The Syracuse Journal, Volume 6, Number 23, Syracuse, Kosciusko County, 1 October 1913 — Page 6

SEXWpRIL School Conferencs Speaker Advocates Education as Cure. Sees the Religious Aspect and Declares That the Will to Do the Right Should Go With the Knowledge of the Right. Buffalo, N. Y. —Representatives of the many boards of education, who ■were here gathering hints for the teaching of sex hygiene in the high schools at the International Congress on School Hygiene, displayed much interest in an address on "The Social Emergency,’’ delivered by Dr. William T. Foster, president of Reed college, and also president of the Pacific Coast Federation for Sex Hygiene. Dr. Foster said in part: "Many generations have joined in the ‘conspiracy of science' in matters pertaining to sex and reproduction The result is widespread ignorance of matters of the utmost importance to the individual and the race—ignorance of which many good people are proud. During these generations in which the home, the church and the school have withheld the truth from young people, other agencies have been busy disseminating falsehoods. Having almost no opportunity to hear sex and matrimony discussed with reverence, our young people have almost invariably heard these subjects discussed with vulgarity. - “Partly as a result of all this has come the general acceptance of the double standard of morality which has bitterly condemned the girl—made her an outcast of society—and excused the boy for (he same offence on the specious plea of physiological necessity. With the sanction of this double standard, tacitly accepted by society, the majority of men have grown up in indulgence and have developed habits which are, or which they believe to be, beyond their control. Millions of men who recognize no law' in sex life but their own appetites are thus contributed to us by the jhst. They are factors in the present situation and must be reckoned with. “As a matter of fact the educational phases of social reform are of most immediate importance. Nothing cwn so profitably occupy the attention of social hygiene societies as the education of the public. ■ ■ “No aspects are more infportant than those concerning morals and religion. The restraining fear of disease may and probably will be thrown off by science. Whether education in scientific aspects of’the subject will do good or harm in a given case depends on the extent to which moral and religious ideals control the conduct ofi the individual. The inade..quacy of mere information in matters / of sex is painfully evident. To the knowledge of what is right must be added the will to do the right. All ' the other aspects of the social emergency treated with superhuman wisdom would still leave the greatest problem unsolved. As moral and religious instruction is the dominant educational need of the present generation, so the moral and religious aspects of sex problems transcend the others in, importance. “To attempt to deal with sex aspects of school hygiene, as though these problems were distinct from other phases of the social emergency is to invite failure from the start. The union of the American Federation for Sex Hygiene and the American Vigilance association is a step in the right direction, for it gives promise of seeing the social emergency clearly and * seeing it whole.” NEW DIVERSION FOB NEWPORT Hiss Florence Fleming Noyes as “Sleeping Naiad” in Repose on Her Throne. Newport.—On the beautiful estate of Commodore JaiSes at Newport, in the presence of the best known names of society, Miss Noyes, who is reviving the mythology of ancient Greece, in an effort to demonstrate the beauties of the stories of old, was borne into the presence of the critical L % I * 1 jjsZA ■•*•■ ■■■ V F m ...n? ' Miss Noyes as “Sleeping Naiad.” audience gathered ’neath the stars in the sunken garden on the estate of the commodore. Countless colored lights turned into the colors of the rainbow as water coming from numerous hidden sources fell on them, as Miss Noyes, by request of her consort, Neptune, performed the dance of the goddess of the sea. Lamb vs. Bulldog. Chicago.—Nicholas Murphy was haled into court because he kidnaped Mary Kline’s lamb and led it to various salmons, where he offered to match if against any bulldog in town. New Excise Law for Boston. Boston. —A new -excise law went into effect here prohibiting “drinks on the house” in local saloons. “It is against the best Interests of the proprietors and may be morally and physically injurious to customers” the license board says in its notice. Joe” Wins. Nashville, Tenn.—Tom and “Uncle joe” Henry, brother farmers near Cookvllle, raced to see which would Ijave the larger family. Joe hjs 27 children; Tom has 15.

