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The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-10-18
Poverty and Genius
BY n. ApoiNGToN BRUCE,
Author Of The Riddle OF Personality"
Psychology and Parenthood.' etc.

The best organized society is society TO
which wealth is so distributed that the mass OF
the people live in comfortable circumstances.
The worst organized Is society In which there
are glazing inequalities OF wealth. with the mass
OF the people struggling for existence under
crushing burden of poverty.
Such a society Is badly organized for several
reasons For one thing. It is badly organized
because MpST-QF-ITS MEMBERS DE-
BARRED FROM MAKING ANYTHING LIKE
FULL USE OF THEIR INTELLECTUAL ABlL
TIES.
This statement. am aware, Is likely to be
challenged There is widely held notion that
natural ability will reveal itself whatever the
circumstances OF life. You can't keep good
man down" is a popular phrase expressive OF
this theory.
Yet II is easy to demonstrate that such
theory Is falaeieus, and that extremes OF wealth
and poverty have distinctly limiting effect
on natural ability. Particularly deadenlng Is
the effect OF poverty.
ff this were not so. should expect 10 lind
that most OF the men who have attained emf.
nence have come from poor homes For 1t IS
unfortunately true that poverty is the lot OF
most of the worlds inhabitants
But the fact is that, AZ proved by careful sta
tistical inquiry, COMPARATIVELY FEW emil
NENT MEN HAVE BEEN BORN AND REAR.
ED IN. POVERTY. They have not come from
homes ~ extreme wealth But they have come.
AS A RULE, from homes where the pinch Of
want Ia not acutely felt
Only In the fields of literature and art are
every other field where achievement means last
Ing fame--this excludes. OF course, mere money.
making achievement--the sons OF the poor are
less conspicuously represented than the sons OF
the fairly welltodo.
n you wish to do So you can verify this for
yourself by going through any standard diction-
airy of biography and noting the early history
Of the eminent men and women whose lives
II details You Will then have ample proof that
poverty has indeed A SWAPPING EFFECT ON
GENIUS.
The trouble Is not that the son OF the very
poor man IL born with less natural ability than
the son OF the well-todo IL ~, rather, that the
latter enjoys an ENVIRONMENT and an EDT.
CATION suitable TO the development OF natural
ability. and usually lacking in the case OF the
very poor mans son
Heredity, let us always remember is not all
powerful Its effects. good or bad can be fully
realized only in an environment appropriate ~
bring them out. And inherited natural abiltv
like any othar kind OF inherited quality needs
suitable environment TO bring II To- full growth
From all OF which IL would seem 10 follow that
In proportion as ineualitG Of wealth IS lesgened
I'm proportion "a inequality Of wealth is lessen.d
ton having fewer millionaires and fewer victims
or poverty, we shall have more men who really
achieve.
This firmly believe to be the case.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-10-18
A Poem a Day
THE ARTIST.

THE ARTIST.
When nature with mission grave
Was by the Lord endowed.
She painted on the sea wave
And on the sky cloud,
And on the land she drew a hill,
And on the hill tree.
And In the vale she placed rill
That travelled To the sea.
And then progressing without doubt
She took a little brush.
And in the stream she placed trout
And on the tree a thrush.
And on the waves she painted foam
And roses In the wild.
And In the shelter OF a home
a woman and child.
And did all this perfection bring?
Al. no Experience shows
She caused the little thrush 20 sing
Gave perfume To the rose.
And best OF all. the artist wise.
And In her happiest style,
Put love into the woman's eyes
And made the baby smile,
From the Pittsburgh Dispatch.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-10-18

loud shout or a heavy footstep IA
sufficient &c detonate iodide OF nj
trogsn. and II need hardly be add
ed that no one in his senses would
attempt TO make this terrible stuff.
To do so in any quantity would be
equivalent 10 committing suicide.
Nitroglycerine is not 80 danger
Gus as this iodide, but at 2 tenn
perature OF only 100 degrees-that
is very little more than the warmth
OF the human body-it begins 10
decompose.
Tons OF nitro-glycerine are turn.
ed out every day, for II Is the ex-
plosive from which guncotton ia
made Rut all the mixing watts are
artificiaily cooled by coils OF cold
water pipes.-Philadelphia Public
Ledger.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-10-18

