Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 22, Number 176, Decatur, Adams County, 24 July 1924 — Page 6

DECATUR I DAILY DEMOCRAT PutollabMl Every Evening Except Sunday by THE DECATUR DEMOCRAT CO. J. H. Heller —Pree. and Gen. Mgr. E. W. Kampe—Vlce-Prea. A Adv. Mgr. A. R. Holthouae—Bec'y. and Bui. Mgr. Entered at the Poatofflce at Decatur Indiana aa second claaa matter. Bnbacrlptloa Batea Single coplea — . . 1 centa One Week, by carrier —lO centa One Year, by carrier — li.oo One Month, by mall centa Three Months, by mall *I.OO Six Months, by mall — —H-75 One Year, by mail —. , ■ .—32-00 One Year, at office— 33.00 (Prices quoted are within first and second sones. Additional postage added outside those soaes.) Advertising Baton Made Kiowa oa Apslleatloa. Foreign Representative Carpenter A Company, 122 Michigan Avenue, Chicago, Fifth Avenue Bldg., New York City, N. T. Life Bldg., Kansas City, Mo. THE DAVIS BELIEF: — Davis has characterized the dem> cratlc party in these terms: “The political plane occupied by the democratic party is not difficult to comprehend oi define. It is r. common error to reek to divide mankind into but two great classes —the ccnservht.ves and too radical; or li use hie substitutes new so poptl.lT but which by const rat repetition have l«cnrwr meanin ;bu.s, into the ••s.vt’onary and the progressive. Such terms at their very best are rarely more than half-truths, for one and the' same man may be a conservative of conservatives on one question and yet out radical all the radicals on another. But if conservative means one who is so timid or well satisfied that he is instinctively alarmed by thought of change, and radical one who through discontent or sheer love of experiment is ready to welcome any alteration in the scheme of things, it is clear that neither adjective Is broad enough to describe a democrat. rOf this campaign, make no mistakes. No matter how many separate questions may be involved in the inquiry, the issue before the American people this year is the question of confidence or no confidence in those who are now seeking to administer the government, and their vote will be "content" or “non-content.” Let us get back to Jefferson. "The whole art of government,” said he, “consists in being honest. A public office Is a public trust." The above i g by Mr. Lowry in the New York World, who concludes by saying: — “I have known every man who has been or who has sought to be president for the last twenty years. I have never known one better fitted by character and quality for that great place than John W. Davis. Scores ol men who have participated in our national affairs can sign that bit ol testimony." We are for the swimming pool and we are for getting It started as soon as possible. Os course, it’s too late to get it ready for this year, we can stprt things so that It will be assur ed for next year. The city cannot build it as It should be without in creasing the tax rate which is not desired, but the council and administration are willing to go as far as they can and we believe would appreciate assistance from the public 'though 'hey have not asked it. Plans are to rlve r water filtered through the aru lt ''"S” and healthy ** ** sea- • o Provide dressing room tor girl, hoys with lockers tor ctoth J --city supervision anrtadtrecharge and to make it ready a source of pleasure «d for th«m who us e it. We would like to have your opinion. Many have expressed themselves favorable. Do you want it badly enough to help pay for It’ By all means we should give th< Clover Leaf a definite answer on thel petition for a franchise permlttin them to build a side track to the Bel handle factory and to the site of th

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Face to Face With Helen H. Gardener The First Woman Civil Service Commissioner (By Joe Mitchell Chapple) Tiie first women ever appointed to the Civil Service Commission. Helen Hamilton Gardener, Is one of the three Individuals directing this important branch of government directly under supervision of the President. Tile Commission Itself is the outgrowth of the movement begun in Cleveland’s time for civil service reform, ar.d conditions have certainly reformed. In picturesque old Winchester, Virginia, among the Blue Ridge Mountains. Helen Hamilton Gardener was born in the summer of 1858. the daughter of Rev. Alfred Griffith Chenoweth. Graduating from the High School at Cincinnati, Ohio, and deciding to make her life work teaching, she attended the Ohio State Normal School and after further postgraduate work in biology, medicine and other branches in New York, she became prncipal of the Ohio Branch State Normal School. Having spent her early life in Ohio, it was natural that Helen Hamilton Gardener should take great interest in political affairs, especially in movements for the develpoment of women. An ardent suffragette, she was chairman of the Congressional committee of the National American Woman Suffrage Association and spent many years traveling in more I than twenty countries, collecting picI tures and data upon social and political conditions. Concentrating on the subject of heredity. Helen Gardener is regarded as an expert. Her book, “Is This I Your Son. My Lord?” with the sequel .“Pray You Sir, Whose Daughter?” created a sensation, while her essays on Men. Women and Gods and “An Unofficial Patriot," gives her eminence as an author as well as a leader. In her office in Washington Helen Gardener maintains the judicial poise of a practical Commissioner pursu- ■ ing the opportunity to study at close hand all types of applications for government positions. Commissioners Morrison and Wales, the male members of the Commission, often defer to her when it is a case of close judgment on examinations where the problems go outside the range of the papers.

