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could tell a tale that would make the textile
manufacturers pause II they had any In
tention of seeking to change the style OF
wOmen's dress.
The skirts trailing on the street Will
come back all too soon, because no style Is
permanent. In the meantime the wise
course for the manufacturers Of dress goods
will he TO persuade the women to buy more
gowns instead of making them longer. They
can tell the women that the falling prices
will make II possible to buy the material for
two short. skrted and low. .necked gowns
for the price which they used to have to pay
for one Of the fashion Of 1910.
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PRESIDENT PARK

sTNR. MARION II. PARK, who has been
~ unanimously chosen to succeed Miss NJ
Ctfey Thomas as president Of Bryn Mawr
SOollege, Is n graduate of that institution
4 ~ was Inevitable that a graduate should be
s4Sl6cted as soon as the college had lived
Z lS4g enough to permit one to develop presi-
\ 6tlal qualities.
~. Park has manifested administrative
NK(Iisy In a number of positions which she
I ~ held since she was graduated In 1898.
& 1D has pursued post graduate studies in
lhor colleges and In the Classical School in
4 'kok1ns. and after serving as associate dean
m Ilmmons College in Boston for five years
E&&& became the dean of Radcliffe College
~ lAIl. Her election to the presidency of
m Nawr IA the natural step upward
. Son the deanship.
g Nryn Msvr was only fourteen years old
Miss Thomas became president IN
Htt ~ had not among her alumnas q
~ t(no ~ 90 vho was regarded
siA1 ~. ~ Row that Miss Ihomar
oys R Q ~ efobsky : number a
4 M vsssa sslvss y
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COAL

nyHE communication issued by John L.
IL Lewis, president Of the United Mine
Workers, yesterday. was on its face merely
m announcement of the failure Of plans for
Z soft coal conference between the men and
che operators. 1t was, In fact, final order
for strike preparations.
simultaneously the representatives OF the
anthracite industry announced In this city
their intention to meet with the miners
representatives in an effort to avert the
walkout scheduled for April l. 1t cannot be
aid, in view of the failure Of the plans for
= bituminOus conference, that the posslbili-
ties of country wide strike are lessened
b. the attitude Of the hard coal producers.
The greatest trouble is in the bituminous
dslds, and the soft -coal men, who are the
vast majority in the miners federation, will
expect the hard coal unions to act with
them and in their interest.
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ouT.HAMlLToNINo HAMILTON

,UNHE control by the States Of railroad
y rates within their boundaries was swcrt
aside by the decision Of the Supreme Court
In the Wisconsin and New York cases this
week.
The Wisconsin Railroad Commission
sought to enjoin the Chicago. Burlington
and Quincy Railroad Company from put.
ting into effect within the Stnte the in.
creased passenger rate granted BY the In.
terstatc Commerce Commission, and the
etate Of New York sought to restrain the
enforcement of the new rate on the ground
that the rate fixed by the Public Utility
Commission was adequate 70 earn a reason
able return on the money invested In the
railroads within the State.
The Supreme Court, to which the cases
we're taken on appeal has dismissed both
ef these actions and has laid down the rule
that the Federal Government in the exercise
Of Its power over interstate commerce has
the right to interfere with railroad rates
within the States when those rates affect
the profitable conduct Of the railroads In
interstate trade.
Under this decision the rates Of every
railroad which crosses a State boundary are
under the absolute control Of the Interstate
Commerce Commission. The Court does not
say 40 in SO many words, but In discussing
the relation between interstate and intra-
state commerce 1t says. Effective control
OF the one must embrace some control over
The other. in view of the blending of both
in actual operation" But 1t does say that II
Sntrastate passenger rates work undue
prejudice against persons in interstate com.
merce such as to justify a horizontal in
crease in them the Federal authority has
the power to make that increase.
This leaves the State public utility COM
missions with 20 little authority over the
railroads they might rs we'll abandon oil
attempt to make any regulations. They
/, must hereafter con6ne their attention to the
public utility corporations whose activities
/, are confined within the boundaries Of the
State, such corporations as operate street
railroads and manufacture gas and cleo.
tricity.
This concentration Of power in the Fed
( eral Government is greater than Alexander
Hamilton dreamed was possible when he was
. arVing a strong central government in op-
! position to the decentralizing theories OF
Jefferson.
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y1yyAxhn1YcAHC Inner Lights Lives and Whims
TOlN4lVlOlV1O. of Personages in the Public Eye

