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'Jehn C. Martin, Vice President ami TieaKiirri
SyrU!,.-V ITi. Secretary! Charles H. l.udlnit
Urn. Philip B. Collin. Jehn n. Williams, Jehn J,
Burgeon, aterse V. Oetdnmlth. David E. Smiley.
Ptrectcira.
DAVID B." BMTI.KT Keiller
fCftttf C. MAnTlX....OfnTal nunltiess Mnnancr
Published ilally at Prnttc t.rper.n HultJIng
Independence Square. rhlla1elililn.
ATWKTlrt Cur PwVnlen nulMIng
Kiw YenK S(V4 M.i.!len Ave.
SlHten T01 Ferd llitll.MnK
r. J.eris 013 Vlobf-Ilrmecrnt HutMIng
ClllOASO 1302 TYftitnitf IJulMIng
XRWS m'RKACS!
Wahhi.soten nmiut',
N. n. Cor. retinsjhnnla Ave. nnd 14tli St.
Kiw Yerk Tlrnitte The. Sun Ituthllns;
Loneon Itcmuu Trafalgar tlulldlng
Hi'il."UttlI'riON TKttM.si
.The. EvtMNri l'liii.ic l.tasitn Is served te aub-
CTlbern In 1'iill.iiteii'hl.i. niiil nurreunillns towns
t the rule of twelve tlS) cenn Mr week, payable
te 'he rn-rl"'.
Sy mall te point outside of Philadelphia In
the t'n ted .states. fmiM-l i. or fulled Stuti-s pn.
(salon, poataee free, fifty (SO) cents ir month.
8I (10) dollar per for p.vvnMe in advance.
Te all foreign reuntrim ere ill) ilnllnr a month.
Netice Siilifcrtliera wishh g address chanced
Unlet illVt old as well .is pew Iddress.
EtL. 3000 W,Mt
KFYTOn. MAIN l0t
CTArfifrfS nil contiiuafrciffeiM fe Kvmlne Public
Led or r, Initevtnilmce Saunrr, Philadelphia.
Member of the Associated Press
THE AHSOCIATIlli PKP.SS crWtnlvWi fit
Mlfrit tn thr me fnr (-'jiiMircil.eu vt nil mtrs
4miMitchrs crtdltetl te it or net etfceru-Ur cr-tlitnt
II this taper, ami u!v ('' local nncs puhlishal
tlitrrln.
All rlahti of rfvvblietitlen of tvrclal aLipntchcs
Ikerrtn nrf ntee resrrved.
fhiladrlphit, FriJit. NetrmLrr 21, 1:'
THE ONLY THING TO DO
IK T1113 State Heard of Parden had te
laed .1i"e Wllliiiinxni. :M. from prNen
it would hnvp iiluied itvlf en tlie di'fen-ixe.
He wa a trusted empleji' of I lie IV'tm-yl
vnnia t'empnn for lnuranees en Lives and
Granting Annuitie". Hf di'ied a plan for
reblilns il and It iuteiner that mii e
difficult of detection that l.e :i eiiahled te
farry en hi peculation-, for ten ji-ar. II''
tejk In that time S7".L'.iMM) that tlul net
beleni; te him
And 'when it last his thefts I
-erv discevert d he admitted them and mode
restitution in the sum of S.'ln.l'OO or there
abouts. The plea could net be made that he suc
cumbed te sudden temptation, for there was
tee clear evidence of deliberate purpee.
The sentence Imposed en htm by the court
was none tee severe. Ne man guilty of his
Admitted crime should be allowed te escape
Aith light punishment.
Hundreds of millions of property aie in
the custody of the financial institutions in
the city. The protection of this wealth is
In the hands of men who must be honest
and trustworthy if popular confidence in
these Institution is te lie preserved. And
vlien one of these men bttruv the trust his
punishment should be exemplary.
KEEPING THE BALANCE
PRESIDENT HARPING ha respected
nreenlent bv niiiHiinting te the vacancy
t,n the Supreme (.'eurt bench a Democratic ,
lnwver. It I universally rei.iniei
eirable that both parties heuld be ivpie
ented en the bench. President Taft went
no far as te promote te the chief justiceship
the Southern Democrat. IMu.irl l)rii.-!as
White, and he appointed a Democrat te an
associate justiceship.
Pierce Rutier. whom Mr. Ilar.'.in has
iinnied. is a successful railmad lnwver of
Minnesota and one of the leading citizens (
of the State. He w.is made special iviinel .
ef the tjevernmeiit bv Attorney Central
Wlckershati. in lDle in the piu.-.vutien of I
the Chicago meat packer. accued of viola- ,
lien of the Anti-Trut Law.
The fitness of the appointment will be
recognized at ener- b.v the member of the
bar familiar with the standing nf Mr.
Sutler.
SAFETY IN MINES
FRENCH eo:nmiien visited the fnitfd
States a few ear ann ! st idy the
A
American prmtn-e in miuitr: with n view te
recommending the auoptieu m l'r. n- e of the
mfety rules in force hete. The comu.iien
discovered efter a verv lie,-r time th.it the
laws in this teuntry were e far behind tree
cf France that it could learn nothing of
advantnee, and its members went bacls hone.
