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1 3 ASHCART STATESMEN
IT WILL oot S'JOO.OlH) less tlinii the
lowest contractor's bid for tho cltv io
clean tlio streets in the two districts in
which it Is doing tho work this veur.
Director Cavrn and Mayor Moore arc
planning to have nil tho streets cleaned by
the city beginning on October 1. To do t hid
they must secure tin appropriation from tho
Oity Council, and they must take over tho
contracts from tho contractors under .1
provision In the contraets which permits
tVm to do this on three months' notice.
Notice must bo given not later than July
1. Thirteen members of tho Council yes
terday afternoon lined tip in opposition to
the plans of the Major and tho Director of
Public Works ntid in support of tho con
tractors and against efficiency nnd cconoinj .
Here are their names ami their districts:
Edwin 11 Cox. Charles .1 Pommer,
Joseph P UnrTnev, First Council 1'lstrlct.
Charlos It. Hall. William McCo.icli
; Second Mstrlrt
i Isaac P. Hctzell. Third District
,f David ii. FraiiKcnllelil. Fourth District
1 EduarJ Uucliholz, Simon Waller. Fifth
District
A J. I.lmehiirner, Hush 1j. Montgnm
ry, ltuhatil WcRlein. Seventh nistrlot
John J. McKlnlej . Jr., Klshth District.
Bomc of thes-e men were elected on a plat
form pledged to do awav with inntniernr
domination in local politics. Thcj navo
broken their pledges and are doinj their
best to rivet the old pernicious unci waste
ful contractor sjstein upon the eitj.
Let the public observe and lemcinher the
brand of the ashcart statovnien which their
own action yesterday places upon them.
WORK FOR THE UNEMPLOYED
THE award of contracts for ?L', 0(H). (MM)
worth of work on the highways, for
which bids were opened this week, ought to
relieve the unemployment situation sotno.
what.
Thnt contractors are anxious to get then
plants into operation was proved by tho
large number of bids submitted and lj the
scaling dow'i of prices below those offered
at tho last opening of bids.
For example, the Department of Public
Works cs'imnted that concrete would cost
$9 a cubic yard. Contractors offered to do
it for as low as .fl. They could not do this
if prices for labor and material were not
coming down. This reduction in cost will
make it possible for the city to do more work
than was contemplated and to brine about
the cmplowneut of more men than if the
prices had remu'ned nt their old figure.
This condition ought to be encouraging to
private business. Much building has been
held up because it could not bo done nt a
reasonable price. If prices for public work
are to come down, prices for private work
will follow buif and activity will take the
place of Macnation.
A MATTER OF COURSE
WHY should aij one 1).- surprised nt the
nppomtm. nt of Ileutuu S. liunn as
Deputy I'rotlionotary of tho Common Pleas
Court by his father, who is Prothonotary?
The father was appointed in accordance
vith the old custom of giving the job to a
man ns 11 reward for bis past services to
the politicians. The appointment goes by
favor. Now if the Protiioimtary hinikolf
'i selected in this way, why should not ho
select his subordinates in nocordnnco with
tho same principle? Tho sou could use the
salary of the job and the father fives it to
him. just as when it was known tint the
father could use the salary of the lunger job
the Judges gae ir to him
It Is not a prottv Mtuntiou.
THE WORLD DO MOVE
TCEBEItlJS have trawdod further south
this jear than at nnj time since 1012,
when the Titanic disaster occurred.
The United States Xovj has two cutters
on patrol duty in tho danger 70110. They
search for bergs as they looked for enemj
submarines during tho war. Radio mcNsinros
are sent mit daily informing shipping of tho I
location of the arious wanderers fium tho
ice floes I
One of the inn.r sti.lm? msi.un r of ,
world pro-jrcss is hep. iilustnii.d If tl. I
system had been in (Mttucc in lOIL' tlio
Titanic might bo u afloni
THE NOVEL NOTE OF PRAISE
BAD deeds seldom need a press imeui
War plays are often popular. Vrnrp
dramas are rare and almost Invariably
failures. Frogress ami performance regu
larly lack publicity They are too unsen
satlonal nnd unexciting 'llio fall of K.mic
has been well nihertisod. Tlieie is com
paratively little publicity fnr tlio ngo of the
Antonluos wliru tlio empire was well gov
erned and nrcxiierriMs
Ucnlizlllg, perhaps, tlio nroinleiice find
significance of these disproportionate esti
mates, the Hureau of Muniupal Research
has seen fit to inject n note of praise in its
t survey of Hie legislative accomplishments of
1021 in this State. Certain of the laws
passed receive merely a dispassionate men
tion, but there is premeditated commendation
for the progress made toward unfettered
MlJSgovrrnnicnt in Philudelphin.
