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Monday, Annist25, 19IJ
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THE FKESH AIKKHS.
In many railroad trains and sta
tions at this time one may see that
strange picture of glee, humor and
pathos, a group of city children on
a "fresh air" outing. The little blos
soms are so faded and droopy! Af
terward the flower faces come back
eo Btiff and perky, as if they were
wired up.
The appeal for this charity gels
wide attention. The Christian Her
ald's fund was recently swelled by
$500 through a group of distant
Rocky mountain cowboys. Most of
them were unmarried men. Some
newspaper story touched them, and
they drove for days over the weal"
plains to advertise their benefit cir
cus. Bad air, lack of sanitation, lack
of sufficient or proper food, kills
about one-fifth the tenement chil
dren before they are two years old.
Ruddy faces can't be built up on
coffee, coarse bread and green fruit.
One New Tork mother, after losing
five children, was feeding the sixth
infant on a big red tomato. When
a settlement worker remonstrate 1,
she spoke her contempt of the girl's
inexperience. "This is a nice red
tomato and it will make good red
blood."
The benefit of the fresh air work
is not merely the temporary stimula
tion of good, nourishing food, fresh
air and a fortnight of joy. A de
sire to flee the unwholesome slums
may be created. Of course many of
them prefer the clattering crowds of
the cities. When they quit for the
beloved lights and odors of home
they Nonchalantly yell "Good-bye,
Reubens," to the rustic crowd at
Lonesome hurst.
But the boy who asks the farmer
where he buys his gum that the cows
chew is developing an interest in
rural economics. Afterward the
scent of the hay field and the friend
ly companionship of the barnyard
family is a fragrant memory. Some
day he will quit the stitching ma
chine servitude for the self-mastery
of the farm. x
AYOMKX AS POLICE.
Of course it is a dry time for the
cartoonists and the paragraphers.
The bathing suit girl is overworked,
the slit skirt not eternally available.
Still, those eight policewomen just
commissioned by the city of Chicago
may not be quite so much of a joke
as the journalistic funny men seem
to think.
The popular conception of a police
woman was well expressed when the
Los Angeles chief provided Mrs.
Alice Stebbins Wells, one of the first
women on a city force, with her
badge. He remarked that the token
ought to be ornamented with lace
ruffles. But a star with lace ruf
fles was just what Mrs. Wells did
not want.
The duties of the policewomen re
cently appointed in a number of
cities are usually to inspect moving
ricture houses, penny arcades, skat
ing rinks, dance halls, parks. It is a
large field.
When dealing with slum Apaches,
the average city policeman appears
ft St. George among dragons. In
assisting strangers and adjusting
clashing traffic, his urbanity coupled
with force is the admiration of the
world.
If external order prevails, if men
and women pursue a calm current of
business and pleasure, the average
policeman concludes that all is well
Tet just out of sight there may be
poison viper heads of vice, while the
erect and manly "copper" embel
lishes the street.
What can the policewoman do to
guard the young girls that throng
city streets, dressing to attract men,
and who dance along the primrose
path of cheap amusement? Good
hearted, innocent girls at the start.
But their parents permit theiu to be
masters of their own fates. Few
know the real stages of the game
they are playing. Can the police
woman do anything to guide and
restrain? If so. her work is wanted.
Jt b up to her to act.
History in
Chronicle Takes Over the Call.
In the purchase of the San Fran
cisco Call by M. H. de Young of the
Chronicle occurs an event historical
in its significance. A paper so close
ly identified with the rise and de
velopment of the city as the Call,
its forthcoming demise might be tak
en by the superficial outsider as an
indication that business conditions
in San Francisco are not so prosper
ous as when the three morning
dailies were in full swing. On the
contrary, never in the history of the
metropolis of the Pacific coast were
trade and commerce so flourishing
as they are now. In bank clearings
and by every other token it may be
seen that the queen city of the west
is prosressin!? as never before. For
the cause of the combining of the
two -papers the historian must look
deeper to the enterprise and journal
istic genius of a newspaper proprie
tor, who reads the signs of the times
and sees that the trend of events is
in the direction of a demand for the
very best in daily journals, and that
to secure this there must be a great
er concentration of advertising, per
mitting a wider news-gathering ser
vice. Competition is assured in the
two remaining papers; but with the
incorporation of the Call the Chron
icle will become a journal of such
extensive circulation it will move to
a place of so great prominence fn
national thought San Francisco will
gain a wider publicity than ever. In
point of journalistic importance the
incident is even more than a na
tional one it will be the basis of
international comment in newspaper
circles.
