"EXCUSE ME, SIR YOU'RE ON MY TRAIN!"
The Money Craze
Winifred Black
'MAN pretended to be crazy the other day out in Missouri,
and they sent him to the Insane asylum.
When he arrived there one of the doctors recognized him
as the man who had pretended to be crazy once before so
as to be locked up in an asylum in Illinois. The man con
iessed.
"No," he said, "I am not crazy, but board is so high, now
I thought this was a good way of getting a good living
cheap."
Not crazy! Why, ho was crazier than any poor maniac in any asylum In
the world.
Grazy about money for It seems he had money. Bo crazy that he
would rather live in the horrors of an insane asylum than spend his money
for a quiet life somewhere else. He isn't the only person that's crazy about
money.
I know a woman who will go "without food so long that she gets a ter
rible headache just to save money.
She has money. Not plenty of it, but enough to buy food and shelter
and clothes-for three women, let alone one. But she feels poorer than any
beggar in the streets, so her money doesn't do her a particle of good.
"Money," cried a man I know the other day. "I never was so poor in my
life as I have been since I've had a thousand dollars in the bank. I have to
calculate and add and subtract every time I want to buy a friend a bunch of
violets. I can't ask a woman out to dinner without getting off in a corner
somewhere and counting up to see if I have money enough to pay the bills and
have some left for my weekly deposit.
"I wish somebody would come and borrow the measly thousand and get
rid of it for me, and then I could spend my money as it comes in and feel
rich again."
I was out with a rich woman the other day and it began to rain. And I
alled a taxi to get home. The rich woman was bo busy scheming how to get
out of paying her share of the taxi bill that she couldn't speak a word all the
way home.
And now every time she sees me she feels mean. And she looks it. 1
wonder if it's worth while to care so much about money as all that.
Crazy! Why, half the people in the world are crazy about money. But
nobody locks them up in the asylums. Chicago Examiner.
With Young Thieves
By Judge Lindsay
N the days before we got our Detention school any boy
sentenced to the Industrial school at Golden had to be return
ed to the jail to wait until a deputy sheriff could "take him
up." I found that the deputies were keeping the boys in
jail until there were several under sentence, and then mak
ing one trip and charging the county mileage on each boy.
Petty graft again! And conditions in the Jail were such
as I nave already described.
I tried , to make the deputies take the boys separately
immediately after sentence, but I did not succeed. The grafters were protec
ted by the politicians and I was powerless. "Very well," I said, "I'll see
whether I cannot send these boys to Golden alone without any guard and cut
out your fees entirely. " And I succeeded.
I took each bey into my chambers and told him that I wanted him to go
to Golden. "Now," I would say, "If you think I'm making a mistake in try
ing to save you if you think you're not worth saving don't go. Run away
If you feel that way about it. I can't help you if you don't want to help
yourselves. You've been a weak boy. You've been doing bad things. I
want you to be a strong boy and do what's right. We don't sead boys to
Golden to punish them. We do it to help them. They give you a square
deal out there teach you a trade so you can earn an honest living and
look anybody in the face. I'm not going to bring a deputy in here and hand
cuff you and have you taken away like that. Here are your commitment
papers. Go yourself and go alone or don't go at all if you don't think I'm
trying to help you and sending you there for your own good."
And invariably the boy went. In eight years out of 507 cases I had only
live failures. (During these eight 'years I am told the police lost forty-two
"breakaways" who were never recovered.) Hampton's Magazine.
MaKe trie Man tit tne i
Tnh
Z
1
4 V
o
Fy President MacLaurin, Massachusetts
Institute of Technology
UR democracy today is exposed to many grave dangers. One
of these is due to the current notion, founded on a false
theory of democracy, that one man is as good as another,
and therefore that it doesn't matter very much who gets
a iob. with the proviso, perhaps, that he be reasonably
honest. This is a monstrous doctrine and is not much im
proved in its more cynical form that any man can fill the
post that he is clever enough to get. The world is tar
too complex, and we muet demand not only intelligence.
but trained intelligence. Remember, too, that most of the complexity of
modern life is due to the social and industrial revolution' brought about by
the applications of science, and that the business man who Is not imbued
with the scientific spirit is an anachronism. We must keep in view the dan
gers that arise from the spirit of extravagance that Js so much abroad. It
may easily drive us on to the rocks. Most carefully must we keep a lookout
for means of avoiding waste. I have little doubt that half the wealth of the
next generation will come from new applications of science that will show
us how to avoid waste in our industrial operations. Leslie's Weekly.
