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VOL, LXXTIII-SO. 3S8.
SATURDAY' EVENING, DECEMBER 3, 1914.
THE SECOND SESSION OF CONGRESS.
Congress is not going to hold a "mum sociable"
iter it meets in session next Monday. The indica
lons are that the session will be one of the liveliest
n congressional history and that proceedings will
tart almost with the fall of the gavel.
There is highly important unfinished business left
>ver from the regular session that will consume much
if the time of the two houses. The ship purchase bill
rtll be a prime bone of contention, and Southern cot
on will have a prominent place in the proceedings.
But there is one question that has loomed up in
topular interest since last July which has made all
ither national questions secondary, and that is the
itate of the country in regard to its condition of de
fense. As the appropriation bills are to be introduced
jarly, the battle will be on as soon as the army and
javy bills are brought up for debate. And this will be
die most important debate, for the outcome is vital to
the country's welfare.
At the regular session the rivers and harbors hill
was emasculated to provide only for existing contracts,
such important new projects as the development of
Newark bay were cut out, and this largely by railroad
hostility to waterways and public-owned water ter
minals. Newspapers influenced by these interests have
Segun again to assail all improvement of rivers and
harbors as “pork,” and unthinking people believe this
interested libel.
With a period of three months only, interrupted ]
v he holidays, for the business of the session, Con-.
cress cannot finish its business by March 4. It seems .
almost Inevitable that a special session will be neees-;
lary in the early spring.
i
f ■ AS TO MARKED BALLOTS.
Complaint is heard that in the progress of the
recount of the aldermanic vote in the Twelfth ward
the members of the County Board of Elections either
reject or set aside for reference ballots more or less
soiled by the voters' finger marks. It is said t hat In one
district eleven such ballots were referred. Inquiry
does not appear to justify this complaint. The mem
bers of the county board appreciate that men leaving
■hops where they have been working around ma
chinery, In steel works, tanneries or other factories
that dot the ironbound district, and going direct to j
the polling places, cannot possibly have timo to go 1
through a manicuring process. Common sense tells j
them that In handling and folding a bulky ballot i
soiling to a certain extent is unavoidable. Even j
clerks from business offices, men who do not indulge
itt manual labor with tools or material such as Iron
or coal, occasionally Boll ballots.
All conditions are taken Into consideration by the
election officers and due allowance made. The board
is composed of two Democrats and two Republicans
and no questioned ballot is passed, rejected or re
ferred without more or less argument. This is as It
should be, for to deprive a workingman of his vote
on grounds such as described above would be rank
injustice. Chief Justice Gtimmere himself has
been broadminded and extremely fair in regard to
this marked ballot business. The marks must show 1
plain evidence of fraud before be will think of dls- |
carding a ballot, the honest intent of the voter being j
the chief justice's first thought. Technicalities do j
not appeal to him.
THE MUNICIPAL STADIUM IDEA.
A movement in Philadelphia for a municipal
stadium costing half a million dollars and seating at,
least 65,000 persons is inspired primarily by the per
ennial trouble over the Army-Navy football game.
There is no amphitheatre in Philadelphia large
enough to accommodate one-third of the people who
would like to see that contest. Yale's new- bowl may
also have acted as a stimulus to the idea. But the
project is taking a wider scope and opens a vista of j
great possibilities
Among the varied events that could be staged !
within a municipal stadium are University of Penn-j
sylvanla athletics, concerts by united singing societies, i
Boy Scout demonstrations, religious revivals, world’s
series baseball games, Olympic sports, international
polo contests, national guard drills and athletic meet
ings of police and firemen. In winter the field could
| be flooded for skating.
It Is argued with reason that the business and ad
vertising brought to the city by the gathering of huge
crowds would alone make the proposition a good in
vestment; but there is no reason why it should not
be made to pay the interest on the money. If car
ried out it will be a splendid example of civics applied
to popular amusement. And should not every city,
according to its size, have its stadium for the same
j popular purposes?
HOLY WAR NOT LIKELY.
The reports of a “holy war" need alarm no one.
| Notwithstanding the proclamation of the Sultan of
j Turkey calling on MohammedanS to rise against Chris
■ tlans, there is very little indication of a widespread
response to the proclamation. Intelligence has suf
ficiently spread among leaders and likely leaders of
Mohammedans to induce them to move slowly in the
matter and to reflect much.
