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HARDING'S BURDENS TIIK country "ill .".inipntlilz" ilenply with President Hardine nnd )iep th:tt Mrs Hnrdi;ie's illneix in.iv be withntit con-sequences mere serious tlirm these nlrcndy re ported. The country nusht well de a little mere than that. It r.uyht take a moment te think soberly of the lnereniiis u eight of the labors and re-pen'ibilitie which It lends upon each neee-'ive incumbent of the presidential office. It is new ns it used te be in Mr. AVU AVU en'a day. If business li peer or wages nre tee hish or tee lew: if the rain doesn't fntl or If It doe; if the crops don't flourish or if the cows de net rome home ; if Kurepe doesn't behave or if unruly group-, at home Confuse national affairs and make living temporarily difficult, the firt thing the aver aver age man does is te sav heatedly that "the President ought te de something Meanwhile, a tremendous mechanism of checks nnd balances exists te keep the President from doing anything net sanc tioned by rengrc'-. the Supreme Court, the terms of the Constitution of the Cnited States nnd executive tradition, and that Is about ns it should be. Miice ours is net yet one-man government. The wife of the Provident must hear a weight of social responsibilities nlmet as heavy as the burden of official and .einl .einl effieinl duties which rests upon the -heul-ders of the President himself. It is net sur prising that residents in the White limine break occasionally under the rigorous rou tine. It would be Mirprhlng if thej sur Tlvcd the strain without an occasional breakdown of one ,ort or another. THE DRUG FUND IT Is te be presumed, of course, that thj $1." OCO appropriated b Citv Counci' fur "an Investigation of the illicit drug traffic" will de some geed. The members of Coun cil are te be commended fur providing any additional means te restrict the scnurje of narcotics. Yet, looking at the hulk of the Rcneral question, it musr be apparent te any one net wholly uiumVniied tli.it $," nix) 6pent te investigate the drug traffic would prebablj lend the investigators about a.s far toward the light as one might go who pent that amount of money te investigate the secret traffic in arms In Neitlierii Europe in the years between 1000 and lltl 1. The drug question is international. Its roots are sj)ii-ad in every milued country nnd in the stas between. When In a b lated agreement arrived at between the holding Putters In China opium was burred from Chinese ports, the manufacturers in the United States, rngland. Trance. (Jer many and Japan at once began te leek about for an enlarged m.irket fr opium's deriva tives. Thej appear te haw -elected Eng land, tle Continent of Kurrpe ami the T'nlted States it mav be quite true, ns eeme of the members of Conned allege, that Inwle's distribution of narcotics of home manufacture s general in this ceuntrv It is nKe true th'ir little or no legal mni him-n exists effectually te hinder the free move ment between countries of all sorts of habit -forming drugs. I5y an irenic trick of fate China is the only ceuntrv that new benefits under a re strictive rule founded In co-operative Inter national action te stamp out the drug hnbit. The sort of agreements which have been operating at least te restrict opium smoking In China must be arrived at by the white nations te eliminate the illicit drug trade. It Isn't tee much te suppose that the coun tries most affected will seen be compelled te take sonic such action. JACKSON AND A MORAL WIIKTHPJt the entemhed miners at Jack Jack ten, Calif , are brought out alive or dead, the struggle te rescue them will be hard te forget An epic of the raw wilder ness is being lived nnd acted en the surface nt the mine mouth nnd -1000 feet under the ground In the company of players, en gineers nuncis nnd mine owners appear equally human, equally courageous anil un eclfish. The representatives of the owners of the property refuse te lese hope. The bosses nnd engineers liuve faced death every day eince the lire cut off the escape of about forty men. New. still hammering away nt the rocky barriers, they offer a reward of $.'000 te the first crew that breaks through the re maining obstruction. It Is worth remembering that en this same ground femn of the bitterest labor fights between employers and empleyes have been fought. And the moral is .simple. Man appears destined te struggle against him self ns bitterly and, perhaps, ns hope lessly ns he must stniggle with the stub born and unfeeling earth. A GREAT POPULAR SUCCESS Jf rTUIE mirmeunt I'arit symphony Orclies- X tra concerts, wlilcli closed last evening at Lemen Hill, have been a triumphant dem onstration of the sincere appetite of the pub lic of this community for geed music well presented. The series of entertainments authorized by Council with remarknble dispatch nnd directly organized by experienced executives, including, notably. Leuis Mnttsen, assistant Manager of the Philadelphia