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J Member of the Associated Press 'Til 17 ASSOCIATED MK88 Is exclusively en- tlttl te thn ue ter irjiuMlftlflnn e nil item patches rredltcd fe It or net ethtrwlsc credited thin paper, and also the (oral r.cws published ,Alt right of repuMleofiei e special dispatches ksrrtn are alto reserved. J PbUsdslpMs, Thurtdiy, Ne?mb.r 16. 1M! H SENATOR PEPPER'S VISION SENATOR PEPPER, when he went te uddres tin" Membership Committee of th'e Sesijtil-t'entennlul Association, wished apparently te :i.v tee little. Up ended h.v aaylng loe in ticli . UN vi-Ien of tlit fair of llfcjfl was far from inspiring. It came dan gerously near te being funny. Mr. Pepper was thinking apparently of ftilk-dances and the country fairs of South ern Europe, and in the buck of his mind there seems te be an impression thnt if Philadelphia could only fix itself up In blight costumes and return te the childlike lajwds of the Middle Ages we might have celebration without spending much money id, 'what ts mere important, without ex periencing any trouble. Ills would be n sad nrt of expneltlen. And if It were net out efj the question beeni!i of woeful deficiencies en the esthetic side, what would business tnn say of n scheme te tie all the central renues of the city for u sort of three-ring circus? ; PREPAREDNESS TIJtORE than n year age there were refer iVl dices in thee columns te the amazing jrujeeessi achieved by railltary designers with nltplanes of n self . governing type. Wireless, noting upon phenemeimlly eiisitive meeh anjlsm connected with the controls, was used uccessfully te direct airplanes in Ions flights. The encineers were thinking of nothing less than tlying machines that should be dirigible bombs of unimugined destructive power. iXew the nrmy engineerR have perfected n device that will steer an nirplane off the ground anil keep it en a straight line, even through windstorms, until it falls with its bitrden of TNT at a point previously de termined. With such devices the wars of the future sjrill be fought. Airplanes laden with ex plbslves will rear and fall ever cities. They niy be launched at battleships. And they tthy be launched from battleships. We hear n great deal nowadays about the neVd for preparedness. Hut any one who thinks of preparedness in terms of gun drill and marching platoons of college men knows no mere about the subject thnn Mr. Hryan did when he talked of armies of formers advancing with shotguns nml l'erds te1 the defense of the country. Mr. Itrynn aeVer had heard or dreamed of gus, air betnbartlnient.s, high explosives or long leng rahge, rniiid-llre artillery. Similarly the fek who talk about regimenting the youth efthe country for military drills knew little or,' nothing of whit is afoot in the labora tories of military engineers here and abroad. SOUTH AMERICAN SCENES SOME of the curreut pictures of Cen, ut in to, the Chilean town se tragically trlcken in the eartlniiiake, disclose troops mhrchlng through the streets, national riass fljlng and ether evidt-nees of patriotic e fiement. Such photographs were taken only jiiyear ace wlien the u t im of war with l'cru had again become critical friie scene should be reunterbalani ed by rjether exhiblr, externally mm h lev tlrji -mhtic and sjieetacular, but Intrinsically of epochal meaning. What should be shown I(le by side with view of Chile en the Tfirge of conflict is the Chamber of Deputies of this republic engaged in the memorable iir of ratifying unrcservedl the Taejm .t'i'it arbitration protocol. Tlii,s momentous event timk place in San San tiaeo en Tuesday. It- significance can hirrdly be exaggernteil, for it means mUhing less than the di-Hrsien "f the war clouds whii'h have overhung tin l'ueitic coast of Latin America for mere than half a century. I'cru already has sanctioned the Washington agreement providing for the erection of judicial machinery te settle the territorial dispute. Chile, it is dear, had the most te loe by concessiens1, since thnt nation is new In physical possession of the immensely val uable nitrite province-, wrested from 1'epi In the devastating war in the late seventies nttd early eighties of the last century. Hut Chile, it should be cmphuic1. is the leader in the movement for organizing all tin Americas in a league of peace. fa'he ( in eminent at Santiage cannot en patently indorse that idea anil at the saimi tlnie plan te retain the nitrate lcgieiii by threats of fene. Civilization in Seuth Atuericit ha taken 'nnl invigorating step forward in the re. inhered determination of Chile te substitute mttheds of adjudication for bluster or mili tary adventure. DOWN GOES WIRTH t ere HE fall of the Wirth finveriiment cam,. about, as you might say. according te edule. Ne one who knew