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Explained 1t Last!

After rty.eight hours of conccn.
tratcd ratiocination. attended. we arc
sorry TO sny. by more or less intellec
tual distress. the World has arrived
ut what II now regards as the true
explanation Of the staggering defeat
Of it, party in the Dlrigo State last
Monday:
The Democrats in Maine seem %
have been swamped by the very ercr.
~,iveness Of their own campaign"
We submit that this IL n master.
piece Of inductive. deductive, proIuc.
tive or seductive philosophy. which
v e It may be.
"Swamped by the very effectiveness
Of their own campaign"--how the
thought would have delighted the la.
mented JOHN PHOENIX.
On Tuesday morning our perplexci
friend and neighbOr remarked that
II was not much of a swamp anyway,
1t having been inevitable that Mnin'
would go Republican"
On Wednesday the World discov.
cred In the Maine returns evidence Of
reaction. Of the activity of the cash
register" ~ "Morgnnism triumphant
as our neighbor expressed itself IN
beautifully occult phrase.
On Thursday II was very clear to the
World that the result was ncithct
inevitable nor expressive Of trium'
plant Morganism the Democrats wpr,
"swamped by the very effectiveness
Of their Own campaign"
We repeat the lovely phrase he
cause we adore IL. "Swamped by the
very effectiveness Of their own cam
paign". This is not ridiculous. II
transcends the ridiculous and belong,
in tho %rauinnS ~ tha suhlyma
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left town the bunch Of cowboys fol-
lowed the ;rain full tilt down the valley
The cowboys naturally took to II
candidate who looked like n man anil
noted and talked like II man. The
Hughes smile came quickly ind nat
urally. A winning smile" Mr.. DAv-
IMPORT calls It. and testifes TINT Mr..
HrGHEs shows "nn exubprnnce of hu.
man interest in the presence Of the
people, "He looks like II President"
we are told that j.. like II born
lender Of democracy" lie has u fine,
alert. rcgnant appearance People
everywhere thought Mr.. HuGHEs was
big enough for the job"
So the frost belt thawcd as Mr..
HuGHEs advanced. showing himself
"to the satisfaction of the West to
he n real human being with rel blood
and u knowledge Of his kind The
myth is dead and laid away. We do
not think that Mr.. HuGHEs's Demo.
cratic friends. M he calls them with
his fine courtesy. will take 1t out Of
the campaign closet and parade it
any more.
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vaccination with the bacIlli Of the two
pnratyphoids and VI typhoid fever.
using two parts Of the former to one
Of the latter. They have proved Their
i%mmunizlng value by demonstrntinc
In the blood Of the protected individ-
ual the presence Of antibOdies, the
real protective agents. against all
three malndies. They also proved the
h~armlessness Of the triple vaccine in
1910 persons who had been previously
immunized with typhoid bacilli. The
distinct entity Of ench of these df-
fectiOns IL confirmed, and 1t Is AS
serted by the investigators that vnc-
cinatiOn with the triple bacilli re-
enfOrces "a preceding immunizntioii
against the attack of typhoid fever.
Thus has IL rome about thnt through
the untiring efforts Of p~aInstaking
medical men our knowledge ~ dis.
abling and destructive diseases has
been Increased by the war in Europe
and a partial compensation for It's
ravnges attained. Our army surgeons
will doubtless nvnil themselves of
these discoveries.
1t Is hoped that the above brief
statement may serve to allay anxiety
and distress among the relatives and
friends of the milltlnmpn.
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Meddlera With Nature.

The Scallop. we are told by II cor
respondent. Is In It's proper marke;
form 'yrllowish. sticky. firm" hut by
puncks Is made white. fiabby. soft"
to look bettcr-nnd taste worse.
Why will marplots So meddle with
nature; The natural martini is what
everybody knows II Is or remembers
II to have been. Comes n mrldlcr
and drrnches II with fruit juice Ia
make us i'll instead of merry. May
the turnkey stalk in his shadow. the
prison doors ynwn for him.
The turkey trot as nature made it
was as wholesome, hardy n dance .,>
ever II born of the cake walk mar
rietl tn good Now IL is be.
tangled with dips. glides. slides and
hcsitations until ones heels reel III
effort to remain ncthermost to ones
head.
