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PUBLIC LEDGER COMPANY
WiCTRUS II. K. CURTIS. Pimidmt
i e. Martin, vice Preildent and Treainreri
MllP.ft. Collini.Jehn B. Wllllama. Geerge
aumiin, uaviii it, smiley, Directors.
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ihu jiujtr, ana aije tne local iicu'j juibitsncil
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Perefn ere olio reserved.
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UP TO THE WOMEN
NOW that women nrc voters they have a
duty te perform which thej cannot
shirk without nffectins the richl--1 of ethers.
f Thnt duty is te see te it their names nrc
en the lists of citizens eligible te vote in the
elections. The.e lists nre made up by the
tnessers every year and representation in
the City Council is based en the number of
SsieHsed voters.
If the women refuse te co-operate with
the assessors who are new making up the
lists, they will bring about 11 reduction In
the number of Ceuncllmeu from their dis
tricts. The women in the districts controlled by
the ninchine politicians will get their names
On the liMs. The political workers will set set
te this, because they knew what is involved
In it.
Many of the women in the se-called in
dependent wards are known te take little
Interest in political nffairs. When the as
sessor calls at their heii'es they refuse te
five him the information about their names
which he requires. They ay they de net
Intend te vote ami that they want te have
nothing te de with any of the voting ar
rangements. And the aeer cannot com
pel them te give information.
What will happen if tills disposition is
persisted in is that only a mnll proportion
of the women in the Wet Philadelphia and
Oermnntewn wards will be assessed, while
Virtually all the women in the downtown
snd Seuth Philadelphia wards will have
their names en the voting lists, and wVn
the apportionment of Ceuneiltnen is made
next summer a majority will be assigned te
the wards controlled by the machine poli
ticians and the Council itself will be domi
nated by the politicians who nre in politics
for what they can make out of it.
It is among the possibilities that the
Legislature may change the law se as te
apportion the Ceuneiltnen according te pop
ulation, but it is unwise te take nny such
chances. The assessors' lists should be s
complete as it is possible te make them.
This cannot happen unless the women in
their homes co-operate.
IT WON'T HURT BUTLER
OBJECTION by the La Toilette bloc in
the Senate te the immediate continua
tion of the appointment of Pierce llutler te
the Supreme Court bench need surprise no
one familiar with the state of mind of the
members of the bloc.
, Mr. Under is n lawyer who has had rail -reads
for his clients, se lie becomes in their
blind a railroad attorney and nothing ele.
The fact that he was engaged by Attorney
Gencrnl Wickerslmm te conduct the Covern Cevern
ineiit prosecution of the meat packers under
the Anti-Trust Law and did ids work well
Is ignored by tlie-e alleged liberals. And
also the fact that he 1ms been employed te
serve as the attorney for the public in rail
road valuation cases is passul ever ns of no
consequence.
These people say they want n mere pro
gressive man en the bench. What the coun
try wants is an honest man of judicial tem
perament trained in the law. Mr. Uutlur
seems te have these qualifications. And he
has the confidence and respect of his fellow
lawyers and of the laymen who knew him.
"Tet the inquiry into his fitness which the
pregresnive bloc is insisting en will serve a
useful purpose, for it will make generally
known the admirable qualities of the man
and will spike the guns of these who may
feci Inclined te attack him in the future.
That the appointment will be confirmed is
generally admitted. The Itepublican sup
porters of the President will vote for It, and
as Mr. llutler is a Democrat he enn count
en the support of n large majority of the
Democratic Senater. Then he will tak
his seat en the bench with a clean bill of
health.
ELEVATING THE STAGE
MMTir l t 1. '...! 1 rt.l .
r.sK iimti uiiun in. me new .Miijenm ineatre as
Ml X announced by Augustus Themas, whose
commanding position in the foetllglit world
resembles that held by Judge Landis in
baseball nnd bv Will Haw; In the motion-
'MS, . . .. . . .. .....
' If picture neici, unquesiionaeiy are mngniu-
cent, out as yet seuiewnat vague, it is evi.
d,nt, however, that pieminent interests In
the theatre are seriously seeking te restore
the prestige of that institution, te implant
Werthy standards of tnste nnd te revitalize
the drama throughout the country.
This is a luudnble ambition, te which
Special distinction Is given by the fact that
itta tiresent seiilets in the cause are in the
I'M&rsjpaln prncticul men of the theatre as con cen
f$itrasted with superesthetlc visionaries with
SftMfJpJf -Imposed missions te "elevate the stage."
EfcXTne project nise uiners uecmeuiy irem
&Mjat launched some yenrs age by the group
SJ&'v'7ll.tnniinhi financiers who hiiekeil tin.