Bill Nyc came to Buffalo and Smith was
sent out to get a column of funny stun
from this well known humorist. He realized
that Nye might not be able to turn on the
the precaution to make it easy for him. He
framed u hypothetical question which he
submitted to each member of the reportorial
staff of his paper
IF you were Bill Nyc." this question
read. "nnd you were being interviewed, what
would you say in hundred words?'
Each member came back with the funniest
bit of copy of which he was capable. Smith
strung these pieces together, had them set
in type and took them around to Bill Nye's
hotel. He wanted to assure himself he
said to that individual. that he had quoted
him correctly, and he submitted his slip.
Nyc read it through carefully. turned to
the reporter shook hands warmly and said:
You are the first newspaper man have
met in all my career who quoted inc with
out single error
And SO the column was printed
Miss Florence King, attorney at law
Court Of the United States. She is the
only woman who ever won n case before
that tribunal. Her specially is patent law
and once she took q two-year course in
machinery that she might better handle a
case.
Associate Justice William r. Day. of the
Supreme Court Of the United States, some.
times introduces IN amusing story, into the
solemn precincts of that welghty, delbera.
tive body. There was this one, for example
of the lawyer who kept objecting to his wit.
ness answering certain question.
Where were you between nine and nine.
thirty on the morning of the 14th of Janu-
ary:' asked the prosecuting attorney.
II object interjected the lawyer for
the defense
"Lct him ask me- cried thc witness OK.
ctedly.
They wranglcd awhile over the relevancy
Of the question and the case droned on.
Presently the prosecution got back to that
same question and the defense objected,
LET him ask me! Let him ask me-
cried the witness wildly, pounding the bar
| in front Of him.
Finally the nine to nine thirty question
appeared for the third time and was OBJ
| je'ted to. Whcrcupon tho witness went into
a frenzy in his iIsistencc that he be nj.
| lowed to answer.
The court stepped into tho breach and
ruled that tho question WAS mat crial,
'Whcrc were you between nine and nine.
thirty on the morning of January 14th," said
! the prosecutor, ~
Il don t remember lispcd the witness.
Mr.. Joseph tlcrgcshcimer Of West Cbcs.
| ter, Pa. who writes 80 many fiction stories
| for the magazines. describes the manner ~
! training by which he came to success In tbot
| field Of endcavor. 'S
II seems that. as lad. he won few scho.
lnStic lionors in fact. he was quite given TO
| the practice Of hunking. Finally bis fam;iv
gave him up aS hopeless, handed him tnc
| portion "i pntrmony which was his du,
| and said good-by >
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One feature Of the pro-
Works Both Ways posed ship subsidy de-
serves commendation--
that paragraph suggesting the establishment
in the merchant marine Of a naval reserve
and making 1t attractive. It's virtue lies in
the fact that it works both ways, since II
may attract to the merchant marine many
young naval officers recently discharged from
the service because Of retrenchmcnt plans
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Robert Dollar say.
Words Of Wisdom America and Japan
We're without question
drifting toward war and that the Washing.
ton Conference avcrtcd the danger. As
Dollar IS IL business man with tremendous
knowledge Of world affairs, his assertion
should be earnestly studied by he small bu
vocifeTous group in Congress which is ap.
parently trying 10 nulify all that the Con.
ference accomplished.
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Let Us BE Glad

New York's Motion.
Let Us BE Glad Picture Censorship Com !.
mission wants the State
to appoint a host Of inspectors to visit the
motion picture houses daily and to prohibit
the exhibition Of films containing "unpa ;
triotic and sedtious films" Which, OF
course. will eventually narrow down TO any.
thing OF which the )bspectors disapprove.
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u the United States

II Inc United States
Consider, Please, Treasury could Speak
These Two Pleas 'and why not, since
money talks, one might
expect it TO remark: There is little differ
encc in the sound Of an appeal to help dis.
abled soldiers and the demand for bonus.
them. One Is plea for mid; the other a
plea for raid.'
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Agreement in conference is very largely
matter of give and take. At Boulosnt
Lloyd George was perhaps most blessed,
since 1t Is more blessed to give than
receive. At Genoa. when he sits down 20
his little linotype machine, he'll probably
have quite nice little take.
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Mrs. Lascelles will soon have 10 b
thinking Of porch swing and q new rug
for the front parlor and O few things liks
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Mary Or no Mary, salaries Of stars viii
be cut, says Mr.. insult. the new president
Of the Chicago Opera Company. Dear,
dear. Does the man intend to spell BIZ
name with a final So?
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SHORT CUTS

