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A SCHOOL TO BE PROUD OF
SCIENTIFICALLY nnil artistically, the
Scheel of Architecture of the Culver
sity of Pennsylvania is pcrhnp tlif lead -ing
institution of its kind in the I'nltcd
States.
This view ix net parochial. It Is appre
ciated t the Heaus Arts in 1'nrK It U
uppertcd in I'nglaiid and Ims rwpntly r
etived concrete e.proslen In the M-rdlet f
Kebert AtI.inen. of the neynl Institute of
British Architect-', whee roinnicndatien of
the work nccempli-hed at l'cnii was in.ule
after n close inspection of all fimilar schools
In tbe land.
"" Heavy endowments have contributed
llttle te tbe resources of tbe Pennsylvania
Architectural Scheel. Its prewth. new
fairly rapid, wus nt the outlet sradual. and
dtle mere te the enthu.lnm, unselfish labors
and co-operative and individual abilities of
. its faculty than te financial bnckini;.
The spirit of endeavor whcli h.i" been
abrerbed by im-reains niimbiTx of otudents
has made the institution rii h in merit ami
apiritual values, but net in the funds hit
Mary te its practical expansion and de
velopment. The gift of a graduate scholarship te th"
school which has ju.t been made by 1". T.
" Stetcsbury is a laudable recognition uf
p!j'' tplcndid achievement In the fare of -eme
PJLw frying difficulties. Paul C'ret. the talrnlcd
)!M Jlrftfcsser of design, is te tiv the (.oimitleiis
i?JV3 under which the new facilities for advanced
Studies will be conducted.
Toe frequently yeuns architects are
'itl'dl sercea dj pressure irem lean purses te rur-
l w "" 'h0'1" education iirematurely. The
Mwfi achelarsihlp will enable epeciall brilliant
Students te enrich their equipment before
ntcring upon the practice of an art glori
fied by its inspired masters and traduced
by many who have dabbled In it unworthily.
.FOUNDER OF GOUCHER COLLEGE
MOItE than pasitij notice should be paid
te the death of l he Ue. 1 lr. Jehn
Franklin (ieudicr, of I'dltlmere, for he was
Be ordinary man.
Bern In Pennsylvania and educated at
Dickinsen College, lie entered the ministn
of the Methodist Church, in which he was
remarkably sueccsftful. lie interested him
self in missionary work and orsanl.ed the
Angle-Japanese College in Tokie and
founded missions in China and Korea. He
and bis' wife made generous gifts te the
Weman's College in Ii.-iltiir.en and en his
lectien te Its presidency in lss is njme
iras changed te (Suuchcr Cel!ee. He r--Balned
its president until 1!)0.".
This college for the education of women'
developed under his patrenaye until it i
tie of the met cen-iderable of the wemen''
colleges in the country. It has neatly !M)u
-Students and a large farultj ami excellent
equipment. This would net have come te
pass if it had net been for the Christian
public spirit of Dr. (lonelier. And al
though the college had a long existence be bo be
fere he became connected with it. he is
properly known as its founder. He was
net unique, as there are ether pubh
spirited and philanthropic men in the
Methodist and in the ether chun-hes. Put
there is none tee many of them.
DENBY AND THE CHINESE WALL
THE most gigantic defenshe work in the
world is a monument net enlv of pre
tensions but of futility. Secretary Henbj,
Who, after a risky air tour, has been in
specting the (ireat Wall of Chin 1, has
doubtless been impressed by the sheer mag
nitude of that venerable structure. If he j,
liven te moralizing and has a taste for
history, he may echo the thoughts of thou
sands of precedent isiters with the quc-rv,
"Wbnt for?"
Back In the fcceihI oenturj ft. C. original
builders of the colossal barricade were per
haps convinced that such u question would
never be posed by any person in sight of
their handiwork.
The Great Wall was Intended te render
China sufficient tint') Itself, te repel th"
outer barbarian.", their geed", their chat
tels, their armaments. Its miserable fail
ure te observe any of these purposes i
Oriental history.
China, no less than any ether nation en
earth, has been subject te invasions of all
kinds. Her dj nasties have been out
whelmed, her peoples, for centuries at a
time, have been subjected te conquest from
abroad. Despite the notion that the for
mer empire was long impervious te change
it has undergone threush the centuries vast
alterations, material and spiritual, through
contact with abroad.
One of Its great religion. Buddhism, was
imported. Mengel hae occupied ,,i
thrones. Western civilisatien is at present
ffectins swift transformation in the re
public. The Great Wall is in part in ruins, a
Cyclopean curiosity, a mocking symbol of
the obtuse madness of attempted isolation
But what the Chinese knew, what Mr.
