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FLAG DAY
TIIK flas of the United Stnte3 Is the eldest
Has In the world. The colors of all
ether nntiens have changed In one way of
another with the .liift and rlinnges of na
tional fortune or the drift of the spirit of
national adventure. Old Uler.v remnliiM
ai chaiiKrlei's and steady as hope. It rep
resentH net only a principle but a premise.
It Is net only for the United States of to
day. It Is for the United States of the
future and net alone for Americans, but
for nil mankind. There is no ether llap
quite like It. because it lias been from the
first a sjmbel of something mere than na
tional nmhltlen. It menns that all men of
honor desire te be free, and that all -uch
men will be free before the world is much
elder.
We can bc-t serve the caiie represented
by the flag of the United States by re
membering alwajs that such daujers as
threaten countries like ours come net from
the outside but from within. Tyranny and
treason are forever taking en new forms
and appearing In new disguises. The are
the disens.es of democracy. If they nre
held In cheek, If we learn te leek upon
political corruptienlsts as traitors and upon
every fnnntie and self-seeking opportunist
as n potential tyrant, nobody outside the
United States will ever be able te de us or
the principle of government we represent
any great harm.
CRIME NOT A PRIVATE AFFAIR
RESTITUTION of stolen money does net
exempt the thief from prosecution. It
may lessen the penalty through the mercy
of the Court, but that Is all.
Therefore the report that there are te
be no prosecutions In the Chandler case be
cnuse the complaining witnesses have get
their money back Is astounding.
The function of prosecuting does net rest
upon the persons who swore that they were
defrauded. The District Attorney is the
prosecuting officer of the county. He has
the power and it his duty te call the at
tention of the Grand Jury te alleged
offenses and te indicate the names of wit-
! nesscs who can supply evidence.
r The Grand .Tury. however, does net have
i' te depend en the District Attorney. It can
act en Its own initiative and can summon
such witnesses ns it sees lit, and can put
them tinder oath, and extract testimony
from them. If evidence of crime is devel
oped, Indictments can be found against the
accused and the ease can then be presented
te a trial jury, where the evidence in favor
as well as against the defendants can be
heard.
It is intolerable that the ends of justice
should ever be defeated by the refusal of
Immediately ussrleed parties te demand
prosecution. If the law has been violated.
the whole community suffers. Prosecution
of the guilty is undertaken net for the pur
pose of securing vengeance for an indl
Yidtinl sufTerer nor for half a dozen such
sufferers, but for the protection of the com
munity ns a whole.
f NO TROLLEY FREIGHT CARS
, .lirilATEVEK may be suitable in smaller
i W communities, the crowded streets of a
" large city ought net te be made mere
crowded by the use of the street-car lines
for freight cars.
The Public Service Commission has taken
this view In denying the petition of the
suburban lines that the Philadelphia Hapid
Transit Company be (impelled te haul their
freight cars into the heart of the city.
The Ilupld Transit Company is put te it
te accommodate the passenger traffic which
It Is compelled te carry. Its tinancial re
sources nre (.trained te provide power and
equipment for this local business. It could
J net use Its power for carrying freight wliii
i' eui decreasing Its ability te carry passen-
gers.
The decision of the Public Service Com
mission will, therefore, be welcomed by all
who are hoping that as the linauclal ability
of the Rapid Transit Company is increased
the passenger service will be made mere
comfortable for the general public.
AN OLD STORY REPEATED
Kallreads eutjlit te be compelled te de
what railroads de In ether civilized coun
tries. They should be compelled te put
guards and gates at every grade crossing.
They will de no readily enough when Legis
latures are honest and free from the belief
that corporations nre holy and net te be
bothered or Irritated, no matter what
happens.
SINCE the above was written a day or
two age In these columns in the course
of n discussion of the killing of six people
in n motorcar struck by a railroad train
near Absecon, it has been reported that the
Public Utilities Commission of New Jersey
disregarded appeals from various quarters
for it n order te compel the railroad company
te put Mifety gates at the crossing where
the tragedy occurred.
Politics, when It Is mixed with big busi
ness, can have some queer results.
HARD TIMES FOR UNIONS
it T A1SOU unions as well as ether business
WW $ -' enterprises seem te suacr (lining periods
h(' -Vs.il of depression. This Is indicated by reports
Iffli.tl. . ,i till. ..IT 1 1 1. 1.. e .i
J ?r wfi itf tiih iiiiiiiil: kiu. iii iiu-milm-i .siiiii in inn
& kraly American Federation of Laber made at the
& siSSlfe annual convention in Cincinnati this week.
