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ACCIDENT SCAPEGOATS
CIIAItLES I.. EVANS, conductor, nml
Walter Yeakel, nglntmnn, scntenceil
' Xespectivcly te nine unci i-ls ment'if for
criminal negligence In the Heading Knllwny
wreck, near Dryn .Vthyn, are pitifully con cen con
Tentlennllzed scapegoats.
If these hapless empleyes were exclusive
ly responNlhle for the appalling less of llfe
la the dlnaster, their punishment Ih bhock bheck
lalr light. If antiquated methods, archnlc
alngle trackage and out-of-date wooden
eeacheH were also factors In the tragedy, the
principle of atonement hatt been but Imper
fectly recognized In the court verdict.
If the clrcumptances of the case were net
xtmlnlacent of the aftermath of ether rail
road accidents, surprise at the judgment ren
dered might be keen. Ac It is, a etandardlred
Ituatlen has been re-enacted. There Is
nothing astonishing in the punishment of
aegllgent empleyes. They are blameworthy,
of course, for their errors, but it is gen
erally known that these lapses are incom
mensurate with the extent of the slaughter.
It Is easier, however, te estublish Individ
ual victims than te exact costly adminis
trative reforms. Americans hnve come te
expect that after fatal accidents one or
Bere members of train crews will be im
prisoned. The lightness of the usual sentence sug
fests that the real culprits have escaped.
But such mockery of justice is an old story,
ud the public conscience is seen hardened.
MODERNIZING THE FERRIES
ANNOUNCEMENT that work will be
started in less than a fortnight upon the
Trctcntieus new train terminal and ferry
house for the Reading Railway In Camden
It reassuring evidence that the bridge pro
ject hns net been permitted te obstruct
necessary development of ether features of
Interstate communication.
In many respects the Delaware span will
revolutionize transportation conditions, but
U will net tnke care of all the traffic. Im
provement of the ferry service and of ac
commodation for passengers and freight is
till essential.
It is planned that the Reading's Camden
station shall provide room for ten sets of
tracks for seashore and New Jersey subur
ban traffic. The ferry house will be de
signed te permit the ufc of double-deck
beats, with ample prevision both for vehicles
and passengers.
The $2,fi00,000 which the structure will
CMt is fully commensurate with the needs
of the service. The vacation-time jam en
. th ferries has rapidly grown worse.
The Pennsylvania is preparing te build an
additional ferry slip at Market street and
corresponding quarters en the east bank
of the river. New steamers, also with
double decks, will be placed en this brief
out busy "run." The immense growth of
the Philadelphla-Caraden metropolitan area
dearly demands such expansion and mod med mod
ernisateon of the ferries.
TO A PHILADELPHIA HERO
pENNSYLVANIANS in general and Phil-
adelphlans i-pBTtlculnr may take pride
in the memorial tribute te Geerge Corden
Meade, for which ground will be broken in
Washington en March 28.
Bjr training, education nnd residence,
Qeaeral Meade was a Phlladelphlan, the
raeit conspicuous figure from this commun
ity In the military history of the Civil War.
Philadelphia artistry has been Invoked in
tht work of Charles Orally, sculptor
of the monument, and Simen Simen,
architects, responsible for the base, setting
end decorative environment in a handsome
new avenue.
Times have changed since recourse was
bad te Paris and Berlin, the latter retire
seated in Slemmerlng's unmistakably Teu
tonic Washington In Folrmeunt Park. Of
tils stolid work it has been said that it is
a convincing bronze embodiment of Freder
ictvthe Great iu Continental uniform.
But, in addition te the fitness of Its
.erlcin, the Meade memorial has ether claimR
te distinction. It is a daring and impressive
aaay in allegorical sculpture, combining
dignity with grace and deep spiritual values.
The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania has
net spared expense In honoring enn of Its
roost valorous and gifted sons, victor at
Gettysburg, and Invaluable aid te Grant In
!.1'er.KCnnT'TP1lenS-,Iut ,s deuMf"1 " y
mate In the Union will be se worthily repre-
IMtUtd In the decorative sense as I'ennsvl-
vanla will be in Washington when the Mall
baa become ; n finished rcnlltv dominated by
this splendid example of Philadelphia work-
Kaaship and taste. K
WHY THE BOYS COME HOME
f AMERICANS who have been worrying
ever the presence of a small force of
our regulars in the Rhineland can take sat
isfaction In Secretory Weeks announce anneunce
MMSt that evacuation will be completed by
Jtly 1.
