Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 35, Number 8, 15 November 1909 — Page 4
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Disgusting and Dangerous. From the New York Tribune.
The tragic ending of an hypnotic raree show in a nearby town should
mean the prompt and final ending by
process of law, of all such exhibitions.
It is not yet judicially determined
whether the "professor who con
ducted the Bhow should or should not
be held accountable for the death of his "subject." He did not mean to kill him, and hypnosis could scarcely cause rupture of the aorta, though it Is an interesting and pertinent ques
tion whether standing upon a man's
chest while he was in a cataleptic
state might not have serious results.
That, however, is apart from the chief general aspect of the case. The
point is that exhibitions of the kind
which seems to have occurred at Som-
erville are both disgusting and dan
gerous. To lay a man, made rigid by
hypnosis or catalepsy, across trestles and then stand upon him as though he
were a log, to send him through the
gaping crowd of spectators with bod
kins thrust into his flesh, is a performance which must cause something like nausea to every right minded person who sees it, and which must have
a'pernicious effect upon weak or im
mature minds. That it can be edify
ing or elevating is out of the question.
Such performances, as parts of vaudeville shows or otherwise, should be
forbidden for the sake of common de
cency.
THE CASE OF TOMMY There was once a boy named Tommy who lived in this townHe Is at the reform school now. Between those two statements there is a long story. Tommy was more or less accidentally "pinched" one night. He was put In the cells in the City Building. He rejoiced In the fact after having gotten over bis surprise. Tommy became a hero. This haDDened in the long ago period when Tommy was not so im
portant a "character that the newspaper and police records will show his "history." But that night marked the turning point in Tommy's career. He became a "character," He was "pinched" not that time only, when
he was fourteen, but every few weeks.
Tommy is in the reform school now. Tommy will not be "reformed" when he comes out. Tommy will run afoul of a "girl" and then he will do something
which will send him to the "pen." Why not? The records win snow mai
Tommy has been a police character since the early age of fourteen. What jury will go behind the facts what matter if they 6et him free?
Tommy is probably past all that.
DEMOCRATS VERY
READY TO AVOID LIQUOR PROBLEM
They Are Not Least Bit Anxious to Incorporate Any Such Clause in Next State Platform, Tis Said. BREWERY INTERESTS
HAVE THE SAME VIEW
Will Congress Depose Its Ruler?
Within the last few days we have seen the headlines "Cigarettes and
Dime Novels responsible for horrible crime."
But were they? Did the headline relate that the criminal often wore suspenders or
a belt and mayhap a coat?
There is something more radically wrong with society than cigarettes and dime novels. That is a pleasant little fiction that we who pride ourselves on various things are relying on to keep the situation from bothering our sleep at nights. Put it in generalities and we comfort ourselves by talking blithely about the criminal classes and the proletariat. That doesn't worry you much it is quite comforting to think that you yourself don't belong to the criminal classes and may go to church some Sunday and come back and find that your servants have your Sunday dinner ready. You can sit around after dinner and speculate on the condition of the Hottentots and whether dogs have souls. But what about Tommy? Tommy is not a generality. Tommy is a real boy in the reform school. Will he have a chance after he gets out? Will he have any reason to do otherwise than what you all expect him to do? The police all over the state will keep their eyes on him. Would you hire him the boy from the reformatory with a police record the "incorrigible?" "Well I most certainly wouldn't!"
And yet Tommy's time will be up some day. Then he will go down the- "line." He will need money he will not be able to get a job. All his previous education thesa years since the age of fourteen has been acquired in police court, jail and criminal classes, conducted by authorities and specialists in their lines. That is the way the criminal classes are fed.
The laws of this state are bad in regard to this problem but they are better than they used to be. The conditions in this county thanks to Judge Fox are better than the citizens have any right to expect. What are you going to do about it? Do you care? "What does that matter to me I didn't make the law and I didn't pinch Tommy." But you did. Every one in the state Is guilty. And Tommy is in the reform school. He may be in the penitentiary some day.
The Playground Movement. From the Boston Transcript.
