11 '" ?!) i mil ra ft a I rmmmmmm Mi Jhttitfe fedaec LIC LEDGER COMPANY ttnva H. K. cunns, pbmidbnt ub. Martin,' .vice rrelunt ami Treaiurtr: ' J Kr!.." "?'"' v-'narld It. I.UU1IH MpR. Cellins, Jehn n. XVIIIIama. Jehn J. urarre k. aeidamlth, David E. Smiley. BMtLF.T , r.lltef S'.fff ' " """. ...nencral nmlnein Maniwr Ff ) S'5lbl!,,.c, dall' at Pent 10 Lrnera BultJIng ' Vt indefcmlgnce Square, l'hlladclphla. C nW YenK :M4 MnHlaen At. fS0lT 701 Ferd lIulMIn K f.ftrir fill mtt..M.u.x. i SjtWUCiOO 1302 Tribune llullJInf i vy.1f(xoieN iiii.i:ii. te ill. .K.' '.f0'" 1'ennsjlvnnla .vc. nnd 14lh St. . tWkWH TOBK tlt'ltKAU i Th flu tlnlt.ll,,,. SA atMse Uiiu:au Trnf.ilgnr Ilulldlnic . ftt r.Tlia KlKNI.Ml I'UKLIn t.ninru la n.A Ir. allh. t,.'rlbra In riilluiMphln. and xurreunillnu tnwna LeM rain of Ittelvn (la) . nl iei week, imjabla MW mall te points outride of rhllnrirtnhl In 'J EI ."n ,n '"'': '"iniiln. nr I'nltcd .sue rn rn iVMMlena. Doatace frfe. ntiv l.-.ni ,.... -!.. fe1'll.;ra p,r Vr .n .tf-le in ROvnn" " I t Te all fnrflan inuntrlxa one ($1) dellnr n mnnth. If)U,,vtK0Tlf Ftihacrlhers ulahlnp aiMrs tWih ,IM,t lVa ld " "'" " '"'"' '"l'lf", fjfcjl't jBtlt. S000 WALNLT KEYSTONE. clinnKfJ MAIN' 1601 fSS Address alt cemntnifcnflnuit fe renins riiblie rdw, Indtvrnttriirc Nqunre, Philadelphia. T JUcmbcr of the Associated Press Lrtw. -eciArna muss , rrciu-wetv m. mlea le Ihr in or irjMiliirciifmi n ru't tetafrA( cr'clltid te t r net elirnlr credited I Mi fi;,T, iiiiU i(te lic fecnl iimc jitiMltird Sfrria. J If rltllitm a-.,..!.!......... ... ..... it-. ... )JMrrta nr alie reserved. rhllidrlplili, Salnr.l.y. July 29, li: A PORT POSSIBILITY rniin nnnoimremoiu tlmt lniTcnsnl ilrv- I A,' (leek fncllltlps nn- in prir-pcct romps ns n agrcenlile Niirprlve te wcll-wlHlirrs of the 'fort inre of the Impertiuicc of sncli lin- ! iirbrempiitH te tlip (Ipvplepment of innrltitnp llilhrfttu limn Vnn. Mnn...'.. .t I 1 .. let thp fiirt tlmt Cramps nrp iilnniiiiic te provide lieu iiecnniinudntlens for the repair of lurjc eieaii-cnlns pssels is followed liy a fttAtpmpiit from the ship-, art! flint the op eration waits upon the c'e-inir of Ilcneh trect, needed te prelde loom for the structure. This iroierd ehniiRp In thp eit.v plan Is matter for decision by Cennell. As the widening of Delaware aenne h.is materially bettered traffic uindltlens aleni; the water front, the necessity of malntainliiR also the Beaeh street thoreiiRlifare near Cramps is much less pressing than under the old (on (en (on dltletiR. 'Ah adequate new drydoek could net fall te prove a notable stimulus te harbor activi ties. Council can hasten its construction by a comparatively slight alteration in the municipal map, which would guarantee a Ttluable win te the pert as long desired as it has been long deferred. WINDING UP A WAR rIE dispute in Congress ever the settle ment of American elulms against (!er any has drifted into a discussion of methods rather thnn of principles. There are Increasing indio-itlens that the Admin istration is necking te devise some ma chinery wherpby American victims of (ier Bftn' depredations and seizures during the War can be compensated. Senater T'liderwoed is of the opinion that American claims can be directly settled out of the property of the German Government and German nationals new held by the United States. Themas W. Miller, the .preecnt Alien Property Custodian, has, en 'the .ether hand, defended the Wlnslew hill. wfilch provides that properties net in cx '4 of $10,000 should be returned te their owners and, by implication at least. Is in favor of a new treaty disposing of the vexed 'subject. The opinion solicited from Mr. Hughcx concerning the Cnderwoed bill has been'received but net made public. While the details of the question and the pkrtlculnr forms of procedure are net of (paramount popular interest, there is ir itually no division of public sentiment upon the need for disposing promptly of the last 'Of the problems directly arising from the 'Conflict of the fnited States with German v. The dispute in Congress is at least te be Welcome ns a possible spur te Heme definite action, either such as Senater Cnderwoed .suggest or by a new trenty, in a sense .Inlshing off the Drescl-Uesen pact. DISILLUSIONED PADEREWSKI RT6NACE JAN PADERKWSKr.S renun f JLVlntlen of Polish politics is as emphatic as'lt is regretful. Ills projected return te i the) piano is one mere illustration of the !jnc'iupntibillty of statecraft and art. Seme threp-qunrters of a century nge T.nmartlnc nnd Gulzet were similarly dls- P Illusiencd. The case of D'Annunzie Is net tin nrpctKelr mi imnlocetiN Instance, since the aspirations of the Italian poet were se strongly tinged with en egoism nnd vanity that his failure cannot be wholly ascribed teicxfcrnal i ircumstnnces. But I.nmartlne and 1'aderev.skl In their political ndu-ntures were both fervid roman ticists, moved by n high type of pntrletle