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VICTORY HALL POSSIBILITIES
PROSPECTS of nn architectural competi
tion for the Victory Ilnll en the Park
way reflect a commendable intention en the
part of the County Commissioners In charge
of this work.
Public buildings illustrating an expendi
ture of money disproportionate te the
amount and degree of nrtlstie discretion em
ployed are already nbundiint in this com
munity. It Is a matter of urgent necessity
that the combined 5Ienierlal and Conven
tion Hall, which is te be incorporated in
the exposition as one of its major fea
tures, should exemplify beauty of design as
well as patretlc purpose.
The use of this structure for the fair
will be manifold. It would doubtless be
mplejed for great assemblages and con
claves, and perhnps also for appropriate
spectacular anil dramatic entertainment.
The latter possibilities are of particular
interest, since it is conceivable that, owing
te the distinctly urban location of the fair,
footlight entertainment, musical or dramatic,
will be much mere conspicuously featured
within the grounds than in great exhibi exhibi
teon1 of the past.
Te be rightly comprehensive recognition
henld be accorded the development of the
drama within the last fifty years a period
marked by the rise of the distinctively
American stage. The opportunity te cm cm
pheslzc what has been accomplished, a
transformation which, despite much froth,
has been healthy and encouraging, is at
hnnd if the Hull of Victory H intelligently
designed.
Architectural ingenuity has discovered
means of adapting large auditoriums te the
presentation of plays.
If the competitive plan system is adopted
It will enable the promoters of the enter
prise te exnmiue all its possibilities for
public service. The welfare of the drama
and its relation te the social fabric are as
suredly well within the scope of a univer
sal exposition.
ROUGH ROADS TO KNOWLEDGE
EDUCATION of any sort worthy of the
name cannot be acquired in the open
market like a suit of clothes. It cannot
be supplied by a grafting process, nor can
it be packed into an unwilling brain. Dr.
W. H. I. Fnunce. president of Brown Unl
Tersitj , was, we suspect, lrritntcd by fresh
eviflenee of this general truth when in a
baccalaureate sermon at the llrewn com
mencement he observed that at least '
per cent of the young men who go te
universities would be better citizens and
happier if they remained at home.
Intellectual eagerncs and a quality of
mind that makes for meraltty In its bread
sense, Dr. 1'auncc said, are necessary pre
liminaries te education. .Mere and mere
people are coining te admit that culture
cannot be acquired, even In the luxurious
American universities, without effort, labor
or appreciation en the part of the person
seeking culture.
While Dr. Faunce was talking te the
student body at llrewn rniversity. a young
man in New Yerk was giving a triumphant
demonstration of what true education means
and costs, and showing hew little It lias te
de with fraternities, commencement ora
tions and what is called the college spirit.
Alfred Fleegel. a ledser in a bleak garret.
wen the Prize of Heme. The Prize of
Reme is an endowment under which eung
artists who prove their talent anil willing
ness te work are enabled te study for thre
3 ears in Italy.
Yeung Mr. Fleegel didn't go te college.
He had only casual training in art schools.
lie labored in his garret for nbeut seen
years, and he labored for the most part at
night, since be had te work for a living.
And it hnppens that the artist who wen the
Prize of Heme In the preceding contest
worked quite ns hard as Fleegel did and
was as often hungry. Heth of these young
men have acquired a sort of education thai
Is net te be bought with inene.
MR. HUGHES ON HATE
WHAT did Secretary of State Hughes
mean bj his nntl-hate speech at the
1'nherslty of Michigan jesterday? 1,p
Secretnry Weeks at Western Hesenc I'ni.
verslty a day or two age. Mr. Hughes chose
u vantage point in the Middle, or mere-or-less
Middle, West from which te deliver
n message of unusuul and bread meaning.
Mr. WeekR swung u light but sharp lash
e?er these people who have been carrying n
passion for social reform ' te a point of
fanaticism. Mr. Hughes was less explicit
than his Cabinet colleague. All his refer
ences were indinvt and meant, apparently,
for the enrs of these accustomed te the in-'
terpretatlen of profound abstractions. That
Is net like the Secretnry of State, uhe nor
mally speaks from the shoulder in language
' that nnybedy can understand.
What we knew is that Mr. Hughes re
grets the sort of criticism and discussion
which tends te encourage international hate
and suspicion. And, reading between the
lines, It appears that the persistence of war
psychology and its expression in con
temptuous and disdainful tirades aimed by
the people of one nntlen at the people of
another make the tlerent settlement of
impertnnt international issues difficult for
efflcers of government at Washington and
everywhere else.