This citv. declares tho ronorr. "Iins hnrl
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two. ueeds with respect to her government I
which surpass nil others. One is mi oppor I
ttllllty to ieise out of the State Constiln '
tioti the provisions which bind her to He '
ptrnit-jackeied coiuitj goMTtun.'nt mid to tin
mugistriite rysti in The second Is the p wor
L to nnicud her mm Clittrter without inning to
h mn to Ilnrrisburg to accomplish juireli lo.-al
Ajswls. Tho Legislature of 11121 has gone as
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-tf,sirna a iegismture can ga-in supplying Doth
V fi h liosslfdj relfof prorWed is, of course
t ,ai wiucn uy uc iiirnisniu or tue uonsu
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tutlonal Convention, upon tho calling of
which the people will vote in the fall, nnd
In the amendment to the present Constitu
tion 'providing home rule for cities. This
provision will also go before the voters.
It is courageous of the Bureau of Mil
niclpal Research to remind the public of
these facts. They do not prcsngo the mil
lennium, but if fairly examined they arc
cheerful.
Aud for this reason they are nil too likely
to be Ignored, tt Is the demnltiot) bow-wows
which win unfailing audiences.
NO SEATS FOR WAR WRAITHS
AT THE CONFERENCE TABLE
Even the Delicate Questions Involving
America and Japan Can Be Settled
by tho Parley Method Now In
voked In Washington
SINCE nothing qulto so much depresses
jingoes nnd Arc-eaters ns an appeal to
reason, it is logical to conclude thnt Secre
tary of State Hughes nnd Ambosndor Shide
liarn have ..nmediately lost caste in the
ejes of certain noisy minorities of imperial
ists on opposite sides of the Pncilic ()oe:in.
That the dismay of the nlnrinfsts is acute,
sufficient, indeed, to gag them into silence.
l, upon the other hand, the devout hope of
numbers of Japanese nnd Amcrienns, on
whom the word that two great nations had
begun to discuss and analyze their differ
ences must havo fallen like a benediction
of common sense.
Chlp-on-thc-shoulder polity lends cither
to futility or blood-died. Foolish nt all
times, it becomes criminal when its exploit
ers capitalize the misunderstandings nnd tho
ignorant prejudices which arc the funda
mental causes of war.
In fairness to the (ioenimonts of I'oih the
foiled States and Japan, it may lie said
that each has exhibited commendable re
straint in the handling of situations of ex
treme delicacy. The real damngc, serious,
but happllv fnr from Irreparable, has been
doue chiefly by irresponsible cliques nnd
propagandists, deep -lunged nnd shallow
minded. Misrepresentation lias so beclouded the
facts thnt it is ditTieult to dispel tho impres
sion that California is positively swarm
ing with aggressive Japanese or that the
overwhelming trend of sentiment in the
Mikado's empire Is for war with tho
United States at tho mot favorable oppor
tunity. Relief iu iieh perilous nonsense has per
sisted in spite of the last census report of
but. "O.P.lll Japanese in the State which
trembles most at their "encroachments;."
and notwithstanding the evidence that mili
taristic principles in Japan are entertained
mainly bj the blatant class of Narikins as
the war profiteers are called--and by tho
tcrios and reactionaries, alarmed at the
growing invasion of their ancient preroga
tives. A poll of the leading Japanese universities
recently disclosed the favor Jn which the
great majority of students view the discussed
policy of reduced armaments. The truth is
that neither nation, regarded in the mass,
is iti the lent desirous of war.
It is. however, equally incontestable that
there is the stuff of grave crises in the un
settled questions upon which both f.'overn
monts arc presumed to hold conflicting
opinion. These Usiics. which were trying
before the World War. hnve been accumu
lating now offshoots in the reconstruction
period. If neglected, there is a possibility
of their attaining malevolent growth.
The conversations in Washington in which
Mr. Hughes and Ambassador Shidehara have
engaged ma bo considered ns a sincere effort
to prevent those pjisonous plants from
blooming. Candid discussion is a marvelous
antidote for misconceptions. A few days
of reasonable parley in August, 1!)H, would
probably have averted the tragedy of civili
zation. Tokio. It is gratify ing to note, is to he
accredited with inviting the conferences.
There arc cynics who may interpret tins
request as a significant recognition of Ameri
can naval expansion, coincident with finan
cial embarrassments in heavily taxed Japan.
The point, save as an exercise in ethics, is
not worth arguing at this moment.
Realities which take precedency include
the Hughes protest concerning the status of
Yap, the doubtful nature of the Japanese
title to Shantung and the weight of Ameri
can opinion on this subject, the anti-Japanese
sentiment in California (whether jus
tified or otherwise;, the ponding Anglo
Jnpaneve treaty, the stand of the British
colonies on this theme, and the armament
burdens of two nations which retard nnd
imperil civilization by mutual snspirions.
