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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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.
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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
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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
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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.
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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.
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