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DOES ANYBODY CARE?
jXrWOIl MOOItK announces that ins
XiX views en the Municipal Coin budget
ie the same as he expieseil las! cai
They could net vrry well be diffeieni. f-n-th
budget Is nu (lift rt-fii;
It iMrriea a simil, i nppi.qu .rcn mi '
aalaries for supi rllueii ciipley. . m vli.n I
thp Mayer objected when he ictc.cd It twelve I
months age and when n complaisant t'eim- j
cil oierrech the v et"
Ait hiiv Merrow, en., ui mi .leiks nf the
court, says that the people are net inter
ested in the ninth r.
Perhaps he is right
The scandalous cxtrnvagaii' e of the cenn
was exposed months age. jet it has be"n
defiantly ceii'iuueil. Dots any one wonder,
then, that Mr. Moiiew i,ns the people are
Het interested?
It is the business .if ;he M.iv.ir just new
te show thrm why the MmuM jive some,
attention te sii. h matters anil te indicate
what their indiflei-eiiee in this and in ether
similnr matters means te their own pocket
books "HIGH FINANCE'1
BrrOIlK ilie Invpotipntien Intu iIip af
fairs of tlie banknipt lirekpracf linn eC
.'iinmller Itnirhnrs A. I'd, is emli'il. it bej;ln
te leek ns if thi iTimmnl aiitlmrHie-, will
hnvc te tiike luinil In it
It is mlniitti'il by .euns I'li.inilliT tlmt ht
Hipcul.itpd en his own :ici;eunt "itli I he
firm's money and that li" nli we tlf linn
in linyinj! -tei-ks. fur wlui'li hr put up
iipither mnrRin nor iill.iii'rul. Ami Iip nNe
drew from thn tirnt Sl.VJ.iien within two
.icnrs. iiltlieiich he dlil net hnvc n ilellnr
invested in it. Up aKe adiniticl n jiikkIIiis
of apoeiints in vi-iiirli his wife was involved.
Thp ntterupy for the creditors is in"itln
that he paid for a. new Iieiip with tin
afscts of the firm, which really belnnc te
tlie creditors.
In the intorest of innocent invpsteis, it h
important 'hat tin' whole truth nbetit the
business methods of this firm be dNele-nl
and if there be criminal cuik that it be
fixed where it belongs.
THE ARBUCKLE TRIAL
AIU'SKS that flourish in obscurity an b'
lesspned by briiiRinj; tli-'in into the open.
It is for this ic.'isen that this newspaprr
has spui one of its staff te Sun rmnrlsce
te report the trial of Arbwkle.
The crime witli which he is iharged is
One of the most abhorrent of which the
criminal cede tnk?s copnizanec. In a mere
primitive civilization it was punished b
summary hanging. V.wn in the pie-em dajs
of orderly court preitses ii would exhaust
the language prepcrl te de.scribe what de
cent men ami women felt when they read
of the chnrge.
The accused man ha been receiMiig n
large income. He is backed by men who
have been making large mnn from exploit
ing him. If he is aciuitled and viudlial'-d
they hope the can continue te ue him still
further te enrich themselves and him. It is
cen?eiuently Important that the country
knows just what happens at the tri.il. the
validity of the cuilenre against the iucii-ed
and the nature of the defense. This Infor
mation will be made available te the readeis
of this newspaper through the reporting of
its representntie new en the s, ene.
BETTER-CITIZEN DAY
WIJ7LK tlip major purpose of the "I!etter
Citizen iJay," scheduled for next Sun
day, is te forward the work of religious
instruction in Philadelphia, there is an
other side whlfh might well be taken nun
consideration by the prime movers in the
matter, and that is mere serious attention te
civic duties.
The recent elections In Philadelphia show show
mere clearly than any words ran hew lav
n very considerable number of l'hiladel
phians are in the highly impeitant mntters
of registering and voting. If eterj right
thinking citizen did his full duty In these
particulars, gang rule would cease fur geed
and all after a single election day. Put
there is little hope for such a result when
less than ene woman out of three register
and the proportion of the "stav-at-heiiies"
among the men is se appallingly large.
Church ami Slate are pieperl divorced
from the political standpoint, but the aims
of the Church are ldenticul with the aims
of theRC who desire te wee a great city re
deemed from the political inin,uity which
has for jears been its shame both at home
and abroad Religious instruction is ncce,.
sry te geed citizenship, but of almost
equal importance looms the necessity te
fulfill te the utmost the requirement of
political sanctity.
RUNAWAY MARRIAGES
'TMIE Ilev. Dr. Oergc Clark Houghten,
X for nearly a quarter of a century the
rector of the "Little Church Around the
Cerner," and, by reason of experience, one
of the great matrimonial authorities of the
:eiirtry, makes the assertion that of ever
00 runaway murrlnges, eightv-tlve are un
successful. While Dr. Houghten's figures arp unolli unelli
clal. they are probably accurate, alt heugh it
Would be inteiesting te knew hew the doctor
computed bin percentage, ns the cuuples in
volved in runaway marrliigei usually reme
from distant points und go hence imme
diately after the cei teny.