Exact Justice Not Possible
JF the Late David J. Lreiver, of Supreme Court
AN can measure nature and with the marvellous Instruments
find out to a mathematical certainty its fixed and immutable
laws. But the laws of men depend upon the human mind,
which no instruments can Bearch out and which cannot be
made to remain in a fixed, undeviating channel.
Take the case of two men, charged with exactly the
same crime and equally guilty. They are tried by different
Judges, honest, upright and equally versed in law. But one
Judge believes in inflicting. the full penalty; the other Judge
believed mercy should temper, justice. One man is sent to the scaffold and the
other is freed, yet men say in each case Justice was done.
Or take the case of two other men, One has of himself done the things
which warped and changed and perverted his nature and led him to crime.
The other man's nature may have been perverted before he was born. Both
are found guilty and we say justice has been done. It i3 because of these
things I believe In immortality. I Ermly believe God on high will give His
creatures here a life everlasting where the Inequalities of mswnade Justice
will be fully compensated.
M
Cartoon by Triggs, in the New York Press.
Professor J. Laurence Laughlin, In the May Scribner, writes a re
markable article in which he says:
"May it not be the psychological hour to call for the creation of
a new aristocracy of the simple life, of those who care for the real
ity and not for the shadow, for the true inward pleasures of the mind
rather than for the external, evanescent show? May It not be high
time to create a free-masonry of those who do not ask how much one
has, nor how much one knows, but what one is? Gold, In the sense of
jiches, may be the root of all evil; but gold, in the sense of a standard
of prices cannot be the sole root of the evil in our increased cost of
living." i
EXTRAVAGANCE A NATIONAL VICE
Joseph T. Talbert Sounds Warning Against Reckless Expenditure
Ths Automobile Craze a Case in Point It is the Fashion
Now to Be Extravagant
El Paso, Tex. Extravagance has
become not only a national vice but
is in fact becoming a national menace
in the opinion of Joseph T. Talbert,
vice-president of the National City
Bank, of New York. Mr. Talbert,
who spoke before the Texas Bankers
Association, said that there does not
appear anywhere to exist In the con
duct of national, municipal or indi
vidual affairs, that appreciation of
the economical and prudent use of
resources and that adjustment of ex
penditures to means and incomes
which always have been found neces
sary to the support of prosperity and
to the maintenance of a condition of
solvency.
The speaker cited the automobile
craze as a case in point. "We are
squandering on pleasure vehicles an
nually sums of money running Into
hundreds of millions of dollars," he
continued. "The initial cost of auto
mobiles to American users amounts
to not less than $250,000,000 a year.
The up-keep and other necessary ex
penditures, as well as incidentals,
which would not otherwise be in
curred, amount to at least as much
more. This vast Bum 13 equivalent
in actual economic waste each year
to more than the value of property
destroyed in the San Francisco Are
perhaps to twice as much. This sum,
as large as it is, does not Include the
whole economic loss growing out of
this single item of indulgence. The
thousands of young and able-bodied
men employed in manufacturing ma
chines and in running and caring for
cars, all are withdrawn from produc
tive usefulness; they become consum
ers of our diminishing surplus pro
ducts and constitute an added bur
den to the producers. The economic
influence of this withdrawal from the
producing and addition to the con
suming class, is bound to be mani
fested In a tendency to higher prices.
Its effect already must be consider
able, and is comparable only to the
maintenance of an enormous stand
ing army.
