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PREPARING FOR THE CAMPAIGN '
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Aiiu..ii'..Mr.. i uswn in en pci " ' "
for the opening uf the Slate political
campaign in n few da..
OlfTenl l'lnchet and all the nlher Ite
publican candidates for State uthces will
Address the City Committee en Wednesday
tef next week at the liellevucStrntferd
'Hetel. And en the next tiny the Democratic
Icampalgn will be opened formally at Car
(lisle, where Jehn A. McSparrau will make
(n address.
Ter the following sit weeks the can
'dldates and their friend will make speeches
lln nil parts of the State, urging the voter
jte go te the polls in November, and stress
ing the Issues involved In the election.
There Is really but one isue and that Is
ithe cleaning tip of, what Mr. l'lnchet cull
."the mess at Harri'burg." llelh Mr. Me
fiparrnn and Mr. l'lnchet nrc agreed en
the necessity of denning it up.
The election of Mr. l'inrhnt 1 morally
pertain, but the campaign of Mr. McSiarran
will net be without its uses. All the senti
'ment that he can create In favor of a better
Itvay of conducting the business of the State
'will strengthen the nrm of Mr. I'inehet when
'he takes his seat in the Capitel.
Mr. l'lnchet will need the backing of the
.people of the Commonwealth if he is te sue-
'ceed in carrying out Ins plan, for the
political machine tinder which the abuses I
Ihare grown up will de what it can te pre
serve the status quo. It has a let of follow fellow follew
.rs In the departments who are ued te the
'old methods. They de net like te change.
and they will bring pressure upon the new
(Governer te prevent many of his contem
plated reform. But if he has the people
back of him, regardless et party, he will find
it easier te de what he hns set out te de.
MOVIES IN THE SCHOOLS
iTN SPITE of the fears of Louts Xusbntim.
JL associate superintendent of school, it I
'likely that a way will be found te continue
tha use of educational moving-picture films
In the public schools.
, The fears of Mr. Nusbaum are based en
'the ruling of the chief of the Bureau of In
i ,pcctien against permits for the exhibition
of moving-picture films in any auditorium
above or below the first fleer of a building
(when inflammable films are te be used, and
'gainst the permits for the use of any nudi nudi
terium under any circumstances above the
.second fleer.
The auditoriums in the schools nre en the
ecend fleer or in the basement. A strict
nforcement of the ruling would prevent the
exhibition of the films altogether.
If It were necessary for the school authori
ties te cheese between risking the live of the
(Children by fire and abandoning the use of
the educational films, there would be no
.question about what their decision should
be. The safety of the children comes first.
'But that safety need net be risked. Ways I
can be found te remove all danger from i
fire hi most of the school auditoriums, and
when, that danger disappears ii is net un
likely that permits for the exhibition of the
films will be granted.
The value of the movie in the schools Is
admitted. Natural history and geography
can be made much mere interesting by film
showing the cities and scenery of a country
"yind the development of animal life than by
'the use of text books alone. Its impor
tance Is se great that a way is likely te be
found te enable the tenchern te continue te
use it.
THE AWNING NUISANCE
ORDINANCES of the dead-letter variety
"arc sufficiently common in this city te
xplnin the Inquiry of a committee of' the
Retnii Grocers' Association into the validity
of the measure piehibltltig sidewalk awnlnss
nd awning poles.
As there nre many infringements of the
regulations concerning projecting signs, it
was perhaps natural te suppose that the
awning order might also lie a mere iuef iuef
fectlye gesture. The suppliants acted only
In accord with leng-tabIlshed tradition.
It may be noted with interest, however,
that Mayer Moere has assumed that nws
passed were meant te be enforced. Itemlnd
ing the petitioners of the fact that the awn
ing ordinance was general in character, nml
admitted of no exemptions, he called atten
tion te the only sensible step te be taken
the enforcement of the ordinance until It Is
repealed.
Fer the sake of the appearance of the city
and of convenience te pedestrians, it is te he
hoped thut Council will .net recall its pro pre
scription. AwnliiR pole, there nre veritable
forests of them In Philadelphia, notably en
llidge, Lancaster and Germantewit avenue
nre net only unsightly but are needless oh eh oh
atructtens In a city already gravely Immll.
capped by narrow streets, planned ncienling
te seventeenth-century Idea of metropolitan
traffic.
