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THE OUSTING OF STAMM
S pw"-1-v'lk i'ijivrj uus uuug iue jui'
.v 'iTnii iinAnn i.- -i- !.- -ArA
ATX thing In ordering tbe removal of. or
mtn L. Stamm, harbor engineer of the De
purtnipnt of AVhnrrcs, Decks nnd Terries'.
lireTidcd the charces ngalnst him can be
sustained.
X6 subordinate who Ignore the orders
of his superior and fails te co-operate
heartily with him should be allowed te re
main In office. The civil service regulations
were net made te protect such men. and
they should net be twisted Inte a shield for
them.
It has been said tbat there arc ether men
attached te ether departments who have net
f, ireen co-epcraiing sincerely v.1111 ine .uuyur.
SJfljt xney nnve Dern niieweu te remain in emcc
( en account et tiic climcuitr et tinumg den-
''nlte and precise cliargca te make ngalnst
them. But the general charge of failure te
i .co-operate ought te be enough te warrant
., their dismissal.
Such cmplejcs would be dismissed without
ceremony from any private business organi ergani organi
sateon in tlie interest of efficiency. They
" slleuld be dismissed from the business or
ganizatien of the city, just nn Stamm has
been dismissed, nnd the reasons cour
ageously set forth.
Public tentiment would support the Mayer
In such a course, and if the Civil Service
Commission sought te reinstate the men it
would be put en the defensive.
' BRIDLING BROKERS
ON THE same day that District Attorney
Rotan said that a law should be passed
'putting brokers under the same kind of
regulation nnd Inspection te which the
basks and Insurance companies arc sub
jected the New Yerk County Grand Jury
was filing a presentment making a similar
suggestion.
1 . The Grand Jury In New Yerk, however.
ftfS i went further than our District Attorney. It
f.;j ...itcemmended that before any security is
is Kercu ier saie te inc jiudiic us vaiuc sneuiu
w'm ' AeTmrifA v nn Investlentlnn. the re-
W suits of which should be made public. And
T&.rt. If vennmrnpnileil fhnt ctnelr erehnnpe n
4K' -well as stock brokers should be licensed by
&m tk State.
7y mTji hfill tiftnf mnm rt hl hpfnr mfltiT
stenths. Se many brokers have been failing
AHil mi mnnli n nrf HIarq ntnplf hn liepn fntsfeH
& ea the public by unscrupulous salesmen .that
aUtre is beuna te no a ucmana tnat some
law be passed te mnke it mere difficult for
1.V f 1 .. . .l. il.. 11!a
ft:-A ! Wn alrentlv have laws nralnst - rettinr
i,r , Baener by false pretenses, but It is net often
lv S rmmtrtri in Kv Tinnnln wlm tmvA lieen Rnin-
ifi died by stockbrokers, perhaps because In
-ft vnnmt mra the investem xvhci have heen
. K.VWV -- . - .--.,
Hk swindled knew that if they had net been
f' greedy te get something for nothing they
tfc l would net have been taken in. They have
net been willing te make a public exhibition
f their cupidity and gullibility. But this
will net prevent these who think that a law
can end an abuse from demanding its enact
tnt. A JERSEY WET GIVES TONGUE
O1
UCH have been the devious twists and
: 11 turns
et practical proniDiuen and se
'sM2atrinfe have been the overturns and up
FyU heaTsIs of earlier theory that net a few
iil.Sf- "'persons will experience n sickening shock of
y,' V ireen suspicion wncii iney reau et tne as-i$k-
eFtenB flun6 in tue fnre eC tD0 dry mn-
tijgfc' .opponents of Jersey's new State Prohibition
B& Knfercement Bill.
W.ir ' "I ra against this bill," shouted Repre-
"&' Wa rpnsnnK In helieve that the Anll.Snlnnn
viitv TuMtfit ulinHn lemlera helrtPfl tn ilrnw t- nn
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FtVCC, the country !"
r$" Mr. Hobart, et Efscx, who wrote the sub
rf&f'x stltute for the discredited Van Ness act and
thf who Is a conscientious dry. went white with
$$i rage. There was nn interval in which he
5 deeps of his righteous wrath. When he re
4 covered his self-possession he flung the lie
Jjtr tmMr. Becgncr. Ills bill was approved by
ivf f i. geed majority nnd ndw we shall see what
yy uvrcruw ftunme nut uu m 11..