If Mr. Hughes has begun the campaign
of reasoning which Is necessary te get the
poison of war fever out of the international
ntmosphere and the international mind he Js
te be commended for uttackiug a difficult hut
highly necessary job. All that lie sajs or,
te put It mere directly, all that he implies
I true. The Germans nntl the Ilrltlsh, the
French and the (icrmnns, the Prussians and
the Russians, the Americans and the Eng
lish didn't like each ether any tee well be be
j.fert the war. And it Is net tee much te
vrltJMea that universal ignorance and ill
il Nei
"-""iiisriii uuvi na uiijuiiiiK ciei m iiiunr
nTTO.
Armageddon Inevitable or. at least) te
render preventive understandings Impossible,
The world new is far worse off In this
respect than It ever was before. The old
popular dislikes nre hardening or being de
liberately hardened by diplomatic processes.
It was easy for war propagandists te pump
excesses of hate into the minds of nations.
It is far less easy te get that hate out
again after it has served the temporary
purpose for which it was intended.
It is te be hoped that Mr. Hughes wbb
recommending, ns lie seemed te 'recommend,
n better and saner understanding of the
problems of plain people in one nntlen by
plain people in ethers. There Is, of course,
in some isolated divisions of the newspaper
press persistent, reckless campaigns of in
ternational incitement. But, en the whole,
the discussion of foreign affairs in Amer
ican newspapers has been patient and tem
perate. American newspapers hove been
doing their best te give International nfinlrs
n thorough airing. And who will presume
te deny that foreign affairs needed it?
ONLY PRACTICABLE WAY TO
GET BETTER RAPID TRANSIT
The Mitten Plan of City Ownership and
Company Operation of New
Lines Will Werk
MH. MITTEN, in his statement te the
stockholders of the Philadelphia Itapld
Transit Company yesterday afternoon,
elaborated his plan, outlined some time age,
for the city te build all future extensions of
rapid transit lines and lease tlieni te his
company te operate. He Is confident that
lie can cam enough in the long run te pay
the Interest en the cost and te prexldc u
fund for retiring the bend? when they fall
due, and also te pay dividends en the shares
of the Hapid Transit Company,
The declaration of a dividend of ,T per cent
en the shares of the company as the first
installment en n yearly dividend of (1 per
cent premised In December, and paid out of
earnings, Indicates that Mr. Mitten is able
te de what he says he can de. Se when he
says that he can pay rental te the city for
new lines, he Is net merely talking for effect,
but is speaking with demonstrated knowl
edge of what he has already done.
He proposes a way te elve the transit
problem nnd te provide for the growth of
the city. Ne better way has yet been sug
gested. The merit in Mr. Mitten's suggestion that
the city build all new car lines and lease
them te nn operating company lies In the
fact that the fixed charges, if the city builds
the lines, will be less than if they are built
by the Rapid Transit Company. The city
can borrow money for 4 per cent. It is nl nl
mest impossible for any public service cor
poration te borrow any money nt the present
time, and if it is fortunate enough te find a
lender it has te pay a high rate of interest.
The Pennsylvania Railroad Company had te
pay 7 per cent en its last issue of bends.
New if the city lays the tracks in the
Roosevelt Boulevard at a cost of .$1,000,000
nnd lenses them te the Hapid Transit Com
pany en terms similar te these en which it
has leased the Frankford line, the fixed
charges would be much less than if the trnn
sit company get a franchise and laid the
tracks itself. And the same would be true
of ether extensions new under consideration.
The argument of economy is unanswer
able. The old practice took no considera
tion of economy. The cur riders of the
present are still paying interest en the cot
of the old horse cars, and en the cost of the
horses long since dead, and en their feed,
nnd it is said even en the straw that used te
he strewn en the floors of the cars in the
winter te keep the feet of the passengers
warm. There was no plan of retiring
bends once they were Issued. Whenever
anj thing had te be bought new bends were
issued nnd added te the obligations of the
reads, and the riders suffered from peer
service in order that the money they paid in
might go te pay the interest en the bends
and the dividends en the watered stock. The
results hove net been satisfactory.
Complete private control of transit facili
ties has produced such n mess that the best
opinion years age began te favor the in
estmcnt of public money in car lines. The
voters of this city committed themselves te
It a few years age when they authorized the
issue of bends for carrying out a plan for a
system of high-speed lines. If it is right
for the city te build elevated lines and sub
ways end surface lines te extend the elevated
lines, it Is just as right for it te build ether
surface lines te provide transportation where
It is needed.
