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June lit, 112 LET THE CHILDREN PLAY IT IS as impnrtunt tlmt there should lie teachers In charge of the school play grounds during the summer it.-, that there should be teachers in the classrooms during the school year. Hut the teacher t supervise the play grounds run lint be hail Mile-" I he Scheel Beard Is willing te pay them an adequate mini. The preposition te make the rate of pay from .1 te .1 "." nn hour instead of the old rate of fort) -two te seventy-three cents an hour Inn been referred te the Salaries Committee, which Is expected te report en it In July. The higher rate le Minliur te th.u which prevails In the vacation schools, It ought te prevail en the playground". If the members of the Scheel Beard feel any responsibility for the protection of the ihlldreit during the vacation months they will order the opening of n many pla grounds around the "choelliou-es as are needed le accommodate the children In dis tricts where there are no ether open spaces. It has been discovered that the phi grounds (oniiet safely be opened te the rhihlreii without ntlult supervision. And It Is known that if the phi) grounds are net open the children will play In the streets nnd run the risk of injur) from passing vehicle. The police have been instructed te keep the children off the streets in order te pre Tent accidents, as a majority of the fatal traffic accident' resulted in the death of children of school nge. The open playgrounds' In charge of com petent supervisors will net only prevent ac cidents ; they will also keep the boys nnd firfs occupied in a wholesome way and pre vent their demoralization during the months when they are freed from the usual discipline of the schoolroom. The Scheel Beard is expected te tind the money te pay nn ade quate salary te as many supervisors as are needed for all the plnj grounds that can be beneficially opened te the children. THE QUESTION OF COAL , TNVi:STUi.T10N will be piled en lines 1 tlgutinu in the coal fields of Illinois. But attention will be focused sharply en the details and immediate causes of the horror at Ilrrrln. Meanwhile summer is passing and the time when the problem of a coal supply will be uppermost In the minds of anxious householders i net very far off. With cold w rather there is pretty sure te be famine talk in the retail markets and, perhaps, famine prices. Ne matter what the authorities in Illi nois de. no matter hew deep thej may probe te find pet-sons who can be punished for the wholesale murder eT strike-breakers in a anion tiehl. the situation which has tended te try the nerves of the country be,end en durance will net be permanently improved. Improvement can tome and strain, des peration and bloodshed in the mal fields can be avoided enl when reforms are attempted and jusllj carried out at the source of the trouble. Kxerj one admits thin the coal business is badly organized and it is idle longer te put blame for strikes, shortages and high prices iiidli-crliuluntely upon either the unions or the operators. The miners and mine owners are alike victims of a prier condition of hapha.ard operation and bad organization throughout the whole produc ing and distributing sjMem of which the) are parts. Yet Congress and almost eer State Legislature shrink from the sugges tion of a fait -finding Federal commission such ns could reveal the truth nbeur coal le Ihe country and suggest dependable reme dies for existing ills. When we can tind mil why members of the Congress and Legislatures. s,.Hiu te fear the truth about emit and net before - we shall be in a way te solve the coal preblm IS BRITISH SYSTEM BETTER? IV TI1K members of Congress Mere well grounded In t he constitutional tbenrj of the American (ieveniment the) would liuike fewer prepositions le graft en our s.wem nerac of the prnetiies common in ether countries or thej would make them 'it u different wti) . The recent suggestion, which i lun a revival of u suggestion that has !,in m ule periodical)) for Kill .wars, thai the mem bers of the Cabinet should have ne.its in the Heuse and the Senaie Is really n suggetien that we adept .he British jM(.m of ie ie .pensible ministerial government. In liteat Britain the mcmbeii. of the Cabinet arc members of l'arlla nt. And the life of the Cabinet Is dependent mi in ability te mm mand a majority in the Heuse of Commens. The British Cabinet, acting tlimugh the Prime Minister, governs. It lies the policy, drafts the Important bills, bads the debate en (hem and when ihey arc passed executes tin There is no division he. tween legislative and executive authority, Mich as is preser. bed b. I lie American Con stitution. If Congress should juis a w permit ting inembejs of the Cabinet te sit en the Heur of the Heuse and the Setiaie, and te take part in debate en bills dealing with the business of their departments It might get information mere nulekly thiin is possl pessl lile under the present arrangement, but that Ii about all the benefit thai would accrue from the eluinse. Congressional commit tees may new summon Cabinet