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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-10-28
Chicago Grain Close.

chicago, UCl. %.
wheat-No. red, s4i5 a e5A; No. 3
red, s2a921s; No. . hard. S5@875 /;
No. 3 hard, s41aGs6; No. northern,
S7h assk: No. northern. 8sA q 81;
No. spring, s6k 687a; No. 3 spring,
s5@ss: velvet chaff, a31@ 1861; dur
UNI. 7s9s4E.
Corn-No. ?, 71A 9T1a; No. 2whito,
1@1%; No. yellow. 7112 q 71a NJ
3. FOX @71A: No. 3 white, 71g1la I:
No. 3 yellow. 71A G71H.
Oats-No. white, 421s: No. 3 white
39A m411k; standard, 4112 142A.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-10-28
St Louis Cash Grain Close.

Furnished by Taylor & Patton, grain
merchants. % East Main. Phone oS.1
St. Louis, Oct. IS.
Wheat-No. 2 red, 94G96; No. red.
90 s5; No. 4 red, s15; No. hard, 50
@921a; No. hard, S49sS.
Corn-No. .. 72A4 9731a; No. 8. %:
No. 4. 72ls; No. 2 yellow. 10 4 q IS y
No. 5 yellow. 73: No yellow, q L
No. white. 1904; No. white. ~;
No. white. none.
oats-No. ., 4112; No. 5. 4ol2 q Al;
No. 4. 40: No. white, 4es4 q IS: No. 3
white. 41142A; No. white, 40 40A
standard, 421a.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-10-28
ROCK ISLAND CHANGES HANDS.
Phelps, Dodge q Co, Come Into Con.
+roJ 81 Railroad supplantIns Moore

troll Of Railroad Supp'ans'n9 "oo
Group.
r. co. have acquired control OF the
5000 mile Rock Island system, which
since 1902 has been in the hands OF the
Moore-Reid party. In tho near future
Arthur Curtis James. vice president OF
Phelps, Dodge & Co.. will succeed VIII
tam H. Moore as chairman OF the n
nance committee.
Moore and Daniel G. Reid will remain
directors Of the Rock Island and WORK
in harmony with the banking Arm now
in control. Wall street believes that
while Reid has sold lot Of his ROCK
island holdings. the interests Of VIII
liam H. and James n. Moore have re-
mained intact since 1902. Without Reid,
however, the Moore stock did not carry
control.
Since the beginning Of the year Rock
1siands preferred and common stock
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-10-28
Rance Of Chicago Grain Prices.

Chicago, IL, OcI. 70.
wheat-December opened at s51s a
u. highest, $3.50: lowest, s4&: closed
s5HmA: May opened at eo9 9oA;
closed 9O1s0h.
Corn-December opened at 71K a Il;
highest 71A; lowest II; closed 11&s q
~: May opened at 702 Is: closed II.
Oats-December opened at 436 43h Is
highest 43A lowest 425s, closed
49,: May opened at 42% q q; closed
421k.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-10-28
Ii. peaaensd rrust..

Inc OoQ00OO0 uVuUSOs
Gosh, durn 1t. Bill. It's these hero trusts
That's bleedin' us to death.
The way them fellers carry on
Would take away your breath.
You have to take an airship now
When you 90 out 70 buy:
There amt . thing that you can touch.
n's soaring up 20 high.
They got together in tho fan.
And also In the spring.
And boost the price up out OF sight
And don't spare anything.
They are srabbin' everything aroun'.
And pay the price We must
II there's one thing I always hate
Il - Q gol ding trust
WHAT'S that 70 say-haf past eighth
By heck, that meetin's on. /.
What sort Of msetin' did you say1
Just pass the demt3ohn.
You don't mean TO tell me, Bnl
You haven't heard the plan
TO ut together here this fall
And cit all that we can.
Pertaters, they are mighty cheap
And butter amt too high.
The milk will stand moro water. too.
And still they'll have TO buy.
These city folks can't plow and hoe
And milk and rake up hay:
They'll always have TO como 70 US /,
Wen tell 'em what to pay.
-St Louis Republic.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-10-28
on UNITED Vajv~.

Thirty cents . word fer this stu6?s1
exclaimed the editor Z wouldn't thinlpi
Of It" )
"sir. I am Q famous author" !,
That's Just It You $40 Q 4amouof
author. not q famous pusilise or sue
cessful spitbal pitcher."-Kansas C1tN
journal. !,
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-10-28
MAR!a!lso.
Davis. Moohel.

