The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-01-05
FRON OTHER PENS
Elm OF WINTER

some of the elders may not like the
winter, may not feel that there is much
joy in the cold. dead months But the
children do not hold any such grudge
against the time Of snow and ice. It Is
a brisk. lively tfme-brisker and liveliar
than even the bright summer days The
wind send the blood dancing healthily
and merrily. The girls and boys are
glad to be alive. glad of the big, cold
outdoors that is theirs.
If all cities would do as much as
Cleveland has done to make the winter
CHEEKY there would be no child in
America to Nope beside the fire. The
country children need no special care
and thoughtfulness. Their playing
ground is wide and free. The ponds and
brooks offer the best of skating. the
coasting places are many, bobsleds and
sleighs may be had for the asking But
the city child cannot depend so wholly
on his own resourcefulness. He must
have the skating places and coasting
places prepared and cared for. Cleve-
land, like a thoughtful parent or a big
brother, does this work for its little
ones, encourages them by special car
nivals and contests, opens to them the
vast good possibilities Of winter fun
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
PERIL OF PROvINCIALIsM.
A well known and careful writer
on current problems has recently said
that one of the greatest perils of the
country today is the peril of provin-
cialisn,' involving the superficial han
ding of great subjects and great
questions.
Each age has its problems. The
twentieth century. will nave possibly
more and greater problems than any
preceding century of history. The
ages of the past have prepared man
kind for its highest development in
the century now nearing the close of
it's first decade.
The problems now pressing upon
thought and consideration are not
only those that affect the we'll being
of the individual, out society in all its
varied aspects and relations. Every
sphere in which man moves and ev-
cry vocation to which he devotes
himself affects and is affected by these
problems. They are not superficial.
The ills they seek to remedy are not
surface eruptions on the body poll
tic. They are deep seated. They
are grounded in the very nature of
man himself Milwaukee Sentinel
A LIvE-SAvING LAW.
Striking evidence Of the efficiency and
importance of the safety appliance law
enacted by congress is afforded in the
annual report of the interstate COM
merce commission, published this week.
The figures tell the story more sue
| cinctly and at the same time more
| conclusively than could be done in any
other way.
In 1908. before there was any legal
compulsion in the matter. one man out
of every 349 engaged in coupling and
| uncoupling cars was killed; in 1908. I'M
| der the enforcement of the law, after
many delays. only one man was killed
cut of 9S3. In other words, the fatali-
| ties from this cause were reduced to
one-third of their former volume. In
| injuries the rate was 1 man in Is in
| 1908. and 1 in 81 in 1908, the casualties
| under the law being little more than
one-fifth Of those before it was enforc-
| ed. This statistical showing of two out
| of three lives saved. and four out of
! five injuries avoided, is a striking vim
| dication of the wisdom of the law and
| the benefit of its Observation-Disclosures
! burg Post.