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HOOVER IN EUROPE
NO MOKE important new-, than that
which ye.-tcruay linked the name of
Herbert Hoever with a proposal f r an
American suney of the reparations
deadlock between France and Germany
has come out of Eurune .!.nee th el'i'
of the VerMiilles Cc nfiret..'e.
That conference left the atTair- of :liO
Old World ir. complete chaos. Until ne.v
no plan ha? been formulated for a set
tlement of the war-cost tangle en any
basis ether than that of political oppor
tunism, imperialist theory and the pas
sion for revenge. The news that the
present German Gevcrrment veuld
gladly accept the findings and recom
mendations of an American commission
headed by Mr. Heuer and dedicated t')
labor fairly and impartially in the larger
interest of France, Gumany and all
ether peoples new irvelved m h ir
dilemma i hiehly -ten'Mcant. The j
apparently inspired report that Hr.tair.
would aid and favor wis scheme sh.ws
clearly the major drift of ciMi'.ed opin
ion against the 1'an policy of ruthless
pressure, since it i1- plain that Washing
ton would welcome a mean? te put an
end te the hardening economic and
political paralysis of Europe.
American, hl.e the 1'u-sident and Sec
retary Hughes. a!lv len' age that
Fchemes of annihilation anywhere m
Europe will lead iiK'Mtably te another
var and perhaps te the obliteration ( f
much mere of the Old World's civiliza
tion. THE "TIGER" SUMS IT
HOME at last and m siijiu 0f Har.s.
M. Clemerceau issued an interuew
vhich all Americans should read. Quite
unconsciously he revealed himself as one
who has lest touch with alVairs ir. his
own county.
The "Tiger" deisr.'r beliee that an
Invasion of the Kuhr Valley would be
profitable or w:-e. He fears that strikes
and ether troubles would fellow the new
military "adance" of which the politi
cians nt Paris aie talking.
Thus we are reminded that M. Clemen
ceau is net only our. of oil'te-, but that he
Is no mere a.'ole te control or influence
French foreign policy than if hr wtre a
citizen of Timbuctoo. Th.s is a fact that
must be Kept well forward in the mmd
of any one who wishes ser.eu'ly te con
sider the suggestions whu-h the ileposed
veteran has been making with a view ;...
encouraging co-operation between Wash
ington and Pans.
THE BONUS AGAIN
TN AN address delivered te -'a- vet-
erans in Washington, Colonel C. R.
Ferbes, director of the Veicans' Uurcau,
nsserted that Mr. Harding will appruve
n soldier bonus bill te lie pre-etitfd te the
next Congress if a way can be found tu
obtain the necessary revenues.
Tim We-itirn farmers have n "'ejec
tion te bonuses for seldltrs, -moo the;,
sire seeking something veiy mucn liki
Pcdernl bonuses for therr.selve-. The
representatives will doubtless support a
new bonus bill. They knew, or they be.
lieve they knew, where the m ce.-ary
revenue will come from. ! wi.l i enie,
if the fanners have their way, out of thi
pocket of the East, with the mom. y re
quiicd for all sorts of agr.cuituial .sub
sidies. The West, after listening te its poli
ticians, seems te be confirmed .n the
belief that all the land east of the Mis
sissippi is tunning with geld and treas
ure and actually in need of looting. Sen Sen
aeor Shipstead and his friends se"m at
times te view- the East ab ut a Ceitui
viewed America.
SHOULD THEY SWEAK OIK?
iffl WHEN IU'l)resc'nl
IStfji " Georgia, strode
1'iitutive Lpshuw. of
te the center of tin1
tage in Washington that is, te tin tin
fleer of the Heuse and demanded in nn
r impassioned speech that all Washington
offlcialdem, from the President and Calji Calji
net members and Senators down, take
nn oath of abstinence from strung
liquors he symbolized all that is wrong
with Velsteadism. Ext i ernes of thought
nnd excesses of misdirected emotion
make prohibition enforcement difficult,
and men like Mr. Upslmvv threaten te
make the Velstead law seem intolerable
and ridiculous.
All Government officials are already
t under oath te obey and respect the laws
of the land. Then theyure under nn
eth te abstain net from the'use but
from the traffic in liquor.
Official Washington seems te have
llMa rather far-sighted. It is net by any
mtana consistently "dry" lf it appears
e Mr. Upshavv that men in high and
)
important places arc disregarding the
spirit of the law he ought te inquire into
the deeps of Ids own mind and decide
whether there may net he something
inherently wrong aheut n method' that
doesn't convince even these who oiigi eiigi
nated it. The "dry" laws are ignored in
the upper social levels. The peer, look
ing at the rich, drink without compunc
tion. Oath of abstinence might de some
geed. Hut can you see Congressmen
and society leaders and Cabinet officials
ranging themselves in long lines en
Pennsylvnnin avenue and lifting their
hands in the air while Mr. Velstead
sternly pledges them te drink nothing
stronger than tea?
