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CLEAR, CRISP AND CLEAN
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g^sYiG.XWLi,A;ifi
Our old friend, Nick. A. Ragua, is
cutting up again and will probably
need disciplining.
'Most everybody favors the open
6hop these days—that is, they want all
the doors and windows open.
A Newark, N. J., man prostrated by
heat, was packed in ice and froze
to death. Well, there are worse fates.
Perhaps Mr. Wickersham will like
Alaska well enough to make it his resi
dence. But let us not be too hopeful.
Bulletin: None of the Gould family
was married during the past week, but
young Jay is soon to marry an actress.
If Nick Long-worth Is nominated for
governor of Ohio he will find the voters
able to discriminate between a man
and his papa-in-law.
Rhode Island gained nearly Dno.nnn
population in the last decade and now,
in all probability. has the "Standing
Room Only" sign out.
By the time the Los Angeles census
figures come along they may excite
only this comment: "Well, that WAS
the population in 1D10."
Smokers must move to the front
platforms of the trolley cars on July
27, and Bom< of the ladies will also
move up and object to the smokers.
Two Frenchmen fought a duel for an
hour and a half and neither was
scratched. Sort of makes us ashamed
of having criticised the Reno affair so
harshly.
It has been found that Governor
Dlckerson of Nevada is Inel .. :
re-election. But then, it 1b said, Tex
Rlckard is gi tn; to take up his resi
dence in Reno.
President Taft has appointed
Kj-o collector of the porl at Gi
town, N, C Mr. Taft has a positive
genius for doing the right thing in
the wrong place.
Ex-Senator Foraker says I
in polliii s but is just, sitting- back and
smiling. \\i- can afford to. He "pot
his" befon I pi iple began to make
it so uncertain for the politicians.
The ,k university
says.that m young woman is
myopic, irreligious, emotional and de
voted to re km
giggles. :- ■ i tractive some
of in. ■ - ■ irful handi
cap,
A representative of the Qnrn a.n :"\
eminent wl o : makes
the crlti< Ism 11 manufac
turers haven't standard :ed their
war-?. Th busy agt
grandizing to give ■
that.
Although Mr. Cannon contemli
a party "cannoi stand on a single
Uaue," two part i they are
Handing- on thf
elimination of Cannonism, Vlrti -
ami Capitalism from ou
and courts.
The railroads killed 87!
104, 3<s peoi le lax
and criminally targe nurabi r I
skillful and careful manat
Lackawaona railroad lias n"t kiih d a
jiuswejiger in ton years, and |
of tho Pennsylvania la almost at clean.
WHY THE RAILROAD KING
OPPOSES PHYSICAL VAL
UATION OF RAILROAD
PROPERTY
IN connection with President Taft'sj
railroad bill—which, by the way,
was very much more of ■ Demo
cratic and Inaurgent railroad bill than
it was that or President Taft and his
attorney general when it finally passed
congress—we have hoard a f.-'>"d deal
about legislation which would give sta
bility to the value of railroad stocks
and bonds.
The giving of stability to railroad se
curities, and especially to railroad
slocks, has been referred to as a thing j
highly desirable of attainment and to
the ordinary citizen who may at some!
time want to invest some of his money
in these stocks the giving of stability!
to the value of this class of propertj
would appear to be a consummation
greatly to be desired, To accomplish this
end tile two things in the railroad bill
which were most urgently opposed and
were finally defeated by the senatorial
servants of the railroad companies,
should by all means ha\e been made
a part of that bill as enacted. We re
fer first to the physical valuation of
the property of the railroad companies
of the counry, and secondly to the re
lated provision giving the interstate
commerce commission authority to pass
upon all future issues of railroad
stocks and bonds.
Should the government through the
proper mean.-: ascertain the present
physical value of railroad properties
and announce its findings, it would cer
tainly he accepted by the investing
publi- as the best obtainable evidence
of the value of the security upon
which railroad stocks and bonds arc
based.
And if. after the value of this prop
erty is ascertained, authority should I
be placed with the interstate commerce
commission to see that the property
was never again burdened by any ad
dltlonal security that did not represent
its value in money paid into the tn as
uries of the railroads, the greatest pos
sible stability would be given to all
outstanding and future issues of both
railroad bonds and stocks.