It has been repeatedly said that no neees
Ity has existed for the prolonged occupa
tion by our troops of any part of German
MIL In this assertion, much, of course,
depends upon the point of view.
The occupation was originally designed
te .enforce armistice terms and later treaty
4 v !.. uur muiuiunei irum me Versailles
S VKeaipact has been regarded as altering the
MWaiM.tlen.
ifi'S'tIi se hannens. however, that n m.,.1.
S'4rslty "was negotiated between the United
,l;Plstes and uermany. The right te maintain
f;rps,ln the Rhineland was safeguarded in
wi
I pact, wuicn impiieu, moreover, that
occupation might serve as pressure unnn
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fallllment of certain claims against the
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enemy nation.
any still ewes this Government nar-
for the upkeep of the troops, and there
y etber claims, some of them result-
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tlens an alt solved before July, there will
Indeed be no reason for continuing the oc
cupation. And, in any event, the 'Allies will remain
for a while en the Rhine, and can we net,
if we cheese, call upon them for aid in
settling our bills?
CONGRESS SEEMS TO HAVE
TAKEN LEAVE OF ITS SENSES
President Harding's Coel Sanity Over
the Benus Business Is All That Stands
In the Way of Financial Chaes
PRESIDENT HARDING refuses te be
- stampeded from the position he has taken
en the bonus question. He made his views
clear many weeks age and In setting them
forth he assumed responsibility for pro
tecting the solvency of the Treasury.
If a bonus is te be paid the money must
be raised by taxation, and he suggested n
sales tax as a way te raise it. He would
net consent te n bend Issue, for the reason
that the borrowing capacities of the Gov
ernment will be stretched te the utmost te
take care of mere than $0,000,000,000 of
obligations that must be refinanced within
the next thirteen or fourteen months. There
is net nn able business man In the country
who docs net knew the President is right.
An nttempt te float a new lean nnd In
crease the national debt would depreciate
the value of every Liberty bend new out
standing. Assuming that the lean could
be floated, it would tnke from the channels
of business n larsc amount of capital that
Is Imperatively needed te finance enterprises
which have been waiting a return te normal
conditions. It would check business recov
ery and delay the return te profitable em
ployment of the men new Idle.
If a bonus Is te be paid te the former
service men the money must be rnlsed by a
tax, and the bonus must be paid out of
current revenues.
This is the hard and Inescapable fact
which confronts these responsible for
national solvency. That the President has
insisted en its recognition, graciously, but
nevertheless with firmness, is te his credit.
He could de no less without dodging his
obligations.
The tax which he proposed Is offensive
te the farmers' bloc. But It Is the tax that
would raise the money with the least pos
sible disturbance te .business. There is no
ether tax which could be levied without
overcoming the strenuous opposition of all
the substantial Interests of the country.
Every one save n few Western and South
ern demagogues nre aware of this.
The bill which the Ways and Means Com
mittee has drafted dodges the whole finan
cial question by merely providing a plan en
which bonuses shall be paid. It does net
appropriate a dollar and It does net set
forth any plan by which the money shall
be raised. And the plan of the bill does
net contemplate the payment of cash te the
ex-service men. They are te get an insur
ance certificate redeemable in twenty years
en which they can borrow a part of its face
value. The rich man who does net need cash
can allow the certificate te mature, when
he will get 2u per cent mere than Its face
value and compound interest en It for twenty
yenrs, mnklng n total of about three times
the amount which the peer man who needs
the cash can raise en his certificate, pro
vided he can get any bank te lend him the
money.
It Is astounding that full-grown men can
pretend te themselves that this geld brick
certificate bonus plan will satisfy any one.
Yet it apparently is te be jammed through
the Heuse this week by the rotes of Repre
sentatives who are afraid that if they de
net de something for the soldiers they will
lese their seats In the November election.
Congress is aware of the financial condi
tion of the Treasury. It has been made
clear te it by Secretary Mellen and by the
Tresident. But the Heuse does net seem te
care a tinker's dam about anything but the
approaching election.
The President yesterday, after hearing
Ferdncy nnd Mendell and the rest of the
Heuse leaders, said in effect: "I have
made my position clear te you by my previ
ous statements. It is net necessary te
restate it. Whether you accept my views
or net is up te you. Yeu nre the legisla
tive branch of the Government. Yeu must
accept the responsibilities of your powers.
I will accept mine."
