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collaboration in All
Things.

THE desire 10 live s. paramount, in
every human being. Sine, the
PSaimist wrote tina, three score
and ten years is the normal duration
Of human life man has manifested a
keen interest in the search for the
fountain Of youth or some elixir OF
ufc which would postpone senility
and death
Scientists have devoted much time
and effort IN the search for the secret
Of life The work of Loeb on the
spontaneous life OF the cell and the
discoveries by Carroll Of methods for
prolongng the life OF tissues after
removal from the organism have ad-
vancod our knowledge OF life pro
ceSses, out, thus far, no practical APP
phCation has been made to the prob
lem OF increasing the duration Of
human life
The only definite knowledge we
have to-day concerning the problem OF
deferring scnil,ty and premature
death is found in the science OF per
sond hygiene. A compariso Of the
mode OF life Of persons who live more
than seventy years with that OF
persons VINO die prematurely Of
organic diseases ana senility reveals
one striking difference. The almost
universal characteristic in the mode
Of life OF healthy old people is mod
Grafton in all things They are mod
crate IN eating, drinking, stimulation,
exercise and pleasures, they do NOT
worry, and usually have a happy dis
position. Exactly the opposite condl-
lions are found almost invariably ia
persons between thirty and seventy
years who suffer from organic dis
eases OF the nervous, digestive, ex-
cretory, or CirculatoS' systc ms, and
premature senil.ty. The most frequent
bad habits are overeating and neg
.ect OF exercise, but the vicious cir
Gle OF unhygienic living usually in
Guides uye"stimulutiOn, worry, cE-
cesses in pleasures and abuse OF
drugs.
Exec pting deaths caused by in
fcct!ous diseases and violence (acc,-
dents, suicide murder there is abun-
dent evidence to verify the belief that
me average duration OF life could be
ncrea sed from ten to twenty years
by the general adoption Of the prin-
ciple moderation in all things"
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WATCH CALDER AND WADsWoRTH

THE "bitter enders" in the Senate have frightened
Senator Lodge into a new rgor OF obshnacy and
obstruction.
With compromise in sight the iTeconcilableS in the
ani-heay group have stiffeed the Article \. reSer-
vatons into last barrier between the country and
peace
To whom is the United States Senate responsible?
Or it a law unto Itself
Some thirty New York business men representing
the Merchants Association the Chamber OF Commerce
and other commercial and civic organizations Of this
city and State, have gone 10 Washington to-day to
urge upon New York'S two Senators demand for i'm
mediate ratification of the peace treaty.
Senator'S WadSworh and Calder OF New York have
bern. from the first Obedien members Of the Lodge
Wecking crew.
Can Senators WadswoHh and Calder serve whom
they please and snap their fingers at the interests Of
the commonwealth they were elected 10 represent?
Has the viii of the people Of New York ceased to
hive weight with the States own Senators
Keep close watch on MeSSrS. Calder and WadS-
worth.
It's about time some State undertook 10 teach a
lesson in Senatorial responsibility.
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10 me Eduor Of The E,en.ns Nord
AS an interested reader Of your
paper / have noted among the many
articles that have called forth parucu-
lar commentator YOUR pleas on be
half OF Flower Hospital and your
statements TO the effect that there is
danger OF closing the free wards.
As one who Is even to-day expert
cncing the benefits OF the free work
Of this institution lei me add my pleas
70 those OF your valuable columns.
About FIVE months ago was
brought ns\ an ambulance case TO
Flow er Hospital, where | remained
FOR nbuut n week | was poor friend
lcss In this country, out OF work. and
Il victim Of tuberculosis Realizing
that It would be unfair to tho other
patients 'r ! were 10 be klrt there
tFloWcr has NO tuberculosis ward,
the matter was brought 10 the ntten-
ton OF d social service wor,Crr ~ the
lnEtltuttOr, who Immediately inter.
estsd herself IN my behalf
THROUGH &Cr WIS placed ~ Sea
View, g. l.. whore have remained isver
SlBoAL II would be lnaPesHibla Tor any-
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TO TAX "INTANGIBLES."

