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FOR
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PHILADELPHIA
f if
VXIilna on wlilcli tlie people expect
he new ndnilnltrntlon to conten
tfiate It nttenllnm
The Delaware river bridae.
'A.drudock hip enough lo accommo
, date the largest ships.
Development of the rapid transit sys
tem. A convention hall.
A building or the free Library.
An Art Museum.
Enlargement of the water supply.
Homes to accommodate the pOaila
(on. AN INEXCUSABLE TRAGEDY
IT IS
of
IS a cruel ami vynicul perversion
fact to elnsify the two deaths
at the Fritz & La Kile tire yesterday
as "accidental." Accidents imnly au
clement of the unavoidable.
Catastrophe was inherent in tlie
flimsy, delusory nature of the new lad
der which uam-eil the deaths of Acting
Battalion Chief Srhwnrtzkopf and one
of his staff ami serious injuries to nine
PClt-fcllow workers.
lor some time the record nt mo city s
finv nnnarntus has been sinister anil
alarming. Hiirstlng hose ha- become a t
commonplace. When fatalities irom
defective equipment hnve been escaped
It isgood fortune which has Intervened.
The latest inexcusable tragedy calls
for a searching investigation into tlie
qualify of fire-fighting instruments.
Firemen obviously play n daring and In-
'spiring game with chance. Jt is an
outrage to betray this courage and sac
ritlcu with treacherous tools.
GIVE HIM SHORT SHRIFT
W,
ITII Krvin Hcrgdoll in custody, the
army bureaucracy has' an oppor
tunity to offset in part its bad manage
ment to use no harsher term of the
ens.? of his Mill more notorious brother.
The usutlonulism of n protracted
WlhirWniilil be (lisciistinc. The draft -
' nTdttgep it entitled to a court-martial.
and'tliat ho should have as speedily and
as jdtnply as possible.
His self-surrender after having
eluded all pursuit for three years can
be ascribed less, perhaps, to conscience
than to practical necessity. In the end
Jail is prcfcrnble to fcor and the dis
comfort and insecurity of a hunted ex
istence. The deliberate manner of Hrvin Ilerg
doll'a disclosure of himself suggests that
even his despicable brother may be
eventually moved to face tlie iucntublc.
OUIJA PSYCHOSIS
DOCTOR DKIUVM has raised a
warning against tlie use of the ouija
board which Is not likely to have any
more effect than any other warning
against foolish habits. He snys that
"it would be difficult to imagine con
ditions more favorable for the develop
ment of psychosis than those furnished
by the ouija boa id nud other mediums."
Now psjehosis is just what a great
many ouija fans think they wish to
develop. They suppose it means un
acute psjchtcnl sensitiveness. Hut it
does not meuu nn. thing of tlie Kind. It
is a form of mental derangement, or
insanity, due to some other cause than
a brain lesion.
We shnll not attempt to decide
Whether Doctor Ilercum is right or
wrong, but will content ourselves with
ndmittlng that he is an expert In men
tal disorders.
Mt has been suggested t lint the phono
graph be used as a 'substitute for tlie
ouija board b those who wish harmless
amusement. I'ut the phonograph might
relievo buHcrers fioin oiiijaitN only to
spread mental disturbances in the sur
rounding neighborhood.
AN OPPORTUNITY MISSED
MIL UHYAN has. (imnush, refused
to engage in un .iipnnu which
would be more iciiigimnl t him tlinn
anything else imaginable. He declined
the presidential Humiliation of the Pro
hibitionists Info.,' tlie convention acted.
As such candidate he would be able
to stump the count i'v and deliver mm
self of philippns against tlie saloon nnd
urge upon the peopie nil the moralities
of which he delights to talk so well.
He would not have had to give any
serious thought to those practical mat
ters of political party policy about
which he has ulwa.vs been mistaken,
nor would he have been compelled to be
silent about the wing of the Democratic
party which has ulwa.vs been hostile to
him. He could have freed his mind
with full ltiiovvliilge Unit he would not
lose any votes by what lie might say.
His rampaigu would have been a con
tinuous series of Chiiiituuquu lectures.
Perhaps that is why he declined. He
Jets, paid for l.s lectures
SIGNS AND CIVIC PROGRESS
TllK new oidiiiauce forbidding the
projection of signs and advertising
'devices for more than eighteen Indies
beyond the Chestnut street building line
Is n Inuduble attempt to approximate
the. claims of toinpetitive publicity vvitli
those of good taste and civic improve
ment. The whole subject of placarding Is
coinplrjr, und it is especially difficult o
eiiue me iinu wiicic legitimate cnier-
cuurf nud positive disfigurement
it; is u recoguized fact, bow-
ever, that the small town, not yet
remanclpnt(l from the class of crassryws
and crudity, Is often the worst of of
fenders 'In the matter of sfcrcamlnic
signs. The notes of stridency and met
ropolitan dignity wllrnot harmonize.