E Hl'.'fnted 'ew Theatre in New Yerk. There
fiSSP' Has n saver of Metropolitan Opera Heuse
"" f,B'eslty nueut ,,,p undertaking which
.&? ssrleusly handicapped its appeal te the wide
fe public which patronizes footlight amuse-
j$.Ai ffl.A 1rnilnpln( Mnnnpers' ARseelntinn rt
WWfr vlJIHeh Mr. Themas Is executive chairman,
ByM. iltendeaverlng te provide better entertain-
Bi.ii.ji annii ur rvv....n .. ... -.....w, mi-
Isrly In the smaller towns, where the
unable te secure attractions, have
IB convened mm ininiuii-piciiire neuses.
,er features of Hie rmtienai 'tiieatre pre.
are Incentives te tue study of the
In universities, colleges and schools
the organization throughout the United
of associated groups te further dra dra
purpeses. ciateu witii tae preuueers in tne man
it of the enterprise Is a notable group
lc men and ardent critical supporters
best influences In the American stage.
U te Interesting te discover whether
Wvausssiae actual erection and
Tasetrt dsslsntd
tISSt;aMaSS1MUTS
AA. .ii...l .j .
ritnlla VpatinaliA Tbn leaann of the
shipwrecked New Theatre should still be
sufficiently vivid te provide salutary warn
ings regarding procedure.
Mr. Themus Is, fortunately, nn experi
enced citizen of stagcland. The public, or
nt least such portions of it that entertain
respect' for footlight art, will watch his
efforts with appreciative interest and will
assuredly applaud them if they result in a
healthy and inspiriting "comeback" for the
best drama.
NOW DEMOCRACY'S ENEMIES
TRAIN GUNS ON THE IRISH
It Is Becoming Fashionable te Say That
Popular Government Is a Failure
in America and Elsewhere
POLITICAL thunders and lightnings at
tended the Irish Tree State Inte the
world of living things this morning. Ne
ether Government born out of human unrest
and aspiration ever lifted its head In an
atmosphere se tense and heavy with asserted
troubles, se charged with explosive feeling
as that which hangs ever the Old World nt
this writing.
The Had People, ns the Irish themselves
might say. were nt the very cradle of the
new Government muttering dark wishes.
There was Carsen, the IVAnnunzle of
I'lster, ready te harry nnd deform ihr in
fant ; and there was l)e Valera. lingering bis
knife nnd premising murder. A pnrt of
official England is still cynical and un
friendly. Yet these are net the most dan
gerous enemies of the new Ireland.
The people whom the Irish should fenr
nre a new and influential cult which is rising
net only in Europe but in America, te insist
that democracy is a failure and a dream of
demagogues and that ultimately it will have
te pass.
This opinion, nflected at the n'ement in
some of the colleges and In books and pre
tentious works of criticism, is one of the
most significant phenomena of contemporary
thought in the Tinted States.
Oddly enough, we have te thank the Irish
of Ireland for bringing the form and spirit
of this new anti-democratic thought into the
open. Fer what is being said of the Irish
Tree State by unfriendly writers in Americn
and England represents antagonism net te
Ireland alone, but te the whole system of
democratic thought nnd practice throughout
the world. We are reminded, for example,
that in the present Government nt Dublin
there nre no men "trained in the arts of
statesmanship and diplomacy." and that
Cellins nnd Cosgrave and even le Yalera
and the rest of them "came up from ob
livion" without the knowledge or experience
nccessnry te the wise direction of a nation.
It is quite true that, if you eliminate a
few scattered intellectuals in the back
ground, the men in control of the new Irish
Government will be found te be "without
training in the nrts of statesmanship nnd
diplomacy" a circumstance for which the
Irish people, remembering what the arts of
statesmanship and diplomacy have been
doing te the world, may thank their stars.
It is because the leaders of the Free St te
are actually of the soil and of the people
nnd virtually without experience with the
arts of Lloyd Geerge nnd Clemenceau nnd
Curzon that they have at this moment a
really representative Government animated
by purely native instincts nnd completely
representative cf natiennl feeling and na
tional hopes.
What the world is witnessing nt Dublin is
a trial of democracy in the pure state based
upon nn nuthentic sense of equality and the
moral justice of common interests. Irish
people who shuddered nnd turned cold when
they read thnt Timethy ITealy. warrior for
freedom and nncient antagonist of England
nnd new Governer General nt Dublin, kissed
the hand of England's King may have mo
ments of doubt. But they see only one cor
ner of the picture.
The philosophy of the ruling groups in the
Free State Includes far mere than politics.
It calls for an experiment in Southern Ire
land with a new sort of civilization founded
upon doctrines of simplicity and the nrts of
contentment nnd the things of the spirit.