rT-AXAT1ON we have always with Us as never
falling subject for reform. For twenty nine
wears the New York Tax Reform Association has been
issuing annual reports and the present system is any
hing but satisfactory 10 the association
AS usual, the personal property tax comes in for
liberal share of criticism II is unfair unavoidable non
particularly productive and constant temptation to
the tax-dodger II is so evidently unfair that dodging
is the rule rather than the exception
The Evening World has received a suggestion for a
novel variation Of the system of collecting the personal
property tax which seems worthy of consideration and
discussion for what it is worth. Perhaps the salient
feature may be found applicable to the problem.
Stating the plan in brief, the sponsor takes the view
hata great quantity Of so called Intangible" property
such as Stocks bonds and credits escape the assessor
This type Of wealth has one distinguishing character
sc II is a creation of law The pieces Of paper are
not valuable except as the law will give them force
Title 10 the wealth they represent results from law
rather than from immediate possession.
Experience has shown that local and State assessors
cannot list this sort of property for taxation. Many
States, recognizing this have abandoned the attempt
and try to reat such property through income taxes
But by putting the obligation of assessment on the
owner instead of the tax ofcers the situation would
be reversed.
This obligation could be enforced by requiring
owners TO register such property with the assessor and
by providing that unregistered property should have
no protection at law. Title could not be transferred
by bill of sale or by probate. Theft OF unregistered
property would not be larceny and the owner could
not recover.
Under such conditions tax lodging would cease be-
cause of the hazard Of loss All this type on property
would yield to ready and easy assessment The tan
gibls personal property might come under the same
nle' All such property could then be taxed at fair
and Equitable rate
This, in BRET, is the suggestion 1t is by no means
complete. But there seems to be the germ OF an idea
that might be used in modified form as basis for eliet
Of sorely tired body Of taxpayers. One serious OBJ
lection 10 the scheme as outlined is rather apparent
What are the others, if any
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UNCOMMON SENSE
By John Blake

Copyright. 1890
/ KNOW ABOUT YOUR GOVERNMENT

WHAT DO YOU KNOW ABOUT lOUR GONERNMENTH
This is Presidential year. Parties will nominate
ddaes in the late Spring The candidates and Of
their supporters will forth to talk to the people.
1t will be excellent year to learn something about
the Government under which live. You hear two
perhaps three four, sides every question. You
learn if you listen carefully and think what you have
heard about country than knew before
Most Americans. DESTROYS of knowing Just how their
Government operates, buy very wonderful book called
The American Commonwealth, written by James Bryce
James Bryce "a Englishman. He to this
try with keen interest in its institutions. He spent wears
patiently getting information. And he learned far
about America and the Americans than most Americans had
thought of learning.
Ignorance of our Government is of our curses. We
take things too much for granted To-day for
against the League of Nations without knowing the least
what the League Of Nations would or would not do.
We vote against because do not like u candi-
date for County Surveyor who happens be running
the ticket Public questions, matters of government,
problems that must be solved if to continue
national existence, do not think about at ALL
Take active part in the coming campaign, least
listener Hear the speakers and weigh what they tell
YOU Compare their positions public questions and stud
the questions themselves.
You will gain nothing by carrying torch and shouting
for party but you will gan.a great deal by listening
speeches by public men, BY reading and studying platforms
and by deciding, in your mind and from a purely
patriotic motive whom YOU going to support with Your
vote in November.
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one to experience better treatment
than have had at both places. There
is no possibility that can ever repay
the authorities at either institution,
FOR | cannot get we'll Nor am ] a ole
to work. ! have never been made 20
feel in any way a dependant. The
word institution as generally accepted
cannot De applied to the hospital, for
IN my case il has been my only friend.
And, as one who can speak from eX-
perence, ii would be an outrage were
the free work Of the hospital suddenly
70 cease for lack OF funds
ERNEST BURFEIND
Sea View, y, l., Jan. IS 1920.
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it serves 10 wake Americans TO a thorough realization
OF the immensely important part our school system
plays in making America what ii is.
American schools are facing tr>, Unle,, America
wakes up pays up and insists that III, schools must
he placed on a firm financial footing on,e more, the
shoots will re,rograje 1hi, apple, boh To physical
plant ana The instruction staff.
American schools are distinctive feature Of our
national lite, DEMOCRACY in America can d>e no
higher than It's fountain head, the pubt school system.
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70 thr Eiror o, Zoe Evening World
1t is with pleasure / read your va!u-
able and good American paper.
find great interest in reading From
Evening World Readers
| want to approve of Whcddeu era
hams "Wantcd-Men.'
Good for him When ne calls FOR
red blOOdcd he men, to go form 10
show what we feel and against
group OF pussy footers' ana "fanat-
les" who have taken away our rights
and personal liberty, / wish more
men like him would start tho ball
rolling and get us started. He would
not be in the start long alone; ne
would have thousands Ike himself
gathering so quickly 1t would take a
regiment of soldiers to separate them.
L. only took one Anderson TO start
prohibition; il only takes one good
American to start TO show him he IS
not all America.
VIII / over forget Armlstlcc Day?
How happy everybody was. Now
let's 20 IN for another day Ike that
the day We viii call Referendum Day,
And the revival OF Old John Bar
leyCorn
If were a man, I would do more
than I can write. But ! am just a
woman (Dut an American, ana will
do my share i'm any way possible TO
help rid our country OF Anderson.
A Full BLOOD RELATION OF
UNCLE SAM.
Neu. York. Ian. %. 1920.
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Why MEDICINE Comes HIgh