officers te jienriiiitH and may ask them for Informa tion, mid the opposition may cress. examine them If It l. net satisfied with the formal statements. The members of the Cabinet tuny, "tind often de, write letters te the chairmen of committee setting forth their Wiueiis for the pnssiiEi' of hills in which tliejT nre Interested, Hut no legislative, change that can be tnnde will graft the Idritlsh system of minis terial responsibility te Congress upon our system. If Congress thinks that the con stitution"! Iiluii of checks and-'balauccs bet in br the separation uf the I slatlve. ex- mttlu ami judicial uutberlMBLis broken down, nnd that the British system Is better, It ought te have the moral courage te say se and te propose it constitutional amend ment making the President n figurehead nnd providing for n Cabinet composed of mem bers of the Netice and the Sennte, with n 'I'rlaie Minister who should stand or fall according as he can command the support of a majority nnd empower him te appeal te the country for vindication of his policy through n new congressional election. THE ASSASSIN'S THRUST GLORIFIES ITS VICTIMS This Is the Exquisite and Historic Pun ishment New Imposed Upen the Slayers of Dr. Rathenau . and Marshal Wilsen TUB ceed is seldom interred with the bones of conspicuous public characters struck down by the assassin's hand. This la the crowning irony peed upon the stark felly of fanatics blindly Infatuated by a complete misconception of the release wrought by death. It Is no dls aragement of either Field Marshal Wilsen or Dr. Bathenau te sug gest thnt never In life was their power ti confute their fees mere intense than nt the present moment. The cloak of martyrdom Is kindly te frailties. Virtues It magnifies with startling nnd majestic potency. If ordinary attributes of reason could be assigned the crazy minds thnt esteem murder as a short cut te justice, this purely ma terialistic view of the consequences of as sassination might he reckoned a possible lestralnlng Inlluence. Bit" the brutes who slew Dr. Unlhenau and Marshal Wilsen pre. apart from moral perversions, as myopic as Cain, who made of Abel the first here. It Is Inevitable that the (icrinnu "super business man and stnte.siu.iit," able and brilliant as he was, will henceforth be ac- minted the pre-eminently strong man of the reconstructed Heleh. stricken in mill course. Recollections of the austerity and political rigidity of Marshal Wilsen are destined speedily te he superseded by ad miration for his zeal as a patriot and his sterling merits ns a mllltury officer. In depreciation of Shakespeare It has been 'aid that the Julius Caesar of his tragedy is unimpressive until his manifestation ns a ghost. The aspersion en the playwright Is unintentionally complimentary and keenly rellectlve of his accurate interpretation of the nlmest unvarying course of history. It was a dead hand that smote Brutus and Cnsius and wrecked that hypothetical republic of their own Impassioned dreams. The authentic glory of Caesar was dazzling, but even thnt brilliance is enhanced by the imaginative reactions te the first epochal assassination In secular annals. The psychology of the assailants no less than the conventional consequences of their misdeeds is curiously adaptable te a formula. Beglcides, slayers of. powerful statesnit'ii and national leaders have represented the range of human mentality from the deeply speculative and philosophizing Brutus te the semi-moron Czolgosz. But It Is remarkable hew frequently the objects of their hatred have been colorless, kindly, amiable or. In addition, personage of authentic moral worth and commanding talents. "While he lived he was the guiding star of a brave people, and when he died the little children cried in the streets." It was net of Lincoln but of William of Orange, slnln by the fanatic Gerard In 1581. of whom this estimate was penned by Motley. The application te our own chronicle is. however, warranted. Russian Czarlstn wns responsible for many u hideous enormity, yet It was Alexander II, emancipator of the serfs, who was the victim of a Nihilist bomb. The insensate Ravatllac terminated the inspiring career of the generous, resourceful, discerning Henry of Navarre, greatest of the Bourbon, one of the few heroes among Kings. A modern French instance is de.in Jatires. giant among liberals, whose crystal Integrity of mind would be Invaluable in his nation today. In the Kurepean survey there also i Marshal Prim, potentially a revitalize!' of modern Spain, the gracious Humbert of Italy, the admirable Sadl-Carnet of France, the somewhat inconsequential Geerge of Greece, the harmless if rather stupid Carles of Portugal, the much-tried and tine spirited Bllzabeth of Austria. It is imbed hult-fully signlticant hew rarely the passions of the murderers have been (encerned with actual tyrants or em bodiments of (melt; and oppression. The urbane, well-meaning McKlnley. the affectionately esteemed Gartield, serve te illustrate the sheer wantonness by which the crime of assassination is se often charac terized. Germany