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more England's war than France', it should
be fought by Knghshmon t least as de
votedly nir by the French.
Tito vulgarity of volunteer service In suoh
a time has oppressed many Rngllsh observ.
era, to be compelled In beg tor what should
be freely given Is humiliating tnough; Id bo
subjected to Inquiry nnd sneers If one does
not volunteer Is Inevitable but Ineffective.
Nothing can be effective except compulsion.
And how effective Compulsion can be Gcf
maiiy Is now Indicating, somewhere In
Poland
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Next Prcstijcnt Must Be a Republican
COMBINATIONS In support ot foreign
trade are now Illegal. American traders
who wish to coopernto in winning foreign
marts cannot do so. There Is a law
against It.
Amcrlcan-bullt ships enhnot operalo on tho
lilph seta. Congress has anchored them In
port with legal hawsers fr"om which thcro Is
no escape. It has burdened them beyond
tolerance. It has, In fact, enacted laws
which to all Intents nnd purposes prohibit
American ships from engaging In foreign
trad.
American manufacturers nro timid about
building great plants for the manufacture of
PRINCE LEOPOLD,
CAPTOR OF WARSAW
SepUifigenartflii Chosen by tho
Kaisof to Enter Polish Capital as
His Kcpresentative Is Ono of
Many "Aged" Commanders.
By EDWARD R. BUSHNELL
ANDTHRft nirftfl rnmmnnrier imfprfi thrt
JCX limelight of tho European wart 1'rlncft
Leopold of Uavarln, who wilt be 70 years old
on his next birthday, Is the man who, tech
nicalty at least, has captured Warsaw. And
ino laiung oi tne pol
ish capital, after tho
failure of two pre
vious campaigns, Is
unquestionably t ho
crowning military
achievement of tho
Teutonic arms.
Tho advanced ago of
Prlnco Leopold makes
him a fit companion
of tho military com
mandcrs on both sides
of this fray. Field Mar
shal von Illndenburg,
who led tho great
semicircular swoop
r. ,T.--- ,,. ..... --. -- -- - nciiiiuiiuuuti
dyes They know that tho termination of nround Warsaw to the northeast, can
tho war would mean the enlranco of hugo retirement to take command of tho
quantities of cheap German dyes, against W- A"d ho '? now s ot
dash to the southeast to cut off tho
This ttmoplcjor nhat men call iu,ccsa begins
, early and cuds late ends onlu In the
' ccmelcrtli and ctcn there the monu
ment of success toner In marble
pride aboic the humbler ui aves.
The Drive to Famb
'rpHEltt: Is only ono nntliloto to failure.
J. Disraeli called It "constancy to purpose."
. Success Is no properly of birth. Riches,
tr place, even happiness, may be; but success
"'Is a relative quality, a shining out above
ono's clicumstnncn iih above ono's follows.
Success la Innntc only so far us strong will
and hardihood uro thero In the fibre of tho
, mind Life may dufcut either of these If
health Is lacking or If some nccldcnt of op
portunity forever bars the way to the work
dn which a man's m rpu.su may fasten. The
;most object of failures may erect his llfo
trlnlo monumental worth, as Daniel Defoe,
bankrupt In business, contemptible as a
writer of reclpci for success, made himself
tho etcrlustlng benefactor of mankind when
he found his metier In "Robinson Crusoe."
U Tho wedding of vocation and avocation,
the Union of lot' nnd mirniii.-t mnlrnn tint
successful mm. Uomctlmcs it is u matter ot
'the slowest labor: nt others It brings sue-
ce!8 In a Hash. Often tho deepest of desires
npinnot win It: again a man finds his goal
with case and creates another still to con
( quer.
'.And tho motive? Is It always so baso as
satirists Ilko to suppose? Purpose Is tho
K1ey. Without It, success Is a counterfeit ot
j, 'accident: with it, success turns to the satis
faction of alms thnt embrace mankind. Tho
.t'drlve to fame lies deep In social usefulness.
jji uuuiia a better world each day.
Closing Down the Health Factories
j Q1UPP08E a man owned a factory, n wcll-
O built, well-equipped factory. Suppose Its
1,1 ---. ' ... ki iiuiitna. ouppose xnai
. j In tho ruh season, the tlmo of all the year
I It hpn ttlA tnntnrv ni.tfl n,..l, 1 a .. .
j tnge. could pay tho highest dividends, tho
UV.UCI uiumni ii uuwn. no nau tne machin
ery, he had tho power, he oven had tho
workmen; but ho lacked a superintendent,
tind ho was afraid to spend tho money. So
he shoved tho workmen out of tho door and
locked up aflcr them. Ho thought he was
economizing y letting his capltnl Ho Idle.