"We de net believe." say the leaders at
Dublin, "that forests of smokestacks nnd
child labor nre te be accepted ns crowning
triumphs of human effort. We hope te make
in Ireland a life that is at once richer and
simpler than the life of purely industrial
nations."
Such hopes, whether they may be realized
or net. can come only from the'e rarest of
mpnphtlosephers who manage te remain
close te the soil nnd its people. They spring
out of doctrine that restores te the demo
cratic theory something "f its nncient no
bility. They suggest new reasons for demee.
rncy's continuance. They restore our faith.
Meanwhile, certain men of intellectual
pretensions In the I'nlted States nnd eNe
where ere seizing the opportunity te remnrk
suavely in print that, the democratic nations
have been making n bad showing and disas
trous uses of their opportunities; thnt voters
nren't Intelligent nnd thnr Treland. like the
United States is te lie afflicted by govern
ment of the mob.
The inner meanings of such thinking are
highly colorful. Within the great democ
racies can be discerned slffns of the old in
tolerance, the old lack of faith in laws of
insiice, the old dislike nnd Uistru't or un un
people. It is strange te observe that the
new assertions of nrlsteeratic and exclusive
principles come from people who have been
nurtured and exalted by the demecrndes
which they would deny. It is tee easy te
answer them.
Democracy, in America or Ireland, cannot
be a perfect instrument. The people are
negligent. But no errors or crimes of Wash
ington or Dublin, of Cerk or Harrlsburg,
could ever be se disastrous ns these of which
"men trained In the arts of statesmanship"
have been guilty in recent years.
Democracies will go en, trying te give ex
pression te what Is geed in the human heart
rather than what is geed in theory and sta
tistics. They will fall. But they will net
lese hope. They will get somewhere. They
ennnet turn nside.
On one hand ere the Kaisers. And en the
ether are the T.enlnes.
LOOKING-GLASS DIPLOMACY
THE whirligig of history is replete with
perversities and paradoxes. Few of
these, however, are mom striking than cer
tain features of the Near Eastern crisis
which Is rapidly reaching a peak at Lau
sanne. In ths Imbroglio Russia and Great Britain
have immr.mmt mwrajwi
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J lug of the Dardanelles te foreign warih!ps
and for the unrestricted, national control et
the Straits by the Ottomans. This was the
British program in the Crimean Wur era
nnd later at the Congress et Berlin in 1878.
Turkey is still In n sense the pawn, but
Hussln, her nnclcnt fee, Is new her ma
terialistic and self-seeking well-wisher.
It Is no wonder that Curzon has masked
himself la his most offensive and super
cilious diplomatic manner at Lausanne.
Embarrassed statesmen cannot decently be
denied all recourse te refuge.
But the problem that has arisen Is of mere
consequence than the discomfiture of the
British envoy. Predictions of Its develop
ments nre worthless, since the Turks, while
accepting with' apparent satisfaction the
championship of Soviet Ilussln, have net yet
explicitly stated their position.
Intact is ostensibly awaiting instructions
from Angera. In nil probability his delay
is mere directly due te Otteman hopes of
dissensions among the Allies. If rifts tre
discernible Turkey Is certain te profit
thereby, nnd perhaps even the bark of Mr.
Tchltcherin may enter rougher waters.
Lausanne Is n looking-glass microcosm.
In this tepsy-turvy diplomatic scene the
roles of leading actors nre reversed. 1 t
this fact contributes nothing te the settle
ment of issues bristling even mere with
dangers today than in the fifth nnd seventh
decades of the last century.
And there Is no Disraeli present te patch
up tlie muddle with surface brilliancies nnd
the species of superficial settlements once se
profitable te British national ambitions.
MUST FAIR FIZZLE OUT?
IF THE fair project is allowed te fizzle out
no special perspicacity will be required
te foretell n sensen of regrets, recriminations
and belated explanations in the course of
the year 11)20. The public will be found
wondering why its sense of pride was se
weak, Its patriotism se hollow, Its concep
tion of the future se inadequate.
The prospect here suggested is one Indi
cated by the present ebb tide of exposition
Interest. Fortunately, however, existing
conditions de net inevitably imply that the
1,'Oth anniversary of American independence
will pu:-s unrecognized in its natal city.
Time still remains for initiating prepara
tions for :i celebration in keeping with the
meaning and spirit of an epochal event.
Most of the great international exhibi
tions of history were completed within two
years and n half after the commencement of
actual work. There was ceullict of opinion
concerning the possibilities of the Columbian
Fair until within thirty months of Its open
ing. I'hiladelphians have still the oppor
tunity te decide whether they will be
recreant or will endeavor te signalize the
rounding out of a national era.
