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Km Toik IJCiiuo The ffun Dulldln- Lokkjn lirirAU London Times sunscniPTioN terms Tha ETr.iIvo Pcblio Lcpoeb la aerved to aub crlber In Philadelphia and aurroundlns towns at tha rale of twelve (12) centa per week, payable. ,0Br mair'to"" point outaldo of Philadelphia, In tha United State Canda. or United Htate pj- SMilonn. pta frco, fifty (80) cent per month. Ut (0) dnllrarr year. payable In advance. Tn all fnr'lim countries one (It) dollar a, month. Koticb tiutiecrlbera wishing address channel Dust Blvo old as well ns new addreas. SELL. WO VALWT KEYSTONE. MAIN iOOO KT Addrtte n'l eommwitenllotia fo Evening PuMlo Ledger. Independence Square. Philadelphia. Member of the Associated Press TUB AfiBOCIXTr.D PRESS ( weliulffly ew lltlrd to the ii or republication of all neu. dUpofchet crrdltfd to II or not ol)imr(w credited I thii paver, ond alo the local ncu. published ,tIll'rlohtM o republication of (pedal dispatch Utrttn are alo reserved. rhlliJelphli, Jilurdij, September S, 19:0 A rovn.En prtonnASi ron riiu.nEi.i'fii. Thine on which the people eiprct the new 4mlnltrntlnn to coneentrnte V attention: r Drlat-arr rfucr bi-Wac A drvdock bio cnouoh to accommodate W nevehrmrnt of the rapid troisit tvttem. A rOHuentlon kail. A buldlftj or tie Free JUerarv. n Art U Kit rum. Enlargement ol the water auppli. Hornet to accofxiooalr tn population. , A COMPREHENSIVE PROGRAM MKS. WILLIAM DOR8BY PITTS, who appears as Justice at the suffrage jubi lee today, declares that the pafjeant "will lead to a wild ringing of the suffrage liberty bell that will hake the foundations of America." If she speaks symbolically, according to her role, hopes that her propnecy will "be fulfilled are ardent. Ucvolutlon by justice, was the glorious aim of the original Liberty Bell ringers. HItory is still applauding such approximation ns was attained. Hut that realization remains incomplete will also have to be granted. Socrates Polemarehus and their dinner companions told all they knew about justice some two thousand ond four hundred .years ago in the groves of Athens, and Plato as reporter embodied these opinions in n mas terwork. "The Republic" is still stimulat ing reading, but it doesn't satisfactorily define its theme Still lexs adequately has even a fairly plausible definition been worked out in progress. Perhaps the women can assist in the epic struggle. Their aid 1 to be wel comed and their confidence Is invigorating. Even a partial upheaval would be helpful. 'CARRY YOUR LUNCH?" SM It; McCLAIN, the state fair-price com missioner, is confident the "carry- your-lunch idea" can be "put over" in Philadelphia. Theoretirally. his reasoning Is unimpeachable. In principle, moreover. It U capable of unlimited expansion. Virtue can be "put over." economy can be "put over." political rectitude can b ""put over." peace can be "put over," po liteness and fair dealing can be "put over." It is superfluous to cite legal authorities. All that Phlladelphians have to do is to set to work behaving themselves. The privilege Is not provincial. Any number can play. That any will play i not, however, so easily said The "carry-your-lunch" idea Is as old as any other sane principle of econ omy. It is conceivable that under the pres sure of neressity some persons might have thought of it without a notion of originating a novel "movement." "Drives." sometimes magnificently organ izing the forces of the obvious, are the fash ion nowadays. Tho effect upun the public is not unlike that experienced by Mollere's M. Jourdaln, astounded at disclosure of tho fact that all his life he had been speaking prose. Rut it is inadvi-ablo to lament the con temporary pomp of platitudes. If the public, irritated nt high restaurant prices, can only be taught to curry its own lunch by means of systematic "drives," propaganda, organ ization and all the conventional machinery, so be it. On with the axiomatic! Meanwhile the occasional citizen who hap pened to m1o the expensive midday -food problem all by himself can afford to chuckle tl the (locks of carefully drilled sheep con ( tentedly pa.sbv PUTTING IT UP TO THEM TyXTOrt FINKfiAN'S announcement that -' the school survey will bo completed by the time the state Legislature convenes Is a hopeful augury of specific, sensible reform of the educational system of Pennsylvania. In effect the investigation now being con ducted b nine men in charge of Hubert Richer, chief of the state Bureau of School Ttlilldlugs, is the basis of o budget. The recommendations of tho survey staff are to be discussed by the school board and will . ' reach the Legislature in u clear, authorita , tlve, practical form such as cannot be dis regarded by the lawmakers at Harrisburg without fixing the matter of responsibility. Heretofore relief for the schools has somo tlmea