10 IN, Mn ~, ,r,' r,,,',,', WI
po,1, 1850.
% UNI me 10 I"he lS9He WIN 20"
IN reference TO the charge Of prom tcer-
ing on the part of druggists. in re-
gard TO the sale or wbiskcy AT g. pcr
mint
P'..'
Would the editor please state what,
n his opinion. would be nominal
charge for one pint Of whlskey sold
for medicinal purposes upon doctors
prescription,
As you have mentioned, it costs the
druggist So for Federal tax. state
tax $40 and besides a lee 10 the bond
ing company, also his time 10 sign
various applications in order 10 sell
whiskcy.
The average retail druggist does not
sell two gallons Of wh,skcy yearly ON
prescriptions
Those two gallons cost him at least
$50. or about S3,25 per pint including
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Where to Find |
Your Vocation
By Max " atson
ota'i0nai .Edcher Rc-Lmb'oImtm
BWedU, \. Y. l..
Copyright 1870. hv The Press Puhllshins C.
The New York Evening World
Stock Clerk.

Opportunities. for Entering This Field.
Every business house carrying any
line OF goods requires boys 20 assist
in the handling of stock There is u
big demand for boys for this yolk
ard there Is comparatively little dr.
hcuity IN finding position, but too
often no consideration Is given io
the line Of merchandise hanulcd am,
the adaptaD.llty OF tine boy for Hudiny
It future in this ticid. No uosilion
offers better opportunity for a man
eventually TO become a salesman. az
Il offers the posi- lhty Of DCcumjn-
camilla. with merChaud. Sc. BOY.
entering THIS work should conyidcr
whether or not they would be GtteC
10 sell the goods handled. Unless d
boy becomes stock clerk with "a
desire OF acquiring a KNOWLEDGE %
the merchandise that viii make il.
possible for him to advance, he Will
md this a blind alley" Job with
practically no future.
Schooling Required:
The boy VINO expects 10 find his
future IN tho mercantile field should
have a common school education and
be willing to add to his general n
formation while WORKING. 4 SPECIAL
study OF business methods and tho
manufacturing process OF the line o.
merchandise involved are OF material
assistance.
Salary:
A stock boy starts at from SIS to
SlS per week and g soon able to
make from SIS to So, although from
then on his advancement may be
comparatively slow. The ultimate
salary o. a stock clerk is from $2j to
o., I"nr ne Inv N m 10
ious 10 learn there is always the OPP
! portunitv TO advance to position
/ which may lead TO an almost unlim-
tied salary II he can become a sue
CesSful salesman.
/ The Type Of Boy Best Suited:
This is not a position FOR o boy who
is interested in construction or me
/ chaniCs, but is essentially the place for
/ the future merchant and salesman. A
boy with natural Instincts AS trades
man will very quickly become inter
ested in the goods handled, and soon
be advanced, Otherwise he will fno
I his work mere GIudgeTy.
Description Of Duties;
/ 4 stock clerk receives and checks up
supplies. and keeps a proper record Of
al materials coming under his super
vision.
Qualifications;
He must know how to keep simple
accounts; he must be accurate and
careful in his work so as to avoid the
possibility OF marking goods incor-
Tectly,
Remarks:
Tho position Of stock clerk is very
similar to that OF a storekeeper, a
chipping clerk or receiving clerk, and
the same conditions hold for these L.
a large extent. They lead to a nuniber
o.: positions in business houses which
Offer good futures, but RTs safaoiaily
lGOed training t0R AalaS IWnEiI
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aMI,Ine Mcan. MeAdIing."

