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rernlns which considerable baziness pre-

cerning which considerable haziness pre-
walls.
If the purpose, however, is to swell the
number of candidates for next years camp,
it is just now less easy to justify. The
Government is already overwhelmed with a
profusion of applicants for whom no ac-
commodation has been found. Thousands
have been placed upon the waiting lists,
since the total number of young men for
whom provision was made only slightly ex-
ceeds 10000.
Citizens summer training is thus begun
on an extremely modest scale. If the Ma
ton really believes in voluntary training of
youths the camps of rockies should be made
larger in 1922. There is plenty of enthusi-
asm and much more than a sufhciency of
candidates. 1t will require many years to
build up a reserve corps of any respectable
size out of the citizens training camps as
at present proportioned.
The voluntary training idea is either good
enough to be adopted in authoritative style
or, in accordance with the anti miitarist
trend, it should be dropped. The present
compromise is not n great deal Of anything.
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"NERVES" ON TENNIS COURT

TNHE collapse of Suzanne Lenglen tenn
j. pers the eXultatiOn with which the vic
tory Of the American tennis champion. Molla
Mallory. would ordinarily be received. To
admit this is not TO dcprcCiate Mrs. NAL
lory's performance. the cOnQuering bril-
hancy of which justifics the conviction that
she would have remained the winner had the
match been played to the end.
! The American sport loving public is tenn
peramentally Chivalrous. and it's attitude
toward the loser is in this instance clearly
one Of sympathy. The French girl, who
had not lost tennis match since she was
eight years old, was plainly ratified. Under
trying conditions snapped nerves will brook
no argument. While it is easy to assume
that world champions are supposed to with
stand the ravages of panic, Mile Lenglen
played under exceptionally grueling condi-
lions. Not the least was rapid travel and
swift transportation to a strange land.
LMeanwhlc, Mrs. Mallory's dazzling
laurels bring renewed prestige to amateur
sport in the United States, and her COM
patriots are rightly applaudng her to the
echo. But there would be considerable sat
isfaction were the unfortunate French chal-
lenger in some way given another chance.
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NOW MY IDEA IS THIS
Daily Talks With Thinking Philadephans Subjects They
KnoW Best

done is putting the district of which l am
in charge on basis of file where we will
be able to put our hand on every disabled
man and MI the history and data connected
with him at moments notice. This applies
as well to the veteran in the backwoods as to
those in the larger centers.
eve are now holding series of mass
meetings at sixty one points in tine district.
to which we have invited representatives of
every welfare organization in the community.
Such meeting was held in Philadelphia at
the Y. NJ. G. A.
'These representatives will be acquainted
with the system Of the new bureau and will
be asked to cover thoroughly the territory
in their community for all disabled veterans,
find out their status and whether they have
filed claims for Government care or COM
pensation. These men will be brought to
meeting a week or so later at the same place.
At this second meeting Il squad from this
Office, comprising doctor. claim eX-
aminer and atraining man, will go over these
men and give them ratings in the compen-
saton schedule. These findings will be
forwarded to Washington for comparison
with the files there. all as especially cxpe-
dited matter, and thus these men who have
not had attention will be given n short cut
toward their compensation awards. 1t is
planned to keep these information ccntcrs at
al times forwarding data on the progress Of
the men to the regional Office and thus an
accurate check of activities can be main
tanned.
New Ratings Made
'The rating schedules for compensation
were drafted in Washington and we're later
compared with the schedules of other Gov
ernmcnts in compensation to their wounded.
The. American schedule closely parallelcd
the foreign ones and it was revised in several
instances where the allowances for certain
wounds was lower than that made by other
Powers. Where our allowances were higher.
they were allowed to remain so that now
our schedule is, think, the most liberal of
all.
'Thc ratings for disability are under four
heads total and partial disability as to de-
gree and pcrmnnencc. 4 large number of
men are taking up vocational training, and
considering the colossal amount of work
done by the bureau with consequent little
MISUNDERSTANDING, the percentage of dis
satisfaction and complaints is low
There has been a total of GO 900 appli.
cations filed for compensation, of which
2o2.O have been disposed of and awards
made. There are now 15T 900 receiving
monthly payments from the Government,
the discrepancy with tho settled claims rep
rescnting the number of veterans who have
died or totally recovered"
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WHEN NOBODY WINS