Kahn Plan for Mexican Embrogllo.
California came into even greater
prominence through the agency of
Representative Kahn, whose proposal
for the settlement of the Mexican
difficulty was one of those rare
strokes of masterly statesmanship
which lift their authors out of the
rut of mere politicians. Briefly, the
Kahn idea is that the United States
should not think of taking any stand
in regard to mediation without first
seeking the co-operation of the lead
ing nations of South America, and
on the grounds that an independent
Intervention would excite the sus
picion and possibly the active hos
tility of those republics, and further
that the time has come when we
must look to those nations for cor
dial support in the enforcement of
the Monroe doctrine. It has been
pointed out that the Mexican revolu
tion, with its consequent cessation
of commerce in that country, is aj
common danger and a common loss
to all the republics in the American
hemisphere, and that in the restora
tion of peace their interests are one.
For the rest, the Mexican situation
remains much the same. Envoy
Lind. a man proverbial for his cau
tion, has refused to talk unnecessar
ily, and has succeeded in gaining an
interview with responsible officials,
though as yet nothing is reported as
having been accomplished.
Amusing Facts in Krupp Case.
That the United States is not the
only country in the world in which
graft exists has often been demon-i
strated, though hitherto it was!
thought to be the only place it is I
carried out on a strictly cash basis, i
Some years ago an English visitor!
remarked: "Thank God, I am atj
last in a land where gold is the only
thing that buys a man." He wished
to imply that elsewhere there was
just as much corruption in public
affairs, but that the consideration
paid was not always in direct coin.
A curious light on this comes from
Germany in the course of the inves
tigation of the Krupp scandals. At
the time the indictments were first
launched in the Reichstag the Chron
icle ventured the opinion that there
was less in them than was made out
by the socialists, and that the latter
were indulging in muckraking tor
political purposes. The truth of this
prediction is sen in the testimony,
which to Americans must read as
vastly amusing. So far the highest
amount mentioned in the trial is
$123, which was made up of five
separate transactions of $23 each.
In many cases it appears to be a mat
ter of doubt whether the sums paid
were in the nature of gifts or loans,
while hours and hours were taken
up by heated arguments as to wheth
er Hcrr Bra'ndt, the Krupps agent,
spent $1 or $2 on a particular even
ing when he had this or that official
of the artillery service or the war
office out for beer or supper. It Is
more than to laugh it is positively
to chuckle.
Building and I.mn Associations.
Someone has said that marriage is
the backbone of the building and
loan associations, but whether true
or not it is a striking Illustration of
the United States' progress that
there are now 2,51 8, 442 members In
the 6,279 associations in the conn
try. Their assets are growing at the
the Making
rate of a little more than $100,000,
000 annually, according to the re
port of the secretary of the United
States League of Local Building and
Loan Associations. Some of the
figures are striking proof of the dis
tribution of wealth and that desire
to own their homes which goes bo
far to explain why socialism has not
taken firm root in this country. The
assets are $1136,949,465, showing
an increase of $106,262,434, or a
little more than 10 per cent for the
year, and the membership increased
185.613, or a little less than 8 per
cent; the average amount due each
member is $451.45, an increase of
$9.64 per member for the year.
Germany's Bonds Show Big Decline.
While still in Germany and on
finance it is interesting to note an
explanation furnished by the Berlin
Tageblatt on the remarkable depre
ciation of German government bonds.
