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The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1920-06-03
THE SHORTER
DAY

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The whole world is hungry for
things to eat and wear. Prices mount
and the worker cries for fewer hours
in his day u labor. Then comes .
shortage-and up 60 prices again.
Can't We ne, won't we see, that at
The present rate We are only running
around in . circle and getting no.
where?
In daily paper reaching Juiesburs
only yesterday We read that naer-
chandise on the other side Of tie At
lantic il even scarcer than in America.
They have nothing to sell and their
shelves are bare. They want to buy
to buy from America and the things
Americans make and yet the cry Of
th American worker il for shorter
hiurs-l< hours . vesk instead Of 60
"a decrease in production Of Is per-
cent. -
Shorter hosRs n The Gty has made
The farm worker restless; be, too,
wants shoetsr hours and increased
pay. Al ut every thinking nAn
knows that thS moment The seven and
eight hour day Az adopted On tia
farms Of this country America is 60
ing hungry. w.. %
But we can hssp high wssss, and
~ can siso reduce tie cost Of living
BY . simple rnssnedy--Woek-eood,
hard, honest, faithful service-not
eight hours, but 10, and even neae If
We are feeling good and can stand
the clip. Work aolne is the hope Of
this nation now-not less work. Work
| Of the kind ~ used to do before We
dreamed Of war and revolutions and
discord and unrest. Work-the same
kind our daddies did before us-that's
the salvation Of the nation now. So
let's resolve to put in big days
work. On. honest days work. six days
in the week-and pay no attention 70
how many hours it takes us to do it.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1920-06-03

keep out capital SO much a. . hand
full or two by four politicians seeking
their own aggrandizement by attack
ing community's large industries Or
utilities in the hope Of thus securing
the vote of a misinfsrmed or unin-
formed public.
Bull whacking utilities and indus
tries does not gain the public favor
it used to, however.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1920-06-03
PAPER
PROFTTEERS

The deeper the congressional com.
mittee investigating the white paper
situation goes the more apparent it
becomes that there is . combination
at work to boost prices. just IS . few
men have jumped sugar prices to
seven times what they were three
years ago. just a. q little handful of
nsa have cornered potatoes and put
thsm from eight to ten times higher
than they were before the war.
But the white paper probe is about
b show that the blow is aimed at
weekly newspapers. papers printed in
towns about the size Of Julesburg and
that possibly through fear Of expos
afs the paper prohteers are steering
- fss away as possible from TIE bfI
Dapsfs, with millions Of capital BE-
hind them. Today psper like this is
sus Is printed upon Is selling for eight
Hmes what It sold for three or four
ysafs ago, and II takes cash to get it
at tAst. AZ . result the small papers
that have been forced to ask for .
little time because their own bills wsEs
not promptly paid. find themselves
hard hit in their dealings with paper
eonesfns, and hundreds are bsinG fore.
ID to suspend publication. Others are
not making meat and bread. but are
true to the towns in which they are
Yub,ished and propose to hold on in
hope something will turn mp 10 maks
conditions better.
Sueh hope il faint, however, end
tAers seems to be no relief in sight.
Nany.solvs tAe problem by increasing
subscription and ad rates. Others do
it BY demanding cash in advance on
subsesipioa. But all sdmit that tie
btsgsst hslp NV il for anbseribars and
sdveftisefs 70 sstt3s tAsar sseouRts
promptly. In this way, and this Is
sbout ths only way lsft, papers in
towns thk sisA nay kssp out Of the
clutches Of he paper prohteefs until
the government gets nattses adjust.
ID.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1920-06-03

About the only result we can figure
out in this widespread demand for
overalls is that it's going to make
the man who works pay more for his
from now on.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1920-06-03
SILENT LECTURES

THURS-"Shod with Fire" star
ring VIM. Russell. A romantic
love song Of the plains.
FRl-Norma Talmadge in "a
Daughter Of Two Worlds.
SAT-The same.
SAT. MATINEE-A good pic
ture.
MONDAY forbidden" star
ring Mrs. Charlie Chaplin.
TUES-Clara Kimball Young in
"A Better Wife,. Also our SER
ial ELMO the Fearless.
WED-Dorothy Dalton in "The
Flame of the Yukon, a big story
of the northwest,
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-12-19

