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All ritthts of republication of srrcfal dlitatchf Herein are, alie t nerved. 'PhlUattpMi, Mernlty. Msrdi .i, 1M2 A GOOD START FOR THE HALL THE lnltfnl jxttempt te block the Victory Convention Hall program with techni calities 1ms ended in the puBaE0 In Council e a $10,000 appropriation for the collec tion of preliminary data for the work. Thl. 1h a commendable stait upon tjie project authorized by the voters nt the last election. The lcpil points ruised by Messrs. Reper and Develln appenr te be mainly speculative. It In contended by these Ceuncllmen that the County Commissioners cannot be nuthor nuther ircd te levy a special tax for the under taking. liut aa conslderable funds already nre In hand for the work, It U unlikely that the extraordinary assessment 'nlll ever be made. If nn opinion by the CHy Solicitor 14 necessary, there K neerthcless, no reason why the work provided for In the modest inaugural appropriation should be halted. In this connection It 1 gratifying te note that some of the money will be expended for an architects' competition. This is the right way te begin public buildings In this city. The Victory Hall In particular demnnds by Its very nature the display of Intelligent constructive judgment, sound artistry and geed taste. There 1 no deficiency of capable, well trained architects in the Natien. What has Se frequently been lacking Is opportunity for fitting exhibition of their high talents. AN ARGUMENT FROM ABROAD. THE Uouse of Commens has begun the British naval-reduction program upon the confessed assumption that the Five Power Disarmament Treaty will be ratified in Washington. The hypothesis Is net only nn emphatic tribute te American fair play and honor, but It serves also as n vigorous, practical argument in Btippert of the prompt passnge of the naval pact by the Senate of the United States. Mr. Amery, financial and parliamentary secretary te the Admiralty, has Inserted in his report the qualification that "If by any grave mlfclmncu the treaty should net be ratified" the British naval estimates would be subject te revision. The case could net be stuted mere plainly, nor could the obligation of the lTnlted States' te carry out a naval-reduction project of its own creation be mere significantly ex pressed. Such pestiferous Senators as may be vexed because England has taken the initia tive will be under the necessity of proving that competitive armaments nre preferable te a co-operative policy of peace without oppressive naval burdens. CLEANING HOUSE IN NEW YORK TWO brokers have been suspended from the New Tork fe'teck Exchange for making a practice of taking the hide of the market opposite te their customers. This is a' technical way of describing what hap pens in a bucket-shop, where the proprietor bets against his customer en the rise or fall at securities. The nile under which the two brokers ere-f suspended was net adopted until Au irust of last year, although the Stock Ex change has Ien? professed that It was op posed te butketlng. What is needed in this city Is the en forcement of (i similar rule by the local exchange. But there h greater need ler the enforcement of the State law ng.ilnst bucket-shops;, which mnkts net only the bncketlng broker but nlse the telegraph or telephone company which supplies him with quotations liable te punUhment. There is law enough te drie the swin dlers out of busIne.-H, but no mw seems dis posed te apply It smss sssss sBsssswssi - A MARITIME WARNING CONGRESSIONAL concern ever the Pa cific Treaty and tlm bonus has appar ently relegated the ship subsidy program te the category efdlm, far-off, forgotten things. yet Mr. nardlns's pl.m u.is submitted at a .time of crisis In American shipping, at a time when the ust inMl)ilitlei of the mer chant marine were, as. they Mill are, se riously imperiled. The shipping interests of the country are nwalting an adjustment of conditions which have rapidly grown confused and onerous. The reality of the burden is pointedly mani fested in a warning from the sole American passenger line pljlng between this country and Australia. This organization, the Oeranle Steamship Company, has notified the Ftderal Govern ment that unless a inore reasonable mail contract is negotiated before June the serv ice will be abandoned. It is naturally te be expected that pri vate shipping concerns will strive te secure the maximum of privilege and subvention. Hut nn nuthentic threat te abandon opera tion plainly suggests that the difficulties of Urn case are extreme. , The Government, thieugli the Shipping Beard, has expended fortunes in opening new passenger routes en the Pacific. The Subsidy Bill new In Congress aims te give inore intelligent diiectlen te this aid. But legislative speed is necessary te offset the still powerful forces of