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n--r TWV rs-mwpsa y. ... j-""y'isi i- -. -r yiMbW,QWn'""-s "r f-.'TiiSI-,.Ti'-"'" w"Mi SfSJjAy SW '' vsupr wvr? 5 T , EVENING PUBLIC LEDGERPHILADELPHIA, SATURDAY, FE&RUARY & 1921" vnWaiSMtir I rUBLIC LEDGER COMPANY crnus li. k. cuims, ikudsnt Chrlf It. Ioullrmton, Vico PrMMmi. John C. VUrtln, Scer-teiry nnd Treci-urir, I'hlilp S. r Una, John 11. Williams. Jorn J. Spurcwin, Dlrectora. EDITOtllAI. 1IOAIID: Cinus It. K. CtiiTts, Chalnaan PAvm n. Btn.nr. ruitor . tdlN C. imnTIV tl-ncrit llii-tnrn Mnrmi-c'r luVllalieJ dally t TcrMo I.tnaca UuUdlne Indecent; nea Siu-ire, I'lillttJulphla. ATUNTIO ClII rn-sa-L'ttfon llulldlns Hw Yornt .1(14 Mmll-on Axe. pTotr 7ol ror.l nuiMinr fir. Lotus 013 Otolx-lKmocrat Uulldlnir CaiOAno 130'J Tribune Utilldlntf . NCH'3 BUnRAt'Si WASHINOTOM IlCHRAf, N. 11 Cor. I'-iuiaylx-anlix Axe. nnd Uth St. Wzvr Tonic IK'uka" Tho Sun Hullillnrr lANDOH L'fjtE.lt London Tints sunsciurTroN TEnjis The- Sto.niim 1'iiilio Leimir I cnrd to ut bcrlbere In rhllixil-luhla nnd curroundind toxrns at thi) rato of twelve (12) cents per xxxtVc, pcisabln . to tbo carrier. . By malt f -Joints outbid of rhllrdeljili a. It tae united !3tat.. Canada, er Lnltod fiati pos t'l"', I'oataeo free. 11U.- con, cents isr month. "'J.""' ""1 ra PT '. PJ50K0 In Bdvani-e. To all for lim countries nno (II) dollar n. mon'b. . I-OTIcu Subscribers xxt-hltie oddrna chargej must fflx'o old as well ns now nddreds. BELL. 30OT WALMT hfiI0-E' MAIV J00 IO" .liWrr-j on ecmMUTKcotlonj to l:.n'nj iut,r.o Jjtdacr, Indepfmitcnns .sgurirr, 7'nhnl'l'ei Member of (he Associated Press TJtE .tSSOCt.lTKD mrsi U (Ttf.u-li-." en titled to the use fr r?;iu' icatfoii cf e. I ii'rJ tH-pc-tehr- cri'llrcf to it or nor othmtt cmi tr,l in this pavtr, and also tins local nncj n!)!nhcJ therein. .Ill rtolitt of rtvubUraUon cf sredal dispatches Titreln are also reserved. rhllidelpliU. Siiirdi, lbnnr S. 1MI KEEP THE RECORD STRAIGHT JUST to keeji the record straight, Mnyor Mooro shouhl reftiiiu to approve the blanket lti-ni nppropriutiui: ?1. 000.000 toward new buildiuss for tho Municipal Court. It is n piece of political jobbery that in the end is likely to relied nothing but ills credit upon ovtrl)od.v in any way utiely or passively connected with its promotion. If this amount were the total sum to be expended for the purioe it would be much too large, ttut It is not even that. It is only tho beginning, and many millions more will bo needed to carry out tho grandiose, not to say bloated, ideas for a 1'alaco of Justice in which to house this minor court. Tho Mayor is properly on record ngniust tho scheme to date. lie cannot afford to allow n suggestion of approval to enter a blot ngninst Ins name, no mnttcr what its po litically case -hardened backers may allow thcnisehes to do. PUBLIC REVOLT IN ERIE TIlKIti; is no mistaking the Intensity of public indignation aroused in I-io Against the system of corruption, graft and vice in which mciiieipal otncinls are said to be invohod. The state police hnve been called for. The resignation of Major Kitts Is emphatically demanded and a mass-meet-Ing lias requested the Court of Quarter Ses sions to summon a .special grand jury to iu- . Ttstigato the whole situation. The decent elements in the community seem to be well past any period i,f illusion. One of the chief cities of the state has been -disgraced by an insolent c.irnmil of Ice and orgy of blatant misgoxeruuieut. The war years are held primarily responsible ' r the spree. Acconipnn.-. icg the swift industrial ex pansion of 1'rie wore the trains of so-called camp follower', disorderly hordes of gam blers, grafters, cheap-skate politicians nnd Vicious pariahs. In varjing degrees other moan districts have suffered similar blights, but in I'rie their control was marked by the election of a municipal ticket on a frankly "wide-open" basis. In such a crisis half-war measures are worse than none. It is therefore stimulating to nnto that otilv drastic practical measures nro advocated 1 the champions of public se curity 'Hie leaders of the icvolt are not nilk-stocking reformers, but clear-thinking citizens whose fundamental notions of order and decency have been outraged. HABEAS CORPUS FOR ALIENS 'A 111 s,s.l. philosophic j anar. lut is re- the .aTjl sit ng iii'p irr.itiou mil has sought protection fie wtit nf h.it 'is curnus as though h". ulthug!i an alie i. wire untied to enjov tin- guarantees prowded toi- Ameri can i iiiens The I inied States District Court in New York liit-. fiilnw nl precedent in d"iiis-ing the writ. Tills prct-cdi at w.i-, tnbl sN d Feveral m irs ago whn a Itrm-'i p'.il iphi cal unari hist rrsisunl di portaii-m a an un desirable ul n a l. in upjn al t'i ins rights" under the -institution. Tin1 courts made short nnrk nf his conten 'tiou. for ir laid down tic nil. that tin- con stitiition projects the right i.f Amerie.tii citizens and tl at it" gniir.iii i s io not iipji'.y to an alien s... Umg ubn -! hi to the 11 untrv The all a las no rig'it in the pm e. ti..n of the writ of li.it--,is corpus aid no r ght lo complain tlni' t protinti law s r- -erties. An unil- n gul.itloiis in tl .inm' il V, p 'ed nt t ' i , d sflel li's I ' lis'l tltlnl sirul'i ll'li'li i tin lie ll' II VI Mi ,1 i '..i n without -iiiisn country is ; -i1 f tie of. ll- - . against th a!. another win ii in must b' 'li.i'i n I LUCK AND FRAME HOTELS Asn:i'iusi'.i. i. .....! f..