been haphazard, based on impressions rather thnn information by expert. The survej if its province is duly filled, will institute a new deal It Is expected to outline, in the order of their need, plans for the rehabilitation and reconstruction of the education machinerv of this commonwealth. Legislators who seek to avoid constructive action regarding such explicit obligations will be marked. "EQUAL SUFFRAGE" OBSERVED TIIK mikado of Gilbert's Japan blandly , admitted that the "fool of on act" said to have been unwittinglj transgressed by some of his subjects (ontalneil no extenuat ing clauses about "not knowing." It would, he said, have to be chunged. Hut meanwhllo Operation of the law could not be suspended. Somewhat the. same reasoning may be read Intb the judicial opinion denying redress to women petitioners who failed to have their names' placed upon the assessor' lists. It in unfortunate that the opportunity for en rollment came at the end of August and the tie ginning of September. The zest for en Xranchlaement was no doubt tempered in XCVeral Instances by the charm of summer ..nolldnys, Tba law, applying equally to both sexes, made no account of this circumstance. Neither was the act leniently mindful of those citizens unacquainted with its provi sions. h for those persons who, informed by the newspapers and political agencies of the need " fr observing th preliminary formalities, S : 'retl Indifferent, it is not easy to sea "-whjr:,ti nrt shouVl have regarded them. i Bome degree preyweat, that the nineteenth amendment to the federal constitution enables women to vote Is In correct. What Is granted is equal suffrage, subject to such regulations in states, coun ties and cities as apply impartially to men and women. In Pennsylvania the voting acts require that electors shall have been assessed two months before hc election date, and shall have paid the tax at least one month pre viously. More than i!00,000 women neg lected to appear before the assessors on tho assigned "extra assessment" days, August HI and September 1. .So far as the election of November 2, 1020, is concerned, these women, together with delinquent' men, arc disfranchised. The court could take no other view of the matter without defying the law. Wholly distinct from this business as a grievance is the bungling fashion in which the house-to-house assessment was conducted In the lattfcr part of August. The work was mismanaged i in some Instances perhaps through Incompetence, In others perhaps with deliberats Intent. Women whom the offi cials neglected have a justifiable cause of complaint. Nevertheless, they could have rectified matters with a little effort on the special days. The fact that registration is denied them now ought fo serve as a guide for scrupulous procedure next year. The value of experience as a teacher lies largely In the emphasis it places on the consequences of mistakes. JOBS AND JUDGE BROWN Next Legislature Ought to Curtail the One-Man Political Power of the Municipal Court President lOVEItNOIt SPROUL nnd Mayor Moore. - in their consideration of n legislative program for Philadelphia, might well direct attention to the nutocratlc power of appointing employes which the act of As sembly of 1013 placed In the hands of the president judg of tho Municipal Court. This court, ns an intermediate branch of the state judiciary, is a most useful Institu tion when its activities nrc devoted to the alleviation of harsh social conditions and the speedy settlement of lawsuits comparatively minor. lint those who are best qualified to appre ciate the intensive kind of social service which the Municipal Court can render have long been alarmed at the growing importance of the president judge ns n political power. From time to time, therefore, It haR Wen suggested that the Legislature modify 'the provision of the act which gives the presi dent judge the sole appointing power. Presi dent Judge Ilrovvn controls absolutely the large and expanding patronage. It Is urged, therefore, by many students of the situation that the power of appoint ment be vested in the whole board of judges. Political commentators see n deplorably sig nificant and close relationship between this power of appointment and such bits of cur rent news as these: "lodge Brown appoints Vare man." "President Judge Ilronn rides with Sena tor Penrose." "Judge Brown confers with .Major Moore on loan bill." . In view of the facts of common knowl edge, it would b arpriinc if a general feeling did sot xi.S that Judge Brown's Importance in rUtv tasd on his con trol of patron.? It wooH al if mrpr-iMsx if friend" of the judge wre :oc rucsuz on a richer flow of patronage a ti result of the inclusion of an item of $l.fV).0OO for one minor branch of the Municipal Court in the pend ing loan ordinance. And naturally the conclusion suggests