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complexities and contradictions. The formi.
dable task of elucidation is intrustcd to the
Senate, which is thus forced to assume more
than its share Of responsibilities.
The tinkerers have already withdrawn the
clause providing for the free judgment Of tie
Shipping Board in selling the commercial
fleet. and have complicated the subsidy ma.
chinery by making Its operation contingent
upon the disposition of Congress to make an
annual assistance appropriation to ship
owners. The difficulty Of revivins American
shipping under conditions rendering 1t i'm
possible for private companies to know
whether they are to be bcnciiciaries of gov
crnmcntal aid or not is apparent.
Upon one act Of common sense. however,
the House deserves congratulations. The
amendment restricting compensation to ves-
sells transporting no liquor was papably
supertluous under the existing laws and their
Interpretation by the Administration. The
amendment merited the defeat 1t received.
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NOW MY IDEA is THIS!
Daily Talks With Thinking Philadephans Subjects They
Kno,v Best
Know Best

Of these he got the atmosphere u Paris in
q manner remarkable for foreigner. and his
Description. Oi the trlnl srene> in Paris and
in London are declared to be very wonderful
pictures portrayed In II few lines and SHOW.
ing clearly The great differences between the
manner Of conducting trials in the two conn.
tries mt that time.
"Ec was also the inventor Of the Christ
Christmas Carol IL regarded a. one Of the
greatest short s',res ever written and It
might almost be called the forerunner Of
the short story which later became charac.
teristic Of French fiction writing.
"No writer has ever done more to create
the right kind of sympathy for the down.
troddcn. poor and oppressed than Charles
Dickens The cartoonist of today has been
largely influenced by Dickens and many Of
the leading characters of his works are Lften
used used by cartoonists to make the point which
they desire to bring out. Every one knows
the Leading characters Of Dickens to a far
greater extent than those of any other
writer in the English or any other language.
Valuable to Speakers
Dickens is always Of the same value to
the public speaker as he is TO the cartoonist
AT an address in Independence Hall the
y"ar, we entered the war. ! quoted the last
words of Sidney Carton as II prophecy OF
the things to come and every person in the
audience apparently understood the allu
sion.
'l'ut 1t IS not only in the ready under.
standing Of an audience that he is useful
to public speaker but also because he il
so fertile In suggestions on any topic. But
the hearers always have an instant appre.
cation and understanding of quotations from
Dickens, whereas when references or quo
tations ar" made from the works Of other
writers, always excepting Shakespeare the
audience apparently is at Il loss to get tho
meaning.
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A WORD TO NEW BRUNSWICK

0NE needs only superficial hnowI"d-" Of
~ human psychology to feel thot thr myS-
terry which the authorities at New Drums
wick, y. j., couldn't or wouldn't >olv" may
at any moment solve itself.
knowledge Of murder IS almost as hard
to conceal as murder itself The secret that
lies Mt the center of the New brunswick case
will be u most unpleasant 'hiug 10 live with,
Whoever harhors it viii often feel impcl d
70 all sorts of desperate efforts to escape its
endless whispering,
1t Is id'r to say that any murderer ia ever
immuno either from detection or punishment.
The murdorers Of the E'v. Mr., Hal and Is
companion probably will liy" t, wish that
they had been identified and relieved once
and for all from terror that will be at
their heels rs long as they live.
The law enforcement authorities at New
Brunswick have been utterly diScr"dited.
The probability now is that this discredit
will extend in the course of time TO Il great
many others. This particular incident is
far from closed. 1t will be open as long rs
people remember it and wonder.
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MORE TRAFFIC LIGHTS

TT, AFTER he las elaborated the new
i synchronIZcd motor signal system ana
extended 1t over the greater length ~ hroad
street in accordance with the plan an
nounced yesterday, Superintendent Mills can
find a way in which to deal safely and en-
ciently with cross currents Of trathr III lhe
intersectng street, he will have disposed OF
the most trying detail Of the general motor
problem.
The chief fault with the towers now in
operation, as we pointed out when they were
Arst nut in service. IS their tnsuihcient
height 1t is proper that the permanent
towers should be aimo>t twice as hiFh ~ the
present ones. Thus it will not be necessary
for drivers to look twice for signal amps
lost in the glare of street and decorative
lighting which is brightest at the level or
the present traffic lights.
One thing more the police will have 10 DO
They will have TO convince all drivers that
the stretches between central "ignaS on
Broad street are not TO be used for trlaIS OK
crazy speed or for circus stunts. y few
plain clothes men patrolIing Broad street on
motorcycles. with orders to arrest vl"'itors
Of the speed laws, could quickly eliminate
Q new danger created by the Introduction OF
the new system Of traffic regulation.
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NEWBERRY'S SUCCESSOR