Hanford MacNider cannot speak softly,
though he seems to think he carries 4 ID
stick.
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A woman has recovered damages in 81
English court In a breach of promise SUN
against her divorced husband. He wooed,
won and Tilted her after the court had sep.
arated them. Not until he has married her
again and deserted her will that case seen
complete.
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Lascelles is now due to discover that
Viscount must needs have great strength q
character to survive the handicap of beins
the husband of Princess,
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Little Miss Bonus was anxious to own
us and tried in difident way. Alonl
came MacNider and sat down beside her and
frightened Miss Bonus away,
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Mayor Moore has notified Senator
pcpper that official weather reports ISSUED
in Florida and elsewhere do not contain ths
name of Philadelphia. There will be even
less excuse for the Weather Bureau when
the fair is once under way.
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teaching any one Of whom would be capable
Of carrying on the work Of the college as its
head. The college may be regarded now as
having reached its scholastic majority.
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Supervision
by lndircctiOn

Tic WOrKlny OF tIH
Supervision present Immigration
by IndircCtiOn Law discloscs many i'm
perfections and abslrdl-
ties but at least II keeps down the total Of
uudesirables admitted To avoid the hard
ships entaled OH immigrants denied admls-
sion wholly because the quota Of their
nationals has been filed. il has been sug-
gested that examinations be conducted al the
port of entry. To this suggestion Italy
files unofficial objection. The idea Of an
American Official exercising such right in
an italian city is repugnant TO the Italian
Government. And, though the objection
may appear far fetched, it must be con-
sdcred. In the suggestion Of President
Harding in his ship subsidy plan that at
least 80 per cent Of Immigrants be carried
on American ships. there is virtue entirely
apart from its effect on American shipping.
An American official on an American ship
can exercise supervision without nfiront.
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Happily, there Is nothing organicaly
wrong. with our financial system. Bucket.
shop failures are merely slight skin erup.
tions to be removed by local application.
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Cheap eggs for Lent" is the new
from Chicago. Now let us hear from th1
rabbit concerning candy eggs for Easter,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-03-01

insomnia. Only fair. He has given states.
men of the world many hours Of sleepless.
ness 81
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:. What is confidently demanded by bonus
advocates is that the Bonus Bill be passed
on its demerits. -
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Answers to Yesterdays Quiz

l. Josef Stranslsy is the conductor Of ~
philharmonic Society OF New forI.
the oldest American syInphoW
orchestra. "
3 Anaglyptics Tho art Of engraving in lov
RELIEF or OF embossing III
., The expression dirt farmer" Is used Y
denote one who has practical exper.
ence with agriculture, In distinction
from one who Is theoretical In W.
knowledge
!. Dr. Livingston Farrand. formerly execu'
tive OF the American Red Cross, ID ~
new president Of Cornell University,
b. Jude the Obscure" IL by Thomas Har0H
- the dean Of living British nOvelst!.
T. Ohio 10 ncknamed 1.-THE Buckeye state.
l. a paraiieopipedon IL a solid inclosed "
, paral elograms J
g. "Clrca," or Its abbreviation Co." befcss
date means about or approximateV
that time. WI
y. Ode: Originally a poem meant to
sung; moderaly, y rhymsd. or raFS
unrhymed. lyric. usually OF exal}
STYLE and of,p' Of irregular Or YAH
10 Pos.iS mares " Enslaud afs Albisp
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Stamina" remarked Hi johnson, sar.
donically, ''is what the Foreign Relations
Committee hos got everything else but.5
which - lucky fer HI JohnsoN. M
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Colonel MrCrea. OF Il
Three Wise Men

Three WISE Men PhnnsNINnnlH, says the
railroads Of the country
are standing still. When n railroad stands
still It goes back; n paradox to which Time
continues to give proof. Unless we have II
quick resumption of railroad construction,
says Herbert Hoover. the country will be
gnsping from strangulation caused by IN.
sufficient transportation. Add TO these sea
soned opinions the declaration Of Herbcr,
Quick in the Saturday Evening Post that
without the railroads our Republic would not
now exist and without them cannot now eli :
dure, and 1t will be seen that the problem
is not merely one Of rates and wages.
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Scratching the
Surface

