Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 44, Number 300, 1 October 1919 — Page 6

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.THE RICHMOND PALLADIUM AND SUN-TELEGRAM, WEDNESDAY, OCT. 1, 1919.

THE RICHMOND PALLADIUM AND SUN-TELEGRAM - Published Every Evening Except Sundays t7 Palladium Printing Co. Palladium Building, North Ninth and Sailor Streets. Entered at the Post Office at Richmond, Indiana, aa Se ond Cl&st Mall Matter.

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ington and Boston should arouse us to our senses. For five years the world has been full of disorder and turbulence. We need tranquility and peace in our political and industrial spheres. We have had enough of war and violence. In this nation authority rests in our own hands. We have incorporated the principle of

authority in our government, in the laws we have made and the men we have elected to enforce the j statutes. The time is here when we must assert i

"TVatc'he? ar"aiLf rt8erverdPUbUcatlon of "H thi principle. We cannot permit the principle of

authority to weaken, nor our love for order and

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Retain the Board of Works The movement to dismiss the board of works should be defeated decisively by the city council. No cogent reasons for abandoning the board have been advanced. A mere whim of a disgruntled opponent is no proof that the board has lost its usefulness. The board of works has, proved its value in the years of its existence. It has saved the city thousands of dollars in the administration of the functions assigned to it by law. It has been an effective check on unwise expenditures. It has transacted many important pieces of business for the city and prepared them for final ratification by the city council. No city of the size of Richmond can be deprived of a board of works without working injury to the municipality and to the taxpayer. It serves as a check on the city council, and on the other hand its actions are subject to revision and final determination by the council. The opponents of the board of works are strangely silent regarding their causes for its dismissal. A review of the accomplishments of the board reveals nothing that has been detrimental to the welfare of the community. No shadow has been cast on the integrity of the .members. They have used good judgment in the administration of their duties and have sought to serve the best interests of the community. The abolition of the board without good cause is folly. It will not serve to stabilize conditions in Richmond but may work havoc in the admin

istration of our municipal affairs. If some tangible object were to be gained, the opponents of the board might have an argument. But the very lack of a good ground for the dismissal of the board is substantial proof that the board has done its duty. The factor of economy is not a convincing one. The members of the board save the taxpayers much more money annually than they receive in

salaries. The time and attention they give to j here-s safe hunch to play

city affairs is reflected in the management of the Indianapolis star

manifold activities of the municipality. Good citizenship stands for the maintenance of the board of works. It does not want the board abolished. It believes the board has a municipal function to perform and has been faithful to its trust. It frowns upon a disposition to abolish the board on superficial grounds.

discipline to grow lax. If we do, anarchy and destruction will be the consequences. How can we attain this? Only by a determination to maintain order at all costs, by a will power that will not brook and tolerate lawlessness. This respect for law and abhorrence of violence must be asserted unflinchingly, for the supremacy of the law was established by ourselves and every brazen manifestation of lawlessness is an attack on our own democracy.

The Art Exhibit The first exhibit of paintings at the Richmond Art Gallery for this season will open this evening under auspices of the Richmond Art association. The displays of paintings of various artists held at the art gallery shows that Richmond is recognized as a city in which reside persons who love beautiful things. The exhibits draw a large attendance, representative of all walks of life. It is highly gratifying to know that love of art is not confined to a restricted number of our citizens but is general. This unquestionably can be traced to the eforts of

the Art association in the many years of its ex

istence to popularize art. Children are taught in the schools how to appreciate good pictures

and their instructions are communicated to their

parents who manifest interest and increase their knowledge by attending the exhibits with their 5:0ns and daughters. Perhaps the greatest joy which the members of the Art association experience at an exhibit is to see this general attendance of our citizens. It proves that their efforts are appreciated and that a love of the beautiful is spreading throughout the community. It is safe to predict that a large number will be attracted to the present exhibits of paintings by Mr. Grafton and Adams.

