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Homes ls not only painted and simply
and properly decorated, but a sort OF
hanging garden of flower boxes run.
ming around the fences makes 1t a
beautiful spot and a refreshment fol
eyes that grow tired Of looking a,
brick walls and fire escapes.
The roof Of his building will be
fitted up as a roof garden for the
children and will be n house centre
during the summes for all the families
If the roofs and back yards of all the
tenement houses in the city were
properly used there would not he
quite tho same sense of crowd!ns
and usliness tina. now prevails.
The jewellers IN the new Chelsea
do not pride themselves on not know
Ing those who live In the same apart
ment house with them or on the
same block. They have no idle
curiosity. for they are helping each
other to realize the ideals Of COM
mun!,y life. one OF these days Il Is
expected that scores or hundreds OF
these model homes Will stand in Chel-
sea and tina; they will form a bet
ter background for future festivals
Chelsea believes In developing the
nature Of mankind In every way and
so She has the first ne!ghborhood art
gallery in the country, as far as Is
known. Art has the breath OF life
Itself in that village and none the
less because the gallery was not long
ago an undNtakers shp. The
rev gallery is on property belong
ing 10 the Protestant Episcopal
Church ~ the Holy Apostles. II is
a, 2s6 Ninth avenue neal Twenty
eighth street. The walls are nned
with burlap. an indirect lighting sys-
tenn has been installed and although
the place Is small II has artistic
atmosphere and furnishings. The
director is a young artist. Thomas II.
Benton Of this city. who sits a. his
desk near the entrance and Is cver
ready 10 toll his neighhors what they
would know OF art.
Chelsea n learning rapidly. The
current exhibition is devoted Il
Views Of Your New York" for every
thing done by the village recognizes
also the existence OF the great city
Of which the smaller community Is
part and parcel. There are seventy
Of these vinws Of the greater city,
and those who see them mas not only
recognize the familiar lines of old
-. Peters church. hu: may wander
IN the ouet OF GramerCy Park or CON
template the stored greatness OF the
Woolworth BIildins or watch the
shimmcrinS Hudson from the slopes
OF Riverside.
The pictures were designed orig
inally for reduction az post cards.
Many are delightful in their col0rlngs,
others prim and conventional. bat al
the same they have in them the
quality which stimulates pride aHd
interest in ones city. The little gal
.srv - crowded at some hours uf
the day with those who are eager 10
= the great principles OF art as
eNpoundcd by tho RAJ director
The next exhibition Will he com
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orenta dancers at Guilds Shakespeare festival
The Old Village, With Its Aristocratic Traditions, Has
Solved Many Of Its Melting Pot Problems by Re.
viving the Community Spirit Of Helpfulness

was always 10 be al the service Of the
people. In order TO make sure that
nobody should fail To ind help and
counsel and the sympathetic spirit the
guild has It's open door where at any
hour one a enter and find some
Of the n~eighbors.
Hudson Guild Is a stronghold from
which sally the soldiers Of the com
mon good under the banner OF a
high Ideal. II is the headquarters
of a mems club which sends It's VOL
unt.er visitors out to see what can
he done for all the vic!Gage The
guild sees that the babes have good
milk. that the streets are clean, that
flies are swatted. tina, there IL music
In The park and brightness and sun
shine in every home. Within the
guild are schools and workrooms
where instruction Is given in the use
ful trades. The guild has i's parties
and is dances To which everybody
goes; /, has its conferences and clubs
and all the manifold activities that one
might find IN n town hail.
me Of these Gays the Chelsea neigh
r"rhrod hopes To start n PLAYHOUSE
Which sH.;, !e The ~for.Eunner ~ the
nuu.cipa, theatre. II has boon work.
ing toward that end n the giving ~
Mosques and pageants ~ the park
opposite. onc NJ tee mos. successful
Of the 'erce0tenary Shakespeare cole
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Country garden dance at Hudson Guild.
They Are Not Apostles of Social Upift There, but Have
Found an Older and Better Way Of Making
a Real American Neighborhood

