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I'hIMrlphU. Frldir, Au(uit 11, i::
! PINCHOT IS THE PLATFORM
rVTO FUltMAL platform which the He
n publican State Commit tee In capable of
'devising could he clpnrer or mer, ipll''it
than Gifferd I'inchet'n own deiinltiens nf hl-
purposes, expressed In the primary contest.
I 'Xhat campaign wan net wen en windy
generalizations, nor upon conrentienalbed
bombast, without which no national conven
tion of either of the great parties would be
complete.
Mr. Plnchet'n nomination was a rebuke
te machine politics, a repudiation of ft self
infatuated organization, long Inured te the
fcabi't of regarding the Commonwealth e!
Pennsylvania as its prey und its spoil.
J Decent citizens with even the most nidi
ntary notions of politics should be aware
W this time that Mr. Pinchot's piegrnm i
ne of dellverance and that his p'ans Involve
ji'he work of rescuing a great Statu from
Jnismanagement, special privileges, ailmlnit
tratlre extravagance and plums for "the
boys."
; .The Republican State Committee, which.
It may be remembered, refused te Indorse a
chairman of Mr. Pinchot's choice. In re
ported te be fighting shy of framing a
platform for limelight exhibition during the
campaign for Governer.
It is net difficult te understand this re
lactance. A stereotyped affair with his
torical nllnsienn te the valor of Grant, the
Urbanity of McKInley, the driving initiative
f Theodere Roosevelt and the grandeurs.
f the Republican Party In the annals of the
Eepubllc would serve te delude only these
lmple-mlnded beuIs who have net yet
learned te distinguish between national and
Btatc lsnuen. It wan emphatically net such
persenn who nominated Mr. Plnclet.
A platform specifically devoted te matters
el pressing moment at HatTlsbur would
conceivably ofTend some of its own makers.
Gifferd l'lnchet will translate into action a
pregrnm of betterment upon which certain
shocked peliticihnn in thin State are lenth
te expatiate. The position which he
has taken is as clear an the personality, the
pledges and the record whereby a whoVseme
revolution was effected in Penn-y!ian:a last
apring.
P. R. T. ON A SOUND BASIS
TT IS evident that the Philadelphia Itap'd
A Transit Cnrnpany has wnuthe-ej
it-, i
financial troubles, despite g'i,nin i re li -Uens
by the banking group li..i. 'ufii the
last nnnu.il meeting oppose,! m.- M.tten
management
Thin .s demonstrated bv th" imtiee of
Dillen, Head & Ce. that $2.1 ."u.one W per
cent trust certificates have been is-iii, se
cured by COO cam of the pre-ient equipment.
The notice was net an offer of the sale of
the certificates. The certificates were sold
before the notice wan published
It in tvidence that strong and conserva
tive financial lfeuscs are new ready ti, co
operate with the company in l's rin.ineia'
program Reland Tayler, tne l'hiljdelphln
representative of Dillen. Read & Cu. n
familiar with the condition of the rempany
and with its prebpec-. And he is a tinan
cier of experience and demonstrated ability.
The company authorized an i-1 of
$3,000,000 in trust certificates Ti.e ie
malnder of $."0,000 will be issue, b the
trustees in the future ugaiust th s,., urity I
Of 110 additional corn at s .. li a time an
they deem best The announcement U an
other moral victory for Mr. Mitten
THE REVIVAL AT BALDWIN'S
SAML'EL M. VAL'CLAIN Insists that
locomotive plants are the la' te feel the
demand resulting from Increased freight
movement, which in turn is incidin te a
betterment of business eondii'ens In that
case the present marked renewal of acriv,
ties nt Haldvwn's Is a si1( tt 1 1 1 authentic
Index of that pnspenv win li i In- president
of the gieat ii ,1'iuf.n tur.ng i-rtuhViniiPn'
delights te extol
Whether tins interprets. en of onilli.etin
is correct or net the fact remains thai pip
ing times at Haldwln's, have gcuerallv enn -dsed
a tonic nnd stimulating effei t en this
community. The after-wur slump was
mere protracted than was perhaps antici
pated, but it is new apparent that the tide
has turned.
Frem 300 te f,00 men a week are hi ing
added te the force at Haldwin's This is
equivalent te an average increase of about
1000 empleyes each month. It is piediited
by Mr, Vnuclain that by October I the
works will he operating at .Ml per cent ia
ptclty, with 10,000 men en the pn.well.,
A number of the new locomotives uidered
are for Poland, ethers for Rumania and u
ensldernble number for .Vmi'ticiin r.iilvvnys.
Alarmist views of the future are net easy te
reconcile with this substantial dm wakening
In one of Philadelphia's leading and unl
Tersally known industries.
