The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-08-07
NlrcOm0nid TObdccum
Written for the Palladium and Sun
Telegram BY !. NJ. T.
OPTIMISTIC SIGNS OF THE TIMES

OPTIMISTIC SIGNS OF THE TIMES
OF course these articles have tired
the narcomaniac, his eardrum as well
as all the sensitive nerve-buds are in
a state OF very high tension caused by
nicotine saturation for SO long, SO that
any sensory experience at all antagon-
istic to his self-centered notions crate
non-users of the vile weed who have
so good naturally, SO long and pa
tlently borne the yillainous smoke
nuisance, the writer is happy to say
that when the outposts OF human bet
terment are asked "Watchmap what
of the night the optimistis reply
comes: 1.-The morning dawneth" In
commercialism, in education, in ethi
cal, social and medical sciences; in
craftsmanship, in all departments of
sanitation, hygiene, health and civic
Righteousness, quiet. but steady.
forceful undercurrent of public sem
timent has already we'll set In, which
the abit,forming drug habitues and
general workers of iniquity with sense
enough left to put the ear to the
ground cannot fail to hear the mutter-
ings of their doom.
Congressional insurgency is a ia
miliar idea standing for reform states
manship. religious insurgency also
has long furnished it's wars on
straight jacket Hebrew orthodoxy;
political economy has had its numer-
GUS and hard fought insurgent bat
tlese; all ages of medicine has had it's
insurgents aand standpatters; civic,
sanitary, good health and efficiency
insurgents are fighting for humanities
veal today more valiently than of
yore; and now comes 1.-The day dawn
eth cheer from the recent convention
of the National Education association;
educators have captured that associa-
ton
An organization called The Non
Smokers of America" among its nu-
merous and eminent public men are
DR.. Harvey w. Wiley, the famous gov
eminent pure food expert whom the
food adulterers, patent medicine dop-
ers, national whisky trust and saloon
lists, with all the hosts of hell baying
at his heels; David Starr Jordon, of
Leland Stanford university. Dr.
Charles G. Peas and Burt G. Wilder
of Cornell university etc, ETC., valient
workers in the great battle for the
physiologic rights Of mankind. THE
Good Health and Efficiency League of
America Horace Fletcher, president;
vice presidents, George f. Vincent,
A. NJ, Phi, D., Frances E. Clark, M. D.
Phi. D., Hon Benz. Lindsey, Judge Of
the juvenile court, Denver; executive
committee, Irving Fisher, Phi. D.,
president American Health league, S.
s. Mcclure, McClure's Magazine, Hon
Charles Dow. president Niagara COM
mission; Horace Fletcher, A. NJ; J. H.
kellogg, NJ. D., chairman. Among it's
many eminent members, are Robert
O'Riley, surgeon general U. S. army,
(retiredD; Ex-Governor 8. Van SAINT,
commander in chief G.. A. r.; J. N.
Hurry, secretary Indiana state board
of health; Hon o. N. Carter, judge SUI
preme court, Springfield. ILL.,; H. D..
Baker, M. D., late secretary Michigan
state board of health, etc, etc. These
societies with many others that stand
especially for simpler life of right
living and the highest plane of vital
integrity, vigorous physical and men
tai health and efficiency citizenship;
together with numerous other socie-
ties stand for the uplift of erring hui
manity, are powerful advance guard
to DR.. Boris Sidis' idea of the future
civilization, he believes that "by prop
developed in this country, SURPRISING
in brilliancy the ancient Greeks; but
our present methods are not adapted
to this end. Not only is there failure
to lay the necessary foundation in
early childhood, but we do not even
take care to clear the ground" After
mentioning the many errors in child
Undertaking, such as fairy tales,
folk stories, silly games, creeds and
dogmas," and to which he could have
summed up the whole Ubiquitous mod
ern system of child-bringing-up in one
sentence,-the chief end of life is he
donism, please the palate and amuse
| the mind; he says our children be-
come "a prey to all sorts of fatal
germs of mental diseases and moral
depravity."
| In the very nature of things under
God that still lives and doeth all
| things well, in the writer's opinion, i,
requires little prophetic endowmen,
to predict that within no very far dis
! tant future, mankind, will orientiate
or adjust itself to the religion of the
body, to right and righteous living
and in these days there will be ma
tions of physical and mental giants.
| DR.. Wiley, the distinguished chem.
list at the head of the government bur-
eau of chemistry says, Il predict that
within fifteen years, smoking and to.
bacco chewing in public will have be
| come obsolete. A man has a perfec,
1 right to drink, chew or dip snuff in
| his private sanctum, but he has mo-
| the shadow of a right to inflict un
| wholesome smoke and his vile breath
| on the community at large"
Sic Transit Gloria Tobaeeum.
| In the past decade much advance
| has been made in buildings and bridge
| construction looking to human safety
great advance has been made in con.
servation of national resources; We
are now well on the threshold of vital
conservation and health safety in~the