Denby, if he Is n philosopher, probably
knows, is net common knowledge la the
Senate of the I'nltcd Stntes. In 'the upper,
fctuse en Wednesday Senater Geeding, of
'. IsUbe, consumed two hours of leeislative
rhsjtisae with an appeal for the exclusion from
fltlis country by prohibitory tariffs of every
rticie mat can ue maue nere. ills Great
Wall la a barrier of unscalable 1-mini.te
f ri.... , - ... ,. . .!
m air. vioeiiuir is ei uie opinion mat, snve
ler certain minerals and products of the
s sau. every nrticie neecitsi in the I nlted
:. skates can be produced here. The centen-
fi'j tMB.ls capable of theoretical proof. But it
gftjls, also demonstrable that trade would be
vf Cftubed by se atiamantlne a bulwark and
t Ifcae. Rtirnne. without recourse in enmmn.-
Hfffstl exchanges, would be hopeless of satli-
Mag , her huje Indebtedness te the United
ma-M li her own wares were pennunently
.pPHaatineu without the tiiree-miie limit.
'ftU h Uie very rudiments of eco-
uoeuiiig nu Air, iiauu,
e
of North Dakota, who has been seconding
the most nonsensical tariff argument ever
advanced, have been displacing rudimentary
mentalities.
The protective policy has the approval of
the majority of Americans, But the Goed-Ing-I.ndd
program is, .the betrayal of a com cem com
inendnble principle.;
It seems n pity that these foolish and ob eb ob
structlenary legislators and n few ethers of
the kind In the Senate could net have ac
companied Secretnry Denby and have be
held with him -the world's most impressive
ruin of an exclusive policy.
UP OUT OF THE UNDERWORLD
SPREADS THE DRUG TRAFFIC
A Menace That Has Grewn Swiftly
Through the Organized Deviltry
of Protected Outlaws
17HAT is the actual inner nature of the
' drug traffic, which wns brought again
Inte the headlines by the affair of Irzlc Gins
berg? What Is dope? Where and by whom
Is It used? Questions such ns these must
have nrlsen naturally in the minds of most
people nfter even a casual reading of the
experiments in humnnltarlnnlsm of Jehn K.
K. Scott nnd former Judge Patterson and
the tender-hearted members of Mr. Scott's
law linn.
Te the average citizen a dope tiend Is little
mere than a legend, a shndewy figure of an
Imagined "underworld" that Is supposed te
be safely shut oil from the normal world In
which the vast majority lives and gees ra
tionally about its business. But let us see.
Prance. England, Belgium, Germany nnd
Italy, as well as the United States, have
been mexed te make occasional systematic
surveys of the illicit dru-; business nnd its
results. And It has been demonstrated that
drugs of tin sort which Izzie Ginsberg nnd
his nssciriiites peddled have been the cnue
of swift nnd widespiead social degeneracy
in every iwlized country .
They are the stimulants which criminals
use before they go out te commit highway
robberies or burglaries or murder. They
supply the courage which the underworld
"rat" requires when he sets out te steal
motorcars or te rob a pedestrian. It might
be better te say that they provide a crazy
imitation of courage by making their victim
temporarily insane.
The illegitimate use of narcotics is net
peculiar te any r'n-. High -rollers among
the ever-rich are becoming addicts, and It
has been found that school children in
crowded sections of many American cities
have been developing the drug habit In Imi
tation of victims In their neighborhood cir
cles or under the guidance of boosters sent
out by the drug rings te expand the dope
market.
Any one who acquires the drug habit will
he n physical and moral wreck within a
enr. The addict without his drugs is In
agony. The police knew that most of the
crimes of violence committed in the streets
are the work of drus victims drhen te des
peration by the need of dope and willing te
go te any lengths te obtain the money neces
sary for its purchase; from the peddlers.
Se serious a matter is the underground
drug traffic- that it was brought up for dis
cussion at Versailles, where a proposal was
made te have the manufacture. s;l!e and
distribution of all narcotics regulated by ati
international commission. The devastation
done en the Continent by dope has been
such that the j'reneh Academy of Medicine
has just demanded that all persons found te
be implicated in the traffic be excluded from
Kra nc e.
America has been bit as hard by the drug
rings as any ceuntrj in the world. Students
of the genenil subject say that if the traffic
is net broken up it wjH he in a few j ears as
L'reat a curse te the rnltcd Suites as the
opium traffic was te China.
