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fitfDlchrti credited te (f or net etirnt(ir frfdIKii
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I'hlliJdpbli, Frlilir. October 13, 12:
MORE OF THIRD DEGREE
TI1K llr"t titity of ihi'.Ii'h invrtisatnix N
f.nt Ki "B-,.t .ntifi;slcm " It 1 Id gi't
tie t.iit!).
Thorefinf the liiii:,,'!ter :it NfW Hrun
Wlfk, win have atiiJc'l n Ien li of ntreflnus
cei:irc! t i tlir rii;j"(l- uf n nei"riu i dou
ble ir-ifinr. nrv hanl : !",' nilpablf t'.in the
yeutli riinu v. Iiem tdfj ruiiK f n !-- tit. tit.
menj of ii rjt itiemltf'l te 'tierluiltin'." Ji
lnnecetii trim
llete ii a co"d lliii'.tnitieii of the cinl!i""
hmm tin; tlv ii!i-u nf tliiri'.-dfsref
met het! mav t'.i Sui t- i m.teil l'i .i
jail, l.ur.TiSul rriil !:tpt nuaLt u:iJ thrt.it
emil mill -wn tanten am! "tnrved y t!ie
reJirp. often wil -a nnytlilni; that "ill
brtiiK them fVfti i siiert intf.tl of relief
from torment. T!.tv have beun known te
ninke f'''isc a.t'rtiun' K'trib! fliiiiinjtinc; net
only te thpiDselvc" but te ethers.
Deiibtlrss t'.erc n;e times when the 'p
pllt'iith n of tl.e tlinl dertf i ii'n" ur
nd ji:Mifiati. IVj: tl.e perlitent Le of .i
method " ter'ure borrowed from 'lie Mid
dle Ag' dwe for the most ;nrt te n la r
of c.vcr:ii and riveureefulness uu the
pnrt of the police themselves.
Tl.e Ii"i phle d'te fives ere te co e it and
btnln evidence In a decent and erderl)
manner, the mere HUrly It is that the third
degree will be mrrled te brutal extrerie
GAFFNEY'S PETTINESS
friHAT was a petty exhibition when (."oun (."eun
JL rlimju tiafTr." deneuiKed the Majer
for transmuting te f.; Council th' depart
mental rtl'i:rjM for ixpcmi. fires for nxt
year wjfhmtt ; anr.'; i'i":n devi n te come
vilhln tl.e estimated rvftiuc"
t'ei'i.i 'i.'an HafTney !jtiev. tint he Char
tfr directs til-' M.ijer te tubintt te the
Council an estimated vtatemcnr of expendi
tures' tijiplied te him by the vfrlmp, dt-pnrt-mentt,
eficers. Iwards mid rommi-iiens. and
that he inn;, icvhp these estimates or net in
his own iliccretien. If he (.boeses te refrain
from revising them l.e is actlu? within his
legal right,, nm! If he rev!es them he nle
is actinc within his pewtr. Hut Council
In iibsel iteiy free te regard or disregard any
rerl d-in that rhe Mayer ma make. The
only ri'-rrl.'tli'n upon it Is that It mut
keep i'- apj topriatienp within the estimated
recui'pt.s fm th vi ar. In the language "f
the Chm-ter. the Council ha" "full discre
tion ii d"iei!ii!ne tl.e charni ter and ame-m
of eypei Jitures te be made out of the esti
mated re-etpt.''
The Majer has merely exercised his Ie-jnl
discretion by Fending the departmental
estimates te the Council without much
change. He might have said that he took
this course because he he.d discovered that
the Ce it 'H will pay no heed te his financial
recemr." ndatiens and that he therefore had
decided te put the fu'l res; e:s.l,U!tj en !
shoulders i.ast jear he vetoed what he
regarded as litrnvngan and wasteful .-ems
In the budget ordinance, and 'he i'eu'hII
overrode hn veto. But h" has -'emented
himsf f with telling the Ce no il that h did
net knew until September .'10 what the esti
mated reieipts for next jear would be, nd
that he had mither the time nor tl.e facili
ties for making tin intelligent re!s!en of the
estimates before October l.", the lust ihiy en
which the budget i an b" Mibnittfd. The
Charter gives the Council tve meii'hs In
which te mnl.e the rvis-ien, and e .nul hni
the final i-ay
REPARATIONS SANITY
AITHOL'GJI the most r-cmt Trin'O
Hrltihh reparations enferencc ended In
failure, attributable in some quarters te a
tactless and ill-timed htntttnent b Lord
Dnlfeur, it Is evl lent that the Trench are
reverting once mere te the program of
moderation disrcp'ed In that n.eetln
Premier Peiicnre lias perhaps discovered
that wild-man tactics are unprofitable. It
may he that the French people th t.-iselis
are nt hint realising the dangere'is fitllity
of the old pound-ef.flfsii prnrnm
In nny event, It is new reported from
Paris that M. Heincaie will take te the
lnter-allied tinanual n.ngres, in Hruttcl a
plan calling for in extensive revision of the
tetala of (lerman Indebtedness, rixing a
bauls of pnymnits upon actual reparatie-is
only, and wiping pension charges and ether
war allowance of the bj -product vji.-ti off
the slate. Thii" would nduce the l'r, h
elalm by as much as '.'."i per cent.