THE FAITH OF FRANKFORD
'CJTURDY In its optimism, the enterprising
D community of Friinkfuul is regarding n
premise as tiintameunt te inevitable per
formance. Plans are already under nj mi
northeastern Philadelphia for nn ilabernte
celebration In honor of the epeuin,; - en ..
vember f, according te the present pui
mm nf tlie hluh -sneisl elevated lin..
It Frnnkfenl, it must be rum '.led. has hem
patient. Its preparations in break loose
with ecstasy should serve, if there f no
4 t Mtcb, te satisfy sentiments of longing which
I have en the whole been stoically repressed.
$WJk coming festival is te include u his his
'ek'laHeal reTlw,-nn industrial pageant and n
rflrliiW.ain. i A memorial arch, tn b. ,li.
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catcd en Armistice Day, will lend the as
pect of patriotism te n week that will be
memorable.
Werk upon the elevnted line in said te be
proceeding lit it lively rnte. Krnnkferd in
pinning its f tilth upon the conclusion of the
long-bulked undertaking en schedule time.
Tlic municipality iiud the Transit Company
uitquci tlenubly ewe nomcthinte such con
fidence, Heretofore contciriplntlen of the status of
the urban transportation improvement has
net been an unmixed joy. Hut Frnnkferd
has net lest heart.
November e Is no incidental date in the
mind of loyal FronUferdliinn. Whispers
of possible postponements ere net yet audi
ble. May they never be uttered.
With administrative energy and a proper
understanding of the fact that time, even
In I'lllliulelphla, in net rubber, the Mayer'
schedule can be made geed and carnival and
Inauguration will be permitted te synchro synchre
n.7c. CAUSE OF THE LAW'S DELAY
IS DELAY OF THE LAWYERS
When They Serleu3ly Desire a Reform
In Court Procedure, That Re
form Will Be Made
plUKF JL'STlCIl TAFT, who went te
Ilnglnnd this summer nominally te study
liritlsh methods of expediting the bunlncsn
of the courts, probably did net learn much
he did net knew before. Illn visit te
Kngland was without any doubt intended,
net se much te study British legal methods,
as te attract publle attention te the need of
reform In American methods The news
papers throughout the country printed
divpatihen from Londen telling about his
Interview with the liritlsh legnl authorities
and bin approval of their devices te prevent
delay.
In no ether way could the Chief Justice
have brought the subject te the mind of se
many persons se effectively. He in aware
that nothing will be done unless public
sentiment forces it.
The subject has been discussed for a gen
eration or mere. A few years age Themas
learning, of this city, delivered an address
before the Law Academy of Philadelphia,
In which he explained In detail the Hrltlnh
methods and compared them with the
method." in vogue here. His address was
such a thorough nnd illuminating discussion
of the v hole subject that It was printed in
t pamphlet for the information of the bar.
I It has become almost n legnl classic.
Hut our lawyers already knew that the
Hritisli lawyers were net permitted te drag
a case through the courts for j ears, but that
they must co-operate with the Judges in
securing utt early d" lsien. They knew that
motions were usually heard before n master
and were decided en the spot and that the
Judges devoted themselves te trjing cases.
They knew ;t!e that when the lawjers
sought te cover up sent ml evidence the
Judges themsehes intervened and put perti
nent questions te the witnesses
N'ew somebody may ask why nothing has
been done te end the law'i delays in the
1'nitcd States.
The answer is net far te seek. The
lawjers ns a whole hat tmr wanted them
ended Their bar assnriatlens Inn e passed
rt solutions en the subjeit They have ap
pointed committees te revi.se the rules of
practice and te suggest was te Increase the
power of the Judges. Committee-! have miide
elaborate reports nnd suggested changes
whPh everybody agrees ought te be made.
Hut nothing is ever done.
If the members of the liar associations
seriously wanted'Me expedite the adminis
tration of justice It could have been done
long age. The Leglslatuies of the various
States would have passed the neceisary laws
under pressure and the Congress would have
authorized a revision of the procedure In
the Fidem! e .rts.
