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MAIN 1601 fTA&drett all communication-, to Eimino Public iMdger, tndepen dence Rqua re rhlladel phla Member of the Associated Press THE ASSOCUTFD PRESS ( rxentsu rt efl Htltd to the ins for rrpubllratlon of all new tiiratches credited to It or not othcruise crrillfe! n ,Ms paper, and alio the local news published therein. .411 riant of republication of special dlnpatcho herein are alto mmed Phlldflplili, Frldiy. Julr 29. mi MURKY WHITEWASH! T3E report with which a committee In Council yesterduy presumed to dispone of the scandal created bj reports of solicitation 'and bribery Involving Councilman Lime burner, A. B. Schmidt, of the Sear'"-Roebuck Company, and a scheme for a trollej line on the Roosevelt bouleard will be read cenerally with disgust and derision. ' The committee found nothing to sucRest wrongdoing on' the part of anjbody It found nothing to retlect on the honor of anj individual member YVhj, then, did it not do the simple and rational thins and hae Mr. Schmidt, who set the rumors in cir culation, return to dispol them'' The de parture of Schmidt lind a di-.igreeablp suggestion of (light Councilman Hoper wa an honorable ex ception in the committee of iiiestigatioii. He not only refused to sii;n the whitewash report. He publiclj stated his belief that he and the other members of the com mittee were lax and crcn derelict in their failure to clear the whole question up while they were about it. . Mr. Roper Implied that manv things which the public ought to know will never be told Some day or other, in another burst of frankness, he mas tell the people why he didn't press tho business to a conclusion, force light into places where it was needed or, at least, present a minority report, as he had a perfect right to do UNCLE DAVE AT EIGHTY-TWO UNCLE DAVE LANE'S chaiaeteiization of Mavor Moore as "a dead duek ' aurprised no one who knows The Sage Wasn't Uncle Dave celebrating his birthda? In the historic manner by saing the most unpleasant thing he could think of about the political opponents whom he and his friends fear most? A man who can be aggressive at eighty-two is not to be sneered at. t'nelo Dave has an interesting side to his charac ter. And what he says of men and politics and the future doesn't greatlv matter. AVe have heard it all befoie. It is all true-of the Lanes and their followers But there is an Increasing number of people of whom. , it Is not true. But The Snge doe-.ii t know the rising geneiation. lie sees it onlj through a mist. Uncle Dave is not a lowbrow Pie has read rather widely and he has lived long He has the great virtue of consitencv It is his belief that tho average oter is a pretty low sort of being who, left to himself, without Vares and Penroses nnd Lanes to look after him and lead him b the hand, would soon run the country to tho dogs And he belie es, too, .that there are few people gifted with the quality of mind that enables men to vote and think uneltishh and for the good of the community rather than for their own immediate profit Like any good feudalist, facie Dave regards his followers with tolerance and cen with dis like. They are the rabble Tliev are noth ing but the mechanism with which a leader works out his own will Natmallv, the flage sneers at any moement of reform based upon a belief in the intelligence and decency of the average man No. There is no nonsense in vour T'ncle Dave. And there is one great virtue in him. He is not a lnpoente He dne-n't believe in tho democratic theorv or in tho utility of the ballot And he never pre tended to believe in either POLITICS IN WARD DIVISION DISSATISrACTIOX over the touimis sion's recommendation for dividing the Twenty-second Ward is not surprising Germantown citizens Jtitlj complain that the commission was not impartial, a- one member at least was committed to division of the ward before am testimom was taken. The Court is asktd to set aside the re port and to appoint a new commimion to consider the matter. This mav be the best wnv out of the muddle so far ns the Tvveutj second Ward is concerned But it does not torn b upon the larger question of a revision of the wnrd boundaries iu the whole eitv The ward is the basis t representation in the political committee, and it is little more than that at the present time .So long as there are wards with fewer than 1000 voters along with waids with M100 ami 10,000 voters there is no fair representation of the voting strength of the city in the committees This makes it easj for tho lenders who control the little wards to force their will siipon the rest of the citj Of oouise, tht , politicians are opposul to am ihancu which will decrease their power As a matter of fact, the real reason for ,N dividing the Tvventv stumd Ward Is to 1 make a separate ward of that part of the j district in which the supporters of the on . tractor regime live, so as to stuugtiien oii tractqr control of the Republican ( itv Committee. If this