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Pennsylvania Ate nnd 1 llt S 4 New Yoric UcnaiD Tho &tn nuildlnic LONDON Dckkau TratalAr Jlulldlne aunsrmrTioN tkiois The Emnimh Pernio Lznosn Is served to sub orlbera In Philadelphia end surrounding towns at tho rato of twelve (12) cents per week, payable to the carrier. Ily mall to points outside of Philadelphia. In fna United States. Canada, or United States pos Msalons, postal free, fifty (SO) rents per month. Six (6) dollars per year, payable In advance. To all firelcn countries one tl) dollar a month, i NoTloa Subscribers wishing address changed Biust Elve old as well as new address. WOJ iOOO WALNUT KrVTONf. MA1NJ681 LAddrtss nil communication to Kitnliip Publlo Ijidper, Ind'yendenre Sqvnrt, r'li'tif fphfri. Member of the Associated Press I TUB ASSOCIATED Mr'SS ( rxclualvelu en titled tc the use tor rcjiuMlcntlon o' nil news dispatches credited to It or not othrru (s credited hi thte paper, and also tht local news published therein. All rights of republication of special dhvatches "(Trti are alio reserved. rhiiid.ipi.i.. TuM.i.r, Aufuit :3, ii IN A WORD. BRIEFLY stated the political situation in Philadelphia ts this: Two groups or gnr.&s, exploiters nntl peddlers of offices, retailers of h-i mid gam bling privileges, linvc scerctl.t combined to run away with the Republican l'art in this tit, to stampede the polls and ultimately to seize control nt City Hall. The depend wholly on the voter win! takes orders, the voter who lets n division lender do his thinking for him. They believe that the average man is lazy, careless, uninterested and therefore not - to bo reckoned with or feared. Because of the silence of Senator Penrose, Mnyor Moore hns been left to contend almost unaided against this movement to seize the city and sell it out. The people of this com munity enjoy none of the advantages that come ordinarily from n minority party or a ircll-orgnnlzed opposition to boss rule. Unless the independent -minded voter wakes up and stops and looks and listens iand makes himself felt, tin- eily and its government will before long be hound, gagged and delivered to the political veggs. TOO MUCH TYPHOID THE UK was n time not so long ago when typhoid fever wns a commonly act eptod nd recurrent affliction in Philadelphia. Every one was supposed to "catch" it at some time or other. Medical re-eurch and Improved laws of sanitation, nnd, particu larly, the magnificent work done by the State Department of Health under the di rection of the late Dr. Samuel Dixon, led te the control of typhoid and its virtual elim ination in this and other thickly populated areas. The power which the State Department of Health wielded to prevent the pollution of drinking water and the infection of water sheds everywhere throughout the State brought about something very much like a miracle of disease pretention. For tjphoid Is p. preventable disease and jts causes are veil known and easily traced. Dr. Furbush in calling attention to the sudden outbreak of what he terms vacation ' typhoid is talking of typhoid brought to the city by people who hnto become victims of Impure water or insanitary conditions nt summer resorts. The warning is' timely enough. Water from open streams should never bo used until it is first boiled. But the prevalence of typhoid in the coun try districts of New Jersey and Pennsyl vania shows that o little more ltnllty and energy a little more of the spirit which Dr. Dixon put into the State Health De partment is required now in the Health Departments at Harrisburg and at Trenton. GET READY TO REGISTER TT IS not too early for oters who wish to take part In the nomination and election of a Controller, District Attorney, Register of 'Wills ami the other public officers to he chosen lu November to begin to think about qualifying themselves. The first registration day is Tuesday of next week. There will be two other daj. September C nnd September 10, on which those who do not register nest Tuesday may qualify. It should be remembered that no one who does not designate his, or her party affiliation may vote in the primaries on September 120 when the nominatinns are made. Only those who register as Republicans may vote for the nomination of Republican candidates. Every citlzeti who wishes to back up the Mayor in his fight against protected vice and against the restoration of protected po litical graft should make sure that he or she Is properly registered as a Republican, for ' the fight will come in tho Republican pri maries, just ns it dlil two j ears ago when Mr. Moore was, running for the mayoralty nomination against n candidate supported bf the contractor machine. POMERENE WOULD DO QENATOR POMERENE, of Ohio, whom sj the President is considering as one of tne American representatives in the Dis armament Conference, would be a sntisfn,-. tory Democratic delegate. It would be her ter if Senator I'nderwood should be invTcd. for he Is the Democratic leader in the Sen- ate. Mr. I'omerene, however, is a man with valmlnd of his own who hns manifested a disposition to keep his attention on tho main Issue. It is that sort of disposition which wJU bring results In the conference. 