South Bend News-Times, Volume 37, Number 214, South Bend, St. Joseph County, 1 August 1920 — Page 28

ONLY SUNDAY NEWSPAPER 1?; NORTHERN INDIANA. Mtl4 In South Bo is icocd nt mnttr. O. II. STMiiEItS. Prl!nt. J. M. STEPHENSON. Publisher. JOHN HENR ZUVER. Editor.

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holidge and Harding in Straddling Contest Trying to Ride the League of Nations Issue

CALVIN" c ot,iix;i:s speech of acceptance cannot but k ep. n the secret wish of most republicans that their ticket had been turned ether end to. To everyone o jtide the s mate oligarchy, and the party propagandists. kept busy since the affair at Marion 10 (fays acco, explaining what Candidate Harding was t . 1 1 k i n about, the Coolldge Lcceptance In point both of thought and style, makes the Harding atte-m; t appear moro frigid, belabored, and inexplainaMe than vor. Th Coolidpe phlbsophy has a touch of LmerF'n In It, a little- of the flavor of Thoreau, a suggestion of tho Nw i;nj?I:md l'rimr and srows reminiscent In spots of l'oor Kichard. He has a phllr.ophy. Onf ran re.ad (To'dide, 1 i.-a Kree with him, and yet like him for his Yankee sense, while Harding can only s.phtil nr and put aside for future explanation. Of course, the Massachusetts governor spoke as a party man, but plainly . noutrh he would rather not have this year. Knowing the republican party to ne a mere party of expediency, with no fundamental prinoirle, mere- concerned In the oflico and the plums thin the fulfillment of ideals for tho improvement of th' general welfare, he must wish it were different. In spite of himself he took to dealing with fundamentals entirely outside his party, and though he attached the democrats, the 'larger part of his address would have beseemed him Just as much had he been the democratic vice presidential nominee instead. Coolldge believes in th manliness of men as the best solution to a lot of th- problems with whic h the country Is confronted. He wants improvement in the quality of our citizenship, not only as citi2t ns of the republic, but in their private relations r.f man to man. He encourages free and clear thinking', .square-dealing, honesty of expression which probably wasn't, but might have been intended as a rap at his running mate. Like Gambetta he holds that "ideas make a political party," whereas "interests can only make a group" and he pleads for government for all the people, for which, one might criticise him, Ignoring an he does the republican composition of competing interests, so impervious to ideas that Idealism, from mere mention, always provokes a sneer. As to the League of Nation:? it is to be taken for granted that his comment was submitted in advance to Sen. Harding and other influential republicans. It therefore gives significance to what he hail to Kay on that subject. He does not squarely contradict Harding. He shades anil qualities him; gives what he said a little different slant. "The platform," he points out, "approves this action of the senator?," meaning of course the re utdican senators, "who twice voted for ratification." but hi' doesn't teil which senators whether Johnson and Iorah. the irreconcilables. Id:?e. Knox, Watcon. Harding, etc., the milliners, or McCumber, tho pro-Lragurr wanting" only the mildest of reservations at the most. Indeed, he forgets to mention that there were any reservations in the "ratification" that the republican senators "twice voted for." and one might almost assume that ratification without reservations was the rei ublican policy; but. of course, he doesn't Fay so. To be sure he could not without flying in the face of en. Harding, but the very fact that he was allowed, or urged, to say as much as he obi. Is pretty good proof that tho republican managers have taken alarm at the exceedingly bad impression made by the Harding flat abandonment of the league covenant. and is that to be the j b of Gov. Coolidge throughout the campaign? Is it the plan ef the republicans to play Harding as an out-and-out nullifur, or no ar-irre. oncilable, and then follow him up with Coolldge to salve it over for the mibi reservatlonits, and the out-and-out proIeigucrs. as the Ieigue stands? Hut we started out recounting the republican w i.-h that th names at the head of the ticket were reversed; their sadness, lest they lose In the election in consequence, and that should they win. It would require a catastrophe to cornet the mistake made at Chicago. Such corrections are exceedingly rare. The republicans have been wise only in providing for the emergency. Harding is st'll the leading candidate and the country is asked to elect him Voolidge being merely a sort of tail-ff ather, ar.d therefore, ilesi ite his virtues, of but minor r.ee-'unt In the canvas.

