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The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-01-23
Wagner's Drudgery
in Writing "Parsifal."

When you ask who IS 10 do the drudgery.
must point out TO you almost all OF these voca
tons involve an extraordinary amount OF
drudsery. n schoolmaster were TO make
child write the word the" $1,000 times you
would say that was a barDarcus proposition.
But ! have TO write the word the" $4,000 times
every time write book. And II you think u
is an Interesting thing TO do you are mistaken;
Il Is not
Have you ever heard wagner's "Parstal"? II
you think Of that work. n YOU think OF its curl.
Gus beauty and elevation and so on. you cannot
help imagining that the composition OF that work
must have been sort OF ecstasy and a delrium
OF Joy and an enormous privilege 10 the man
who did H. II may indeed have been very tine
10 conceive the work: IL may have been very
fine 10 invent the tunes. to be inspired with ali
the music. But what about writing All that
music down, Have you ever seen the score %
'Parsifal' ? Have you ever reflected on the
TACT That 70 requires an orchestra OF about
seventy people, That orchestra has 20 be- deal:
with in group there are fifteen hrst volius
fifteen second viOlius, and so on. Although al
the instrumpntaist- are playing the same hing
YOU have going on continually from about
twelve % thirty different parts. and the notes
have 10 be written for every one. Every one o.
those has On be written down carefully
from beginning 20 end before the performance
Is given. We find that Wagner. when in
Venice. said. ~ ain on old man. and I cannot
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-01-23
Who % @ Drudgery in Sociaistic Community
Bernard Shaw Arguing That Everybody Should Receive the Same h.
come Asks By What Test Theological You Would Deter
mine the Income of the Archbishop of Canterbury Johnson

something which IS the abneEation OF reIixfo,
lou are doing the thing at present and you
may nave TO extend the system
There sr~ certain forms OF work where Won
may choose the alternative of doing withou,
something. For Instance. there are people in
society 20 whom n necessity OF lie is a valet or
iady's maid. But can assure you II Is possible
10 1--we without valet or without a ladys maid
have done both. think there Is a good deal
OF work OF that description which people win
learn TO do without We shall simply say that
there are certain things which nobody wants To
DO since nobody will say they are necessary. n
those people are unnecessary we shall do with.
out them. and that sort OF work will not be done
any more. The same thing may happen when
you abolish capital punishment This hap,
pened 20 some extent when We abolished capital
punishment for forgery We then deprived a
lot OF executioners OF their positions
There are two other methods. The FIRST Is
the method OF honors and dignities We might
imagine that all true working men would shrink
rom being what you call constitutional
monarch To be a real monarch, the sort
who can say "on with his head Is some fun
But 10 be constitutional king 10 sit there
seeing your Ministers making the most abject
fools OF themselves muddling everything and
10 know you cannot stop them. TO know YOU
nave no power over them; 20 know that the
way they do things Is by advising Won 70 40
them and putting II all on TO you-that IL a
very dinerent thing. In spite OF this we ind
mat there are men quite willing TO be kings
Nhen you want a king for the Balkans you lind
there is competition for the place. simply be-
cause IL means putting on a Uniform and a
crown and enjoying certain state and dignity.
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Votes for Women" Depends Upon Germany Defeat