has lately lest net only the commanding Rathenau, a Foreign Minister distinctively well equipped for an enormous task of reconstruction, but the fervid, clear clear visieued Kurt Eisner and that skillful mas. ter of realities. Mathlas Krzberger. The popular sympathy which these national fig ures enjoyed in their lifetime is subordinate in their new historical repute. It is net, indeed. Inconceivable that sen iiinental appraisals have been made of the infamous Talaat Pasha since that detested Grand Vizier and merciless '.eurge of help, less Armenia was slaughtered in Berlin in IHL'1. The assassination lempW. vvhiili seem in have been intensified recently, constitutes a revolting commentary upon alleged civili zation That the cult of tragic violent e te settle wrongs real or fancied is mainly pro ductive of madmen mid moral degenerates is .i tact which does net lessen its dangers in society. It need net be I eared, however, that the malign personal "i' laments perpetrating the outrages will ,.i,in. exquisite punish ment. This is in tin- shape of a martyr's wreath gleaming en the brew of the victim, assured of an epitaph which in some in stances they might m-ver have earned. SOAP FOR THE UNWASHED W ILLIAM .1. CONNF.HS. who Is nre. inciting the candidacy of William IS. Hearst for the governorship In New Yerk, has proposed that a cake of white soap be adopted as the Hearst einlileni. It s te have an appropriate inscilptieii describing Mr Hearst as "a leal man of the people." New. us Mr. Hearst is a Democrat, the appropriateness of simp as an emblem for u candidate of what used te be known as the party of the great unwashed depends en tirely en whether the party desires te wash or net. But the implications of soap, when used in a political campaign, nre se obvious, that an) sentimental objections le the piopesnl of Mr. Cenuers may be overruled by the Implied suggestion te the party workers that If they fall In line they will iccelve all the soap thej can use, AN INVALUABLE THIRD PARTY ANNOPNCHMKNT that Chile will accept a new basis for arbitration in the pro tracted Taena-Arica controversy, and in in dlcatlens that Peru Is en the verge of acqui escence, constitute a marked tribute te the statecraft of Charles Evans Hughes, It is the Secretary of State who Imih devised the compromise formula premising an end te the impasse resulting from the efforts of the two Seuth American republics te settle their differences between .themselves and in ihe EVENING PUBLIC supposedly niisplcleus atmosphere of Wash lnnten. In the recent conference the essential causes of dispute were vividly nccentuated. It wns (he Chilean contention that the Treaty of Anren, negotiated In the enrly eighties, should et last be enforced by hold ing n plebiscite in the valuable nitrate prov inces te determine the vexed Issue of per manent sovereignty. The Peruvian position was Identical VI th that long held, since it wns argued both in Limn nnd by the delegate In Washington thnt the deliberate repepulatlpn of the ter ritories by Chile prejudiced in advance the utility of a popular vote. The Hughes plan Is said te provide In bread terms thnt the Putted States shall arbitrate the difficulties arising from the non-fulfillment of the treaty, nnd thnt both Chile and Peru shall pledge themselves te abide by the eventual decision. Whether this Is te be accomplished by n plebiscite, held under special and,cnrcfelly prepared guarantees, has net yet been dis closed. It is certain, however, that the Tncnn-Arlca dispute Is interminable unless both principals impose faith In the minis minis trntiens of a third party and consent te accept Its elucidating machinery. If this Government, ns represented by Mr. Hughes, has wen this confidence, net only the pence of Seuth America but the prestige of the Putted States has been ma terially safeguarded. , TAXICABS AND A MORAL WOULD you knew what is tfreng with some of the basic industries' of "the f nited States with coal, for example? Then level your binoculars for a leek at the tnxieab business In this city ar.d a sur vey of the Held in which taxicabbles occa sionally make war upon one another. -Properly a taxlcab ought te be regarded as a detail of the public service. All possl pessl hie conveniences ought te he extended by the city te the operating companies, the opera tors nml the public that patronizes them. But hotels, restaurant nnd even railway companies have been in the habit -of farm ing out what is called "the taxi privilege," presumably for n slight share In the tnxieab profits. High rates of fnrc ifhd the guerrilla wars that break out at intervals between rival groups of drivers ere natural results of this attempt at exploitation. If there were public cab stands, main tained and regulated by the city exclusively in the public Interest, the taxi companies, the drivers and the taxicabblng public would benefit enormously.' A necessary service would be broadened as it was ninde mere efficient nnd less expensive. And the poli ticians at City Hall wouldn't have oppor tunities te meddle in the business or te dis