disintegration. It FOOLISH FIGURES ft U BOUT $750,000,000 wus .pent for tes- XT. luetics in me united Htutes Inst year, iiccprdlng te It. E. Ileilmun, dean of the Scheel of Commerce of the Northwestern University, while the total endowment of il the private colleges and universities Is Jess than $500,000,(100, AVe spent ?00Q,000,000 for Ice trcam and soft drlnkH, fSOOJOOO.OOO for cigarettes and S5IO.000.000 for cigars, nle according te Iho dean's 'figures. He did net tell vis .what was spent for AAl.il.... na .mlj.l.r.,1 ll H I till tt ll J .... .. ....... , $ft- tomatoes or sugar. Impressive figures might lie celltec( winch would show that n larger RTrua is, spent ler niece mings inan ier sup- 1 tfm PMMum. f tsftftt is tWviMief making such com- 4tmmtiL'Atmv'hi - ' " parlsens? Ne one seriously thlnss that the money spent for cosmetics or for cigarettes or for ice cream en be diverted te the sup port of education. But Dean Hellman is net the only man who hands out foolish statistics. Seme one in Washington has just been computing that the time spent powdering their noses by 40,000 women in the departments in Wash ington costs the Government J0,000,000 a year, as though the money could .be saved if the "women were net allowed te take their powder puffs into n public. building. WOMEN: AN UNKNOWN QUANTITY IN PENNSYLVANIA'S POLITICS i Mrs. Warburton's Indersement of Pln chet Showe That They Ara Net Yet Ready te Ba Besaed fTTAKH the average organization politician even n few feet outside his familiar ter ritory, away from the narrow routine of hU home grounds, and he will be almost as helpless as a man stone blind. The world beyond his own political circle, the world that Is filled with questionings and fresh! aspiration nnd new nnd challenging Ideas, will be te him as srrange and disquieting as a foreign land. Besses of the ordinary type are able only r te repeat formulas. They can answer no question that hasn't been answered before. Women, for example, have had the vote, for about n year and a half. Yet factlenlst leaders de net yet knew what te expect. They nre numb with anxiety. At first the party bosses assumed that women wouldn't vote or take any interest in politics. Later they decided that the women would take eidcrs from the men of their families. Then ther was an organized effort te bribe feminine voters with candy by the bexl ThU interesting experiment was nttempted en a very large scale, espe cially in the country and in small towns of Pennsylvania. County chairmen laden with bonbons were sent forth tremulously te "whip the women into line." They re turned downcast. Though they Imd talked pleasantly about the children and left candy en the center-tables the women had appeared slightly irritated. And they were uncon vinced. Women party workers were sent into the field. But at once it became clear that housekeepers resented the, appearance en their doorsteps of suave and leisurely ladies who assumed te tell them hew they should think. In that attitude of mind the women voters of the State proved themselves te be essentially different nnd far richer in per sonal pride than their husbands nnd their brothers, who as n rule aren't ashamed te have heelers make up their minds for them. When Mrs. Barclay Warburton was elected vice chairman of the Republican State Committee the Varcs and their asso ciated leaders sighed a sigh of great relief. That, thank Ged, was done! The Repub lican women of the State, said leader te' leader, were at last hitched safely te the wheels of the party machine. But it seems new thnt woman's tradi tional independence of mind ,1s te assert itself powerfully once again. Mrs. War War burten, speaking, no doubt, for her asso ciates as well as for herself, has published an unqualified indersement of Glfferd Pin Pin chet for the governorship. The very name of Plnchet is enough te make the average party boss rage. Flstfhet! Wasn't Plnchet one of these Progressives? Didn't he attack nnd expose Ballinger and make something of a scandal In Taft's Administration? Didn't he com mit the unpardonable sin of doing his own thinking nnd dislocating the party machi nery? Isn't he an independent? nasn't he nlways refused te Ge Along? We knew what the engineers of the party machines will say new. They will say dolorously that "you never can tell what women will de." They will be wrong. Yeu can often tell what women will de. In every issue involving public morality they will be about ninety times mere con scientious than the casehardencd and hard boiled bosses te whom we are accustomed te deliver control of public affairs. "I de this," says Mr. Warburton, re ferring te her explicit indersement of Pin Pin chet, "becnuse, having given careful con sideration te the policies and declarations of ether candidates, I can most conscien tiously Indorse the honest nnd efficient