Wednesday, Decent o,
It's Christmas
THE CITY BEAUTIFUL
Morninff
THE SELECTION OF
STREET ILLUMINATION.
SUBURBANITES IN
GET TOGETHER
PLAN.
THE ASRlSVILLE GAZETTE-NEWS
UsSt uSi'i Bil l
Better and Cheaper Light Than Ever
In Future la Prophesied.
In the rejection of on op to date sys
tem of street illumination any commu
nity has today a large range of choice,
not from inference, but actual exam
ple, writes T. Commerford Martin in
the American City. One of the best
things to do is, of course, to get the
help of engineers and illuminating ex
perts, but the whole country may be
compared today to a large museum
where all the prevalent systems can be
studied in full operation. In some
places the "old line" arcs shine re
splendent with high economies in watts
and lumens. In other placesTue flam
ing arc bestraddles the sky" and belit
tles the moon and stars. A good many
The red letter day of the year
one of the day of days in
Life's Calendar
And what an ideal Christmas made memorable
this Holiday Season by introducing into the
home- THE MARVELOUS
Think of the wonderful possibilities of this famous
Player Piano how every member of the family
can personally participate in the joys the enter
tainmentthe education made easy by it
The widest range of music every instrumental selection
can be flawlessly rendered by
The Christmas Gift Supreme
The artistic Player of beautiful construction extraordinary ex
pression powers rugged, lasting qualities.
In matters musical, we are headquarters and we want to show
you what splendid possibilities The AUTOPIANO has in store
for you. ANY TERMS WITHIN REASON.
Walk in. We are at the threshold of Christmas.
Dunham's Music House
The Home of High Grade Pianos.
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Rpponttiv From Thru CountUt
Unite For Bsttermcnt of Conditions.
Something new tn the get together
line, something destined to play an lm.
portant part In the betterment of living
conditions In the suburbs of Phlladel
phla, was started the other day In the
auditorium of the Eidley Park Civic
association. More than 300 persons,!
men and women, representatives of
cItIc Improvement associations of a
round dozen communities In Montgom
ery, Delaware and Camden counties,
held their first "suburban symposium."
The problems that perplex the dwell
er in the suburbs were ably handled by
several experts. Partlfular emphasis
was laid upon the necSiity for com
munity co-operation in all civic en
deavors. Railroads and highways, sew
age disposal, architecture and flowers,
even historical pageants and mosqui
toes, were discussed.
An Important address was that of
George Sullivan, secretary of the suk
urban metropolitan planning commis
sion, who treated the sewage disposal
problem.
He pointed out the advantage of a
single disposal plant for all the subur
ban towns In Delaware and Montgom
ery counties to the southeast of Bryn
Mawr. This plant, to be located at
Eddystone, be said, would do for the
section what up to date sewage dls
posal had done for Lower Merlon town
shipIncreased its property assessment
values from $7,000,000 to $25,000,000
Ince 1002.
In the past many advantages have
been discovered In connection with
borough co-operation or borough and
township co-operation, and some of the
local hardships In the way of commit
nity effort were presented by Benjamin
Ludlow, president of the Suburban
Improvement league, who spoke on
Unnecessary Legal Restrictions on
Community Co-operation."
MOISTURE AND OUST.
Why This Rain Combination In the Air
Shows a Rsd Sun.
An old weather proverb runs, "A reO
sun has water In bis eye," and the con
dition which cars rise to It la explain
ed by Professor W. J. Humphreys ot
the Dnited States weather bureau In
ft discussion of some oseftil weather
proverbs.
The condition that most favor a red
no la a great quantity of dust espe
cially smoke particles tn a damp at
mosphere. Smoke alone tn sufficient
quantity will produce this effect, but
It Is lntennitied by the presence ot
moisture.