Hut there is every reason why the per
centage of failures: In elepemens should b
high. The chief elements involved In such
unions are veuth. with lis consequent in
experience, unanaled infatuations and, in
,tnest cates, the open defiance of parental
authority or the rcftiMil te submit te moral
discipline bad trnlnliii: for the &elf-
discipline which Is essential te a happy
married life.
It would be of Interest te knew the sta
tistics of Klliten, Mtl.. en this subject -Hint
Is, If there are any. Hut, under am
clrcuinstnnces, 1t is comforting te knew that
nt least one of the better-known (Iretiiu
Uieen efh'clals keeps such careful "labs"
en his patrons.
BRIAND CLEARS THE AIR
A S IS ge,
flnliute
nerall known, it was the p.is.
C deie te just II y the WH of
Frame te her best frlinds wlibh was )in
lnarll lespeiisibli fui the pei-sennl purllii purllii
pntien of A i Nl ii.' I'tiatnl m the Aims
Conference. The identical motive mn
Irilmt'il I lie lone behind the eloquent,
moving and eti cedingli undid address de
llierisl es!enln) In Washington b Hi"
Prem Ii Piemler
Te chai. lei ie tins i .mipieln nsne Minr)
of the rr..n.-h mililiirt ).i.sitieti n an
apoleg is hiiulU griicimis nor in nceid wiih
iiitual (omiltieiis "The Cnited States,"
declared Mr. Hughes, in opening the second
week of the sessions, "full tuegllles the
apprehension and ditlicitltles el the lemn
Peweis regarding land armntneni
Vs usual with the pn-ent Nitinn '"
Slate, his e. ntinln of wutds was in iniei-c
iiitl" in tic amplitude of their meiiiiiii.' In
efl'. it, the significance of his unneiiti. eiueiit
w.is .iiiie(!iiin HI,,, tliis: "Pram e Is maiii
t'linliij u huge an. n coin ciuing wlibh us us us
locieiis hate been iniseil. There un- n-nsuiis
for this pnliiv whiih Aim in ii app'e. intes
and is sympathetically leiidj h lu.ir de
sci ibed in iletii!
The eppnrtuiiil thus pinvnlid ",is gnisped
liv M. P.i-iiiiid with vi);ei ami ft.inktiess
which go fur t.i explain his preint peliticil
einiiieni e in a sser lepubli Altlfuijli
mail nf the la. is addi.ced bv the Pi'-niiev
are inatters et oiiiineii knowledge, si. Ii u u u
ordinatien and grouping as ihey le.eived
yesterdny is of signal value as an offset te
many inisi mil cptieiis "ml a 'aiueuJ.ible
quantity of lnese i. linking.
Within a single cntitiy four ditin t in in
iiieiis these of 1MI. l-sl.",, 1ST0 and
l'.M-l have shaken the security of Trail' e.
"Suppose." urged M. Itriand, "that by
our side there v as a nation that for .ears
had been in b'eiid innlli. t with ou. Sup
pose the nation should 0 el that he was
r'ad te resume the struggle when she had
the material. Would .von i Iee our e es
and turn awayV Would yen net deshe te
de ever thing in your power te safeguard
your life, jour honor? Would ou de anv
thiug te weaken jeurself' Ne
That the fervemy nf this vivid ple.i i m
be fairly r'garded as merely an eineii..
cloak for a cede of aggressive militarism -set
forth both m the army pregiam win. 1 1
M. Hrinnd has uutllued and in his analyst
of iiintemperar sentiments in (icrni.iny
At present the numerical strength of the
Trench military establishment is nbeut half
a million, u reduction of "am.Ooe since a
year age.
A furtliir tedU'tieu "te half its former
strength" wa ategericall proposed by the
Premier. It is net easy te delist inflated
ambitions or lust for I'uiepenn dominance
in s'icli n program.
It is net alone Trance which wnl be safe
guarded by the maintenance of n quarter
of u million troops In Turepe. The estab
lishment may prepeil be viewed as a form
of peace insurance, which, while net ideal,
und even theoretically at variance with the
bread purposes et the Conference, is none
the less of deep Interest te the major Pevvirs
of the world, including the United States.
M. Uriand's picture of the two tier
tuiinys, the wholly Prussianized factions led
by I.udenderff and the present well-meaning
bill weak group headed by the present Chan
cellor, is net fanciful. Ner are hi en
visaged possibilities of potential and secret
military fiamewerks in let-many nor hl
presentation of Ituss-ian military conditions
evtravngnnt. The role wlii.-n fate has con
signed te Frame is unquestionably one of
extieine difficult, tendered all the mere em
barrassing b the peace-loving proclivities
of the people, which their "apologist" touch -ingly
emphasized and did net in the least
exaggerate.
The departure of M. Ilrlnnd for home is
fixed for Friday. If he leaves with the
knowledge that his personal appe il has been
marked and he has previsl n powerful ntul
instructive spokesman for his people, h"
will obtain some understanding of Tlie ad
mirable impression which he has rented.
It was of paramount importance thai the
attitude of Trance toward the Conference
should be aulheritatni'l explained The
Premier bus gene much farther than this in
his outline of drastic reductions of the
military m.ii hine.
That is a practical pledge nf co-operation
bv a land wbnh has long been one of the
bulwarks of civilization.
