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There (t no pursuit tn the world ichcic the
talent of the fakir pets Quicker results
than (u politics, but, on the other
hand, there is no place xchcrc a
sham shrinks to its true value
more quickly than In a
responsible political
position.
A Little Light on Lighting
ACCORDING to tho Chief of tho Electrical
XiBunau, If Philadelphia could get Its
lamps nt the rates avnllabl" to neighboring
towns, these rates being laid down by the
Public Service Commission of New Jersey,
the prlco would be 61.84 for lamps attached
to overhead circuits. Philadelphia now pays
for each such lamp J81.21, or a full third
more than the same lamp would cost across
thu Delaware. Tho average coat of n similar
lamp In Baltimore, Pittsburgh, Providence
and Washington Is $70 30.
There Is no such thing, of course, ns stan
dardization of raten, owing to different con
ditions existing In different communities. It
Is certain, however, that the showing mado
raises n sufficient presumption of unfairness
In the Philadelphia rates to render It Im
perative that tho city's case bo. presented
adequately at tho hearing to bo held beforo
tho Public Service Commission. Tho local
company has spent largo sums and filed an
elaborate Inventory nt Harrlsburg, but Coun
cils has consistently lefused Director Cooko's
request for a few thousand dollars for tho
proper preparation of the city's case, al
though great amounts annually are Involved.
Politicians' are economical with municipal
funds when the economy Is, in fact, tho rank
est kind of extravagance. In other cases
they are ready enough to spend tho people's
money.
Civic Usefulness Hampered Only by Inertia
THE new Administration Building for the
Board of education must valt. Tho
board can't nfford It while the expenses for
continuation schools are to bo met
Bconomy Is often a good thing, certainly
It Js nlwuys to bo preferred to cxtrnvpgnnco.
A husbanding of funds and their uso where
they will givo tho best results Is a policy
that any corporation takes that finds Its
capital limited. But there Isn't a business
on earth needing new facilities and having
good credit "that wouldn't borrow the money
necessary to do Its best work.
"Why can't a city accept tho best business
methods of the commercial world? Why
should Philadelphia postpone this and that
piece of public work because the routine ap
propriations won't icovor it? A big, sane,
constructive plan, backed by the readiness
to And tho funds to carry it through, ,s
what every city ncedB. If that conception
of municipal work could bo Instl'led Into
every voter and through him Into Councils,
the vast civic Usefulness that every admin
istrator like Mayor Blankcnbiirg wants to
sec accomplished would become a fact a
rich, health-giving, beneficial fact.
Expiating Sins of State
A CORRESPONDENT takes exception to
an editorial paragraph in the Evu.vino
UsncEir. Here is the paragraph:
We cannot help wondering If the man
who sank the I.usltanl.i sleeps o' nights.
And here is the objection:
The man who wrote the enclosed bright
lino ought to have his salary raised. He won
ders that a German soldier does ns be Is
commanded to do. Does he suppose there is
a way out of It for him? Hut how about
our Wall street millionaires '(who have
more of this world's goods than they can '
ever use), who furnlah means and are busy
day and night furnishing munitions to slay
thousands. Are they superior to the
eotdler who only has to do his duty?
Possibly a few of those "Wall Btreet mil
lionaires" do worry a bit over tho damago
wrought by American shells, however much
their action might disappoint our corres
pondent If they do, they are no more than
human. Necessities must be obeyed. Tho
soldier must carry out orders; must do his
duties. But that doesn't prevent, and It
never has prevented, the deepest and bitter
est contrition. Before this, the Individual
has gritved for sins of state, the more for
sins that duty orderAi him to commit t Is
tho too ober truth that the man of primary
guilt, the man in whom suoh a crime as the
sinking of the Luaitanla originates. s nsjthif
railed upon to perpetrate it nor capable of
feeling its iniquity.