'The purpose is to find a way to stop the armament competition among the nations. 1 There is n multitude of Issues which can be used to divert attention from the main ques tion if the de'exates nre so disposed. What is'needed to prevent the conference from fall ing is n primary determination to keep the troublesome issues in the background anil n spirit willing to compromise on them in order that the greater questions may receive proper attention. . WHERE THE MONEY GOES THREE items of current news combine in n rntller lllelorewnm, fn.-l.fn.. . . . p;TsVi i . - ' , '"' "-i"u mi snow W'lfcFTli A "What becomes of the money paid in the form I'SKa -;.or income taxes. Tiie .n-'Z, the largest air r iVl' BU,P evcr millt' which was to have been de i.M'V f ' ;jvercu tins montn to tne nuvy, tins, develoiii- ItVMsffl tracturnl weaknesses nnd may never 11 .ff.or -;Ia " ''ross from J'ngland, where site wn .in cd jned and ijr trticted nfter the pntteins of lerman Zeppelins. She may be the lnt Lip of her type. i While news of the ZR-2'n defects wn !' V.1 ming over the cables the naval engineers l,!ity Vik r'nJen"rKt wero announcing the com-l"-, nVletion of the immense hangar erected tn jiouio tne vast inrigitiio anil n sister vcsi-cl OW lu course of construction on this side. ,Blmu1taneoiikly experts of the nrmj and jfcvy stuffs, Including (leneral Pershing, were nubllshiiiK the findings obtained in , ,tk scientific survey of the trials recently ,'r 2aiJe between bombing planes and buttle- ..liMpg off the Virginia Capes. They found ' l'Hwt despite the extraordinary skill of the t t ' . Jc ";, ii air pilots, tho battleships proved their right to be regarded as the greatest and inot de pendable units in a system of national de fense. Bnttlcships nre the costliest fighting machines made. Their cost Increases nlmost dally. Tho United States Government contracted to pay $2,000,000 for tho ZR-2. If tho vessel is defective the contract is, of course, void. But n vast lot of work done on this sldo toward the construction of a similar ship was laid out according to British plans. It may hnvo to be scrapped. The great hnngnr at Lakchurst will not be n total loss. It can be used to house air planes or small dirigibles at what is regarded as an extremely important nnval aviation post. But the news from Lakchurst, London nnd Washington goes to show ngaln that the cost of wnr continues almost unabated even lu times of pence. HUGHES RIGHTLY ONE-SIDED IN THE PANAMA DISPUTE All the Claims of Justice, Honor and tho Invlolacy of Arbitration Support the Firm Stand Taken by the State Department TH13 marines who sailed away from this port yesterday upon the dread nought Pennsylvania will probably not be called upon to fight in Central America. But should anything so unlikely as actual con flict occur, the assertion of militant Amer ican authority will assume an ethical char acter all too raro In international disputes. For unlike most of the issues which dis turb the poise of nntions, the boundnry con troversy iu'which the little republics of Costa Rlcn and Panama are involved is morally simple and-, open to extremely precise defini tion The principle of arbitration, which both Costa Rica and Punamn have formally bound themselves by treaty to respect, has been persistently repudiated by tho Isthmiau republic. It is to exact tho fulfillment of solemn pledges thnt tho United States has frankly and unreservedly nligued itself In support of Costa Rica, even to the extent of urging tho Government of that country to occupy the territory claimed by her neighbor. Tho direct methods ndvocated by Secretary Hughes in his latest terse nud vigorous note upon the subject may, if superficially viewed, appear high-handed. Actunlly the reverse is true. The Administration in Washington has been patient with its rcfrnctory ward Further delay at this time would run counter to the primary principles of justice, which are so overwhelmingly ranged behind the Costa Rican position thnt In Its mora' values the dispute becomes one of the most one-sided in history. Rack in 1000, when Panama was still a part of Colombia, President I.oubet, of France, in consequence of an invitation by both interested parties, passed judgment upon the frontier which had been in doubt since the days when the old Spanish vlceroynltirs were split into independent nations. When the award was handed down Colombia, rea sonably enough at that time, believed that It did not specifically define the boundary from oeenn to ocean. The eagerness of the new republic of Panama, born in 1001!, for a rc-cxaminutlon of the subject, led to the negotiation of a treaty with Cota Rica, providing thnt the mutter sbould Le referred to Chief Justice White. His award, made in 1014, pro tided for an addition to Costa Rican terri tory, especially on the Atlantic slope, con cerning which, it was contended, the I.oubet findings had not been clear. For reasons more vehemently than convincingly stated, Panama objected to the White rulings nud declared thnt the Chief Justice hnd over reached his delegated authority. The