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Phllidrlphli, FtlJ.r, September 10, 19:1
A REAL FEDERATION
AS WITH the League of Nations, se with
the Welfare Federation. Complete co
operation with no outsiders is preliminary
te success.
Fortunately it Is fast becoming nppnrent
that the amalgamation of Philadelphia chari
ties nnti humnnitnrinn institutions into a
single group for financing purpose" in ap
proximating the original ideal. The union
of the Southeastern Pennsylvania Chapter
of the Red Cress with the Philadelphia
Federation is directly in line with the pro
gram of the project.
Seme ninety organization are new part
ners In the commendable enterprise designed
te abolish the agonies of competitive drives.
te eliminate duplication of effort and reduce
administrative expenses.
The idea is se clearly in accord with the
popular principle of concentration of energy
that its acceptance in theory has hardly
been questioned. The test in practice is mi
earnest of capable direction amid difficul
ties by no means negligible.
Phllndclphlnns will seen be enabled te
eld humanitarian work here with contribu
tion covering a general Held, The lied Ciess
is te be complimented for its broadmindoil breadmindoil broadmindeil
ness in joining the plan te extinguish de
structive rivalries and te cheek a waste of
energy and money.
PRESIDENT LEAR?
IT WOCLD be a relief te the country if the
people in Oklahoma could lind a means
te entice their Congressman Ilerriek home
from Washington. It would have been
better for every one and for the prestige of
the Heuse of Representatives If Oklahoma
hed never sent Ilerriek te Washington,
where he continues te be an irritntlen and
a vivid illustration of the persistency in
American politics of the super-hick.
Ilerriek en his arrival in Washington get
Inte trouble through a scries of emotional
experiments intended he said te establish
new safeguards around all American
womanhood. New he Is out with a bill
by which he would make it unlawful for
any one te impersonate a King or ti Queen
en the stage.
Has Mr. Ilerriek ever read Shakespeare?
Would lie have us go te the theatre te see
"President I.ear"? Would he ,se revise
the greatest of plays as te make us go in
the future te see "Congressman Jehn" and
"Senater Richard the Third"?
ROOSEVELT'S WAR DIARY
COLONEL ROOSEVELT'S diary of the
Spanish War. written in camp and in
uba and new made public, is a bitter
record of calamitous blunderlngs which
'after mere than a generation secni awful te
contemplate.
The diary records nothing that the ceuii'
try did net already knew. The Colonel
was net n man te remain silent or re-J-traincd
In the presence of organized
futility and incompetence, lie faced all of
this during the campaign that gave him his
real start toward the presidency. He
talked then and afterward as he was ac
customed te talk in the interval Immediately
preceding the war with Germany.
"We would have been helpless," he says
In the diary, "if we had te contend with
a first-class country."
Doubtless we should have been helpless.
Hut Inter, when we had te contend with a
first-class Tower, wc were by no means
helpless, and there were no embalmed beef
te poison soldiers and no typhoid epidemics
in the camps and no collapse anj confusion
in the high command.
Al of which shows thnt, bad ns things
sometimes seem, wc are getting along nud
acquiring better control of ourselves and of
the affairs of the country.
RECIPES FOR LEAN TIMES
UNABLE, notwithstanding Ills native
gifts, te Invent nny new compact
formula capnble of obliterating the strin
gency of the times, Themas A. Edisen pro
claims his faith in the conversationally
familiar virtues.
He believes in practicnl demonstrations.
The idea Is net precisely new, and yet it
must be admitted that no substitute panacea
is in sight.
It Is the Edisenlan conviction, as ex
pressed in a recent interview, thnt grit,
faith and hard work can overcome busi
ness depression, which, he Is inclined te be
lieve, recurs in cycles. The war, of course,
nccelernted the schedule, ami its correspond
ing economic shocks have been trying even
te these Individuals whose pertinacity and
grip upon realities somewhat measure up te
Sir. Edisen's Ideals.
The obligation te improve this situntien
is laid by the Inventor directly upon n
Congress whose vacillations have been
flagrant. The most hopeful outlook upon
Imslness is powerless te restore normality te
conditions that can only he remedied by
imperatively needed constructive legislation.
Mr. Edisen pertinently quotes the New
Yerk Republican State platform. "As we
must fell, as well as manufacture," admit
ted the makers of this document, "no Tnriff
J.aw should be enacted in the unsettled eco
nomic conditions of the present that will
prevent us 'rein re-establishing the profit prefit
nble exchange of feedstuffs and commodi
ties by burdening these te whom we must
kM te such an extent ns te make It impos
sible for them te sell te us, and therefore
te buy from us,"
"We must," explains Mr, Edisen, "in
crease our output. The most obvious way
te de this Is by exporting mere of our
products."
