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All rlehti of republication- of special dispatches Herein ere n ha reserved. I'hdlilrlplili. IriJar. Jul; :,1, 19:: HADLEY IS WRONG pOXTUOLlmt 1IA1)I.1;Y 1ms nn lisht te v7 demniiil from Dim ter Certehmt t tir nnmes of nvrct ngct.ts ti w limn nieiicj Is jinld for tlieir "-crvii-c). niinrdnii; te an opinion ! I it SolUtter Suijth i It will bp rci'.illcd tlint tin1 Controller H" fused te p.i 11 warrant for $r00 i-ent te him by the Director of Public Safety en the ground that It did net contain thn names of the men who were te reeeic the money, and that the. Director refused te disclose. the nnirrs en the preund that If the were tnmla known the lies of the men would be In danger r This nenvpnper Mid nt the time that the Controller wa wren; and that the Di rector was right: that even though the li't of names should be locked in the Con troller's safe, there was no guarantee that i leme spy of the ni'icli!ni interested in the protection of iee would net hae access . . te them. The opinion of the Citv Solicitor justifies the notion of Dliecter Coiteljeu in keep ing secret the identity of his ecret agents. It Is assumed that the Controller will make no further trouble , A WALLOP FROM THE WISE IT WAS the contention of n certain Amer ican philosopher that after mooring nt Pier 70 en the voyage of life the fortunate Vtraveler was privileged te entcrt.ilu any opinions he pleased and te express them freely. The deck of lndUi retien has long since been passed by D.uid H. Lane, who is eighty-three tedaj. As the anniversaries of bin nathlty tell around, exhibitions of caustic wisdom from this political cage are conventionally expected. However stir tling his rellectlens, they are usuilly ac cepted without resentment. This is feuunate, smee Mr. I.ane, new ojeurnlng in Atlantic Cii.v. has een fit te .sum up the fair situation. "liet the Jjnency." urges the tere "I'ncle D.ie," "nnd the n-t will take care of itclf." The boldness of uihnnied ears can no further go. Mr. I.ane cannot be prosecuted for ppe.iklng the truth. His jears protect him. He (.innet be ieerganied or asked te resign from the exposition management. He has neur had an; thing te de with it. x.' It leeks as though PhilaiHphiini will limply haie te btand the shock. Net ban- 1 quets, the passing of engrossed resolutions aer the creation of new titles can dlssipute k the force of this blew. As a wielder of ; thunderbolts. Mr. I.ane is obviously pitiless. ? SUBWAY CONSERVATORIES ''TTHIOM Chicago which is a laggird in Jfs. subway development, comes the novel suggestion that iidtAa!l: tunnels from ten Site twelve feet deep will solve the urban transportation problem. Hit u According te i. ( nase ueiinlsen a civil $y, fenginecr of the Middle-Western metropolis, glass tops could turnisli Ii,;lit te the sluil- low subwavs, exits and entrances (.euld be "provided at Btreet ititi 1 sections and ventila- "tien this last is net explicitly explained v could he ' ananged iilen' the buildings " n If this schenii 1 prai ticnblu tleie seims 'te be no reaien w iy the stioet itsilf could -net be sunk a few feet and glass-ccied for 'the use of dilcbs This would provide magnificent promenading facilities for pe- ' destrlans, while glimpses of the t rathe im- inedlately beneath them would enable them 'te partake of all the thrills of trallu dud,'- lng without any of its actual puds. It was the late Max Adder, of this vicinity, who sought te Improve tianspoi tianspei tianspoi tatlen en the Delaware and Chesapeake Canal bj urging that all the water should be withdrawn fiem t! cut and mils laid en the bottom, upon wlmh mul drawn tank cars could contain the canal beat-. lie hid iyv anetner notion tint tne can u iienll le f built upon .in In linnl idnne, ns n innns iK of expediting i.irse and pissen,i r transit. ,1 Max Adi'tr, in his inspunl jeuth at hast, another notion tint the cauil should le was n pref, sienal humorist J'h it U one Jsvay in which he diffi'ted fiem .Mr. Dcninxin. CONVALESCENT SHIPPING FOR the first time since the t'tiitul States began the prodigleuslv rapid, Rre!v needed, but oedin jlj tnstlj expansion of Its merelmnt mulne a shipping uitl u ir of repute Is viewing the situation iIhmI iIIj Proponents of the Mihsldv Hill have imide 'no Dcciet of the woes , f the Shipping Ii.iaid and of the ne.essitv for piempt lellef An- V-tagenlhts te the general mm prien of re- ylvcd prestige for the 01nmcMl.1l Hut aie fin the habit of disceunteiinncin,' all rester ative efforts It i their expressed opinion that this country is lneupable of lemnetlns successfully with ether nations upon the seas. William J. Leve, We'e president of the Emergency l'leet Corporation, apparently belongs te none of the nbevei Iiisph, neither te the ugenl7ed self-constituted leseue band, nor te the avowed pessimists. After (l temr