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IIAIHMAN" WHITK, of the Democratic
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rf l,lB4cbargtH of Governor Cox concerning the
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jiepuonran I'liinpiiixu iuniiit nu uim vummn
ted lee majente. An n wltnc?B before the
Senate Invetlgatora. he nhoweil a woeful
Ignorance of how n uuborillnate'a mini!
Bhoulil be nt one with IiIh chief's.
Ilut elsewhere than In the Coi headquar
ters, Mr. White will be erodltetl with n
frankness that reflects merit In his character.
Perhaps It was because Mr. White, who
was hand-picVeil by Mr. Cox to displace
Homer Cummingb, could not lend himself to
uch' a tissue of deceit us the Cox charges
-Involved that be has already been sup
planted in all but strictly official acts by
4 another band-picked gentleman to act aa
campaign manager. A bad actor always has
trouble wjth manager.
WHY WORRY, LADIES?
MEMBERS of the Republican women's
committee of Pennsylvania will, of
course, have no real concern as to the cer
tificate of authority their organization has
from the Republican national committee.
The officers of this body have been sharing
equally with men In the fiequent consulla
'tiont oer questions of party policy and
program.
Mrs. Walter S. Thoruson asd the other
wosez. who attended the meetisg of the
Vans-coctrolied city cosaittee s.si were
aset with technical Question s& lo, their
kt&sdis uzder the e'.ectio: laws aecd soc
waste auy si.rgy or the matter. It was
pure'y t"ohulcal and will be disposed of by
the wtimon In due ordfr nnd under the tech
nical election laws'.
Feelings my hae been ruflled. but the
erperieuie can onl conlirm the women in
their determiuution to convince by votes.
AT THE P. R. T. PICNIC
TITAN does not live by bread ulone, und a
knowledge of this truth is not the least
of Mr. Mitten's contributions to the P. It. T.
The trollr.N men's picnic was nn unusual
affair in many ways. "I couldnt't have got
on without jour help," aid the boss
"There were a good many times when I
would have failed if ju hadn't stuck by
tee." He meant it because it was true.
If a man does ii good thing he likes to
be told about it. Recognition of virtue en
courages lirtue. Itelleie in men und they
"5r"" will belice in ou. Mitten calls his xnec
his assoclnt's. They are not mt-re "cniploj ea
of the company." Itecuus one able man
ager chooses t realize that thos hlow him
have feelings like his own, the trolle.t serv
ice Ik astly better than It used to be,
strikes are doue with on the lines, ami the
men are well pali) and good-humored. The
democratizing of an) industry pays.
VAIN THREATS
TF threats made at u recent IikuI pollticul
-"banquet" are realized, Senator Vare will
Just sit bHek in his chair and wait for the
Republican Alliance lenders to ask the Leg
islature to pull the teeth out of the civil
gervico provisions of the new city charter.
These leaders, presumably supporters of
Mayor Moore. eem grievously disappointed
because positions under the municipal gov
ernment are not to be had for ward workers
merely for the asking, and therefore plan
an assault on the hard-won Hues of civil
Service.
Of course the proponents of this plan are
naive enough to think that a piece of po.
littcal stralegj is about to be demonstrated.
Can't the see that quantities of political
Capital will be piled up for Senator Vare,
who must be aching for u chance to reveal
himself as the special guardian of civil serv.
Ice? Think how he can call on the Legis
lature to protect the fair fame of Philadel
phia. No reformer clothed in white samite
.will have anything on him then.
Any attempt to emasculate the civil serv
ice provisions of the charter will probabl) be
laughed out of Harrlsburg. The State Leg.
islature which devoted nearly a whole ses
elon to passing the present law will hardly
waste time on such bills. If the Republican
Alliance men wa;it to do something really
worth while let them get behind bills to put
the county ollices under ivll service and
see where the Vare outfit stands.
WHOLESALE TREATY SMASHING
tTTIIILB it is general!) udmltted that many
of the provisions of the Jones-jnerchant
marine act were wise, this commendation Is
ot extended in wine quarters to the clauses
prescribing the right of the United States to
impose dibcrimlnatory Import and tonnage
'duties for the protection of American ship
'ping. Such rulings will contlict directly with
tha terms of at least ten conventions with
foreign nations, including the treat of
(Ihenf with (treat Hritaln aud the treaty of
1822 with France. It Is not held likely that
the. various nationa concerned will tousent
ia amend these pacta and complete ubroga
v tisa will therefore result.
