KWKi?yJ rJiWiKSGT -wf's-.v,'" ; -v fA'P' ; .-x". 'i-rwTTrr;' rt. V'11mVl T J !, rf 'liy vj" t " V 5V '...Ui .: i tow v - 'W - " ik if 9 . ili te & ,WJ4 i3L 1 r A-. K.lfl SI b !. Bl 'jit m g Mf ...4 .-2 vm V.k ' V (J I lu . ivfA ft II I ' 8 EVENING PUBLIC LEDGER PUBLIC I.KUGKK COMPANY CYRUS II. K. CfttTtH, PnMlt)i!T Jehn C. Men In, Vlcn 1're.ililent lend Trrnmireri Cheiries A Tyler. S. rretnrv; rhnrlcii.il. fjucllnt;- ion, I'hlllp 0. Cellins. Jehn n. Wiltlebns, lleerscj J. r.nldsnillh, DeMil IJ, Smiley, Director), PAVIP B. SMtr.riT. Editor JOHN C. MAnTIN,...,On-r,xt l)ulnfa Mirmcr Published deiljr nt Pcnt.te t.rwiin UulMlfts f Independence Pciuivre, Philadelphia. ATf.tVTIe Cltt rreu-frtleii CulKllrtc wsw Yen hoi Micdl-en Ave. DsnieiT Tet l'Yir.l tlulldln t. I.OCIS 013 NMfie.Oemnririf IMIMInz CHIC1SO 1,102 Tribune llulldini Nnns Hi'itnAL'S: wHireTOM THiiuc, N. I!, Cor. tVnnjl.inlA Ave. and 1 lih t. RW Vehr Tit ue AC Tim Sun lliilMlm Londen ncnriu. . . Tr.trulear UulKlin SUMSCniPTION TCnMH Th RntsfJcj Prni if l.xniii'n n ".erve.1 te sub- Sneers III riillinleltihln nnd Mirreundlnx town tin rn'i of twelve (li!) cent- wr week eavalj.e tne, carrier .. Br mnll te twlnls etlle of Phllnd-lrMn In the 1'nlted Ft-tei. Cumuli, or 1 nlte.l Hint'- i euMmn, pn-tti(n free, Ml' (50) rents r month. Ix-.fllll ilellsn T' r ear prnhe In nitrene In all fere'vn rnmitrles one (111 dollar a month Neticr- fiihscrlbers nlslilnir fid-lrees cliansej nil I slve old en well a- new n!lifi. M.I.. MUM XTM.MT KITSTONt:. MAtV 1601 CTMrfrfrfji nil romiiimfcft'eiM te Kvnilrg PuhHe ie-rfgrr, Imlrprnilrner sgiinrr I'lillmlrlvMn. Member of the Associated Press TJ7E .IMOCMn.') mcts 1 rxeli-iH-rly en 5, ' V ""' ",c" '" rrjuidlleat e n' n'l ii'ic? ImnfeArT errdltid fe It ur net elhrru h- rrrililnt Ji lAlt paper, and utee llic total nwt jM.I)l;iii fierrtn. -II rle;,M of rrpuMleniien of fvrr.nl iHiMfrJiM Werrtn nre tilte t'irM'''d rhdxtrlphl.1, j.llurdn. Ilnrml.rr .'. ll.'I RENT AND WAGES NO WAY .oeins te have been l'miml for fitmf Iiltii the ri'iir iniiliti'i'i'- li Itiivi' keen nrtlvi' fur tin1 lnt two jour" Attention ,inM ht lcti ilircrti'd liv tlu Lesul Ai'l Itiiri'nti te tin1 itiliiiiiuiii tlilnj." thry luixe liern delus in the ili-trlrti in habited I'v fiitnilie.s with sinn',1 iirmiii".. Fifty '" rii ti'tmiit tipciilt'd te tin hiii'i-an for niil during NevciuIht. TIie total rani lHK of thi'e fn in 111- (liirinc (trtebiT ,i irilHi'J. Tin1 r'tit tliey Inn! te pay v.'i $ltS5:S.,0, vi Ihti'M" te jfiiiM ngn tlie lent wn only S1077. A tiflh vt tin- iiinnne for rent l rt'nntiiible. but nime-r n tbtul is mere than it li p--il- for :i peer family te pay without MiflVrlm;. Thu bnrt'uti ha lcirni'il that In "eme cat"i the rent nknl new l t In .- Umei what as" aked two jeitri nse. and in one i'iim' a man who was pa.Mii',' SI!! a meiitli In I'.H'e new has te pay S." for tlie -ann' nnnrters. There liave been no M.eh lin-ren-ev in the rental of hen-e.i of the better elti-i, in kabited by men with liireiiie of from S.'itme te sr.oen. There is a ulinrtiiKe of 1inne, knew. nd it it inimitable that higher renti -heiibl be rlinrged for a time, but no landlord with any heweN of letiipa-iiin would triple the wnt demand) tl of ,i peer family. There will be .nine tellef v. hen tli,, build in); operation, new in prejre-.. m .hiii pcted; but. tinfiirtiinatelt . i et the Iieii-m under eontnietien are intended ler the '!as of people who Hud tlle:n"he ennipelli d te appeal te the Legal Aid Itnrenu. They eeuld be aved from the i eni,leiiieK. men who are exiileitins them if only a few phi- lanrhrepl ipitaliM would build blnelw of model tenement' and offer them for rent at a figure v. hiil. weu'd hrins a re.i-ennb:, return en th(. invesinietir. There ue u. h buildings In ether i-tiie-. adiiiiiiiten-t b. men who have a pubii.' a well u a private Conscience. A POST-OFFICE PERVEItSITY PHir.ADni.l'IIlANS would net be en tlrely blameworthy if the.v wenriix) of petitienitis Wiiklnnstnii fur a rtttijratiuii f the pnetiinatn mail tule.i. Altlteturh reiue-ts for a similar improve ment of ervir. In New V,.rU have l.. rilMed. effelts In the ro.tetlii e Depaitnient te relieve an itiieiiieiiieiit and nnnei e.ary situation in Philadelphia vein tt) have fee. come lireiided In fee. Net long age I'le.tina'-tei- General Werk announced that he intended te m.ii,,. n nu IliveMtlBntnui en the siihjirt. apart from the Joint t'engieiunal J'usinl ('oiauiiiei. .n there wa- th" hint of further i,.'aj ; t,',, declaration. Philadelphia Kepiei'i-inativc. and Senators Pepper and IJeed have framed an appeal which is explicit in ii demand and clear! retleeis popular impate'iie,, with a policy of evasion and indlfl'ereti,-.,, 'Immediate actum i revpectfnlh re. 0,ue-itcil" in the petition, witli a coneludinz reminder that ample funds for reopening the tulles should In. included ill the m-u appropriation lull for postal service. If th Item is net incorporated, relief will hav hav te he