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NO MORE IAIL TRUCKS
"DEPRESEXTATIVK VAHE is spcak
" inp for the users of the streets of
the city when he rfeti.'.s in Washing
ton against an increase in the number of
mail trucks.
When we have a system of pneumatic
tubes already in the ,-trtets wlvch can
be used without interfering in any way
with .-urfaci traffic, it ought te lie appar
ent te the lea&t thought 'ul that an exten exten
tien of these tubes in the congested dis
tricts would improve the -.ervice much
mere satisfactorily than i.euld be done
liy atlding te the number ei trucks.
The streets are deemed te greater
congestion as tfme passes because the
number of private automobiles in use is
doubling every few year. The efforts
of the Federal and the local Government
must be direct d tow aid taking from the
surface all I j.-im.. that can be carried
underground. We are building subways
nnd elevated railroads for the treet
cars, and the time may come when it
may be necessary te force underground
emc of the package-delivery .-ervu.e
from the heart of the cty. In the mean
time the Federal Government ought te
extend the pneumatrc mail-carryinc sys
tem se as te get rid of as many trucks
ss possible.
PSYCHOLOGY AND COAL
HOUSEHOLDERS without coal in
their f.lar will be inclined te dis dis
egrec with L'har!e 11. Ewing, vice pres.
dent of the Reading Railway, when he
t-ays that the scare about a coal fam.ne
is psychological.
Indeed, Mr. Ewing himself CPturudui.
liis own statement when he admits that
it is impossible te escape the fact that
there is a coal shortage.
What the consumers wish is net expla
nations, but coal. Th? lakes are frozen
te that 'hipmenr te the Nerthwe-t by
that route i- no longer possible. We
vere assured that when tne Northwest
vas supplied coal wi.uld begir te cc.r.e te
Philadelphia in amp'e quanti;; . B-'
did net seem te come. We are told, how
ever, that the situation is liable te
change overnight. The .-care ever the
cenl shortage i net p ecological, but
if the -hertnyv cent.jc a r-vi ,,n!igvd!
condition i- like ' t ai '-i-
CENTRAL AMERICA BALKS
TJOPES of laying t'v- feundati..n of
the t'trtral Ann'-uan Union at the
conference new in scsmui h Washington
re decidedly chilled h the Iej of the
llenduran motion urging immediate dis
cussion of the questitw.
The subject has bien postponed ui-ril
January, 1920, when a meeting of envoys
of the live republic- .-. te lie tailed te
consider a basis of federation and pro pre
vide for the drafting of a constitution
Since political cents in Central Amer
ica are apt t move with d'scencerting
sapidity, it would be venturesome re pre
dict that, after an interval of 'hree years,
the union pregiarn will be rarried out.
The men favorable view of the -.t na
tion is that the accommedntiora r,n
lieing reached with tvie Unite! States,
the arbitral rnachir.erv, u: the tanking,
nnd the proposed nin'heds for the adjust
jnent of the difticulties of this Govern
ment with Central An,.'nra may in tne
end have sound constructive results.
If the covenants wth Washington
verk well, there is a ''bance that Guate
mala, Salvader, Ceta Rica, Honduras
nnd Nicaragua may he willing te cun cun
felidate their households. But for tne
Moment Central rncriinn amalgama
tion acquires its former dieum statu.-.
THE TROPICS AT HOME
IN THESE latitudes and en th's side of
the Alleghanieh, one of the most di.s
tiessing by-products of the average
Christmas season is heat. The frosty,
exhilarating Yuletide of remembrance
cards is mainly legendary.
But nature is net primarily responsible-
for this repudiation of conventional
nuance. Thousands of Americans seem
te have acquired the notion that nor
mally mild outer temperatures at holiday
tune, which, be it understood, m only the
introduction te winter, justify artificial
tropical conditions in their own homes.
The delusion in a period of coal short shert short
nge is net merely extravagant and
costly, but it constitutes a very definite
mermce te health. Dr. Furbush in his
latest bulletin severely criticizes the
dangerous absurdity of overheating pri
vate dwellings, hotels and apartment
houses te the point of suffocation. The
censure is timely and deserved.
Americans are notorious for their
devotion te artificially produced high
j i ' yr i , ,
tlce imperiling te health and weakening
even te strong constitutions.
Philadelphia climate i incentcstnbly
enpricieus, but, for all its vngaries, rigor riger rigor
eus winters cannot be reckoned among
its chief offenses. It is n most curious
fact that n community which complains
bitterly of equatorial temperatures in
slimmer should deliberately encourage
the mercury te rise nt the opposite sea
son, which centnins the natural possi
bilities of relief.