As Herbert Hoever pointed out some time
age a fair of the old conventionalized order
would he beset with many formidable prob
lems, the attempted solution of which might
be of doubtful worth. His dubiety, which
lias been seconded in many quarters, lias
given rise te u variety of efforts te inject
originality in the undertaking. Net all of
the ideas suggested have been happy.
The public and in this it is scarcely te
be blamed may prefer te ignore the anni
versary rather than degrade It with "bob
tail" productions or with features savoring
mere of a mummers' carnival or of the circus
than with dignified nnd atmospherically ap
propriate honors, But if I'hiladelphians are
capable of combating their present inertia,
their ingenuity si,mld be equal te avoiding
both extremes that of collapse or that of a
lame and trivial makeshift.
It is suggested elsewhere in this newspaper
that world progress along its most attractive
and magnificent lines might be fittingly sym
bolized and aciented in the celebration
without running into devastating extrava
gance. A lean exhibit, cultural, scientific,
international in scope, and. above all. in
teresting, would make of Philadelphia for
a season the tieasure house of the glebe.
Heceollectleiis exist of the highly suc
cessful IVnce Jubilee of Bosten in Ls".'!,
when massed bands nnd a superb choral
music enlisting the services of l".(Xll) eices
thrilled thousands of auditors assembled in
a Mist coliseum. Particular emphasis
might he laid en the art of sister nations
and our own, upon dramatic and musical
attractions, uputi the marvels of modern in
vention. The. prize cattle, the giant potatoes nnd
many of the innumerable depressants upon
the enthusiasm of spectators at the tra
ditional world fair might be eliminated.
Thcie would be few mourners.
The exposition piegram today stands
acutely in need of u tunic of ideas. En En
deners te differentiate the fair from its
predecessors need by no means imply shabby
or third-rate .standard- of achievement. The
lists are open for entrants with originality,
taste and a sense of civic obligations.
REACTIONS TO "TIGER"
IT HAS been intimated that the reactions
te Geerges Clemenceau tour in America
nre in part responsible for determination of
Premier Peincnre te bring the naval treaty
issue in France te u favorable t"nninatien.
Fermer Prime Minister Leagues, chair
man of the parliamentary commission i
charge of the Washington pacts, him taken
pains te deny that he predicted that the
Chamber of Deputies would vote against
ratification. It is said that the resentment
aroused in the I'nlted States by the original
report prompted Ambassador JiiPstrand te
wire for exuet information.
In the situation there is much te lllustrnte
that, although M. ('leinene.-au j. nn unotQ unetQ
cinl legate, his visit is iV m, means with
out diplomatic eensequei r.,..,, nc enjoys the
sympathy, nt once suitinenral nnd sincere,
of vast numbers of Americans in his appeals
for France-Aiiierban frlnidship nnd per
ceptive understiiiiiline. But a Fiance
recreant te Its obligations, rertainly im
plied though net specifically binding re
gnrdlng the Washington covenants, is net
the France for which M. Clemenceau Is
seeking te win an affectionate hearing.
Americans with their recollections of what
happened te the Treaty of Versailles and the
League of Nations should, of course, he
quite capable of comprehending that some!
at least, of the opposition te the Washing Washing
ten agreements tu France is horn of n
desire te embarrass M. Poincare and Is a
play for political advantage.
But consideration et tins point does net
completely cover the existing facts. Where
the French are offending a bister republic
nnd injuring their prestige here is in their
appeals for c.ipltal ship privileges of which
owing te finaucinl disabilities, they nre un
able te avail themsehes.
Obstructionism of this kind provides nn
unconvincing picture of the nation which
M. Clemenceau Is btrivlng te present in
quite another light.
Disnatch from New
Xerk tells of a man nr-
Old Stuff
rebted for trying en a
bet te sell fifty-cent pieces for a quarter
It Is an Interesting story, but it lsn new'
It Is se stale that we even doubt Its truth'
though Truth does tehash many old ones'
The story has been "rome-en1 for street
fakers since these interesting animals first
came nut of the ark. ! It nesslble that the
bright young men of Hie New Yerk press
have perinittid themselves te become un
witting press agents for rune-trimmers?
BZ Cephla. we nre given te understand,
travels at a rate of 2,500,000 miles an hour.
EZ going. Her motto, presumably,- Is we
don't knew where we're going, but ws're en
ear war. But art there no tnUM etM ea
1 .tM " Highways?
AS ONE WOMAN SEES IT
Running Away Frem Heme aa an Art.
