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'Jhe man who pities himself Is one of tho
lr! most pitiable of objects.
Action on Transltl
TTwiTII nil tho cnlliUBiassm 01 mo uny
""'"VV ministration behind It. Director Tay-
f ,1 ior'fl transit plan has forBetl ahead throuKh
'the obstructions and trlcltcrlea ot -ounciis,
'has received tho Mayor's npprovnland now
',; fiwalt- only tho prompt and favorablo action
t of. the Pennsylvania Public Servlco Commls-
: on. Of Buelt notion, not only ndlrmatlve,
'"'But Immediate, there can bo no doubt. The
Y?ieed Is 80 great that not a sizable clement of
-..-Philadelphia's Wo hut fools It and responds
to it. Tho only emotion besides enthusiasm
bo far evoked has been shame that tho city
should have been held back so lone. There
B must bo- no more delay.
- An accident ot tho calendar adds to the
s 'necessity for prompt action on tho part of
"tho commission. Unless tho hearing two
iiwc-k- henco results In tho prompt lssuo
"of a certificate of public convonlenco, work
cannot bo started on September 13, as now
planned. And unless work Is then begun, tho
. digging of tho Broad street subway will not
havo proceeded far enough by tho tlmo frost
comes as to bo carried on below tho surface
during the winter months.
Action Is still tho keynote to the success
of tho transit plan.
f-. Three-meals-n-clay or Bust
TTTHAT'S to hecomo of our three squaro
W meals a day? A llttlo while ago It was
tho president emeritus of Harvard University
Who declared that wo cat too much. Now
It's a manufacturer-philanthropist, Henry
-Pord, of Detroit. And after him tho Surgeon
General of the Navy, who approves tho Ford
theory. A heresy trial Is In order.
After all, maybe there's something good In
heresy. Tho rich eat too much, wo aro told.
4Eho Poor eat too llttlo. Hero Is a clear caso
jjhefe tho rich would loso nothing by giving
L Xo tho poor. They'd loso only gout and dys
pepsia and similar things that hardly add to
ithe pleasures of wealth.
"" The whole subject, however, Is puzzling.
'"Sor instance, we aro told that eating too
much leads to drink alcoholic drink. Yet
ff""for a long time we have heard that too little
i to- eat Is the great cause of Intemperance
J aJcoholic- '
.Again, for instance, Henry Ford work- best
oh an empty stomach. An army, Jt is said,
i rnarches on lt3 stomach; but, If possible, not
I on an empty one. Now what's for the good
I -ot tho Industrial army?
f Doubtless tho overeating evil Is principally
--? matter of how much and not how often.
I So tnero are hopes that tho right to three
' ruluaro meals a day will be preserved and, In
I certain cases, established.
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I Suffrage's Infinite Variety
"QHAICESPEARE provisioned tho Buffraglst
f O when he wroto of tho effects of age and
', . custom on "her Infinite variety," Every day
, brings a fresh Ingenuity of campaigning and
I rfer cleverness of argument. Tho latest In-
"volves the caro of babies during balloting. In
Denver Dr. Anna Shaw has seen a voting
- -neighbor or even a candidate tending tho
baby carriage while mother goes Inside tho
ballot booth to vote. "A man cannot take his
Job with him when ho votoa," says Doctor
Shaw. "A woman's Job Is to care for her
baby, and she can take It with her to the
polls. Therefore, she is better qualified to
' vote than the man, on that argument." Such
t o fresh Unit cheerful faculty for turning
arguments as old as this about "neglecting
woman's -work" Into pro-suffrage material
alono deserves the ballot
Three Cheers and a Tiger t
LO, THE American farmer! He Is still
I holding his own in the scale of Impor
tance. This year, with the old of the ele
ments, he Is more than holding his own. It's
partly due to the war, of course, and partly,
,.as the Department ot Agriculture modestly
'i4uKgats, to Its own good advice. All the
-principal crops this season, according to offl-
9. vial Dredlctlon. will exceed the outnut of
"record-breaking years. The acreage Is also a
record-breaker. The farmer's golden era
1316. He seized an opportunity.
Everybody's glad. Americans aro to have
ugh, and to spare .of the produats of the
ll-the materials whetewlth .'we aro fed and
tfjed.
