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The Washington times., 1922-05-07

cases, Tell me how much you own, and will tell
you how little real work your mind does Or tell
me of your extreme poverty, and will tell you of
your lack of power to rise"
Neither excessive poverty nor excessive
wealth was wise wish long ago. It would
be wise wish today, but how many have the wis
dom to make it?
Every man arriving on this planet. struggling
through childhood, going through adult life sue
cess or failure, is like man landing on desert
island. The first task Of the desert island man is
to make himself sek-supporting, to get together
enough goats cocoanuts and other things to enable
him to live without fear Of starvation.
II you saw man on desert island getting
ENOUGH, say herd Of one hundred goats and a
supply each year Of thousand cocoanuts, then de.
voting himself to research in the islands mysteries
or perfecting plans for getting away to better
place. you would say, THAT'S sensible man."
But suppose your man on the desert island
spent his entire life accumuatng goats and piling
up cocoanuts, hundred times thousand times as
many as HE could possibly use. Suppose that all
day long, and all his life long, he kept feverishly
ing them in, climbing cocoanut trees, shaking them
down and piling them up. Suppose he died at last
worn out and exhausted, with mountain of cocoa
nuts on one side, and ten thousand goats on the
other you would say "You poor fool, what on earth
did you want with 50 MANY goats, and so MANY
cocoanuts7 You couldn't eat the cocoanuts, you
couldn't milk or eat all the goats You have wasted
your whole life mere goat and cocoanut collector
And now that you are dead, you are nothing"
What you would say to the collector Of goats or
oocoanuts on the desert island, you might saw to a
man that lands on THIS island, in space, that we
call the earth and devotes his entire life rst to get
ENOUGH to enable him to see and study and know,
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Ind then having got ENOUGH, devotes the rest o.
his life to feverish collection of what he does NOT
iced, what he possibly cannot use and what viii
surely RUIN HIS CHILDREN.
Mr.. McCay, the artist who selected the tex
from Proverbs that goes with this cartoon, wrote
when he sent in his picture:
Here is picture illustrating the text
from the Bible fastened to It. l understand
there is some discussion among scientists as to
who actually wrote the Proverbs. Whoever
wrote the passage that I have quoted here
knew what he was talking about, whether it
was King Solomon, az we believe, or somebody
else, or whether the Proverbs were gathered,
as proverbs usually are, from different periods
of history
Nothing truer was ever said than what
that wise old man puts in so few words:
Neither poverty nor riches meaning. of
course, neither absolute lack of what is
NECESSARY nor surplus, accumulations,
UNNECESSARY.
"a man poverty stricken hasn't the
TIME to think, or the FREEDOM to think,
or the physical ENERGY to think
1.-The man stricken with gigantic fortune
lets his money think for him; what is worse he
BELIEVES his money when it tells him that
he is very great man, that he ought to be
above laws made for little people, and that it
is all right for him to buy the laws that he
wants, if he doesn't find the right kind ready
made.
1.-The miserable criminal on one side Of my
picture, driven to violence and crime, uses the
power that he possesses, that of his right hand,
to take from others what is theirs.
"Tho gigantically rich and reckless man
on the other side of the picture USES in perfect
safety, the power of his piled up money and
bribes the politician to steal from the people
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usual. But in many parts of the world the poverty
that means starvation and disease afficts millions
permanently.
And here, the temporary poverty that follows
lack of employment and extravaganza of war re-
calls through the criminal reports the words in
Proverbs:
"diOe me neither eoOerty nor riehes."
When you read that of all crimes of violence,
eighty six per cent are committed by those that
had no previous record you realize that something
is driving men to crime as the old writer feared he
might be driven, if poverty should overtake him.
The words from the Bible here quoted, at
tribrted usually to King Solomon, who was rich
in money, wives and grandeur, represent an age
Of the world when life was simple, and thinking
was simple.
The ancient writer reasoned: IF am too
rich, may forget the Lord and sin. If am too
poor, may be driven by desperation to crime and
sin. Keep me in tho middle OF the road, neither
too rich nor too poor, then shall probably behave
myself"
In the words quoted there is deeper meaning
than mere fear Of crime, or dread Of irreverence
Poverty Is slavery, slave cannot control him
self or use his power, he must slave as his master
bids.
And the poverty stricken man, tied to anxiety
and deadening daily routine, even if not actually
starving, is slave just as much as the Roman
slave chained by the wrist to his oars in the gaeys
Excessive wealth, nine times out of ten, Is a
curse that deadens the mind as effectively pov.
erty For slavery Injuries it's AUTOCRATS, as
well as its VICTIMS, its idle class at the top, as
well as its slaves toiling below.
Here and there you see the great exception
gigantic wealth used with wisdom, the mind Of its
possessor rising above mere possession using use
fully and well the power, the FROZEN LABOR
that millions Of dollars represent.
Usually, however, vast fortune ties the owner
down as thoroughly any slave was ever held down
by his chains.
When man has too much money, that money
does his THINKING for him, and money does not
think wisely, or intelligently.
The money forms his OPINIONS for him;
money does not form opinions new or worth while.
You might cay truly, In great majority Of
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and bring to HIM what is the peoples and not
his
"What Is the difference between the man
that robs with his blackjack and the man that
robs with his pocketbooki
1.-The difference Is in favor Of the miser-
able criminal of the gutter, for at least he risks
his safety and his life The rich criminal risks
nothing and knows it,
What the ancient writer of Proverbs said,
what Mr.. McCay, the ardent young artist, says in
his cartoon and in his observations just quoted,
should not make any man condemn WEALTH as
such, or despise POVERTY as such.
Some OF the most important work in the world,
good deal more than half of it, has been done by
very poor men, In spite Of their poverty. Some Of
the best and most useful work in the world, espe-
ciay Of late years, has been done by very rich men,
in spite Of their wealth, or by means of their
wealth.
For the average man, who by honest work can
get ENOUGH, avoiding poverty, keeping free from
the anxiety and the endless struggle for wealth,
there was never better advice than that quoted
from the Book Of Proverbs here.
ENoUGH9"
To that there are thousand answers for
thousand places, and in each place there are a
kinds Of human beings.
In India for the average human being fifty
cents day would be enough, comparative luxury
There are parts Of America where five dollars
a day would mean independence for family. There
are other parts where five times that amount for
family Of average size would mean strict economy
It is certain that most of us do not realize how
little can be MADE enough. 1t depends on now
much Importance we attach to freedom of the mind
freedom from the dctation of others, freedom from
the slavery of mere money earning.
Things in this world worth while are not ex
pensive Books are not dear, even at the stores,
they are FREE at the libraries. The beauties o.
nature free, the most magnificent things in life
the rising and the setting of the sum- the beauty o.
the stars at night the wonder of the changing sea
sons and, above all, unselfish human affection-al
those things are free and are worth while onl,
when they ARE free.
Make up your mind as to what will be enough
Having made up your mind, stick to it, and hav
ing got ENOUGH, devote yourself to the best wor
that you can do. That is worth while
Neither poverty nor riches" Poverty is thu
slavery of hunger and want Wealth is the SLAYER,
Of egotism and too much
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" Give neither poverty riches feed me with food
convenient for
Lest and deny thee and Who the Lord? orlest
be poor and steal and take the of God in
Pu1bs
Deep Poverty, Extravagant Wealth, Are Both
Poisons, Both Deaden the Brain, Usually. We ALI
Fear the One Poverty. Ninety mine Per Cent Fool
isEly and 1gnorantly Long for the Other Great
Wealth.
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SERVING The Community