Orchestra, ex ceeded, both In artistry nnd vigor of ap peal! the rosiest anticipations. The individual players, mostly drawn from the ranks of the Philadelphia Orchestra, quickly achieved esprit de corps nnd bnlance t tone. The programs were devised with adralrnble discretion, reflecting n high stand ard of taste, without emphasis upon the cryptic or the "precious." ;ft t'juum directors, .wr, iveisr, ur, xibu- .W"Sl"Mr. Rlctet ikterestlnf contrasted personalities, speedily entrenched themselves In popular favor. It may be safely predicted that the cycle will be resumed next year, nnd that con certs will be given throughout the entire summer, beginning in May or June, lly that time. It is te be hoped that seating accommodations nt Lemen Hill will be in creased, nnd tlie band shell improved. The enterprise cannot nttnln Its maximum of pefslbllities until n great open-air audi torium has been provided, somewhat nfter tlie fnshien of the New Yerk Stndluni. During the winter, Council, which se laudably launched the erchestrnl enterprise, should concern Itself with bettering nnd en larging facilities for the huge attendance nt Lemen Hill. Liberal appropriations de voted te such work would be well expended. PESSIMISTS TO THE REAR! OPTIMISTS TO THE FRONT! Geed Creps Indicate That the Country Has Turned the Cerner and Is en the Read te Prosperity IjlAH-SCKINO business men who have x been hesitating about the future will get much enceurngemen from the announce ment by the Department of Agriculture that the farm crops tills year will be worth .?l,'.T.O.One.(i(H) mere than last yenr. The estimated v.-.luc of the principal crops en n basis of the prices of September 1 Is 0.(100,000.000. The corn crop will he worth $!0r,000,000 mere than last year; the cotton crop, S'i.OOO.OOO : the eat crop, $S,1, 000,000; the apple crop. $01,000,000, and the peach crop ?3.",O00,O0O. Virtually every crop, except wheat, rje and peanuts, will be worth mere than a jear age. It Is well known that the farms are the basil of national prosperity About one-half of the people of the country are dependent for a lh'llboed directly or indirectly en the j farms. They cither live en the farms or In the little rural communities supported directly by the farm trade. When the farmers have money te spend all kinds of business are geed Their pros perity Is ns necessary te the prosperity of the Natien as the prosperity of any great nation Is necessary te the prosperity of the world. This Is se because they constitute a large mass of producers nnd consumers. The proceeds from the geed crops this j ear will have a stimulating effect upon all kinds of business. These farmers who did net pay off their mortgages during the period of high prices while the war was going en will pay them off this year. This will release money for use in ether forms of Investment. The farmers will buy mere clothing nnd mere talking machines nnd mere automobiles and mere books and mere carpets and mere furniture. They will en large their buildings or rebuild these that need it. The money which they disburse will cir culate throughout the whole Natien. It will reach every manufacturing plant In the country, where much of It will be paid out in wages te the dwellers In the large towns. It will go te the railroad cemprnles In fares paid te carry the farmers te the citie. where they will pay the hotels for their lodging nnd the restaurants for their feed and the amusement places for their tickets and the retail merchants for the various luxuries which they can find only In the big cities. (ioed crops are like an Injection of fresh bleed into the eins of an nnemie patient. They bring the flush of health te all busi ness. There Is nothing new In this. It Is one of the commonplaces of economic and politi cal dIcsusien. Put it Is worth while re minding our-elves of It nt this time because of nil that It Implies. Business men have been timid nbeut making engagements for the future. They have been living from hand te mouth, ne: quite se rlgldiy as n ear or two age, but they are still cautious because of the un- I certainties. Seme of the mere courageous of them luue been daring the possible risks j of continued depression. Their nrtien has i served te relieve the depression semewh.it ; There is an illustration here In Phila delphia of what is going en in ether parts of the country In the central part of the town there are half n dozen or mere great buildings jeing up or Immediately te start. They are te take the place of little build -ing" which have been outgrown. They are hotels, office structures, theatres nnd manu facturing plants. Tens of millions of dollars will he invested in them nnd the projectors nre confident of an adequate return nn these great bums. Their confidence will he strengthened by the figures nbeut the crops given out by the Department of Agriculture. Carpenters nnd masons nnd steel workers are nlrcndy feeling the effect of the re newed confidence