thieiigh Kurnpe, In the course of whiih he negotiated with the Neith German I.leijd a lieu leutiait highlv favor- .'able te the ruited States Mall Line and ithe Shipping lleaid, Mr. Leve friuiklv vol unteers the lnfei nml Ien that great advanies have been made bv shipping under the Amerlcnii Hag, mid that the stability of eiur fleet, under private man.igeuient and tint of tbe Pcdernl (leveriiment, is receiving sig. .nlOcnnt recognition both in (iermauy am England. , In ether weiels, the Impression prevails ahrnnd that model n Amciluin nassenirer nml 1.9. ikMrnirr. nl.litu nrn itli lll.t ,t, .Mill f.i ut.t. f3K Considering that nt least n mom- of Him- ! class pab.seuger liueis under the Hug mi. vtjww operated 011 tinns Atlantic routes uleiie. I'vH !' clear that shipping leueeuis tiiuead MM been feri id te admit that It Is 11 fait net 11 theory which confients (hem. 5:Asild vxtrueitlimiry dilik-ultluM and a re- i9 quantity of puuuc sKepticmm, ti American fleet Is nt Inst emerging from the epic cilsds la whledi It was rebeirii. Sub sidy lllll supieitcis muv he loath le admit this leeeivery for fear their appeal for uld may seem te lese convincing pelgnnnc.v. It Is te be hoped, however, thai they will net adept such nielnncheh strnlegj. Pioef that the Amerlean merchant mnrine Is beginning te help Itself Is essentially the best of niKUiueiit en behalf of scientific, practical additional Assistance. The surest wa.v te Interest the public Is te emphasize defluitelv that the merchant inailne, as a patient has alrcadv begun te eenvales, c nml 1m distinctly wnith saving. THE "DUE TIME" FOR ACTION IN THE COAL STRIKE IS NOW Instead of Waiting for Things te Hap pen, the President Should Make Them Come te Pass TT Isj becoming evident that the preence of troops in the mining regions Is net going te bring about a resumption of work In the mines, The President's tesentmeiit of (lie ehnige of ,T. Cleve Dean, chairman of the lt'ii'vvn.v I'mpleves' I'ublle'It A"o A"e elation, that nn "attempt te operate the minis or lallteads by mllltar.v forces or te attempt te dtaft men Inte mining or rail rail lead servlie would be nn attempt te estab lish involuntary servitude" Is emphatic. Mr. Harding says that "no one has at tempted or proposed te draft free men into cither the railway or the mining service, or suggested coercion under mllltnry force." He says further that the military force !s te be used only te prevent lawlessness and te pieteet men in their right te step work and l'l their right te work The nsseitleu of this right te work nnd te step work Is geed se far us it gees. Hut what nic we te de If the men who have stepped work in the mines refuse te take up their tools again and if ether men de net xelunteer te get coal out? The union miners have thus far sbexvn little disposition te return te work nnd there are net non-union miners enough te tnke their places. There Is going te be no settlement of the mine trouble by the mems thus far adopted. The miners haxe refused te go back te work at the wages which they have received for the last two years pending n settlement of their grievances by n national commission, and the mine operators have refused te open their mines en these terms. The refusal has been followed by the futile plan of a display of military force In order te give the operators nn opportunity te show what they could de under the pro tection of nrmed men. What the President should have done In the first place, and what he should delay no longer In doing the "due time" of which he has spoken Is new is te assert the authority of the Government by nppelnting an unprejudiced and unbiased commission of representatives of the public. Then he should summon before that com mission both the miners nnd the operators and tell them, in language se plain that there can be no mistaking its meaning, that they must state their case in all its bearings in full hearing of the whole country, and nllew the commission te decide between them. If the demand of the miners for nn In crease in wages can stand examination and can be justified in the light of all the facts, public sentiment will demand that the ln- rease be granted. All sorts of misleading statements are made about the earnings of the men. What is needed is the facts. The rate of wages by the hour or by the daj is net enough. What should be known Is hew much de the miners earn in a vear? De they weik 300 dajs or enlv lTe clays? A wage that would support a family when e-irned for 300 dnjs would come a long way from supporting It If piid for only 175 dajs If there is n surplus of labor In the mining districts and ever,, expert bays there Is then why is that sutplus main tained? Have the operators deliberately brought the men into the districts In order te keep the supply in excess of the demand se that they can keep wages down? If net, why de they net operate