That is no fairy talo. It Is tho story of
seven Philadelphia playgrounds this sum-
mor.
j Xf you want a llttlo sidelight on this typl-
Ical blunder of Councils, read tho current
lssuo of Citizen's Huslncss, tho little leaflet
i at tho Bureau of Municipal Research. It
J calh up tho remarkable fact that while tho
v..,, "Estitw iia upporiunmes, uio suburbs
t nro awake to theirs. Arrlmnm. n ,iu
think, had plenty of yard room and plenty
of fresh nip iulthm, in.. -. . .
Ardmoro has given ono of these miniature
j health resorts to Its boys and girls. It has
1 learned tho larann rvmnMio nn,
J that tho playground Is a necessity, not only
- -- i".ci uui as a ncnooi or tno
r-body. Play la essential; but organized,
I uuporvisen piay is n dozen times more 1m
J portant.
i ie
which thoy could not successfully compete
The Underwood law Is n law to prohibit
American cntcrprlso from going ahead and
grasping Its trado opportunities.
Where tho Democratic Administration haB
touched business It has been with tho fingers
of dentil. Its policies are unscientific, child
ish nnd destructive. Americanism means
going ahead; tho Democracy has pursued a
policy of holding back. Thcro seems to bo
no Industry which It has assisted, no factory
which can traco H-j prosperity In any degreo
to Democratic law. What prosperity thcro
Is has resulted from the ncgatl;lng of Dem
ocratic policy by the Great War.
Tho next Administration will have to grap
ple with conditions of enormous moment.
Tho nation's position and trado nro becom
ing intcrnutlunall7cd The horlron Is broad
ening. A statesmanship that contemplates
the whole world In Its considerations la Im
perative to tako the place of n statesman
ship formerly more or less limited to In
ternal affairs. There are policies to bo
ovolvod on which the place of this nation In
tho world will depend, on which will hang
the prosperity of tho country for genera
tions. The next President must bo a Republican
590,000,000 for a Comma
IN ONR day und one operation tho war
uto up $90,000,000. Tho Petrograd War
Ofllco granted t50.000.000 for tho removaV of
mills and factories from Warsaw to tho In
terior ISxperlfl place tho value or buildings
and stores destroyed before tho evacuation
at $23,000,000, while tho wrecked bridges on
tho Vistula aro said to bo worth $15,000,000.
Such Is tho slight punctuation no more than
n comma which tho fall of Warsaw makes
lij tho talo of war's progress.
War Makes No Contributions
1 mHE only drawback to the perfect untl-O-septio
discovered by Doctors Carrel and
Daltln Is likely to bo tho claim of certain
s ioieni-minaea persons that the war did It.
j Tho two doctors wero working in t, -'
i plegno Military Hospital; tho war brought
them many grievous wounds to dreBs; thero.
j foro they wero stimulated to the discovery
i "ah they would never hovn )i r,n,.i
n. -. .. . . -" """o.
Ul cuurse, u is quite possible that Ddctor
Carrel might not have worked on that par
ticular problem without the war's stimulus.
It Is even probable that Its dlm-nv.u, .it..
!JiAVf been postponed a few years. But It Is
t ffve question whether In tho tlmo that
Hjfchas been thus gained tho new compound will
mrw un muny nves in the countries nt peace
i w win ua Biiuireu out m the countries at
war
It is not an altogether cheering thought
that either of theso eminent doctors might
mo u.cu nt lne iron.t or In the hospital,
from, shell or from Infection, while a dozen
or two of just suoh potential benefactors
were giving up their lives In undeveloped
youth.
Pic Needs No Panegyrist
THE BLUEBERRY season is "open" In
New England, and a Boston editor Is In
spired thereby to tho pious task of concoct
ing a paean on pie; as If plo needed eulogy.
Crabbed critics, whoso allegation that tho
fuvorlte viand of Americanism and Its most
Indigenous contribution to Lucullan menus
In poisonous to the system, hurl a charge that
comes not from their heart of hearts, but
from a disordered stomach that can no longer
know tho beauties or relish the Joys of pie.
Every one except, of course, chronlo dys
peptics, whoso lack of relish for their food
Is the Just penalty of gastronomic sins of
youth cheerfully acquiesces In the substan
tial character of pie. Every one knows that
pie, well contrived with flaky crust, duly
"short" and Juicy "flllln'," Is a toothsome
morsel nt for tho palate of gods. In fact,
there Is nbundant room for belief that tho
dlvlno denizens of high Olympus would have
speedily deserted their ambrosia had they
had any Inkling of tho merits of pie. They
were unfortunate In that tho invention
pie did not add lustro to their goldon age.