The state, despit,. an) thing that their
political friends and their lawyers mn de,
will haie te find vay te keep the dope
peddlers in j.ul. Wohe, moving in packs
would net be se great (1 menace, te public
safety as half a de7.en ,npe magnates op
erating with the- protection of highly paid
lawyers with political drag.
The drug rings mak enormous profits by
systematic ally creating and enl.ir.Mng a do de
generate and criminal c 'ass. 'J-1P Meney
paid by the rings for pro-ectmn of one sort
nnd another i- obtained .j prostitution,
burglary. l,igliw:ij rebberj . petty thievery
and innumi inbli ether crimes te which ad
dicts turn afier drugs h.ne ruined their
capacity for tj stein.it (, work of any son.
Narcotics jire peddled in poolrooms, en
street ionic)-. In the crowded sections of a
dtj. in dance halls of the lower ijpe, in
cigar stores frecmentfd bj underworld loung leung loung
en and in innumerable small restaurants.
Drug enders have r-en been caught work
ing at l he gates of public schools.
If the courts, the police nnd the Mayer
permit the impure started by Judgi Qulgley
te end with Iz.ie Ginsberg, the organized
traffic in narcotics will n , ,10 ,()pe
magna'es will continue te ride in motorcars
even a httle mere expensive and luxurious
than these that the bootleggers go about In.
Public attention is new directed te an
other as-ec-iate of drug peddlers, one Hills,
who, like (Jlnsbc-rg. was turned loose after
serving a few months of an eighteen months'
term. And. as In the case 0f Ginsberg, the
IHstrict Attorney',, ffu ,. wn, no, ,.onste,j
about the parole.
Sterner laws are needed in this and every
ether State te punish drus peddlers nnd re
strict the traffic. And there Is no reason
why. when exlstln-j "irntes -iri revised,
i hey should net be tmee bread enough te
bilng into the class of crimir-ils liable te
legal punishment all these who deliberately
me! anel encourage individuals ei- groups on en
gaged in the illicit drus trade or conspire,
under any pieter.se, te make them Immune
under the law.
THE SUICIDAL LUSITANIA
THE report that an American salvage
rempnn.v is contemplating recovering
the treasure chest" from the f.tisltnnin Is
provoking in some quarters in Germany the
kind of comment which might be termed pre pre pre
postereiis had net the war and its conduct
revealed many abnormalities in Teutonic
psychology.
One newspaper complains because Ger
many is net te be representee nt the sug
gested salvaging and is fearful lest "evi
dence" showing that the liner wns carrying
munitions should be destroyed with the con
nivance of the Entente, The Tnegllsche
Hundscliau e)luntcers the theory that the
I.usitanln bad only herself te blame for
sinking se suddenly te the ocean fleer.
The milrninrine torpedo, contends this
journal, would have caused only two com
partments of the vessel te 111! with water
and could net have produced explosions,
ThLsjis an ingenious conjecture, which if
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vsninw ' (public ledger-p&iiabebphi
logically extended could ee made te cover
the cases of most of the merchantmen at
tacked by the Germans during the war.
Ships with damaged compartments can
sometimes float. Tllcrefore hundreds of
cargo and passenger ships of America and
the Allies blew up of their own accord.
Thcre is absolution for the imperial sub
marines. Q, E. D.
As for the possibility of explosions en
ships struck by torpedoes in vital parts, in,
say, engines, boilers or oil stores, that must
net be considered.
Fer several years boasting concerning the
sinking of the Lttsltanta was common in
Germany, Scheel children celcbrnted the
deed nnd a bronze medal with Death selling
tickets te Cunnrd patrons was struck off.
Pride in the original performance has
apparently evaporated new. It is mere
fashionable and certainly easier en the post
war conscience te attribute the U-beat
depredations te their victims.
THE FIGHT IN BUFFALO
THE real issue in the Buffalo street-car
strike is whether the Mitten plan shall
be adopted or net.
There is no dispute ever wages, as the
Mitten management in that city agreed te
the demands of the men. It refused, how
ever, te make a contract with the union.
Thereupon the strike wns ordered and
the representatives of the union announced
that the men should be hired through them
or net nt nil.
There is nothing strange about this atti
tude. It is known throughout the country
thut the empleyes of the Philadelphia Rapid
Trensit Company, operated by Mr. Mitten,
are net affiliated with the national street
railway men's union. They have their own
Independent association nnd they deal di
rectly with tbe management of the street
railway system and come te amicable
ngreements regarding wnges and conditions
of work. They are consulted through their
committees, and a system has been estab
lished through the operation of which the
men participate in the profits of the com
pany. The men recently have become
shareholders and they own the largest single
block of stock recorded en the transfer
books.