criminate against one or another group of taxi owners for what they might find in it. Suppose owners of property In the central areas attempted te charge (he P. U. T. for I the privilege of stepping and starting Its cars trem the vicinity of their curbs. That would be viewed us a most outrageous pro posal. Hut it would be almost as logical as a proposal te charge taxlcahs for the privi lege of doing business nt points where the public expects them te be. The disposition of private individuals te profit tee greatly from essential utilities is responsible for half the economic troubles of the ceuntrv. WET DRY AGENTS FAITH Is a great virtue, nnd these ardent drys who believe that a man who wns once u bootlegger will make the best enforce enferce ment agent hnve it In plenty. Their belief that an inside knowledge of the bootlegging system is extremely useful te enforcement agents is. of leurse. well founded. Vel-stead-dodging is a devious and highly com plicated game, and green hands In the en forcement servlte cannot be expected te de wonder in fighting it. But it is a peer rule that will net work out te rt final antilysls. Thus, if only a bootlegger can be depended en te de really efficient enforcement work, wouldn't It be wise te mobilize all the bootleggers of the country te make Vol Vel steatllsm a reality V The Rev. Dr. Gtaham, of Chester, spon sor for Kdgnr A. Davis, the enforcement agent who admitted having once dealt largely in illicit liquor, is soundly philo sophical In insisting that Mr. Davis mny be the mere honest and efficient for his ex perience ns a distributor of contraband. It Is possible, new and then, te find men who. for the sake of an abstract principle of tight, will he willing te work for. say, $2500 a year and abandon a business in which that much money can be made easily in a week. A REGRETTABLE CANCELLATION , TT IS te be hoped that the President's . J- innrellntlen of bis plans for all Alnskyn i lour means nothing mere than the postpone ment ei an event wen stocked with stimu lating possibilities. Alaska has been the Cinderella of Aniti-i-can possessions. Its. magnificent resource. have long been a theme of oratory. But contrast of all this Het id advertisement with actual accomplishment in the great North I vvcFtern empire Is striking. Between 1010 and 1020 the population I of the territory suffered a marked decrease. 1 Wrangling ever the disposition and control of natural resources has contributed te the causes of retrogression. The completion of the national railway from the sea te Fairbanks hn been lurnldeil as inaugurating n new era. But while the future is rosy with opportunity, there are hard realities, the conquest of which has net yet been undertaken. Personal contact with the territeiy nn I ns problems by the President of the United Stntcs is a genuine need. A survey by Mr, Harding would represent a clear conception of an iinperluut phase of his national re sponsibilities. A self-stultifying Congress renders lili visit out of the question this year. But the Alaskan tour should remain en his dale book as. a conspicuous feature of the sumnier campaign of 102:5. The Attorney Genera! of Normalcy Kansas has ruled that Returns school teachers' certifi cates tuny net lie re voked by the State Supeiliitcudcut for danc ing, and that dances may be held in school houses, nt the discretion of school beards. This puts a severe crimp In the style of the lady who heads the Kducatleii Bureau In the State and indicates that In some directions at least there Is I tally nothing the matter with Kansas. Frenchman dcclate.s that Weird Yarn Germans are spreading narcotics throughout the world and Hie growth of the drug habit in the f nlted States is part of ihelr nidi-spread plan te demoralize their former enemies. As he neglects le give details there is, of course, the possibility that the allegation Is born of natural distrust rather than of cool judgment. But it provides a beautiful back ground for melodrama. When the Allies sug sug Ne siarrilh'c gest the supervision of of Principle German finances they propose te belp them selves by helping Germany. While she makes her budget and pays her empleyes and collects her taxes In paper, but has te pav her reparation in geld, she stands In need of assistance. Hv putting her pride In her pocket she may keep some cash there. Theic s apparent appreciation among ship-subsidy supporters of the fact, that the value uf u merchant marine us an auxiliary te the navy Is at least secondary te the necessity for an increased uir service. 