Congress has handled this problem In such
n, way thnt the prospect of enacting a Tariff
Jaw that will permit us te trade with our
Kurepeau anil ether foreign debtors without
imperlllnqv domestic manufactures Is by
this time Minentnbly vague. Prophets huve
lately censed te envisage an early passage
of the needed new Imposts Law, without
which economic and industrial uncertainty
cannot be rectified.
Optimism will naturally be a psychologi
cal help, and practice of the homely vir
tues will be of material assistance. Itut
the most exemplary private conduct must
be deprived of full effect while law mnkcrs
blunder nnd procrastinate.
A JUDGE, A MOVIE SCANDAL
AND THE MOST DREADED JURY
Seme Felk In California Have Been
Having First Experiences With the
Force That Rules the Country
rplIAT wns an interesting, if woeful, little
- homily en life nnd society and the ethics
of these times which Judge Lnr.nrus, of San
Frnnclsce, delivered from the bench when he
instructed a jury te let the most vulgar of
all moving-picture comedians out of jail
after a series of hearings that all California
desires greatly te forget.
"We nre trying ourselves," said the Judge,
meaning thnt all society was somehow Im
plicated in the atrocious business nnd some
how responsible for It. "We nre trying our
present-day morals and our present-day
social conditions!"
Arc we. Indeed?
Frem this dlstnncc It appears that society
was sitting, in this Instance, net in the
deck but in the jury box, and that the
people en trial and in deadly fear of the
Inevitable and unchanging verdict were the
judges nnd the police, the jurymen and the
prosecutors, as well as the wild men nnd
women from the moving-picture Celd Const
and the sorry squad of peude-respectables
who furtively minister te them for the sake
of easy money.
Why, If It were otherwise, should there
have been such a sudden frantic effort te
prove Arhuckle a blnek sheep nnd nil the
rest of the movie world decorous and free
from wild habits?
Hollywood is ready te de almost anything
te set itself rijht with the world. It would
almost go te church en masse.
A great many keepers of big hotels have
become nwarc, witli a bad start, of their
obligations te the decent communities In
which they arc established.
There are signs of n very real fear. Every
one knows that the force of mass judgment
can be ami often is inexorable and even
savage.
Society has a well-developed instinct of
self-preservation. It inevitably reacts, like
a living organism, te destroy the alien and
self-created elements that are always np
pearing te endanger Its health or its life.
That is why the saloons were nttacked with
a peculiar, blundering harshness, nnd thnt Is
why every nntl-sncial institution l new and
will continue te Iw en the defensive.
Society, which. In the definition suggested
by Judge Lazarus, might be said te comprise
nine-tenths of the general population, knows
hew te take care of itself even if it is some
times at a less for methods. It doesn't
always knew what it wants. Hut It knows
what it doesn't want.
It doesn't want smut in its entertainment
or creeks In public office or feels in places
of grent power and authority. It has no
appointed voice. Its strength is made felt
in a thousand silent ways.
Because there Is no need te put society
en trial and for no ether reason thieving
politicians, grnftlng police, the traffickers
in Indecent things, the opportunists and the
exploiters who are rich because they are.
dishonorable, nnd nil the ether incompatible
riff-raff in the living current of the times
move in uneasiness nnd fear.
They de net always dread the courts.
What they dread is exposure te the judg
ment of thnt society which Judge Lazarus
seems unable te understand.
Society is at war with such people be
cause it knows instinctively that they nre
destructive forces within its own body.
Se clean plays and clean books nnd clean
movies continue te insure the biggest re
turns te these who produce them. Creeks
in politics may be tolerated. Rut the henrt
of the crowd is witli the Roesevelts and the
Llncelns. Similarly it is with the Harries
and the Jee .Teffersens.
Freh realization of the meaning of
that trend of general feeling has been
brought home te the film producers in n
shocking fashion.
In relation te the movies the public has
been, as you might say, knowingly credulous.
It has an abiding love of beauty nnd humor
nnd remnnce, and it has liked te believe that
the personalities se effectively presented te
it by the camera are ns brightly charming ns
they seem in the pictures. The general de
votion te the movies Is in fact a devotion te
personalities.
Tile crowd, becuuse it is imaginative nnd
generous, will cling te its plensant delusions
te the last hecnusn they are pleasant.