FORMER JUSTICE M’CALL AND FAMILY ? Vn / wF fj V 'fei jr M i JwmHHSIt -• Ji <> Edward F. McCall, the Democratic candidate for mayor of New York, seen in the midst of his family at Sis summer home at East Hampton, Long Island. The McCall family, from left to right, are: Mr. McCall, with his hasds on the shoulders of his daughter, Miss Alla Gaynor McCall. Seated next to him is his daughter, Miss Constance. Sidney McCall, a nephew, is standing by Mrs. McCall.

— . * Clergymen, East and West, Tel! How It Is Done. Full Houses Rule In Seattle —Edifice Filled Eleven Yjears With Audiences Nearly Seventy Per Cent Men. Chicago.—Every earnest pastor is anxious to know how successful ministers fill their churches. This question was put to several of large churches by the Christian Herald, and the letters were all printed. They are so valuable and illuminating that a few of the replies are given here. The Rev. Dr. W. A. Andrews of Seattle gives the following reasons for his “full house.” He says in part; “1. This church has been filled for nearly eleven years. Most of the time it is crowded and scores and hundreds have been turned away. The evening audiences number anywhere from 2.500 to 3,500. We can only seat about 3,.000. The rest have to stand or be crovAled out. The audience has in it from 55 to 70 per cent of men. 2. The results accomplished are entirely due to the operations of the Holy Spirit. We pray much, expect much and get much. 3. The pure, simple gospel is preached. Sinai and Calvary are held up to the p»3ople. The vicarious atonement is emphasized; the sacrifice of Christ is presented daily; his deity and his mediatorial work are kept before the people. The whole gospel, and nothing but the gospel, is preached. 4. We make the gospel apply to every condition, circumstance and point of a man’s life. We deal with his social, domestic, commercial, political and civic life, with the gospel, and only the gospel. 5. Every service is an evangelistic service. We never preach the gospel or finish a sermon without making an appeal for immediate decisions and confessions of Christ. At every service we urge men to accept Christ and join the church. 6. We do not have a sermonette after a long musical program of questionable ecclesiastical i music. Every member of the choir . must be used, but that program is kept in its minor place. The sermons are not dictated by the clock, nor are they closed at the suggestion of some man who would like to hurry through ' the service. Time enough is taken to present the case of sin,’ produce conviction in the hearer’s mind and ask for the work of the Holy Spirit to produce conversions. 7. Every man, woman and child in this church is supposed to have something to do, and is required to do the thing assigned. If the churches of the country could be lifted from their blight of materialism and could get from under the control of Godless trustees, indifferent and lukewarm church officers, and could be made to understand that it is their business as Individual Christians to evangelize the world, the pews w’ould be full and the pulpits would be on fire with the love of God and an undying passion for souls.” Rev. J. H. Melish, rector. Church of the Holy Trinity, Brooklyn, says very wisely in answer to the same i question: “Some time ago a student, ■ of religious life in Ixmdon asked him-1 ' self the question which you have put j to me and then he set out to find the

New Policewoman for K. C. i Kansas City.—A policewoman who i will be known as “The City’s Mother • to the Motherless” will be appointed -by the commissioners here. She will • "walk a beat” composed largely of disorderly resorts and all-night cases. Killed While Being Shaved. » Savannah, Ga.—John Barksdale, a r btrber of Bridgeboro, and Chesley 1 Wills, who was being shaved, were in-1 7 stantly killed when bolt of lightning ; entered the shop. 1

