? S?fJ ft I 'II 11 f.?i?!v 'Jt3' I IMJ f mts m i iUB I EM 5fr 1 m 9 . g i 1 l UNKln it 10 ' EVENING PUBLIC LEDGER PUBLIC LEDGER COMPANY r CVIXUS 11. J. CUtlTlg, PnBSleiNT Jehn C. Martin, Vlc President mid Treasurer! rtrl2n i 'f.r'. ,f'crt rv : Charts H. main-l?n,-.I.'5nin. .H n,lh,. 3e n- Williams Ueena F. rinMmlih. rxiWd n. Smtky. Directors. DAVID B SMII.r.T. Hdltnr JOHN C. MAnTIN....f!(.ncrl Bunlneaa ajanater PuWIhd dally at Tcnite I.nxiru BulMInc ' Indewndincp Square rhltadlrhla. Atustie Citt Prtif Union .Building J.KW VeicK . .304 Madlten Av panneiT 701 Ferd Biilldln BV. Let is.. . 013 aiabt-Drmecrat Bulldln Cmcioe 1302 Tribunt Building . NHW8 nunnAUS: WHIIGTO.V IHllMl', .. $ 12. Cor. rennt,nnla Ava. and 14th ?t. New lean ntnrtr The Sun BulMIng I-OMiew BctiriU. 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Monde, Urrrmhrr 18.' 192: THE MINORITY CHECK fPHE inciease of Democratic membcts in the new Legislate e pros ides an obvious opportunity for revitalizing' the mineritj paity which in this State has se often failed te exemplify the check and balance theory of government. Te offset the i eprchunsible and com mon pi notice of ti nc'injr and of under hand subset viciuc te (he dominant political power in the Commonwealth, Austin 11. MiColIeugh, Democratic State Chairman, has taken steps te form a nucleus of organization. Thirty-four of the forty-one DemeciaU u the Heuse and three of the m in the .Senate, who attended a meeting in Harris-burg, have been urged te act as a militant minority in the coming session. If the movement is sincciely suppeited It can baldly fail te ceicie i beneficial effect upon legislative action. Tin is net because of any special virtue in partisan Domeciacy, but because of the very palpable truth that consistent op position, if intelligent, n capable of be coming a tonic force in the American sjstem of government. A genuine malty of parties would unquestionably be a healthy condition in Pennsylvania, just as m the Southern states an effective Republican minority would serve te offset these elements of political corruption incv itably consequent upon a monopoly of authority and pnv i lege. THE ABSENT QUALITY QTRANGELY enough, the vveild seems. te be settling into a state f mind which pcimits it tu accept wearily and without question ihe pi onuses and threats of "another wai." Say ever and ever again that a thing must be and it will be. It is te the cicdit of the Fedetatien of Churches that it continues te insist upon and labor fei peace among nations. "By patience, teleiance, love and tender ness," says a cuncnt pronouncement from the Federation, "war can be pre vented." These nic gieat and potent qualities of mind. But mention ought te be made of still anethei and even rarer quality that would be even meie forceful as a pieventive of uar. That 13 simple common sense. FRIENDS OF THE LAW CENTURIES age thcie was an age in i China the golden age of Chine-e culture it was when an.v one who dis obeyed the laws of a community was likely te suffei .social estiacism for bad manneis. Laws were few and police men were few in the China of these days. They weie net necessary. Only men of the lowest class who were net ashamed te be viewed as idlers and non-producers could be induced te be become police men. Te this day Chinese traditions are unfriendly te the police, who in most cities are drawn fiem the lowest social levels. They are supposed te be the symbols and unpleasant reminders of social en ei and an imperfect civiliza tion. New, the undei!:iacluate of Wc&lejan University at Middleteun, Conn., who have voluntarily, pledged themselves te avoid stieng diinl. te demenstiate their lespect for the VeNtrad Law, icvcal a tendency of mind suggestive of classical and Spartan stamlatds. They are like the automobile dnvtis in vaneus parts of the ceuntrv who pledge themselves in church te ebe.v the -peed laws. But such examples mav bi misleading. They sug gest, fei one thing, an admitted and gcneial fuiluie of the police .system. And, since ninety-nine men out of every hundred will make no pledges, the fail ure of the police system in its i elation te meter laws and liquor will continue te worry all people in authority A day may come when, like the Chinese of old, we shall be ashamed te bieak n law or te appear in any way nnti-secial. It is no mere than lunest te admit that as a people vve still have a long way te go A TRANSFORMED TRIBUNAL "IEW Ptesidcnts have been pmilcgcd te fix the complexion of the Supieme Ceuit of the United States se compre hensively as lias