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Return of Habits of Thrift, Prudence, Econ•
omy and Sobriety Results of 1907 Panic.
By Jflexander D. Noyes.
I T is no less true of a nation than of an individual, that a
I 2 show of enormous prosperity, based on extended debt and
♦ achieved though living beyond its means, paralyzes the real
* constructive and progressive energy with which its fortune
« was originally established. We shall in due time be paying
♦*♦<♦♦♦<♦♦ more attention to the fact that the astonishing rise of indus
^ ♦ trial th America in decade international 1897, power its “Invasion” and prestige, of foreign during
e prosperous since
markets, its intrusion on the scene as a new force in the
world’s productive 3 industry, resulted largely from the saving of capital, the
search after conomies in production, and the application of cost-reducing in
vention, which were forced on the business community by the hard times after
1893.
The resources, developed with so extraordinary success by those methods
of a dozen years ago, we still possess, and they are not less certain a factor
in the future of industrial America than they were in 1890 or in 1901. Eco¬
nomic history is unfailing in one of its specific teachings; namely, that after
each successive crisis of the sort, American finance and industry have in due
time risen to far greater lieghts of genuine power and prestige than in the pre¬
ceding cycle of prosperity. As for the further outcome, in the return of hab¬
its of thrift, prudence, economy and sobriety, to the American people in their
private life, tiiis will he the quickest and surest of all results. Nobody who
has studied our social history during the last half dozen years will doubt that
the change was neded.—The Century.
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By H. S. Cooper.
•♦♦e E in Galveston do think, however, that we have pretty nearly
^ ^ solved the most difficult, problem of civic administration,
♦ w wr y ♦ After six years’ trial of it there is very little that we would
J % \ M i want changed in the charter, and we have re-elected the
♦ o whole board of commissioners three times. There is no pol
£ * • j itics in it—and the remnants of the old board yearning of aldermen for the
6and the "bad” element following them—and
0 ](j days of misrule and graft—have tried very hard to in
ject politics into it. It is a plain business government, on
a pL n, everyday, common-sense, business, human plan; it has nothing sec
tfoms racial, or geographical in it that will limit it; it is practical for every
American city, even the very largest ones, for size has nothing to do with its
prineiples,
Election at large of a commissioner for each department or group of de¬
partments—never less than four nor needfully more than seven.
A sharp definition of the departments.
An equally sharp definition of the powers and responsibilities of each and
every head of department.
A president- also elected at large—not having charge of any department
and \\ ho has a vote but no veto.
No “executive” sessions.
No "standing” committees nor any “committees” in the usual aldermanic
sense.
That is all. As Kipling says, "Think of the gorgeous simplicity of it!”—
Success.
f Martian Life
i Conditions Make for Creatures of
an
1 Advanced Order of Intellect
....
By Percival Lowell.
HATEVER its actual age, any life now existent on Mars must
Vs must he in the land stage of its development, on the whole a
much higher one than the marine. But, more than this, it
should probably have gone much further if it exist at all,
for in its evoh ng of terra lirma, Mars has far outstripped
9 9 the earth. Mars’s surface is now all land. Its form of life
must be not only terrestrial as against aquatic, but even as
opposed to terraqueous ones. They must have reached not
simply the stage of land dwelling where the possibilities
are greater for those able to embrace them, but that further point of pinching
poverty where brain is needed to survive at all.
The struggle for existence in their planet's decrepitude and decay would
tend (o evolve intelligence to cope with circumstances growing momentarily
more and more adverse. But, furthermore, the solidarity that the conditions
prescribed would conduce to a breadth of understanding sufficient to utilize it.
Intercommunication over the whole globe is made not only possible, but obli
gatory. This would lead to the easier spreading over it of some dominant
creature especially were this being of an advanced order of intellect—able to
rise above its bodily limitations to amelioration of the conditions through ox
ereise of mind, What absence of seas would thus entail, absence of moun
tains would further, These two obstacles to distribution removed, life there
would tend the quicker to reach a highly organized stage. Thus Martian con¬
ditions themselves l-ake for intelligence.—From The Century.
Priscilla Explains.
"Did you break this vase, Priscilla?"
"It would be somewhat at variance
with the truth, madam, to personally
assume the fracture. The vase slip¬
ped from my fingers. It was the
abrupt collision with the floor that
caused its disintegration.”
And of course when you have a
Boston girl in the kitchen an explana¬
tion like that has to go.—Cleveland
Plain Dealer.
Giving His Exercise.
“Justin,” said Mrs. Wyss.
"Yes,” replied Mr. Wyss.
“Will you speak a kind word to
Fido and make him wag his tail? He
hasn't had one bit of exercise aii
day."—Lipi incott’s.
World’s Greatest Airship.