A vrntr ago an embargo on grains seemed
syllable as a, treasure of selfprotectlon,
t now we can, tie generous as wen as inae-
l&dmt and ktu the change.
Watchful Waiting Wltfr a Difference
OUT of Washington eemeft the iiewu that
ojie-half of tn period allotted "to Mexico
tut brsLclfis up and. acting civilized has al-ri-Hdy
expired. This unoffloial Information la
Mia Bret bint this country Uas relYA that
the PreeMent tea t a time limit. In the
M0 to the Amerieaa People" in which
be 4slared the new pone, he eatd that utt-
"le the rival chtele eoqld accommodate their
-f Bfrence "wtiJt a yery short time" the
i MMrim- Givrmao would be oooetralned
i.. AJecidUs what omb stould be employed
fe m VniitA 8ttee to edr to help -lexloo
ve JMei 4 erve her lieople."
p fcixtj, ilmjm t$t grate may be He n..ugh
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EVENING LEPGER-PHILADBLFHIA, SATURDAY, JULY 10, 191Sy
it wasn't obvious long ago that Villa and
Carrania and tho rest of the gang-warriors
cannot cdmposo their differences. Bitter ono
mles do Indeed becomo bosom friends over
night," but over night they becoma bitter ene
mlos again. Tho times aro calling Joudiy,
down in Mexico, for tho great man who, oh
Carlylo said, falls to appear even when tho
times ore calling their loudest,
In Washington It is common talk that tho
President, If Mexico is still at war next
month, will act in tx way that will as
tonish tho country on the north of tho Wo
arnndo and tho country on tho south. Yet
nlrcndy war has censed In Mexico! it is not
war, though it might Indeed be described by
Sherman's short but fnmous word.
So thcro in nothing surprising In tho Wash
ington report that Mexico's last chanco to
turn over a new leaf is already dated. Evi
dently tho President, means business. This
is "watchful watting" now, but "watchful
waiting" with a difference!
A Test for Councils
IS COUNCILS for or ogalnst Philadelphia?
Tho Chamber ot COmnlerco puts it up
squarely to our legislator-vacationists. Tho
chamber Invites tho Republican convontlon
and makes tho needed assuranco of funds
and accommodations. It Is for Councils to
complote tho good work at Its first meeting
In September by taking tho convontlon hall
project out of plcklo and starting building
operations. Whether or not It falls Into step
with tho Chamber of Commerce and tito rest
of tho city In so evident a movo for rhlladel
phla'o good Wilt show tho people, beyond
any political protestations, whero tho Inter
ests of Councils He. Is It for a bigger, better
city? Is It for i city In every way nn ex
pression of national life, a city to head tho
country now as In 177G? Or Is It for that
spirit In public affairs which rhymes "vil
lage" and "pillage" with such fatal facility?
Play No Tricks With tho Milk Supply
THE testimony of local milk dealers before
tho Intorstato Commerce Commission
makes an Interesting gloss to tho proposal of
President Underwood, of tho Erie Railroad,
to advance freight rates 20 per cent, covering
passenger reductions to n cent a mllo. Milk
is a typical caso whero such nn adjustment
would work Incalculable hardship.
As It stands, far slighter Increases put In
force recently havo brought very largo losses
to dealers handling milk In tho most hygienic
way, shipment In bottles. It may bo that wit
nesses exaggerate their case when they say
that there Is only 14-lOOths of a cent profit
In a quart of milk. But It is certainly truo
that modorn cities must depend on trans
portation for tholr milk supply; that vast
quantities of good and quickly delivered milk
nro a necessity; and that In such circum
stances increased rates, either for all or for
smaller dealers shipping bottled milk In
lesser quantities, mean a really dangerous
deprivation to the public, as well as financial
disaster to tho milk dealers.