Ne better evidence of a return te sun.ty
In Europe could be desired than repudiation
by alt the claimant nations of the mere pre pre pre
poatereui features of their Unancin! demands
upon (iermany. Ne friend of civilization be
lieves that the awful depredations Jn North
ern Fiance should go unrepaired. Hut dutu
ages, from Oermany en thU Kere amount te
something very different than a program of
economic lmbcllitieH.
It may be. added alae that if Franre Is
willing te drop pension claims-, it is time te
revive the monstrous ptemitits en this sub
ject made by Llejd ficerge in the demagogic
pOStarmlstlce campaign which pritrendied
kirn as First Minister.
A SEA TRAGEDY AVERTED
r? .IB a lonely stretch of great waters
between Honolulu and San Pedre, the
tsplrlng little pert of Les Angeles. .s n
traffic lane, this route is In Its infancy, nml
.' . vlf In threueh the radio nletm tl.r., ..i,.
J UKlng the ceursti can offset the perils of lso lse
Sr latlen.
Ft Wlll,nl If'I-aluCU lin Cll.tKl
M""1"" "'"" " tjiuwpiiiff ijearu
!iu 'jUfr City of Honolulu. In the grip of n
k 'QtivkB'dlnv ftrn wimtil Imvii tin..., t ,. t .... 11.. !...
lrH " -'. ..." 1111 ueip-
,r fit lieB.i - AnneiUH for aid ranged through ,.
''.'Ilfsiiery et thousands of su.uaru miles, The
ijvlPHfHni iikihiiij, in inline lipenil
, UKjitjtHat the AVest Karalleti te the I,mi
j , -. ti --- 'iii(
rmmmv n pomeie rer renei measures
.rwiaUtad In m. fllur-mlla daah r& (,-
ViT.ia.A v w
'V-""tV W
hapless pnssenijers and crew, forced te take
refuge In open beats.
Of significant value as a safety device N
also the stringent, explicit regulation con
cerning lifeboats adopted after the Titanic
disaster. Judging from the wireless opera
tor's messages, the Honolulu was operated
in strict conformity with the lievernnicnt
order for aei-'mtuodatlen for every passenger.
Discipline must, In addition, have played an
Inspiring role, since all the hunts were low
ered within thirteen minutes, nnd In a short
time every passenger had been transferred.
The less of the Honolulu, n fine, vessel,
formerly the Frledrlch der Oresec, of (ler
man reglstrj-, Is n blew te the American
merchant marine, ns was the destruction of
the tiler Northern Pacific. ale a victim of
llames. In th" present Instance, however,
heieisin has net been sipiatld.'red lull sup
ported and made fruitful bj modern sclein e
and mure drastic lifeboat regulations than
these en the statute books of unj ether
maritime nation.
AFTER EIGHT RED YEARS
THE BIG GUNS ARE COOL
The Ttiikish-Allicd 'I nice Kntleil l'iIU-
iii'; That K;is Heen Continueiisi Since
tlie lna-ien of Belgium
TN Al.l. pirts of the ciMlued and un-
chlllsfd wet 'd in I.'utepe. Asia, Africa
nnd the Anierlin the guns nre cooling for
the iirst time In eight jears. There is no
war anywhere for the moment. 'I he guer
rilla fighting in Ireland and occasional small
skirmishes In Cen'ral America need net be
(nken into account
M'iih tie iini'ji of ih t:un beiwun
Turiev and the Al'irs the Inst of the right
ing which began v!'h the Herman invasion
of It'dglum was hreught te a step. Twe
J car- of war l'i Itucia followed after the
.var of the world. l!"fore the IJusnn had
diivcn out ,'i- various armies sent te reform
them by fune the centlli t between the
Turks ,uid tl.e iii.ek was well unib r way.
It eiidui in tie ml'r.jsc of the lit eel; forces
and the advance of the Turks te .1 point
from wMih tV'j have irruallj dictated
fe-fis te the allied I'eweis,
Wliti j all the lighting has isis, iu lift and
r.eney. in d. innte te tl.e prestige of white
chi'izatien. in impaired national strength,
In moral ruin left in 'l.e wake of flaming
hate, no one ever will knew
The peace into which the wmld had j 1st
drifted is 11 peace of exhaustion. Idin'.isiii
m.ij be foe'i-h. i;;r wlaf 1 m 1 e -r,n ahmr
t'.e 1 rai 'icalls'. that i!esfr, intil if inn
ilitrej im mere?
Hew long will the pe.ne last? Will
there be a revival of war mania, even before
this is printed, in Asia or Africa or else
wler nme'ii; the Moslem'-, who. knowing
l'ttle of the West nnd it- wajs. seem te
feel that the time has 1 01110 when thry may
advance te "pirlfy" Ilt:repe by 'he snetd
0' th'ir prophet?
Fertunatelj for the Christian nations,
they have lOmplete control of the devb'es
nnd means of extensive warfare Therefore
they are safe from an onslaught of bar
btrfsni wh!"h otherwise might net seem
e-.Hrelv rep.nie I!ut the circumstances of
thrlr secirify contrast oddly enough with
tlu t'rofe-slens which they hae been making
from time immemorial te "the heathen."
