EVENING LBDGEB PHILADELPHIA, SATTJKDAY, OOTOBEB 9. 1915.
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J1- It. W1IALHY . . Btecutlve Editor
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I PIULADH-rillA. SATMUiAY, OCTOIttn , 1915.
Gamblers usually ille poor, whether thou
hazard their earnings In the stock
market or at other games
of chance.
ONE!
THERE was n slight rumbling under
Bcneon Hill yesterday nftornoon. Hy
4 b'clock the Doston Common wns devastat
ed, as by n groat wind, nnd Fanuull Hall
rocked In agony. Late last night It was
rumored that Beacon street had glvon up
the ghost.
For the consolntlon of good Bostonlans
they are reminded that ono gamo doos not
give tho Phillies tho championship Four
games arc necessary. It Is strange, but after
watching tho snapping attack, tho dash and,
verve of tho Phillies yesterday, a largo num
ber of Bostonlans refuse to be consoled.
After nil, tho Phillies need only three out
of the next six.
GREECE- LOOKS ON
r I ifTTJT mmtntnlna lrtnl rn TnPntliAn nnrl
X Marathon looks on tho sen," wrote By
ron Today the now Greek Cablnot, gathered
In the face of tho most terrlblo conflict of
tho ages, does nothing but look on, too
Tho ministry, headed by M. Zalmls. Is con
fessedly a compromise. It is pro-Ally In
sentiment, nnd so long as It does not placo
obstacles In the way of Allied landings nt
Salonica It is pro-Ally in action. But It finds
no Just cause In tho war, no great Incentive
to mako war Itself.
"Tlno" King Constantino said whon war
broke out that it wns tho mission of Greece
to carry civilization to the world. Apparent
ly, neither Germany nor Franco Is fighting
for civilization as Greece conceives It. Ap
parently, In a neutrality which would ad
vantage Germany at every point If rigorous
ly observed, will Greece find Its salvation.
Between refusing to nltnrk Rnrrannv1! nllv
allowing tho landing of French troops
on Its soil tho Greek Cabinet Is making a
record for the higher neutrality.
"GOOD FELLOWS" IN PERIL
Be honest, but hate no one; overturn a
man's wrongdoing, but do not overturn him
Ffc unless it must be done In overturning
S wrong. Stand with anybody that stands right.
It Stand with him while he Is right nnd part
.., a,,., niivu uu bvca wiuiiK. jturuimm
Lincoln.
IF ANY ONE had been asked to set forth
tho principles which are guiding the lead
ers of tho reform movemont hero this year,
ho could not have stated it better than In
these words of Lincoln.
No one Is fighting McNIchol and the Varcs
as men. They have many admirable quali
ties. They mako friends and keep them.
, They aro successful In business. No one
begrudges them either their business pros
perity or their friends. But they aro dan
gerous citizens because they stand for a
pernicious political system. The more ad
mirable their personal qualities, the more
' likable they are, tho more dangerous they
become because thoy make the unthinking
say, for example, that "Jim McNIchol Is a
good fellow and what he does must be all
right-
By being "good fellows" McNIchol and his
like have hoodwinked tho electorato for
years and succeeded In exploiting tho city
for their personal profit. If they get hit in
the campaign now beginning it will bo only
iftcause, in Lincoln's phrase, It may be nec
essary In overturning tho wrongdoing to
overturn the wrongdoer also.
