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SLAVE-DRIVING AT CITY HALL
EXPLAIXIXlf (o CouucH'n I.um Com
mittee tho need for nn extra SW.OOO
to pay extra clerks in hN nlTirr. Itecnrder
of Deeds Ilazlett pleaded in rxtenuntion the
fact that ho uas tnakln; hU subordinates
iork hnrder tbnn eer in the npp.irentlj
. tndlcss task of trying to catch up on the
recording of deeds, mortgages nnd other in
truments still eight months behind.
There has been a gnin in firo months of
only 0000 papers. Tho situation moved
cren a Varo Councilman, Mr, Gaffney, to
-warning.
"Tou will have to work faster than that
to eatab. up before the end of tho year,"
h ssJd.
And then Recorder Ilazlett replied :
"I've already made the men work an extra
hour. They aro on duty now from 0 in tho
morning till 4 In the afternoon!"
Horrors 1 Did the public ever realize
that such n Gradgrind was holding office in
City Hall? Are tho taxpayers going to stand
for such Simon Legree methods us these?
If this Rort of thing is allowed to become
Intrenched, who knows what further en
croachments will bo made on the time of the
handy boys that ought to be devoted to lining
up voters for the Vnre?
DEADLOCKED
'A LTIIOL'GH Congress has been in session
nearly two months it has done little
besides passing the I'merce'nej Tariff Law.
And thin is of doubtful vnluo,
The leaders do not seem able to agree on
a program. They had pxpected to have the
new tariff bill rcadv to be introduced on
June 1, but it is now said that it wiTl not
b ready before July 1. This is because
some influential Congressmen liavf not
learned that an) tiling has happened since
the Republicans last controlled both Houses.
The kind of a tariff law that might have
been suitable in 1912 would be pernicious in
3921. Tho Representatives who are aware
of this arc fighting for a law which will be
framed to meet the new conditions. But
the prospects for their success are not bril
liant at the present moment, for the inter
ests that were satisfied with the last Re
publican tariff are seeking to have the new
tariff framed along the old lines.
The men who take the broader view that
. the tariff must be framed in such a way as
to make it possible for the debtors of America
to pay what they owe have not been active
enough to offset the influence of the selfish
and short-sighted men who have been unable
to realize that a tariff law suitable to a
v debtor nation may be the worst possible
kind of a tariff law for a creditor nation.
It may be necessary for the President to
Interfere in order to bring tire Congressmen
to a realization of their duty to art and to art
In the light of all the facts, nc succeeded in
persuading a reluctant Senate to ratifv the
Colombian treaty. Ho may be equallv suc
cessful in persuading a reluctant House to
forget the local interests of its members and
to consider tho needs of the Nation as o
whole.
WEALTH AS A TRUST
GEORGE K. CROZHR, who died at his
homo in Upland Ht the age of eighty
one years yesterday, was a tvpe of mau of
which America has produced many examples.
He inherited wealth and added to it. but
he regarded himself as a trustee of his
possessions. He gae generously to educa
tional and philanthropiral institutions be
cause he knew that such institutions were
necessary if suffering was to be relieved and
it young men were to be properly educated.
He was particularly active in the benevo
lences of tMitRaptist denomination
Men llko him have given of their wealth
to the benevolences of everv other denomi
nation. They have endowed their colleges
nnd theological seminaries nnd have sup
ported their hospitals. Mnnv of them have
carrlfd on the work of their fathers and
their sons will carry on the work when they
havo completed their allotted span of life.
A CENTURY OF BENEVOLENCE
THE fraternal and benevolent Order of
Odd Fellows has expanded to largp pro
portions since it was Introduced into this
State in 1821, an anniversary which rcpre
wntatlves from lodges in all paTts of tho
Commonwealth have assembled in this city
to celebrate.
The order is much more than a hundred
years old, however. It originated in Eng
land In the early part of tho eighteenth cen
tury, but the exact dote is not known. Tho
first authentic records nrc those of Lodge
No. 0, which .met in 1748 at tho Globe
Tavern in Iondon. The order was intro
duced into New York in 1800 and into Ual
timore in 1810, It has been more popular
in Pennsylvania than in any other State.
lor qi tne l.foo.uoo members in this country
about 100,000 arc connected with the lodges
here. There arc about 180,000 Odd Fellows
In New York and 110 000 in Illinois.
WHERE ELSE CAN THEY PLAY?
THE police go a little too far when they
nrrest ten small bojs charged with play
ing ball In the street, hold them in the
s, House of Detention all night and then let
ff tkem go hack home.
Iiut what aro they to do when tho law
forbid use of tho streets as playgrounds and
a householder annoed by the game asks the
police to interfere?