As far as Turkey Influence goes it Is clear, from
frequent reports, that it is the English, French and
Russian type of Christian that "holy war” Is to be
waged against. This is a deviation from the former
idea of a “holy war,” and presents a singular limita
tion that Mohammedans, who believe in thoroughness
and see no reason for discrimination, are likely to
regard with suspicion. It is questionable whether
Turkey has the influence in the Mohammedan world
usually attributed to her. If a “holy war” were
started the fortunes of particular nations would be
forgotten and the movement would be against Chris
ti ;ns everywhere and of whatever name. This agi
tation for the purpose of inflaming religious passion is
playing with dangerous fire.
To a Moslem all Christians look alike, and the law
of a “holy war” for him Is to kill all Christians on
right. Formerly a “holy war” meant to Mos’ems in
the days of their aggressive power a thorough con
quest of Christendom, and in the early part of the
eighth century, when they possessed Spain and had en
tered France, where, after a seven-day struggle, they
were defeated by Charles Martel, In command of the
Christian forces, their objective was Rome and the
entire suppression of Christianity.
It is doubtful that now any serious idea of similar
aggressive attempt is entertained by the Moslems.
The Christian powers of defense are too formidable.
To massacre Christians and to deprive them of their
propei ty is the extent to which they could do damage,
and this Is a kind of warfare that does not accord
with the scientific and conscientious methods of the
warring Europan nations. The Turkish proclamation
and appeal will result only in arousing sporadic at
tacks here and there on Christians, itself deplorable,
and adding nothing to the real results of the stupen
dous conflict, but not a “holy war.”
SCHOOLS FOR PRISONERS.
For some time students of criminology and re
formers of prison methods of discipline and adminis
tration have been demanding educational processes
for the development and transformation of the char
acters of prisoners. The Nebraska State prison finds
its night school for prisoners exceedingly beneficial.
The State Legislature has made an appropriation for
the education of those in prison, as it does for its
people who are outside of prison. The time given
to study and the kind of work done are taken into
consideration by the Board of Pardons when appli
cations are before it.
The courses of study in the Nebraska prison in
clude the practical branches of shorthand, typewriting,
bookkeeping and common school studies. Some men
are taking the extension work of the University of
Nebraska. For this work they receive no credit
unless, after release, they enter the university as
regular students. By this plan the State prlBon be
comes a preparatory school of the State university.
Although this is a good beginning, it falls much
short of the extent and character of the education
desired by the reformers. Not the practical and
mental training alone, but the education of the moral
nature, the shaping of the moral character, the train
ing of the moral habits and the development of the
mind and its direction in normal channels of useful
ness are also regarded as supremely desirable processes
of education for prisoners. For the purpose of attain
ing successful results It Is contended that prisoners
should be classified according to their particular needs
physically, mentally and morally. Then the educa
tional facilities and processes can be the more
efficiently employed to meet the special need of each
prisoner and to round out his nature and to fortify
him against successful attack on his defects and
weaknesses.
The peculiar defects of each prisoner may be dis
covered by the physician or psychopathic specialist.
The proportion of time for labor, study and moral
traiuing is also an element of the problem.
HOW THE NAVIES STAND.
Great Britain retains a long lead in naval strength.
According to the Naval Annual figures, the British
would still have 68 battleships to Germany's 37; 38
armored cruisers to her 9; 88 light cruisers to her 45;
217 destroyers to her 142, and 76 submarines to heT
36. And many new’ vessels are now building or have
been launched since the war began. Germany also Is
turning out new’ warships. It will take many disasters
to overcome Britain’s lead.
OPINIONS AND VIEWS FROM THE EXCHANGES
Servla in Serious Flight.
"Washington Evening Star.
The fall of Belgrade before the Aus
trian attack, which was announced
officially yesterday, has for Home
time been foreshadowed. It cannot
fail to give groat encouragement to
the Teutonic allies, for it Is believed
to be a token of the serious weaken
ing of Servian resistance to Austrian
pressure. Signs are not wanting that
the Servian army is about at the end
of its resources and that unless re
inforced strongly by Russia It can
not hold out much longer. The Aus
trian army operating against Servla
has been estimated at half a million
men, and if Servla collapses this
force will be released for the major
campaign against Russia.