plan were ium oinpanied by & plan to combine two or three of the little wards into one tin re would bo some Justification for it. But the conlraetoi politicians merilv wish to retain all tho lwer they nnv have and to iinniiae it as I a as pns iiie ;f 'nnfioccciriMAi nicpnnnTcev uuuni.viy7iuiiinL. iiji;uun i uo t C(iNGEUNIt an unmiM i.l nine hi-, toric statement ' this is old nuts ' . erred Mark Twain but tueie is nothing Ue the matter with it " And, but for its fannliaritv and age there h s nothing cthicallv the matter with tho rruuuieiu rxjirc&MMi nj- npnawr jones. or i "Washington, in reference to the nronosed f.T "lnintlpnt Inn1 hv fun if lita nntifr.iriia .if Vue American administration of Haiti and M-einto Domlnto "Some Senators " nsserts itf 1 linteirlll'd champ on of olnimis tiiiili- V , ''U get a nice trip and nothing il will eot it." w '".lifro are forms of couitesj which are Sl 1..I ll .!.. .. !.. .1. . w wMies. It Is unkind even envious, for f f '5aitor Jonea to be so iranh After the Ki ' V(JT jsMron Into which tho weather man nnnually plunges the national capital T the tropic breezes nnd West Indian trauo winds must Inevitably be gracious and re freshing. Critics of tho proposed commission should remember that its senatorial denunciator halls from a Northwest Pacific State, where tho mercury is habitually well-mannered nnd thnt n fat roll of mileage is at his com mand. MAYOR MOORE'S VETO KILLS THE GAS-GRAB ORDINANCE His Message Pulverizes the Project by the Weight of Irresistible Logic TlTAYOR MOORE with courage baa risen "- to the occasion and protected the In terests of the people by vetoing the Hall gas-grab ordinance. There was nover any justification fqr that ordinance snvo a desire to go to the relief of a rich corporation thnt professed to be in financial straits. It was drawn without any consideration of the great mass: of facts presented in the report of the Gas Com mission. The gas company said it needed more money, and Councilman Hall thereupon pro posed to give it twenty-five cents more fot every thousand feet of gas that it sold and to charge the people ten cents more. There was no attempt to find out whether this was too much or too little to meet the needs of the situation. It was nothing but a guess. s The Mayor in his veto message shows that it was only a guess Ho points out iu detail the numerous findings of fact in the Gas Commission report which were ignored in drafting tho Hall ordinance and the nu merous recommendations which were dis missed without consideration. His summary of the commission report will bring it to the attention of the general public for the first time in such shape thnt it can be understood. And when he announces that he ba-es his disapproval of the ordinance on Its failure to meet the needs of the situation ns disclosed bv the experts who made the report, lie will carry the pub lie with him because he has unequivocally stated the ground on which he stnnds. When he says that tho oidinanee "Is not in the interest of tho city or of the con sumers of gas," and backs the statement with indisputable facts, his position is un assailable. But he goes further than this when he intimates that the Hall ordinance, instead of being a temporary arrangement, might "for political or economic reasons" bo re newed from j ear to year, and that the negotiation of n new lease, might be post poned Indefinitely so long bb the gas companj was getting so generous n gift from the city. That gift, he points out, would not be merely nn increase of $4,000,000 a year In gross ri turns, but, with the savings made bj the substitution (if the British thermal unit for the candle-power unit, it would amount to $o,l. "0,000 a year over the gross income during the last candle-power year, while it would decrease the revenue of the citv by between 2,000.000 nnd $3,000 000. The detailed exhibit of the financial con dition of the gas company Justifies the Mayor's conclusion that the company can carry on its business nnd perform its exist ing contract until a new agreement can be reached on the general lines suggested b.v the Gns Commission. It is only logical, therefore, for him to lay the injunction upon Council to make the necessarv arrangements without delay for negotiating a new lease, which shall not only provide for the protection of the prop erty rights of the city in the gas plant, but which shall fix an equitable price for gas, a pneo subject to yvisiou rouniiarrf m ircll ns iipicard from time to time ns conditions change. Nothing less will properly protect tho public tnpayers nnd consumers alike. This veto is one of the most wholesome things thnt has happened in this city in n long time. It demonstrates that there is in the olhce of the Major a man who is loyal first of all to the interests of the people He has stood between the ignorant or un scrupulous politicians forming the "gas ma jority ' in Council on the one hand and the gas company on the other hand, and has prevented