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EXPLOSIVE REFORM
TT IS net surprising that the Mayer's
?20,00i),(V.in pian f r widening certain
city thoroughfare-' te relieve traffic con
gestion and te provide suitable ap
proaches for the Delaware bridge should
excite opposition in Council. The pro
gram uggfstcil ; tm-juestiunably
sweeping and if.- cot i suriicient'.y
great te justify a il.errugh scientific
study of the nece.sitU'S of the en?" and
of the problems met in need tf imme
diate altont.en
Killing an aJniir.ib gen-'ra! idea by
overplaying it niu-t m.t become a prac
tice in Philadelphia if this community is
te progress. The unfortunate cffceN of
Euch tactics are already dismally dis
cernible in the statn of the Sesqui-cen-tennial
project. The public, with some
reason, took alarm at n sudden display
of inflated figure.
Nevertheless. Mr. .Moere, althv-ugh his
methods may be maladroit, is entertain
ing a correct conception of the city's
future. The time i at hand for prepar
ing a scnenie of development providing
for wider tralllc artcrie in many ." ."
tiens of Philadelphia.
All changes such as the one fairly
launched for Spring Gatden j-treet
should be incorporated in the plan.
Means ever the demolition of buildings
may in many instances be dismissed ns
unconvincing. Progress of every kind
entails sacri'lees which should net be
treated as obstacle.-, if prospective prac
tical gains outweigh them.
But it should be possible te find a rea
sonable mean between stagnation and
such an upheaval and a drain upon the
municipal treasury as Mr. Moere sud
denly advocates.
COAL BY PRESCRIPTION
THINGS have come te a pretty pa?3 in
a city within a short distance of the
anthracite fields when physicians find it
necessary te write prescriptions for coal
in order that their patients may net be
compelled te suffer from the cold.
Such prescriptions have been filled by
West Philadelphia coal dealers. As this
Way of getting coal has become known
the dealers have said they have te be en
their guard against forged prescriptions.
But what is a householder te de when
his cellar is empty in a time of freezing
weather ?
There is a shortage of coal, as every
one knows. It could net be etherwis-e
with the mines idle during the season of
heaviest production. But we were told
that by a proper method of distribution
every family needing coal could be sup
plied with it in small quantities at a
time.
There evidently has net been a proper
method of distribution. The cities in the
coal regions themselves are suffering
from lack of fuel because all that is
produced is shipped elsewhere.
The State fuel commission may have
no power te interfere, but it certainly
has power te find out where the coal is
going and why. If a little mere light
were thrown en this subject the public
would knew just where the trouble lies
and where te bring pressure te bear that
Would icsult in relieving the situation.
AN ENCRUSTED ABUSE
fPHE problem of fluctuating theatre
l ticket prices both abee and below
' the box-office rate warrants the employ-
ment of that somewhat overworked epi
thet crux. Legislative ingenuity has
been baffled by the puzzle. Courts have
failed te give relief. Private energies
have been paralyzed by the intricacies of
the case.
Meanwhile sidewalk speculators have
flourished and theatre-ticket agencies
have supplied their patrons with choice
seats at premiums ranging from fifty
cents up. The latter institutions have
unquestionably been enceuiaged by
affluent members of the public welcom
ing the privileges, which they paid for,
as distinct conveniences.
In justice te agencies of this type,
which are especially highly organized in
theatrical capitals like New Yerk, Lon Len Lon
eon and Paris, it may be said that their
activities have net been covert.
But since Augustus Themas has become-
the Judge Landis of the stage the
Producing Managers' Association has
been inquiring into the causes of uncer
tain or declining patrenage of the thoa thea
tra. Irregularity of ticket prices has
vbeen recegnised as an untoward factor
supported by cut-rate agencies as well as
by these able te exact fancy prices for
popular, offerings. Practical rather than
i idealistic motives ero therefere nctuat
! the managers in their organized
Jfert te put the ticket brokers and
lfitmltn out of business, but that fact
need net be regarded as otherwise than
a public gain.
The new plan involves the elimination
of box-office sales save en the day of the
performance and the disposal of tickets
at various branches established by the
managers throughout the city, at a tcn
ccnt premium ever the regular rate. It
is an excellent idea if it will work.