In the future. Their pros perity will be reflected in grenter prosperity among all the retail merrhnnts In town, for men who have been idle nre new employed. The orders for new equipment given out by the Pennsjlvnnln Railroad are Indirectly due te the necessity of Increasing the ability of the railroad te carry the crops of the fanners te market All signs seem te Indicate that the country has turned the corner and is en the way te n restoration of normal conditions. One cause or nneihei may check the advance, but we are bended in the right direction. THE TERRIBLE TURKESS KINO CANUTE showed no greater pre sumption when he commanded the In coming tide te recede than has been mani fested by the Turkish Government Commis sion en Stjles for Wernon. The commission has ordered thnt the women must wenr long bklrts, thnt their garments must conceal the waist nnd that n flowing outer-garment must be worn en the street. It objects te embroideries en the skirt unless they are of the same color ns the skirt itself. This ruling has been mnde te cheek the adoption of Pnrlsinn nnd Viennese styles in Turkey. But, nccerding te nil trustworthy ncceunts, the women of Turkey resemble In temperament the women of nil ether coun tries. They will wear whnt they like In cpltc of edicts of public officials and they will induce their husbands te admire what ever garments they mny adept. And the husbands can't help themselves. DISDAIN OF CITIZENSHIP AS IN the drama, se appaiently In regis tration for voting, contest and the clash of characters and motives constitute the In dispensable elements of vitality. It is generally believed that Glfferd Pin Pin chet is as geed as elected Governer of Pennsylvania. Whether this view be pre sumptuous or otherwise, there is little ques tion that It Is wely held. Given a lively EVENING PUBLIC LEDGERPHILADELPHIA, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER controversy nnd electors will turn out In profusion for enrollment. Peace, estenslblu or real, Is sometimes another nume for npatliy. Civic duty ns n matter of principle Is evi dently of Insignificant appeal te many thou sands of citizens of Philadelphia. The reg istration last week was the lightest of any first enrollment day en recent record here. The excuse of vncntienlng is hardly valid this yenr, since the first of the three np np peinted reglst-ntien days wns later In tlie calendar than the corresponding occnslen in 11)21. It Is estimnted that about 10,",000 citizens, Including both men nnd women, safeguarded their franchise. The total en the opening registration day n yenr nge was 1,11,011, and in 11)11) it was 1S7.212. The inttcr figures were recorded during the period of J. Hamp ton Moere's candidacy for the mayoralty. It would seem thnt lnrgc numbers of elec tors will exert themselves a little te par ticipate in n fight. Ne sensation, no vote, Is apparently their Interpretation of their responsibilities ns citizens. It hud been thought by some optimists that the women would net regard polities se narrowly. The assumption was exag gerated. Sex lines arc indistinguishable In the present npnthy. Twe mere registration days, September 10 nnd October 7, provide opportunities for n reawakening. Results will show whether there is genuine widespread esteem for the right of franchise or whether jnzz, furore, acrimony, counter-charges, trumpeting nnd sensational advertisement are required te In spire public recognition of the ordinary ele mentary claims of Intelligent citizenship. DON'T HELP COAL GAMBLERS WD. AINET, chairman of the Pennsyl- vnnla State Fuel Commission, nnd the mere public-spirited retailers arc right in suggesting that nothing will se stimulnte a tendency te speculation nnd profiteering in the nnthrncite market as n disposition toward needless hoarding en the part of consumers. The coal-mining nnd distribution system in this Stnte hnvc their fnults. But they nre flexible systems. In n month or two. enough cenl could be mined nnd placed In retail yards te meet the normal needs of nil householders In this general region. As it is easy for mines working full time te pro duce mere nnthrncite than is needed, nn overflow would be nvnilable before Christ mas' te provide reserve stocks in the storage aril. In n final analysis, the price of domestic cenl will depend, until emergency condi tions pass, upon the conscience of the dis tributors nnd the common sense of the buy ing public. The Stnte Itself has no ma chinery ndequate te maintain n completely equitable fair-price schedule. Cnn the public keep its head after the first chill winds begin te blew and can the nver age householder be content with n ten or two of coal nt n time? If the mnn with nn empty bin will buy cautiously nnd be as sured thnt while he Is burning one ten of coal two or three tens will be made nvnilable for him. there will be no riot of profiteer ing. If, en the ether hand, neenla with ready money rush into tk iXArkcts deter mined te fill