FWVWTO''WWi vvijiA't-v tv: I li: . i WYl hy i 5W! 1 a efv 'tjb thkY f? 12 EVENING PUBLIC LEDGER PUBLIC LEDGER COMPANY CVRUB II. K. CUIITIH. I'krsiesnt Jehn C. Martin, Vlce Prrsldimt nnd Tiwimtrtrt CharH A. Tpr. Pcretnry; ChfcrlfH II, Ludlnir Ludlnir Ien, Philip H. relUns, Jehn 11. William. Uer F. Cieli1mlth, I)Mil K, Smiley, Directors. DAVID E. SMII.HY.. ..Keiller JOHN C. MAIVnN....cncTftl IHilni Maaascr . Published dally at Pl'BLle I.tneen nultdlnr 1 IndeT-mlenca Square, Philadelphia. Att.i.vtie Cut rrri-tiileit nulMInc Ksw Yeis 3(14 Mndlsen Ave. DrotetT ....701 Kerd IlulldlnK Br. Leuis 013 alobe.Denecrat llulldln Cllicioe 1303 Tiilmn Bulldlnn NEWS nunuAUS: TVAlitlSOTOM rilBStv, N. E. Cor. rnnyhitnU M: snd 14th SI. Nw YeK Bcnitie Thet Suh Jlulldlnn Londen Heniiu Trafalgar Ilulldlnr stmscmrTieN teiims Th EmsiNO Pt'Bl.le Lsixizu I en-Kl te sub-crll-r In rhllHdelphln nd sttrreundliij tewni tt the rule or twelve (IS) cent per week, payable i the carrier. 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All rights of republication of special dispatches Merrill or also rr.srrvrd. rhilaOelphia, Tbut.iljj, Ilrcnnl.fr 7. 1922 POSTOFFICE NECESSITIES "jyrODIFIED initurc'' Is inspired hy ihe 1VX lecnmniondntlen in ilie Ticasiiry Appropriation I'.lll of nil r t)ciilittir of $!.",000 for lernirs te the Philadelphia Post Pest office, Considering tlmt the structure nt Ninth and C'.'estnut streets Jinx rust the I Invent -liictiV only SL'O.OCO for improvements for the Inst eighteen years, it might appear lticum bent upon this community te render thanks for an unexampled display of 1'ederal mu nificence. Such sentiments would, however, only superficially cover a situation that lias been persistently misconceived by the Govern input for mere than a generation. Repairs te the Central Pestnffice are urgently neces sary, particularly these in piespcct te he devoted te the construction of a new reef. But patchwork measures will net fundamen tally relieve a criis which iear by jear grows lnerentlngly arute. What I'hlladelphla needs with an lnteu iity matcLed in few of the. world's great cities is a modern, properly equipped and capacious main posteflice. The present dlfice might he remodeled and rendered nervleeable if the Federal courts were re moved and their qunrters devoted te the extension of the mall facilities. Such :in Improvement is the alternative te the erec tion of nn entirely new building. Existing conditions are nl but intolerable. The new reef may take enre of an obvious emergency, but the heart of the postal prob lem here will be untouched by cenlinlng Federal efforts te makeshifts. THE FOOL PRINCE FOR modern princes incompetence is evi dently a plea in extenuation. Andrew of Greece has besought his inquisitors te re gard him only as a futile figurehead, and his argument is rewarded by a considerate sen tence of banishment. Contemporary methods of royalty suggest that net a few mennrchs of the past were needleshly victims of their own vanity. Kich rd II, Charles I, Leuis XVI. King Alex ander of Serbia, Nicholas ,11 and i-nine ethers appear te have labored under the Im pression that they were able rulers. Prince Andrew is obviously of a different tripe, content te- take the rash and let the credit go. The sentimental interest attach ing te lest causes has permitted compara tively few kings or princes in exile te stnrve. Seme of them, as witness the unconcerned Manoel of Portugal, Den .Taime of Spnin and n variegated array of "pretenders," have, enjoyed the delights of comfortable Incomes without the cares of state. Andrew in England, whither he is vnid te be headed, will doubtless disport hiiuv-lf nininblj In tennis mnl nt gnnb u ten-.. The price of it ail is nieie'. te wilte oneself down an a. DR. DOLITTLE'S RIVAL rTOIE here of one of the recent books is Dr. X Delittle, who is a student of the lan guage of animals. He has learned hew te talk with dogs mid ducks and cats and canaries, and is getting some, slight nc nc qnalntanee with the language of goldfish. But he wants' te lmi the language of oysters and ether crustaceans in order that he may nsj them about the state t,f th" world in the youth of their race. 1 1., insl-ts that as they are the survivals of the c.irlie't created things they must have n l,(ly n' tradition Hint would be inclinable. ' In deed, they inlsht settle the dispute Jn whn h the fundamentalists are engaged with the evolutionists. New nppears the Uev. I 15 Sterkdale, a Methodist clergyman of JJnjsIde, N. Y who Insists that he understands the lun gunge of chickens the feathered kind. He has listed twenty-six different expressions that they use. with their meanings, and he ran understand every one of them. U docs net appear that he can engage in conversa tion with them or that the coin crsnt inn of the old hens Is purilciilarlj enlightening In this respect