The fire In a cold mine in California u
few weeks age, the explosion of vi iti a
Pennsjlvauia coal mine !ut month and the
explosion in an iron mine ia Altb.ii.i:' thi
Veek suggest that there w s.,n.e itr-e-Mit.en
that has net be-ui taken that heuld be tal;eii.
The Pennsylvania law are suppee.l te
be pretty geed; but rhej de net cemtiel that
xcchs of pritautlen vvhbh v. i'l make explo
sions and les of life lmpeihle. It m.iv b
argued in extenuation that the n-iib-nt te
due te the careleiie of the vv.'iker rather
than te the laxity of the law. It this con
tention be sound, then there is laxity In
srpcrvl.slnn which permits curelenes.
Humnn life is net e cheap that ir cm be
wasted with indifference. Ir uasut be ve'th
While fop tiiiverner-el" t Pinehet i.j :ni-
experts te examine the lav - and tip. mei I ,
uf enforcing then., with a view te .erreciiug
vhnt wiaknesses ther. iun be He may be
able te de eiiirtning tjreveiit a i'pei:iei
of the Sjiaiigb-r catastrophe.
SANTA CLAUS, INC.
MVCU was made m the new from 'l'n 'l'n
ten of the Id per cent reduction in
rates announced ns "a rhristmi present for
the people" bv the electric light nnd power
companies that function a siibidiirie. of
the Public Service Corporation of Nc .Jer
ey. Ne mention was made of the rather
teignlficant fact that the schedule of ratrs
Bew te be revicd wns te have been 'he
Wibject of a rigorous Inquiry by the Public
Utilities Cemmlsvinn of the State, and that
the reduction vvn announced enlj nfte nfte
preparatiens for the Inqnlrj had Imcuii.
Thu Investigation, ncceid.ng tn te.l.v's
ntws from Trenten, will be pressed is :te
ihft i.tiiblen siir'-e et Yuletide unrintli in rim
besoms of the corporations. The rti-.ti for I
...- .... -. -.. v... ,
tills seemingly hard and intlexible iitttuiln
ef the I'tilltie Con.misien and it Im
munity te the melting influences 0f the
Christmas eaei is lmple. I i idinrgi
thnt even after the reduction htve I, .en
etlecttd rate fur elei-tric light and power
vill be huher in Jerej tlan tln-v -.u- in
cities like Philatlelphia.
MAKING THE STATE RICHER
BECAUSE of the uitlvitie of the Agri
cultural Department of Peiins.v inula
Htnte Odlege, the .otaie crop m the ( otu etu otu
menwenlth is wenh JT.'O.Of'O mere thK jetir
than last ear.
Prof. Nixon, the mllege's specialls' in
diseases of plants, has been at work teach
lug the fanners hew te combat the pc tutu
diseases. As a icult of hi weik the aver
tje yield has increased from eighty te lO.'i
bushels an acre. When In lia comp eted
the pregiam which lie has laid out for him
self the yle'tl will average L'e luisliels an
Here and this Commonwealth will pteducc
mere potatoes than any ether Suite m (he
Union.
This Is only one of the many nctiviile of
tilt Stale College directed Inward liicicuilug
l t! wealth of the Stale. That it is appre-
iff- seated Is Indicated by the voluntary tentri -
iM.fr. Hen of ijsir.o.eou ny tne potare growers
iKM W HJ for the erection of n hospital en the
,ny
. ' V" ' ' 'ByENING JPUBjLia mVOm-VBlLA
.
I .tt. . ... ... ji
eolleRe enmpus for cembntinf the dlsencs
which afflict the ntuilents.
It Im one of the ninny nrRiitnenls whl'h
t' i'eIIprp triiKleeH will nun when they np
pent te the I.rglslnture this winter for tin
appropriation te enlarge the equipment of
the institution for mmlng en Its work.
AN $8,500,000 ART MUSEUM
WAS NOTBARGAINED FOR
Indications of an Orgy of Extravagance
Seen in the Appeal for Funds
.Mere Than Deubling the
Original Estimates
Till! sighs of relief with which taxpayers
hailed the collapse of the "Palace of
Justice" dream of Judge Itrewn nre stilled
by a new and staggering program of tniinlel
pal extravagance. This has taken the form
of an appeal for appropriations totaling
$.,(i00,n00 (e' the completion of the Art
Museum, en which approximately .?:',. 000,000
alrehdy has been expended.
Is It Impossible for Philadelphia te eNt
without squandering public fund' in gran
diose enterprises, exceeding in costs all
original iitltnnte and constituting bj per
sNtent Inflation shock'"" burdens upon this
community '.'
This would seem te he the ca.-e, te which,
among ether instances, the melancholy and
protracted episode of the Public Pitiiklings
Corimlssleu gives particular point. Nobody
knew what that "tasteless pile," a it ha
been called, would et when completed.
Today it ponderously represents the evpen
j dittire of nunc than .$."0,000,000, a sum
Sl.000,000 In excess t that paid for the
Viigin Islands in an era of high territorial
prices and several fortunes mere ihun the
purchase price of Alaska and Hie vast em
pire of Louisiana.
