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SATURDAY EVENING, JULY 24
'Ttcas a thief said the last kind word
to Christ;
Christ took the kindness and forgave
the theft.
—Browning.
THE NOTE TO GERMANY
THE final note of President Wilson
to the German Government un
questionably reflects the thought
of the American people as a whole.
We have been trifling too long with
a matter that Is not subject for trifl
ing. We are not accustomed to argue
when our national honor is at stake,
much less when It is a matter of life
and death with our citizens. The bit
ter taste of the Lusltania murder is
still in our mouths. The slaughter of
women and children makes the blood
run hot. Yet, be It said to our credit
as a people, We stood calm under the
cowardly blow. We were unwilling to
believe that the government' of a civ
ilised nation could be guilty of such a
violation of the laws of humanity.
Now we are convinced that the kaiser
and his warlords know no law but that
of might, that they are a parcel of
bullies, fighting as only bullies fight,
and the President has spoken to them
in the only language they can under
stand!
But a breach of the law as laid
down by President Wilson need not
lead to war. Germany is In no posi
tion to invade England, let alone send
a fleet or an army to America, and
we have no army at hand for imme
diate service. But a break In rela
tions between the two countries will
result in turning every available wheel
in the United States to the service of
the allies and in taking away from
Germany the only international friend
ship worthy of the name that remains
to her. In any case the blow to Ger
many would far exceed any advantage
that has come to her by reason of the
submarine warfare that has led up to
the present crisis.
BUSINESS MEN AT PLAY
GOOD fellowship is an Important
asset for any city or town and
nowhere is there such good fel
lowship throughout the business com
munity as In Harrisburg. This happy
condition is largely the result of the
activities of the Chamber of Com
merce, the Rotary Club and similar
organizations. Harmony of action In
matters affecting the welfare of the
city Is secured through the good feel
ing which prevails among the live
wires of the community and this good
feeling is the direct fruit of the sane
conduct of the organizations referred
to.
And this get-together idea which
animates our business men and the
leaders In municipal and other activi
ties is responsible for the tremendous
progress of the city in every direction.
The Chamber of Commerce's annual
outing at Inglenook yesterday was a
fine demonstration of the splendid
spirit of co-operation that now per
vades the business life of the city.
Almost 200 representative business
men gathered at one of the most pic
turesque spots on the Susquehanna
shore and for hours were boys again.
Every such occasion is an Inspiration
to still better things for Harrisburg
and great eredit Is due the several
committees which prepared for the
big annual event.
It Is intimated from Illinois that H.
M. Pindell—Plndell, of Peoria, remem
ber?—may be the Democratic candidate
for Governor next year. This would
give him additional memories to hand
down to his family, as Jim Ham Lewis
would say. Also, it would make the
Democratte looting of the diplomatic
service a live Issue in Illinois.
PROPHFT OF "FRIGHTFTJIJNESS"
THE forecaster of German "fright
fulness" appears to have been &
man who never wielded any
more deadly weapon than a paint
brush, although he let his Imagina
tion run riot on theme* of slaughter,
Leonardo da Vlncl, of whom the
world thinks only as a great painter,
is now set forth In the Italian papers
as a great prophet of what might
|come to pass in warfare. In the lat
,t9T part Q{ the fifteenth century, his
SATURDAY EVENING,
versatile genius included skill as a
scientist, engineer, mechanician and
architect, as well as a painter and
musician, and his imagination led to
the design of many remarkable im
plements of -war, among which was a
steam gun which was run by boil
ing water. In this invention, Inci
dentally. It is said he anticipated the
steam engine.
In certain of his works he told of
several forms of bombarding engines,
one of which threw minute particles,
like a storm of hail, producing quan
tities of dense smoke to frighten the
enemy. Among his papers are found
what may be called the ancestors of
the terrible cannon for throwing
burning liquid at a great distance,
which the Krupp and Essen factor
ies are said to have turned out.
"There will Issue from the earth,"
he wrote, "that which, with frightful
sounds, will deafen the surrounding
and with tts breath will kill men and
ruin cities and fortresses." He sug
gested the use of a powder which
would stun and suffocate the enemy,
and at the same time suggested a
remedy. "To send poison in pow
der," he said, "be careful to have a
wind which will not send the powder
upon yourself, or have the nose and
mouth covered by a thin wet cloth,
so that the powder cannot pass."