the neigh,orhood scheme. There was
a Shakespeare celebration held there
too. for every building which can he
made to serve everybody gets inten-
sive Use o. Chelsea. The structure
IS utilized practically night and day
al the year round and II Is more than
a building devoted TO gymnastics and
bathing and dancing go for II Is a
common meeting house as well.
The Shakespeare fetes were given
against backgrounds which did not
suggest very much the picturesque
charm OF Stratford-on-Avon. The
tenemeGts still rise cold and grim In
Chelsea. but not far from the public
gymnasium may he seen the tenement
OF the new order. a model of its kind.
with its ample windows. it's admirable
lighting, Its air Of newness and con-
v~enience. Everything within 4. is
Kept as neatly as though 1t were a
irs, class hotel. II Is now filled with
people Of the commun!ty-artists,
lUgshoremen. social workers. clerks
all good ne!ghbors and meeting fire.
~Guently and passing the time Of day
when they do.
This Is tine first model tenement
building IN The neighborhood. The
apartments IN rent from sil.50
to s95. depending ~ the number OF
rooms rented Each apartment has a
bath, hot and cold wafer and heat,
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posed OF pictures which me artist.
OF Chelsea themselves hayo made.
We find" said NJ. Bec-on Era
other day. that there. is much 'a,er.
talent here in this par 81 the cio,
Even this small exhibition has 10.
reloped that much. and some Of -.
sketches which have seen ,uada n.
children a for that matter nv mon
n women who had never tr.et ,o
express their ART ideas before have
surprised us by their excellence.
Art springs essentially from .4s
people. one has only 30 consiSa,
the origin Of the great par,ers q,
the world 10 be convinced ~ ..,.
fact. So We find that boys ami mon
who have worked along shore he-,
have artistic Instincts which arc row
TO find expression through such ex-
hibitions as these.
As time passes We hone 70 show
in this small gallery some really
notable pictures. We are very much
pleased with the development Of IN
experiment. for hundreds have com.
here who might not he able 10 z,
W. 'ht bl''llNstll .iASt1l'l or A..
or would not do so. AZ least un,il the
interest had been thoroughly aroused
by such exhibitions not ur,y
painting but all kinds Of craftsman
ship could be developed. Above a.
this gallery has been the means u
drawing the people Of the n~e,ghborhoo'
together and Of promoting a true CON.
mnnity spirit"
Back of the art gallery Theology IL
establishing itself. for there is a sual
library which Il working in harmony
with the great Public Library n; Fiji
avenue and Forty second street. There
are branches OF the system within
reach OF the villagers who wish Z,
look up books on general subjects. b..
here is being established a collection
wherein the community can inform 4.
self concerning religious topics. A..
though II Is under the direction OF the
Church OF the Holy Apostles. the d..
brary Is not seCtarian IN sense.
The rector OF the church. the Rev n
Henry X. Denlinger, Is one - =,
leaders in the Neighhorhond Assoc.a
ton.
Az the corne ~ Tenth avenue an
Twenty-seNenth street there g -,
Peoples Kitchen. under the manage.
ment OF a committee ~ tho AssO. t-
ton for Improving the Condr.oo
the Poor, OF which Mrs. Jar.s /
Burden, Jr, is chairman. Tbs E'','
provides food 20 tho peap'e 20
neichborhood ~ absolutely cost
II Is both q restaurant nni 1s|
tr'hut!ng entire FOR meals AZ -tar|
working mothers OF the ~rc-ENho-1o'
send IN for cooked food w0ar '''
come home from their day wrrF
Another factor in the making > -.
~, Of Tho community WORT v'.'s
IT," central Mcrcant 10 49, l'o'
which aims To l!m.' :hc Yes
buildings In tho Interests ~ .-
10 keep the factories with. l
and to do all II can To- promo" Re
genera, we'll being,
All the activities of tho aas .%,'7'''-
are centred in an Once !r - Hse 7'"'.
OF the Public Library hraror % W"s
Twentv-third street n'ar S' 1870
nue.. where a secretary. Edward ~
Pfe!fer, Is constantly inuN.'s '''~ .
affairs OF the organization er' . '-
its various members !r o. "
each other throuch rVl','... H..
tors. Tho new chelsea.
como up out ~ the old. ~ -
tradition OF hclpcIlnoNs 49,.
forth each day q mcssag" :" rt'
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gathered on the housetops or en-
racious Are escapes and kept their
feet j!ggirg and their arms waving In
time with the measures Of "SellinGer's
Round" or Gathering P~eascods."
North of the park in Twenty-e!ghth
street there 10 a gymnasium and bath
built by the city. which Is part OF
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Here dancing or acting in the festi-
val, attired In costumes Of the Eliza
hcthan period. were children OF all
kinds, all Of them g~laddcned by the
spirit Of tho happy village Of Chel-
sea, Thousands OF the people went
To see the festival, md the children for
whom there vas not room to dance
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brations wGs hat held under the
auspices Of the guild In Chelsea Park,
in which 400 children of the n%eiGhhor-
hood took part. They came from the
schools. the day nurseries and the
churches. but above All they came
from the homes OF parents who were
neighbors to one another.
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all OF which are included in the
rent.
The characteristic feature Of this
tenement house IS its back yard
Every one who knows New York
knows that the back yards Of tene-
ment houses are the unsightly spots M
a rule. The back yard OF the Chelsea
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-10-23
CATTELL DESERVES $4,000

