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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.
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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
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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
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'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.
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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. It isn't nearly wa "
habit' as ' taking tips.,, '
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