It has been the desire of Mr. Mitten te
persuade the Buffalo street car men te adept
the Philadelphia system, which is really
the open-shop system, with no discrimina
tions made in favor of either union or non
union men. The only requirement is that
the empleyes shall be loyal te their work
and shall co-operate with the management in
the economical operation of the cars-.
Sneral hundred of the Philadelphia con
ductors and njbtermen have Stene, te Buffalo
they ,elunteered the suggestion that they
should go in order te explain te the men
en strike hew the system works here and
te held their jobs for them until the strike
is settled.
There are ether than union labor com
plications in the situation, however. Capi
talists generally with money invested In
street railway properties de net approve
Mr. Mitten's methods. They think he pays
tee high wages and that he shows alto
gether tee much consideration te the men.
They did their best te block his plans here
a few months age, but they did net suc
ceed. They did succeed, however, in forc
ing an !ncreae in the rate of fare against
his pretest because the successful main
tenance of a five-cent fare in this city when
the street railway companies in ether cities
were insisting that they must be allowed te
charge mere put these ether companies en
the defensive.
It will surprise no one aware of what
has been going en if it shall eventually he
disclosed that certain capitalists and' the
union leaders are working together In Buf
falo te defeat .Mr. Mitten.
Mr. Mitten has had experience with
strikes in the past and he has broken them,
but he discovered that breaking thorn left
the problem where Jt was in the begin
ning. He sought a plan which would pre
vent strikes and keep the relations between
the empleyes and the managers friendly for
the benefit of both. The result is the plan
new in operation here. As the years have
passed it has commended itself te the judg
ment of the men until, Uh already Indi
cated, they volunteered when the Buffalo
strike began te go te that city as mission
aries of the new Industrial gospel. Seme
ccf them have been stoned. But this is net
a new experience for missionaries.
It is worth while for observers te recall
ih.it no man resorts te violence until he has
let faith in the force of his arguments.
OH, MOLLA, MOLLA!
THE -shall we say high? temper that
afflicted Mis. Mallery when she lest the
tennis championship te Mile. I.englen hasn't
abated. And, reflected in the stormy sen
tences of the interview whlih Mella granted
te reporters who met her ship In New Yerk
harbor yesterday , It isn't the nicest imagi
nable thing te see.
"I've been misquoted se often-" cried the
former champion, "that I'm afraid te open
m j mouth. The newspapers are the vilest
things in the world, nnd If they don't leave
me alone they'll drive me out of tennis and
hue k te Norway !"
It Is the painful duty of reporters for the
press te seek out celebrities mid the great
of the earth in moments of crisis nnd under
circumstances trying te the nerves. What
the celebrities say In such intervals, Inter
vals of trial nnd emotional stress, does net
alwajs leek well In print In the calm of the
morning after. That is why you hear se
many people loudly denying sentiments at
tiibutecl te them In the Vnpers. The fact
is that no reporter worth his salt ever mis mis
queteil anybody, nnd most reporters are
worth their salt nnd a great deal mere.
The journalists who patiently listened te
Molln's angry outburst might have made a
mero-than-fitting reply. They might have
said that If lady tennis stars who lese im
portant matches de net learn te hear their
afflictions with a better grnce they, the re
porters, will be driven from the tennis ceuyts
altogether te seek refuge In the relatively
peaceful realm of politics or the tranquil nlr
of city police courts.
r, ..... T,f vn" ,,en,t knew what
Can t Help cheinotreplsni is, write
Themselves Wlllem Rudolfs, Ih
Se They De D., New Jersev agri
cultural experiment, Btn Btn
tien in New Brunswick and go right en
swatting mosquitoes. It appears thnt the
NVw Jersey mosquitoes are summer birds
and are prompted te sing nt a temperature
similar te that of the human body. jPSS
ihnn that fails te satisfy; mere is a burden
But given just thnt temperature they, in-'
texlcated with the exuberance of their own
virtuosity, kiss you, tap you and pass en
That's all there is te it. Mr. Rudolfs has
explained it all In a pamphlet.
WJicn the Railroad
Laber Beard, born of
the Transportation Act.
Ambiguous
Instructions
was instructed te base
wages en the rate paid for similar work in
the open market and en the relation between
wages and the cost of living it was In effect
told te use its own judgment ; as one
"standard" suggested is never static nnd
the ether must needs be merely theoretical.
Juarez, Mexico, school children recently
stormed the City Hall demanding that the
schools be opened. This spells morn bepn
for Mexico than half n dozen political
proclamations.
Because brevity is the body of conven
ience the children of beudllne writers ure
all and always tots.