Mr. Harding. Net only did the appointment of n Chief Justice fall te his let, but two resignations from the bench, these of Day and Clarke, occurred almost .simul taneously, and there is new another vacancy caused by the retirement of Justice Pitney, incapacitated by ill health. Oliver Wendell Helmes is an octogenarian whose sunender of the Judicial rubvJ is picdictcd. It is? latboiir.ble te suppe c that even s in one term President Harding will have been responsible for the nomination of mere than half of the members of the highest tribunal in the republic. While the average age of the court is never low, what passes for youth in the Supreme Court is becoming a factor of considerable significance. m The "new bleed" at present includes Taft, Suther land and, it may be added, Butler. The infusion will be increased when Pitney's successor is named. WHAT WILL GOVERNORS DECIDE ABOUT LIQUOR? If the President and the State Execu tives Consider the Promotion of Tem perance They May Get Somewhere OOMETHING may come out of the prohibitory-law conference between the President and the Governors today if the conferees approach the considera tion of the subject from the point of view of realists. They knew as all ethet well-informed persons knew that a large amount of liquor is being sold and drunk. They knew that it is en the tables, at public dinners attended by officials in Washing ton and in evciy ether considerable city. The.v knew that it is served in the private houses, net enl.v of public officials sworn ' te cnfeice the law, but of some leading citizens of the great communities. They knew, tee, that it is sold illicitly te any one who wants it and has money enough te pay the pi ices asked. And they cannot be ignorant of the fact that men intnusted with the enfei cement of the lar. have suddenl.v become, rich through contribu tions from the illicit dealers who buy immunity fiem punishment. And they aic familiar euuugh with the classifications of the law tj know knew that the prohibiteiy statutes are sump tuary laws intended te tegulatc the habits of the people. They de net need te be told that it has alwas been difficult te enforce sumptuary laws, and that it K especially difficult te enforce a law which suddenly makes a crime of that which a considerable number of people have been in the habit of legarding as an innocent act. If it had net long been generally known, the course of events since the passage of the Velstead law must have made it manifest te every one that large numbers of people refuse te rcgaid themselves as criminals because they continue a habit which the law has at tempted te step. Se, as Grever Cleveland said in con nection with another matter, the Presi dent and the Govcmeis are confronted by a condition and net a theeiy. The advisability of tempeiai.ee is net in dispute. But thcie aie many citizens who doubt whether the Government has gene about its piometion m the right way. While many insist that it is a meial question, every one admits that it is also an economic question. It does net pay te be intemperate. This fact was becoming increasingly evident befeie the Eighteenth Amend ment was adopted. The man who wanted te held his job had te be temperate. The pressuie of competition forced it upon him' whatever his inclinations might be. There are thousands of men in every large city who have given up drinking entirely because they discovered that if they wanted te get en they must have their senses about them at all times. It would net have been manv years be fore economic piessure would have banished most of the abuses growing out of the use of stimulants. But the prohibitionists could net wait. They wanted the thing te happen at once. The Velstead law has net worked as it was hoped it would, and it ha developed a let of abuses which everv one must regret. Whether it will work in the course of time docs net yet appear. But when there are tens of thousands of law breakers in every populous State and when illicit stills are turning out whisky in all parts of the country, the possibility of its rigid enforcement at once is remote indeed. If the conference in Washington can devote itself te the broader question of the promotion of temperance instead of the narrow question of wavs of enfeicing the existing law it mav reach some con clusions that will commend themselves te every one except cxtiemiits ANARCHIC POLAND rpHE inheritance of that political in - capacity which wiccketl Poland in the eighteenth ccntui.v mav 1p tiaced through the turbulent conditions in that country