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THE FIREBRANDS
"DERHAPS the most astonishing thing
about the Area that are wiping out
Berne of the meit valuable farm prop
erty In this part of the country is the
inability of the police te formulate even
a theory of original causes.
It is clear new that the fires arc the
work of Inccndinrles and that they are
carefully, skillfully and deliberately
planned in advance. The State police
used te have a great reputation for
resourcefulness. They cannot afford te
fail in the difficult jel low assigned te
them.
It is impossible te crcape the impres
sion that immediately below the surface
in the affected areas sensational compli
cations of events will be disclosed if the
police de net permit themselves te be
rattled, misled or tired out
A LEADERLESS UNIVERSITY
ANALYSIS of the conditions which
prevent General Leenard Weed from
leaving the Philippines does net mitigate
the plight of the University of Pennsyl
vania, The trustees have accepted, with
out qualification, the resignation of the
enee prospective provost, or "head," of
the institution.
The problem of executive authority at
the University is thus precisely what it
was before April, 1921, when General
"Weed was selected. The proposed
510,000,000 endowment-fund campaign
has net been launched. Plans for con
ducting it were contingent upon stabil
izing the management of the college.
The question of cheesing a chief ofU efU
cnt for the University will, it is said, be
considered at the next meeting of the
trustees. The necessity for a decision is
pressing.
The interregnum management of the
University has triumphed ever some
embarrassing situations and governed
the institution with conspicuous ability.
But it is net right te strain even the best
makeshifts tee far.
The University needs a "head," duly
authorized and with full efllcial powers
end responsibilities.
A MESSAGE TO EUROPE
NEWS important enough te be ex
panded into many columns is only
slightly veiled for the sake of pelite-ness-r-in
the official announcement that
no great American lean te Germany will
be sanctioned by Washington until the
whole question of German reparations
is threshed out in daylight and perma
nently settled.
This means that the Government of
the United States is opposed te the pres
ent system of indefinite terms; that it
can see no way te safety or peace until
France and Germany put their card3
face up en the table; that It leeks with
doubt, if net with open disfavor, en the
maneuvering of the Powers, and that It
isn't ready te believe that all the truth
hai yet been told about the conflicting
purposes of France and Germany.
THE GOVERNORS' VIEWS
PUBLISHED (summaries of the views
and recommendations of the Govern
ors of the various States, issued from
the conference called by President Hard
ing for a further Intimate review of the
prohibition crisis, make significant rend
ing. The press of the country, we are
informed, "can help by encouraging
respect for the 'dry' laws." It happens
that the great majority of American
newspapers of influence have been dis
posed te lean a little backward en the
elde of prohibition in their efforts te aid
in a large experiment with a beneficent
principle.
The Governors have been telling the
President that the Federal enforcement
system is woefully inadequate and that
it needs many mere men and far mero
money than Congress seems willing te
provide for it. That is something that
has been clearly apparent te everybody
from the beginning.
It is the belief of the Governors' con
ference that the "dry" laws may be
enforced if all people will "cultivate a
habit of reverence for the Velstead
law." But, unfortunately, reverence
isn't due te a habit of mind. It cannot
be cooked up te order. It is a purely
inntlnctlve reaction of the human spirit,
nd If it docs net appear voluntarily It
v.ill net appear at all.
The men who were invited te confer
frankly with the President have been
altogether tee evasive and tee willing
te resort te pleasant generalities rather
than te unpleasant but wholesome truths.
Th facU of the case are se conspic
uously visible in the foreground of the
Aiaerkttn political and social scene that
1
we no longer see them. The partial cel
lapse of the "dry" lawa and melt of the
scandal that has ensued are due te easily
understandable causes.
Men who dominate in polities and are
elected te control most of the mechan
isms of public administration represent
a part of society which is net disposed
te accept the "dry" edicts of Congress as
a guiding principle, The practice of
crooked politics has been made se enor
mously profitable by the appearance of
bootleggers that hope of better things
becomes dally mere remote.