PASTEUR AND THE VALUE
OF SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH
Economic Importance of Endowing
Learned Institutions for Finding Out
the Hidden Secrets of Nature
IN ALL parts of the civilized world
today grateful people are eclebrnting
the 100th anniversary of the birth of
Leuis Pasteur, who at the age of thirty
two years was recognized as one of the
leading chemists of France.
The French Ambassador is in this city
participating in the exercises in the
Academy of Music in honor of his fellow
countryman. But Pasteur is net hon
ored because he was n Frenchman, but
because he was a great man consumed
by a desire te seek out the mysteries of
nature for the relief of his fellow men.
He belongs te nil nations joined together
by the fellowship of a common mortality
and a common interest in everything
that can postpone the inevitable fate.
The story of what he did is common
knowledge. He discovered the causes of
fermentation. He disproved the theory
of spontaneous generation He learned
the origin of the diseases of animals and
their cure. He saved the vineyards of
France and he prevented the destruc
tion of its silk industry by applying te
these problem the methods of investi
gation which had led te his ether suc
cesses. And he originated the genu
theory of disease, and, even though he
could net isolate the hydrophobia germ,
he worked en the assumption that the
disease was caused by a germ and
deised a cuie for it.
He did these things oecause he per-M-tently
sought for an explanation for
phenomena which ether chemists had
noted and passed by. It was thus that
he learned the secrets which have revo
lutionized modern medicine and have
destroyed the terror? of surger.v. He
once remarked that in the tield of obser
vation chance favors only these who are
nrenared. Fortunately for the rest of
he was prepared te understand the j
i:c.
significance of these things which he
observed.
The tribute paid te hun teuay will be
a vain thing if it leads te no results.
The significance of the life of Pasteur
lies in its revelation of what careful and
persistent and patient research can de.
His first notable discovery was the
reason for the diiTerence between two
tartaric acids deposited by wine lees
which were of the same composition but
exhibited diffeient properties. It was
apparently nothing mere than an
academic question, with no practical
value. But it led te his discovery of the
causes of fermentation and revolution
ized the industries dependent en it, and
indirectly led te the discovery of tne
germ thceiv of d'sea-e.
There remain innumerable chemical
mystene- mat lave net yet been
explained. Men nt -cience are new
inquiring into them with such facilities
as they have. But in the United States
epecial'y i search i r.et sufficiently
endow ud. A college professor with his
meager salary cannot finance an ade
quate investigation, even f he had the
time from his classes te conduct it.
And he cannot tell offhand what the
commercial value of his discoveries
might be. Vet it is of the first impor
tance that research work be carried en.
Take, for example, the waste in the
heat and power that lies in anthracite:
The steam locomotive utilizes but a small
percentage of the power concentrated in
t'.ie coal that it burns. If the chemists
could discover hew te utilize two-thirds
of :t the annual .-aving would be enor
mous. We knew what chemicals te use
,n sprajing fruit trees te kill the insects
that destroy the crops, but no way te
k:.! the bell weevil has yet been discov
ered. There is .1 way te de it, but it
will net be found without long and per
sistent experimentation.
We have great universities m Penn
sylvania, with men e' science en their
faculties qualified b training te de
many things which tney have net time
( r money new te de. While we. are con
sidering an educational policy for the
Commonwealth and while plans are mak
ing te raise greater endowments for
education, tr.e importance of endowments
for rccarch "houle net be overlooked.
A single discovery might save te the
( ommenwoalth in a year a sum equal te
the total educational endowment e' all
the tiIIi rpi within it boundaries
I'asteur shewpfl what research -euld
de. Bat we have net profited as we
should from h s example
A LASK A'S EXPECTATIONS
THE possibility that the country will
net be pluguui by an extra session
of Congress after March -1 has revived
the hope that the President may be
enabled te c.eute his long-deferred plan
of visiting Alaska. It is well known
that Mr. Harding upplored the disrup
tion of his program te visit the Pacific
( "list and the great Northwest Terri Terri
terv last summer, and that the disap
pointment in these regions was acute.
Fortunately the "grand tour," for such,
if it is undertaken, it will unquestionably
be, appears te have been postponed
rather than abandoned. Mr. Harding is
said te be ngain considering an oppor
tunity te inaugurate a new era in the
history of Alaska.