The city will have te build them if we are
te have them ready te accommodate the traf
fic of the coming fair, for the Hapid Transit
Company is in no position te go into the
open market te get the money
Mr. Mitten would like the -ity te miy (le
existing lines nnd lease them te him en the
basis of ,rt per cent of their cost. Hut It is
net necessary nt present te consider this
question. Indeed, It may net be wise te
consider it nt nil until the needed extensions
nre built and until they hate begun te earn
enough under the lenses te carry the interest
nnd amortization funds. Then the bends
Issued will cease te run against tin. limited
debt of the cltj and the proper treatment of
the tddcr lines can be t.ikrn up in the light
of the lessens of the experiment with the
newer lines.
The thing te de new ,s te agree en n defi
nite program of extension into th,e districts
net new well served, and then te make ar
rangements fin building ihe new lines with
the least possible delay.
The Roosevelt Ileulesaid line will natur
ally come first, for the need of that Is gen
erally admitted. There is .tlrtady a consid
erable population In the district through
which thebeulcvaid runs, and there ure litre
business establishments there which need
service. But the beulevuid is a beautiful
thoroughfare which inn be enjejed nt pres
ent only by the owners of meter vehicles.
As seen ns a street-car line begins te oper
ate along It there will lie developed a large
amount of pleasure riding hj people who
wish te get into the open count r. In ether
citieH such boulevards are tim,;e ncicsslhle
te the mass of the people In this Way.
There is no geed reason why the people of
this city should net enjoy the same privi
leges. MARS PASSES BY
IT IS about us difficult te measure the
limits of human credulity as te fathom
the depths of infinite space. We are ready
te believe anj thing, and In times past men
have gene te war ever differences en the
most preposterous theories, the establish
ment of which in any event wus bejend
human ability.
Just new we are hearing much about the
possibility of communicating with Mars.
EVENING PUBLIC LEDGES IfitL ADLPHt A; '
which en Sunday reached the point in its
orbit nearest te the earth. Even then It
was mere than 40,000,000 miles sway.
It is, of course, Impossible te commu
nicate with Mnrs or for Mars te commu
nicate with the earth In the nccepted mean
ing of the word unless Mnrs is inhabited
by living creatures with a language and
with some inventive Ingenuity.
But the most powerful telescope does no
mere than magnify Mnrs se ns te make It
leek as It would nppcar te the naked eye
If It were only S.'.OOO miles away. New
any canal visible te the naked eye at n
distance of 2r,000 miles would hnve te be
pretty large, se much larger, In fact, than
any artificial work of ma'ti thnf the crea
tures who dug it must be giants or pos
sessed of dredglrrg machinery of remarkable
efficiency. Of course, Mars may bn In
habited the astronomers say it has an
atmosphere which 'would sustain life but
It must be admitted thnt the possibility of
getting evidence of life en the planet is
remote indeed.
New, ns te communicating with the living
creatures there, the first essential is n lan
guage undeistoed both en the enrth and en
Mnrs. It is possible for men speaking
different languages te learn hew te com
municate with each ether en the earth,
nnd It also is possible for learned men te
decipher inscriptions In a forgotten lan
guage, but It tnkes a long time in each In
stance. Let us assume thnt the inhabitants of
Mars arc sending wireless messages te the
earth and that they can be received en the
instruments we have; hew nre we te knew
what the words mean when we have no key
te the language? of course, no one thinks
that the Martians speak English or French
or Chinese or Sanscrit or even German.
They de net knew what the Merse cede Is
nnd we de net knew- what their cede is, if
by chance they telegraph in cede Instead of
sending the voice ever the intervening dis
tance of 42,000,000 miles by telephone.
Y'et in spite of all this wc nre likely te
continue te read about messages from Mars
and the efforts of .Marconi and the ethers
te get into communication with the planet.
MR. PINCHOT'S CITIZENS' COM
MITTEE By GEORGE NOX McCAIN
GIFFORD riNCHOT'S Citizens' Com Cem
mlttee te study the Income, expenditures
and appropriations of the Commonwealth,
which holds its initial meeting in this city
today, will inaugurate a new era in the
fiscal affairs of the State. And n new era is
net only due, but is absolutely essential te
the honest and economical administration of
our finances.
The practically limitless liberality of past
Legislatures, pnrtlculnrly the last one, and
the unsavory revelations concerning affairs
in the former State Treasurer's and Audi
tor General's offices have left no doubt in
the mind of every honest citizen thnt the
time for a new nnd up-te-date system in the
State's fiscal management is at hand.