Inevitably there must bo c intiromises if
the parleys arc not to be booties? What
form these adjustments will take cannot, of
course, be foretold in detail. On vrtnln
contentions, however, the position ,1f the
United States is explicit and well under
stood. Especially is this the case with respect to
Ynp. The American Government has con
sistently refused to acknowledge the T.engue-of-Nations
award of this little island to
Japan, and has called for its international! -ration
with special reference to cable privi
leges' In general, tho leading nations of
Western Europe, and notablv France, hnve
been svuipathetlo with our nttitnde.
Neither disputant, however. Is devoid of
influential bargaining mnterinl. The Cali
fornia land question nnd the riihts of Japa
nese aliens in this countrv'lirobably interest
the T.ikio Government ns much ns the dis
position of Yap. It is at least conceivable
thnt n balancing of assets mnv lend to some
regulation of coolie immigration to tlio
Pacific slope and to a decision upon property
rights clarifying the status both of Ameri
cans in Japan and Japanese in the United
States.
Wlintever happens, ii is likeh that 1I1010
will he howls from over heated nuti-Yellow
Peril propagandists in California and f-om
1 ho roprcsf ntative.. oT medievalism mi Jiipan
Fortunately, th- i-niiXcreiiees are not being
held for the exclusive benefit of thes" partus,
hut in tho interests of enduring peace.
The mere opening of the discussion marks
a long stride in that direction No nations
of honest purpose need be afraid of outlining
the merits of their onuses at the parley table,
nnd few or none have ever lost anything
worth while bv such candor
HANDKERCHIEFS
WORD comes from Pnii tlui' the Indies
tl.ere are now currvinr handkerchiefs :i
yard sqiinie in place of the -il little lace
confections commonly used. T lie now ar
rangement is of the ame eol ir a the veil,
and is worn in a side pocket in the skirt in
such 11 way that six or eight inches of It
linng out iu sight.
This is merely n return to the custom of
the days when Indies took snuff, though the
Paris modistes may not know it. What
happened then Is Illustrated in a storv they
tell of I illy Madison, wife of President
Madison. When Henry Clay paid his re
spects to her nt n reception at the White
House she offered him n pinch of snuff,
t hii.h lip ci-neionslv ncccnteil. Then she took
a pinch In r-elf mill unmcd'nti v drew out
from 11 1 Let 11 lnege bniiiliiuiia with the I
remark t Mr i. "This is for tough j
work m In n i'i hhndniinn bad served Ms
purpose she prodiieoil- a fine lace hnndkor
chief from uiinlher pocket and explained.
"This Is my polisher.!'
We gnther from tlinl Varia dispatches that
tt, mniUrn hnniiitrMtft Is mOrO for ntllll'
ment than for use, mM that even Dolly
Madison would not havo found It practicable
for her "rough work." Yet if It pleases the
ladles, who shall deuy it to them?
THOSE MACHINE-GUNS
THE discovery of (MX) machine-guns hidden
on board the steamship East Side while
at her pier In Hoboken cannot be Ignored by
the Government. The ship was to go to n
Southern port nnd take on a cargo of coal
for Ireland.
Jt looks as if nn attempt had been made
to smuggle the nuns Into Ireland, The
United Slates Government cannot permit
any thing of this kind, not because Ireland
is Ireland, but because of its obligations to
prevent its territory from being tlcd ns a
source of supplies or ns 11 baso of operations
against n friendly country.
There is nothing In national or Interna
tional law to prevent Americans from selling
puns to any one who bns the money to buy
them. But If those pins are fo bo shipped
out of the country they must go oprnlv in
the same manner as any other commodity.
If men engaged In resisting the fl ivcriimonl
of Groat Britain in Ireland choose to buy
weapon, hero and run the risk of getting
thorn past th" Britisli officials when they
arrive on the other side, there would be no
ground for British objection to the American
end of the transaction provided the weapons
were properly listed on the manifest of the
ship. Tlio transaction would be merely an
incident in international trade.
We sold munitions of wnrfnro to tho
British nnd the French, nnd In the early
days of the war we would have sold them to
the Germans if the Germans could hnve got
them ocross the ocean. The right of b"l
llgerents to deal with n neutral nation Is
universally admitted.
But, as alreadv intimated, the rifthl of a
nation or the ri'jht of insurgents in imv
nation to use neutral territory ns a b.tso of
operations is denied. We have had much
experience with this sort of thing. When
the Mexican insurgents have bought arms In
this country the Government has Interfered
with their shipment. Tt has put nn embargo
on the sale of nil war mnterlal to Mexico,
not only to the insurgents but to the dc
facto Government, in order that Its neu
trality might be more effectively asserted.