,,' 'By the new law, formal notico that the
limited States Intends to revoke the clauses
l4travenlng tbe execution ot the Jones law
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must be, given totnorrew', Sneh a'wheleflate
nr.Illfylhg bt trade agreement is a notelty
In America's foreign relations, and there are
Intimations that' perhaps Congress djd not
actually Intend the taking of such a radical
etep. If .this is true, reflection, has come
rather late.
Meanwhile the Pacific coast is said to be
greatly agitated over the imminent prospect
of decreased commerce with 'the Fnr East,
It Is insisted, notably in Seattle, that Amer
ican cargo vessels cannot, because of 'wage
hcales, compete satisfactorily with their Jap
anese rivals, and that if the discriminatory
rulings are carried out the foreign ships will
cease to trade with us.
Allowing for the nervousness which often
accompanies a novelty in business, the broad
side cancellation of commercial treaties with
other nations )l present some rather for
midable consequences. Patriotism chafes at
the thought that the United States-should
be debarred from regulating It commerce tj
suit itself. The other side of the picture is
trade wars and retaliatory measures from
abroad.
It is upon our ability to parry such blows
that the advisability of strictly enforcing
the Jones aft nrlmirlly depends.
LOGIC OF EVENTS WILL
FORCE US INTO THE LEAGUE
Senator Harding' Cautious Program Is
Becoming Visible Through the Dust
of Political Conflict '
TN CONSIDERING the part which the
United States Is ulttmntelv to nlnv In
world affairs, one should remember that the
discussion of tbe subject in and out of Con
gress for the past eighteen montliB has been
colored by the approach of a presidential
election.
If the war had ended a year earlier or
two )ears later there would hae been less
political partisanship in the consideration
of the peace treaty. ,
The Republicans would not have sought
so diligently to make political capita1 but of
the blunders of the President, nor is lt
likely that they would have been so hyper
critical in their attitude toward the League
of Nations covenant.
To idmit this la not to condemn tbe Re
publicans above all other sinners. If the
tables had been reversed the Democrats
would hnve been playing the role tilled by
the Republicans. They condemned the con
duct of the Spanish wnr and Ita settlement
more bitterly than the Republicans have
condemned the course of the administration
In the world war. While the Spnnlsh war
was in progress they did their best to inter
fere with Its successful prosecution, ovcu
going to the extent of voting almost unani
mously against necessary appropriations.
Ana wnen we war was oer tney waged n
presidential campaign on the issue of un
doing what had been done.
It is the curse ol partisan politics that
it leads otherwise intelligent and fair
minded men to denounce everything tbnt the
opposition does and "to commend everjtbiug
done by tbelr own party. It becomes ex
ceedingly difficult for the voter Interested in
results to find his way in the thicket of half
truths and unfair statements which surround
him, especially during the heat of a presi
dential campaigu.
Tbe man who has some understanding of
the world situation and the inevitable rela
tion of the United States to it und can face
the outstesdizg facts is persuaded tocjay
that this country rsust inevitably ester the
league of Nciiozs is sor.e fo.:. Tie logic
of evtysts, which is strosjer thca asy parti
san movithl or either side, will ;"orco us
in. And when the presidential csrapaijn
is owr we are likely to stop tilking non
sense on the subject and prepare to adjust
ourseUes to meet our international obliga
tions with the full const iousness that our
national interests aU are involved in what
we do.
It 1 evident that Senator Harding appre
ciates this fact. It U evident also that
the exigencies of tho political c.impiign are
forcing him to be cautious about the wa in
which he sets forth his lews. When he
says that "The Democratic nominee has
flatly said he is 'in favor of going In' on the
basis announced by the President ; I am
not," he echoes the partisan debates in the
Senate and rallies to his support those who
are opposed to Wilson and to Wilsonlsm.
He makes a concession to partisan politics.