record, the unflinching courage and the tire less devotion te the public's service of Glf Glf eord Plnchet." New, Mr. Pinchot may emerge from the primaries as a firBt-clts candidate. Some earnest people may differ from Mrs. War burton in the estimate of his executive qualities. But he is honest, he has courage and it is true that he has tried consistently te serve the public first and his party after ward. All this, however, is for the time being vnside. The Interesting thing te observe is the disposition of the Republican women's leaders of the State with whom the League of Women Voters Is pretty sure te agree te disregard factional traditions, te speak their own minds and te de their own think ing without troubling te ask whether their decisions will be approved in the thickening twilight of the Republican State Com mittee. In Mrs. Warburton's statement of prin ciples are clearly reflected the qualities of mind which she npplauds in Mr. Plnchet. THE COYNESS OF THE GREAT MODERN philosophers claiming nt least a nodding acquaintance with the cos mic and the infinite Wells or Bernard Shaw, for instance have repentedly casti gated contemporary statesmen for their blindness te the teachings of history. That is as may be. But if the lessens of thn Pelopeunesian War or the Rise of Islam have perhaps been Ignored by principals in the International whirligig, their conscious ness of mere recent happenings nppenrs te have been sharpened. The "conference of Premiers" at Genea Is fast Lesing the valid ity of that magnificent title. Raymond Peincarc expects te be busy at home and will gend n substitute. Senater Schanzcr will represent the Prime Minister of Italy. Geerge Tcliltchcrln will speak for Nlcelal Leninc. The latter Is described ns "nervous," distressed by heart palpitations and, furthermore, convinced that he will carry mere weight by telegraph and radio than if he were seated at the conference table. ' There may be mere In this whole situation than meets the casual eye. SInce the war but two national leaders have taken part in intcrniltlenal conclaves of the first order. Mr. Wilsen went te Paris and his program was promptly demolished la Washington. Aristide Brian Journeyed te Washington aad waa overthrown almost Immediately upon gaining Ifrench aell. la the present wariness regarding Genea unconscious or deliberate? In either case, what are the prospects for David Lloyd Geerge, most unterrified of diplomatists, and destined te be the sole Prime Minister from any major nation represented at the Genea sessions?' s THREADBARE ISOLATION HERB' is a plot which the most reckless writer of fiction would promptly reject! A ewes B a sum of money te be paid through O. B can secure his share et the funds owed te both parties by A If B will confer with O in order te reach an adjust ment. But B will net enter the same room with O. O is net inclined te assist B when B displays en aversion te direct contact with the realities of the case. -If B will net leek out for himself, as is his right, O is disposed te be Indifferent. , But B is net satisfied with this attitude and is aggrieved that O will net specifically plead B's cause, which B refuses te defend by means' of ex pressly provided machinery. Ne novelist or dramatist would dare te motivate his story after this pattern. Fic tion, even the most romantic, must retain a semblance of credibility, Life is different nnd mers unacceuntable : politics, stranger still. The impossible situation suggested above is precisely the one in which the Govern ment of the United States is placed because of its abstention from the Commission en Reparations Ixera Germany. The European chancelleries ere puzzled, net se much by Secretary Hughes' presentation of a bill for American army costs en the Rhine, a claim which is justly founded, as by the failure of the United States te assume any responsibilities in the reparations adjust ment. The right te participate in the financial councils of the major allied Powers is se cured te this country by the separate txentj of peace with Germany. By a reservation affixed te that instrument by the Senate there is vested In Congress nlone the power te control American participation! Ne official representative of this Government can sit with the Reparations Commission until Congress passes n special act specifi cally authorizing the appointment of a dele gate and until the Senate confirms the nomi nation. It is understood that both the President and Mr. Hughes nre keenly desirous of con gressional action extricating the Govern ment from a ridiculous situation. There are indications that the cloak of isolntlen, long the mvorne garment or uie Senate, is wearing a little thin. But th rAh ( nh. surdly out of style and should be discarded altogether. The presence of nn nuthorltntive Ameri can representative en the Reparations