deferred until tin., budget for lii'.'l is nmile iiii. There would be no i,i-iih fM- siji ( )rii crastiuatien. Mr. Murle-.m .j, i.nia.illv at fault In abolishing the tube s..m, ... j't Is almost uniumsinnble thai lesjie.t f,,r th,. memory of his Administration i. iieldiag up tlie ease in Washington. I, mi tin. peshjijty of drawing Much a com liisi.c, f-. ,!,' elrciiinstances is Imniid te develop if ii,P pell of Federal inertia is nor ,;0 hreken. PACIFIC PARTNERS Till: iiessjhilitv of renvcrllng t,,,. V0. Pevvtr naval reduetien and Pinfie treaties into tripartite agreement, is sin,ir,iv fHL.,,( by Premi.r Knte, of .Japan . ,,, Mr ., asserts this Prim.. Minister. ' that the mat ter can be sttti-facterilv settled between the United States and Knglai.d. Japan will ,ie ht i.uiiesi ie aet m Harmony with these two Powers." These are Msiullrant words, whieh are certain te cm it- interest in the tw,, ,.. trie, Prance and Italy, whose inditTeren. e te the Washington ceieiuwits has held n their enfereement. It was te avoid any migge(ii,M ,,r f,ls,. leninif new alliances that the Washington Conference was broadened te include Prnnec a lesser naval Power; Italy, pnsess.., ,,'( no Pacific territories; and for the necelt.it ion of eertnin special pacts, the Netherlands Belgium. Portugal and China. n.1(. ,,f ,, utstnnding purpose- f the sesSj,iiis wn unmieflleiuiblv (lie adiusttneiit of delicate problems in which the I'nited States, firent Britain nnd .Japan weie ceiispcUO,'sy jn. vel veil. It is new among i lie curiosities f niedern blstery that, while m ninimeilatiiin us reached and is continuing en a uiaier issu,., nnlienH from which little In t,(.' nv nJ non-compliance wiih expected have become the obstructionists. .Mern deliiute rwne-i than Premier Kntn's in tightening thu Angle-American -.Tiipane-i. innds may eon een erivably exert eiTeutive pressure upon u laeker nations. ' If France in net te lie n paen- tl, ,, Pacllic termf. iier position j piy(Hm will net be unviable. She is at present m Control of the Society group of islands, of the Autttrals, the Pmiieius, ih.. MiiniuesiiH, of New Caledonia and In joint possession f the New Hebrides, f t riiI nrrang... want In effected, I'mnee would be excluded from sharing In that regulatory and protee pretee tlva machinery denimied te lahllizu th9 rij,W- raeitic area. f-,MU B-10 w"" t","' ,l(,(,en, " outsider after ?''fe Jk--11 'e-'-'ei,rd "-"iBlnn- -nft.H te partner- lvkJat-i ,ua much battw apart mtm in rucMf man tWW&v.'i?"!" aaaVf' fcAv-r- ., , av-s. vxTfr giiflranlees nnd these of Japan nnd (Ireat Itrllnln. Premier Kate lias expressed thoughts which a geed many Americana have been entertaining, but have been reluctant te titter. As a meat"! of bringing dellniiucnr.i te terms bis enndld tlew of nil imaginable. sifiintlen may prove saltitnry. If Isolation Is what in (.ought In Paris nnd Heme, the course thus far maintained in tbe.-c capitals may be nld Id lend directly te that tinpro tinpre tinpro pitletis condition. PINCHOT'S OPPORTUNITY TO FRAME A LABOR POLICY Such a Thins Is Needed, for Most of the I.errislalien Wc Have Was Paused With out Any Definite Theory Back of It IT l's becoming evident that (ilfferil Pinchot does net Intend te engage in a merely perfunctory perferuinme of Ills duties as (iovcrner. Although he was net thru elected, he was se (entiilent of the result that he appointed a committee of litl.'.ens Inst sum mer te study the linniue. of the State and tepnrt te him. He is new In conference with a group of specialists and experts en labor and welfare legislation with a view In formulating a pulley en these matters which he will attempt te adept In tills State mid which, it Is hoped, will be te sound that It will commend ite!f te the judgment of ether States. The first thin;; discovered by any one who studies labor and welfaie legislation In the Tinted Stales I that It has been adopted without any conscious general policy en the part of Its supporters. It lias been for the most part emeigeuey legislation (nissed te a veil a rrisi. or as a ?0 te what Is loosely i.illed the labor vote. The Atliim-eii law of l!ti!. prtsct by Congie-s te pi event u railroad sttike while the labor representatives Kit in the g.iHeilcs with their step-watches. Is a perfect ex ample of the way things have been done. Speual nttfiitleti Is being given at Mr. Pinchot's conference te the vubjei t of the administration of the laws already In ex istence. They deal with inspection, chil dren nnd women in industry, the safeguard lug of mine workers, the laws dealing with h(.Iene, with weikmen's compensation, with mediation and arbitration and with public employment bureaus. Intelligent men and women who (lis, .. thee tnattei will Inevitably diiever I bat the bedv of law is utdlcaliy defective ami needs revision in a. eidaiice with a definite and logical tlner.v about the obligation of the Slate te all the people Sin h arrangements a exist for mediation and arbitration, for enmp!e. aie liinileitiate. They b'live the public, which in many in stances Is the chief part.v in interest, at thu merc.v of contending emplejer and ein )bie. The vi-rv ti'rin. "mediation" and "arbitiatieu." indicate a falluie of the law makers te th.uk the M.hjei't threiigli te th" end Neither einplevei no." emple.vc I pilln.llily in'erested in protecting the leiisiimer. Tluy may have a wage dispute tin eh Ins a de mand fur an Increase in pay which would Involve an Increase in the i est of the tiling produced. The disputant- seek a way out vvhifh will ietere peace In the indiiMry. If the In.'iease In v.cps is granted the public I f,n 1 te pay it. whether the i lit li i.