S' t . ,'"'.. rt' Lf ' , v 7 y v ,V"v r -'V ?"V , - ,"- -4 , '.. , ! ,. f Lfc- i. cJ'.XELl j. life! EW; K ;f IS. rk I? i v i : id CA' nlns public iiebgei: .rUBMC LEDGER COMPANY C. Martin. V(r l'rald-nt anil Trtnnuran SA. Tyler, Secretary: Char e II. f.vidlnf lllp S. Collins. John 11. Williams, Jnhn I. lit aeorge r, uoiatmuti, uavid K. Fmuar, -i b: mni.nr.-. Editor 'C MATIT1N... lOnarnl nuifneas Miinairrr lahad dally at l'lsuu Lnxirn Ilulldlnc J Indnndcnc Hrruare. rhllmlsliitilii )rna CiTt...- rrfm-Unlon UulMIng .Tom,, , r,il4 Mflftlsml Ami. T..... .......... 701 Ford null,! n Lows 81S aiobt-Vrmoernt TtmMittjc l..i' 1303 Tribute Building j NKW'tf IIUllBAUS: '. .. WiiBlieOTOI nCKIAC. lA- 1' V. I? IjM t.t.......T.....I . . ....I loin uciiicAU The sun . n..lo;.,..ll,i - Mllll Mil Si ? UulMIng BOM Btsr.iU Tratalrar JliitlJIiig .I.Tfl EtKXINll PcnLIC LvrinBfl I M.rtfwl Ia aiitt. 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PHiUiIrtptlla, Tlfdnf.ilj.. julr 6, 19 J 1 BETTER STREETS "VrOT before they nociliil It," Is ,-oii- coivably the rjnlf's i-iinuiPiit on tilt i city, streets, the repuviiii; of which Iuim been v proceeding with cxtrnordinnry upei'd ilui'lnK the current jcar. Criticism is so imu'li more readily provoked than coinmemlntion that ot eyen tne oc.t uoverncd ot miiulcipuiitirs ij are exempt from dlspraifp. H'f f itltllHVIIi lilU lllUftlllllllll" Hi illl llt-il- u (tons launrhrd by the llinhwnv Ilitrenii durlnc 1021 i-alls for fnlr-mlmled attention. The records of repmlic 'illiin the Inst si months exeerd any for a similar pi-riml i:i the history of thp mnnloipal't'. 'I hi- lip i million-dollar rppavinc pnram 's now well ; under way, and it can ii" sin ted ni' limit ex- j akseratiou that alrpiul rpntral l'li.ladi'Ipliin I hss been (Mnspictiou.-.l.v improii. 'i'Tbe extended use of xranitp hi irks la 1 in reclally treated cenipnt. the employment of the new nnd dnrnblp nsnlmlt blrx'k and I lie .Mlegatloa of the old wood imu'iiu'iit in thp category of acknowledged errors are gratlfj -Ing erfdpnps of thp prartlrn! rflielptie) of IIip Highway Iturpau's sweeping reforms. PUBLIC DANCES rnHE people,'' .aiii Maor Moore, talking JL of his plnn to linvp srput free public nces on the Parkway or elsewhere once a ek, "want daneing." Seemingly the people do Um they wiuil (great deal more t lint is never prot'ded in lance halls, by the city or In the fates tbit ireaide over the destinies of the multitude. 1 Sity want music nnd light and th sight of ilor. A little of ihe spirit of carnival is at tney want. Such needs receive little recognition in general scheme of American life. Hut ey are exploited by the counterfeiters of ensure. A common desire that is as in jtable as hunger or thirst is not gratified any recognized social agencj. When it exploited by agencies wliolly unsocial tint! desirable good people wonder why the uth of these times is being attracted from e accustomed ways. If there ore to bp dances on the Pnrkuai tley ought to be clreerful. Therp ought to plenty of decorative lights and plenty of iod music and on opportunity for the people of all ages to sing it they want to anil t t. In the clean outside air, the wholesome rill fo'r which a lnrse part of the nopuln tfon kearches insistently and vainly in dance balls and elsewhere. 0 MORE COMPETITIVE DRIVES r lHB signification of 'drives" nowadays t . Ik ordinarily the reverse of soothing.' f eTertheless, the prospects of a charity fund impalgn upon the largest scale ever at mpted in this city warrant indorsement. Ht d I By tkat t urrnu. the time autumn arrives it is expected the Welfare Federation of I'liiliulclnliin. Uvolring a financial amalsamation of 10(H) 'ieeitl agencies, including orphanages. iln h lrserles, homes for the azed. blind, deaf i id eripplrd. hospitnls and settlement insti t itlons will have reached an efficient stngn j organization. The fusion will be operative i ong lines similar to thopc which werP so jfrectlvc during the war when the fuimnu- ty Chest was formed. By this arrangement not only was the liblic spared a profusion of petty annoy ccs, but waste nnd costij duplication of fltlvlties were reduced to a minimum, f'on flbutions to the federation campaign, which -ni be launched In the fall, will be dls- nuutru according io n proportionate sstem tiong nil 'the various partner Institutions. "scheme marks n distinct step forward in al progress and denerveK the Iieartiest port ol a community long mined for lis tierosity In the relief of suffering and isery. "Drives" that degenerate into narrow mpmiuons nave nan iiirir iiiiv. POOR KNOW STORY, TOO USED to be said Unit the ni.irriuiie of American girls with foreign noblemen as, bound to lie unsuccessful Foreign ".nlbleuiPn were supposed to possess none of Be domestic irtues. and American men, it . nssumrd, not only isis.se.ssed them all, i it adorned them. I1. The failure of the marriage of the Duchess i Marlborough has often been cited as proof iTl '"' 'nwlsn, "t "'"'h alliances. Hut sue- L'iui.airul mnrr nires are like mitfnnx with mi ka. im . 