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Why Not Make Each Stock
Broker Responsible for
All the Others?
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This Would Eliminate the More Dishonest, Make Investments
Safer—lt Is the French Method.
A New York “stock broker,” now in Europe, has filed a list of
creditors. It turns out that the gentleman, whose case is not un
usual, is indebted to eleven hundred and seventy different indi
viduals
It is quite the thing for brokers to explode in this interesting
way occasionally and leave the honest investors and the gamblers
in their offices to wonder why they were so foolish as to go there.
We should like to ask if it would not be sensible to adopt the
method of the Paris Bourse, and, by law or by agreement, arrange
to have the Stock Exchange and all of its members jointly re
sponsible for each individual stock broker.
On the FYench Bourse you can invest or speculate with the
knowledge that you need not include the dishonesty of your broker
among the dangers of the Enterprise.
Any broker who defaults in Paris—a very rare happening—is
backed up by the credit and the fortunes of all the other brokers.
It should be so in this country. The brokers enjoy peculiar
privileges. They have practically a monopoly of a lucrative busi
ness. They have a reasonably short day of work—from ten to t hree.
Some of them are very earnest, honest and useful citizens,
doing work necessary to the carrying on of the nation’s business.
More of them ARE GENTLEMEN ENGAGED IN PERSUADING
THEIR FRIENDS TO GAMBLE. KNOWING THAT EVERY
FRIEND THAT GAMBLES IN THEIR PLACE WILL BE
RUINED EVENTUALLY.
Why not say to the gentlemen of the Stock Exchange, unless
they change their rules voluntarily: “If one of you fails, the others
must be responsible. If one of you absconds or cheats, the others
must make good his cheating. This will inspire you to eliminate the
rascals who are quite plentiful in your ranks and whose rascality
is quite well known to you. It will strengthen the reputations of the
honest brokers, make a seat more valuable, raise the tone of the
exchange, increase the profits of the respectable houses.”
That is one polite suggestion for the Stock Exchange, one of a
number that we hope to offer.
Wilson’s Winning Note a
Progressive Creed
That was an admirable speech which Governor Wilson de
livered to the students at Princeton.
Felicitous in phrase, clear in analysis, and full of information
and essential truth, the brief address was at once an argument
and an appeal.
What the governor said of political bosses is worthy of the em
phasis of editorial reproduction.
"The man we call boss Is the agent of those who wt*h to control poli
tics tn their own interest.
1 have known some of these gentlemen personally, and I know exactly
how they work. They haven’t any politics at all. That is the point,
and there is no difference between a Democratic boss and a Republican *
boss, because neither of them is working for his party. They are both
working for their clients. And their clients wish to see that men do not
get into office who thwart them, and that laws are not passed that em
barrass their business
“The chief supporters of the Democratic boss, if he happens to be in
the majority, are often those most closely associated with the Republican
boss, and vice versa."
Governor Wilson has expressed in plain, clear language the
view which Mr. Hearst and his newspapers have urged for many
years. The boss has no politics but graft. The boss belongs to no
party, and unites with other bosses to control both parties. The
general recognition of this fact is the best promise of the abolition
of the boss.
Progressives of all parties—Democrat, independent and Re
publican, note with eminent satisfaction that Governor Wilson in
his recent speeches is swinging into the aggressive campaign which
deserves and will win success.
Trouble j
By WILLIAM F. KIRK.
, T SAW’ a little urchin chase a dog across tne street;
* X The dog was plainly frightened by the pattering baby feet, j
< “Be careful, kid.” I cautioned, “that's a great big dog. you see.” 5
I “W’hat of it?” said the youngster, “can’t you see he's scared of {
ME?”
i A dog whose name is Trouble barks at every grown-up boy,
(But barks are only noises—’tis the sharp fangs that destroy. s
Keep Trouble ever yelping and his rout will be complete.
As surely as the urchin chased the dog across the street.
The Atlanta Georgian
* Under-Water Photography and Its Marvels *
A Simple Device Reveals the Habits of Subaqueous Amphibious Life
By GARRETT P. SERVISS. •
IF Jules Verne’s Captain Nemo,
during his journey of twenty
thousand leagues under the
sea, had thought of it he might
have left photographs of the ex
traordinary scenes ’that he wit
nessed which, because "photo
graphs never lie,” would have con
vinced the readers of his strange
history that nothing but the sim
ple truth was being presented to
them.
But Dr. Francis Ward had not in
vented his sub-aquatic photograph
ic apparatus at the time when the
veracious Frenchman wrote his ro
mance, and so he could not give
visual proof of his statements
about what goes on under the wa
ter, such as Dr. Ward gives us to
day. Some of Dr. Ward’s photo
graphs are reproduced, with this
article and the reader can judge for
himself how interesting his experi
ments have been. And they are
not only curious and interesting,
but scientifically important as well. i
The scheme is simplicity itself, as
a glance at the accompanying dia- •!
