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t ttie rata n. twel (12) ctnts per week, payafcl
te tha rrfU-.
IJy mall te points outalde of Phllad-'phlft In
tha I'Mlnl Sit ( nnaila or I'nl'el su n res.
lena, pentae free, fifty (501 eentj per month.
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Te nil ferelan fOuntrl mm 1 1 ilellir a month
Te nil fernun feuntrla mm ill' dellir a month i
Notion PuMcrtbert nlihlne ndlr'ni ch&nJ '
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mutt gle old as. well n new address,
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if Wiled te the unt for rrpubllrnllen of all nni.it
t' rfUpafcAet rredlleif te it
or net ethrrwi.it eredlttd
in (hit paper, and ulje fie local tirus rueliilieJ
iflfreia.
. AH rlehli til rcrubUentte e ,relrtl dlssatche
I aereln are ahe reserved,
rinhdrlphli, Mniiil... June 10. 10:;
A BRIDGE NECESSITY -
THI, precise tcsqtil-cciitcnnlal. July 4.
lfrJG, need net lnrk Impreive iccogni iccegni iccogni
tlen If signalized bj formal dedicatory ex
ercises at the fair grounds and if the Dela
ware Bridge is en the same day opened for
traffic. The dual CM-nt would go far toward
offsetting the wrench te the historical pro
prieties caused bv the unauiidiibli' postpone
ment of the exposition inaugural.
The necessity for meeting all the obllgi ebllgi obllgi
tiens entailed in the bridge work is par
ticularly pressing. Chief I'ngiin-er Mod Med
jeskl announces thnt there are no structural
difficulties in the way (Siven the required
appropriations, the commission is convinced
that the great span can be completed and
made ready for ue en time.
The qualification is significant. Colonel
Pusey, counsel for the interstate commis
sion, Is urging the need of an additional
appropriation by the Legislature te enable
the damages te property owners en thi-. Mde
f the ricr te be paid at an early date
Delay in the ule of these properties would
inevitably mean a slewing down of work
upon the bridge.
It is tlie plain duty of the next Assembly
i It Ilarrisburg te forestall eny such relaxa
tion of the tempo of progress. The engi
neers nnd technical experts are admirably
. performing their patt. It would be de-
1 plerably shortsighted te deny them co-operation
by deferring the dispensation of
Titally necessary funds.
HE'LL NEED A REST AFTERWARD
FRIENDS of .Mr. Taft are hoping that he
played enough golf before tailing for
England te put him in geed physical condi
tion, for according te the reports he Is te
have a strenuous life in Londen
He is te arrive today and is te be a g test
at a dinner of the British Seeiet of Pil
grims tonight; Wednesday he will be pre
sented at ceurt: Thursdnv he will lie m-
I tertalned at dinner by Sir Jehn Simen.
former Attorney General ; Frldav the Lord
.Mayer will entertain him at dinner, nnd
Saturday Ambnssader Iltmey will giv a
..dinner in honor of the King and Queen at
which he will be a guest. The following
week will be jut as full of dlnneis and
ether engagements, and the week after he
will have little leisure.
Only a man with a geed stomach and a
Bound constitution can sunive stub an
ordeal.
"A LIVING WAGE"
AN EXAMINATION of the ehIit of the
Railway Laber Beard leilinlng the
wages of certain rla'es of rnihwn empIee
a total of SL'7,000 000 a veur does net "re
Teal any very alarming state of faets
' As the order affets .'iL'.'.OOO empires, the
average reduction in wages will be $::, or
.about $1.00 n week I If course, no one
jllkes te hae his wajes em, hut the iclin .
I tien in this instance i se .tn ill tint, in
, view of the reduction in the (0st of lning.
it would hcem us If the empleje nfie, toil
ought te he willing te accept the new s,nl,,
The telephone girls will get a minimum
wage of 5 a month. This l mere than
the telephone (empaiiies pay The rlerks
will reiehe an average nf'fiS 1 rents -hi
J hour, whereas in December, J1U7. t,..ir
average pay was :w ,-, (ei,ts. The pa of
stationary englneeis and hrm"u was' re.
duced only two rents an hour, but the pay
i Dl)uuuurii llfljll-ll 1 IKIIII'Hl six 11'Hls
an hour. And se ir gees tbieinjh all i lasses
affected.
