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Recreation and Morals.

The statement that long hours of
work and continuous drudgery have. a
deleterious effect upon morals is so
logical as to require no argument.
When the human system is completely
exhausted it seeks stimulation in
abnormal and unhealthy excitement.
The result is certainly injurious.
1t is unfortunate that the law of
compensation enters into every effort
to improve human welfare. The re-
duction of hours of labor cannot be
accomplished without either cutting
down wages or increasing the number
of employees. The former means a
loss to the workingman or working
woman, and the latter means addi-
tional expense to the employer, for
which, eventually, the consumer must
pay. At the same time, If is essen
tial, if we are to have due regard
for morals, to give consideration to
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The Home and School Garden.

The more than fifteen thousand
home gardens started III Philadelphia
under the general supervision of
teachers are beginning to carry into
each household the benefits of the
agricultural competition in the school
yards. This element of competition
is very important The zeal of every
child is fostered by the knowledge
that close at hand another youthful
amateur is striving to raise, if pos
sible, better things. Eventually this
must quite naturally lead into a larger
movement representing the interest of
the grown-ups in civic development
and improvement
In the Quaker City the school board
is urging not only upon high school
pupils, but also upon those of the
lower grades, a realization of their
share of the responsibility in making
better and still more beautiful city.
A great deal can be done by our
children in this direction if they will
make those little patches in front or
in the rear of their parents homes
more attractive by planting some
flowers or shrubbery; anything to
please the eye and beget cleanliness.
Let us, then, go at it in the right
way. We will find ready response
on the part of our children if the
school authorities will persist in do
ing that which is done at Philadel-
phia. Besides, it is a sign of the
times that children are encouraged
and urged to plant gardens under
their own windows at home and in
school Yards.
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AMATEURS
By GEORGE FITCH,
Author of cat Good Old Siwash.'

An amateur Is a man who does some
thing for the love OF it instead Of the
money he can make.
AS soon as a man accepts money for
playing a game of any sort, or plays
with a man who has accepted money, or
tips his hat to the female relatives of
man who has played game for
money, he becomes a professional. and
is regarded with horror by all pure
amateurs
An amateur must not take anything
but gold and silver and copper mugs,
Jugs. loving cups and other bric-a-brac
as prizes. When an amateur becomes a
champion, he has to hire woodshed to
keep his trophies in and he spends his
life running races or playing games for
the benefit of the promoters of manly
sport who sell the sporting goods and
pocket the gate receipts.
In America a man cannot be an anna
teur football player IL he has ever &C
cepted money for playing baseball or
hopscotch or mumblepeg. In England
the rules are still more strict. No man
can be an amateur in England who has
ever made money at anything. If an
Englishman should so demean himself
as to earn his living. instead Of making
someone else do 1t for him, he would
not be an amateur, and would contami-
nate an athletic meeting with his pres
ence.
Some people think America ought to be
as strict as England and should not al
low vulgar wage earners to compete with
the sort Of amateurs who drive to the
games in their own automobiles. How
ever, this should be done by dividing
athletes into three classes-professionals
amateurs, and snobs.
Nowadays in America there il 80 much
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Progressives in Bulk; Progressives IN
Detail,

Taken as a whole, the people of
this country are progressive and will
say so in a contest between two cam
didates; but when it comes to detail
measures there is some uncertainty,
perhaps even some indifference, be-
cause voting for measures lacks the
dramatic interest which makes a race
between men so very attractive. as is
proven by the fact that the vote for
President under almost all circum-
stances is high.
What is the cause? Back of all
these conditions, no doubt, there is a
feeling that among individual meas
ures, brought before the people with
so much waving of hands and strain
ing of lungs, there is not one which
really goes far to change or would
change our system or mode of living
by more than a passing result.
Let us say that about three-ffths of
the voters of the land are progressive
on all measures, and only two-ifths
in detail To quote an instance: Two
thirds of the Ohio vote went to
Messrs. Wilson and Roosevelt, against
only one-third for Mr.. Taft. A lit
tie earlier, when that State adopted
progressive constitution, only about
half of the citizens voted either for
or against the progressive idea. One
fifth of Colorado's vote was for Mr..
