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Movies E7t Al.

IAN aged former atheist who never
had been seen in church began to at
tend some of the moving pictures,
baseball games, social affairs and lee
lures arranged by the preacher. He
gradually got more interested, until
he finally began attending church. He
is a regular now. For some time he
stayed bashfully in the back pew, but
at the last funeral he asked the under
taker to Please got me q seat up front
where can hear the preacher
Every Saturday night there is So
clal event at some one of the four
churches, each of which now has it's
own special hall. One of them had
none until Brother Dawber drew the
plans for it, made out the bill for the
lumber purchase and directed the
building, which was done by the farm
ers. Those who couldn't contribute
money gave several days work. At one
of the Saturday turnouts there Is a
consumption of ice cream that often
reaches total of twenty-five gallons.
This Is tribute to the preachers
right hand man. his wife, who helps,
with others, to make the ice cream.
indicating the psychological and spirit
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of others has meant hundreds of dol
lars to more than one tiller of the
"Opposition to the churchman's
efforts has cropped up in unexpected
ways, but it seldom lasts When
Brother Dawber was busying himself
on the road improvement enter
prise an oldtimer cornered him. See
here he said, were paying you tc
preach, not to mix in politics.
"Im doing the preaching, he re.
sponded, and I'm not charging you for
the politics. What are you kickinh
aboutT
There was no rebuttal, at least
not for while. Some weeks later
this oldtimer startled the preacher with
gift Of Ave dollars to the church
work, followed by the remark that 4
guess prohibition will be a good thing
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away. One old man went to town
last summer to watch an aeroplane
exhibition; the novelty of seeing
fljer and a locomotive on the same day
has affected him according to his neigh
bors.
of farmers pigs get sick, the
state will send an official veterinary
to prescribe for them, but if the farmer
is ailing he must fix himself or wait
until the nearest doctor can take
twelve mile trip. Moral: Be a hog
SO the farmers of Pixies Creek used
to say, but not since they have had
their twentieth century Methodist pas
or, with his religion Of service. He
has organized the Ladies' Aids into
Nursing Associations which will ad-
minister first aid capably while the
doctor is being summoned.
From his first day on the charge,
Brother Dawber has been diagnosing
and prescribing for all manner of
community ailments. Upon arrival
he learned that he had four preach
ing appointments at Pixies Creek,
Mooretown, Loyalville and Chestnut
Grove. This meant twenty-five miles
Of travelling every Sunday if he was
to reach them all. He could hold SER
vices in each church on alternate
weeks IL he wished, cutting down
his Sunday engagements to two, but
that wasn't his way Of doing things
He managed to get an old model Ford
car that runs part Of the time When
it didn't run he walked twenty two
miles each Sunday. It Is truism
among his flock that he is always on
time when the cars 'in the shop for
he never has tire trouble with his
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high for private interests to put money
in SO expensive enterprises, and that
public Improvements are the only pres
ent solution, and then only because gov
eminent, Federal, state and municipal,
can afford to do this for the general
good. Unless, of course, there ensue
much lower prices in material and la
Dor, of which at present there does
not seem any likelihood.
"The revival of building may, and
probably will, come from an entire
change Of our point Of view. We may
realize that the cost of building must
be considered not as an actual, but as
a proportional matter, and in relation
to our purchasing power rather than the
actual figures of labor and material
costs. If salaries and wages maintain
practically their present level, and the
cost of the commodities that enter
largely into the cost Of living, espe-
cially food and clothing, declines, then
our ability to build may be as great
as ever, especially when by so doing
we encourage the activities of prac-
tically every industry in the country.
"The need for new construction and
for development enterprises of every
nature is obviously great and pressing.
Meanwhile, the outlook is distinctly
better and the expectation is for an
increase during the next four months
of from Is to 20 per cent in the volume
of building, compared with the similar
period of last year. And for much
greater activity next fall should gen.
eral business be good, for it all de-
ponds on that
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apparently we are up against a
deadlock, or what the French call an
impasse. Fortunately, however, for the
solution we do not depend upon logic
but rather upon human nature.
"In the past it was automatic that
building booms do not start from high
levels of prices. Also that they are
the product and result Of long period
of prosperity because they depend
upon an accumulation Of funds which
seek investment in real estate Some
of this is speculative, but much, that
of building homes, is the indulgence
of sentiment rather than an invest
ment, since homes are apt to dete-
riorate and not increase in value,
especially in large cities.
"In general, building activity is the
last thing to start going in eras of
prosperity and likewise the last thing
to stop, because it is more economical
to complete the commitments already
made than to abandon them and leave
'HcAI uIllil Sueu. IL IL Il ldInlllar DuSl-
ness aphorism that real estate booms
mark the beginning Of the end OF every
period of prosperity.
"We are distinctly at the end of one
period of prosperity, and if another
one comes on later it will be an en-
tirely different one from that just
ended and due to entirely different
causes. So again, logically, if we are
to have another era Of much building
and construction it should wait until
our next era of prosperity is we'll I'M
der way. Especially when the general
feeling is that prices are much too
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he realized the need of a larger spirit
of social unity. The people at the vari-
Gus appointments were not mingling
with each other, and in many instances
people at one appointment knew abso-
lutely nothing about the people at an
other appointment. Fhe situation was
largely overcome by instituting a series
OF socials, for each Of which one Of the
appointments was responsible and to
which all the others were invited. In
this way the neighbors became better
acquainted.
Besides his parsonage is a plot of
ground on which he has developed
an agricultural experiment station. Fol-
lowing lines laid out by the Depart
men of Agriculture, he has ascertained
what things arc best adapted to the
soil OF the vicinity. Taking his advice
and eliminating certain crops in favor
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-05-18
People Who
Live in |
Alleys

