THE
OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL. PORTLAND. SUNDAY MORNING,
AUGUST 9, 1903.
AMERICAN GIRL IS HONORED BY ROYALTY SL,G,:lMSr::
Delut Instead of Coming West, and Plays by Command Before tie Roumanian Court A CLaractenstically Friendly Little Note From Queen Will Tour England With Watkin Mill-
LONDON, Julr 15. An Amerl
111 Margel Oluck. has Juit t
receiving high honon In Buoi
eat, at the court of Queen "
American
bean
Buchar-
"Ca
men Bylva."
Although good fortune gave tier the
earn name aa the Qefman composer,
Mlaa aiuok wn burn In New Tork atate
and la the daughter of the late Jamea
Fraeer Olurk. attorney for the New
Tork Central railway, and donor of the
famous collection of MSS. at the Buf
falo publlo library. She la the grand
daughter of Enierltua Professor Charlea
Wellen Tyler of Cornell unlveraity.
It la now about six yeara alnce W.
Orant Egbert, principal of the conserva
tory of music at Ithaca, N. Y., dlacov
ered among his girl violin atudents on
who seemed to be making unusual prog
ress. This waa Margel Gluck. Pro
feseor Egbert recommended ber to try
for the conservatory violin scholarship.
She did no and won it. Afterward he
advised her to go to Sevcik. the fu
mous Dohenilan violin teacher, at
Prague. The Sevcik school at Prague
was Inundated with applications for ad
mission and violinists even of the bet
ter ranks, were turned away by doxens.
Mlaa Cluck's application failed to bring
her even a response.
Disappointed but not discouraged Mlaa
Oluck and her mother left for Kuropa,
going first to Berlin, early In the spring:
of 190S. Meanwhile Professor ligbert
himself went to Prague to take soma
lessons from Sevcik. and through hla
Intercession, after months of waiting;,
the long looked for appointment came.
Sevcik heard her play, accepted her aa
INDUSTRY By
Lan Jon Carter
I
(Copyright, 190fi, by W. R. Hearst.)
NDU8TRY Is the motive power of
the so-called "wheel of fortune,"
and Its self-evident value and ao
compllshments are sufficiently con
spicuous In themselves to satisfac
torily rival other Influences, which may
arise from the superficial pleasures of
Indolence, for such pleasures are mostly
physical and of only temporary dura
tion, whereas the mental gratification
of having achieved something through
one's own personal effort la of Incal
culable Joy.
Close and minute attention to detail
is the first and most important rung
of Industry's ladder, for through ob
servation only does one gain the great
possibilities of suggestion.
The "fortune of birth" Is purely ac
cidental, and may prove a blessing or
not, according to one's standard of ap
preciation a blessing insomuch as It
may smooth off certain of life's rough
?dges and corners a misfortune when
t leads one to overestimate Its powers.
True success lies within ourselves
and according- to the cultivation of our
possibilities, but Its germ cannot. Ilka
material things, be bequeathed.
Although our efforts may frequently
not receive Immediate success or even
recognition, still there Is always a cer
tain satisfaction in the knowledge that
'MUMHI Mime ! Ill Jl mill
, )' .- "
1 '. - ;H
. . f t y
J ,' v , " f " i t t $ ' , " , 1 I
- wiv v:;: ?::v;v-V C
a pupil, and she became ona of tha
first violinists in hla orchaatra. Shortly
after this, when Sevclk'a portrait was
about to bo painted by a Bohemian art
lat, It waa auggested that ona Of hla
students should appear In tha picture,
and ho was asked to maka hlajwn se
lection. Out of 76 or mora pupils from
all parts of the civilised world tha
master selected tha American girl. Later
she waa made treasurer of tno Anglo
American club at Prague, w hich Includes
In lta membership practically all of tha
musicians who vlalt that city to study,
After completing her studies with
Sevcik this spring MUs Oluck went east
Instead of coming west, as la usual
with new-fledgad mualclana. In tha
beautiful cltv of Queen Carmen Bylva.
a reception at which aha waa guest of
honor was arranged by tha American
minister and his wife, Mr. and Mrs.
Horace Knowles, whose popularity in
sured a distinguished gathering of tha
aristocracy and diplomatic clrolea of
RoumanlH, and here It was before soma
of the best amateur musicians In Eu
rope that the American grl mdo her
demit.
Shortly after this recaption Mr.
Knowles received an Intimation that
Miss Gluck would be received at tha
wonderful Palace of Cotrocenl, which
was designed largely by the Crown
Princess Marie from whom the com
mand came. Many audiences given by
music loving royalty to musical artistes
are of a private or aeml-prlvate nature,
but the young American girl was first
formally presented at the court of tha
crown princess and was then Invited to
play for the princess and the distin
guished assemoly present.
