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REWARDS FOR UNFITNESS
rplIK almost simultaneous announcement
JL that Martin G Brumbaugh and William
M. Bunn are candidates for the office of. Pro
thonotarr of the Common Pleas and Mu
nicipal Courts is a trlflo breath-taking.
While it is true that the theory that this
post should be reserved for political left
overs is vividly upheld by the situation,
the very profusion of unfitness raises some
nice points The two ex -Governors Mr.
Bunn Tv-ill be remembered for his denial ad-
ministration of Idaho Territory furnish an
lntercstins contrast of personalitic
When it comes, however, to seeking the
ffice made vacant by the death of Henry F
"Walton tbey stand on common jround
Knowledge of the law will not embarrass
either of these candidate.
If government and the proper administra
tion of Justice aro not taken too seriously,
there is piquancy in the rival programs.
Prothonotarlca to be efficient should be mom
bers of the bar and thoroiichly informed
concerning the practical details of the lav.
If they aro thus equipped the nccompany
ing salary of S10.000 a vear is not excessive
Citizens entertaining a lingering notion
that offices paying that mueh money should
be filled by experts in their line will, how
ever, wonder why either Mr Bunn or
Mr. Brumbaugh has hern mentioned.
Critical questioning is of course, imme
diately dispelled by regarding the post of
Prothonotary as a sinecure for political
backs and hand-me-doo ns
It all depends on the point nf view
A SUMMONS TO COETHALS
GERMANS who have circulated the tale
thnt the French are maintaining the old
battle area in ruins nnd devastation for po
litical effect will be alarmed to learn that
George W. Ooethals has been formally In
vited to survev the stricken regions and to
gire advice concerning the work of res
toration. According to M. I.oucbcur.
Minister for the devastated districts, the
builder of the Panama Canal has expressed
a willingness to accept the offer.
It may be deduced from these circum
atanees that France is altogether blind to the
aVantage of nursing, preserving and capi
talizing hr miseries. If this is not true,
perhaps she is imperfectly acquainted with
General Goethals' record
If the makers of the damage can derive
any comfort from ueh an assumption they
ar welcome enongh to ir.
MR. McADOO'S IMPATIENCE
i-frySABMAMENT r bust'" cries Wll-
U liam O McAdoo graphically, and
when he puts the case that way tho cure for
world bankruptcy teems simple. The former
Secretary of the Treasury slows down con
siderably, however, when ho outlines tho
way in Tihich this recipe for rehabilitation
Is to be compounded
"I would not he toM the National
league of Manonlc Clubs, mating in Wash
ington, "have America dtarm unless we
have an understanding with other Powers
unless we have nn agreement -and I want
to emphasize the word agreement "
And ml though he phras his doctrine
picturesquely. Mr. Mi Adoo hns really noth
ing new to sav on the subject. Nearly all
Americans believe in disarmament, nndthoy
also believe In facing practical questions In
a practical way.
Tho immediate task ahead of civilization
is the restoration of peace authentic and
durable. When that i out of tho way the
next step can b considered, involving com
pacts between those nations that are sin
cerely desirous of throwing the philosophy
of imperialism overboard
But disarmament cennot be rushed be
fore the ume is ripe nor hv an impstient
phrase
IT HAS STRUCK A SNAG
T
HK plan fur n ne Department of Public
Welfare in the Federal Government has
alreaily nrmnwi the opposition of the Ameri
can Council of Education The Council is
composed of college presidents. It has been
meeting in Washington this week After It
heard the plan to include the educational
activities of the Government in the new
department it voted seven to one against it
Theo men have long been urging the
establishment of a Department of Kduca
Hon, and they are not inclined to be content
with n bureau in another department occu
pied with irrelevant matter
When the ndvocutea of a Federal Depart
Blent of Public Health are heard from tliey
are likely to be Htrongly opposed to putting
health matters permnnentlv in a bureau.
As plnns nre under way for drafting a
ichemn for reorganizing the exerutlve de
partments, it is likely that f'onsress will
defer nil action until it learns what the
pommissiim now engaged ou the work has
t recommend
WHY THIS LONG DELAY?
PHILADELPHIA gets one additional
Congressman under the Reapportionment
Bill just signed by the Governor
The new law assign the thirty six I(ep
resentatlves to thirty six districts. I'nder
the old arrnngement the State was divided
Into thirty -two districts and four Congress
men were elected on a general ticket
The census of 1020. however, shows that
Pennsylvania has increased in population
to such an extent that under nnj plan of
apportioning the members of the Houso of
Representatives among the .States tho num
ber assigned to this Commonwealth would
liave to be increased According to n bill
which failed to pass the last Congress four
new members were given to Pennsylvania.