HOME-RULE DISCUSSION
IN ADVANCE OK ACTION
Eperls and Interested Ollicials Prepar
ing te Advise the Legislature Hew
te Permit the Cities te Draft
Their Own Charters
DISC L'SSION of previsions te be incor
porated into the bill carrying into
elfect the home-rule aniendnn nt te the
Constitution, begun in Harrishurg by a
group of Mayers and city solicitors and
ethers interested, will continue until the
measure is framed and introduced in the
Legislature.
The constitutional amendment, adopted
in November, empowers the Legislature
te permit the cities te draft their own
charter". It wa.s suggested while the
amendnier wn pending that it was net
eomprehe:.-io ineugh te p.-rmit the
cities te ainu.d i.itir.g charter''. There
i- :u telht.g v ha' the ceutt will decide,
but it would nt hu difiic.ilt for the courts
te say that the purpose of the amend
ment was te give the control of their
charters te the cities and that the power
te draft a charter would carry with it
the power te amend it after it had been
drafted and adopted. This bridge can
be cre.-sed when "r get te it. i
The matter en whien attention must
i-ew be concentrated i the frrm of the I
act te be passed by the Legislature !
carrying out the purpose of the amend-
ment. Without any doubt the laws of
ethtr States will be studied before the
lull takes ijnal i'eim. Fortunately, Penn-
syhania docs net have te break new '
ground. There are a number of States
in which home rule has been granted te j
the cities. Among them are Ohie and j
Michigan. The experts agree that the ,
Ohie plan i.- as geed as any.
All the plans place restriction upon
the freedom of action of the ciUls. by
providing that no previsions may be
inserted in any charter which invalidate
or supersede the general statutes. Such
autonomy as ;s granted h in purely local
matters. A city may decide for itself
whether i: shall hae a Mayer and Coun
cil or whether it shall put its goern geern
mei.t in the hands of a commission with
a city manager. It may decide whether
it shall clean its street by contract with
prhate cempanc. or whether it shall de
the work itself. It mny own and operate i ct.,jure nnd en the authority of the City
street railways and lighting plants and Controller te forbid expenditures cxcccd-vvater-supply
system.-, or it may grant ; irK ti1(, ceuncilmanic appropriation,
franchises te private corporations. It
may fiv salaries and levy taxes, and open
and maintain parks, but it may incur no
irdebtedness- beyond the limit ried bv
the Constitution of the State. It is usual
also te provide that wh.cn a new charter
i- te be adopted a commission shall be
created te draft the document, and that
after it It.- brer drafted it shall be sub
mitted te the voters for their approval.
The Harrishurg cenfrreiK" -ugge-tcl
that the bill provide that a City Council,
by a twe-thitd.- vote, might submit te
the people the question of creating a
commission te d-aft a charter, that the
commis-ien should consist of fifteen
members and that t.e voter might vote
for mere than ten candidates. This
arrangement would g.ve minority repre-
-natatien. Then when the charter was ,
drafted it should be submitted te the
people for ratification. !
Nrither the -isc of the commission r.er i
minority representation 1s a matter or
v.tal importance. What i- important,
r.ev evi-r, is that a fair and v erkable
plan It. ikvlsed for giving the c.tie- of
tnc Stat'1 control ever local affairs. Trie
ejght net te he difficul'. The only
eb-tae'e in tnc way is the pe. r.'u ;ntn
i.st cf fiictienal politicians, who may
desire te retain their power te middle in
the affairs. 0f their cities threJgh th"
Leg'-.lature when for the in' ment tney
have lest their te1".cu! con'rel c-rr the j
City Government.
AMERICA AT LAUSANNE
THE American ej"t l .. jii- concern. ng
the hioter watcrvay correcting the
Black .Sea and the Mediterranean are
unimpcuchublc ;,i priricple, An.Lassa-
der Child' memorandum df.ivered te the
Allies at I.au-arne is r. resUitement of a
'raditpnal Ji'd'"'" of '.he rnittid Stati,c. i
Th.s (tnveri'ic nf has consistently
eppi-ed tne ' n.are clausum" theory,
v.hfthir applied te the Haklc or te the !