today, tesulting in the assassina tion of President Cabuel N'arutewicv, after a fertv -eight-hour tenuie of office. Recent visitor te aiav have pie dictcd the lamentable retrogression of a nation, which ought te be among the leadeis of continental Euiepe, into a state of anarchy. Political passions have been inflamed te a dcgiee subversive of order or of respect for the elementary principles of democratic government. The reaction fiem a century of foreign oppression, Prus-ian, Russian and, te a less extent, Austrian, prepaied the way fei military adventurers of the Korfanty type and for the chauvinist Pilsudski. Throughout their history the biilliant possibilities of the Poles have been offset by political perversities of the most dc stiuctive kind. I'rebabl.v the most ineffi cient government ever dev iscd was that of Poland under the old constitution, under which any member of the Diet enjoyed the right of "free" veto against any measure proposed. While in theory the present govern ment is based upon the accepted minis terial system, the unhealthy traditions of the pre-partition days are tumult tumult ously preserved in a bewildering welter of parties and opinions whose spokesmen have iuit hesitated te adi pt the methods EVENING PUBLIC LEDUEK of Internal insurrection as short-cuts te ' power. The result is domestic confusion of the most ruinous kind. In former Austtian Poland, where the comparatively mild Hapsburg rule permitted the develop ment of education and of orderly habits of thinking, seme hope for a leavening of civilized processes may be found. But Warsaw, where false national egoism is exploited te extremes and whcie Russo Russe phobia is, iet unnaturally, intense, le gards the influence of Cracow with marked distrust. The Teutonic culture of that city is suspect almost, as bitterly as arc remnants of the old Slavic power. Narutewicz was a liberal and under his regime a distinct contrast te the florid despotism of Pilsudski the dictator and "previsional president", was pre dicted. In the less of the new executive, really the 'first under the modem con stitution, ugly analogies te the Hathcnau tragedy in Germany may be traced. Reaction throughout continental Europe is fast blighting the earnest efforts of sane and conscientious patriotic re formers. BUTLER IS APPROVED SITTING solemnly in a long-distance review of the life, chniacter, exploits and tendencies of Pierce Butler, the St. Paul lawyer whom Mr. Harding selected as successor en the Supreme Bench te Justice Day, the sub-committee of the Senate Judiciary Committee decided that he will de. This judgment doubtless will be ratified without delay by the patent committee and the Senate itself. The uproar that followed the nomina tion of Mr. Butler by the Piesident seems new te hnve spent itself. What appeared like the beginning of another political storm was nothing but a sum mer shower of radical tcais. Nene of the people who hurried te indict Butler in print appealed te lecite their com plaints in the Senate. Net a witness appealed for the pregiessive or radical side of national opinion. Mr. Butler was opposed because he has been for a long time a leader of counsel for some of the most powerful gas, electric and lailway corporations in his part of the country. He fought the Minnesota Railway Rate Law for the Northwestern lines and wen in the lower courts before he lest finally in the Su preme Court of the United States. He led various gas and power companies in legal battles for inci cased rates. It has been charged, but net proved, that he had most te de with persuading the In terstate Cemmcice Commission te per mit a valuation of $19,000,000,000 for American railroad property, a figuie which, though it is thought by many ex perts te be far tee high, is the basis of current tiafiic rates. He appeared as counsel for gieups actively opposed te the Nen-Partisan League a fact which rankles in the minds of many aggressive progressives in the Northwest and he is a conservative of the bluff, husky and piefessing type. It is argued by Mr. Butler's friends that his expei icnce with corporations will be te his advantage and the advan tage of the country after he is elevated te the Supreme Bench. The radicals in reply te this callpd attention te Butler's record as a legent of the University of Minnesota. He was the voice and the mind of the beard, and he caused te be dismissed without a hearing two faculty men of prominence who were supposed te held tee liberal views en the war and the economic system in the United States. It