But the invulnerability of theatre
ticket agencies may in the end give
pause te the stoutest-hearted reformers.
MR. PINCHOT HAS THEM
EATING OUT OF HIS HAND
The Old Lenders Are Falling Over One
Anether In a Rush te Assure Him
of Their Support
TF ANY ONE has been thinking that
Gifferd Pinchot is a political infant
who will give up his stick of candy te
the first smiling gentleman who asks for
it, it is about time that opinion was
abandoned.
Mr. Pinchot has shown great skill in
playing his part ever since he wen the
nomination at the primaries. He then
became the regular Republican nominee,
but a nominee who owed nothing te the
regular organization. He had been
chosen by a majority of his party te be
its leader a3 a candidate for the govern
orship. Then he assumed that the regu
lar organization would work for his elec
tion because it could net de otherwise
without becoming irregular. As he had
n mandate from the party, its officials
hail te accept his advice in the make-up
of the committees in charge of the cam
paign. He let the State Committee un
derstand that h would be glad of s
co-eperuti"n, but that he had marked
out a ceurs-e for himself which he in
tended te fellow in any event. The
State Committee fell in line and he was
elected, without hning sold hmi-elf te
anbedy. And he found a large number
of the candidates for the Legislature
were ready te work with him.
The Governer-elect has been willing te
meet all Republicans who wished te talk
with him. This is why he went te
Washington as a guest of State Senator Senater
elect Vare at the dinner for the Penn
sylvania delegation in Congress, It has
been custeniaiy te have such a dinner in
honor of the Govern tr-elect every four
years.
But Mr. Pinehet's p'-eence at that
dinner did net mean that he had sur
rendered his wilt te Mr. Vare or te any
one else He intimated as much in the
gracious specth acknowledging the
honor done him. As he was elected by
the Republicans, he gladly welcomed the
support of all Republican leaders and he
was gratified that Mr. Vare was ready
te co-operate with him.
There was no mistaking the signifi
cance of this remark. It was net lest en
the experienced politicians who sat
around the table. They can read be
tween the lines, and they found there the
calm and unperturbed determination of
the Governer-elect te pursue the course
en which he has set out, the same kind
of a determination that the members of
the State Republican Committee sensed
when he let them knew before election
that, while his purpose was fixed, he
would be glad te have them work with
him.
The moral strength of Mr. Pinehet's
position is se great that no successful
assault has yet been made upon it. He
had only te express his satisfaction with
the candidacy of Mr. Goodnough for the
speakership of the Heuse of Represent
atives te make it evident te ether can
didates that their case was hopeless.
One of them announced his withdrawal
within twenty-four hours.
Ne man in recent years has played the
game of politics in this State mere skill
fully and mere cleanly than Mr. Pinchot
is new playing it. If he can keep en as
he has begun we are likely te have the
kind of government in Harrisburg for
the next four years that the citizens,
wearied with the use of the State de
partments for private political ends,
have long been yearning for.
WHAT MEN ARE GOOD?
WHAT disposition of mind, what
quality of achievement, lifts a man
unmistakably above the crowd and proves
him te be the friend of his kind?
Net until the committee in charge of
the Philadelphia Award the $10,000 an
nual prize provided by Edward Bek for
the person who best serves this commu
nity asked the co-operation and advice
of the general public was it known hew
many various answers may be given in
response te this general query. Many
Philadelphians write te nominate their
pastors for the award. Others write te
suggest the names of physicians and se
again call fleeting attention te the unique
character of the service which the family
doctor constantly renders in u quiet and
inconspicuous way. Captains of indus
try are frequently named. All these
suggestions, however, are proof that
relatively few people possess what is
known as the universal mind. The uni
versal mind approves only these who
may exert a universal and lasting in
fluence for general geed. It is for the
men and women who labor for all the
people and with a view te achievements
that will continue after them and always
te improve the life, thought and pirit of
the community, that the Philadelphia
Award was founded. Such people aren't
tee numerous.