Once We revealed In natural politics
the speakers stand on village green az
city park aglow with flaming torch,
the squire. or II might he the distric,
Lender. presiding. the speaker n likely
parsonage filled with wisdom nnl
voice. the crowd as cheprfully alert
for fight or frolic. What now Ele-
gan suites of offices for henluuar-
ters East. West. North, South. centre
and both ends pompous officials, each
with nm army Of press agents. issuing
and collecting money. launch,
ing palatial special trains bmlging
with great folk tn be unladcn intu
vast electric lighted halls tn preach
swelling tlubduh To the reporters.
A,ast. Leave us our firm AMI yell
low srnllops. our martins unspoilei
by cubists' tinkering, our politics If
red blood. not red fire. Marplot.,
m%cldlrrs with nature, let plain folk
alone
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Ne VIII Get In November what
Maine Gave Him In September.

Down East they understand whit
happened to President WILSON In the
Maine election. Apparently the deeper
morality and wider significance Of II
1T is nationwide-haye not yet
struck home to all observers.
Maine spoke for the nation In an.
swer to the transfer Of the United
States Government from the elected
and appointed servants Of the public
To the brotherhood b~lackjackers.
Three weeks ago Mr.. WILSON had a
chance to carry Maine. He had a
chance In spite Of the White House
submarine record. because there were
two possible sides to that question.
lie had a chance in spite Of Mexico.
beca use twO sides TO That question
we're almost possible. He had a chance
In spite OF the fact that JosEPHus was
sent to h%arnngue Maine voters Out
" his ignorance and folly because.
though only one side vas possible 10
that question among a people who
think and breathe and live the noble
traditions of the sea. stump perform
nnces like JOsEPHUs's are not new IN
lulitical parties.
Mr.. WILSON had n chance, and
every clear head In Maine knew he
had, because the independent voters Of
Ma!up were still undecided and ever
Indifferent; but when he struck his
political barter with the blackjackers,
when he abdicated the Chief Magis-
tiHcy Of the nation in their favor.
when he made the United States Con.
gress n branch office Of the Big Four.
when he all but tore the United States
Constitution into strips to roll into
cigar lighters for their perfectos-
when Mr.. WILSON ended representa-
tive government for 50 long a time as
he should remain in the White House
ana mis- Senators and Representatives
in the Capitol. the independent voters
~ Maine became electrified.
The instant Mr.. WILSON and his
congress betrayed the American peO.
pie with his Big Four bargain he wac
rs dead a. n doornail In Maine. for
straightway not only was every Re.
publican Progressive breach thereby
closed but every independent voter
was aroused against him.
without the independent voters the
Democratic party anywhere north OF
Dixie il always beaten out Of its
boots. independent voters Of Maine
ARE no different from independent
voters elsewhere. Throughout the
country they are done with WILSON
for good and NIL. In every State which
IL not n rotten pocket borough Of the
Solid South he will get in November
what Maine gave him In September.
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The spanish Theatre.

Is the Zar2uela to he acclimatiZcd
in New York: Is the most charuc-
teristic style of Spanish theatrical m
tertainmcnt to become II feature ri
that part Of the city which Is t"po-
graphically described ns Broadway;
II i. Of course, n f%iguralive use If the
nnmp Of the street rather than u lit
eral II which places the new Span.
ish theatre on that thoroughfarp. But
Ia the list If foreign theatres In New
York there has been added n play.
house devoted tn performances in the
Spanish language. Inevitably the Ear
zueln. the popular combination If
music and comedy similar To our own
musical plays. will be an important
and characteristic feature of the new
theatres repertoire.
New York was never 81 thoroughly
supplied with theatres devoted to the
drama of other lands rs IL Is today.
The Italian muse Is humbly housed
on the Bowery. but the dramas of
DANNrNzIo nre frequently enjoyed
by grateful eXpatrintes in these SUR
rOundings. There are to he this win.
ter three theatres devoted to the
drama in the German language, the
iiddish writer's find Il hearing In
numerous playhouSes. and for the first
time in years II theatre built for the
purpose is TO furnish n home for the
French muse of the drama. II needed
only the Spanish theatre to complete
the list Of the theatres which made
the Latin drama available here.
The Spanish theatre has been hith.
erio known only 10 students of the
art. Several plays by E%CHEGARAY and
Angel GrlMERA are almost the px-
tent to which the theatre Of the
Iberlan Peninsula Is familiar here.
Occasionally dancers, last winter a
singer and then a composer who
brought with him an opera which had
the honor Of a performance ut the
Metropolitan Opera House-these are
the few examples ~ the dramatic and
musical art Of Spain which are known
TO this country.
