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Pennsylvania Ave and 14th St J.KW Tonic tlt'ltrie The Sun Ilulldlnc Losdem IlinrAt) Trafalirar Building I BunarmrrrieN thumb i The HtcNiNn Pcnua Lmnru la aerved te sub krrlhera In Philadelphia and aurreundlnc towns at the rate of twelva (12) cents per week, pable te the carrier. i llrnull te rlnt outside of rhlladelphla In the Unltcrl Si.iteq. Canirtn. or t'nlted Slatee po pe jenns, pentape free, fiftv (501 cents per month "'."". ',0,,'"a P"r ie, tn'ntiir In advance i Tn all fe-eun re'itrrns ei ill) dollar a me -th r J.OTICVS-- Suhcrlh.-3 wllilps addreM changee must Glve old .(S ! n i ' nddrcss. nm,. w.( TiiM t 1 O'TnM:. MAIN nil enficiM 'e I'lmdii pTiXTJc ertrrt Phttnil' tnhln pMirrn nil i I. iinr Ifl'-i -r . . mm i 'th nn Member of the Associated Tress run .issert.irrn rnFm u rteiimi'fiv e- Utlrd te Ihr jir for rrpublirntinn nf oil news rftejiafcic.i credited fe ( or iwt efnrru-Uf crrdlfed tn fifsi faprr. and a!s,) Ike loco! epics published fArrrle All rt7'i't p rpiiMlpafen of sp'Clfil dUpnfcaet nrr4n ar aim rmrrvrt rhllailrlplill. filnr.Jtr. Otlel.rr S. l'CI I STATE AND CITY CONTRASTS C'tOVUKXOIt srneri.and renn-aii..liis 1 in peni: .1" .lu-lil'cl in Mkui'i '.Mile ill the imt i -i 1 1 t- lU-i'la.M" 1 I" tir- t'ni.uii n v.ealth In tin- piib.ii ucuL- runclv fn mi einplejmen' mhncjteil bv l'i-nb-nt iliir-iiuj: and the current ceiiferen e in iishiii);te:i. The twelve million dell.ir of Stale funis wlilch w 111 be reloaded inuuediiitnly for pnd buiidinR Is (inly a part of I he ureat ionstruc ienstruc ionstruc tten work planned, tlie total program in in Yelving an espendltiire of Sr-Ti.dllO.IIOO. The mibjects of Stale enterpri-e include bridges, public buildings, school' and high v. ax. In the last-n.i mcil held pregres" hll" lately been brilliant, "iMHi m 1 tt of pcrmnm nt read v linvlng been tciilt iliirms the ireenl Ailmin istriitlnn nnil i'HI null"' of ll.e m- , type "f colierelc lii;ha ime .Inniiarv 1. I'.'Ul This aitiit. of the Stale i gratifj :'g and yet e.i'nilniel t mvtlfv it niMrope'is, If 1th eii'-lbilit.e are p.ii eiitirnh atrmi'i-i"!. . The prespe. t nf -n mnrtiug the llai'ilmg 1 Hoever roc !iiiniiiilatien In I'hi'adelphin shrive! disuia'h n petM nelitit petistentlv obstructs pulilli -Murk ojicrntien the vital rjeecs"!!.' nf x 'mil i inanifc-t. THE POLITICIANS DID IT .TVyrA.K)Iirni:S In favor of the Contitu Centitu '1VX tieiml Ciunentien were pulled in even tccn counties nt the primary election. They were nearly all Dcmei ratio counties. I Among the rv-iptinti were A'lejlicny ami 'Dnitphln. wlihh are Ke.nihl'eaii The jnajeniy against the convention in Philadelphia County was r'.O.OOO. The sample ballets at the polling places marked for the giiidanie of the oteis who take ' orders or who fellow the leid of the organ! ! r.atien Iiad a cms in the negative square opposite the i (invention preposition. The opposition of Senater Penrose te a revision of the ('enctitutinn is notorious. (loverner Sproul was able te persuade the gl.dature te submit the question te the .raters. The State organization evidently decided te let tli (loverner have his av iu the' Legislature, confident tlmt it could Mte the preposition down at the polls, i The (irange, the mine workers and the Opponents of appropriations te sectarian in in Htitutieus were opposed te the convention nnd voted against it. I!ut if the political lenders of the State had been iu taver of it tile oppehilii.ii of tin ! ether interests would net have been s-treiig enough te ilefejt the pre jeer. The politicians object te any change in the laws which will icipiiru them te reorganize their machines. They are opposed te the abolition of offices. And they have no In terest In increasing the efficiency of th Government. Kvery disinterested iltizen. however, who has given any study te the subject knows that the Constitution is in sm need of re vision. Seme of its cpfei ts can he cured by amendment It has been amended mere thnn twenty tunes hicp I'.iOO. and It will linvc te he amended numj mere lime- in the future unless the State is te abandon the program of pub.ie Improvements en whiiii It Is new engaged. FREE TO DO WHAT THEY WILL 0NK of the newest occupations for women is the least rewded, according te a Speaker at an unempUyment conference of the Yeung Women's Christian Association. It is that of gardening In its various phases. The speaker said that there was an ai five ,demnnd for girls as landscape gardeners and "'lis workers In greenhouses, and that the pav as from ST." r SUM) a month. The girls trained at the Si iieul nf Horticulture for "Women at Ambler have developed a remark remark Ohie aptitude for the work. "Ne one questions the propriety nf a young Tvninnn engaging in radi work nowadays, ffur grandmothers would have been shocked nt it, however. In their youth a girl might teach school or become a milliner or dress ' n&ikcr, but she could net de anything else " outside of a house, unless it was te work in n factory, without beins suspected of loose living. Nowadays, however, there is virtually nothing that g i! - may net de. During the Wttr they weic nmluctern en trolley tars, they operated automobiles, they made muni tions, they worked en the land. And before thnt they had become saleswomen in stores. Monographers, private secretaries and ac countants, lawyers, and physicians and even Btirj,eeiin. This emancipation came before the vote ivas given te them It i- difficult te imagine what occupation thev maj new enter whiih was closed te them before the adoption of tle equnl suffrage amendment te the Consti tution unless it be the occupation of pro fessional politician THE CANNIEST PEOPLE W lEPOKTS of tin industrial mid agricul tural revival of I-ranee fix. the number of unemployed as i educed te l.'