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Demorralic ada.
Bellefonte, Pa., April 16, 1920.
BEGGING AS AN INDUSTRY.
Nothing in the world arouses such
sympathy as a small child, obliged to
beg by his brutal parents or guard-
ians, especially since it is well known
that these unfortunate child victims
are stolen, or what is even more hor-
rible—rented! The professional beg-
gar is generally resourceful and as-
tute. He has sufficiently studied the
human heart to touch its most sensi-
tive cord. He knows that nothing
inspires such compassion as sick and
destitute children. When he has none
of his own he steals, buys or rents
them from others! Then he proceeds
to give these children the appearance
of those suffering from various dis-
eases and uses the most cruel meth-
ods to cripple and maim them, con-
sidering this only in the light of a
business proposition. With a heart
more inhuman than the savage beasts,
which do not martyrize the young of
their species, the professional beggar
tortures his own child or that of oth-
ers, until he has paralyzed its limbs
and maimed it in such a manner that
it seems to be suffering from such
recognized disease.
Sometimes the sight is destroyed
by means of corrosive liquids. Occa-
sionally the methods are less cruel
and then the victim is painted to pre-
sent the appearance of having ulcers,
skin diseases and other repugnant
maladies. The worst feature of the
situation is that the stealing of chil-
dren to excite public charity is daily
increasing. Frequently these child
exploiters have been denounced to the
authorities, who found it necessary to
adopt severe methods against such
criminal abuses.
There is a case of a certain beggar
who meandered along the thorough-
fares of Mexico City carrying a small,
frail, sick child in an almost continu-
ous state of coma. The foster father
insisted that this condition was the
result of hunger. This imposition
proved most lucrative for the busi-
ness manager of this sad drama.
Investigation proved that regular
doses of morphine were administered
to this baby, with the consequences
mentioned above. The children of
these professional beggars, trained in
the trade of their fathers, follow what
they believe to be a legitimate profes-
sion, so we have the spectacle of gen-
eations perpetuating this social
plague, which will continue until the
authorities find a way to remedy the
evil. The professional beggar is a
free and happy-go lucky member of
society. He respects no social edicts
and civil laws have no dominion over
him.
Gaining his support from public
charity, he is not perturbed by meager
harvests, inundations or other cata:-
trophes, because, according to his
reasoning, if one passerby ignores
him the next one will give the als
he seeks. The beggar is a parasite of
the worst kind; he prefers to receive
cash, for with it he buys what he
pleases. But he never wears the old
clothes given him, because the rags
which incite compassion serve his pur-
pose better.
In regard to the social status of the
beggar, rarely is he married, but ho
generally has one or two wcmen as-
sociates and is an advocate of polys-
amy. Although he is a ready prey to
all vices, there is one that dominates
him more completely than the rest—
that is drunkenness. Certain beggars,
who come from a better class and be-
come human driftwood in consequence
of their own and others’ sins, drink to
excess in order to drown memories of
the past and obscure the present. De
you wish to see the odious picture of
drunken mendicancy? Enter one of
the filthy grogshops (called pulque-
rias and cantinas) located not only on
by-streets, but in much frequented
thoroughfares—you will find at all
times and particularly at night, a re-
union of beggars drinking, generally
the highly intoxicating pulque with
filthy rags, half naked, barefooted,
disheveled, who, having lost every
vestige of virtue and decency, boast
publicly of their degradation.
In the most cynical and indecent
manner, with oaths and blasphemous
interjections, with gestures wild and
obscene, they relate the revolting de-
tails of their crimes to eager listeners.
Excoriating society, they terminate
these effusions by glorifying what
they call their saintly and blessed
alms, which enable them to indulge
in these wild orgies.—Translation
from El Universal in National Hu-
mane Review.
To Plant War Memorial Trees on Ar-
bor Days.
Arbor days this year on April 16
and 23 will have greater significance
than ever before. Hundreds of com-
munities throughout Pennsylvania
will take advantage of these days set
aside by Governor Sproul for the
planting of trees as memorials in hon-
or of their sons who served during the
world war. Parks, streets, public
squares and school grounds will be
the scenes of many memorial tree
plantings.