3 LETOEIt-jPaftADELBHIA, i .. ,herc of nsh. J , AS ONE WOMAN SEES IT De Modern Hats Need Painted' Faces?. Meeting that Prompted Question Was Dfeeusslng Quite Other . Feminine Delinquencies , A VEHx" noted man, who is popularly' supposed .te knew mere, about women than most men, asked me the ether day Avltli n perplexed note of distress In his veice: Mhy women did It? WTiat-lip imcnnt was: Why de women "make up"? I explained that It wns the present bizarre way of dressing, the nlmest Asiatic touch in female clothes thnt made n natural face leek nt variance with Its surroundings. It did net strike me, however, thnt he felt my explanation excused or Indeed palliated the artificiality. ( But I thought n few days later, when I Kazcd en a whole sea of vivid, bizarre bats set at any angle ever faces left mi nnturcl by their ewners4 .that that very quietly dis cerning gentleman might have seen my i i!"t te the extent nt least of saying that e tner the .hnts must go or the faces must change te agree with their vibrant color notes. rpiIE hnts nnd their wearers were massed In a municipal courtroom of nil places and I note In passing thnt It wns a room that no badly needed cleaning from Its wnlls te Its electric-light glebes thnt It seemed te nic thnt the Heuse Committee of the City mlm,,Ht hlve-fallen asleep nt the switch. The occasion vhlch had gathered the wearers of the vivid-hats was a conference or symposium called by Judge Brown te discuss delinquent girls from the view point of these whose duty or enthusiasm it is te help them nfter they have been brought before Ihe se-cnlled Morals Court for mis demeanors of n flagrant nature. These of U? Vi. nn" n nskcd te form the audience nt the symposium were presumably women' or men who were connected with orgnnlzn ergnnlzn t ens dealing wlth'such person, either in the way of rescue or prevention or pun ishment. The chairman of the meeting characterized his nudlence mere than once as leu seclnl service workers." se that I fancy that was the occupation, pnld or, unpaid, volunteer or professional, of most of these present. This time of year social service workers liavc a right te leek fogged out. and I rather ..'.Vf Hi. ,hc. hn.,s wrre " 'be '""uns of ? !. , ns it0 .'T" t,lch' wwrnge up." a natural and wholesome reaction from their all-clay and every-dny struggle with the drab and senmy side of life. I realized, tee, .. . i ?f ce.util net ,,mc P Ibelr faces te march ihe liatsnnd keep their jobs, he they were spared the temptation, supposing It Mould hnve been a temptation te some. "piCRHAPS these seem like very flippant . reflecriens for one who was taking notes le.nl1 Sen(!.rcncc " "'"-'lent and sad n sub nn. iWnJ5 fnclnR t,u' n"'Hp"w. and the papers read, though geed, were net of -the Kind te require close attention very little new can be said en thnt kind of delinquency 77,n . "l"d1netl en'y the opportunity but the time te leek nbetit me. The face thnt I studied closest, because it reflected a viewpoint unfamiliar te me. was that of the Reman Catholic priest. Dr iZr Jl!ril"' w'e 'Poke of the general verk of the Heuse of the Geed Shepherd. 1 think I never saw mere alert eves. He missed nothing of what was said or of what the audience felt about it, nothing that was said. I thought, changed his point of view,, yet the fact that some things were ac quiesced in by these present found him always a critical and net always ai ap proving listener. TT WAS plain by he time the first paper ! was completed that the delinquents te be discussed were the girls under eighteen who had been found out in their delinquen cies; for the most part, these who had been haled before the Judge and by the Judge de llyered te n duly accredited officer and hv the officer taken te a duly accredited pluce of confinement. The discussion wns designed bv the origl erigl origl nater of the conference, who turned out net te be renOy- Judge Brown, that gentleman net being able te appear owing te nbsenee' elsewhere, the chairman said vaguelv. The discussion hinged en what sort of a place of confinement, nud hew much confinement, and under what supervision, and with what accessories the delinquent girl tinder eighteen bheuld be placed in Philadelphia. I think the real Instigator of the sympo sium wns Mr. Pnlmcjulst, who ha 'some thing official te de with the Federation of Churches. And I gathered that the Federn, Federn, tlen of Churches, finding theological unity somewhat difficult of attainment jet n while" haw bit upon some united effort of a serv iceable kind that will fill a long-felt need for all the Pietestant sects that are repre sented In the movement. Evidently all parishes feel nonplused ns te the safe disposal of the misfit girls who have "gene wrong." ns the expression has it. Evidently, tee, these religious bodies and the religious organizations thnt they support feel that the State has net ye't solved the problem of corrective punish ment in this matter, especially for children under eighteen, who nre certainlv mere sinned against than sinning, but who. under the law. can be provided for only with the elder and mere accountable delinquents. THE question then wns: If (his js church responsibility, sm we unite te deal with It as Protestants as the Catholics have se nhly dealt with it In such Institu tions ns the Heuse of the Geed Shepherd, or shnll we take a leaf out of the experience of New Yerk, which has turned Its reforma tory nt Invvoed Heuse into a series of board beard ing homes, nv bearding schools rather, where each girl Is given a place in n family group and big-sisteretl until she tins broken old habits and gained new