e answer. He went from church to church, churches of various creeds and different types, some evangelical, some ritualistic, some rationalistic, others engaged in no social activities. And this was his finding, that every type had its failures and its successes, It, was no one type as such more than another type which succeeded in interesting men. Men do not go in for evangelistic preaching more than for ritualistic ceremonies, for social service more than rationalistic teaching. In every case it the man in the pulpit who drew men. Where men were found there was I found a real personality in the preacher. In every case among all these varied types the human factor in the ministry either drew or failed to draw men.” In this connection it should be stated that Dr. Matthews very modestly says nothing of himself, of his own personality, but those of us who know him realize that ho is in many ways an unusual man. He is a natural born actor, very dramatic, a veritable general, and surrounded by a magnificent body of men who uphold his work and carry out his commands. IRISH HAVE THE BEST TEETH Scots Have the Worst, In the United Kingdom, So*Authority Solemnly Says. London. —The beet teeth in the United Kingdom are the Irish, and the worst are the Scots, says Dr. Stewart, the medical officer for East Suffolk, who read a paper at the conference of the British Dental association held at Cambridge. -x Dr. Stewart attributed the deteriaration to the inordinate passion of thA Scots children for sweets. Mr? Rhodes, the president. of the association, suggested as another cause the increasing habit of making meals of , tea and bread and butter and the decreasing consumption of oatmeal. Another authority thought that the deficiency of lime in Scottish water was a contributing factor. The strong, white teeth of the ' Irishman, which are the admiration of the dentist when he looks at them and his despair when he has to extract one, are attributed to his simple vegetarian diet. He eats little meat and i few sweets, and his food is of the ] kind that requires biting. Governors Praise the Tango. Colorado Springs. —Well, the tangc isn't such a naughty dance—if you want to take the opinion of a large number of governors for it. The state executives who were in convention here looked at a tango exhibition. They looked long and critically. At the conclusion of the dance there were encores. Also more encores When the tangoers were too tired to respond to more encores, the governors gravely announced that ‘ although we had nothing like that in our time, this tango dance looks very, very interesting.” Some of them were even more explicit in their verbal praise. Aged Woman Plays Tennis. London. —Madame Deschamps, aged i eighty-two, who has been visiting Engi laftd for two months, plays lawn tenj nis, golf and other active games every day.

Mutilates Self to Avoid Service. Newport, R. I. —Leonard L. McMillan, a landsman of the naval training school admitted, according to the officers, that he had chopped his thumb off with an axe because he wanted to ret out of the navy. Has No Use for Police. Kingston, Mo. —Following the installation of the prohibition law here j the town became so good that the ; marshall quit in disgust and the “cools «r" was sold to a poultry raiser.

■ I “IN “ *" I Advertising Talks ■I I ■ PROFESSIONAL MEN AND ADVERTISING No Good Reason Why Doctors Should Not Follow Example of Others. The medical profession has always occupied a peculiar attitude upon the question of advertising. A generation ago it would have been well-nigh im-j possible to find a respectable physician who would have consented to proclaim his professional qualifications and attainments to the world through the medium of the public prints. It was not considered in accordance with “professional ethics.” And this feeling has very largely survived to the present day. Nearly all of what may be termed the old school physicians disapprove of publicity that comes by reason of advertising in the public press. All that is permissible is the publication of a simple professional card, and even that is in many cases omitted. Is there any good reason for this? asks the Tampa Times. Why should the profession be so excessively modest? Many very respectable doctors do advertise; but they are discountenanced by their more conservative brethren, and some even go so far as to term them quacks or charletans. This is in most cases unjust, but it springs from a feeling that is hard to eradicate. Other professions are forgetting the conservatism of former days and are utilizing the columns of the newspapers for the purpose of attaining that publicity that can be gained so effectually and completely through no other medium. Even the preachers are now using the newspapers to call attention to their special services and to extend to the public invitations to attend their churches. Lawyers advertise, though perhaps less than the members of any other profession except the medical; architects, engineers of every kind—in fact, every calling and profession into which human activities are divided make use of the modern newspaper to “get into the limelight” of publicity and to draw attention to themselves, except the doctors. We cannot avoid the opinion that this should not be so. The feeling against advertising is more a prejudice than anything else. It is true that many quacks and incompetents do advertise; but all who advertise are not by any manner of means quacks or incompetents, and because a practitioner seeks publicity through the newspapers it is not safe to dub him a charlatan. It should no longer be considered unethical by the doctors to advertise. It should be left optional with each one to do as he pleases in that respect without loss of prestige or standing among his associates. Many intelligent and progressive physicians are coming to recognize that publicity through the press, kept within the bounds of moderation and good taste, may be made the means of great good to the community and to themselves. Advertisers Are in Good Company. Mr. Business Men, have you ever thought that advertising put you in good company? It is an old saying that a man is known by the company he ' keeps. Then you join the ranks of the biggest and most successful merchants and manufacturers of the world. How many concerns can you name sin Chicago, in New York, in Kansas 'Vity/in Boston, in any large city in the country? Name them and you will notice that all are big advertisers and all are leaders in their lines. Ask your friends to name the most successful merchants they know in the big citie? and in each case the name of a great advertiser will be mentioned. The same rule is true of smaller cities and towns. The successful merchants are the advertisers. The advertiser stamps himself as one having confidence in himself, and his wares, as one proud of his calling and seek ing publicity and the test of patronage. Join the ranks of successful advertisers. Via Parcel Post. Here are some of the articles, advertised under a general display heading “Parcel Post Business” by miscellanei ous firms in a single issue of a western I paper: Kodaks, phonographs, elastic stockings, suits for men, women, boys or girls; false hair, boots and shoes, printed matter, music, paints, cigars, collars, both for humans and horses; pipes, rifles and shotguns, portieres, candies, seeds, old hats made new, pocketknives, art and drawing materials, small rugs, valises, women’s hats, men’s hats, homemade baby blankets, homemade needlework, sausage made by farmers’ wives, dolls. This list, short as it is, shows the wide variety of articles which anyone may advertise for sale and on which may be built up a profitable business under the parcel post system, pursuing mail order trade methods. Very Close-Mouthed. Caller —“So your sister and her fiance are very close-mouthed over their engagement?” Little Ethel — “Close-mouthed? You ought to see them together when they think no one else is around.” German Newspaper Readers. Pupils in a German school were recently tested as to their reading of newspapers. In the highest elementary class of 44, 25 read a newspaper I every day; 15 at least once a week, I and four less frequently.