- justify the iiicic.i.' or net. Ih'rv iii'pa-c In the cost of mining coal ha been passed en te the een-uiner. And when the wn,es of i he railroad workers are Increased or the linith of their day is short ened the money te nicel the new i barges c Ollles ,,ijt ( the shippers. I nder the picscnf arrangements the people v he pay the hills are net npie npie senttd in the iiisotiatieti This !s til" fatal defect in the ompe-ltioii of the Itallreml Laber Heard. This body whs created te hung ntieut i oiiipreun-es thieugh tirbitin tirbitin tlen rather than te adjudicate a dispute a, (online te the jirtnclpb f eipjlij. it has sati-'lied neither the Inhnr organl-ailen nor the tallread mauaget'. The (iilllcrees whom -Ml' I'lllcbut l.H caliid together have tin oppei tunny te de reiistriKtive work if tliey will only em- hi .in" it , t ,h of the met hed- of mlinlnlsleiing the existing laws is nil tight -.. far us It go.-, but it doe net go far enough. An examination into the whole theory of labor bglslatieli ought te be mud" new or mine ether time in eider t liar a d finite policy may be framed. " pe'.b v consistent with American ideal and in the same time ad equate te meet the conditions arising ent ,,f the complicated organization et tmlusir.v whi'li fellow, d th" Invention of machinerr and the dl-plai emeiii of the hinall hliep b.v tlie gieat fai tery etuplevlng thousands of bands. This thing can be den- In Pennsylvania ns well in hi Washington Indeed, it can be done better here, for the States m:1I have Mime lights net delegated te Ccingre-s.i under the iniei-tute (emineiie clause of the ('on ('en ('on sllllltlell. GRIDIRON VAUDEVILLE HOW mm h of the football fciver that rose te extr.ierdlnarv heights In the unsen just ended was due te a knowing intetest in tlie game Itbclf and hew mm li of it is te he, viewed us a reaction te tlie brlhuur png eantrv of crowds and the coiert d and dever siiinis which rie mere elaborate every vear as a background for the tirst of all college games' 1'oethnll i. of (eiiis,., n wni(.'ftil gam. Tt e.ui be unbelievablv fast .s a spectacle nnd us a te5t of mental I'o-nidiniitlen nnd physical courage and stamina it makes nl nl nl moet every ether competitive sport seem a bit dull. ! eeuld stand alone upon its own feet. P.ut the festival' that have grown up about the niefct ltnpuitant Intercollegiate (entests tend te become mere ami mere elnb- orate and picturesque and te include the crowds In the stands as paitiejpants as well as spectnters at the gcfiei.il event. Tlie spaciousness of the new stadium encourages this wholesome ami liilen-'lug trend. Cheer leaders figure far mere importantly than they lined te en the football field, and quite instinctively they are developing the talents nnd the attitude of mind of Htuge managers with u desire te uiiike the most of n wealth of unused material suited for a new and majestic seit of vaudevllbt. It ull began with college songs and cheers nnd it f''w inconspicuous inasceU se dis played an te give the crowds a laugh or a moment of heightened excitement. Now New nduys cheers, are done with hand nccompnni nccempnni menu en some occasions. They are planned with un ear for extraordinary dramutlc ef fects. The leadera seek without renting for new waia Of MrWilen for andrraduatai I. humor, for. Institutional spirit and cren for Xfeetic 7BteII.Nl. Thty are forever reach- iM, J,J.14tiJ-lE( MX?-Ti,ri i .... .. . i ;..TT."y. ..--.-! rrrrrf1"'": '':' EVENING PUBLIC LEDGER- lug out in search of color and novelty in preliminary and closing demonstralletis. Thus fur the Army-Navy game Is richest in background, largely because of the possi bilities which service tradition and the chatacler of the opposing groups offer te the imaginative stunt -maker. The Ntivy's morc-ilian-fameus goal and his geld-laced blanket, Hip Army's mule, the ship which was "sunk" amid an uproar nnd with Inrge dramatic effect between the halves of the recent game at Krnnklln Field, the new bnlle cheer lenders, as passionately In earnest nlieiit their wetk ns Stokewskl him self, rem new te be little mere than hints) of what we may expect of football In the near future, The Army and Navy contingents de best In the stands as well as en tin field. They never appear without new 'business" of 