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Show 2 7- - s V . Profane . -. 7.'-- - ::' '" ' A4,vncetoi, Culture Causes - Bjp - " EVAN lONES J . - VvYo.t.. v' 'V;.:? THE PROVOHEI 'c:"7:' -- '""'"j - " 7. WING to the extensive, use of proane and blasphemous lan- in I 4ruag& having jecoine,-S- common seermngly among all walks of life, many, hare 4wiM42idng.lo solve the problem why this should 1k in our advanced stage of civilization. Sometime ago I noikTd an explanation coming from" Prof. Thomas L Lauiisburg, which is as follows: test. ' The habit is in consequence Profanity isa-braisubject to the, general laws governing intensitiveness. To a very great extent the practice of swearing is specially charac teristic of a. rude and imperfect civilization. With the advance of' culture profanity declines. It declines toot so much because men become' peculiarly sensitive to its viciousnesSj but thev "doitFmeffecTiveness, "wiiH the growth of refinement, loth in the and in the community. Much 'must always be allowed in the case of particular persons for theinfiuence of early training and association. Exceptions are, therefore, too numerous to lay down any positive rule) still, it is safe to say in general that a man's intellectual development is largely determined by the exten of his indulgence in profanity.. I fully indorse the professor's remarks as to profanity being a. brain test, and that it can show but a mental weakness. amongst those who allow themselves to- fall into the habit ; but I beg to differ with' him as to the possibility of its diminishing with modern culture and education, which h&S fully been demonstrated in the past, as there is no time in our history where the oppprtunitics.were greater for edjtiorl and culture and where we should be at the height of perfection in this respect. And if this should. be a mark of the decrease of profanity it should be a lost chord in our present age; but, on the other hand, there is no 'period of our advanced civilization or could there be, even in the dark ages, where the use of profane and- bad language has existed to any greater extent than at the present time. As to its being checked among the .youths in their early training, this seems to be impossible'under the present conditions, when it has permeated among the" parents, even in their own homes, and where The children cannot avoid " learning it before they leave the cradle. tz. What is needed to rid the country of profane lan guage is to start in our schools and colleges an education of clean speech, and respect for reverence, which is fast being driven out by blasphemous and filthy, tongues, and to assist this the laws of the land that exist throughout the country and. which were .made to protect us against blasphemy and other forms of low language, should be vigorously enforced. III e -- - i 'a ... indi-yidu- al ... - - r - Many J i fa?J fljA, y35S? ig& 'i" this., thousand-mil- ,nland FT f' J I waterway. among these stimuJanta of popular Inter- est are th nranam. 'h -- f j'j M.?JM f'flT Wl '.V: Vfj- F?L-w- tiona being made to honor Co dore Perry, the hero of that most slgnincant historical event. the Battle of Lake Erie. It wai Perry, more than any other one man, who has given the Great Lakes a place in the historical annals of the republic fully in keeping with the prestige these, seas enjoy In the commercial chronicle of the nation. The one hundredth anniversary of Perry's victory la approaching and preparations are under way for the erectjon of a magnificent Perry memortal, overlooking Put where Perry's ships were harbored before and after the victory over the British on LakeTJrieT The memorial which will take the form of a towering shaft and a museum building will stand on the small isthmus connecting the two sections of one of the principal islands at Put This chosen site Is of additional Interest from the fact that It was here, after the naval vic- r W i I Ik 45 llbl 'C',riJ R n"4l .XlrW fesLS"! V ' I J - l I I e . i .: ( kLf-:tA- - tory, that American troops under vnura- - IK III" ! 1 15 J ' I -- :M , - - Ot -- 6,000 iiWm iiihtirwwwMftMw mMiimiiiiiitoMMitoa mirir miim lannn cars to the hold of a Bhlp or. vice versa. To sucfiT lengths has this been carried that in the case of some commodities the transfer of cargo is wholly automaticand It is claimed thatthe lron'orfl-- ls not touched by human hands front the time It is mined in Wisconsin or Minnesota until it is fed to the blast furnaces at Pittsburg or South Chicago, or Gary, Ind., orsome other center of the steel ' manufacturing industry. The ships of the Great Lakes, alike to their courterparts on salt water, have been gradually growing In size as years have gone by. However the depth of certain channels connecting the lakes and other considerations will preclude, the possibility of the lengthening process going on Indefinitely as it appears likely to do In the case of t steamer which The is already "in sight" in the evolution of transAt lantic navigation will probably never have a parallel on fresh water and, indeed,, it Is more than 'lake cargo ships come likely that present-dapretty near representing maximum, although there Is no doubt that our Great Lake passenger ships will go on Increasing in size and luxury as more and more people come tp realize that a trip "up the lakes' or, "down the lakes" has a variety and fascination not equalled by a voyage across " ooi ? . - " t i water-born- the Atlantic. The freighters of the Great Lakes are without a counterpart on the other "waters of the globe and they are a source of continual wonderment to foreigners traveling In this country ,and. to most of our own citizens who reside in sections of the country away from the inland, seas. The most common type of lake carrier, the approved pattern for the ore and coal trade which Is the mainstay of lake commerce, Is a long vessel' with rounded ends. No deck is laid beams In the cargo-hold- s and pn the main-decs the bridge, mast and are bunched at. the extreme forward end of the vessel whereas the engines and propelling machinery are at the. extreme opposite end. leaving practically the entire length- of the hold free for cargo storage. u s Married Man ShoulHaveSome d- rR"ion for mechanically cargo. transferring the loading and unloading coal or ore from railroad - 7"-- i , " -- " - matrimony.