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The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-05-17

Anything he says or does gets into
 print The world is interested in know
 ing what persons in exalted positions
 like his talk about and how they act
 Therefore saying which meets with
 his approval gets wide circulation.
 Here is one:
 q perfer not to be praised by any,
 body when I simply act according to lmy conscience and carry out the com mands which I should.' The saying has been engrossed for the Kaiser and he has had several copies of 1t framed and hung. one above the writing desk in his private
 study in the palace a Berlin. another In the royal yacht and others in his various shooting boxes. The saying is not really the work of the Kaiser's originality. Its author was the famous Dutch admiral, De Ruyter, who lives in history as one of the very few men who defeated the English on the sea.
 Perhaps that's the reason the Kaiser
 likes him and his motto. but, as a
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Surely, one may not doubt the wonuer- ful genius of Sterne. and, I suppose. that in estimating his character and in weighing him in the moral balances we should consider his early years of training. or lack of it. For usually what man is may be accounted for by learn ing what he was as boy. He was ever a neglected child, and the conditions of his life were not in any way conducive to the control of his tendencies, He was too full of the impulses of life to dis dnguish chaos from the conventionali- ties. and there was no one in his early years to point out to him the difference His mothers i'll health, for which she was not to blame, deprived the son of her guidance, loss which characterized his entire life. His father was a subordi- nate officer in the army generally in debt, and the subject of many misfor- tunes. Fate seemed to be ever pursuing him to his distress. Says Laurence Sterne, My birthday was ominous to my poor father. who was, the day of nay arrival, with many other brave officers broke and sent adrift into the wide world, with wife and two children" During what Sterne calls "a sad winter" the wife and children journeyed to Exc ter, for now the regiment was .re-estab- lished. Then follows a long series of changes from pillar. to post; the birth of many children and the death of a num- Der of them No sooner were the un- fortunate family settled so that they might look forward to some domestic happiness. than an order would come re- curing them to break up again. The families of officers in those days fol- lowed the movements of the army.
 
 This entailed the expenditure of much money, and involved the women and
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" HE title of this paper has no reference to the YoriclS whose
 skull Hamlet held in his hand when the grave diggers were prepar- ing the last resting place for Ophelia's poor body, they having dug down so deep as to invade the whilom grave of the King of Denmarks jester, a "fel- low of infinite jest and most excellent fancy" The reference Is to Laurence Sterne. who in his novel. "Tristram Shandy," introduces himself as Yorick. and was called Yorick by his familiars. and in literature
 < Laurence Sterne died about 1s6 years ago and while he has been quoted by every writer since his death, his char acter, his history, and his works are known only in general way, except by comparatively few. Nobody now reads "Tristram Shandy,' nor the Sen timental Journey" Many people quote the line, God tempers the wind to the shorn lamb," and suppose 1t to be taken from the Bible. not knowing that Sterne was the first to say it.
 The world is no poorer for forgetting the author of "Tristram Shandy," nor the work that made him famous. For while he was the principal wit of his day, and furnished drawing rooms and salons with jests and anecdotes that constantly provoked the ringing laugh ter of lords and ladies, and caused the literary class to shake the rafters of coffee houses with peals of irresistible bursts of fun, he is vulgar, undignified immodest and would sacrifice chastity of thought, at bare suggestion, upon the altar of impurity. One hardly
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knows which was more deeply immured in vulgarity, Sterne or Swift
 Sterne's extraordinary wit and con- corded him. Gothold Lessing, called the Performer of German literature" him. self an author of marvellous ability, but
 a free-thinker, said that he would give
 10 years of his life if thereby Sterne
 might be enabled to write one year
 more. Goethe referred to Sterne as of the finest type of wit that ever in fluenced the world of letters and said that he had cured him of the prin- ciples of Wertherism.
 Since the times of Goethe and Schiller there has been no more prominent fig
 ure in German literature than Heinrich Heine. who was a master in prose and lyrics. Yet, Heine wrote, Laurence Sterne is the born equal of William Shakespeare; and he too was n,1rtured by
 the Muses on Parnassus. But, after the
 manner of women. they quickly spoiled
 hlm with their caresses. He was the
 darling of the pale tragic goddess. Once, in an excess of fierce tenderness, she
 kissed his young heart with such power,
 passion and madness that his heart be-
 gan to bleed, and suddenly he under
 stood all the sorrows of this world and
 was filled with infinite compassion. Poor young poet heart But the young daugh- ter of Mnemosyne, the rosy goddess of
 humor, quickly ran up to him and took
 the suffering boy in her arms and sought
 to cheer him with laughter and song;
 she gave him for playthings the comic
 mask and the jesters bells and kissed
 his lips soothingly, kissing upon them
 all her levity and mirth. and all her wit and mockery.'
