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POLLUTED RIVERS
rpHK ohllentleu of the next I.cglslnture te
JL ceribldcr tlii' rlviT-ili'llli-iiiiMit problem
clcntlllcally nml coniiirelicnslvcly mid te
Initiate rernedlcx for cnnilltluns fust Iip Iip
ceming lntelemtilc It oxtreincly prPHslni:.
N. It. Duller. State Commissioner of fish
eries, U mitlierity for the stiitement thut
the Sehuylklll Is pelliiteil from Its source
te Iti mouth nml that the exlstlnx laws of
the Commonwealth are totally uneiiinl te
the situation.
Fer some yenrs the public has been recon
ciled te the less of the Sehuylklll In all its
Tenches ns flsblng grounds. It is as n
Inenare te health that the stream new re
ceives unenviable distinction, and It Is this
point which Mr. Huller, ultheugh the
preservation of fisheries is his official con
cern, especially emphasizes.
Twe years age a measure devised te cur
tail pollution of the river by mines was in
troduced at Harrlsburg. but eventually was
helved. The subject ought net te be evaded
In the new Assembly.
Even though the Water bureau's ndvo ndve
cacy of new sources of supply for the city
from the Upper Delaware, the Tohickeii and
Neshnndny Creeks should in the end be
adopted, the danger of filthy rivers Mewing
through n huge urban district would net
thereby be averted.
The Schuylkill, te say nothing of the
Delnwnre, is new nbeut ns insqnitnry a
trenm as any te be found In the most de
pressing and insalubrious industrial dis
tricts of England. ltegulatery mea-ures
can be adopted and made te work if the
public Is fully nreu.sed te n danger which
la steadily becoming mere ominous.
DOWN WITH THE WALL
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N IXKVITAHLK expnnslen of the
A southern section of the city is guaran
teed in Mayer Moere's approval of the or
dinance for the elimination of downtown
grade crossings nnd the removal of the Ore
gon avenue tracks".
Fer years the natural growth of Seuth
Philadelphia has been restricted by the sur
face freight line between the two rivers. It
is almost as If a formidable wall had been
erected setting a limit te further develop
Bent, nnd indeed one of thp striking fea
tures of a view of Philadelphia from the
south is the definite frontier at which the
city begins.
In addition te the public security assured
by the grade-cres!ng removal program, the
effaccment of artificial boundaries of mu
nicipal progress should furnish a new In
centive for building up the town in a long
neglected area.
The swamp-drainage problem in Seuth
Philadelphia between League Island and
Oregon avenue U net at all Insuperable.
When this work is nccemplMied the city
rlH net only be rid of some of its growing
plns, but will be enabled te make practical
ise of a region within comparatively easy
access of the business center.
The removal of the Oregon avenue bar
tier by depression or elevation meuns,
among ether things, the proper utilization
of the advantageous site between two rivers
sagaciously selected by 1'cr.n.
SPROUL'S' OPPORTUNITY
FHIKNDS of Governer Sprout, who also
believe thut men of the. higheet type
should ulene. be promoted te the bench, nre
hoping that the Governer will rise te his
opportunity In the selection of a lawyer te
All the vacancy cnn-eil In the Common I'leas
Court by the death of .ludge lingers.
There are nble lawyers with the respect
and the confidence of the bar who ought te
be considered in thin connection. It is
Important that the. administration of jus
tice should he In the hands of men of such
high repute that their rulings will be tainted
by no suspicion of favoritism or of ig
norance. The Governer has made some excellent
appointment. lie can make tin closing
months of his term memorable by measuring
the men under consideration for the exist
ing vacancy by the highest standards nnd
by rejecting every one wive the be-t avail
able. BEZDEK AND BASEBALL
THE announcement that the president of
the Philadelphia National League Ilnse
ball Club is negotiating with Huge Ni..dek,
athletic director of Pennsylvania State Col
lege, with u view te his becoming manager
of the club for the next three years, will
hearten all the baseball enthusiasts In this
part of the country.
Bezdek knows ba-eball nnd be knows how hew how
te munage men. Ills hrllllant admini-tra-tlen
of the athletic nffnlr of the State Col Cel
lege Is known te all followers of the sport
ing news, They will at once conclude that
ht can de for the local National League club
wjbat he has done for the college students,
and that he can In the course of time ! -velep
u group of ball plnyers who can held
their own with the best in the country.
MARY GARDEN ON LIFE
r WOULD be Interesting te knew what
Interpretation Freud would put en Mary
Oarden's reinnrk, made in the course of her
comments en the marriage of Hareld f,
lleCerinlck and Gnnnn Wnlskn.