The position of Philadelphia ns one
of the great cities of the world war
rants the exercise of discriminating
regulation of advertising Inslgnta. Huge,
heavy, swinging signs are admittedly
dangerous. Restrictions on these will
enhance necessary puhllc security. The
awning!) and awning poles on Itldge
avenue nud elsewhere arc futile, ugly
and actually obstruct trade and move
ment on narrow thoroughfares. The
Council has wisely ordered rcmoynl of
these structures, mostly rickety in
heritances, from several streets.
It has been said of late years that
gome of the best nrt in America went
Into the making of advertisements.
With this view in mind, the co-operation
of Intelligent business intorets
with measures making for taste and
pafpty as evidences of genuine progress
ought not to be impossible.
WANTED: REAJL COMFORTER
FOR THE MODERN MR. JOB
The Average Man Who Isn't a Cap
italist or an Up-and-At-'Em
Unlonlte Sadly Needs
a Friend
ppon
a r
OR the average man who is neither
npitallst nor a member in good
standing of one of tlie militant unions
there is little of comfort or consolation
in nny day's news from councils in
which questions of prices, production
and Industrial relations are being fought
out by delegations representing man
agement and organized labor.
The lively debate proceeds Kin an
inner circle. Outside. looking woefully
in, is the genernl public. The people
know that the railway men have re
ceived n comfortable rnisc not what
they wanted, to be Sure : but who ever
gets all that he wants in this world?
If past experience means anything,
that money will not come out of cor
poration dividends. Ttallway managers
arc already nsklng for higher rates to
meet tlie increased expense. They might
better speak of higher Indemnities.
Sir. Plez, who knows a thing or two,
question that genernl demand and ob
serves loudly that the rail corporations,
having been bottle-fed by the govern
ment for two years, hnve lost their
Initiative and their sense of responsi
bility. Hallway executives are not lack
ing the gift of repartee. They were
not slow to tell Mr. I'iez that re milk
diet was fatal to the health ond well
being of their companies. They want
damages.
So it goes in most of the highly or
ganized industries. And what is plain
and growing plainer every day is tlint
neither the malingers nor workers have
time to get back to normnl stnnunrus
of efficiency bcenuse they are too busy
fighting each other to see who is to bo
boss in the future world of business.
There has been a terrific slmnp in
railway earnings. It is due partly to
i strikes nud partly to executive defi
eieneies. The vast volumes of freight
and express matter rejected or delayed
under embnrgoes and bans represent
untold millions that might have gone
into the railway companies' treasuries
without much perceptible increase in
overhead charges. This loss may be
due to bad management, to labor dis
turbances, to car shortages, to the war
or to the whims of Providence.
The average man certainly had noth
ing to do with it. Hut the average man
must pay for it in the end.
All Massachusetts is upset because
the American Woolen Company sud
denly closed its plants and. without
warning, threw whole communities into
idleness. Mr. Wood, president of tlie
woolen company, said that the shut
down was due to large cancellations nf
orders and n decreased demand for his"
output. Some of Mr. Wood's critics,
remembering the astonishing prices re
cently asked for woolen fabrics, insist
that the action of the American Woolen
Company in this instance represents a
strike by n corporation for high prices.
This may be an extreme or even an
unfair view. The discouraging thing
Is tlint tlie mnii who yioii will need nn
overcoat has no means of knowing the
rights or wrongs of the matter. What
he. does know is that thousands of
skilled men and women who arc ready
to ene woolen doth are not permitted
to weave it and that expert weavers ere
now digging ditches for n living. Such
a state of affairs will suggest, even to
the most casual observer, wnste effort
and a real economic loss.
1 The soft coal producers in Virginia
'have issued a warning of n midwjnter
, coal shortage. They blame the arro
1 gnnce of the miners and (he miners in
! turn blame the arrogance of the mine
owners,
i Here again the citizen, who knows
nothing of tlie quarrel, is nt a loss. He
I knows only that the price of coal is
i creeping steadily upward.
j A clue to what is happening in the
'charmed inner circle wns apparent in
the assertion of one of tlie coal opera
tors' representatives, who insisted in
I tlie presence of n Sennto committee that
I a miner should be able to maintain Ins
family in comfort on n wage of $:i..'iH
'a day. Now, every emplojer must
'know that as matters stand that wage
is inadequate for a man with a wife and
children to support, lint in this cn-c
I the mine operators were answering
propaganda with propaganda. They
iimm extreme statements in answer lo
I ..n.n . i.inmniitD ififwlo liv their resl-
lesu antagonists In the mine union'
Awnm- piai'ittviiK' ' -.' - - -
liotli groups ore wasting their time.