Early in the morning on which sha
was -leaving Bucharest, Miss Oluck ana
her mother were surprised by a call
from Mons. Dall 'Oros, the queen's sec-
PENSIONS IN
ENGLAND
j
L
From a Staff Correspondent.
ONDON. July 8. Few measures
designed to work a great social
reform have attracted auch unan
imously hostile criticism as tha
Old Age Pensions bill which tha
Liberal government of England has an
nounced Its determination to pass Into
law. The bill is scorned as an Inade
quate make-shift by those whom it is
designed to benefit, la damned by tha
socialists and the Labor party and par
liament as objectionable in many of
Its principal features, sneered at by
the Tories as an attempt to steal their
thunder for It was the great Union
ist leader. Joseph Chamberlain, who
first brought forward the scheme of
pensions for aged workers while a
great section of the old-fashioned Lit
erals condemn it as a blow at private
enterprise and a discouragement to
thrift. Furthermore the great friendly
societies, which are very powerful !n
this country, are opposing It with nli
their miKht bf anst; thev say that the
hill tiv "lis rtefwts u-nnlrl nmke volup-
By Ida M. Tarbell, Author of "The His- of the country, for where Is there so tary provision for old age not only un-
MARGEL OLUCK. THE AMERICAN VIOLINIST-, WHO MADE HER
DEBUT IN A PALACE.
PLAY FOR ALL NATIONS--2X
Folk Dances, Old-World Costumes
felt;.- r-q ,
Mm
Kt. r$ iff lk- wMS) J
0
great a variety of peoples established
as in Chicago?
It Is to be hoped that the management
will realize that the important features
United States milst be that he of the festival are the dances and will pPrson over 70 years of'nge who Is not
has come to a country practically
This year various ath-
tory of Standard"' Oil."
NE of tha first disappointing reall
zatlons of the Immigrant to tha
.a,u Hii'iaiiim .11 mo miuwiruKe uiBi wunouc ieie aaji. A"""" tlrely to them. This year various atn- of a gliding scale providing the fol
?h,r,lhm.La- g ""I?.8 btnlt to a succession of religious and national letic feats were mixed with them to the iowing pensions: One dollar and twen
hnVK r?.. ?h vhn.tuSUKf tl10 holidays all lively in color and move- 1B ' bot"- 11 goes without saying tv-flve cents to Incomes not exceedin.
MltSM.,Led! "!,'", r.l" i." "?iJ ' I1 !hat the dances .bouW bo done In coa- ,'2.f,o ,1 to those not exceeding $2.25
necess;irv lut detrimental to the gre.it
majority of the workers.
Briefly the bill proposed to pay $1.23
week after January 1. 1!)0, to every
give either the afternoon or evening already in receipt of an income of $2.50
(prefarably the evening, or course;, en- a week, but this was amended in favor
QUEEN ELIZABETH 6f ROUMANIA. NEW AND UNPUBLISHED PHO
TOGRAPH PRESENTED BY CARMEN SYLVA TO MISS GLUCK
WHO'LL PAY YOUR WAGES
WHEN YOU ARE OLD?
of our mistakes much education Is ac- ment, to local fairs running over day;
tume for the sake of keeping alive the -5
(Exclusive Service Charities ajid the Such a forcible appeal Is not limited
Commons Press Bureau.) to wage earners.
E state of Massachusetts hrn Th boT,et abounds In these sup
poses. It is sound advertising, so dl-
gone into the iiiBiirance business. rect arul compelling that it should. If
After long agitation, chiefly pro- rightly distributed, overcome the ap-
moted by Louis D. Brandels. a prehension that workmen will not taka
. . . . . . advantage of the new insurance.
public spirited Boston lawyer, a A poiicy combining Insurance and an
T
, , umo, munu v,nc,iu more oiien man not. is 10 iuus jjiiiiuny nartv has eone off at half cock and . , , , :;
words. It Is always better to be con- day school picnic for the children, must dowdv A mtle svmDathetic apprecla- K ,?., L ni wv if man Savings bank and the People's Sav- $488
a stent and sincere In our actions and neem poverty-stricken indeed, in gaiety, tlon mlht enc0uraee the elders, at ,!,, m n.n.i ,n hiil h..t in hunk nf Rmcktnn. nf which ex- aKe "
rnua true to ourseivaa. even though whatever Us opportunity for money- leaa, to trv to preserve in their fami-; !,,, ti, tim cme tr, me,.t its en-3ce- ... cents m
our energies re misdirected, than to be making. lies models of their native dress and ,nt e fi ind were wRntlnir it tried VJUltr,1"r (uu.us,s ,s l""1""111' ... Icy of $
generally drifting, wavering and un- There can be no doubt that the va- "ame,s - family treasure to be L1 17ZI 1. The te. insurance was urged on the cay in
TnJTustry.on. may say. ,s life's on,y 00 .V tlMThh,- Sh- f0hBV-0e ffVVo S ( X'S!