If he makes the journey he will be the
first American President te set feet,
h 'e in office, upon the soil of that vast
EVENING PUBLIC LEDGERrPHIIiADELEHIA; WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER
and undeveloped empire. Alaska has
been in need of such nn executives visita
tion for years.
Congress has net managed its affairs
with conspicuous intelligence, and dur
ing a long period of neglect nnd arid
bureaucracy the problem of the conser
vation and development of natural
resources in the territory has reached a
climax.
The great Government railway from
Anchorage te Fairbanks is completed
and Immense chnnges along its reute
nre en the verge of being effected. But
the transformation is net yet authenti
cally under way. It waits upon the fe
matien of d national policy in the best
interests of the Territory, of better sea
transportation nnd of assurances that
possibilities of monopolistic plundering
and greedy exploitation will be effec
tively removed.
The predicted retirement of Albert B.
Fnll from the Cabinet should facilitate
the President's efforts te rehabilitate the
Territory. Mr. Harding has a monu
mental task ahead of him, nnd it is
stimulating te note that he is once mero
looking eagerly forward te acceptance
of the responsibility.
THE CONSISTENCY OF BORAH
T"EVOTION te principle has been a
' distinguishing fenture of William E.
Berah's political career. His critics,
who are in considerable abundance, may
allege that he had flopped from side te
side of net a few paramount public
questions, but even documented proof en
this point cannot dislodge the fact that
the Senater from Idaho is the energetic
fee of nil Administrations in power,
regardless of their party complexion or
of the ideas which they may seek te
express and support. Te find a parallel
for undnunted consistency of this kind
one must revert te Jehn Randelph, of
Roanoke.
Mr. Berah is nothing if net recalci
trant. Se long ns Woodrew Wilsen's
plan of international co-operation exhib
ited signs of vitality, the Idaho Senater
denounced it with all the bitterness at
his command. But no sooner was it
wrecked than his violence perceptibly
subsided nnd he was te be discovered
clamoring for disarmament, te the
accomplishment of which the League of
Nations was formally pledged.
The application of one of the League
ideas te the Washington Conference
might have troubled a less indomitable
spirit than Mr. Berah. But loyalty te
his own character endowment forbade
discouragement. hen the Admimstra-tion-made
Washington treaties designed
te establish naval limitations and te sta
bilize the situation in the Pacific reached
the Senate, Mr. Berah pleaded for their
rejection.
Failing in this eiTert, he ha watched
the struggles of an Administration
singularly peer in effective spokesmen in
Congress te evolve a foreign policy that
might work toward an adjustment of the
debt and reparation problems. Mr.
Harding and Mr. Hughes have been
wary of international parleys abroad.
Mr. Berah, once ranked as an arch-isolationist,
appears, therefore, as an advo
cate of such conclaves, especially urging
in hi' amendment te the Naval Appro
priations Bill an American call for an
e.onenuc conference.
Hiram Jehnsen, Medill McCormick,
Reed Smoot and even Henry Cabet Ledge
are undisguisedly shocked. Forgetful of
the intcnsitv of the principle upon which
Mr. Berah is apparently willing te
expend the last full measure of devotion,
the Califeminn in particular is as a
man stunned or a Senater profoundly
bewildered. Repeating the patter about
threats te the "traditional" policy of
American exclusiveness, Mr. Jehnsen is
amazed te learn that his former
co-worker is net listening.
Mr. Ledge, it is said, is planning
drastic reservations te pulverize the pro
gram of Mr. Berah, turned expansionist.
If senatorial leadership of the gentleman
from Massachusetts during this Admin
istration were such as te inspire public
confidence, it is conceivable that Mr.
Berah might be disturbed. But his resil
iency and self-confidence seem almost te
provide an armor against charges of
inconsistency. Mr. Berah has applied
the doctrine of self-determination te his
own personality The spectacle and all
the shifts of opinion which it involves
might be deemed preposterous- if the
debility of Congress were net se pro
nounced. It is safe te forecast that neither the
President nor his Secretary of State is
going te be rushed into a new foreign
policy before their plans are carefully
digested and authoritatively formulated.
But in the midst of the trials of the
executive Administration CengresB can
not be counted upon fe lend much intelli
gent assistance. The met significant
scene in the National Legislature today
is that enacted by Mr. Berah in the act
of being defiantly true te himelf.