THE MOVIE STRIKE. THKI'.n is talk of a moving picture strike. The nctors and actresses are not demanding more money at least they arc not threatening to strike for It but the men who actually make the pictures are Involved. The threatened strike is by the camr.i operators and bit oratory workers. It may be surprising to most folks that anybody crnnected with the motion picture industry can be either underpaid or discontented. Most of the Visible supply of money was sup; osed to be devoted to the movies, and producing the films that amuse and entertain the country's toiling masses ought to be a highly congenial occupitlon. The picture of a movie employe suffering from the oppression of wage servitude is a novel one. even for the screen. Hut. after a'.!, the mechanical process of reproducing the heroine's smile on the film, no less than tho const.'. nt contemplation of custard-pie throwing episodes, may become as much of a bore to tho worker as operating a loom or a nail-making machine. It Is the same old s-tery. The men behind the limelight, who work with their hands, the craftsmen as it were, are demanding a larger recognition, not only nr.ancia'.Iy, but socially, and their proper place In the industrial, social and political organism, and why not? You can't get along without them. It ; thnt industrial and social democracy, so gone rally promised during the war and w hich capitalism and gold-plated vial position, has been trying fn hard to drown since the armistice, still Ir.iJthifc upon its proper place.

The inmates staged a riot their presence

Marksmanship poor. A defeated and failed. Things are There are two

WHAT TO TALK ABOUT IN CAMPAIGN AND OUT. WE said It early following the party conventions and we say it again now. It is regretable that v-e cannot have a campaign based upon a discussion of the things at Issue, rather than the candidates; this, however, not that the candidates should be shielded from public knowledge of their characters and qualifications, but because the public needs educating first on the things for which they stand. A wise old philosopher once gave this rule for conversation: "Talk about things, not people" and It . applies In our quadrennial school for popular education on political Fubjects, well as arplied by the eld philosopher. It is a good rule. If all of us followed It the world, and all who dwell In it, would be better. Often It 1m necessary, or apparently Inevitable, to talk about people. Hut such talk should be as brief as possible, and always guarded. The danger in talking about people is that we become careless if not vicious. The tendency is to remark upon the faults and foibles of our friends and acquaintances. We dwell upon their shortcomings, rather than upon their good qualities. This is usually done unconsciously, but It Is a dangerous habit. The danger is not only in harm to those we talk about, but to ourselves. In criticising others we lose Jdght of our own faults and Invite criticism for ourselves. A thoughtless remark often contains the most deadly poison and does the most irreparable injury. The habit of continually talking about people indicates a poverty of intellect for which there can be no excuse. Hecome Interested in things, rather than people, so that you will have things and not mere people to talk about. It will be a great developer t your happiness happiness by the Intelligence route.

WAR HEROES RESENT SLIGHT. THE extent to which "old guard" republicanism will go In its attempt to belittle everything the democratic administration has done Is shown by its studied effort to avoid reference to the worY war because of a fear mention of the great victory the youth of thLs country won on the battlefields might reflect credit on the conduct of the war by the administration. Nowhere, in the republican platform or in the speeches of b'rn. Harding, has it been acknowledged even that this country helped win the war. Harding, toward the end of his speech of empty phrases and ambiguous language and poor language at that grudgingly refers to the sacrifices made by our lighting forces, without a word for the great victory they won; this after he had discussed 40 odd other subjects, which, of course, were more important. The platform shnj ly promises to hold in "imperishable remembrance" the patriot! n of the soldiers and sailors who fought in the great war. This is rank, "old guard" partisanism carried to the extreme. The veterans resent this slight, and properly so. And it is not strange that many of them who have been disillusioned are turning to the democratic platform, where they find their triumph .and their heroism recognized in all their magnitude and grandeur. The democratic party "salutes the mighty people of this great republic, emerging with imperishable honor from the severe tests and the severe strains of the most tragic war in history, having earned the plaudits and the gratitude of all free nations." To the soldiers and sailors of America it expresses "the admiration of their fellow countrymen." speaking of them as "a decisive factor in the victory" and as "bringing new luster to the Flag." Tlie democratic platform promises to aid veterans In obtaining land nnd homes, in addition to generous treatment of the disabled heroes and their dependents. No Americans arc studying the democratic and republican platforms more closely than the world war veterans. And the comparison may well cause the "old guard" worry.