It wan reported the other day that
fifteen Russian regiments had made
their way up the Uanube, with large
quantities of ammunition and sup
plies for the purpoee of aiding the
Servians. There is present reason to
doubt the truth of this report, Inas
much as from the Servians now come
urgent calls on Russia for assistance.
Particular anxiety appears to be felt
in Servla respecting the Bulgarian
policy, a fear being now expressed
that Bulgaria, encouraged by the fall
of Belgrade and the apparent turn of
the tide in favor of Austria in this |
theatre of the war, may regard the
time as opportune for participation to |
wreak revenge upon Servla for her i
action in the second Balkan war. It
is reported that a special emissary
has been sent from Petrograd to Sofia
in the hope of persuading Bulgaria
to continue neutral. If she docs not
go so far as to Join the antl-Teutonlc
allies.
Russia probably has no men to spare
at this Juncture for the organization
of a relief expedition for Servla. The
czar's forces, large as they are, find
themselves <ully occupied in East
Prussia, in Poland, in Galicia and in
Asia Minor. Indeed, the Russian
campaign is stretched over an enor
mous area, with three distinct nations
as enemies. Yet there is a certain
strategic reason for doing whatever
is possible to continue the Servian re
sistance, in order to prevent the re
lease of probably ten Austrian army
corps from service in Servia for ac
tive work elsewhere.
The War and Our Resources.
From the Rochester Union and Advertiser.
In a recent address In Philadelphia
Mr. George Otis Smith, director of
the United States geological survey,
pointed out that the war in Europe is
directing attention to vast resources
of a mineral sort which this coun
try possesses, but which for various
reasons have been taut little developed.
"In any estimate of American abil
ity to make the most of the present
opportunities for industrial expan
sion," says Director Smith, "no bet
ter measure of the inventive genius
of this country can perhaps bo found
than in a moment’s review of what is
making the European war so terrible.
Strictly neutral may we be, yet from
the heights above to the depths below
wo find American inventions ‘at the
front’—the aeroplane, the magazine
rifle and machine gun, the barbed
wire, and the submarine and its tor
pedo, Can not our nation lead as well
in fashioning the tools of pace as in
designing the machines of war?”
It can hardly be said that we have
not advanced to a prominent place in
"fashioning the tools of peace,” but
it is true that we have not thus far
made the most of our opportunities.
The American people have no wish
to take advantage of the evils which
afflict Europe, but It seems to be a
decree of destiny that they shall be
gainers througli the general suspen
sion of all industrial progress and
development across the sea. It will
be no cause of reproach to them If
they profit by the losses of others for
which they ure In no wise to blame.
Hull Moose Continue*.
From the Buffalo New*.
The executive committee of the Pro
gressive party of the United State*
has looked the ground over fully and
carefully and concluded that the party
shall not dissolve of Its own accord,
but will endeavor to hold a national
convention two years away, adopt a
platform and name a ticket.
The party committee has made
statement that the Industrial depres
sion and reaction against the Demo
cratic tariff was the Issue which de
termined the results of the recent
election. The committee also said
that the way to provide stable, indus
trial conditions and business peace Is
to accept the principle of protection
as a flxed national policy and take the
tariff out of politics.
No ono who considers the situation
without bias will Incline to dispute
that proposition. Whenever we have
a rational degree of protection we
have a high average of prosperity.
When that policy is abandoned wo
run into business depression and hard
times.
It can 'be little comfort to the pro
moters of the Underwood-Wllson law
that they are saved from utter dis
credit and from overwhelming rebuke
at the polls by the breaking out of
the war abroad, which Is by common
consent such an aid to our industries
as to amount to virtual protection.
It simply, however, leaves Amer
ican Industry In a state of doubt
about Investing, because with the re
turn of peace there would be also a
return of competition with the cheap
laibor of foreign countries and com
petition that would compel the wage
earners In our country to accept
foreign wages or go out of business.
I
I CHITCHAT
A Waiter Loses His Job
As a rule waiters are exceedingly
polite and decidedly patient, but at
times they become petulant and
slightly sarcastic. The other day one
of those patient fellows, who worked
in a prosperous Broad street restau
rant, fell Into the petulant mood. As
a result he Is out of a job and has
Joined the great army of the unem
ployed. This is how It happened: It
fell to his lot to serve a rather crusty
old gentleman, crusty at meal times
only, but good nntured in every other
way. He has a habit of sizing up
; situations over his spectacles, thus
giving him the aspect of glaring.
