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in this paper, and alie the local iicu.i pti? 3hcd
therein.
All rights 0 i fpiibJlcatieu e sr'Clal rfijpnfchej
fceretn ere ele rferi'ed,
rhllidflphU, Irida. irlmbr :. K2
HAS THE JTDGE LEARNED?
JUDttK riNI.lVri'KU i t" l'.i" teiluy en
the npplnTiilet) f"r :i rt-l n't.nn v( Inll
of Fcvernl perii"! ac'tMnl of filing linbtt linbtt
fermlnc ilru;.
Asalnst ih. preti-t e( tin- 1 i-f n.'t Attor
ney's etfii'i' n fi iluj- .i?'i !e film oil til1
bail of Aunii' Mil'ur. iln-si'l "ith ilrus -"-H-ins.
fniin i?l.".'M"i tn SI'mmi. iitu! tieti -ln
wag cnllp'l for trljl Mie lii Tint rppeml nnil
her attorney t-ai'i lie il.il net knew whef
hn was.
The purpe'n of bail l n in'.r tl'e np np
penranee of th( nivtiM-il n uanted. The
ball s-heulil Le hea j enough te precnt ili?
appearnnce. The.e who are intfre'i'il in breaking up
the tlrus pans "ill be uri'i te ili-e.iver
whether the kiml of jiulsnient .luilce l-.nlet-ter
(llspbi.eil in th" la-e of th" MilW
vreman Ii the klnj of ju.lsu.fnt which In;
new ceiiMiIer ! hi- be-t.
LET'S BULL THE POUT
MKN who tire ppuniii-ur about th pert
of rhiliiMph.a will Iji..l ju-'-tieatlen
for their mnflilenee In th" dove'.epment of
the buine of the Trie Tamil
Elihu !"". n r'.''W"'; the aehlpvi
ments of t' Ailn".i i-'ritien of "enernnr
Miller, of N-w Yerk. ai I 'h.r hen the
Governer took efli. i two i-nrs asn the en
larced canal en whii'h Mie ttate had ".pent
$150,U0O,(IIM delivered ;. the Hinlen Iliver
only I'l.etll ten-s of i-hiip-nc. or enl
Bbeut ene-MXth a iini'h as b fore the canal
was enlarged. Th" GeM-rivr iW Idcd te d.i
wmethins: about it iiml hi- put in charge a
man who kn-w snmethiiic about transporta
tion problems. As a f s.,lr. ,!iii"n- the first
year of hi term the tennase increased te
B29.00J tens and iliiriiis; il nrst elsht
months of the current i-ar tb.e enual tralfi
has been at the rate of 'J.IWO.UOO tens a
year.
This has come about simply because there
was Homebody in a pnMt.en of a itherlty
who wanted it te hap; en.
New. if b gi!ne i.i' .sir te it 'he busi
ness of an l'.land wfrwny i in b in
creased in two jears tr i.. 'Js-l.niiH ni te
2,80ii,Cm0 ten-, vi at i.ii-.e- be ihv wita
the business of a y,err rpei, tu nil the ship
pins of the world .,! I i ii.; .i J th. re-, ires
of the me-t p'-n-pi re i; d.'tr.-t of (.. ai.i-l
prosperous lut, ii
There is eta 'y i mu ' l istifi. it.cn for
ever cit.. a -f I'L.'ide': h.a ' nj a h ': en
this pert a tl'n- wn (t tie lute .1 I'.t I'.t
per.t Mers'it l-.u a bull en A-.. r"ci Im
develepn ( r.t t- !.ii'.'.l ir 'v t - d 'cm .
nation of the :i. ri intercs-.J in it.
A SHIP STORY
YOI" w. ! ...ok fir into th" n!d f r'.. tien
te hud rer.an'e t"en o'.erf r ,i'.l r ov ev
Inn and -trancdv 'isniti. - of t.. p"r
rersitv of cifunistane" than 'hat which i
reflected in th" part p'a.'nl in 'hi. uproar
of thft Greek reui'u'ieri by a battle.ship once
of the American flee-5.
The Idaho wis hai'"d net e m"v veirs
ti$e a1 n wonder of t'i en : had i
place in the line of the '!antic fl-"t. In
3013 she diJ.ippeeref! 'r"in r'tt. S' li
poid te th" Greek ftnre, nier and h'a'r.
the I.-mt.es. Vethr..' wi i "ird r.f h.r f ,r
a Ions tnii" Ships, Ilk" a.heutrrnus nun.
have thfir d.- of p' - l'l -n t!,"v In
come M-e nd rite and repp,a' le. In the
fnd they rust and ;e te ' ip sfvi-vurrN. it
thy are men-n'-war. or te th" iem! -carrying
trad" or Oriental einsta! routes if they
r merchant ve-'.
The 1'lahe would bv th' tim be in the
Hut of shipi te Ye scrapped -f s e 'i i re
mained !n th" .'.rr.er!' m Vnw Mr h
peppi-d up a! cf a sud ' i nnr iin- and
from he. wir"'e . u !
ether vesspls tf the li'eek rl' er dMiiandlns
that thm '"i r'''' j'i st tie jewcr of
wicked K.eps.