Tt Is a fact, however, known to all
students of the railroad situation In
this country as it exists today and has
existed since the time of Fisk and
Gould, that the men who by manipula
tion and the use of the huge accumu
lations of money which have been made
in the city of New York, have con- \
trived to place themselves at the head
of the great railroad organizations of I
the country, do not want stability to !
be given t_ railroad stocks. It is by ;
speculation in the stock i.-sues of the ;
railroad companies of this country that
these men have accumulated their
enormous fortunes, and with absolute
Stability given to railroad stocks the
speculation which means depressing the
value of these stocks during one pe
riod and boosting their "value during
another, would practically erase. It
would, for instance, under such condi
he impossible for Union Pacific
to sell at -'00 at one period ami six !
months thereafter at 330 and then go to
ISO again within another few months.
The truth is, as every careful ob
server of railroad management in this j
country knows, that the great railroad
kings make more money out of man
ipulating the stock of their corpora
tions than they do out of operating
the railroads. < iverwhelming evidence
of this is found in the fact that when I
the late E. H. Harriman entered upon j
his meteoric career as master of Amer
ican railroad lines by undertaking the;
reorganization of the Union Pacific
about eleven years before he died, lie
was worth probably at the very most '
ten millions of dollars. When he died
iiis fortune was estimated at $160,000,000,
so that be must have accumulated
1150,000,000 in eleven years, or at the
rat- of nearly $15,000,000 a year. This
vast accumulation within little more
than a decade was not made by the
business operation of railroads". It was
made by manipulating railroad prop
erties by the issue of watered slock, or
stock which he and bis friends se
cured -without any adequate consider
ation therefor being placed in the
treasuries of the companies Issuing it.
It was made, also, by manipulating
on the "Wail Btrei t market the stock
of the railroads in which lie was In
ted, as wltne b tho instance when
the long anticipated dividend of the
Southern Pacifl mpany was passed
over at the regular m f the
board • f directors, when it was ex
■ ! and .should have !» •>i declared,
and directly afti I hen Mr. ll.ir
rlnian and hi.< friends had had an op
portunity of accumulating large blocks
Of stock of this company at a low
price, the dividend was ■:, i lared and
tock by such declaration boosted
up.
Tl , men wli i ■•'• known ■<■- the rail
road kings of th i not want
too much stability given to the value of
railroad stocks. 'r he moment a
or bond b
tamed and settled value, so thai II
takes its placi the stable in
vestments of thi country, that moment
Its specula! Ivi end nd II
loses its value ni tho game played by j
idroad klngi on Wall si
When the govi rnmoni un li
exorcise the contn ■ n
ta, and some logislatlon i i that
end la pending In congn
tera of American i allroad
« ith wild appeal; In the na
widow s and <>i phana who
ii , gted in railroad etoi ks, i
claim will be Injured by the pro
atlon. When, however, I
men desire to make a haul In Wall
they have no bo
n for tho widows and or| I
i | ..- of W i ' •
i markel price ■ itlm
. a the vanishing point, In order
, j ma) accumulate huge n
in ,i after such accumulation,
d enormoualy In value by
the same stock being boosted by the
LOS ANGELES HERALD: SATURDAY MORNING, JULY 23, 1010.
/^^^S\ .— ■■■■:■-'■-
methods which those masters of Wall
street finance know so well how to use.
Thus 'ie game is played year in and
year out, and has been played for
the past fifty years, and will continue
t be played until the government takes
hold of the matter as it was proposed
it should do by those sections of the
railroad bill that were rejected by the
servants Of the railroad kings in the
senate, chief of whom is Mr. Aldrich.
When, however, congress shall, as it
no doubt shortly wil., require a care
ful physical valuation of the railroad
properties of the country, and then
take steps to prevent these properties
ever being again burdened by any issue
of stock or bonds which do not repre
si nt full value paid into the treas
uries of railroad companies, the Wall
Btl et game of railroad kings will see
its end. Then, and not before.