MORE SHIPS; MORE FORTS
API r'J'F.NT iiigumetit for tin retention
of the pn sent naval rutin, rather than
nil Increase In Japan's proportion, is found
in i Im Philippines.
The virtue of the Hughes plan I es m the
practical lnvulnei-.ibllltv of the attacked.
In cause the eitiick'-r is handicapped by dis.
tnnce. This i. tiue ever where but in the
Philippines.
Ter Japan e want meie ships nn, )lt
the same time te object te Pacific fortifi
cation lietrnv- a certain lack of faith, while
it eallB en the Cnited Slates te show inore
of that qualnj than perhnps the occasion
warrants.
Pei imps Japan is entitled te mere .ships.
If se. tl.e I nlted States is entitled te gruit
fortification in the Philippines if sin de
sire! them.
PORTO RICO PERFORMS
POItTO IJU'AN affairs are m seldom
brought sharply te the attention of the
average citizen of the Continental Cnited
States that popular reactions te the ad
venturous home-coining of lievei-ilur K.
Ment. Iteily, of the West Indian possesien,
partake hugely of the nature of bewilder
ment. Threatening letters poured in upon the
insular (ioverner before his departure from
San Juan. The wliip en winch he sailed
mysteriously caught fire nt sea and was
burning when she decked. Preparations
were mnde near the pier for n hostile demon
stration by malcontents purporting te repre
sent the "Independent Perte Itienn Party."
The ilcmmist ration subsequently took the
form of derogatory dimits and u display of
banners in front of the Governer's .New .New
Yerk hotel. "Ilrltiiin has its Ireland;
America has its Perte Itlce." was one
shrieking inscription."
While it is undeniable that n f"vv Irre Irre
spensible fannths uie q-iite capable of
fomenting disorders unrellective of the ma ma
jeritj nttitude of any people, it is equally
tine that disturbing icperis fi-um Perte
lid ii have lately been (iirrent.
It bus been bald that (jeverm.r Jledj has
no Spanish and that his ndinlnlstratieu has
been tiiinynnpathctte, The former shortcom
ing, although- it may be regrettable, Is net
precisely n heinous offense. The latter
iliiuge i, te n the least, vague.
Hut light en the whole situation Is un
questionably due Americans, seldom chary
of criticism of the treatment of dependencies
by ether nations, nrc net comfortable when
tales of oppression in similar circumstances
are laid at their own doers.
Perte Itienn uneasiness may be exag
gerated. It probably is. Hut it would none
the less be well te submit the origins of a
series of disquieting incidents te searching
analysis. Porie Uice, It must be remem
bered, is net "Ameilcanlzed."
Our authority en the island is main
tained ever a people whose habits of thought
and vehicle of expression difTer from our
own. Tnct and a regard for sensibilities
arc always in order In that populous and
iii hi preduiliic dependency. Ten fre
quently it is un ebjci t of our bland and
self confident uiiceiicei n.
AMERICAN VALUATION PLAN
lIKItT is a "mill and suthclcnt reason for
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the iiuviit.v of Ameiiiun iiianiifaetmcrs
ler n speedv adoption of the American
vnliatn'ii plan incorpeiated into the Ford Ferd
in v Tnrifl I!. II new- under i oii-idciatien at
Wiishing'en. Ic . nuse ii iiiiii,iiitfen of the
i In-iiplv inndi (Scrinim iiierchatnllse in many
lines. ;ilu,ns keen, is ii leiisllied bv the vtry
small I irtff duties which nte imposed en
the-e g.nils under the piescut sjsteui of
valuation
Whatever may be said of Smerican
valuation as a peimanent vveild-trndi)
policy in normal times. ihc emergency new
existing justifies its advocates. 'The. main
thing for the prespciity of the Cnited States
just new- is te keeji all of Its industries run
ning at as high speed as possible; that the
Amcrii an valuation phut will help de this
in ifrtniii important industries there is no
doubt.
Ne tndical (Image is I'nnieinplnled b.v this
plan. The rates of dot nie net changed
a' all : the plan sunplj puts merchandise
subject te an ad v.ileiem dtit.v en a specific
dutv basis.
The crisis making this , hange necessary
has ben brought about by the depreciation
of foreign money , because the ad valerem
duties under the piesent plan are regulated
by the value of tin- merchandise in foreign
money and nNe b.v the value of the foreign
money in Failed States money. Therefete
there is no way te pi event an nutematie re
duction in duty when foreign money depre
ci,es. Te idiiiw the effei t te which this has
become operative it is necessary only te
knew that German goods te the value of
ITiO marks had in HU 1 a value in Cnited
States money of SJVi.70; today the same
.'oecls are worth SI U'i in our money .
Gi rmnn goods ie the value of let) minks
m 1!14 would have paid a duty in this
. euntry of Sll.HU: en July 1, 10'Jl, with
the then rate of exchange, the same goods
would have paid only sixty-five (cuts m
dut.v. The American manufacturer in com
peting lines, theiefere. fines a set Ions prob
lem, because goods which before deprecia
tion would have nisi the importer n total of
?47.ti(). today cost him only SL'.OO. With
the American standard of living and wages
there are few manufacturers who can meet
this handicap, even grunting the supenerlty
of the Ameiican goods and workmanship.