THE appointment yesterday of Mayor
i James Couzens, of Detroit. 10 suc' "ed
Mr.. Newberry in the Senate should cause
the country 10 rejoice at the circumstances
that forced Newhorry out OF the way.
The new Senator from Michigan has
highly develored business sense. II taste for
facts and a fondncsS for III" truth and an
ability TO bring it 10 light from amid all
sorts Of clouds and fogs of rr"ten>" and
propaganda. Moreover. he has conscience.
He Is not hard -boied. Nor is h" soft in a
political sense. as Newberry virtually con.
fessed himself to be.
Mr. Couzens is an independent and a
forceful one. He is not professional poll
tician and he is a Republican not because
Of tradition or superstition, but because Of
experience and conviction. lie ought to b"
q helpful and reaS>urng figure in the SEN
ate, whore under the lash of party or fac
tional whips the membership tends u,or" and
more to be blnd'y herdcd in one direction
or another.
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THE GAME AND ITS CRITICS

TIME PENNSYLVANIA Cornell contest. the
i one first rank football game in the East
ern United states, toda! marks the end OF
a season which has been characterized by
familiar lamen,s over the alleged prcNon-
derance Of elaborately staged athletics in
American colleges and by record. breaking
attendance at gridiron SpcCtactes. Inc
Oublic as whole is evidently unmoved by
the cries of perhaps well -intention"d but
an assuredy alarmist critical minority. ana
there is every indication that the popular
hold of football vii! not soon be relaxed.
OF the game itself it may be said that it
exhibits marked improvements over the foot.
ball of some two decades ago. when brute
strength and avoirdupois wer" such sale t
essentials to victory, ONen-p play features
have been attractvely expanded and skill in
punt catching and kicking and in the ma
nipulation of thrilling forward passes has
been notably developed.
Virtually all American colleges have added
honorable prestige TO the game by enforcing
strict eligibility standards, and unSavory
professionalism scandals, to which so much
pu' licty was rightly accorded, are now in
the main. fortunately, releg0ted to an un.
nourned past.
Football remains an celebrating game
and is q much cleaner and more inspir!tinG
sport OF course if adverse commentators
would take the trouble to study the existing
facts. not great deal Of substance would be
left in their crusades.
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NAVAL TREATY DELAY

Tn THE announced determination of the
i British Admiralty to scrap no more naval
vessels until the Washington disarmament
treaties have been ratified by all the nations
concerned there Is a recognizable undercur-
rent of grievance.
According to Commander Monsell, who
made the statement in the House Of Com.
mons. Great Britain alreudy has materially
reduced the strength of its navy. Eight
capital ships have been made useless for war
service and have been sold to ship. breaking
firms for destruction. Six more vessels have
been rendered Incapable Of wnr.risk service
and two more will be similarly treated by
the end of December.
That policy of delay il now advocated
is a fact that reflects less upon the sincerity
Of Great Britain than upon that of several
Of her sister nations. France and Italy
have not yet ratified the Washington treaties.
although more than year has elapsed since
the first session Of the Washington Confer.
ence was held
If these nations are playing for position in
the Near Eastern and other international
situations by holding up the naval treaty
sanction, such maneuvpring Is wholly at
variance with the spirit of cooperation
supposed to have been ensendercd in Wash.
inston.
1t was believed at the sessions last year
that the disarmament program was as good
as authorized By the signatures of the quail.
fed delegates. This opinion was not s. :.
ously affected by predictions of amendments
and revisions of certain details that might be
made in some European Par.iaments. What
is unplcaSanty apparent now is a more or
less studied Indifference to responsibilities
and pledges regarded as valid ut the time
of acknowledgment and making.
Premier Poincare has lately been insisting
that the treaties would pass the French Par.
lament and that he was emphatically In
favor Of ratification. Evidence Of such 'm.
rathy for the cause Of peace In Paris. and
an equivalent ut Rome, would contribute
vitality to the clearing up Of situa' on
which Is becoming awkward. to say the
least. One recent effect OF the procrasti-
nation has been the automatic renewal OF the
Anglo japanese alliance for another ye'
The United States. Japan and Great
Britain have clean records so far as ratiti-
cation OF the Washington covenants Is c,n-
cerncd. Curously enough. il was these ma
tions to whom the questions Of naval dis
armament and the balance of peace in the
Pacific we're of major importance.
France and Italy have never been reck.
oned among foremost naval nations. The
former has comparatively subordinate terri
torial interests in the Pacific and the latter
none whatever. What is the meaning "'d
purpose of the obscure game of inaction now
being Nlayed:
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GOLF FOR THE MASSES