their cellnrs with whatever cenl is available, without considering the logic of the sltuntien or the needs of their neigh bors, prices will almost certainly go up and stay up until the market Is flooded next spring. DREAM SHIPS AND ACTUALITIES THIS Is net the first time 1000-feet Amer ican passenger liners have been Imagined ns an imminent possibility. The prospect of constructing giant ships of this clnss was seriously dieus.sed shortly nfter the close of the war, which had exerted se phenomenal an effect upon merchant marine under the national flag. At that time, however, the Shipping Beard was sufficiently embarrassed by the equip ment en its hands te repress enthusiasm for further huge ventures, Te a considerable degree merchant-fleet problems prominent in the beginning of the present administration have been solved. Many small freighters fabricated during the war still constitute n bad debt, hut the pas senger service of ships nllncated by the heard te operating lines has been plnced en a paying basis. Ametican trans-Atlantic liners ranging from 10.000 te 11,000 in ton nage are well patronized nnd steadily grow ing in popular favor. Chairman Lasker has new announced a plan, in process of formation, under which the greatest ships in world history will be constructed. The organization of a company capitalized nt $30,000,000 is contemplated. The vessels under its management nre te be 1000 feet in length, about ,r0 feet longer thnn the Mnjcstic nnd Leviathan new the most monumental of all man-made objects thnt float or move nnd of 70.000 tonnage. Presumably, such ships will be speedy. It has been proved by foreign nations thnt pnlatial ocean greyhounds cnn Le run nt n profit, providing shipping laws are intelli gently and helpfully enforced. It Is no secret thnt further expansion of the American merchant marine is basically dependent upon the pnssage of the Ship Subsidy Bill, a measure prepared by ex perls te serve the country nnd Its com merce ns n whole. The one American trans-Pacific line te Australia is waiting for favorable nctien upon this much-needed hill before au thorizing the construction of two splendid liners te ply between San Francisce, Amer ican Samoa nnd Sydney, The proposal ac quires interest for PhilaiMphinns from the fact that they nre te be built en the Del aware. Mr. Harding has been patient concern ing the ship subsidy measure Fortunately, however, there Is no evidence thnt his keen interest in the program has in the least subsided. He is awnre, as he should be, thnt the vitality of the merchant mnrine is de pendent upon speedy pnssage of the bill. The lOQp-foet liners cnn be removed from the dream cntegery once Congress has per formed Its duty. Without this Impera tively needed ennctment, there Is little prospect for the merchant fleet but thnt of degeneration nnd the repulse of initiative. Weman running for Dumping Cupid Stnte Sennter In New New Yerk snys thnt before n mnrringe license Is Issued, n woman should be required te prove thnt she Is skilled In a trnde or occupation thnt will enable her te support her children if she becomes a widow. Sounds reasennhle, but there Is n nnsty little catch in it. The law would drive nil women into business. Would net nn in surance policy and n trust te see that It was properly used accomplish the purpose, dc sired? Twenty-four nations Tills Gives have Informed the sec Em Pause retnrlet of the League of Nations that they can't possibly reduce arnmnment until the ether fellows de se. Whnt seems te be needed is a notion with initiative. And, of course, there is nn off-chnnce that the na tion with Initiative would lese it with ether of her possessions. I New Yerk Commissioner of Health says Jcayiar is a true feed, -nutritious and easily digested. Tip te the federal. ' AS ONE WOMAN SEES IT Mayer Moere Has Grewn With His Jeb and, Among Other Things, Has Learned Hew te Talk Tersely By SARAH D. LOWRIE T WOULD hnvc liked mighty well te have - leen at the meeting for women citizens of nil political pnrtles thnt the Mayer held In his reception room nt City Hall nt Mrs. Geerge Lerltner's suggestion en September 0. But I had te be elsewhere that dny. This Is the second notable meeting which Mr. Moere lins held for Philadelphia women. The first was nt the beginning of his admin istration nnd wus called nt the request of Mrs. Dunning and under the nusplces of the Philadelphia League of Women Voters. It was n netnble and instructive affair. The Mayer's Cabinet members were pre sented and each Director gave n resume of his responsibilities nnd of his plans te meet these responsibilities, I amused myself while I listened in drawing outlines of their bends ns each was discoursing, from the Mayer down. Later I showed the outlines without giving any names te n phrenologist. I remember four of his verdicts en their "bumps" or lack of "bumps." He said one of them wns nn egotist with n conscience, one of them snw details somewhat te the detriment