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NAMES WANTED
WHKX Ginsberg, the dope peddler, was
paroled through thr Intervention of
two Vnre pelltleiiln, former Judge Patter
son nnd .Jehn It. K. Scott, this newspaper
remarked that the Incident raided the ques
tion whether the Vnre machine was In part
nership with the dope-denting gang
And when Controller Ilndley tefuseil te
pay Director Cortcljeu's secret vice inves
tigating agents unless their names weie
given te him, this newspaper enlled ntten
tln te the fact that Ilndley i a Vare
officeholder and remarked en the presence of
spies In the City Hall who. se for as possi
ble, keep the underworld In touch with
what is going en.
Director Cortelyou has Insisted that he be
Honed te keep secret the names of his
secret agents. City Solicitor Smyth has
advised the Controller that the Director has
a right te de this nnd that a lump sum
should be turned ever te him In order that
he mny pay the men without letting any
one else knew who they are.
Hut Controller Hadley has announced
that he will appeal te the City Council for
Instruction. The Council is controlled by
the Vnre machine.
New, if the Vnre majority in Council
tells the Vare City Controller th.it the Di
rector of Public Safety must disclose te him
the name of his secret agent the inference
te he drawn is se obvious that it is net
necessary te put It into word.
LOOKING FORE AND AFT
TUB reminiscences of Mrs. M. I.. T.
Ilartle. of Germantown, suggest the
wisdom of loeklns ahead and of profiting by
a glance backward.
Mr. Rartle sa.s that when 'she was u
Ulri her father used te drive her into I'hlla
ie'phia Germantown was net part of the
city then. There were no pavements, no
street cars and no stjeet lights. There was,
however, an omnibus which run from Itetli
lehem te Philadelphia which took en pas
senger In Germantown, nnd if one missed
the omnibus out of Philadelphia one hail te
walk home or stay In town all night.
She does net say se. but we all knew thai
no comprehensive plan were made In her
girlhood for the expansion of Philadelphia.
Ne eirti looked ahead longer than two or
three yrnrs. If they had looked Inte the
future the problem of taking care of street
traffic would net be se difficult of solution
as it new Is. When the city was laid out
ihe streets were wjde enough for nil de
mands upon them and .Market nnd lliead
sheets were s() wide that people thought
that there was a needless waste of space.
Indeed, the center of lower Market street
was occupied by public buildings.
Hut If one will only leek back fifty years
fcnd compute the rate of growth of the eilj
ime can readil. foresee what Its size will be
In fifty years mere, and what the pressure
Vl'l be en the business streets, let it is
impossible te get any responsible authority
le adept plans le take care of the growing
traffic. People tnlk about tl and estimates
of its cost are made, but as seen a he
sum that will be needed is mentioned some
one straightway says that the cost i pro
hibitive, or some one else, whose place of
business will have te be tern down te widen
Ihe street, begins te bring pressure te bear
te have the whole plan forgotten.
Progress is net made in this way
NO NEED TO GET EXCITED
AFORETASTK of what will happen in
this city after the suspension bridge
across the Delaware HUer has been built Is
suggested by the excitement in New Yerk
ever Ihe report that one of the cables en
the Ilroekljn Bridge h.is slipped a few
Inches from its pl.we en lop of one of the
towers.
Engineers are nseiirlng the public lint
the bridge i still safe and can carry any
seasonable lead. They haw been assuring
the public In Ihe same wuj for mere than
thirty years, for it has been peilndlcnlly re
ported that the bridge i overloaded, that
one of the braces has buckled, tlmt the
roadway Is sagging, that il swajs tee far in
the wind and no one knows what else. Hut
the bridge has withstood all strains thus
far and It is likely te withstand them for a
great many mere enrs.
The roadway does sag in t he summer und
lifts itself in llie winter. And the engi
neers who planned it made allowance for
these changes. Meat expands tin cables
nnd they lengthen during the Mimmer
months. In order te provide for this
change and for Ihe expansion and contrac
tion of the sieel structure that carries the
traffic there are sliding joints In the center
with allowance for a wiriatien in length of
two or three feet.
The engineers of the Delawaie Kiier
Hrldge will provide for all changes of tern
pfrnturr In planning the structure, but It
Ii morally certain that we shall hear alarm
Ift reports about alleged weaknesses from
the moment the tlrst cable is strung across
the river.
X' , CONTEST IN MISSOURI
IriIOUOII the Republicans are hoping
te elect a Senater In Missouri in Xn
vjtnher, there Is mere interest in the result
of tJie Democratic primary In that State
tomorrow than in the Republican contest.
Qm,Iii HiMwl -4u iteclrlnir rcnnrntti!i !.
The opposition Is se bitter Hint it has or er
r ..-....i fM.I I's of Reed" clubs, in whirl.