Unnecessary hardship), should, of course,
be avoided mid time should he given properly
owners und tenants te rcmove pnvenient
structures. But that these nre out of place
In a community as large as Philadelphia Is a
fact that hardly admits of debate. ,
THE WINSLOW VERDICT
MJB "automatic:.- train-control device"
which, necerding te the current report
the Intrrwtnte Cu'werce, Cen. mission's
Li..li.nli.a lt'fillltl leivi tll'er.illlml tlm
ilVwrerk tit Wlusdew Junction en Julty
ksViived seven persons from death liml j
And nine from Injury, l" contrivance
? operates, automatically tlmutgh a
'&W Interlocked with the signal lurch-
' ! ' , i ,,f in read te lioie (lie tliroltJe
:fe,i tfloVemntlve 1 l,.,'.v "' "(l; brakes
W StSliln-Hievcs past a danger mar,-. 'I bus
,& 'gy.it. ! tin xlgntil tower -;euId have n
iMi;SSIlei)fdlstu'ucc control of ujipreaclf
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eme jenrs wjth tftts device. It hns been
fetiml te lie In most prnfflcnl wn.vi efliclt'iit
mid tnlstwprlliy. llntt wine rnllreptl men
of expcrlenee object te It fej: jwycliolegleal
inthcr tlinn fernn.v practlcnl reasens1. They
ntKiie. with a geed deal et juMIrr, that the
htinian equation 1 still the ruliiiB factm l"
"rnllreadltiK n.nd that In every Inst nnabMii.
after nil meehnnlral devices hove lieeii put
te work, the safety of trains depend upon ,
the character and watthfuliicsa of tlic man
In the locomotive cab.
Such expert. dislike the thought of In
novation which would tend te encourage
engineer. te relax from their euMenmry
ulertne. They believe that If engineer
were led te feel that their locomotives would
he automatically Mopped at u danger point
the morale of engine, crew would be gene
and the attention te small detail of the
day's work, upon which the safety of train
and paengcrs depend, would be related
tn the danger point. And they may he
right.
AMERICA'S MIND RETURNS
FROM ITS LONG VACATION
Back Frem Europe and the Mountain!
and the Seas and the Movies, It Finds
Its Heuse In Great Disorder
IT IS easier te start things than te step
them. This rule applies with unvarjing
force te automobiles and William Jennings
Itrynn. fires and flirtations, war and atter
dlnner speeches fashions and Industrial
strike, poker game and human prejudices.
It applies In a ense tn vacations.
Vacations ti'-ed l lie self-stepping. They
!"'i ' "'', I?n;,c,,llly:!1l,., f,"
.mil en l.alinr l)aj. Isiit during tin- la a
few J ear, cxrn while the American people
went mccliiinlcnlb about their practical af
fairs, their collective iitlitil has been iifnr en
a continuous vacation that seemed its if It
might continue fetever. It has been 'deing''
Europe nml Asia and Japan and (tiiam. It
ha haunted Londen, it tarried in Ireland
and It almost settled down for geed In
France. At ether times It wa a willing
captive In the (iieer, unearthly region ere
n ted. .by the frantic Imagination of moving meving
plet'ute producer. It was seldom nr never
home.
Trouble may have some geed In it after
nil. It lias brought the vacation of the
American mind te an end nt leat. We are
back again te leek the old hemtead
ever. And as n people we are one with tbc
two-weeker who remained nwaj a month.
The premises nre in disorder.
The world of routine eju1cncc turns upon
the homecemcr a dark and battered and
awesome countenance. Mr. (.Jumpers and
Atternej Ucnernl Daugberty are stoning
each ether through the windows of the
house. The cat of privilege has eaten the
canary of our common right. The jam
closets have been plundered and the doers
of the house swing desolately in the winds
of propaganda.
If the phiie is ever te be made habitable
we shall bine te get clown at once te the
unaccustomed labor of serious nml consistent
thinking. That Is what the average Amer
ican ought te realize en this Laber Du.
Fer. if his mere fninllinr habit and trends
mean anything, thej nieun that thought is
the work he hales most. Me will tell will
ingl.c and light and sacrifice and endure end
leslj t'1 rigors of constructive effort.
Ask him te think seriously about public
affairs and he will flinch and appear unnejed
and go hurriedly awnj.
It is hardly fair, therefore, te blame Mr.
Gompers for wildly threatening it general
strike or fiercely te criticize Attorney Gen
eral Daughertj for bis novel experiments
with court injunctions as instruments for the
bewilderment of unions. These two men nrc
fighting necerding te the tactics that the
knew best; and they wouldn't have been per
mitted te tight at nil there would have been
nothing te fight about if the AmerlcJn mind
hail returned earlier from Its foreign tracels
and attended rationally te problems new left
te solution by violence.
This buslne-s of absentee citizenship, of a
vast community of people who, holding au
thority, refuse te use it or learn hew te use
It, Is becoming pretty serious for nil
America.
Of the returning vacatienist sharp and
shrewd observers nre saying what one might
say of nil that pert of the country which
ha been letting its mind wander lu Europe
while the pressing businesses and labors of
the hour were neglected nt home. They say
Hint In- isn't Intel ested In truth, that he
doesn't want te be informed or fair-minded
and that he doesn't particularly care wliur
happens te ether people or te the order of
life nbeut hi in se long n he can have his
ding and be amused.
If that U true, if we are all content te be
part of a blind drift toward an unknown ami
doubtful future, then we ought cither te
hire an Intelligent dictator te leek after us
or be reconciled te the settlement of purely
social questions by lighting, attrition and
brute force. "Ask the returning crowds
with the baggage," ays a cynic, "what they
knew about the actual condition of the
transportation system or the life of cenl
miners or the temper of the railway workers
or the rights and wrongs of the strikes. They
knew ery little. If lit they care even les!''