She whs ueub'!"s3 - Mtt'e dirty and run
down. SI" viu i ':' ' dr'nl en, a little
nnil, for her wireless hn il was that of th"
Bolshevists who helped te erga"!:" in Asia
Sllner the d inee that mav 1 ake Kurepe.
"V'e s.tUi'" you. hrethers'" bahbled th
old Idaho w''.(ily "Rie'-, revolt!"
AN AMERICAN JSLACK HAND
r NEWS reports re'flnp te t'e su'cide
of Frc'cri' k H Bluul. of Ciin '.e'l.ni,
Md., are te 1" tiken their face valu".
the Ku K!'i c.,ntitis"nt ereratins in that
terrlterv has lnvt"d rerrisals of n sort
which the civil nnd criinin-il laws nnd the
postal resulnflens of th" I'nited States or
dinarily reserve for the Itlnck Hand
The methods of the Klux and the Mafia
of tradition often run in elesely parallel
lines. In this instance they were seemingly
Identical.
Ulaul was suspected of being in love with
n .woman net his wife. He killed himself
In a tit of desperation after letters signed
liy the Ku Klux threatened thn woman nnd
himself with exposure nnd punishment
It is a serious offense te send threatening
letters through the malls for an illegal pur
pose. What has the I'osteffiee Department
been doing lately te restrict the activities
of the Ku Klux'
SANTA CLAUS BURSUM
BHTWEKV friends In Washington, as
things are going new, a billion dollars
means about or much as well, as a peanut
In nn clephnnt house. Se Senater Bursum,
of New Mexico, doubtless speaks In nil sin
cerity when he observes that he doesn't ex
pect te have nny trouble In obtaining about
jCO.Obe.OOO when Congress reconvenes te
pay extrn pensions te veterans of the Mexi
can nnd Civil Wnrs.
It is the Senater's notion that "some
nice Christmas present from Uncle Sara"
Would be welcomed by these soldiers of old
battles who are new aged and In retire
ment. Of course tbey would. The plan
ins a plrajnnt appearance.
' - 'iit In trn millennium t'"'
f
men who hnre te endure the strain and dirt
nnd horror of battle will be enabled te live
In luxury for the rest of their lives In par
tial atonement for the hardships of the
field.
Hut we venture 'te believe that there Is
no basis of ethics under Senater Iliirsum's
scheme. What we probably will learn Is
thnt the Sennter or some of the Senater's
friends nre out for office In New Mexico.
The news of enlarged pension expendi
tures with the news thnt the Benus BUI is te
come up again isn't pleasant te hear. One
of these dajs, if ever there is nnything like
nn Amalgamated Brotherhood of Long Leng
Suffering Taxpayers, some rude policeman
will be sent te Washington te arrest mem
bers of Congress for mlsue of the public
funds.
Without begrudging anything te any cet
era n of any war, we should like te knew
who is going te pension the unconsidered
nnd destitute veterans of peace. But wc
de net expect Sennter Bursum or nny ene
eKp In Washington te provide the informa
tion we seek;
WHAT CAN BE DONE ABOUT
THIS RECKLESS CITY?
Why Don't the Hig Fair's Opponents
Denounce These Who Are Spend
ing Millions in New Build
inss This Year?
rpllFi North Philadelphia Manufacturers'
J- Association, which has just isued a
manifesto attacking the fair of 1020, is
altogether tee modest in its fears.
Kven if the Sesqul. Centennial project
could be bound, gagged nnd "squelched in
Infancy, there would remain throughout this
i -immunity sufficient building operations
alone te denote a veritable conspiracy of
pregreis. Among such proceedings, which
by the reasoning the manifesto used must
b" deemed criininnl, are three large new
hotels, skyscrnpltig office buildings involv
ing nn expenditure of millions and a great
variety of ether constructions likely te in
crease rea estate allies and certain te
enlist the services of armies of workmen.
Have the backers of these undertakings
stepped te consider what they are doing?
Have they realized that they nre net dredg
ing the Delaware, cleaning the Sehujlklll.
modernizing the water supply, erecting
iichoe'.s or providing bridge approaches?
Cander compels the admission that the
perpetrator-, of such offense, against the
'sic ,,f the North Philadelphia Manufac
turers' Association are shamelessly nware
both of their actions nnd their deficiencies.
If j en seek the monuments of their infamy
leek nbeut you. Chestnut street between
the two rivers Is n shocking sight for eyes
thnt pierce through the veneer of progress.
Consider the sums already lavished en this
transformation, reduce them te pennies,
place them end te end and who knows bur
that they may reach te the moon and half
way brn k again?
These wreckers of the status quo in Phila
delphia, who are spending millions in build
inss, srem te be utterly ruthless. They are
defying consequences and de net nppear te
car" whether the labor market here is in
i -eased or net.
