16 . - " 1 -THE SUNDAY OSEGONIAM, PGKEEAKDi MAT 1, lMt.
ELIZABETH
She Tells Nell of the
A MONO THE POINTED FIRS. My
Dear Nell: The triumphant crowing
of a jubilant chanticleer, with voice
like a steam calliope, echoing through the
rwoods just now suddenly reminded me
that your chicken education was being
neglected, so, dropping my rake on the
hillside, among the tall yellow buttercups,
X hurried into the house, threw off my
eunhonnet, picked up tablet and pen. un
corked my ink bottle, and now your self
appointed guide is again ready to lead you
along the primrose paths of poultrydom.
Tou remember the late unpleasantness
yrlth our "settln hens," don't you? Well.
Just about the time the colony, was fairly
established In business, and we had. paused
a moment to look over the scene of con
flict, and wipe the perspiration from our
Severed brows, a smiling little sheepherder
ef the hills handed me a note from Mary.
It was certainly unique. A sheet of pale
Bray note paper daintily folded, and
pinned together by a white feather, cross
ing it diagonally. Fastened near the top
of the inside page, a row of cunning little
chickens, just emerging . from the shell;
cut perhaps from some advertisement,
and just beneath, the following poetic qver
dw: ' r
To tho Hermitage hasten to tea.
And delay not to fix.
you're- wanted. Just for to see
Our brand-new chicks.
How humiliating, with ours stllL In the
.ahelll Tom, reading the note, exclaimed,
onfound the luckl ;We started neck and
Beck in this race, and they beat us with
eggs, and now come under the wire- two
' weeks ahead with young chickens. No
'wonder they have 'dropped into poetry,'
though that second line is superfluous,
don't you think?" Yes, they muSt have
seeded a rhyme for "chicks," as they well
know that "fixing" is with us a lost art.
Thank heaven it is," fervently responded
the gentleman, turning down the hem of
us overalls, as a slight concession to the
ss&ges of polite society. The housekeeper,
bo ting the naif pint of oata which rolled
eut on the floor, was calmly ignored, as in
his bast circus tones he announced himself
ready "for the .great, free, moral, and
spectacular exhibition of the recently in
cubated." A half hour later in comfort
able negligee, we were seated at the social
fcoard of our- successful competitors.
What topics think you, Nell, are, dis
cussed "over tno tea cups" In the hills?
Dinner parties? luncheons, receptions?
last-nlght's-drama? Not at all. nothing so
giddy as that. Nor do wo'discdurse of art.
music, lltenatute and,, such hackneyed
themes. No, my friend, the agricultural
mind soars not so far above the soli. The
flow of soul usually begins with chickens
and eggs: the subject of butter is then
feelingly brought forward, which naturally
Bug greets cows; cows, pasture; then 'tis
but a step to crops in general and "vetch"
In particular. Lives there a man with soul
eo dead that he does not expatiate upon
the wonderful properties of "vetch"? If
such' there be, he Is not a resident of the
&111 country. Until we came here I had
never heard the word spoken, and now
these new landed proprietors talk of It
from the rising to the setting of the sun.
You know, Nell, how copious In argument
men are, how exhaustively they treat
MO'DE'R.yN ED
IS our modern system of education ad
equate to our needs? Jn discussing
this question, three distinct phases
present themselves to us,, namely, the In
tellectual, Which, concerns itself with
thought; the moral,, which has to do
with conduct: tho practical; which deals j
solely with results. 2Zo education worthy"
the name can "Be considered complete or
well rounded which dpes not combine
within, itself all of these phases. To get
a clear idea of our subject, then, before
we storm its citadel, let us ask our
selves, "What is the purpose of educa
tion?" Says a well-known writer of the
day "The object of all education should
bo to increase the usefulness of man
usefulness to himself and to others." In
' other words, it should fit him to fight
successfully the battle of life. Every
' (thing, that does not help toward this end
' Should be considered as a waste of time,
; and energy. In how far then our pres
ent system of education fulfills its pur-
pose must bo the objeot of our Investi- j
I nations.
"Let us begin with the Intellectual
ohase, which as we all understand it has
its- development in the schoolroom. I
will state the case first as it presents it
self to the casual observer; crudely per- j
haps, yet briefly and simply. The child
'is taken, to 6Chool at a tender age. It Is
provided- with textbooks of various quan- j
-tity and quality. These books contain a
given number of facts which must be
memorized within a given time. The
child Is taught that certain things are
and accepts these statements upon faith,
the reasoning faculties as yet remaining
tiorxnant. Memory is set upon the throne
'and usurps control. After the process of
) stocking the memory has been completed
'art one class, an examination takes place, j
na if It Is found that a reasonable num- f
cer or tcese given facts are stiu lodged
tin the memory, the fortunate possessor
'of such memory is allowed to pass on to
i& higher grade, where the stocking pro
Jcees continues.
