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Newark post., 1922-07-26
PersonaLs

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ssaaao Il a ~ u II u 'oso f4'7
A.. Tetitia Pretkoe spent the past
M and with her sister in Elkton.
y.. Willard Wilson spent last
.,,aE.end with her sister, Mrs. Houell,
If North Eaa''
Mics MAY Leslie spent last week at
,.r home in Marydel, Md.
Miss Ethel Sheppard, Miss Mary
c.;6tb and Charles Dear spent Sun
M ,.r at Riverview Beach, N. j.
Miss Ethel Garden was visitor at
Narshallton recently. e.
Mice Anna Johnson spent the week
ID with her aunt, Mrs. Pryor, of
Chesapeake City,
Charles Crler and family spent
Sunday at Chesapeake Haven.
Mrs !. Pcarce Cam has returned
h her home after spending some time
with relatives in West Chester.
Mr. and Mrs. George w. Good, of
pbi,adelphia, are the guests of their
niece. Mrs. Albert L. Lewis.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles A. Lynch and
urs Lottie Stewart, of Norwood, Pa,
uorp the weekend guests of Mrs. N,
N. Bennett.
Mrs Nan B. Kennedy and son, j.
Wesley Kennedy and Charles E.
Lewis spent Sunday as the guests of
Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Lewis at
Strickersville, Pa.
Mrs. Charles M. Phillips, of Hur-
ock Maryland, is the guest Of Mr..
and Mrs. Conrad X. D. Lewis.
Iouis Handloff and son have re-
nrned after spending sometime IN
Atlantic City.
Charles Duff, of Mt. Washington,
Nd is visiting DR.. and Mrs. Charles
Blake.
Miss Josephine Hossinger and MISS
Aileen Shaw spent the past weekend
NTH Mrs Walt Steel at Charlestown
Nd.
Norman McMullen, of Philadelphia
a graduate of the University OF Deia,
ware. visited friends here last Satur'
day.
Mrs, W. J. Rowan was a guest al
the Hotel Avasion, Asbury Park, N. ).
last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. C. D. Evans leave OF
Saturday for a motor trip to the New
England States. They will be accom-
panied at Brooklyn by Mrs. Jennie
Raub Frazer and Miss Martha Stra
horn, who will emeet Mrs. Georg'
Henry there.
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Blackwell ar
spending two weeks camping alont
the North East river. They are &C
companied by Miss Agnes Frazer.
Mr. and Mrs. C. o. Houghton AM
son. CORTLAND, have motored to New
York State where they are visltln'
relatives.
Rev. H. Everett Hallman enter
tanned several guests over Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Norris Wright are en-
tertaining her mother from Georgia.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jack Johnston nav
as their guest Mrs. Henry Lindsay 0
Chesapeake City, Md. y
Mrs. Leila Richardson is spendln
several days at Delaware City.
c. R. Runk, of the Experiment STA
ton, spent several days last week l
lower Delaware. While there he IN
spected several farms.
]. H. Clark, assistant to Professo
Detjen, Of the University of Delaware
was married while on a trip throug
Indiana recently. After the compile
ton of his vacation he and Mrs. Clar
will return to Newark and make thel
home on Upper Main street.
Miss Emma Lovett is temporarll
employed in the Office of Professo
shuster of the University OF Dela
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REPAIRS

Repairs are being made to the
Armory roof.
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MRS. VIM. WERNTz WINS
ELEPHANT At BAZAAR

The large gray elephant at the
White Elephant booth Of the Y W. c.
A. Bazaar was won by Mrs. William
Werntz, who guessed the correct num-
ter. 299. The peanuts in the white
elephant were counted at o'clock
Friday night by Robert Burwell, the
County Engineer. at the Armory, who
was selected as the man to count them
by a disnterested person who did not
know who Mr. Barwell waS at the
time. Up to the time of the count
ing no. one knew how many peanuts
were in the small elephant as it was
filled by one person, then taken to
second person unknown to the first
who took handful of peanuts out
and it was then sewed up to await
the count There were 5 who guess
ed 800 and who guessed 29S but
Mrs. Werntz was the only one who
guessed the correct number 299. as
shown by the books.
Evening capital. [volume] (Annapolis, Md.) 1922-1981, 1922-12-09
$1,000 REQUESTS
TO HOSPITAL AND
S.P. c. A. RECEIVED