.,ihe,ynien voters lire active. Hreckenridgc
fr nn' In his chief contestant, but I.miir Is
vUii te be a weak candidate. He has
fcealth, but no popular following save that
-) Melt will concentrate upon mm as an
iMjmwtUe te Reed
L'fAm
.or rtrfl. el Republicans seeking the
fcitlen: The contest is likely te be
.WTTMfe AWerney iicnerai nnrrcu ana u
PAVtD . 8lttt,1CT.
te the lending contestants.
AN IMAGINATIVE ADVENTURER
UNDERLINES SOME ODD FACTS
Stefanaten'a Dream of Back-Doer Air
FIlQhta ever the Tep of the World
May Presage a Transporta
tion Revolution
QJIIORT cuts, spiritual or material, arc, en
first acquaintance, almost Invnilably
disconcerting. This Is one of the reason
why Vllhjalmur Stefanssen's idea for ex
pediting world transit by paying n decent
nnd intelligent respect te the top of the
glebe is unlikely te find n ready acceptance.
Ills whole program Is ruthlessly subversive
of popular conventions and preconceived
prejudices. The distinguished explorer of
Frigid Zenes Implies that considerable num
bers of his fellow men are still laboring
under a misapprehension concerning the
shape of this spinning planet, en whose sur
face they dwell.
This misconception was Innocuous enough
In the days when transportation was a mete
matter of land nnd sea routes. In Justice te
mariners, moieever. It must be conceded
that they haTe long leallzed and capitalized
the advantages of "great circle sailing" as
the shortest distance between widely sepa
rated points en eat and west enges.
Hut ever since the sublime blunder of
Columbus prepared the way for a demon
stration of the rotundity of the glebe the
average Inhabitant has preferred plodding
laboriously around It te cutting across ever
It extremities.
There weie some ieaen for ihi predilec
tion besides habit. Arctic regions are no
toriously Inhnpltab1e and the pretlmlty of
Siberia te Alaska, separated only by the
comparatively small Pelar Sea, was net re
garded a a matter of practical significance.
Aviation, if Mr. Slefnnsen ha his way.
Is going te play the deuce with that view.
Stich progress as he urges Is. of course, con
tingent upon widespread comprehension of
the fact that the earth Is net absolutely
round. Material advancement has a habit
of outstripping Intellectual a condition ex
hibited by the subservience of many nirplanc
routes te the old formulas applicable te land
nnd sea.
Mi. Stefnnosen envisage n larRe-scale
reform and a departure stanling te lliesc
persons who, If they were sure of nothing
else, were confident that they undeistoed the
onfermnllon of (he earth. In a recent,
number of the National Geographic Maga
zine he serleusij nnd In detail describes the'
enormous possibilities of novel nlr lines and
swift and economic trnnspcutatlen ever Ihe
north end of the glebe.
Pliturlng the Arctic Ocean as. in a sense,
nn enlarged Mediterranean, almost entirety
surieunded by continents nnd large Island,
he calls for an earnest appreciation of a
geographical benefaction.
It Is 11,000 miles from Liverpool te Yoko
hama by the conventional teute across the
North Atlantic, through the American
continent nnd ever the Pacific. Hy the
Arctic nlr route the distance Is a little mere
than ,'000 miles. Mr. Htefansen does net
insist en (alls nt the North I'ele en route.
In fact, none of his theoretically attractive
short cuts Involve flights ever the middle of
the Pelar Sea.
Thnt body of lie and water is e con
veniently girdled by land that "hopping"
bases can be arranged at inleivals. te reach
which no such long flights as these which
have been made eer the Atlantic would be
neccssnr. The America-Asia route outlined
is by way of Alaska and W range! Island.
Iceland and Spitsbergen aie incorporated in
the new transit system, and in the latter
island Mr. Slefanssen cites the already
established summer hotel as a comfortable
amenity.
The navigable great rivers of Siberia are
eulegl.ecl as tianspertaticm link leading le
the trans-Siberian railway.
Possible criticism Is feicMallcd in ihe
piesentntien of the plan ns fit for summer
travel only. Almest peipetual daj light In
dune. July and August Is ndveitised as a
been for nlr pilots, and the enthusiastic re
former does net belleie that any person is
going te freeze in transit.
It is hi contention that the long summer
day in the far North is productive of n
greater total of bent than that heating down
upon the Kquater in the rigidly restricted
twelve benis of light. With ihe pride of n
special pleader he leienls the fact tit (he
mercury at Fert Yuken. Al.iska, has regis
tered en oicnslens in summer as unuli us
100 degrees In ihe shade.