Enforcement of prohibition cannot be
controlled by the Governors, as the Gov
ernors themselves must knew. The
political element that elects Governors
must be reformed and convinced before
the Velstead law can be made operatlve.
All this may be observed in passing
merely In order that we may net con
tinue te deceive ourselves with false
hopes and falser assumptions.
RECRUDESCENCE OF OLD
BRYAN-POPULIST NOTIONS
The Farm Bloc's Damning of Wall
Street and the Railroads Is Based en
Misconceptions of the Facts
rpHE transportation problem la a Uttle
bigger than it appears te Senater
Brookhart and his friends of the farm
bloc. They are regarding it from the
point of view of the farmer dissatisfied
with freight rates and they de net seem
te realize that the remedy which they
wish te apply is worse than the disease.
Their plan, If carried out, would crip
ple the railroads and prevent railroad
expansion, for its fundamental proposi preposi
tion is that capital invested in railroads
is net entitled te an adequate return.
They assume that the capital is in all
cases provided by millionaires with
offices in Wall Street and that no mil
lionaire nnd no man with an office in
Wall Street have any rights that the rest
of the country is bound te respect. This
Is the old Bryan-Populist doctrine, once
accepted as gespel by a considerable
number of otherwise intelligent citlzens,
reappearing in the present economic
crisis.
Senater Brookhart talks of the su
periority of the interests of 7,000,000
farmers ever the interest of 8000 million
aires owning the railroads. Well, there
are mere than 120,000 shareholders in
the Pennsylvania Railroad and there are
about 450,000 shareholders in fourteen
of the leading railroads of the country.
Perhaps 8000 of them are millionaires,
but the ethers are men and women of
moderate means.
And the Senater apparently thinks
that the railroads have net suffered from
the same conditions that have affected
the farmers. Let us leek at the facts a
mement:
On Monday of this week the Great
Northern, which has paid a, dividend of
7 per cent en its preferred stock since
1897, was forced te cut that dividend te
5 per cent. The Chicago, Milwaukee and
St. Paul, which paid a dividend of 7 per
cent en its preferred stock from 1893
and en it3 common stock from 1897,
passed its dividends in 1917 and has net
been able te earn enough te resume
them. The Chicago and Northwestern
has been compelled te reduce its divi
dends from 8 te 5 per cent. And the
Baltimore and Ohie suspended its divi
dends two years age and, as it has been
unable te resume them, its bends held
by the savings banks will have te be sold,
because in many States the law forbids
the investment of savings funds in the
securities of corporations that have
passed their dividends for two consecu
tive years.
Net only de Senater Brookhart and his
farm-bloc associates fail te understand
the financial condition of the railroads,
but they de net seem able te understand
that the successful establishment of an
American merchant marine is essential
te the solution of the transportation
problem and is tied up with the problem
of relief for the farmers.
An intelligently planned and honestly
administered ship-subsidy uyatem would
provide competition In ocean freights
and would reduce the ceBt of delivering
in European markets the surplus grain
from the West. It would enable the
railroads te tie themselves up te the
American steamship lines and te guaran
tee through shipment from any point In
the country te any point in Europe or
ABln.
Meney spent en geed reads te enable
the farmers te run their autetrucks
leaded with grain te the railroad sta
tions is in reality a subsidy te the auto aute
truck owners because it reduces the ce3t
of operation through reducing the repair
bills. New, it is jurt as important that
the Government spend money te enable
American ship owners te carry the grain
cargoes from the seaboard of the United
States te the markets of the world as it
Is for the Government te spend money
te enable the farmers te get their grain
te the railroads at the lowest possible
expense.
Te lay aside the Ship-Subsldy Bill en
the theory that it is net part of an effort
te solve the transportation problem is te
misconceive the whole question. But it
is tee much te expect Senater Brookhart
or Senater Capper or Senater Nerrls te
perceive this or te admit it. They arc
thinking of the votes of the disgruntled
farmers who are damning the Govern
ment because they are suffering from
economic conditions growing out of the
war and cannot understand that any one
else may also be in a similar plight.