Com Cem mission is demanded by the logic of a situa tion which might be called unescapable if the policy of wriggling nway from realities had net been se persistently pursued. Mr. Harding, it is said, is waiting for Congress te show some sign of intelllgcnce in the matter. The ratification of the Four Power Treaty Indicates a revival of legisla tive common sense. The return te sanity Is worth encouraging. , The only way te atone for the obstruc ebstruc obstruc tlenary, stupid and narrow-minded reserva tion attached te the Dresel-Resen treaty Is the passage by Congress of an act restoring the right of this Government te speak for itself. Deg-in-the-manger tactics have run the usual course te stultification. AMERICANISM: NEW STYLE IN GFORGIA the leaders of the Ku Klux Klan seem te have taken te their kave. But their work gees en merrily in Texas and ether parts of the Seuth, where flog gings nnd tar-and-feather parties continue te be the rule. In one Texas town a church is te be burned and religious riots are threatening. In another an aged man is in danger of death because he was brutally beaten by a masked mob. Ku Kluxers think nothing nowadays of interrupting the reli gious services in any church and mnrching te the pulpit with a message of commenda tion or command. Flerida Is net far from Georgia, where Wizard Simmons builded the tcmple and the counting house from which, for a price, he wns going te purify the United States by hate nnd direct government by the dullest sort of fanaticism. Yet it Is in Flerida that the lordliest of all bootlegging scandals has been uncovered. We aren't going te pre tend thnt Pennsylvania is n land of premise or that nny hint of wings may be discovered upon a Pennsylvania political boss. But it is only fair te say that the eminently re spectables in Flerida, who were preparing te use millions te outwit the Federal Govern ment by the sale of smuggled hooch, were ringleaders in a scheme thnt overshadows in a hundred ways the whisky scandal new in process of being hushed up here. , Did the kleagles of virtue overlook Flerida? Was there mere money for them in the North? MEXICAN PROSPECTS ALTHOUGH the Federal Administration has of late refrained from definite pro nouncements concerning Mexico, there nre increasing Indications that accord with the Obregon Government Is under way. Pass ports in Mexico are no longer required for Americans. The elimination of this nuisance is n step of progress. Further evidence of the growing stability of conditions in the neighboring republic Is revealed in the communication sent te Pres ident Harding by Jehn Barrett, former di rector general of the Pan-American Union. He reports the rcsponse of many distin guished Latin-American statesmen, pub licists and representative men en the sub ject of the re-entry of Mexico into the dip lomatic family. The 141 replies received from 200 inquiries dispatched nre agreed in urging the early recognition of Mexico by the United States. It Is essential, of course, that some ar rangement for the adjustment of compensa tion claims be reached before this decisive step can be taken. But prospects for the solution of this problem seem te be brighten ing, although considerable mystery still surrounds the facts. Moreover, American relations with Mexico are something mere than the concern et the two principal parties. A recognition policy could net fall te react favorably upon Pan American sympathies and constructive un derstanding. The Kansas Industrial ICansas Leads Way Court has Issued an order requiting coal operators nnd miners' union officials te ap pear 1 Tepekn en Thursday next iind give testimony en which a temporary order may be based te prevent n closing of the mines. The effectiveness of such a demand Is some what impaired by a recent ruling thnt the court is really net n court at all, but n commission; but assuredly the step taken Is one in tiic right direction and should have the effect of clarifjlug the situation. Nobody is surprised that Menkeying Mr. Brjan favors the With Ideas bonus. He would rather be wrong again than run counter te precedent. And nobody Is sur prised that he is opposed te profiteers. It jH a safe and Insane generalization bound te win applause. But If he were called upon te define a profiteer it would be easier for him te tickle the ears of the groundlings thaa te satisfy thinking men. At OWE WOMAN 1 II SS iyrMsiYtlrla .Who Feel f uri stilueatlen, but 'Who , Werk, Are Olvan By SARAH D. LOWRIK r' IS aa easy thing te pick up a very geed education after you have left aeboel It you are thrown constantly with educated P?Ple. la faqt, that is what most people actually dowhe are ae placed. v r ' They nick up what they need between the twentieth aad thirtieth years by acquiring some lntelliteat taste which .opens, the deer (Sm. V1'? 