"Thousands upon thousands of our
people, frenzied by desire for pleas
ure and crazed by passion to spend,
have mortgaged their homes, pledged
their life Insurance policies, with
drawn their hard-earned savings
from banks to buy automobiles; and
have thereby converted their modest
assets into expanding and devouring
liabilities. The spectacle Is astound
ing. "In tho matter of Individual ex
penditures it is the fashion now to be
extravagant to the point of wasteful
ness, and the fashion Is running riot.
Individual thrift is considered not
merely miserly hoarding, but is
looked upon as a vice and a thing to
be despised. It is said that this is
not a day of small things, and that
wealth, as wealth goes now, may no
longer be accumulated by the
slow process of savings and econo
mies. This may be true if we shall
measure wealth only by billions or
hundreds of millions, but, just as
surely as there ever existed virtue in
economy, of contentment and inde
pendence in frugality, they are there
to-day, and just as surely as individ
ual and national extravagance ever
led to a day of reckoning they are
doing so to-day. Among nations, and
among Individuals, permanent wealth
and material progress are the results,
not so much of rich natural resources
as they are the products of economy
and thrift; not alone economy in the
arts of production, but economy of
use.
"The maintenance of the present
high level of prices is dependent upon
the sustained purchasing power of
the indllvdual which in turn depends
very largely, if not wholly, upon the
expansion of credit. Herein lies one
of the chief elements of weakness and
danger in the situation.
"If tho banks may by Increasing
loans create credits, which in turn
create purchasing power and a sus
tained demand for high-priced good3,
thereby still further advancing prices
in the benefits of which all classes
share except those who possess fixed
incomes, it may be asked why this is
not good; why not continue to pro
mote the general ability to spend:
why not continue giving to each in
dividual an amount of enjoyment,
luxury and pleasure unknown before,
particularly when all this may be ac
complished by merely increasing
loans? The simple but comprehen
sive and truthful answer is that it
cannot be done because in the long
run every act of wastefulness and
every item of extravagance must be
paid for to the last farthing; every
item consumed must be earned."
Mr. Talbert also discussed the dan
ger of, the country losing its favorable
trade balance and of adding an ad
verse trade balance to the other debit
items which run against this country
to the extent of hundreds of uiillion
of dollars a year. Mr. Talbert esti
mated these items at a total of $900,
000,000, including $200,000,000
epent abroad by American travelers,
AMERICA'S GREED OF GOLD.
Cambridge, Mass. Dr. Charles W.
Eliot, Harvard's president emeritus,
asserts "that the lust for gold and
the thirst for power, considered by
Americans as the main objects of ex
istence, have caused the present reign
of discontent which is sweeping over
the country."
"The object of life with the In
dividual as with the nation results
from the succession of pleasureable
emotions and feeling3," he adds.
"Progress is measured by happiness,
not by dollars and cents. The aver
age workingman fails to realize this.
Neither social prestige nor riches can
promote happiness cr retard it. The
happiness of a community can be
furthered not by increasing its total
wealth or distributing it more evenly,
but by improving its physical and
moral welfare. ,
"Sensuous pleasures, like eating
and drinking, are sometimes de
scribed as animal, and therefore un
worthy, but men are animals and
have a right to enjoy without re
proach those pleasures of animal ex
istence which maintain health,
strength and life Itself. These pleas
ures, taken naturally and in moder
ation, are all pure and honorable."
Over 500,000 Workmen Injured
Each Year in tho United States.
New York, N. Y. At the annual
convention of the National Associa
tion of Manufacturers at the Waldorf- ;
Astoria the important subject under
consideration was the means of pre
venting accidents.
During the past year preventable
accidents Injured half a million work
men in the Unite! States and entailed
a loss of $250,000,000 to manufac-
turers. These statistics caused the
association to look into the matter
and seek the consensus of opinion.
Printing Conditions Roseate,
Say Typothetne Delegates.
Washington, D. C. Delegates to
the twenty-fourth annual convention
of the United Typothetae of America
take a roseate view of conditions in
their trade. Business is good, they
say, and labor troubles are scarce.