Manifestly If thero Is to bo any readjust
ment of freight rates, milk Is a case whero
rates should go down. Tho Federal Govern
ment encourages education by special postal
rates for newspapers, magazines, books and
such matter. Tho tlmo may come when n
constructive sense of public needs will extend
policies of this nature to things that aro as
essential to tho body as reading to tho mind.
No Party of a Lone Law
HOBSON got little npplauso for his now
prohibition party. Tho members of the
Atlantic City convention who havo backed
Eugeno W. Chafin in his fights for Presi
dent aro perfectly satisfied with their pres
ent organization. Tho remainder of Hob
son's audlenco had other and sounder rea
sons for looking on his proposal ns Ill-advised
and meaningless. History and sound
thinking bear them out.
It Is not alono a question of diverting
great masses of constructive human energy
Into tho propaganda of a single and a very
limited Idea, the enactment of a lono law.
It Is not that attempts to create American
parties on single Issues havo been few, far
between and profitless. Tho fallacy of creat
ing a great national party of one-Idea la
founded on a mora philosophic basts. Or
ganizations that bind men to n. common
work for a common end aro only healthful
and profitable when back of them lies a broad
attitude toward life, not a narrow attitude
toward a single lssuo of a slnglo age. A
party must havo a philosophic bias that cor
responds with mental and temperamental
tendencies In men and In tho complex social
life that they evolvo. Out of that bias, mak
ing It something better, will and must spring
a practical program and Immediate meas
ures. Tho cry for a great party of prohibition
haB no Buch social power and purpose behind
It. But, narrow as it Is, It means one thing,
one valuable, unescapablo thing. It Is a
warning to corrupt liquor Interests In this
and every other State. Jt they Una up the
vicious strength of their gangs and their
money bags against attempts to solve the
problem by local option they court still
worse disaster.
Hobson la rushing the mental gTOwlor
again.
It la perfectly evident Just what Uncle Sam
has taken out ot Sayyllle.
Ex-aovernor Blease, of South Carolina, has
Joined Doctor Cook's vindication party.
Is Unole Sam going to Join his Mexican
cousins In reverence for the word "manana"?
When it comes to retreating, there la evi
dently a bear that ultimately balks like a
man. ,
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Since the submarine sank the Amain, gon
dpllng in the canals of Venice is taking on a
new Qharm of danger.
Another swindler tries to take the sickness-,
aura for 1ub imprisonment. But perhaps
Deeter W11ob won't prescribe it.
In one respect New York undeubterjjy has.
the edge on Philadelphia. It produaes three
or fur times as many oriialnals to the
square mile.
Chariea Sumner Bird refuses to run for the
RepubUoan and PragrecMive nehilnatlona In
Masaaobtwetts; poeaJWy bwms he suspaets
ibe mult might be kUttftg one IMrd with two
etesee-
Anybody without 8 mat fud of Informa
tion mX$ht eiMet the n who named the
new deetroM ttonyiilb of zpolytW PW
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SUottaaute
MARS TAKES TO
THE WATERWAGON
Ho Finds That Ho Cannot Fight If
Ho Gets Drunk Necessity Is the
Mother of Sobriety, tho Twin
Brother of Invention.
By WARHEN GRAHAM PARTRIDGE
THE waterwngon has been exceeding the
Rpced limits of late. Indeed, It is going so
fast that wo must chango tho name and call
It "tho buzwagon" or the hydroplane, Tho
European war has been tho giant to deal
John Barloycorn n solar-plexus blow which
has proved rl terrific knockout. Tho prohibi
tion of tho liquor traffic has achieved moro
astouhdlng victories In tho last fow months
than during the preceding 1000 years.
All nations nro stirred by this widespread
rovival In tempcranco sentiment and In tern
poranco legislation, Russia startled the
world by her sudden and drastic abolition of
tho liquor traffic. It was a war measure.
