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GOOD TRANSIT NEWS
TVTAYOK MOOUC'S uiiiieunct'iiieiit iLnt lu
Intpiitl te l)Ut.li plnnv for n prnrnm i
cemprelienilvtf rapid tran-lt tUnnlopinent In
tlie hope of havins !t adopted with the "iane.
tlen of Council and in ngrcHment with the
P II. T. hefore his ndinliiltratien mis H
feed news and bis new.
It Is plain that Mr Meer new i '.early
perrelves the unwisdem of the nnre te
whleli the !t wus leininitud and te which
his Administration fell heir when for sec
tional political reasons crandkwe but In
ninny respects Impracticable networks of
ubways and flevated -trueture!' were ordered
constructed with huse lenn earmarked for
ench. but with the all-Important q.ictlen of
hew mid by whom the should be operand
left unsettled. That wa a mistake whi.h
ought never again te be permitted
Since the rehabl'itatinn of the I' II T
nd its emancipation from polltice-tinuncial
control hate been accomplished under the
Mitten management, the Id-al nnd, in fact,
the only complete workable plan must lie
operation a? a unit of the whole transit sys.
teni lu the city The Mayer, therefore, is
en the right track when he declares that he
Is going te call the 1' It T a well as
Council into conference before expending a
dollar of the taxpayer' money in further
extensions There can be only one reason
able result of such a businesslike way of
preceedln; and that l an arrnngemnt
which will b satisfactory te everybody be
cause every factor will be represented
It would be the grossest felly te go ahead
with the building of llne which an oper
ating company would net rind suitable be
cause they were erected te suit the voters of
particular district and net n a proper
ngineering project.
The Mayer's plan cannot fail te bring '.he
best thought te bear upon the .-ubjeet and
If carried through In the desired spirit of
civic pride and unselfishness it will be an
achievement upon which, when the time
comes for him te lay down the heavy duties
and responsibilities f his difficult emVe.
Mr Moere can leek ba. k with real personal
satisfaction as a monument te his Adminis
tration. FRANCIS B. REEVES
FRANCIS B. REEVHS was n type of re
former who invested that term some
times mistrusted with honorable distinction
nnd wen for it a large measure of popular
respect. His career in Philadelphia Is a
idgnal instance of the r.ght conception of
public spirit.
Mr. Heeves labored unceasingly nnd un
selfishly for the geed of the community, nnd
there were fen humanitarian enterpris.es of
note Tith which hu name was net con
nected. In polities his aim was the reverse
of self-aggrandizement. It was the welfare
of the city which he had sincerely at heart.
and It Is pleasant te recnll that his con
sistent espousal of the cause of clean gov
ernment played no inconsiderable part in the
elevation of that affectionately remembered
"old war-horse," Rudelph Blankenburg, te
the mayoralty.
Philadelphlans after the mannr of Fran
cis H Reeves, men peeed uf his quiet
fewer of genuine constructive accomplish
ment, are net tee common. His pas.-lng
leaves a regrettable gap in the ranks of riti
aens of whom this community i.js the right
te be proud.
Ills was a life of fine ideals unflaggingly
pursued, without vanity and without the
least insistence upon the spectacular.
MARVELS OF PSYCHOANALYSIS
CHARLES HATES VEISP,ER;. stu
dent at the Iniversity of Pennsylvania,
has passed a national psycheanal ticul tes
with flying colors and is declared by ex
perts te have the finest all-round rntch-.ii-catch-can
mentality in anv college in the
country. Ills Is the champion heavy
weight brain ; science has proved It.
Charles, In telling of the infnllible meth
ods by which this was discovered, i-ays :
"There were some questions calculated te
teet the students' powers of observation,
among which I remember one as te whether
the figures en City Hall clock were Arable
or Reman. Luckily. I hail noticed them
and remembered they were of the latter
type."
The only observation allowable te a mere
editorial commentator Is that there are no
figures nt all en the City Hall deck , there
Is merely a straight line te indicate the di
visions of the face Inte fie-mlnute periods.
THE TRUTHFUL CAMERA
r' IS en old axiom lu newspaper work
that u murder story in tripled In news
Tnlua If a love tangle is woven Inte it.
Sordid details of crime ure lightened and
rlghtened and made pnlatable te the public
' the atmosphere of romance nnd the
rtlc thought of a love that stepped at
Vhlng.
f'e rrnd of u husband Main and n wife
nil mIiose effects are found hundreds of
donate love letters from another man.
i de net, en this account, overlook the
neutneb)i of murder, but we find our-
tia Inclined te view with added interest
f i J. aMbUK.