itelf that the judge ex pects substantial political support when his ten-year terra expires and ho is up for election three years hence. As things stand now. Judge Brown occu pies the paradoxical position of being "close" to both T'nited States Senator Pen rose and State Senator Vare. and as events indicate, Mayor Moore is obliged to yield him full consideration just because the judge has at least one loyal ally in City Council Perhaps the friendly relations between Judge Brown nnd Council explain why both Vnre nnd administration leaders in Council joined to raisp the sum in the loan ordi nance to be allotted to the Municipal Court from $."00,000 to $1.000.000 tho first step toward a fti ,000.000 "palace" of justice. A revision of the legislation governing the Municipal Court, which in practice aR well ns in theory would remove this branch ot the judlclarv from the soiled arena of fnc tional politics, would help to develop healthier political conditions in this city. A BASEBALL CRISIS mHK average baseball fan the regular -- and not the wealthy patron who buys a box or the politicians who have boxes given to them, but the devout bleacherlte. who supplies almost all of the money and most of the enthusiasm fhnt make the profes sional game what it is has n stern codp and a mighty pride of his own. He likes fair play and he thinks in simple and direct terms, and for these reasons he will read the continuing stories of "fixed" games with disgust. That is not all, and it will not close the case between the fans and the men who arc responsible for baseball ethics. Sug gest to any man in the bleachers, or even to any grandstand regular, that he has been played for what he himself calls a "sucker," and you rouse in him a nige that many waters cannot wash out. Clearly, therefore, it Is the duty of Ban Johnson and his associates to press the present inquiry into the condition of pro fessional ball, to see that anj player who violated an old nnd fine code is swiftly and relentlessly dealt with and that the game is cleaned, and cleaned quickly, of every im putation put upon it by gnmbling syndicates and those who are exposing them. Even a remaining suggestion of crooked ness will be like a corrosion. Not for de cency's sake alone, but for their own self preservation should Ban and his friends get and keep busy. r .. -v A SUPER-TRUST? EVEN a hurried reading of five bills just introduced Into the Legislature of New York for the relief of houseless families and the protection of tenants shows again that it is difficult to cure by law many of the strnnge conditions that result from lamenta ble twists and deficiencies in human nature. The New York Assembly is asked to create special funds from which builders may bor row at easy rates of interest, whether they build for themselves or for others. It is proposed to authorize the use of a great deal of public money in this scheme through the investment of municipal sinking funds In a new type of bond to be issued with new buildings as surety. On its face the scheme appears attractive. Hut let us suppose that within e next few years there be a sudden decline fin propcrtyvahies from, rates-now known iff be vastly inflated. What will become of tho public's investment? Are public funds deserving, of less consideration In such Instances than the funds of private Investors? The governor of New Tork, who has been searching for n way out of the housing crisis, seemed to be on a-bettc track when he demanded that tho Legislature look fully into the report of a giant combine which is" said now to control the supplies and prices of building material, It must be apparent to every one that lumber, mlllwork in quan tities, building hardware, bricks, cement nnd tho liko reveal an almost uncanny disposi tion to climb out of reach even while other necessities arc falling In price. The high cost of labor enters into the high cost of building. Hut it is not the sole factor. And It is certain that trees grew ns steadily during the war years as thay grew when the world was at peace, and that cement and Iron nre as plentiful now as they ever were, rtovernor Smith has suggested a course of action that may fravc been too long delayed. Houses must be built. Shelter Is a neces sity and n right of every man. And if n new sort of tmst has really engaged In a trial of attrition with the people, If It Is holding up prices by artificial methods with the knowledge that iron need will compel the country finally to meet Its demands, what is to be. said of government agents who waste their tlmo nnd their ammunition on a few restaurant keepers who charge n little more than is 'decent for n sliced tomato? THE COLLEGE LIFE AN OPPORTUNITY to talk to 11.000 young men and women in a single audi ence called together by a desire to learn doesn't come to many men. It ought to mean