Selecting the Fit by Shrapnel
OF AJ4 scientific HjMriBK. of all phllq?
sophlc hypotbftges' of all attempts to
explain the mlraaiw tjproa, f, nature by
, ruje of average njne hs wrer btn so
badly rosnhn4l4 as Darwin's "Sunrtvf4f
the Fittest.' Wrst It w$i rJcted u Utt
negation of tfes Bible and therefore ef
religion, then it wus aelied with vVnuHis
band and applied to e entiling uadsr the
un. But in alt the v erbal and muital twists
that wre e'.vtm this atmple and restrleUd
cimie formula, none wan viler or more
at Hrtaiic with tbe truth whUti Darwin
Ujved tiMA U application to human war
Oac upw a, liAJW, wiwij all men fought
for tbair vtUas and starved in the miseries
of defeat it wan in a very real uens Hie
fttMfi wbo urvivd. War took the weakaat
jritMhUfllr, awl hylca! irath w tu
t4l hmm ttf mm, (ht rai thin tiwt -atutf"
tfew ts. wfcat 8M4 Mbswrdity w
9utft Oiwwto' pbrate a whan ch
f
EVENING LEDGEB-PHILADMiPj
conditions are entlrel reversed by two new
facts, First, Hint medical Inspection In re
cruiting weed out the unfit nnd itets them
aside fls honcnmbfttdtitB. Hccond. Hint mere
physical strength la no longer the test of
Illness In no ramplex n civilisation ns ours
hna bea)mp.
When grent modern nrmle9 cngnge In bnt
tie tftdy sln only the strong nntl In the
enso or volunteer nrmies tho daring, splf'lletl
and patriotic, Morcmor, tho new wenpons
of warfare haven't tho slightest troco of the
selective fnculty. It Is not tho weaker or
stupider soldiers tlmt go down In bnttlo. It
Is the ones Hint happen to bo In tniigo of n
Hhrnpnel explosion. And while tho strength
of the Innd Is battling, while the clean, strong;
young men uro dying nt the front, the In-
compclents, tho wnkly, tho degenerate nnd
tho aging uto fathering tho coming genera
tion. Could anything be tt madder traxesty
on tho sunlvnl of tho fittest?
All this, qulto npurt from tho fact that
Darwin used tho phrase to tlescrlbo the con
flict of u species with Its environment, not
with Its own kind, iltit no doubt there ore
a great many troubles besltlo Darwinian
misunderstandings behind the fact that man
spends ao much energy lighting with man.
Nntlon or Province?
BI5HIND tho struggle of men and muni
tions from which the mind of the world
cannot scpnrato Itself for long thcro Is
another battle going on which Is of the
utmost Importance. It Is the conflict between
two conceptions of what mnkes a nation.
Simultaneously two events throw light
upon this subject, the memorial signed by
Gctman scholars in which the animation
of Belgium Is declared nn Indispensable part
of Germnny's pence program, and tho deter
mined efforts of tho Bulgnrs to win for
themselves a national unity and n national
strength.
Prom tho first of these humanity recoils
with o terrible nnd significant certainty. To
tho second the American mind, devoted by
Its own background to national Independ
ence, must yield nt least a reserved eiuour
ngement. At the snmc time the reported
propninlK of the Knlser to the Crnr, nono
the lem plausible when they nro dcnloj, to
grant a separate pence, with Gnllcln nnd tho
Dnrdnncllci as a propitiatory gift, corrobo
rate tho Idea which must bo formed of
Germany's dominating thought.
it Is that the smnll nation, the weaker
race, tho uneasily established hrnnch of tho
humnn family, must go. Thcro must be
only strong nntlnn?: there must bo only one
nation; there must bo Germany, uebcr nlles
Belgium, welding together the Gallic, the
Flamand, tho Wnlloon nnd the Teuton, must
be sacrificed; Alsncc-Lorrnlno must bo Teu
tonlzcd; Oalllpoll must be mndo Into a prov
ince, to bo handed over to Russia If need
bo "Whnt Is n nation'" cries Germany.
"Nothing!"
Tho Integrity of carh people Is nlmost the
cardlnnl principle of American dlplomncy.
Our relations with South America, with
Cuba, with the Philippines have been free of
any taint of aggression Our policy In
China has saved that country from spolia
tion. Our Mexican tentatlvcs hnvo had only
ono object, a united and a peaceful Me.xlt.0.
So far American sympathies cannot be with
Gcrmuny. '
Can they be with the Allies' Not unre
servedly, because Russia and England hnvo
both to pay heavily for their sins The
three vultures who tore at Poland's form
nro now divided, but they have not yet
atoned. The United States, In the hearts of
Its people, has not forgiven England for tho
Boer War, although It has had to udmlt that
England enn attach Its subjects to herself
by strong bonds of nffectlon But the Allies.
to cbnn their hnnds, must grant autonomy
to all provinces: they must guarantee tho
sef-suf!lclcney of races. Thoy must stamp
out forever tho damnable doctrino of na
tional domination and of 'race destruction.