'Plmi limn tn. Iifti,,. IIPj fc .. ,, ..., ,, ii, -i.iii (, , Xothlug lias been heard of the numerous ifrican girls who have lived huppib with clr foreign husbands liecnuse there lias en no occasion ui d'sciiss lliem In tile Vapapers. Those familiar wiih the history of unsuc- sful alliances between Americun heiresses 4 foreign titles know very well that It was (.the title which caused the trouble. They ow that marriages between American Iresses and American heirs are as fre- abPntly unsuccessful as the marriages witli relgners. there was the wedding of a Philadelphia A with the late John .Tnenli Autnr fni ffJiample. There Have been numerous in- Jianccu In Philadelphia society within re- ir.? yynim ol iiio uiaunirwun .iimrriuce ni a to an American yontn who had nil the i;q! the foreign nobility, which devotes to vlclouaness. Die domestic disasters have come about .use wherever there is a leisure class Ith young men provided with money beyond Jr ability to upend wisely a certain per- itirti nt tliean Trump men n'lll eiiiirmnt '- rl'n' bablts the cniitluuanrp of which is iieemnatlble with douipstlc felicity It mat- ' ' '' Ifcf .P0, wnr'ncr I'10 'nu"E n,n" has u title Hot, or wnetner ne is American, t';ngnsii, Nich. (lermau, Hpnnlsh, Italian or Hits- .' 'Yet moUicra dazzled bv wealth will pwii their daughtera to marry rich rnkea 4 t.;pl-Prii them to, marry poor km V Up f tKle, ' (' a are ;im ns 1114 nr niu r iId iiui iitur mi iiiin ii iilmtit it wlirn n poor girl mnkrii an iniforltitiiiti' nmrrlncr. When it Is rcnllicd tlmt vlrtm not tlc pendriit on tlollnr nnil crnt!, but on nomo tlilnir tuiilniiipiilnl In rlinrnctrr. vc flinll coasc to holil up our liamlfi tn horror at the 5 social olfonn's of the rloli whlli nssiimlnn j that the poor nru novcir Rilllty of such thlnga AMBASSADOR HARVEY HAD A SAFE AND SANE FOURTH Hla References to the American War Burdens Were Timely In the Europe of Today WB OnSHUVE through the newspapers that Colonel' Harvey, too. had n safe and sane Fourth of July. He didn't put any dangerous fireworks Into his speech at tho Independence Day dinner of the American Society in London. Thut was significant. The colonel loves nothing better than sparks and the loud crash of metaphor. This time lip rpfrnlned. He sent up u slow moving flare or two that should attract the gaze of Kurope and inform nil Europeans nnd give them n clearer view over dark vislus in which infinite peril still lurks for ever.1. body. The colonel Is a better Am bassador than be was at the beginning. He may -yet-prove to be a really good one. It was time for some one to tell the people on what Mr. Wilson used to call "the other Hide of the water" things thill , for their own sake, they ought to know about condition) nnd states of mind created In .the United Stales by the war and Its aftermath. We aren't liked in Europe. If hnif that Is hinted in cable d'spntches Is true. We did our best, blit it seems somehow lo have been less than, enough. We sent nn army n. joung men to die abroad, plunged into stu pendous debts, rationed food, accepted in come taxes and changed the whole order of our national life. Yet we aren't liked. We nren't liked because the people of Europe and the people of Hrilniu are being told tha' we fattened and prospered out of what the, linil to love and endure. There aie politicians and diplomatists who, for rcas ns of their own. are doing nothing to IKp'l that ii)"vstition Tlu'le are hltlcnies, and pncit and ill- llusionmi nt mer a lari part of the world, ami if tin various peoples can be led to stiike nut in line direction In express their ic'cntim in tln will Jiot s'likc out in an iiilier. Oik nf the" d.iys some statesman .111.x. oils to escape blame mnv tell his people that the t'nlteii States caused the war. Then the antl-American propaganda of the hour in Europe will linve reached its logical culmlnntioii. The war made some new millionaires in this countrj. Hut these men didn't fatten off Europe. The fnttened off their own people. The average American was made poorer by the war. He will be poorer than he ought to be until the war debts are pa'd. He, as Ambassador Harvej properlj said, will have lo shoulder debts as heavy as the Cermnn indemnity. He was saved from experiencing the absolute poverty of Eu rope unit l the accident of the great nat ural wealth of the I'lilted States. Colonel Harvey talked of the American war burdens to the elect of the American colony in London and to a group of foreign Ambas-ndors. To be the Ideal Ambassador he would have to gn out Into the byways and talk to the multitudes of Hritain. Tho Ambassadors know without being told. If we are being lied about and misunder stood It is because there are in Europe anti Americans quite as active and virulent ns 'he anti-Hrltlsh of the United Stntes. The English have Horatio Hottnmly and bis amazing point of view. We have Mr. Hearst. I'eople who rrall want to see humanity at peace, who aren't in the business of hatp tnnklng for money, have little patience with nnv nntis with nntl-Itritlsh or anti-French or anti-Irish or nnti-Aniericnn. There is nothing the matter with Ameri cans or Rritisli or French or Irish or Euro peans geuernllj ns people, but there Is a great deal the matter with leaders who seem nlways rrad to mislend them for the snke of momentary politicaj or national advan tage. The world, all of it, is suffering from the inevitable effects of wnr and waste. If peo ple think otherwise, it Is because there are in e,erv country statesmen and newspapers talking vile nonsense. And if you are trj -lug t get your people into the mood to accept another war It isn't