0aVtos M0oh0J. 8g
At the Methodist parsonage, &C -
o'clock this morning. Rev. r. r. Hurl.'
burt united In marriage Henry II,
Davis. Of Abba, and Miss Blanche
Mochel. Of Vining. Mr.. Davis 10 . rail-,
way postal clerk. The couple will -.
aide 1t Abba
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-10-28
Suckers and Feeders.

Chicago. Oct. 2s.-Values of stock
and feeding cattle went down Monday
with crash. Fresh supply was heavy.
and a holdover stop of around 2,oou
head and nasty weather were added
factors of depressicns. Sellers held
many plain and medium stock cattle
and right fleshed feeders for hours
without bids and the general market
was semi demoralized and irregularG'
lower much of the supply, having to
take a IS cent decline from last weeks
closing levels. Yard dealers reported
a decent early morning trade on coun-
try account but weather conditions
and supply figures were adverse to
ready bidding and demand from east
ern sources continued narrow, tho last
weeks declines were effective in draw
ing out a fair attendance of buyers
from nearby territory The run in
c!uded several shipments OF Canadian
stocker stuff.
In the stocker trade very fair class
of 600G 500 pound steers had to sell at
s6d640. while a good 20 right choice
kind went at Sc 5O66T5 as they came
from the country and only selected
class of steer year!ings was quotable
at 81 and better. good many common
and plain light stockers in the run
going downward from 1856. Plain
qualified feeder steers with good
weight were hard to move around
$685. 1850. while a good kind of 900
pound feeders had to take s6.15 and
right choice class of 900 91 100 pound
steers In light flesh at s6.s517.16. Few
heavy fleshy feeders could pass 1925,
altho selected strong weight meaty
kind moved into killing channels up to
$3.50 and better. Not many good
qualified stock cows and heifers were
in the run, but demand was slow and
the market sympathized to an extent
with the break IN butcher stock, most
of the selling being 10G15 cents lower.
Best selected, 900 to i $50 lbs $7.25 6750
Best selected $50 to 500 lbs. 40 97.D
Good to cllo. 900 to 1000 lbs. $40 OILS
Fair to good, 500 to 500 Tbs. 800 96.50
Com to fair. 500 to 700 lbs. 56066.oG
Inferior to com, 10000 lbs. 4.76@5.SO
Good TO choice stock heifers. 6.0098.65
Poor to good stock heifers. 5.Oo@s.00
Good to choice stock sows.. 5.25@5.75
Poor to good stock cows. 4.50@5.25
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-10-28
The Money Market.

New York, Oct. 2s.-Prine mercan-
tile paper, 5A G5&; sterling exchange,
steady: with actal business in bank
ers' bills at 4.s1.0o for sixty day, and az
4s5.25 for demand.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-10-28
Liverpool Grain.

Liverpool, OCT. 70.
Wheat-spot, Irregular; No. l new
Manitoba, IS 51sd; No. 2 new Manitoba
IS ed; No. new Manitoba, IS 7hsd;
futures, easy; December rs 107sd;
March. IS Nd: May, IS 11Sd.
Corn-Spol easy: new American
mixed, 6s Sd: futures, easy; Novenl-
Der La Plata, As SD; December, La
Plata, 4s lid.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-10-28
New York Produce.

New York, Oct. %.
Butter-Firm: receipts, 1891 tubs;
creamery extras. 32433: extra firsts.
2s@31.
Cheese = Steady; receipts, 1856
boxes.
Eggs-Firm; receipts. 1880 cases;
fresh gathered selected extras, 35@36;
extra firsts, 32k GA; firsts. 29@31.
Poultry Dressed, steady; fresh
western chickens, 14@22: fowls, 1870
1sk: turkeys. springs. 22@2s.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-10-28
MINNEAPOLIS Cash Grain Market.

Furnished by Taylor & Patton, Gram
Merchants, % East Main. Phone 6S.I
Minneapolis. Oct. %.
wheat-No. l hard, $50; No. l
northern, s3s. GS5A: No. 2 northern,
S1s! ASST: NO 3. 790s1A; No. hard
Montana, S14 q S224.
Corn-No. 3 yellow, ssassl.; to ar
rive, old, 661s; new 6S; No. 4. 81 a 81;
No. 8 white, 36,a qS7; to arrive, s612;
No. 3, 81 q 50 Il.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-10-28
Loca, Livestock Market

Britain & Co today quoted the fol
lowing prices for hogs:
Prime hogs over $50 pounds-7.6O.
Packers-7.20.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-10-28

This Little World.
when he married. the world was all
before him!"
And now?"
Now he can't even find ground for
a divorce drudge.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-10-28
Chicago Produce.

