
served with banquets of praise than ether
tars of her type nud period.
In one respect this was Lillian Russell's
feed fortune. It was her unique privilege
- te be accepted as a resplendent Institution
and as a symbol of beauty and gracious
charm. It was unimaginable that she should
erer grew old, and new the legend of her
command ever the fount of .eiith Is pre
served in her sudden and premature passing.
' What has sometimes been overlooked and
la signally worthy of emphusis Is, however,
-that Lillian Hussell at the height of her
stage career was something mere than u
gorgeous creature. Stage annals will make
much of her physical loveliness. Psycholo
gists will discover u mine of interest In the
somewhat random marriages of her earlier
days and of the varied distinctions wen by
ftwr In public and happy domestic life after
her retirement from the footlights.
There is uncommon piquancy In the
realization that she was nn earnest and able
empleye of the Department of Laber, a
commissioned investigator of the immigra
tion problem, when the accident which
closed her life occurred.
But what patrons of the theatre will recall
with ardent enthusiasm is her admirable
f,U qualities as un artist, apart from advertise-
ment, apart from what then passed for sen sen
.satlennlism, apart from the glamour attach
ing te her spectacular udventures.
Fer Lillian Unwell was Indeed an artist
of no mean gifts. In the heyday of light
opera she irradiated with her authentic tal
ents the delicious products df Sullivan, of
Offenbach, of Audrnn and the sparkling
Parisian school, new extinct. The Indian
summer of her professional career found her
a lustrous interpreter of the bright music
and light-hearted drollery of the Webertield
travesties also vanished.
Vocally, her gifts might easily have jus
tified her entrance in the grand opera field.
As It was, she elevated operetta te a plane
which seemingly cannot be rigulned.
And through all the many seasons of her
'eminence, through nil the years in which
she was the recipient of such abundant
public adulation, It may be said that Lillian
Xussell retained the saving grace of sephis
ticated humor and the most udmlrablu
vi y. Qualities of geed sense, ceneresltv ami
T wholesome zcstfulness of life, which constl censtl
"i ' ttited a triumphant armor ucninxt tl... rv.
PV?J-$ et affectation and pose. An engaging
Awyand stimulating public character, a sincere,
fitf ncuiy euuunt'u mm iiuuiiigcni artist is lest
' iv ine country in ner ueatu alter sixty-one
iti-years of jeuth.
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& iiflSS M. CAKE THOMAS, who retires
xAf.iUl. from the nrcsldencv of rtrvn m,... .
&$Ji'CWlege this week, will rank in the history
v .....v-,. uuUWuu uiiiuiik me great
women college presidents. There are these
who will Insist that she will rank among
the great college presidents. It is better
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1 t err en the side of moderation in pralslnc
ner than te attempt te give her all her just
deserts. The future will sift the words of
.commendation when it becomes possible te
, knew with greater certainty whether what
ht did rested en a firm foundation.
i But this much is admitted: She bes lifted
' Ka. Srvn Mawr Cnllese Intn tli lint .,. .
,&' iistltutiens devoted te the education of
.!:WW women. Her standards have always
'Will blb' "e "as cens'8tentIy Insisted
Wtnere is no bcx m intellect and that
n can roaster wnnicver subjects can be
rea ey men. auc nas gathered In the
y a group of experts, none nf u-im,n
a by cempariwn with experts in the
lines in ether colleges, And th mi.
has turned out as line a company of
a women as nas come irem any ether
lean institution,
the wayef social service, the opening
t doers of the college in the summer
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the benefit of these who arc unable te spend
four cnrs In study.
On the material side Miss Themas has
added tit the number of buildings nud has
Increased the endowment se that the col
lege Is equipped te carry en Its work and te
accommodate an Increasing number of stu
dents. These results could net have been accom
plished If Miss Themas had net been n
woman of vision and Initiative and great
driving power, equipped with a readiness te
profit by the lessens of experience. She
would probably tell her successor te avoid
the mistake of Imitation and te keep her
mind -en the future with n firm purpose te
meet each problem in the light of the facts
as they develop.
THE ELECTION OF BAKER
WOULD BE A CRAVE FOLLY
Repudiation of Mr. Plnchet's Desires by
the State Committee a Toothsome
Issue for the Democrats New
Without One
rpHE Old Gang In Pennsylvania never
learns and never forgets.