Vodka-drlnklng had becomo tho national
habit. Tito Stato capitalized this almost uni
versal thirst for vodka, and from tho de
generacy of tho peopto built up a colossal
Government monopoly, which brought hun
dreds of millions ot dollars every year Into
the national treasury.
Tho temperance people got tho car of tho
Czar, of tho Grand Duko In command of tho
army and of othors high In nuthorlty, and
tho unexpected happoned. It seemed llko n
thunderbolt from a clear sky. Vodka and
other Intoxicants wcro absolutely prohibited
throughout Russia. It was- an arbitrary
measure of an autocracy. But the very cx
Istcnco of tho nation was nt stako In this
unparalleled war. Tho nation and tho Indi
viduals must make any sacrifice, however
great, for tho lifo of tho empire.
A Better Russia Without Vodka
What nro tho results nt this hour7 But a
rojuvenatod Russia nppcarod on tho map of
Europe. The sleeping giant had awakened
from tho stupor of vodka and other Intoxi
cants; and tho nntlons discovered that sober
and temperate Russian officers and soldiers
were tho peers of any soldiers on earth. It
was an Immenso prlco for tho Government to
pay, for tho rovenuo from vodka and tho
liquor traffic was $500,000,000 annually. And
Russia was in tremendous need of monoy to
equip tho armies. Today, In splto of tho
extraordinary expenses of tho war and tho
disastrous effects upon all forms of busi
ness, tho roports from Potrograd dectaro that
savings banks show an increaso of deposits,
tho people nro prospering ns nOvcr before
and thero la a revival In business, especially
In tho salo of groceries, meats, clothing,
housefurnlshlngH and all useful articles. A
nation has been redeemed.
But again tho world felt tho thrills when
England tackled tho liquor traffic. Hero
again tho great war precipitated tho fight.
And tho onslaught came from an unexpected
quarter. It was tho visitation of a deputa
tion from tho Shipbuilding Employers' Asso
ciation to Chancellor David Lloyd. George
thnt started tho conflagration. These ship
builders had a red-hot messago to deliver.
Hero was a great nation engaged In tho
death grip of tho greatest war In the history
of tho world; and tho shipbuilders told tho
Chancellor that England's supremo defense,
her overwhelming sea power, was being
menaced by the curso of strong drink.
These shipbuilders stated that tho public
houses or saloons In tho neighborhood of the
shipyards havo averaged a 40 per cent. In
crease in tho salo of Intoxicating liquors dur
ing tho war. Tho liquor men saw that the
war gavo them a chanco to get rich. They
did not offer themselves as volunteers to do
fond tho country in tho hour of her dire peril.
But In their greed they saw that work in
tho shipyards was abundant, that wages
were unusually high and that they could
reap a big financial harvest.
And what was tho rosult of tho conspiracy
and avarice of tho liquor dealers? There was
an Industrial chaos In tho shipbuilding
trades. In ono shipyard tho riveters havo
been working on an average only 40 hours a
week and In another yard only 3G hours a
week. The saloons have occupied tho re
mainder of their time.
Drink England's Worst Foo
One Instance among othors was cited. A
big battleship needing Immediate repairs
camo Into a largo shipyard. She had been
busy In tho dangerous work of patrol In tho
North Sea. It was necessary for her to re
turn nt tho earliest posslblo moment to her
Important post of duty. She was put Into
tho drydock nt onco. Yot sho lay untouched
for ono entire day, because no riveters coulfl
be secured to work on her. Thoy wero drink
ing and carousing In grogshops nearby.
No wonder that the patriotic Chancellor,
after hearing these reports from the ship
builders, exclaimed: "Wo aro fighting Ger
many, Austria and drink, and so far as I
can see, tho greatest of these deadly foes is
drink. I have tho greatest conviction, based
on accumulating evidence, that nothing but
root-and-branch methods would bo of the
slightest avail In dealing with the evil. I
believe it la the general feeling that If wo
are to settle with German militarism wo
must first of all settlo with liquor."