In Knrland. If ve nie te jude bv the
pre'lminarles nf the coming election, the
pieple are grimly determined that there
shall h" no mere wars of cenfiie"t for the
time being at lea-jt. That resolve a'ee ha
trlten held of the mind of Canada and the
Ill'M'll dependi m let.
'I he cr,iipdiiiiis uiHictiil mi epochal snub
t-pen :' l.'evd Ce.irge ndiu'nlsrratlnn when
they ce'.d'y tef.isil te premise nnv latge
mlll'nrv nCiagents for a war in Asia
Miner or 'inj ether war about which the"
hud net previously hem iru!;d.
Tl.e stormy jeli.i'S of the moment in
England represent.- the reaction of the
press ard tl." penp'e te tl policy of action
reflected In the Prime Minister's dramatis'
request f,,r
!a'et cr.'.s
I.h "I f.eers
si'itatieti I.j
upgestcd bv
' f'nni the den uinus im this
If is new ei "n'j i barged 'l.n
" trt li presei re
d t'le Turkish
suppressing pews ,,f tin
'he victorious Turks fe
terms
peai e
in the Near Fast. It terenMv has ifen
disc'esed that these terms erp aln.esr
Identical with these al'l'i't'd by the p, r!s
Peace Conference.
Turrey sent an emissary te Londen te
sm that 't cb'slnd only the ri stfirat'.un "'
Ti.race. which tlii fireekb tee',; from ii '
T"C(i ar.d il.a' i would be cot. tent te lmc
the Straits neutralized under tie tl'n-. 1 1,-111
nf the League of Nations Sich an nr
ratg'nien'', according ' the cetnem'lie
view ,.f I'lirepe, should bine liei-n s.ltisfic.
lerv te every one concerned Vtt jt Hp.
pears that the Turkish emissary was
snubbed and the news of hi- mis'le'i sup.
piessed
Amerua has made its ilftutatleti if a?.
prrssU" warfare plain in many w.ij- The
"Clcan-T"p-M',xife" crowd Isn't se active
as li 'fed le he, largely because the people
of the fnitd States are. as t'if ,-ayIng
gees, en te It.
The prodigious t. ajerl'v of tie French
people, of whom we Feldem hiar heuiue
they have no capable spokesmen in a fiov fiev
ernment frnnklv reactienarj , are in m, mc.nd
te entourage or support extensive military
adwni"s in unj i'iarfer Thev wmt merely
He opperniniM te work ai.d rest and re
store their broken crmntiv
If l- Otlh ill I-g..'!s
be
Im
mune from the direct effects of win - IndlR
ami Afrl'n prim Ipallv that dickers of a
fresh war mnni.i are new iliv ertiible Hut
the religious fanaticism of 'he-e regions
cannot brlnj t" Its aid the reeirces or the
techiilti.e neiesnrj tn e-deiid wur
Se it lnJiv he tlpt we simil have time te
thlnlt and tesd ler a wl.ie uf ether things
than organized death and devastation.
AMERICAN UNITY
THE Fast i disceiering that there are
men nKe beyond the Allegheny Moun
tains. Most of the Piesldeuts were born
near the Atlantic (east. There have been
a few notable exciptlens, especially that of
Lincoln Hut it was xenrs after the found
ing of the llepublie before am one was
nominated who was born as far west as
Ohie.
Nowadays Ohie Is In the Fast, and se nre
Indiana and Illinois, in the view of thec
who live en the further side of the Missis
sippi The boundaries of the Fast have
been pushed westward many hundred miles
since 1800, and they are continually moving.
The Fast has sent men Inte the West te
de big work. The Western universities
sent Fast te get their presidents and the
members of their faculties, The 1'nlversltj"
of California new has agents In this part
of the country looking for a new president.
But the East j extended se far into the
s'""-.1
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EVENING PUBLIC LEDGER-PHIIiABELPtfiX FRIDAY,' OCTOBER IST
West that the ncar-caBtcrii colleges nre
going as far afield as the Great Lakes for
their presidents. Yale a year or two age
get its new president from Michigan, and
Lehigh will Inaugurate tomorrow 11 presi
dent born and educated In Indiana, whose
latest previous service was In the Vnlierslty
of Illinois. The predecessors of Dr. Charles
It. Illchk-ils at Lehigh were nil born be
tween the Atlantic Coast and the Allegheny
Mountains. Hut wltllln twenty-live years
there has develop d such a likeness In points
of 1 lew, educational methods nnd standards
of scholarship that this great region be
tween the Lukes and the Atlantic Const Is
regarded ns a single community, about which
scholars can meie ns freely as they used te
11101c about New Knglaud.
Yet In spite of this westward spread of
the cultural standard" of the Fust, It will
be manj geneiittleu befeie either Harvard
uv Columbia will elect any one but n citizen
of Massachusetts or of New Yerk te Its
presidency. The provosts of the University
of Pennsjlvnnia have nil been Pennsyl
winlans, and most of them have been na
tives of Philadelphia. The election of Gen
eral Leenard Weed does net violently dis
regard tradition, for General Weed is net
I dliect the sehelasl 1 pellev of the T'lll
v'sitj. but ,i.s In sjtiess and tlnaiuinl pellij.
And he Is an Fi's'eiuei' tut her than n
Westerner.