Tho Southern nnd Gulf ports were used by
the Cuban insurgents ns bases of operation
against the Spanish Government in Cuba,
nnd tho Government in Washington was put
to heavv expense to break up the filibuster
ing expeditions, It took this course not
because it did not sympathize with tho Cuban
insurgents, but because It could not tolerate
the smuggling of wonp-ns out of this coun
try to bo used in making war upon another
friendly Power. The time came when we
had to t.inke war on Spain ourselves. Then
the necessity for smuggling guns on bontd
ships bound for Cuba disappeared.
However great the sympathy of the Ameri
can people with tlio Irish m.v. be, the
American Government cannot wink nt any
plots entered into hero to make war on the
British Government or on any other Gov
ernment. ON THE SIDE OF PROGRESS
BISHOP BERRVS view of the proposed
removal of St. George's Methodist
Church to make room for the bridge at
Franklin Square is likely to be shared by
an overwhelming majority of the Methodists
of the city.
He regrets the necessity for removing the
church. None appreciates more than he tho
historic significance of the structure. But
ho 10cognir.es thnt the bridge will benefit two
great cities for generations to come, and dc
dares that "no senlimentnl or selfish reason
sh 'lib! be permitted to stond In the way of
general progress."
The Bishop has thus sot a worthy example
to every one owning or Interested In the
property thnt will have to be taken to make
way for the approaches to the proposed
bridge in this city and in Camden.
It may be difficult for some to tnko so
broad-minded 11 iovv. but it is worth while
making the effort. The public interest is of
supreme importance. It is easy to admit
this when It does not involve trespass upon
one's private interests. The construction of
the bridge will injure the financial interests
of no one whoso property is taken, for an
adequate and equitable sum will be paid for
everything. It is only sentimental interests
that will have to be sacrificed, but they al
ways have to give way in the long run to
more prncticnl considerations.
Dr. Harlow Shapley.
Q. K. D. Harvard astronomer.
says man isn't as big
as he thinks he is. nnd he. Or Shapley, in
glad of It. lie socks to prove In-, point by
a scientific demonstration thnt tlio universe
is n thous iu(l times larger ilmn anybody
had supposed. Tliis is carrying moi1otv to
an absurd point. Tlio universe, a,s he con
ceives Ir wouldn't exist, so fnr as ho is
ronrerneil. if lie didn't so conceive it. And
th" rest of us, with pride In our point, will,
ns a consequence, continue to walk nn our
heels. While luck stays with us we are
every bit as big as we think we are nnd a
darned sight bigger.
Now let us have also n central market
for the Sosqui-Centenninl.
Superintendent Broome has srt aside
sumo mighty good rending for September 17.
Economy is something thnt everybody
pleaches that tho other fellow should prac
tice The four Wellesley girls who shocked the
faculty may hnvn considered themselves live
wins.
.lever notice, asked the Young I.ndy
Next Door But One, thnt the light fantastic
tow is frequently blenched?
Bridge Commissioners s..,.M inclined lo
allow Spring Garden to confine itsPf i,
silver bells rod rm Ulcshcll
Pieeedent born of luiiionnl exigencies
demands that n nation's tin 11 r- should ho
1 lose mouthed a well as misi iiei.
Fate loves to cuff t he wlnn-iollar ninn.
He wns Ignored when wages wm rising anrl
now be is joining the rnnks of tlio unem
ployed. The question of skirts continues to oc
cupy thn feminine ralnd. Shnll they wear
them hhort longer or make them long
shortly'"
Johns Hopkins food export s,TS we'd
live lotigi 1 and better if we ate less m"iil.
Fnnnlv of 1 miiif nt meat pucker icfuses to
believe it
Hetioit bus got back to tiio nn-kel
street cir fan. Company was probably
afraid thnt the patrons would get mad and
buy Fords.
Activities of the Sinn Fein in America
might justify tho opinions of Admiral Sims
nnn still fall fnr short of excusing his ex
pression of them.
Even though Secretary Denby whole
heartedly npproved of what Admiral Sims
said. H would still be his duty to take disci
plinary measures.
( 111 jn nlicr Cnn'i Be Bothered With
Cnlleis I 11I II Philn Bu k Private ('nines
Along." Great stuff. Now all the dough
boys will put 1 heir dough on Georges.
And not n soul has thought it worth
while to Interview Josephus Daniels on the
Hlma Incident. When 'Josephus dropped
from the public jo he maae a twoa jod or tt.
AS ONE WOMAN SEES IT
A Qardon In tho Adirondack, Wher
tho Flowers Grow Where They
Will and the Trees Invite
Worship
By SAKAII D. I.OWUIK
TA.M always; awed bv tliw jmen who claim
to control their gardens. It seems to
me they must be almost superhuman.
Sometimes I think it Is a "iloione reaction"'
on their part because they cm no longer
claim to be 11 hie lo control their children.