There are ominous signs that unless a
peremptory halt K called the story of the
Art Museum en the old reservoir site Is te
be ti repetition of the reckb'-s adentitre of
the City Hull. What, Philadelphia!! as
siiredly are entitled te nk. 1 the idea in
volved in such ruthlcs, plunging? Is the
municipal gatlerx for painting te be faced
with jasper, alabaster and chalcedony, and
are the rernded streets approaching it te be
paved with mother-of-pearl":
It wii generally agreed at the outset that
the city Art Museum was a commendable
project. When the undertaking was first
conceived in 11)14 the entire cost was fixed
at s;i.:lK.000. This, as jhleel; himself
would have conceded, is a geed round Mini,
It i net, even reckoning In present -day
prices, difficult te conceive of a splendid
structure erected for that amount and nil
I mlrnhly adapted for housing pictures of con
siderable interest and value.
, Hut the building still is many tnges from
I completion. Indeed, llttl mere than the
foundations of it have been laid. Reservoir
Hill has undergone e.tenie change m its
: topography; te what advaut ie is net pro pre
j eiely clear. A fortune ha been sunk in
i excavations and pretentien preliminaries,
I and new the Park Oinuiiien. architects
i and official backers of the project are (l.un-
ering for million of the taxpayers' money.
The situation would be ludicrous if its
practical aspects were net se disquieting.
Net long fince Dr. Russell Conwell bepeke
municipal nstnnee for Templu I"niverIty.
Fer ".!MiO,O0e that uniipie and wonderful
institution for such it unquestionably i
could have been turned ever te the city ns
a popular educational nset of th t"irt order,
unrivaled In its sphere throng! out the coun
try. The municipality pleaded poverty and
the transfer wa" net made.
Millions are imperatively needed f.-r the
rehabilitation of the public , hoel. The
system is constantly enibarraeil bv lack
of fund. Scl.oell:oues in numerous in
stance are antppiat'd, unsanitary, crowded.
Tlieusands of children nre denied their
quota of film atienal facilities.
The city, it has been reiterated, rnnnet
afford te perform Its vividly plain duly.
The municipal pure 1 tee ban. Public
works of varied type nre held up liecau-'e of
insufficient resources in the treaur;. .
Of these trying conditions no cognizance
whatever I taken in the aImet impudent
prope-al te sink S.. "00,000 in the Art
Must-urn. Is there any guarantee tint after
proposed new leans are made nnd addi
tional demiind ur" the tixprjcrs nre tx
1 erred further appropriation will net be
j sought'
I At this moment the giandetir complex of
I the promoter would b- ..titicd If S.'.OOO,
! 00(1 were In sllu. Hut the Art Mueum 1
' the suspleieti tvpe of pi-eje. t capable of
! becoming an Old Man of the Se.i in mutilci
j pal linnme The only way te heck the
Miutagien of extravagance 1 te -lpplv nt
eni e drastic, specific, i emprehntve treat
ment ! hi.l" t.nie for taxpayer t,, be in-
i q .'s. ve and wary The city can dispense
' with an art museum altogether better tl..n
it eiiu de without modern h os, the
! librurv, lmprerwl streets and an ititinlty of
ether public necessities. Although it would
be regrettable if an undertaking planned te
give the city esthetic distinction and artistic
prestige were abandoned, the cessation of
all work at Twcnty-tifrh ami Sprite; Onrden
streets would be less shameful than the
present scheme.
The city trca-nrvba been ilrnmed of
mere than ...'. OOe.OOO. and e.i ept for iy
i lotieen feund: 'ions tu:d hau n' 'he Patk
entrance tin re i nothing te he ler the
sum. V iinur.'i'.nii iiimii ii jirei-iirieus -if nil -tlen
I prefei.ible te sinking In the quick
sand el extiiiviigiint e for what, in spite of
hvpetluti'ii' -plenders. ll a program of
erniite ciipertimtv
The it.elce et pa.vlng for a tinaii .ill spree
t.jtal cot sti 1 mythical and sobering up
with a v etv te pablic ser.ii t cannot be inmle
tee seen.
ROOTS OF THE TROUBLE
FRANCE. Paly and the MiinlUt conti
nental countries.. wM u Ei gland, are
alllicted with a sort of trouble tl at i- seldom
mentioned en tin- cables or in the speeches
of M. Cli'liii'inenii 'heugh It is the -ciilice of
much of l1"' "iricnt popular discontent In
ihe Old World. This is a general anil grow grew
.in: shortage of Jobs.
riiemple.vment I- se general in England
that the uneinple.ini are forming a pe'ltical
.,.,, t , of t licit ewe and engaging in violent
street demonstration-. There was rioting yes
ttrday in Amsterdam, led by workers who
cannot IiipI work te de. In Frame, but for
the large army, the problem nf Hie uncm
plejitl would be even iimrr scrietii. than It
already appears en the Mirfaee,
The i.'enllnuing idlenest and depression In
Europe is due, of course, te various rnit-e
i elated te tiip wur. Flrn. there U the vio
lent fluctuation ef money values In the
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T .11.
different countries, and eensenuent nncer-
talnty which Inhibits Industries a'nd prevents
a nj tiling like pregresslte revival or normal
Initiative. National poverty, new tariff bar
rier, among which our own law Is con
spicuous, and the virtual elimination of
Russia and Germany as buyers In the west
of Europe make a bad situation worse.
The consequence of all this Is a general
tendency of the people te organize into all
sorts of aggressive groups with n view te
getting for themselves what their Govern
ments seem unable te provide for them.
