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The Washington herald., 1912-04-28

wasn't your fault. It was mine. Now, let's
change things Let's try having a smile on
our faces from morning until night. Let's
cultivate saying happy optimistic things.
And to show you that my heaTt'sin the right
place I'm going TO stick TO you, every one OF
you. until the last chance is gone. Remem-
Der, II anybody leaves this place We all leave,
We're one big family"
told some funny stories then about men
who had almost failed and suddenly made
good. tried to cheer the employees up and
in doing so found myself growing happier.
Then ordered a large sign painted to be
placed across the front Of the store. 1t ran
thus:
YES. WE ARE HAPPY!
WE'VE GOT A GOOD BUSINESS.
I'VE GIVE GOOD VALUES.
"oUR CUSTOMERS APPRECIATE US
AND WE APPRECIATE THEM"
=
Optimism Brought Trade.
Then 1 proceeded to dress in my best. 20
mingle with my friends. to drop around the
clubs, and TO do everything possible 20 meet
everybody in town that knew. And with
every one I preached optimism. told OF
plans had for my business. howl was going
TO enlarge It. As the town in which had my
store was rather small. the news that had
hired back my clerks went around just
swiftly as the information that had let
them go. With every one I laughed and
joked- placed myself at the front door Of
the store 20 be the first to smile when .
customer came in. lived life where wor-
ries were trodden underfoot, and where only
optimism existed
And soon found that the clerks and sales
people were with me. saw that they had a
good word for every one. that they worked as
they never had worked before TO make good
on their sales. that they did not have dis
satisfied customers. and that. when work was
over they went right on plugging for the
store by talking Of its merits and the good
business II was doing.
And the power Of optimism won. Soon
people around town began talking Of my
store and watching for the advertisements.
Once again the aisles began to present their
old appearance. Soon after that the old time
sales had returned. And-well now I am do
ing the greatest business ever did in my life.
And the reason my place Is so heavily patron
lied is summed up in one woman's remark to
another on a street car:
%. yes. always buy there. They treat
me 30 nice"
The Washington herald., 1912-04-28
Insured Against Illness.

~HE number OF cases Of sickness with
inability to work which received aid
from the various classes Of invalid In
surance In Germany during 1910 was
5.l9T.o .os0, as against 5.o45.Te3 in 1909.
The average number Of members increased
from 12,519.7s6 in 1909 to 1S.06e.S75 in 1910.
The total number Of days OF sickness for
which compensation or hospital treatment
was given was 10. .7os.104. an average OF
sol per member. compared with los, ,S6s, ,4l2
days in 1900, an average OF s.26 per member.
The total number Of funds was g ,1ss IN 1910.
divided among parish invalid Insurance. ais
t-ict sick funds, trade funds. buiiderS funds,
corporation funds, and registered funds
The Washington herald., 1912-04-28

- NDER favorable environment the
physical development OF a race i'm
proves. This was shown by Gould
~ and Baxter IN their Investigation Of
the physical characteristics Of the
soldiers enlisting during the war Of the re-
belllon, by H P. Bowditch in his investiga-
tions OF the development Of Boston school
children, and by similar Investigations car
ried on at later times in various cities IN
America as well as abroad
From a practical point Of view It seemed
all important TO know whether American
environment had favorable or unfavorable
effect upon the descendants Of immigrants.
The investigation has shown much more
than was anticipated There are not only
decided changes IN the rate OF Development
The Washington herald., 1912-04-28

The Joint capital of the various funds
amounted to o.543. 200 In 1910 and the re-
eeTpts. minus those for invalid insurance,
came to SEQ 26e, 10. The regular expenses
minus the cost of management for invalid
insurance, amounted to $50, 40. .752. The
costs of illness included In the last total ag-
Eregated S76.164,e57. The average Of illness
expenses was S5.s3 per member and the costs
Of management averaged only 81 cents per
member. The costs OF management. minus
those Of the invalid Insurance.. totaled "a 4s6s.-
SSs The costs Of the trade funds and the
builders funds are sustained almost entirely
by the employees and those Of the parish In
valid Insurance wholly BY the parish.
The Washington herald., 1912-04-28
Products Of Inventors Genius.