k<E1EOPLE live in tenement,
OF alleys generally be.
cause they are POOR
says a writer in "Ths
Public" Ceases of millionaires wb.
voluntarily seek the alleys are rars .
continues the writer, who goes o,
to say:
Hence the recently published firurs,
OF the Children's Bureau upon thu .v;l
effects Of bad housing may be taken a.
commentary upon poverty. The low
wage goes hand in hand with bad hons
ing, and the standard of living varie.
with the thickness Of the pay envelocs
The studies made by the burssr
show striking contrasts. The outward
difference between dwellers in bor.o,
fronting on streets and the less fort.
innate who live in houses frontine m
alleys is one of social standing. A far
more vital difference is shown in H..
mortality tables, which reveal sixtv-
eight less infant deaths per thousand
Where there is an average Of less
than one person to room, the infant
mortality rate is 1888 per thousand
This is high enough, but increasing tina
average by one person per room raise,
the death rate to 177.S. An increase of
two persons to each room raise, tn.
death rate to 2617.
Here indeed is more than a social
difference. The contrast between Yha
home and the tenement is even NOR.
striking. Where une-family homes ara
the rule, the death rate of babies i, az,
per thousand. Crowd seven or NOR.
families into house and the rate rise,
to 1865.
"And the remody7 Sufficient room
well constructed buildings which
insure freedom from dampness and
drafts provision for the admission
OF sufficient sunshine'-these are III.
specifications for Utopia. 1t would be
we'll to call in an architect before we
go any further. Architects everywhere
are preaching the impossibility of deal
ing with the housing problem until the
land problem is dealt with.
THE rising values of land make
space SO valuable that every available
inch must be used. Overcrowding is un-
avoidable SO long as land within the
reach Of transportation and social fa-
clllties is SO costly. Compactly built
rookeries may be constructed, but thew
leave no room for the much needsd
sunshine.
THE second largest city in America
has some of the worst slums in Amer
lea, yet so per cent of its area is vacant
When our cities learn to release their
idle areas from the grip of the specu-
lator they will have more room for sum
shine. 1t is futile to expect funda.
mental housing reform until hen. for
the housing problem is ultimately the
problem of the proper DEVELOPMENT of
land"
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3 ADY CLIFFORD, wife Of
y the Governor of the Gold
~ Coast, has collected in q
book on her experiences in
Africa some native essays offered in
Red Cross prize competition.
Among them is the following, en-
titled Life Saving on the Coast:
"On returning from a school vacation
after when l had visited an uncle Of
mine at AIDA, it befell my lot to travel
home on the steamship Agberi (ths
very first occasion on which I had the
chance of travelling on a ship. When
the ship came in, was sent to the beach
IN order to catch the first boat that
might leave; fortunately / met one,
which I soon Joined. Before the boat
left ashore to the distance of about
8O-100 yards, 1 had already been at
tackled with Sea Sick of a serious nat
ure-vomiting ensued. The 'boasom'
ordered that l should lie down quietly
in the boat. This I no sooner did. Not
long after huge wave came along the
boat, pushed it hither and thither
which rendered every possibility Of sur
viving extremely hopeless. The Sea
Sick was at this time indescribably
worse than ever. On coming near the
Ship when the Captain had already seen
me Of the condition in which / was, he
at once shouted: No sick allowed on
board, better get back to the Shore;
all Of a sudden I raised up my head
and voice and CALCULATED, No, sir,
be strong, I am going to Accra.'
heard nothing more from the captain
found him going to his room / had
now to climb up the ship; found it
an absolute impossibility to do so--the
whole system of mine had became tenn
porarily nervous. I attempted holding
the rope leading to the deck, the result
Of this was utterly disastrous; it
slipped from my hands, simultaneously
the boat dashed away under me, dropped
into the Sea in full gravity. Irnucdi-
ately one of the boatmen fell himself
into the Sea after me, picked me up in
an instant, and with the valuable as
sistance Of one Of his friends, was
again drawn back in the boat "a very
philanthropic action.) Ultimately an
other plan was approved for my con-
veyance aboard. | was tied round the
back of one of them with piece Of
cloth Gas our native women USE to
do) who climbed up the ship with
amazing rapidity. was now on board
at last. Great was my surprise and joy
on finding myself located in this far
reaching microcosm, still alive with
every confidence of revivification. Next
morning ! reached Accra, landed in
safety with much enthusiasm, made
my way home domestically full of in
defnable felicity q
"E. O. s. O."
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structures and exemptions It is Pc
culiarly significant, therefore, at pres
ent, that the general volume of bust
ness should be so large, when building
and construction are at so low an ebb.
Such activity as exists is sporadic,
scattered and altogether local. Hous-
ings are both insufficient and unsatis-
factory in some large cities where
manufacturing activity is rife.
"In addition to this the problem of
domestic service has practically driven
thousands of families from dwelling
houses to flats and apartments. So in
many cities apartments are being con-
structed on a large scale, while empty
dwelling houses are difficult either to
rent or SELL
Speculative building practically
does not exist, and public improve
ments so far are few.
"There is some construction of
homes and farm buildings in small
towns and farms in rich agricultural
districts, but it Is neither general nor
extensive. The reason for this almost
unparalleled quietude seems to be the
high prices of labor and material
materials have declined somewhat,
hut apparently not enough to incite
general activity, while by common con-
sent the price of labor is not to be
reduced save in the last extremity.
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The actor knew just where he
stood. The reporters told whether
or not he was good.
And his new salary was based on
the applause he got.
Sol
/ reformed. Next time I went to
the theatre, when l liked an act !
applauded good and loud.
Because | realized that I aUas
cheating the actor out of real neoney
aohe1a kept my appreciation to N.Y.
self.
AS we go through life let's ap.
plaud out loud when we like things
other people do.
To the actor it means real money
To all Of us it means feeling better
"a word of appreciation, a pat on
the back, how good it feels. The
latest pay envelope can't satisfy the
craving for humram appreciation
Joseph Katz, in The american Moo-
dzi7,e.
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Where Applause Is Money

