Montour American
FRANK C. ANGLE, Proprietor.
Danville, Pa., Nov. 5, 19()8.
PRESIDENT CALLS
FOR THANKSUIM
WASHINGTON, Nov. 1.
The president yesterday issued the
annual Thanksgiving proclamation, as
follows :
"Once again the season is at hand
when,according to the ancient custom
of our people, it becomes the duty of
the president to appoint a day of pray
er and of thanksgiving to God.
" Year by year this nation grows in
strength and worldly power. During
the century and a quarter that has
elapsed since our entry into the circle
of independent peoples we have grown
and prospered in material things to a
degree never known before, and not
now known in any other country. The
thirteen colonies which surggled along
the seacoast of the Atlantic and were
hemmed in but a few miles west of
tidewater by the Indian-haunted wild
erness, have been transformed into the
mightiest republic which the world
*as ever seen. Its domains stretch
across the coutinent from one to the
other of the two greatest oceans, and
it exercises dominion alike in the
Arctic and tropic realms. The growth
in wealth and population has surpass
ed even the growth in territory. No
where else in the world is the average
of individual comfort and material
well-being as high as in our fortanate
land.
"For the very reasou that in mater
ial well-being we have thus abounded,
we owe it to the Almighty to show
equal progress in moral and spiritual
things. With a nation, as with the
individuals, who make up a nation,
material well-being is au indispens
able foundation. But the foundation
avails nothing by itself. That life is
wasted.aud worse than wasted, which
ij spent in piling, heap upon heap,
those things which minister merely to
the pleasure of the body and to the
power that rests only on wealth.
"Upon material well-being as a
foundation must be raised the struct
ure of the lofty life of the spirit, if
this nation Is properly to fulfill its
great mission and to accomplish all
that we so ardently hope and desire.
The things of the body are good' the
things of the intellect better; but best
of all are the things of the soul: for,
in the nation as in the individual, in
the long run it is character that
counts. Let us therefore as a people
set our faces resolutely against evil,
and with broad charity.with kindness
and good will toward all men, but
with uuiliuching determination to
smile down wrong, strive with all the
strength that is given us for righteous
ness in public and private life.
"Now,therefore, I, Theodore Roose
velt president of the United States,do
set apart Thursday, the 26th day of
November next, as a day of geueral
thanksgiving and prayer, and on that
day I recommend that the people shall
ojase from their daily work, and, in
their homes or in their churches,meet
devoutly to thank the Almighty for
the many blessings they have received
in the past.and to pray that they may
be given strength so to order their
lives as to reserve a continuation of
these blessings in the future."
Halloween Surprise Party.
A pleasant Halloween surprise party
was tendered Miss Media Kramer at
the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Frank Kramer. Wall Btreet. Refresh |
mentis were served. A number of gifts
were received.
Those present were Misses Audrey '
Kramer. Nellie Bums, Margaret Hur- j
ley, Pearl Frye, Esther Rogers, Anna
Werle, Mary Deibert, Ida Cashner !
Ellen Young, Laura Morrison, Jennie
Haas. Zella Baynham, Beatrice Blue, j
Carrie Blue, Catherine Whapham, j
Viola W'ray, Leona Snyder, Florence
Mader, Margaret Fields, Catharine
Fields, Messrs. Beaver Kramer, Henry
Warner, Raymond Frye, Joe English, j
Howard Waruer, Lester Werle, Paul !
Walker, Larue Thomas, Theodore !
Walker
Funeral ol Mrs. (Jethinjj.
The funeral of Mrs. Thomas B. Getli
ing, whose death occurred at her home
West Hemlock township, Sunday morn
ing, took place from Straub's church I
Tuesday aft?moon and was largely
attended. Interment was made in the
cemetery adjoining the church. The j
pallbearers were Frank Blohn,Herbert
Blohn, Harry Hawklus, Cleaver Beav ;
er,Norman Krum and Jasper Stettlcr. j
Heavy Freight Movement.
The movement of freight on the S.
H. & W. division of the Pennsylvania
railroad is increasing very rapidly and
is said to be very nearly as heavy as
during former prosperous times. The
attaches of the s tntion on the south
side are kept on the jump. The revival j
can be viewed in no other light than j
that of returning prosperity.