question smoldered in Central Amer ica throughout the jeors of tho World War only to be revived in alarming fashion In .March of this ,enr when Costa Rica and Panama decided to tight it out. Several armed skiimishes took place and n score or more of belligerents were killed when tho 1'nited States Intervened with n demand for pence pending n definitive settlement. The "war" forthwith ended, but not the efforts of Panama to justify a wholly illogicnl stand. Washington turned n deaf though courteous ear to the sophistries of the Isthmian diplomatists, nnd Argentina refused to bo implicated in an indorsement of tho Panamanian policy, which meant nothing less tlian contempt for arbitration and pledged engagements. The determination of the T'nited States to uphold justice in fact as well ns in theory is of the happiest import in our relations with Latin America. Indeed, In comparison with this circumstance tho actual territorial dis pute is of minor consequence. The fears of the morbidly sensitive Central Americans that this Government would per haps underwrite the ambitions of thu Isthmian republic, which is in a sense n ward of tho United States, have been proved utterly gi mindless. Despite our interests in the cnnal, despite the dangers of disturbance in the isthminn area, Mr. Hughes has frown d upon the least shadow athwart high principles. It is obvious that justice will bo nssertcd, peacefully if it may be; by militant mani festations, If no other courso remains. Central America, the five chief States of which nre now organizing themselves Into n federated nation of soma dignity, views, with entire satisfaction, the "Colossus of the North" in the role of upright judge. The effect upon South America lajs 'ie founda tion for n new era of confidence Vnd trust. Just why Panama has persisted in trouble-making remains (something of a mj story. Her territorial ambitions hardly 'i em commensurate with the continued truoulcnce with which a bad case hns been nigtied. Possibly the State Department knows considerably more than it divulges. The secret, if there is one, may remain hidden, but this much Is clear: The t'nited States proposes neither to see its Interests on the Isthmus jeopardised, nor through fear of nn disturbance will it support a policy of unjustified aggteIon. such as Panama has been endeavoring to defend. Americans nre entitled to be proud of this line of purpose, which is grounded in honor and satisfactory to all th siner nations of this Continent, snve to Panama, the bad child. THE BEER DEADLOCK THE newest war of all is raging at this moment between tho House and the Senate at Washington and it is being fought over beer. The Treasury Department holds that the status of beer was never fixed by act of Congiess and it has been threatening to c.nke independent rulings of its own rulings which would virtually legalize "medicinal beer" If Congress does not quickly close. the leak in the Volstead law. Thnt job isn't as easy as it promised to be. Tho House is willing to pass an air-tight Anti-lkcr Rill. The Senate will accept and pasB the bill only If tho House supports an (intendment drawn to prohibit the search not only of houses nnd dwellings but motorcars, trucks, trunks, hnnd satchels and the like by police or Federal agents who do not obtain a wnrrant for search In each case. To this suggestion the House is as ada mant. J)rj lenders say that the Senate amend ment would innko the free transport of Inloxlcutlng liquor safo and easy and the detection and arrest of smugglers difficult. EVENING PUBLTC) LEDGER PHILADELPHIA, TUESDAY, AUGUST 28r v Congress was to recess tomorrow. It the recess is called before action is taken on the Anti-Beer Bill the Treasury doubtless will declare for medicinal beer. Action will bo impossible until the views of the House nnd Senate leaders are reconciled by some sort of compromise. If medicinal beor is authorized cither by tho Treasury or Congress tho brewers will of course hnve a right to manufacture, sell nnd transport beer freely. That Is nlMhoy desiro. Tho doctors' prescription for ''beer would bo nothing but n pleasant fiction In tho lives of the thirsty. SOME WISE INDIANS pROORESSIVE-MINDKD Sioux such x red men really exist hnve been holding n grand talk nt a place called Okrcek, S. D nnd one may only grieve becnuso a rule of conduct suggested In their most Important pronouncement cannot be broadly Interpreted and applied to the regulation of the whlto man's civilization. Tho Sioux chiefs, addressing the Commis sioner of Indian Affairs, remind him thnt "thefnture Is more important thnn the pnst." Whnt Is done they regard ns done beyond remedy. Their minds nre disturbed because the younger members of their tribes resort to snake dances and savage festivals intended to perpctunte old passions nnd states of mind nnd delusions. The Com missioner of Indian Affairs is thorcforo asked to sec that "Indian tribal dances, if per mitted nt all, be permitted only among those who are over sixty yenrs old." Now, tho snake dance of the Indian 1r very simllnr In Its origin, spirit nnd purpose to tho hocus pocus of diplomacy with