Count Zeppelin’s new airship, No. 4,
which is almost completed, will have
cost $100,000. It is 444 feet'in length,
i he diameter of the baloon is 50 feet,
and it will be driven by three Daimler
motors, each of 140 liorse-power.
Count Zeppelin hopes that the new
balloon will attain a speed of 47 miles
per hour, and calculates that it will be
able to travel without landing for
about 1430 miles.
| lights It will for night be provided traveling, with and searefe
■ a com¬
plete apparatus for sending and re¬
ceiving wireless telegraphic messages.
—Philadelphia Record.
Among flowers the chrysanthemum is
] said to live the longest after being cut
BLAMES WOMEN FOR SERVANT
PROBLEM.
They Lack Training and View Their
Work Narrowly.
One of the causes of the servant
problem here is that women have not
had the training for household affairs
that men have for business, and do
not consider their work from a suffi
ciently broad point of view, so Miss
Bella Bruce, teacher-student and
teacher of domestic science, said in a
talk at the Woman’s Exchange.
"The woman owes her servants a
definite and reasonable wage for a rea¬
sonable service, and also owes them a
proper training,” said Miss Bruce. "It
is her duty to give them sufficient
nourishing food and sleeping rooms
which would not be considered impos¬
sible for other people. When the eco¬
nomic work is done and paid for, the
righ.t of the mistress ends. It is her
privilege to suggest and guide her ser¬
vants, but only when her counsel is
willingly received.
"When a woman raises the wages in
her household she raises the wages in
ail the houses in the neighborhood.
When she takes an untrained servant
at the same wages that she had paid
to a competent servant, she raises the
scale of wages and puts a premium
on incoirjpetency. When unskilled
workers are drawn in the good serv¬
ants are pushed out and the industrial
balance is destroyed.
“The hope of tne American domes¬
tic service question is in the children
of the immigrants, but domestic work
down upon, and it must be
raised. Teaching domestic science in
the public schools is of the greatest im
we have more ignorance in the draw
mg room? The present higher educa
tion of women is helpful to women
who are going to lead strictly profes
sional lives, but it does not help the
woman in the home. The study of do¬
mestic science should take its position
with the study of other sciences, no
matter what position in life the student
j s to hold. In the modern household
there is an enormous waste of force
not only in expenditure but in results.
The arrangements made and conducted
by men in the culinary departments
of railroad trains and ocean liners can
give points for most kitchens in com
pactnes and practical utility.”
Miss Bruce said that in the conduct
of their households the hearts of liouse
keepers sometimes ran away with their
heads, and that by neglecting small
matters for the comfort of the serv¬
ants they sometimes lost competent
workers.
She gave a number of “Don’ts” for
the housewife.
"Don’t give an order and then forget
about it; don’t send orders by other
sewants when it can be avoided;
don’t talk about servants at the table;
don’t leave money around as if you did
not value it, and do not spy upon the
servants; don’t make a promise to a
servant and take it back; don’t go to
the rooms of your servants unless you
think they may not be clean; they
have a right to some privacy; don’t let
the cook scant the servants’ table;
don’t forget that for extra service
there should be extra rest, and if you
wish respectful service be respectful
and self-contained yourself.”—New
York Times.
Hew He Beat the Road.
Some years ago there lived in Ar¬
kansas a man named Reynolds who
owned a narrow gauge railroad from
Malvern Junction to Hot Springs. It
was partly due to the fact that he had
put by a neat little fortune and part¬
ly to his habit of wearing an enor¬
mous diamond shirtstud that he had
won the nickname of Diamond Joe.
It was Diamond Joe’s boast that no
one had ever stolen a ride on his lit¬
tle twenty-five-mile road; and, not
content with telling this to his friends,
he offered a reward of $100 and a suit
of clothes to the man who could do
it.
One clear moonlight night a man
came into his office, dripping from
head to foot.
"Is this Mr. Reynolds?” he asked.
"Yes,’’ replied the owner of the nar¬
row gauge road, involuntarily glanc¬
ing out to see if it was learning.
“Well, I’ve come for that suit of
clothes and the $100. I've beat my
way on your road, Mr. Reynolds, in
the boiler tank of the engine; it was
hard work keepin’ my head above wa¬
ter, but I did it—and—here I am!”—
Philadelphia Ledger.
A Kaiser's Revolver.
Emperor William II. is never with¬
out his- revolver, and he is extremely
skilful in the use of the weapon. It
is inspected and freshly primed ev¬
ery moaning, so as to make sure it is
in perfect working order. Firmly con¬
vinced that«he is going to die by the
hand of an anarchist, this fate hav¬
ing been prophesied for him long ago,
he is determined to make a stern -
fight for his life, and to have, at any
rate the satisfaction, if he falls, of in¬
flicting some injury upon his assail¬
ant.—London P. T. Q.
Of the 387 recorded ministers of the
Society of Friends in Great Britain
153 are women.
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