Hut in the speech which contajned this re
mark. Senator Harding definitely announced
his supiort of an association or soeiet or
league of nations organized to secure inter
national justice and to prevent war. He
also said that he believes in an International
court with teeth that shall settle all justi
ciable questions. He went even farther when
he recognized what has happened and said
that If the League of Nation Is so Inextric
ably interwoven with the affairs of Europe,
the condition must be faced b this country.
Then, ufter calling attention to the fact
that European stntesmen have discovered
defects in the league covenant, he nnnounced
that he would summon the best minds of the
country to confer with him In order to de
vise a plan under which we shall do our
part in correcting" those defects as a pre
liminary to co-operation with the rest of
the world. He has said a lot of other things
which are open to criticism, but they do not
affect this sound and sane program.
EHhu Root In London is reported as be
ing astounded by the senator'a speech con
taining these suggestions. Mr. Root
has been engaged as a member of a com
mittee of lawyers In drafting a plan for an
International court to function under the
provisions of the league covenant. Under
the circumstances any suggestions that Mr.
Harding really favored a court to supersede
the league would naturally disconcert Mr.
Root. No one need be surprised if Mr. Root
when he returns to this country should en
ter upon the task of explaining what tbe
international court is and how It fit into
the program which the Republican candidate
has skeched In outline.
The weakness of The Hague tribunal lies
in the lack of a body of accepted Interna
tional rules which it is commissioned to en
force. The strength of the International
court with the framework of which Mr.
Root bus been engaged lies In the fact that
It ia to be empowered to carry out the reg
ulations of the covenant ot the leagus.
If our own Supreme Court had no con
stitution and body of laws to interpret and
enforce, it would be of little use to any one
Tie thinking of the world has advanced to
the point where It recognizes tbe necessity
for a body of regulations governing Interna
tional affairs and a tribunal to enforce thoe
regulations, we cannot tall back on The
Hague court, nor can we very well adopt
Mr. Harding's suggestion that it be
strengthened. To do this would requlro us
to undo the work of the peace conference,
which provided tor a real court with author
ity to summon delinquents to answer for
th violation of the provisions of the cove
nant of the nations represented by the court.
If we mny trust advices coming from Lon
don, Mr. Root will not only back up Senator
Harding's support of a great International
(ourt, but will also justify bis criticisms of
tbe league covenant. Laurence Hills, the
London correspondent of the Sun aud New
York HeraW, ti newspaper which hat al
ways been cioso to Mr. Hoot, announced on
Tuesday that the former Secretary ot State
while in Europe had "acquired plenty ot
information showing that the belief of Euro
pean statesmen now is that the covenant of
the league Is vitally defective In bo far as tho
purpose for which It was framed is con
ccrncd and that lt must bo radically changed
If the league Idea in to live."
QUALIFY TODAY FOR VOTING!
TT IS estimated that between 500,000 and
"300,000 women ot Philadelphia are en
titled to register today in the division polling
places. Thet measure In which this oppor
tunity to enroll as prospective voters Is em
braced will furnish an interesting Index of
feminine Interest in the ballot. If the nov
elty of the obligations can be pleaded to
extenuate failure to fulfill them, this is cer
tainly more than offset by the persistent
advertisement of registration day and the
simple duties it brings.
The occasion has enjoyed so much advance
publicity that further emphasis becomes
almost trite. Women In this city who care
a button about the franchise arc by this
time fully aware that they will not bo per
mitted to vote on November 2 unless they
have registered.
f Enrollment takes place today In the dis
trict polling quarters between the hours of
T n. in. and 1 p. m. and 4 p. m. and 10
p. m. Subsequent registration dates arc
September 14 and October 2.
If tbe women turn out in force, as the
enthusiastic victors in the long battle for
equal suffrage forecast, they will have the
distinction of reading a wholesome lesson to
vote slackers of the opposite sex.
Every autumn the easy formalities of
registration are explained, calls for n full
roll are .louuded and just ns regularly thou
sands of men slump indifferently Into the
delinquent class. Sympathy Is not to be
extended tqwexi) them nor to women lax iu
observing the rules. Voting is not compul
sory, but registration emphatically Is If the
elector has any desire to cast a ballot for
the next President.
Any citizen with tbe least political con
sciousness will subscribe to the hope that
today's display ofregisrrants will be prompt
and numerically impressive.
