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Thlnes on wlileh the people expeet the new administration to ronrentrnte Its attention! Te Delntrare river b, Mae, A Andock btu euouah to accommodatt the larprst ships. 'Dfuewpment of the rapid Irtyislt sistem. A. coni'nitlon hall, A bulldlnp tor the Free Library, An Art Museum, Bslarorment al the trater tupplu. Hornet to accommodate the population. "r LABOR DAY TpOR the labor of the country and. indeed, for the country nt large, this is not the ' happiest of Labor Days. Wrong-headed union leaders and wrong-hended employing groups are doing their bct to make iudus- t.trlal confusion unci idleness pretty general in many of the states. It was supposed that we were (unking progress toward better general relationships in the world of indus try. More lately it has appeared that the wo sides of that world are tending to drift fnrther apart toward a whole new set of mis understandings. . ' AVe settle everything on a fairly reasonable basis sooner or later. Questions of labor ''nd wage conditions that threaten to Jn lipire new nnd costly strikes will be dis posed of in the course of time. Hut the ' regrettable thing about it is that peace may jbme only after labor and the employers have lost heavily and after the gpnprnl public. which hns no voice in the loud debate, has Buffered most of alt. 4 - : CRICKET IF THE Anglo-American entente depended on the ndoptinn of cricket as the national American game it would be a loug time be fore it wns realized. The Englislfc'ricket team now in this city, which will play with local trams until Sep tember 20. will carry back home with them a belter understanding of America than tlicy broughtt but their games will not be watched by large crowd. Cricket, while it has flourished in a few Americnn cities, espe cially in Philadelphia, has never appealed strongly to American outh. Now if it were an English baseball team there would be thousands of boys watching "the" players r.nd debating eagerly with one another about the stjle of the game. Hut American boys do not gather on vacant lots to play cricket. Few of them know what the game is. In the college-, it has 'found little popularity, though Haverford is on exception. This may be for the reason that Haverford impresses the Englishman as la little bit of England set down in the Philadelphia suburbs. v Yet cricket is a good game, with n set of rules scrupulously observed; so scrupulously, indeed, that when an Englishman does what he should not in an thing oNe, he is told "that Is not cricket." The English visitors re welcome It is only regretted that their game hns uot u wider appeal so that it might Impress upon our sportsmen the benutj, of playing a game for the gnme's sake. WOMEN ON THE VOTING LISTS THE fact that the total registration of men nnd women voters on the first dav this year is loss than the registration of men alone on the tirstdny Inst year need disturb no one. J Many families are out of the city and vlll not return until this wiek, when the .'wIiooIk open. Hut. aside from tlii. no con certed effort was made to get the voters to 'the registration places. There are two more (reglstratlon days. September 14 and October 2, on either of which the voters may quali fy. There will be n general rounding up of .electors on these two dujs. men as well as ivomen. t It Is not expected that as many women as jnen will qualify. This hus never happened for the reason that a cetTain percentage of the women decline to interest themselves in . politics in any way. Now that the women Mn every state have the privilege of voting wp may expect, however, that the pcr outage of Indifferent women will decrease with time, until men and women quality in about xpiul proportion. t A NIGHT OUT ftTtniY does the high cot of living seem l' more bearable nf night than it is in Ithe day time? One man accustomed to iclamor loudly about the prices of sugar and kricat timed up his gasoline chariot and unit q New York, lie paid S2 to store his car for a night and .?- ."0 to have it washed clean of the Jersey dust. Time was when a man could get a prettv comfortable loom with a jirlvnto bitli for what is now nslsed for a Vliuk nook in a public garage. The adcn turer in Manhattan was not disturbed, lie (took "hl-t wife to a theatre, pnjiiig ST.."!) for tvo eents. I,ntcr lie went to a hotel roof. Slelng unknown anil friendless he ordered (two plates of ice cream. The waiter brought ta bill for $.'! 