a great deal to the few who can com mand it. Acting Provost Penniman, of the- Univer sity of Pennsylvania, and Governor Sproul. when they addressed the student body nt Penn yesterday, .wisely dealt with the gen eral truths of everyday life on and off the campus. What the Governor said of the power of simple virtues may have sounded old. But is it the less true? And was there ever a time when such things needed firmer reiteration? The provost said what other provosts and college presidents have been thinking and feeling for years and years when he suggested very broadly that n uni versity Is a place In which one should ac quire learning and not an institution estab lished solely for the greater glorification of othletle sports. Such observations as this prompt n mo ment's study of the influences that have combined to colorpopular notions of college life In the United States. Youthfu.1 imagina tion in the pre-college years seizes on the things which custom has made conspicuous football, fraternity uproars And the belief that college is a place dedicated to class fights, pretty girls, chrysanthemums nnd the honor of the head coach. It Is a fact that there were times when the head coach crowded even the highe members of the fac ulty for campus honors, but that time has passed. Then the undergraduates had al most taken control of the colleges out of the hands of deans and professors and boards of directors. The undergraduates were not alone re sponsible. They did nothing but turn in to honor and support those institutions of the universities that had received most npplausc from the outside world. There were eager and ambitious scholars in all the colleges, but their pictures did not appear in the papers every Saturday afternoon. In the laboratories of the country great discov eries were made. But the discoverers were not hailed ns popular heroes. Not the un dergraduates but the fad-makers of the coun try were responsible when the really great schools in the United States, which have been contributing so vastly to the cultural life of the nation and doftig marvelous things in the fields of science, were rated Jargely for their achievements in intercollegiate games. It happened thnt we borrowed some of the less admirable traits of German colleges and wholly ignored some excellent exnmples al wajs apparent in the colleges of England. The superstition that n large part of the college jear should be given over to the diversions of good fellowship with a beer accompaniment is of purely German origin. Class fights and fraternities nre native to our own soil. So, too, was the habit of glorifying football to the exclusion of many more important and more stirring things. It is no wonder that college authorities objected to the system by which athletics were organized after the manner of grand opera, in which all the nttentlon is concen trated on a few stars while the rest of us look and admire and forget the attendant company without which a star is helpless. Under the system which prevailed too long In America thousands of stuilenu rn.i..n.i lime or no Denelit from college games. They took their exercise on the sidelines, and It was almost wholly vocal. But the sweep of general education in the last generation, the sobering influences of the last five years and the natural ten dency of fads to be impermanent have had a cumulative effect on the undergraduate life and the undergraduate view. College life ought not to be too serious. A univer sity full of grinds would be a dull place. But at the same time a university is not mcrely a pldce in which oie may spend four happy years jazzing around, making friends and having a good time. The colleges are making their athletic sj stems more inclusive The British have few star players in their universities and they sec to it that the great majority of their college men get the full benefit of outdoor sports. The "blacklist" of candidates for Con gress published by the Anti-Saloon League is coming In for some condemnation, a con demnation also visited on labor unions, ,woman suffragists and various commercial bodies for similar practices; but the con demnation is perhaps unnecessary. It would be regrettable If any considerable body of the electorate affiliated with this, that or the other organization should center all their hopes on one feature of a national program to the exclusion of all other features, but there is small danger of any such trend. The great mass of voters are Americans first nnd wets, suffragists, antls, labor unionists, open-shop advocates, plumbers, tariff re-, formers or standpatters afterward. As Americans they may or may not be also strict party men ; but assuredly as Ameri cans they have a right to consider not only the various Items In n political platform but also the personal qualifications of each and every