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THE RICHMOND PALLADIUM AND SUN-TELE GRAM, TUESDAY, JULY 8, 1919.

a mental picture of the enormous loss of wealth represented by the manhood loss. "The first question before mankind is food, as usual. The peoples live from hand to mouth even in times of peace. They are now living on stinted rations in Europe. Only a few nations are fortunate enough to have a food surplus. This sur

plus is. going to feed the hungry war nations, and ! in the process the war nations are going still J deeper into debt. England is one of the most

thrifty and resourceful of all nations, and yet the , balance against her is piling up in this country , because of the unavoidable necessity of filling up! some of the gaps of war. One-half of the man-t hood of England that went to the front was put out of action. That is a stroke that cannot bej cured by a conference of diplomats, however inspired. Time must do its work. "The war burned up wealth. The nations stay-j ed on a 100 per cent basis as long as they could j and then went sliding down the inevitable slope

toward bankruptcy. Their borrowing power diminished as their needs increased, a double handi

cap, that depreciated their money, raised the in-j

terest rate, ate up remaining securities and compelled them to issue paper money secured only by hope. The currency situation of Europe is very bad, indeed, in spite of all the wonderful vigor which the United States has lent to the allied

! nations. Without American aid the allies, even if

ultimately successful, would have been bankrupts and would have been forced to remodel their sys-

THE RICHMOND PALLADIUM . AND SUN-TELEGRAM Published Every Evening Except Sunday, bj Palladium Printing Co. Palladium Building. North Ninth and Sailor Street Entered at the Post Office at Richmond, Indiana, as Seat ond Class Mall Matter. MBUDEK OF TUB ASSOCIATED PRESS The Associated Preu Is exclusively entitled to the ) for republication of all news dtcpatcbes credited to It of not otherwise credited in this paper and also the local news published herein. All rights of republication of apaV

mu dispatches nefila are also reserved. When a Man is Forty Forty years may rob a man of his physical stamina but his mentality is not impaired very much. The Kansas City Star, commenting on the battle between youth and age at Toledo on the Fourth, draws this parallel: "Prize fighting, as has often been pointed out, is too strenuous a game for elderly gentlemen approaching the age of 40. Hereafter men of the maturity of Mr. Willard would do well to take their relaxation in playing golf. "Men under 25 make the best soldiers. Thirty h the deadline for those who do the work in polar expeditions. Once in a great while a man in the 30s is able to play tournament tennis. But most of the champions are around 20. "Just why this is nobody knows. Under the

microscope it can be seen that the arteries of a person over 30 are beginning to show their age. That is about all. Presumably other changes are going on that have not yet been observed. It is quite likely that a most thorough physical examination of Willard yesterday morning would not have revealed his real condition. His wind might have been good. His muscles might have registered as strong as ever in any test. But the resiliency, the stamina, the driving force of youth were gone. "When a person approaches 40 he might as well recognize the inevitable and adjust himself to natural conditions. He has no business trying for championships in the prize ring or fancying himself an athlete. But there are compensations. His brain doesn't go into the discard along with Ids biceps. He can go on improving that to the end. The men who have just finished directing

i he great struggle for the championship of the here might be, no matter how urgently Europe world in Europe were thirty years older than the called for food, clothing and other materials or

defeated champion of pugilism." i how high the prices she paid

Condensed Classics of Famous Authors

DEFOE Daniel Defoe was born in London about 16B0. After a life of varied and brilliant activity, he died, a homeless fugitive, in Ropemakers' Alley. Moorfields, on April 56. 1721. His

father, a butcher, educated Daniel for the dissenting: ministry, but the boy's unremitting energy led him to be a trader, a political intriguer, arid an indefatigable journalist. He rose to gTeat Intimacy with King William 1JI. and abruptly fell to pillory and prison for his too perfect satire. ''The Shortest Way with Dissenters." From Newgate he launched his remarkable Review, a Journal written entirely by himself. He advocated an income tax and higher education for women. He wrote 230 distinct pamphlets and book?, but his masterpiece, "Robinson Crusoe," was not published until 1719. when the author was nearly 60 years old. This, the first great' English novel, has in some respects never been surpassed. Its immediate popularity incited Defoe to write a sequel and many thrilling tales of pirates and adventurers, of courtesans and adventuresses. His vivid story of the plague oppeared thret; years after 'Robinson Crusoe." "Defoe was perhaps the greatest liar that ever lived. Yet if we go deep into his rich and strangely mixed nature, we come upon stubborn foundations of conscience." Whatever the "Robinson Crusoe" lives immortally to

-Uauu-1 Defer, About l(It(0-17;tl

ultimate judgment of his honesty, attest his genius in invention.

