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The Evt.mne I'tnna Luncisn li nerved te sub- Srlben In I'ltllsdeliihls, ami aurreuncllng town" the. rste of twelves (12) cents per week, p-vynble the currier. S Br mall te point eutxld of Philadelphia In te united (Mates, runa.l.i, nr United Stnt re. IMlena, postal free, ntty (.10) eenta per month. In (Irtl dollars rer ear. parable in advnnfe. Te all foreign cetintrlea nn 111) dollar a month. Netics Subscribers winning nddrena changed Rutt stve old aa welt in new add res. Ell. SMO WAI.NtT KEYSTONE. MAIN 101 tTAAdreas all commiittlcnflem fe Keciilni; I'ubHe Lnlgtr. Inttrpmdtner Sauare, Phllaitlthla, Member of (he Associated Press TUB ASSOCIATED ptiKPS ( exeNitlrr.V m- tllrct te llltClfl I 1.1ft pi 7 rne ue or trpMnnrn.ien or all mmcs e credited fe It of net nlherulle rreil'fr.l PttUfP. (J'l.i tllin Cie Irtrnl Mi-u? miliitfinf Merrill. All rlBhta 0 reptibJlMflen of special !lpntcie Itarrin nre also tmrrvtil. Philadelphia, Mendit, Nerml.-r CO. 192: A MUNICIPAL DUTY THR need for municipal water supply in outlying sections til' tln city Is tee tip parent te be denied even by two such ex ponents of opposing political camps as Mayer Sloero and C'eunlltnnii Ilnll. The former, in n spclllc iiipshiikc te tlm eity logisluters, .itrcM"tM the pllsht of ilie northeast soetlon. wlu-re the lleltiicilitirs Water Company ami tlie I'lillailclphiii and Bristel Water Company arc "till in ttmtrel, and slKnllinintly reminds his audience that n ordinance autherlzltiK the purehate of the properties of the privately operated eon cerns was recommended Mime time age. Sir. Hall, seconding Sir. Ven Tagen, nan been t-prakln;: en Itehnlf of pro perty owners In the Onls I.nne and Fern Reck district, where the Sprlnctield Water Company enjoys at present a monopoly. The two subject eheuld be treated as one and a practical c.Tert should be Initiated by the city te extend its own water service throughout the entire municipal area. The rapid buildini; development and the consequent greatly increased number of householders in the semi-.ubutbs have cre ated a situation relief of which cannot be tee quickly applied. All city taxpayers should enjoy the privi leges and advantages of the city water ervice, and private companies within the municipal limits should be relegated te the past when, perhaps, the sparMty of popu lation justified exclusive turaiiKements with non-municipal enterprises. Mr. Moere and Mr. Hall are in accord upon a question Which demands prompt and conclusive so lution. THE DROUGHT WEATHEIt forecasts of rain storms s.iid te be "moving in from the West" te break ever this part of the country this Week embody the best news that the Kn-t has had in a jear. Hconelrs and ihers are dangerously low in Pennsylvania. In eme regions there is scarcely enough water btalnable for railroad locomotives. The nines could net continue much longer te operate efficiently if the water sheds and reservoirs are net replenished by rain. Casual experience In adversity nre re quired new and then te bring about a sine readjustment of philosophical values. Thus It may be said, speaking broadly, that there has been a tendency te heard water In some of the mine regions where corporations and people alike have been learning that there Is one thing mere valuable in the world than either feed or money. The drought has lasted for about seven weeks. Had it ec cnrri'il In spring or early summer Incalcula ble damage would have been done te the formers In this part of the country. PAVEMENT SEMAPHORES? Vn.NTl'UE, if jeii arc driving an auto mobile, te ignore the signal of a trntlie iemaphere. and the grating velie of a police. man will instantly be in jour ear. If jeu aren't invited te a dungeon you will at le.w be subjected le a public bawling out remi niscent of the terreri of nightmare. Th.it i as it should he. Hut if jeu are en feet jeu may de about n jeu pl"u" and subject yourself and ethers te all sorts of dangerous, risks. It is part of th" folklore of the I'nited States te thin!: of automobiles as devil Wagons that need te be watched and regu lated and restricted at eery turn. Coroners and magistrates and courts seld'im seem te think that there are usually two cnntiiliu ting causes te everj t rathe accident, nnd that a habit of popular thought which always exempts the pedestrian from blame tends steadily te make people en feet mere defiantly reckless in heavily traveled streets. IMward Kincnrj, a tr. 1ic officer whe labors te maintain order in the whirlpool of traffic, at Itrnad nnd Arch streets, said recently that sooner or later there will have te he a s.vstem for the regulation of pedestrian traffic. And that is a belief nharcd by many ether traffic mn and bj .Superintendent Mills, of ttie Police Depart ment. It is usually supposed that the signals provided for the direction of vehicle traffic ile a like service for the people afoot, The fact Is that It is at stret corners that the average American provides the most sensa sensa tienal exhibitions of hi native optimism and independence of mind. He insists en taking chances, In violating