The law, of course, must be obeyed, but
it Is noi Intended to apply to the sport of
rmall boys. The youngsters imi6t be allowed
to play. Many of them live a long way
from tho public playgrounds. If they can
use the streets for their games they will be
teptout of worse mischief Last summer
rertaln blocks were set ando for such uo
of the children, and n far as we know the
plan worked very well.
,, Adults who are annoyed by tho hullabaloo
f the boys ond girls would do well to re
hmhbW that they were joung once. If they
,)t7lilW,put themselves In tho place of thct
wf TWP" tB"T wom1 "l '"""rant, a lime
m j te part ottue police will pre-
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vent any further trouble and there will be
no occasion to subject the parents of small
boys to the humiliation of having their chil
dren put under arrest when they arc exer
cising the inalienable right of youth to
mate a noise.
FIRM DIRECTION CAN SAVE
OUR MARITIME PRESTIGE
Opportunities of the New Shipping Board
Chairman Outstrip Even His
Heavy Responsibilities
CHAIRMAN of the Tiilted States Ship
ping Hoard is unquestionably one of the
most unpopular offices ever in the gift of nn
American President. Merely by mentioning
their suitability for the post. Mr. Harding
has struck terror into the hearts of some of
the ablest citizens of the Republic.
It is no secret that the responsibilities
anil opportunities of this important position
have gone begging. Not only have experts
well fitted to take up the work expressed a
disinclination equal to that of meeting their
"dearest foe in Heaven," but the public, too,
lias swelled the chorus of pitv and nlarm.
Regarded in some quarters as the latest
lamb to the sacrifice is Albert D. Lasker, of
Chicago. His original refusal, on the pica
of Ignorance of shipping matters, has been
followed by a second request from the Presi
dent, nnd Mr. I.nskcr, who is an adver
tising nutlioritj nnd n business man of varied
interests, lias gone to Washington to discuss
one of the mightiest tasks in which this
Government has ever been engaged.
The job ought also to be inspiring, for
it embraces nothing less than the nsscrtiou
of a revived American maritime eminence,
wholl.v unimagincd n few years ago.
Rut for an embarrassing varletv of rea
sons, some of which would be hard to justify
in logic, the restoration of the flag to the
high sens is a subject that has provoked an
avalanche of crltieim Government owner
ship opponents are in large numbers bitterly
averse to the Shipping noard. Competitive
foreign steamship interests naturally fear Its
resources aud havo striven diligently to
deprccato the good accomplished nnd to over
emphasize the defects and mistakes which
mar tho record of a monumental under
taking. Thero Is also a curious does of Ameri
cans subscribing to tho lone fashionable
notion that this country Is Incapable of
achieving maritime distinction. It Is these
skeptics who are so fond of circulating tho
utterly fallacious report that Americans are
not using their own ships. ,
Senator Pomerene echoed this nonsense In
Congress last week. Apparently it matters
little that his foolih words can be disproved
b.v actual facts. The impression thnt they
nre true is widelj prevalent.
Modesty is not generally regarded as an
nttrlbute of the national character. Rut,
perhaps to prove the rule, a vcrv consider
able number of Americans are Inclined to
view the shipping venture as one stained
with hopeless failure.
What the-e critics, if thev are teachable,
have yet to learn U the vast gulf dividing
an experiment born of n pressing emergency
from nn authoritative, organized enterprise
governed b.v a policy long enough hi force
either to jii'tlfv or condemn its adoption.
1'nfortuiiately. fixed principles are not
easv to discern in the Shipping Hoard as it
has been conducted up to date. Its opera
tion has been handicapped bv extravagance
in addition to the costly obstacles resulting
from the high cost of labor nnd materials
during the war period. Many of the losses
suffered, manj of the grievous errors com
mitted can never be mnde good.
But if confusion is not to become worse
confounded the time for starting afresh, for
organizing the board on principles of snne
business efficiency and, most of all, of popu
larizing it with the public, is critically at
hand. The question of the propriety of the
Government in the shipping business is out
of order.
The dav may come when suitable dispo
sition of all the fcderallv owned vessels can
be mnde. Rut it is not now. The board
exists. It cannot be instantaneously exter
minated bv gestures of indignation.
The Government of the United States
controls one of the finest fleets of both cargo
and passenger vessels over assembled under
ono flag Despite the futile wooden ships,
despite tho steel vessels unsuitable in type
to present-day commercial demands, this
statement holds true. What aro we going to
do about it?