1 X-SaTvledgo That Molds.
Tne brain is treated not unlike the
-Jcmjjer room of a big house. All odds and
ends are stored away therein, with the
expectation that at some future day these
things might come in handy. In the
meantime, as a matter of fact, these
things are oftencst forgotten or left to
xaold or rot away. A good deal of this
rotting process takes place even during
the school term, for as soon as a new
grade is reached that which has gone
before Is crowded out by that which is
sew put in, and oftenest that which
ctlefce fast to the mind during the stock
ing process is the least valuable of all
the Information acquired. If this state
ment seems exaggerated to you. Just turn
to your old echoolbooks and eee how
tnany of all the questions therein pro
pounded you can answer correctly.' Per
haps the results would astonish some of
you who had never given the matter a
thought But to continue:
The child, let us say, -Is through school.
It has graduated that mecca of all
schoolgirls', it not schoolboys' aspirations;
received a diploma; passed with -nigh
honors and won the respect and admira
tion of all Its schoolmates and teachers..
What next? Youths and maidens are
now supposed to bo ready to begin the
sattle of life. But are they really fitted
to enter upon their duties to take up the
responsibilities of life? How many grad
'Bates realize what their duties are, if
they question the matter of duty at all?
If there are any among you here today
who believe that our school and home
training is all that it should be, let me
aek you
Reason for Pallarci.
Why is it that so many of our young
men and women are failures in life? Why
do so many young men go forth into the
world, turning from one occupation to
aaother, often spending naif their lives
trying to find out what they are fitted for.
only to make the discovery when it Is too"
late to benefit them. Why do so many
f our young glrla go wrong, often mar
tying la haste foe the mere novelty, &
N H E'R M EW CTREGON HOME
-Vicissitudes Connected With the; Bcinging-Up of Chiceas
ever subject, so you can Imagine what
ltary"and 1 have suffered.
The talk the evening of which I write,
began as usual with fowls, dwelling chiefly
upon the idlosyncrasies.of tho sitting hen
as we were- all at that time In the- thick,
of the fray especially did we deplore her
combativeness; Bert folding up a pair of-battle-scarred
hands as proof that his re
cent triumph had not been wholly free
from sanguinary features.
When the conversation had advanced, by
easy stages ; to crops, our hostess, divin
ing premonitory symptoms of "vetch,"
made a praiseworthy attempt to save the-
day, by calling attention, to the beautiesof
the sunset. She waa Just a little too late;
even as she spoke the Rubicon was
crossed. Vaguely conscious of her remark,
two preoccupied faces with unseeing eyes,
turned automatically westward, but the
flow of speech went on. The fascinations
of vetch yield to no sunset on sea or land.
Mary, with a look of comic despair, turned
to me, whispering in the tragic tones of
Vlrglnlus: "And now there is no way but
this," rose from the table, and I drew a
long breath, for her right hand was dan
gerously near the carving-knife. This
move brought them to their feet, but with
a 'dazed look, as-if "branches they bore of
that enchanted stem," and could not quite,
free themselves from its witchcraft. Bert,
.gradually regaining consciousness, went
in. -search of the "brand-new chicks,"
bringing them In his straw bat.. Fluffy,
velvety little balls of yellow, and. black,
soft "grays, and creamy brows. It waa
like looking at a hatful of prize pansles.
.It?" seemed a pity that that downy .bloom
must so soon give way to pin-foa'thers;
Theexhlbltor remarked boastfully, "This
is only a small line or samples. I have in
etocK. 25. of these valuable birds."
"And ' they aro all right, too, for a
starter;" said Tom, patronizingly, "but, if
you will drop In to the Pointed Fir Hatch-.
ery In a couple of weeks, we will show
you, sin about 2500 of them." I grieve -to
note the habit of exaggeration growing
upon Thomas. Possibly 200 were batched,
but to raise them after hatching aye,
there's the rub. Watchful sparrow-hawks
swooped down upon them by day; at night,
bloodthirsty prowlers of the forest crept
s'tealthlljs. forth ,io claim their, share; of
the survivors, m&ny suffered from' disease,
and not only tho newly fledged, but quite
a number of the older ones, which were
what Tom called a lot of scrubs. These
were bought during the rainy season, of
accessible and accommodating ranchmen.
whor naturally did not dispose oi their
best.
Finding Tom one day gravely stirring
some" sort of mixture on the stove, I asked,
"What In the world is that?:
"This,, ipadame, Ja; lard? and cayenne
pepped afflose designed--, foraa sick hen."
"Hqw do. you know she is" sick?"5
'"Ekypu 'isaw a., hen moping, around
humpeS-up'-llko thls'feraphlcally Illustrat
ing), you would conclude that she wasn't
enjoying the best of health, wouldn't
you?"
"I'd think she had the blues; what
does all her?"
"That I can't tell you."
"Who suggested that mixture?"
"This mixture was used with unparal-'
leled success In an airly day at my Uncle
Jlm'B."
"Oh! As a remedy for what?"