'Life bus two tragedies," said she. "One
lit In net getting the thing you want In this
world, ami the ether lies In getting it."
This Ih a somewhat elaborate way of sny-
? M that life Itself is a tragedy. That It in
play """ "r0" ""K''i "ii oike ouineriiy.
It 'has sometimes been assumed thut it is a
eaaarxiy - mim, mm .m uvikmuhui
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Mary Garden has sought fame and has
i. with the same authority that hns
I'llfa aa a nlar. that fasaa la hut a
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EVENING PUBLIC LEDOER -
It Is tragic te get what you want. But
these who find tragedy In failure always
think that success would be se far from
tragic ns te justify the greatest sacrifices.
The psychoanalyst might be able te ex
plain, te his own satisfaction at any rate,
the cause of Miss Garden's pessimism. Per
haps the physiologist might contribute
something te the explanation also, and the
sociologist might add his mite.
Hut there will always be a saving rem
nnut In society which is persuaded, perhaps
against the evidence, that enduring satis
factions nre te be found by these who seek
them Intelligently. They nre net material
possessions nor the plaudits of the multi
tude; but, according te the best-equipped
commentators, they are matters of the
spirit, impendernbles that cannot be grasped
by the greedy hand but that Heck nbeut the
soul that seeks nothing for Itself.
THE MAN WHO CAN WORK
IS A COURTED INDIVIDUAL
The Shortage of Common Laber and the
ChanRinR Status of the
White-Cellar Man
TX RKCENT jenrs a great many people
have been woefully concerned about the
welfare of the Common Man. The Common
Man, as he appeared te anxious theorists,
was the one who, lacking special talent or
training, was compelled te de the hard and
elemental labor of the earth. Doubtless he
was badly used and neglected In the past
and overcrowded In his particular Held. But
times have changed. They still are chang
ing. Nowadays, as successive reports from all
(piarters Indicate, the man who can engage
without distress or collapse in any of the
primitive and wholesome forms of physical
labor is the most ardently wooed person In
the Industrial field.
He is hard te find. His wages arc going
up. He Is beginning te experience the ad
vantages that fall normally only te the
specially gifted. And it should surprise no
ei.e If some future political campaigns swing
upon the question of the changed state of the
White Cellar Man.
Once the white cellnr was accepted as a
sign of superiority of plnce and attainments.
New It is beginning te be the sign of the
humble nnd the unwanted. Lawyers, doc
tors, clerks, salesmen and the miner profes
sionals clutter the landscape and tread upon
one another's tees. Skilled labor and even
technical labor are plentiful enough. Hut we
nre learning that If there aren't people about
te wrench iron out of the earth and dig tun
nels nnd ditches nnd lift burdens and cut
through mountains, all the ether works of
civilization will be seriously impeded.
We nre learning that there was something
wl'dly wrong about the belief, created In the
tee genteel duya of McKInley and Victeria,
that honest manual labor was somehow a
vocation for the unfit.
The processes that have forced this change
of view have little te de with the new Im
migration laws. The modern immigrant
comes te this country net te work, but te
get rich : te hang about the cities, te escape
from toil. The workers are disappearing
even in Europe. Brawn, as an abstract
Ideal, has had some appreciation In the cei
leges. It is in Industry that the rugged
pcren nble te thrive en fresh air aad exer
cise nnd ment and greens nnd potatoes la
new esteemed almost beyond words.
He hns some of the aspects of a vanishing
type. He hasn't had an opportunity te
cultivate the habits of life and diet which,
as Dr. S. E. Harris, president of the
Southern Medical Association, said yester
day, lead te "progressive physical degen
eracy In America."
The Common Man himself Is far from
content. He aches te risk his neck In pow
erful motorcars and te acquire the spiritual
nnd nervous prostrations thnt affect the
ever-rich and the persistently jazzed. He
appears seldom in the divorce courts. He
cevrts the white cellar of the White Cellar
Man. He deent get old before his time In
the cabarets. The I. W. W. has made a
cause for him. It might be said te be cry
ing out in flaming words for mere jaws and
wine snuce for the proletariat. If wants
mere of the golf thnt Is at bet a ser sub
stitute for plowing in a field, nnd mere of
the sort of life that softens the muscles and
hardens the liver.