Yet tl.e t me ,s Inevltab'j (niulug when
residence west of the Mississippi Kiver will
be a handicap neither te a candidate for n
national political office nor for nn aspirant
tu the presidency of nn Fastern university,
bccatip the spread of population and the In
dustrial development of the country will
gradually wipe out Hie differences between
the sections and produce men who nre
neither V.'esterneis nor Fnsterners, but
Americans.
The resul of the presidential c'ctlen In
1!10 brought te the easterners with a shock
of surprise a ren!l7Btlen of the fact thnt
they were net the whole country and that
the process of Western expansion had gene
(1 long way.
LOCAL DOLDRUMS
rpHF Mann's anxiety about the leisurely
J. pace of operations upon the Art Museum
is possibly justified. Werk 111 en this nm
bltiiiii" undertiikl'ij; is i.et pvcdselj being
rushed, and projects tf 11 speedy termina
tion are net m sight.
It is something new. however, for l'hil
Edelpblnns te l.ctrii lt.ipattence en the sub
ject of uncompleted public works. The be
ginnings of the public library undertaking
n'e almost lest in the dawn of history. A
a matter of fact, it Is jenrs since thnt finely
shaded dispute concerning the necessity of
Philadelphia-cut "tout! for the building was
1 aging.
There Is never nny deficiency of time,
however, in this ceinmunitj, nnd projects
begun aie in tin- end sometimes completed.
After a decade or mere of discussion and
false starts, the libra rj i actually well
under way. The Fraukferd Elevated will
be opened next month. Why despnlr?
Nevertheless. Mr. Moere Is te he com
plimented for pressing his point before the
Falrmmint Pntk Commission. It is ad
visable te consider the future nnd compile
delir.ite information concerning the nmeiint
of mencv necessaiy te tini.h the Art Museum.
If the structure eenld be finished by JO'JC
perhaps some celebration of a historical an
niversary might be staged there.
Meanwhile, arrangement have been made
for the cxhibiiieu of the McFadden art onl enl
'ei Hen in the Corcoran Gallery, where Wasli
ii gtenlai.s, nt least, can enjoy it.
A FEEBLE BLUFF
pOCNCILMAN LlMF.P.l'UNFH'S at
L tempt te disinfcit the taxi regulating
ordinance by an amendment compelling prop
erty owners and cab companies le make af
fidavits of their go 'd behavior would he
ludicrous, if tiie prospects of entrenched
srccinl privilege, autocratic monopoly and
"street selling" were nut se seiieus.
If th" Ceunci'men who pusred the ordi
nal!' e ever the Maye: 's vigorous veto believed
the 'joker" piovi-e te be haimless. what
is the et.'iise fur pretending te nullify its
ererntlim': Th" whe'e clumsy precedure
sugg s: l.eusi cleaning b.v nn idiot bent upon
httei. ng ti,i n euis in order te make use of
a vacuum t'taner. There would have been
no need te pievlde safeguards against graft
if the original invitation had been with
draw 11.
The disingenuously devised amendment
will net deceive anybody. The special in
terests, have been served. Council has, bj
in. plicatien, "11 bilked" the Majer, and after
th- hearing of tnsl abuses has flagrantly
proclaimed its own scandal.
ONE OF THE BRAVEST
THF. ceuracc of Geerges Cleinenceau never
has been under suspicion. Hut there is
something of super -bravery and of nn nrmer
of rceliitifiii, which Americans have been
unable te detect en distinguished foreign
visitors te this country, contained In the
ex-Premier'- announcement that h" will
accept en hi" forthcoming lour no imita
tions, public or prival".
Peihaps the statesman capable of organ
izing the "1'nlen Sacree" en the very rim
of the active volcano of French politics will
succeed in adhering te his determination.
Perhaps; also his struggles against all ban
quetcerlng effensei will he quite ns fascinat
ing te eb'Prve us the fervor of lis nppuils
for n better und"itandli!.; of France.
In any event mid whatever his views, M,
Clemerieeau is superblj his own best press
agent. lie already hail pinclaiine.l the Index
of Ills own slnceritj. He is nn avowed
piepagnndist inspired with tin- conviction
that he ha'i argument worth hearing, a cai.e
worth presenting.
Mere than thirty addresses, te bn deliv
ered within the. space, of less than a month,
are en the Cleinenceau roster. He will
exhort, explain, defend, appeal and van
ish, Americans, who are supposed te
rejoice in direct methods, can M'areely fail
te rejoice in such a pet forma 111 e ns a feat
of iiiilituut aitistrj.
And if the Tiger I- proof apainst the
presentation of ni'iiwinnl kejs, entertain
ment managers, stuffy receptions, specially
welcoming committees and siibsniptien din
ners, hia name will gain a new luster In the
roll of authentic heroes.
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COAL FACTS AND POLICY
THAT the publl" should Insist upon call
ing tlie Ceal Commission a fact-finding
Hither than a policy-fixing body is due te
the generfcl belief that there are facts hidden
that should be uncovered.
Particularly the public desires te knew
why the cost of coal at the mine should be
no hinnll cempaifd te the cost at the cellar
coal chute. It knows that an Increasn Is
natural, but believes, with or without geed
reason, that Jn this specific Instance It Is
Inordinate.