he linn net nihari.'ecl quite s for as Dr. Delutle t h, j, tlm,,, give him time, and time is no telling what contributions ti Hec : of fwl may make te the thought of the rest of the world. CHEAP POLITICS HOWEVER effective in practice legisla tive opposition te the Ship-Subsidy Bill may prove te be, Its wrekness lu principles already is glaring and unmistakable. Scarcely any of the chief features of the measure httve been subjected te analysis bearing the least stamp of critical authen ticity, rellticni strategy, as old as it i discreditable, is dlsplaji d in the species of obstructionism designed te overwhelm the Mil with preposterous amendments, reu nions and riders. Senators who hope te kill the measure by turning It Inte a monstrosity probably are careless of their failure te offer reasoned arguments ngalnBt Its nlleged demerits. In their destructive zenl wrecking tools have been seized regardless of their bearing upon the actual points nt issue. Political efficacy is accepted as the single standard. Mr, Berah, for example, has proposed a rider the adoption nf which would restore the free lolls privileges in the Panama Canal te American coastwise ships. There is no honest connection between such a suggestion nnd the essentials of the Subsidy Bl1!. The lolls question nt the Isthmus Involves treaty Interpretation and regard for the sanctity of international obligation" The subject was extensively threshed out during the Wl'sen Adinlnlstiatlen and the conclusion was reached hy a majority In Congress, with the President exercising all permissible executive pressure, that free pauage for American commercial vessels of any description meant nothing less than n 'mkless IpfrJpgement of treaty rights. Senater 'Be.rah ,i, of course, fully nrare that wrangling ever the significance of the Unyl'aunccfete cevennnt will make rough voyaging for Ihe subsidy measure. Ills pal pable Intention Is trenblc-miiklng hy what ever methods, demagogic or net, that seem likely te plunge the Administration plans In confusion, Mr. Berah Is pleased te pose as h cham pion of principles. But principles arc net reflected In his present tactics, .which reveal htm ns'nti exponent of shabby and graceless political maneuvering. The worth of the Subsidy Bill Is tin nffected by Introducing extraneous matters. Should political success be realized as the fruit of such conscienceless efforts, It will lie nt the plain cost nf claims te reputation or legislative sincerity, ' THE PUBLIC MUST PAY THE ANTHRACITE TAX But It Wants te Knew Hew Much Mere Than the Tax the Operators Will Add te the Price te Cever "Over head" Charges By (iEOBtii: NOX McCAIN TT IS Inevitable that the Pennsylvania - State tonnage tax en anthracite, whose legality has been sustained by the Supreme Court of Ihe I'nlted States, will be passed down te the ultimate consumer as an in crease In the price of his coal. The (icnernl Committee of Anthracite Operators has announced that the tax will amount te VJtVj cents a ten, se fur as they can estimate at the present lime. Ne ex planation N given, however, as te hew this ligure was arrived at by the clever statisti cians cinp'ejed the operators. If piestiniiibly represents the t.'u per ten en the overage cost of the product nt the mine mid nothing mere. The interesting question In the already overburdened and harried householder Is, Hew much additional will the coal operators add te the tax for their trouble in collect ing it? Something like twentj-five cents a ten has been suggested. This "overhead" always has been a ton ten venlent refuge net only for coal companies and mining concerns generally, but for oilier classes 0f Industry where It is desired te find an ecus(. for increasing prices te the public nnd 'incidentally the profits te the producer or retailer. In this Instance of the (enl tax it will net require a platoon of clerks in the various mining offices te keep track. In the book keeping way, of the amount of anthracite mined and In he taxed. Ne elnbernte detail nf double entry Is required te find out the number of tens mined or fcreetied or washed per day at nny given establishment. A cenl company with nn nvernge output of 1000 Ions dully, if the increase, with overhead added. Is te be lied at twenty-live cents a ten. would drug down 15 li.'