.OOO nut of n nomililtieil of nearly Kl.OIIO.IKMI. Various reasons are assigned for this remarkable iilinwlne: bv the nation whose economic itructure was the most severely shaken by Actual, war. ' It can be argued that ever-production, .no of the lamentable but almost inevitable. resultH of a period of abnormal prosperity, jliiH net blighted the republic during the last Jieven years. Hut this reason would perhaps limply thnt acut? distress is the necessary "introduction te a season of progress. Logic recoils from such n postulate. Undoubtedly the suspension nf many of the normal activities of the nation during te war has resulted in an increased obliga tion te work lis peace conditions are stu iJllied. llut temperament plays n most JiMilflennt role in the exhibit. f j i The Trench nre chronically frugal ; they sjL Tfave even been called niggard. Their eco- V phmicni preprnsincn ui.- iicii.uj.-. iu.ii Un -iiighly developed ns these of the Chinese. k i rtr Travelers returning irem an roan tins year isWWPert that the luxuries of living which ure 149 .tin- nralent ill abundance in Paris and 2ie targe cltle are net tempting. the natives. There is piquaucy in the reflection that French Women who proclaim silk stockings de rlguctir persist in wearing hose of cotton ; that the delicious dishes concocted In boule beule vnrd restaurants arc provided chiefly for the delectation of foreigners. Cnbbngc seuu , steams cheerfully in the homes, the main stays of which arc mere interested in bends and securities against a rnluy dny thnn In fancy shirts and expensive amusements. It is one of the paradoxes of history that a people unsurpassed In the production of elegancies have ever been innikcdl.v re strained in self-Indulgence. The fact helps te explain the rnpld recovery of France from periodic blown sulllclcnt te lay a less canny and far-sighted people permanently pros trate. SOME ULTRA-RICH ALSO FACE WOES DUE TO UNEMPLOYMENT And Hoever Cannet Help Them, Though Their Plight Is Mere Painful Than That of Idle Wage Earners TTALK the truth hasn't been told about 1 money. Meney, when it Is avaiiab'e in clumps, does mere than talk. It has been known te ferrupt Intel national relationships, te work uavec with political Institutions, te break up families nnd te breed a let of wild delusions in the minds of otherwise reasonable men nnd women, nnd te rob many of Its possessors of every ohnne.e for peace In this world. This doesn't mean that money li nn evil thing In itself. It Is n ery geed servnut .mil the worst of masters. Let it rule In n house and jnti may be sure of confusion and catastrophe. After a hels a 'eiind the wei d newadais it is easy te believe that these who are tee rich are quite as badly off as the-c who are tee peer. Here, for example, are the Hareld Mo Me Mo Cermicks, of Chicago, taking the plme en the front paces which was vacated only re cently by the SllUmnus, of New Yerk. Toe much money or, rather, tee nun h of the urn senpable leisure that is the n-ninl accom paniment of the excessive wealth which ,iiw of itself seems te be the caiikc of iiin trouble in both cases. A man's mind or n woman's doesn't step f ill' tinning even though It is dented the h..oeine e-crcse necessary te make a 'iing. Put your mind in the vacuum which tee 111..1I1 nn ncj eftew crentes nnd strange Ihings will happen te it. It IM continue te seek nutlets for its energy and a u-e for lis impulses. Yeu may he the bost-inten-tiencd person in the world. Hut before you knew It. and be'enuse there is nothing else for you te de, you will find yourself attempt ing the financial reorganization if China or the uplift nf musical comedy or the study of occult relijinns or the penetratinn of the mysteries of psychoanalysis. Ynu will be bored because money will have robbed you of the capacity for wonderment. Seener or later you will break out at a wild tangent nnd leave the house In 1 barge of a Heck of butlers and the children at the mercy of under-servants and your wife or your husband lit the care of friends. The upshot is certain tobe distressing te every body concerned. The most widelv advertised troubles of the ultra-rich are for the most part nothing but a new set of misfortune- di.e te an aspect of the unemployment que-tinu wlihh Hoever himself, with all hwsinlents and his limitless audacity, couldn't remedy. Laber of some sort is necessary t every one who would remain wholly