That Invention adds distinction to a younger
era, Its product casts a poetical glory on a
period of materialism. In plo wo, of tho
present, have nn enjoyment denied to tho
ancients. All of ua should bo grateful for
It; unfortunately, some of us aro constitu
tionally Incapable of that gratitude.
Pie, speaking absolutely, Is good. Compar
atively, some plo Is better than other the
kind that mother devised, for the sake of
example. Relative values In pie are, of
course, a matter of Individual taste and
preference. Sour apple, peach, pumpkin,
cheesecake, even custard each has Its pro
ponents. Mince plo, to single out ono vari
ety, Is both meat and drink.
Pie, Indeed, needs no panegyrist.
rniMcu i.koi'olu
OK UAVAIIIA
nround Warsaw to the northeast, enmo out of
eastern
ago Tho
Russian
retreat Is led bv another famous flirhtpp
who, according to his ago, ought to bo on
tho retired list. He Is Field Marshal August
von Mnckcnsen, nnd ho Is 06 years of age.
Thus theso thrco military heroes of tho Ger
man nntlon who havo driven tho Russians
out of most of Poland nnd hurled them back
over tho Carpathians averngc nearly 68
years of nge,
A Comparison of Ages
Somewhat tho samo situation exists In tho
Allied armies on tho western front. General
Joffro,.at the head of tho French forces, has
already turned his 70th year, whllo his threo
leading subordinates, Foch. Castlenau and
Galllenl, nro all In thtflr sixties. General
French nnd Earl Kitchener, of tho English
forces, lmvo also passed their 60th birthdays,
while Count Cardonn, of Italy, has also
lived more than threescoio years.
Von Illndenburg nnd von Mnckcnsen havo
alrendy had their share of applause for their
military exploits. Von Hlndenburir was Ger
many's first military horo of tho war when
lie defeated tho Russians In their first great
clasb on tho eastern border nnd took enough
prisoners to harvest Germany's crops. Von
Mnckenrcn achieved his famo when ho camo
to the defense of hard-pressed AuBtrla and
led tho expedition that drovo Russia out of
Gallcla and recaptured Przcmysl.
It Is only fair, therefore, that Prlnco Leo
pold should havo his turn. Just how much
of the credit for the enpturo of Warsaw bo-
longs to him we do not know. Warsaw fell
not so much becauso of tho violence and In
vincibility of the assault led by tho Bavarian
Prince, as from the danger "of Its position to
tho Russians by reason of the drives of von
Hlndenburg to the northeast and von Mack
onsen nnd von Buelow to tho south nnd
southeast. Tho enveloping movement really
made tho retention of Warsaw Impossible If
tho Grand Duko Nicholas was to keep open
a lino of retreat.
In tho Czar's Palaco
But Prlnco Leopold and his Bavarian
troops dollvered the finishing blow In front
of Warsaw, and ho Is Drobablv now nrvnnv.
lug tho Czar's palace In the Polish capital.
Th( aged Prlnco has until the present been
rather Inconspicuous In this war. Ills
nephew, Prlnco Rupprecht, has played a
much more prominent part. The solectlon of
Prlnco Leopold to lead tho Teutonic forces
In tho ccntro was an honor awarded him
by the Kaiser. Ho was called from Munich
for this very purpose, the Kaiser apparently
wlhlns tho Bavarian Prince to represent
him when Warsaw was entered.
Tho Bavarian troops had not achieved a
gieat deal In the prosecution of the war,
and since their State has suffered probably
tu most from the war In tho east It was
entirely fitting that they should have been
tho ones selected to force the fortresses In
front of Warsaw.
Prlnco Leopold Is a veteran In military ex
perience. His military education m. .
c Ived In the Austro-Hungurlan army before
E.ivarla became a part of Germany. He
took a prominent part In the Austro-Prus-slan-Itallan
war of I860. He fought entirely
through that war and came off without a
scratch.
Prince Leopold was born February 9, 1816.
1U married oh April 20, MM. the Areh
duchesa Olsctft of Austria-Hungary, eldest
daughter of Emperor Franz Joseph I. One
of his sons, Prince Conrad, Is nlso in tho
army, and Was wounded lAflt winter when
commanding an Uhlan dfvtolon In Grtllcla.
A LOST BRITISH ISLE
.q.-l. a .J.
Heligoland Was England's 25 Years Ago.
Tho "Bargain" of 1890.
Now comes tho 3ih anniversary of Eng
land's eowldn of Heligoland, to ucrmany.