Thej are following a rule mat prevails
too generally in the industrial world of
- i.i.
todav
Men and managers nlike ought to get
down to work.
Labor cannot boss capital. And any
one who supposes that capital can ever
again boss lubor as it used to boss it
in tin- old days Is greatly mistuken.
Hut because each group hopes to ob
tain out of the present economic fer
ment an exclusive nnd permanent ad
vantage over the other the reckless and
wasteful war goes on. production is Im
peded, prices go up, trniispoi tntion sys
tems are confused and irritation spreads
throughout the country.
When the average American who is
neither a capitalist nor a life member
of an up-nnd-ut-'em union realizes, as
he is sure to realize before long, that
his life and his uffuirs will be governed
during the next few jears by the force
of economic and industrial factors
rather than by the political abstrac
tions that crowd the minds of all po
litical parties and all candidates, he
will seek mid Hud methods to curb the
two antagonistic minorities whose light
fur power tends to uiukc his life u
burden.
.There are limits to the patience of
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e modern Mr. Job. He Isn't trusting
the modern Mr. Job. He Isn't trusting
too greatly to nny political party. Ho
knows that no error of politicians could
be so disastrous to the country ns n
general railway strike or n long inter
ruption of coal mining, and that noth
ing promised by cither presidential can
didate is so greatly to be desired as
industrial peace and n return to full
production.
The odd thing about it is that even a
systematic and careful study of reports
made by the Federal Trade Commis
sion, the Interstate Commerce Com
mission and the innumerable special
boards established to bring about fair
and productive relationship In industry
will not give the average citizen nil the
light he needs.
Is a bit of precious and Impartial
truth brought to light? It is imme
diately obscured and beclouded by
smoke screens of propaganda set tip
automatically by the men who lead the
rival forces In, the present economic
struggle. 1 et the simple truth so hard
to get Is all that l neoifeiLto make the
solution of nil industrial problems easy.
If profiteers arc sending millions of
tons of American coal out. of the coun
try and thereby creating n ' shortage
that keeps prlces"up, the country ought
to be told by some one in unquestioned
authority why this is possible.
If the railway men arc really plotting
to take control gf the lines nwny from
the men who own them, the fact ought
not to be disguised or hidden.
If powerful groups In some of the
industries are willing to stop the output
of essential commodities In order to
maneuver their workers into n position
of disadvantage, we should know the
new law under which that sort of con
duct Is tolerated and excused. The rest
will be easy.
The country Is utterly sick of the
highly organized warfare between unions
and the managers of industries. It is
n wasteful and shameful business. And
It cannot be otherwise than inconclu
sive. The men who nre responsible for
that sort of thing will bo wise to ac
knowledge their responsibilities to the
people at large and to the country. Or
will they be willing to keep up the dizzy
struggle until Congress, In response, to
some sudden great outburst of public
indignation, goes with its usual as nt
the problems that might have been set
tled long ago rationally and in peace?
TURKEY SUBMITS WINS
TUB official announcement that Tur
key has decided to sign the peace
treaty nullifies a threat which the best
elements of civilization viewed with sin
cere approval.
The penalty proposed for Ottoman
obstinacy by the Kutente wns banish
ment from Constantinople. The bnsis
of agreement nt last reached means tlint
the sultan will continue to rule on the
Kuropean side of the ltosporus, nnd n
new ejclc of intrigue, of playing off one
nation against the other, is thus sug
gested. The prospect is not hearten
ing. As soom as tlie original drive of
Turkish power wns weakened in the
sixteenth century the jealousies of the
European nations became the surest
guarantee of the sultan's possession of
Constantinople.
Ottoman submission now to n treaty
which, although it' dismembers the em
pire, preserves Moslem sway over the
historic capital commanding the Inter
continental straits, is obvious evidence
of the value set pn this strategic role.
It was (iermany In 1S7S which safe
guarded the war-breeding Turk in Eu
rope. In the light of ominous prece
dent her, late foes are making n similar
mistake today.
THE FEMININE INQUISITION
nTKItrc man has derived considerable
'-- amusement lately in picturing
woman, when her complete politicnl en
franchisement arrives, in the embar
rassing act of confessing her age to the
election registrars. The alleged humor
expended on this fancy is harmless
enough nnd it is also conventional nnd
exceedingly typical of masculine in
obilltj to grasp the constantly shifting
feminine standards of pain and pleasure.