The question forever asked Is, "Who
gets the money?"
The men appointed by President Harding
nre all geed men, experts in their particular
lines, all competent te de the work Bet out
for thein, Thnt work Indubitably Includes
the suggestion of a remedy for evils com
plained of, ever-development nnd conse
quent Irregularity of employment and high
costs.
It may be that all the facts necessary ure
new In possession of the Government In
Washington. Thpn the first duty of the
commission is le place litem befeie the
public briefly, dtuily, In terms everybody
caa understand, - ,
MttV
AS ONE WOMAN SEES IT
Jaunt of Inspection te City Stables
Begins With the Worst and Ends
With Lunch in the
Best
My 8AKAII D. LOWRIE
THE Mayer and Director Caven asked a
number of women this week te Inspect
some stables that are the property of the
city.
There was uoine curiosity, net unmixed
with amused wonder, for these of us who
met these gentlemen in the office of the
Mayer en the morning appointed becnuse of
mi enigmatic sentetue in our Invitations.
"We will have luncheon somewhere en
the way," was the wording of the sentence,
nnd I discovered that I was net the only 0110
iu whose mind there had come u net 1111
mixed anticipation of that meal.
Net the wildest guess, however, could have
anticipated the spot and tlie siiireundings In
which thnt luncheon was served and appre
ciatively eaten, although it was rcrta nly
appropriate that en n till' 1 ' inspect tnble
we should have eaten iti 11 stable, and in liat
putt of one that is given ever le well-bedded
stalls. , ,
Hilling the course of that morning and
early afternoon our two guides, the Majer
and the Director, saw te it that ;' "aw the
city stables at their worst befeie tla'y
rounded us up te cat In their best.
I'VE been In many stables, first and last,
but I never walked through one less
creditable te its owner than the Iirst we
visited en Seuth Proud street, which is de
voted te the horses and the mounted ettii'irs
of the mounted police feice of this town.
We are all familiar with the splendid
horses nnd the well set-up men who ride
them, nnd the equipment of both her-cs and
officers has struck these of us who have nn
eye for such things ns soldierly nnd well
cared for, but hew they me kept up te the
mark housed in that dilapidated, unsuitable
and lns.mltarj building is haul te imagine.
The place is under the Director of Public
Safety, I suppose, since it harbor- one firm
of the police force, but 1 gathered that both
the building and the ched'ile ler Us t. ie are
part of the old political regime net easy te
reerganise. At nearly neon the stalls had
net been cleaned and the unevin beard floors
outside the stalls weie thiik with unswept
manure, while the whole dark, littered
ground Heur reeked with fumes of ammonia.
I suppose that tin; upper Hours, where the
men en duty sleep nnd keep their clothes
und eat, for all I knew, Is in a better state
of preservation and is hygienic nt least te the
line of safety, but it is rather an odd piece
of injustice te plan' the men who are pro
tecting the citizens and the city propel ty in
11 barracks that no military cam In time of
var could be justified in teleiatin,.
Maybe thai sounds stieng. but it Is net se
strong us the raspni'; breath of these
muiiure heaps accumulating In that old
wreck of a stable building.
HAVING
having
a garden and but recently
ig nan te pay 11 top price ler
manure net half as old nnd well cured
as that 1 was wading through. I iisked the
Director what the citj get for its crop. He
r fcrred me te some official of that particu
lar stnble, who said that newitdajs the city
get about $0 a year pel burs., as the price
of fertilizer. I asked him why he said
"newndnjs." and he replied drily that
prier te "nowadays" the city had gut no
price for the manuie taken from its police
stables, that being 11 perquisite of "one of
the heys."
F10111 fhe Seuth Hread stre-l stables we
went still further muth. and then went te
stables used for police patrol;- These vcic
in better repair and were better te start
with, both for lighting a id tlunrini; and
ventilation. As a mnseiiucnee, thev were
nlsn t leaner ; certainlj the-e run bv the
street cleaning depnitmenl, which we went
te next, were in geed simp-. 1 have won
dered why horses were used when meter
vehicles cuuld take their place for garbage
collecting and street cleaning. And in look leok loek
ing through the stable where the street
cleaning wagons, brushes, sprint I- i. etc..
were kept. Director Caven explained, en our
putting that question, that as jet the duia
bllitv of meter (impelled itreet appliances
for snow und dnr wns eulj (!i.l per cent of
the stuck en hand, while hers-putlei ap
pliance could be kept ready for use at about
M) per tent of the stock en hand.
We suggested tlat hcires fluttered up the
street'! and involved mere cleaning, but the
Director drifted off at that (eint, and some
one said le me in a husky veice:
"Oh. that is looked out for! Hands of
street cleaners with their blooms fellow in
the wake of all garbage and ash and paper
collectors und clean up enrvthini:."
I did net disillusion the owner of the
husky velte. Alter all. he has a right tu 1,1 ,
ideals as well lis the icst el us
l.MFWIIFHF out en the dreary readies
O el
f League Island Park the train of moieis
bearing
the parly halted, and the Maver
and the Director put their heads Inte em a
doorway and explained why we had stepped.