The Laber .Bin ni dismisses as "highly
theoretical and of ttle wilue T. ,0nten ,0nten
tien of the cmplews that the mlnimu n living
wage for the iiei,iBl. family is $L'i;.'!li !I7"
It does net take nn pioef te ennvime the
average fnmlU thai the beard is right im
the aerage f.irnih is inlru 0I1 ,s )m
this minimum hung a'e ,in,l mam of tin
families are Injiu,' un nnnr The pi..,, h
ers In this cit who leiene le ihm -hu
i'ameunt are mere numireus than ihee who
receive mere The s, ,ei t(.. .rs .w, ,,
a much smaller sum The primers , ... f
as much me the , Xe. ptmn and net the n.le
The motormen and ondueteru en the trolley
Jcars have neter dt.amed of asking for se
,Ulgh a wnsre. mid wt the have iieeumulated
a saving fund of mete than sl.fiuii.oeit and
out of ether funds , Wn. U thu have" en
.trlhuted the bought 2(i.(ine ni,,,,. of i.,lpl(,
Transit stock a fiw months age
j If the men affected b the order insist ,,
striking the m ,. ,.,,. U."M:t.nM
thy. It mnv he that their tnlk ,.f ......
Jb intended as a pretest against a still fur
ther reduction in wages ln . JInin(.lllntl,
future.
CAN MR. BRYAN LEARN
,fpHE proposal of I'.efeur Spangler, of the
William J. Bran go te the summer s,.)l()0
.of the li.Uerb.ty of Chkage and lk..
Jceurne In evolution nnd med,rn Christian
llty suggests the query whether a man is
.ever tee old te learn s
Mr. Biyan has disputed the therr f
evolution taught by Professer Spangler and
has offered $100 t., the , J.e .n,l har
monize eolutien nnd the Bib),.
We de net Intend te sit j judgment en
Jthe merits of this disagreement. Jtu, ",
Mr. Btyan should acrept the suggest!,,,, ,),ut
Jhe go te college ngn.ii it would be interest
ing te discover hew much he rnuli) learn
',It has been held by some philosophers um
) a man learns nothing after he is fertv teurs
old. By that time he has n set of fixed
(ideas which he devotes himself te proclaim.
Mng for the rest of his life. They color nil
hli thinking, for every new idea is measured
,by them and eu-ry theory contrary te them
Ui regarded as false, and every theory in
accordance with them is sound l r,. ,....
JK. - ibcb he may profess te have nn ejien mind
ii"w iu -uuic 111 i-uuiuci wmi mm (jis-
r tery seen that hln mind Is equipped
.jwiia an auienianc tautter wuicii
V
stantly fin seen as an "Idea at rarinnce with
Lis preconceptions Is presented te it.
We fear that If Mr. Bryan should go te
college again he would net necept as truth
or even ns plausible theory the statements
of the professors. He would Insist that ha
knew better than they, an attitude which Is
fatal te learning. Hut the experiment of
bringing the mind of Mr. Bryan In direct
contact with the mind of men who are ac
customed te close reasoning would be In
teresting, whatever Its results. '
NEW JERSEY: BAROMETER
OF THE NEWER POLITICS
The Drift of Pre-Prlmary Feeling Viv
idly Reflects Tendencies In the
Country at Large '
ALL New Jersey Is divided, as Gaul used
te be. Inte three parts. North Jersey
! weeded anil prosperous, n land of estates
ntid cosmopolitan feeling, with a population
i ltnnreenntpil henvllv with the xonhlitlcntlen
. .. . .... , , i i
of Mnilhnttnil nnd the lively WOllil IttlOllt.
It Is repectnble with the respectability of
wide lawns, porte-cecheres, country clubs,
recognized social sets and traditions nnd
Imported meters.
It gees te rhurch. But, like se many
ether communities that find contentment In
opulence, it expects the church te fellow
rather than te lead Its collective mind. The
fringes of the true North Jersey are in
tensely industrial But political feeling In
the Oranges poems te run parnllel with that
in places like Newark, Paterson, Hackensack
and llobeken.
North Jersey is, for parlous and some
times opposed reasons, wet. It is net wet
with a fanatical or headlong wetness. It
might be better te say that it is conserva
tively anti-dry.
Travel south in New Jersey and you will
come te the Middle Region, the second divi
sion of fjaul. the stronghold of the farmers,
who, for some reason unexplainable ln agri
cultural areas once celebrated for their pow
erful distillations from the juice of the
apple, arc supposed te be aggressively dry
in sentiment.
In the past the farmers have wielded a
truly wicked dry vte. And they are still
viewed as the strong right arm of a move
ment In which the churches and reform
organizations and the leaders of the regular
Republican organization will make ln Sep
tember what premises te be nn historic fight
for Velstendlsm ngalnst what the Democrats
all a rising tide of insurgent opinion.
The regular Republicans may be said te be
strongest In Camden and the adjacent coun
ties, where chnrch and indust.lal influence
is noticeably strong nnd where the reformers
are numerous enough te influence the policy
nnd point of lew of the dominant political
organisatien.
The third division of political Jersey lies
adjacent te the sen and In the south conn cenn
tiis The seashore south of Abbury Park is,
appropriately enough, both wet and dry.