reai roaa 10 sausraciion. ror no in- up to the laboring class ier muteriai . 0 festival w 11 be a starting tl.ltiV What it rtlfl . In hrln. for- """" "a"; "x for a 2E
L"!0:'""", "il.."";6. hardships. Herethere is noSuch com- & SSSnSur foreign citizens them? f' a measure in'wlfch hepo'mls.-s J'?""- ,r Lbr"kVnB
v.icu.ou,T7 us wuiu mo pensauun mr new uu "ura unnj muin selves of a desire to preserve in ineir wprn nhlttlerl rtnwn trv the minimum - , - ,,, , beglnlng
u'-B" . . , " T lit) H Ullltl lie BIlLlllCll l J EL Lfkl
retary, and himself n amateur muslcUa
AT nn llltl rnulutlnn II. ,t.
bearer of a private message from tha
queen expressing her regret that aerlou
Illness had prevented her from hearing
Miss Qluck play before inn left Rou
manla. With the verbal m"naa was
a photograph and a note written by tha
queen herself, ulthougli when alia wrota
It she was too ill to sit up. It read:
"With my deepest regret not to ha
able to hear you. being 111 In bed. t
hoped to be well sooner, but I'm afraid
the illnesa Is not over. I can't even alt
up In bed. I'm ao sorry!
"KI.IZAHETII"
Just before leaving ttouinanla Prln
oess Marie sent to Miss Oluclc a lurga
photograph of herself, which aha had
autographed. From the queen she had
received a copy of the most successful
portrait of her majesty taken In recent
years, and from Mademoiselle Helena
Vacaresco, the queen's Intimate friend,
who has shown her much kindness. Miss
Oluck received a rare photograph of
the queen and Mademoiselle Vacaresco
together. Mademoiselle Vacaresco, bv
the way, not content with being crowned
by the French academy for her poetry,
has recently taken to writing novels.
So gifted a linguist is she that al
though her native language Is Rou
manian and her poetry la written In
French, the novel which Is now nearly
complete Is composed entirely In Enc-,
llsh. It is said to incorporate, thinly
veiled, a unique account of tha privata
lives of a number of the principal
crowned heads of Kuropa.
On coming to Ioncion Miss Oluok ar
ranged for a tour In England with Wit-,
kin Mills, the famous ETngllsh baritone.'
It la Just possible that in may go ti
tha United States on a tour next spring,
for to make a success In her own
country Is her dearest ambition.
WIRELESS
TELEPHONY
By Valdemar Poulaen.
r WIRELESS telephone, wlrtoH
III has been adopted by tha Oar
mman army and navy and tha
the Britlah nary, la tn prtnolpla
not verx, dlfferant from my
wireless telegraph with continuous)
waves, It Is rather a natural product of
my discoveries concerning wtralesa tel
egraphy.
When only a few days ago I suc
ceeded In catching tha tones of a phon
ograph mora than 1,200 miles away
through my wireless telephone, I warn
not ac ail surprised, ror 1 am connaent
of the success of telephoning without
wire across much longer distances.
I chose to experiment with a phono-;
graph instead of a real voice, because)
I did not see why I should ask anybody
to ruin his voice by shouting day after
day from Copenhagen to Berlin, whani
a talking machine would do Just as
well, and It goes without aaylng that!
the Instruments that will catch thai
sound made by a phonograph will work
even better when the human volca is
used.
When It comes to predicting tha fu
ture of the wireless telephone, I do not
wish to exaggerate, I do not think that
the wireless telephone will ever do away
with the present form of telephones,
for I do not think that It can be used
in great cities and that It will be pos
sible to connect thousands of sub
scribers through a central.
I rather expect my wireless telephone
to become a valuable addition to tha
It may and probably
will do away - with wire telephones be
power Is certain contact with one's have given little thought to this side of ,evIlowed
leuuw man renuerea unnecessary, ana the matter. rne tendency inaeea nas Pollntiv I
by tradlMofis. "The whole
richer tor- tha preservation
through which contact onlv does ona Keen tn frntvn on the new-comer's ef- .v. .oino noti,,,.
lenrn the greatest secrets of life. forts to Introduce his own frolics and m In one way or another our for-
Friendshlps t an only be known festivals as un-American and to impress eKn.'born citizens have , been made to
through sympathy, and sympathy only up0n him that It Is work and not play f j that thelr way9 werw not respected
, ,..ni.i iiuiiiuiiij. in- wnicn counis in mi new umu. ycimo of wanted here. They have soon oe
uubu j eiit'iu jiwi, us en K-nera.iiy reen willliiK vo lmurove mm iuui uu
state offers the policies at a low rate.