"The printing business of the
United States is so free from compli
cations now that this meeting might
properly be called a printers' love J
feast, said one of the delegates. 1
During the convention the ques
tion cf apprentices will be taken up.
SQUARE WITH WORLD AT 35.
In address on "Hygienic Living,"
given in the Gilbert School recently,
Dr. E. H. Arnold, of New Haven, lec
turer at Yale Medical School, said
that curvature of tho spine frequently
resulted from sitting in a certain posi
tion in school.
"Eight girls are thus afflicted to
one boy," he said, and he attributed
this to "the boyish spirit of deviltry,"
which keeps lads constantly shifting
about, while the girl, ever anxious to
please the teacher, assumes a position
and keeps it. "She suffers from hav
ing been good," said Dr. Arnold. The
average child of parents in ordinary
circumstances, he went on, represent
ed an investment at one year of $50
to $100, and at fifteen or sixteen
years of $2000. These estimates are
not in regard to the value to the pa
rents in affection, nor is the actual ex
pense to the community in schools
considered.
"At eighteen," Dr. Arnold said,
the average child begins to keep
himself, and at thirty-five, the results
of his labors considered, he is prac
tically 'square with the world. Thus,
a person dying under that age goes
out of the world indebted to the com
munity. Consequently the commun
ity should leave nothing undone In
protection for its children, for if the
results are not what they should be
the community is the loser."
AMERICAN HUSBANDS.
"In America the vast majority of
women get no social help from their
husbands," says Mrs. O. H. P. Bel
mont, in Harper's Bazar. "The latter
to assist in choosing the courses. Any;
dishes she likes she may then suggest
to him, but it Is good form for him
politely to eliminate those he does
not care for.
After dinner finger bowla are
served and the tips of .the fingers are
dipped in. The napkin Is not folded,
but laid on the table as taken from
the lap. It is good form to remain
at the table while the man smokes.
Leaving the restaurant the girl, as a
rule, precedes her escort, but Euro
pean custom, which is gaining ground
here, has her follow him, on the
theory that a man 6hould gorflpt In
a public place to make way for the
woman accompanying him. Rosanna
Schuyler, in the New York Telegram.
THE BODY'S KITCHEN.
Mrs. Mildred Manly Easton gave a
living picture entertainment at the
Waldorf-Astoria yesterday. If the
women who attended didn't know
when they left how they look when
they live in the kitchens of their
bodies that is to say, the stomach
and the highbrow aspect which dwell
ing exclusively in the library .the
head gives them, it was because
they hadn't kept their eyes on the
plump little lecturer.
Mrs. Easton said a good many
human bodies were like a big house
she once lived in.
"The main object imposed on us
by the neighborhood was to keep the
mable doorsteps clean. The house
was full of servants bumping into
each other doing useless things.
There was a nice drawing room, but
I never had any time to live in it.
ay
.2
o
CD
a.
3 2
Chicken Croquettes. Chop cooked chicken fine, season
with a little pepper, salt and butter mixed with one egg and
a little cream. Roll the croquettes on a bread board sprinkled
with cracker dust until they are shaped like little cylinders.
Beat one egg light and dip them in it, then roll again In the
cracker dust. Fry in a croquette basket in boiling fat until a
light brewn. The stock of chicken, veal, lamb or mutton
may be used instead of cream to mix them with. Washing
ton Star.
take the position that all the duties
pertaining to society belong exclusive
ly to the wife, little realizing the bur
den laid upon her. Their own duty
they consider fully discharged when
they supply the funds and present
themselves at the appointed hour,
correctly dressed for dinner or opera.
Too often they fail to appreciate the
wife's intense ambition to represent
adequately their name, their fortune,
their standing in the community.
