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rbUadtlphli, SitimUy, Spttmltr 9. 1922
UNRAVELING A MYSTERY
THE adjournment of the temporary
Finance Committee of tin- Sesqut-Ccn-termini
Association until next week was
taken In order te allow its member time te
discover just what sort of a f.iir K contem
plated. This Is net yet known. Ner i It known
exactly where it is te lie held. Colonel
D'OHer hn admitted that lie doe net knew
hew much land will be needed nor exactly
ivhere the site is te be. It is te be some
, where in or about Fairmount Park. Betend
that all is m.t story. He does- net knew
whether there is te be a big fair or u little
one. Ne official body bus reached unj deci
sion en this point.
Consequently it would be a waste of time
te make financial plan for an enterprise
until it is known for jut what sort of an
enterprise the plnng arc te be ninde.
This mystery will have te be unraveled
pretty seen if the fair N te be held in 102.
It Is expected that the director of the fair
association will be in town net week and
that they will hnve eme definite proposi preposi
tions te make when they meet en Friday.
Until these prepositions are made and
adopted Colonel D'OHer will find it impos
sible te de tnuch mere than talk about the
project.
MORE COAL COMPLICATIONS
I
X THE news from Washington which tells
today of an amendment In the Senate te
the Fact-Flnding Ceal Commission Kill in
tended te nuthorize the Government te leek
for "systems of deliberate collusion between
jniners' organizations and mine owners."
there is tugKested a side of the coal ques
tion which may invite a great deal of sur
prised nnd angry nttentien before long.
, Here is Implied a sort of co-operation be
tween thp two controlling groups in the coal
'.fields which premiss nothing but continu
ing hnrdshlp for the consumer and the un
organized masses.
Suppose it is demonstrated that strikes
are settled nev.adays by secret agreements;
thnt they are called by secret agreements;
thnt labor leaders are sometimes in the
habit of bctrajing net enlj their followers.
but the general public, and that they are
aided in this work by representnthes of the
employing groups. What "ill the (iovern (ievern
ment de? It will be between the devil of a
powerfully entrenched coal monopoly and
the deep sea of Federal e nershlp. The
politician who could extricate the (Iovern (Ievern
ment from that position and find a right
nnd comfortable wnj of escape would be a
genius indeed.
THE BRIDGE IN CAMDEN
J IT
nt
RISDU'TION" of the new Cit Flan-
ilng Commission. wNeh established with
the authority of the Camden City Council
when work en the Delnw.irc I'ridge was ac
tually begun, does net Extend beyond the
city limits. Hut it is te be hoped that its
moral influence nnd civic influent ' maj have
wider scope than Its legal autherltj . Ter
the scheme of trunk lines which It has pro
posed, a scheme of great highwnjs running
fanwise from the Camden end of the bridge
toward nil points in the State must seem
wholly admirable from the view point of any
of the neighboring communities.
Sonic such comprehensive plan for the ac
commodation of a vastly increased flew of
ever-river traffic is essential te the future
orderly growth and the immediate con
venience of all the suburban and fanning
communities adjacent te Camden It is
odd te hear that the merchants of lireadway
are beginning te object because of the in
tention of the commission te divert some of
the bridge traffic from tlieir thoroughfare.
De they want their street te be jammed and
Impassable One thoroughfare through
Camden ccld net accommodate .10 per tent
of the meter traffic of 11)20 or 1027.
A REST FOR DR. HARRISON
THE resignation of Or Charles Cuitis
Harrison from the chairmanship of the
Beard of Trustees of the I'nherslty of
Pennsylvania does net mean that lie is losing
Interest In the Institution.
He could net lese interest If he would.
Ne man who bus sorted for forty-six ears
en the Heard of Trustees of an Institution
and been its. head for fifteen jeurs could
lese Interest In it.
Dr. Harrison Is net retiring from the
beard. He Is merely giving up its chair
manship because the duties of the office are
tee pressing for him. He is no longer a
'young man nnd no one will be critical of
'lilm when he seeks te shift te ether shoulders
the details of a responsible office.
IUh name is inseparably connected with
,the University. He has been one of its
generous benefactors, and se long as the
University survives his influence imen it
".-will be reflected in the conduct of Its affairs.
'ff 'it In such levnlty as he has shown tlmt r,r,.
. - .. - .... , , . - ''
wrves the traditions net only of this unl-
' twlty, but of every ether great university
I 'in the country. These institutions de net
maintain themselves, but are maintained by
(UCU wnu UL'iiuvi; in mem.
tfrV' McAD0 WANTS IT
ttfck.TEV YOltIC Democrat returning fr,
i,S California report that William Olbbs
,';lcAdoe ha confessed te them that he is
ftJ?l. the race for the Democratic presidential
?tV nomination in 1021.