K e mental picture of n beautiful wemnu
ff- vauiht u tue web ei a tangled heart
ir-MtmCiiy.
'.'B 'And then comes the cruel and heartless
,iMi,'''unreinnntlc newspaper photographer,
"' ' ---- f-niii lila fifixlvnmtnt in "mve,"
,'3i7rM, 1,u ,ll,Ies nlmsclf uml utN Plates
'aWtfckta darkroom, for ten minute and
t
emerges" with what? An nll-toe-trup like
ness of the heroine I And nhe is dowdy nnd
ordinary, and her bet friends would hnvc
te admit that she wns fat nnd she herself
would have te ndmlt te forty. And she
wears the spectacles of frank near-sighted-nes
nnd her beets ere eminently of the
"sensible"' variety.
All nt once the whole case descends once
mere te what It really Is n drab and ferdid
story of erdlnnry people without n hint of
real romance te color Its stark ghnstliness
nnd unleveliness.
MONAGHAN'S GOOD EXAMPLE
TO JUDICIAL ROUTINEERS
One Court In Which Courageous Initia
tive Is Brought te the Aid
of the Law
QROANIZATION polities has had a great
deal te de with giving te some Phlln
de'phla Judges the aspect of casual nnd
rather bored spectators in the courts where
the preside Elsewhere particularly in
Ene'nnd, sometimes In New Yerk mid often
In the West Judges feel bound te make
geed use of knowledge gained by direct oh eh oh
tervatien and experience and te utilize cvl
dence discovered through the questioning of
witnesses as ground for rresh initiative In
action against criminals or In the Interest
of the unfertunnte.
There Is no reason why indignation or
compassion or an Intelligent sense of re
sentment should be forever absent fiem the
hem h or why the humane inucern of n
Judge should net find expression In methods
of procedure devised te realie the sji.rit as
we'l as te Interpret the letter of the low
Hut for eme sorts of men there is an ad
vantage In the ether method. The Judge,
who Is merely n cool nnd disinterested and
unmoved interpreter, n ort of umpire nt the
game of the courts, will seldom tread un
wittingly en the tees of his political friends.
Hy leaving the whole business of fact -finding
nnd prosecution te the District Attorney's
office he can remain safe and respectable
within the narrowing circle of his traditional
responsibilities, even if he never does any
thing te advance the spirit of justice and
decency and humanity whldi the lnw is sup sup
pes'd te fester.
It I- te the great credit of Judge Jehn
Mennghnii that he displays, particularly in
the d.rectien of the inquiry into Illicit drug
cases, nothing of the aloofness and lazy
tolerance that se often confuses nnd re
tards In the courts the processes of justice
and enlightenment. He evidently has what
a'.l Judges are supposed te have, a desire te
be right rather than merely literal in the
presence of problems complicated by misery
nnd ignorance and misfortune. And he has
imagination nnd courage
In groping te the bottom of the general
mess that had the Ginsberg parole as one of
it outward signs. Judge Menaghnn has been
making use of hints and implications con
tained In the evidence te ftnd n way grad
ually te th higher-ups who profit by the
dope traffic. Clearly. It is futile and cruel te
send victims of the drug habit te .mil and
ask no questions about the people who prof
ited and continue te profit deliberately by
their degradation
That is what a geed man magistrates and
Judges In the courts of record have been
entent te de It I net hard te find an ex
planation for this startling lack of curiosity
In some of the mi:rt The drug traffic is
linked up rather 'eely nith the underworld
outposts of ward politics. And In a pinch
that threatens exposure of this incredible
alliance the dope peddler- can always he as
sured of th help of well-paid lawyers with
political influence great enough te awe even
a Quarter Se ions Judge
Judge Menachal! has be-n proceeding ie.
lntlesly in hu efforts te let light In
through the veil that pehticul thugs have
managed te draw around the sources from
which dope is isued in increasing quanti
ties and with increasing profit te the groups
that -upply the peddlers. He ba presented
the udd spec-tai Ie of a Judge telling the Di--trh
t Attorney's office and the chief of the
county detectives things which the should
have known long age.
It is almost tee much te hope that one
Judge con expose and break up the drug
distribution system. That Is. a job which
requires persistent investigation unhampered
by political influence of any sort. Yet the
Inquiry In Judge Mennghan's court has al
ready gene far enough te make mere than
one political heeler think seriously of a term
in one of the jail- that holds the add.cts he
helped te make.