-. ,ip penis to o, , .. , ,, , , A. , , ,. resort Imti-!- lei h ! - ; . . iiii.ru r n t'Onstl'lll't'oI 'I'.- l I.- IC '' ll.l-s '!' V In ronsnli ri d .il:i s i. -. i,, ,, ,. ,t .,, end is so i,i i, ii i . ,,,., . , u .; l, , . , life is as .ist -n .ii,; -i , n i, gi.o,. ,-!; miraculous. Tin re arc p m-irl, Ill- pu-i'i !H of tl . l.-tttietl l-I'lted IS I 'll a' Old i -ir the extii'ci ion old colnllllllil d nnd t!m .q'lii, 1'olllt I'nllifiil' .re .1 i- Il'.til IHltl-il I'lillllliie 1'i'TH'd n. -t .i'i II III e . lie . tl -1 . I, ,, ' di d ill i ii i, im Hgo. Ill li"''i , occui ii d i'ui irig t nil tic Li. s-s si.ii. (iooil f irtmi I Rtiarnnii'd It sooner ui I.,-! r tl n soiirei of i i neetn di siini d f 'f Those w nn 'i ' mi i-t n- i er, " ii J is n s (so in ,,ii I km a' f. 'II in s'il ruble Aiihm d' strnerii.il i,t ll s'ir I l .1 i lit! i tt. ll pi id Hie I' ll. s nf n past !' regnnl of Uge W'lllcl .1 I l.ei nn pr push, U's t the s tl) mi in i ' mm . on i hi i tn in lie iiish ii spi The sp ,i w i aii'il iu'' i-ibl" for s that siiiimI- lie track railtvu' s L-'n DISARMAMENT FUNDAMENTALS A DM1UAI. SIMS furn s;,is the olllllliill- a. sense nilsut-r hi tl.e ,pi dislll'lliailK lit. lie In ill fl'.Mi provldid the pi id- of mup. moved. "W' "uiaiot .,iT.ii-il ii t."ll i ' li n.il of n dui'li'Uis 1 1 loll ill'e IV. '."p. ill to 1110 JIOUSC llll.ll iii'lilillllee M'Ii-u, ' t Itt 1 1 wo can come t., wl it uituull niiiojiiiR u a woi'ld ugn cm' nt " This mi w i-. nigs i lie wl,,,). problem around to it-, ii.iidiiiiieiituls niMihuitf ihe relations of il.e I nii.d Suites tu th,. uuisije world The politicians Line wrangled wearisomely oxer ti'fiiiiiiolog. In fiut. the nlinos mire case of the I iuiic of ,itinii was nrgip i on pointa of noincii. I ituie nnd form cwci-iinls III the cud pniii'iphs m f bound to anniino priority. According to I'luiiiunn liutlir, of tic riotise liux.tl ' iiiiiiiniti'e. Mr. Haul ng will pi'Obabb Call a ciilifi leuee oil dlsiii maim ill ioou after Ink Inauguration. The puiiiculur machinery to lie inmU'd is not spu-idcd. Tho oinlssion in not wholly regrettable. What is llrst of all to be determined h tint existence, or tho luck of it, in this country cf Hi" oinlt of world en npprstion The "W right sort of partnership enthusiasm can carry through a practical disarmament scheme. If that best of all peace guarantees Is established, tho concern oxer twines will eventually become of minor Importance. Vntll the Issue between co-operation and American Isolation !h presented without tech nical fog, the quantity of tnlk about dis armament is likely to bo in Inverse ratio to the extent of real accomplishment. REPUTATION WRECKERS AND A FIERY-TONOUED GENERAL In Dad Language Dawes, of Chicago, Read a Good Lesson to the Sher- locks of Congress DIX'CNT respect for the conventional forms of thought nnd utterance Is one thing. IHitid, uncritical und unquestioning worship of these same forms is. on the other hand, dangerous business. For every man who ever did anything reallv great has nt some time to plnv haioc with rules re vered by lovers of safe and comfortable and unprogresslvo routine, lie had to kick down barriers that are alwaxs rising to hedge in gallant and exploring minds. lirlgadier (Jeneral Charles (!. Dawes, a Itcpublicaii and n banker, who became pur chasing agent for tin? A. 11. V. when they wouldn't let liim Into the artillery, did this w lion ho was summoned as n w itness by the House war-lnvustlgating committee. Ho made profanity useful, for once nt least. He became one of the Shining Ones of this unhappy time. Ho managed to mako himself heard nt the furthest ends of the country with n thoroughly honest denunciation of the particular sort of political Jackal whose de termined efforts to belittle tho work of the military administration hnve become little Ies than n public nuisance. The spectacle of snooping, sneering, sniveling crowds of self-appointed inquisitors and avengers, interrupted suddenly at the task of throwing dirt in the faces of men who rendered evnlted scnico to the country, was about tho most cheerful thing that has happened In the United Slates siuco the l'onrth of July. About n dozen men like Dawes might work many bright miracles in Washington. Any fanciful embellishments of conventional Eng lish speech would be permissible to thein if, by that means, a rational sense of responsi bility could be restored to those who, enter ing party politics, feel that they have to check their souls outsldt. Dawes swore. He swore colorfully and repeatedlv. He merely used crbal dyna mite to blast a way into the newspapers and into the public consclousiless for truths that ! avo wailed too long to be tittered and un derstood. The result was admirable. Con gressional war Investigatfon.s de sctl for partisan etuis will never be the same again. Since Congtcs.s noxer appoints commis sions to inxi-s,igato itself, since no formal reports aru ex or issued to reveal the irmrs or the wrongdoings of professional politi cians, no uric will ever knoxv how much time and money has beeii wasted in Washington since the armistice xxas signed to make achievement look like luilure nnd to make dexoted men appear mean, to make noble effor's