IN THE current report of the Bureau of
Mediation Of the State Department of
Labor the cost of industrial unrest in Penn
sylvania is shown to be appalling. 1t is
estimated that the sum of wages lost to
strikers during the first six months of the
present year is $2G,4l3 .3OJ.7 .73. Strikes
were twice as frequent in that period as they
were in any other year.
In every published summary of this re-
port it is being stated that labor lost
over twenty six millions" because of walk
outs or lockouts between January and July.
That is a superficial and misleading state.
mpnt Of the case.
Labor was not thu only loser. Every
business man who serves the needs of wage
earncrs suffered, too. Every business man
who is not member Of a monopolistic group
and that means about 90 per cent of bust
ness mpn--had to share the ultimate burden
and endure the loss with labor.
In that simple and undcniable fact there
is proof that business men need to take n
larger interest in questions of economies.
and that for their own welfare they will have
to do more than they have been doing to
create a sort Of public opinion that will
make strikes and walkouts unnecessary or
even impossible.
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WHAT ARE SCHOOLS FOR?

TT FAME were the greatest thing in the
l. world there would be greater Importance
to the findings Of II. F.. Miles. former
president of the Wisconsin State Board OF
Vocational Training, who, after an ex.
haustive special survey Of the United States.
reports that Of 100000 men who are
graduates Of American high schools, "only
1245 may be said to have achieved distinc-
ton" OF SO 900 900 men and women who
enjoyed only elementary schooling, 500
achieved prominence. College graduates do
better in the limelight Mr.. Miles found
that about 1900 Of every million can be
relatively famous If they will strive and
tire not.
One cannot but wonder whether the survey
included the movies, through which one NAV
be famous before one reaches the age of
eight or gimpses the inside of a schoolroom.
How many graduates of colleges and high
schools achieved happiness? How many
werc useful, constructive and devoted citi-
2cns? How many found education an aid
to rontcntmCnt? How many were able TO
realize, through schooling or the lack Of it,
that the people who live the fullest and
richest lives are those of whom you seldom
or never hear?
Mr.. Miles ought to make another survey
and form his conclusions on more logical
grounds.
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THE PHILIPPINE MYSTERY

CtECRETARY OF WAR WEEKS, in
~ seeming almost to beseeCh the senate
and representatives of the University of
Pennsylvania to make General Woods stay
in the Philippines possible, has limited at a
new sort of crisis and new dangers in those
troublesome islands. The sudden change in
the plans of General Wood himself has been
20 surprising that it diverted attention from
the background of the general scene.
In Washington they talk in whispers
about the Philippines. Thus far the people
of the United States have not been permitted
to know what is expected of them. Must
we prepare hurriedly for a war of defense
against the japanese in the East? Are the
native Wares and Browns making a complete
wreck of the civil institutions established
by Americans? What is up-or down-in
the Philippines? Surely this country has a
right to know.
Democratic institutions have a difficult
time of it ir their infancy. In some climates
they die young. There are some airs in
which they survive and grow with the ut
most difficulty.
When in places like Cuba and Mexico
and the Philippines the native statesmen
take their lessons from Tammany. the
legend Of freedom naturally approaches a
sorry end.
Perhaps we must begin to spend and work
aud strive and worry again for the political
salvation of the Philippines - the largest
white elephant ever unloaded on any Gov
ernment. That may be the inner meaning
of General Woods appointment.
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TERSE AND TRUE