Hospem or te any ether E'.-as, straits or
channels suitable for international com
merce. Mr. Child, however, takes the- position
tnat a declaration en behalf of free, seas
: . sufficient te cover t'.ie subject. It N
en thi.- point that a conflict of opinion
arises,
since the- Western K irepean
Powers are u.i t d in th'.ir distrust of
the Turk and firm in tr.eir insistence en
the control of nn international commis
sion te keep the Straits open for world
commerce.
.Since our official ejbserver has denied
the rumor that his opposition te the
program arose from the fact that the
commission is te be under League of
Nations auspices, the issue is reduced te
a conflict in the basic interpretation of
international law.
The point involved bears a certain
resemblance te that which was brought
up during some of the earliest arguments
upon the League of Natien-. '1 here wt re
bodies of opinion in the United States
EVENING PTJTBL10 LEDGERr
which clung te the conception of peace
and comity among the nations preserved
rather by force of idealism than by
regulation, which was held an infringe
ment upon national sovereignties. The
se-called idealism of the League was, in
fact, n venture in realities.
Seme of the analogies with the situa
tion at Lausanne are striking. The
allied commission plan, accepted by the
Ttnks, dispenses with abstractions and
contains rules and guarantees for the
free passage of merchantmen through
the Straits and for some limitations en
war vessels. Mr. Child, who has no vete
in the proceedings, calls for the complete
freedom and rin end of all regulations.
According te his plan, the Straits should
be made as free as the passage between
Flerida and Cuba, where the principle of
unfettered transit has never been ques
tioned. Tlieie is much te ndmire in the Amer
ican point of view. Could it be carried
into practical effect it would prove the
simplest of all the solutions of n prob
lem which has vexed Europe for
centuries.
Hut ether Governments which are offi
cial members of the Lnusanne confer
ence decline te believe that an unpeliccd
Turk will play the game fairly. More
over, the question of the amount of con
fidence te be placed in the Angera Gov
ernment is net restricted solely te the
subject of the Dardanelles and Bosperus.
The Turks themselves are said te be
preparing te resist American sugges
tions regauling supervision and protec
tion of racial and religious minorities en
the ground that if Angera can be tmsted
en one point it should be relied upon te
keep faith upon another without giving
formal pledges subversive of the princi
ple of sovereignty.
It will be interesting te note the stand
taken by our envoys when the safe
guarding of Christians in Turkey comes
up for final decision.
THE VICTORY HALL FOG
VyiDE discrepancies in the estimated
V cost per cubic feet of the Victory
Hall were revealed at the meeting of
selected architect called te invade the
realm of realities.
It is net, however, easy te imagine i
that financial figures serving as a pessi- '
ble basis of the program could be obtain
able under existing conditions. Nobody ,
knows what kind of a building is te be j
erected; whether it is te obtain a group j
of auditoriums or one great hall;
whether it is te be a kind of clubhouse for ,
patriotic societies or chieily a decorative i
memorial te American valor. The plans '
are shrouded in fog impet.etrable te even
the most accomplished and practical of
architects.
When the City of Philadelphia pro
poses te erect a public building it secures
an appropriation from Council, the size
of the structure is determined, plans are
ilraw-n and contractors are asked te sub
mit bid'. If these exceed the sum avail
able they are rejected. On this pre
link- the Municipal Legislature itself
makes -he addifens, the new Charter is
I explicit.
! IJt the Victory Hall is net under
j diivct municipal jurisdiction. The County
j Commissioners are in control of the
' work and arc invested with powers which
strongly smack of extra-legality. It is
nuked questionable whether the act pro pre
' viding tVr the building is net an invasion
of the rights of the City of Philadelphia
The confusion resulting from
tJl0 l
mair.tir.ance of both county and city
' ellicials m the same territory is of long
standing, but the problem is new pre-
etr.ttd in a form particulaily acute,
i A licmite court decision en the points
involved in this anomalous state of
attails V.OUHl OO uueiuemy v eiLeme, suitu
;t iai .en argued that the theory of the 1
independence of the Commissioners is an !
archaic fiction and that these officials
,neuld bv right be responsible te the.
municipality.
Certainly the history of the Victory
Hall ii far from encuiaging te the
he nub-
lie, which in the or. i is the source of
re' enues. It is suggested that the struc
ture first vaguely discusEed might cost
$10,000,000. This is a wild increase upon
the originally mer.t.enul possible cost of
the project.
Everything, else concerning it is
irglorieusly nebulous, save the latitude
amj special privilege-- up te the present
exercised by the Commissioner" uid'-r a
Ladlv drawni act.
POLITICAL HOLL WEEVILS
A
THUNDEKING contest ever the
Semite seat of harle H. Mayfield, the
Texas Kluxer who wen by a narrow mar
gin in the recent elections, is inevitable.