State rights got still
Scratching the another blow in the dc.
Surface cisOn OF the Suprcmc
Court that railroad pas
sAngcr and freight rates within n State are
subject 10 Federal regulation. ono NAV or
may not approve Of the trend Of affairs. but
consideration Of the railroad problem AZ
Least must convince one that Federal in
tervention has become inevitable. And Just
as inevitable is the implication thar Gov
crnmcnt intervention must not begin and
end with inhhtions.
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What Do You Kno,U?
QUIZ

QUIZ
!. What is a dottlec
2. Who was IN command Of the FrenSh
fleet defeated by Lord Nelson at I'M
Battle Of Trafalgar?
.. who said "Purta nsm is q cloak won
By some persons In this world who WIN
be warm enough without one In INV
!. What Is eXogamy?
.. Where and what Is Helicon? 49,.
u. what Is foyer and how should tns
word be- pronounced?
7. What Is the chief city Of Iceland?
8. What comedy by Shakespeare takes place
In the city OF Messlna?
D. What Is the name of the American
leopard?
10. What Is meant by marriage de con-
venance"?
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-03-01

IT is impossible 10 pvophesy that com
pletc success will attend every phase Of the
venture. But unquestionably the exper-
ment is the most seriously fashioned and
the best Intentioned effort TO safeguard
American maritime opportunities that has
been offered in more than n generation.
II is deserving OF public support and Of
the expenditure Of prompt political en-
crgieS
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AyO TWO flowers are alike. so why shouId

NV =" "7" "'e "''"'' 30 WY SHoHld
~ any two Christians be? There are
are none the less true flowers" as thc
borunists term It,. Why not a thousand
varieties Of Christians? Jesus never said
.'By their denominations ye shall know
them" anyway, He said: "By their fruits
yc shall know them
So when persons from time to time have
asked me to comment in this column ON Tho
nrogress or the lack Of progress Of the Lam
beth Council idea, or on the church univ
Idea How do % know % % Whether neSasMne my
ton of unity agrees with that OF most Of
the readers Of this column. or that what I
would back with my whole heart any one
else would think Of as desirable?
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-03-01

of Chicago. practices before the Supreme emo
Court Of the United States. She is the
only woman who ever won n case before
that tribunal Her specially is patent law
and once she took a two year course in
machinery that she might better handle a
case.
America. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1905-current, 1922-07-27
Institutul roman

I'm alt scop care ma adus la
Paris - spune dl Iorga = fost
organizares definita 81 inauyurs-l
America. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1905-current, 1922-07-27
PROTESTUL
LUZ DEBS CATRE
lie MN T

CHICAGO, u Iulie. - Eugene
w. Debs, fruntasul socialistilor din
America, a TRIMS o cablograma de
pc patul lui de bolnay, catre pre-
mierul Lenine al Rusiei, protestant
contra executarei a % membri al
Partidului Social revolutionar. FL
sunt acuzati de conspiratie contra
guvernului sovietelor. Gu toate ca
procesul lor este in progress, Debs
este informal de un muncitor ell
numele Tscernoff, ca executarea
lor este sigura. Cablograma este
urmatoarea: ''Dimpreuna Gu toate
popoarele civilizate fac protest, in
numele umanitatei, contra execu-
tarei. oricarui membru al partidu-
lui social-revolutionar 81 contra
luarei libertatei lor pc nedrept.
Russia sovieta poate sd statoreasca
Q pilda prin aceea ca refuza de a
imita cele ce Sc petrec prin toatc
taril esi trebuie - sustina ideal;,-
rile pc carl toti le cautam. =
America. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1905-current, 1922-07-27
Rdadle i|ltdeetUae
flancO-rO|Ilane
Un interview dat de dl N. Iorga
ziarului lie Temps"

Marele nostru istoric. dl. n.
lorga, care sc afla in prezent la
Paris unde a tinut la Sorbona o
serie de cursuri desprc istoria i'm
periului bizantin, popoarelor bal
canice 81 poporului roman, con-
ferlnte carl, = dupa cum he spun
zlarele franceze = au fost urmari-
te 81 calduris. aplaudate de un nu-
meros public, dat marelui coti-
dian lie Temps un foarte impor-
tant interview despre relatiile in
telec+:dle franco-roman. Reprodu-
Gem in rezumat dupa ziarul pari-
sian dec)aratiile dlui n. Iorga.
America. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1905-current, 1922-07-27