He left sketches of mortars and
other heavy engines of war which
suggest the modern heavy and
quick-firing guns, and seemed even to
have imagined a submarine and aero
plane. Of the former, he wrote, ac
cording to the quotations given in
the Italian papers, "I do not publish
or devulge my way of staying under
water because of the bad nature of
man, who would use it for assassina
tion under the sea, by ripping open
the bottoms of ships."
But da Vinci was a gentle soul,
withal, as this sentiment would Indi
cate. Most of his "frightfulness"
existed In his versatile Imagination
only. But his writing indicates that
even In the minds of peaceful men
there have run for ages thoughts on
the perfecting of devices for the
wholesale taking of human life.
The new Federal Trade Commission
is making ambitious plans to establish
"zones of instruction" throughout the
country In which they will appoint
high-salaried experts whose business
will be to teach manufacturers how
their books shall be kept. All this will
take money, which the commission is
preparing to demand from Congress.
It will also make jobs for "deserving
Democrats." Whether It will be useful
to the country Is another question.
After this scheme has been put into op
eration and supported, the next thing
will be to establish some more "zones
of instruction" wherein will hold sway
a group of well-paid functionaries
whose business will be to teach your
grandmother how to knit.
A YEAR OF WAR
JUST one year to the very day after
the Austrian ultimatum wns de
livered to the Servians the German
foreign office was in receipt of what it
is believed will be the final American
note In the Lusitania incident. It has
been a frightful year for the whole
world, but no one interest has suffered
so much as the ruling class In Ger
many.
In diplomacy, it has been one long
succession of humiliating blunders for
it, and in Germany's chosen field of
military power each effort has fallen
just short of accomplishing the end
aimed at. The present drive In Russia,
which is the most brilliant achieve
ment of the German strategists and
soldiers, promises to be just as much
of a failure as far as accomplishing
anything permanent is concerned as
was the original drive at Paris.
Of the nations involved in the
struggle, France alone, one year after
it began, appears to have retained its
prestige. As a matter of fact, France
stands higher in the eyes of those best
able to judge>of such matters than it
did at any time after the collapse of
the French armies in the ill-fated
Franco-Prussian war.
The French people again believe in
themselves. That fact is going to
have a tremendous effect upon the
j course of events in Europe. When the
German people find out just what has
happened their faith in the in-
of the Prussian system Is
going to be most rudely shattered.
And as for the English, their self
complacency Is gone for a century at
least. England must either now take
a brace spiritually and become a really
patriotic nation or enter upon a de
cline. The time Is past when any
people can rely upon being able to
muddle through any crista.
The people of Canada are said to be
regretful now that they defeated the
reciprocity scheme proposed to them
by Mr. Taft. But why? Since the Un
derwood tariff has been enacted, giving
to Canadian farmers and manufacturers
even more concessions than Mr. Taft
offered —and without a single conces
sion on the part of Canada. Taft wanted
Canada to pay for a limited freedom
of access to our markets. The Demo
crats make us pay for unlimited Cana
dian access to American purchasers.
THEN AND NOW
THE high cost of warring, when
the campaigns of Washington
are compared to the European
conflict, was emphasized in the report
of the registrar general of the Sons of
the American Revolution at the first
day's session of the society's twenty
sixth annual convention In Portland,
Ore.
Thomas Jefferson, he eald, review
ing the finances of the Revolution, es
timated the cost of the war at an aver
age of 117,600,000 a year. That sum
now is scarcely more than Great Bri
tain's war cost for a single day. The
total cost of the revolution—approxi
mately $140,000,000 covering a period
of eight years—ls less than the total
cost of the European war for a month.
But the cost of the Revolution had
to be met by a new and sparcely set
tled country. Doubtless the United
States of Washington's time felt as
keenly the debt of $140,000,000 as the
people of Europe will the enormous
debt they, are now piling up, ,
T>C uucti*
By the Ex-Committeeman,
The guessing continues good in the
great A. Mitchell Palmer mystery.