Idealism. Of the two tin- motives of the pianist were the most unexceptionable. Through the long period of his activities s n public performer, the gifted Pele cher ished the vision of n redeemed, en emanci pated nnd a reconstructed fatherland. It was n dazzling conception, morally bul warked by the passion te redress an in famous historical wrong the partition of Poland. ' The opportunity te play n great pirt In the national recovery was tee pressing te be resisted bv a zealot, and It may be said ef'Pallerewski that personal nmbltlens were unselfishly sacrificed bj him in his rhapsodic Ladventurc. The reality, however, has ruthlessly con futed the dream. Poland since the restera- ;'i?''tlen of her national entity has disappointed !)n many of her admirers, who confused per- lin4 I..... Al. ,....l.(u nf lini ut.irv ultli lain. tfe fc'J.j Jllllin lliu jmit'f 'i - -.". ...... .... MS peramentnl disabilities which had, at least '?' k Jnrtt induced her fall in the eighteenth 'A Jit ha1 been said that the Constitution of ?. the Indenrndent kingdom of Poland was the 'Oft Inefficient ever established In a great ste', All nttempted legislation of the Diet, which also elected the King, could be dead lacked by the veto of a single member. fievltt xevernment hns the stability of the Spfrnmfds compared Ith this unique system. fi Tlie absurd regiila'tien of the old Diet ,'jaees net, OI cuure, iircvuii in us ineuern rjnicce.siter. but the turbulence and Inllam- mW(ery and destructive political intriguing yyand mnchlnatiens which shadowed the dls- fjnfilctien of Poland In the past have lumen iSi taMyiebstiucted the piegress of the reborn filiatien. KK.iAdinlttedlr the present position of Poland. Krr- ,, .. it... a. Miner siaie ueineeu uie viiiiciiisihmi vkt- iy and iconeclastli' Hussla, is tr.viug. Wattheless, much enlightened censhhru- J'tlen from the outside world has been re- yiptlled by the ehauvlnisin and cupidity of !y,(ttniflROitues, which have seriously compro cempro compre 1! jnlsed the geed will of sister nations. rl '"Padercwski letlres before the stormy llaiWecrney of Pllsudskl. With authentic op- MrtunUIcs for self-development, with un l.rTTl t.1.1. I.. ..........I .,, ... me .....I .. i IvrUll 111 IIIIIUIII4 tvnuiiiLi-i uillj u iMCfta station, Poland remains one of the niet ay( financially eninarrasseu euu pellti- il..,Af.. ulnlua l,i VnrnllA. r Chbuiii; bh'' -."-t-. it may bring tne soerioiy wnica be inherent In a heroic and txtraar- talented people, who for esatwlaa m I 1U L&&. f'r '' t,;-fofe di'-bbtKi ,rrt'-- '-n'.V Ua ItrriflMed tht, ratpeata of Western chllUa chllUa tlen. Meanwhile PadercwsM's return te the concert stage should win him net only renewed artistic triumphs, but njse sympa thy from n public with sen.e understanding of the chasm dividing esthetics and political battlegrounds. FAKE PROMOTERS AND BROKERS LIVE BY FISHING FOR GUDGEONS If the Peer Fish Did Net Bite Such' High Flying Gentry Could Net De Business Even for a Menth TF TIIEltE were no gudgeons no one would go fishing for them. The human gudgeon is n peer fish who will bite nt the bait even when, If he used his eyes, he could see the hook barbed te catch him. This is why there nre se many wild-cat securities en the market and why se many Ushers for gudgeons open elegnntly furnished offices and mil themselves stock brokers "with a private wire" te such and such an exchange. And evidently this Is why I'lmere D. Dler gave up pulling teeth for n living nnd went Inte the brokerage business with offices in this city, New Yerk, Pittsburgh nnd Chicago. He believed In doing the thing handsomely while he was nbeut it. Just hew he operated has net jet been fully explained. Hut It Is charged that he seldom bought stocks with the money sent te him by his customers. Adam Iteckleln, the malinger of his Pitts burgh eflice, has just been telling the New Yerk Dlsft-let Attorney something about what went en. Among the things he said was that when customers wrote asking for the delivery of the stocks which they had ordered, the manager of the office would bund the letters te a clerk with instructions "te make some kind of a reply." The Inference Is that both the manager and the clerks knew that the stocks had net been bought. Hut whnt became of the money? Mr. Iteckleln threw some light en this by ex plaining that when the clerks knew hew business was being transacted they de manded an increase In salnry and get It. Mr. Itekleln started In the Pittsburgh office nt K, n week. His employers dis dis levercd that he had learned whnt was going en nnd they took him te New Yerk nnd paid him ,:?0O a week. Even office boys get en te the game and decided te profit by their knowledge, and they were appointed te re sponsible positions ever night at handsome salaries. It Is assumed that Rccl:leln will make these statements under oath In court when the time conies, and that Dier will have nn opportunity te give