“I Am Advertising.’* I came Into being as the spoken language came; slowly, gradually and to meet an urgent need. I have been worked for evil, but mostly I have worked for good. I can still be worked for evil, but each day it grows more difficult to so misuse me. I am at once a tool and a living force, if you use me wisely, I am a too! in your employ. If you misuse me, 'my double edge will injure or destroy you. If you do not use me, I am a force that works against the aims and purposes that animate your business. I speak a thousand tongues and I have a million voices. I am the ambassador of civilization, the hand-maiden of science and the father of invention. I have peopled the prairie, and with my aid commerce has laid twin trails of gleaming steel in a gridiron across the continent and stretched a network of copper into the far corners of the globe. I am the friend of humanity—for I have filled the commoner’s life with a hundred comforts denied the king of yesterday. I have brought clean food, healthful warmth, music, convenience and comfort into a hundred million homes. I laugh at tariffs and remake laws. C I have scaled the walls of the farmer’s isolation and linked him to the world of outer interests. I build great factories and people them with happy men and women who love 'the labor I create. I am a bridge that spans all distance and brings the whole world .to your door, ready and eager to buy your wares. I have made merchant princes out of corner shopkeepers and piled the wealth of a Monte Cristo into the laps of those who know my power. I find new markets and gather the goods of the world into a handful of printed pages. I fathered the penny newspaper. I am either the friend or the foe to Competition—so he who finds me first is both lucky and wise. Where it cost cents to hire me yesterday it costs quarters today, and will cost dollars tomorrow. But whosoever uses me had best have sense; for I repay ignorance with loss and wisdom with the wealth of Croesus. I spell service, economy, abundance and opportunity; for I am the one and only universal alphabet. I live in every spoken word and printed line —in every thought that moves man to ac- ■ tion and every deed that displays character. I am advertising! FINED FOR DISHONEST “AD” Oregon Merchant Convicted on Charge of Inserting False Advertisement in Newspaper. The first conviction has just been obtained in Oregon under a law which makes it a misdemeanor to insert false advertisements in the newspapers. There have been attempts in congress and in some legislatures to enact laws providing that leather shall be of hide and cloth, just what it claims to be, but Oregon is, so far as we are aware, the only state where this sort of legislation has reached the statute books. It appears that the proprietor of a dry gods store in Portland advertised “sls all-wool dresses for $6.95.” Portland has a very alert and aggressive branch of the Advertising Clubs of America, and this branch sent out a woman to ascertain if the all-wool dresses were “as advertised.” She bought one, submitted it to an expert in wool fabrics and when he reported that the “all-wool” was only 50 per cent, what its claims set forth, the storekeeper was arrested and prosecuted, with the result that he was fined S4O. There is a lesson in this for the ad j vertiser as well as the purchaser. The first will learn that common honesty demands that his wares shall be exactly as he represents them; the purchaser will be taught to give his trade I only to those who are known to meet this reasonable test. If the Oregon idea shall become nation-wide, says the Nashville Tennesseean, it will mean a larger bestowal of confidence by the one and an increase of sales by the other. The moral is obvious: Honest advertising pays. Unique Advertising. A unique form of advertising aj> pears in the Detroit News. It is in the nature of a warning to consumers by James W. Helme, state dairy and food commissioner, against alleged adulterated foods that have been advertised to the public as. pure goods. Owing to the inadequacy of the law. governing fake advertising, Mr. Helme says, this is the only method the dairy and food department of Michigan can use in protecting the public against imposition. The warnings of the department are displayed and paid for at regular advertising rates. Nothing Complimentary. At a political meeting the chief speaker was a budding orator who loved to bask in publicity. Said the chairman, grasping the speaker by the arm on the conclusion of his long address: “Your speech was like a glass of good champagne”—here the chairman smiled pleasantly—“lots of froth and very dry.” Dally Thought. Belief consists in accepting the as- * firmations of the soul; unbelief in denying them. —Emerson.