He makes 1t practice to never ride when
he can walk
Bishop Lawrence is another who prefers
walking to riding, and can be seen any day,
when his time permits, walking from his
home on Commonwealth avenue down to the
diocesan house on Beacon Hill. Like Gen.
Taylor and Mr. Hart, he banks a whole lot
on the delightful walk down Commonwealth
avenue, across the Public Garden and over
Boston Common. DIR. Eliot, while great
walker in spite of his advanced years, admits
a fondness for the bicycle. He holds 1t Is
better than the limousine, as 1t combines
exercise with the open air, while too often
in the machine one is practically shut in
Francis Peabody, prominent Boston lawyer,
while somewhat younger than this group.
can be fairly classed with them in his love
for the open. His particular hobby is horse
back riding. He is a familiar figure on the
streets of the Boston park system.
What the Records Indicate Among
Prominent Men of United States
In the neurology of the generation cover
ing the birth years from 1918 to 1880 a
noticeable fact is the length of days granted
TO t. Few of the notable men who were
still active in 1895 and who said farewell to
earth between that year and 1900 were less
than 6s at the time of demise, and many of
this generation lived beyond their Soth year
Length OF days seemed to be the rule with
this generation, and the neurological study
reed not be very deep to prove 1t. A few
instances NAV be sufficient II they embrace
the professions:
Charles A Dana noted journalist died in
1897 he was born in 1919. Junius Henri
Browne. a contemporary writer. died at SO;
Austin Corbin. born in 1889. died in 1902;
Daniel Butterield. a distinguished soldier.
died at 10; Dr. William Henry Draper. at IL (:
Amos r. Emo, born I'm 1918. lived to be IS;
Charles Henry Adams died at rs: William
Henry Appleton, publisher, was born in 1914
and died In 1890, Philip ID. Armour. born In
1882. died in 1901: Rear Admiral George E.
Belknap. q. s. ~. was rs at his death.
, The Catholic Archbishop Feehan died at
"a. Thomas Gallaudet lived to be 80; DR..
Richard Judson Calling. the inventor died
at IS; Abram S. Hewitt, Mayor of New
York. died at 81: Samuel French. publisher.
lived To be So Senator ingalls, was 81 and
Robert g. Tngersoll 66 when they died.
famous architect. Napoleon lie Brun.
kent active to the day or his death. when
he was so years old; Max Maretzek, cele-
brated In musical annals, died at rs; John
SartaIn, painter of the Hudson River
school welded the brush to SO; Secretary
Of the Navy Thompson lived to be 81: the
Fpiscopalian Bishop Whipple died at rs;
Charles Godfrey Leland, legendary literary
genius. died when he was TO- Senator Thur
man Of Ohio lived to be so.
George Bliss, we'll known New York
banker was so when he died "Oiver Optic"
beloved Of boys. whose author he was wrote
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-12-19
DR.. Dudley A. Sargent an Example
Of What Regular Exercise Can Do

youths He realizes. however, before such
a step can be brought about the public must
be educated on the subject, must realize
that the present tendency to shut their
eyes to the physical welfare of their chill
dren is little short Of criminal
Exercise for everybody is his motto. He
lives I'D to 1t himself. for in spite Of the
fact that he has fully equipped gymnasium
In connection with his big school for physi-
cal instruction for girls, there being $50
girls I'm the school, within short walk OF
his house he has a small gymnasium I'm his
own home. Every day finds him exercising
on the horizontal bar. using dumbbells, &C.
And Dr. Sargent is just about 70 years
old in actual years. though to look at him
and watch him swing on the horizontal bar
one is tempted to doubt the figures. He is
a fine example Of the putting into actual
practice that which he so strenuously urges
others to do.
When asked for some of the causes OF
the failure of the man of so or 10 to-day to
measure up to the man of the same age
twenty-five years ago, DIR. Sargent laid IL
largely TO our increasing love OF luxury and
dislike for anything that savored OF exer-
else In addition to the ever growing habit
of taking a conveyance instead OF walking,
whenever one had a few steps to go, he
noted the fact that while hundreds OF thou
SANDS turned OUT Ndcu year w WdlCn lnc
college football games. in which perhaps
thirty to forty players actually participate
per game. the crowd was content to sit
there and watch the thirty or forty getting
the only real benefit out of the game-name-
w. the exercise. SO, too, with baseball and
athletics generally, it's the few that really
get into action and the many who do the
looking on.
As to less strenuous events he finds the
average man after his days business going
to his club or the theatre or perhaps read
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-12-19