Compared with privately sponsored Im
provements new tinder way, the fair con
cept is puny. It Is charitable te assume that
the North Philcde'phln manufacturers
have en'y just begun te fight. Otherwise
they would ret select se paltry an antagonist
as an cxr5't!en te lie opened four years
h"nre
If thev hare 'he courage of thlr eonvlr eenvlr
in.s t!." should come te grips with the
whole life ,md movement of this u-ban re
gion. If nothing fan save the clfv but a
r,rp!"t check upon nil 'he forces nf
c"-ang, t! attack "arnt begin tee seen
New ;, th" time te subordinate fear" f, r the
fair te fears for the growth of Philadelphia.
Wr e -h" genera! ..ffen-ive is being pre
pared, tewevr. it nun b" well -e tympa
th'7" w i': the special commit'"" wh 'h, In
perhaps i srrt of trio' heat, regards the
txi'Oslf'.iin lis i ti.eniiep te be curbed
The .North Phi.nde'.pliln economy's have
ne'ed tha' .12ti.'0it.0ii0 etild be expended
within th" next four virs en needed public
improvements. This undoubtedly Is a fact.
Ir is true n'se that -en times that sum
could b" devoted te u"h work and ":
then th" ,My would fall 'hert of perfe-ien.
Nobody " il' deny that homes nrd a h"ftr
wa'er supplv nrai improved school ac. omr.io emr.io omr.ie
datlons are watued Bur nobody hus evet
p-eved thnt a community mu; decline te
embrace en" manifest opportunity because
ethers exist.
T." federal Government rnuld have re
fused te d'g the Panama Canal, a lernewhat
ens'ly ur.der'ak.ng, in favor of Increasing
th" numher and quantity ' red V.veries
te i""r'..rg far' i"r Thn tl , course was
no' rakm s gges-s that v.i. . were weighed
nr. 1 sun.e prefrnce was given ten program
ir heirs Te the nd am eT.ent of this
hype'hes.s ti," North Philadelphia manu
facturers would be consistent in replying
that what they dread roeBt Is accomplish
ment. If the S120.000.000 municipal improve
ment plan were reduced te definite terms
and actually carried out, huge aum would
be spent, somebody would have te nslee the
money and who would be answerablt for the
cruelties of that operatien1
FurtherrKire, 'he perfect city which thty
depict .ndeutitfdly would attract crowds of
visitor' and before one knew it all the
horrors "f nn exposition, with Its stimulus
te business and labor, would he evoked.
Nothing Is te pe, stained bv substituting
one form of Improvement for another. The
by-products of all progress necessarily are
disturbing te persons of static temperament.
And for this reason !t seems odd that the
fair has been chosen as a particular object
of distrust, when the general enllvenment
of the town Is se calamitously plain.
Until the North Philadelphia manufac
turers launch a larger-scale campaign they
must stand condemned of entertaining a
bneaklng admiration for progress after all.
SUPPBESSIONISTS
W
HAT we snail nave 10 nave m this
nminiir sooner or infer Is n cnnc.-,eLtn
of censers. There will be no avoiding thnt
growing need. There are tee many militant
moralists te make morality seem attractive
te the multitude.
New Yerk happens te be the first torch
bearer In the movement toward this reform.
Censers of the mere aggressive sort, who
hnve entered the field with the conviction
thnt truth ns It is presented In books is
somehow dangerous, have received another
setback In the court of Magistrate Oner
wager, whose opinion rendered In this in
etance la well worth rending. It is far
clearer and mere penetrating than judicial
opinions naually are. and It puts the case
,- - t., ., t.lttl-ll 11, . I.
declaration that the public nnd the courts
cannot sanction nny efforts "te suppress
the record of civilization."
There was In the Heme of Nere's day n
very able satirist disgusted by the reck
lessness nnd vice apparent In flip lives of
the ever-rich of the period. He was some
thing of a crusader, a sort of Dr. Strnten,
with the added gifts of n scholar's mind and
nn artist's manner. lie wrote a tain
Intended te held the high rollers of
his time up te public contempt. It was n
sensational work In ninny ways, and It was
rather frank. What remains of It has been
obtainable in English ever since translations
were llrt made nvnllable by admirers of thu
classic literature of the T.atlns.
The Society for the Suppression of Vice
hns just discovered the work. It begnn nn
action te hnve the book suppressed nnd It
lest, nnd, according te report. Its agents
nre new te be sued for libel by the pub
lisher. Doubtless there nre publishers without
nny regard for literary standards who pub
lish sensational books for the money that
Is te be ninde out of them. But, ns Magis
trate Obervvnger observed, they seldom mnkc
much out of their ventures. '
It is but n short step. n ttie magistrate
pointed out, from censorship of miner clnssl
cal works te censorship of Shakespeare nnd
the Bible. And that step lends directly te
the acceptance of precedents which would
justify self-appointed groups of well-meaning
but misguided men nnd women in telling
inv only this generation but the generations
of the future what they should think, be
lieve nnd feel.
Free minds nre the first requirement in n
free country.
THE RIPENING CRISIS
ALARMING Indications of Turkish In
toxication In victory are contained in
the report of the draft of th" Nationalists'
reply te the allied note, which Mustaphn
Kemal Is taking te Angera. The condition,
as the) are said te be understood in Smyrna,
are insolent in the extreme nnd in effect
constitute n challenge te the Western Pow
ers, Including France and ltal.v ns well as
Unglnnd.