wise, of course, to tell them that it is upon wnr that wnr will have to be mnde nnd not upon unfor tunate nelghlnr nations. Colonel Harvejr himself has not yet real ized this. In saying thnt he, himself used to believe thnt Europeans were loafing nnd making no effort to restore their lands and take care of themselves he made nn odd nd misslon. One cannot but wonder what the colonel himself would do If fire were to pnss suddenly over his house nnd desolate his neres; if the world, were to shnke under his feet : if his- fnmllv were to be scattered and slain: if be were left alone with nil faith and hope burned out of him. Would he sing blithely and return tn work lo rebuild a new world and a new life for himself without drlny. or would he sulk mlserahlj nnd wonder as. half the bewildered people if Europe nre sulking nnd wondering? When our new Ambassador sees a little more of the life of the Old World from IiIh present position he will come to know that mankind must save more than the hide of which be talked a little while ago, and, more over, thnt it is tnlng to ave it It Is trying t i savp its future, its hopes, its beliefs in its own sanity and Its faith in the (Invent incuts it created. That is the first thing that a good Ambnssndor should know. HIRAM AND "THE BOYS!' HIllAM JOHNSON'S nnxldy over the presence of American troops in Oer many will, it is foreenst, shortly be expressed in a' resolution to be introduced in Congress by the California Scnatoi. The irreioneilables. such statesmen as '.a Follette. Watson, Hnrah and Johnson that memoratile group who opposed the confir mation of William II. Taft as Chief Justice -anil others, including Senators who may lie recalled as having discountenanced the utax ngninst Imperial Cermanv at the out let, are troubled. Their distress is no nov eltv. Mr. Johnson, indeed, seldom falls to register vexation when hi own and the Nation's policies nre at variance As his mind is alwajs made up, the de liberation of responsible officials is quite sufficient tn Insh the posltivist Cnlifornlan into something akin to fury. Haying de cided for himself that "the boys must come home." what could he more logicnl tlinn the 'ntroduction of u resolution commanding tip? Secretary of War to order the instant evacuation nf the Coblenz aren? js It fitting thnt the President of the United States and his authorized Cabinet officials should have Jurisdiction in this matter nnd time, forsooth, to think it over? The Johnsonlnn mind can scnrcelv brook such lmnginings. Authentic reports thnt the American sol diers on the Ulilne are contented enough tq re-enllst whenever their service periods ex pire there Is equally nlnrmlng. The troops, being regulars, will, of course, linve to be employed elsewhere. They may even be sent abroad to Haiti or tho Philippines. It is excruciating lo conder tie doleful fact that nil American Rpmurvmen i-u-ii-u. nniiiiiairiy .(detailed nt oarmm-m, lurvvcr m uinr own istd-s',, rWK: .1.'..',. EVKNIXG PUBLIC LM)GER Iierhups Senator Johnson could employ them as n. bodyguard In his onslaughts ngntnRt the President. Who runs tills country, anyway? REDUCE THE TAXES NOW BUSINESS of every kind is suffering be cause Congress has done nothing to lighten the burden of taxation. And the revenues of the (Jovcrnment itself arc fulling off because the business on the proceeds of which the taxes nre levied Is not being done. The excess -profits tax Is producing almost nothing because the excess profits have dis appeared. The returns from the Income tax nre de creasing because the taxed incomes arc smaller than they were two years ngo. Every business man would rather do a profitable business nnd pay a reasonable tax on it than have his business ruined through excessive tnxation. It Is iduut time that Congress assured the country Mhnt it was about to reduce .the excessive taxes. Wc have the campnlgn promises, It Is ,true, but It will take more than campaign promises to reduce the taxes. They cannot be reduced without drastic re vision of the laws. So far ns Is known this work of revision hns not begun. There has been a lot of talk about it, but n nctidn. A Tariff Hill has been drafted and there arp Congrps.smen who insist that this bill should be passed before any effort is made to modify the Internal taxes. Tariff revision Is important, but n re.vlsion.of the internal taxes Is much more important. Tin laws levying them were drafted in haste. They are full of oppressive features which were endured because the country was at war. We nrp nt peace now. actually If not technically, There is no longer nny excuse for delny. If this Congress does not do something, and do It pretty quickly, the voters will be In a mood next year to elect a Congress which will act. The voters use the political parties to secure those things which they desire. If one party Is unable or unwilling to do what the Nation wishes the other party will be summoned tn power with n mandate to do It. If the dilntory Congressmen cannot be prodded to action through their sense of duty lo the countrv. they, may be induced to do something if they can. be brought to realize that their noliticnl life Is at take. The President would much rather linve n Republican Congress for the last two vears of his ,erm. He can do something tn insure this by n diligent prodding of the present