Community service is fast becOHd1i
a major task of the boys and girls 9
the Junior American Red Cross J
many cities the Juniors are MAXIM
real progress in civic bettermel,,
Teachers are recognizing the value c,
the. Junior Red Gross which has passe'
beyond the period OF war activN
The present purpose of the organic
tion is two-fold-to serve as q medfuD
for humanitarian and ethical trainlEs
and TO mould character in cItizensa'
and in the arts of peace. The Bn0o'
lyn Teachers association has adop's,
this resolution: TT is the opinion tn''
the Junior Red Cross, wisely admins
tstered, in the training of Our pups
in community service and active pc,
ductive citizenship, and in deveLopl.'
In our children those elemets OF cns'
acter essential to philanthropy and T.
manity, Is valuable adjunct OF "
school system"
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The necessary finances to carry on the
great work are donated yearly by pub
1ic-spfrited men who appreciate the
great good being accomplished. Angus
IS. HiBard, of Chicago, is chairman Of
the Camp Roosevelt association, which
Organization handles all financial mat
ters.
Operated as an auxiliary OF the Chi
cago board of education, credits earned
in the camp summer school are honor
ed on the same basis as those earned
in the other Chicago summer schools.
Peter A. Mortensen, superintendent of
Chicago public schools, recently sent
out several thousand invitations to
other superintendent of schools, in
Viting their boys to partake Of the
manifold opportunities which await
them at this outdoor playground.
Major BeaIs occupies, during the
winter months. the position Of profess
sor Of military science and tactics and
Supervisor OF: Physical Education in
the Chicago public high schools His
office is at room sos, 400 South State
street, Chicago.
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DISCUSSING rEAcHER NEEbs.