Pf f He was handicapped in lO-'O by the fact
? that he wuh the sen-ln-Iaw of the retiring
Is1' President. There wn considerable nhlec.
p tl6 te the setting up of what might be
v.. railed a Wilsen dynasty. This' elilferinn
PpMH bv.; little feres fn IflSl,
I'W'il Sir. McAdoo can make political capital
CXvt "of lils Hfe n three widely sepnruted
'if'V.pn ftf t,IQ country he ought te euter the
"-.'WllVWIlimi Willi cuntiuirruuii; nueiijiu. Ills
YMHummm eariy inanuoeu were spent in
vz
Tennessee. Then he moved te New Yerkt
where he made n reputation for ability be
cause he took n moribund enterprise, gal
vanlited It Inte life nnd completed a. great
seml-publlc work that cost millions of dol
lar. While retaining his residence In New
Yerk he served In the Cabinet of President
Wilsen. Hnd after he retired from the Cabi
net he took tip his residence In California.
He has friendR in the East nnd the West
and the Seuth.
Hut he must count upon the opposition of
the friends of ether candidates. There Is
Senater Pemerenc, of Ohie, for example,
who is a receptive candidate. And James
M. Cox, who vVns defeated by Mr. Harding,
is understood te be willing te make another
attempt te win the presidency. If Mr. llryan
should fall te put up his lightning red all
precedents will be upset. And Senater
Hitchcock, of Nebraskn, Is willing. This
docs net exhaust the list. Hut enough nnmes
have been mentioned te indicate thnt It will
take mere than the willingness of Mr. Mc Mc Mc
Adee te get the nomination for him.
GREEK AGAINST TURK
AND WHAT IT ALL MEANS
The Whole Tangled and Formidable
Near Eastern Problem Is Reopened
by the Victorious Otteman
March
THE sudden and perhaps Irreparable
Greek collapse In Asia Miner unmasks
a situation in which posturing was car
ried beyond the brink of disaster.
It has been customary In some quarters
te regard the war In the Near East as the
residue 0f the universal conflict, as a
struggle spiritlessly waged en both sides,
securely localized nnd destined In the end
te relieve some of the major European
Powers of the embarrassment of complex
problems in the Levant Hostilities were
sanctioned by the se-called Allies whfn the
dlflicultv of enforcing the Trentv of Sevres
was realized in the continental chancelleries.
Anether view has been that In which
Hellenic ambitions beyond the Aegean were
seen, In the light of historical compensation,
as n modern revival of the epic contest be
tween Occident nnd Orient, with roots In
the old Persian -Creek wars, glorified by
Salamis, Marathon and Plataea and, a mil
lennium later, by the long death struggle of
the Hyzantine Empire agnlnt the Inter
loping Otteman Turks.
It Is easy te be deluded by such ideologues,
especially In thnt quarter of the glebe where
racial nnd religious claims and the prec
edents of ancient civilizations Inextricably
overlap.
Nothing Is mere deceptive In the Levant
than philosophies of history rigidly fash
ioned. Fer (entiirles every contestant here
has been fortified with conceptions of mani
fest destiny.
The Turk has battled for what he deemed
the hemelnnd. the Greek for the soil of his
ancestors Western nations with a weather
e,e en trade anil exp'oltatlen hne net hesi
tared te speak of new crusades.
These formulas may he temporarily con cen
venlnt. but they nrt! beyond nil qutlen
spurious. In the Near East It Is the covert
motives, the policies most carefully hidden
from public gaze which are dominating.
Occasionally the drumming guns which have
no doubts bring down the whole flimsy struc
ture of fictions.
At the present moment the demolition
program 1 In the hands of the Kemallst
Turks. Their injection of realism into the
situation was probably net virtuously in
tended, hut its effect could net have been
mere striking if deliberately and morally
planned.
Four nations, two of the first rank and
two submdiiiate. have been staging a tre
mendous drama In the Near East and deco
rating It with attitudes which In them
selves bear the faintest resemblance te
actual facts.
Constantine, whose throne Is the most
ricketj in Europe, has sought te wive his
dynasty hj the perilous expedient of con
quest. Urltain nnd France are competing
for domination In the Near East. Ne con
ference, however pretentious, has sufficed
te allay this Intense rivalry.
Hew bitter it is was revealed some month
age when Earl Curzon thundered against
tl.e negotiation bj France of a separate
treaty with the Turkish Anatolian Govern Gevern
ui'Mit at Angera.