must be that the radical element in and out of Washington, having taken time te think again of the general charge against the prospective Justice, felt that no really serious implication could be es tablished from their argument. Senater Shipstead was the head and front of their anti-Butler movement. When he called for his witnesses he get no an swer. Nene was present. When the call was issued for these who were te testify in Butler's behalf there was silence. Ne one had appeared. The hearing went, as veu might say, by de fault. Was it their own charges or the Natien's interests that the ladicals didn't take seriously? TALK OF A GERMAN LOAN A MONTH or mere age it was pointed out in these columns that the collapse of the whole present system of government in Geimuny was legaidcd by all well-informed statesmen as a probability of the piescnt yeai. New the White Heuse, Lle.vd Geerge, Benar Law and ethers appear in the open with expressions of a similar view. What Europe dieads i, net the fall of the German Republic but the conse quences of that fall. Because of the humiliations and failuies of the last few years the moderate element in Germany has lest prestige. If it loses held it will be followed either by a Government of radicals or a levived Junkei mili tarism. Since neither of these elements knows what reason or justice means, there arises the prospect of a new up heaval at the heart of the old world. That is why a lean such as might aid the republic te survive is being talked of among ether people who seek te avert a fresh cataclysm. The declaration that Mr. Harding is disposed te seek and publish the tiuth about Germany's ability te pay all the reparations demanded by Fiance is highly significant. By bringing te light the truth about the situation that has created something like general paralysis in Europe and opened the way. for another war the President could de a priceless service te mankind in this hour. The truth about Fiance and Germany would be quite as useful as the proposed lean in stabilizing Europe and clearing the political air. 'I'he Heiiiilf linn ndciplpi the ('apper iTMehillcni inllliiR for data ifRiirdiug pv(pss eiiriiinsH of nilliends A inlliead men hee It. thin mnv ipsemlilp n elmpler en "Snake In Ireland." I PHILADELPHIA, MONDAY. DECEMBER 18, AS ONE WOMAN SEES IT Clcmencc'au Reminds Il'cr of Her French Governess, Who Chidcd Her for Remissions, but Never Quite Get the Range When She Fired Her Het Shots It.v SARAH D. LOWKIK rpODAY n woman lluit I littd been eon- versing with en (lie rtups of the Auulcni.v when Inst I saw lier as wc sleml wiiIIIiib for the iloets le open en the CIciucmitiiii meeting Mopped me i.i full career te ask me new I hud been lmpif"cd by wlml lind etftirrcd inside the Academ.v the ether il:i. when we were told dm truth about eiiikcIvi from the viewpoint of the French nation. I Mild Unit any one who lins lind n Frem li nursr. or it French K'ncrncs, ami could re member (hat far lmk. niut have felt pel fcetlv fnmllinr with (he whole atmosphere el (he morning' dNceurvp. iir p,i' P'C'H'liimiii 1 1 i ninl probably d'"" iV , em c,,r "'I"'1' Fit'iifliiniin. bill there is a Pi-cneli point of view Unit ap parent It. nil have In i iiiiitnen ; n latiRtiiiKe of the miml, Hint N as c-lmnicteritic n die iniiKiiiiBc of the leiliili.t. e llml when nti. 1 ii'iiclimnn nddirscfN n fuieigner lie li(s the same idioms of epci-tli and of belmvlei. .. ,'" ,'!,r Frcnih Keveriiess found im mediant' and wished te impress nlc with J") naughtiness she lind it pel feci I iIIITimimiI line of npprencli from--let us s.i.v the liMi niirr, orfrem in.v giiimliiielhcr, ei fiem m.v fnllier. The tindclriibleiiess of mt i luir arter te (he ether' minds micht lie in m.v tiiKchleveuMipsy. or nn tlNiik'illcnif, or mv Millie ; but te the tVcn. h miml it lm in m, link of application te ihe IiiipemmI iiiL mv lmk"ef NeilmiMifti in the iindi iIiiMiik ami Ihe winit of rcnl sinlnlitj ,,f miilmci in in) icmUiin le mv trnilu-r and le m Ic-miii. , wai impolite net mil. te hci. hut te ihe Iiemli iiiiRtinRc in m .anles nttilinle toward the Krent tut of linKliins. T CAN Xi;vi:R remember fceliiiR liuii ei - in the IctM iihniiifil after or dm inn I lice Ifillliee. She might pep" nl me nil -lie plcii'.pd; 1 net pi- thought that 'he pit nu isiiikp. Me sins mil' net nn in. I knvw of tilfiit.t of sins thtii wcie mine, se npii.ii- enth did the iilph muse: s ,n tee pniKiinntl.t did ni) fathpr, and se sm pi is inch new anil then ,, m. Ki.iniliuethfi. Hut (.. r... i ..:i... i. ...... i. , .. ... .i. ..... .w ,ii, uiii,v UC'rilUNU OI n K Ol Illlisn nt 1 1 ttn ii til... ...a.I I. 1 I I. (Mm tlie ninulilns of a c-enipktu Mimpic Mimpic lieiisien of the Flench Iiiiiriiiiru b) dnlhliiR lii'ic mid thcie. I diillipd well that was out et the iiielieii. TN SHOUT. I became nwnic that the I'lfiiili point of tipw- som-hew never eeiihl be Hip Aimn ic-in point of view, net beimitp ii wns ,.vM ndmiriihlc. lint inst lip lip i.iiise le u it was net se impeilniit I rrallpii. tee. that even le the j.'ieviiiiis minlpmeispllp was net se iinpeilmil ns she wns te hnplf, uni tlmt vvhnt she claimed as dfffifiiif due te hirsclf bewtuse she wns IVpikIi vv.is in icalit.v enh .shown hpr be cause ihe wns i.ither stinltenud, eldish woman who was c.uning her li-iiij: and the llvinj; of lur fninilv with great pluck and Leiisidrrnlilf U'iricil.v. ' And boiled down le the bnic facts, it stunk nip tlmt the big genial audience nt the Ai iideinj Ihe oilier morning listened le Clenif in imii with mm li the same detach niptil lli.it Anifi linn children listen te ihcii I'ipikIi governesses, mid for the same ica ica sen. His points against us were net s0 impnitnnt te lis us th(., tere te hiin, he taiise tliev wpip Fienrti notions of point of depaituip fiem the ttulr admirable inthei than Afneilcmi. ... ... I,.- ,in, uni UC'C'ilUsi; WMl'll" 1 IUI1III Till- ie.ll inteiest te us In v. firt, in seeing Clpineiiie.iii and pieeing out in our minds why lip should have bppii se fuimidable as the dominating inlliiinip of the Big Four. Whv he should have pined l'lesidcnt Wil Wil eon nt a (1i:i(lnntngf wlun it came le adding two ninl two and making twenty-two instead of four. Why. if hp would lit nothing come out from these (eimeils. he was willing new te (eine s f;u nnd te s.n .0 mueh and te tell the Forum what then he would net tell bis own (ieveininpiit. WIipii Sen-iter Pepper i ailed everything within sight that was sacred, from the rlinndeller te the stix khehlpis' piescptiiinn bn. te vvitnpss tint we V(ip in the pies pnep of an Immortal, vve nil knew vvp weip. We knew that that lmih FreiKlimau. se leininisient of Itisiiiiink above the irnvnt, and of tlieus.inds of Ins own (euntr.vmeii below it we nil knew thnt he hml 'made histeiv nnd was in u sense meie lespnnsibje for what hml htippfiifil after the armistice than an one living, and wp nil lil.nl him for his pluck or his ustlpssness in leming ever te sield us for net taking the situation of Frame with ptepei deference, and for his leading us a lectin e en Frem h Idealism veisiis American mexpenslbllitv We let him "pep" at us and even applauded him, liei.iuse we felt safelv out of innge, I doubt if lie stineil a sjng(. emotion of lepentniKC in us however iniuli vvp liked him. be i.iii"' if we had it te de ngnin we would witlidiaw nt pteclsel.v the same point that vve did before, given the same situation of adverse purposes among the Allien, WHEN he eluded us for coining late, and for going cnil), and fei sending a bill, and fur stepping ciedil. and for lefuslng te use a big stick en laimpe new, ei t.igglng our lug stick with our Allies' names for the fiiluie, it was all leiniiusient of ein musery sielilings bj mademoiselle. Hut there was this gient ditTeieiup in the occasien: Ah ilnldreii the Fienib point of Mew of our selves had net inteiestul us. but the ether nemine Heiiieni can's point of view did lnhiest us. just beiause it was French. We saw the mind of Frame with a little stmt of suiiirise that it should he aflej all se like, in its essentials, the mind of mademoiselle. "I hide nothing fiem jeu," said Clemen ipiiii. "What I sa.v I mean' nd." le added with nil the iiutlieiltv nf a g.-eat wiitei nnd a gient speaker nnd n fm ile de bate I. as well ns u Fieni hiiinn "wlmt I iman I sn.v !" THERE we were Inn I, in the s, hoelioom wilh nil em slipshod wnvs of expiessjng euiM'lves in word and deed In Id up te keiii In one whose welds were iviutK fitted te liis meaning with no "1 muni in vav," or "I lint suit of thing." ei "if ei "bui" nbeiit it. It Is that Mulsh, thnt .ilinnst "lust of finishing." which is ih csveme of Frame, but vvhiih wilh us H ,,,, nr ineneeis and ndventuieis mrl iiheitisers and enthiislnsts. is non-i vimc hi V,. admire it in Frenchmen and buv then pinduits, lint we de net dlltivntP it in ourselves nor par tlfiilml) dfslte it for nut fume Se tlmt when Clemcm uni pre.nhei it with serious humor vve listened wnh geninl humor and were glnd that our 'It Troepeis looked se "fit," and our Mi. Ilek's Forum had se many iPprpspiitathe persons m it, nnd that the nudiphenes