Here then :- a Judge who ebv.mi-!y ha
an Intellectual, rathe.- than a political, con
ceptien w h.s function aim nis relation te
society. There i- no reason, one might sa.
why a spirit similar te that revtaled in
Judge Mennghan's attitude in drug cases
should net be present every day in ull the
criminal courts
Hut there is n reason. There are two
reasons. One is political, for self. interested
politicians have tee much te de with the
appointment of Judges. The ether reason Is
temperamental. Net every man i capable
of pity or able te ee the social casualty
behind the battered exterior of a drug vic
tim or se constituted as te hate the in
justices which perversions of the legal cede
sometimes make possible even in the courts.
Any one who has net forgotten hew te
think ought te be able te see by this time
that the courts, like the Congress of the
United States, have suffered through the
power of debased and unenlightened political
factions and that they need u new baptism
of the American spirit. Dull reutineers en
the bench have done a geed deal In recent
years te diminish the prestige of the bench
and 'e lessen the tei-la! efficiency of the law
Itself Their open service te their political
masters has disillusioned multitudes The
fearlessness Judge Menaghnn is new
showing provides n reassuring example for
the public.
JERSEY ROADS
IN A time when highway construction has
become the greatest public activity In
most of the States, tell bridges privately
operated are obviously out of date. The
transfer of the great Ocean Clty-Semers
Point bridge from the owning corporation
te the Highway Department of New Jersey
and the elimination of the tell system is
characteristic of n State which always bus
been awtire of the value of geed reads. An An
other link Is thus completed in what ulti
mately will be u line ocean boulevard along
the entire Jersey coast line. Jersey may
new he n little prouder than ever of its
highways, which ure still among the mebt
inviting In the country.
The irrcnt concrete pike, new almost com
pleted between Camden and Atlantic I ity
plnna te ereu It lute. In October are no'
EVENING PUBLIC LEDGER
nfoet is ene of the triumphs of modern
read construction. Stretches of "hnrd"
read almost as geed nrc te be found in
northern parts of the State.
Hut te the motorist who Is net In a hurry
and net anxious te seek short cuts the older elder
fashioned yellow gravel reads of the In
terior, nearly always well kept nnd level
nnd beautiful, continues te be nttractlve.
There nrc hundreds of miles of them which
seem almost tee geed te be real. They run
for the most part through rich farming
nre.is nnd in unlet, idyllic country, ami lend
tourists In nil seasons through landscape
tlint might have been copied from the can
vases of the best of painters. The speeders
arc net en them, for they nre wandering
reads, nnd In some wny or ether n very able
lllghwny Department keeps them free from
dust.
One of the best things about the newer
system of concrete highways is that it will
help te preserve the beautiful dirt reads of
Jersey for travelers In the diminishing class
which still has n disposition te be leisurely
nnd the wish "for te admire nnd for te see"
rather than a desire te rush headlong from
one uninteresting place te another.
THE DESERT OUTRAGE
'TMIE sufferings of 3700 passengers
- stranded in nineteen trains In various
Isolated and arid points in California, New
Mexico nnd Arizona were acute, but tem
porary. It Is the damage te the cause of
the railway strikers that Is well-nigh Irrep
arable. The abandonment of transconti
nental trains by their crews, engineers, con
ductors, firemen, wns an outrage for which
public opinion can find no defense.
It was the contention of the Rig Four
Riotherheods that members of their elder
would have te quit work If conditions proved
hazardous. Definition of the extent of risk
was hence left te the railway empleyes as
Individuals. As a means of expressing sym
pathy with the striking shepmen and also ns
a pretest against the maintenance of armed
guards nt the Sante Fe yards, some scores
of het -heads conceived the Idea of marooning
travelers In desert regleus. The conception
was novel as It was Indefensible.
While It Is true that the se-called desert
stations, especially along the route of the
Santa Fe, possess hotel accommodations
and ether accessories of civilization, the
very existence of these places Is artificial
nnd wholly dependent upon the circulation of
trains. A prolonged stoppage of traffic
would be devastating In Its effect.
Cllmutic conditions reach their maximum
of severity in the arid stretches of the
Southwest in midsummer. The thermom
eter in the Pullmans, stalled at Needles,
Calif . registered 1'JO degrees.
It was impossible te heue a whole train
lead of passengers In the little town. Ice
melted away, previsions were spoiled. Aged
travelers and babies were speedy victims of
the ordeal and in several Instances barely
escaped death.