ones? IT WAS very obvious after Dr. Cerrigan liad sneken for the Catholic point of view In the Heuse of tin- (:,) Shepherd nt Thirty -fifth street and Fairmnunt avenue, that the ."'22 women who nre taken care of there under a gentle but very firm nnd semewhut Sparian confinement "are treated like sinners who need repentance, are in structed lu the way te repent and are ex pected te walk very circumspectly in order te show the fruits of repeutunce' for n long while before Ihey are allowed their liberty: and nlse that some who show tee little fruit or fruit of a dangerous nature de net regain their liberty. It was evident, tee, that their reclamation was net given into the hands of volunteers, nor were ihey dlverleil into the new life by cnnxlng or petting of it secular nature devised by girls of their t)Wn nge who had net "fallen." The priest eulle scouted the idea that diversion for their dP benis was what they needed. THE New Yerk Idea for Invvoed Heuse, en the contrary, ns briefly sketched bv Miss Jean Beggs, seemed te focus en the young delinquents, being treated like ether girls. Ne locks and keys, and no program of drilled occupations or lecked-stc-p rec-rea tleus. Religion yes, but of n kind te make them forget their sin for the enjoyment of goodness, nnd a future career that would ignore the sadness and badness of the past If the nudlence had been left with these two distinct Impression te decide between a debate might have been helpful, ,ut the remainder of the program was made up of brief reports of the Slelghien Farm Ideal the Church Mission of Help Ideal, ih,. (,,.' ell of .Jewish omens Ideal, the former Magdalene H'" ''leal- the Travelers' Aid recipe, the White ill lams Foundation recommendation, an intemelatlnn about men delinquents and Mrs. Blaiikenburg's very npt solution inspired by her cxperlcuee during the late election. Lebanon. ().. has dedicated a monii menii incut te the Poland China hog and n local poetess cempcised nn ode for the occasion which may be sung te the tune of "Amer ica," Which, nfter till. Is net the first time glory has been heaped en these who have brought lietue the bacon. OU Mii '3iW 2$,' ,.i . ' - , ... ' 'Jl&-' ' ' V ' I ' L . .." .V',.?fHt... 'V iv -fci . . " I V' -n I ' t i - ' ' w'1flBM.-; ':; ,M lKi& iPss, .. ii njiiiicTTf1 r-Triv . .i. V.,. 'tffleStaaaasaHanBMaavaaBaavaHL .ME&tF . ,'- tKKBKSSmk ,AtV ' -, !9JQHhB .J c . MwlBlhiHstiSi. iSMKMiSBBflK , Mpiiiv7jniS''vs.jHfsiM( jis. j. .. esPJSjCIUyy?eBSrTi'PSPHfaJ llrf tJ&S'1 1 . rfjitJtrc',.sTMlnlSJCT-l" ,f,flfipajr . . ,Sh --.. ,scri ," -- " Jl.-,-izf5rtS'l!ti!i ni'i:!f!biJ?5if2'? -.j!SsSbW -wi .---ss;-te.5SK .'SSI '''.r'Zrr'S' jSSI- if r j - ifi ' "?1 - : , , ifr NOW MY IDEA IS THIS! Daily I'alfts With Thinking Philadelphians en Subjects They Knew Best HORATIO CONNELL On Stardardizing Music Teaching THE profession of music teaching is seri ously in need of standardization nnd some kind of supervision as te the qualifica tion. of these who shnll be allowed te teach, according te Horatio Council, singer nnd teacher. "Any one who desires." said Mr. Cou ncil, "can begin the teaching of music- almost irrespective of his qualifications, and, strange te say, this is about the only pro pre pro Jesslen or business which may be engaged In under these lax conditions; A physician, n lawyer or a school teacher must go through n long course of Instruction and pass a rigid examination before he is allowed te practice or teach, and even a greceryinnn must ob tain ii license before he enn open n store. But with regard te music, none of this preparation is required, nor is any super vision maintained. "The result of all this has been that there nre in every city In the country, large or small, many teacher. of music- who have net the proper equipment nr qualifications, and, owing te the general lack of knowledge en the part of the parents a le what the real requirements in u music- teacher should be, they go their way without let or hindrance, and in a material sense some of them de surprising) well. Premising Pupils Spoiled "Many a premising young musical talent has been. If net entirely spoiled, at least given ii serious setback through Incompetent Tcnchlng in the enrly days of his musical study. My own observation has led me te believe that this condition exists te a greater degree In voice Instruction than In the In strumental branches, all heugh competent teachers of instrumental music tell me that it nise exists In their special branches te a very large extent. "But, in auj case, the young pupil nud the parent who 1 ignorant of the technical requirements of u competent teacher should receive some piotcctlen. Education of the parents te this degree Is impracticable, and it Is my firm belief thnt the Initiative lu tills Important matter should be taken by the music teachers themselves these who are. themselves competent nnd who have a pride it) maintaining high standards lu their pro fession'. "The cultivation of the art of music through practice of it Is almost ilnilv re ceiving fresh impetus In our country. There fore It Is