the consummation of a plan which had in it the possibilities of despoliation of the gas consumers for tho profit of a cor poration The gas company favond the passage of the Hall ordinance. It brought pressure to buir fiom various directions upon the Mayor to induce htm to sign it But he stood tiim for what lie knew to be right And he ha- jiistiliul hi- course with uch convincing logic that nothing remains now for Council nnd the g.is company but to follow the course which he has maiked out. JAPAN'S ACCEPTANCE ON'E portion ot the preluninarv antptauce givin bv Japan to the confereiK t pro-po-al is sutlicienilv txplicit to justify the iei(iitd -.atisfnr tion in Warliington The asent of the Toliio Government that tho meeting 'shall embrace the discussion of the I'afilh and Far Eastern question" has betn dilimtilv attained Helmut Iv quistlonablc, however, is the Japanese "undei standing" of conditions whiih tsecutarj Hughes imposed condi tions which to the Occidental mind seem to have been stated with i ommendablt clarity. In the n te delivered b.v the Ainerh uu Charge d Affaires at T' Mo on Julv li'l hope whs (jjiissed 'that the Imnuuil Gnvi mniMit would not pns its inquirv ns to the nature and si op of the I'iu itic and I'ar Eastern problems to he disc ii-i d The willingness of the Si Cretan of State ' to pinned with i changes of opinion re gaiding the agenda pnor to the meeting of the confeienco" was acknowledged, with the commentniy that "he eonsiders it Inadvis able at the present moment to hnmper tho piogrnm and in particular to delav tho ar ritigeni'iits f' r Hi'' onfen Ik c pond V n, ngieiineiit iu this matter " Misiiii,tuiii n is a widespread piaetlie nml it is at hast i Inn itable to assume that Iii iu has full' n a virtini to it in iiinler .landing thnt the Anuilcaii Government 'lonsidiis it ndvisnbli to adjust In that agenda the nature and si ope of the Far Eastern questions to he discussed ' if this mangling of straightforward sentences ro flicts Oriental subtlety, some conventional notions of tho wisdom of the East are in need eif ri'vlslon. The final anchor to windward is the Japa nese view that the agenda, eir preliminary notes and data "should be arranged in I" ot llllie vvit'i the liillll) oh lee t of the dis i issi n is above dijined and that intio ,1 n tn ii tl ii m of eumn problems sue h as nie of soh eenenin to eertain particular Bowers or such matters that may be re garded as accomplished facts may be scru pulously avoided " This assumption raises tho eternally nice point concerning we u- thorlty to deem facts "accompH8hcd.,, It is conceivable that what Japan would be delighted to regard as settled and done with may bo considered a debatable question by other parties. It Is, of course, extremely probablo that the Japanese answer was dovlscd in part with a lew to home consumption. Tho qualms atid fears manifested by Tokio fall to nullify Japan's acceptance of n cnll to n conference which will submit Pacific as well as disarmament problems for adjustment The Island Empire has agreed to that program. That Is the "accomplished fact," and its menning far transcends thnt of at tempted provisos and qualifying clauses. The hesitancy revealed may denoto Jap anese inclinations, but nevertheless Tokio is a pledged partner in the parley. That meeting has been devised to lay practical emphasis upon the note of compromise. Its success inevitably must be measured by the degree in wTilch the prlnclplo of give nnd take Is sensibly nsserted. HOOCH AND THE POLICE IT IS clear that part of the argument to bo presented before tho Civil Service Commission in defense of policemen in Krankford who appear to know too much or too little about the conditions behind the talc of a $.r0,000 whisky burglary in their district will bo a complete exposition of the nrt and science of bootlegging. The Investigation urged by Superintendent Mills is to be two-edged. The superintendent contends flatly thnt there was no burglary of the dimension reported. Thnt retort docs not dispose of the matter, even temporarily. But It is suggestive of a desire in tho Pollco Department to give the public n view of the seamier side, of prac tical Volsteadlsm. The very painful experiences of Tederal enforcement agents have been such ns to justify any one who takes reports of great whisky burglaries lightly or with suspicion. Doubtless thero have been such robberies. The Ernnkford trensure house mav have been cleaned out by sure-enough thieves. But the fact remains that Government agents have a wry, unhappy sort of smile with which they almost Invariably greet the news of such disasters. And any news paper reader with a memory knows that tho skill and daring of burglars seemed to In crease amazingly when the dry lnws first went into effect. Trucklonds of hooch van ished on the highwavs. Warehouses were broken open almost every night. Enforce ment agents could do no more than send the record of these thefts to Washington and strike the