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Jill rights e republication of special dispatches herein tire (the reserved. rhllidrlplili, Mendsr. Auiuit :1, 1922 JA REGISTRATION CAMPAIGN W' OMEN prominent In both iielltlc.il camps linvc evidently determined te reader Invalid this jenr nny pleas for leiilency that may be advanced by rcgij rcgij trt(tlen slackers. iV group of organizations, including the Women's Joint Committee en Polling Pisces, representing the Republican 'Women of Pennsylvania, the Women's Democratic Clb, the Women's League for Geed Gov Gev erijment nnd the League of Women Voters, hate petitioned the Registration Commls Cemmls Commls sleiiers te mark the division polling places wlfh conspicuous placards clearly designat ing the number of both division nnd ward. A Comprehensive effort Is being made te fix tb registration dates In the mind of the public and te urge all electors te re-establish their right of franchise. Additions te the assessor's lists can be made en September 5 and (1 in the division polling placeR. The registration das are September 7, September 1!) and October 7. Thje hours are 7 A. M. te 1 P. M. and 4 P.JM. te 10 P. M. JVitblii about n neck the campaign for Gorverner will be officially started by both Bejrubllcans and Democrats. Opportunities of the autumn political revival are readily grasped by the professional politician. There are lamentably large numbers of citizens whose awakening is less speedy. Electors of this type are apt te complain that the registration period has passed be fore they were aware of It. Temporary dis franchisement and ineffectual grumbling is eftjn the result. Public-spirited women are endeavoring te the best of their abilities te restrict the opportunities for legitimate excuses. The identification of polling plares Is an ex cellent idea, although, even te the casually ebgervant individual, the assessors' books hanging from the outer wall of the room where registration is conducted ought te be a sufficiently Intelligible sign. , Lest mere remain any doubts concerning the" necessity for cempljlng with n simple formality, insistence is laid upon the fact that a complete new registration must be mode this fall. Registration for the pri maries last spring will net qualify an elector ferVpartidpating in the November election fer1 Governer. The duties of con.scientleus citizenship, se far at least as regards the regulations, are net difficult. Indifference, however, is a vague but for midable fee te combat. The women of this community are te be congratulated en their courage and perseverance. !A TALE OF A TOY WAGON "P1 ICHAKD KCATING Is nine jears old. lie was once the proud possessor of an express wagon. He worked nnd saved te buy this express wagon. And it was the joy of hls life nnd of the lives of his little brothers nnjl sister. Then one day he left It outside n store and an automobile ran into it and pnipshed it. The police assured Richard that the automobilist would be found and wejild give him enough money te buy nn nn ether wagon. And. weary weeks afterward, Richard was called te face this man before n magistrate and pleaded his case se well that the man agreed te pay. He hasn't paid ye. He's waiting for the insurance com pany te adjust it. And Richard ttlll has no wagon. Consequently his jeung mind revolts nt the uncertainties nnd evasions of tbij law and he is bitter toward our modern processes of justice. jUchurd's frame of mind is tjpical of many who are considerably mere than nine ycrs old. They have suffered some damage : the-ether man admits it. Rut they de net get repaid. They must wait and wait and the law is cxDcnslve. It is a cumbermmp 5 system. It is an irritating system. They ask ler simple justice nnd they get law and th4 law's delajs. Then they become bitter nnd blame the system. But it isn't really the sj stem's fault. In the complexities of our modern civilization, the mere pajlng for a bej's broken express wagon may, as in this case, involve many people and every step must be taken ac cording te set form in order te nveld the chance of a mistake leading te future com plications. The nutelst, we will say, has been paying Insurance for sevcinl sears. This accident ' -,tvu ' .IE!11 Cl ! ? J J ;se SI lij Js what he has been pajing for. His in- CIB111UC1I13 uuvu uevii jilting up 111 us vaults ngalnst the day when Richard Kiating should come tearfully te demand another wagon. And that day is here. Rut the books of a great insurance com pany are Involved; there are intricacies of procedure that must be followed. Te make 0 lax exception in this small case would open IjKilJl lt uuur iu iiiiiui.0 mm imgui involve tliou tlieu itT'l sands of dollars hi ether cases. The il,i,,.. must be done regularly and must be checked up every step of the vva. The motorist, in all probability, feels like putting his hand in his pocket and handing