Ilelew us en a level with the marsh was
a long stable building, mesquite haunted,
thej said, and tee icmete te he of unj u-e
except as a storage plate for deielin' ,,m
wagons. This the Vnres had held 1 1 ,,.
final relinquishment of the (Icunm;; 1 ,0
trncts, until it was taken e'f t lie-c hi,,,
by the taxpayers at 11 rental of ?in,lin,i .,
year.
I dii net knew fur hew lung the leas,, xv.
rcquiied te be drawn, but if s literals
menej cast upon the waters, for all areuuil
is quaking beg. On the ether side of the
parkway the ground wns being filled in with
ashes and paper and tin cans. The firms
that had taken the contract te fill in tj
ast acreage of low ground had been dmng
it at a less fur some time. They had hid
low en the contrail, vvhbli hnd rcquiied enlv
n certain suit of icfuse and a top cnvi un
fit dirt, some sk feet, as 1 ii., iii'nf "
In "dnjs gene bv" tlie m-, ims had,
however, winked nt the fact t'ut ,, "eii.iin
Fert of refuse meant te the cuntiaeteis any
thing from cm huge te tin mils, d ,,
number of feet of top eaith s,c iti -l had
diminished te n few inches Fur a tun,. j.
contractors endeavored te make tn j if,'.(-tit
Mayer see reason in continuing the u i;c
Hut in vain.
T CONFFSS that about the tim
en our
-L career through stables, when
we tinned
out toward Heg Island anil it
v.lfc p,ist ( ;(
o'clock nnd we weie nearing thi
the Cannen Hall Farm en the
ritnm' the river I eonfess mi
iane in, mini
flat reachis
heart smile
Once some venrs age I had lunch i the old
Klngsley Farm out there, but that was
lielore tlie win, nm 1 liliew suite IIM ,jK
owner had sold the farm te the eit, ,,, 1
hnd understood thnt the house, en j. m.
had grown dilapidated and the gicat cow
barns run down.
The city had invested, 1 kllPVV
.? 1.10,000 in that lew-lvlng pastme hind ,, 1
truck farm, and then had rented it f0r the
astounding sum of is(J0 a month te a tenant
that was letting It go te ruin.
The sewer plant te accommodate which
It had been bought at se huge a iiree
had net been built: the fields where the
KtngsicjM in 1 u- mi eiiuuentni Had been
went te raise their garden stuff had gene tr,
waste. A queer place 10 nep for ilm,.h -Inspection
either, I thought, but the Mami
and the Director, with complaisant grins
bade us K"t out and eeme along. '
And then I Ic-irucd for the j,t time that
Director Caven had get permission te have
it turned ever e his department and m()
made It Inte an infirmary for the citv horses
and a truck garden and farm for the citv
hospitals. Of the L'OOO or re. horses acquired
by the city slnce it went Inte the business of
city defining, a number every month need
rest, a few need doctoring and a few hos
pital rare.
I never walked through n cleaner si , hie
than the one in which w ate lunch. And it
struck me that the Director was as proud of
these quartern for his beloved horses ns one
supposes that he ought te he at saving the
city a clear million a year en the-streit"
cleaning aadMbge-ellctln job.
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NOW MY IDEA IS THIS!
Daily Talks
Willi Thinking Philadclphians en Subjects They
Knew Best
.TOSI3PH W. LIPl'INCOTT
On America's Taste in Keel;s
TDK leading public in the United States
is constantly growing and the taste in
liter.ituie it. constantly upwind, sujs Jeseph
W. I.ippincett, of the hrm of J. H. I.lppln I.lppln
cett Company.
"Never, vvitliln mv lecollectien," said
Mr. I.ippincett. "have there been se ninny
big new i.evpIs en the iniirlcet. There nre
at least twenty, all by well-known writers,
nnd all of the 'best-seller' ct'liber. which
means that It will be praeticallv impossible
for the new wtlter te break through this
jear with a successful novel.
"1cspite this, the maiktt has a way of
nciing levvtird anjthing which may be
teiuicd 'unusual'-- sem-tiinit: lenllj new as
te plot or treatment ami which can be dis
cussetl and argued ever in the same manner
as ihe news of the daj
The Fiction frown'
"This title of the I., tmn (town, tieti
pNlsient in actuality, but my leal Jn limin-
ial icsiill". which in the i"t has se of tin
rested upon the ben I of some lirltlsh writer
is again threatened bj englishmen, Including
Mr. Hiitehinsniw who las jear took the
honors from Sinclair Lewi" with 'If Winter
Cemes.' Sir Hall Cainc is net represented
this vear. but Sir Gilbert Parker appears
vvilh "'Canine's Fullj' and theie are utheis
galore from the HrltMi Isles. It new leeks
as if a mnn and nut ; woman would take
the henms this jear.
"Each year one book keeps the lend In the
matter ef's'iles for a period uf many months.
It is net necessaiily what thinking persons
would term the best book of the jear in nn v
wav ; in fact, i' rarclv Is the best Loek pub
lished during Ihe ji-nr. but in everj iim It
is a book which starts peep.e te thinking,
and when they think tliey talk about it.
''Argument und the consequent publicity
width it involves In an imieil.int factor in
the sale of a book. People begin te think
ever what they have lead iu sin li n book
and talk about It te mid with their friends,
nnd thus inculcate In th tiieniN Ihe
ile. Ire te read the book themselves, and the
sale is encouraged without ii)i rfte't en the
part of the publishci s Th,. sale is unaffeeleil
bv the fact that Ihe comment en the book
may be alvese; as 11 matter of tact, in a
geed many can's this stimulates the snip.