Europe ts In n way te be organized almost
te death. The Fascist! triumph In Italy, the
slew but steady rise of the Laber Party In
England, tlie violently opposed political
movements 'that take a dozen forms In Ger
many and France, radical blocs and junker
blocs and freak parties of nil sorts nie
bringing about something like national di
lution lu n dozen uunrter. In Pari the
women suffragists are preparing te join
ferces1 with the Socialists in a campaign for
the franchise which Is intended te lead
toward a liberalization of French inter na
tional policy.
SCEPTEREI) SWAY
ONE reason, explains G. K. Chesterton,
why Hritlsh monarch are popular Is
thnt they itu net In politics. He might have
added that their isolation in Ibis respect
enable them te speak te the point wiiheiit
llewery appeals te constituencies or indul
gence In demagogic quackery. Addresses
from the throne nre ustiull.v straightforward
and hence refresh ingly at tractive.
King Geerge's message te tlie new Parlia
ment Is no exception. Direct appeal 1 made
for the passage of legislation mvcai' te the
erection of the Irish Free Slate, ter the
authorization of the League of Nations lean
te Austria nnd for measures te ameliorate
trade depression. Hepe is expres-ed for a
siicces.-ftt outcome of the Lausanne confer
ence and the settlement of Near East prob
lem. With an Invocation of divine guidance, the
terse nnd succinct address ends. Its text
gives no indication that His Majesty ever
heard of Hennr Law, Llejd Giirge. Winsten
Churchill or Ramsay Macdonald. The
public, momentarily supporting this sooth seoth soeth
tig fiction, cheer iitid metaphorically tling
it cap in the air, Geerge Is a geed fellow,
and in nothing mere august than in hi
e. cape from the' agonies nnd ecstasies of
partisanship.
ARE JAILS WORTH WHILE?
APPEALS for pardons preed at the
latest session of the State Parden Heard
make it appear that we are it; a wa; te for
get the value of punishment as n force for
social discipline.
A man who deliberately and systematically
engaged In the business of embezzlement, n
girl bandit and a fermei saloonkeeper, who
tt himself up, in business a, a receiver of
stolen automobiles, were o'teng the-e for
whom freedom wa icquested bj lawyer.
Jail exist ns n warning te potential crimi
nal. As agencies of punihn.ent they serve
a secondary and veij useful purpose. If
we are becoming tee tender-invtrteil te pun
ish these who offend seriously against society
we should be nt least impartial. The jails
could b emptied in a day and put te geed
use.
Garages nre scarce.
THE MOONSHINE FLOOD
IN A rather casually organized raid down
town the police found moonshine stills
and moonshine whisky for sale in no less
than sixteen private homes in one neigh neigh neigh
liorlieod. Solemn discussion of the wisdom or
unwisdem of the Wener law seems idle, in
view of the fact thnt whisky secretly distilled
and marketed in vat quantities iH new
available te the multitude. It is cheap. It
is sold in corner shop. and in saloons. It is
being turned out by the gallon In private
house, or by the barrel in hidden place. It
i distributed from private Hemes,
What the prohibition enforcers can de
about It i a mystery. Hut in the ordinary
ttnbiaed view it eems that if we are ever
te have actual prohibition the authorities
mut begin with the candid ndmiien that
law made 'tlm far haven't eliminated
whisk). They have merely forced It below
the surface.
SHORT CUTS
Last week of life for ninny a turk.
Clemcncenu might talk the matter ever
with .-enuter Ledge.
H.ipi ily se many c.f the things
menace u eat each ether up.
that
If the price of turkey is lower this
Thankgiing it will be additional cause,
"Net by a plebiscite I" cried the Allies
tn the demand of the Turk concerning
Western Thrace.
Justice may yet have te c hees,. another
spot in which te Jin k the Ilerrin h"e" of
(.onteuiien.
Paderevvski has apparently lest none of
his powers te swav tin multitude cftaer as
patriot or pinnit
Of ceure, ir
moment u ship g '
cally get a cargo.
I nnder-te m O.at the
a syhsidy i: .ntemati-
Pleading for hi; s.ihi,y before Con Cen
giess the President fcU tint net even a
joint session is whop) -rti'taite.
Ilnving given s,,ip siibs.dy the right of
way, there are trio,' m the Ueue who wih
it would rn,bt a i.i) from the-'e.
The Turk' objection tn America's
presence at Lausanne is perhapv (he strong
est reason whv America sleuld be there.
There is I'lffert-rnv of opinion among
fV.irlst. " te ne logical miccpsmif te 'he
"Ttiisiati turene It seems a trilling thing te
quurrel no 'u:
The dei l'lratieti of the Majer points te
e unti'iiii or ine nay when we rimy
grumble .ii the men rewdin
street uiiew.iv cars,
of the Rrend
The w.i) l.eiune hangs en te power out
rage all precedent anil delie all logic.
Every lime he -pills the beans he gees
abend and b'ikes them.
1' : tr in -growing tirin Im puid .vu, .vu,
Olie for ,i -it slf -irnwhcrr) plant. If )ou
trot out vniir ,10 iide cow we may be induced
te take a tiliteful of creinii.