FRIENDLY ENEMIES
HUMAN nature la, as the Serious
Thinkers are fend of saying, won
derful. There, for example, were the
great crowds of Irish people who packed
the Dublin quays te cheer the last de
parting contingents, of British, soldiers
EVENING PUBLtO
and te be cheered wildly and warmly in
return. On both sides, In the ayes of
men who had been deadlocked tn bitter
and ruthless enmity, there were at the
moment of separation and departure
traces of tears.
The emotion inseparable from a high
and final moment was net alone respon
sible for this. Fer mero than a year the
mera intelligent British soldiers were as
eager te leave Ireland as the Irish were
te have them go. They and the Irish
were conscious of being in a mutually
unpleasant nnd undignified fix. Then
again, there is nothing se profoundly
moving in this life as the sudden mys
terious sense of doubt, of something like
contrition and pity, that comes te men
of Imagination In an hour of victory.
A flash of sorrow for the vanquished is
Inevitable.
The Irish people wen a war that waa
centuries long. It was like them te feel
at the last like asking the enemy te stay
for a drink, They are a peeple filled
with "troubling music" that sways and
puzzles them. Their parting with the
British soldiers was mere than pictur
esque. It was politically significant in
a high degree. It premises well for
future relationships between Ireland and
England if the people in and about
Dublin will new adjust their own ex
tremely painful differences.
A PROPER INQUIRY
ADMINISTRATIVE confusion delec-
table te that type of Harrisburg poli
tician whose touch is distinctly profes
sional characterizes the State Workmen's
Insurance Fund. This auxiliary feature
of the industrial compensation machinery
of the Commonwealth has been snuggled
behind a fogbank with an aspect of
impenetrability.
Auditor General Lewis possesses, how
ever, a boldly inquiring mind. He is
aware that the fund has enjoyed some
singular favors, resulting from a muddle
of legislation which has in the main
escaped public notice. Mr. Lewis makes
no charges of corruption or mismanage
ment, but he entertains an authentic
notion that a thorough and scientific
auditing of the fund Is in order, is indeed
overdue.
As at present constituted the fund is
net a State institution or bureau, and its
relationship te the Government of the
Commonwealth Is decidedly anomalous.
During the period of Inception and
development money for the organization
and operation of the fund was provided
by the Legislature, but the appropria
tion has since been paid back te the
State Treasury from the earnings of the
fund, which seems te be exceedingly
prosperous.
The parties taking out the industrial
insurance are, in a way, regarded as
stockholders, but they have no voice In
the running of the institution, which,
although apparently conducted en the
mutual plan, is net & mutual company
nor a stock company, nor does it pay a
penny of taxe3.
Under -the law, It is administered by
three heads of departments, the State
Treasurer, the Insurance Commissioner
and the Commissioner of Laber and
Industry. Yet the empleyes arc net paid
by the State.
In ether words, the fund suggests a
flourishing private institution, enjoying
special privileges, protection and exemp
tions at the hands of the Commonwealth.
The plan which Mr. Lewis is devising
includes the introduction of a legislative
bill strengthening the authority of the
State Auditor and empowering him te
conduct investigations for the safeguard
ing of State funds and securities. An
examination of the curious and undoftn undeftn
able institution which the State Work
men's Insurance Fund has beceme would
be reassuring confirmation that the
cleaning up of the mess nt Harrisburg
is under way.
JERSEY'S PRISON PROBE
VTEW JERSEY'S prisons have never
been noted for scientific, humane or
even efficient management. The State
institution at Trenten was furiously
muckraked years age at the beginning
of the aeries of disclosures which pre
ceded sweeping reforms In jail manage
ment throughout the East. Forced and
contract labor, contract feeding, flogging
and solitary confinement were common
practices at the Trenten prison before
the original reforms were instituted
under pressure of public opinion. And
the investigations which led te abolition
of such abuses were carried en agninst
loud objections raised by Jail officials,
who, accustomed te the jail cedes of the
Middle Ages, couldn't see anything
wrong In them.
The criticism directed by Jeseph S.