You can get one only ny going to a
tn a v he h.nrf at n art nf ?1 fnr nn
premium as 25 cents a month, wire telephone.
rnvlHuo till Inan ra n ,a a t O 9 Will QO aWftY V
and as high as a premium of tween cities ana towns snuaiea iar
month when the insuranc tn apart. It will be easier to use than tha
and the annuity $98 at the same present lone-distance telephone lines
hole lire policies range from 2b "u l"a
onthly premium, carrying a pol- un.iij.
141 at the age or 21, to $1.50 11 1Hul j u
a maximum policy of $492 at through a submarine cable part of the
of 3U. Endowment policies pay- sound seems to cling io me wires ana
the age of 65, range from $128 gel lost ana in teiepnoning across water
i-cent monthly premium, iiegin- my wireless telephone will soon be u.nl
the age of 21. to $493 for $1.45, versally used, and before a longr time
at the age or S3. insurance ' " j
uity policies are written from army in the world.
of 18 to 60, straight life poll- It will make no difference If several
om 18 to 80. and endowment poll- people will be talking across tno same
om 18 to 60. field, my telephone will catch only what
Mr Braideis. who fathered this bill Is Intended for It and it will not De poa-
nlirt iitkIpp n 0-erkernnd nnheine
v . b--.-."-w i om can k tr l out? u iv i k.iiik n - . ... ,, .
gin with, the age has been fixea hank, and you must pay your premiums In the legislature, is widely known as slDJ? lo . laP ll-
... " -.v,v..icu n.n, uu- wining io wmuao nini mm i The Chicago play festival
iiu mierr uujini-m iinere.iis. amuse nimseir. i ne resun nas uecn .-. vou to perpetuate h
for in no phase or condition of life that he has dropped his merry-makings ln your native life you can
van n m- uiBiimir wiin. job inaustri- nl even come lo aesDise mem ana ims -v--.. h. in nornmo
ous chnd is soon singled out for pro- substituted far less attractive and too tl)P SDirit of your i
rr.ono.1 m Hcnuoi . me mousxnous motner often far less mnoceni amusements. for-et them or neglect them
has a greater Influence over her family. The bar-room and the dancehall are hem and once a vear let us
end to the man. success and Industry po0r substitutes Indeed for the open-air Sure in liem "
-no care ana mo vmago lan. Amciaaua n-
im under a greneri
too : high. Mr. Asqultn: thi r pfime mln- anu ,ou n,ual v Juur iu..u.u. .. - wVnter beT The experiments between Lynrby and
Ister. estimates that It will cost him it is interesting to see a state go fore the United States supreme court Berlin were carried on under very un-
$6,000,000 for the first three months. )nto advertising. Usually It does it in in behalf of the Oregon law limiting the favorable conditions, for It is always s,
which Is nil he h ji h tn nrnvhle fnr nut . l . . j, j , ,i i. . . , ,,,,, .-..i a i ,, ... 1. 1 , . v. drawback wheTi the recetvlna: station IS
or wanted nere. i ney nave won i oe- of thla year-s bujget. Next year on wnlch any advertising man would not was upheld on the broad ground f its situated near a large city like Copen
come ashamed of them In consequence. the samp basis he will have to find ' 1". ,n nrnH-. Rot the hnnklet nt Kn,di t th tn it. nmt.winn nf haaen. which, so to speak, absorbs part
says: "e ao 124 000 000 and so far he has elven no v... r .v n ut,nr thu n,i .v.. v. -.m t. of tho nnwer
ere whatever .i; , s uul '"" " Y.' " "" . ----
......... v . .... .u .w...... - --- actuary, aiaiivu 1 1 uiu . t- v, j
vu mio awui i,v,uvv y , lrrt insurance comoanv. anu ljv. xio-
get Joy from.
preserve ln
race.
Cultivate
share youj
Tn nnt wl" recplv pensions but it is estimated ruoe p Arnold the state medical ex
,Titivt that there are ln England 1.254.000 per- amlner," Is carefully aimed at the men
Is rarely to be had without the other
Each day In the best day to subdue
our best lassy Impulses, and success
almost always awaits the Industrious
man who thinks of his goal rather than
dwells ipon the petty disappointments
with which every path of life is neces
sarily strewn.
To the Industrious man there Is little
time for Imaginary worries, whereas io
the idle life seems devoted to exaggerat
ing his misfortunes.