It isn't any wonder that Washington Is
already stirred and expectant.
The prospect of an airing of Ku Klux
political tinance en the Senate fleer
should be welcomed by the country.
There is as much hush-hushing ever the
Klux rft Washington as there is ever the
Velstead act. Klansmcn who put May
field forward as their most consplcueun
candidate are boasting openly that they
will seen control a balance of pevvejr in
Congress and that they expect sooner or
i later te have majei.ties en their side in
the Heuse and the .Senate. Meanwhile,
in the presence of a movement devised
te trnnsfer control of national nffairs
from Washington te the palace of the
Klux Wizard in Atlanta, politicians are
silent nnd a little timorous.
The contest ever Mayfield will compel
them te talk. It will compel them te
line up en ene side or another, where
they may be seen and understood,
Uefore many months we shall have an
opportunity te determine whether it is
true that many Representatives and
Senators are ardent Kluxers. That is
fortunate. Mr. Mayfield is unwittingly
doing the people a servict by stirring
up an open fight.
?
- PHILADELIfHIA, FRIDAY.' DECEMBER 22.
AS ONE WOMAN SEES IT
Frank Tayler Tells With Pen and
Tongue Seme of the Pnst Glories
of Philadelphia Literature and the
List of Lecal Literature Grews
K.v MAKAII D. LOWRIE
TT SEKMS tlmt 1 liuve net jet licnrd the
liiit of my few remarks' n while iire In
this column en books that intent be written
or tlmt have been written concerning Phila
delphia inst and tcscnt. After I had
RMtefiitly net down he lists of bonks which
two of the IJhrnrl.in of the town Intel ''fen
khnl enough te provide tnc with, I received
u loiter nilvNing me te Ret In touch with
l'mnlt Tayler, the artist, who my Informant
assured me knew mere about the passing
Philadelphia thnn nnv one rise.
Almest simultaneously with the weptlr.i
of tlife piece of ndvlre one of the secretaries
of the Pcntieylvniiiii Historical Society urged
upon mL. the duty of looking up the files of
letters mid historical dntn tl.iit were-avnlt-able
among their archives nt Thirteenth nml
Locust streets. was assured, moreover, that
there wns there a great library of books
elaborately catalogued and listed en every
known subject applicable te the history of
the town as well as of the Stnte.
And presently, its though te combine all
the..e opportunities under one bend, there
came an invitation te go ti an evening tnllt
en old Philadelphia by no ether thnn Mr.
Tnler hini'-elf. who was te illustrate his
memories of historic and ithprwNe ancient
landmarks of the city by stcreoptlcea views
of his drawings. .
ALL reads pointing th"s te the Hist
Society. I betook myself there the
terical
he ether
evening, and in the spare of nn hour and a
half I get mere of the town nnd its flavor
than I mlcht otherwise bave get in n year.
I suppose the acoustics of that big gnl gnl
lerled 11 mm in whieh the talks tire generally
given are bad, but the two gentlemen who
discoursed that evening. Mr. Cnren and Mr.
Tayler, did net bother le raise their voices
ubiive a kind of eonversntionnl chill.
They used nbeut ns much tone n one I
would produce In talking orei photographs I
en a center table while casually waiting for
dinner te be unneumed. As n result, every- '
where about one heard free translations of
their murmur.- te the li.ere or less K'"f P.er
sons in i be audience.
The eudii'iice was pretty well pat middle
age, as bell tied the subject, se that there
was a constant swiMi of whispered sounds
from the somewhat seuncer feneratien te
i the somewhat idder. This accompaniment.
tngetiier Willi the interjected rcniiniscpurcs
nen'it i.'ii' localities shown en the screen,
reininisif'iiees which every one firely ill
diilci'd in Id liis neighbor, made for n great
Iiiferiii'iiitt of atmosphere. It was like nn
evening p.iri.v at one's great-aunt's, without
the nftirmath of fruit cake and nert wine,
1 with a i heice of macaroons nnd lady apples
ier these who icaied the heavier diet.
I SPEAK hi' my great-aunt bf
uppi'miii'i in my mind id
ireause she was t
11 owning. 1 ,
could bear her "Said IV and "Said he's,"
and I seamed once inerc te be gazing down I
en npprn.u'hiiig nml departing pedestrians ,
refleited in her "I spv glass." Where, by I
t!ic wnv. have these "busybedics" departed '
full used te adorn the second -Doer tient I
windows of -ill our "best houses?
rpiIAN'KS te Mr. Tayler's appreciative
- vi;ciiiies of old s'roet corners and van-
islicd houses and I'.i.-t-chttiiging allejs, very
iiiu'li of the town of forty and tiflv jenrs
."ise gentlj slid into view en the screen and
-lipped off again hl.e a thing seen in a
dream.