their mines twelve months in every .vear with an nderjuete ferce nnd allow the surplus labor te seek em em plevment in ether occupations? These questions will have te be nnswered before there can be a batlsfacrery adjust ment of the wage question And the operators themselves must dis close the facts about their business without resorting te the courts te secure injunctions against an inquiry into the cost of pro ducing nnd selling coal. Such n commission ns the President should appoint, backed by the popular sen timent of the whole country, could force the fads from these who knew them, nnd It could find an equitable verdict, the tonus of whiih neither the operators nor tlie mlneis would dure rejee t. 1'veij day of delay in appointing the com mission dela.vs the opening of the mines. And it Is morally certain that If the com mission were appointed at once, with a guarantee te the miners that it would secure fair play for them, thej would resume work with little delay and keep at work until the Investigation was completed nnd until the new wage scale was fixed, whatever that se-ile might be. The miners nre men like the rest of us. lint they knew moie about the details of the piodnitlen of leal thai these net in he biislnesi. They nic Insisting that thej are entitled te a larger share than they are new getting of the excessive price which the operators nre nnd have been charging for ce.il. They are insisting also that the labor cost of coal is one of the smallest items In the cost of production. Iiut the rest of us ee net knew whether it Is true or net. The trouble cannot be settled by waiting for something te happen it can be settled only lij making things Inppen, bv coming te gilps with the problem and bj a dc tiliuliied puipose te cemped the disputants te recegnUe the force of a higher power than their own obstinacy. The 1'iesldent has power enough te ele all this and he has back of him the hearty buppert of the public nt latge, which is waiting with ginning impatience for him te act in nn effective wa. FRANCE, DEBS, GORKY, LENINE Nl AM'IIS m the theeij and piauiee of tale socialism iin iiicue vivid than is some tim x imagined b.v pciseuis disinclined te elllUliiitialc between se called novelties ill 1 he piiuciples of government. Anatole Prance, who lamented at the out break of the WerM Wur thut he had neth ing wherewith te crve his fathcilnnd save his literary style, recently and perhaps vvhliinlfiil'.v proclaimed himself 11 Ilolshevlst. His radical predilections, however, fniled te deter him fiem addressing te Comrade (teikv a finely forceful letter protesting against the threatened execution in Moscow of the twenty-two Secial Uoveliitlonnries unable te swallow nil of I.eninc's doctrinaire bolus. Kiigcne V. Debs, popularly or unpopu unpepu larly regarded In this cetintiy ns the inenr inenr nntlen of principles subversive of the exist ing social order, has new followed the ex ample if the gientest llteraiy craftsman of Piaiice b.v addressing a similar 11ppc.il te the Socialists of Mosiew. The persistent Debs, the tristful nnd in in tiespeetive (leiky, the subtly irenic Prance provide the most intense spiritual contrasts, jet they nic nil united in their nvers'en te nn Impending etliclal murder. The autocrat new ruling Hussla would possibly be in cllned te brand them as conservatives. I'nder the circumstances there nre less hon orable titles than this one. PAGE ON WILSON Till' letters and papers of Walter Dines Page will be nmeng the important docu ments consulted by the biographer who makes the final appraisal of Woeeliow Wil Wil eon. Many of them have been appearing serially In the World's Werk in advance of their publication In book form. A memo meme landum written in the American Pmbnssy In Londen en April 1, HU7, which nppears in this magazine for August, contains an appraisal of the man by one of his inti mate friends nnd supporters which Is cu riously in harmony with that made by his political opponents nt the time. Mr. Page wrote en that date, when it was api arent that the 1'nited States would enter the war. that the President began by refus ing te undo! stand the meaning of the war nnd bv Kgardlng the American cenlllcts with Lngland ns of equal Importance with the cenlllcts with fJermnny. lie says that the second error of the President wns his belief that he could piny the part of peace maker and that he offered te play the rele "with n condescension of manner that wns offensive." "He shut himself up with these two ideas," writes Mr. Page, "and en gaged In what he called 'thought.' The air currents of the world never ventilated his mind." Put events hnd forced Mr. Wilsen te de cide upon action, and Mr. Page writes of the situation in tlibi way: "He seems no longer te leg ml himself nor te speak ns a leader enl as the mouthpiece of public opinion nfter public opinion has