JOFFRE TO HIS MEN
GENEItAL JOFFRE, besides being a strat
egist, Is something of a knower of men,
'In tho general order Issued to commanders
yt army corps he said:
The French soldier fights all the mora
bravely In proportion a he understands the
Importance of the action In which he Is
taking part
Recognizing this, the Generalissimo gave
detailed information of the work which had
been dope in preparation of tho great of
fensive "to chaso the Germans out of
France"' He followed that with the plan
of battle which was to be carried out. He
added the warning that "it is Indispensable
.that communication of these facts be mado
the soldiers with Intelligence and con-
KlonV
The machine of war may be an excellent
r. But at the flnal, supremo moment.
rfu-n the highest effort Is to "bo made, the
al must turn again to poor human nn-
lo the faltering and falling human
4, and bid it he of courage.
rt that crisis humanity has not yet proved
worthy ol the tryst. ,
A WASONAm-K WAGE
;pft5w the Brooklyn Bureau of Charities
Oie 'rntolniiim family budget" or "rea-
iUli living watfe," These figures Jndl-
i that a family of man, w)fp and three
j(dro under tW age of IS can live on
t m. tfe or I78.H o tfear. The wrtge
if th e h Vwt one, tut need bring
, wt HiDii link
anytfciay can Jm proved by UiW
estimate. If live can live on so llttlo nnd
nro willing to keep on Milng in thnt way
then, of course, there Is no reason for giving
them more. But the fact that n thing can bo
dono has never been concluslvo cvldonco
thrft It should be done.
An elementary economist could explain that
tho maximum family budget might bo an
extravagantly dangerous thing. It Beldom
occurs to ono school of economists thnt the
minimum budget Is equally extravagant. It
wastes not money, which Is Infinitely pre
cious, but llfo whleh Is Inflnltoly cheap.
Somo flno day, none tho less, It will bo
discovered that tho country cannot afford
tho loss.
It Is pleasant to lenrn thnt a family can
exist on J15 a week. It Is. even more heart
ening to renllze thnt somo families drag
along on less. Htlt It would bo pleasnntcst
of nil if It could bo said thnt tho minimum
actual wago wns really n reasonable living
wngo.
OUST THE TARIFF BUNGLERS
QJO LONG ns tho Democrats aro In con-
trol In Wnshlngton there Is no possibility
of tho crontlon of such n tariff commission
ns Alba H. Johnson hits described, a com
mission that would ilovoto ltuclf to an intel
ligent study of trado conditions nnd to
recommendations of tariff changes Intended
4o protect American Industries, while nt tho
snmo time expanding our foreign trado In
tho manner suggehtod by MoKinloy In his
Buffalo speech.
The dofendors of tho Administration would
lmvo us believe thnt tho last Congress crc
ntcd a commission with nil tho powers neces
sary. They refer to the Federal Trado Com
mission. That body, however, will have moro
than It can do If It attempts to exercise one
tenth of tho powers of supervision oer do
mestic business that havo been conferred on
It, without paying any heed to foreign trade.
It Is a trust-busting body. Intended primar
ily to prevent big business from getting too
big rather than to nsslst nnd encourage
American business men to -ncrensc their
trndo nt homo and nbrond.
Before this commission can be of nny use
In suggesting n revision of tho tariff. It must
nppioach the subject from nn entirely differ
ent direction from thnt In which Congress
headed It In tho act defining Its powers and
duties. The moving purpose of Congress In
Its tariff nnd anti-trust legislation wns to
hobble every large enterprise by restrictions
nt home and to let down the bars nt
tho ocean ports, so that what tho resttlctlve
laws nt home could not do might bo accom
plished by selling low-cost foreign-manufactured
goods in tho markets here.
Congress, which wns committed to tariff
rt-ductlon, had nn opportunity to force tariff
concessions from foreign countries In re
turn for every reduction that It made. It
could havo created a market abroad for
largo quantities of American goous now kept
out by high tariffs abroad, but it deliberate
ly refused to embrace it. Tho war has
counteracted the effect of some of Its blun
ders, but tho lighting Is not to last forever.
Tho commercial crisis which will bo created
by tho return of thi soldiers to the factories
of Europe cannot be met hero by theorists
and visionaries. Practical business men and
law makers In sympathy with tho protection
of American Industiy must bo put In power
If wo nro to be saved from disaster. A tariff
commission in charge of such men could do
somothlng worth while.