Congress, kept up until it reduces the In ternal taxes. WHY BE EDUCATED? WHEN it was proposed a few jears ago to translate the New Testament from its original (Ireek into the language of the modern. (irecks there was a vigorous protest from the people of (Jreece. They Insisted thnt tlreek wns not a dead lnngunge and that cverj intelligent (Sreek could read the language as It was used at the time the New Testament was written. Yet certain advocates of the utllitarinn in education, both in this country and In England, have been nbjcctliig to the teach ing of Wreck and Latin in the colleges on the ground that they are dead Innguages and have no place in the study of liing men. The American Classical League, which holds Its annual meeting in this city this week, beginning today, was organized to combat this view. It will ha.e a hard fight because of the vigorous prop-lgnndn thnt hns been waged for years against teaching any thing which could not immediately be turned into n means of increasing 11 bo's earning power. Vocational training, thnt is, train ing in the methods of making money nt a mention, is the fnd of 11 large grouri of teachers. There is another large group, however, which insists that the purpose of an educa tion is broader than these vocntlonalists seem to understand. It is necessary, of course, to equip a man to hold his own in the struggle for existence, but it Is nlso de sirable that the young man should learn tlmt thp existence which lie is struggling to mnintnln is worth while, that there is 0 life of the spirit as well as u life of the stomnch. While the study of Lntin nnd (Jreek has great practical value in enabling a man tn master not only English, but French, Italian nnd Spanish. It has the added value of bringing the mind into contact with tin men who laid the foundations of European civilization. A literature was written iu these languages which has survived thou sands of yenrs because there is something vital In it Translations of ll.lnto English have been mnde. it is true, but rending n translation is like looking nt n painting through smoked glass. Tlie boy who has read no Latin snve Caesar's "(inllic War" and no Wreck snve Xenophon's "Annbasis" has come into direct contact with the mind of the nnclcnt world und is thereby better qunllllcd to understand his own time. All the arguments nre on the side of the clnssicnl education for those who wish to live the fullest life. As it Is the business of the colleges to encourage living that kind of a life, their abandonment of the classics would be a victory for ifnnrrow utilitarian ism that hns no use for culture properlv sn cnlled A prominent .Inpanese visiiPig in this cit. when asked what he thought of the short skirts of the American girls, replied that he hnd not had time to think, as he had been too busy looking. It is this com bination of courtesy, humor nnd Indirection that makes the Japanese shine in diplomacy. A Huntingdon, Pa., garage man. in an answer to n bill in equltv served to restrain him from erecting a garage iu a residential district, promises 'to keep his rough and greasy workmen in seclusion nnd to make his show windows attractive with trimmings and lighting effects. And If Ihese esthetic adjuncts nre not sufficient to delight, he may lubricate his engines with oil of roses ami temper his gasoline with violet water. Dear children of the History More or More or Less Nnt- Iess Natural ural History Class, we lin.ve for ou toduy a number of morp or less edifying stories from our own beloved Stale. . . .An eleven-yenr-old Connellsvllle boy hns killed twenty three snakes within tlie last mouth and his seven -yenr-old brother has killed six. There Iwijs may not be temperance reformers, but the have 'the makings . A Lock Haven woman reached her hand into n hole to get eggs and withdrew it liiirrledlj when she saw i rattlesnake colled rendyto strike. The snnke had as many as several rattles, The lady had some, too, A Shmnokln blnck- siia'ke nevcn feet long tackled a big touring car, biting It twice in tlie front wheel, The driver shot the snnke. Nothing Is sold in tlie sto'rv of how the snake-bile remedy was ap plied. Whj wouldn't a seven-foot rattle snake trented to n liberal supply of free nlr mnko 11 g""d Inner tube for n front tire? Hut the best of the snake stories comes from Duncnnnon. A farmer there saw a blncksnako. The blacksnake saw the farmer. Tlie farmer got n club and approached the snake. The snake coiled nnd tho farmer re trented The farmer says the snake did not chnse him. Here we hove a story that Is probably true In every particular. Win is the truth so startling, so bizarre? Two Sunbury rats fought: one Killed the other and a spectator shot the survivor. Each rat was n foot long. Death got there with both . .Charleston. W. Vn.. has a 1001. ..,.,! Iiiil'. That's nothliie. We've had as big a one ns that on our ferf In .the subwny, M, ..