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PURISTS IN THE SENATE

THE sOlictudc of Senator Ashurst for the
l. purity Of the English Of the Four Power
Treaty-he would say the purity Of the
language. for he would have nothing English
in the documents touching.
He is displeased with the use Of the word
between in the clauses, The high con
tracing parties agree rs between them.
selves and If there should develop between
any of the high contracting parties,' and
insists that among should have been
used.
IF Arthur James Balfour and Henry
Cabot Lodge don't know how to use the
English language, nobody does" he ex-
claimed ''and yet here In n solemn treaty
we find this ogregous biunder, for which any
schooboy would be marked down
it is most encouraging to find the Senate
discussing tho correct use of words. II
could devote more attention to the subject
With profit. Indeed. the discussion would he
much more profitable than many others in
which the Senators engage.
For example. the qubbing over who
wrote the Four-Power Treaty is stupid and
futile. No one cares who wrote il. The
only question for the Senate to consider in
connection with 1t is whether to approve
or disapprove the things for which 1t pro-
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THE FAIR IS ANCHORED

Until the route of the first transconti. q.
- mental railway was definitely deter
mined, il was difficult, even for the most
flexible imaginations, to visualize that prof.
cct. 1t was not easy to take seriously any
plan FOR joining the Atlantic and Pacific
Oceans while scientific and political opinion
was divided upon the suitability of Panama
or Nicaragua for the Canal Once the loca (.
ton was fixed plans for tie great water.
way rapidly took shape and actual work
was soon begun.
The choice of setting for the world s
fair of 1926 instantly removes that ambi-
tious and laudabe undertaking from the do.
ininion of dreams. Popular interest can be
focused now upon the Parkway -Fairmount
site. The enterprise ceases to be an alb
straction and the prospect OF Il magnificent
festal metropolis-for such the fair should
be-situated ideally in the heart of the his
toric city memorable for the birth of ma
ton can be entertained with some degree of
conviction.
The Fair Committee is heartily to be
commended for its sense Of both practical
and artistic values in its selection Of the
environment of the exposition. The Park.
way district is already undergoing process
Of extraordinary transformation. The ex-
position plan fits admirably into this meta
In addition the site is convenient we'll
adapted for the installation of the best trans
portation facilities and capable of inspiring
development along the lines Of charm and
beauty.
1t has been reiterated that money is the
essential need Of the fair undertaking and
that all other considerations are subordinate
to this Indispensable factor. In hard
headed sense this is true. City, State and
Federal appropriations are required and
generous contributions from individual cti.
Gems.
But cash can be raised If the foundations
Of genuine progress. promising n structure
of accomplishment upon which funds could be
justifably expended, are in sight.
The first move has been made in ending
the long and irritating season of fuctuatng,
tentative sites. The next step and ono of
commensurate Importance is the nomination
Of director general thoroughly equipped for
that responsible post. With that appoint
nIcnt the exposition enterprise would be duly
launched. and the problem Of money raising
could then come up for legitimate consider
alton.
Meanwhile the anchoring of the fair in
fuses the undertaking with health and the
most forward. looking elements Of the COM
munity with hope.
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Answers to Yesterdays Quiz

J. The bucket Of black wagon grease car
red by prairie schooners in transcon-
contained 'daub stick" with which
me lubricant was applied. Early
american pioneers In San Francisco
We're sometimes patrons Of Chinese
opium establishments. The aspect OF
the opium suggested the "daub," which
Word mad been corrupted into dope,
and DOPE" came to be applied to the
Africa.
.. The Emperor Dem Pedro II was a dlstin-
guished visitor to the Centennial Ex-
position held In Philadelphia In 1875,
T. pro.asonist Is the chief person In .
drama or plot of q story, leading per-
son IN y contest. champion OF q cause.
b. Jan christian Smuts Is Premier Of the
, -, Union of South Africa.
T. Bismuth is a reddish.white metal.
. pohh mccullough was a celebrated
american tragedian. He was born In
ireland In 1887 and first appeared ON
ne stage IN Philadelphia In 1857. lie
O. y lnhrmoset IL a small American monkey
with long fur and penciled ears. They
are used as pets In Brasil
y. Autophsgous animals are birds able to
run about and feed themselves az soon
az they are hatched. Literally, autoph'
IA rs sEGus means self eating or feednE -
w. Toe Confederate name for the Battle -
Ahttetam 10 Sharpsburg. B
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vides. It would be a. sensible 10 waste time
trying to find out whether II was written
with fountain pen or quill, or whether
1t was dictated to stenoerapher or was
taken down directly on a typewriter. a. to
bubble over the identity OF the man who had
the words of the document put on paper.
But when u man crlticizes the language
Of the treaty he should be most careful about
his own language. Senator Ashurst, who
is a graduate of the stockton Business Col.
lego. presumes to criticize the language ap-
proved by Senator Lodge, graduate OF
Harvard University, and Secretary Hughes,
an alumnus Of Brown, yet he falls into an
error of his own in the thirty eight word
sentence which We have quoted.
The "blunder,' If 1t is blunder to
which he calls attention, Is not "egregious. y
for egregious primarily means out Of the
crowd and Is a synonym for uncommon or
unusual. Yet there is nothing commoner
than the use Of between" where ''among"
expresses the meaning. 1t is not egrcgious.
Some purist in the. Senate. like John sharpe
Williams. of Mississippi, whose knowledge
of language is as wide as his knowledge of
a large number of other subjects, is likely to
call Mr.. Ashurst's attention to the meaning
Of the word, and precipitate another discus.
sion which may result In the appointment
Of an expert to edit the English of the Con =
gressonal Record. 1t certainly needs edit.
ing.
Mr.. Ashurst also is likely to find that the
purists will disagree with his criticism of
the use of the word between in the treaty.
Senator Lodge already has told him TINT 1t
is as correct as IL "among" had been used.
He might have gone further and quoted
Hills Rhetoric to the confusion of the
Stockton business College graduate. That
excellent authority insists that among is
incorrect in such phrases as appear in the
document. and he says specifically that 1--WE
should not say Il treaty among three Pow
ers'.' He says further that between is
properly used of more than two persons or
things when the mind Is fixed on two at a
time.
We may expect next to have some Senator
find fault with the use of capital letters and
with punctuation.
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ScUTTLING THE NAVY