vI1IIAT one pubic golf course is not enough
/ to meet the demand is evident to every
one who has attempted to play on the Cohhs
Creek course. II Is no uncommon thing for
players to be compelled to wait in line for
two or three hours for their turn to begin
play.
Council was pet!toned last July 10 make
ARRANGEMENTS for two more courses. one in
South Philadelphia and one in Tacony, but
nothing has been done. The attention Of
Council has again been called to the need Of
the new courses By a letter signed by Il large
number of representatlv" citizens, who
plead for public provision for the sport for
the benefit Of those who are not able to play
on the private courses.
II the money can be found to meet the
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HOUSE PASSES THE BUCK

MYTH the passage of the Ship Subsidy
w Bill by the House of Representatives
the measure is transferred TO its main bat
Slsground II is in the Senate that the pros
poets Of opposition are particularly ominous,
Il is in the upper house that all the pressure
and tactical abilities of the Administration
will be needed, if the American merchant
marine is to be delivered from disaster, to be
revitalizcd and rendered fit to compete with
the shipping of foreign nations.
A. 50 often in the recent past, the House
a Representatives has in sense forfeited
!. - Legislative powers by trimming an i'm.
Sptant measure, undermining its original
I1eat apd producing mass Of troublesome
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TOday's Anniversaries

1750--Marshal SAKE. one OF the greates
OF French soldiers, died ut Chambord. noss
October %, 1896.
1so4-Elias Kent Kane was elecfse
United States Senator from Illinois.
Samuel l.. Clemens MARX Twainl'
famous author and humOrist, born at tiot.I,
ida, Mo. Died at Redding. Conn., APT"
u. 1910.
lS76--Porfrio Diaz, after defeating 'as
Government troops. entered the City
Mexico and proclaimed himself l'res'den''
ls94--Fourteen acres OF filled'!n lana Y; y
Tacoma were engulfed by the waters
Puget Sound.
1S97--Commodore George Dewfy, y,,.;.S
assigned to the command OF the UNIV
States Asiatic squadron.
10OO---Canndian troops from South A'"S'
were received by Queen Victoria. i,
1OlS-King Albert and the Belgian ,1s. v..'
family made their Official entry ihto HNs''
Today's Birthdays ~,
1T. Hon. Winston Spencer Cnnrsa.S: Cn;a,.s
Bri ish statesman and Cabinet M'"''',''
born forty eight years ago. c..s.
The 1T. Rev. Denis O'ponaghne' nSaa.a ~
Ollie Bishop Of Louisville, horn IN o',
County, Ind, scyenty-fo years asc'
Prof Douglas W. Johnson, noted ~, ss.
ogSt Of Columbia University, born Nv
kershurg, W. Va. forty-fou years "so.
Dr. David \. Beach, for many ssri sri
pr's.d'n, Of bargor Theolosiral i,ur n,so ysuso
born at Orange, y. d., sevenIy'lo ''-
ago. -.
Ralph u. Cole, representative 10
gress Ot the Eighth Ohio District, oos
Hancock County. Ohio. forty y'n's' -
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Garden Grace

