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DAVID E. HMtLKY
Editor
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iVtf A8HUCIATt.il l'l(l. n ilHl"l "
t tiffed to ins Ur rtvubUcaUon 1 nl( fi
l rfupofcJlM rrrdll-i! f II '' othrruitr i-rnllUd
fiiiuhit paper, unil also Id' lucnl iiruj iuBMn-.I
' nr(n.
J . An Hants o r. piihliriilluii ol sirrtful iIiiihiIcicj
htrtln nre ntn resrrlTd
rhil.d.lphli. Tliur.di. cplfmliT 16. HM
A 01K-VK ritlMlllXM Klllt
iini.Mir.i rniA
Thlnn on which llir nronlr fprt thf nr
administration to coiirfiitntr Its nttrntlont
Ttit Drtaieare r(ir trttui.
A dndock bw mouoh to ciceomnoiMI
larurtt snips.
DrvfopmfMt f thr rapid ffiusit Astttn.
A ronvrntion hn'i
A bulUHfO or Hi' h'rrr 1. hraru.
nXrf Jfisr
ffnnraetnfnt of I u "f-r "rr u
Homes to act oi,n iil i' f'i't i i 'lion.
CONVINCING PROOF
(' f A MILLION dollar Increase, in the total
' of bids for btrcet cleaninc next year over
tbla is the most convincing proof still needed
todetermine the question in favor of mu-
I slcipal operation.
1 If Mayor Moore and Council wcro to do-
leldo to award contracts and override the
mandate of the charter, the budget would
have to provide it total of about Sri.riOO.OOO.
Not a penny of jhis money could come out
of loans, bii't would have to be provided for
'out of current reu-mie.
The estimate for replacement "f the pre.
nt plant of the cmiraetnr w.i about S-.
000.000 and f'- tl eo-t of muiiieipnl oper
tlon about S.'S.WmI.oOO. So that the c-itv
could get a plant of it-, own n Rood n the
present one ami do the work ns the i harter
directs for the total amount of impropria
tion needed for t'.v mutraet tem. A
thoroughly up-to-date plant, far better from
the engineerins icwpoint than the present
one, it is competiut'; estimated, would ro-t
more thnn -1.000.(11:0 additional.
'lno Jlayor ousht at once to decide m
favor of muniripal operation under thee
circumstances. The purliae of a plaut by
tneatiK of a short -tern loan of from five to
eeren years would actually reduce the bud-
V ret Item for this work from W.OOO.noO to
f J3.000.000 a ery considerable factor in
view of the alreadv too high tax rate.
THE GUN TOTERS
GCX play is becoming a favorite outdoor
sport in Philadelphia. Roving auto
mobiles carry toughs and amateur hi2hwn -
men anneu to tne teetu. .nv one who
". wishes to disreznrd the lnw which is sup-
x)ri to prohibit the carrying of concealed
ddly weapons can buv automatic pi.-toli.
nit.enMipK nti.rnii tilt if... ... -linn. .... .1... a.,
fw..-."n. Hi......... . ..... ... -n.iiii ui ii..- . Ki,
?o restriction u puf upon the sale of fire-
If the yegg buine" isn't to become more
fashionable such restriction- will have to be
oppiieu or sterner punishment mint be pro
Tided for any one caught with n pistol and
without permission to arrv it.
It would be too much to assume that
glittering arrays of smnll tlrenrms displaced
In pawnshops and hardware stores can turn
nny onp Into the busrie- ,,f i,i:,nv rob
bery. But the ease with winch guns ma; be
obtained ceitamH proxidis so.ne degrw of
encouragemenr for rho-r who put such
V'capons to n wrong use.
DIVINE RIGHTS?
l-1 fllcted by hi mr.n-itinn m th rhilmlA1-
B nnjji Tfnntrl T-iU Ar....... : . i i .
4 -.... rni i'iu'ii ' .IHl.'M l 'MI I ill (f( HP -
cause the lea-e is -a. re." acl uiitiot be
set aside or changed . ven :n the p tMic in
terest. It Is not oftei, that n lawver in n pesion
plble position i so unfortunate m the ' .ic
of a word Kings were -lippo-ed ri imte
eacretl right, ami Mr. Sullivan fall.' a if
he had not re.id a new.pa;ier !n t;, d,t
five years.
A contract mar be fair r r., r iron.
clad or unbreakable bv or ordinarv m in.
Hut it cannot be sicred .iid t mig- as'
eumed to be sacred are nor -.if,, w lier, they
put intolerable burden, oi, t' . peooe.