Ceiriers,lil of Heeks
"The mailer of a censeiship for hooks has
i.,.ti in the front 11 geed many times and It
is firntn being uigcd In certain quarters. The
l'cfermers have tackled the stage, the
s-iloens the movies and new books. People
seeni te be losing their imagination, but if
they ate net. cannot something be left tu
it? Apparently one must have either imiigi
nuti -a or u ( 1 n'-'i'
"11 is rcfillr net true that worse books
aie being published today than fermeily. it
Is rather the ase that the worst books are
new mere popular than lhe were then.
Therefore It would teem as though It were
net the books whii b need 1 ensuring se much
as il is the taste of the great rending public.
"The pielilem fur the publisher lies In
the fact that he must publish what the pulilm
wants te read or go out of biiHlne.n, e ensur
ship or no censorship. Thetcfeie if the pub.
He will net rend Jiiimc literature the pub
lisher must give the ether kind If lie hopes
te survive. That time hnppilj will never
come, however, nnd the pendulum in al
ready swinging back te the llteiature of the
belter kind.
Censorship in Great Cities
"In New Yerk City the Society for the
Suppression of Vice is puitieulnrly active
and m Husten the Watch and Ward Society.
In New Yerk the society has thu power te
step the sale of books which It believes te
be improper, and if they are published in
that city it ''.m step publication alne.
"Of course, them is no direct censorship
that is, no mint power te piehlhit publlca.'
Hen, und It is net likely that this will mine
for a geed many years If at all. As a matter
of fact, there is no necessity for such drastic
action.
"However, it Is a noteworthy fact that
censorship increases Immeasurably the sate
nf books which cetnn under the ban, and this
is true of every avenue of business in which
censorship i emiilevcd. Let u tiling tie
once, declaietl Imprupir for the public and
there will he an mormens demand for that
thing, mid thl Is the case with hooks te per
haps flljevcn greater extent than anything
astthoaglvhireia-iiftourlsvweio.pro-
ilp
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"SAFETY WEEK" IS WASTED ON SOME FOLKS!
Mil.
'6 i
hibit the publication of books, there is power
0 suppress circulation of them after pub
lication. This (lower Is obtained chiefly by
plate legislative action, which lias generally
been secured through the endeavors of local
groups.
Prlws Will Derrraie
"I believe that the prices of Ooeks will
flecretifce giadually. Publishers are doing
heir best te lower them, just as thev diet
their utmost te keep them from going up.
Ihe msts of publication continue erv hign
nnd new elements in ibis censtantlv crop
i, such as the duly of four cents a' pound
en 'asein. which will mean te the publisher
in lei'"" 'S'" " '"" "" wlrf,"'-''entcd
"The recent laihead sliike and the con
tinued shortage of mal have alsu phi eel an
mpertnnt , an in keeping up the costs,
pul. icatlen. The delay ?n freight, cense
111" nt f upon these economic d sturha , es
iiiude it necessary , .,. l ,' ,.1 1,r J ;
services of mail ami ..vpress-. ,i 0f "fl r
naturally had te he added te the cost of
"Hut in spite of t,is. me cost of books is
lower than anj element , ,he cost of living
Heeks and New I)lsceerles
"Ne new discoveries or inventions will
ever permanent v les-cn the 1 "!
the demand for'becks. jL w .,, u '""1
iit' ; HH
me regarding the Immense epilari v ,f
the automebi e and the inevies' , , ' ,J , ,
end n was luund ihat these l,h"" s' !.
books are being eclipsed
favorable conditions.
- .... , .,. .. -1 . mil fin inn iii ...
'ven under un-
"Since the cle-e of ii10
world seems te have tumid
(mr Ihe whole
t" nililrtics. nnd
tins att initie of the puhli
in the very large niii;.l.i.r,If ':ir,I,,l1w,,,,n
helm' nunlis lerl nti.l L..I.I ...
1 , , nieii up,,
ether branches of spurt.
golf mid
"It is net geneinlly known but .mi t
bonks form a vetv b rgc 1 r ,',0 ,rlW'''
publishers' telals.' Tra el Z ' I'W l,B
very popular iu the last ., ':", . , ' , b"!'n
ably because lwe the' uir u . 1,"rob,
amount of travel has line,, r, '...'", "'""hual
ally engaged in, especlafu' ?,'' ,l,e,u
This is reflected in he , nl e ni !'" ""i
research 1, nd t , a, el cove i K , ' , ,7h ,"'
entire glebe
K practically tin
What De Yeu Knew?
QUIZ "
1 Hew wide Is the Qulf .Stream-
" I'.jWhi.tccinii,, did Kiedenck the meat
fl Who was Orlffcn
Why Is .urmie',ser; ailed "r" ",a''
'' W,t,ntiiirai,;M,lt hv " "- M.et ,
W'linl lL. i., 1... . ..