vanished liquor out of their esti mates. Under the lnw as it is now applied any man who provides the required bonds mnj go into tho wholesale whisky business and withdraw virtunlly unlimited supplies of whisky from tho warehouses. It is pre sumed, of course, that such a man will dis pose of the stint only In legitimate wayB. He is in business ostensibly to sell to drug gists nnd medicine makers. Tho Govern ment keeps a record of his withdrawals. Its agents are likely to appear at anv mo ment to survey his stock on hand and to compare It with the proof of legitimate sales. But a whisky wholesaler who obeys tho law works with small profit margins. In the restricted markets competitive laws still rule. So, confronting the individual who lias taken hundreds of barrols of liquor out of a warehouse there is always the tempta tion offered by the bootleggers nnd bootleg syndicates. The holder of a stock of genuine whisky can get almost anv price "he asks for the stuff from those who keep it in circulation as a diversion for the crowd. Great quan tities of bonded whisky withdrawn ostcnsl blj for legitimate uses havo gone straight to the headquarters of the outlawed trade, and the people who made the sales quad rupled their working capital overnight. The day of reckoning for such transac tions comes when the wholesnler has dis pensed his stocks without having receipts from nutliorired purchasers to protect his bond and keep him from Jail. An account ing of some sort must bo made to the regional enforcement office. And in in stances such as that just described the ac counting comes in the form of n wild narra tive of burglary and despoliation. In the prohibition enforcemept offices here nnd everj where else there are stories of empty warehouses broken open by burglars hired by the owner of the place Whisky barrels filled with water have been rolled out in the sight of astonished observers. Revolvers have been fired In the nir. But even the enforcement officers cannot arrest a man because his warehouse was robbed. Superintendent Mills is obviously disposed to view the Frankford burglary In the light of experience gained by the Federal agents. But rumors of policemen's collusion with traders in illicit whisky continue to come from n few of the districts If the super intendent proceeds with a sincere desire to show up the bootleggers he may incidentally let a little wholesome light into ills own organization A PLAIN GUM GAME THE duly qualified appointment bv Mayor Moore of a Citv Architect was optl mlsticall.v believed to have ended the strangle hold upon municipal work said to have been secured bv Philip H. Johnson, through kindness of the late Samuel H Ashbridge Tlieoreticall.v , the expectations of refoim were rosy; the results are otherwise. Al though Mr Johnson's historic grip has been loosened Mr Sinkler, the present City Architect, has been denied resources by Council to such an extent thnt numerous important plnns for public improvements are in abejance. These works include playgrounds, tho City HalUaiincx, fire nnd pollco stations, locker buildings nt bathing beaches, a sewage disposal plant, tho Ger mantown Municipal Building and a water tower for the Belmont pumping station There are at present funds to retain only four drnftsmen In Mr Sinkler's office. Council has refused the plea for $12,000 for extra help It is a phjsical impossibility to clear up tho work in hand with anything like celeiity As there are ample appropria tions for all these constructions once the plnns are muile, the hituntion is one of plain obstructionism Councilman Von Tagen scents a A'nre si heme to embairass the City Architect's office until the municipality will be forced to call in and remunerate outside designers The impnsse, whatever its underlying cause, is inmentably suggcstlvo of the shndv tradi tions attaching to the city's fashion of plan ning Its Improvements If the matter of Tolngon Jnpin'a position !h Foreign Shoes taken with an eipen mind, if her sincerity Is niieptid ns a inntter of couise, it at onco In e nines plain that her stand as to what mnv or mav not be discussed nt the foithconilng eonfeii'iiie is not without some justification. Looked at with Japanese eyes, which are tierhnps as full of suspicion of the United States as American oyes sometimes are of Japan there mav seem to bo sinister signifi cance in the fortifications nt Guam, Hawaii ami the Philippines, and theso may be held as sufficient reason for the building of moro battleships Tomasso Tittonl Is hound for the We st lie k epiite unoificiull) tnlnc n rest Room for Cemjeclilic But despite protestations all ptihllrlsts may Be permitted to guess what T, Tittoni may sav And what happy yarns correspondents will et Concerning -Flame, Sllenav t cet. AS ONE WOMAN SEES IT Accident That Gave Point to tho Wis dom of Romaln Rolland Concern ing the Eyes of Youth By SARAH D. LOWKI& A PHRASE In the last translated book of Romaln Rolland, "Clerntnbault," gavo mo pnuso tjio