the rules of traffic and of ordinary prudence and even In the Hew of traffic between signnl pesf. you often will see him, with his life bal anced precariously in his hands, voluntarily In the midst of danger, tacking swiftly for an opposite curb, a true son of Christopher Columbus. Te people already irked by novel re strictive and regulatory laws the thought of i.evcment semaphores or of nn.v ether devices Intended te tell them when te "step" and when te "go" will ccm odious. There te already a generally prevalent sense of resentment against tee much policing. Itadlcnls among walkcra fay, rather wildly, that there are ten many motorcars about and that the pnvemenls at least ought te be free. Ah a matter of fact, the puvements re free, and all laws made for the regula tion of automobiles lean definitely toward partisanship with the walker. The meter dHver Involved In an accident is popularly supposed te be guilty until he can prove himself Innocent. And le suggest that per son ought te be permitted te lunge into traffic streams is like suylng that a man's gas Is ills own, and that he should be per- pitted te blew it out if he se desires. " The molercnr Is highly useful ami phe namenully popular. It will continue te mul tiilr. and ns it mult I plies the problem of SJJlv aafatjr in city HtreeU will become mere and fc;f". Mr acute. One of the contentions of the Is that it will bring at least "20,000 motorcars te Pulludelpula, and that w(U .be no room for them in the k'tVjte 1028. if the manufacture of w. BUteaeiHlv' euiuwuv iiiw ,1 t, tier will b at leait 200XMI new m6lercnr het only operated In this city, but owned here, Nene of the streets new In general use will be adequate even for the normal traffic of 1020, llldge avenue, regarded as a cen tral artery te the Delaware Urldge, will be tried te Its capacity within a year or two. The central problem of traffic police in the future will be one of accident prevention. A genius who can devise a set of signals for pedestrians at street corners will be re ceived with acclaim net only In Philadel phia but in nil ether Eastern rlttes, People will have te learn te respect traffic signs. Fer n while some theorists talked of limiting the use of motorcars In crowded communities. Hut n business man might as well talk of shutting up shop because of tee many customers. Automobiles will remain. If they cannot be accommodated in the cities, ether communities will come Inte being te receive them, communities with wide avenues nnd open minds. Inevitably they would draw much of the vitality from elder areas, Cities will be wise that make preparations for the meter age and build great, wide thoroughfares in all directions white they have time. DO DODOES AND MUMMIES KNOW WHAT HAPPENED? This Question Will Be Answered When Congress Interprets by Its Course the Significance of the Election ""lOXGIlES.S reassembles today, about a fortnight after the election. If it is aware of the significance of thnt election It will pursue one course; but if It decides that the election meant nothing, then It will lenMnue en the course en which it began eighteen months age. Every one outside of Congress knows that the election meant something. It was an emphatic condemnation of the failure of the national legislature te meet the emergency which confronted It. The policy of the present Congress has been dictated by a sort of stupid oppor tunism combined with a Ilourben-llkc ig noring of evident facts. There were grave Issues clamoring for attention. Hut Con gress was afraid te come te grips with them. It touched them gingerly because It feared that they were charged with political dynamite. The courage te con sider them en their merits was lacking. Whether the ability te meet them in n statesmnnllke manner was also lacking in open te debate. If it existed it was blunted by political cowardice. This sort of thing has met the fate that always overtakes It. The voters are net Toels. They knew when their representa tives have fallen down en the job, and they nre In the habit of dismiss-jug the unfaithful servant at the first opportunity. And they de nor make fine distinctions when they are engaged In the work of chastising delin quents. These who believe in using the Itcpub llcan Party ns an instrument of government are hoping that the men who were rebuked by the 0tin2 two weeks age will pull them selves together and will make an honest effort te retrieve themselves before the life of the present Congress expires. The leopard, we knew, cannot change his spots, but it sometimes is possible for a man te profit by experience. Congress should knew new that the coun try is net pleased with its dilly-dallying with great issues. The country would much prefer thnt Congress should err grandly and courageously than thnt it should he tee timid te tlsk decisive action. And the po litical consequences of honest error nre lesi disastrous than the consequences of Inaction through fear lest mistakes should be made. The progressive or radical minority is aware that something happened en Novem ber T. nnd its leaders already nre planning te