"Don't ask so many questions; I don't
know what It was given for. and I don't
carer ltfs, the only chicken remedy I wot
Ue ATI ON
love of change and excitement, only to
have recourse, to the divorce courts when
they find out that they have made a mls
tak6? Why do we have no servants to
help us In our homes? Why do business
men complain that they cannot-get com
petent hands? Why do men find it neces
sary: to-resort to; trickery and bribery in
order to get along in th; world, or to
practice all the vices of the .calendar In
order to pass another also climbing the
ladder of success? Why are all these
thingsso. and you cannot deny they are?
There is but one answer: It. ii because
our system of education Is inadequate to
our needs. And by educatlonil'inean not
alone that of the school, but also that
of the home and the church. Our children
are not led to think; they are taught
duties; they are not given responsibilities;
they are not made to respect labor.
"There was an Idea in the olden time,"
says Elbert Hubbard In that Philistine,
"and it is not yet dead, that njhBever was
educatedk ought not. to -wor; that he
should use his head and nothla hands.
The cultured regarded ..the useful as de
grading; they were" willing to stain their
souls to keep their hands white."
DIg-nlty of Labor..
I once heard a lady say to her 12-year-old
boy: "Johnny, if you do not study you
will never amount to -anything in tho
world. When you grow up you will be
fit for nothing but an old car driver or
a hodcarrler."
It is this making the young-, look down
upon honest toll and manual labor that
is largely responsible for tho present evil
conditions. How can wo expect girls to
take" positions as helpers in 'homes and
boys to do manual labor In shops and
stores, if we teach them to look down
upon the work of the hands? Better a
thousand times a successful carpenter,
earning 52 and ?3 a day, than a shvster
lawyer who cannot turn a penny save by
trickery and dishonest practice.
As to duties and responsibilities, bow
can wo expect our girls and boys to know
aught of these, when all through their
childhood they have been taught to cast
their burdens upon others? How expect
them to consider their neighbor and to
deal righteously with him when their per
sonal ambitions are constantly fostered
and no sense of ' obligation or duty to
others Inculcated?
There Is a tendency nowadays to place
the entire burden of responsibility upon j
the schools. This is a mistake. People
seem to- bo losing sight of tho fact that
the parent and the church as well as the
school nfce a duty to society; that they
have responsibilities that they cannot,
dare not shirk, and that the moral and
physical welfare of the young lies upon
their hands and not upon the public
schools.
Nevertheless, the schools are not blame
less. Now I do not wish to be classed
among those useful though somewhat ex
asperating individuals the cranks or
ichronlc fault-finders who never see good
in anything; but on the other hand neither
do I want to be ranked among those easy
going, self-satisfied persons who think It
a sin to disturb existing conditions, and
who, If a house were to topple down- over
their heads would say, provided they had
any breath left In them to say anything.
Twas the will of God." I would think
they might have found the will of God
telling them to mend the roof and so pre
vent its falling in. I am reminded here
of the old farmer in- Lover's Lane who,
when his minister waa trying conscienti
ously to bring about reforms in the church
creed by eliminating the belief in a hell,
remonstrated furiously: "Hell waa good
enough for my grandfather and Its plenty
good enough for me."
Seme Mistakes.
To proceed then, let me point out some
mistakes In our educational system as
they appear to' me:
In the first' place the school is given
the appearance' of being- final and com
plete. Whatever fine, speeches may be
addressed to the pupils on graduation day
about the duties and responsibilities of
life, of education being but a stepplng-
stohe to success, a foundation upon which
they must build the structure of their
lives, and all the rest of the well-worn
. tirade it is lust about as efficacious &f
of, and when one of ours oeems indisposed
she's going to get a dose of. It."
With this defiant declaration, the gen
tleman went out to. visit his patient, and
I looked up a bulletin on poultry from the
Oregon Agricultural College. I was ap
palled. Nell, to learn of the diseases chick
en .flesh Is heir to. It seemed, if we
succeeded In saving even one, it would
be as a brand snatched from the burning.
In my pursuit of Information I 'had
just -stumbled upon a poser as the- doctor
returned.
"Tom, has a hen a nose?"
"Heavenfe, Elizabeth; what next? I don't
know, not a noticeable one, I guess; at
least, not one that she can turn up; why?"
"Because, this book speaks of a .hen's
nostrils, which Implies a nose, don't you
think? It. saysr sometimes a alight In
crustation forms over them which should
be gently removed by their caretaker."
"Tee: well, I can tell you right now,
that It will be on exceedingly- frigid day
when this caretaker gently removes it.
If a hen can't attend to her own nose
she-can go to Jorico for all of ms."
Oh, It is so wearing, this trying to. in
still scientific knowledge Into .the mind
of one who absorbs so little. Sustained,
however, by an angelic disposition and an
earnest desire for his enlightenment, I
began galn, timidly:
"If this patient of yours should, happen
to be suffering from lung troublei -you
should have given her a soothing drink."
"Soothing fiddlesticks!"
'! thought you approved of "the teach
ings of the Oregon Agricultural College?"