INDUSTRIAL KULTUR
fTIHE unceremonious walkout of miners iu
J- the anthracite field, new threats of a
serious railway strike, the unconcern with
which street -cur men nnd ilockworkers in
New York lay down their tools in protest
against nn.vthlug from the weather to the
color of the bosses hair, and the compla
cency with which some corporations appear
to view the prospect ot new tie-ups arc par
ticularly significant now.
Here are vivid proofs of the tragic collapse
of most of the great plans drawn up
undej- government auspices for the peaceful
settlements of industrial disputes.
In the case of the striking coal miners
the causes which are tending to fresh eco
nomic confusion are clearly revealed. The
miners are in no mood for arbitration.
They eooll.v IoIated the pledges of their own
unions. Their case was submitted to an im
partial board for a survej nnd a decision.
No one can den.v that the Ixnrlngs were fair
and decisions just. Rut the verdict of what
was in fnct a court of cquit has been re
jected by the men. Whut appeal is there be
jond courts and reasonable tribunals?
There is uo appeal, of course, but the appeal
to force asd coercion. That way Iks chaos.
Tho railway sjes, too, are drifting to das
Cerous ex treses ssd the b!ss:o cannot be
!iid wholly os tho l.i.ois. Neither the U.C
nor the executives save bi-e lu&Ung asy
haste to establish the tuachisery for under
cundings and arbitration outlined in tho
plau suggested by tbe second lnduHtriuucon
ference and purtly rcallzirl by the establish
ment of the Railway Labor Roard.
The Railwaj Labor Hoard might now be
likened to n superior niurt without local
sours cs of information such as arc ordinarily
provided by minor courts. Vet the second
industrial conferenie proeuteil to the couu
try what wus perhaps the sanest ami most
feasible scheme for industrial peure ever
drawn up and made what was iu u general
waj the most thorough stirve.v of iiidustri.il
questions ever uttempted iu the Lnited
Stales. Instead of a general recognition of
the sauit of the arbitration principle there
is now revealed to the conntrj wlmt appears
to be a stubborn desire among the unions
and corporations for complete industrial
-tipreinac.v and in the c rut industrial abso
lutism. That is something that the people will not
view without resentment. There can be no
doubt (hut the striking miners wlfli to forie
the mines into the hands of the government.
The,v aim directly at nationalization. Them
is palpable ground for (Senernl Atterburj's
assertion that tbe newer rail unions and a
good many of tho older ones would do the
same thing with tbe railroads if they could
find a wa.
This knowledge among corporation man
agers is doubtless responsible for the ener
getic effort to make the open shop generul
in this countr.v, since the power which big
labor organizations have to stop the opera
tion of essential industries, once the) are
tightly organized, is greater thau tin) one
i xclusive class should possess in a social
order like that of today.
The tendencj to reject peaceful and ra
tional methods of wage and labor adjust
ments is marked now that the emergency
of war conditions is removed. It is a most
perilous tendency and no one can tell where
it muv lead if it continues. The threat of
an anthracite strike ou the threshold of
winter will sound ominous in the ears of
the country. That is how it was meant to
sound.
The government has been defied when its
suggestions made in the Interests of the
whole people have not been ignored or
llouted. The time is coming when public
sentiment will compel Congress to go further
than lt has yet gone and question tbe right
of any group deliberately to Invite disastrous
confusion in any Industry upon which the
general welfare of the people depends.
TRAFFIC WHIRLPOOLS
IN most of the large cities tbe left-hand
turn of motor traffic which Superintendent
Mills has been discussing is being gradually
abolished. Narrow streets and heavj con
gestions -in this city will make a general
right-hand turn difficult or Impossible. ,
Some of the left-hand turns like those at
Droad and Chestnut, Uroad nnd Arch,
Twelfth and Market and Fifteenth and
Market streets are dangerous. Rut the dan
ger Is that a too general diversion of traffic
vehicles Into the narrow one-way streets In
tbe busier section of tbe city might create
traffic whirlpools, new dangers and conges
tion worse than that which now exlatrf.