This tidal wave of prohibition Is spreading
to the British provinces. Saskatchewan,
Canada, has taken action looking toward the
abolition ot the liquor traffio throughout the
war. Montreal has enthusiastically approved
of tho stand taken by King George on the
liquor question in Great Britain. And Pre
mier Clarke, of New Brunswick, 'according
to the latest dispatches, states that his Gov
ernment is considering the prohibition of the
sale of Intoxicants, Premier Murray, of Nova
Scotia, takes the same stand. And the Prov
ince of Ontario has a powerful temperance
conviction, and is likely to line up with the
forces of temperance.
France has joined England and Russia,
and has prohibited the sale of absinthe. It
was a question of Bejf-defense. France
yearly consumed 5,0,OOQ gallons of the bev
erage. These great nations in the hour of
tbir titanic fight for self-existence Join the
forces of prohibition or temperance for- the
reasons of effleieney, health, ecgnorolp
strength and fighting power.
PREPARED FOR FLIGHT
if torn tha houltn Chronicle.
In the lobbies of the Government Dapart
HjanU, according to Keseeln Bey's "Hvll of the
Hast," stand auonnouu poxee covered with cow
htdr and ituddled with huge copper nails, Iq
three are preserved all Ottoman oftielal docu
m)its packed ready to be transported at a mo
ment's notice, when the long-pfetthefded Sitting
frem the capital takes plase.
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IS GOLF A GAME OR MEDICINE?
Books About It Are Intended Only for Those Who Take It as a
Prescription The Rest Pursue the Immoral Pill
for the Fun There Is in the Sport.
By WALTER PRICHARD EATON
r
M GETTING a bit weary of tho E-unK
that Is written nbout tho gamo of golf.
Golf Is a lino game; nobody enjoys it moro
or has moro respect for it than I have. My
wlfo is aa desolate a golf widow from May
to November ns oxtsts In the land. I am sec
retary of my club and also tho club handl
capper and B0 por cent, of tho Greens Com
mittee; in other words tho club doormat.
Golf takes up moro of my tlmo than I can
afford to glvo It, and I'm ono of those bugs
who puts himself to sleep planning out how
It will bo posslblo for him tho next day to
do tho course In even fours.
Nevertheless I believe that about nlno
tonths of the stuff written about the gamo
Is blither.
Somobody has written a whole book colled
"Tho Mystery of Golf." This book, which
was first issued in a special edition of
moderato size, was later oxpanded by Its
author Into a profound treatlso on psychol
ogy, birth control, international law, differ
ential calculus and applied agriculture, and
put on the general market.
Bunk About Golf Mystery
Now, there Isn't" any particular mystery to
golf, any more than there is to hitting a
baseball, driving a nail or buttoning your
boots. If you had nover buttoned your boots
before you'd take an hour or moro to get
tho Job done, no doubt. Simply your muscles
have acquired tho boot buttoning habit. If
you had never driven a nail In your life you
you wouldn't laugh so much when you saw
your wlfo trying to perform tho feat. It you
had nover faced a pitcher it la doubtful If
you'd line out a two-bagger over second. It
Is doubtful if you do, anyway!
All golf consists of, when you come to think
of it, Is hitting a ball with a club in n- defin
ite direction with the greatest percentage of
clean shotB. Tho kind of shots vary, from
tho long drlvo or the pitch and putt; but
the fact romatns that tho object la to propel
a ball by hitting It with a club to a doflnlto
place.
That Is also tepnls and baseball, and bil
liards, and squash, and oven driving nails.
DllTeronco Between Vou and Ty Cobb
Now between twp men of equal age and
with tho same degree of practice there will
exist a tremendous' difference in ability to
hit a baseball. One man fdhs four times
out of five, Ty Cobb hits the ball with per
fect confidence four times out of five, and
half of thoso tlmoa puts it where he wants
to put it for a safe hit. In tennis the dif
ference between you or me and Blllle Lamed
or R. Non-U Williams, 2d, isn't that wo can't
hit a ball Just as hard as thoy can when
we do hit it, but that they can hit it fair
more or less every time and put it where they
want to put it.