.Tust as Industry, satisfaction, cheer
fulness and happiness so also does in
dolence beget discontent.
lose no leas wimi mo imcigiici ,vn , i t
this One of the most precious things Metamorphoses or fcverlastlng Loser
he brings us Indeed is his capacity for
gaiety, expressed ln picturesque dances "When all good men were monkeys.
and costumes. We are always willing me learnea proxessor kihu.
eons over i0 years of age who are in
needy circumstances. Then few work
ers are able to care for themselves after
f6 or even after 60. There ure 2.116.
000 needy persons over 65 years old
ln England. It Is estimated that tho
'horn it hones to Interest. It Is en
titled. "Who Will Pay Your Waxes
When You Are Old and Gray?" and tho
leading title inside is. "Three Things
Necessary." They are:
First Have enougn money to xano
ost of pensions as proposed to all who n himself In old aae.
i-enlly need them and who would be en- "Second Save enough money to take
ers. lie nas tins to say or tne new vyum i ubw uusiotwu
form of Insurance- ephonlng until recently It was not be-
All Indications point to our expert- cause x had no faith in it, but rather
ment meeting with complete success, because I had to spend all ray time on.
Kvery problem seems to be settled, ex- the wireleas telegraph, whloh two great!
cept that which only experiencee must military powers were anxious to see
settle, namely, whether people can be perfected.
educated to take the necessary article That I have not already succeeded ln,
which is offered to them on exception- sending wireless telegrams across tha
ally favorable terms. Considerable Atlantic Is only because manufacturers
fnnnitinn h. iim.iv kun luM tnr hive been slow In eon M tructlns? tha
this education, and I believe that It will necessary apparatus and because
The Old, Old S(6ry.
From the Saturday Journal.
A youth who had been spending
Ms
summer by the sea waa unexpectedly
jviiiou k,. jii.- j-iiiic:i, finu iuuiv Hie UUllijr-
tunltv to ask for a new tennis racquet. in
"What!" crled his father, "a new ten- 0f
. m 1,1 . .... 1 ,,11 I. n . . A ... .. , 1. .
i . . . r. r in hiirin, Tn I nnv i n m t Avn rnnr vnn kiidw u w&s iuikiuk - . - - - - 1 - n ..... - - par, or nm ihjiiii v ill L,oc 1 1 : , .... . - 1 jiwwansA
--"hv 6, nV 'th saud of th7 differ- defeated man. . chara0!e Umt u a'rp not , monej ror tne inira ' - r tno CAmpuign for our act and cheaper or a Danish warship. We will keep up,
? t hS-nronean neSuTea among whom it showed up In Cavedom; our need through their own thrlf tlessness "te the booklet poinU out. meani life Insurance is undoubtedly highly de- communlcaUon with the vessel from tha
ent Kuropean peoples among wnora it forebears sought a king, or criminality and that they have been buying both an insurance and an an- sirable. The annuity feature will, I day it leaves Copenhagen until it ar-,
i, i. lnnu- Indifference to this side This ego up and told them; See here, hritish subjects and residents of tha njtv nolicy and the onlv place for waica think, become an even more Important rives at New Tork, and we will at the
,lt,' ?'r'?'Vf'rs 'nf. that Vive" pe- m jst the ,h,n-' . United Kingdom for at least 20 years. naVnPrs to get such a policy Is ln tho field of work. Our plan offers an oppor- same time see how far we can resell'
,,iir Si. and importance to the But Stone-spade Hank got busy; his The- must also show that they have not Massachusetts savings banks. The ar- tupnlty of avoiding the necessity of with my wireless telephone.
r-h ef features of the newly instituted policies were sane received poor law relief for 12 months. ument is well rounded out on the either compulsory old age Insurance or '
Chicago , play festival, which is con- And though this ego hustled, once more These clauses, of course, will dlsqua - 8UCoeeatnK pages ln crisp one-sentence old age pensions sustained by general The Prolonged AppUtUO.
flirted annually by the Playground As- he ran ln val"' lfv thousands and will expose the appll- paraKraphs that carry their thrifty taxation. t. . w. ,,. o...
ioV'otCtWXtW lecpnd fes- Donn(H, u0 next in Egypt and f-'8 "V:.,"?" ine.rfingP to the least Intelligent reador: "A policy which give, life insurance g'adnea
t i t,,.-, 'Jft iio ri wna hki vnar a. i, . i thrna ...... ... ..- . --- auuuosn yvu ai v " ' e. o ...... ,,,, tu Liim hkh ui do ttiiu uiBietiiier clu ... ,.r - -
the South park, commission, tne Sphinx the people's own; . . Z w : i m m"nIni "n .r"".r, WZWXVi. ih- n tnerio no opportunity na9 existed oy r"" . deleU to a naUorial conven-
nis lauiiun. ynjt. i nuugrii you one a dances of people alter people roie. t... phnrsoh ran acalnst h m. the bus- , L VV v ; . 7i, same agr" P"-v" " wnicn woraingmen couia supply inem-
month ago. No, sir; vou can't have it. lAsh Dutch Italian. Lithuanian. Greek But in turned out ,e poo.r r,0"" l:,'S , h .1 ? i Insurance company. Eeves with annultlea Under our sav- tlo,rJ.. the nan of eoneri.