GEORGE W. NORRIS, governor Of the
VI Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia.
sacrifices nothing to vividness in his en-
ployment of the succinct and forceful phrase
'disarm or bust
What he told the local Rotarlans ycster-
day about the indispensable factor of world
recuperatIOn is no new truth. There were
Statesmen engaged in framing the League of
Nations who realized its pregnancy. Vir-
tually every thinking person the world over
admits the automatic nature of the warning
And the folly of national competitive
armaments cannot be too often emphasized
TOO frequently repeated The racfer and
more vigorous the language employed, the
brighter are the chances of mastering n
problem as simple in broad outlines as il is
complex in details,
Mr.. Norris picture of one of the most
oppressive burdens that man over created
for himself is not in the least fantastic. He
talks in the unCOmpromising terms of ma
tional taxation which. largely because of
The war and military and naval expenditures,
Is increased for an average family of five
In the United States from S33 yearly before
the conflict to S2140O at the present day.
''Disarm or bust" is the unanswcrabe
commentary upon such a formidable rate Of
Increase. The nations to be represented at
the coming conference in Washington, the
ope ray of hope in the darkness, are not
compelled to memorizc the words These
are, If Governments can be thus spiritually
conceived already burned into their an
Unished souls.
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DIR. L. q. ROGERS
On Aidino Wounded Soldiers

THE establishment of an intelligence Sys'
/ TEN covering the whole country to main
tain accurate data on progress toward re
covery of every disabled eX-soldicr will be
the first work of the newly organized vet
Grams Bureau was the declaration made by
DIR. l.. B. Rogers, manager OF the Ihird
District. comprising Pennsylvania and Della
ware The bureau. which assumes the tunc-
tions of the Bureau of War Risk Insurance,
the Federal Board of Vocational Educatloh
and the United States Public Health Service.
was authorized by the President in the Sweet
bill signed August o.
''The bill was anticipated by us. said DIR.
Rogers today. land plans for the organl-
zation and it's work were laid many weeks
ago. With the provisions of the future law
to work on we had everything developed to
n running basis by the time the President
signed the measure.
'The bill provides for fourteen regional
offices throughout the country with. in addi-
ton. 140 sub offices. or centers. The
Third District, comprising Pennsylvania and
Delaware, has one regional office here ana
eight sectional offices located at Wilmington,
Allentown, Scranton, Erie, Plttsburgh,
Harrisburg, Johnstown and Wilmington.
These will serve as centers for the concen-
tration of bureau work.
Fills Long Felt Need
'"Thc new bureau will relieve long felt
necessity. The old laws that inaugurated
the bureaus are abolished: the Federal
Board of Vocational Education, the Bureau
of War Risk Insurance and certain actlVl-
ties of the Public Health Service were passed
during the war when there was little com
prchension of the magnitude of the work
that was to devolve on them. At the time
they we're deemed adequate to meet the
situation. But the work, in addition to the
normal casualties that came through during
the months before the armisticc. extended
over night to tremendous proportions when
the fighting men were demObilzcd by the
hundreds Of thousands Then it was seen
that these bureaus were inadequate and 1t
was from this cause that arose SO many COM
Dlaints regarding neglect of wounded and
disabled. Duplication Of effort red tape
and in some cases misunderstanding or
situations were responsible for these un-
fortunate delays and created much Of the
alton we hope that in a short time much Of
this misunderstanding and delay will be
cleared up.
"Tn n colossal organization of this kind,
taking on ourselves the inhcritanceS of the
other boards, revolution and marked i'm
proyement must not be looked for over night,
but good results and speeding up of the
service to the disabled should be apparent
within two months. ! believe that it will
take about ninety days to effect the reor-
ganizaton throughout the country.
90, 900 Victims In Pennsylvania District
"In the district covered by Pennsylvania
and Delaware there are about $4,000 dis
ablcd service men, in addition to 10000 On
rolled in vocational training courses. Many
of the &C 900 have had their claims nd-
iusted and are receiving compensation in
one form or another.
Zone of the first things We are getting
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Today's Anniversaries

1s23-The first steam printing press was set
up in New York.
1S46-Robert d. (Fighting Bob Evans,
distinguished American naval officer,
horn in Floyd County. Va. Died in
Washington, ID. c., January 3, 1912,
1So6-Ihe Vigilance Committee in San
Francisco, having accomplished it's
ends, diSbNndcd after II parade.
lS'4-'hina demanded that the japanese
withdraw from Formosa, and threat
cned war.
lSe2-Marricd Woman's Property Act
passed by the British Parliament.
lSS0-l,ucrn Victoria visited Edinburgh
staying at Ilolyrood Palace.
ls9l-Storm at Martinique wrecked all the
shlpping in port destroyed $40 liycs
ana dld property damage to the
amount of $10,OO0,OOO. "
lS00-W., Bourkc Cochran delivered n M
table speech in New York in onnoSi.
ton to the candidacy of William J
Bryan. .
lo2o-IerSnce MacSwincy, Lord Nayor of
Cork, was imprisoned in London.
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Panama Hats