Wnmnn's Amnte jr Aih
liirlt .Must fptlc Association of
Wear .Mere I nn(n his ruled tlmt
nmn.iiters must nenr
mere nothing. Arrurii'm umatetirs who
have romplalned rhnt t'eir modesty In dreis
linn hampered them n competition will
Hppreve the rule. IikIepiI no fault e;m
found with U. Assuredly nn association
has n risht te make in own rules. Thnee
who find them Irkfeme may. if ther wish
get out. A commoner nml lens worthy wn
10 hrlilK aheut reform i te foolishly nml
iintr'ithftllly nacert that immorality is' beini;
eiifeurnged nnd thai the ln of the laml
idintild he forthwith changed t" 'ever the
rate That wn- '"tei'ranre lle
One vnspprts lhat the
'(imine Leave?" efflelal ncognitien Bat
tle Creek. Mirh., has
given te snow hailing us a .luverule sport is
merely 11 hite ,, ,vl,ir, may he uttaheil
string of "Den ts It N rt very excellent
string, of course Bey, nnd glrln must net
threw at elder people, little children, dnv
prs or dumb anirnnin Ifiit. just the Mime,
ue venture the opinion tlmt the dignified
gentleman turning 11 corner when the Knew
n en 1 lie ground will lie mi hnfer fiem
Btt.iik m Hn'tlc f'rnek than In ether e.
rVuri'd ci'ie
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AS ONE WOMAN SEES IT
Case of Gramercy Park, New Yerk.
Suggests Similar Holdings in Phila
delphia and All They Mean te
a Grewing City
Hy SAKAll D. LOYVKIC
SOME time age I wrote of an experience
that I had had of New Yerk which was a
new one te me a visit In a house en Ora
tnerey Park and nil that had been entailed by
a somewhat mere finely distilled, quieter
social atmosphere than the ordinary tourist
version that lind been my former fate.
Well, t Imd two echoes only this week
from that recital of pleasant happenings!
One was a quizzing note from nn habitue of,
1 think, the Players' Club ever there, call
ing my nttcntien te the poetic license tbnt
I had Indulged In when 1 hid described my
wakeful moments during the night of my
visit ns being punctuated by the mellow
chimes of the Tower of Mndlsen Square
Garden,
He reminded tne of the fnct that these
chimes cense after 10:.'!0 o'clock at night
and de net resume until morning I
The ether "return" that came my way
was just as Informing, though, perhaps, less
salutary. Tt Is a book en the history of
Grnniercy Park, done Miinewhnt In the same
spirit ns flint of Cehen's en our Itlttonheuse
Square.
rpiIE nauie "Gramercy" comes from the
A Dutch name of a stream that once
wandered threug Mndlsen Squnre which
wns part beg and se along Twenty-first
street through what Is new the park, finally
ranking for the river. The name meant
"little crooked knife," which, in the then
Dutch, was Krem Messle or Cremmessie,
which gradually worked down into Gra
mercy. The farm, of which what Is new the little
park formed the outlying portion, was set
aside hy its owner for a residential quarter
of the rapidly npprenching town, somewhere
about the year 1&S0. Anil, by way of
milking it mere nttrnrtive, this far-Bceing
gentleman, Samuel Uuggles, niiide the park
the property of nil the adjacent let-holders.
That is. he gnve a section of his farm
forty-two lets in all net te the city, but
te the owners and occupants of the sixty
two surrounding lets, for the establishment
of an ornamental private square. The lets,
as he sold them 0110 by one, were of culmm-Ml
value because of this open nnce that wns In a
sense, their private front yard, and the city
received higher taxes because of the
enhanced value of the lets, although the
park itself wn net originally and lins net
been lately taxed.
There was nn attempt te tax it, nnd, in
deed, for several years a collection of tmes-.
hut the matter went te the courts nml there
the 1 itj lest the ense. and there was a refund
made.
pin: matter Is of Interest te us I'hila-J-
delphlnns because parks or squnre were
n p.trt of the original planning of this
town. And nt one time these parks of ours
were fenced ns this one in New Yerk Is.
Put ours weie never, I think, only the
property of the surrounding householders,
ns is this one. Ne one enn enter Gramercy
Park except by a key.
Until lately there were very stringent
restrUtiens nlse as te the type of dwelling
permitted en the lets surrounding the pnrk,
nnd even new I understand business houses,
stores, factories nnd places of amusement
nn- forbidden. Which neceunts for the quiet
dwelllng-he'ise appearance of the neighbor
hood. The park is u-'r the trusteeship of three
uti.eiis, who have the power te fill anv
vacancies Mint mnv eceui In their ranks, anil
who accept or reject, I suppose, proposed
additions te the statues nnd memorials In
the gardens, nnd who administer the fund
for the general upker . '0 doubt one of
these present trustees uns responsible for
the verv ernnmrnt'il I iV hisierv flint
new hefiue me. for 1 m ,. it Is dated 19LM.