It is quite conceivable that the fruits of
that pact are new being garnered. Cen-
scieu-ly and with mnteilallst foresight, the
French republn has for a number of years
been cultivating a spirit of accommodation
with Islam. With n stake In Moham
medan Africa, with Its vast possibilities
for armt supply, the French are definitely
aligned in a policy of concession toward the
Crescent, reading a warning In the dlffi
fultles that have beset England in Eg.tpt
nnd India.
The situation is a curious reversal of the
Disraeli siiategy, whereby Hritain for mere
than a halt eeutur.t became the guardian
of the Turk in Europe and Western Asm.
Repudiation of this protective system Is.
nnturallv. nor forgotten" by the Kemalists
t ngaged m pii King up the pieces of the mr mr
reded Otteman Empire. English prestige
in former portions of this realm Is unques
tionably at low ebb.
Fer the present 1 rcneh nffillatinns and
antagonisms there is another caue grounded
in palepate nationalist sentiment. Con Cen
stantlne has never been fergiten bj Frame
f'ir Ills pronounced pre-Germanism (hiring
the World War, and no step tthbh might
contribute te his overthrew has been over
looked In Paris.
Turkish motives In this amazing Inhninth
of cress purposes are as simple ns thew
of their opponent en the field nf battle
are tieubled and confused. The Kemallsts
leek te France for fiu.iiiiiiil rehabilitation
and national retlval.
Political dissensions njid Irreconcilable
conceptions of geternmejt have, ii the
ether hand, virtually destroyed all harmony
of purpose In Greece. The c.uib.il nnd
pure'y selfish ambitions of Constantine aie
angrily recognized by liberals, who have been
growing In numbers and power since that
perverse reaction which resulted in the
overthrew of thnt superb statesman and pa
triot te whom modern Greece Is se deeply
Indebted, Eleuthories Venl.eles.
It Is said that resentment against the
virtual control of Greece bv the Allies
during the latter .tears of the World War
was responsible for the recall of Constan Constan
tieo. However that may be. It Is fast being
comprehended In Greece that Censtantlne'H
rule Is wrecking the nation which rose te
such distinction In lDl.'lj that the Venlzellst
conception of a greater Greece In the van
guard of intelligent piegresslve civilization
hn been dragged In the dust ; that the
threatened advance against Constantinople
wiiK the infatuation of felly, and that the
campaign In the hinterland of Asia Miner
was u hideous and tragically costly blunder.
The prospect of n dynastic overthrew and
n return te political sanity In Greece grows
hourly brighter. This, Indeed, Is seme
compensation for the military debacle.
The darkest side of the whole crisis Is the
possibility of a revived ascendancy In the
East of the Turk, whose destructive tend
encles are thoroughly proved and whose
rapacity for erganised savagery Is quite us
Incontestable ns are the charn of his man
ner iu.d the solid viitue of his strangely
contradictory character.
Even though Kmyrnu be test, Greece may
be In n sense redeeme1 by the swift march
of events In Aela Miner.
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EVENING' PUBLIC
What France nnd Britain will mnke of
the tnngle In which they are enmeshed
ennncit be se hopefully conjectured, although
It is possible thnt sardonic smiles are
already wreathing several faces at the Qual
d'Orsay; .
CONQUEST BY CENSORS? '
QUIETLY, slowly and steadily docs the
faith in censers nnd a belief in their
usefulness spread through all the English
speaking world. Even many of the people
who try te keep nn Intelligent nnd Interpre
tative eye en the drift of contemporary
events have failed thus far te notice the con
tinuing progress in victorious lands of n
characteristic malady of the Germany of
the Kaiser.
Censers with official pewe- te establish
standards of art nnd literature and te gov
ern or restrict expression of individual feel
ing mny be useful new nnd then. It is net
of such censers as new exist that sensitive
observers are moved te complain. It is
rnthcr of the disposition of great and grow
ing masses of people te defer te them and
accept them nnd give their minds Inte their
keeping thnt appears at times te Indicate
rami' weakening of the spirit of self-reliance
that used te be the dominant characteristic
"f the Anglo-Saxen nnd his nsseclate pio
neers of the New Civilization.
, Sir Gilbert Parker, when he arrived in
tnls country yesterday, was net off the ship
before he seized an opportunity te deplore
nil the philosophies created In recent years
te sustain the bellcf in censers of one sort
nnd another, especially the belief In theso
thnt function ns watchmen and watchwemen
ever the art of literature nnd the moving
pictures. Sir Gilbert said it all when he
observed thnt the only safe nnd tolerable
and efficient censorship is the censorship of
mass opinion.