Ed* Note: Send ten names of your favorite famous folk now living to Joe Mitchell Chapple, The Attic, Waldorf Astoria Hotel, New York City. The readers of this paper are to nominate for this Hall of Fame. I

. proposed SIO,OOO stock yards. The rail- u . way company must stand all damages t ensuing, we are informed and the matter should be allowed unless there is some reason of which we have not ' learned. Taking care of manufacturing Industries In our midst is a duty s and it is certainly a big advantage to ' have a first class stock yards with e pens for all kinds of livestock. Let's y settle the matter when it comes up * at the next council meeting. if r Rain is badly needed by the farm- | 'f ers of this county, needed almost as surely as the dry spell was. The ground is so cemented that plowing is almost impossible. The hay, wheat n and oats crops are good and if rain g comes the next few days the corn ’ crop in parts of the county will be fair. j The sale season is opening and those who trade in Decatur will have an opportunity to buy goods at a low figure. The live merchant turns his stock into cash that he may purchase goods for winter and the announcements now indicate that they are very much in earnest. Read the advertisements in the Daily Democrat and profit by it. - This is the big day of the fair. Thursday always is the banner day for attendance and this is no excepI tlon. The fair is a good one consider- ( ’ 'ng the early date and those attend- 1 >nk so declare It, The event will close | II tomorrow. ] ent ion is called to the fact by | • Progressive Cte{:on thut geyeral of 1 ■ll grad take “ «P and the J " and the bricks turned >e and relald, the improvement would be

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. HELEN HAMILTON GARDENER Says: “Human nature is as differi ent as the leaves on the trees, and - Nature's miracles are nothing com-| ,• pared to the miracles of human life.". In 1901 Helen Gardener married • Col. Selden Allen Day of the United 3 States Army and has lived in the - Capital City ever since, and has al-1 ■ ways been active in woman’s work. 1 Being a member of the Daughters ■ of the Revolution and of the Societies ■ Academique d'Histoire Internationale.l ’ her activities are widespread. In fact ’ it would seem as if Helen Gardener 1 3 has lived a full-orbed woman's life, ‘ and her appointment on the Civil 1 Service Commission was the first recognition of a woman at the head •of any permanent commission or I ,bureau. 1 Helen Hamilton Gardener has a 1 wealth of wavy gray hair, and eyes f that teem with intelligence. Observation is the basis of her research 1 work, suplemented by extensive read--1 ing and study. j 1 “Evidence accumulates.” she said ’ to me sitting easily in her swival ’ chair, “that heredity plays a strong- ’ er part in the lives of people than we are willing to admit. The strong r member of the family group cannot 1 escape responsibilities to those not so 1 tavored with certain abilities at birth. 1 There is some particular spark of hereditary endowment that marks ' distinction from the family and his 1 kind. Human nature is as different as the leaves on the trees, and Na- ■ ture's miracles are nothing compared 1 to the miracles of human life.” I 3 Looking at me intently,, she said: “Now, don't you think the average girl of today is just a little brighter and more self-reliant than the aver3 age boy of her own age? I am not worrying about the girls not being r able to take care of themselves. The 3 training they are receiving in offices 3 and the contact with practical affairs 3 of life means that a stronger generation of men and women are coming?’.