Why. when I was a boy I didn't have were given, In costume for the most An1 nno"d thi, ego under and 'twas "r not' 1 h eluon of those who ..Wnen y0u reach age S you wjlll , bank lan ,lfe lnurance with an i wlldndoubtedTr afood
tennis racquets and all those things, let part It waa-really a great Interna- Ad " godly rout f.'ci'tiT,"1 P.laWprtn, Xhn r nave no mo3f aePosl,, t0 mako;, in" annuity provision can be had at a cost fPf' t" X ,w ,rWwl
nlnne having new ones every month, fionil celebration. It must have stirred a 8aly o , f,erLtJ" 7"d' "T' nf t, Jl?,. T s,"ad of ma-klnl t,,port,U?0u, nn'" less than life Insurance alone has hltb- u uJre "
This can't on. Look here, what are the pride of the people represented and "He ran in Greece and Britain, and need of a pension of $1 or Jess a ,n to reccive aS annuity of $100. involved culture;
jou going "to do about it' yourself? It ought to have aroused the American, when this land was young- J e ok are very I, kely to tequlre help -while you are enjoying the f nilt- am ls ln ,ur, fr ,h, M.m. ZTTZ tn ' . .
Some day your sons will want a new present to a sense of what we are los- Some time in sixteen hundred our dads from the poor of your eav ng y nellhbor t 11 stll h , aK,.,.arner voluntary Instead Machine to Dig OnJoaa.
tennis racquet every five minutes. What Ing In trying to suppress such ex p res- were almost stung aroused he most criticism of all is a hB nayinfAn!nnv nd 2 will have 7o of compulsory old age Insurance: to A Kentucky farmer has inrented a
"'Vt.' ., vrT'Jsirw - S" IF KHrfi -El' F"n-sJ """ ssr-i:;, ;xs"x& .'a vis: iar ,ss
grw-jWR ffiM SSSi ; '--Suit ZT hSt9s JtrJ.'t: l-S '""h" ,B, - "
PJ wiui.il '."" " the income of all. divided bv the nuni- 1
DEMOCRACY AND REJUVENATION
By Johannes V. Jenson.
WE are living under the sign of
rejuvenation.
It Is aa if the temperature
of the world had gradually
Increased during the last cen
tury, not enough for ua to measure the
Increase, but still sufficient to change
most thlnga on earth.
In our own time It has ended with
volcanic eruptions. which we bad
thought belonged only in the past.
There is no doubt but that the laet
two or three years' great catastrophe.
Mont Pelee, Mount Vesuvius and the
Pan Francisco earthquake, have acted
upon the unconscious self of humanity,
and the Russo-Japanese war. the yel
low race's attack upon civilization, aa
well as the misery in Russia, have con
tributed to the change which has taken
place in the souls the world over.
Our earth has been reminded of lta
fiery Interior, and the impossible has
been made possible. Perhaps we do not
need to go very- fir outalde tha sphere
of our own globe to discover that there
is a connection between the volcanic
phenomena and the new political era
on this earth.
Evervthlns we see and everything
that happens are phases ln a terrestrial
evoltlon whose laws we krow some
thing about, but whose real Initiative Is
unknown to ua. As we are ourselves
subject to the ortrlnal apontaneity of
nature, our knowledge caa never become
earthing but limfted, our view of our
existence, taking part ln Its own evo
lution caa never, axy more than can
the moon, seen from all sldra. We,
therefore, like to ae the fulftjllne; ot
our own will lw what coamtcaJly hap
pens, but this error has never Interfered
with the revolution of the earth.
It baa been Ilgure uai a ranauoa
of only 6 degrees (Celsius Is all that Is
necessary to bring hack the glacial pe
riod with its changes. The climate of
northern Kuropa was semi-tropical be
fore the glaciers of the glacial period
came, and even this glacial period Itself
was broken by several warmer spells,
when the glaciers receded and left room
for man. We ourselves seem to be liv
ing at a time when the glaciers are re
ceding. Common reasoning shows us the
whole civilisation of northern Europe la
due to these changes of climate, the
Increasing cold forcing the northern
race toward evolution under more dif
ficult circumstances. Just aa all evolu
tion la probably due to the cooling off
of the earth. But every time the cold
ln northern Europe has decreased, the
race, with the Increased vigor, hardi
ness and Intelligence brought about by
the greater struggle for existence, has
gone back to Its original warmer In
stinct. The struggle sgainst cold,
which may be compared to a crystalli
sation, hardens and contracta. while
milder temperature releases.