10. There was a "cover" charge of 1!, the ice cream cost fifty cents -plate, and the war tax was covered bv a jllme. The waiter looked as if he expected fifty cents nnd he got it. Vfts the man who endured these various Bhoeks angry or even impatient? lie was .p.pt. He ii'turtieil to report that he had n Kully time in New rk. ' THE END OF THE ROPE 'Sj? rnllBHH is point ut which wildly climbing I'm! fi! . prices clearlj and completely defeat the 3 Vj purpose of those responsilflc for them by dis- ?, P couragiug trade and thereby decreasing prof- "' It. That point was rencncii in u goou many t Mduktrics during the summer and the chief Ehibltiou of far-sighted business men nowa- ,-' ' L ui(o e't away from it. i' , Tno latest illustration of an uufuiling rule , 'r i ' occurs In tlTe cto of the rnllrotiils." Increased rntcs certainly wore ncccssar to the con tinning efficiency 'of the Rcncral trnnspor tntlott arHtera. Hut n Riitldcn nnd cxtnior dlnary Advance of railway passenger rates brought (limit t nil instant decline in the Rett fnil volume of traffic. Fortunately for them selves the railroads) do not look to the las M'tiger trains for their rcvenuea. They live chiefly by the rcturim from their freight nnd cxiirc.":!! bttsinetis. Hut their experience in this instance shows that the people are in no tnood to bear further burdens that enn be directly avoided Sighs nnd omens like the decline of rail way passenger business ought to be heeded by labor unions and employing groups alike. It appears that many people promptly nbnn doned plans for railway trips when the new rate schedule was iinununced. They de pended on motorcars or they remained at home. In other uiijm the public has been revealing n disposition to deal by the mot direct method with the Ucst lot of high prices. The occasional profiteer may jet prove to be a danger to the whole business community. ENTER THE SMART NEW U. S. PASSENGER FLEET As Usual, the Delaware Leads the Way With the Transatlantic Liner Pan handle State as Advance Guard A SPICK and pan new steamship, oh- vlously designed for passengers as well ns cargo, glided rather unostentatiously down the Delaware the other dn. It was not alone the bright and spotless American ling at her stern which ideutilicd her nationality. The conspicuous legend on her bow "Pan handle State" was unmistakable. Such colloiiulal native flavor is illimitable by out- siders nnd may be signltiean'tly contrasted with clumsy (icrmnn tlnttery as expressed In such craft as the (leorge Washington nnd the President Lincoln. The Panhandle State is not only n boat of another origin, but she is n ship which. In a sense, marks the beginning of n new epoch. For this hnndsomc essel, con structed in ('aiiiden nnd launched on the Delaware last March, is the first passenger liner ever built for the Fulled States (5ov eminent. The shipping board Is her owner, although she will be allocated to private in terests and operated in competition with foreign steamship Hues which heretofore have nil but monopolized the transatlantic pns scliger scr ice. The meaning of this new departure is pro found. Indeed, the possibilities foreshadowed arc nothing less than the rehabilitation of American sea-borne pnRseuger trade, the culminating move in the recovery of native commerce thnt is one definite and Impres sive result of the world war. Hesideuts of this metropolitan community, extending into two or perhaps' even three states, arc b this time thoroughly nevus Coined to the mammoth revival of shipbuild ing on the "Amerienu Clyde." Hrlstol, Phila delphia, Hog Island, Chester. Camden, tilou ccstcr, Wilmington, have performed such speedy miracles in craft construction that pride itself is somewhat benumbed. It is a commonplace that the Delnware river region lias, to an extent not paralleled elsewhere, resuscitated the American mer chant marine. Hut the new chnptcr In this achievement is les consciously appreciated. Appropriately enough it is begun almost simultaneously with tile enforcement of the Jones shipping act. uniiiue in our legislation as warder of American interests on the sens. In a word this measure, with its provisions for discriminatory duties in favor of Ameri can ships, with its challenge to the exclusive insurance methods of Lloyd's, with its st-n.-sible fosterins of the transportation of American mails by American vessels, Is "pro tection." Free traders may wince, but the poliej which thej have persistently fought regarding manufactures is at last applied to whipping. , Other nations, as is well known, nave long sinee adopted it. The difficulty of securing passage to a foreign port in nn American ship is proof positive of the success of the arrangement. Naturally the commercial nir is thick with rumors of trade wars. This is the legitimate retaliation of our foreign rivals. They would be wretched exponents of business methods did they not piny, or at least tlirenteu to play, their best cards. The intimation that some twenty-five na tions with which we hae entered into trade conventions are determined to nbrogate those treaties, part of which are contravened by the discriminatory clauses of the Jones act, is not necessarily alarming. Similar threats were heard whn the I.aFollette seaman's act was new. but nothing happened. The