0 Senuine culture of the mind. What they get at school or even college la at best aq Idea of hew te study and where te go te get their facta and a sort 01 founda tion of geed taste, or, at all events, te knew by hearsay What Is regarded as worthy pf notice in literature and art and the .world of facta, which is the "geed taste" of the moment. - They hare learned te speak a grammatical English with a mere or less wide vocabulary by ear. aa one learns a tune without the least Idea of hew the notes leek written. BUT a boy who Is net thrown constantly with educated people out et school must depend upon school te give him everything that he needs in order te be (educated. If he is quick and keenly observant he can use his school education te such advantage thnt he can catch up and even outdistance men and women who have been born in, homes where education is a matter of course. He can eventually be mere than a merely cultivated man ; he can- be a scholar. But he is cruelly handicapped in his self-education if he haa net had a reasonably thorough public school foundation. It can be done, but it Is idene with a great waste of effort without that background, and also, being a forced process, It leaves the mind badly adjusted, net quite balanced judiciously. BUT what are you going te de, if te earn the very bread you cat nnd some that the family eat, you must lcave school te work just at the time when your mind Is beginning te grapple with ideas and te have thoughts that can fellow the big thoughts of ether minds? JIew are you te learn te speak .English grammatically all by yourself If what has gradually been training your ear te recegnise mistakes is no longer sounding about you? Hew are you te guess where te find the A B O's of literature and of art and of history, if you come home tee tired from your job te focus your mind en any thing but play or dancing or the movies, growing boy or girl thnt you are? There are public libraries; there are a few geed plays ; there are museums! and pic ture galleries; tliere Is Nature just outside the city; there are the churches, and there is the Bible, and there are also the Sunday papers all means tp nn end if that end is education. But even the ambitious boy or girl has 'te be away above the average te knew hew te absorb knowledge out of these great means te an end. I ASKED Miss Mngulre, who hai nearly a thousand extrfl pupils in the school of which she is principal, who are "part-Hme" or contlnuntien-school students, what she felt was the Important study for these boys and girls who have been cut short in their education by the stress, of earning a living and nre compelled by the law te study a certain number of hours a week te salvage at least a part of the education Uncle Sam is supposed te give all his children. Miss Mnrgaret Magulre Is never n person te be caught napping either en a theory or a tried-out experience, and she was ready en the Instant with her answer. "What they must have Is a taste for reading put Inte them, se that they read te themselves without conscious effort, se that they fellow the thought bt what they' read te the temporary exclusion of all ether thought get lest in n b,oek, as we say and se that one book or set of interests lends naturally and inevitably te another, se that from the Henty books they can go te Steven son and even te Scott or Dumas." HER experience was that once launched as omnivorous readers one set of inter ests could easily lead te another, and all that remained 'was te guide theso interests into mere nnd mere worth-whlle stages of thought, until the mind just naturally struck out for Itself along the path best suited te Its particular bent. If the boy had it in him te be a chemist or the girl actually had the makings of a teacher in her, she would have enough keys te her necessary equip ment in her hands from a leve of books te send her en her wny in spite of handicaps. BUT isn't it very peer economy te compel boys and girls te use up the years of their best acquisitiveness between fourteen and twenty In working nt jobs that merely put bread in their mouths when they should be using theso years te put ideas into their heads? And isn't it peer economy te try, by a continuation school, te make up by school work a few hours u week what should be .slowly absorbed five days et the week, though far be It from me te "knock" the continuation school, which, te say the least, is the best of a bad bargain? IF YOU ask that question of an employer he probably will tell you that the ones who leave school and get a permit te work are net the ones who could take an educa tion. And if you nsk some of the truant officers they will tell you that most of theso who leave school euld take an education but de net want te. And if you ask the parents of the children desiring permits te work rather than 6tudy they will tell you that the