It mny be interesting in this connection
te try for n moment te imagine what would
hnve hnppened1 if administrative bureau
cracies, established in nccerd with some
ideas new fashionable, were functioning te
Impose their stnndnrcls en writers of the
past and te outlaw work which they re
garded as "dangerous prepngnndn." Cer
tainly the burenucrajts in Londen would
have called out the guard . for Dickens.
Dickens was, first of all, a propagandist
ngniiist mnny Institutions of the sort which
the typical bureaucrat regards as sacred.
Zela In his greatest hours was a propa
gandist. Harriet Hcecher Stewe wrote in
"Uncle Tem's Cabin" a novel of propa
ganda that would hnve been promptly sup
pressed "in the interest of the public pence"
if n let nf the smnll jobbers In the politics
of the time hnd hnd the power te suppress
it. Charles Rende was n propagandist. Se
were Jehn Itunynn nnd Cervantes. They
merely gave te criticism of hated or doubt
ful institutions a new form. Indeed, every
great writer is a prenehcr at heart, and
some of the best and most obscure nnd most
hated of them have been ministers of Ged
laboring in alien vineyards.
All great nrt Is prepaeandn of one sort or
another. Te sny thnt a censorship of books
nnd painted pictures Is needed or thnt n
tightening censorship, even ever the movies.
Is justified is te say that art at last has lest
its freedom te grew and that it mny never
again take forms tee noble te be understood
by the sort of politician who gets the easiest
job. The worst thing nbeut censorship of
the movies is that it seems nt times like n
preliminary te censorship of painted pictures
and books nnd plays and even the Church.
Religious censorship or attempts at it are
visible even new in mere than one quarter.
The right of ministers of the Gospel te sny
what they feel te be right has been openly
challenged. Whnt we are witnessing Is nn
effort of theorists te bind the spirit of man
and mnke It silent nnd reform It in the like
ness of a bureaucrat.
It is net enough te sny that mnny movies
need censoring or te admit that producers
grossly nbued the privileges of their free
dom In the enrller days of the industry.
The principle represented by the remedy of
censorship Is mere te be feared than the
bad pictures te which no one need go and
worse than the offenses which it Is supposed
te prevent. Fer our civilization is the prod
uct of free opinion nnd unhindered inspira
tion in the individual. It has grown strong
bv criticism. Criticibin has kept It clean.
The best way te be rid of feels who tnlk
and write is te give them a hearing. They
must have something better than what we
have or they must get out of the way. Pro
gressive human intelligence quietly over
whelms them.
It is net wickedness or disorder thnt the
censer makers fear. It Is progress. And it
is change.
THEY LIKE TO GO TO SCHOOL
SCHOOLS are net whnt they used te be
when children reluctantly went te their
lessens.
The Interest nnd nnimatien nn the faces
of the little boys nnd girls seen en the streets
this week en their way te the school houses
Indicated pleasure nt the reopening of the
schools.
The tenchers hnve learned new te mnke
lenrnlng attractive. They cannot extract all
the drudgery from the process, but they can
and they de surround it with enticements
which appeal irresistibly te the Imagination.
It Is sometimes argued that the processes
of education nre made tee ensy nnd thnt the
mind loses somewhat in discipline as a re
mit. Hut most of us will ngree that any
thing which will get knowledge Inte the mind
of a chlhl Is defensible. Whether etery one
would go se for as some of the literature
teachers in the Philadelphia schools Is open
te doubt. Hut it must be ndmitted that the
teacheni who suggest that the boys rend
Brum Stoker's "Draeula" in order that they
may discover for themselves thai a book can
bp nbierbingly interesting report that the
plan works. After rending 'Dniciiln" the
beyn esk for something else, and in time
they begin te find the best literature at
tractive. Modern educational methods seem te be
based en the theory that the first essential
Is te arouse the interest of the pupil. Men
at middle age whose Interest was net aroused
In their youth nnd who were taught by main
foree are glad that their children nnd grand
children nre subjected te a mere Intelligent
process of education.
Where there's smoke
(J, b. I). there must be fire.
Where the press ngent
vnuntcth there must he some foundation In
fact. Where the newspaper photographer
spot feminine pulchritude it assuredly exists.
Se, judging from newspaper account's of the
bentity pageant nt Atlantic City, we arrive
nt the conclusion that the lteardwnlk is al
most as attractive as Chestnut street nt the
neon hour.
Having hud a taste of
whoel yesterday, just
vneugh te whet their ap
petites nnd mnkn -tliem
Read Slowly
and Earnestly
long for mere, the 277,000 school children of
Philadelphia nre eagerly looking forward te
Monday, when they will meet their dear
tenchers and can get down te work upon the
studies they love.