In short. Mr. Stefnnssen believes thai the
northern polar regions are en the brink of n
magnificent development. lalmlnled te
astound constitutionally skeptical natives of
the se-called temperate climes
Certainly the piegrcs of aviation pto pte
icles some substance for his optimism. Air
plane passages of the Atlantic aie becoming
almost commonplaces. The projected New
York-Rie Hlghl by the H-lfi Is te exemplify
among oilier things a development of the
North-Seuth mute, somewhat neglected
heretofore en account of the preference for
latitudinal cruises.
Mr Stefnnssen repiesents the longitudinal
and short -cut school. His fnntns, skips
years and obstacles with apparent ease. It
could be dismissed as purely isienar If
whut has already been accomplished in
flying did net serve te rebuke many a wary
leallst of the prc-avlatlen age.
Mr. Stefanssen's hardest task will be te
convince the public that circumnavigation Is
circuitous. Travelers and they are hj no
means rare who are surprised when a wiy.
nge from Seattle te Japan brings them with
in sight of the Aleutlun Islands may be
loath te admit thnt there are hack-deer en
trances te Ihe great northern continental
land masses. The short-out nir-llne dream
suggests that radicalism and revolution have
Invaded even geography.
NEW SISTER REPUBLICS
TIM' recognition by the 1'nlted States of
the Hnltlc nations of Latvia, Lithuania
nnd Ksthenln is nn acknowledgment of facts
net clearly visible at the time when the
contrary policy f the Wilsen Administra
tion vvas established.
The reluetanceef (his .finrrriimcnt
Jein iu uuy scheme), covert or open, of
side nreasure upon iiussia was uncus'
Hut the point is also made thnt the
slates of Latvia. Ksthenln and Itlthunnln
have been erected by nn Indigenous pep;
Intlen. Twe years nge it was net easy te
determine whether or net the national move
ments in these countries were genuine or
authoritative. Rut there is evidence today
that their natlennl consciousness is sincere
and that their self-governing abilities arc
valid.
Cerfirmlng further the status which they
hnve achieved Is their relationship lvlth
neighbor nutiens. expressed In the form of
treaties. The Soviet Government In Mos
cow is nppnrcntly resigned te the realities
of the situation, since It has concluded ne
gotiations for holding n conference with the
border states for the discussion of the dis
armament problem. The seslens will open
in Revnl today.
Recognition by the 1'nlted States, follow fellow follew
lng the earlier example of the major nations
of Western Kurepc, should enable the
Ksthenlan. Latvian and Lithuanian dele
gates te take a firm stand en the subject of
war preparations nnd te present forceful
ntguments for the reduction of the Com
munist armies. A curtailment of the Soviet
military establishment would go far te de
stroy the appeal of French militarists claim
ing te be the defenders of Western civiliza
tion. It Is Interesting te note that the new
policy undertaken by the United Stntes still
makes nn exception of (he Far Knstern re
public. Official cognizance of the Chltn
Government would lend, Indeed, n sugges
tion te hypocrisy te the announced opposi
tion te a dismemberment program.
While admitting facts In (he group of
western fientler stntes, the United States,
whatever its aversion te Helshevlst prin
ciple. Is obviously still waiting for the
rehabilitation of Russln fiem within and
Intends le de nothing te obstruct such n
recovery, which must come In time.
PROJECT IpROPERLY LAUNCHED
TUB County Commissioners In charge of
the Victory Hall project nre te be com
mended for thclrtdecislen te restrict the
architectural competition for the work te
Philndelphlans.
The chnrge of parochialism cannot be laid
against this move. The architects of this
city, many of them products of the admir
able school of the University of Pennsyl
vania, nre among (he best-trained and
nblest In Americn. The competition should
prove a spur te civic pride nnd at the same
time productive of the kind of inspiration
needed te make the proposed building n
handsome nrtistle memorial and also a pub
lic structure of significant practical value.
Fortunately, the undertaking is-net em
barrassed by the sort of obstacles which
have plagued the Sesqul -Centennial. When
certain technicalities have been untangled
the lean fund of $1.. 100.000, appropriated
ecvernl years age after a popular vote, will
be available. The Legislature at Harris
burg is expected te add te this sum at the
session next year.
The competition, moreover, should clear
up such doubt a exists concerning the pre
cise purpose of the Hall aside from its pa
triotic and historical values. It will un
doubtedly be used for convention, but
whether' It i te be made suitable for
theatrical or musical performances and will
contain one lurge nudilerlum or several halls
of varying capacities has net yet been de
termined. Much enlightenment en these
points may be expected from the designs,
which, in the first contest, may be submit
.ted by all registered architects of the city.
The Winsted, Conn..