boys or girls have already mere education than they knew what te de with, mere than their parents had befere them, and enough te bold their own wherever they go. If you nsk the children you will get very. little sausiacuen ier tee nsKing at me time; later years later when they nre men nnd women, they will tell you that nt every turn they have had te take n poorer job en account of net having an education, nnd some will tell you hew bitterly they resented leaving school. Suppose they nre right about that, and the employer and truant officer and parent nnd they, as children, hnve been wrong? Who is te find it out and prove it? And when it is proved what is the remedy? WELL, se far as I can see, the only way te find out nnd te prove it is a patient review of the case of each child leaving school before the high school grade in order te dlswner whether he or she is fit te go en, and, if fit, whether he or she has the requl requl Klte will power te go en, given a real opper- tunity. Then, when it has been found out and proved te be n clear case of must rather than desire te leave school, the public ewes that child an education, whatever the sins of the fnthers into the third and fourth rene. tlens may have been. It ewes it ns much for a safeguard te Itself ns for the child. But whe l te prove this need and then fill it? Eventually the Stnte or the munici pality or the community, no doubt. But until the citizens feel thnt ns nn obliga tion the State or community dare net im pose it. It has get te be done by the few ler perhaps only a few until the many resegnlze the claim and meve te fulfill it. Well, this Is exactly what the White Williams Foundation Trustees nre doing with- the money and the staff provided by the terms of the foundation. Working through the public schools by specially trained officers In their Scheel Scholarship Division, the trustees of the Whlte'Wflllams have culled out fifty-four children from the thousands who went out te work last year and provided thera with scholarships of varying amounts, but aver aging $5.CO P eck, and sent them back te school. The imports of this experiment are worth very careful study. Eventually the results will necessitate something mere than study en the part of the public. It is a great experiment tbat will mean much te the coming generation when the facts that it proves arr naoed and ara accepted. it$f A "it . 'Xtfj :rw H.vtt - "' ''?r , v ' , ' ..-.' , ; m a Chanea "' ' Y TZiXA . t . ? , . V ' " , . i ' " "' , " j VSH . I - ;-lK?jsV5iDsii . .. -L. . . C '. ''- j . -v .- - ' . ! LsHlsVaiflsiissssHr ' JssT L J .tffksfl BsKsssvf v-;-. iMrfS m sBssllGSasslssssssV " SV F flstf t "F 9 ' rv "" yp. .rJaA'-i JJlktMtKtfllmLm.'-OL --- 4LsksUk?Hs9ssMKl 'wil'litm yKpfVw rj mi 1 lnsr , fpMH VHfl , uj t.ir,n IK ' "" ' V "flaassHsf 1 UHlt W3l R ""ssW.fsMSs Vl.. Xs1bsL l SssW4snMsrsHsrssssVrki 1.1 sM . l5 fcelf SNR . s aul iw. v.' twit wr It IV vf.V.7vr .v unt .- i 'i JiS ' NOW MY IDEA IS THIS! Daily Talks With Thinking Philadelphia en Subjects They Knew Best DR. THOMAS C. ELY On Dlseaaea of the Spring mTin niimnnfe whleh rnmmenlv make their -1 appearance in the spring nrevery largely preventame ones, according w . C. Ely, one of the best known physicians of thp city "The'human body may appear te be mure susceptible te the attacks of certain disease in the spring of the year," said Dr. EI7, "but this is olmest altogether the fault et the person, for weather conditions buve little if anything te de with it. They change, it is true, but it is his business te meet these changed conditions. There is usually about this time an excess et skin, gastric and In testinal troubles, but these may be pre vented if people would exercise a sufficient amount of judgment in their feed, dress and ""only a few persons go te the trouble of making nny radical change n thesd three particulars when thewiater is ever. They eat, dress and exercise 1 about .the same as they did during the cold weather and then wonder why the body does net satisfactorily perform Its functions. Purposes of Feed "The three purposes of feed ere te build tissue te create energy nnd te furnish heat. It self-evident that less heat is needed in the spring than was required during the win ter, but very few persons cat according te the changed external conditions. The cus tomary way is te put the same amount of fuel into the body, thus creating a bedj surplus which is damaging both te the heart and te 1 "Cardle-renal troubles that Is, troubles et the heart and the arteries are the main Causes of death, outside of certain acute at tacks of disease or cancer, which cause about one death in every eight or ten and tuberculosis, which causes about 0110 death in , every ten or twelve. But by far the greatest number of deaths may be traced directly te eardie-rcnal affections. -. "Conditions lending