When it Is made finnlly te realize thnt It
has been bilked again nnd bamboozled by
still another series of shams; that all its
best impulses have been exploited once mere
in a particularly intimate way, the movies
will hnvc lest their held en the country.
The movie promoters knew this, if the
ncters don't. And they appear te have a
far better knowledge of public opinion thnn
Judge Lazarus.
FIRES, FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC
ASA Parisian novelty, fire Is noteworthy,
chiefly en the-scerc of underproduction.
The burning of "Au I'rintemps," one of the
Inrgest department stores of the French
capital, mars n remarkable record, but
hardly te the extent of destroying its sig
nificance. Within a few hours of the moment in
which l'nris wns both startled nnd amazed
by an exceptional occurrence, President
Harding wns Issuing a proclamation of fire
prevention day in the I'nlted Htutes.
On October 11 Americans are asked te
reflect upon conditions of Insecurity at once
of such magnitude and general familiarity
thnt the mind is Inclined te pass ever the
detailed figures. They are, however, worth
heeding even by a nation as wealthy and
self-sufficient ns ours.
It is estimated nnd set forth by the
President that l.r,0(KI lives throughout the
country ere lest annually because of fires,
The value of property destroyed by llames
In 1020 reached a total of ,?,00,()Ou,fme.
Within the five years ended in If (20 forest
(ires "reduced our diminishing timber re
sources by n total of ever $Kr,(l(Mi,000."
investigation has proved that careless
ness Is largely responsible for the savage
carnival of destruction en se vast a scale
The President's appeal for increased safe
guards and widespread deepening of the
sense of public duty recognizes u menace
that has come te lie fatalistically regarded
as an inevltable clnienplncc.
Tarls is shockcefey the first considerable
EVENING PUBLIC LEDGER
fire in the crowded and busy St. Loznre Leznre
Ilaussinnnn district In forty years. Hew
many business communities In the United
States would he similarly horrified?
Te be contemptuous of fire dangers is te
trndtice the name of courage. Realization of
the cost of reckless Indifference nnd vigorous
preventive action nre mere authentic indices
of true civic bravery.
ANGLO-IRISH HAIR-SPLITTING
UNPRECEDENTED in diplomacy is the
stage of refinement in dlnlcctlcs reached
In the Interchanges between Lloyd Geerge
nnd Eamon tie Vnlera.
The lntest communication by the British
Prime Minister touches earth In n definite
proposal of a new cenfprrnec with the Irish
delegates, but the word-fencing, in which
both parties have proved their adroitness, is
continued In the subjoined comment. The
British Empire Is described ns n ' "com
munity of nations," the dclcgntcs ns
"spokesmen of the people whom you repre
sent." This is unquestionably one way of de
ferring te Dc Valera's contention thnt his
envoys represent nil Irelnnd acting en its
own Initiative. On the ether hand, there is
net the lenst dubiety In Lloyd Oeergc's re
fusal te Imply that the British Government
entertains the slightest notion of regarding
Ireland as nn entirely independent nation.
Frem the maze of argumentative abstrac
tions this extrnerdlnnry deduction may be
drawn: thnt while the British Empire ennnet
be divided before a new form of union with
Ireland Is devised, nevertheless the Irish mny
consider themselves mouthpieces of a people
invited te participate in a scheme of partner
ship. When hair-splitting Is carried te this ex
treme the obvious way out of a deadlock Is
face-te-fnee negotiations. The reported
pleasure of the Sinn Fein leaders with the
definite offer of n parley with British states
men in Londen en October 11 suggests that
the meeting will tnke place.
Fer geed or 111 this conference Is likely te
prove tile turning point in the long and
tangled history of Angle-Irish relations.
The responsibilities of both sides have been
crjstnlllzed. Ench purty te the controversy
Is by this time fully aware of the points of
view of his opponent. A case se well nigued
deserves an issue definite, constructive and
permanent.
The proposed conference will mark a
tussle with realities after maticuverings
savoring of the nature of Secrntlc dialogues.
An outcome of honorable reconciliation is a
legitimate hope.
SEVEN MILES UP
IT USED te be said in the school books
that no living thing could survive at an
altitude of six miles.
Lieutenant Jehn A. MncRendy, of the
army air force, went se I1I3I1 in a test
flight at Dayton that his engine coughed
and died for lack of nir. Then the pilot let
his machine spiral downward in a fall of
mere than seven miles te the ground. He
broke all existing altitude records nud es
tablished a new one that is likely te stand
for a long time. Beyond the seven-mile
limit the atmosphere Is seemingly tee thlu
te feed n carburetor, even under pressure.