That the shortage Of teachers, which
became SO acute during and shortly at
ter the war, is thing OF the past so
far as numbers is concerned Is well
shown by the bureau Of education sta
ttsticS. That the shortage has been
made good at the expense Of quality
OF the teaching force is stated by Fed
eral Commissioner Of Education j. J..
Tigert. He believes that vigorous
methods must be used to raise the
standard Of education and training re-
quired Of teachers, which was lowered
during the war because Of inadequate
salaries which couldn't hold good
teachers but which were attractive to
partly trained men ana women,
Representative Towner. of Iowa,
whose name is associated intimately
with the owner-Sterling bfll to es-
t0blfsh a departments of education,
points to these statements of Mr.. III.
CERT as but another argument for the
establishment of education fnsthe govz
eminent on a department, instead of q
bureau basis. He points out that Tilt
eFaoy cannot be overcome by unframed
or half-trained teachers. 1t Is contend
ed that the inspiring influence OF q
federal standard of qualification to
which teachers might be expected to
conform before they would be consfd-
cred eligible as members Of the. staff
of state schools which received federal
aid, would do more to raise the level
Of teaching than any other thing. Mr..
Towner emphasizes the fact that the
Towner Sterling bill, when law. will
not attempt to control. but to advise,
in educational methods, and will no
moro interfere with the free expendi-
ture Of state funds for state educa-
.tfonal purposes than the department OF
Agriculture interfefes at present in
state agricultural methods.
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! REVEL. AT7ONS or A WIFE
.AnRLE oAHHIeoN

nese vase which had stood unon
dressing table wherever had b.s
room since my little mother went a..
from me forever
1t was queerly shaped thin, !.
wonderfully blue co1erfng. Its :.
was Dubious, from which rose q L.
slender stem that spread out at tba =
in pitcher like lip. It had been e,r.
to my mother when She was li,s,
girl, and of all her household fro.
lIres it was the dearest. It would 49,,
but q single flower, and for Years !.
fore her death I had kept # constant.
supplied with blossom.
tDon't - let - my vase -
lonesome" she had Whispered pa :"
fully on one of those last sacred ds~,
with me.
'T never will, Mother darling" h..
fa1tered, trying my best to keen hal
the sobs which were always cboki,.
me during that awful time of farewsT
She had smiled family with thu
look of relief which comes to childr.,
and the old when desires. trivial ?,
pearing to others but Of vital interse
to them, are granted.
That's my own girl" she had SAL
and her hand stroked my cheek CENT?
The vase HAD been like a shrine =.
me ever since. 1t was always in nv
room, and had never been wltbor
its fresh blossom. When we mova
from the apartment to the old BrenDs,
house, and from that house to n.
home we had purchased and in which 4
now sat. it was the last thing to b.
taken. I had always carried It mysaa
I liked the fancy which sometms,
came to me that the vase with n,
parennia11y fresh blossom was like ii.
altar in which the fire was never ey.
tinguished.
Diclxie, Mother Graham, Katie. eyss
Cousin Agatha herself respected M
feeling concerning the vase. No ora
ever touched It except myself al.
ways arranged and busted the dresss
on which 1t stood, and saw to the re.
plenishins of the flower the vase hell
If I went away from home for longz
than the time one flower would Is
took the vase with me.
1t seemed like q prafanation 10 Il.
ploy the vase for anything save II
original purpose. And yet, IN man
ways, it would be a perfect hi!n,
place. took 1t. from its place. care
fully removed the flower from it, emp.
tied the water It held into the basin
and inspected 1t carefully to see how
best L could employ it with the least
chance of detection.
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woMAN's RIGHTS