nrrnnge a combination of members of both parties dissatisfied with what has been done, In the hope thnt they can force the majority te come te terms with them. Hut their radicalism Is as bad as the extreme stnnd-pntlHiii of the majority. It cannot be combated, however, by Inaction. The definite prepositions of the I. a Fol Fel lotto group must be met bj definite propo prepo sitions from the majority, prepositions based en a sounder theerj nnd a better practice. If Ledge In the Senate and Mendcll In tli Heuse arc tumble te formulate a policy that will commend itself te the sober second thought of the country, a policy that really gees 10 the root of the problems awaiting solution, their leadership will be se com pletely discredited that there is no telling what the new Congress, with its greater number of se-called radicals, will net de. It ought te he clear te the Itepubllcan leaders that their party is en trial; that the time has gene by when It can lie sure of a congressional mnjerlty and that the country has no hesitation In lining the Demo cratic I'arty as a Hall te chastise it for Its misdeeds. If It cheeses It can begin at enc te organize Itself In Cengres for con structive action under definite and authori tative leadership. When both Congress and the President are of the snme party there should be nn agreement en the legislative program be tween the authorities nt the two ends of Pennsylvania avenue. The chairmen of the committees should be men in sympathy with that program, whether they have served a long or a short time. I'nder such nn ar rangement the will of the country Indicated bj its mandate te the Itepubllcan Party will be carried out. Under the present system, which puts Congressmen at the head of com mittees merely because they have succeeded In getting elected nnd in surviving a long time, able men are kept in the background and men suffering from senile decoy ere In positions from which their sense of re sponsibility should have led them long age te withdraw. The time may net be ripe for such a movement ns that of the Italian Fascist!, which is apparently a revolt of the younger generation against the domination of the dodoes nnd mummies and stuffed shirts of the elder generation. Hut the election Is a condemnation of the political dodoes in Washington. If they can find nnywhere bpcrtucles powerful enough te enable their falling sight te read the signs of the times nnd adjust themselves te what they see, the history of the next few years Is likely te be full of cheer te the believers In democracy. EXTINGUISHED SULTANATE LITTLE sense of the dramatic, scant ap preciation of the btntely or the heroic, Informs a modern monarch en his day of adverse destiny. There Is no aaga stuff in the' Hoheniellern light Inte Helland, the Sicilian excursion fcf "TIne" or the hasty EVENING PUBLIC LEDGER And surreptitious escape of Mohammed VI from Constantinople. Constantine 1'aUeolegus.x. last of the Hysnntlne Caesars, fell, fighting, sword In hand, upon the ramparts of the Imperial city, In justice te the shadowy Sultan and demoted Caliph it may be said that, even had he been tempted te Indulge in fine ges tures, they would have lacked meaning. An epic death "in the high Reman fashion." or even In the gallant Otteman style of the fifteenth century, would have lacked what the play-makers call motivation. The situation en the Bosperus is much tee confused te give significance te romantic attitudes. Mohammed VI in the act of posing en the walls or the metropolis, called by courtesy his capital, would probably have been arrested by Kemallst agents. Flight te Malta under British protection was tnmely chosen, nnd the Inglorious spectacle Is provided of the former spiritual head of Islam n refugee In the land of the Giaeurs. Precisely what Is the condition of the remnants .of Osmnnlt authority In Con stantinople may net be cosily pictured. The seraglio is in tears and the Indies of the Imperial hnrem nre, te sny the least, non plused. This much Information is im parted by the cables. Presumably the Allies are In nominal control of Constantinople, but the collapse of the Sultanate plainly suggests thnt events In the capital nre re sponding submissively te flats from Angera. The Grand Turkish National Assembly decreed the deposition of the Osmnnlt Sul tan. He protested feebly, but in the end compiled with the ruling. The exodus of the official family of the old Turkish regime fellows ns n matter of course. Without firing n shot across the Straits or even dis turbing the externnls of allied machinery, Kemnl has enptured Constantinople. ills legates will present nt Lausanne the case of n nation recently regarded ns eg tlnct but new united and revitalized, dis dainful of 8 hopelessly decayed Imperial regime and ready, In the light of accom plished fact, te held Western Europe te a strict nnd perhaps n painful accounting. TIGER, TIGER! EVEN in the midst of cheering crowds, nt the center of a welcoming uproar that would have delighted n king In the dnys when kings looked for the best that multi tudes had te offer In the way of spectacular demonstrations