sum puerile and great serxice some how dishorn st. After txvo ye.irs tho wrecking gings lmvo only their own failure to report. The poison squads luxe Ii. imaged merely to set deadlv rumors afloat in tho air and to stir mud into the currents of national thought. When the dust and dirt liaxo settled, the things that xe achiexed in the days of the xxar at. afterward will remain clearly xisinic as un paralleled examples of greatness, of mind and greatness of spirit--as unmatched uchlcxe nieiits not only in military organization, but in the almost unexplored held of humane philosophy. The growth and dexelopm"nt of the army xx a, a miracle of science vitalised In- in spired foiling. Tlio transport of a xat army and all its equipment oxerseas xvitlioiit disaster or ex en serious losais of any sort, the sxxift mobilization of other armies at home, the processes, by xxhich national en "rzv xxas concentrated successfully for pur poses wholly strange to the mind of the na tion rcprc-entcd feats of a sort never accom plishul uny where else und' r the sun. And xxlii-ti we xvent to Paris xxitli the assertion that we xxished nothing for nil thi but a b"'t' r future for humani'. we started a nexv trerol of thought and filling that xxill yet a tin- xxorld if aiiyiii.ng cun. Tl ere xvns xxnste, of course; v aste almost i "-rx where. Hut what nf Fran cc. xxhi re all i'ii lues, all the money spent in the in-st tills xeurs of th" vim- xxel'c xxasted while tin tuffs sought for means to overcome un i ptcteil dilhciiltiesV What of the llrlrish. v ' ii I nt v left hundreds of millions of dol lars' x.orth of war sepplles to molder and dis ntegrate in I'lamo because tin: iirinx ii'itlioi itii s hae not had the courage to sell them for xxlint tln-y would bring and thus .mite tic sort of ignorant and xennmous at tacks that hitxi been diiccted at the American s llxilge forces? You i .iniiot sit down xvitli paper and pencil nnd di'erm lie the energy and possible dura tion nt a hurricane, nor does any shipnusti r (xer l.noxv imxv long u typhoon xxill last. Ii" can only p repute for the xxorst. ainl that is wlm' tli" government of the Tinted States lut ! to do. Supp-i-" that the xxar had gone on and that we luidii i prepared udequiitih t , meet con tiuu'iig strains nnd assaults What would breakers dnxvu of reputations , sax ing nnxx ' It is lUfhi'tiit to imagine what thex would be saxing. For. if I're-'d' nt Wi'soii is no' utterly disr rid n u and disgraced, if excrv inn u wlin 'I'.rnnl instinctixely to outribute all the riso'iiii. nf Ids inii.il and stri ugth In an 'in g' n v hash t hud his In art broken by oi. ! s si.spii-inn Hud alitise and is still nlile to retain In, faith und his cmiragi , it i not ti, f.iult of the nicrc'less iai"lsini xx'no xx 're xxMhug to snerllb'o tliem Mi ill" g ii nil fr'iiillc i ffoi't to "get some tl 'tig" "'I tli" men who cnndiictid the war op. rations. Hail 'he ardent Sherlock In Coiigievs set out to ii" a r il service to the coiiuiry, had ti.ev H 'ill. bill) in scan h of tru'h. their nn mii able i i.mpaigh would liaxe In ii a thing in puis. Hut 't ha-, b"i u a i umpiiigii of Mn.iU pnliiii inns for t In- most part a nene tii' nl hxi-rl i l.ieilx to lil.-o-n (lit an opp i-i tn. n Rioiip. lo elect .sin riffs, couni-ilmen in.ixors, lung'ssis, coiistatiles, goxeinors, district attorneys, tax collectors nnd tin like in tlie f.ir InuU" lands where the Intcn-s's of the probers it-nlly ll". lieciuise politu i1 lend' i.i desired to get s,,ine men out of puhlii ottii'i'S mid others in thev hiixe been xxilling tn oliscure the fiindiiiui'litul facts about tin war and to lil'iid " - 'oimity tn truth, rh.it kIiouM In- for it a 'i i-' for exerliisting pride and i oh tan' inspiration When licinral D.'ixxcs broke Ions,, wuh plissiollllle proflll.iM liefun- the I) is,. ii,, inlltee lie raised a (lie .tiori thai is ..en-- j more freipo nil' to the foreground of all m- lelllgi'Ut lllllllls. II is a qui S' "in nt the dngrei tu xxhi"'i nny ne proper'y mix p in holding party intenst bixmid th" f iiiila mental uitciistH of the nation. Men xx ho h.ne biyn cont-at to 1 mii their xiexxs and Heir mull .sianding uhin t'ie wall-i of nlnritetl pm I v trmliti ii s. xi ho hiixe bein i oiiti nt to let t'uir liiuk'iig stop nt the p',i. i s w'nie unci nt ssues nmx xiin ished mice insi. ii-(. beginning p, wondir. Ain.ing iiianx pi ople who nub.!' tin- nm . mix- of xxi ll-orgniiui d parlies tloie is a gl'oxxin ft el lie t hit t it u ax be pnssioli i.n oin as ui- in den' sonn thing of mi-iihi lo the i.eiutix itsilt In a i implete ie-irxa tiou of t.. th and ail- 'inii' f r u pirti or rather for p.rt leaden. 