"A right 20 tread 80 SOFTLY
Beside the couch Of pain;
TO smooth with gentle hngers
The tangled looks again;
10 watch beside the dying,
In the wee small hours OF night,
And breathe q consecratIn prayer
When the spirit takes It flight.
"A right to cheer the weary.
On the Battlefield Of life;
To give the word OF sympathy
Amid the toll and strife;
TO lift the burdens gently
From sore and tired hearts
And never weary Of the task
Till gloomy care departs.
The right to be q woman
IN tE1iest wonan'S work.
II life should be q hard one,
No duties ever shirk;
A right to show to others
How strong q woman grows
When skies are dark and lowering
And life bears not q rose.
"A right to love one truly
And to be loved back again;
"A. right to share his fortunes
Through sunlight and through rain
A right to be protected
From lIfe.s most cruel blights
BY manly love and courage
Sure. these are woman's right.
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what Madse Did to Safeguard TN
Precious Document.

turned the key in my bedroom door
. precaution never neglect since
Co,isin Aeatiaa entered our home
withdrew 1t, tried the doorknob t.
make sure the door was locked secure
| ". and laid the key upon my dresser
srben with hurried fingers unstTap-
ned the trick watch from my wrist,
opened the back, and took from 1t the
| tinv rool of oiled paper which I knew
contained the highly important mes
aaee NV father had consigned to my
care for delivery to Allen Drake when
my fathers command or when l1f1dis-
puted news of his death should come
to me.
The sight of the small pencil cases
in the pseudo pedler's basket had given
me an idea wfficf1 I proceeded to put
I'm action. Unscrewing the ton of one
of them / slipped into the apeEtNre the
roll Of oiled silk, and noted with salts
faction that it fitted IN perfectly.
Screwing on the top again balanced
the small thing in my hand, wondering
as / did SO where could hide 1t most
securely
1t must be In a place which would
never be disturbed, a place also beyond
the possibility of search should the
people upon the track of the secret
papers Lillian and were guarding.
take it into their heads to search my
ROOM
Boxes and trunks were, OF course,
cut of the question. The thought of
sewing IT inside the lining of a chair
or a couch came to me, but was ban
tshed immediately. did not underesti-
mate the cunning of the people hunt
ing for the paper They would make a
most thorough search of the room, and
probably one of the first things they
would do would be to rip up the COW
erings of the furniture.
AS / debated the question I saw to
it that the trick wrist watch in which
i had carried the peaper since Lillian
entrusted It to me was safely tucked
away in a locked box and put into the
bottom OF my trunk. Then with an
emotional little feeling of t71ankfulness
strapped upon my wrist again the
original watch Dfcky had given me,
and which I prize UNNECESSARILY.
It's faithful hands warned me that I
had but 10 minutes until Dicky's re-
turn. His train must be even now
nearing the station. And then, as if
desperation had sharpened my wits.
my eyes fell upon q long, slender Chi
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1922-04-15
Learning Florida Geography

We have been learning a great deal
of geography from the papers publish
ed in the southern part of Florida,
First we were told that South Florida
paid more than three-fourths Of the
taxes of the state, but were not told
the boundaries of South Florida, SO we
had to go to the oomptroHer's report.
We found that the counties west Of
thee Apalachicola, with Gadsden and
Duval added, paid more than one
fourth Of the taxes so we learned vesy
much to our surprise that every Flor
ida county Bordering on Georgia ex-
cept Gadsden was in South Florida.
But the papers published in the
southern part of the state are working
US too hard. We began begging them to
tell what territory they meant by
South Florida. We were told next
that South Florida had five-eights of
the population of the state and had
to go to work and and found that it
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AIIIll S[ II! rateS1G aYe@