n LIKE vaudeville.
Il And go to see it often.
e I've liked some acts so well
that I was bubbling over with
good humor.
But didn't applaud.
"Why should I go to all that
trouble?" I unused. "Let the other
fellow do it,
But one day something happened
A reporter friend of mine abso-
lutely proved to me that the stage
manager kept book in which were
kept some cute little records about
the acts.
He put down how many "bows"
the actor took. He recorded the
duration Of the applause.
And the records were sent to the
main office of the circuit in New
York.
And when contract time came
around it was the time of reckoning
too.
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When Does the Country Preacher Sleep?
KIN vERYBoDY," declares
r. "The World Outlook"
- "thinks b m rnlf 4La

x y VERYBODY," declares
"The World Outlook"
thinks hims self the
busiest person in the
world. But there is one person who
can be sure he is. That is the mod
ern preacher in rural community.
1t isn't the preaching which takes
his time; he seldom has more than
four churches in which he delivers
sermon each Sunday. 1t is set
thing disputes, repairing pianos, rec
onciling quarrelling husbands and
wives, securing good roads, acting
as notary, conducting agricultural
experiment stations and organizing
athletic meets which make him
work close to twenty-four hours a
day"
Writing in the same journal, Shep-
ard G. Barclay tells about the trials
and duties Of the Rev. M. A. Dawber.
OF Pixies Creek, Penn. The Rev. Mr..
Dawber holds forth as pastor of the
Maple Grove charge-"as rural a
section as there is" Thus:
Ninety per cent Of the inhabitants
in the two hundred square miles have
acquired the habit of telling him their
troubles, which generally cease to be
troubles after he has wrestled with
them. Getting mans wife to return,
finding an effective spray for new
kind Of potato bug, mending a broken
piafss2 or raising money where there
is no moncy-all thcse argue for his
axiom that a man Of the Church needs
more these days than spiritual cure
ALL
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for us, after ALL This was more than
could have been expected by the pas
tor, coming as it did from man who
had been one of the few opponents of
his work in the vicinity.
"One veteran boosted that no preach
er had been in his house for ten
years, and If that new preacher ever
sets foot on my doorstep he'll meet
Peter at the gate He backed this
up by letting his big watchdog loose
in the front yard whenever he saw the
preacher in the neighborhood. Some
months later this mans wife left him
and he came to the preacher with q
plea that you're the only one who can
! bring her back The preacher took the
| assignment and made good after half a
| dozen visits.
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The art of the
Hunter