A telephone small enough to be carried in the
vest pocket and which can be attached to con-
nections provided in public places Is an Eng
lish invention.
An attachment for monographs by which
violin can be connected with record and
made to produce music has been invented BY
a wisconsin man.
The Washington herald., 1912-04-28
Physical Improvement in Type
of Immigrants Due toEnvironment
By PROF. FRANZ BOAS,
OF Columbia University.

Of immigrants. but there is also far-reach-
ing change in the type-a change which can
not be ascribed TO selection or mixture. but
which can only be explained as due directly
to the influence OF environment. This con-
clusion has been tested in many different
ways and seems to be amply proved. II has
been stated before that, according to all
our experiences, the bodily traits which have
been observed to undergo a change under
American environment belong 10 those char
actsristics Of the human body which are
considered the most stable. We are. there
fore, compelled to draw the conclusion that
II these traits change under the influence
OF environment, presumably none Of the
characteristics OF the human types that come
to America remain stable.
The Washington herald., 1912-04-28

Maine inventor has combined a gasoline
traction engine and thrashing machine on
one set Of wheels. the same power being used
for both purposes.
A French engineer has invented sand box
for locomotives in which a stream Of water
S used to carry the sand to the rails with but
LITTLE waste.
The Washington herald., 1912-04-28
Too Many Laborers in Canada;
No More Needed in Western Part.
ByDAVID T. WILDER,
" DAVID T. WILDER,
United States Consul General.

means to keep them for some time in case
they cannot obtain employment and to take
them sack to the United States II finally
unsuccessful However, larger numbers
have been attracted to British Columbia
than can possibly obtain work. although the
province is developing rapidly. Hardly day
has essed during this winter when the situa-
ton Of the unemployed In Vancouver has not
been brought repeatedly TO my attention by
destitute Americans seeking assistance to get
home. No less than 5000 Americans have
permanently returned from Vancouver alone
since Nov. L
1t should also be added that the laws
against vagrancy are very strict ana rigidly
enforced in Vancouver.
The Washington herald., 1912-04-28
Favcett a Noted Man.

Except for the great poets, Homer and
Milton. probably the most famous blind man
In history was Henry Fawcett, whose career
Is almost unbelievable, so much did he ac-
complish. He became blind at the age Of
q owing to the carelessness Of his own
father, while they were out hunting to-
Rether. A promising career seemed TO be
hopelessIy blighted, but It is recorded Of him
that he bore the calamity with superlative
courage"
He went right on with his education and
became an instructor and writer on polit-
icaI economy. At =, he was elected TO par
lament and for years was wonderfully ac-
tive In that great field Of braIny men The
greatest triumph in the life OF this blind man
was his appointment by Gladstone to the
position Of postmaster general OF Great Brit
ain.
In this post Of high honor he distinguished
himself and was decidedly progressive. in
PRODUCING among other innovations. govern
mental ownership Of telegraph lines
Throughout his life " he acted on the prtnci-
pie that a blind man should, as far as pos
Eible, act and be treated like a seeing man.
He kept up the recreations to which he had
been devoted. He was a sturdy pedestrian
ard a very powerful skater. often skating
nfty or sixty miles day
Equally interesting, though not as noted,
Is the career OF Prof James ". Welsh of
Ohio Few blind men can come anywhere
near his record. II we Judge by the variety
Of occupations which he followed. Music
was his main field and he became well known
as a teacher and concert player. But he
also was at different times farmer. a law
yer, and a broom manufacturer. He was
an expert horse trader and even ventured
to break in horses that seeing men could
not subdue.
The Washington herald., 1912-04-28
c.zuse of Race Antipathies.