Have Retired from Farm.
Mr. and Mrs Jackson Cleaver re
cently of Frauklin township, Colum
bia county, have retired from their
farm and will henceforth make their
home with Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Clark,
South Danville, Mrs. Clark being a
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Cleaver.
The result of the balloting whll
disappointing to many Is accepted by
all.
WALL STREET "TIPS."
Best Place to Plant Them if They
Come Your Way.
A seasoned Wall street campaigner
condenses a life of practical observa
tion In the remark: "Stock market
'tips' are, as a rule, founded on noth
ing better than guesswork or pure in
vention. Although usually without
value, openly peddled out to the pub
lic and not possible to trace to any
reliable source, they come clothed in
such a garb of mystery and apparent
Importance that there are always a lot
of 111 informed persons who will ac
cept them and act on them as on gos
pel truth.
"Often these so called 'tips' are but
the whispered suggestions of some ma
nipulator who was confident that his
mysterious, semiconfldential hint would
travel and be made the basis of large
buying of some stock he was especial
ly anxious should be largely sold.
"It is told of one great speculative
magnate of the past generation that
when he was approached by the pastor
of a rich and fashionable Fifth avenue
church in search of means by which
he could become suddenly rich he put
his lips close to the clerical ear and
whispered: 'Buy Pacific Mall. It's a
sure thing. If you lose on it I'll make
good your losses.'
"The pastor departed gleefully. Sonio
two weeks later he called at the office
of the manipulator and deplored the
great financial losses he had incurred
in following the confidential 'tip.'
'How much were they?" asked Mr. G.,
ond on being told he drew his personal
check for the amount
"The minister took It and after ex
pressing his thanks hesitated a mo
ment and then said: 'But how about
my parishioners? Yon placed no ban
of secrecy on me, and their losses have
been enormous.'
"The financier smiled grimly as he
remarked, 'You see, doctor, those were
the fellows I was after.'
"This story may be true or may not,
but it points a moral If you get a
'tip' on Wall street bury it in the back
yard and forget it." —Cleveland Leader.
A Double Headed Bull.
On the occasion of a public reception
at Napier, Australia, the school chil
dren of the town, after being duly com
plimented by ills excellency from Coun
ty Tyrone on the hearty manner in
which they had rendered the national
anthem, were solemnly assured that if
they put their shoulders to the wheel
they would be sure to reach the top
of the tree, upon which a compatriot
turned to me and said, "Sure, It was
an axletree he meant, bedad!"—London
Spectator.
Equally Cutting.
"Your voice," said the commanding
officer, "is decidedly rasping."
"Yes, sir," said the subordinate,
touching his hat. "I have been out
roughing It with a file of soldiers all
morning."—Chicago Tribune.
Why He Loved Spain.
Gloacchlno Rossini, who was a great
Jester, was once seen embracing a
Spaniard with great effusion. Asked
the reason, he replied, "Because with
out Spain we would be the last na
tion."
THATCHING.
The Ancient Art In the Low Countries
and In England.
Once upon a time two amateur bot
anists were hunting bog mosses on
Exmoor, on the confines of the land of
Lorn a Doone. About the hour of
luncheon they found that their enthu
siasm had led them far afield, a good
hour aud a half from the farmhouse
which they had made their temporary
headquarters. The only place which
yielded promise of food was a shep
herd's shack half a mile distant, so
thither they went That the shack,
or, rather, its owner, a small, wiry,
dark man with curly hair, could offer
nothing better than brown bread,
which was woefully "cllt," or heavy,
and raw onions Is neither here nor
there. The point was that the roof
of the shack was artistically thatched
with layers of plaited reeds.
"Feyther taught I th' way to doun,"
explained the shepherd, with an up
ward jerk of his thumb toward the
roof. "An' his feyther taught 'lm
avore that, nn' his feyther avore that
an' back an' back twill nobody can
think."
"A hereditary art evidently," said
one of the moss hunters to his com
panion. "But I never saw thatches like
these outside of the Low Countries.
Safe bet that this fellow is of Dutch
descent." Then he said to the man of
Devon, "And what is votir name, may
I ask ?"
