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The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-05-07
THE GRADUATION GOWN,

The approach of the graduation
season is hcralded by the revival OF
protests against the u~ndemocratic
custom of permitting girl graduates
to use the occasion for the exploita-
ton of vanity. 1t is notorious that
the desire to outshine or equal their
companions has led 70 scnseless eX-
travagances 10y the better off and the
consequent humiliation of those who
have not been able to afford il.
Hence the sensible proposal now DO
ing debated before Il number of
school boards seeking TO limit tho
graduation gown 10 IN simpl" and
inexpensive costume that all can af-
ford.
Besides the immediate effect of
erecting class distinctions among the
pupils. based on the least worthy
foundation, that of money. this com
petition in linery is to be ~dcplorcd
because of it's tendency 10 instill n
passion for display and to measure
companions by the ability or sup
posed ability of their parents to over
dress them rather than hy character
and capacity. The public schools of
all places should be kept democratic.
Inere. at least, SnOulu De no ulSflnc-
tons between rich and Door. Every
child should be taught and should be
made to feel that he or she is on an
equal footing and that the sole test is
that of industry INC intelligence.
Cnhappily there is a marked trend
among school girls of even less I'd
vanced classes that the high schools
to ~exageerate the Importance of dress.
Children are QUILTED by mothers who
should know better like young wom-
en-. aping the fashions of their cid
ers and striving to outshinc each 9TH
err like devotees of fashion. The effect
must he pernicious. The graduation
gown craze is merely incidental and
an inevitable outcome. If parents
have not sense enough to compre.
bend the folly of encouraging their
children in this direction the school
authorities will he justified in limit
ing the graduation display to reason
able terms. What is merely an ex-
t%ravasance for the well-to-do may
mean heartbrcaking sacrifice for the
less fortunate. The argument that
they should not try to compete with
their better-otf companions applies
even more strongly to those who can
afford it. They should not try to
humiliate those who cannot.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-05-07
WHAT OF THERE WE'RE NO
FOBS FOR a SINGLE DAY

If by some irrational trick of the
elements or tranScendental aspect of
the stars a carnival of truth were held
for a period of tWenty-four hours. if
every human emotion that the tongue
can express nj the heart feel were
applied to queries and answers on
that day. what would be the result .
Would that day end in a triumph of
civilization or in a struggle of sav-
agerN'? The business consciousness.
the domestic consciousness. and the
religious consciousness are not spared.
let somebody else begin.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-05-07
BY CHARLES T. BROWN.
New York Tanker

new ORR l.lllkeT,
What would happen if the truth
We're told in Wall street for "A hours?
In the first place, if the truth were
told we would hav" to eliminate i'm
aeination. which | think is the great
est force in the world, and this applies
I" business, politics, art, and religion.
We imagine things. and then we strive
for them. There is no place in the
world where so lare" n percentage of
that which is said is founded upon
truth as in Wal street. The large
part of that which is said is true in all
lines of business. The facts are, we
don't discriminate between truth and
opinion. Most of that which is true is
susceptible of proof. If we are prov
cd to be %untruthful. IL business as
sociates lose faith in us. and finally re-
fuse to associate with or do business
with us. This applies with more force
TO what is commonly termed Wall
street than to any other part of the
world. For not only is there n large
percentage of business conducted hy.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-05-07
BY MARTIN u. MADDEN.
United States Representative from
ChiCnrn.

United States Representative from
Chicago.
AS an ethical problem would very
much like to see the truth told, In
the commercial world think there
would be hut a slight change, if any.
in the conduct of business. Wise cor
poratlons nowadays the
Wrongdoer to tell the truth. so that
mistakes can be rcmedicd by the firm.
1hls condition of trust is the out
growth of the system for removing
heavy penalties from the one who
makes mistakes. 1t is 40 longer nee
'sSarN for him to go on living. against
me time when he may be able to adj
Just the error himself. He tells the
truth and the company adjusts the
wrong. This is true of nearly every
successful enterprise today. Then in
sist upon the truth when it's aspect is
evil, for such knowledge enables them
to turn 1t into good. There can he no
real life of men. no vital value in their
experience. no moral power in their
dceds until they make n compact with
truth. The greatest difficulty that I
can sec is that the truth does not ap-
peal In the same degree and in the
same sense to all people.
III the truth We're told in a social
ourselves to the altered conditions. I
am sure W" would welcome the
mango. believe that it is. possible
1cf absolute truth to enter largely in
To the structure of social courtesy. If
n evil consequences would follow n
day OF truth telling. it is a proof that
u social conditions are out of line
with tn" constitution of the race.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-05-07
BY HENRY VI. GoLDroGLE,.