But do we, therefore, make a "mystery"
out of baseball or of tonnls and write pon
derous tomes of pseudo-psychology and mag
azine articles full of subtle analysis? We
certainly do not. We Blmply admit tjtat Ty
Cobb has got a better batting eyo than w
have, that Blllle Lamed la a better tennis
playpr, and sensibly let it go at that.
I have played golf since 1898. I have played
tennis since I was old enough to look over
the net Instead of through it.' I have played
football and baseball, squash and billiards,
handball and tlddledywlnks, I never was
a ''dub" at any of these games npr was I
ever a champion. I've always trotted along
somewhere in Class B (or C it the field was
fast), and tho reason 1b that my body and
brain are built in such o. way that they are
capable of just such a degree of muscular
co-ordinattpn and no more.
I don't say I wasn't bUr at some games
than at others. Questions of speed, en
durance, even teraperamento. enter In, of
course. I had a roommate once who could
trim the life out of rne nt tehnls, while t
could trim him at golf. To equalize pur win
nings we had to resort to squash. But even
in that case habit was an important factor.
He learned tennis when young by plsylng
with experts, and a fine Btroke was ingrained
lu his muscles. On the other hand, I learned
golf under better auspices and got tha or
thodox Bwing habituated. Squash we took
up together, and, being about equal in natu
ral BpeeA and athletic knack, we played St
on even terms.
How Boys Become Experts
Soma years ago I helped teach two young
sters to Play golf. Both of them are now
ranking ptaysra and fce won big umra
jet. One, to tM, Is 4a.8ww eow
petltor 1 iiattoaal events. But before I Ua1
v-tyta? with tlthat ot them a mouth
"AHEM!"
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ho was beating mo. Thero wasn't any mys
tery nbout It. Neither boy took homo books
about tho psychology of golf and studied out
Its "mystorles." Both of them tho minute
they had clubs In tholr hands Instinctively
responded to tho muscular demand. They felt
tho swing of tho club, their fingers sensed
the proper "timing" for tho stroke, their
muscles told them how much strength to use
to propel tho ball a certain dlstanco on an
approach. When tho practlco which Is es
sential for any gamo had given them proper
familiarity with their clubs and with tho roll
of a ball anybody with half nn oye could
havo seen that they wero born golf players.
As a matter of fact both of them would
havo been almost equally good at tennis,
and ono of them at least was ono of tho
best preparatory school baseball players of
his day. They aro natural athletes at any
sport which demanded tho correct co-ordination
of cyo and body in hitting a ball with
somo kind o'f a club.
Why Thero Aro Golf Dubs
The real truth of -tho matter Is that when'
a man Is a dub at tennis he usually quits'
tho game. Nobody wants to play with him,
anyhow, becauso tennis Is a game of give
and take and a ono-sldcd match Is small
sport. If he Is a dub at baseball he doesn't
got much chanco to play. No team wants
him, And so It goes. Tlion, too, In tho more
violent sports too much physical exertion Is
required to keep men at them after tho zest
of youth has passed.
But golf, poor old golf, Is taken up by
everybody, from boys In knickerbockers to
tottering octogenarians, quite irrespective of
whether they havo any natural aptltudo for
hitting a ball or not, and they can always
find partners, alwnys go poking and foozling
happily along. They can't hit out 250-yard
drives, thoy can't depend on tholr brassies,
they can't push up a mashle to tho pin, they
can't gauge their putts and thoy declare that
golf Is a mystery; thoy write books about It,
they poro over magazlna articles telling how
to "concentrate," how to keep the eye on the
boll, how to keep the head down, how to fol
low through, and ao on, and so forth.