-.,.. .1.111 X- V nrM n ni,, I hi.ll. r a one a that on our fw 4 .Ifenl-ylrlU. K. Y.. fi 110 yrarn fl1(h If '--- wunTlWUottf JJwM - atADEmiIirA, WED202SPAY, JULY 6, AS ONE WOMAN SEES IT It Is Proper to Accept Your Neighbor by the Front He Puts Up, but There Is More Human Qual ity In His Back Premises Ily SAIIAII )), LOWUIE IT WAS yenra ngo I discovered thnt the L particular neighbor's bnck yard you canf sec tails to uc us neat as the neighbor s back yard you cannot see, As you look down distastefully into the canyon that In town Is known "as their back yard nnd ours" you feel tome pity nnd some scorn nt the way thoc people next door keep house. Not so would you put away the winter furs. Quite otherwise would you place your scrap barrel and ash cans. And words can not express what you think of the condition of their gnrbagc can. Not that you spy on your neighbors, but, like the fat man who long tigo had given tip seeing his own boots, you cannot look out unon your own side of the house without endangering your neck, while Unit of your neighbor stares you In the eye every time you part your curtains to sec what tho weather is from the strip of sky that forms jour city heaven. Once accept the fact that not to ndmlrc jour neighbor's bark-door ways is n law ot Nature, however, there is no earthlv reaon why j on should not like nnd even admire jour neighbor from the front, which Is, after all, the only aspect of himself by which he would wish to be known. Doubtless, too, he, or his wife at least, Is furious at the way jour ehorcmnn beats jour rugs, especially us she knows that you know thnt it is a tiling forbidden by the law, of the laud. Beyond question, too. their servants, who ore oldish and sliild. think that the "goings on" In jour kitchen, especially when the cook had words with the laundress, show you up ns being cither weak or an absentee mistress. SO IT is live mid let live in the back premises and smile nnd wave a cordial hand on tho front pavement. You really cannot blight one nnothcr's view In front or do much hnrm by careless wnys, unless you clean your marble trimmings so as to dig grarc his or have your coal put In the day his wife is giving a muslcnle. Compared to the, country, although jour houses arc ns fast togetlipr as Siamese twins, j-our town neighbor lives ills own life and you yours. Hut in t lie couutrj, although you may be acres apart, you are actually at the mercj of the people next door, nnd not only the people, but their mnid-srrviints and their uian-servniits, their ox nnd their ass, not to speak of their guinea hens, cocks, cows, bulls, cuts, rabbits. Insect pests and pigpen. I NEVER could understand the force of Uic Tenth Commnndment of the Mosaic Law. It alw-ays seemed to me it should have been, instead of do not covet your neighbor's et leteras, do not despise your -neighbor's wife, nor his cow. nor his cowyard, nor his man servant. That would have met the situation better, us I see It. Not that I ever went so far as to despise my neighbor's wife, but when she let her hired man put her cowjard on the edge of our front drive I scorned her carelessness and his shlftlcssncss, and the cowyard most of all. Hut knowing how much depended on It for if you iitc not friends with jour neighbors in tne country you mlglit as well put "For Sale" on your gate I fed npples to the cows In the horrid barnynrd ns they poked their great rubber noses through my fence, nnd all went well until Hnlsey threw the dead branches of the bee tree over in my grass. Then I did despise not my neighbor nor her ox hut her hired man. Halsey is the hired man. Part of his make-up is that every good net he does for money is counterbalanced by a bnd act which he does for nothing. His bad acts fall upon the just nnd the unjust. He considers mo the unjust becnusc. finding the rotten branches of the bee tree 'flung over my fence, I painstakingly gathered them up and re placed them under the tree from which they were lopped. It Is the custom up here in the country to consider nny tree where wild bees have stored their honey as free to the finder. Whether Hnlsey wns the finder or not I do not know, but anyway the branches of a huge sugar maple were lopped off nnd Hnl sey disposed of them in the mnnner I have just relnted, with the quirk Tcjolnder on mv part that I have nlso relnted. Hut the end wns not jet. Not long afterward, when taking my walk abroad in the cool of the day, I had the pain of seeing those lopped branches agaiu on my side of the fence. 'Not ns before, just over the fence, but carefully placed In the middle distance of the meadow. I let the Mm sink on my wrath and rise, hut nbout I) A. M. 1 summoned my hired man and directed him to heave the branches over on Halsey's side of the fence. For I realized that It wns no longer mj neighbor's hired man. hut Hnlsev as a citizen with whom I had to deal. I knew It would he a tug of war, for Halsey has certain feminine qualities that mean per sistence in n womnn nnd stubbornness in n man. MV EXPECTATION'S were rewnrded. The next time 1 passed thnt wnv there wns n regulnr woodpile placed on my 'side of the fence, but so fnr toward the center of my property thnt it would tnke n horse nnil wagon to draw It away. I therefore rent for my hired man and directed him to tell Halsey to bring n horse and wagon nnd draw it awaj. I knew my hired man would love thnt errand: also that it would not lose pith bv his deliver. It evidently did not fail to reach Hnlsey. When we next 'met he re fused to see my cheerful nod, nnd from that time until now he has regarded tho sky or the trees or even the ground when I heave In sight. Meanwhile, the boughs rotted In my meadow and the village regarded me ns at lcagt In danger of "n stalemate." Hut knowing Halsey, I thought I could safely let him make the next move, nnd so I still continued to nod cheerfully toward his averted face when we passed. It wns as I surmised. Having got the habit of placing iuiiik" aui-L-esMiiuv 011 my sine or tlie fence, Hnlsey let himself go in thnt direction with everything from cows to grovel. Not that but he did not want It In his potato patch. ... 