'eiiu sort te give mldcd color or beauty te the atuie.sphere of their game. Poellm!!. therefore, is becoming football plus, It is net tee much fe suppose that we tuny Ihe te see li ns the glorified central feature et a new sort of Imposing eainlv.il In the gieat .stadiums. Aiucilcan cievvds are starved for fun. and especially for the fun in which they them selves may have an nrllve pan. Nothing could be fresher or mere stimulating te the imagination than the rough-and-ready .viu-bell-ui, touched with wild and daring humor, i hat college tennis have begun in expet iiiieni with ill their efforts te put an added edge en the, enthusiasm of rooters. Here Is n vltgln licit). It should produce great things under tlie iullucnrc of the American college undergraduate, who, what ever may be said of him, is rich In an un spoiled and almost re( klc-s sense of humor. Much of the music of football da Is geed. Hut il might lie even better. Sup pose, for example, that ,ii,H00 people could lie peisnaded te sing a ragtime song with tlie accompaniment of two or three bands. Many people who heard the Army's contin gent cheering would have given a great deal te hear that chorus of 1'JdO ui.ieiiliiic eicis Incak out In u rolling jazz tune. ikk rKttm.KAis i IT Its seniewhnt disquieting te learn that regular examination of tire-escape facili ties in central Philadelphia has net been possible until nevv en account of shortage of inspectors nt the disposal of the fue marshal. Surveys such n are authorized by tlie Heusing and Sanitation Act of 11H7 are particularly requisite in the present extraor dinary period of const ruction, notably in the heatt of the city, wheie new business and industrial cditicc sue being leaicd In record-breaking piolusien. A large number of changes of occupancy ami alteiatieus in the ehur.iclers of the buildings al-e increase the demand for rigid scrutiny. The present inspection li.i been under taken witli the express purpose of establish ing and centirniinu s-ifegnanls ler these new conditions, and it Is geed new thai the vveik i at l.nst under way by ellici.i's dele gated te initiate needed rcfeims and te permit no trilling with equipment icgul.'i- llelt. Philadelphia is one of ll.e few gieat popu lation ceu'eis of the ciitmtry which li.is net lit some time expel ieuc'il a widi-piead anil ilevastutiti'.' conilagi.itien. A well-admin-isfeteil lire ci furl nielli lia in en largely re-sl'en-ib'e for Ibis secuiiiy. I'.ut il is in in lentestahle that the inei eliii lent municipal service may be tiagicully lr.mdicaiped it' tie.e.-c,r,,e equipment i llel kept ill order and maiiitaiueil acceiding le the highest i model ii standatds. lliv.-tigalieu after preveniable di.,ster I,. ..It I.,, r l..s, ..I Imtiifici 1ni is nil Irenic ' bisiiii-. In tins new ei.i of gievvth it is the morally iim"-c.i ibie obligation of ihe municipality te cercie the keenest xigihi'ue liv exhaustive inspections ie reduce lire riks ai.e compel stiict observance of the laws. DO IT NOW Yiri:r.Ki age the .Moter Velie b l.neiie W p.uicnii in H.'iiii-liurg began iiiging the i'.mii rs of auion.eliilfs te apply carlv for 'jeir numb' is i ml ve avoid rVc rush ami ((ingestion et tin- lust days of the yejn. IJlnilveh few :iip!!i aiieiis v , i e sent in ie. spouse te this piifecllv legn.il siigg, stleli. people who will i.implalu in .Inuu.iry be cause of an Inability te obtain lags without delav pref.r apparently te de nothing today that ean he put off until tomorrow. New the l'osteflli e Iteparttiient I asking that Chrilma mail be stinted early In elder te make delivery n'rtnin at all pcnl and te prevent overwork among p,i-i,.tlice em em peoyes. This mean that liiitiuas buying should lie done earlv Pun r.i-tin.ilieu nevv I pretty sure te lead te geneial dii omfert Inter along. WHERE CANDOR IS SUSPECT Pl'.cri.IAHI.Y ebiei tienahle diplomatic j. tradition was iinuel la t ve,k, wlieti th,. straightforward ictunks of Ambassador Child at I.aiisnuiie mi the s. iiij.it of the (.pen deer were twistnl nun a hint of Ameri can inclinations toward Tuikiv and Kusi:i m the Near K.lstern cenferetn-e. Mr. Child did no n,eie tli,u rtai,. a his toric Aineriian ii.isitum. The 1'nited Slates i the mevveii cbnmpien of tin prne iph or equal commercial oppetiimliv in ciiiuu, as it is in Asia Miner ami Mesopotamia, lint evidently it suited the purposes of Influences of the subtei lani'im variety te questieu the sincerity of our ehVial eb-erver. Ameiicnn policy is net alw.ivs adroit. It mny be eliiuged en occasion with crudities ami even blind eirers. Hut umbr all i. minlsiratieiis n ha been enpu uet,sv free from ulterior puipees or the uii-.ivury methods of the i cin.