T ITTI.K by little the lets were bought up,
J-J and Imle hy little the new families that
eci upied the houses hecame the old fniniliet
of the cit.v. The Tildcns, Fields, (Jnllntins,
Blgelews. Dunnes, such men ns Peter
Cooper, the founder of the institute: the
Ahram Hewitts. I.inl Dudley and Cvrus
Field, .fames Mm per, ()f the publishing firm;
Henry W. Peer and Stanford White. Heniy
Saiterlee. nfterwnrd Bishop of Washington';
lf'.shnp Oreer. Dr. Bellows, 0f the Unitarian
Church of All Seuls nil these made the
houses theie thnt were once their homes
1 nidniarks of the town.
But as the tide moved uptown, vvhnt had
eine been hospitable fnmily centers changed
Inte i nibs. In HsS Kduin Beeth pre
sented his house, Ne. 1(5 Gramercy Pnrk.
te members of his own nnd ether' artistic
i dings ns a meeting place te promote necinl
intercourse. The Players' Huh lnce that
Inv ha- made hister.v of a literary and dra
matic nnd artistic llnd.
The N'ntlnnnl Arta Club, the Columbia
ftuversitv Club, the Army and .Navv Club,
the Princeton, the United Service, the Neth
erlaml and the Bosten Tech Clubs settled
nearby one hy one Seme hnve gene uptown
sinre then, some have enlnrcrd their quar
ters and stayed en. There i Quaker
meeting house, there is the Cnlvniv Epiw-e-l.nl
Church anil there Is All Seuls' Cni
t '.rin 11 Church just off the square, nnd n
hotel for the women workers of the Citv Citv
M.ssien nnd Trnct Society. nnd a familv
apartment hotel. The Irving. These form
the only general public buildings In n sense
connected with the life of the square.
WHEN' one considers the value of land in
New Yerk, nnd the number of persons
readv te pny huge sums for land, if is
n.. smnll tribute te the power of the law
thnt for a century the plan lnid down by
Samuel Buggies for n quiet neighborhood
facing n gnrden In the heart of n grot
ritv h.m been ndhnred te according te the
stri.-r letter of the deeds by which he par
celed out the old Dunne farm en tlm borders
of Krein Messle Creek.
B'l
IT remarkable as fs th! test of title
eeds In SDlte of the pressure of time
and money nnd change, it Is even surpassed,
I th'nk, b.v the feat of our own Pnrk Com
mission, which has given us in the Wfssn Wfssn
Inchen Pnrk a veritnble bit of wild, moun meun
tnm scenery, intnet nnd beautiful In the
heart of the town, with no Iren fence nbeut
It, free te nil.
tt is hard te realize thnt there were ever
sixty mills of nil kinds nleng the Wissa Wissa
hlcken Creek when It was the mniinfncturing
renter of industry for Germain. iwn nnd the
adjarent Chestnut Hill. Thne were, per
haps, tvven'j read houses and taverns, nnd
n number of little embryo hamlets which,
if tl.ev hail been left te grew with the city,
would, by new, hnve covered the whole
region between the 'Frills nnd Allen's Lnne
with the sort of city streets that run back
up the hills from the river In and nbeut
Manayunk.
A LITTLE book quite ns well worth rend
ing ns the 0110 I've been quoting for
facts shout fJrammercy Pnrk is the new one
gotten out by the Gnrden Club of I'luladelphin,
whirh hns been complied by T A. Dnly
nbeuf the history nnd geegrnphr, ewn the
fauna nnd flern of tbnt wlh and mtiful
uninue Wissahickon Pnrk of euri.
This time of .venr. when se inurh of the
cenntrv is bleak, the sunlight flickering
through the hemlocks nleng the stream is
well worth going fnr te seek And whether
ou strike the paths from the Chestnut Kill
ltd bv ih Andorra Nurseries, or begin nt
the Ridge read just at the I'iiIIh of the
Sihuvlkill, fins book slipped into the pocket
will be the most pleasant of companions,
both for nil H holds of past travelers that
way and for all the things nt hand under
feet nnd by the way that it casually bids
one see for oneself.
Incidentally I have added. It and Its list
of authorities, 11s the sender doubtless wished
tne tn 10 mv growing list of hooks en
I'b 'ad' pn a
niDkve - iiVf Ei?Lt')5i,ivW'.'S.,
NOW MY IDEA IS THIS!