Hut se long as certain classes of lawjers
can increase their revenues by pro'enging
cases they will net be Interested in short -eniu,;
them. Motions whlrh dehiv de, .mehs
are made and no penalty Is .stiff hi til when
these motions i.re denied. Appruls are
taken en the slightest pretext and Ji.dges
allow the nppeaU. The peer litigant is
wearied by the opposing attorneys, who often
deliberately set out te tire him our and
force h!ni te give up his case In despair
There is nothing new in this. Every ob
server of court procedure has been uware
ui it for jears. Every henct lawyer will
admit it. lie can tuke the calendar of the i
ieurts and point out case after iase whuh
ought te Law been settlfd, but !- ulleiw-i te
remain en the lalendar te n rve the in
terests of the attorneys v.-he are out for all
tin ran make out of their illcntt-
This condition cannot continue Indefi
nltelv There are a few Judges and a few
lnwjcrn who are earnestly seeking te bring
it te an end Chief Justice Tuft Is one of
them. As he reports "what he learned
in England" the newspapers print what be
sav- nnd every one Interested reads it. This i
means every litigant and everv puMIr- '
sp'rited citizen who Is hoping that the nd- ,
ministration of iust.ee in a'deruei racy can '
be made re;isenah' effi'ienr Tn the ceirrne
of t'me there vv i ' li- a body of lav sen-inn
nr whi h will fe""e n, t ion in ( rgrehn I
and bv M.e Legislatures in spin, nf the In-
different e of mercenary lawyers.
The Chief Justice began te show an in
terest in a reform of the courts as seen as
he was put en the henih. He had u bill
drafted increasing the number of Federal
Judges because he discovered that the courts
were crowded with business which they
could net dispose of He has also suggested
I the appointment of a lommisslen te revise
I the pieient judicial mile in stub a way ns
I te cxpedilu business. Ills associates en the
Supreme Court hem h nie backing him In his
efforts. If they can succeed In persuading
Cengiess te iut In iuierdnnce with the rec
ommendations made te it, they will hasten
the time when the State Legislatures can
be forced te act.
In the meantime It is within the power
of the Judges te cut short much of the delay
In litigation. Toe many of them bit tdly
en the, bench while the lawjers drug out n
case by needless questions, by squabbles
with one another nnd by their efforts te
prevent the Introduction of relevant tes tes
timenv Unit Injuriously affects their case.
An uptig'.t Judge with a sense ( ,ls fJ, fJ,
gallens te ti.e eemmiiiiltv can de nan li Mut
even uptight .ImlfS gien wenr.i ni at
tempting " iluc'U law.viis , hu tee often la.v
theiuselvts open te the suspicion thai th,.v
nie seeking In obstruct the ends of justice
rather than te facilitate them.
Heme one has said that the trouble arises
because there Is no permanent body of
litigant doing busless in the courts. The
EVENING , PUBLIC (LEDGER-PHIIiADEEPHIA, FRIDAY, 'AUGUST 11, .
man who has te go te law once decides that
he will keep free of it in the future. If he
had te go te court every few months he
would begin te demand a reform.
There may be some basis for this opinion,
but there ought te be enough professional
pride In the legal profession te make the
administration of justice as nearly perfect
as possible.
A SORAMBLE FO FAVORS
CONSIDERATION of the Tariff Hill in
the Senate bun degenerated into n
scramble of selfish interests for what they
can get.
The Republlennn are supposed te be com
mitted te n policy of protection te Amer
ican industries nnd the Democrats are sup
posed te favor n tariff for revenue only.
Hut neither Republicans nor Demecrnts
rtre acting consistently. The vote en the
tnriff en hides wds net n party ete. Nine
teen Republicans and seven Democrats fa fa
veted the tailff nnd twenty-three Republi
cans and sixteen Democrat voted te put
hides en the free list.
The free-list Senators, chief of whom. are
Ixulge. of Massachusetts, and Spencer, of
Missouri, were from consuming States or
from States In which hides are used ns the
raw material of large industries. Missouri
nnd Massachusetts are the chief shoe manu
facturing States of the country. Se the
Republicans, Ledge nnd Spencer, favor free
hides. Arizona. New Mexico, Wyoming
nnd Texas arc cattle-rnislug States, se the
Democrats, .Wiu.rst. Jenes, Kendrick and
Sheppard. iete for a duty en hides.
A tariff for revenue may go hang, se far
an these Democratic Senators are cen-cr-ned.
when the protection of the cattle
men of iheir S'ates is concerned, and n
tr. riff for prntei mm of the cattle raisers is
net te be ionsuleredfer a moment by Ledge
und Spencer when the shoe manufacturers
of their States want free hides.
Eighteen Democratic Senators have voted
nt one time or another during the considera
tion of the bill for n protective tariff en the
products of their States. In addition te
tho6e already mentioned are Hreussard and
Rnnsdell, of Louisiana Caraway and Rob
inson, of Arkansas ; Harris, of Georgia !
Hefiln, of Alabama; Myers nnd Walsh, of
Mentana; l'lttmnu, of Nevada; Swanson,
of Virginia, nnd Trammell and Fletcher, of
Flerida.
Party discipline has broken down com
pletely Although the Finnnce Committee
leported n duty en hides, Senater Ledge,
the acknowledged Republican leader gf the
Senate, vetid against the lepert of the com
mittee. And long before he turned en the
committee a large group of his Republican
colleagues had refused te fellow him In the
support of ether recommendations of the
committee.