Demand Is made for the occupation of
Thrace before the peace cotif"rcH-e. fur the
possession of stmtegic points nnd for the
admission of Russia, the Ukraine nnd nil
countries bordering en the Blink Sen te
the conclave, t'nless harmenv between the
Allies in this crisis is n mere th tien, this
ultlmntum will be unacceptable.
It Is important te recognize, however,
that the official reply of the Angera Govern
ment has net yet been forwarded, and that
ir is consistent with Turkish pelicv te exact
the utmost by terrorization, whether ap
plied te helpless Armenians or the be
wildered chancelleries of Kurepe.
Kemal is nn adteit bargainer and there
is every likelihood thnt he will use the nd
vnntnge already gained te fester confusion
nnd panic nmeng his antagonists.
That the British Government is well
nware of the uses of such tactics ennnnt be
doubted, but that fact does net serve te
minimize the critical nature of the situation
in the neutral zone, new the s, cue of some
extremely delicate balancing en the brink
of war.
As at least n partial offset te the dan
gers of nn outbreak here, there is
the possibility that the Turks may have
overplayed their hand, llxcessive truculence
en their part mny conceivably .operate te
impose a policy of unity among the Allies,
unimaginable n month age.
Te .some extent the upheaval In Greece
Is subordinate te the tense drama nleng the
Straits and in the violated neutral zone,
although in Athens consequences of the
utmost importance te world politics are
momentarily possible.
There is net the lenst question of the au
thenticity of the revolution, the force of
which is notably strengthened by the disaf
fection of naval emmnnders and niilltnry
lea lers fermerlv atreng the firmest parti
sans of the dlicn ditcd and new dethroned
Constantine.
Venizelos sentiment is once mere fervid
nnd vigoreus'v expressed, an.!, although the
Cretan -tatinnnn preserves his attitude of
aloofness, a complete- repudiation of the
dj nasty nnd the ere tien of a republic might
radically altei his plans.
It has '.n penerallv und- r-foed In
Grep-" thnt Wniel.-s had lest nil enfidence
::i t: f blmueiins house ,f s. h! -wig-IIol--te'ii-Sender'.i
rg- ilueckshurg. v republic
.'(ln.'-l;, csfi iishf d In Athens iv in the
end shatter the i xternal i annum of
ens'lv the me-t it lerestir.g r"-l!-!. of Deau
ville.' FOR A GREAT COLLEGE
IF T1IK great work, that 'he Pennsylvania
Ma'" College is doing is rvlerstoed by
the- interested i-i popular "1 .'itien, the
campaign which i- te tog!" or Mmi lay for
raisins ''.''00,nti) for n. u li".-s e i;lit
te ne te a triumphant . , .sc m a very
short time.
This money ought te be 'ipprepnated by
the Legislature, for the e...v" - a State
Inst:- num. But it has bee., s;,id that if
th" college wnnts help It p.n.-t first help
itself This j. why Dr. Tl mas, its piesi
dev, is making an fipp i' - the alumni
and friends rf the college , s-art the work
f ei.'jp-.hg the instlti. M. r the confident
here t...i! the Stnte wi i. ,t
T i- gi'iwth of the '' ;. i i ' en mar
vi i. .-. in the last thirt ,. i- It had nnlv
Jiifi -ti dents in IMi'J In IPl'l' a had .,1!mi
stii lents in Htftidun e en "s .lasses an 1 It
gav Instruction te 1H,'.)( mere through
extension ceur:e. ferr".pi ndence courses
and teachers' training ceur-es. Between
1012 and 1022 the number of students has
doubled. It has had te tu-n away 1000
students a year for lack of room te take
care of them.
The building program te be financed by
the money te be raised by private contribu
tion Includes dermltr.r'.es for men nnd for
women, physical "d .nr en buildings for the
two sexes, a student union or social hall,
a varsity hall for I'Metl" quarters and a
hospital.
The only dertnlt. rv for men Is an unsafe
building and it has room for enlv 1,10 stu
dents. The hesp.'i! las only eight beds
for a population of SiiOO. There Is no build
ing for the pb-, a! education of women
and the men's j.'iv - al educntlen building
Is big enough f r miIv ,100 students, while
there are SOiMi n-.c ng p!i.vlrnl training
It would be n ii -Take for Plillndelphmns
te assume that Oe have no interest m tie
State CellPge and no responsibility for its
development. Ifli-t vear mere than .".I'D
students from tins eitj were en its rolls
Montgomery Ceuntv sent IS." students;
Delaware County, ft,'!; Mucks County, -17,
and Chester fount v, 70. Her- are mere
than 000 young nun and women from the
metropolitan distri-t who hnve gene te this
lnbtitutlen be'a.ise they found there the
kind of instruction which they desind. If
the men of muiicv m this district app under
no obligation 'e se I(, ir thnt the institution
Is lirOOPrlv eri'lltiTieil te ten, h l lint.. ,i-.e.,T
I men and vveiurn, then t h.-.v are under no
public Hiuentienai obligations of nnv kind.