1 sometimes wonder if children having
their own way about the home- I mean the
world are not vcrv much like the plauts in
one's garden. By' a kind of instinct they
pick out the: odd places thnt they do because
they grow best there, and in spite of all the
arranging the kind and thoughtful gardener
may do iu order to accommodate them In n
well-protectrd spot, they only straggle up
for him, nnd grow lustily on the perilous edge
of nowhere with nothing apparent to thrive
upon hut air nnd sunlight when nn one
thwntts them from growing where they
please,
IN MY particular garden in the Adiron
dacks I never even pretended to bring
the flowers up In orderly ranks or think thnt
I could say to one, "Go there," or to an
other, "Come here," because owing to the
nature of the ground the lay of tho lnnd,to
nut it exactly nnd to a certain innccuracj
in tho matter of mathematical details, n ten
dency to rather guess than know on the part
of the chore boy who dug the first sods, and
to a lazy following of suit on my part, there,
are no two lines in thnt garden that are
parallel, there Is no way of guessing Its cen
ter, no corner that l squared either In wall
or path or bed, no part that lorrcpnnds with
nnolher part In pnttim. I have 110 color
scheme, no gradation of border plants from
tall to short, and I hnve never found n
precedent in any garden tnatlse for the way
tlio hollyhocks grow In the rose bed or the
yincs grow over the weeping maple or for
the elm that took to weeping over the vlue
Icss nrbor.
InAVE a sort of triumph in the thought
thnt I never really tried to be exacting
with tho things thnt grew in thnt garden,
and that almost from the first I guessed that
it would be a losing fight. I saved myself
from a sense of defeat and let myself in for
n pcronnlnl scries of pleasant surprises tlio
kind of surprises one hns with some one nnt
u rally and willfully nrlistlo, who while
breaking every precedent creates n precedent.
And just ns I am not responsible for whnl
thrives in my garden, so also I am not ac
countable for the visitors who come there
birds, butterflies, animnls or folks.
CHILDREN nnd dogs, boys nud girls lin
gering for n moment In the midst of n
mountain tramp, berry picker and hunters,
fishermen up the brook, neighbors' choremen
on their wny to the village, neighbors them
selves nut for a stroll nil pns as freely a!
a puppy on the trail of a rabbit. For to tell
the truth, long before it wns a garden quite
n century. I should think- it was a white
settlor's trail, and before it wns 0 red or
white man's trnll perhaps a thousand
years ago it was the bed of the brook that
now runs some hundred feet to the south
of It. The brook bns cut its way nowadays
to bedrock, and on 11 summer day can be
heard from the garden easier than seen,
owing to its wooded banks and sheltering
cliffs. But more than once in the twenty -five
years thai its old strcnm-hed hns been
gnrden it has made a mischievous feint ol
demanding its old right of way, and nftet
some Hood -tide from n storm haB sent an
auxiliaiy tributary of water over its bank
and down Into the hollow of the garden. It
hns only threatened violence at thoe times,
not really done more than tlntten the grasi
between the flower terraces as it seeped it
way back underground to its rocky channel.
PERHAPS it wns foolhardy to make a
garden on n trail, especially on nn Ad
irondack trail, which bv tradition belongs to
nil who walk, no matter what meek tax
payer holds the title deeds. Yet for putting
it on thnt particular troll I bad the appro
botlon of the only Adirondack guide I cvet
knew who from his soul worshiped, beauty.
He was 11 genius for that originality, if for
nothing else, for he wns tho exception to all
his world In his attitude toward Nature.
Later, when he was discovered by more so
phisticated folk through the medium ol
Charles Dudley Warner's "In the Wilder
ness," Old .Mountain Phelps may have dis.
covered himself a little too much for his own
good, but be remained "n character" to the
end. His wife summed him up ns "cor-
nery.
and lie was pernikety, shrewd, crlth
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ciil, egotistical, grimly averse to razor o
soap, not In the least a nature's gcutlemnii
or
DHL a moat ihibmuiiulc worsiuiior 01 .vn
Hire's self.
IT WAR to Old Phelps that I confessed,
my choice of a garden site, and although
in thus muklng thnt spot mine I In a sense
trespassed on what had lung been his spir
itually, he gave me Ids shrill blessing. "I
I had the doing of it 1 would put It tbar, 011
that south slope bv the brook with the maple
tree beyond." was his verdict.
The mnple tree was n gorgeous, graceful
thing that always turned wine-Ted In An
gust. It wns old Phelps' specinl joy. I
think he regarded it as nn incarnation of
all thnt was worsbipnble for him in the
universe. He was not ns reverent in the
little village church as he was standing 011
thnt green bank before thnt splendid tree.