Huff, chief keeper at Trenten, at Inves
tigators who have been quietly looking
Inte the State's prison system sounds
like nn echo out of the familiar past.
The Trenten Jail may be well and
decently managed. Uut it la a fact that
few reforms in prison administration
may be regarded as permanent. Jails
have a habit of lapsing back into their
old ways.
Burdette G. Lewis, Commissioner of
Institutions and Agencies in Jersey, and
several representatives of the Heard of
Prison Control have been taking evi
dence direct from Inmates of the State's
jails. It is this practice that Mr. Huff
objects te. Yet the State's represent
atives have been using the only method
upon which dependence may be placed.
They doubtless knew hew easy It is for
a Jailer te frighten his charges Inte
silence.
. i . P,n, ,he nJht before
frntennlbl ( lirlstmnn In the old
. mt . . . f.7,e'"a HeuHf, new th
Grnrrnl Thfole&trnl Hemlnary, th-r- will be
celebretcd tl" 100th annlverwi-y of the birth
of Clement C. Moere'tt famous poem, It b
pleneinR te rrallie that the old Hlel-h it m m
mertalised U hHII running en regular frlp.i
from the .North I'ele, Ik ln one of the eldest
and aieuredly the most satisfactory freight
transpHtatlea line la existence.
LEDGBR-PHILADELPtilA? WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER
AS ONE WOMAN SEES IT
Sema Recent Speeches by a French
man, Englishman, Turk and Ameri
can Give Occasion for
Earnest Thought
By 8ARAH D. LOWRIE
T FIND somewhat te my surprise that
mere (ban one person who heard Cle Cle
rrteneea.il came away with the Impression
that he iicnrcely could be Mid te represent
the majority of his countrymen, let alone
J Whole country. And a few nights later
tnia opinion was rather confirmed or nt all
Tl considerably strengthened by an
S' f. '""whmsn, Lengtiet, who quite
frankly began his address te n large fath
ering by speaking of Clcmencesu as "my
opponent"--with the accent en the "op
and whp claimed that his reason for ad ad
nrerelng the American public was te aanure
tuem that young France nnd working France
no of course, Reclnllstln France flouted
tne Idea that no old and worn and hardened
en unpregremrive as our late visitor could In
n?,,8f,n "Present his nation ns a whole.
Well, there you had It I Clemenceau toelt
pains te ahew us an undivided France, re
membering the past and arming against the
Jut'" and looking te America te. fulfill
certain obligation. In the present, Lengitet,
also an editor, also a politician and also
a leader of a party, showed his much smaller
nut no lem Impressive audience for they
were young and Intelligent nnd exceedingly
eager a divided France; tlie larger part
intent en scrapping the past, determined te
control the future and only anxious that
America would absolve them from the
nelneusnesji or the peace treaty spoils, the
Impewdble Indemnity nnd the maintenance
of the present warlike attltudd en the
frontier.
pLEMENCEAU waTcUver and In places
y witty, and nlwnya Interesting; Lenruet,
the grandson of Karl Marx nnd the Hecrllst
spokesman for mero than France, for he is
en Internationalist, of course, was Just aa
elpvcr, mero profound and with a mere care
free wit. And he was listened te with
koener appreciation, I thought.
He made no appeal te the feelings; It was
all bcadwerk for sn aknr and listener, but
what he wild of the determination ngnlnst
war In France nnd of the dissatisfaction
with the pence treaty by the rank nnd file
of his countrymen and of the profound dls
trust of the people of the politicians who
hail maneuvered the country before the war
and during the treaty negotiations whnt he
Mid sounded mere likely te be true than the
dry hysteria of despair which Clemenceau
came se far te depict te America.
""OT that Clemenceau was himself hysteri-
cal In astutely making his" effects. He
truck me as "very much all there" In try
Ing te guiige the mental response te each
well. devised sentence. And net that he, tee,
did net appeal te the head. He really lint
tered his audience by talking as though we
were used te thinking things, rather than
feeling them; be much se that one of the
notables In the box behind tae grumbled
rather that he was bringing down criticism
en his head by arguing rather than by do de
claiming. He averred that Lloyd Geerge was
answering him bemuse he wa letting out
facta rather than feelings.