candidate. And toward this desidera tum every lint, black or white, makes its little contribution. If each list automati cally brought into existence a hide-bound clique entertaining one Idea to the exclusion of all others It would be nn unmixed evil. nut tnis it assuredly cannot and docs not do, whatever the hopes and desires of its promoters may be. The voters may look with equanimity on all lists, good, bad or indifferent. Kansas farmers nrc meeting in Topekn to discuss means of getting more for their product. They don't claim that the con suner tloesn't pay enough. Ho does. But they say there is room for improvement In the marketing. It is as true here as In Kansas, nnd the result of their deliberations will be watched with Interest. It remained for SenatoVToIndexter to i five dignity to iie peaaut Ja. politic . NEW "PENNSY" DIRECTOR Howard Holnr on tho Pennsylvania Board Wasteful Expenditure of Money Still 'Characterises Most ' Vorklng Mon Views of Two Bankers By GEORGE NOX McCAIN THE election of Howard Heinz, of Pitts burgh, to the directorate of the Pennsyl vania Railroad marks a departure in the policy of that great orgonlratlon. Mr. Heinz is, If I am not mistaken, tho oungest man to be chosen a director in re centyears. He is forty-three years of age. lie will unquestionably be the youngest man at the board table when he takes his seat. All the present and recent members of the directorate "nre nnd were men of mature years, who have been conspicuous In finan cial anil corporate management for many decades. They arc mcn,of grny hairs and experience. Mr. ITelnx la n irpnat htiulnons mnn. TTo is at the. head of the largest food products cstaDiisnment in the world. And lie is yoting! He will bring to the exercise of his duties as a director of the finest railroad system in this country new views of the complex problems that are facing railroad executives and managers everywhere. HOWARD HEINZ Is nn executive. For that reason there Is no question1 ns'to his fitness for the position to which he has been elected. The concern of which he Is the hend has factories and branch organizations nil over the globe. Last year there was held In Pittsburgh n meeting of the managers and superintendents of the branch houses, factories, farms, glass works and plantations of the Heinz Co. ovpr the world. They carte from every state in the Union, from the British Isles, Spain, Franco, Italy, North Africa, Soutli Africa. India, South America, Japan and Australia. There were more than 2000 of them. Every man was n manager or head of a department. ' It was Howard Hclnz's Introduction to his own people, for ho had then but recently as sumed the management, following the death of his father, II. J. Heinz. The son was then in Turkey at the head of flic Near East food relief commission. I told nt the time how Pittsburgh caterers balked at the contract of spreading a ban quet for 2000 persons at the same time under the same roof. The vastness of the scheme never feazed' Howard Heinz. , He marshaled his forces, spent tens of thousands of dollars for china, silverware, glassware, napery, kitchen utensils, ranges and tons of food for the function. Then he recruited chefs, waiters and scul lions from ns far cast as New York ,nnd ns far west ns Chicago. On the nlght-of the banquet he sat nt the head of the table with his 2000 coworkers around him. The grcnt'event moved off with, the celerity of the Pennsylvania Limited and the perfected movement of a clock. And Howard Heinz is still climbing the slopes on the sunny side of fifty. IT IS the consensus of opinion of a number of bankers nnd business men that tens of thousands of skilled 'mechanics are wast ing golden, opportunity to protect themselves and their families ajalnst the inevitable rainy day that comes in tho life of almost eyry wage worker. Skilled mechanics nre receiving the high est wages ever known in the history of labor In this country. A majority of them nre spending their earnings with reckless prodi gality ns fast as they earn them. This was the cry durincr tho vnr if 1 the cry today, based on the same evidence, that of-pcrsonal observation. Most of these spendthrifts, when the dolorous days of slack work and half-time come, will be In no condition to meet them. Their big earnings will have been spent foolishly, with nothing to show for it. This is aside from tbc fact that the high cost of living is absorbing more of the work er s enrnlngs thnn ever before. But there Is still a big margin between the money spent for nctual needs of the houselmlil nml h contents of the weekly pay envelope. . WILLIAM GIBBONS U president of the Haddington Trust Co, He has excep tional opportunities for observing conditions I hove referred to above. It is the opinion of Mr. Gibbons, who has been a banker and merchant in West rhil ndelphia for a