Wr Of course tne noetieecers in .cw .lersev
are net aiding the Anti-Saleen League, and
' fti :4h Anfl.Kfilnnn T.nnpue 1r nnf innltnrr fni
t.VJ H ...--.. -n --- --..... u
m?j. their aid. It dechnt need It. The beet-
ifSytgcta have no lobby nt Trenten or nt
fy, Wasnlngten. J.nac, newevcr, is net oecause
ttiwtMT would net like te huve one. It is be-
J&2: ..us. AUaw l.m.nn' l M il tllA itllltnf?A tn mmm
LvSav'""" 'uc ' """ -"i,vi ivj nnj
Siihalr fight Inte the open as ether malefactors
HWMltt
vtfnt&t wealth are accustomed te de
l&fiJl
a decision relative te ury enforcement
1 irrn leff. fn Ihe mn.n tvhe nrn nAw
E ,i'BBSVillne' in nr mnnufncturlnc illlclfc ihkL-c
&Ttt9sf Velstead law would be made mere rigor-
''bS tnan it is. ir. veisieau urn mere ler a
. xt : it an 1
eeBsiueraoie cinsi 01 uiuur men imu ex
gamblers than any fairy godmother of legend
'arer did for n Princess in a fairy talc. He
nade them rich. He gave them palaces In
.California, vacations nt Palm Beach, for fer for
uiies'te put In banks and innumerable
R"?? annfaiuce,
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''.Arsvan who nowadays can get whisky or
iBtMi l7. m it. - ..ll ...III l.- '
.-"'. lufitiMPi for if. te kl11 will mnkn mnn
' .y.- la m mnnlti tlinn It mili1 ImvA liAnatl
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m in a lifetime et tue pre-Velstead
ADIEU, McADOO!
i iron, tne maiming crowd et old-
dened Democratic bosses William G.
I'wlllnltrh his tent nml roer ml
'te see what we shall sec. Like Mr.
1 Mr. McAdoo will seek the consela-
?it warm airs and skies perpetually
He will co te Les Angeles, which U
(anthem California, and there will net
r loud mourning among the members of
t4l crowd In tbe East, There will be
tug ier tue present at icasc.
; may transpire later is another mat-
California ia still in the formative
laf allrUal irterlMM. It is never
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Mr wkether.it desires te be, Democratic or
Republican. It Is a most ambitious State.
And it .will de 'almost anything humanly
possible for any one who says pleasant or
flattering things about its climate. Mr.
McAdoo is fine-combing his vocabulary te
find words te express his admiration for the
California skjes and the soft airs that drift
'in 'from orange groves and rosebushes in
December and all that sort of thing.
Ne one ought te be surprised if the Far
West reports a wave of Democratic senti
ment about the beginning of 1024 or it Mr.
McAdoo appears suddenlyin a golden light,
advancing te the fray as California's favorite
son, as the sunklst candidate for what
Senater Hi Jehnsen still calls "the highest
office in tills great 'and glorious la-nnd."
It is pretty well known that Mr. McAdoo
would have preferred Washington as a vaca
tion place. And he has done nothing and
said nothing te indicate that his views have
changed.
SENATORIAL PERFORMERS PIPE
A NEW AND CHEERING TUNE
The Ratification Theme Played Over the
Yap Treaty Heralds a Stimulating
International Symphony
THE sensation of, ratifying h. treaty has
net yet beceme habitual te the nervps
of United Stntes Senators. A certain
tingling must, therefore, .have been ex
perienced In the upper house when mere
thnn n two-thirds majority' of that high
strung assembly confirmed the .Yap compact
with Japan without reservation or amend
ment or even n change of punctuation or
paragraphing. We arc getting en.
The novelty of the procedure is undimin
ished by the t record of the group of peace
treaties with' the fragments nnd relicts of
the Central Powers, adopted last nutumn.
Te an unmistakable degree these were
mepplng-up agreements, Inevitable conse
quences of a diplomatic tangle from which
they provided the only escape.
The war-terminating covenants were "old
business." New pnstures hinting of hnf
vests of progress and constructive enterprise
have been entered. The American public
may for the moment be startled by this de
parture, but It is safe te nssume tbat the
new thrill will proe pleasurable.
The Yap Treaty, concerned with one of
the miner international problems in a vast
mosaic, is in a sense fln introductory ad
justment. Its passage clears the way for
contact with much mere vital subjects which
were the prime concern of the Washington
Conference.