." every working day for "overhead" alone in the way of bookkeeping nnd clerk hire. A trllle of .TJ,"0 per month for collecting the few facts Involved which would require the services of but two or three individuals nt most ! The whole thine at the suggested rate of twenty-live cents per ten additional, Is n gigantic gouge. It evidently is a new field of endeavor lu which te lieece the public. Still another phase of this anthraelte-tax question is that of the se-called steam sics, which has been referred te by sonic one ns "nen-eniiipctitlc by-product"; the smaller grndes unci the output of the washcries. This product also must be taxed under the State law. Operators in the past hove claimed that these grades, known variously ns buck wheat, rice and barley, really nre sold at a less; that they are net actual by-products, nnd, furthermore, that they mi only com pete with bituminous cenl for stenm pur poses. I'.'lt nre these gindev being sold at a less? They are i et ' Tie iti.siiit coal ciisls hn led hundreds nf people te luiv strain sies of anthracite nt unheard-of prices for a wasteful but necessary domestic consumption. This is "velvet" te the operator if net te the re tailer. One householder last Saturday paid 0.."fl a ten for buckwheat size anthracite. The same sle was priced te him by ether retail dealers at the same ligure. showing that there etldently is an understanding among shippers or retailers te put these gtndes at the top notch. With (lie t n i added te ihe cost of steam sl?es, which will ilierea'-e the ir prbe le the manufacturer, these grades will be mere difficult te dispose of in competition with low -priced bituminous. If, however, anthracite opunters decline, for competitive reasons, te increase the pi ice of buckwheat and its kindred grndes by adding this tnc and overhead, It Is n fair conclusion thnt the general public will he required te carry this additional burden. In ether word', while the wnshcry nnd breaker stenm sles will be taxed under (be law. the con' npetnler mnv net ndd the Slate tax and ex.'ihe.nd tec tl.e sellin,' priee, as he will de in the ctue of the domestic or household sizes Thus the domestic si.es innsi hejir pre sumably, the whole burden In si ;i 1 ltfi,Pr prices te the householder, unless the opera epera opera ters shoulder the lunden themsehes. The suggestion thnt several nf the large mining companies may net add the tax le the consumer's bill Is a startling suggestion, but almost incredible, for the reason thnt it would destroy every precedent In hlstcu-v of the Industry. the THE UNRULY SICK ll'Z rOW much ihe w "rbl ewe s le the iii -ters i iiiul per-isti'iit dip ntii's of nubile ihe work of Dr. .1. their i'i'"i,' srtci as lumriicii opinion is suggested by Madisen Tayler, who. writing in the Pcni.if) Iir.pnr.u, brings up again ihe delicate but enormously imfertnnt question f invalids who endanger their own lives and the lives of ethers by their disdnin of the doctor's advice nnd instructions. When Dr. Tayler first Introduced this subject for general debate he frightened n geed 'manv people by seeming te be en the ric of these who have no leinainlng vestige of regard for the principle of personal llbertv. Yet lie was n fact pioneering nn ground which, because it is dangerous mid lit'eT'i'eri'il. is avoided hv most pbsicnns ,.f the. ewer schools We eur-ehes ex. pi-csM'l ct'eiibis of Ihe vnlhlilt of a threrv which would lend. te something rP auto cratic power for doctors. Manfully enough, Dr. Tayler sticks te his ground and reminds us ngaln of the, little-known perils of the walking Invnlld. What he Is doing Is te publish a fact. The answer he leaves te the public Itself. It ! true that a great many jneplt die EVENING 'PUBLIC LEDGER - because they overtax their strength after an Illness, And it Is true, tee, that infections are carried abroad by people who, If they obeyed the doctor's orders, would remnln in n bed of convalescence. Probably it ,1s be cause of the extent te which social experi ments have Invaded personal rights within the last few years that many people were disposed te resent the suggestion tlfnt doc tors should have nutherlty te enforce their orders net only for the geed of the patient but for the geed of the community. Dr. Tayler might have carried bis argu ment further by pointing out that this in stinctive objection comes from the snmc mood that inspired active objections te the first quarantine established legally apalnst small pox and similar contagions. New no one doubts the value or the Imperative need of disease quarantines. But there nre people who object strenuously te the principle nnd practice of vaccination, even after the utility of vaccination hits been demonstrated in millions of cases nnd proved by every sort of scientific revelation. The refusal of earnest and talented physi cians te be discouraged and their p.ttient labor ns educators were needed te overcome the popular prejudice against methods of medical practice that operated te reduce the death rate greatly and nlmest completely te eliminate diseases which, In less en lightened days, appeared as scourges against which people were defenseless. Dr. Tnyler, knowing from his own ex perience that carriers of disease arc often nt large mid that many people die te assert their personal independence agninst the will and advice of the doctor, did what the nble men nf hi,, profession have