"Well, Isn't warm, melted lant,&'sooth
ing drink?"
"I have never- tried It as a beverage,
but with the amount of cayenne . pepper
added. It might, I should, think, excoriate
even the well-seasoned throat of the ter
rible Mr. Qpllp. Didn't it strangle her?"
"It did, Elizabeth: but It also aroused
her from her apathy, and that Is a point
gained."
To my surprise. Nell, after taking a few
doses, that fowl regained her health and
spirits. During that Summer the invigor
ating cordial was frequently administered
and with varying results. Patients with
strong constitutions survived It, others
died; but the doctor's faith in the efficacy
of the sovereign remedy remained un
shaken. He had several baffling cases; for in
stance, there was a hen that looked per
fectly well, and ate ravenously; When
wheat wag thrown out, she would start
for It on the run, but would soon begin
to wobble like an exhausted top, and fall
over. perharTs several times before reach
ing tho goal, often landing there on her
back, when she would turn on her side
'and gobble wheat as deftly as the well
ones. She was soon placed In a private
sanitarium and" her meals carried to her
until death came to her relief. I. pro
nounced this case, epilepsy; though Tom
said it was a clear case of locomotor
ataxia, and that hot even the O. A. C.
could have saved her.
Wo had one frightful little chicken, with
an abnormally large head; It could walk
a very little In a stiff and awful way, but
couldn't stand at all and maintain' Its
equilibrium, except with Its feet very
wide apart and Its bill poked In the
ground. i
The court physician's diagnosis was
"dropsy of the brain." It did look like
1U As it couldn't keep within even hail
ing distance of Its mother it was brought
to the house, for the rest ctrre. Here it
was never at ease unless it could find
ADDRESS BY MISS SOPHIE REINHART, OF PORTLAND, BEFORE
THE WOMAN'S CLUB OF ASTORIA
to expect a man when, after" he had'
formed the habit of drink to leave off after
listening to a lecture on temperance. Give
the child to understand while It Is studying
that the school term is not all there Is of
learning In the world. Indeed, If educa
tion would only build more upon this
thought there would be leas attempt to
crowd all the knowledge which a child
Is meant to attain Into a nine or 12
years' school term. We have a lifetime
before us in which to learn.
Secondly We have too much memory
cramming. Originality can wear the dunce
cap In school If united to a slow memory.
Memory Instead of thought Is made the
test of capability. What would we think
of a housekeeper who kept continually
laying In stores and stores of eggs, flour,
butter, cream and sugar, and never mixed
them Into palatable dishes for her table?
What would be the result upon the diges
tive organs of that family? Well, there
Is such a thing as mental Indigestion,
and some pupils suffer with It to such an
extent that as soon as they are through
school and the strain J.s removed they
seek the only relief in their power they
disgorge.
You- might ask, perhaps, "Would you
do away then entirely with memory drill?"
By no means. But I would reduce the
-quantity and change the method. As Is
done In later years and all through life,
facts must bo accumulated and stored In
the memory from day to day, but these
facts must all be assimilated and the stor
ing must be an unconscious process. It
must not be made a burden. We all know
that whatever makes a deep Impression
upon the mind Is indelibly printed upon
the tablets of memory. Therefore, our
sole concern with teaching a child facts
should be to make these sufficiently ' Im
pressive and to give plenty of time for'
asslmhation.
Thirdly Too many assertions are ac
cepted without question, assertions that
in later years must bo discarded as false.
Just stop to think a moment Were you
yourselves not taught many things In
your childhood which In after years, you
learned to know as false? And did this
help to strengthen your faith and trust?
Or did It not tend to make you skeptical
even there where faith should have been
a guiding star a plank of safety? Why
teach children things that you do not be
lieve yourselves? You say they will find
it out for themselves" In time. So, they
will, and the knowledge of the deception
practiced upon them will make them
cynics In ethics and skeptics In religion.
Is this the end you wish to attain for your
children?
Fourthly Good homo training should
not be allowed to go out of fashion. It is
all well and good to leave your children a
certain latitude in thought and action, and
not to crush their individuality; but Intel
lectual and moral freedom, when given to
those who are as yet slaves to their weak
ness, trains selfish and Irresponsible, hu
man beings. Freedom can only be the
award of him who has conquered self; It
cannot and must not be bestowed upon
children.
A FVtt Remedies Suggested.
And now as to a remedy for these evils.
It Is indeed most difficult for even the pro
roundest thinker to find one broad enough
and wide enough, to cover all the Held.