A delegation of passengers, appealing te a
committee of the biotherheod men for re
lief at Needles, was met with the rejoinder
thnt "net n wheel would move until the
armed guards were removed from the rail
way yards." A- in many instunccs the
trainmen were comfortable enough In their
own habitations In these desert stations, the
cruelty and brutality of their procedure were
thereby aggravated.
Brotherhood members indulging in this
felly have justified their action en the ground
of sympathy with the shop rratl-i In their
dispute. Sympathy is ironical in this con
nection. The public has very little of It for
the reckless men In whom what should be
ordinary instincts of humanity were sup
pressed for a spectai ular play, the fru.t of
which can unly be general and righteous
censure.
WORK FOR A COMMISSION
The suggested fact-finding couimis-ien
for dealing with future negotiations in the
soft -coal industry is geed n far u it gees,
but it doesn't go fnr enough.
The commission is te be chosen by the
miners nnd operators, with the personnel
te be approved by the President. This last
clnu-e should mean representation of the
third party, the consumers.
Hut if would be better if the commis
sion were n public body with Congre-s be
hind It and having the power te investigate
net enlv the soft -coal but the anthracite
lndustrv. It sounds tee mi;eh like a clee
corporation or family affair n? It stands.
A disciple of the trnmp
Humorists portrayed by Old He-s
Gene Wrong Hoey is nt large in Pat-
ersen. N. J. W hile i lie
farailv was In bed he stele the front deer
of n dwelling house, loci:, iiinges mm mi.
Th police are new en the alert te prevent
him from stealing n house te lit the deer
The chain e- are. though, that the allege,
thief is simplv n -ulTercr from a perverted
sense of humor There nre such. Witness
the two visitor- from suburban towns picked
up bv a Philadelphia cop with their auto
mobile tilled with "Ne Parking and
"Safety .one" signs.
Dispatch from Een.
Rule of the den says Americans in
Read Londen are no mere
befuddled by the new
Walk-en-the-Ecft" signs than the Hritlsh
ers themselves. Always the rule hus beeu
Keep te the Right." Hut there Is ex
cellence in the change se long ns the ru cs
of the read remain as they are. All vehicles
keep 'te the left there Conformity te the
new' rule for pedestrians keeps these en
the outside of the sidewalk facing the
traffic.
Having noted the fuels
It Hit. of Course (recorded iu n recent
runt) us report) that
people live longer In the country than In
the city ; that women live longer than men :
that whites live longer than .Negroes; und
thnt theie are ever se many States whose
residents live longer than the-e of Pennsyl
vania ; the old colored porter in a local bar
ber shop grinned and wiiii. "Dem figures Is
neen me ; but figures weiildn t be interesting
nohew if it wn'n't fe de exceptions.
Twe goats in the
Stranger Than Washington Park Zoe
Fiction at El Pnse, Tex., nre
nursing a pair of baby
antelopes. A pigeon at (jlen Ridge, N. J
thought te be hutching a hutch of eggs, was
found bitting en eight young rats, all fast
asleep And sprightly comment is estepped,
darn It', by the knowledge thut the beem-
ingly Impossible bterlcs ure probably sober
sooth.
A dispatch from Teklo says the Japa
nese people believe the navy cut iu accord
ance with agreement made at the Wash
ington Conference does net cut deep enough,
and that present military preparations are
costing tee much uienej . It Is a sentiment
that speaks well for the pence of the world.
Sensational preacher of New Yerk
clnssc "hlenillned hair, wooden nutmegs,
half-cotton wool, waiered milk, pasteboard
leather, padded forms and yellow journal
ism" with "gambling den. drinking hells
and haunts of shnme." Thus does over
emphasis iiiiike u mock of reform.
New Jersey Is planning n visiting auto
tax because Pennsylvania authorities compel
New Jersey fnrmeis delivering produce te
takn out n Pennsylvania llcensa. About
time te swep "reprisals" for "reciprocity."
1
PHILADELPHIA, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 1G,
AS ONE WOMAN SEES IT
Hew Leve Enabled a Country Girl
Who Had Acquired Education
and Culture te Bring Neat
nets and Beauty Inte Her
Heme Without Hurt
ing Anybody
Hy SAKAII I). LOWRIB
I WAS listening te n very pretty, very
charming friend of mine talking te n
young country girl who hnd stepped in te
have n chat with its en her wny home from
delivering some chickens. The talk was
mostly en clothes, nnd my friend ended
suddenly by taking the girl off te her room
te show her some of her things, with a
possible lden of pntterns, etc. I heard them
for the next half hours i.s busy ns school
girls, while polgnelrs, tea gowns, fluffy
ruffles and evening slippers were discussed,
tried en mid gnyly admired nnd laughed
ever.