PLUSH SEATS AND R. R. FARES. SPKAKING of the railroads' demand for increased passenger fares, won't you agre? with us that a substantial reduction say 50 percent should be made to passengers who are required to ride on plush seats, particularly red ones? The j lush feat Is heating In summer, and It is r.ot particularly warming in winter. It is ruinous to clothes, as it collects dust and cinders which it transfers to the raiment of passengers. It must be dangerous to health, since It must collect all the germs and microbes that may be In the air of the various localities through which the train passes. "Who invented the plush seat, anyhow, and why did he do It? Was he in the pay of the plush manufacturer? Or did a friend of the railroad purchasing agent own stock in the plush factory? Anyway. It ought to be abolished A leather, or even a near leather feat is much better from every t-tandpolnt. Even a cane seat is preferable. If somebody will get up a pctUIon to congress cn the subject and bring it around we will pladly sign it.

of the New York reformatory who the other day at any rate Justified there. in the Chinese army is mighty general tried to shoot himself

It seems like old times to see Tom Watson running for the senate in Georgia against Hoke mith.

We don't care what they do to the Turk, as long as It is plenty and they quit talking about it.

When a woman believes every word a mail says It's a sign they are not married.

sometimes worse thin we thought. Bergdolls.

SHORT FURROWS

( We USED T BE" COKfTEN T GO A WHO.e WEEK. AS VTH' EVENTS )&, cr-TW DAY-THEN i TH' WEEKLr PAPEtfS Some writer has said that one o' th recognized perils o life is that o losin' our s.nse o wonder. So I take it that so long as we kin be entertained an' thrilled by new an' unusual things we're In no danger o' bein' overtaken by llstlessness an' fallin' inf decay. Hut folks haint all alike. What's wonderful t' some haint wonderful t' others. T' some, th' wonderful seems commonplace, while t' others th' commonplace Is thrillin'. It all depends on th individual. He may not be able t' see anything wonderful in th' wonderful or t' know th' significance of a happen in when it happens. When Chlny, an empire older than th' Christian world, becomes a republic, almost over night, most of tis never noticed it, yet th' event wuz as sig Marconi and His Wireless Waves From Red Planet HTJUK IU1IH. Scientilic speculations are not tho vain labors which they often appear to simpler minds to be. As lr. Charles I. Steinmetz, the distinguished authority on electric waves and power. icnvirktd recently: "Many of the speculations of half a century ago have now b-.comu tangible realities." He was di-cussing the reawakened interest in the possibility of our comir.un. eating with the planet Mais. Tho wireless inventor, Marconi, has been receiving some in t terb us wireless mc.-.sagcs vMiich that iamous inventor .and discovorw thinks may come from the Ked l'laiiet. The. probability that they did, Dr. .steinmet, thinks, 'must, to Hie practical mind -f the day, bo regarded us a wild dream." Notwithstanding which dismissal he proceeded to deliver in highly practical fashion his theory of th-j possibility of . uur with Mais. "If the 1 .'niter! stance, ould go to send n-essages communicilin,. States, for inlnto the effort to Mars with of inlensitv and the saino degree thoroughness with which w: went into the war, it is not at all improbable that ve should succeed. To do so would mean the consolidation of all tlie electric power in the countiy into one great planet or .'ending station, l.ofty towers would have to be erected, 1.000 feet high or more, and the cost of the attempt might be a billion dollars." Hut having established that th'j Martians had sent us a message , what would we actually have gained? Who could tell whether we had been sent the Martians' love or been told to go? IUtt vvn that might be worked out in time, for it is certain that once the human imagination takes hold of a problem there can be no abandonment of .