1 ...,,. ' '?''rc '. THE drives of his employer had just been made nt great expense and with not suffi cient iinderdrninage, so thnt in a sudden summer storm the whole top-dressing threat ened Halsey's carefully made garden. What more natural than to dig a trench and send the whole deluge down 011 my fern bed? So side by side with the rotting boughs was 11 heap of fine jellow gravel. Now, gravel is .$1 a load, and a lond is the bottom of n hay wagon just about covered, nnd the pit from which thnt gravel is dug is a mile up a steep hill. Hence the graveling of roads Is very costly. It was here mv hired man hnd u bright economical thought the only economical thought lie hns over displayed on my account. I fear even for this Hnlsey was a greatrr incentive than I. My hired man's thought was to use, the gravel that Halsey hnd diverted on to my fern bed for my drive. And yesterday he took up what remained there, live Infgc wagons full. The village and I arc now wnitlng for what Hnlsey will do. Today's Anniversaries 1777 American garrison under General St. Clair abandoned Tlcondoroga nnd re. (rented through Vermont. 1810 Ice wns formed to the thickness of common window glass throughout New York nnd New England. 18",4 Now Mexico wns mode n Territory of tlie Republic of Mexico. 1835 -John Marshall, for thirty-four years Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, died iu Phila delphia. Horn at Wormaiitown, Vui, September '24, 1705. 1808 Snniucl Lover, tlie Irish genius who wrote some of his best songs In Amer ica, died on the Isle of Jersey. Horn iu Dublin, February 24, 17117. 181)'J Hoverol persons wera killed Iu the . ((pHt'a litu ni TfAmnutiiAil r-. llfWKmt U. RooKcyelt nomlnu(cil for 1r - Lt,aM-i ar-l UV atfllirnil'Ull." IH. luai lvkUi., rs n .11 . : i ' "YOO . ' :& ?m' :--- ..?5ssc NOW MY IDEA IS THIS Daily Talks With Thinking Philadelphia on Subjects They Know Best DR. SAMUEL McCLINTOCK HAMILL On Child Hygiene JUST as n "stitch in time tnuj save nine." so a proper training of a child, and, still more important, of the child's mother, will in time, lead to a far better degree of health for the Nation as n whole, according to Dr. Samuel McClintnck Hamlll. chairman of the Medical Committee of the Child Federation and one of the most widely known authori ties in the United States on child hygiene in all its phases, especially that of nutrition. "The Child Federation is really a com mittee of citizens who have banded together iu an effort to Improve the health of tho coming generation of Americans," lie said. "It was this committee which established the first health center in Philadelphia, and its vnluc wns sufficiently demonstrntedMo the Department of Public Health for thnt de partment to tnke It over and conduct it ever since with much success. The real purpose of the health center Is not tlie cure of the sick, but to build up and maintain the health of the children of 11 community and, where possible, through the children the hcnlth of those adults with whom the children come Into coiistant contact. Tho Use of the Clinics "Tlie clinics conducted by the Child Fed eration are for those presumably well, and its purpose Is to give advice und instruction to the mothcra as to how best to keep the children Ivell. "The federation first took a district, then subdivided each block, in thnt district nnd made what really amounted to n census iu. order to determine just what Its problem was In that particular division. The number of adult residents was tnken as well as the number of children, and this told us just what we had to supervise. "At the beginning of tbc woik wc took up the health of nil children, especially thnt of Ihe infants, and all mothers hnving small children were Invited to bring them to the clinic at the health center, where tho little ones were examined by physicians to deter mine whether or not they were Domini, es pecially in regard to their nutrition. Method of Procedure "If upon examination it was found thai the child was acutely ill. the case was re ferred immediately to the family physician, if they had one, or, if not, to a hospital for treatment. In cases of under-nourlsliinent the health center made 1111 attempt to build up the nutrition by seeing to It that the child wus properly fed and had tho proper amount of rest and fresh air. "In all the work of the federation tho educational idea comes first. It was sought t0 t(.aeh the mothers the value of health to I their children. This wns done by giving tlicin the advice of physicians nnd was fol lowed no in the homes bj nurses employed by the federation. "Hut there Is one important fnctor which does not seem to be appreciated by the public ut large. This Is that when there Is an attempt to maintain tho hcnlth of the child the problem becomes the problem of the familj. Thus, if the mother is 111 herself, the child or thp children must be looked after. If the father, the wage earner, is til or partly ill, part of the problem Is to