"Well," replied the shepherd, "most
volk call I Van, but ina right name be
Ilenry Van Torp. They do say that
ma gurt-grandfeytlier were a-vitln'
against England an' were took prison
er an' married a Devon girl an' set
tled 'ereabout"—he indicated the south
ward sweep of the moor—"but these
be a lot of voolish tales to ma think-
In'."—Craftsman.
i ne Ltiove on the Pole.
A imf ut custom In M ll Knglish town,
Honiton. is "proclaiming the fair." The
town obtained the grant of :i fair from
the lord of the manor so long ago as
12.)". and the fair still retains some of
the picturesque characteristics of by
gone days. The town crier, dressed in
picturesque uniform and carrying n
pole decorated with gay flowers and
surmounted by a large gilt model of a
gloved hand, publicly announces the
opening of the fair, as follows: "Oyez!
Oyez! Oyez! The fair's begun, the
glove is up. No man can be arrested
till the glove is taken down." Hot
coins are then thrown among the chil
dren. The pole and glove remains dis
played until the end of the fair.
How Hammer of Death Struck James.
The old parish church of Flumstead
is probably at least 1,000 years old.
The picturesque churchyard, a cher
ished haunt of the poet Hloomfield
during his visits to Shooters 11111, con
tains a delightfully choice "derange
ment of epitaphs." One of these on
"Master James Darling, aged io,"
teaches a lesson of moderation during
the cherry season to the youth of other
places besides Flumstead. Speaking
from his tombstone. Master Darling
exclaims:
The hammer of death was give to me
For eating the cherries off the tree.
Westminster r»o-r?v
A COURSE OF OX.
Try It as an Antidote For the Ilia of
the Strenuous Life.
In the choice of motor power allow
me to suggest the ox. The horse leans
forward to pull ant! even helps himself
along by bobbing his head. He Jerks a
load out of a hard place by plunging
bodily against the collar, stopping and
longing again. lie strains through a
hard place and then starts suddenly
forward at his release. He works him-
Belf into a lather, and yon, if you are
the right kind of person, cannot help
feeling for hita and assisting him with
inward stress and strain.
The ox does not bob a horn. He sim
ply Journeys, and the load goes along.
When he comes to a tough place his
pasterns do not bond down, he docs not
squat to pull, he does not pinch along
on the toes of his shoes, he seldom
blows, and he does not know how to
sweat He does not exert himself at n
patch of woven 801 land then hurry up
when he la past it. The chalißbecomcs
■tiller, and the yoke sits solider to his
neck, and that lis all. There is no sign
of effort The earth may grit Its teeth
and crunch as it swallows the plow, but
the ox stalks on his way. With the
share deep or shallow or lifted entirely
and hanging from the axle, whether
he Is plowing earth or air, it makes no
difference to him. Ills most ponderous
task is still himself, and he heeds no
Incidentals.
He Is o*it for a stroll. He does not
allow work to Interfere with tie even
tenor of his way. His tendons are rig
ged to his outstanding rump bones like
eo much spar and tackle, and he goes
along by interior leverage, inside his
old woman hulk is the necessary en
gine work, and he will neither go slow
er for tills tiling nor faster for that.
There is much about him besides his
disposition tlimt Is self contained. He
is tile antithesis of the automobile. To
ride on his back is a euro for indlges
tlon; to ride behind hlin is a rest for
the mind. A course of ox is an antidote,
for the ills of the times.—Charles D
Stewart In Atlantic.
ASLEEP UNDER WATER.
One of the Funny Incidents Possible
In a Diver's Life.
As showing how much at home a
man may bo today under water I may
relate an amusing story. Some months
ago while a great battleship was at
Malta one of the seamen divers went
down to clear her propeller from some
flotsam that had become entangled,
and he failed to come up. It chanced
tliut the rest of the battleship's divers
were ashore, and grave concern was
felt on the ironclad for the missing
worker. Signals by telephone and life
line were sent below without avail. In
the launch above the throb-throb of
the air pump's cylinders went on, but
the attendants looked at one another
In dismay, fearing some strange trag
edy Ceep down in those heaving green
seas.