The bine and other abort wave
length colors of sunlight are both scat
tered and absorbed to a greater extent
by a given amount of dust or other
substance, such at water vapor, than
la the red, and this effect becomes
more pronounced as the particle coa
lesce. ' Hence when the atmonpbere is heav
ily charged wltb dust particles that
bare become moisture laden we aee
the sun as a fiery bsJL
It has been known that this dnet baa
much to do with rn la fa 11, since It was
proved by the physicist Altkea year
ago that cloud particles, and therefor
rain, will not ondtr ordinary conditions
form In a perfectly dost tree atmos
phere, but will readily form a boat
dust motes of any kind tn an atmo
sphere that Is sufficiently damp. A red
sun, therefore, commonly tndlratcs the
presence of both ot tbe essential rain
elements that Is, dost and sooUtursv
Rocky Mountain News.
COURT TRIALS IN FRANCE.
TWoe Judgae end Two f Jurors
In Eaoh Criminal Csse,
Mont lntsrestrng rodawd Is It to wstrk
trial of a criminal tn Parts, pe
;n!!y wbrn founded by a woman
i rpnch procedure Is quit different
i eura.
'1 ! are sr two sets of Jarora, wo
t 't thrnufboot the trial, so that
t i ! shflp to any Juror In the group
1 to flrtrniln the farts Is pre-
1 f ma rrtsrdlnf the trial by the
Jurors from the second group'. Three
Judges alwaya sit In all the assizes at
every trial.
The prosecuting attorney, beginning
with the words "I accuse,", reads the
Indictment to the prisoner and does not
speak again. The presiding Justice
does all the questioning, and there
seem to be no rules of evidence to re
strict bis questions. The defending at
torney at the close of the trial ad
dresses the Jury. Hs baa the last word
before the Judge's charge.
A word here about the criminals ot
France. I have never seen a worse
looking lot than those "Apaches.'' I
waa told that they are the descendants
of criminals, and they looked It Com
paring them with our criminals, I was
led to state that the Dnited States bad
no criminal class, and It will be our
own fanlt If we permit a criminal class
to exlsb-Mary M. Lilly In Case and
Comment
The Blushing Tree.
The Mushing tree gets Its nam from
the change of hue It assumes when
the rain falls on It As th drops
drench th leaves, gradually but on
mlstakably the green tint gives way to
pink. In a few mlsates the green
fades from sight Only In a few half
hidden spots beneath broad branches
and on its trunk Is there a tings ot
green to be seen. After an hoar or
mors, when the shower Is over, th
tree assumes Its familiar green once
more. Certain tiny Insects, snd not
th tree Itself, change color. These
peculiar parasites sre possessed of the
power of chameieooo. In the warm
snnshlne tbey sr greener tbsa th
tree on which they live, but when the
chilly rain falls opon them tbey con
tract their tiny backs and become
pretty pink In tint Millions of these
Chang the entire sppesranr of the
tree and mnke It seem to be blushing
rtitlnnnpriy.
XiireiNous abo oil Eioa post.
cities have "luminous" arcs on high
posts or low posts, and the results are
unequivocally satisfactory. On many
a thoroughfare the clustered tungsten
lamps employed In ornamental street
lighting and with handsome electroliers
and massive curb posts make one quite
Indifferent to the coming of the dawn.
And now the nonvacuum, nitrogen
i tilled incandescent lamps of large can
dle power, at the lowest wattage con
sumption known to mankind, are loom
ing up as the latest addition to the
electrical resources with which our
streets are ail to be made Great White
Ways. The future Is altogether one of
hope, for out of this struggle of the
types and methods emerges the assur
ance that we shall undoubtedly have
better, lighter and cheaper lights than
ever for our streets, not less than
more perfect electric candle indoors to
light ns to bed.
"What g the munis on Poto for,
brother?"
"That's to MVS him from the dog'
catrhir."
How's It solnc to mvs him If h
can't Mu th dng-eatchitr?"
FOR NOTARY ITWJC WORK so-
pi at Oaitt-Nw ofMc.
The Cost of 8mok.
A cloud of black smoke hovering over
a city signifies Industry. It also sig
nifies extravagance. A lack of care
In the nstng of fuel Is doubly expen
sire, for tbe damage it causes costs the
city many hundreds of thousands or
dollars and wastes for the city an even
greater amount of money.