The selection by Mr. Pinchot of a com
mittee of leading citizens, under the chair
manship of Dr. Clyde 1,. King, of the Uni
versity of Pennsylvania, nationally known
as a publicist, has been the most far-sighted
movement ever inaugurated by any candi
date for Governer.
Granted that it is unofficial, that it is
without express sanction of Legislature or
direction of law, yet its membership carries
no salary or emolument of any kind. It
will ask for no appropriation. Fer these
reasons it will command the support of that
great body of citizens who believe that
economy Is inseparable from clean politics.
A briefer nnd mere appropriate designa
tion for it would be the Budget Commis
sion, for, after all, all of its recommenda
tions will be In that direction.
It must have nn intelligent appreciation,
an understanding of the detail work, of
every department en Capitel Hill. An im
partial and searching inquiry into the
methods that have prevailed for years must
be made, for it is generally acknowledged
that present financial methods nt Harrih
burg nre antiquated, obsolete, inefficient and
extravagant.
The State is burdened with a multiplicity
of commissions. They nre net only ex
pensive, but unnecessary. They were
created te supply jobs for political parti
sans. They should be abolished. Their ac
tivities should be centralized in depart
ments already in existence Whnt is true
in this respect is true of ether bureaus and
directorates.
Every Chief Executive in the history of
Pennsylvania, no matter whnt his previous
experience with financial affairs in Senate
or Heuse has been compelled te undergo
a sort of training which only reached n
point of efficiency about the time he was
preparing te retire from office.
Gifferd Pinchot's experience of nffairs at
Washington, nnd in latter years at Harris
burg, his knowledge born of intimate con
tact with the inside of things, particularly
financial economy in administration, in
spired the appointment by him of the com
mittee which meets here today.
If the public-spirited men nnd women
who compose it perform their duties enrn
cstly. Impartially and Intelligently with n
comprehensive report of their findings and
recommendations, Glfferd Pinchot will hnve
been educated for his job of Governer Instead
of beins educated by It. He will be in pos
session of facts and recommendations that
could net possibly be acquired within a
year after the time of his inauguration as
Governer.
He will, or should, have in the findings
of this committee an asset never possessed
by nny one of his predecessors.
Its importance, therefore, cannot be un
dervalued, either in its relationship te the
incoming Governer or the benefits which will
accrue te the taxpa.ver from its activities.
THEATRICISM AT THE HAGUE
TP RAYMOND POINCAHE continues
J- much longer his policy of pretest and
concession, his capacity for frightening
Europe by a simulation of French irrecon
cilability will be under serious suspicion.
After many warnings and threats of re re
pudlatlen, the Government of France has
announced its entrance Inte The Hague
proceedings, te begin en June 20. en terms
virtually Identical with thea of even ether
nation except Russia,
It is emphasized In Paris that the French
delegates "will adhere te the French policy
as outlined nt Genea and will stick closely te
the French contention that the Soviet au
thorities must recognize the principle of
respecting private-owned property and the
payment of foreign debts,"
Wherein does this dictum differ from that
which Mr. I.leyd Geerge has from time te
time laid down? In whnt way Is It In con
flict with the principles upheld by ether so se
called capitalistic nations?
Of course, it would never de for M. Poin Pein
care te state baldly that lie was In accord
with the British Prime Minister. The
health of the present curious Government
In France is apparently dependent upon the
pretense of Independent initiative and the
stage gestures of truculenee,
The coal strike has
lasted eleven weeks. It
flneun't un.mi ttit.fr lnH.
01' King Ceal
does it? Ne, it deesr.'t seem that long.
Except, of course, te th'c miner's wife. Te
the miner's wife It seems very long indeed,
P. S. The- rentier may string this out into
free verse if he wmitad.
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THE STORY OF DAN AHN
A Peer Korean Farmer. Sen Who
Old n Twe Yeara the Scheel Werk
of Four, Betides Supporting
' Himself by Tell
By GEORGE NOX McCAIN
T)R. PENNIMAN. of (he rniversity of
U Pennsylvania : Geerge le Omwake,
president of Ursinus; Edwin E. Sparks,
president emeritus of Ktntc College; Dr.
Hunt, of Bucknelli Dr. A.vdclette, of
Hwarthmer. and all the rest of the dlgnl
tnrlea and divines who head the universities
and colleges of Pennsylvania are breathing
freer these rare but rainy days In .Tune.
commencement week Is a thing of the past.
They have sent the world-menders out
Inte the utress and storm te perform their
allotted tasks.