Contracts are .af. .t ic.iad.n . vi en they
are just The rpjestion I-- Aie the t,.r,'.
of the Union Tractmu ica-e fnr to ti1P ,.,,,.
inunity and the 1. K. T ''
'GOOD CHEER IN THE LOAN BILL
A MUNICIPAL loan nil' , be some.
thing more than a dull and heavy record
of dollars and ient. In. never triggering the
total, ?27.0O0.0on -ems t., the avenge
Citizen. It is possible to f.il llr ei,Ml
thrill of generoirs and lundh im iuNp, ,1". one
run' mrougn tne ., ln t . administra
tion progr-xii
natlilng beat hes ciill
$.100,000, it Migge t"d for
'' .t.'OOIlOO;
ninitig nooN
anu tiatnnouses. h.t pmh-mrini.
of gplaslnrgs ,r, ,.,i vnt,rs ,,., ti,,,,,,,.,.
the miud Anoir WdnniKi .,,,
allotted to phngroiiiuls He,,., ,n, tl
Child is set high above the dolhr t,.,,,.
there is to be ?r.o.0O0 fo. -I,. t(r ,..., . "
children.
vii muy not De a meie oincide ,nnt
uch expressions of tendernes, ,,),. ,.itv
officials just when the uo'nen have n tn
vote. And that heron friend of , nm
children the traffic pli enian- he u not
. jorgoueu, lor mu.ihiii is ilesired fP f .
, erection of Mieiter boohs for u,,, ,. ...i;,.. .
" .i V, , , '" ""'" "'" "iom.,i ,,t
s the fentinel- of the streets ax f,, , . .
xero weather for . ,ght long hour, at .,
"H' iun-1 - m'urs
Yes, a loan bill mav he a human do .
ment after all. "
MORE OF IT?
tCYXTE AHE i-eeking to truourage a mill
VV tury spirit by introducing elementary
training Into colleges "
It was not Oeneral Wood who Htiid this
find It was not Senitor Pull It was Sec
rotary Ilalicr who made it uppeur that old
times luive returned ag.iin bj utieriug this
significant sentrnce in an adclrens to the
students at the PcniiMhnuiii Stnte Cl!..
I yesterday. nd not long ago the Kecretarj
. of wa wus n Mire-eiioiign pui itist : jB
; fpOKO PB lllUt vtruniuu lur Mir war IJepnrt-
k ment and the (lovernmeiit of the United
tl til.t. sluL'4 11 U Ills '111,1 II,,. ... ,ii... , ....
,r, wus ,,v-r --- - "-- ..,y vuu.au Ul IC,01
that he suggests are Inevitable. Since no
one knows what may come out of the con
fusion of Kuropc or what problems may
confront the nation as n result of the con
llict of opposing forces In Uurope .uid Asia
that has followed upon a partial collapse of
nil plant for n peace of agreements, it would
be folly for America te go unprepared.
The French, the Germans, the Japanese,
the Russians and a large part of the Asian
hinterland might echo Mr. linker's words.
The.. too, are doing their utmost to "en
courage n military spirit."
, The world doesn't learn anything easily.
It has In ens burned pretty badly. Hut it
seems determined to play vxlth fire once
again.
NEW WORLD COURT AVOIDS
HAGUE TRIBUNAL PITFALLS
The Power Behind Its Decrees Renders
It Vitally Different From Any Other
Machinery Ever Cread to
Preserve Peace
THi: da.nl world of August, 1!)U, won
dered bitterly what had become of The
Hague machinery for safeguarding peace.
Much had been heard of n permanent court
of interuatioii.il arbitration, but in the hour
of crisis humanitarian expectation had been
blasted nnd the robes of justice turned to
militant klinhi.
In the tragedy of the times it was natural
to seek a scapegoat. That the so-called
Hague court had no defense was mi opinion
generally and scornfully circulated. Into
the cause of this inability, however, com
paratively little calm Inquiry was made.
Hut now that civilization is picking up
the strands of sanity once more nnd that
the preliminary draft of n plan to try in
ternational disputes is befor. the council of
the League of Nations, n dtceut regard
for facts is decidedly in order.
The permanent court of arbitration at
The Hague failed to function six yenrs ago
for the very specific reason that no perma
nent court of arbitration at The Hngue
existed.
There wns, it is true, nn aspiring tribunal
pledged to "consider It n duty in the event
of nn acute conflict threatening to break
out between two or more powers, to remind
them that the permnnent court is open to
them." "This action." it was added, "Is
only to be considered as nn exercise of good
offices."
In addition to the almost apologetic tone
of tin,, announcement it i vulnerable on
the s, ore of inaccuracy. The permanent
diurt of art itratioti, despite the constant
official ue of that phrase, was a drrnm of
the sjsnatoncs of The Hague conventions.
In 1007 an attempt was made to "organ
ize a tribunal which would pass judgments
between nations with the same impartial and
impersonal indgment that the Supreme Court
of the United States gives to questions aris
ing between different states or between for
eign citizen, and citizens of the United
States."