all tin- mere Important thai the pupils should receive Instruction which their parents knew is right. '' StaudardUatinn a Necessity "Te this end the first greut step, a I sec It, is some method of standardizing musical Instruction. Bv Ibis I menu that some organisatien should be started which would tnke up tin- subject, agree upon cer tain standards te be exhibited and- main tained by all teachers who desire, te join it. The mutter of cheesing .the proper teacher for children has always been a seri ous nne, and many things ether than the ability of the teacher te perform or even le pnss n written examination should be taken into consideration by (he parents. Almest nil) one who has a knowledge of the rudiments of music can study the books of such master teachers as Lehmann -or Garcia and tnlk or write fluently en Instruction for the voice without ever having given a single lessen or knowing hew such instruction should be given. "But let such an applicant give " lessen in front of or te an' impartial nud compe tent jury, or let him exhibit, say, half a dozen of Ills Pupil te such a body or judge mid the real abilities of that teacher will speedily become apparent. ' Dinicultlrs in the Wuy . , "I realize that there are many practical difficulties lu Ihe -way of startlug and suc cessfully conducting such an organization, but music has new taken such a place in thi every day lives nt tlin American people that Miiueihlng should he done te Insure (he musical welfare of the pupil against' teuehers who nre net competent te de the iverk which they profess te de. The most difficult pieblem lu the teach ing profession Is te correct bad musical habits which have been formed through the Inculcation of wrong precepts by teucliern of the kind te which I liave referred. A pupil who has received no musical Instruction up te the time when he comes Inte the hands of u competent teacher presents, fallow soil which Is relatively cuy te cultivate, enpe- i922 " , . ' - . i - - p - - : .THE' ffWli ,' y-u, Mtmrm- I f c " r ' ' . Ijf' . ! ..f ' ' wiwawiMx . ' . ' 'v i -i j. . ' -Sfj .. .vr ' if t .'&Mwr . . . s .. i :w m ,t ,-f i j-.'. .&?WBKiliV-: .J-! . I .r.LM . -r. blr daily if there Is some degree of musical talent nnd a real desire te learn. But the pupil win) hns been incorrectly taught pre sents n ' problem -of nn entirely different character and one which In very difficult te solve. The first Instruction given te a young person is usually the kind which sticks longest, and the bad habits are. therefore, the mere difficult le eradicate. But in every ease it must be done before any' instruction along, the proper lines can be given. The correct and the Incorrect simply will net mix. "Fer these reasons it Is important, both for the geed name of the muslc-tenchlng profession and for the musical -welfare of the pupil, that competent instruction be given at the beginning of his musical career. And this can only be Insured te the pnrent who is net technically educated musically by some form of standardization in teaching and by some method of guaranteeing auto matically that the teacher selected is a geed one. Remedy Lies With the Teachers "The remedy for Ibis lax condition In tcnchlng must be. applied by the music tenehers .themselves : no 'ether agency is competent te tle It, and It Is they who have the most at stake." It is no uncommon thing lu music for a pupil le take a few lessens, net nearly enough te qualify him te Impart any knowledge te another person, even granted that he has natural ability a a teacher, and almost immediately take pupils himself, continuing with his own Instruction ernqt, according te his wishes In the mutter. "Every one knows of the story of Pader evvskl, who. while taking a walk, heard some one playing one of his compositions in ,nn atrocious manner. He stepped, and going lu played tile .piece himself for the .voting gjii whom he found there. A day or two later he again went that way and saw n sign : 'Piane Lessens Given Pupil of Paderevvski.' Well, this story has net been te terribly exaggerated at jhnt. "1 believe that Ihe material difficulties in the way of such tin organization as I have inentiibu-d can he overcome. It Is necessary, te fix a standard sufficiently high ie estab lish the entire competency of every teacher who desires the prestige which membership in such an organization would bring, and then te live Inflexibly up te that standard. By se doing the musical Interests of tlin city us well as these of the Individual pupil would be safeguarded and the teaching pro fession would take a tremendous jump net only In popular esteem, but in the service which it would render te the community and le the art," What De Yeu Knew? QUIZ l.Whut was the Gelden Fleece? J. What famous American naval com cem uuuidcr was s,f Spanish descent '.' 3. Who was Gnrgiintun? 4. In what year was Halley's comet lust visible." D. Frem what language la the word cafe teria, ileiicd'.' 0. What Is Ichthyology? 7. Wliat kind of a railway car Is called a Bendcla? 5. In what year of the World Wur was Karl Kitchener drowned? 