ninety dnjs allowed the President to give notice of the operation of the Jones measure expire last Friday at midnight. Whether (ireat Britain will annul the treaty of Ohent and France the pnet of ISI'2 re mains to be seen. Milt. whuteer the issue, the wholesome decision of the Fnited Stater to re-establish itself upon the sens, iupnK senger trade as well as freight, Is bearing fruit. The Panhandle State, allocated to the Fnited States Mail Steamship Co. solid, satisfying ii.inio ' is hilled to sail from New Yorl for OticcnstoHii. I'oulogne and London on September s. Her permanent route will he eu York -London-Hamburg. She will carry the mails and a maximum of 100 first i lnss passengers. As a combination of cargo and nassem-er craft she is in many respects exceptional. Of 12. 000 deadweight tonnage nnd between fourteen and fifteen knots speed and with an overall length of ."I'll fed, she is not only one of the largest commercial vessels ever built on the Delaware, but the most elegant and most practhnl in appointment. norths five w.iy to beds on this splendid ship; baths nie attached to uinrlj all of the stateroom. The latest ininoenieiits in in i Insist dei Us and comfortable accommodations have bet n mi orpurnted. In addition, the ar rangement of cargo space and the loading and unloading devices are of the latest type. In sUe the vessel ifi doubled by some of the crack Hritl-h. French nnd cx-flermnn liners, but ns boats go. this class is small and confined with a few exceptions to the North Atlantic trade The Panhandle State should make the ojage between New York and London in about nine duvs Her modernity is empha sized b the fin t that she hums oil and that her fuel tanks will enable her to tinvel 1,". 00(1 mile without replenishing. Jp equip, inept consonant with ihe purposes for which she wns designed, it is not boastful to assert her the peer of any ship on the western ocean. Her sister, the Old North State, will shortly be placed In service. This pair of vessels, however, register merely the first Impress which the American posieuser program Is to make upon world ,i,i i. 1 . . ! trade. -The Ncy York Shipbuilding 06, , o'f Camden, builders jof the twin ships, has under construction nnd nearly completed fourteen others. Nine am considerably greater In slssc, nvrrnglng 15,000 tons nnd capable of the express speed Of about eight een knots. Excluding naval vessels these are the longest ships yet launched on the Delaware, their stein-to-stern measurement being fK!5 feet. The other five steamers nro some what similar (6 the Panhandle State. The disposition of this Imposing fleet, containing units suBiclen to equip-three or four full-fledged pnssengcr steamship lines, will be decided 6y the United States shipping board, their owners. Originally .Intended ns army and then as navy transports, recog nition of their value to revived American commerce came us soon ns the wnr ended. The original plans were radically changed to provide for the nccommoTlntlon of passengers. ' Kestiictlons ngalnst the transference of these ships to foreign registry are amply set forth In the Jones net. According to pres ent Intentions, the bonnl will allocate soniu of the largest of the sixteen to the Pacific Mall Steamship Co. for the service to Japan, piitin and the Philippines nnd several others to the Pacific Steamship Co., a new con cern, ns Is the United Stntcs Mail, for additional Oriental routes. The South Amer ican trade Is to be considered with the Mini son Line as operators of the service between New York. Hlo, Montevideo nnd Hueuos Aires. Surely rejoicing over the opening of n whole new vlstn of American opportunity on the sens is neither bumptious nor inoppor tune. If Lloyd's Is uettted, vHiat is in line with the fortunes of perfectly healthy com niercini rivalry. In restoring the Americnn flag to the ocean we are merely adopting certain foreign business principles whose' sue cess has been attested. , The stimulating uovelty of booking pas sages on a tint-rate American ship, compe tent to hold its own ngalnst competitors, Is ip "Imi linte prospect. Plillndelphinns, Or ,rnther reiidents of the whole urban area, are still further privileged, for the fine licet soon to enter service is strictly "home made." In affection ns well as pride is it permissible to hall our, fertile Delnware as "mother of ships." COOLIDdE'S STANDARD rpHEHE is n wholesome opposition among Massachusetts Itepubllcnns to the use of public office for private profit. Its latest manifestation lias appeared in the forced resignation of Fred J. Hurrlll, the .state treasurer. ' Mr. Hurrill is nn advertising agent. It wns discovered during the. Poind Investiga tion thnt he had deposited $125,000 of state funds iu the Hanover Trust Co.. nnd that the company did Its advertising through his agency. Inquiry developed the fact that many other banks, the advertising