ALDRICH'S PERFIDY
WHEN Senator Brlstow of Kansas
brought his charge that Senator
Aldlich, in his capacity as gen
eral manager of the senate, had raised
the tariff on rubber goods and then
formed a trust to control that com
modity, there was a proper disposition
on the part of many to withhold entire
credence for corroboration. it Involved
such political baseness, and even prob
able criminality, that it didn't seem
likely that any senator would do such
a tiling. Hut it Is true. Gilford Pin
chot, whose word will be accepted by
everyone who knows him, declared In
his speech at Sacramento on Wednes
daj night that he had seen tho official
proofs. He said:
I assail Aldrlch because, under his
leadership, the tariff on rubber was
increased at the same time that
Aldrich, with members of the firm
of Guggenheim, was establishing
the International Rubber company,
whose charter made it a holding
company for the coal and copper
deposits of the whole world. I
know something about that, because
I sent to Trenton and got certified
copies of the articles of incorpora
tion, showing Senator Aldrich's
name and the name of hit son
among the inoorporators.
Aldrich's son is vice president
and general manager of thai trust,
born of tin- protection of the Aid
rich tariff bill.
If the exposure of senator Foraker 1 a
possession of the Standard oil letter;-;
created a sensation and scandal, and if
they ultimately resulted in bis retire
ment from public 1 il~> - in disgrace, this
amaslng disclosure should arouse the
country to slay Aldrich and Aldri
with a speed that will be a record,
Foraker was only a lieutenant in the
army of pelf. Aldrich was its general
issimo.
Is ill. Tan so bond that it will take
more than this to make him see the
enormity of the blunder he made when
he became an open sponsor for the
Rhode island political highbinder?
The president has sent Attorney
General Wickersham and Secretary
Nagel to Alaska to get at the bottom
of things—a f|ui' p needless expense, ai
Balllnger is right at Seattle and could
have gone up and reported on him-
I self
According to the Ban Francisco
chronicle, a Republican "is a man who
otea the Republican ticket. ' Which,
bi Ing Interpreted, means that thi
should ask no questions. Fortui
for the country, a whole lot of |
an coming to think Oth( i■■'
They do say that the newspa
missing a lot of sensational n
by being unable to report the profan
ity ilia; Uncle Joe Cannon Is string-
Ing along In his wake through
w ith 11,200,000 of his spare i
I Cudahy or Paiadena hat
bought a ranch in the Imperial valley,
and i' the tariff on beef can be boosted
up another notch no doubt Mr. Cudahy
will be willing to do still tnor<
California.
Is He a Practical Plumber?
THE FUTURE AMERICAN
ACCORDING to the report of the
Angeles housing commission
there are forty nationalities rep
resented in the population of the city,
as follows: Afuican. American, Arabi
an, Armenian. Austrian, Bohemian,
Chinese, Danish, English, Finlanders,
French. German, Creek, Hebrew, Hin
du, Hungarian, Irish. Indian. Italian,
Japanese, Mexican. Montenegrin, Nor
wegian, Persian. Polish, Russian,
Scotch, Spanish, Syrian. Abyssinlans,
Danes, Dutch, Cubans, Canadians,
Filipinos, Turks, Belgians, Portuguese
and Koreans.
We are sometimes prone to think of
Los Angeles as quite distinctively an
"American *city" as distinguished from
most of the eastern centers of pop
ulation along the other seaboard, and
It is true that our population is com
posed for the most part of what is
popularly known as American stock
(though there is now little left in its
purity), with the exception of a gener
ous number of Japanese and Mexicans,
who keep pretty much t« themselves.
But this report of the housing com
mission, which will surprise many
people, shows that we are becoming
cosmopolitan as other large commu
nities, and that these polyglot num
bera will gradually he absorbed into
tlio native stnrk and out of them will
come the future American. It may
no! come about soon, but it will
eventually, and what will be the result?
The Anß/10-German stock will largely
predominate for a long time to come.
Its characteristics are stamina, thrift,
enterprise, vigorous mentality and good
physical makeup. Some, day the south
ern Latin, the Syrian, the Russian and
even the Hindu and Mongolian blood,
as improbable as it seems now, will
merge Itself with that now predomi
nant and th^re Is interesting food for
thought in the probable result on the
Inter American mixture.