THE AUTUMN OF THE BIBLE
THERE Is something In tho fall of tho
year which Is kin to tho blood of all of
us. It Is a zest nnd a clean spirit that aro
world-old and eternally new. Spring may
bo tho renewal of llfo; autumn Is Its re
freshing. Turn to tho Old Testament and read thero
of all tho manifestations of autumn and
early winter of tho east wind, tho breath of
the Lord coining up from tho wilderness, the
clouds and tho storm and the rain. Tho com
parisons of tho Blblo aro all with simple
things, but nono are moro effective, nono
more beautiful, than those which link the
humility of man or tho glory of God with
tho powers of Nature
In the imngery of autumn thero Is some
thing sombre. Calamity comcth on as a
whirlwind, we read, and, "I havo blotted
out, as a thick cloud, thy transgressions and,
aa a coud, thy sins." The rain of fall Is
not tho early rain of spring which covereth
tho valley of weeping with blessings, but
the lattor rain which watereth tho earth.
Tho dancing of brown leaves In fantastic
procession and tho whirling dust boforo tho
storm bring to nostrils, sick with the city's
odors, a breath of that sharp, tingling air
which makes life glorious and love a lovely
thing.
Tho city In autumn takes on new features
and drapes herself In fresh garments. Over
her embattled skyscrapers tho setting sun
throws strange colors and the pavilions of
tho clouds bank In grandeur. Tho snap, tho
keenness of vitality, are about all.
After a year of tragedy and disaster, ono
looks upon autumn as an omen of better and
braver things.
Here's hoping the best nine will win again
today! ,
Connie Mack wanted Boston to win,' but
Alexander didn't.
There Is no doubt now that somebody has
offered to pay Noarlng's salary for a year.
Literature Is looking up. James Whltcomb
Blley Is almost as popular as the latest
"movie" star. I
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Wliou It comes to telling how a laboratory
should he bult and equipped, Edison Is
Johnny on tho spot.
This U Fire Prevention Pay In Chicago and
several oher cities. Every day Is Are pre
vention day. In Philadelphia.
Colonel BooseVelt may bo willing to awear
to an alibi for someione else, but he never
took refuge In denying that he was there
himself.
What doss King Oeorge exptct to accom
plish by a throut to aUdlcatq? The Govern
ment would go on pretty $nuch the same
without Mm.
A STEEL MAN OF
"THE BIG THREE"
A. C. Dinkey Wns n "Writer Boy"
Beforo His Uisc to Power Ac
quired the Study Habit
Early nnd Kept It Up
B E. BIGELOW THOMPSON
GOLF Is the recreation, domostlolty the
Pleasure, asldo from the Interest that
nttachr-s to tho ups nnd downs of tho steel
market today, In tho llfo of Alva Clymcr
Dinkey, of Pittsburgh, who resigned from
tho presidency of tho
Carneglo Steel Com
pany, after 13 years'
service, to 'jeeomo tho
head of tho Mldvalo
Steel Company, suc
ceeding William E.
Corey. Followed
soon tho announce
ment of a giant mer
ger tinder tho title of
tho Mldvnlo Steel and
Ordnnnco Company In
which Mr. Dinkey is
mo of tho directors.
Tho various "deals"
imong sto" nnd mu
nitions plants havo
been watched bv tho
DINKEY
public- with grent Interest It Is enough to
say hero that Mr Dinkey has risen to new
promlnenco ns a forco In big financial and
Industrial nffalrs.
Aside from tho recreation on tho links of
tho Pittsburgh Country Club, which golfers
lntlmnto brings tho steel magnnto to a
chnrgo of 8i, Mr. Dinkey Is known to most
of his associates as tho student and the
man of tho home. His nssocinto In the
steel Industry. William E. Corey, hns to his
record the "finding" of "Rube" Waddell,
who first started on his climb to tho ped
estal of fandom on tho bnseball tenm of tho
Homestend Steel Works Mr. Dlnkoy has
no such record yet.