of which lie handled, had deposits of state funds. There were such possibilities of graft in this situation thnt Hurrlll was severely criti cized. He withdrew from the advertising ngrlicy, but declined to explain whether the l withdrawal was real or only formal. The Massachusetts Republican Club demanded his resignation. Governor Coolldgc appointed a legislative committee to inquire into the mat ter ofhe deposit of public money In fnvored banks. While the inquiry was going on nrrungements were made to nominate another candidate for the treasuryshlp nt the pri maries this week. Hurrlll had been renomi nated and his name printed on the ballots. When testimony wns offered to the legislative committee on Friday to show htfw deposits in banks thnt advertised through Hurrill had been increased. Hurrlll resigned nnd asked his friends to refrain from votiug for him nt the primnriesv. His request will doubtless bo granted and another man will be nomi nated. The Republicans evidently do not Intend to have their party smirched by such a scandal as continued through the whole of the administration of Fitzgerald, n Demo cratic mayor of Hoston, n few yenrs ago. The mayor owned n weekly newspaper which his brothers conducted for him, while he wns in office. They solicited adertislng"from nil the brinks and public-service corporations nnd contractors and dealers in supplies used by the city nnd obtained It. And the Democratic local and state organization did nothing about it. Governor Coolldgc, who has led fft the oust ing of Hurrill, has not forgotten the Fitz gerald affair. Hut even if there hnd been nothing of the kind in the past to arouse his indignation he would have moved against Hnreill, for he believes that every public officer should be above suspicion. TWO AMENDMENTS TWO constitutional amendments are to be voted on 'in November, one of which is of vital Interest to the taxpayers of this city. It is a revision of the amendment adopted in 1018 providing that money expended for public improvements which yield nn annual current net revenue shall be deducted from the debt of the city iu computing the amount which it is allowed to borrow. The new nmendiueut provides for deduct ing from the debt !hiiitc(t by the constitution sip h debt ns has bften incurred not only In any public Improvement but in the con struction or condemnation of any public utility, when such improvement or utility "may reasonably be expected to jield rev enue in excess of operating expenses suffi cient to pay the interest nnd sinking fund charges." It gives the city a greater leeway than it now lias, for it relieves it of the necessity of including within Its limited debt the amount expended until such a time as it is actually earning cnougn to provide for its amortiza tion. The rest of the state has no particular interest in the adoption or rejection of this amendment. If it becomes n part of the constitution it will have to be by vote of the electors of this citj. It is time thej be gnn to think nbout the matter. The plan hnd the approval of the financial authori ties when the amendment wns passed by the General Assembly. The" men in office now have not condemned it. If the voters wnnt it they can have it. The othpr amendment revises the banking section of the constitution in such a way as to empower the General Assembly to make laws for the organization of banks and trust companies nnd prescribe their power. The constitution nt present prescribes the conditions under which banking charters mnj be granted and limits the life of a char ter t twenty )car. The new plan is a step in the right di rection, for it eliminates legislation from the constitution and delegates the power to legislate where it belongs. Women voters, observes one of their leaders In this city, must learn through their mistakes. If the past examples of the mep voters mean anything, mistake nevr taught clew-tors uuythiuc. i .. i i 'i i ,- i, r XiORGAS'AND THE STEGOMYlA ,lan to Erect Memorial Instltuto to the General In Panama Recalls ' One of the Most Heroic Stories of Science L WASHINGTON dispatches say that plans nrc well under wny to erect In Pannma n lasting memorial to the honor of the 'late Gcnernl , William C. Gorgas, the man who drove yellow fcvq'r from the Isthmus hnd nindc the' canal possible. This memorial is to take the form of nn Institute writhe study of tropical discuses, and it will thus carry on the work to which the general 'de voted so much of his life.' ' The French foiled- to build n canal from the Atlantic to the Pacific largely because of the uwfiil toll of life which the yellow fever took nmofg them. The Americans succeeded because they fconipicrcd the" yel low fever. It Is not too mticlr to say, thero;y fore (and it detracts nothing from tholeugi nccrlng honors won by Goethnls), that Gorgas made it possible for llpethnlst to succeed. '. BUT to