rational. Even the miner enxieties of the day's weik have a tonic value. They make for mental stabilization. Werk is mere necessary te nil classes of the population than light wines or beer or horse-racing or grand opera or the tariff or lower taxes, but you never hear of energetic organizations with Washington lobbies de vised te make work fashionable. We have become afflicted with a notion Inherited from the Victorians that there i something admirable and even nnb'e about persistent idleness, and that the most suc cessful men are these who can find ethers te de all their work for them nnd bring them money iu an Increasing Heed. That belief is wholly illogical and It con tinues te get well-meaning folk into endless trouble. It has made life barren for thou sands of men and women who are unhappy without knowing why they are unhappy. New and then you will find a fabulously rich idle man who retains n normal view of life and normal capacity for cnieying it. I.ut the divorce courts find the nffiueuee of law yers prove that it is hard te be abnormally rich and normally peaceful. People who are lucky enough te be enlv moderately well off nre likely te be happiest. They de net lese the savingconscieusness of mutcal dependence. Meney, in their ense, doesn't rob life of all Its surprises Se long ns vel! have the sense of necessarv contacts with the outside world, existence can con tinue te have a flavor of adventure. Mar riage and domestic responsibilities will net 01 m like things te be avoided. Te be at peace, te be even n tolerable 1 iti7en. ynu have te compromise with life In hundreds of small ways. The jreat delu sion rf the ever-rich man is the belief thnt he nu buy immunity from the rules. He cannot, of course The same desires nnd the same regrets, the same disilliislenments and the same sorrows, are the common let of all men. Ne one can close n deer against them. Mut it is hard te discern the little lights of simple truth in the blinding glare of the artificial world which is created out of tee much money. And when nt last you de discern them, it is often tee late te turn back. SALES TAX PROSPECTS SIX months ng there was little sentiment In Congress favorable te a sales tav. Today the leaders who were once saying that there was no prospect of its adoption are saying that they see no serious objec tion te it. The longer It Is considered the stronger becomes the sentiment in favor of It. There nre two arguments for it which appeal te the Congressmen. One in that it will rnlse nearly a billion dollars in revenue without burdening any one. And the ether Is that It will make it possible te repeal the nuisance taxes and the taxes en transportation,- Senater Hmoet, who is working for the adoption of the tax, is confident that It will come te n vote at any rale, and he is Imping that there will be n majority iu favor of it. Reports from Washington Indicate that the President himself may be asked te decide the Issue. It is said that if he asks for the tax it will be passed. He has said en mere than ene occasion that he likes the plan, but this haB been in Informal remarks. EVENING PUBLIC LEDGER If he should send for the Senate nnd Heuse leaders and tell them it. is important that the nuisancer taxes be repealed and that the fax burden en transportation be Tcmevcd, nnd that tlic sales tax provides the best way te raise the revenue which Is new derived from these offensive taxes, it is likely the Snjbet plan will have smooth Palling through both neuses. GANGS WHAT the police used te call a campaign of terrorism in the days when thugs reamed the streets in motorcars and com mitted highway robberies at their leisure ended suddenly when the illicit whisky traffic became general and profitable. (Inngi of the sort upon which the limelight was thrown with tile RUiifight thnt ended the career of "Red" Murphy near Fifth and Mentros? streets hed found n mere profitable occupa tion than that iu which they were previously engaged. Every gang nnd many of them nre highly organized nnd expertly led maintains n con nection en one hand with ward politics nnd a connection en the ether with the bootleg syndicates. It is persistently rumored thnt there are In this city policemen nnd police officials mere or less deeply Involved in the underground whisky trade. If that Is true, the guilty policemen nre involved also with the gangs. Murphy was a typical gangman. He had friends higher up and 110 small degree of influence In his general neighborhood. In some parts of the city ward leaders have deliberately encouraged nnd ably protected gangs similar te these which collided in the fight that ended the life of one leader. Cm tigs are semet lines depended upon te de necessary dilty wmk in local elections. Sometimes they overdo the jobs assigned te them. Thev overdid the job In the Fifth Ward. Iu return for that sort of service they are given protection of sorts In their routine work. That work is dope-selling, gnmbling and the exploitation of iiufertunntc women in the mysterious region known ns the underworld. It will he interesting te see hew far the police are nb!e te