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OUR NEW ASSEMBLYWOMEN
POLITICS m it Is tilnyert at HiirrNburg
is erJlnnrily u reiigh-atid-tumbk' gnme.
It Is net usually notable for retinvment of
methods or manners. What chuukcm In the
tone nnd complexion of tlie Heuse will fol fel
low upon the entry of the live women just
elected te Its membership remains te be
Men. Women nlways have had a civilizlnc
Influence, even In the wllderm-w, and there
U no reason why Herrisburi' should be an
exception te this rule.
Three of the new Assemblywomen, Mrs.
Speiser, Mrs. de Yeung and Mrs. l'ltts.
Will represent Philadelphia dlbtrief. They
are extremely modest in telling of their
plans. Naturally, they have few plans nt
present. Women in politic and in public
offices etifht te be gien plenty of time in
Tyhich te leek about and get their henritiKs
ahd n maery of the technique of party
affairs nnd udminitratlve service.
At llnrrUburs the maehine will operate
' tn spite of them if they are net willing te
go nleng. Hut the five women in the As
sembly can nflerd te be patient. They can
be the eyes nnd ears nnd voices of half the
electors of the State if they cheese te be.
Whether they nfcnmnlltdi mueh or little
will depend finally upon the degree of their
courage ami the extent te which they are
able te apply the great power and influence
of the woman vote In Pennsylvania in the
interest of better polities and better gov
ernment. THE MIRACLE COLLEGE
UNLIKK romance as it 1 often popu
larly conceived. Temple I'rlversity be
longs te the domain of fact. But the ncenl
of its inception nnd development is no' the
leas romantic for this contact with reality.
The necromancy in this instance another
word for the untiring energy and unselfish
devotion of Dr. Russell II. Conwell be
stowed upon the magnificent popular educa
tional institution of his own malting has for
tome j ears been accepted in this cemn.unity
without especial wonder. The founder of
Temple T'niversity bus accustomed us te
miracle work. In a tene, thin constitutes
n tribute te his remarUable pewers: but the
assumption n( this attitude only accentuates
the debt of I'hiladclphians. "
Tangible eddenec of condign i;ratit..i!c i
new proposed in the movement te erect by
popular subscription a splendid new college
building for Temple in eipeciai appreciation
of Its geed genius. The pregiim warrants
the heartiest und most substantial public
support.
Conwell Hall, as the structure te be rniFed
at Bread street and Montgomery avenue
will be called, will serve, in addition te its
practical uses hs the n.wnbel of a virtually
r.nparnllcled achievement, n popular unier
ity endowed at the euW't with nothing but
the inspiration of u noble ideal.
As it exists today. Temple is a supirb
monument te its feundtr nnd a brilliant
feature of the educational ic-eurees of the
community. Notably within the past decade,
Its standards und equipment hae been car
ried te nn authoritative point of efficiency.
It is solidly shaping up into Mich an institu
tion of higher learning as I)r Conwell orig
inally planned with but the meagercst initiul
assets,
Conwell Iln'l is n prejeit which citiens
with any respect for the geed name of the
city should be proud te indorse and e::"cuie.
THE RECLAMATION IDEA
IT WAS te bme been expected that the
proposed plan of the Sesqui-C-ntcnnlul
would appeal te an orginlzatien of the char
acter of the American Institute of Archi
tects. Indersement of the program by the
Philadelphia Chnitr of tins eminent insti
tution implies n perspicacious regard for the
future development if Philadelphia en lines
net merely respectful of beauty, but also of
practical municipal responsibilities.
At its meeting tills wek the chapter laid
jarlieular stress upon the reclamation op
portunities in connection with the fair.
Although the Ci rt Temple plan avoids con
sideration of the mooted question of redeem
ing the banks of the Schuylkill between the
dam and Market street, there mn be littitf
doubt that if the exposition is once uutlierl- '
tatively launched this Improvement idea will
again merge.
The fair project in its pre-ent feim in-
eludes some acies of reclamation. 1'ven a
ginning would nlmest Inevitably serve te
strengthen support of a redemption enter
prise en n larger scute.
That the city, in spite of the expense
li Involved, would eventuully profit by the
establishment of modem conditions in its
central area is entire!) probable. The time
will come when the stockyards must be
removed and drastic measures be taken te
efface the junk plies and ethu- evidences et
eitie degeneracy in the region whete the
Schuylkill cuts the city in two.
,j It is quite conceivable that such a refei tu
" nay be mere difficult and meie etly te
(', effect u decade hence than during the ex-
'petition building yean.