If by any chance the bill, after passing
the Heuse, should be approved by the Sen
ate, It is morally certain thet the President
would veto it. He can take no ether course
without betrayal of the larger Interests of
the Natien. Fer it Is much mere Important
that the Federal Government de everything
in its power te assist in the restoration of
neraial business conditions than that it make
a cowardly surrender te the fear of political
reprisals from the former service men.
What In called the soldier vote Is n buga
boo. President Harding knows that it 14
net a political solid. Men of all purtles and
none were the uniform. They a.e net sub
stantially all Republicans as ihe Northern
soldiers of the Civil War became. There
were no domestic polities' involved in the
World War. When the beldlers came home
they voted for Republican nnd Democratic
Congressmen and Governors just as they did
before they went abroad or before they went
te the training camps. Why, right here In
Philadelphia, when an attempt was made
te nominate a war veteran for a local office
last year In opposition te a politician who
stnyed at home the war veteran was de
feated. But if all the ether veterans had
voted for him at the primaries he would
have been nominated and cfected.
But the nvmbcrs of the Heuse are afraid
of tills bugaboo and are trying te appease
it by going through the motions of passing
a bunce bonus bill. Seme of them nre even
going se far as te berate the former service
men who writ them that they de net want
any bonus. This has hnppened In this neigh
borhood, where ft Congressman actually
wrote te n young man of a Well-to-de family
that he ought te work for the bonus for the
benefit of the peer young men who need the
money.
The members of the Heuse, with few
exceptions, seem te have taken leave of their
reaien nnd te be nctlng like hysterical cow
ards The President alone retains his poise
and his mental balance.
THE LADY IN ART
ADAM, In the hours of his loneliness,
deubtlrss mode little pictures In the
sand. It Is conceivable that he even tried
his hand nt little cloy images of a sort likely
te suggest the nche In his heart or the poig
nancy of his asserted woes. He was the
fimt sculptor. And nlmest all great sculp
tors of all ages were sons of Adam, net
daughters of Eve. ...
That probably is why Adam's mood of
cynicism eeatinues te ee reuec.ua in a great
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clubs of the State of New Yerk feel Justified T
In making determined pretests against rea
erlck MacMennlcs newest creation, a marble
group of heroic size, which is seen te be un
veiled in City Hall Park, Manhattan.
MacMennlcs chiseled a youth of muscular
build nnd fascinated upward gaze and called
him Civic Virtue. 4Jnder the feet of the
marble man nre two beautiful ladles, un
clothed nnd spurned. They nre, respectively,
Vice and Temptation. Why, angrily ask the
sculptor's feminine critics, should the nasty
figures of nllegery be forever represented as
women? What, for example, have women
done te weaken the moral consciousness of
American voters? Why shouldn't Mac Mac
eonnlcs spirit of enlightened citizenship be
shown spurning a gentleman in the white
vest and the top hat of the political besslsm?
Mr. MacMennlcs, cornered In his studio,
does net knew. The thought came te him,
nnd there It is. Tnke it or lenve It. It Is u
geed group 1 "The sirens were always women,
Weren't they?" cries the artist testily. He
might have added thnt, m the eyes of n
sculptor who Is n son of Adam, women seem
a little mere Interesting when they nre being
spurned. And yet It will net de te assume
that the artists have been in a general con
splracy of nnti-femlnlne propaganda. The
sirens of nrt always have eecn women. Hut
Fame In the pictures nnd sculptured groups
Is a woman. Se nre the Three Graces, ami
se are Poetry, Victory nnd Heroism. The
devil, en the ether hand, is always and for
ever masculine te the artists.
When women become a little mere ad
vanced, when they begin te make the most
conspicuous pictures nnd sculpture, they may
even matters up. Then the male of the species
may be revealed nt all his evil occupations.
But, If the women arc fair, they will have
te revise all literary and artistic tradition,
abolish the familiar devil nnd picture, In
stead, n dark, cruel and relentless Princess
of Darkness.
THE CASE OF McCOACH
WHEN you sit down te consider the pos
sible general effect of the State Supreme
Court decision giving power te the Director
of Public Safety te demete an officer of
Captain McCoaeh's rank, and te demete
him without making his reasons public, you
will realize again the hopelessness of aU
the efforts commonly made te Insure hon
est, efficient nnd decent public adminis
tration by special laws. In the right hands
the authority guaranteed te police directors
by this decision would operate for great
geed. In the hands of unprincipled or cor
rupt men it could be a force for disinte
gration nnd evil.