To the Editor Of the Evenin0 Ledger:
Sir-Perhaps the most startling thing m
regard to the announcement of movement
TO Increase the salary of Edward j. Cattell,
City StatistIcian, hur0orist, orator, enter
tainer and walking advertisement par sx-
cellence for Philadelphia and everythWg
worth while pertaining TO the city and IT'S
welfare, was that he is getting only S24OO
a year. and II is only proposed TO pay MIN
$4,000 year You would have hard work TO
convince most of the thousands WHO have
enjoyed his eloquence and come upder his
Infectious geniality that he didnt get at
least $1,000 a year, and earn twice that
amount.
Mr.. Cattell is Just one OF the hardest
worked men 20 be found anywhee, and at
seventy years of, age he asks no odds but
sets a pace for the best of them among
the younger men in years-becAuse cattell
IA as young in spirit and geniaiity as any
body could be, and that is the only way
to reckon ages, at any rate.
BY all means. make 1t $3OOOl You
couldn't find vote in Philadelphia against
t. The EVENING LEDGER does him plain
Justice when II voices these sentiments
edItorially, While at the same time showing
the proper spirit of fairness toward man
who is far too modest TO ask anything for
himself except the privilege of serving his
city and hig fellow men
EDWARD NEWTON HAAG.
Philadelphia. october FL.
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years Most OF tho benefits Of these ad-
yances have been enjoyed BY the cities.
whers the Ionscstabiished hospitals and
fine practices draw the more skillfui
physicians. The country districts. the
preventable tragedies Of lonely farm
houses. must not be forgotten In the adj
vance Of scIencee II would be harder to
start movement TO give first-class med
ical treatment 10 our rural communities
than one 70 give the same thing in CEN
trai China. The great majority OF the
$1,000 women who die in childbirth each
year In the United States live In the
country Doctors I'm Isolated places are
usually middle-aged men, who would be
failures In the towns. and few are
equipped 10 perform operations. Great
surgeons could perform service In
urging upon State governments the need
for establishing small rural hospitals at
the points where they would do most
good. and in -an overstocked profession
II should not be hard TO find young sur
geons willing 20 serve part OF their ap-
premiership at these stations.
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produced from a particular force ema-
Mating from the organism. as II was claim
ed by the partisans Of the magnetism, but
through the indirect influence OF the ope-
rator on the brain of a more or less
sensitive subject, or then. through a
fatigue of the nerves. resulting from a sus-
tained and prolonged attention.
From this started "Braidlsm," which
later on became hypnotism, which was
made known I'm about 1880 through the emil
nent French physician and alienist Charcot
who definitely established its laws.
Consequently. when Mr.. John Il. Wat
kins states that Doctor Mesmer gave TO
the world mesmerlsm, that mysterious force
now generally called hypnotlsm." II proves
that he Is not very we'll possessed of the
subject he is writing about
Hypnotism differs from magnetism by
the manner Of considering the phenomena
and by the difference of the process used
Two utterly different schools are represent
ed by the hypnotizers and the magnetizers
the hypnotizers see In the phenomena pro-
duced by them only the effect OF suggestion
ana Auto-suggestion. taking as basis the
more or less great senstlveness OF the sub
jects. The magnetizers. on the other hand
admit the existence OF a special force acting
upon the organism by inhibition, whieh is
FOR them. the real factor OF the phenomena
Hypnotism has received Official recognl-
tion by the very fact that in France the
practice OF 1t is strictly prohibited to any
one but physicians. Under therapeutic
form, hypnotism has done wonders A
similar law in this country would be very
beneficial; II would hinder considerably
faAers and quacks.
GEORGE DORSAY.
Philadelphia, October 81
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THE GoMPERs BOOMERANG