But then r. manv Phllndelpliinns who
apprecinie their responsibility. Among
these who nre interested in the campaign
for money are Charles S. Calwell, Ray p,
Farrington, Charles F Jenkins, Alhn 11.
Jehnsen. Senater Pepper, William C. Row
land and Jehn Wiin.minker. N
When the meiifv i rnlsed the aianagers
of the nilleg,. will le ebb- te ieiinild thill
the Legislature appropriate an equal amount
te be used In cempleiins the building pro
gram se that the college can be equipped te
take prener , nr- of in student's nnd te ae-
AS ONE WOMAN SEES IT
Talks by the Stokewskls Are Going te
Prove Helpful te These Who Under
stand Music nnd These Who
Merely Knew What They Like
By SARAH P. LOWRIE
MOST musical performers cannot talk
well that is talk well enough for n
public performance of talk. I suppose they
have se concentrated en composing or en
rendering the compositions of ethers thnt
te converse or speechify about hew thev de
it or hew it wns done' is nbeut as. difficult
ns It vveuhl be for a dressmaker te turn car
penter, or for a banker te run a shifting
engine.
It renlly is a profession all by Itself, being
able te, express oneself clenrly nnd nceept
nbly In nubile speech, just ns it Is n pro
fession that very few men are equal te, te
conduct n symphony orchestra, or te be a
virtuoso nt the piano.
New nnd then there arc musicians who
tench a specially chosen group of pupils nnd
yet nt' the same time continue their com
posing or the conducting of their concert
tours, but net mnny hnve the vitality te
tench and cencertize, or te cenccrtizc nnd de
nnything else.
Therefore whnt the Stokewskls propose te
de enrly this autumn In their four informal
talks en music Is unique enough te deserve
very interested attention.
TF MADAM RTOKOWSKI speaks ns well
nnd with ns beautiful cemmnnd of just the
right words for her subject ns her husband
hns proved himself able te de. these "Inti
mnte tnlks" thnt nre proposed should be of
the utmost importance te musical people.
Fer j en hnve in the combination n great
conductor who knows all instruments from
a conductor's standpoint, nnd the widest
possible range of compositions, nnd you hnve
one of the first pinnists in the world with
nn nrtlst's nnd n performer's knowledge of
compositions written for her instrument,
plus a concertgeer'H thnt Is a listener's
musical knowledge of music.
If they will both renlly talk ns they think,
ns they might tnlk te n chosen few whose
opinion they wished te move or whose knowl
edge along certnin fundamental lines they
took for granted, they will have conferred a
grent favor en the rcnl music levers In this
tow n.
As yet even these of us who love music
have tee little chnncc te discuss music con
structively. Musical criticism, which in the
1 retich sense of criticism is net nny mere n
tearing down than it is unmeaning praise,
is scarcely vulued here nny mere than dra
matic criticism is. That is no one waits te
hear what the morning pnpers say of a con
cert or of ii play with the excitement that
Paris gives the first night or the first time.
And that is because the reaction of th. audi
ences de net put our critics here en their
mettle. They are net expected te be se im
portant In their verdicts either te the nrtists
or te the nudiences or te the public that
wants te hear nil nbeut It even If it did
net go.
It is inconceivable In Philadelphia that
nny city should enre nbeut n first night us
much ns Nnples or Reme or Milnn or Paris
or Berlin does. They are as much stirred ever
n new opera, or a jew singer, or the tirst
time a grent composer's imposition is
given ns two-thirds of (Ms city might be
ever nn international prize fight.
That does net make them nny better citi
zens, or churchgoers, or even fathers nnd
mothers thnn we nre, but It does men .i thnt
they have mere power of enjoyment than we
have and are a much mere rewarding and
nt the same time alarming audience for
nrtists te respond te and for critics te dis
cus. the geed -nd bad points with.
"IXTIIEN persons who knew music nnd have
heard musicians nnd are familiar with
the great standards of taste in compositions
discuss music or compositions nnd the way
they nre played, of course they discuss whnt
they think with the same vim nnd ease a
group of engineers would discuss the plans
and the carrjlng out of the plans of Rn'ph
Medjpski In the present bridge construction
going en between here and Camden ; or thnt
n gieup of merchant tailerH would dismiss
the relation of st.vies te this year's prices
nnd demands: or that bankers might discuss
ii change in the Federal Reserve Bank laws
thnt would affect their power te borrow. It
is technical talk in which an outsider would
be swamped.
D is the critic's business te speak in the
language of the people the thoughts of such
ti chilli mns concerning a composition or l he
rendering of a composition And that is net
easj. The critics that de net give n tig for
the public make their criticism tee techni
Hii. tne ones that steep tu get a hen ring
from the public arc apt t.) make their criti
cism tee sentimental for ec against. Musi.
wi'h them ulwn.vs reminds tnem of something
i.i'Terent waves of s0bs, chl'dish prattle or
windmills! Or they put music into mood.
"Ineffably sad, merry jests, tragic finalities,
suicidal Impacts, chaotic reverberations" .no
some of the phrases that come easiest te
mind.