The Common Man Is moved te novel de
sires by all this. He will net be satisfied,
sinee It is only by new experience that any
of us acquire wisdom. He will agitate and
feel hurt. Meanwhile the world that has
the things he craves leeks out of Pullman
windows nnd wistfully envies the track
worker his complexion, his shoulders, his
wind and his digestion. And, ns we said
before, common labor is hard te find, for It
It a fni t that the people of the Western
world have been In a way te forget the
trick of working hard and constructively
with their hands.
People who view the sltuntlnn In a prac
tical rather than a philosophical light are
v.enderlng and meeting the emergency with
larger wages. They looked for a while te
Mexico as a possible source of common
labor. Hut after some thousands of Mexi
cans hail been left broke in this country,
nnd after their Government had paid their
way home, Mexico began experimenting with
laws that require protection and guarantees
for all workers who may be Invited into the
United States.
HevMen of the Immigration laws will be
of little use. There remains the Negro, nnd
there are sUns of a movement te start a
northward migration of Southern labor 'such
ns took place In the early duys of the war
Industries, All sorts of troublesome com
plications would result from such nn alter
native. Hut will the white man ever be
able te recover bis enthusiasm for the sort
of labor that made our civilization what
It Is?
One thing we nre learning: that Is, that
vrk and contacts with the elemental forces
of the earth are net, as the rising generation
still believes, somehow Ignoble and unworthy
of self-pspcctlng persons.
EXPEDITING SEA MAIL
THU, delivery In Londen en Monday of
mail posted en the Meuretanla In New
Yerk the previous Tuesday lends nn Ini Ini
jiresslen of authenticity te trans-Atlantic
Hpecding.
In the pre-war days of ecenn greyhound
rivalries Jests were frequently made nt the
expense of Ingenious statisticians who had a
way of proving that sea passages were
(aster than they seemed te be, As no pas
sengers 'embarked at Haunt's Reck or dis
embarked at Sandy Heek, the ' practical
feet of trau-'efeaate ag4rtljte.kHwee4i
HgataeasM was teMs ectatM.
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But any one can understand without tie aid
of charts or diagrams a ait days' voyage
from deck te deck and the consequent ex
peditious dispatch of mall,
Previous te 1914, It was chiefly Ireland
which profited by the feats of racing liners.
Today the highly Important object of bring
Ing New Yerk and Londen near together In
point of time Is pursued and many of the
greatest vessels are calling at Plymouth,
whence the malls are whisked te Londen by
means of the longest and fastest non-step
railway ran In the world.
These combined factors constitute a real
gain In transportation, Just .as the Maure
tanla'a new record -smashing exploits illus
trate a welcome return te the best standards
of postal progress.
Hustling de luxe passengers ever the At
lantlc ferry may be a great game and Is
perhaps profitable te the steamship com
panles, but what Is very seriously needed
throughout the glebe Is a tightening up and
nn effective reorganisatien of International
mall facilities.
With New Yerk within six days' mail
ing distance of Londen, a step forward has
been taken which should Inspire development
en ether routes. Reform is particularly
needed In services te Mediterranean coun
tries, some of which, as, for example, Spain
nnd Greece, can be reached by letter no
quicker than Japan from the Eastern United
States.
The Mauretanla'a performances provide
encouraging Indication that prompt dispatch
of mall Is becoming a question In which
civilization ia again deeply Interested.
ENGLAND'S BIG DAY
LONDON is preparing for outbursts of
political emotionalism tonight unparal
leled since the pre-war era. Judging, hew
ever, from Indications both from the capital
and from the country as a whole, prophe
cies of the complexion of the excitement are
comparatively rare.
Lloyd Geerge has been swinging around
the circle In his old Intensively vivid style,
flaying the "die-hards" right and left with
occasional side thrusts at ultra -radicalism.
"We don't want," he cries, "te stick In the
mud any mere than we want reactionaries."
Just precisely what kind of a platform this
Is It would net be easy te say. The appeal
of the ex -Premier unquestionably ia largely
personal.
There Is considerable exultation among the
old-line Liberals of the Asqulthlan persua
sion, while the Bennr Law Unionist cohorts
nre bent en consolidating the gains of their
recent sudden victory. Parties inwardly
fearful of defeat arc consoling them
selves with the reflection that the Parlia
ment te be elected today Is almost certain
te be a short one, with the prespeets of an
ether upheaval within a few months.
In any event, this ought te be the closed
season for political forecasters. Despite the
fundamental differences between the Ameri
can nnd British party systems, situations
In the two countries nre alike In the present
abundance of unpredictable elements and In
the widespread prevalence of opposition
rather than constructive sentiment. At this
time the British public, like the American,
is most of all, no matter what the cost te
logic or consistency, Interested In ehnnge.