.', erlit ciif?fft.Hrm nf thp nrphllmtlu nt llm
Vrhi isstrl""" Institute is. of course, made upon
Btsuu.ptlen thnt the fair will take place.
Experts have alwnys had a way of ellml-
Ming "town pumper)" trem tiieir keen
ea f nrehletiiH of the future.
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R A NEW PENITENTIARY
a number of years plans for the re-
;tsnevnl of the Kastern Peiiitenllnry luive
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intermittently proposed only te be
In favor of ether public improve-
deemed et mere pressing Importance.
the subject is bound te ricur untij
Its steps are taken te secure tin out-
I, site for thin institution.
aiciveniy, wnesa Knowledge ei
blem, (s as mitherltMTe as his
it is Drofeuad. Is fraakly
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of the opinien1 that mere modern facilities
nnd n suburban loco t Ien have become ncccs
sltles. His point of view Is distinctly worth
heeding en several counts. In its nresent
situation "Cherry Hill" is nn anachronism
nnd a serious drawback te the development
nf n section of the city suitable for residence
purposes, a region which logically should
profit by the Parkway improvement and the
changes in progress in the Palrmeunt area.
When the cornerstone of what was pro
jected ns a model penal institution was laid
nearly a century age, in May, 1823, Cherry
Hill wns surrounded by fields some distance
from the thickly settled parts of the town.
With the lapse of time the site has become
wholly urban.
Mr. McKcuty's program includes the care
ful selection of n location "fifteen or eight
een miles from Philadelphia" and the use
of about 2e0 acres, preferably of land with
n rocky base suitable for quarrying by the
prisoners. Mho could be employed in the
production of geed rend-building material.
His conception is reasonable, in line with
modern prison reform Ideas nnd deserves the
specific nttcntien of the Commonwealth.
CONGRESS GOT THE REBUKE
THAT WAS COMING TO IT
Eishtccn Months of Floundering Could
Net Possibly Satisfy an Intelli
gent Electorate
fTUIE one irresistible conclusion that can
be drawn from the result of the voting
en Tuesday U that Congress has been re
bulled. Soen after it assembled it was apparent
that it was lacking in leadership. Although
a let of new members entered as n result of
the unprcccdcntcdly large Republican vote
cast in IDL'O, the old Congressmen who had
managed te survive defeat for several years
were automatically placed in 'emmund of
the Important committees regardless of their
tit lies j-.
They fell down en their jobs, and it was
Inevitable that they should fall down. The
seniority rule, which results in the promotion
of men in regular succession according te
their length of service in Congress or en a
committee, periodically brings nonentities te
the front. The able men wbe have been in
Congress only one or two terms have te
amuse themselves ns best they may while
their inferiors dictate policies and shape
legislation.
In spite of the fact that age cannot
wither nor custom stale the infinite in
capacity of a certain proportion of the
luembets of the National Legislature, age
and custom de conspire te perpetuate a
system that legicall? leads te such a rebuke
as was administered en Tuesday.
Repeatedly during the last eighteen
months this newspaper has called attention
te the fate that was in store for Congress
if it did net rise te Its opportunities. The
Notion has been passing through a crisis
te meet which constructive statesmanship
of the highest character wc required. That
Ftatesmanshie was bevend tlte capacities of
the men in control. Whether It was present
among the men in the ranks kept down by
the tustems of Congress does net appear
It is known, however, that an overwhelm
ing majority of the memliers of the party in
control were devoting mere time te thought
nf hew te sac their eiltical skins than te
hew te serve ihe Natien.
Tin- eternal truth of the saying that he
who would av his life will lese it is i nee
mere proved before our eyes.
If is nor ftident that the result of the
election means anything mere than p. re
buke te Cengres. It is net a triumph for
radicalism or for conservatism ; neither is
it a victory for the "wets" or the "drys."
The situation recallB the joke of the hu
morist who hud a man remark te an Imagi
nary Senater that his country was culling
him.
"I knew that," replied Senater Setghum.
"but dllTerent parts of the country are call
ing me different things "
Governer Edwards, of New Jersey, was
elected fe the United States Senate because
lie is an nvewed opponent te the Velstead
law. New Jersey is unmistakably "wet."
The law has beense loosely enforced that
the sale of liquor in ninny cities ha been
almost as free as It used te be in the old
days,
Ohie, en the ether hand, has elected Rep
resentative Fess te the Senate. Fess voted
for the prohibitory amendment when it was
submitted te the Heuse of Representatives
and he is nn avowed "dry " l'et sentiment
Is se nearly balanced en the subject in the
State that the vote en a "wet" amendment
te the State Constitution is about evenly
divided.