It Is perhaps for this reaen a psycho
logically sound one that the Yap Treaty
clarifying cable rights In n somewhat In
significant island and fixing, with respect
te the United States, the status of the Japa
nese Binndnted possessions in I he Pacific,
was Aesen te lead the precession of cov
enants in the Senate. A ratification prece
dent is obvieuslyi worth while and should
prove of tonic value.
The safe majority above the indispensable
two-thirds secured for the agreement is in
structive in its reflection upon political
temperaments.
The shock of Republican opposition te
the number of three votes, cast by Senators
Berah, France and Jehnsen, is quickly ab
serbed. Berah is friction personified.
France is n bizarre figure even en Capitel
Hill, and Jehnsen will never cease te hiss
thp Japanese villain of his own lively In
ternational imagination.
The nineteen Democrats who recoiled from
sanctioning the settlement nre picturesquely
herded. The florid Ashurst, the clowning
Harrison, the blatant Watsen and the im
possible Reed conspicuously stamp the char
acter of this company. It is painful te
recognlze Carter Glass in these demagogic
and opportunist ranks, and Sunnsen, the
ether Virginian, is similarly ill-placed. The
Democratic obstructionism may he regarded
as simply and narrowly partisan.
Of the thirteen pre-treaty Senators of
the minority party, several rank among its
leaders. Hitchcock, Underwood, Williams,
Broussard, Pemcrcne and Jenes, of New
Mexico, have dismissed bigoted partisanship
In favor of frank realization of public duty.
There was no sane reason for antagonism
te the Yap Treaty. That instrument clari
fies a situation arising in part from Ameri
can renunciation of the League f Nations.
It disposes effectively of problems upon
which, in their realistic aspects, the State
Department under both Celby and Hughes
held virtually Identical views.
The "Yap menace," vastly exaggerated
but of pin-pricking potentiality, has been
averted. The theme is officially withdrawn
from world politics.
Its passing is of particular moment in
Its emphasis upon the senatorial obligation
te lndorse one of the main accomplishments
of the Washington parley the Four-Power
arbitration agreement, abrogating the Anglo Angle
Japanese Alliance, defining mutual rights
and responsibilities In the Pacific and setting
up a new structure of reciprocal confidence
and peace.
It cannot he denied that the advantage te
the United States in the Yap adjustment is
significantly connected with the new order
outlined in the Four-Power agreement.
The treaties of the Arms Conference arc, in
a perfectly legitimate sense, interlocking.
The Yap understanding is an Initial link in
the chain of concord. '
In pressing immediate consideration of the
arbitral engagement between this Nntlen.
Great Britain, France and Japan, Senater
Ledge is doubtless aware that discordant
voices will be raised. But it Is possible
new, after what may be called ft trial heat,
te identify the type of opposition nnd te
view its anticipated reverberatfbns without
serious alarm.
An insfructUe grouping of Senators has
lieen made. There are encouraging evi
dences that felly and obstructionism will
net prevail. The motif of ratification Las
"been detected In the senatorial score.
It is a tune with which the American
public has grown unfamiliar, but Its charm
and clarity are deeply acceptable.
RAILROADING BV TELEPHONE
IT WILL be news te a great many persons
that the telcphone has tended gradually
te supcrscde the mere formal telegraph as
a medium for the transmission of railway
train orders.
Before telephones became the familiar de
vices that they are in this country orders
for the movement of railway trains uere
telegraphed between signal points, dupli
cated and formally entered in record books.
Dispatchers, conductors and engineers had
copies of each order. Moreover, the text of
each train order was repeated between
sending and receiving points before it was
approved and issued.
Latterly verbal instructions ever a tele
phone wire bave been considered adequate
for the movement of trains ever many short
or unimportant Hues, A Corener's Jury at
Pittsburgh has just condemned tills prac
tice and suggested that there be a general
return te the telegraph-order system.
IS CONGRESS WORTH HAVING?
WHEN we entered the war against Gcr
many there was net in the army of the
United States a single piece of field artillery
that might have been called modern. We
bad no guns fit for use against the guns that
were,' playing ttn French battlefields. We
Wvti.
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had only old-fashioned ammunition designs. T
and we had net even begun te' bring the
army's ordnance up te date.' The result was
a feverish and enormously costly period) of
experimenting at Aberdeen proving grounds,
where experts set te work te evolve Amer
ican artillery types from foreign patterns.
That sort of work cannot be done over
night. A big 'gun is mere than n steel tube
with a hole in it. It is a highly compli
cated and delicately 'balanced engine. Se
we lest money nnd. we lest .time at Aber
deen. This was net because ,bf anything
ddne In the name of Mr. Wilsen's Adminis
tratien. It was because Congress bad J
steadily rcruscd te provide money ter we
experiments necessary in the development et
gunnery and the science of ordnance in the
army.