of his accomplishment, another wns very executive but without Imagination, the fourth wns plausible nnd hnd imagina tion but wns without lighting qualities. T THINK when the present Mnyer nnd his - Cabinet become a part of the history of the town we shall be able te gauge better hew they have counteracted their "humps" ns well ns hew they have lived up te their Ideals outlined en thnt occnslen. But even new the most enrping of us must acknowl edge that the city In mere than one respect is n better city becnusc of Its Mnyer and his advisers, nnd fellow executives. Te us women the two men who were there thnt dny te premise us better things, who hnvc accomplished most that we can sen and feel for the geed, hnve been besides the Mnyer himself Director Cnvcn nnd Direc tor Ftirbush, The streets nre cleaner, the garbage nnd nshes are better collected nnd the snow is re moved with mere celerity nnd common sense, nnd the depnrtment hns been switched from being nn employment ngeney of a contractor boss te a city business organization with no outward friction or delay thnt counted te the ordinary householder. In fnct. n huge business has changed Iinnds, and changed hands te the advantage of the taxpayer, with only geed things te be said of it from a housekeeper's point of lew, as compared with what went before. AS FOR the changes for the better under the Director of Public Health, I for one can testify thnt they nre thorough and last ing. If the policy, se well nnd solidly begun nnd carried out In tills administration, cnn be continued for another thren jcars along the foundations nlrcndy lnid down. Phila delphia will stand well In the front in its care of the sick nnd the helpless nnd the unfertunnte, the :ieung and the old among Its dependent nnd partially dependent citi zens, and It will hne n hospital at the serv ice of nil its citizens In the Philadelphia General that ether municipalities may well copy. There Is much te be done before that end is reached, but everything that Is being done Is n step nearer that end under the wise nnd careful and anxious! calculated plan ning of Dr. Furhush. The ether departments have most of then changed hands since that original meeting in the Mayer's office, and in tlie case of the Depnrtment of Public Welfare it is te be presumed that Mr. Tustin's death must hnvc put nn end te certain of his plans, while Mr. Wnrhurten's changes have net et hnd time te make themselves broadly felt throughout the community. Thnt is a depnrtment in which the women citizens hnve u first interest, however, nnd the Director should receive n henrty hack ing for his practical changes in methods nnd in Institutions, no matter hew drastic they mny be. t( A LI, In gnei XT. it Is eftf LI. In geed tlmu" is n geed motto, but en nn excuse for doing neth ing. "Ne sooner said than done Is another geed motto, I think, nnd better in the end than the mere lazily safe one. I de net remember what the Mayer's own plans ns chief executive were en that oc casion, though he gave them nt some length tee great length, perhaps, for any of us le quite take in, for His Hener certainly was a "long speaker" in these days. He is almost telegraphic new compared te his for mer use of time and attention ; and it is greatly te his credit that be 1ms bowed te the fact that you can say in ten words what j en cannot say in an hour. It looked at one time ns though his conspicuous part In the administration was going te be a talk fe"if, but he hns certainly surprised us by conserving his great energy for a mere con structive output. He net only chose most of his Cabinet well, but he has backed them very finely in their work for the city's geed. And he hns fought for the city's interest without rcgnrd te his own, nnd he has lent a ready ear te progressive measures, no matter from whnt quarter. I AM frnnk te say thnt he hns surprised me all along the line, for I had put him down some yenrs nge as n narrow-gauge, single-track, no-switch line of communica tion between himself nnd the mnnufneturers of his congressional district. I get thnt Idea of him from nn interview he somewhat re luctantly gae some of us in the suffrage days, when bis belief of woman en n pedestal In'lhe back parlor of the home wns his enI reaction te tlie proposed equal-franchlbe amendment. Thnt interview nnd the curious way he had later of seeming "obstacle struck" te say the wrong thing when he spoke, te women publicly gitc me n wrong idea of his stiffness en the "uptake." I was much tee sweeping in my judgment of his real power te de the right tiling be cause it is right rnther than because he Is stubborn. And I think ether women besides myself hne changed in our better compre hension of him und are solid in our genuine gratitude te him for having done "the grand swallowing nit" te his prejudices and been as fair te the women who voted ns he felt he wiiH being te the women who steed en pedestals in that sanctuary of the kitchen hearth and