go In explaining the cause of the gang duel at Fifth and Montrese streets. Meliind the feud that led te a gun battle in the stiects there probably was a conflict of interests that would nmnze and shock the cltv If n were described iu detail. MORE PACIFIC POWERS INDICATIONS that I'aiilic problems at the amis ceiifeiene,. are te be treated in their broadest nspei t. ami net merely Iu refeicnce te the Japanese-American situa tion, are furnished bv the decision of the Sfate Department extending invitations te Itelgium. Peitugnl and the Netherlands. The first of these nations is net, strictly speaking, a Pacific Power, its single though vast coleninl possession being the equatorial Conge territory, largely inland, with a short const line upon the Atlantic. The Mclginns, however, have long been interested in the development of China, and especially con cerned in railways expansion. In a governmental -ense Portugal nnd' the Netherlands are much mere intimately Involved iu the Far East. The former country is the historic pioneer in Oriental expansion, an 1 although but a shnclew of the gieat empire of which Da (iaina nnd Albuquerque laid the foundations new remains, Portuguese civilization has left its marked imprint upon the East in contributions te the language of trade, in business customs and conventionalized re lationships between Europeans and Asiatics. The actual remnants In the Pacific region of the old tiibutarv realm nf the sixteenth century are Mil' an. the notoriously "wide open" seaport neai Hongkeng, and a con siderable pmtl'.il of the large island of Timer, in the Malay Archipelago. Helland, the dueit heir of many of the islands "in 0 subjt't te Lisben, is mere iin -prcssivtly lepro-entod today. In area the Dutch pe-sessimis in the Fa'' East embrace mere than 7(10,000 square miles, with n population of about -10, 000.000, or about seven or eight times as large as that of the mother country. In Java alone there nre approximately three times as many people as In the whole of the Philippines. It is understood that the status of Mel glum. Pertugnl and the Netherlands nt the disarmament parley will be identical with that of Cliinn. The two categories at the sessions suggest, as de several ether features of the program, the innehitieiy of the League of Nations as exemplified by the Council with its membership of major Powers and the Assembly with Its mere extended ad mittance regulations Save for the comparative modesty of Hol Hel land's armament by bind and sen, this na tion would seem te be entitled te upper class membership. As it is, the fitness of enlisting the co-operation of the sovereign authority in .Tnvn. Suinntia, Celebes and the greater part of Bernee is unquestionable. Te be stable, adjustment of Pacific nffnir.s must take cognizance of all the interested parties. THE REAL SINNERS SOME of that truth proverbially spoken In . jest appears in Life this week in an imnginnry interview between the editor and Governer Small, of Illinois. The Governer, it will be recalled, has been arrested en the charge of taking State funds when lie was Treasurer. He is made te sn- that the arrest was u put-up job. Thin the editor says : ' Loek here. Governer .Small of Illinois, let me tfll you something Yeu don't In terest me at all. Yeu are net te blame." "Don't ynu really think se"" "Ne. There are plenty of men just like veu The real Kullt lies with the people who elected you If they wanted a man llke you why should ou enne te me nnw and complain" Nobody would knew who cru wc-im If they hadn't elected jeu Gex--ernnr of Illinois They wanted ou amj thev cot veu What are m making a. fuss about" J'011 are nf nu con sequence. We, the people nf . w Yerk and Chicago and of all the ret of the big towns, we are the KUllty ones " These who de net like what the mpn j the City Council are doing and are planning te de would de well te devote at least sixty seconds te consideration of tin ir own re sponsibility for conditions here. The Shipping Heard Fourteen has -H'd Hx j w,rv. Painful Peinls ice and 10111 Idle The beard lias an nounced the selection of fourteen mooring sites for ships that can't be sailed and can't be sold; fourteen points en winch Govern ment economy is being impaled Heg Island is ene of them. Which jjivcs Interest te the fact that twenty -four hours aft r a huge tanker left the Chester yards it sailed from New Yerk for Mexico for u cargo of nil Why is it necessary te build wholly new ships while Endc Sam has se many for sale? , .. c , Thirty-five thousand In the Swim people invaded the privacy of the priuj goldfish at the annual exhibition at Hor ticultural Hull, I'uiriueunt I'ark. but no action in trespass has been entered J)p the peer fish. The forbearance of the cute wee things speaks well for their value as pets. They neither khl. lute nor sciatch, and never have bien known te keep pcnple' awake e' nlsbfs. Hew many nf tli,. :;,"i,(I0( weic quiet folk who piefer a sold Mnncluid ill pets'.' '('ontracteritis" is what Philadelphia Is suffering from, according te Dr. .Moere. It will be remembered that the patient re fused te have