A RE American men in their sixties
II and seventies in better shape to-
4 day than they were twenty-five
Dudley A. Sargent Certainly not he
flashed back. why should they be, with
by far the larger part OF the men of to-day
using the automobile. taxi trolley car or
escalator to save themselves steps?"
The noted physical training instructor adj
mitted that you could put your hand on a
man here and there to-day whose fine physi-
cal condition for one OF his advanced years
would have a tendency to make the aver
age man envious. Such a man seemingly
gives the lie to the statement that the
average is lower rather than higher. But
DIR. Sargent maintains that these men are
the exception that prove the rule, the very
attention they attract when on the street
by their evident health proves they are the
exception. IL is the unusual. not the COM
monplace, that catches the eye.
DIR. Sargent cities the Government experi-
ence in the world war draft when 33 per
cent. of the young men called to the colors
had to be rejected as unfit as evidence
that the American men are deteriorating,
physically speaking That draft called up
the pick OF the country young men between
20 and 30 years Of age, yet fully one-third
mad TO be sent home because they lacked
the physique that practically every young
man of those years should enjoy. and would
IL he had been given proper physical train
ing.
America runs too much to the brain and
too little to the body, according to the Har-
ward experts view. Parents insist upon a
lot of book learning for their children, while
taking II for granted that the physical side
Of their natures will develop itself. DR.. Sar-
gent maintains that the proper corrective
is the compulsory physical training Of our
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young men what physical perfection meant
They never thought of it before. Exactly
as New York itself improves, because it Is
now the custom to put up solid everlasting
buildings so New Workers will begin at the
beginning and build boys up into strong men
who will live long enough to repay the coun-
try for what it has given them.
IT guess" said Muldoon with quizzical
smile, you've got some recollection of the
leaky old tank that used to occupy the
Fifth avenue end of Bryant Park. Now
they have a marble library there that will
stand for who knows how many hundred
years. The country has got to get rid of
the bad. leaky old ways of bringing up boys
and put a fine foundation in them before it
can have the race Of old men it deserves
and needs"
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we have them it is found that they grew up
under exceptional circumstances. They were
born on farm. They went to simple schools
and they did chores before school time and
after it. When vacation came they were
not sent off to luxuriant camps or to lull
around in idleness at some resort they got
a place on a farm they were In at the har-
vest and toied at the ploughing and plant
ing. Besides, they ate mems food, and so.
mentally and physically, they built up a
strong man.
Under the same or similar hardy condi-
tions we can still produce men who at sixty
and seventy and older will be cur most val
liable asset They are not to be found In
the fifty and sixty year class to-day.
IT look for better men in the next gen.
Grafton because the war showed so many
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-12-19