run ever him. He has net breathed n spirit into the people ; he has encouraged them te suplno suplne suplno ness. He Is net n lender, but rather a stub born phrase maker." Strange as it may seem te the Wilsen worshipers, the letters of Franklin K. I.nnc, who wns close te Mr. Wilsen in Washington, contain frequent passages in which nn opinion like that entertained by Mr. Page is expressed. Here aie two dis tinguished Democrats, one the American Ambassador in Londen and the ether the Secretary of the Interior, who could net refrain from putting en record their Im patience with the marked limitations of the President limitations which impressed themselves en every one who came in con tact with him. These contemporary and in timate views cannot help nffcctlng the ulti mate verdict of history en the man. SHORT CUTS These; who want the IJell te travel may new ring off. Oh, well'. The consumer will be up the flue when the coal smoke isn't. What prohibition enfei cement new de mands Is freedom of the sele. New that we have the machinery for coal distribution let the coal come. Opinion persists thnt there is con siderable shoddy in the wool schedule. Perhaps Augustus Timmns will be able te get the scalp of the ticket scalper. Piinclple is a pure but ineffective sis ter when big brother Action is absent. Seniority, it may later be discovered, is nothing mere than n bargaining point. Perhaps the difficulty In getting a pass port is part of the Scc-Amcrica-rirst propaganda. Tiiere is likelihood that the present Congress will be distinguished for what it has left undone. When our own particular coal bin is a has-been, we'll proceed te grew inter ested in the coal strike In the mntter of coal allotment the Government is- willing te help the State that Is willing te help Itself. Kephnrt's explanation of the contin gent fund Indicates that there were teme contingencies for which he failed te pre pare. Iteputnble druggists who object te "mushroom" drug stores with their thirsl patrons say they umphnslre the "harm" in pharmacy. Ocealennlly the belief Is forced upon us that in the matter of the coal and rail strikes the President Is putting where he should be driving. Ilestnn doctor cures women of stutter ing bv teaching them te whistle. That guy, lemplnlns Demosthenes McGinnis, can't let well e iiengh alone. The Army Air Service repeit en the tragedy of the Uema serves te eivstalllze the popular dictum: Hang the cllriglblu that doc sii t uiise helium ! We never believed the sterj , but skep ticism has In en reproved. A lSildcsbuig woman has been sent te prison for beat ing her husband with 11 rolling pin. Strange, but untrue, It Is that Interest In the railroad stnke was se ai'iite jester dnj that nobed.v In Philadelphia even thought of the Leenard-Tendler fight. Itight en the heels of the declaration Longfellow wrote "There was a little girl who had a llttle curl." comes another that he did net write "Mr. Plnricj had a tur nip ' lloneis even with Mr. Anen. 'Hie eternal fitness of things demands thm i'e alligateis, said te be living In the Dismal Swamp, Muss, an! 'I imli 1 Creek. N .1., be Immediately turned into satchels mil suit cases for the transporta tion of hooch. Fient 1'itlihiii'jh comes fhr story 0 the Preacher and the Hebmi. lie gut tnctl of tefci'iM 10M111' all his iheny trees, 'tii sunt, Se te put tin end te thicttnf and tocifcreut lielmahbin's He huuiiht iimi 0 ribbon scorers for the lebbm' tehlni ml. Did th( )ubi)H ciwic their rebbln' uhen they muv tin iitibeiu fliiiiKj? W in lij lenaiKindi nti tell the tuith that ej11 111 ecjif;. ler tin little nthbin' leb'ms uric nil piec cdint defying: They still cat the blooming cherries and a ribbon Unci each nut. AS ONE WOMAN SEES IT Yeung Authers Are Busy Again for the First Time Since the War, Say Publishers, and Most of Them Seem Mevie Fans By SARAH D. I.OWRIE A PUllLISlinit told rue the ether day thnt the writing output of young author was new hack at high tide (he Hist time since the war. He said that en nn overage of "00 manu scripts, mostly novels, were submitted te him weekly. After Iho sifting process by his lender, s perhaps n deen ciune back te him for his appraisement, and out of these 'peihnps two would be sent te yet nnether set of leaders, the experts of the llriu, who would pnss u en their merits. I calculated thnt It must cost thnt firm In the 'neighbor hood of )5,-)00 n week just te pnss n verdict en these manuscripts, because, e' course, these lenders nre paid for their time and trouble, nnd some of them nre paid very high prices for their expert opinions, I asked that paitlciilnr publisher what was the prevailing chnracteilstic of Iho novels the: were obliged te I eject. lie seemed net te hnc nnaljed tlielr particular lacks, but he remmked gencinllv that geed, hnd and Indifferent nitthms vrelc nowadays with the niovleH somewhere en