The new age. [volume], April 14, 1906, Image 2

About The new age. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1896-1905

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Topics of
the Times
When a man is too busy to be happy
he is to be pitied.
It “'might be well for parents to re
member that spoiled children come
bome to roost.
A Russian officer gets court-martial
ed If he doesn't obey orders, and assas
sinated if he does.
Ever . notice how easily the heart
broken girl cements the pleces together
and awaits another smash?
When the New York police begin to
raid poolrooms with axes the gamblers
think “this is the most unkindest cut
of all.”
Speaking of hoodlums and crime, the
gather who makes a comrade of his
boy 18 not Iltkely ever to have to ball
him out of jail
It will be a long time, just the same,
before the National Educational Asso
ciation succeeds In popularizing “thru,”
“bizness,” and “tuf.”
We get about so equal a taste of both
heaven and hell on this earth that we
wou't feel quite like a stranger what
evor our fate in the hereafter.
An invention has been made for the
protection of persons skating on thin
fce. It ought to be in big demand by
Congressmen who are seeking re-elec
tion this year. ;
There Is, of course, the possibility
that some unusually violent earthquake
down in Panama may make a split
across the isthmus that will render the
canal unnecessary.
An engineer declares that 50,000 peo
ple now do with machinery the work of
16,000,000 persons a few years ago.
But they lack an everlasting sight of
getting the pay of the 16,000,000,
President Castro of Venezuela de
clares that he Is going to test the Mon
roe doctrine. Would it not be well to
Jet him understand before he goes to
any trouble in the matter that the Mon
roe doctrine was not invented for test
fng purposes?
A big snapping turtle bearing upon
is back the Initials of Daniel Webster
wax caught in Buzzard's Bay a few
daye ago. This will no doubt be en
couraging to people who ereek to win
fame by whittling thelr Initials on ev
erything that comes handy for such a
purpose.
The best man at the wedding 1s some
times hard to pick out—of course the
bride may consider him the bridegroom,
but the mald of honor would speak for
the handsome usher, and the bride's
mother for the rich uncle who gave the
handsomest gift, and the bride's little
brother for the caterer, so there you
are.
Whatever views may be held of
divorce, there Is one feature of divorce
trinls which is repulsive to all people
of good feellng which it 1s a pity there
{s not some law to abolish, and that
is bringing little children into court as
witnesses agalnst accused parties. Such
impressions as sre then galned might
never leave a child’'s mind and general
public policy seems to be against the
practice.
Russia 1s stealthy and tireless. Even
while its armies were belng defeated In
Manchuria and Its throne was shaken
by revolt, it was secretly fastening a
firmer grip on parts of the Chinese em
pire. The fact that Russia has a line
of milltary posts across the northern
part of the Chinese empire has bee¢
kept secret from the world. It was re
vealed by an Indiscreet publication in
a Russian provinelal newspaper. Rus
sia's purpose, beyond the satisfying of
its old lust for dominion, cannot be de
termined. Whatever it Is the powers
interested in maintaining China’s terri
torial Integrity are directly affected.
1t may be realized by purchasers of
dlamond tiaras and the llke that styles
fn settings change almost as frequently
as In a woman's hat and every other
year at least must see the preclous dia
dem rebullt. This adds to original cost,
for no self-respecting jeweler changes
the settings of a costly plece of jewelry
without adding a few new stones to
the first amount, thereby increasing its
value. Of course famous crowns, with
assoclations attached, that have recent
ly come Into the possession of very
rich Americans remain as first designed,
for even an Amerlcan shows some sen
timent when it costs him a fortune to
fndulge in rich historic jewels, but
otherwise diamond and pearl and emer
ald tiaras are constantly made over.
Little Interest has been shown In the
visit of a Chinese commission of in
quiry to this country, but It deservas
the attention of those who wish to un
derstand the clvilizing forces at work
in the world. If the plans which the
government of China has In view are
worked out successfully—and the In
vestigations of the commission are pre
liminary to putting them into execution
—a new method of deallng with the
East will have to be adopted by the
Western governments. The Dowager
Empress announced a few months ago
that a constitution would be granted
to China In ten years, and that some of
the leading men of the empire were to
go abroad to study the governmental
ssystems of other countries with a view
‘!to adopting :them In a form modified
to meet 'the needs of China. The com
‘missioners were to study not only the
political institutions, but the systems of
education and the business methods of
the world an well. Soon after the ar
, rival of the commissioners in this coun-
I try it was observed that they were par
| ticularly interested in the American
! public school system, as it is intended
to open many thousand new schools in
China for the instruction of the people,
' 80 that they may be qualified to govern
| themselves when representative institu
: tlons are established. China already
{has an army of a hundred thousand
‘men trained in modern European army
tactics. It is said that this army will
| be Increased to a million within a few
l yvears, and that large quantities of mod
ern fortification guns have been order
ed for use In the defense of the empire.