I saw the value nt these sketches better
i en the screen than t!e have had for me ns
I black ami white wall sketches. I understood
j the proportions and the perspective better.
The.v were mole intcrc-tiMS, I thought, than
photographs could have been, and somehow
mere real. I fane) ,i photograph takes in
i mere than the eve cm verifj, se that one
I sees tee mil' h in w enlargement, whereas
I in the ulargeil drawings of Mr. Ta.vler's
il was about v hat one would see looking
ileviu an nllej. or up at n house, or across
re.'l's and chimneys.
TIII'.V. tee, tliere weie things vc have
1-railiiMllv le-t out ei' ir.r visins witlient
j e ing tpiife awai-" of their departure cellar
I'ners en the st-eet. hit hing pests, feet
, scraper- of ela ,..r,itc lien work, lit le
i weiltred-m two-story houses with dormer
I viuil'ivvi mi or .nisi off the knger rtrcets,
1 i.eiises, - u-h as the le rpiaitu eue.s beleug-
rig le the l'hil.-idelphi.i Library en .lumper
j off Walnut strict for ,m instance. And
I there wir theatres whose pilhired fronts
1 Middeuly "leek us v, ,ij back" le our first
i s,,u, I'inalerc." Signer llits Mr. Tem
Thiimh, Mrs. Urew nnd Jeflersen m "The
Klv.ils, ,,iiii (lie .ItllJIlee Mngei's.
The p" lures that me ut present ocnipy ecnipy
itig Mr Tavler urc of tl-e inpldly disappear,
ing houses and stiects ami alleys of tlie
Sivth Ward, where the terminus of t lie
I'.uielen lirnlge is building.
i if course, we have heard much uienn
libeiit the i hurt lies that are being riiul; lm
has le.ne Ms best te make them, if net
uumeri il. at leust longer lived b.v W- Tcry
s.Miipmheti'' drawings. One of them is, or
v;is. surprisingly beautiful of its kind, hut
suppose n is us well down as turned into
an pe cream factory or nn cprcs, ware.
l. use, the anticlimax of some further up-
teW I'.
, (i LNLIiAI.IA a beautiful old heu-e that
''is lest lis tnmiiv. iu;e the itr,i,erts
.se. ter instance, en uiltenliulise Sipinre,
!- Ii.Mit ilcel.' rli" .lesluia Lipplnciitt
II" is'., tlici used ie be at Uread ar 1 Walnut
ueets had i In geed Inch te lie tern down
l.if.iie it became dilapiilati d and nn'.ireil
fet . and under the careful pencil -trnkes of
Mr. Prank Miller it still lives a stntelj life
f its own, Much mere real thnn the tem
porary shops ami the gnii'ly theatre that
nre planted where It steed with s icii ura
i !eus tranquil ea-e under its elm tree
SOME of the old steeples thnt en -e gr.ii ed
the town are back en their fetrr.er tow
er", but ret ii many ns there weu'd havn
been if tie artist had been able te cet at
I. is sketi'hinu' earlier in his career, for
hteeple hoi' 'inz appears te have cone t nll
f.brupt termination in Philadelphia nb'ut the
vear l-)"!i. when a great winds! n-m that was
in in way n hurrle'nne seems te have
broken down mnn ambitious; steeple nn,
discouraged the congregnllens frejm rebuild.
ui ihem. The Colonial churches had well,
built and net tee high steeples. A later
neneintien built high but net well, hence
the breakdown, I siippe-e, nnd hence the
ugly truncated towers that nre left;
BT'T my evening under the nu-plres of the
Historical Society was net the only one
of historical Interest which T ewe te the
readers of this column. Later en In the
week I received from Mr. Chariea Nirdlinger
a pl.iy written by himself, whose netting la
for the most part Philadelphia during the
election of Jeflersen te the pre iiienc-y. The
Immediate foreground, indeed, is the heum
of Mistress Dellv Tedd, later Dellv Madisen,
who kept. It in te be remembered, "pajing
guests" of a mnt illustiieus Kind
The book in delightful, and I think c-ultA
flnwlesi In its atmosphere, as well as brll
linntiv sure In Its chnracterlr.atien I uie.
that conversation were as clever neu as It
wan then. Hut oddly enough, one of the
few houses that T knew where it U ptlll
eherlbhed and practlceel n a fine urt is Junt
such another gentlewoman s heinc, with
"paving guests" I
The pluv, "The First Lady of the Und,"
might well he a piece lie resistance In n
cycle, of historical plays that could he given
with effect by great actors during the
Kcsqiil-Centerinial. I am hoping tlmt since
Mr. Nirdllnger is such nn authority en the
hlsterv of the town he will be the producer
of such a group of pluys, written or te be
written. -
Londen Inventor declares he can get
electricity from the wind. This gives added
meaning le the plirane, "The air was dec-
lee-
trie.