-piraier Mr. Child meant what he si.,i ,,r (,nI. sanne. and net without williul i-i ,isien can ids remarks be deemed syiiiiiathetic te Otteman Nationalists or Soviet Hus-ians. That be bus sime combated suili tni-rep resentatietis with the supplemental declara tion that this Cewrnmcni entertains net the slightest intention of playing Inie Otto Otte man or Kussinn bands ! one nieie instance of the difficulty of speaking p'alulj te per per teiis unaecuiteined te ihplenintlc cunilnr. lieergn Nailing, ei mo me Happily tetnmn, died leieutly. Married leaving an suite of Slum) in cash and some life Insuraiice te bis wife, whom he men Honed in nlleetinnate terms She 1IVI., in Auburn, Me. Correspondence showed that lie bad sent her ST." n month during the tblrtv-twe years they bad been separatrd. lie hadn't seen her In that time. Peihaps (ventures the Crusty Old Bacheler) thai man was the one man in the world te wiite the story of "Hew te be Happy Though Married. " The president of th Hub White National Audubon So cieties objects te lini.1..,. tli., eiiinil legally classified as a sum, 1,1., I u.. thnt li mav net in hunted, for tli.. u ' but, probably, xal bird It "HI "Hy ul reason that as a game 1 receive mere protection, associations will preildi". winter se tlnit tli,,,. ..... (iame preteetlve them feed in the be shot In sensen lil.-nlilioed of their , and there will Ikj Htu0 being exterminated, jPr. 1 is a huiik bird preterthp haps what we neei association slmllat competent. 1 iiiiiiieiici'u null Cfjllnlly The announcement that investigation of the Halls-Mills case will continue, fall te c!t Iks iiemilflre. It. inn net- m.nn ...... ll.lr ' 4 l .v,,. AV EHIIJADELPHIA. SATURDAY, DECEMBER GOD AND EVOLUTION Dr. W. W. Keen Hcllcves in Beth and ! Tells Why Hiti the Fundamental ! IstH and Antl-VlvlscctlenlitK at I the Same Tlmt By (IKOHfiK NOX MrCAIN DH. W. W. KKKN has lust mldcd another l,n (.. 1 1,.. I......l.. ., .llsdMnltnn llml crown his eighty-one .ears of wonderful life. He hns written another hook. It Is net n pretentiens volume ns te alae. It contains 100 pages, with brief preface, nnd I'd venture most anything thnt its con tents will create us much ellenssinn. be as widely quoted in eulogy and condemned In controversy its nny ther similar book Hint hns appeared this venr. "I Hclicve in tled mid in Kvolullei." Is Us title. It has n fur wider jcepe, however, than Is cenve.M'd in its title. In addition te being nn expression of the doctor's faith Jn evolution mid his belief in tied, if is, at the same time, n defense of vivisection ainl a challenge lit the se-called fundamentalists uf the llnptist Church. Dr. Keen Is a member of national promi nence in that denomination. If he were net it great surgeon he would have been a great preacher nud theologian. ANOTK of personal interest In the little historical sketch accompanying the work is Intel est ing. Fer fifty-live jenrs Dr. Keen hns been n trustee of Crozer Huptist Theological Semi nary nt Upland, near Chester. He is Hiu only survher of the original tieard. The semiumy is located en ground thnt belonged te bis ancestor, .loran Kyn. nngli elzed Ucerge Keen, who came from Sweden in 1042 in the retinue of Jehn L'rintz, the first Governer of "New .Sweden. " t lie founded the City of Chester nnd called it I'plaud after bis native province in Sweden. William Pen n, forty years Inter, chnnged the name te "hester. On .lime li bet Dr. Keen delivered the cnminencetiH'ut aildreM ut the Theological Seminary. That address was the genesis of the book. THUS is the dedication of bis werk: -- "Te nil sincere seekers after truth; who levere the Bible as the word of Ged; xvhe revere nature as the work of Ged, and who believe if lightly interpreted they must siirelv agree." Direct, emphatic nnd unhesitatingly the distinguished author llins this challenge nt the fundamentalists and anti-evolutionist!. " A FI'NDAMKNTAL difficulty wit, the - se-called fiindiimeiitnlists l.s that tbev fail te recognize the fact thnt the 'Cliildich if Iincl,' for whom the Pentateuch was wiitten, weie O.'icnlals and ,ere living In the intellectual childhood of the human lace. "Dad Ged sent thl message te them in the modern mutter-nf-fiict Occiileiilal form they would hardly have comprehended it. .uidniigbt eusily have rejected it. "Their mimh' were cast In a poetic meld, their literature was permeated with imagerv. metaphors and parable. It was delivered te tin in by bards, pric-ts nnd prophets. "Ne scientists then existed. "in this age of geneial education 1 can hardh believe that the n I sincere litrrelist (an insist that while Adam was made un conscious an in-tual ii, un taken from hi body and out of it was fashioned a woman, and that Ihe mid a cipent .iciuallv ce.-xei-eil tegetlier in iufelligihle speech. "Te these who are familiar even in a geneial way with Oriental lllcrntuic. nil tin Is cliaiiy te be understood figuratively and net literally. "Se. tee. the eleserjplinn of the 'helv .ieiii!ilem,' whose 'light was like unto a jasper stone clear ..rystnl alt the city was pine geld, like unto glass and Ihe twelve gate vvci twelve pern Is, evei.v s,.v,,a gate of one pcuil.' eic, cm cm net pesihy la uuihi steed as u literal tie--i ri'iitien." AMONG eliier thin:. Dr. Keen says; -"I "The biblical steiy, with its leglml iiu iiu idicaileiis, stamps every believer in U as nn evolutionist. 