'J'lier urn Mm l"n -i-y "iBee"" rti must rise high enough to look above his party. That Is often necessary If you nre to see some questions of tremendous Im portance wholly nnd from every nugle. The war Investigating eommltlccs, having grilled every ono in sight, hnve proved only that xx-nr Is nn nbomlualily xvnsteful busi ness n thing thnt consumes wraith faster than it can bo created. That is nil that they have proved, and It is something that they should have known before. D.'uves probably hn shocked them Into a sense of tho realities of tho situation. Tho country therefore ought to snlute this gen eral who Is tn the army no longer. Ills profanity reflects, In a final analysis, nn inxiiieible decency of spirit, a sort of gen erpslty that would help the country im mensely If It were more general in Wash ington nnd everywhere else. You might search in nil the probing com mittees of tho last txvo j ears without finding ono man who endured either the travail of the front or the weight of anxiety nnd re sponsibility that rested on those in authority in tho days.xvhen no ono could tell where or xx hen or how the greatest xvar of till time would end. If xvar investigations hnve groxvn unpopu lar all of a sudden It Is because it lias be come plain that those xvho inspired them have been about ns disinterested as a flock of buzzards eager to pick the bones of men who. because of their labor, their sacrifice or their devotion to great Ideals, nre acci dentally and temporarily at their mercy. A MUCH-SOUGHT-AFTER MAN TIIEKE Is no man more difficult to lind just noxv than one. fitted to become the president of a college and willing to narrpt the responsibilities of the position. The trustees of many colleges and univer sities arc scouring the country in search of a president. The trustees nf tho I'lilversity of l'ennsxlvnnia have tilled the xncanev tem porarily. Whether Vico l'rox-ost I'eiiniman xxill be promoted to tho post of proxost is not determined. The alumni of Yule I'ni versity are just noxv wrought up because nothing definite has been done toxvard the selection yf u man to Fiiceeed Arthur T. Hndley , the president, who resigned thirteen months ago. Tho problem of Yale is rjot so acute as thnt of borne of the other uulx-erslties be cause it has a largo endnxvment and the duty of the president will be educational rather than financial. Most of the univer sities nro confronted with tho task of sup plying education to a much lnrger number of students than they can accommodate. It has been their boast in the past that no youth xx lio xxished an education is ever turned uway because of his poverty. Itecaiise of this policy many men now distinguished have le eched the training xxhich they have sought. It is not ofti n remembered, hoxvexer, that ex cry student at a college is a beneficiary. He does nut pay completely for what he gets. He profits by the gifts of philanthropic men nnd women interested In higher education. Hut in spite of tin- multiplicity and gener osity of giftt. to end ixvment funds, the de mand for cdiicn'ion is in excess of the ability of the unixersities to supply It. This is xx by men hcsitato when they arc asked to become tin- president of a university. They know they will liaxe to struggle xxitli a deficit and that their cm rgici xvill liaxe to bo expended in rnis'ng money instead of in directing an id national policy. 'If the uni xer.sities decide to limit the number of stu dents to their financial ability to tuk" cine of tin m it may become easier to find presi dents. Hut the duty of colleges to educate earnest young men of small means xxill havo to be ignored if this becomes the accepted policy. Unless more generous endowments arc secured it is difficult to sec how they cun avoid the inevitable. WHAT'S IN A WOMAN'S NAME? THE Woman l'ays Club of Nexv York no, it is not a typographical error, it is 1 1 ally l'ays has adopted it resolution fnxor u. g the Use by professional women of their maiden names. lint xx ha I is the use of passing resolutions nl'out it? Tho xx omen will do as they please, anyway. Carolyn Wells is still known to the public as Carolyn Wells, although her name is now Mrs. Hndxxin Houghton. Dorothv 'anfn id is Mrs. .lolin It. Fisher, Sara Teas dale is Mrs. Ernest H. FiNinger, Julia Marlowe is Mrs. i;. II. Snthern and Ethel Harry more is Mrs. Kuvsell (jrisxxold Colt. The list might be extended almost indcli- Illtl Ix . When a woman has made a reputation under one name it is natural that she should dcsiie to continue to profit by it. Changing her nam" for public use is like changing a tradi iniiik. Some women have tried it xxitli ilnsalisfai lory lesiilfs. There is the tuse of Ho.. ( I'Neili, a sticct'snful illustrator. She inn n led a man named Latham and then li'g..n to sign her pictures O'Neill I.athiiiu. I'lie iiiniiiage did not turn out xxdl and she duomd her husband ami letiirned to hei old signature. Then she married llnrrx Leon Wil'on, a novelist, ami xxas confronted bx1 the peccsaity of deciding xxhether to hangi her signature again. She decided to oouproi i s,i und for a number of years her drmiiig- hiixe borne the single name O'Neill. We liaxe examples in this neighborhood "f the i .implications that arise through the change of nninc's folloxving a number of ii anutgi s. One Is the cum1 of Mrs. (iraee Lix ngston Hill Lutz. She xviote inn els iiiuIt the name of (iraco Lix ingston. Thin sic married the Itev. Thomas (',. V. Hill and sigind hi r noxels f trace Lix iugstnn Hill M- Hill died nnd she married 1'iof. I'laxius I I. ut nnd began to sign her book i lirin-c l....ng-toii IIIU LtlU. Kcecntly she lin. In,. ir, to -til ordinate the name hut, and to utinn to the name which she got from her fiist i,.,s. I. "cl. putting her present name in pnim i -i s beneath it. hi the cmnsc of ti.i.e i-he i ay get buck to the inline xxitli whnh he x' as born. It is not surprising that women ion- li iiiteil l)j sucn coniiising coinpni-ai mis m iioim uelatiiro should decide thai x ,i. n