Yesterday the Washington correspond
ents made the discovery that Palmer
Is the only applicant for the post of
counselor of the State Department and
some of them straightaway jumped to
tho conclusion that he would be ap
pointed. The possibility that a job
might occasionally hunt a man does
not seem to be admitted In national
capital journalistic circles.
But while the correspondents were
settling the counselorship for Secre
tary Lansing, Palmer himself, who in
the meantime had arrived at his home
in Stroudsburg, was busy declaring
that he has asked neither President
Wilson nor the Secretary of State for
the place. And his home friends have
again confided in the newspaper men
that they expect him to stay right at
home attending to his practice.
Palmer seems to enjoy the interest
which Is taken In him and he looks
very wise, but declines to commit him
self In any way when he Is approached
about the numerous reports and
rumors that are afloat about him.
Senator Vare's statement about the
mayoralty situation), in Philadelphia is
generally Interpreted in that city as
an announcement that his brother, the
congressman, is a candidate for the
Republican nomination. The Repub
lican papers as a rule Infer that it
means that all the other interests and
factions will be compelled to get to
gether and find a man with whom to
oppose the Vare move.
Figures of the registration and en
rollment in the boroughs and town
ships continue to show gains for the
Republican party. Schuylkill county,
which was a strong Independent Re
publican and Washington party center,
reports a Washington party enroll
ment of 730.
Dr. John N. Jacobs, county con
troller of Montgomery county, and
William H. Higglnbothom, former
treasurer of that county, have an
nounced that they are candidates for
the Republican nomination for county
commissioner.
State Senator Vare has purchased a
plot of land at 2009 South Broad
street. Philadelphia, and will have a
new home built. He expects to have
the housewarming about Christmas
time.
Alany well-known politicians are ex
pected to attend the seventh annual
convention of the United Sportsmen of
Pennsylvania, which will be held in
Wilkes-Barre next week. Senator Pen
rose will be one of them.
The Penrose automobile which was
destroyed by fire in Westmoreland
county recently has been replaced with
a huge khaki-colored machine which
made its first long trip to the seashore
Friday. This car will be seen in prac
tically every part of the State this
Fall.
TELEDRAPH PERISCOPE"
—There was a time when the other
monarehs of Europe used to smile at
the King of Spain.
—This selection Is popular In Eng
land:
Strike, till the last armed foe expires;
Strike for your altars and your fires;
Strike for the green graves of your
sires,
God and your native land!
With emphasis on the STRIKE!
—"A Chinaman being killed in the
slums, the cub reporter gets on the job
and rescues the girl, then she loves
him, but he got mad and wouldn't have
her," Is the way the opera house at
Clinton, Mo., reduces motion "dram
mer" to tabloid for advertising pur
poses.
—A fifty horse power automobile can
be as balky as all fifty.
—lf the Republican convention
wants Philadelphia as badly as Phila
delphia wants the convention the ans
wer is easy.
—The difference between a jitney
and an automobile Is that a Jitney ride
costs only five cents.
1 EDITORIAL COMMENT"
Treating may be barred In the
Czar's domains, but It'll take more than
a royal ukase to keep 'em from retreat
ing.—Washington Post.
Munich is drinking lemonade because
the army needs the beer. Perhaps that
is a gentle hint for Munich to enlist.—
Salt Lake Tribune.
If Harry Thaw is finally adjudged In
sane. he might settle in Europe where
his aberration would not be sufficiently
unusual to attract any attention.
Nashville Southern Lumberman.
The appointment of Miss Mary Full
Stomach, an Indian maiden, to a posi
tion in the Interior Department at
Washington is evidence of the fact that
the supply of hungry Democrats is prac
tically exhausted. —El Paso Times.
DONE WITH DIVING
[From the Pittsburgh Chronicle-Tele
graph.]
Scientific management has come to
stay. Those old fogies who oppose It are
as ridiculously hidebound as the
diver."
The speaker was Dr. Slmms Reed,
who Is the author of several scientific
maangement textbooks.
"As hidebound as the diver," Dr.