While the cuse of Germany is extreme
because of the greater depreciation of its
money, still the same condition of an nuto nute
mnthally lowered duty xists, but in n
lesscr degree, in the cases of the ether coun
tries. Goods te the value of till, made in
Great Hrltaln. in P.H4 hud an American
value of !IS.S0 and would have paid Sl(i.'J."i
dut.v, a total of Sthi.ll."!. Today these smne
goeils are valti'd nt .?e7.:'.n and pay n duty
of STJ. Ill, n total of SsI'.Im:!. or about SI."
cheaper than seven .veai-s age. French
geed-i te the value of '',"D francs were worth
in 1U14 Sis. oil with SHiJii'i duty. SlH.ild in
all: today they arc worth SL'0, with Jsti.titl
dut.v. a total of S'Jd.tJii, or :eS cheaper than
in il14.
The Anicr'unn valuation plan simply pro
poses te put all nd valerem duties en an
American-dollar basis instead of, as at
present, mi the value of the goods in the
money of the uintr of niuuufa. tine. It
will prevuit uncler-valuntien. one of the
great evils of t In' piesent law, and will go
far te stabilize niuuufa. luring conditions
In re
ON A FRIENDLY MISSION
rpIIK ri marks of
J- who has arrived
Huren von Tliermann.
I in the Fluted Slates
te prcpnti the wav for a G. riiian Ambassa
dor te be appointed in the future, nre
radically dllTeruit itein the tire-and-btlin-stiuie
talk by the old military caste which
has been tabled from lierlin
'The Huren is exi c edingl.v meek. He siiyn
that Gcrnianv is no longer warlike and
that it mild uel go le war If it wished.
Industrially, the country is depressed.
A few factories .ti liiniiing en full time
but the great majeiit.v an- working at only
from ,'!0 te 4ii per i cut of their capacity,
and large numbers aie running en only a
10 per cent schedule.
As he is the spokesman of the Govern
ment, his views en war may be taken ns
mere nearly lepriseniiitive of etlicinl Ger
man sentiment than the sinleuicn's of
l.udenderff nnd the rest. There is no
doubt, however, that hate for the conquerors
is prevalent Ne defeated nutieu ever loved
the victors.
The business of the rc-t of the world is
te Ii" mi just te Gcrnianv that the excuse
ter hate nt it gi.idiially disappear ami te un
lis best te show Germany by example
that there i- a bitt.-r way in achieve na
tional greatness limn by tl.e sword.
The attitude of the Haieii is fncndl)
as it should be He will be met by official
Washington in the same frond! spirit.
THE "BABY" BILL
TUT, femi
the pus
MIT. feminine lobby thin has been urging
passage ei me s(, caneu iinny
ssage el tlie
bill fei months is new congratulating
Itself
tin the success of its i-ITelts.
The Senutc has concurred in t lie Heuse
amendments nnd the meusiire new gees te
the President. Its purpose is te extend
Federal aid te these States which make an
appropriation for the relief of dependent
mothers. Its advocates have insisted that,
as the Government spends large sums te
lnslrin t the farmers in ways in raise better
pigs and in the best cure for their diseases.
It should also de something te prevent the
alarming death rate among infants born te
the very peer. Its opponents have insisted
that the bill wus paternalism or shall we
say maternnlisinV run mnd.
As the President is expected te sign the
bill, we shall seen knew- whether it will
accomplish the geed results prophesied by
its supporters.
James M, Cox thinks
Politics Intrudes the Washington Confer
ence can accomplish
nothing without binding conventions. He
is pi nimbly right; but there may be differ
ence of opinion as te the nature, of the
blading. An agreement backed by executive
orders might be pisi as effective as a trenty
backed bv the Senate. As such an agree
ment might be used as an excellent campaign
deiUliicnt for tli re licit mn nf President
Harding, there is ample excuse for objection
en the part of the Democrats.
THE CHILDREN'S HEALTH
Dr. Burns, Director of Hygiene In
Pittsburgh's Schools, Gives In
teresting Facts Many Chil
dren Often Wrongly Listed
96 Defective
Iy OKOKG13 NOX McCAIN
DU. 1IAUHY H. IIL'llXS. director of the
department of hygiene of the public
schools of Plttsbiiigh, was in Philadelphia
for a day last week,
lie is one of the leading authorities en
public school hygiene In this country.
The Aincilcan Health Association, of
which he Is a member, had invited him le
deliver an address en "Scheel Medical in
spection" at its annual meeting In New New
Yerk. Incidentally he Is also a member of the
National Kduc-iitleiiiil Association. Ameri
can Medical Association nnd lecturer en
school hygiene nt (he Fnlversily of Pitts
burgh and the Carnegie 'Technical Institute.
He is the author of a recent work en the
health of public, school children, of which
!H.'0,000 copies have been distributed free in
the last four months by the American lied
Cress and ether agencies.
Dr. Hums planned unci etgunized the de
partment of public school hygiene in J'itts
burgh. In HH.'t he organized the Pitlsbiugli
Department of Child Welfaie.