decided to throw my carbine SO back
down into the canyon because 1t was
in the way. I stiH had an automatic
pistol in my belt.
"A hundred feet farther up stopped
on a narrow ledge to remove my heavy
fiding boots in order to get better
footholds. glanced up to tho other
side Of the canyon, My three COM
pAnions were watching me. I began to
trying to scale this petpet4 icular wall
I thought to myself! Wei, you've
gone this far: you'd better AnishJ 90
I started cilAabing again.
In a Tight Piaee
boots on. But only aft4F about an
hours effort aid reacn very near the
top Of the cliff. And there / had TO
stop again. The ledge 3Itted out over
the canyon ip such 4 way that it
seemed impossible TO crawl over the
Dp.. And I S0dldn't go back down.
WHAT would dor More and more /
realised what fool I waA. stood
frst on one foot and then the other.
trying to lefE&then my reach over the
Jnttirt9 l&dEe. but could And nothing
70 take hold OF. Then nay hand
touched bush. Would it hold my
WCASASs 4 Oy4 i COOK hOlQ OF che
Bush with one haTld. Then I Swung
nyself up. and was Just pulling up
over The ledge. spat! Mr..
Lion jumped at my race and spit! "a
had reacaed the other side OF Tho
canyoaA ahead OF me.
He waS DIS surprised to see naS an
was TO see him, and no sooner. had
Ne spled me than ne disappeared hsona
Nay view I pulled myself up over the
ledge md Had just rot safely on NV
feet when the lion tore out OF 4. clurnp
Of bushes where he had taken feAarA
and Bounded directly at me. Preached
Tor my automatic. The hon was
| within Ave feet Of me when I pulled
the trigger.
Ne was dead.
II. tell you. folks. never breathed
gsicA sigh ofre!ief as dId tansn. and
vow FL never be- so, foolish again ff
+ can help IT,
AL STUBS,
Scribe OF the Pirate Sax.
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an effective, cohesive organization for
its better management and discipline.

It's sabetter management and discipline.
Last, but not least, are the recre-
atfye features OF the camp. The beck
oning pine woods, the allJfring waters
Of the nearby lake, the long, interest
ing cross country, hikes give to the
camp the needed touch OF romance.
Added, of course, are the recreative
,pastimes which the boys themselves
Introduce such as baseball, swimming,
boxing mad simply lazing in the shade
of the beautifM trees. Boys who go to
camp return to- their homes with a
keener appreciation Of their prospec-
tive duties as citizens, and with a
greater love in their hearts Tor their
country's flag and its institutions.
This is the work for which Camp
Roosevelt stands-to make of our
American boys better futuEe mon. Lest
there sbe any misrepresentation on the
part OF readers that this is profit
making institution, is must be men,
toned that this Institution Is philan-
thropic. The boys who attend pay but
very small fee for bed and board.
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ONE REEL YARNS
re ThlRrEeNTA Eee

One day during vacation Jean de-
cided to rnake an angel food cake.
II viii come out and show you
h6wy' suggested Mother heipful1y.
mo, you won't" pouted 5SAns II
guess I can reed The recipe"
Angel food cakes are hard TO-
: niakAp wArnea Mother. But Jean
tools the cock boOk and shut her.
self sway in the Kitchen.
''gueAf---sfftsd. FlohF--sikte4--s
htnJ" sid 5s&A. measuring 6afeful1
~. 'f0ven Just ffehtspateF ~ the
bottom 81 the pAss---now, for che
eggs. Thisteef Of 'efn. GoDd4esay tAAe
10 lots Of eggs, Be6t4n separated 4s..:
separaGslyH 5aan went TO- the Cup
board and got Down an the sifia1l
bowls she could md. ThASe were
only twefy0v she lined them JP on
the table and broke an egg INTO EACH
and then she began Beating.
whaszz, whfzRzy W11szzz vent the
egg scatter. Jeaants arm began %
weaken and The egg beateF to w0b-
bic, but she kept bfATeiy on bsAtiAss
beating, beating until all twelve 6&ez
were whipped. TIE fl1itteeHth egg SCH
stood waiting OF G1se t&N9S. Jesah
was puxmlad. She wNnE 10 Orc d069
of de sewing room and calIeds
Mother, Whist do you do With I'D
thirteenth eee9"
~Ths thtFt1Gsskh egg? What do 1ou
n1easa?~ asked Motley.
why, yas,~ said Jean, ~ea6 cook
book says yO0 beat EMem a6baaateay.
but we have onfy twelve little Bowls"
rssparaasay, JeazT why th6t means
you beat he yoiirs separate from the
whites, n0& cash, Sgg AlodeS
joan saMa6 HEtO Q CHAIR @A& rubbed
ier ctrch ansaE. Ta@E.. 6tG6f paNke.
she said MMhsSlY, II guess our family
vii have 10 1--we On cEnele$ The rees
az dis Vke<s