"As I know Mr. Dinkey years ago." said
a Pittsburgh steel mnn today, "he wns tho
student. Ills rlso Is lndlcntlve of tho man.
Always entering new fields, eager to learn
overj thing thnt was even remotely connect
ed with his business. Industry wns the key
noto of his life when I knew him ns nn
apprenticed clectrlcnl engineer."
Mr. Dinkey says he Is a steel man, and
disclaims nny honors nt golf.
The "Big Three" Go
Tho depnrture of Mr. Dinkey from tho
city which has been his lifelong homo adds
nnothcr chnpter to tho unique romanco of
steel In Pittsburgh, marking the passing of
the last of tho "big three," who wero the
reliance of Andrew Carneglo in tho days of
tho business activity of the Ironmaster
Dinkey, Schwab nnd Corey.
Alva C. Dinkey is one of tho glnnts of tho
stool industry In Its technlcnl and operating
end Ills rise In tho 49 years of his life Is
n remarkable entry on tho records of steel
making In western Pennsylvania.
Tho man who resigned from tho presi
dency of tho Carneglo Steel Compnny, nfter
filling tho office for 13 yenrs, to head tho
Mldvale Steel Companv. succeeding Mr.
Corey, began work as n water boy In tho
Edgar Thomson Steel Works, In Braddock,
Pa. From tho tlmo when ho was n poor
boy, Mr. Dinkey hns risen by his own ef
forts, following his own Inclinations in tho
mechanical sciences, educating himself along
theso lines In particular, and specializing In
clectro-mcchantcs and Inventions
His mechanical Inventions number very
Important appliances thnt havo to do with
Increasing tho use of electric power In mill
machinery. He wns born In Weatherly, Pa.,
February 20, 18GC, the son of Reuben nnd
Mary Elizabeth Dinkey, whoso nnccstors
came to America In 1743. He nttended tho
public schools there and In Braddock, when
his parents moved to tho latter place.
Tho first employment of tho new master
In tho steel Industry was In the Edgar
Thomson Works, where, as a water boy, 13
years old, ho put In his spare fme In tho
study of telegraphy Ho became a telegraph
er In tho company In 1883', and continued
in that work until 1S85. Then he gavo up
tho work at the key and bocamo a machinist
In the Pittsburgh Locomotive Works, In old
Allegheny, whore ho remained until 188S.
Near tho end of 1888 he was nn expert
machinist In tho MoTlgho Electric Company,
In Pittsburgh, and 'n tho mxt year left
this work to become tho secretary to the
general superintendent of the Homestead
works of the Carneglo Steel Compnny. In
1893 tho cnll of the workshop camo to him
again and ho left his clerical position to
become electrician in the Homestead plant.
His perseverance and industry won for him,
In 1898, the superlntendency of tho plant,
where ho remained until 1899. When Mr.
Dinkey entered tho plant, old steel rr.en say,
there were only four arc Hght3 run by elec
tricity. When he left, five years later, the
shop was recognized ns one of tho best
equipped, electrically, In tho country.
His next position up the ladder was the
rung of assistant general superintendent of
the Homestead Steel Works, holding the
position two years, when ho was made gen
eral superintendent of tho plant, April 1,
1901. In 1903 he was appointed president of
the Carneglo Steel Company.
A Man of Many Interests
Varied Interests occupy the steel magnate.
He Is a director In tho Carnegie Steel Com
pany. II. C. Frlck Coke Company, Bessemer
and Lake Erie Railroad, Mellon National
Bank, the Monongahela Trust Company,
of Homestead, and the Hays National
Bank, of Hays.
In professional associations and technical
societies and clubs, Mr. Dinkey Is a mem
ber of the American Society of Electrical
Engineers, the American Society of Me
chanical Engineers, the American Society of
Mining Engineers, the American Society for
the Advancement of Science, the Engineers'
Society of Western Pennsylvania, the Acad
emy of Science and Art, a trustee of the
Carnegie Institute of Pittsburgh, a trustee
of the Carnegie Hero Fund Commission, the
Engineers' Club of Now York, the Pilgrims,
the Duquesne Cuib of Pittsburgh and the
.Pittsburgh Country Club.