Tfie definition j, bv Ulihu Hoot. Many of
bis confreres in the convention of thirteen
j ears ago shared hi, sentiments, but the
scheme was shelve! The difficulty of decid
ing how the members of the court should be
appointed proved the stumbling block. When
the nsembly had dissolved a recommenda
tion of a plan to organize n true interna
tional court on an efficient nnd vigorous
scale had been passed, but no more prac
tical steps iu that direction had been taken.
The Hague tribunal, as it has existed, is
not to be confused with the much more elab
orate, vital and comprehensive machine! -contemplated.
In lOS Nicholas II of
Hussia suggested the adoption of a program
of international arbitration. The first
Hague conference met the following enr
and a convention by shtccn assembled powers
was signed.
This provided for the nomination of arbi
trators by the members nnd specified that
in casi of a dispute each party was to name
two arbitrators from the list who in turn
were to choose a third as umpire. In cn,e
of fulure to agree on this official lie was
to be chosen b a third power.
Hy this machinery fifteen international
i use, have been decided at The Hague. The
mo-t imi.oitant, peilmps, was that involving
tiie settlement of the financial claims of
various power- against Venezuela in 1001.
There was, however, no compulsion exer-oi-ed
upon any nation to submit really vital
ouctions to the tribunal. It was not.
for all its pietentioiis nomenclature, n "per
manent court of arbitration" equipped with
cither vigorous initiating or coercive powers.
The plan to institute such nn authorized
judiciul body was slumbering when the war
opened.
What might have been accomplished by
the existence of such a court open, the door
to unlimited speculation. Hut this much is
sure The Hague tribunal was not em
powered to forestall a cataclysm. Such a
court as was suggested at the second Hague
conference in 1007 has never fjiiled. It has
not yet be en cie-nted.
To bring it irto eistenee a body of
en inent jurist, and exports on interna
tional law ha- for several months been
deliberating in the Hutch capital. The
delegate,, ntianimoi'sly chosen by the coun
i il of the League of Nations, included Satsuo
Akidzuki. of Japan; Itafael Altamira. of
Spain: ClnvN Hcvilaqun, of Hrazil : Union
T'esi hnuips, of Helgium ; Luis Drago, of
A i gent ina , Carlo UncMa. of Italv: Ilrnri
Uio'iiugcot. of I ranee; dregers Crnin, of
Ne.rvrn Huron Under, of the Netherlands;
I.oid phitliuinre. of Unglnnd ; Milenkn Vcs
uieh. of the Serb-Croat-Slovene state, and
Ulihu Hoot, of the United Slates,
It ha been t-evcral times asserted arid
with truth thut The Hague tribunal in its
present umiuhle form in not pine re) out of
commission by the new world court What
is equullv true, however, is tint the League
of Nations is taking up the ninthinerv of
international peace where it was left incom
plete in 1H07
'I hr iicic slrp, $n lanq timidly drlnyrit, it
tiiilbnui short tij the iiiniVnioii of tltr Irqnl
pi i " iii npitlicnlilr inthm tmioui nations
It, ifiicic pn8iii) hr ii'iinl l'imi xtir fii, ii.
tint mul ritnlitinlinui ific imicM rith the
Kiiipml 'it loicrr In male tlifni mini
The covenant of the 1-ague provides that
not only ,hnll member tuitions submit their
differences to the court, but that nonmember
nation, shall be invited to accept member
ship tor the time being unci i.nder "such
conditions as the council mav eleem Just."
If the obligation is tefusid bv both parties
"the council may take such measures uud
milk's such recommendations as will pre
vent hostilities nnd will result in the settli
merit of the dispute."
Here explicitly stated is the fundamental
difference between The Hague trilmnul unci
the (onrt now in process of formation. The
laitei, backed by the bulk of world senti
ment for the league to function ut all must
function broadly -will hove power to en
force its decrees and to reach Mich decision
through the application of general prinel-
pies of Justice nnd international law to spe
cific cases.
In this way a whole system of Juris
prudence may be built up precisely as It
lias been hi domestic courts. The "consti
tution" In Its detnlls will grow as the juri
dical activities Increase. Only In such a
fashion is health iu any legal system attain
able. The scheme as the league council now lias
It is properly described ns tentative. The"
rigidity of the league covenant as it was
presented to the various nations has been
plainly recognized. Hy this sensible ar
rangement alterations, Which the council may
make will not come ituder the embarrassing
head of amendments. Such changes and
growth, however, ns may ensue are un
likely to nullify the highly significant basic
principles of the program.
The court Is to consist of llfteen mem
bers, eleven judges and four deputy judges,
nnd It may be Increased to include fifteen
judges and six deputy judges. Unch na
tional group In the league Is to nominate
two persons of nny nationality nnd from
the names received the council nnif tie ns
M'lnbly of the league nro to choose the
"bench." Naturally Insistence is mnde that
these, jurists shall be of the highest t.vpe in
M'hnliiiship. character, legal knowledge and
general fitness for their exalted responsi
bilities, Ulcctioti is to be mnde by an ab
solute majority of votes in the council and
the assembly.