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Mr. William A. Radford will answer questions and give advice FREE OF COST on all subjects pertaining to the subject of building, for the readers of this paper. On account of his wide experience as Editor. Author and Manufacturer, he Is, without doubt, the highest authority on all these subjects. Address all inquiries to William A. Radford. ..No. 178 West Jackson boulevard, Chicago, 111., and only anclose two-cent stamp for reply. A commodious and at the same time ' conveniently arranged house of mod-' erate cost, is illustrated in the accompanying perspective drawing and floor plan. By fitting up three rooms upstairs—Tor which there is space available —this plan gives us a house of nine rooms, besides bathroom, front and back entries or vestibules, and a pantry. This house is adapted to a lot 35 feet or more in width, being 33 feet 6 inches wide by 46 feet long, ex-] i elusive of the spacious front porch. ’ The structure is somewhat on the bungalow or.der, or rather a inodificaI tion of the bungalow idea. Properly I speaking, a bungalow has only one : ■ floor, but here we have a slight de- ' parture from this rule, though the re- ! semblance to that type of house is still maintained. The bungalow developed In this ; Country on the Pacific coast. The idea, probably, was originally brought | from India, although a great many | architects claim that the modern bungalow is really the outgrowth of I the log cabins and the sod and adqjje houses of the early inhabitants of the ; United States. Probably bungalow architectural ideas could be traced back to all these sources. The result Is that we have a very comfortable, low-cost house; and the bungalow type of- structure is being ty built in different parts of the counI try and is constantly increasing in popularity. Within easy reach of large cities, bungalows are going up by the hundreds; and the idea is a , good one. People are tired of be- . Ing crowded into small, unhealthful |

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quarters, aud are taking this means of providing themselves with good, sensible homes at a reasonable out- | lay. The original bungalow roof was low and broad; but, in order to get more sleeping accommodation, the ridge was raised just enough at first to get one room above the ground floor. Builders, however, have repeatedly pushed it up higher, until now we see a good many houses built very much after this plan, with as many as three bedrooms in the roof. It costs but little more to build a seven or eight-roomed house in this way than to build a five-roomed house with the rooms all on one level. The rafters, of course, are longer, and it takes more shingles; but the work on the roof is not much different, and so far as the Inside is concerned, you simply add the finishing up of the extra rooms. The foundation is no larger; and the only addition on the first floor is the stairway, which, in this case, is built in and closed with a door at the bottom. You seldom, I in fact, see an open stairway in a bungalow house. It seems to be out I of keeping with the general layout. ! There is a modification of ideas In ; regard to house stairways, even in I larger houses. The question ha« often arisen; Why should we build a fancy, open stair directly opposite the main entrance door, as though every person entering must receive an invitation to go up aloft’ As a matter of ; fact, not one stranger in a dozen enI tering the front door goes upstairs, and it makes considerable difference to the members of the family where the stairway is placed. Very often it would be much handier if located in the middle of the house. It would take up less room, too, and save some money—and save the architect a headache. It seems to me that we i pay too much attention to fashion or ; custom; one person is afraid to do anything different, and each one follows along after his neighbor without knowing why. I have watched the development of the bungalow idea in house building with a great deal of satisfaction, because I think I can see in it the means of providing thousands of homes at prices within the reach of those who would never own homes of their own if they had to buy or build houses built on the regular orthodox lines, laid out by conservative architects, and built in the old-fash-ioned way. I have nothing to say against large two-story solid houses as heavy as any one wants them. They ar% all right In their right places. But what suits one person does not suit another, either In plan, In appearance, or In cost; and the bungalow has added a chapter to 1 house building which meets the needs of large and increasing numbers of home owners and home builders.