Daily Talks With Thinking Philadclphians en Subjects They
Knew Best
GEORGE W. WILKINS
On Helping the Man Who Is Down
EVERY MAN, no matter what his past
may have been, has some element In him
which may be appealed te successfully te
bring him back te the path of right-doing,
says Geerge W. Wilklns, superintendent of
the Galilee Mission.
"An experience of many years has shown
me beyond all doubt that this is the cne,"
said air. Wilklns, "nnd we have instances
almost daily which tend te confirm this
statement. Mnnv of the men who come te
us are from the Eastern Penitentiary, Moya Meya
mensinc or the Heuse of Correction. The
Pennsylvania IMseners' Society, of which
V.. ,T. Pooley is the acttve head, sends us
many men nnd especial attention is pnid
te these who have just finished serving
sentence for their first offenses.
Protecting (he Ex-Prisoner
"A great many persons aie inclined te
think that a man who hns been a prisoner
Is afforded no protection, hut Is hounded
because of the fact thnt he has been in
pnten. Such, however, is net the case
and there are several organizations which
de everything possible te help the man who
has been in prison. If he hns a trade,
these organizations see that the necessary
tools are provided for him nnd help him
in every wny te get en his feel.
"We de n geed bit of this kind of work
in our own organization, besides which we
take care of cenvnlcscent men in the hos
pitals, the unemployed nnd, in short, wc
de everything we can for every man who
wants te get n new start In life.
"There wns one man, for example, who
had served a prison term but was nn excel
lent panerhnnger. We had no trouble In
finding him a position, but a man who bore
him a grudge kept following him up nnd
telling his employers thnt the mnn was a
former prisoner. As a iinperhnnger must
work in the homes of the people, the
employers were afrnid te trust him nnd he
lest several places, although his work was
very satisfactory.
Telling the IJnss
'When I finally lecutcd the trouble defi
nitely I went te' the man who was then
employing him nnd told him the whole story,
saying that the mnn whb genuinely sorry
for his misstep and was thoroughly honest.
The boss wns h real man nnd kept him en
and he is still working for him nnd giving
satisfaction.
"The superintendent of one of the big in
dustrial plants of the city told me some tlme
nge thnt he would rather have n man who
hnd found out his mistakes and profited by
them thnn one who had net lind this exper
ience. The man who had been through th,e
mill, he said, was fnr less likely te malt.)
an error thnn one who had net had this
experience.
"We receive the finest possible co-eperntlon
from the bends of the grent industrial plnnts
of the city, ns well ns from the large depart
ment Hteree. Se much is this the case that
it Is difficult te Ffiy hew many places there
are in the city where men who have served
time are employed, but the number is very
lsrge. Mere than eTer the employing class
seems te be willing te give a chance for
reform te the innn who hnd been imprisoned.
The Effect of Prlwm Sentences
"Serving n prison sentence, as a rule,
does net mnke n man better, nnd solitary
confinement certainly never iIech serve thlH
purpose. But If. while in prison, n mnn
could be put nt sorue kind of labor wheie
Ills mind would be occupied and wheie his
family would derive some benefit from his
lttler, there would he little or none of the
feeling of bitter resentment en the part of
the man confined anil he would come out
better equipped for the struggle of llfe
which he must again take tip, and his hunds,
Instead of being white nnd soft, would he
hardened te de a man's work.
"A very, very smsll proportion of these
men for whom we secure employment fail
ns. When they come te us it Is a sign that
they want te mnke n new stnrt, nnd most
of 'them mean 11 te the extent of doing
everything In their power te make geed
nnd te Justify the confidence in them which
we show them that we hnve,
"Every man who comes te us hungry is
fed nnd every homeless tnnn Is provided
with lodging, but wc de net nllew nny te
become parasites en the Institution. We
insist thnt they work as fast as the oppor
tunities can be provided for them. The
honest mnn will work of his own nccent
eiul the fraud must de se If he wants our
continued assistance. However, I 11m glud
te suy that there nre very few of the latter
"l' have nevcr yet found n ense which
wns hopeless. There is a let of truth
saying that 'a mnn may lie down, bin in
Is never out.' I have n ws,h round l,nt
even innn ha emi-llilii'.' In I, .11 .hl . 1111
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be nppenled te, and nt the same time he will
redeem himself. These men whom we nssist
arc almost uniformly very grateful te us;
there ere a few cases where this gratitude
has net been shown, but they are very
few indeed.