Silent When unnatural historian has
It Creaked added te his valuable
collection the body of a
large fieg met the seven-legged one. how hew
ever: thnt was another story) which was
bitten te death by a black bns. There is no
truth in the allegation that the bass was in
n black bottle and that It did Its biting
with n clog's head; and the further allega
tion that its victim was the frog 'hat once
scared a United States marshal by making
bis cettnge creak every time it ci naked. Is
believed te be a base canard designed te
threw discredit en the work of a rising
veung ficlienist. Only the hinges of the
imagination creaked when this frog cienkecl.
Rernuse some clay he
Doesn't Take mav need fnlse teeth .
Life Seriously nnd wants te hnve money
enough te pay for them.
Therna R. Marshall (who will be remem
bered bv students of history ns n former
Vice- President) savs he 1 out of politics
forever. What queers Mr. Marshall's chances
as a statesman Is his nensc of humor.
Meie terrible machines Ihnn in the last
war nre being constructed, sn.vs I.lejcl
(Jeorge, and Ihe next war will be a war
en civilization. The cheerful thought. If
taken three times a dn immediately before
menl. Is calculated te jar the professional
optimist.
The search being made for a mi,
chieveus radio broadcaster, who is siioil siieil
lne concerts by unseemly intetruptien,
draws ntteniien te one of innumeiable
possible conditions that mny eventually make
Government control of the radio absolutely
necessary. .
There is & widespread belief In labor
circles thnt there is a plot abroad te kill
the unions. II is probably a mistaken be
lief. Laber unions will never be killed,
though in the course of industrial develop develep
ment they may die. le be succeeded by some
thing better.
What De Yeu Knew?
QUIZ
l Wliv Is the dollar se called
" Where and what are the Dolomites''
", What is the title of the wife of an l-ng-
llsh maiquis? -.,..,,
4 Name two famous Czechoslovak musi
cal composers.
.' Who Is Florenz Zlegfeld?
6 What did the Goddess DUn.i of thu
Epheslnns personify?
7 Who was La PucelleV
X Name a piess vveik bj l-ongfelleu
9 Where Is MafeUIng and what its his
torical slgninrnnce?
10. Who Is Cornelius Cele"
Answers te Saturday's Quiz
1 Jehn L. Lewis Is president of the United
Mine Workers.
" Missouri manufactures laige quantities cf
corncob pipes. .-,,.. . .
3 The great volcano of Chlmhoraze Is In
llcuader. In the Andes range.
4 oysters nre said te be most edible when
thei attain the age of about three
jeais
5 Herace Grtelev ran for the presidency
and was defeated bv Grant in 1872.
7 Thiee wars of the United .States con
ducted under Democratic Administra
tions were the, Mexican War. the War
cf 1812 and the war with Germany.
S, IUard Talor. poet, tiaveler, Journalist
and novelist, wrote "The Story of
Kcnnett," a tale of that part of ches
ttr County, Pa., in which lis was born.
Tayler'H dutes are IR.'S-ISTR.
0, Chauvinism Is an exaggerated sense or
exhibition of national glory, in
llugene. Scribes "Soldat l.abc,reur," a
veteran soldier of Napeleon wan drawn
from Iho llfe of Nicholas Chauvin, of
P.ochefert. France, who acquired no ne no
terlety thre-unh his exaggerated and
emensirnuve cievoiien te llie superior
u, llie imperial rniiue.
ditle nrincepsr the first printed
'en ei u uoeh,
wnra the Bummer 8chel HOt pt
Net Apptal Btit Vacation, la,.
une wnere iMOtning or tnt i
Ordinary Day'a Rell
tine Appeara
liy 8ARAI1 D. LOWR1K
INBVER could understand ,thc "
school .habit," but I knew entln
'summer-
entirely saile
persons hnve If and profit by it nnd pi? en
the profit the following winter. Ptren who
tench nil the rest of the year become eitcer
scholars for the summer months; docte,r,
nuci iirncuce an me year lane six wees en
and observe the practice of ethers; artists,
take, the summer te gather in some .new,
theories; factory girls study English liter
nture and evangelists take an Intensive fort
night en "the types in the Rlble" ,or hew le
meditate without' going te sleep.
As it Is all elective nnd no one gees In 'for
this summer schooling who Isn't eager te'lap
up culture, or new methods, or., modern
Ideas, the teachers have rather a geed time
of it. In the first place they arc augmenting
their slender salaries by pretty geed honor
ariums, and in the second place the.v nre net
apt te give their old lectures. They "brush
up" en the old and add some new, nnd .they
have te be ready for questions, for the Minis
mer "schoelltc" nsks mere questions 'than
a winter-time student nsks.
THK temptation te go back te school again
never leaves some adults. I knew one
woman whose Idea of hnppiues is a lecture
hull, n notebook and pencil nnd n synepsl.