The worst was feared when some
big brushes and other tools came float
ing to the surface, and thereupon the
navigating lieutenant sent ashore an
urgent message for one of the othei
divers. The man came on board,
dressed immediately and went below,
only to come up full of indignation.
"Why, that fellow's been asleep all
this time!" lie said wrathfully. It was
true. The man had just had his lunch,
and. Sniilng the work much less serious
than he had thought he finished it in
a few minutes and then sat comfort
ably ou one of the giant blades of the
battleship propeller and went to sleep
with inquisitive fishes swarming
around him. attracted by the dazzling
searchlight on his breast. The officers
were so amused at the occurrence that
no punishment was inflicted ou the
lazy one St. Nicholas.
The Kind of Boy He Was.
That Marshall Field of Chicago knew
how to wrest victory from defeat and
make stepping stones of stumbling
blocks is shown by the following story
told of him by a friend:
When a boy young Field went to a
great merchant and asked, "Do you
want a boy?" "Nobody wants a boy,"
replied the merchant. "Do you need a
boy?" the boy persisted, not at all
abashed. "Nobody needs a boy," was
the reply. But he would not give up.
"Well, say, mister, do you have to have
a boy?" "I think likely we do," re
plied the merchant, "and I rather think
we will have to have a boy just like
you."
The Kose's Memory.
[One of the scientists declares that
Hunts have memories.]
I wonder If each rose that lies
Between dim, long forgotten pages
Has memories of dreamy eyes
That mirrored love In other ages?
I wonder if each petal pressed
Agntnst a bosom wildly heaving
Can hear the hopes that are confessed
And listens, Joyously believing?
Can yon long treasured rose recall
The pay night when a maiden kissed It
And, having shyly let it fall.
Pretended that she never missed it?
How clearly J Uehold the scene
Which pleasing funcy spreads before
me!
Ah. many and severe have been
The storms that since have broken
o'er me!
1 wonder if this faded rose
Remembers how we danced together
Anil v> iilspered—ah. I trow it knows
We did not talk about the weather!
Perhaps—perhaps if it were blessed
With speech it might e'en now be able
To tell mo if 'twas once possessed
By Gladys, Joan or Maude or Mabcft.
—Chicago Record-Herald.
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SELFRIDGE'S GOOD WORK.
Aeronaut Killed by Wright Airship's
Fall Recognized as a Leader.
Lieutenant Thomas E. Self ridge, who
was killed by the fail of the Wright
airship at Fort Myer the other day,
was one of the most enthusiastic be
lievers lu aeronautics among the offi
cers in tiie military service and
through liis own efforts succeeded in
securing a detail with the aeronautical
division of the signal corps. lie was
bom in San Francisco twenty-six years
ago aud was appointed to the Military
academy at West Point from that
state. He was appointed a second lieu
tenant in the artillery corps in 1!HI.'!
and commissioned a first lieutenant
four years later.
While with the Fifth field artillery he
became interested in the work of Pro
fessor Alexander Graham Bell, who
was experimenting with tetrahedral
kites, and about a year ago w!?s at
tached to the signal corps.
Lieutenant Self ridge was one of the
three officers who successfully operated
Captain Thomas Baldwin's dirigible
airship over a month ago when that
machine was undergoing its official
tests for acceptance by the govern
ment. Lieutenant Lahm and Lieuten
ant Folois assisted him, and Lieuten
ant Selfridge's management of the big
airship brought him Into marked prom
inence as a successful operator of air
machines. lie designed the propeller
of the Baldwin craft, which was con
sidered a marvel of efficiency.
As secretary of the Aeronautic Ex
periment association at Ilammonds
port, N. V.. Lieutenant Selfridge took
a leading part, and he was closely con
sulted by its organizer, Alexander Gra
ham Bell, in the construction of the big
airship on the tetrahedral kite princi
ple which Professor Bell has been
building for over u year at his summer
place in Baddeck, Nova Scotia. Lieu
tenant Selfridge in December, 1907,
made the tiret flight in a large tetrahe
dral kite which was to form part of the
Bell machine. The kite flew well for
HSB feet, but glided into the water.