ABEBPHI
AS ONE WOMAN SEES IT
Leve of Animals Means Possession of
Trait Responsible for Many Happy
Hours Hew Charlie Chaplin's
Cat Nearly Get a Monument
By SARAH D. LOWRIE
rriHE ether day a woman whom I knew a
rerv pretty woman with a great faculty
for making friends with all the children
and animals that happen her way was
doing her errands down n crowded street la
C.eruiantewn when her attention wns sud
denly riveted en n group consisting of n man
with n camera, a deg, a girl and an inter
ested crowd of spectators, among whom
was a police officer. New anything about
n deg was apt te interest her, se she stepped
te observe. The camera man evidently
wished te take the deg's picture, and the
girl was evidently trying te get the deg te
pose for the purpose, but without success.
Presently the police officer edged his way te
the lady en the opposite pavement and saluted
her affably, explaining that the deg was the
famous "Allen's deg" nnd the camera man
was taking the pictures for the newspapers,
or trying te rather, the deg up until then
having been quite unmanageable.
"It leeks te me," said the lady, "as
though the trouble was net te much with
the deg as with the girl. She acts afraid
of him."
The officer knew the lady's ways with
animals and a very bright thought struck
him, which be presently confided te the dis
tracted photographer and grewingly nervous
girl. The photographer was delighted with
the idea, the girl was relieved, and even
tually the lady was persuaded te try her
powers of persuasion-en the deg. With
the result that after a word or two from
her and n long moment of quiet inspection
from the deg, he was perfectly delighted te
make friends. Indeed -re than delighted,
insistent! Se that he put two paws upon
her shoulder and was presently thus photo pheto phote
gruphed, much te the lady's surprise, for
that had net been part of ber original bar
gain. However, she accepted her fate with
u pretty grace and went her way, gazed
upon by admiring bystanders and a grateful
newspaperman.
THAT little knack of understanding ani
mals and making th. i at case and
happy and confiding is something in a person
that I've never heard explained. It cannot,
I think, be cultivated ; one is born with It.
I bad an uncle who was noted in the army
for It and was sought after by all tbe livery
stable men In town. The. implored him te
"gentle" their horses by driving them. He
need never have been without n berse free,
If be bad succumbed te their i glngs.
Nene of bis children inherited that pecu
liar knack, but all of them cared greatly
for horses nnd were wise ubei. their points.
He saw te it that from their earliest child
hood they were both fearless and sympa
thetic with them. These I think are tbe
two qualities one needs in en1 te get all
the pleasure that is possible out of an animal,
but It is surprising hew many persons arc
without one or the ether.
Fear of animals, can be planted very early
and Is dreadfully difficult te eradicate. I
knew n man whose father and tr.ather . lite
unconsciously made him timid with dogs
before he could speak. There wns this ex
cuse for both of them : They had each been
badly bitten by strange dvgs in their early
childhood and can led the sears of these en
counters both en their bodies and in their
memories.
The boy tried valiantly before he ws a
grown man te overcome his timidity, nnd
managed te bide it at nil events from all
but dogs themselves for most occasions. But
It se happened that one day he wns preach
ing for he was u clergyman in a suit.'!
country church en the virtue of fearlessness,
when n deg swirled Inte the dierc and
trotted up the alsle. and scenting the spasm
of fear that the preacher was "Tllctcd with,
snapped mischievously at bis feet nnd the
folds of his surplice. It very nearly ruined
the; effect of that sermon en fearlessness I
Fer neither his gestures nor bib voice in
ordering the deg out were as confident s
the preacher would have liked them te be.
AS A CHILD I was taught te plant ray
hcellcss baby shoe en every living thli.g
that ran across my path which could be
exterminated thus decisively, nnd te mash
every snake with a stone or lock or whack
ing stick, no matter hew harmless, te avoid
cats and te cress the street te escape strange
dogs. I have a picture jet in my mind's
eye of my mother hiring a very small boy
te conduct her past an equally stnall deg who
was japping and at the same time wugglng
his tail bebinel a gulden fence.
Frem ants te cows, our attitude toward
animals wns one of armed hostility or cau
tious avoidance. And I might have passed
en without ever having an inkling of the joys
of animals and their little ways If a tiny
toy terrier had net fallen te my let in very
adult jenrs. Her name was "Bunty," and
te Bu'nty I ewe an open sesame te nil t. c
animal kingdom upon which I formerly
slammed u violent deer. Fer. of course,
one anlmul is very like another in Its gen
eral traits, differing us thev de in personal
characteristics. When I disturbed a little
clilpperlng sparrow en a hydrangea bush
just new thnt I supposed was mine unci
she supposed was hers, and she sat tight
and determined and game en her nest of tiny
fledglings, she was for all ihe world like
Bunty guarding one of her precious bones
that she suspected me of coveting under thnt
same hydrangea. I backed away from the
little nest with the same quick apology and
helpless desire te be understood just new as
I bad done years nge with my fiery yet for
giving Bunty.