which mnny statesmen nttempt to rulo the world. The iuenntntinns of n wicked medicine man nre not different nt bottom from speeches of the sort that you often hear in the parlia ments of civilization. If the Commissioner of Indian Affairs could prohibit verbal snnkc-dancing in the capitals of the earth, the dwellers in nil lands would owo him on enormous debt of gratitude. But the ban would hnvo to in clude men over sixty. The men over sixty run this planet. A STATE'S RIGHTS DECISION rnilE decision of the United States District - Court in North Cnrollnn thnt child labor tax provisions of the Revenue Law are unconstitutional is likely to bo appealed to the United States Supreme Court. All of the advocates of Federal child-labor legislation will demand thnt the case be taken to the highest court. The law against which the decision Is directed provides that a tox of 10 per cent of the entire net profits shnll be levied upon every mine, quarry, mill, cannery, factory or manufacturing establishment in which children under the age of fourteen arc em plo.ted nt nil or in which children between fourteen and sixteen nre employed at night or more thnn eight hours u day for six dajs of the week. The avowed purpose of this law was to penalize the employment of children so heavily that it would be stopped. It was an exercise of the tnxlng power not to raiso revenue, but to regulate industry. The de sirabillty of this regulation is ndmltted b.v every one save those selfish manufacturers who wish to emploj children. Most of the States hnvo laws of one kind or nnother protecting the children from exploitation cither by their parents or by the employers. There nre n few backward States in which there are no laws forbidding the emplojment of children or in which the laws are so inadequate that they do not keep the children out of the mines, mills and factories. The issue is not the protection of the children, but how to protect them tinder constitutional forms. The Child Labor Law, which preceded the provisions in the Revenue Law, forbade the shipment in interstate commerce of goods In the manufacture of which children were employed. The same court which has just declared tho tax law to be Invalid dcclnred the other luw was unconstitutional. It was sustnlncd by the Supreme Court. Justice Daj , who wrote the prevailing opinion, said that, in interpreting the Con stitution, "It must never be forgotten that the Nation is made up of States to whlcli arc intrusted the powers of local govern ment, and to them and to tho people tho powers not expressly delegated to the Na tional Government are reserved." The Jus tice declnred that the net in question not onlj trauscended the ut.thority delegated to Congress, but that it was an Invasion of local authority by the Federal Legislature, "If Congress can thus regulate matters in trusted to local nuthoritj bj prohibition of the movement of commodities in interstate commerce," the Justice went on. "all free dom of coinmerco will bo at an end and the power of tho States over local matters may be eliminated and thus our system of gov ernment bo practically destroyed." As soon ns this decision was handed down Senator Owen introduced n bill in Congress re-enacting the law with nn additional pro vision thnt uny Judge who denied its con stitutionality bhouid be compelled to resign from the bench. Of course, this measure was neter brought to n vote. However foolishly Congress may act at times, it has not jet so far lost its appreciation of tho American sjstcm of government as formally to deny to the Supreme Court the right to pass on tho constitutionality of legislation. Those Congressmen who wished the Fed eral Government to icgulate child lubor set about finding a way to bring it nbout which would be constitutional. They thought thoy hud doue it when they used the taxing power of Congress to punish employers who had children on their pa rolls. They have argued that Congress hns taxed oleomargarine nud that If it can do this it can tax goods in tho manufacture of which child labor bus been used. Whether the Supremo Court will see th" analogy will be disclosed when it hands down its decision. But It may bo said that the justification for the, oleomargarino reg ulation laws lies in tir purpose to prevent n fraud upon the public. They provide that tho substitute for butter must be so plainlv marked that no one may buy it under tho supposition that he is getting butter made fiom milk. If it can be mado clenr that tho tux on chilil-lnhor products is intended to prevent a fraud on tho public or to pre vent the mnnufnctuie of goods detrimental to the public health, then the Court will probably sustain it. But whatever decision it reaches its con clusions will be of great importance, because they will deal with thu extent to which the taxing power of Congress can bo used for regulating whnt has hitherto been supposed to be nffnlrs. entirely within tho jurisdiction of the Stntcs While recognizing tho Their Help Needed fuel that there is, per haps, some small alloy of diplomacy in the chanty th.it prompts tho Allies to promlso to tnke pint in the feeding