The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1911-11-10

The story of Joseph Pulitzer is
more like a fairy story than one
of the latter half of the nineteenth
century. He came to this country
penniless and he died possessor of
$6O,O0O,OO0, but that in itself is not
so wonderful as the upbuilding of
his three great newspapers, the
New York World, the Evening
World and the st. Louis Post
Despatch and the name he made
for himself, this immigrant boy.
His life shows the difference in
America and in Europe. His rise
would have been impossible at
home because of social conditions,
yet he had within him all the
gifts which he developed in
America. We are long ways from
perfection, this America of ours,
but the life of Joseph Pulitzer
gives. us courage to believe in our
ultimate rightness.
The Brooklyn Eagle calls Presi-
dent Taft's Hamilton Club speech
in which he admits the possibility
of Republican defeat, his swan
song. 1t may be, but these are
stirring times in politics, and both
great parties have so many fac
tons that a breaking away and a
new party cannot be far in the
distance, so who can say but that
defeat may come or who can say
that it will come. 1t comes nearer
an acknowledgment that he doesn't
know than a swan song.
Now that DR.. Pearsons has fin
ished giving his money away, we
hear more about the man person
ally. He has used tobacco for more
then seventy years, until four
weeks ago he gave up the weed
and has substituted raisins and |
peppermint candy. He is now 81 |
and about that time we have hope |
that most men might be willing
to give up the habit.
The fraternity will wish Mrs.
Oliver N. Eastman all happiness in
her new home, and congratulate
the doctor on getting an EDITORS
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The brothers of the Press hope
to hear that Brother Whitney of
will soon recover from
he pneumonia which has attacked
him.
We are getting to be more and
more in favor of fresh air in our
1omes. We have gotten by the
days when we heat up the air in
the house in the fall and keep it
until spring, but we have some
ways to go yet before we get
'eally back to nature and ma
:ure's plan. The Troy (N.Y.) Rec
ord has something to say on this
subject in this wise:
Zone of the fads of modern life
which deserves a permanent place
n the activities of humanity is
he determination of civilized man
to go back to the habits of his
ancestors in sleeping out-of-doors,
In every suburban neighborhood
sleeping porches are frequent,
and more than one disease meets
It's worst enemy in this new idea.
The Boy Scout movement is
the habit to the rising
generation and, in spite of the
fears of anxious and over-nervous
the public is growing to
the truth of Ernest
Thompson-Seton's statement that
no one ever caught cold from
sleeping on the ground in the
open if he was properly prepared
Tor it.
mo matter how many windows
are placed in the walls of a room
and how wide they are opened at
night, unless the wind is strong a
certain amount of stagnant air is
The man, woman or
,hild who breathes it does not gain
he right quantity of oxygen and
suffers accordingly. But the sleep
ng porch or the open tent supplies
he absolute purity which means
10 much to humanity.
of the fathers and mothers of
.oday would, whenever possible,
provide outdoor sleeping places
md let the youngsters sleep in
hem the next generation would
De freer from anaemia and neur-
lsthenia than is the present one.
4 every second story porch were
equipped cots and curtains to pro-
ect from the elements, the use of
.hese spots for sleeping purposes,
t would make insomnia unable to
shorten as many lives as it does
.oday. Good air is one of Gods
and the man or woman
Who turns to a doctor When this