Thus a Director of Public Safety who
for one reason or another wished te be a
terrorist could new work without danger
or fear of exposure. If he wished te pro
tect privileged vice he could de se by merely
making his wishes known te his subordi
nates and holding ever them the threat of
official discipline of a most unpleasant sort.
He could retire Inte the background and
into places of obscurity police officials who
refused te de his bidding, nnd he would J
net have te make any explanation te the
men se eliminated or te the public. He
could be a Czar of sorts and a Court from
which there would be no appeal.
Yet, upon the ether hand." It new lies
in the power of an honest Director te deal
directly and efficiently for the geed of the
service nnd the community at large with
police captains and lieutenants who, under
the protection of Civil Service rules, hnve
continued te take orders from Irresponsible
politicians instead of from their superiors.
Everything depends upon the personal equa
tion. It apfcars in the final annlysis that cen
tralized authority is, after all, the only
guarantee of an honest and efficient police
seryice. With centralized authority gees
centralized responsibility. Under the new
ruling, it will be proper for the public te
go beyond suspected miner police officials
and put full blame for the failure or the
misuse of police power flatly upon the
shoulders of the Director of Public Safety
and the Mayer. These officials -will net
be able te blame "meddling politicians" for
such inefficiency or crookedness as may be
rivealed in the mechanism of the Depart
ment of Public Safety. Frem new en they
will have a right te cheese their own men for
important official pests.
Captain MuCeach was buspected of di
vided allegiance. He was charged with a
desire te Bcrve his political friends by the
misuse of his official power. That is a
bad habit of a geed many police officials and
cnew'hich has been forced upon them. In
the past by the powers higher up. It used
te be fashionable te blame "the bosses"
for anything that went wrong in the Po
lice Department. New it will be necessary
te blame the Mayer and the Director of
the Department of Public Safety. And, of
course, if crooked politicians get Inte these
offices they will net mind being blamed or
criticized. They never de, se long as the
public refrains from mnklng its resentment
apparent at the polls.
DISCOVERERS OF HUMANITY
"yOUNG MR. DODGE, one of the sons
- of the millionaire meter manufacturer,
went joyriding In the environs of Detroit.
He speeded. He contributed te circum
stances which caused the injury of n girl
who rode In his machine. He was arrested
and sent te a cell, where he spent five days,
and he was liberated yesterday.
Reading of nil this, one would be led te
suppose thnt young .Mr. Dedge is merely
nnether of the glided set. But he seems te
be a little mere than thnt. He has written
an article for the prison paper in Detroit,
nnd it is no ordinary article. It is net an
expose. Mr. Dedgo has discovered hu
manity. He Is eager te tell the world about
it. Thus he reports that it is wrong for
people te believe that all jailers are brutes,
that Courts are cruel places where tyrants
preside and watch for unfortunates whom
they can make miserable, and that all po
licemen are brutes with badges en and that
the jails are filled with depraved criminals.
Jailers, says Mr. Dedge, are human and
kindly, nnd Judgps seem sorry rather than
glad when they have te visit punishment
en an offender against the law. Police
men aren.'t ugly-tempered and Intent merely
en showing their authority. Most wonder
ful of nil things te young Mr. Dedge was
the discovery thet the people who live In
cells nre net different essentially from
ether people. .Most of them, In, believes,
ere unfortunate or luckless, rather than
bad at heart.
A few days in n cell seem te have done
mere for yeun Mr. Dedge than years in
college de for a great many young men of
his age and generation. Of course, police
men are geed-humored and, tolerant, and
even kind te their prisoners, when the pris
oners are half decent. A great deal of un
advertised charity is dispensed in police
stations. Judges don't like te send people
te jail. And most of the people who go te
jail are in no way different at heart from
these who don't.
Yeung Mr. Dedgo Is n typical representa
tive of that iv-ft of the world which is dis
covering the Other Half. Everywhere all
sorts of fortunate people are beginning te
realUe with something of astonishment that
peer and rich, ins nnd outs, ups and downs
nTe nllke under their eklns; that all of
them ire human, alike susceptible te the
game hurts, the mme passions and pains and
desires and hopes and fears. Why must
geme men live te be old before they realise
nil this? And why Is it that an American
-south of fortune must te te Jail ta complete
his tducstlenj
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HARDWARE AND WHITE MULE
Hew a Southern Merehant Solved the
Problem of Attracting Ladles te Hie
Hardware Stere "White ..Mule,"
Allae "Moonshine, In Ite '
Native Lair
By GEOROE NOX MeCAIN
r' WAS in the smoking compartment of a
Pullman that brought' up the rear of aa
express train headed for the Southwest.
lie was slender, smooth-shaven and soft
of voice, wltb n tendency te slur the final
"r" as most Southerners de.