Atlantic County Is ardently dry in theory
and wet in practice. There is hardly n
place. een In the I'nlted States, where the
words and acts of politicians differ se widely
In Intent nnd significance.
At the primaries in September the ultra
respet table normalcy for which the ablest
of the Jersey Republicans have presented
themselves ns spokesmen will be attacked
from three sides. All the arletics of po pe
litlial opinion new current in the i'nlted
States will be reflected in the general as
sault against Senater Frel.nghuysen, who
i a drj, a conservative nnd a candidate for
re-election
(!oeiner Edwards, nn outspoken and
aggressive wet, will be the nominee of the
Democrats for the I'nlted States senator
ship. That is net all. Ex-Mnyer Themas
Ravmend, of Newark, a Republican and a
wetter wet than Mr. Edwards, alread is
campaigning deiermlmdly te take the nomi
nation nf his purt from Mr. I'rellnghuysen.
It is generalh believed that Mr Raymond
will bring about -i big split in the pnrty.
Mtnnwhile, (ieerge I. Recerd, of Jersey
Cit, is leading another insurgent moe mee
ment against rrclinghuysen within the
part He is attempting te conduct an
independent campaign en n purely anti
mai bine issue. The force of Mr Recerd's
Influence cannot new be estimated. But the
mni hine isn't popular in any of the three
parts of Jersey. Its name is associated tee
frequently with a public service corporation
which has been triiig the nerves of the
State te the breaking point.
New. the interesting thing about the
present political ferment in New Jersey is
suggested by the ihnraeter of the State
itself and hr the arletv of its population.
Jervy ma be lewed, for the purposes of
lllustritien as a perfei t pelltlcul miniature
of the l nlted States The bnlance of the
agricultural, Industrial and Independeit vote
is abeit th same as exists thre igheut the
ceuntn Jpteiies are nhee all things
independent minded ewn when they are
usM-int(d with part liaders Jersev poll poll
te is like Jer-ei justue In the unexpected
ness and certainty of Us reactions in an
emergent v. What will happen in September
ought, therefore, te be of the utmost general
pelltlml significance.
The Republicans am pledged ln theory
at least, te what are conceived te be the
poll, lis and hopes of the better element."
The State organization is at the present
time dry in all its major leanings As a
dr, committed te the support of the Vel--tiiul
aci Mr Prehnghuvsen vIll enter the
primaries R nl.cals like Mr Raymond In
sist th.it i' Irelinghuysen is net overturned
at the primaries he ji be overturned later
by Mr. Edwards
Thnt remains te be seen. But it begins
te npptar new that the prlmnrles In Indiana
and PuinsWvnnm were net half se signlfi
unit as t lie Jersey prima. ies are likely te
be in September I'er it is safe te believe
thnr the drift and balance of opinion
throughout the I nlted States will he re
ileited as iVar'y ln Jersey as if the Stnte
were it lnghl polished mirror
THE CRIME OF PHILATELY
NO SH(R'1AE of production can ever
depiess this country while appetite for
artificial rimes and factitious nim con
tinues. These offenses are fresh every hour.
Sumptuary laws inform the public of its
ciilpabtlitv for acts which in lis guileless
way it l.ad deemed virtuous or at least in
nocent. The extiaerdlnary feature of the case Is
the readiness with which moral obliquity js
(Unreined. There Is an Impressive volley of
applause, for any "reformer" who succeeds
in making us. ashamed of ourselves. The
tHSte for belf-geadlng Is apparently Jriex
bnustlble. The latest atrocity te which attention is
drawn by no less a guardian of morals than
the New Yerk American Is )he vile a.
EVENING PUBLIC LEDGERPHIIJteEEPHIA"lMONDA UtJNE 19,r
flrmlty of stamp collection. With a r,efin '
ment of austerity unattainable even by n
Jehn Knox or a Savonarola, this Journal
Inveighs' against the revolting practices of
phllatcly'.'lnstanclng the hideous fact that
ln Paris ah, theso wicked, French! "at
auction. somebody paid 04,000 francs for a
Hawaiian two-cent stamp." "Let the men,"
concedes the otherwise minatory Mr. Bris
bane, "waste time and money collecting
stamps If thev will. Don't enceurage your
children te de It."
The horrified editor suggests as a substi
tute the purchase by boys nnd girls of Gov
ernment thrift stamps. This Is, indeed, te
be commended. But must every act ln life,
innocent in Itself, be weighed against an
alternative?
Must the youth thnt buys a Bible give
way te passionate remorse at the thought of
some leggar In Bngdad who needs Its treas
ures mere and should he straightway make
use of the parcel pest te Mesopotamia?
There Is due cause for amazement ecr
the deficiency of censure for stamp collect
ing. Parents, recognizing the enormity of
the offense, have thus far neglected te make
It the subject of constitutional denunciation.