In the end the girl went off with one of
the dresses, n green Inuslln, ruffled frock
for a pattern und nlsq, I suspect, for
"keeps." x
Ever since this girl has been growing up
she Is new just of ..ge these little con
fidential confabs have been going en about
clothes mostly, but from clothes te ether
things, se thnt with no self-consciousness
en the child's part, my frlqnd 1ms her entire
confidence us well as her most loyal admira
tion; the sort of homage a young girl glveR
a pretty, charming woman when nfar off
she frankly imitates her.
In this girl's case the Imitation went
much deeper than clethes: she copied her
quiet nnd loving way of doing drnstlc things,
und happily for herself she hed enough
character of her own te ninke net only the
clothes but 'he manners she ussimllnted lit
her own environment and the needs of her
net lesser but different occasions.
"COR Instance, the girl had the geed sense
net te make n ten gown, but she did
contrive n most delightful chnce frock for
her senior graduation dnnce nt the normal
school, nnd after a long study of nil my
friend's slippers she enmc te the just con
elusion thnt black ones would be her own
"best buv" ns being suitable for most occa
sions. The silk underthlngs she did net
attempt, but the light featherweight of them
nnd their simplicity, yet their fragile prettl
ness. gave her an Idea that matured Inte
quite ns delightful nnd practical little gar
ments. And what wns true of her adapta
tion of clothes wns even mere apparent In
her adaptation of my friend's theory thnt
there Is n right and hind nnd lovable way
of doing everything which needs doing. The
girl hnd no smnll problem of her own te
face, and It met her ns se many preblmi
de when she came home for the first time
en her holidays from school nnd saw her
family nnd her old home for the first time
with seeing eyes.
FWAS a kindly household nnd about as
hospitable te pigs nnd hens nnd files nnd
ubiquitous children ns it wns te the farm
hands, the old people nnd the "careless men men
eolk." the father nnd brothers who were
mere kindly than they were clean.
The mother of the family had long given
up the task of getting order out of the
chaos. And, in letting the house stay in n
mess, she had pretty well lest her own sense
of personal geed leeks. She wns amusing,
nnd in her caustic way generous, but she
wns really an "object" nnd nppenred te have
become sardonically Indifferent te her un
kemptness. The ether sons and daughter
ns tney grew up had fallen Inte the family
hnbits of never "red ing up." se that the
sight that confronted the girl fresh from
school nnd from nil the new-learned serenity
of an orderly environment seemed about as
hopeless as It was disheartening.
ller getting away te school hnd been
something little short of n revolution, a sort
of romantic experiment In educntlen en the
part of u family that for two generations
hnd been content, nppnrently, te forge book
learning. Even the inenev necessary te
beard her In the town where the normal
school was und the bare necessities of school
books nnd city clothes were get together by
a sort of miracle from funds hid in stock
ings nnd held back secretively by one or
another of the family for some cherished
object, the pe. e-sien of wl Ich receded or
came te the foreground of their hopes as
crops were geed or bad, or the berry season
was abundant or failed, or the chickens mul
tiplied or dwindled.
In fact, the girl's getting off te school
was the result of mere than one dumbly
offered sacrifice en the part of the elder
members of her family ; and It was this ns
much as her own frank, restless hopes ever
the adventuie that made the whole thing
leek se perilous te these of u- who were
spectators.
What if the experimein should fail with
the girl! Or what if If succeeded tee well,
made her home n futuie Impossibility! Or.
worse still, what if she tried te change old
habits in ethers ns they h,d s() easily been
changed lu her. and hurt and alienated the
queer, crechety hearts that had set her
free from u bondage which tin hnd grown
te ignore und even enjev .
TALKING of clothes with inv friend, she
talked of her dilemma with thing- ns
the were at home. She saw with a child
like candor the backwardness mnl nlmest
.ni.Kn.lflHnn ef t l!it dim n 1 wM .'in liA fninlli
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love back of it, and her own debt te thnt
love. Hew te change thing- without hurt
ingthat was her liiiiin question! Whether
te gradually dis-eclnte her-e'f from the'
environment, her very levnl heart never
seemed te allow her te eni, template. It
was plain for n fnmil.v's N1i,. 10 could
never bring into "that mess'1 ;nn ,,( Unpereon-
who hnd made her new life ; that was
just common sense, net snobbishness
Well. I heard fragment- of these discus
sions, lightly tteercd by the elder woman
and gently analyzed by the gitl. and I
gathered that the thing was in he done pain
lebsly, or net nt all.