TyNION labor is called upon by Mr..
~ Gompers to cast its Independence to
the winds once and for all and commit
itself 10 the Democratic party. The
American Federation OF Labor leaders,
in asking organized labor 10 vote as a
block for Wilson. have blinded themselves
70 the history OF such movements In nom
political bodies.
Once an association labels itself as
Republican or Democratic II can exer-
else persuasion over neither Republicans
nor Democrats. The one party is made
frankly hostile, the other fears no threat
from men sure to. vote for It, II is
also well-established fact in this Re.
public that any bloSS vote irritates all
citizens not In that block. Men who
would vote the Democratic ticket, but
who happen 10 be suspicious OF the mo.
tives OF labor leaders. viii be estranged
by the Gompers call. The padded-cell
section OF the Democratic press under
stands this we'll In trying TO show that
the hyphen vote is for Hughes II ex-
pected that such support would prove a
boomerang,s The belief that the organized
labor vote is all for Wilson would be
just the same kind OF boomerang. For
there 10 as much foolish prejudice against
organized labor voters as a class as there
IL against American voters OF German
descent a. class.
Any grouping Of persons as a class or
a. = section In one party Is not only
weakening 70 their power. but also to
the party they Join. Such compact
grouping Of mfers draws the fire OF an
taeonists,a or that would not be drawn
against party membership that weaves
IN and out among all classes. The Solid
gouth--that tragic solidarity--is weak
ness IN the Democratic party, A solid
South lnvites Solid North. A solid or,
sanlzed labor support would be a similar
.wsakns5. u invites solid unorsan'
lied labor opposition.
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HYpNorIsM VS.. MAGNETISM

TO the Editor Of ne hpenin0 bed0er'
sIr-Mr. John EIfreth watkins is hu-
morous--caustio His article on Mesmer
is diverting. but nevertheless misleading.
modern scholars II has been known for
Ali ages We can fipd trace OF Its knowl-
edge and of its use In every country and
every religion Furthermore. II Is, undoubt-
edly that which was the basis of all deeds
and cures recognized years gone by under
the generic name OF miracles, and which VIC
find easier nowadays 10 simply deny.
The priests OF the ancient temples OF
Egypt. the priests of all mystic religions, as
well as the great imitators and the great
conqusrors who have made history knew.
course. used It. Healers, thaumaturgi
nronhets and all those who through centu-
rIes have left behind them an engmatical
mist land not excepting our sympathetic
BiIN sunday used more or less directly,
with or without knowledge OF cause, ,hls
Fascinating force which Doctor Mesmer has
aut n IA 10 Doctor Mesmer that we owe
the renovation OF physiological magnetism,
which AVas called at that time "apimal
magnetism" and known today as mes
merism.s II is he who, In a few aphorisms
and proposntions exposed all the theory on
which he has built his fame and this science
OF today.
noetor Mesmer has been repeatedly re-
preached, not only with having Invented
nothing but with having used the works Of
his predecessors 10 obtain an easy glory. II
might be possible, but nevertheless We must
give him credit for having cleaned magne-
tIsm from a ansiley Of ineomprehensible
occult formulas. From him we take the
starting point or the actual evolution Of
magnetism but we know that Mesmer did
NOT even have the honor of the nams, and
that Paracelsus. who was considend In his
time as the father Of the maenetlsm. gave
Il that name But Paracelsus. though he
was a great savant. a hrei-class physician.
one OF the deepest and most learned 'oc-
cultists." was wrong in uniting the occult
sciences" such as alchemy, astrology. etc.
with magnetism. He did not specialize. as
Mesmer did. and he could not establish syn
theticaily a theory OF the magnetism as the
former did. This II SO true that the modern
.snaenetistsH start magnetism, established
on rational basis. from Doctor Mesmer.
Doctor Mesmef, I'm his time, had lots OF
partisans and follow ers. but also many de-
tractors and enemies. II Is worth mention-
ine that his followers oihcially discovered
the magnetic somnambuism" and the
condition of catalepsy, Of cataleptic ecstasy
or trance among the mafnetized sub1ects.r
II Is only IN the middle OF the nineteehtn
century that James Braid discovered mat
the pneaomenA called 1n~sns1'o ~efe ~
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FREE TRADE IN LABOR