his side of the story, lie has been indicted and he hns charged that he was deserted by his friends when he get into trouble. nut be will have te shoulder the responsibility for what he and his agents did. The best that can be said of them Is that they were fishing for suckers nnd found them plentiful enough te provide the firm with money te take core of a payroll of from $700,000 te .fflOO.OOO a year. The men engaged In this kind of business nre skillful at it. They de net solicit busi ness from sophisticated men nnd women. They employ handsome and well-dressed salesmen with a gracious manner and a de termined air, who tell their victims that the opportunity te make menej is se unusual that it should be embraced without delay. "If you wait until tomorrow it may be tee late," they soy. "Here Is the order. The dotted line is right there. New sign your name nnd jeu will never regret It." And with a hpnettc eye they held their victim as the Ancient Mariner held the guest en the way te the wedding feast. The victim turns ever ills money. Sometimes he gets a beautifully engraved bend or stock certificate, but in the case of these who dealt with the Dler firm It frequently happened, as Mr. Heckleln hns explained, that no one took the trouble te deliver any securities after the money had been received. Specially prepared "sucker list." are In the offices of companies doing this kind of business. There nre men who mnke up the lists nnd sell them te fake brokers nnd wild cat promoters. The promoters send out al luring circulars through the mail, and if they get no respense from the first one they send nnether and another. The prudent man or woman throws these things In the waste basket. Hut there are Innocent men nnd women especially women who regard the circulars, se skillfully are they worded, as a personal letter te them which they cannot politely Ignore. It frequently happens they nre persuaded that they nre under some ob ligation te buy what Is offered. If they would only de what a Phlladel phlan did a few months age they would save their money and would also save themselves much annoyance. This man hrtd received two or three importunate letters from a Chicago firm urging him te Invest In some speculative enterprise which premised large profits nnd saying there was no time te be lest. He finally wrote en one of the postal cards which came with each letter that he was humiliated te learn that his name was en n sucker list and asked for the address of the firm from which the list was bought se that he could take steps te have it re moved in order that he might net be pestpred by ether promoters. He put the card In an envelope se that he might net be charged with libel for sending such mntter through the mall exposed te the gaze of all the postal clerks. He has net since received a single letter from n gct-rlch-qulck concern. There nre reputable bankers and brokers, nny one of whom will be glad te give advice about investment te whoever seeks it. If the inexperienced will only go te them they will conserve their funds and will net be likely te beieme Involved In such n de de plerable failure ns that of the hlgh-fljing Dier firm. A SHATTERED LEGEND THE pleasing fancy that the nrtless nnd untutored Polynesian, celebrated by Melvllle in the past nnd O'nrlen In the present, originated the haunting music which, wafted by the ubiquitous ukulele, hns girdled the glebe is rudely shattered by nn obituary announcement. Frem Honolulu comes word of the death of Manoel Nunes, Inventor of the little lute like instiument which has voiced "Aloha Op" under many a pulm tree and In many u college dormitory. Nunes, us his first name suggests, was of Portuguese race. He was In fact a native of Fuuciisl, Madeira, and una of that numerous band of LiuUUnians from Atlantic Isles who helped te repopulate the Ha waiian group when thousands af Its i V l-tf Xv aboriginal Inhabitants war victimised fey modern civilization. The Kanakas, It Is true, were music loving; that Is, they appreciated harmonies and juxtapositions of notes Imported mainly by missionaries from a distant continent. In the process of conversion hymn tunes were quickly popularized, quaintly distorted and even adorned by instincts of native art. Nunes , it is said, fushtencd the first ukulele with a cigar box and a few strings. In addition he orchestrated many of the favorite airs, Hnndmastcr Bcrger, that picturesque nnd gifted musician selected by the e.x -German Emperor te enliven With the blare of lusty b'rnss the court of King Kalakaua, directed his men In reusing In terpretations of these "hymenes," as they used te be called. Peitugal, Germany, the Sunday school nnd nntlve proclivities made Hawaiian music. Its origin, composite though It be, Is no less singular than that of the fable, which somehow never sounded quite true. BOYS, GET THE JACK! NKAKTjY every one who tries can suc ceed in life. Duty nnd determlnntlen nre disdainful of obstacles. It Is true that success Is elusive when It is vaguely defined. Cheese your goal, es teem it highly nnd nine cases out of ten you w ill win. Standards of achievement naturally vary in disparate times and climes. The Eskimo with twenty different kinds of fish hooks Is n millionaire. The Igorrete measures his distinction in human bends, the Otteman pasha In human wives. In the Gambler T. !.!