Well, we aren't going te put nny such
disagreeable question te the returning
crowds. They ought te have a period of
rest after the stresses of their vacations nnd,
of course, they will have ether troubles
enough. But these are the crowds that will
have te decide before long whether they are
going te permit one exclusive group or an
other te get nnd keep an unbreakable held
en the mean of their existence. They will
have te learn, by solemn contemplation of
looming facts, that politics or political
formulas of the mere familiar son will net
grew crop or turn the meters of Industry
or bring cenl out of the ground or operate
railway trains.
What they will have te de is t, carry
their political thinking far enough forward
te make it useful In just such emergencies!
as new confront them. That is, American
politics must be made te keep in an indus
trial age the peace and justice which It
guaranteed nnd provided in earlier dnys
when our only important occupation was
agriculture.
Here is suggested a job that will net be
easy for the collective mind of a generation
preoccupied with a search for ease and fun
and little else. If It is approached hnnestly
the present uproar will mean little. Fer It
is by upheavals nnd landslides nnd Impacts4
of masses ei opinion uuu heat is generated
te melt out of darkness these bits of truth
thnt shine forever and nre forever indestruc
tble as guiding mark for civilization.
RECOLLECTIONS OF A SENATOR
TDUBERT M. LA FOLLETTE, who is
eeking renoinlnntlen In the senatorial
primaries wiilcii nre te tie Held in Wis Wis
censln tomorrow, points with .pride te
his war record. "I did net believe in the
war," he declares, "nnd I voted against
going Inte it."
There can be no question thai Mr, La,
Fe'iette Is a innn of convictions. Ills chum-'
niqnt'.du of his pre-German eenstituteiits
Wits faithful In the days when imperial sub
marines cynically violated the laws of neu
trality and instituted n reign of murder upon
the seas.
"I am net saying,' continues this stick
ler for principle, "that we did net have some
cause for feing -te 'irar against Germany.
EVENING PUBLIC LlD0GEH
Gcrmaby sank some et our beats. Twe or
three of them, as 1 remember."
Illslery, ns the Wisconsin Senater Inter
ptcts It. Is n comparatively simple subject,
once the Student has dispensed with l"c.r.n".
cutnbtance of facts. There are rcrtined
records of the less by German submarine or
mine of twenty American vessels wUh a
total tonnage of 'ill, SO." prier te the entrance
of the Cui'ted Slates into the world cenfllM.
It Is of record nle that the Imperial Ger
man Government pracleusly granted the
rights of the United State te one trans-Atlantic,
vessel weekly in cntli direction, be
tween our Eastern seaboard and an English
pert.
Mr. l.n Fbllette. does net mention this ex
ample of exquisite consideration for a neu
tral. He Is obviously niere interested In
"net npelgizlng" for his war record and In
"answering (lie dirty newspapers" such
1 hi virile phrase than In jogging his
own somewhat erratic memory.
If ever the benighted press is resolved te
be clean and forget inconvenient fact as
easily us Mr. I .a Follette docs, it may expect
the heartiest congratulations from nil poli
ticians of his stamp. Just at present, how
ever, the light of ether clays Is rather tee
uncomfortably blinding te suit the Wisconsin
niplrant for further senatorial laurels.
CLASSES IN CITIZENSHIP
LESSONS In the elements of citizenship
such as are te be taught it the non
partisan meeting called by the Mayer for
Wednesdny of tills week cannot be deemed
superfluous se long ns the rudimentary duty
of registration is neglected by thousand of
electors.
It I nt the instance of women identified
vltlt Mirieu political organizations that Mr.
1 Monre ha summoned the primary clas
' Lawieiice K, Fell, chairman of the Beard
of Registration Commissioners, will be
among the instructors.
lie will unquestionably explain that
Thursday, September 7, 1 the first of the
three registration days, nnd the cltlrcn
whose names are net found en the roll at
election time lu November will be tempo tempe
rnrllj deprlred of their franchise. The les les
eon should net he difficult te grasp.
The public-spirited women who suggested
the schooling nre duly aware that Important
duties, which involve no hardship and but
a slight expenditure of time, are often
skipped with the greatest unconcern. It I
altogether right and proper te din into the
enrs of elector, men and women, the oft
repented story of registration obligations.
Within the last few yenr the proportion of
slackers has decreased, but there are still
numbers of delinquents aggrieved when they
nre deprived of their vote en election day.
and yet ready te begin the old round of
carelessness and indifference the next au
tumn. At any rate, the traditional cry. "nobody
told me anything." will net be valid this
j ear.
CHURCH UNION
I yXIlETIIKU it is true as some enthusiasts
j ' have said that the recognition by the
j Ecumenical Patriarchate of the Greek
Church of the validity of the Angllcnn cpis.
J cepnte and priesthood is the "most momen
tous chapter in ecclesiastical history in a
thousand jear." it is a significant step in
the direction of church union.