Mr. I.asUer, If he clinches the President's
offer, will find his courage and patience
tested to the uttermost As a successful
invader of the nrt of advertising ho should
be skilled in countering adverse propaganda,
which is in this instance a blend of sincere
caution, political interference, deliberate
misrepresentation and downright ignorant
denunciation.
All this is only part of the defenses that
must bo carried. Much of the shipping legis
lation now in force lays, regrettable burdens
upon an Intelligent administration of an
American merchant marine. The measure
of protection afforded by the Jones act,
pasied last year, was probably well Intended,
but its operation has been confined chiefly to
tho realm of theory.
The section of the law authorizing the
United States to impose discriminatory
duties upon imports entering the country in
foreign vessels has never been executed. Its
operation involves tho abrogation of n batch
of treaties and conventions between the
United States and a number of foreign
nations.
Mr Wilson refused to Issuo the nullifying
proclamation. President Harding has taken
no outward action, although It is reported
that Secretary Hoover is examin'ng the diffi
culties of the case. These aro obviously
formidable
Meanwhile, the Government-owned ship
ping plan conceived under costlv and ab
normal conditions, is lamentably crippled.
A subsldv arrangement would, of rourse,
have obviated all such tangles, nnd by this
time the Shipping Board could havo been
enabled to define tnd execute some working
formula of progress. But the words "ship
subsidy," although successfully adopted by
every leading maritime nation of the globe,
has long been wormwood in the mouths of
Democratic legislators.
This explains the clumsiness of the alleged
"relief" incorporated in the Jones bill. Tho
new Administration, however, is not ham
pered by tradition In this regard. Should it
eventually bow to common sense, mnnv of
tho Shipping Board problems would be
clarified without the cost of involving this
Nntion in the treaty-cancellation muddle.
Meanwhile, patience is the watchword
which the public canprofitablv afford to
adopt There are enormous difficulties in
the way of a satisfactory management of tho
Government's shipping enterprise But to
declare that these arc unconquernble is ab
suid Tho Shipping Board is far too new a
venture to be viewed with despair It de
serves another chance, commensurate with
its magnificent opportunities
THOSE SOUTHERN DELEGATES
IF THE Republican National Committee,
which meets in Washington today, can
settle the question of tho representation of
the Soutli in the National Convention It
will deserve tho gratitude of eveiy Repub
lican who has been dissatisfied with tho way
the Southern delegates have been manipu
lated in the pnst
These delegates represent very few Re
publican voters, jet they have been 'ised
at times to bring about the nomination of
a presidential cindhhitc who could not have
been named if the if lilt at the majority of
EVENING PUBLIC LEDGER
Republican voters represented by delegates
from Republican districts had been ro
spectod. As tho situation Is full of the possibilities
of grav6 political scandal, some way- out
ought to be found.
The plan which u sub-conimltlcc will
recommend as a temporary solution provides
that no congressional district shall bo en
titled to n delegate nt the next convention
unless a Republican candidate for Congress
Is nominated In that district next year by a
bona fide Republican party organization.
Under the present plan, every congressional
district Is entitled to one delegate, nnd If It
polls more than 7"00 Republican votes It is
entitled to two delegntes. This reduced the
Southern representation In the last conven
tion, but it left a considerable number of
ilelegutes with no Republican votes behind
them to make the friends of all the leading
candidatcrt nervous.
The advocates of the plan of the sub
committee nre insisting thnt it provides nn
inducement to the Republicans of the Soutli
to strengthen themselves and to organize n
real opposition. If there nre enough of them
in nn. congressional district to nominate a.
candidate and to get his name on the (frket
on election day they will continue to be
represented in the convention, If they can
not do this, then the handful of politicians
who have been in the habit of picking a
convention delegate everv four sears nnd
dickering with the No-thorn party mnnagcrs
for the delivery of his vote should be driven
out of business, In the opinion of the ndvo
ratcs of the reform.
PENROSE'S "UNLESS"
PRESSED for some expression concerning
the possible re-election of Senator Knox,
Senator Penrose gave vent to a statement
which the knowing ones in State politics
will Interpret as they please
"The election of a United States Senator
does not come off until the jear after this."
said he. "Nobody expects me to 'be an
astrologer and look into the future, but I
would think that at this time there is no
evidence of opposition to the re-election of
Senator Knox."
And continues tho veracious chronicler:
"In privately discussing the situation, Scn
ator Penrose gavo overy reason for his
frlonds to believe thero will bo no fight
against Knox unless there shall bo a com
plete chango in the political conditious in
the State."
Very cleverly put. If you are a Knox
ndmlrcr you can srailn and soy that the
senior Senator has come out for tho junior.
But if you aro not, you can find comfort
in the careful qualification in both the public
and tho "private" statements.