tliefr hori zons. He felt as though many of the stories that were sent te him might better have gene te the Holl.vweod producers, se many of the heroines looked and talked like Mary Plckferd, or wept and entreated like Lillian (Jlsh, "se manv of the rescuing heroes might have been Pnlrbanks or Schlld krnut." CPUTAIN necessary mljuncts te n movie tale were, however, emitted like the "Hide te the Itesiue," the "Prying Old Mnid." the "Clumsy Turin Leut," the vil'ain thnt made three strides across the room and the mother that never knew her daughter was leading a double life. Se many of the stories ended erj sadly, tee, which is almost prohibitive In a movie. Having spent some time in Ilolljweod the movie end of that big suburb of Les Angeles nt lenst I agreed with him thnt without n "Hide te the Rescue," Interspersed with nn attacking villain, no story wns npt te "get taken en" by any one of the seven or eight great producers who piovlde the films for the country fiem their California studies. ISPPNT one nmiislng afternoon with one Henry Cnrr, of the Les Angeles Chron icle, who had been for some time a sort of "hnndj portable critic" and snap-shot iudg ment man for David W. CrirTith. Cnrr took us te see some reheat sals for n film the Universal Company wns producing of tLe life of P.uffale Hill. They had just sent out "Foolish Wives" nnd the scenery wns set up for an aero or se about the inclesure In nn nstenlshing state of preservation, even te n tram car, just in front of the Casine grounds at Mente Carle. I discovered from Cnrr what I have nlvvajs hnlf suspected: thnt the actors are given very little plot and almost no Hues; just ret going with an outline, nnd the story worked out from the best of the films that are shot. In "Orphans of the Storm, ' for instance, the old diamn of "The Twe Orphans," nn old theatrical piece very "elated new," was used for the scenery and for some historical details, (irlflith get a college professor of history te come en as critic en matters per taining te the French Revolution, but nfter the actors began te net out their eislen, the original Eterj and even the history were allowed te go bj the beaid. In fact, nt one point, the college professor flung Ills elaborate) taken ne'es from him In disgust. "Oh, hnvc Rebespierre mnrrj Napeleon!" he barked out savagely and left the re hearsal net te return. IT HAD never been the producer's inter inter tien te bine Dauteu take se big, net te mention m magnanimous a p.ut In the play, but each time the actor who was made up for Danton came en, he dominated the scene, even throwing the ch.umlng here somewhat into the shade. Indeed, no one could make the charming heie interesting, net even the weeping nnd clinging heieiuc, Lillian dish until half a hundred jeung be icon celebrities had tried and had failed ever a part wheie there were no lines nnd vcij few situations; until Jeseph Sehlldkinut came along and evehcel situations nnd lines te till them. Lvldentl.v the whole production ns far ns the action gees Is kept ically a movie; that Is, net n ii'.cel act, until the best out of a great many wnjs of doing it lias (n pounced upon by the pieducer and his little grout) of hawk-ejed henchmen. Fer instance, in the Cedy life which wns reallv the sterj et the Southern Pacific Rail road, in which Huffiile Hill find his nilvm tiues supplied n sort of plot theie was n reel devoted te the lise of General Grant, and ns n plcturesepie detail, u reception (lining bis presidency 'was leheaised anel "shot" while I wns an onlooker. The ncteis woie given only the bnicst ch tails, the thing was done ever unci ever again dining the e'euise of n long afternoon nnd never quite elene alike bj nil the forty or se actors pnr tledpaling I de net kiiev.- quite what dic tated the final choice' some quick gesture thut was telling en the put of one or moie of the principals, I suppose. Hut 10 one. net even the diiccter, had stepped te ele moie than stud the phjslenl make-up of the characters that weie piesent The two men who weie hectoring tl haracteis in and out of the icctiptlen weie a very .veiling dliecter. clever, but no render of lilster, and u Cherokee Indian chief, vv .e was there with a great mr.nj of his tilhe iir ether parts of the plnv, and was immensely m tetested In having the thing "get en," as he expressed it, TIIF men and women weie phvsieally very well chosen and were made up with care, se that one had the elNmavicl teellng that ene'e near of kin fiem tl e faun ,v album, in the uglj, stiff, jit vi lv elei oreus clothes of 1MKI, weie being ciidercd about in a nightmarish way b.v two interlopers. Rut when I observed a female who might have been nn own great-aunt remain placidly seated in the center of the reception room nnd stay clamped te her rhnlr when the ofll efll cr at tin deer announced "The Presi dent nnd his Ladv '" and when