Charital lie lequests under the will
OF the hate Joseph r. Morris are now
eing distributed, included in which
are two of special local interest.
These are one of $4,000 to the Emer-
gency Hospital of Annapolis and an
other of $1,000 to the Society for the
Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Can
napolis Branch) The checks were
delivered yesterday.
Mr. Morris was a retired business
man of Chicago, who few years ago
took up his residence on Harness
Creek. near South River. and stayed
there most of the time. although he
travelled extensively. He died in Paris
last winter. Besides the generous be-
quests to local institutions he provid-
ed lii orally for numi er of others
elsewhere, having no immediate fam
lily. His estate totalled approximate
~ $500, 900.
Evening capital. [volume] (Annapolis, Md.) 1922-1981, 1922-12-09
ANDREW T. STRIBLE
BURIED THIS MORNING

The funeral of Andrew T. Strible,
who died suddenly on Wednesday at
the Emergency Hospital. took place
this morning at 8 o'clock from the
residence of Mrs. Eliza Cannon. Is
East street. this city.
The Rev Father Duke, of st.
Mary's Catholic Parish, conducted the
funeral services.
The palltearers were chosen from
the membership of three organiza-
tions to which the late Mr.. Strihle
belonged. They were: Y. Davidson
and Howard Armiger, of the Brick
layers Union: Henry Wilkinson and
William Weaver, of the local Lodge
of Eagles, and Philip Mitchell and
Charles Williams. OF the Navy
League.
1nterment was in Cedar Bluff GEM
etery. The funeral arrangements
were made by Taylor and Sons.
Evening capital. [volume] (Annapolis, Md.) 1922-1981, 1922-12-09
REDS AND WHITES
TIED FOR FIRST PLACE
IN MEMBERSHIP DRIVE


The membership contest of the
Mems Bible, Glass of-1the sEastport NJ.
E. Church is on in earnest. The
Reds and Whites are tied for first
place each having rought in Is new
members. The Blues are close be-
hind with 16 new members, making
the contest very interesting. The
losing team. or the team bringing in
the least members. will treat the en-
tire class to sandwiches and coffee
on January 4.
Next week will he an unusually
Eusy one. On Tuesday night, Com
munity Sing will lie given under the
auspices Of the Epworth League, and
no admission will lie charged. We'd
nesday night is Church Training Night
and business meetings of Sunday
School Board. Thursday afternoon
and night DR.. Colt, District Superin-
tendent will conduct an institute with
the following to assist him. Doctors
Rines and Costin and Brother Nagle
of India.
On Friday night the young people
will give play entitled "The Fasci-
mating Fanny Brown' The public is
cordially invited to join us in all
things spiritual as well as social.
Evening capital. [volume] (Annapolis, Md.) 1922-1981, 1922-12-09
SEALS FOR
TUBERCULOSIS FIGHT
Annual Drive On To Rails.
Funds For Battle With
White Plague
THOSE ON COMMITTEE

The following committee has been
named for the Christmas drive az the
Maryland tuberculosis Association.
Doctor Thomas Fell, head of Anne
Arundel county and Annapolis; Mrs
Arthur Owens, Greenock: Mrs. Anne
Pethorbridge, Nutwell: Mrs. George
Sheppard, Harwood; Miss Anna Bray
shaw, Glen Burnie; Mrs. Melvin Stew
art, Gambrills: Mrs. Beauregard
Clarke, Jossups; Mrs. Joseph Bigelow.
Jr.. Riveryiew; Miss Isabel McNasby
and Miss Sara Sutherland. -Annapo-
lis.
Seals will he sold at the banks and
rostoffiee from now to Christmas.
For these who do not care to invest
in seals there are the Health Bonds
which range in value from five to
twenty-five dollars. Miss McNasby
has charge of those Contributions
should he sent to the Anne Arundel
and Annapolis Tuberculosis Commit
tee, p. o. Box 1876.
Excellent Christmas Investment
Judging from previous results. and
only results count. better Christmas
investment would te hard to find The
Maryland tuberculosis Association
has kept many a child from Iecom-
ing crippled or invalided for life and
Continued on Page 81
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JUDICIARY COMMISSION
WILL Be ORGANIZED ]
IN BAL LT|MQRE TODAY.