THE CASE AT HERRIN
YOU will have te leek backward te the
blackest days of the first Bolshevik
rising in Russiu for parallels te the
scenes described by witnesses called in
the trial of five men indicted for the
massacre of strike-breakers at Herrin,
III. In the early narratives of the
slaughter last May many of the most
appalling details were obscured in a
welter mera or less irrelevant detail,
fcVEtflNGr' PUBLIC LEDGER -
The cold, unemotional recital of yester
day's witnesses concentrated a merciless
light en the central facts of the case and
lifted them Inte clear view for the first
time.
Squads of barefooted, bewildered men
were marched and kicked ever the reads
te places where the mob executed them.
They were beaten te death while they
begged for mercy. They were hunted
down like wild animals yet they were
net conscious of having committed any
crime against the law.
Of course the union managers and the
authorities of Herrin were directly te
blame. But what made bloodthirsty
barbarians of the striking miners? Why
couldn't coal have been mined at Herrin
by experienced men accustomed te the
work and dependent en it for a living?
Why must some American industries be
carried en under the protection of small
privnte armies of the sort that began the
firing en this occasion? When these
questions are answered we shall get at
the cause of strikes a cause that lies
deeper than the whims of operators or
the conventional reasoning of the unions.
THE WORLD DILEMMA
T30ST-WAR events have worn the word
crisis se threadbare that it is of little
service in describing the pesture of cir
cumstances that is bankrupting Euro
pean statesmanship and producing a con
fusion of counsels in the United States.
The gravity of the reparations nnd
allied debt emergency at the present mo
ment is depressingly illustrated by the
fact that nearly all the lemedies pro
posed arc of a negative character. They
are net, therefore, remedies in the true
sense, but chiefly warnings against the
commission of further blunders or follies.
British and American opinion is. for
instance, united in its opposition te a
French invasion of the Ruhr. But Benar
Law, who has expressed this view can
didly and vigorously in Parliament, is
unable te recommend French renuncia
tion of a military policy as a solution of
the indemnity enigma.
His contention that Great Britain will
find it impossible te make geed its in
debtedness te the United States unless
payments are made en the inter-allied
European leans is cast in a similar meld.
There is n certain plausibility in his rea
soning, but scarcely a hint of construc
tive deign.
Within the lart few days the French
seem also te have subscribed te the cau
tion of despair, which was in fact the
very feeling which permeated the confer
ence of premier? in Londen and caused
its suspension.
Raymond Poincare, who is doubtless
fully aware of the ominous significance
of New Year's Day in the history of
French premiers, has announced in Paris
that at no time durine the curtailed ne
gotiations did he mention the question
of military occupation of the Ruhr.
Without impugn'ng his sincerity, which
is indeed of comparatively transient con
sequence, it may be noted that many
close observers in France are asserting
that the time for display of military
force against Germany has passed,
i But hew that nation is te be saved
from utter collapse, hew it is te be mnde
indemnity-producing without financially
wTecking Europe, hew the allied debt
problems arc te be adjusted without im
poverishing a large part of civilization
are questions for which neither super
statesman nor super-economist has found
answers.
The chief concern of Europe is te
avoid sinking deeper in the abyss, that
grim void which is, for all their errors
nnd astigmatic vision, net se much the
making of diplomatists us it is the con
sequence of the most destructive war
ever waged en this planet.
Colonel Harvey's return te Washing
ton is heralded as indicating that an
administration survey of the European
situation is under way here. His immi
nent arrival will coincide opportunely
with the visit of the British financial
mission, headed by Stanley Baldwin.
Official opinion in Washington is
known te be as determinedly averse as
ever te any large-scale cancellation of
the European debts. The problem is no
longer affected by sentimental considera
tions, and consequently these economic
theories based upon this principle are
put te a severe test.
It has net been conclusively shown
that wiping the slate clean will save
Europe from ruin. The best that hard
headed advocates of this policy can ad ad
vance is that worse perils than these ex
isting might perhaps be avoided. Here
as abroad the paralyzing political phi
losophy of negation is in the ascendant.
In an international outlook se cheer
less as the present the few straws of
hepe te be clutched represent the in
tensely sober realization by all the gov
ernments of the profound seriousness of
the situation. Illusions te which lead
ers expressing the most varied shades
of doctrine and belief may have clung
are fast evaporating.
The security nnd welfare of all par
ticipants in the war, victors and van
quished, and net in the long run except
ing the United States, are at stake.