In lOL'll the Federation had -l.U7ri.one
Jtlticmbers who paid their dues anil were in
goeil standing. I-ast ntr it had .1,000,000.
KiVhls year the membership lias fallen te
ri.105.000. e decline of nearly 1,000,000,
Kittr about -3 per cent, In two years.
JyJ-. Liner vear 'JTJI.UOU lunelUMStH were mem-
FWrs of the Federation, This jeur the iium
Kbr 1 180,000, Tlie number of seamen
nas taiien irem iu,wju te iu,wu,
a ihrnuvh the various trades.
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. IS ? u umuii ni..iu, m.H
-tsTect.eg tee temper ei tw
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delegates attending the convention. The
radical group Is there, but without Its old
leaders, and Mr. Oompers will attempt te
keep It In restraint, as he has done suc
cessfully for many years past.
As was te be expected from such n Demo
crat as he is, he has laid the blame upon
the Republican Congress for the unsatis
factory business conditions and Jncldentally
'for the unsatisfactory situation In which
the labor unions find themselves. He sup
ported Mr. Cox in the presidential election
and lie naturally seeks te justify his course,
and te make what personal and political
capital he can out of It.
STIMULATING THE MERCHANT
FLEET IS A NATIONAL DUTY
Mr. Harding's. Ship Subsidy Bill la a
Wholly Unsuitable Cue for the Par
tisan Opposition New Brewing
THE habit e' partisan thinking, se strong
in the conduct of American legislative
nffalrs, has long been richly productive of
paradoxes. In few of the provinces of con
gressional action have such inconsistencies
been mere persistently piquant thnn with
respect te the vastly Important topic of
.stimulation of the merchant marine.
"Protection" Is traditionally n word of
Republican significance. Its frequent em
ployment by the majority party is the con cen con
Ncntlenul cue for equally conventional the
atrics in tlie Democratic camp.
Probing beyond the veneer of phraseology,
it may readily be proved that Democratic
administrations have net refrained from
applying the principle of Federal assistance
for multifarious Melds of commerce and
Industry. In the theatre of politics, how
ever, superabundant stress Is laid upon ex
ternals and the gestures of the chief actors
before the public footlights.
With these conditions In mind. It Is, there
fore, both Instructive and amusing te com
pare Democratic opposition te the present
ship-subsidy program with Democratic prac
tice In the mutter of ship protection.
If ever n system of Federal coddling was
devised, It Is conspicuously discernible In
the method of safeguarding the American
merchant marine Inaugurated by the Wil Wil
eon Administration. The Shipping Ileard
and the machinery for allocating te spe
cially favored steamship lines fleets of pas
senger and cargo vessels arc Democratic
creations.
Mr. Wilsen, It may be noted, did net
hesitate te espouse the cause of ship pro
tection. The method under his regime was
perhaps theoretically attractive. In the
emergency of war it unquestionably pro
duced results, which was all at that time
which claimed the public Interest.
The accounting at the conclusion of hos
tilities presented another side of the picture.
The system of festering national Hag com
merce through the ministrations of the Ship
ping Heard has been shown te be appallingly
costly. It has been cumbersome, compli
cated nnd, considering the possibilities of
the fine new licet, actually stultifying te
commerce.
President Harding Is keenly aroused te
the necessity of supplanting this new dis
credited procedure with a plan prepared
after comprehensive investigation by quali
fied experts. In advocating the Subsidy
1U11. which has been delayed for some
months In congressional committees, Mr.
Harding Is net promulgating partisan but
national doctrine.
It is fair te admit that the Wilsen pro
gram, prepared for the wer crisis and Its
preludes, was similarly n consequence of
broadly patriotic reflection. Hut It is ridic
ulous for Democratic Congressmen and Sen
ators of 11)22 te maintain that aid, direct
or indirect, te American shipping Is ex
clusively a Republican darling.
Partisan mental processes, added te rural
prejudices, are the Inspiration for these
dilatory tactics of which the President se
candidly complains in his warning te
Chairman Campbell, of the Heuse Rules
Committee, that further procrastination will
mean the calling of nn extra session.
The Subsidy Rill Is n measure of intelli
gent nnd efficient relief for n situation grown
intolerable. It is essentially a substitute
for another, if less obvious, species of sub
vention which has ceased te operate ef
fectively. The heart of the plan is a graduated
system of tinancial aid Involving an ex
penditure In subsidies of some $114,000,000
yearly, most of which is te be drawn from
10 per cent of customs receipts and a re
volving fund of $100,000,000.