If the Tennessee antls wish to prevent
equal suffrage the only effective way to do
it would be start a movement for the repeal
of the constitutional amendment. That
amendment became a part of the constitution
when Secretary Colby issued" his proclama
tion. The Tennessee Legislature cannot re
peal it by reconsidering its nctlon,nfter rati
fication had become complete. It would be
just us Sensible for a member of tbe Ten
nessee Legislature to try to defeat a law
which the governor had signed by asking
permission to change hs vote.
YHl- LtOHT THAT LIE.
That It, It Lie About the Candle'
power That Make It and Uaoa
Thing Cal'led British Thermal
Unit Instead
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"(VrOBODY has made any violent objcctlbd
IN cither here or in New Jersey to the
substitution, -of a HrltUh thermal unit
standard for gas Instead of the old candle
power standard. Tbe propositions in both
places have gone through without a murmur
and the papers bare given considerable
space to the change, so. "apparently, every
body Is satisfied. Bdt, before the "What-Do-You-Know"
editor thinks of it, it 'la
as well to spring three questions here. They
are! ,
First. What is a candlepower and how
is it measured? , ,
Second. What is a British thermal unit
and how do you 'recognize lt when you
see it?
Third. What is the reason a mantle give
a brighter light with poorer gas, than abare
Hume burner with rood iras? .''
Probably not one man in a hundred-of
mi wiiu uave so reaaiiy asscuicu iu uia
changed systems can answer ady one- of
these questions, let, without a knowledge
of all three, how can we decido whether we
favor the new standard or not? . s
Under the old lease the contract (between
the U. O. I. nnd the city called for gas that
would give a twenty-two candlepower
flame hi the open burner with gas flowing'
at five cubic feet per hour. Under tbe new
the company Is permitted to substitute a
gas lower In illuminating power, but suffi
ciently high in British thermal units to
give tho twenty-two power with a mantle.
FIRST, Aen, as to what a candlepower is.
The stniidard candle used by illuminating
engineers the world over is supposed to be
made of pure spermaceti, to weigh one
sixth of a pound and to burn at such a rate
that 120 grains of tbe sperm oil shall be
consumed each hour. These are all arbi
trary measures, of course, but they have
been agreed upon by scientists and the light
given ty such u candle Is the standard
candlepower of today.
But we no longer use the old sperm oil
nnmll. Yn Mt.nnit.lnja fttt..lj tftvl.,.. am .
ciol electric lights accurately compared with
this candlepower aro used. Here in Phila
delphia the brightness of the gas is meas
ured by comparison with a ten -candlepower
lamp burning vaporized pentane, a product
of petroleum.
TT
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IS a simple, enough problem to de
termine the randlcnower of nnv doubtful
light. Everybody known that If you put
a spot of grease In the center of a piece of
paper and hold it up between jou nnd a
light the grease spot looks brighter thnn tho
rest of the paper; lt seems to permit tho
light to shine through it. If, on the other
hand, jou and the pnper nre on the same,
side of the light the grease spot looks darker
thau the pnper.
So we tuke our stundurd light and put it
up, set the pnpc'r with the grease spot uny
known distance from it and. on the other
side of the paper, set up the light to be
tested. We watch the grease spot and move
the Debts until urease snot und tinner look
just the same. This proves that the amount
of light falling on one side is exactly equal
to the amount falting on the other.
Now, in scientific jargon, the intensities
of these lights vury with the square of
their distances from the object. In other
words, if the doubtful light in the experi
ment is twice as far away from the paper
as the standard light. Its brllllunce is two
times two, or four times the brilliance of
the standnrd light. So, if It is three times
as tar away when the grease spot disap
pears, its brilliance Is three times three, or
nine times that of the standard.
HERE in Philadelphia the Bureau of Gas
has two stations, for making constant
tests of the gas supplied to the city. Under
the direction of Dr. N. Wiley Thomas, chief
of tho bureau, a staff of experts rsake regu
lar readings of this isstrusiest. which is
knows an u Bunsen photometer is phj-sicul
laboratories.