"At this time" nnd "unless there shall
be a complete change" are modifying clauses
Inking nil filing resembling enthusiasm out
of the "big fellow's" indorsement.
To date the junior "Senator lias enjo.ved a
front sent at the White House pie counter.
In fact, nil the pie rations labeled for Penn
sylvania since March 4 have come exclu
sively to him
There is no question thnt President Hard
ing wants to keep Mr. Knox in a place of
power at Washington, and probably he would
rather have him in the Senate than else
where. But Mr. Knox would have a difficult time
winning his election again if Senator Pen
rose were not agreeable to it. Catch the
point?
Therefore It takes little imagination to
guess the rest. The President has sufficiently
shown his displeasure over the injudicious
remarks of Senator Penrose concerning
Secretary Hoover and the senatorial rights
to conduct foreign relations. He withhold
the light of party patronage from the old
State leader to a point where the underlings
were making it embarrassing for him by
their hungrv demands. But tho President
wnnts Mr. Knox in Washington, nnd has
gone to the unprecedented lengths of showing
lie wants him bv making a week-end visit to
his Vallev Forge estate, where, conveniently
enough, the senior Senntor was invited to
call and pay his respects.
Of course, "politics wns not talked" on
this auspicious occasion. It wasn't neces
sary. But just watch tho news dispatches
from Washington any day now for the be
ginning of presidential appointments which
shnll be credited to Senator Penrose.
That's where the "unless" comes in.
When the Mnvor of
On Second Thought Somers Point said
that girls In one-pieco
bathing suits would be welcomed on the
beach ho hadn't heard from the Women's
Republican League of his home town. He
has since henrd nnd is now preparing nn
other Htntement. In it he is expected to
explnin that the one-piece is probably tho
piece that passeth understanding. An how,
at Somern Point summer points to a quiet
life undisturbed by freakish costumes on
giddy girls.
We take It that Day, of Sjracuse, wants
his evening to himself.
A bonus Is sometimes a great catcr-up
of the fruits of cconomj.
The aviator gets free air without laying
b your leave to a garage man.
It Isn't woman's dress that uudergocs
populnr scrutiny, but the line where it ends.
An advertising man will nt least be
able to demonstrate the Shipping Board's
selling points.
If it Is true that the emergency tnrlff
is a gold brick It must be remembered that
the furmcrs nsked for it
As a companion picte to a certain his
torical painting wo mnj yet have n "Wash
ington Square Delaware Crossing."
Those who nre trviug to amend the
Borali amendment by widening Its scope nre
trjing to choke n good dog with butter.
Our own Quiz opines that some of the
home brewers uro turning out n fair to
middling brand of citrate of amnesia theso
dajs.
The King resolution is nt least a fairly
good argument for the passage of the Kcn
jon bill calling for a "legislative docket"
for )obbylsts.
Mr. Lasker doubtless realize i thnt what
is known as n thankless job usually has
abundant opportunities for service and that
thero is a chance for glory in every oppor
tunity grasped
When the logic of events has forced
Senator Borah to become n champion of
the League of Nat ions ever so ninny people
will bo willing to forget his former annofng
Idiosyncrasies
The Geiman submarine commander who
snnk a hospitul ship has been acquitted be
cause he simply obeyed orders. This ought
to pavo tho way for the conviction of the
man hightr up who gavo the ordcru.
Greenwich Village authority avers that
Descending Night has no more uso for short
skirts or a one-piece bathing suit than Sep
tember Morn. Greenwich Village, in fuct,
seems to take tho ground that it isn't art
if It isn't nude.
Politicians who visit Rl.'U Spruce street
never talk politics. They aro there to dls
cuss the Einstein theory of lelntlvlty, which
demoiihtinte.s that there is no such thing
ns n straight line, and tho higher mathe
matics, which demonstrates that 1331 is a
palludiome which hits one with an unlucky
lumber coining and going. &
PHILADELPHIA, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 8,
AS ON.E WOMAN SEES IT
Dr. Furbuah's Plans to Improve tho
Health of Philadelphia's School
Children of Interest to League
of Women Voters
By SARAH 1). M)VKIK
I HAD an interesting talk with the Direc
tor of Public Health not long ago. t had
gono to see Dr- Furbush to discuss with him
possible wnys the Philadelphia League of
women Voters might help his administration,
if In no other way, nt least by Intelligent
comprehension of his plans for the coming
car. nnd I found thnt those plans were so
enlightened nnd so dlrectetl to the henrt of
things thnt they were the very ones for n
group of public-spirited women to study nnd
to back by their enthusiasm nnd Influence.