sewing room nnd family dinner table which te Congressman Moere of the old dajs seemed te comprise the whole legit I -mate horizon of the ether sex. WE WOMEN have a genuine desire te de nothing te impede his plans and all In our power te back him up In his real tight for n better Philadelphia or. rnther, for the "best Philadelphia." Fer with the new regime of polities coming en nnd with the Sesqul-Centennlnl impending, half inensures for Philadelphia must bn scrnpped. We must hnve the best. And what Mayer Moere hns done by way of n beginning for the best, we, its citizens, men and women, must hue te it that his successor takes up nnd completes. Which is why all of us hnve se keen nn Interest In who that successor shall be. He, tee, must be of the hest quality and able te put the best "ever the top." If a number of small The Seul of concerns cannot Micceiss Micceiss Micceiss Trode fully compete with u large concern nnd only live by its sufferance, would net the con cen con selldntlon of two or mero of the little ones be nn aid te competition rnther than n re straint? If the answer is nfflrmnthc then the position of the Federnl Department of Justice In regard te recent steel mergers is backed by wisdom, whatever technical vniue attaches te the ndverse opinion of tlie Fed eral Trade Commission, Verena, N. J Beard of Education has forbidden women school teachers te uppear in classrooms In knickers. 'Ball right. They can forbid the wearing of bathing suits there "tot all of us." ua LEClSLATWe HAU -T- -' -P . -s nnnpfn sSJESRSSs-s ?-iBHivsli d ? f"fe"terr lfl courts iEr Shifting the Responsibility Tine Homeward Bound m 77 Z uAatimimr-l - rj r-mm NOW MY IDEA IS THIS! Daily Talks With Thinking Philadelphia en Subjects They Kneiv Best CHARLES L. HAFNER On Civil Service Development THE practical application of the princi ples of civil service te the employment roster of the city has raised the standard of the men thus emplejed very materially, according te Charles L. Hnfner, chief clerk of the Civil Service Commission. "The fnct thnt the examinations of the civil service nre held along strictly prac tical lines," said Mr. Hnfner. "shows flint. the persons who win the appointments must thoroughly be qualified for the places which they get. The civil service ns we knew it today is n development which has taken place since the passage of the first Civil Service Act by the Legislature, approved March i, 11)00. "Prier te that time there was n kind of civil service, but it wns conducted by a few publlc-splrltcd citizens who did the work for the pure benefit thnt It wns te the public service, nnd all of whom served without pay. These persons were appointed by the Mayer. The First Civil Service "In the old Bullitt bill, which was passed In the Legislature and approved .lune 1. livVi, there wat, some prevision for a civil service, but the act had no teeth in it and was therefore, net capable of being enforced for the best needs of the city in the matter of giving emplevment te n large number of persons. But when the net of lUOtl went Inte effect it became incumbent upon the Civil Service Commission te make rules te carry into effect the previsions of the act. "The enlv feature of the old Bullitt bill which wns carried ever Inte the act of 1H00 was thnt concerning the appointment and the dismissal of the members of the Bureaus of Police nnd Fire. The Bullitt bill pro vided that no policeman or fireman could be dismissed except after a trial, and this wns retained in tin- superseding net. This was the first move te take the police and firemen out of politics nnd te protect them In their positions se that they could net be removed solely fc pelltlcal reasons. "The Civil Service Act of 1000 put the city en the same basis as employing private firms or corporations in allowing the prin ciple of the survival of the fittest te be n-cd in selecting persons for city positions. Incumbents Wcre Protected "This nctien did net interfere in any way with the positions held nt the time the act was passed, because there was In it a pro pre vision te the effect that nil Incumbents nt the time of the pnssage of the net were te he considered ns having taken the examina tions provided for in the net and te have passed them. Therefore there was no whole sale turning out of the then officeholders. "One of the first effects of the act was greatly te increase the number of applicants fir citv positions. Before the passage of the act there had been few applications for these places, and very little was known of the possibilities nnd extent of city employment. But when It became a matter of examina tions and it wus made clear that the best qualified nmeng the applicants would get the positions nnd that they could net be dN missed nt the behest of any man who hap pened te be powerful with the Administra tion at the time, persons of ability began flecking toward the civil service examina tions in considerable numbers. "This nttltude