From Bulletin Of the ran.Amcrlcan Un,on.
Most OF the so-callcd Panamn bot. oro
made in Ecuador. The material ,''S is SoI1nS HeG
paI4 9htoG toauiILa Int and comes from palm 1.-TWO two
or irst tnree ,h meters high, The leaves are cut
taken out and the fiber remaining ;s dinInS VEINS
for few minutes in boiling water 70 N,phfch which
little lemon juice is added for bIoochinnn T mhiun
purposes. Each leaf has approximatnnigg ing
thirty thirty strands about yve centmecrs i
%imstn' nimStn' "timoTgm the best grade reaches
only during the part Of the day Whom m0tGl tLn
humidity Is greatest, since the Straw Of ~" ~"
best quality is not damp"ncd. 4 mnu worEe rHo
ing six hours day completes nm nrGi"an,. GTi~aMr
nat nat IN SIX or seven days, but on yrry 'dS tinc
labor Is nc tberefSre Ipyp9S Gat % and half it is the
pensiye. The most famous ara thoso "a =,
Monte .Cristi they surpass ali Others " y,
npsness. ughtness ard perfection. S'' ~
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THE BRIDGE AS AN INSPIRATION

IF THE Delaware River Bridge Commits.
i sion continues TO sustain its present
rate of progress the great public work con
cerned may acquire a wholesome value
through the force of example.
Bids will be opened tomorrow for ex-
baustive test borings at the piers and an
chorages on both sides of the river. In
order to make the best possible speed in
construction the commission will also con-
sider letting the contracts for the main
tower piers in two sections. 1t S forecast
that, granting good weather, work on the
caissons may be started in December.
Philadelphians are not accustomed to the
advancement of public projects at such
rate. 1t looks as though they will have to
accept bridge progress as freak or else as
an inspiration for advancement in other
enterprises. In this case the promoters of
the 1926 world fair need not wonder
where to look for profitable instruction.
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Mr.. WILSON'S RECOVERY

TNHE fcvcrs generated when political par
l. tiSanship and war sentiment mixed in
the United States are over. People are
thinking sobcrly again. And for that reason
the news that Woodrow Wilson is return
ing to normal health will be welcomed.
1t will be Il long time before the world is
able to form a just assessment of Mr.. Will
sons work. But the people of all parties
in America will some day gratefully admit
that Mr.. Wilson almost sacrificed his life
in labors for humanity. His countrymen
will now wish for him long years of happi-
ness and health. Since his retirement he
has given the world a remarkable exhibition
Of stoicism and restraint.
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is not likely to indorse any candidate who

is not likely to indorse any candidate who
is opposed to It.
IL there is to be contest at the pri-
maries. as now seems likely, the issue will
be squarcly framed between the Contractor
Combine and Graft, Spoils and Vice Pro-
lection on the one hand and hostility to
all this sort of thing on the other hand.
A victory on this issue was won in 1919.
It ought to be possible to win another VIC
tory in 1921 on the same issue.
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Answers TO Yesterdays Quiz

pines, spruces hemlocIs, frs, larches
cedars, Expresses and jumpers.
.. Senator Carter Glass Is from Virginia.
3. The word algebra is derived from The
Arabic "aljeor." meaning the reunion
of broken parts.
g. The ARABIAN Nights were first mada
known to Europe by Antonio Galland
a French Orientalist, who, between
1904 and l717, published a French
translation Of the tales the first IN
any European language, under tha
tito Mile ct Une Nuts C'Thousand
and One Nlghts")
8. The Aztec Empire OF Mexico was cop-
quered by the Spaniards partly In
consequence OF the fear in which tba
inhabitants held horses. which they saw
for the first time N"
G. Wellington Is the capital of New ZeoIopd
7. Richmond claims to be the first Citv in
the United S,dtcs to use trolley cars in
regular service. " W
s, The last name of Micheangelo was
0. Argentina, Brazil and Chile are tho
"A. b. G. Powers"" '''
10. Harriet Prescott Spofford was n Maui
England noyelst and poet Her dates
are 1ssb-1s2L ''"
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What Do You Kno,U?