Good Evening

BY ROY K. MOULTON

See another boatload of war brides have landed. It may be Bald of any young lady that if she isn't a war bride at the start she is after a year or two.

i ne government is to issue a new j $100 bill. "Which Item, in our personal i opinion, is about zero in news value. ! The government might issue seventy I new forms of $100 bills and we would I never know it.

COMMANDER OF BIG BRITISH DIRIGIBLE

It has been some time since a mes-,' senger boy has made eight million I dollars in Wall street in one day. The j messenger boys are all old now and wear whiskers.

LAMENT "What is life to me?" Cried a baby pig, "For eventually I am forsaken! It's not policy To grow very big, As my future will only be bacon!" Norman Stuckey.

but

ROBINSON CRUSOE BY DANIEL DEFOE Condensation by James E. Connolly

My father designed me for the law, j my tame goats, being thus for va-1 , Si it I would be satisfied only with j riety of food not so badly served. ! throug

IN SEPARATION IS SALVATION COOK and GARDNER (man and wife) wanted for country, near Pontiac. Woman must be good cook; separate house to live in; good salaryAd in Detroit News.

Dr. Drinkwater is an English playwright. That boy is in the wrong country.

going to sea, and being one day at ! And so throueh mv twelve vpars dnr-

Hull and one of my companions about j ing which I saw no sign of human to go by sea to London in his father's , existence on the island other than my

En)P. running would serve me but I i own, until that eventful day on which i must go with him this on September I I met with the nrint of a man's naked

tem OI existence. AS matters Stand, some OI tne , . iwi. ana I being then nineteen , foot on the sand

allies will be compelled to take in sail, despite their pride and their ardent wish to stand where they stood in 1914. They are not so strong as they were then, and must fall back somewhat in the line of nations. "Europe is a crater which must be filled if the money circulation of the world is to regain its level. Immense enterprises throughout the world are dependent upon the stability of Europe. The United States, as creditor of all the allies, is deeply involved. This government would not become insolvent if Europe should fail to pay its war borrowings, but the failure to pay would be a symp-

years of age.

The ship was no sooner out of port than the wind began to blow and the sea to rise in the most frightful manner, which made me most terribly sick in body and frightened in mind. In my agony I vowed that if God would spare me through this one voyage, I would go, immediately I set foot on land, directly home to my

I was then like one thunderstruck. I listened, I looked, but I could hear nothing, see nothing. I went up the shore, down the shore; but there was only the single foot-print! Terrified to the last degree, I ran to my habitation like one pursued; and for three days and nights thereafter I did not

?ood parents and be ever after guided j stir out.

in my conduct by their advice.

But next day the wind was abated and the sea calmer, and the sun went down to a perfectly fine evening, and when to that was added a bowl of punch made by a shipmate, I forgot my resolution to return home after the voyage; and such has been my

nabit, to my great misfortune,

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torn of entire collapse which would speedily bring: life: to disavow in the hour of peril

on a world-wide panic. The United States would ! !he headstrong actions which have , , j brought me to peril, and when the

not escape, no matter now prosperous conditions

What a commentary on the fear of man for man! After twelve years of pain and labor, twelve years of warring against the elements, to be thrown into terror by the imprint of a human foot! But so it was. After observation I learned that It was the habit of cannibals from the mainland to come to a part of the island which I seldom visited to feast upon the bodies of their captured

danger is past, to forget all vows and enemies. One morning from my look-

my i out I preceived thirty savages danc-

The Material Situation The Washington Post contributes the follow-

plunge headlong once more on

heedless courses. ing around a fire. Thev had cooked

Various were my adventures after i one victim and had two more ready that first tempestuous voyage. Trad-j for the fire, when I descended upon inLT to flllinp.n in Africa T wa nnn- 1 thnm n-itVi n-i rA.A mnaVctc qtiH

"There is a world inflation of money which j tured by a Turkish rover and sold my great sword, and was in time to lias destroyed the old-time values. This infla-1 imo ,sl,avery' from which after many ave one which thy had cot yet 2. tt -a j c-1 ,1 1 Penis I escaped to the Brazils, where eaten. The saved man I ca.led Friday tion aitects the United States and the American j I set myself up for a sugar planter in honor of the day of his rescue,

dollar. The necessity for

Six bottles of perfume have passed

gh the cusiouis. 1 in- aiv wnucu

at $75,000. We will follow our usual Saturday night custom it's cheaper.