Congress has managed easily te forget the
lessens of Aberdeen. We are new without
adequate aviation forces. 'fWe are without
modern air machines or guns. Still it is
Impossible te get appropriations for the air
service out of Congress. British and
European meter and airplane factories are
rushed with orders from the Russians and
the Japanese, and every foreign Power is
pouring money into military aviation. .
New Congress hns geno further in its
frantic stinginess than it ever went before.
It has actually planned te withdraw the
money necessary te buy oil and coal for the
navy. Thus the country's fighting ships
may be tied up for the rest of the year te
rust while their crews go stale.
There are times when we seem, te get
along In spite of Congress rather than with
its help or its guldnnce.
LLOYD GEORGE'S ULTIMATUM
LLOYD GEORGE is playing politics
again, according te the news from Lon Len Lon
eon. Perhaps it would be nearer the truth
te say that he is playing politics ct. He
docs net freem te de much else. ,
This time he has announced that Sir
Geerge Younger must get out ns head of the
Conservative Party organization or he will
resign ns Prime Minister. Lloyd Geerge
objects te Younger because he organized a
revolt of fifty Teries in Parliament while the
Prime Minister was absent in Cannes.
It was net difficult te erganlc opposition
te Mr. Lloyd Geerge becnuse he is nt the
head of an artificial majority formed by a
coalition of unsympathetic elements. This
combination was formed lute in IMS after
the armistice, when Lloyd Geerge appealed
te the country en the issue of hanging the
Kaiser nnd making Germany pay the whole
cost of the war.
This is what every one In England wanted
nt the time and Lloyd Geerge knew that they
wanted it, nnd that if he wished a new
lease of power he must capitalize this feel
ing while it was acute. He knew that Ger
many reuld net pay nnd he knew that the
Kaiser would net he hanged, but he pleyed
these cards and took the trick. He is the
only war Premier still in office. The rest
of them fell long age. Clcmcnceau and
Orlande lasted only a few months nftcr the
armistice. And in the natural order of
events President Wilsen retired from office
a jicar age and his party, which was de
feated in the congressional elections of 1018,
then lest its Inst held en the Government.
The break-up of the Coalition Government
In England has been anticipated for some
time. Lloyd Geerge attempted te postpone
the inevitable last week when he proposed n
ten-jenr truce in Europe under vlilch nil
the nations would ngree te respect the
boundaries of every ether nation and reduce
their armies. He was going te make this
proposal te the Genea conference. But it
does net secin te hnve been welcomed with
the enthusiasm which he had anticipated,
and new he is snjing te the Conservative
leader, "Yeu must get out or I will."
Under ordinary circumstances a Conser
vative reaction would be about due in Eng
lnnd. The Liberals have been in juiwcr since
1005, when Sir Henry Cnmpbcll-Banncrman
succeeded Arthur J. Balfour. A Coalition
Government was formed under II. H.
Asquith in 1015 in order te unite all the
parties in fighting the war. The Coalition
under Liberal leadership hns been in power
ever since. The best thnt the Conservatives
can expect new is another Coalition Gov
ernment, with the trnnsfer of leadership
from the Liberals te the Conservatives. The
accumulated hostility te Lloyd Geerge is se
great that he will find it difficult, if net
Impossible, te retain his primacy.
A PROTEAN SHIP
"-A ND each shin in its time nlavs mnnr
XTL parts." Sltakes.peare, had he been
nautically Inclined, a fancy overwhelmingly
disproved by that unconvincing first scene in
"The Tempest," might have admitted ns
much. Even without his confirmation, the
fact holds.
The Great Northern, rakish nnd razor razer razor
prewed, barring a deceased sister, the speed
iest large vessel ever built en the Delaware,
is about te undergo one mero complete
metamorphosis. Fer se new a craft she
was finished only in 1014 she has already
played n diversity of roles.
Excursionists bound for the San Fran Fran
ciseo Fair crowded her en her Initial long
voyage. Her course was Philadelphia te
the Pacific via the Panama Canal. De
signed for n short, swift run from the
Gelden Gate te Asteria, Ore., she wandered
eventually te Hawaii with winter tourists.
The war iccelled her East and she per
formed prodigies of speed ns a troop ship,
one of the most satisfactory in the service.
Her less fortunate twin, the Northern Pn
cnlic, went aground en our bheres seen
after the conflict. A few weeks age she
was burned te the water's edge.