But England Isn't celebrating the event On
tho cohtrarj. Englishmen are repenting In sack
cloth and ashes the exchange of that rocky
Island for Zanzibar off the coast of Africa,
Of course, when that trade was made neither
England nof Germany foresaw the value of
tlhtlrnfaml n n tinvnl hn.10 In SUCll A War OS
they Aro now engaged In. Curiously enough,
many Germans at that tlmo viewed the trado
with Indifference, whllo some short-sighted Eng
lishmen complimented themselves on tho trade.
What wouldn't England give for Heligoland
today?
nA-M.rtn I... m.fta irllffn1a tlrl a Vrltftblfi
Gibraltar. This triangular shaped Island, with
solid cliffs of granite, fairly bristles with guns
of tho most powerfut calibre. In fact, the
Island Is so strongly fortified that Germany be
lieves it Is absolutely Impregnable. They would
even match It against Gibraltar.
But Its greatest valui to Germany Is tho pro
tection It affords for the German navy and tho
screen It furnishes for aeronautic nnd other
operations from tho coast. Thero are now two
Island!, though originally one. In 1720 an erup
tion of tho sea cut Heligoland In two. The
larger portion Is known as Rock Island, with
Dunen-Insol a quarter mllo to tho enst. Duncn
Inset has a magnificent harbor deep enough to
tako tho biggest battleships. Then thero aro
bases for submarines, On top of Rock Island
are sheds for Zeppelins nnd alrBhlps.
Originally Heligoland belonged to Denmark,
but In 1807 tho Islands were Belzed by the Brit
ish and ceded to England in 1314. It was In 1S90
that tho British made their unfortunate trado
with Germany.
Today Englishmen are reflecting upon what
would have happened had they retained Heligo
land. Tho double Island Is situated only 27
miles from the German mainland and com
mands tho mouths of the Elbe and Weser
Rivers What If England had utilized Its mili
tary ond naval advantages? What If Germany
lmd never had the opportunity of doing so7
What If? IF-but that "If" is why English
men gnash their teeth -every time they think
of that unfortunate "bargain" of 23 years ago.
1 DR. CARREL, SOLDIER OF HUMANE
m
Famous Surgeon, Who Left America For His Own Coaff
, . tt.. -n i- -.. T h Mitifnnf. C.rmacpv Arrn?bi!
wnen war joroiiu uuu, .- ; " --&
Disease Continues the Battle in French Hospitals. '
THE part which Dr. Alexis Carrel Is play
ing In tho great war beyond tho eea Is
tho part which for 20 years ho has been
playing In tho great war against disease. In
those 20 years not many, after ftllhow
amazing has ucen ins
contribution to tho
Dr. ALEXIS CAtmEL
NOTHING IN A NAME
It will be noted that tho prediction that the
Progressives will win In 1916 comes from cx
Congrcssmnn and Defeated-Scnatorial-Asplrant
"Victor" Murdock, whose baptismal patronymlo
nobly bolsters up the theory that there's nothing
In a name. Boston Transcript
THE DRUNKARD'S FUNERAL
"Yes," said tho sister with tho little pinched
face,
Tho buBy llttlo sister with the funny little tract:
"This Is tho climax, the grand fifth act.
Thero rides tho proud at the finish of his raco.
THERE GOES THE HEARSE, THE MOURN
ERS CRY,
THE RESPECTABLE HEARSE GOES SLOW
LY BY.
Tho nlfo of the dead has money In her purse,
Tho children are In health, so It might havo
been worse.
That fellow In the coffin led a llfo most foul.
A flerco defender of the red bartender,
At tho church ho would rail, at tho preacher
he would howl.
"Hft ntantftrl pvurv ilnirltt-i ... . ,. -
IrHe wasted half his IncomO on the -Uwd and
I lift tnnf
Ho would trade engender for the red bartender,
Ho would homage render to the red bartender,
And In ultimate surrender to the red bartender,
Ho died of the tremens, as crazy as a loon,
And bis friends wero glad, when tho end came
soon.
THERE GOES THE HEARSE, THE MOURN
ERS CRY,
THE RESPECTABLE HEARSE GOES SLOW
LY BY.
And now good friends, since you see how It
ends,
Let each nation-mender flay the red bartender,
Till wo force him Into business whero his work
does good.
Let him learn how to plow, let him learn to
chop wood.
"Tho moral.
The conclusion.
And the verdict now you know:
'Tho saloon must go,
The saloon must go,
Tho saloon, the saloon, tho saloon
Must go!' "
ndvahes of surcerv!