te these troubles are immensely hastened by a surplus of feed. Most persons misunderstand the purpose of feed and misuse it terribly. Unwise eating and overeating create n surplus, which is net only entirely unnecessary, but is se great in actual quantity that the machinery of the body simply cannot take care of It. This is hlghlv detrimental te health. "'That it is unnecessary te eat se much for mental and physical activity is shown by the 1 et of certain men of unquestioned mental ability who attained te ages far beyond these of the average person. Among these were Gladstone, Dr. Oliver Wendell Jlelmes and Themas Edisen. The secret of their longevity nnd the retention of se much phjs ical and mental vigor was in the simple diet which they all followed. "This, after all. is net only the secret of old age, but also that of being able te resist disease, by keeping the body well built up te the point where disease germs will prove te be harmless. The proper amount of water drunk each day. the correct amount and the proper kind of feed, the right kind of exer cise and of dress these constitute the basis unen which old age. health and hnpplncss stnnd These conditions center mere nreund nutrition than uny etner conirename lacier. "It is for the same reasons as I have men tioned tbat there is usually a geed deal of skin trouble In the spring of the year, sudi as eczema and similar complaints. The but nlus of feed demanded for heat in the winter month is continued by most persons, net beca'use it is needed, but simply as a matter of habit. Cause of "Spring Fever" "What is commonly known ns 'spting fever is also chiclly caused by the diet, or rather by tee much feed, as are also ncurltle , headaches and ether complaints along the same lines. There is nn interesting medical fact In connection with this matter of n Burplus of feed. Theie nre two causes of illness, n chemical cause and a fecal cause, and aslde frepi fecal infection the chief cause of disease is in the chemistry of the body, cTependinc" upon foefy water and excr- C ""The matter of water drinking Is also im im nertant in a high degree. Te a certain ex tent, the matter of hew much water should be drunk may be regulated by thirst; when the body needs water it takes this method nf making the want known, and this is true also of thejpatter et dietagain te a limited extent. Fer geed health, a person may safely drink from Ax te eight glasses of water a day. But persons are often widely mistaken, and perfectly honestly se, in their estimate of the amount of water which they drink. Most of them will eay that they drlnkta certain aaaeunt each 4ay, but In In yeatUatlea sbews'tbat the great majority of. wSBm. .j v ' sW mm . liC&r!isfls9sHsHsR322sK7vsla .fa ate.ifs.vvfi . tL, r :i . . l" ' , aW v' .m- v& iva - ' r r w'H - ' them de net drink anything like the quantity they think they de. "The best and most satisfactory cures are accomplished by correcting the hygiene. If a person gets the right amount of rest, water and nourishment nnd does net cress the line of his limitation in the expenditure of nerve force, he .will have little need fpr the services of a physician, aslde from possible infection of the teeth, tonsils or the alimen tary tract. If the chemistry of the body be correct, he will be abje te resist fecal Infcn Infcn tlen for n long time and perhaps indefinitely. ifjiia11 n1mnttc of vital resistance, both ? ft nnd eternally. We see the same thing in an orchard. Seme trees are sturdv while' h'i th0 e their enemle against tliem. censtnntly Protected 1,,'n n"0"" of fact, Nature really helps, In the spring of the year, by callln atten- us feci bad if we de net pay heed te h, warnings. Her notice is tS the T effect that the vital resistance musbbe kept up by the simple method of the right hygiene and if this is net done physical treubU foHews Overeating Is t,0 principal cause of thick-' lll8CdanndCJCStI,hlh b, VMure - "her SUifta, a?hffi may & Less Meat Required "In the spring; therefore, there should be a sharp revision and limitation of diet en the part of every one. The feed eaten sheuU be lighter In character than 1 thai of the winter months, less in quantity and should be carefully chosen. There should be much less meat, less fatty feeds aad mera vese- eaten in the spring. y BueuW be ngre'eM cause of arterio-sclcres Is or harden! 2 ?hAaf an unnecessary early ace Amith-ii.8 . it all, is that it Is a cause which is f?ityi?f ly arid absolutely contrelffi" thoreu6h" What De Yeu Knew? I OIIIT " mirM U, Clors of the " of Den I nlneeft M"' A"" State te : tV.'lsaSSfJ,"-'---' r. what Is an earwig? ?: wWa" ctt L",- marry? 