The intermarriage that has taken
place in this country, plus the Influence
of our climatic conditions, has on the
whole been productive of virility and
success. A^hether the greater inter
mixture will improve or injure the
stock only the future can decide, al
though we may hold varied opinions
in the matter
IT HAS"PROCEEDED"
THE attorney general, Mr. Wicker
sham, has proceeded against the
new bath tub trust, and the fact j
is announ I in the dispatches from j
Washington with the usual flourish. !
Such things are getting to he twice- .
t .• Ifl tales to the people, and nobody
is now found who is sanguine enough j
to expect anything from them. The!
department of justice lias a way of
proceeding that is in marked contrast;
to its way of arriving—or failing to ar
rive.
Probably no city in the country has
s.i great an interest in the new bath
tub trust (which is master of all san- j
Itary appliances made of iron and
enamel) as Los Angeles, for the reason
that in no other city is so great an
amount of building being done per cap
it., nf population. Hence Mr. Wlcker-
Hham's play is made to such as are i
electing new homes in this town.
The pinch of the trust has not yet
reai had this coast in its full force; but
neither has the conviction that the de
partment nf justice will accomplish
much by its flourish in the face of this
|100,000i000 combine. The general opin
ion is that the administration will be
atlsfled to get an immunity bath from
ilk public, but as the frame of mind
of that same public has been made.
■omewhat cynical by a paucity of legal
results, the applause will be withheld
for the OUtCOine.
If a horso is worth his oats tn-'s
worth driving over in tin? shade when
he stands, and treating him kindly In
other ways, during these bot dayi.
Merely in Jest
THOROUGH
William Loeb jr, New York's collector of
customs, was lulkin about smuggling.
"Smuggling must cease,", he said. "We'll
make it cease if we have to be as strict and
thoroUKh ai the French customi officer. •
"This strict officer, standing on the pier.
frowned on a tourist with ■ swollen cheek.
" 'What have you got there?" be laid, point-
Ins to the (welling.
■' 'An abscess, sir,' was the reply.
" 'Well,' said the officer, impatiently, 'open
It, please.' " •
TRIALS OF SUDDFN WEALTH
Mrs. well— lt just makM me mad. Here
1 Jo out shopping in my 96000 Worth dress and
just loaded withTlianionds, and yet folki think
I'm poor.
Mr. Qaswell They does?
Mrs. Gaswell— they do. l went Into
Antique, Deilfn & Co.'h grand Bt< re today to
i get lome furniture for the new hi' Use, and at
first they didn't show me anything but a lot
of old second-hand stuff that looked ai If It
had come over in the ark. —New-York Weekly.
WHY HE DISSENTED
"Ait my people," said the dellbernte
sveaking man, who always looks down whrn
he talks, "were Uulversaltsts, but I dis
sented."
"Why?" asked the Human Interrogation
Point.
"Because I didn't want to believe that
1 those of us who had good sense would have
to spend eternity In a heaven containing
the fool who rocked the boat." — ISaltlmoru
Sun.
A BIT AMBIGUOUS
Mrs. Jones —What did the parson say when
lou sent him the brandied peaches?
i Mrs. Giles—He said he didn't care so much
for the peaches us he did for the spirit in
which they were Bent— Scraps.
Barber—Did that bottle of hair restorer I
j sold you do any good?
I Customer—Yes, Indeed; It k*pt mo from
wasting my money on any more.— Boston
Transcript.
KIND KID
"Remember, my son," said thn father a« he
generously applied the strap to his son's back,
"remember that this hurts me more, than it
does you."
"In that case,"" replied the eon. between his
tears of gratitude, "let me whip you Instead;
I deserve the greater punishment."
CONVINCING
"This palpitating age calls for men who
I have convlotions," declared the orator in the
park. "Where, I ask. shall we tlnd them?"
J k'ln prisons," called out a man in the crowd.
—Scraps.
SAME THING '
Sambo - What am de difference between a
hen an' a detective/
Tambo— No difference 'tall, Sam; dey both
lay fo' people,
AMBIGUOUS
"How do you find your new home In' the
country?"
"With the aid of a guide and a searchlight."