Tliei ,s no leadership en either lde in
the Senate Historic party policies are
thrown in the discard by men anxious te
save their pelim-al lives by getting special
privileges for the industries nf their States.
This sort of confusion will continue te
exist until an Impartial nnd expert lommln lemmln lommln
slen is created te ascertain what duties are
needed te protect the industries of the whole.
country nnd te report them te Congress.
Then every Congressman who demands n
heavier rate of ilutv will he put en the de
fensive before the bar of public opinion and
will have te justify his demand for favors
te the Industries of his Stale which will
place burdens en the consumers in ether
States.
SHORT CVTS
"Darn their hides'" said the Senate.
I nele Sam" may swat the Hlg Four with
a big bunch of lues
May we describe the sugar schedule as
a Smoot preposition?
Repert has li that Senater Iedge saved
own hide witu the ethers.
hi-
German efficiency continues te shv at
the job of straightening out the country's
nuances.
Riotherhned meu who consider this n
beautiful da.v for a walk-out hud best leek
for sipinlls.
"Leve laughs at locks," the Lobbed Lebbed
Lair girl remarked. "That's whi I had
m.ne removed."
Atlantic City convention still wrestles
with flu- problem of removing oil from tlie
troubled waters.
After all, remarked the Senators after
swatting the Finance Committee, there is
nothing like leather.
It is perhaps tiie amiable desire of the
tariff fixers te lighten the loud of the houe heue
w.fe as she returns from the market.
Williamsport, Pa., has known the first
frost of the seicen. Glad news for hay
feverltes, sad news for coal consumers.
Twelve thousand quarts of Scotch
whisky were recently poured Inte n New
Yerk sewer This river pollution has get
te step.
A New Yerk cloak model, after sound
ly thrashing a fellow who tried te flirt with
her, had him arrested. Adding insult te
injury is what he called It.
Hutch McDeritt, of Wilkes. Rnrre,
wants te b city statistician of Philadel
phia. Well, there's no doubt he could cut
s.Pme Htrange and entertaining figures.
Henry Ferd says President Harding Is
en tig pretty well with the coal and rail
strikes Faint prnlse from Sir Hubert.
Henry s plan is te muzzle Wall Street.
'typographical note- When a bombing
airplane cutu loose (English experiments
new confirm American experience nt the
Y.rginie Capes) the capital ship Is distinctly
lower cute.
If the tnxlcab companies would sell the
movie rights for the nightly battle nt Bread
Htreet and Fairmount avenue they might get
enough out of it te pay for the damage done
u prepvrty
The Yeung Lady Next Doer Hut One
surmises that spurinuu liquor blanks are
r.ed l, careful persons who don't want te
reproduce the language of the careless per
sons who buy Uic spurious liquor aforesaid.
lilt net se'.'
A Lincoln Acker in asking the Trens
urv Dipitrtnient for a ileet cutter te act en a
cutter -off of the operations of the rum fleet
evidently thinks a Collector of tlie Pert
should brook no rivalry from Illegal collectors
of centrubund hooch
One of our golf experts says thnt new
that the Fair boosters have started the ball
rolling, all that in needed for the putting of
it ever is the long green. Hut, of course,
he ndds, it sometimes' takes a long drivv te
reach the long green I
When tin- pre-ident of the National Ceal j
A-e' i.itl'iti kivs hope of a ettlcment at
n fund bus been Mimliutl ei if net lu'led J
I s undue pi biicif the pre .umpllen Is that
tin possible eitlcmetit lefc-iri'd te is one of
the l.iud that lj-ueri. the public I
i
The curious thing about trie suggested '
hIup subsidy, sold Demosthenes MdJlnnls,
is that it isn't anything of the kind. It U i
leallv un amiable effort te pay a private in
dividual u trilling sum te relieve the Gov-
emment of a trementtetia Utility.
AS ONE WOMAN sJEES IT
Yeung Artists, Writers and Directors
Are Working for a New Type of
Mevie Which Will Put the
Business en a Higher Plane
Ily SARAH I). LOWUIK
WHETHER we shall ewe It te Mr. Will
Hnvft or net. the movies have entered
Inte another phase of production. Net that
it shows yet in the films Hint are being
shown or that much of the old sort is net
being produced in the studies of the men
who have mere or less monopolized the in
dustry. But the young men who are new
working as underlings for the big pro
ducers, the actor-managers who ere tenta
tively trying themselves out In screen adap
tations of their successful plays, nnd a whole
generation of young artists nnd young
writers are bending their ambition tewnrd
i new type of movie tbnt will take the busi
ness out of the class of Industries into that
of art.
piIE whole school bf acting, from the tears
J- of a girl star In her teens te the panting
passion nnd facial distortion meant te reg
ister nvid desire of the school of the sleek
haired youths, would net be tolerated en
the first-class legitimate stage of a New
Yerk success. .