In view of these facts the new
Spanish theatre may have a more i'm.
portant purpose than any other alien
stage established here.
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NOT FOR WILSON.
Disappointed In the President Il
Democrat Refuses 10 Support Him.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SrS-Sir: !
have read with much interest the letter
hy clifford Pinchot in which he gives
his reasons why he will not vote for
President Wilson. As II Democrat by
conviction and an enrolled member Of
the Democratic party. | regret to say
that ! am compelled to assent in great
part to the indictment which Mr..
pinchot draws against the President.
with this difference. however. that
shall not vote for e~x-Justice Hughes
or any other Presidential candidate.
shall not vote for the reelection of
the President because ! do not believe
that he is a true Democrat or that he
has any conviction NJ any subject that
he would not surrender or modify for
the sake Of what he deemed party ex-
redience. oblivious Of the fact that those
OF any party who are hound To II by
principle cannot be forced to indorse po-
litical renegadism.
say this with the more regret be-
cause for "A long time regarded the
President with profound respect AZ the
incarnation Of political convictions. I
that hts advent into the ma
rlOntl Dplllltal NV llfailA 'It SNl@AlNl-
ton Of definite political doctrines for
ambiguous yaporings about social JUS
tice." supposed that the reign OF hum
bug was ended and that the political
fortunes Of the nation were to he di-
rected by the dry light OF reason but
n must he evident to the dullest under
standing that a vein Of sentimentality
has been so developed in the Presidents
nature since the Lusitania negotiations
as ia render him incapable OF properly
discharging the functions OF what is
perhaps the most practical office in the
world,
II conclusion ! must say that am
sorry ! cannot ACRE with MIR. pinchot
that the Presidents conduct OF the LUST
tanis case IL not approved by the Amer
lean people. regret also that the Re-
publican candidate has not made the
Lusitania impasse the subject Of criti-
cism. though in view of the record Of
the Republicans on the McLemore
resolution II is impossible that 1t could
he made a party question. Mr.. Hughes
is silent on the subject. but when We
consider how he did not hesitate to
express his personal opinion on the
matter Of a suffrage constitutional
amendment. though at variance with his
party platform. his silence on the I.usl-
'ania case must he attributed to the fact
that he agrees with tho President
therein, or that he also is willing to
sacrifice principle to party expodlonce or
personal ambition. \ DEMOCRAT.
NEW YORK. September ~.
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CLOTHES AND THE MAN
Ovpralls vs.. SwalIOwtails ~ the narI
Of the Thoughtful.

To EDITOR ~ THE SIN 49,
people who speak II sI.. =
that good clothes bring S,'f p. p. -
courage or promote good ulI.
various ways make o. lINN.-, r,
do or be their best. S..u N.W- .t
according 10 the stand era. n'.
conceptions Of tn" world :
rived al mans .stlt. Afv, .,.r
worked for n one hIt ht., a."
employer Of men I wors wit
| employ and am satisfied i .r, =
does ms much work IN a Ia, ls e.. y.
MINI Is not confused ny the 'Ir,r' .a
conception or talk of capital a. .,'
At the age Of forty | h,n,u-
and original enough to look .. .'..
the years and see life IN "a. -.t'.' D.
and greatness. Such ]uulmror't '' -
as good clothes do not dff,.'
! have any preference !; is 90 h' .,-
as | nave been when dj '.'
most important to humarl't
When | put on a good sg''
less. Of the nature Of q a1w '..f
than a vegetable. While 'rrr. o..
looks. perhaps, ! entirely fGt ts "
'F'iiiHFsS' me hNt'tI. ~
good clothes mean the oppo-'D
In a dress suit meet and
those who have led In. w'l'3 ..a
caused war and lived art'ar'al '..-
oreralls I am with people W'' a.' r'
ural and have human svupa'
As to affecting thought. | ~. Sos
In overalls ! have great tl.y-.'-
see no great plan OF ne rs - ''r.'
not men, have shown u 20 y. N
panoramic vision the great r''.' :
the survival of the Attest q. srr'''
before me. and | see the CAUSE ~ 'h'r;
as the changes OF the years h,'' 90
our civilization.