Most of them never stop to reflect that
they couldn't hit a home run off Christie
Mathowson nor place a railroad service into
the corners of the service court, nor control
a Lawford to the deep base lino, nor lay a
bunt wher they wanted to, nor take a squash
hall neatly off tho side wall, nor do a hun
dred and ono other things which require
that Instructive mental and muscular co-ordination
that characterizes tho born athlete.
Moreover, they couldn't do any of thcBe
things If they studied them as hard as they
study golf and practiced them Just as much.
Simply the athletic Instinct isn't in them.
A Gamo Without Morals
The pathetic feature of a golf course really
is the vast number or people upon 'It who
are trying to bq athletes when nature never
built them that way.
This is truly a terrible thought! It takes
away hope. How many of us would keep on
playing golf if it weren't for hope? About
once a year I play our course under 80. That
79 (for 79 is about rb far under 80 a? I ever
go) la to me as a pillar ot fire and a cloud
Of smoke, urging me on across the swales
and hazards year after year toward the
promised land of the First Sixteen. If there
be a mystery in golf it Is this power it pos
eesses to delude, to cheat, to inspire false
hope. Because it lacks the direct physical
contest against a. living opponent which ten
nis, say, possesses, we deluded devotees never
seem to discover certainly never admit our
Inherent limitations, but go right on chasing
the will o' the wisp of even fours Just aa if
real athletic ability was in us. It la In reality
a highly Immoral game.
"But think of the wholesome exercise!"
somebody exclaims.
More bunk I Nobody ever does think of the
exercise. A person who playa any game "for
the exercise" hasn't the first notion of what
the game is about. It wouldn't be a game
any more it would bo medicine.
I must end thla now, aa there's a foursome
waiting for me.
MIDNIGHT SUN IN ALASKA
ITorn tha -award Alaaka) Cutaway.
So many peopto have said that they hive
seen the midnight aun In Alavka that seme one
rauet have seen it. although the very great
BMtJerfty of residents ot the Territory must ad
mit never having laid eyes oa it There Is qe
roan, at leat, who auyed up all night at Fwi
Yukost, the point where toe Yukon Uvu
touch the Arotio Circle, to u the Milt
ea, ad he n it and h didn't e it Tfcat
la. at 4aitit. accordiu to hi watch, ta mm
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ehono resplondently over the fiats of the grcit
river and everything socmed to be nne until
later when tho sun went out of sight for hour,'.
Whether It was tho sun that miscalculated th.
tlmo or tho watch canuot be tola, but eiDo.
rlencss llko this havo led many people to M
Hove that there Is no tlmo when the sun U
vioibie alt night In Alaska. Many people ear
they navo scon it nt mianignt irom tno run tw.
hind Dawson on tho 21st nnd 22d of this month,'
but could thero not be some misinke? i
course, 'in tho moro northerly part of Alai!
the now dav bcclns to break at mldnlnht. 0
servation has led to tho belief that the darketi
Doriod Is botwoen 11:15 p. m. and midnight.
Yestorday was the longest day of tho year."
but, unfortunatoly, It wns also tho darkest Ini
months. Somo say this dato la the longest, and
our ehancea of seelnc a mldnlcht sun ara'
mighty slim. It might bo worth eaylng for thai
benefit of tho many now arrivals Hero that at
this dato along tho Yukon River there is no
part of tho 24 hours whon reading a newspaper
by daylight is not perfectly easy.
DEMOCRACY: DOES IT WORK?.
A Survey of Society Shows That Thcro Ii
Friction in Spots
From the Living- Church.
Tho world will nover bo content to test
democracy by theory. The question that ttll!
InnvnMhlir ha nabcd In. T)rAH If wnrlf? J
Now it will "work" only to tho extent thaSj
uie rantt nnu iuo oi ins peujJio ivro uum iu aa.j
simllate tho American ideal of world-service.
It Is nothing to us that perhaps wo can con
ouer other nations: we don't want to conquer.
them. It is nothing to us that wo aro rich ania
can bulla tho greatest army ana navy tna& me
world has ever seen; we don't want to bull!
thnm.