THE kind Of heart with which
the hunter is equipped is the
important difference between the
one who cheats and the one who
doesn't. Illustrations are cited by
"Outing' as follows.
Zone day last fall a cowman from
the ella found three dead does lying
in the woods, abandoned. Thr cheatA
had shot them down for the mere lus&
of killing. Three cheats had lacked
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ual value Of these socials IS the fact
that, whenever anything interferes
with the holding of the Saturday
night function, the church is not as
full in the morning. The young folks
particularly appreciate them. One we'll
TODD farmer has three daughters who
were in the habit Of going to tbs sea-
shore every summer, but they stay at
home now, fearing they might nliss
something.' Life is worth while IN
Maple Grove now"
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only provides immediate employment for
men and business, for the manufact-
urers of road building equipment and
materials, but it also promotes the sale
of automotive vehicles. Farmers will be
extensive purchasers of trucks and auto
mobiles, which, with new roads, will re-
duce the cost of transporting farm prod
ucts and add materially to the farmers
net income.
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doubtedly greater activity IL apparent
in the near future in construction en-
terprises.
coincidence in the future is growing,
as is evinced by the campaign for sales
of fall and winter goods now being
waged by distributing interests.
1.-TWO factors dominate the future.
One, the crops, Of which can be said,
so far, so good, with the prospects of
the very best, particularly as regards
winter wheat. The other, the Euro
pean situation, which puzzles and per-
plexes from day to day as it grows
more complex and forbidding. It is
significant Of the lead we are playing
in the worlds great drama that we
are at present more concerned about
the foreign complications than our
own domestic troubles, as the former
SCSIu SO much more QlIIlCulL OIL SOlutlOn.
There is fast spreading conscious
ness, whether we will or no, that we
have become part of the world af-
fairs and that our former policy of
isolation must henceforth largely be
modified in guiding our contact with
other nations.
"Unquestionably there is a steady
drift toward the belief in a league of
nations, under an amended and thrashed
out covenant, which will give security
and prevention against a devastating
worlds war such as we have Just en-
dured.
Building and construction are the
very best barometers of the nature
and extent of general business, be-
cause in their operations they call
upon the production Of every line of in
dustry for the completion of their
activities In the form of. buildings.
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Just common or garden variety
Of co''m--baet very good corn, all
the same, as the expression on
the face of Reu. Daa0ber, soho raised
1T, shows. He has turned small
plot Of ground into an agricultural
experiment station aohere, folIo,osog
lines laid doaon BY the United States
department of Agriculture, he and
his 1eighbors haze ascertained qchat
crops are best adapted to the soil
Of the vicinity.
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His Past

"A man who had been a contractor.
n singer, an organist, and preacher
in England and later in Vancouver. the
Rev. Mr.. Dawber brought varied talents
to the Maple Grove charge to back up
his zeal.
"Hc had not boon there long before
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the course Of an extremely IL
Illuminating article, the writer goes
specifically into many Industries
lumber, brick, cement, stone, paint,
iron and steel, copper, spelter, lead,
mineral oils, etc. But comment
on these is preceded by a general
summing up of the business situa-
ton in America, and especially the
building prospect; which follows:
at it still one Of the wonders of the
times that the present volume of bust
ness continues so large. Though it is
perfectly obvious that 1t is slackening
in some lines as always during the
two months before harvest when buy-
ing waits upon the outcome of the
crops.
"Some manufacturing lines are re-
ducing the number OF employees because
Of falling off in orders, and others are
out seeking business as they have not
been doing for several years.
awe shall soon be squarely up
against the old proposition that the
domestic demands for replacement and
repair alone, in default of the activities
of construction and development en-
terprise, are not in themselves suf-
ficient to keep fully employed all the
productive possibilities Of the country
We especially find this is true of the
lack Of building in its widespread
ramiflcations and demands, though I'M
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-05-18

There IL no railroad within eight
miles Of Pixies Creek. Tho nearest
city. WilkesrBarre, In eighteen miles
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nv wow is business7" asks Archer Wall Douglas
FE in "The Nations Business" Mr.. Douglas is
Ia Ia chairman on statistics and standards of the
United States Chamber Of Commerce. In
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for highway
n work in the United States
this year are likely to amount

to a half billion dollars, or
even more, according to a recent
statement by officials of the Bureau
of Public Roads, United States De-
partment of Agriculture, says "The
Field"
On reports received from state
highway departments, the bureau
estimates the expenditures for roads
and bridges at 1886, 100000, or
$4,000, 900 more than the average
expenditures for 1916 and 1917.
This estimate does not include, how
ever, the additional Federal funds which
will be available If the amendment to the
postoffice appropriation bill, making
$5oooo,Ooo Immediately available and
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The WateryWay
to Accra!

ADY CLIFFORD, wife of
the Governor of the Gold
Coast, has collected in a