They will then bo truly fighting for liberty.
Thov will then bo certain of American sym
pathy to the very end
West Philadelphia Must Not Bathe
FOR n few days tho citizens of West Phila
delphia must not bathe. It is u calamity,
but It cannot be helped A breakdown at
tho Belmont pumping station has curtailed
tho supply of water available for West
Philadelphia by 15 per cent., and Chief
Davis, of the water bureau, has Issued, an
appeal for economy. Instead of the accus
tomed HO gallons per cnpltu, West Phlla
dclphlnns are asked to limit themselves to
the Insufficient quantity of 120 gallons a day.
There are numbers of uses to which water
Is customarily put. It can bo used for run
ning under bridges, which Is, by the way. one
of the best things It does. That can't bo
stopped. It can bo used for cooking pur
poses nnd for diluting milk, both are, It
seems Indispensable. Mixed with liberal
quantities of grape Juice (to speak gently)
it can oven be used for quenching thirst.
In certain communities men have been
known to uso water straight for this pur
pose None of thebe things can bo spared from
tno aatiy iifo of civilization. And since 20
gallons of water must bo hoarded up by each
man, woman, malo child and female child
of West Philadelphia, there remains but one
thing to be done. Tho daily bath, insidious
nrd enervating Influence that it Is, must be
abolished.
So for four days, no baths. Then what a
plunge West Philadelphia will hae.
"Spurning" grows more popular In Mexico
every day.
Coalesvllle pants for aid to protect its 1
vested rights.
1 " ,i i hi i ,i
"French Beat Wounded, German Prisoner
Swears" Oott Strafe Frankrolch?
"Fresh troops" and "fresh eggs" appear
with about thd samq frequency and'dependa
blllty those days.
"Parcels Post Thrown Into Sa by Per
rnans." Headline. "I told you so" chortle
the express companies.
' ' ' I. .
A Civil War vatarun, Who had never been
wounded, la no longer In a positipn to Jest
at sears. He lias encountered th Jitney.
If the sacalutriae sold In Philadelphia each
year would sweeten the &&buylk! , frpm
Norriatown to Uwgue Island, what wfeuld it
Ao U tbe modsat ajjmentary canals of the
ety' children?
One of the battle fronts In Fyajiea (s the
punst! awn home First the Pranoh lako
the trenches and tbe Herman my th$r are J
- m iuc uermans tape jnjpi an jhe
Frh s thev Argonne.
CW of Pc4ic N. 8- Lever, ot the Ablng
m Uma, h denying tbe report that he w
dead dM w gay that th myoH w greatly
rWfWMi, H didn't ,rte Mark Twain,
an4 fee 0.r u. medal fwf bmvwy.
D'ANNUNZIO ON THE
RED FURROW OF WAR
Glorifies in Vivid Language the
Mystic Law of Bood, the An
dent Law of Irort, the Lin
ing Law of Rome
AN INTERVIEW ntf
INEZ MILHOLLAND BOISSEVAIN
TO ME d'AnnunzIo, at the zenith of Ills
power, appears n tragic figure. From my
viewpoint he has failed utterly tb rise to
the occasion. His public conduct appears
bombastic nnd Ignoble.
So It Was with u mlxtliro of feelings that
,
I approached him; with tho reverence of
manv jenrs and n contempt born In the Inst
few months. J
t find him amazing, Unlike anything I had
expected. Instead of a cynic. I see a man
of the utmost cnpnclty for faith, Instcnd of
an aggressive, I see n man of timidity and
gentlnncss nnd of profound sensibilities, hon
est, tinlve, spontnnceun, childlike Hint li my
Impression of d'AnnunzIo. I would trust
him nbsolutcly, nnd trust him to net with
tenderness, wisdom nnd consideration Gen
erous he H nnd courageous, with a courage
of perfect emotional sincerity. Had his In
tellectual development kept pne with his
Imagination, he might hove been a giant
among men.
His point of view "Ib bo antipathetic to
me that I hardly trusted myself to repro
duce It. I asked him, therefore, after nn In
terview of three hotira, to express It himself
In his own words nnd Imagery, for a part
of his witchery lies In his words, whlclf nro
sheer music.