Itetieencc about birthdays was a trait
of Viitorian womankind. It is almost
as aHuilc now as swooning, the "(iie
cian bend" and snl volatile? The pros
pective oter in Kansas who refused
the other day to reveal her age was an
exception, for it is not years which
trouble tlie fair sex so much today as
it is the remorseless record of the
scales.
I'ashion and contemporary taste ex
tol slimness the thinner the better
before all other feminine idenls. It is
the weight question which will be the
real stickler when .the new groups of
voters appear before the registration
boards
And yet even, then the situation
should not he painful. The law calls
merel.v for the statement of "approxi
mate" weight. Much virtue and a deal
of consolation in tlint considerate ad
jeitive' The ontlr actually condones
the pecendilln of white lying. Modern
woman can dismiss all qualms concern
ing the inquisition prefacing her as
sumption of the political role.
The sympathetic registrar, will not
hat nn evelld ns he records, nt feminine
dictation, the pounds ond ounces indica
tive of the airiness of sylphs. Under
I the charitable wing of "approximate:"
iriiin tiiues on tlie naturn of needless1
ir,iditj. to sny nothing of bad manners
R. I. P.
HNEY GENERAL PALMER
ATT(
A hai
s gone to his home in Strouds-
hurg for n rest. Ho says he is tired
out
Those who hove been watching him
in recent months will not be surprised.
He lias been fanning the nir with all
i lie vigor at his command, and there is
io occupation which will wear a man's
nerves more than this. It is as upset
ting as tryin; to put one's foot on an
other step at the top of the stairs when
there is no step there, nnd as irritating
as pursuing an ignis fatuus through u
swamp.
No wonder that the attorney general
Is suffering from the reaction. He
needs a rest and he certainly should
have it. And ho knows that there is
no place nioro restful than the town in"
the foothills of the Poconos where he
lives.
Much of the taUt
Oh, nf Course! jou hear about po
lice scandaU and n
revival of strong-arm methods in tho
various districts may be true or untrue.
Hut, viewed from any angle, the gossip
of tho hour at City Hall means only
one thing. It means that the departed
are trying to come back, nud that they
are doing their utmost to convert, pur
chase, frighten, trick or intimidate
every one who stands in their way.
Now, if ever, is tho
tune when Resolute
must live up to her
She Will
name. Will she?
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THE GOWNSMAN
The Little River
THE biggest thing nbout the little
river is its name, the Hear Camp
river, and it rises in what Is known ns
Sandwich Notch. Tho Gownsman has
not traced it to tho particular spring
which is the furthest from its mouth
ond therefore its truo source. Hut he
doubts not that this beginning of n river
Is not unlike the spring on Whitefacc,
which the beneficent genius who pre
sides over tramping in the' hills placed
near the summit of that delectable
mountain. Tired nnd breathing hnrd,
you do the last bit of "rock work" nnd
emerge among scrubby pines, bent and
twisted by the winds, to find, moss
rimmed nnd dark, n little pool ns big as
n dozen palls of water, retaining in its
gurgling depths the coolness of winter.
Perhaps a white flower has budded to
decorate the margin or n clean, lithe
frog plunges in to rise, floating slyly
to view you with its goggle eyes as you
become n partner of the moment in his
riches. The (lownsman does not doubt
that the particular source of the Hear
Camp river is as delightful, and he will
leave the matter in n perfect faith.
THE highest point of tho Gowns
man's acquaintance with our little
river is nt a place well below the water
shed of the Notch, where it hns become
a respectable trout stream, rushing over
boulders, swirling nbout fallen trees,
collecting in deep pools, gravel bqttomed
and clear ns crystal, and hurrying with
a headlong, incessant current. In one
place, further down, it hns found a way
along the foot of a ledge of rock so
shadowed by llr trees and hemlocks that
the water looks black ond flows slowly
and deeply ns in a pensive if not n
tragic mood. Rut It Is not for long,
for soon It comes out Into nn Inter
vnle which Mr. Frost prefers to enll
nn Intervnl that Is a flattlsh stretch
of meadowiand between hills nnd for
ests. Here the trees nre sparse nnd
the stream winds serpentlnelv, doubling
on Itbdf among alders and other under
brush, scooping out banks of rich, dark
soli and depositing glittering shoals of
sand by way of compensation on the
other side.
BEFORE it is done with the woods
nrfd tho mountnlns our little river
stretches itself out into n pond, of lato
denominated "n lake," In the fine par
lance of tho city-bred, who ore always
'calling some good old thing by some
newfangled name. "The lake" is a
pretty sheet of water, less than a mile
long nnd cherishing In Its middle a
picturesque little Island, the very beau
Ideal of a place In which to play were
one only n boy again the treasure
island of tho buccaneers of the sea.