anything about tljfj interlocking affair- of (iermany and the rest et tl.e ( imtineni oenevea tiint u could njxvive the prtsent ear. The collapse, like the rlrcumstaricpH that made it Inevitable, has net received the at tention it deserves in this country. On the future of (iermany dcxnds, te n large ex tent, the future of Europe. And with the future of Europe our own diplomatic and flrjanrlal interests are almost ineitrlcubly involved. "Wirth failed because he and bin associates were subjected te intolerable pressure from trtthin and without. He wns hated by the jeBkers because he wiik of the people. He WH bated by the people because he and his Ottrernraent were supposed te have sur rtadered te Impossible reparations demands ffMi France and the ether Allies. It la net ten much te say thnt no Got Get foment that is net sustained by force, can mttvhre m Germany as mutters stand. The reactionaries will persistently labor te dis eestlt experiments in democratic control, I, by an odd trick et into, the Allies, who k te eee popular government established t erlln, have been providing most et tne .!35? i ammunition ler us enemies, i clear new in uernany ter almost anythlnr for fmh Junker Intrigue, for a new manifestation of the Faiclatl fad or for undiluted radicalism Infiltrated from Hiissln. Hut It Is meet likely, that the moderates will be uble te make one last try for their existence as n conservative ruling group. Their hopes will depend te n large extent upon the degree te which aeme of the major reparation claims of France can be adjusted te the abilities of the people te pay. The junker and royalist groups obviously are working te foree total political and financial bankruptcy nt llcrlin, te threw the whole question of government into the lap of the Allies and te compel something sug gestive of un allied selzure of Germany, knowing thnt such menmires' would mark an end and a new beginning of the reparations problem mid that it would cause even mere popular discontent in England and France than in (.iermany. RAILROAD LEGISLATION SEE3IS TO BE IN SOLUTION Various Changes Suggested, but Ne One Knows Whether Any Will Be Adopted in the Immediate Future CHANCES In the Eseh-Cummlns Rait read Act are contemplated by the leaders In the present Congress and by the men who have been elected te the next Congress. The latter wish te modify, If net te re peal, the previsions fixing the net return un capital invested in the railroads and te curtail the power of the Laber Beard. The former are contemplating anti-Ftrlke amendments te the law, with penalties for disregard of the decisions of (he Laber Heard. And they also are considering a reconstltutlen of this beard. What the outcome will be no mnn con tell, because of the cenlllct of interests In voked In the whole subject. Hut there can be no doubt that if the Laber Heard is te justify Its existence it must be reconstituted. At the present time it consists of three representatives of the empleyes, three of the railroads and three of the public. It is what has commonly been known ns an arbi tration beard composed of representatives of the disputants associated with representa tives of the public, in recognition of the fact, new partly admitted, that the public Is also a party te any great industrial dispute. Ne arbltintien beard ever has renched n decision which was net the result of com promise. Each side has asked for mere than It expected tu get and then has made con-cess-ions until a common ground has been reached. Hut if there Is te be no Interrup tion in the operation of the railroads there must be a tribunal empowered te assert the supremacy of the public interest and te reach n decision bused en the equities of the case rather than ns a result of a com promise which leaves the equities untouched. The theory of the Esch-Cumralns law Is that the disputes between the empleyes of the Individual reads and the managers of these reads shall be settled by negotiations between the men und their employers, and thnt where agreement Is net possible the Laber Heard should step In. That is, when one arbitration failed It should be suc ceeded by another arbitration. It has net worked satisfactorily, for the decisions of the beard have been lieuted both by the railroad manngers and by the men. The public may net yet be ready for it, but the time must come when we have a tribunal representing the public, as the Supreme Court of the United States repre sents if, with power te compel respect for Its decl.