The theory that since you cannot tulk
you must mouth, nnd, above all, pant nnd
roll the eyeballs In order te be understood
has about the same relation te the real art
of acting that the pennv dreadful has te
"Oliver Twist."
Curiously enough, the persons who have
discovered this fact nre net the present
popular movie screen actors, nor yet the
public, but the younger men who are wotk wetk
ing nn managers for th producers nnd a
new group of producers who are gradually
establishing themselves out in California
and elsewhere.
These men ere experimenting en lighting,
en n whole new mechanics of scenery, en the
subtle play of muscles and shades of posture
and balance of groupings that have until
new been far mere the province of the
sculptor or the portrait painter than that
of the actor.
In fact, it is te artists rather than te
theatrical men, actors or property experts
that the new school of movies is turning
for help.
THE yeungsiters, male nnd fcmnle, who ere
the movie stars have nt best made a
study of gesture only from the theatrical
standpoint. New, ns a matter of fact, the
artist who studies the human body with
a chisel or brush in his hnml knows twenty
tricks of gesture and a geed titty in pose
te the great generality of actors' round
dozen.
That is because he knows the bedv from
the groundwork of imntemy nnd with the
memerv of all the classic poses from the
dayii of the Greeks te these el the line, ton ten ton
gueiMits Indies and supercilious gentlemen of
the eighteenth century. Added te this, his
own memory sketches of the shade, of mean
ing en faces and in bodies from his student
days given him n very much mere compre
hensive knowledge of what the body does
under the stress of human emotion than
can be translated into n picture by these
who are only learned in the nrt.n of the
theatre.
The growing dislike of artists te depend
en picture exhibitions for their nppreach
te tlie public, the present fad against the
"easel picture," nnd their pleasure in ex
periment rather than in completed studies,
make this new way of .experimenting with
poses in black nnd white, of lighting, of
grouping and, ubevp all, of symbolic ges
ture n welcome outlet for their talents.
In the opinion of the younger men among
the producing ciewd,- It was plain that the
expert advice of the artist who painted or.
who sculptured was coming into vogue and
mere or less challenging the less imagi
native, less accurate end mere stereotyped
methods of the theatrical crowd,
ANOTHER change wns In the photo
graphing of scenes. Very perfect and
ingeniously correct that Is. lifelike scenes
can be made en n scale of one Inch te a
feet. These pigmy towns and castles and
landscapes can be enlarged te life-sized
backgrounds Inte which human figures are
introduced by some process of double pho
tograph v. The actors go through nil their
evolutions en their little strip of stage with
only the necessary foreground furniture or
' ether scenery: the backgrounds are sup
tilled from ether sources and nt ether times.
Of course, for all the freaks of movie
stunts, the hairbreadth escapei, the perilous
climbs, the falls, the dives, the jumps nnd
the collisions, as well as for all the fan
tastic illusions such as ghest-wulks and
limitations nnd spirit forms, each studio
vies with its neighbor in inventing new
mechanisms und photographic short cuts. Se
thnt net only does the artist, but the scien
tific mechanician have an opperunlty te
utilize his talents for a growing and for a
paying public through the agency of the
mere progressive -of the young producers.
D is n game where immense sums of
money can get u big effect en bread, gen
eral lines or where Ingenuity nnd scientific
handling can get an ever better effect en a
truer-io-llfe basis.
Yeu can have the French Revolution
staged v. ith thousands of participants and
with guillotines going full tilt and rides te
rescue ever nnd ttireugh the barriers, net
te -.peak of jhe nsBault en the Hastllle and
the riot out at Versailles and at the cost
of a million dollars, but It does net give
you any mere the "feel" of the French
Revolution nnd what went before or what
rune afterward the real thing than n
song sung by Yvctte Gilbert of the farewell
of u marquise who gees te the place of
execution In the same tumbril with her
lever.
WHEN real artistry takes a hand at the
pertrayul, the effect Is net accomplished
bv surging crowds nnd a reconstructed
Tuileries for a background-the droop of
a shoulder, the lift of a head, the long,
still leek of n face from which fear or hope
Is svvep . can give it, nnd net only te the
seiibisttcnted but te the unenh!srientcd
Fer very great art appeals te one as well
us te 'be ether
Fortunately, there i.s still in the world
very great art, only it Is hid in unexpected
places nnd has te be sought nnd festered
by producers with Ideals.