M1ISE man, wise man,
w Where does the seed
Find all the color that
Blossoms need?
Each one after
It's own kind
Gets what Il wants,
Though small and blind.
This old earth
With rain and sun
Waits for day and
The thing is done.
Tulips gay and
Purple shower
OF dripping. pale
Wistaria flower.
Wise man. wise man,
Things that grow
Have some power that
You don't know.
And my gardens
Wiser far
Than your books and
Sermons are
Wise man, wise man.
Come and see
The small green fruit
On my plum tree!
Louise Driscoll, in the N. Y. Times
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expense the petition should be granted forth.
with. The two proposed courses would re.
lievc somewhat the pressure on the Cobbs
Creek course, but they would also provide
recreation field within convenient dis.
tances of the homes Of thousands who can.
not readily reach the course beyond Sixty.
ninth street
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Four stills explode: six men burned
This show! the cruel, nsStrnt demands Of
sport. II duty had not called the prohibi-
tion enforcement officers to Franklin Field
they might have discovered something on
Noble street
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London woman doctor says men should
do the cooking and scrubb.ng around the
outside. Part If the up!ift will, Of course,
be the finding Of some more jobs for mere
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Male students Of the University Of Cali
fornia hav, signed Il petition to Danish
women from the campus. Which is a
natural reactiOn, says DemOSthcncs Nc
liinnis, against much sentimental pttle.
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Prohibition agents aver that glass OF
whisky was "A fried egg in one saloon
and IA hot pOtuto' in another. So mar
velousy has tn" hootlcgginG business grown
Tint there is now hooch to suit all tastes.
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Tho curious and startling thing about
the !!au-Mill> case is that 50 very many
peop,e refuse 70 consider it unsolvcd
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Boston coal man who gave short weight
was ordered by the Court to donate a ton
of coal to the victim. 1t may not be law,
but oh. boy it ploasos III" consumer.
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"Womcn's Democratic Club Holds Card
Party With Many Prizc>.' We trust the
loving husbands took proper care of the
little ones.
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Congressman Burton, Of Ohio. performs
n mhlic service in rcterating the fact that
pnvmrnts made to us by foreign Govern.
mcnts should be sacredy devoted to reducing
our own bonded debt and should never be
subject to an appropriation BY Congress.
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Germany has hidden. Among them he
would doubtless include the viii to wage
nnnthrr rnntiiCt.
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The work of the modern -Athcnian is
full Of color. but the civilized world does not
wholly approve of his execution.
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American Can put on per cent
basis" Seems to suggest the days when there
was Joy in rushing it.
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General Pershing. plead.
CanOuhaged

General Iershng. plead.
CamOuilaged ing for military train
ing, urges tn" country
to look the facts in the face. But that's
the trouble. The facts won't be looked at.
They carry peace labels and have shifty
eyes. Every time we get ready to beat our
swords into plowshares We get another
order for shrapnel and poison gas.
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Though her ultimate intentions be ever
50 pacific. France has way Of embarrassing
the Sc who declare her peaccably inclined.
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Wirrcutters who seek to isolate Dublin
forget that wireless Dublin may lose her
isolation in Dublin Wireless.
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Another thing that gals the ex-Kaiser
is that certain "t his former subjects have
the nerve to critic!z" his book.
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What Do You Kn0u?
QUIZ

QUIZ
I. How long after the discovery OF America
was Australia discovered?
9. Who was Alice Meyneil9
8. Who were the American Peace Commis.
eioners to the Parie Conference o.
yers.,,'.ss 2s,s wsish framed the Treaty q
I. Who was Thetis in classical mytholosyi
s. What IA meant by the foot pound?
.. How many ounces make pound In tsvy
2. What is the characteristic dress Of Ii.
Fascisti In ltaly7
y. VINO y the present poet laureate Of Eng.
10. Where is Lake Tenant
Answers to Yesterdays Quiz
I. General NoGi commanded the Japsness
Army which took Port Arthur In thS
Russo.Japanese War.
e. The poem. 1.-THE Lost Leader" was writ.
ten by Robert Browning and refero 70
William Wordsworth.
g. Podagra Is gout In the foot
Z. The Mackenzie is the longest river IN
s. Twenty grains % make scruDls in aposh..
8. Twenty-four grains make pennyweishs
In troy weight.
7. Hegemony means leadership. especially
OF one State Of a confederacy.
:. A. gaucho Is South American cowboy.
10. The title Of Adelaide Anne Procsors
poem usually referred TO as '"The Lost
Chord" Is "A Lost Chord"
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Americas death rate is decreasing. An.
other cause for Thanksgiving.
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IsclirrrSetl
Disorder