The bosses cannot change their spots.
Net satisfied with the well-deserved beat
ing administered te them by the party
voters through Clifferd Pinchot en May 10,
they nre despcrntely preparing for another
escapade which will again arouse the dis
gust and Indignation of the majority of
Republicans.
Ullndly disregarding the plain slsns of
danger from the awakened electorate, they
are planning, with the aid of the candidates
for United States Senater, Messrs. Pepper
end Reed, te force the election of W. llnrry
Raker as State chairman at the meeting
of the Stute Committee en Saturday.
As a count of heads will reveal, the bosses
who unsuccessfully tried te put ever Alter
ns their candidate for Governer undoubtedly
control enough votes in the Stnte Committee
te elect Raker. Rut the members of the
committee will de se at their own peril.
Raker stands for nil that Is bad In the
old organization. He is a representative of
the discredited machine, of Crewism, of
Reldlemnnlsm, of the Capitel Hill ring, of
assessments en State officeholders, of the
free and unlimited use of boodle te carry
elections and of nil the sins of emission
and commission chargeable against the
worst elements in the pnrty.
These arc the sins which the majority of
Republican voters In the Stnte decided at
the primary election that they wanted ex
tirpated. There was no mistaking the man
date. The message was clear.
These sins of which Raker Is a typical
representative nre also the sins which
Pinchot pledged himself te eliminate and
purge nwny and put the party organization
back en the plane where he and every ether
self-respecting Republican man and woman
wants te see it.
Rut net se Messrs. Pepper and Reed,
net se the Capitel Hill gang, net se the
repudiated Contractors' Combine. They nre
satisfied with things as rrey were ; they
want the old order te remain.
Hew fatuous they must have thought
Pinchot when they believed they could per
suade him te sanction the continuation et
the old stuff which he Instinctively and in
honor bound must oppose !
Messrs. Pepper and Reed arc new In this
game of politics and perhaps they did net
renllze what they were asking when they
tried te get Pinchot te stand for Raker at
the Monday conference in Washington.
Maybe they will cut their political ee-teeth
later and learn mere nbeut the convolutions
of the machine's coils. Rut at any rate,
Pinchot came out of the conference as best
man because he did net betray the faith that
made him the new real leader of the Re
publican Party In Pennsylvania, even
though the Old Gang does net yet acknowl
edge that latter fact.
Se if the gang bosses insist upon retain
ing their held upon the party organization
by putting ever Raker's election next Sat
urday there is only one wise course open
te Mr. Pinchot, and that is te have nothing
te de with them nnd their works. He can
not consistently de otherwise. He will be
fully justified under all the clrcumstnnccs
In conducting his own cnmpnlgn for Gov Gov
ereor quite separately nnd apart from the
State Committee Raker management. He
cannot nfferd te accept any favors at such
hands, because they have a habit of de
manding payment with heavy interest.
As we see this fight, the principle is net
different from that before the primary.
The situation has merely changed se as te
give Mr. Pinchot the power and prestige
which comes with the party nomination for
the highest office in the State. He should
net hesitate te use that power and prestige
te the limit In order te protect the party
from the repudiated bes.p.s, tven though the
candidates for United States Senater,
Messrs. Pepper and Reed, prefer the old
outfit. Pinchot ewes nothing te either of
these gentlemen; in fact, Mr. Reed was
openly fnvernble te Alter.
Rut the State Committee election Is net
ever. It Is barely possible that some of the
wiser members will have something te say
about the Issues supposed te have been
settled at the primary, but which the bosses
Beem te have Ignored.
Are the members ready as a vbedy te go
en record against the next Governer, the
candidate of the party and its standard
bearer, at the first showing of hands en a
vital point?
De they think it geed strategy te give the
Democrats new qulte without n real issue
the opportunity of pointing out that
Pinchot ns Governer will be utterly unable
te bring about the reforms he premises be
cause he cannot even get the State Com
mittee of the party te go nleng with hlra
in his entirely proper and progressive de
sires? The Old Gang has done many foolish
things lately. Rut It will top them ull off
with a sublime piece of felly If the election
of Raker Is forced en Saturday.
AWAY FROM NORMALCY?