Far and Wide
RELIGION FOR REVERSES
The great majority of the convicts In nrltlnh
prisons are registered as . members of the
Churah of England. Tills In far from flattt'r-
Inijr to the. Anglicans. Jtut John TJurns ha« ex
plained in parliament that tho knowing ones
all register themselves in this way because
they can Ret to church sarvlees. and thui have
nn opportunity to speak to their comrades,—
Toronto Mall and Empire..
OUT OF PUOILIIM
Out of the whole unsavory me.«s will come
cleaner public morals, Jus) U evil always re
sults in ultimate though often lons delayed
good. It Is a heavy price to pay, but that la
the way human nature buys its betterment in
the great market of history.— city
Journal.
TOPEKA'S PLACE
The Top»ka ball team, ire are prone to re
mark, Is not only at the rear and of tho pro
cession. It has dropped baok to a placo where
the sound of the bajis drum Is no longer audi-
Topeka Capital.
A KOIOHT OF FOINE WRITINO
And then was disclosed the Htory of perver
sion unspeakable and culture of the most
urban iiunlity reposing In unb-Jicvable juxta
].. iition In one mentality.—San Francisco Even
ing Post.
ONE TEST
An automobile law orltloiMd by motorists as
too stringent must possess provisions which the
general publlo will think satisfactory.—
V.rk World.
THE ONLY lin WAV
Advioe to Insurgents: When leaving yagamore
Hill grin broadly. Nobody ever got Into the
Ananias club by mtre grinning -Boston Tran
script,
THK hi.i:a'hkii DANOJCX
Anyway, the danger of bleachM ilour la noth
ing eoroparad to that of bleachej blondes.—
Ban Francisco Call.
Public Letter Box
BEAM IN EAGLE'S EYE;
MOTE IN THAT OF LION
Editor Herald: Believing with Bobble
Burns that it is good upon occasion to
■cc ourselves as others see us, 1 clip
the attached from a London paper for
the benefit of your reader*, Just as I
sometimes perform a like service for
English readers when American criti
iism is apt:
"Mr. Roosevelt* Guildhall speech has
been followed In a few weeks by an
outbreak o{ savage fury against ne
groes in the United Btates. The defeat
oi Jeffries by Johnson has infuriated
tin' American whites, with the result
that negroes are being hunted like wild |
beasts in all parts of tlu' Union. It Is
stated that seventeen negroes have
been killed. A white man cut the throat
of a negro in a street car. A negro was
nearly hanged on a lamppost in the
city of New Jfork. In these circum
stances, we may )>•' permitted to quote
the words addressed to the British peo
ple by Mr. Roosevelt!
■• it i* your first duty to keep order,
and above all things also to punish
murder and i" bring to justice all who
dlrei Uy or Indirectly Incite others to
commit murder or condone the crime
when it is committed. When s people
treats assassination as the corner stone
of self-government, it forfeits all right
to be treated as worthy of self-govern
ment.'
"Mr. Roosevelt may ),.■ able to realise
the character of his Indscretlon, now
that the cap he placed on our head Is
on his own. it would be Interesting to
know what would happen If a British
statesman, holding a place in the af
tectlons of the British people like that
which Mr- ftooeevelt holds in the affec
tions of the American people, were to
make a speech today in New York like
the speech made by Mr. R< isevelt at
the Qulldhall. Would he be heard in
silence? Would he )»■ defended by
American statesmen? Would his life
be safe?
"We ilo not wish to rub in the moral
O{ tile anti-negro riots, but We do
that Mr. Roosevelt's complacency must
be somewhat shaken If hi- applies his
criticisms of our rule in Egypt to iiis
own country. He has to tackle a fairly
ponderous beam iii the eye of the
American Eagle, and we Imagine that
h. is sorry lie meddled with the mote iii
the eye of the British Lion. For our
part, we are not disposed to pose as
unctuous pharisees in this matter. Na
tions are pretty much alike in sav
agery and racial barbarism, and we do
not plume ourselves on being better
than our neighbors. Hut it does seem
a pity that in sport Americans do not
cultivate! the ait of losing with dignity,
and iii polities that of minding their
own business." VAI. STONE.
