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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-11-20
TWENTY YEARS IN MUSIC

IN StGNAI1XING its twentieth annivcr-
Sary with revival Of the original pro.
gram directed hv Fritz Schcc on November
16 1900. tho Philadelphia Orchestra has on
ablcd its friends to indulge in plcnsurablr
reflections.
II is difficult. Of course. to recall accu
ratclY the artistry Of any performance.
musical or dramatic. after lapse Of two
decades But highly scnsitiacd memory is
not needed in this instance. Between the
modest pioneering effort Of the orchestra.
which vcnturcd upon only six concerts in its
first season. and tho authority and artistic
opulrnr" Of the present organization there
is a disparity in which the whole community
can take the profoundcst pride
Not only has the orchestra headed by Mr..
StokowsM attained to position Of splendid
leadership in the realm of music. but the
"sthctic standards of Philadelphia have ad
mrably kept pace. without affcctation il
may be said that the growth of musical cul
turr in this city during tho last score Of
years has been gratifyingly vigorous, uusur-
passed here in any previous period Of similar
length.
But if taste and appreciation and the
technique Of tho orchestra itself have grown,
what is to be said of the art upon which all
these intcrprCtativo assets are expended?
mittcd Mt the Academy yesterday and will
offer again tonight is such as any orchestral
director Of the day might devise. Wagner,
TSchaikowsky. Goldmark. Beethoven arc
represented. \dd fifteen or twenty standard
names. and Mr.. StokOwski'S programs will be
found dominated in general by the same
composers whose scores illuminated by
Mr.. Schpel.
There are the "moderns." it is true, and
Mr.. Stokowski has been considcratc of them.
but the fact remains that. aside from the
genius Dcbussy. no first rank new master in
composition has swaycd the world of music
since the Philadelphia Orchestra was born.
Cultural appreciation. il is said. usually
follows an era Of fcrvcnt inspiration. Evi
IDENTIFY il is an Agc of tho former in which
we are now dwelling, hence the abiding
! charm and appeal Of a twenty year r-od pro
| gram. The new honors, we'll worth an an
| nivcrsUry observance, are for the inter
i
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-11-20
Answers to Yesterdays Quiz

/. Paul Hymans, Of Belgium is presiden, uf
the Assembly Of the League of NatIons
;. The name Of the new republic inhohitad
by tn" Lcttlsh people is EatvIn.
g. The secretary bird Is a large African
bird, watch feeds mainly on rpntiIog
Its peculiar crest suggests IA bunch Of
quilt pens stuck behind the ear. -
4. Mutation is noddmg The word is also
used to describe the oscillatiOn op tbe
earths axis, the spinning of a ton or
the curvature Of the stem Of growing
plant
g. HcliCon, mountain in Boeotia. C;reccc
was regarded as sacred to the Muses.
and the source OF poetic inspiration.
6. Hedonism Is the doctrine that pleasure
is the chief good.
z A farthingale is hooped pcttcoat,
8. The colors of the flag Of Rumania are
blue, orange and red
o. The Mexican war began In 1916 and
ended in ls4s,
10, An ingle is fire burning on a hearth.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-11-20
What Do You Kno,v?


!. What - the meaning Of the word bolshe-
wiki? ''''''-
.. What is heath?
,, What is an isoscees triangle"
T. Where is the Punjab and what does the
name mean? "
=. When did the Americans win their decl-
slVe victory over the British at sara
tOga" " ~
o. "hat oCncr lrahscontinental canal route
was formerly strongly advocated Sn
opposition to the Panama route -
Z What is II ccnotaph?
=. After whom IL the Morris chair non,odo
Q. What pulque?
10. Who discovered the existence Of gold IN
california? h''' III
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-11-20

There is little likelihood that American
farmers will ever adopt the European habit
of living together in villages and travelling
miles to the farms they work; but man :
gregarious habit will be less of a factor III
dppopulatng rural sections as ivvers grow
commOncr and community centers continue
to spring up to provide the intellectual stim'
uluS and recreation they need.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-11-20