Lieutenant MncReady's flight will mean
little te the lay mind unless it is ncccpted
11s fresh proof thnt the will te explore con
tinues te be a ruling passion witli men.
Frem that point it might be reasoned that
there will always be men willing te risk
greatly for the sake of any grcut achieve
ment. The nature of the achievpment will have
te be dictated by the relatively small groups
of men who direct human affairs. If they
cheese te be noble-minded they can nlwnys
find at their elbows men ready te under
take any mighty tnsk. And they need only
be wise te make the world at least half as
happy as It ought te be.
Because Judge Brown
Political fought the Vnres at the
Vicissitudes last election Combine
members of Council may
see te it thnt he does net get his Palace of
Justice. Though we cannot admire the
political turn of mind that prompts re
prisals, we find no fault with the concrete
result of such nctieu if It eventuates. Judge
Brown's political complexion casts no hale
of righteousness ever the extravagance lie
contemplated.
You'll have te admit,
said the Hardshell
Dem., the Republican
legitimate
Criticism
rarty, root ami stem,
is a disappointment te men of pnrts in the
way it is handling the weather charts.
Where's the consistency tried and true in
the weather we get? I dunne; de you?
Where nre the glorious days of fall? VVhy,
we ain't get an nt all, at all. Because of
the weather clerk's,blg mistake we sizzle and
stew nnd simmer and bake. And I nsk you
straight why such things can be. Where is
that premised normalcy?
New thnt we have nil had our little
thrift jamboree and have salted money down
that would have otherwise boosted business
up, these of us wlie have money te spend
may. by spending It. help te solve the prob
lem of unemployment. The heiuc you build
will put the bricklayer, the enrpcuter, the
plumber, the plasterer and the pnperhnnger
te work. The suit of clothes you buy will
put a tailor te work. And the bricklayer,
the carpenter, the plumber, the plasterer,
the pnperhnnger nnd the tailor will proceed,
by their purchases, te put ether men te
work. Be wise In your thrift, but net less
wise In your disbursements.
A society hns been formed in New Yerk
for the presentation of new plnys for the
benefit of juanagcrs. This may be n been te
American authors if American managers
enn be induced te attend. It is notorious
thnt few mnnagers read plays submitted te
them. In thk they nre net se much te
blame as one? Is tempted te think. The
printed word must be translated for his
mind's eye nnd ear; and It may be that the
modest manager lacks faith net se much in
the author as in his own judgment as a
translator. Most men arc cautious when the
pockctbeok penalizes error.
A New Yerk school teacher, weight HO
pounds, defending a suit for separation
brought by his wife, weight 171) pounds, de
clared thnt she grabbed him and shook him
until his teetli rattled and that she threw
rhlna at him dully; nil of which she ad
mitted, alleging provocation. The Court,
declaring that she was nn Impossible woman
te live with v granted her a temporary sepa
ration with niimeny of 20 a week. As n
mere or less sincere feminist, we hereby re
spectfully suggest that the circumstances of
the case would seem te demand that the
woman py alimony te the husband.
A country's real prosperity, said the
Cute Economist, must be gauged by the
surplus In the pockets of Its workers after
necessary expenses are paid. The gauging
is made difficult because every surplus begets
new desires, and the luxuries of one gener
ation become the necessities of the next.
Every industrial readjustment following a
world cataclysm menus the passing of some
"necessity" hnck into the "luxury" class
where It originated. This causes ns much
outcry ns does the actual need of bread
end butter.
rt fTpnb
ds tVrcrcs
It Is from the Ceu
lie Opinion
thnt Arhuckle will get hi
crest sentence.
Sir Alfred Mend's declaration thnt the
unemployment pedtlcin in England was less
ncute than In this country Is hardly borne
out by the Londen dispatch of yesterday te
the effect that 10(1,(1110 miners and their
families are starving In Cemwnll.
PHILADELPHIA, FKIDAY, SEPTEMBER
AS ONE WOMAN SEES IT
Definition of PrevlnclalUm Is Alse
Largely a Question of Geography.
One Should Conform te Cus
tom for Courtesy's Sake-
By SARAH I). LOWRIK
WE WERE discussing provincialism a
group of us apropos the convention
alities obtaining in n city and these of n
smnll town nnd these of n country village.
And 0110 woman said provincialism was nn
Inability te ndapt oneself te one's pres
ent environment. She held that it wns quite
as provincial for n New Yerker net te ndapt
herself te n country town ns for n country
town visitor te overstep the mark in New
Yerk, or undcrstep It, rather.