-lens. The litigants in the Supreme Court arc net rfpresented en the bench b men with special interest in each side. The Justices are men learned In the law, who Interpret the law and apply it te specific enscs. And ever? one is satisfied, because every one has confidence in the honesty of purpose of the Justice'. There Is no reason why dlsngrfements between employers nnd empleje should lend te violence. When two business men dis agree they take their case te the courts, where the man with the best case usually wins. They knew that a resort te brute force would net settle thtir dispute, but would sew the seeds of future disputes The working men, however, ure unwilling te nccept a judicial decree for two reasons. One Is thnt they distrust the Impartiality of the Judges or, mere accurately speaking, the arbitraters: and the ether Is that they are se firmly convinced thnt their demands are jut that they are determined te secure them even at the cot of forte This feellns of labor that there K a con cen Fplrucy against It must be overcome before any adequate hiber beard or industrial court can be set up. Hut this feeling can be overcome. These who doubt it have only te study the history of 'n relations between the Philadelphia ftapid Transit Company nnd Its empleyes for the last ten year HEROES OF CHILDHOOD THE National Kindergarten nml Elemeii tarj College of Chicago, whua has lately been inquiring into the literarv tasti-s nnd hem-worshiping proclivities e childhood, is new engaged tu the niu'ii n ere delicate 'ask of extracting adult eenfes., c,ns College presidents, national legislators, financiers, business men, authors and u wide variety of prominent per-ens hnvri been tested with a questionnaire for the purpose of disclosing what honk- the) read in youth nnd what characters sppenled most te the young imagination The uppertunit) for men und women of prominent te suggest rlut their present distinction wis foreshadowed in their tender rears l ilisiiimmatieii in fiction, la-teiv and Megrnph) i- unquestionably tempting. On ih wheif, however, the re sistance te self-flattery li.i- been commend able. General Atterbury. for etample, does net hesitate te confess that he found Captain Kldn (book of which lie was the thnie net stated) 1IH) per cent attractive. Carrell's AlHe and Mark 'I .vain's Tem Sawyer tie 'the redoubtable biic'iDecr for first honors, while in General Atterbui) ' tone the in sufferably priggish Lisp. linsinerc is no ne ci edited with u zne mums. Retrospection of this t)p is refreshing. It in te be regretted, however, that the questionnaire management in preparing its list of heroes and heroines failed te rule out explicitly these with whom' men nnd women of middle age or mere could net have been acquainted in childhood, rinmuel W. Gompers, for Instance, mentions I'etcr Pan ns one of his prime favorites, As the present head of the American Federation of Laber was fift) four before Hnrrle's deli cious fantasy appeared, it would seem that Mr. Gompers courageous ns ever, Is un afraid of n little thing like an anachronism. General Atterbury ulse Indorses the blithe geed genius of Kensington Gardens, and several ether grown-up celebrities extol EVBNIN0 PUBLIC (LEDGER- Uncle Remus, whom Joel Chandler Harrla - did net create until 1880. If the test wan intended te show whom the great folk of the present would bare chosen for their heroes if the gift of prescience had been bestowed in childhood, it may be accounted a success. Results of this kind are, however, somewhat lacking in conviction. There can be no question that Charles Dickens ns n boy was enraptured with "Peregrine Tickle," "Gil nias," "Den Quixote" and "Tales of the Genii." Hie works strikingly reflect this early reading, and there is abundant evidence concerning the make-up of Jehn Dickens' scanty but alluring library, Rut the case of the great novelist is net en the whole typical. Mere than a few folk of prominence ere humanly weak. It rounds out the tale of success te begin with n well -selected list of "books that have Influenced me." Autobiography in whatever form Is a ticklish business. Mark Twain, it may be recalled, rashly determined te tell the truth about himself. Ills personal reminiscences were never finished. POLICE IN THE HOME? IT IS quite true, as Dr. J. Mndlsen Tayler observes, that people who are sick, espe-J daily If they arc afflicted with n cnntngleus ailment, ought te stay In bed and zealously obey the doctor's orders. These nrc only u few of the things that people should de but don't. Felk should go te church en Sundays. They should read only geed books. They should go te bed, if they are te be credited with a reasonable regard for them selves nnd ethers, nt what we are accus tomed te call "a rcspcctnble hour" every night. Simple feed and fresh ulr and out door exercise should he, central concerns in the collective mind of the entire populace. Hut it Would be strange indeed te see pla toons of policemen forcibly escorting un willing multitudes te church under the terms of a