always done. He told unpopular truths nnd permitted his critics te ny whnt they w.,.ild. And In the course of time, perhaps, when nn impatient world gets geed mid ready nnd after a grent many mere people bine died unnecessnrilv, the public may see the wisdom of his advice and fellow it ns it has lenrned te fellow ether men with whom, nt llrst, it lcfused te ugrec. IN GOD'S COUNTRY "WHnriE." mourned Hugh Wnlpele. Y echoing n query that Is loosed in the airs of the United Stntcs by almost' every observant traveler from abroad, "Is all veur speed nnd your jazz thinking going te get you people of this beautiful and amazing country V" ."v. wp ,'ell't l"e'. A great manv thoughtful people are even nfrnid te guess. But any ciii who feels that the random questions of Ilritlsh le.iurers deserve serious attention nnd a rational answer may turn his attention te I.es Angeles County, Calif., for the hints unci Implications necessary te social prophecy as it must be formulated in these high limes. Over I.es Angeles yesterday were rooming airplanes. Submarine chasers relieved temporarily, we suppose, from the pursuit of bootleggers - cut long white swaths In the sky-blue waters off the Southern Cali fornia coast. East motorcars boomed en the high reads. Detectives lurked in Ihe weeds and bloodhounds sniffed the emih and posses were being formed In the city proper. All these forces of law and order were directed In a search for a pretty Indy who, having been convicted of killing another pretty lady with a hammer, nonchalantly sawed the bars of her cell a ml escaped te what, for want of a better name, Is called liberty. Les Angeles is close te Hollywood. Whether n love of pictures is contagious, whether the circumstances of Mrs. Phillips' escape were somehow colored by thought tinnsference, whether the plan originated In the dreams of an escaped camera man, we shall never knew, because ten minutes after she left the jail the fugilhe was re ported te be in Mexico. Rut you may feel sure that pictures ate new beiuv made of what the studies will call "The First Clrcnt Weman Hunt pf American History." As n culmination of Ihe spiritual rest lessness that finds Imperfect expression In jazzed politics, jazzed economics, jazzed secinl philosophies, jazzed art and jazzed amusements, I.es Angeles nourishes and Is proud. It can add a little fresh color te every familinr detail of existence. Its sunsets and its motorcars are alike spectacular. The citizens of I.es Angeles beast that you enn stand en one of their pavements nnd see their city grew. Speed is their guiding thought, their hope, the mewng passnui In their b'end, the thin-; that, ns they sec it. will get them te betiM'ii Elsewhere billies sometimes MM each ether Only in the brightest part of tled's ceiiiniy did one ic member te he original and introduce the novel touch of a hammer. De the Jnjlers In I.es Angeles serve saws with the meals? Did Mrs. Phillips use a nail file or an acetylene torch te cut the bars that prisened her? Where were the watchmen? What sort of metal de they use in the construction of Western jails? Who would be se insolent and ill-mannered ns te put such questions te a community that, according In the standards of popular thought In 11122. is flat 100 per cent Ameri can nnd thcrefeie Impatient almut miner del al's V Wheeling airplanes, flying motorcars, posses nnd detectives huirying in clumps are great diversions. They provide new thrills for folk whom Hollywood has hardened te thrills. They make life weith living for people who hed come te fed that it teuld no longer be interesting. Meanwhile, there probably is another side te the story of Mrs. Phillips' escape. It was tee much like a movie as it came ever the wires. The ether story isn't likely te be te'.d. It will be forgotten in the course of I lini', like the mystery at New Brunswick. We nre tee busy te bother with long specu lation. "What's next?" shout the nrnes of this jazzed country. "Make it snappy, whnlcver it i!" PICKING A JURY THE picking of the llenin juiy .suggests the possibility that sooner or Inter the authorities lu their laudable desire te get men without opinions of nny kind will auto matically draft them from some Heme for the Kceblc-Mlnded. In this way much time will be saved and much money for the State, New Turkish Oevern- .Martyrs meat is seeking bus- nf .Matrimony hands for Ihe 1.10 beau lies of the ex-Sult.in's hnrein. Here appears te b nn excellent op portunity for gentlemen who strongly ob ject te the feminist movement. They mnv get wives who will obey their slightest wish nnd who will express no views of their own principally because they have none te ex press. Men may get such wives; then, ngeln, they may net ; for the wives lacking views may lack nothing of caprice; und man is born te trouble. France Is hesitating Lest Time In before ratifying