Even the autipathles Of race are due TO
what are often but minor difrerentiations In
quality. " sufficient TO create misunderstand-
ing and thwart useful assimilation The fact
that so much community oothe fundamental
the accessory. and yet more dervauve
traits, English and French, or English and
German, or English and American, Is SO
instantly and persistenuy impressed Wild
these differences demonstrates how marked
" rneu,live and, Judge byvthe4r national color
schemes
This o1uotation Is from " The Qualities OF
Men" By Prof Joseph Jastrow Of the UNI
yer,slty Of Wisconsin, who goes on to say:
Indeed, Mr. KIpling regards the assimilation
os a high class Americansto high grade Eng
lish surroundings as so unattainaoie as 10
caU the attempt the story Of An Experiment
IN the Fourth Dimension And within our
own vast and yet eficIentIy asstmilatsd do
main no-therner and southerDer, easterner
and wesherner, profession and trade, urban
and rus+tc. mass and class. are acutely con-
srjoSrs Of their differendations. The law OF
social spechalization obtains; It presents the
minor vet real danger OF raising fences and
nrornotfnE feuds; It performs the larger serv-
ice OF perSscting and developing the social
,,sIue of the.higher rangesNOf the qualities OF
men"
Elsewhere Prof. Jastrow has said. in re-
ferrInE to the possession OF general kno"l-
edge by men: AN early distinction is that
between the wise man, the initiated, the
ADEPT. and the common every day man, the
one uninitiated into the mysteries OF know
ing the arts of doing"
The Washington herald., 1912-04-28
Prank Made Him Famous.


II was this very large ambition that led
him into a prank that has helped TO keep his
name famous. To gain more knowledge OF
organ construction he concealed himself in
the cathedral at Carlisle and when every
one else had left the building he felt around
among the organ pipes and gained the facts
that he desired. But forgetting that 1t was
now about midnight he sat down at the key
board and began TO play some OF his favorite
pieces The neighborS aroused from slum-
Der, were astounded at this midnight music!
Some thought an angel or spirit was playing
the organ. Al last some one brought light
into the cathdral and discovered the blind
musician. He was reprimanded for this
intrusion, but was given permission TO play
the organ at more seasonable hours.
In the course OF short time he built sew
eraI organs that worked to perfection
Several blind men have been successful In
ventors In o small way. One Of these was
Alexander Davidson. blind from his seventh
year, who continued his studies and passed
through the University OF Edinburgh. To his
cleverness was due the invention Of very
important apparatus for relieving the mining
pits Of carbonIc acid gas.
Another British inventor among the blind
was Thomas wilson who lived before the
days Of rapid machinery and big factories.
He not only gained fame as q wood turner but
actually devised q special lathe and some
nav tools for that line OF work. A Massa-
chusetts man who was stone blind Invented
the "wunder Mop" and the machinery for
making IT, He also invented an improved
track broom for Use on street car rails
II would take a long time to enumerate all
The Washington herald., 1912-04-28
Some Famous Blind Men.

Some Famous Blind Men.
Henry N Couden was even more noteo IN
Washington, being chaplain Of the house OF
representatives for many years Edward
CroweIl was a professor of Latin at Amherst
for more than twenty years. Niehoias
Saunderson and DR.. Henry Moyes not only
lectured to seeing people but were actually
able to give learned talks on opucs-the
science Of vision. Dr. Moyes had the honor
of being the first blind man to perform
chemical experiments in connection with q
public lecture.
A very noted instance Of a blind man In
active business is found in the career OF John
HerreShoi. the boat builder, who was blind
from Is fifteenth year. While it is true that
the success OF the business was due to his
sighted brother, yet mspy Of the most I'M
portant decisions Of the company were made
by this blind man. its president. 1t was said
Of him that by passing his hand over a
model Of a ship he could tell more about Its
value than most men who have the use Of
their eyes"
Another noted blind man In America was
the late Walter L. Campbell. who was one
Of the campaign speakers on Bryan's side
in the great free silver battle a few years
ago. Mr. Campbell lost his sight when )
years Of age, owing to the carelessness OF
playmate, who threw a clod OF dirt square in
his eyes Nevertheless. Campbell went
through Western Reserve university with
high honor and studied law. He successfully
passed the bar examination and was later
appointed United States commissioner in the
newly created territory Of Wyoming.
When his work there was over he returned
TO youngstown. O.. and for many years con
Quoted a prominent Journal. writing his OWL
editorials. with the assistance OF a secre.
tarv or else upon the typewriter itself. which
he could manipulate with speed and &C.
curacy. He was a progressive student Of
AFFAIRS and an original thinker.
The Washington herald., 1912-04-28
Index Of sensibilities.

For those who cannot create but can
enjoy, the measure Of their appreciation as
for the artist himself. becomes the index OF
their cultivated sensibilitiess'
Class distinctions. though prone to be-
come artificial and irrelevant, are founded
upon sensibiHties that are deep and con-
genIality that is responsive
However cirSumstanced, social and In
The Washington herald., 1912-04-28
No Smiles-No Business.