Some kind of a reapportionment bill is cer
tain to be passed by the present Congress.
'Then In spite of the bill which the Governor
lias signed It will still be necessary for the
State to elect some Congressmen on a gen
eral ticket next year
And this is likely to be necessary for
noma years to come, as the Legislature Is not
lAcIf lo chan;e in 1023 the boundaries of
tho districts fixed In 1021 There is only
one other State besides Pennsylvania which
allows its redisricting to lag behind the
apportionment of .new Congressmen. Illinois
elects two at large. The forty-three Con
gressmen from New York nre chosen by dis
tricts, nnd ns goon ns its reproentation Is
Increased the new members will bo assigned
to new districts. But for ten years Penn
sylvania neglected to assign to districts the
four new Representatives it received under
the census of 1010, nnd it was not until the
eve of another Increase, in representation that
it took bclntcd action. There may be rea
sons for this, but none that Is adequate has
yet been brought forth.
BLIND AS ALL DESPOTS ARE
THE FEUDAL LORDS OF COAL
The Purpose nnd General Significance
of Current "$1B-a-Ton" Propa
ganda From the Thrones
HITHERTO the theory of Government
ownership of utilities has been un
ceremoniously rejected by public opinion in
tho United States. Do the men who rule in
the coal industry yearn to revive that theory
and give it a solid basis, and prove, con
trary to the common impression, that It
must be accepted for tho safctv nnd the
well-being of the country?
Have they become suddenly radical?
Are they eager to prove that the Federal
Government must practice somo of the doc
trines of socialism to protect the people
from a sort of exploitation which even the
ordinarily complacent JVrtr York Times calls
"unjustlflablo nnd monstrous".? Are the
maBter minds of the coal industry merely
Irrational? What explanation is there for
tho policy of (.clentiflc plunder thnt nppenrs
to have been accepted by the groups which
direct tlio anthracite and bituminous in
dustry? A mine strike of unprecedented dimensions
Is on In England Virtually all Brltih
mines have been Idle for week. Famine
conditions exist as a consequence in the fuel
markets of Great Britain and part of the
Continent. So the time is ripe for n new
orgy of profiteering and manipulation in the
American markets. We shall oon begin to
hear of a coal shortage "due to the great
foreign demand."
So extravagant and fantastic was the sug
gestion of an nlmost immediate increase of
53 in the price of anthracite that few people
paused to tako it seriously. But It was
clear that that prediction, emanating as it
did from the headquarters of the producers,
was intended merely to be the groundwork
of future propaganda of a ort likely to
prepare consumers for a bad shock
The United States Senate irtuall killed
the Edge-Caldcr bill, which was devised
merely to let in the light on the mal busi
ness The Pennsylvania Legislature re
cently smothered a bill that would have
authorized a coal investigation in this Stnte.
On that occasion the n-presentntivi of the
miners' unions worked harmonloulv with
the mine owners. They represented their
unions about as effectively ns the average
member of the Legislature represents the
people who elect them. The way appears
clear andsmooth to a new orjv of profiteer
ing Conditions at home nnd nbroad are
such as to inspire in the heart of nnv coal
combine n veritable passion for new triumphs
of exploitation
But the American people, and especially
the people in Pennsylvania, will not pay
$1S n ton for coal. They will not long con
tinue to pay tho prices now quoted Any
one who believe that they will has n good
deal to learn about some of the dangerous
phases of American psyehologv
The rank and file in this country are ex
traordinarily patient, tolerant nnd good
humored. But there is a limit to their
toleration, and it has been reached by the
men who, for extortionate profits, continue
with scientific precision to withhold one of
the first necessities of life nnd to c.roate
something very much like nn artificial coal
famine in u country that has more coal than
it will ever know how to use.