Negotintlein between the Angllcnn and
Greek churches for union have been in prog
ress for some time. And efforts have been
made te bring about a rapprochement between
the Greek mid the Reman churches. Ne com
mon ground has jet been found en which
the Greek ami Reinnn churches can stand,
but the success of the Greek nnd the
Anglican churches in getting together sug
gest that the time may come when all ob
stacles te union among the different Chris
tian bodies ma.c be rcmeced.
SEEING AMERICA
ANY one who. appalled and baflied by
eai h day's strike news and the tliun'
deiing. thieatenlng cemmuniques from t lie
rival headquarters of labor unions nnd the
captains of industry, finds himself slipping
into u serious case of the economic blues,
ought te take a day off and go te a county
fair.
lie might go te Jersey or Interior Penn
sylvania or Delaware. Doing that, he will
realize, with n sense of overwhelming relief,
thnt the mine owners nnd railway execu
tives and trades unions represent, after nil.
but a small part of the Culled States. Al Al
one waking from n nightmare he will find
himself in the prosrneo of industries that
knew no strikes and men and women who
get along against terrific obstacle by
patience and wholesome labor.
The farmer is net dismajed and. for
some reason or ether be.uiud the under
standing of these who knew bow he has
been bedeviled by the inmmlsslen j.tcm en
one hnud nnd the deficiencies of the freight
system en the ether, he is by no means
broke, lie is perfecting bis own organl erganl organl
7atleus and he I improving hi merchan
dising system and learning mere nnd mere
about the sclenre of distribution and the
uses of banks. He Is Inltated but ie
stralued. lie Is America.
There Is only one tumble with the county
fairs. The politician alwnvs turn up at
them. They simply will net stay awaj.
PROSPERITY COMING BACK
CONFIDENCE In the future is indliated
by the announced plans of the Penn
sylvania Railroad Company le enlarge lis
equipment.
The expendltiiie of I?;.."(l0.nuil ha l.'hi
authorized. Of this sum SR.5oe.000 vi.fl I he
paid for 115 freight and passenger l,ooino l,eoino l,oeino
lives, the elder for which has hcii' plnicd
with the Ilaldwin Works, The I'emnliidcr
will be spent in lajlng new trn- k te focill fecill
tale the handling of freight. ! These plans
would net have been made if jliere weie net
evidence of a return le normal conditions.
The Pennsylvania m-tlvl'-fe nre as trust
worthy a barometer of business as w,. mve.
When this great rnll-.end sjstem in ar
ranging te nccemmndn e mere business, that
business is lu sight. ' Indeed, the report of
It earnings for the, seven months ending
with .Tilly ."'.1 ns cyinparcd with the earn
ings for the (oric-spendlng period of Inst
year Indicates t lui t a revival of hulnrsx )s
already en the Jivay. The earnings this
year were ."5 15,000,00(1, whereas, hist Tear
they were only S J 5,000,000.
The order fey' locomotives mny lu part
explain why Sfamiiel Vauclnin. of Jlnld
wiu's. nnneuncrd net long age that he wa
te add 1000 mclii a mouth le his payroll till
fall. P.ut In ktiiy event it is evident that
returning prosperity spreads its benefits
ever a large (number of Industrie
I Six hundred miners are
Tyrauuly en strike In tlerrln, III.,
, J A ., because the company
that employed them refused te allow them
le park iheilr cars Inside n fence which in in
ceoses the inliic. It Is an Interesting side-
llglll U HClUl ' Hllillll
llerrln. It J may be ndde
seems cuilciusly familiar.
iigei un iiiini is iimtiii ny n living wage.
" i a ii-inc that
Councilman ,ines ,.
I n-Ailnerlcaii ("Jerry") Waleen. of
, Preptaganda Husten, wants Web-
. ( s I e r ' s standard un
abridged, 'dictionary removed from the Bos Bes Bos
eon Piiblle Library as Hiiilsh propaganda
because ts definition of constitution con
tains no ncferenre le the United States. We
suspect Ik in even worse than that. Us
definition M beans may-igoere Bosten.
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AS ONE WOMAN SEES IT
They Manage Se VerysMany Things
Se Much Better In Montreal, It
Is Apt te, Have a Depressing
Effect en a Phlladelphlan
By SARAH D. EOWRII5.
iT HAD ii letter net long age. presumably
from an Englishman who had read some
thing thnt I had. written In this column
njieut the crltlrnlness of the French toward
anything net -French. My correspondent
congratulated meen disliking the French as
much ns he did. 7
He seemed te dislike them very much,
almost n much ns his forefather did In
"Bennparty's day," when all England was
panicky for fear of the French invasion.
New I net only de net dislike the French,
but 1 very heartily admire them, nnd T wish
flint this country had mere French-born or
Irencli-descended citizens. Their Idea en
plumbing may be elemental, but their ideas
of workmanship and of nil that gees te make
life agreeable, from cooking te music, nre
the met finished nnd. civilized that this
twentieth century can bring te our doers.
Except for their jokes they hnve what the
majority of us lack natural geed taste.