Mr. Dinkey married Margaret Stewart, of
Braddock, and has three children, Robert E.
Dinkey, Alva C. Dinkey, Jr and Miss Leo
nora Stewart Dinkey. He la a brother-in-law
of Charles M. Schwab, of the Bethlehem
Eteel Company,
JITNEYS AND TRANSFERS
The Jitney bus service of Pasadena, California,
has duveloped to such an exceptional extant
that a tiansfer syatem has been established. It
being tte Intention to tseue transfer for travel
m at many as 10, different feuH within the
tr.
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A C
HOW I PAINTED A WICKER CHAIR
A Three Hours' Experience in the Cellar With a Can of "Ivory
White" in an Effort to Deal Extravagance a Knockout
Blow Ended in Victory
By B. K,
MERE writer though I tim, I take prldo
In being nn intensely practical person.
Thero's no reason why tho man who drives
a pen should not also drive u nail. That's
why I was flattered when Ethel naked mo.
In nil Innocence, to do It. Paint that wicker
chair an ivory white? Of course I'd paint
that chair any color In the rainbow if she
willed. You see, Ethel hnd been downtown
and had bought a wicker rhnlr for our guest
chamber. Thero was n dlrfercnco of threo
whole dollars nnd a half between the painted
nnd tho unpalnted wicker chairs. And
knowing my lovo of pottering about tho
house, nailing this down tight and planing
thnt down smooth, Ethel hnd put It squnrcly
up to mo to practlco n llttlo thrift and save
us the threo dollars and n half by painting
thnt chair. She wanted It an Ivory white.
As I look back on It now, I can under
stand tho difference In tho price of a ready
painted nnd nn unpalnted wicker chair.
Taking the Lid Off
Tho news of tho purchase of tho chair
camo to mo over the telephone In Ethel's
silvery voice. So I left tho office an hour
earlier, in order to buy tho paint and allow
myhelf plenty of tlmo to get tho painting
dono beforo dinner. A brush cost mo fifty
cents, and a pint of paint cost me thirty
moro a slight reduction on Ethel's economy.
But then I figured that the brush would do
for saving many moro dollars, and so would
tho pnlnt that would be left over. Tho stutt
came In a tin with a replaceable lid, purpose
ly calculated for future reference. And so
I went homo nnd set to work
Ordinarily, pnlntlng Is dolightful work to
me. Tho professional pnlnter, of course,
wndes right In. Ho charges nil tho paint
up to you, and he's Inclined to bo careless
whero ho puts It, whether on his overalls or
on the surrounding scenery. My own meth
od Is much bettor. I prldo myself on put
ting the paint whero tho paint Is really de
sired that Is, naturally, on the object to
be painted.
I sco my mlstako now. But at that time
It seemed to mo such a slmplo and trilling
Job to paint a wicker chair that I never both
ered to chango my clothes. Thero was a full
hour, to bo sure, beforo dinner, but I dislike
hurry. When painting I'd rather tako a llttlo
more time and waste a little less paint. Ap
proaching tho chair with entire respect, I
knew it would take me an hour, leaving no
time over for a chango of clothing. There
would bo Just time to do tho chair In a
leisurely manner, call down tho wife to ad
'mlre my work, removo the smelly turpentine
from my hands and sit down to dinner with
tho satisfaction of having dealt a heavy blow
to extravagance.
Warming Up the Cellar
So I took tho chair at once down cellar un
der a good electric light. And instantly my
life seemed flooded with excitement. In tho
llrst place, tho man who designed the lid of
that can is In for a large measure of disap
probation. It was better calculated to con
serve forever the contents of the can than to
permit of their free and easy use. Tho lid
Btuck. But after 10 minutes' severe and tax
ing labor with a, screw-driver it came off.