And the avowed "dry" sentiment of Glf Glf
ferd Pinehet did net prevent his election te
the governorship of Pennsylvania by an
overwhelming majority.
Maryland has defeated its radical Sena Sena
eor, Dr. France, and has elected William
C. Bruce, n conservative, In his place; and
In North Dakota former Governer Frasier,
a redkal et the radicals, has lest the elec
tion. But La Follette in Wisconsin and
Jnhn'en in California have wen. And
Victer Rerger, the Socialist, whom Congress
refused te admit a few years nge, has been
elected te the Heuse of Representatives by
a Wisconsin distritt. Ledge, who .stands
at the opposite extreme of political thought,
has been returned te the Senate by Massa
chusetts. The Republican majority in the Heuse
will be se small after next March
that if the party is te de anything te
justify the leuHdenre of the people It Will
have te be done within the next four months.
But it will net be done unless some one
assumt.s the leudernhip.
OVERTURN IN NEW YORK
THE Republlcun overturn la New Yerk
is net re surprising as it would seem
at first glance,
The Itnpu'slen has prevailed that Gov Gev Gov
erner Miller was elected two years age mer
Governer Smith because of his own strength.
An examination of the election returns in
that car will show that Mr. Miller was
carried Inte office en the wove of hostility
te Woodrew Wilsen which gave the State
te Mr. Harding by a plurality of 1,100,000
tuer Cox.
Mr. Harding i oiled 1.&71.000 votes; Mr.
Cox received -Rt.OflO. The vole for. Miller
was l.an.'.liOO nnd for Smith if we 1.12(11. -1100.
The Cox vote fell 480,000 short of the
Hinlth lote. This. was the vote of Demo
crats who wanted U rebuke Wilsen nnd they
, were east for Mr.Jf ardlng. Eaeugli of 'then
EVENING' PUBLIC LEDGER -
were cast for Miller, who also was running
en the Republican ticket, te give him u
plurality ever Smith.
This year Miller was running en his own
merits. He has been one of the best Gov
ernors in the history of the State. But he
alienated some of the Republican Party
bosses because he has been mere interested
in geed government than In rewarding the
men who cerry the election divisions. This
year he insisted en naming the men who
should be associated with him en the ticket
nnd trampled en the feelings of n let et
county leaders.
Smith is one of the most popular men
that ever filled the office of Governer. Ac
cording te all accounts he personally made a
geed record in office. And he 1ms been con
sistently opposed te the influence of Hcnrst
in the politics of the State.
Dr. Copeland, the Democratic candidate
for the Senate, undoubtedly lias been cart led
into office en the tide thnt swept Miller te
defeat. He will net be any better repre
sentative of New Yerk in the Senate than
Calder has been. The chances are that he
will net be se geed a representative for lie
has had no legislative experience, nnd se far
ns the record shows he has been nothing
mere than n physician with n liking for
office and n fondness for publicity.
THE REVOLT IN CAMDEN
AMONG the thrones that rocked nnd fell
en Tuesday, that from which Davy
Balrd ruled in Camden for lel these many
years is peculiaily conspicuous. Senater
Frcllnghuyscn, righting desperately for Ids
political life, made no secret of the tittst
which he put in Camden and Mr. Baird.
Other regions of the State might seem
dubious nnd disposed te go unwisely from
the fold. Northern regions like Jersey City
nnd Hobekcn und Newark, never quite de
pendable in n political emergency, might go
impiously nnd fn cempnsy with the uncon
verted rich of the Oranges te light wine
nnd beer and Mr. Edwards. They were
uncertain, said the prophets, like ethe.- sec
tions of the interior where there was ob
vious dissatisfaction with the record of Re
publican lenders in matters affecting street
railways and the Public Service Corporation
generally. But Camden was net uncertain 1
It was in the plans of the campaign man
agers what Seuth Philadelphia usually is
in the calculations of the State Committee
of Pennsylvania. It was impregnable!
When late en Tuesday evening the winds
began te blew cold, the watchcru i.t Repub
lican tickers thought of Mr. Baird and his
organization and were comforted. Davy,
geed old war horse, captain of captains,
friend of the politically afflicted, was out
there in the storm holding his stronghold
against the heathen ! They knew Davy. He
had never failed them. Aud he would net
fail them new!
Had Camden nnd Atlantic Ce.mties nnd
the adjacent regions run anywhere near te
form, had they been kept in the ranks,
Edwards nnd Silzer would have been de
feated. Mr. Balrd's organization may have
revolted. It may have been permitted te
wander. The apathy of which we had heard
se much may hnve been merely in the besoms
of Republican leaders In the south counties.