ihev I 'ixc won some reputation und' i tin t m.i i.ji-n names it is xvise to continue to u-e Um,,. rames legardlesH of any existing nuultal ' onditlon. Tills deii-ion doe not suppmr He i (intentions 0f the cxlieme femnisis that It woman should refuse to siiriendei' hi r own n.iiae v 'ifii she takes to hef-elf a hiishand, but should continue to be known as Sus-m Joins or Jennie Ilickeulooper or Mi hitabcl Arrow smith, lis the case may be. DULL DAYS AT THE MINT THE slack times at the Mint are ascribed lo a decrease in the demand for luonej. There nre not wanting indlx idunU who would deny tills or else would hold the state incut to be true only in u smii'ii hat Pic!,. xM.'kiun sense. None tho ! su, the Mint Is n fmrly iici'iirutu iconomic barometer pro. x.di'd leadings are made xxitli son.e tinder standing of economic laws. Tin-re nre periods in which n flood of money means cheap money, as is rather con iliis.xely the fast- liiNUussia today, 'i'lic ihe.ipcr the money the higher the prices of commodities. Present conditions of money str ncenev In j the Fnlle I Statis are in part tlie coi'iso- . ipn nee of a readjustment in the xnlue of the iiicil'inn of cycliange The Increased pllr. chasing puxver of the dollar, xxhich is slowly l but surely becoming evident. Is cerium to ) affect the puidiietivily of the Mint. I For thnt Institution is like any oilur 1 manufactory rellectue of the opei ition of unalterable laxvs of supply ami demand - which Hie bv the way, Hot to be "1fust,l with the rules of desire and gratification. Olio set of Iuwb Is economic, th other psj-. I ,i i i, . A FINE COMPLIMENT Governor Sproul Illinois Orator on Lincoln's Day Can't See Visitors. The Episode of the Lady and the Novelist IJy OKOKOrc Is'OX McCAIN GOVERNOR WILLIAM C. Sl'llOUL has been chosen ns the orator for Lincoln's Birthday for the state of Illinois. The Invitation came lo hint from the gov ernor and the Legislature of Illinois. The address xvill bo delivered In Hnrlng field on the morning of the great statesman's natal day. Pennsylvania's distinction In many things Is attracting more notice than ever through out the country. Other states arc coming to Harrlsburg for instruction in rond-bullding. conduct of Internal nffalrs and the splendid system built up by Health Commissioner Martin. HAHHY ft. McDEVITT-, private secretary to the (lovernor. annoiincert that It xvill be Impossible in the future for the (lovernor to receive nny visitors, except heads of de partments and members of the House and Sennte, on days when the Legislature is In session. Were he possessed of txx-o physical person alities it would be impossible for the Gov ernor to see every body "xvho calls at the ex ecutive chambers during the sittings of tho General Assembly. " The persistence of peoplo who have only personal or prix.itu affairs to discuss with the chief executive is almost beyond belief. A sample instance came under my per sonal observation this week. A xery genteel. Insinuating but nggresslve citizen extended his card to Mr. McDevitt, xx ho as he read it said with visible annoy ance: "Hut. my dear sir. I wired you yesterday not to come today. It Is utterly Imposdblo for the Governor to see you." The secre tary's office had a waiting group even then. "Oli. but you knoxv I thought he would see tuc just for a moment." "Hut it Is impossible, " wns the reply. "1 am sure ho xvill see me. It is such a trilling time that 1 shall take with him," he continued in his olciginous voice. The emphatic tone of the Governor's secre tary rather startled him. He attempted no more palaver, but went back to Newark a wiser man than he came. And he didn't see tho Governor, though he was within fifteen feet of him. IN TnE smnll hours of the morniog fol loxving the reunion dinner of former mem bers of the Philadelphia Press staff thcro were a number of minor reunions. In throe of tho largest hotels there gath ered little groups of former coworkers. Tlicv were chronological groups, in that fclloxv workers under certain city editors or edi toiuil writers and nexxs editors of certain xi.ii's foregathered to rencxv friendships and discuss old times. Tl " episode herewith identifies itself with an era txxenty years distant, when William W. Long, now a member of (he Legislature from Chester county, xvns first sporting and uf'erxxutd city editor of the Press. Mr. Long's room nt a certain hotel xvus the scene. rpHE dramatis personae xxere gray-haired, 1. or if not, more or less dignified men prominent in their various walks of life. Thcie was a Pennsylvania state official, a distinguished novelist, a foreign conespoiid etit. an advertising specialist, a magazine xxriter, a Nexv York editor and sexernl others cqi aliy well knoxvn to tho world. I' xvns a really and truly gathering xxhere "Good felloxvs get together," but there xx-ns no "stein on the table." The Nexv York num. though, had a suspicious and suggestive bulge in the region of his hip pocket. As the moments xvntied the hilarity oxer the recital of old-time episodes in the city room twifity years ago grexx in volume. Suddenly there came a terrific rapping and pounding on the door of the adjoining room. The high-pitched voice of an excited or at least angry female penetrated its mahogany panels. There xvns n hush. One of the number tip toed over to tlie