- .. ..-.! 11 . . .. minim-, a uniive win swap pcarm ler a tint of ship's biscuit nnd feel tlmt be hns de-1 served well of his Chamber of Commerce. I These variations of measurement tench us net te confuse particular instances with getiprnl principles. It Is only fundamentals that count. The same philosophy npplles te produc tive labor. The worth of work Is by no means in variably te be estimated by the amount of time consumed in a single job, else the pntlent clerk or school teacher would be on en derpald. "It Is necessary." said Candlde, "te cultivate one's garden." That Is a geed rule, but It does net mean that nil crops will be identical. Take, for instance, two young men whose success was keenly observed by some 00,000 people in Jersey City en Thursday night. They have known whnt they wanted, have net dissipnted their talents nnd have been rewarded. Fer neut one hour's violent pxercise in public' eung Mr. Leenard hns received n purse of $180,000, nnd young Mr. Tendler one of SSO.OOO. realized from the patronage of nn appreciative public. Neither their earnings nor their Ideals have been begrudged. Their success Is net thnt of a pninstnk-ing grinder of, say, pin points, the only support of, say, a widowed mother. And yet the spiritual kinship in their ac complishments must be profound. The relativity of glory, the arid com pensation of mere cash, the respective beau ties of patient endeavor and quick perform ance nrp themes en which Dr. Frank Crane, Orisen Swett Mnrden, Samuel Smiles, Ho ratio Alger. Jr., Edgar Guest, Lord Lub Lub eock and lately Lord Riddell have discoursed freely. Longfellow disdained the grave as a goal and Wordsworth proclaimed Duty ns the "stern daughter of the voice of Ged." Such Interpretations of success and Its accessibility ns they have recorded might be inspirational in the present situation. It is best, however, te leave such annlyscs te experts, which Is why no further attempt te point a moral will he made here. SHORT CUTS Old King Ceal's fiddlers are still play ing out of tune. Lloyd Geerge has lest his whip, but he still carries a big stick. J. Clcve Dean would seem te be court ing trouble in Tennessee. Curiously enough, the truth in a nut shell never appeals te a nut. If Old Dec Savvjer Isn't careful he'll be getting as much publicity ns Laddie Bey. One may step from a party platform te a train of thought, but it Uu't usuellj done. Of course, the "branded" apple would net remain en the market if it were "brandied." If the territorial limit is extended te twelve miles Jehn Barleycorn will need four league bootleggers. I.ogrelIerH continue te prove the truth of General Hancock's contention that the tariff is a local issue. The trouble with the bonus plan is thnt once started it will grew like a mushroom and endure like an enk. When a perfect distribution of coal be comes nn accomplished fact, perhaps some thing may be done about feed. The Yeung Lady Next Doer But One supposes that the new drydeclt planned for the city will be for the ue of the prohibition lleet. Inmates of Sing Sing listened te radio broadcast descilptlen of Leenard-Tendler tight. All the comfeits one can't ufleid at home. .7. Cleve Dean's Importance In the world appears te consist solely in the opportunity lie afieriled for the President te get his Ideas ueress, The woman who called out the Atlantic Cit.v fire department by trjing te mail a letter in a ilre-alnrm box can't complain of luck of service. The moral of McCumbcr's newspaper fable is that n L'nited States Senater ought "te be as careful of his facts us though he were a newspaper reporter. Jehn L. Lewis, president of the inter inter natlenel union, says the coal strike has been wen. All thut remains, therefore, Is for the operators te be advised of the fnct. When the Russian Soviet Government has put into force economic laws which its people respect it will have no difficulty in coming te terms with the rest of the world. They resuscitate you new with nmmenln instead of whisky ut Uncle Sara's life-eavlng stations. Net u hit of use risking being drowned nowadays, grumbles Demosthenes McGinnls. It Is se hnrd te please everybody, sighed the veung business man with the diamond stickpin. Even the bnrcst suspicion that efficiency has put sport en a business basis causes dissatisfaction. When coal is transformed into elec tricity at the pit mouth (ns might easily be) the Interstate Commerce Commission will neer be faced with a transportation problem such as the one with which