strong cigar. His nerves crave the narcotic
effect
WELL what is an effect like this of to-
bacco? 1t subdues the nerves; that is, it
makes the man subnormal. And that's the
man that goes down town to attend to his
business He's subnornal man. In
short time he's overworked. In fact, he's
neurasthenic case.
Cites Case of One Youth
Who Was Victim of Alcohol
These are the mild ones. I can tell you of
met with as to be almost types. A fine old
lady came to see me the other day to get
me to take her son in hand. She told me
his history, which was an old story to me-
I had to tell her that she had come to the
wrong man, for I don't take alcoholics
THE son, man of 80, married, with four
children, had been left by his father, sue
cessfu self-made man Of the old school, In
entire charge of a big business. During
the war this business had more than quad
rupled Then the founder Of 1t died. His
heir came right to New York and began
buying whiskey at $40 a quart until he
found that he could buy it by the case for
$140. Then he shut himself up in his hotel
room and tended strictly to liquor until the
hotel doctors took him in hand.
His mother told me that If her son took
all the powders and pills and other things
prescribed for him he would be taking medi-
cine every five minutes She had to laugh
herself in spite Of her trouble, she said:
The doctors give my boy stuff to put him
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ing at home, all passive in its nature, and
ever stunning anything that suggests per-
sonal effort on his part. He wants to be
amused, perhaps to enjoy himself. put IN
sists somebody else should do it. He Is per-
fectly willing to pay for the hiring OF tai
ent but begs to be excused from doing any
thing himself How" says DR.. Sargent
"are we going to get healthy physiques by
such tactics?'
If DR.. Sargent had his way, he would
have the average business man walk. not
ride, to and from his business. and when
the distance from his home to his office is
too great to permit Of his walking he would
have the man walk the final mile or two.
thereby getting the benefit of one OF the
healthiest of exercises walking in the open
air. He would have the same men walk up
and down stairs occasionally, instead OF
utilizing the escalator and elevator every
time they have flight to travel. He would
have them devote a few minutes on rising
in the morning to the simplest Of athletic
exercises. He firmly believes that fair
trial of this would result in nation Of
walkers, rather than riders and would de-
velop men who loved athletics for the exer-
else they afforded, rather than view athlet-
les as a spectacle to be enjoyed, but not to
be INDUCED IN. In short, 1t would result in
men who could challenge the best when it
came to fitness, good health and fine
physique.
Many Noted Boston Men
Are Active Despite Years
Boston has few men who share DR.. Sar-
gents belief Such men for instance as DR..
Charles w. Eliot. president emeritus Of Har
ward; Bishop Lawrence head of the Episco-
pal Church in eastern Massachusetts; Gen.
Charles H. Taylor, publisher Of the Boston
Globe, and Thomas N Hart, banker and Ak
Mayor of Boston. All these men are firm
believers in exercise as means to perfect
health and all enjoy excellent health. Mr..
Hart, dean of the group, now In the eighties
maintains walking is the best Of exercise.
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William Muldoon, Noted Trainer of Men, and
Dr. Dudley A. Sargent Agree That
Modern Play Is Killing


This
dyout be wished By all who would like the
world which
by there is difference of opinion about the matter
absorbing It
rebuff
and concIuS Blu
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-12-19
After Business Pleasures
Are What Prove Harmful

at isn't the work man does in business
hours that pulls him down, it's what he does
after business hours. IL I outline the home
life of an average man of to-day / guess
you'll acknowledge the truth OF the picture.
He inherits business. usually. and usually,
too he's bright enough to carry II on sue
cessfully If he made his homeside help.
but he doesn't He doesn't go home after
business to spend an hour relaxing in his
library. and then dining quietly with his
family. taking plenty of time to II and cut
ting out tobacco at the meal. Then to spend
couple of hours or so with his family at
any quiet amusement. This would be SEN
sible and he would go to bed reasonably and
wake up normal and refreshed. ready to do
some real work.
els this anything like what the modern
man Of family does? No. In the first place
he doesn't choose wife that will give him
family; he picks out a pretty face ana
dresses the owner of 1t like a doll in order
that other men will envy him and try to
take her away from him. II they don't try
he ceases. to value her Well, the pair spend
the evening at the theatre after a rich and
hasty dinner, and after that at the Round
ers' or a cabaret show. dancing themselves.
probably, till they're breathless, then a sup
per and into bed between 2 and o'clock
THE doll goes on making plans OF this
kind for him. How else is she going to prove
that she's his wife? She can stay in bed till
noon, a maid messages her. brings her
tempting breakfast; she can pick up energy
for the next similar evening.
But it's otherwise with the man. He, poor
boob has to get up at and take any kind
Of breakfast sleepy servant In willing to
get him. Right away he has to light up a
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-12-19

to sleep and he drinks whiskey to keep him
self awake'
That's a case of inherited big business
falling into bad hands that can be dupli-
Gated by almost any mans experience Now.
would you put this young man in the class
with his father who made the business
originality"
Here an opening made to ask Null
doon what he thought of prohibition. He
said:
II approve of It, but think that there
will be laws made to soften 1t. The law
made by the Ant-Saloon League may be
considered too drastic. / don't know. There
are considerations of personal choice that
need to be and will be considered. The worst
enemy of drunkenness is public opinion.
Make 1t a crime social crime, to be drunk
and there won't be many drunken men. We
as a nation could take a leaf from the book
of France, say where it's always been con-
sidered disgraceful for man to be seen
under the influence.
THAT has been one of the faults of our
virtues-refusing to learn from old peoples
who have many centuries of experience be-
hind them. We are confident, sometimes a
little bombastic, in our attitude toward these
social subjects. We refuse to learn. because
we say old effete nations can't teach us
anything.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-12-19
Men of England and France
Prove Themselves in World Affairs