door, listened to the shrill cm lunations and turning said : This party's either a Swede or a Jap. Mebhy she's being murdeied." and he jumped back xx aril a foot as tlie pounding recom menced and the staccato tones xvent higher. With a sxvift stride the distinguished nov elist crossed tin; room. He bent oxer und glued his car to the l.exliole, waving a silencing hand to his friends "Oni. oui! Pardon, mudcmoisellc!" he exclaimed suddenly. For fully a minute, alternately murmur ing thiough the keyhole and twisting his head to get an earful of the conversation from tlie other room, he kept up a chatter in tin1 i lioicest French. The leplles came through in the same liquid tongue. Then placing his hand oxer his heart and bowing repeatedly to tlie doorknob he cried fuirtllx : "Merci, merle!, inadcinoisi.Uc!" and the voice and the ruppings came no more. rr rorusE. it xvns all (hook to tho J others. As he straightened on from his jack knife attitude of salaam a voice, cried: 'or lieaxcn'stfSnke, what's the trouble. box-' What does she sax'' Willi :in air of ponderous wisdom (lie dis tinguished novelist commanded silence with nn upinlsed linger a la Dr. Mtinxon. "Fellow countrymen! , 'daughter of France is in yonder room. ()ur jijhiritv dis tiitbed her. She was hammering for silence. I have silenced her!" "Whut'dx sax V" dcmatiihd nn eager one. "I told her we weie a p.ntv nf her fellow louutrymeii celebratitig our triumph over the Hun xvith sexernl Aiuei-ii-.ins. That we xvouhl drink to her health in rigret thut we had disturbed her. "What'dy she shay to thut?" broke In an other. "I present her complim, nts. She is n stranger in the citx. She was i,t aware that xv e were her country nun until J addressed her in the mother tongue. She n grids that 'ii- is nimble to join us I am instructed to suv. 'Go to it and raie lull.' It xyill bo music in her cars now thut she knoxx-s xvho We lire." I don't think they did quite that, but for the remainder of that session THE H. C. L. IN FRANCE rhllii) (lilil" In Ilirirr i Mmuiim Ortnin articles of food and llxing have risen in price like rocket,, n, p,, ((,r cities. Mutton, for instance, js lift,,,.,, m seventeen francs ; ham is sixteen to eighteen frnnc.s a pound. A -nit of clothes xvhidi cost 100 francs in 1!)! 1 i not now to be hud from any tailor for less t'lan TIKI francs As I nave sain, nie mniu;,. classes, and (.specially the cleriuil i la-sci, have suffered most. In so. ne (uses thdr s'duriij liaxe In en tripled, but this inciease is n,)t jn proportion to that of the lul.oiinjj (lasses. A xvorkiuan, for iiistam e, earning Kx francs u day beloie the wur, max now get thirtx francs, or ex en moie. - A tiiket (ohcclor oil an omnibus gits a mm li highir wage than a school tcaiher. Put lh"e wages are ull in excess of the pos-ihiiuies f nutionul econoinx. ami aie nut jnstilled. so fur. by the production of labor, s,, t httt iinemplny. incut is bound to i iisue r the downfall of industrial enterprise. In 1 1 1 ; I (, imnoits nf Frnuce iiiiioiiutcd tn twenty -nine mil . llards of funics, when us her exports amnuntid to oiilx eight milliards nf francs. The situation, howexer. ueeins tu . im proving in that icspect. ik cording to the optimistic stuiimcnts of ministers, I Inne not tlie exact liguiis of the miti mul deht or France thev nic giiiudid iiitlier jealously but it is known that before tiM. xxai th',. debt amounted lo about thirty -two milliard of tranes. and thai tie expenses of Hie laic xxar to France amounted, according tu of ficial ebtimutes. to !."i!i milliards of francs. Missouri Flevenuers, Attention! I'niin ' III' lui.'iii 1 -N ix s A lii'illiant illuiuiniitiou in tlie eastern sky We 'in sday uiglit was iibserxcd by a iiii.iiIht of Itny cuiiiitiiins. None of them was uhle to ligllie out what the light XX UK, but It btenied like a gieaiitie i-ky rocket, which shone xvith unparalleled brilliancy for u mo ment nnd then burst Into a myriad of dnz- a, n is ;r -;t rgyr ill' NOW MY IDEA IS THIS Daily Talks With Thinking Philadelphians on Subjects They Know Best JULES KERLE On the World's Dye Trade rpHE maintenance of u uniformly high -- stnnilnrd by makers of dyes, the imposing by the go-eminent of a moderate protective tariff and general hard work and co-operation by all brandies of the dye industry would, in the opinion of Jules Kerle, general business manager of the Firth & Foster Company, dyers and liiiishcrs, put America on u firm and permanent basis in the xxorld'd dye trade. The strides which tills country has miidc during the xvar liaxe borne fruit In u stand ard of excellence which is beginning to bo recognised in European counliics xxhich for merly had a monopoly in tho dye trade, ac cording tu Mr. Kerle. who expresses pro nounced optimism on tlie future of the dye Industry on tl is side of tlie Atlantic ocean. "1 beliexc I cannot do better than to preface my discussion xxitli mention of an episode which xvns related to me recently." says Mr. Kerle, "and which exemplifies tho situation. An American woman visiting in Paris lust fall happened to be xvcuring u -.clour coat of American mnke and djot She was asked by a French manufacturer if tlie out was French, and when she replied that it was made in Hi's country the manufacturer declared that he had not thought it possible to pioduci such n piece