This In his statement and his explana
tion. He tells me thnt for thirty yearn ho
has preached war as the means of regenerat
ing the spirit of his peoplo and reviving tho
glories, the greatness nnd the unity of tho
pist. That Is the trouble He Is steeped In
the spirit of tho past surrounded with nn
tlqultlcs nnd dead things: enfolded In mys
ticism nnd a numbing belief In fatality. Ho
believes that ho Is nbout to die, nnd that the
future of his peoplo and hl3 world holds
nothing for him.
Tho Inexorable Law of Blood
Here Is what d'AnnunzIo snyo:
There Is In nil human history a law of
blood Inexorable, Inevitable. All truth to
bo fruitful should bo written with blood, nil
unity to be lasting must be cemented with
blood. Wo Latins cannot forget thut Rome,
purified, arose from the red furrow of mur
der with her dooio tho color of tho skies.
If our war Is Just, If our war Is holy, It
Is because tho morrow will celebrate tho real
birth of tho nation of tho Mediterranean In
fresh blood. Gierft Itnly will bo born from
the mystic furrow, nccordlng to tho living
law of Home, recognised as living not only
In bruto force but In spirit.
Up to the cvo of tho war. the old cTiupt
advisers persuaded tho Italian people that
they should not seek glory In conquest, but
In acquisition They tried to subordinate all
moral values to petty and immediate in
terests.
It has been my Joy and pride to re-establish
In the conscience of tho people this
wholesome truth that tho nation is in fact
of a spiritual nature, and that tho idcu of
sacrifice Is at tho root of this very spirit
uality. ,
We" know today, after four weeks of war,
what manner of Individual excels In tho
nation, nnd through what effort tho nation
hcrsflf excels in renewing and creating life
through destruction
Wo begin to seize ngaln this Roman art
of power "fucoro ct pati ortla." The hour
to net and to suffer has como for Ituly, and
never bnforo this hour was tho admonition
sn appropriate for her of our great poet and
prophet:
"Now, ah now, wo mii3t learn through
anguish, marching forward fighting against
tno most atrocious destiny without recoiling.
Now it Is necessary to realize what the
children of itnly, united, really are, and to
show It to the world."
Itnly, In truth, after 50 jenrs of misfor
tunes, errors, nnd efforts, badly governed by
unscrupulous nnd Incapnblo old men, who
weio the dead embers of the little flro of the
small revolution Italy has not yet shown
the world what she was In reality. I even
dare to sfiy that she did not know what she
was. I even dare to add If 25 years of soli
tary meditation and uninterrupted vigilance
gives mo the right I even dare to add to
the last warning verses, the final word,
humble but proud of your rude singer, bo
causo up till now except myself no ono has
recognized what 'these children, united,
really were.
One day men will have tho courage to
write a true history of our wars for inde
pendence, so Interwoven with lights nnd
shadows! Notwithstanding so much heroic
ardor, notwithstanding so many subline
flnmes, tho perfect mingling of souls and of
blood was not nttalned. A veritable na
tional consciousness was not formed.
Rebirth of a Nation
In ncceptlng tho risks of tho war, in
throwing themselves with all their ardor
Into the turmoil, the Italian people know
that more Important than the territorial
unity to bo attained they will find real unity
of consciousness and virtue.
They know also that their task, In truth,
Is much mote arduous than that of bringing
about the death throes of the two-headed
vulture. For Italy, as well as for France,
for our distant brothers in Dacia Trajan, as
well as for all nations of Mediterranean
culture, it is necessary to fight a supreme
fight against tbe imminent mepaca of servi
tude and extermination.