Taft, against the progressive idea,
but out of thirty-two nominally pro-
gressive schemes that were submitted
to the referendum at the very same
election, one-half received less than
80 per cent of the registered vote
In Oregon, Mr. Debs received more
than one-third as many votes of Mr.
Taft, but only two-hfths. of the citi-
zens voted one way or another upon
the most discussed progressive amend
ment to the State constitution, that
for woman suffrage.
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Court Gossip of Interesting
Events on Two Continents
VILLAIN GIBBS McADOO.
Secretary of the Treasury.

her cheeks glow with an enthusiasm
that transformed her face and made her
appear almost beautiful
And this reminds me that this very
Miss Morgan is responsible for the hob
BILE skirt craze. 1t is due to her having
gathered her skirts around her ankles
with a running string (une Coulisse)
when about 'hobbling" into the aero
plane to make a flight with the aviator
French modern history furnishes two
illustrious examples of the declaration
of 'nullity' of marriages, that of Ma
poleon and Josephine by Cardinal Fesch
and that of the Due de Berri (son Of
King Charles Y of France) and Amy
Brown in King Street Chapel. London
Another instance, some thirty years ago.
was that of Prince Albert of Monaco and
Lady Mary Douglas Hamilton, the
"Rota" tribunal awarding the judgment
in her favor. 1t was not obliged to
know what everybody knew that she
wanted to marry the accomplished,
handsome Count Festetics. The fact that
a son had been born of the marriage
did not matter to the tribunal, except
that the children were reputed legitimate.
So much as to Count Boniface, the
next Marquis de Castellane, who, no
all that the "Jeunesse d'Oree" of the
Paris boulevards know them for. He de-
served all he got. but what ranked with
in mis- breast and the thing for which he
mainly sought to be revenged by the
aid of the church was the fact that his
first cousin. Helie de Sagan, wormed
himself into the confidence and SYM
pathy of the wife who discarded her
husband and who finally succeeded in
marrying her.
1t is a case of the pot calling the kettle
black. for Helie de Sagan was no less
one of the worst type of idle. parasitic
Boulevardier than his own cousin
Boni. Nor was he less in debt if any
thing, he was beset worse by his cred
itors. Very few persons knew Helie de
Sagan in the early days of his career as
dandy with scarcely any allowance for
keeping up the sham existence, and these
knew very little that was to his credit
AS long as his father was live-himself
an old bon-viveur and discarded by his
second wife, the Princess Won Sagan-
Helie was but little heard Of. The aged
roue led a pitiful. almost poverty
stricken existence until after the death
Of the Princess Won Sagan he was made
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At last Count Boni de Castellane,
divorced from the person and the great
fortune of Anna Gould Che present
Princess de Sagan and Duchess de Tai
leyrand). has succeeded in obtaining
Judgment annulling this marriage. The
divorce had been asked by the Countess
Anna and was opposed by Count Boni,
who is Catholic, and as such a stanch
believer in the indissolubility of the
marriage tie. Rumor has been rife
in Paris high life that Count Boni is
about to wed another American heir
ess-the daughter of Pierpont Morgan.
Whether this is so or owing to some
other cause, 1 learn that 1t has oc-
CURED to Bonviveur Boni that. after
all. there may be a flaw in his first
marriage. What this particular flaw
might be 1T was for attorneys well
versed in canon law to discover, am
plify, and make case of 1t. His par
ticular contention was that Anna
Gould. being a Protestant, was unable
to fully comprehend the peculiar sane
tity of Catholic marriage. and that,
therefore. her vows were void.
Even during her engagement Anna
Gould told her friends that she intended
to divorce the count should he ever
misbehave, which he did many times.
She told him so on the eve of her wed
ding She belonged to the Presbyterian
Church. which holds marriage to be
civil contract. but with religious color.
Her companion was present at the con-
versation. Count Boni agreed to the
compact, though being a Catholic, and
the nuptials were solemnized in New
York with great pomp, the Archbishop
officiating and reading cablegram
from Rome conveying the Pope's bless
ing. The blessing and the marriage both
turned out TO be null and void.