What she docs with all her findings I've
never been nble te discover. She, is kind
enough net te repent her resuttR verbatim In
the family circle. Indeed. I doubt If It would
remain n circle if she attempted te. She
does net leach It, or vvrllc it. or turn It into
grist for her mill of life in un.v recognizable
form. Perhaps she sits and thinks about it
with her deer shut, or perhaps she nlvvnys
means le use it some time, or perhaps she
just acquires It by wu.v of menial gym
nastics. Rut I suspect It Is te her what n
game of solitaire is te a maiden aunt it
passes the time.
T knew another woman who is a great
administrative nurse. Uncc and se often she
gives herself a vacation and gees te some
world-fnineus hospital with ns great a repu
tation ns her own, and studies methods.
They are net of necessity better methods,
but they may be different methods. It is her
way of bcli.L sure her methods are net mere
habits, but the best way of doing what has
te be done.
I knew the principal of a great school a
public school who gees where teachers most
de congregate, sometimes in this country but
generally in Europe, In order te 1 an. from
the most noted among them hew and where
she cun better her staff methods und class
ceurses: a : then there nre the clergymen
who claim that they can get material for a
winter's sermons from etu week nt the sum
mer divinity courses ut Cambridge or Fend
dii Lac or Wlllinmstewn.
I admire this frank picking of brains. It
seems se humble; but I wonder sun times if
a vacation is actually a geed time te work
et one's trade. I can understand the shop
girls nnd facte. y gills and business women
going te Rryn Muwr for n taste of college
life nnd a glimpse of college learning, but if
Ihe Scheel or Industrial Art or Pelrce's
Ruslness College Insisted that Rryn Mawr
should use that opportunity te set the type
writer and looms going out in the classroom
I'd feel sorry.
I'D LIKE statistics from Dr. Madisen
Talor or from Miss Pauline Geldmnrk
us te the contrasted inspiration of a vaca
tion spent doing something one could net de
in winter nnd with subjects quite foreign te
one's usual program of thinking, nnd a va
cation used up in discussing the things eue
thought and one did for nine months out of
the twelve, even if one added n bay window
te one's outlook along some well-known di
rection. I think it is all well enough for a clergy
man or for a teacher te get stuff somehow
and somewhere for the winter's sermons or
lectures, but after nil. what does he get nt
a summer school but second-hand thoughts
most of them ere third or fourth hand-me-downs.
Fer the teacher has grabbed It up
out of some one's book which has been writ
ten about another book. A commentary and
the Rible and a glossary and the plays of
Shakespeare are an any one ueecis ecsiues a
knowledge of humanity for the study of
either the Rible or Shakespeare. Why give
the elher fellow the amusement of discover
ing for veu what you can delve for nnd find
for veu'rself? I always hnve admired the
antediluvian animal that Murk Twain fondly
cherished n hope of seeing, the animal that
was pert fish, part land animal, who. when
he .desired the joys of .swimming swam, or
of walking walked, who. when he and she
wanted an egg. laid one I
IREMEMRER going te a whole winter of
lectures en the "Italian Artists of the
Itennissance." 1 was young nnd ardent and
piejudlcecl and tempeinrlly humble. I won
dered hew the great man knew se much of
things se far back in history. Twe things
I grew te expect In all his lectures : one was
a quotation from Ruskln and the ether was
nn invective against one Vnsarl. who seemed
te have written but te garble the facts.
Later, much later. I found Vasnrl could lie
lead In English from what seemed te be a
fnlr translation. All the facts thnt the lec
turer had accepted, as well as all these with
which he had quarreled, were In the lives
of the painters, delightfully told by a man
who had at least known many of them inti
mately and lived in their world nnd their
century. All the critical judgments as te
the work that the.v did weic in the books
that Ruskln had written concerning their
urt se that whether lie agreed or differed
fiem Ruskln. nothing the lecturer had te sny
but one might have found by rending two
ntlinr(i fur OllCSClf.
There Is no question that the reading of
Vnsarl ter bieg
clsm gave me
tncether. and
wus repetitive,
thnt is he sa
liked and left
a man lias te be veij trustworthy. Indeed,
te Impose his iikcs nun disuses without any
court of appeal en one'
THAT course of Icctuiea cuied mc of
hand-me-down opinions. When I am
mi n vacation nowadays, therefore. I de net
go ie a summer school of journalism le
"brush mili my style nnd ie bteaden my list
of subjects. 1 turn n sick eye even en the
newspaper and go and st end thu day with
vekels, that never put pen te paper, or with
'technicians who could no mere tjipevvrlte
than llie.v could plav llie piano. In u half
hour, for Instance. I am going te gird mv
clf and go te learn hew te drive a cur. I
knew hew te drive il straight ahead, the
st'ralghter the better mi far; but I've get
le leain ie back it today and te turn It and
lei It die en me in l lie middle of h sleep
hill and sturt It going without sliding down
backward. I tiemble and shake as I Mt here
safely tapping this out and wish that fte
kind mechanic that Is going te "learn me"
would die and never come forth from under
the house vvheie he is Installing electric
wiles: but I knew Hint no summer school
of "English as she is spoke" will give me
the same vim for next .vear's work ns being
able te drive my own car or any one else's
cer with the some ease that I new drive u
If J weie In town Ihese dnjs and needed a
resi from machinery mid the city streets,
I think I'd take my vacation gardening.