"And he will never move the American
public by arguing this way," was the
verdlet.
T DO net knew hew much Clemenceau lest
his Academy audience by arguing rather
than appealing, but I de rnew that the sort
of nudlcnre that Longuet had at Wither
spoon Hall would net have clapped him If
he had merely tried te make them feel,
xney wouie nnve been embarrassed at any
thing bordering nn an oration. Just aa It
seemed te me that the Contemporary Club
wna emlwrrarsed the ether night when, after
the Englishman am the Turk had appealed
te the headH of the audience, the American
turned en the tremolo atop of "noble pathos"
and "wounded honor" nnd "the unknown
soldier a patriotism" In fnct. made a
Fourth of July orntlen and attempted te
make a broken heart de service for an argu
ment. T DARE say some people liked it, though,
A for It 1h rntber a habit, especially wjth
the conservative element of any tratherlng, te
enjoy hursts of feeling about things that de
net afiVct their everyday life but I thought
the Kngllahman was quite astonished at the
sudden turn the affair took, and that the
Turk was en the whole relieved, because
there were some questions that the audi
ence could have cast at him which would
have shaken even his gentle Inslnuntlens Inte
quite sinister facta had they net been kept
busy getting out from under their own
compatriot's fervid and accusatory elo ele
quence. T'VE an Idea that although the Englishman
A the Hen. Philip Kerr pronounced
Cnrr was a secretary of Lloyd CJeerce nnd
very much aware of all the InR and outs of
the se-called "conversations" lending up te
the peace treaty nnd with his astute chief's
Iren te put en nnd off the fir I've en Iden
that he la young enough nnd modern Enc.
llshman enough te like the spertlnc propo prepo prope
altlnn of a geel argument as well ns n het
Pnclallst would, and te regard "punctured
feelings" net part of the geme when von
like the ether fellow and want him te knew
"what's what."
He hims-lf made n very geed attempt tn
tell his audience at the Contemporary
"what la what" In the present wnr situa
tion in the Near East. He did net assert his
frankness after the manner of Clemenceau,
but he made an Imprecsten of very honest
franknesH nnd clear thinking en our behnlf.
If he had spoken te the audience that turned
out tn hear Lnnmet the .nme week they
would have liked him and followed his argu.
ments and asked him very straight questions
As for the Turk, who was the second
spenker at the Contemporary, they wouldn't
have let him sit down and breathe freely
before they had pounced en Mm fur definl.
tlens of what he meant by "becoming a
hundred per cent Turk If you v..d In
Turkey" or what wns the process Involved
when It was thought best that vnu did nnr
"live In Turkey "or why a Turkish village
destroyed was Injustlf of the conquerors
and nn Armenian vlllnze burned the
Inevitable result of Turkey's harboring
strangers In their midst.
In fact, the Turk'a explanation would
have been the evening's excitement at the
Wltherspoen rneetlne. whereas nt the Con
temporary It was allowed te drop with n
thud.
BIT as a mere onlooker it struck me aa
rather a waste of time te pounce upon
the oration of the American, Mr. Ilullnrd
nnd try le de anything sensible with it He
had evidently done something In the' way
of a patriotic speech somewhere of Inte about
the unknown soldier, and his ndmlrer.s had
said It was beautiful and he had been much
congratulated for his Atlrrtnt appeal go
word for word lie cherished it and repeated
It with some burning sentences about Amerl
cans "quitting" tee seen thrown In rll
calculated te stir the feeling- and ateti the
thlnklncs of "true Americans." '
It certainly knocked spots out of nnv de
hate nn the matter In hand the I.'urenean
situation In relation te a future war n few
"true Americana" were stirred te feel
enough te have feelings nnd tn utter them
most of the audience showed n temlencv te
laujh nervously. fortunately, Hr. Mc
ICensle had the chance as chairman te give
the F.ngllnhman a moment or twn te brine
the nntlcllmax te a full -top by a sensible
word en the real affair of the evening, nnd
m the program ended en the keynote ng,in
It strikes me that elnce f)regnPrh h(vp
begun te treat tis Ilka reasonable being nur
own great men would de well tn consider that
the best line of approach, and we should
encourage them by using our head Wn(,
vit listen and give our hearts a little- rest,
while we scrap our prejudices completely.