1t is incredible, yet the rumor persists
that the Eighty. spendthrifty, Count Boni
has won the sympathy of Miss Anna
Morgan. and the promise of her hand.
II is difficult to believe Miss Morgan
has impressed all who have come in
contact with her as being a whole
some, sensible American girl. She never
has betrayed a weakness for titles and
heraldry that have no longer any mean
ing, in France at any rate. She did
show admiration for Wilbur Wright,
whose experiments in aviation she wit
messed as sympathetic American on
the parade-grounds Of LIE Mans and Pau,
taking great pride in them. They made
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STA ESMEN-REAL AND NEAR
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Bv FRED c. KELLY

strength and admired them and Dragged
about them until he could walk right up
TO them and put on a halter. After that
he broke the entire bunch to lead, and
there was no further comedy at his ex-
pense.
Some years later Thompson aspired to
be district judge, and he slipped into
the job because nobody took his candi-
dacy seriously. He was then only thirty
four, and looked younger, and the learn
ed members of the bar were inclined to
run about in circles shrieking and carry
ing on as if life had become a nuisance.
They talked of doing something to have
the presumptuous young man removed.
but there he was with his election pa
pers. and what could they do? They
were Obliged at least 10 give him a trial.
Thompson handled the lawyers about as
he had the unruly boys in school. When
they came around to glare at him like a
lot of dowagers, he humored them and
said he was a little young and inexperi-
enced. but with their kindly advice he
thought he could get away with il. So
they had to put up with him. And after
a while they didn't mind. He was i'm
partial, worked hard. and cleared up the
docket better than any one had before.
And he drew a second term.
When Thompson got into the race for
United States Senator. though. the oppo-
sition said 1t was too ridiculous even TO
talk. let alone take seriously.
Yet here he is.
Representative Frank Mondell of Wy
oming was riding across a stretch of
Western country in stage coach few
years ago with a friend from the East.
When they started out the driver came
around and asked the passengers IL they
wished to trayel fist, second. or third
class. Each made selection according
to ,is rocketbook and position in life.
ard then the driver seated them all
side by side. This puzzled the fastener.
Some were riding first class, others sec
ond and third class, yet all had the
saIae seats.
You'll understand it all before long,,
Mondell assured him, mysteriousiy.
And he did. The stage approached a
steep hill. The driver whoaed his horses
and yelled back: "First-class passengers
keep their seats: second-class passengers
get out and walk; third-class passen-
gers take of their coats and push
Copyright. 1918, by Fred c. Kelly. All Rights
Reserved.l
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When l was fourteen years old. in the
winter Of IL or '73 1 visited Europe for
the second time, and this trip formed
really useful part of my education. We
went to Egypt journeyed up the Nile.
Travelled through the Holy Land and
part of Syria. visited Greece and Con-
stantinople: and then We children spent
the summer in a German family in
Dresden.
My first real collecting as a student
of natural history was done in Egypt
during this journey. BY this time !
had good working knowledge of
American bird life from the superb
cially scientific standpoint. / had no
knowledge of the ornitho1ogy of Egypt,
but L picked up in Cairo book by an
English clergyman, whose name / have
now forgotten, who described trip up
the Nile, and in an appendix to his
volume gave an account of his bird
collection. / wish I could remember
the name of the author now, for 1 owe
that book very much. Without il
should have been collecting entirely in
the dark, whereas with it's aid l could
generally find out what the birds were.
My first knowledge Of Latin was OBJ
tanned by learning the scientific names
of the birds and mammals which | col
lected and classified by the aid of such
books as this one.
The birds / obtained up the Nile and
in Palestine represented merely the
usual boys collection. Some years aft
erward | gave them, together with the
other ornithological specimens i had
gathered, to the Smithsonian Institu-
ton in Washington. and i think some
of them also to the American Museum
of Natural History in New York. / am
told that the skins are to be found yet
in both places and in other public col
lections. I doubt whether they have
any original labels on them. With
great pride the directors of the "Roose-
Welt Museum" consisting of myself
and the two cousins aforesaid. had
printed set of Roosevelt Museum la
bells in pink ink preliminary to what
was regarded as my adventurous trip
to Egypt. This bird-collecting was
gave what was really the chief zest to
my Nile journey. l was old enough
and had read enough to enjoy the tenn
pies and the desert scenery and the
general feeling of romance; but this
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in time would have palled IL I had not
also had the serious work of collect
ing and preparing my specimens.