I knew thnt the Philadelphia General
Hospital or, as It is still called, Blocklcy
has seen many changes for permanent, good
within the Inst jenr, nnd that especially lu
certain 'wards which are devoted to diseases
of the nerves and the brain very decided
improvement has been brought nbout In tho
arrangement of better quarters for very '111
and very violent cases. Privac.v under cer
tain conditions Is now possible, nnd n grad
ual elimination of the old sjstcm of hcrdlug
has made n marked difference In the com
fort nntl Indeed the chnnl-cs for recovery
for thoso confined fliere.
Of course, this has been made possible
by the removal of certain divisions of tho
hospital to the new qunrters out In the
country, leaving more room and better quar
ters for the units that remain for the present
In the city division.
I WAS well nwarc of Dr. Purbush's keen
Interest in the whole subject of nervous
and mental diseases or rather iu the pre
vention of thoso diseases becauso of the
sympathetic interest he hns shown in the
Farmington clinic, which has been a sort
of laboratory for work of this sort for the
last two years. His predecessor, Dr. Knisen,
counted on the clinic to mark the way for
future city work, his idea being that if ono
clinic for ncuro-ps.vchlntrlc cases could be
made a success, the task of making thnt
work part of tho Department pt Health
would be greatly smoothed. Ho asked three
favors of tho 'new psychiatric clinic :
First. To study the possible necessity of
longer and more Intensive after-care of dis
charged patients from the wards at Blockley
that had suffered from mental or nervous
diseases.
Second. The diagnosing of tho shell
shocked or psychopathic cases of returned
soldiers. "
Third.' A study of the school children with
a view to tho possible needs of certain among
them for treatment on nccount of retarded
development, actual diseases of the brain
or a simple noii-functloiiliig due to phjslcal
causes.
WITT! the coming Into office of Dr. Fur
bush, thoso of us In the city who were
Interested in this whole subject became
aware thnt he meant to avail himself of nil
the intelligent sympathy he could muster
from his fellow citizens in order to place n
sjstem of scientific value in operation on a
wide and firm basis, using to that end tho
data of the Farmington clinic, of the Phila
delphia General Hospital and of other hos
pitals and clinics, notably the Pennsjlvnnlu,
dealing with like cases.
But. though I was aware of hin interest
anil rather guessed his ultimate intention,
I wns surprised ns I talked with him that ho
had got so much done in the mere matter of
laying his foundations, just as I was de
lighted, rather than surprised, at the scopo
and pluck of his pluns.
His real beginning of the foundations for
a great future along these lines Is n neuro
psychopathic laboratory and clinic already
prepared and shortly to open, to uegin work
out at the Philadelphia General.
This clinic -will deal with cases of chil
dren two mornings n week nnd with adults
two afternoons a week, and one day n week
will be open for the treatment of prenntal
cases. In the cases of children nnd the pre
nntal cases, the work of the clinic will bo
chiefly preventive work the nrrest and the
cure of nervous or mental diseases in their
initial and tentative stages.
And in connection with these clinics. Dr.
Furbush intends that the children of the
schools thnt suffer from threatening sjinp
toms shall be carefully watched b.v the school
nurses nnd, wherever possible, with the help
of their parents, treated as out-patients of
tho clinic with a view to arresting the disease
before it is too late.
IN ORDER that the children of the public
schools shall come under tho skilled and
careful observation of trained nurses. Dr.
Furbush has asked the Board of Education
to provide slxtj more trnlued nurses to their
staff. There are now in most of the school
grades only about one nurse to 4000 chil
dren. He also proposes to hold what he called
"flying clinics" throughout the schools, where
parents could bring their children nt the
suggestion of the school nurse for a thorough
examination of their tonsils, teeth, phjsical
development, etc.
Tho data now nvallnble from tho Farm
ington clinic bearing on' children of the
school ago prove that a lurge per cent of the
backward children nnd the delinquent chil
dren arc suffering from undernourishment of
the brain from some local phjsical disabllitv
that sjstematic treatment can pennnnentlj
cure.
Tho fact that the Director of Health and
tho Board of Education inn co-operate to
start so far-reaching a plnn speaks well for
tho progressiveness of both departments of
our City Government.
We hoped great things from Dr. Furbush,
and it seems that he is not going to dis
appoint our hopes.
In prajer-meeting phrase, he is evidently
going to be "better than we could ask or
think!"
And I passed the data that he gnvc me on
to tho league of Women Voters with a
cheered mind.
, .. While n lawyer was
Turning Off the Gas making a political
sneech in n Cli rinm
theatre a stage hand, tlnd of It nil, lowered
the steel curtain It struck tho orator on
tho head aud knockid him unconscious.