Yeu hear lets of sterlen among the movie
producers of the grent things that huve failed
se far te pay for their making m the film
world. They cite "Broken Blossoms" ns
one of these great "fnilures." j ,0 net
think either an n subject or nn nn acted
drama "Broken Blossoms" would have been
chosen ,bv the newer school of artists for a
popular success or for an artistic success,
it was net life. , And it wan net universal
in Uh fragedv. nnd tn spite of the beauty
of its scenes It was very sentimental and
without relieving cemedv.
The younger generation of plav writers ere
net interested te produce sentimentality ;
that ds n "dated" and "scrapped" weak
ness. Which in wliv they seem se brutal te
their elders when they portray vice nuked,
and. us It generally is in life, brutally Incon
sequent. If Mr. Heys will see te R that
nothing thnt If wicked I.s cevemd by n
hyprecrltical ieil of false sentiment I. e.,
sentimentality nnd that nothing that Is
geed is made ludicreus1 by bud manners, he
will meet the new school half way nnd
grcntlv benefit n patient but net stupid pub
lic The Maharajah of R.tj.
Hip. Illn. pmiIii came te WMt ,IH
Hajplplii for fifteen days ami
stayed n month. That's
hew much he liked us. He says baseball is
like tlie English game of reunders but is
fasier and mere scientific. It is. Chess h
also mere scientific Ihau tiddly winks. He
likes our newspapers and he likes our girlH ;
which Is tribute te his geed taste and geed
sense. And .these, 0f us who visit Rajplpla
are prepared te enthuse as be did. Perhaps.
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NOW MY IDEA IS THIS!
Daily TaUts- With Thinking Philadelphians en Subjects They
Knetv Best
EDWARD T. HARTMAN
On Pre-Scheel Training for Children
PHILADELPHIA has tee many firave
yardn nnd tee few playgrounds, accord
ing te Edward T. Hnrtmun, managing di
rector of the Child Federation, who declares
the public Is paying "the greater bill for
the greater ill" In net providing proper
physical training for children during the
pre-school period of their lives.
"The United States Bureau of Education
sets forth In one of its health-education
leaflets," says Mr. Hartman. "that the
determination is widespread that the public
schools of the country must never again in
the future, ns in the past, place book learn
ing before physical fitnebs. Frank Cedy,
superintendent of the Detroit schools, says
that the most far-reaching change in educa
tion is the new emphasis upon he-1th edu
cation. Twenty yenrs age health activities
were incidental te the main purpose of the
schools. Today they nre the first of our
seven ebj'ectlves. Sir Geerge Newman, chief
medical officer of the English Beard of Edu
cation, says that Mt seems futile te attempt
te reform education apart from the physi
cal condition of the child.'
"Whatever the thought maybe about whet
Is edurutien, we l.-ve te admit that the first
thing in life 1 H(e. If we are net alive w
are dead. If we nre only half alive we ate
net properly developing physically, men
tally or mernlly.
"These facts bear in our educational
problems, also en our civic, jilu&trlul and
military problems. The labor tmii-ever In
industry, a heavy bu 'den in e. penst mid
efficiency, is largely due te the fact that our
people . re net physically fit.
Which In Greater Rill?
"Se our schools have a definite task in
relation te health, If the money we are
spending en them is te be well spent , If we
are te get results in educutien ; if we are te
turn out from our schools people able te de
their work, the work they and the country
need; if ignorance, innniipetei ami un
natural slethfulnesH nre net te pull us down ;
if the 'greater bill for a greater i ' is net
te sP our treasury for care of the criminal,
Impoverished and Incompetent clones, the
schools must build, build in every sense with
every child.
"Hut If the schools are te build for life,
for the work the weild needs, what nbeut
the pre-school period, Ihe .cut neieeted
period of childhood V The pre-school cht.d
of today Is the school child of tomorrow,
the citizen of the duy lifter tomorrow.
We are slowly learning the liuiwrtauce
of the prenatal period. We are doing a
little work In this and a liltli) ui the period
of infancy, but net enough. This Is obvious
from the fact thnt In Philadelphia iqcue than
two thousand children are hum dead ccery
year, mere than one, thousand die in the first
'week of llfu and three thousand die between
one week and ene year et ne s,, what we
arc doing here in net nil that needs te be
done
"Hut we nre doing prncrlcallr nothing
between infancy and the school period. Here
are live yeais, unions the most Important in
the divelepment of the child, physlcnllv nnd
mentally, which we leave te chame. ' 'i'jlu
hculth thpnrtment needs mere nurses, trained
In health nurture, te enable u m reach into
this period.