Tho Gownsman once met n man who
was accustomed to camp alone on this
little island in the middle nf Hear
Camp pond. He wns n minister .or a
college president or something of that
sort, so one can understand why he did
It. There is only one 'farm on Hear
Camp pond, and that is deserted.
BE;
ELOW the pond the river resumes
s course with cnthered waters,
but is safely navigable as .vet only to
fallen leaves. In one of the several
Sandwiches with which tills country is
well provided there Is n great swim
ming hole, rock-bound, sand-bottomed,
much too deep for beginners nnd much
too cold for those less than vigorous.
The Gownsman has swum in it nlnne
and uushncklcd. once beneath the stars.
There Is something solemn in the pri
vacy of a swim such ns this, nrches
tred with the monotonous chirrup of
crickets nnd the qunver nf nn occa
sional katydid. A dive Into inky wa
ters of nn unknown depth, a star shin
ing deep as you prepare to plunge ; the
audible sighing nf the wind in the
branches about, the whiteness of the
rocks, the depths of the shadows, rip
pling into visibility : very different Is nil
this from gregarious bathing in n sun
svvept lake, to say nothing of the clown -age
of tumbling hi public in the surf.
A;
ND now tho Hear Camp river be-
three Inches draft as it proceeds in
n more leisurely course with occasional
hurrying rapids through farm country
into big Lake Osslpee. The Gownsman
lias drifted down to the lake more than
once, pnst banks deeply indented by
tlie current when In its winter rnge,
past shoals of silvery sand and over n
snnd nnd gravel bottom embroidered
into lncery by rippling water. Here the
trees nrch overhead and there is n
swirl nnd n gurgle about a huge root
or n fallen tree; again the waters
spread out over shallows and your
craft grates os It goes over the bar
Into the deeper channel far below, where
the river grass rises and falls in the
flow of wo ten.
BIO
fish, startled by our drifting
shadow, darts
n before us nmid-
strenm. behaving precisely like the
kingfisher In the nir above him, except
that he can make no such chatter. An
orenle flits ncios before us, n flash of
gold. A wild clink, startled, wheels
back and flies directly over us upstream.
Adventure follows adventure ns we
glide silently nnd sinuously on our
course. Now there I, n chattering nf
crows. Whnt is Hint huge bird which
they nre badgering and pursuing? A
great owl which is so blind that he can
hardly swing himself on to the limb nt
which lie clutches. And there is Ills
mnte In a siinilnr plight. Roth fly nt
Inst deep into tlie fnut. followed by
their noisy enemies; nnd n shot, which
fortunately hits neither owl nor crow,
brings silence.
NOW the stream widens and deepens
ns it flows through the wilderness
bordering the lake, still winding nnd
doubling, however, and disclosing every
now nnd then blind channels choked up
with fallen trees and sand or overgrown
with water weeds. As we pass into tho
last stretch the sunlit lake gleams be
fore us nt the end of Hie vlstn nf tall,
(lark trees which line the banks nnd a
solitary heron Hies across our way
with heavy onwnid flap of powerful
wings. A few strokes more nnd wo nre
in the Inke, the blue mountains nfnr
on the horizon, tlie waters dancing
nbout us in a light breeze; nnd the
little river has jlddec us the becret of
Its course from end to end.
While our admiration
Some Doubt for the President's llt
ICycssed wary ability is high nnd
strong we take with
some interpretative reservations Gov
ernor Cox's enthusiasm concerning tho
humorous nnecdotcs ho told. In lhe
first place we nre not familiar with the
governor's taste in "humorous nnec
dotcs" ; nnd, in tho second place, wo
have a faint notion that Mr. Wilson's
stories have something of the flavor nnd
smnck of (iodej's Ladv's Hook of sev
eral generations ago; tho formula being:
"A good story is told of Governor A.
It uppcurs that while visiting tho coun
try home of Senator H. he remarked to
his hostess: ." To which
she wittily replied, ' .'
Whereat everybody laughed heartily."
The onlv thing that
They Probably some of tho drug
Forgot gists in this city
didn't do, if tho re
ports of the prohibition enforcement
office nro to be bellavod, was to put the
stuff iu the soda fountains.
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SHORT CVTS
Our idea of mush is sob stuff writ
ten nbout dogs.
The good vnehts Hnrdhie'nnd Cox
are still jockeying for a start.
Tho Hie Snlash yesterday wns not
nt Bonny hook, tint nt Hog island
Well, nnyhovv, Hrynn nnd Sunday
would provide a campaign with some
pep.