Geed business!" says Huge Stinnefl.
nH he formulate plans te rebuild devastated
France en n 0 per cent basis, nnd Implies
that It i nlH" Bn'J Political economy and
ceed policy. But a suspicions world will
hesltnte just u little while before echoing,
"Geed business!"
As Smyrna residents sing it: "Kemai'a
a-cemln'." .
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IjEDGfiRT-PlARELPmA; SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER'
PURITANICAL PLYMOUTH
One Hat Only te Loek Around te
Knew Why Pilgrim Fathers Left
There Morning or After
noon, One or the Other
By GEORGE NOX McCAIN
Torquay, Devenshire, England.
I HAVE discovered the real reason why the
Pilgrim fathers left Plymouth.
They grew weary of its mock puritanical
Sunday ways.
As, for instance:
The old town closes up tight as wax en
Sunday f that is, te all appearances and for
n part of the day.
On nil the main streets net only are the
stores closed, nnd (blinds drawn, but tar
paulins nrc stretched around the outside of
the show windows. (The tarpaulins have
the concern's advertisements en them in
large black letters.)
M Net a t -riley car runs. They cnll them
"Trams." '
The streets, principal ones, are dead and
deserted.
The slew, solemn tone of church bells fill
the soft, salty nir during the morning.
TF YOU long for a cigar or cigarette ;
Or, If you nre shy of bread, or cucum
bers, or postcards, or salt mackerel, or
molasses ;
Or you wnnt te buy a trinket or wme
crochet yarn?
Take n wnlk up a side street nnd the
gcntlemnnly grocer, or the lisping lady in
the candy nnd soft-drink emporium, or the
cigar nnd postcard shop is ready te serve
yeu: and "Thank you, kindly sir."
Then nbeut 2 o'clock P. M. the grand
transformation takes place.
Plymouth becomes Caracas, or Seville,
or any ether modern community of the
' Latins or Latin Americans.
In Carncns and Seville you go te church
enveloped in your special cloak of sanctity
with somber eyes in the morning.
In the nftcrnoen you go te the bullfight,
nnd then you nttend the Opera nt night.
It's somewhat that way in Plymouth.
ALONG nbeut 2 o'clock the ancient town
cornea te life.
Church bells give way te tramcar gongs.
Toward evening the saloons, or bnrs
"pubs." ns they nre called In the vernacular
start selling "mild and old," Cegnnc, "a
few drops of Scotch," and any ether old
thing you wnnt.
Cigar stores take down their camouflage
cenvnscs.
Plymouth has been transformed.
About 8 :80 P. M. the streets nre crowded.
Pontile wnllc fntir nhrafet. Tliire'q n
"great let of laughing and jellying.
coming home from church
Net a bit of it.
Coming home from the free band concert
en the Hee, ns the sen promenade is called.
"XX7HY de you step
all
the trolleys for
" half n dnv en Sundnv?"
I asked a
nntivc of the town.
He cast a leek of Injured surprise en
me ns he replied solemnly :
"W'y, te permit the trelleymcn te go te
church."
As the city owns the trolleys, you hnve
a transcendent example of corpernte godli
ness by proxy.
I wouldn't object te the scheme if they'd
only step the motormen smoking pipes.
The conductors smoke clgnrcttes.
Where time does net permit him te finish
it, he rubs the fire out and sticks the "fag,"
or butt, behind his ear till he can get nn
opportunity te light it again.
When the tram comes te the end of the
line, does the conductor swing the trolley
red en top of the car with a rope ns Mitten's
men de?
Well, rather net !
He grabs a twenty-feet bnmboe pole with
n hook in the end and thus reverses the
trolley red.
Some wet, foggy, slippery day the steel
hook en the end of that fishing pole Is going
te slip.
It will come in contact with the current.
Then there'll be n new voice heard in the
nngcllc chorus that evening.
IT'S n pretty smnll world after all.
Suggestions of home in faces or names
constantly arise in the most unexpected
manner.
Down nt the MUbny Station of the South
western Railroad, I came across the follow
ing en n pester:
Oirlnr; te interrupted communication
in the Cerk, Ireland, service, heats will
hereafter leave Cerk at 6:0 '. Jf.
promptly, from the
rnxnesE quay.
I em net nt all familiar with the Penrose
gencnlngy.
Evidently tlicy came mere or less, in the
remote pest, from the Seuth of England
or mnvbe from Ireland.
W. R. Penrose is the proprietor of n
large and flourishing public-house en Union
street, this city. .,..,.
R. Penrose has the lnrgcst chcml6t shop
(drug store) in the searfide resort of Loee.
p
USSYFOOT" JOHNSON, our Ameri-
the English "wets" going for a certainty.