Ten years ago an excellent market
existed for these securities, when 3
per cent state and municipal loans
were able to rise from 89 per cent
to above par, and 4 per cent stocks
w;ere bought up to 105 and 106 per
cent. In 1906 a heavy fall set in,
due to a decline in interest on the
part of the general public, and since
then rates have tended steadily
downward. The buying interest fell
off and the number of sellers in
creased, till finally the fixing of the
price had to be arranged by the In
tervention of the banks. In the last
quarter, prices of inland stocks fell
on an average 3 per cent, and in
some cases as much as 5 per cent;
the total decline in price of the 4
per cent since 1906 is 10 to 12 per
cent, and of the 3 per cent as
mfich as 15 to 17 per cent. This
recalls the argument of Norman
Angell that, as Germany makes her
self the more secure by reason of
her increased armaments, the less
the sense of security in her govern
ment bonds; but, of course, Angell
failed to understand the fact that
the money market in times of peace
has changes almost as great as those
caused by war.
Socialist Bebel AVas Rich Man.
The death of Herr Bebel marks
an important movement in German
history. Though not the founder
and by no means the thinker of the
socialist party, he was one of its
foremost figures by reason of his
willingness to go to prison when
ever a martyr was wanted. Indeed
it was chiefly to his martyrdom that
he owed his prestige in the party.
Curiously enough, though the cham
pion of the so-called rights of pov
erty, and one who began life is a
carpenter, Bebel was not a poor man.
On the contrary, he amassed quite a
respectable fortune during the
course of his advocacy of socialism.
In this he resembles the socialist
leaders in various other countries.
Many of the English Fabians are
rich men, while in Australia, where
socialism has made the most rapid
strides, many of the loaders, who
began as laborers, are almost as rich
as "the bloated capitalists" tho de
nunciation of whom has proved so
profitable an industry. The most
peculiar feature of Bebel's career
was seen in 1907, when he stood up
in th. Reichstag and demanded mili
tary drill for youths, a form of mili
tarism wholly at variance with Hie
professions of his party and one that
throws much light on socialism in
Germany. The rank and file are not
and never were economic theorists,
but men with made tip minds on the
evils of army tyranny. On the other
hand, the leaders . unnot get away
from the fact that socialism h a
form of industrial militarism.
First Eugenic Marriage is Fni'tire.
We have had some experiments of
a socialistic character in the United
States, among the more recent be
ing attempts to regulate the insti
tution of marriage. That al'. the
experiments have failed is a matter
of common knowledge, and admitted
by all save the party advocates, tut
it is amusing to record thai the first
eugenic marriage recorded in Massa
chusetts has resulted In a disastrous
failure within one month of the nup
tials. When Edwin Perron and bis
fiancee were united the union was
heralded as the first along the lr.ies
of eugenics that had iollovud the
agitation of leading scientists, phy
sicians and clergymen. Both de
clared that their mating was in strict
accord with scientific principles, t,ad
that the customry sentimeiu and
sentimentality were not the deter
mining factors. They had material
comforts and all the other outward
evidences of a successful union.
Both had health certificates. Inside
a few weeks the groom rushed into
the police station and complained
that he had been assaulted by a
strange man, whom he had detected
with his wife in the sitting room f
their home. Now both are protest
ing that eugenics is ail very well in
its way, but that without love itj
won't work. One swallow does not
make a summer, neither does one1
divorce prove that eugenics is a fail
ure it never needed a divorce to
prove that.
New York Has Queer Crime Trust.
As against this evidence of the
spirit of thrift permeating the ma
jority of American citizens may be
set an interesting story of the thrift
less, shiftless criminal minority. It
has been said that in America all
things are systematized, even crime,
and a proof of it is seen in the dis
covery of a "receivers' trust" in New i
York. We have long since heard of !
the "pickpockets' trust," the "extor
tioners' trust" and the "arson trust,"
but the receivers' combine appears
to be the biggest of them all. Ac
cording to the assistant district at
torney, six men comprise the trust.
It has been estimated by the Mer
chants' Association that goods to the
value of $5,000,000 are itolen annu
ally from the piers and lofts of New
York city, and from trucks ou the
streets. A great share of the stuff
passes through the hands of the re
ceivers' trust. They make more
money than any other group of crime
operators in the world. This makes
the Conan Doyle story of the London
"Napoleon of Crime" and bis gang
of henchmen look like small sub
urban operators.
Origin of Bird Names for Dances.