DFMOCRAT REFUSES TO
AGREE TO INDORSEMENT
ESditor Herald: That the Lincoln-
Roosevelt league (or as is reported,
the leaders thereof) are not above
doing sharp politics is to be Inferred
by the proposition advanced of indors
ing candidates prior to ti» ir nomina
tion by the elector* on August 16. Now
it so happi us that nve of the L..-X. L.
candidates are men who were nomin
ated by the infamous Venice conven
tion tour years ago and .some of them
were appointed by the solid tin i
tie board of sup rvlSOr*. M would be.
a clever stunt indeed to have these old
Republican machine men indorsed by
the well meaning but sadly misin
formed Christian nitn oi the Good
Government organization so that the
Democratic party tould not point to
their paß< records without offending
the well meaning bul impractical lead
ers of the Good Government organisa
tion alter the primary. Bpeaklng as a
Democrat who voted the Good Gov
ernment ticket straight the last city
election. I will only say that I refuse to
abide by any such Arrangement.
GEOROEJ T. STBUMPH.
l.os Angeles, July -2.
ASKS WHAT PAPERS WILL
PRINT TURNER'S ARTICLES
Editor Herald: In your editorial en
titled '"Exaggeration." in The Herald
of July 16, you Btate that there are
hundreds of papers in the country that
would lie glad to publish John Kenneth
Turner'i artlclei on "Barbarou* Mcx-
Ico." If The Herald will publlßh a list
of said papon, i hereby agree to pur
chase 1000 copiM of the edition oon>
talning said list at 5 cents a copy.
STouri truly,
OKOIUW UAUKU. JH.
Anaheim, July 21. R. F. D. No. 5.
Some Vacation
Time Pointers
GEORGE W. BRADEN
rh.vnirlll DirWtOr Ovolill-ntlll <nlleß«i
RELAX \ mtti.k
Wo do not need to outer Into a dis
cussion as to tho benefits which may
be derived from a vacation wisely
■pent. 'The days or weeks when we
can K«'l away from business, profes
sinnai or homo cares, and "hug up" to
nature for ■ while should be a timo
for "coiillng up" for tho llres of the
coming year. The vacation tine should
be to each Individual what the wat«r
tank Is to the locomotive. Lei us sco
to It that this year, If never before,
wo complete the' vacation days with
steam up. How frequently the pleas
ure and profit of tho outing at the sea
.si.i.'. m< untalns or country Is lost be
cause of trying to crowd too much Into
the time allotted, With enthusiasm
running over, the man who can bo
away only a few days will plan a moun
tain trip that should not be attempted
In double the time that is his. Yes, we
■cc it happen almost every day during
tho lummer, The man or woman who
hns been confined In the offloe or shop
will "hit tho trail" for a few daya'
mountain climbing, and set up a pace
on the first day which would try tho
hardened mountaineer! and spend the
next few dayi nursing blistered feet
and sore muscles, I>o not stop your
ears to the "call of the wild," but do a
little shaping up at homo so that the
muscles are In condition for the severe
work. There is no exercise which taxes
the heart more than mountain climb-
Ing, and no exercise which is better
for health building If taken In a ra
tional way. At a recent meeting of the
Southern California Society of Physi
cal Directors a number of cases were
cited where individuals had injured
themselves permanently by trying to
make a record at mountain climbing.
We should emphasize the value of
getting near to nature. So many spend
the vacation in the turmoil of a crowd
ed summer resort, where In the at
tempt to keep up With tho crowd In
the round of gayety with dance,
promenade, dress, overeating and late
hours, the home coming finds faded
cheek and lagging step. A physician
tells me that sho is obliged to spend
the summer at home In order to take
care of tho large number who need her
services on account o.f vacations poor
ly spent. We are living a hurried life
at the present time. The newspaper
has taken the place Of books with B
good many because It takes less time.
Tho fact Is, a good many of our ac-
I quaintances read nothing but the head
, lines of the newspaper, Let us not
condemn the newspaper for a condition
of which it Is not the agent. The
modern speed agents, the telephone,
telegraph, rapid transportation and
labor-saving machines, have increased
the bran) outlet, taxed the nervous
system and taken away a large portion
of the muscular effort which was
formerly necessary for a man to earn
his living.