IT OUGHT te be vividly apparent te the
Old Guard In the Republican Purty, and
te the New Guurd for that matter, thnt m
xtreuwly strMg undercurrent of insurgent
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EVENING PUBLIC LEDGER
try nnd that political normalcy, if it is the
smug normalcy et the Ledges and the Mo Me
Cumbers, will net de.
The tide that carried Rcvcrdge nnd Pin
chet te victory in the recent Republican
primaries in ' Indiana and Pennsylvania
seems te be even stronger in Iowa. There
several old-line candidates for the United
Stutes Senate have been swept under nnd
Smith W. llroekhart, bnwler-eut of organ
ized capital, shouter for the oppressed nnd
professing political radical, walked off with
the Republican nomination.
The farmers, who in Iowa nre said te be
politically Insurgent te a man, gave the
victory te Mr. Rroekhart. And news from
the field of war Indicates that It wns In
tense dislike of the State political machine
nnd all Its works rather than any particu
lar admiration for Rroekhart t,het animated
the majority nt the polls In Iowa".
The Democratic propagandists who saw
signs of party disintegration in the Rcvcr
Idge nnd Pinchot victories will, of course,
be deeply moved by the news from Iowa.
The fact Is that the present Insurgent move
ment proves the Republican Pnrty te be
anything but devitalized. What the country
needs Is n sort of pnrty feeling thnt will
tend te force a general cleaning up In Con
gress. Intellectually the Heuse nnd the
Senate are at the lowest mark of their his
tory. Even it mnn like Rroekhart can be of
mere use In Washington than any standard
iz?d politician of the back-country ma
chines. He can be nn Irritation te the tee
complacent nnd tee contented party pa
trlarchs, if nothing mere.
SNYDER NOW LOVES THE LAW
By GEORGE NOX McCAIN
rpHE Attorney General's investigation Inte
the peculiar system of bookkeeping In
the State Treasury under former Treasurer
Harmen M. Kcphurt has already begun te
produce results.
It will be recalled that when former
Auditor General new the present State
Treasurer Charles A. Snyder's books were
exnmlned by Main & Ce.. certified public
accountants, they discovered that a most
remarkable system of accounting had been
carried en during Mr. Snyder's tenure of
office.
One of the sensational results of the
Snyder system wns the discovery that the
$5000 Reldleman check had been ordered
paid from a fund thut wns available only for
"Advertising and the Escheat of Moneys."
In following up ether payments and
vouchers the abceuntunts disclosed the fur
ther fact thnt thousands of dollars had been
paid by Snyder from ether funds thnt had
no connection whatever with the character
of service rendered.
In ether words, the funds were juggled ns
it suited the convenience of that official.
It is net te be wondered that in following
the dear line of his sworn duty Auditor
General Samuel S. Lewis has incurred the
dlsplensure, net te use a mere cmphntlc
word, of State Treasurer Snyder nnd his
predecessor, Mr. Kephnrt.
It was net te be expected, therefore, that
the bill of Main & Ce. for their services
in uncovering the odorous mess en Cnpltel
Hill would pass unquestioned.
There had been hints that it would be
disputed : that payment might be refused.
The cahlcr of the State Treasury, Themas
A. Crichton, as anticipated, brought the
matter of its payment te the attention of
Attorney General Alter en a technicality. It
was whether or net Main & Ce.'s bill could
be paid out of a deficiency appropriation
of IOL'1.
After all his experience In switching funds,
paying attorneys and ethers out of funds
thnt had nothing te de with their work,
State Treasurer Snyder suddenly found it
necessary in a remarkable recrudescence of
zeal te nppenl, through his cahlcr, te the
long ignored Attorney General for advice.
Attorney General Alter's decision was that
the bill should be paid out of the deficiency
appropriation.
State Treasurer Snyder's discovery of the
existence of nn Attorney GenernI, after
jears in which he had disregarded his power
and nutherlty, is the one prominent nnd
visible result of the present investigation.
And new that Mr. Snjder has come te his
senses Attorney General Alter should by no
means Ignore the fact thnt he, as the repre
sentntivc legal officer of the Commonwealth,
ewes a duty te the people with respect te
Mr. Snyder as former Auditor General that
should net be overlooked or neglected.
The money disbursed by the former Audi
tor General te his self-appointed attorneys,
in flagrant and boastful violation of the
direct mandate of the Act of 1015 prohibiting
such appointments, still remains te be recov
ered from Mr. Snyder or his bondsmen.