other day: " As they grow older there nro very few men willing to let life tako Its own course and who nro generous enough to look nt the future through the eyes of their juniors. Thnt Is tho most ncccsary foresight there la, no doubt, to thoso of us who hold tho reins today, but must give them up tomorrow or next day at tho latest, seeing things with young eyes. Tho some day I read that sentence I re ceived a letter from a woman whom I know very well who had been making n trip through tho Yellowstone with three of her childien. Tho children arc two girls and a boy the girls twenty-one and twenty-three nnd tho boy about seventeen. I had been getting notes, postals and letters from every stage of tho trip, and the ouo that was mailed before tho party left homo was full of echoes of my friend's distraction becnuse her children were so hanl to focus on their packing and on the last things to be at tended to In tho why of their home duties; In fact, on getting off on n journey that was to last for the remainder of the summer and' Involve a v.nr!oty of equipments, ranch llfo, motoring nnd visiting being in tbe program. Sho was distracted to the verge of crossness by their flying off on pleasure tangents, lnst minuto parties and wholly irresponsible er rands of their own that had nothing to do with tho proposed journey, up to, literally, the last moment. THEN, ns soon as they wero actually off, she was amazed nnd correspondingly re lieved to find them so enre-free nbout the difficulties of the trip the thermometer hovering about 100 degrees, a complicated change of routes In Chicago and greatly over-crowded sleeping accommodations. It was the first time she had traveled with them, since they were small children with nurses nnd governesses, for pleasuro, and she wns enchanted to find how merry nnd casitnl thev were off on what they called "a pleasure exertion." I had a postnl from tho entrance of the Yellowstone when thev weic about to innkc the first stage in the motorbus of their seven dnvs' trip. My friend noted, for mv won dennent and for heis, that they had vetoed n private motor for the trip, though she was' game for the extra expense of $100, giving ns their reason that It would be More interesting to get the spirit of the thing with the general crowd than to what they called "hive by themselves." Tho traveling public looked tnmely commonplnco to their mother, but not so to them. Somewhat to my astonishment, before I had time for another letter I received a telegram, pent from the ranch In Wjoming, nt the end of the Yellowstone trip, telling me the journey had ended safely and well. I put thn message down to n sort of extra keeping In toufch with me, nnd never thought of some possible nenr-catastrophc barely avoided until the letter recounting their narrow escape reached mo a day or bo later. THE story which that letter unfolds marks clearly tho latent resources of the mod ern flrl or boy nnd shows, I think, that although they may not meet pleasuro more effectively than tho best of their parents' generation, they do meet dnngcr and tragedy with greater resourcefulness and ejuietness. I quote the letter, somewhat abbreviated : "I am writing n full account to you of whnt has happened not so much to us ns to others because I am afraid It has al ready got into the pnpers and that you have been nlarmed for fear we were involved. I shall for the same reason telegtnph you on renching the ranch, so that you may know wo nro safe. "Wo had had a inot exhilarating nnd In teresting first dn'8 drive, and were within a few miles of the first night's stop when the chauffeur of our motorbus stopped the car and said thnt, according to the rules, he must wait thero for tho bus behind to join him the Inst to como tin ouch with that day's contingent of tourists. We waited a very long while, nnd then, ns no bus came, he announced that he must turn around anil go back and see whnt was the matter. There were two chauffeurs on our bus and two other passengers besides ourselves. Turn back we did, therefore, and just as we were well on our way some people in n Ford car came hiirr.vlng along and notified our chauffeurs that there had been an acci dent to the other bus. They then hurried on to the nextjiote for help and wo went toward tho place of the accident, about five miles bnck. It was a most harrowing sight nnd tho shock of it made me feel helnless. The bus wns completely overturned down nil embankment, nnd bodies weie ljlng mo tionless or trying to drag themselves or ono. another up nnd from under. T CONFESS thnt I quailed at what lay X before us to elo when I saw thnt sight. Not so tho children! The were down anil had tho first-aid box out and the things thev wanted out of it without a moment's hesitation. The.v knew what to do nnd what to do It with "In a wav I followed their quick, quiet directions The vvoist wus a woman who wyis, I believe, dead already, but whom, with the help of a joung girl I found bendlug over