the Hesitation Washington Naval Treaty. She feels she is entitled te n larger navy than Italy; nnd this though she realizes that it will b long before she run have a navy us large as the treat permits. What she apparently fnlh te realize Is Ihat "he needs the friendship nnd suppeit of a couple of Jerge naval Powers iedic than shn needs a nnvy. A large nnvy might be nn embnrresment as well ns nn expense. Only comparable te the new comet Is the flight of the S-0 II en Its way te Rn Janeiro. There Is at least rcmote possibility that it will reach its destination by Christmas. PHILADELPHIA. THURSDAY;. DEgjEJ$R , . ROADS AND RUBBISH old Easten Pest Read te Be Reded Icattd New Philadelphia Statistics. ' State Crusade Against Filth and Rubbish in Furniture By GEORGE NOX McCAIN ONE of the famous old highways of Penn sylvania Is te be rcdcdlcatcd te modern service in n few days. It has been known for mere than 200 yenrs as the "Easten Pest Read." Could the disembodied spirits of all these who traversed Ihe old thoroughfare in the coaches of long dead decades be present, they would line both sides of the new and splendid concrete highway from Easten te Philadelphia. Today It Is sold te be the finest concrete read In the State. It Is one mere monument te the memory of Lewis S. Sadler. THE Easten Pest Read was for three rniartcrs of a century, subsequent te the Revolution, one of the State's grent pest rends. Regular lines of conches-nnd-feur carried passengers, mnlls and express between Philadelphia nnd Easten uver it. The trip required eight hours. Pest houses, where the horses were changed, dotted the read nt frequent In tervals. On occasions the running time wns re duced considerably. That portion of thp highway from Phila delphia te Willow Greve wns laid out in 1711. The Old Yerk rend was part of it. A much elder thoroughfare was the Durham read, which was opened from Bristel te Newtown In 1083. STAGE COACHES continued te run en regular sehedule fill lfifl.". The North Pcnn Railroad wns built In is.-.e. It paralleled the old read here and there. Ultimately its speed and convenience drove the coaches from the highway. There arc old residents along the route today who recall the ringing sound of the conch horn en the famous thoroughfare. THERE nre nlncty-nlne steamship lines new running from Philadelphia te the peits nf the world. Of these, forty-eight are engaged In n coast -to-ceost service. That Is coastwise en the Atlantic! unit Pacific seaboards. The rest, fifty-one lines, radiate from the pent of Philadelphia te foreign ports of the world. Here nre a few recently compiled stntiv tics which prove the greatness of this pert of ours : One hundred big cargo ships can deck nt Philadelphia's wharves at one time. The city's waterfront covers 37 1-5 miles. Its water frontage for the. accommodation of heavy draft steamships Is nearly ten miles long. FEW people knew that Philadelphia is the only fresh-water pert en our Atlantic seaboard. It offers 207 wharves for the use of ocean traffic. Waterfront terminals of three great rail road lines require forty-one piers. The Philadelphia Tidewater Terminal has the largest piers and warehouses devoted exclusively te ocean trade en the entire sea sea beard. Fifteen ocean steamers enn discharge simultaneously with storage spnee of 1,000, 000 square feet at their disposal. The pert has the largest shipbuilding and ship repair yards en the continent. . Twe of the largest mid most rapid ore ere handling piers en the Atlantic Coast aic found here. The nbeve nre only n few facts about the greut pert of Philadelphia. JAMES LEE KAUITMAN. president of .the American Associalien of Japan, is in Philadelphia. He resides in Vokehnmn. The Imperial Government recently dec dec erated him with the Order of the Sacred Trensure. Mr. Knuffmnn is n Pennsylvania!! and Is the son of former Senater C. C. Kauffman, of Lancaster County. lie has had a remarkably successful career considering bis age. lie was born in 1S0. After graduating at Prlncelen (A. B.) and later from Harvard ( LL. B. ), he began praclieiug law at I.itnctisler, Pa. When lie was twenty-six yenrs nf nge he was appointed prefess01- f English and American law in the Imperial I'liiversitv nt Teklo. He thou leek up his residence in Japan, where lie hns remained ever since. As editor for Japan of the Comparative Law Burenii of the American Bar Associa tion he Is known te every member of the native bar of that country. He is the only American law; er prac ticing in Japan. DR. FRANCIS D. PATTERSON is chief nf the division of hygiene nnd engi neering in the State Department of Laber ami Industry. It Is part of Dr. Patterson's business te find out things that threaten te tipspt the pbvsical equilibrium of Pennsylvania. He lias just made an interesting discevcrv. There is an underground traffic In the use