Richard the price ofmuetber express wagon. Rut that would t cost him double, for then the insurance 7. ............... . ..!.! I... ..I....1 1 i .i cuiui'uuj nuuiu ue uueeiveu unu me mo torist's premiums would have been p.ijd in fofnethlng. Seme day, perhaps, our developed public cerpselence will make all these things un necessary. In that day, If un auteist tm&shcs Rlt'herd's vvugen he will hunt 'BJebard up and say, "Richard, I have limjshed your express wagon. I'm very erry. Here is ten dollars for jeu te buy ether one with." je that great day there will be no police pelice lumt te locate the man, no muglstiate's hearing te compel Richard te prove thut he-has been aggrieved, 'no delay while u irrmt Insurance ceimmiiv sendu ..v..,...i. ... I u..M.AW III., 1 tCltlf lit flm BVILnun .. .. I appraise its value and report back te hcud qtiirters. A V, utw.li II enmlltlfm In, it et ......... ..I... t. ' jpk'4fd upon the assumption that every Hiatmauu every woman aim. every boy nnd tfftyVfirl is cleuu and fair and honest and jWH,tt w"p?'s,,'ij " "r,' y generous and full of genuine lore and sym pathy nnd unselfishness. Civilization has struggled two thousand years toward this still distant gent. It will get there finally ; it Js far from there new. As things nrc today ns men nnd women seek te evade responsibility nnd continue te jlcld te the vice of acquisitiveness it is es sential that we have n cedo te cepe with the problem of each broken express wagon. If nil of the Richard Keatlngs in the world could bnve their express wagons smashed tomorrow nnd could be brought by that te realize hew desirable the Ideal system Is, it might be a very geed thing for the next generations of Richards nnd the next nnd for the whole world in the aeens te come. CONGRESS IS STILL LUCKY THE STRIKES ARE ENDING And Washington Politicians May Agalji Be Able te Evade Their Obliga tions te the Country rnilAT providence which watches ever Washington nnd makes life easy and effortless for the Congress of the United Htntes obviously -is in business et the same old stand. Fer a thrilling hour or two after President Harding's address en Friday it appeared that the Heuse and the Senate would be compelled te reuse themselves te constructive thought nnd unprecedented action in relation te the railway nnd mine dendlecks. Rut today the strikes are set tling themselves for the simple reason that both sides are nlmest completely exhnusted and nt the end of their staying powers. Ne one has wen anything. Every one has lest. The waste and the ruin of the battle is everywhere an appalling spectacle. Te the public of the United States, the people who burn coal and ride en railroads nnd pay freight bills indirectly through in creased prices en commodities, remains the duty of paying the costs of the inconclusive war. As a people we nre in a position some what similar te that of the Germans. Ne one asked our permission for the fight. We were net warned or consulted about It. Rut out of our pockets and our sweat and hardship must come the uncounted millions lest through the greatest trial of attrition ever organized in the industrial field of America. Seme of the railway execu tives and some of the coal operators and their allied groups decided that the time was ripe te break up or weaken labor unionism, and the unions decided that the moment had arrived in which they might attain com plete dominance ever two of the most essential utility services. New the miners are prostrate and despairing, though they still cling together. Most of the coal oper ators are frightened at the prospective re sults of the strike. And it is only with great difficulty and net a little dnnger te the traveling public thnt the railroads, es pecially In the West, maintain something like rcgulnr service, since the essential busi ness of repair nnd Inspection of rolling stock was seriously curtailed. The rail executives knew that these hours are charged with danger for their sys tems and their patrons. The shepmen know knew that thej are out of favor with the country. Se, before many davs have passed, the battle will be declared a draw and both sides will issue statements claiming n real or merul victory. Then the unorganized nnd non-striking public may sigh in resignation as usual and prepare te shoulder the burden of the general less. Congress, asked by the President te legis late directly and immediately against the arrogant spirit of the unions and the methods adopted by the union-wreckers, was in a fix that must have been painful nnd embarrassing for most of its members. Fer, normally, in a country ns rich and lucky nnd easy-going as ours. Congress hns an easy time of it. It seldom has te endure the ngenv of a great decision of any sort. Habit, accepted rule and the force of mo mentum carry the country through. Rut en Saturday the Heuse and the Sen ate found themselves up ngalnst