The grisly fact is thnt the Camden landslide
which was te hnve saved the occasion didn't
develop. Camden came perilously near te
giving the Democrats a majority of Its vote.
Jersey politics, as wt. have said before, is
n deep game. It has been clear for a Ien,;
time that innumerable small lenders of the
Republican organizations were mere "wet"
than Republican. What reully happened
below the surface in Camden and nt points
south we shall never knew until somebody
en the inside writes The Mirrors of Jersey.
One fact looms darkly out of the gen
eral confusion te attract the awed attention
of party men. Mr. Baird couldn't elect
Frelinghujhen or he wouldn't. The conse
quences in either case should be the same.
The time becms te hae come for Mr. Baird
te retire te the political equivalent of Deem.
There can be no consolation for Mr. Pre
Jinghuysen aud Mr. Runyon nnd the ether
casualties of the Republican ticket In the
thought that the people of Camden, like the
people elsewhere In th State, displayed an
independence of thought and uctlen which,
aside from its Immediate tendencies and re
sults, is reassuring as a political sjmptem.
Mr. Edwards was net nn ideal candi
date. He didn't pretend te be one, He
presented himself en the stump as a rough
customer, determined te de all tlinr uy in
his power te bring suffering te the com
placent Republican majority In the Senate
of the I'nlted States. He is net constructive
by instinct, 'but he knows crowds und the
needs and prejudices of cre.vds.
Fer n time It nppeared that the friends
of Frellnghuysen had found n way te defeat
him. They began a powerful caiipaign of
newspaper propaganda te disclose svhemes
of read graft which, they alleged, had
flourished under Mr. Edwards' AdminUtrn AdminUtrn
tien. About this question all farmers ere
almost ubnermally scnslthe. Their read
taxes nre high. They hate the thought of
spending large quantities of hard-earned
money for highways that may crumble in h
few years.
Mr. Edwards went en unmindful, talk
ing te the crowds about tl.elr personal
rights, about dictators who wanted te man
age their souls for them, obeut rhi. rubstl rubstl
tutien of governmental might for the divine
right of personal freedom and all that sort
et thing.
He was seldom technical. Ills chief nt
gument against Mr. Frelinghuyset, v.as that
Frellnghuysen was one of the "mbal of
freodein-stealers" In Washington,
The crowds were touched, Tl.ey seem te
have been convinced. If the fanners were
sensitive about read expenditures, they
were still mere sensitive about ether things.
.Se were the people in cities like Camden
and Atlantic City. Camden took Mr. Ed
wards warmly te its heart. And the effect
is as senmtlonel, in the view of anv ,lerev
politician, ns if the Vnre miehlue hail
belted overnight and voted for n Democratic
candidate for the governorship.
Mr. Baird will have te shoulder most of
the blame for this, whether he derive it
or net. He may re-establish himself im the
acknowledged caliph of Camden County.
But if l.e does he may be credited will!
having performed a political mira -le.
WHERE THE SENATE LOSES
OSCAR W. CNDKRWOOD's anneun.e.
ment that ill health will romp his
relinquishment of leadership of the Demo Deme
cratle minority In the Senate after March
1, lOiW, means n less net only te his pmtv
but te the best Interests of Hie Natien,
Mr. Cndcrwend's partisanship h(lH never
been of a type te eIjm'ui,. 1.1m vUIen in issues
of paramount important p. His somewhat
ileliente put in tlie Amenten delegation te
the Washington Anns Ceiifereme was ml-
mireiiiy una patrietitaiiy plajed. At n
chinery for pieservlng the equilibrium of
the I'aclllc.
Senater rmrerw nod's leilremeiit from an
executive lele In his party will coincide next
spring with the eluntary withdrawal of
Jehn Sharp Williams from political life.
The senior Senater from Mississippi N nil
ilher Southern Democrat whose leurse in
'the upper house has been innrked by faulty,
sincerity, ripened judiapnt and Sound
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t me id the Senater from Alabama permit mw wu,' '." ' i ' ' l"" h'r.v
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of NnfienK, le bederd his appreciation of ' !pr f ",, ,e n matter for the piohll.lllen
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AS ONE WOMAN SEES IT
Emotional Insanity la Something Ap7-
parently That Affects Others Than
the Principals in Murder Cases.