principal as IL 1t were income and
the time Is approaching when we
must live on those things which we
produce by labor.
AZ the economic struggle becomes
Eeener the strain upon the indiyid-
ual grow greater. The rapid de.
velopment Of cur cities and the con.
centra'ion Of population in sur.
roundings which are in many ways
detrimental 20 health and which
deviate so materially from those ma
tursl conditions for which man Is
accustomed by nature. have a weak.
ening tendency
The closely built IN portions OF
our cities prevent the free move
ment OF fresh air. The conditions
OF employment are largely affected
and there IL a tendency away from
the natural methods OF life which
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-10-18
Whu the Allies Dominate the Sea

esting 10 note that since the out.
break OF hostiiities the preponder-
snce OF the British FrencA-Rassi
alliance has increased from II TO
SO capital ships. a gain OF nearly 100
per cent. in one year. Moreover. a
consideration OF what the future will
probably bring should be even more
disheartening TO the Teutons. The
shipbuilding facilities OF Great Brit.
ain alone are tupendous.-From an
article: "A Summing JEp-of the
War at Sea" in the Worlds Work
for October.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-10-18
Companions of the
Imperial Night
BY OR. FRANK CRANE
Copyright. 1915, by Frank Crane)

Every night the most majestic spec
tacle vouchsafed to mortal eyes is
spread before us.
Denizens of this little planet, some
where in the suburbs of the solar sys-
TEN, We busy ourselves running about
like ofiicous insects, grubbng in the
earth, hurrying from home-cell to office
cell, wrestling scurrying, hating, getting
and spending crawling at last weary
into our graves when the fevered, aim
less quest is over.
Meanwhile above us circle the unhast-
ing stars. What the vast panorama
means we know not. But at least it
means something inconveivably nobler,
grander, and more divine than our little
Tellurian vaudeville.
The least we can do is to gaze some
times at the splendid pageant of the
sky, and let little of its infinite feeling
penetrate into our sordid souls.
But how many of us are companions
IF the imperial night? How many open
up their mortal spirits once in "a hours
for the thrush of sidereal calm? How a
drop from that star-crowded ocean above
us would cool and purge our restless
lives, and give 10 us something of that
universal poiSe we so sadly needs
There be dwellers by the seashore
that think of nothing but fish and the
gathering Of driftwood; some live in the
tempted woods and have no thoughts but
of cordwood and game and in the soar
ing mountains are habitants whose ideas
never rise above goats and COWS. And
all of us live beneath that outspread
wonder-sky and get how little of its spir
itual call. its message of immensely, into
our petty cycle!
There are school boys and school girls
who are getting an education porting
daily over books and learning that the
square of the hypothenuSe is equal to
the sum of the squares of the base and
perpendicular in right triangle, yet
who have no acquaintance with the an
gelic globes Of light whose Zine is gone
out unto the ends of the earth" Night
unto night uttereth speech, but it is
strange to them. They follow not Orion
in his martial strides. know not Arcturus
nor Polaris, are no friends of the Seven
Sisters nor the blazing Bull, and recog-
nize never the swinging Dipper nor his
counterpart Cassiopeia.
"The mightiest world Of which we
have any certain knowledge" writes Gar
rett p Serviss. sis now before the eyes
of everybody who will take the trouble
to look up and see it. Every night the
enormous planet Jupiter hangs in the
evening sky, under the starry sign of the
Great Square Of Pegasus, mounting slow
~ toward the meridian with the progress
of the hours, and at midnight glowing in
the center Of heaven like a lamp for the
gods. A few nights ago Jupiter was in
plain sight for at least a thousand people
whom | passed, but | believe ] was the
only one who even glanced at it!'
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-10-18
lring Forth Royal Dividend.
Is This the College Hymn?

My does the average American col
- student appear to know little less
~ any one else under the sun, when
t IN : casual way?
he hiding his light under bushel
y sxtrslns modesty?
6ubtful,
~ he feel that the average man or
- = not worthy Of any effort on his
~ ehow serni-human intelligence !!
rle<hut not ss doubtful.
- 49, figure which
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-10-18
Old Shoes Are
the Friendliest