APART from all their loving, willful,
faithful ways the comic side of the
creatures that people the earth, their laugh
ing ways, give one a rich harvest of amuse
ment thnt is at once a cure for loneliness
nnd n stimulant te one's own powers of
laughter.
The ether evening the gaiage man's deg
came nnd looked at the family at dinner
through the open French windows. lie made
no effort te join us, except by way of re
sponse te our chatter and general com
fortable jollity; he grinned and grinned, and
sat there enjoying us as a spectacle of family
unity until his master called and whistled
from the back premises
The children of this generation in America
are being Introduced mere civilly nnd with
better success te the animal world than
were their mothers. Possibly it Is the In
fluence of England, possibly it is our grow grew
ing geed sense about children. Certainly
the interest of a whole audience in the screen
the moment an animal comes in view gees
te prove that te a great many of us thev
are "like folks."
A FRIEND of mine wns asked te talk te
some children net long age about cur
rent events. She was n very ardent member
of the League of Weman Voters nnd she
urged the children te send one of their num
ber te represent them nt a nearby con cen
feience, en the public schools of the State,
nt which several notable speakers were te be
present. The one she chiefly emphasized as
worth while was Mrs. Carrie Chapman Cait.
who ns the organizer of the League of
Wemnn Voters and great in suffrage affairs,
bad loomed large en her horizon nnd te her
thinking should also be a great person In
the eyes of present-day boys nnd girls. Hr
suggestion thnt each child donate a pennv te
pay the fare of one child who should go te
the convention wns enthusinstlciilly acqul
escrd in. And she made it a point te he
present next clay when the pennies were
brought In. Net only thnt. she asked the
first boy who came forward with his penny
(.queezed tight In a grimy hand te explnlii
te the vest of the children what his pennv
wns given for.
His answer was very prompt nnd ardent:
"Te help pay for the monument for
ChacJie Chaplin's cat!" said he.
Perhaps the country has reason for
ilatlnii that Congress is tee busv te
Sr with the bonus.
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NOW MY IDEA IS THIS!
Daily Talks With Thinking Philadelphia en Subjects They
Knew Best
MEREDITH HANNA
On Increased Divorce Costs ,
THE cost of divorce action, which has
steadily increased for the last twenty
years, took nnntber jump recently when
the Judges fixed the compensation of the
niBstcr in such cases nt 100 nnd the Legis
lature Increased slightly the fee for tiling
divorce suits, although this action has net
materially affected the number of divorce
notions brought in the courts, nccerding te
Meredith Hannn, Dcputv Prntbonetnry.
"The original master's lee." said Mr.
Hanna. "when I was admitted tethc bnr,
nbeut twenty jears nge, wns $-". Since
that lime it hns been increased three time,
etch time in the sum of 525. First, it wns
mode SriO, then $73 and new SIOO. Ihe
last session of the State Legislature also
ir.crcnscd the cost of filing the libel, which
Is the tcchnlchnl name for beginning a suit,
fiem SI. 7.". te $2.".-.
Has Net Decreased Stilts
"I de net think that the main reason for
the action of the Judges in increasing the
compensation of the master In divorce suits
wns te make divorces mere expensive in
order te discourage the bringing of such
"The princlpnl reason. I think, was te
make the cnnipcn-ntien of the master suf
ficient te insure the greatest amount of
care in the hearing of such suits nnd te get
ntternevs of expcileucc and ability te act
as masters. In a divorce case the position
of mnster is one of great importance and
responsibility, even though whatever action
he recommends nnd nil the testimony in the
case is reviewed by the Court before the
decision is given. But much remains in
the bands of the master, nnd for this reason
It was evidently deemed important te make
his compensation worthy of his giving the
most serious attention te the case which
he heard, .
'The action of the Legislature In incrcas
Ing the fee for beginning suit was evidently
for the same reason. The cost of everything
has gene up materially and some Increase
here wns deemed necessary. But the ad
vance which the Legislature nutherlzed was
tee smull te have any deterrent effect In the
tiling of such suits,
"Th" number of suits filed In Philadel
phia County annually shows n steady In
crease from year te year. There has been
no nlarmliig. increase in the number of
actions, nor has there, en the ether hind,
hi en any tendency in the opposite direction.