The reference te Loee recalls the fact.
In the Loee Hetel is a large plncnrd with
the legend:
WARNING!
Indifference of the public resulted in
AilERic.i nema dry.
Use your vote and influence against
Lecal Option.
It is the thin end of the xctdge of
Prohibition.
THE American visitor who Innds nt Plym
outh makes a mistake If he doesn't
spend a few dnyh In the quaint city.
There nre n dozen beautiful meter drives.
Besides, Plymouth has the most nccom nccem nccom
smedatlng nnd politest policemen In England.
Its hotels are nothing te beast of. They
arc te be reverenced rather for their age.
There is a wealth of rum things te be
Plymouth had war gardens, just us Phila
delphia hnd. ii,..
They are fixtures new; and an admirable
scheme they nre.
Peer people nnd ethers net se peer rent
plots litiecn by forty feet wherever nvnll
U'ble. They pay from ten te twenty shillings a
year for the ground.
A !!x4 hut is built te held garden tools.
Enough vegetables tire raised, with a little
enre, te supply n futnlly.
ONE of
Bnptli
the eldest If net the eldest
1st church in the world is hidden
ntvny here nenimi ii uu min-i.
St Geerge Street Baptist Church was
organized in 10'-0. ,
it wns iii n building en its site (hat the
Pilgrim Fathers were entertained the night
before they sailed nwny in the Mayflower
uml Speedwell.
The church was organized thnt year.
Plymouth's streets nre unsurpassed for
their Miioethnes and durability.
But the old town hns no ice wagons.
Milk Is delivered by pony or handcart nnd
It is slopped nil ever the enrt.
If n contractor, curpenter, painter or
tinner has n contract, his men have the
material in hand or push carts te the place.
Unless It is a lurge job.
Every trolley Is n deuble-decker, nnd the
trncks nre nbeut six inches nnrrewer thiiu
theso nt home,
PLYMOUTH tins us beaten n mile in some
respects.
Particularly in her streets nnd their con-
' In her pujille bathing fncllltlesj
And her window decorntlens, en tjic busl busl
ne' thoroughfares, leave nothing te be
In some ether respects she is a hundred
yeara behind the times.
Te some Americans (his latter la her
greatest attraction, , f
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NOW MY IDEA IS THIS!
Daily Talks With Thinking Philadelphia en Subjects They
Knew Best
JOHN K. SNYDER
On Cultivation of Vacant Lets
THE cultivation of vacant lets within the
city limits ndds materially te the feed
supply of Philadelphia, nceerding te Jehn
K. Snvder, superintendent of the Philadel
phia Vacnnt Let Cultivation Association.
The work net only ndds te the nvallnble
feed supply, but affords pleasant work nnd
save considerable money te these who nre
willing te work the gardens.
"The Philadelphia Vacnnt Lets Cultiva
tion Association." said Mr. Snyder, "is new
1- I... .,.. ...eItl, rem- Tile tdcil Orlgi-
noted in Detroit during the administration ei 1
Mayer Filigree, who wns uuueeti nt uiui ""
Petate' Pingree, because of his iden eE
bringing the vacant lets under active cultiva
tion. But It wns n geed idea nnd wes
adopted by many ether cities. It wns in
1801 thnt the idea started In Detroit and
two ycnis later it was begun here.
Started te Meet Depression
"Our organization wns permanently or-
!. .i in 10.7 Ah wnn the ense in De
treit, It wn begun te give relief from the
severe business depression of the years inh
te 1807. It lias increased here steadily from
that time, reaching its climax, ns might be
expected, during the war year. In 1SU7,
the vear of our permanent organization, xve
had "about 100 families who took gardens and
this number grew until in 1018 we had 1100
families who were cultivating them.
"Since the people hnve te work for what
they get. the gardens are generally taken
enlv by these who need the help which they
will give. The primary iden is that they
shall raise the vegetnbles for their own use :
but if tltey have en ever-nbundnnce et ene
thing or two, there is no objectieu te their
selling this surplus nnd using the money te
buy something which they need but hnyc
net raised themselves. It Is Impossible te
tell in advance hew the crops of n season
will turn out ; sometimes one thing will grew
well, nnd nnether, equnlly necessary, will
net, and will have te be bought.
"We have no trouble with the nspect of
commercialism. Our garden nre only 50
bv 100 feet, nnd se the size of them will
net nppeal te any ene from the commercial
standpoint, for he will net be able te raise
n great deal mere thnn hi own family will
need en se smnll a plot of ground.