Scarcely five minutes ago they
were the best OF friends. Now NJ
would, II ne could. deny even the
most remote acquaintance with
them. To be sure hey might have
been little more careful of ap-
pearances. but they had become SO
accustomed TO his friendship that
they had taken Il for granted, a
very foolish way 10 taxe friendship
under any circumstances. Perhaps
they suspected their danger when
he loitered before the shop windows
this noon. Asa rule he has allow
ed them 10 choose the way and dur
ing the City minutes OF his lunch
hour which follows me ten minutes
ne spends in the dairy lunch. they
have led him about. showing him
strange and interesting things such
as the construction 81 new business
blocks or the progress OF the track
elevation project. Never have they
encouraged vanity or cXtravagances
by stopping in front OF shop win.
dows. Today, however. he led the
way. and charmed by the lavish
displays OF beautiful things, he &C.
tually walked In casual manner
up and down few aisles OF de-
nartment store. An unaccountable
desire TO dress up seized him and
the tragic part OF IL Is that he be-
gan with them. his old shoes or
course they are no longer the best
OF friends.
Indeed, he wonders, as the clerk
bangles one OF them between his
thumb and forefnger before letting
II fall carelessly to the floor, what
charm he ever saw in those old
shoes. He f. almost "a condescen1.
ing and supercilious as the clerk
himself. and would ignore them en-
tirely ~ he could Every time the
clerk disappears. however. his eyes
wander back 10 those disreputable
old friends II never occurred to
him before that they looked like
that. He is glad that he does not
have to have anything more To do
with them and their crooked heels.
bunny toes, wrinkled sides and
warped soles. How he must have
looked going along the street with
them. The comparison between
them and the shapely creatures that
are being buttoned on his feet Is
painful.
II is not until he stands up try
ing 10 ignore the fact thnt new
shoes will make their shining pres
ence felt whereas old shoes are
happy to remain unnoticed, that
he sees another pair OF old shoes.
They are lying on the floor beside
a young woman who seems very
sure OF her appearance and Import
ance. Surely that pair Of old shoes
has not been worn for long. surely
they looked very we'll on those silk
stockinged feet. Nevertheless they
arc very vagabonds OF shoes AZ
they lie there. hey are almost as
homeless and miserable az his own.
They have no shape, no fashion.
no place IN life. Can II be that all
old shoes look like that just because
they lie there. They are almost as
has n sudden kindly feeling toward
his forlorn old friends and no doubt
will take them away with him In
his pocket. Perhaps they may be
the best OF friends again after ALL
INDIANAPOLIS News.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-10-18

ity OF the nation.
Nature made us
rich with coal, oil.
lumber and fertile
lands. These ma
I uraI resources
are fast becoming
exh a uste d. We
have spent our
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-10-18

Shorty arrer the war began Eng
land look over four more super
dreadnaughts hich had been under
cenStE,ie ls.ff 1T + ftt..-ttt yards for
foreign goverumeuts-two for Tur.
key, one ior chile. and one for
Brazil; which consequently Increas-
ed the prepond-rance OF the Allies
IN this dominant type Of battleship
| 20 the ratio OF IS 10 p
Meantime all belligerent nations
have been hurrying the comuletion
, OF ships under construction and lay.
ing down as many new ships as
their facilities giH permit. The
mum Der % ships to date can he fair.
ly well estimated from the number
known 20 have been In process OF
building last July. the number laid
down subsequently IL a carefully
! guarded military secret about which
speculation j. necessarily inaccu
! rate.
Still considering only vessels o
the dreadnaught type-vhich reall!
| determine naval supremacy--thl
present relative strength IL abou
rs follows I'm this table allowance
Is made for the loss Of the. British
super.dreadnaught Audacious. IN
oriv vessel OF this class known =,
have been lost by either side sine
/ the uar loRant.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-10-18

A uell-known American writer
thinks that the signing OF peace will
lead 10 an emigration movement
that will amaze the world. After
the Franco-Germsn war In 1870, 20O,-
900 Germans settled In three Amer
lean statce-Nebraska, Minnesota
and Iowa,
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-10-18
Meanwhile MIR. FOrd's Critic
Sticks to the Editorial Trench