United states Representative from
New York.
1T would promote MANY strange
feelings. III would open the eyes of
many MOI L" acts of gross injustice
and Irregularities that they have been
guilty of themselves.
We would he enabled to satisfy the
wish of the poet, "Oh, wad some pow
er the Sifti" gle U.S."
So many hide the truth from them
selves that a days trutltciling would
give an i~nlrnSpcction which is so
hcalthful for the promotion of morals
and Righteousness. What hypocrisies
would be uncovered! How many who
have haskcd in the sunshine of public
would have to uncover. How
many who have haskcd in the sun
shine of popular favor would find
themselves revealed in their true coll
ors. and on the contrary. those who
have hiddrn1 heir light under a BUSH
ell would get their just dues at the
hands of those who have heretofore
been unappreciative of their virtues.
SO that the telling of the truth would,
by revealing the good and the evil,
serve to open up Il field the extent of
winch no human mind at present can
measure or conceive.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-05-07

word of mouth, hut every sentence,
generally speaking. be relied upon
as not only true. but the whole truth.
so far as the information may be nee
essary. And when l say this do not
mean that what is said is strictly true,
but that tho whole truth has been told.
A part is not sufficient, nor will skip
ping the truth be tolerated, for the
that a part of the whole truth
may be the meanest kind of a lie.
Those who lose money specializing
in the board of trade or stock eX-
change naturally blame the institution
instead of themselves, while those who
make money by speculation take
credit and consider their success the
result of their own ability rather than
good luck. The fact is hat the man
who ran make the greatest success in
commercial life is the mar who can
most correctly weigh the business
chance.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-05-07
WILSON rs KRU

New York. May 7.-Christopher C..
Wilson. formerly president of the
United Wireless Telegraph company,
who is serving a term in the federal
prison at Atlanta. Ca. in connection
with the sale of fraudulent wireless
stock. today appeared before United
States Commissioner Alexander in
voluntary bankruptcy proceedings.
Questioned by Sau S. Meyer. counsel
for the receiver of the United Wire
less company, Mr.. Wilson denied that
he was concealing funds.
He testified that a watch and life
insurance policies are the only per-
sonal property he possesses. From
United Wireelss stock. sold to the
public. the witness said. he received
between $4,000 600 and $500. 900. He
said that property which he owned at
Long Beach, N. Y, and Denver. Col,
had bee nsold to pay counsel fees.
The hearing was adjourned until
Wednesday.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-05-07
TUESDAY, NAY :, 1912.
'TWlDnLE FROM SPIRIT LAND.

Apparently for no other reason
than that nc was a sincere believer
in psychic phenomena when II" WAS
alive various mediums throughout
1he country are taking William I.
Stead for their correspondent in IN"
spir:t world. If Stead's spirit could
communicate my thought at all to
the world OF the living, it would be
something worth while. So far, now
ever, the most coherent communion
tion alleged to have com from him
is as follows:
.rhr world may he Interested {"
know thai my body will probably h"
recovered. Yes. 1t now looks ~
though 1t might be picked up. 1t
Ia still In II fairly good state of pres
ervation. and is gradually WORKING
nm the hatchwaT. There is a lady
with me here. She frequently asks
me II some awful accident has not
befallen the ship. She does not know
che is out of the body. She passed
ont asleep. She is with m" almost
constantly lady we'll up in wears,
tall. dirnifed. of sweet. childlikc SIM
plicity."
To believe such twaddle as This is
mn evidence of n sublime faith. Not
even a spiritualist. if sincere. would
believe that a man who was so eml-
mont ~ writer II so thorough Il
scholar, would spend his first lays in
the spirit world Watching his own
body "gradually working up TN"
hatchway." \ statement alleged u"
have come from Stead projects an
entirely new idea With reference to
life after death. 1t argues that while
the lady "well up in years" has pass
I'd ont of the body. she Is, neVerthe-
loss. "tall. dicnitied. n of sweet,
childlike simplicity" In other words.
when one passes out of the body
ono does not become a spirit, but I'M
mediately takes over another body.
The thought that persons who die
still retain n personality that can he
described as short or tall: that they
wander around looking at their for
,,al bodies. and wondering whether
.'.ny will be recovered from the sea:
.iat everything is confusion and
darkness with many of tn" dead spir-
T.. in doubt as to Just what has hap
nen"d TO thcnl. is not Very comforting
tn those who believe in a life ever
lasting. The thought of a beautiful
hereafter has done much to comfort
the world in affliction. T" reduce
such a thought to the t%waddiins
terms of mediums is To d." violence
to good taste and decency. Mr.. stead,
by a life of labor and helpfulness. has
earned his rest. To attribute L" his
spirit foolish and frivolous state
mcnts borders on sacrilcge.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-05-07
BY DIR. ABRlM SIMON.