"The fulfilment of social obliga
tions by no means represents the
whole of the duties of a society wom
an's existence. There is no end to
the demands of church work, chari
ties, reforms, and every kind of phi
anthropy. Practically each woman
has one or more special objects with
their call for board meetings and per
sonal investigation and service. With
modern life has come the new de
mand for ceaseless intellectual cul
ture through lectures on art, music,
science, and literature. In recent
years this has been supplemented by
the desire to keep abreast of current
events, to understand the problems
of the hour, and this is attained i
through constant ' attendance on
classes for their study and considera
tion. To the culture of the mind is
added in these progressive days the
systematic development of the body
woman entering the field of athletics
as an ambitious competitbr of man in
what has heretofore been his own ex
clusive domain. Golf, tennis, riding,
shooting, driving a motor, have now
absorbed any f"agments of leisure
that might have been left to women.
RESTAURANT ETIQUETTE.
A girl who has been Invited for the
first time to dine in a restaurant
writes to ask what she shall wear
and how to conduct herself. To the
first query I say she may wear either
her dressy cloth gown or a pretty silk.
and I favor a cloth suit with dainty
separate waist. Her dress hat should
be worn, for she must look attractive
without being conspicuous.
Her escort should call at her home,
and ' hen they enter the restaurant
he should precede her. When her
escort notifies the head waiter that a
table for two is required, according
to -the custom in this country, the
girl follows the waiter, preceding her
host; but If she wishes to follow the
European1 custom, and allow her
escort to go first, he will be directly
behind the waiter. Then, if the lo
cation does not suit, the man can ob
ject before the girl has seated her
self. Whether she precedes or fol
lows her escort into the restaurant is
optional.
The girl takes the seat opposite to
her host, the chair of which should
be drawn out either by the head
waiter or the escort. Only when the
table is very large, so she could not
talk to her host comfortably, does
the girl sit beside him.
As a rule the man selects the din
ner. The girl has a menu card given
her by the waiter, but unless she Is
requested by her host she makes no
suggestion as to what shall be or
dered. If he does ask for I.er prefer
ence, or if she likes one or more
dishes he mentions, she is at liberty
to express an opinion. Some men dis
like to order a dinner and ask a guest
because I was a slave to those ser
vants and the house and the marbl
steps.
"Don't let your body be like that
house," Mrs. Easton adjured her hear
ers. "Have the servants that look af
ter the kitchen part of it so well
trained that they don't have to be
looked after, and you live in the
drawing room, which is your heart.
Don't live in your kitchens, like those
big buxom women that eat all the
time and want to give you a recipe
every time you meet them.
"This is the' way you look when
you live In your kitchen," and the
speaker let herself down about five
inches. "If I wasn't dressed this way
I could show you better," she added,,
regretfully.
"The straight front kind! I knew
it!" murmured a woman who had
just wandered in from the Legislative
League, which was imbibing suffrage
further down the hall.
Mrs. Easton's next lightning change
was into the woman who lives in her
drawing room.
"How do you do? I'm so glad to
see you!" 6he exclaimed, lifting her
chest, putting out her hand and giv
ing a sweet smile and bow. "That's
the way you look when you live in
your heart and entertain all humani
lty, and don't let the front doorstep
and the servants swallow up your
life." New York Tribune.
Poplins are in vogue again.
Coats are shorter and closer.
Braiding is very much in style.
Bath slippers of raffia are finding
favor.
Buckles of cut steel are to be quite
the rage.
Never were mauvea and grays in
greater demand.
For dressy occasions large flat hats
predominate.
Mallne or lace is excellent for the
mid-season hat.
Mallnes of all shales will be used
to veil hat crowns.
Ostrich plumes are back with an
unexpected prominence.
Favorite materials for school coats
for the little ones are the heavy
tweeds, plain or with double face, and
with wool serges.
Pretty ceml-evening gowns, which
the French call casino gowns, are
being worn with but slight de-
colletage and transparent guimpes oC
tulle or mousseline.
Blouses for evening wear are la
net, both black and white, and
trimmed with lace. They are all made
with the high stock collar, the collar-
less Dutch neck not being considered
smart a3 a finish to a dressy separata
waist.
Many of the new cuirass gowns
are designed to hook under the left
arm. ihla leaves an unbroken line
at the front and back and it helps to
carry out the idea of armor plats
which formed Abe original cuirass. ,