Anether woman of the group gnvc nn
nnitislng instance of provincialism, her own,
ns a matter of fact.
She was in Europe traveling, and was
asked by one of her near of kin, who was
living in Italy, te stay for it month with
him. As he lived In a very beautiful nnd
Interesting Itnllan town, and In a chnrmlng
house, slip accepted with great pleasure,
thinking that slip could slghtsce at her ense
and get a tastp of Italian life en the side
from her klusmnn'H wide circle of friends.
But she found te her consternation thnt she
wns in for the whole English nnd Amerlcnu
colony nnd their social amusements, n little
of real Italian society nnd a mere snatch of
sightseeing en the side.
She found her kinsman took his role of
cicerone very seriously, and after each so
cial event In which they had participated,
he took her gravely te account regarding the
manner in which she lind departed from the
prescribed ritual. Or, feeling uncertain ns
te her nwaredncss of what wfis whnt, he
carefully instructed her beforehand.
A ND although she was n woman who had
tx seen a geed deal of the world of
America, she was net prepared for what
seemed te her the antlqiinteil and small con
ventions of the somewhat restricted set of
rich nnd idle nnd very conservative persons
In which she found herself being treated
for her kinsman's sake like, a guest of
honor.
She detested teas, anil wn. net overwhelm
ingly partial te afternoons nt henip, nnil te
her horror she found thnt te come nnd go
with a brief nnd breezy "Howdy-de" nt nn
Italian ten or afternoon or evening recep
tion wns n crime ngnlnst one's hostess. One
snt indefinitely, perhnps nn hour.
She wns inclined te be furious nt first,
nnd then frankly bored because during these
long sits she was npt net te knew a third
of the persons nbeut her, in some enscs no
one but her hostess ; nnd ns there were no
introductions except In very special in
stances, she was sometimes stranded until
n mere or less familiar person hove In sight.
At dinners when she was ready te go home
it filled her with restless impatience te have
te wait tut 1 11 the Duchess or Princess or
Countess or Bareness that graced the fes
tivity wns ready te depart and se gave the
signal te the rest.
QUE liked luncheons nnd dinners better
Othnn the receptions because she was In In
tieduced te every lady present. But the
aftermath of having next day te remember
nil their names and leek them up and send
a servant around with her cards seemed like
n foolish trot for the servant nnd a ridicu
lous attention from herself, us whether or
net they responded by leaving their cards
by another servant meant nothing in her
life. Finally, when she was making u duti
ful dinner call en one of her hostesses she
found seated in the garden witli the lady an
other lady caller of 11 dull, elderly sort, te
whom siie wns net Introduced, nnd who, dur
ing the three-cornered conversation thnt en
sued, never addressed her: but the first caller
was escorted te her carriage by the lady of the
house with great suavity, for she was some
thing or ether te the queen dowager.
On finding herself left sitting in the gar
den quite nlene while the two ethers wnlked
off. the American whacked a hole In the
hedge with her r.nriisel and made her es
cape te her waiting victeria by n short cut
of her own discovery, and drove back te town
and te her kinsman's reproachful nnd ns ns
tenlshed chldings with a high color nnd
snapping eyes.
"Whoever made the rules of this society
made 'tin wrong!" wns her verdict. "And
after Ihis, instead of explaining it te ni".
veu enn explain me te it, for 1 won't bother
learning the cards of n game I de net intend
te play after I leave here !"
lie was awfully tried with her. and lefty.
And she was tried with him and superior.
But she confessed later thnt she was quite
wrong.
"When in Reme, de as the Remans de!"
eventually hail a very telling meaning for
her. In her refusal of that particular brist
ling fence of etit-nnd-dried conventions she
1 nil missed the flavor of au old and historic
civilization. And the expatriated Ameri
cans whom she had derided for falling Inte
the customs of a society net their own by
any right save that of hospitality were,
she knew later, right in their unquestioning
assimilation. As guests they had te con
form, or lack that first requisite of a guest,
appreciation,
THE conversation nt the close of her con
fession drifted hack nnd forth and finally
ended by the rectal by n mother of an In
stance nenrer home. Her daughter was n
Vassnr girl, nnd she said that last year there
was sent te all the parents a sort of ques ques ques
tionnnire nsklng for dntn as te the parents'
wishes regarding their daughter's freedom
of notion in going te New Yerk uncliaper
011 el.