IF THE House Naval Appropriations Com.
i mittee has it, way we shall have a navy
half as large as that which we are permitted
to maintain within the restrictions Of the
Four Power Treaty, now under fire and in
some danger in the Senate. Representative
Pat Kelley and his colleagues in the COM
mittee have declared for naval personnel
of $4,000. Officers of long experience insist
In all earnestness that, even after the terms
of the armament limitation agreements are
complied with, not fewer than 100 900 men
will be needed to adequately man American
fleets.
Only one thing remains for Congress to do.
The Representatives should take over the
navy bodily, assume complete charge and
send all the admirals into retirement Then.
IL another war comes, members of Congress
should be required to man weakened and
disorganized fleets when they 60 forth to un.
equal or even hopeless battle.
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A SOVIET IRON EXPERIMENT

TNIE I. W. w. experiment with sovietism
i in Russia will be watched with consid-
cradle interest. If 4S00 American expert
irOnworkers are willing to go to Russia 10
take part in the operation Of an iron mill
in the Ural Mountains, for which Big Bill"
Hayward has secured concession for two
years, they will have to be men with con-
siderable faith in the communistic theories.
There are that number Of extreme radicals
here. They have not found it easy to apply
their theories on this side Of the ocean. II
they really believe that the theories will
work in practice they ought to be glad Of
the opportunity presented. Two years, how
ever. Is too short to demonstrate the sound
ness Of any industrial theory.
The plan looks like II desperate attempt
of the Soviet Government to get the Ural
iron works in OneratOn.
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TALKING UP THE CITY

THERE is sound psychology back OF the
y campaign waging this week 70 induce
people to talk up Philadelphia instead of
talking 1t down--a campaign in which the
. PUBIlo LEDGER is taking leading part by
urging people to pledge themselves to praise
the city
3 A man or a cause can be damned by n
concerted agreement of several hundred per-
sons to denounce it every time it is men,
t1oned. The old proverb about giving dog
q bad name is based on the experience of
oentuRies
It is just as easy TO give n cause or a
man or city a good name by concerted
ekort to attract attention TO its good points
and by determination to convince every
ono that its deserts are much greater than
have ever been recognized. This does not
mean that there should be no intelligent and
constructive criticism, but that more atten-
tion should be devoted to constructive praise
At the Talk Philadelphia luncheon at
- Bellevue. .Stratford tomorrow capable
speakers will show how to do 1t by stressing
the merits of the city. Other speakers have
been engaged in the same pleasurable task
since Monday. There are enough fine things
to say about Philadelphia to occupy large
corps Of speakers for months, and then they
would not exhaust the subject.
This Is a city Of which to be proud. Its
history is the history Of the country. Its
institutions are the leading ones Of their
Kind. Many Of them are unequaled by those
- any other city and many others will hold
tAeir own with the best in the world. In
seucation, in philanthropy and in business
~ have led the Nation. But We are SO
hm1liar with these matters that we are in
danger Of losing sight Of them. II is good
thing to take account of stock occasionally
IN order that we may remind ourselves OF
our own greatness. Then If we can con-
template our own city with pride we shall
xorce others to take the same view Of it that
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WHAT BoRAH REALLY THINKS