Reed pursued. "This felow had been
a day laborer, and then he turned to
diving because, the pay was better. But
he only went down once. Yes. he only
went down once, and he'd not been
down two minutes before he signalled
to be drawn up again.
"They drew him up quickly. He
motioned to them to unscrew his hel
met. As soon as he got the helmet
off he began to take off his loaded
shoes and rubber combination suit.
"Tm done with dlvln',' he said. "No
more dlvln' for me. The dickens with
a Job where ye can't spit in yer
hands!'"
WORK FOR THE POLITICIANS
TFrom the New York Evening Sun.l
Politicians are to be kept out of the
new Naval Board of Inventions. Thev
will exercise their Inventive genius, a's
heretofore, on campaign prophecies.
. -
A Foot Note
Summer comfort should ax
tend from the feet up.
Have you the kind of shoes
you need for every day, for va
cation sports?
Your feet are friends that de
serve good treatment the best,
not necessarily the most expen
sive, are none too good for them.
•
And are you sure you are get
ting the best? In other word*,
are you "shoe wise?"
Wisdom is the child of knowl
edge and perhaps you ran find the
Interesting path to "shoe knowl
edge" in the advertising columns
of the Telegraph.
HARRISBURG &536&. TELEGRAPH
When a Feller N By BRIGGS
Our Daily Laugh
NOT SO BAD. ff ffl {
Mr. Wratt:
"What did they do
to you when they
hazed you at col-
Mr. Ducks j
Doused me In a L
tub of water. \
/ / JUST so.
jOkL
,» I bere does me a lot
He: And still
' you Btay under
1 C jl water most of the
t *C t,tne '
THAT NOTE!
By Wing Dinner
I've Just read (he note
The, United States wrote
And cabled to William, the Kaiser.
And If he's thought we
Can be bluffed out. by gee,
When he frets this note, he'll be wiser.
Understand, I'm not for
All the horrors of war,
But I do think whenever a nation
Gets into Its head
We don't mean what we've said-
It should know the exact situation.
We believe in the right.
And we don't want to light,
Nor do we desire to be rude.
But we cannot permit
That our friendly spirit
As cowardice be misconstrued.
CHAIN ARMOR FOR BATTLESHIPS
[From the Providence Journal.]
The Idea of torpedo nots, with which
the Navy Department is said to be
conducting experiments, is about as old
as the torpedo, against which they are
supposed to protect a warship, Our
wooden fleet used to carry tnem and
drill with them. There was no sea
going torpedoboat, in those days, sur
face or submersible. Torpedo attack
was directed from the fighting ship,
which sent the projectile from the end
of a spar rigged out abeam, torpedo
and spar resembling a skyrocket.
It will be surprising if nets can be
made oiYective, except perhaps for a
ship at anchor. The great steel veils
hang well below the ship's undcrbody,
and probably na commander would
think of rigging one when in action.
The danger of submarine attack is not
so extreme when a ship Is in motion—
as a feat of torpedo practice the sink
ing of the Liualtanla was regarded as
phenomenal, by the experts—and, at
any rate, a commander, engaging the
enemy on the surface, woula not sacri
fice speed, or ability to maneuver, to
this doubtful expedient for torpedo de
fense. The sea battles of the present
war have all been running lights with
the ships going their fastest.
TIIE VANISHING GOLD
[From the Chicago Journal.]
What becomes of gold?
It Is one of the oldest metals in
human use —there are gold beads
dating back to the stone «age.
It Is an object of almost uni
versal desire. It Is proof against
almost all the Influences which destroy
other metals, and it has been mined In
enormous quantites. Yet to-day more
than two-thirds of the gold In use has
been dug since 1849.
What becomes of the rest? Where
is the gold that set Jason wandering
into the Black Sea, that filled the
treasures of Croesus, that paid the ter
rific tribute which Persian kings as.
sessed asainst the Punjab? What has
happened to the yellow dust and "elec
trum" —an alloy of gold and silver—
which negro traders brought down the
Nile to Eerypt for four or five thousand
venrs? Ancient (told, like that of mod
ern times, was used for money and for
ornaments, but both have disappeared.
Where?