Compulsory Worship Law. It would be even stranger te find plain clothes men from City Hall prying about in pantries and summoning householders before the magistrates for having tee many pies in their larders and tee many dumplings and net enough of the sort of feed that may he said te hare what the doctors call a high vitamin content. One may only wonder excitedly about what the people would de, even In this age of docility nnd acceptance, If the Legislature at Harrlsburg were te pass a law under which, at the telling of n large municipal bell, all men, women nnd children should be required te rush forth into the streets nnd walk briskly up nnd down swinging their arms in the sort of exercise thnt is deemed necessary te the geed of the present nnd the future gen erations, Lr. Tayler seems te be convinced that physicians should have the authority te keep patients in bed by force, when such novel police methods seem clearly desirable. We venture te believe that some ether way will have te be found further te restrict the death rote There is In every average man n lurking, resolute desire te de ns he pleases with himself te be rash if he feels thnt rashness will nmuse him, te be occasionally foolish and even reckless If he can get any fun out of it. He would rather be wrong, be probably would rather be unwise, than bound in matters affecting his soul's affairs. Seme such state of mind was Inevitable In a country like ours, where nil the people are descended from men nnd women who crossed n world te seek liberty. Therein, without doubt, is the erlsln of most of the insurgent opinion with which the "drys" hnve te contend in many quarters. It must be apparent te everybody liy this time that these who nctlvely resent the drift toward morals legislation se'dem want te be merely bad. It happens thnt the average human being has n sense of humor. The average mnn has n large natural capacity for mirth and joy. He Is npt te resent much of what Is proposed in tbe name of reform, net because It Is net geed se far as it gees, but because it is se often joyless. The world wants fun. Tt wants a chance te laugh and sine and talk freely about In consequential things. Tf it gees te cabarets nnd dance halls and dinners furtively wet, and If It encourages jazz in life and In fiction nnd in the theatre. It is largely becnuse, having failed te find genuine fun in life, it turns te the imitation?. Mirth nnd laughter nnd opportunities te expand his spirit are, we venture te believe, as necessary te the henlth of the normal human being as the spinach nnd brown bread nnd fresh air and exercise about which many doctors tnlk with rising fervor now adays. If reformers sometimes fall, if the folk who aeltnfp for a larser nnd largpr extension of moral censorship by law are net nlwnys gleefully waived by nil the people, it is lnrsely horutise their philosophy is nowhere lit bv n sense of humor. Ner Is it usuallv adjustable te the natural nnd ineradicable needs which thnt inborn quality of Fpirit creates in the average man. It is beginning te seem that If Govern ments go Inte the business of policing the morals of modem peoples thev will have te go all the way or fall wretch, -dN . Thej will hrve te crente where thej new merely de stroy. When they take uwnv the means by which men und women find release for a natural insistent spirit of gayerv. it will net be enough te say that what they destroy tends te evil or is generally bad They wiil hnve te seek until they can find, net for n few but for nil people, some ether sort of escape from the sad or serious monotony of the day's work. YELLOW STREAK EXPLAINED IT HAS remained fur a delegnte te ihe Atlantic City '(invention et the National Paint, Oil mid Varnish Association te ex plain the ps)chelcgy of the vellew streak. In the course of a discussion of the effect of color en the nerves be said that blue induces an apparent calm; green, happiness and vitality, and .vellew, amiability. New thn man with n yellow streak Is fe amiable thnt when he is put te n test in volving the assertion of his will in n man ner that inav be dl-agreeable, te some one else, he inevitably backs down. Instead of seeing red he sees jili.iw, und then It Is nil day with him. Red, en the oilier hand. Is nit inflamma tory color, It siirs up the passions. Prob ably this is vvhv the bull becomes enraged when he sees ir Yet. for all that, red n mere useful color thnn yellow. The progress of the world has never been' advanced by n man with n yellow streak. Grent political nnd -eflal reforms have been achieved b) men who see red. They will let no ebstncle stand in their way and will tight te the death for what seems geed te them, Tlieie is an aiiemal), however, in this phl'.osephv of coleis which needs explana tion. What