I further saw two generals unci a statesman that hnd the leek of Lverett net budge from the line of tin President's nppicuich. but continue con cen vising while he nnd "his ladv" stuinb'ed ever their fee t. I re.iliecl that the e'heiekce was ec usable for his grunts of m einful eoii eeii luupt at theli knewlidge of what was what. IASKFD the manager of tluu particular film ceiupanv what thev reallv did fi.r most of the plots for their piedm tlens, and he said : "Oh, we make 'em up as thev go along ns fnr u details go'" One of the wrj success ful men in this business told me that the producers would net tnke unhappily ending movies, because tlej were net ''geed busi ness and insstiil that the "Ride te the Rescue" should lie timed for the lust minute, but should be one that would find the "atlaiked one" rnillv unscathed, scand neailv le dentil, 11 limps hut untouched as te vlitue lie nKe s-ud that tin age limit of the audience wn gem inllj fixed as twelve .vims inentallj. Net that the ruiieiiiv of the audlime weie jeung In jeais, but their pevveis of mental nppieclatlen averaged verv ccnisldei nlil v below a IiIl'Ii m hen grade I iinderstaiiel the piedut cr-Wweuld glndlv produce und the actors act u better t p of movie, but se far the public has net paid the j lire of u geed movie with the mine degree of eager nnnnlmltv that It has supported the tensntleniil but pem or art vailetv. I'erhap the public is m"iitallv unfit for much vet be nnd the common svmhellsin of the ride te the ii'scue mid the attacking vil lain nnd the blase 1ml ami uahle iiilllleualie I live Iicmi told bv i doc ler who hnd mm h te de In evaiulnilig llnm that out of u mil lion se'il rs the iiuiiii,v weie mental v fourteen ciiiM along in ihi'lr lensenlug pevveis. If ihe liicei 1 icnlly lllldev eloped te se alarming an extent one cannot blame the movie makers for giving it what it can digest. NOW MY IDEA IS THIS! Daily Talks With Thinking Philadelphians en Subjects They Knew Best v REV. DR. WILLIAM P. FULTON On Evangelizing a Great City THF solution of the evangelization of any great city, such as Philadelphia, Is a united campaign by all the evangelical de nominations of the city, according te the Rev. Dr. Wflliam P. Fulton, superintendent of city missions nnd church extension of the Presbjterj of Philadelphia. "When all is said and done." said Dr. Fulton, "the grent city problem today is the extensieu of the dectilne of Christianity te all the people within its limits. It is net only the most vital te the Interests of the cltj nml its people, but it is also the greatest problem which confients the Church r.t this time. The great problems nre: Hew te reach the masses, hew te gather in the un churched nnd hew te evnngell.e and Chris tianize our foreign-bem population. "The gieat cities aie the strategic points in the light which must be cat r led en in Ihe inteiests of u better ceuulij. They nre the steim e enter of the ceutliit, and tlieiefoie they uie the key te victnij. If the work which we aie trjlng te nc cnmplNr can be cntrUil nut succetsfiillj In the cities there will be little question us te the Natien nnd its welfare. Lvangellinl Union the Solution "Fer twenty-four jears our own oiganl eiganl oiganl ratien has been conducting evangelistic services in Plil'iidclphia and its immediate vlclnit.v (luring the summer months, and we have met, en Ihe whole, vvitli excellent suc cess. Rut new we believe that the time lias come for nn enlargement nnd nn extension et this work. All the evangelical eloiioiuliid eleiioiuliid eloiieiuliid tions of the city should unite In u gieat camp'iign of tent, epen-nir nnd dallj vaca tion Hlblc school work during the summer months. "If this great problem is ever solveel it will net be chine by liny one denomination. Te carr.v out such n weik te the best ad vantage theie should be at least 100 auto mobiles equippcil for Ihe work, unci they should travel dallj te ailetis parts of the eltv where the meetings would be held "We have in Philadelphia u Chuivli Fed eration, nnd If we could get the whole body back of such a movement te raise the iiimiev necessary and ele the work en u huge scale much could he accomplished. And it would have te be done en u very large scale In eicler te lie really eflccllve. "I am fully leiivluced that such n move ment would be in u gieat part the best pos. slble euro for the revolutionary doc nines and the many 'Isms' which are almost dnilj being dinned into the euis of our citiens. These are literally being preached en iilmest eveij slice t corner, and the seed which Is being sewed may sprout In a disastrous iimnucr fni the gie.rt Republic of which we are n part. Combating False Theories "These falue doctrines and theeiles must be offset lu some manner. 