This is Inconsiderate. Must one forge the
delights of philatelic bootlegging?
RECOGNIZING THE RIVER
SINCE the grandiose steamer Republic, of
jovial memories, wes placed upon the
retired list the possibilities of pleusure
tr.-.vei en the Lewer Delaware and the bay
within the capes have been but Imperfectly
cultivated. Save for Bosten and Southern
ships nnd the trnns-Atlnntlc liners, whose
first call is Queenstown nnd hence are un
suitable for purposes of week-end recrea
tion, the river tfeuth of Philadelphia has
been almost devoid of passenger traffic below
Delaware City.
Exclusively cargo lines have made profit
able nnd Increasing use of one of the finest
stretches of navigable waters indenting the
Eastern seaboard. The average resident of
tills community has, hewsewr, been re
stricted by conditions unrepresentative of
the geographical advantages of the place as
they appear en the mnp. The popularity of
the comparatively short river trips new
available attest the nppeal of fresh breezes
and pleasant scenery along a splendid
wnterway.
An instance of a reaction toward a proper
appreciation of the Delaware as a field of
tourist travel Is new provided In the an
nouncement of nn ocean, bay and river serv
ice between this city, Cape May nnd New
Yerk.
The fog which habitually settles upon pert
affairs here and festers the impression that
tin's is primarily nn Inland town still en
shrouds n project that should be productive
of interest. Scant Information has been
disclosed concerning the character of the
ships te be operated, sailing schedules or
accommodations.
The first steamer, however, was te have
left New Yerk yesterday, nnd it is re
ported that should the service find favor a
fleet of three vessels will be running by
July. The opportunity unquestionably is
at hand for nn efficient, modern nnd com
fortable combined river nnd censtnl passen
ger traffic te and from this pert.
The Cape Mny-NcvA Yerk experiment
represents n laudable effort te exploit ex
istent opportunities and should, if it suc
ceeds, furnish inspiration for ether ven
tures. EMPHATICALLY OUTSIDE
CONSISTENCY is discoverable In the
Cevernment's decision te maintain no
uneffii ial observer at The Hague. It is ob eb ob
ileusly far from easy te derive profit from
a straddling position in international affairs.
Richnid Washburn Child's role nt (Jenea
was clearly neither grateful nor' important.
Colonel Geerge Harvey has net made history
by his magnificent silences In European
councils.
Our sister nations are net particularly in
terested in protestations of American sym
pathy which invehe no action-. Seme et
their Ministries were, however, deluded by
the former policy of keeping the deer ajar
without assuming the responsibilities of en
trance. It was such misconception that prompted
tie effort te induce the I'nlted States te be
come n party te The Hague proceedings.
The Inst clouds of illusion n.e new d.snclled.
The I'nlted States, for reasons that in
responsible circles hae been ndjud-ed
weighty, ban chosen the ceuW 0f isolntien.
If this policy is ever reversed it would
he the part of manliness and common sense
te free It definitely of compromise e,r equivo
cation. Half-way measures are futile
RELIGIOUS TOLERANCE
STUDENTS of religious opinion in the
United States will find the consolida
tion of Andover Theological Seminary nnd
the Harvard Divinity Scheel most sug
gestive. The Andover Seminary was founded ln
380" by the Trinitarian branch of the Con Cen Con
giegatienal Church because rhe Harvard
Divinity Scheel had accepted the Unitarian
theories. With the adcnt of the se-railed
higher criticism, whii h is but a form of
literary criticism, the Andover Seminary
was rent by heresy charges a generation
age, and the storm raged with such fury
as almost te wwk the Institution. After
struggling along for a while the school was
moved from Andover te Cambridge in I00S,
where an attempt was made te revhify it!
It has apparently been diseewred that It
was net possible te compete successfully
with the Harvard Divinity Scheel nnd that
it would be better for the cause of theo
logical education te combine the two
bchoels
Dr. Lewell. In explaining why the con
solidation had take,, place, says' that "one
hundred years age men thought rhe two
strenms were separated by an impassable
barrier, but that harrier has proved te be
an island and the waters of the two streams
without losing the force of either, will, wn
believe, flew together ln n larger nnd deeper
channel "
While tolerance seems te be Increasing ln
certain quarters, Intolerance of opinion is
growing fiercer In ether quarters.
The United States Rail Rail
lead Laber Beard, in
ordering n cut of $27.
000.000 in rhe ,.n,i
Industrial
Mercury
wage of .l-'O.OOO railroad workers, sn it
has been Impossible te consider the "Jiving
nnd saving wage" in the "undisturbed und
uncomplicated" fashion practicable in nor
mal times Which serves very well as nn
excuse. But, as a matter of fact, there
never has been n time nnd probably never
will be a time when a living nnd a saving
wage may be considered uncomplicated, be
cause net enlv economic but ethical, cul
tural and temperamental conditions cause It
te tluctuute.