The waiter had placed an Ice
pudding before the customer and was
moving off when the customer called
out: _
"Here’s a fly in this pudding. Funni
old fly to be around this time 'o the
year."
The waiter gazed at the fly for a
second, then said:
"Well, let him stay, there, sir, and
catch a cold. He was in a plate of
soup a few minutes ago. Guess he
takes this place for a Turkish bath,"
and walked away.
It chanced that the manager of the
resturant overheard the conversation.
The waiter was promptly given his
passports.
Too Big a Job for the Deacon
A Newarker who recently took a
flying trip South, ostensibly for the
benefit of his health, but In reality,
as he laughingly admits, with the
hope of running across Mayor-elect
Thomas I,. Raymond, by chance as
it were, and personally presenting
his claims .for an appointment to
office, tells about a man he met near
the moonshine districts, who was a
terror as a whiskey drinker. Every
effort to get him to change his
habits miscued, even thre deacon of
his own church having made a mis
erable failure of the task. The
deacon gave up the job and this id
why, according to a native: The
deacon met the toper and this con
versation ensued:
“You drink an awful lot of moon
shine whiskey, John, don’t you?"
asked the deacon.
"Oh, no. not much to speak of,
replied John.
“Well, how much do you average
a day?" •
"Oh, about a quart, 1 should
reckon. Not much over that."
"My goodness. John!" ejaculated
the deacon. "Why, X couldn’t drink
that much water In a, day!"
“Well, now, deacon," remarked
John after a slight pause. "I couldn't
do thut myself; never tried water.
I wouldn’t dare to try it.”
That answer caused the deacon to,
give up John ns a hopeless case.
Struck With a Quart of Wood j
Isaac Blinder, interpreter Ir.t the
Fourth Precinct Court, ia very con-,
Bcientlous in his ecorts to repeat
word for word whatever is told hint
by witnesses unable to apeak Eng
lish, but whose stories are necessary
for the court to know. Many Laugh
able bits of testimony are given in
consequence.
Recently, when Clerk William Yuili
was presiding, an assault and battery
case was being tried. The man who
had been beaten up had the evidence
of it in sight—a long gash on his
forehead—but he confessed that ho I
knew little of the details of the affair
because he was partially drunk at the
time it all happened.
"What did he strike you with?" ;
asked .Judge Yulll.
The question was turned into tile
witness's own language by Interpret-1
er Blinder, and his reply brought a I
smile to the face of the interpreter,
who repeated the question and then
told tho court, "He says he was hit j
with a quart.”
"That’s what you got drunk with, >
maybe hut what did he hit you with
to make the gasli on your head?"
asked the court.
In a moment or two the interpreter
said:
“He says that’s right—he got hit
with a quart ”
"Quart of what?” asked tho judge.
"Quart of wood,” came the. reply,
after a minute.
Then came a discussion, which
fina’lv brought this front Interprets
Blinder; “That’s right; lie got lilt
with a quart of wood—that’s what
made the cut on his forehead. Ore
of those quarts of wood you know,
thev sell potatoes out of ”
"A measure?” a°ked the court.
"Sure,” replied the interpreter.
To Aid Refugees
A Newark business man who had a
sign in his shop declaring that he did
not want to hear anything about the
war. because he was neutral, has
taken that down and put the follow
ing in its place:
TVe Have Contributed to the Relief
Funds.
If Our Customers Will Par Cash,
We Will Be Able to Give More.
Labor News
i_____n
Hamilton (Ont.) City Council has
approved the suggestion of the
Trades and Labor Council to stop
overtime on municipal work for the
purpose of giving more men employ,
ment.
Wagon Peddlers’ Union, of Mil
waukee, has adopted resolutions ask
ing the Common Council to allow
peddlers the privilege of calling their
wares between the hours of 7 a. m.
and 6 p. m.
Judge George Gray, of Delaware,
has been appointed umpire to decide
certain differences which have arisen
between members of the board of con
ciliation, existent under the terms of
the anthracite coal strike commission,
appointed in 1907. It is said fifteen
points are Involved, most of which are
of minor Importance.
Evening Star s
Daily Puzzle
A "BIG
[throhe,
What kind of choir?