-peculation until demonstrable conclusions have been brought forth. Could we actually get Into communication wth Mars, would we not In all likelihood be less happv thaa we are r.ow, if tin-re is any considerable ambition to have such comnMinnation? How could we make ourselves understood to the Martians and they communicate intelligence to u.? I y.su ppointme nts, or t-vtn uorso ilihtresscs, mteht b.i found at the ends ol other rainbows which some are diligently following, or striving to follow, into the unknowable. Sir OMver Lodge expresses the belief that in time- humans will bo able net only freely to communicate with the inhabitants of the spirit domain, but that we may alse be sensible of the life we Jed in a previous incarnation. To the scientist that may be a consummation to be desired. But what a dreadful thimj for tho&o privileged or compelled to compare their conditions and deeds in two distinct conditions on earth! It might make fer happiness here, but we doubt it. Of all the blessings which a w ire and benedcent eJod has bestowed on mortals, can any other be compared in the making of peace of mind, the ultimate peace of humans, with the faculty to forget? Had we the power to review' past Incarnations would we not all be victims of soul-killing regrets if not worse? Leave the dead past b'lried by all means. If progress in occultism means digging it up. we shall hope that It never gets beyond the stage of speculation. What the world needs today, what it will need most' in all time, we may confidently believe, is an expanding outlook on the future, an increase of knowledge of material things, without loss of res-pect for the spiritual but without too much certain knowledge (f the latter. ' Women r.ay be free, but we are not yet equal. A girl may have almost lis many pockets ;.. man, nowadays, but she hasn't h:;lf the vocabulary" wth which to pross herself, when she lias to go thru;. ich even bless d one of them in ordv r to SixJl Mimithlng.

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nificant as th fall o' th Roman empire. Th' troublo Is that great things are happenin" tso thick an" fast that we regard 'em as matters o' course. Things are happenin t'day, which fer magnitude an significance '11 prob'ly never he duplicated agin. T'day th world is bein' made over right under our very ncses.. yet we whittle away an' count th' days till th' next circus. Whether th' devil or th Almighty is goln f come out on top In the readjustment o' things, I don't know, but each day registers somo event so great an fer reachin' in it3 effect on th' world that we seem t rush In th nickel the-afers t get away from It. In years t' come we'll read about it an do our wonderin then. We recall th ole dark MRS. SOLOMON

Being Confessions of Wife 700th.

iiy Rowland My Daughter, there is a place where all the bores of the world are gathered together I,o, it is ther Summer Ilesort, t'.io Kingdom of ennui and bluif the Iand of skimmed milk and i'.rtiricial honey: iJehold. there wilt thou nnd the pests and the poseurs, alike. There wilt thou tind the Professional optimist, in all his glory. He got th about wearing a maddening snijle and a I'ollvanna. expression. He s-?eketh to scatter avi etness anl light in dim romantic corners', where darkness and solitude are preferred. He interruptcth the piazza repartee with platitude-s, and brcukcth into the Uirtation, with sermonetfes on "cheer." He saith: "It s a beautiful world!" He is a welcome as a pet musciuiio. There wilt thou lind the Amateur Humorist. Lo, he "ducketh" the? timid ladies in the water, and rabbeth the ankles et the fearful damsels bc-n-atl; the waves. He putieth sand In the shoes of the unwary, ami splattereth the hand-made. complexion cf the Hotel Beauty. Via, he is ;o funny. There wilt thou meet the self-appointed .Society Sponsor. She dragyeth the seeker of solitude from his lair, and introduceth "o:civ body unto eeiyt(dy else." the presenteth the damsel to her latt year's "discard" and the divorcee unto her ex-husband, without mercy! he is exceeding There wilt thou an Tamer" eva n hearts and drawer kind! tind the "Womthe hewer of of glances, who poseth upon the piazza, in white flannels and a bored tunning e xnre.-.-slon. He chattet!: idly of his "yawt and his "motah-car." He sitteth alar, and s-izeth up the damsels, and permilteth the prettiest of these to love him. He is so irresistible. There will thou encounter tho