For one of lesser Intellect It Is only pos
sible to offer suggestions and wait for re
sults prove their efficiency. I would, in,
the first place, eliminate from the schools:
all political control. We should elect on.
our School Board honest and experienced'
educators, men and women of broad; lib
eral minds, whose time could be glvetv
np entirely to the study of this great and
all-Important question. Our textbooks
should be changed to meet the demand
of the new system; that is. they should
.be condensed and simplified, reducing the
memory work for the pupils and giving
the teachers time to do more Individual
work. Only- competent teachers should be
employed and those should hold life posi
tions. Put them upon a scale of promotion
and increase of salary. Place textbooks
as many as needed Into the hands of the,
teachers but as few as possible into the
hands of the child. Instead of cramming
their little heads with facts, draw out
what is in them, make them think more
and memorize less. Give them plenty of
exercise in writing, which, after all. Is the
best means toe assimilating knowledge.
ana Insert its bill In a crevicrf of t)w
kitchen floor, then with "closed eyes- It
would stand very stlt 'ee many minutes,
a painful and grewsoine-Iooklng object.
Very often the professional eye- turned
thoughtfully toward It, and I well knew
the gentleman was wondering- whether or
not the malady could, be reached by lard
and:epjien. X was-glad; Nell, when kindly
death lnterpos6 asd: saved the poor little
sufferer fronx Graham's Great Elixir.
During- theSUsamer Tojh, not being
quite satisfied .with, scrubs, bought soma
better chickens. Among them was- one
which caused him great trouble for
a time. A fine thoroughbred Plymouth
Hock,, called by his former owner-"Cap' t
Jack." The Captain, for- some reason
known only to himself, objected to the
early hours kept by 'our mountain" folk;
and flrmfy refused to enter the dormitory
with them at sunset. It might have been
that he had an affair of honor arranged
with some hostile member of an outlying
camp; or, being-town bred,' he might have
been waiting- far curfew to ring. Of
course we could only guess at the mo
tives which prompted his- erratic conduct.
But we- did know that If he were left at
large he would surely fall a victim to
some- lynx-eyed assassin of the bills, con
sequently Tom: had. to stay with him until
be voluntarily walked Into the- chicken
house. 1 said "Let him go in when he. gets,
ready, and close the door later."
"He would never get ready, Elizabeth:
he would hide away In some .tree, and
that would be the end of his. earthly, ca
reer. You must not forget that be cost
mo three big. silver dollars."
I do assure you, Nell, that It was a
solemn and impressive spectacle as seen
In the- gloaming, those two weird, shad
owy figures moving slowly and silently
through the tall weeds and dog fenneL.
The captain a few paces In advance,
shpwing no perturbation, though well he
knew, "a frightful fiend doth close be
hind him tread."
Occasionally he- would pause to snatch
a belated bug, or an anwary grasshopper;
or. with assumed nonchalance, stop, be
fore some little bush, scratch about Its
roots., then stand on. tip too and examine
each leaf as carefully" as If he were ' en
gaged In the study of hotany.
All this time Tom, with the same af
fected carelessness, would be' sauntering
very near, pausing as, the Captain paused,
Just as If he were taking an evening
stroll, and had by the merest accident
fallen in with the military gentleman,
always, though, keeping on the off side,
almost Imperceptibly guiding the wan
derer's steps bedward. When at last he
entered the building, the door would
bang behind him with,' such force as to
shake the whole crazy structure.
Tom Is not the most patent of men,
and I really think "murder would have
stained ihls hand with gore," but for the
restraining power of those three al
mighty dollars.
These evening rambles were- continued
for a couple of weeks, when suddenly It
dawned upon the benighted intellect of
the Captain that sunset was the sound
ing of taps In the. hills, whereupon, "yield
ing to the force' of ,an Imperious cus
tom," he turned In with the others, and
gave his guardian no further trouble.
I have treated this subject almost as
exhaustively as the men have treated
"Vetch." but It seemed necessary, In or
der to give you a clear Insight Into this
business. And now I think, Nell, that
I have given you much important in
formation, and many valuable Instruc
tions. If you, will take these truths to heart
and practice them when occasion offers
you. will be able to conduct a chicken
ranch quite as successfully as,
ELIZABETH.
Ideas are like seeds? If we continue to
cover the ground with soil the seeds will
soon be burled under the pile and die be
fore It can raise Its "needta- tne sunlight
Next I would separate; the sexes after
they have reached thelrlOth pr.l2th year.
They have different'yofcatloadi to fill In
llfo and should be,? differently trained.
Boys should have men teachers and girls
women teachers. L,
Then I would fayprAthe Introduction of
manual labor Into ajl the public schools
-hot so much to teach trades as to instill
the right principles in regard to labor.
Only a child that has been taught the
satisfaction of creating with, his own
hands, that has experienced the delight
afforded at the knowledge of his own use
fulness and skill, will have the respect for
work that work demands.
Lastly, let us make education practical.
In our homes let us Instill habits of virtue,
not theories: habits of responsibilities,
not lectures: habits of duties, not remon
strances; not preaching Is needed, but
practice. If necessary let us open schools
for -mothers, rather than that .tho respon
sibility of moral training be foisted upon
-the already overburdened public schools.
We want our children to be successful
In life. Very well. let us give them an
education that will make them so. -Tet
them know life as it Is as well as what
It might and ought to be. Prepare them
to meet obstacles and temptations. Give
them that which will help them to master
temptation when It comes as It must
come to all and do not think to shield
them from It all their lljfes.