Punxsutawney robin has
Just Fancy built her i,i st en a shut-
tletraln running be.
tween Elks Itun and Bikers, and three small
robins have been hatched. New when she
digs a worm in Bikers slm may have te ily
two und a half miles te Elks Run; and a
grub collected In Elks Run may have te be
delivered In Bikers. We are new anxiously
nwaltlng word fiem some fisherman who has
lest his bait that mother robin Is feeding
her breed en canned goods.
Secretary Hoever has secured the prom prem
ise of coal men that prices will net be raised
unduly. Recognition of the rights of the
third party te industrial disputes la being
slowly wen.
AS ONE WOMAN SEES IT
Seme Old Houses Very Properly
Razed and Seme That Deserve te
Live Church Saved by Samuel
Flelsher, for Which City Owes
Him Debt, of Gratitude
By SARAH D. LOWRIE
T HAVE been watching two houses tern
down and wrenched apart nnd their con
tents scrapped. One wns en Walnut street
below Eighteenth, and the ether was facing
Rlttenheuse Square, net far off. Beth houses
were trimmed Inside nnd out after the fash
ion of the Enstlnke Scheel, which had for
Its motives e sort of jigsaw Egyptian scries
of what nn architect I knew calls "dados
and dldes." Beth were admirably built ns
te construction nnd material, be that they
have had te be practically quarried down;
both were built by rich rr.cn for large fami
lies, and in both ln their day considerable
hospitality had been shown. But neither
house wns well adapted for present-day
conditions because of the Inadequate nnd
poorly lighted servants' quarters nnd be
cause, In spite of the space the floors covered,
the rooms were chopped up and badly pro
portioned, being neither large enough te be
en n grand scale nor small enough te be
intimate.
Either the wall colors were very absorbent
of light or the windows were tee heavily
encumbered with rdntted Inside shutters or
the chandeliers were badly placed: I am net
sure what was the reason, hut both houses
gave one the impression by daylight or
artificial light of darkness.
One house I only knew in n formal after
noon reception way, ln with a stream of
callers and out ngaln; the ether I knew
thnt way nnd also as n committee house
during the war. and I was nghast some
times ln the midst of details of Land Army
or Red Cress or relief discussions nt the
nstenlshlng change that had come ever our
sense of beauty that a matter of twenty-five
years could make what had ence been the
"last cry" In color und detail seem se de
pressing. IT WAS the exaggerated side of the pre
Raphaclltes, the Oscar Wilde absurdities,
the sunflower symbolism and burnt tile and
RUttn-percha efflerescences that played havoc
with the early Victorian ideas. There is
nothing te be done with such houses but te
tear them down; they cannot be made ever
into something mere modem nnd convenient
nnd nt the same time kept simple and cheer
ful like the elder houses en the very same
blocks.
But a half block away from ene of th'em,
for instance, is n much elder house that
had been delightfully added te without
changing Its suave, sedately elegant char
acter. It 'is net n question of age. but It is
of what age when It comes te beauty nnd
utility.
The houses that were built In this town
before 1870 were better nnd simpler nnd
mere likable te our generation than these
built the next twenty ycurs after the Cen
tennial. Even the little houses en the little
streets that were never meant te house se
much ns the peer relations of the rich or
near-rich have n sort of adaptable ele
gance about their tiny well-designed pro
portions that make them perfectly "pos
sible" for persons who have taste but net
money te Indulge their taste overmuch.
A little street of such houses here nnd
there Is continually being retrieved from the
slums and made churmlng by n touch of
restoration nnd a general cleaning up. It
is plain that we are much nenrer In sym
pathy with the predilections nnd enthusi
asms of our grandmothers than with our
mothers.
BROUGHT down te dots, the thing we
like about our grnndslres' tastes was
their sense of proportion, and we can go
back several generations without being jarred
by their tnstc or wanting te tear down whnt
they se serenely built up. But that is to
day'. Who knows whnt set of values we
may swear by esthetically tomorrow, or the
day after tomorrow, when the Sesqui-Cen-tenulal
art and architectural idenls nre te
the fore? The jump from the flat-reefed
semi-Italian cupeln building te the so se
called Queen Anne peaked tiles and jutting
windows had mly the Centennial of 1870
te explain it. One wonders what 1020 Is
going te de with us.
OUT in California this year I was greatly
struck by the retirement of the Mission
Indian Upe of house and the tremendous
vogue of the Saracenic Spanish blank
walled houses without eaves und with doers
und windows opening en n court, cubes of
buildings of bright color placed en the
ground nt any angle und rising like cliff
dwellings one above another.