Clir-t'n- ranv have hm-eii te feel
ginieiul te the Keran. It forbids commu
nism irnl m.iv 'n t a- a bar le an) louibina leuibina louibina
tlen lictw.fi Turkey mid Russia.
(Iimss in,, at Washington Park drove
Ri ere of rabbits Inte the open, lint there
were se man) i eeple around nobody dared
tn il' ii tun. "There's eafel) in nut'uher,"
ta)s lir'er Rabbit.
Dr rharles R. Krh'kcr s.i)s moonshine
whisk) is responsible for many nielnr ncci
deal I' .iflect tin- sight of drivers a pure
wlnskv wouldn't. There i here urgiiincnt
for both "wets" and "drys."
Just te keep the record straight, re
marked Mr. Demosthenes McGinnls. let it
be known that the Pennsylvania League of
Women Voters wns net the first hedv of
Women Voters wns net the lirst hedv of
eenim te -Ii in convention In the Heuse
of Repre-iuiaiives in lliurisbuig. The
Federation of Women's Clubs met there in
Htim
I
AS ONE WOMAN SEES IT
Notes en an Open Forum Meeting of
the Sunshine Lenten Union
Society Headquarters
Committee .
By SARAH I). I.OWKIR
MRS. A. DRAG (presiding I -Jane Pickle,
ou will have te tell me what te de. Shall
I ask you te rend Ihe minutes?
MIH8 IMCKI.E This Isn't a regular meet
ing. There are no minutes. Yeu must
introduce the speakers and announce the
subject. Hut unless the second speaker
turns up, there will only be Miss Trap.
I've written the subject. It's there en
the table. Rut, before you give It our.
Mrs, Hump has something te say.
MRS. A. DRAG Lndies. before we come
ie our subject for the morning Servant
anil Hew te Please Them. I liellevp that
Mrs. Hump tins mi announcement she
.wishes te make.
MRS. CADWALLEDER HFMP-I have te
gel uvvav, ami before I go I would like
tne mime el volunteers te go up tn the
Spring Heel Hesieiy Mill with me tomor temor tomer
lovv at 11 :,'l() sharp te he ready le address
the mill girl during their neon lunch
hour. Who will go up with tne? 1 have
loom for five in my car.
MRS. JONES I shall gladly go te speak
te tliivt-f peer girl en Seul Germ.
MISS SNIPE 1 expect te speak te them
en rreiich heels and personal cleanliness.
AIRS. POTTS I have n let of half-worn
things that 1 would be glad te send up.
I have te tncel Mrs. Schuylkill Delaware
at 11! about a vaudeville show for the
benefit of dilapidated deuf mutes nt th"
hour mentioned I v Mrs. Hump. Se I
cannot offer te go.
MS I'is'KI.H I Intend going, of course,
Mrs. Hump, l must see the ground for
myself.
MRS. RUMP Well, that is quite enough,
because I shall have te leave earlv and
1 understand an hour is all they allow
Its,
MRS. DRAG If die children don't lake
swirlet fever they have been exposed te
" -l II come tee. though one hear such
iiwtul things of fires in factories. I
might be able te ad Ke any one who had
sickness in their homes.
M SS GARDENER-1 'in afraid. Indies,
that maybe you hud better let the girls
(alk te you first. 1 knew some of them
'hesitates). I have been there several
times. AVbnr tlint- nml ie
MILS. BUMP-My dear Mis Gardener,
what they want is te put all thev earn
en their hacks. Ver.v well. then, 'indies,
tomorrow at 11 :..(l. here. And I cannot
tai.e any one else. I am sorry te miss
inls tnlk en Servant. I've nlwnvs kept
my servants. yu, ,a. my cook twenty
live years and inv butler twenty-three
en" '"it then I don't give in te them!
i exit Mrs. Hump).
MRS. .TONKK il,,,.. ,:,, 1, ,.,,... t,,
mim? J'tJvI.E ll'm. they manage her?
.iks. A. DRAG Ladies must postpone
the report of the Red Flannel Committee
mil i next week. This is net our regular
business session, a yen knew. We have
with us this morning Miss Snllie Trap,
whom 1 nm ship needs no introduction
from me. Her subject is one about which
we are all interested. She bring te hear
upon It. I am sine, a wealth of experience
lrerii which each and every one of us can
profit. Ladles of ihe s. L. U. S. H. Com Cem
mlttee, Mis Imp, who will new speak te
JJ,S "',, "Servants and Hew te Please
l hem. Miss Trap (rising and going te
the desk places a manuscript upon it and
rends)
Madum President, and ladies 0f the
S. L. 1 . S. IL Committee. If any seed
thought of mine can fructify in veur minds
my years ,,f travail en this subject of sub
jects shall net have been in vain.
I have consigned te llie-e few pages the
'heugh that occurred te me as 1 was ap
proaching this great city of Brotherly Leve
en the Camden ferry.
Hut yesterday I steed before your sisters
V.-V" - 1(1.' N- J" ,vll ""'I t"1 discuss
vvliat is home without a cook." and I
warned them, as 1 new warn .veu. that I
Dav of Reckoning is Nigh '. Net the day of
reckoning for the servant en the Ilrt of
the !iientJiAh no! but en the Mendav
morning, with the clothe se iking in the
tub, the bread burning in the even, the
trout parlor dismantled for sweeping, the
baby crying iiuhathcd in its crib, the ma
chine halt-tlircadcd in the sewing room, the
fient doorbell pealing, the furnace tire ex
piring, the hack gate lunging, the master os
the house calling for his business trousers,
and relation from the eeuntrv come te
step. At that climax of innerative peces.
siti. will come the D.iv of Reckoning for
the mi, tress.