Tho obduracy, the short-sightednes. the
greed nnd tho insufferable nrrogauce of a
few small groups which formulate policies
for tho great mine. owning and distributing
organizations more than once forced the
Federal Government to seriously consider
summary seizure of mlaes In this and other
States. Roosevelt was ready to tako oxer
the anthracite business In Pennsylvania be
fore the high financiers who spoke for the
owners would consent to the arbitration
neccssarv for n decent settlement of a dis
astrous strike And the public whlcn Roose
velt served, though it has been defeated nnd
betrayed by some of its own representatives,
can nnd will fnd n way to peptect Itself
It will der nd protection from Wash
ington und it will have to be listened to
Tho people cannot be asked to pay $15 or
SIS a ton for coal in a timo of a general
and sweeping decline of wages and prices
without being made to feel that there nre
hardships and injustices from which ordi
nary legislative processes cannot or do not
protect them Tho reaction from their
present mood of tolerant (scrutiny will come,
when it enmea. suddenly and without warn
ing They will demand extraordinary n
ecutive a'-tion to prevent continuation rt
the coal gouge, and unless n remedv i
qulcklv found they will ask for permanent
Federal control over the coal industrr That
wav lies the rood to the nntionulization of
mines If a course of action so distasteful
to the people of this country and to foreign
to all our conventional beliefs is ever neocs
sary the opportunists nnd the profiteering
rings in the coal fields will be alone re
sponsible Coal prices nrn being artlflclallv main
tained No apologies, no technical expla
nations, can hide thnt obvious fact If coal
prices are Increased they will increase not
because of strikes or troubles of any sort
at the source not because of increased costs
anywhere along the lino from the producer
to -ho consumer, but becnuse the manipu
lators want to wring morn money out of
consumers who nre supposed to be unable to
help themselves.
Coal is necessarv to life in this climate.
If is necessarv to industry Restricted sup
plies havo a deterrent effect on all sorts of
industries. A man who deliberately sets
out to restrict or impede n free supply of
coal is quite as dangerous a citizen ns the
man who would attempt to stop the general
supply of water. The days of feudalism and
baronial nuthoritj nre past. Tho coal trado
has no rights above other trades It will
have to conform to chnnged conditions or,
as the Tmet observes in its sudden asUin
Ishing hurst of candor, "it will have t be
kicked into doing so"
AN AIR BATTLE
BEFORE the Kiwnnis Club the other
evening Commander A C Read, who
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planes, spoke with force of the necessity of
a merger of army and navv resources and
alms in nn independent Air Board nt Wash
ington. Oddly enough, current pres dispatches
provide corroboration- if nny Is needed for
Commander Read's deductions. Tho rivalry
between the land nnd naval fliers and their
separate organizations is of n sort to mak
unity of aim nnd method or n properly
synchronized air service difficult or Im
possible. It has become almost feverish with
tho approach of elabornte bombing experi
ments In which army nnd navy organiza
tions are about to engage. The navy was
going to give the army an old warship for a
target The army happened to remark
through one of Its generals that the navy
I knew litiMe of Importance about the arts
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of aerial warfare. Tho navy changed its
mind and doubted whether an old ship could
be found for the army's bombers. There
were sparks, there was friction, there was
a new conference. The novy found nn old
ship that It didn't need nnd gavo it to the
army.
So It goes. The communications between
the land and water divisions of the nlr serv
ice ordinarily sound about ns amiable as
the communications that have been passing
between the "friendly" nations of Europe.
THE NEW POLICY WORKS .
MORE than once it has happened that tho
German efforts to approach an Issuo by
a sldo door have resulted In decisive settle
ment right nt the main entrance. Had the
Berlin Government not besought American
Intervention In the reparations question It
is at least conceivable that the United States
might have remained for n whllo longer out
side the councils of Europe. As It was, the
plea, so-crisply denied by Secretary Hughes,
led to consequences exactly tho reverse of
those on which German hopes were pinned.
For without depreciating the firmness nnd
unity of the Allies ns revealed in tho final
ultimatum, it can hardly bo doubted that
the. renewed participation of the United
States In European- affairs has exercised a
sobering effect upon Berlin. Chancellor
Wirth's analysis of tho significance of
acceding to tho Allies' demands is In a sense
n kind of leave-taking of delusion.
"It would bo useless," declared the new
Prlmo Minister, "to say 'yes' without tho
resolution to do our utmost to meet the
obligations Imposed upon us." This means
among other things that the conception of
the Knox resolution as an asset to Germany
has perceptibly shrunk.
It means that Germany is beginning to
realize that America has not forgotten why
she took up nrms nor what principles are
involved in tho peace. It means that Prcs-
, ident Harding nnd Secretary Hughes are
tieveioping a policy which Germany can
misinterpret only nt the cost of disaster.
American sentiment In general was op
posed to n French Invasion of the Ruhr
district But It was equally averse to Ger
man shllly -shnllying and pleas In nvoldancc,
A host of delicate nnd difficult problems
still confront tho peacemakers Without
boasting, however, it must be admitted that
their solution on a fair basis of realities is
facilitated by this country's renewed regard
for its plain responsibilities.