We are apt to be nervously high
strung. Tilings that excite and disturb
the tranquillity of the emotions aro
constantly brought to our notice. We
have more of divorce, murder, graft,
accident and civic disturbance brought
to our attention in a day's time than
our forefathers would hear about In a
year. We crave excitement. Amuse
ment of the spectacular variety Is
demanded, just as a deranged .-..unaeh
craves unnatural stimulants. Millions
of dollars are spent every year in
amuaement centers liko Coney Island,
New York, and the White city of Chi
cago by those who should be seeking
rest and quiet, wholesome exercise and
• pure air. Plan your vacation where
you can get fresh air, wholesome food
and plenty of rational exercise. Where
you can bo unconventional. Tlelax for
once! It will do you good. Ijet row
intr. swimming, sailing, tramping and
the many sports have a place In your
program of vacatjon activities. We no
longer earn our living by the sweat of
the brow, but by tho fag of the brain.
UMM r.XMIMISF, TOIIW
Modern conveniences nnd the coming
of mflchinery have increased nerve out
let, but decreased muscular activity.
Diseases of the nerve centers are in
creasing rapidly. Our recreation and
amuaement are changing to mppt the
call of (i wrong mental condition. TliHt.
which thrills and Rtartles is craved.
Now, In regard to the "R-ettlnpr close
to nature," It is an old-time Joke to
hear a group of erstwhile campers get
together and discuss with great en
thuslastn the "high old time" they hnd
roughing it. A history of the trip marie
by these, enthusiasts would no doubt
show a constant oiUJet of kicks about
sore feet, poorly cooked food,
mosquitoes and "hard luck" In general.
Personally, T love to bo In the great
out-of-doors, where nature's call is
easily heard. Hbwevcr, T can see no
Bpi I i:i! value In being uncomfortable.
I have known men In camp to insist
on sleeping on ground when a cot was
available. It's a good plan to shapo
Up a little at homo if your vacation
calls for hardiness of muscle. After
managing c good-slsed camp of boys
and young men for several years, T
hope t can offer some vacation-time
suggestion* worth your attention.
.\noirr VOIR f'I.OTIIKR
It Is needless to say that the amount
and quality of clothes will depend
largely on where the vacation la
spent and how long we are to be away,
but there mv a good many things we
sometimes overlook which aro extreme
ly Important to health and comfort.
First of all, wo Hhoulc] see to it that
the shoes nre comfortable. Wear tho
new ones for a while at home. Don't
forget the walking shoe and bathlnsr
slfpper. The best for general use in
the mountains Is to take a comfortable
pair of shoes and have a heavy sole
and heel put on. The mountain boot
so frequently worn chafes the feet and
is stift and tiring. We have a good
example here In.the lightness of Tndian
foot gpar. Tho Indian moccasin is
tough but soft and flexible. Personally,
I have climbed a good many moun
tains wearing my elkskin gym shoo,
while others who sometimes accom
panied me wearing mountain hoots
complained of soro and blistered feet.
This was, of course, largely due to the
fart that the boots were new. An ex
cellent plan Is to have In your medicine
box a roll of adhesive plaster, and as
soon as a shoe V)eglns to chafe put a
piece of plaster on tho spot which is
being rubbed. The relief is Instant.
In ease no adhesive tape is available,
rub the sock or stocking with tallow or
vaseline. I hardly need advise wear-
Ing garters loose enough to admit
free circulation of blood ill the legs,
iinci especially If much, walking Is done.
The belt should hlho be loose and com
fortable. Some of the costumes worn
by silly siris. with waist cinched in
until it is scarcely larger than tho
normal neck girth, •as portrayed at
almost any of the beach resorts, are
not only disgusting, but a forerunner
of broken health and spirits. The story
Of the young man who, while out walk
ing with his sweetheart, tied a cord
around th« Btem of an Easter lily and
called her attention to its faded con
dition the next morning Bhould open
the eyes of sorno of our young women
who seem to think that the masculine
gender admire oddities in shapes. Above
all things, see to It that your clothes
are coml'ui table. Yours for health,
GEOIIOJ2 W. BKADEN. .