we knew as Colonial yellow was favored by the vigorous patriots who set tip this Government, and there was no yellow streak In them, It tuny be that ns the color they favored was n lemon yellow, the arid entered Inte their bleed and counteracted any tendency te pusillanimous amiability. I'nlm Hench may have competition, Ite Ite pert te the Department of Commerce from Rergeu, Norway, says the waters of the A"'tic nre getting tee worm for the seals and thnt the Icebergs an; melting. If the Midnight Sun keeps mi warming tip the trippers will be tripping north for their varm baths. PHlCADtePHiA. TttJimpAX. NOVBaffiP ', PINCHOTTHEMAN Seme Interesting Sidelights en the Next Governer of Pennsylvania. His War Werk-Pinchot and Penrose By GEORGE NOX McCAIN GIFFORD t'INCHOT'S biography, or autobiography, remains te be written. There has been n let of desultory stuS published about him, mostly campaign' material embracing the highlights en his somewhat eventful life. The nearest approach te anything definite, satisfactory and detailed, comes from the pen of that widely known historian and' nntlqunTlnn, Colonel Henry W. Shoemaker. It Is in the shape of n fourteen -page pamphletVcntltlcd, "The fun Plnchet." Portions of it present new views and sidelights en the life of the next Governer of Pennsylvania. After likening Gifferd Pinchot the first time he saw him was in 1014 te a Frank ish King, Colonel Shoemaker says: "This resemblance te a Franklsh King may be borne out in fact by his ancestry, which comes from Franklsh or Northern u France and Flanders." rnilE Pinchot family, Huguenots," con 's- tinues the biographer, "originated at Arras in Plcnrdy, that militant city which was almost demolished by the Germans In the World War, and net far from the birthplace, at St. Quentln. of Antheny Benezet, the Quaker philanthropist, called by Benjamin Franklin the first citizen of Philadelphia in Revolutionary days. "On his mother's side the name was originally Henne, in Flanders; later, when tn Huguenots they were driven te England, it became Henne. and in New England, Ene. "On both sides Gifferd Pinchot is of Franklsh stock, the bleed of Charlemagne and Guynemer. ''"He Is Gothic rather than Gallic. "The name Henne is also found In Penn sylvania along the Ulile Mountains tn west ern Berks County, possibly of the same stock. "Oliver D. Bcheck. of the Public Service Commission, tells us the Henne family have been Republicans for generations, In a Democratic district. "Gifferd Pinchot has always been a Re publican." prFFORD PINCHOT'S early life waa J spent In Pennsylvania en the Delaware-River. "He wns born en August 11, 1805, and is old enough te recall having hunted the new extinct wild pigeons. "His father and grandfather ran timber rafts (e Philadelphia, kept store and were farmers. "He Is ns typlcallv and ruggedly Amer ican as was Abraham Lincoln. Heth split rails nnd chopped weed early in life. "Gifferd Pinchot can swing nn nx or marking hatchet 'today in a way that makes the average 'woedsle or 'hick' green with envy nnd sit up and take notice." A MAN'S religion is Inseparable from Jt. his early life. Gifferd Plnrhet's up bringing was essentially Christian, of the old-fashioned kind. "At Yale, he tells us. he overlooked many of the fields of athletic prowess though, like a militant Christian, he wns a mem ber of the freshman football team, nnd get his 'numerals' te be president of the col lege Y. M. C. A. nnd conduct his own Bible clnss. which he did for four years. "Gifferd Pinchot is n member of the Protestant Episcopal Church. "He is a past president of the ITuguenet Society of Pennsylvania." piFEORD PINCHOT'S education wns VJT varied and cosmepolitan: it included n term at the district school near his Pike County home, private tutors. Yale, and for estry schools in France, Germany, Switzer land and Austria. "He was in school in Paris when the Cemmunards were marching through the streets te be steed up ngalnst n wall and shot. "He saw McMahon nnd Gnmbettn, nnd can recall the smoking ruins of the Tull eries. "These stirring scenes may have awakened at that early age his strong championing of the right. "Ynle and Princeton have shown their appreciation of his practical knowledge by making him Se. D. "McGlll University, Terente, Cnnadn, gave him the degree of LL. D. "He wns n 'frat' man at Yale, belonging te Psl L'psilen, te which his arch-rival. Chief Justice W. II. Tnft, also belonged, nnd te Skull nnd Henes. "Gifferd Pinchot is a living exemplar of 'Yale democracy.' "piFFORD PINCHOT'S father, the late J James W. Pinchot. of Milferd, wns a self-made business man of varied Inter ests, und several uncles were active com mercially In various parts of Pike County. "HiB grandfather was Ames It. Ene, a lending financier