Your inquiry reminds me of the
council of angels whose advice God
sought before He created man. The
angels of truth and peace opposed the
coming of the new type. as tending
to bring into usage the then unknown
lies and quarrels; the angels of love
ana justice, however. found in this
Very objection the strongest argument
ior til" creation of man. in whom the
victory of Kindness and Justice over
falS"hood inc vice would itself be his
assertion and measure of his divine
possibilities. God lent His willing ear
unto til" latter angels. The rabbits
meant TO teach that TIL" glory OF mar
lies in his growing recognition of the
use~icssness. i~nadequacN and eventual
elimination of the untrue and the un-
Just 10y the stronger passion of self
control. peace. M love. The survival
of the tittcst in the ethical world has
already marked with prophetic eye
the necessary defeat of the false and
the base.
What would happen if man were to
give the fb or the lie a twcnty-four-
hour vacation? Nothing unnatural or
revolutionary. The mere supposition
is a real wildcat speculation. Only
~ fevcrish imagination or a playful
intellect could coniure it into a has
relief. Between the conventional Al
anu tHS MALICIOUS lie is q Sradatl0n
Of increasing turpitude. Growth in
civilization gives a fb or a lie dyna-
mic power for evil. a fiji or a lie is
never sterile. 1t is a fruitful paren,
of i%nsinuations, misstatements. Sian.
ders and perjuries. and a first cousin
by a c%ongenital and n congenial pro.
cess of hundreds of other mental an6
moral relatives. A tw%enty-four hour
atrophy of this proclivity would NEAR
a temporary loss of life blood ant
food to this multiplying progeny. A
twenty-four hour leave Of absence
would o to man how readily h.
can dispense with and disclaim ethi,
ca! relationship to this vast brood
Why should not man be select il
choosing his mental and moral off
spring? The value. then. of a TWEEN,
ty-four houre respite to Mr.. and Mrs
Lie and the Whole Fib Family would
be in putting the more necessary ant
ethically legitimate children of tn,
mind on the lob.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-05-07

now have a chance TO realize their
hopes. The next would be an mex
tricahle tangle of love affairs of many
charming people whose eyes had bet
ter be opened under the slow process
OF matrimonial experience and trials.
The next would he the filling or en-
plying of most of the churches. The
insane asylums would receive an I'd
dition to the number of their inmates
beyond their capacity to care for. The
worst result would he the creation of
social anarchy. The smashing of
plate glass windows in store fronts
would be the mildest suggestion of an
innocent amusement compared with
the nnmasking of the delightful frauds
we all know and help.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-05-07
Bl- COMMISSIONER RUDOLPH OF
WASHINGTON.