a real emergency which they couldn't ignore. They were told" by the President of the need for forward reasoning and pioneering wisdom They were confronted with a situation demanding the sort of legislation necessary te take from labor unionism its power te pnral.vze some of the country's industries nt will and from organized employing groups their right te incite and bedevil labor Inte moods of fighting desperation. But Congress, as we implied before, is lucky. This crisis in its life may pass, as ethers have passed, without compelling It te the grueling business of profound thought or the trials of courageous action. The rnil men nnd the coal men are today in n way te adjust their superficial differences unaided. And there is geed reason for the assumption that such an adjustment will be satisfactory among the politicians in Washington. It will net greatly matter in Congress thnt the settlements may be superficial and Impel mancnt or that both sides will fall back te gnther strength nnd resources for nnether conflict, in which, once again, the country as a whole will be the Relglum of the occasion. When the word gees out that the strikes are settled Congress will in all probability be content. The President asked Congress te de n very trvlng thing. He asked it te deal fearlessly and in the public interest and in n scientific way with two groups that arc very powerful in politics the labor group en one hand and the corporations with cam paign money te contribute en the ether. If th- politicians in Washington ran evade the job they will be pretty sure te de se. Mtanwhlle neither the cenl miners nor the operators welcome the sort of inquiry which the President suggested as the basis of u permanent strike-prevention sjstcm in the mine fields. And if that commission W net authorized and if the "a peuce en the rnlls" is considered adequate te obscure the necessity for a stronger Railway Laber Reurd and compulsory arbitration of rail disputes, we shnll have ether enormous in dusttinl war bills te pay before the one seen te Ix presented te us Is disposed of. The President, by bluntly putting the whole question of the strikes up te Congress, did nn excellent thing for the country. He gave the people of the United Htntes n most favorable opportunity te assess the value of the congressional mind and its usefulness in n crisis. Wc shall see what we shall see, The Congress is of our own making. New, in the manner in wblch it deals with the 'VH555?5t5RMrf55J5!vt? MiNixxG lrUiO LiweU-rUiLAijEU'iilA, MONDAY. , AtGUT 21, present crisis in the Industrial world, we shall be able te see whether we, as a people, are fully awake te our power te direct our own national affairs. JOHN FRITZ npiIAT historical consciousness, nbund nntly expressed nowadays in the ob servation of centcnnrles, hns done well this year by Grant, born 100 years nge last April. In llternture nnnnllsts have reminded us thnt It is n century nge this summer since the Percy Rysshe Shelley wns drowned in the Gulf of Spczia, nnd tributes te the "In effectual nngel," ns Arneld called him, have been fervently renewed throughout the world. Arneld himself was a product of 1&J2, nnd preparations are being made for celebrntlng the centenary of the poet nnd critic, which occurs in December. Statesmen, soldiers, writers It is te these thnt pest-mortem honors are most commonly made when the completion of n cycle ennbles n new age te recognize the past nnd te attempt seasoned estimates of some of Its titles te fame. Jehn Fritz had he lived this long would have been n centennrlnn today. Neither a poet, nor n philosopher, nor n stntcsman, nor n general, he was none the less one of the mnkcrs of modern America, nnd Penn sylvania, in pnitlcular, for he was n nntive of this Commonwealth, is under n historical obligation te recall bis achievements. In the latter jenr of his life, extended beyond bis ninety-first birthday, Jehn Frits was familiarly denominated the "Father of the Steel Industry in America." The propriety of this title wns net ques tioned. It was Fritz's privilege te see the light at the beginning of n vast industrial revolution. It was his distinctive genius, scientific skill nnd organizing ability which fitted him te interpret the change and te develop its possibilities nleng n special line of the utmost consequence te the progress of this Commonwealth and te the Notion In general. Fritz was born en the very eve of the great pioneering age of rallrendlng which, by the way, will seen be n subject for cen tenary laurels and his early studies of the details of Iren nnd steel manufacture were put te profitable advantage in virtually initiating the production of steel rails in this country ns nn offset te their importa tion from England. A rlntive of Londonderry, Chester County, Fritz began life ns n mnchinlst. Te his practical equipment were added vision and the capacln