But the slightly elder vsscl fared lux
uriously and hns of late served as floating
hotel for the admiral of the Atlantic Fleet.
Her original owners, or rather their affil
iated interests en the West roast, have
longed for her return te the major ocean.
And se the navy is te turn ever the Great
Northern te the Shipping Beard, which Is te
sell ectually the trick can be dene the
craft te the Admiral Line, which will refit
her with passenger accommodations. She is
te ply, it is said, between American Pacific
ports.
There arc rumeis that i-he may touch
Alaska. The trim and stately oil burner is
obviously ready for any piqiunt change of
circumstances. Phlladclphlans nre naturally
interested In the fate of one of tbe finest
products of their shipyards. She will re
turn te Chester, it is intimated, for recon
ditioning. When Kipling wiote nf the ship which
found herself en her maiden voyage, he was
evidently net reckoning with a Great
Northern.
Western farmers nnd
Helping Iho cattlemen whose crops
Farmer. and stock have been
. , , , u .,inu,rci1 y stprras nre
te be belpcd by the Federal Government,
which, under the previsions of n bill already
passed by the Senate, will lend them sums
net exceeding $300 for present necessities.
Similar relief may be given cotton planters
in the Seuth whose crops have suffered
from the bell weevil. Paternalism, if you
like; but the problems are net local ones;
they cannot be judged in the light of past
experience because, though old in them
selves, they are applied te n republic unlike
any ether in the history of the world; the
problem of nn Inland country born of nn
entirely new system of transportation with
out which it cannot endure.
Brazil's representative is of the opinion
that PhlladelphiaiiH will bn nuts en exposi
tions after we have seen the one in Itie de
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'" A3 ONE WOMAN' SEES IT
LlttU atria at Singing. Lessens Mutt
' New Consider That - Sema Day
' They May la' Publle Speak
ers and should Learn te
reathe Correctly
A By SARAH D. LOWRIE
S ONE of the signs that 'the times have
changed In the last 'twenty years In
mere ways than one, a singing teacher was
telling me of an experience she bad in her
class, of "llttlcat'glrls" out In one of the
big schools near town. She told the class
that en the previous evening she had listened
te a very geed 'public speaker a woman
who failed, however, In part of her effect
because she did net breathe correctly. Her
shortness of breath had made her sentences
and, indeed, her manner less well rounded
than .she meant thorn te be.
"And," said the singing teacher, pointing
the moral te this particular talc, "aa you
are all of you likely te have te. be public
speakers of ene sort or another, or for one
cause or another, you can understand why I
make se much of your breathing exercises."
The mites en the primary benches nodded
in-grave acquiescence te this dictum; and
then one and another volunteered informa
tion as te relatives in the female sex who
were geed speakers, and even great speak
ers, if enthusiasm and frequency could be
counted ns factors in greatness. There was
no hesitation certainly en the part of any
of the infants about their own future careers
en the stump and platform.
AS ONE by one these barriers of former
prejudice and timid self-consciousness
go down before the weight of mere usage, I
II rid myself astonished and gleeful en the
slde lines. It I, still In my prime, have seen
se. much bigotry and hnblt scrapped, what
will net the next quarter of n century bring
me! I begin te understand St. Paul's great
sweeping prognostication :
"And the last enemy tlmt shall be de
stroyed is Death J"
IF IT Is only from the viewpoints of
woman's public appearances new and in
my mother's youngish womanhood there is
n greater change than in nil the preceding
centuries put together.
They are lcnrnlng very fast lately, tee,
the value of being nble te speak extem
poraneously, or nt least from se brief an
outline of notes that they have the appear
ance of perfect case and freedom.
It is of an immense advantage, of course,
te feel your audience eh you speak and te
adapt yourself te the subtle audlcnce mood
of the moment. It is almost fatal te try te
de both i. e., read from n manuscript and
break off Inte direct address. The two styles
are quite unlike nnd de net beceme each
ether. If you read you have get te ubO mere
effort te concentrate your audience, while
if you speak without written notes, beyond
a word or two, you have get te use mere
effort te concentrate your own mind. But
of the two ways the spontaneous way of
addressing a crowd is far the mero effective
nnd gives a chance for sudden plays of wit
and pathos or irony nnd indignation tbat
would be suicidal from n written manu
script. .