Clothes and the Floating Rib

As a Woman Uy JIKI.MX ROWLAND I never felt sc. foolish in my life, as I do in this summer's clothes! Arms as tare as a. wash-lady's, skills as sliort as a ballet-dancer's, stockings like mosquito-netting, ultra French set Is w hew! I don't blame that band at the San Francisco convention for playing "Ch You Ueautiful Ioll" every time a woman stepped onto the platform! Isn't that what every mortal woman looks as though she yearned to be? ef course, we don't at least most of us don't! We only want to be pretty, and re lined, and charming and a little bit comfortable. And yet. Livery time I catch siht cf myself in the mirror, 1 feel like sr.ing: "For the love cf art! You silly, funny-looking floating rib! "Don't you know that you will never be able to convince a man that you hae a real brain, so long :ut you cover it with car-puffs and a l'aris cartoon? "Don't you know thit no woman will ever teeter up the path cf success on heels that threaten to throve her on her no..e, and toes that aro cramped together lik-5 a packao of fgs? "Don't you know that no woman will ever take a real step up the ladder of Progress, in a skirt so tight that she can scarcely step cnto a street car or into a taxicab? "And that no woman will ever be abb; to keep her mind or. anything ,.no!j5 and on the litest fads In hosiery, at the same time? "Li-n't you know that no woman will ever be free so long as she crir.crcs Ike a s!.iv to the whims of cwry tryar.nieal French fashion designer?" ejood heavens! A woman who would r.ot perrrJt hex cwa husband, tc tlicUite to her

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village days, before th daily newspaper an' telephone, an' lnterurban car, before th' farmer knew what his eggs wuz worth, when a new virandy or th birth o a cal" threw th' community Inf a high pitch of excitement. We used t' bo content t' go a whole week In utter darkness as t' th' events o th day. Then th' weekly paper would como an' we'd poro over th' "personal an' local Items" an' marvel at the goin's an" comin's o' thoso we knowed. We'd read that Ike Jones had a newside bar buggy, or that Aunty Purvianco wuzin' so well. Maybe Joe Taylor had had a mare killed by llghtnin. and If he had, th. item wuz played up big with a three deck head an' would cause ti.' greatest commotion. Then we'd struggle SAYSHuman Newspaper. She ariseth at dawn, and peepeth around corners, that she may miss nothing, .he sprcadeth the scandals free of charge. She kt-epeth tabs upon the goings and comings and llirtlngs of the damsels, and appraiseth the matron's diamonds. The cooiniTs of the newlyweds, ard the epiarrels cf the long-married do not cm' ape her. she is so efficient. Theie wilt thou meet the Wily Summer Widow, who snitcheth the most attractive man, and bearing him olf in triuir.ph. And the dining room pest who monopolizeth all the waiters, and dema ndeth the best table, near the ocean window, and the best cut of the melon. Ami the "Angel Child" who filleta the air with bowlings, and covereth the piazza chairs with. bticKiness; and the pet arm-hound, that burketh and yippc-th throughout tac right, and getteth under the feet by day; and the quartet of "Gay Uachelors," who torment tho eas with motor horns and the nostrils with gasoline, ami fill the nights wita laughter ami song and poker parties! Verily, verily, the summer resort is a place where a man will resort to anything for amusement, a damsel will rescrt to anything for attention, and a sane human being would cheerfully resort to murder! Where a woman Kpendeth half her days making herself alluring and the other half In searching for soirx'thir.g to "lure." Where the moon shineth upon the beach, inviting lovers to LaK in its radiance and there is no one to love! Where the ozone induceth sleep and the revellers drive it away! Where there is no peace, no rest, and no escape frm boredom: Vet, e ach year, do we forget tho torments and the horrors of the year before, and gird up our loins ami our wardrobe trunks for another season cf "recreation!" ' i-'elah. Thinkcth for an instant, w ill allow a little j I'axis modiste to bully her, every i .j n ti rw, iiiiw I.U..U f. ills ine u t uui color of every garment she wears! .She may have the courage to mount a soap-box and shout for her presidential candidate or her political convictions but she hasn't the courage to do it in a last season's hat! She may snap her lingers In the face of Time and 1-ato and Mrs. Urundy; but she hasn't the temerity to Knap her lingers in the face of a "French mlJJiner" from Corn'. And that is why Man doesn't understand her! Atid why he thinks it thrills and flatters her to bo called a ' beautiful doll." For. whatever a man's wercnes-s-"CO, 1IU it. t C 1 Wll.T-o lli.l lillll", energy, and his blessed gray-matter on clothes! If he graciously allows the tailor to put an extra button on the cuiY of his coat, he fancies he has made a lot of concession to ' style." What is ail this chatter about the "emancipation of woman'.'" The or.ly thing from which woir.an need to be "emancipated" is cold fewr! Not the fear of Man but the f ar of the tailor, the dressmaker, the milliner, and the opinion of every other wc-man! And. just so long aa she permits herself to be Juggled about from season to season, like p. rag-doll, by the Tyrants of Fashion, She may expect that "Oh-you-bcautlful-doll!" attitude. That "There, there, now'" attitude. That isn't-U-CTite-to-ce-;t-play-Ins - wit'a - thc-rretty-little-pohtics' attitude. From Mar.! He's not a mind-reader. He irr. ply takes her fer what she appears to be. "Oh You Beautiful Doll!" LOA right. 19J0.)