rea lnstitutului roman, core cores
punde scOlilor franceze din Roma
81 Atena, al caror regulament ne-a
servit Gle baza. MOI adapostim aici
tinerii licentiati carl, pc o parte.
vor avea posibilitatea sd cunoasca
cultura franceza 81 pc de alta par
te, vor continua studiile de specia-
litate: filologie, istorie 81 arta, 81
vor prepara lucrari originate Gu
carl sa poata face debuturile lor de
eruditi sau artist. MOI he vom sfor
ia sa facem din institutul romanesc
un centru unde 81 studentul fran
cez sd gaseasca material trebuin-
clos.
Pc dc alta partc in legea pc care
am cerut-o acum dol ami figura 0
dlspozltie ce nu s a aplicat din mo-
tive bugetare: crearea unei institu-
til similare pentru studentii fran
|cezi la Bucuresti.
Pentru cercetatorii francezi a.
cesta ar Fl de un nepretuit ajutor.
Dealtfel pentru acest scop exista i'll
ca la Bucuresti Institutul de studii
sud-est europene 1nfiintat inca ina
intea razboiului 81 unde fiecare
Intellectual primit in asa fel in
cat sd Sc simta bine. Cursurile &c lie
tin la Sorbona vor aparc in buleti-
nul acestui institut.
lata dar " termina dl N. Iorga
- ce facem moi pentru ca legatu-
rile sd Sc stranga tot mai multi.
(Patria)
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Presedintele Harding a declarat
ca propunerilc guvernului, ca mi
nerii sa-si lase controversial lor a.
ranjate de conisiune nationala,
lar muncitorii cailor ferate sd Sc
reintoarca la lucru Gu conditia cd
Comitetul Muncci Isl va revizui de-
ciziunea-sunt cerintele civilizatiu-
nei, mijloace de pace, 81 indeplini-
rea lor Sc asteapta della cetateni
carl vor sa resnecte legile.'
Iata &c spune presedintele Har-
ding-intre altele-in mesagiu1 sau
catre poporul american: "Daca ere
deti in pace 81 armonie, 81 domnia
dreptatei, va invit sd judecati
fapta minerilor earl II 'au acceptat
ca sa Sc submita judecatei unei CO.
'misiuni rationale, impartiale, care
sd decida in diferendul dintre mi
neri 81 proprietarii de mine, = 81
va invit sd cereti muncitorilor della
caile ferate sd accepte deciziunea
Comitetului Muncei, care adus
judecata sub autoritatea legilor, ce
trebuie sa fie suprema, - sa Sc re-
intoarca la lucru sub aceasta deci-
ziune panace vol 81 eu, 81 orisicine
care este interesat in bunastarca
poporului american, vom cere Co
mitetului Muncei sd revizuiasca de-
ciziunea sa daca simtiti ca ca nrr
este corecta in uncle privinte.
Presedintele Harding declarat,
ca fara ca sd la in discutie una sau
alta chestie, este foarte ell Gale sd
Sc presupuna ca 80 autoritate fe-
derala sa revina totdeauna- asupra
deciziunei sale daca Use arata ca
ca este incorecta, caci altfel nu S ar
putea indrepta greselile pc carl le
poate cOmite orice om.''
Oar presedintele a mai declarat /:
"Nu poate exista nici un guvern
daca mandatele lui nu sunt accep-
tate de popor."
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A CUNOSCUT
Pc NAPOLEON
A servit in armata lui.

Paris, y Iulie. = Din Varso-
via vine stirea despre un soldat
poion care spune "a fost in etate
de % ami cand Napoleon S "a re-
tras din Russia, in anul 1913.
Gu cateva saptamani in urma
Menselas Krasinski, trecand prin
capitala Poloniei, STA perdut por-
tofelul ce continea suma Gle
10000 marci. Ell a mers la polite
sa ceara protectiune 81 cercetare.
Aici a arafat documente Cd este
nascut in Wolhynia, in anul 1890.
Ell mai avea documente carl dove
diau ca servit in armata lui
Napoleon, de la 1909 pana in
anul 1873. In anul 1923 Krasin.
sky s'a inrolat in armata polona
81 a luat parte in dona rcvolutii
contra Rusiei. Din aceasta cauza
el a fost TRIMS in Siberia unde
a stat l6 ami in csptivitatc. Ell
luat parte 81, eampania din
China in i9OO--l90l 81 . servit in
armata rusa contra Japoniei.
lntrebat de secretul sau cum d
putut Sd traiasca l32 dc ami, el a
dcclarat ca ma uIat nicicand
beuturi alcoolice ii nu fumeaxa
decat de Il etatess d. l0l ami ri
Sc simte bine ii aculn \ judscsta
lui este clara. s 4.