trace the credit, all the way back and give each man the shnrc that Is duo" him, we must go beyond Gorgns And Pan ama' to the commission sent to Cuba ,by President McKlnlcy In 1000 under the lead ership of Dr. Walter Heed, an 'army .sur geon, nnd to the proof by thnt commission that yellow fever is always carried by the mosquito known ns the stcgomyla. and thnt oven the most intimate personal contnet with yellow fever patients will not spread the disease so long ns the uTosqulto is not present. Hut, to complete the trail of human thanks to science, wc must give credit for the mosquito Iden to the men who, before thn Cuban experiments, had investigated tho ravages of malaria Sir Patrick Man son nnd Dr. Donald Hos, an English ma jor, in Indln, and, twenty years before that, to the French scientist, Alphonsc Lnvcran, working in Algeria. IT WOULD be difficult to imagine any scientific discovery more completly sur prising than was, the work of the Heed com mission. Almost at the time that they were work ing iu Cuba Dr. Joseph McFarland. of the Sledlco-Chlrurgicnl College In this city, published his well-known "Textbook Upon the Pathogenic Hncterla" ond. in bis chap ter on yellow fever he describes the germ discovered by an Italian. Snnarclll, nnd called the "bacillus icteroldes." then sup posed to be the cause of the disease. Ho quotes the report made by an Americnn commission to Cuba the. previous yenr, in which it is stated "that the micro-orjrnulsm named the bacillus icteroldes is the' cause of yellow fever," that "Infection tnkes plncc by way of the respiratory tract" and thnt "colonization of the bacteria (In the lungs) is followed by a hccondnry infection in the blood." Commenting upon this report, Dr. Mc Farlaud says: "Agramonte. on the other hand, docs not believe that the specific germ of yellow fever Is yet discovered. .Ills studies of bacillus' icteroldes convince him that it is not concerned in the etiology of -the disease, ns he failed to find it in the blood of sixteen out of twenty -three cases nnd declares that he found it iu cases other thnu yellow fever." A GHAMONTE wns right. He was so tV convinced of his opinion, in fact that J ne joineunc itccu commission in 1WH) and wns of mntcrlnl help in the cxperlments thnt proved to be so epoch-making. The bacillus of yellow fever is not yet known, though its method of transmission is proved beyond doubt, and. In the light of the similar manifestations of the better known malaria parasite, scientists have a fairly certain iden of its habits. They at least know beyond doubt that the mosouito known ns the stegomyia transmits the yel low fever bacillus, just as the mosquito known ns the anopheles transmits tho, bacillus of malaria. H WHEN the Reed commission began Its work in Cuba in June, 1000. its mem bers were fairly convinced thnt they would find the mosquito to be the cause of the, malady because of the discoveries In relation to malaria. Dr. Jesse Lnzear, one of the members of the commission, deliberately permitted himself, to bo bitten by mosquitoes that had previously bitten men suffering from the disease. He suffered n violent aftack of the fever, nnd. notwithstanding nil that could be done for hint he paid with his life for his' scientific zeal. This one case, however, wns not' sufficient to prove the guilt of the stegomyia com- ' pietciy cnougn to suit the need scientists. They planned n series of experiments thnt, taken all together, should remove the slight est douut of the defiiiiteness of their results. THE first experiment was to disprove the tradition that yellow fever could be transmitted by the clothing taken from pa tients who hnd bad attacks of the fever. One of the 'huts had its windows 'and doors carefully screened. Into this were brought boxen of clothing nnd bedclothes taken from patients, some of whom hnd died from the disease. The volunteers entered the hut, unpacked the cjothlng, put in on, nnd for twenty days lived i;i it and slept in the bedclothes fresh from the infected patients. Doctor Heed wroteof this: "To pass twenty nights in a small, ill-ventllnted room, with n tempera ture over ninety, in close contact with the most loathsome articles of dress aud furni ture, in an atmosphere fetid from their presence. Is nn net of heroism which ought to command our highest admiration and our lasting gratitude." Hut the clothing failed to transmit the disease. THE next experiment wns to prove defi nitely that It was the stegomyia that transmitted the fever. The other hut, with windows nnd doors screened, wns divided down the middle by n partition of screening. In one room, irom wuicn nil mosquitoes were excluded, three men lived. Into the other room were released mosquitoes that had bitten yellow fever patients. John Mornn cntejed this latter room and permitted himself to be bitten by the mos quitoes. On Christmas morning he was