It Is regretted that
NwMslty tin-re slmuM Im upcpm-
Seeks a I-aw Mt for the resolution
intreilueH by Brennrn.
of MirhlRHH, providing tliut UoliUero of
the "dry" lnv may be tried by either State
or Federal Court, but net by both for the
same offense; regretted that n Supreme
Court decision nlmuld Imve put the beet-
lecRer in u clii's by himself by punishing
him twice ever; In permitting a Bealnwng
te pose iu a mnrtr with the Constitution
of the United States ns Inn proof.
. . ... w"JsI(,'a" Utilvernity
Surprising Hut undents have ngreed te
I'rsUewnrtliy iibstinn from vlelntJiij:
the YelMwid Inw during
the college year. We trust this fine example
will be followed by ether colleges nnd that
the agreement inny be made te include mur
der, theft and ether high crimes and inls-de.
nicnnerH. All young cltlzeiiB who pledge
themnelves te obey the laws of their country
should receive commendation.
PHIIlBBtpfalX: SAttUfcDAY, DlECEtafcEft
EARLY RAILROADING
Beginnings of the P., W. and B. as
Described by an Eyc-Wltncss Six
Hours Frem Wilmington te Bal
timore The Age of Advertising
Uy GEORCiE NOX McCAIN
THOMAS K. ItKlLLY, of Oermnntewn,
was for fifty years In the trnnnpnrtntien
division of the Pennsylvania Itnllrend .
Since his retirement he hn devoted much
of his Well-earned leisure te the aniuleltlnn
of historical mnterial bearing en the enrly
dnys of r.illreud construction and opera
tion. The result nf his Interest In the subject Is
flint he Ih the possessor of a unique nnd
valuable collection.
It i.s from this murce that I hnve drawn
the following, which is of Interest te three
States.
They are extracts from the diary of Hd
tneml Cnnby between the years 1820 nnd
1818.
These excerpts nre fragmentary entries
from the pages of lS,'ifl-37.
Kdmend Cunby whs the llrt president of
the 1'ldladelphln, Wilmington nnd Baltimore
Ilallrend the V. W. and B. nf the Penn
sylvania system.
Ills sticoetiser, the second president, was
James Price, fHther-Iti-lnw of Edmend
Cnnby, the author of the diary.
OCTOBER IB. 1S.-"Toelc ride out
the rnllrend (en horseback). The ride
from Phllndelphln te this place (Wilming
ton) nnd some miles below will he one of
the most beautiful In this country. The i,p i,p
prenrh te Wilmington, both sides. N very
hnndseme: from here te I'hllndelehln the
rend skirts the river nearly the whole dis
tance." January S. 18S7 Our locomotive, with
four cnrH full of passengers, went te
Klliten today In grent style in an hour, and
stepped frequently, their first run. Tomor
row the directors from Philadelphia nnd here
go down again.
" 'TIs a great pltv they did net suceeed
in finishing the entire rend from here te
Baltimere: passengers all go bv stages nnd
will, probably, for six weeks vet."
January 10. 1S37 "Our locomotive get
run e.T the rails today, two or three persons
Injured slightly."
Jntmnry M. 1W7 "Father returned from
Dever after n severe struggle; he obtained
all we wanted for the bunlt and railroad.
IInp. wn shall see both in 'full tide of snr
resi' before long.
"Wilmington must waken up te a eon een eon
Fciensness of her means and capabilities,
which. If rightly emplejer, will raise her te
n high eminence."
JULY 10, IS?." "Went down with n large
O lemrnny from this place nnd PMIndel PMIndel
wen en the mil mad te the river (Suciie
hnunn). where w met the Baltimore gei't'e
rr,en nil pmpared te celebrate the opening of
the re.iij.
" t'pr coin" en heard the splendid steam
boat b'en,"lns te the reinpnnl. we sailed
up Pert Deposit nnd wen ilnwn tlm b'tv
te Snenrlii ls!:itul P'trin? whMi lin'e "-e
discusser! a most admirable dinner ca
ntoned l.v teaws nnd speeches.
"Winln Middle. Commedore Piddle.
icnerni I "utter-son and manv mere dKtin
gms'ieil u:,., .ti, fI(u Haltlmere and Plill Plill
iidel'i 'i vere present.