Dinner Stories

A gentleman while visiting in a rural district dropped in on a boyhood friend, now a justice of the peace. While chatting over old times a couple came in to get married. The justice married the pair and after accepting a moderate fee handed the bride an umbrella. The visitor observed the proceeding in solemn silence, but after the couple had gone he asked: "Do you always do that. Arthur?" "Marry them? Oh, yes, if they have the license." "No. I mean give the bride a present?" "A present? Why, wasn't that her umbrella?" "No," said the visitor peevishly, "it was mine."

A north countryman charged with having set fire to a large hayrack was defended on the ground that he was not altogether responsible for his actions. One of the witnesses testified

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Ma. G. H. Scott.

Maj. G. H. Scott is commander of the R-34, the huge British dirigible which enjoys the distinction of beinc the first lighter than air machine to fiy across the Atlantic.

Profits From Victory Day Celebration To Be Taxed By French

(Tty Associated Press) PARIS, July 8. A bill has been introduced in the Chamber or Deputies imposing a tax of SO percent on prof-

"rai ht hhe1d."he PnSner was (balconies for the victory fetes. There

' uas uefii burnt: uisiuss-iuii v. uciuri

dollars has enjoying a tine prosperity . and his was the first voice I heard

xi-- j: : v, f,v;ni ,ifiiofinn . .... .... . .. tnereat. wnen i tell a victim to in all mv 2o years on the island. He

uig w j orougnt mem into oeing, ana now tney are reia- j temptation. Help being scarce in the and the price level which is engaging internat- tively more numerous and less desirable than the i ?zilf - .an,d .S0I?e, planters knowing

which thJ nri y occasion onithese fi are t H fc, ,axation ner tn Z J t . ? ."T" ' as war profits which also are assessed 'wnVlpT statement?" he 80 percnt. Good places are reported i v L J 1 rllei couns.fi j to selling freely at 1.000 francs each es answered the witness. "Once ! The t alrnfanes which have bpen

crown

ional attention just now: "The material situation of the world is a fascinating study at this time. It is impossible for any intellect to grasp the multitude of factors that make up this situation, and in this respect statesmen suffer the same handicap as ordinary mortals. If the political adjustments fail to work successfully it will be partly because of

that I

Accordingly labor, food and coast

of Africa, they beguiled me

things they buy.

evorvtlii'n(r oloo flnof nor, ho ovph c r, rrorl f- mAnair ' int a Voyage to those parts With the

wne, v. w.x..n6v. i.v.j, j intent t0 secure slave labor

commands more 01 the abundant money than it i plantations

i i i

C i.. , 3 j c . i j umy evn

sirable money. "The process is still at work and probably will

! coast of South America, and of all the

I ship's company, l alone, by the bless-

continue for a year or more. Money will be more j ing of God, was allowed to escape plentiful than ever, and accordingly not quite so ; XV ti was' a

was young, intelligent, of a superior race of savages and became my trusted companion for all the time I remained on the island. What Fridav told me of the main-

for our ! land, after I had tausht him some

j English, decided me to leave the isdoes ever come , of evil J land. We built, a boat, this time not

counsel. Our ship was wrecked on I too far from the sea for launching.

an unknown island off the north-east j and were almost ready to sail when

21 savages in three canoes landed on the island with three prisoners lor a

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the inability oi tne numan mina to mter tne , bl It m k dollars to buv anv-i knife

problems presented to it as a result of the sre thins purchable. Enterprise will be more active wnbei heredufen n-o Va rmn fiiiPtrinrn! TnP. cnofl taitrl OI Llie QGlG- it j j.-. .-n i. i. i . i i . . . t . j

oi a vy n w . v c - - i riciri

rates to the Paris peace conference. They are

merely unable to cope with a situation which must work itself out. "The war expenses and losses are estimated at ubout $200,000,000,000. The world is worse off by that amount because of the war. The losses

feast. One of the prisoners was a white man, which enraged me. I

double charged my two fowling pieces, i r

a pine and a little tobacco in J four muskets, two pistols, and giving

hore. Fridav a hatchet and also a great

dram of rum and myself my great i j sword, we descended and killed all j

at worn ne got naif a

much for his wages, an' " "Well?" said the counsel as the witness hesitated. "He took it back to th' manager," concluded the witness. According to the Wichita Eagle, an editor in a nearby town has moved his press over against the door and 13 having his meals sent in at the window since he let this get by in a society item: "Mrs. Catt's popularity is evidenced by her mangy friends in this vicinity."