“Like all other things of practical
use, these trees attain the ideal by
functioning perfectly while satisfying
every aesthetic demand,” says Arthur
Wescott Cowell, professor of land-
scape design at The Pennsylvania
State College. “If they fail to attain
this feature, they may not become sat-
isfactory war memorials. Choice of
variety and location is very import-
ant.” The greatest satisfaction can
be obtained from the following trees,
which, standing well apart, will in the
future be a credit to any community:
American beech, American white elm,
white oak, red oak, sugar maple, bass-
wood, tulip tree and magnolia. Avoid
“quick growers,” such as silver ma-
ple, catalpa, poplars, sycamore maple,
willows, box elder and ailonthus.
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His Negative Merit.
Heck—Strength of character, pooh!
Your wife leads you around by the
nose.
Peck—Well, doesn’t it take strength
of character to stand such treatment
without complaining ?
PRAISES WOMEN OF NIPPON
California Newspaper Speaks in High-
est Terms of Those Who Reside
in That State.
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Japan is a wonderful nation in a
very great many ways, it has accom-
plished marvels, it has leaped forward
at almost a single bound into a front
place among the world powers, but
we are convinced that the greatest
thing about Japan is its women.
All women are, of course, charming,
put our observation is that the women
of Japan are especially and particu-
larly so. We see much of them here
in California, and we have an oppor-
tunity to judge.
To begin with, the majority of them
are very pretty, and all of them have
a certain grace that can come only
from centuries of gentleness and good
breeding. They have soft voices.
There is an irresistible appeal in their
manners.
It is often commented that the men
of Japan have adapted themselves to
Western ways with an incredible ease.
But they have not equaled their wom-
en in the performance of this difficult
feat for an Oriental race to adapt it-
self to Occidental customs and habits.
In many social functions as well as
in public, numerous Japanese women
have been seen here in California.
The grace of their bearing and the
charm of their manners have deeply
impressed all with whom they have
come in contact. Japan is a nation
that had no music, yet the most popu-
lar singer on the operatic stage today
Is a Japanese woman. And this is
only an instance of their conquests.
We do not think there is any rea-
son to worry about what Japan will
or will not do in the world. Any na-
tion that can produce such women as
that nation produces will not only
succeed, but will endure.—Los Angeles
Times.
SHOULD END ALL ARGUMENT
Ohio Newspaper Produces Proof That
General Sherman in Speech De-
clared War Was “Hell.”
In answer to inquiries as to where
Gen. William T. Sherman made his
famous speech in which he defined
war, and to refute intimations that he
never said it at all, the Columbus (O.)
Dispatch asserts that General Sherman
said it in Columbus on August 12, 1880,
duces from its files the copy of a
short address he made there at that
time, in which the now famous ex-
pression defining war was made.
The occasion was a reunion of the
Civil war soldiers of Ohio. President
Hayes was a guest of honor and most
of the living generals of the Civil war
were present. The addresses were
made in the open at Franklin park.
It was raining hard when General
Sherman’s turn came to speak, but he
stood out uncovered and delivered his
short speech. As published, it con-
tained just 308 words. Alluding to the
rain, he continued:
“You all know that this is not sol-
diering. There is many a boy here to-
day who thinks war is all glory, but,
boys, it is all hell. You can bear that
warning to generations yet to come.
T look upon it with horror, but, if it
has to come, I am here.”
This last clause brought great ap-
plause and when it subsided the gen-
eral proceeded on another line of
thought.
A Call for Heroes.
Man's opportunity for the display of |
personal heroism has apparently not |
ceased at the signing of the armistice,
for a call has just been issued in a |
London daily newspaper for “Volun- |
teers 1,000 sportsmen of good
social position, to wear upon a given !
day new fashions, to bring back color
and line nto masculine attire.” The
black rrock coat with its ruffles, the
pink breeches, the silk stockings, and
the powdered wig of colonial days are
conservative as compared with some |
of the styles to obtain as fruition of
this idea; at least this is the opinion
of its proponent, who sets as his defi-
nite purpose the abolishment of the
“dark, unsymmetrical” garments of to- |
day and the adoption of clothes more |
in keeping with the new age of ro-
mantic chivalry. As a parting word,
he reminds that courage—even to a
degree equal to that manifested v7.
women in the upkeep of fashions—Is |
essential to masculine success.