of hU day and generation. "Shortly after the German hordes crossed the. Belgian frontier In 101-1. Gifferd Pin chot, actuated probably as much by his bread love of humanity ns his Flemish bleed, hurried te Belgium te the aid of the home less refugees. "Allied by his wife, he was performing n notable work for civilization, when Gen eral von Kluck. with bis usual obtuseness, having heard thnt G'fferd linchet's sister was mnrried te the British envoy te neutral Helland, ordered his expulsion from Bel gium. "Frem the United States l.e wns nble te direct important relief work through the ngencies of the Belglun Belief Commission and the Red Cress. "Later en when the war clouds were hovering about the I'nlteil States and Colonel Roosevelt wnB ergnnl?ing his fam ous division, he selected Clifferd Pinchot ns a ineniberef his perfenal staff and cnlnnel of the first forestry regiment. "Gifferd Pinchot is nn honorary member of the American Legien Pest at Milferd, Pike County. T)RAI8E of Gifferd Pinchot as a sports- IT . man came from en unexpected source Senater Penrose, his old ndversnry in 11120. "The Senater had visited the ginnf timber en Swift Run, Snyder Ceuntv, new known ns Snwler-Mlddlewerth Park, with Colo nel W. C. Mrf'ennell and 1'nltei States Judge C. B. Wltmer, and. fearing lest the titanic hemlocks be ru or burned, he turned te one of his companions, saying ' "JV11 Pinchot te make a park ent of these trees nnd save them; he can de it; he Is all right.' , , "Pinchot and I were members of the same hunting club In the HVt, the 'Heene and Crockett Club.' "Te belong, one nns ie nave Killed set oral BpecleB of big game: Pinchot wns one of thn best shots we bad, and Is a sports, man nnd a gentleman TO MAN in public life teilaj has im,j IN n wider range of executive experience. ",R Chief Ferester of the I'nlted States he handled vnwt prenc-ms involving millions of dollars, en nn arcu nlmest as big as '""Gifferd Pinchot is nn omnivorous reader of all types of books, "His favorite novel Is 'Peter Ibbetson,' which gives an inkling as te the high ideal ism of his literary predilections. "He is also fend of Rebert Leuis Steven son's romances, and if you leek at him closely there Is much of 'It. L. ,' n H general appearance "He says that ( elnnel Roosevelt 'h favorite outdoor book was Jules Gerard's 'Adven tures With Liens in Algeria,' which re mnrkabln volume, rend In early boyhood. ......n,i he Imncliis which sent 'Klriini,i,a.ii ir.0.'.6 fflSS&J1 yenr8 later as NOW MY IDEA IS THIS! Daily Talks With Thinking Philadelphia en Subjects They Knew Best WILLIAM C. BEYER On the National Municipal League Convention THE Nutiunul Municipal League, which is te held its twenty-eighth annual convention in this city beginning November 22, has a long record of usefulness in pro moting better government in our cities, counties and States, says William C. Beyer, assistant director of the Bureau of Munici pal Research. "Te Pliiladelphians the Lengue nnd its coming annual meeting are of peculiar in terest," bald Mr. He.ver. "It was here that this nation-wide organization wns launched mere than a quarter of n century age and this meeting will be the first te be held in Philadelphia since the initial gathering of 1894. Objects of the League "There is no better way of btating the objects of tbe League than te quote from its declarations of principles. These object ure enumerated ns follews: " 'First. Te multiply the numbers, har monize the methods and combine the forces of these who nns interested In geed munici pal, county and Statu government. " 'Second. Te promote the thorough in vestigation and discuisien of the details of governmental administration nnd of the methods of selecting und appointing officials nnd of constitutions. laws und ordinances relating te such objects. " 'Third. Te furnish data for public in formation aniLdiscusslen by the publications of the proceedings of the meetings, reports of committees and ether papers, books and periodicals bearing upon the subject of gov ernment nnd administration.' "One of the concrete activities et tne League hns been te serve as u clearing house of information en governmental problems. Te it new developments nnd experiences in different communities have been reported, and from it information with regard te jIiem' developments bus been distributed te indi viduals and te groups interested in im proving civic conditions in their respective localities. National Municipal Review "Perhaps the League's most important vehicle for the dis-seminatlen et fncts nnd Ideas is its monthly periodical, the Na tional Municipal Review. Fer many ycnis it has been a xeritnble mine of useful in formation. It has net only mirrored faith fullv the ciureul tendencies in American government, especially in our cities, but it has helped te blae the way of entirely new reforms, Such movements as the commis sion form of government, the short ballet, proportional representation, the city-man-uger plan and the initiative, referendum and recull ewe much te the lllumiuatlng discus sions that have appeared from timn te time in the pages of this valuable monthly. "The technical supplements of the Review deserve bpecial mention. These hnve been prepared by specialists in different fields of administration and contain nutherltalivu statements in regard te the subjects treated "Among the mere luiperlimt supplements Issued during the last few years arc these en 'The Assessment of Real Estate.' 