Organization of the Judiciary Com
mission. composed of 81 lawyers of
Baltimore and Maryland. appointed
by Governor Albert c. Ritchie by au-
thority of the Legislature, to inyesti-
gate as to the defects of the Judi
cial system OF the State. is to be per-
fected al the first meeting OF the ody
today in the Office of Attorney Charles
r. Harley, in the Title Building. Bal
timore.
One of the first acts of the Com
mission will be the election of. a
chairman. Mr.. Harley's is the first
name on the list of p lawyers named
for the probe ty the Governor and it
is generally assumed that the mem
bers of the tody will follow custom
and elect him chairman. 3.
The membership of the Judiciary
Commission is as follows: Charles F.
Harley George weems Williams.
Samuel X Dennis, Morris A. Soper
Charles McHenry Howard. Sylvan
Hayes Laucheimer. o. f. Hershey.
John NJ. Requardt. Walter II. Buck,
}. Craig McLanahan. Philip B. Perl
man, Emerson c. Harrington, T.
Hughless Henry, Thomas H. Robin
son, n. Charles Burke. Alexander
Armstrong, William c. Walsh. f.
Neale Parke, Jacob Rohrback, John
b. Gray. Sr, Ridgely p. Melvin Can
napolis)
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.COUNTY'S HOME FOR
POOR IS WELL KEPT
Nothing But Praise Given In r.
port Of Recent Grand Jury
Committee
NOW HAS FOUR INMATES

How well the Anne Arundel County
Homo on South river. where tho real
poor and needy 0. the county a~e
given refuge. is managed by the
Board of Trustees, and the general
conduct OF affairs by the superinten-
dent OF the institution, is shown in
the report OF the committee ol the
recent October grand jury The re-
port reads:
ITO the Foreman of the Anne Arua-
del Grand Jury.
Dear Sir:
We the Committee. appointed by
you to- visit the County Home. 60
hereby make the following report
We visited the Home on the rrora-
Ing of October %. and found there
seven inmates three males and foqr
females.
Evening capital. [volume] (Annapolis, Md.) 1922-1981, 1922-12-09
ARMY-NOTRE DAME
GAME is ASSURED

gridron battle between The
Army and Notre Dame for next sea-
son is an assured fact, it was an
nounced at West Point. Knute
Rockne's fast Hoosier eleven will
come East on October 13 to play the
Cadets. The site of the contest has
not been definitely decided upon. but
1t is hoped to play the game in New
York. Notre Dame usually gets a
November date on the Army's sched-
ule. but the playing date has been adj
vanced to mid-October for next years
contest. Announcement was also
made that Army will play Yale in the
Bowl at New Haven next year on Nov
emher 5.
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WELL-KNOWN CITIZEN
BURIED IN ST. ANNE'S

The funeral Of Philip J. Miller. a
wen-known resident of Annapolis.
took place yesterday at 1870 o'clock
from his late residence on Southgate
avenue. The EaIlbearers. members
of the Annapolis Masonic Lodge. to
which the late Mr.. Miller belonged.
We're: James Armstrong, Charles
Russell. A. o. F. Larson. Eugene Grif-
fin. Basil Moore and Charles Linder-
man
The body was inferred in st. Anne's
ceemtery. Taylor and Sons were the
undertakers in charge of the funeral
arrangements.
Evening capital. [volume] (Annapolis, Md.) 1922-1981, 1922-12-09
NAVY RELIEF SOCIETY
/. COMMITTEES APPOINTED
Mrs. Henry B. Wilson An
nounces Names OF Those Who
Will Serve For The Year
DOES SPLENDID WORK