Chicago, III. OC(. 70.
Butter higher; creameries 2493l.
Eges-higher; receipts, 5,2o1 cases:
ordinary frsts 25927; firsts 2sa 2
S01k.
Poultry-alive, unchanged.
Probationary, s20.22h.
Lard-January, s10.77k.
Ribs-January. s10.T2h @75.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-10-28
Chicago Her.. Market

Chicago, Oct. 2S.-The Chicago horse
market was hampered somewhat by
the wretched weather conditions, only
few horses being shown on the street
Aside from this the prices at the auc-
ton ring ruled about steady with last
weeks close, altho a few calls regis
tered higher. A few city buyers got the
chunks they wanted at satisfactory
prices. and the eastern buyers. who
were we'll represented, were eager bid
ders during the whole auction, buying
up the offerings at prices a little
stronger than last week. Receipts
Monday We're 700, against 5ss last Nom
day. 799 a year ago and 623 two years
ago.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-10-28
Kansas citv Cash Grain Close.

Kansas NT1y SdS1r Ut arr STSS'
Furnished by Taylor & Patton, Grain
Merchants, % East Main. Phone 6s.l
Kansas City, Oct. IS.
wheat-No. red, ss7s Gal; No. 3
red, S6@ SS1a; No. red, S212 q So; No.
? hard, Se1a ass; No. 8 hard, s112 q
S7l.; No. hard, 1919 ass.
Corn-No. ,, 72@721s; No. 8, 711s @
70: NO. . yellow, 73G7314: No. white.
80; No. white, 72A q 7212; No. 4
white 711s.
oats-No. ?. 40; No. 3. $685.; No.
white, Al; No. white, 40.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-10-28

In the densest parts Of Bombay there
are 749 persons to the acre. New YORK
has 1000 in the same area.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-10-28
Peoria Cash Grain Close.

FURNISHED by Taylor & Patton, grain
merchants, % East Main. Phone 6s.l
Peoria, Oct. IS.
Corn-Receipts. sixteen cars; market
cent higher: No. yellow, 70; No. 8
yellow, ~; No 2 mixed. -; No. s
mixed, -.
oats-Receipts, six cars: market u
higher; standard. Al.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-10-28
FAILURE Is COMPLETE.

Stockholders In Davenport Concern 20
Realize Nothing On Investment.
Davenport. Oct. ga last attempt
by the stockholders to reorganize the
western Implement & Motor Company
failed today and the men who bought
100000 worth OF stock will fealize
nothing on their investment. Creditors
with 100000 in claims against the
firm will divide 316,b00.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-10-28
BIGGEST IN THE PUDDLE.

webster City Freeman -Tribune.1
The colonel was received in Brazil
with military honors. No matter where
the colonel goes, nor what company he
associates with, he Is the biggest toad
in the puddle.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-10-28
Rang. Of Prie.a

The following range Of prices Is
furnished by Harper & Ward. mem
Der of Chicago Board Of Trade. rooms
and 2. fremont block.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-10-28

Pasadena, Cal. has Q municipal,
nursery for the production Of shade
trees.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-10-28
HOLDERS Of HOGS
REJECT LOVER BIDS
BUYERS SHOW LITTLE ACTIVITY
AND SELLERS REFUSE TO
MAKE CONCESSIONS,
NO ADVANCE SCORED
IN CATTLE DIVISION

Market Fails to Recover From Mon
days Slump, Which Was Due to
Abnormal Receipts-Condtiens Not
Due to improve Unless Marketings
Are Curtailed.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-10-28
Kansas City Livestock.

Kansas City. Oct 2s.-Cattle-Esti-
mated receipts for today, $4,000; mar
ket oDene6 steady
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-10-28

Chicago, ILL., Oct %.
Potatooes-unchanged receipts ~
cars.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-10-28

Representative Cattle Sales.

Below are quoted few of the rpre-
ltaI tive cattle sales:
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-10-28
Rerre.enta+ive Hoo Sales.

Below are quoted few OF the repre-
sentative hog sales:
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-01-31
MAKING LAW PLAIN
Probable Changes in New Auto
License Regulation.
FOR STRICT ENFORCEMENT
Objections to Tax Filed by Maryland
Residents, Whose Business
Is in Washington.
FOR STRICT ENFORCEMENT