"This season the crops hnve been unusu
allv geed. We cannot tell definitely ns yet
just hew they will turn out os compared
with ether tears, because the returns nre
net compiled' until ThnnksglviBg. The aver aver
age money value of the crops ie about ?8e
each sensen. Lust yeer they ran about $1(0,
but then prices were unusunlly high, while
new thev nre considerably lower. But the
actual quantity of feed raised this season
will be greater than any Benben during the
last four venrs.
"The ground te be cultivated is secured
for the persons taking It by the associa
tion, end we get it from owner free of
chnrge. This is subject te a prevision that
the owner mny secure the possession of the
ground en ten days' notice. But there I
little trouble en this score.. We hnve an
understanding with the owner of each plot
which we propose te put under cultivation
ns te the likelihood of lit wanting the
ground back before the close of the harvest,
,,,. ,i, i-!, nl.illtv nf his illsneslnz of It be
fore that lime. If it beemH likely that he
will want It, we de net put it under cultiva
tion. "But, ns I Mild, there is little trouble with
this feature. Practically none of the own
ers ever wnnt the ground back before the
close of the growing seumn. Ne rent 1b
charged for the ground and the associa
tion iinys for 'the preparation of the soil,
(he seed and the fertilizer. This I supplied
te the family taking it for cultivation at
actual cost. (
Location of the Gardens
"The greatest number of the garden are
located In West Philadelphia and In Ger Ger
inantetvn, although there nre also some In
Frnnkferd nnd in Mount Airy. The same,
person take about fid per cent of the gnrdens
year after yenr and fully 10 per cent of
the families hnvci taken gardens for mere
thnn five yenr. The location is usually
within a dlstiince of from six te eight blocks
of the homes of the person working them,
But there nre some exceptions le this,
as we hare famllleB living In the center of
Sits ciw i"u "J eixiy-nnu street and
Uewoed arenue te cultivate their lets, and
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SEPTEMBER GETTING UNDER
ethers go from Celumbin nvcnue te Gcr Gcr
mnntewn. "The nntiennlltie of the families working
the gardens are interesting. In the early
years of the movement, the Italians were
probably in the lead se far as numbers were
concerned, and this continued during the war
years. But lately there has been n very
large increase in the number of American
fnmilies which hnve taken the gnrdens, nnd
tedny they nre In the lend, there belus:
nbeut70 per cent of the total number nntive .
A ...An, An.. fnHilltni. !.... .l..u. ... t !
.tiiii-i 11.1111 iiiiiuuvn. Miivru inure huh ier-
merly only nbeut fie per cent. The colored
people hnve incrensed very largely also, and
they nre excellent gardeners as n rule.
"Each garden Is inspected regularly, end
theso who de net take geed care of their
plots hear from us about it. If the gardens
are neglected tee much they nre cleclnred
forfeited nnd the plot is given te some ether
family if it be net tee Inte in the season
te get n crop from It.
"But the percentage of forfeitures Is very
small and has net been mere than one for
feiture te every 100 fnmilies since the move
ment began. This year the percentage of theso
losing tlieir gardens will be exceptionally
htnall. There has been geed weather for
raising vegetables nnd they hnve had very
little te discournge them. Twe per cent
wns the highest rate of forfeitures thnt we
hnve ever had.
"The families are assigned the gardens in
the order in which their application are
filed. The npplicntiens for gardens come in
from about the first of October until the
following June, but Mnrch nnd April nre
the months when the greatest number is re
ceived. "In case of n protracted drought, the
workers of the plots take up the mntter of
getting water lndlvidunlly with the Water
nurenu nnd mnke application for a supplv
from the fire plugs, nnd generally this can be
arranged.
"The garden tracts nre divided into from
six te seventy-two lets, ench According
te the size of ground at our disposal. The
overage will contain about thirty-flve lets.
There Is very llttle depredation or theft
from the gnrdens. In the larger lets, where
there are u goodly number of gardens, seme
of the members of the various families work
ing them nre generally around mere or less
nil day, and their presence-pretect the
gardens of nil of them from nnv ene who
might be disposed te steal from them. Oc
casionally there will be a complaint of theft
from some of the lets en the outside edge
of the lnrge lets, but even this is infre
quent." What De Yeu Knew?
Quiz
1. What was the period of the great Meham
medan sweep etcr vast terrlterlei In
Europe, Asia and Africa?
2. What Is nn Icen?
3' W1EtmndstenVmld'11 "am f Wllllnm
i- wja'1 Ulni.1 of a'beat is a kayak?
D. After tvhem are volts of electricity
C. What great river flews through n defile
known us the Iren Gates?
7. Where wiih Jehn Drewn executed'
8. low does a flying squirrel fly?