Doubtless the family had their mo-
ments of suffering-especially on one
occasion when well-meaning maid
extracted from my taxidermist's outfit
the old toothbrush with which / put
on the skins the arsenical soap neces-
sary for their preservation. partially
washed il, and left il with the rest of
my wash kit for my own personal use.
l suppose that all growing boys tend
to be grubby; but the archaeological
small boy. or indeed the boy with the
taste for natural history of any kind,
is generally the very grubbiest of all.
An added element in my case was
the fact that while in Egypt / suddenly
started TO grow. AS there were no
tailors up the Nile. when l got back to
Cairo 1 needed a new outfit. But there
was one suit of clothes too good TO
throw away, which We kept for
Change" and which was known
my 'Smike suit" because it left my
wrists and ankles as bare as those of
poor Smike himself
When we reached Dresden we
younger children were left TO spend
the summer in the house of Herr
Minckwitz, member of either the Mu-
have forgotten which. 1t was hoped
that in this way we would acquire
some knowledge of the German Ian
guage and literature They were the
kindest family imaginable. / shall
never forget the unwearied patience
of the two daughters. The father and
mother. and shy. thin. student cousin
who was living in the fiat, were no
less kind Whenever / could get out
into the country L collected specimens
industriously and enlivened the house
hold with hedgehogs and other small
beasts and reptiles which persisted in
escaping from partially closed bureau
drawers. The two sons were fascfnat
ing students from the University of
Liepsic, both of them belonging to the
dueling corps, and much SCARED in
consequence. One, famous swords
man. was called Der Rothe Herzog (the
Red Duke). and the other was nick
named Herr Nasehorn (Sir Rhinoceros)
because the tip of his nose had been
cut off in duel and sewn on again
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the problem and, if necessary, make
sacrifices which will bring about a
better condition of affairs
1t is hopeful sign of the times
that thoughtful men and women are
devoting their attention to questions
which concern the welfare of their
fellow-creatures. This is true progress.
Commercial development, the increase
of wealth, the building up of great
industries are. all very. well in their
way, but the betterment of human
welfare is even more important. One
of the ways to- bring about this inn
provement is to provide not only
healthy and innocent recreation, but
also the time for its enjoyment We
are more and more approaching the
time when we regard diversion as a
necessary factor in our lives The
early closing of the stores in the long,
hot months of summer and the Sat-
urday half holiday are steps in the
right direction.
1t is not the length of a working
day, but the character and efficiency
of the labor done during each work
ing hour that accomplishes results.
1t is an old proverb that all work and
no play makes Jack a dull boy. Ex-
perience has shown that the proverb
may be extended and that many hours
of weary drudgery drive Jill into a
mental condition which makes tempta-
ton hard to withstand
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Angora Goats.

Section ,sI8 of the tariff bill OF the
WAYS and Means Committee provides
a duty of 20 per cent on hair of the
Angora goat, alpaca, and other like
animals" Under the present law
these hairs are claSsed-and properly
so-with woods of the second
class. Mohair, which is produced by
the Angora goat and alpaca, is very
similar to the wool produced by the
Leicester, Cotswold, and Lincolnshire
sheep. In the new tariff bill these
woods, as well as all others, are admit
ted free, while a duty of 20 per cent is
levied on mohair and similar hairs.
The reason for this is not obvious.
Mohair cannot be said to be a
luxury. 1t is long hair, soft and
silky in structure and used for max
ing plushes, luStrous dress goods, lin
ings, and braidS, and would be used
more extensively if freely admitted
into the United States.
Asia Minor is the home of the An
CORA goat, and is one of the chief
sources of the supply of mohair.
South Africa and the United States
are the only other countries that pro-
duce it in any quantities.