David Starr Jerdan wyi, Japan will be
dry In about two years, The presumption in,
then, that Japanese students will enie te
the. United States te learn the bectleaglng
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Daily Talks With Thinking Philadelphia en Subjects They
Knew Best
CONSTANCE BIDDLE
On the Right Kind of Christmas Giving
IF PERSONS who leve te give, especially
nt Christmas time, te these less fortu
nately placed than themselves would get
the greatest amount of joy from their kind
ness they would put mere of the perBennl
element Inte their benefactions and nee
that what they glve is what Is wanted
most by the recipient, sayH Miss Consignee
Riddle, one of the directors of the Society
for Orgnnlting Charity,
"What usually happens In ChriMmas
giving," said Miss Riddle, "is thlst Most
persons are eicecdingly busy with their
own affalrR and their lives are full of
Interests, most of which Bre outside of
charitable work. They are tee Inclined
te leek upon Christnina as very much of
n children's fenBt and therefore, If they
are happy nnd comfortably off in this
world's goods, they want te give something
at Christmas te these less fortunately placed.
Following Up the Recipients
"Anether thing Is that a very lnrge
majority' of persons de net think very much
ubeut giving except at Christmas time.
If they only realised It, it would bring
the donors se much mere joy nnd Interest
nnd would menn ke much te the persons
whom they nrM.st If they would only fol fel
low up these ciihch throughout the year.
"IJy this I de net meun that the donors
should assume any cennldernble part of
the support nf the familleH which they
nsslst at Christmas time, for I knew that
In most ennes ibis Is Impossible for them
te de. Rut I de say that It will mean
much mere tn both parties If there were
a continuance of the friendly Interest which
led te the Christmas gift throughout the
entire year.
"I de net went te criticize the liberal
donors of the fJhristtmis aensen In any
wny; I think It i wonderfully fine of
them te give as much an they (te, but In
se many enses that I myself have seen this
later following up of a family with friendly
interest has meant a joy te the donor which
lie did net before knew existed.
Mean Much te. Family Alse
"It nlse means much te the family which
has received the nbiKtaneu. Meney need
net necessarily be given, but the contin
ence of the Interest which brought about
the first contact sIiewh the family that
some one la taking nn Interest In its wel
fare besides an organization, such us ours
for example, and It hux a considerable
bearing upon their outlook upon life and
the manner In which they meet their
troubles.
"There are always many thingfl which
a mother or a father can de for children
who have hnd fewer opportunities than their
own children have had, and these things are
highly appreciated by the family for which
they arc done.
The Ideal Way
"I believe thnt the ideal manner of
giving a disadvantaged family a happy
Christmas Is for the donor te go tn set the
family a week or two before ChrlstimiH and
dlscuus with the parents the Christmas
things which they had hoped tn dn for
their children, but which some unforeseen
misfortune hail prevented them from doing.
"In this sny the donor will find out
exactly wtint the children ment tus-d nnd
desire and will knew whether or net It
lies within his power te de this thing for
them. If a'10'1 I'0 'he ciiNe, the children
will certainly have a much mere happy
Christmas time than they would linvc it
given thlnR" which might possibly dupli
cate whnt some nne clue, gtivn them, uii'l
the donor will be surprised tn find what
an additional amount of Jey this personal
contact will give tn him,
"Anether thing hi that a great many
persons leave their giving until the last
moment ami then semi in tn us or some
ether organization und ask for the names
of say ten families te wiem they can glve
Christmas things. These peisens de this
with the best Intentions In the world, but
It semetlmrs complicates things for the
workers.