The combination of peripatetic humanity
had been exchanging experiences, as the
mole humnn usually does when In repose nnd
In group formation. r
Especially when the aforesaid humans
foregather in the haze of the smoking com
partment of one of Mr. Pullman's ,Twagen
llts."
"Did any ve' gentlemen cvah notice that
it's the rarest thing In the world te see a
lady in a hardware steh?"
The slender, smooth -shaven gentleman
beamed through his eyeglasses en the ethers.
It was a new nngle en one phase of mer
chandising; a lady In n hardware store I
"Ncvah thought about it, I presume,"
smiled the Southerner. "New that je de,
isn't It a fact that It Is an unusual sight?"
The traveling salesman from Baltimore,
the civil engineer from New Yerk, the pursy
nnd rather truculent hotel man unanimously
and upon retrospect agreed that It was,
come te think, an unusual sight.
"Ye' see, it isn't much n lady needs in
th' hardware line. It's feh that reason we
nre putting In a line of toys and house fur
nishings," smiled the soft-voiced one.
He was buyer for a big Southern estab
lishment. He had Just mndc his first ven
ture Inte a new field.
nis experiences were Interesting.
T SUPPOSE ye' all knew about th' Tey
A Fair," he went en.
"Maybe I ought te call It th' Tey Mar
ket. It closes en the 15th of March.
"I didn't knew n soul In that trade, but
when I get te New Ye'k I hitched up te a
clcvah gentleman, representative of a for
eign house. I told him honestly I didn't
knew a thing nbeut toys, as such, an' de
you knew he took me in an' treated me like
a brethah.
"This Tey Market runs feh nbeut two
months. There are representatives of Amer
ican, German, French, Swiss nnd ether for
eign manufacturers."
"All under one reef?" asked the traveling
salesman.
"Ne suh. Scattered about right generally
ever th' town.
"They have three prices, one te Jobbers,
one te wholesalers en' another te retailers,"
he continued.
"Each has his specialty. One will handle
electrical toys, another mechanical, a third
velocipedes and tricycles, another blocks and
block puzzles. Then there arc dells, bisque
figures, jointed animals, toy houses and fur
niture. "While I wbb looking around one West
ern buyer gave an order feh $70,000 worth
of dells alone. Think of thnt, suh 1
"Of ce'se, ye' understand it was feh the
coming Christmas trade," smiled the gentle
little buyer.
'"OUT see here. Suppose the market gees
Jj down between new nnd the tlrae of
delivery?" Inquired the salesman. '
"Oh, they protect ye' up te 20 per cent,"
was the reply. "Beyond thet ye' get te
take the less ye'self.
The Southerner, who had held the atten
tion of the smokers, continued :
"I get te thinking hew we could. attract
the ladles te euh place, an' I lilt en two
plans:
"First was te add something te euh
stock, which was hardware, that would ap
peal te them.
"Heuse furnishings feh the ladies and toys
feh the children, was the idea.
"One day at bank I saw the name of the
paying teller above his window; an' the
receiving teller the same.
"I went back nnd hnd a talk with my
principal. He didn't take te the idea at
first, but I convinced him finally.
".V lady in n hardware steh feels lest,"
I argued. "Get rid of that feeling.
"I hnd small German silver Obien nins
mnde. Inserted in each one in small, dis
tinct letters was the name of the clerk who
were It.
"The clerks kicked. I argued with them
and finally wen them.
"It's th' biggest thing I evah put ever.
1 "Each clerk is en his best behavior te
customers because they knew him by name.
If he is polite they ask feh him every time
they enter the steh.
"It's increased euh sales te a noticeable
extent.
"The toys next winter will attract meh
ladles and children, tee an' then seeing
ladies In a hardware steh will be a common
thing."
Smilingly he lit a fresh cigarette.
THE express had swept into the Knexvllle
depot and out again, and was once mere
snorting along toward the Mississippi.
Blue peaks and long ranges of hills marked
the folds of the Appalachian chain.
It was n rugged, rocky, remote region.
Last year's withered cornstalks leaned in
drunken rows in nearly every field.
"Betchcr sweet life there's lets of moon meon moen
shino in this country," remarked' the Balti
more drummer.