of Russia, it is well to remember that their help is needed. It is too big u job for one country, een one so big and prosperous as America ; too big for one organization even wlinn thut organization Is headed by wo competent n man as Hoover. The finding of the Joint DcfeiiiUe Army nnd Navy Board li.li'hhoncs that the battleship is still tho backbone of the navy is interesting. The really important thing -s its declaration that thu development of aviation, lu both tho array nud nuvy is .Imperative,' TEN DOLLARS WAS CHANGE Member of Federal Trade Commis sion Hears Terse But Illumi nating Lecture on Indus trial Economics By WILLIAM AT1II3RTON DU TUY GRANVILLE HUNT, of tho Federal Trode Commission, was riding down from New York to 'Washington during tho wnr. He hnd found n day coach, entirely empty, nnd had taken It unto himself. His trairi reached Aberdeen, Md., whero mu nitions of war were being prepared, nnd hundreds of colored workmen swarmed Into It. He overheard a conversation between two of them which gave him the Irrcftitnble measure of just what money hnd come to moan to these men In halcyon days of war wages. "Mose," called one Inborcr to another, "Is you got change fo' ten dolln's?" "Change nothln 1" snlfl Mose derisively. "Ten dolln's is change" William Allen White, of Emporia, Kan.. Is inclined to chuckle over having found out that nn aspiring writer forged his name. It Is n well-known fact that young au thors are regularly grafted upon by a cer tain variety of publisher n publisher who will bring out n book if tho author will pay for the printing, or one-hnlf of tho print ing, always set down nt n definite sum. This sum Is, ns n matter of fact, sufficient to print the book nnd yield a profit to the quasi publisher. Now here comes n young writer who presents n mnnuscript to a publisher and with it a letter over the nnme of William Allen White which ,snys thnt n lot of people in Kansas nre hoping to buy this book. The publisher got suspicious nnd sent the letter to Mr. White. He hadn't written it nt all, but, knowing the snares set for him who lets it be known thnt he has written n book, he is nmused thnt one writer is so bold ns to transfer the deception to the other end of the game. It wns a very handsome hat which citi zens of Wyoming recently presented to President narding in calling his attention to the frontier celebration thnt is held every year in Cheyenne. Mr. Harding hns nnother lint, however, that is highly prized and about which hangs the sentiment of nn early political experience and the memory of the only time he was ever fired from u job. It was bnck in the days when James G. BInlne rnn for the presidency on the Re publican ticket. In those days there were many marching clubs nnd there wns n Blnine stovepipe hat worn by tho supporters of thnt candidate nil over tho country. Wnrrcn Harding was u youngster just grown and hnd his first job of reporting on the newspaper in Marion which has long since censed to exist. That newspaper was. however, Democratic in its. persuasions, nnd the editor, felt it deeply when bis reporter insisted on wearing this headpiece symbolic of the opposite part). Finally he issued an ultimatum that Warren Harding should desist from this, flaunting of tho budge of the enemy or he should separate himself from the payroll. Harding gave evidence of curly political loyalty by choosing tho latter horn of the dilemma. Ho was fired. Eventually he got back at his former employer by starting an opposition paper which put him out of business. He still has the Blaine stovepipe. At the age of eighteen, Albert D. Lnsker, chairman of the Shipping board, went up to Chicago from his native home down in Texas, nnd went to work ns the handy boj around an advertising agency in the Windy City. Four jonrs inter lie was draw -ing a salary of $100 a week us advertising director. In ten years he owned the agency. Lnsker noticed that this agency had been taking contracts to rehabilitate nearly de fi.net commercial enterprises, It got fees for its services, or commissions on the new business, l.asker asked his associates why they should not purchase these enterprises winch they were re-establishing and get nil the profits. From that idea he has come tj be many times u millionaire at the age of forty. He has taken hold of breakfast foods, automobiles, canned products, one after nnother, led them to great prosperity through national advertising, nnd harvested the returns. He hnd done just this for un industrial concern down in Indiana, and Will Hays, tho chairman of the Republican National Committee, had kuown of the exploit. So Will Hnjs a-hed Lnsker to try his reju venating theories on the Republican Party. So did an advcitising man come into na tional political life. I met Charles Pergler, an old friend of mine, in a hotel lobbj. Pergler used to be n fnrm boy out iu Iowa and later a lawyer in Chicago. I asked him what ho was doing for u living now and he suld that he was Minister to Japan. I protested thnt our representative in Japan was not a Minister, but an Ambassador, and ho explnined that he was not our Minister, but the Minister