Men familiar with the races of the East
regard the Chinese as superior to the
Japanese, in that they are more trust
‘worthy, ‘more patient and more stable.
The Chinese are conservative, and have
been slow In accepting Western idens;
but they have at last concluded to
march with the procession instead of
standing at one side while the rest of
the world smiles amiably at their pe
cullarities or jeers at thelr weakness
Of the late SBir Edward Thornton, the
British diplomat, who lived to be al
most ninety years of age, it is sald that
his life was spent in taking no exercise.
He would take n cab to cross the street
and he never would walk upstairs if an
elevator was accessible. Yet he was the
traditional “picture” of health and suf
fered little from small or large allments.
Nor is the case of Sir Edward Thornton
an isolated one. There are many In
stances of men carefully avolding exer
cise of a physical kind and still attain
ing great age. On the other hand, it Is
well established that noted athletes do
not, as a rule, enjoy long life. The two
circumstances, taken together, appear to
cast some doubt upon the modern
theory that muscular activity is essen
tlal to longevity or at least to good
health., They rather support the doc
trine, held by certailn German biolo
gists, that all physical exercise after a
man has attained middle age is at the
expense of vital force. There Is, at
least, something to be sald on both sides
of the question so far as mliddle-aged
people are concerned. Those who main
tain the desirability of exercise will, of
course, assert that Sir Edward Thorn
ton attained his great age in spite of
his abstentlon from exercise rather
than because of it, and that he might
have lived many years longer if he had
lilved an active physlpal life. This,
however, i 8 mere hypothesis which may
fairly be met by pointing out that many
people who devote themselves most vig
orously to exercise dle before they
reach middle age. If the rule holds
good In one case it ought to bold good
In the other and on the face of It the
nonexercise peopie would seem to have
the better of it. fir Edward I'hornton’s
case at least affords proof that a man
may live almost to the century mark
without taking physical exercise. It
may be admitted, of course, that this
{8 & matter In which one man’s meat
may be another man's poison. Individ
ual ldlosyncrasy is a strong factor lnj
the problem. Actlve physical exercise
may not be necessary nor even advis
able for some men, while It Is essential
to the health of others. In such affairs
every man must find out what Is bene
ficial for himself without reference to
the requirements of any other man.
There Is no hard-and-fast rule for phy-i
slcal exerclse any more than there is
such a rule for diet. There Is, on the
contrary, every reason to conciude that
though some men will benefit by vig
orous physlcal activity other men will
be better off with none at all—at least
after the culmination of their bodily
development. *“When I could ride 1
never walked; when I could sit I never
stood; I slept as long as | could’—
this was the secret of longevity once re
vealed by a centenarian. It is not a
particularly inspiring formula and it
makes laziness the chief end of man.
Yet there Is some reason to suspect
that he who desires mere length of
years rather than achlevement or re
nown will do well to consider the pros
pects held out by the langu.d rather
than tbe strenuous life. Certainly the
human machine, like all other machines,
may be overworked.
Yes, She Could Help Him Up.
A well-known bishop of Tennessee
was taking hls customary stroll through
the park the other morning. He hap
pened to sit down on one of the benches
there. Now the bishop Is a very great
man, not only in the Methodist Church
but in embonpoint as well. Hls weight
proved too much for the bench, which
collapsed, spilling him on the ground.
About this time a little girl, rolling a
hoop along, saw the reverend gentleman
prostrate and offered her assistance.
“But, my little girl,” sald the bishop,
“do you think you could help such a
great, heavy man to his feet?”
“Oh, yes,” replied the little girl, “I've
helped grandpa lots of times when he's
bheen even drunker than you are.”—Lip
pincotts.
Quite So.
Towne—l wonder why young Rade
ley doesn’t settle down?
Browne—Oh! I suppose that goes
against the graln
Towne—What grain?
Browne—Well, the wild oats.—Phil
adelphia Press.
A Remedy to Hand.
“Did you see where a powder trust
had the government in its clutches?”
“What of it? If it supplles the am
munition, why doesn't the government
go gunning’ for it?"—Baltimore Amerl
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