Chicago, for Instance, has an actual
annual damage bill of approximately
$40,000,000. Cincinnati pays $100
year for every family within Its mu
nlclpnl limits. The cleaning of clothes
and buildings and tbe cost of wash
lng, repainting and repsperlng are tbe
chief Items In this expense. But the
greatest expense Is the expense which
comes from the reckless waste of the
valuable byproducts nf tho coal.
On of th chief elements of tbe re
markable commercial success of Ger
many Is due to tbe fact that In the fa
therland 85 per cent of the byproducts
of tbe burning coal are utilized In many
different waya.
How many ponnda of these very
aame byproducts go ont of the chim
neys of oar great manufacturing dt
lea every year can never b estimated.
But th facts art that w utilize 30
per cent of the products as compared
with Germs nya 65 per cent
Extrsvagance mwii to have bed Its
day with th people of America. Econ
omy la now In order, snd one of the
first snd most apparent economies Is
that to be effected by a more csreful
supervision of th us of fuel. Towp
Development Msgar.li).
COMMISSION MANAGER PLAN
Discussed by City Manager Henry M.
Waite of Dayton.
Henry M. Walte, city manager of
Dayton, O., during the session of the
National Municipal league, recently
held at Baltimore, discussed "Tbe
Commission Manager Plan of Govern
ment In the Light of Experience.''
This new form of city government was
a success, he asserted, and In answer
to his own question as to whether it
could be a permanent success he said:
"Its permanency depends upon in
telligent citizenship and their contin
ued determination to keep partisan
politics out of municipal affairs."
The Dayton plan of five nonpartisan
commissioners at large bad resulted
In the election of sound business men.
be said. They selected the manager.
who then selected the directors of the
five departments law, finance, welfare,
service, safety.
"I cannot tell you the political faith
of tbe commissioners or the directors,"
he said. "They are selected for their
ability.
'In our finance department," be con
turned, "our new accounting system
is the same as would be found tn any
large business. Our budget Is scien
tific. Every month the bead of each
department receives a complete finan
cial statement which shows tbe orig
Inal allowance, expenditures and bal
ance In each account We keep our
expenditures inside our allowances."
The committee on municipal pro-1
gram which has been at work, for a
year drafting a new model city char;
ter for Baltimore presented a prelim
inary report during the convention.
The committee proposes that tbe new
model city charter shall provide for a
city manager ns the chief executive of
tbe city, to be chosen by the council
solely on tbe bonis of his fitness. Six
administrative departments are pro
vided, each to be headed by a direc
tor appointed by the city manager.
The directors are to tie responsible to
him for tbe administration of their
departments snd may be removed by
him at any time.
The title of mayor Is to be preserv
ed, but will be applied to the chairman
of the council. Thjs body Is elective.
Its members to serve four years and
be subject to recall. A civil service
and efficiency board to consist of three
members Is to iie appointed by th
council.
ne 1 More
Day
for
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Make useful gifts like shoes or slippers; the occasion is fast approaching. He or
the children want shoes. Why not give them what they need?
Suit Cases, Bags and Trunks are suitable gifts.
Slippers for Gifts
AND OUR
BARGAIN ANNEX
Xmas Shoesters On the Square
A Live City.
Th Industrial Aanorlatloa of Keo
kuk. Ia, baa pnirha! an Industrial
tract laid It ont derided upon a plant
for th city, won a frrlght rate en.
Installed a lighting system and atarted
to work on th Improvement of the
river front All xprns for these Im
provements fcav been met In foil, It 1
reported.
TF.LEPJtONK TOUR WANTS TO J01
Cheap Llflh and Power.
Winnipeg. Dominion of Canada, has
Just celebrated the third anniversary
of Its municipal lighting and power
plant which. It la claimed, provides
th cheapest light and power In the
world to wholesalers 3 cents a kilo
watt boar. The profits for this year
hav been $(50,000 on an Investment of
about $7,000,000. Th Winnipeg plant
has 35.000 patrons, an Incress of D,000
for this year. The groaa receipts of
th yenr were $1,038,000, and the plant
ha bem Increased in power bonus ri
paclty from 23,000 to 50,000 borse
power.