The substitution of British thermal units,
however, calls into play another instrument
known as n calorimeter (with the accent
ou the "rim." b.v tbe way). Now a British
thermal unit known among engineers as a
11. T. t is not nearly so formidable as
its inline sounds. It is simply the amount
of hent required to raise one pound of water
one degree Fahrenheit. So, If we bave an
Instrument Unit will tell us the weight of
water. tV rise in Its temperature and the
amount of gas burned to make tbnt rise, It
Is nn easj matter to calculate the number
of B. T. r.'s there nre In that amount
of gUh.
These measurements are made by the in
strument used in the testing stations here,
one station being situated at Seventeenth
street and Passjunk avenue und the other
at Richmond nnd Ann streets. These loca
tions were chosen because each is just about
a mile from the gas works which supplies
it and therefore gets the uvernge city gas.
SO WE come to the mantle und the ques
tion of what makes it burn so brightly.
Oddly enough, the first thing that is done
with a innntle attachment Is to take nil of
the illuminating power out of the gas In
order to mnke It Illuminate more brightly.
This sounds like u paradox, but it is really
merely changing the form of the energy that
Is In tbe gas aud then rechanging it.
livery mantle is mounted on a little
tube contrivance that is u miniature Bun
sen burner. This tube hns air holes in it
nnd its object is to mix air with the gas
so as to get the most perfect combustion and
thus obtain the maximum amount of heat.
It -works on much the same principle as the
carburetor on a flivver, which is simply
un apparatus for obtaining the correctly
proportioned mixture of ulr and gusoliue
vapor.
The mixture in the Bunsen burner burns
with n blue, or almost invisible, flame much
like the puinter's torch, nnd mnny u man
has burned bole In the legs of his over
alls with this because he could not see the
flame.
So the Bunsen burner gives us un in
tensely hot flame to .start ,with a tlumc,
that is, uliicli contains the maximum num
ber of B. T. U's.
SCIENTISTS have discovered that there
are certain substances which, when
heated to Incandescence, will emit n bril
liant white light, nnd some of these sub
stances will do this nt a comparatively
low tempernture. The gas mantle utllir.es
two of these substances.
The blue flame from the Bunsen tube
raises the meshes of the mantle to this
white incandescence, aud they give off this
brilliant Ulnminatlnn, and it does not mat
ter what the gas Is made of so long as the
required amount of heat is obtained. In
this way the purpose of the gas is only to
bent and not to light. The substances in
the mantle do the lighting.
In the making ot these mantles the great
est Ingenuity has been shown, and they ure
a triumph of the imagination und cleverness
ot scientists.
First, the inuntle Is woven of plain cotton
fabric. This Is soaked In hjdrocblorlc acid
to remove ull mineral elements, and It is
then immersed In a solution of two chemi
cals known ns the nitrates of thorium and
cerium.
When this is dried these substances re
main in the pores of the mesh in an Infinite
number of liny crjstals, and when tho
mantle Is heated the vegetable fiber
is totall) destroyed and there is left
behind u mantle made of i meshes of these
crystals. It Is this that gives the intense
white light when burned over the Bunsen
flame.
Such a mantle is, ns everybody knows,
extremely delicate aud liable to breakage at
tbe slightest jarring shock. Most people
who havo used them wonder how they are
shipped without destruction.
Here aguin ingenious science bos solved
the problem. The inuntle Is dipped in col
lodion solution, which makes the crystal
elastic enough to stand the jam of shipping,
and the first application of heat removes
this solution und uncovers the crystals ready
for business. That is why you must burn
a mantle with a match and let tbe flame
go out be f pre lighting it for use.
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Daily Talks With Thinking Philadelphia on Subjects They
' Know Best
THE REV. H. CRESSON McHENRY
On Sociological Effect of Recent Laws
rpiiLT the adoption o$ the eighteenth
and nineteenth amendment!, forms the
most important legislation ever adopted iu
this country is the opinion of tbe Hcv.
H. Cresson McHenry, sociological expert
and superintendent of the Protestant Epis
copal City Mission.
"I consider that the legislation enacted
iu the last three or four years is far more
Important nnd 'far reaching in its effect
than anj legislation put through in the last
hundred years," said Doctor McHenry, who
has been engaged in social service work in
this city for the last thirty years.