Seme Masters Get Together in
the Seamen's Institute en
Queen Street
By SARAH D. LOWRIE
AN OLD gentleman of eighty -"even' con
fessed genially te me today thnt up 'te
the age of fourteen or thereabouts be had
been en the verge of running away from
home "strange countries for te see" mere
than once in actuality and every day in his
imagination.
llisgrnndnephewws inwardly. I thought,
gibing him that he had only wanted te nud
never done it. That particular young person
bad se accustomed himself te following his
sudden inspiration In the matter of leaving
home for a little round of sightseeing what
the Italians rail a "gire" that even yet in
Jiis third year as a medical student he
indulges in his propensity te "tnke n henJer
into space" en the slightest provocation of
a holiday.
Fer Insiaiicc, a month age there were two
whole holidays and u half stretching before
n I ni with nowhere te go but out and very
little carfare with which te stretch that
eutness. ' However, following the custom
of his native State of California, he dressed
for a meter trip and went forth from tue
"'"'yersity campus in the general direction
of Washington. After a block or two, be
steed expectantly en the curb smiilng Itivu
iiigly nt the oncoming meters, new nnd then
lifting a questioning hand n signal better
understood in California than here.
TTOWEVEK, he was presently invited te
"have n ride," and from thnt moment
until he arrived nl Alexandria across tne
river from Washington he was the com
panion of one or another fiiendly traveler
going south. Pcthnps in the course of tne
day he walked us much ns u mile, but nut
mere I should think all told. He rode in
n Ferd and a Cadillac, n Dedge nnd a
Simp c; he made twenty miles of tlie trip
en u truck and the next fifty in one hour in
a Pierce-At row.
He was taken home te lunch by the trues
driver, and ended up for the night In the
home of a student at Jehns Hepkins, who
dtuve himself every day te Baltimore and
back te Alexandria in a enr of bis own
devising out of the scraps of old cars. In
all I counted seven relay meters by which he
made the pleasant mileage between here und
the capitol.
Likely enough their owners were as gfad
of his company as he was of theirs, and I
have no doubt that he swapped experience
for experience, for he is nn agreeable, genial
.umth, who has hud many adventures by
land nud sea, adventures he has happened
into and out of with equal calmness and a
pleasant aftermath of amusing conclusions.
Sometimes lie has had te work at pietty
rough tasks te get te a destination that
will reward him for having set out ; sometimes
it all comes by the lifting of u baud, as te
this case. Next du, in Washington he
hunted nn an acquaintance, and spent the
night, after a day of sightseeing, with him.
And tlie last lu. et the holiday he went
by trellej te Baltimore, and, under tlie
guidance of a medical student whom he
knew, saw operations, te his mind's con
tent, coming tu Philadelphia by a late train,
having spent. I suppose, very little if un
mere than the three days at idleness in
town would have cost him.
IT WOI'I.D be pretty difficult te strand
that chap, or te scare him by strange
surroundings, or en the ether bund confine
him by familiar surroundings, ns most of
us are confined through sheer laziness about
facing the unknown. The spirit of adven
ture that is strong in him has been allowed
scope along such wholesome lines thnt lie
has actually learned before he is twenty-five
te land en his feet from a lenp Inte space,
and his sense of direction is se weli devel
oped that he can find his way home, when
the episode is finished, with a happy assur
ance of a most friendly world behind blm
as he closes his own front deer en the
inside. I suspect that few boys hnve get the
knack of running away up te such a fine
nit, however.
A FEW Sundays age T was down at the
Seamen's Sunday evening supper nnd
friendly gathering at tlie Seamen's Insti
tute. 1-rent nud Queen streets. It wns after
0 nt night, tlie streets leading down te
the river nnd along the river front were very
dark and forbidding and deserted. Here
and there was a dimly lighted room, half
shop, half dwelling, with a deer open en
the pavement, and nl some of the street
corners were girls and a youth or two, and
new nnd then a prowling figure of a man
or woman wavering along In the shadow.
I confess I was g'ad of the shelter et
the tnxieab, and yet a little bothered by the
resounding noise of that solitary vehicle en
these deserted streets. It took us some time
te find Queen street, and then te verify the
institute in the group of buildings thut'were
one part church nnd one part clubhouse.
Inside, however, it wa-' safe, and lively anc
sane.
Perhaps sixty sailors were at supper in
one room and in nn upper auditorium pos
sibly two hundred mete were smoking and
singing and generally being entertained by
one or another of their number, who did a
stunt en the platform with the help of a
man with a fiddle and a boy who played
the i iane.