for original scientific thinking. Perhaps his most noteworthy accomplish ment wns his championship of the Bessemer process, which he was among the first te introduce Inte this country nnd te adapt te American industrial conditions. His author itative knowledge of the subject was spe cifically recognized in nil appointment te equip the Cambria Iren Works in 1S34 nnd later te build what has since beceme the great steel plant at Bethlehem. In 1002 a group of scientists and manufacturers es tablished the Jehn Fritz geld medal for achievement in industrial Hciences. The first emblem was rightly conferred en the veteran himself. It mny be nrgued philosophically that epochs produce men capable of mastering new opportunities and that the age of steel was pn destined. Nevertheless, it wns Fritz who was the persennl agent of progress in this field in the United States. Americans with n tnste for centenaries cannot consist ently fall te honor his memory. TREATIES IN THE OPEN OLTERFICIAL pessimists have been went te regard "open covenants openly ar rived at" as a delusive phrase. As such individuals are inclined te cherish their woes, it would perhaps be unkind te induct them into the treaty registration depart ment of the League of Nations in Geneva. What they de net beheld with their own eyes they need net believe. Nevertheless, the League has the hardi hood te announce that since the wnr mere than H00 treaties have been filed with the secretariat. The list includes two te which the United States hns been a party the separate pact with Germany terminating the state of war and the Ynp agreement. It may be noted thnt Germany, as n non member nation, was under no obligation te conform with League practices. Neverthe less, it Is through her initiative that the Dresel-Resen covenant is recorded in Geneva. One accomplishment of the Washington Conference hns been officially registered there. This is the Chinese-Japanese Shan tung accord, both parties te which are original members of the League. While It is still possible, of course, te Imagine conditions in which participants te the League might seek te violate one of its most ndmirable rules, it must be admitted by fair-minded persons that treaty regis tration is a very substantial fact, denoting a degree of international sanity nnd fnlr piny scarcely deemed possible in the dnjs when European chancelleries buzzed with the mnnufuctuie of sidedoer "understand ings." CENTRAL AMERICA TRIES AGAIN THE Un failure of the Central American 'nlen. which was te have made an important nation out of five comparatively small states, may perhaps be a temporary setback te a preginm which must in the end be consummated. The call for n meeting between repre sentatives of Snlvader, Honduras and Nicaragua has been issued. The conven tion for adjusting certain vexatious contro versies will be held en beard the U. S. S. Tacoma off Corlnte, and conspicuous legatea will be President Chnmorre, of Nicaragua, and Jehn E. Ramcr, American Minister te that republic. , Without administrative co-operation, progress in Central America is seriously handicapped. The most intelligent lenders in the five states have long recognized this fact; but national sensitiveness, combined with a considerable share of political jug glery, has heretofore piuyea havoc with seme excellently laid plans. It Is particularly significant that at this time Nicuraguu Is playing an initiatory role. This country held nloef from the United States of Central America, which se closely missed becoming n renllty about a jenr age. It mny be piedlcted that the idea of selldarit In tlv region between Mexico nnd Panama will be periodically revived until something tnnglble nnd enduring bus been evelvul. The conception is obviously grounded in logic and n civilized sense of re re spenHlbl!lties: The Mnver of Johns town, niter finding bugs and worms in the city's Hnrd Times in Johnstown (inni.ing water, says an) body who compiles with the law may nell ale or beer, the real stuff, se long mi It Is pure nnd cold. Though he speaks earnestly and apparently In geed faith, "there's a catch In It " One who complies with the law cant sell nie or Deer, However pure nnd coin. Ann wiiat iiueut ciiferccmunt agents? the prohibition A French gilder hns managed te stny in the nir for nearly three minutes. Net even the fact thnt lie did It without meter power iinptcsfcs Congressman Dank Wash. Thu honorable gentleman has done it under pre cisely the same circumstances for days at time. ( .. -. ai,vV?. , ' AS ONE WOMAN SEES IT Though Art for Art'i Sake Some times May Be Missed, the Dally Grind Still Turns Out Use ful Grist r Dy SARAH D. LOWRIE IT IS the fashion at present among young, would-be authors of the college boy nnd girl sort te affect scorn of the gateway Inte literature through journalism. I gather that they think Journalistic writ ing, especially