The first machine built by the Ex
periment association at Ilammondsport
was Selfridge's Red Wing. It was
constructed from his own designs, as
sisted by the engineer, Glenn U. Cur
tlss, who built the engine and eight
cylinder forty horsepower motor. Lieu
tenant Selfridge did not go up in the
first flight, which was made March 12
of this year. F. W. Baldwin, a civil
engineer of Toronto and an active mem
ber of the association, operated the ma
chine, and it made a successful flight
over Lake Keuka of 318 feet 11 inches.
Of the flight Professor Bell said:
"It was the first public exhibition of
the flight of a heavier than air ma
chine in America."
Five days later the machine was se
riously damaged, and a short time after
Mr. Curtiss' June Bug was built, which
has flown over a mile.
The organization of the Experiment
association was brought about largely
through the Interest of Lieutenant Sel
fridge in aeronautical matters. He rec
ognized the need for a place where
practical experiments might be made.
WIRELESS TYPEWRITING.
Practical Demonstration of Knudsen's
Machine—Type Set Ssme Way.
Hans Knudson. a Danish electrical
engineer, recently gave In London ;
practical demonstration of his ability
to work a typewriter by wireless teleg
raphy. Knudson declares that a Him
type composing machine can lie opt r
ated In a similar fashion, and. al
though his demonstration was mad'
with apparatus in a more or less ex
perlmontal stage of construction, the
results were such as to open u|t a woi
derful vista of almost magical attain
ment.
Many people present at the demon
stration. which was held at the Hotel
Cecil, wrote on a wireless typewriter
in one room, and what they wrote w as
Immediately printed by a reeeptiv,
typewriter in a neighboring apart
ment. In a precisely similar way
Knudson says It will be possible t<>
actuate a linotype machine, message*
of news boitig sent off on a wireless
keyboard at a central office or news
agency.
Telegraphing sketches and photo
graphs by wireless can also be accom
plished, he asserts, by means of a spe
clal form of the same machine.
BREACH OF PROMISE.
Manner In Which the Law Treats It
In Different Countries.
England is the best place, frotn the
plaintiff's point of view, f-l 1 a broach
of promise action. Another coun
tries seem to regard with grave sus
picion any attempt to recover mone
tary compensation for the loss of a
prospective husband, and unless the j
plaintiff has a very strong case indeed j
it Is never worth her while to carry ;
her grief Into the law courts.
In France breach of promise cases I
are rare, for the simple reason that |
the law requires the plaintiff to prove
that she has suffered pecuniary loss, j
Now, this is not an easy thing to do j
on the part of the lady, especially in ;
a country where a girl without a dot— I
that is, a marriage portion—has a poor ,
chance of finding a husband. Holland j
and Austria have adopted the French j
system, and the result has been about j
the same. Breach of promise actions j
nre rare, the injured damsel? or their j
relatives usually taking tlie law Into'
their own hands.
Practical Germany, as might be ex- !
pected, has perhaps the best method j
for solving this problem. When a j
young couple become engaged they ;
have togo through a public betrothal !
ceremony that ought to knock all the ;
shyness out of them. In the local |
town hall the pair declare their affec ;
tion, willingness to marry, etc., ending
by signing a collection of documents
that apparently leave no loophole for
escnpe. But If either party to the con
tract wishes to withdraw another jour
ney is undertaken to the town hall
and another collection of documents
signed, witnessed and sealed. Then
the authorities determine the question
of compensation—should It be claimed.
In this connection it may be said that
the man can and often does claim a
solatium for his wounded feelings.
The usual award is one-fifth of the
marriage dowry. It is easy to under
stand when all this is remembered
how loath the young people of Ger- j
many are to break their betrothal i
oaths.
As the law of Italy affords little or
no protection whatever to jilted dam
sels or swains, it i.> not surprising that
the stiletto • lioull be tilt- favorite mode
of deciding breach of promise cases.
The Italian law demands that the per
son suing for Ihe breach shal produce
a written promise to marry from the
defendant; otherwise the action cannot
proceed. This difficulty is almost i"-
surniountable, and the Italian judges
are seldom troubled to adjudicate be- !
tween one time lovers.