of goods here. "Indeed, this certainty of tho Inferior quality of American lxe goods xxas a cus tomary tiling in the past, and is only be ginning to be changed. "Pieie dxiing is being used today to n gi enter extent than oxer and it has bhox'.n a lemni liable increase m the I'nitcd States, until it is at the present time a big factor. During this period of extensive itici eases in the dye industry here the dxers have been instrumental if not the gientest force of all, III helping the textiles to develop to a point today where they can compete xxitli nny for eign product and xxherc Americans can proudly claim tint their goods arc up tn flic best of tlie imported g I-, if not superior. Great Pi ogress Miule Hern "While the iiidm-tix is still suffering snuie- xvhat from the link of (lie best dyes, xxe can not but m know ledge that the drug and dye producers of Anieiici liaxe made great prog ress, and it is the uuixeisal hope thnt, thiough gradual iinpioxemeiit, they xvill be able in a shoit time to put on the market coni'i'liirnieii axes leaving nothing lo he cle hIiccL These. I may i vpluin, have reference to the fust minis for wool as well us cotton uil silks. '"We cannot impiess too firnilv on tho inliiils of the dxe iiiiiniifaeiiiieiM the necessity of piodiuing ciiiiceiiliuted dxes which xvill lie i-epriidii' I'd In excrv shipment sent out by tliem. At the present time Hie dyer can not tell when he receives n shipment of dyes xx hilt luck lie will lime, line buinl is likely to liaxe a dxe of an entirely difTeri ut c-on-ceiitialion from another, and through tills disci epiiucy he may mill quantities of his most valuable work. "If the dxer can bo assured posltixely of tin- iiniforuiiix of his dye'shipments lie xvill know exactly what percentage lie has to use, and will thus moid Iocs of time und effcofixo xx oik. The stunduid of dxcs mint be uiil foiui. nnd until the makers of dxcs realize that fin t one si i ions element in the dve iu diistrx will still liaxe to he coufiontc'd and lcliiedieil. "And. in cliiect line with tills fact, it cannot be denied that until such uniformity and standard of excellence is assured there will still be ju-t claim for superiority of for cign guilds, and Amei lea's jin-t place in the xx in Id market will continue to he protested and dispiilid. "Aii'iilic phiihe of tho dye situation Is that ol the lut iff, and lids question is of en peciully potent interest at tlie present time, when so much discussion j going on in on grcss uliius,- llie-e lines. A moderately pro lei live t it i iff is necessary. In the opinion of all those who understand the dxe industry, to ('oiiiiterliiiluiic v the diftetonco in the wages of lahoi heie and abroad. Gixen tills lim ited tin Iff, then American ingenuity xvill bo maided lo compete with any foreign produc tion which is noxv existent or which may arise out of the changing situation following the xxar and the rehabilitation of Europe. Dyer ii Distinct Factor "The public Is very apt to thluk of manti fucturcrs when looking at n piece of wearing njmrcl, und w forgets the important fuet HAVING AN AWFUL GOOD A J that the dyer is a distinct factor, nnd a very important one, of the textile Industry, a part which means practically the making or breaking of a sale of fabric. "As a mutter of fact, xery much if not ex cry thing depends on the dyeing nnd finish "JS of ex cry piece of cloth put on tho market, lite dyers work lias a close bearing on the occupations of tlie weavers, the spinners and olher textile workers. Until the public and the members of the indu-drx as a whole should realize just hoxv important a cog the dye workers form. Then, too, the goxern ineiit ought to sustain any reasonable de mands of this industry, n, that this blanch win make progress and become a leader in world trade, which xvould in turn mean suc cess mid progress for all the textile iudiihtrx. Only- by Midi co-operation and such un derstanding of the necessity for encouraging and assisting thit. great, giant, growing in dustry can the portended competition of huropean countries. Mime of wlii.li formerly coiitrolleil the situation, be forestall! d. I do not beliexc, while I make nn piedlciions. that we have anything to fear fiom Geimuuv in he dye trade, although stocks in thai conn try anil others of Europe are beginning Iicc.lin.llate lupidly; lmt 1 ,1 ph Uth fa" emphasis on the necessity for us lo con tinue to ml,,, our p's und q's nnd bend excrv effort tow aid holding the advantages whici, xx'c huxe alii inly won." A 1 ittsbiirg, girl painted her B xxj.h iodine and ate ce cream; blim spots dcxel opi .1 on her body; ami doctors xvcre pulled nil il one of them remember..! ,nilt t'1( ,.'.' Hon of iodine u March tinned it hi,,,. 1,1,1 you knoxv that, gentle leader? Neither . I we. And now that we haxe tlie inf.nmu .io'wi';lhtii,'xt k,i,,w "'-"t lu-e going";:: Hamlin Garland at the told his inidli'iice that art j Art Alliance !"i an axvful xxai, niiii.x ; niag.'iz.iiies are tn, k.v. comiiier. l-llll, uieii'iril'llllls ; agi1 can iiexcr make 1. ern iiiitnors xenerable; and 1 by mix chance read the book. ustiatnrfi inner thev illnstr.it! xx men causes us lu j -iiit-inhi i- that Dickens IIIIIIWI IIIIIT Ills! ,......!..:.. : """111111111 long ago- CUIISCH US to hone I mi ,1 ' " "s"i mid good points about Mr. Garland (c, the icre nre on. or two age we lin. in that ooked I Ilyrf Do You Know? i QUIZ 1. What Is a muilgrnx, 2. From what is Isinglass ma,it., 3. After what Koeldes, ,., ,noll J 4. Whut Is u iiimln.int aniuml" J. What Is a mandamus" C-WlmMj. meant by thexprelo,, M-rrleU ". Whut la a soupion? b. noxv suouiu ihu xvord i, iXf u-lml eolil,.,.. ... . . ""'iiic.iu: :, ". , ' " n.i Ihu What Is (-rfsconndi .