generation, that the average working mnn is taking no heed for the morrow. "I nm unable to discover that with the high wages prevailing our American wage earners nre endeavoring to save during this period of prosperity. "I have had occasion to do n little travel ing from time to time, nnd I have been struck by the multitude of travelers and their character. People who never traveled before are traveling now. And judging bv their appearance they are working folks nut for a good time. Money apparently is no object to them. "The savings funds of the banks and trust companies, with certain exceptions, do not show the Increase in deposits that these prosperous days justify. "The exceptions are in institutions where n large proportion of the savings fund de. positors nre foieigners. "The foreigners arc saving every penny except those wholiave been inoculated with the American mania for spending." ABRAHAM PYLETnnother banker, views the situation from the same ancle n President Gibbons. Mr. Pylc is tieaM.rer of the Hamilton Trust Co. v """"rcr "Wage earners, and particularly hlKh. class mechanics who ure earning anywhere from $1 to 51.35 per hour, are spading the r money for unnecessary things npnar ent ly. Just as they did during the war," said Mr. Pyle. "Savings fund accounts nre not ns nrge as they should be for this reason. There Is the same disposition, apparently to biiv costly and unnecessary things that won d not have been thought of four or fho venrs ago. ' "'" of s&enh i,';r; arzt The vast majority of American working men, though, are just as prodigal with thh'V money now as they have been nt any tnc during the last three jours. ' "It seems to be a case of 'easy come easy go,' with no regard for the future." The Boy Scout From the lndon Dally Telegraph The Boy Scout movement teaches bojs to play the game of life according to M. C C ,e".l,."?a,,tU.e" '''?: . thn those 51?". mn?i: "i??L'r. are to Lrri'"T.. "Ww of found. The best proof of the !., .....: be rules is that Boy Scouts aro easily recogi Iz able even vhen they are out of theJr iinV forms. The discipline ha-wt hoIdVfem". They have a frankness and a raiirnirn !!f bearing which dl.tlnmUhetheam?mg"heJ fellows who have not passed through the ranks of ordered comradeship. Above all they have acquired that mysterious quality of bnndlness which enables them somehow to be on the spot when they nrc w ante ami to do the right thing at tbo righf t Ine ' v?h cheerful briskness. ri,e Boy Scout om of the best hones of the world. More Sow to their poles! There are still foul .Iraaons which await their slaying. "ragons Canned Muslo From th" New Yorle Tribune. At A16any they sing it "Oh say, can the r iaw iynifa'" 'imHtumtim, 'NOW MY IDEA IS THIS! v Daily Talks With ThinJcing PhiladclpJiians on Subjects They . , Know Best DR. LAWRENCE F. FLICK On the White Plague as a Rare Disease TUBERCULOSIS, which as late ns the eighties and nineties was so prevalent nnd so deadly that It ncqulrcd the dcslgna; Hon "white plague," and was nt that timo the despair of physicians and tho. public alike, will be classed as a'rarc disease within another generation, according 3 Dr. Law rence F. Flick, noted authority on that subje'et. "Within the last forty years," said Doctor Flick, "the dread disease In its fatal results lias been reduced 60 per cent, and it is being stamped out at nn nccelerntdd rate ns time goes on. It has now got to the point where ndvnnced or fatal cases arc the only remaining ones. "Education, the result largely of n strong campaign of publicity, and better living con ditions have contributed most of all to this result. "As tuberculosis Is essentially n house disease and only spreads from persons In nn advanced stage of the malady, specialist have been able so to control It that It is rapidly and surely being eliminated. "Philadelphia is well in the van in this progress. In fact, things have got to the point that the physician who wants to make ajivlng had better not.depend on his efforts as a tuberculosis expert, as he is likely to find himself without visible means of sup port. This progress, perhnps in n lesser degree but still decided enough to make Itself effective, is being made all over the country and the world. No Fear ofTuture "It is extremely improbable that this dis ease once rated as Incurable and beyond the control of the physician, will ever again be n factor in the public health. It only existed in the first place because people were in such a depraved condition physically that they had not the necessary resistance fo fight off its foothold pr progress in the human body. "Nothing less than the almost Impossibly remote chance that we shall again find our selves in this general condition will ever again give tuberculosis a chance to lay its grisly talons on us. "The disease when it was a real factor lir the