been thrown into Il state Of chaos, But
why: That Russia world seek participntion
was ior"gonc conclusion, and it is safe
to assume that the pros and cons of her casa
w"r" thoroughly canvnssod before the confer
enc" was formally called to order There
Is ut least reason to believe that many n
'Stnt" Of chaos is carefully starc.mon.
aged. '
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THANKSGIVING DAY AS
A SPIRITUAL FESTIVAL
as Merely Time for Feasting
and Mirth

A STRANGER visiting America for the
\ first time and unfamiliar with our GUS
toms would be likely to think, in view Of
the display Of food in the markets in an
ticipation Of the festivities Of today, that
the spirit of the observance was set forth
in the we'll known Grace Before Meat"
Of Burns:
Some hae meat and Gamma eat.
And some would eat that want il:
But we hae meat. and we can eat.
Sac let the Lord be thankit
And he would be right in part
Thanksgiving Day is an occasion OF
gratitude for bountiful harvests and we
celebrate it with feasting.
Expressions of gratitude TO the Lord of
the Harvest are not SO common as they
once were. when the whole community
focked to the churches. Nowadays in many
far lies it is thought that sufficient thank.
funess Is shown If tribute is paid to the
bounty Of Nature by partakins Of it to the
extent Of the diners capacity. Yet there
remain few who in a contrte ard humble
spirit obey the injunction Of the Presidents 5
Thanksgiving Proclamation and 20 to their
respective places of worship and express
their gratitude
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SHORT CUTS

The confcrccs are dorm to cork:
There's not The slightest doubt Of It.
Then look upon the irHp Turk
And knock tie stufing out OF It.
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But Thanksgiving which considers only
material things is empty and futile. There
can be no heart in It if there is not in the
back of the consciousness a realization of
the spiritual forces at play among men.
Without this realization it becomes Il slori-
tication of a Grass materialism. MaterialiSm
is but another word for death. The car
cass of the steer is inert matter. \ nation
absorbed in material things to the exclusion
of all others is as dead as the steer that has
passed through the Chicago stockyards.
The spiritual forces are those which keep
men and nations alive. which enable them to
grow in stature and to confront the uni
verse with level and confident gaze un-
abashed by its shining glory.
The history of the decay of civilization is
the history Of the atrophy Of the spiritual
instinct. When men reach out into the in
visible and take the unseen hand extended to
them they march forward. Their minds are
ccntered on a Higher Power and they are
reaching forward TO an ideal SO much bigger
than they can fully comprehend that they
are continually stretching their minds in an
effort to realize the greatness Of which hu.
manity is capable, a greatness that overtops
the highest that mere selfish glori.lcation can
attain.
The priests and prophets of the spiritual
eras of the dead nations live to this day,
while the kings and conquerors are al Tut
forgotten. The thinking OF Socrates and Of
Plato has co,ored all the thinking Of the
whole western world, while even the names
of the commercial macnates Of their time
are forgotten, Confucus is living force
and Gautama Buddha's teachings influence
the lives of uncounted millions
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Vy1ILFRED II. SCHOFF,

VI1ILFRED II. SCHOFF, secretary, who
w is working head Of tn" Atlantic Doepcr
WATERWAYS Association and Il director in
the Mississippi to Atlantic organization,
informs me that the former will be repre.
sentcd at the Waterways Congress next
week.
The most important project which affects
phi'odc'nhia directly Is tho New Jersey
ronnl which will unite this city with tide.
water near New York.
II is designed to take the place Of the
Raritan Canal, which 's controlled BY + /,
Contra Railroad Of New Jersey as lessee.
entirely new canal route from Borlentown
" \othins further can be done, however,
Mr.. Schofr tells me, unit Ia" State Of New
.hc riuht OF way for this improvement.
wv" Mr.. schon also says that considerable
ott"ntion has been paid TO the question OF
reopcnins the schuylkill Canal,
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Euginnl's
Gre GiCSt

Mussolini y now due to learn that power
means responsibility.