"New" conditions of v life beget new condi
tions with regard te marriage and divorce,
nnd while the number relatively has ccr
tnlnlv net decreased, still, 1 should say that
the divorce evil is tedny no mere of a
menace than It was sny. ten jears nge. It
Is true thnt mere notions have been begun,
but then the population of the country has
very largely increased also.
"But the costs which I hnve enumerated
aie bv no means the only ones in such a
lawsuit; in fact, they often represent only
n relatively small part of the total cost,
Tiere are often charges for advertising the
notices te the respondent, where personal
service of the papers cannot be obtained,
nnd there Is a ilnal charge for thu Pro Pre Pro
thnnetary's office when the decree is filed.
"All of these, of course, arc outside of
the attorney's fee and the ether costs of ;t
trial or bearing. The attorney's feu Is
usually regulated by what the client is able
te pev. and, ns in the case of many ether
legal HUlts, it often does net begin te repay
the lawyer for his time nnd work,
"I should say from my experience In thu
office of the Prothenotary that the new scale
of fees does very little if anything te prevent
nny one from obtaining a divorce if he or
she has a geed cese and really wnnts te take
such action. The only effect thut It could
hnve, as I sec It, is thnt it would take a
Utile longer te get the money together.
Ne New Causes Given
"The Legislature in Its action gave no
new causes for beginning suits, nor did it
reduce the present number in any manner;
that portion of the law remains just as it
was previously. Pennsylvania has a great
many mere legal causes for divorce action
than .wine of thetether States, and for this
reason many persons from States where
the causes are fewer in number come here
THE HATCHERY
te establish n lcsidence for the purpose of
beginning suit.
"But while such residents arc waiting for
the legal period they have nmple time te
think the matter ever, because tbe Stute
law requires un nctual citizenship nnd resi
dence within the holders of the State for
one full inr.
"Personally, I also have some doubt n te
whether the ndded restrictions te getting
married have had any effect upon the num
ber of divorce suits brought in tbe county.
These lcstrlctlens aie the long and very
intimate questions which perc-uns desiring
te marry are new eb'Iged te answer before
the license Js Issued. Beth parties te the
Impending marriage must new nlse appear
before the marriage license clerk personally,
whereas formerly the man alone .could secure
the license.
"It wns hoped thnt this procedure would
discourage divorce by pieventing nt least
n number of hasty or, rather, impieper mar
riages, but this result does net appear te
have been achieved, for there, has been no
nnpii.-ci-.t decrease in the number of suits
tiled since It lias been In effect.
"It seems te me that education of the
people is the only feasible solution of this
great problem, nnd 1 think that the secret
of preventing a large number of divorces
each year is mere fully te Instruct enng
persons contemplating miiiriage in the duties
and the responsibilities of married life and
also te educate people te icgard the marriage
tic as a far mere sacred obligation than a
mere business contract, as se nianv persons
ure apt te icgatd It newadavs. These, it
appears te me, nre the real fundamentals
of many divorces, nnd until they are
changed the number will net be materially
decreased, no matter what the costs mav
be.
What De Yeu Kneiv?
QUIZ
1. At what time of year were the halcyon
.days supposed te occur? "con
.. Who Is the present Postmaster Oeneml
of the United States? --enernl
i,",,tw" Amer'cil countries which
. ,..,'''ue heen empires "lul
I What is a harbinger?
5- JJ"W high Is Ment nianc?
0. Who was United States Minister te Bel-
Blum (juring the World War? '
7 What Is nn "eje llbrls" nnd what Is the
e mcanl,,K of ,he term? Is l"e
S, What Is gresgraln?
9. What Is "Impasto" In palntlnc'
10" W1S ?RiUlT-i-)Mt,,S "f '"leau but
Answers te Yesterday's Quiz
1. Tensile strength, used often of metals
s.?eTchhVhlr PtWr f '"nceaie'
J. The presem Government of llung.rv Is
a liberal monarchy, ruled bv a J tecum
aa chief executive. - "egent
3 Tlv Island of Haiti, discovered l,v v.
umbus en his first voyage "Vis Vfi
by him Espanola. or Llttle Spain '"t
nnnie was Lat ulzed Inte Hlstv.'.,,!10
4. The word sterling, ns app e?l tn ti? n '
Ish pound, is teiu te lih"0 bcei ?S.rlt;
from starling, little star. In niinlTen
te the star or bird den ete.i ?n
coin. According te aneZVfwt'SS
name refers te the i:aMerii,,R0s'1f,t'le
man traders In England in'VhFmlrtSle'
5. Secrates, the famous fjrCek ehii. ,
wns born In the fifth cenurvHPl,rr'
in 409, and died in the feuVt'Pce'ity
0. Tent native te China, is n,.niin., i
Meffel, a Portuguese, vrlh T , ?,' hy,
of the sixteenth century. In U m (l
lery of the Indies." i, ,01r m8'
Wlckham wrpte the first! uLu,ff ,
erd of tea In a letter, which wis IVl'
served among the documents of
L'ast India Company, in ieb? a uie
consignment of tea was reed ,. i .