Whether It be true or not that the
temperature of our globe has Increased,
and even If It be doubtful whether this
affects human character. It la beyond
all doubt that a receasion of culture has
taken place.
An absolute revolution has come a
revolution In public opinion the ten
dency Is toward the primitive we are
recovering. And note thiav It is not the
few select, tbe famous parierts who sit
upon the mountain tope tsnilnr bulle
tins about their own unimportant- beaJth
do. a goopel has arone out td the whole
Mind humanity.' It Is tho' many, the
alow, the Innocent." the veople, the
masses who have been awakened. We
begin to be able to discern, them, theae
enormous crowds formerly bidden from
nur vtew by one or two about ere Times
as they are bar nored aside a Library,
upset some stacks of books that barred
our views, and now we see the greatest
thing earthly eyes are able to see -reality
as it exists.
The time ln which we are living has
not Imposed upon humanitv new bur
dens In the form of regilded dreams,
but the great things that have hap
pened hnve given to the masses a taata
for reality.
It was not a marvelous work of art
that waa unveiled on Martinique; It
was nnt a salnn opened to a doxen hyper-refined
cranks and a crowd of cu
riosity seekers no, a mountain spit
ting fire killed :S,000 people. The
masaes realixed the possibility of death
and the fact that God allowa such
things to happen.
Nothing leas .than an earthquake la
necessary to awaken the alumberlng
mllllona A volcann is a great, popular
educator, which acts upon the memory
of generations, ln an earthquake there
Is material for 10 religions, but also to
the humor which kills the prleet as an
offering In front of his own altar. The
sensation of the earth ewayirur beneath
jour fet Is the heelnnlng nf a form of
Intellectual life which is hnly. becauaj
Is la not without consequences
The first onnsequence la war. pa nl
blood, the next l a ronr quiet and com
poses! revolution. awsknlna: of the
masses, investigation of whether serf
dom is a divine institution or a result
cf ones own charity and gooi-nstured-neas.
and the result la general frelnm.
a unlvral rejuvenation In which every
body abares
The maasee recognis life wltMn
themselves. The great, powerful, prlv-Me-d
pirate Is run down and reduced
to what Is ! than a man. The para
sites are given somethlrg to do
It- Is cyltore ow. Culture for sJL
Tbe snaaees have the floor We are lt
ifs a tne eentary. the greet rentary,
f democracy and rtjavinatioa
her of persons Thus a son who is earn
ing $5.25 a week and there are many
thousands of such men In England
and who is supporting his old father,
will get no relief from the pensions
bill. Ills father will not be eligible for
a pension because under this bill If It
becomes a law half his son's income
will be reckoned as his, and he will,
therefore, be in receipt of more than
$2 60 a week. It Is probable, however,
that thla claua will be modlfid. for the
public outcry against It has been ver7
great.
Of a similar nature waa the clause
which provided that two pensioners liv
ing together should not receive the
full pension, but should only receive
84 cents a week each Thus a huabar.d
and wife. If living tog-ther. would only
receive $1 75. Jointly, while if they lived
apart they would receive $2 50 This
clause led to rtie bill being nicknamed.
"A Bill to Dl-ourag Old Couples
fr.m Ending their Days Together '
The rlause aroused so much opposition
that It was struck out
In connection with th high age lim
it which has been fixed the following
table Is Interesting. It shows the av
erage age at which workera of various
trades die and It has been compil-d
from statistic furnished by tbe trade
unfona and friendly socletlea:
Erglneera troeehlnlete) St
Ptonemaeona (1
Bricklayers 4
Compositors it
Carpenters 11
Steam Engine makers It
Only s sm.vll proportion of the men
of thee trades will lire to qualify $nr
a pension at ? Id fact the only claw
of workera who. In large numbers, will
benefit are the agricultural laborera
Thy live Jotg and under present con
ditions most of them die In the work
house. If tbey can keep out of It now -until
thev are ' 0 they may have a
chance of dying at home.
Out of M7 TIT peracms who left the
t'ltlted Kingdom la 1M7. til (11 went
t tbe Cmted States, ana Il.ItI to
brlltsa poeseeeloaa.
MAN WAS MADE TO DO THINGS
By John A. Jayne.
A GOOD many years ago, ln an old
Massachusetts town, there was a
Baptiat minister who, according
to the atandards of the ortho
doxy of those times, waa shnrt
on theology and long on good, practical
common sense. His preaching did not
aatiafy tbe theological Ideas of his
deacons and elders, though It did appeal
with a force peculiarly its own to the
young men ef the town and the "sin
ners sat in their ways."