Much ns we deplore the rash act, wo cannot
help feeling borne sjmpnthy for the stage
hand. Perhaps that was the only possible
way of stopping the orator.
., . . London is having nu
something to epidemic of charity
Chew Next driven, tho latest and
oddest being b.v nn
organization known, ns the Ivory Cross,
wuicn Hcma to provide "lalse teeth for tho
per. ' It mav bo thnt the organization is
backed by the Dentists' Labor Union. Tho
slogan of Its benehclanes Ih probably, "No
Ivory Cross, no golden .crown."
,. .,. nmo ''"' somewhere
Rewarding irtiie a congressional tax
spender will overcome
his passion for pie and practico economy:
whereupon nn enlightened elcctoruto will
ilccldo that his dajs of usefulness aro past
nnd proceed to pan him. The) 's Jcs' gotter
bo a man behind the pic counter.
A pessimist Is a clam
The Selfish Shellfish who believes that every
lobster is out to crab
his gnme. '
Thero is strong suspicion that u con
gresslonnl deadlock is n piece of hardware
constructed b.v a political mechanician to
keep the wheels of progress from moving
too fast for the weak hearts of elderly
statesmen.
Barring trouble In Siberia, Upper Si
lesia, Turkey und n few other places, the
big pence following tho big war remains
undisturbed.
An expedition will start for Baffin Land
next month to hunt for tho eggs of tho
bluo goose. Did the explorers cer try a
ball park?
Germany's fresh proposals alvyayyuT
llfv ilin iiillretlve. ' K L-I
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. "YAH-H, WJHATCHER GONER DO ABOUT IT!"
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NOW MY IDEA IS THIS
Daily Talks With Thinking Philadelphiais on Subjects They
Know Best
DR. MATTHEW C. O'BRIEN
On Value of Vacations
VACATIONS should not be spent where
opportunity offers for unlimited jazz
miisle mid duncing, afternoon teas, theatres
and movies, according to Dr. Matthew C.
O'Brien, physical director of .the Central
High School for Boys.
"I don't mean that tliey don't have their
plnce," baid Dr. O'Brien. "But vacationing
should mean u complete chnnge of environ
ment, a time when one can get uvvnj from
the crowd and have mental leluxntlon.
"A shore or mountain resort where one Is
offered nil the cntcrtuiiiniciits to be had at
home is no place for a vacation. I have no
Hjnipathy with people who sine up their
money for an entire jear so the) may go to
some popular place for' spending vacations
nnd come awuv after two weeks of high ex
citement nnd display of their finery feeling
they have had a good time.
Mental Rest Needed
"That's nil foolishness. Thej haven't
been benefited. Thej'vo had a change of
scener), which Is very desirable but the)
haven't had the mental lest which is so
necessity after n j ear's work.
"(If course, iu speaking of vacations, one
must consider the person who is going to
tnke the rest and the typo of labor to which
bo's bleu nccustomed. A law.ver will
wnnt to spend his vacation iu a different
waj from the man who hns been doing
ph.vslial labor. A doctor will spend his tlmo
differently from n farmer.
"For the business man, I recommend get
ting out in the open where he can get lots of
phjHieal exercise nnd no mental oxen Ise.
It's the nientnl strain which necessitates a
vacation for him. His strain is tluvt of daily
worries and tho continual concentration on
business problems. The iiuin held in an
office the greater part of the ear needs
something like that to freshen him up.
"The greatest vnluo of n vacation is that
it prevents one from going stale. Returning
from It, tliern's an ndded zest for work.
It's the same with every one, no matter what
his business or occupation.
"These bojs hern aro nn instnnie." said
Dr. O'Brien, waving his arm lu the general
direction of the g)mnasiuni. Through the
walls of his office came the jells and cries
of n hundred or more boys ut phi.
"Those bojs are Hearing the end of their
si linol term. Thcj'ro worn out. The ion
i filtration of forty weeks of daily recita
tions Ims brought mental exhaustion not only
for them but for the Instructor, too. They
all neid a lest. Vucatlon will bring them
new interests und new activities and the) 'II
return to school much more willing to work
thuri the) aic now.
Chango Your Routlno
' The best recipe for a vacation I can
give mi one is to get away from their
familiar daily routine. Don't do aii) thing
j on ordinarily do. Forget the mental con
i nitration mid got interested iu the ph) steal
Hide of jour nature. Go some place vvlieio
then1 is opportunity for boating, swimming,
sailing, hunting, fishing, hiking.
"linveling is all right. It broadens jour
viewpoint ; but jou don't get a rest. There's
Doing the Things I Want to Do
SCHOOL'S let out, nn' I'm goin' iiwuy,
Over to grninpa's farm toda).