It came off with unexpected suddenness, and
a large splotch of paint got wasted wasted
on the right knee of my now trousers.
DRAMATIC COLOR IN NEWS
The Discovery That News Is Life With All
tho Interest of Fiction
To the tidltor of Evening Ledger:
Sir I see that a writer In the Editor nnd
Publisher takes me to taak for dating as I did
In my article In your Anniversary Number the
Introduction of dramatlo color in our news
papers so recently as 15 years ago, He retorts
that the Boston Herald, for Instance, went In
for colorful news writing easily 80 years ngo,
In the heyday of John L. Sullivan, to be exact.
I have no doubt that the Boston Herald did
that very thing, I never met a man associated
with "the old davs on the Herald" who could
not Instantly, and sometimes of no one's par
ticular desire, run down the long catalogue of
Its matchless and countless perfections. It was
not my fortune to read the Boston Herald to
years ago, but a paper with a staff like that,
so crammed with enthualrsm for their wbrk,
must have been a wonder. The Editor and Pub.
Usher reminds me, too, that the New York Bun
also shorn) In those days.
I admit It,' cheerfully. But when a mighty
book can be written about American newspapers
and still not exhaust, or even nnd, the subject,
how little can be nald In a single article of a
thousand words! A tew pioneer papers may
have discovered, longer ago than 15 years, the
strange fact tliat news is life, and that real
life may be given alt the Interest of fiction,
with all the force of truth besides. What or itt
All feonor to the penetrating pioneer. But I
west, jB4tly, I faofM, passlHg a few aewgKtl
SOMEBODY'S NOSE IS OUT OF
LITTLE
Our cellar Is n cool place, yet when Ethel
came down to tell me that dinner was getting
cold, tho first thing she felt called upon to
do was to wipe a profuso perspiration from
my brow. Sho also dabbed n cloth in tho tur
pentine nnd removed whnt she said was tho
major portion of the paint I hnd got on my
face, quite without my knowledge. I noticed
that while she did this Ethel kept her hanfl
over her i.,outh nnd nostrils. Ethel dislikes
the odor of turpentine. So do I. Later I
suspected It was not nlono tho turpentine
that obliged her to guard her fnce. For
something .inppcned.
In fact many things happened. This was
but the first of them By then my back
was broken squarely In two, what with con
tinued bending over the furthermost reaches,
rungs, legs and lattices of tho chair. So I
had learned that by tilting tho thing up
onto a slnglo hind leg a few of tho moro
remote extremities were brought within hu
man reach. But, unfortunately, wet paint
Is slippery, and somehow tho chair passed
from my control. It swung around and, for
Jall my energetic efforts to escapo tho nngry
thing. It dealt mo n cowardly blow from tho
rear with nil the force of Its disturbed equi
librium. Then It settled down again on its
four legs with a rattling llko hollow laugh
ter. Of course, tho wet side of tho chair had
como Into contact with my person. I could
sco that by looking over my shou'der, down
ward, nt a very sharp angle. There could
bo seen, Imprinted on tho rearward spaces
of mv trousers, n design that looked like a
blueprint plan of a wlro entanglement.
At that point Ethel removed her hand from
her face nnd laughed outright. Sho was
still laughing long after sho hnd fled up
stairs out of reach.
Wanted: A Second Coat
Well, to cut It all short, nt tho end of tho
third pint of pnlnt I finally got every quar
ter Inch of the wicker chair firmly painted.
No, that Is n rash statement. It Is not so
rash to say that I got paint over nearly
every quarter Inch of my own being. No
beauty of Broadway was ever painted as I
was then a rich Ivory whlto. As for tho
chair, I brushed over the unbollovably in
tricate convolutions and sinuosities of the
wicker as if I wero covering up every mi
croscopic ovldcnce of a hideous crime. And,
nt length, the chair was painted. So was I
painted. So was the cellar painted. At
least I am sure of tho cellar and of myself.