We are pleased to note that an angie =,
worm wormed its way through five inches ol
snow in Clcarfed, Pa, played around in tn"
beautiful for while and then went back
home. presumably to get its rubbers. 1t Is
not only that we want to believe the conn
dent prediction that this means a mild win
ter, but it makes much more cheerful read ,
ing than war, banditry or shortages OF
this, that or the other.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-11-20

ing upon this situation SO long as there ap'
pears any hope of arousing tho public to the
point whore it will demand proper lmita-
tions upon the present unlimited and un-
restricted use of public money by this one
man. That is its duty rs conservntor ot
the public interest and in the interest of
the real purposes for which the Municipal
Court was created. but which purposes have
been perverted for political uses by the
present methods of administration.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-11-20

Just because Burns, Ore, has woman
mayor the local high school, which has as
many boys as girls, has chosen girl aS
manager Of the baseball club and another
girl as editor of the school paper. 1t was
another Burns, Il stranger to feminism, VINO
said, "A mans man for a that Inc
moasSn Burns version appears TO be iree
woman. but man is sometimes joke.'
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-11-20
pIII inIIpIIIt

Things on which the people expect the new
a,iminiStr lttOn TO concentrate its attention;
1he DC.GwGr, rr,r bridge.
A drUCocE Jio enough to accommodate the
ldrr'Sr gllpa.
DeYetop,a mt Of thc rapid transit system.
A coHr..tGrl HuH
4 bbiidilc TO- nc Free Lfb 'dry.
Au Arr Ii'y,niu.
EniurGsw ~rt Of rhr IrOtcr SuupN..
Homes 70 CDcDrIhIoddf" ~ pOp,GutiIr.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-11-20

One way to stop hazng at Annapolis.
would be to give the superintendent and
officers the right to do little hazing them
selves. AS things are now, the same pen
atty exists for a harmless pleasantly as for
Il piece of sheer brutality. The man in AL
thOrity ought to be allowed to exercise some
discretion and some discrimination.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-11-20

\ new story to come out T Dewitt.
Ark, is that of man who killed eighteen
malard ducks with one shot. Out in the
wids of Christian and Eighth streets it is
possible to find man who will kill a herd
of elephants with no more than one shot of
done in the wrist
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-11-20
A WELCOME STORM

MR.. GRAFT aud his troop Of performing
lvl assessors are in for IT, Not since
c.,pidity and stupidity in official quarters
drought about the inSurrection against the
proposed gus lease Of 1908 has there been in
this city so general aud spontaneous an ex-
pression of popular rcscntmenhas as is now
directed against the plan to puck small
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-11-20

What Miss Jeanette Rankin. who
frankly advocates class representation, an
parcntly fails to realize is that Congress j.
composed of Americans representing Amer
cans, and that matters Of sex, color rCll-
giOn, occupation or nervous temperament are
secondary considerations.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-11-20
Weary Of WeII.OoIna

Tr-m m NV N0rk TTUUT'
,.atrhcd the police aud theatrical managers
'Gght" against the ticket spcrulator. But
thn dcnizcus Of our main strcct-und the
Visitors from other main strccts-having
srant resources in themselves for amusr-
mcnt or entertainment and a consequent fear
of being bored, are willing to pay any price
for the possibilities Of amusement or enter
toinmont, Hence the ticket speculator and
tbe failure of fights Sagai0st him.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-11-20

A registered letter mailed fifty tw"
years ago in West Africa has just turned up
in Lancaster Pa, addressed to President
James Buchanan. Burleson, strangely
enough, hadn't thing to do with it.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-11-20

The moderation Of labor leaders today
is in marked contrast to labors frame of
mind few months ago-which does not eX-
cuSe any association of employers going of
similarly half cooked because the boot il
now on the other foot.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-11-20

A strong man clothed with the proper
amount Of authority could stop haZing in
Annapolis without congressional investiGa
ton and without hurt to any Of the boys.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-11-20

New Yorks state commissioner of cdu
cation has resigned to assume an editorial
position on a New York newspapcr-which
ton to another.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-11-20

The shipping board was presumably
simply setting the pace for the national orgy
of spending.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-11-20
MURRAY GROSS
On Practical Hiqh School Curricula