'Ter myself. believe thai man himself will enlv attain Ins tmal development in the fui'ite life beyond ih" grave. In that Won Wen Won dieus lite I believe rs flrmlx as I de in mr own present e.xisletii.e. "The i-hrouelogv of Aichbisliep I'ssher- who li.ed tin enuiri's age (l."f-Hi.t!i when paleoiitelogv, geology, anthropelogv , philology, (ininistiy and tlie sK'cttocef'iL' were m their infancy, or even did net exist is n tiian-ni.ide ndditleu te the lllhle which ha no business t,( h(. th"re. "Te il Hull H. C. as the date ,,f the creation is net only untrue, but has weiked immense haim." QX VIVISKCTIO.V Dr. Keen says: "Se identical at any of the most Im- periant physiological and palholegical li. e., th.. iiermai mid the diseased i processes fa man nnd animals thai the phvsloleglst and the pathologist ceiistiniiiy st'udv them in aiiinuils and lind ilint their 'conclusions drawn from these fxi iuieiits en iinini.ils are entirely Hue in their npplii at ions te limn ' Without Slleh experiments wp should be igiierilit of the'e pre,- in hcnltli nud disea-e and go stumbling along in our eilert te pievent and te cue disease. "These experiments are always done under an anesthetic excepting a very small per centage (less than 1 per cull, In such cases a speii.il permit from tin di ter of the laboraierv a tespunsibli. member of Hie faiiiltv i, given if the direc. ter approves of the subject ami the method of the rcscurc a, "Personally. In ever sluy years I have never seen or known of a single instance." rTMlIS en evolution : J- "The differences between the highest anthropoid apes and tiie lowest man gradu ally grew less and less the further we ttare them backward. "We must dearly understand that no ex isting species of anthropoid apes could have been our nnci-teis "The latter and we at,. , ,,ll.,i, i ,i. seeudants from npe-lil.e specie,) living far n. ....... .. . ! ,.. . -n ,iiiug mr, far back in geologic time, beieic, and prob ably long befeie, tlie Great Ice Age. 'Man's ascent Hern mi animal of low iniCIIIKS'e, i- -..-in-. ,., nn, hi ue ulisiilutl'lv proved by tlie ninny phenomena vvhidi re' veal identical organs and Identical physi' physi' physi' oleglcal piecesses in the animal nnd the human body, only a few of whhh. eiiesen out of n very gieat number, I have tie- appears in the human race ns a whole. TF MAN xv as a special erc.nl en the Al- 1 mighty was net limited te the lowest form of mutter the 'dust of the ground' as material for th" human body. "He could have cieated a nobler, a mere subtle, n inore puissant and exalted stuff out of which te fashion man. "The plan and structure and function of man's body would then supposedly )mV(l differed tete ceicle from man's pres..,,t M,.; "Probably li would have been fr,.,. fP0,' the defects and deformities Inherent , " animal body mid free irem the; dienscswliicl, il shares witli animals. " "Hut no! Ged deliberately ,,mde man out et tlie same Muff ns the minimis, ,,,), n. f have shown, en fhe same plan a.s milinalK "Iledywlse, niati Is im aniiiial. but thanks 1, te Ged. hit destiny h net t), tll " that of tlie lieaslH tlmt perish," ' UH Ixmden Dally Mali tells of alleged secret pact between Germany nnd ilussia te Wng'e .war 9t revenge en i ranee. Al. caemean" rean b Pted te wpt tlie news flH (Olftli 'i ls. , , "Se. ten, man s vaiilsliing eigans and de formities are allied te what 1, nerinnl In some of the lower animals. This close tela tela lien is confirmed by the discovery of the remains of n number of prehistoric ,,ien. as i.. ,,,. ileflnitclv nrevesl. Tim si.i,,n ... "si ess lteiii.i...w4,.i. s-4j-iJJ.! "NOT MUCH BSaa UEWKWJ aaam'7raT MdlF' 'k nmwlr fjXl' AtVj---SBmSMS "ti 0iiiBkiaJIaaaaaaat-aBBaaaaaBaaBVBV Sr- si i :' Ur--" ,.. - -.us!-'"-8' .. 'J - - .j -T.":Ca' . c-'' .. r i I - NOW MY IDEA IS THIS! Daily Talks With Thinking Philadelphians en Subjects They Knew Best uk. (;f.e!.(.k whkf.lrk On the Growth of the Ilif.'li Scheel rpilH eiieriunus gievvtli nud development J- of the High Scheel has been one of the most important features of modern educa tion, sjiy.s Dr. Geerge Wheeler, Assistant Superintendent of Public balucntien in charge of high s( hoels, "Te show what this growth ha been." said Dr. Wheeler, "it is only neeessatv te letisbler the liguics of attendance and bow they have increased, far in e.xci-s of tlie natural increase et population. Ten years age. that is. in September, mil, we bad a tetnl enrollment in the hiuh school of 11. HIS student; in September. P....... the total enrollment wa ".