,',viv-VW,''ft"''''Vf'J'-Jt 'si" V"'".v''1?.-V(tv"5
-i-.'--'s-''T'-"rT,-i''' J. . - " t w-
: -V'Vyte&t -1
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NOW MY IDEA IS THIS!
Daily Talks With ThinUng Philadclphians en Subjects They
Knew Best
DR. ERNEST LAPLACf
On Pasteur the Man and His Later Werk
LOl'IS PASTLPH. the centenary of whose
birth will be celebrated all ever the
world en December 27. hnd almost as many
great characteri-tics as a man as he hud
as a biological chemist and pathologist, sa.vn
Dr. Pmcst I.aphue. who studied for a lung
period with the great Trench scientist.
"Seme of Pasteur's greatest weil: was
done In his later years." Miid Dr. l.aplace.
"It was he who discovered and proved
biyend all doubt that germs are tlie cause
of infectious diseases, and by se doing he
lenferied nn iiieslininble been upon man
kind and made preventive medicine -the
medicine of today possible. 1i niuld net
have mine, at least m, seen, without Leuis
I'.istcur.
Discovered Scientific Vaccination
"It was Pasleur who discovered that the
most fatal of diseases among animals, im.
tlirax, was due te n germ in the bleed. He
isolated it and eulliveied It in bouillon, ic ic
preducing ihe disease with ibis culture mid
thus establishing the udatien between the
germ and the di-ease. He did the same thing
with chicken cholera. On examining the
exercta of chickens which 'had died of the,
disease, he found it sv arming with germs.
He made cultures of thee and reproduced
this disease also by inoculating healthy
chickens with the germs se obtained.
"These cultures were allowed by accident
te stand for two weeks. On Inoculating
chickens with these cultures the chickens
i diil net tlie irein cneiera. and ae cenciuueu
that the eultiirt.s had been spoiled by stand
ing. He then produced fresh cultures of
great virulent e which Immediately were
fatal te chickens inoculated with them. Hut
upon inoculating with these fresh cultures
the chickens winch had previously been in
oculated with tvie cu'tures supposed te have
been spoiled, tl.ey still lived,
"The principle of scientific -vaccination
wns thus discovered. The supposedly
spoiled cultures had given the chickens
cultures and given tun rnicKcns
.se in a mild form, from which they
ivered. le.nlng them immune te the
of the mere virulent cultures'. And
the dlseiibe
hud rccev
ntfneU'S n(
mi the snm- principle of the attenuation of
n virus is applied te meit germ dlscasee, re
sulting in the many serums and vaccines
new existing throughout the world for the
prevention and cure of infectious diseases.
The Hydrophobia 1'Aprrlmcnts
"IlydrophebiK. the most dreaded of nil
diseases, wps next communicated bj I'asteur
from flog te deg bv ineculnting dogs witli u
liit of the brain tissue of these, which had
died of hvilrop,eb!ii. This inis was Mib
pequcntly injeete-d into rabbits, and It was
shown thnt the rabbits died of a hydro
phobia twice ns v indent ns thnt of the deg.
"On drvlng the spinal cehIh of rabbits
which had died of hydrophobia, I'asteur (lis (lis
cevered that during the course of two weeks
these very virulent cords beennm gradually
harmless, establishing a regular bcale of
vlrulence according te the number of days
the cords had dried. Hy gradually Injecting
first cords of very little virulence and later
cords of u greater virulence, n form of tol
erance vves ennbllsheil. Thus n human
being or n deg bitten by a mad deg Ih given
immunity against the form of hydrophobia,
numcly, that of thn rabbit, which Ib mere
virulent thnn that of the deg, and therefere
tlui ictim can re.-dst any form of hydropho hydrepho hydrophe
Ida that can come from the bite of a mad
deg.