The Playground Association of
America finds much to encourage it in the development of the present
year. The necessity of adequate playgrounds for the highest welfare of ev
ery municipality has long been conceded, at least theoretically, but many cities are slow about translating the
ory into practice. Of course the coun
try child does not need special provis
ion for this purpose. The roadside, the meadow and the grove are his arenas for sport, though rarely does
he realize how blest he is. When later he comes to settle amid the brick and mortar of a large city the longing that he at times experiences
for the joyous freedom of his early years is a revelation to him of the privileges that he once enjoyed. But the city child needs all these things as much at the other. They should be his normal inheritance, and when
withheld he is defrauded of his birth
right.
"Am I my brother's keeper?" No not in this day and generation. We all blame it on the dime novel and speak of the "criminal classes." The real criminal "classes" by the way are those which are held in management of juvenile misdemeanors.
Adequate instruction is given in all those "classes" boys turned in'criminals" while you wait.
The boys do not need "reform" half so much as the citizen needs regeneration.
our
to
think that because they can hear
through a telephone that their hearing
is good. Not always Dull hearing like poor sight may last for years
without giving much trouble." It is a well known fact that violent noises deaden the sensitiveness of the healthy ear. Boiler makers are aware
of it. Nervous women who come shopping to the big cities are sometimes overwhelmed by the unusual and excessive uproar of the streets.
and most of them never know that their headaches, irritability and unrest are entirely due to ear-strain.
TWINKLES
into
"she also has the right to go politics."
"Perhaps," answered Senator Sorg
hum. "But have you observed how
hard it is for the average person in
politics to accumulate property? If I
were you I'd hold on to the property
They Are of the Opinion That
The Question Can Be Bet ter Solved Without Interfer ence of Politics.
S The "Mum." From the Philadelphia Ledger.
The chrysanthemum show makes plain the hold of the statuesque, patri
cian flower upon popular favor. Now-
adays to the prize chrysanthemum al
most as much sedulous attention is given as to the care of an infant each blossom is individualized, and instead
of a whole family on a bush, the en
tire energy of a plant is devoted to a single flower. Scarcely an hue in the petals seems unattainable, nor does
the feminine coiffure as altered by fashion display a greater variety of
form and outline.
(BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.) A Father's Discipline. "How do you keep your youngest
boy so well behaved? Do you threat
en to whip him?" k
"No. I threaten to let his mother
cut his hair,"
Reappearances.
Once more the ' statesman wise 13
drawn Into this busy sphere
To take another encore on
The things he said last year.
"I knows a man." said Uncle Eben.
"dat says he loves nature. But he never goes out in de woods wifout a
shotgun. Dat's de way some folks
loves deir neighbors."
Buffalo, Too! From the Springfield Republican.
Buffalo is apparently to be the next
large city to follow Boston in adopt
ing a commission form of government.
The people there voted by an over
whelming majority last week in support of a petition to the legislature for
the grant of a commission charter. The spread of this plan of local government among the cities of the country is the great municipal feature of the time. It is becoming no longer possible to keep count of the places taking up the plan, so rapid and widespread is the movement.
"If ulate
A Suggestion. a woman has a right to accumproperty," said the suffragete.
A Sweet Dream. Some day I'm going to lead a life of economic care, To realize a future that is generously fair, Relieved from all the envy and the struggle and the stress, I'll revel in the popular idea of success. I'll have the dollars coming in a swift
and steady flow, Sped by their own momentum whether times are swift or slow; And then, when ease is permanent and profits are precise.
calmly cross my legs and smile and pass around advice.
(Palladium Special" Indianapolis, Ind., Nov. 15. It is
said that one of the reasons why many Democrats in Indiana are in favor of leaving out of their next platform all mention of the liquor question is that they believe liquor legislation will be obtained much more eas
ily if the whole matter is kept out of politics next year than if it is dragged in. One day recently a brewer from
out in the state was in this city and
was talking about the situation, and he declared that the brewers realize that they made a mistake when they adopted the course they have been following in the effort to get more satisfactory legislation. He did not say just what he meant by this, but it is taken to mean that they believe it is a mistake to make the liquor question a party issue.
On Legitimate Grounds. If this is what he meant, then it
probably indicates that they will try to keep the matter out of party poli
tics and seek to obtain legislation on legitimate grounds, using the argu
ment that the liquor business should be controlled by law but that it should not be prohibited.