Answer to Yesterday's 1'uxsle.
TTnnover.
modernized methods
_ t
When my wife brought the baby up.
She followed modernized advice
She sterilized each spoon and cup.
And fumigated all the ice.
Each toy and plaything ’round the place
Received a boric acid bath—
Yes, wife did rigidly embrace
The so-called prophylactic path.
* * *
The child received three baths a day
In water which had been distilled
Wife clung to the new-fangled way—
All microbe larvae must be killed.
The picture books were clarified
In royal antiseptic style,
By hot air. purged and rarified.
Devoid of all bacilli vile.
Yet our babe lacks the healthy look
Of that small filthy Bronson boy
Who plays down there beside the brook.
And makes mud pies with childish joy.
His eyes shine like the stars at night
He’s dirty but is well and strong.
My wife declares he is a ‘‘fright,-’
And yet, somehow, I fear she’s wrong.
—“E. A. Brinistool and His Cowboy Poems.”
T HEALTH AND HAPPINESS
BY UR. LEONARD KEENE HIItSHBERG.
A. 15., M. A.. M. D. (John Hopkins'.
Aelntlc Cholera Immunity Now " on b.v
Vaeeluatlon.
A chill of terror no longer strikes
sanitary officers of civilized ports at
what would once have been the terri
fying news that Asiatic cholera lias
broken out in Vienna, in Russia, in
Germany and in the trenches of
France. Even the danger of its ap
proach to London, perhaps already i
come to pass at this writing, and the
menace of this mortal scourge to
American shores gives Americans
nowadays no cause for alarm.
Nevertheless, it is less than a gen
eration ago. 1883, that the late Pro
fessor Robert Koch, of Germany, dis
covered tho germ of cholera. 'J his
little comma-shaped bacterium, one
ten-thousandth time as small as a
pinhead and one-fourth again as wide,
had escaped all detection, despite the
ferocity and certainty of the con
tagious nature of cholera, but that
detective of bacteriology, Robert
Koch, brought this villain of one of
the world's worst scourges to justice.
( ausen of Cholera.
Luckily tho cholera •'spirillum," as
this S-shaped microbe is called, does
not live long outside of its natural
environment. It dies within two
m uis on dry dust, and only lives
longer in rivers, springs, drinking
water and milk.
Asiatic cholera develops in the
digestive tissues of mankind, notably
in the small Intestines. Unlike Its
competitor and rival of iniquity, tho
black plague, it does not spread, and
is not “caught" by the lungs and
open wounds.
Tli*> peculiar prevalence of deadly,
world-wide epidemics of this havoc
making malady in war tlmo Is due ,
to tho fact that immense numbers |
of men are herded together in dirty, i
unsanitary places. Even the washing
of soiled linen or a bath in water
which may be indirectly used for
drinking have "been the sources of this
epidemic.
Not alone those who fall victims of
the dread disease, but convalescents,
and the healthful who escape tho
distemper have been known to carry i
the germs for nearly two months
after exposure to it. These are the
difficulties to be met by quarantine
ami sanitary officers from the Ganges j
ODDITIES IN
TODAY’S NEWS_jj
Society Women to Knit for European Sol
diers. at Horse Show.
NEW YORK, Dec. 5.—Knitting
parties, according to the press agent,
will be extensively engaged in at the
Charity Horse Show, which opens
Monday st Madison Square Garden.
Among tho women who have Inti
mated that they would preside over
knitting bees held In the boxes as the
horses dash about the tanbark are
Mrs. Henry W. Taft, Miss Mabel
Boardman, Mrs. H. Fairfield Osborn,
Mrs. Lindsley Tappln, Mrs. Frank A.
Mason, Mrs. .1. R. McKee, Mrs. M.
D. Patterson, Mrs. T. T. Gaunt, Mrs.
c. Vanderbilt Harlow and Mrs. F. A.
Stevenson.
Carried Joke Too Far, so Judge Holds
Them In $500 Bail.
NEW YORK, Dec. 5—Two men
were held for Special Sessions by
Magistrate Marsh fn tho West Side
court yesterday for carrying a Joke
too far. The Joke was 320 pounds of
coal in two bags.
The men were Jeremiah Ilealey, of i
555 West Forty-eighth street, and [
William JTenn, of 518 West Fiftieth
street. They wero charged with
stealing the coal from a barge'at the
foot of West Fiftieth street.