In n few brief years, however, the afore
said world -menders nnd advisers te the
Architect of the Universe will discover Just
where they get off.
It la an age-old story.
It began, possibly, with the first gradu
ating clnss from Oxford S" years or se age.
It will end when the last class of the Inst
university en the last continent of this old
earth fumbles its Imitation sheep skins and
starts forth en its final mission.
Great is youth !
Greater far, however, arc its disillusion
ments.
T SUMMON the cheer leaders, the mock
heralds of academic activities!
The agile Instigators of the rhythmic
ululatlena of the undergraduate body of
every University, college, prep or high school
that has earned the right te put a team en
the turf or a sprinter en the tinder path.
This is a recital of tell, net sport.
Edttcatlonatennnnls overflow with stories
of American boys who, defying lack of op
portunity or funds, have fought their way
te the front.
Remark that I say American boys.
They have everything In their favor.
They arc at home. They speak the plain
language of triumphant democracy.
They are te the manner born, though peer,
obscure, unsung.
THI8 is the story of Dan Ahn.
The cheer leaders will Bete that the
name 1 rhythmic.
Likewise that it is delightfully Indefinite.
In the nomenclature of the nations it
might be either German. Danish, Icelnndlc,
Maya, Portuguese or Dutch.
It is neither. It is Korean. It Is the
nnmc of a boy who hnd n glorious faith in
America nnd her opportunities.
Immigrants like Jeseph Trlestley, philoso
pher J the elder Belmont, financier: Carl
Schurz, soldier and statesman, nnd Michael
Pupln, scientist, and ether brilliant men
whose natural talents were fashioned In' the
lathe of American opportunity, came here
with hereditary ability that singled them
out for distinction.
Daniel H. Ahn is of another breed and
color. He is a poverty child of the dreamy
Orient.
The men I have named above were of the
Occident; the blatant, self-assertive, arro
gant Occident.
DANIEL H. AHN, of Hniju, Korea, Is
twenty-four years old.
He is sturdy, dark-skinned, dark-eyed,
coarse-haired, muscular, eager, intense.
When I saw him he was one of forty
8,even graduntes te receive dlplemus at the
hands of the principal of one of the leading
preparatory schools of the East.
He is the son of a peer Korean fnrmcr.
lie is the only boy in a family of seven
in the sunrise land.
In the occasional periodical literature of
bis native country he had read of America.
It was only casually, because the heel of
Japan has been heavy en the neck of this
subject race.
Like Priestley nnd Pupin and nil the rest
of that brilliant array of Occidental gen
iuses, this Korean furmcr's body yearned for
knowledge.
HE LEFT Hniju in the hope of securing
an education.
Ignorant of English, he shipped en nn
American vessel and arrived in San Fran Fran
ciseo six years age absolutely penniless.
He did odd jobs along the Barbery Coast,
San ' Francisce's waterfront famed In fact
ami fiction. He finally landed a job in a
paint factory.
It was dusty, unhealthy and disagreeable.
That's why he get it.
He worked there for four years, mean
time taking a course In English at the free
night schools of the city.
HE HAD heard of the great schools of
the Eest, but his ideas were Indefinite.
He reached Philadelphia te find his expenses
bad eaten up his savings. -
In this city he had a chance meeting with
a fellow countryman that changed the whole
course of his life.
Ills friend was a graduate of the Perkle
men Scheel, where they help deserving boys
along the highway te higher education,
Kim, his ch.inee friend, told him the
nchoel authorities would aid him. And they
did.
Constantly working and studying, in two
years the young Korean completed a course
te which the uvernge Amcrlcau boy usually
devotes four years.
DANIEL 11. AHN has only begun.
He intends te take civil engineering in
one of the lending universities of the Enst.
By working nn a farm or doing anything
in the way of honest effort that will bring
him an extra dollar this summer, he expects
te enter college this fall and ultimately
graduate with his degree of C. E.
All this summer, while the rest of his class
arc having a geed time, this lad will be
working by day nnd studying by night.
After the completion of his course at col
lege he plans te return te his native land
and put his engineering knowledge into
practice.
It will be a strange thing if Daniel H.
Ahn does net become one of the great engi
neers of Korea.
THE oddest feature of this little story is
one which I ask the cheer leaders te
emphasize.
Dan Ahn is also a Penns.vlvania Dutch
man !
Oh I but he's a rare bird.
In addition te musterinc the Kniui,
language perfectly he litis acquired a re
murkablc proficiency in the Pennsylvania
Dutch dialect.
He can converse at. fluently with the na
tives of Berks and Montgomery Counties In
Pennsylvania German ns though he were
one of their number.