NI the frith s are net se much te blame
" as the persons who constitute their tin
ire.itive audiences,, because such per-etis
think us n rule sentimeniall.v about tnusi. .
'I hat is the) are Byronic m their emotion-.
a kind of literury "deep , ailing unto deep"
as thev sit in n steam of sensations, or at
least try te hnve sensations because tnnv
the Moonlight sonata nnd new the
Pathetlque symphony are being played!
WELL, that may be one wny te listen te
music, iust as the purely technical nt'l.
t id" is another wnv, but there Is a bnale-.
i-ere Instlii? wiv that lies between the two
wi ii h most of us would be the better for
pise4Stig. And if the Stokewskls cannot
tell ns what thnt is no one can. If they
Min. in four talks, renlly lay n foundation
for geed criticism in this town they will
help the critics who knew nnd who write
whnt they think, for they will make an
intelligent audience for them nnd it will be
the best year for music yet In Philadelphia.
Ter T judge that the limited audience
which hns an opportunity te subscribe will
be composed chiefly of persons who nre
mere thnn emotionally moved by music
persons te whom the svmpheny concerts are
mere than a rest nnd diversion, mere thnn n
fruitful period te think out their business
problems.
I nm taking it for granted that the group
te whom these two. great musicians will talk
with a certain intimacy of candor nnd seri
ous attention nre men nnd women who really
count en music te glre them feed ns well ns
n stimulant for the intellect, and that what,
ever music sets free emotionally in them It
sets free something spiritual nlse that makes
the happenings of here nnd new mere related
te nil tune and things beyond time.
Yes, en the whole, I for one, nm hoping
grent things for the audiences of a few
out of the mnny who will tnlk face te fni e
with the Stokewskis with music ns their
common theme.
New Brunswick (N. J. I police authori
ties preudlv declare that while they have no
definite evidence of anything nt all, they fer,
that they have made progress. Frem tl is
we judge they hnve arrived at the conclusion
that the rector and the lady are really dead
Walter Hampden, the Shakespearean
actor, is1 taking dialect lessens from Sir
Harry Lauder. They'll put some "pep"
into the Bard's plays yet.
If, ns they sny, Jersey justice hns sud
denlv nnd mysterieuslj lest its accustomed
speed nt New Brunswick, It isn't because of
nny apparent shortage of gas
The worst thing about the Turk is thnt
he is distracting public nttentien from n let
of ether criminnls nearer home.
Lnfnjetle College students have banned
lin.liiu. but if we can judge Jhe future from
the pnst It will net stay banned.
They nre calling Senegnlese Slkl the
demon boxer because he in managed by
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Daily Talks With Thinking Philadelphians en Subjects
Knew Best
JOHN A. WIEDERSHEIM
On Applying for a Putent
PRETTY nearly every one hns apparently
devoted n let of time te the devising of
patentable articles, especially since the close
of the war. according te Colonel Jehn A.
Wiedersheim. one of the country s best
known authorities en the subject of patents,
and ns n result there Is new n greater pres
sure of business before the Patent Office nt
Washington than at nny time In the history
of the ceuntr.v.
"Manv of the old things hnve passed away
in the Inst few years," said Colonel leder
sheiiii. "nnd especially in the line of n n
ventieu there have been man) new thoughts
nnd developments of elder ones. Time have
been about 1.000.000 patents issued by the
Government at Washington since the estab
lishment of the Patent Office, nnd te show
the activitv of the inventors of the lust tew
years, there nre new about 70,000 appli
cations en file which have net jet been
passed upon.
"The Government Patent Office is n con
siderably elder institution than most persons
would think. The very first patent issued,
nnd marked patent Ne. 1. was signed by
Geerge Washington ns President about 1 iOO.
This original patent is new owned by n
voting man In New Yerk City, he being a
great-grandson of the inventor nnd patentee,
nnd it certninly is nn interesting relic.
"I have in my own possession patent Ne.
407. issued in lS-'iO and signed by Andrew
Jacksen as President ; it is n pntent for n
reaping nnd mewing machine.
"In npplving for n patent the Inventor
must first Ahiliil te his solicitor or nttor ntter
ney n drawing or sketch or n model or
mnVhinc of the article en which lie desires a
patent, and from this are prepared the me
chnnicnl drawings and specifications or de
scription nnd the claims of the Inventor.
This is done in the proper legal form de
manded bv the Patent Office by the attorney,
who is a 'useful person for that purpose.
First Decisions Usually Adverse
"This is then forwarded te the depart
ment, nnd in due course of time n decision
will be rendered thereon, which in most cases
is adverse because of previous pntents which
have been Issued that, apparently meet the
claims of the new invention.
"nd yet the new Invention may and
generally has points of novelty in It which
are patentable. These things are pointed
out by the solicitors and become a part of
the records or tne case, n ucj um ununi
ted by the examiners, the application Is
pnssed and In the course of a month or se
the documents, or letters patent, are pre
pared and sent te the nppllcant.
"A ratent Is Issued for seventeen years,
after which time them is no renewal. The
applicants for patents nt Washington nre
from every part of the known world, and, en
thn ether'hand, many of the United States
patents nre extended te foreign countries.