Another Use for Airplanes.
Men interested in aviation have ad-
vanced the theory that photographic |
maps of cities made from views taken |
from an airplane, would be of value as
a part of the records of the fire de-
partments. They would be as valua-
ble to the fire chief as similar maps of
the battlefields of France proved to the
commanders of armies, Such a map,
for instance, would enable the chief to
know at a glance the best means of
getting at a big fire, the surrdinding
roofs and so forth. By use of the map |
the dangerous areas and zones could
be plotted in the same manner as in
wartime.
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Anxious. |
A city school principal was rushing |
along the street the other day when !
a youngster about elght years old |
stopped her. “Are you the principal |
at Blank building?’ he asked. |
The principal nodded her head. |
“Why? Do you go there?’ she asked |
in turn.
“No,” he returned. “I go to another
building. But I just wanted to know
if the lickin’ had begun at your bnild-
ing yet?”
and in support of the assertion pro- |
fact that old soldiers did not mind the
| SUICIDES GAIN SINCE CLOSE OF
THE WAR.
Statistics compiled by the Save-a-
Life League show that since the end
of the war deaths from suicide have
increased not only in this country but
in all parts of the world.
In 1919 this country suffered 5,121
deaths by suicide, of which 3,212 were
cases of men and 1,909 of women.
More than 100 returned soldiers
ended their lives. One curious fact 1s
that suicide pacts between soldiers
and their sweethearts have been very
common.
Self-destruction is increasing among
women due, it is assumed, to the in-
creased part women are playing in the
hard and fast life of the world—in
business and politics. Some years ago
the ratio was one woman in four sui-
cides. Last year’s figures showed that
the ratio had gone up to one woman
in three suicides.
A pitiful situation was revealed
when it is noted that 417 children took
their own lives—225 boys and 192
girls. The youngest boy was four
and the youngest girl thirteen years
old. Almost a third of the number
shot themselves, though there were
many cases of poisoning. The facts
seem to show that in many instances
children killed themselves because
they were neglected or even mistreat-
ed in their own homes, and in some
: cases because they were not sympa-
thetically handled in schools.
Of the more than 5,000 cases of su-
icides reported to the league from all
parts of the United States one profes-
| sion seems to be almost immune, the
{ newspaper profession. But lawyers
i heading the list, show 43 cases, in-
i cluding 12 judges. Thirty-six physi-
| cians got so tired of living that they
! decided to die. Twenty-eight teach-
| ers felt similarly. Life was too much
for twenty-eight presidents of busi-
| ness concerns, more than 50 clubmen
| and society women and 28 merchants.
| Unhappy marriage relations caused
| 850 cases in which husbands killed
their wives before killing themselves
| or wives killed their husbands before
. destroying themselves. The oldest su-
'icide in the country was one hundred
| years of age, the youngest four.
1 © The statement of psychiatrists that
' suicide is more frequent in pleasant,
{ than in gloomy weather, much com-
| moner in summer than in winter, is
| fully borne out by facts and fig-
i ures. It is observed that in time of
| peace and prosperity suicide is com-
' moner than during a national calami-
|ty. Since the armistice was signed
| the namber was doubled in Vienna.
Turning on the gas was the favorite
| method, and jumping from buildings
‘and in front of trains was the method
| second on the list.
Those Girls.
| Agnes—But how in the world did
you get him to propose?
Madge—Oh, easily enough, I told
him that you were crazy about him
and reminded him that it was leap
year.
Remedy in Her Hands.
He—I know I'm poor.
The Heiress—Well, you can’t help
that.
He—No, but you can.
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Would Report Later.
“Who was that man I saw giving
you a cigar; friend of yours?” :
1 don’t know; I haven't smoked it
yet.
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I always have
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Keeping the wolf from your door is
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To keep the wolf from your door re-
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implements of war. It requires a de-
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thrift.
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