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Show THE PRESIDENT AS A DEFINER. No one can find the President h delln-lllnn delln-lllnn of a "soilolnglsf III the dl.tlnn-arlea dl.tlnn-arlea of the Kngllsh laiiRUige set It Is possible thit the future editions of the dictionaries 111115 .ontnln it, and prop erls credit It In Theodore Roosevelt Until Webster's and the t enturs any Unit a nxlologlst Is "one who treats of 01 devotes himself u the studs of soclologs," und tint Is quoted bodily fiom the- works i.f John Hlunrt Mill Obvliiusls. Plesldent llonacvelt could not usp such n definition for the enlightenment en-lightenment of the American nennle. shue Ihry would nt once be asking Wlint IS SOClolORj" Nl.lV Slllll.li.RS Is nil sons or thluRs and Mr lloosevclt had un tlmo tn explain and quote from Mill and Herbert Hpenier So, like n prn.ilcal statcsiuin, he undo up hla own definition, mid announced that n sociologist Is n mint who h.m thought and studied deepls on social questions unil has practically applied his knowledge" knowl-edge" It Is vers likely thnt he had Mr. Clark the chief nf the Order of Railroad Conductors In mind when he formed Iho definition ami added the last pirt of It In order tn let him In cm the ground floor of tho great socIoIorIc-al socIoIorIc-al science Hut whetlur or not It wns made to nt Mr Clark, Hip definition goes." ns the boss sas and tho conn trs now knows Just what tn expect when more soclologlata mic called for to help settle tho labor wars. feprlnglleld Republican, |