If these figures appear large, enlightening
reference may be made te Mr, Harding's
original plea for the bill, In which he ns
serted that the losses of the Shipping Heard
at the beginning of the present Administra
tion amounted te the enormous sum of
$10,000,000 a month or $11)2,000,000 n year.
Clearly, some attempt at reform is in order.
It Is net difficult te conceive that a Dem
ocratic administration would be inclined te
seek some remedy for a grotesque, unsuit
able and shockingly expensive operation of
tlie American merchant Meet. Possibly
criticism would then be forthcoming from
Republicans of obstructienary temper. Poll Pell
tics is replete with such specimens of false
logic.
The opposition of the agricultural dis
tricts te the present measure is In the main
unintelligent and short-sighted, as It has
ever been when the health of sea-borne com
merce was a legislative theme. The com
bination striving te create a partisan Issue
out of conditions unfit for such treatment
and the narrow-vlsiened Isolationists is
powerful. Hut Mr. Harding believes It can
be broken by nn assertion of his party lead
ership which he has been quick te mnke.
It is a commonplace that the prosperity
of the merchant marine exerts a fundamen
tal effect en the prosperity of the Natien as
n whole. Mr. Harding Is mindful of the
geed of the country In urging once again
the prompt passage of the bill abolishing
the outmoded Shipping Heard, reviving the
principle of private ownership with ade
quate, net excessive, protection; stimulating
the opportunities of a magnificent cargo und
passenger fleet nnd providing nn escape from
the dangerous treaty-wrecking prevision of
the Jenes Shipping Act.
It is net In the least surprising that Mr.
Harding is concentrating se much energy
upon n subject of vital consequence te the
welfare of the Republic.
OVERDONE VOLSTEADISM
AT SIXTEENTH nnd Market streets the
ether evening a policeman stepped a
citizen, who happened te be a Negro, and
ordered him te open a traveling bag which
-fct was carrying te prove that he didn't
have whisky in his possession. The bag
was opened while n crowd looked en. There
was no contraband In it.
Frank W. Sautter, of this city, driving
nn automobile te his home In Atlantic City,
was stepped by dry iiRents en the White
Herse pike nnd nssniiltcd when he ques
tioned tlie right of two men he did net
knew te search a machine in which his wife
nnd members of his family were passengers,
Mr. Sautter, with a better knowledge of
his rights as a citizen than the innu whose
luggage was searched by the policeman nt
Sixteenth and Market streets, promptly had
the Federal agents arrested and put under
ball for a hearing before a United States
Commissioner.
It would require only nbeut ten agents of
the sort encountered by Mr. Sautter te
clear all meter tourist traffic off the Jersey
reads within a single summer. For
tunately there are some people left in tills
country who lire net jet willing te submit
te a system of seifdem, even for the sake
of prohibition. Meanwhile, the wets
ought te feel exultant, In view of the valiant
work that some of the dry advocates are
doing te make the Velstead principle hate
ful and ridiculous In the eyes of all sens!
pie people.
ENDING THE CONSPIRACY
THE Democratic State Committee lias
done what the Republican Stnte Com
mittee ought te have done. That Is. It has
elected as chairman the man suggested te It
by the nominee for the governorship.
Mr. McSpnrrnn asked for the election of
Austin E. McColleugh, of Lnncnster, n
man who Is In sjmpntliy with his plans nnd
purposes. Judge Hentilwell was tlie candi
date of the forces opposed te McSpnrrnn.
The Judge was defeated, as he ought te have
been,
The men new In charge of the Democratic
State organization appear te be Interested
In developing a part) which will turn down
nny leaders who dicker with the Republican
opposition for t heir personal profit.
This sort of dickering has cursed both
parties In this State for jears. Fer a time,
under the McCormick-Meri Is-Palmer lead
ership, political contests were conducted in
geed faith nnd the Democrats were net sold
out by traitors within their ranks. It leeks
ns If the self-respecting Democrats were de
termined te reassert themselves under new
leadership ns they did when the reorganizes
get temporary control a decade age.
Every friend of honest government will
hope that they may be permanently suc
cessful. Whenever there is an underground
connection between the two party organiza
tions the gangsters in each party have
everything their own v.nj. They can frus
trate every effort te break up the practice
of running the Government for the benefit
of the politicians.
There Is need In the Slate for a strong,
healthy, alert nnd sincere opposition party.
It will serve a useful purpose by Indulging
in wholesome criticism. A live minority
party Is needed everywhere te keep the ma
jority party from degeneration und te serve
.is a possible recourse if by any chance the
majority party does become degenerate.