The most enduring of metals, and yet
the most evanescent; perpetualry
sought and yet constantly escaping the
hands of even the successful seeker—
that Is gold. What is the reason for
its curious eluslvenessl
LITTLE TALKS ON THRIFT
By S. W. STRAUS
President American Society for Thrift
BslF "J Great men
estates and their
own business
thriftier a man
was the more
low citizens had
for him.
, One of the greatest apostles of thrift
we ever had was Benjamin Franklin, and
he wai one of America's greatest men.
His service to his country and the world
at large cannot be estimated.
He had just one dollar when he arrived
in Philadelphia from his Boston home
and it was several days before he secured
■ position in a printing office, but when
he began to save "gaining money by my
Industry and fruplity," as he says, "I
lived very agreeably." In two or three
years he was able to go into business for
himself and his thrift and industry at
tracted the attention of all his neighbors.
"In order to secure my credit and
character as a tradesman," he said, "I
took care not only to be in reality indus
trious and frugal, but to avoid all appear
ance to the contrary. I dressed plainly;
I was seen in no places of idle diversion j
IN HARRISBURG FIFTY YEARS
AGO TO-DAY
[From the Telegraph of July 24, 1865.]
Promote Major Wiley
The Secretary of War has pro
moted Major William M. Wiley, of
this city, to lieutenant-colonel.
Mayor Vetoes Ordinance
The Mayor to-day vetoed the ordi
nance passed by Council recently au
thorizing the purchase of three new
steam Are engines. The condition of
the treasury at the present time was
the only reason given.
Recapture Dean
Captain Dean, who ecaped from this
city while the court-martial was de
liberating on his case, was recaptured
to-day at Sunbury and was brought
back to this city.
WHY CITIES GO INTO DEBT
[From the Washington Post.]
New York City In recent months has
been complaining bitterly because tn»
I State of New York h£s been so ex
travagant that an additional tax levy
has become necessary. The complaint
of New York City Is due almost en
tirely to the fact that she will have to
pay $18,000,000 of the extra levy. Mean
while, plans have been prepared for a
new courthouse for New York City.
A pretty good courthouse might be
built for $1,000,000. V .night.be lo
cated in a high-price', neighborhood,
although justice prooably could be
as well served on the East as on the
West Side. But New York, stagger
ing under the greatest load of muni
cipal debt that any city in the coun
try ever dreamed of bearing, must
have a $10,000,000 courthouse.
There must be four restaurants in the
building—one for Supreme Court
judges, one for county Judges, one for
lawyers and one for the public that
pays all the bills. Doubtless the one
for the public will be the least deslr
| ab The people of the country wonder at
■ times where the vast sums rolleeted
from taxes arc going. They wondot
why It is that the increase In the num
ber of taxpayers has not been suffici
ent to meet the increased cost of gov
ernment. Such foolish ventures as the
new courthouse, typical of modern
municipal and governmental extrava
gance, explain the phenomenon.
JULY 24, 1915.
and to ihow that I was not above my
business, I sometimes brought home the
paper I purchased at the stores through
the streets on a wheel-barrow." Merchants
began to solicit his custom and he began
to prosper until in ten yean time he was,
as he expressed it, "easy in circum
stances," and able to give much of hit
time to other things.
In these days the frugality of Franklin
is apt to be looked upon as quite out of
date, since we hear of millions being
made seemingly by chance. But where
one fortune is made in this way, thou
sands grow from little savings.
John D. Rockefeller, the organizer of
[ the Standard Oil Company, hat made
more money than, probably, any other
: man of his day. He has more than he
I himself, it is said, can keep account of.
He is rated as a billionaire. Vet, as we ail
I know, he began his business career at a
clerk in a tmall town in the rural section
I of New York. He practiced economy
: and was not ashamed to do so. Hit
I theory it that one can only be ready for
i the opportunities which come to the
' ambitious and hardworking when the
[ habits of thrift and prudence in spending
: have been cultivated,
r Mr. Rockefeller "still hat the little
• memorandum book that he kept when he
was a poor clerk, in which he kept
I account of every penny that he tpent and
[ thut knew just what wat going out. For
■ like other men whose wealth has been
■ amassed little by little, he realized that
i what goes out is a greater factor in ae
i cumulating money, than what comet in.