her, I tried for a long while to revive. "When I fnlled on thut I helped the children get the sand and gravel out of the mouths anil fines of the ones who had been knoeked sense less but were- not dead. The-v were using give othvinoline on lint swabs, nml, when the cuts were (lean, iexlliic And thev undeistooel lnndnglng ; the.v even mi elerstood quieting the hjsterieal ones. I wondered at them nnd I was piotid of them, and I was thankful for their composure nnel their ubilltj and their kindness." THE letter goes on to iclnte the coming opportunely of two medieal stiielents whei we're touring in the wake of the excursion and ui theii taking charge until the hotel rcMcue partv airlveel 'Hie bus and its un hurt occupants weio thus freed to nursiio tin delated journey to tho first night's stopping place. To this hotel, however, the de.nl woman nnd the eight lnjuied tourists wero nlso presentlv brought As there wns no more to do, mv friend's children urged her, verj Hcnsiblv to get a private car from the company anel push on after supper to an other hotel fiuther down tho line, so as tn get as soon as possible out of tile atmosphere of tho elisasier Thej urge el that the drive In the quiet dnrkness would he a lest, anil that waking up next day in a new envlremnient would put them in a right mood to go en anil i njov a trip that tho sharp intinorv of the tiageelv behind tliein might e-nsilv destioy if one thought ton mue h about it. Tho nriangement to go on that evening nfter supper was therefore put thiough, the matter of the accident was dropped fienn conversation nnd a good night's sleep was the result Tlitir eoolness In administering the cure to themselves was, I think, as astonishing to their nmther ns anv pint of their reaction te tiie erne rgene v Their eomplete la'k of si nsntlonrrtisin throughout ih entire episode is a eiuulltv of nntiiinluess that belongs te their whole gen eiation It leuiovts them as equally fnun the swooning elavs of their grandmothers as from the scTT-consclous bustling ts eif yesterdnv, when social service was a fashion rather than n matter of couise. THEIR grandmother would have had salta and the ruffio of n white pottlcont. In our earlv daR we might have hnd spirits of am monia and a bnndage But thanks to Llsti'r, they hail evervthtus In thnt first-aid enso from niitlseplie giiue to sterllied siir.'fi al neeill s ami thanks to the war thev knew how to use them while thanks tn the spfiit of th times tin' knew not only when to concentrate upon their duty, but when It was their right and dutj to turn face about and walk away and think of something else. That is a great power, If they will only use it greatly. . -Tlt-li. .--? NOW MY IDEA IS THIS Daily Talks With Thinking Philadelphia on Subjects They Know Best DR. ALEXANDER B. ARTHUR On the Nutrition Problem NUTRITION, both from the standpoint of present welfare and the future, of the race, is ono of the most important nnd least understood subjects that concern the average person, nccoidlng to Dr. Alexnndcr B. Arthur, director of the nutrition clnsa of the Children's Homeopathic Hospital. "In a day when we try to snvo and Im prove every life, no inntter how humble," said Dr. Arthur, "it is vital that we at least have ovcrj child possible in n normal, health condition. "A clinic like that at the Children's Homeopathic Hospital undertakes that problem nnd mnkes it possible for man.v childien te glow to splendid mnnhood of womnnbood who would otherwise be handi capped bv mental or phvslcnl defects or succumb to the rnvages of tuberculosis or other diseases which, if discovered in the Incipient stage, couM havo been cured. Environment l,s Important "The question of environment; is an Im portant ono In lonsldciing the ease of the under-nourished child. Cleanliness of mind nnd bnd.v, both in the child nnd its en vironment, is a ital thing. In fait, one cannot stress too strongly the psjchology of the clean mind. More than n casunl ob server can posslhlj sec, this factor plavs a ver.v big part in Its effect on the child's digestive npparatus. Its disposition and other elements thnt go to affect the question of taking limit isbinent. "Right at the start, In tiie infnncv of the child, manv mothers make vital mis takes through ignorant e, indifference or a lack of realization of their responsibilities and obligations. "Thus in lecent veers there has been a tendency on the pnrt of mothers to get away from the task of feeding the Infant them selves. Nothing really takes the place of .the mother's musing In the earlv months of the child's life, yet because of disinclina tion to give the time nnd attention to this hlghlv important detail man mothers leave this matter to he solved b milk prepara tions or dilutions or prcpntcd foods. "l.ven ns it is, tney generally nuiKe tiie nilstnko of over feeding, -and consequently utiilei -nourishing the child. I have never peruonnlly been a starved child but have seen untold numbers dIng of starvation be muse