A party is but an instrument of govern
ment nnd is net nn end in Itself. There Is
an Increasing number of voters every decade
whom It Is futile te ask te stand" bv the
party merely because it is the party.' Mr.
Pint-het is net making such an appeal this
year, but Is pledging himself te an affirma
tive program te be carried out through the
agency of the party which has nominated
him. He is entitled te the support of every
one regnrdless of purty who favors the things
for which he stands. This fact makes the
coming , McSparran campaign significant
only In Its relation te tlie rehabilitation of
the Democratic Partj and te the breaking
up of tlie underground relations with the old
Republican machine.
NANCY KEEPS IT UP
IN THE future there may be lady am
bassadors accredited formally bv various
countries te foreign capitals. rj;ll"v Nancy
Aster. since she returned te England, has
been doing much te prove that the femi
nine temperament is fitted te the liner works
of dlplemncy.
I.ady Nancy haR managed, for one thing,
te remain popular en both shies of the
water. That is something that even Colonel
licerge Harvey hasn't been able te de
Colonel Harvey talks of politic-!, nnd wars!
Lady Aster meanwhile is telling tlie Hrltlsh
that Americans are kind, courageous,
chivalrous, modest, well-intentioned, clever
alert and net at all vain. The English be
lieve her. International relations will be
the better for oil this.
Hut mere important i the obvious fnct
that if Lady Aster continues te talk we
shall have te settle down and be as nice ns
she suys we are. There will be nothing
else left for us te de
THE ORIENTAL VIEWPOINT
AMERICANS are trained by history nnd
tradition te believe that changes of
National Administration are capable of up
setting foreign as well as domestic policies
of n Government. The French, tee, under
Pelncare have lately demonstrated hew far
reaching may be the consequences of it min
isterial upheaval.
It Is goeil news, therefore, thnt tlie Cabi
net uphenval in Japan resulting in the over over
theow of Premier Taknhashi is net regarded
in Teklo ns exerting any bearing upon the
fate of the Washington Conference treaties.
Liberal Influences nie said te be behind thn
fail of the old Ministry.
Hut in addition te this favorable turn in
the situation, the heartening announcement
has been circulated that since the covenants
nre international In chnracter they will be
unaffected hy the Cabinet overturn. It is
predicted indeed that the group of treaties
te which Japan is a party will all be
promptly ratified under the premiership of
Kate.
The island empire, it appears, is resolved
te support its pledges formally given in nn
international conclave. Westerners, if sur
prised nt this Instance of national honor,
mny, If thev cheese, attribute It te the mys mys
terieus workings of the Orlentnl mind.
-i .1 c i i rr- n,,lrr-v r" nw-lby
While liiinil Werlt is causing the arrest in
Stays Undene New Yerk of hardware
"d dry goods merchants
who sell goods en Sunday. Later en. with
n little encouragement, he says, he will pre-
ceed against cigar stores, confectioners
fxeccrles nnd delicatessen stores, though the
uw specifically ullews them te open certain
hours en Sunday. And nil this when there
nre se many really important tilings te de
In the world.
... . Th?. nrret,t Is "men.
telated a tnrily expected in West
City Ordinance Chester, N. Y., of a
lady puma accused of
spitting at a policeman. The big cat, ac
companied by her cubs, is believed te have
strayed from n circus. Either that or thcre
is an ingenious press agent somewhere In
the offing.
"Most gills would huve talked them
selves Inte a fine." said Magistrate Still
wagon. "This girl nodded herself out of
It." Evidence conclusive that thorn still
exist young ladles who knew when it pays
te be yessers.
Of course, Cincinnati's product is net
what it used te be. but does this Justify the
gloom of the rcderutlen leaders?
As an artist Lcnlnc insists en n number
of farewell performance;. He in dying
again.
AS ONE WOMAN SEES IT
Twe Geed Newspapermen, Each
Power In Hie Way and a Genera
tion Apart, One Having a
Business and the Other a
Laboratory
.V SARAH D. LOWIHE
I WAS discussing two men whom I had
met last winter who nre notable In the
newspaper world, Mr. Harry Chandler, of
the Les Angeles Times, nnd Mr. James
Thompson, of the New Orleans Item. The
man I was talking them ever with Is him
self n well-known journalist here In the
East. And lifter I had summed them up
in my wny he turned en me us quick as n
Hash with this questien: , ,,
"Hew would you knew without looking
nt their faces that they were a generatleu
apart?"
At the time I said ihat I would net have
known. Hut after 1 pondered them both
from that viewpoint later en I could sec
what he meant. One Is essentially of the
present, the ether of the coming generation.