BOOKS AND MAOAZINES
Best sellers are not always novels.
"The Church Hymnal," published at the
beginning of this year, has Just gone
into Its second printing of 100,000
copies. The first printing was also of
that number. And "The Century Cook
Book," the "old reliable" of Its clasn,
has recently gone into Its nineteenth
edition.
Marlon Craig Wentworth, author of
"War Brides," and Madame Nazlmova,
who is achieving perhaps the greatest
dramatic sucess in the play, joined
forces in the cause of peace at a mass
meeting held at Carnegie Hall, New
York, recently, under the auspices of
the Woman's Peace Party. The author
appealed to the audience to rouse
others to a living faith in the cause of
f peace; and Madame Nar.lmova. dressed
n the peasant costume she wears In
"War Brides," presented some of the
most effective scenes In the play.
WHBREI GOVERNMENT IS CON
CERNED
[From the New York "World.]
The American people certainly will
not be Indifferent to Industrial discon
tent that rests under the Imputation
of having: been purchased by foreign
agents. If "German (fold, as Mr.
Morrison calls It, can buy one strike,
it can huv a hundred strikes, provid
ing It finds labor leaders who are suf
ficiently venal and workers who are
sufficiently tractable to follow the
guidance of crooks.
The United States Government main
tains a Department of at great
expense to the country, and the Bridge
port situation needs the Immediate at
tention of Secretary Wilson. With any
honest differences that may exist be
tween the Remington Company and its
employes the country has only a casual
concern, provided laws are respected
and there Is no resort to violence. But
in a matter involving an Issue of
whether a foreign Government Is buy.
lng Industrial warfare In the United
States this country has an Immediate
and vital concern. The sooner the facts
are known the better.
But at last Daniel came before me,
whose name was Belte.shaz7.ar, accord
ing to the name of my God. and In
whom Is the spirit of the holy gods:
and before him I told the dream, say
ing, O Belteshazzar. master of the ma
gicians, because t know that the spirit
of the holy gods Is in thee, and no
secret troubleth thee, tell me the vis
lons of mv dream that I have seen, and
the interpretation thereof. JJanlel iv,
S and 3. J
Bmttttg (Etjat
Announcement of the opening data
of the annual city championship ten
nis tournament at Reservol-' ha* re
newed the Interest In that sport again
and scores of prospective entrants
crowd the courts daily. Charles Pol
lock, tho court keeper, has had scores
of requests for entry blanks and yes
terday he took a pack of fifty to the
tennis clubhouse for distribution. The
blanks are prepared In postcard form
with suitable spaces for the names of
the entrants. A single one cent post
age stamp will send the entry to the
pork superintendent's office where the
drawings will be made. Monday even
ing Is the time limit for filing entries.
The drawings are scheduled for that
evening so that the tournament may
start Wednesday.
• • •
Several years ago lightning struck a
big cottonwood tree in the River Front
Park near Conoy street and until to
day the ten feet or more of the stump
Is still standing. During the last,few
months a couple of woodpeckers have
been testing the bark for what they
could find and the bark was worn
loose by the many holes In the bole.
City Forester Mueller saw a chance
to offer a large and free feast of wood
worms and other gruhs to the birds
and he accordingly had the tree trunk
stripped of Its bark. That gave the
sparrows and other birds, who can't'
peg their way through the bark like
the woodpeckers, a chance to get at
the crawling things in the rotten
wood. And did the birds come to the
feast? They did. To-day, an inspec
tion of the shattered old tree will show
Just what a lot of hungry birds will
do with worm and grub filled rotten
wood when they can get at the food.
The whole interior of the trunk has
been clipped clean of the punk-like
wood.
• • •
While the recent more or less fre
quent rains have done some damage
to the berry crop, especially the dew
berry which hangs close to the ground
and consequently rota quickly, the
bulk of the crop escaped with little
harm.
Raspberries were about as plenti
ful this year as they have been for
some time and the blackberry crop
is running It a close second. From
present Indications huckleberries are
going to break all records as the
bushes are bending over with the fruit.