If n were a teacher looking for "pep" or
a serretnry looking for cxerelse without
werr.v. U'l Re out te the Scheel of HorJI HerJI
culture beyond Ambler, where they are
having a summer school for farmerettes nnd
gnrdenerettes. I d lenrn t" grew and te put
up fruit and keep bees and turn cows into
milk and milk Inte butter nnd cheese.
I'd wear knickerbockers mid Jlvn )n n
Dutch fiirmheuie nnd smell flowers and sleep
ulider trees, And I'd let Miss Lee, the head
director, feed me up en all the fresh vege
tab'es they grew nut there Just, for the
picking. . "'
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NOW MY IDEA IS THIS!
Daily Talks With Thinking Philadelphia en Subjects They
Knew Best
W. E. MEEHAN
On Falrmeunt Park Aquarium
rpi!K interest which people tnkc in (he
X Fnirmeunt Park aquarium Is shown
by the number of persons who come every
day te visit It," said W. E. Mechan, the
superintendent.
"Yesterdny there were 51887 visitors. The
average en weekdays Is from three te four
hundred, nnd en Sundays from two te four
thousand. The number of visitors each
month vnries from twenty te forty thousand,
depending nn the weather nnd the time of
the yenr. During .Inly there nre net se
many visitors as in the early spring months,
when the record attendance is reached.
"We have the largest tank of nny aqua
rium In the country, nnd we are planning te
make it larger.
"We have all kinds of fish. Here nre
butterflies, cats. squirrejH. toads, pigs,
cows, rabbits and angels French, blue and
black. , , ,
"Te leek at (he placards .veu would
almost think you were going le sec an ex
hibit of animals rather than fish.
New Specimens en Land
ins,. .. aliinmeni from Key West of
obeut 800 tropical fish and of 100 from At-
lantic Cltv lias been ciisirieuiici nmunn
tanks, nnd the fish nre becoming accustomed
te their surroundings. Seme of the fish
knew the feeder and will dart te the top
of the tank Immediately upenjils appear
ance
"Others nre meie difficult te feed and you
hnve te persuade them te eat. That Is the
teasen it Is se difficult te keep ce r te . n spec -
inpns of fish tney rruise i mi ,,...
surroundings are changed, and unless the.
can be persuaded te take feed Uiey seen die
Most of the tropical fish are of gergem
..i-e er,,t imiiKiinl shanes. there is tin
mens of fish they refuse te eat wnen ineir
surroundings are' changed, and lines , ihey
is
colors nnd unusual shapes. II .ere l s ii ie
rainbow parrot, one of the fish which 11 Is
liflHlt te make ent. As it darts around
hfre you "caT see the light Pljr"i"n "
blue and orange tnn colors pf its becl.v.
And there Is the squ rrel fish, n bright
pink se named ilecause of its I,irEe. soft,
black eves.
"Here are the angel fish, pointing te a
large ank in which many queer.-looking-fish
were swimming around " Inz fly
blinking their wicked little eyes. "Netice
tliVlr flat leunil bodies, large fins nnd imck
ered menkey-llke faces They e .f . . a
colors black angels, which leek ns it men
skins bail been embroidered In threads of
white: ; velldw-tnlled angels and the blue
nngels of striking hue.
Moenflsh Is Real Prle
-This moenflsh I a .cel prize. Netice
the opal tints nnd the silvery color as it
swims nreunci
I.t.in mill tllllH.
"There nre spotted mern.vs lying among
the recks here, and heir are the green
l i,i, lure larger and mere ferocious.
Cw- .his one l" lying with his head ....
ge'Shen. te adapt ihemselveH te their new
cpiarters.
Flhh Knew Their Feeder
"Wnl.ii hew these fish act. .lust as seen
s i nut mv fingers in the water they nil
" L 'ei.sl te the top. nibbling at my
Crtff Wt butt at 1I. yii. m.
bu ' wiie are wild. These here are the re-
, .,v Thev are (lie fish which were
ke .'of in the "Ancient Mariner" and which
i iMsecl ilm te be afraid that they would
s T he sh P by clinging In Its sides. Often
They fasten themselves te the cage and slny
,L"ThlsriH0onre'ef the few fish from Atlantic
fit culled the old meld. 'I'here you see its
p eiridlni Snout .ndthln body as it slowly
mvei around llie tank. It Is almost trans-
arent as ere some of (lie ether fish. Once
we women called en me nt my office and
l.rentened le report me le ihe S. P. C. A.
realise they sold I wmj starving the fish se
il nr thev were nothing but 'skin and bones.'