To the Editor Of The EVEN ~ World
You well say in an editorial, mixing
means meddHng, the right to strike
fs fundamental" II is about time We
recognized We cannot have two in
dus,ral systems oontendng for the
tight OF way and expect 70 have in
dus rial peace any more now then
when Mr. Lincoln said: This Gov
ornmcn, cannot permanently endure
half slave and half free"
GIVE the American people uhe OPP
nortuulty to decide which OF tho two
tx most I'm line wiki goyernment o.
for ana ny tho people, All labor
should stand ON the Hgn, 10 orgnn-
tie, for collective bargaining. ana
WHOM any trade or calling through
their accredited representatives makes
me rules and regulations ~ 10 hours,
WAGES and conditions they are to
wor'>. such rules and regulations n
approved by "a referendum vote OF
their ruust Itueuts, mast he rccOg
alZed and lived up to bN am con-
.,rurd ANA HaNc a.l .ur l.ryo Of law
wis IS the opportunity OF the Labor
Party 60 test the consensus OF opln-
ION ON the most vial problem OF To-
dky. Whatever tho American people
lslds will - thrsuSh The Kaiser
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PITY THE NEW POOR.

\ TAYBE consciousness Of their common plight will
INl eventually draw them together Maybe they
Will organize or form communities Maybe they will
evolve programme platform, leadership OF their
own
The Evening World has already defined and de-
scrbed them
They are the peope-Salariei workers, minor mem
beS OF professions widows living on the interest from
small investments, and the like-who have struggled
in vain TO keep up with postwar cost of living on
pre- war incomes.
They are the people who have had TO step down
and abandon their former living standards when it
came 10 competing with the new spending power Of
classes favored by war.
They are the people who, though they work just as
hard or harder cannot pay the present rent OF living
quarters as good as those they occupied before the
war, cannot provide the former plenty Tor the table,
cannot replace old clothes with new, cannot give their
children the advantages they used to see their way to-
cannot afford the occasional treat a, the heare-and
who, despite all their self denial, cannot save.
The kind Oh poverty from which the New Poor are
suffering moi the poverty OF starvation or want Il
is the poverty Of lowered Standards The consciousness
Of going down instead OF up in spite OF undiminshed
effort. Who will deny that such poverty though
relative is real
How do these New Poor feel when the Director OF
the Savings Division OF the Treasury Department
assures the country that high prices are being main
aimed because people are charmed with the idea OF
paying them and that there are authenticated in
stances OF manufacturers being forced to take back
goods from retailers eradicate the old price stamp and
imprint a new and higher price mark"
Prize levels are being fixed, then, by the spending
rower OF classes whose pockets have been filled as a
consequence of war or initiation and who are keen TO
Taste the uwonted delights OF extravaganza
ROW durable prosperity can come from such a
spending carnival? Can it go on indefinitely without
crash? Can sudden concentration of spending
power in new hands pass itself of permanently for a
genuine era Of good times for all
The New Poor have one consolation:
High prices are not everywhere purchasing high
values. Complaints as to quality and workmanship
are numerous and increasing. Labor in many quarters
is so faHered with demands and so busy securing
higher wages that it has little time to devote TO the
honesty or excellence of the products it turns out
Who wants to build house when he is warned tha,
workers are too flush and too indifferent TO about
the standard of the work they put into ii:
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70 The Di.tur Of Ile Evemng Word
As ! am constant reader Of The
Evening Word J would Like to say q
few words regarding JacS Dempsey.
Dempsey was a Stacker, he worked in
the shipyard in Port Newark in order
10 he able 10 escape the drar;. lie
was exempt, and from time TO time he
trained and fought in the ring, but he
worked very little. and even IL the
war had lasted another year or more,
ha never would have been called, be-
cause re snipyaIds were his excuse,
Therefore, every boxing commission
should bar nm,
WHITLEY .SANHOUS,
Nor YoFk. Jan. 70, lAao.
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PrOLOng
Your Life
By George L. Meylan, A,
NJ, M. D., Columbia
University.
University.
Copyright 1920 By The Press Publishing CompAny
The New York Evening Worldl