'I lie Chinch has long believed, and then1 aie iud 'atlens that maiij of our most enlightened statesmen aie new coining te accept the same view, that u mere wldespiead Chiistlanltv Is the best way m which te oil set these ilangeieus elements which have gained at least some ioethold in the Fniled States. "J leie again the lty cnteis into the equn linn, lei ihe doctrines which nre net com cem pnllhle with leal Aiiteiiciinism find tin ir st longest held in the gieat centi rs of popu pepu popu laiieu; 'be ceiiutiy elistrlcts me slew te accept such new and strange' theeiles, even wheie ihev de net llbselutelj lejeet Ihem, "In such a campaign mi I have indicated, automobiles equipped with I'vangellstH of the best tvpe and slngeis would he- the princi pal means of cenve.vanc e. I estimate that an expeiidliuie of Ih.'iO.OOO lu u united evan gelistic cumpiitgu dining the siimiuer months dining the next twentj joins would, in the end, stir ihe cltj mid pioduee ri-sirlts, MU., as i euld net he accomplished bv any expen diture f the same Mini of luene.v , "III lll.v I'Npelieilie, which hue ixteiuled eiver the eeuise of u geed maiij .veins, I am of Ihe opinion thai Ibis is the best possible maiiiKr in "Mill te iinch the ueii-i bun h. geei. The fuel lllilt I hose pel oils ih, mil at te ml (lunch icmccs veluuinrilv shows that Christlunil.v miisi he bieiight te them, ub they haver pievcd thut they will net seek it themselves, uud the plan which I have outlined has been demonstrated by the ex- "HO-HUM!" A .r.Xv. - - rv- w '-''fei- '''-JfePWSg'rV'v perience of our own organization te be nn effective one. "The nearly (J)iarter of a century of our own meetings and the summer work which we huve elene hnve shown Hint tie people, as u rule, are lespensive. Wherever we have sent evangelists there lias never been any dif ficulty in finding persons reach- and willing le hear. In almost every case five minutes Is sufficient te attract a crowd of from 1!00 te 4(10 poisons; the problem Is t held their close attention while the message which we have te give is being delivered. "This part, after nil the most Important of nil. depends upon the man in charge of the meeting. A geed man, however, finds no tieuble in holding the attention of ills audience for the fifteen or twentv minutes which aie required for the address. Hut lie must have personality and be entirely fa miliar with the things which nre demanded if the attention of n miscellaneous audience is te be retained. It would be quite pos sible te obtain the ieqiiste number of men of the highest order le de this work; the pinch comes in the financing of it. "There has been little, if any, change en the pint of the people ns a whole In their responsiveness te the ,eik of the Church dining the last twentj-hve jears. I am convinced thut deep in their hearts people leallre that the things of religion aie the things of the greatest ultimate alue in life but there is ever the element of the love of pleasure ard worhlllness with which te con cen con tenel. These in themselves form a net in considerable portion of the general problem. "Hut, en the whole, while people me net rushing te such services as I have outlined they nie ns responsive te them as thev have ever been. Ilreught Heme te Many . "Theie can be no doubt that these summer-month meetings held In various public places thiougheiit the city have brought the pilmiplesef Christian!! te many thousands of peiem who would net otherwise have been placed in touch with them. During the period which our own organisatien has been ut tills particular phase of the work there have hten services in parks, tents squaics, halls, mills, factories of all kinds! from automobiles, in the most congested ten teis of the cltj, en chinch lawns, piers plnns, stieet coiners nnd many ether busv places of a similar kind. "While It Is net iilwujs easy te trace the direct lesults of .such meetings, still we feel that much has been ncceuiplished, and the elhciency of the method has been lull) dem onstrated. Theru Is se much need for wink yf this kind that the burden Is tee gieat for en.v one denomination, nnd if the problem Is te hu belved it must be clone by u union of forces, "However, there huve been seme very gratlf,vlng permanent results of these meet ings, one of which bus been the establish, merit mid tjie festering of thliteen ehtiitheB nnd missions lu the c lty. If a single eleiioini eleiieini eleiioini natien can accomplish this much, the possi bilities of mil t nl action may lie said te he almost unlimited. Werk Among the Children "Such meetings nlse give nn eppnitunlty for gieat wmk among the childicii, the little ones te whom the destinies of tin country will be inliusttd within a few joins. Im Im Im ptobslens huve been madii upon the plastic child tiatuie whiih will never he ellaced and Ihe child mind has hum given n bent In the right iliiectieii. ','Hilt, while Ihe union of the evangelical eleiioiiillialiens sci'ius te be the ultimate