The cook will refusp t adorn a table she
may net grace, the laundress will rise from
the 'Jils where she lias wallowed tee long,
the waitress will lltnj; the dishes te the
bat and te the moles and go her wav te
th.- department store where she can compel
lur once proud mistress te de the waltlm
while as for the child's nurse, the seam
tre.s, the housemaid! 1 can see them
By thousands they Hed; terrifving as nil
army with banners.
In that great day when wages shall be
turned te salaries, and afternoons out into
unending bids of ease, inti-nil of the bnbv
shall be the nurse In t' n king-chair. In
stead of the perambulator shall be the Ferd
runabout, instead of the maid, will he her
mistress J
Ne longer eh. tyrants of the downtrod dewntrod downtred
denshall jet! queen .' at chtilliiili'e ha
zaars. or nnswer yea. vci, and nay. nny.
nt beard meetings; no longer shall you
shout at teas and hi-.i r -nt amateur
theatrical. Your dniih. , your bargain
counters, your club, -hall 1,'new xeu no
mere. Instead nf thi sge-eld division el
labor, tin paid Euhtiu.,ien -you, the mis
tress, must bake, cool . wash, iron, sweep,
scmb. dust, mend, nine, bathe, mind, wait
en the deer, wait en lie table, wait en the
waitress, entertain tie ln.iicrmi!d, satisfy
the cook and thus pu- for the sins of your
fureniothers!
Then, then, shall freedom's cause be
avenged ! and only then '
I paure for n reply.
i As Misi Sallie Tup censes there is.
cunt applause.)
MRS. A. DRAG (rising i -I am sure, ladles.
the stirring words we have heard have
stink deep into our heart and mind. As.
lny cook, clinmhernip.d and wnltres ' .ive
given me notice today, my own guilt In
emll'evitli: servants Is s,,uievhllt nhhre.
vuited for imlv the black man who cleans
Vlllieil ter iiimi no- " ii a inari WliO Cieni
our steps will be left te represent pa
labor tonight. The meeting is open fi
Id
or
discussion.
FIRST MEMBER (cv.it.divi j vote i',(.,.p
be no discussion. Let us sit at the feet
of Miss Trap and ebe the dictate of
e ir hearts.
MISS TRAP f rising s'i'rnniyi--.Siiters,
r'se! Strike off the iums et ,,or serv
ants 1 Let no mere I n-nd , M jam lunches
nt l'J. tea at all In i -, ,, (,, , ,i,t .
lit no mere kindness nnd consideration.
Christmas gifts or IkiIhIuvs, real affection
or weak dependence, gild these fetter,
lit iustlce alone real'. Whether thev
will cir no emancipate them, sei them free.
diiniss tlii'in. NOW OW. is the mo
ment, when new places an- difficult f(, ,.pf.
The wenklings ameiuj them cannot then
sten back into servitude. Let them go
ferib and join that treat nnd noble armv
of the t Icketer. I p. my sisters' T'nJ
MISS PH.'KT.H May I ask If MIkh Trap
lives III n house of her own or beards?
MIS' TRAP -I bpaid. (Applause ceases
suddenly.)
Pentine, ill., nirin who
own a rnCiii-i-rtfidvIrr:
ei is . ning another who
evmis a liewerfiil send-
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NOW MY IDEA IS THIS!
Daily Talks With Thinking Philadelphia en Subjects They
Knew Best
JUDGE JAMES E. GORMAN
On the Revision of the State's Vice Laws
TnnRK is urgent need of the revision of
some of the State laws relating te vice
and the social cede in the opinion of .Tinjge
James E. German, of the Municipal I eurt,
and the way out lies through the influence
of the women voters of the State.
"The laws of thp State relating te this
subject," sold Judge German, "frankly
recegnizi the double moral standnrtl by the
fact that the woman is always penalized
much mere heavily than the man. All my
life I have been otipe-etl bitterly te a double
standard of morn I, and I de net see hew
anv rational pel son could appteve el it.
riifertunately, however, in our State the
laws as passed, which the Judges merely
interpret and decide, are se framed as te
develop such a double standard. .
Kquril Penalties Net Prexlded
"Fer instance, the laws explicitly pro
vide punishment for (lie woman who com
mits an offense against mernlity. but no
where in the State laws can n person find
prevision for the espial punishment of the
man.
"In my twenty years' experience ns mag
istrate si'tting in the Central Station, in the
Juvenile Court and mere recently in tin
misdemeanants branch of the Municipal
Court, I have had frequent occnien te
notice thi tiniut discrimination against
women rind have never ceased te slate from
the bench that il should net e.xit.
"I have alvvii) thought the matter of
sufficient impe'tnncc te engage the atten
tion of these inngniticent women of our
State who have done mich wonderful work
i in elevating the moral, social and political
conditions of their sisters, anil nave eflen
wondered why they did net insist upon
bavins law enne'ed for the punishment of
the man as well a of the woman. It can
not be because of ignorance of the matter,
because I have tailed the attention of the
pculic le this intolerable condition of affairs,
both upon tlie platform and from the bench,
tee many time. te enumerate.