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read of spiritual battles and serene old ago emerging from such victories over appe- tite.
 But when we speak of health we pass far away from self indulgence and fatty degeneration of the will and the soul The welfare of the body can, we find, be identified with discipline and ab- stinence and mastered lusts- It cannot co-exist with the opposite of these things. Every athlete becomes a re- ligious person in the classical sense, as St. Paul was keen to acknowledge His abstinence and the same self discipline, achieving an inferior reward. The same abstinence and the same self discipline, he says, is necessary for achieving the highest rewards.
 Does not this bring us into region wherein health and an almost ascetic sort of religious faith can agree to- gether?
 3. It must, however, be further con- fessed that plaques have been a not un- mixed evil, whether for individuals or communities. Many a native has for the time being been spiritually Quickened by
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famous Englishman says, that's an- other story. !. However
 It is interesting to find that the Ger man Emperor, man of vast earthly power and subject to no mans criti- cism, acknowledges publicly and tells his friends that he who needs the com
 mands of his own conscience needs no other praise Moralists have told us
 so for many centuries and within us the wee, small voice" has whispered | 1t to us. but here 1t is preached to us by an Emperor.
 True. there was another Emperor who said the same thing nearly 2000 years ago. Perhaps he was a greater Emperor even than William of Ger
 many He was Marcus Aurelius, the Roman ruler and philosopher. He wrote:
 The ambitious supposeth another mans act, praise and applause to be his own happiness, the volumptuous his own sense and feeling, but he that is
 wise his own action"
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RELIGION AS A HEALTH ASSET-By George Eaves, D. D.

ligion. But today 1t would be hard to persuade any city, or even any village community. to substitute prayer and fast ing for approved scientific measures against typhoid. smallpox. cholera or other communicable diseases This, how ever, does not mean that we have lost faith in prayer. but rather that we have learned how much more power lies in our own hands to protect the healtA of all. It does not even follow that the sphere of religion has been restricted by this increase of knowledge concerning hu- man responsibility. The responsibility it. self has now been recognized as a phase of religion. Instead of praying or fasting. we are obeying laws most evidently di- vine. And he would be strangely medi- aeval person who would argue that obedi- ence is not better than fasting as a re- ligious function. Instead of reducing the sphere of religion we have extended that sphere so that it now includes all knowl- edge a 8 its servant and all welfare as it's bourn.
 ?. Much may be said about the antagon-
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recognition was an intoxicant to him. His principle was. anything to be noticed" He was noticed. Yea, he was moro than noticed, he was applauded to the echo by men of similar tastes. But what tastes!
 Once I.amartine was In Naples just after making a great address in the interests of a class of women whose representa- tives called upon him in the Neapolitan city. There were 50 of these women. They were wretchedly clothed. dirty, foul- smelling, unkempt creatures. Lamartine granted them an audience. They crowded him. and soon the atmosphere was thick with most disgusting odors. One of the 50 was the speaker. and represented sev- eral thousands. She complimented La- maritime in the name of her sisters, and closed her speech with the startling state ment, the thousands o, sisters had sent the 60 to do what they all wanted to do, namely, to kiss himl He was the heir to 50 kisses-but from such creatures! The gallant Frenchman assured them of his appreciation of the good will of the sisters, but would nos put them to the trouble of going through the actual pro cess of kissing him, but would count fl as done already, and the 50 women de- parted.