Who would care TO buy from store where
there were no smiles. where pleasantly was
missing. and wheCe optimism was an un-
known factor7 No wonder that the stream.
once started away from the place, had con-
tinued to pass Il by. Then. II pessimlsm and
a general air Of gloom were running my ousi-
ness, optimism must bring It back. De-
termIned to try the scheme at least
The hrst thing did was TO hire back every
salesman and salesgirl had dismissed. Then
I called a meeting Of all the employees Of the
place.
said: "I have come to the notion that
pesstmism has been hurting this business.
I remember now that worried when busi-
ness was good and gave you an cause to
worry, believing that It would fall down as
soon as a change in the weather came. Nat
uraIIy you at once thought OF your Jobs You
were not as cheerful a. you should be. It
The Washington herald., 1912-04-28
Sightless Men Are Not Jobless;
Many Occupations Open to Blind.
By FRANK R. WALTON.

Of the trades. professions. and arts which the
blind have successfully practiced. James
holman gained fame as '' the blind traveller
and Francois Huber Of switzerland was
called 1.-The blind naturalist" Vidal was
a slghtIess sculptor. OF more recent cate
is the career OF T P. Gore, the blind senator
from Oklahoma.
The Washington herald., 1912-04-28
Value Of the Inequalities.


In the beginning OF The Qualities of
Men" there II the statement that the idea
that all men are born free and equal is q
profound error. II It were true there would
be reason for the most pessimistic views of
the world. The dull are inevitable. for
there would be no hills but for the IowIands
and plains, and no great mass Of ordinary
work could be done without a great mass
Of ordinary workers TO do II, but II all
humanity were the quality Of its average,
we should be vacant Of our glorious gains,
and as successive heirs OF al the ages have
little TO inherit The inequalities Of men
furnish the material for nature and civiliza-
tion alike and Jointly to work upon. Clay
makes the earthen pot and the finer vessel;
but the texture of the raw material and
the potter's art transform the finished prod
uct."
The Washington herald., 1912-04-28
Right Placement Important.

And after they are developed they must be
rightly placed. THE qualities OF greatest
avail IN one situation prove relatively profit
less IN another. The situations. though at
once limited and fostered by the qualities Of
men, are dominantly imposed uponthem. are
artificial because OF their reconstructed en-
pbasis Of quality. The inability to conform
to that radical readjustment marks primitive
races for determination, when overtaken and
dispossessed BY the relentless regime Of
civilization
The very qualities most directly contribu
tory TO high success in the encouragement OF
one sympathetic milieu may in the less hospn-
table disposition OF the other retire to q
career Of meager Satisfaction In
every reahzable social system, men OF un-
equal quality win hold IKE positions; and
again, men OF equal qualities will hold
vastly different positions While
mindful Of the dangers OF foverrehnement and
the enfeeblement OF energy by hesitation OF
scruple or shock. the more imminent peri!
lies in a crude sensationalisn, in the insensi-
tiveness that bulglIke overrides what It
cannot appreciate. Yet the common form
Of the difficulty is that OF the unwise neglect
Of the gifts OF sensfbility in favor OF the
more tractable and more tangible acquisi-
tons"
The Washington herald., 1912-04-28
Wider Service Not Appreciated.

Wider Service Not Appreciated.
The grain that is allowed to go on and de-
veIop until It can serve for seed has the pros
pect Of a far wider usefulness than one that
is consumed when It is green. but this counts
as nothing TO those who have hot the patience
TO wait for dts full development, nor the abil-
ity to appreciate that in the end they could
have this wider service from It.
There is something fragile seeming about
high quality to the people who cannot appre-
ciate its concentrated strength. It requires
nicer Adjustments to bring out Its full worth.
and any slight nsw shows up the more be-
cause It Is in such fine surroundings.
Men have the defects Of their qualities, and
the higher up a man is the more is expected
Of him. and the more necessary It Is that he
be able to bear the illumination Of the fullest
limelight Prof Barrett Wendell has clsv-
erly given the reason why the faults Of the
upper strata OF society are SO manifest, and
the same reason may hold in reference to the
upper strata of attainment
He says: Tho faults Of the upper classes,
partly by reason OF their very emergence,
are often more conspicuous than the virtues;
and the virtues of the lower classes, partly
by reason Of their submergence, often seem
more instantly salient than their faults. The
bottom Of things above you Is what meets the
eye, whoever or wherever you are, and the
top Of things below"
The Washington herald., 1912-04-28
.sensibility Makes the Man" i"