THE chronic irreconcilability OF William
p. Borah has naturally provoked won
bef regarding the character Of such principles
hs may be dear to the distressed heart Of the
Senator from Idaho.
Intense opposition to any course or policy
logically suggests affirmative convictions Of
boene sort Mr.. Borah, and with him are
Heed and johnson, denounced the League of
Nations proposed by a Democratic Executive
md he is equally infamed against the pro.
gram brought forward by a Republican
president.
IL there any kind of state policy which the
khtef of the senatorial malcontents favors
aid upholds? 1t seems there must be, since
mo person other than an imbecle-which Mr..
Borah, whatever his faults. is not--cannot
b perpetually shouting mo-
Upon what principles, therefore. does he
htand? The answer is to be discovered in
~ course of the senatorial treaty debate.
gssWhat ! am contending for cried Mr.
Borah, lis the doctrine for which we have
ttood for 80 years that when war comes
~ will decide ourselves without any previous
binding obligation where justice and mo.
slyaltty lie and will go in on that side
il 10 relief to note this revelation. One
coGnprehends now what Mr.. Borah believes.
IA 10 plainly of the opinion that 1t is futile
3o{ {aeek to avert strife between nations and
&1bot when we are plunged hendlong into n
611Sic crisis. unsulied and rarefcd national
ytptue will guide our hand, presumably to
Sfetoyy.
VI Mr.. Borah loathes war. He has frequently
yb4pressed his detestation. But he will not
EH q finger to save a human life
~ The gist of the arguments against the
y }6ur- Power Treaty-thc nagging and bait.
~ taetics and the disputes concerning au.
4 n ehip and syntax are immateral--can be
Sin Mr.. Borah's self-disc!osurc. Is il
slting that he so often suggests a soul
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according to the quality Of the shoe. The
reduction In the price Of leather will doubt
less account for the plan to lower the whole.
sale price by more than the labor saving.
This is good news. for 1t indicates
tendency Of prices TO return to level a7.
preaching that which prevailed before the
war. Prices are lower now than ;hey were
last year. and they will be lower in the
summer than they are now.
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What DO You Kno,v?
QUIZ

]. What Is the Rand?
:. What Is n commando?
D. what Is the origin Of the term yellow
Journalism?
d. Distinguish between Salvador and San
Salvador
.. name two novels by Tolstoy.
roy?
" VIVA. mbrass is the meaning Of the French
O. What one of the four gospels is thought
- nave been written at a time nsa rest
n 10 the events with which 1t deals?
10 what Is dormer window?
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Today's Birthdays

John ii. Bartlett. the new First Assistant
Postmaster General of the United States,
born at Sunapee, \. H., fifty three years
ago.
Lee Shubert, prominent theatrical man. +.
ager and producer, born at Syracuse, n. Y,
forty seven years ago.
Edward Payson Weston, celebrated pro.
fessional pedestrian, born at Providence, II.
J.. eighty three years ago.
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Today's Anniversaries

lS65-The army Of General Sherman left
Fayetteville and crossed the Cape Fear River
for GoldsborO.
1S66-Canada called for 10, 900 volunteers
to repel threatened invasion by Fcnians.
lSQ5--Illinois Supreme Court decided tbe
eight hour or ''sweat. shop" law unconsti.
tutlOnal.
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GOOD NEWS

|yQRD comes from Brockton, Mass. that
4 following a reduction in the wages of
- 1.fnctory workers the wholesale price of
ri Is to be reduced from twenty i've to
o. eeuts q pair. The reduction in wages
4ecf . reduction In the cost of pair
~ " from eleven to nineteen cents,
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An eminent traveller, Carroll, to wit,
In spasm OF laughter and glee,
Asserts of the plesosaurian, 1t
is a Shark Of the snarkiest. see?
And the snurkiest Shark tive were there
when he spoke)
Is the Roojum or Buncome or Practical
Joke.
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The BucnOs Aires s

The Bucnos Aires So
To Avoid Cruelty ciety for the Preven-
tion of Cruelty to AMI
mails protests against the expedition TO can.
ture the plesiosnurian monster at large in
the wilds of Patagonia; but preparations for
the expedition are proceeding nevertheless.
We suggest by way Of compromise that if
10 the society for safe keeping.
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Some of the observations of the Amcri
can observer in Paris appear to cut.
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philadelphia boosters deplorc the ham
mer, but have no serious objection to
silver pick.
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NOW MY IDEA IS THIS!
Daily Talks " M Thinking Phadelphian Subjects They
Kno,U Best
the conclusion of the war is rapidly steadying