KIN HUB

- I Note tm OLG AN' BLASE T' ACK ONT A along another week filled with th happiest anticipations as V what th next issue o th paper would have in store fer us. We knowed In a general way that ther wuz a government in Washin'ton an that ther wuz ether countres besides the United States, but what 'concerned us wuz th affairs about au' we wuz satisfied t' be cut -jff from th world in general. T'day ever daily paper is crowded with things t' wonder over, an' if some o them aro too big fer us t' comprehend, ther's plenty left t' thrill an' fascinate us if we're made o th' right sort o' material. Watchin events is one o th real pleasures o' life, an' I hope I'll never git too ole an' blase t' even turn my back on a circus pe-rade. Painting Labor Red Radicalism 9 9 Aids Bolshevism MY WILLIAM T. LLLIS, D. D. A troubled little war bride whom an American officer had brought from England to a southern college town was speaking earnestly. British imperialism was the subject under discussion, and she regretting tho effort of the present government to treat the pcssible success of tno labor party as an impending calamity, filled with all sorts of boishevik perils. "Labor is not red!" she cried. In a tone that was half reassuranco to herself, r.nd half conviction. In those four words tho ardent Englishwoman, stated ono of tho big truths of this troubled time. In Great Britain, as in America, the average workinyman Is not a radical. Therein lies th hope of real democracy. Some stupid capitalists and employers and. more especially, the retainers and dependents and sycophants of tho wealthy are noisily arraigning "the working classes" as being bolshevik or haJf-bolshevlk. To their foggy minds, every man who toils is a present or potential radical. They deride and condemn the laborer and organize elf-com-placent and heavily subsidised organizations to "Americanize" him save the mark! As one who saw tho rise of bolshevism in Russia frem within the borders of that unhappy land, I view with grave concern all such utterances and attitudes, as being epuite the- same s the forthgivings of the Russian aristocracy, who thought they had done most for their class and country when they had called the revolutionists "damn twine." Such persons are the best agents of radicalism on the earth tenia;". Lenine ami Trotzky could never have succeeded without the active, though unintentional, assistance of the blind Russian aristocracy. To deny the patriotism and loyalty ami democracy of labor Is to drive the men who toil into the position, "Well, if that is Arneriqanism, we want something else." Aristocracy the world around, never very intelligent in a crisis, has goaded the poor people into alienation; when, instead, even on the low plane of felf-interest, it should have promoted solidarity and good will. The shininsr and hopeful truth about America today is. that labr-r Is not red; but that it ii devoted to democracy and to the American Fla,'. No one class may safely be trusted to povtin any otner cl.s-, not even the wer king people who constitute the majority in overy land. So intelligent workingnten, as well as alert employers, are- seeking, each within the circle of his own personal int'uence. to minimize or extinguish all class feeling, and to promete common understanding by common conference and com ession. and by a common emphasis upon tho loyalty of patriots to ore national Hag and one national destiny. BClILI.OK CilRI. Iti:iLi:i.TlO.V. Call r.o man wise until he has! made a fool of hi nself over t least one woman nor hopelessly foolish until he has made a fool of himself over two women. Of course, a bachelor apartment lacks all those little ho me comforts ! of which a man dreams but p.galn. It lacks so mar (,f those lit- . . . tie discoraforts dreamed! o: which be never A man begs a woman fer "tbe plain, unvarnished truth"; whn in! reality he wants it su.r.ir-eoated, scented, and spi-ed to suit his v;:nity and even t."!cn he can only swallow half of it at a time without choking. In tho social swiir. there i ma l f,h who started out in Jiff, as i t.orfle. and 1" Lreriking his heart in t tre effort to linith as "I.ie t-ol - sob To a wr.man who is watchin he-r j f.rst baseball game it lco!;s. s.m ! hovs, as though both s;le-.H v.ete plaiing against the umpire.