He has a siuff of IMi.men and wemen--ph.vsb
inns, nurses, dentists ami inspectors
until r him.
The lieatd of education appropriates
$-".", IIUO iinniially for his depuitmciit
UNDTIi Dr. Burns the medical depart
ment of Pittsburgh's public schools is
unique among similar organizations in the
Cnited States.
Theie are approximately 100.000 public
mIioeI clilldieu, and the department Keeps
an individual record of every pupil fiem
(lie day he enters the prliuarv school until
he graduates treiu the high school
It means nine years of constant cnie ami
watchfulness.
It has control of (he health of the pupils
in the tiOO public schools, Including n spe
cial school for crippled children mid two
hospital schools for the tubercular.
It maintains fresh-nir rooms, open-air
rooms, special dental, diagnostic and treat
ment clinics and low-temperature moms.
It has supervision ever swimming peels,
jjhewcr baths, gymnasiums, playrooms, plny plny
greunds and allilctlc fields, hours of recrea
tion nnd sports.
The vision, hearing, teeth, nutrition,
cleanliness and general health of the chil
dren are constantly under Inspection.
Fnch eue of the 100,000 public, school
children is weighed and nieasuied at lcgular
intervals.
It maintains eight dental cliniis as well
ns an ophthalmelogical dispensary. Where
the parents of n child are unable te furnish
It with glasses for defective vision the de
partment supplies them gratis.
The physicians nf the department aie, by
arrangement with the authorities, aNe mem
bers of the city health organization.
If a child is absent en account of Indis
position or illness for n day the child is net
permitted te return te school except en cer
lain specified days,
t These are Mondays, Wednesdays or
Fridays. On these days every pupil under
goes an inspection at the hnnds of u phj -siclnii.
WIIFNIiVI'.K a case of sere threat is dr dr
cevered a culture is taken and the ehi
Id
is net permitted te return te school until
it can snow a clean bill of health.
There are thirty -six physicians en the
staff who conduct frequent examinations for
physical defects, malnutrition, suhiiutri suhiiutri
tien, digestive disturbances or chronic dis
eases. Fer inspection, first nid and general at
tention te the henltlt of (he children there
aie twenty-nine nurses, who nlse instruct
parents en tlie subject of child health mid
nutrition.
Where parents are unable te bear the
expense the department sends visiting nurses
te give personal attention te ailing pupils.
In the dental department children have
their teeth treated without cost where par
ents nte unable te pay for the service. .Mere
than .SOC0 chlldien lccelve this benefit every
jcur.
Mere than 1000 pupils are annually sup
plied with glasses free of cost.
The experience of Dr. Hunts Is that at
the end of the high school period one-half
of all the graduates are or should be wearing
glasses. Malnutrition or siibautrltien Is
(rented in n very practical way.
in mid-morning and iiiid-nfternoen such
pupils are evcused for n brief period, and
they retire te drink, through soda straws,
the ration of milk allotted them. About
SI 0.000 u yepr Is appropriated for fresh
milk by the Heard of education.
TIIC detection, care nnd tieatmeiit of
"unusual" children, as Dr. Bums cheeses
te designate the in. is a very important part
if the department's work.
Dr. Hums' experience s i lint many school
children are improperly listed ns defectives
or "unusual" when they lire net.
Children of normal facilities with n
peculiar mental bent or limitation nrc likely
te be stigmatized as ft oble-minded, due te n
failure te distinguish the real causes.
On the ether hand, there are. he says, a
number of mentally normal children who
reach the end of their powers- of academic
assimilation with the completion of the sixth
grade of public school.
Academic effort beyond that point is
wasteful if net actually harmful.
Ter sin-li as these n special scl js
maintained under the direction of the de
partment of hygiene.
0N,:
J Hu
d the noteworthy findings f j)r-
lurns is that there Is a better attend.
unci- In open-air and low -temperature rooms
milling the tliildieu of pretubercular ttnd-cin-ii-s
than in the regular olussi,eiiis.
Tlu- former nte undci the constant care
of iiiiim-s in the mailer of diet, i lething,
pcisiiitnl hygiene and mcilfi-ul and physlcul
.ftnrt. This pel haps aeceunls for it..
All applicants for certificates permitting
ehildrdi te work under the child lubur laws
arc Issued by the dcpnitmcnt.
I.asf ye.ur theie were iieOll applicants, of
these !!! "r cent, or mere than one-third,
were nhysictilly uiilii. Half of this number
received treatment and weie ultimately ap
proved for vveik.
Till.' thildien In all the schools are taught
iln dangers of Infectious disease nnd the
care of their health, teeth, hearing, eyes and
heart in lien.
In athletics and physical training there
nrc thirteen district superintendents and
thirty-seven sptclnl teachers In the second
ary schools.
There are thirty -five special tenders In
the grade si hoels who nre assisted by "00(1
grade and class teachers selected fr' the
seventh ami eighth guide pupils who weik
uiuler athletic telle lie is.
Swimming is taught as n fundamental
health requisite in tin four upper grade's in
high schools in the ten swimming peels in
the city .
Fvcry teacher m the public schools must
held a health certificate and be examined
once a year us te his or her physicul con
dition. Ventilation, heat, light, seating nnd dis dis
Infectien, phiy areas and gymnasiums are
under the direction of the deportment of
hygiene.