Auditors Are Net Immune
By SARAH D. LOWRIE
DURING the latest of the murder trials
that a part of the general public of this
town line "enjoyed" te the full, I re
ceived the following letter:
Dear Miss Lewrle:
. Will net you write In defense of the
stenographers? If "emotional Insanity" is
sufficient excuse farr Catherine ncxler's
crime, what safety is there for any woman
employed tn an office?
Mildred Reckltt's friends will never be
lieve there was any foundation for
Jealousy.
The rest of tis would better be Retting
a life Insurance for th.i benefit of tlfese
we must help te support enl prepare for
the worst If a jury acquits nor. De coma
te our support.
A girl who needs work cannot pick her
employer. She has te take what she can
get.
I HANDED it te n very well-known
nllenlst te rend, who had seen the'persen
in question both In court ami In jail, nnd I
asked him what wns "emotional Insanity"
that it should lend a person te commit mur
der nnd yet be of se temporary u nature
ns te make her safe te be nt large. He said
there was no such disease as "emotional In
sanity of n temporary nature."
If you nre insane enough te be irrespon
sible, you nre tee ill te be safely nt large.
Your recovery may be n matter of time, or
your illness may be n chronic condition.
But In either case treatment under strict
surveillance for a period te be determined by
physicians qualified te treat such n case
should safeguard the public as well as the
patient.
Our law l evidently defective. In that it
frees n person en the ground of insanity
without specifying nny curtailment of lib
erty en the ground of thnt insanity.
LATER I was interested te listen te the
verdict of mere than one of the noted
physiclni.H who specialize en mental diseases
who had followed this particular case. Since
they did net make thnt verdict n matter for
public discussion, neither shall I, but It was
their very emphatic opinion thnt the manner
nnd the matter used te exculpate the pris
oner and arouse public feeling were likely
te unbalance unstable minds nnd give an
impulse toward distraught violence in men
nnd women who had imaginary or real griev
ances and waited for but this show of hands
in their fuver te break through the barrier
of self-control and play the part of wronged
heroes nnd lrerelnes before an applauding
and sympathetic nubile.
Bad as the double hilling was, whether It
wan done by an insane person or an in
toxicated person or a revengeful person, the
manner of placing the facts before the jury
and the public te affect the jury was an
added menace te nil society.
AS FOR the public, who for the sensation
it get by feasting its eyes and ears at
that trlul immensely helped in the deBlred
effec,t en the jury one wonders what the
aftermath of licensed brainstorms will be as
a result of the gorge !
Fer if these doctors knew their business,
that is just the sort of feasting that under
mines the wlll'nrtd disintegrates the control
ling mind. It is n debauch of the feclinge.
A -jrent many persons said te me:
"If it had only been kept out of the
papers no one would have gene or listened 1"
That is net true, because the public that
wan brought te thnt trial was wanted there
ns part of the' defense, and the advertise
t"!if of the trial wns necessary for the de
fense. The newspapers did, en the whole,
the enlv thing possible. They gave the pub
lic both sides, since it was plain that one
side ct least wns te have all the publicity
that could be utilized.
!
THE letter which I quoted above from the
stenographer hns a very genuine ring
nl-eut it. net of feur. but of common eense.
However, ethers besides the jury were mere
sentimental thun just nt that trial, for most
of us ere sentimental nnd few of us are
just, te that is where n lawyer for defense
can get in his surest effects,
H avoids the conscience and works en
feelings, and, if his audience weeps, he' feels
sure that his jury does net listen unmoved.
It is die sltlU of nn ncterMhat he needs,
net the plain statements of a historian. He
knows his public, and cynically arranges his
plea te sentimentality en the pretense that
It is n plea for justice.
As a remilt of the verdict, however, 1
doubt if the danger te stenographers is any
greater than te ether men or women who, in
the punult of duty, hnvu te cres the peths
of jealous persons, sane or insane. This
particular trial is only n Fymptera in the
widespread disease of sentimentality false
sentiment, which is undermining justice
everywhere.
The real menaces te society are the things
that fan thnt folse sentiment. Last sum
mer two novels were sent te me for my opin
ion. I thought, as I read them, thnt they
would be inflammable stuff for minds al
ready diseased, and net pertinent stuff for
wholesome mindc I was interested te see
that they were quoted lately ns evidence in
another recent murder ease of the moral
dewnfnll of one or both of the victims.
THE truth of the matter 1 we de net
need books or plays or the testimony of
c eirts te Inform us about the wrung way of
doing n thing ; we need nil the incentive and
example nnd comfort we can get about the
rteht way of meeting our difficulties. We de
net "ee.l te cultivate our sentimentality, but
we de need te exercise our self-control until
it can be depended en te work when we put
it te steering our emotions.