A LOT of us, especially In America,
geed stvle. .Thnt Is. we ch"nnt:e
have
our
tastes easily and with n. sort ei happy uasn
te fit the style of the moment. Wc "catch
en ' quickly te a passing enthusiasm and
adjust eur,.nilnds and bodies, our beuses and
our pleasures te what is popular. Wc go
in for thing's with an almost young zest
jazz, if that 1 the music of the hour, or
Chinese Chippendale, if thnt is the revival
that suits the architecture of the year best,
or curly maple or rosewood. It nil depends
en the prevailing style.
And the prevailing style depend en some seme
iblng thnt has happened ever In Europe.
Left tn ourselves, once we had cut loose
from Europe, we lest our geed taste and had
only style. And style is all we still have,
exceptt In places where the European ele
ment is the strongest factor in the place
the English of New Englnnd. the Quaker
English of Pennsylvania, the Palatine Ger
man of the farming counties of Pennsyl
vania, the French or Spanish or Cavalier
English fit the Seuth, the Scandinavian of
the Lake States, the Orientnl touches of our
little Italys and little Jewrys.
But when we make a composite of all
these elements and call the result American
we have lest our tnste and only get style.
I should say the difference was the dlf
ferencpftietween n Greek statue und a "flap
per." between a girl In n bathing suit of
today and a Watteau shepherdess In old
Sevres china.
Almest nnj woman who has French bleed
in her veins has taste in what she does, a
sense of fitness, n finish and completeness
In what she makes that gives the object a
sort of lasting quality: whether It Is in style
or out of style for the moment, it has a
geed style of Us own.
And what is true of Americans with
French bleed is just ns true of American
cities of French colonization.
I FELT that all ever again In New Orleans
this last winter, but I was even mere
struck by Itln .Montreal last week. Mon
treal, of course. 1 net American nt nil.
being English where It Is net French, nnd
with scores of Amerlcnn cities fresli in my
mind for It has been my let te sec scores
intimately this year I can only "say that it
is greatly te the advantage of Montreal that
it is mostly French nnd Iho rest English.
AVe Americans people of the State
have rather u stupid condescension toward
our Canadian neighbors as though nothing
ln British America could touch the real
thing we of the States have made out of a
new country .
I can only "say te my fellow countrymen
who nre thus provincial : "Ge te Montreal !"
As you nppteach the border u nice Amer
ican chap with his cnpen the back of his
head will casually give you your signed re
ceipt .for your meter license.
As you cress the border a verv natty uni
formed English officer will question you
courteously, but with formality, ns te your
length of stay, the amount of luggage and
your citizenship. After that you drive along
a read much the same as the one you left
and past fnrms n little less fertile. And your
first thought is:
"Well. Canada 1 poorer limn the U. S.
A., just ns 1 have always supposed!"
BUT presently as you pass through one
village after another with a French
nnme you cannot help seeing that the houses
are neater, mere prettily built, better pre
served and with mere of an air of being
there "for keeps"- than the ones in the little
straggling towns you have left. And the
churches and the cemeteries and the parish
school and the religious houses arc of first
importance.
There is nothing apologetic about religion
In the French part of Canada : it tal.es Its
place and the fust idivp in every town.
Hut you say te yeurself:
"Oh, well, this I an old civilization, ically
nearly K00 years old! Ne wonder thing
leek stable. They have had time le settle
down! Rut we have the enterprise, the
business, the big wonders of new machinery
in the l. S. A."
Then you ciess (he St. Lawrenc Itlver
en the longest bridge you have yet traversed,
a bridge ever which railroad trains, meter,
tramcars and presumedly pedestrians travel
ing the same way with you at the sume time
make no centusipti of noise or crowding.
Then you cress a canal big enough for sea
going ship, nnd then Jeu enter n great
town of warehouses foundries, cattle sheds,
wholesale office,, it nit markets and rail tcr.
initials and si fppiiig wharfs.
Net enl 'the signs and the nnme-.-" are
French. nit the houses and reefs and faces
and v.-nlcles and speech and smells nre
French French wilh just a touch of some.
thi),K else; English without the English
sLiius or rough, drunken slum poverty,
V SUPPOSE the place has slumsthere
JL must be pevcity; but It cannot be dan
gerous poverty, for the policing of the city
Is done In such n neighborly spirit ; the
whole air of the place, is hospitable yet
minding its own affairs. One would gu'es
that where English well-to-de folks were
there also would be gardens about the
houses; but theie are gardens about the llltle
'houses, nnd geed feed nnd beautiful fruit
in the Utile shop nnd flower stands and
flower shops everywhere.
I thought that we had done pretty well in
movie theatres in Philadelphia in the- last
few years, but the two we were In In Mon
treal were larger and mere splendid and with
better music than nil but one of ours. Their
fur shops and leather shops and antiquary
shops are, of course, less expensive and, I
think, ul'e belter than ours. Their hotels
are as geed and larger and better patronized
than ours. They have mere banks scattered
ever the city than we have, and their
churches me mere used nnd their church
institutions hnve mere authority. Their
university 1 better placed nnd mere beauti
ful lu both building nnd surroundings than
our, and their streets are cleaner and better
pined.