THE child had charm, ilie clnrin of jeuth
nnd health and a well-kept bedv and an
intelligent. ncquiHiuvi- iimm nun piett
wn.vs of u-lng her bed, lu a f.imily where
nil the teetn went in the early twenties,
her perfect ones for she had spent her
berry -picking money ns n child In visits te
the countryside di ntlst were of themselves
an nlmest romantic asset She would have
passed us u pretty fresh, schoolgirl any
where, hut In thnt dark, iinndv farmhouse
her neat iriinness wns u refreshing r,.6t I0
worried i.ves.
Perhnps If she hnd been a homely girl or
an awkward one she could net have put her
difficult game through with se light a touch.
Hut she used all her delightful differences
ns se nianv spells of levenblenes.s. She iihked
nothing of tin mnt all. except te let her work
for them
EACH day the famil moved line some
new niul ifen-nnt. renovated spot in the
house with a kind of laughing curiosity of
pride nnd expeitnncy. The girl hud sllinu
lited them Inte nil ntlltude of p!ent,re in
their new -old environment, ii liking also le
linve guests come und see. The change In
volved no additional drudgerv te the mother
in fact, the things she had ulwuvs frankly
hated doing, nnd had long only half done,
were done without her being aware of any
hnnUhip te any one.
;.i the ease and tuiiusliigiuss nnd general
rcieH feeling that the change wns accom
plished, it was as greut a triumph of love
ns love ever witnessed. Ne doubt when
she gees hack te complete her course at the
normal school, things will slip hack mere
than n little, and no dmiht when she gees
te her teaching next enr lu some distant
town, nothing much will have i hanged le
the outward eye In that queer old shuck
lint I nm willing te wager thnt they will
leek forward te her homecomings with a
comfortable assurance thnt she will "red
them up" again lu no time and set the
household wheels spinning neislessly while
she Is In their midst.
And I feel sure, tee, thnt if she were
nsked tedny hew she did it. he would take
none of the credit te herself fnr her manner
of accomplishing It, but refer in grateful
nppreclntlveness te the happy councils of
her adviser iu iuuuucrs us ncu n u uuvuea.
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NOW MY IDEA IS THIS!
Daily Talks With Thinking Philadelphia en Subjects They
Knew Best
CHARLES E. KNAUSS
On Modern American Church Music
THE great advance In modern American
church musk- which has been shown in
the Inst few years is due principally te the
congregations themselves, according te
Chnrles E. Knnuss, organist nnd choir mas
ter nt the Woodland Presbyterian Church.
"We have just passed through a period
of about twenty-live years of exceedingly
bad chinch music." said Mr. Knnuss, "but
It has net been the fault of the music itself
in nil ca-es. One great trouble has been
that in the city churches especially there
has been a great deal of music which was
originally written for boy choirs, nnd very
effectively written, tee, but it has been mis
placed and sung by mixed choirs nnd by
sole quartets, and hence the effect intended
by the composer has net been brought out.
' "The same thing in n slightly different
sense is true of the better grade of English
church music, such ns the works of Harnby,
Stniner and ether composers of the same
dnss. These works ure essentially choral
works and they cannot be effectively pre
sented by a quartet, no matter hew well that
quartet slugs; nnd many of them sing very
well, indeed. It Is nlmest as though an
orchestral composition were played by a
string quartet.
Geed American Composers
"A gient deal may he -aid with entire
justice for many of the American com
posers, such ns Dudley Ruck and ethers.
These men have done their full share of the
work needed te lift Ameiican church music
te the plane which it should rightfully oc
cupy. Hut, while it cannot be disputed
thut they have done some things well, still
the day of such music Is rapidly passing.
"The most encouraging thing nheut the
better composers in this country at the
present time is the fact that they nte de
veloping a st vie which is peculiarly their
own, and thut it is a st.vle which Is pre
eminently fitted te service- tn the American
churches'. Among the-e men Feete, West
nnd tluxlngteu Ilurker are the must promi
nent. "This new American st.vle is primarily
based upon the best of the English btyle of
church music, but it does net ilgidly adhcie
le the fatlffness which churneterUes much of
the best Rrltish music for the church. It
may be generally described as American
church music along the best lines, nnd it is n
new nnd gratifying development of the music
of our ceuntiy. net only for the church
alone, but for the nrt of music generally.