Duplication of Gifts
"Of course I realise that there are theu-s-inda
of cases where anything in the line
of Christmas gift is mero than welcome,
but even the poorest have their preferences,
J..j h h. Hum Involved be the name. It
seems te mo.te beifar better te give exactly
, wbat" is want,1 by the exercise of this
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DOOMED TO DISAPPOINTMENT
small amount of time and personal atten
tion. "If this be done, the duplication of gifts
may be avoided. I have known cases
where skates, for example, were given te
a child who had already received a pair
from some ether neurce, nnd as a result
this child had two pairs, where another
child who might want a pair of skates
above anything else would have none. This
happens mere times than would be thought
pearlble, and it might, se easily be avoided.
"I knew of another case where a certain
kindly disposed woman gave a fine turkey
te a peer family, only te find a little later
that the family wanted eels much meru
than turkey, because, as the mother said,
the stove was be small. Fortunately, this
wen found out in time and the family get
their eels.
"With a little mere thought en the part
of the donors nnd -a little mere personal
Interest in the splendid work which they
are Mug every Christrans time, a far
greater amount of Jey can be brought both
te the donor and te the recipient,
Philadelphia's Christmas Spirit
"The Christians spirit of Philadelphia
la really wonderful and I doubt If there
la another city In the United Htates where
no many of the citizens concern themselves
with the happiness of their fellow-men a
they de here at the Vuletidc. Net mnnv
persons, I imagine, reiillze hew widespread
this interest is nor hew many of the less
fortunate ones are made happy at Christ
mas through the generosity of ethers.
"A large number of institutions and or
ganizations in the city help us In providing
happy Chrlstmabes for the peer and unfor
tunate of our eltitena. The Rotary Club,
for example, has for ycara given hundreds
of toys and ether gifts te peer children
through our organization, and they go fur
ther and save the workers of the Beciety
by delivering the gifta themselves. Resides
thin, they have given from fifty te one hun
dred dinners each year.
"This year and last year the Liens' Club
provided a Christmas dinner at one of the
larger hotels und hna given us 200 Invite,
t oils for children. These are but two of
the examples of the generosity of many of
our leading business and social organiza
tions, f"Jfhi' Mn. cenMnn,15' Increasing number
of gifts which are made by the empleyes
of our large commercial institutions anil
this year schools, philanthropic Institutions
nnd many ether organizations of all kinds
are doing mere than ever. The real Christ
mas apfrlt of Philadelphia seetns te"e
constantly en the Increase.
Werli of the Churches
"Of course, Christmas being the great
church festival nf the year, the chu?ch's
themrehes de a tremendous amount In he
way of Chrlstmaa giving, providing hetu
dinners for he families and gifts fcr ?
children. Wl h a little mere nfthe persona
equation en the part of Individual "(vera
the Christmas altnatlen In this city would
be about as perfect aa It could be
in i i
,. ..""' ""'J?w ',"?' ca of donors
of one of our ehurel.es took a fatnH, ",
hr. ttW1 "? ,J'''"'P " Interested 1,
can Hnclety
family nt
It that
at the enanlznVl , i. ""'AT."lv '
dress the four chlldre n h,Zi,l ' .' V'' ,J
Tills is the kind of BlvingK""hich '&
U! ...ui" . ". .-""
u..in mm wint gives nnd h in that fakes
and the blessing received docs net lie t
i"ripcn,u;!,.",m" Ulm,U,,t ' me'"r "nlch
Tliet a pistol made all
men the,sn,ne ff, Ta"a
fact Inrlne v rf...i. .. ' LM
iiur)wmuii
for IiiMnure
West years ngene. Th.SJXu'fl ,t
be considered as n backer e?"seg 2 .' !l
1 1 fit a, a .-
One .ucT, Persen' Is VuppOT the neccCy
milk for a sick baby throughout the whrte
year and this Interest began with a ChrUt.
luimit iiii: nn ini i aa tiia-i....i .i
Jliun IllllMtT. JjHHC Vr.1l fi IV.