And woe to the person he guided to that
spot who was ribald or even careless In the
"presence"! He wrote and caused to lie
printed n poem on The Tree, and for years
was wont to bring groups of chosen friends
up to thnt rough upland pasture to IHiold
Ins "lovelv ladv." as lie railed tlio maple.
"Thar!" he would .-hrill breathlessly n
lie climbed in sijht of the clearing; "thnr
she conies, sleeping her skirts toward u
over the grass! The most beautiful, loveh
lady of all this land!"
OLD PHELPS is gone, dying of old age
long ngo; and alas ! tho tree is gone,
something, perliutis its gorgeous coloring 01
wos tt actually that it was two trees press
ing too closo one on the other that snpped
Its strength. But the garden has spread Its
gH.V self in the hollow whoio the tree's
shadow used to fall, and 1 am content to
think thai Old Phelps would still worship
then, finding 11 won!) hi. wlille to guide
his faulted mends up the block to tlio old
spot, and wltli otittpirnd hands and happy
woids of praise make tin m feel his ecstasy".
And where bettir tan man worship than in
a gnrden?
MORE thnn nnv church it U n sntictunry,
hallowed by thn greatest memories of
the world's history.
It was In a garden that our Rnce began,
It was in n garden thnt Sin conquered man,
'TIs by a garden mankind is fed,
'Twns in n garden Christ wept for sin,
'Twns in n garden that Uo, conqueror, rose.
It Is in a garden thnt we Inv our dead.
It is i" n garden thnt th-lr souls go freed,
H will be in 11 gnrden that we'll meet them
lib st!
There Is assuredly the
He May do rar spirit of adventure in
that son of n Montann
Congressman who went broke buying nn air
plane and got the money for gasoline on his
trip from Chicago to Washington by giving
joy rides at places where he was obliged to
stop. He has been callod the "hobo avia
tor," and perhaps he has earned the name:
but he is just as likely to be the, "million
aire aviator later, for It will be noted thnt
be renehed the place he started for. There
Is olwuys room In the world for the voiith
with nerve nnd Initiative.
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V.hat Makes News? mi Miiuieiniuti kisses
hei and Is kissed by
her four minutes nnd fifty-two seconds
Blnso New York reporters, strongelv stlried,
held 0 stop wntch on them and then tele
graphed tho news all over the country. The
presumption is that if the man had been
paying good-by to another man's wife it
uuiuu s nun uxth h news item.
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Knoiv Best
Boiiy
GERALD M. TAMBLYN
On the Physical Extension Idea
THE physical extension iden is one of the
most Important that the exponent of
physical training has to put Into effect nt the
present time, uccordlng to Gerald M. Tom
hlyn, director of physical education nt the
("cntrnl Branch, Young Mcn'sf Chrlstinn
Association.
"Not only," said Mr. Tnmblyn. "is there
the work of physical training itself, but
there is the greut problem of Interesting
those not receiving ltR benefits, who for one
reason or another have not the opportunity
of many, or possibly not the inclination to
do so. Many of them are employed In seden
tary occupations, where they not only do
not get tlio exercise necessary to develop
them and keep them feeling fit nnd well, but
they actually Incur illnesses or physical de
fects that take the keen edge off the joy of
living and Impair their efficiency ns workers
and ns wage earners.
"Still others are confined for long hours
in shops or business houses where thev get
more or losi in n rut, physically, mentally
and morally. It Is to jnr them out of this
and to get them to functioning more fully
nml cnj'.ying life more fully that we try to
interest them in the subject of physlcil edu
cation. The Shop Hour
"Thus we take frequent trips to the
various shops and business houses of the city
during the noon hour of the dny and enliven
the fellows n bit. A little music, 11 little
demonstration of the possibilities of physical
exercise and talks, short, crisp, Interesting
and to the point, not only put them in n
better frame of mind, but turn tin mind of
tnuny of them in the direction of physical
betterment, with the result thnt they even
tually place, themselves In the enre of a
physical director and become better men
for It.
"Then we seek out the employed boy, the
high school hov, the grammar school hoy,
the prep school boy, the continuation school
box. the college fellow, and try to inteicst
them in education.
"A little taste of physical education in
tho gy nitinsium, nnd ninny of them arc con
vinced, as they would bo In no other way,
of the value of it. Through interest in this
work the mental and moral side is In turn
developed almost naturally.
"The benefits that can accrue to the class
of boys and men that I have mentioned nro
most surprising. Thus we can bring out
muscles when they did not exist before.
Tint feet, one of the most common of physi
cal defects, the bnue of mnny fellows, can bo
trnnsfurmtd into well-arclied, self-supporting
pedal extremities, thnr will change him
from an uisiiy '.itigued, uncomfortable being
into a happy, tireless man, full of pep,
either at work or at piny.