an operation performed last month. IniL.NJDELPHIA, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER AS ONE WOMAN SEES IT The Drug-Stere Man Has a- Mere Intimate Acquaintance Wth the People In His Neighborhood Than Even the Preacher and the Docter My SAKAII 1). I.OWKIK I ONCE nsked n keen observer of human society what profession te his thinking combined the most elements of nelgliborll nelgliberll nelgliborll ness. I supposed he would say the 111I11 istry. with n second choice en thnt of the physician. Mut net nt all ! He said tliTs per son who had the mst points of contact with the men, women, young persons nnd little children In ills neighborhood was the "drug-store" mnn. When there Is nn illness In the houses of rich nnd peer he knows It, and from a Iiet-wnter bottle te n saline solution he is n fnclnr with the nurse and doctor iu every vnrintmn of treatment of the cae.- When there is a love affair or nn cmcr- itnhm I.. t... 111.. l.n...A.. ..C 4l. ..nnM ..II '"',' 111 Mil' IIIICC lllMir' "L tliv OV7VI III! b nbeut him, lie knows it. for his telephones A arc used for the discussion of the most prl-M vnte nnd vital alTalrs. If 11 weninn wants "aid te bentitv" for some end thnt she will net acknowledge, even te her nearest nnd dearest, hP knows It, whether it be scent or rouge or lip stick or bnlr restorer or hair eradicater or hair dye. If the callow youth of the neighborhood are beginning te admire girls he knevs it from the records of his soda ' fountain if from nothing else. If n child has an extra penny or the windfall of a dollar, lie knows It by the depletion of Ills candy jars. If there Is a letter te be sent by some one te whom the gelling or the fending of letters is 11 rare event, he knows it, for he sup plies both strftlnm rv, stamps nnd often the hlntter and pen. If his neighbors are re membering their fi lends nt Easier or Val Val entieo's Dav or Ninas or en birthdays, he knows it, for Ms steck: of such emblematic missives is handled bv the entire clientele. If servants break 11 valuable piece of glass or china and wish te put off the evil day of the detection of the mishap, he knows It, for his advice Is asked 11s te durable cements without a qualm or subterfuge. If a housewife is careful or eercless, he knows It, for from camphor balls te reach powder, his stock Is breathlessly demanded. If there Is any skeleton hid behind respectable front doers, he is apt te knew it. for no matter hew strictly he keeps within the law as tn drugs or liquor tiailie the furtive attempts or the brazen or desperate ones te bribe him Inte a cemplinnie give him nil the clues lie needs te the drunkards, the "drug addlct,s and the intemperate of all sorts, among his clientele. If there is n tire, or a suicide, or 11 birth, or a death, or nn accident, the druggist knows it almost as seen as the family does. And it is in his shop the rendezvous Is made Mr clandestine love nffnirs. for family conclaves of a surreptitious sort. It is te his safe-keeping that the keys of the house are temporarily left, and te his kindly sym pathy the plans for the outing arc cciiifiiled. He is often the librarian, the water pur veyor and the gift-shop agent of the dis trict, as well as the bulletin beard, the post pest office and the .stationer. HE IS sometimes surly, sometimes slovenly and sometimes unscrupulous, but he is generally placidly" kind, exquisitely neat and sternly law-abiding. He Is the master of a science where one-twentieth of 11 grain counts for life or death, nnd in his position of father confessor for his neighborhood has n power of imparting common sense and sympathy that a clergy man or teacher or even doctor may well envy. It is net a profession where these who fellow it honorably are apt te get rich, unci the hours nf responsible work begin early nnd last till late in the evening, with Sun", day vigilance included. The men who enter it. therefore, must de it from n real apti tude for its exacting and skillful practice and for some quality of temper and mind that makes the constant call cm their pa tience and helpfulness and kindly experience a congenial and gracious task. " a WE OWE thes,. men 11 grent deal, both as neighbors nnd cltl.ens, and my first impulse en n ailing the letter appended was te say se as publicly as I could. And find lug it was also my second and my final impulse, I hove done se In this column, feeling sure that there nre many like me, also grateful and tippiecintive. I FEEL sure the letter was never meant te be printed, but it is. like mnny things net meant te lie printed, worth printing. And se I quote it here ; "Te the Evening Ledger: "A careful reading of your regular con tributions has made me feel that I have the right te address you en a subject near and dear te me. "I am nn old druggist. I have been in business almost forty years, and within that time I have contributed my mite te pharma ceutical literature and taught many an ap prentice. While I knew that we have here mid there n black sheep in the family, I also knew that most nf us are se minded nnd se constituted that we constantly strive for the