We want a system :ot education In the
schools. In the churches, in the homes,
that will give us responsible human beings
men who are not afraid .to work and
who are self-respecting and capable.
Women who are filled with a sense of
duty, who respect themselves and their
vocation and who are not afraid to shoul
der the deeper responsibilities of life
In a word, real men and true women who.
while fulfilling their dally round of toll
and pleasure, will never for a moment
leave out of sight those heights to which
Emerson pointed when he said, "Hitch
thy wagon to a-star." It Is to high ideals
that character owes all that Is noblest
and best and these can only be Instilled
by dally and hourly habits of thought
and practice.
THEX AND NOW.
It used to be the fashion
For girls who wished a beau
To learn to do housekeeping-
And stay at home and sew.
Alas; 'tis now the fashion
With girls who set & beau
To dress and slglinc a troll the strata.
Or else be deemed "too alow."
It used to- bo the faahlon
For a roan who'd bo a beau
To show he had some business tact
And vim to make It go.
But now, alas! he only needs
Or flashy suit, and brass
To make him very popular
With girls ox. any class.
It used to be the fashion
For man and wife to own
A cozy plot of ground and. house
They called, a happy, home;
But now to save much toll and car
And fashionable prove.
They dwell In flats or board around.
With many a fretful move.
It used to be the fashion
To have children by the. score;
But It perchance they now have on
They vow they'll have no more.
Tou ask wnate'er has caused such change
I point with, heartfelt groans
To countless, shameless libertines
And numerous ruined homes.
' GRANDMA.
Soldiers IVitheat Handkerchiefs,
Tho Russian Miatster of War aaJut dis
covered that rail one ann ia a -thoasand !n
tho Rssal&B army possesses a packet saa&er
chief. Be has Invited tenders for 5G&,Me bsd
kerchiefs, -which win be decorated with Bus.
shut tags mi ethr patriotic devlos
Y Hon. Eugene
m- PARTISAN hasr. hean dsflrfied. a
j '"one whose Judgment or percep
tion. is. clouded- by a- prejudiced
adherence' to his party." In that sense my
administration of the office of District
Attorney of tfie County of New York
was nonpartisan, and not from the point
of viw that; 1 ceased, to be a party man.
I remained a Democrat but felt that
true loyalty , to my party meant fidelity
to the trust to be discharged.
When X .assumed the office I under
stood that I had been- appolnte'd as a
Democrat:" in other words,-that Governor
Roosevelt would not have made the ap
pointment if X had, been; A Republican,
but would have selected some Democrat
who he believed would administer the
office solely in the interest of the people.
The reason for this was that the official
whose removal made the appointment
necessary was a Democrat, and the Gov
ernor, with a. high regard for . the will
of the- people that has always, charac
terized him, felt that the appointee
should be' of the same 'political affllla
tiona ' as the man elected Co the," office,
and whom he had .been compelled, to re
move. The action, of Mr .Boosevelt In
thus refraining from taking advantage
of the occasion to- give? bis party a most
Important and valuable public office was
greatly appreciated by the people of New
York, and I believe: contributed not a
little to the election, of' a Republican
Mayor a few months thereafter. Had
he been, guided by the shortsighted pol
icy that the distribution of patronage, was
the only way to maintain a party,, tho
Republican party would have enjoyed
the control of the. District Attorney's of
fice for one year, but lost thef opportunity
of administering the affairs of the City
of New York through the election of the
present Republican, Mayor, Mr. Low.
A further advantage was gained by
the appointment of a Democrat for pub
lic officials charged with crime were mem
bers of the Democratic party, and If a
Republican had Instituted proceedings
against them his efforts- would have- been
ascribed to political motives, and the
moral effect if not entirely lost, impaired.
As it was, not even those prosecuted
claimed that there were any political con
siderations Involved In the proceedings
against them. Nor has It come to my
ears, that It was claimed that any un
due advantaga was taken In enforcing the
law under such .circumstances.
In the. endeavor to bring about mu
nicipal reform, the men filling subordin
ate offices- need not be taken Into con
sideration, for it will b& found that with
very rare exceptions they are satisfied
to perform their full duty, and to re
ceive no pecuniary advantage other than
the compensation allowed by law. It Is
fortunate that this Is so, because these
mem are, as a rule. Irrevocably committed
to public life, and while from time to
time political reversals may remove them
from office, yet the vast majority of
them are. certain to return" at some time
or other, and because of the expectation
In that regard never make effort to- pro
cure other employment.
The Importance of this Is realized when
we consider that every election adds to
this class by the placing in office of men
who for the first time enter public life.
This Is particularly true where- tho suc
cessful body is not a regular political or
ganization, but composed of citizens who
. are not professional politicians, in which
event a greater number of persons who
have not previously been dependent upon
PRESIDENT OF THE MINNEHAHA CLUB.