of friendliness, Clemenccan has the nlr nnd manner of n very lonely man. He appears te live in the company of memories nnd te resent Intrusions from the actual world that come in the form of routine queries relating te routine affairs. What he will say in his address it Is easy te foresee. What could a man say whose mind dwells pcrpetunlly, in n sort of fasci nation, net only upon the pnst and the present of France, but upon the uncertain future? Clemenccan lived te experience all the shocks of the two crudest assaults ever made upon any rnce or nation of people, nnd he probably felt in his own heart every stab and thrust directed first in 1S70 and again In 1!M nt a country that wished above nil things te be sane and geed-humored nnd at peace. France Is still scarred nnd bloody. A people singularly endowed with sensitive minds nnd gnycty of heart ha-e been selected by the Fates te be twice mar tyred, nnd there is no assurance that they may net be martyred again. Since Olemcn Olemcn eeau Is in no sense international. Flnce he is as Trench ns the soil from which he drew bis life nnd his vivid spirit, and since be has seen enough nnd felt enough te be with out any illusions, he will demnnd the re prisals nnd the Fert of punishment for Germany which lie advocated with rclentlesB logic at Versailles. And lie can say with some justice that the old crowd that wns the inspiration and the strength of the Ilohenzellerns remains nnd is even new efi'eting itself as "the only hope of the fu ture" at Berlin ; that though the throne of militaristic Germany has gene, the power and the resolution thnt were behind it are but little changed. Meanwhile, as the Tiger must have felt when he saw New Yerk's sky line, the world Is changing. It Is (hanging in a way that no one could have foreseen. It is gravely concerned by thoughts of what hatred, In ternationally organized and supported by the unprecedented devices and energies of mod ern science, may de te it In the future. Clemencenu, isolated among his own grim preoccupations, feels little of this. Life lias convinced him that pride and strength will rule the earth while man survives. He may be right and he may be wrong. Cer tainly all historical precedent Is en Ids side. Slest people hope yet te find alternatives for the philosophy that brought cataclysm te Europe and even te Cleinenceau, Cle mencenu will net be lenvinced that such n thing Is possible. Se in the crowds he Is still something of a solitary, a proud and defiant one, like nn eagle or the jungle marnuder after which he Is named. Wherever the Tiger gees In the United States he will be received with ndmirntlen and affection without bounds. People who rnnnet share his philosophy will remember thnt they have net shared his experiences, and they will keep their peace. Ter Cle mencenu Is France, the I'lance that always has known hew te us an nlrj cynicism te hide Immeasurable tenderness and laughter te mask grief tee profound for any words. lie Is one of the great men of the world. It is worse than useless te complain If he is inflexible of spirit Ter, if he were net inflexible, if thete had been In him less of the steel that cannot he bent or broken in the dnys when he nnd his people were moist terribly pressed, there might new be an entirely different story te tell, net only in Europe but throughout the rest of the earth. IN IRELAND AS THE war between the Irish Free Stats Government nnd the guerrilla forces of the Republicans nnrrews down it seems te gain in intensltj. The mood of telerunce which formerly inude the way of war prison, ers easy appears te have passed in Dublin. Four civilians ncnid of being active op ponents of the Government were executed last week They were the first Irishmen te be subjeited te the death pennlty by ether Irishmen mting in the name of free Ireland since the depaiture of the English troops. At the present moment the trial of Erskine Chlhh'rs, right-hand man of He Valern, Is drawing in secret te what may be n most sensational end. Childera Is one of the high Idels of the Sinn Fein. He was recently raptured in a raid en n Itepubllcan Btrougheld. He Is one of the dynamic In tellects of the Insurgent movement, a man of high intelligence and unquestioned devo tion te the elder Idenl of Irish nationalism. lie has fought openly against the Free State. And If he is executed nnether moving and unforgettable legend will be ndded te these that serve te keep the minds of Irish in surgents aflame with emotion and the will te fight n desperate and losing cause te the bitter end. Baltimore flappers, a Otherwise dispatch tells us, ero True Story having lovely butterflies tattooed en their dim pled knees; and the tnttoeer premises a sensation for the bathing benches next son sen pnn. The story doesn't say hew many flap. pers. but we venture te guess two; and we doubt the dimples, suspecting them te be rather n butterfly flight of funcy. Alse we fear the correspondent or the tattoeer is steeped in optimism whl,le indulging in hyperbole. It requires mire than a knee anil a euurrny te mun sensation at .Mining