I ii hsu red the Indies (hat thai was the nature
of the brutes, but I hey departed with worried
erinesslen and with doubtful shakes of their
he is and 1 believe they still thought I
was subjecting the fish le terrible cruelties.
Ne New Ones Until Fall
"This Is the Inst shipment of fish we will
get until September nnd then the weekly
expeditions te Atlantic City te capture new
tlsh will begin.
"These fish from Key West were hmught
hr h commercial fisherman who makes It hli
I b'uiluess te catch fish and sell ihein te
."...I LlVeensheacI llieic is the largest in
ii rock and HIS liccn !- J""' :
snake. ' " Kel them te eat (he feeder has
tl hit the meniy with u stick en the end of
hi il n Hh!i. 'I'he infuriated nierny will
lie at he end or Ihe slick and in this way
... its feed Rut unless prodded te action
''' ",r.00J.V.,.i , '..I. and It Is difficult I.,
. i. ..mi ian inui iiki ii
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aquariums bv the lead. After they reach
New Yerk they nre put In speclnl canvas
holders and shipped by freight. There arc
two men in the car .with them te pump
egygen into the holders nil the lime.
"The sea water used in the Uinks Is
brought from Cnpe Mny nbeut fifteen miles
from the const se that we knew it' is pure
salt water. It Is kept In huge containers
from which we can get a fresh supply when
ever we need it for the tanks."
WHY BOTHER ABOUT TRYING TO
BE GOOD?
Frem Scrlbner't.
It seems absurd te be Troubled about good
ness in a world that is being decried mine
than ever for Its evil. Te me one of the
most significant statements In that delightful
history of Mr. II. (V. Wells Is a quotation
from the writings of Me Tl. a follower of
Confucius iu the fourth century before
Christ :
"AH this has arisen from want of love.
Men In general loving one an
other, (he slreng would net make prey of
the weak; the many would net plunder the
few; the rich would net make prey of the
peer; the noble would net be Insolent te the
mean: nnd the deceitful would net impose
upon the simple."
All this time ninny people have thought
tliey were being geed; yet the world today
lesembles very perfectly that of the Chinese
philosopher 2300 years nge. One feels one
self touching triteness en nil sides or de
scending into the pomposities of didacticism
the minute one discusses goodness, even Its
dangers; yet we all suffer from the geed
people we knew, nnd It seems a pity net te
analyze our troubles sometimes lest we fall
Inte felly of the same kind.
It Is net that the dangers of goodness nre
numereus: the trouble Is they are Insidious.
le try te be geed would seem Innocent
enough, but the first thing we knew we nre
nvnldlrig the whirlwind only te butt into tiie.
firmest of Scyllns. The only rule about il
that seems te me of renl Value Is that one
can afford te be only se geed as his dlspo dlspe
"It Ien Hill bear sweetly: se many people are
a little belter than the traffic will bear?
'Ihiis they spoil themselves and become'
Mnrthns or martyrs or saints. Of (he three
I suppose the saints are worst, because they
nre Intolerant, while the Mnrthns and hi
martyrs me merely bad company. The ca
pacity for goodness vnries, of course; In a
few fortunate souls It Is great. One of the
most delightful men I have ever known Is
I like te think, the most beautifully geed!
He Is mere than eighty, but even the en
(limine of old age that most trvlng of nil
w,o,n,:e nn iiiliuc nn UlCllltSl. 111)011 the
utter sweetness of lils nature.
'la lt President a Mutten Head?
Kicnn Ihe Purls (.Me ) .Mercury.
number of Pari men hnve erganised a
club culled the Mutten Club. Thev meet
once a week nnd kill and divide the' sheep,
The Great Heme-Breaker
Pi cim tin Cincinnati Knnulrer
We de net knew much. Rut we de
knew tlinl' nagging lias broken nn in
-homes than booze and infidelity combined.
Would Net Grew Old
T WOULD net grew old, loving wlud-swept
grasses -Toe
much te have my eyes grew dim;
Rowed pines sighing ns (he warm wind
passes,
Sunset tawny en a nieunnlns rim.
1 cannot feel jeuth die, for gay music
thrills me
Toe much te hnve my feet giew slow slew
Fear of gray years in the future chlris' me,
I cannot let my short youth go,
1 would net grew old, for 1 love light
laughter
Ten much le bear thought of tears :
I want the days filled with dawn-flush, mid
no night after;
I must hnve gladness all my years!
Toe much I love small lilts of beauty
Whistling winds or the touch of rain.