Miihntma Gandhi, lead
r of levelt in I,ulu,
has gene en hunger
Wise in
sjelf-Denial
su-ihe ler an unusual
lenseii: the fact thai his followers indulged
in vlelemi en the ariivul in Heiubuy of tin-
Prin f Willi's. II- has intelligence enough
te knew i hat his act of penance has mere
potency against British r,,e thuii the blind
hostility of the unthinking.
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NOW MY IDEA IS THIS!
Talks With Thinking Philadclphians en Subjects They
Knew Best
Daih
MISS MARIA HALSEY STRYKER
On Teaching Health by Theatricals
MISS MAHIA IIAI.SFY STKYKFH,
educational executive of the Phihidel
I hia Health Council and Tuberculosis Com
mittee, believe' the most practical an I suc
cessful way le tench health lesions te school
children Is through theatricals that demon
strate health activities. She believes they
stay in the child's mind longer than the
lessen of the printed page.
Miss Stryker has vviitten n number of
"health fairy pla.vlets.'' which have been
piesenied in Philadelphia and ether parts
i f the country. The characters in the play
lets, such as Sunshine. Fiesh Air, Pure
AVater. Geed Fend, Fereis(i, Best and
Clennliners, each teach n lessen and their
enemies nrc pictuied bv the diameters of
Germs, Disease, Had Teeth, Impure Air,
111 Nourishment, Neglect and Diit.
"The use of the play or drama as a means
of education," snic Miss Strvkcr, "Is neaily
lis old as (he world it-J If n-id d.itrs from
time immemorial. The dramatic ever appeals-,
especially te the child, whose imagina
tion is mere keen than that of the adult,
nnd the psychology of childhood has revealed
te students that the child lives in his plays
ai.d personifications, ami brought from Schil
ler (he famous nnd oft-quoted statement :
'Deep meaning oft lies hidden in childish
play .'
Kxcitrs Child's Imagination
"The realm of the imagination through
imitation Is the child's reach for experi
ence, and the mystic and ideal of the fairy
tale is ever appealing and calls forth the
reaction of all that is best in the childish
mind, lie loves le play and create, und
se express 1,1s very spirit ilself.
"The direct connection of the pluy with
health talks, motion pictures and the modern
health ciusade is most evident, for the child
can impersonate in u delightful or amusing
way what interests him. If u child once ns
Sunshine. Fresh Air or Geed Feed acts the
part and lives in (his personifica
tion for the moment, he will never forget
the value of each of these health-giving ele
ments in life. If. . en the ether hand, n
child Impersonates Disease. Germs or Had
Teeth in the pluv he will remember always
the dangers entailed by their picsencc in
our dally life ami living.
"The health fairies are winning great suc
cess. The idea was first en hv the Child
Health Organization, which has suci.cssfully
used the pluy clement In health educa
tion for yciiiH. The thought of combining
tlie fnlrv message and the pluv element was
automatic through long experience with the
workings of the child mind. Tim 'fairy
skits' contain this combination. The re
sponse of the ihlhlren nl the showings is
delightful, and the demand for the plays
from teachers and leadeis in children's
groups proves, it would set in, the l' .il celu celu
catieniil value of the work.
SI i ess Hygienic Utiles
"The inedci u health c i-u-ade is the per
sonal application of the hygienic uilcs laid
down in the school i ti 1 1 un I u in and mi brings
into prmlic-e the teachings of em- school
lioekh en hygienic physiology, domestic sci
ence unci physical culture. The 'hew' of
the medei ii health ciusade is se much cleurer
THE WATER-OUSEL
W
HICHK en the wrinkled stream the vvil-
Ami lling n 'iy ecstasy of green ,
Down the dun crystal, and the chcMnut
t re 1 1
Admires her laige-lcavcd shadow, swift and
free,
A water-eusel came, with such n flight
As archangels might envy. Seft und bright
Upen a water-kissing bough she lit
And washed ami preened her silver breast,
(heugh it
Was dazzling fair before. Then twittering
She sang and made obeisance te the Spring.
And in the wavering amber at her feet
Her silent shadow, with obedience meet,
Made her quick imitative curti-ie.s, tee.
Maybe she dreamed a nest, se safe'and ilear.
When the keen spray leaps whltely te the
welr,
Ami smooth, win m eggs that held n mystery.
And stirrings of life and twitterings, that
she
Ih passieiiutely glad of, ami a breast
As i-ilver white; as hers, which without rc-t
Or languor, borne by spread wings swift
and strong,
Shall llv upon her service all day long.
She hears n presage in the undent thunder
Of the silken fall, and her small soul in
wonder
Makes preparation ns she deems most right,
Itepurlfylng what before- was white
Against the da when, HKu a beautiful
dream, , ...
Twe liulc eusels shall fly with her down-
stream,
iul even the peer, dumb shadow bird shall
Hit
With two small shadows following alter it
Mary Webb, ill the Natien and the
Athenaeum.
"ALL FOR $1.65lw
nnd mere definite than the 'why' of the
textbook, for the child learns by doing.