The functions of the court will be to in
terpret treatle.s. to settle nny quesilons of
international law, to give judgment upon
the existence of any fact which would con
stitute a breach of International obligation,
tn determine the extent of reparations in
given cases and to interpret Its own sen
tences The judges are to have nlne-.venr
ti'riiis of ofliee nnd to be eligible for re
election. The scat of the court Is fixed at
The Hague. The foity-two nrtlcles of the
first draft develop these points and nuthorizo
menns of escape from snarls amf conflicts of
details in the execution of the plan.
It mny be said of this program ns a whole
that nothing which the league has accom
plished is a more hopeful index than that the.
original commendable purpose back of Its
formation has not been forgotten. Without
coercive vitality the principle of Interna
tional arbitration may be philosophically
Interesting, but it is destined In n crisis to
sink into the disrepute of The Hngue tri
bunal Tint faults will develop even in the final
form which the council may give to the
scheme i'i inevitable. n constitution and
no court can function in nny wny superior
to the world opinion nnd world sentiment
behind It. It is in the hope that humanity
has acquired some sense of international re
sponsibilities that the organization of the
permanent court has been started. Only as
that consciousness wnxes keener nnd
stronger and the hatred of war becomes
deeper and more sincere can even so ingeni
ously constructed a remedy as this tribunal
justify ita existence.
AMNESTY NOT WEAKNESS!
ATTOKNUV r.I-Nl-UAL PALMKR on-e
more talks like a man of balance and
enlightenment in his reply to formnl de
mands nlnde by the American Federation of
Labor and organized propagandists of "lib
eralism" for n general pardon for all
prisoners convicted nnd sentenced under the
espionage net.
"Our courts." said Mr Palmer, "sent tn
prison luider the wartime laws few men who
were not guilty of some overt act." That
is true.
A great many persons now in confine
ment will probably be released -ncc, with
the end of the war nnd the repeal of the
espionage act. their offenses mav properlv
be forgotten. They ore "political prison
ers" In the true .sense. They held and
voiced opinions which made them dangerous
in a time of Urcs-j nnd crisis. Others, how
ever, were frank and determined enemies of
the government, and therefore dangerous to
the country not because nf their opinions
alone, but because of an nctive opposition
to rules established in the iiitciest nf na
tional safety and moral law. They deserve
punishment.
If traitors are permitted to go free, if
they are given reason to believe that thev
are to be virtually immune from reprisals,
what ma j happen in another crisis?
Mr Palmer properly called the attention
of his hearers to the fact that the number
of political prisoners under sentence in
Uurope was vastly greater than that in this
cimntrj and that the geueral mnnestv de
dared in their favor in Knglaiid did not
provide a fuir commentary cm the general
attitude of the United States liov eminent
"These cases," said Mr. Couipers, "ought
to In- treated with love arid reason ami a
sense of democracy." Vet there was neither
love nor reason nor a sense nf elcnoe racy in
many of the people who a. .slc.-jn.itn alh tried
to hinder the government and belittle it in
the eves of enemies nt a time when we wen
exerting nil our energies to preserve mu Ii
ficcelcim as rcmuined in a world ridden by
militarists on one hand nnd bj nu.in lusts
on the Other.
HOME WORK STILL TO DO
TN WASHINGTON today Wavne
H.
J- Wheeler nnd his associates m the nnmini
convention of the Anti-Saloon League mi.
met to discuss modification of the Volstead
act and world prohibition.
World prohibition! If the Anti-Saloon
league's leaders will look about they will
find plenty of work remaining fc)r them nt
home.
Hrisk ladles nnd gentlemen have undei -taken
to tell the Uiciich how to inis(. their
children, how to sleep nnd cat and behave
in lompnny. We have sent crusaders to the
Hritish isles to tell the masses of the? pcopln
that they need to be reformed. Toward all
the big nnd little nations of rhe earth we
have adopted an attitude of stern superiority.
'Unit -opt of thing has become m, irntatiuii
to self-respecting Americans, who know
that us a nation wo ourselves are not per
fect and that we have no tlciie to pretend
that we arc.
The French ate beginning to call us naive.
Thfc Hritish. with a less gentle, huuior, cnli
us fanatical and arrogant. This is not
strange. We did more than any other nation
to displace tlu older philosophies of the Japanese-
with u (ivHUatiiiii that pioduces ward
politics, cocktails, (he plug mt ami wiggle
dances. Hoes a Mexicun official graft?
America, urged by its self-righteous citt
zeus who forget that grafting i, i,nt un
kuown here, mftst send n dignified protest.