stricken with the fever nnd hnd a severe nttnek, but he bore it without n murmur, because he knew that he had proved for all time that this dread scourge that hnd taken so mnny thousand lives wns a thing no longer a mystery, and that its prevention and ultimate extermination were from that time on easily within the range of possi bility. THOUGH the yellow fever germ hns not been Isolated, it is believed that Its life cycle Is similar to that of malaria. The dis covery of the mosquito's guilt in the trans mission of this disease was made after a series of experiments similar to the Heed plan, ending in catching mosquitoes that had bitten malaria patients In Italy, put ting them 'In screen cages and sending them to England, where there wns no innlaria. There two uue men permiueu tiiem selves to be bitten, nnd both got the disease, though they were living in un utmospbere cxnctlv the ofrposite to that supposedly re quired for malaria the very name of whirh, "inal," meaning bad, and "nrln," meaning nir, shows the old superstitions regard iug it. The mosquito, biting one suffcrjng"from the disease, sucks up the germs into its own stomach. Here the ccrma. undergo a change, separating into sexual forms, und the conjunction of these forms produces a ew body, elongated and sharp nt one end. This llttlo fellow wriggles about hi the mosquito's stomach and finally bores through the lining, entering the body and tho salivary glands, heu the mosquito bites another human being, these wrigglers pass into the mans bond and each.tttacks 1 red corpuscle, boring bis way in aud making hl home there. Here 'he loses his elongated shnpe, be comes rounded, grows and soon, filling the corpuscle, breaks It open and escapes In from six to sixteen pieces, each one endowed with life, each one u separate germ. This U the cauuc of tho cbllls in malarls. ' s mmmmmmr. p,- vr; .. J3PTfcji , NOW MY IDEA IS THIS'! Daily Talks With Thinking Philadclphians on Subjects They Know Best . " Dr. 8. b. W. Ludlum ' On the Nation's Nones THE NERVES ,pf the country ore nt the present time better and stronger than at nny time hi our historyaud ore also in better condition thnn in nny other country, according to Dr. S. D. IV. Ludlum, promi nent neurologist nnd psychiatrist of this city. "For from being a nation of neuras thenics," said Doctor Ludlum "we nrc iu a fair way to become, the strongest nation on earth physically nnd mentally ns well iw in the wny. of wealth nnd nchicvcmcnt. "The two important things to consider are wngesnnd health. Upon the fullness or the lack of them depends our growth or decadence both individually and na tionally. , , "There are several fundamental things that have placed America in her present nositlon. Worklne out the nbove premise, this country has been intensely busy nccu. j mulcting wenlth that it mignt inter enjoy health and in turu the various' cultural pleasures which are acquired by those who have first secured the other two. "This is true both individually nnd na tionally. The averag course of the Individ- .unl has necessarily been to work ns intensely . , r r-.l .... ,1... ......... as ne Knew now in orurr IU nt-curr mc mum-; which would cnnblc him to promote his health and that of those dependent on him, so that ho in turn might enjoy the things that go lth' it-leisurc, recreation and pleasure. Hefore be has secured it he has been too busy to enjoy good health. "America is both fortunate nnd unfnrtu. nate in being, so to speak, of a mongrel breed. All the nations nnd races of the earth come hjre nnd intermarry. The breed is constantly, being crossed. The result is thnt we nee n strong, healthy nnd nggres. she nntion of mixed bloods, with a high but healthy amount of nervous energy nnd a minimum of.ucrvous diseases. Too Busy for Culture Yet "Helng a young rtatipn, we hnvc worked feverishly day and night to amnss wenlth so thnt wo micht catch un with the other and older nations of the world. Thin state of offnirs may have given rise to the general im pression thnt wc are a nation of nervous people. "Hut in this process we have not ne. quired culture. For two reasons most jf the other countries of Europe have hnd a far greater degree f culture thnn we have enjoyed. In the first place, hnv'ng centuries before gone through the process of establish ing themselves, they hnve hnd more leisure to move slowly and pay more attention to their cultural development. "We, ns a younger nation, have been rushing nlong laying the broad general foundation, hut only hitting the high spots ns far as culture is concerned. We do not ns n nation stop to think deeply nnd phil osophize ns the older nations do. We nrc satisfied to do things and let It go nt that. "At the present time the people are in the throes of n movement to better them selves financially. This movement will pro. gress,' not retrogress, for n very definite, though