The game of playing off America against
the victorious signatories of the Treaty of
Versailles Is out of date.
ONE BOOrTisN'T ENOUGH
IT IS evident from the complaint made at
a convention in Atlantic City that ton
chorus girl of the story Is representative of
n large class. It will be rcqalled that when
she was advised to giv"o a book to a friend
to whom she wished to make a present she
replied. "He nlready has one!"
The American Booksellers' Association is
considering how to reach the people who
do not read books, and they have summoned
to advise them n lot of people vvho cannot
find time to read all the books in which they
are Interested.
They nre not likely to find ont In this
way. Magazine editors and authors know
why they rend, but they cannot for the Hf
of them tell any one why other people do
not find what they write nnd print worth
their while.
The only way to find out why people do
not buy and read books is to ask those people
themselves. The opinion of nil other sorts
of people has been asked on a wide variety
of subjects It used to be a common trick
of editors to send out requests to public men
for their views on the proper way to cele
brate the Fourth of July or on thp place of
Lincoln in history or on the rhetoric of the
Declaration of Independence. But so far an
is known no attempt has been made to find
out just why Annstasla Jones, a most charm
ing voting woman whoso sparkling conver
sation enlivens every gathering she adorns,
does not spend nn hour or two n day with
a book in her hand, or why the conductor of
a trolley car spends his spare timo with n
newspnper or nt the movie shows.
There must be reasons, and if they could
be discovered they might bo illuminating to
others besides the booksellers. To hazard n
conjecture, one of tho reasons may be that
In their youth 'rending was made a task.
The child was told that he ought to read this
or that book because It would do him good.
Now everv one acquainted with children
knows that there ore few things to which
they object more strongly than to being
done good
If tho boy or girl had been told that the
book would interest him or her it might
have been read nnd remembered and nn ap
petite might have been created for other
books. It may bo laid down ns n gencrnl
rule that for the child or the adult there aro
few less profitable occupations than reading
nn uninteresting volume. No one ever gets
anything out of such n use of time. It
might better be spent in talk or play with
interesting people.
Thn non -readers are as a rule those who
hnve not discovered that there is anything
in books thnt they care to know. If there is
to be n campaign to Increase the sale of
reading mntter between rovers it must begin
by nn appeal to the Interest of prospective
readers. No restaurant proprietor ha-s any
trouble in selling n julcv broiled steak to a
hungry man who hns the price. The man
buys it because he likes It. No one has to
toll him it Is geod for him. nnd It Is likely
that If he had been compelled to eat it In
his youth ns ho had been forced to take medi
cine ho would buy somo other kind of food
when he could chooso for himself.
Tho number of people able to buy books
is ns great as the number able to eat sirloin
steaks In a restaurant, yet when "iO.OOO
copies of a novel nre sold or 10,000 copies
of a book of non-flctlon the'publlshera boast
of their success. More than 350,000 copies
of Arahassndor Gerard's book about his life
In Germany were sold, however, because it
contained things In which that number of
people wcro interested and because they had
been told through extensive advertising what
tho book was nbout.
There are published every year books that
should be read by from half n million to a
million people, but they do not reach n sale
of anything like this number because the
people do not know that the books contain
anything which will Interest them.
CIVILIZATION'S SAVIORS
..CJOME of them," said Director Cortel
O you, talking of policemen who do not
patrol bents, "are doing work which I feel
It would not bo In accord with public good
to reveal There arc, for Instance, men
detailed to the 'radical squad keeping watch
on possible annarchist outbreaks "
Dear, dear! It Is good to feel that the
country is safe, even if It is a bit strange
to hear of n new sort of eecret police force
working in wayB which It would not bo
proper for the public to understand. One
may only hope that Director Cortelyou's
"radical squad" is made up of men a little
wiser, a little more sophisticated and n
little more restrained than the policcmnn
who summoned n patrol wagon for nn emi
nently respcctablo citizen who happened
absent-mindedly to put n red tulip in his
buttonhole on Mny Day morning.
Opponents of the sales tax have made
the remnrknble discovery that receipts are
less when soles are slack nnd prices low
than when sales are brisk nnd prices high.
One of Shnkespcnro s shepherds, it will be
remembered, mode on equally wonderful dis
covery concerning the properties of fire nnd
water.