en the pnrt of the public has continued ever since, except during the period of the war, when the high wages paid by private employers mnde it difficult for the city te get the persons demanded te con duct the city business. The Exempt Classifications "Net every position under the control of the city requires the taking of civil service examinations for appointment, ns there is nn exempt classification, which includes benie of the lowest paid places and some of the highest paid ones, besides n few of moderate compensation. While none of the depart ment hends nre under civil service, the empleyes under these officials are, with cer tain exceptions. "Included in tlie lower-paid clusscs of city empleyes tire certain empleyes in tlie hospitals or ether city institutions, where, either en account of the very low salaries paid, or the undesirable nnturn of the work, or en account of the difficulty In getting persons for the positions, it was deemed better te put them in the exempt classifica tion. And when I sny low salaries, 1 nienn te say ns low as two dollars n month, which is pnld te certain inmates of vnrleus citv institutions for the performance of work aieund the institution. "But, of course, nil the salaries nre by no means this low. As n mntter of fnct, the salaries pnid te seme of the exempt posi tions run ns high as $1100 n year, these being paid te the nurses nnd physicians, who nre always hard te get nnd meny of whom will net take competitive examina tions ferthe positions. The low-salaried class Is made or. of these who de odd Jobs 11, 1922 CARTOONS OF THE DAY JTT SS When the Children Start te Scheel around the institutions nnd mnke n little pocket money In thnt way. They ere the assistant butchers, helpers, attendants, cleaners, the assistant cooks, gate keepers, et cetera, and are generally filled by persons who have been inmates of the institutions for many years. Ice Beat Jobs Exempt "Other places which are exempt arc the positions en the ice beats. These men are en duty from the time when the beats go Inte commission until the ice gees out of the river in fhe spring. They must live en the beats, thus being separated ftem their fami lies The work is hard and undesirable, nnd besides this requires experience' in the respective lines. of duty of the various posi tions. ' "I'be city dredges are nlse exempt. Nearly the .same conditions npplv te these places as npplv te the positions en the ice beats, except that the dredges work in the summer where the ice beats work in the winter. Quite u number of the ice-beat workers go te the dredges when the ice le-aves l he river In the spring nnd thus keep emplejed all the jcar round. "The law demands that a vessel can be operated only with complete crew, which means that it is sometimes necessarv te get men at a moment's notice, which' Is im possible if an examination be required. Te step work for u day while the candidate is taking the examination would mean a less ! the city of from $.'!00 le $100, besides which many of these men will net go te the tieiible of getting indersers for such posi tions and taking the examinations, when thev could get just as goon jobs en any river steamer without all this trouble. In the Law Department "The Assistant City Solicitors were formerly exempt, and they nre new prnc tically k. although the Charter Act of 1010 put them under civil servii'e. But it is se nrrangi'd under the new law thnt the Citv Solicitor may cheese his own assistants nnd yet the law b edieyed. In the same manner the Majer can obtain special men for Mice ml work, thus selecting his own experts in any desired line; and, of course, the members of the Mayer's Cabinet de net come under the civil servicp rulings. "But no position in the classified service is deemed exempt until the Civil Service Commission, ft(.r n public hearing, of which public notice has been given, has determined that It is impossible t obtain bv eoinneti eeinneti live examination per-ens possessing the quiililiiatie.ns for filling such n position nnd has cassiij,.,! u ln ,lp eXem,t classification. All pel sons se ni-iiipted nre certified bv tlie l iv I service .Commission. The bearings nt which eemptieii is determined are usinllv attended hj members of the Civil Service Reform Association and by le-presemntivcs of the department in which the position exists. I he cnmmiss10 (.pls ,,,,,, ' , f every separation from any position In the service nnd certifies such M.p.irntlnii. as well as all appointments, te the Controller "One reniatkahle fact stands out In the exempted ciisslhraiieiis. (1I1I thllt is'tM there is each -ear a very considerable turn over in these place-. The. persons who secure them are eenstanllj leaving (0 tale eher places, nnd the labor turnover wh ch civil service has done s., much te eliminate in ether brunches of the city einplevcs Mill remains a most as bu-ge here as when he old 'spoils' sjstein was i fU operation." Today's Anniversaries 1011 Vicemle Turenne. marshal of France who .captured forty towns durlni? n WtffrVj?. ni,a,,nn- kL'1 1(44 Sarah Bache, the only diuiL'hter of nnIUlnmiJ,ie1,rr.nU"n' 1""n 'W UTi W ill',,, M tme (H,,,"ll,T '"' IMS. 1811;)1! , "V'Hl'ws of President Tyler's u ! "i'1. XC,'pt n.n,,lpI Webster. "! signed becnuse of the veto of L liscal Corporation Bill ue 1011 The Republic of Portugal wns re egnl.ed by the Powers of V, ,", miO-Presldent Wilsen se for tl'e i' ' Nations t nll&Wu'tf Today's Dlrthdays naren nyng or vimy. fmnenis Brigadier Genernl Tnmes It , ttle B nk in of the few mn-v .. . "ru,inh, the Civil War, born Hnrtferd r f eighty-four years nge. "al"i-l. Conn., Lord Inchcepe, one of England's .