"It was only a Joke," they said.
"How far did you carry It?" asked
the court.
"Eight blocks," they replied:
"Too far for so heavy a Joke; 3500
ball each,” returned tho magistrate.
—
Would-be Centenarians Must Walt 60
Years to Fay These Bets.
DOS ANGELES, Cal., Dec. 5.—Prof.
Frederick Starr, of tho 'Jdiversity of
Chicago, a scientist with a score of
foreign decorations, Is certain l\e will
live to be 120 years old. He said so
yesterday on his arrival in Los An
geleH, whero he will spend a few days
of the first vacation he has had In
thirty years.
Prof. Starr is fifty-six years old.
"Another man who feels sure of
great longevity,” said Prof. Starr, "is
Count okuma, premier of Japan. Tho
count," said Prof. Starr, "is abso
lutely certain he will reach 125 years.
"The count and I are old friends."
said the professor. "Ho seems Just
ns sure that he Is going to beat me
by five years as he is that he Is alive
today. We have agreed that, if he
is still alive when I reach 120 years,
he gets a present. If I am still alive
when he gets to be 126 years, I got a
I present. How’s that for a wager?”
Made 111 by Meat on Pullman Train; Orta
Verdict of 11,000.
NEW YORK, Dec. B.-Mme. Va
leri, a teacher of vocal music, whoso
husband la the secretary to Signor
Bond, received yesterday in the Fed
eral District Court a verdict of $2,000
from the Pullman Company on ac
count of Illness after eating a meal
on one of its dining cars in August,
1910. She asked $5,000, complaining
that it had prevented her from earn
ing about $3,000 in the pursuit of her
profession.
of Asia to tho Golden Gat© of Cali
fornia.
There seems to be an eternal and
permanent abiding place of cholera
parasites in Asia Minor, India, Mecca
and Egypt. Along the Vistula River
of Poland th© cholera is now appear
ing, and it is conceivable that th©
Indian troops in western Prance,
themselves immune to the affliction,
harbor the germs which are ready to
spring across the English Channel
and over the Atlantic Ocean.
Methods of Prevention.
Twelve to twenty-four hours after
contact with these "vibrios” fof
cholera or with water or food which
contain them, the victim Is stricken
with a dysentery or other intestinal
symptoms. The effort of doctors of
public health must therefore, be push
ed with speed and directed toward
the perfect isolation of patients in
some well protected quarantine sta
tion.
All water, food, dishes, implements,
linens and room articles must be dis
infected and made for individual use.
Tile most thorough precautions, alone,
will limit and check the epidemic.
In the epidemic of twenty years ago,
which reached Hamburg', 800.000 vic
tims fell ill in Russia, whereas in
Germany, where Koch himself took
charge, only 10.000 persons were in
fected, and 9,000 of these were re
stricted to Hamburg.
Next to complete isolation, im
munity vaccination witli the dead
microbes of cholera, inoculation of
anti-scrums, and other methods of
producing artificial immunity, all aid
in giving pause to any great exten
sion of present day invasions. in
deed. if the allied armies and the Ger
man army had anticipated the. threat
ened assaults of the cholera badterla,
as the Japanese did in their last war,
by the wholesale use of cholera vac
cine upon their legions, there would
have been no menace at this moment
to the health and happiness of tho
western world from tills bacterial
plague.
Answers to Health Questions
A READER—What will remove
warts?
Bathe the warts with vinegar and
peroxide dur’ng the day, and at
night paint them with one ounce of
collodium to which fifteen grains of
salicylic acid should be added.
F. C.—Will you kindly tell mo If
there is anything that will take some
of the oil out of my hair?
Apply to the scalp four drams of
glycerine, one dram of benzoin and
two ounces of water.
HENRY—What can T do for the
white spots on the finger nails?
Rub in cocoa butter around the
circles of the nails. It takes a couple
of months to show any results.
S. G.—1. Will you please give me a
remedy for dandruff?
-■ Also a remedy for falling hair.
1. Dandruff will bo eliminated with
one dram each of acetic acid, re
sorcin and sulphur to two ounces of
red vaseline if used three times e
week. Massage the scalp gently and
loosen it with tips of fingers.