YET Montreal could go into the pocket of
Philadelphia In point of size and in point
of number of citizens and, I suppose, In
point of comparative wealth.
The point of comparison Is that the citi
zens of Montreal have done better the things
that we have done well. And the town has
net our untidy, uncomfortable, wasteful
faults.
I suspect that Is at the lwllem of ib
difference our waste and its thrift ! Our
very garbage cans gUe us away. -Thrift Is
an unknown art te most of us: weeven call
it stinginess! We shame even the foreigner
who come te live wilh us out of showing it'
Our great game of poker Is a game of
clever discarding. Our gieat knack of styP
is a knack of changing quickly from Inst
vcnr'n fashion te this. Short skirls .....l
bobbed hair last year, long skirls and cellpd
hair this; Seuth American, negreid jazz
new, but a revival of the polonaise next:
I.-I..1., ..nntnCwl fill-nltltrA Iab, nil n,..l '
bled furnRcre this! Always som;en.fe else
taste never just our own I J
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NOW MY IDEA IS THIS!
Daily Talks With Thinking Philadelphia en Subjects They
Knew Best
DR. PHILIP JAISOHN
On Korea's Struggle for Independence
THE outlook for political independence In
Korea Is new brighter than It has been
nt any time since the events iolievying uic
lltisse-Jnpanese War, which resulted se dis
astrously for Korea, says Dr. Philip Jnl Jnl
sehn. of this eitv. one of the director of
the Friends of Korea nnd one of the Iicm Iicm
kiiewn Korean-born citizens et this country..
"The struggle for her political Independ
ence in which Korea is new engaged anil
which she has waged unceasingly since the
clesflif the Busse-Japanesc War. said Dr.
Jfisebn. "new shows some signs that It may
be terminated favorably for our people. I he
Friend of Korea, an American organiza
tion which has played an important part in
this struggle, i new about three years old
and has a membership of about .".0.000. It
is particularly strong lu Philadelphia.
Korea Important te Japan
"Japan's real reason for wanting Korea
is te have a base en the mainland of Asia.
The original plan did net. nor de I think
that the present one includes Korea, except
as a valuable pawn In a larger game. Hie
first plan, nnd the one which 1 think is still
lu existence, is the ultimate control of
China, but it is clearly Impossible te carry
It out unless there Is a permanent base en
the Asiatic mainland, nnd Korea was net
only the best place where this might be ob
tained, but it has ninny ether ndvantages.
"The Koreans and the Japanese have
nothing in common from the standpoint of
bleed or race. The Koreans are mere Mon
golian, being mere closely related te the
Chinese and Mnnchurlnns, whereas the
Japanese are of Malay origin.
"The Japanese are indebted te the
Koreans for a geed denl of their civiliza
tion, however. About eight centuiies age a
goedlv number of Koreans emigrated Inte
Japan nnd have sime exerted a very con
siderable Influence en that country. These
Kerenn emigrant taught the Japanese the
making of silk nnd percelnln. besides giving
n distinct impetus te the present Japanese
literature, laws and tire general arts of.
civilization.
Koreans nt Salsinua
"If any one will go te Sntsnmn today,
where the famous Satsiiina ware, perhaps
the best known of the Japanese percelnlns,
is made, he will find nbeut .",00 Kerenn fami
lies still living there. Of course, they are
Japanese new, but they are the descendants
et the Korean emigrants of S00 year age,
and still have the traditions nnd fellow the
customs of their Korean ancestor:.
'Korea is nbeut forty-two centuries old,
of which time there nre twenty-seven cen
turies of written history. Most of the civil!
71HI011 of Asln originated In Korea, which
nlwnvs had maintained its independence
until' about twenty years age. Japanese
domination began in 1005 nnd was the re
sult of the Russe-Japanese win. The United
States unwittingly played an important part
in the less of Korean political independence,
"When the Russian and the Japanese
delegates te the Pence Conference came le
the United States, Japan demanded n big
indemnity from Russia, which Count Wit te
said was Impessime te pay. jiussin mm
mure than 150.000.000 population and would
net nav this (tic Indemnity in self-respect.
whether they could raise the money or net.
The result was n deadlock,
Where America Came In
'Mr. Roosevelt, then President, said thai
the delegates must find some ground upon
which they could agree, npd then Japan
offered te waive the Indemnity if given a
free hand in Korea. As the Ilussinns did
net own Korea, they were perfectly willing
le grant this preposition. But there was a
treaty between the United States and
Korea. Korea lincl net wanted te open its
country te America, but America Insisted
nnd guaranteed Korea against foreign ag
gression. This tieaty ha a clause te the
effect that If Korea Is oppressed by foreign
nations the United States would come te its
rescue. v
Thus Japan was helpless unless America
cnns.eiited. England and Japan were nlrcndy
bound by alliance, and there would he no
opposition there, se when Mr. Roosevelt
consented, in order te bring about peace, It
was finished and Japan practically gobbled
up Korea.