of Czecho-Slovnkia, which statement unfolded a bit of romnucc. Pergler was born in Bohemln nnd enme to tho United States ns n small boy. When he was u jouug man he went bnck to Ids native lnnd nnd remained there for two or three yrnrs, later icturnlng to tho United States ami entering tho practice of law. No bodj ever took him for anything but ti hutllng young American. When the great cataclysm came in Eu rope, however, and Prof. Thomas J. Musnrjk. working from the United States, laid the basis of tho organization of n new republie in Europe, Charles Pergler became his becri'tnrj. As such, the young lawyer had u gootl deal to do with shaping the mold for a new nation, largely upon the plnn of the Government of tho United Stntcs. Now this good American, although tech nically a Czech, is going about tho world as a representative of this new nntlou built of mi ancient people. Congressman Joe Walsh, who represents the district in which Plymouth Rock Is lo rated, wns, eight years ago, u clerk of the Fisheries Station, at Woods Hole, Mass., where experiments are tried in repopulating the waters around about with choice nnd edible denizens of the deep. When President llniding went up to Massachusetts for the Pilgiini celebration Mr. Walsh went along with linn as his (juest on the modern Mn -(lower. It was an imposing homecoming for the bureau clerk of a decade ago. Clara Scars Taylor, who was in charge of the woman's end of tho Creel Bureau of Information during tho war, nnd who is now u rent commissioner for Washington, Is one of the best story-tellers among women iu public life. She was once u member of a woman's organization in Denver, she guys, and It went on the rocks because over Individual insisted on u place on n vico in vestigation committee which was being appointed. Secretary (iinrles E. Hughes, of tho State Di partiuent, site, with Mis, Hughes every cwiilng, us the gloom comes 0n, on the porch of the houso thut he took for the sum mer iu Rmk Cieek Park. Automobilista driving past observe them mid wonder if he is talking to her about the disarmament congress und just whnt tho inllucnco of this quiet woman may have on world events that uro npproai hlng. Brigadier General Amos A. Fries, llead of the Chemical Warfare Service of the Wur Department, has a lusty famil of growing ihi'ilren nud wns the inspiration for the establishment, this hummer, of Camp Brad ley, for Girl Stouts, on the grounds of Edgewood Arseual, on the bay near Baltimore. WHEN MR. LLOYD GEORGE STARTS FOR THE , UNITED STATES NOW MY IDEA IS THIS Daily Talks With Thinking Philadelphia on Subjects They Know Best DR. JOHN H. MINNICK On a Democratic Education A DEMOCRATIC education for every child that will fit him for life with a proper combination of vocntlmial and aca demic training is not only to bo desired, but is n nntionnl necessity, nccording to Dr. John II. Minnirk. denn of the School of Education of the University of Pennsylvania. Dr. Minnlck also emphasized the need of properly trained teachers for this work, stating thnt .nil tho institutions now engaged in it were by no means sufficient to fill the need. ,., ,, ,, "The complexities of modern life, said Dr. Mlnnick. "hnvo Inevitably produced problems thut affect the very core of our nntionnl welfare. "At on time, when living wns compara tivelv simple, it was considered sufficient to teach the mass of the population no moro than the three It's, reserving n better edu cation for n very few, who It wns recognized required n higher training to assume lender ship over the others. "As timo went on this condition pro gressed through 'n process of evolution that brought on our secondary schools and our ncadeniies nnd produced more or less of n conflict with our colleges, wiio wnntcu to keep the others in their place. "The general spread in interest in edu cation, especially higher education, and eco nomic changes throughout the years have brought us to the point where we hnve our present-day situation. Confer Benefit on State "Today several points are fundamentally importnn't. The boy nnd girl of today must have mi education, not only for their ow-n benefit, but for the benefit which they will Inter he nble to confer on the State. , "In considering the education of n boy or girl nt this timo wo must benr in mind that the thing that counts is the application to their evervdny life thnt they will be nble to make with the training thut they hove re ceived. It is necessnry thnt they shall be able to enm their bread and butter, so they will require vocational training. "In order that they shall be good und useful citizens nnd shnll givo to as well as receive from the community in which they live, thev must hnvo an nendemic training, a background, thnt shnll prepare them for proper social intercourse with their fellows. Thev must also be nble to enjoy life within themselves and not merely be a machine to grind out a living for themselves or for some one else. As a mnttcr of fact, the lack of nbilitv to do this automatically helps to raise the cost of living for the community; for those who cannot live within themselves must pay for the tilings