tho stomach and intestines, unable to digest tho excessive amount of food, nour ishing or otherwise, ingested, rebel nnd empty themselves ns fust ns tho lirltuting 'foods' nro 'forced' into them. Has Effect Upon Future "One thing that must he remembered is the fact that 'the child Is father of tho iiiiiu ' Ah it grows to maturity its whole status will probably be affected by the foundation which was laid In tho earlv mouths Future generations in turn will bo affected, and so the whole question of rae e development is nt stake. "We have a tendency to go In for efli cleiuv, to n filiate, our lives em a machine like basis, which is well enough except that we must leuiemlier tnnt we are iiiiinnn ticiugs anil are alvvnvs llkel.v to maniftvst thnt fact. So when we go in to icgulnte the ejlct of children we must boar that fact In mind anil trj first to win their confidence The chllil veiv often will not obey its parent in these matters, be cause tho parent has often been wioug, the child senses it and linn lost that confidence so essential to proper response., "As it Is, our lives are so artificial that it Is difhuilt to lay out nny sstcin of diet ing or feeding thnt will he likely to be pel fecilv applied Gcnciallv speaking, a light liiinkfnst. a fairly good lunch nnd n not too liu'i' dinner In the evening would be Ideal 'Ihej should also ho at regular hours, with rest periods, especlallv after the two latter iiieals But as this Is Impossible In tho lives of ma n of us, we ninblo along as best wc mav, which In some cases is not good. We would all be better off phvsliall if it were possible to return to the simple life. "But to return to tho subject of the child. While wo handlo them in groups, it must bo remembered that no two arc alike, and indi vidual treatment is necessary. '"I ho sui'icss of tho nutrition work do penils largely on the worker. We ure for tunate iu having one of appealing per hinnlltr to childien, one who In moreover, an athlete nliel who know both hei work and her subieet well Mis Ethel Hliavv She Is a graduate of the Jewish Hospital and pnst-gindiiatc of tho Ling-lu Hospital of. New York. "When the children enter the hospital their appearance Is carefully observed. Their age and weight are taken and their normal THATS DONE """"'"" 4. height estimated. Children found 7 per cent or more under-w eight are eligible to tbe nutrition class. They are given examina tion nnd the cause of their malnutrition de termined nnd, if possible, corrected. Special attention is given to the ces, nose, teeth, throat, heart, lungs and nervous system. If nny defects or abnormalities arc found, appropriate medical, surgical and other treatment Is recommended to parents and instituted if permission Is granted. "Tho number of calories of protclds, carbohdrates, fats, etc., required daily b.v the individual child is computed and a diet carefully worked out comprising tho necessary foods to be taken. "This souuds formidable, but is really quite simple. It means the grcntcst food value for the least expenditure of money, and dials witli fish, meats, bread, butter, eggs, milk, egctnbles (starchy and green), fruits, pnstry, cakes and enndv. Princi pally docs it deal with the Inhibition of the sweets, for wc tine from Infancy to maturity nnd even far bejond the ill effects come, not from a. lack of food, but from nn excessive Indulgence in a few articles perhaps nour ishing if taken in moderation as part of u well -balanced ration. "The child is now started on his or her vongo of 'recovery,' which will be speedy or long-continued, depending on the vnrious factors causing the malnutrition and the co-operation of child nnd paicnt. This ex plains whv Institutions having entire charge of the child are usually able to show the best lcsiilts If the malnutrition is due simply to errors of diet, the response Is rnplel: If due to defects or disease, a cure must first bo effected and poor, abused na ture bo peimlttcd to functionate properly. It 1m a pernicious custom for jming or old to constantly tako n laxative. Tho need of n laxative Is usually due to errors of diet or Improper functionating which should be coricctcd. Frequent Reports Mndo "The children report to the nutrition woiker in classes of twent.v -five each, nc coidlng to age, size nnd ph.vsleul require ments, once u week (cases requiring indi vidual cure repoit more often), nnd weight and height taken This is quito a ceremony and eagerly looked forwaril to by them, for the child making the best showing each week is given n gold star on his or her nutrition chnrt. Tills chart is hung In n line on the wall and is of great interest to the little people. ''In cases not making n gain the child is ro-exaiulned, tho parents consulted anil nil details considered. Frequently ludlscietloiis in met or living nru discovered and cor icctcd. "I feel that the children under our care for the Inst six months have shown such decided improvement that the cost of con ducting tho class