We bend protests to most countries nowa
days nnd j-xpect our own faults unci failure
to be overlooked.
Kuropc mit.v soon begin to think that
this sort of thing is actually representative
of America and Americans, and, In conse
quence, ii"' i uiieu mates ma) lie in a fair
way of becoming thoroughly disliked In n
good many quarters.
Money which the Anti-Saloon League, is
prepuring to spend to tench the older nn
tions how io be respectable is still needed
to hunt down the Volstead act vlolntors and
the hnbit forming drug makers in America
who are crowding Into fields left vacant and
fertile by the partial abolition of the Honor
traffic.
THE GOWNSMAN
The. Story of a Woodpile
IF TII1-3 Govvnsmnn took himself ns scrl
ouslv as some people he knows, he would
call this n piece of research into political
economy tjic only kind of couom.v now
left us or into economy of high finance
the only kind of finance now extnnt. Hut
being only of the plain folk, he will tell a
pl.tin story. And this reminds him of an'
Miccdotc which will bear retelling if the
reader will beur it.
IN ONK of those truly practical collego
courses in which the students really "do
things." such ns make the furniture for the
Young Men's Ilrnlimlnlrnl Society or paint
the college chapel let us hope, red there
wns long ago nn Inquiry conducted by the
class Into the momentous question: How
to live on 5.1.S7 a week nnd ttcep n dog.
Just think of nn nge in which study vvts
directed into the low cost of living! Truly
the world wags nnd we nrc nt the other
did of the wng. Well, this particular In
quiry became so Interesting thnt letters be
gan to appear in the town paper, from cor.
respondents far and wide. Sltns Slowdown,
of Kiilamr.Kook, Wisconsin, testified that
lie had trli-sl it, especially on the dog. and
thnt ?.'I.S7 wns an ample outlay for board,
lodging, clothing, amusements nnd such
modest chnrltles ns bcame n person In such
ciiciimstnnces Mrs. Melietabel .Tornh, of
.Tcrusclem, Georgia, had experimented on
the hired girl, who unfortunately died just
about the time when the experiment wns
likely to be crowned with success. And Miss
Annabel Leigh, nf KcnneUinkcr.v . Mnlne, a
new woiunu in that -old age she had been
new n long time had reduced her living
expenses together with her llesh to tin pre
cise sum of .$1.0.1. but could not, she con
fessed, further lower the record : nnd In
thnt ense It was the dog that died. One
day It linppened that the cf.llow young
professor who wns In clinrge of this notnblc
Inquiry met a journalist friend and boasted
of the wide attention which his researches
were attracting Iu the press "Why don't
vou know, you gump," retorted the news
papcrcr. "we write up nil that stuff in tin
office?" Alas for economical lesenrch!
BUT LET us return to the wood pile.
Some yenrs ngo the Gownsman sent
three men nnd n team Into his wood lot to
cut him some firewood. He engaged tlmt
they were to put in five days of work, in.
eluding hauling, but thnt the sawing nnd
splitting was to be an additional job. They
were to cut ns much wood ns they could
in live fair days' work and were to bo paid
?2 a day for each man, nnd S3. CO addi
tional for one dny of hauling. The sawing
unci splitting, not to be tedious, was pro
portionable nnd the lot of wood, inesti
mable in cords, lasted the none too frugnl
Ciwiismnn in this respect frr three or four
veal" (in the estimation of an e-pert .u
such matters, this wood cost, fell-el, sawed,
s,ilit ami stacked in the v ood house,, less
than !$1 u cold; nnd this to the "summer
folk," fair butts of all cxtoitiou.
LAST yew
hnusted.
ear this store was all but ex.
anil nrinngement wns made -for
more . An energetic man felled the trees,
cut them up and had them hauled with the
first snow. Then, for, reasons vet to be
determined by the court, but in no wlje
connected with the Gownsman's wood pile,
lie was shot dead by an iiute neighbor. For
this work on ten cords of wood, cut iu his
own woods, the Gownsman had nlrendy
paid ls."."i. Later it appealed, though It Is
quite unprovable, that the energetic de
ceased had cut about twice us many trees
in, the Gownsman's wood lot ns, on excel
lent testimony, would make ten cords. Hut
this might be charged to the account of
profit and loss, more especially to the lat
ter. And now the trouble began. There
are two savvyi-rs in town, nnd in the old
dn.vs they bid against each other for the
privilege of sawing your wood, stuokiiw
unci splitting it at a dollar u cord. Hc;t
one of these snw.vers is waxing old and has
.tin- iheumatisin. lie didn't know exactly
that "he'd get round to it" tills winter and
"calculated" thnt if he did the job wus
"woth five dollar a day." and the days
cud early iu winter. The other sawye;
has iccciitly set up as an expert In the
unatoin.v of the flivver and pceldlcs gasoline
nil summer lit excessive rates, ut he is
an expansive, humnrouh fellow nnd will
piomise nn.v tiling. Oh, jes, he'd saw that
wood in n jiffy; but ho couldn't stack it,
there was so much to do. He'd make ,i
good price, too; which phrase economists
hnve (iisc-oveici! does not mean precisely the
same thing to bujer and seller.