! also see mankind iptereetrI ''
things watching a bali roll q
field. Interested In clothes a"! ''' ;.'
ment AS a peacock is erf ' s''
plan Of life is not understood ''d"-
mems minds or thoughts are = " =
nature 10 see great things
say that when men hecoTs rs'iS
clothes arc one Of the u"." "''''
things and should be SO classei
ORiGiNA, IT, 1928
rHILApELPHrA. September -
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The Great Thsw In the west.


When MIR. HrGHEs makes his sec.
Ond tour ~ the West he wont have
to contend with the myth dissent.
mated maliciOusly by his opponents
that he has NJ human qualities and
II devoid ~ sympathy with his fel.
low Americans. A more damninE
charge cannot be brought against =
candidate. The people want no man
Of f%Orbidding personality In the White
House. They worship the memory
Of LINCOLN because he was one of
themselves In his view Of life. its
trials. hardships. compensations and
humOrs. LINCOLN IL their standard.
md u candidate who has nothing of
Old ABE In his composition makes no
Roadway in their regard.
When Mr.. HUGHEs began his speak.
ing tour In the West he found wait.
ing for him ut every turn the cunning
falsehOOd TINT he was completely out
OF touch with the common people and
would never he able To understand
them. They had been told that hIs
heart was as cold as his exterior
that he was formal and unapproach-
able that human Kindness and sym
pathy were not In him. So the crowds
that came IN see Mr.. HuGHEs and to
hear what he had to say for himself
were frigid. The cOldness was all Oh
their side. Then the great thaw he
gan. Mr.. FREDERICK l.. DAVENPORT.
who vas Progressive candidate for
Governor Of New York in 1914, tells
the story In the Outlook. He was not
exactly a friendly Indian himself at
the start; but ne was won over
everybody was won yer The myth
vanished into thin air.
Mr.. HUGHEs will probably remem
Der with gratitude what an old fel-
low said ut San Diego after sizing up
the candidate and Mrs. HrGHEs:
"They are common. amt they, Just
like the rest OF u.s." The old man
was a shrewd Judge of human nature.
for the couple he studied were Al,
democratic as the people they min
gled with IN the sands mt San Diego.
At the Detroit baseball grounds,
where Mr.. HU0HEs showed that ne
knew something about the national
game and leaped over a railing to let
the players shake hands with him. a
man at Mr., DAvENPoRT's elbow en-
claimed: by golly, there's nothing
cold about him! He Is a modest man,
but he Is all right" 1t was the same
unaffected, manly HUGHES who went
down the shaft at Butte In miners
Oilskins, talked with the men about
their work and handled the rock hrill
to see how II was done. The cowboys
came 10 Miles city to judge Mr..
HrGHEs for themselves. and Mr.. DAv.
EXPORT says Of that meeting:
II think ! didn't hear him make n bet
ter speech than at Miles City. under the
hass In the park, looking down from 'he
band stand upon the big. husky fellows,
eager and strong upon the cowboys AMI
| the sirls. upon the little folks on big
horses with tho colts running after.
Such enthusiasm, such response to Ideals.
svsh . genuine boly Of folks! ~ We
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THE GARDENERS WAGE.
His Important Calling should BE Bet.
ter Rewarded THIN II IL.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuS--Sir; The
several communications which have re-
GENTLY appeared In your columns on the
miserable compensation that the gar
dener recc yes at the hands of lnstitu-
tons such AZ the New York Botanical
Garden may bear fruit II this publicity
will come to the attention Of their gov
crning boards. for II seems incredible
that the professional men const i,uting
these boards would knowingly permit
the practice OF paying less for skill.
which requires years Of learning and
practice to- acquire. than to-day Is paid
for ordinary labor.
That the practice has been In force at
all Is owing OF course to the fact that
there are men to he found in the garden
ing profession who will accept such po-
sitions. This. however. is due in nearly
every instance to circumstances which
necessitatc keeping employed and con-
s-qucnt failure to extricate ones self
from unfortunate surroundings To rise
tc better opportunities.
II cannot he questioned hat II the
mana sements Of many Of our botanical
gardens were more liberal in the treat
"'e"' I" t"e'r Eehera' operating iorceS
greater ANIMATION would perNade THESE
places "nIch would 'ehd I" draw more
pubic interest 10 them ana result IN
i'creasing financial ppor II would
elevate our botanical gardens nearer to
the nss'ul institutions OF ike character
iouhd ABROAD whereas to-day pubic
interest IN some OF Il botanical gar
gems ~ practically MI. SO Tar az botany
ana horticulture are concerned.
gardening. as a whole. should not ne
classed as the worst profession from a
remunerative STANDPOINT. ana from the
as'hetic what profession can vie with
Ii where the hish'y effcient are CON
sldered' statistics show that the strus-
eihs followers OF theoiogy. medicine u
'he Ia" are nor az well on as the aver
age gardener. VINO IL. strictly speaking.
engage" IN MS vocation.