As for the stenographers, let me s.iy thla
one thing te them, since they hnve asked
me te speak for them.
Yeu women have a great trust ! Yeu ure
doing n big piece of work in tlie world.
Next te mothers and wives you have the
most confidential nnd delicate position in the
licn of men. The fuilure of nny one et you
te live up te thnt trust hurtH the whole re
lationship and undermines the security of so
ciety. Ne one of you can live just te her
belt', or .fall just te herself. Yeu cannot
always cheese the right employer, but you
can ileal rightly by that employer CVen
against IiIb will.
It is because the majority of jmi are re
I'lear-headrd nnd geed-hearted in tlie best
seise that our profession is honored In- men
end trusted by your fellow women. These
who dishonor it tle.il a foul blew at their
fellow workers.
The world's thirtv-twe
Caught en inest beautiful women
the Heppe hlTVe Im en plelted hv a
liehl British photog
rapher named Ileppe. Heppe. British,
would have been mere emit ions if he had
been Ileppe, Scotch. By pleasing thirty
two women he has effendttl all the rtwt.
Robbed of his peace of mind hevlll have a
hard row te hoe.
Lecal weather forecaster
Great SnaUes of Warsaw, Ind,, snx
-tins is going te lie a mild
weather sharp.
West Virginia prehl-
Coinpnilsens bltlen enforcement elll-
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ability te smell stills, has
beeu thwarted ' M' ,'r,"'l "hiewdncHs of
moenshiners, who have taken te raising of
iielecats. A peer urguiiieiii en us men, A
skunk should Indicate a still us surely as a
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NOW MY IDEA IS THIS!
Daily Talks With Thinking Philadelphia en Subjects They
Knew Best
DR. ARTHUR EDWIN DYE
On Museums and Great Paintings
THERE has been a distinct advance in the
last few years in the attitude of
museums generally toward the fine arts, says
Dr. Arthur Edwin Bye, curator of paint
ings nt the Pennsylvania Museum.
"While the museum of the past has
taken the stnnd thnt it should confine itself
te the decorative arts and the applied uits
for the grenter part," said Dr. Bye. "they
are new eming nreund rapidly te the finer
arts, and I believe that this marks n dis
tinct advance in museum work ns a whole.
There really inn be no distinction made if
the distinction Is detrimental te the applied
nrts which are in reality fine arts. One
trouble in this city has been the apparent
relegation of the applied arts te a miner
place, and hence net giving them sufficient
importance.
The New Museum
"There have been practically no definite
plans made for the new museum en the
Parkway. The Wilstach collection will go
there, as far as we knew, but there has
been nothing officially decided as te the
plans for that building. .
"The work of. the Pennsylvania Museum,
in te far as the matter of paintings Is con
cerned, is largely that of supervision of
them. It has the Bloomfield Moere collec
tion, which has several dozen puintings,
nnd there are all bertN of art objects In the
museum of which the paintings constitute
u derided minority. It hns nlse the care
of a number of paintings bequeathed te the
City of Philadelphia and housed in Me Me
eorial Hall. A few of them arc valuable.
"It has been our duty te supervise, re
store where necessary nnd clean these
peintings. A pnintiug should net need at
tention mere than once every twcnty-lhe
years If Jt is properly cared for. The elder
n painting is the mere care it requires,
for old paintings nre like old persons and
have te be trented similarly. They require
far mere constant care und oversight than
new pictures.
"In nu dd pointing it is especially neces.
snry te watch out for the disintegration of
the varnish and the strength of the canvas,
as well as te be constantly en the lookout
for 'blisters.'
Paintings Are Indliidu.il
"Every painting, like cvciy person, has
its own individuality and there are, there
fore, no general rules for the care of a
picture or as te its length of Ufa nnd the
length of time it can safely go without
restoration. Paintings are en both canvas
and panels of weed and the treatments
vary.
"The 'blisters' nre caused by a contrac
tion of the surface upon which the pointing
is made. A wooden pnnel pointing, which
showed no effects of the atmosphere la the
country In which it was painted, has become
mere or Icsn used te weather conditions In
Europe, where It has been for SOU or meie
years. But when it is brought ever here
it 1 nn unusual thing for it te warp or
crack, nnd the suifare, being old nnd
brittle, comes up.
"Blisters ure injected with an adhesive
solution ami then flattened down, if this
were net done, the paint forming the blister
would fall off. If the painting were a por
trait, for iiiHtunee, anil the blister fanned
en, m the nose of the person portrayed,
und then fell off, the painting would be
completely ruined, wheteas, If It were up
In a corner, en a painted piece of tapestry,
for example, the damage would net be se
great. But the blisters are nlwajs at
tended li Immediately, mi matter where en
the painting they form.