Correct Common Faults
"Curvature of the spine nnd round shoul
ders, those twin bugbears of the aedentnry,
the carelees nnd the unfortunate, can posi
tively he col rooted by proper exercise, so
that tlio faults of years con be overcome in
11 comparatively short lime. The same holds
good of protruding stomachs that often dig.
tress the sensibilities of the matured. Weight
may be taken oft nnd put on, nnd scores of
other physicnl t lianges of n reconstructive
nnture accomplished by proper and consistent
exerclM'. In addition, there is the general
feeling of buoyant life, with a corresponding
exaltation of life nnd spirit.
"To demonstrate some of these statements
one should see the tilings that arc nccom
plishrd with the disabled bojb who fought
SOUTH WIND
FROM out the South a messenger,
Running from the South ;
Strange words and laughter
In bis mouth.
Silver heels nnd wings of silver
And n stnr to swing- -Who
sent the birds,
U'liu tiinde ihein sing?
Tlio Jicld is like a liver
Swaying, lifted grreii
Dow n like 1 tapers
The (nil trees lean.
Now a crimson petul falls,
A sliver bugle blows -I
have tho message,
A red rose!
-Abigail W. Crc'sson, in the .V. Y. Herald.
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overseas. It might be considered offhand to
be impossible, thnt a fellow wounded In the
leg or arm or gassed should bo able to play
a fast game of tennis or baseball or basket
ball. Yet that Is 11 regular thing. In fact,
wo have established a regular league of
basketball players among these boys who enn
give any of them 11 run for the honors.
"All this work may lie justly classed ns
extension work, the kind thnt brings nn
direct return, except the satisfaction of serv
ice to humnnlty and the ideal of the bound
body to house the sound mind.
"But such n field is Infinitely worth while,
and one can feel that he lias accomplished
much if he has been Instrumental in adding
to the list of healthy, hupp; , able people
who hnve learned n little more about living
and achieving than they did before."
HUMANISMS
By WILLIAM ATIIEHTOX I)U TUY
ONE day up nt Albany Chnrlo.s Evnns
Hughes was working busily ut. being
Governor of tlio Empire Sfute when a
stranger was admitted by his efficient sec
retary nnd drew up a (hnlr to the other
side of his desk.
This man stated that he had been tin In
mate of Sing Sing until tin 00 days earlier
and thnt ho wns there to advise the Gov
ernor as to the manner in which thnt pcnnl
Institution should he conducted.
It wns nil right. The Governor wanted
the information. But he wondered how this
man got to him so easily. His secretary
had evidently slipped n cog. He called him
on the carpet.
"How," he wanted to know, "did this
man just out of prison get in here unan
nounced?" "Why, sir." stammered the secretary, "he
told me he was u member of the Legisln
tuic. '
When the New York Commercial, the old
est business newspaper in the United States,
recently celebinled its lL'.lth anniversary by
a dinner an mousing situation arose.
An invitation was extended to Mayor John
K Hylan, of New York, and ho declined
because of the pressure of other engage
ments. Mayors have so many invitations
to dinner.
But it turned out that President Harding
was to be in New York thnt night and Uint
he had accepted the invitation of the Com
mercial. In fact the Yice President was to
be there also and two or throe, members of
the ahiiiet. It was one of the dinners of
greatest distinction that was to mnrk the
cycle of tho .uar in the whole .Nutlon.
t And the Chief Executive of the citv had
inadvertently barred hiiu-elf fiom partici
pation, l!!C.iii3 " ",inK ? hnvo 1)CC" "-.countering
1'0,"1 "mT.qli'.lt,5 Sd1 ,0 thc mass of
people In the United Stntes. inigrutorv ns
they have shown themselves to be.
h.W0r T1pr,uM' Fprn1(.. of Maine, when
he Is at home, ives on a farm that hns come
down to him through five generations, from
father to son He mends to hand it' on o
his son, and ho in turn has a sn who will
come to possess it. The remolds would
neve.- thin-, of parting with this farm '
Secretary Vv eeks. of the AVnr Depart. 1e.1t
not long ago (o'd n.c tr,rv ,!,,,
stone house , Gironk-ml, . .. in ",,.,!
nsidrs a man bv the name of John W
Weeks, a relative of lK ,.,,,,, f '.;
ff;Kir,iisli',,,ii'-i'-
seen, to invc escaped the "$ ' " ,uo 0 a
Mate or two further West each generation
which has possessed many American". '
A Chance for a Debate
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An Atchison mnu swears but doesn't
monn.lt. Another Atchiso,, , ', ?.
doesn't me,,,, ii The Ln..cse,.""fterorv
wm!;' ,r'Tlfllllj "'."I'l-M-d I, e"d.
which f the tw me., jN vvorM. th.,. . 1
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What Do You Knoiv?