ueacn. . . ; . PHILADELPHIA, MONDAY,' NOVEMBER AS ONE WOMAN SEES IT Twe Thousand Women Students In tent en Getting Their Degrees Re ' celt Welcome Here and Thers and Plug Along Anyhow By SARAH D. LOWRtE SOMETIMES when I am coming back te Philadelphia by train and see the lights of the town begin te multiply from Torres Terres dale en, and after what seems for mere than a quarter of nn hour I leek down from the elevated roadbed nt the long vlstns of street nnd streets, stretching en nnd en with their miles en end of little houses, alt occupied nnd the center of existence for some family, a sort of despair that Is almost fright come ever me, lest In such a huge complex ity of population I shall lese my way nnd never be able te lit the small key In my purse Inte a keyhole thnt It can turn. It seems nn adventure little short of that of Columbus thnt my small bark can cress se Immense a sea nnd mnke pert. Yet vast and complicated as this city of nearly two million soul leeks nnd feels te one travers ing it from one end te the ether In the space of nn hour, there nre certain things about It that startle me into nn even mera; super lative surprise when I hear them casually stated as, for instance, thnt out nt the University tomorrow morning nnd nny morn ing there will be 2000 women students going in nnd out of classes intent en getting their degrees. That is just one item in the stu dent life of the University 11000 women getting degrees I And the University is Just one item in the huge student life of the town, And the student life is just one Item of the multifarious items that go te make up the dally news of the town. WIEN such big things arc se compara tively tiny In the sum of hnppcnlngs, hew can nny Indlvldunl squeeze himself head nnd shoulders nbeve the heads of the mul titude se ns te merit, let alone get a second thought! That was what I wns thinking this eve ning ns I crossed the Walnut Street Bridge en my way home from the University, where I hnd been having ten and a conversation with Miss Louise Snowden, who, ns the adviser of women out there, comes in con tact sooner or Inter with the whole body of the women htudenta who are working in one or the ether of the University schools and colleges. Our conversation came about from an ap pointment I had made te visit the Bennett Club, nenr Thirty -fourth nnd Walnut Btreets. The club is a sort of study house nnd recreation center for the undergradu ates nmeng the women of the University. fTIWO rather gaunt houses in the row of J- brick dwellings that were built In the days of the Centcnnlnl for n hotel nnd di vided nfter thnt heyday year into separate family houses, nre new connected by u deer en the first fleer. The Inside nrrnngement has been only n little changed here nnd there, se that the old. nnrrew, high down stairs rooms hnve very much their old aspect of businesslike formality thnt belonged te a period when furnnces with registers took the place of open fireplaces nnd the stairs went straight up out of a dark corridor. The pervading color of the woodwork is n shiny chocolate brown, nnd the parlor wicker furniture nnd rugs nnd chintzes hnve fallen under the dull spell of their surrouud surreuud ings they nre n clay brown. Sly first feeling about the Bennett Club was thnt it was a very depressing place. But I believe thnt I was wrong. In the first place the two women who nre most responsible for its atmosphere, though net its furnishing, Sliss Snowden nnd the resi dent. Miss Search, were the reverse of de pressing. Sliss Search pities the people in the street com that hnve te pass se desirable a haven without being nware of its comforts, nnd Sliss Snowden wns only conscious of hew convenient nnd neeessnry the students found it. And in the hnlf hour, I was there quite forty students swarmed casually In the front deer and made straight for that long, formal pniier. saw us drinking tea there, appar ently deep in business, nnd strolled out and upstairs te the study rnems en the second lloer. tnlklng happily as they went. And last of all n very minute kitten ap peared there, greeted the three of us with complaisant assurance of a welcome and curled up where there should hnve been n henrth nnd nn open fire with a sntlsfnctlen in her home that was the acme of geed breeding. Certainly there were no apologies for the atmosphere of the Bennett Club from nnv of Its habitues. Nevertheless, I can think of no happier gift for ate te bestow en youth than n suitably cheerful clubhouse along the lines of the College Club, nt Thirteenth and Spruce streets, te take the place of this transition makeshift from nothing te some thing worthy. Compared te Housten Ilnll. the men stu dents.' club, the present quarters of the women could be called a makeshift with no exaggeration. And that they are grnteful for it nnd appreciate it speaks well for the women, but net very superlatively for the people in this town who nre Interested in girls and in education and in student life. BUT then, of course, very few persons nre, apparently, interested that is, in n very generous degree in the student life of the girls nut nt the University. Indeed, I iiearu it caiieu net long age ier its women kind n "school of ndversltv," They nre there en sufferance, the L'000 of them, nnd in some of the divisions of the schools In cluded in the University, net jet "there" nt nil In the sense thut they arc free te earn a degree. Of these that welcome women, however, the Scheel of Educntien gives a four-year course nnd n degree of baehilnr of science; the College for Teachers gives n four-year course nnd the degrep of bachelor of arts. The Scheel of Biology also gives n degree of bnchelnr of science, l'er pest-graduates the Schools of SIrdlcine, Dentistry, Law and Music nre open te women and give women degrees. 