CANT BE CITIZENS
JUSTICE SUTHERLAND, of the Su
preme Court, used the skill of a diplo
matist In framing his opinion setting forth
the decision of the court that persons of
the Japnneae race are net eligible te Amer
ican citizenship. He said that the court
had no function in the matter ether than te
ascertain the will of Congress and de
clare It.
"Of course," he continued, "there is net
implied, either In the legislation or in our
Interpretation of It, any suggestion of indi
vidual or racial inferiority. These con
siderations are in no way involved."
Under the Inw, only free white persons
and these of African nativity or descent may
be naturalized. As a Japanese Is neither a
free white person nor n person of African
nativity or descent he is plainly a member
of one of the excluded races. He mny net
become a citizen unless or until the law Is
changed.
Se fnr as appears, the Supreme Court has
net yet been asked te pass en the validity
of the act of May 10, 1018, which per
mitted the naturalization of aliens who had
nerved In the military or naval forces of the
United States. Judge Thompson, sitting In
the Federal Cenrt In this city en February
20, 1010, admitted te citizenship four Japa
nese stewards and one Chinese steward who
had served en ships In the navy. The law
under which he acted was Interpreted as
making an exception te the general rule ex
cluding all but whites and Negroes from
naturalisatien.
The Supreme Court decision, hnnded down
by Justice Sutherland, Is interpreted In
California ns by Implication sustaining the
legislation which forbids the holding of land
in the State ty any one Ineligible te citi
zenship. It was directed especially against
the Japanese.
MOTOR-CAR FATALITIES
ALTHOUGH the number of automobile
fatalities was greater In 1021 than In
1020, nccnrdlng te the figures Just compiled,
there hns for years been a progressive In
crease In the proportion between the num
ber of fntalltles and the number of cars In
operation. Here ere the figures:
Ne. of Cars
.-e. or e. of
Tear Fatalities rftrs
1917 72 J,f.44,!tS2
1911 TS2S 4.941.276
1910 7PS M.045,442
1920 9102 7,904,271
for each
Fatality
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873
1921 lets 8,887,572
If the proportion of fatal nrrlHnns. hA
been as great In 1021 as it was in 1017
there would have been 13.784 deaths in
stead of 10,108. That the number Is net
se large Is due te the increasing skill and
care of motorcar drivers and te the mere
careful habit of pedestrians In the streets
of the crowded cities.
Most of us are accustomed te the pres
ence of the rapidly moving cars and wp de
net cress the street without first discovering
whether It is safe te de It, In the downtown
districts the presence of traffic policemen at
the street corners, who regulate the move
ment of the cari in the Interest of safety,
has doubtless contributed te the result.
If It were possible te analyze the figures
and discover the number of fatalities that
hove overtaken Jey riders whose cars have
run into trees or lamp-pests or have een
driven off the read and down an emhunk
ment or collided with ether cars, It would
doubtless make up a considerable proportion
of tne total.
The figures nre net alarming. Indeed,
when one thinks of the speed with which
the cars are driven ever the public high
ways it Is surprising that the number of
fatalities is net greater. Most drivers of
cars are careful. They de net want te kill
themselves or nny one else. Severer pun
ishment for the really reckless drivers,
which public sentiment Is beginning te de
mand, will reduce the fatalities te these
which arise from unforeseen and unfere
seeable conditions.
1)111 Tilden seys a champion should
have the right te beat his predecessor and
net merely get the title by default; se he
will piny tennis with a Anger lacking en his
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PHILABELPHIA, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER
AS ONE WOMAN SEES IT
Trnljr Riral Trt tm 1pla1 Toenex-
lilt Trailer Mar Bring Out RtMt
In Ml f Country the City
Rii Ftrgetten
By SARAH D. LOWRIE
SOME ONE asked roe net long age If
there was a praee near town where one
could escape into the ceuntrythe' real
country and live "inceg" fnr a few dara
with nowhere te go but out and no one te
ask .you where you were going.
. A sudden vision of a farmhouse at whlrh
I had spent' the night with some friends
this antumn came te me, and I knew in
(lash that It was Just the place for an
"escaped sane person" te saunter about In.
and sleep and eat and pick up cenversatlim
In, while his mind was In process of "knit
ting up the raveled sleeve of care."
A great deal depends en your approach
te a place, whether It strikes you as restful.
If you are catapulted there by a mile a
minute express, or a fertyflve miles an
hour meter, you never lese the rhythm pi
town before you swirl Inte the calm mill
pond of the country.