('!.. And if il had net been for Ihe establishment of ihe .lunier High Schools, the liguics would be wry much beyond ,,I0,IHMI. Parents Healie Inipnilance "This pioperl innate incri'a!1 is much gieater than the Im lease in population and it is one of the most lemarkalde dexelop dexelep iiients of model ii public education. It i.s chiellv due te a growing belief in tlie minds of the unrein of the children, us well as the veiling people themselves, that these have school befeie (empletingi the school course cute" I heir business w he high lives under a heavy handicap. "Ten years age the blah schools wen giev.ing at the late of about HI per cent a vear; In tlie last yeni the gievvth in entoll entell ment was from -'".'JHI te !l.,0.'i. This is about ''() per ceul ei ileiible the growth liet'e liet'e liet'e tofeie. t "iieiher leasen xvliieli is supplemenlnl te what I have stated is that employers wiie are 'electing boys nnd gnl.s for poslileus wlucii me nieie tnitiiu.it in their require menis aie disposed te ak for high school training i.i these young persons and te give decided perfereuce te these who bilng thia equipment te their work. "Il is new a common thing te see the xwmls 'high school graduate.' in the help wanted advertisements. Tlieic was a lail lail re.id siiperiiiieiiilent in the West who iccently said thnt If n boy came te him xvitli xvitli eut completing tlie liigli school course he leuhl lint help feeling that that boy was inei ci rm.'.ieus te get te weik than te get leady te weik. "The seiillmeni that Ihe lime iuxelveil in seciiiing a higher education is wasted, which was quite (etiiiiinu net se many years age, does net c.isi nay longer', and partly as a result of tin i nud partly from ether cause, the level of education is constantly rising. There was a l line when a person who could read and wute laid attained the eeiniiiuii level of education; following that period, a pei seu who had gene through the grammar Nchnul li.nl i cached i he common level. New it Is the high school "Tl iriiculiim has also risen III regard Ie tlie breiuilh e tlie educational oppei luuilies offered. Ome the only thing Ihe high school could offer was a cuiiiculum suitable for a person expi cling u piofesien.il caieer, New it is tlie belli f of the people, ulld one founded en truth, thai the student who has iniii pletecl the elementary school and desires te get further training for his life-work, no matter what that may be, should be nble te get In the high school the training in serve Ills iui ie.se. A Still Wider Curriculum "Knglisli anil physical education are com pulsory In all courses, but the breadth of tlie elective courses Is new very great and il i increasing all tlie time. In the new cur riculum which begins in February, it will he again enlarged, tlie meat noticeable item then being music. "Tim idea el thn new arrangement Is nor te divide tlie studies into separate courses, but te hnve ceitulu required work, then cer tain general added subjects of which all are requited Ie Hike a certain amount, ami then the special subject, which )end dlrcvlly toward vocations. Tliesit elective oppor tunities te lake special courses widen ih the students progress. "Tlie cultural subjects are taken yen largely in the high school courses. These taking tlie commercial courses elect n jr,,.,t numbcrti le take Heme of the cultural sub jects, mid in the mechanics arts group the ume thing holds true. "Que of the fundamental Ideas back of M whole lyitera U'(6 trala the pupils net only. fe iuXjiJi 2, 1022 ' KICK IN THE SAMPLE, ANYHOW!" In the specially which they hnve chosen ns I he basis of their life-work, but also fe give them a thorough general education nt the same time. It Is no part of the educa tional scheme te make the high schools even remotely resemble trade schools, nor. en tlie ether hand, te give a general education exclusively, but te combine tiie two in such manner as te be of tlie greatest permanent value te the student. "The high school is a long-established branch of tlie educational scheme, but the junior high schools, whieh were established in l'.U7.iiie a later development of the high school idea. Tlie-e junior high schools are intended te give the kind of training which is better lifted for tlie purposes ()f the pre-aclelescein age than anvtliiug which, xve have liad up te the time of their establish ment. It is wei king out in a most satis satis taetery manner and apparently fills a reut need in modern education. Mgny Junier High Schools Needed 'The new building program or Hie Heard "! I ublic Kducatien centemplates1 the erec tion of many junior high schools. The iunier school does a number of things which nre essential te the welfare of the pupil at the particular age at which he comes te it, "Among ether tilings, it fits the work mere closely t the needs of the student and it shifts te n less dangerous pei in( the change of 'chi.el which occurs when the e pul-erv aw loses Its held by reason of the pupil having attained an age beyond which ihe law is iiei operative, 'Anether impeitnnt ibing Is thm n pr0. Gdes ir mi easy transition from H. ,.. teacher ii-gime te Ihe ilfpartmcnt.il plan It iile pievides a definite period which the liiteiests mid the aptitudes e.r the pupil ,nuv ".' "',:1 !"' '!".'l lening the ..., iihe of educalieual misfits the high,., IHIWHl his is mi important malter ter the bes e'lu.atienal inteieMs of the cemmunltv I - " leasing of ,1,1s number of s.udents 'ra e" be possibilities ,,f achleve.iaent both of the teaclieis and of the pupils. U1 Itednilti" Waste in Schools "Along theset same lines, t,P jnie.. i.,.,. schools tend I,, .etlue,. , '"? " ".'",T ," '.iliuiient and faebln- tl r, KiWni; the community a lar-er r fm,, lis educational expen lliurr "i f '"' feel that the es,i,i iiienl ..f it T " blKb m hoels niaik" ,.,"1, unlv"r,,,P l-UiMlieeducatiena.Sem": the number . f ..... i.. ...'