Ne Laws for the Man
"As I hnve aid innumerable rimes. t.
laws of our State pievide an adequate pun
ishrnetit ter the woman and nlse contain
man) measures for her care and redemption,
but no such law exist which provides for
the punishment of the man who transgresses
in like manner. It always has been a source
of great unne.vatice te me in hearing cases
of till kind of moral delinquency te he able
te find no prevision for the adequate pan.
isbment of the man. I nm certain that If a
proper law were enacted by the Legislature J
equalizing these punishments regardless, of
the sex of the offender, vice would be ma
terlally reduced, if net wholly eliminated.
"Judging from past difficulties, however,
in trying le have such laws enacted, it is
by no nieiiriN certain that such a law could
hi- passed, but su.'ely the public should de
mund its pussnge nnd tint consequent cessa
tion nf this impossible condition of affairs.
"Other States have done se, notably New New
Yerk, which by the passage of its Vagrancy
Law has placed the man in the saiuu posi
tion ns the woman before thu courts, and
subject, therefyre. le the same punishments
and penalties. And, If the results of the
operation ( 'hat law be correct, there lui.s
been a material lessening of the seelul evil.
Other Ijihs Need Revision
I "Our Stale laws with regard te another
form of vice, conditions nre also in urgent
1 need of some improvement. Fer instance,
1 it seems next te impossible from the records
of I lie courts in convict these iktmiiis who
maintain disorderly houses. It Is seldom or
never, when testimony Is produced by the
police, that any ether act than the one which
Involved the arrest is proved, although both
the police and the Court frequently knew
that the prisoner is the keeper of such an
establishment.
"This, it is n ue. might be overcome by
n mere thorough investigation by Ihe police
prier te the arrest, but when Mich Js gen
euilly kiiewn te he thu case, should net the
law say se?
"Te Miiuiiiarizc. one may sav tlint the,..,
is actually no Pennsylvania low te Justify
the arrest or the punishment 0f K, .., jr,
nil these cases. The courts, perhaps e
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, ,,.t heen III the linhll nf I nil!.,, I..- .. ....
upon the man for what was termed 'dinar 'dinar
derlyeendurt' : but If the tprma of the law
in tills tespect be examined closely It xvill
' THE'RtelNQ TIDfe
seen be discovered that they de net apply
te the man in these circiirnstnncps. If he
wanted te take . appeal te the higher
courts for the remission of the fine he cer
tainl) would win hi case.
"There are many ether inconsistencies in
the laws in this genernl matter which nre
worthy i,f the attention of the public, nnd
mere especially of the attention of the or er or
ganizateon: of distinguished women of the
district of Philadelphia It must come in
time if we have any respect for ourselves,
nnd when it does come it will certainly de
much te eradicate vice, because when the
man finds that he is amenable te nn ade
quate punishment under the law, us the
woman new is, he will net take the chances.
"The solution of the whole matter lies In
the passage of a rational and adequate law
which vsill forever put an end te a condi
tion which should have been corrected long
age and the inequality of tin sexes before
the law of the State of Pennsylvania wiped
out forever. The women of the State are
new in u position te demand the revision of
the.e laws in such manner as te provide
equal justice for all, whether men or women,
and if the) make the effort the Legislature
will be bound te heed their demands nnd te
obey them."
Restriction of immigrn-
Bellamy's tien has Increased the
Wage Scale price of unskilled labor.
This wns inevitable.
And pursuing the nnturnl trend te its leglcnl
conclusion circumstance proceeds te justify
the fantastical picture of Bellamy's "Look "Leek
ing Il'ie'-weid." where the mere menial anu
distasteful the job the higher is the pay
when-, for instance, the man who cleans the
sewer gets a higher salary than tin man
who sings in opera.
Wife of n Chicago pest-
New In Dead office clerk complains;
letter Office lie kissed her se often
he made her lips burn
and she seiks nn injunction from the court.
Het stuff! and yet net het enough te set
her hen it afire. That clerk evidently made
his weik a pastime, pln.viug postellicc in Ills
hours of ease ami affixing mere -tamps te Ids
love ini-MVcs i han oicanieii demanded.
Sex equality is bringing
Dell and about some curious
Den Again manifestations, some of
them apparently actu
ated by masculine vesentment. "Keep veur
hats en nnd speed the elevator service,"
says the Mayer of Cleveland te polite men.
He adds that he doesn't think much of -"tlie
bird who takes off bis hut en n whole utri
2 te talk te a lady." Skirts seem te be Iuln
tin deference once paid le them.
A great art gallery is,
Meeting Art te be opened In the
. . Grand Cenlial Railroad
Station. New Yerk. It is net true, how
ever, that the art catalogue is te be com
bined with the railroad time table, though
this presents possibilities that allure. A
list of marine views, for instance, could
picccdc trains for shore points.
A Chicago clergymnn acted ns referee
in a boxing bout between two bobbed-haired
flappeis in his church. Who, vve pause tn
inquire, conducts, the sewing circle for the
.voting men of the congregation?