"And the school department must de
something. It must reach down into the pre
school period and prepare its material for
the schools. Why net' If the public reaches
down into the school period te prepare ma
terlal for renewing Itself, fer1 perpetuating
civic life, It is surely logical for the nehoels
te reach Inte the pre-school period and pre
pare the material with which they are te be
continued.
Neglect In Pre-Scheel Peiimi
"In the absence of ibis the m.Iioe'h fm,
their material unfitted, diseased, biukward
eud all piegicss l reluriled ,,.. lW('
veins, perhaps the whole school pen,,,) )s
wasted In trying te make school niiilcii.ii ',,,,,
of the results of neglect In the. pii..bl-.loei
period. i
"Hew lire they te go about it? Here Is
just one suggestion ; The pre-school child
neuds one tiling net provided in nbuudunce
ey parenuj, uririjwr""lvns or the city,
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and that Is proper play spnee and equipment
for children of the pre-school period.
"Pley is the serious work which nature
requires of such children. Through this play
they grew. It develops their muscles, the
cii-ordlnetlon of mind and muscle; In short,
it makes life possible.
"One trouble with Philadelphia is that it
has, in its large nreas of home-covered land,
tee many graveyards and tee few play
grounds. The school yards are tee small,
and many of them have no corner where
children may play in sufety. Wheie elder
children are in a measure eared for, the
little ones hnve te content themselves with
the crowded home, the sldewnlk or the
street. And they de content themselves, for
they nre long-suffering. But the trouble is
that when they de net die, hut grew up in
spite of their surroundings, wn nre net con-,
tented with them. And every fall they are
filling our greatly handicapped schools with
further hundlcaps.
Play Space In Needed
"The city needs hundreds of small chil
dren s corners, separated from the play
space of elder children, where the toddler's
and all children of pre-school age may play
In safety. These should be provided with
blocks for building, sand, swings, teeters and
ether equipment for young children. Such
children want tn de things. They need ma
terial, and almost any material which they
can use is better than toys. Mechanical tev'.s
are nn educational crime.
"The department of physical training
would be glad te provide such corners and
equipment, but If has no mnnev. Se neglect
continues, nnd we eentli 'te 'pay the
greater bill for a greater ill.'
"If the greatest thing in life Is life, hew
can w-e com inc.. ourselves that we cannot
nlTe,,i,1l ''' "' '." V'r? "'lugs which are es
sential te life.' We huve allowed thousands
of our children te be born into renditions
that muke healthy, physical, mental and
moral growth all but Impossible.
Citizenship ut Stake
"The only wonder Is that se miinv chll-
hundreds of these children grew ,p , Z .,"
desirable citizens. VP can't de ir , i
de net like le keep. It is Vur, , N " ve
lie vviien tliey
I,-. l. i , ' "" uieill
citizenry, e
......... ,,or uncKlJOne of our
cmzt'iiry. e our Industrieswhen ii. ... .
come Philadelphians. '
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RADIO
O1' ?hOT.","0r1 ,"ni1 nr,t n thought'
In he wide world shall ,.01m, ,,, , , . .
Ne 111 tlu love with sails 0f hit '
Shall vanish homeless in th,. nl in
This wind that moves w,tl, fitnfi M)n
My plumed ami puiple pin.s mining
Shall wave dim palms in tropic ,,ii ,
Shall storm the white llimulaja,'"!' ,,
And every, dienm I mourn ns demi
Or lest Is ljricully lied '
Out of my heart Inte another's
While I have taken home mj brother's.
At length shall bienk en Mmteran
The wuve Unit llieteu saileis
Blue-rolling westward ,,, sm
Te thunilci en the uie.iilful Hern
The tingling ulr is ihrlllcd ,, Ml . .
The universe I can mlii'iit .
Mvsieileu.sly gnat and m ai
Cieiilien's thliibbiiit; henii " ,,n
Of tliiise elliMiilH, faiewells (Iis,ts
That dim my days and haunt m., ,.(,,
In all the lonely strength of wings
home heart shall make regeverlnKs'
Archibald ttutledge l,i Btrlbnii'ti
ilren grew un as well ns thev de. Thev de
it n spite of" conditions. Hut that does no
relieve us of our lespenslbllltv. , d ...
must assume our respenslbilltv or ,. m
Und our boasted civilHriitieu dying oft at h
top faster than it is renew ed'trem he bit bit
tern. It Is a serious question wliethu ,s
pieeess s net n'ready In upeiuilen.
"Crowded Leincs in congested' districts
ui- .,.,, uie m-eeiiing place of the hiL-liesi
tvpe e . itizenshlp. Theu. ,,,, , ,V , .
uic net being prepared as we slwnl ,, I
(Mile .hem ft is the fault of ,. g, . , ' . '
in which thev ve. iiml ,, ,i...,r , ' ,"l
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HOO"!