newspaper reporting, spoils one's literary style for nil time and lowers one's standard of subject matter; It being their idea that the public must take wbat they elect te give It rather than tbey must give the public what it elects te have. One boy, n youth of twenty-five or se, who wns younger than his years in man ners, se I think of him as a boy well, this youth put the matter te me net long age in a form thnt I suppose is the creed tbat holds geed in most of the colleges; "What you write for a newspaper, if you nrc n reporter, is tlone with nn eye en the peculiarities of the city editor, which," said he, "is bad enough. Rut after that it is at the mercy of the shark who makes the head ings, nnd lastly it is cut te nothing by the clmp that has the making up of the page. Se that if you wrlte for the practice of it nnd te see yourself in print, you are left, indeed! Yeu don't see yourself in print. It's n massacred paragraph or two with some one's else caption te it thnt you find after you have gene from front page te back page in )our search." "TTOW about the subject matter thnt you ! get just in the course of your assign ments?" I nsked. He scorned subject matter. He said that he was chuck full of subject matter. I gathered that, like the bird that feathers its nest from its own breast feathers, he con sidered himself ns subject matter enough for some tlme te come. "But nftcr you have written your great biographical novel, what next?" I urged. "I shall go te an obscure Italian or French town and shut myself up with the people and write whnt I seel" he announced. He spoke neither French nor Italian se curely enough te be left alone with a native of either place, se that bis choice of liter ary stamping ground was sufficiently im practical, but 1 let htm go without racking htm further with my critical questions. After all, if he had it in bim te write he would de it handicapped by his own ignorance and prejudices; nnd if he hadn't it in him no gateway was large enough Inte literature te udinit him. BUT, of course, he is wrong, nnd these who put the idea into ills head nrc wrong about journalism being a bad gateway into the coveted Inclesurc. In the first plnce the city editor would net be the city editor if he were net n person of very decided ability, and te pnss muster with him is n feat net te be sneered nt. And, secondly, the man who writes the headings is generally the nearest te n genius that the paper employs. A geed bcadllner Is born, net mndc, and is about one in a thousand. He is mere lesponslble for the tone of the news tlinu is the editor himself. I confess that I nlwu)s leek nt the head ing of this column with anxiety, se Bure 1 am that if the one who gives it a heading has net get the gist of wbat I meant te say, I have clone a peer bit of work. And I am often chagrined te observe tbnt he hns fathomed what I thought back of what I said and did net intend quite te express. Se thnt his headline is n give-away of my real opinion te nn nlmest alarming degree. Per haps twice thu headlines for this column hnve hit a mark that I was net consciously or unconsciously aiming nt, which is a pretty geed commentary en the fallacy that: "What the blue pencil emits the bcadllner dcstre)s." I CAN see that for a novel writer or for a tihilosephicnl critic or an author of belle letters, many years en n newspaper would be n menace te his mere permanent work, because a newspaper takes pretty much all one's vitnl force. The "doily bread" of the reading public is literally dally. Yeu cannot store it uiHiil then turn te the writing of books, iievVn )ou use what is written for the momcnPTlie following yenr. I dare say, tee, that "writing for the moment" becomes n sort of habit which eventually is hard te break. I suppose there comes a )ear of choice in each journalist's life when he decides for better or worse whether he will be a writer for these who rend while they run, or for these who think while they rend. THERE comes n point when the choice 1b no longer in his power, nnd he remains n journalist and n peer man and generally an obscure man nil his days. But he hns his compensation. He belongs te a great fra ternity that each day has a chance te move nnd even create public opinion, and there is an excitement te the true journalist thnt Is equaled by no ether form of work or recre ation in gntherlng in the world's news, ex citement and power! I have always thought, for instance, tbnt Colonel Heuse was n very geed example of that sense of power nnd knowledge behind the throne which for some men compensates for all the regalia of the administrator or the popularity of a spotlight position. In the courts of kings in past epochs there were always three recognized sources of Influence that were placated by these who wished the king's favor the court jester, because he made the king leugh ; the court barber, be; cause he