This little book, The Qualities Of Men,
is a plea for the recognition Of the claims OF
sensfbIlty. II IS sensibility that makes quail
,ty. sensibiIity makes the man" and
quality comes out in his deeds.
Prof. Jastrow says: - II had TO face the
opuIsnt necessity of surgical operation.
should be looking only for the best surgeon
When we examine into the qualities
that make the great physician, Of bodies Gu
r,ously entangled with souls, we begin to
ind that sensfbilities count, giving expert
ness its finer edge. separating the very best
from the very good.
"I contend simply that there are few call
inRs demanding any high order Of quality in
which sensibiHty is not a vital factor; few
OCCUPATIONS that do not reflect for better or
worse for richer or for poorer, the funds-
mental distinctions OF human quality pre-
sented by depths and varieties OF sensi-
biIity''
The following are some Of the somewhat
aphoristIc statements from this book:
THE personal qualities Of the artist are
but the unfoldments Of his sensfbiHties, and
the higher pleasures and the deeper pains
furnish the standards OF worth that inspire
his expression"
The Washington herald., 1912-04-28
Likenesses in Men Impressive.

Such philosophers are far more impressed
by the Hkenesses in men and the need Of
keeping one level than by the great pos
sibilities of divergence. They project their
thought something after the manner OF q
certain writer. who says:
when you come to think OF IT there is
something very remarkable in the fact that
all dogs are dogs. whether Borzois or Toy
Poms. whether whippets or Great Danes.
Why this is cannot understand; why they
all. although so utterly different, should
alike be dogs, with vast groundwork OF
character identicaIly the same. nor how
they should derive from common ances-
tor"
There seems ever to be something invidi-
Gus IN a comparison Of men that empha-
sizes the vast variations between men be-
cause Of native quality, rather than dwells
upon their human nkenesseS- 1t is even more
agreeable to the majority OF mankind TO
recognize that men are by birth or station
on different levels or In different classes
than TO admit the fact that e man OF native
senzibllity. matured by cultivation, is Of a
far higher type Of usefulness to the world
than one Of dulIer qualities, low ideals, and
little or no power of appreciating the high
est things when he sees them.
One Of the most subtle and hidden-and
also open-warfares in the world is that
which goes on between men OF real quail
ity and men with little or no quality or
any Of the higher sensfbilities. Much OF
the great struggle which society represents
Is fundamentally because men differ in quail
ity.
The Washington herald., 1912-04-28

than suficient laborers in this province at
present for any demands likely TO arise in
the course of the year.
The immigration Of laborers from the
United States to Canada should be discour-
aged until further Developments have greatly
changed the labor situation here. Imml-
grants from the United States are bound to
be disappointed because Of the lower wages
higher cost OF living. and the great uncer-
tainty of obtaining employment They
should In no case come without suff1cient
The Washington herald., 1912-04-28
Foundation of Civilization.

1t is upon the esteem Of the upper ranges
OF quality that the life of civilization depends,
as It is the choicer qualities that become in
creasingly significant IN the more directive
and more distinctive service. Any neglect or
feeble appreciation of the commanding worth
Of the finer human qualities obstructs human
progress and endangers the fate Of the hu-
mantties."
That there Is much neglect of the finer quail
tties by the short sighted and unapprecIettve
Prof Jastrow knows and sets forth AS
a constant student OF mind lore and OF the
part mind plays in the practical matters Of
the world, as we'll as those which appeal 10
the higher sendbihties, he is worth listening
to.
Civilization Is to him the working out OF
finer issues. 1t Is results OF the working out
OF such issues that furnish the chief remnants
we have OF former civilizations. But perhaps
all civilizations. like our own OF today. are
guilty of WHsting what Is most precious. the
higher qualities Of men. Quality costs energy
am effort is expensive, and men without II
or without what quality develops cannot see
its worth.
And quality is always conditioned BY cir
cumstance, even when It comes out in
achievement. Careers have been called COM
promises between qualities and circum
achievements get confused with circum-
stance. The higher qualities demand favor
ing conditions for their development and to
facilitate their growth involves the ability
TO appreciate them.