, This war Is not a simple conflict pf Inter
cats vagie and scattered It Is much deeper,
and, I will say, almost more divinewiping
out the flight of time and' the development of
man through his brutal and primordial na
ture. It la a warring of races, a confilot of
Irreconcilable powers a trial by blood,
which tho enemies of our I-atln world have
precipitated in accordance with the most
ancient law of iron
Latin culture is a? necessary for the nobil
ity of the world aa organs are necessary to
a living creature. On the fatal sea-rwhere
Greece awoke beauty, Rome Justice and Ju
dia hollneaa we cannot await the advent of
the Teuton, If the great legejs of the
Cauoaasua and of Calvary djsappiar from
the Mediterranean of the future ItVript the
brutal race that will create the cycle of
myths. "
Where than will the attribute of the new
Ufe find the marks of perfaajvei ene
of us knows and every ana afltraw h Int
memuty of hi uioad by all the aspira
tions of hi perishabte fofce, TsJ bj why tbia
war is jt, this l why I damand in tfe hour
of daiMpr toe hone ef this brave prenlwcyi
Borne, July
TTRDAT. fAtJtttlS
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LAW IS LAW IN PRISON OE OUT
Warden McKenty, of the Eastern Penitentiary, on the "Sickening
Sentimentality" That Masquerades as Prison Reform Too
Much "Science," Not Enough Religion
By HERBERT S. WEBER
THE three young girls who rang the door
bell of tho Eastern Penitentiary (and ono
of them Jumped ub Bhe touched the bell and
hid behind her sister, lnughing) looked llko
blithesome maidens of a day gone by, tap
ping, nil unknowingly, at an ogre's castle.
The lvy-coered prison walls drank In tho
summer sun. Tho place looked as If a crowd
of children had built It, with childish tur
rets ptetending to look stern nnd a bugo
Iron knob-studded gate with a little door
cut In It, also Iron knob-studded like tho
rest of the gate, and with no doorknob or
keyhole.
When you followed and touched the bell
It rang right close Inside and qulto loud (so
no wonder the girl Jumped), nnd tho door
was Immediately opened and you were let
right In nnd tho door closed quickly bohlnd
you. And at once you were sorry for some
thing you had dono that wasn't right, but
that was not the kind of thing they send
you to prison for, though heaven knows why
they don't. Well, if tho place looked childish,
It had a right to look so For It is the only
place left where thero Is a sharp difference
between right nnd wiong, just 03 children
are the only peoplo left In tho world who
know any real difference between right and
wrong.
Prisoners Teach Comrades
And this was very much tho same point
that Warden JIcKcnty made when he was
asked what he thought of Warden Osborne
and the charges of undue leniency mado
against the Sing Sing chief; that after all
that had been said by the professors to the
contrary there was a right and a wrong to
things, and that the law had to be observed
within prison walls as well as outside. And
ho went ao fnr as to say thero is a God,
though many professors had tried to convince
him that there Is none.
But before you got to "Boh" McKenty's
office you followed tho three girls to the
rotunda, past beautifully kept though small
and oddly angled lawns and centres whence
long corridors pointed straight nngers on
cruzy diagonals, but where sunlight somehow
shone or was It only reHected? You forget,
but the outsldo sun still seemed to radiate'
from the thin white dresses of the girls,
who Joined one group of well-dressed folk
sitting nbout tho rotunda. It suddenly
dawned on you that they were relatives of
prisoners, come on visits.
""es, there are well-dressed people put
behind the bars as well ns pooV folk In
rags," eald the warden. "Which reminds me
of a speech I read ot a college professor's
making at a commencement. He said they
ought to have college professors visit the
prisons nnd teach the prisoners, and then
the better class prisoners could pass the
learning on to the others. I had to laugh
because we have here in this prison better
educated men than he is doing time and
teaching their comrades."
Thero had been a lot of talk about
saying a man's self-respect in prison, ftnd
when it came to that the warden was for if
he was against prison stripes;, and he
brought out a remarkable point that is often
forgotten. The law does not say anything
about a man being "punished" In Jail- It
simply says he Is to be confined there. de.
prlvod of liberty for such and such a time,
At that moment a blare of trumpets sounded
on a triumphant Sousa march, surprising the
visitor, He was tojd it was the prison band
having its afternoon practice, '
Baseball vs. Sunday Baseball
"A lot of these people want reforms yut
Into effect that are already in effect as well
as they can he. You hear that band," said
.the warden. "Well, they have their ball
games here a flfteen-innlng game the other
day. You see what I man when I say the
law does not directly punish, in the old-fash-loned
sense, of making a man miserable.
Now, some reformer came here and told roe
I ahouja let the men play on Sunday x gajj
no. ajcye emed U think that was a hard,-
" 'Well.' said I, 'can you go tQ see the Phil
lies and the GJantt play on Sunday Ho
as why? Bcu if. ag, the law'
T&J touted jsjta actually had the ia that
y M't have t fcHy the Uw m priwa.
T 14, 1915: W
Just as though you could get a man to turn
over a now leaf and have respect for the
law he had broken by letting him break tho
law here. These prisoners learn by llttlo ob
ject lessons. They nro tho only things they
have to learn by the llttlo things thnt hap
pen In prison.