This wonder-worker
whoso discoveries have
repoatedly mado him
tho benefactor of tho
human raco Is still a
young man. Ho Is
only 12,
Announcement comes
from Paris that Doc
tor Carrel, In collabo
ration with Doctor
Dnkln, of the Lister
Institute, has dlscov-
.. m a .1 n m HHll..nlln
U I U U nil UUUDI.)JIIU
which will make Infection in wounds Im
possible. Leading surgeons of Franco nro
said to be discussing tho nowa as entirely
authentic nnd expressing their gratification
over a highly Important development in tho
history of their profession. Doubtless tho
R'rAnnli Atnirra nrl fti nnaQ0atlnn nt YntT
detailed Information than tholr brethren In
America, but tho reports received on this
side aro sufficient to ha(-o aroused tho keen
est Intorest on tho part of Philadelphia
physicians nnd surgeons, nnd to have con
vinced them that a long step forwnrd In the
prevention of Infection has been mado pos
sible through tho work of Carrel and Dakln.
TVhfln. in 1A13. Tlnnlnr Cnrrri wna n-WArdfid
a Nobel prlzo In recognition of his genius as
tho creator of- a surgery of tho vascular
system, a large part of tho American public
looked unnn him nn n fllnw ivitintrvman.
and wero accordingly gratified by the honor
which had been conferred upon him and
upon tho nation, but when, immediately
upon tho outbreak of tho conflict In EUrope,
no voiuntcerea ins services, in any capncity,
to tho French Government, wo remembered
that ho still was a citizen of France and
wo found i In his departure a text for our
lamentations over the seemingly unjust de
mand upon civilization In tho sacrifice of so
many geniuses of science and art to tho for
tunes of war. Out of Doctor Carrel's work
In tho military hospitals has como, appar
ently, a new tltlo to tho honor of tho present
nnd tho gratitude of tho future. Thero aro
many reasons to think that oven on tho bor
derland of battle ho may write other mo
mentous chapters In scientific history.
Bv SAMUEL HARRIS
nnrtn. from one aott nnd rowmI u ,-rf
other, with successful results; tnd has
ing in" ivuuu uiuiiii. no nas fijj
glands, cartilages, bono nnd other tS
from llvo animals and kept It niir,a
weeks, though removed from any llvTri
ganism wnatover, xno uig fact Is &
llshod that the various organs have aflj
VldUal llfo and vitality, nnd that thtf
nnu vuaiiiy win continue when thee
seDarated from their orlclnnl mitit... J
effectively this amazing disclosure dg
adapted to tho numan being remalno'1
seen. Unverified reports from ni.j
rel's present field of labor indicate tij
is being utilized to some extent in thS
of wounaca somiors.
"You are right, stubborn sister," I said to
myself.
"You are right, good sister," I said.
"Tho you wear a mussy bonnet
On your little gray head.
You are right, little sister," I Bald.
-Vaohol Lindsay, In the Chicago Evening Post
Just wait until tho Phillies begin their
Beptember drive.
Ending a Dad Diulness
THBRE will be denial and counter-denlal
milOh WatAP will run ..- t i- . .. '
find much printer's, ink will be spread on
lava ft Anas Iia.h 1 , . .
.., UciU,c vunronpuon becomes a fact In
,.. .,..., , remember to call It
jwHyuMury mmiary service." because he
pemn't like the word "conscription." But
whan a British army raiaa,! i, , ..
to I'lander there w.U && ' "' Z2
Whether. In vUm nt k- - . .
r v. f wuipuisory train-
, Jflg of Prance and Germany, the Brltlsl,
: ISropIre can neralst n Ita nniin -a ,....
IpuJuitment in time of peaee, U by no means
mil wui imr Wnt tne shadow (, R
ot that at thts time, vlewln !, i..u-
jpewfic of RuMria and France, Hugland
" Hniuir Ark ha, ,?.
..,., ,,, vBiuiut ave ner iage
Before the fttopJiMi with shou luinu i,..
, fijtuire Is aliia, excDt by Immadlata on
".Wfri'-WKiirtniff coK:rlpUon She must end
wr -.ona d urumptu as fuUy, as bravely as
France ha Mat her million The war a
m
What DoQtor Carrel ought to Invent Is an
antitoxin for Knlserlsm.
The Kensington Board of Trade's dinner
wuo q, regular uuver Twist affair.
If peace on any terms had been acceptable
thero never would have been any war.
It wae a great day for Napoleon when he
captured Warsaw. Later he got Moscow.
The Allies could doubtless get along with
fewer volunteers If they had mora big guns.
"Motorboat going mile a minute sinks in
sound." Must have been a deep bass note.
, 4. perfect antbj.ptic Js all right, but what
about working out a mosquito salve that
salves?
So far as the Germana am mn.. .
Russian army seeins fij be Just a "scrap of
paper," '
gome of the MIdflleywtem tnanufaBtur
era want to put "t. o, h. Chicago" fln tna
ammunition circulars.