9. What Is nn acropolis?
10, ''iieniVu'T V 'centcd In cenven-
, 2?.-'.'? '' f0!'m '". ,h0 cnpltula of
Corinthian columns?
Answers te Yesterday's Quiz
1. The .Spnnte has the sole power te try
alt Impeachments. ' lry
"' amMlner.h th CMft "apan or As"i
3. The split Inflnltlve is n locution In which
the pieposltlen "te" Is stparn ted I by en,
or mero words from the verb which ?
governs, us "te quickly return" ' Insteaci
of "te return quickly." mstcau
4. The expression. "Harnutn was ,K),t" S
used with refctrence te the iliiee, ,7
remark of the great showman "The
t. American people Ulce te be fooled
5. Ilnlnbrldge Celby wag the last Secretary
of H ate of the Wilsen Aclmlnlstratle
C. Conchelogy Is the study of l eiii ' ""
7. Pe I tax literally means lie,, i' tax Pell
Is an old word for head "
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A ehiitve In machine. rv
nil ev wheel! nl,.r. ,. ,,...,.'. ?!..''v!'il
block. ". anil It
The four rivers of the Oardesn of Eden
were the Plaen, tha Olhen, th ilidl
Uekel and the Euphrates . m
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SHORT CUTS
AH gains nrc net nt Manheim.
The Snmpale Correla 1b a perslitent
bird.
What the country pines for is verifica
tion of rnilrend pence rumors.
The injunction te love one another ii
centinuully being violated.
As it mny appear te GannavWalskt,
Mme. Melius is contumelious.
A baby son certainly makes a difference.
William S. is no longer a Hart bowed down.
Man died while watching the beauty
pageant nt Atluntlc City. That's knocking
cm dead.
Trust Marie Cerelll te say the original
nnd unusual. "Truth is never popular,"
sny she. Ain't it the truth, Mnrie?
A vein of hard coal haB been found by
a sewer contractor under Pettsvllle's miln
street. Chance here for the municipality te
lay in the winter's supply.
Well, nearly 00,000 Phlladelphiam
hnve registered their Intention te vote next
November. Is net that encouraging? Yi,
indeed, kind sir, with the accent en the net.
Otvosse, Mich., girl has been Jailed fer
wearing trousers. Calm yourselves, ladles!
Before growing excited think of what weulJ
happen te a man who applied for a job In
skirts.
Imperial Wizard of the Ku Klur Klan
has been pinched in Indiana for having
quart of whisky in his possession. A real
wiznrd would hnve turned It Inte pep at the
moment of confiscation.
The declaration of Admiral Celby M.
Chester that the Turk is a tolerant man
nnd that in'busincss he never violates oil
word is contrary te the general impression I
save, pcrhups, In naval circles. Many men
who have been stationed in Turkish pert
seem te prove that contact minimizes propa
ganda. CHANTEY
(The officers and crew of the American
and Nnplca llner Philadelphia arrived in
rctv Yerk as passengers en the Ancher
liner Camerenla, nnd the story they tell
has been strung; Inte voree by our tame
offlce poet.)
Hit bu a hrcc:e and stung by a gale
And obsessed by a curious notion,
The ship Philadelphia blithely act tall
On the briny breast of the ocean,
WlUi a ricib of Peruvians, Maltese, Scetl,
Portuguese, Filipinos, Russians,
Chileans, Panumans, Poles, Hottentots,
Germans, Greeks, Neapolitans, Pruitiani,
While the wild waves yapped
And the capstan capped
And the stormy winds did blew,
There were Reds In the roll of this pelvgltl
crew.
(Only physical force can' such folk heli,)
There were collcge girls sweet in the caWa,
1010 knew
Fifty culleye boys stripped in the ttekf
held.
There was booze aboard, and the thiri'V
loons
Forget what experience teaches.
And the Reds spouted Uelshevist plfflle, peer
prune,
II' h He the rah,rahs spooned with tht
peaches,
kAni the stewards stewed,
And the scu'incws mewed,
And the wild tniccj yapped,
And the capstan capped,
And the stormy winds did blew,
ll'icii ci ercie won't weik and the feed runt
low, .
"i'ls queer bat of tricks one must en
In.
77ip sailor they hit the grog below
While the stokers leafed in tha cabin,
And the captain vtieiclnc; fAaf love aa
boese
An freight are net paying staples
Just Uhimcd the trouble en geed ship erev
And beached the baxga in Naples.
I ml the fii'rs tie thaniud
As the anchor nuked,
And 14 tJ MH'iilcws mewed.
And the steward stewed,
And tha wild waves yapped,
And the capstan capped, .
And the stormy tcindi Hi blew, G.,A
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