l. What Is the origin of American horses.
. When did the United States acquire
Florida?
8. OF what country Is Molla Mallory, the
famous tennis player, a native?
L. What Is the literal meaning of the word
alcohol?
5. What does Karageorgevlch, the surname
of the late King Peter of Serbia,
mean?
G. Who was the moon goddess of classical
mythology?
7. Name two members OF the American
delegation to the disarmament con-
ference.
s. What is the altitude record for hydro
monoplane?
Q. Who was william Congreve?
10. What Is an aubade?
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A LITTLE PARADE

DALTIMOREANS are suggesting parade
~ In their city of the 1900 rockies from
Pennsylvania. Maryland Virginia and the
district Of Columbia now acquiring their
first taste of soldering in the Citizens
Training Camp at Meade, The idea of II
de6Ie OF Company 4, the Philadelphia unit,
"a is home town has also been proposed
flcth projects may serve to clarity the pub
IN n0tjen of the training camp policy. con-
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Today's BIRTHDAYS

Otto \. llNuCrbach, successful pIov.
wright, waas born in Salt Lake City forty eight
Bishop Francis J. Mcconnell, of tbo
Methoaist Episcopal Church, born at Trim.
way o., fifty years ago. ~ : ''"'
Jack Pickford, noted photoplav stor ona
brother of the famous Mary PicEford ' hanu anu
in Toronto twenty-five years ago 'o'n
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-08-18
THE REAPER

WHEN silvery the new moon geam''
w 4 sickle in the azure deep,
1t seems to come to me in dreams,
And reap for me the fields of sleep
Then ] have pansies purple eyed
And radiant roses round me stre"p'
And poppics rich and daisies pied'
Cut by the sickle of the moon p
And have grain in golden sheaVes' ~
While clover rubics near me lle E
What wonder that my spirit grieycs,
When the moon puts Its sickle py IA
Clinton Scollard, In Ne Nsw forA
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The hardwood floor of the Paris Peace
Palace is wearing out and the authorities
are considering the advisability of Obligns
sightSeers to wear sandals. Why not MAKE
them go barefoot? War demands that OF
many of its victims. And Peace Is beau
tiful thing and worthy of homage.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-08-18

1t took Great Britain seven years to
return the railroads to private con.
troll. We were spccdiep about it. But on
the other hand, perhaps the British rail-
roads are really back under private control,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-08-18

Hartman Townsitc villagers are soon to
learn whether Uncle Sam is n hcartess land
lord or philanthropist. There are op.
timists who profess to believe that he need
be neither.
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The trouble with tho smart young man
Is that he objects to truth because It is
platitudinous and to the eternal yerities
because they are bromidcs.
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young man in Camden tried to com.
NIT suicide because nobody in the world cares
for him. The Miller of the Dee" suggests
the answer. 1t may be that he cares for
nobody
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-08-18

Said the Professor of Unconsdered
Trifes in philosophic mood "A thousand
men make best sellers to one who makes
literature And out of a thousand who
make literature one alone may make Il best
seller
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CongresSwoman Robertson continues to
he level headed. The mission in life OF
Cousin Alice appears to be to reconcile the
average man to the presence OF woman 10
politics.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-08-18

As the Joint Bridge Commission will
get bids today and award contracts tomor.
row. 1t is pertinent to remark that the new
bridge will be judged by it's piers.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-08-18

1t would be mistake to class the
raising of corn as an infant industry simply
because it rests in crib.
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We trust this breaking out of fire at
Point Breeze won't become a habit.
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The only people who are getting Joy
out of Republican disscnsion in Congress are
the professional Democrats.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-08-18

Some good Christian hay fcverites are
now called on to kiss the goldcnrod
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Fortunate the man whose bean proves
that he is no mere has been.
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Congress can make home brew legal.
but can it make it palatable?