The man who wns seeing te things gen
erally was a clergyman by the name of
Pei-( Stockwell, n smt of second edition of
Herb'Tt Hoever, only mere square-hewn
and mer' black and white. He could tnlk.
tee, which Hoever apparently cannot de in
public, te his own liking at least. Beth of
thes,. men have a wnv of telling you te de
things rather than n-lins you, yet without
stepping en your personality, somehow. Yeu
feel like saying, "All right, I'll try," te
Mr. Stockwell, just as Hoever's aides did.
At least I observed that the sailors felt that
way. He asked them tn tell him where
the'j nil came from. And they almost rose
from their chairs te shout te him net omj emj
the country but the town.
FI.'LLY half of that big roomful weie
Scandinavians. Swedes, Danes nnd Nor Ner
wegians. with perhaps three Finns. Ne one
would acknowledge te being a German ; there
were a hnlf dozen French, mere Italians, n
few Hollanders; the ethers were two-thirds
subjects of Great Britain and one-third
citizens of the United States of Americn.
The Irish nnd Scotch were in the majerrty
nnieng the British, but there were men from
Australia, New Zealand nnd Cnnada as
well as from England and Wnles. I looked
Lack nt them from my eeat In the front
row while they eagerly called out their
homelands; most of them were young men,
some were almost boys, the old men weru
very few. I wondered hew many of them
had run away from home. And later when
I cot a chance I asked them. There was a
kind of rear that was almost a bellow of
laughter with a faint something of derision
in it and n shout ef:
We have all run away!"
I
SUPPOSED they must have gotten thnt
1 question put te them nd nauseam, hence
the derision. But later I found that it had
never ecrum-,. . iu hk thorn
lust thnt. Perhaps thwe who knew tnem
test' took B "8 nmalter of fact. The little
note of challenge in their response most likely
enme as a warning te me net te speak tee
much of home, since for one reason or nnether
it was a sere subject. I rather think thctr
freedom and at-hemeness in that place tire
line te the right questions being asaed tbew
nnd the wrong ones let alone.
They would net gather there .100 strong,
Mm young, wnJaded ones even if they we?e
forlorn. "'eS8 ,he-v,, ' unnfraul of Inter
ference en the one hand and sure of a kind
of comrade welcome en the ether, with no
Palaver and yet much geed feeling. Th
fiys and Klrl whose guests they were n
these Sundays happen te he the generation
concerning which se much is being talked
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Daily Talks With Thinhinz Philadelphia en Subjects They
Knew Best
WILLIAM MOENNIG
On Old Violins
THERE nre few subjects which are of
greater Interest 'han that of old violins,
nnd there nre aln few en which there nre
mere popular misconceptions, says William
Meennig, one of Philadelphia's experts en
the subject.
"There are verv few branches of crafts
manship." said Mr. Meennig. "where se
mnnv different and varied elements enter
as in the making of violins. Of course, the
same tiling Is true regarding nil the stringed
instruments, but the violin has always been
the specialty of the great makers of stringed
instruments, nnd there have been n few
cases in which some of the very greatest of
these makers of violins did net make cither
cellos or violas se far as is known.
Few Genuine Instruments
'Naturally, of the thousands of instru
ments which nre brought te the violin
experts for examination every year, most of
them nre net genuine. If Strndlvarius, for
instance, hnd made all the Instruments
which benr his labels, he would have had
te work twenty-four hours a day for a
geed many hundreds of years. Most of the
instruments which nre se brought are easily
told imitations, although there are a few
makers who hed the faculty of imitation te
the extent where it deceives nil but the
met highly trained experts. ,
"But the public ennnet knew these things,
and when an instrument benrlng the name
inside of one of the great Cremona makers
is discovered, they have no means of know
ing thnt it is net genuine. Practical y
all of the best of the violins of Stradi
varius, Jeseph Guarnerius del Jcsji, Staincr
and most of the ether really great makers are
new known by violin experts nnd their own
ership at the present time Is also known te
them. The business of imitating these In
struments of the great mtkers had been n
very profitable one in the past, but there is
new se much ennniness en the part of buy
ers that thev hesitate te purchase an Instru
ment without the opinion of ene or mere ex
perts, end by se doing most of them save
a let of money which would otherwise be
lest.
Judging a Violin
"In judging the value of a violin, one must
tnke into consideration the maker, the age
of the instrument, the state of preservation
(n verv important matter), the workman
ship nnd the tone. An instrument cunnet
be Judged by any one of these things alone,
but by all of them, or the result will be u
conflict of opinion. , ,
"Tlie point of view of the denier or
collector of violins is radically different from
thnt of the performer, whether the latter
be nmateur or professional. The player leeks
upon the violin as an instrument of music
nnd nothing else, and therefore judges the
Instrument solely by its tone-producing
qualities. The viewpoint of the collector or
the dealer is that the violin is a work of
supreme art In construction nnd, as the case
mnc le. ii med or u oeor exnmnle of the art
of that particular maker. When n maker
can combine both of these things he becomes
n Stradivarius or a Ounrnenus. iseeuiess
te say. there have net been mauy of them.