of second-hand materials for upholstering furniture and bedding going en In Pennsyl vania. It constitutes. a serious menace te health. In semi-facetious vein, Dr. Patterson says that "from junk pile le parlor" would describe the development of this nefarious traffic. The clanger te the health of the people lies in the fact that in many homes where there Is overstuffed furniture and pillows and cushions, unknown te the occupants, lurk germs, insects and dirt of nil descriptions. Net in nil furniture and homes though. This dishonest nnd dangerous trnde Is net very widespread. DR. EDWARD B. JOACHIM, one of Dr. Patterson's Inspectors, bus just finished an investigation of nil the furniture and uphelsterv plants in the State. What he found was eplenty plus. He discovered unscrupulous firms that were buying -all sorts of junk nnd using it te overstuff furniture that was sold ns new. The filth and danger were concealed be neath bright-colored tapestries and fine veleurs. Among the things he found were filthy rags, mildewed cotton felt, feathers leaded with bugs nnd hair filled with germs. Seme of this stuff was token from workers who were in the act nf stuffing them mixed wlih some geed material into furniture. The really criminal inuiviuunis nnd firms in this sort of business were saving menev by net having this vile stuff cleansed nnd sterilized. DR. PATTERSON says that nmeng the samples collected by Dr. Joachim were hnir, cotton, cotton felt, cotton Hnters, cotton sweepings, wool, feathers, fenther down, Louisiana mess, sen mess, African liber, tow, sisal, aheddy and excelsior. The inside bag or covering of seme of the handsomest cushions was, bv such unscru pulous concerns, often mnde from second hand or old material thnt sheltered all sorts of getms. .... A "Net only is t a menace te the purchaser, but te the workers who hnndle this stuff," savs Dr. Patterson. 'AH this nsserted filth Is kept hidden from It 'is only brought te light as it Is used. Insect pests nnd vermin are by this means introduced jnte homes of these who are at a less te knew hew the invasion was brought A vigorous effort is 'being made te break up this traffic. Dr. Patterson says. New legislation will be needed, though, before the aril ! entirely abated, iVjlK'jSBV,nrtrVlNTBJs.jKB ' ?"" ,J r W3m$$!& m &Sr' T3jI r"n r aO .aLgK! tr WLSB!.iW SsJfc-" j -J" Sr'i'ij-&'' JMBBrfSKtaPTjMaaC-l Wi"-' ' " 'fWfrir--" - '', '" L ,. , -es.' "n . T l ! rlT. m, J -BBBaksaliBBBBBBBBBBBTBBBBBBVBBBBBBBBBttk M aBBBBVarrJ jaaasBlBmlBBBTaVeaV S ' bbbbbV'Y ' aW stsssttsWt" FVLV Wamsarlf !b4v M I 17 MaMaTagggggggagbgggggff7hiTMT IffTrTfJ rflatnaMff ffrTifr! aLalaaaH t 4t . L. isaBBfsji V I J- t ' kWWww t aCaBBBBBBBrKaQaWlh 5BBHrgngggCgHflgH5 ' " " "jr iceasjefeiiaj - gjgiggiagggggg3n2P rai"H". .ij i ..r.f.- (" .r afii - '-apjB NOW MY IDEA IS THIS ! Daily Talks With Thinking Philadelphia en Subjects They Kneiv Best JANE ALLEN On Needed Scheel Legislation TIIEHE are certain of the school laws of the Slate which ere In need of revision in the interests of the communities and the children us well ns of the teachers, nccerding te Miss .lane Allen, president of the Penn sylvania State Teachers' League. "Our organization," said Miss Allen, "is strongly for this legislation, nnd an effort will be mnde nt the forthcoming meeting of the Legislature te bnve the members see just what should he done te make the school laws mere effective in n number of ways. What Organization Stands Fer "But, firet. let nie make Ihe purposes of our organbnllen perfectly clear. The Penn sylvania State Teachers' League Is nu organization formed in the interests of the public. It does net stqnd for anything in the ii'ilure of an educational bloc nor is it a group which tries te influence legislation, but it was simply formed for the purpose of safeguarding as far as we can the best interests of public education throughout the State. "We are trying le raise the standard of teaching te liiet of a profession and te arouse the interest of the vorleus com munities te the importance of school mat ters. Until the communities are In'icifKtcu li will hi! impossible te get any legislation tlueugli under nny circumstances. "Teachers are net treated In our State ns if they were members of n profession; that is, I mean that the laws relating te them de net make this Incumbent upon (he various school beards. The basic measure te bring about the proper status of the teacher in ih -State is for the Legislature te puss a hill assuring tenure et office. Exists in Philadelphia "Philadelphia is today the only place in the Slate where teichcrs are net elected annually. Even here1 it Is custom nnd net law, but the custom in n very old und strong one and virtually amounts te n low. Never theless, there is the legal power here ns elsewhere in the State le elect the teachers unnuallv. Every