Many Democrats believe that the
brewers will be wise if they adopt this course. They believe no political party should stand as sponsor for the business or for any other special interest, and that such interests should tako their own chances when it comes
to legislation.
In view of this situation there is a strong belief that the brewers next year will not seek so much to control the Democratic party as they will to elect members of the legislature from both parties who will be favorable to what they are pleased to call reasonable legislation. There are many re
publican counties and districts in Indiana in which they will probably be able to elect members who will not be unfavorable to their cause, and if they can elect republicans who are favorable to them they will accomplish as much as if they elected democrats. To Improve Saloons. It begins to look like the brewers of the state have at last started on the road to an improvement of the saloon business in the state, for they are arranging a plan for the cleaning .up of things throughout the state. They seem to be determined on this proposition and to he putting forth an honest effort in that direction, because they realize the position they and their business are in and that they have made a mistake in trying to force
things their way when the people
would not be forced. They have apparently concluded that the brewery has no place in politics and that it
must be eliminated as a political force.
According to the plan proposed by the
State Brewers association a strenuous effort wjll be made to bring about such a condition in the liquor business that the people will no longer demand the elimination of the licensed saloon, but will demand proper regulation.
Fairbanks A Thorn. Practically all of the brewers of the
state are members, of the state asso-
III
UNCLE JOE" CANNON.
GOVERNOR PLftllS SEVERAL CHMIGES
Chief Executive Is Investigating Conditions at State Institutions.
SOLDIERS' HOME QUIZ ON ARE SCORES OF APPLICANTS FOR ADMISSION TO THAT HOME BUT THEY COMPLAIN THEY CANNOT GAIN ADMISSION.
I'll
I'll join the gleeful chorus, as It sounds in sweet accord; "To be good is to be happy." "Virtue is its own reward." "A penny saved is equal to a penny earned, you see And the way to save your pennies is to send them 'round to me." I'll outline plans to better our conditions here below Though I won't drop any tips on how the market's going to go.
I'll cultivate a waist-line life will be
serene and nice,
When I can cross my legs and smile
and pass around advice.
When the rooms are not crowded at Monte Carlo the play average just over one coup per minute.
elation, the only large brewer on the outside being Crawford Fairbanks of Terre Haute. He is the thorn in the side of the association, because it is known that he does not approve of the idea of cleaning up the business in the state. He adheres to the old policy that business is business and the more business you do the more money you make. The rest of the brewers, it is pointed out, are in the business also for money, but they realize that unless the saloon can be relieved of the unpopularity which it now bears it will be forced out of the state and they will have no business
at all.
But the Brewers association appears to be determined in its purpose to clean up, regardless of Fairbanks or anyone else, and if Fairbanks does not wish to clean up his own business
the other brewers will clean it up for him. Just who will lead the brewers in this cleaning up process is not yet known, but it is believed that the
leader in the movement will be Steve Fleming, of Fort Wayne. Fleming is a fighter from up the creek, and it is recognized as a fact that he is the one man who has the ability and the nerve to carry out the adopted policy if he takes a notion. He is a prominent member of the State Brewers association. In view of the fact that the brewers
themselves have decided to take a
stand for better conditions in the
liquor trade and that they propose to
take it out of politics it Is believed
that there will be a general effort to keep the matter out of the platforms
of either party. Were Given Warning.
When the brewer quoted above said the brewers realized the mistake they
had made it is believed he had in
mind the course that was pursued In
the legislature last wlnterin making
the repeal of the local option law and the passage of the Proctor-Tomlinson
?
votes among the democrats and the
republicans together to pass their bill,
because many republicans, as well as democrats, believed the Proctor-Tomlinson bill, if enacted into law. would
be a better law than the local option law. Therefore, men in both parties were in favor of it.
HUMANITY'S HUNGERS. What Thar Are mm tmm Am Which Thar Ftrat AfMar. Professor Earl Barnes Is authority for the following list of "human hangers" and the ages at which they can first be noticed: Hunger for food and drink Infancy. Hunger for action infancy. Hanger for knowledge infancy. Hunger for companionship six weeks.