"Sure," cmphnslzed the hotel man. "They
don't make much else. Can't get any price
for their corn nnd grain se they just natur
ally turn It into 'White Mule.'
"White Mule?" Inquired the engineer.
"Yep. That's what they call moonshine
down here.
"I've heard it called 'Bleck and Fall' In
New Yerk, but 'Whlte Mule's' a new one en
me."
"I'm the goat," grinned the hotel man,
"What's the 'Bleck and Fnll idea?"
"Take a drink of It in one block and fall
dead In the next. And, believe me, some of
that New Yerk hooch deserves the name."
"But why 'White Mule'?" continued the
engineer.
"Because it's get such an almighty kick,
according te the dnrkleB."
miIESE people are the finest in the
X country."
He was n newcomer into the Sanhedrim of
the smoker; n lumberman.
He had clambered aboard at Bristel, the
hustling town where if you commit murder
en one side of Main street and cress te the
ether aide they've get te get a requisition te
arrest you.
The Virginia -Tennessee State line runs
down the center of the thoroughfare.
Yeu get into a trolley In one State, ride
a block nnd gat off in another.
"These people have the bluest bleed of
America in their veins," continued the lum
berman. "Their ancestors lived here and here
abouts In these mountains before the Revo
lution." "An' they make 'White Mule' tee, I sup.
pose?" It was the New Yerk man who
esked.
"Yes, sir. There's some rnre old corn
whisky hidden nwey among these bills, and
they're making mere every day.
"Most hospitable people in the world If
they knew you're net a 'revenuer.' "
"Ever hear the story old man Buzzard
used te toil" inquired me uristei man.
"He came from up around Dulleis, Pa.
Had a lumber operation down here. He
used te ride all ever these mountains pron pren
pecting for lumber. Spnt days In the saddle
and slept at night in the meutainecrs'
cabins. .
"One night he stepped at a cabin. After
the mnn had led his horse te a lean-te and
Buzzard had washed his hands and fnce, the
mountaineer inquired:
" 'Llke u drink e' whisky before supper,
mister?'
" 'Don't care if I de,' said Buzzard.
" 'Whicb'jl you him-, mister, th' old or
th' new?' j
1"'Well, r see, the old was made yes
Udday mawnla an' th' new was made tale
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Daily Talks With Thinking Philadelphia en Subjects They
Knew Best 4
MIS8 SUSAN C. FRANCI8
On Caring fr 6lck and Ailing Children
PHILADELPHIA is well abreast of the
ether great cities of the country nnd far
ahead of most of them in the matter of the
care which is given te its sick, undernour
ished and ailing children, As well as in a
general campaign of education in these
matters carried en nllke among the children
and the parents, says Miss Susnn C. Francis,
superintendent of the Children's Hospital.
"Most children who require medical at
tention," said Miss Francis, "show great
evidences of malnutrition. This is largely
due te the lack of knowledge en the part of
the parents as te the proper lnrtheds et
feeding the child, nnd we are trying te
remedy this state of nffalrs by teaching tne
mothers the right wny.
"The fact that at our own institution wc
have nbeut 2000 children a month as dis
pensary cases shows hew widespread ere
the conditions which create these cases. The
Department for the Prevention et uisease
keeps n careful and systematic tabulation et
each case, the child being weighed, measuiee.
put Inte the proper classification and looked
after generally.
Associated Medical Clinic
"The Associated Medical Clinic cares for
dependent nnd often neglected children, it
Is different in some ways from the usual
hospital clinic, as the children rarely present
cases of acute illness. The chief problems
ere these of malnutrition, of physical de
fects of the eye, cer, nose, threat, skin, etc.,
nnd the cases are often associated with men
tnl defects, or present serious problems or
conduct or morals. A careful examination
Is made, both physical and mental, and spe
cial attention is paid te the eyes, lungs,
nutrition and posture.
"The Department for the Prevention of
Disease does the social service work of the
institution, the 'fellow-up' nursing of both
ward and dispensary cases, and carries en
ether activities especially directed toward
the prevention of disease nnd the promotion
of health. When it is necessary te give bed
side core te a bick child, the nurses de se,
but the main feature of their work lies in
the development of geed health habits In the
children. . ......
Instruction ier .nowers
"We have found thnt the Individual in
struction which the mothers rcceive In their
homes from the nurses has brought about the
greatest results In the Improved conditions of
the home as well ns in the actual health of
the children. The effects of home visits by
well-trained nurses have bepn remarkable in
the saving of infant life.