"One nf tlm toasts- was; 'The railroads of
tlie I nited States: a firm metallic hns of
rlrriilatieu the bet metnllic rnndtirturx in
political storms, may thev continue te make
our j.oep'o nearer nnd dearer till their whole
hearts, like ,,r ,vi,0 s0f j.,,, ,,,, ,,en.
bound te each ether.'
A FTKIt landing we gave our Baltimore
... fr.",n'lM 'nm eheers. lumped Inte the
ears nnd in ninety minutes v. ere in WIN
mlngten; our guet from I'hiladelphln re
turned m the steamboat Telegraph, nil do de
lighted w-ith the exeursien nnd perfectly
satisfied that this must be the favorite line.
We certainly beat the New Cntle "line
from one te two hours. (),ir ears ate the
most comfortable I ever rode in: nllewing
one te sit, wnlk or stund at pleasure.
"The bridge at Principle is- n stupendous
work : some deep tuts in the same neighbor
hood. July a2.lS.17 "The cars started today
for the quick trip": the guestR from Phila
delphia rnme down in the Telegraph In two
hours, fieni here te the river in ninety
minutes, the minuter) In crossing nnd two
hours te Baltimore, in all about six hours
from city te city.
"Shorter bj one hour than ever It was
done and two less thun the average trips by
the ether line. '
"If the locomotive en the ether side had
been equal te ours the.i would have made the
run in five hours,
"The company were delighted with the
whole work nnd no fault could be found ex
cept with the locomotive ever the river
this must he replaced with one of "Bald
win's." "All were convinced It was easv te go te
Baltimore In live hours, fast enough In all
conscience, and a glorious triumph of the
human skill nnd science."
OLPTKMBnn r,, lh.17 "Van Huren's
O mege came up express by our railroad
from Pi'tlM-ore in 111 minutes. prm t1(1
river In fifty-three minutes, nnd had the
ngtiieer hud his steam fully up when he
started could have done It In feity-five
minutes.
"It reached Philadelphia In six hours r.ml
New Yerk eleven hours from Washington."
August :il, 1837 "Father (James Cnnby
Sr 1 nnd ethers left tednv for Virginia
Springs. I truBt It will entirely restore his
health.
"The last week he resigned the office of
president of rnllrend; net, however, until
the most arduous pnrt of the work was com
pleted nnd his henlth much Impaired by his
inoessnnt evertlens, both of mind and body.
"James Price wns elected In his place
nn excellent appointment." '
rrrpIUS Isn't the age of steel or avlntlen or
JL wireless," snld a piemlnent publicity
man yesterday.
"It's the age. of advertising!"
That tcni nnhlleltv men cir u et , .. ,
representative, by the way, Is obsolete new.
The gentleman who heds the pusii.i,,, f
irveyer of propaganda or Information,
stwhile press agent, of nnv great merenn-
I. l...l,.ialnl nutlikllnUn...! I .
ptl
--il,,s i,,,.-'- ' ..., ,.,-, i nil'
ll. f,r Imliistrinl CHtnh'lHhmen- l,n .i.n
choice of u variety of titles.
It's just os one or his firm cheeses te
designate him.
He is either "Chief of the Hurcnu nf In
formation," "Head of the Department cA
Public HelnMntis" ()r "Our Pcisennl lep.
resentatlve, Mr.. So-and-se."
Publicity man, particularly, is passe.
rpHB nppeal new in the advertising way
X is personal nnd direct," continued this
observer.
"The fnr-renching newspaper and ningn
7.1ne nil. is supplemented by form letters te
n select clientele, se deftly prepared that
thev cannot easily he distinguished from a
regular communication.
"One of the great coal companies has In
troduced the scheme of nn Intimate explana
tory letter te its customers en the con! eltua eltua
tlen. with an nppeal for co-operation.
"A great rnllrend company Is urging the
merits of certain of Its trains by sending te
n special list of travelers and business men
a copy of Us menu card en that special
"'The finest thing I've seen wes an idea
evolved by n Middle est Methodist
prencher," continued my publicity friend.
