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gossip lay the) hidden germ of the sub-
sequent organization of the colonies In
the struggle against the ministers of j George. . (So were we taught)
But it this is not enough we would
ask for the sake of information since our political economy is evanescent.
where would this new school which Mr. Cooley represents be but for his
gossiping friend the ' Fourth Estate?
If there Is any such thing as an organized society today with an organ
ized conscience, wijth an organized will, with a collective ego and a larger mind how comes it?
It is our opinion that the organized
gosslpers of things as they are, the newspapers also dreamers of things
as they should be have brought this
about.
The newspaper with its copiousness
ita personalities and its superficial
emotion all these and more have
made the Cooley theory of organized
society a possibility.
And did it ever occur to this same
eminent inquirer into the realm of sociology that gossip plays the most
vital part in the individual and in the
general something called society.
Without it, the latter would be without a majority of its sensitory proces
ses. Even, it might be said aa one
blind, deaf and dumb.
Here triumphs the specialization of
function of the Fourth Estate.
AERONAUT DROPS
Business Review of The Past Week by Henry Clews
New Yor. July 19. Until the last
few days the stock market has been at a practical standstill for a month.
While a few specialties had made fur
ther advances, the market as a . whole
remained substantially at the same level ; this In spite of Improving outside conditions. The ; disposition to
wait the outcome of both the harvest
and the tariff, added to the usual sum
mer inertia, accounted for much of the recent inactivity. But the main reason for the latter was the dogged persistence with which the market was held at the high level. There was every in
dication of a number of stocks being firmly pegged by powerful speculative
cliques, who seem to realize at last that the only means by which they can be distributed is to infuse fresh activ
ity and life Into the whole market.
The effort to force the market to a
higher level was renewed this week with a vigor which showed that powerful an skillful manipulators are now
In control. The question Is will they
succeed? It must be admitted that cir
cumstances In many respects are much
in their favor. Money is cheap and plentiful. Business, though not yet up
to the normal in volume, is steadily
improving. The crop outlook, except
for cotton, is very satisfactory; and.
as everyone knows, our farmers are
confidently looking forward to another j
very profitable season. Even cotton is likely to do better than now feared,
because damage reports have unques-
good news from unexpected Inside selling, making the average buyer exceedingly cautious, and properly so. There is no question but that values are excessively high. In many cases quotations are above the highest existing before the panic; and no one pretends that business, although better than a year ago, has resumed normal activity. At present many stocks are yielding very small returns on their market values, and if dividends do not go up prices must eventually, go down. A setback in business, an Important in
jury to the crops or a sharp advance in money rates would quickly incite a
sham reaction. Fortunately tnese
events are more In the range of possi
bilities than probabilities, though there is every chance of money ? working
firmer when the usual crop and busi
ness demands begin. The big leaders have evidently concluded that the only way to get rid of .their, stocks is create a more active ; market. iBy such means it is calculated that a good dis
tribution can, be effected at handsome
profits to holders. This may broaden the market and bring in a much needed new buying element. There is plenty of money seeking investment: it is the inducements which are scarce, and the speculative spirit has not been aroused. Another element which
prompted buyers to wait was the large new issues expected next month, including the Harriman and Gould financing. There is every indication of
111 THE CHAtlHEL
Hubert Latham Makes Failure of Daring Flight to French Shore.
GIVEN A WILD OVATION
WHEN THE BROUGHT
ENGLISHMAN WAS INTO CALAIS EMO
TIONABLE FRENCHMEN ENTHUSIASTICALLY HUG HIM.
Calais, France, July 19. Hubert Latham, the aeronaut, today attempted
to fly across the English channel. When he had covered but a part of the distance, his aeroplane became unmanageable and plunged into the sea. Latham was picked up by the French destroyer Harpon and brought to Cal
ais. Great crowds welcomed him. and
THE FOURTH ESTATE 1
Prof.iC H. Cooley baa taken a filer
at the newspaper, in a book , called
Social Organization. Mr. Cooley belongs to the newer school of psycho-
pbllososfcer-soclologlats, who deal with
every thing In the 'big' -we will not say lance' or 'rough.' He has reduced
humanity and its operations and in'
terests to the lugip rather than segregating It to the Infinitesimal. Time
was when the scientist went around
with the microscope, prying into the private life of the microcosm and ex
posing its frailties in good Rabelaisian
style.
la the Cooleyesque system, the fac
toring of the universe has grown in
tolerable. He Is no longer interested
in the common Homo and his Ego but
in the collective mind of the whole.