Gentlemen iI suffered with. Eczema on the
hands and face for over a. year. It yras not only
annoying, and painful but very unsightly, and I
disliked to go out in the streets. I tried at least a
dozen soaps and salves, and became very much
discouraged, until I read in tho papers of tho
cures performed through the use of S. S. S., and
determined to give it a month's trial at least. I
am pleased to state that I soon noticed a slight
Improvement, sufficient to decide me to keep it
up. After tho use of six bottler my. skin was as
soft and smooth as an infant's. This wea a year
ago, and I have never had any trouble since.
MISS GENEVA BRIGGS.
816 S. Seventh Stroet, Minneapolis,- Minn,
The humors and poisons that produce the itching eruption, roughness and redness of the
skin, must be rooted out before there is complete relief from the terrors? of Eczema.
. Nothing applied externally does airy permanent good, for whenever the blood is overheated,
or the skin is reacting during Spring and Summer, the disease breaks out again. You
can't rely upon washes, soaps, and 'salves, or such things as are applied to the surface for
they do not 'reach the seat of the trouble, .which is internal and deeply implanted in; the
system ; the blood is aflame with the itching, burning humors, which are carried by the
circulation to the surface and-are being constantly forced out through, the glands and pores
of the skn, and you can n'ever heal the sores or stop the aggravating eruptions with, ex
ternal applications.
To neutralize the acids in the blood and. expel the humors and poisons is the jonly way
to get permanently rid of this torturing skin trouble, and no remedy known does this ao
quickly and thoroughly as S. S. S. It purifies the blood and restores it ta health, and the
outbreak of . the poison through the skin ceases, and the sores and eruption gradually
disappear. S. S. S. builds up the thin acid blood, makes it rich and strong, and restores
to it all the elements of nutrition, and drives from the circulation all impurities; and
under the tonic effect of S. S. S. the general system is invigorated and toned up, and you
not only get rid of your old skin trouble, but the health is benefited in every way. S. S. S.
will find S. S. S. does its work well and thoroughly, and relieves the itching aad burning,
soreaess and pain, and soon produces a lasting cure. ...
Write us, and. medical advice or any special information desired about this King of SHn
Terrors will be given without charge, SWfj SPECIFIC COMPANY, ATLANTA, GAm
A. Philfcn, Former Bktrict Attorney
politics- fsr their living are forever wore
tdentiaed1 wits the- groat army of offlce
holserst and office seekers.
Tor thla reason, apart from an civil
service conaiderationa, it would seem to
be-, clearly ta the Interests of the- com
munity that the new head- of a depart
ment should strive, so far as possible, to
retain - those- already- therein, and to try
to- get- them to take a truer view of; their,
duty to safeguard: public, interests. My
own. experience Justifies me. in believing
that such a- course will result la. procuring
better service, not only during: the ad
sinistra tion of such a department chief;
but also after his term, expires, for tha
reason that snch subordinates- are certain,
te spend their lives in public service,
and therefore anything, that tends, to
raise their standard is certainly conducive
to the furtherance of public interests. It
13 also a fact that If such men are re
tained by the new edministration they
will not have, the same selfish incentive
to work for "their party at the next elec
tion. From one 'point of view there la no
more satisfactory person to deal with
than the practical politician. His famil
iarity with public affairs and with the
vicissitudes of politics enables him to at
once adapt himself to- the circumstances,
and nlno times out of ten he bears no
resentment for a denial if he Is satisfied
that -you are not actuated by purely per
sonal or political motives-, but simply by
a proper realization of your official obli
gation. A very distinguished Judge of New
York City, who has been many years on
the civil bench, and is able, therefore,
from personal experience and an unusual
opportunity for observation, to speak witn
authority, told me that his official ex
perience with politicians was most sat
isfactory; that with the citizen who was
above, politics it was very common to
make requests that involved nothing less
than a violation of the judicial oath of
office. They seemed to think that such
a consideration should not be regarded
except In the case of politicians or per
sons of humbler conditions of life.
I found that there was a philosophical
submission to the inevitable as repre
sented by the law, and a prosecuting at
torney whose appreciation of the obliga
tions he had assumed precluded his per
mitting any circumstances to interfere
with Its proper discharge. It Is not so
with people In private life, particularly
those o the higher classes. I found that
it was quite immaterial that the crime
committed was a serious one, or that
the perpetrator had shown such a dispo
sition as to render it almost certain
that he must always be an enemy of so
ciety If he were a man of high social
standing. The position was always taken
that the former respectability of the de
fendant and the social advantages that
he had enjoyed- should satisfy the Dis
trict Attorney that no criminal prosecu
tion should be instituted, and that he
was not to be treated as a person who
came from humbler environment The
District Attorney was expected to real
ize the Immeasurable gulf that separated
the drawing-room from the Jail, and
therefore overlook the fact that society
had been wronged, or that opportunity
might bo given for the perpetration of
further wrongs, and waive the enforce
ment of the law.