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PENGUIN ON SEA BOTTOM. DIAGRAM EXPLAINING THE SIMPLE DEVICE MAKING UNDER
ABOUT TO SEIZE A FISH. WATER PHOTOGRAPHY POSSIBLE.
gram reveals. Dr. Ward happened
to live near the bank of a creek
into which tidal water flows. The
water was deep and pure, and the
bank steep and rocky. It occurred
to Dr. Ward to excavate a cham
ber in the bank, large enough to
hold him and his camera, cover it
with a trap door to keep out the
light from the sky, and then place
a large sheet of clear glass, her
metically sealed, on the side toward
the water. Enough light, he found,
penetrated down through the wa
ter to vender everything in it clear
ly visible and photographable.
It only remained to get the living
creatures in the water within the
focus of his lenses. This proved
to be easv, for, since the creek was
connected with the sea, aquatic life
of many kinds entered it and
passed freely before the camera.
One great advantage was that
these creatures were not prison
ers, amid strange surroundings, but
had come of themselves into the
place. Thus the photographer
could be sure that they were not
posing for effect, but were acting
in accordance with their natural
proclivities.
However, he was not altogether
satisfied with this. As soon as he
:: Good Counsel to Widows ::
A FEW weeks ago a fine and no
ble man, who was a peculiar
ly devoted husband, passed
into the Great Beyond. After his
death, when his strong box in the
bank was opened, the topmost
thing in it was found to be a let
ter addressed to his wife.
It was a beautiful and tender
love letter, telling her of his great
affection for her, and of how happy
she had made his life. Then, as if
he stretched a protecting arm
about her even from the grave, he
counseled her about her future life
and the management of her affairs,
and gave her the following saga
cious pieces of advice:
Don't go to live with any of
your married children.
Don’t go to live with any of
your relatives.
Make a little home for yourself,
where you can live your own in
dependent life.
Have a place of your own where
you rule supreme, even if it is
nothing but a room in a hotel.
From it you can visit your friends
and your relatives all you like, but
don't go to live under anybody's
roof.
Don't trust anybody to manage
your business affairs for you. Do
that yourself.
Keep all of your business in your
own hands and at your fingers'
ends.
If vou find you can't manage your
business, put it in the control of
a trust company, not an individual.
Don’t speculate. Buy nothing but
gilt-edge bonds.
Don't be tempted to buj untried
securities because they promise big
interest. You can only get a low
rate of Interest on absolutely safe
Investments.
Never lend money to a relative
or a friend
Never go into a business deal
with a .relative or a friend.
Take care of jour money.
Remember that her pocketbook is
an old woman's best friend.
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 1912.
PENGUIN REACHING SURFACE OF WATER WITH ITS CATCH.
found .that his plan was a success,
he induced other animals to enter
his photographic trap, and made
pictures of them in the same man
ner.
It was in this way that he se
cured a photograph of a seagull in
the act of plunging beneath the
water in pursuit of a small fish.
The fish can be seen, darting for
the bottom at top speed, while the
gull, surrounded with bubbles of
air, irttrodueed by its plunge, is as
clearly shown as if it were flying
in the air.
A curious fact developed by these
singular experiments is that the
camera catches nothing that is
above the surface of the water.
That surface acts like a screen
sheering off all extraneous light
from above. Thus water birds that
are returning to the surface after a
plunge, If the camera catches them
just as their heads have emerged,
look as if they had been beheaded.
These photographs—and Dr.
Ward has made a great many—
reveal for the first time the actual
movements of aquatie animals amd
fish when they are in their native
element, and from this fact arises
the scientific importance of the ex-
By DOROTHY DIX.
Never forget that people do not
want a poor old woman about
them, and that the only way you
can be sure of always being a wel
come guest and made much of when
you are old and feeble is to have
enough money to make it worth
while for people to court you.
Don't forget that all through life
we have to pay as we go, and when
we are old the price is doubled on
us.
Don't give away your money,
even to your children, while you
are alive. Expectation of favors to
come is a stronger staff to lean on
than gratitude for benefits re
ceived.
These words of advice may well
be taken to heart by every widow
who reads them, for they are a
guide and a sign post, pointing a
safe road for her to travel that will
keep her from falling into the bogs
of misery into which women left
alone to shape their own course
generally stumble.
Consider again the pith of the
counsel of this modern Solomon.
DON’T GO TO LIVE WITH
YOUR MARRIED CHILDREN.