In this 'largeness' (to relapse into Weber and Fleldism 'such a largenets') the newspaper plays, according to Professor Cooley, the part of a gossip "organized gossip." In this role it hands out to the world "a bulletin of Important news and a medium for the
Interchange of ideas," plus "organized
gossip."
"The bulk of Its matter, however, is
best described by the phrase organiz
ed gossip. The sort of intercourse
that people formerly carried on at cross-road stores or over the back fence, has now attained the dignity
of print and an Imposing system. . . . That the bulk of the contents , of a newspaper is of the nature of gossip may be seen by nothing three traits which together seem to make a fair definition of that word. It is copious designed to occupy, without exerting the mind. It consists mostly of personalities and appeals to superficial emotion. It is untrustworthy except upon a few matters of moment, which the public are likely to follow up and verify. These traits any one who is curious may substantiate by a study of Us own morning journal." The newspaper, fortunately, can fall back on the supply and demand basis for its defense if this charge is true
or the Indictment unbearable. It occurs to us however that this is not necessary. The reader will re- ' member through the same medium of his newspaper that President Billot ? has ' lately launched on the tapis ; of discussion his five feet long bookshelf 1 of general cultivation. This suggests the fact that along with Shakespeare and the Bible, the newspaper seems to be taken for . granted. ' Perhaps all three are on the library table while the elect are In the bookshelf dusty. : ' Let It be true that in the process of leavening the mass (for surely Cooley : will . not object to his 'Social Conscience' being leavened even by organized gossip) there Is a modicum or a maximum of gossip the reader can skip all that He can skip the crimes and divorces the police court of the social body leave baseball, society all that does not in so many words ' make history. He will still have the slow stream of the fight of democracy, the occasional victory of people over special interest diplomatic eventfulnets and all the et cetera of the 'mighty movements of men.' , . , But will he have it all? Win not a Ferrero arise in the land and complain that what seems bootless gossip Is after all the real history : of the people on which hangs the larger life? Since the Cleopatra myth has been manhandled and reduced to a Roman campaign story fresh from the classified ephemera of a Roman Cooley, is not the little gossip the really important thing? It may not be.
Ia college we were taught that the French and Indian war had its most powerful effect on the English colon- ? Ists not la the fact that the French
. were ultimately beaten; out In the as-
. , peel of the bringing of many men to
gether from all the colonies aad lett
ing them gossip together. In that very
Items Gathered in From Far and Near
Deathblow to "Frats." The National Educational Associa
tion, assembled in convention in Den
ver, officially pronounced against the
high school "frats." The action was
taken on tho ground that ' the spirit of the "frat" was opposed to the spirit
of democracy in the schools. This ac
tion represents the national organiza
tions of the school teachers of the United States. It may, therefore, be taken for granted that it represents the collective wisdom as well as the
collective experience of the teachers
from all parts of the United States. It is significant that the action taken was
unanimous, and that the resolution was
adopted even without, debate. ' The re
sult here expressed is the; verdict of
the general public in all parts of the country. The greatest danger from the "frats" is that which comes from the
establishment, through their agency, of
social tests in the schools. The "frat
member has arrogated to himself spe
cial' social, distinctions which some
teachers have been foolish enough to
allow and others still more foolish to
approve.
at least two month for possible recu
peration. Confidence generally in business circles is strong. 5 The spirit of
hopefulness prevails nearly everywhere,
and all the influences at work are such
as would naturally tend to discourage
the selling of securities. At the Game time there , is an element of weakness in the situation that is generally over
looked. The big holders have plenty of securities for sale, and more are coming in large amounts. Some big opera
tors are anxious to sell in order to realize the handsome profits now off ered. Their only difficulty is want of buyers. Both the public and investors generally apparently are difficult to tempt at these figures; and it is noticeable that the market often declines on
tionably been exaggerated, and there 'is a large output of new securities during
the next few montns, ana it is wen uuderstood that some bankers are better prepared to share in this new financing than others. Some of our best financiers and syndicate organizers have openly declared the market too high, while others who, apparently, have not
yet got rid of their surplus stocks are optimistic in their talk and Interviews regarding the prosperous condition of the country. It is worth while noting
that these gentlemen have a habit of talking bullishly for public consumption when the market is approaching
the top and they or their friends have
stocks to sell. No one questions tne
truth of their statements, nor does on win a Kiinnase them to be put out
from purely philanthropic motives.
when he landed he was mobbed by j nag ben assisting Latham in prepar
ing for the flight, delightedly exclaimed that this flight would prove the theory of long fights. Levagaseur was not cast down by the disaster either, but was sanguine that the next time Latham would be
able to carry to a successful conclusion his plans. Upon the theory that safe-
i ty lay in high flight, the start was
were his first made from the point of a cliff 30O feet
'above the level of the channel.
dozens of girls and young women, who
kissed him and embraced him. He was wildly cheered and hailed as a hero.