should stick to Kirche Kuechs und Kinder
church. kitchen and children. The only
chance women have for votes 10 under
free, republican form OF government"
What would you reply. Miss Pankhurst. 10
those VINO urge that II Is gentle woman's duty
and natural mission 10 work for peace AZ once
and on any cOnditlonsg"
j reply" said Miss Pankhurst that u Is
40. womans natural or normal sentiment 90
advocate peace a. any price I am sure that
fnH majority Of women have never az any time
or in any country been I'm favor Of peace n,
any price and Of yielding honor and freedom
Tor the sake OF avoiding war Women suffer
~ much b. war as men They have as much
riglt as men 90 decide whether n war is Just
and necessary. and they will support one ina,
T. 20 with their life and all they possess
'lt ID positively harmful 90 advocate peace
aoW. except upon the terms ~ the allies {
hud That many ~ these propositions for a hIr.
rier peace come from German source For
instance. ] read proposed 'wOmen's plea toF
peace. which begins We. the undersigned
women % The United states OF America here
Win respectfully request an immediate cessa-
Vol or uusiIlifIes. and that an armIstIcr be-
ealled for the just and peaceable settlement Of
tl matters pertaining 10 the present war by
mediation and arbitration I look Tor the
authors name and find 20 g. Won Ranke
The Kaiser and his government could have
srbitratsd eli the difficulties before the war
Uut they rejected the proposition. because
hey thought they could gain everything hey
Eantef by sudden sud unexpected attack 90
heir neiEhbors.
In August. you viii ind. me Germans talked
'i nothing but victory. which they confidently
expected. Then some a. them began f1 rprag
y draw. which would leave them in pos
session or much of the properly n their rcIrr
'''.. NO" some oi hem. not The officials in.
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Not Enough Men
for Many Agreeable Callings.

In spite Of the fact that many are called and
few are chosen. unfortunately It IS also true
that many are called. but sometimes more are
wanted. There are many people who have a
strong vocation for a certain thing but we find
there are not Jobs enough for all
sim more often We find there are not enough
"a them for the Jobs going. We End for in
stance, that the mere Official stan OF the
church Is not properly equipped. Suppose. for
instance. we have 0O5 churches and we can
only ind a thousand men who have n genuine
vocation for this work: the people in Eve
churches who cannot go unbaptised and unmar-
rled have to get their requirements attended 10
by Ave men who have no vocation and who will
do the work without vocation. We also find
there are certain vacations that men get very
shortly fed up with" IL ! may use the express
sion. When we deal with these unattractiye
occupations, what are going 20 do? Shall
we discard the division OF labor which gives 10
each man a particular vocation and say 20
everybody. Here Is a certain amount OF dis
agreeable work and everybody must do his
share? Undoubtedly we shall have TO do that
They do 81 in France and Germany IN the case
OF The soldier. There you may be a Quaker, or
jod may be a Tolstoian. but this business OF
soldering has to be done in the interests OF the
community. II IS disagreeable work. and they
compel the men TO do IL. We do not yet do that
E. this country in regard TO soldering but we
90 Il In regard 90 work which makes more de-
mands on the time OF the individual and which
is much more against his wishes That is TO
gay, we compel men 10 serve on juries
Imagine a real Christian on fury! The real
Christian knows at the bottom OF his heart that
what he sometimes must do should not be done
set he is forced 70 become an instrument OF
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By George Bernard Shaw

TN q soc.aiistic community where all must
work and al incomes are exactly the same
who vii do the unpleasant kinds OF work.
the drudgeryg
In such community you viii have vacations.
end you WI have certain occupations which
VIII be compulsory occupations You viii have
also unattractive occupations-that IS 10 gay. oe-
equations unattraotive 10 many people. Among
the vacations you have the poet you have the
sailors. you have the actor. ] remember once
addressing large audience Of sailors-the only
time I ever addressed an audience OF sailors.
There had been n protest IN what We call the
capitalist press against some OF the regulations
made 20 protect sailors in ships on the usual
ground that sailor was an Independent and
manly Briton. and should not be treated like
child. began my speech by dealing with that
said the objection Is not TO legislation that pro
teets the sailor; the objection is TO legislation
which shall treat him like fool who is not able
take care OF himself. ! explained that is ex.
setly the Justification OF the Iegislation because
nobody who Is not fool would be a sailor. /
have bad great deal OF applause at public
meetings. but have never had such a unani.
nous outburst OF applause as came from thai
body Of men when uttered that plain truth
These men were sailors by irresistible voca-
ton, although they knew they we're fools Then.
again, We may observe on one hand the natural
ISL content 20 spend his life staring in a pond
at tadpole and finding intense delight We
nave on the other hand the astronomer who
looks at the stars-and walks into the pond be.
cause he viii not take his eyes on the sky. We
have another man who walks through the world
looking at nothing but women; We call that
man Don Juan. At any rate, there he is by ir.
resisuble vocation. Here and there you always
hnd a number OF people born with a strange
propensity for uncomfortable callngs
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get any one 70 write my scoring parts II you
mink OF the manual drudgery Involved In that
most wonderful OF collections you ~ill see you
have drudgery on the one hand. and on the
other hand you have beautiful and delightful
occupation.
Think OF a strong vocation for medicine and
surgery. Has any MAJ a vocation for answer
Ing the night can3 may have a vocation
Tor the law. but when Il means being called up
by Mr. Jones or AIR. Smith TO witness his viii
expressing his spite for his widow or some
thing OF that kind. Just think what that means
Even II you are the Prime Minister imagine
having 20 write letter to the King every night
saying the House OF Commons has not been do
ing anything tonight Even when you come to
the most sacred OF callings. that OF the priest.
there is dreadful lot Of drudsery about #.
do not mean when he has to baptize the baby
who spells the solemnity OF the occasion by
suddenly squalling. Spend a week with
rector and see II there Is not a great deal of
drudgery in his work
Therefore. think there IL not on the face OF
the earth some one who has not a vocation for
something or other. ! have had a charwoman
and ] have known her TO neglect her work
when put to wash dishes. and when reminded
of her neglect she has confessed she did not
like washing dishes. but what she did like was
doorsteps. That woman finally got job in the
House Of Commons where she could do the
thing all day. and believe she still remains
unexpectedly happy. AS a matter Of fact
there Is no accounting for tastes. I have known
man with a taste for bookkeeping
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Men With a
Vacation for Disagreeable Work.