I found fresh

ume.

ever. Production will be stupendous in vol-! strength so as to walk

m, , . i n j i water, a great joy. Having drunk and but four of the savages. One of the The country Will leap forward m every ma- . pul a littlp tobacco agaiRst the hun-1 nrisoners was Friday's father. The!

Memories of Old Days In This Paper Ten Years Ago Today

in service between Paris an.1 Brussels are advertised to fly over th-; procession July 14 carrying passengers at 1,000 francs each.

Luxemburg Decoration Given General Smith

Council met and fnvnrprl the tm.

a-.' l -A. ; a a il. ; ; .!, I i, i.i : : - , . j . j nrovempnt Of Kiehth ftrppt frrvm Vnrth

tenai way as it strains every nerve to meet, ine f1 " !iuui". ' ;"" ui' 1 wnne man was a opamaju. a nuivnu. Q - 'stowed by Luxemburg for more than

(By' Associated Pressl COBLENZ, July 8. Brigadier General Harry A. Smith, who !? in charge of civil affairs in district:; of Germany occupied by American troops and in the Duchy of Luxemburg was the guest of honor on July 4 at a dinner given at Luxemburg by the government of the duchy. During the dinner he was decorated with the Order of the Crown, the presentation being made by Prime Minister Reuter on behalf of Duchess Char-

This is the first decoration be-

demands of the world. Then there must be an- niv prc.a, r0freshment throughout the

other adjustment as the level of demand is ap-:

,nd the

proached and the needs of Europe are met. Money j c lpai

must eventuallv be broue-ht back toward its old pleased me most was the sight of the

cover every kind ot activity ana production, out,k,ve) whkh means that prices and wageg must; m staggering as they are, they do not include the ; diminish relatively. Whether this readjustment !in 'inimin manhood loss, which is far more disastrous. ; hp rn aTlH safe nr flhriint anf ralamitnn, i IL6':

There is no method of calculating what the manhood loss means in terms of money. But by

as tne tide eooea. lay so

hore that I found no trouble

g out to it. No living q rfrtff i tt rl note irrvfi

will be gradual and safe or abrupt and calamitous j ioft on the ship: but there was a store

will depend largely upon the common sense and ! of necessities, and such I took, build-

ing in a tree and did there sleep to ( from a ship of which I had seen the j

wrecked hull on my island some years ; before this, and from which I had j taken some 1200 pieces of gold, but j of which I made small account be- i

cause of its being of less value to j

the weather was

sea mild, but what

merely reflecting upon the tens of thousands of j

homes that must struggle for bread without a

breadwinner, the thousands of industries crippled lor lack of labor, the impaired transportation systems on land and water and the acres that must lie waste for a few years, it is possible to form

: foresight of America.

SPEAKING OF ZERO IN CONSOLATION Anaconda Standard. Cheer up! Senator Poindexter assures the country in the most positive terms that it need never despair as long as he lives.

Cotton Acreage Greatly Reduced

From the Christian Science Monitor. THAT the cotton planter of the south has a vital interest in the establishment of a great United States merchant marine, adequate to moving the

rminn croD. was emphasized by K. D. McKellar, United;

..,to tonatni' frnm Tennessee, in welcoming 300

pates from 10 cotton growing states who attended a con- . ntion at Memphis recently. The convention was supplementary' to a similar meeting held in New Orleans in February. Reports from comii, it tees appointed at the New Orleans meeting showed that there was a prospect of a 3 1-3 per cent reduction in iIih south's cotton acreage this year. The Cotton Growers' Association formulated plans for a permanent organization to stabilize the industry, finance the crops and set a minimum price. The convention will meet here again soon to consider organizing a great cotton holding and exporting combine, as adocated by W. P. G. Harding, Governor of the United ? tates Federal Reserve Heard. A summary of the progress of the cotton acreage proH ct was given by Governor Pleasant of Louisiana. "It ought not to be expected," said Governor Pleasant, "that the south should continue to raise cotton at a loss.