Mrs. Henry B. Wilson, president of
the Naval Academy Auxiliary of the
Navy Relief Society, has appointed the
committees TO serve for the year
which began with the annual meeting
OF the Auxiliary on Monday last.
The financial committee has for it's
work the planning of the campaign
for the raising OF funds. during the
winter. A meeting will soon be held
for organization and appointment of
subcommittee. after which the en-
tire personnel of the Academy Auxil-
iary will rally to their standards as
they set TO work.
The Relief committee, as its name
Indicates. responds at once to all calls
for assistance from any member. Of
a family in the Navy or Marine Corps
in the State of Maryland.
Following are the committees an
pointed by Mrs. Wilson:
Finance Committee - Lieut.. Com
mander NJ ID. Tisdale chairman; Mrs.
K. NJ. Kennedy, Mrs. B. p. Du Rois
Mrs. A. Claude. Mrs II. f. Shoemak-
or. Mrs. w. ID. Brereton, Jr., Mrs. !
Parker, Mrs. H. II. Forgus. Mrs. n.
Steele, Mrs. r. I. Curtin. Miss n. L.
Walton, Capt. T. r. Kurtz. Comdr.
c. Kidd, Lieut.-Comdr. G. b. Hoey.
Lieut.-Comdr. ID. A. McElduff. Major
F. ID, kilgore, Lieut. w. NJ. Fechteler.
Lieut.. 0. l.. Downes. Lieut.. r. +.
heating, Lieut.. G. +. Chapline. Lent
A. 5. Wotherspoon. J. w. Crosley.
Relief Committee-Mrs. ID. A. Me-
Elduff. Mrs. A. B. Clifford, Chaplain
s. X. Evans.
Auxiliary delegate to meetings of
the Board of Managers at Washington.
ID. C.--Mrs. b. p. Du Bois.
Evening capital. [volume] (Annapolis, Md.) 1922-1981, 1922-12-09
DAMP WEATHER CAUSES
INCREASE OF GRIPPE"

me damp and murky weather of
the past few days has increased the
prevalence in Annapolis and vicinity
OF colds, grippe and kindred ailments
so that mild epidemic is on. Extra
precautions are urged by the doctors
10 ward off any further spread of it.
as an ounce of prevention is worth
pound of cure" in this class of sick
ness especially.
among those convalesing during the
past week are Rev. Edward u. John
son. Rector of st. Anne's; John M.
Green, of the State Sapital Bank
CHARLES F. Lee. John f. King and
Ferdinand c.. LatroIe e.
Evening capital. [volume] (Annapolis, Md.) 1922-1981, 1922-12-09
:. A. LkENBY IS
CHOSEN AS HEAD
0F NEW DAIRY CD.
Elected President Of Annapolis
Dairy Products Co. At Yester-
days Meeting OF Stockholders
Two Local Men Will Serve
On Board Of Directors.
.ONTRACT FOR PLANT
AWARDED BEAN BROS.

Francis a. Lazenby. of Baltimore
lcd OF the Annapolis Creamery Com
n.y. was elected president OF the
|ewB organized Annapolis Dairy
Products Company. at the stockhold-
meeting OF the latter corporation
lh.ch was held yesterday afternoon
| The Office OF Major John dep. Douw.
/ Church Circle. T. Roland Brown.
\ Annapolis. was chosen as treas
yer ~ the new company. and +. NJ.
zenby also OF Annapolis, was Sc
Lrted as secretary.
In addition to the above named Of
Iccrs. the following board of direc-
|rs was elected: A. A. Chaplin.
Washington. Howard T.. Atterbury.
New York, Francis A. Lazenby, Bal
more, r. Roland Brown and DR..
George T. Feldmeyer, OF Annapolis.
Plant To Cost $3s.3OO
Other business to come before the
eeting was the formal awarding OF
he contract TO Bean Brothers, local
|ontractors for the construction of
l,e company's large and modern plant
Nhich will lie erected on West street.
lhe bid OF Bean Brothers, which was
sS500 was submitted in competi-
|on with several Baltimore contrac-
brs
Work OF clearing the ground for
Pc new plant already has been start
\, i was announced today. and it is
Expected that all OF the iconstruc-
ion work will be wholly completed
Ilhn atout four months, or in plen-
} Of time to take care of the firms
'mmor business. The plant will be
uilt of concrete and steel and will
+ up-to-date in every respect.
Continued On Pare a.
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TO PREACH AT ST. ANNE'S
CHI. TOMORROW MORNING