'Ad minUtrativu Consolidation in State Govern ments,' 'Modern City Planning' und 'Pen sions In the Public Service.' The value of these pamphlets te citizens, legislators ami administrators is inestimable. Works en Government "Anether contribution of the League te the cause of better government Is u seiies of books devoted te various aspects of com cem muiitty life. This series, which new com prises mere than a doyen treatises, includes such subjects as 'A New Municipal Pro gram,' 'Experts in City Government,' 'Town Planning,' 'The Secial (.'enter,' 'City Gov ernment by Commission,' Tim City Man ager.' 'Regulation of Municipal Utilities,' 'Weman's Werk in Municipalities' und 'County Government.' "But the dissemination of information Is by no means all that has engaged the at tention of the Lcugue, It hits done con cen Htructlve work of n pioneer character through committees. Among-the most note worthy efforts of this rhnriicfer Is thu report of the Commit tee en Municipal Program in WIS en 'A Medel City Charier und Miiuicl. pal Heme Rule.' "This report is mere thnn n discussion of the problem. It contains an actual clrult of legal previsions intended te go into city charters and also a draft of previsions for incorporation into State constitutions le lflfr ' ' 'Jg ''marveleus: marveleusu' . . t insure home rule for cities of the lesser classes and villages. The practical value of this report Is well attested by the fact that its recommendations have been copied widely by charter committees, cither in full or in part. Medel State Constitution "Of equal tank with the model city charter is Iho report of the Committee en State Government en a model State con stitution which has been completed during the lust .veiir. it, tee, is in the form of tin actual dtaft of legul previsions nnd doubt less will prove ns helpful te constitution makers as the model city charter has been te legislators and charter committees. "Other subjects which have been con sidered by committees of the League are sources of municipal icvenue, municipal reference libraries, municipal franchises, municipal courts, civic education, municipal pensions und civil service. "During recent years particularly the League has supplemented its educational and committee activities by giving expert assist ance In the Held te charter committees and constitutional conventions. In the person of Dr. A. R. Matren, head of the political science department of Western Reserve Uni versity, the League has an eminently qimli lied charter consultant und draftsman. Through him the organization has rendered invaluable sen-ices of a most practical char acler te citizen nnd official bodies in many cities and States throughout the country. Or. Ilatten has assisted in writ leg charters for many cities, Including Atlantn, Memphis. Kansas City, Minneapolis and Cleveland. The last named city voted for Iho adoption of the clty-munager plan of government n little mere than a year age, largely ns a result of the work of the League nnd it-, field representatives. The Annual Meetings "The annual meetings (,f the League arc noicwerth) for their contributions te civic progress. These are held in different cities throughout the country mid often are the ocrasien for similar gatherings of allied as sociations. At the Philadelphia meeting there will be e discussion of Pennsylvania's State educational system: our national budget will be discussed ; one session will be devoted te the administration of criminal justice, and a committee will report en new standards of public employment. "Ne summary of the work of thn League would be lempletn without n word of ap preciation of the part played in creating this national agency by Clinten Rogers Wood Weed ruff. In addition te being a leader among the organizers of the League, Mr. Woodruff inrried the resenslbtllty of the secretary ship as well ns the editorship of the Review until two yenrs age, when the headquarters were removed tn New Yerk. In appreciation of his years of service Mr. Woodruff was elected honorary secretnry, and te Biieeesd him the council chnsa Dr. Dodds. fermerlv a member of I he faculty of the Uni verity of Pennsylvania." BEDTIME STORY Dr. .1. Mndlsen Tayler Would have nil phjnlvlniis endowed With power, be it said, Tn keep patients in bed When at large they should uei be al lowed. Ne political influence, knle or Personality ever shall free Mr. Sick 'Un from crib, Hntiln, tucker nnd bib, Fer a doctor's his jailer, jeu sie. flifl.iijic, Miiriwrn l), .' '?,"''; '" """' ''r'' " " imilitr nj hnr! Ihinh-n-hu, lintknl! Your mnlMuv titti. 