80 thnt a woman can turn herself out with what is virtually a college and then n professional training nnd with the requisite degrees required by the State for tenchers nnd snme of the professions for prnctltieners. The Scheel of Architecture nnd the Department of An. I am told, are still adamant. They withheld whnt most of the ethers have given grudgingly. One of the professors said te me rather testily. "The place Is tee full already. Why cannot they keep te their own colleges" Well, for one thing, their own colleges hnve net get such pest-graduate ichoels, nnd for another thing the University B. A. has n real value ns n start in one's career as a wage-earner, and for another thing the nearby nvallnble colleges nre over crowded as It is, and mere expensive. ABOUT one-half of the present student body of women Hvp nt home, some of them work part time and take the afternoon nnd night courses. The State Beard of Education new requ res a university degree for its teachers in nil grndeH nbeve the ele mentary schools. Slest private schools nnd most colleges require n university or n cel. lege degree for the women who tench in them, nnd, of course, the generality of the profession de the same, se that for the women that have te support themselves nnd ethers, there is nothing for it but te get the neeessnry education In order te ebtnln a foothold ns earners of their daily brend. Fortunately, the crowd out nt the Uni versity nre net easy te balk. They nre a wholesome, hearty let. glad te study and willing te have fun by the way. Their spirit is geed! they have n sense of responsibility and a sense of enjoyment nnd n sense of fellowship. They are n very small leaven in the great lump of the city, but they nre the future teacher of the future children. We hove much at stake in their welfare. Slnnklnd is gauged net only by the moral heights achieved during war, but by the duration of the slump, that Invariably fellows. There Is new abundant evidence that the wstes of crime .,sM;. hysteria are abntlm ill , W IWiflWWffning nor- mmrfii&ffi? - .&nmw .. . i "GIT AP, NAPOLEON, IT LOOKS jgk .gujMQMMfifSjySJbAaJSBBB f iBVSSSSBBSSSSSSSSSSwaSsVllBnSSsalaAl deBnSSSaVaSSSk1V'!nBBVBnSu!BHBBnSSSSnl seKSBsnSCtiQ'HHlBBH i2Li,lji!lfjrf'"' saitBf W Ut VWttKm 'BBSsssssVHsvsssssspssaBi? -g -'' !A 1 " .-.. - TsrvTM. ssr.SMSSisajs7,. wpr . . ..""-' ---JTstsaststsa . ... tt?. d j i JSIIPs"""""alftrB . Jn- bbsl LvitLVpHIBj&jfiXvliBL NOW MY IDEA IS THIS! Daily Talks With Thinking Philadelphia en Subjects They Knew Best H. ALEXANDER MATTHEWS On the Change in College Music THE Inst ten years have seen n chnngc for the better in the type of college music which is significant both for the music of the country as n whole, in that it Inculcnte n knowledge nnd n love of the best forms of music In the college boys, nnd for the Insti tutions themselves in ndded musical nnd cultural prestige, according te Dr. II. Alex ander Mntthews, director of the Slusical Club of the University of Pennsylvania and n well-known ergnnlst ctd choir lender. "Thl is the first season at the University under the new conditions," said Pr. Slat thews. "Heretofore the main undergradu ate musical organization wns a glee club of some twenty-five or thlrtv voices, and there have been times when it was net nlwnjrs ensv te malntnln interest In even se small a rlub. The musical work of this type of or er or gniiizntleii was limited te songs of the popu lar type, such us 'The Copper Sloen. stein Mings nnd the like, and virtually nothing serious nttcinpted. Harvard Was the First "Harvard was the first of the great col leges te show whnt could be done with the musical clubs placed upon n higher musical stnndnrd. The movement wns begun there nbeut ten years nge, when Dr. Davisen started what was then considered n verv radical move. But the enthusiasm with which the Harvard undergraduates, the alumni nnd the musical people of the coun try took te the iden showed thnt there were great possibilities In It. While none of the colleges has yet gene no for ns Harvard in this new view of college music, Pennsyl vania Is planning for some innovations equally great. "IUi.l,1t.u tlm ncin fslen Club nt the Unl- versllv. the instrumental club of former years, consisting of banjos, ukuleles, guitars, mnndeliiis nnd similar Instruments, will be tni.,n.i 'I'liiu .,1-iriinlxiitleii will lilar at the lighter concerts en the enmpus and else, where, nnd will be n geed 'feeder for the erchestia which has been established, and which will contain ubeut eighty men, with the usual symphonic complement of instru ments. .'