"Japan had found early in the war that
shn could net successfully enrry en the cam
pnlgn against Russia without a base en the
Asiatic, mainlnml. Therefore she made an
offensive und defensive alliance with Korea
In February, 1005. Hy the term. of this
Japan was te use Korea as a base of oper
ations, but agreed te restore everything after
the war and guaranteed the terlterial and
political Integrity of Korea. Korea slgped
the treaty and opened the country te the
Japanese Army and Navy. . Japan then wen
the war and betrayed her ally lu the Pence
Cenfeicnte.
Sources of Wealth
"Anether iciisen why Japan wants Korea
is en account of her richness In natural re.
sources. Korea Is rich lu coal and Iren,
whereas Japan has no iron at all and but
Utile coal. Japan has an enormous natural
advantage, in Korea ou account eMts'near-
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nes. but she does net'hnve te have political
domination te mnlutain this advantage.
"The Koreans new have no voice In the
government of their country, which 1 ruled
by n Japanese governor general. There was
a pretense of self-government, but in 1010
Korea wn announced as n part et the
Japanese Empire. American influence wa
formerly very great in Korea. Americans
built -the first railroad and constructed nil
the public utilities, but today everything in
Korea worth having is .in the hands of the
Jnpanese.
"Anether element ivl.lcl. .Tnnnn !... nni
I been able te drive out of Korea is the Amer
ican missionary organizations. The Koreans
always have been a religions people bv na
ture und accepted Christianity rendllv be
cause it agreed with their psychology. As
a consequence, the Christian Church has
made wonderful progress there.
IVerli of American Missionaries'
"The Presbytcrinns and the Methodists
nre especially strong in Korea. The Ameri
can missionaries bring books and ether liter
attire and the histories of ether countries
and have developed Korean education won
derfully. Japan doe net like this because
it knows thut with the advance et education
and the natural freedom . Wine tnn.in,.,... Mi
llie Koreans their task will be that much
U1M1C 1IIUJCU11.
m'7'K0 'Panese de ' net arrest Korean
Christians for being Christians, because thev
knew that public feeling the world ever
would net permit this, but nearlv all the
Koreans new in jail without charges against
them nre Christians. There are about 7000
of these new, but there were 25,000 only a
few years age.
"The Korean leaders are figuring en, three
things: lirst. the proper education of the
young men se thai they will be prepared te
ake held when the country's independence
is restored, ns it must be some dnv; second,
they hope lu case of the regeiferntien
of Russia nnd Chum that these nations, for
their own protection, will come te the rescue
of Korea. A long as Korea I free nnd
Independent and can act as a buffer state,
the safety of Russia and China is much
mere nsaured. Russia must work out her
own sn ration, but it is a mighty nation
and will net stand forever the terrible exist
ing conditions there. The last but net the
least thing they hope for s that some (lav
the Government and people of the United
States will realize the injustice this c-eunti-v
has unwittingly done le the Korean notion,
and that they- will live up te their trcatv
with Keren In 1S.S" i.- .,... i.i :'.
effi
ices te free the Koreans from nlicu. domi demi domi
Hen. -
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What De Yeu Ktietv?
QUIZ
1. What nnclcnt people uC( svsten- nt
ba'rTs lgVmnlr'K a
5. Which is the "Badger State'"'
3, "What Is a holograph will-1
4. Neme two great military leaders who
invaded Italy by ciess ng tlie Alps
n. Xame two eperas bv AVeber
6. AVbeie Is the Cymite language spoken?
I- w.,., vaH Cai--110 Desmeuiins- e,,uhcnf
.!,yJ8 a. volcano se culled?
3. Ahat waterfall is regarded as tli-
grcatest In the world? U
10. What Is a wombat?
Answers te Saturday's Quiz
1. "Undergieund inilread" was the iiif-i
Klven te the system of assistance hf.
abolitionists In tha Nertl, te fugUive
slaves from the Seuth i the iSsrleil
prececllng the Civil War , 2 ;nW
.States. Tha "stations" the secret
leute, twenty miles or ,ero apart
weie usually private Heuse SP the
garrets or cellnrs of which, or in
neaiby caves, slaves vvere I ei t and fid
luring the day At nliilVtfnil i,
fultlye wc.-,, speeded cVn hei,. wn?
Inte the fiea State.. ' a
1, The tirst Atlantic: cable wh laid between
- . Newfoundland nnd Iielaud. "clwcui
3. Th tty-t liree foreign countries we.re ren-
CTifil-j-Utt .V,c,,!s,Tr'u Kxi!-a
K. A (leeil n T flei-rlntr.rln ie .1
n;n" " "1 " "ccu "i ceur
daring.
.": r t lurriiminn
of
6. Darlcn is another name for Pannm-i
especially the Isthmu-, of I'anS a'
Dnlren Is an innertunt .nV.?111,".