Fsdarstloft Fsr Social Sarvle.
Through the Instruments liry of the
rhsmbrr of commerce of Reuth Bend
lnd tbe charities and philanthropies
of ths city hsve been tinlted Into
frderstlon for social service. Th r
gsntxRtlon Is modeled after the fed
ration nf Cleveland and Dayton. O
TELF.rnONB TCR WANT TO 101
A PASTORAL PLAYHOUSE.
tht
Wonderful Open Air Theater In
Heart of the Alps.
Wbst Is probably tbe moat Derfeet
pastoral theater In Europe Is situated
In tbe heart of the Alps at lnterlak
en, tn Switzerland. This onique "play
bouse" Is open to all tbe wlnda that
blow, am) tts roof Is formed tn the
most favorable circumstances by the
blue canopy of the sky. It is not al
ways thus, however, and It has not In
frequently happened that ths hue of
tbe canopy has been less Inviting and
mat players snd spectators alls have
experienced the Interlude of a beav
downpour which waa not la the pre-
grsm.
The open atr theater at Interlaces to
need for performance of Schiller's
grest drama, "William Tell." for
whlca It Is by astnre admirably adapt
ed. Ths stage Is a rising meadow
framed on three sides by dense woods
of beech and pine, with a "backcloth"
of grim, gray rock towering toward
the aky beyond. Away to the right
stretches a huge semicircle of moun
tain peaks, 8,000 and 10.000 feet high,
and behind the spectator tower th
great peak of tbe Bernese Oberland
tbe Jsngfrau, Mooch and Elger, with
their burden of eternal snows.
Natur tn accommodating mood has
provided th entrances snd exits of
this nnlqn theater- passage in the
woods through which gallop with
thundering of hoofs on bard ground
tbe mall clad troopers of the tyrannl
eel governor. Ths cattls, goats and
aheap which appear In the first scene
the return of the flock and herds
from the Alpine pastures approach
down th steep path In the woods on
ths fight and ar beard long before
they are visible, th tlnk'-f snd clsnit
lng of their bell mlnailug bsrmonl
ooely with the long drawn Botes ol
the huge woodcu Alpine born, aeven
feet In length, and forming an appro
priate overture. Wide World Magazine.
TWO POINTS OF VIEW.
Who Had the Happier Lot, the Lady or
the Laborer
A Fashionable Woman, coming from
tbe Opera In ths rosy nest of a Ltmon
sine, pasaed a group of Laborers at
midnight Machines, like terrible Ant
mats, wer borrowing into th Earth
Steam waa hissing as if from the
months of a million Rerpents. Rocks
flew In every direction. Torchlight
flamed. There wsa the thunder of La
bor. The Night Shift was In full awing
And the Woman, glancing from the
window at a certain Workman, for an
Instant thought:
"How i wish I bad that brawny La
borer's strength and Joy. of Llfel flow
I envy blm Uls Power, Dls vEjtfaft
fectlon, the wonder of his Manheod.
his freedom from th Shackles that
bind me. He is his own master, whOe
I am a slave the slave of a Maa I
despise!"
At that moment tbe Laborer psmed
long enough by the deep Chasm whsrs
his Engine rocked to glance Into tat
Motor as It sped by him. And
thought:
"Oh. to be like herl To know Wssr
snd Wealth and Rest! To be free from
Drudgery and Toll, to come snd 10
I pleased I To throw off th chains of
Debt and Worry and bar th 67
and nights stretch ahead of Bks
Field ot Flowers 1"
But in another instnnt th Motor w
gone. Th Torchlights flared brighter
than over. And ach had forgott
other. - Charles Hanson Towns, U
Jndga,
TELEPHONE TOTTO WANTS TO
, Comfort Rockers and
Morris Chairs
Spond Christmas evening in one of them. Soe our
display of Art Reeds and Willows.
BURTON & HOLT
On the Square..