The low standard of the ofllclal duty- In
our municipalities Is doe more to the
selfishness and cowardice of the upper
classes than to any other cause. The
substantial business 'man, particularly it
ho has large Interests, at stake, lives In
mortal dread of offending the influential
politician. Every one who has engaged
in reform work has oftenfound that such
men, while willing to ""contribute thou
sands of dollars to the movement insist
- upon having their names withheld.
The corrupt politician has received con
EeZEMft
Tfae Blood Aflame witfi an Itc&fog
Httmo? t&at sets t&e
on
- Eczema, the most common and terrible of all skin
troubles, begins sometimes with a slight redness fof the
skin, which gradually spreads, and as the inflammation and
itching increase, the entire system is thrown into a restless,
feverish condition. Soon little watery blisters or
pimples break out, from which a clear liquid or
yellow fluid is discharged, which forms thick crusts
and sores, or falls off in fine particles or scales,
leaving the skin raw and tender, or ard and dry
like parchment. Bczema attacks most, frequently
the legs and arms, back and chest, face and jbands,
and is a disease that comes and goes in the earlier
stages, but is a perpetual torment and constant
annoyance when chronic At times the itching and
stinging is so great that the sufferer is driven al
most to distraction, and tortured beyond endurance
scratches and rubs till the skinis broken and bjeedsj
but this onlv ap-gravaies and spreads the disease.
Deing a smcuy vegetate wcuiune, acts gejiuy, leaving
no bad after-effects, as do Arsenic, Potash and other
minerals which are usually prescribed in skin diseases.
Eczema cannot be cured by anything applied to the
surface of the body the blood must be purified and the
cause removed, and in no other way can tjiis deep-seated
skin disease be reached. If you have Tetter, Psoriasis,
Salt Rheum, Nettle Rash, or any form of Eczema, you
of New Yoeb
stant; encearagesBent. ki sot oaly the, re
spect with wMch he treated, feet alsa
In applications, for irregular, faverav It 1m
common for hbs te fee treated by man of
high standing as a social equal on those
.public and private occasions when, they
are brought together. He is appealed to
when the law places It in his power to
exact; a duty, and asked to waive. It al
though perhaps if the citizen sufeasJttea
to taa law the inconvenience or, expense
would be comparatively trivial,- and cer
tainly so when compared to his civic
duty. "
I have kROwrt Bach cltter te brtfe po
licemen ta nfral& from performing a
duty, and at the same time join earnest
ly in a aaovement to- attack police cor
ruption. The relatioa of the two things
was utterly overlooked. In trials affecting
public morals it Is always difficult -to get
jurors because of the fear of persecution
by the defendant's political associates.
And yet the. average, politician Is wholly
without courage,, and it" convinced that
the law will be determinedly invoked ha
will quickly surrender.
When the, representative citizens shall
stand shoulder to shoulder in mats fals
ing the -law no matter what tha conse
quences may be, we wiQ have a higher
standard of official duty, and not "Before.
The first cost will be more than made- n$
by reduction in taxation and freedom
from blackmail. Let us not demas4 en
forcement of the general law while we
ourselves seek evasion.
It is safe to say- that New York City
has, never had until now a thorough
business-like administration, of the po
lice department In the years past tha
existence of' a board of four commission
ers, representatives, of the two. great
parties, made: compromises, frequently
necessary, and it. Is doubtful If at any
time such a body had four men wha
wero all unselfishly devoted; to. public in-i
teres ts. Under such conditions it la
nothing less than remarkable that th$
police force of today is even as. efficient
as it is.
An opportunity is given tq the present
head of the police; department to put it
In a better condition than it has ever
known, and there is reason to believe
that before, his term of ofilce has. ex
pired he will have accomplished' that re
sult He has,. In the hundreds ' Of pa
trolmen on the force a nucleus .for a
capable and faithful body. Whlje It Is
true that there are among the patrolmen
some vicious and wholly dishonest men,,
yet the average man will readily re
spond to the demands of discipline, and
give good and efficient service.
It vras. expected when I took office that
Investigations through the grand jury
would at once be instituted ' as to the
various municipal departments, and when
month after month passed without any
such proceedings being taken there was
a feeling that I was neglecting the op
portunities my position presented. Inti
mations to this effect came to me. con
stantly from even those who were sin
cerely and unselfishly interested in mu
nicipal reform, and attacks wero made
upon me by the newspapers. I made no
attempted explanations or defense but
adhered to the policy that I had adopted
after careful study. This was that noth
ing could be more fatal to the removal
from the office of the then present ad-;
ministration by the election to take
place within the following few months
than by conducting investigations when
there was good reason to believe they
would fail 'to adduce facts sufficient to
justify a criminal proceeding. -Such, a
failure would have been considered a vin
dication. The omission to take any
action, therefore, did not impair the un
favorable and no doubt just -impression
that the community had, and when the
time for election came, the belief in the
necessity for having, a change 'of gov
ernment was in no wise modified. My
brief experience in the District. Attorney's
office has satisfied me that there Is no
reason why the people of a municipality
cannot best be served by a nonpartisan
administration at the hands of a partisan.