It Is lu excess of $100,000 and it belongs
te the people.
Mere vividly should this duty be impressed
upon the mind of Attorney General Alter
because of the fact that the present Auditor
General, Mr. Lewis, hns mode no such ap
pointments without tuC fun concurrence and
advice of Mr. Alter.
The decision as te the payment of the bill
of Main & Ce. for auditing Mr. Snyder's
books and unraveling their sinuous Intrica
cies has also a wider significance.
On his own responsibility, just as when
he appointed attorneys illegally, State
Treasurer Snyder ordered an examination
and auditing of State Treasurer Kcphart's
books. A firm of accountants completed the
work months age.
Net n word has been heard with reference
te the result. .
Will Mr. Snyder, through his cashier,
demand that the bill for this work ordered
by him en his own responsibility be paid
out of the deficiency appropriation of 1021?
DEFLATING THE RAILROADS
RAILWAY corporations with stupendous
sums of money Invested In equipment
and subnormal bend values and earning
power rigidly fixed below conventional In
terest rates by the authority of the Govern
ment cannot be said te be rolling in milk
und honey. Neither can railway empleyes,
who still must pay war prices for feed and
shelter, be elated at the prospect cf further
general reductions in their pay.
In .n time of inflntlen the way te deflate
is te deflate, and since this essential work
must begin somewhere, borne one huu te be
the first te suffer.
It Is useless te deny that wage cuts will
mean actual hardship te many railroad men.
Rut It is worth remembering that people
who had their money invested in railway
securities have been doing their suffering
for n number of years.
In the course of time lowered shipping
costs will force mere general reductions of
the costs of living. Meanwhile the Railroad
Laber Heard, in ordering wage cuts follow fellow
Ing the reduction In freight rates, took
the only open way out of u great eiucr
cency by attacking the problem of nl.
normal costs of living at or ut least near
the seurcethat is, in tat. transportation
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PHILADELPHIA, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 7,
AS ONE WOMAN SEES IT
Men Leve te De Funny Formal
8tunts W.hen Left te Their Own
Foolish Ways, Which Explains
Parades and Minstrel 8hews
By SARAH D. LOWR1B
THE theory thnt men abhor the trammels
of nnncMllntm rnnvnntlnns nnd escape
formalities of nil sorts, from dress coals te
duty calls, oilce their wemenklnd have
taken wlnge for the summer. Is se deeply
rooted In most women's minds thnt It Is
always n perplexed surprise te'them te see
the lengths of fennalitv te which men. left
te their own devices, will go when they nre
really embarked en a ceremony.
I cannot imagine women celebrating any
event or nnnlvcrsnry, no inntter hew patri
otic or religious or social, keeping their faces
straight while performing the drilled genu
flections which their husbands and brothers
and fnthers lend themselves te with a gravity
that is unflinching.
Even the funny stunts thnt men de for
one another's applause have n kind of prena
ration nnd n program nnd balance that
blights any passing frivolity which inter
rupts the prescribed ritual. I watched the
Pen nnd Pencil Club celebrities net long age
perform In their admirable and agreeable
manner en the public stage. Of course, a
minstrel show Is ns bnlanced nnd conven
tional In Its way ns a minuet, but I realized
why men Invented minstrel shows nnd still
cling te them with levnl devotion. The
center mnn, called the Interlocutor, and the
end men, who conscientiously produce the
stories, and the in-between men, who leugh
nt the stories, are as wedded te their con
ventional pregrnm ns though it came out
of n prayer book. If one man departed ever
se little from the rubrics, the whole service
would go te smash nnd the actors' wide
mouth grins would turn te frozen disappro
bation. TT JUST happened that n day or se be
A fore that show I had sat for n whole
Sunday morning nt the open window of my
sitting room watching the gathering of n
fraternal order for their nnnunl march with
bands tuid banners through our ijnrt of the
town. It took them nbeut two hours te get
ready for that march, nnd ns each brother
strode mnnfullv forth from the club hell
pulling en n pair of spotless white gloves and
settling his plumed pith helmet te the exnet
crease above his eyebrows, I realized thnt in
the ceremony of the day nil the pent-up
desires for grandeur nnd kingly observances
were given leeway bv these narticlpnting.