When We come 10 really rough worA-take
Tor instance. the horrible work in the stokehold
OF ship-how are we going 10 induce a man
10 take II? He might. for instance be a
steward-although there are disagreeable In
cidents connected with the work of a steward.
sim II Is less trying than the work OF a man
VINO has 10 keep shovelling coal into a red-hot
hole, and has TO be there for hours and hours
here. again. We ind there are a great many men
OF peculiar physical constitution who Like 10
90 tremendously hard work for a time and then
DO no work at all We can get this work done
simply by giving men hard spells OF 9. and then
giving them a long holiday.
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Impossible to Pay
According to Deserts.

How are you going TO diner.ntiate in TIE
case Of the Archbishop OF Canterbury and Jack
Johnson How much are you going 10 give
The Archbishop OF Canterbury and how much
are you COINS 20 give Jack Johnson? Is the
test 70 be q theological one? n So the Arch.
bishop OF Canterbury viii beat Jack johnson.
But II Il Is 10 be physical test. the Arch.
bishop OF Canterbury will not have a chance
could give you a dozen such Illustrations OF
this particular aUsurdity.
When we come. as We will come by the pro
cess have pointed out practically TO equality
there are overwhelming reasons against doing
things In that way. II you want to have sound
economic conditions, production must take the
order OF necessity That Is TO say, we should
produce the most necessary things hrst; things
necessary 10 the well being OF the community
CniH everybody Is provided With those ele-
mentary things We should not waste our capital
and labor IN producing the things that only
become OF value after these necessaries are
supplied. In fact, We should begin TO feed and
clothe and house and EDUCATE first We should
not begin 10 produce iewelry OF elghty.horse-
power motor cars and things OF that kind as
long there Is single person hungry
The only way In which we can keep the order
OF production on sound lines Is by giving every.
body equal income II we sent one man
into the market With g week and We sent
these arc not fancy figures. because we have
The Duke OF Westminster and others who have
$500 day-the man With IS week naturally
viii not be able 10 last as long IS the man with
more money. As long as we hFye people with
such wages going into the open market the
laooTer comes 10 ths end OF his s. long before
he should. He has not enough for the
clothing and education and bringing up OF L.
family properly lie stops and produces moth.
ing else.
AZ men become more highly trained and de.
veloped, as they develop a higher power OF
production conditions become better for the
entire community Let the general income be.
come as much as you Ike. as long as everybody
has the same income. the purchasing power
will always keep production OF wealth at tho
right level and in the hight order.
Il must be evident that the whole system
which We contemplate. system Of equality
and a system Of equal training for everybody
can only be maintained II everybody has equal
political power. That Is absolutely impossibis
without equality OF income. At the, present
time no such thing az democracy exists on The
face OF tho earth In a cooperative society
there may be little OF democracy, but az any
rate when We come TO national politics the
whole thing is reduced absolutely 70 absurdity
People think that democracy IS a thing OF popu.
lar election. There IS no more degrading ana
demoralizing experience on the face OF the
earth than going through a popular election
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70 men when preferably simple plan is 20
paw a man more FOR one Kind o, work than
FOR another"
II Is not quite so simple as You think. III,
simple al the present time because you get a
variation Of payment owing 10 the operation o:
supply and demand. People have curious
idea that Il is not question OF supply and
demand. There are some who think de-
sirable Utopia would De where every man is
paid according 70 his deserts ! should like TO
take siN people and have them talk with the
next six men they meet. and arrange what
each should have They have only TO bring IL
down 10 personal snd practical question OF
aow much am ! TO have and how much that
man IL 10 have. Try that. and see how long
YOU viii be in arriving at what you consider
fair and equitable proportions
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1915-12-09
U. S. BANKS ARE. ..
STRONGEST IN WORLD
Secretary Of Treasury McAdoo Makes
Annual Report on Finances
to Congress

