The Washington herald., 1911-01-30
VIEWS AND
INTERVIEWS
Men Can Decrease Divorce Evil.

Men Can Decrease Divorce Evil.
II man had the lapels of his coat and
his collar and necktie in the middle of
his back. so that his wife would have
to assist him in dressing. even as he
has to help fasten her hooks and eyes.
there would be fewer divorces, because
conditions would be less one-sided. This
is the belief of DIR. Luther H. Gulick,
director Of the child hygiene department
OF the Russell Sage Foundation. New
York. who was seen recently at the New
Willard.
the home is more cooperation between
man and wife, he said. "A man can
dress himself. but woman has to have
assistance. Why. if the men had their
lapels in the middle of the back making
it necessary for their wives to help them
dress themselves. we would have fewer
divorces in this world. Things would not
be so one-sided as they are at present
with the woman a helpless creature and
the man able to take care Of himself"
Americans Love Candy.
Frederick j. Lowers, of Philadelphia.
who is interested in the manufacture Of
candies in a number Of cities, is at the
Raleigh In speaking of the product last
night. he said: Fifty years ago the candy
of the country was almost invariably
hard and coarse, and much Of it un-
wholesome. Now the making of it has
become a fine art, and the wizard Of con-
coctfon and f1avoring has fortune at his
command. Pure candy. in moderate guam
titles, is no longer regarded as a menace
to the healthy stomach 1t has been
sent to American soldiers at Manila and
to British soldiers in the Transvaal. As
candy takes its place among the articles
that go to make up high living. we may
assume that its consumption. even per
capita. is steadily on the increase. The
census figures tell US just how much of It
We are eating.
..As candy manufacturing centers.
Greater New York naturally stands first.
Philadelphia second. Chicago third and
Boston fourth. though Cambridge has the
honor Of standing twelfth. coming in
ahead Of Atlanta and Cleveland"
English Campaign Rusea.
Henry r. Cutter. OF New York. who
spends part of his time abroad. and is
visiting this country on business, is at
the Arlington. Discussing English politi-
clans and their ways. Mr.. Cutter said:
They're a pretty willy lot. the British
politicians. but wives of candidates often
do splendid service for their husbands
in their campaigns. In the case of one
large working class constituency the wife
Of a candidate attended all the meetings
addressed by her better half, and sat
the platform knitting during the proceed
inGs. She contrived to make the audience
aware of the fact that it was by no
means fancy work wherein she was en-
gagged. but that she was busy on a half
knit sock of old fashioned blue yarn, in
tended. of course. for her husband.
The homely electors were greatly sdi-
fed and pleased continued Mr.. Cutter.
land the husbands candidacy was a sue
cessful one, he being returned to Parlia-
ment by handsome majority. 7 should
say. however, that he never wore those
blue socks
while votes may be thus easily gained.
they are also easily lost by trifies- The
story is told how. during a general
election. wherein Gladstone led the Lib
eral forces. a grocer in a London conStit-
uency placed in his shop window an
announcement which read something like
this: Gladstone says, Jam is the best
substitute for butter. Give our homemade
Jam trial" Before the election in that
constituency was over an angry woman
who had bought pot of the jam in
question entered the grocers shop. *
claiming. Indignantly: I'll never trust
Mr.. Gladstone again as long as l live
The grocer was bewildered and perpleXed.
Why not?' he asked. Because jam is
not the best substitute for butter cried
the woman. I've tried it. and il won't
vote Liberal again
Everglades of Florida.
IF water will run down hill. then the
reclamation of the Florida Everglades is
perfectly feasible" said J. o. Wright, the
Florida government drainage engineer
who was seen recently at the New Eb-
bitt. THE land commonly called the
Everglades is treeless plain in the south
peninsula of Florida. from 6n to 90 miles
wide and 14o miles long. II Is separated
from the Atlantic Ocean by belt of tim
Der from three to twenty miles wide. and
from the Gulf of Mexico by a wide ex-
panse of fat pine woods and cypress
sloughs. The surface of the land al the
north end is twenty-five feet above sea
level. and it slopes gradually toward the
south The soil is muck and peat. and Is
covered with dense growth of saw
grass frsm four to twelve feet high
This whole plain is underlaid with
hard material consisting of clay. sand-
and shells. and in many places particu-
larly toward the south end. rotten lime
stone. This underlying material is prac-
tically level. although its surface is not
smooth. 1t Is composed of series OF
slight ridges and shallow hollows whlch
extend north and south, with numerous
pot holes and depressions scattered