see thnt he hns mediral supervision. Whatever af feets one member of a family in the matter of health affects them all. Tho Other Children "The fame is true us well of the other children in a family, for an outlay for ill ness for any member results in n smaller budget for the whole familv, and thus tho loss of health for one, even temporarily, be comes the problem of tho rest as well. Hut our investigation did not end with the find ing of the health conditions of n family. The house ns" well was investigated from a sani tary standpoint, and whore Insanitary con ditions were found every effort was made to have them corrected. This was done b.v tho federation for it period of two or three ) ears, at the end of which time tho health center wns turned over to the Health Department. "Tho object which the Child Federation has constantly In view is thnt it Is very much more Important to maintain health in those appnrentlv well than to neglect those in health und devote attention solely tn the enre of tho sick This is more important und more rational also from the economic standpoint, as it thus prevents Illness Other Cities Following "Our program is now attracting a great deal of attention throughout the country nnd many other cities are now doing likewise. In brief, we nre trying to persuade Uic peo ple of tho importance of a city-wldo cam paign for Ihe maintenance of health, 'GltiU Is one of the most difficult ofnll nm. i&in'i." ,.",,t !l,',10is'4. lor Wf huvij found" that tcSSSSfttl '-I H'U'uNVible o Mflkii people 1021 - HOO - OO, MR. HARDING!" , qg health nnd of the necessity for its constant supervision and maintenance. "Tho school system of teaching the pupils throughout the country the importance of health lu un excellent one und is bringing good results. Their plan Is to develop a program to teach health to the children and to carry this teaching throughout the entire school course. It Is a thoroughly practical method. A spectacular method is used in the beginning of this course, but it lias been found thnt the children lose interest in these spectnculnr methods nftcr a certain age and the educational authorities arc developing n bj stem more serious in character In the later years of the course. "The federation now centers its attention upon that neglected group of children com monly designated ns. 'children of pre-school age. iloughly, tins' means children under six j ears of age. Rut, going back to thuvery beginnings of this problem. It means su pervision of the mothers and the training of potential and prospective mothers to the re sponsibilities of motherhood and carry ins this education through birth, tliep through tho infancy of the child and up to the tlmo when the child enters school. Mothers Co-onerato Heartily "One of the most encouraging signs widen the federation lias observed in its work in Philadelphia is the more than hearty co operation of tho mothers, especially in tho region iu which the first health center was established. For example, whenever a now family moved into the block, we never had to look them up, after the work of thehealtli center began to become known. Invariably other mothers either brought tho children ot the'new familj to the health center for ex amination or told the mother of the child about its work. At nny rate tlie now chil dren whoso parents moved into thnt block speedily found their way to tho health center and one of our worst problems was auto matically solved All mothers soon realized what the health center meant to their chil dren. "Another interesting development of the health center wus that many of the families moved away from that vicinity. Living conditions in that vicinity nre not all tha: they might be, and one of the things taught by the health center Is the duty of parents to find tho beat homes for their children thut Ho within their means. Parents were con-' stantly 111 ged to find better homes for their children and themselves. "The evidently took us at our word, fo it fiuallj came to the point where wc lost twenty -nine families from one block, be cause on advice from tho federation they all movod to better nnrts of the city where their children could linve advantages impossible where they were. "The reuson for (lie concentration of ef fort on tho health of the child of pro-school J'K j,l'nt It is during this period that health habits are formed. It Is the time also when n child in most apt to be neglected, when most of Ihe Infectious diseases of childhood develop and when under-niitrltion is more likely to happen. It is much wiser to get the child during this period and correct any damage thut may have been done, rnther tlinn lo tr.v to repair injuries after tlie child uas entered scuooi. "After the school age has been reached malnutrition is fur more likely to bo observed and recognized than before that age, because In the school jears tlic.cliild is under belter supervision. The School Problems "Hut the pioblems of the school jears aie really those cieated during the pro-school period. Some .vears ago, when I was serving ou n nmittee to look Into the pliv steal conditions of children lu Industry, Dr.'Cor nell, also serving on tho committee, made n wise ami observant remark. He said tlmt If a commission would devote Its attention to tho health of the child of pie-school age the problem of the school physicians would lie reduced to a minimum. "The ultimate end of the federation is 10 maintain the child In hcnlth and turn him over in as nearly perfect physical condition as possible to the school authorities Hut the great problem Is to educate the public ut Inrge. ' "The matter of undei -nourished eliildteii hit, long been appreciated b. I luce groups outside of tlie medical profession, these belli" Ihe Department of lletilth. the school au thorities mid the nurses' orgunli-.atloiis. The, have been so impressed by what we hnv accomplished that the.v have asked the child federation 4o undeitake the training in ,mri "".', w"xr.l! m f,lp '''nl nurses, the urM. of tho Malting Nurse Society mid the school 11111 rip. ''Tlii! coiirnn will I.,...!.. 