Ne'ertheiess. we do not concede that
the Harueher " amply compensated Tor
what ne prouuces' mere We must dis
'lhsu'sh oet~een the real gardener and
the so-caiied gardener. more properly
termed garden laborer. and who is best
known 10 the general pubic. The abil-
'ty or the capable gardener. who IL eff-
''eh' IN al the various phases OF hort'-
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SURPRISES FOR THE STRUG.
CLING AUTHOR.

IL had a great shock the other day."
said the struggling author. I'm fact
] had a succession Of shocks that
lasted for a couple Of days. but as |
look back on IT all. the first of the
series seems mild. as do all the others
that followed by comparison with the
last. When that came was fairly
staggered.
at began when I opened my ri
ing mail. There was the usual assort-
Incnt Of returned manuscripts. and
these ] ripped open first to see II I
had impressed any Of the editors sum
GENTLY to elicit one OF those friendly
letters you read about that
young writer's To go on and develop
themselves. have long had a
curiosity TO know whether editors ever
do write such letters, but I am settling
down into a helief that they 10 not.
All ! ever got from my of them Is one
Of those maddeningly courteous, neatly
printed slips that fairly smell OF in
sincerity.
But there was one smaller envelope
than the Others that left for the last.
My affection for the returning chill
dren Of my brain led me to look at
them first. That and the curiosity I
mentioned. Then | opened the small
envelope n had the initial shock. II
contained a check for $3.50.
Mrs. Author and I embrace each
other in i~ubilation. I had sold a story
at last and our future was now secure.
We sat a while in ecstasy while we
planned II all out again. as We had
many times before when IT had not
become an accomplished fact.
After "a while we woke up 10 the
fact that the initial step would have
Ia he the settling up of II number of
small debts that had been troubling
us for a long time, and I sailed forth
with the intention Of doing this. I
think hat is the correct expression to
use. Anyhow, ! know I felt az IL I
were sallying.
First went to my butcher. He
seemed rs. pleased as I when I told
him ] wanted to pay him. hut he
couldn't change 80 large a check. he
said. and he looked at me a little
douhtfu,ly. I fancied. when ! told him
I'd be back later.
II had - similar experience at the
rroccr's. the bakers. the n~ewsdealer's.
the fruitcrer's and one or two other
places where ! owed money. and "a I
came out from the last of these I
had a sudden thought which I now
see was ignohle. but ] had been strug-
riing for a long time. Perhaps II was
only natural.
i thought II might he feasible. ny
keeping the check. and showing II from
time 60 time. To keep on getting credit
indefinitely. and so ease the strain on
Mrs. Author. 1t was not a fixed pur-
pose, but IL seemed a pleasing POSSIBLE
ity. and | started home to discuss II
with her.
Then I met Peter. Peter IL the
poor DaCo that brings us five cents
worth ~ ice when we need II. He
seems to he such a poor man that I al
ways felt ashamed not to pay him the
cash. but I owed him sl.25. Partly as
n joke. but also with real satisfaction
NJ being able 10 pay him. ] offered him
the check. and he pulled more money
nut Of his trousers pocket than I had
supposed there was In the entire neigh
borhood, and gave me the change"
The sun., 1916-09-15
PAY B FOR MERIT.
Reader Redlscovers an Ancient
Method Of Com pensatlOn.

To THE EDITOR Dr. THE SuH-Sr! I
know the labor remedy. Let the work
Of men in each plant be graded accord
ing to its excellence or defects. and pay
ment adjusted on such a scale. Instead
Of our present method OF paying a stipu-
lated amount to men who do a certain
kind Of work, based IN the assumption
that such work should he perfect. AZ
little Of II il perfect. the wage In normal
times should be the maximum. all else
graded downward.
Let the payment he according to each
individuals merit. This is the only way
employers will ever get the worth Of the
money laid out for wages.
Individual payment according to indi-
vidual merit should he the new slogan.
! am sure This would solve the trouble.
INDIVIDUALITY.
ARpMoRE. Pa. September ~