 So, to return. it all depends upon the person who applauds, even as it does upon the persons who want to give you 50 kisses
 Sterne, also, was without an amiab1e soul. He was peevish, dissatisfied, and selfish He would quarrel with his friends and snap the bonds of friend ship asunder upon the smallest pro- vocation. In fits of temper he could
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is put to shame in the sisterhood of these commonwealths and awakened to know her pauperizatlon and mortal wounds. she will stagger to her feet and begin to bring forth fruits meet for re- pentance
 l. have no space to indicate the per sonal significance of this discussion. Quite recently the Christian Endeavor societies were bidden consider the matter in these personal bearings. not without advantage. Beyond all other facts this must have been plainly apparent: that tho human body is the normal dwelling place of the Spirit of God. For such high destiny was It's beauty and grace so exousitely fash toned. And thus there becomes mani fest the law that physical welfare is an honoring of that Guest. other than self, Who with man. makes the body of that man His shrine. Here again the word of divine inspiration is explicit. and even sur- passes the utmost boast of Comte on tho one hand or the emotional upheavai of any spiritualist on the other. In the light of that most profoundly humbling but up
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ism between physical we'll being and spir- itual prosperity. That is a doctrine of very respectable and indeed reverend an- cestry
 Since "Jeshurun waxed fat and Kicked'' few people have cared to identify Jes- hurun. but all sorts of folks have recog- nized bit of autobiography in the tradi- tion. Indeed, there are few who do not know by humiliating experience that the welfare of the body has been a trap for the souls undoing. Fat paunches make lean pates, and dainty lts make fat the sides but bankrupt out the wits" is the Shakespearean version. which Is more than an intellectual lament How Hamletss uncle might have been. sent to meet his God, as he had himself sent his brother, sated with feasting and in no mood for prayer. is a similar confession of the an tagonism of the flesh and spirit. Hence there have always been those who advo- cate and practice austerities and ab- stinences and severe self discipline for the body and the will of the flesh. A wave of admiration not unnaturally sweeps over us in these self indulgent days when we
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changed, food became mucksmnok. somewhat in imitation of the noise of the mouth while eating. The word muslxet remained in it's original form but powder became palally.
 It was remarkable how certain small words had to be sometimes arbitrarily formed. SO as 10 be pronounced with equal ease by all alike. Take. for in stance. tho little word flea, and that pestiferous insect found accommodation In the term. sopeneenapo. while the word folly. was pelton mamook, and the word funeral had to be expressed by Colo mema loose, tilakum kopa iii- ahee. A sail was sill, while sailor was a shipman. Ship was retained as in English. so was shoes, but shirt was a shut To be thirsty one would have to become olo chuck, and to drink, he would have to muck muck chuck and should he be so unfortunate as to get drunk, he was plainly pahtllum. Soke and soap were retained as in English. but water was chuck.
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lifting doctrine of the early Christians the health of tho body becomes religious duty of the first magnitude. and the ac- ceptance of conditions under which health is impossible becomes well-nigh mortal sin.
 Here is the explanation of the miracles of healing wrought by Him Who first H. lustrated the dlvineness of human exis- tence, the Divinity cohabiting with each Of us the body we inhabit To teach the laws of health. to practice the presence of
 Healing Force in Nature, and therefore innate in our own bodies. becomes part of the devout life. And there is most
 profound wisdom in the subtle humor im- piled by the word invalid" which means not only that the subject is not strong.
 but that through and through him runs vein of weakness discreditable, putting him out of rational relationship with the world Life and being are for him no valid excuse for being. They arc apolo- getic without any hope of general toler- anca They belong to an era that must 20.
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manded an exorbitant price in the mar kets Of Europe, especially among the wealthy classes, including the royalty oi the different countries. This occasioned brisk trade for more than two cen turtles.
 Naturally enough, the native Indians of these Pacific coast regions were the best trappers of these beautiful and valu- able fur-bearing animals, and on them the original foreign trappers had to rely, when they came to the Pacific coast in search of these furs. They found the ahorigines clad in furs the most beau uful and costly, the natives having no conception that they were of any value beyond that to which they appropriated them. merely to stave en the cold. When the European displayed interest in trap ping these wild animals. the Indian was easily enlisted in procuring the capture of the animals. with the habits of which they were entirely familiar. But se- rious difficulty arose from tho absence of medium of communication between
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the greatest gift It is the divine gift
 What can you know of poverty and sickness and distress unless you learn it for yourself? There are paid in- vestigators for such work. True, but they can learn only for themselves. They have not and cannot have the power to convey to others that which they themselves see. It Is not given to human beings to see such things through the eyes of another.
 Direct action--that Is what is needed most.
 Throughout city and town and vil- Ilage the cry is the same. We need more workers among the poor. Give us help"
 Let those who need feel that they are not only the recipients of so called charity" Let them understand that the more fortunate are embued with the idea of human brotherhood That is the end and aim of all true phIlan- thropic effort
 One of the mightiest kings of the earth is Emperor William of Germany.
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ing every community of 10000 or more
 population to have planning board. To the present generation there has
 been thus given the working out of a
 problem that Is brand new: The planning of towns for demands that were un- dreamed of 20 years ago, the building of cities on scale that must have seemed impossible a generation since. The pioneer of the last century were the tam CTS of the wilderness; the pioneers of the present are the builders of cities. In London. said John Burns, speaking late in 1913. upwards of 100000 acres had been absorbed in the urban area In the pre- ceding six years and more than HOO streets had been constructed.