ether school district in the titiiti) is subject te the mutual 'hire ami fire' system, and many of them actually work under It. "We de net hslre te protect the Incom petent tcaehrr in his or her job, nltheiigh Ihe opponents of the tenure of office bill make this clnlm. Most emphatically this Is net true. We are willing that Dr. Finegan shnll raise the standard of teaching as high as he pleases and the teachers will gladly meet nny rcnsonahle educational tests. One point is thnt. after meeting these tests suc cessfully und nfter having served .the pro pre pro batlenory period with satisfaction, the teachers should, in justice, be reasonably secure In their positions. "When this is the cese, the teachers can settle down and become n part of the community in which they live, hut they cannot de this without nn nssurnnce of ren ren senable security In their jobs, which the present lnw does net grant. On'y in this way can the teacher become an asset te a cemmunity: ns a genera! thing he or she Is willing le de this nnd te tissume this com munity position, but the law as it new stands will net permit it. Where Politics Enters "The old spoils system enters into this matter. We con never get the schools out of politics until this basic measure is 1asscd and the teachers are secure from political raids en their jobs. The firemen, the police and the judicial officers are net elected annually according te the political com plexion of the administration. They have the civil service te protect them; the mens ire which we propose Is the civil service protection for the teacher. "There are mere than 4000 school dis tricts In the Stale of Pennsylvania, nnd there nre In Ibose districts mere (ban 4,5,000 teachers. With the nnnunl election of teachers, this often means that if a newly i)wl director hint n relative whom he wishes te place In such n position, a teacher who has been a part of the community for perhaps twenty or mere years mut leave the community in which he has been a vain nble factor and seek a place elsewhere. "In this case he often has net only te 7, , 1?2? OUT OF THE SHALLOWS $ r bargain for entrance into n 'row system with which he is net thue-eughlv familiar, hut he loses the yearly incicmnt (auto matic increase of salary with length of service). In some districts teachers of experience have been dismissed te make room for a less experienced tea 'her who will come for less salary. This may mean the wiving of a few dollars te ihe com munity, but it means the less of t teacher familiar with the needs of the dlsfict, nnd it further means that every child In the district does net have an equal educational opportunity. Ne Additional Expenditure "The hill which we would lik" te see passed calls for no additional uppioprlatieu of the public moneys. ()n the ether hand, we believe Hint it will aclually save money for (he Slate by avoiding the Industrial turnover with ils resultant heavy costs. It costs every district mone1 te train teachers te the particular needs of that community, and If they nre d'smissed after thoroughly learning these neids and being prepared te minister te them, the com munity certainly docs net realize en Its investment. "The bill will be Introduced at the com ing session of the Str.te Legislature. It was framed by thrce members of the league nuu ilir. members of the Pennsylvania State Educational Association and embodies the views of both of these organizations. "The proposed measure will safeguard (he highest ediieatlennl standards In two ways; first, by granting tenure of office only te the cempetents who have mer the necessary educational tests and who have served a probationary period, and, second, bv with drawing teniae of office from these who cease ie renucr etucient, moral service. Big Percentage, of Changes "There Is a considerably lnrgcr piopor piepor pioper tion of changes nmeng the teachers of the State than the public at Inrge realizes, and it has been estimated that 2," per cent of the teachers of Pennsylvania are annually made wanderers. This meuns that for n't least one-half of the year teachers nie in fear and anxiety as te whether they will be re elected. "The tenure of position unvv exis(H ju the States of New Yerk, New Jersey Mas sachusetls, California, Maryland, Colerado Mentana and Oregon. It has proved highly successful in these Stntcs, us the testimony of superintendents and ethers qualified te judge shows. The project hns been heartily Indorsed by the leading educational author' auther' itles as voiced in the Nntienal Educational lssociutlen, U1 "It Is said that annual elections afford a menus of dropping u peer teacher ;b for moral and economic reasons, nn inmm. petent teacher should net be re a Inc. single day. Under the propose? ill ' a'tWany ti " "" n" bc '""""'l Promote Better Relations "Under the previsions et the