RaRab!1,Rarh,:il,,Cr: 9
"D-n-n-l-cl A-h-n."
Wlicil Chief .Justice
Leeking Pleasant Taft was urged by
Londen cameramen te
leek pleasant, he replied ; "That Is the
easiest thing I de. Wc can well imuglne
that the words were accompanied by the
"Taft smile. A whimsical geed humor
of course, prompted the remark; plmn.'
ness (te be discreet) and physical fitness
doubtless made It soeth: but buck of it all
Is the philosophy that hus cultivated cheer
fulness even under udverse clrcuinstiuiccs.
and this it Is that endears the great Amer
ican jurist te Ills fellow countrymen,
. ... .. .. a'bc tarccr of M'1
Watch .Miss Jtutt imu, in vi est Cape May.
N. J will be watched
with interest, uejs have, been common In
the Rett family for generations past, but
she Is the first bnh.v-glii te be born in it
for 112 years. It Is a sign of the times,
Weman ut last is lemlng into her own,'
The New Yerk police have discovered
an ordinance that bans the ballyhoo, and
hereafter Ceney Island shows will be minus
barkers. Dees net this suggest the her
rid tneiigut Hint sooner or inter me
gunnllanK et tuc law win insist upon nius
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NOW MY IDEA IS THIS!
Daily Talks With Thinking Philadelphia en Subjects They
Knew Best
HOLLINSHEAD N. TAYLOR
On Revising ti Building Cede
THE building cede of the City of Phila
delphia is in need of considerable re
vision, says Helllnshcad N. Tayler, chair
man of the Industrial Committee of the
Chamber of Commerce nnd a director of that
organization.
"While the building cede of Philadelphia
Is net much mere severe than these of most
of the ether large cities," snld Mr. Toyler.
"still it contains some rather antiquated
previsions, nnd it is these which wc would
like te see changed. There can bpsne doubt
that it has acted in an unfavorable manner
in the case of some industries which we are
considering locating in this city, even te the
point of causing some of them cither te locate
outside the city limits or te go te altogether
different localities.
"Seme of these building laws tend te
raise the cost of building construction in the
city unnecessarily and some of the ethers
nre objected te by probably a majority of
these Interested in the building construct en
industrv. Therefore n reasonable revision
of them would have a generally favorable
action upon the building programs in the
city nt large nnd would encourage the erec
tion of mere structures.
The Area Limits
"Fer example, the nren of buildings with
undivided fleer space is limited te 25,000 feet
In first-cluss buildings, 15,000 feet In second-class
buildings, 7500 feet for third-class
buildings having two-Inch plank floors and
5000 feet for third-class buildings of ordi
nary construction, with no limit en area
for one-story buildings working in non
combustible mnterials.
"These previsions require reconsider
ation, and certainly the matter of one-story
buildings, which the Building Bureau new
Interprets se thnt n one-story building used
for working non -combustible materials,
which covers the bulk of manufacturing In
the City of Philadelphia, is restricted te
15.000 'second-class and 7500 and 5000
third-class. It is very doubtful whether this
was the Intention of the law when it was
drafted, and it is also questionable whether
the proportionate areas referred te for the
various classes of building construction
correspond te the relative fire hazard of
these classes of construction.
"The Philadelphia cede, differing from
thnt of many ether cities, allows no credit
en fleer areas or en classes of construction,
etc., arising fiem the Improved fire hazard
due te automatic-sprinkler systems. It Is
altogether likely thnt a third-class building
equipped with sprinklers for combustible
contents is quite ns geed from this stand
point as a first-class building which is net
equipped with these devices.
The "Sandwiched" Building
tit HAtliAv m a It i it'll I rli nitivlu fnuHnuf -
inent is that no consideration us te type of
construction or size Is given for the location
of a building, se that the same limits apply
te u building sandwiched In between two ad
jacent factories as te a building with three
distinct street frontages. This is particu
larly unwise when npplying te buildings
standing free in large factory sites, Hs H
the case of se innny modern factories.
"The Philadelphia building Inws de net
allow temporary construction of any sort,
and all buildings must be constructed In
full iiceerdunei! with the cede. Temporary
parts of hulldtngs, intended for use for u
limited time, might reasonably be constructed
under a bending system.