A REVISION of the high school curricula
n to meet the needs and conditions OF the
rho vocational and cultural elements in cdu
cation is urged by Murray Gross: director Of
the department of commerce of the West
Philadelphia High School and president OF
the Philadelphia High School Commerce
Teachers Association.
at is true points out Mr.. Gross. that
thcrc are n great many conflicting ideals OF
education, and it is likewise true that the
advocates of these ideals are in the man
sincere. However, one of the chief obstacles
that stand in the way of Il satisfactory sou .
communities is the lack of comprehensive
recognition even among professional cduca =
tors themselves of the merits and the SNORT
romings of these ideals when subjected to inc
test of practical articulation with community
life and conditions.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-11-20

In the process of wedding out ncompr
tents, what Mayor Moore needs is not a rak"
but mattOck.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-11-20

Tho Bolshcvists are doing their un
whiting. or at least unwilling, best to hasten
the entrance of Germany into the League Of
Nations.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-11-20

Isn't a contract a contract just as mur
with the L. G. |. as with the underlyi in=
companies of the +. Il. r.?
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-11-20

Everybody is willing to admit that n
least the Federation of Labor knows the
right place to go for advice.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-11-20

New York's building graft investigation
seems to prove that heat is great provoke
of near -epgrams.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-11-20

The bootleggcr finds books In the run
ming Brooks law and booze in everything.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-11-20

With Thanksgiving Day approaching
Mayor Moore has discovered that the way
to talk turkey is to use an ak.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-11-20

Father Knickerbocker won't be satisfied
until he can display the "No Trust Here
sign.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-11-20

Three dollar wheat would mean
third of a bushcl dollar.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-11-20
SHORT CUTS

No ban yet on yeast cakes, raisins or
dandclions.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-11-20
NOW MY IDEA IS THIS!
Daily Talks With Thinking Phadelpians Subjects They
Kno,U Best

premise of high school business and CONNER
cial educational effort that the technical or
vocational element represents only such
training as may give the boys and girls oc-
cupatiOnal value in the eyes of the business
world and that it may constitute stepping
stone from school to business life. In this
direction three avenues of transition are
plainly evident. i. O.. in the work of book
keeping and accountancy. in stenOgraphlc
and spcretarial service and in selling and
advertising. Preparation for all of the three
avenues involves training in penmanShlp.
business mathematics. business Engllsh.
office organization and routine use OF ths
typewriter. elementary bookkeeping and
business law
But TOR the first. additional intensive
training must be directed toward methods of
boolt excepting and accountancy. cost keeping
mechanical bookkeeping facilities and fhan-
cial relationships and organization. For the
second, adequate preparation in shorthand,
stCnotype or dictaphonr. and high efficiency
in the use Of the typewriter is essentially
basic. but to this must be added sub
Sidary preparation for duties of filing.
duplicating. proofroading and manuscript
preparation. as well Office and Sccrc-
tarial routine. For the third, training
must be provided in salesmanship, adver
tisinG:, processes of marketing. organization
of railway and shipping facilities and an
understanding of credits and collections.
Any one of these three lines of training, vari-
ously modified by vocational guidance under
a @nool system OF flexible subject election,
will train the young people in the high
school not only for business usefulness. but
also for realization of higher business am
bitiOnS.
Full Time Not Needed
''Morcovcr, any one of these specific fields
| of business training may be secured by call
| ing upon less. than fourth Of the high school
time OF the boys and girls leaving the bal
| ancc free for devotion to those subjects of
! scientific cultural and social value repre- :
scented commonly by the sciences. mathc-
! matics, English language and literature,
| foreign languages. history and civics. music
and drawing. physical training and health
study aud applied economies Of the nature
of economic geography and social and social
economic problems.
The concluding point of the matter is.
| any attempt to generates educational effort
over wide field Of human distribution and
activity is wrong, and every effort ought tc
be made to adequately adapt not only hgh
| school but all secondary school education tC
local circumstances and conditions of lifC
and industry peculiarly the 0utgrowth OF
local environment, whether urban or rural .
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-11-20
New Ideas Are Needed