that go to mnke up that deficiency. "You will find, of course, thnt some nro only, equipped with their hands and can do little clbc, while others will only incline toward an academic education. But the others, nnd b.v far the greater port of the people, will be able to and must needs par take of both essentials if they nre to make the most of life. Provide Physicians nnd Teachers "So, thereforo, we must bo taught to work moro efficiently nnd to live so that we can givo out to our fellow beings some of the best qualities within ourselves. As tho tendency of Into years hns been to shorten the hours of labor and correspondingly lengthen thoso of leisure, the importance of thin Inst provision can be readily Hecn. "We must especially provide for many more physicians nnd teachers, To produeo the first ut leust two years' collegiate train ing is icqiilrcd, with a four-yinr course pre ferred by university authorities. Then there follow a four-year medical course and at least two years' experience as nn interne in a hospital. In many cases still other expe rience is required; und as a medical educa tion is, from its nuture, one of the most expensive of its kind, the difficulties lu the wu of the poor boy can be well imagined, "The samo holds true iu u degree of the tencher. Not only miiBt he or she have the ordinary education, but they must supple ment this with other experience. They must have a backgromui. iney must know how to do things. Thoy must hnvo both of theso if for no other renson thnn they can thus appreciate the Importance of each. In teach ing, ton. they must hnve iu mind a goal toward which they are preparing their pupils. 'Iliey must know something of tho applica tion of tluir studies to everyday life. Thev must foresee what the developments of tho next few jenrs are going to be, for it is at thnt time thnt their pupils will tako their places in tho world uml will apply what they have learned. Open Mind for Teachers "Teachers should hnve nn open mind, both now and In the yrurs to come. Just us things that seemed fantastic borne years ago hnvo come to puss, just so iu the future will some things that today seem cimnllt strange become an uccomplishrd fuct. The movies, for example, I firmly believe will piny un important part iu our future educa tion. "But both these preparations ure ex pensive nnd umny of tho beat brnlns of tho country are unable to equip themselves' for 1921 - -1 . ... , , these enreers becniiBC they have not the money to do so. They have been nnd they will continue to bo lost to the world unless the stuto nnd the nation sees its plain duty nnd provides for them. "Tho time hns come when other institu tions thnn the present must be provided. Thus n city college would take the burden off us here nnd enable us to better provide for those who hove especial ability nnd yet have not tlje means to provide for them selves. We hnve now nn annual enrollment of 12,000 students nnd have about 2000 yearly denied admission. Thnt is, wo know of that many, but how ninny more who are discouraged by the condition nnd do not npply for admission there is no way of knowing. "It is well worth while to teach many subjects, even though every pupil may not tnke them all. Out of the thousands we thus hnve an opportunity to survey there nre' bound to be some of superior abilities and brnlns discovered, who will make our big men nnd women of tho fnture, whom we would never find if we did not have this opportunity to try them out. Must Have Vision "The difficulty in this nge of materialism is thnt mnny hnve not the vision to look into the future. They judge only by results thnt they can see within n short time and with their own eyes. And yet their children, the heritage in the Inst analysis for which thev hove staked all, nre tho ultimate losers anil gainers of their lack of vision or foresight, as tho case may be. "Not only thnt, but the community, the Mate and tho Nation reap the benefit ulti mately in having citizens who give ns well as receive. Mnny labor troubles of today could be obviated, or at least considerably minimized, if n greater number of the people were well educated. The world generally won d be a better place to live in nnd there would bo better understanding and more of that pence on earth, good will toward men.' if this condition existed to a greater degree " INTAGLIO A HIGH hill in n distant land A high white distant star A whisper of the restless snnd And, infinitely far. Lifting a rune of ancient hate Cold with an old affright, Aching and evil, desolate, A wolf howls in the night. Slowly nnd dim the yenrs hnve run Yet clenr nnd sharp 1 see The hill the star, the wolf-and one ho heedless wntched with me. C. T. Davis, in the Arknnsns Gazette. What Do You Know? QUIZ 1. Whnt is the original use of a gargoyle? ... What Is nn "a posteriori" nrgument? 3 nytnoloVV'0 EU" Bd ot clasel cerTthna1 t,, fastMt" B- ca ssx,aSf a..? 6. What nre tho names of the "Four Horsemen of tho Apocalypse"? 7' In iiBuf?1 C0Unt' dlJ buna'ws orlgi. 