This house plan gives an opportunity for young people to start in with a home of their own without a great outlay. in cash. As designed, the hoqse is built without a cellar; but a cellar may be added at any time. While the children are small, it is not absolutely necessary to finish the bedrooms on the second floor. The | house is complete downstairs. I have I known men with families of five or i six children to build a house like this, occupy it for a year or two. then add a cellar, sleeping rooms in the attic, a porch at the back or side, and many other attractive features as they .felt they could afford the exi pense. And very often the money | saved in rent has paid for these improvements. I particularly like to see thrift of ■ this kind and 1 am optimistic enough to believe that similar sentiments are increasing as the country ; becomes more thickly populated. I ! see evidences of economy that 1 never | noticed before except in isolated eases. | Economy is one of the greatest vlrj tues. Economy and ignorance seldom go together It requires a person of more than average intelligence to practice economy sensibly. Economy is not stinginess; there is a wide disi tinction. A house after this plan can be built I for $2,500 to $2,800. according to the | location, cost of materials and the price of skilled labor. EASY TO DECEIVE THE WORLD People as a General Rule Are Very Apt to Accept a Man at His Own Valuation. Only the very great can afford to neglect cultivating a pose Many even of these cultivate one. They ' are probably wise, for, despite the constant deprecation of the poseur, it I remains the fact that a pose, well | maintained, is a considerable factor In

insuring worldly success. Who of us is thoroughly natural? Some, perhaps, but few —very few. An affectation, not too patent, a pose, a pretense of greatness, next to greatness itself, makes the best impression upon the . general run of people. .It takes a lltI tie greatness' itself to distinguish true j greatness. That Is why the really great are frequently not recognized until after their death. But when a man, by his manner. Insists that he is greats the world generally takes him at his own estimate, and accords him the honors of greatness. The man who poses as righteous obtains a reputation for righteousness. Whether he really deserves it usually does not matter The man who poses as profound obtains a imputation for profundity. He may be as shallow as a rivulet, but the pose is apt to create the impression he seeks to convey. We all know the man who utters com-mon-places with the rotundity of the great orator, with the air of an oracle, arrogating to himself the honors of original discovery. We all know the impressive appearance and rotund declamation which often give public men, lawyers, lecturers and other forensic speakers vast reputations which the product of their brains utterly falls to justify. You Can Conquer It. It is claimed that the nervous exhaustion produced by hours of susI tained and monotonous labor sends the factory girl into the streets at night, writes Agnes Repplier in the Atlantic. She is too unstrung for rest. That this is in a measure true no experienced worker will deny, because every experienced worker is familiar 1 with the sensation. Every woman who ; has toiled for hours, whether with a I sewing machine or a | typewriter, j whether with a needle or a pen, whether in an office or at home, has felt the nervous fatigue which does not crave rest but distraction, which makes her want to “go.” Every woman worth her salt has overcome this weakness, has fostered this desire It is probable that many men suffer and struggle in the same fashion Dr. Johnson certainly did. With inspired directness he speaks of people who are “afraid to go home and think.” He knew that fear. Many a night It drove him through the London streets till daybreak. He conquered it. conquered the sick nerves so at variance with his sound and righteous principles, and his example is a beacon light to strugglers in the gloom. Likes Proper Company. “Why did she withdraw after receiving the nomination?’' “They told her, If elected, she would become .a member of the common council, and you know how particular she Is.”—Judge.