'"" "W1 I II !
Nest thing you know the "Pads" will have
the price of admission down to a loaf of
bread. And picking the brand U easy.
When Senator Penrose eatd that such men
a J Hampton Moure were needed In Cob.
grew, n u just poeeiwe that he was thlnk
wg alo Qt that other statesman. Mr. Vare,
60.
per
LIGHT IN THE LAND OF DARKNESS
One of the Most Popular Books Among the Blind Patrons of the Public
Library Is Helen Keller's "Story of My Life" Religion
Follows Fiction in Circulation.
xjOT only did Philadelphia have the first pub
i.N llo library In America, but the first em
bossed copy of any portion of the Bible for the
uso of the blind to be printed In America was
printed In this city. That was In 1833, when
the Pennsylvania Institution for the Instruc
tion of the Blind turned from Its presses the
book of St. Mark.
Since that time, mostly through charitable
organizations until tho formation of the Free
Library, Philadelphia haB been trying to pro
Vide reading matter for Its sightless cltliens.
To those of ua who have the use of our eyes
blindness Is a grievous affliction to contemplate.
But there are approximately law blind persons
In this city. Of course, many of them are read
to by members of their families or thtlr friends,
but a goodly proportion depend for mental en
joyment upon the books In embossed type cir
culated by the Free Library and the Overbrook
School.
The statlaUca of the books furnished by the
department for the blind of the Free Library
have to be cautiously handltd. It Is necessary
to bear In mind always that a work which ordi
narily may be published In one volume re
quires anywhere from 8 to SO In the American
Braille, which Is the most common type for
.the blind. For example, the Bible requires 60
Yc-Juraea of the old Moon type end of
American Braille, Twelve volumes of the Moon
type are required for the dictionary, and an
abridged one at that
At the tame time the taste of the blind dif.
fere but little from that of other readers This
exiOalw, wby a majority qf all the book, elrou.
lated among the blind may be elaued as n
tiea. iMt ywr tXMi book for the blind were
emulated, of thle numb.r U.I3S wero devoted
to notion. Tnu, 6T per eet of the book, clr
oulated among the Mlaa vere fteUoael work,
while among the library pajron, wfca rwd'
with their eyea slightly more than
cent, asked for books of fiction.
Here the reading taste of the blind and the
seeing diverges. Whereas books classed under
tho general head of Sociology, ranked next to
those of nctlon throughout the city, tho choice
of the blind for books on religion la far ahead
of all other classes but general works. This
Is quite natural, because blindness Is an af
fliction for which religion Is the natural solace
Volumes on religious subjects circulated among
the blind totaled 16. Thea8 conBste(J JJ
Bibles and books devoted to religious topics
Books classified General Works lead those on
religion with a total of SS3 volumes for the
year. tu classification, however. Includes
the matinee and other periodical.. whlch
many of the blind read regularly.
One of the books most eagerly sought by the
blind Is "The. story of My Life.- Ty He en
he In,00"1" f U are a,way mano or
the achievements of this wonderful girl are
always an Inspiration to the blind, as well
to those blessed with eight. " M
T ui one at tniti m .li.i. .
cujated freely. The read. , . ujy'th, u 1
with the Angers and then memorl,' n,U"
I. IZn AT Bre Mar"' WW Per.ons
In Philadelphia, there are only m Individual
borrower, from ,hu -t T y r;rlv'd"1
ever, sends its book, to m hi7l n' b w'
other pan. of the S.t. ZZ ? hecTty'ana
to an additional Q-Ut,,6 ,h fl W
In tho C: oVh9 dip" in- b.jnd
m the Free Library, a. weU a. similar lihr
rlM for the blind all . ,fc. lmur "ora
,. .. " er the country, win
TTtx,s wsvrssj;
by all the educational immtttioaa tor tta '
Ten Years in America
It was whllo he was yet a student in tho
University of Lyons, In the city of his birth,
that ho began the interesting and Important
researches which havo made his name fa
mous in two hemispheres and evoked tho
highest tributes from tho lenders in medi
cine and surgery. He was graduated in 1900.
but had acted as Interne In the Hospital of
Lyons from 1890 until thnt date.. Ho then
became a member of tho university faculty.
The merest chanco brought him to the
United States less than ten years ago. Ho
was visiting friends in Canada, and attracted
by his interest in tho new Ideas being- put
Into practice at tho University of Chicago,
ho camo across tho border. His fame had
preceded him, for though he was then but 32
years old, he had -worr distinction by having
perfected tho technique, now In common use,
for sewing together Bevered arteries and
veins. Ho was offered a position in tho
physiological department of the- University
of Chicago and accepted It, but In. 1907 re
signed to Join the staff of the Rockefoller
Institute for Medical Research In New York.