"Many a person, taking n violin te n
dealer te dispose of, has been greatly sur
prised te find that the dealer will take the
word of the owner ns te the tone-producing
qualities of the violin. He will net try it
himself, or want te hear it, but will simply
leek at it and then mnke en offer for It
If he wants te buy it, which offer I can ns
sure you will net be intended ns an insult.
Difference in Tene-Judging
"One reason for this is that nn two per
sons judge the tene of n violin nllke. Every
person has bis own preference, and a tonal
niifi"v which will please one person will
displease another. I have even heard two
fine violinists disagree ua te the tone of an
instrument, one declaring that It was harsh
and the ether saying that it was soft, se
that there cxlrtn a different tone quality for
every player.
"When most persons who play say thnt
they are in the market for a new Welln
they hear from every one, from their best
friend down te the butcher, of n hidden
treasure in the attic, a violin which has n
long history, which has been in the family
for. hundreds of years and which bears the
label of some celebrated maker, and which
mar be bought at a reasonable Minus.
I . fnrfe.aafl -L. w- UU...U .-.!. .1 I i
;j(wMij(Pi takes It te the.eenaeiesear, nt is
"C-CANT WE 'FRAME' THIS SCRAP?"
ly ,-.r - .-naSn s"1 . ijRmiSSr",iiii .
usually informed after en glance that It is
an imitation and generally n bad one nt thnt,
with n faked label. Very likely it is tin
old violin, bill it was never made by nny of
the great makers nnd is probably a very
commonplace instrument.
Thousands of Imitations
"Nothing can be told by the label, ns
these ha-e been very skillfully counterfeited
and imitation ones may ncTuiilly be pur
chased; some of them are pretty geed imita
tions, tee.
"Shortly after the death of the celebrated
makers, who lived roughly in a century, till
told, their names were used by their imi
tators, who were lesser makers engaged in
the same work et that time. Thev knew
U1,- Stradivnrius had received ns much as
- for some of his best instruments (they
cost nearer S'J.I.OOO new), nnd they thought
timt by using his name they could get better
prices for their own violins and thev were
probably right. This accounts for sbme of
the very old violins which we often see nnd
which are out-and-out imitations, without
any of the distinguishing marks of the great
makers whose labels they bear.
''y'ellns were mnde as early as 1 G.'iO in
.Markneukircheii and there nre unquestion
ably Instruments antedating these. Of the
great imitators of the Cremona masters, the
best wns J. B. Villaume, bem in 171KS In
Mlreceurt. His instruments would deceive
even the greatest experts, as they were made
exact y like the original m shape, work
manship and color. Added te this lie had
exact duplicates of the genuine labels of
Mradlvarius, Guarnerius and some of the
ether mnsters of violin-making. Seme of
these Instruments he sold ns imitations, but
a let of them get en the market ns originals.
He made just as geed violins under his own
name as under these of the masters, hut
he could never get the prices for ids own
that he could for the imitations.
Imitation Still Going On
.i!iThT nre mn"y v,ie,,lns Mn r"'"'' tedav
wh eh arc excellent imitations of the great
makers and it is n lifelong study (,, he
able te tell the original from the counter
feit, home of the labels aru printed or
written eq hanel-mndc paper and-aged In
various ways, se they, tee, are us difficult
te tell ns the instrument. There i ,," ,
number of ess.r mnkers, many of ui,
violins are very fine, such as Itugtlerl
Gundagninl, Laudelfi ami manv etlmrs
Lach has his own characteristics which
must be known nt sight te the expert All
in all the study of rare violins is a life
work if a person wishes te beceme rcdlv
proficient nt It. "y
"There have been instances of genuine
Cremona violins being bought for a song
but these chances, like these of old imlnt.'
ings, have dwindled se that they mnv new
be said te be practically non-existent
People- knew tee much new nnd the fact
that the Cremona violins nre verv valuable
leael" every owner of a violin who wishes
te dlspose of it te tnke it te nn ., . ':..
find out the value of it before he puts it
the market. In this way he is able te knew
exnctly what the Instrument is worth nti.l
the chances of getting n fine violin chein
are today smaller than they ever huve been
before. l-"
"Even the violins of the lesser Italian
makers hnve had a ,ast increase ,, VI1i.
and the Strnds and these of Guarnerius del
Jeni cannot be bought by any except VnpT
rich man. The demand for the lesser i,,u
has therefore come from the performers There
are net nearly se many imitators of these
makers and a violin pesscFsltig n genulne
label of one of them is very apt te be a
genuine Instrument."