0, What Is the "French Iliad"? 10. What Is the prlgln of the expression 'drat It ". Answers te Saturday's Quiz 1 Haaken VII Is the present King of Nor way 2. The word ceneli should be pronounced "conk," 3. A quidnunc is ope who seeks or affects te knew nil that is genc en: an Inqulslt ve busybody. ' h vn ' "" i. .iciiun in Winn limine qi wine, wnter and lemon Juice sweetened, cum chin v pepulur In the cibiitcentli eentiirv it tnltes Its name from Its. Inventor tV.lrmcl N'rcllM. --lllur, luni'i .iriiUD. iser Is u vessel for burnhiK lnceni .eclallv In religious ceremonies ?" A A cense censer h any enu who CJ5I1HOIH nrrumus; a critic. Wu iing-fang wjis envoy from chin., i,. i,., iiniti.,1 stinti.u i.. ..Si...: ..... "inn te of ('leViiand "ana""! te" n? UTlm,1 throughout the McKlnley period U 7. Twe American Presidents who eimim. navlKOte,l the Blel,e WP J, '; Heward Teft and If. H. Grant Ti,.n Bleiie-KlrdlliiB- was net dotie" Uuiini" thelr terms of efflce. "uiing S. The rheinln dea Duuieh (Ladles' reuh i a reudway between Laen ami ff. VverldCWnr! 8,Vere "K",,,,B "' the 0. "I own the soft Impeachment" in ,, IA Jl Vm-HUII UCriVCH Irani Hllr ,ln I comedy. "The Itlvnls." ""endan's A cayman t u ticpleal American nln guter, v - '' "" "ii!- 10, , . ' ' ? .. fa ' -- ' i .!iiunia ii -i i . .i -v 'V VJ&S, J JfcU A mem rm, 4 J f k ,v" ' 'MfiQW'tX- . v4 ...i-'V . "! 5 Six new bridges! That's putting 'th '! ever! :iV,, ; 4, OrtllnittM lb flt till A fin ft lit fl tnlflft.t Ir- In nnlirr . M ' 1 Miners may yet win the battle for the . f First Hutchisen nud new Hagen takes? a bite' out of Sandwich. ,,1 .Tnnfltl lina nvnln .1nf!f!ifl in evnmintcH Siberia. Why this haste? . ."jrV X51I' And, anyhow, we trust the rillplwiMj mission enjeycu its little Visit. '3 The Stock Exchange seemed te suspect' c. Pete of throwing the bull. , Mex Nevvs of the Tidioute gusher cenfirmsV ": ui'iiuuii mac v, linger is u pencil. ,- . Would a municipal theatre provide tni with n stock of home-cured hums? Ml Chief Justice Tuft has been mnclc-iu', bencher, but "Babe" ltutli get there first.',: . ;s! Whatever ether shortage the vverldj Mums me ioei never iucks a luetiKcy , v! wrenen. -. i no rrince et wales lias hern m;iui! Knight of the Thistle. If be sits en II. (ioed Knight! vC Ireland may, unfeitunutely. learn tliaf' the hand of authority grows heavy wlitn fear guides It. ( In ihe mutter of explanations tliaW tliaW den t- explain, hciih dem Bell's, den' ye' ' heub dem Bell's? v ' , . ii Thanks te a cetincllmanlc iipprnprlatlMt our own orchestra will be able te distribute, . $40,IM)0 In pleasing notes. , f The Alter ruling en the Snjdrr auclit'4 J naturally proves conclusively that the law "u the embodiment of everything that's excel.-" lent. t Iatland has a drastic prohibition law which it really enforces, This spoils its., chance of rivaling Bermuda us a summer reseii . 4 If Hiram .luhnsen gees down le ilefcaU in California it may well he that t'lairjM'. Evans Hughes will bear the news wit fortitude. Pussyfoot .Jehnsen bus been Invited t join the wet forces for light wines aaa beer. Bccognltlen of the fact that Pussyfoot 1 a geed sport. Flappers, declaims sixteen .venr-elil' valedictorian of Atlantic City High Scheel. are signs of the times. It cannot be denlw. I'lwf fli utiriic of I tin ilittnu j tii ii m t-(fs)iie ut i Mi nuuci "' Yerk. Pa., has a colony of bees that ! produced P.Ml pounds of honey in two wci'M- Peer creatures! Think of the fun the but tcrflles have had In that time! Marconi prcdlctr. u house-te-house radio service without danger of listeners-la. When this become. general It will be a severe bluj. te seliii, iintvmiM .11' iaii ifi I mlWv lines. II... ...!. ...I ........I.. ... .1... It, I, lull (.III'' 1 i sic-i iciii iiiitiuntt en uic iiiiii'. , 1 1 eminent following, the assassination of H'm Marshal Wilsen presage the possibility off. dastardly deed being followed by a il'vU , one. a ...--- -v! New Yerk lathers went en strike be- ,a cause they didn't like the taste of the null" Ihey vveru provided with. The eoiilrai'teri t premised te provide them with the iiiiihrW' which they were accustomed. Which w?? saying a mouthful. M New comes Mr. Tlnkhnm. who clieM'-, fully spanks the Antl-Saleen Leaguer m" while the twtinkleseme niundelln I'lcrrui iwiinks liquid nntl-Velstcudlan notes. I ' ...I. ..1.1 i,... ...l.ll.. fli., llr evenru j i IIJ lll'll, II. IU, IIIIIIV ,FW,, " T,, lf .prnuks are still played en the hall'l11" " Beard's beats',' Docter tells CIiIcMJvm cmivmitintl I lilt rOOIViil These Things lust Happen will ruin complexion and Unstick prove fata. ;( , Though the admonition is net new, It ."V1B hears telling. When the. craze for innKlniv up begins te decline (nnd there Is alressf te decline (nnd there Is alresw . it evidence of diminution). ""V) ibly be, safe u ieclarlir: l!i:j'?ji ei- limn u wuiiiliig I resiui'-"',v'j; same slight will prelan vviiim rath wurtBT r'wiTC n i & r adHrViLV ft , -nV-'y.- - aflkfrjiLl& 4Ja&ivrVtf i r V Sjc , , .iitak! t-Zlif.k.Zt1l.i?AL 'jktui IwXl
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