it Is new wrestling. The action of Governer Miller, of New lerk, In paying $8000 out of his $10,000 sauur rather than permit a deficiency an. proprlatlen te be placed before the Legisla ture must be Incomprehensible te our own Barrlsburg crowd. . i iixnreTii 4 ,ff, i i m i assswatssraslsMasjsMsa A SECOND MARK TWAIN Hew Senater Fllnn Lest a Geld Mine. Dr. Warren's Story About Can nibal Birds Laber Leadera Who Have Dignity By GEORGE NOX McCAIN STATE SENATOR WILLIAM ''LINN, of Pittsburgh, Is n millionaire several times ever, I presume. He has been n Stnte nnd notional figure In politics for mere thnn a generation. All torts of stories nnd anecdotes hnve been told nbeut" him. Here Is n new one. It puts the Senater ih the same class ns Mnrk Twain the real Mark Twain, who actually lest n geld mine In Nevada ever night. Senater Fllnn It happened before he hail risen te the senatorial dignity did inet lese his mine ever night. He lest It ever some litlgntlen, nnd accord ing te the veracious citizen who told the In cident It wns by all ediN the costliest bit of "lawing" the erstwhile Czar of Pitts burgh ever engaged In. S OME ycars'nge, which Is the modern ver sion Of "onee linnn n flme " Wllllnm Fllnn, of Pittsburgh, became Interested In reme mining nrenprtles in Cnllfnrnln. lhpy were geld mines up In Sierra County. It s nwny back In the, mountains. ' AftPr some examination of the property, subsequent te his nuichnslng n enc-slxtecnth Interest in the mln., Mr. Fllnn arrived at the conclusion thnt he had been "taken In." He began suit for the return of his money. The ground upon which he demanded the return of his cash wns that the mine had been "salted." In ether words, that the ether fellows had planted geld where there was no geld. In the subsequent legal proceedings In California the present TTnltcd States Senater. Sam M. Shertrldgc, acted ns attorney for the defendants. The ether night In Washington the TJnltel States Senater from California nnd the for mer Stnte Senater from Pennsylvania met nt n dinner. That, however, ns Kipling would com ment, Is nnether story. ATTORNEY SHORTRIDGE lest his suit. The gentleman from Pittsburgh wen It and get back the money he had paid te the promoters of the mine up In Slerrn County. But, according te my friend the narrator, the assumption thnt the geld mine had been "salted" was FHnn's error. It was a bena-fidc mine, all right, only thp owners had herd luck in finding the big precious vein. While Mr. FHnn's suit wes in progress they struck it "rich," nnd before long some thing like $107,000 in ere was at the mouth of the mine. Since then this mine, located, oddly enough, nt Allegheny, Sierra County, hns produced million worth of geld. Nene of It went into the Pittsburgh gen tlemnn's pocket. He get his money nnd wns out of It before the big vein wns located. As I said, Sennter Shertridge met Senater Flinn at dinner In Washington, That dny the Incident wns related te my friend, who told it te me. JS. CRUTCHFIELD Is In the city. He wns Vice- Feed Armlnlstrater for Pennsylvania during the wnr. When nt home, which is ns often as he can get there, he resides nt Sewickley, n suburb of Pittsburgh, down the Ohie River. Mr. Crutchfield is the lnrgest individual hnndlcr of fruit and vegetables In this coun try. He net only buys nnd Bella fruits and vegetables, but he raises them. As the head of a corporation he owns apple orchards in Pennsylvania and in Ore gon and Washington. Oi.inge and lemon groves In Flerida and California and ether fruit ranches in various parts of the West. He operates these properties net by hun dreds but by theusnnds of ncres. Often bis shipments and receipts In Pitts burgh run into hundreds of cars a week. He is a Kentucky boy, who went te Pitts burgh twenty-five or thirty years nge te make his fortune. He's mudc it, all right! PHILIP MURRAY, international vice . president of the United Mine Workers of America In charge of the anthracite sec tion, is stepping at the Hetel Walten. Jehn L. Lewis, international president, is n guest at the Bellevup-Btratferd. Twenty-five or thirty yenrs age such a thing would have been unthinkable. Had any labor official stepped nt any big, first-class hotel, it would hove been grounds for his impeachment. In these dnjs, as I well recall, labor lead ers thought It necessary te step at remote thiid and fourth class hotels. They didn't want te nreuse hostile criticism. All that has changed new. Big men In the field of labor hove, for the very sake of labor, a dignity te sustain. They meet and mingle with captains of Industry en nn equal footing, as becomes themselves, also captains of labor. In thnt respect at least labor has gained some common sense. DR. B. II. WARREN, former State Zoologist nnd nuther of "The Birds of Pennsylvania," Is new especially engaged by the United States Government ns an expert en migratory bird life. Most of his time he spends along the Vir