Latham showed great coolness.
When he was picked up by the warship he was sitting on the floating
aeroplane, calmly smoking a cigarette.
Will Try it Again.
"I will try It again.
words when saved.
Of Interest to The Business Men
He Made His Way.
Francis W. Cushman, the section hand tolling along the right of way some twenty years ago,: no doubt felt longings for something better as he watched the luxurious trains roll by,
ofttimes carrying persons of immense
wealth and power. But Francis Cush
man soured not on the world because others had more than .he, and mounted
no soap boxes on the street corner to
harangue any crowd of malcontents.
Instead, he worked hard and faithfully, and by his own efforts rose from the ranks to a seat among the mighty. His
death Is a distinct loss to the country, not alone because his eloquence will be
heard no more pleading for the welfare of his people, but becauso in his passing there has gone from among us a
brilliant, resourceful, energetic man,
whose whole life gave the lie to that vile slander that this is ho longer a country for the poor man without
friends. '
MR PROGRAM
TWINKLES
Against Telepathy.
"Do you take any interest in telepa
thy?" ,eald the young man who was
trying to make conversation.
"No," answered. Miss Cayenne. "I
should never countenance a method of
communication by which people could Intrude their opinions on you without even going to the trouble of looking
you up."
Disappointments That Soothe.
"Sometimes our disappointments
come to be recognized as blessings,'
said the ready-made philosopher.
"That's a fact," answered the flip-
White Space of Great Value as a
Drawing Power. It Is the hardest thing in all the
world for a man to buy newspaper space and leave it white. A man needs to have progressed a long way in the
art of selling on paper to pay, for
space ana leave unsaid some oi tne many things which to him seem essential. The very way in which he buys .space, by the agate line, leads
him to believe that it must all be utilized for selling talk. And yet if he would stop to analyze what advertising is that it is simply a part of tho
selling plan he would realize perhaps
the value of white space..
The first thing a salesman has to do
is to attract attention. The first ob
ject of an ad- is to attract attention.
Now. it is vcrv evident that, given a
sheet of paper which is perfectly
white, you will attract attention by printing upon it characters which are
perfectly black. The whiter the paper and the blacker the type the more
likely it is" to attract attention. This
is noticeable in posters and handbills. But the advertiser quite forgets that with posters and handbills he has an immense amount of white space. In a newspaper, where everything is paid for, the element of white space is lacking, and so you have a dreary waste of type, each advertiser vying with the other in getting his type as black and as thick as possible. Not one of these advertisers but would use abundant white space if it were free. Each "would then realize its absolute necessity, - In- a newspaper, where .every agate line spells dollars and where the only way he can get white space is" to go down into his jeans for the price, it's a different story. But white space is just as important in a newspaper ad. as it is in a poster or a handbill, and it must be had even if it must be paid for. A few men have made monumental successes of their advertising by a liberal use of . white space, and today every man who is using white space in reasonable quantities in newspapers is getting larger returns for his money
than any half dozen men who are de
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meant the solution of a problem of in
ternational Importance. With the possibilities of a flight across the channel meant a new method of invasion for England or France. To Latham as he debonnairely set about to get his machine in action, the
dangerous voyage apparently had no
terrors. It was at 0: o'clock when.
with a great whirring of the propeller
he rose in the air. It was nearly four hours later when Latham was again
brought to solid ground upon the Har
pon. and in the meanwhile the crowds which had gathered were added to by
great numbers. Destroyer Assists.
The French destroyer Harpon had
been loaned by the French government
for the experiments. Even at top speed
the Harpon could not keep pace with the swiftly flying aeroplane but was enabled to keep near enough to render efficient aid. When it was seen today that perfect weather and favorable mechanical conditions would allow the flight, the Harpon cast off while Lath
am was soaring in circles and under
full, steam started in a straight line towards Dover. The crowds on the heights above Sangrette gave a mighty cheer as they saw the aeroplane start In the wake of the destroyer, overtake and pass it.
ill. Levazascur. the mechanician who
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pant person. "It's always a sweet re- penaing up0n the largeness and the
lief to me to discover in the morning
that I forgot to wind the alarm clock.