1.1 he nullum. .'-.Oil nuvsis. ttllU VJIIliq HtlUMIU'll by ubuJ . - ... . '' -" 'wii if about -.Vr V -WK-eC S-... CXjQffl&tMmL SHORT CUTS The baseball fan will now return to hl Neither Stromboll nor Sims can long be, kept down. Is it possible that Foch knows America better than Harvey? One thing it was a pleasure to miss was -the long list of Fourth of July fatalities. 1 r- Yesterday's cool spell was designed 10 prepare us for the really hot days to come. At least it may be said for the Net York wet parade that it wan a great thirst producer. In the matter of disarmament. President Harding is giving another demonstration of' his refusal to bo rushed. Every time we feel like wrltinz. "strictly moral stuff" nbout a prize fight we get to thinking of the advantage of this or that punch, and it's all off. Men do not think less of Carpentler be cause of the licking he got. Any fail he hat had in their estimation is due to the gush of the sob sisterhood. For which, of course, he was not responsible. The Rritish Government is selling ad vertising space on the back of its census blanks. There is a hint here for the United States Government. Space might be sold on income blanks to rest cures and asylums for the Insane. In the new Tariff Rill skeletons are free of duty nnd the rate on poker chips is reduced 10 per cent. This perhaps vll! prove a comfort to the loser in a little gnme. There should be less pain in going to the boneyard. It Is, of course, understood that the immigration restrictions complained of by" tho recently appointed Governor General nf Hawaii have nnt nffceted the supply of purs sites Imported by sugar planters to prey on Insects that destroy the crops. A New York company has refused tn insure the life of n turkey a. Missouri man Is fattening for the President's Thnnksgivlnj dinner. If he Is so anxious to make a sure thing of it he should consult not an Insuf ance but a cold-storage company. Word comes from Wilmington that a process hns been perfected for the manufac ture of a non-freezing dynamite. This will be a source of sonic little comfort to tlin' whosp job it Is to thaw out the stuff. The job Is usually accomplished without disas trous results, but once in n great while something weird and wonderful hnppons What Do You Know? QUIZ 1 Between what two places did r.vui Revere take his historic rldo 2 What Is n Macedonian cry? , 3 How manv Kings of England were nnmeo Henry? I What Is the literal meaning of the worn matinee? 5 W'hnt Is the second largest city in Massa chusetts'' 0, To whom did John L. Sullivan yield ne tltln of world's pugilistic chamnlon 7 Why Is Intakln tobacco so called? 8. W'hnt Is nn Isotherm? . 0 To what countries do the Snmonn Islands belong? , 10 Wliat Is meant by u machlcolated tower' Answers to Yesterday's Quiz Dumdum bullets,.n kind of soft-nose'd hul lot, which expands and Inflicts lacera tions, take their name from the ar senal and enntonments of Dunulum. India. . pulclnoa del Toboso was tho lady beloveJ by Don Qulxoto In Cervantes' famous romance, 'leophagy Is dirt eating. Francis Joseph I preceded Karl ns Rm peror and King of Austria-Hung"'"' Mount Mitchell. In the Jllnuk Mnunlnlii; North rnrollna, Is noted ns the hlghe" mountain In tho United .States east . tin Mississippi River. Its summit i fi7t0 feet abovo sen level. ,,,. Ceres In classical mythology wus in" goddess nnd protectress of nitrlculiure nnd all the. fruits of the earth, The First Amendment to the Federal 1 stitutlon declnres that "Congress ijlinii inal.e no law respecting the cslabllsn menl of religion, or prohibiting I ' free exercise thereof, or nbrldglns in ircruom or speecn or or tlie prrsa , Ihe right of the people peaceably w t he neon 0 iipncrnnir r 1 iissoiniiie nnil pennon mo uiimt " for the redress 11 f iirlevimi' s" . A proscenium Is tho part of the slasc in front of tbe curtain; soinellmes " curtain nnd lis framework. , Captain Itobeit (lr.iv wiih the first Am rl; - .. .. . ...1 .. '. . .....Alkl ' .. can lo carry the rinllonul ling iimU'V the irlobt on it continuous vo-ii"" UlA PAIIfttA n lilaa InliPnaU Ii HtcPflW rM T; "" PB "l- III" JU Willi-J- I it. t 1 ' . ,-j the Columbia River ln,172, to whlJ he cave tha name uf hi ahln. '. '. ssfisf&wm Ill if they mmwniMuttwninu. wiuiM,r .1.... t ,1 . ' .,.. 1 ., t,, , hi iiui. Willi II iiontui ... . '? f MM) iiupifiyeiucut .uf ' ''doimxi ..,. m ' ' ,wl""( 10. A squeegee Is a.rubber.4a4 tastrunMl a'tA! ,y ki'- ;&iMmM: -?' ZWi'pr Wv Y.-"! V .1 ..1 wr raaiamt wet mk r t,-l 1 JftJ is - A '"'&J ,,? .,.
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