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DICKENS

what ?n ,eSiern's "easing study of Charles Dickens, he points

. j viiiiv-i wii.- mere is dqiwccii mo puuiaiu; ui Dickens and the popularity of the

most eagerly read English writers of today. People read a Dickens' story six times, says Mr. Chesterton, because they know it so well. If they can read a modern popular novel six times. It Is only because thpv can forget It six times. One reason for this difference Is the vividness with which the people of Dickens stand out. There are dozens of characters In Dickens whom readers feel they know better than they do their most intimate friends. One ha3 but to think of Dick Swiveller or Quilp In "The Old Curiosity Shop" to see them moving past. And there are others in this book and in all the novels who are so familiar that the mere mention of their names conjures them into life. Aluch as we like and are thrilled by the men and women who dare and lov ein the popular stories of today, there are none of them whom we should recognize as quickly if we saw them in the street as we would Micaw ber or Mrs. Gamp or Sam Weller or a host of others created more

than half a century ago. It was the writer's imagination that made his characters seem giants when they are placed beside the characters of later men. It is this imagination, "now humorous, now terrible, now simply grotesque." that Professor Saintsbury terms "of a quality which stands entirely by itself, or is approached at a distance, and with a difference, only by that of his great French contemporary, Balzac."

.A Pen and Ink Study of Dlckena.

- THE OLD CURIOSITY SHOP BY CHARLES DICKENS Condensed Story by Frederick H. Dole, Junior Master, Boston Public Latin School

POINTED PARAGRAPHS

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win the series. Having picked practically all the losers in several pugilistic contests, his tip should be hailed with joy in Cincinnati.

The Omaha Disturbance The Omaha riot adds another incident to the list of disturbances that have unsettled our municipal life and outraged our respect for law and order. Press dispatches prove conclusively there vas no occasion for the lynching and rioting. The crime for which the man was lynched was a revolting one, but there was every indication that he would have paid the supreme penalty if the law had been permitted to take its ordinary course. Hence, the guilt of the men who precipitated the riot and lynching is a deep one and calls for extreme punishment. The disturbances in Omaha, Chicago, Wash-

NOR LEAGUE OF NATIONS, EITHER Indianapolis News. Belgium probably would not be willing to leave her contentions to The Hague peace tribunal.

PARAMOUNT ISSUE FOR BRYAN Cleveland Plain Dealer. The refiners say that sugar is scarce because of prohibition all former drinkers having become sugar hounds. What shall we do if somebody starts an anti-sugar league?

WASHINGTON'LL ATTEND TO THAT Chicago News. President Wilson's visit to Reno was not for the purpose of divorcing Article X. from the League of Nations covenant.

THEY SURELY HAVE MADE HIM TIRED St. Louis Globe-Democrat. President Wilson says we must sign the treaty to settle the unrest. Probably the most unrcstful things ho has in mind are Senators Johnson, Borah and Reed.

What Other Editors Say

MR. GOMPERS ON THE STEEL STRIKE From the Chicago News. MORE significant than th? testimony of John Fitzpatiick before the senate committee on labor v, aa that of President Gompers of the American Federation of Labor, leader of the moderate majority of the organized wage workers of the United States. It is no secret that a group of radicals are fighting Mr. Gomrers and seeking to dislodge him and his equally moderate associates. The steel strike is in a sense quite as much a fight on conservative trade unionism as it is rn the management of the corporations engaged in manufacturing steel. Mr. Gompers did not, of course, in so many words condemn the strike. He to'.d the senate committee, however, that he had strongly and repeatedly advised the postponement of strike action in response to the urgent request of President Wilson and that his wishes had been overridden. Organizers of the steel workers, he asserted, l:ad approved his position and would have joined in counseling delay had they not feared that the steel workers would strike anyhow. To the organizers the choice eeemed to lie between an unguided, disjointed and lcaderless strike" and a strike effectively directed and !ed. It is evident that the organizers did not convince Mr. Gompers, and it Is also evident that they had no arguments or facts with which to convince him. As to the basic issues of the strike, Mr. Gompers formulated them as follows: "Recognition of the right of employes to be heard, to organize and to have some voice jn determining the conditions under which they have to labor." This statement of the issues tends to prove the folly and Heedlessness of the strike. Chairman Gary has not in any of his recent declarations denied the right of

employes to be heard, or to organize, or to have a voice;

In determining labor conditions. He has expressed an entire readiness to receive a group of his own employes and give them a proper hearing. He has opposed the closed shop, but not the general principle of collective bargaining or the right of men to organize. He has favored the peoplelzatlon of Industry through the businesslike and modern method of copartnership by labor's increasing investment In the stock of the corporation that pays both wages and dividends. He believes that the

workman can and should be the partner of his employer, but he has his own ideas as to the safest and wisest way ot developing this plan. In these circumstances, need there have been a conflict? Could not a satisfactory settlement have been reached if the men had followed their moderate leaders in displaying reasonable patience and self-control? Mr. Gompers' testimony, viewed in the light of the whole situation, implies that the strike was a blunder. Its far'lure would not amount to a defeat either for the cause of legitimate trade unionism or for that of economic justice and industrial democracy.