It was In tho laboratories of tho Rocke
feller Institute that he mado tho experi
ments and discoveries, some of them sensa
tionalized out of all keeDlnc with ttinlr trim
significance, that made him known to every
reader of the newspapers and magazines In
America. On the fourth floor, near a window
overlooking the East River, ho migh't, in
thoso still recent days, have been discovered
nt his desk, looking over his notes a Bhort
man, compactly built, his face bearing tho
bleach of the laboratory worker, his hair
sparse, his eye wonderfully penetrating.
About him that instinctive authority to be
expected In a great surgeon. In manner and
talk, a modesty that amounts to shrinking.
For Doctor Carrel does not claim his great
triumphs for himself, but accords full meas
ure of praise and appreciation to his asso
ciates. He shares publicity, In each instance,
with his collaborators. When he appears In
his white working Jacket, with high, closely
buttoned collar, ho looks like a militant
medical crusader which he Is.
His Name Is Scientist
Though a prophet of tho nroinn,rnin
human life, he Is not a philosopher. He Is
a laboratory surgeon. His Job is surgical
science. These characterizations may seem
to conflict with tho naturo of tho tasks ho
is performing today in the military hospitals
of his bleeding country, but they indicate
the spirit and method of his achievements
before this war came. Advances In surgical
science are brought about by two groups of
men-operating surgeons like Murphy. Keen
and the Mayo brothers, and researchers and
experimentalists like Rouse. Meltzer and
Carrel, Doctor Carrel might have had a
largo and profitable practice, but preferred
the laboratory, Scientist is the peculiarly nt
description to apply to Alexis Carrel.
Always he has been lnni., ..
with his work. Maybe that Is why he a JS
remains unmarried. Summers It has been
his custom to vl.lt the, various institute for
7ST S2 fiw
.7 :. "w ueveiopments and
covSU aPP"cat,on W own die-
Even as a student at the University of
Lyons as already mentioned, he began hu
reseaches along the lines of oscular sur!
gery and organ substitution. He then con
celved the Idea of utilizing healthy anlma
organs to perform the work of those thai
had become diseased or Injured by awla
or otherwise. Furthermore.
aer the mmmtnl demonstratton 0? the
theory In lower animals, why could Jit
mankind pwat by similar subetlSloL,
He has sueceeded In taking living tlssuB
even vital organs, from animals aid oSffi
that the leg ItTnnZ ftj? "2
A Now Era in Surgery
The moro extravagant commentato
Ai,ort.lpntianlftln Mnn tmnnl. .. ..
...... ...... ,...... ........ ,.t,v ut lno t
genco or l'ranKenstein from fiction inti
For instanco: "If tlssuo will thn. 11-
grow' in tho body of another, it tt .?
nun grow away from any animal orwag
ITHUIUTVU 41. ITUU1U DUL'lll (ltl II I inniAM iTTl.
might construct a new nnd living anjffl
from tho parts of others a possibility
amazing that it is at first unbelievable
yet, in tho light of Doctor Carrel's rrS
monts, merely a matter of doftnesifflj
skill, not at all of deep study. The tffiB
It all worked out." With tho dlscoveffi
nuiuivai x' ftuimuaieiiiH, nowever, Dog?
Carrel has never been at all concernedjfl
Last year Doctor Carrel described Mi
American Surgloal Association his operaUm
on tho hearts of animals, but gave no prS?
Iso of tholr significance to human surrc?
But in human surgery his work, as haa W
already said, has been of tho utmost vSt?
Thanks to tho "Carrol suture," if a taiti
Bhot through tho leg, and a big arte?
smashed, tho broken vessel can bo llnig
with n vein and circulation continued, ifii
bir nrterv becomen flllpri" tuiivi i.t .tt
- - ...... .. v.m, wnig,
often camee gangrene, It can bo connect
wilii 11 vein uuuyo mo unco and that vBj
will tako the life-giving flow of artwB
blood. Another benefit of this suture !??
give humanity a wholo new process of blot)
transfusion tho transmission of healilg
bioud from a strong man to a sufferefJS
t'lre need of it.
..... ....,., u,ol;Ut,j, vl a success
and satisfactory method of hin ,.....:j;
was mado thiqugh cbnstant cxperlmentatiS
WrTi rmtmntn nn In hl ...... a- .. m
- ""' """ "' "'" oiuuy Ol CUIWftl
of cancer not n few chickens havo yieljj
up their lives to science. Antl-vlvlsectlonlss
may object, but in the war against canca
and tho other llko malignant foes of mSj
kind thero Is somethlmr tn he mm a. 4T.