physical and spiritual geed of these needing our services. "New why all this palaver? "Well, I want ynu tn help build up a healthy sentiment lespecting the druggist nnd Ills real work. The public featuring of drug raids and the iccevery of narcotics illegally get seriously relief ts nn the honor of druggists as 11 body. Thanking you for any interest ynu may evil in the matter unci (Tssurlng jfiu nf our willingness te con tinue; by n responsive exhibit of our real worth, I 11111, yours sincoreli, "ANOI.D DUEGGIST." ISl'PPOSE no profession j subjected te mere attempts at bribing than that of a retail druggist. The ones who succumb te the temptation are haiclly appreciable com pared te the ones who are above it. Prob ably every one of us has his price, but like General "Maldy" Smith when he was hold ing the cotton emhaign line against the Confederate planters Iu the Civil Wpr, we enn telegraph te headquarters; "Please remove me! They are getting tee near my price'." Which, after all, is just another form of saying: "Deliver us from evil." I have been cudgeling my brains le re member If in literature nr art the druggist lias been adequately cluiracteilzed. There Is, I rcinembei, a ynung Germun Anierican drug cluk iu Cable's "Grand issltnes," that Ginrge Cable seemed te fondly love and expected the reader te ad mire, but be was a bore. And then there was a geed play In which one of the Marrymeres acted the part of the amateur drug pro prietor that was en the whole a very satis factory picture of that phase of American village life. Mut 1 can recall no classic ptirtrnynl of a follower of the profession . It would be a rich and varied field! Senater King, of I "tali, says retailers and uianufncturi'iN the country ever have combined te maintain the present high prices, end thnt "the Attorney General should send thousands of these conspirators wiie are responsible for the paralysis of trade te the penitentiary." This is the kind of piffle one expects from n soap-box orator, but net from a I'nited States Senater. Senater King should study the remarks of Senater Edge, quoted by Governer Spreul: "The big capitalists de net want te risk their money en new projects because if they make money it is taken away from tliein by the income tax, while if they lese there i , locempeiiso." And having digested them, perhaps Mr. King maj turn his talents toward tax levisien. A young Russian invcilter iu Paris is Hiiid te have invented a tirecess bv means f which he can make silk stockings from sand ; and, by varying the quantities of ether ingredients, make iinii-iullauiiiiable films and crystul blocks for the building of houses. New if he only turns the stuff into flivvers, furs nnd hooch the world will usk nothing further of him. THERE IS 9NLY ONE IMPORTANT THING JUST NOW wWwIi''1 I'll if lki i . JVV"JJ' c5 " . --xg NOW'MY IDEA IS THIS Talks With Thinking Philadclphians en Subjects They Knew Best Daily DR. CHARLES W. BURR On Mental Hygiene THE subject of mental hygiene is one con cerning wlilch much that is misleading and even mischievous lias been published. In the interview today 1r. Charles W. Murr. psychiatrist of tlie Orthopedic Hospital, discusses it from the authoritative stand point of the specialist. "The purpose of mental hygiene," said Dr. Murr, "Is te teach people hew te live in order te retain mental health, hew te avoid the Influence of a bad inheritance, hew te overcome the effects of peer environ ment in early life and hew tij get the best results from a geed inheritance and en vironment. "The grent rules for the maintenance of mental health are te avoid excesses, in be moderate in nil things, immoderate in none, te learn and practice bolf-enntrel and te realize one's mental limitations. Seme peo ple pay such great attention te being mod erate in work that they have se much unused time they nre bound te be Immoderate In ether things, especially Idleness and what they call pleasure. They go te smash in stomach or brain nnd cumber the earth for n longer or shorter time. Overwork Net Harmful "If one must be immoderate In something it would better be work, because over work, If net accompanied by worry, does net harm. Many people are s Immoderate in demanding their rights from society that they forget and neg lect duty. Meing the offspring of weak lings, who think they nre stieng-willed, they de net inherit a tendency te self-conliel : the.v are net tniight it in childhood nl home and. being the victim" of our effeiniiiled and equality-teaching school system, de net get It in school. This kind of lack nf self control, though it does net often lead te in sanltv. often does lead te nieiMal and moral weakness thnt ends in habitual crime and vngabendnge. , "One type of pewm deservi.ig much sym patic who can lie greatly helped and whose olheiwise inevitable fate, insanity, can 1." warded off is he who has In his bleed a taint of mental dliease, which makes his lah depend en whether his environment in child hood and yeutxis geed or had. There are mnnv people, often of intellect above the nvei'nge and having a strong moral sen-e who feel 'ibnerinal