The one way te get into the rhythm of
the truly rural Is te approach your destina
tion at the leisurely gait of the Toenervllle
Trelley, or Ita near kin the way-train that
starts from Bread street a little after 8 P. M.
and arrives with a casual air of having hap
pened In, out beyond Media and Wawa In
the vicinity of the town of West Chester
quite a little after S o'clock.
AT SOME village the ether side of Media
, . the tall, white-haired patriarch that
fathered the train ceased te call out the
name of station when the train stepped. .New
and then he encouraged his passengers by a
Srephecy of the place next in line. Te the
abltues this was a matter of no Impert:
te myself and aaethcr passenger for whom
It was a maiden trip It was agitating, be
cause we were net ever-sure whether It was
that station or the next. I observed that the
ether stranger .get out and looked for him
self once at a dim little name en a pest, and
I tee almost mode a hasty exit at the wrong
step.
However, barring that "note" of uncer
tainty, the mere fact of taking se long n
time te go se short e distance had the
effect of making everything diminish In
importance In a vogue past.
The illusion of being far from home was
enhanced by the unsuburhan appearance of
the countryside and of the passengers that
get en and off as well as of these who met
the trains.
There were meters of a Ferdish nature at
the stations, but there were horse-drawn
wagons, breaking carts and once something
nearly resembling a "Germantown" drawn
by two well matched sorrels.
The fields and streams and 'weeds and
reads and bridges and farms were net out eut
sklrt survivals of what had been ceuntry:
they were the real country, untrammeled by
the creeping Inroads of an approaching city.
The orange sun spreading In the west
went down gradually and out from a aky
unselted by smoke and soot, as clean and
Untouched as the pumpkins among the corn
stacks.
The streams that followed nnd met and
parted from our route were as clear as the
Hlr. nnd the cattle crowding across the
bridges, herded by little boys who stepped te
crock nuts en the rocks as they drove their
charges out of the way of the train, were
the only objects In the entire landscape that
had the air of keeping en appointment en a
time schedule.
AT THE Westtown Farm station, where
I get out, the driver of the Ferd from
the farm guest house hove In sight, and,
without a word, disappeared from sight.
The station man told me that he was prob
ably looking ever the farm mall. He gave
himself ample time at that Interesting pur
suit somewhere within. Only myself nnd
some hens in a coop that reused themselves
at intervals te pretest their captivity and
proximity remained en our feet en the
platform for what I would describe as en
appreciable time.
But It was nothing te me! I had fallen
Inte nn easy, Irresponsible stnte of coma and
could have steed somnolently yawning there
with the hens until dark.
When the Ferd was ready te go te the
farm, however, I clambered in uninvited and
Indeed unaddressed. Half way up a hill
the man at the wheel Informed me with
some show of Interest that "that was where
she had stepped nnd laid down last night."
He added that after two hours he had
"given her up." My enlv comment was
"Oh. Indeed!" I supposed "her" meant the
Ferd, but aside from an alarming churning
of her Inwards, she showed no sign of lay
ing down.
As we approached the farm she manipu
lated several swirling motions by which mall
was flung Inte the back doerwav of n nenrbv
house, nnd we took the circle before the big
deer nt a run, stepping en the brake with
masterly suddenness.
0
F COURSE, everything about the inside
ui fc.a M-l, ..... .. , ni iiim minimi
!... a ah WMtlAIrn Urtl.n..) ...... .!.
iiuuev v. n.v ..-.,-..,. .Titim?,, ir.ini i in
thick walls, the pleasant open fires, the big
cheerful bedrooms, the hooks, the flowers,
the apples, the pleasant, quiet meals and the
geed desultory talk, te tne early te bed and
net tee early te rise habits of the place
In fact, all the creature comforts ami the
l...a..l ln.lH.,ll1.lBnMcnii Ha I .
cnecriui iuiiiim.,,..-...---- nre resin in
themselves. I could net remember where
I was when I get awake next morning. I
puzzled and puzzled ever the lovely vision of
the branch of a Inreh tree that had turned
golden. It stretched across the window op
posite the bed against a background of misty
manle boughs.
The last thing that I remembered of the
night had been waking because of the utter
stillness,
Thnt curious, low, murmuring growl which
is the night thought of the town, nnd the
hurry of falling water which is the back
ground of one's dreams In the mountains,
were perceptibly gene. Mv ear had te grew
accustomed te the complete silence of a
frosty night In which apparently net se
much as a leaf dropped.