Causes of the Change
"This pleasing and interesting i linage for
the better in the music of the American
churches hub been brought about bv a com
bination of circumstnnies. The fust nnd
most impeitnnt of these circumstani es is the
mere general musical cultivation of the pub
lic, and heive of the individual members
of the cougiegatiens. Wheie one person
tvventv years age had an eclectic knowledge
of music, today there eie literally hundreds
who have it and the number is increasing
nil the tune.
"It fellows, as n matter of course, that
this knowledge und desire for the better
things In music must lu time reach into Un
churches, where the congregations, new
largely composed of persons who go te sym
phony concerts und recitals by the great
Interpretative musts nun urns constantly
hear geed music outside the dumb, will
demand better music iu the sei vices, ,U1,
congregation is very likely le get whatever It
makes up Its mind te have. A congiega cengiega congiega
tlen innde up of persons, n large percentage
of whom hnvc heaid the Philadelphia Or
chimin "I'd the great soloists with even
reasonable frequency, will net tolerate for
a moment such music ns hns been the rule
in many of the American churches for the
last couple of decades, They will insist
upon something better nnd, what is mere te
the Kiint, they will get it.
"The recend cause Is that the organists
of the various churches hare fully realized
1922
"ER-R, WHO WON?"
this marked change which has come upon
the Fpirit of the congregntiens in se far ns
the church music is concerned, nnd they
hnve worked harder te bring nheut geed
music thnn they did when the music in the.
church wns seemingly n matter about which
very few persons in the congregations con
cerned themselves
Werk of the Organists
"Every organist who is of the right kind
musically will enjoy doing this work, for
It will be in thorough nccerd with his own
feelings with regard te his nrt. The day
has pased most emphatically when a singer
in the church will he permitted, ns I heard
myself net se many years age while visit
ing another church, te get up and sing
Nevln's 'Rosary' te the words of the hymn
'Just ns I Am.' And this is only a single
one of many instances just ns flagrant. The
congregntiens nrc far past this point new,
and I nm glnd te 'ay that this feeling en
their part has met with enthusiastic co
operation from the organists ns a class nnd
from many of the singers themselves as
well.
"In many of the churches there hns been
a reaction hack toward the original st.vle
of church music. I mean that of Palestrlnn
and tlie ether composers of the early con
trapuntal school. All religious music Is
really based upon this music, and. there
fore, It has been In a measure n return te
first principles. While this music has net
nlwn.vs the emetlnnnl feeling of many of the
Inter composers, it hns n dignity nnd n inn
jesly which is always fitting in church
music, nnd It is nlvvnys wonderfully fine and
effective whenever the organist hns a choir
which can hnndle this difficult music.
"My own experience with choirs hns been
thnt singers in the churches nre usually am
bitious enough te enjoy singing this music.
Hut, nfter nil, the music te be selected fnr
nny church depends te u verv great extent
upon the type of choir which thut church
has. Just as there are several types of
choirs, ve there nre nlse several types of
music, ench of which is especially ndnpted
for the use of n particular kind' of choir.
That church in which the organist most
skillfull combines the music which lie selects
with the tvpe of choir which he hns nlwn.vs
hns the most effective music.
Sole Velres and Choruses
"Iu churches where there ar" boys' voices,
or where the voices of the sole quartet nre
net exploited, hut where choral i fleets are
the things most sought nfter. the Palestrlnn
school of composition has come back most
strongly. These works nre almost nlwn.vs
for chorus, and. therefore, cannot be ef
fectively rendered hv n quartet or even by n
sunll dr poorly trained chorus. The chorus
which would essjiv Palestrlnn must he fairly
large and exceedinglv well trained in order
te innke the works effective.
"Many churches nre obliged, for various
reiseii'. te have n quartet choir. Very geed
effects may he produced with the four voices
If they nie geed ones, nnd ihe singers un
well trained, as Is usually the case will, the
larger churches which maintain this form
of i hiirch music. Hut under no circum
stances mi it lie considered lis Ideal for
winks which vwr IginnUy written for a
chorus. Real churehly fleets can best be
produced with u chorus or with a choir of
boys' voices in places where tin- ergnnist
has sufficient time nnd Intelligence le tinin
them properly.