The modern manner pretty much scraps
quotations nnd discards what might be
called "palaver." It uses asides nud in
dulges in personalities ; it is slightly bio
graphical and hns the air of taking one into
its confidence rather daringly. The modern
woman would sound flippant te her grand
mother's circle, but she would also manage
te say in ten words what they took a
laborious ten pages te disclose. And if she
has mere frank egotism in stating her opin
ions, she would perish at the stake rather
than sound literary or' merely cultured.
I WAS very much struck with that at the
Modern Club the ether morning when tbe
two women whom thnt very well-named or
ganization had Invited te debate upon the
"Victorian Versus the Modern Girl" made
their points for and against.
By some clever and purposeful "hocus
pecus" the wema'n who should have spoken
for the Victorian period spoke for the mod
ern, nnd the one- who is n modern of the
moderns from the cut of her gown te the
twist of her mind should have lifted n
lance for a generation, that would have had
none of her. '
Mrs. Sutherland Brown has net been the
prlnclpnl of a young ladles' bearding school
nnd a fend disciple of Rebert Browning and
a noted guide of youth in the way it should
go for nothing. She was a notably cul
tured exponent of the late Victorian poets
when I was a girl, and I possess a book of
Browning's poems with her kind regards in
it wuicli sue gave te my metiicr witn koedi
Ben Ezra heavily marked some time back in
the 00s. She quotes heavily nnd sweetly
and adamantly when she speaks in public,
nnd in defending the "sweet, true. Infinitely
honest young girl" of the present she did
it with nil the Rubklnlnn moral balance that
Queen Victeria made se fashionable and the
modern girl has made se dated.
ON THE ether hand, the prejudice, the
sharp candor, the careless Impudence,
the witty egotism of Mrs. James Starr (nee
Wlster) in defending the Victorian was
1022 in its vintage and could net have been
tolerated in 1800.
Having no notes except in her clever
head and no manner except the Wlster
cede of easy dominance, and no Ecnse of
obligation te point a moral, and a flashing
wit for adorning a tale, tbe advocate of
Victorian manners made as chnrmlng an
exhibition of nineteenth-century manners ns
could be imagined. In fact, what she was
and what the modern dressing illustrated
wen the debate ter tne twentieth-century
girl.
The finished paper of Mrs. Brown, the
even mere finished recitation with which it
began and her suave rebuttals te the fire
works of her opponent were, of course, ad
mirable, but they wcre nineteenth century
and illustrated 'a mode that has passed, a
mede te which the modern girl would very
curtly say, "Amen, let bjgenes be by
gones!" although her contemporaries in the
audience were enthusiastic and judged her
easily the winner of the debate.
I THINK the Modern Club is te be con
gratulated en the general interest that
debate inspired, in what lias threatened te
be tee well a wein subject. It was se ad
mirably staged and wqed with such pre
cision, and Mrs. Blankenburg te whom the
very able president gae the chair as the
fittest judge of the ecnt was se much in
the picture that the audience was enter
tained from start te finish, and would gladly
attend mere debates under the same able anil
imaginative management.
I was se moved by the reminiscences of
the pnst that I hastened te see an old, old
Phlladclphlen, who has many a memory
under her frilled Quaker cap, te ask her te
go with tne te the symphony concert thnt
was impending by way of mixing the old
and the new.
She straightened up with a severe jerk
nnd lest her smile: "Ne. Indeed, mv rirnr"
she said. "Nothing would induce me te go
te a leg-and-arra show, even with you!"
New, incredible as it may seem, she has
never been te a symphony concert net
even in Themds day having always sup
posed they were the same as vaudeville
hews, or, as Bbe 'called them, "leg-and-arm
shows." Isecdless te soy, I shook her
Victorian prejudices and carried her off with
me. And for the first time in her very long
life she beard music tbat she had supposed
one must wait te get te heaven te have pour
into one's soul.
It is In the middle
Help the Teer classes that we have the
Middle Class highest rate et infant
mortality, says a Balti
more physician. Anether angle te a curious
social condition. Only the very rich can
afford the medical experts "the very peer
get for nothing; and the man of moderate
means who pays, his way must suffer.
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Daily Talks With Thinking Philadelphia en Subjects They
Knew Best
DR. ELMER H. FUNK
On Prevalence of Grip
WHILE the prevalence of severe colds nnd
grip In Philadelphia has none of the
signs of a repetition of the terrible period
of 1018, still it Is well for these persons
affected net te neglect their condition, but
te take such steps ns are neccssnry for a
building up of their powers of resistance te
the point which will make Infection un
likely, says Dr. Elmer II. Funk, director
of the department for diseases of the chest
of the Jeffersen Hospital.