SOME ONE asked one of the most en
thusiastic patrons of the Westnwn Farm
what she did during the long still days out
there. She was amused and snld vaguely:
"Well, there are always the pigs, and
when veu move en from them, there are the
bulls!" , ,,.,..
I spent a long while, but net se long as
I would hove enjoyed, watching the pigs.
They are manv nnd varied nnd pedigreed
and prolific. Of one huge sew of registered
ancestors who get haughtily te her four
Inadequate legs while I gazed my companion
murmured :
"Her movements are slew, but dlstln-
At the far end of the long cement pas
eageway of the sty a group of piglets about
the site of het water bottles were eating
corn supervise;! by two red hens self-appointed
guardians. I suppose there were
twentv or se white, red. black and white
pigs. These had the freedom of all outdoors
and flouted it before their progenitors In the
stalls of the long pen. As we approached
them they squealed and grunted derisively
and dodged past Ji In a Joyful gallop of little
hoofs, leaving the hens te feverishly fellow
In their wake. hen the twenty pigs
reached the doorway, they all turned for
a moment and faced us, very daring and
brave new they were out of reach, then with
a whirl and a dash they were out and gene.
AS A complete diversion the whole episode
was far mere effective than any inevle.
IJIter wiieii "I" ii """ nun wnirnm
the crossest of the bulls cast dust ever his
Lead and roll bis pink eye In my direction,
with a "te be mad at you or net te be"
leam. I concluded It was mere dramatic
than Hampden In Hamlet or even Macbeth.
Of course, there are always walks, and
there U the fire and books te return te at
Westtown Farm, but if you want te have
the eempietest trf turnovers for your mind,
the pigs and the bulls lidye no rivals.
The funny part of It U that It Isp't
m...h farther away than the sephlstkateI
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NOW MY IDEA IS THIS!
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Daily Talks With Thinking Philadelphia en Subjects They
Knew Best
GEORGE F. HOLMES
On Werk of County Commissioners
CRITICISM of the existence of the office
of County Commissioner, because of the
co-tcrrlterlnllty of the City and the County
of Philadelphia, is tee apt te create the false
Impression that the office Is unnecessary.
An Idea of what the work of the ( ommls emmls ommls
slencrs really Is, says Geerge J . Helmes,
president of the Heard of County Commis
sioners, will remove any such Impression.
"The title, like the work, of the City and
the County Commissioners. Is the same,
said Mr. Helmes, "and It cannot be ehnnged.
except by a constitutional amendment. But
If the office were terminated, the work which
la performed would have te be done by some
ether agency becuuse It Is necessary te the
existence of the City Government.
Handle Election Matters
"In the first place, we handle all election
matters. We liave exclusive Jurisdiction
ever the primary elections; we supervise
the work of the assessors who are elected
by the voters of each division ; we print the
assessors lista and prepare and print the
prlmarv ballet; we Issue watchers certifi
cates for each candidate, and we count the
primary vote and certify the result. The
local elections we certify te wrjiwti beard,
but the Stnte elections we certify te liar-
' ""We" also print the ballet nnd provide all
ether paraphernalia for the general elections
but we de net count that vote, this work
being deue by the Court of Common I'leas,
But we de net count the primary vote
a A a. .f . a -AB-a aia lfcJLjIiatlllfa.J i tfe
where two ei llie siiueg wii..".".i-.
majority of the beard) nre candidates for
re-election. Then the count gees e the
Court of Common Plens, Just as in the
cuse of the general election.
"The County Commissioners locate all
polling places and we will relocate a
polling plnce, if the facts warrant, en peti
tion of ten or mere voters of a division.
In the residence districts It Is often diffi
cult te get satisfactory polling places;
tseeple object te having them In their houses
and we have te take stores or such build
ings as we can get. But if a majority of
the voters of a division pretest against the
changing of a polling place, our jurisdiction
ceases; the pretest steps any ehnnge.
"Besides this, we pay nil the assessors,
all election officers and the rent of the
polling places. We have nothing te de with
the matter of registration, uh everything
connected with this Ik In the hands of the
Registration Commission.
"The Hurenu of Weights and Measures,
nn important thing te the housekeeper, Is
nlse under our jurisdiction. 'J his bureau
is In charge of u supervisor, who hns under
him a deputy, three district, supervisor and
sixty-five inspectors, together with n small
force of clerks for the clerlcnl conduct of
the office. '
"What we nlm te de In this bureau Is te
prevent either tne micnweimi or iimiueii iimiueii
tlenal cheating of the buying imMle. We
operate under State laws and the first step
in that direction is the inspection at definite
intervals of the scales, welghta and
measures of the dealers of the city. Ordi
narily the city Is divided Inte districts for
dally inspection, but at Interval! we as
semble a large force of Inspectors and make
what we call n 'drive.