"Of course, every patent or at lenst the
great majority of them have merit ; but It
does net fellow by any manner of means thnt
nil of them result in profit or remuneration
te the Inventor. It Is exceedingly likely that
at least fiO per cent of all the patents
awarded simply die a natural death.
"There nre many rensens for this. Many
nf them nre for complicated constructions
which will net take the plnce in the com
mercial field of existing machinery or de
vices nnd another reason is that many of
these' pntents nre far ahead of their times.
It is really remnrkable hew few funda
mentallv new things there nre.
"As far back as 1800 or 1870 I secured
patents for nrticles which are only new
coining into general use. This Is also the
case with mnny ether things, se thnt of the
manv wonderful nrticles which nre new being
put before the world there is little that is
absolutely new In most of them.
"Of course, things like thu wireless, the
radio, the siibmnrine, nerinl navigation and
the like hnve been mnde practicable within
the last few jenrs. or nt lenst In the Inst
quarter of n century, and yet thn Patent
Office has records of incomplete and Imprac
ticable ideas en all of thefe lines of Inven
tion which date back te the sixties and
W'"Tln' Patent Office Is divided Inte about
.... ...... I ..n..l. t-xt tt'litel, tu 1,1 turn GIlK.
titty divisions. "I " ",""''" '.', ,;' ,
divided into numerous classifications, hacli
of th" classes Is In charge of a prlmnry
exnminer, who has from four te six nsslst
ants and two or three stenographers mid
'vnewriters te de the work necessary for the
ex lmliuitien of the itpplicntlens. of his class
In deciding as te the patentability or the
nen-Dntentabllity of the cases presented,
titfinm Division 20, commonly known as
' ,-n ,n.i,iMt T--i'r -r- lui 'tr-ilMlens
ALL SET AND READY!
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Lmy. HVHiiirV ivi? ttr hm
tf .. rv. vi BPsHM , n ii a -r - art, in w au
fUr ' "-rittizn
mtcm
They
which comprise everything in that line of
hnrdware, among ethers being locks, hitches,
belts, nnd in addition t. sub-division of
artificial bjdy members, such as arms, legs,
hands, etc. ANe the classification for un
dertaking nnd dentistry is very large.
"Division 31, known ns 'Railwnys,' com
prises tracks, everything for railway laln
tenance, nnd Includes nil manner of enrs.
rolling stock of every description, railway
signals, vehicles in general and all power
operated vehicles.
"Should the examiner finally refuse the
application, which mav occur after three or
four hearings before him. the applicant hns
tlienthe right te nppeal te the cxaminer-in-i
Vi If tliC nriK',ml rejection be affirmed
by him the appeal can then be taken te the
Commissioner of Patents in person.
"But the power of appeal does net step
fc'i tIlP Commissioner nffirms the two
rejections, nn nppeal may be tnken te the
Supreme Court of the District of Columbia,
nnd its decision is final as te the patent
ability of the article in question. But if
there be some point of law involved a last
nppeal (but only en the matter of legality,
net of patentability) may be mnde te the
J,,mp ('01,rt of ,lln Pnitcd States.
"This last course, however, is exceedingly
Infrequent, nnd for thnt matter there are
net many nppenlR !;en ns high ns the
Supreme Court of the District of Columbia.
The. decision of the Patent Office ns made
by its chief officers generally settles the case
The Patent Office nt the present time is
unfortunately very much in arrears with Its
work. This condition has been largely
brought about by n large number of the
assistant examiners having entered the serv
ice of the country nt the time of the war
and net returning te the Patent Office nt
the close of hostilities, as they have appar
ently better prospects of advancement in
their nevy lines of work than existed in the
I'atent Office.
"The result of this has been that the
examining force hns been grentlv depleted,
EfliiH?.'"? U h '" '-und impossible
te fill the places of these men in a hurry.
eLeflnfStenrS ?,' "'" fl"d a knew -edge
of the routine of the office te make a
"" in capable patent exnminer.
This has led te a delay in the decisions
en appllcntiens which cannot be avoided
The department is doing Its utmost te clear
fnPrbehfnrl'"ared "UM' but Is ?11
What De Yeu Knew?
QUIZ
1. 'What kind of an animal Is m. m,,..i.
2. What Is the name of ' th, TrffiSuLii
new tn Constantinople? an BuItn
nt,rvT rClBned ,n nineteenth
I" WhhSt- is t,rre0;alnn(??-e,Bh,n'f "
6' asXcT?' Fra,,ay "" ter what
7- Whnenn i,:,rnplrrnt7ElnPer0r ' th. Hely
' North lH Ca"e1 "Th" A,h" of th.
f. Where nnd what Is the nscm-iii
Answers te Yesterday's Quiz
!TS nurnr TuUuW" S,
armories, nn observatory ami nli',"i,!K
which Abdul Hamui ecun e j win "ft
four principal wives "C(J wtl his
2. The name hokey-pokey, elven t ,
grade of Ice cream , a cerrUntfen0
"hocus pOCUS." a ImrclerV , ... P" ' ""
In Imitation 'of fi ltd " "' c,en,e'l
of a conjurer's trick !. ''crlptlve
wrought as lf b y cenrar' ecpt,en
' He.rhoiegy.,h Wlf6 '" Zf,,s "' "reek my-
' Thcan;rm,slmda"?rt! Ve T ,r
"haquenee," an ambl","' heh" l'r
B. Dr. Samuel Jehnsen said 'naret i. .,,
liquor for boys, pert for , J" ,'f'
who asjilrea te be. a here mi;,b ,l,h,
brandy. rn n'u,t drink
6. The Independence. ,,f tireece from Tiirtev.
was proclaimed In 1821 I,, I? r'
Londen protocol of the dreat i.m-l'i0
declare., (ircece. an lmlcp;ent s
7 .Senater Krellnglmysc,, , from Nf.w Jr(.