In criticizing Henry Fords peace pro-
I; Saranda in Golfers Weekly of Oct. l6,
Edward Sanford Martin has this to say
"You, (meaning Mr.. Ford, have done
~ great deal to make life attractive. That
|jb your great service to peace, because
the pleasanter life is the less people want
10 die. But war, Henry, brings much
3eater lesson than that-the lesson OF
|1elf-sacrifice. Nobody is much good who
Ekas not in him some idea. some ideal, that
~ cares more for than he does for life,
wen though it is life alleviated by the
Ford motor. You help to make life pleas
mt, but war, Henry, helps to make it
|noble, and if it is not noble, it does not
matter a d. whether it is pleasant or
|Hot. That is the old lesson of Calvary
|x0peated at Mons, Ypres, Liege and Ma
ur. Whether there are more people
n the world or less, whether there are
beds or oxen, makes no vital difference,
ut whether men shall be willing to die
NJ what they believe in, makes all the
Inference between pig-sty or paradise.
Ut by bread alone, Henry, shall men
There Is no doubt of Mr. Martins sim
4fty and there may be no intention of
ding, but it is almost childishly one
NV need one suppose that because
IN does not believe in slaughtering
QpIe IN quantity, any more than in
I1Gring them singly, he is, therefore,
pable Of seH-sacrifice even unto
nthl
w have our example in Jesus, the
$3.50 of Peace, who died the most tor
- death which could be devised, for
rke Of an ideal or principle. The
o, who were many Of them burned
40 because they would not re-
ok religion, were unalterably
49, ~ Nsx.
There = 10 doubt that many Of our
ice advocates today would be capable
- noble self-sacrifce as any soldier
ho goes into battle, il by 80 doing they
I'D uphold this splendid ideal which is
Nv now beginning to make for itself a
1ndation built upon the rock.
there Is q much higher service tc
Ice than making life so pleasant tha
Hoople do not want to die. No one want
10 die. unless he is in great grief or pain
&sk Is an abnormal condition, and tn
eautiful spirit of unselfishness can
more plainly seen among the homel
scenes Of every day life, than in the no,
Efors of the battlefield.
Capt. Otis walked resolutely out int
be Antarctic blizzard to save his com
fndes the misery Of seeing him Gle;
I'm, today, is calmly awaiting execution
Utah prison. to save woman
n1ne being dishonored; were anyone L
1Cin, he could cover pages With the he
= acts of the humble, peaceful folk o
world. We do not require war, Nh
nm, to bring out our noblest side
1ncn. normal life holds plenty of or
etmities.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-10-18
Went Too Far.

Doctor cured you of loss OF
memory. didn't I?
Jones-You did.
Doctor-Then why don't you pay
my BILL
Jones--Why, after being cured.
remember over two hundred other
bills owed-all antedating yours
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-10-18

At the outbreak Of hostilities the
strength OF the belligerents in com
uleted vessels of the "dreadnangh.
,ype-that is, battleships and battle
cruisers of recent date-was as fol-
lows.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-10-18

Exposure 30 cold and the eruptive
disoases OF children. such as scarlet
fever. measles and diphtheria. are
common causes Of Inflammation Of
the ear.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-10-18
Totals

Even II the Japanese feet, which
II not participating NJ present. and
the italian feet. which came into
the war but recently. be omitted
from the computation, 1t is inter.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-10-18

The Donk-I hear every one speak
OF HIM as a perfect donkey.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-10-18
The Point OF View.

The Donk-That man over there
must be a fine. smart fellow.
The Steed-What makes you
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-10-18

Upon the health OF the genera
tons 10 come depends the prosper
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-10-18

A silver coin is usually in cur.
rency for about twenty-seven years
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-12-31
Mrs. McAIarney Laid
to Rest in Family Plot

Funeral services for Mrs. Ada Hoff-
man McAlarney, widow of Matthias
Wilson McAlarney, were held this aft
ernoon at 2 o'clock at Market Square
Presbyterian church. The Rev. j.
Ritchie Smith, d. D., former pas
tor of Market Square church con-
Quoted the services. He was assisted
by the pastor, the Rev. George Ed
ward Hawes, d. D. Burial was pri-
vate and was made in the family plot
in Harrisburg cemetery.
The pallbearers were Edgar r.,
Wilson and Roscoe Hoffman, Ramsey
Reese and Robert e. MacAlarney
nephews and Fred w. Kleibacher, OF
Pittsburgh, son-in-law. During the
services selections were played on the
organ by Mrs. John Henry. The
floral tributes included a large IVY
wreath, trimmed with a sheaf of
orchids violets and lilies of the val
ley and colors and insignia of the
Daughters of the American Revolu-
ton. of which Mrs McAlarney was a
charter member.
Mrs. McAlarney, a former resident
of Harrisburg, died Tuesday at her
home in New York City. The body
was brought to Harrisburg at noon
to-day. Services were held yesterday
afternoon at the New York residence
and were conducted by the Rev. Geo
b. Stewart, president of the Theologi-
cal Seminary at Auburn, y. Y, and q
former Harrisburg pastor.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-12-31
Undergraduates Hear
of Joys IN College Life