With the object of making enforcement
of the law more certain should prosecu-
tons be brought in the Police Court, the
District of Columbia Commissioners are
considering changes in the wording of the
regulation recently adopted which inn
poses upon automobile owners of Mary
land and other states the same license
fees as are assessed by those common
wealths against owners of Washington
cars
Under an opinion of Corporation Coun-
sci Thomas. the order is now in effect
and has been since the day it was signed
by the Commissioners. although no PEN
atty for viola tion of it can be imposed be-
fore February 16 thirty days after its
publication in q local newspaper. Plans
are being made for a strict enforcement
of the law after February 16.
No intimaton is given of the character
of changes that may be made i'm the
wording of the order other than that the
object is to make the meaning of the
regulation clearer and enforcement more
certain.
Plea of Business Men.
Residents of Maryland who live just
over the line. but are engaged in business
in Washington and pay taxes here, claim
that the hardship of the new law will fall
principally upon them On behalf of resi-
dents or Chevy Chase and kenSinStOn,
Md, DIR. James Dudley Morgan and Will
liam Terrell called at the municipal build
ing today and left with Commissioner
Rudolph protest against the new license
rates.
Dr. Morgan said he represented several
hundred persons who are. in a broad
sense residents of Washington. and as
serted that they should not be required
to pay a tax similar to that which they
are already compelled to pay in the state
OF Maryland. He suggested that the
hardship of the order on the residents
just over the Maryland line could be re-
lieved if the Commissioners would amend
the regulation to provide that they should
apy automobile license fees rated accord
Ing to the amount of taxes they pay into
the Golfers of the District government
Although realizing the hardships that
viii be imposed in Individual in
stances. the Commissioners. it is said,
will point out to complainants that the
best remedy is for them to obtain an
amendment to the Maryland automobile
laws providing for reciprocal relations
between that state and the District Of
Columbia in the matter of the issuance
of automobile licenses. The Commits
sioners. it is recalled, two years ago
endeavored to enter into relations Of
this character, but without success
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-01-31
VERDICT IS SET ASIDE
Justice Gould Directs New
Trial in Boys Brigade
Case.

Justice Gould of the District Supreme
Court today set aside a verdict recently
returned by jury in favor of the Boys
Brigade of st. Johns parish against
James Berry. a vestryman, for the pos
session of the rifles used by the boys. The
court directed a new trial to be held
Pending the new bearing the boys will
continue in possession of the arms under
a bond given by them in the Municipal
Court. where the case originated
In setting aside the jury'S finding, JUS
tee Gould said he was satisfied that the
brigade was an integral part Of the
church. and the arms We're purchased
from donations received from the church.
He said he thought the brigade as much
a branch of the church as is the Sun
day school. and that the boys had no
more right to the rifles than the scholars
would have to the paraphernalia of the
Sunday school.
me boys were represented by Attorney
r. ). Bailey and the vestryman by At
torney j. Holdsworth Gordon
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-01-31
Princes View of America.

From the New York Sun.
What a democratic German prince
thought of America early in the nine
teenth century may be seen from in
teresting letter which was found among
some old documents sold at q price of
curios at Berlin the other day. The
prince in question is Bernhard of Sake
Weimar, who twice refused the throne
of Greece. because" so he said. "he
thought no one in the world could be
happier than a private gentleman with
a little fortune to spend. Bernhard visit
ed America, and this is the letter which
he wrote to an intimate friend in Ger
many:
"A trip to this country is an excellent
school for any one whom the fortuity of
birth has made a prince. One realizes
so thoroughly that a person who is a
prince and nothing else is not neces
sarily any good on this earth. He can
be very we'll done without. The prince
ly halo vanishes very easily, and with
out any other protection one. stands
horribly naked and abandoned, if not
actually despised. Every prince, espe-
cialiy if he has prospects of becoming
a ruler, should make a point of spend
ing at least d year in America, where
he would learn much as from visits
to foreign courts, if not more. for in
the latter case he is like an image that
is carried about i'll A procession, vener-
ated and Graped at. but which sees
nothing itself.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-01-31
HAS WALKED $4,000 MILES.
Chicago's Oldest Letter Carrier Re.
tires to Become a Farmer.

CHICAGO. January 31.-Lawrence Leb-
ron. Chicagos oldest letter carrier, who
figured that in his fogty-four years of
service he has walked $4,000 miles, gave
up his duties after the close of his days
work yesterday to become a farmer.
In addition Lebron gave four years
more of his life to Uncle Sam, having
served as a personal scout for Gen. L. S.
Grant in the civil war. Lebron was the
first carrier to be appointed to deliver
mail on horseback in Chicago. There
were only forty-five carriers in Chicago
when he began work.
For the last thirty years he has deliv-
cred mail to the merchants of South
Water street. and yesterday after he
emptied his letter bag for the last time
they presented him with a gold watch.
He will remove to Kansas, where he owns
a farm. He was born in the LAST Indies
n arly seventy years ago.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-01-31
Naval Movements.
TOO MANY DEAD CATS.
Police Chief of Chicago Suburb Says
Owners Must Bury Them.