public health found its victims chiefly among those between thirty and forty jcars of age and to n lesser extent between the ages of twenty nnd, thirty. That was be cause, nt those ages, t)e brunt of the battle for existence was heaviest nnd the drain 'on the svstem through worry, undue exertion and lack of nutrition nnd proper rest nnd recreation was the greatest. "The implantations from which the disease had its inception generally found their way Into the human body in cnuuiioou. wnen one was most "oiisceptlble to them. It generally takes from twenty to thirty years for these Implantations to develop .the disease in n virulent form. "Many people, in fact, lived ond died from some other cause without ever knowing that they had tuberculosis, because tneir resist ance was high enough to ward off the prog ress of the malady. "Now with education on the subject so widespread and so thorough nnd living cop dltlons so Immeasurably better, with living easier and less of the grind of dally existence the order of the day, thero Is a very re stricted field for the malady to work In and less and less seed all the time to be sowed in It. Change Is Marvelous "When one considers that not so long ago the proposition of eliminating thej disease, even of checking it. was regarded as among the miracles, arid that the public further more was convinced that the age of miracles was past, the present status of the disease and the progress which it represents might fairly be considered little short of marvelous. "Not only has It actually been reduced to a harmless minimum physically, but tho state of the public mind, the fear which In Itself made the disease so formidable to conquer, has been vastly Improved. Where at one time it was deemed not only inadvisable but was looked upon by many with horror to shed full publicity on tho subject for fear it might frighten tho public into hysterica, it has now been demonstrated that publicity was the prophylactic which has helped re duce the disease to its present negligible proportions. "In fact, the full terror of the disease In the palmy days is not generally known. A large percentage of the actual cases were camouflaged under a more harmless name 1 for fear of the social or other disadvantages ONE WAY TO ROOT HIM which it might work to the sufferer pr those with whom he came in contact. "So, if wiping out one 'of the greatest plagues which has 'besieged the human race qiay be regarded as a miracle, one might well soy that the age of miracles is near at hand." What Do You Know? QUIZ 1. Who Is tho new premier of Franca? 2. Whnt Is the empyrean 7 , 3. What la the gridiron of a theatre? 4. What part of the Ringer plant Is eaten? B. AMiat was the title of Napoleon Bona- parte'a son? C. What Is nntlphonnl sinning? 7. How many Justices compose the Supreme Court of the United States? 8. what Is the real meaning: of Alhambra? 9. Is New York named nfter a person or a town? 10. What tare double stars In astronomy? Answers to Yesterday's Quiz 1. Eight of the Presidents of the United States were born In Vlrgjlnla, six In Ohio. 2. Tho East Indian python Is capable of swallowing a llvo pig. 3. The. cockpit Is nn npartment on an old sailing vessel, usually the nfter part of the orlop deck, formerly used for quarters for junior officers nnd for the wounded during nn engagement. Tho orlop Is the lowest deck of n ship with three or more decks. In yachts nnd other small vessels the cockpit is a small place lower than the rest ot the deck, which affords easy access to the cabin nnd forms n sheltered place for a. sent for the helmsman, eta 4. Admiral Colllngwood took command of the British fleet at the battle of Trafalgar after tho death of Nelson. B. Tho word lingo Is a corruption of the Latin word "lingua." tongue. 6. Periwinkles nre evergreen trailing shrubs with light -t1ue flowers. They are also small mollusks used for food. 7. Cloisonne ware' Is of enamel Inlaid In partitions. The designs are secured with bent wire filets. 8, The word comes from the French "clol son," partition. It may be pronounced as "klvvah-zonnay," ns In French, or "kloy-zonnay," ns In English. Thero are 43,600 square feet In an acre. The Itlo Grnnde forms part of the south ern boundary of the United States and the 8t. Lawrence part of the. northern. WHEN FALL BEGINS A LL summer long n. Mv world was wrapped avvny In leafy folds of living green, Which way you looked no house was seen, No glimpse of curving gray Where winds the road. All summer long The valley seemed a well Of seething green nnd depth untold, Where sunbeams sunk their shafts of gold; And not a bird would tell WhaJ lay below J Now thinning boughs Reveal a hidden wall A peering chimney top tA roof; No longer can I llvo aloof ; My neighbor's nearness calls, And I must heed, Through bronzing boughs The chill white mists