.. 1 . "A band has also been established and n sight-singing chorus, which we hope will develop into a supplementary chorus te the Glee Club. Idea Already Very Popular "All this is a tremendous addition te the music of the University. Geed music will be attempted nnd the young men given the opportunity of milking for themselves music of the highest stnndnrd. It mean a geed deal, bet huse the man who makes geed music himself Is invnrlnbly an attentive nnd crlticnl listener ns well, nnd the audiences of the city will receive a great impetus through this dissemination of this knowl edge. "Youths of the college age nre in n very susceptlble period of their lives n time when their tastes are formed cither for geed or for bad. nnd their critical nnd nppredu tlve stundtinW are set either high or low. There has been little opportunity te divert this formation of taste in the nrt of music Inte the higher channels up te this time. "The boys have taken te the new order of things wendei fully nnd hnve heartily Indorsed the emission of the 'rnh-rnh' songs from their muslcnl cnlendnr. This is the mere remarkable when it is considered that the average undergraduate is 0 great lever of precedent and thinks that the things which have always been dene In the life of his college heretofore should continue te be done. Undergraduate Ability Underestimated "But nearly every one, unless he hnd ceme into actual contact with these, young men, is apt te underestimate the musical ability of the undergraduate. The Uni versity of Pennsylvania is new a city of mere than 10,000 persons, nnd from this number It should net be n difficult matter te find many who have exceptional musical nhlllty in one way or another. The trouble) has been that heretofore there has been no way te give It nn opportunity te develop, "Hew the boys nave taken this move ment Is perhaps best shown by their re sponse when they were told that the Glee Club was going te abandon the college music of the past for something better. In stead of having difficulty In getting together n glee nnd Instrumental club of about sixty or seventy persons, there were between 1200 a leuu applications ter memnersnip m the w organisatien, This Includes the Qlee ub, orchestra, band and Instrumental ub, orchestra, hand and Instrumental W. Ur. Mrtbsr erg,..-. sight- . ' 20, 1WK5 singing clnss under Sliss Anne McDon McDen McDon eugh. which will serve, we hope, ns a feeder for the ether organizations. This will give the boys who cannot read music n chance te learn, nnd te learn something nbeut singing as well, nnd will make them ready te enter the Glee Club. Will Retain Geed Popular Music "But this program does net contemplate the entlre abolition of geed pepulnr music, nnd such things na geed viking songs nnd the best of the Italian popular songs will still have their places en the programs. O .e great quality which the undcrgrndunte singer possesses Is his wonderful youthful spirit, and It is our purpose te give vent te this In such songs ns I have mentioned. "Just hew far this plan can be carried out I cannot say new. It will take some time, certainly mere thnn n year, but the heys themselves are evidently willing te go fnr with it. They nre new holding three or four rehearsals a week and the average at tendance of the members Is about IK) per cent. This is very high, ns every one who hns ever had te de with amateur organiza tions well knows. "The bnnd, the orchestra and the Instru mental club nre under the direction of Blch ard 1. Weaver, and the interest in these organizations is equal te that In the Glee Club, which new numbers nbeut lGii mem bers. Planning a Spring Tour "A tour of the combined organizations In the spring Is new under consideration, nnd we hope it can be made quite extensive. ve want te tnke te various cities the big gest glee club and orchestra which n university has ever .had. it being our ambi tion te tnke nt least 2.10 men en this trip. This will be nn Innovation in American col lege life, which should produce a marked Impression en the music-loving people of the country, nnd I nm certain that it will if our plans can be carried Inte effect. "Tlm formation of vurieus quartets both vocal nnd instrumental, will be encouraged for use both In the regulnr Glee Club con cen certs, if they develop sufficiently, nnd in tnc campus concerts, where the lighter music Is presented. The matter of sole voices Is also receiving attention. "Beth the quiirtets and the sole voices will be selected by competition, nnd some of these already have been held. Others will he held later for the honor of taking part In the regular Glee Club concerts. It is u case of the best man winning, mid the defeated ones have taken their less in a thoroughly geed and sportsmanlike way. "Anether competition will be for the leadership of the Glee Club, formerly one of the most coveted honors of college life. But the lender of such a club must be far mere than n mere song leader. The