"It Is n lenflct for n great evangelistic
enterprIe. whose wer'd-wlde eTerfs nre re re
llgleus te the highest degree nnd whose work
in done outside the tegular channels of
publicity.
"It Is a 3x0 folder of four pages, The
outside front pus" printed solidly In black
with these letters In white:
" 'The On'' Wnv Out of the Dirk.'
"It stimulates curiosity, naturally, tnet
suggestive bind; outside
"Yeu open the leaflet, nnd en the two
inside pnges. covering both of them, is u
fncflmlle of morecco-bouna Bible.
"Trmt'a MV
NO W MY IDEAJS THIS !
Daily Talks With Thinking Philadelphians en Subjects They
Knew Best
DEACONESS JEAN COl.ESBERKY
On Christmas Baskets ter the Peer
T1IK giving of Christmas baskets for the
peer nnd unfortunate is new, ns It
has long been, one of the chief Yiiletide
activities of the philanthropic orgnnialieiis
of the city, sas liencnnenK Jean Colesberry
of St. .Miirthn't. Heuse.
"The diipliiatieii of these baskets, said
Deaconess Colesberry. "Is a matter which Is
gualdcd against i-niefully. but net iiI'mijm
Mieessfully.. although eveiy precaution
which complete organization can devise is
taken against it. The muiii Idea back of
it is net that there is uny unwillingneih that
n family should receive mine than one bas
ket, especially If their need be great, but
because for every duplication, there must be
tome ether family which must go without.
Ne Deception Used
"There was an instance net se long age
where, of the lists turned in, tbeie were
1000 names for baskets, of which 1000 were
duplicates. Of ceuise. this was seen nnd
ferreeted befeie the baskets were given out,
but it shows hew thoroughly the eitv In
coveted and hew man, persons who need the
cheer of Christmas baskvs bine their names
en mere than one list.
"Anether illii'f which should he mnde
clear te the gencinl public Is that, because
there is thw duplication of names, it nees
net mean that nn of these families Is trini,
te get mere than its fair share, lly fur
the grentest number of these duplications are
unintentional and. In ninny Instances the
proposed beneficial ies knew nothing of th"
duplication; it Is simply that their names
are en mere ih.in one ll-t.
"This duplication s new nveided se far
as it it. human! possible te de se by send
ing the lists te the ChiistimiH r.Nehmigc of
the Philadelphia Secial Service l-.xelmiige,
where thev are cheeked up and the duplica
tions, taken off before the baskets arc sent
out. Practically all of the philnnthiepi.
organizations of the cltv fellow this plan,
but then are some clergymen who de net
de this, and most of the duplication results
from this cause. ,.,,,,, ,
"The Chiistmns spirit in Philadelphia has
nlwavs h i very high and still is se. Peo
ple are doing today about as they have clenic
for vears in this respect. There are meie
baskets given new, it Is true, but there urr
also mere families te be given te arid
mere persons 10 de the giving, se that the
proportion and the spirit remain about the
name as it always has been.
"Thlrtv jctiru age people did net de the
nmeun cif giving te the peer that they are
doing new, but. en the ether hand, then
nre new mere foreign families than then
were then nnd also mere peer families.
"The Christmas giving is somewhat of nn
exception te the tule of our house, ns we
de no', oiieeiiiii'." inaterl.il giving; It Is our
desire te help these who need assistance te
help themselves, for. in thin wnv, tin basts
of the best prosperity Is laid. We would far
rather obtain n poltlen for a worthy mini
thnn give him the same amount of help in
material iisitnnee. (if course, there me
enses where the latter is required and then
it is cheerfully given, but It U intlier again t
our policy except at Christmas time. In
the case of actual assistance being needed,
it is given quietly nnd as lrlends.
l'rcu-iitliiB Duplications
"But te return te the matter of Christmas
basket duplications; we register evcrythlnrj
as seen as we can with tie; Secial Service
Exchange Bureau and, after checking up.
they cull us up and inform us of the duplica
tions. The number of persons or rather
families which will deliberately make, an
attempt te get cm meie than one list for
the purpose of getting meru than one bas
ket Is exceedingly small.