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Scotland Blow to John Barleycorn Ry William II. Alburn. To think that Scotland. of all countries, may pro dry! Scotlar. . whero ministers cf the ke.jr; ;, 1 to get part of thir s.i'.ary la wh.ky. Scotland, whose gre.t't p -i was most eloquent In praife ft alcohol. Scotland whoso very r.:r.c, l tho rest of the world. is t'.mo't synonymous with a cert ty; of whisky, as Jamaica la with r-.m. Scotland, whose peop, as (;iacvrrs have long been wont to s-y. "have got to drink whisky, f r climate would kill them. an 1 wr.o have roved their virility by surviving alike the climate and the whljky. A dry fato fecms to b enveloping Scotland slowly and sarely. L-r :g befcr? the great war oarnc along ar. i pave Its Impetus to temperance. Scottish reformers wore fffrctive'.y at work. In 1113 a law was enacted giving Scotland local option. To noften the blow to John Barleycorn. Its operation was set seven years ahead. On June 1 of this year it came Into effect. Accordingly, local option elections are going to be hell on Nov. 2 In tho 1.200 voting districts established throughout Scotland. The ro Is a choleo of thre policies: The present system of regulated license, a 25 percent reduction of th traffic, or complete abolition rf 11 cense. Tho latter policy would rr the saie of liquor In the usual way. but would still permit Its sal by hotels to travelers, and its wholesale distrloution for uso in the home. It will be ecn that tho prospect, at their worst or their best, as you happen to look at tho matter are less menacing to what Burns c.iUe-1 "Kuid auld Scotch drink" than, is the Amenc.'.n typ of prohibition. But Scotch "llbera's" aro genuinely worried, just the fame, and the reformers are full of zeal and confidence. It Is recognized that a large pwi of Scotland is sure to adopt the moet extreme of these thrco choices. AjiI after that well, It Is tho experience of old John Barleycorn In reoent years tnat ho need not expect to regain a foothold onco lost, and when ho Is onco on the run ho 13 pretfT s-ure. to bo kept running. In the face of all history end dition. Scotland may yet have 1! eighteenth amendment ar.d Its Vol stead act. HEALTHIEST STATE IN UNION OUT ON PACIFIC ry i:lwood law Riixcrc. Any arsertion as to which Is th most healthful state In tho union is sr.ro to start a row, especially among tho western states whero rivalry Is so keen. It Is always possible to question etatiMic-s. But If tx report submitted by the federal census bureau is dependable of 3 0 states whose health reports aro complete enough to be used for comparison, Oregon must be awarded the palm. Tho test applied vm th prevention of death from seven "most costly communicable diseases" typhold, smallpox. ecarlet fe.vrr measles, whooping