r.ach man, being dressed like a here, treated
himself ns one, and there wns nn nir of
condescension nnd yet of benevolence with
which he greeted these ns geed bv nature
ns himself, but certainly net se fortunate
who were In the somber nether nnd upper
garments of everyday. Even these in high silk
hats and long frock coats and white vests
were lesser mortals in their own esteem
tnaii the paragons in creased white trousers
nnd belted, bright-hued coats nnd glit
ter ng swords. The salute with these glit
tering swords en the slightest passing nod,
the meticulous inspection by these higher
l!p' i .t,ic. ,pontlnueus testing of nutherlty
by him highest up In rnpid-fire commands
te siicntli i and unsheath, point, nnd shoulder
these glittering swords, nnd finally, the mo
ment of perfection reached and almost
overreached, for It was a very het day
wnen the reviewing potentates in Turkish
trousers nnd fezes passed down that line,
nil were se many glorious proofs thnt men
are highly ceremonious creatures when left
te their own devices.
TF I HAD needed nny further proof of this,
I had only te go back n few days mere te
the afternoon I had spent as one of nn In
cited group nt the Franklin Institute, when
the two degrees of the year were bestowed
en the two scientists who had done most
during the Inst twelve months te benefit the
.i yi 'elr nPl,"cl knowledge Thomp
son, the laboratory nutherlty en ntems and
molecules, and Medjeskl. the architect,
engineer nnd constructor of the great bridges
of the country.
The president of the Institute, Walten
Clark, the presenters of the two men te
receive the medals of honor, the secretary
or the beard who produced the awards, the
donors of the portrait of the president which
eMI.?rZm ,1C lnrtI,,,t0 durln " ceuwS
3L ,i " "" ,l0-'i' thc r,t,-sP'""! "f the prcsl-clniln.i-'0
hiI!,l,nnnns " "escribed the re
eiplents achievements, nnd the recipients
or their proxies who returned thanks, were
nil se exnet in their parts, se word perfect
nnd se leg perfect nnd se hand perfect that
no eighteenth century duel could have been
begun or carried out with mere punctilio.
It was as different from well, snv every
day life in a trolley cnr. ns the shrlli buz, of
n women's luncheon Is different from a
vestry meeting.
It suddenly struck me then that giving
medals, after school days are once ever and
investitures of all kinds, as well as "the' high
''""W orders and the processiening
and title bestowals are all masculine "vavs
of enjoyment, just as the jostle and reach of
bargain counters, and the bustle and bar
gaining of fairs, and the excitement of
church suppers nre all feminine ways of ex
pressing a sense of Importance.
WOMEN like te parade, but when they de
It they Insist en a plainer nnd less In
conspicuous dress than they walk erdlnnrlly
abroad in : but when their husbands parade
they have Solemon In all his glory ns their
sartorial model. When women fratcrnfre
1 H.h Vmy, ,!cnr" ,,r "wreK"
rlc!" Rut when men crown themselves or
one another they add "Sir" before the
names of their been companions and spenk
of their familiar friends us "High Poten-
(Hi 6flt
If women have te act or speak in nubile
they put their clever best into getting ahead
of their fellow women by staging a surprise.
If men give themselves ever te succcedine
with their fellow men they make it a point
te come up te their sponsor's expectations.
All of which accounts for the almost
monumental longevity of the minstrel show
t u I "'"'""- KJeiy, tneir perfection
of method ns degree givers nnd Inkers, nnd
their holy war aspect when en parade Mv
only perplexity hovers round the fact that
they speak of themselves and we women
sneak of them te themselves n. ..,.... .
form nnd ceremony nnd ritual, as bcllttlcrs
of "gewgaws' and as desplsers of hid.,
sounding encomiums thnt lire only cenven
tiens of politeness! '
THE truth of the rantter Is, if you drcg,
clergyman in black nil the vear he will
snatch nt a red necktie during his vacation,
nnd if one s habit is te be ceremonious one's
relaxation will be te be offhand, and vice
versa, lhere Is still enough Puritanism
sticking about in our interiors te make us
divide pleasure and duty into two unequal
parts. The man who Is generally dressed un
the actor, for Instance-Is fondest of
dressing down out of school, while the man
who dresses down all day the day lnberer
for instance Is fondest of dressing un for n
holiday, which is why the wildest spree of
kings is te go "inceg" about public places
and he cnlled Mister by bellhops and told
"te hurry along there" by pelicemen: nnd
why the wildest spree of a miner Is te pre
tend he is king for a day and have all the
flunkies in the hotel bowing low ever his
tips.