told the king the gossip of the day, and the king'B father confessor, because from him the king heard of sins thnt no ether man would dare tell hltn. The newspaper, if it is really functioning, combines these three powers in Its ministry te the public, nnd the men who mnke the newspaper, who are the newspnper, in fact, recognize their power nnd nre content te wield it without bother about fame or popu pepu lur recognition. Rut thut Is only for the "journalists In deed," the born nnd self-made ones! Fer the writers of another Fert, the "literary gents," journalism may be an introduction but cannot be a careen The innin tiling for such a writer is te get his technique und his audience nnd his material ulteiether, in a nntuial, wholesome werkmnnlikway ; te see himself in print if it is -enljf in a school paper, or mere obscure still, a religious periodical, te understand his public in order te interest It, and te be se keen and inter ested an observer of life that he is an au thority worth listening te. I JUDGED thnt my latest interpreter of the new school of writers, the college man who despised journalism ns n "way in," had the notion that the public was te be bent te fit his message ; In short, te learn te understand him. He wns willing te give It time, even if he lind te starve In the process. lie preferred no listeners te steeping te con quer. Te express himself wns his only need. Toward the public be felt no responsibility; rntlier it was up te them net te let the pearl of tiuth of which be was. se te speak, the container be trampled under feet. New that sublimity of faith in one's self clouded by intermissions of bnek doubt is n mark of genius, nnd nlse of futllit) ! "Yeu can't most nlwa)s sometimes tell." In his case I thought that I could tell. But it wasn't up te me te tell him, even if he had believed me. And there was just one chance in n million that he was a genius, in which case, even if he began wrong, he would get there! But for most of us who are net geniuses, beginning wrong Is n handicap from which we de net easily re cover. And in the business of writing for It is n business that only gradually becomes an art In the business of writing I would put understanding the'publfu first both as te subject matter and as te npprnuch. And as a gateway into the public mind, I knew no simpler or mere open cntruncc than thut afforded by the great recapitulation of Yes- I terday News In Today's Paper. 'tfW '',WJ7 'VV" t f - -v ., ... B - 'A' KkSkxKi ' 'fk .,- A r ' . MvXT L I , ;vy .- Mi'vv i uiuue. iai t !- -.'V- fA'.1 s. k!L. -"SWf p Jr fs MitJSlissBw" enadl ' -aLsssssKisfc. . fiSStaliJlftsj'TVS-TCjfc' ." Ba1eVjHsssfllPJ?sssssssp?,2a" -fcB(sjts . . '. mm in. .ir. dmhi .. )r .k Jww JrJTMMTr -iw'J3rxtT7T;-vm Tnifrmuabmm truAtW wn&!&jxmm mssssz "-ffaJ NOW MY IDEA IS THIS! Daily Talks With Thinking Philadelphia en Subjects They Knoie Best DR. WALTON CLARK On Plans of the Franklin Institute THE Franklin Institute of Pennsylvania, organized nearly n century nge, is con tinuing the work for which it wns founded with n vigor net diminished by the passage of years and with hopes of grcnter usefulness when in new quarters en the Parkway, ac cording te Dr. Walten Clark, president of the Institute. "The Franklin Institute." said Dr. Clark, "was founded in 1824 nnd was or ganized te meet a demand in the United Stntes for an institution similar te thnt founded in Londen in 17!)!) by Count Rum ford. The founders intended it net only ns n memorial te the name of Franklin, but ns n menns of continuing for nil time n work which, throughout bis long life, he perhaps regarded as his best, namely, the discovery of physical laws and their application te increase the comfort nnd well-being of man kind. The ability of the Institute se te serve the public hns recently been largely in creased through the bequest te It of the Henry W. Bnrtel estate. The institute is about erecting n laboratory te house the research work made possible through this bequest. "One of the features of this work will be the avoidance of n duplication of the work being carried en by ether research institu tions. We shall go te ether laboratories for ccrtnin research work for which they ere perhaps better equipped than we, and the laboruteiics of the Franklin Institute will be open te responsible people for similar purposes. "Anether matter in which we keenly in terest ourselves Is in getting the right kind of people te de this work. Tills Is a matter of the first Importance in work of every sort, but it is especially vital in research work. In the end the value of physical research depends directly upon the ability and char acter of the men who de the viferk, and if they be net of the right kind the results attained will net justify the time, cost and effort expended. The New Laboratory "This yenr we will begin the construc tion of the new laboratory te be