A Figure In the News. He was a hero years ago. And yet, when now his name you see And mention it with patriot glow, Somebody merely says "Who's he?"
Hypothetical Questions. " What v will your mother say to you when you get home?" said one boy. "She'll start in by asking me some hypothetical questions," answered precocious Willie. . "What are they?" . ''Questions that she thinks she knows the answers to before she starts to talk."
"When you gits a job o work to do, son." said Uncle Eben, "don't imagine you's a chicken on a roos an' kin hold yoh position by g'ine fas' asleep."
She Last night was the first time 1 ever heard you talk in your sleep, and you; kept saying "Four kings." and once in awhile "Full house. HeWell, you see, I was down to the club last night playing checkers with a crack player, and there was a full house watching vs. Judge.
MASONIC CALENDAR. Wednesday Evening, July 21. Webb Lodge No. 24, F. & A. M. Stated meeting.
blackness of their type displays. News-
paperdom.
Origin of "Oliver Twist." The true story of the origin of "Oliver Twist" is npt generally known. It is this: After the amazing success of the "Pickwick Papers" Dickens was thinking of following it up by a story of London life, with which he was more familiar than with English conntry life. Just about that time he happened to visit the studio of George Cruikshank and s was shown some drawings the latter had made illustrating the career of a London thief. There was a sketch, of Fagin's den. with the Artful Dcdger and Master Charley Bates, pictures cf Bill Sifctfs and his dog and Nancy Sites aud. lastly. Fagin In tbs eoude-r.ued cell. Dickens was much struck by the power of these character sketches, and the result was that he changed the wbol plot! of Oliver Twist.: Instead o taking him; through spiritless adven tures in the country he IntrridtKeil bin into the thieves den in London, show ed up their life of sin. but brought bis hero through pure and undeflled. Thus it will be seen that George Cruikshank. not Charles. Dickens, was the originator of the leading characters that appear in "Oliver Twist." Ixndoa Saturday Revjpr-. -
The following is the program for the
Friends Bible Institute at Earlham:
Monday, Auflust 2.
5:00 P. M. The Song of Songs Dr
Lewis Gaston Leary.
8:00 P. M. -The Oriental Churches
and the Crisis in Turker Dr. Leary, Tuesday, Au-ust 3. 8:00 A. M. Meeting for Worship.
9:00 A. M. A Problem in Synthesis
Levi T. Pennington. 10:00 A. M. Jonah: A History or a Prophecy? Dr. Leary. 11:00 A. M. John Woolman Murray S. Kenworthy. 5:00 P. M Tho Great Fish and the
Message of Jonah to His Own Generation Dr. Leary. 8:00 P. M.- The, Historic Mediterranean (illustrated) Dr. Leary.
Wednesday, August 4. 8:00 A. M. Meeting for Worship. 9:00 A. M. The Epistle of JamesMurray S. Ken wortbr. 10:00 A. M. The Message of Jonah to the World Today Dr. Leary. 11:00 A. M. The Development of
Faith Samuel L. Haworth. 5:00 P. M. Spiritual Growth Allen D. Hole. , . 8:00 P. M: New Light on the Evidence of Christianity Prof. G. Frederick Wrleht. ':: , Thursday, August 5.
8:00 A. M. Meeting for "Worship. 9:00 A. M. The First Epistle of Peter Murray S. Kenworthy, 10:00 A. M. The Reasonableness of Miracles in Proof of Revelation Prof. Wright. 11:00 A. M. Faith and WorksSamuel L. Haworth. o : 00 P. M. The Emanuel Movement. Sylvester Xewlin. " 8:00 P. M. Scientific Confirmation of Various Old Testament. Miracles. Prof. Wright. Friday! August 6. 8:00 A. M. Meeting for Worship. 9:00 A. M. The First Epistle of John. M. S. Kenworthy. i 10:00 A. M. New Light on the Genuineness of the Pentateuch. Prof. Wright. 11:00 A. M. The Extension Department. M. S. Kenworthy, Supt. 5.00 P. M. The Emanuel Movement Dr. O. N. Huff. 8:00 P. M. Ultimate Christianity in America. Dr. J. Everist Cathell. Saturday, August 7.
8:00 A. M. Church Extension Work
of the Five Years Meeting. Levi T.
Pennington. 9:00 A. M. Geological Evidence of
the Flood. Prof. Wright
10:00 A. M. (To be supplied.) 11:00 A. M. Meeting for Worship.