8. What is nn "Imperlum In Impcrlo" 0. What is a trundlt-bed? 10. Who hns been appointed American hi Answers to Yesterday's Quiz 2- 'ffipSW; fe'thrnt"nCtt for.""" ftt ,1,e PMtom2euntla called 3" Th?ndNmpfersa sesrct society formed in iapies m tho early part of th nineteenth century, partly for Lhh 4. The fer-de-lnnce" In ,,n vt,.., poisonous snnk,. r, 7i ' " 'Xti emcly 5. Th An epjornlK Is u Klcnntle i.tin. i. . inl.,KVarS'S,foni!nCe'',',i,'- 1...II.... ; " "" music to soft ,,d set.tlmnntal p aylnl" 'I he eight-foot, sof t-IOIlfd orl.,.., V.1" is also c.illed the dole,.'' rK"" Hto" 9. A corou.ich Is a funeral d r,.v ,,,1PP,,. jnn.he .Scotch 1 1 .Rl,laaHbl.,,uM,iC",,r MatoTXX l8 lull, ill iiir Hti iai I.. .. or .Martinique. the West ),,' """' o terrltor Ua of the I'nltwi "!.! 4 w""r"" iiooip was u niittil Dutch ,,.i m nil, who became lieutenant admi general of the United I'rov nee , ,Ti ' Netherlands af,, ?nJ ',,, hf famous I)., nmter lit! " "' '"o ivuier i C ONFERENCE IN THE SHORT CUTS Tho Government's wooden ships msy now sail into history. ., The Irrepressible One says Coto Is very evidently not a Dove Cotc-o. What John Skclton Williams typifies nppears to be Federal Unreserve. Federal Reserve Governor Harding has discovered a Skclton in his closet. Following registration days some poli ticians ere destined to register surprise. As Dr. FurbuBh sees' It, there are fish ermen who catch nothing but typhoid. Job printers nre making no complaint over the number of candidates for the mag istracy. Once in n great while, remarked Old Quiz, the thing that is cracked up to be good turns out, strangely enough, to be good. Now that the Shipping Board's wooden ships have been sold, pcrhnps some of them will be hired to carry supplies to Russia. It may be that the nverogc lady tennis player is the embodiment of grace, but isn't the camera the menu thing? the aver age nctlon picture doesn't prove it. Auto drivers will note with interest that the Rockefeller Foundation hns given ?L 785,000 to Hnrvnrd University for the es tnblishment of n School of Public Health. We nrrlve, after mature deliberation, nt the conclusion that If the diamonds that sprinkled the Wheel Pump gamblers were as phony ns their names they wouldn t be worth hocking. There were more thnn 00,850,000,000 cigarettes made In the United States last year, and Thomas A. Edison, who doesn t like them, is wondering how many of the smokers could have answered his question naire. Volstead will now proceed to point out thnt the product of n Reed instrument ii principally wind. Wets will be of the opinion that the gentleman could hnve plareu an even better tune if he had been pcrmtttea to wet his whistle. Wo trust the discovery in Japan of process by which pie iron enn be made out of "magnetic sand" will have no serious bearing on tho Disarmament Conference. A Japan thnt can make its own steel may act a little more confidently than a Japan dependent on the United States and Lngland for the metal. Is it not n pleasing, grateful, joyous nnd comforting thought that every candidate for the magistracy, without thought of sell, is bcut upon giving earnest, fnithfu and dis interested sendee to the municipality? Ana Echo, with supreme contempt for the tngner Ideals nnd utter disregard of tho lawoi acoustics, answers, "Quit your kidding. The jackdaw of Rhelm; won fame first as inlet and then ns u penitent. Magpies nnd ravens have Caught on tho Wing 'l , , iUl-wInff acquired unBnvory reputations wr ' propensities. But only a city like Jc York, under Tammany, can produce a uep tomnninc pigeon. When a girl who J engagement ring around her neck laid . pleasing symbol of future bliss on the win dow sill the bird grabbed It and lew off. A policeman Inter climbed n tire escape to tne bird's nest, retrieved the jewelry and re ported the robbery to the station house, ins crime Is on tho blotter, nnd although tne criminal has not yet been nrrestcd.lt understood that the police have a clue. Today's Anniversaries 172.1 Increase Mather, famous P'ea5hreI and one of the early presidents of Hanaro University, died in Boston. Born in vox Chester, Mnss., June 21. RW. . the 1821 Mexico became independent by m treaty of Aquula. T..tt 1821 Reception given General Lafajetw at I'rovidence, R. I. , ,, . . . IH-HVFort Marcy wns established near Santa Fe, N. M. ,. lhtil Fort Morgan, nt the entrance to Mobile Buy. surrendered to the l-edcrals. 1S!)2 Gloucester, Mass., begnn a celeora tion of its 250th anniversary. , lOOi Two thousand buildings destroyed in n great lire ut Stniiiboiil. 11)20 Conference of allied PrcmicH at Lucerne. Today's Birthdays The Rt. Hon. Sir Lniuing Worthing Evans, Secretary for War in the Hrl" Cabinet, born fifty-three cnrs ago. , Peter Augustus Jny, tho new I '" States Minister to Riimnnlu, born nt e purl, R. I,, forty -four curs ago. Itlshop Warren A. Candler, of the M. " Church, born In Carroll County. Oeorsia. slM -four curs ngo, .lames Rolph.Uhe present Mnor of W Frunciscn, born In San Francisco ltft-iu years ago, . . , uw Edgar Lee Musters, N "the dpoou WW poet," boru at Oaruett, Kan., liftytnret years ago. , h i i I I w . ) w. JL4it VA-fct . f w.r, -,, j,, v.4 , tarVl Wi.rf'! tii7Tty&
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