Wliat De Yeu Knew?
QUIZ
1. Which State Is the farther north, Penn
sylvania or Kansas?
S. Who was Matlnme de Sevigne and for
what was she especially noted?
8. What saint was King of France?
4. Who was the Reman goddess of wisdom?
B. What Is an apteryx?
C. What Is ihe original meaning of tht
word cotillen?
7. Hew did silk get Its name?
5. AVhat Is nn amalgam?
P. What Is a tort In law?
10. Whnt American general wa.n killed In
the Battle of Hunker Hill?
Answers te Yesterday's Quiz
1. Queen Anne of England conducted
famous correspondence with tlin Duch
ess of Marlborough. Her Majesty;
signed. herself ns Mrs. Merley and tht
Duchess as Mrs. Freeman
2. Merlin, the magician of the Arthurian
tales, has been called the "Frlnca et
Ihiclianters "
S. StroniMell Is an cxtremelv active vc-lcsne
In the, Liparl Islunds, off the ccmit
e' S.cllv
4 Admiral Montlje commanded the Span
ish fleet which was destroyed by
Dewey In the Hattle,pf Manila Bay en
May 1, 1898.
6 A perfect number is one which Is equal
te the numt-rs which will divide Inte
it evenly. Thus, six I.s a perfect num
ber, because It Is evenly divisible br
1 2 nnd 3, which, added tegethtr.
make sl. Among the schoolmen of
the. Middle Ages It was believed, that
Hed made (be world in sit days, be
cau80 1, Is a perfect number.
6. The mt-squlte Is a small tree of the bean
family found In the .Southwestern
United States and southward te Peru.
It Is especially common In New Mexico.
7 Menu Is erlglnallv a French word, mean
ing small. F.ventuallv It came te
mean n list of small details or par
ticulars. 8. The Hnttle of Fontenev, In which th
French defeated the KnullJh and Am
'trlans in 3 74.'.. Ih famed for the cour
tesy and politeness of lis belligerent
When the head of the Ungllsli column
halted llfty nacpn from the French
Kunrcln the office! s saluted reciprocally.
Older your men te lire'" cried 1erd
Hay, captain of the English guards.
' Ne. Menhleur." responded the Count
d'Autereche. of the French line, "tht
honor Is yours "
9 Olympiad Is the jintne given te the period
of four years between the relebratleni
of Olympic Kames In ancient Oreece. i
The term was used by the Greeks In
dating events. The word is new some
what loosely used for the modern
Olympic games Instend of for the In- ,
teival separating them
10 A stelnbeck or steenbok Is a small AM- '
cm antelope
Today's Anniversaries
1 "US Captain Bies and a Spanish force '
reai bed Si. J.euis and took possession of
Ihe territory in the name of the King of
.Spin ii.
ISl.'i Henry .Inmes I've. English pee
liiuieate, died. Bern in r.tmden in 1713.
IKUU Sir Samuel Atichmuty. a UritisA
general In the American Involution, died
in Dublin. Bem in New Yerk June 23,
17.-.S.
1 Mil The Ut. Hev. Benedict .1. FB
wick, Catholic Bishop of Bosten and founder
of Hely Cress College, died in Besien. Bern
in Miirylnnd September ", ITS:.'
I Si"L' Lewell Musun, who was Instru
mental in introducing the teaching of niun
in the public schools, died ill Orange. .V
.1. Hern at Medlield, Mass.. In 17H-'.
1 ill II President Wilsen called upon cel
miners te speed up pioductien in meet war
time neuls.
!!:. I -Piesldent Harding issued formal
call for the Washing en Confluence.
Today's Birthdays
Sir Edwaul Kemp, former Cabinet offl effl
eer, new a member of the Senate of ';nn'
mlii. born ut Cluiencevllle, Que , slits-foul '
years age.
Kiiure Shldcluira. .lupnnese Ambassador t
te the I'nlled Stutes. who has been
ported seilmisly ill, born at 0nku-fu """
yea is age.
Utile lleldeii. piisiilent
of the Hurllnsv
urn liiillieau svsli'iii, born
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In Kunsns liu
,l . Oil. IHIl- wills ilfce .
Wil'ium si. Cailei. hue piestdeiit f '"?
liiiilh-ihiMiil of I.i iiiiliv I'm ui"" nl"J
1'ng tiemeii. born nt Austin, 'lev. l-lil'
tinii yen is age . .
liilTeird liiiilie. Itcpublli'an uumltn-e ''
(ioveiiier nf I'eniisylvania. born at '"
bury, l nun., liny seven years age.
lese'iih Weber, who. with his former P"
r, has revived the famous thentilcal ,
latlen of Weber nnd Fields, born in Pv
ner
blnatlen
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