Thereby will you avoid all the
sorrows, and miseries, and complex
ities of the in-law proposition, and
remain on good terms with your
son's wife and your daughter’s hus
band instead of being hated and
insulted by them.
KEEP A HOME OF YOUR OWN.
No woman who has been mistress
of her own house for half her life
time can ever fit in anybody else’s,
and the experiment, when she tries
to do it. always ends in disaster.
ATTEND TO YOUR OWN BUS
INESS AFFAIRS. Nine-tenths of
the widows you know are the easy
marks of scoundrels who rob them
of the money their husbands have
left them.
DON'T LEND MONEY TO
YOUR RELATIVES OR FRIENDS.
You lose both,’when you do.
HANG OY TO YOUR OWN
PURSE. Wtive all seen the differ-
periments. Thus far such photo
graphs have been made at a depth
of a few feet only; but evidently
the depth can be greatly increased,
for considerable sunlight penetrates
clear water for many yards from
the surface. A similar apparatus
might even be employed to photo
graph a wreck upon which divers
are operating. Doubtless electric
light would serve in some cases.
The excellence of the natural
light at a small depth is shown by
the £ict that Dr. Ward's photo
graphs are made with an exposure
of less than one five-hundredth of
a second.
Among the animals experiment
ed with, penguins, which are great
fishers, furnished some of the most
remarkable photographs during
their chase of fish under water. But
a surprise was in store for the pho
tographer when he tried to obtain a
picture of a plunging cormorant.
This bird is of a bronze-black color
and was expected to form a very
distinct object. But it turned out
that the feathers of the cormorant,
through some peculiar property of
their surface, became at once so
coated with glittering air bubbles
that the picture was nothing but a
light blur.
ence in the way poor old Aunt Su
san and rich Aunt Susan are
treated.
DON'T TURN OVER YOUR
MONEY TO YOUR CHILDREN
WHILE YOU'RE ALIVE. If your
children love you, and consider you,
they won't want you to beggar
yourself frir them and become de
pendent upon them. They won’t
want your money, and if tiiey are
th< greedy sort that can't wait till
you die to get it, they will have no
further use for you when they have
fleeced you. We have all seen
Mother treated worse than a ser
vant in her own house that she had
been fool enough to deed over to
her son.
It is an added tragedy of widow
hood that it so often leaves a wom
an as bewildered and helpless as a
child. She has always been taken
care of. always thought for. always
had somebody to make the decisions
for her, and when she is thrown on
her own resources she doesn’t know
what to do and becomes the victim
of the sharpers that are always on
the lookout for such poor innocents
as she.
She is lonesome, and she'll go to
live with anyone who asks her. She
doesn’t know anything about busi
ness and she signs any paper a
lawyer will bring her. She is heart
broken. and she is so grateful for
sympathy she doesn't look to see
how people are taking advantage of
her grief to swindle her.
She feels that life is over for her,
and it doesn’t matter much what
she does or where she goes; but this
* is a cruel mistake, as she finds out
in bitterness and tears after she has
made it. Many years of life stretch
before her in which she can be at
least comparatively happy and
peaceful, if she has had intelligence
enough to choose the right road
that leads through the valley of
widowhood. And along this road
she can have no better mentor than
the words of this man. left as a
guidance to his own beloved wife.
THE HOME PAPEf
Thomas Tapper
Writes on "
Work, Wag es and
Cost of Living
the Problem of
the Present Day
&
Everybody Trying to Make
a Guess at Its Solution.
Majority Go About It in
the Wrong Way and
Therefore Fail.
/» WRITER says "The odd pen
nies we spend would support
some families.”
Another writer declares that the
laboring man is entitled to a great
er share in the profits of his labor
than he gets.
There is no problem before the
American people today that is so
full of complexities as that which
involves a consideration of Work,
Wages and the Cost of Living.
Everybody is facing this prob
lem, and trying to make a guess
at its solution. Most of us go
about it in the wrong way.
You have heard the story of the
city youth who spent a week in
the country. He was daintily
dressed and wore lavender gloves.
One evening he asked permission
of the farmer with whom he was
boarding to milk the family cow.
Trouble With the Cow.
The farmer gave the young man
a milk pail and a three-legged
stool, and told him he would find
the cow in the pasture back of the
barn.
An hour passed by and the lav
ender gloves had not yet come in
with the brimming milk pail.
The farmer thought it time to
investigate, and going to the edge
of the pasture he saw the cow
trotting around the field about
twenty yards in front of the young
gent from town.
‘‘Hey!” said the farmer,
“haven't you milked her yet?”
“No sir,” replied the town-bred
youth.
“Well, why not? You’ve been
out here an hour.”