Miss Bessie e. Croft, of the Central
pupils yesterday afternoon at her
home, 1920 Penn street. Miss Kath-
arine Hemperly spoke of the social life
at Mount Holyoke College: Miss Helen
Wilson. of the earnest work and pleas
ures at Swarthmore. and Miss Kath-
arine Andrews pictured the social, in
tellectual and religious life at Welles-
ley.
Refreshments were served to Miss
Eliza beth Watts Miss Veronica Baker
Miss Mildred Meyer, Miss Fay Meyer
Miss Anna Guy. Miss Anna Hammel.
baugh, Miss Mary Blough, Miss Grace
Seibert, Miss Katharine Dubbs, Miss
Helen Appleby, Miss Eleanor Jones
Miss Nancy Mccullough, Miss Kath'
arine Cleckner and Miss Frances
HauSe
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-12-31
TREES CAN BE PUT
IN GOOD SHAPE
DR.. Surface Gives Some Ideas
Regarding Care For Those
Hit by the Storms

More damage has been done to fruit
and shade trees by the heavy storms
of snow and sleet which went over
the State this week than in any storm
IN the last five years according TO re-
ports which have been received at
the State Capitol and some orchard
owners have reported injury to most
of their trees. The offices of the De-
partment of Agriculture have been
sent scores of letters asking for advice
and information as to what to do for
trees which have been broken by
weight of ice or damaged by winds.
State Zoologist II. A. Surface in a
general statement in behalf of the de-
partment to-day gave these sugges-
tions:
THE damage by ice to trees is
really not as serious as il looks, for
the reason that ii can be overcome by
proper methods of pruning and tree
surgery. In many cases the break
ing of the trees is an evidence that
they were not correctly pruned. Sys-
tenn of pruning that makes low sway
ing branches is liable to result in
breaking either by ice during winter
or by the load of fruit in the Fall.
Prune in such a manner as to make
short sturdy branches with several
shoots to bear fruit or leaves. Where
II limb is broken off, prune it by cut
ting off straight Just above a strong
branch. If the tree is so broken as
10 be deformed, cut it back on all
sides until it is reshaped or equally
balanced. Cut out all central stems
and cut back the tips of branches in
such a manner as to keep the tops of
trees low and strengthen the branches
that remain.
"A tree that is the proper shape to
support a big load of ice without
breaking is also in proper shape to
support a big load of fruit, if it be a
fruit tree. The pruning of shade
trees is a matter of individual choice,
but most of them do not receive
enough attention of this kind. If a
branch be broken and the injured
part be amputated, leaving a stub,
new growth will start from this in
such a manner as soon to reshape
the tree. 1t is the nature of tree
growth to round out the top in such
a manner as TO preserve symmetry
and poise."
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-12-31
BIG RAILROAD
IMPROVEMENTS In '16
[Continued From First Page,l

completing the second half of the
new concrete bridge across the Sus-
uuehanna river, contemplates addi-
tional tracks between Harrisburg and
Winchester and increased yard facil-
tiles.
II. j. Stackhouse. superintendent
of the Harrisburg division of the
Philadelphia and Reading Railway
said this morning:
The year started bad and no
plans We're made for improvements,
They will come next year. Business
has grown to such large proportions
that the facilities at Rutherford yards
must be increased. Longer sidinSs
will be built along the Harrisburg di-
vision. Freight business has brought
much prosperity during the last six
months"
AT the office of William B. Nc
Caleb, superintendent of the Phila-
delphia division of the Pennsylvania
railroad, it was said that the COM
pletion of the South Harrisburg
freight station is a certainty for 1916.
Other improvements at Enola and
Steelton are also planned. Superin-
tendent McCaleb is out of the city.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-12-31
Miss Eleanor L. Etter
Is Hostess at Luncheon

The prettily appointed luncheon
given this afternoon by Miss Eleanor
Lindsey Etter at her home, 209 Pine
street, was in compliment to her
schoolmate. Miss Dorothy Wall, Of
Philadelphia.
Red prevailed in a decorative color
scheme with American Beauty roses
in the centerpiece.
Among the guests were Miss Sarah
Elizabeth Cooper. Miss Eleanor Earle,
Miss Sarah McCulloch. Miss Helen
McCaleb, Miss Elizabeth Ross, Miss
Martha Fletcher, Miss Helen Vickery,
Miss Marion Hean, Miss Mary Boas,
Miss Ruth Payne, Miss Almeda Her.
man. Miss Elizabeth Knisely, Miss
Alice Marie Decevee, Miss Dorothy
Wallower, Miss Isabel Shreiner. Miss
Helen Dull Oenslager, Miss Martha
Bullitt, Miss Mary Williamson, Miss
Dora Wickersham Coe. Miss Amy Con-
ley, of Philadelphia, and Miss Kath-
arine IGtter.
Tomorrow Miss Wall will be guest
of honor at a tea to be given by Miss
Helen Josephine Fickery at her home
at Cottage Hill, Steelton.