Washington, Dec. "a sweeping
declaration of American financial
stability was made by Secretary Of
the Treasury McAdoo in his annual
report to Congress yesterday.
'Our financial resources are the
greatest in our history and our bank
ing system, through the operation of
the Federal reserve is the strongest
in the world" he said.
Commenting on business condi-
tions, the Secretary declared one of
the most encouraging features was
shat the demand for iron and steel
products is heavier from domestic
than from foreign sources.
Among recommendations made is
one that persons having a gross in
come of $4,000 or more a year shall
pay an income tax. The law at
present provides for net incomes of
shat amount, leaving it to the in
dividual to determine whether his
net income is $4,000 or more. The
report does not mention other in
come tax changes suggested by the
Secretary in recent statement.
Indicating the fight to be made
on the so-called pork measure, the
omnibus public buildings bill, the
Secretary advances arguments for it's
discontinuance. He cites bad pub
lie building conditions in many cities.
He supports the idea of government
treatment Of drug addicts by the
Public Health Service or other Gov
ernment agency, and suggests that the
Harrison anti-narcotic act be made
more stringent.
Concerning the Public Health Ser
vice, the Secretary urges upon Con-
gress the necessity for more commis-
stoned medical officers and larger
public health field investigation. He
points out that the United States
is the only country which does not
provide for the isolation and care Of
lepers. There are approximately 146
lepers in the U. S., he states, and
Congress is urged to pass bill in
troduced at the last Congress, for
national leporsarium.
Plans are being worked out by
the Coast Guard and Navy, the Sec
retary says, to make the former or
ganization a valuable auxiliary to the
Navy in time of war.
The Secretary also calls attention
to the saving effected by the Trea-
szry's innovation of shipping money
by parcel post rather than express.
He recommends increasing the salar-
les Of Assistant Secretaries from
$1,000 to $500. The present SAL
airy, the Secretary points out, makes
II necessary for men of the caliber
desired to sacrifice themselves fnanci-
atty to hold the position.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1915-12-09
PENNANTS TO CITIES
SELLING MOST SEALS