IV) benr old age, or le vvnlk in pulhs of
duty
Exquisite rapture Inst In pnn,
I fear touch of age en piecinus glfls 1
treasure
Far oft glint of wings In cleudv blue,
Voices nt evening, and dear hejend measure
The leek in the eyes of jeu.
"
Today there was mi old man, walking nlewly
down Ihe street-- '
I miw his face und ah, hew old njc can be
weet I
Catherine Isabel Hatkctt In siirlbners.
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SHORT CVTS
Flagman Dean has been chased bse
te his caboose.
"1 thank heaven," said Lady Godiva, W;
"Ihut 1 never bobbed my hair." W
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Hidden' somewhere in Schedule 11 It -the
fable of the wolf In sheep's clothing. m
Tomorrow may sec the end of the rail a1.
strike. Joyous Junction ! All change (or v
Prosperity ! 'h
, &
Japanese girls nre bobbing their hair ,f'
and rolling their stockings. Imitation is the Z
sincerest tlnppery. 1$
Onie Rend snvs the flnnner'n short skirls 1
are picturesque. Rut, Opie, rumor hath It .
that the skirts merely frame the picture. J
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"Things nre never se bad but they might ff,
Ii Un-ali .iiaCa.I l.n nntthiluC- 'CIItl.t '' V.
agreed the pessimist,
they're going te be'."
'and that's whit
,
Ocrman monarchists arc said le b, ,jvj,
nletline Ihe murder of Premier Peinctre. iL.
of France. One brand of idiocy begets ,
aneiucr, ,
fl 1Z f 'It At ArCnn vnnl. tfi bnAtv Hr
he takes his lint off te n woman. Pcrhsp1 H
it Is because "taking tilings off" is his long $;
suit. &1
Judging from the present trend of
affairs, the President of the future will hsve
te be ndept in the building nnd assemblinf
of blocs.
Dr. Eugenie Frazier want n sanity- f
lest for pie.spectlve husDancls. 'llicn wiisr.
will become of marriage? demands a Sour
Old Racheler.
"We have new with us, remarked the
Old Timer, what would be considered the -j);
corn-silk smoking days in the corn-silk -yj1
smoking dnjs. JS
Opernlers and retailers declare there ,j
is new very little anthracite above ground, jjjjj
Hasten the day when foyeus circuinsleiue)
will give (he word, "Rack te the mines. K
Miss Mary Garret Hay sn,vs the way te 41
ovoid looking old is te keep calm and avnli
emotlennl crises. Rut n woman can't keen-y
calm when she sees herself growing old and fp
the vicious circle makes emotional crises ;y,'
unavoidable. .' Jj
At n boxing match at Grand Junction,.-
.Cel., both lighters fell at the same nif Tl
ment nnd (lie referee had te use both hands a
te count them out. What one might term a "
hunch of grand junctions. Including one en
the chin and another en the stomach. $jt
French health expert deplores the
rules of se-called decency nt American and 3
Canadian health resorts, which prevent the t
skin from getting what It needs most, the
sun direct. Ah, but m'sieu, don't forget g
that the rules are net always obeyed. $
Rebert Dellar's declaration thnt he can
operate his ships successfully without "
subsidy simply by running them under the v
Japanese or the Riitlsh fing is interesting
Information, but by no means n strong g
argument ngnlnst the Ship Subsidy Rill, '
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A French princess has been sentenced ss"J,
in llerlin te 11 tine of $10. or nine days Iija;
Jnll. for having called n German efficlni3
n Reche. If Germany can collect for lnat'rt
kind of thing she will have no trouble st J
nil in paying uny reparation demanded, ., M
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Weman candidate for Hie State Senate,
In Rroeklyn proposes a law compelling .m",,,jffi
candidates for matrimony te prove ')
economic Independence unci mernl rjiwa
Quite unnecessary law. Most Pre80?.""''
brides ntlend le that for themselves. These-TR
who don't would be pone the better for tMTM
In-w's interference. '$f
Country-Bred
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He reigns in sleek seclusion, pptntnle .1
O'er half the earth, cocooned In 81,clea .J
And silken ease that "nre n inenarch's 'ilte)j
Alene endewen; anu in ins 'u,"C'"-,111;a
Tiade's eeimnandeerers, en whose wmM
Net ft' VituU, but kings and ceunel' J
Te knew If hungry nations yet mny cat.
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Rut new he sits, head bent nnd ejes i
a-drcnm, w
A lonely man there In his left room, 1 X,
And vNenders if qleng the old home bill l
Degwood's in snow, nnd g'rr the purring j
strcnm . , ,,, ,. 1
A htiunted wind breathes of Iho wild iI J
While nil the dusk mourns with
whip-peer-will. . 1. i
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