propensities, have un healthy appetites, who yet are nf strong enough will, especially if they have wis. guidance during adolescence, net only te light and conquer vicious propensities and appe tite's, hut te replace them by ethers that are entirely wholesome. Hard Matties Wen "Net u little of tlie world's weik has been done bv nun and women of this type, people who tliYfiugheut life have fought successfully a continuous fight against insanitv . Such people need in childhood te learn discipline; thev need the wisest of school masters te get them interested lu the intellectual life. The, need work nnd, above' all, they need mmal training.' especially the moral training that makes children real!e that they have duties and cither people rights. "In this country children are taught, con sciously and unconsciously, tee much ubeiu tlulr lights, nothing nbeut their duties. Mental hygiene cannot help such in late adolescence and adult because their idea of their rights includes the notion that they can break nil nature's laws concerning eat ing and drinking and everj thing else without ,,..,. i, ,ir tli, nenaltv. "Nature's laws, unlike the multitudinous aws of , the great republic, are always in no 1.... niwciviLonferced. Punishment, nature being blind, Is inctijd out net only te the law-breaker, but te his family and te his eiesceiulunts. Nature never pardons, nevei puts en parole. "People, especially these who most need mental fivglene, de net realize this, Thev imagine they are exirptiens and can drink te excess and de ether things te excess .in,! vet escape. Kenlfj, they tin net think ii.n tliliiK about It : but. being creatures of Im Im liulse, net of reason, they fellow Impulse, never having learned the greatest lessen needed te pass safely through this life, the lessen of inhibition. Inhibition is the scion scien tiiie word for self-control. The snne iiiuu has it. He acts net from primary impulse, but only after reason has sat In Judgment 5, 1921 Sgiss en the act and decided it Is the wise thing te de. Discipline is the mother and father of Inhibition, the 'hlng which makes inhibition wax fnt and grew strong. The child who lacks it will grew into the man or woman who gees te the devil iu one or the ether of the , u it melons ways one may go te the devil. Ignorance Leads te Mrealidevvns "Ignorance of mental hygiene lu the parents leads te the mental breakdown of a type of young people who. If wisely guided, would have gene through life sanely and usefully and with about as much hnppincaP as comes te most of us. "I mean the type of youth who, having ambition fur beyond ills ability, has been taught he can he anything if he only work-i hard enough. He is taught the falsehood that genius is hard work, that nil men un equal lu mental power. Such youths at prone te be sensitive, proud, conceited and self-centered, l'liey are taught that white white cellar jobs are the height of gontlcmnn'iires. and they lack virility. When they find t.ie.v have- no ehnnci! for the great rewards of life they break. "I liuve seen many mentally ill people whose illness was caused by trying te be scholars, captains of business. aitMs and the like wlieniature meant them te held very modest positions In the scheme of the; universe. Scholasticism is n bad thing for the unscholastie; ambition is fatal te the weak. Ail Can't Me Educated "One theory that every one should b educated causes much mental disorder. Ther' ure a great many: heys who are entirely up titled te be book-learned who would male healthy and useful citizens if their natural fitness for the ui-scholastle life were realized. Many n boy of fourteen craves activity nnd wants te work, but hates books, if he be a manly chnp he lesents being kept nt school, but endures quietly until freedom comes and In inn work out his own snlvatiun '.u Wudeicu by thu unwisdem of our school system. "I'nless he lie of very geed stuff he g'ts lazy, neglects his lessens, gets in bad Cfi,. panv, loses ambition and by the time he Is sixteen is pretty worthless. His falc: is net te be envied. He would, if cnptuied young, have been u splendid student iu the uni versity nf the wtrld; he fuils as a student in the world of se-called intelleetllallsin. He does net go mad ; he often gees bail. "Te keep mentally healthy, and t liar the purpose of mental hygiene, means much' mere than te avoid insanity, lj means si. te live that one will get all possible healthy happiness lu this only possible wer'd, le de all the work, anil of the highest kind, fine's natural ability will permit and te live us I ng as one can. "The lecelpe is simple. Learn self-cm-trel, avoid all excess, guide the wllq hmses of emotion bv rensen and never ferirei 1..1 1 i-nl laws cannot bj broken without penalty. piijii-i; the Pseudo-Science Harmful "Much pseudo-science is offered te nnd ui-i'i-iui-u ii.v cue general puiiiic under the name 01 mental liveieiie. Tin imi,n. : net te blame' for accepting it, because every cine must accept nn faith technical opinions because one caiiunt have personal kuowle.:e en any suhieei lie has no training in. The pseudo-scientists