"Influenza. In Its severe nnd epidemic
form," said Dr. Funk, "occurs about three
times in a century ; thnt Is, about once every
thirty years. The high mortality which ac
companies these outbreaks Is due principally
te the pneumonia which develops in a great
many cases.
"Fer two or three years after n severe
epidemic of Influenza there is likely te occur
very generally, se for ns number of cases Is
concerned, a milder illness resembling the
epidemic disease, but with little of itB se
verity or fatality. The pneumonia, which is
such n dreaded feature of the epidemic form,
is uncommon in tile milder form of the
disease.
Ne Cause for Alarm
"Last year nnd nt the present time we
are passing through one of these periods of
the milder form. Many persons have grlppy
colds and there hns been considerable alarm
expressed by numbers of them because of the
terrible experiences of the city nnd the
country with the severe form of influenza
during the fall and early winter of 1018,
especially in the month of October.
"There is no real reason for alarm, he-
cause these grippy colds are net for n me-H
ment te be compared with tne bcvcie forms
of influenza which we experienced then at
such great cost in human life. Frem nil
indications there is net the slightest indi
cation that the country will be visited with
another period like that of three years age.
But this docs net mean that these colds
slieuld be neglected, or that tbe patient
should net de all In his power te bring his
resistance te a point which will render utie
trouble Innocuous.
"There can be no doubt that this giin giin
like infection is quite contagious- in tne
sense thnt it may he spread from ene person
te another nnd thus Involve a large number
of people In something like the spread of
nn epidemic. A canvass of the city of Phil
adelphia would probably show thnt n very
considerable number of persons have been
affected and that the morbidity rate is high.
What Should Be Dene
"The first and perhaps the most important
thing is te avoid becoming evcr-tlicd nnd te
see te it that the proper amount of rest nnd
the right kind et nourishment is obtained
every day. This will keep the powers et
rcslstance high enough se that'the Infection
will net be readily contracted. During the
course of a great epidemic hundreds of per
sons will centrnct the disease In splte of
the ordinary piecnutlenary ineasuics, but in
a en se like that which we are new experi
encing it may be prevented by reasonable
earn nnd attention te the elementary rules
et health. In fact, if the resisting powers
nre maintained at n sufficiently high level
it will never be contracted nt all.
"In splte of the fact that the present
disease Is mild from a pathological stand
point, it does net ray te feel with it or te
lake any chances, for a grlppy cold may de
velop into any one of n number of mere
complicated nfld possibly serious ailments.
The best thing te de is te get into bed and
rest, .as was advised during the period of
the enldemic of three years age. Thu mniu
a shorter and a relatively benign infection
of the dlsease itself and prevents any com cem com
'plicatiens which may lead te mere serious
diseases,
"I cannot emphasize tee stiengly the
necessity for the proper amount of rest in
all such cases. It is the thing which does
mero than any ether te rcstore the powers
of resistance and te effect cures in cases
which have net developed tee much te be
reached except by medical treatment If
every person who felt one of these crlnnr
colds coming en would immediately gtve un
work and rest for a day or two there would
be a prompt cessation of the trouble and
the danger of infecting ethers would be
minimized, u "'
"There was n current heller ,i,,i ...
epidemic three years age that these who
drank whlakv mmiM ...... !..! ., V."
, ,- "WM.W hui, luuiiucc me dis
ease. It is scarcelyrnecesiary-fer me te
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point out the utter fallacy of such n belief.
Whisky has certain medicinal uses, but it
will de nothing as a preventive in cases such
as these. Rest, proper nourishment nnd a
normal state of mind nre the things which
will de the most In grip nnd cold cases,
where undue stimulation is net necessary or
desirable.
"Ventilation is another important factor
in the prevention of grip nnd colds, and this
Is especially true where many persons nre
assembled tegether.1 It is clear that the
chances of infection from another person
nre very much greater indoors than they arc
out of doers, and for this reason the great
est care should be taken in the home nnd,
ns I have said before, in nil places of as
semblage, whether public or private.
'The street cars naturally form one of
the most likely places for the spreading of
grip nnd similar disenscs. and it is there
fore very important that they, ns well as nil
ether means of public conveyance, bheuld be
thoroughly ventilated nnd disinfected when
ever this is necessary.