Mother 'n dad I'll miss, I know
Just can't stay; I've got to go.
Nothin' to do the whole day through,
'Ccptln' the tilings I waut to do!
I'll he terrible busy, though,
AlunjH a-moviu', on the go;
Focilln' chlikensj milkin' tho cows;
Stutliu' Am buy up In the mows.
Nothin' to do the wholo day through,
'Ciptln' thu things I want to do!
None of It's work; it's fun, if jou
Do the tilings that jou want to do.
Plekln' und clioosin' hero an' there,
l'inilin' some fun 'most cer)wbeie.
Nothin' to do the whole day through,
'Ccptln' tho things jou wunt to do!
Wonder why nil tho folks I see '
Don't have fun, the snmo ok me.
Seems as though they go It blind
Tukln' an) thing they find,
Wm kin' ut, tho whole day through,
Things that thej don't want to do.
Betchcr life! when I've grow cd tall,
Work an me won't hitch ut all,
tf'nllftn I'll Innlr fipm,i.l .. 1.1,
' llmitlll' tnr lw. .,1r, r iu '
l'i.nVfcl Timl m.y Hl,0, i,fo "'rough,
'r "ii'i,the H"s ,,,,lt J lunt to do!
- k " J,rro, iu the N. Y, Times.
1921
u iliiingc of scenery, but n return home may
hilng a icijliation of phjsical exhaustion.
"What could bo better for the tired busi
ness mnn than to go off in the woods with
three or four pals and just rough it for n
couple of weeks? No woirli's about dressing
up, no necessity for shaving unless lie feels
like it, lots of regular sleep and food with
out frills."
HUMANISMS
By WILLIAM ATIIBRTON DU PUY
M ANTON WYVHLIt was secretary to
William Jennings Brvnu when that
gentleman was Secretary of State. In that
position he was responsible for arranging
engagements and Keeping the gate for his
t hlef.
One day there was n jam of people who
wanted to see Mr. Br nil. The schedule
was full. Then along came Perry Belmont.
Mr. Wyvell wanted to make an exception in
his ense and smuggle him In ahead of some
of the others.
So he led this privileged gentleman into
nroom that Ih kept ns n waiting room for
diplomats nnd promised to call him us :oon
as there was nn opening. Then he went
nwaj and forgot.
At noon Mr. Bryan took n train for New
York. About !l o'clock Mr. Wjvell went
into the diplomatic room to get his coat nnd
lint from a closet that ho might hasten away
to a ball game.
Much to his consternation there Iny Mr.
Belmont on the couch sound nslcep. Wait
ing in the quiet of tho diplomatic room he
had dropped off und was still pounding his
cur.
Mr. Wjvell fneed a fearful embarrass
ment. He hud not courage enough to meet
the situation. So he tip-toed to tho closet,
got his coat, and culled Eddy, the Negro
porter, who had been handling diplomats
for twenty jears. He hurried away and
left the situation to Eddy, who somehow
met it.
Colonel E. Lester Jones, chief of the
Coast and Geodetic Smvey, calls attention
to the fact Hint if Alaska were slipped down
over the United States it Is so largo that
Ketchikan might rest on Savannah, Git.,
with the Aleutian Islnuds reuching all the
wav out to Santa Bnihuin, tin the Pacific,
nnd Point Harrow touching Canada near
the Lake of the Woods. s
Thomas .1 Geiaghty lives out In that
filmland whjch fringes Los Angeles, but he
writes so manv scenarios thnt his name is
known to man) eveiv where.
Ho used jo ho a newspaper reporter in
New Virk and he used to get shaved at .the
basement establishmeut of n littlo German
bather.
But a big, bra.tn barber shop with nil the
Inshj trimmings opened up in the neigh
borhood uiul stole the trade away from Her
man. So one day he confided to the re
porter that things were going against htm
und that he saw no wuj out but suicide.
Gernghy clial not take the limber seriously.
dostructlo '" "'""lt th'S i,l0a ot fco1'"
,loll!tltf!,t.,"U "'r,K"i"K ' 'lo it. be advised,
do it fani'). Make a good storv of it if
jou would take that nil puiasol ,vur in,,.,
curst has left, for instance, go out I k o
Central ark. unfurl it, and shoot vourself
beneath It. hero would be llllllMlal ou T
f?o,!t"phKod,1,! ll'nt WOuld KCt ou tho
The next day Geraght.v's p.,per sCnt i,m
out on u stor) of suicide 1 , Central Pa k
"" was the little German ba h "P v") ,,
handled just as his j,.lr customer had
Andrew D. Mellon, the Secretary of the
Treasury smokes tiny cigarettes, probuh y
Cuban, done up in black wrappers.