"The party wall Is another thing which
might well be modified te some extent, The
Building Department Interprets the building
cede en party walls te mean thnt under no
consideration can u first-class structure be
built ti ),ar,y "nc- Dut 'i'st be kept
nt least six and ene-hnlf inches away te
permit the adjoining owner te build an old
fashioned party wall. New, en a twentv-
. .i I,. 4 Ir Ajirtl tttr n ti'ii r tlv ntt.1 .. I. .. i . '
10411 MM. ni-yiiMh ". ni tinu j fU lllrllCfi
IOOI I"'. n;C.'T .' ; ! II HUH 11ICIICS
en each side means a less of mere than 5
per cent of the ground area. The cede should
IK! SO llliiillHi-u "",,'" I" mill- vain OWiler te
build te Ills own line.
Dependent Upen Improvements
"An Injustice Is also practiced by the city
authorities, Including the Building Bureau
In refusing te grant building penults at or
adjacent te Intended city improvements
...I.I..1. .., tint nt iliut l,in r..... I - ..
Inumi "" "- isr iiurr ucvn 1UIIV
determined upon. Thus, In the c,ise of tlm
Parkway, which was delayed In construction
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for six or eight years, many of the ndjaccnt
properties were rendered practically value
less ducing (that entire time.
"The building cede also requires certain
thicknesses of wnlls In proportion te the
length and the width' of n building, Irrespec
tive of the lendlng. This is nn obsolete,
prevision dating bnck te the time of solid
brielt walls, and should be modernized. The
Building Bureau already makes concessions
en this matter, permitting pilaster nnd pier
construction, but it would be better if this
were clearly outlined in the cede. The exits,
stairways, etc., of all buildings arc nt the
discretion of the chief of the burenu. With
the present chief, who is a very competent
man, this docs net work a hardship, but
this matter should also be clearly covered in
the cede.
"The cede nt present recognizes nothing
but brick fire walls in making subdivisions
of large areas; less expensive nnd cumber
some types of construction should be per
mitted. "Plastering is another point which should
be revised. The cede demands three-coat
p.astcrlng, whereas In actual practice one,
two and three coats are used. It also re
quires terra-cotta buildings te be plastered
en the outside, nn unnecessary burden.
Ab te Re-enforced Concrete
"The laws en re-enforced concrete re
quire nn engineering inspector te be paid
for by the owner. With such construction In
the hands of competent firms this is an
unnecessary nnd large expense, and with a
dishonest or incompetent contractor it gives
little if any protection.
"In obtaining u building permit at the
present time the sanction of the Building
Department, the Bureau of Health, the
Bureau of Surveys, the Bureau of Highways,
the lire marshal and in many cases the Art
Jury is required. It would save much
time, expense and confusion if one office et
authority could Issue n permit covering all
these spheres. "
"Our committee hns taken these matters
P wl i the city officials and we find u de
cided disposition among them te make the
laws conform te the best interests of c
city. The members of our sub-cemmlttee
consisting of Charles F. Bewer. Arth ur D
Smith .nd Jehn P. HHI. assisted by Edvvani
P. Hunnery, have gene thoroughly Inte the
whole matter and have devoted a great
deal of time and effort toward bug
gesting such changes ns will make the cede
mere ncceptnble te these who desire te
locate plants in Philadelphia. With t he
changes which they have suggested, I believe
that this icsult will be accomplished "
What De Yeu Knew?
QUIZ
What tropical possession of ihe United
States Is devoted almost exclusively te
the production of sugar?
Why Is u greyhound se called?
What Is a suueeduneum?
In what opera does the famous ni..
known as the "Mlwrei "SXur"mber
W AgSffitea"?' UramatlG ,,ecm' "San
Who Is Camilla Flammarlen?
What Is meant by a "modus operandi"?
What color is i.inle in heraldry
WBlbW?r ,h0 arca Prepheta of the
When did the monarchy of Nerwav i
come senuruterl from ...i-.l"a' be-
Answers te Yesterday's Quiz
1. The Sicilian Vespers Is the name uivn,, ,,.
thu massacre of the Kn.n, ' life ,",
en Easier .Monday, , 128a. VA til Xcily,
of the vesper bell, evvnB t0 ,hn nH,'Bnn
tiis they had cemmltt" I uniijj ,n,tref '
of Anjou The phrase" hiftSK
synonym fer.u general massacre
'.'.- In Slmktspcurc's "A Mlilsiinuner vi.i ..
Dream." Puck declares, "n, ,'?.l,t8
girdle around the caul, felty"1!,1,,
3 A fjtml,a" B II sJhlllCSC llnt.b0Hn,n..
river imjui. ..,v..
t. The Island of Mauritius la In u,., , ,,
tjceun tast of MaduRuscir . i, aiun
te Great Britain. ' u "elenga
...... r.i.i 1 1 ,i...