When Ervln'hns explained how he
managed to keen out of sight nerhaps
Grover may bo nailed,
The Elwcll easo nnnenrs to be a
kind of beauty show, A new woman
Is trotted out every day or so.
The gratitude thn world feels nt
the silence of D'Annunzio is tempered
by tho thought tlint ho may bo writing
nn epic.
In tlie mntter of tho country's food
supply Nnturo hns dono her bit this
year. It is Mnn who has fallen down
on his job.
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Pcrhans Ervln fliriiren that Grover
has had too much of the limelight ami
wants to do a spectacular breakaway
of his own.
George Washington hns nothing on
the Japanese beetle. Word has just
been received that It has crossed the
Delaware.
The Toung Lady Next Door Hut
One says that, ludclne from the number
of legs lost, yacht racing must bo a
very dangerous sport.
There is n certnln amount of ap
propriateness in the fart that the pres-
dcntlal nominee of the Single Tax party
Is n single man. He Is apparently
single-minded in all things.
The Philadelphia street car patron
Is hanclnc on to the five-cent street
car fare with tho pcrtinncity that has
hitherto characterized his hanging on
to a strap.
Bachelor Macouloy might do worse
than accept the offer of the girl who
wishes to tnnrry him. Hy joining the
rnnks of young mnrrled men the Single
Tnx strength might be augmented by
the Cnrpct Tacks vote.
Doctor Dercum snys, in effect, that
the ouija board is responsible for the
increase in tho nut crnn. We have
been wondering whnt to blame for some
of the political platforms.
Sneaking of cuns. let ns not forget
that there is strong likelihood that a
Philadelphia!! will bring back to this
country the Davis tennis cup, which
hns diad nn interesting journey around
the world.
Curiously enough, the crowds nre
not gathering around the bulletin boards
to watch the progress of the army avia
tors who arc flying across tlie continent
on their journey to fnr Alaska. And
jet. npart from the military nnd com
mercial possibilities of the trip, it is
one nf the blggH sporting events of
this day and generation.
The Michigan nealth Department,
by means of its laboratory on wheels,
which makes the round of the resorts
in chnrge of an engineer, a bacteriolo
gist nnd nn expert in gnrbarge disnosnl,
lias cut deaths from "vacation typhoid"
nc-half in seven years. And just when
it is getting safe to take a vacation
the railroads begin to stop giving ex
cursion rates!
Mr. Christensen snvs the Forty-
-eight are "pink ten uplifters." Mr.
Plnehnt snvs their rnnks were infil
trated with "well-meonlng mush
bends." Mr. Barlow say., he never
saw so many nuts as fc saw at the
third partv convention. And the coun
try lienrtllv nnd cheerfully Indorses the
expert opinions nf Mr. Christensen,
Mr. Pinchot nnd Mr. Harlow.
The coroner of Harrison. N. Y.,
explnlns the suicide of n young law stu
dent as being likelv due to some inci
dent which "probably lighted up an old
latent form of monomania; on Atavistic
impulse of self-destruction intervened,
throwing him as o tempest into the
nbvss of death " The coroner odds:
"We can look to bift one factor, the
eternal force, love. No other human
force could explain the psychology of
the trngedj." Before you guess the
coroner's name ns being Henry Jnines,
George Cohan, Sherlock Holmes, Old
Sleuth or Marie Corelli. let it bo said
at once that he is a reallv truly person
ond his name is .Tohn Stelln.
Kansas has a big wheat crop and
not enough ears to move it. Twenty to
thirty per cent of tlie wheat held by
farmers in some counties is old wheat,
held up for lack of transportation facili
ties. The fact Hint the margin between
what the farmer gets nnd what the con
sumer will pa is going to bc larger
than usual this jcardocs not necessarily
mean larger profits for the middleman.
It means larger risks and greater ex
pense because of the car shortage. Be
forn the crops can be moved more enrs
will have to be built. Before they can
be built the railroads will have to raise
money to pay for them. Tlint looks
llko higher freight rates, entirely apart
from tho recent boost in salary ex
penses. The trouble with the Farmer-Labor
party is that there is some "class" to
It. Its nominee, Paiiv Parker Chris
tensen, sn.vs hlttcrlv nnd accusingly of
his nforctlme confreres, the Forty
eight, tlint they are "coupon-clipping
intellectuals." Well There is
nothing peculiarly maleficent about
"coupon clipping," else every owner
of a Liberty Bond is it malefactor. And
since when have good Americans started
to look down on intellectuality? Wo
linve n ffllnt miHim ,l.it- ..... n..l.t'
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without half trj'ing, say something much
mom biting nbout tlie Forty-eight tlinn
nnytning jet ueuieveii ny Uouble-P. C.