"It is nothing against n family te be en
mere than one list, and tome families,
through church connections, ft lends and
seclnl organizations, v. ill be en ns many
ns half it dozen lists. As I said befeie.
the duplication of names simply means thnt
there will be certain families who will have
te go without' baskets if there nre many
duplications and se, If the duplications cun
he cut te the lowest pe'srMc limit. It mean)
thnt there will he mere deserving families
who will reie.ve baskets,
"The number of baskets which are pro
vided each Christmas Is smaller than the
number of families who want them, but It
Is my experience after many years In this
weik that every really deserving person In
the city is supplied.
"Any exceptions te this, which theie may
he, nru usually the very pieud persona
among the peer, mid there can he little doubt
that there Is quite, a considerable number of
these In the city. They ure usually per
sons who, at one time, hnve 'been quite well-
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"WHAT TO DO?"
to-de, and they simply refuse te allow their
needs and privations become known, refus
ing nil offers et iissistnnce. Of course, little
enn be done for these, except in some round reund round
nheiit manner.
"We receive the lists of the families
needing Christmas baskets from a great
variety of sources, and, of course, tills
information is subjected te veriCcatlen its
te the need of the family, although, as I
have said, there nre very few attempts te
secure help by persons who de net need It.
e then communicate with the exchange,
and if there is a duplication of our names
with these of some ether organization, we
are notified, ns is the ether organization
also. Then we get together unci it Is decided
which society shnll furnish the relief; tills
leaves the ether or"anizatlen with one
mere basket te give and some ether family
may be assisted by reason of the discovery
of the duplication.
What a Basket Should Contain
"A committee from fevernl of the organ
izations devoted te philanthropy get
together some time age and decided wirir
the contents of u Christmas basket should
be. They figured en the minimum contents
for n family of six persons.
"First, there should be chicken or roast
?ieef, then there should he a half-peck of
potatoes, two leaves of bread, one pound
of sugar, one. quarter of a peek of apples
or oranges, one pound of rice, one '1111
of tomnteis, one quart of onions, two
pounds nf split pens or lima beans, either
one head e( cabbage or 11 quarter of :i p s!
of turnips or a quarter of a peck of car
rots, eiie-hulf pound of coffee or .1 quarter
pound of tea and n package of raisins.
"Desirable additions te these contents are
a hunch of celery, two smnll cans of evap
orated milk, ene-hnlf pound of butter or
biitterine and one pound of candy or nuts.
"Se far us the meat is concerned, I per
sonally thin1 niasl beef is mere iiiribe
and useful than chicken or ether fowl. One
important coii-lcleiutioii is that it lnsis
longer ami 11 must net be forgotten thnt
immv of these families net only have their
Christmas dinner fnun this basket but that
it lasts niesi of them for several ether
meals as well."
My Starsl
"Here's a ttery about n new star," said
the cepv bev,
"Bring it here!" shouted the baseball,
cinematic and movie editors,
But if was n real star, and the copy boy
sought in vain for an astronomical editor
as the B., D, nnd M. editors sighed, "Just
bunk, who cans?"
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What De Yeu Knew?
QUIZ
Where is the Slennl Htrnlt?
Who weie the combatants In the Huttle
of I.umlv's Ijuie and when and where
wan It teuglu'.'
N'nn.e two uccnt resignations fiem the
Supreme. Court of the United States,
what Is h madrepere?
Name two kinds animals which be
long te the order of mursupluls
Te what una did Cleepatia, Queen of
l.BMit, belerg?
What Is n tontine
Who wiote the pmv known n its v.ic.
llsh versl-jn as ""Manila"?
What Ih the pronunciation of the word
soughing 1
What la meant by n lieznnhtn?