"The dally keeping of the 'chores,' which
are the hygienic rules laid down by the
modern health criisud", provide simple funda
mentals of healthy dally living until their
perfeimnuee becomes a hnbit. Habit is one
of the strongest factors in our lives nnd has
been truly called 'the real force of our daily
living.' and we nil knew the old saying,
'Habit makes or mars the man.'
"The modern health crusade system of in
struction provides an incentive for the child
te nccpiiie health habits, and when once
acquired they are his anil become automatic
and, theiefere, pave the way for a cleaner,
healthier and meiv merul citizen.
Aids Nutrition CIass.cs
"The iiedern health ciusade ties up beau
tifully witli 'he nulilllnn clnsses. 'The chore
keeping' nnd the winning of the badges make
tlie weighing nnd measuring, the gaining
i, ml eating just e much mere interesting,
while the nutrition classes, en the ether
hand, arc a tiemeudeiis aid te further the
interest of the modern health crusade, and
the ideal school Is surely one where both
nie used and correlated In the daily curricu
lum. " 'The Health Fairy and the Witch is n
goetl example of the idea behind the playlets.
In this sketch the Health Falrv appears
before (he children and (ells tlicin of a
peculiar experience she has hud walking
thieugli the weeds. She says she fiunu
te a funny little cottage In whiih there
was an old witch. The witch, she s-ij, is
Aunt Sallv Ignorance, who lives in a dirly
house und uses greisj- teapots and never
opens her windows or lets any sunshine
inside. She sny.s-Annt Sallv never brushes
her teeth, ywishcs her hands and face in
takes a bath, nnd neve r drinks nnr milk in
takes any exercise. Then she tells' the chil
dren that Aunt Sally Ignorance may come
te see them.
"In u few minutes .uiil Sally Tuuernnci,
the old witch, appeals, and, iiftn- the Health
Fairy waves her magic wand, which makes
her wash her face and go through the oilier
health exercises, the witch's clothes fall
fiem her aid she stands revealed as a health
fairy."
What De Yeu Knew?
QUIZ
I. Who was Meg Merrlllcs?
!.'. What is a gonfalon?
p I!. What ! a porfalceiT.'
4. X In re Is (he Irrawailily Itlver?
B. Win ii was thn ll.ittle of Hustings fought
and who were the belligerents?
C. What is an alternative title of Nathaniel
Hawthorne's fiimeiiH novel, -'Tlie
M.ii hie Faun""
7 Who was T.iKllenl?
K Wlnie Is tin- Cattcgiit"
'J. Who win. Chancellor of Germany at the
niviiiiiK of the World War?
Hi. What Is intdiit b.v the Silurian peiled?
Answers te Yesterday's Quiz
1. Tin r.nliest known ulltleii et Mether
Geese" M KnghHli was minted In Hus Hus
eon in 1711 nnd bt-.ns the title, SenL'H
fur tlie Nurm-rv or Mether ii,,N,v
Me'uclle.s fur Children." 'Tlie story rtliis
Unit the 'author w.n, the inelher-iii-l.iw
et I ImiiuiH Fleet, the publisher
who Issued tin; collection te avenue
himself fm Mrs Goeso'h in rslstunt and
inineloilleiiH th.iiiilim of these ditties
te bis Infant urn
J. Mount Whitney ii peak of thn Sierra
Nivad.iH in California Is tin- lilt-iiest
mountain In the Cnited States U
summit in about 1 J.OOO Rel abov'e rC.i
level " fc
". Mirnnii Schiinzii- is Iho head of the ti.,i
I..,. ,i,.i. .... 1 1,,, ... i... .. ..-
1. Tli
..... ... ,. H...IUM ,u in.- .iiiium t-entci-encf
'"', Ih tamed in literature us tli"
si. no or .si Herre's romance of '.lV,i
and Yliglnln." aul
C. Jean of Arc wan nineteen venis elil -.i
- , l' ih'ie of her execution in Hen,.,
C. The middle iiamn of Itutherferd 11 I ,'..
vviih Ulrchaid. ' "".W3
7. Nipt line Is the phiuel of the Milar mm,
whose erhit fuuhtst avvay'n i,?0'
S. A xebec u n. ,,iall three-masted Med
Iteriane.in v . s.sel with home aquure
and Hiiuiij lateen sall.s oqunre
U. "Tllttl" In mils c Is n tllreeil
iruillll III .VlltllllllUS, ,,, ,, n(U
all lustrum..,, i - ,.,.c... . Y .7 ' ."""" K
ahm ini'.ti.H a imhkuk.. for ihrs. mm,
umiiI u i..,iii, .... ,..... . .. urStf I"
It
10.
'im, i i.,..i.. : .. '
J. Ml' I J'Ji;t-'JM Itlllr
ie liOKeleptlans ,uu held te m ,, ..
ttileiiH society e veiv an. lent erhfln"
peihaps antedating the Healcnm ,; i'
and .Icdltiiled te (he worship of tli '
power et wenls Th.-lr exlsteice i.-
xluteiiee, hevv-
ever, has bfen disputed,
Industrial Disarmament
Trum tli
Tiintk.i I'aiiltiil
Aulecriicy in industry w )0 rece"nleil
ns u pluyeil-eut curd some din. Hut" Il Is
net ceiitined te the employer's side. i.Xll
Is us urblliury ami iiutecraile. The indii
trial pieblem will net n.,., basis of solel
lien while (he two fiicteis ,,,,! tUil,Mv
independent. I.ne-h will have l get off Its
"high horse." What Is led;,1 Zl ,,
treaty ii- between imlepeudeut pewns but
u coiislilutien joining (he two tngeilii- In
one oi-guniziitleii. 'i'hcie are Iny "
that such u solution is en the way.