gcnernl, reason. Wn,gcs must be had first, if we lire to enjoy nn easier living and reap the fruits of our labor ond later acquire culture, and many of the wage earning class nave lust had their first taste ot these things and they are net going to go bnck to any other condition. "While other nations have bred a purer nnd finer ptrnin, we have, bred stronger, Wc enjoy, first of all, an idea, position geo graphically. Located cciitrnllv between the hardy, though phlegmatic, northern countries nnd the less hardy, but more highly strung, temperamental southern countries, we have a happy blending of theso elements. "But as we gain wealth nnd ylrillty wi shall begin to pay more attention to our blood. We shall not be so promiscuous. "Europe lias carried tho blood Idea to thn point of decadence. Among the wealthy nnd more i highly cultured tills idea has often been carried to a point of foolishness. Hut bnck of It all there Is u sound fundamental idea, the breeding of a better race. Face Two Hlg Problems "Thus, in time, we muy look forward to a bigger and better aristocracy in America, one where health und brains will bo the prime requirement. That is where eugeiUcs plays an important part. Sound health and brains ure the requirements tor marriage.) that will result In a better race of men and women, "With the war over nud most of the 75-&VATft:hAisltffnlA '" V . V .. f . ?-- ft"" I best stock of Europe's men gone, this coun try lias n Start, thnt uhmil.l nliiM If flu-otr ahead of the other countries iu tho years to come. Hut there are n number of'problcms to be grappled with. Thw dope and.the sex questions are two of the greatest. 'The former, while it has not increased, has not materially decreased. It is a dlffi. cult ono to handle, because it often has Its origin in healthy persons. If is no question in its inception of physicaLcraving, but one of inordinate curiosity to enjoy a ncv bet, sntion. Carried to n certain point it becomes n physical condition thnt means hard work to overcome. , "The hex question Is something thnt has been always with- us. It is probably the most difficult of nil. Hut a large part of its headway Is born of the fact that" there is so much nnnsensicnl prudery. This clement alone ndds materially to the toll of our neu rasthenics and insane. What is really needed is u cultivation of u good, strong, healthy body and a clean, vigorous mind, nnd this problem will cense to be the serious one that jt Is now. "It Is but a step from,good Health to bad health nnd from poor health' to nerves nnd from nerves tojnsnnlty. There is nothing mjhterlous nbout insanity. It is purely a question of health" nnd brains. Poor health affects tho brain and If It detcridrutcs to n certain point it will result "i insanity. H)ood diseases, poor circulation, troubles due to congestions, of various boris, improper func tioning of the vital organs, all contribute to B toxic condition of the body, which poisons the brain nnd produces insanity. "The brnin nf the defective is simply onn thnt is extremely susceptible to impressions. Much a brain runs n good chance of becoming unbalanced because it Is not stable nnd can not wan! off the unhealthy Ideas that assail it. Insanity is, of c'pur ., hercdilurj and for that reason defectives, if uot killed off, at lenst should not be allowed to marry nnd propagate. Kffee t of Prohibition "Appropos. of present conditions, it might bo interesting to note that better wages and the abolition of liquor hns bad a concrete effect right here in Philadelphia. In the Philadelphia Hospital, where I huvo had op. porfilnity to observe Insanity at close range, the chango has been quite appreciable "On an nverage wo formerly had n con stant population in the detention depart-, nient of the hospital of eighty patients, whose sanity wjis determined nud their Cases tils, posed of. Tho hpspltal ut that time 'was crowded beyond capacity. Now the average is not more thnn fifty nnd the hospital is not nearly so crowded, and, ns time goes on, under our vnstly Improved conditions,! look to sen this number greatly diminish. "It is u popular Impresslou that our prcs ent fnst living Is contributing to nervous troubles. Hut tills Is .lot so. Motorcars and nn inordinate huugcr for shows and the movie nnd attendant fast pleasures may lucrcasc the number of fools, but it is having no affect on the nerves of the country. "You will notlco that new people are incfclging themselves in these plensures. They are not so much wuir wealthier man who has had his fill of tnese things, but rather the oncoming man who Is just beginning to acquire syine money nnd who has un un. satisfied, appetite for these pll'usurrs. As he goes enough, he, too, will rIow up and devote himself to the more serious forms of culture, "The neurasthenic is not nee tin, rich man. the man of big business, with his cares and worries. Y'ou