Faulty Scales Tied Up
"Where scales nre found which are tem
porarily defective, they are tied up until
their condition Is corrected and when this
Is done we attach our seal. This Inspection
applies te all kinds of commodity scales,
gasoline pumps, ceul scales, etc, .Where we
find short weights or scales which ennnet be
adjusted properly, they are confiscated and
ultimately sold for old metul. A month or
two age we sold nbeut three tens of these
confiscated weights and scales, the result
of a little mere than a year's work,
"It is always difficult te show that a
denier Is using short weights with Intent te
defraud, but where there is sufficient evi
dence te warrant it. we prosecute, The
method of getting after dishonest dealers
Is what we call the 'try-out' system, A
woman, whose appearance conforms te thut
of the neighborhood, gees Inte the store
about which there have been complaints or
which we have reason te suspect, and makes
a purchase, being careful te Inquire the
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of the store, who enters and weighs the
purchuse en the same scale. If there Is n
short weight or an overcharge, either of
which mny happen, the scales are examined
nnd either a correction Is made or a prosecu
tion brought.
Bringing the Prosecutions
"Prosecutions of such cases are brought
n the Central Police Court, the reason for
this being te get the, publicity which will
ensue. The act of Legislature under which
we operate does net provide sufficiently large
lines in pur Judgment, nnd the dealer caught
giving short weight or overcharging drenda
the publicity which he will get far mere
than he fears the nominal fine which would
be Imposed by a magistrate.
But the chief thing In order te correct
this condition is, mere careful buying en
the part of the housekeeper. A let of Tuy
jug Is done by telephone, and where this Is
the case, the housekeeper should Insist en
getting what she pays for, asking ever the
telephone the price per pound and the quan
tity of what fa being sent her. This should
be then checked up en scales of her own.
If she makes n direct purchase, she
should never nccept It without knowing the
price per pound nnd making sure of nn no
curate weight. Te be satisfied with the
statement of the dealer that the commodity
costs se much money Is Just the thing we
are trying te step We need the help and
matter : and If the housekeepers would step
te consider that when the bureau was started
.V...i "lire, i i in sure innt this co
operation would be forthcoming.
The Children's Agents
'Annfliiii lmnnSanl !.&.. I. il.i . ..
-ini , "!" . umrnu in innt of the
children's agents. The Municipal Court
commits children te chlld-carlng in ti u-
:: 'ci,:.f fw,,ich .,here .Bre nbe,,t n
the city, for various reWis, the principal
being dependency, and, as the county must
cI,",r.!."fr.,,,e.bUr,dPn of ""I""" A most
cmntV ,1"u.hmlrt P,"n order en the
i 1 fi Wn",,',' ' circumstances show
hat the parents can nay a proportion of
th s cost, the Court directs the count v te
cel ect that proportion from the arents?
ilils work is done by us, ii.m.
sus'.ai'" "B.,n,N ''heSk UP ,,,e bi of the in-
nftJi .'J"" l"!i'"", ,hnt they nre iwc. keen
if er the delinquent parents and bring the,
litis court if they de net pnv. This "cer
the county will have spent about Sfloeoon
en these children. Net mere than T0 nei
ErntPhi iH,,H W,n" .. th rest rUs
f.r children wholly dependent. Of the Vel
lectlble amount we will collect about m
Percent from the parants. Ut 70
Lin- - """'y.'i'missleners pass en all
bills and payrolls for the Municipal Cem-t
and Heuse of Detention (net Ing in thl!
Instance us disbursing agents only), all he
H.0,i,!lf ' 0,"m"n Ww Courts, the pay?
witness fees and wlllTnaw1 e "rgTefX
I-arfc"'.'!1' ViC,ry '! en the
; "e n'w make nn annrenrlnsim.
A Werd of Tribute
make a policeman cress-eyed. i , ',.'
jeiing man en duty there Sindnv ufi .
neon showed as much poise n I ,',n of Ac ."
wlie looked down en his luberN V i i '
were as thick as tiles m, 2 ,, "' ",0M
while did they go ntralghT ,, " ' Tef", "
drivers wanted te turn te tim -i !,i : "
left or the half right or !' .V'h'ft ", r ' t
turn around and go back tin, '.. ,i "
mine. And net only did the ir, iL ,lltv
oblige them v. Itheut 'friction, .'h, " he M',
looked after feet passengers, which te e.
what amazed pe.festrlwm nccust! med' V
liave semuphereH turned while they T,L
the middle of Ihe street and te Saw mil.'
liens of rnrs bear down en them s.ln.. A
them just didn't knew l.ew",l"'mn"the1r
feet behave. But every una of th.m Ji1.? 5
I have been willing
an .H-rlght trtfic
aave Been willing ts adadt Oat ha ...