To bring an action for breach of
promise of mariage against a reigning
monarch is an achievement, but it has
been done, and by an English lady.
Miss Jenny Mighell sued the sultan of
Johore, and as there was a doubt
whether the dusky one was actually a j
reigning monarch tlio case was allowed
to come into court, but the Judge quick
ly disposed of the action by ruling it !
inadmissible for the reason referred to,
and Miss Mighell was nonsuited.
It is remarkable that one of the two :
actions which have brought verdicts
for £IO,OOO each to the plaintiffs should
have had for Its defendant the editor'
of a matrimonial paper. The second J
case was between a well known actress ,
and the eldest son of an earl,—London |
Tit-Bits.
Tune For Tune.
Frciiork-k the Great made generous j
presents to all musicians except flute j
players, lie played the flute remark-j
ably well himself. A famous flutist 1
once asked permission to play to the I
king, hoping that Frederick would i
show his appreciation of his skill by !
some valuable gift. Frederick listened I
attentively wlilio he played a difficulty
piece. "You play very well," he said, ;
"and 1 will give you a proof of my J
satisfaction."
So saying lie left the room. The ui.i
sician waited, guessing at the probable
nature of the proof. Presently the
king returned with his own flute and
played the same piece. Then he bade
his visitor "Good day," saying. "I have
had the plensure of hearing you. and if
was only fair that you should bear
me."
ridJ Him.
Cynical Man—Nature must have been
dreaming when she made woman.
New Woman—She must have had a
Welsh ratobit nightmare when she
made man.—Bohemian Magazine.
A SCISSORS ARTIST.
The Wonderful Feats Performed by
Joanne Koetren.
More than 2UO years ago a little girl
I was born at Amsterdam, Holland,
j whose name was Joanne Koetren. She
| was a peculiar child in that she cared
| nothing whatever for play and sport,
! but found her greatest delight in mak
j ing copies of things about her, Imitat
j ing In wax every kind of fruit and
: making on silk with colored floss ex
! uct copies of paintings which were
j thought wonderful.
Hut after she had become very ac
i compllshed in music, spinning and em
broidery she abandoned all these for a
i still more extraordinary art—that of
j cutting. She executed landscapes, ma
| rine views, flowers, animals and por
traits of people of such striking resem
j blance that she was for a tiuie quite
j the wouder of Europe. She used white
| papers for her cuttings, placing them
j over a black surface, so that the mi
nute openings made by her scissors
formed the "light and shade."
j The czar, I'eter the Great, and others
' of high rank paid her honor. One man
j high in office vainly offered her 1,000
j florins for three small cuttings. The
; pmpress of Germany paid her 4,000
1 florins for a trophy she had cut, bear
; ing the arms of Emperor ixjopold,
crowned with eagles and surrounded
■ by a garland of flowers. She also cut
the emperor's portrait, which can now
be seen in the Royal Art gallery in
Vienna. A great many people went to
see her, and she kept a book in which
princes and princesses wrote their
| names.
j After she died, which was when she
had lived sixty-five years, her bus
band. Adrian Block, erected a monu
ment to her memory and had designed
I upon it the portraits of these titled
visitors, ller cuttings were so cor
rect in effect and so tasteful as to
give both dignity and value to her
work and constitute her an artist
whose exquisite skill with the scissors
j has never before or since been equaled.
CAMELS HARBOR HATRED.
Will Wait Until an Opportunity Ar
rives For Revenge.
j The Arab who has angered a camel
j will throw his clothes upon the
I ground, and the infuriated beast after
I stamping on them and tearing them
| asunder with its teeth goes on its
| way, and the driver is thereafter quite
I safe, as it seems to be an axiom with
' the camel that no man shall be putin
peril of life twice for one offense.