A VERY RARE MINERAL
Found Near Philadelphia Fourth
Specimen Discovered An Amateur
Mineralogist Located It Valuable
Indian Ceremonial Stone Law
yera' Green Bag
By GKORGE NOX McCAIN
SAMUEL G. GORDON, In charge of the
mlncrnloglcal section of the Academy
of Sciences, has just placed on exhibition a
remarkably fine specimen of one of the
rarest minerals in the world.
It was described as new only eight years
ago, having been first discovered In Austria.
It is called cpldcsmlne. It thus far Iiob
been found In but four places, one In Europe
nnd three Jn this country.
It hns been Identified nenr Reading, nnd
nt Moorcs station, N. J., but tho finest
specimen, the one the Academy is now ex
hibiting, was found in Montgomery County,
within thirty-five miles of Philadelphia.
FREDERICK HILTELBITEL, an ama
teur mineralogist, discovered it in tho
hills south of Green Lone.
Not only this Vnrc mineral but four others
were discovered that aro unique because of
the location in which they were found. They
rather upset, I believe, some of the accepted
principles of mineralogy.
Natrolitc is ono of these minerals not so
rare ns cpldcsmlne, though finding It where
Mr. Hlltclbltcl did makes the discovery un
usual. Other minerals that were found where
they were unexpected nre stilbltc, chabnzltc
nnd cnlcltc in the same group of rocks.
Tho bills near by nre veined with copper.
Two copper mines have been worked In the
neighborhood ; one of them for 175 years.
Both hnvo been abandoned recently be
cause of the refractory character of the ores
and the expense of railroad transportation
to tho reduction mills.
The early explorer who filled his ship with
Nova Scotinn black rock seamed with yellow
metal and returned home to find It was only
"fool's gold" would have found the same
metal here.
"Fool's gold" resembles the real article
near enough to deceive any amateur.
THERE Is a Tomnnce nbout these finds
that Is Interesting.
All his life Frederick Hlltclbitel has been
interested in minernls He had no oppor
tunity though to gratify his hobby. He had
the book lore of tho rocks at his finger ends,
however.
He recently retired, past sixty years of
age, from active llfo as a mechanic in Wil
mington, Del.
Now that he has the leisure and despite
his age ho spends a good part of his time In
the hills nnd among the rocks nnd quarries
In search of these hidden beauties of nature.
A companion In many of his exploring
trips hns been John It. Tallls, the me
chanicul head of an automobile company,
aUo an amateur mineralogist, who has taken
up tho science to ennble him to enlist the in
terest of the Boy Scouts in nature work.
Mr. Tnllis is n member of the Advisory
Council of the Boy Scouts of flic Montgom
ery and Chester district.
AMONG the museum treasures also found
nre a number of garnets.
"The specimens from Perklomcnvillo are
rare." said Mr. Gordon, "from tho fact of
being found in that particular formation.
It is very unusual indeed.
"I do not know of their having been dis
covered elsewhere in similar location.
"They are of high scientific interest and
will be described fully In my forthcoming
work on 'The Mineralogy of Pennsylvania.' "
ONE of the rarest Indian rolics In this
country is also located within a few
miles of tho spot where these geological oddi
ties hnvo been brought to light.
Spring Mountain is one of the highest
elevations in the north central part of the
adjacent county.
The region round nbout Is celebrated for
Its wealth of aboriginal remains In the way
of stonAxcs, arrow heads, pestles and other
Instruments of war, the chase nnd the camp.
Jacob A. Bromer, a business partner of
Mr. Tnllis, has a rare collection of these.
He is qulto ns much interested In Indian re
mains as Mr. Tnllis is in mineralogy.
His most recent addition is an Indian
mortar, eighteen Inches In diameter but im
perfect. A broken edge thnt was chipped
by the wheels of wagons passing over it has
marred Its outline.
It was a household implement used by the
Indians for grinding corn nnd is otherwise
in nn excellent stato of preservation.
THE Inrgo relic located on the southern
side of SprinT"Mountaln is a huge cere
monial stone weighing approximately three
tons. How much of tho rock is still buried
In the soil has never been determined.
It consists of a basin hollowed out to n
depth of eighteen Inches with a bowi four
feet in diameter.
Rising behind it, nnd n part of the rock.
Is n seat five feet in height with n stone
back. ,
It Is in n perfect state of presenntion.
symmetrical nnd well preserved, nnd a beau
tiful specimen of Indian work.
A peculiarity of this baslu Is that it has
never been known to becomo dry, although it
Is only pnrtly shaded by surrounding trees.
THE purpose of the stone was conjec
tural until somo time ago when two In
dians, Chief Black Hawk nnd Chief Red
Fox. of the Blockfoot tribe, of Washington
State, visited the locality under the guid
ance of Messrs. Bromer nnd Tnllis.