QUIZ
1. Of what American statesman wns It tald
thnt "when tho spotless ermine of the
Judicial robe" foil on him "It touched
nothing lean spotless than Itself"?
2. what Is an ohm?
3 What animal ululates?
, 4. Of what State Is Lincoln tho capital?
C, Who gax-e tho raclfio Ocean Its name?
0. Who Ih Henry Arthur Jones?
7. AVhnt was tho Gordinn knot?
8. What Is tho sacred book of tho Moham
medans? ,
!. "What Is meant by tho nisorglmontoT '
10. What Is a sennight?
Answers to Yesterday's Quiz
1. Four countries In which tho existence of
oil has raised International problems
are Moxico, Mesopotamia, tlio Dutch
Hast Indies and Colombia.
2 Europn In Greek mythology was the
cinugmcr or rnoenix, or Agenor, sister
of Cadmus nnd mother by Zeus of
Minos nnd Khadnmnnthus of Crete.
Sho whb borne over the sea from
Grecco to Crete by Zeus, who assumed
the form of a whlto bull. A palntlnK
entitled "Europa and thc Bull'' Is one
of tho famous works of thn Italian
artist Titian.
S. Oppein Is one of tho chief cities In the
disputed territory of Upper Silesia,
4. Itlmsky-Korsakoff was n, noted rtufsinn
musical composer, especially cele
brated for his orchestral suite, "Sche
hcraznde." n vivid musical picture of
tho atmosphere nnd spirit of 'The Ar.
blan Nights." ntmsky-Korsakoff died
In 1908. Ho was bocn In Novgorod,
Russln. In 1841.
5. A gnomon Is the pillar, rod. pin or plate
of a sundial showing time by Its shad
ow on a marked surface. It II nlfo a
column used In observing the sun's
meridian altitude,
(i .lohn Qulnt'y Adams succeeded .lames
Monroe as President of the fnlted
States.
7. The ken, a bank-like green parrot of
New Zealand, has learned to kill sheep
and hold Its ground,
s. A peccadillo Is a trifling offtnso The
word is a diminutive of tho Spnnlih
"poendo." Bin.
9. A tomNila In n kind of lottery with fancy
articles for prizes
10. A hookah Is a smoking pipe with a long.
flnxlblo tube, smoke being drawn
through water In a vase to which the
tube and howl nro attached.
Today's Anniversaries
1775 Battle of Bunker Hill, the first
notnble engagement of the American Revolu
tion. 1S1R Charles Francois Gounod famous
ns the composer of tlio opera "Unust." born
in Paris. Died nt St. Cloud, October 13,
isnn.
1821 The Danish .Missionary Society wan
formed by the priest, Bono Fnlck Bonne
18(10 Republican National Convention
nomlnnted Abraham Lincoln for President
1S07 An international conference con
cerning coinage and monetary currency
opened iu Paris.
IRSD John G. Gilbert, one of the mnt
famous comedians of the American stng,
died In Boston, Born there, Fobriinry "".
1.S10.
lfil'l Ohio Republicans nominated Yll"
Ham McKinley for Governor. '
IS!i- Duke of York (now Kin? Georf
V) took his sent in the House of Lords.
10'JO- -American Federation of Labor
clnred for Government ownership of rail
toads.
Today's Birthdays
Adolnhus Frederick, former Grand Duke
of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, bom thirty-nine
years ago.
Edwnrd J. Berwind, one of the foreino!t
of Amerlcnn financiers, born in Philadelphia,
seventy-three years ago.
Hon. Thomas A. Crernr, a leading lll''e
in Cniiudlnn politics, born at Moleswortti,
Out., forty -live years ngo.
Tommy Rums, former champion hevr
weight pugilist, now residing In England,
born in Canada, forty years ago.
A Justifiable Suspicion
From the Olilu State Journal .,
Wp. Kimnnsn when n ontisolentlotlS PCr90!
-e . r . .. .i - v.i,AAlf Viesrt i
u iviurui leiupiTiinu'iic wuuvvs iiim'. - . .
and soul into somo new nation-wide mow
ment he reflects thnt ho will study tho u
jeet Inter and find out n little sometninr ;
nboiit whnt bo's talking nhoiit. if m
time.
A Kansas Killjoy
1 1. re II e 1, I, , I'tpil
"Itiuusev Riil'irls" is (i I11-111H 1 " "
Council Glove Republican wed 1111K ''
coin so Wo do not wish lo uppcor In '"
re'ntioii of n dentil's head ill a '''' "!
feast, but whenever we see the nltrii0"
,..!.... .. 1.11. . .. -,.nll ttlsl
-i.iiuoo 10 11 vv riming w rut-up nv '
old rouplet of grim foreboding. "To clB"C1l
the tinmn nml nnt tm loltn lo fnr the WTzjil
and not the belter." JE
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