A Greek student has arisen to
show that the modern custom of
naming dances after animals and
birds, far from being new, is thou
sands of years old. He points out
the "crane" dance as one of the old
est in Grecian history. Plutarch
speaks of it and ancient writers de
scribe it as being accompanied with
blows, and of such serpentine charac
ter it was an imitation of the Cretan
labyrinth. However, it is more like
ly to have been named after the
crane because of the movements of
that bird. It was a favorite piece
during the interludes in the Athen
ian theatre. In any case it antici
pated the turkey trot by many ceu
turies.
I The
Home Circle
rhoughts from the Editorial Pen
Books and Newspapers.
Book are wonderful, not only in
their multiplicity, but in their per
suasive power. The books and pa
pers of today mould the minds of
men. They are not only an intel
lectual but a moral force. If all
books and papers were correct in
principle and in judgment, there
would be a rapid decline in
crime. Crime is due to ignor
ance and ignorance is due to
false preaching or no teaching.
Much of the vicioucness, . anarchy
and restlessness of modern times is
due to the pernicious influence of
newspapers and books written by
men who are either purposely delud
ing the people or lacking in under
standing. If we would purify our
people we must put our newspapers
into the hands of men who will not
sacrifice truth and morality to politi
cal and financial ends. We must
have a literary censorship, that books
may be examined and those of evil
influence condemned before they
reach the people. We all have much
to learn and it Is economy of time
to read only, the old and well tried
books. Books and papers teach us
to know life the present and the
past. They stimulate and' train the
mind. They inspire us by example
and precept. They teach us moral
ity. They help us to distinguish be
tween the good and the false. They
quicken the imagination. They give
us worthy and beautiful things to
think and talk about. They are the
best and most accessible means of
education.
The Man AVho Laughs.
The man whose ha! ha! reaches
from one end of the street to the
other may be the same fellow who
scolded his wife and spanked the
baby before he got his breakfast, but
hi laughter is only the cradle of
thorns under the pot. The man who
spreads his laughter through his life
before a late breakfast, when he
misses the train, when his wife goes
visiting and he has to eat a cold sup
per; the man who can laugh when
he finds a button off his shirt, when
the furnace goes out at night, and
the twins come down w ith the meas
les at the same time he's the fellow
that's needed. He never tells his
neighbor to have faith; somehow he
puts faith into him. He delivers no
homilies; somehow the sight of his
face, the sound of hts happy vo'ioo
and the light of his blessed daily
life carry conviction that words have
not power to give. The blues flee
before him as the fog before the
west wind. He comes into his own
home like a flood ot sunshine over
a meadow of blooming buttercups,
and his wife. and children bloom like
June roses. His home is redolent
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with sympathy and love. The neigh
borhood is better for his life, and
somebody will learn from him that
laughter is better than tears. The
world needs this man. Why are
there so few of them? Can he be
created? Can he be evolved? Why
is he not in every house, turning
rain into sunshine and winter into
summer all the year around until life
is a perpetjial season of joy?
So great is the influence of a
sweet-minded woman on thof2
around her that it is almost bound
less. It is to, her that friends come
in sorrow and sickness for help and
comfort. One soothing touch of her
kindly hand works wonders in the
feverish child; a few words let fall
from her lips In the ear of a sorrow
stricken sister do much to raise the
load of grief that is bowing its victim
down to the dust in anguish. The
husband comes home, worn out with
the pressure of business and feeling
irritable with the world in general,
but when he enters the cozy sitting
room, and sees the blaze of fire and
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meets his wife's smiling face, he suc
cumbs in a moment to the soothing:
influences which act as the balm of
Gilead to his wounded spirits that
are wearied with the Btern realities
of life. The rough school boy flies
into a rage from the taunts of his
companions, to find solace in hi
mother's smile; the little one, full
of grief with its large trouble, find
a haven of rest on Its mother's
breast. And so one might go on with
instance after instance of the influ
ence that a sweet minded woman Has
on the social life with which she is
connected. Beauty is an insignifi
cant power when compared with hers.
AVe have no desire to throw any
bouquets at ourselves, but believe
there is not a family that reads this
department in our paper from week
to week that is not beneHted and
stimulated to better things. It en
courages all that is good and dis
courages all. that is evil. If you
agree with us speak a good word
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every home in the community.