as she has done for a majority of years during the last four decades. If it bad not been for other enterprises in this section during that time, the south would have been bankrupt. Her bank accounts have not been built up on cotton. "We" should not raise over 10,000,000 bales of cotton at the very most, and the extra acreage should be devoted io the cultivation of corn, potatoes, hay, velvet beans, and many other products that can be used in sustaining the home, and in raising plenty of cattle, horses, mules, pwine, sheep and poultry. We ought to adopt a system !:i the south by which the farmer and his family and his

i ing a raft for

porting them to an inlet in the island where was fresh water and a

high flat place for my habitation. Bread, rice, barley and corn, cheese and dried goat's flesh, some sugar, flour, planks, spars, rope all these with two muskets, two pistols, fowling pieces, a store of lead and powder, two saws, an axe, a hammer, and which was the least use of all thirtysix pounds sterling. All these I pilot-

I ed from day to day between tides from

ship to shore. On the night of my thirteenth day, my work of transportation being done. I lay down in my usual fear of wild beasts, but also of thankfulness in the knowledge that I was prepared for some time to come against the barrenness of the island. There were wild fruit trees on the

Mr. and Mrs. A. D. Gayle gave a large dance at the Country club for Miss Lee Broadhead of Washington.

me than so much sand of the beach. !

The Spaniard and Friday's father i I sent with fire-arms and food in my !

new boat to bring back the wrecked crew of the Spanish ship. While waiting for their return an English

chip with a mutinous crew put into , my island. I helped the captain re-1 cover his ship and took passage with 1 him for England, leaving on the island the most mutinous members with two honest ones who also wished to j remain. Later, my Spaniards return-,

ed and all settled together on the island, having their dissentions at first, but settling down finally into a flourishing colony, which some years later it was my happiness to visit. After twenty-eight years, two

An appropriation of $o,000 was made by the council to pay the city's share in improvements in sewers, alleys and streets.

Richmond and Webb Ixidge of Masons conferred degrees at Williamsburg.

six years.

Mrs. Daniel Hope, formerly Miss Delia Posey, principal of Garfield school, died at her home in Wisconsin.

Masonic Calendar

Tuesday, July 8 Richmond Lodge

No. 196, F. and A. M.. called meetine.

property could be sustained completely by the growth of other crops than cotton. If he has enough land and time left over to produce cotton, then cotton should be raised to that extent, and out of it should grow the bank ac

count. In other words, we should raise just the maximum I island, but it was many days before

. , I nmnnnt r,f onttnn th-if will mninoi the woriri to hnstfm I discovered them, l here were also

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to us to buy, and not so much as will compel us to rush cut into the world to sell."

months and nineteen days I left my,Vork j'n Entered' Apprentice Degree".

isiE-.no. i auui-iyiieu iiiuii I-, beginning six o'clock. N. J. Haas, W

Italians Ask French To Withdraw Men From Fiume (By Associated Pressl ROME. July 8. The national council of Fiume has passed a resolution enumerating the incident caused by the attitude of French soldiers there an attitude considered offensive to th feelings of the population. The resolution a6ks withdrawal of the French troops, as their presence endangers friendly Franco-Italian relations. General Grazioli of Italy, commander of the interallied forces at Fiume. went to the hospital there today tq, visit French soldiers wounded during the last Franco-Italian incident.

BARN DESTROYED BY FIRE

OXFORD. O , July 8. A large barn pnd several smaller buildings on the

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my arrival in tegmnu, uul . M .q Frankljn county Iad vere a stranger there My modier ana j Wednesday. July 9 Webb Lodge , destroyed bv f.re vesterdav, together father were both dead which was , N-0 24 F & A M Called Meeting, j with 400 bushels of corn, farm impleunfortunate, as I could have been or work 5n prllow Craft Dpjrree begin- j ments end a large quantity of newly great service to them; for besicles tne , nini? at gix 0-ciock. Clarence W. ' mown hay. Spontaneous combustion

-200 pieces ot gold rrom tne apaaiM ; Foreman, W. M. from new hav is believed to have

ship, mere was tu.uuu pouuua blch- Friday, July 11 Kins; Solomons

inc awaiting me from an honest : chanter. No 4 P A M Sttpd Con-

goats running wild, but without the i friend, a ortuguese captain to whom I j vocation.

firearms and ammunition l had ! had entrusted my estate m tne ura- m h m i .l, jm, i.eaana

caused the fire. Loss, covered by insurance.