"In their effect on the social life nnd con
dition of the people, the two amendment
go hand In band. The one supplements the
other. The adoption of the eighteenth
amendment made possible substantial gains
for social betterment. The nineteenth
amendment in force will not only crstal
lire this gain, but will almost beyond a doubt
result in the eventual abolition of other
great sociological evils such as the' sex
problem and the drug menace.
"In tbe short time in which the eighteenth
amendment has been In force there has not
been full opportunity to study and record
tho extent of reform which it has accom.
plished, but enough has happened to show
conclusively that it has been u magnificent
move for social betterment.
"While you cannot measure the social
conditions of ull the people by your observa
tions of oue class, jet the classes wltn
which we social Investigators come in con
tact are sufficiently numerous and repre.
sentatlve to show the general trend of
changes one way or thv other.
"Among social service organizations In
this city the umount of work due to social
conditions has been reduced 75 per cent since
the eighteenth amendment went Into effect.
Part of this Is uccounted for by the fact
that business conditions have been brisk.
When such conditions exist, social service
work is comparatively dull. But even taking
this Into account, I can say without hesi
tant1 that the need for help from social
service organizations among the poorer class
has decreased by considerably more than GO
per cent.
Decrease In Drunkenness
"As n concrete illustration of the de
crease in drunkenness apparent to us, I
might compare our experiences of a year or
so ugo with the present time. Before tho
prohibition amendment went into effect, the
Protestunt Episcopal City Mission received
on nn average of twelve calls a day from
persons under the Influence of liquor.
"During the month of August we had but
two such visitors. One of the two I happcu
to know personally baB since given up tho
usu of aleoholic liquors. The other man,
who was u business man ot somu standing
and who consequently did not need our
help, meruly called to announce that ho wns
drunk, evidently with the Idea of impress,
ing us with the fact that he could still got
liquor when he wanted It,
"Investigations over a period of years
showed beyond a doubt that tho uso of
liquor was responsible for most of our work.
The great bulk of poverty, disease and lm
moralit among those whom I eneouutered
In my work was due to tbe use of alco
holic liquor.
"It might surprise you to know that tho
great majority of malignant or incurable
diseases which we attempted to combat
among the people whom we met, such us
tuberculosis and cuncer, were directly
traceable to the use of alcoholic drinks.
And It might be equully enlightening to
know that the decrease in these dlseases
since that time 1ms been little less thun
ustonlshlng. Not onl that, but the people
whom we get so allllcted are not in so
serious a condition as before.
"The effect on living conditions and pov.
erty has been just as great. Even though
there Is great opportunity for employment,
the good effects of the new condition can
be directly paralleled.
"Thus, In a number of houses which I
visited before the enforcement of the amend
ment living conditions were deplorable.
The houses were in a filthy condition, the
children unkempt and In 111 health, the
houses miserably furnished, und what fur
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niture there was in terrible condition. Now
sany of the satse places have new Jural,
ture, the walls are 'nicely papered, the
houses spic and span, the chiidrea neatly
dressed and lookius happy and the genen!
ospect of the houses and all of those living
in them Immeasurably Improved.
"From the standpoint of morals our work
has been tremendously reduced. Evenings
nnd partlculsrly Saturday evenings were
regular 'hells' in some parts of the city.
Conditions are not perfect now, but they
are heaven alongside of what they were.
Change Is Astonishing
"It is not only the ministers and social
workers and persons ordinarily regarded as
theorists who are pleased by the change.
Tbe business men, particularly In the down
town section of the city, where these con
ditions were probably the worst, are more
than pleased with the turn which affairs
have taken. It means more nnd better bust,
ncss for them und a general security and
guarantee of future prosperity for- the sec
tion which has not been lost on them.
"And as the people whom I havo known
In this work have turned from the use of
liquor, they have progressed In other ways.
Mnny of them are for the first time in their
lives getting in a position to own their own
homes and, furthermore; to take u real genu
ine Interest In them and in their families
and children,
"If conditions keep on improving ns
they have iu the short time in which pro.
hibitlon has been in force, we shall go out
of business nnd we shall have to turn the
jails and prisons over to the profiteers to
see what they can do with them.