The joys of the dnilv
job nre many and worth
the dangers and saeri-
Martyr
of Science
, en, "" ""-'.v Mimcuiacs de
mand. Soldiers nnd sailors and firemen ami
policemen and ethers prove this. Hut fu'
men. happily, huve te face the dangers met
by the sclent st as he searches for knowledge
thnt will help humaiiitv. The, martvrs ,,f
wie -"v-riiy urn mnny. volatile among them
Is Prof. Vnlllant. of Paris, who has lit
undergone ,hls thirteenth operation. First
he lest the fingers of his lefl hand, then the
forearm, lien the arm nt the shoulder, and
new the disease Is attacking his right side
Here Is a death by dsgreja'infinltefy Worse
than any sudden taking off.
1
SHORT CUTS
"They hnve eyes and yet see net"
seems te be fairly descriptive of prieen ter
specters. .
We fignr thnt the 8C-11 will srriw
in Bin Ja-elre nt nbeut th- time 'Tenia!
III., gets n jury In the mine-massacre csn:
Secretary of Agriculture Wallace seek
te avoid the necessity of n hack-te-tluy
farm movement by keeping the farmers right
there.
" - ,,
Politicians who are busy picking a nun
te succeed President Hunting might de wu
tn consult a former newspaper editor of
Marien, O.
Dry agent in New Yerk church explain!
te W. C. T. I. members hew te make booth
in Heme-sized still. Is this seed sewn en
stony ground?
Gallant Clevidand septuagenarian killid
by lire truck while picking woman's slipper
ireim me street, itemanee scorns crtukj
knee joints.
Fite Stnte Highway Department liai
revoked the licenses of thirteen automobile
owners. Any doubt about this being an
uniucxy tnirteen?
Dr. Stnitnn says if he were New Yerk'i
Police Commissioner lie would start all
policemen's days with prajer. Well, that'i
wie way wiey start mules.
"Of course. I'll carry u gun," says tie
new woman deputy sheriff of Atlantic
County, N. .1. All she needs i.ew is ubillty
ie reu a cigarette with erne hand.
Berlin saloonkeepers succeed in hreaklnf
up a prohibitionist parade, snys u wirtlfi
report. uerinan drya evidently haven t
learned the fine art of surreptitiously putting
one ever.
After Southern Negroes have manncJ
the Northern mills Northern nllrns may mai)
the Southern cotton lipids nnd fnetnrlt.
Shortage of labor is using a big spoon W
but me melting pet.
New Yerk wine cemnnnv has aurcahii
te Secretary Mellen for information ns tu
new te salvage a lar.TO and rapidly deteri
orating stock of champagne nnd Mr. MeIle.il
says he' knows of , e way out. The m
feature Is that these law-abiding bueineM
men could immediately get all the aid they
neeeeii irem iioeticggcrs.
,
What De Yeu Knew?
QUIZ
What are
the colors of the flag of
Mexico 7
2. Whut llemnn Emperor participated 18
... Kladlaterlal combats In the CelluuniT
3. Who was the first Chief Justice of tM
lTMlPil Ktntre?
4. What Is the original meaning of tlu
worn inurionniie?
C. "What arc the characteristics of a lateta
eaiif
6, What Is n gazebo?
7. Who Was Klmen Cameren?
h. Who preached the first sermon printed 19
nuieriiM i
A. Wlljlt U.1u Ihn nlnniiAnnnln.
10. What Is tlie summer capital of Indlaf
Answers te Yesterday's Quiz
1. Sir William Bnmsny was celebrate
Scotch chemist, discoverer of atmef
pherle gases. He was awarded t;i
Nebel prize f&r chemistry In 1804.
lied In 1010.
2. The Norse Doomsday was termed tM
ltagnnrek. In Scandinavian reythw;
egy ltagnnrek was the twilight of tM
Keds nnd the doomsday of the werW
1)1 Cepdlnir Itn ppitannratlnn Thn name
h lefduntlln tnr twlllvht nt thA ff0(ll
3, Lucarnes nre dormer or garret wlnuewlj
or small windows or lights in spin
ei uuiiaingH,
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XIV of Krnnce., has been termed ''tM
miner or i-rencn music." jus u-
inn 1113.1.1 AW?
7. A radius Is a 'straight line from tM
center of a circle or a sphere te 1"
ueriiuicry. ( i
8. The word catchup or ketchup Is trew
the Hindu "kltjap," the name of s
popular Kunt Indian condiment.
0. The first King of modern Oreeee "W
uine. neceuei aen ei beuis I et Jvsnr
tin iiscenaeu me mrone in !
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