He made the start from Sangatte,
near Calais. rne aeroplane rose gracefully and made a good beginning of the perilous journey. The flight to
day was the most thrilling ever at
tempted. Latham had planned it weeks
ago, fully realizing the dangers but
willing to risk them in the interest of
science and for the $5,000 prize offered by the London Daily MaiL Crowds
gathered to see the waredevil aviator make his start. Wireless bulletins were flashed every minute from Sangatte and told of the beginning of the journey. Latham started well, swing
ing hi machine in wide circles before starting on the straight-away course for England. Soon word came that the
machine had vanished from sight and
those who had gathered at Dover began to scan the horizon anxiously for
the first glimpse of the aeronaut. ;
Motor the Fault.
Latham said that the accident was
due to the motor slowing down. The machine is not damaged and will soon
be ready for another attempt.
No exploit1 in"' aeronautics since the early days of the Wright experiments In France had aroused such universal
Interest as the across-the-channel
flight. Daily hundred of spectators gathered at Sangatte hoping to see the
fearless flyer depart upon his voyage.
To many of those who gathered to view the flight it meant nothing more
than a dare at death but to others it
Latham's method in selecting a great
altitude for his starting point is ridiculed by aeroplanists in general. They
declare that, to be practical, the machine must be able to start its flight from any point. Latham's contention
has been that in height there is greater safety.
A Modest Art Student. An art student In Berlin wrote to a brewing concern tn Bohemia offering to paint for tne brewers -picture suitable for advertising purposes artistic, appropriate, attractive and cheap. He went on to ssy: "Sir John Mlllats was not above taking 40.000 marks from a soapraaker for one of his paintings to be used aa nn advertisement. Nor did he hesltat to offer ether pictures for the same purpose at the same price.
Whv should not I. who owe my tailor
and whe fears to look my landlady In the face, not do the same? Stay! 1
shall do better. Am willing to take im than 40.000 marks for my best
work." . - - ' - Slow and Sure.
"How Is f my son getting along?" asked a parent of the headmaster of
a school.
He's slow and sure." was the re
sponse. "That's sstlsfactoryT" r
"Not so." rejoined the master. "By
It I mean that be Is slow to learn and
sure to forget."r-London Telegraph.
A GRATEFUL PATIENT The Coin That Was Meaewres) ay a . Famous Surgeon. Dr. GrenfelL aa M Leal hospital pnplU In a sketch of Or Frederick Treves In the Pall MaBt Gazette telle the story of a tiny sovereign gold piece given by a grateful patient to the famous aurgeoa aad guarded by him as a Drtceiese -treasure. A oallot
from Norway had-beeBoperated ea by Sir Frederick labospltaL Bis life bad been saved. aadbe4haoAgae bis way,
Late one eveaing a nun aoeca brought Sir Fredertchuhlmeelf at that unusual hour to -his door la Wlmpola street. A taU.gauntaeailor la threadbare attire asked If this waa where "Mr. Treves Uvea." At hla earnest request, though semesshat under pretest, he waa allowed to-eater. -He at once proceeded to get oat aejackkalfe. and from the lining of the belt ot-hla trousers he cut oat a smalVgeM piece and offered It to Sir Frederick. Om hla refusal to accept It the ssasv-was aa hurt that Sir Frederick lUte d to .his story, and aa IntereatlBg one it was. The nan asd ea leaving hospital sought a berth at the Londoa docks, but. being a stranger, had been uaable to get one. Behad get oat ef money and had gone hungry day after day. though he knew that bo had sewed up In hla waistband by his wife la Norway the piece of -geldtd queatloo. Be hsd got so pulled down by bad living that be at last decldsd.be amst spend the money, bat that very day he succeeded la getting a berth oa a ship, and bis advance bad given the food bo stood so sorely la aeed of. lie bad promptly tramped all the way to Wlmpole street, and hla bearing was such that Sir Frederick found himself "bowing into tho darkness, boldlne; the gold piece la his hand and with an overwhelming sense of tafertorlty strongly Impressed oa his salad.'
Davy Jones locker Is a combination of Duffy, a ghost or sprite among West India negroes, and Jones, a contraction of, Jonah.
Knicker We have achieved the conquest of the air. Bocker Except the hot variety. New York Pun. Costly Fireworks. It is said that the greatest In extent and most costly set piece in fireworks ever shown anywhere in the world was at . the St. Louis exposition in 1903 The display was about 1.C0O feet Ion? and varied from 100 to 200 feet ir height. This took less than thirty seconds to set all ablaze aud cost $25,001 for each of the two evenings that U
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