cough, diphtheria and tuberculosis. When tho CO states were ranked In nlno j-vr-allel columns, one eclumn fer caca of these diseases, one for the seven put together ar.d one for the exclusive of tuberculosis, and tho nine ratings for each stato aidtd together, ( regon bad the best standing of all. diseases except tuher .ulosis. Ore-son stood first, Washington sveond and California rtilrd. with Wisconsin ard iMair.e following some distance behind. The general conclusion drdv:cib'.o from this report, as from others. that tho west is the most healthful part rf the country. Is it the cl:-ir-tte, as the natives .ire wmt tu Toast? Ur is It the fact that in general the west is peopled by pioneers, or the: ch;Mrn of pioneers, who are naturally hardier than t!. all-sorts o:ululi'n 1-ft behind? r is it because wtv'-rn com-munit' s are mere progressive and em rrr t:'in their bittle lir.st disea-e'.' Or is it a liUlo of all three? NEIT YORK H ANTS BABY FINGERPRINTS S A V E I) HY OWKX LOVIIiV. A bill intiod'icei jn t,; N'fT f r z legislature -.vould require d-.t-rs take- ar.d fde. along witli the .: -? rt ir i at s, hnrerprir.rs of j II tho babies they u"h' Into th 'vrr!.;. The idea is to provide ",-tn Inflhb'..'. life"rntj nictho'l cf ru' ir. i.tentilication." It is :i prand and Kloriovs if hem'-, and probably the bal-i s will not e nj ct to being .'ir.ge rprirU 1 hs son adults do. on the gzourd t!;;:t it "cl;ue-s them wi'h cnniinils' llabivs U'-e to tn:udge thi.-.g4", anvway; they wnwM njoy jnnklnf b.aek Marks on white ; aper. Ar l Wiif n all ti e ba.bi :ir- re ::teririg maps of their t;r.rrets, tl.eie ..ill bi no unsavory distir tic n sbout it. It we'll 1 doubtbs.s provid to., the meats f identirra'.'on el.-lr Pin?' prints are pre. '..ably all t; .t the IlcrlllPm men cl-uns. fer th- : . there are never two r.rgrs thumbs alike, .and the m:rr.h-r as. share- of the little el-tt ! l;r.es ar. whorls se-m rver t" ch-.ne. -ej)t in sie, from ir.f.ir.cy t'- '.-11 . r But think of reg;.-t ring ar.: Mir. rcillioiis cf such j.rir.t-: A" f.i- NYork World ?ut-st-- "It w.-;! : l r. cot: r.;u late ; a. whi'.h would be .t mo-: ;r..er,t Statistical therfut'hr'-;i th which the- world h.r pn-ably r.-" n. the qui"'-d to the ;o and tr.e c:-r.c:n xorev :.ei arranr and :tc rvo thf-r.i so . ? : make them available Think I the delicate comparisons r.e ' s-iry. Pi a oiK-stloriabi. case, to id-r.t.fv i t j rt ( V.r je-rprtit'" In I There.- is worl; c ;t out for dv. As a man grow-s ol-I r y-.-j can tell whether he will b ." '1 the thing a v. h;ch he u.- 1 t shocked rr begin to b' shoe -:! at thos- who do the thi: use 1 A w;-e won. an :s e w h " kr.o wf exactly what a mar. T.-.e a?; w her I fhe knaws he is ay:rg let . f things he dof.'Mt mean.

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