The word "organization" is tlie big word
for one, nnd "co-operation" Is the essen essen
tlel word for the ether. Heth arc execu
tives, and In a sense administrator of their
papcru, but their technique Is worlds apart.
One treats ills paper like a business enter
prise, the ether studies his ns though It was
u laboratory experiment. I leave It te tlie
readers of this column which is the younger
and mere modern man of tlie two. Each Is
a very fine specimen of an essentially Amer
icanand therefore geed type.
WHEN I was given letters of introduc
tion te these men there were n few
added words of explanation of both for my
benefit, which 1 gle ns follews:
"Ilnrry Chandler, of the Les Angeles
Times, gets his paper through his wife s
family. General Otis was his father-in-law
nnd n great figure in Southern California
long before the days when the radical So
cialists blew up the Times Huildlng anil
were caught rrd-haiided nnd jailed for it.
Chandler? Yeu will see for yourself what
Chandler is. You'll find him very courteous
and genial, n fine man.
"As for .! nined Thompson, of the New Or
leans Item. I'd like you te meet him en
every count. He's Champ Clark's son-in-law
for one thing: he comes from Virginia
nnd has tackled somewhat of a problem
down there In New Orleans for another.
At the time of his wedding the papers were
full of accounts of his wife: she was very
pretty and charming and, I understand, has
been a help te him from the start, ns the
dnughtcr of her father would be te any up-mid-doing
fellow who could get her te marry
htm. Well, see for yourself."
AS IT turned out, I saw Mr. Chandler
out nt his own house one leisurely
morning when I drove out through miles of
u new and immensely prosperous city te his
garden terrace set en a hill. His view Is
big and sweeping and comprehends moun
tains nnd sea and town and desert, and he
himself is big and genial nnd full of wide
Interests which lie apparently manipulates
with nn air of command that suggests no
uncertainty, yet no coercion. It struck me
that he must hnvc his way and be consid
erably master of his Munitien : be. in fnct,
en the ground fleer of most of the enter
prises that come te success in Ills neighbor
hood : but net se much because he was an
amiable tyrant as because he was a hearty
and shrewd co-eperntor.
The Times which he manages in partner
ship with the family of his father-in-law,
Genera! Otis, Is a great money maker, but
he owns ether things a ranch eighty miles
long te the south of Les Angeles, a ma
hogany forest In Mexico, nn interest in
mere than one great enterprise of Les
Angeles. He can be touched nnd Interested
and Is genially sympathetic en nil these
points, and we fell into comfortable eon
verse from the word go. One could get n
score of articles from him en everything
from religion te the movies just sitting there
chatting while he smoked nnd reminisced.
I should like te have spent the week-end
thnt he invited us te uluire with him en his
great cattie ranch.
I should have enjoyed going into all the
details of the movie enterprises in which he
is evidently Interested. It would have been
very enlightening te hnve studied the real
estate boom that is making Les Angeles
higher than San Francisce. Newspapermen
in the East de net as a rule go In for large
business in ether directions; If they have
stock farms It Is for pastime, net for busi
ness. Even our buslncKit men are apt te be
"enc-ldead." If the) run a city they nre out
nnd out politicians : if they own forests they
are lumberman. Hut Chandler Is n general
practitioner, with the easy, simple manner
of a ranchmun.
AFTER this interesting "close-up" of this
t)pe of owner-manager and general city
power, I was keen te study the ether type.
As seen as I reached New Orleans, there
fore, I get in touch with Mr. James Thomp
son nnd went te the Item Huildlng. It is
n new, wide, light, well-occupied but net .
crowded building with whhe walls and
bright painted doers and woodwork. There
were apparently no secretaries ; every one
was tapping his own typewriter. I was
asked "which Mr. Thompson?" one being
the owner nnd the ether, I think, the head
of the engine room. Through nn open deer
I could see a very personable )eung athlete
of a man in his shirt sleeves rending copy.
"That is James Thompson," a mnn told me,
nnd when 1 looked about for sonie one te
announce me, he himself glanced up and
"De you want me? '
He was really very geed-looking, entirely
casual and yet as cordial as his phone
conversation. He began right off te tell me
that one of his staff had just fallen ever In
nn apoplectic tit and that he was much con
cerned about him. He was se evidently
troubled that I agreed. In order te divert
him. le leek ever his new printing plant.
What he really wanted te show me was
hew well all the workers in the plant fitted
Inte their big, light, wcll-ventllatcd work
able environment.