"Nuch is said and written at the present
time about the importance of proper motlva-
tion in educational effort, and all progressive
educators recognize this as n fundam"ntal
essential in the work of successful teachlnG;
And it is along the line of this fundamental
essential that educational policies must bC
directed and a reconstruction or "du'atloha
programs take place. If education were not
confronted by the presence of active 1actorS
arising out of the stress incidental to actual
human existence. it would be relieved OF
many of its vcXatiOuS aspects, particularN
those aSDeCtS thrust upon it by the necessity
If uualifying Young people to meet life as
II is and to strike that fair balance between
those systems of education called practical
on the one hand and cultural on tn" other.
As these active factors ar" not absent under
any general set of conditions. the purpose
nf education obviously must be, aS SO appro-
nrintrly set forth cditorially by the EVENING
PrrIIC LEDGER. to prepare the boys and
girls of the land to perform their function
MS 'co- operative units in society that
honors work and gives itself up largely to
productive effort as we'll as to broaden
thrir social perspective and human under
standing and to give the spirit n chance to
! live. But right here is the difficulty.
| THE educational life of the mass of young
| pcoplc in every country is necessarily short,
and under the circumstances of modern
| hirhlv specialized industrial and CONNER
| rial organization is of necessity compelled to
! give emphasis to n preparation for voca
| tional admission to productive society. for
| in actuulity it is not an academic or thcOrot
| cal or idcaliStC conclusion that acts aS the
| controlling factor in forcing educational ad
| iuStment and rcadjustment, bur circum-
stances and conditions of life confronting the
boys and girls.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-11-20
WHITE PLAGUE FUTiLITlES
Most "Cures" Don't, but More Plans
for Elimination Of tuberculosis
Arise Than for Any Other
Disease
BY GEORGE NOX Mccain
DR. JOSEPH ROBERTS BRYAN,

nR. JOSEPH ROBERTS BRYAN, dis
~ cussing the RouX -Calmette discovery OF
vaccine for the prevention Of tuberculosis in
cattle. expressed the belief that more cures
for tuberculosis have been put forth than
for any other disease.
This, as DR.. Bryan points out, is due
To the wide prevalence Of the plague and
the efforts in every land to reduce the mum e
bcr of its victims
In the last thirty years a most amazing
number of cures for tuberculosis have been
announced. Every one of them, with one
or two exceptions. bore the namc of repu =
table physician
After tho lapse Of quarter of century
no ono survives ms n conspicuous Spcchc
for the dread disease
The reason seems to he that sufficiently
definite results had not been secured by the
experincnters before their story leaked out.
or before the experiments had been carried
to n satisfactory conclusion.
In other words, the cure had not been
proved Somebody went of halfcockcd.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-11-20

THE most protentous claims of the last
! decade of the nineteenth century came
from tho Pacific coast.
DR.. Joseph y. Hirschfcder produced n
serum from kOch's tubcrculin which he
asserted would cure tuberculosis
Physicians who examined his claims were
undecided whether DIR. lIirschfeldcr had
made genuine discovery which would cure
consumption. or whether he had produced
simply variant of KoCh's lymph.
The discussion over the value of the dis
covcry ragged for year. The faculty of
Cooper Medical College. San Francisco, in
dorSed the claims Of DR.. HirSChfclder.
They produced n dozen consumptivc pa
tentS. who. they asserted. had been cured
by Hirsrhfcldcr serum within three months.
DR.. Levi &. Lane. founder Of Cooper
Medical College. declared that Elrschfcldcr's
discovery was the greatest of the century.
The vigorous opposition to the latter's
clnims lie attributed to professional jealousy.
Oddly enough. after investigating his
claims, the Lancet wcl-knOwn mCdi-
zeal journal Of London. declared that
uirschfrldcr's discovery was original and
that the results shown were satisfactory.
The excitement finally died out, and the
cure was ultimately lost sight Of.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-11-20

THE late DR.. j. William White made cx-
l. tcnSive experiments with Koch's lymph
when it was in the height of its vogue
The operations were performed in clinic
at which he was assisted by DR.. Edward
Martin. the present commissioner Of health.
This was in the early part of 1891.
Most of the operations were in conncc
tion with lupus. disease which when once
fairly started is obduratc to every form of
treatment
Unfortunately very little reaction was
noted.
\ strange story came out of the West a
year later. 1t told of the efficiency of q dict
of dog meat as n cure. Cases were cited
from Clay City. H.. in which patients were
reported as cured by this unusual remedy.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-11-20