The Rev. John Armistead Welbourn,
of Toxic, Japan, will he the preacher
at IL o'clock tomorrow in st. Anne's
Church.
Though Mr.. Welhourn's entire min
istry of twenty three years has been
spent in Japan, he has many friends
in Annapolis and Maryland who look
forward to his presence here with
interest.
Evening capital. [volume] (Annapolis, Md.) 1922-1981, 1922-12-09
Rooms Spotlessly Clean

We first visited the Colored Zone.
and found there ono inmate -ail oil
colored man. The rooms were spot
lessly clean aud comfortable. The
coiored inmate is blind. and the Keep
er has placed a guard around the
stove to prevent his falling against
it and getting burned The two white
men were out of doors. one chopping
wood. the other sitting on the porch.
Continued On Page b.
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MONTHLY MEETING OF
PRESBYTERIAN SOCIETY

The. Women's Missionary Socinty of
the Presbyterian Church will hold its
meeting Wednesday,. Deem
Der l3. at o'clock in the church par
lors. Miss Caroline Heintz will read
a paper on the past and present life
of women in India; and Mrs c. II.
Clements will read Grace Richmond S
Christmas Day in the Morning Mrs.
Royal Wigloy is chairman OF the en-
committee.
Evening capital. [volume] (Annapolis, Md.) 1922-1981, 1922-12-09
Shops Finely Decorated

Traces of this giants tread arc cv-
dent throughout the whole city - i'm
display windows. whore effective fire.
places, hung with Christmas stock
ings both large and small, call up
visions of Santa's rotund self crawl
ing down their wide-mouihed Chin
neys; In the toy shops where dolls
with long, natural curls rub elbows
with the mechanical Mamma" dolls
so popular with present-day young
sters; where toy trains and guns and
ships for hoys dispute the territory
covered by displays OF doll furniture.
dishes and carriages for girls: in the
numerous Christmas trees already
playing their festive part in the deco
ration OF many of the windows of To-
cal stores and restaurants: in the In
creased hustle and stir noticeable in
the activities of our merchants; in the
extra hours which many put i'm en-
broidering. sewing and preparing
handmade gifts and in the appetizing
a. tcnntinned Pare ~
Evening capital. [volume] (Annapolis, Md.) 1922-1981, 1922-12-09
AND ST. NIGHTS FRIENDS
ARE BECOMING LEGION

That elusive something so fre-
quently described as the "Christmas
spirit, which has become a yearly
visitor in all American cities and
towns and households, Is again put
ting in its appearance in and around
Annapolis Beginning several weeks
ago. when SO timid as TO barely have
nerve to show its head occasionally. il
has rapidly outgrown its infancy aud
become a giant of monstrous proper
tions
Evening capital. [volume] (Annapolis, Md.) 1922-1981, 1922-12-09
MEMBERSHIP CONTEST
ON FOR BIBLE CLASS

Members are wanted for the East
port Methodist Episcopal Church
Mems Bible Glass which meets every
Sunday at 9:15- A membership con-
test eis now on and three teams are
competing in it. On Thursday, De.
cember 2l, there will be Bible Class
social at s b. an.
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European Tours

For girls and women. three
months with tutors. Lectures in
Art. History. Literature, Langu-
ages, and Music Visiting Gibral-
tar, Sicily. Italy. Switzerland |.
France, Belgium. England, Scot
land. Sailing February; de luxe;
$1,000; no extras.
b.
The above and the Mediter-
ranean Cruise to MADEIRA. Algeres
Reviera. Egypt, Palestine. Athens
$1,000.
C.
Suitcase Tour. 2ls months; five
countries. Sailing in July. First
class, $3.50; no extras.
Address:
MISS ELIZABETH PERSONS,
Annapolis.
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XMAS SPIRIT IS
HERE: TRACES IF
OLD SANTA seen

Shops Filled With Toys And
Gifts For Good, Little Boys
And Girls = Windows Depict
Scenes That Abound Once A
Year.
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ASSOCIATED PRESS

n Dispatches OF te
news are published in
The Evening Capital.
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Continued ON Page 81
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-11-24