lias been a splendid ex penditure, the benefit of which will reach far into tho future when these children reach maturity." Federal Income lax revenue for 1910. according to figures just made public, totaled more tlinii n hllllon nnd n epiartcrdollars; epiite a neat little sum for a vacation trip. Ostcnslhl a tax on what a mini has, it In evitably filteis down to n ta on what a mnn consumes, hi this it lesiiuhles all other tnxes. Tho consumer pnH every last one of 'cm, though be doesn't nlwiiH know it. The difference between taxes is that of ease iu collecting, certainty of collection and the eost of the amount collected. Tho thing that damns tho present income tax is that col lection is neither easy nor ceitnlu, and that beiaiiSH of tho coniplexitv of Its bookkeeping pei haps the costliest possible to devise. ' Savs a member of the American Cos metician Society nt a meeting in Chicago, "The man who won't let his wife make heisolf attractive is usually looking over his shoulder at some woman who Is " And without ilenvlng that then! mnv he some llttlo truth In the assertion, we stall at the Inference that the lip stick can provide said attraction. Tho agreement between Pennsy shopmen and officials may not please everybody, but at least It Is bettCr that such agreement should be reached amlcnhl than that the same ngi cement should bo made nfter weeks of unemployment, nnd consequent trudu paralysis Curiously enough, remarked tho Im pecunious One, tho reduction of airplane rates from $100 to $50 for a trip between New York to Atlantic City hasn't pS penny in my Jeans, ;sTjJns(, JK SHORT CUTS The farmers' bloc teems to have beet effectually blocked. Mayor Moore has added a little hatchet M to the gas man's kit. John Barleycorn thec dn8 seems to be talking with a Scotch burr. , And now wc mav never know just what was back of tbe seizure of the nine big ships. This hot weather is terribly hard, we'll tell the world, on ladies who use rouge nnd lip sticks. Before prohibition changed the trade somewhat it was only lngcr that came In schooners. The divine right of Kings, we hasten to remind Governor Len Small, includes tbe right to nbdlcate. "Now where in Sam Hill," we seem to hear old Doc Sawyer complaining, "is my Sain Browne belt?" The demand for the release of American prisoners in Russia has now been made plain enough for even a Soviet official to understand. To most people the Disarmament Con ference has a halo of hope, though the New York World continues to view it with doubt nnd misgiving A sales tax demnnds your money, but doesn't tnke it out of your pocket when vou're not looking. Which would you rather do, band out n dime or lose a quarter? What the Administration seeks to dots to permit Uncle Sam tn sell a few- securities in order tn help a lame rallrnnd dog to live in the stIe to which it was afoietime accus tomed. , Social workers report that babies In . homes and hospitals show supreme roa tempt for daylight-saving hours. Le em. It's their pi lv liege. Let the fort go on iecor.1 that bedtime is dusktimc. ""hereto fore, and not before dusk '.nnel Betting up time is when they've had all the sleep they . ....1 insst itfm wui.L, mm im'-v im iwv. I What Do You Knoiv? QUIZ Who usually administers hhooaUe0a nfflcfl to tho President of tho unneu Wlm't Is the meaning of the term BBento ns used In tho language of ellpIoniac i What cIoch tho abbreviation Alta slgnltyt Which Is tho Crescent City? Who was Ik Marvel? Whnt Now Knjrlancl Stato produces tns most, tobacco' Who was the German Ambassador w the United States Immediately pre cedlnK the novel nnco of dlplomatlo re latlons with Germany In ii ' Wbero and whnt Is i:squlmaulf Under what piece of redcrnl legislation are tho rallronds of the United States now being operated ' What Is the original meaning of tnt word hippodrome' Answers to Yesterday's Quiz Ono hundred pounds make a lulntal. Santlngo do Chllo is the capital of cnu Medusa In classical mythology ' wai i erne of tho gorgons Her head was cut " by rerseus The gorgons wero tnr snake haired women whose wo' turned nny beholder to stone Laburnums are small trees with brig yellow (lowers . The expression "Innocuous desuetuo 'd waB popularized bv Grov" Clevel a no In his messngo of lv arch L f18"'a$ wrote. "After nn existence of nmj twenty years of ,"""r '"Kouiht desuetude, these laws are brougn. forth." ... 0 The word gneiss, the name of, a kiwi quartz, may be pronouncod gnice, 'nice " Esparto Ja a kind of rush Imported from Hpatn for paper making. Tho father of Queen Victoria was Eflj ward, Duko of Kent, fourth sou oi Georgo III tnion General McDowell rommandeel Jh.."-Jun. Army at tho first battle of Hull "" , A tantivy 'is nn old English hunting crvj. The word also elcfcilbes a i apM ru'j; Impetuous movement. " t",?lri tbl part of the seventeenth century iuf English Tories were wmetlmei caB , kt m ?i J I SJ .s . . . s ' V 'n my, ,u,oj. !l jn-Hfrf &!
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