1t is hard to tell what would hap
pen II for Il space of tW~enty-four
our every person in this country,
for instance. would tell the absolute
truth about himself and his affairs. !
imagine there would he a veritable
spell Of anarchy until things had adj
just"d themselves to the entirely now
conditions. Many things and people
upon whom we look as being the last
word in goodness would take Il sud
den and terrible tumble in the csti-
nation Of admirers. Such a condi-
tion is, | think. against human ma
turc. I don't believe it is possible
that there be n reign of absolute
truth in all human things.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-05-07
BY DIR. ADDISON MOORE.
Pastor Fifth Avenue baptist Church
\au- tnrI-

fastor flftn Avenue baptist Church,
New York.
Tho result of n days truth telling
would be for the strengthening and
nphullding of society. Because the
man who tells a lie binders the hap
piness Of society by DESTROYING good
faith IL preventing the growth of
goodness. ] should say the effect
would he constructive. although at
first it might seem destructive. What
society needs is what | call faith in
the principles of truth. Suppose no
man spoke the truth, then there would
he no society. Society principles and
amaleamations arc based upon a sense
OF loyalty. If the truth were told for
"a hours the result might he a shat
terinS of some pleasant relationships.
but it would decidedly make for d
sense of confidence in the fundament-
al truth on Which it is based.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-05-07
Curious Conversations
tTaken from Exchanges.)

Consul S. l. Gracey calls attention
to the soft and smooth tones of the
bells in use at temples and monasteries
in China and Japan. The quality of
tone is due. he says. MOI only t. the
of excellent material, but also to
the absence Of iron clappers. The
bells are never swung but are always
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-05-07
by CHAUNCEY N. DEpEw.

The first result Of telling the truth
for twenty-four hours would be that
the truth teller would lose all Of his
friends. because n loves his friends
In spite of their faults. or maybe be
u OF them. But the friends would
never forgive him for revealing their
weaknesses to the world. Secondly,
there would be the failure Of a great
many business concerns enjoying good
credit, who would probably pull
through if their real situation was
not revealed. The next would be "A
ruin of the prospects of. many ambi-
tons and aspiring politicians who
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-05-07
BY JOSEPH &. CANNON,
United States REPRESENTATIVE fro,

Illinois.
Well, it would AT least he c
Portable if everybody was compelled
to toll everything that t%ranspired in
one period of twsnty-four hours. The
worst punishment of my boyhood I
earned for telling half of the truth,
md. as I said in the beginning, to be
compelled to tell all of the truth for
one day, would at least be uncom-
Portable.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-05-07
BY MAJ

Superintendent of Washington Police.
Imagine the horrible nightmare
that would be brought into existence
If only truth should permeate the
words of every human for a space
of twenty-four hours! 7 think the
police would have more thar they
could take care of. Dur Nails would
not he big enough to hold the largo
number of people who would fall into
our custody
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-05-07
by DIR. JOHN d. Qu.AcKENBos
Professor Emeritus of Columbia
University

The whole world is one big lie.
Everything we eat. drink. wear, hides
a lie. The adulteration of food, wear
ing apparel. and drugs are so. many
lies. 1T is estimated that the people
of New York city alone are swindled
u of $117,000,0O 0 by the adulteration
of fo~odstuffs. The soda water foun-
tains alone give currency to 100 diff
ferent kinds of lies. 1t is not difficult
to imagine how much better off the
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-05-07
DELEGATION AT QUEBEC.

Quebec. May THE members of
the French delegation to the Champ
lain tercentenary celebration arrived
here today. They We're the guests Of
Lieutenant Governor Langelier. and
will be entertained at II banquet at
the Chatueau Frontenac by the pre-
In
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-05-07
STUBS DECLINES.

Topeka, Kas.. May 7.-Governor
Stubs today received a telegram
from Senator Dixon, manager for the
Roosevelt campaign, urging the gov
ernor to recede from his position not
to be a delegate to the republican ma
tional convention.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-05-07
BY FATHER VAUGHN.

What would happen II the truth
We're told for twenty-four hours?
Well. all I can asv is that ] know
nothing about it, and I ran truthfully
say that ] nor no one could guess the
result. | am not prepared to weigh
the psychology of human minds nor
even 70 guess upon the subject.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-05-07
WOODLAND COUNTRY CLUB HAS MANY ATTRACTIONS.