$5,000, partly

WHEAT KINGS Kansas is casting about just now to find out who the wheat king of the state may be. It isn't so very long ago when 1000 or 2000 acres of wheat made a man the wheat king. Then James Fike went into the wheat business on a big scale and sowed as high as 16,000 acres of wheat. For some years he had no competitor for the crown of

the wheat king of Kansas, as Kansas has no competitor as the wheat king of the nation. In fact, Kansas has grown more wheat on an average for the last 10 years than any other similar area in the world. Samuel Demoret of Pretty Prairie probably is the real wheat king of the state. He has 40,000 acres of wheat this year. His average yield is estimated at 15 bushels per acre. It probably will far exceed this, as the government crop report indicates an average yield of 17 bushels an acre and the state estimate is 21 bushels an acre. The Collingwood family is the largest grower of wheat in the state. The members of this family have more than 100000 acres of wheat this year. But no individual of the family has as large an acreage as Samuel Demoret. The Collingwocds and Demorets are neighbors, both residing in the same county. Demoret, if his wheat averages only 15 bushels an acre, and if he receives only $2 a bushel, will receive $1,250,000 for his crop. This is the largest amount ever received by any single Kansan for any crop ever sown in the state. $

brought from the ship of what avail were they to me? So I had reason to be thankful for the good Providence which had held the ship to the shore until I had taken off all that was of use to me. There was much to be done if I were to secure my existence on this strange island. The needful things I did as best I could in turn, but not always with good fortune attending my efforts. In my first planting of barley and corn seei, the half of all my precious stock was wasted by being planted at the wrong time. I spent weary months making earth-

ware pots for holding fresh water; and forty-two days it took me to hew my first long plank from a tree. I strove for weeks to fashion a stone

i zils before setting forth on the ill-

fntert ermnd which threw me tor

twenty-eight years on my island. So j pleased was I with his honesty that j I settled 100 moidures a year on him i and fifty moidures a year on his son, i both for life. j I married and begot three children, , and except for one voyage to the ! island, of which I have spoken, I roamed no more. So here I am, having lived a life of infinite variety for ; 29 years, blessed with more than I deserve and resolved now to prepare for the longest journey of all. If I have learned anything, it is a knowledge of the value of retirement and , the blessing of ending one's days in . peace. j CopvrigM, 1919. by Post Publishing;

mortar to stamp grain in. onlv to! Co. (the Boston fost. . , 44. i. ii j ! P-iblishe-d bv special arrangement come at last to a block of hollowed .b"v1.r.,,,, 'v..,nn,, svnm-

with the McClure Newspaper

out wood. Five months I labored in felling a great cedar tree, hewing

and shaping it to the hull of a eplen- "Arabian Nights," edited by Prin-

did boat with which I was to escape , cess Scheherazade, as condensed by

from the island, only to be forced to

abandon it for want cf a means whereby to launch it into the sea. However, every failure taught me something I had not known before. For the elements, there were great winds and rains and earthquakes. But I became used in time to all things. I planted and harvested my crops of barley and corn; I plucked my wild grapes and dried them into nourishing

Alfred S. morrow.

Clark, will be printed to-

PAY OFFICE WRECKED.

( By Associated Press") BUTTE, Mont.. July S. Explosion of dynamite partially wrecked the pay office of the Anaconda Copper company's office here. The explosive is believed to have been placed there by

raisins: I raised and killed and salted agitators.

THE GEORGE MATTHEW ADAMS DAILY TALK

PERSPECTIVE

A boxer wins few battles if he is a poor judge of distance. It is a good deal the same with us all. If we are not able to get a clear Perspective on a character, or an event,cr a real idea, then we lose out on the big thir.g. Perspective is so much. It is so great that when a big character arises in the world the further one draws away from it the greater it gets, whereas a little character always dwindles soon to the point where ycu can't see it any more. Perspective has such an influence on the working of a man's mind. If one is able to see over the years Into projects that mean something of benefit, then the man wtio has this vision himself grows. There Is a sort of character supremacy among some which nothing can erase. A lot of things might happen and yet. because of correct viewpoint, level headedness and poise, a man is able to tread evenly and 6trongly. without fear. For Perspective is a kind of steadiness in its effect on the growth of character. When you look at a thing you must measure it in a straight line way looking right to the heart of It, whether it is a person, an idea or a project. No cne ever amounts to much who does not have this clear Perspective. Many things contribute to the. proper development of one's Perspectives. You have to do a lot of eliminating. You have to see things as a whole and then measure the best standard by which It. may be judged. For Perspective really means to see through things with a clear mind and a whole heart. It means getting a square of yourself and measuring it up to everything else. Remember this, however. You will have to form your own Perspective.