The camel is stupid save when an
gry and then seems to become almost
preternatural in carrying out its venge
ful designs. Palgrave relates the fol
lowing story of a camel's revenge,
which serves to illustrate this point:
I "A lad of fourteen had conducted a
! large camel laden with wood from one
village to another at a half hour's dis-
I tance. As the animal loitered or turn
ed out of the way its conductor struck
it repeatedly and harder than it seem
! Ed to have thought he had a right to
1 do; but, not finding the occasion favor
able for taking immediate quits, it
! 'bode its time.' That time was not
! long in coming. %
| "A few days later the same lad had
j to reconduct the beast, but unladen, to
! his own village. When they were
j about halfway on the road and at
I some distance from any habitation the
i camel suddenly stopped, looked delib
i erately round in every direction to as
sure itself that no one was In sight
arid, finding the road clear of passers-
I by, made a step forward, seized the
j unlucky boy's head in its monstrous
I mouth and. lifting him up in the nir.
flung him down again on the earth
with the upper part of his skull com
pletely torn off.
j "Having thus satisfied its revenge.
! (he brute quietly resumed its pace to
' ward the village, as though nothing
J were the matter, till some men who
had observed the whola, though unfor
tunately at too great » distance to be
able to afford timely help, came up
\ and killed it."—London Telegraph.
Famous Gospel Song Writer.
Frofessor Wiufield S. Weeden, who
d!e<l suddenly the other day at Bisby
I,odge, In the Adirondacks. was famous
on two continents as an author of gos
pel songs and as an evangelistic cho
rus leader. He worked notably with
Dr. J. Wilbur Chapman and William
Phillips Hall.
HUGHES ON SPIRIT OF PLAY.
Governor Prai«es Playground System
and Its Work In Cities.
Governor Charles Evans Hughes of
New York was the principal speaker
at a recent session of the second an
nual congress of the Playground Asso-
Atlon of America, which has been
holding forth at the American Museum
of Natural History, In New York city,
lie said the best way to train a boy to
do right Is not to lecture him Into,
tears about his wrongdoing, but to
show him the delight of a noble and
hafrpy boyhood.
"The successful worker must have
the spirit of play in his heart," said
Governor Hughes, "and the successful
man is only a boy with a man's ex
perience. He must have the zest, the
devotion, the spirit of comradeship,
the capacity of self forgetfulness, add
ed to the wholesome outlook of the life
of the boy, if he is to do a man's work
in the world. How are we in our
great congested population to maka
possible the spirit of play, the oppor
tunities which are essential to the de
velopment of the normal manhood?
I cannot aid you by expressing a sug
gestion, but 1 can bid you godspeed
from the bottom of my heart.
"We are flgthlng with intelligence,
and, we hope, wisely, the great white
plague. But the dread disease of tu
berculosis must he successfully fought
by developing stamina, physical
streuirth. plenitude in all the physical
activities. We must nourish that
strength in childhood. We do not
want simply hospitals and pavilions
and notices giving Instructions to those
who are infirm. We want to save the
health of the country so that we may
develop a strong, well nurtured com
munity.
"If we are thinking of uothing else
but the preservation of life and the
proper function of government in pro
tecting against the community expo
sure of the people to infection and the
inroads of disease, we would make It
one of our first objects to secure ade
quate playgrounds for children in the
free air ami give them opportunities of
rescuing themselves from their over
crowded abodes.
"We want playgrounds to conserve
the morals of the people. There may
be some who look upon human nature
as absolutely debased and yet recall it
as exhibiting here a very extraordina
ry illustration of spasmodic virtue, vir
tue in spite of tendency. My opinion
is that the average boy and girl are
good. I believe that every man and
woman would rather do right than
wrong.
"And, knowing what makes for a re
duction of unnecessary temptation, It
makes it easier to have wholesome liv
ing that nourishes normal youth with a
fair chance for gratifying normal appe
tite. That is a safeguard of the coun
try and of the institutions of our gov
ernment.
"We want playgrounds in order that
we may develop the sentiment of hon
or. In the playground the boy learns
without any suggestion of rebellion
against instruction and precept and
preaching. He learns It because he
does not want anybody else to cheat
him, and he is down on the boy that
does not play fair. Thereby he main
talus a standard which we must estab
lish in the community and
In our great cities."
Governor Hughes said he did not be
lieve In making boys compete in sport'
that necessitated training which they
lacked merely to encourage play. Rou
tine and schedules and a training
which smacli of a playground congress
should l e Vanished, he sail, and the
playgrounds should be l'or boys and
girls who just want to play.
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