were wmking well and the Aeademj was etill ours te welcome the great of the earth In. and Hint France wasn't going te be put upon b the Her mans if it wns true the (leimnns were up te tricks. We were inteiested le see the e.velnews of the "great innn" and the suede glees, nnd the gestuies nut and In of the arms, and hear the sliiRiilarl) veiling video win, the lueiik nnd tieble in it, nnd le observe thp deietiim of the slinking of hands nfler each episode, and we liked the occasional bon met such as: "1 may be a pe-siniM tut- , , n pessimist in net Ien. All these thmgs niiide u feel that "s. '",ll' Imving (ieerge I'epper de his vpr.v best as our spokesman, net te speak of our Mavei and our Gover Gover eor en the Miilf, ns mir Welieuiing Com mittee, but It did ant eliiingp our minds or, I believe, stir our heails te nuj feeling thnt the French point of view must hence-forth be our lelit of view of our dutj. We diil net see It as emr gient visitor said Hint Ul. ought te see It. Hut vvp saw him, and seeing him. I believe, saw I mine, which explained mnnv thhiRM hitherto a little perplexiW te tliusii ill till vviie i-i-.iu me iiewa uiiiiei fSLni, iniikc Hif news. , ) OUT (V LUCK J7ll v.- ' ' ' jS A f s, . ' i ' -k j 0 a ' f. 'tuaateiUaaWrrfiiigfflB vglglglHflgflHglgVHflHMiMjHESStS fcsPBsisgPgJJJ3BBJjjEagMMlggit5iiM ? . ' i" '"' " "Ji.f" Cf JCfV C sw m "LTsu TnsfrAs j WglsrajddMaiIygsBfWWWsffriaigtiHlJgjgnl T T ti iiSMttllfn , ian ttaaariga4sA . W Pv it.s JriapUBvBVMIgSgu TflgBK3MlltfJwrftaHMHHHHlg J m ' rwt.anr ,vm effiB!HgigMliBriiMBBg5ffl?nRLlljail. IIL.j i.inam. . ffpjMMJttft If. ttyyB'ysjglBgMiSittJuilgSBHPBBMgagM &r Ftcr1 .. w. sr 5"iAJJrtMth gBTiiijaggMMggiggugV.Lltlkii-ji. JLuKfgffHTTWlCT7lsii'B, riMdlHBVJgMnVHHBHBViyRialrljHw I I ' i NOW MY IDEA IS THIS! Daily Talks With Thinking Philadelphia en Subjects They Knew Best JOHN G. KIRK On Commercial Education in the High Schools mllE ever-widening possibilities offered bj the high schools of Philadelphia present cemmeninl eduuitiennl ndvnntagis of which Ihe parents of Ihe students who me eligible fei these courses aie gpticrnllv in ignorance, sqvs .Tehn . Kiik. dineter of cemnieicinl edueatiem of ihe public school sv stein of Hip dtv. "The idea of commercial pilin atlen." said Mr Kirk, "is te develop in the IiIrIi schools (the venilv (muses of which start in Fpb Fpb uiaiv'ef each veai) definitp unit ceuises. s tlint eneli be'v ei girl who attends fei a teini and then, for an) reason, ins te elis elis centinue his or her education, ineivesdehnlte instruction which will fit him or her for such a position ns he ei she must take nt thnt time Enoh of these ceuises is ( emplete in itself, but enrti e nurse simplv lnvs a founda tion for Hip instinct ion of the succeeding tprm. In ether words, each (eiirsp is a feutidatinn upon which the supeistnictuie of the succeeding leinis mnv be elected. Demand for Commercial WeiU "Coinmeieinrweik lias Iippii a fintuie of the cuirieuliim of the Phihidelnbla lush schools fei about llii'tv .veins. It was started vvIipii iIicip wns a pepulnr demand for It ami the demand has been surn, pver sinep the time of its inauguration, that ever tuc renHiiig evpuislen hns been leiiulred. This pxpnnsleii bus been in the Iiiip of oiTer eiTer Inc varied subjuts in vvhiih instruction mav be given, mi ns le tit the student for Mich n position as his inclination nnd abilities mny dlr'ct. "It has be n our evperienie that a bev seldom takes ihe academic eeiue. There fore, H is n K'"d "lea for him. if he finds that be bus net either the oppeitunii.v or tin. inelinntieii le K" te college, te select some lili. of eeliiinei(lill welk that will he n prn( thai gain te him. If this is bis inclination, he will get a Reed deal meie nut of subjeels which deal with the practical side of life than out of the pinch academic blanches, which mini) "f them de mil like and whhh mnnv etheis hnve net the abllll.v te m-istp". 