winner will lend some of the lighter concerts, and there is keen rivalry for the place. "Still another will be a competition for a typical college song. This will be open te any Pennsylvania man, alumnus or under graduate. Of course, both the words and the music must be original, but they need net necessarily be written by the same person. nltheiiKh both must be I'ennsvlvnnii, men. All in nil, the new program premises greatly te stimulate music, both at the Uni versity nnd In the whole city." Prof. Illchtmyer. of Cernoll, seya flowere have special rays te at tract insects. This, of Rese Light Violet Ray Peppy Flame ,, , course, throws mere light en bugs. "There's n locust saloon ever there." says the bee, "which, Judging by its illumination, ought te be stocked with ii linn linmil ,,f lintuv A.l l .1... " " tine brand of honey.' gets her lend and, first thing seu knew. Is all lit up. Dees she tiny for what she Bets'' Of course she does. Pays in trade as poll,.,, distributor; understudying (be bterk in Flewcrlnnd, ' X " Y' ."" K. ,. .. .. ,. Wet" threaten te form There Ain't Ne a third party Ifl-Sr - blch Persen culturlsts threaten te 11 1 . . fem n ,n,,d Partv lf radicals threaten te form n i,i..i '...'. . .". labor threatens te form u third party itLit the old parties continue te ignore this thnf or the ether thing desired by .tre'nubSS partisans. Doubting Betsy prgS ,,t10' nre, when tnrnest Snlrey Onmiis line... we begin te doubt the existence of ImXS this third jiciiij, ji, uurriH, ha iAri -, apparently, that he Tu . iSrely" f?w, feM v f LIKE RAIN ! i-Ufcly SHORT CUTS Lloyd Geerge would have the wetU Knew ne is no liumpty Dumpty. New thnt Charley Schwab is out of I Jeb, he might be Induced te come here aid repair the town pump. If Edisen hnd generalized in science 11 he docs in philosophy, none of his drttm would ever nave materialized. Net only the trlnl comes before an ar rest in the New Brunswick case, but, h weuia appear, a conviction also. Captains of Sllddle West tugs are maxim harsh terms for helping the Ship Subtil; 10 worm ucr way out 01 lur deck. It is hnrd te renllzn thnt crflemnreu is only eighty-one. There are great things in store ier mm wuen ne readies IDs ma turity. A "living wage" Is something that hai been enjoyed by labor since the heslnnlni of time. AH debate has been ever its definition. Apropos of the snags the President li. meeting in his efforts te reorganize the d nnrtments, nre the heads that block economy blockheads? The Slnuretanta has shortened mail de li very between Enclnnd nnd America, but th big step in thnt direction will be one hop, I 01 an airplane. A mnn's enrcer does net begin until h is forty, snys Henry Ferd. Henry ma be right: but there is sometimes a let of meat in the prologue. Het lunches nre being served te puplh in five rurnl schools in Gloucester County. N. J. In the dn-s of their grnnddaddies net the schools but the saloons hud 'cm. When Secretary Mellen says the bank ing laws should be amended te meet the re quirements of agriculture he helps the farm bloc en its way Inte the bandwagon. It isn't nil mischief the Kemalists bar worked for the British, and .lehn Bull will probably keep the fact nt the back of bin mind nt Lausanne. Slaking the CnUnhati nn elective office Is unlikely te hind the Moslems of the world into a fearsome union, 1 What De Yeu Knew? QUIZ 1. What Is a Perchcren horse and why H It se cnlled? 5. when wna tlin first radio signal lent across the Atlantic Ocean? u. When did the free silver question flgur ' most prominently In American presl dentin! politics? , 4. In whnt month of 1898 wns the protocol slined vending hostilities In thl Spanish-American War? li. Who wns Godfrey de Ilnuillen? 6. What wns the nationality of Mercatefi Inventor of the world map projection! 7. Who wrcte the atery of "Carmen"?. , . 8. Where Is the River Rubicon, of whlc Julius Caesar made nn epochal cresf Imc? 9. Distinguish between the warp and tee woof? 10. Whd was Mallbran? Answers te Saturday's Quiz 1. The pyramid of Egypt were built te W the tombs and monuments of Kgyptian Kings. , , 2. Wllhelm Cune Is the new Premier et CHniiany. ... 3. It Is said thnt there wan a Mrs. Kllwbetn Geese, methei-lii-Uw- of Themas Hees 11 Ilestcn puhllbher of the early elsnl' couth century, who liwied the collec tion of JlnKles under tlm title "Methej (loose's .Melodies" te avenge hlituea for her persistent and unineloulew cliuntliiK of theae ditties, te his Hun( son. , i. The Conservatives In Kngllsh politics r nlue known us Unionists und TerlM. 5. The lslnnd of Sicily wus conquered 0 the Normans In the Mlddle Ab;. . 6. Themas, A. Hendricks was Vice rrenidtn' of the United States In the first ' ministration of drover Cleveland. ... 7. The last part ut the contiguous cenuj riental tenltery of the United BtaM In be acquired was the section Kne an the Gadsden Purchase, s'sitn New MuxIlu and Arizona, nnd attw ward divided between them, it was uulred for 110,000.000 from Mexico l 1UK1 euut -! J if. two warn at me uiwcu ;"",! Tj ici liiiimii'U uy wcuuiri um .j . 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