s,,. hit loll, still thde is inn 1 1 that ihe indi vidual chinches can de. Fer example, eveij chinch lu the cit.v should inn in t it i ii u diiilv vacation Hlble school as a part of iti, i'urlv piegrnlii, und Ihe expenses of 11 slieu'd be met limn the annual budget of that church This will pieve te he a wise cxpcnditiiie uud ail Investment which will im excellent dividends." The Allies hnve erdeied .lust Aiuitlirr in i mail te destroy Violation ihe iiiiigc-iiiiiiuK M,,,;i en the Kill Canal be cause It might loe easilv be eenveitid ai,, ii ful W'lile time i, hen' ii peihapi net iilijuslil.i I lack of ir.i I in Geiiuiiiiv's () 111 1 1 tl . I here I also liui'eilhted flltilltt j tin inhibitions. In Ihe war of tomeiiuw there will be nothing se ineffective as a iert. iviur uvrmuiiy huh maxcH and is still fighting for her chemicals. bT I What De Yeu Knew? QUIZ What epochal event happened in 44 B. C.T What Is Behen In what country was the liens' den In which Daniel was placed? Under what net was the Railroad Laber Heard established? Where is the Arabian Sea? Who was Frelssart? Who Is the present President of Argen tina? What Is a weevil? Who was the first King of United Italy 7 What Is the correct pronunciation of the werel valet? Answers te Yesterday's Quiz The "Tariff of Abominations" was a measure passed by Cengiess lu 1S28 It was supported net only by advo adve e ates of high Imposts en goods, but also by free traders, In the hope that the ceuntrv would beceme surfeited with piotectlen. Patrick Henrv was n. natlve of Virginia, Sir William Herschel, nn Lngllsh astron omer, born ut Hanover. Germany. In 173S, but later it British subject, ells covered the planet Uranus, which Is sometimes called Herschel. The character of Prince I'lorlzel of Behcmln occurs In Shakespeare's re- ' mantle plav. "The Winter's Tale." Table forks first came Inte use in Italy In the fifteenth century. In law, a feium is lb court or pHce of Jurisdiction. In ancient Heme the term wns applied te the larpe open space In ihe central part of nnv city which was the common resort of the people for business und pleasure. It was the) political center where the chief ad ministrative and civic buildings were, where the people and tbe rnagiictr.ittl met nnd where elections were held Henry Keiel ran against Newberry In the hitter's successful contest for a scat for the United States Serrtte Frit Dlavole, literally, "Brether Devil." was the nickname of a notorious Italian bandit, Mlchele Pezza. He led a band of outlaws who terrerised Cala bria, In Southern Itnly, In the latter part ff the eighteenth nnd the early part of the nineteenth centuries He was hanged nt Naples in ISO 0 The Latin language contained no slnfjls word for "jes" The Kilendly or Tonga Islands nre s group about 3G0 miles south of Simoa, lu the Seuth Pacific. They form a nntive ltinKilem under the protection of Great Britain. The Thiid Assistant Collectors Postmaster General ill" Won't Grumble pears le have all the best of it in lus an swer te ciiticisin of the department's plan te change the color and design of postage stamps. He peints: out that the Govern ment loses much money in short-paid mail matter because' of the similarity in (der and design of stamps of different value; that the change will de nvviiv with stu h less: and that the cost of the change, almost negligible, is, ns n matter of fact, paid by stamp collccteis. OMuhemn pastor is be- And. of Course, Jug tiled bv his Pres- Geography hvleiy because he mil rled n couple in bath ing suits. Philadelphia bungalow pait in Newpeitville. Rucks Count, Indignant he louse lined for wearing one-piece bathing suits, Gient Neck, L. I., authorities s.i) ene-pli'ce bathing suits uie all light, hut the ciiie-plece must be faiily long up and down. Net nt all u question of unualit. von will observe. Merely a matter or taste. We are Informed bv a It Can a dispatch from Pails that Tail I'nfeld a Fi clubman In Pntn- genla icpeils seeing a beast about ten feet lull ami leseiiibllng heise with "u i eddish tuft cm Its head and u long tn 11 elsewhere." With meie deli nltc Infeiiiiatliiu ns te Its locution we nUMii make (he tale longer. As it Is we must needs c ut it shot t. The Philadelphia pb.vslelan who snjs that within thlil.v daj. Southern Lurepe. Xeilhein Africa, the whole of Asia anil the western section of the Fulled Slate's will be distie.veel bv cailluiuukes disposes at olio fell sweep of elepieciateel iiirrelic.v. League-ol'-Niilleiis mandates nnd meilng-ph'"10 eeliseishlp Itilelgeiise has been exposed. He 1M1 f a elid Mm with u cinlimfeielice gre.iiir Ihiill ihe nihil of Ihe eiltlh. Us l'!1!11",; touted. Ne. sir. lie's nieStl 'l,llm'lii atmosphere, snyn a French nslroneinrr. Just n beg e' wind, sec, a bag e" wind. always suspected the big iiluff. m r? w i ' t -,
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