?. Massage into the scalp twice a
• day resorcin, fifteen grains; balsam
Peru, one-half dram; sulphur loti,
four drams; castor oil, fourteen
drams; oil of theobromine, three
drams. Use electric hair brushes,
vigorous massage and scalp move
ments.
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UPLIFT TALKS
BY ORISON 8WETT MARt>EN,
Author of "Pushing to the Front," Etc.
Copyrighted 1914.
SELF-MASTERY
"Prove to me that you can control
yourself and I'll say you're an edu
cated man: but without this, all
other education Is good for next to
nothing."
The lack of self-oontrt/l has strewn
history with the wrecks of its vic
tims. Every day the papers ehow us
tragedies that have been enacted
when the blood was hot with aqger.
Ask the wretched victims in our
penitentiaries what the loss of self
control, perhaps only for a moment,
has cost them. How many of these
unfortunates have loat their liberty
for years through juAt one fit of hot
temper! The fatal blow was struck,
the cruel shot fired, the trigger pulled
In an instant, but the consequences
were lifelong, agelong, eternal.
Now, If you are Inclined to storm
and rage, if you have a hair trigger
temper, and if you “fly all to pieces"
over tho least annoyanoe, do not
waste your time regretting your weak
ness and telling everybody that you
cannot help It. Juet deliberately, con
tinually assume the calm, balanced
composure which characterizes your
Ideally poised person. Persuade your
self that you are really not hot-tem
pered, nervous or excitable: that you
are calm, serene and well-balanced:
that you do not fly off the handle at
every little annoyance, but that you
can control yourself perfectly. In a
little while you will be surprised to
see how the perpetual holding of this
attitude will help you to become like
your thought, to grow into the very
Image of your state of mind. All we
are or ever hape been or will be comes
from the quality and force of our
thinking.
How few people are really masters
of themselves! They are literally
ruled by their moods, their appetites,
their desires. Instead of acting from
settled principle, from a life program
made out deliberately, they act from
the particular mood they happen to
be in at the time, the incentive of the
moment, the superficial impulse of
the Immediate circumstance.
Self-conquest is not an easy or a
pleasant task, and it must be under
taken In downright earnest to make
it a success. There is a rich reward
for those who "overcome," a reward
exactly proportioned to the extent in
which they have overcome.
I have seen a man go into a per
fect rage of anger because his shirt
sleeve came slipping down on his
wrist while he was washing his
hands, or because he could not tlo
his necktie to suit him, or because
he lost his collar button. He ex
hausted his forces beforo the day's
work was begun. No wonder things
"went wrong" throughout that day.
Self-mastery means conservation of
energy, concentration and increase of
force.
The Creator lifts implanted In every
man a divine power that is more
than a match for his worst passion,
for his most vicious trait. If he
will only develop and use this power
he need no longer be the slave of
any vice.
Emerson says, in effect, the virtue
you would like to have, assume It
Is already yours, appropriate it, en
ter Into the part and live the char
acter it portray s,g Just as does the
great actor when" absorbed in the
character of the part ho plays. Xo
matter how great your weakness nor
how much you may regret it, assume
steadily and persistently its opposite
until you acquire the habit of hold
ing tlmt quality in mind, or living
in its wholeness, its entirety. Hold
the ideal of an efficient faculty or
quality, not of a marred or deficient
one. The way to reach or to attain
anything is to bend oneself toward
it with all one's might. We approx
imate Just In proportion to the inten
sity and the persistency of our ef
fort to attain. Look upon yourself as
master of yourself. Act the part of
master and you will become master.
II! BIRTHDAY OF NOTED WOMEN
DECEMBER 5
Christina Rossetti, Elizabeth Agassiz
Copyrighted 1914.
BY MARY MARSHALL.
Christina Rossetti, who was born
eighty-four years ago today, was
tho sister of the poet, Dante Gabriel
Rossetti, and a member of a very
gifted Italian family living in Lon
don. She began verse writing when
she was a very little girl, and contin
ued to write occasionally all her life.
At the age of nineteen, on account
of the illness of the head of the fam
ily, It was necessary for Christina
and her brothers and sisters to go to
work, and this Christina did by
teaching Italian, in which she was us
proficient as she was in English.
Christina was of an exceedingly re
ligious temperament, and it has been
said that had she not spent so much
of her energies composing books of
devotion she might have become a
greater poet. As It was, sho wrote
one of two really unrivaled poem."
and has been placed above Mr?