"This is whnt I believe, tho law is the
law, whether It Is a big point or a little point
thut Is at stake, and a man might Just as
well not have gono to prison nt all as to
have a chance to break It here."
While he refused to say anything about
Osborne, and whether he had done tho right
tiling or not, the warden mado it plain that
ho believed you could save a prisoner his
self-respect without giving him undue liber
ties. Ho said he thought a prison ought to
bo In the midst of populous communities, so
that tho public could see how things wero
managed there, and not stuck off, In the
country out of the reach of cutlous eyes.
Things have to be dono correctly In a city
with its million eyes and cars, with no im
proper roughness.
Ah for letting prisoners go to funerals of
relatives, that was against the rules, and so
could not bo done. Thero wero only three
wus a man could get out of Jail: by being
paroled; by duo procedure; by being par
doned; or by habeas corpus. If they wanted
to change tho law to let men go to funerals,
let them change It.
Prisoners Want No Mollycoddling;
"But' men don't wunt to bo mollycoddled,"
said the warden, with a bang of the fist on
the table. "Men want to be treated llko men,
nnd prisoners aro llko other people. What's
the use of this slobbering over grown-up
people with gushing sentimentality? Make
no mistake about It; these fetlows are not
sorry to be taught the difference between
right and wrong here, to tnko their medicine
llko men; and thoy thank you for It after
they get out, and don't you forget If. And
they wouldn't thank you for slobbering and
gushing over them with sickening sentimen
tality. They know what brought them here;
let them get the good out of it. Look at
this letter."
He showed a neatly written letter; and the
man that wrote It couldn't write when he
came to the Penitentiary. Tho names aro
changed and everything else that could be
tray, the writer to his employers; the warden
Insisted on that.
Mr. Robert McKenty,
Dear Sir:
T U- l .. .
you know how t m ..'...'-J: '"" l?
. . iiuuBiii. i woum drop you a line to let
still leaning on the evVX.,"8' nn
Jesus. Am leadlne nn fc.,..i V". "'"'"
right life, working eveVy'dTy'at the abovS
named place and getting good Pya vZsl
God, I heard about Charlin ni,Vv.i .J
wonderful game against the taken (Thls
him"'6'606 to prison baS).(TeH
ttm"" TV k" ? whTPPd UMo1
balinthe Warden byhVI31 tW,Bt ta
this prUonerhow xlT' ft
I , Praylngi? ynffllyVo'd blet
Prisoners as Grown-up Children
And yet these scientists mm ..
try to tell me , 5b oZ ahY"''
fabUs ke jack the Glan't k" iTer - salft
warden. ir om w... V,ler said the
He said Jfe b.nS .'... ",,5..e
and his visitor aalrt J" 'I ". 'ne u,b'e.
t Tinea la ..
v,o. .. ' "-" "b at
dW, too. If
true, it woVbrh7d7ondQ SSVT
lng enforced. 1 ""V". Wion, be-
fashaVn ady" a dJV TT
Prison, like those outtbL ar n! n ,n
up children, and it , iihJr
them that way. For axTrnpl ft J '"
-J that thercarne MtSSplft.'E T
from time to time, "He stole mtS LQ Wm
A give rne back thta TtSt:"
Well, I gay to them, How d v,
sometimes, about the a,, WL ZJL '
and urn ,. ,!.. .JTU " N 08 you
aiui Bant vmi tt,c.VA9
the m'ww to'wardJir
tlt&lrt la ,han .
and thv t m ... . " " Se,
, H ,,, mjw. UUfl IBs pliIac ..,-
- . - uuMieiui l jy
rt ea
want 10 oo ireaiea line men, and pay.-iff
penalty for their misdeeds. You hear a To?
about tho men Who are caught after haylnj
served a term in jail. How often qVyp?
hear about tho men who never go bacfcl?
Jail again, who really turn over a new foati
jlv:i. uiuj' uiu uiu ruie, mo oiners me excejw
tion." Ho mado a final commont In'smSS
mary:
"There's too much science about (U
days and not enough religion.'
COLLEGE COSMOPOLITANISM!
'M
,AH
Unconditional Charge of Snobbishness Doq!
Fraternities an Injustice
By H. B. HUTCHINS
President Unlverelty of Michigan.