NOT to lengthen the story, the winter
passed nnd then the spring, and the
expnnsive sawjer continued busy with his
llivvers. Uepcated postulations brought
frequent postponements, until quite late in
July, when it wus proposed that the sawyer
loan his ancient gasoline saw nuci the
Gownsman do his own sawing. We experi.
mented ns a family with thnt saw and found
little mine buzz in it than iu n biimbb
bee. Hy dint of supcrhuinnii efforts, at
last we buzzed through nearly half of the
idle when the tlivvercr sent for his saw.
Then the Gownsman arose in his wrath,
with the upshot that the sawyer returned
to his trade for (he nonce nnd, bringing
another man. suvve'd up about half of the
remainder, only, however, to break his saw
at the unaccustomed tusk and leave two
cords literally still nt length. The bill,
neatly itemized on garage paper, included
wnges for two men, half n day (really less
than three hours), hauling up and untiling
down, the loan, or rather the rental, of
saw. repairing of the same, gasoline and
oil. netting $-i'l, for less than live cords.
Water was not charged for: ond the split
ting and stacking was yet to come. The
Gownsman has lenrneel to do many a thing
to n wood pile this summer. As n health -fill
exercise, a wood pile Is better than golf
nnd more violent thnn tennis. It can be
plaved in doubles or singles, and nt any
daylight hour. At 5 u day, the humble
wiige of the dny laborer, the Gownsman
calculates that ho has earned n great deal
of money out of that wood pile this sum.
mer ; certainly more than could hnve conic
to him from nn equal attention to the t.vping
machine. Verily, the nx Is mightier than
the pen, nnd the brain is not in it with
brawn. To statisticians and their ingeni
ous liko inav he left the coniputntluii of
the cost of vour own wood to j on iu New
Unglnnd. There are four items: money
paid out, unreturnnble; time spent in nego
tiation, exasperating ; loss in stumpnge elue
to siiperenergy of the energetic man. uu
asccrtalnablo; personul labor, incalculable ;
about as many indeterminable faetois as
usual In nn economic problem. Hut, get
acquainted with a wood pile. For muscles,
eoiianimitv. ingenuity, there is nothing
precisely like it.
The cost of living, it appear, went up
about 100 per cent for tho Camden ferry
companies and on thnt ground the increased
rates nrc justified by the heads of the cor
porations. Hut it happens that the cost of
living went up more than 100 per cent for
the multitudes who have to pay tho higher
fares.
If contractors do street clcnulng under
bids opened yesterday the work will cost
over n million dollars more than last year;
but for tho city to be really an out-and-out
loser the work will have to-be done worse
thnn lust 5rar- I,llt "otnl"K impossible.
If some labor lenders could only be in
duced to nttend n meeting of tho stock
holders of the Union Traction ('output))' they
might learn something to their advantage
concerning the binding quality of n snt-rcd
contract.
We, know of one place in which a little
of the much-abused spirit of jazz would do
a little good. That is in the national cam
paign. The Union Traction Company doesn't
care a continental fo- the rental as such : it
is the principal uf the thing; and the Interest.
NOW MY IDEA IS THIS!
Daily Talks With Thinking Philadelphia on Subjects They
Know Best
DR. SINA STRATTON
On Healthy Children's Minds
THl'HH is one interesting feature of tho
question of health in the pubMc schools
not heretofore emphasized, which Is now re
ceiving its meed of nttention. With the ap
pointment by Ur. Tlioinns K. Finegiin, state
siipcrintende'tit of public instruction, of Dr.
Sina Strntton ns supervisor of health in
struction in the schools of the state, nn Im
portant move in this direction lias been
mnile.
Doe-tor Strntton's work will consist largely
of lectures to school children throughout the
state. It might best be described by the old
scientific elemental truth which we lenrneel
in the higher schools of "the effect of mind
over matter." In other words, the co-ordi-nution
of mind nnd body.
"The health feature of public school work
has been largely n mntter of evolution, said
Doctor Strntton. "We hnve hud within u
generation medical supervision, covering
gradually the whole general health of the
child, dental supervision, stringent rules and
precautions ngninst the spread of contagious
diseates. hvgierre nnd nllied subjects and the
development of a good, healthy, virilo body
through the medium of physical Instruction;
that is, exercise and lecreationnl uctivity
and general cure of the body.
"With the mentnl nnd physical training of
the chl'd well cared for, or, nt least, a pro
gressive development toward u desiinble
point well under way, there still remnins tho
important work of teaching the child to
apply the resources of the one to the icguln
tion'and growth of the other.