A Place of Inspiration
"A museum of puiiiIIiirk should be tlrsl
of nil u storehouse for the safekeeping of
vnluable wet Us of ait, but what is morn
Important, it should be a place of insptia insptia
tien ami uplift for I he visitor, The student
of art slieiilil be allowed te study any pic
ture in tlio'sterago rooms if it happens net
te be ll'lllglUK HI "I" time,
"Museum werktrs should also pluv v. itli
their trcifuich, changing them about con cen
str.ut!, placing them In new positions nnd
making ili' exhibit one of always chnngiti.:
interesi. This tun easily he done by taking
the pallittligii en (he wall, te the storage
looms ami putting etheis in their places,
"Nothing Is hi distracting te a vlslim (ls
oveicrewilvd wull" of paintings. Even
object , in an overcrowded room lese j
value, and besides this, (he visitor seen In..
I'eiues fatigued at the Mist number (,f ihlnuN
uhleli lie sees. A museum slmnlil !.. .. ,,i
ill which te meditate, where one cuu alt and
drink In the. Inspiration which the eld mas-
ters gTf.: jneum ee a joyous and restful
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place, and therefore the visitor vlll get
grenter benefit nnd pleasure out of a few
things well displayed than when seeing a
large number.
The Museums of the Past
"The day is past when the museum Is
considered te be a curle shop, nnd the
museum of the future is going te be n
decorative ensemble. I de net argue against
large collections, for there is every reason
for having them If the material in them be
geed; I am simply arguing against over
crowded galleries.
"If a museum staff has net a sufficient
variety and number of fine objects, then
there is no chance for them te select what
they need te make their exhibits attractive.
The matter of surroundings is also im
portant. Suppose, for exumple, that the
museum desires te hnve n month's exhibit
of French nrt of the eighteenth century.
There should be a room of that period,
stocked with paintings and furniture of the
same time. The effect en the visitor will
be te reproduce the whole artistic design
and surrounding which the people of that
period worked out. The utmespherc of the
exhibition, ns well us the paintings them
selves, should be of the same period of time.
"The growing tendency of museum
werkcis new is te establish Individual
rooms showing the detail of the history of
the period. Although the rooms may be
smaller than the real ones were, still the
whole effect will be te recount the history
of the times nnd reproduce the setting In
which these people lived. In the Georgian
room nt the museum we recently hung Neme
of the Elkins paintings of the same period,
und the result wns splendid.
Mere Reems Needed
'"The museum here should have mere of
these looms and we are working te obtain
some of them for the new museum, but the
room plans arc net yet completed. The
rooms may be installed In such n miinner ns
te be taken down and set up again ns
desired,
"We alto hove a very fine collection of
stained glass ut the museum, which we arn
studiiiig nnd cataloguing. Most of it is of
the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, but
we hne a few examples ns early as the
fourteenth century, und in n way we cun
show the development of stained glass from
the fourteenth te the seventeenth century.
Our collection of prints is nlse very geed.
"But I cannot emphasize tee strenglv the
necessity for the constant changing of the
art objects in an exhibit. The museum
should make an appeal te the emotions and
net be merely a plnce te go te see curies.
I he modern museum worker aims nt stirring
up the right Impressions nnd net sending the
visitor away with a hodge-pedge of con
fused memories, which was se often the
ense with museum visitors in the pest. There
must be a ps) choleglcal appeal which the
museum makes of which the vlblter does
net feel conscious at the time. This should
especially be the ense with chlldien who
are at the imptessienuble age.
"Te bring this about, there must he, first
of Villi, trained museum workers; second,
the must have the urt objects, and third,
the freedom te exercise their ideas ns te the
arrangement and the exhibit of things. Then
the museum will he n tremendous unset te
the, community in stirring ami cultivating
artistic impulses am knowledge."
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Alientewn has a jazz cow that shim
inles te such nu extent thnt it churns its
own milk : into liquid butter. Se runs the
story. Which seems te prove that Allen
town has n jazz correspondent who shiiiuuley
te such an cxtei.t that his gray matter pro
duces mush. '
INSIIIK DOPE
Yeu voted; we Mited; und the)
(That Is, hit) one elie) voted, tye.
I he dav was Importantly gray;
The beaten iinpeitantl'y blue.
But tin; ti'llew who chortled and nuier knew
fear,
Wlie tumid te a bounce every bump
NV"N tl',',l-l"u"',l' big-listed; smiling ,
The choice of tliv pee.pul, ,, (Jump,
This morning w leek for his llaill0
'Tis there in the usual strip.