Many golfers from New York and Philadelphia arein interesting themselves
10 the Woodland Country Club. a new organization situated on the Wadng
River, at Chatsworth, N. ]. that from all accounts is likely soo ITO rival the
resort clubs Of the pine belt, where invigorating climate and an almost endless
variety # sporting features ire the chief assets. A fine. full gdf COURSE nine
holes o which are now ready to play, will not be the least Of these attractions
but the sportsman Of versatility is assured that he need lot con6ne bis entire
Ito b. enjoyed.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-05-07
BY Y G.AYNoR
of Now Norl,

Ut .NEW 1UTN.
If tho truth were old for "a hours
what would he the result
II would be a greater shock than an
earthquake and possibly do more
damage. Every one would think as
now, hat every one else was living,
and act accordingly. And you see
what mischief that would make.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-05-07

a. W W u"nucp passenger vessel soon to be launched at h yards of the Vulcan Cmmnv .ux
~ M m monster snamshIs the Cuad and White Star line onpaax
lM exact exact "ne@@d the vessel have not been made public but the picture awem made ha German mr
SHOWS now far she exceeds in length ad height the Deutschland one of he greatest Of nm cem +.-
N" "a@NManuc
10 pode shnchss she has been built With d0be bottoms dM view of the recent accident nA MI
"" hH DaTs are considering hrhr means of increasingly her strength and sMmn@m pupmHon to ~
great bulk The builders say She being CONSTRUCTED not SOL much for high speed as for shadnem and mmnr
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-05-07

The governor again declined. say-
ing he desired others. who had work.
ed equally hard for Roosevelt in KAN
sas. to have that honor.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-05-07

Our notion of Il smart man Is ono
who can make money from Cancelled
postage stamps.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-04-29

other stop until Eiizabethport was
reached.
While these complaints have TO do
mainly with the rains Of the Cen
trail railroad, perhaps the most ag-
gravatlng features Of the trip be-
tween here and the shore is the M
train on the Pennsylvania railroad
that leaves Asbury Park at a con-
]venient time for all parents to re-
turn home with their children. The
train runs through, making practic-
ally all the stops, including South
Amboy, but after that no stop is
made until Railway is reached. Pas
sengers coming to Perth Amboy are
forced to alight At South Amboy
and make the rest of the Journey by
trolley. Those who have done this
have declared hat it has taken
them just as long to get from South
Amboy to Perth Amboy, as 1t did to
make the journey from Asbury Park
to South Amboy.
Just why the Pennsylvania rail
road should run a train, stopping at
all places including towns much
smaller than Perth Amboy, and then
go rushing through this city, with
a population Of $4,000, is hard to
understand. This train always
stopped here until a few years ago,
reaching here about 6:42 p. NJ. Why
Perth Amboy was discontinued as a
stopping point is something the
Board of Trade should find out. 1t
is time the people Of this city fore
ed the railroads t understand that
Perth Amboy is decidedly on the
map and is one of the most pro-
gressive cities in this section of the
country.
1t is safe to say hat the railroads
make more money out of Perth Am
boy, taking the railroad business as
a whole than many towns that are
Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-04-29
FOR THE FAIRGROUNDS.

BY deciding to take prompt ac-
ton toward the establishment Of
Fairgrounds in this city the play
ground commissioners show that
they are determined to give the peo-
pie something along this line this
yea The idea of equipping two of
the school yards is excellent. 1t is
to be hoped that the commission will
have enough money left to open
still another playground In a school
yard further in the north or north
western section of the city so as TO
accommodate the children there.
With competent c%aretahers in
charge, these Fairgrounds will not
only keep q great many children off
the streets during summer, where
they are in constant danger of being
run over, but they will be a source
of training for them as we'll as fur
nishing amusement.
In the meantime every effort
should be made toward securing Il
large amusement center, already
mentioned, which 1t Is now proposed
to establish on the site of the old
water works at Eagleswood, The
EVENING NEWS believes this to be
an ideal location for such a purpose,
and with the purchase of a few more
acres of land, as proposed by the
playground commission, the spot
could be made one Of the finest
Fairgrounds and parks in the state.
It is time that the city spent some
none along this line. We have
been paving streets, building sewers
and extending water mains until the
town is we'll cared for In this regard,
The neXt move should be a place OF
amusement for the people. Other
cities are spending thousands Of dol
lars In the equipment of play
grounds and parks, and Perth Am
boy cannot afford to lag behind.
The site as E%agleswood is an Ideal
spot for a beginning and with the
purchase Of fifteen or twenty acres
to be added to what the city al
ready owns, a park and playground
could be established that would be a
credit to the city.