Themas anrravvny, a LmSa,, . ly
chant, who established a 2u'Mm?nr:
selling thu prepared beernKe for
7 SWSverlgei. knWn bV "S ,,,lw'itanis as
8. The expression "sub resa." iiin,..ci
"under the rose," and menu I m.al y
strict confidence, 'hu8 bee. VniS "
ancient Egypt, whoie the rose was ,h"
emblem e( Herus, the i?ed or n?.tne
9 Taxylng In aviation ..uh,"ef " ! '
bUlmmlns along the water i ,, iVy. "
piano or seaplane. uvciie.
10. Tapioca Is dprlvcd fipni the cms ,. .
tre-plcal plant, the atttrch of wiiic ,' i'i
)ji dried. "icu u
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SHORT CUTS
Gray days are becoming everyday days,
Oencrnl Humidity has perhaps forgettes
hew te retreat.
The Hague conference demonstrates that
money sometimes talks in strange tongues.
There is nt least originality in Gins
berg s idea that the way te avoid trouble ii
te go te jail.
The Italian Chamber of Deputies in
effect decided that Premier Facta was a
stubborn thing.
,., Weman candidate for Congress in the
Ilfth Marjland District wants Mr. Mude
te liyc up te his name.
Washington investigation seems te prove
that tree grafting sometimes persists after
tne weed hns become- lumber.
Evciy time the ultimate consumer thinks
of a n'ce little railroad trip, soraebedv hits
him in the eye with a hunk of coal.
,.. .nr of tllc Nubian Soviet Government'
difficulties Is its inability te differentiate be.
iwcen negotiating ii lean and panhandling.
, News from Nebraska convinces censerv-
!'.t.l'('s ln,,le !jn,,l'tl St,,tes Senate that the
Ittle prairie (lower is growing wilder every
hour.
Advices from Honolulu convey the In
teresting Information thnt Kilauca has re
sumed her job us press agent for the teuriM
trade,
Demosthenes McfJinnls snvg the fat
man knows in his heart It is his geed nature
nnd net the feed he eats that keeps biro
plump.
If they but knew it, Buffalo strikers are
making enemies for the labor union at a
time when the labor union most needs
friends.
The man who stele 200 hets from an
automobile at Thirteenth and Locust streets
perhaps wns still in arrears with his elec
tion bets.
Navv xerk admiralty lawyer has shipped
ns a seaman te get fncts en sailors' lives litst
hand. With the iidveitislng he has been
given he is going te find it bard te glimpse
the naked truth.
, -N'ew Yerk wemnn shot by her husband
while walking with another man declared
she get what she deserved. Beth fuct aud
acknowledgment an uuusuul enough te de
serve recognition.
I we avlntets have been fined for tree
passing en n Punxsutnwney, Pa., farm. They
llcvv ever it but didn't touch it. Punxsu
tnwney, ii vvlll be remembered, Is tne official
home of the groundhog.
The slayers of German Foreign MIni-tcr
Uutheiiau killed themselves when they fuuuci
capture was inevitable. Germany's parlous
political condition is shown by the efforts
made te help them escape.
The trouble with the Railroad Laber
Beard lh that It can tell 'em, but can't make
em. hen Laber Boarders go te swim as
Laber Boarders eughtcr, they hang their
clothes en u hickory limb, but don't go near
the w utcr.
Momentous dispatch from Hackensack,
N. J., says the rallreud strike lias increased
tllvver traffic, and motorcycle cops nre reap
tig n j lch harvest of fepeedcrs. Thus the
histerj of an Industrial upheaval is being
written en police blotters.
Because blacksnake.s are the natuial
enemies of ground moles the Centcsville, Vn.,
Country Club wants u bunch of them iu lh
neighborhood of their golf club. Later en,
nttiichcd te light-running vehicles, they limy
be trained te act as caddies.
Gills with bobbed hair attacked and
nibbed a man at Pensuuken, N. ,L W
gather from the news reports that the bobbed
hair was undoubtedly the cause l "
violence . Which gives rle te reflection.
Just think what would have happened Ufi
bamseu cut Delilah', huift- '
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