CHICAGO. January 31.-Edward Sieber.
chief of police of Wilmette, a suburb has
hung out this sign:
Hereafter police officers will not bury
dead cats unless found upon public high
ways
81 have been,' said he, 1.-The official I'M
dertaker for the last dead cat. Hereafter
Wilmette people will have to bury their
own"
During the last two weeks the chief has
been called upon at all hours of the day
and night to bury cats. Wet weather is
given as the cause of the unusual num-
Der of deaths among the animals Re-
cent rains have filled empty salvage cans
with water. and the cats, drinking from
them, have been poisoned.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-01-31
ADJUSTMENTS.
Belasco.

Arthur Wing Pinero's four-act problem
play. The Second Mrs. Tanoueray." was
presented at the Belasco Theater last
evening by Mrs. Leslie Garter and her
company. supplanting "Zaza" 1t will
continue for the remainder of the week
Mrs. Carter brought to the title role her
we'll known emotional powers and held
the interest of her audience throughout
The play was first produced nearly TWEEN
ty Years ago and its story is familiar,
perhaps, to all who are interested in
dramas of it's type. Brandon Hurst has
the role of Aubrey and Miss Maud Hama
ford. that of Elean, Aubrey's daughter
Albert Perry played the part of -ArdaIe
and Norman Tharp that of Cayley, the
friend of the family.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-01-31
REBELS THREATEN TOWN
Mexican Leader Demands
1900 Goats as PrOvender
for Troopers.

Consul Philip f. Holland. at Saltillo,
Mex. reported to the State Department
today that the nearby town of Niesca
is threatened with rebel attack. The
rebel leader BonitO Rodrigues has de-
manded that the Hacienda de Salado, in
San Luis Potosi. produce 1000 goats, SO
that he may feed his 1900 revOlutionists.
Advice has been received from the
American embassy at Mexico City that
communication has been restored OH the
national line north of Saltillo, and that
the line is now open.
War Department advices from the Mex
lean border are to the effect that the
Mexican federal colonel. Castro, arrived
at Juarez yesterday with a force of 900
men guarding two work trains. He had
brush with the rebels under Caraveo.
near villa Ahumada, but his artillery
fire drove the rebels away. Caraveo is
said to have demanded the surrender Of
Villa Ahumada.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-01-31
A Deliberative House

From the New York Tribune.
The early days of the Wilson admin
iStration will see a Encouragement made
i'm the seating accommodations in the
House of Representatives which may
favorably affect the business capacity of
that body. 1t has long been the dream
of the more progressive members of the
House to put an end to the uncouth con-
ditions which make business there re-
semble deliberation in a bear garden.
The House itself voted several years ago
to dispense with writing desks and sub
stitute rows of benches instead of sep
arate desks and swivel office chairs for
its members. But the commission APP
pointed to reconstruct the hall has been
slow to act. Possibly no change would
have been undertaken this spring but for
the fact that the new House will con-
tain 40 members and there are now
availa Bile only AGO seats and desks.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-01-31

will make arrangements with the whole
salers so that he can purchase his apples
at a price low enough to insure a good
profit at retail. Fridays and Saturdays
will be sales days.
According to members of the Women s
Clean Food Club. who are active in the
apple crusade. there are 100000 barrels
and 100000 boxes of apples held in cold
storage in Chicago awaiting a rise in
prices.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-01-31
CHEAP APPLES ARE NEXT.
Chicago Women to Continue Work
Started With Eggs.

CHICAGO. January 31.-Chicago wom-
en-, who recently were successful in low
ering the price of eggs by popular public
sales, now are going into the apple bust
ness.
This time. however, they are going to
give the retail grocer a chance-f he
wants ito fill their orders. II he does
not care to sell at the price named, then
the women will fill the orders themselves.
That the retailer may not lose, the women
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-01-31
Business Architecture.
the PHILADELPHIA Ledger.

From Tie PhiIadelphia Ledger.
In most american cities-and Philadel
phia is no exception to the rule-the vista
of downtown thoroughfare is needless
ly depressing. because the first thought
and the last have been for mere utility
and economy instead of beauty Here
and there a building gives evidence
OF a sincere purpose on the part of the
designer to rise above the sordid COM
monplace of the environment. The lines
are subtle and fine and strong; there is
unity. combinations simplicity and reti-
cence are the keynotes: and the archi-
tect has striven to redeem the street and
the neighborhood from the barren, hope
less ugliness that must provoke the dis
paraginS comment of every discerning
critic