Tho chair, I know, when It Is placed In the
broad daylight of our guest chamber, on a
sunny afternoon, will expose to public view
on Its surface most likely on tho seat, the
most salient spot of nil a largo area naked
of paint, after all my threo hours of ter
rible toll.
Nevertheless, I can say It, In the main
thnt wicker chair Is painted. I may Bmell
of turpentine for a month to como. I have
sacrificed my new trousers. Still, when I
sat down to a cold supper at 9 o'clock that
ovenlng, I had won my battle For all Its
desperate struggles I painted tho chair.
Still, It's not an Ivory white, but rather the
Bhado of curdled cream. I finished painting
with a fervent prayer that a merciful Prov
Idonce would never send me another wicker
chair to paint. Mine needs a second coat!
on the Improvement of our newspapers In gen
eral. And I still think that catching up of
the crowd with the leaders, so far ns they have
caught up, Is as recent as I said It was. After
all, the Important thing is not the date of the
Improvement, but that we have the Improvement
Bt 0,,,.i M. '""'' ,B rew blB Papers, either, that
make the Journalism of a country.
ny tho way, I wonder If the writer nt tt,.
John L. Sullivan "story," mentioned bv hl
Editor nnd Publisher as a partlnuTarW flna
specimen of the far from "bald" "BWs wriiinS
In the Boston Herald 30 years ago Ian-1 J hf
same reporter who wrote the last' word. Ji
Ilalph Waldo Emerson. Will the EdTnr i
Publisher please enlighten m.T EmVr.oS 'dlSf
I believe In a state of coma Bt the last
words of famous men were much in faahiii Ti
that time, and I have heen credibly inform1
that the reporter mentioned gracefully sinnh
thl thoughtless lack In Mr. EmS.'ir' I.
la an. T n ,lth tho TMI, it ." 'IIS
asTO snared nn sfrYnt -- . K v ri
all the interest o flcUTSn. yr", Try
Boston, Mass., October , Wff
THE GUSniNO HABIT
The gushing habit Is another form n ..
hysterical frenzy. The subJV Is ? bl i
point now because In too many quarters thert
Is a tendency, not to reform or discipline hf.?
V gushs to swell with emotion over thV fallen
angels who are sent to prisons. Thi kii 1
gush we are thinking of IsX wlnJlnesL thSf
JOINT
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of punishment; thnt tells us In platform efforts
mui tuiiuii;ii tiiiu i-iuiiiMuiB nuuuiu noi De pun
tshed; It Is the form of babble which we asta
elate with pompous sermonizing and hands lalj
on hearts the emptiness and wlndlncss that
lnclto tho public to pose before the mirror and
admire Itself prodigiously. It Is not only an
absurd nnd dangerous habit, but a morbid one.
Hysterical gush and wlndlncss servo no good
ends, except to butt thick heads against hard
facts. They help to deceive the People for a
time, to deceive them ns to their brnlns and
nerves; to prevent them from regarding In
creasing Idiocy nnd hysteria clear enough la
the light of symptoms of national disease Tha
way most assuredly to fight the malady U not
to "go up In the air" on political or piratical
airships, armed by crazy mobs, for on such a
craft It Is Impossible to steer clear of vertigo
or provide rules of law nnd common senae.
New York Medical Journal.
A PROPHECY FOR CHICAGO
The announcement that the Sunday closing
'aw for saloons Is to bo enforced In Chicago is
going to agitate that city. Then these events
will follow In regular order:
First. Tho wets will say It can't bo dona?
Snloons In n city can't possibly bo closed
on Sunday. tj
second. Also if It could bo dono It would
be most unjust to the people because the
saloon Is the poor man's club.
Third. Also, It should not be done, for It
will drivo trnelcrs away and hurt business.
Fourth. But when it is done and works
successfully, nnd crime falls off. nnd rami.
lies nre more comfortable nnd happier, and
business 13 better, cvcibody will say "We
never would think of going back to Sunday,
saloons; whv didn't we think of Sunday
closing beforo? V
That's the way It has worked In Kansas City.