We had long pauses when we chatted
with them. I was intieduced te most of
them, from the foreman downstairs te the
city editor, and they all said "we" nnd
"our" and asked after the Eve.vi.ne Public
liUHiKK as though It was a relation that
they liked, and made me admire their sepa
rate quarters with n confident nir that all
that they could ever require wus just under
their hand, u wonderful workshop. Most
of them were young, but the old fellows
weiu the most complaisant.
Thompson, they treated llkn a partner.
He had no "side" and they had no bclf bclf bclf
conscleusness. Every new and then in the
pauses between departments, he would step
nnd tell me some of his difficulties almost
with an air of consulting me.
THERE was net an ornament outside or
in that square factory building, but the
colors of (lie woeuworK were us vivid nnd
refreshing ns a modern studio's. He worked
tu his shirt sleeves, but he struck work at
4 o'clock te play golf. He was quite plainly
the munuger an well ns the owner, but the
men and women wueni ne unci gathered
nbeut him were quite plainly in his eyes nnd
their own his mental equalB. He is net a
pieneer: he Is rather, In that old conserva
tive city, the inltluter of a great co-operative
business,
His attitude toward the whole thing
staff, paper and building is check-full of
rentiment hid by a suifaee manner of great
practicality. "This, you see, Is really a
factory for turning out a newspaper," Is n
nliriiHO with him, se I was amused when I
congratulated him en having a wife who
worked en the pnper with him sometimes,
te have him say with a sort of rueful though
indulgent pride :
"Yes. she writes very well, but almost
. well. She ought te chuck most of the
Kcntlipl,t fr U'1 wtt et rough-neck stuff
we need."
The New Yerk zee Is mildly excited ever
au nnlmul which lins the head of a wolf,
the body of a fox and the tall of a deg.
1 lease, teacher, we knew what Is Is; it's a
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Daily Talks With Thinking Philadelphians en Subjects Tlwy
Knew Best
' DR. WILMER KRUSEN
On the Duties of Citizenship
THE residents of n city can have just the
kind of government they desire mU"t
thnt measure of geed government und obedi
ence te the law which they wish. sa)s J r.
Wllpier Kruscn, former Director of I iimij.
Health and new' chairman of the Oem.n it tee
en Municipal Affairs of the Chamber of
Commerce.
"There Is no doubt." said Dr Krusen.
"thnt the average citizen does net take mi -cient
interest In municipal affairs, and t
kind of interest thnt he docs take is n t
always of the kind which 1"""
government or a mere general obedience te
the laws. The rich man, the professional
man and the laboring man alike sheuh take
u deep nnd active Interest n the affairs of
their city If all did this there wen d seen
be such an Improvement as te mac any
such citv, possessing se conscientious a
population a model for every ether municl municl
pelity -in the country, If net in the world.
"Personally I nm n firm believer In the
policy expressed In 'noblesse oblige ; that
the successful rich or well-to-de mnn should
nssisr where possible and protect always
the rights of the poorer citizens.
Must Obey City Ordinances
"It Is well within the power of the people
themselves te have the best municipal gov
ernment But is wilt net be done until the
people a whole show mere of n tendency
tTibev the ordinances. I nm speaking of
the city ordinances, net the general law-,
new. Especially Is this the case with re
Kttrd te the ordinances dealing with he col cel
fectlng of asl.es, rubbish, garbage and scrub
hlng of pavements, the protection of the
feed supnlv and ether things which menace
the health nnd well-being of the community
"Wcf'de net need nny additional laws:
there are plenty ns it Is. and the only thing
s te get these laws cheerfully obeyed. If
this could be brought about, there would be
no further trouble. The greatest difficulty
in enforcement of the city ordinances, es
pla SXse : relating te the public health
Fs undoubtedly the Ignorance of the law and
he corresponding lack of co-operation en the
part of some of the elder of these citizens
Sc horn here. The younger ones de their
mrt w l: they have grown up with a better
knowledge of these important ordinances and
what the observance of them means both te
themselves und te the community. ,
"A't the same time there Is it very large
number of American citizens who have net
the excuse of the ethers of whom I was
sneaking, because they have been born and
brought up under the lnws te which they
de n5 PW "i sufficient amount of attention.
These Americans are especially disregard
lu 1 of the ordinances relating te cleanliness,
sanitation nnd public health.