nn irci ueiii v liml im iiv l. imi
tlie part of ladles.dissatlKl,., '1'.." .'? "
IiiisIiiiiiiIk; hut net until recently has the
taken nigiilzuun. ,.' the fact-apa t from
mere or less perfunctory stepplng-ln w .n
the fa r enrH made a bull's-eye. II. ,Ck.
son. Kv ,h altered all that. At a n ,rd-r
trial there women well us ,",,,
aenrched for weapons before they entXd
the courtroom, Here Is a atrtct equality tnat
SHORT CUTS
Chorus of Governors at a recent meet
ing: "Hew dry I ami"
What the Republican Party etatinws
te suffer from Is a Berah from within.
i- i- - i
Perhaps it Is Rebin Heed's bsra the
State police are watching.
The Weather Man is talking threngh
his Medicine Hat.
We take comfort In the (set tbst th
cold wave Is net a permanent one.
There will seen be, If there are net new, '
as many plans te aid fanners as there ere
farmers. '
Apparently everybody appreciates tb
seriousness of the Herrin trials except the
defendants.
Congressman Keller la standing en his
rights, but It may prove a mighty slim'
pedestal. '
There la no likelihood that the Christ
mas neasen will tempt the turkey te take n
drop tee much. '
Many nn eloquent statesmen thinks
himself a symbol where he Is merely s
cymbal.
De your Christmas shopping early la
the dsy. And carry home the packages you
can.
The most optimistic of reformers some
times feels that the chariot' of progress is
running en fist tires.
New Yerk has a wonder child who
cleverness Is laid te the fact that her
adopted parents have always answered all
her questions. Than they are the predlilei.
What De Yeu Knew?
quiz
Who was Clament Clarke Moere?
What Ilatltan kingdom has absorbed
WhtU art) the three chief gods of resl resl
latje abstractions of the Brahmin rt
llgienT
What was the meaning of the term Bele
MoniencsreT
Inn lupins llu XVadM Wirt
5. What are Uie correct pronunciation and
meaning of the word otiose?
6. Who gave widespread currency te tn
phrnua "weassl wpr"?
7. What Kureptan country ranks sixth .
population?
I. Hew many humps has a dremsdsry?
8. What Inatrumants were used In playing
the dulcimer?
10. Name two sre.it Government railways
through undeveloped countries walei.
have been built within the last dtcada.
Answers te Yesterday's Quis
1. Owing te the carelessness In drawing up
the early Constitution of New Jsser,
framed In ten days, the women of th
State wera legally entitled te partici
pate In elections In the latter part of
the eighteenth and the nrst pari of
the nineteenth century. The sanction
wns later rescinded1 nnd net resterta
until the passage of the nlnsteentn
amendment te the Federal CenstltU'
S. During part of the youth of William
Henry Harrison, who became, the flrit
Whig President of the United States,
he' lived In Philadelphia, under th
guardianship of Itebert Merrli.
3. A xebec Is a small three-maattd vfi
with both square and lateen sail
formerly used by the Algerian. Tunl
elan and Trlpelltan pirates In the
Mediterranean. ..,,
4. Merelle Is a variety of cultivated cherry
with dark.red skin, flesh and Jules,
much used In cooking and preserviaj.
5. Philadelphia. Is elder Ihan P'-?!?!"
The former city was founded In I.
the Utter In 1703. . ...
0. Douglas Jerreld. the Enullsh fi!.
wrete: "The noblest sight en earth l
a man talking reueen and his wi
sitting by the flreslde listening te him.
!. The next Pan. American cengrei;s Is "
held In Santiage da Chile In March.
$, The Pr'cnch expression, "de trop." algal
nes tee much, net wanted. In ";
way; satd of a person whose cemjiaa'
Is ncenenlent or of one who is eui
9. A ceypuC?8 a beaverllke. aquatic Seuth
American rodent, about two feet leai.
with webbed hind feet and round l-
10.
A quincunx Is an arrangement of J rn
things, as trsss In a square hat-fa
one in eecn corner no -"1iK
Mitter; also dlspe tlen of M3
fcquarti. repeated Indefinitely.
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