WHAT WAS HE WORTH? From the Muncie Press. Three or four years ago a prominent man died and on every hand the question was asked, "What was he worth?" That's what they always ask when a moneyed man dies. But somehow this question struck the writer queerly, for it happened that he know this man who had died, quite well or as well as most persons knew him. Now what was he worth? Who could tell that? Of course the appraisers of his estate could tell pretty well how wealthy he was, which was what the inquirers meant, but who in all the world could know what this man was WORTH? All his life he had been the friend of young men, had helped scores of them over the rough places in life, had lent money to some who wished to go to school, had backed others In business and he had given to the poor. He had taken his relatives who were without means and had helped them to the comforts of life and he had given of his money and services to the sick and the despairing. His worth consisted in all these things things that the appraisers of his estate would not itemize in making their return to the court. Yet it was not of these things that his neighbors and friends asked as they conversed about him after his death. They only knew, here and there, of the really worthy tnlngs he had done and they never learned about them from him, for his was not the boastful giving. And so they asked, "What was he worth?"

A little child the beautifully-drawn character sketch of such a one as the Divine Master so often chose to hold up as a model for His followers this is our heroine. Though not yet fourteen years old, she could look back orr better days gone by. Then her grandfather was happy and contented and had often talked of her angel mother. She had walked with him in the fields beyond the city's noise, and they had there enjoyed many delightful hours. Now he has changed. He is anxious, worried, and secretive. He often sends the child on business to the house of the hateful dwarf, Quilp. He is away from home every night, returning just before day, and is filled with gloom whenever he comes back. The child cannot comprehend the reason for the change. She tells this to the sympathetic Mrs. Quilp, while the monster who has loaned her grandfather money listens at the door. He has supposed the old man to be possessed cf great wealth and to be in the way of making much more money if only he could be carried over a temporary emergency. But the child's statements to his wife made the dwarf suspicious. He investigated and found that Nell'? grandfather had taken his loans to the gaming table and had lost. "I am no gambler," cried the old man fiercely, when accused by Quilp. "I call Heaven to witness that I never played for gain of mine or love of play; that at every piece I staked I whispered that orphan's name and called on Heaven to bless the venture, which it never did." He cried out that his winnings would have been made from evil men and would have been spent on a sinless child. Quilp was unmoved by his appeals for further aid. He had a legal hold on the old man's curiosities and other property and brought his lawyer to take possession of the premises. Kit, the servant boy of Nell's grandfather, had angered Quilp by calling him names, and the dwarf took revenge by telling the old man that Kit had informed of th gambling.

Early one morning, before Quilp and :

his lawyer awoke, Nell and her grand-j faiher crept softly our and left their j home forever. They had visions o? j fair fields and oountrv scenes through

j which they would journey. The child

nad learned that she must be the lead- i er, and he followed willingly. She had a little money, but they must depend j upon charity when that was gone. j The first day they made a long journey and were given a ride by a i kind countryman. They stayed that j night at an inn with two Punch and i Judy showmen for whom Nell had j done a bit of mending. With them ! they went to the races the next day. ! but Nell became suspicious of the men j and escaped with her grandfather into the open country. Nearly exhausted by another long waik, they arrived at a school play- ; ground. The schoolmaster kindly took : them home, and they stayed there a j few days, obtaining needed rest. j Continuing their journey, they next met with a traveling wax-figure show, !

and Nell so favorably impressed Mrs. Jarley, the manager, "that she received employment. Her bitterest experience came at this time. Her grandfather fell in with seme gamblers and lost nearly all ti.eir money. She had a gold coin of which he knew nothing. She changed this in payment for their night's lodging, but awoke to find her grandfather robbing her purse of every coin in ovder to gamble again. A short time later Nell heard the gamblers persuade him to steal from Mrs. Jariev, holding out

the hope that lie would win much more than enough to repay her secretly. i Poor Nell was now in absolute ter-! ror. She woke him that night and j

toid him of a terrible dream, wherein she saw men like him robbing those asleep. She made him flee with her at once. On and on they walked, farther and farther from London. Finally they