In our parents' houses a very great dcnl
was made of verandas, perches, piazzas or
whatever they happened te be called; new
we turn ie terraces and parterre spaces with
adjustable awnings, is It possible that even
here ln this climnle we may take te court
yards and balconies, the one for our public
and the ether for our private social uses?
MEANWHILE it is slightly solacing te
note that something remains always
beautiful nnd suitable and in the perfection
of taste.
I went down the ether evening te the
opening night of the Graphic Sketch Club
exhibition, the twenty-third annual view of
the drawings and paintings and sculpture
of thnt remarkable school. And te mv relief
I found thnt the church that Is next the
school gallery, there en Catharine street
nbeve Seventh, has been acquired by Mr.
Samuel Flelsher and Is new, being used ns
a quasl-muscum for some of his beautiful
possessions.
I was glad since It could no longer be
used as a place for the worship of Ged
by the ritual of the Eplscepnl Church that
It could still be used for the appreciation
of its architectural beauty and the beauty
of the objects of art which its new owner
has stored there, ur. I'ereival, who gave
many years of his life te making It u
lovely church building, beautiful according
te ii Romanesque pattern, wns a great
scholar und antiquurian, nnd there is
nothing of imitation either ln the propor
tions of the church nnd chapels or in their
ornamentation. Ir is real and Its proper
ties have intrinsic value. And Its symbolism
does give one a sense of worship and of
dedication. It might be en the banks of
the Lung Arne. I de net knew definitely
what vicissitudes befell it ether than tha
dentil of Its rector and the moving awav of
many of Its original parish members. When
It was put up for sale it was looked ever
with an acquisitive eye by a garage pro
prietor who did net value the Delia Rebblas
or marbles or glass or fresco, but who did
find the nave and side chapels practical for
storage; purposes for cars and accessories.
I understand Mr. Flelsher plans te use
it as u sort of forum. The city ewes him
n debt of gratitude for saving n beautiful
landmark and for his contemplated generous
use of Its beauty for flip common geed. The
Church of the Eangelist was Its original
name, and It will still have an evangel a
message for all who enter lis doers.
It was Just a llttle In
delicate of Mr. Lasker
te insinuate that the
Telling Tales
Out of Scheel
reason a celebrated oc
cupant of the Supreme Bench' sailed te
Europe en a British ship was the supreme
legality of its bar; but, eh, hew very many
nnregenerate, citizens are willing te admit
tnnt it is quite possibly true!
The Mayer does net want thn 1020 fair
postponed. That's all right. Nobody does.
But some see the necessity of accepting the
unwelcome delay.
The Delaware Bridge will be ready te
open en July 4, 1020, says Chief Engineer
Medjcskl. The eugle will then be due for
Jin extra scream.
Gamblers temporarily unemployed may
amuba themselves by laying wagers en what
is likely te happen in the police depart
ment. '
Lchlghten. Pa., man Is growing straw
berries seven inches ln circumference. Bue
won't they be rather long for a short cake?
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ROBERT F. TRACY
On Public Discussion of Public Matters
AN INTELLIGENT popular opinion in
public matters can best be acquired nnd
mntntniiied bv public discussion of questions
directly nffecting the interests of thnt pub
lic, is the opinion of Rebert E. Tracy, civic
secretary of the CItv Club, nnd the greater
the oiipeitunities afforded for this discus
sion the higher will be the standard of gen
eral knowledge of Mich matters.
"The big job of popular government,"
snld Mr. Tracy, "is ie develop and main
tain nn intelligent opinion en all matters
which the people lme te decide with their
ballets. Certain organizations such ns ours
de this new for their own membership, but
in some cities the plan has been extended
te the general public with splendid results.
In Cleveland and Bosten
"In the Citv of Cle eland a system of
local forums, or rather meetings for public
discussion, has lxcix worked out for the
various neighbei heeds of the city, nnd what
has been accomplished there has mere than
justified thi' oNpeelutler.i and hopes of these
who first projected these meetings. Tt wns
slmplv nn extension of the forum idea by
bringing it into the various neighborhoods
of the city, thus taking mutters of national
and local Importance te the people nnd
giving them every opportunity for a free
and open discussion of them.
"The buildings used in thnt city for these
meetings are the churches, public buildings
which nre net used for ether purpose ln the
evenings, branch libraries nnd the city rec
reational buildings. These recreational
buildings should be used freely, and I be
lieve that Midi an extension of the forum
Idea Is u icallv gieat thing for nny city if
properly handled.
"In Bosten time nre the Ferd nnll meet
ings, which are held under the leadership
of Geerge V. Celeman. They are held en
Sunday nights and nre usually attended by
tremendous crowds, which manifest nn acute
and intelligent interest in the matters which
nre there discussed, Mr. Ferd, who was a
resident of Bosten, left a certain sum of
money nt his deuth for these meetings, and
it has proved te be nn excellent thing fiem
many standpoints.