Browning in technique and depth ot
feeling. It has been said that few
poets have expressed the “agonies
of disappointed and hopeless love as
has Christina Rossetti." And her
biographer is Inclined to ascribe till"
fact to the fact that she herself ex
perienced a disappointment of this
sort. When she was a young girl
she was betrothed to an English
man, but because of religious differ
ences they were never married.
Elisabeth Agassiz, who was born
December 3, 1S22. is celebrated as the
wife of the famous Louis Agassi?,,
and also as the first leading spirit ii
the establishment of and the first
executive head of Radcliffe College,
the woman's department of Harvard
University.
NEW NEWS OF YESTERDAY
Why the Pastor Held His Bible Upside Down
Gerald C. Moll, now of New Tork
city, and in important executivo rela
tion to one of the large American in
dustrial corporations, sometimes tells
his frlendB of a curious experience he
had about a year or two after his ar
rival in the United States, many years
ago. Mr. Moll tt-as borfi in Holland,
and he there received in early life the
training and experience which en
abled him to gain a fortune after he
came to the United States and became
associated with a large industrial
company.
"A year or so after I came to the
United States," said Mr. Moll, "it be
came necessary for me to make a
Journey through certain parte of the
South. I had dt that time acquired a
very good command of the English
language, but whenever I met a na
tive of Holland I was glad to talk
Dutch with him.
"While I was in one of the Southern
States, I heard of a little settlement
made up entirely of men and their
families who had emigrated from Hol
land. They wore undertaking a con
siderable farming activity. They were
all of exemplary habits, knew how to
practice economy, were religious, but
not one of them could read or write,
although I think the children were
beginning to read.
“These poor people had established
a Dutch Reformed church and had
engaged a good man, an excellent
preacher, and a man who had a thor
ough understanding both of their
spiritual and material needs, as |> -
tor. I thought I would go and spend
a few days In that settlement, ami it
so happened that one of my vlsitln
days was Sunday. I did not need an.
urging to go to the little church a- 1 j
hear the pastor preach. The com,ro
gation was devout and paid close,
heed to the pastor, who spoke In the
Dutch language. I noticed that he
read the scriptures with singular
clearness and charm of delivery. X
also observed one thing which great
ly puzzled me—he read from a Bible
which was small enough for him to
hold conveniently In his hand, but he
held it upside down. I could not un
derstand why that was done.
“After the service I went to the
pastor to say to lilm how greatly 1
enjoyed the sermon and he seemd
pleased to hear me say so. We dis
cussed the church and the congrega
tion for a while, and at last 1 ven
tured to say to him that I had ob
served that he held the Bible upside
down while reading the lesson.
"Instantly there came a change in
his manner. He put Ills finger to his
lips as though to suggest silence on
my part. Then he looked cautiously
around, and when he saw that no
i one was within hearing he said to
me: 'I will tell you how I happened
to hold tho Bible upside down. The
fact Is that I can neither read nor
write, but not one of these people
knows that. My wife reads the Bible
to me and It is with her aid that I
prepare my sermons. Every Satur
day she reads over the hymns to me
and 1 commit them to memory. Then
she reads the chapters in the Bible
which T am to read at church ser
vice and I commit them to memory.
My memory la good and I retain
easily passages of scripture and
hymns that have been read to me
There is no Intent to deceive my
people, but I am afraid my Influence
would he somewhat Impaired if they
knew that I, like all of them, can
neither read nor write.’ ’’
! (Copyright, 1914, by E. ,T. Edwards.
All rights reserved.)
Case of Gratitude
"I gave five pounds to the English
militants. Cane of gratitude on my
part.”
“How was that?”
"They broke up a hor»e race In
which t had a heavy bet on a plug
that was a bad last.*’—Kansas City
| Journal.
Reverse English
Tommy Flggjam—Paw, doesn't "re
verse” mean to "back?”
Paw—Surely.
Tommy FlggJam—'Then, what did
Uncle BUI mean when he sold that
he busted up In business because he
had too many reverses and not
enough backing?—Chicago Post.
IT has been said: “We live not on what we
have but on what we remember and what
we hope.”
And one hope we have is that our loved
ones shall well remember us after we have
gone.
Life insurance is the best expression of
such hope.
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