Snobbishness Is the mol serious cfferjl
charged against fraternity men, but statlit'tf ;
gathered at Michigan In the campaign for hi
Michigan Union Bulldlnc. which will be thi
centre of Jill student activities and democriffs
In evecy sense of the word, show that the fnfi
tcrnlty men tare eager for cosmopolitanism
am told that over 72 per cent ot alt the fn3
tcrnlty men nt Michigan are already meihbSj
of tho union, and that on completion, of the ntjjl
building, which our nlumnl are about to erect!!
and. endow for tho union, probably 05 per cents
of the fraternity men at Michigan will M
members. J
The real reason for the charge of snobbisH
ness ngainst tho fraternity fnen has been tlw
een tMna
nail cgBt
they adhcied too closely to their small
cles. That was true to quite a degre
the large circle didn't exist. The colleges n
universities, except in Isolated cases, havtffH
provided the meeting places for all the etul4
dents where thoy can make now acquaintance
gather for exchange of Ideas and mingle wltttj
ono another In a broad spirit of fellowship. "$
There Is a liberal education in meeting mp
Advantage should be taken Of every oppofij
tunlty for bringing college men Into personal
contact with one another. Community welfare
will thus bo made to Supplant the smaller view
point.
WAR IN A NUTSHELL
Mfr,. Irf n Phlnnan ef.wlnnf .. Biimmflrv nf till
war's causes, ns published In a Shanghai paper!
"Now thero is a great battle In Europe, ThMJ
began because the Prince of Austria went toa
Serbia with his wife. Ono man of Serbia klllUJ.
him. Austria was angry, and so write SerbUs:
uermany write a letter to Austria, 'I win ni
jou,' Russia write a letter to Serbia, V wfc
help you.' France did not want to tight, m
thev cot readv their unlrllei-ii fSermahv writ!
n 1.Hp tn Frniiim V... . .lnn, r.f rPrtllV. OrI
will fight you In ' nine hours. Germany, 3
ugnc mem, pass Belgium. Belgium eav, -i I'M
a country: I am not a road.' And Befriugl
wrltb a letter to England about GermanyM
help him
So England help Belgium" "431
can do better
Journal.
In tho same spaceJ-Chlcai
NATIONAL POINT OF VIEW
Prediction has a Bense of Its dangers, but J
query persists: Is history to know this as I
useless war? Chicago Tribune.
When the moonlight school drives out i
moonshine still, not onlv Kentucky but Ul
whole nation will be the rlcher-Chlcsli
Journal.
Let US leave "forelcn pomnllcations" to
of us appointed to attend to them, and concert
ourselves with our own prosperity and ISj
fusion. Chicago Herald.
There is.one cult that our educational sbij
ttaiiiuciun no no; teacn, ana imu i ;
mlndedncsn. in fnnt hA offnrt u orcanl
In the opposite direction, nnd tends to en j
narrow mmaedness, which is tne mei"4i
seinonness.-unio State Journal,
Until Carranza is induced to see the llsht
his advisers or the nreaaure of clrcumststu
the plans of the "A B C" conferees will Pfl
aoiy be of little avail That there u a
short of the application of force, we sra4
entitled to believe. Bojton post.
If better wages are not only to be prott
but encouraeed for men becausn of their liw
ful effects on the national life, the same i r
nepts apply to women. They have aenmij
taken t4lflr nfflfXAa 4m tha InHilRtrlal WOfK
the country, and if they are to be subjected
me same pleasures or rigors of tne oaum
onouiu also enjoy the same protections
society has considered necessary for toe
dltlonal workers. Chicago Tribune
THE MYSTERIOUS ONES
Their- garden U full o luvlsible ihings. ,
uj Knients and of ggnll and angels witn w
Of heroes and monsters, great ladles and el
ijuuugn me long afternoon when tne i
w ineijjselyes.
Down there by tlje paljngs, where flowers :
throush.
They're oft to the lands where the HPPfj
newt
They slip paet ou shyly in rooms, on
stulig.
'4t fitwrge and the Dragon" are put
tmt prayawu
xeu hear of their soeech and juaini .'u
ways,
u UlUe ou know of their upsu t j d
Aaa tbe band of a quees that is Drotr.J
vburl
Sou mH as the bft4 of a mere n ne fc '
Wlluie Sunt BmusL Is .- ..'
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