I Riippose the reason, tee. that men nre
se full of sentiment In their pleasures Is
because their buslnesu Ik se matter of fact
I was commenting en this te a woman net
long age, nnd she nodded wisely ever her
knitting. "Manners nre symbols of senti
ment," she sold, "and sentiment is net con
fined te one sex or the ether.
"There is a little boy In every man and he
comes Inte his own when the mun is strcnu.
eusly gracing nn occasion,"
The United States Steel
Points te Corporation has a legltl-
Old Stuff mate grievance against
the Rethlrhem-Lnckn-
wanna nnd Mldvnle - Republic Inland
mergers. The consolidations drnw attention
te the fact (hat United States Steel In
nrettv nearly Ilia whole tlilnir nnd that Him
competition new alleged te bauhrjataasd la
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Daily Talks With Thinking Philadelphians en Subjects They
Knew Best
SIMEON van T. JESTER
On Training Industrial Executives
THE human problem in industry and its
correct solution Is one of the funda
mentals of business today, says Simeon vnn
T. .Tester, superintendent of the department
of mechanical instruction nt Glrnrd College.
"There are two great types of American
business executives," said Mr. Jester. "One,
admitting thnt he does net knew it nil, is
seeking lu every way te improve his
product, te give his workers a square deal,
te deal fairly with its competitors and te
render the highest service te the public; the
ether, complacently content te fellow old
methods, blinded by past successes te the
great changes thnt are sweeping through in
dustry, taking ndvnntnge of the ignorance
and the necessities of its workers nnd
hnving ns its Ideal maximum profits, re
gardless of quality.
"Of all the valuable by-products of the
great war, the open mind of the modern
executlve stands out ns the one of first im
portance. The incident of the college prefes-
a.A I.a n it aUIa tn liifinnnun tlin tniisiA ef
our field artillery by nbeut 30 per cent by ,
a slight change in tne shape ei tne sacu
Is typical of what is going en in industry.
Mnny plnns which were once considered
visionary are new being accepted ns sound
business policies, nnd everywhere the forward-looking
employer Is laying his cards
en the toble nnd taking his workmen into
his confidence.
Breader Knowledge Desired
"Everywhere groups of shop executives
are analyzing and studying their jobs nnd
finding ways of cutting costs and making
the shop llfe of (he workers mere pleasant.
During the last winter lfiOO shop executives
In Milwaukee have been taking u course te
enable them te become mere efficient : In
Flint. Mich., executives from all the auto
mobile plants liavc combined in nutting ever
an cducntiennl program which compares
quite favorably with thnt of some of the
best technical schools; a Pittsburgh con
cern has for several years offered exceptional
educational opportunities te its apprentices
nnd jeunger empleyes; In Rochester, Ilnr
rlsburg. Bosten, Cincinnati and ether great
Industrial centers some of the keenest minds
lu industry nre focused en the cducutieu
nnd upgrading of workmen
"The most notable advances In the train
ing of Industrial executives has been made
in Philadelphia under the direction of the
Philadelphia Association for the Discussion
of Employment Problems, with the as
sistance of the Beard of Education nnd the
department of industry of the University
of Pennsylvania. Tills co-eperatlvo move
ment for the improvement of industrial
conditions in Philadelphia stands out us the
big industrial advance since the wnr and
one of which this city may well be proud.
"At some of the meetings of this asso
ciation mere than liOOO shop executives
hove been present und vital manufacturing
problems nnd questions of Industrial rela
tions have been discussed by specialists iu
each field. Courses have been maintained
for foremen, textile workers, time study
men. works mnnngers and superintendents.
Mnny conferences of employment and plant
managers have been held nnd borne splendid
rescurch work hns been done. During the
Inst year the scope of the association Iiiih
been broadened nnd the talent und training
which hns been brought te bear upon the
common difficulties have produced some ex
tremely beneficial results.