ginia nnd Carolina coasts. He haunts the habitat of the sea fowl, ob serving its mnnncr of life, peculiar habits nnd character of its feed. Fer weeks at n time Dr. Warren makes his home en Chincoteague Island. It is a paradise for sea fowl. Dr. Warren has some rare stories te tell about these winged wanderers of the air. One in particular, which has te de with the fish crew, is the Incident of n bird pirate. The fish crew Is net only n buccaneer, but it is n home robber nnd n destroyer of life. rpiIE fish crew is perhaps the most de- X structlve bird thnt finds n home along our coasts," said Dr. Warren. "It devours the eggs nnd young of ether birds nnd en occasions gets n meal nmeng the trabs thnt are flung up en the beacb. "The fish crew is nt its worst ns a de stroyer when it is rearing its own young. "In its forays for feed for them it makes n specialty of the eggs of ether birds. "I have counted within a short distance of each ether thirty nests with the eggs destroyed. "In f'Ome cases the jeung birds have been partially mangled by this cannibal of the air. "Se great have become its devastations that steps ere te bet token te kill off some of them. "Migratory birds, anyhow, under the pro tective laws of this country, nre Increasing at n remnrkoble rate." miIERE is only one way te step the J- depredntlens of the fish crew, and that Is by poison. "And the ordinary methods, such as are In use Inland, are of no nvnll In dealing with this bird. "Grain snaked In poisonous solutions and scnttered near its feeding grounds, Is inef fective. "The only way te reach It Is by poisoned eggs. . "Its Inordinate fondness for eggs lends It te eat anything In that shnpe. "By lnjeitlng strychnine into birds' eggs nnd leaving them exposed te view is the enlv wny te accomplish its destruction. "Its destructive habits nrp remarkable. Ir n space the size of n small room I have counted as many ns 1100 gull eggs nnd the eggs of meadow hens thnt hud been destroyed by one pair of fHh rows," suld Dr. Warren. 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L1BORIO DELFINO On Library Werk for the- Blind THE growth of library facilities for the blind has been one of the most con spicuous features of public library work in the lest quarter of a century, seys Mrs. Liborle Dclfine, chief of the department for the blind of the Free Library of Philadel phia, who hns been In charge of this work for a long time. "The extent te which blind persons use the books of the Free Library of Philadel phia," said Mrs. Delfine, "may be estimated from the fact that we have had 3343 regis trations since the work began In 1808, al though It was one year later when the de partment opened as a separate branch. Originally we sent books for the blind out side, with the co-operation of the Pennsyl vania Society for Heme Tenchlng, and later we administered the library of that organi zation and still continue te de se. "Most of the books which are used by blind persons are taken for rending at home. The Philadelphia Library was the pioneer In this work se far as public libraries are concerned, nnd when we began we had two lnrge round tables and nbeut two dozen chairs put In the department. But we seen found that there was se little use made of these facilities that we used them for ether purposes. , Meaan Extra Cost "The reason' for this is probably that when a person deprived of his sight wents te read at a library, It usually means the car fare and the time of nnether person who must serve as his guide at least te bring him, and then either watt or return for him. We early found that practically all the reading of these people is done at home, and thnt has been our experience up te the pres ent time. Even the mere matter of coming te the library te exchange books means another person's time and fare. "Nevertheless, these blind persons who can read, ns n majority of them can, often come te the library te get acquainted with the books which we have, and we are always glad te welcome them, "The public generally does net knew per haps thnt there nre several kinds of printing for the blind. The Moen type, be called after its Inventor, William Moen, is the largest, and it Is especially adapted for elderly persons whose tense of touch Is no longer dclicnte. The matter of books for the blind had its origin in Philadelphia with Jehn P. Rhends, nt that time manager of the Pennsjlvnnln Bible Society, nnd the Bible was the first book embossed. The very general rending of this created n demand for ether books, nnd the number of them linB been gradually increased from year te enr until nt this time there is a large liter ature In the various systems. Seme Other Systems "In Philadelphia the work was practically startid by Mr. Ithends. The funds of the Bible Society were net available for any pui pose except the publication and distribu tion of Bibles, nnd Mr. Rhends raised n sum by his own efforts nnd bought ether hooks for the blind. As the work grew the Free Library of Philadelphia was asked te take it ever. "The system new most generally used Is called the Braille lmproved. The Moen sys tem Is what Is called n 'line type' ; that is the character representing the various letters of the alphabet are made of raised Hues, cither stialght or curved. They nre net Identical with the printed lettem of the alphabet. The Braille Is cnlled a point type; tlmt Is, the letters consist of a series of raised dots, variously nrranged. Thin is practically the universal type new. 