"In the Thirtieth Ward of the city we
have been trying te make prevision for the
care of expectant mothers, the supervision
of the children from the time of their birth
nnd the education of the citizens generally
In all matters pertaining te healthful living
nnd the prevention of disease. A survey of
this territory shows that the Department for
the Prevention of Disease must net confine
its work simply te the sick children who ceme
te the hospital for treatment, ns many of the
children living in that neighborhood are very
much Jn need of the care nnd the advice
which the department is prepared te give,
In order te prevent them from becoming
sick.
"We plan that the department shall act
ns a community center for the education of
parents and children alike en all matters
iiertatnlng te the henlth of children. The
infant mortality of the Thirtieth Ward Is
considerably higher than the average of the
city as a whole, and we hope, through the
touching of the cardinal principles of health
te the citizens, te be able te improve condi
tions these materially.
Sewing Lessens for Mothers
"The prenatal clinics which are new
being held have taught mothers that a fol
lowing of the principles laid down there
means net only better bublcs, but also much
better health for themselves. We also give
newtng lessens of two hours' duration.
'i lie Keyneie et our worn ana tne teunrtn
tlen upon which all the Instruction Is based
Ih a thorough physical examination of the
children. Iho children who ceme te the
ellnlcs are suniinsed te be well, but the ex
nmlnatlens show thnt nearly every child has
some condition which, if net attended te at
once, Is likely later te develop Inte some
thing serious, if net an actual defect. A
continuous record Is. kent en. flla and tha
chili It lata eubjected U H'WwIuHes,
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hy the same physician. During the year
1021 there were 1225 visits te the health
clinics.
"Our workers have becu very successful
in convincing parents of the importance of
having defects corrected promptly. This
correction is only preliminary te the work of
protecting the child from disease and pro
moting his health.
"The favorable attitude of the parents to
ward our work is important, for It means
much, net only te the health of the Indi
vidual child, but also te the general health,
as the parents de much te spread the fact
that geed health nnd improved home condi
tions are geed for themselves and for their
entire families.
Greup Health Teaching
"With the addition of a health teacher,
we are able te de group hcalthteachlng. This
consists of short talks nnd demonstrations,
In which both mother nnd children assist,
and they nre encouraged te ask questions, the
object being the establishment of geed health
habits both in the home and in the com
munity. "In henlth teaching we pay especial at
tention te the pre-school child, thnt is be
tween' two nnd five years of age. The pre
vention of malnutrition and the development
of correct attitudes of standing and sitting
nre very important subjects taught te chil
dren of tliis age.
"There is nlse a pre-school nutrition class.
If a child of four or five years of age is
suffering from an unbalanced diet, he is in
one of two classes : either the mother Is
igrlbrant of the nutritional needs of the child,
nnd consequently is feeding it improperly,
or, as is mere often the case, the mother has
failed te teach the child feed habits which
.she knows te be correct, nnd the child is per
mitted te have any feed which he finds pleas
ant te his palate.
"In this case, the aim is te instruct the
mother In the essentials of adequate diet and
te interest the children in the lest feeds by
teaching them which will build strong
muscles, which hard bones, nnd se forth.
Children will eftrtj eat in groups feed which
they would refuse te touch nt home and in
this manner a desire for proper feed may be
"We have also erganised health clubs for
boys and girls, and the interest as well as the
membership in these is rapidly arewlnc
Most of the children belonglngVeVm W
a marked Improvement almost from the
start, especially in greater personal cleanli
ness and In cheerfulness of demeanor. There
better health of children, and we nlse train
women in nursing, this giving a fine oppSr eppSr
tunlty for women who nre Interested te take
part in the present-day child welfare move"
What De Yeu Knew?
QUIZ
1. What wan the first important battle wen
. WhYn w®'n6 Wr,d W"7
3 W w.rha'?n;iecencny--7Can n,y be
4. Where is the Bug River?
Orea mU8 h",terlan t ancient
$. nSSS CCeUmtrnyunrs,rnCh "
I 'tTlahb&ren a c"'ranaBseVaPh.
9. What is the name of the Bmall. tancwd
. Jnnant used by yachts? "Pored
10. who was Cassandra?