"Of course, the nation bus not becu
sober enough to compute the full results,
but we can show some things,
"The mnln difference between Maine and
Colorado, for instance, both states in which
prohibition was iu force for some time
previous to the passage of the Volstead act,
was the fact that one had woman suffni'.e
and the other did not. Maine, without
suffrage, wns wet much of the time in spite
of prohibition. Colorudo, with the women
voting, not only was bone dry, but actually
changed Its conditions politically, socially
and financial!, and all for the. better.
Women Will Solvo questions
"With the women voting I believe that
all the good things that men bave started
will be finished. Prohibition will Btuy en
forced' with them on the job, while the
dope and sex questions will soon fall be
fore them, too, I believe.
"Men are more easy going nnd are apt
to let some things slide, but not so women.
They hnve a more nervous temperament
thnn men, and once they start a thing they
never let up until It Is accomplished.
"Tho liquor habit directly uffects the
home and In turn tho children. Theie
things nre very dear to the wife und mother,
and she would not be a woman It she did
not exercise her privilege as voter and
hold these things In check. It is a cer.
talnty that she will do the same with the
other evils und injustices which affect us.
"In fact I Relieve, with these two amend
ments In force, that the country is going
to make greater progress in the next few
years than it has In any generation which
has preceded It, und that this country will
really become one of the finest iu the woril
in which to live."
TAORMINA
THE sky is a painted sky. The sunlight
slips
So carefully through almond blossoms. Pan,
A munching goat, smiles placidly at man.
Dramatically down, the high cliff dips,
T6 where, enchanted, loved by Attic ships,
Haunted by gods since ever gods began,
The sea, tbe sweet, the blue, the Ionian,
Kisses the ),hore with Indolent white llpu.
Flowers on the walls, soft perfume In the air,
Maidens with jugs set on tbelr sunburnt
nan
That Is the village. Yonder your eyes meet
The line of Aetna flowing uf to the sky,
Aud turn back, dazed with beauty, to tbe
street, '
Where peasants' little painted carts go by.
0. 0. Washburn, in the Freeman.
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SHORT CUTS
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FerpctualMvcather reports for Belfast:
Diormy.
Dollars' and doughnuts are very near!
synonymous nowadays1. i
The Cox "boodle" accusations icea,J
nave oeen enorgee with ; Sss. '
Hwrv mV-t-.ii- la n .nmhTrt. n-tl
inevitable 2rM stake is his self-riiVpect. c
fhrt T)annivtir-nt! Tu(l-ht.nl mnnl. ha.
work at its Altoona shops as well as ufal
: tt n
in vne matter ot rattncatlon Tcnhtm
seems to have put (icrmany quite In t
shade.
Southpaw motolsts will wish thfjl
wr.cu i a ounerinienuent .tuns ctrries ooi
his threats.
'FherA la tn ll. mna Tfn...n .! 1.1
. ..v ,u,v; nun i; uuu It, un
hope less row in our dealing with l.atiil
..iiirucu uereaiier.
Will It be a case of brave men and Vartl
women u tne late Councilman 1 inley's will
wiu any omer vacancies are filled b mea-
oers oi me opposite sex?
The women who have been barred froul
oecoming registrars because of. lack of ex-l
perlence are entitled to wonder how tlKll
are ever going to acquire it without il
niuri.
If you were to ask tbe dodgers in tbl
Tennessee Legislature why thev c-IisdHI
their minds about woman suffrage theyl
nrobably would tell you that women Imveil
nuoit oi cnanging their minds.
The fundamental difference of oplolo.1
Between political parties is chinccks-l
Kfltllilhnili ttm nlltn. .1.1.. I .. I.t ..I. .a. I
u.......v,. . u,,,;. una ,a iiiinuairi) w i
nected wlthlu divergence of views oa tin!
luenmy oi ine victor or the vanqulsned.
, That woman who said she was golni'b
vote for Hurding because she. bad alw-Ji
believed in a republican form of govenv
ment is likely to be matched by anotkM
woman who will unnouuee that she intmib
to support Cox becausurshe ulwuys favorri
ueiuuvracy as opposed to autocrucy.
What Do You Know? J
QUIZ
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imuunai 4.vu0a ui j.eprcaeriiuiixn
On what famous river was ancient B-M1
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wr-at Is a votive offering?
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over the English Channel. As ne
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Jewels of the world, wns among tw
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