"Hy his experiments Pasteur thus far bail
established the following marvelous facts:
First, FpontnneeiiH generation does net exist;
second, germs are absolutely necessary for
the preref-es of fermentation nnd putrefac putrefac
teon: third, rertnln germs having access te
the human economy find a miltuble poll there
for development, decomposing the elements
of th body nnd producing poisons the
physiological effect of which constituted the
bymptems characteristic of the dlscesft,
IreTcntlve Medicine KstablliJietl
"Isolation In the shape of quarantine and
the workings of Beards of Health were net
the only outcome of these facts. Preventive
medicine was established ns a science, but,
abeve ull. the principle nf viiccimitien,
whereby an uttcnunted virus con protect a
i n keIiil. or nn nniinnl against n virulent
lllfease wa ft discovery which eutrnnljcd
unv discovery in mciiicine nciore or unce.
I 'Tasteur'a work Opened up the widest
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1922
STILL KICKING
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avenues for research b.v scientists the world
ever en these lines. As n result, within a
short time the cure and prevention of tuber
culosis, cholera, pneumonia, tetanus, ty
phoid fever, malarial fever, .vellevv fever
and ninny ether contagious diseases were
made effective.
"Pasteur found the geld mine, and all that
Inter jnveslignteis had te de was le steep
and pick up tlie nuggets. He had ib covered
a new world; later cplerer.s had only te
define its uriniis countries and localities,
"Pasteur's work has mapped out the pos
sibility nf a gradual extinction of contagious
and infectious disease from "the earth. lie
has left humanity face ( fate with only
siicli diseases as may result from heredity or
fiem tlie misial.es which man definite de
cides te eulillllit.
Hitter Health for All
"The i.vpunsien of his work thiedgh tlie
coming ages must re-ult in better health te
nil living creatine... Te man, better health
must lend (e nobler thoughts, and nobler
thoughts must lead te higher aspirations,
bi inning humanitv loser and closer !u its
loftiest de-tiii. With such possibilities of
cvcr-inci casing geed te all liinnanit.v, vhnt
man has ever liwd who can claim such
greatness as u benefactor te the race?
"Pasteur's greatnesS did net consist in de de
stre.ving men and nuiiiti-ifs for the purpe.scs
of satisfjing ninliitien or statecraft, but
with nobler feeling was ever overpewricd
Willi lee for his fellow men nnd love for
bin country. A plebiscite taken in Prance.
wme years age voted Pasteur the gienlest
of all Picncliiueii. who had ever lived.
Pasteur the .Man
"The chief (hnrnrtcristic of Pastcui s life
was hi power for incused and concentrated
elTeri i. .ward solving a pieblem, once he
had undertaken it. His pertinncilv of pur pur
pese w s sustained b a deep religious feel,
mg tl at innd" him mere and mine icalie the
tnarveU of nature and tlie huinilit with
which (he scientist should appreai h tlie
man's hirlu.st teiriniti.. ,,m,,i.,., . i
Kre,(ltt n ' ,r ,? ' n s 'J
but a f..r.t.,s,c of that eternal fe main e
knowledge be,.,nd ih.. grave llMlnl'" or
"vin-ii ni iennnuve eicilUeli, realizing that
Often h.ive I beard him sa.v : ''Phcrc is
se much le lie done and the lime Is sn short
for it. lie depreciitiil intellectual pude
among n-nntist, and, en the centran, mere
than once cvpnNsed himself as fellows; 'if
I pesse-sed !, Knowledge than I ran
possibly posses, I !, Mli ,,,. l(l fi(ith
of ii I.r.teu peasant, d jf thi knowledge
were doubled 1 might then have the faith of
the Hreinn pcasant'ii wife ' ,
"On mv last visit te him. In IMi.'i, after
discussing man of C,,. later advances In
medicine and l,l,,l..w. he said as we parte,"
C.oed-byi but remember that the last word
will he spoken b.v chcim-tr.'
"And se it is- the development of blolegi-
, , .i.-iiiisi,y, leunueii i 1'astcur
ever-growing wlence. the greatest fruits f
whicli must cm,. f,.elll ,i. l,rmirhes e th
marveleuB tree of Knowledge of which Pas
tear 1b the trunk and the root. Tn the full
new of time, acknowledging I'aHtcur1 ,,,,'.
yeleuH works nB the worlds greatest bene ac
or. the history of medicine will be d ,,d
anfler Paueu;"- wM Pnsteu'r and
Hen en I'Vderal Grand
lury may Investigate
'Pert thai at a recent
Knadhed
Heed ItiiiidiTS
Knglnnd ltead
whisky was sei
aaquet of the New
nulMni-c-' K . i... i-
JifcUWy w. rrvc.l in nursing, Zll hlch
were Hested te give the impression thVv
contained milk Catering nur c n " ght nor?
!"P" ,nf,-., "eek-and-r, e, baby "V ,, k
were floated te
. .' ."" -"I'- Ar, .veu enievlni? ,
bottle? Sure pep." l',lt if nJuhlU U
feundlt w.ll be a cae of eSSS-niht?
iTi?ii i "--J-n his
Killll I IS iCItl" innn.,,1.