the conclusion of the war is rapidly steadying
down.
''Thc young people of the country are
very much more curious intellectually than
they were before the war upset so many of
our traditions, and as Il consequence have
developed an inquiring turn of mind toward
many things which were previously accepted
as facts, without discussion or inquiry.
Having found that the ordinary social con-
Ventions did not rest upon a sufficiently
strong foundation and could be broken down,
they seemed to think that perhaps the intel
lectual foundations were in the same con-
dition and they are now attacking them.
Much Intellectual Floundering
There Is consequently much. intellectual
Numbering among the young of the Nation.
This in itself may be a good sign, as it
SHOWS that they are alive intellectually. but
II also imposes Il tremendous responsibility
unon the older people to direct the thoughts
or the younger ones in the right paths and
to see that this intellectual effort is made
along sound lines.
|, 'Onc of the most interesting and curious
manifestations of this tendency is that n
very large percentage of college students are
uncertain as to what they will do after their
college careers are closed. think that this
most unusual situation may be traced to
certain conditions which the war deveoped.
."Dnring the period of the war there was
offered an immediate opportunity for every
!outh IN the country to render some idealis-
tie service to his country in the manner in
which he was best fitted to perform this
work. whether that be in the army, tho nav
or along some civilian line. Then, the war
being over. the ordinary walks of life
appeared drab by comparison. and nothing
really eXcrted any compelling force on them
the law, medicine, The ministry. or nny
other of the walks usually opcn TO ths
educated youth. As consequence, they are
completing their cducations without definite
purposes ahead and most Of them will prob.
ABLY ultimately drift into business.
The Outlook Is Good
But the outlook is good and no, had q.
all | think that one of the very worst
things that can happen is for the oldor
generation to insist that the youth of tbcir
day is going to the bad. If this is kent IN -
sufficiently long time the youth will bclirve
1t themselves and the chances of its hon
pening by reason of this belief wii ho
immensely augmented Nv
The situation with regard 70 marro,,
ana divorce is worse than il was hr,
has been getting steadily worse for n love- y,
'ilhr. ms situation is not Il class affoir NJ
a., bur is found IN every stratum of sorietv
The remedy is a higher standard on ~
part of all. V" Tue
Il am optimistic, but not fooisblv 60
am emphatically for the young peopic of orr
country and confidently believe tint both
| they and the Nation as n whole arn -, ootn .tI
right path and that this soon will bc pnran ene
| ally rccOgnzed.' e'"er'
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Considering that he had next to nothing
else on his desk, it Is amazing that Lloyd
GEORGE should upset the India ink.
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- Patrick II. Kellcy?" rcpeotod so,o.
DENLY thoughtfully. "Oh ves th" senator @
VINO VINO advocated the little treaty navyHthnon Wv ha,
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Probably the most rema rkablc thing in
america today is the apparent general In.
dlnerencc to the threatened coal strike.
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We are now convinced that it was Il
Jabbcrwock that was sighted in Patagonia.
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-. AS Borah sees it, there is nothing pa.
cihc about the pact but its name.
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o. no Ihe inrt that dollar this wear huro
n,arost t'n. , more than did last year doesns
1Neeleot the man who lacks the dollar
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Potash man arrested in New York
Police probably looking for Perlmuttcr guy.
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:. Despite the contention of n.
Moore, we decline to believe tbat ,h .. icrcy
nlcslosnnrus really died. All it d;d umeient maa
reach its plcsobier N'u was TO
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The reasoning Of Hi J,hnso ,,
impress us. Hanged If wcll uSo II h"esihS 10
6et until we learn who prepared n" h"'tna HI. ,
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1T may well be that the United s,ot.S
demand for pay for the Army of Occunntion aten
was the setting forth of a necessary '%e," ion",
hr'hh"'plr pr n" rather than requisition eXpecicd
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Trenton is still taking its juries mixed.
Good way to get q kick.
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The Revenue Collector saw many q
spring-ha dark horse pass under the
wires yesterday.
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Blanion seems determined that the
country shall write him down an ass
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Fess may yet learn there is no such
animal as harmless bonus.
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1t is perhaps because of ;ts ovor,.,.,.
Ing success a~ legislative body thnt Tho
present congress now appears onvi"n, W" y.
TAX" ON the duties Of the Executive u
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little thing like a historical fact is
no great obstacle to Borah's Oratory,
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Then Wen
All BE Happy

income tax suggests the thought that by the
time the Treasury Department has devised
an income tax blank that will provide no
difficulties for the average citizen the public,
through its representatives, will have de :
cdcd that the time has arrived for abol- :
ishing the tny altogether.
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Light-runnihg togs of sheer panic now
clOthc bonus sprintcrs.
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Bonus tires. Frear hot air. Congress.
sional Garage.--Advt.
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monkey of himself. ''''h' makes a
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Perhaps the Antigonish ghost Is an
advocate of radio regulation.
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SHORT CUTS
At least We have fair sight of the fai,

1t is lack Of tin that is worrying the
bonus tinkers.
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FATTY publicity Il now lean pick,n,.
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The confession of the
President that he may
have made some mis-
takes in making our bio