I appreciated and it would be a saving to the city. Why not? o FIRST THINGS FIRST Its mighty strange,—but, the thing we know Is the all important thing. We often "put off" "til some other time." Forgetful how swift time’s wing. I "Work first, then play,”—the rule is right But, somehow it's hard to keep; And we let,— a lot of things,—pile up ‘Til we can’t see over the heap. Why is it essential things must wait 'Til incidentials are done! • That precious moments must be consumed iil fiddling around! Say, son. | The sooner you get this Into your head; •First things must have first place," The better a chaiice you will have to win Life's long, hard, hot. swift race. —A. D. Burkett. c Big Features Os ) RADIO ( Programs Today ) (Copyright 1924 by United Press) WJY, New York, (405 M) 8 p. m.

(E. S. T.) — Polo grounds boxing I matches, Carpentier vs. Tunney and Berlenbach vs Ratner. WMAQ, Chicago, (447.5 Ml 8:15 p m. (C. S. T.l—Filomini Singing society WEAR, New York, (492 M) 9 p. m. (E. S. T.l—Vincent Lopez and his orchestra. KGO, Oakland. (312 M) 8 p. m. (P P s. T.I—KGO players present “Kindling.'' a three act drama by Charles Kenyon. WJZ, New York. (455 M) and WGY, Schenectady, (380 M) 7:30 p. m.. (E. S. T.) New York Philharmonic or -1 < hestra. o Refreshment Stands Cause Traffic Jams One thing Independence Day brought out very forcibly this year | was the fact that the largely increased number of automobiles in oper|ation over former years are not entirely to blame for the irksome congestion which pervails upon many of the leading highways of America. Anticipating a motorist jam July 4th, the National Motorists Association sent *out scouts in Illinois. .Michigan and Indiana in an effort to ’determine the various causes which ,lead up to unnecessary blockades of traffic and resultant accidents. The reports from these scouts just complied bring out very clearly shat one of the greatest evils on a busy thoroughfare is the refreshment and (fruit stands lined up right alongside 'of the highway offering their wares to, the motorists. Huga Myer. Secretary and Treasurer of the NMA who headed one of the scout fleets had this to say in his report of what he | found in the state of Michigan: “Os course there were more than the usual number of automobiles using the paved Highways on July 4th, but we were all getting along in'fairly good shape and making reasonable time until we approached the fruit belt on the other shore of Lake Michigan. Then we ran into a myriad of fruit stand and places where cold drinks and confections were being dispensed to the holiday motorists. Right then and there our troubles

commenced. The traffic was so heavy ( that there were two strings of cars going in either direction. Just as soon as a car stopped at one of these stands to make a purchase it gummed up the whole procession behind him. "When I say that on one stretch of the highway between St. Joe and Gary there w ere at least five of these booths or stands sandwiched in each mile of road you can easily picture .what happened. There was the worst Iconfusion and congestion I have ever witnessed and ninety percent of It j was due to these stands most of | which were in charge of farmers their wives or children. “My reports from others who were making a survey of conditions in other states while not so bad as the conditions! found, nevertheless all stress on the fact that the temporary fruit stand was a decided nuisance. For this reason and in an effort to ( eliminate congestion where possible, NMA is going to ask the authorities to put some restrictions on these refreshment places. Some states may license stands. If they do I know nothing about such legislation. But I do know that they should be regulated and that if they are a real necessity they should be located far enough away from the highway so that any motorist stopping to make a purchase could get off the highway entirely and not interfere with those behind while he is standing still.” | ’ Motion Pictures Are Making Hit In China Motion pictures are making a great hit in China. Up to the present time of course, they have not penetrated t very far beyond the Treaty ports along the coast and up and down the Yangtse River. In cities like Shanghai, Tientsin and Hankow the cinema houses are visited by thousands daily, and I supI pose the film has done more to educate the people about America and the „ West in general than anything that o has ever happened. Sometimes the impression gained are not always fortunate. Formerly the Chinese I knew only missionaries and a rather high type of business man, and he is, , therefore, much surprised to see the > hold-ups, the terrible drunkenness I and other things of the kind • I It Is a well-known fact that foreign--1 ers do not enjoy the same amount of I prestige that they used to in the Far 1 East. The Chinese realize that [ Americans too are made of common f clay. One of the great causes of this g is the motion picture. —o —. I—J—I—WANT ADR EARN—«—S— t s—s—s—WANT ADS EARN—s—s—s

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