'Theio is n (.cieiallv in i opted idea among Hip people at bilge Hint the liip.li si hoel courses en common iul tinining Rive the student little pim'fnnl insight unci actual training I" the vaihuis subjects. This is a gieat mistake. The linlning v hie li thi students leeelvctiu the liiRli schools en coin cein ineiiial siiblcets is belh thoieiigh ami piac tie al, and Ihe gindiinte Is litlid te lempite In in timl knewlidRf and some expeiieliee villi tin' most competent iiiph in that Imp of vveik Combining Knowledge and Piartirp "'I'liise ceuises nip se laid out nnd developed llml the student who takes them hns n geed foundation in m . identic work ns well as ii piaclleal knowledge of the vveik whidi li'' N le de. Hi' is prepnied In ninny vvnjs for the buttle of life, mid theie nip pin'ctically no limits te the possibilities of ailvHiie eiiii'iit of the students who take (hose courses , "The plnn is te give a general bnckginund, which Is best achieved bj some of the aca demic lines, and then te erect the commer cial superHtruptuie upon this foundation. Thus the students leeieive a piaitical train ing for their work in life. "In eithei weids, Hie high schools of Philadelphia offer the bejs and gills of the dt.v a tiieiniigh training for business. The gieinps of business studies which are open te them me of three t.vpe.s. One ginup gives eniphnsls te bookkeeping, business Institu tions, iiistnnis nnd prnctiics; another liniiis Hie student t" be n stonegiiiplier, a t.vplsl, a tiling clerk, n i Ipricnl nssistnnt or a secretin). Still a thiid gives Reneral infor infer infor nintlen about blinking, production, ninnu faiturlng. innilceting, trnnsportiitlen, ellh e inniiiigeiiie"'. Milemiiinshlp nnd cemmetclnl jaw. 1 lie leasing Eiiriilng Power "As Hip ceiiisp In the high si hoel luisi. ness IKiinluR is new nigaiiied. the bejs nnd Kiilx of the fit) me ussiircd that wilh each v ear's ndwinee in the high school life thcie will be an inciensliig ciiimug power llueiigli lb" nddllliiniil liaiiihi'.' ami educnliiui whidi is tlieie secuicd, mid a( Ihe feline lime ine "" "r nu- Kin who iiiiikiier 1922 but one or mere vcais will be qualified at the end of each .tear for the kind of position that his age' nnd geneial idiiciitieii will justify him in accepting. "Concietel.v, the student who finishes but enejear will he epialitied ler icitaili clerical positions, which mpiuc a fail ceiiiimuid of fuiuliinii ntul English, some knowledge of business customs and feiins, geed handwrit ing and a leasenrtblc degiee of facility in mitlimctic. "The student who sntisfnc teiilv com cem com pletoH his second enr will have ndded te bis (iiinllliciitlens a bread knowledge of the nppliintiens of Hie elemental v principles et bookkeeping, n geed winking knowledge el eomiiieieinl geegiaph.v and ( einmercial pieducts and ndelitinnnl nbilit.v le use anil understniicl the English language. "But, In addition te this, there" will be sec med nlse a blend and liberal education iu ait. music, literature, hister.v, science, niathematies and foreign IniiRimges. Tliu, llie high sclmels offer the highest tucilities i'i piepnring the boy or girl for practical business. Cnnslileilng the Courses "Few of the students and, pel Imps, still fewei of the patents. ienh.e that the high schools of the cltj nre piepaied le offei the students u ienise which will lit them inline inline dlatelv le take a position in business life. If il he neeessaiv for the student te lake a position as seen ns possible after the expira tion of Hie s( hoel ceuises, it is a veiv impei -Hint matter both for the children 'nnd fei the patents te censjdei caicfull) the gteup of sluilus winch mat. he puisuid in the high school nftei the dose of the grammar si hoel 1 OI1IS0S, "It mav lie -mid it is well for eveiy student te hive- a bread Reneial idiicatleii in addition te the business tinining. Busi ness cemtail will be the let of piacticallv evei.v graduate of the high schools, and, then fine, te a gient extent the success which I he li ill will make in life is dependent upon the piepei handling of the futuie business iidatienships, "It is tin. evpnifiiep eif almost eve iv pei -sun who has gnu,. mie liusiness life "direct finm tin mIioeN llml u kiievvlcdgf el nnd n leit.im amount et skill in the us,, of cot lain Hiihinis whidi lenstuiuh i,,,,,,, tn (,,, i- ni nu niisiuess wen Id me liciessmv. i ne iilgil sc icmi i einmeii ml l i.ilnin . ,.,, , s ....s ,,,, ,,MU, ,!,, in,. j, I,,,,,, i, (l s(. eli nt fu sini, husiness activities as he nm wniil Ilium diatch te puisne. , ... i ..i . .. - " " ' I'lep.lling for Cnllrgr " n i he niliei hand, if the siiidc in siu.u.e.1 is te he able te take a collegP ';-. H; lilKh school will hi huu f.,i ""it ns well 'I ),,. highest fueiliticsferpur Milng this ,,,, .,,,. , giwu. I,,r "lint Hit miijeiitv of students me net se si .,,, ted ,,, ,l,,n ,a lake Hie la's, ', se i' I UKhei i.hieailen. Miikmg 1MM,. '1.1 '" be I... of hv ,a, tl,Pg..,tV7, t, , tleefn.e. p.. p ,, le flllhIllss ' " if Uie verv Ims,, p.cpanMicns f ,,', """" 'b'H'inil fei the linlned weiker the knew lugp iiki'ssmh i i,.i,... , , "" " The business v (Id ela vs 1 N lll)0," Tlieiefe.e, H,e l.ev or , . ' ,'' I, "' us seen nf or si hnei .s M " "V .