A Municipal Conscience Needed
"Hut U will net be until every citizen
"i ...:i ann.l citizen himself,
"It Is net necessary te dwell upon the
.inniters of Insanitary conditions in any city
thev are only tee apparent te every one.
in our committee work In the chamber, we
ant constantly meeting with them and with
nther disregard of ordinances which makes
for bad conditions in the municipality. Hut
T must say that we have met with un in
stant and cordial response In every liistaneu
from the city authorities, no mutter what
It Is primarily the duty of every citizen
who has his own health nnd the health of
that portion of the community in which lie
lives at henrt te see te it first of nil that
enrbage and rubbish are kept in separate
receptacles and kept covered with tops which
l-nnnet easily be removed or be blown off In
n ldgh v,ind. On the ether hand, It Is
obligatory upon the city te see that this
waste Is promptly and regularly collected,
nnd here again any complaints which we
have made te the authorities at City Hull
have met with a quick and courteous re re
spensc. The SMqui.CentellllIa,
"Anether chance for public opinion te
exert "self In the right direction Is the
Kcsnul-Ccntennlal. If the people want it
,ucv can have it. Just os they can hnve
about anything clsp for which they manifest
a real and convincing desire. Hut some
active movement toward bringing it about
Bheuld be made nt euce, an the time is even
new none tee long.
"Tlie BesQul-Ceiitenninl has sonie pcrma-
tint health features, which should net be
nt Phuatlcipiiin nw wi--h-i;ii-i muim-i-V,nl
conscience that the administration of
the city a fairs will reach the ultimate Ideal
Vie "I?.. Xidelnn. nubile health official and
"COME TO LIFE!"
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overlooked. Thcre nre some exceedingly
objectionable sanitary features along the
Schuylkill new which would have te go if
the buildings for the great exposition are
placed there, and they would never be re
stored, se thnt the Sesqul-Centennial would
be net only n great historical event, but
would nlse be n substantial assistance along
health lines.
"Anether thing with which public opinion
might well concern Itself is the purity of the
witter supply of the city, with which our
committee 1ms had considerable te de. The
sources of pollution of nil the contributing
streams of the water supply should be found
nnd removed, nnd we believe In nn ample
appropriation te protect the purity of the
water supply nnd te maintain it in sufficient
quantities te keep the high-pressure service
constantly available in case of serious fires.
Chief Carlcten E. Davis has done splendid
work with regard te the water of the city.
Caring for the Sick
"There Rheuld also be the best possible
care of the sick, and the Philadelphia Hos
pital should be developed as a true hospital
and net partly us un asylum for the In
digent. There should be the best of care
provided for the insane, with opportunities
for treatment and sensible care of the in
digent. Our officials nre doing nil that they
run in nil these respects, but they could de
niore with u thoroughly awakened public
conscience back of them and the expressed
public desire te see all these things done In
the best and most practicable manner.
I nm strongly In fnver of a conscientious
enforcement of the quarantine laws, which
have in mind the limiting of the number of
cases of cemmunicuble disease. Very often
the ax ty and selfishness of the parents of
a child lead te the totally unnecessary
spreading of some serious Infection. With
n public conscience en the job, this could
net happen. -uum
"Hut the development of such a feeling
toward the law en the part of the public
must he an evolutionary growth-slew, sane
and sure. I de net refer te smmmniu
manifestations of public SsapprerarresuU?
ing inn political turnover nt n single elec
tion, but the respect for the law and for
the well-being of ethers which will make
the city a better place for every one tS
"1, ?.!.'. m,nc,,sur"bI- improve pub Jte Za h
ihe cetincllmnnlc fathers always have
been attentive te the needs of the Ilenltb
Department when the plans were mt before
them in a convincing and btrnlahtfnrwn?
manner nnd little fai.lt can be ?, ,d wUh
their co-eperutlon. The main HJ .
law enforcement rests upon "the peHce V'
partment, nnd every police man slim 1,1
; n ;;,"'.'. ''"".. Jr1: "the police
ure net active and vigorous these ,'u,
cannot be carried out. llut bik ' l1"?!
lies thnt feeii.,. ,. ,i. "'" back of it all
lies that feeling en tie part of V. "if.11
that It wants and Insists" tl,t h ffib$
??" i "pinpusbcd. if tha w;r "ft"
suuii im- uccemii
they canet It."
" Atf
New -Serk policewoman slmulnted drunk
enuess in order te get evidence aralmt
saloonkeepers. Wasn't it smart f
.nti yet t nere are squeamish persons u-lm
profess te believe that participation Tn .
ters hitherto cons dered wholly m,. .iY..
will rob woman of her wemanllncS' n
West Haven, Conn., woman, thlrty-slx
yenrs old, who has become the mother of
her twenty-first child says she Is " fir?n
believer In large families. It Is the tin.
expectedness of her annotation that titil
lates the fancy. One would naturally have
biippebcd bhe objected te Children.