-,,. commercial and shipping magnates" ftM Ferfarshire, seventy ycarnnge, ' n in pg - jiMuunty. JUDICIAL."" ' Pllll YOU YrW W'm7 I Mlmt THIS MWX rGr, TO 'T- qh w-k .wpgjk -se; , Hn. .tfsuMMsTJY IJ'-tW-Mliln CT1 VJl . m Ill 1 -v-Y- c :dBH7 wm?mmmmam mmm?7 in tne eiii War und nresem -, .. r General of Canada, be" 5 "lift , ". rs .',, T""' The Right Rev. Thenins .Isiehn"81 ' . of the Catholic Cnlversltv of A ' H V7t0T at Manchester. N. II.. iv.v.V.."'ci tn' bon Pfttlltnn ti,nu y-m M 4ts'&7&flY- SHORT CUTS New for cenl distribution. Chutst Consistency in a Jewell should net but compromise. Seme communities preserve their shriiiM. home can them. The Greek king may be known In his his tery as Incenstantlne. - Fe0i1 r,0,s nrc breaking out ln the Beh v alley, but there is no scarcity In Deem. Ohie girl wins beauty crown nt Atlantic City. Is there anything else Ohie would like? Has Madame Luella Melius yet bi elected a member of the Lily Pointers' Union? We will new consider New .Terse; peaches ether than these assembled at At lantic City. Ne use nt nil ln having e fact-ftndieg cenl commission unless it is equipped te tind them nil. The fight nt Kerry between Irish If. regular leaders should properly have ba staged at Kilkenny. Just because somebody laid six c ggs e Councilman Montgomery's desk doesn't men thnt he wns the victim of fowl play. T'nited States crops tills year will be bigger thnn ever before nnd the task of mef' ing them is going te be grenter than ever. It renlly begins te leek ns though til cellnrmnn will have te rearrange his hem brew in order te make room for his cell. Belfast mnn is planning trip te Kertl Pole in non-rigid nirshlp. Pity lie n't take some of the Southern scrappers tdtk him te cool off. A temh nnd IMithniisn nrn in h erected In Sante Dominge in honor of Christephw Columbus. Tills somehow suggests Ml I wain weeping ever Adam's grave. The Pennsylvania Legislature of 1923 will be called upon te appropriate $45,000, 000 for the support of the State's education system. It conies high, but it's worth It. "If I'd the votes," said D. McGlnnls, "In City Hall's new benuty show, On baby vamps I'd seen write Finis And nnughty beauties down I'd thre, Theenly girl I'd ever vote for Works well nnd always is polite. Vep, she's the dame I'd strnin my threat fefj Fer handsome is ns elees. That's right. What De Yeu Kneiv? Qulr 1 Why Is the Cnsaba melon be called? -'. Who wus Julian the Apostate and wn did he live? . ..;, 3. AMiat modern monarch died frffm thiM" cl a. pet monkey '.' who was Jeseph Ilaltame? 5. Hew many feet mnke a perch? ... C Why h un Ambass.uler te Hnglana Mil" Ambassador te the Court or e1 James's? i. N'miie two stories by Captain Marryat-.-f Wiio corresponded te Neah in urt mythology'.' . .. 9. What is meant by a diamond cnlieclicn'".' . , 10. When did the Byzantine Umpire fall! , Answers te Saturday's Quit 1. The Fcvcnth nnd eighth centuries A. JJ were the Rreat periods of J'KL meiinn conquest Fer a time the wjj nlmtn extended from the KupIirMei" Mesopotamia te the tiuadalqulv r ij Spain nnd Included the entire norm.'" shere of Africa, . , u 2. An Icen is an lmnge or likeness; in Greek Church n holy picture, m0s 3. The middle nnms of William B- G!'f stene wnii Uvvnrt . Arctief "HICI 1U.I, IllilUU 111 Si;rt..--n.e ' -" kAll ever a pointed frame, leaving JJJi niuldslilps, where the navigator si" excluding the water by faln,11,a) skirt of Ms waterproof dress areiiw! the ceamlllK. ,i... Crfrt ' 5. The volt, a unit of electromotive , fjrc , celebrated Italian I'lV,'8'.. r f Pioneer ln electricity. Hla dat" . ; . 174B-1S27. ...,mdl 6. The. Danube Blver, e. uanuue iiiver. nc ii ",'C,yAi Hungary nnd Serbia, flp'8 ,tf.rufeU ,iHi.i nn.i n imif miles v i dellle, ene nnd a halt mil" known ns the lien Gates. . ....rtj 7. Jubu Urewn was executed ni "r jji Ferry. Vn., In 1S59 . ,,i, R. Th flvln,. Knulrrel h.-is Oil eOCIl ""Jl fold or skin, forming k,erJhr .na chute, by the help of wliUii the ' ( can mnKe lemr. sauinc ;'- anc A Am nrirnnnllu la he i-lt.lllcl Or 80 "T Grcelc city. i.,i dn( 10. Ar.-inthim linvi nx ronrescniee 'fit, ventlenatlzed form In the h Cerlnthl4 columns. :mhJ?4 'It-...." iiliiltJ.-ie.! c '?!,. UJJL :-ri-'-f.-..tM.-w. ...
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