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Answers te Yesterday's Quiz
1 Hcnjamln Franklin went te school for
twUyenV'' X' f'"1 hlS t'lK,,tl1 ,0 ""
2. The two chief ijltlcs of Poland ure War-
saw and Cracow "ur
3. Alcssnnilre Manaenl wns a crlehrntri
tallan novelist nnd (.ect. e.Mchinv
famed for Ills historical novel, "ffi
mes .Spesr C'The llctrethed"). His
dates lire l"8r-l ICC '" "ls
4. The present Congress of the Inlt-,i
r mu'V'Mm, ,h" SH-y-Mvcnth ('ongreHH
f.. Millard Klllmere wim the Inst Whic
President of the United Ktnt"s k
C The ItiiBHhin (.Vnr Nlchelnn t and hln
fiimll were executed In 1018 It the
Cltv of Kkaterlnburg. ' tne
! ?.'', KU'at Itoesovolt Dam Is In Arlzenn
8. Yellow fey. r was first tleflnl "ly re?ei?:
liticel ns u ,llseabn In the West Ii,iU?h
111 1617. In 1G01 It wsca very fat 1 in
the Island of Hnrhndns, where t wis
called the "new distemper." "fts
nilVfs"1" (l77,Msr,0) wr",,J "Scottish
l- T,Xpn18CSnir?
SHORT CUTS
Says Nelsen MeVicar, Tnreutuiu,
"Lucking reasons, i' fnlth, I'd invent 'tm.
This Speakership stuff
Is net quite geied enough,
I had hoped, but, alas! I have spent 'em.
The man who has enough hard coal bit
it pretty soft.
Ship Subsidy appears te be "layir
up" with the ships of the Shipping Heard.
Paris "poison needle demons" appear
te be causing mure hysteria than ml
damage.
Life, ruminated the Practical Idealist.
is about evenly divided between plums tad
peer prunes.
One needs powerful glasses te view thi
three new comets. One cuu't see three of 1
kind with one pair of eyes.
'.rooting te Father Time as he spins
Santa Clans drenms at the North Pele;
(ioed luck te jeu, Old Tep!
What the European chef desires te knew
Is hew America wants her stake cooked
rare, medium or well done?
Seme of the interviews with Amb.isM
der Ilnrvev when he arrives In this ceuntrf
will probably come in sheit pants.
Perhaps the Electoral College would b
mere popular with reformers If It had 1
football team nnd a cheer lender.
Nowadays when a householder speaks of
bi.ikwhent and egg one doesn't knew whether
he refers te breakfast or the furnace.
It is unkind te remember that New
Yerk never knew when Its water had a cu
cumber flavor until irohlbitien arrived.
Paris Judge has ruled that a man ham
right te strike bis wife. II. Peck says the;
de many things much better in France.
Clemenceeu has a word of praise for
Aenetlenn eejg. Well, we sometimes d
plore the hnrd-heiled ones. And, anyhow,
i Is coir ehickens we nie proudest of.
Prisoner arriving nt Slug Sing gate bis
occupation us that of a poet, and was given
work with a pick and shovel. Presumption
is he'll hnve te dig for rhymes since ftH
verse Is barred.
One has the saddening thought when
one rends nt the twenty-year-old I"
Yerker w he hns been sent te jnll for fhlrtj
days for voting under the name of his
censed brother that when he has the rlget
te vote he won't.
Weman In New Yerk department tow
arrested for stealing shaving cups. Preo
nhly advanced feminist, Tf she had net been
h'llted In her mad enreer she might next Mj''
sought razors, shoving senp nnd chin wMi
kcrs,
Beenuse the reptiles don't thrive in Id
weather the Newark. N. J.. Society for tM
Prevention of Cruelty te Animals has 1'"
hidden the snle of chameleons in the winter
months, Have any steps yet been taken i
protect the flea the tramp deg chases?
Net the least of the kln,dly work done
bv the American Committee for Devastate
France is said te be the introduction w
that stricken land of trained nurses na
piddle libraries. A girl, a bonk ; nnd tM
wine there already. "The wllilerncsi were
FuracllH enew,"
Hen of party politics nnd the irrin'';
manifestations of the pesky blocs nru net
wholly unconnected with the Initiation
the direct primary.
Berlin radical says millions of fler
maiiM go hungry te bed. Lausanne saw
experts snv Germany is spiritually reW i
another war. While the two stnteraen"
are net necessarily antagonistic, there w.
perhaps, indication thnt two Gcrmanys na
been under observation.
The Moscow Soviet has stuck Its claws la
Snntn Chins. L ,,,,
(The Soviet we herewith pnusc te say n
dirty paws.) .., ,, ..j
The Communists have nicked St. Mck "
Father Christmas crossed. . .u
Ah, pity the peer Rusrdan kids and til w
fun they're lest. '.
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