8. Where was Geerse tvnnhin catea? "asningten edu- 9, Hew Is tha President of fr , 10. What Is the original ineSSnt e,e,cted? word etiquette? meaning of the Anawera te, Saturday's Quiz 1. Cenrad von Hoetzcnderf waa ,.n . . most prominent of the ,M,?,l et erals of the World wnr ,an gen- 2. The Prime Ministers of Great rh, . during; the twentieth cintury L5.rIKUln the Marquis of Salisbury a Y ?en four. Blr H. Catnpbei.Bann'i'rrBSl- . a II. Asqulth and David Lloyd nSi1' " 3. An ocelot is a fellne quadruned Sf'??' tral and Beuth America Lef c,?n- tiger-cat and leopard-cat ' called I, Louisiana Is the westernmost .. which any President e the ' n?m States waa nver elected Fn,te(1 Tayler was the successful candw G-A VaY uman,rwirha3T?i- . Force majeure Is Irresistible cemnulsin tr3rersCl,0tlbld.'P,0matlCa,,y aXaa 7. The real name of O. Henry, tha a. Parnter8.h0rt:"t0ry, W!? $R!ey 8, The westerrvniest .country tl EureDe in which a considerable Population J5 Mehammedans Is te be found l th - far A th' 8ertm' c$ we" e, Ochlechrtvcy 1 auk rule. 1 " A ar$ii& " maiMti gallery , 1 U. " A jKi' LA1 r SHORTCUTS The. sales tax la expected te pal Uwtj Denes in oenus. n;m rhft lrfllFmniint: aitA ! tn Aan if it.? -a 1 Pi-air nn,l f!n11ln. ml'.hl .. .'. iJlm MIMNV iwimmntaM' H.lrmt . . T HK Am.. . f. W ;" kvuiurarae w.Bs VJ UIUUUS, ',t! vffi "; vnj je mu uave u zuiMlBf tl censer this season. All modern incenTsal-fl encesr lM Wnlnut'a rhnrvea teIH nnf hm fnllv JH swerea uutu tne oeoze cases are pushed te a finish. ' ' ' 1 ? uym AH Is net bitterness in a foolish weru;9 Treaty ratification gives n silver lining tetjfl bonus cloud. 'fM u TTI -.. IJ. . 1. .1. r. r! ui3 ijruiuiJi. uiuurecuicub el cue eesqar shows the President knows a geed thins when he sees it. .rj - , itt Smoot says the Senate will add a riIm'J tax te the Benus Bill. A blgb-neweniifvl engine in a, flivver. ,3 Thpri.' tuPrfl titters In the Knnnt wtiuTf-i Zi the Benus Bill arrived. That stirs hepi.i The Heuse showed no sensp of humor. w When he has time te think of it, it wffl$i be a great comfort te Senater Crew te kaewy-l tbat the treaty was ratified despite his & sence. Beld explorers nre new huntlne ml pleslesaurus in Patagonia with elephutj rifles. They might de mere effective werk'A with dream, books. iM ''FA s T.llllfln niifianll tina Atv,iA.1 frnm Psra with n trunk full of hats she bought liM Pittsburgh before she started. Let's, sttua what was it Lillian went abroad for? iM . ' sa William E. Crew's wlfe Is said te b? opposed te his resigning from the Seeatfyl Once upon a time tee fact would have bM 53 merely human interest. New it is cnartt'jEI nuu uuuuwui iiuiuucjr. iA Whn 1nillttniif nf rPnnnU IS Sn tl-&Z enllnnt nnnwni. hv Pnlne te thn rharfCS 01 ft Walnut, but It must net be forgotten tbitvrf, lia n.invcraa tlinmcnli'a ( ndlpfi ti1 tllf fltllWCT 3 "uu "mue w tm Sjdney, N. S., clergyman had feurllrll'W arrested for giggling in church. We find news fault with him, but awnlt with feverish UvM terest an account of hew he gets awifAl w " . New Yerk undertakers hove decided ty'Va funerals nre tee gloomy, nnd they pr"1." te jazz them up a bit. Let us hope tna they will draw the line nt the saxepUMiffl and the snare drtfm. yL$ Paris professors who invited Albert i rin.t.ln . lnrttiirn nn vnlntlvltl find tBfS-T J. m A n. mln i 4 T. A V I f O l n ..1.1 HAnt.ln.. .ltunlltlfflinl llTfl nOW.l grew utraiu ui ijufiuiui u,eF,..w,... ... - j convinced thnt there is no such thing si straight line of conduct. When our troops come home from tM Rhineland, will It be possible for us te lniljja upon tne Allies eniercing our u.-i-j Germany without giving cause for n cnaqi of entering into entungiiug uuium." - Contrary te the general cxncftatle?;tlctffl rninpaign will afford no surprises. There W ,. l !.... 1 .1.. nl.tfnnim lllll O in "T pntfArnrai run .iirnnir sriiiii'ii. ii4u i -"i ...i UP IIUKUin III HID imui.J i I-...11'. speeches and, after the election, business si usual. K The opinion grows that by the time i lUl the geed whisky in the country n censumeu niiu mi me iii - .-. b.j liave beceme sufficiently nfraid of the w wnlsuy, proniDitien umy u. jj alter all. fl m..i. i. a. ... u.m.1 m rive tbia WtJ M.UUI 11 i uiure ui".i "."-. i.irB.in receive is a lessen nations are V re 'ertSfil nmanv may yet wex 1st and pr?V7Kl because she has tlebU te iay, w "TO because jm nations grew inx nun wun largesse bestowed upon them. Xw , The, United States G eoleglral SjeW which Is about te make an Iw.'M the strange Ufht onJeaaaIUdW. BflBj Mountain, near Asbevllle, N.'C, should Vga r- n-in.A .inn. nn mit be able te '"'"' tlfy it as the Antlgentah guett.' Nelther'tbe Federal nor the State CM . Dnh.M,i ksii anr nlan 10. ' the coal strike, aad, both are tru atui Providence, Truet In PrerldenM J4rA S'iTSi.lWaKSfS. nation lier efUr saver of blqs'.fuak. ?, ?. 1 lsWsWe.'' , . '"s ,si m &mmh i'r ' '&7,tJV . . Stf, Ja W.XiJ V. . It- 1,. , A. i. (1 SA ,Ak j. '.Ajul a S' . VL, &HJf "1 .UmfaJMMUmE8&ml :,:;miw "j V 1
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