1T Is my opinion that the old men of Eng
land and France are In the main better
physical specimens than this country can
present You can read the brightness of
their intellect. the moderness of their minds
In the conferences that have been of inter
national interest. Our younger statesmen
have been hard put to keep up with them.
The vitality of the British statesman has
been recognized for centuries and IL comes
from his paying some kind of reasonable
obedience to very simple natural laws
Mature is a long suffering creditor. She
never sends i'm a bill. but she invariably
collects one. Just owe her something for
break in one of her laws She'll go on pa
tiently lullng you to sleep until you think
the debt is outlawed. Then In a minute
down she pounces
IF you had asked me at the start IL the
sexagenarians OF Great Britain of to-day
were equal mentally and physically to the
men of the Victorian era at that age l
would have taken chance and said they
were because of what l know about the
stolid British temper and his customary
obedience to health laws.
"In part our breakdown i'm this matter
comes from not giving these laws attention
and in part from our more nervous tenn
permanent. But there Is no sense In believ-
ing that we cannot restrain the latter and
learn to observe the former.
Were a democratic people and we need
leaders who can advise. We need the strong,
cases usually offered to try to prove that
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until his death, which occurred in his sew
enty-fifth year. DIR. ]. r. Buchanan was
So when he died. Kelley. founder Of the
"Keeley cure" died at IS. Delaney Floyd
Jones, a soldier and one of famous family.
lived to rs years. Archbishop Corrigan died
at SO. William NJ. Evarts at SO. Benjamin
f. Aver at the age of rs, Rear Admiral John
II. Russell died at 70 and Rear Admiral
L. p. Lee y. S. N, at IS.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-08-13
Babe Ruth Sets
AU-Tin1e High
Mark For HOnters

Babe Ruth, clouter extraordinary
and home run specialist de luxe,
has set a new mark for home runs
in the American league. Since ne
broke into the American league
five yearssago, he has slammed out
a total of 80 circuit clouts-made
in less than six playing seasons.
Frank Baker, former home run
king, had been on the throne pc
fore Bambino showed up. Baker
having batted out a total of u
homers in his career as an Amer,
can Lacquer. When Ruth clouted
out his 29th home run this season,
tying his record for last year, ne
also broke. the American league
home run record going out in front
Of Baker by one for home run hor..
ors for all time by the margin Of
one. -, u
his retirement from the national
game had the honor of having hi
more homers than any other Ma,
tional league player Wagner had
slammed out an even 100 home runs,
but it required the Flying Dutch
man to play 20 seasons before he
could accomplish this feat.
This record of Wagner's has been
PASSED in later seasons by Gavvy
Crayath, manager Of the Phillies,
who has about 11S to his string.
II Ruth remains In the game as
long as Wagner and Cravath,
there's no reason why he shouldn't
bang out three or four times as
many.-B. p.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-08-13
MCDONALD MAY
HEAD COMMISSION
Successor to Garry Hermann
Again Being Dis
cussed.

CHICAGO, Aug. 13.-Discussion Of
the possible successor to August Herr
mann for the craftsmanship of the Ma
tional baseball commission sprung up
anew here today with the mention Of
Superior Court Judge Charles A. Nc
Donald of Chicago, as a likely candi-
date.
II think Judge Mcdonald would make
a good man for the position" said
President Johnson, of the American
league but refused to say whether Nc
Donald's selection W as likely. -.
Judge Mcdonald said today he could
not discuss the report, nor would he
say whether he would accept the posi-
ton were it offered him. He is an
ardent baseball fan.
Hermann resigned as chairman OF the
commission after the worlds series last
fall because of criticism that he served
as chairman of the commission while
it was arranging for the series which
was won by his own club, the Cincin-
natl Reds. There were also objections
to the presence of two members from
the National league and only one from
the American league on the commits
sion.