Answers te Yesterday's Quiz
1. Massachusetts is the most Intern State
,, ; . " " " rreament of thi
United waa ever elected. The PreHi
dents from Massachusetts were Jehn
Adams and Jehn Qulncy Allan
2. There are 160 Psalms In (he fib e'
3. The first name of "Babp" iMth la nm...
4. The plurals of the word fecua ae foci
and focuses. I0C'
"" Thnnd' white'. ,he "" f Grcece nre b'u
6' A mX '8 a 'reJectlnr ,,ut '". cellar
7. The Colerado Itlvcr flews through the
Grand Canyon. " u,e
8. A Pauline conversion Is one which In
sudden and complete. ""icu is
0. Breadfruit grows en a. rather slender
but very utra slit t.ee, thirty te for :y
feet high. It Is a nat ve of thn Paelfln
ishinds nnd the Indian ArehlpelaBS
10. Dr. Hamuel Jehnsen aula "Wme innit..
waa ectter Pleased with himself i
de net say that It make iiSi! ei!LI
leeaias te aHaera,'
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SHORT CUTS
Spring reigns and rains and rains.
The frozen-lean feature chills bonus
thusiasts.
Spring cometh. Cuckoo loud elnitti,
urew cawetn neKum.
In the matter of Geff. Walnut was vtrj
evidently en nis game.
Resolved That ' presidential golf aball
include putting tne bonus pm into a note.
"Well, well." remarked Fuad te Ram-
eses, "It's a long time between kings, iss't
it?"
These responsible for the firing of Wal-
nnfeught te get together and agree upon i
reason.
Cherries are selllns in Paris at $1.10
apiece. They'd bring that here In the preptt
setting.
Detroit millionaire shoveling coal l i
Jail. One may seen have te be a mUHenairi
te de it.
Trenten woman says women are net
fitted for jury duty, unly a woman weuw
dare say it.
Susnlcieus ears are te the ground ex
pecting te hear a bell tinkle like a coin ia a ,
contrieution plate.
Things are se mixed up In the political
poultry yard that a candidate doesn't knot
whether te crew or te cackle.
We cnther from his interview cenei
ing the movie nnd the baby that Mr. Hifi
nua nig own rattle with mm.
t
Let the taxpayer temper his lndignttlfti
nrainst the Wnvn and Means Committee. It
has at least made the Benus BUI rldiculoei.
Pennsylvania politicians have netyd
accurately nlaced this Reed bird. Tetf
don't knew whether he's an oboe or a htct
clphene.
Hifi cfllrlanf-j wVa -4aant hplnff Oft'
vented from wearing knickers In cellesewM
please consider what would happen te dW
who Insisted en wearing skirts.
Thn flintmhf rliaf nnisln mav come blfk
and play hob with present-day agreement! Ii
disturbing, suracicnt for tne uay u jg
evil thereof"- la a peer substitute for
icauy."
wn .,. vni,. h.. n "ne.fl00ant
farm and has petitioned the Mexican Get,
ernment for mere land. The GevcvnmJM
probably knows what te expect in case ei
refusal.
"The farm, the factory and the mlnet
..a111im fe.. tnAr. m vletnn " nrmnn liniTST-
slty students adjure high school gradustj
"Then hearken te their call," tne gnu...
may retort.
F. E. Scobey has succeeded Raymond til
Baker as director of the united eji"S:7: '
geld. That's an awful let of mint sauce f
ene peer lamb, says Mrs. Arabella MHiw
Madame Zenadla Semcneff sayi JJ
U..t.l.a.n.l AlA.TiAn falntTHmnff , WBS P9
it i's... I ...!... I... mnrrlnil dial"'
If this be true the Blgamlhts' Bcnclielal
,n,latlnn n.lll nrnhnhlv rnhln thlh tBllM '
weman: "Attabey, Ataman 1"
Wc learn from a Harrlsburg MpaK!
that Plnchet and McSparran met en
and I'liiium nmiciiui. uc mv. --rv.... i
correspondent considers this a much M
ttery thnn if they liad merely had a nspB
nnd blackened each ether's eyes.
Senater Reed talked for thrce h eufl
against the four-Power mid Naval Trea"'
Ills speech will be printed at some P'
in the Congressional Recerd where noewj
will read It. And his remarks wl" B'.,
nliunlnli'lr nn hearlm- en the VOtC. '"'
the use of It nil?
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ilie iTPMueiil M neierminin""1 j ,1.1. I
ilir.Hblcil veterans gives joy te all Kfl0dI5,lJ
gl'lin, mil "III l'uiii i-iiiiuuifc . -- '',-ii
..m.Lilni. n Viniiim Hun. In v'h pnnf CCt'llCe "Z
.ii.iir.nie why- nf Willi. tim hnnuk men
that. their cake is deugii, but net tbef
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