Dr.. George /. Meylm Of Column
Dia URiUerSiiN iChO recently
stated that most mca Of to-day
ere HUiHg on a plane Of 10 or 50
per cent physical efficiency, has
specially prepared THIS paper for
Thc ErcHtag World on the best
menus Ot prOlOHgiHg human life
and the EFFICIENT lJe span. He
ddrocdtcS moderation as me secret
81 gDOd hcuiN
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NJ me EiWor ol lhe bWnlhg N"''.
BEING constant reader Of your
paper. | think that those few columns
devoted to letters from the people"
one OF the greatest Ideas Of tho day
1t is the public voice" true and
sincere. really believe a paper con-
Quoted ON this plan and containing
nothing but letters from the people
would help in this stage Of unrest
and be wonderfully educational
II tends To show public sentiment
in true form, and In no other way
could people exchange views md
ideas 80 clearly and have them rcnd
by so many people.
thank YOU dour editor Tor the
happy ana interesting hours YOU
have provided for me md prnnv
others nv this splendid plun and DO
hone you win continue and enlarge
,hig wonderful plnn
COMMON SENSE"
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FROM EVENING WORLD READERS

lief stations or dIspensar,cS under
the supervision OF the Board of Health
and issue pure drugs and whisky as
prescribed by a physician, to poor
people who cannot afford to even pay
for u prescription, and certainly can
not AFFORD to pay S. for a pint 81
whiskey?
This would insure them getting
pure drugs and whiskey which other
wise they could not obtain. Could not
some Of the whiskey which the Fed
cral Government now holds be used
for this purpose?
n this would save any precious
lives (Which no doubt 1t would) J
do not see how any sane CHRISTIAN
prohibltiOnists should object
T.. j. POW Eli.
40. 23j West l2th street. Jan. %, l92g
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found that out, and evidently some
Of the wOuld-be kaisers over here
are in need OF the same lesson he got.
ALEXAN DER LAW.
New York. Ian. %, 1920
The central record., 1920-08-19
TEATERsvILLE.

Mr. and Mrs. Collie Turner are the
proud parents Of little boy born on
the sth.
Miss Cora Fletcher % Paint Lick
is visiting her sister Mr.. and Mrs. Mr..
Collie Turner
Messrs Walter and Anon Hume
and Randol Lemay were in Richmond
Tuesday on business.
Miss Bertha Davis of Lexington
spent last week with her cousins Miss.
cs Mollie and Ora Oliver.
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Turner and
two children were the guests Sunday
Of Mr.. and Mrs. Collie Turner.
Mr.. and Mrs Floyd Ray and chill
dren were the guests Of Mr.. and Mrs.
James Hume Sunday afternoon.
Misses Lida and Sallie h. Lane Of
Richmond are visiting their cousins.
Misses Iva Pearl and Zilla Mae Hume.
Mr.. A. J. Oliver and son Claude
spent part Of last week with his par.
ents. Mr. and Mrs Oliver at Louisville.
Mrs. Mollie Mobley and Mrs. Sallie
Hur, and Mrs Lou Simpson we're the
guests Of Mrs Eliza Hume and family
wednesday.
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Let's Be Fair.

Duringthe past few months we
have several times heard our home
merchants criticised for the prices
they charge for their goods.
The home merchant does charge a
higher price--a much higher one
than he did before the war. He is
compelled to do so or go out Of busi.
ness.
He is paying enormously high
prices for his goods in the wholesale
markets.
He is paying increased freight
rates and carriage.
His help costs him more money and
his overhead expenses are.greater.
Everywhere he turns he is forced
TO pay heavy increase in the cost Of
conducting his business.
Added to this. he is under an adj
ditional pressure in paying the high
cost Of supporting his family and
himself
All Of this must come out Of the
business, and this can only be done
by charging a reasonable per centage
Of profit over the wholesale cost Of