• • •
These moonlight nights are cer
tainly proving the popularity of the
canoe. Last night there were scores
of the little crafts scurrying around
the river and goodness only knows
{low many others drifting along under
overhanging bushes. Some of the
canoeists liked it so well that they
found it impossible to leave the river
until the moon had grown tired and
gone to rest. That was somewhere
near 1 o'clock and soon after the river
cleared.
MUCKRAKING FEMALE VIRTUE
[From the New York World.]
Has the speaker at the Purity Con
gress, who alleged that "a rapidly in
creasing number of girls to-day look
at virtue as a jolce? the facts antl
figures to support the assertion? Or
was the theory evolved from an inner
consciousness grown morbid on sex
subjects?
There were, to be sure, nearly 7,-
500,000 more women in the United
States in 1910 than In 1900, and their
number has proportionally Increased
In the five-year period since. In that
vast addition to the female popula
tion lie great possibilities In the way
of an increase of immorality. In tlia
circumstances, more girls necessarily
will go astray because there are mora
to choose the "easier way."
But Is the proportion greater than
It was ten or fifty years ago? Is the
percentage of girls to whom "virtue is
a Joke" larger than it was, and '"rap
idly increasing" at that? That is the
whole point of an Indictment of fe
male chastity which has no value
unless It is based on exact knowl
edge, and which in the absence of the
volume of statistics necessary to sus
tain the charge will be generally dis
missed as a slander in the specious
guise of a sociological theory.
Must all things be impure to a
Purity Congress? Such a body no doubt
has Its public uses along the lines of
legitimate inquiry into conditions of
immorality with a view to their cor
rection. But a cobbler should stick to
his last, and purity investigators
should confine their activities to things
they know to be impure.
FEW EUROPEAN TOURISTS
[From the Providence Journal.l
A computation for the first week in
the present month shows sailings for
Europe from American ports of 278
first class passengers, 641 second class
and 3,658 third class. Tho figures for
the corresponding week, a year ngu,
were 5,087, 7,089 and 16,278. respective
ly. This example, at random, Illus
trates very strikingly what In a gen
eral way must be manifest to every
body, that a vast amount of money,
hitherto regularly expended on Euro
pean travel, Is being kept at home this
summer. And, of course, by far the
larger proportion of the passengers are
not of the tourist class. There would
doubtless be a willingness among
Americans to see Europe In the throes
of war. But the belligerent countries
are not welcoming curosity seekers,
though tourist money would be even
more gladly received than In ordinary
■ times.
The figures represent a decrease In
receipts of steamship lines of $1,727.-
680. but the Item of ocean fares Is
probably less than one-quarter of the
total expenditure for the average
tourist. It is easy to exaggerate the
amount spent annually by Americans
In "doing Europe," but It Is between
three and four millions at a conserva
tive estimate.
EUROPE AND OUR GR AIN
fFrom the Manchester Union.]
Sometime next Fall, we American*
will be asking one another what has
become of all the grain that was
raised In the United States this year.
Perhaps we shall be paying more
than we think we should for such as
we get, and we are apt to tear our
hair and gnash our teeth and cuss
the tariff—purely from force of habit,
of course, since the tariff of former
days Is no longer with us. Tt has Just
been discovered by the New York grain
trade that the Allies, and especially
Great Britain, no longer Intend to be
held up for exorbitant prices in making
purchases in this country. They have
now developed a plan to secure their
supplies of grain, particularly wheau
corn and oats, without the general
trade being any the wiser until it U too
late. Instead ot entering the open
market In this cdwntry ai\d proceeding
to purchase cash wheat, corn or oats,
the European buyers are quletlv tak
ing September wheat on all weak spots
and will simply ..accept deliveries on
contract. When the wheat goes out in
actual shipment and the daily clear
ances show the big totals, the trade for
i the first time will know definitely how
i Europe Is going about Its grain put
chases this season.
BRIGHT MEN IN PRISON
[From the Brooklyn Times.]
The fact that a convict physician
■ was the first to give aid to Leo Frank
i gives point to the remark once made by
I Warden Hayes, in the days of the old
l Kings County Penitentiary, that he
: could find a man among his charges
! competent to meet any emergency
that might arise.
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