LIVERY new announcement of con-
~ sumptivc cure is hailed with JOY and
hope. Just the same, outside of spiritual
ism, there is no field for the fakcr and
cheat so prolific or so profitable ns that OF
the consumptives.
In 1856 a man named George Thomas
operated in London with an alleged cure
which nctted hundreds of thousands of dol
lars He worked a clever game.
Every week he published an alleged case
that had been cured. II was only n sample
of similar instances elsewhere over the
world.
About the same time DR.. Kolischer.
young operator in the clinical department
Of Prof. Albert Of Vienna, read a paper
before the Vienna Society of Physicians
on the result of his experiments in the
treatment of tubercular affections of the
lungs and other parts of the body.
Starting the assumption that tuber-
the tuberclcs becoming calcined. he hit on
the idea of causing artificial calcinaton.
This was by means of hypodermic injec-
tions of compound described as calcium
phosphoricum' into the limbs of victims
afflicted with local tuberculosis.
A year or so after in 1889, DIR. w. II.
Burke. at meeting Of the Chicago Medical
Society at the Grand Pacific Hotel in that
city. read a paper on 'Plain Water as a
Consumption Cure
His experiments. he said. justified him in
the statement that the excessive use of water
would cure 30 per cent of all COnsumptive
cases. In detail his treatment consisted in
the free use Of water every hour in the day,
nine hours sleep regular, and if possible, the
sea or mountain air.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-11-20

TAR W. II. GREEN. auditor of the
~ Franklin Institute, and for number
of wears demonstration in chemistry at the
University of Pennsylvania DIR. William II.
Wnhl. secretary Of tn" institute; Dr. James
&. Wilson. then physician in chief at the
German Hospital; DIR. AloySius Kelley. bac-
tcriolnriSt aud Prof. George +. Stradling
Of the Manual Training school, in the spring
of ISa9 formed committee to investigate
n now theory and treatment of germ dis
eases
German to,uital under IN" direction of the
Franklin Institute.
rrnr II. Gibson O'Neil. Of New York.
claimed that powerful currents of electricity
rnuId be- used for the destruction of disease
germs. notably in III" cas-" of pulmonary
consumption.
About twenty "onNumPtlN" patients re
rnived the treatment in the hospital. IN
rn instance was thrr" evidence sufficiently
conclusive to drmonstraic I'll" prarticability
of inc idea As a result the new discovery
nj that time. came to naught.
DR. ! Murray Jordan. Of this city. whc
died some years ago, and who for quarter
nf II century had devoted himself to photog
rnphy and III" work OF lnhIi>hrr' pre-
| ,rntCd us his graduation thesis at the Uni
! yrrsity of Pennsylvania paper on tn,
! trpotmcut Of pulmonary consumption.
| 'TLr idcu advanced was that the prrSrtcn
| ;rhaintinn of mcdicatcd vHpors would afrurC
| rnIirf and prolong life to victims of thu
"'' nm not sure that Dr Jordan had eye
ox'crim,rntcd in this direction. II is pos
| siblc that his deductions w"r" merely
ind that q universal sentiment prevail
! or,nnr physicians that sooner or later tn
%nrrnIosis will be- conquered; that it
nnIy a matter Of time"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-11-20

TN JANUARY. 1880. II number Of remark.
| able cases of reported cures Of tubrrcu-
lnsS came from st. Petersburg 1t in
volvcd an entirety new principle.
The facts came from the St. Petersburg
correspondent to the London Telegraph.
4 DR.. LovSky was named as the expert
mcutcr and his cures were effected with
''natrum cinnamylicum. At n meeting of
tho St. Petersburg Society of Medicine in
December. 1889. DR. Lovsky presented an
account Of his discovery He particularly
cited five cases Of advanced tuberculosis
which had been cured by his method.
have the details before me, but they are
involved and intricate. At all events moth
ing moro seems to have been heard from
Russia on the subject,