Do Not Iteallzo Our Power
"Within the miud and body of every child
there exists a tremendous power for weal or
woe, both for itself and those with whom he
will come In contact in later life. There is a
tremendous force straining nt the leash for
cxpre.sion. which ennnot be completely sup
pressed. Hut If must be guided if It is to
iittuin its full growth and future genetations
are to benefit.
"The power of tho mind over the body is
one that is not realized by many until they
i.n,-.. fnllv matured: III fact, years after thev
have reached that point in their life. Hut
the trouble lies iu the fact that many-in
fact, most of us grasp tills truth only nfter
the full power which we might hnve de
veloped In our bodies has never hecu reached,
or when We find ourselves broken in health,
weaklings and without that vigorous brain
power working with n body surging with
energy that enables us to surgo ahead in
the world and do things.
"Our minds nrc marvelous organisms,
with boundless powers, able to record the
slightest .impression, bo It good or bad, and
capable blmultnneously of npplying it in
stantly to tho body which it directs. Its in
tricate workings defy complete analysis, aud
it works in such nn Insidious manner that
results cannot be determined until it is too
Into to have tiny power over them.
"Sociologists have long since recognized
this fact, and long periods nf experiment nnd
observation have disclosed soiuo startling
resultB. There nrc many fen tu res of our
everyday life that subtly affect the Imma
ture, impressionable child, afterward deter
mining his course In llfo; in fact, ills
wholo life with almost mathematical cer
tainty. "At tho time the United States entered
the world war vnrious tests of the embryo
soldiers revealed ninny interesting facts of
this character. Physically aud mentally
manv of them in fact, most of them were
found to bo below a desirnblo normal. It
then became evident that the time had como
when the question of proper co-ordination of
the mind nnd the body slwiuld be taken up
and stringently carried out.
More Sins of Ignorance
"Successfully to light oft nny insitllous
dnngers, there Is only iwc effective course.
That Is the development of good, bound,
uctlvo, healthy bodies and vigorous, whole
some, direct thinking and logical brains.
"Almost iu the nature of things, the
greatest prophylactic for the Insidious and
the unwholesome Is wholesome frankness.
The charm of my&tcry, feur, cowardice urul
other undesirnblo elements! which gain head
way In most of us cannot exist iu the sun
light of common senso and a frank, open
spirit of investigation nnd intelligence. In
the last unalysls there aro more sirrs com
mitted In the nnmo of ignorunce than of In-
Itentlon. ,
' "preliminary exncrlnieats among the chil
LAYING THE CORNERSTONE
dren irr this fie'd have justified the confi
dence of the educational leaders of the state
and have nlrendy promoted a better spirit
nnd iinderstundlng among the pupils and
their parents nnd the teachers. The outlook
is very gooel for n coming generation of
clear-eyed, clean nnd vigorous thinking
young men and women, who will bo strength
ened with the ability to apply good old com
mou sense to the dangers and pitfalls of
everyday life.
"The whole question is one of common
sense and a frank, straightforward outlook
on life nil'' the thlngs'nhout us. We cannot,
nor do not want to, destroy our natural im
pulses, nor retard in any way the powers
which God gave us, but it Is well to under
stand them, so that we may know ourselves,
our powers nnd limitations nnd functions as
good, constructive citizens in tho way that
it has always been intended thnt we should.
Dur work, then, s. you might say. but the
last step, the crowning achievement In the
splendid foundation which hns already been
laid nlong these lines iu the public schools."
Italian bankers have financed the work
ers who hnve possessed themselves nf the
plants where they were employed. Perhnps
the hankers feared the men might possess
themselves of the banks.
"Would it not rather bo putting a pre
mium nn foreigners," nslts a local attor
ney, "to permit them through their wives
to have d vote in this country?" 'Deed,
yes, sir! Same premium put on foreign
wives nf American doughboys. The gentle
man isn't thinking yet iu terms of equal
citizenship.
A Rending pastor told his congregation
that he was .unable to get inspiration for a
sermon because his walk was spoiled bv the
strains of jazz nn every side. Well, at
least, it provided him with a lively text.
No, Maude; the drive on rats in Paris
Is not on attempt to Improve the city's night
life.
A Haltimorc woman nrrested for bltiug
a policemnn told the magistrate that it was
a distinction to be drunk nowadays. Per
haps; but does a real nice lady lmvo to
chow a tjolicemnn?
What Do You Know?
QUIZ
1. What Is therapy?
2. Where. Is the lianat?
3. Who wrote tho famous "Ode to a Gre
cian Urn"?
4. Who wns tho first President of tho
United Slates to live ln Washington?
B How ninny legs hns an emu?
f! What Is nepotism?
7 What Is a Jorum?
s What kind of a horn la n tuba?