owned by the Franklin Institute and which will be occupied in greater pert by the research work te which the estate of the late Henry W. Bnrtel is dedicated. "Our hone is that ultimately this labor atery will be one of n group of three build ings, one of which will be a building at the corner of Nineteenth street nnd the Park way, exteriorly worthy of n place among the noble structures then te be its neighbors nnd hnvlng a dignity worthy of the great name which it will bear, and interiorly suit able and sufficient te the proper housing nnd conduct of nil the Institute s work anil activities except these of the laboratory and the museum which will be otherwise housed. "The third building of the. proposed group devoted te the promotion of the mechanic arts when our hopes find fulfillment will be a se-called 'Scientific nnd Technical Mu seum.' In it will be properly nrrnnged nnd connected for illustration nnd for operation the many important models nnd facsimile apparatus new possessed by the lnstltute and the multitude of such ether things of Interest te the followers of the mechanic nrts as we have assurance will come te us when we ure prcpured properlyte care for them. "Such a museum hns no prototype in America, and the American student, his his terlnn, mechanician or Inventor desiring te trace development of nn nrt through the study of concrete examples must new jour ney te Europe te find whut we shall he able te present te him when the proposed museum is in operation. Nothing Like It in America "Such n group of buildings se equipped will be without n counterpart in America. The value of the opportunity therein effeied te the student, the scientist and the mechanician cannot be e.xnggeiated. "The laboratory, upon which work will be begun tills year, will be erected upon three of the twelve lets new owned by the Institute en Nineteenth street between Cherry ami Race streets. The laboratory will cost uppieximntely S.'t00.0(M), of which sum u part will be pievided from the accu mulated iuceme from the Bnrtel Research Fund und the hnlutire from the building fund of the Institute. The labomtery win, ( course, harmonize architecturally with the ether proposed buildings of the Franklin Institute group mill will be sufficient te house the Bnrtel tesciuch work und nil the chemi cal and physical laboratory work of the Committee en Science and the Arts and of r 1 ' s 7 1U22 .WILL IT FL4DAT? SSWWPrv SSSSmsSa nil ether departments of the Frnnklln In stitute. "The equipment, except for certnln stand nrd apparatus which is considered te be neces sary immediately, will be installed grndu nlly ns the necessities of the research rerk in hnnd indicate. The contribution of the Bnrtel Resenrch "Fund te the cost of the building will be mensured by what we esti mate it would cost the Committee en the Bnrtel BcqueBt te erect n building suitable for Its work en n less convenient and cheaper site. "The principal of the Barlel bequest is approximately $1,300,000. and there Is an accumulated interest fund of nbeut $800. 000. The settlements made effective with the contestants of the Rartel will wil result In nn ndditlen of about $000,000 te the und, nltheugh this lnst-numed bum will net be uvUllublc for some years te come. Rig Program Justified "Ours nppenrs nn ambitious program, but the vvngen of the institute hns ever been hitched te n Btar; nnd se drawn it ap proaches its 100th anniversary maintaining still the virility nnd enthusiasm of youth nnd ns capable ns ever of vision and of accomplishment. "Alse, however nmbitleus our program may seem, it contemplates no depnrture from thu scheme of usefulness lnid out by the founders of the Institute. With grenter op portunity, mere funds and the example and experience of nearly n century te guide us, we may hope for ourselves and our succes sors te extend the benefits of the work of the Institute te nn ever-widening circle the iuterest being still confined te the pro pre motion of the mccha.ilc arts the vision being still thnt which inspired the founders mid the generations of workers who have brought the institute down the century te our day and generation. "We remember with pride whnt of public geed these men accomplished generally if net nlvveys, with very limited financial re sources, their one unlimited resource being the spliit of service nnd devotion. With this splendid past we may leek forward te the future with confidence thnt our successors with n similar spirit and with the experi ence of their predecessors te guide them will pieduce results as expressed in useful ness te the public somevvhnt commensurate with the flnnnc al resources and equipment which' we shall leave te them." What Be Yeu Kneiv? QUIZ 1. Hew many repiesentntlves Is ench mem ber nation permitted te have in tha League of Nations? In ,no 2" In !'