To the Editor Of the Evening Led0er:
Sir-I read the letter OF Mr.. Frazier and
beg to say he Is rather sparing with the
truth when he says the Underwood law is
free-trade measure. 1t simply lowered
the duty on some commodities, that's all,
Furthermore, there never can be free
trade taria as the word tariff is defined as
HNing duty on certain commodities, and
free trade means the Importation of goods
free OF charge. Now the principal commodi-
ties imported free of charge up TO 1914
were undesirable allen labor and dyestuff
Why dyes were left on the free list by the
Republicans who exacted a high tariff OF
every other foreign article can be best
explained by those who used 1t. The Re-
publican party persistently advocates high
tariff on manufactured goods 70 prevent
being flooded with the foreign article, but
not word as 10 tarin or head tax in
the same ratio as the manufacturers tariff
80 prevent the American working people
being Hooded with aliens. sixty per cent Of
whom have no idea OF making this their
permanent home, live contented In the most
oongested and insanitary manner expend
the least possible amount OF their earnings
and carry the remainder out OF the country
Under our present grand Republican scheme
this class doesn't pay the Government one
dollar for NE privilege OF competing with
our loyal American work people This
is the class Of high tariff that Mr.. Hughes
says goes hand In hand with prosperity
Now. no one knows better than he~that
there Is not particle OF truth IN that as
sertion. as ! know from my personal, sad
experience. II Is also a matter OF his
tory that every paAlc or business depres-
sion from 1878 TO 1919 originated under
Republican administration and high tariff
on industries and unrestricted Immigration.
The 1898 panic under a Republican Con-
gress and an exceptionally high tarlff on
iron virtually started IN July. 1879. AZ
carnegie's Homestead miilssby strike and
riot. eliminating In the 1898 panic by rea-
son OF surplus labor caused BY unrestricted
Immigration. The prosperity during the
panic OF 1s0z.os under Republican. admin
istrations and the highest tariu on manu-
factured goods ever known In this coun-
try and free trade labor beat all records
with millions out Of work.
Philadelphia, october 70.
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Perhaps no more nowerful

Perhaps no more powerful speech
has been delivered during the campaign
than that OF Philander c. Knox at Gin
cinnati Saturday. He dwelt son the over
throw by the Wilson Administration Of
the United States policy in the Orient.
This he said. was the position Of pres.
tige. influence and advantage enjoyed by
the United States in Chinese affairs when
our present Administration entered upon
its duties. Immediately. however, mem
bsrs OF the incoming regime declared war
on all this. and to It's destruction they
addressed the mighty processes OF their
virgin minds" Doubtless their minds
were decidedly more virgin than their
processes were mighty. Or. as somebody
remarked when told that Mr.. Bryan had
solved the Japanese question by going TO
California and talking about e. why in
h--li didn't he 80 on TO china?"
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Answers to Saturdays Quiz


1. A ship in the offng; one In that part Of
the sea visible from shore or beyond
anchorlng ground.
2. Plate glass; thick glass Of fine quality east
IN plates for shnp windows etc. IL has
the same composition sheet and crown
glass. but Is melted In vast open vessels
resting upon frames behind hre-clay
doors.
8. Grand ylzIer: prime minister to the ruler
In Mohammedan countries.
4. "Ananas Club. % JocuIar dissertations Of
those whom MIR. Roosevelt has accused
OF preyarieatiOn. The alluslOn Is TO the
story In the fifth chapter Of Acts.
o. Thimblerigging; playing n ,sleight-of- -ha nd
trick with three thimbie-shaDed cups and
pea,., bystanders betting which cup
Q. The Pope gave Henry VIII the title ''De-
fender OF the Faith" for writing q book
attacking Luther's beliefs.
y. Filigree; ornamental work Of fine gold sill
yer or copper wire formed Into delicate
8. "saint,, means '.hoIy"i 40 that 'st. sepuI-
chre" means holy Sepulchre IL can
be applied to objects as we'll as 20 per-
0. The prefix ,.,neo.. means .'new,". or "a. new
~rlaionisn ~ brought up to date 10 suit more
10. KNIGHT errant; "errant" means ''wander-
ing." or roaming la quest of adventure
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train n often used for handling freight. I was
90 delighted with your bunkhound's Intelligence
that I picked him un and will take him over
20 Logan tomorrow morning 70 pay his respects
TO the 6:bs train at that station. It's
time. III this is not satisfactory TO you please
telephone Germantown 2827 W. and I'll return
him at once. John Henry.
Oh, very well; suppose you take care
Of him this week while we're out OF town.
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MOT a PARTY QUESTION

What have parties % DO with situa-
tion like that which now confronts the
American electoratef There. really IL no
need for them 10 enter into Il AZ ali. 90 far
as independent citizens are concerned.
Woo1nov Wilson has not made good In
his <e We have an opportunity 70 COM
.nan1 [he services Of . man whose career
mas never disappointed 4 worthy expecta-
tom Albany knIcketoccket frssk