Outlook Is Excellent
"On the whole, the outlook for better
church music in this ceuntrv is excellent,
fnr better than it has been for many yenrs
past. As I have siiid. the mailer starts
with the members of the Cfiiiftregnluu It
felf first of all The choirmasters anil
the organists have come te r-ulue dearly
that the rendition of cheap stuff is net going
le gel tin m nnvwhen- except outside tile
doers of their churches.
"With tlie situation ns ft is nt present,
tlie Ideal ergnnist or choirmaster is the
one who will take the materia! at his dis dis
pesal and then have the musicnl scie-e and
knowledge te knew what music is best
adapted te these voices. Then there must
be it sufficient number of rehenrsnls te nllnvv
the choir te become thoroughly familiar with
um mono- in uu ns piuiHCs before the con
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SHORT CUTS
Barbers have been regulated. Next!
As the Shipping Beard sees It. geed
wine needs no Uusch.
As we understand it, the Wcstera
Union Is willing te bury the issue.
The Hareld McCermlcks say they r
glad their troubles nre ever. Optimism.
The fact that Lloyd Geerge's goat wen
n prize in a show proves that nobody ba it..
When a hearse has been searched for
hooch It Is a cinch the spirit has departed.
Colonel D'Olier takes the ground that
the fair only has te be known te be appre
ciated. We gather that the friends of the op
penent of Senater Frellnghuysen aie oil
out
le inui.c a Jicceru,
As things stand new, the money saved
en bridge tells by Ocean City people won't
be spent en Sunday candy.
And while the Mayer Is busy with
high-speed transit service let net the vir
tues of a Parkway bus bervlce he forgotten.
If the Grand Duke Cyril Is joined hy
Percy and Hareld in his fight for the throne
of Russia It ought te make a geed comedy
film.
California fruit crop Is tied up bv tht
rail stilke. Oh. well, "putters-up" will
have less reason te complain of the tariff
en sugar.
The way the Chceter nvenue busine'i
men leek at it, the time te Bayly skip and
step grumbling Is when you can force the
traction company te step the skips where
it had previously skipped tbe steps.
j What De Yeu Knew?
QUIZ
1 What queen, by loyal edict, prehlbltel
the me of theatre passes?
- Who said "Familiarity breeds con
tempt"? 3. Where nre the Fortunate Inlands''
4 Hew does the katydid make its noise'
G. Who v ns the Muse of History In Oieek
mythology?
B What is meant by a clinker-built ship'
7 What Is a bagman In Kngllsh commercial
parlance?
5 What Is the meaning of the Turltun
title "efrendl"?
3. What Is the middle name of Themas A.
Kdlsen?
10. What Is a quadriga?
Answers te Yesterday'a Quiz
I. Pausnnlns, n, noted (.reek geographer
and writer en nrt, who lived in th
second century A. I)., mny be said e
hnvu been the author of the first guld
hook for tourists. His "Gnzeteer nj
Hellas" Is the best extant seurce et
Information en the topography, local
history, religious observation, archl-if-cture
ami sculpture of classical
Oreece
". Pennsylvania, Ohie. VlrcInU nnd Missouri
are States leading in the production et
lead.
3 Hcik-s Is Piemler of Czecho-Slevnk a
4 Ills nnint) should be pronounced 'Bay'
nesh," with thu accent en the last )!
Inble
5. The act of knapping la the uet of break
ing stone. The word Is from the Seetcli.
C A three-quarter length portrait Is call"
a Kit Cat Kit Cats were originally
mutton pies, popular In England, es
pecially the latter part of file neveij
tetnth nnd the cnily part of the eight"
renth centuries The Kit Cat (iuh
fenneil In Londen at about that perleA
It brought teitether wits, humor
ists und llterury men The portraits et
the members, painted In three-quarter
lenmli size by sir (ledfrey KnelU-f;
bec.iMie Known ns Kit fats and 'll
turn eventually hecame a geneiic ne
ter nil pie-uier of that size .
7 ciiailes Hrndlaurh wns a noted UnglH-J
i.id'cnl ul llclan nnd advocate ft
s. eulariMii. Mtheush elected le Par
llHinem In ISSu. he was prevented fro-",.
tiik.liK his seat because he refused cm
alii- stl" grounds te tul.e the ea-lh. '
was eventually seated three yeuis ia'"
Hrudlaugh died In 1S91. ...
8. A Marailiuii tunning course Is 2C ml'"
3 sti yards.
9, Epigraphy Is the study of Inscription! ,
10, The paladins were the twelve necrs w
the Emperor Charlemagne, The ternw
pntndln subsequently came te mean i
paragon et knighthood.
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