arise, And soon from every chimney-throat The smoke from evening hearths will float And I will turn my eyes To watch the roiuL Marie Ti. Egllnton, in the New York Times. Chinese Arc Honest I'rom the Sprlnnneld, Mae,, Republican. Honesty Is a prevailing virtue among most Chinamen. iSome of them In their na tive towns and cities leave their places of business unguarded while they go off for half un hour or more. Should customers " arrive in tho meantime they find the prices of goods plainly marked, select what they wont nnd leave the money for them. Canine Education From the London Morning- It. The small girl contemplated the little water trough for the dog outsldo the big Btore with earnest attention, spelling out the words, "Drink, pretty creature, drink," with difficulty, After a pause she remarked, "Isn't, It clever of the dogs to be able to read, ispeclally.llttle puppies?" . Donfthey. In the Cleveland TUln Dealer. . SHORT CUTS The "Carry Your Lunch" movement It the 1020 model of the Full Dinner Tall. In the matter of news values, llnbe Ruth is now n little more than fifty-fifty with the rest of tho world. It won't be that way on election day, of course, but tqday the suffrage belles proved themselves ringers. There is little fear that Scotland will be unduly depressed if she loses her vvlitis kcy. She will still have her parrltch. It would appear from the Bergdoll trial that the best way to ovoid sleuths Is to go about your business as though nothing liml happened. -. When Danville, III., empaneled its first woman Jury, lawyers in tho case, we are informed, appeared in court In "full evening drcBs." Does this mean with flasks in the hip pockets? "Why women should dislike telling their age Is a question no court con settle." re marks a contemporary. But a man might if he ever got over his disinclination to men tion the amount of his salary. The service man who hod his pension reduced from $80 to $0,1 a month because the government had provided him with nn artificial leg is of the opinion that federal logc Is as funny ns a crutch. The triumph political bigotry and stu pidity have given socialism In New York stnte is discounted by the general con demnation tho proceedings have received by all shades of political opinion throughout thecountry. If it should develop that no system of road-making has yet been devised that will enable the highways to withstand the vrenr and tear of trucks of constantly increasing weight, it may become the part of wisdom to place a limit on truck tonnage. - Woodbury, N. J., has changed one of its voting places from tho mayor's office to a barber's shop because' women objected to climbing stairs to vote. But why a barber's shop? Why not a candy emporium or de partment store? The cost of nn adequate water-supply system for Philadelphia is estimated nt ?135,000.000. Ne'mlnd! The price afore time paid by citizens for alcoholic bracers mnv now he diverted to the suppljlug of health-giving "chasers." A New York magistrate told a drunk that ho ought to be pickled and put in a museum showcase for future generations to see. Which might mean that the mngistrate is hard to satisfy. Wasn't tho gentleman pinched because he was pickled? Political economists seo the possibility of much unemployment this winter. Though not primarily responsible for the condition (if it eventuates), the increase from day to day of the nifmbcr of immigrants arriving in this country will be n' not inconsiderable factor. A Cohnnsey (N. J.) riverman has cap tured an animal with the head of a lacroon and the. tail of a oat, and its body of a little more than a foot long is covered with redoWi lirown fur. Its feet ore black. The cantor is going to send it to the Philadelphia Hos pital. This is a mistaken destination, it should go to the I). T. word of some hos pital, where it will be among friends. Henry Ford, explaining why, he hns in duced the price of his flivvers, says tin country is suffering from Inflation of price nnd he Is helping to bring back the old-time prosperity by doing his little bit toward de flating them. All ofi which proves that he both an optimist and a good business nmn. It does not necessarily prove, however, jimi he shines either as a political economist or o prophet. When n Philadelphia man found wallet containing $100,000 in a WllkM' Barre hotel tho owner offered him n rigyr. and, finding that he didn't smoke, rewnrdfi Mm with a $S bill. Perhaps the b"'llnf out of a $5 bill proved the owner o be n mean man; the matter Is debatable; diii assuredly the pfferlng of a smoke PC0' J" nothing of the kind. Tho proffered snioK was in the way of being a delicate ronipU ment, suggesting that $100,000 wns a mora trifle both to the ovvner and the fi''ir'l9 is it great pity, that the .Philadelphia 'n .doWOmoke. 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