Manchuria. --.. in
erdeis and was presented te Yin honer''.'
nry ennenry by the Pepe" uonor uenor uoner
Cimmerian dnikncss In dense ,in.i..
iiif-ntt'ined by llcnicr ns lli
tif-ntlft
fiK in ier-
10,
t'napla Ik h runri-tft vm-u.. .,.
i Mi win iiii-rr-.
w' ui I'.niianien
Intfriuil , rnvriuie roperU Mieu-
ill tn ilttll1 ".. l.n r. t . . . '
clgnictte smoking has increased, while thc'i'
hns bed, a decrease in the use Tef Cg,r
nnd smoking and chewinc- i..l, ..,.,'. 1. k'1
I ha 1
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suppose thj. Is du te the campaign against
faia? It is net impossible. Baum
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THE VAMP' ' '. -V . -jM
7. The tiBRuerrcetype was ', Invented hi
Nlcecn nlient is-a .;.-' :.' .'"P". PS
I, j. M. Uaguerre. n Fi-ciTc artist ''y
S, I-'ranx Liszt, the fainens compesj .',,
s Xra rlH. " it i if,'-. ",""."?.- -. St
mwmm &mmmm?rjixLzim
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SHORT CUTS J
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Probably call him Babe Buth hecauia
that's the wny he acts.
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There uecmi t seem In be a thine tn nut k
into enc! cellar newadaysi
Johnsten and Tllden evidently thought I
they were lu a clean-up campaign.
Well, net te put tee line n point en It, '
Mr. Daugherty isn't dodging trouble. - ,
One -begins te fenr that the girls who ,.,
object te long skirts pretest tee much.
The weight of the sword of Justice Ii
a trifle mere than the drug traffic can bcar.
1 'j.
France continues fe evince desire te
kill the German geese thnt filched the geldS '
egg.
..T-r--- . .. A
iiiiuereiisiicr nev-cruscs owns m tht
New Yerk Manner." Lets of front, we pre
sume. The straw lint will annn i-mena.! t W
pshew hew much n innn is swayed by con---
Perhaps 102:2 will be known as the ycir '
in which -the public grew thoroughly tired
of strikes.
A mandate, us the coal operator sees it,
is a device designed te save his face at tbt
public expense.
California Democrats' are beginning te
wonder If this Pearson person can. ram
'Earn Jehnsen.
The Yeung Lady Next Peer But On
says the unwritten law should be wiped off
the statute books. '
Anyhow, as the President's prlvat
physician It cannot be denied that old Dec
Sawyer is all right.
The Hurcau of Mines hns devised t
vest-pocket gas mask. Fer use, perhaps,
at I. W. W. meetings. ,
New- thnt henlth authorities nre backing
short' skirts, nothing can prevent the lenf
ones from "coming in."
It ought net te be difficult for a fact
finding commission te discover the naked
truth en it September morn.
Congressman Derrick hns bought elerea
airplanes. Determined, you see, le fly nvt
from objectionable notoriety.
New Yerk man killed his wife and him,
self because she wanted him te go te work.
Women are se unreasonable.
Strike disorders continue In nre re that
the soil of discontent makes fertile ground !
f .... .1... I .1 . n ... .11 1
1111- uic reii sci-us 01 radicalism.
Secretary Davis favors beer in steel
mills. Se far ns puddlers are concerned,
this probably .makes it unanimous.
Fall styles decree that even steaks shall
he dressed differently. Itecent rains have
hastened the arrival of mushrooms.
HIS ARTIFICIAL TEETH. A real
istic novel by Toddle Tep. CHAPTKR I.
'False fi lend," he cried, gritting 'em.
The President is said le have nlrenilT
drafted his bonus veto message. This will
be a lellcf te sonic weak-kneed bonus sup
porters.
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Light may seen be thrown en the Au
trlan situation. The arrival of the llritlM ,
gunboat Glowworm nt Ylennn Is coincident
with suspicion that Hungarians plan
make the Urn. fly.
FAREWELL PLATYPUS
night 011 the heels Of Iho news of the
v etery ovei- the Australian tennis team by.
Illilen and Johnsten came the rati tldlnft
thnt the duck-billed plat) pus had died
lha Urenx Zoe.
The iturk-hlllnl ;iljn.i is dead.
Ml the irnrld night at hh bier.
If uuu huvr 11 Icuv le ahal,
.Shcil it here.
Ill ink a ilenl tnnst of sorrow ul ife bir,
Jiitter hier;
Or, xlmgiliini 'Uri-rt miaews, nml honks,
Try a Jlrenr.
I'enr tice duck-hilled nUttuimasti, (
I'liiing as it hemctiek areir,
leiind that life tea all tee fussy
it the tee,
fifteen thousand miles ntrn; from eterif
i' ir ie '
Thnt it knew; .
While Hie worms they tried te feed him iff. j
11 will. ' " $.
Jhickcd his hill.
'Lark-H'day, hit name Is Dennis;
I'ar AuHtnilin's out of lurk.
Did any eriiel gink talk tennis
'In thill iliifh
Did the tidiuyi ttnd te uihkc him fiem ''!
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It nn 11 in in !. f
Peer wee hens! I 'fj'was only torraie ktji
c hii 1 11 nuii
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