7in:itv will till ulicii U'h lime In ml ,, Se beware of the fever" thnt's scarlet, Influenza, the mumps and the like Beware of the docs With their handcuffs und locks. ,rrl ''"days is the sentence. Sure, Mike! 'TIs thus every Impudent vnrlet Is bound te Interpret the luw, luw, Se before he can peep Grab and put him te sleep Willi thu medical Murgery Daw ; .S'rr-ii-, Mnriirru hair! HHrk tn jluitr Urtl h a ma Iter n) lw ' llush'ii-liii, pnttrnt! Your inrdfeir A'H.te will Ull uht u;, Jlwejrf grt " G. A. rM ii&m SHORT CUTS Twe of the big Chicago packing ee, pames are consolidating. Homebody's meat. It hardly needed the Vauclaln indem-J meut te prove we reppcr vision a siugwuat uiiy-urenm. i 4 Ne matter what you de if your "eart is true, says Lloyd Ueergc, and is 'earl was true te I 'oil. The curious thing nbeut the Sen Brunswick murder case is that the triad ll J tieinc ncisi anciid et tne arrest, Clemenceau says it is shameful te sltff till seven, but as his shame Is shared by mil lions he mnv be able te bear It. The Chilean earthquake brings home te" us the fact that man. for all his accem plishments, is but a helpless babe. "We're hnd n real nice lime." snhl till Meutitbattens. "Come again." said Unci Sam. But he sent no message te Marfet, Evanston, the birthplace of the W. (!. T. U., has voted in favor of beer and light wines. Is this backsliding or repcntannl Columbia has a tackle who wtin eye-glasses en the football field. Baseball will new have te step te the front with I shortstop sporting .a monocle. ' I Gem-go Gray Barnard snvs his statu of Lincoln in Louisville is nn imm-eveintit en his statue of Lincoln in Manchester,'! Improving with practice, perhaps. Prices are coming down. Radium hli dropped from $120,0(10 te $70,000 a grift nut the fact will make no appreciable ag' ference in the. weight of the market basket. Every time Miss Alice Paul raves it ' women for refusing te support vretnea simply because they are. women vve arriw nt the conclusion thnt women are fnlrl; level-headed. "When work gees out of fashion, " mji Jehn I), Rockefeller. Jr.. "you inuy expert te see civilization full." And. niiturall.'. nt this point man will have another Jm nneau et him. West Virginia millionaire lnatlrssf maker bus been fined n thousand dollar! nnd deprived of his vote for three fW for having spent tee much money at a primary election. And having made. a own bed he. of course, will net attempt te lie out of it. n What De Yeu Knem? QUIZ 1. In whAt venr fllil William JrnnlnlJ Idency H Bryan first run for the presidency the United Htutes? 2. What Is the meaning of the word flown I..... 3. Inte what ocean llees the Zambesi Rivf flew',' ., . Who arc the Laplanders and where iliey live,' a. n run is Kiieiiu ; , , .i,.u (I. What State in the recent elections CWJ1 I n Democrat for thu Culled Slates ser. nte for the first time since me - ... 1 4 .... .., . ...,. ..An,,irv7 eec.llie Ol l lllllPirriiin ii ""...l? 7. What Is the classic iinme of ''ertugalT . Who wrote "The History of Mr. IW ' '.', Who wus Eugene 1'reninntln.' i,iv 10. Whut is the literal meaning and appi' , Hen of the word extempore.' Answers te Yesterday's Quiz 1. Feels rush In where angels f'rJ.J tn-nd" Is from Alexatiuer or "Essay en Criticism." , ,,.,, '.'. The croier In iistioneiuy Is the MUin. Cress. ,, ., ...... i, ,i..i.. in,, lern " ., i hit u.iiiiu in i. me' i.ih . , e,-,. fought In 1S76 between I nlledfr' reups, unecr ui-iirrni uvu.r' -Uini t( r. and Sioux Indians, under si"' Hull. Custer und all his men one"' , i ..mi a I. Distemper Is a pigment mixed ' vehlele soluble lb water, as "' ?! painting und the Interior ileeeraw , of walls. , .,,rlk. 5, The Invention of dynamite Js aim' Died te Alfred Neltel In lSf- Mf, u, i no inresnere ei u souceuai .. lien of thn coast only visible in '" tide. . ,, n.L 7 V unlll..mril Is. n l.lril. II HIH-clcH 01 u I of northern latitudes, . ,, 8 "II. ,t." en tombstones nif.ius "liu. JJ" i, ami rer -nere lies. , ,..ricinJ 9. Tiie liigiiesi mountain en i m 'V!, 1Bi continent la Acniirngua. In ""Jiilll llinmll nt u'ltlnl. lu nllirO tllUH iSi i. feet nliove sea luvel. ,. , . .. 10. The sixth book of the Dlbls la WW Vel m I je,.i r MA J. t.r..x&ti. . .,,
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