Tiiey instantly recognized It as nn Indian
ceremonial stone used during certain rites
by ancient medicine men.
From their description the ceremonial
must hnvo been nkln to the Delphic rites of
the nncient Greeks.
According to Chief Red Fox the stone was
originally Inclosed in n bower or medicine
lodge It formed nn important part of tho
Initiatory solemnities of one of the ancient
secrot fraternities of the tribesmen
Heated stones were thrown Into the bowl
while the medicine man was perched
lu tho sent above nnd behind it. Water was
then thrown upon tho stones and from out
this veil of steam and cloud the oracles,
obligations or instructions wero delivered
by blm.
Only two others are known to exist, ac
cording to Chief Red Fox, In this country.
The bonlder or basin protrudes from the
soil in n glade of second growth timber, and
Is almost as perfect as it was when nied as
a sacred instrument hundreds of years ago
by tho vanished redskins.
A LEGAL friend hns called my attention
to tho disappearance of the green bag
once the badge of tho Philadelphia lawyer'
It also recalled an incident in the Ilous.i
nt narrlsburg years ago. It wos during a
hearing when n speaker referred to linvlng
met the late George McOowan "carrying a
green lawyer's bag." The attorney replied
in mock serious vein:
"Mr. Chairman, I must crave tho protee
tlon of the committee. I must protest
against the remarks of the gentleman. I
am a member of tho bar nnd I carry a green
bag, but I am not n -'green lawyer ' T
think I have demonstrated this fact durlne
my membership in this House."
A NOTHER incident of the green bag oc.
Jtl curred somo years ago In tho port of St
Michaels off tho Alaskan coast. I had just
come down the Yukon and was wandering
around the settlement with n camera In one
hand and n green bag containing my plate
holders In the other.
Near the wooden postoffice I was hailed
from behind by a gentleman, who shook
hands with the exclamation :
"I didn't see your fare, but I made up
my mind to speak to you, because I knew
that you were from Philadelphia. You wern
carrying a green bag, nnd nobody but n
Phlladelphlan does that " c n
It was Erastus Rrainard, who had inst
come down the Yukon himself from n mino
Inspection trip In the interest of the Elkins
Wldener people
He was then living In Seattle. He had
formerly been connected with the old Phila
delphia Evening News and other papers.
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Daily Talks With Thinking Philadelphians on Subjects They
Knoiv Best
FLORENCE WELLSMAN FULTON
On Occupational Therapy
OCCUPATIONAL therapy, the new social
service growing out of the rnr. is be
coming a paying profession, with excellent
prospects, and it is proving n boon In Insti
tutions where difficult convalescence or sub
normal mentality must be included In the
problems of doctor nnd nurse. Tills in the
view of Miss Florence Wellsman Fulton,
formerly president of the Plastic Club, who
hns developed first during the wnr nnd later
for civilian pursuits several successful
classes of therapy aides, us she calls them.
"Occupational therapy." she tald. ."hnd
its origin about 17S0 with Dr. Benjamin
Rush. He was omong tho first In Phila
delphia to suggest that work of some kind
would bo of advantage for various classes m
patients. This was btarled. of course, in
the insane asylums.
"Many doctors thought this really wasn't
necessary, particularly the old Qimker
physicians. Lntcr on work wnt combined
with outdoor exercise, including wnlks,
gardening nnd nrlous outdoor games.
Music was found to be usuall cry soothing
and helped Insnno cases particularly.
"Dr. Klrkbrlde. whose name still is asso
clnted with tho Pennsylvania Hospital for
the Insnnc, Introduced many innovations of
this kind nbout 1W0. From Hint tlmn ou
needlework nnd various crafts were em
ployed as aids to recovery or to keep pa
tients contented. All work with sharp in
struments, of course, wns supervised. Tho
tradition of having much of the old house
hold craft done in these institution- con
tinues. When I Inst isitcd the home for
feeble-minded nt Klwyn they were still
making their own mnttresses
Nurse Wrote Honli
"Ten yenrs ago Miss Susau Tracy, of
Boston, a nurte. wrote n book on 'Invalid
Occupations.' Out of this book has grown
tbo presenr brnuch of the henllns art. In
wnrtime, of course, the need was made most
apparent. There were men with nothing to
took forward to. Time hung heavy on their
hands. They could not expect nny one they
Uuew to visit them.