 From 3 to 70 per cent of all the land in modern cities is accounted for by streets. In New York city. 1t was stated last summer. there were 2s7 miles of public streets. The value of the land they occupied was estimated with It's im- provements. at s9.4ss. .OOo. o.00O-"one-fourth as great as the value of all the farm land l in the United States"
 1 If the city planners should find some
 way of plating streets that would effect | a saving of as little as 1 per cent in their area, think of the high finance that 1t
 would spell. One per cent for New York alone would have meant $9A690 000-and | New York is only one city. The wise
 planning of towns is evidently a big and
 vital problem, even aside from It's effi- ciency and social benefts-which are the
 aspects of it of which one hears the most.
 "To make cities,' said Henry Drum-
 mond. that is what we are here for. For the city is strategic It makes the towns; the towns make villages; the vil- lagos make the country. He who makes ! the city makes the world. After all though men make cities, 1t is cities which make men Whether our national life is | great or mean whether our social vir- ! tues are mature or stunted, whether our l cons are moral or vicious whether re- l liGion is possible or impossible, depends upon the city, That 10 the Justification
 of city planning.
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Exclusive Service The Survey Press
 Bureau)
 A FAMOUS English landscape archi-
 A tect has just been summoned to \ Greece to make city plan for Athens. The explanation is that Athens has been experiencing that growth whlch in recent years has been so marked feature of city life throughout the world. She finds it necessary to provide ampier facilities for her crowding tranic' new and shorter avenues to the suburban res- idenca districts that are growing up around her. more and larger parks for d larger population from whom the growing city has been pushing the country fur ther and further away.
 Athens has been brought face to face with the common, worldwide problem. She could be no more exempt from 1t than is the railroad junction on the prai- rie, the mining town of Wales. the clean industrial city of Germany. She has had send for the city planner, as Topeka lately did; as Calgary, Canada, as Hous- ton. Tex, and as staid New Haven did.
 Everywhere the growing city has to meet the problem of readjustment. The wy Putlhi6 Oil ioi6 tAOtoNAS' et~--->@- thought as to his future and is better for doing so. It is equally well. and nor mal, for the city to do these things. and all kinds of cities all over the world are doing it.
 So 1t has come about that what is called city planning has developed into one of those rare and epoch making world movements that are the great mile- stones of history and that influence civil ization
 For hundreds and hundreds of years, cities had been cramped inside of en- compassing walls. The people were hud- died together for defense. and growth of population meant an ever-closer, crowd ing. There were no cleared spaces then for playgrounds and parks. The very streets were narrowed to the limit, many becoming no more than mere slits be- tween the walls. This was possible be- cause the towns. being of such restricted area and doing almost no manufacturing. had very little vehielo trafzie # . per-
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by all. and equally understood by all alike. Thus words among them came to be mere symbols or signs of Ideas. The dictionary was called The Chinook Jargon, copies of which may still be had in some of the book stores on the Pacific coast.
 The distIonary emeodsing all the terms used in transaction of business became matter of earnest study to the Europeans. and was gradually taught to the Indians through the med ium of sound. an with this they pro- ceeded, slowly at first, but eventually. the terms became commonplace as are our ordinary words. Occasionally a short word in English could be em- ployed by all alike, and when this was the case 1t was adopted. The word bed, for example, became standard word in the Chinook Jargon, while sleep was moosum. Lead, the metal, was shot, in the dictionary, but gun was sukwallal. Coffee was kaupee. sugar was le-sook, and while tea was un-
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mot distinguish between friends and enemies Kinsfoll1 were no moro to him than "publicans and sinners should they arouse his displeasure. It is not strange then that at the last he reached the end of the journey of life sadly alone. It has been said of him that when he died there was not a friend or kinsman at his bed
 side. He died in some poor lodgings In London and was given a grave in
 charity. in an obscure graveyard. But even after his burial he was not to find rest and security. For in the darkness of the night proving thieves sought his grave and stole the body and bore 1t away in the blackness of
 night. It was said that 1t was sold to
 an oxford physician for purposes of
 dissection.
 | With his burning genius what might
 not Sterne have been to the world? It | Is sad story, and all the sadder is
 the reflection that thousands of mon
 with great possibilities to wasting everything within tr l wrecl<ing their future with lprovocation than Laurence SteiH Alas. poor Yoriok,
 Where be your gibes now?
 Your gambols. your songs?
 Your flashes of merriment That were wont to set the table | On roar? Not one to mock yo Own jeering? Quite chap-fallen?
 Now get you to my lady's chamber
 And tell her. let her paint an inch thick
 To this favor she must come: mako her :. Laugh at that"