That's the way It works everywhere It Is tried.
Kansas City Star.
A WORD TO TICKET SELLERS
Does a railway ticket seller ever think of the
value of n friendly attitude toward his clients,
tho traveling public? Apparently one of them
docs, for ho is reported ns saying. In an address
to his fellow ticket-sellers: "You need the help
and friendship of every one posslblo. A man
may not trael more than once n year, and Is
absolutely In the dark nnd cannot alwas grasp
your Ideas nnd terms readily. The best asset
jou can have Is a pleased nnd satisfied cus
tomer When you shake a man by the hand,
put your henrt In It so thnt ho can feel the beats
are for him, not that you want to 'beat' him,"
Outlook.
WATTnWAT. tOT-NTTl fl-ni ITIVXIT
The retention of tho sugar duty is nol only the
' " "i me way mai win evoKe i"
am.i,ii-ni uukiuu vi censure, considering uic i
large sum of revenue It will produce. Houston flM
Mr. Wilson has wisely withheld his aid In
giving woman suffrage further momentum as
a natlonnl issue. But woman suffrage as a
State Issue Is an entirely different matter. St.
ivouis A-osi-jJispatch.
If nt the end of this war, Christian Armenia
Is not taken from the clutches of Mohammedan
Turkey, whatever Christian Power Is responsl
ble for tho failure will have a great burden of
guilt to bear. St, Louis Star.
When the matter comes up In Congress, Re- m
punucan Henators and Representatives who ue
llevo In preparedness will not vote against '
liberal program simply because a Democraue
President has recommended It. Washington
Star.
No man Is "prepared" to uphold his country's; .
cnuse or nchleve a personal success worth hav
Ing who has not bean taught to care for Jiltj
health and to render ntertienrn whrre It Is due,
knowing that only he who has learned to obr
an ne really fitted to command In his turn.-
unicago Herald.
GIVE ME THE SPLENDID SILENT SUN J
Give me the splendid silent sun with all hu
' beams full dazzllntr.
Give me Juicy autumnal fruit ripe and red Jj
irom me orchard.
Give me a field where the unmowed grass growa,
Give me nn arbor, clva m thn trelllaed eraoe.
Give me fresh corn and wheat, glvo mo serene
moving animals tcanhlnr content.
Give me nights perfectly quiet aa on high pl yJ
tenus west of the Mississippi, and I looking , J
"I aw me Biura,
Give me odorous at sunrise a garden of beauti
ful flowers where I can walk undisturbed,
Give me for marriage a sweet breathed woman
Of Whom I should never tire.
Give me a perfect child, give me, away ald,2
irom ine noise or the world, a rural ""j
mesne nre, ,
Give me to warble spontaneous songs recluse
by myself, for my own ears only (
Give mo solitude, give me Nature, give m,
again, u Nature, your primal sanities i
These demandlnj to have them (tired with
aM (filaod AvnlUmKni -a . !... V..a irttt 1l
war etrife),
Thcao to procure Incensantly akln.r, ris-n l
While yet incessantly itBktnff atill I adhere ttl
tnv pliv a
Day upon day and year upon year, O city.l
Where you hold me enchained a certain time
refusing to give me up. i
et giving to make mo glutted, enriched efi
in , "oul, you give me forever faces) J
to I see what I sought to escape, confronting,
" C own 80ul trampling down what It
KeeD youi anlnr1M all.. -..
ICeeD vnti WU-.. r v.. ..- ... -..!- !
'.-- ."."" v oiurv, ana jne nu,-
places by the woods, J
Keep your fields of clover and timothy, anj
v .iT .'-"""':u na orenaras, d
pn?,b,2".m,P buckwheat fields where th 1
niniluitlnnMi tin.- I... i
Give me faces ana streets-give me theae phn
trcdtol ,ewant ftnd enJ'e '' U
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