- cipltulv Answers to Yesterday's QUZ 1. nctelgeuso Is ,, ,rlK, , colistellatlon of on,,,, ,,.."" '" tIlp deiixed from Arnl, Ul u '', I. giant's Miould.i J "lla"'"K 2. Tho money Indeiiuiltx- u 1 , ,,.. ., cie.iuany afie, ! "".,' v I 'nuice to wur was l.nuo. nun nn') "-'' "sslan 3. A iK'ibarluni H .1 hood , r ,. , tho cull... tl, of dili, m ,,,.' lu("" fr 4. Astellsl! tidies iis ,,,,. ,',',, "mac 'lUos " ,. , ,, ,'"S ;,','" 'lie Gl ec Arctoiuvs ni"i 1 u ,i. ,, , for tlo.n,,.hotf,;:i.,,;0(C,!l ""' Tim Kexen Weeks' War xvim lietween 'i,Ma a,', A' ",',' ",.00r.'.M Ml CCI'll., pilm.OM Im . ".'. '" """' I'lllliOll 01 a ,Nj piilis.i lo Is 1,1 iKttiitllx- "" leitH iiilnu,! II leli.o ut jia,j ui iiiiii l.llllnu-:-, i.i' 1 ii." 1 "ii id KU.ig.' , Mioi ui .'.,". ' ''.ary Jan. 11 'I'll., ,1,111,11. t M ' " "--- x ;," oaiin. ot t'ntstpp x wan Alan. n-sier . Arthur 10 The oprssuiu and tho UM xr , T. "1 i"V ,t"t'sticiui, Catfell t,,),! (), Master Hullders to sp,., , , ', J" sidering the g,l qualities f the r friends li.id fellow- business me,, tlut tliev ,,d have no ime tri.lclc of their bad nn 1 tie' he laid it 011 with a trowel. A 11, 111 1 ,,U panning on,,, in v.,. , ;,.p ,i ,s ,,( und who can do id,, pannin.. i, ,11, ciously than one , f,,,.,,, ,!" ""- d1"'''- uilialH. Am nalH,0widcli"r,0? rnn l,a, "tf1 wmmrruHH President llanllug prob-'-.ii")- in ii pouei, w,,Uh tar- thf-xUblv does not cnihuvrass Scrtiitor Penrc TIME SHORT CUTS DcxT'lin dares to bo a Daniel. It isn't fame but notoriety that Hcrgdoll lnxvycrs appeur to be getting. the Happily for the success of the poultry show there lire mure chickens there than urc listed. "Fin-licntlcd politicians" may noxv get square xvith General Daxves by sticking their points in him. Philndeljihiaii.s may feel some pride in the record ut Hog Island, but none at all lu its passing. Seekers of the Hcrgdoll pot of gold were probably anxious to engage in the Itulnbuw division. "Loxxer rcstiiiirant prices nre in sight " Headline. Somebody must have gol hold of an old menu curd. Judge Lnndis is another xvho hasdeinnn si rated that it is easier for u hero to mount a pedestal than to stay there. Tlie railroads cited by Mr. Atterbury us being unable to earn expenses may be termed the imperfect thirty-six. General Daxves xvill doubtless want it understood that ho is not con liming wanton cxtraxiigancc after the war xxas over. And if the County Commissioners don't knoxv what to do xvitli that million of tho taxpayers' money perhaps Judge Hrown can tell them. The xxprk of reconciling farmers tn il.iv light saxing may be successfully undertaken by a bnaicl of railroad executives willing to levisc time-tables. Among the things Germany is xvilllng M forget is her estimate of the amouii' e( money her defeated enemies xxotild !,e called ujioii to pay to her. Foieign ecoiiomiHts preparing retalia tory tariffs in expectation of the Fnr.hi.'V emergency lariff bill becoming u law uuy now scrap their figures. It is our firm belief that many a "xxnvc of ligliteousness" is nothing more or ls than a manifestation of paniienilc psychosis, and we elon't care a hang xvho knows ll P.y and by some solemn guy will explain just hoxv ill-advised nnd even repreheiisibli) was the language of Charles G. Daxves. but j'ust at present tho public Is enjoying ami indorsing it. "If xoii find a pessimist outside ""' hall." said 11 hishon at a church conference In Memphis, Tenu., "kill him for me " Hut cun a mini be 1111 optimist ami believe that pessimists should be killed? When iTnlvlii Coolidge buys an overcoat to replace the one stolen in Atlanta. (!' he cannot expect to get iinyxvhei'o near Hie amount of nexxspaper bpacu uccoided to Mrs. llai ding's shopping. Congress should do no sklmnltig in the mnttcr of providing bet'er hnsp.cnl scrxlw and medical attention for disabled fciim'" serxice men. It is a debt of honor tlmt l.'uclu Sam cannot affoiil to ignore, Hoston policemen nre being instructed in jujulsii and lu sax ate, townsmen of John L. thus effecting an ci'Tenslve ami clcfeiisixt' ulliiinco xxlth Japan und France in order tu gixe beans to the domestic Ilun. Girls in Wellesley College aie bein iiistrui'lcd in hoxv to repuir the cars the)' 1 1111. Going nro the days xvlicn one of thr" tuny calmly sit in a car while a member of the inferior sex sweats underneath It M Hrlaiul has informed tho French deputies that the gnx eminent "hns in no xx v renounced the purpose of collecting tin entire debt from Germany if she recovers her eco nomic prosperity." Much virtue in an if. Hoston is asking !$:&0.(,00 for llKhtinif equipment in order to stop flirting In "lP. parks. The young peoplo are probably ej the opinion tlmt this is a "punk way ' brightening up the coriiurtj where they uic. That Senator lViimse'M urnnosal 10 xilloxv iipiiroprliitlon bills to wait until th? cxttii session nf lin, i.rwt ('......i-.imi iitlirti t iu ia" r-r.-i. tn JisC'H' . t i j