"Women trnined -In some of the crafts
came from Boston, New York and Philadel
phia to answer the call. Nenrly nil of those
In tho first two classes went ovcrsens. The
courses lasted from six weeks to three
months. ,
"When they came homo most of theso
women who were designers, urtlsts, model
ers wero able to go back to their civilian
occupations, in which thorn had been llttln
work during the war. A few returned nnd
continued their work for tho 111 nnd the
mentally deranged.
"Philadelphia s work In this direction Is
one of the few surviving examples of war
work which hns been continued nnd which
hnB progressed. When I took charge of it
it was because I happened to know n little
something about the crafts. When I was a
girl I was often 111 and I tried always to
keep busy, for thnt kept mv mind off mybolf
and kept me reasonably happy.
"Later 1 had an operation performed
upon one ear. I was Inclined to bo very
nervous sifter it and Irritable. 1 took up
bookbinding in Florence, which proved n de
lightful occupation. I went to London nnd
continued It. From these experiences I
knew the value of thernpcutlc occupations
occupations that would content the mlud ann
assist tho body to build back to normal, or
as nearly ns possible normal.
"With different tpcs the kind of work to
be done differs. We have found, for In
stance, that with Italians they aro ucually
vcry suspicious of any work except that with
which they have been familiar.
I.ace-MaUIng Plcnacfl
"Where Illness or nervousness or an ab
normal mental condition Is to be met we
hnvo found tbnt lace-maklng suits them
best, because nenrly everybody makes lace
In Duly. Work on looms, weaving girdles,
scarfs, fabric for bags and that sort of occu
pation pleases Irritablo nnd subnormal
women. Tho movement of tho shuttla is
regular and soothing. They can watch their
work grow, From this they get both satis
faction nnd n curutlvo effect.
"So fur It hits been prnctlcnhln to give
women who nro interested In this tpu of
work seven months of work in the various
crafts nnil two months' Intensive training.
Part of this time they spend living nt the
Friends Asylum, so that thoy become nccus
tomed to institutional conditions. Really,
HERE WE ARE AGAIN
preparation for the work of occupational
therapy nidc should eocr two years, nnd in
time such course will no doubt do devised.
"Wo just started Monday in the Home
for Incurables nt the Jewish Hospital. Many
wcro very doubtful if wo could do anything
there, but within an hour wc had nine hap
pily at work. It is n place whore thero Is
usually nothing to do but wait for one thing
death. Wo shall soon start occupational
therapy in tho Pennsylvania Hospital, which,
dospito its l elation to Klrkbride's, has so
fnr not adopted this idea.
"I havo seen the lowest forms of men
tality brightened nnd some glimmer of sclf
icspcct brought into their lives by work of
this sort. Those who could not button their
own clothes or keep lliemsehos clean were
taught how with buttons on frames and by
demonstrations of the use of the tooth-brush
and wash cloths. Not thnt tho therapist
lias any of the disagreeable work of the
nurse to do. She docs not. The two nre
as fnr apart nB two walls of a room. They
meet agreeably and supplement each other's
efforts.
Great Dearth of Personnel
"Colonel Maddox, reconstruction officer in
the Surgeon Gonornl's office, has indicated
I hat there is n great drnrth of personnel
fitted for this work. The income Is ado
quato and growing better. I feel that the
field is one which will nppenl more and morn
to women who nro inclined toward usefulness
In thn arts and crafts.
"Some of the tasks set appear to bo
trivial, but It must not be forgotten that tho
sick hands and the enfeebled brain must not
be overtnxed. Exercise for tho body, or nny
set of muscles, can usunllv be combined
with strengthening or soothing exercise for
the mind.
"I feel that even the so-called jazz flapper
might be well the subject of such treatment.
As I look at them on the train. I find It hard
to tell between the cultured daughter of re
finement who Is attending an expenshe pri
vate school and tiie flip individual whose In
terests arc nominally those of the office, but
usually miy where else. They paint the same,
dress tho same, look tho same.
"Occupational therapeutics would benefit
them, too, if you could only get them to do
some of tho useful things that our grand
mothers hnd to do."
What Do You Know?
QUIZ
What titles did Christopher Columbus
win In consequence of Ills discoveries
In tho Now World?
What Is a lilppogrln?
What was the first political office held by
Abraham Lincoln?
Vlio wns Joslah Wedgwood?
What Is a phlllppfc?
What Is tho namo of tho strait that is tho
entrnnco to Pugot Sound?
Of whnt country was Queen Victoria's
husband n native?
What Is tho native name of the city from
which Leghorn hats tuko their name?