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i afaTanTsaTr"- nBannamat. i l 'tiF
JONAH ' I
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SHORT CUTS
Perhaps New Brunswick hates te step
out of the limelight.
i
It will he Uncle Sam's pleasant duty Is
keep the smile en the' face of the Tiger. '
Minnesota's new Senater Is a dentist.
Supplementing office equipment with a
political pull.
Polecats have captured the town of
Columbus, N. J., and citizens' rights in
net worth a scent.
Lecal baby hns been born with tin
teeth. Stirring human drama. Wonder li
they play opposite te each ether?
Recent ship ruling indicates that the
flying of the Panama flag premises n fret
passage In the alimentary canal zone.
Clemcnceau saya he Is coming te (ilk
te Americans, net te argue with French,
men j but, bless him, we'll love It either way.
Only n man can achieve greatness, sliki
Mary Garden. And nt that she comes neant
te greatness than many who will passion
ately dissent from her opinion.
President nf the New Yerk Scheel of
Fine and Applied Arts hns been telling
women hew te dress. Seems as though Ml
subject should have been cosmetics.
TVibfn wMi n nnnntntlnn nf fi.lfM.000
Is new the third city in the world. New'
Yerk la second nnd Londen first. But lU
three are faded by n first-class anthill. (
If It isn't one thing It's another. Skirts
nre lengthening, hut the president of tU
Hairdressers' Association says the flnppjrl
will be showing part et their ears ten
season.
Levlnirlv surrounding n carrot a wrl
itlnv rln- Inst hv a school teacher t went J
five years age was found recently by I
Paris gardener. Geld, as It were, with il
extra carrot.
Bremen bird fnncler has succeeded l
i . ...11. ..l..l.lMlal
producing canaries wun iiinmina""-
....l.l.ii Tnt.rAaSl.itf Tint ItntlVtll.. CODDlfl
gobble is n pretty geed song nt this seas
et tne year,
Silver-tip fox went fishing for eels l
Bunbury. Pa., and get caught in nn en
trap. The owner of the trap N raw
by about $70 $72 for the pelt ami vj
bounty. This, dear children, teaenh
that industry win nlwnys ne rewanwa
that there is no sucn tning as iuck.
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What De Yeu Knew
niTifc
t. Whn erlclnntert the expression. "lR
rush In where angels fear te tra i
tt Ttk I. !,.& nm.lM In n.lmnnmP;
3. When was the Battle of Little Hlil3
feiicht and who were the .contest""1"
4. What Is distemper In painting?
B. Whn Invented dynnmite, and whenT
e. mini is i ne roresnero ei n Tm met'
(, vvrnu siinii nt nn ttiiimiii in "",. ir.ii
S. What Is the mcnnln of the Inltla"
"II. J." en tombstones? ,,,,
9. What Is the highest mountain en t"
American continent? ,., ,
10. What Is the sixth book In the nibleT
Answers! te Yesterday's Oull
1. The R-rcntest earthqunke of modern tlJJJ
was that of Messina, Sicily, la l"j
In which mere than 77.000 lives w
2, The first shin te circumnavigate th? I'M
wiim the Victeria, the sole survljerw
under Juan HebuMInn Ctine, enj gf
MrHTHllnn'H cnptnlnH, wns cnn... m I
1 a 3
S. KcIpTh any large, coarse seaweed. M
4. A keelson nf it shin Is beam twran
lengthwise under the keel. . i.
5. The Populist PnHy wns most a"''".:!
the United States between 1- ""
1900. .
0. Tin- opera "Meftstefele" was wySSEl
by Arrlife Ilolte. the noted ita""
musician nnd poet, .. ,, ...a
7, The Suuanee lllver In Flerida no"
southwest. .mea
8. Plinrles Hamuel Keene was .i rjnws;
Knpllsh humorous artist, csprt '"'J
celehrateil for his cenmiim""' .,
Punch. He died In 1891.
Laken, In In Eastern United
II. The word prathoneta ls.dtrlv(d.
the OMtV'taea,! int. aat
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