"Why, you see, sir,” said the
young man, “I can't induce the
cow to sit down on this stool.”
This is a good illustration of the
possibility of misunderstanding
the purpose of things.
Which leads to this conclusion:
In the problem of Work, Wages
and the Cost of Living, a lot of us
are trying to make the cow sit on
the stool.
Another writer has insisted in
saying that the average working
man gets as much as he gives. I
THE banishment of the Aca
dians began one hundred and
fifty-seven years ago, and the
world is still discussing the ques
tion as to whether or not the act
was the blackest ever committed
under the British flag.
The order for the banishment was
issued in secret conclave, and mes
sages were sent to the officers of
land forces and ships at Annapolis
to begin at once to put it into exe
cution.
The edict was that every man,
woman and child of the Acadians
should be forcibly deported. Im
mediately the men of the Acadian
settlements were summoned to the
churches to hear the will of the
king. Once inside, doors were
locked, windows barred, soldiers
placed on guard and the edict read.
From September to December the
deportation continued, and before
the winter had fairly set in the
Acadian people were scattered from
New England to far-away Louis
iana. In all some six thousand six
hundred were sent away.
Some of them found in homes in
Quebec, the others wandered, home
less, about Boston. New York, Phil
adelphia and New Orleans.
After the peace of 1763 some eight
hundred gathered themselves to
gether in Boston and began the long
march overland through the tan
gled forests of Maine and New
Brunswick on the return to their
beloved Acadia, the present Nova
Scotia. Sinking hymns, dragging
their baggage on sleighs, pausing to
hunt by the way, the sad and weary
pilgrims toiled on through more
than a thousand miles of swamp
and wilderness, and at last found
By THOMAS TAPPER.
V do not think this is true in all
cases. But it is true in many.
Not many of us realize that
Work, Wages and the Cost of Liv
ing all unite to constitute a busi
ness that must be run on business
principles, AND MADE TO PAY A
PROFIT.
The Real Remedy.
Lots of men and women have
to take such work as they can
get, and accept the wages offered,
or go without. This condition af
fects the unskilled labor class more
than any other. On such a basis
of Work and Wages, the Cost of
Living Is always precarious.
remedy, then, is for the un
skilled worker to become skilled.
To do this he must think, keep his
eyes open, and gradually find a
place for himself that wilCdemand
more of him than unskilled labor
calls out.
When unskilled labor waits dis
contentedly for some higher power i
to make life easy, it is mistaking *
the office of the three-legged stool; •
it is trying to make the cow sit
where the milker should be.
In fact, file whole business of
getting a living from the world j
I about us is very much like the
I story told above.
A man’s time and strength are
his milk-producer; the cow, in oth
er words. The world in which he
lives is the pasture? The stool is
his place of work or business.
Never Waste Anything.
Now, a cow meandering up and
down a pasture all day eating
clover and rich grass comes in at
night, not with clover and grass,
BUT WITH TEN CENT MILK
AND SIXTY CENT CREAM.
She would be a poor breed of cow
if she sat on a stool all day and
waited for President Taft to bring
her a handful of red clover and
forget-me-nots every little while.
Now about the pennies we waste.
No farmer throws milk away. He
utilizes every drop of it, and'makes
it bring in every penny possible.
Well, then, every penny ought to
be made to bring in as much milk
’•* and honey as possible.
The Acadians
By REV. THOMAS B. GREGORY
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themselves back in their old haunts.
But it was a very sad experience
that met them there. They were
like the “ghosts of the dead revis
iting the scenes of their childhood.”
Their lands were occupied by new
comers. Os their flocks and herds
naught remained but the bleaching'
bone heaps where the cattle had
huddled and died in the wintry
storms. New, 'strange faces filled
the old homes. Strange children
played beneath the windows of the
cottages and the voices of the boys
under the apple trees shouted in an
alien tongue.
The great majority of the Aca
dians. however, made no attempt w
return, and. accepting their fate a*
gracefully as was possible, abided
in the places where their destinV
had sent them. Today, all the way
from Maine to Louisiana, dwell the
descendants of the people who wore
banished from Acadia in 1755, and
some of them, especially in Louis
iana. occupy high positions in so
cial and civic life.
As regards England's guilt in the
matter of the banishment of the
Acadians. something worth while is
to be said on both sides. Theue
may have been guilt in the trans
action. but it was not all onl the
side of England. That much fs\ cer
tain. it may be that England! did
wrong in deporting the Acadians,
but what was England to do? The
Kcadians, aliens in race, politics
and religion, absolutely refused to
take the oath of allegiance to thie
British government, refused to bet
come a part of the British
or to become subject to their laws;
and thus did they invite the fait
which overtook them.