-"- . e-- : J-H-- : ''.k''"-'.-- .:; ... 7...r ';'';7;- - ' ' ' tTm, InJiWifiw. ri?rt w fv N XTHL . , ' . J Making a Home of Your-Abo- de Order la All Riaht, of Course, but . Ever witness the sigh, of relief with which a family sees the Other Things Should Have wife take a i vacation? First Consideration. They're fond of her. of course but Are you a good homekeeper as well there Isn't any doubt about a certain is a good housekeeper? If you think sense of freedom and relief which her mor of keeping your, house in apple absence affords. When John puts her pie order than of allowing the mem- on the train he doesn't return home to bers of your family to enjoy real home mourn and pine for her return; In' .comfort you r not.- stead, he takes an almost fiendish de, Tour family can secure a house- light in smoking in every room In the the fear of being or-- , keeper at- - any time for- - a stipulated iumt but the woman capable of crcaU dered to the porch or the room allottag, a!Lbomey .atmosphert Is prfoa-les- ted him for .the purpose. Tommy ex. ultantl punches her ornamental pil. ; Order la an excellent thing and no lows toj a comfortable angle for his 9household should be without it, but bead. Nellie Isn't obliged to ndure (he' woman who makes a fetish of It the mortification, of Informing ber new drives - happiness and - comfort from bean that mother Insists upon the the earths' . young men going borne at an unrea- j,: ben-pecke- d and-moth- bouse-witho- ut s. Y-.- r - .' ; . . er rA-'- r 1 J . ;:;L v &s&i7r& -- S2ya&' zfuzzw&e This odd arrangement conduces to the carrying of the greatest possible amount of freight and, more important yet, it renders possible the employment of the marvelously economical loading and unloading machinery, !car dumpers" which dump coal into-thhold at the rate of a car a minute and "automatic unloaders" which lower "clam shell" 'grab buckets into a hold, scoop up ten tons of iron ore at a bite, lift it aloft, carry it to the dock and deposit It either on stock piles or In waiting railroad cars. To facllitajte the operation of these gigantic Inanimate dock laborers it ia necessary of courseto have numerous openings in the deck of the ship. As a matter of fact the latest approved pattern of lake freighter presents a long line of hatches set as close to each other as possible, and eah hatch extending almost the full width of the ship. This renders it easy for the Mini mm ui m mechanical unloaders to reach, with , their steel fingers, to every nook and corner of the cargo space and all that is necessary to complete the Job of unloading, aftr er the automatic unloaders have concluded operations, is to turn loose a small squad of. men with shovels who will clean up the scant amount of ore or coal missed by the automatics. Ice limits the season of navigation on the lakes or nine months and this makes lively ght work necessary when there is much freight to be moved back and forth between Buffalo and Chicago or Duluth, or between intermediate ports. In an average season an average cargo steamer will make at least twenty round trips on the marine highway that encompasses nearly one-thir- d of all the fresh water on the globe. The season's Journeyings of the ordinary freighter would in the aggregate more than equal a voyage around the world. The lakejbipAre-inteBsely-moder- a iUr everyreBpect. They, are constructed entirely-- of steel; lighted by electricity; steered and heated by steam; and have almost all the "fixings" to be found on any of the oceanic cargo ships In any quarter of the globe. The first lake cargo carriers had a capacity of only a few hundred tons, but so rapid was the development of this, class of shipping that within a score and a half of years the pioneers of lake navigation who had continued In service were rubbing their eyes the magnitude of vessels around six hun-dred feet In length and with a carrying capacity of nine thousand to ten thousand tons. And, most surprising of all to many people. Is the circumstance that these ships when fully loaded do not la most instances draw more than eighteen t ' twenty feet of water. . JTUT to-ei- ' -- -- y' WHAT MIGHT HAVE BEENi "Where,' asked the . female suffrage orator, "would man be today were it notor woman?"' She paused a moment and looked round the deck-house- Carriage questiollsOT especially ,wlien people are too vounff and unah1 trtxreuli .vimt fh-- v r man itn is It easy enough to get married and easy enough to siaymajried; if"peopledo not fonn the idea thaHhey are slaving for By Bath Marsh one another. When they bnce form that - idea theymight aswelLcalijt bff. becau se then all faith and harmony are a thing of the pasf. I was married and know whereof I epeak. My husband used to be fond of shouldering a gun and going hunting occasionally. Some young women would say to me: "And you here all alone; why, I would not stand it J J Just "as though that man had to hang Jo my apron strings all the time ! -- 1 would answer them ;thaVhf pould do a 4ot worsc7TThatB the idea most young girls and married women labor under, just as though man had no rights je after - Yet when wife is