Ignorance Breeds Suspicion
"Many thousands of dollars have been
expended in perfecting machines, in iin.
proving plants und In developing better
methods of manufacturing, hut until quite
recently the employer has given but little
attention te a solution of the. human prob
lems in industry. As a result there hnve
been many misunderstandings nnd net n
little suspicion en the part of the workmen
"This was strikingly shown In a nliint
recently when the works mnnngcr overheard
a foreman criticizing the company for the
'raw deal' which It was giving the men and
the iarga profits' the management was
taking out of the business. The manager
returned te his elficc. brought out the com cem
pany books, sent for the foreman and
showed him what the company did with
each dollar received for the finished Product
"He showed him thy cost of material',
labor, the various burden charges, ndver.
Using, marketing, Interest, war tax ami the
cost of supervision, In which was Included
Ihe foreman's pay. At the conclusion the
foreman, with gcnulne regret for his hasty
judgment, said: 'If we had kneucd what
you wus up ugulust lu .keeping the ulant
going, we would have Ukeu.ths cut In par
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giving us n square deal and. believe me,
every mnn in the plant will knew it before
quitting time.
"The solution of many troublesome prob
lems, both material and human, is In the
hands of the foreman, nnd his is the key
position of all Industry. Therefore the most
fnr-slghtcd policy of management becomes
tin unread statement If the foreman is un
able or unwilling te sell it te his men. The
ingenuity of the management In devising
plans for cutting costs nre but theories if
tne foreman's support Is lacking.
Ne matter hew big-hearted the general
mnnngcr mny be in the treatment of men.
if the miner executives nre incapable of
transmitting this human touch en down the
line, the men will never knew what the com
pany really wanted te de for them. The
foreman b ideals, attitude and methods be
come, in the eyes of the workmen, the
ideals, attltude and methods of the cem-Pinin-I"
.. ,1C 'Ofemnn stands squarely between
nil betterment plnnn and their nccompllsh nccempllsh
mi1..i!l!,nl he. hns the blScst Individual re
S'n?i i S in proportion te his education
and abilities of any man in Industry.
Training the Foremen
"If the educational plans which arc being
followed in many plants nre successful, the
i.r craaVvl,u b" Biven the opportunity te
5 J , .f rainlnB that will make him
a mere respected, mere efficient und u mere
human executive. Instead of being n bufier
5S ,r ",cn "'"I .management, he will be
come the source of information nnd inspira
., LHuLl1"5 lnp" nml a ,ruste(' adviser and
ment. e-perater with the manage-
''I'ne Pareful analyses that have been
mnd1 .f,, tl(l '"'-n'an's job indicate very
closely hat he must be teacher, mechanic
diplomatist and leader, and with a 1 the
expert attention that is being given e the
qualifications for this strategic position It
will net be nt all surprising te find in en.
tlrely different type of executive taking th
&E-? SSL fe!0. '?"?& .n.
bass voice nd his strong h? n'r'w JJj
find himself the iinnnn..i.. ."l .V'1
find himself the unpopular wpreMntn live
of u once nrosnereii , riprestntathe
What De Yeu Kneiv? j
QUIZ
1. 'Where was Old Sarum?
2. Who was Zenebla?
3. "What fs a carom?
4. Date Delia Rebbia.
6. What is quinquina?
6. Where Is Eurasia?
7. Who was Faustina?
8. What is aphasia?
ie' Whv I. he 'et.t,er "s" t8 ln Imbroglio?
10. Ahy Is tt mcuiey described as nn olio?
Answers te Yesterday's Quiz
'? p"" M"cre Is the nam ........
1. Th
nevoute,rTnTffChlnthe American
under Wayne w e ,UrnHS?tll,e.'Uals
feated by a Buntrter ? fnP-r,-laecl.and de
troops en Sep f ember "0 1?' eiW
In Chester Count v ' e7JJi ty0" Is
ter. ..c"n.'y.
twenty miles west hV f,nnAylvnJa.
aeiphia. ' " u niia.