Possibilities In Philadelphia
"Ne movement te this end has ns yet
been made in Philadelphia that 1 knew of,
but I believe that It will come before very
long, ns It Is u logical development of the
forum ldeu. In connection with Its recent
drive tha Unitarian Church 1h new advo
cating the formation of public-discussion
groups for the better understanding of nil
sides of public questions.
"The subjects which nre taken up at
these meetings nre unrestricted both in
Cleveland and ln Bosten. Lecal matters are
naturally given the preference, hut there Is
net always a sufficient supply of these. It
Is the experience of theso who hne had
these meetings In charge that in elder te
secure u spirited discussion the people ns n
whole must be stirred by some national
issue, or their lives iniiBt be touched rather
acutely at borne point by the subject under
discussion. But Interest In both of these
cities is net only well sustained, but is
constantly inerennng. und the meetings have
mere than justified the time and tieuble
which It has taken te put them en a per
manent footing.
Opportunity for Growth
"There are tremendous possibilities for
the growth and advancement of geed nnd
Intelligent citizenship in having public ills ills
cusslen groups formed in the various neigh
borhoods of a great city. People frequently
feel resentful ever something which has
happened or is contemplated, or they feel
that they have been wronged, and these
discussion groups give them the opportunity
te tnlu H ever and suy exnetly what thev
think. Many n person lias had the error of
his position pointed out te him se definitely
in this munner that he litis changed his mind
n. mutters about Which lie thnm.l,e .
strer.gly, but wits brought te realize that he
did net fully understand. In many 'ether
cabcs the publlc-discusslen group nets some
thing like u sufety valve.
"England Is well nware of the value of
this form of expression of public opinion,
and the British leuders well knew that very
often people will 'take it out in talk.' te
say neiuiiiK " Kcuiug iiiu outer side of the
matter put fairly before them, whereas It Is
always hud betli for the Natien and the
niwiijH nun uuui jur uie uuen ana the
people Uismselves te have these questions
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CLOtfDY
boiling Inside of them with no public outlet.
"This, however, is only n negative ad
vantage. The great value lies in the fact
that meetings such ns these help te shape
intelligent public opinion. This is the very
basis of any democratic state; we certainly
cannot have a free government without free
discussion.
People Eagerly Respond
"The people of Cleveland and Bosten have
eagerly responded te the opportunity te dis
cuss public matters in their own neighbor
hoods and with their own neighbors nnd
friends. A geed many of these meetings are
held en Sunday evenings. They de net in
terfere with church attendance, us thev nre
planned net te de se. nnd many of the
churches where Sunday evening services are
net held have given the use of the church
buildings for this purpose, preferlng te have
the church used in this manner rather than
stand idle.
"A curious feature of these meetings Is
tbat a great many persons who belong te
the conservative clement de net speak out
as they should. Therefore some critics of
our institutions and our society as it exists
today sometimes 'get nwny' with a let of
'"'.IP through having no opposition.
By this I de net mean te indicate thnt
these discussion groups are hotbeds of radi
calism or anything like it. for they are net:
but tee often the sentiments of safety and
sanity are net expressed by theso who reallv
subscribe te them. But in order te make
for success and have an Interplay of minds
it s necessary te have a full participation
and a free expression of all points of view,
and this Is gencrnlly obtained nt the meet
ings. An Informal Education
"These meetings are an Informal extcn extcn
sien of education. I de net knew whv our
school system could net he, prevailed 'upon
te allow the use of the school plants nil ever
the city for the development of these discus
sions. What has been accomplished by
Cooper Union In New Teil; nnd in 1)t,,T
places along these lines shows the powerful
element for geed thnt these meetings are
"These groups are for adults, these of a
post-sclieorago, and present n wilunble form
of adult education in civic things. It iH one.
of the weaknesses of our political htnn
that we deal ln persenalia and trivial
rather than in vital things. t 8 ,1 re
grettabe that people frequently have te vote
for public officials without a teal uinler
standing of the Issues. These meetings Tlni,".
immensely ln correcting this condition i?
"If our adult people our votersceuld
only be trained in some way te fUc ,
policies and principles and the right niSm In.
1!t"Jt,5.nif .th, G,evc"'nent. rati or than
the individuals Involved, we should get much
further. And one of the best ways te iHm.
about this much.te-he.deslred result ,J Jffi
be te et mutate public interest In th0 mi ?
tcrs which the voters will be late" calh.1
upon te decide with their ballets."