Jesuitical theory concerning-means and'cnS
America hopes to seo this French patriot
and dOVOtea Of Rr.lpnrn hnnlr ntrnU m1..-?
while, as a writer on medical topics, hi!
saia, -wo stand on the threshold of a mo
mentous nrea In surgery. The process 9!
organ substitution will sooner or later a?
ply to man. Reconstruction will supplatt
destruction. The now surgery, together jvjti
Science Of teUKenlca. mnv not mh nM ...(
,tts terrors, but will achieve a. new hudbl.'
ity, mere immune from disease, disaster 10,
decay."
"A SMALL-TOWN MAN",'',.'
..., . . . ' ,2
oucn was unnst, Whose Way of SpeaHai
Was a Folk-way.
He was a small-town man, nnd no mr!$
.. .. ,,.......... w.u JUUKUUlll UI VIM.
knowing God for a spirit nnd having an Inrreif
iiik reiuiiauon ot me Kingdom ns a statiW
litni- V3i,t TT knj .H .. . ...?,
.... UM. m.ak ..(,,, 1.1, iiiuKrnm. lie lOllOTp
tho Inward voice, and followed It InstlncthW,
with the freedom of a river In Its natural tVa
nel, with no fretting ot the flesh. But where ttl
voice left Him uninformed, he wns simply a jtii
from Nazareth ; His Boclal outlook was the p
look of a villager. All the great prophets!
"uci iiuu luiiih nnr nr inn ivntiainnai inti
Jtrt mmm M.- - M m mm ... .. TA
wu.,u, weru tun or me lernnie things thunaos
eartnquaKes, Are on the mountains. I
TCllt til. MrhIb . .. .. .
- w. w,,a ui, ataua urc nil 01 uie aresa
town the candle nnd bushel, tho houseirWi
measure of yeast the children playing In Ik
street. Tho rich He knew only as the poor iii
the oppressed know them : the kings of Hla Jitf
.v ... w w,n niuiia vl lairy iaio ana iestsu.
such rulers and potentates as mako the et?3
of the village story-teller. His very wsy
speaking was a folk-way: the pithy sentewt
tho pregnant figure. He saw God reflecttd.fi
uvery auriace or tne common life, and tausMP
tin hlnH .!. t1. . ma . . i.l
""""it.n miicii ure, nicer an, out a pertfE!
form Of thn nlllrvpa an Im .m n thff
lettered wit That Is why so many of them'u
iciuciuuerea, wnue His prorounder sayup
escaped His audience. It Is evident from
form of these, blunted as they are by re-tn
latlon, that they were many of them east InTfe
iimiuicu uiiu uaianceu sentences 01 utory
"". wnicn accounts m part for their t
13,CJI11UI1,
He was a man wise In life, but unlearned, S
itjuu no books nut me tjcrlpturea; wrote nouu.
took tho folk-way of transmitting his teachUl
from moutb t6 mouth, and trusted God W S
Increase ; and he had the fplk-way In his Ptt
foundest speech, of identlfvlnir Himself witblB
Power that used Him. He dramatized -U S3
relations to the Invisible. And with It ",.
was a Jew of the circumcision. He grew upg
'" juwuam us a. eiaiit or. grain grow ug
Its Bheath, but never out of tt Always tOJg
uu, iv wuo mere aoout me roots or .11? iw,
Mary Austin, In the Nprth American Revleir,
NATIONAT, POTTJT- OP VTTHW
Our Idea of an American who la Blow to tK
a hint la one that hangs around until XE
ncnalm film .- a war a nv. . TiaV.
,., uul u, uiico waemngion
There is no more evidence of any need
o,Mi,oiv-vfTiiiiu snips now tnan mer
when the measure wis ejielved at the last 1
OJUII Aiuoion rost.
The bare, unpleasant fact stands that 1
--.) iuu cuiie is naiiy rejected. Tne; ui
States cannnt vmn.. f... ,, .it..
mJUgata Its dental of the BrltlBh cIaIrpA-3
.a.iu wuminerciai.
German aubmarlno activity s rapiaiy bff
the WAT tn ft. tll(lA au,aw,tHM 4... ..tlMe a
at whlph rate It will take Only atoqt ?
-n t nil q en,,r6 nt8n mercnani pw
vwivti ArunHcnpt,
Arbitrating wTill, -r-.i- . i i
apt trie ana for Ariimtini ..mm.mi0i ah
ences and assesalng damages, a course v
deatroya human live. Is not a matter for M
trfttlon, so long as it is adhered to Life i I
f. maner of compromise Springfield R
wean. - - -
The Administration Intends to seek
opinion on the proposed dqfenso plana.
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