RELATIVITY
A certain professor of Queen's,
A patch en Belfast's seal of learning
Avers relativity means '
Te i line we'll scen be returning.
But Einstein declares that since Science dies
never
Tin- world may continue for ever and ever.
In Me-cow the Bolshevist crew
Shun I'.iiislelii as dry men the cu ,UI1
Condemn in.: his theories new '
As products of bourgeois corruption
But Hlnsi-iii just grins: "Let thu old' bear
her cub lick,
My only concern is Ihe German Republic."
Though a sehelnr may strive te explain
And a tiarly its bete Is revealing
A fact seldom reaches the brain
On a path unobstructed bv feeling
And savants aru chastened by shafts ml.
directed
Wnee even the rays of the truth are de.
fleeted. Q A"
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Tt
What De Yeu Knew?
QUIZ
1. At what age does an American cltlMO
become eligible for election te tttl
United States Senate?
2 What Is a mea?
3. Where arc 'he Laurentlnn Mountains?
4. When did the United States acquire th
Louisiana Territory?
5. Rew many times was the. Seuth Pell
discovered?
6. What Ir n Maranne?
7. Who was CJeya?
8. What was Derr's Rebellion In American
hlitery?
9. What Is the only species of whales with
teeth?
10. Who was the wife et King Arthur ef
BrlttMi legend?
Answers te Yesterday's Quiz
1. Regular elections for all members of tl
Heuse of Henresentatlx-es are held
every two years. One-tlilrcl at the
total number of Senators Is electM
every two years.
2. Pesse, short for "nesse cemltatus."
power of the ceuntv, Is the name for
the. force that the Sheriff calls or may
call te bis assistance, in discharge of
his elllelnl duty te quell a riot or make
nn nrrest. it memees generally man
inhabitants above the age et fifteen,
cxi ept Infirm persons.
3. The Thirty Ycnrs"Wnr Is the name gives
te the great Kurepcnn struitRle whlcll
marked the climax of the Reformation.
It was fought chiefly between thi
PrettstantB and Catholics of Centril
TOurepe, but Involved also Sweden. It
began In 1G18 and ended with thi
Treaty of Westphalia In 1618.
4. A. P. Laslter is chairman of the Units!
Mates' Shipping Beard.
5. A Gnrcantuan annetite means a hun.
veracious appetite. Gargantua wail.
Klnnt In Rabelais' satires.
C. Ramen de Valcra was born In New Yerlt
City In 18S2 of an Irish mother and
natural zed Anicilcnn of K' aulsli blrtli.
7. The Dogger bnnls Is a shoal In the Nertl
Sen, the scene of ft. German naval dr
feat and the sinking of the Uluechtr
by the Brltls'.i en January 21, 1911.
8. James S. Sherman was Vice President of
the United States in tlie Taft Admin
(Btratlen.
9. The Friendly Islands are an archlpelilj
in I he Seu tit Pacific Ocean seutlieMt
of tlie KIJIs. under the protection of
Great ltrltain. Tliey lire, also call'J
the Tonga Istands.
10. Grub street, the former name of Milten
street. Londen, was once frequtntw
bv needy authors and literary liacM
Grub street autherj means at tni
present time literary hacks or secene
into authors.
The Mether'! Hard Let
Kicin the Atchison Clleb.
An Atchison woman is criticised becaun
she does net spank her daughter, who is I
runabout. Anether Atchison woman ff
threatened with arrest becnuse she paddiw
her daughter, who didn't get home untU
nearly morning. After all, it Is very difficult
for mothers te be satisfactory te the ncilf
bers,
Tedny'H Anniversaries
ll The first General Assembl) of tl tl
Territery of Illinois convened at Kasknsicii.
Sj4lThe Tennessee militia under -jM"
eral Carrell embarked en the Cumberland
River te join General Jacksen s army
New Orleans,
ISIS Pepe Pius IN. disguised ns
servant, took refuge at Gaeta, a fe'nw
Nenjelitnu seaport.
LSdl Benjamin Sllllman. who Vi
fiisi ie promote agricultural ilicmlsirj
the Fiiitcd Slates, died In New IItt"n'
Bern there December 1. lSltl.
IRStl August Belmont, iqnlnent finaneWi
died in New Yerk City. Hum in I"-"
Darmstadt In 1SHI. ,
IWtO Jehn Wtitrus Hiskwitli. l'!'""
Bishop of Georgia, died in Atlanta. I-1
at Raleigh. X. I'.. February l. JM .
1MHI Cierge it. Davis, director gene'
nf Ihe World's Columbian Kxiie-.-tI.iii. , -g
In Chicago. Burn in Massachusetts Junuar
11, 110. , . ....
lll'-'U The I'uiteil States released the
of (WD war draft objectors.
Teday'H Birthdays
William S. Fielding, Minister of riMJ"
In the Dominion Cabinet, born at Hainan
N. H,, seventy-four years age.
Prof. Adam Shortt. long C'inuiIsW"
of tlm Civil Service of Canada, born v"
worth, -tut., sixty-three years age.
Frances Hodgsen Hurnett. Mieees".riil f
ther and playwright, born In Mancae--
England, seventy-three years KJ.
Caw Gilbert, one of the eminent IM"
e the architectural orefesalon In A"Z
born in Zanttrillt. O.. eiity-three rf:
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