Ituiuu ei lieiiyHDUrg It
I, . I'uiii in ii nunc; -euzzaril.
8, The Latin phniBe, -non t, luvcmim
means "It Is net found." m'cius,
U. Mesquite la u word Imported fiem h
Spanish u Is a diminutive fe? n of
Jjmesca'' fly, and hence meana UteTaUy
iO, Jugdar tdieufd b'eprenwfrttced "Jug.Wnr."
6. Leepold 11 wus thi Predecessor i.r n. .
as King of the lielglmiH, ur Alurt
6, (Knerul ilceruu IJ. l'lcKcit i,.,i ,,
famous confederate charL-e ,1 .'.?
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SHORT CUTS
Canten is seeing Sun's spots.
The tune Pan plays upon his pip tbtf
inruccs most, is uncrnes are ripe."
It mar even HftmnttmAa Ka (lint tViA
ture of a .confession depends en the IraagU
tlvc powers of the administrators et ta
miru aegrec.
Thnt portion of the population of In
land tlinf TIlTlftl.na iinrln- O.n hJ (m m..
net expect either sympntliy or support fte
the u'nrlil nt In...
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The Yeung Lndy Next Doer But Om
says uint wnen the poet spoke of "tm
delight" lie was probably referring te et
gaudies, voiles and crepes.
When the Irish" Constitution (bllssfallj
free from the complications a waiting werii
feared) Is finally ratified, statesmanship eij
pui n green leather In Its cap.
Morvich hns been bentcn bv Whlik
nwny; which, somehow, Is surgestivc Ie
of a horse race than n round of vodka cbastj
iy tnc spirit of departed hooch.
Why BO thlrstv? Vnll ran cet n hnllll
of ehnmpogne for twenty-two million rub!
in Petrograd. Then ngeln, why net W
mii.sij , ,, hj- Be te i-eiregrau:
Clothing designers are te meet In tkli
cit.V licit Week. If thntr .nn ilaettm Mini.
thing conservative with well-lined peH
nicy ii inane a nit witn lamlly heads.
German statistician has figured that it
cost coiutneus $7i.'oe te discover Amend
and the chances are all his relatives sceldH
mm ter the way he wasted his money.
By the time every office building U
cquippcu wuu a parsing space equal te us
iiui'un ei ns uuie-uriving tenants sam ten
nuts will hnve switched te nir flivvers.
The Yeung Lady Next Doer But 0
surmises thnt Key positions nre held in the
Trensury Department only by these who N
able te sing the "Star Spnnglcd Banner."
Men are te be asked te help pick til
"twelve most imnertnnt women." Beniil
te be a fizzle. Most men hnve trouble l
picking one ; and some of tbem pick wrenf
If the effort te displace the Tariff BUI
with the Benus Bill were te result in beti
bills being jolted out of existence, the country
would perhaps be better off than it has
right te expect.
Dr. Mnrrlett, of Swnrthraere, say that
in the coarse of six months or se we in
liable te learn what, if anything. theastreDO'
mers saw en Mars Iabt week. But why this
unseemly haste?
The Chicago Judge who uftcr trylsi
0500 divorce cases denies that marriage U
a failure has net allowed a speck en tbi
glasses of daily experience te distort
vision of a fair field.
Lecal restaurant pinched because cl
elleged game of chance for large stifU'
Presumably if it had revised its spellW
and made It large steaks chance would hue
been eliminated nnd there would have tx
no trouble.
Precess of de-inking newsprint pap''
newly discovered, may mnke It possible ti
salvage much of the li.200,000 tens of pP
annually consumed. And this, In its turn.
is going te have un important bcarlel
forest conservation.
It is nnturally the aim of nil "sident
of the shipping sltuutlen that the $50,000.'
000 u year which the Government l "
losing en Its shipping shall net lie perpetu
ated, but there is some slight difference
opinion as te Ihe means te be taken.
Pride has many curious manifestations.
Elizabeth, N. .!., man has written the MM
dletewn, N. Y authorities for a '
pound chunk of u cottonweed tree reeeiw
cut down, Ills rcasun being that nn n',or
'was hanged thereon in revolutionary liw"'
Seventy - five chic"
l....l,,l I,.. Mm sua Iru"1
Imaginative
Incubator
eggs thrown en !"?
hnve aroused. It I?
the enthusiasm of residents et Ncwvuici ,
The owner of the eggs, the story J J
thuugbt them infertile, but nothing of w;
kind has been ullcgcd of the imagination n
thu fulthful correspondent.
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