'There is also the New Yerk point. Most blind persons who can rend can use all of them. "The Braille system has a scries of abbre viations or contractions by which a certain set of rnlsed dots represent n wbole word instead of simply n letter. In Europe there nre three 'grndeb' et Braille: Ne. 1, having no contractions, each word being fully spelled out by letter: Ne. 2 having n few abbreviations and Ne. .1 having a great many. In the United States we generally use what we call Ne. iya i tlmt Is, It has mero contractions than the European Ne. 1, but net se many ob the European Ne. 2, Pennsylvania the First "The Pennsylvania Instltute for the Blind hns the honor of having embossed the first book of Its kind in this country. As I said, It wbh the Bible. The literature has grown In volume and in diversity of char- At ms !?: WMm r iifSjlUMaw.M (.'" '1 w t' UU ; ''.If I-''.'.A ' MILDLY Mid strut 4&&A Z.'( ... srw..kv; 4f nctcr with each succeeding year. There is new n large proportion of the se-called popular books embossed. "Fiction hns made great strides In the matter of numbers in the cmb6ssed books which the various institutions bring out each year. In the latest list of books Issued by the Amerlcnn Library Association, 55 per cent of these embossed for the blind were fiction. Naturally, the cost of these books is very much greater than that of the ordi nary printed book, ns the publications, em bossed must be much Inrger in size, nnd therefore a greater amount of paper is necessary, as well as the work of embossing being mere costly. , "The finest collections of these embossed books in this country nre In libraries In California, nn especially fine collection ; New Yerk, the Library of Congress in Washing ton, nnd the Philadelphia Free Library. Net All Blind Are Renders "The public also has the general Impres sion that all blind persons are omnivorous readers. This Is by no means the case. Simply because a person has lest his or her sight dees net give that person a taste for reading. But it has been our experience that a blind person who has learned te read and who really gets something out of that read ing hns taken a long step toward rehabili tation. "Nevertheless, many blind persons de net read nearly go much as many persons are inclined te think. Reading with the fingers involves a certain amount of physical labor. Te de it a certain position must be main tained and the mind must be kept intent upon the translation. These of the blind who work nt something are just exactly like the rest of us; they are often tired at night nnd de net want the mental and physical exertion of reading. "Most of the renders are adults, because most of these who have lest their sight are adults. The statistics show that 82 per cent of nil the blind persons in the United States are adult, and that there are only about 5000 blind children In all the institutions of the country. Reading Easily Learned "It Is net a difficult matter for a blind person te learn te rend, and the benefits derived from it nre enormous. Average persons, that is adults, usually de net have te be taught English, but they have the equally If net mere difficult task of read justing themselves. "Any person of average education and intelligence can learn te read any of tbe systems for the blind with an alphabet sheet and n moderate amount of home study. A number of the States have home-teaching sjstems which hnve produced excellent re sults. "There is no dally newspaper for the blind, but there nre several monthly maga zines, one of which Is sustained by Mrs. Matilda Zlcgler, nnd this is bent free te any blind person in the country who wants it. ThU Is new In Its sixteenth volume nnd, Hke nil rending matter for the blind, has proved te be a great been. "In our own institution the circulation of books for the blind runs nbeut 30,000 a car, and last year we had 880 new regis trations. We clrculnte books all ever the eastern and central parts of the State, the library of the Carnegie Instltute taking care of the western end, se that we de net over lap in territory and thus give the greatest amount of service possible. "The great need of our department Is money te purchnse nddltiennj books. The Philadelphia Free Library was the first In the country te take ndvantuge of the free mailing privllege which the Government conferred some years age. It