Tnlge Hf Ing
but n.SmlMil
v dragged toward
CircumMnnce has him lirnily by til cellar
wlili- the Sentim.nt of the Ce, tr "' " .
fl'iui.,1 ... ii i I .i "nn, eameu-
i V i ," "' ''- 0,,l,1' names; but it Is
just ahead. When he meets It ,,i ull ,1
.-M.i-r imi, n is 1)1(1 : (nvpri-f i.,...w.. .
: win einl
loved It,
wVi'f ""me " n'1 "W,,ir 1' -ms nlwnja
iXJPlr Ml
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SHORT CUTS
Welcome, little solstice!
The world, perchance, grows dryer;
But every day In every way
The sun grows higher, higher,
Upsbaw and at 'cm!
Christmas waits sing gladsome meas
ures.
The Lausanne game appears te l
Strait poker.
Caroler's hint te Santa: "Then Yute
remember me!"
This is where the Sun begins te under
study the cost of living.
It is really astonishing hew prene juries
aie te forget sex equality.
Santa Clans' eyefl are pepping.
Only one mere day for shopping.
Ceal famine has closed schools in
Ilobeken, ;. j. Scheel children everj
where: "Why waitY"
Jehn Hays Hammend fears another cell
strike is coming ne.vt April. Hound about
All Peels' Day, we presume.
Te cut according te one's cloth i
prlmitive wisdom, but it Is knowledge ii
public body Is alew in acquiring.
That fear of Turkey should drive Croa
tia and Serbia te closer union simply illu8
trates that out of evil geed may come.
Loet from the, Naval Supply B.tse in
Brooklyn, fake it from Department of Jus
tice detectives, leeks like a million dollars.
Without intent te show disrespect te
Poland's new- President one cannot hut feel
that WeijclechevvakI ia an ideal name for ft
hay-fever victim.
Once upon a time Santa Claus played
a practical joke en n unell boy by putting
a pieci) of coal in die tee of Ids stocking.
Nnwudu.vs Smitii only does that for very
geed little bes.
After men who stele a million dellnrV
worth of idulT from fhti Hroekljn Navy
Base have hi en punished, something innv
be done about the larit of the sjsteiu whlcU
makes Mich robberies possible.
flay 1'nrlv Sam te Vruncc, le Kit:
"Thntifih up thr Hun ncfilrct te cough,
Pen: take thr Jluhr, the 1,'hina '0 j"lt j"lt
Yau're en I W'a're vff!"
n
What De Yeu Knew?
QUIZ
What is peld nnd Ivery used In vrerV.i
of ait culled?
Hew ninny eunccfi maUe n quart?
What laiiKiuiKe. In nddltlun te l"Vench.
Is bpeken In nrlttuny?
Nmiw two American States that live
"J'nuliumllCH." ,
What Is the first name of Benar La"'
What w.ih thu ear of the Boxer re
bellion In China.'.' ., .
Who Is Antelun de la Motile Cadillac?
What Is narclHin'.' .
Who were I'yruinus and TliUbe In clasii
cal mythology?
What hind of un animal Is a quetzal?
10.
AnbwcrH te Testerduy's Qui.
1. Hamlet In fjlinuehpeare's play of that
name Eiiyn "I'me every man A"01',?1'
(leBfcrt and who oheuld 'bcape WHIP
pinij."
:. Geerge Tchttclierln Ih the chief Ilusslaii
envoy te the Lnusanne coiifercnce.
tt. A Turk Is an Otteman Inhabitant ei
Turkey. A Turkeman Is a member et
ene of thu Turkle or Turtar tribes
rtvvellliiB In Turkestan. ,
i. Vodka Is mncle from rye, or Bemetmi"
from barlny and potatoes. , , .,,
0. T)i royal houne of (Ireat Britain Ib -
house of Windser, formerly called in
hoiiHe of .Saxfi-Coburg-Oethn
0. A wIlilnbeeBt la a .Seuth African gnu. .
7. Walt Whitman, the American poet, '"
in 18'JL'. .
8. A volute In nrchltcclure Is u 'r')'"
scroll. like ernuintut, as In u tern'
thliui capital. M ,.,.
U. ChrlhliniiH waits are se called from ta
Old Hlgli Ubi'iiian "walita," u wat.n
man. , .,,,.
10, A Btanhope tn n light, open-seated velijj;'1'
u.i.UrfO ttftT itv oilBliiater, Ipnu Ipnu
atannepu (178(-UG4),
'ws ,& f:
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