-
Finnk A. Muiise) is the owner of t.inin
of grocen stores that .each through Now
JZe'pro.r.1 fr"'" "iClM,C " "
Ambassador George Harvey and John
KendricU Bungs used to share an a, art, ,e
logttl.er lu New York and were close! friei.d".
Gilbert Grosvciior, president of the Nn
liinul ( eog.uphio Society, has , ,,,",,
brother, I ilu n, u Inwier i,,'xcw York, vvl
Is so much like him that good friends oftcu
mistake one for Hbo older. The. were born
of Auction. vatvnA lu Couelajiuophj. "
V
What Do, You Know?
QUIZ
1. What Is the meaning of the rtamo Pusblal
1'. What Is tho fastest day's run ever mads,
by nn ocean liner?
3. Who succeeded Andrew Jackson u
President of the United States?
4. What Is an impeyan?
C. What Is tho longest memorial dedicate!
to ti great American?
0. Which was tho last nation to declare
war ugalnst Germany in tho Worll
Wnr? t
7. Into what ocean does tho Zambezi River
flow?
8. Who wroto tho poem "How Sleep the
Bravo"?
9. Of what country was Fltzslmmons, the
pugilist, ti natlvo?
10. What Is u runagate?
Answers to Yesterday's Quiz
1. Tho most disastrous flood in tho annall
of tho United States wns that of
Galveston In 1000. About 4080 persons
were drowned.
2. The Arkansas Blver is a tributary of the
uiHsoun.
3. Henry Cabot Lodgo Is the Republican
leader In tho Senate.
4. General Allenby commanded the British
ttrmv which wrested Palestine from
the Turks In tho World War.
C. Sacha Gultry ia a noted Parisian play
wright and actor. Among his most,
successful dminns aro "Deburau,"
"Berunger" und "Pasteur."
C. Hiram Johnson ran for Vlco President on
tho Progressive Party ticket in 191!.
7. Connecticut is called tho Nutmeg Stats
In satirical refcrenco to the alleged
"Vankco notion" of wooden nutmegs,
said lo havo been produced In that
Commonwealth.
8. Tho Prlblloff Islands aro the greatest seal-
breeding group in tho world, jrhey are
located in tho Bering Sea and belong
to tho United States.
9. Tho famous ironclad Merrlmao was called
Virginia when sho belonged to tha Con
federate navy.
10. Tho Kildas aro a collection of ancient
Icelandic poems.
A Tough Job
rrom tlm Los Angoles Times.
President Harding will havo his troubles
in the next four years. Wo believe and bops
ho will pull out of them in good shape; but
regardless of his success, lie will bo much
more than n four jears older man in 1924.
And his friends, or rather his intimates,
will lio far fewer. No man can take th
Presidency without giving away a great part
of his life iu exchnnge.
A Glutton for Punishment
From the Baltltnoro Hun.
It may not be an enduring peace, but it
has endured a great deal.
FLOOD
T KNEW you, Pueblo,
JL Blanched like u heap of bones on the
prairie.
I remember tho wind
Drifting across jour sapless plains
Plains merciless with dlstiiuce
A stinnge wind, hot,
Yef coming from the rnngo of tho Sango d
Cluisto,
The siiow-enpped mountains
Thnt wait like huge waves of the sea,
White foamed
And frozen.
Inland, thirsting, jou were the last outpost
of waters.
Your alkali covered, burning, flat mesu
Cracked open, unhealed, with nrrojos,
i our dry river courses were sodden wlta
bands
With cottonwool logs sunken, forgotten.
Cactus spiked its way through the sage
brush. You parched for water.
Your streets caked with tho need of lt
Under -thu feet of Mexicans
And Indians and city lined owboys.
You brought It iu foot-wide sluices
Hundreds of miles, glinting,
To feed to jour fields of iilfulfo
As a child is fed a spoonful of honey.
And now flood!
Now cosmic malice; a deluge!
Waves dashing over Pueblo, floating it,
Houses ami trains drifting nnd bumping,
Crabbings of walls and livid rcvculiueuts.
Are ou jealous, O Sea?
Ouco these were all jours, thcbo prairie.
Have jou never forgotten?
Wns jour breath Indeed on that wind?
Did jou send theso swift waters
To lechilin for n cruel few hours
Your long lost dominion? i
God! God! jour elements aro tameless j
llltttfru
't'licy puss their hounds, they war,
They hold carousals, they mock law.
How can you look for soberness
In hearts of men? . -,..
Kiithryn White Ityan, In the New JO
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