was a great step ferwnid. The average cost of moiling before thnt time was nbeut thirty cents, and when it is considered that some of the works nre in eight nnd mero volumes, it will be seen that this cost wns a matter te be con sidered." ' "Sk United Stntca Cemmls- Net Denying sinner of Education Grain of Truth tellsi Rutgers College students that se long ns Amerlcnn boys think "Babe" uth the Natien's greatest mini and ciewds of elder folk attend prize lights the country will be In u bad way. Peer dope, doctor. The boy will change his ideals: but as a man, whatever his culture, he will still leve clean sport. Yeu dare net decry Mich love wiilln you exnlt democracy; for It Is en the Held of sport, above all ether plnccs, that the roughneck and the highbrow meet en the same democratic level te light It nut, n.Atd.vkU.v' Mmw&&s& ' v (.VufsglVw. V . w , "&,' Vjf. SSaBK Ji J r f -r " v'-taAI V JuU-f ,-. , V y ..,&:" (JkA -- "" . fctf'v;- ?. What De Yeu Knew? QUIZ 1. Who Is president of the United Mine .i Workers? 2. What State manufactures large quanti ties or corncob pipes? 8. where Is the great volcano of Chlm Chlm Chlm borezo? 4. At what age de oysters become most edible? 5. When did Herace Greeley run for tht presidency? 6. Nnme thrce wars of the United States conducted under Democratic admin istrations. 7. Who wrote "The Story of Konnett"? 8. What Is meant by chauvinism? 9. At what age does a citizen become eli gible for the United States Senate? 10. What is an "edltle prlnceps"? Anawera te Yesterday's Quiz 1. An epochal event which took place In 44 B. C. was the assassination of Julius . Caesar In the Caplter at Reme. 2. Behca. Is black tea of the lowest quality. 3. The lien's den In which Daniel was placed was In Babylonia during the . period of the Jewish Cnptlvlty. 4. The Railroad Laber Benrd wa? estab lished under the Esch-Cummlns act, passed In the latter part of the Wilten Administration. 6. The Arabian Sea is a partf. the Indian Ocean bordering en the west coast of India and the southern coasts of Ara bia and Persia. . Sir Jehn Frelssart was a famous chron icler of the Middle Ages. He was born about 1333 and died In 1400. 7. Dr. Marcele T. de Alvear la the present ' President of Argentina. s. -A weevil Is a kind of beetle with a pro boscis, feeding en grain, nuts, fruits and leaves. 9. Victer Emmanuel II was the first King of United Italy. 10. The word valet may be pronounced ns t Is spelled or according-te the French, va-lay. The former pronunciation. however, with the final "t" sounded, If regarded as preferable In English. .... .. . Te protect him from When Murder mob violence the Sheriff Walks Abroad of Hurlan, Iowa, is hiding n seventy-year-old murderer who for years had moodily walked the streets with nn ax with which he threatened violence te all whistlers, and had at last made geed his threat. Having permitted n homicidal maniac his freedom for j cars, is it possible that the people of Harlan wish te furnish further proof of their foolishness? Answer: Yes, it is quite pos sible. As n mnttcr of fact, It is a common trait tbe country ever. , Rexferd, Kan., pastor Shrinking says he is prepared te Violets go William Allen White "one better" by avow ing himself 51 per cent in sympathy with the strikers, uud challenges the Attorney General te prevent his statement. He adds thnt he seeks neither martrydem nor notori ety ; but the nuturel presumption is that he will net object te either if it comes, as it were, in n manner of speaking, and net te put tee fine a point en it, unsought. A Communist university has been opened in Moscow. Among ether things taught will be the economics of the Rus sian Soviet Government. Awards, it may be inferred, will go te students who make the greatest mess of examination. New that the Irish irregulars have been outvoted and outfought, it would seem te be a geed time te quit scrapping and te get down te work In amity with their fellows. It Ir time, in fact, for the irregulars te prove themselves regular guyHji MEETTHI8 BIRD According te a report from the Ameri can Censul at Tenerlffe te the Commerce Department et Washington, the Inhabit ants of the Island of Gcmera, In the Canaries, by the use of a system of whistling signals, which, dates back for several hundred years, can convey bits et news ever a considerable distance with great rapidity. Ah, when it comes te indoor iperti Thut fill us with elation, We luve the cenuular reports, Se full of information. Canary Inlanders we knew Frem this most Icuincd epistle AVnl nci'rr use the radio M'hile theu possess a whistle. Se many wines the islands least. The natit'es ne'er forget it. One simply whistles for his host And gets the means te wet it. Ah, isn't he the hwky stiff Te find in fashion airy Munh virtu in a Tmsrift With bvits of tar Canavift A. v Lv,' ' .- ."iL l.3- .!- tv it tf '. -J- j -i. -....'- '
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