Answers, te Yebterday's Qujz
1. Cubit was the largest Island uic ,.
l.y ('l.rlstephei- (Jelunihus en'hin.VV,,.f:i
nij.i -u 10 no ."sew Wnrl.l '"'
Delavviire has
fewer- counties tha,,
can Ktate. 1 1 i ,""y
castle. Sussex1 an,,"1
oilier Anieil
Inte New Ca
Counties,
rtandem Is the term describing ., ,
of tluee liuises JiarnesHeri in, 5 .'.'; I?1""
of tlui ether
1. u 111 limit
A ranurluni Is
ine peinei.ina tahes Its nniim 1.
Polnel. 11 Ooverner of the Annitire!"
the suventecnth century. Antles In
A proem la nn Introductory stateiment n
prafiue or prelude. """"ment, a
Parian wih Oin most beautiful, whltci
mid roost hlBhly prlr-ed marl le us,' '
the famous te.nn es ,.r n.,,1.,..,'..." '"
7.
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10,
vvnii ohm neii In ihe. Island of 'j" ,"
ihe Ji.-el. AuhlpfclKKe, ' ' '"" I"
' ( 'ly of Pa la or Helem Is in M.n
lira?. 1. ur,-.,- 11,,, .nnnii" VY." Northern
Dismal Hwami, ja 11 HeutheaStern XW.
filtt W-U. r.llttltV'- North Carel
1. vMWcli Is the largest isnn,i i ,,,,
4 What Picsldent of the " l'n 0 ' 4 ?, "'"', !(l '
vvitliln u month or his ,ittL,,1?, ,7 (lle'1
6. What is the meaning .r th" i ;Vn. Vn '
"Peet.i ii.iM-ltm- i.r,.. .i,?,.!""1'' phrase.
a 11 ace f, ,. ..,. .
frogs; also a, noiUptlen of u' '",', '"'K
''Hanft' U the Latin vcra for fren'B'1
E. A rafiile In nn.(iir iu .,i....'.""K
bemba 1 dineut "Itafa .,' i3' j'.'r'" ;,"';
u sudden trust of uiml Ulc' fr
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SHORT CUTS
With her eye en Turkey Greece
the Allies nre giving her the bird.
The Reparations Commission, we ob
serve, hns resumed the manufacture of crises.
Murderers are elusive. It might b
ensler for the New Brunswick police te leetts '
a liar.
Anyhow, when Clemenceau cone wi
may expect te we a smile en the face of
the tiger.
Maryland Democrats are hopeful that la
the coming election another France will li
devastated.
One after another members of the guilty
crew tumble en the slippery deck of th
pirate ship Depe.
Every once in a while it dawns en coa cea
ferees that, iu the matter of Insuring peace,
honesty Is the best policy.
The political campnign in Indiana li
being conducted en snne and sensible lines,
in ether words, it lacks ginger.
New that we have celebrated his day. "
mav venture the opinion thnt the egg Col
umbus steed en end was hard-boiled.
As the Mudanin glasses proceed te nd
just themselves, the Turk begins te bee niert
clearly the advisability of a conciliatory at
titude, Elephant en rampage in Wilmington,
N. C. Probably enraged nt the appearance
of losne self-satisfied iimle. Seuth still
Democratic.
What the public is new interested IB
knowing is what kind of a scieen, If any,
the ceal-fncl-Iiuders will Use for the material
they dig up.
Manuel, exiled King of Portugal, sayi
he is a democrat at he.ut and in practice.
He inusl (eufe.-w, though, the practice w
forced en him.
Five bundled bushels of cranberries weri
burned In 11 sawmill lire nt Egg linrter.
Turkey and Pumpkin will later grieve let
their little playmates.
On Monday next Jehn Hull will par
Unde Sam ."ffiU.OOO.OOO the first Install
ment of Interest en the war debt. It Isn t
denied that we need the money.
Department of Cemmerce bulletin ebevrt
death-rate decreased last year and birth
rate incrensed. Or, as a headline artlw
might put It, Sterk Shades Grim Keaper.
' The President hopes ee te reduce
pcnditiireit as te obviate the iiocessity f -new
taxes. Congress may be expected te
see te it that cheeseparing does net exteaa
te the perk barrel.
If the number of motorists en the "treat .
vesterday defined strangely reduced, it vval
probably because it few tlieusiud of them
had been summoned te that Mlllheurne frea
which few travelers return content.
Fermer fat folk nre bnrklug Dr. Cepe- !
land, of New Yerk, for the United State
Senate, and their slogan Is, "He Kept ui
from ebesilv." Times change. This is a lar
cry from "The full dinner pall."
French physician has succeeded j
transfusing animal bleed Inte man wiw
beneficial results. Equipped with horse
bleed, monkey glunds. sheep's eyetr u"U
ham lip, 11 man might easily start a farm
or a menagerie.
At the air races In -Michigan one event
was for "large multi-metered bomb or man
(allying airplanes." Our air licet f"
net be permitted te lnnguiah whlle wlsiw
engtnes of war may be used in time of pWSj
for the transportation of mall.
Herllu is celebrating the discovery
America. Later we may expect proof ma
Columbua was a German. '
It has been figured out by (we till''1' , ,
a sjiiiievvluit Hupetlicial observer Unit "'"?'.
time is lest by .woman In getting " ,i .
-atreet car by reahen (if her long W Jfi.'
.miuue up ier ey me uwe saveu vj 7 j
ufuretiw Btudied hosiery, "
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