- "...lis none. thnt ing ,. .11 .1 n . ... .'.', "lieu as pesn ih c. POSNible '.111 .1.. ..tic 11, 1 CIIIS1I CI inl.trnll, ,. ., . wh.,,, Ihe h,gh U,ZTxnT ""'el llll I tllM ilM achieve end Santa Clans In Rive is In ltd (hail niche " ".live in vi r lets 1 ,,M1 Kl, .. li. what a let of kind), ,, A10 RiitliiKd 101,11,1 den, Kama CI,,,,,' And what ,1 let of klndi, gInU ,mn' Aie piciuil 10 de the tilings he thinks llii hit. 1 -men, hmilweikiuR g,jH ,U" In in.- the kids the things (I,., r,M . he sal.sgi, s, rnlrii i- wmiH "me Who .ml ih,. dep,. f,M. ChusimaH' scenes Viiil 11M the -Imps ,e cm., (he reeks ' li.it buv Ih.. Hiuirk for Hill,, sneks. Ik 11 1 Nam,, 1 ficun tin. Void, I'ole stalls ve wen h!s immii'M 1. i,...; "- ' " l" lli1 . A. 1 . ' m : 4B SHORT CUTS I Even when debts arc canceled somebody has te pay them. Speaking of collapses, just watch lie Chiistmas pockctbeok. A pedestrian has no rights a traffic cop feels bound te respect. Letter carriers nre beginning te fed Hit weight of Santa Ciaus' pack. The burning question of the day con tinues te be, "Have ou any coal?" Daugherl.v'R enemies might hare hat better luck if they had let him alone. Government crop reports show tint Cern Is still King; but his first name is m.t Harle. Somebody should send the SfeKew Soviet a copy of the Sun's Santa Clm editorial. i'he light cruiser building pregrun 1 m.ihing light of the limitation of armament 1 (inference. I here nic these who think the Immigrn Immigrn tien law nnd the Velstead law should wni their peiccntages. Added te the terrors of the third degree is the fact thnt conviction for perjury may await one who succumbs te it. One thing that (emmends the luti subsld.v te ninny is the fervent hc.-it vvitli which La Follette opposes it. Chief of (he Federal narcotic aipiail s-i.vs the diig nddlct is disappearing. But it ma be meiely round the corner. Wniden of Sing Ring hns opened (off lei in fei uninvited guests. Unwilling gucsla will, ns ever, receive fust nt entlen. Fffeits te dislodge I.ndcp mnv net be successful, but thev contribute nothing t ,1 cl... .... e ...1..., .. .... r I.....II, 'I .in- jm-.u u in ciiieci 01 me ..lussHi'iiusrt.' Setinter. What De Yeu Knew? QUIZ 1 Win 1 is the meaning of the '& Alaska' - vviie as AlncrtUB Magnus" new ; 7. When wns Tweed the bees of Tammany, s Who wns the first aviator te cress tt iaiBiis.1 inanner: O 1 li.... .11.1 II... ....... nil. -it . nn,a In III v ., UIU .HO III.IIII3 XltUll I Jli is. .w -. associate it with theatres, gardens nn' places of amusement'.' 10 What kind of nn animal is n senal? Answers te Saturdays Qui 1. The Menul Htialts Is a channel betweW the Island of Anglesey and Nerthwf'J Wales, upannrd by a famous tubular 111 lliRC , .' lainch's l.ane Is the name of a bat"' fought nenr Diummcndsville. Ontarl'i. between the llrltlsh and the American' In 1S11. It was virtually a dravvu battle .'. Justices Jehn H. Clarke and William Hay rteently icslRiied from the u' pienie Court of the United Statea i. Madicpeie Is any branch reef coral peiforiite stoue coral. It Is al'e u' uuiiie of the animal which produce n.iidrepore ceinl, .. R Opossums and kangaroos belong te " order of mnisuplals, pouch-careiiia ll.ll.UIIIH . fi. Cleopatra, Queen of Ugypt, was of in' Cireel; nice, 11 ineinbei of the family I'teleni finiill, who became rulers I" I Ugjpt aftei the bteak-up of the l.m I pin. or Aiesnnuei tne cireai 7 A tontine Is 11 collective form cf ll'e"h iiulty. the lnellvlilunl profits of wliitn Inciciinn us the number of surU,.l ellinlnlBlies, the final suivlver ,"''"? the whole. The siiblect of tout hies ' iicnted nt some lengtb in "The wreija llex," bj It I,. Stovenseii and i Osbourne. , . ...j S iici until HuUeimann, the dlstlngulsli'J neiiiinii (Irainntlst, wrote tne P'' "lleliuut." Known in the English '' slen n "MaKdii." ,,,t i). The word soughing mny be pronounce" "suf-liur." "sewing" or "heui'Iuiu. . , 1ft A bezenlan la a. raw recruit, u vvrtlu.i- lftmve. It Is derived fiem the I ri f,! "blsemie." "a lecrulj," from ', ,,V neuil. Tlie weid H effectively " , J .siiinKcspeme 111 inn iieuiaiie ". r.lLi r- I XV Pait 11, "Under, whhh hi PesKiiilan'.' Hpeak or die'" J j . i..ii huu iit;ic ia ll.P CAJ l".PIuii '" We. hi first npplleil te America? I What Is the light of ftngarv ' i". What Is the ineaiilnir of yule"' ii It. le what ocean docs the .N'lgci nlver !.. v. I 0 I "iMl isvi-'flv fl . J f tJit ' 4 lUW(. W -w' T ,i?."V .vAA'.VifefV,y l a 1'
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