iiini,.,i tenure law the herd loses ,! Pu powers, since the final decision lls ' missal remains with t. But it will 1 M III n hotter in,de1..tn,..1l.. J..:.. c . w,l ""Milt missal remains wit in a better underst i. ',..' , .. ,"""8 uciweeu the beard and the teachers, pre,i uetln. m. ? confidence between npleer0,n,Sd7mKdl "It will result In .Ivln .1,- .... ' .e?' dren belter equipped nnd happic teachers Redeved of the ever-present fear of renvei' teachers will threw themselves heartily ini their work nnd will have the t me and hi thePchlld.n l eV,Vfi POlldCN ,,f A)l "It will also aid the superintendents The strongest asset n superintendent hn ,k promote his politics is a contented J" bllized teaching staff and nil ' ' ; "l shows tint tenure makes f,... ....Y, ,M)I '''B in the past, lack of lenurc ims , ' "'" te icmcive unsatisfactory te.c.l,, net Served Ihe icoeidsshovv that thi cen'ip ' ,,, "I'Ti n hi m riftnti ... vl.t..t i 7U l"cinp fails as often iiicem etent, it U(, system of elcctJ c annually has net proved satisfactory .. .'? - , .,,. , , -Vll-l lllll DCl the net try another method which i. ' ,?" Ifue "ntf m'Pre:cd ,b'v 'duratienal auther'' itles? The great gain will be n competent contented teacher in even rlnuir!!.i! better ln.trt.ctlen f the ?hlld "n.""1 nnd "I 'I .:, iWv;-v SHORT CUTS Everybody hopes Old' King Ceal will1 be here te meet him when Jack Frest conies. "Tlm Uealy" is title enough for the new Governer General of the Irish Free State. Ilolmeshurg has, up te date, been dem onstrating that what Is everybody's business is nobody's business. New that the Irish Free Stale has become n fact we may expect Ulster te brenk into the news again. One thing the Helmcsburg exposure demonstrates Is the horrible waste of man power in our prisons. England gets n line en Italy's stand en the Straits ns Mussolini moseys along ever the map of the Mesul oil field. An optimist Is one who believes tli.it the Bread street subwny will successfully handle the Scsqui-Centennlal Knlr mind. Opposed as we are le the third degre, there appears te be something net altogether lnnppreprlute in grilling u suspected barn burner. Chicago plans te remove Ku Klux Klanners from municipal office. But, after nil, It isn't the men who nre known that arc dnngereus, A prominent bootlegger surreptitiously veuchsnfes the information that if the Nationalist GevernmtJt has Its way Turkey will seen be ns dry as the United States. By the time she hns n nnvy big enough te count, signers of the Washington Naval Treaty (if it still survives) may ihink it wise te have Russia as a slgnateiy (It she is still willing). The British machine guns which fmced the Turks te permit the embarkation of Armenian refugees nt Constantinople may nlse bnve considerable effect en the Strait settlement et Lnusanne. r What De Yeu Knew? QUIZ i AVhe Is Governer lleuerul of the Irl'h Free State? 1'. W.luit kind of nn animal Is a tup" 3. Te what country does Yucatan belong? 1 What Is the origin of thn word Yiddish? re. Hew many bushels make a dinkier" fi. Hew many tnnsts lias a brig? 7. Name two Russian military command' especially ellstliiBUlsbed for their abil ities In the World War. 8. What Is n buffo? D. What Is the characteristic of buhl furni ture? 10. What Is Felsm? Answers te Yesterday's Quiz 1. The colors of the flag of Mexico nre rfl. white nnd Kieen. 2. Conimedus was the Reman Emperor who participated in the glndlatnrlnl com bats In the Coliseum. He was the son of Marcus Aurellus. , 3. Jehn Jnv was the first "iilef .lustlc n" the I'nlted States He served fro-n m te nsr.. I. The word marionette Is derived fiem In" French "Mnrlelette." diminutive or Mnrlele, a small linage of the V rn'e Mary. C. A lateen sail Is ttiangular, rigged en a short mast. 6. A jr.izebe is a summer heusn cemmaiidlnB extensive view, a turret en the reef it it house, a projecting window or t'' ceny. 7. Simen Cameren was a prominent AmjJ'' lean politician from Pennsylvania. Ji wan originally a Democrat, but turnea . Republican and became the first Secre tary of War of Lincoln's Cabinet, H was I'nlted States Senater for several terms, resigning- In 1877 In order timi Ills son, Donald, might he elected in bis place, thereby keeping in the fam ily the almost entire control of tin Republican Party In Pennsylvania .Simen Cameren held one diplomat!0 pest, thnt of Minister te Russia, te which position he was appointed iv President Lincoln. He died In 1S.8 . 8. Rebert Cuclimnn. nn English colonist; preached the first sermon printed lu America. He died about 102S. nlnmiecentn la n term for the slxlceiltl- century, especially with reference I'l Italy, or He art or literature; t" Renaissance. . , 10. Simla, Immertalised by Rudyard kip ling, is the summer capital of iP"fc I I 'I A if J 1 kW ;&risUJ'Aaa.'-M v3,
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