And one of tho most biting would have
reference to tho fact that the Forty
eight were responsible for bringing Mr,
Christensen unci his tribe to the front.
There seems to be nbclutc Incom
patibility between those who wish the
governments of the world to recognize
the Soviet government of Russia and
those who see in such recognition a
surrender to forces that will bring
about the disintegration of modem
civilization. But things arc not always
what they seem. There is no earthly
reason why other governments should
not recognize the Soviet government bo
long ns it is frankly nnd authorita
tively a Russian government with tho
ability nnd the willingness to assume
tho lesponsibllltles of n government.
A country hns a right to tho kind of
rule it wants, however wild and foolish
nnd wicked it may jippcur to tho rest
of tho world. But to give official rec
ognition to a band of fanutlcs with
neither national hopes nor nsplrnllon,
whose one nlm nnd desire is to destroy
all the governments in the world. Is
something entirely different. Let Leninc
nnd Tiotzky mako declaration. Tho
rest of tho world may bo depended
upon to keen them to their promises
of fair dealing if such promises are
made,
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STRIKE YOU?
By KELLAMY
GOVERNOR COX told the subcom
VJ mittco of the Democratic national
committee this story of his new chair--man
of the national committee, former
Representative George White.
When Mr. White got through Prince
ton University lie hadn't n dollar.
That didn't prevent him from,falllng
in lovo with the daughter of n wtll-to-do
oil producer in western Pennsyl
vania.
And it did not prevent tlie young
woman from regarding him with fayor.
At length it became necessary for him
to tell the well-to-do oil producer of
the state of his affections.
"Well." asked the latter in the way
fathers do In stories, "how do you pro
pose to support my daughter? How
much money have you?"
"None," replied young White. Hut
don't let that worry you. I 11 be nblc
to make money nil right."
"Hut I am going to let it worry me,
replied tlie father. "My daughter has
been brought up in comfort. I nin not
going to turn her over to you on the
chance that you will be able to take
care of her as well as I have, do out
ond moke the money first. And then
you enn hnve her."
"How much have I got to make?
asked White.
"One hundred thousand dollars. When
you have $100,000 clear jou can have
'Aright.'" said White, "It is
agreed."
"I'll do better. said the fother.
"When ou have $100,000 I'll not only
give vou the girl, hut I'll give you
8100,000 hi addition."
In those days when a young man
had to have $100,000 iu a hurry, to
claim the baud of n rich man's daughter
or for any other romantic purpose, he
went to Alaska to get it.
Young Mr. White was a conventional
lie went to tlie Klondike to get his.
He spent several years there.
Ho went through incredible tribula
tions, scurvy and the like for details
see Jack London.
In the end he wirtsl from the Klon
dike: "Have my S100.000. Am re
turning from the Klondike. Get ready
your $100,000."
Good as his word but Mr. White
ought to have been a movie hero Instead
of n mere chairman of the Democratic
national committee.
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MR. WHITE is a dry.
It may be useful to have a dry
campaign manager for a wet candidate.
Mr. White tells the story himself of
how he beenmo n dry politically.
He got himself elected to the Ohio
state Legislature. Like all new mem
bers, lie had on Innocent ambition to
be n member of nn importnnt commit
tee; the committee on nppropriations,
perhaps.
When the list of committees wns read
in the state Legislnturo ho listened at
tentively. His name was not on the coveted
committee.
He waited a while and finally it ap
nenred. He wos o member of the committee
on temperance.
"This must bo n mistokc," ho said.
He mode inquiries, nnd ho was told
that he had been assigned to the tem
pcranco committee by some unfriendly
inlluenco which desired to kill him off.
When his term in tho Legislature was
up l;c got himself nominated to Con
gress, and on tho strength of his serv
ices to the dry causo as a member of
the committee on temperance be man
aged to bo elected threo tlmey against
n wet Republican in n normally Re
publican district.
5Ir. White bus a distinguished po
litical past. '
When he was in Congress lie was the
Toommato of Congressman John W.
Davis, of West Virginia, now ambas
sador to tho Court of St. James and
ono of tho ornaments of the adminis
tration. He was still n member of tho House
of Representatives when tho Peace
Conference was going on In Paris, and
as such ho went there.
In Paris ho had access to President
Wilson, thau which there is no greater
distinction.
To have n place in tho affections of
President Wilson and also iu thoso of
Tom Tuggart, Charlie Murphy, tieorgo
Hrcuuau oud Wilbur Maruh is given to
few men.