P How does th Kladlolus net Its nnmev
10 What Is the meaning of the Latin phrano
"ad hoc"?
Answers to Yesterday's Quiz
1. Molly Stark was the wlfo of tho Kdllnnt
American commander John Stark win
ner of tho victory of llennlngtnn In
tho Revolutionary War. Before thu
engagement bo delivered this speech to
his men: "Thev nn- ours tonight or
Mollv Stark's a widow" Stark sur
vived tho liattlo forty-flve yenis
2. A Journeyman Is so called becauso ho
formerly worked by tho dav. The word
Is derived from tho French "journen "
a day.
3. Salem Is tho capital of Oregon
4. William Harvey, the celebrated I-:iiKnh
physician, discovered the circulation of
the blood. His dntes are lB7S-lfiD7.
G. Tho republics of Moxlco (Yucatan), Huh-
ii'iiu.i.i iioiuiiiruH, .-Nicaragua, I'ostit
Tllca. Panama, Colombia, Venezuela
Haiti nnd Santo Domingo border or
the ( nrlblmnn sen.
la,
on
C. Neptune Is tho planot In the s0nr svs
tern most distant from tho sun.
7. Constantinople became tho -apital of th
TurklBh empire In UB3.
8. "All the world's a stage" occurs In
Shakespenro's "As Vou Like It ' The
remark Is assigned to th melancholy
9. lton n Pnrkyr was tho Democratic on-
ponent of Theodore Roosevelt In the
presidential campaign of 1004.
JO. Contain Kldil, the notorious plrnte. lived
In the seventeenth century nnd ill rlnlr
soma months of tho eighteenth. He
was hanged In London ln 1701.
SHORT CUTS
The Maine cocktail bad lots of kick
in It.
Many n statesman thinks he has vision,
when he Is simply seeing things.
Mankind Is willing to forgive anything
hut stupidity, which mankind should be tho
readiest to forgive.
Of course, If you would rather pay an
increased rate of taxation )ou don't have to
buy a school bond.
One way to practice "refined cruelty"
is to rhapsodize over goldcnrod to a bay
fever victim.
It is charitable to suppose that pickers
of rlderberrles aud wild cherries contem
plate making jelly.
After reading the Mnlne returns Presi
dent Wilson is no longer dead sure that
thirteen is his lucky number. '
Disfranchised women may console them
selves with tho thought that when St. Peter
docs the assessing many politicians will lack
a vote.
A League of NntIonsls a superstate In
the same sense as n judge in n ('onrt of
Common Picas is a superman hy delegated
authority.
Marshal Petain, hero of Verdun, got
married without letting the newspapers know
anything about it. "They shall not pass
on it," he said.
There are times when Democratic at
tacks on Republican campaign funds appear
to be merely a careful preparation of an
alibi to be needed later.
'Tis strange what warm felicity of de
scriptive expression feminine beauty some
what unadorned provokes in the ttern and
uncompromising moralist.
A postcard hns just been received by a
Hrocktnn. 5Inss., woman from n sister three
years dead, and she doesn't know whether
to blame Hurlesou or Sir Oliver Lodge.
Voters of tho fifty-fourth division of
the Twenty-second ward who availed them
selves of the use of the assessor's automo
bile doubtless registered appreciation.
A white man has been lynched In Ala
bama because of remarks lie was alleged to
hnve made to a white woman. Just give
him rope enough and Judge Lvnrh will soon
be hanging violators of city ordinances.
Hefore nn adequate remedy is found for
auto banditry the police will hnve to swap
gum shoes for seven-league boots. Good
substitutes for seven-league boots nrc high
powered cars similar to those usually stolen
by the bandits,
"Why," demands n New York writer,
"does not some enterprising young automo
bile manufacturer name his car the Jack
and Jill and advertise it as a hill climber?"
Probably because history has it that Jack
fell down and broke his crown and Jill came
turnnltug after.
Josephus Daniels says Mnlne is as rock
ribbed a Republican stnte as is Texas
Democratic state. Election figures of the
pnst few years do not prove this, but as Mr.
Daniels was among the recent campaign
speakers he may urge that he has done bis
brat to make it so.
The wisdom of.GIolltti in dealing with
metal workers who havo (seized a,nd confis
cated privato property in certoiu towns In
Italy Is the wisdom of the matt who keeps
his distance from a rabid dog. 'Tis a'wis
dom that settles nothing, though it may
Inter justify itself.
Aslnlnlty knows not sex, Tho nnscu
line giant., of consistency who iipptftrcd on
the streets yesterday, a warm summer's day
In vclour and plush helmets nnd heavy felt
lids, discarding their light and serviceable
straw kelllcs because, forsooth, the date va
September 1!5, are tho samo lilgh-und-mighty
supercilious simps Who rail at the
femininity that disports itself In furs in
summer and-barcs its throat In winter.
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