Questions such ns these :
"Are you willing te huve your daughter
go te New Yerk nnd lunch unchnperened in
a restaurant with u man?"
"Are you willing te have your daughter
go down te the opera or te the play, return
ing by n very late train?" etc., etc.
The point was thnt there Is in America
among mothers of the same gencrnl class
no fixed convention about whnt is proper and
whnt is improper socially. It seems te be
purely a matter of environment. If it is n
very smnll community there nre very few
conventions. New Yerk City is actually
stricter than Philadelphia se far as the
outward doings of society go. Philadelphia
is, en the whole, mere particular nbeut con
ventions than Seranten, Wllkes-Barre or
Reading, for people of the same set; and
these places ar stricter than such town ns
Allcntewn, Mendville, Lewlsburg, etc. And
these ngaln have mere fixed rules of n pro
hibitive sort, that 0110 might call conven
tional, than the country towns for persons
of the same general bet thnt form the local
society.
A COLLEGE like Vassnr would have girls
from all these places with the same
standards of whnt is right nnd wrong, but
with very mixed stnndnrds of what Is con
ventional "what is done."
And se we come back te the point from
which we hed started.
Provinciality Is a lack of observance, en
the part of n stranger, of the local conven
tions. I remember ns nn infant being taught a
verv terse definition of sin.
'"'Whnt is sin?" snld the catechism.
"Sin," sJl I, answering by the book, "Is
nny want of conformity unto or transgres
sion of the law of Ged."
Fortunately for most of us, a lack of con
formity unto or trnnsgresslen of the law of
the society in which we find ourselves Is net
sin. But it is rather n stupid way of rais
ing the flag of independence, nnd Is gener
ally mere a sign of egotism than broad bread
mindedness. Arsen Unpunished
Frem the Honolulu Aderllsur.
A chicken set fire te n poultry house be'
longing te Manuel Cerren, Knlmultl, Sun
day, by carrying n lighted cigarette butt
underneath the building, This wns the ex
piunntinn Cerren gave the fire department
after the flames had been extinguished, ac
cording te Chief Thursten. Cerren snld hn
threw the butt out of the window nnd the
chicken picked It up nnd took It under the
house. Then It dropped the het snipe. As
cording te Chief Thursten the chicken wns
net arrested.
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NOW MY IDEA IS THIS
Daily Talks With Thinking Philadelphians en Subjects They
Kneiv Best
JOHN W. HEISMAN
On Athletics In College
THAT athletics in L'cnernl and football In
particular de much te fit the college boy
for the mere important struggles of life is
the opinion of Jehn W. Heisman, football
coach at the University of Pennsylvania.
"The purely physical benefits of college
athletics-, especially football." snld Mr. Ileis
iiinn, "nre se apparent and have been se
often and se well set forth, that it is net
neccssarv for me te dwell en that phase.
But the equally valuable mental and moral
effects have net had the emphasis laid upon
them which they deserve.
"It has often struck me ns peculiar that
we have nowhere a school for the training
anil the strengthening of the moral qualities
of the voting Amerlcnu. Colleges and ether
Institutions there are in abundance for the
impnrting of knowledge, both theoretical nnd
practicnl, havery known branch of science
nnd nrt; there nre gymnasiums for the de
velopment of bodily strength and there nre
churches for his spiritual needs.
"But nowhere is there an institution for
the development of the moral qualities of the
mind. Is there n place wherein a boy s will,
temper or disposition can be trained.' Has
any scientific study been made of these.' If
se, I de net knew where It is.
"I de net believe that .the importance of
this matter will be seriously questioned. It
is n matter of the utmost moment thnt a
young man be nble te stnrt out in life with
the ability te shut his jaws tightly and say
I will' or 'I will net,' and mean it.
Question of Temper
"If it be conceded that the development
of n dependable will in every young man Is
net only worth while but absolutely indispen
sable, "then I can say that the athletic field
Is about the best nnd. in fact, the only
laboratory known where he will get the
training, the discipline and the experience
which will brins about this result. And
foetbnll will build up the will power in nn
immature mind about five times faster than
anything else.
"It is 11 great achievement te be able te
bold the temper in thorough control. This
is a tiling which is net taught In the class
room. It is occasionally talked about in the
Sunday schools, but the nverage boy seldom
ucts a chance te try himself except through
the medium of participation In athletic
sports,
"And of the nthletle mediums, by far the
best is football. The football player is
compelled te control himself through the
game which, with Its man-te-mnn' contacts,
Fs the one above all ethers in which his geed
nature and serenity of disposition are tried
hard and often. The game is worth playing
if only te acquire tills self-control.