don't find any moro of him than of the poor mini. Tho busineis of all work und no play, the long hours and hard work nnd no returns to speak of for his labors play more hob with. tho nerves Uinn any big business. "So with more general wealth und henlth better education and better nerves will re-' suit nm! there will be a more geneial and widespread movement for cultiiio nyd tho nation will become correspondingly i btrpnger nnd greater one. Iljglene hus'doiic wonders, so has education, but wealth health und culture will he tip. ultimate thlnis that should make this nation beyond unv cavil of doubt tho greatest and Miungcst on eurth within the next few generation' "Hut it would be well to bear In mfflh ?i while the superficial lesson learned bv tiio war is one of man's Inhumanity to i, a It has been throughout the ages, there Is a deeper und moro significant ouc. That Is thn lesson of co-operation rather than coninetl. tlon, n lesson that must evrutually lc.ru before wo progress as we HUoulii" ' j, 4tHMS-'r LYUBHIVBIIB i ' r IMS 41M immw .ci. ..-itj.t immKmw I ' w?-r m . , . - .... 'I SHORT CUTS Senator Harding seems to be aware tilt if a man throws mud he soils his own handi. Today is the sixth anniversary ot the first battle of the Marne a date which Franco will never forget. It doesn't matter, of course, and yet we should' like to know what has becoms.of W. J. Bryan. The way to prevent the spread ot the dope-taking habit is to get hold of the men who give away and sell the stuff. That defaulting bank officer appears to have discovered that the get-rlch-qulck bug is as destructive as the Spanish influenza gcrm i The world is not without a hopeful sign here and there. There was a general election in Mexico yesterday and it was not decided by guns. Charges or a "fixed" game between the Cubs and the Phils may make the sporting pages read like news dispatches inspired by a national campaign. Tell the average citizen that there is ns profiteering in the coal business and be will think instantly of tho recent tragi -comedy of the sugar market. Then be will refuse to believe you. The coal gougers, says a headline, give Attorney General Palmer his big oppor. tunity. We will wager, a dollar to a Mexican peso that Mr. Palmer will somehow make that opportunity seem Jittle. Senator Harding' must have heard Doe-' tor Conwell glye his lecture on "Acres of "Diamonds," for he is not traipsing about tin country in search of what he knows he can get just as well right on his front porch. Tlibie baseball players who have been playing in Falrmount Park on Sundays "tot fun," and passing the bat among the specta tors, will have to play really for fun here after, as the gathering of coin is to be stopped. Babe B.uth has batted his forty-sixth homo run this season, making a record somewhat different from that which Governor Cox will make when ho gets home in Dayton on November 2 to stay there for the next four years. What Do You Know? quiz 1. What Is the tallest of the animals? 2. Of what country was Murlllo, the famom . painter, a native? 3. Who Buld "Conscience has no' more to do with Kallnntrx than It has with politics"? 4. In what ancient country was the cat sacred animal? 5. Into how mnny degrees of longitude li the trlobe divided 7 . Of what Btate Is Concord the capital? 7. Who was the lending general on the Ger man sldo In the Franco-Prussian wr? - 8. Who wrote the nursery poem "Wee Willi Winkle"? , 0. What Is tho sacred book of the Mohamme- dnn religion? 10, Who wns the wealthiest man who ever ran for the presidency as a. candidate of one of the leading parties? "-" ' Answers to Saturday's Quiz 1. Under the republlo erected by the French Ttovolutlon It wbh customary for per sons to nddrvss each other as citizen or cltlzeness ("cltoyen" or "cltoyenne"). 2. David Garrlck was a celebrated Engllin actor of the eighteenth century. 3. The Ozark mountains are in Missouri and Arkansas, extending northeast and southwest between the Arkansas and Missouri rivers. i. Bulgaria was the first of the nations In tho Quadruple Alliance to capitulate In thel world war. B, Tchltcherln Is the foreign minister of Soviet Itussla. 6. Edward Everett Hale wrote the patriotic story "The Mnn Without n Country. 7. The word lichen should be pronounced m though It were spelled "liken," w'tn tho "I" sounded ns In like. 8. William McKlnlcy was the Inst Ameri can President with a record of service In the Civil War. 9. The three mnln divisions of the white race ure the Arynn, Including most Europeans, Americana, Australian J'ors'ans nnd puro-hlooded Hindus the , Hemltes, Including Arabs and Jens, nnd tho Hamltlo peoples, mostly de- , scendants of thn undent Kpyptlan. 10. Terence Mnc.Hwiney Is the lord mayor Cork now conducting a Winger trlk i ' ' ? I n. t l . ttoi. M :tb!22L .t .Wiiv.'..,. (fcjturvA LA
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