Tho American Ideal is one ot service tq hul
manlty. Thero have, indeed, been blots In tjj
realization of tho American Ideal. Wo hafl
dealt urTfuath- with tho Indian. Wo have en
slaved and often debauched the negro, and theij
given him a pretense of citizenship without
fitting him to exercise its duties. Wo have
neglected Alaska. We have been unsympathetic
and overbearing In dealing with our Latin
American neighbors and have too often earned,
tho dislike, If not hatred, which they feel fori
us. Wo havo permitted abuses among our own
people We havo allowed, and In many of our'
States still allow, unrestricted child labor. Wo
have been Blow to gtvo adequate protection to
the laborer and particularly to women in In
dustry. We have allowed the natural resourcej
of our land to be used selfishly for the benefit of
the few Instead of for the common good dm
the whole. Wo have allowed slums to bo.
created In our cities and have been IndlfferenJ
to the "submerged tenth" probably, In
a larcer nronortlon than that whoso lives in
lived in slum degradation. We havo not fconl
a way to adjust a minimum wage to the
nf llvlnff. nor to dvfl emnlovmnnt to nil
honestly seek it. We havo such dlsgustlr.t;
revelations of venality in high, places as navi
been given to us most recently by grand
in Indiana, but which are confined to no, one
locality or Stato. These aro tho discrepancies
between the American ideal and American prat-i
tlce, and the elevation of practice toward ideal
Is very Blow Indeed, Is fraught with constant
opposition from our own citizens, Is attended
with many backward steps and false rnovei
And. through all this mass of failures an
abuses, tho world is peering back of the high
flown utterances of American Fourth-of-Juh
orators and la asking, sometimes flippantly;
sometimes longingly, sometimes sneerinsly.
does it work?
Well, fellow Americans, does It?
DEFENSE FOR WHOSE HOMES?
To the Editor ot Evenina Ledaer:
Sir- I recently read In a window of the antlfl
suffrage headquarters In West Philadelphia, j
placard bearing the legend, "For Home DJ
fense." 1 believe the headquarters are nff
closed, the occupants probably having flitti
away to a more congenial clime, .
If not considered Impertinent, I -would "'
in Via tnfnrmArT Vi, Via AHtfmfttiln 1nrils reSDOnil
.etble for the motto which homes are referred!
to tnose in town, with closed shutters; ip
winter apartments at Tho Breakers at FW
Beach, their cottaees at Bar Harbor or tbeU
mldseason palaces on the Main Line? Also
Just what way the peace and happiness of thfc
various domiciles are jeopardized? -
WORKER FOR WOMAN SUFFRAGE;
FMiaaeiphia, July s.
NIEMAND ZU IIAUSE
Twaa on a summer's evening.
Old Caspar's work was done,
And he, within a picture show,
Was roaring at the fun.
Beside him eat fair WUbelmlne,
Who giggled in her glee.
Likewise her brother Peterkln,
And the whole family!
Spokane Spokesman Revtej
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THE NATIONAL POINT OF VIEW?
On the whole wa may be thankful that
Morgan la about the only American grand da
icgarceu as worm gunning ior. urew
Press.
The suicide of Holt is regrettable In tha :
tijat tno jaw, ana not nimseir, ougnt w ,
decreed his punishment. Cincinnati Corninef
Tribune.
At no time in our national history has '
bert greater need for the charity wnicn
prew intelligently ana witnout nai su
all reasonable allowances for differing
points. Springfield Republican.
When peace again settles over Iesl? 8.
uwejy nai wo name j ua cf.
will b Rlaeed above that of tlie otner
nH llharfitnra nf fxleo end that none 1
ton nrauil to honor his memory MUsrt
New.
Holding no brief for either "high ' or
tariff thaoriu. but lut look (ill at the
far b tliav can now be ascertained, the
conclude that the eauee of the c'1?
tiotiil incem which produced the Trf
UBfertunata dohIUob on ttyst d W!U
Half WiPC eiase a4 wr.-CWtw ,
aid.
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