came to a smoky town. A poor work- i man took the tired child in his arms and let the way near the furnace room ! of a huge factory where they could sleep warmly. ; The poor girl was nearly exhausted, but in the morning they pressed on their Journey. At last they saw a lamillar form. The child screamed j and fell senst.ess at the feet of the i schoolmaster. He carried her gently into a nearby inn, and there she grad- ; ually recovered by means of stimu- J lants, food and rest. , The schoolmaster had received what ' was to him a princely appointment, j He had been given a position, paying . thirty-five pounds annually in a dis- I tant town, and he was walking there, j He had loved Nell since he first saw her and begged them to go and live near him. Entirely friendless, except j for him, they went gladly. Their new ! home was in a beautiful peaceful vil-1

age. is en obtained a position as caretaker of the church, and they lived next door to the schoolmaster. Now the old man's servant. Kit. bad

obtained an excellent position near ; home by being strictly honest in his i dealings with a kind old man, Mr. ! Garland. He had never lost his de- I

sire to find and help Nell and her grandfather. A strange gentleman appears in the story in search of the same personages. He proves to be the old grandfather's younger brother, who has lived abroad many years. He has made much money and has returned to share it with his aged-relative, who has now disappeared. After one unsuccessful journey, he found out where Nell and her grandfather were living. Taking Kit and Mr. Garland along, the younger brother traveled to the village. They arrived there late at night, but Kit discovered the old man at once. He asked for Nell, and her grandfather said she was asleep. Then the younger brother, Mr. Garland, the schoolmaster, and an old man who had befriended Nell entered. Poor Nell had been dead for two days. "There upon her little bed she lay at rest. No sleep so beautiful and calm, so free from trace of pain, so fair to look upon. She seemed a creature fresh from the hand of God, and waiting for the breath of life; not one who had lived and suffered death." Worn out by her long journey, her lack of food, her exposure, and the anxiety for her grandfather, she had never recovered from the strain, although her last days had been spent in perfect peace and joy. The old man was found dead upon her grave not long afterward. How Kit's honesty had once been questioned because of a plot laid against him by the wretched Quilp and his lawyer; how his innocence had been proven through the testimony of he lawyer's servant maid, a starved, abused child; how the humorous Dick Swiveller assisted in freeing Kit; and how he was rewarded; how the horrible dwarf met a well-deserved death by drowning all these side-lights to the main etory of Little Nell are told in Dickens' own inimitable way. But they must ever be regarded as mere accessories in the development of the short life history of

THE GEORGE MATTHEW ADAMS DAILY TALK THINGS THAT MAKE A SALESMAN First of all honesty. Because this trait enters Into every fundamental that makes a good salesman. The MAN must represent himself honestly then his house or product or whatever is to be sold must be presented as it is. Enthusiasm for the thing sold, coupled with second-nature knowledge of the thing offered, comes next. If you do not believe In the thing you represent, no one else wilL And unless you are able to present your points about it concisely, accurately and without hesitation, you are going to lose when you should have won. Burn a literal hole into the eons.iousness of the one to whom you seek to sell! " Watch for every opening whereby you may let your man sell himself then he will have a greater resect for his own Judgmnt in buying. This is Important. Get the essential facts home. Choose your words and get them to their mark -with precision. Never oversell it's like wasting men after a battle has been won. Never "knock" a competitor. Remesnnber that you are selling your own proposition, and if it cannot stand cn its own legs, it doesn't deserve them. But it is well to know the weak points back of your competitor's things that you may emphasize the strong points about your own. Neatness of dress and cleanliness of-appearance are very Important. Never lose your temper In selling, no matter what the prorocation. Be patient and courteous and strorj. Keep your mind clean and filled wiih wholesome thots. Big men instinctively measure un other men in this p-aspect and give them their orders where more brilliant, but less fine stlesmen would lose. It is the intent of intelligence that wires orders in.! Put a high value upon your unworking hours. Read, study observe. Be a salesMAN, as well as a SALESman!)

one of the most pathetic and lovable characters in our literature. O mightiest master of the pen of English fiction, we thank thee for the gift of Little Nell, to ehow us by her love and innocence and faith how much of God may reside in humanity Copyright. 1919, by the Post Publishing Company, (The Boston Post). Copyright In the United Kingdom, the Dominions, its Colonies and dependencies, under the copyright act, by the Post Publishing- Co., Boston, Mass., U. S. A. All rights reserved. (Publisher! by special arrangement with the McClure Newspaper Syndicate. All rights reserved. )

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