R. A marsupial Is an animal win, ., .
Huchuaa kl,nK..,o,,r,e,,lisS?1",,
9. A scrutelr Is n cabinet. ,0 vvrlilm. i ,
with a folding deer used as atahu'i
an escritoire. tt UD1,
10' Um.r.?i.7 ?'?' '.- n Indefinite dark,
vjy ' AMnJMJSMAMPlMmW
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SHORT CUTS
Toe mnny distributors cook the coil
consumer s go,.sc.
What the Depe Ring desires is te ghj
justice a snot.
Trie Leeds family is certainly Lnvlng iti
ups and downs.
The dahlias seem te give color te tb
belief thnt the horses arc net the whole show
ut Bryn Mawr.
Plttsburghers arc killing fog by peurlnf
oil en the Monengnhela. in the old daji
they used rye.
Wild ducks nre ravaging the ginin field
of Alberta. Making ducks . ml drakes of tot
crop as it weie.
It may be that New Brunswick is new
destined te suffer from an epidemic of ama
teur detectives.
Perhaps Censtantlne may arrive in
Deem in time te serve as best man at I
coming social event.
Sir Themas Upton says he has mete
cups tnan any oilier vnchtsinnn in the worm.
Ay, or nny eiher teu man.
Sennter Smoot snys tariff bills nre hard
en the eyes. Judged by the feelings cf op
ponents they ure harder en the lines.
l M1I1J1 HUH WlllUU 11 IIUUI IIJ 1IUI3 W
the sun is only 13,000 miles nvvay. Hadn't
A (,.. I.n- ..!.... U.t. . -...,. ,V,.f
me scientists eeucr agnate ter press tea tea
sershlp? The Prince of Wales, having prowl
himself n duller nt coif, automatically en
rolls himself among a joyous and numcreui
lratcrniiy.
It has net yet been alleged by framwi
of the tariff law that It will simplify tit
matter of allowing Europe te pay her debt!
te America.
Germany plnns te double the circulation
of the mark within n month. If she could
double its value she would he moving In tbi
right direction.
Censtantlne leeks with scorn en
Ilumpty Duinpty. One fall wns tneugli for
it. u. Perhaps the reason is that consul"'
tine is hard-boiled.
Big wagers nre already being made en
the World Series, but we are saving em
enthusiasm for the day when the I'hillW
and tne Athletics contend.
Old Ezeklel Pegg refuses te be Imprewrf
by the fact that Dempsey killed n raoei.
He Bays he ceujd de the same himself witl
the change of n single vowel.
As we understand it, the mueted P
pelntment of Senater New te succeed Gen
eral Weed in the Philippines tomes V
courtesy of Sennter Bevendge
The coal bootlegger, conceived In banter
nnd advertised by newspaper parngr.iplief'i
lina nctnnllr nnnenrerl In New ent. lH
steals his coal and peddles it.
Londen Milcntlst avers the earth Is elder
than the sun. Admitting this for the "
of avoiding argument, what does the pre'
fesser think of Carpentier's chances
comeback?
G. A. It. veteran died of exhaus Ien
within fifty v arils of the reviewing stance in
the fifty-sixth annual parade in Pes Meine.
In. eloquent testimony te the iiiiiueiii'iie
spinv 01 i no eiu wiimuiM,
New Yerk woman who rends chnracW
in the eyebrows says MnVer Illan is a oer
statesman. Glancing carelessly at tne d
reA.. lien f.ilknlilnvmiu nl'.k VP nlTlVC flfc lJ
,,. ,,', ,,....,,,. ...M.I V.-," "
conclusion that she is a humorist.
Communication rend in the Hail r.ireana ,
sn Eamon de Valeru and i.Mi" "''-l,
Irregular leaders, have parted company. .
news would be of mute impnrtame "
rebels had been tanking headway
Senater Suioet "-"J' i,ij
Fere! price of clothes will t'
in the wiring 'r" '..ii
spring in the fall? I d that ";vl, " ,
think and say unvlliing different jll,J
"gopher around like a hnsiiie fj,""c,1).
ater's flossy language but just w t,M
nf n tUa- lu n lit.Lilin KllPnllCl'll f '. ,?!
II UUIie-lllY IM-SITI, ' Jimi -' : . klMil
... , B.'i'iivt in ,. ., 1.. ! It'll ill',
every drive one for lower pH'" .
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