The American Automobile Association has
chosen the name "flivverboeb" ns descrln
tlve of the gasoline brother of the tav.
walker. A combination of Jaywalker and
flivverboeb frequently results in what the
morgue roustabouts call a stiff.
"The approaching conference," says The
Hague Pest, "will net he n champagne n.irtv
beginning with it flourish and ending with n
headache." Still, there are pesslblll ties i
it Dutch lunch.
Judge Hennlwell says the Democrats who
defented him have a hclmnnerve. This
of course, lenves them absolutely defenseless
against joyous congratulations.
Ileni) Keaonullieomeliainehaoknlani Lene
of Hawaii, lias become u member of
thn Hey Scouts of America. Ills Scout name
will probably be Se-long J'nry.
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SHORT CUTS
Uucketeer partnerships arc shear sad
snear niiKe.
April has nothing en June in the mat
ter of variety.
"Put up or shut up," says the Straw
berry te the Housewife.
Questionnaires sugcst that it ought te
ue xneinns t.u: I-.UIheii.
Te Jehn null the conference begins te
leek like Fever nnd 'Ague.
Anyhow, yesterday's chill did net
prompt anyoeciy te fear for the fruit crop.
Explorers are still convinced that then
is always room nt the top of Mount Everest,
Rebert W. Chambers is new willing te
admit that the naked truth is even stranier
wiuii uis nctien.
Recent baseball game was thus suc
cinctly nnd figuratively described : Cubt
ate Uebln's egg.
Vare has premised te aid Plnchet, but
care should be token te see where he puts
me mensey wrencii.
"My!" said the spirit of Betsy Rea
ns it neateci ever i'htladelplila, "liew iarji
my family has grown!"
"Come In with your income tax,"- siji'
collector .vicceughn. "Yeu can't stall ea
tuc becemi installment."
In the matter of the fttihstdv mil. Mas-
dell and his Steering Committee found
competent mnn nt the wheel.
"Sit down or leave!" sold Speaker Pre
Tern. Welsh tersely, nnd the startled Con
gressmen set. Naturally. They'll de wbit
they're teiti when they're told with sum
dent authority.
What De Yeu Knew?
QUIZ
1. Who nre the Walloons?
2. Name, a country In the World War th
Government of which declared wu
only against Austria.
3. Whnt is the literal meaning of terra
cotta?
4. What goddess in Itemnn mythology per
senified the terrestrial glebe?
C. Who created the stage character of W
uenjnmin uacumte?
6. What Is a "slngsplel"?
7. What Is the sextant used for?
8. Where is the Itappahanneck lUver?
9. What Is a purlieu?
10, What Is a ouananlche?
Answers te Yesterday's Quiz
1. A Pyrrhic victory Is ene gained at (
ruinous, cost, as that of Pyrrhus evel
the Remans at Asculum in 279 B. u
2. Thirteen years elapsed between tM
founding of the first pcrmnnent settle
ment In Virginia and the first perni;
nent settlement in MasaacliusettJ
Jamestown was founded In 1607 an
Plymouth In 1620. .
3. A nephoscepo Is an Instrument used
the observation of clouds te detenniw
their direction, velocity, elevation, e
4. A pentheuse Is a structure In the form M
a shed or reef with u single WS
affixed by its upper edge te the J
of another building: any westner
shield projecting above a deer or w w
dew ; In court tennis, a corridor i
u sloping reef surrounding the coon
en three sides. . , ...
Juceblte general, killed at the D
of Neerwlnden In 1093. He was PJ;
ent at the Battle of the Beyne in 1IW;
forced William III te raise the slf
of Limerick the same year aaa ner-
tlated the final capltulatlea of WfT
crick In 1691. He thereupon entefN
the service or France. ,.,
6. The Compromise of 1850, or emW
Bill, passed through Congress In J
lumuiy uiiuuKii ciie iiuiuc,tiD v- r-,.
The chief previsions were the acini"'
slen of California te the Union, u
organisatien of the Territories of y
1Sa. Ufavlnn nltnUlInn tit 1116 8111
trade In the District of Columbia at
a ruBitive stave law. ,.
7, The lieltkan Is the nnme given te ft sg
trlct of Seuth Central India new
S. Bareque architecture is a style a"".0,"?,
oration common In the first hair et
eighteenth century. It 1b greatly e"
orated and fantastic. ,. hi
n The cerhle Kteiw of n house nre taess "
the top of a gable wall from tha j
te the apex of the reef such es0"1'!
crew or a cat ceuici use. i "--:, j
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