deserve mere than blame they deserve condign punishment. Instead they tee iitte-n net uilineieus huge fee- 'J, premise le cuie Incorrigibility hv epeial'mi cm the skull te iilieve n pressure which does net exist, te pinmisc te make nu iinhi'cu.. into a blight. Industrious, geed bev bv -c-meving adenoids te premise 11 thing wl ieii cannot be. Depressed fructilies should l elevated and adenoids removed, hut fe: roa rea roa sens wholly unlike these slnted ahem ".Net only 'iien calling themselves 'phv slciaiis sin, hut also pedagogues of , ce'in'm type. I mean these who are preudum; whit ".,?,y. C"! - fr"''1,' '" "f development of ,m, ch 1. Ihev claim punishment hurls i,.,. child s d.'velepme nt and that discipline makes him servile. Solemon in nil his glory was wiser than the most up-te-date and ,ii'wi"i writer cm ncdavngies. and we nil ieinc,n.,. save these whn having ,,e true .'d'.catien """ '" uirir mint) nor uisni he sahl abort chlldieu and the i spnl'lng v. hal I iiiel "Many men, wiser even than the pcda-n-l . prndiicH of inir 11 enslrniis Middle West ",'.! versltles. hive taught for centuries m, , ' elpllhe, which means training te ehcdlei ... is the only thing which fits men te ','. . ethers, U alone can command ethers ,.i . first lias learned te obey." el"l,h u,) ' 'm SHORT CUTS The natural nnd morally hcaithv suc ally f cesser of the word gang isthe cemmunltf' center. October Is the finest month in the year, nnd if you don't believe it ask any hnj fever victim. It took n long time for summer te get through saying geed-by, but It leeks n though she had at last departed. Every once in a while a community gcH sufficiently interested in forestry censerva tien te hunt up new political timber. We gather from the sporting pages that philosophers continue te grieve ever a World Frivolous nnd te gloat ever n World Serious. The animal that is terrorizing residents of Eldersvllle. Pa., nnd is said te leek like a timber wolf, may be nothing mere than a bottle imp. Sentiment is veering around in favor of n sales tax. Mut hew could the opposition knew tlutt raising "h" would give the Stnoet bill Smeeth running? The Contractor Combine evidently be lieves that it can get the job of street, denning if it raises dust enough te fill the eyes of the Iepulace. Secretary of the Navy Dcnby is ciilliiif for volunteers for the nnval reserve. Opti mists hope that sonic day they may prove n mercantile marine reserve. If two or three of its magistrates were defeated, it misht hnve 11 chastening effect en the Contractor Combine. This seems te be 11 pretty geed reason why the Voters' League should give it nnethcr tussle. "I believe the future of the world l bound up In the fortunes of France." said Ambassador Ilerrick. Aye, nnd in the for tunes of the United Stntes. Great Britain, Germany. Hussia, Italy. Mexico and every ether country, large nnd small. Despite drought nnd hent, the world's wheat supply Is 137.000.000 bushels greater this year than Inst. The world lias never ret failed te provide an adequate feed supply for its teeming millions. It is only when man permits transportation te go te ruin that famine comes. What De Yeu Knew? QUIZ 1. Who was Juan da Fuca nnd where la the strait th.it bears his name? 2 Who said, "m the four quarters of the glebe, who rends an American book. or gees te nn American play, or leek nt an American plcture or statue?' and when was this observation made! 3. What Is the opening dny of the regular sessions of Congress? 1. Hew many Chief Justices of the United Statea have there been? 5. After what King of England were the arellnas named? 6. What Is n watt? 7. When was the first gaseline vehicle In , operation? 8. Who Invented the trolley car? !). When was the I.ualtanla torpedoed by a German submarine? 10. What does MM signify In Heman nota tion? Answers te Yesterday's Quiz t. The Vendee In a western department of I' ranee, the Inhabitants of which 9 i.elsed a vigorous opposition te th" I lench fiovelutlon, between 3 793 nnd 1790. '.' Three unsuccessful mllltncy leaders of antl-HnlsheMst movements In Husila ..u1er" Kelchak, Oenlklne and Wi angel. 3. i'edsnappery" means the etiquette of the fossil gentry " Englanel. stiff starched and extremely conventional and proper The type wns presented by Charles Dickens In Mr. Pedsnap In "Our .Mutual Friend " 1. Iray became ei deg's name ns n corrup tion of ttie .Spanish "true," Imperative of the verb "traer," te bring or carry. E. Jehn Mbten wrete the poem "I'araellw ltegalued." B. Jeremy Dentham was an English Jurlut and utilitarian philosopher especially noted for h work called "The Con"ll Cen"ll Con"ll tutlenul Cede" Mis dales are 17IS- 7. A lugiter is .1 unall ship with a fjiir- cei'ier il sail. He' feie mid 11 ft 8. A nv.ulTileii Is a vvlhl mountain sh'c:i el Se it hern Europe 9. When first known the M0I1I1M" ImUan occupied both banlcn of the Ulr Hudsen Ulver, extending neiih marl 4 ? . !!.!' ' Clmmplalii. west te tl'l ,a , ""I11111' i,ml Cllst In0 MnssachuMtt' 10 Slrlus Is another name for the Deg Stav V. j'i M it
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