1
SHORT CUTS
All China has te de new- is te discetiir
nerscii.
The read te international peace la pans ' I
wiiu reservations.
It is a safe bet thnt when Japan backs ,'j
iemwi sue win tin il Kriicciuii.v .
Secretary Hughes probably has a sqimi
jaw iiiuuen ueiunei nig wnisKcrs.
Ne medicinal beer. Before the schooner
ciuilcl cress the bur It was nagged.
In the matter of returned screen popu
larity, nt least, Fatty's chance Is slim.
The Conference hns reached the im
portant stage where it makes haste slevily.
Though M. Brland'H speech contained
no surprises, It thrilled by telling uu old
story convincingly.
May n pigskin be said te be done (0 I
turn when a gridiron is heated with ttt
tires of enthusiasm?
If Henry Ferd ever loses his preeiit
job lie ought te be able te get another geed
one as a press agent.
Scrapping war vessels ami big pin
works is expensive, but scrapping with then
is u geed bit mere se.
Japanese reservations en the j.,"-3
nnval iiitle are new- believed te be sjntl
mental and temperamental.
Perhaps Japan's nlnii te ceninletc the
battleship Tesa is merely a gesture te shevr
just wliut sne can de when she is pressed.
The Tux Hill nnd the Tariff Bill arc like ,
polecat hunters making their way tlireuji
u crowd. It isn't their worth that pause!
them.
Mud - bespattered pedestrians would
favor nu ordinance reducing (he speed limit
for automobiles en days when the ttreeti
are sloppy,
I'ven when the mercury gets hack te
iiernicl there Is no assurance that It will ;
stuy there. And, after all, who tares? Ii
temperature, at any rate, what's neimaliJ
iiiean.
Premier Hrinnd says war would baTt
broken out lu Curepe three or four time'
since the armistice but for the Firueli Arm;.
As Trance sees it, It is a condition, net I
theory, that faces her.
Yeu can't kill a bird every time jeu
swing n veto ax, or the Majer had cooked
the Judge'ti geese. Meanwhile, llreiiii
dines progressively : Stake in Mtinie'lpll
Ceurt: onions in Hermudu. In onions there
is strength.
Dr Houghten, for tvvenlj -four yMB
rector .of the Little Chtiiih Around tnt
Ceiner, New Yerk, sujs that Nl per cent
of riiuawaj iiiairiiiges are fuiliiies YVlacn
seems te prove that Dan Cupid, though
geed shot, is u peer sprinter.
Secretary of Laber Davis sujs the luilk
bottles necessary te give New- erk Us elailj
supply would, if pluced end te end, rcacn
V.Vi miles. Ne data are available eentcrnlnr
"lw.l," linlllu niwl flcisku 1,111 If llltnCBN
In limits Ibev would nrehiibiv cover th.
three-mlie limit nnel u little ever.
The Interstate Commerce Commission
has disregarded the compromise suggested V
the ralliead.s and has issued an order re
quiring u 1(1 per cent decreuse lu hay
giaiii lutes. Perhaps the order cpltorelKj
wisdom. Even se, it illustrates just vvliatw
the matter with the iiiilreads. Ilefore a
can be expected te run n business sureeM"
fully he must be permitted te make his m'
takes his own way.
Si'cretarv of the Treasury .Mellen if
m., i,..,.ii ii it Melt. hi. 1 1 nve given te
the Fnlvers'ity of Pittsburgh fourteen acrtf,!
of ground valued at SI, 1 500,0(10. the I''i
eriy is hiiuhic iieiween u- - .
.1 . , ,.. .1.. i..... .... il, lire CI
Ilie t lll'lll-gll- llieilllin- en i. s - -.- m
Schenlev Park, with the Phlpps auttri I
iitcuv ami Memerial Hall near at "'",,
Indus in iiihtlfv the title of "AltPH"
Acies" given te this section some jcmMf-
There Ih no cause for excitement
.lapan's lequesl that her naval ratio u "
creased from 00 te 70 per cent. If It'"
a case of .scrapping entire navies tnwj
might be reason for pretest If one lone p J
iiemaniieu vvursiups; uui u u """- ,rVli
upon nun need net be surprised If 'icre",
.lliTi.reiiei. of oiiinlen as te hew tliul ni
IIS III le.ii - ,
should be reached. Our Stale Dcpnrim;
for presumably geed reason seiecieu -.
nnge basis. Japan nrgui's that since m"
,iiiiiiii iiih." " , .iiiri
of a win ship Is from lifteen te ivvenu ,
0"l
a sinp i I'll or iwcivc jeui-.s "in i ..- - : , i,at
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lis a snip euiy iwe or nine .ui"- " ;,if
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