. "7 ' 'I'Prevnl In i.. .. ii mi tbeii.stiiutie;;;. '""-"" """" .wm8 1 i.-.muy Mgtilficant is the f.,rf .i. its nre no,., el, ii .'. ''r' "l wrctthAY 'Unit fur S'diuiihw: s'"AiHC.cner.,f' I "e infWelciii, , !' fr fun. Inhibitions, Thvrc nvr none link for the imwv It',,,; 'fttih for RnluuUtH' ' "'''''"'I'liltittr,,!,,,,! I'li-fiem briltlt Ihlnji i, r,m, I emul hmv .arcene. I fnicr , ,,. tl '"' fur Krttttrtliii.' 'jl'ili fnr fiiitunlii),: '"'("Ms pall,;- tl,,.; II en7; i ercc ., Fer fifl urefc, hunday'i ilevrr, 'Hah fr BnturiinyJ a, a, "Tilt Plinrineiifi LTiiutl. ...I.I..1. . i:!:i:r::ft!ef STK wilue le tbe cenn, i, ' T""' "' .'" "f " iM r ii- fiiiiir-i.Kiil A- Hits nre new thoieugl.lv nllve I ii ,.nar- nges te he obtained f ,.. .!? i",U'U" ' b;,n ing the,,, cempl,..,, , , 'i,,'1, "! ..'' "'Iren by 1. hey lire new keeping t a, ", ?'' """rsea. high sehoels heeat.s,. " NP . " . ' ,ll''" ill thl, "Uglily com ii el tl ,,. i' become thnr- ".Ing HI weAh while"y "r" RrU""-' "Z. SHORT CUTS .May they be spoken of ns llarvejiaa btcei points; What does it profit n man if he baa m tne tentiier et n lame duck In bis cap? New thnt she is started en her bleaj drunk, Greece doesn't cure bow fnr she jeal We presume the Kmperer nt Peking im ccived fclicilntiens from the Kaiser M Ooein. Karlhquakea and hurricn.ies are the gitl turi'S Nature makes te show man bow imliJ j iiuiitiiii lie is. ..i.:....... i. ... - Perhaps the Weatherman can give w niiiiiieii euiercemeiii eiiiccrs a tip en Ml ie i.eep tilings ii ry , Income-tax iustalliuent pnjeis lenriilJ I'liduy tlie ilfieenth every bit us unlucky tl riiiay vu(, imrteenili, In the back of hi-j mind Hie iusurgenlj J eiigrissnian feels that a third party nd uc- ci. uruuiy as a inirel rail. Hard coal opereterts, we are given J lllllll.lslll....1 ...ti ... . ' . " . ....... .n. ..,,, , p!1N,s ,,, ,uv eng judti cheerfully as though it were n kind word. ..,, 'V .,,l"1 French aviary the game wl Mil ( etends the dove of peace. Hut tHl ".in emu neeiis leni.ing after is the stork. ueiueii eveiywhere are said te I keeping their eyes en their I.egislaliirej. U us hope tliey- will make their eyes behM Ceal production of last year was aimed double that ,,t this. Which gees te sbfti tlmt Hiu con) dealer need never lack U UIIUli It niay at least be said for the Itiisslij lie ' iniljL-iillMii of any American lied bJ nnvi n it , de,.,, ? ,-,,.be', T'iciiinr Commission luswl i L.l ' Uitftest "l0 American boellj .......,,.,, lie halleliiiiili" ..l.i. ...i.i.i. i.l-.lil ibe('!in;',!,.,"iK,'0,,f ",e 8up flu'iiwy Bin il e iir I r,s hvm rli",,i,(1 ie HA te Hardly knew veti." I j What De Yeu Knew? QUIZ 1,1 .IV..",1,,?'"., '.'f f"""r Turkish terrlten .... eJV. " "pi'ehiim whieli have becem 3 i.auHnnna? l"u l c,ua Vvutvrwt WbeUva,slrj,iesr!:vy,U,UH '" M inSngre'ss!? imM ie ISepre.sentatlv- nai M n,, rclililna' ;:i!'!"! -we novels i,v c,it...i xinrrvat ivi, . t Hl f,0 "ie sun.' 1 W i'",!,?1!','1 "'. splnnlng-jcnny? eceiiri1 t,,,J S,''"'-v 's'bc7lllen la InWj 10. Who was Itesinn. Voices? Anawcrs te Ychtcrda.v's (Juiz '''..'.'"'ih killed m th,, nattl. s 'Pi ."" in eieiii, -. me lied Itlver Is tlie southernmost , i V...I i. ,lr,"utarles of the iU'r. ' f ""IjeH In Northern Texas n c'tcis the Mississippi ail miles abeil ' nieiii, 0f 11,,'u rwer. The ' a ).'.'. of .V'9 Ve,,h ,l'""' ' Mill""0',: n.ui i""f3 f,'"1 "ie sources of iM iierthern direction, emptying into LaW , n,, l"neir In Camilla. 3. Ihe name n.Inti l.s derived from tW . Pei.!!.?. aml "l('",1M Pleasure. .. - Peli " , "V'yvesant stu rendered N IN i i"m (NlW Verll) t0 "ie III the State of'Setitl, fniellnii. the Kraut" ii... i i. "' ' ui'i" ' aieiiniv nn- , f vt. B f'-'lvercert U legallv fet bidden. , li. rive shillings iiiukeu crown in KiilH-- tlieuiiy, i. Tllll flCtlK.l.u ....!.! .... lift. ... ........... , I'ltiimiiH. tun .linn, . "..-j J'J Ionanle da Vinci, Is also call4 lai GlncencJa." Thn wlfe of FrancMCj ee (ilocendo nut for the puriralt. Glocenela" is also Italian for the i'i (JUH lie Inc., .. 8 Napeileeii H tinriinie'iyilipeic of thl 'i or rieiis'll II) IS52, J. Rlxtieu ilrams make a eunce In nelrdu ,. lii weignt. . I It. Henri Hecauersl, the French selmtlil In -m Ait a '...hl. .1.. juaai'ai v il rmlle.HcHGiy m mlnuub. In l0- vl t 'i
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