New York, Dec. 9.-The states,
cities, towns and villages selling the
largest number of Red Cross Seals
per capita will be given penants in
bheir respective classes by the Ameri-
can Red Cross and the National AS
sociation for the Study and Preven-
tion of tuberculosis, as announced in
bulletin issued today. Last years
competition was limited to cities,
towns and villages, but for the 1915
Seals Campaign pennants will be
awarded to states as we'll.
To avoid putting villages against
large cities, they have been divided
into ten classes, as follows: Popu-
lation less than 500; from 900 to
1900; from 1900 to 1900; thence
to 10000; thence to 100000; and
over 100000.
A handsome silk banner in red and
white will be awarded to the city,
village, town or county anywhere in
Guo Ou1Lou 0IdCSS c1Au OAAAIOA A0o
which shall make the highest score
in sale per capita in it's class. The
populations considered are the Fed
eral Estimates for 1915.
The states with Hawaii is
a strong competition are likewise
grouped in classes. Class A, popula-
tion up to 1,25O,OOO; Class B, 1885,
900 to 100000; Glass G, 100000
upwards. Of the 10 "A'' states,
Rhode Island led last year with sale
Of 2.112 seals per inhabitant. OF the
~ "B" states, Minnesota led with
1856 seal per inhabitant. Of the 13
states with populations (1915) more
Than 100000, Wisconsin led with
1.478 SEALS It beat New York state
By Seven-thousandths of a seal, al
though New York State outside New
York City won out over Wisconsin,
with 1880 seals per capita.
In the 1914 competition said cities
bestirred themselves in rivalry to be
published as the most generous sup
porters Of public health through pur-
chase of the Red Cross Seals. In
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1915-12-09
Development OF
RIVERS NECESSARY
Senator Joseph E. Ransdel of Louisi
ana Makes Annual Report as
Head Of Harbor Congress

Washington, Dec. 9.-The National
Rivers and Harbors Congress is not
engaged in the promotion of "pork".
The rivers and harbors development
of the country is necessary to pros
per1ty. The USUAL appropriations are
expected to be made by Congress
this year. Instead of attempting to
save money on this end Congress
should appreciate that true prepared
ness is linked with industrial pros
perity, which depends upon good wa
terways.
These were points made by Senator
Joseph E. Ransdell of Louisiana,
president of the congress, in his an
nual address before the convention
of that organization which opened
here yesterday.
The first days program two major
issues emphasized by the speakers.
The first was that waterways are
essential to a rational preparedness
plan; the second that cooperation in
the development of railroads and
highways as we'll as waterways work
to the betterment of conditions in all
three and the country at large.
Senator Hansdell pointed out that
everything which goes into the rivers
and harbors bill before Congress
must run the gauntlet of the army
engineers and of the Rivers and
Harbors and the Commerce COM
mittees.
1.-THE regulations of these men are
clandered when it is said that this
bill involves the distribution of pork"
he said.
Secretary Redfield of the. Depart
ment of commerce discussed cheap
transportation the secretary pointed
out the saving by barge transporta-
tion, and declared he favored eco
nomical waterway development.
J. Hampton Moore, president of the
Atlantic Deeper Waterways Asso-
citation, spoke on Common Sense
Preparedness and declared that
waterways must be developed so that
in case of war communication be-
tween cities would not be broken by
blockades, and industries would be
built up to point where they would
be able to stand the strain of war.
Paul w. Brown, editor of the St.
Louis Republic, spoke on "Rivers and
Rails" showing that in Europe
where canals feed and are fed straight
by railroads., both have benefited.
H. l.. Whittemore of the Suto Car
Company of Ardmore, Pa, spoke on
"The Motor Truck in General Trans
portatiOn."
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1915-12-09
FOR SALE BABY FARM.

San Francisco, Dec. 9.-For sale
"a baby farm. San Francisco can
have it at it's own price. + It has saved
scores of babies born into the world
apparently without a chance to live.
This station is the incubator ex-
hibit in the closed Joy Zone at the
Exposition.t Dr.. Couney has been
saving frail mites of humanity with
the dimes paid for admission by the
curious.He suggested that it be made
a permanent institution. Children
born into the world prematurely or
apparently too small to exist, rested
from one to four months in the incu-
bators and today they are healthy,
lusty infants. W.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1915-12-09

other places the anti-tuberculosis
workers started the selling campaign
up again between Christmas and New
Year to get their town in the Honor
Roll for the sale of three seals per
capita.
Last years pennant winners were:
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1915-12-09

Won JAGOW A CARTOONIST

( Berlin, Nov. 2O.-When State
Secretary Won Jagow is not
engaged upon a diplomatic
note or something, he's a car
toOnist and decorator. AS you
enter his big office you note
( a large, clean blotter on his
( desk. AS he talks he gradu-
ally covers the blotter with
pencil sketches, humans
( animals, all sorts of things.
( 1t is said that his servant
( brings him a new blotter for
( every visitor.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1915-12-09

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