"Every man should hnve n chance, even
If he bus gene nstrny, and this Is one of
the things In which our present prison
system nught he improved. If n mnn bus
stolen, I think It is fnr better for nil con
cerned that he he given 11 position nnd
compelled te pay back what he has taken
dishonestly at e much n week than te have
him serve time where neither the person
from whom he has stolen nor the mini him
self derives nnv benefit. The thug, however,
sheuIda be put te work en the reeds where
r.ll citizens mn.v see him and knew what n
desperate character he is. This work could
nil be done under the supervision of the
prison officials.
"I de net Intend te criticize the courts
nor the administration of the lows, bin I
hnve seen many a man get c ft" entirely
because of a geed lawyer, where another
man who had committed a far less serlein
offense icieived heavy punishment for it.
Werk for All Prisoners
"We should have 11 big Stale farm wheie
null Menl le prison for viuieiitt offenses
could work lu tlie open. A great ninny con cen
viited 1111 11 should be studied scicntifienll) .
There are iniinj cases of children in the
schools who are iihiiermnl lu some sense,
and by such things as the icmeval of tonsils
nnd the like they have been restored te
normal condition. I think that a mere
scientific study of many prisoners would
levenl a similar condition, and they could
be made normal citizens iiiernllv by the
proper treatment,
"A great many persons seem te think
that we have net much te de since prohibi
tion, but It has made no difference In our
work. In the dnv- of the saloon the saloon
keepers trieil te ferret out the speakeasies
In order te h.1e nil the business for them
selves, hut se far as we can see, there are
still man places where liquor Is sold and
we still have le lefuse many men because
of intoxication. We always have the iigcd
n.en anil Hie men out of employment le l.iKe
are of nnd prohibition has in im waj
lessened the work of our institution.
"We Ret a geed many line men here
men who need feed, lodging or help m ether
ways te insist them te get back en their
feet A gient many persons iippnicntlv
think thai we get only what the: term the
low-brews,' but lliev would be sin pri-eil
te knew the high education which nuiir.
of the nun who come re us have receive!.
We have lets of them who have wen college
degrees but who, through some misstep or
III fortune, h.ivc come te the place where
they need our help
"But weik for nriseners in etic of the
most Important things te be clone in our
prison sj-tem. I knew of n number of
enses m the Eastern Penitential v wheie
this hns been pievided, nnd lliere Is one
life prisoner who is doing inlaid work and
supporting an iigc, mother at home b.v his
efforts. I ennnet snj tee niin-h for the
rummer ic vldeb Warden .McKcruv co-epcr-ntes
with - hi all matters. I do'net ndvo ndve
cafe a life of luxury for pi iseners In nnv
nianmr of minus, bril it is esenlinl for
the well-benii; of (he State that Hie prison prisen
ers come ,hh f pijM,n better men thnn
they went in, for if they de n.ii the whole
system has failed and the released piNni
ers become nmie of a menace te society
than If they had net been imprisoned. Th'
fact of their prier should leiistnntlv be
held up before them, but thev should he
given the chance te reform, te which every
!" "J,pn,ltl,,'l. no matter hew low he has
Brenkline, .Mass , de.
creen kids can't use
mnslers en sldeunll.-
Chop This
le Suit
"Darn!" crlis Amv
Are we te make our children
Are tnev t,. Un ..11 11.. 1 -j
Lewell
criminals?
M,,i. .1.. !.. 11..... 1... ' " "' niir.-.cii .-
""-' ','" " "!,',, ver eirciimspecf" n.
tin v, Amy. Sleds have been riiiiiilnK rhxtli-
inlcnllv I.roekline ,as ..hanged ' i.
meter A few i imleiw i the. pt, will
turn llieii winter poems im,, f,-ee ,er.ce
. ,ii-, miiiiicv 11 Kioneiic 1 sample. V
ion have
no hick coming
e 11 shniihl ii I u ids
Knock Kentlj nm p.
Iltelv before cntcrlm.
Be I'nllhn te
All Chit hi us
a henhouse; "T .,
even be well if wm ,. i,i..i...i .' , ....
might
seething notes before' l:e,... ",. (7
man ".!?.. J.'""T""' I'"""" b"sbam.
mnn of the New Jersey Experiment st'ii -
!! ' i'IT ""rV'."IH ',lll,'l'"'"i I'D fewer eggs
lliiiti chicken., who remain calm nml ,..,, m..
.Mil ii.it 1.1 1, .1. .. . ....