Hunger for property two year. Hunger for self aggrandizement Ave years. Hunger for beauty two years. Hanger for reasoning seven year. Hunger for worship thirteen year. Hanger for righteousness fifteen years. The natural desire for food and drink Is strongest, said the professor, at
(Palladium Speclal Indianapolis, Ind.. Nov. l.V-Governor Marshall has. during the last wek. been besieged by scores of persons ho wish to enter the state soldiers hom. at Lafayette, and tie has been making an investigation of the conditions, not only at that institution, but at all o the other state Institutions, with tne result that some changes are about to be made. Scores of letters hn.-e been received
lately by the Governor from persons who sav thev are entitled tn arin..s&..ii
to the soldiers homr. but when thrv
make application they are InfonuHl that the home is full and that no ir.orv inmates can be accommodated. M.iuy of the letters coiuplttned of thU con
dition, and It was as a result of the complaints, that the governor looked Into things. What Was Discovered. It is said that the governor has found that there are many men nJ women at the state soldiers home l.o should be taken care of outside. Numerous cases were found, it is said, where the man or the woman was able to take care of himself or herself. A number of them were found who have property enough to keep them. Other were found who draw large pensions; from the government large enough to provide for their maintenance but ihstate is keeping them. It Is sali thtt one man was found there who owns
$.,om worth of property, and yet the state is keeping htm at the home. Other rases were found of prM.ns whose families are well able to hupport them. Governor Marshall Is going to insist that these persons be weeded oit of the home If po?lble In order to make room for the many others In the state who are needy and who really should be taken care of by the state. Under the law. when a person beroiuos an inmate of the state soldiers' bom, he may remain there for life, but the plan of the governor Is to hve as
many as possible of those wni are able to take care of themselves o take a long leave of absence, thus making It possible to take in the needy on-. What the Result Is. As a result of this Investigation it is said that the governor will instruct the boards of trustees of all of tha other state benevolent Institutions to' uok Into their conditions along tha same lines. He wants them to find out if
birth. After twenty the appetite
should, if not misused, become less and there are any Inmates In their Institt?less till at seventy a man or woman j Hons who are financially able to care
ought to require only one small meai
a day. The "hunger" for property Is very Strong at about fifteen the "collecting" age, when boys will amass anything, from stamps to beetles. When all other "hungers" fall the 'property hunger" still exists, and a man is most likely to be a miser when he is nearest bis grave. The "hunger" for beauty that is, the real "beauty hunger," which means the admiration of art for art's sake is the most uncommon of alL London Ex press.
bill a democratic measure. When the
j brewers began the campaign for these
two things they were warned, that they should not make it a party mat
ter. It was pointed out to them that! ployed
they would be able to get some republican votes for their i measures if they worked the thing on a non-partisan basis, and this plan was adopted and was followed for some time. It was known that they could get enough
Teeth Put to Many Uses. All Eskimos have good teeth, bat they are subjected to severe usage, being used for pinchers, vises and Anting machines. The teeth are em-
in drawing bolts, untying
for themselves, or whose famine? yrc able to take care of them. Ha bolleves the sUte should not be compelled to support persons who are able to support themselves, vr whose fam.ll are able to relieve the state of thl -pense. The order has not yt been issued, but will be soon, so It is uu-Ier. stood, and it will apply to the various homes In the state.
For a good, wholesome, cheap breakfast .always buy Mrs. Austin's pancake flour. Tour grocer has a fresh supply. The Sweet Inwsoent. "Charley, dear." said young Mrs. Torklns. "you most -stop worrying about household details. What's the trouble now?"
knots, holding the mouthpiece of a I . , ,
drill, shaping boot soles and stretching "- " n,Dl- OBC w . . . . . ,. - . . tnM nmm rnnmm ainlfHM MTiA aaV-
auu i a Li u in l: siiui. nuco iuct lut- j v -
come uneven from bard usage they afe leveled off with a file or whet
stone.
'Gimme some more chips. You really
most get your mind off the wood pUs." Washington Star.
City Noises. From the Philadelphia Press. Dr. Albert Barnes of New York city has written a paper in which he contends that "ear-strain" is nearly as prevalent and quite as serious as "eye-strain." That is. he assures us, that in a large city the loud noises, connected with climatic conditions and mental stress, are likely to impair the hearing. "Many people." he says,
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