Who wrote tho cplo poem "Jerusalem
Delivered"?
Who founded the sect of Quakers soma,
times called Hick-sites? m
Answers to Yesterday's Quiz
Tho broad, flat limbs of whales or seali
aro called flippers.
Churlish originally meant pertalnlnr to n
churl Churls I.. KnBland wnfpoSed
tho lowest grado of freemen. Churl
wns also an old name for man or hus.
band. Lnter. serfs or bondmen wcra
called churlish, and churlish cimo"
mean boorish. l
A recrudescence means a breaking out
ngaln, especially of nn old wound.
Geomnnoy was tho name for divination
Riven by a handful of earth thrown
down and henco from figures Blven hv
ciots made nt random. y
Mnryland Ib bounded by Virginia Wi
Virginia. Pennsylvania ami DeVawkTr?
A cavy Is nn American rodent, found
especially In the CJulonns. ' Una
A kettledrum sits In a hemisphere of odd.
per or brass. "
Media wna an nncient country comprising
tho northwest of the Persian or Ira
nlan highland, extending from the
Caspian Hea to the River Araxi" ,l18
The literal meaning of the word mlirnon.
otto Is little darling. It Is the dlK
tlvo form of the French "mlfmon
The Kngllsh railway tsrm for twitches i.
points.
SHORT CUTS
La Follcttc's position is again sound
and fury.
Bergdoll appears to have somo of the
qualities of pitch.
Even John Barleycorn Is Interested in
tho yeast cako cult.
A holiday parado is nil in the day's
work with n workhorse.
Taxpayers ask for no quarter when a
tax rate drop feels like thirty cents.
There is no more delightful fictlonlst
alive than the circus press agent.
The troublo with the thermometer is
that it thinks It is a jumping jack.
In tho matter of the Prothonotary'i
office, why should Brumbaugh'3 suit b
pressed?
It must now be generally admitted that
France ranks ns nn expert in German
psjchology.
Much of tho furors against "super
government" is tho result of hysteria In
duced by a name.
Germany's position Is that it Is wise to
agree to anything that she may later hare
a chance to dodge.
It cannot be charged that recent Iocs!
prohibition banqueters believe in too much
temperance) in language.
Well, after all, a man who has accom
plished as much as Edison is entitled to be
as foolish as ho darn pleases.
When Mayor Moore says his Conncil
foes speak fifty-seven languages the pre
sumption is he has a rod In plcklo for 'em.
Whatever it may bo, it Isn't philan
thropy that prompts Kaiser Stlnnes to busy
himself with Austria's financial reorgani
zation. Tf it is true that millions of dollars
worth of bad salmon wns unloaded on tbs
Government during the war, it will prove,
paradoxically, that not all the poor fish
were canned.
One thing that commends General
Pershing's rcservo plans is the fact that If
busy citizens know they will bo called to the
colors thero will bo no unseemly haste in
plunging Into wnr.
If the report that former President
Wilson will oppoBO tho Government's plan
of representation In tho Allied Council Is
in tho nature of a feeler, thero Is likelihood
that public opinion will sen to it that it
goes no further.
Say Northwestern University co-eds, " 'Tu
not permissible ,
To uso such words ns 'soup' and 'pie.
Thoy mnko the mouth too klssnblo.
This warning 'gainst the letter "p" has
htlrrcd up nil the nation
And full of peas as any pod is girlish con
versation. On the mothers of today rests tho re
sponsibility of good citizenship for future
generations, said Mayor Moore at the dedi
cation of tho Babies' Hospital. And on
equally competent authority we have it that
the longer a woman prepares for a Job the
longer she is likely to keep it. The moral
would appear to bo that women should pre
paro for marriage us the one job worth
while.
An acetylene blow-torch, wo are in
formed In n dispatch from Los Angoles,
painfully Injured Charlie Chaplin and to
tally destroyed tho rear of Charlie's trou
sers. A Harvard publication, n dlspat''1
from B'istrii Informs us, Is booming the
comedion fu president of the university.
But can n sent of humor, wo aro moved to
Inquire, ever be replaced by a less lucrative
seat of learning?
There was realism In the Wild Wot
play of Vlnolnnd, N. J., loys, One of them,
a cowboy, branded another, who was play
ing the part of a pony, with a rod hot penny,
leaving tho Imprint of the face of the Indian
on the jmingster's chock But, alas for
realism ! the Inst act of the stirring melo
drama took place In a squlre'ft office, As
ever, the effete civilization of the East curbs
the natural savagery of the (mail boy.
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