@. When were ship subsidies FRS
granted in the United States?-C,
w. G.
A.The first act Of the first con-
gress passed on July 4, 1888. includ.
ed a clause allowing a 10 per cent
discount of tariff duties on all goods
imported in ships built and owned
by American citizens. =
Q. Are there many beggars In
New York Pc. K. B.
A. New York City is known as Z
beggars' paradise and it is estimat-
ed that between 5000 and 5000
professional m~endicants make that
city their home. About 10 per cent
are said to be women.
@. Why are honors scored at du.
plicate auction, inasmuch as they
would offset in the end?-V. NJ. w.
A. HoVrs must be scored because
it is by no means assured that the
hands will be played to the same
trump on the duplicate. For exam
pie, the hand might be played at
spades on the. original, with the
bidder having simple honors, and on
the duplicate it might be played at
no trumps with aces easy.
@. Who said that we should
speak only good of the dead?-H. O.
A. The saying, "De mortuis iii
nisi bonum"-Of the dead be Moth
ing said but what Is good is of
unknown authorship.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-11-24

This pen-picture by Artist Sa~tterfield shows you the
environment in which nature intended all of us to earn our
living-close to the soil.
As you study this picture, you realize how unhealth-
full, artificial and unnatural is the sham existence, City
Life.
Behold autumnl Tang in the air. Frost on the pump
kin. Fodder in the shock. Turkeys SO fat they can hardly
walk. Leaves flutter, brown and dead, back to the soil from
which they came.
So springs all life from the soil, back to the soil, IN the
eternal cycle Of mystery.
What is your favorite seasonf Spring, possibly, and
it is eautiful-resurrection of life, the promise Of better
things to come.
Summer, too, lures-the midst of nature s vast prepara-
tions and life activities.
But autumn has a dignity, spectacular beauty and
psychic calm that makes it stand out as the most impressive
of all the seasons. Particularly does this seem so when you
are in a philosophical mood.
For autumn is the time of harvest-the goal of all the
other seasons, the harvest of natures gigantic activities Of
birth and growth, assisted by man.
AS you contemplate it all, it makes you wonder:
"What will MY harvest be, in the autumn o. lifef"
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-11-24
QUANTITY LIVING BUDGET
TOLD OF BY HASklN
Daily Letter by Frederic }. Haskin

WASHINGTON, Nov. 21.-A ma
jority of the United States Railroad
Labor Board has attacked the theory
of the living wage as a bit OF MELT
huous p~hraseology, well calculated
to deceive the unthinking and de-
clared that its application would
wreck the railroads and if carried
into industry generally would lead
to communistic ruin.
Frank P. Walsh, former joint
chairman of the National War Labor
Board, has said that an ambitious
politician who made advocacy of the
living wage his chief issue would be
swept into the White House on a
veritable tidal wave OF popular ap-
prevail.
A leading labor publication de-
clares that when capital admits it
must continue it's existence UP n
public utilities by refusing to pay
what is considered a living wage,
then capital may just as well under
stand that its life in its present form
will oon be over"
One great New York newspaper
says the living wage is a very real
thing to millions of people, while
another says that so long as the Ev-
ing wage was only an abstraction
nobody ~quarreled with il, for the
reason that it was economically ne
bulous and innocuous, but VIXEN
people tried to apply 1t cOncretely,
its illusory character became mani
fest and its self contradictions be-
gan to work mischief; a living wage
is beyond practical definition, either
economically or sociologically."
From the foregoing it is apparent
that there are wide differences of
opinion over the question. Not only
is there a debate as to whether it is
right or even possible that all In
dustries should pay all workers a
living wage, but it is almost impos-
sible to find any two people who
will agree az to what constitutes a
living wage. A lively controversy
is in prospect that may last for many
months and it is. of course, inevi-
table that congress will have the
problem on its hands when it comes
to consider additional railroad legiS-
lation.
Meanwhile there is one phase of
the subject to which little attention
has as yet been paid save by scien-
fists and other experts. Much is
heard as to the cost of living and
figures are produced that are as var
liable as the communities from which
they are quoted. In fact, the Nation
| al Industrial Conference Board has
been led by its Investigations to the
conclusion that there is no such
thing as the minimum cost of living
for the country as whole.