Clear Thinking Under Fire
"Is there any place except the athletic
field where boys are ttiught te think rapidly
and correctly under fire? Nene that I knew
of. It. is preached te them, but net tnught.
Seme might say thet examinations de tills,
and it Is true they compel the boy te think
and thnt there nre considerable results at
tuched te his thinking correctly.
"But, en the ether bnnd, he has usually
plenty e'f time te think when endeavoring te
pass nn examination; he docs net necessarily
have te think fast. And, tee, the conditions
surrounding a scholastic examination are
net exciting; it Is no such case of being
'under fire' ns is presented In the lnnii-te-man
shock of a football game in nu atmos
phere highly charged with excitement. The
cases are net parallel in the speed of thought
required or in the conditions In which tills
thinking must be done.
"Evcrv boy Is wildly excited upon going
Inte his 'first big game of football. But in
time he learns te keep cool, te think calmly
and quickly in the thick of the most exciting
episodes, nnd then he comes te correct con
clusions nnd makes faultless decisions In Iho
fraction of n second, time and time again,
in every live minutes of play.
Matter of Sportsmanship
"In no game and it might he added
truthfully in no cnlllng in after life is there
se much temptation for a participant te
client, te take unfair advantages, te de small,
mean and petty things, te lese the temper, te
indulge In profanity, te show a nasty disposi
tion and even te Indulge in downright light
iiK, ns In football.
y'llut that Is the time, the place and the
wny te learn hew te guci-n, te control and
30, 1921.
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te conquer this disposition, te tiic great gain
of the mental and moral strength of the con
queror, "In this the boy is assisted by the coach,
nnd the up-te-date coach will net for n mo
ment tolerate 'dirty' football playing or
what is known as 'muekei-ism' of any kind by
nny of his players. On n properly regulated
field there Is 110 longer nny place for pro
fanity or violent language. And all tills
helps in the development of the character
of the players.
Forming Geed Habits
"College nthietlcs also help in the forma
tion of geed habits, and here again football
Is in the first rank, because the game is
harder nnd therefore the training rules are
mere severe. On a properly organized team
every member must form strictly te the
training rules. The players are forbidden te
smoke, te chew tobacco, te drink liquor, te
stay out late, te visit improper places, te
gamble, te bet en their own games, te eat
candy or te drink the ruinous messes which
the average non-playing college boy pours
almost hourly into his stemncli. He is
obliged te study mid te sntisfy his tenchcrs,
because failure te de se injures net only
himself, but jeopardizes the chances of the
team Jer victory nud thus places in peril the
hopes of the whole college.
''This discipline is well worth while for
any boy. And nothing except the love of the
game would niiike him go through with it.
The whole discipline nnd the atmosphere of
the football field are advantageous. The
candidate for the team learns premptlv,
cheerfully, without question and te the full
extent of his ability. Whether he likes it
or net, he hns no option except te de us lie
Is told and te de it nt once. Nowhere else
in his college life does he come Inte contact
with such discipline nnd learn te 'tee the
mark' as he does in athletics, and this is
often of the utmost value te him later in life.
When Training Is Broken
"I have often been asked whether it is
geed form for players te inform en each
ether lu wisps of infraction of the training
rules. I believe that in any institution
where football has reached a high state of
perfection and has become one of the domi
nant institutions of uudergraduntc life, it is
net only the correct thins for the members
of the team te report such infractions te the
head coach, but It is also the duty of every
man in the college te de se,
"I knew that boys will net tell en one
another In the playing of college pranks and
jokes, and this is right and honorable. But
In-caking training is no prank or joke. It is
in effect the breaking of a mnn's word of
honor. If a member of the team is derelict
In his duty he harms ethers as well as him
self. He has been trained nnd weiked with
for weeks te lit him for certain work ami
when he breaks training without permission
lie is guilty of tiensen te his college. That
Is the cede which governs a real football
college, nnd It is the right one."
I A Ballade of the Ripening Year
SHE walked with Strephon in the spring,
Yeung Clileu cold as Greenland's skies
Derision In her laughter's ring,
But much of wonder in her eyes.
With much of wonder ami surprise
Te find n swain 1.0 geutleseme,
'Twns seedtime then hew summer flics!
New ull things te fruition come.
He knew the time te plow and sing!
Thu time te sew and improvise
A hymn te Ceres; when te bring
Ills hoe, that 110 tare long defies.