The United States produces between
two and three million pounds of mo-
hair at the present time, the product
of approximately million and a half
goats. The great majority of these
are found in the Southwest, especially
in Texas, New Mexico, and Arizona
Under the present tariff rates COM
paratively little mohair is imported.
The probable effect of a 20 per cent
duty on mohair and no duty on the
long English woods will be to con-
fine the mills that must have mohair
to the domestic product and encourage
the others to use the long English
woods instead of mohair
The only plausible explanation of
the 20 per cent duty on mohair is
that it was intended to protect the
domestic industry No reason appears
why the Angora goats of the United
States deserve protection more than
the sheep of the United States. The
Ways and Means Committee no doubt
has good reason for this anomalous
rate.
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Shortly after he began the practice of
law in New York, Senator O'Gorman had
case in which an important witness was
a Dutchman, known as Capt. Schmitt
lOGorman desired to see Schmitt and
learn what his testimony was to be. The
day before the trial arrived and he had
not yet seen the man. There was no
more time to lose and O'Gorman set out
to find Schmitt. He learned where the
captains favorite loafing places were, and
began weary round of saloons, bowling
alleys, poolrooms and more saloons. 1t
seemed as IL Schmitt had always just left
Several times O'Gorman was close on the
trail, but not close enough. At last he
struck a combna ton saloon and bowling
alley along about 10 O'Clock at night and
the proprietor said Schmitt had been
there, but had started home. Undoubt-
edly he had already reached there. He
gave O'Gorman the address.
Schmitt lived two or three miles from
there on an obscure street. but O'Gorman
finally found the place few minutes be-
fore midnight. Capt. Schmitt got out of
bed to talk to him, but said he didnt
know anything about any case in court.
You're Capt Schmitt, aren't you?"ask
ed O'Gorman
Yes" the Dutchman admitted, but
there must be some mistake. What was
the mans first name that you were hunt
ingT'
O'Gorman told him, and then the cap
tain's face lighted up.
''Oh-h"' says he; you want Capt.
Schmitt, of the soldiers; I'm Capt.
Schmitt, Of the bowling team"
All his life William Howard Thompson
has been contending against the boyle of
not being taken seriously. Just now he
is United States Senator from Kansas, in
spite of the fact that the Republicans
out his way thought he was grossly
fresh for even thinking of such a job.
The supporters of Gov. Stubs looked
on Thompson much as people regard
skating teacher who tries to run away
with a beautiful, authenticated, violet
eyed heiress
And that was just one time. Clear
back in his teens Thompson began but
ting into jobs that folks thought he had
no business in. When he was barely
seventeen he aspfred to be a school teach
er. The trustees thought he was scarce
ly qualified. but decided that the only
way to eradicate the idea from his head
was to let him try it. They placed him
in charge of building out in a rural
section where the pupils had been using
the teacher as an instrument for rough
amusement. The younger pupils were
about the size Of Thompson. and the
larger ones were about twice his size.
The first day Thompson was on the
job none of the larger huskies brought
any books to school-said they had not
yet got their books. Thompson simply
smiled good-naturedly and told them II
was perfectly all right not to have the
books; that there was no rush about the
matter. and they would try to make the
best Of it. Then he spent day or two
just in putting out a general line of
saIve. He had the big bad boys OF the
school show some Of their feats Of
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The blouse" Benches.

The new seating arrangement in
the British House of Commons con-
sists in benches, real unmistakable
benches. The new arrangement in
our own House OF Representatives,
which was TO be in imitation of that
at London, may be called benches
by any one who chooses to do so. but
III reality the seats provided for the
increasing membership are nothing
like what would be supposed to have
been in the minds of the committee
that arranged for them, but are very
comfortable chairs, set UP in fixed
rows
So far there has been no serious
complaint heard as to the change.
Why should there be? Our Congress
men know a good thing when they
see it, and their new seats certainly
are all that could be desired BY the
most caprlcious member, or the most
ease-loving Besides, the removal of
the desks and the noisy swivel chairs
has made the big hall much more
quiet than it was previously, and the
objection that members would have
to turn around at considerable in
convenience" 10 give their attention
to a speaker in the rear of the House
is overcome by providing in the well
or center place from which any
member may make his address and be
in full view of his audience.