3 3W8!tt1,ta " th
3' TheeauRtes MS fereV1,"
istrntlen of Jehn Aitam H n?mln.
largely by the itaslre of A-iSc2"len'l
Party te June the .mere I rulen? tSHiM
of political opposition then -' "P"8
nml te check' the actlvlttS, Pn7 vfJent
who sympathised with KrnnSe th"0
nllen act cave the Pi'mihIK""6, The
order the remeva, from thPWer te
i.t aliens Judged ti lie d2n?.ceu,,tr'
sedition act imposed penaiuVsTT"8
prlsennient for censnlriiiB i.-8 and lm lm
JJevernment and ltBPm?asuSS,l"t lhe
Interfering with the S'e" or, fr
Government. The acts wiena of the
17D8. Their severity hlV. "Bsci1 'n
overthrew of the Federalists "ea tne
4. The word farthing Is der?i-.,i .
"feurth-ng" of u nennv !i '' .trer
quarter of a PenV. fVI?? nF
make a penny. r rarthliigs
5. The Mackenzie, River In rv.,,,t
almost due north fetsPKt? & a'tcu'e
Cl fefente""".'''' S'". In
Blver of nndlcnt ?thcns meU3 ,aw
7. A mavis Is a seng.thruHh
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The million-dollar rain evidently la
tends te make It two millions or bust.
What the country passively hopes for U
somebody te knock the tar out of tariff.
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The desire of the producers for cleaner
pictures is a great light seen through I'
Hays.
Erin might well say te De Vslirt,,
And new gee what you've been an' gm
an done!"
Majer Malcolm Wheeler- Nichols
having been fined fifty files may new put
em en parade.
Taking ene politlcal-gambllng-heuM-protector
with another, a policeman's let
is net a happy one.
"Man is n fighting animal, worse tiu
the beast," says a Y. M. C. A. speaker.
Thnt guy is trying te pick a fight.
Brown is new the fashionable color la
raris. Perhaps because it wag In every
body s mouth following war's jamboree.
The Chilean lady who wants the namM
of the twelve greatest American women hit
started something that nobody can finish.
? hel2rty approval of the Sesqul-Cea-tennlal
indubitably demonstrates that net
even Congress can be wrong all the time. '
The Supreme Court decision that labor
organizations may be sued mny prow I
blessing in disguise te these it appeari tl
discipline.
All the fine points of the fight for tb
chairmanship of the Republican State Com Cem Com
mlttee nre being expertly noted by hopeful
Democrats.
Leaking ammonia tank in a New Yerk
snusage factory drove people out of til
neighborhood. "Het deg!" cried the kids
as they belted.
Dublin professor seys tannin in tea
causes cancer. As coffee has already been
cussed, it is plainly somebody's turn te
traduce the buttermilk habit.
Nese prints of prize cattle are being
taken en St. Paul, Minn., farm for pur
poses of identification. Doubtless a geed
scheme and ene net te be sniffed at.
Bosten corset maker says weman'i
waist iu Increnslnff In mIva fn thla nnnntrr.
Te a short-arm man this may prove an ob- 'j
siacie, nut neii ueuDtiess find a way te gn .
around it.
It Is feared in some quarters that caia
altles in the Heuse sector will mere than '
wipe out the re-enfercements received by
the Army Appropriation Bill In the Depart
ment of the Senate. .
The country mny get some satisfaction
from the fact that McCumber has been
juugneu ei i. ei permuting tee ioei ""j
menlals planned for the entry
into m'
Senate of the Benus BUI.
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As the captain of a sea-going hoodt heodt hoedt
laden tug tells it, there are again pirates
the hli-h wnM. nnii hnntlecffera nrfl tbelf.
victims. IIew this would have appealed te I
the old-tlme pirate crews! Piping all nane
for grog wns the easiest thing they did.
Th mnnnffnr nf iha Xntlnnnl Conven
tien of Hairdressers in Decatur, III., aag I
girls are tired of bobbed hair and plana ".
nelnff flnvlKA.l fnc tha irnttlnrt nt "lnnff. fraCO
ful roll effects," especially for evenlnl j
gowns, j.eng green roll effects, we suriaw
There was strong reason for the beM'
Lillian Russell had en her public. She wu
mere than n stage favorite. She bad t
leve end respect of the men end women wiw
whom she worked. This will be testified ,
net only by actors of prominence, but SJi
many old-timers of the rank und file
O. Henry ell th -,
net inn is story of two runen"-. ,
Justified who met and fell In l.fJ )
while rubbering a J,
then delayed their own wedding by r"bl)lLv!
iiir at tne crown anil lergening ne.rai
principals. Pure farce, of course, eui
It liml ii hntttu In tnut lu ail.lftnpnrl llV S'StS
from Yerk,. Pa,, of n ceup'e who teriA
get a umrrlBge lleenssv through wss
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