.in,. ilr hens ter the clm-i -re lie. .
off r f,,,,,, i,,.im ,.. u "rP HM '"
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A CHANGE OF HEART " i
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vxvm
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Arbuckle quoting Scripture proTekn
nn odious comparison.
i
Perhaps ne could burn buckwheat II
one had grates like griddle cakes.
There is nothing of the limpet about
Berah, ne doesn't have te be consist,
cut.
Senater Berah is snid te hove the finer.
collection of monkey wrcucues in Wash
ington. Figures seem te indicate that Fraact
is mere militaristic In popular rmngmatlei
than in nctunl fnct.
There is n feeling nbrend that lit
European concert will have mere harmut)
after an American overture.
Let us hope that the bloodstained reVi
of the Kn Klux Klnn may seen be rut
through, the laundry of the Law.
The lewn is te be sunk in nnval man
Olivers off Panninn next spring; for a natj
net only iiurns money but drowns it,
Uncle Snm Is merely touching thi
J'.iuepenn nettle where wisdom might die
fate thnt he either grnb it or let it alew
As tlits. ship doctor sees it, pretty ncirl;
every passenger 011 a elstead vessel dill-
noses, his own complaint ns one thnt demandt
11 drink.
Though musical comedy still bus in
devotees, specialists in figures, in recHt
years, have largely turned te the incemi
tnx blank.
sine 1'ashn says he bought niuiiltleni
from funis in all countries. I!iisine.9, tt!
says, knows no sentiment. And, apparent!.',
no patriotism.
'I'e these really suffering from the co
shortage Director Furbiish's warning net
te overheat homes s, te put it inlldl;
supererogation.
The (otillen is being tevlved in X
Yerk. Is this indication that the hallroen
is beginning te recover from its attack 0!
St. itus' dance?
Ilepnrt lias It thnt Grever Clcvelnni
Ilergdell has arrived 111 this country, I' J'
the story will remain incomplete until tt
has landed in jail.
Franklin, Pn . man is selling ielmli
meat at from fifty-five te eighty cents'
pound. Santa Claim must have had a tw
in that nclghl'orheod.
.Mines have been closed In the Herl'
Ien, Pa., district because of inability "
gel timber for preps, A serious stan
indeed ; no preps, no show.
What De Yeu Knew?
QUIZ
What rtenian Emperor was right U
tall?
Who were the Mayas and where did twi
live 7
Distinguish between the words exit i
nVDImt In utni'n fllrnctlniiH
In what yenr of the American HeveluticJ
was tlie treason of Uunedict Arnen
lemrnltted? ,,,
AVhnt 0 ielirated Kngllsli poet, "
.end iclucutei- was horn u century HP
ihls Hii'i-mber?
lei c. I...... 1 ..........1 1
ll'l.f.l le tin. tin .miner tt the VtrD V,
c.iclge?
Wh.it Is a caduceus? . , . .
tt'l... 11 .u .n...,. e. !.-litiir.nl hiStOi
.,11. ,..-, MHiiiiiii ... '.- .1 TnlliJ
Whut uiih the nrst n.'ime of JU'H
Cuesar?
Answers te Yesterday's Qui
l'rra,'.,il ft,minTiti,leil Ihn Amerll'.lll I rOOf
at the Hiittle of Hunker Hill
I.U!IUICIU is IIUIbl'lilUK 1 noun. i,ir
l.i ln, ....,, tlti.iu .1 Imulll.Ml UIIH all ODIW'1
ball with it ilouule colonnade nnJC
used for law courts nml n?,,,nD,,lJ
It was minuted Inte the tarliect W
of I'briHtl.iu church. . )t
A hecuic In tlm metric s.vslein i ,
superficial niensure of 100 ares,
le 2.171 ncies. i-lr
The famous cclileilnl addressed tp '
Kiul.1 (rilanlen, proving thfl 'CT
of Santa Clans, wan first P"'1Jii,
In the. New Yerk Sun en SePn,r,Dj; p,
1807 It w.m written by I-rancn
1 'hureh. ..mi
A Until Nthe horizontal timber or"
ever 11 dour or window
Wisconsin Is rhe lluilger State. , ,,,.
Kratiucsce I'etiaich. the cclebraiw
Ian poet, lived In the feurteenui '.
teri. A II 1 1 l.i ilntPH lire) 13UV''if.
Alb.-n H K.1II, Scerelnry of the ,'nfV
f'niiiMh niuesenteil th H' n,e in
Mexico lu llui I'nilucl SUitcy Ai y
Sviln s at present iidniliil'.""
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