Very little la remembred tndav by
the writer of thla little sermon nf
every-day life of what the old minis', r
said, save this: "tiod Almighty never
made a lazy Christian." If an explosion
had occurred ln the building a greater
sensation could hardly have been male
than those words of the old man Th y
struck home ln so many different places
The sentence went ricnins- ud and down
the aisles, scurrying into the pews and
wrrhout
the news ant
sur leave, sir
much aa by
tha men and women wt j
la by v
or madam. It went riahf home to tin
hearts of
heard It.
That sentence effected materially
ltvea of one entire family. It became
a byword for th father In the hnme,
while by the mother la was ued as a
enr slant prod for ber boys who aJ
mlred the old preacher much It In
spired at leeet one of the boys in tne
home to shake off his feet the dust .f
sloth and get out,tr.to ifce woTld to
make his own living and be a man on
bis own responsibility.
Today, after a lapse of" perhaps !
veers, these words ate as true as they
were the day they were apoken "God
Almrghtv never made a laiy Chrlsttan.
Nt' He never dkd. and he neve will.
Lastness la not a proiuct of the faelerr
of U.S almighty. I tie vocabulary cf
the eternal so far as we know It, there
Is no aucl: word as Idleness. Sloth with
him !s an unknown quantity. When the
eternil mak"s a man he makes him to
go 'about the father's business."
Man living In a mans world was
maiio to do things.
I,nok:ng at l'fe from one aspect, It
seems as though man was turned Into
a great barren pasture. Barren aa far
a externals are concerned, but full of
rinneas when Internals are considered.
Whatever man gts in thla world's psa
t ;re he g-is not by miracle, not bv
di!n favor, not by petttlone to The
throne nf the universe, but by the way
of hard work. Intelligently applied.
Ocaaionally a man stumbles upon
inn-.- grt-at secret 0f the universe, as
N"trn did when the falling apple com
pelled his attention to the law of gravi
tation. But the application of anv
chance discovery, the making U of resl
advantage to the hearts and lives jf
men. has ever been by the way of bard,
rontlnuoua and never-ending work.
There's gold in the mountains It
has been there since time began; there
ao long that the m!nd cf man has no
record when its hiding-place was f!rt
discovered But It haa taken centuries
cf work and patient development to
bring the gold of the mountains to the
place where it goes forth In circulation
as coin nf the republic with the In
Oxvl We Trist" motto upon It.
There a coal in the hill. It haa ben
there since the time when the pri
meval fnrts began to decay, and
ttange. unknown, unblographlnal birds
trampled up and down tho plastle, ma sea
of the vanishing forests But It haa
taken centuries to bring the coal to tho
place where ite heat transforms tbe Iron
or the mountains to tbe finest of steL
Bv the path of work, labotioas. Intelli
gent, coal has come to bo -too errant
of aits.
So you may rua tho whole gasast ef ,
useful tbinga that mod era asaa tea to
make his life pleasant, nappy and pro
gresslve. Not one of these things has
been turned from the crucible of tho
almighty ready, all prepared for the
use of man. Man was made to do
things. Made to master tha forces of
the earth, the aea and the aky, and com
pel them to do his bidding. The lasy
man la he who aita by the fireside and
lots the busy man of this world fill
his maw with the useful things ho ha
discovered, while he himself exercises
no energy, displays no power, does
nothing to show that he Is worthy the
dignified, the noblest title of all a
man
Some veara ago In Cincinnati a nun
ran yelling down the streets until he
came tn the great Covington bridge,
where he Jumped to the waters of ths
Ohio below. Aa he ran and Jumpd
he yelled "Here roes nobody! Here
goea nobodv!" And. euro enough, tt
was a nobody who had killed hlmalf.
There are a whole boat of men. pre.,
tending to lira who are only existlne;
pretending to work, who are ent
dawd.ing who might, tlko the men in
Cincinnati, say and aay truly. "Here
goes nnbndv " from the rradlo to -s
crave thev do nothing.' They dwadie
through childhood, loaf through bo.
hood waete eowrge la oehel. kill time
In voting manhood, eat the breed ,f
idleness la middle age i4 mm. t
last to the end ef the war. nrtns
wretched d Wrecked throuf 1
spirit of Idleness which, otwe rnmir (
to the lift, had aover bea mae-.r.d,
but bad anastered and a-1 ,.f
their ssbm. peiw.siltles ent rMti.
tere a by-wtrd and h.ssing f'.rr
"God Alavghty ner made a ly
Chri"B" br n4 ir e-..
A laxy spa is a M.f-T.l pr-v , .
veaeiiV f lair to wo'S'.-p Ma rr. r
ryr aaylhtrg Ui U r .
ef a ansa a life. ,- (..
Han ose wade to do ti.i.'is. Are y 4
eWg tticgsT .