But patient Strephon was tee wise
Te force love's growth by rule of thumb
(He coaxes when a filly shies!)
New all things te fruition come.
In fields the corn is ripening
New all things te fruition ceiik
A magic spell en Chloe lies,
Her scornful lengiie and lips nre dumb-
Hill ,.. n,i ,,i,n H,(M.1 H" J' i-Jltf
r rjiirt.
''1I10,
tlrS'l-'w Verk
.miw nn tilings 10 mutton
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Tunc .,
Ami glowing pumpkins premise pies,
On thinning vines plump clusters swing-
Fer scthe ami fork the meadow cries'
The orchard's perl corps applies
Te cheek of pippin, peach and plum
The ninrvel of nnf.-iillnf ilv,.u
Y'R TIME!"
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SHORT CUTS
Judge Lazarus appears te have wen
some crumbs of near wisdom from the table
of Dives.
It may at least be said for the weather
that it is favoring the peer and swatting
the wicked coal man.
"Louisiana Senate Wants Beer"
Headline. Evident sympathy here with the
Governors of the Carolines.
One wonders hew the Les Angeles
Chamber of Commerce ever let that report
of a "slight earthquake" get out.
Ferd is going te stnr.t n drive te clean
up politics. We seem te remember that
Henry once started 11 ship te bring about
peace.
If you doubt that we nre bound by con
volition, just count en the lingers of one
bund the number of straw lints you have
seen during the Inst few het days.
Once 011 n time, said Demosthenes
McGlnnK women's huts were fixed up with
birds with long bills. This year the birds
nre missing, but the long bills remain.
The report of the various committees te
the national conference en unemployment
should meke interesting reading for the
members of Philadelphia City Council who,
ny killing the Lenn Bill, have made it diffi
cult for the city te provide work for the
needy.
Sir Alfred Mend. British Minister of
Health, says that before the unemployment
problem enn be solved there must be a re
duction in the cost of production in order te
stimulate buying. Te which may be added
that a little courage en the part of pur
chasers would also help.
"The mere Germany has te work (be
cause of reparations) the mere ether na
tions cense working," says the German Min
ister of Reconstruction. And the snd fact
is daily becoming mere patent, through un
employment reports, thnt he is telling the
truth. Winning the war mny prove mere
costly than losing It.
The pessimist has a fine opportunity
te indulge himself in his favorite dissipation
by considering the fact thnt nt Tuesday's
election in the Sixth Massachusetts Con
gressional District nearly Sit, 000 voters
stayed away from the polls. Mnssnchusetts
is far enough away isn't It? te keep one
from appearing personal.
I What De Yeu Knew?
QUIZ
1. Who are the .Inpnncse delegates ap
pointed te the Disarmament Confer
ence in Washington?
8. DlHtltiKUlsli between the words penl nnu
I'01'1- .
3. Who wrote the famous "Ode te the west
Wind"?
4. Wbat is the new altitude record for an
nlrplnnn and who mnrte It?
E. What soldiers nre sometimes known M
"relneks"?
fi, What Is rococo furnlture?
7. Whnt Is tellurium? ,.
8. Whnt Is the economic reason for tne
Chinese practice of cooking fine
chopped or shredded feeds?
1). Who composed the famous group of 1MB'
llsh writers known ns the I.nke I'pets;
10. Who was Kngclhert Humperdlnek7
Answers te Yesterday's Qulr
1. nail Hlrennn should be pronounced
"llwell Krln " L
2. The bedv has lipcn meeting In the Mas-
slen Heuse, Dublin.
3. A postern Is n back deer, side way or
entrance. . ,,
4. Thi Pniiainii-Paclfle Exposition was new
In Kan Frnnclsce In 10 IB.
5. The question. "Cnu the Ethiopian change
his skin or the leopard his spots? i
propounded in the twenty-third vyW
of the thirteenth chapter of rcniian.
0. Maiylatul Is mimed after Queen IIenrli
Mnrlu. wife of Charles I of HiiKlaml
7. The Medes were un nnclent Aryan peypi'
Inhabiting the northwest of the Ira
nian or Persian highland between t
Cnsplnu Sin and the Arnxcs Hlver
8. The salary of the Speaker of the Hen"
of Representatives Is Jl'J.nnO 11 year.
9. Kiiniuel 1 lumpers Is the pn sldent of l
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('ll ad, win the part of Palest lie 1 "
cunt of the .Ionian and extending C; '
te about loiiglliide 30 rust nnd ";
between the llleremax en he "IJ
and the Anion en the south. In
extended stnae It Included nains
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