IT THE FROJNT PORCH
New Chairman of Democratic Com-
mlltee Uad t0 Get $100fi00 in
Order to Win Ilia Wife
Such a man could easily go to the
Klondike nnd pick up $100,000.
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WHAT Is is to bo a nntlonal chair
man? "Nine-tenths of It," replied n mnn
who hns been one nnd nn exceptionally
able politician, "nine-tenths of it is
bunk. We talk a lot about organiza
tion, but ns a matter of fact nobody can
organize the United States politically ;
nor even, for that matter, one of our
big states."
There is only ono really great po
litical organization in the country: the
Tliompson-Lundin organization iu Chi
cago, and that is only municipal.
Most national chairmen know noth
ing nbout politics or politicnl orgnnl
zatlon. Disputes range in Republican circles
ns to whether tho much-advertised
chairman of the Republican national
committee is a good orgnuizcr or not.
His detractors say he has served n
useful purpose between campaigns, sug
gesting by his extraordinary activity
that the Republican party was very
much nllve.
"He is always in motion," snys -nn
unkind mnn, "but tho trouble is he
never lights."
However, there nre some who sny he
is the most wonderful organizer the
party lias ever known.
However, that is only compnring him
with Mr. William R. WHIcox, Mr. Cor
telyou nnd others who knew nothing
about politics or political organization.
You may dispute about whether Mr.
Hays lights or not, but you cau't dis
pute about Mr. Bruce Krcwr's clothes.
He changes his suits four times a day.
And ho is bo lovely In face that no
lady would ever look below to regard
his attire.
Ho Is known in his homo state
Montana as Thcda Bara, tho male
vamp.
The Democratic national committee
could not do without him as vice chair
man. ""
Mr. Cummings goes, but he stays.
The Democratic party loves clothes
on Mr. Kremer and on Jim Ham
Lewis.
What Do You Know?
QUIZ
1. What Is tho Christian name of Vol
stead, nfter whom tho Volstead net
la named?
2. In what decode of the nineteenth
century may railroad construction
bo said to hava begun?
3. Who la tho present owner of tho
famous antique Grcelt work of
sculpture, tho Venus of Mllos?
4. Who Is tho present holderfof tho
world championship for tennia?
B, Who invented tho sewing mnchlne?
6. What Is tho menntng of "FIU" In
such names ns Fltzpatrlck, Fltz
James, Fltzslmmons?
7. What Is n trlnglc?
8. What Is the meaning of the musical
term allegro?
9. How old must an American citizen
h beforo lio may bo elected a
United Stntea senator?
10. How many rrcsldenta of the Unltod
States enmo from New York state,
and who wcrathoy?
Answers to Yesterday's Quiz
1. Chung-Hun Mln-Kuo Is tho Chinese
nnmo of China.
2, New York casts moro electoral votes
for rrcBldent than any other state.
3, A creel Is a large wicker basket for
fish ; an angler's fishing basket,
4, Brnddock and his British troops were
defeated by tho French nn,i In.
dlanu In western Pennsylvania In
1755.
B. "All wo want Is to ho let nlono" Is
a phraso used by Jefferson Davis
at the outbreak of tho Civil War
nnd refers, of course, to tho wish
of the southern BtateB to lio per
mitted to withdraw peacefully from
tho Union,
C. Kotowing Is tho Chinese custom of
touching tho ground vvfth tho fore
head as u sign of worship or abso
lute) tmbmlsslou.
7. Tho flroworks, Catherine wheels, tnko
their noma from tho heraldic fig.
- uro of n wheel with n tiro armed
with hooks to represent tho Instru
ment of tho martyrdom of St. Cath
crlno. 8. The Giant's Caubevvoy U a group of
tmsaltiu columns, situated on tho
coast of Antrim, northern Ireland.
0. Abram wub the mlddlo name of
James A. Uarfleld.
10. A codex la n manuscript volume,
especially of an ancient Blblo or
classical text.
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RETICENCE
HAD I a little daughter
I'd name her Reticence.
She should be her brother's' comrade
And silently dispense
The perfume of her presence
Through their frank nnd golden days,
Tho shadow to their high lights,
The border to their wnys ;
The stem tlint holds to lines of grace
Tho mass of leaf nud flower,
The wnll nbout the garden,
The trellis 'ncath tho bower.
At evening in the firelight
Her brothers play nnd sing;
Her laughter is so light, so light,
A tinkling, silver ring.
How smooth nnd slim her little face,
How delicate its rose,
How quiet all her gracefulness,
The twilight hardly shows.
Oh, I dcarl.v. lovo her brothers
And nil their gny good sense ;
But had I a little daughter
I'd name her Reticence.
Dorothy Prall, in Contemporary
Verse.
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