.at work r tlle Imagination, a nar. r ",.ujp we: U1U "inO DOUMir .a, mixed with iuuuct eumeiimes'T 8. Wlmt Is the name of the airship malting Janeiro? '" NW Yerk ' ' W,ScaS' wn'afehW by a nn "Wch 6l mi:JfgiUSd,hb.gfnn7i,0-Saxen fcculement 6. In what country wna the Duke of Wel lington born? ' 7' Called?"10 W'dW blrd and wl,y ls " s 8. Whnt Is nn nmphera? 9. Whnt animals strlduiate? 10. Wlmt position In President Hnrdlric'ir Cabinet Is Held by Hubert Weik? Answers te Saturday's Quiz 1. A paneteia cigar In se called i rr-. u.tnii .. I ...... .., vw narrow leaf of bread. imnl.!t .Spanish for bread. "1'an" l rne rami is no rami is a name clven te n iii-i, tnblelnnd In Ccntinl Asia . vnrvin". , altitude from 11,000 te StoJe Vet abevn sea-level. 000 feet The battle of I'lassey, British under Cllva Hindus nn June i!.i In which the defeated the 17C7, virtually nssursu British dnn, i,VlX.V I?'"'"'"- I'lassev Is a vlllnire ' ii ..'" "lula- 4. A seneschal wus uu eiJlcl.u In cJmrire or a medieval prince r noble , .fH D. Colerado Is called .thu Ce, te'nnlai $?I t because It was admitted i1n M Union In 1S76, "'"". Inte the 6. CSceiBO IV in England wuh luinu., ' the "First Ucntlemnii of nur' ,' duilnj? the period when, evvlnc te'trl. Insanity of his father. Cin he lukd as lle;ent. he '" no 7. FrederlQ Lcmnltre was n celebrated French actor, chjic. lally noted ter ,7 0, Henry Knox was thn llrst Hccretnr. t r!WW wiw$mw zrv . .ifce' - . .-s.'w - fit " g ;v .Vv? - .'. .. M. - , IV v : - -.twu- ' y . v ;hv;vU w','. V i .. i ' ' i JSHORT CUTS Seniority is still in tbe ring but groggy. Harding appears te be treating Harding with Federal reserve. The Weether Bureau trying te be pepulan has given up Senate war discloses that the sugar bow Is a right hefty missile. Whnt the coal team needs is a Govern- " ment pitcher with speed nnd control. Are these who ere wondering if coal profiteering will be curbed curb speculators? Stage set for bonus fight. Probably run n te a knockout. Bill or Public must take the count. , Ceal nnd rail contestants must realize thnt the people truly speak through their President. Dispatch from Sen Francisce says peo ple there are wearing overcoats. Always bragging about its weather. v ' ' ' i - i . i In the matter of providing a pleasurable kick a baton accomplishes ns much at Lemen Hill as a stick in lemonade. 1, - J'(1,M flre nlnrms hnve cost the city 505,000 since the first of the year. Cases of burning nothing but money. Jehn Jacob Aster. five years old. has Just received if 2,000,000, which ls consid erable of n handicap for n peer kid. ' Lecnl drug distributor said te have "the best dope in town" has discovered his mis take. The best dope ls Judge Mennghau's. Condemned man in Sing Sing wantf death deferred until he completes crayon landscape for warden. Would it net be kinder te hasten the day? Illinois State Attorney General has called for n special Grand Jury te investi gate the. Herrln massacre. It may at least be able te discover thnt the law was really broken. France-Irish steamship company is te opernte between Brest nnd Cerk nnd Dublin. The old Irish song wns prepbetic, nftcr all : "The French are en the sea. said the Little Old Wemnti" Bnrring the unforeseen, which has nn itncnnny knock of grabbing him. General Weed will assume cemmnnd, ns It were, at the University of Pennsylvania en Jan- i unry 1. Cew-puncher snid te be the original of "The Virginlnn" dropped dead while drink ing nn ice cream soda. Thought of such a tlpple for a cevvpuncher calculated te make the reader drop dead. Without fracturing the entente with the Rritish, France plans te den! with the Ger mans direct in the mntter of reparations. Somehow or ether it suggests a quotation concerning mice nnd men. Eighty-five-year-old New Yerk woman, denf and dumb since youth, hns had htr speech and hearing restored following an at tack of pneumonia, but this route te nor malcy will never become popular. Henry L, Mencken has been telling the English thnt America is rotten with money. Supererogatory If true. English statesmen who have studied International debtb appear te hove taken the fnct for granted. Hay fever sufferers wllfcrend with but scant Interest the declaration of a Joliet. III., doctor that he can cure their complaint by twisting n llgnment. He'll first have te overcome u skeptical twist in their minds. A Perfect IJiiby 1'ouiiyjleicii has a perfect baby, e iht doctors uy. Twenty -tlx month old and tcinseme at the flatter in May, , Twenty- seven pounds of piachei r?Kl icAef she'll weigh, She hat tuteen teeth as dainty at a ttt of peails. And her pretty head is crowned with silken, lielden rurls. Mice Miller has the mttkinys of the btn of girlt. I'cifrct babyf True n't may be! Hut w mint be shown! Every mother In the country, if the e were known, Knows the only perfect lahy U, of eeuriti her own I O.-A. 1 Hi i i J v-T -tr. 'fiV )-W bLy'f1 ?''
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