"All persons should be especially care
i " 8ncczIn' ns the germs arc scattered
n this manner with great promiscuity and,
i?. . i cvolep.cd ,casc3' ln ercat quantity,
'-special care should also be taken as te the
disposition of expectorated saliva indoors
m. 0ite VT,,.. ,Lnve contracted the disease,
tills, it might be added. Is nn essential of
i..i,-si,,t?Iy Bnd, Pu'n,enary ailments,
2! ui8ht or Bcrleus. os it is one of the
most prolific sources of Infection.
' During the Epidemic
WiU'JlvSP.nt0riy,,n,feCtl0 1S "SUallr WSt
mii 'J "Prca(l Indoors by group contact
This fact was recognized during tile epidemic
of 1018. when the authorities clebed all
places of public assembly such ns the thea
tres sa eens and ether places wheie neenlc
gathered In numbers. Outside here s no t
fhf r,y -? -wuc,h danBCl'- as llc f "sli a r nnd
lucre is no coure for nny alarm ever
nK8" of Sy'PPy colds new-exlsUng
In the city, and when the patient feels 5
real fright he is doing considerable, uncon
sciously, te aid the disease. With the m n
tcnance of a calm mind the r ght kiml nf
feed and plenty of rest, there is' nothing ?e
the " Ty " m thC PrCieDt fi ua "n
What De Yeu Knew?
QUIZ
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W1rouSn-BVHe w,,em t,t9 B 'aver dies
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10. What is a plantigrade animal;
Answers te Yesterday's qUz
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the author of "fa nri ,IZ 1?ted as
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brated French astronomer S..daneler
cist, famed partleularlv fnJ' i,tpn'"1
perlmcnts nnd discoveries in ,s
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popular expounder of iclentin' "V ".
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SHORT CUTS
Must it be farewell Welfare? .
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It is new the Heuse of Lords and Lid;,' J
All we want is a fair sight of the fair
site. l
Daylight saving pays interest In hap
piness, i
It wasn't exactly a sacrifice hit Landli ,1
puiicu. il
The, Easter hat is already loemlnryJ
IUV UUiMg.
Capital can't raise corn and bell ltIl
the same lean. M
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Jack Frest Is new breaking ground f
a farm exposition.
France also feels that she can't afford
net te pay her debts.
Yap, as we understand it. is a pioneer
in raiincatien territory.
England's retreat from Earvet Is for tin
moment merely strategic.
Doetor is right. Kissing is a great -spreader
of heart disease.
Mcmhcis of Lindsay's Domine Club rtar
all have gene te the beneyard.
Lloyd Geerge appears te be wenderlni
if they nre net by -by -elections.
Curiously enough, one doesn't need vet
much tin te start a bucket-shop.
New Yerk has a honey bear. .He ia at
the Zoe, hut may seen be ln a jaw parlor. ,
The only thing new protecting the pnb
lie treasury from the bonus is a deadlock.
As a mnn of lettersGcerge Bernard
Shaw sees no sense in adding M. P. te tata.
Taffy, the ancient bard tells us, waa a
Welshman. Lloyd Geerge is some taffy .
puller. ,
Strange thnt se many yappers sbeuls
be opposed te the ratification of the lap
Ticaty. ;
The nnlr elinerfnT tlilnv nhnnr the mm
Ing coal strike is the doubt tbat it IU;
eventuate.
Ne sooner did the March lien arrlrt
than the careful pavement cleaner put aalt
en his tall.
When he gets back from his Bermuda
trip it will he Hughes te the line as cnlpptf .
us may befall.
, Every time we think light Is te bf
thrown en the Tayler case Director Fat
cells, "Save it!"
New Jersey has killed the mesquite Jelta
by killing the mesquite. Step up, metlief
in-law; jnu're next.
What the Ways and, Means Cemmltt
can't de Is te give the Benus Bill a certifi
cate of geed character.
It Is ue comfort te the old eal
buckct-she'pper who hangs ln the well M
knew Mie truth that lies at the bottom of H
The new bonus plan of the Ways and,
Means Committce will recelve the hwrtj
Indersement of every lean shark in iM
country. ,
The cautious penitent is new cenBCltJK
tteusly cutting out all these things that "
knows very well are net geed for bis stomace
. anj hew. , i
Syndicate plans te run a regular paf
scnger nnd freight air service between Spa
nnd Seuth America. World continues f
contract. '
Rhlrlp nf Ilia PlxVfaril ! heccts fti,
quaintly curieui thought that movie actreali
make almost mueh mnnev as editorial
paragraphcrs.
Will Heys is new being urged te ellw'ij
niaie irem tne nuns all cigarette snipe..-
by women et reputable character. Thw "
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