ElsewllPIP Iheie Is InlU of . hlniii,'
The slip twht the cjii uiul . j '
But list te the song of iht. chaps wh ,,..,.
wise;
Friend And) wen out e.Hh a iruai'i-
Vnu elected te Congress; U there i'u'dis-
A, 5f In I . Flail te Cenereaaman n. ...... t
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SHORT CVTS
France's Frankenstein -figure wears a
fes.
Death is always ready te take a shift ia
a coal mine.'
T h e Becond-Term-fer-Harding Cluk
will try te bear up under the defeat of
Miller.
As Briradler General Mitchel. Fees it,
the navy is a hniinless and comparatively
unnecessary adjunct te the air service.
The Third Internatienale is In session is
Petrograd. This is almost h Important i
the meeting of the tailors of Toe ley street.
Educator avers the Great American
Desert is under the hat of the average nan.
Anti-Velsteaders insist it is under the
necktie.
We learn from Sir Basil Thompson that
commuters in Londen are known as dslly
broaden. Seme crust. And every one after
the dough.
The ex-Kaiscr's book of memoirs Ii
selling for seven cents in Berlin. It would
really appear that the Germans are gcttlnf
wise te Wilhelm.
There were topics of discussion ether
tbnn politics yesterday, but they never did
mere than poke their heads through the
curtain and then duck again.
The Yeung Lady Next Deer But Oat
sometimes comes dangerously near te the
truth. She says she supposes A. Gump wii
elected te Congress under an alias.
There is new said te be likelihood that
the President will pick a Democrat te suc
ceed Day in the Supreme Court. That Is tt
say he will pick an American without re
gard te his politics.
Rain has damaged crops In Poland ani
drought has hurt them in Rumania. What
Euiepe seems te need, says the Yeung Ladr
Next Doer But One, is an average rainfall.
Frem Mexico comes the news that tht
sister of General Murguia arrived with a
stay of execution Just tee late te save his
life. This outrages all precedent set br
novel, drama and movie.
A true bill is te be sought against Jflhs
Dee in the New Brunswick murder caw.
While it has n familiar sound, the defend-,
ant's name is spelled somewhat differently
from that of an earlier suspect.
What De Yeu Knew?
QUIZ
1. What Is glenaT .
2. Fer hew many years was the callphat n
the Mohammedan world nt Bagdad"
3. In what play by Shakespeare tleei tsi
character of I'rospcre appear?
4. Wtiat Is the original meaning of tft
word hubbub?
r.. Who wu Praxiteles?
ii. Of what Htate Is Austin the capital?
7. Who was Edward Prehlu? .
b. Who waa the last Orleanlst King ef
France ? .
9, There nre two regions In Eurepe turmw
Rnilcla. Where are they? ,
10. Who wrote the poem beginning. A sol
dier of the legion lay dying l
Algiers"? "
Answers te Yesterday's Quiz
1 Hatoun AI-Bashid, the famous Csllj.
whose name occurs se frequently 13
the "Theuannd and One Nights," rulw
in Bagdad In the letter part of tM
eighth century A. D. He died In W
J. "Al-llnshld" Is Arabic ami means "
lower of the right cause."' . .
3. Henry (Jeorge waa ft noted America"
nineteenth century writer en politic'
economy and sociology. Be was a
advocate of what is known aa,'
single tux theory. His chief wer.(
entitled "Progress nnd Poverty. ,
I. Tlie American bison feimerly ingu.JJ
far East In the I'nlted States as tM
Susquehanna River in Pennsylvania.
C Vho Pennsylvania Railroad was the raij
railroad te Introduce the bleclt-slffl"
i)Btvm In the Unlt'd States In IM. .
C iletnian ts the title of a Cossack gnrH
rlic.rd annually, , ..
7. A pultitumsii In English railway parlan"
U a switchman. In England, "point"
ale switches .
The llittle of Oravelette was fought of;
twnii the French and Oermsiw en
August 18. 87e, and resulted In a W
lery for the latter. Oravelette U
lllllffi, In Alfuns.l 'i.Mln.
H A "cente" In llteratum Is n short stefj;
lMllli'llliirlv one nf it liumorellt '.
itnillln": character, as Bnlsac's ,'C,n!;:Ll
T'ridlatiquee" or Lu Fontaine's 'CeniHPl
.- .. e Nouvelles." ' -JlA
v. vunauium is a rare, silver-white mwi
i.ui,iii ii ia useiui as an K'V'vi
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