Massachusetts Masens have very nren.
erly repudiated the efforts of the Ku S
Klan te gain u new foothold in the country
by claiming the support of the craft. Tim
thing that damns the Klan is that t com
outside the law te gain Its ends. K 8
That admission of newspaper cerrn.
spendents te The nague cenfe.ence wn,
refused was n matter of world concern ,,,
the world, doubtless will refuZ te" ),$
gftfttetf celd?UrlgtB WU" crg
"They shall net pass." say neil,.,,
cording te the whlmsfcal Leadlfner? lhPnJ,
soldiers nre mobilized te prevent Moroccan
grasshoppers from Invading France irJ
tbat?eneugh te make a grasshopper hopping
Sccretnry Weeks has been sevn-i
criticized by Congressmen Garner Eft
Tlnchcr for publicly declaring that cZ
gress is at its lowest ebb; which of '2?,
does nothing te disprove his allegation '
Is Uncle Sam going te dlscriminm
against his own people by buying booze fro n
foreigners when he stocks his shins' n"
docs he huppen te have his own hoetleggeis?
In the matter of sidetracking . ,,
in favor of 1 he tariff. Heimtei. ti- ... ." "" K
sad teihuve wen a Ight; prebahlv V . :(e
which Inevitably fellows i bump, Ur
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SHORT CUTS
Marconi has net yet heard from Mar,
Excuse it, please.
The last thing te respond te th neces
sity for deflation Is the ego.
Fear is being expressed that Ship Sub
sidy may choke en that last drink.
Mars waltzed right up and turntd
around and waltzed right off again.
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The glove makers appear te travel
hand-in-hand with the tariff makers.
The calendar man won't discover sum
mer is here until the day after tomorrow.
Lenlne sick may have a greater effect
en The Hague conference than Lenlne well.
China's civil war Is turning out wir wir
rlers who may yet seriously affect the peace
of the world.
It was no peace conference se far se
newspaper correspondents at The Hague
were concerned.
The fact that Income-tax returns have
fallen off (10 per cent is another argument
for the sales tax.
One overshadowing fact about the coal
strike Is that Congress has taken no itepe
te discover its true Inwardness.
In the mntter of determining the statue
and disposition of her foreign debt, Mexico
ha set a geed example te Russia.
Curiously enough, it is the proponent
of the Tariff Bill who. by peep-show ex
hibits, are heaping ridicule upon It.
What De Yeu Kneiv?
QUIZ
1. What wns the Sicilian Vespers?
2. What legendary character popularized in
n famous comedy declared "I'll put s
Klrdle around the earth In forty min
utes"? 3. What is a sampan? . . .
4. AVhore is the Island of Mauritius and
what nation does It belong?
5. Who was the predecessor et Albert
King of Belgium?
C. Who ed the famous Confederate charge
at Oettysburg?
7. Whnt kind of an animal Is a pern?
8. Whnt is the meaning- of the Latin pnres
"non est inventus"?
9. Frem what language Is the word mw
qui te Imported? , A1 .
10. What l the correct pronunciation
jaguar?
Answers te Saturday's Quia
1. The highest land elevation ew reachM
by man is the summit of K-2 or Mount
(leilw-lii-Austen. In the Himalayas,
which was scaled by the Duke of tne
Abruzzl In June. 1903.
2. Neetnr was the drink of the gefls.
3. The Neanderthal man is the name gives .
te the primitive type of ancient pre-
htstorle cave-dwellers, characterliee
by a very low type of skull. An on en
Jeet resembling a skull, which
i Ise te" this anthropological conception,
was found ln a limestone cave J"
Neanderthal, a valley in the Dueaei Dueaei
derf district of Prussia, In 1857.
4. Jarvey Is an English slang name for s
hackney-coach driver or the driver e'
a jaunting car. ti-it'.
B. In the Civil War period the Ualtia
States Naval Academy was move"
from AnnapellH te Newport, It
After the conflict the school wa re
epened In its original environment.
C. Victeria Nyanza, In Seuth Central Afri
is the second largest fresh-water lajfj
In the world, surpassed in are env
Dy L.UKO nuiiunur. t..,lr la
, The frigate bird or man-of-war hawK i
a. large sea bird with black plumsf.
by Lake Huponer.
a.inrKB ei euu " .yjl 7i
sometimes measuring ten feet from up
te tip of Its extended wlnge. It
capauie et very ijuweriui imu -
8. Anagraph Is a carved Inscription en
a tomb or a superscription prefixed ,
te a book or chapter. ,
9. Stephen Decatur, the American nayai
commander, is particularly famous fJ
IiIb exploit in the American war wiw
Tripoli. At the head of a small party,
em February 18, 1804, lie made a dain
Inte the harbor of Tripoli and burnej
the frigates Philadelphia, which hati
fallen Inte the hands of Uie Tripoli
tans. In recognition cf this act, which
was pronounced by Admiral f1?",
"thn most dnrlng of the age," hew
niadu n captain, ami presented wltn
bweid. Decatur was killed In a eul
at iiladensbuig, near Washington! m
10. The accent In the weTd contumely f'1
en the first syllable.
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