eick ft man ought not to think too much of him ieif to tie on his wife apron, and "get busy when they can't afford any help. I say "th'ey? and not W because people when they are married the man ought to be the provider ought to be equals in all things,-bu- t wife he oyghi not to think of home for and until he can make 1,000-foo- y e burden-bearer- -- ocean-goingcraf- t. freight-carryin- g i .JUL ..,. a, 2 Gen- latfcwBi r - V-"- 'J&z 'ti4 for-"t- he jf 'f! I f? III kff kh4 y . " ' d Public Dance Halls I " ' 'xwll!i,'lEL 0 W to-wh- ich 3 J2?? s " j t4J 411 - eral William Henry Harrison were or ganized and drilled preparatory to the1 battle of the Thames and the .capture Since my arrival in this country just of Detroit. Furthermore the memorial one year ago one of the most striking fea- will be unique in that the towering shaft will be serve as a lighttures of the daily press has been the large house of the1 madeto flrsf order. The Museum amount of space devoted to the vice prob- - of Historic Relics will be a hall of fine - ... square feet of floor space and "finally " It seems to me that one of the most there Will he a memorial prominent is 'the dance hall. A great American and British officers and sailors buried on the island. many &t them are practically the recruiting, Another current topic that has fo. station fori the armyjjf the unfortunates. cused popular attention upon the r Comparisons, we are told, are odious, great waterway on our northern border Is the desienort but the conclusions they some- Increase theimprovements " ' ' of the locks at eapaclty times lead are anything but odious. In 8ault Ste. Marie. The By lamii Flynn government shin native city) there are no such St. Mary's river at the Sault or Dubljn-(m- y p popularly termed. Is to Great Lake's iha j)ublic,dahce halls; that is, halls ihat can the Panama canal will be the to and ,b entered, by anyone with the price of admission. Yet in lJublin they the Sault canal already enjoys the distiSn more do .have dancing galoreJlow of what passing tonnage during, the eight moSths they manage? By aeason of navigation than the " famous call .canal dancrngciubs." thej does during the full twelve months vSit A number of young menand women-g- et a and draw ordMhis hn between Lake Huron andXatl?. together up winterprogramme. They then go among all their friends and get as facilities it is difficult to forecast. many them as' possible to join. When a reasonable number are secured And finally, much comment has been precipithey make awang'ementa with the proprietor of a ballroom most" of the tated by the rumors in the newspapers that the hotels have ballrooms attached for'the right of occupation for a certain recent activity of the United States government ' "' against certain trusts and particularly the steel . irighYevery week. trust served to nip. In the bud. a The general rule with these clubs-- is to give a "small and early" once plan for amalgamating under one very ambitious ownership prac a week and one big dance once a month. Expenses are paid by a weekly tieally all of the great modern vessels on the Great Lakes. Even as it lg the ormonthly subscriptiorHevied on the members. cargo carriers of the inland seas are owned or The advantages of the system are apparentEvery one knows every controlled by small group of interests one else, which tends to make the affair far pleasanter than if all the par- compared to the diverse interests that have a hand in our oceanic commerce. But perhaps that ticipants were strangers, as is generally the case in a public hall. Sec- Is due to the circumstance that the commerce of ondly, it does away with the attendance of unescorted girls, probably the the Great Lakes is so largely restricted to such commodities as iron ore, coal, grain and lumber gitoatest boutgq of danger. the men who make use of the raw material f do not see why the young men and women of the cities of the and produced In the lake districtfind it profitable to United States should not adopt this plan. Upon tliera rather than upon own ships to an extent not paralleled in any other field of commerce. .their elders resta he duty of preserving the clean name of their city. The commercial interest of the Great Lakes have for years enjoyed one point of superiority over all - the other on the globe. When a man thinks enough of a woman Freight Is carried more cheaply on the Great to ask her to be his.wif he means a com- Lakes than anywhere else in the world. It Is onfair to explain at the outset. however.that this and for life, for better or ly panion helpmate Is due not solely to the monster ships employed. for worse.' And when he marries his choice the largest ever floated on fresh water, and to does he know what is before him,' the the economical manner in which these. craft are he has to overcome? I think the operated. "A secondary factor of great importance ' I of- and to the remart- able commerce . of vf s&mZZss .l ' .. ball ,s. ... . " repeat," she said, "where would man be today TlrhoTfor'womanTT '. " .""'TTTT.' " "He'd be In the Garden of Eden eating strawberries," answered a voice from the gallery.--' - - sonable hour. Even the younger "Comparisons. Ars Odious." children break loose and have a candy pull In the immaculate Ttllchenr While - When little' Amy was three years old the she was taken to ylsit her, jpaUrnal. everyone delights In moving grandmother. During her stafven-tir- e row of. look to a stately porch chairs household made much of her, and of disorderly comfort In fact, they all unconsciously do tbelr best to cre- on her departure she was hugged' and ate the longed-fo- r "homey", .atmos- kissed and wept over by each member a with secret dread that the of the affectionate family In turn. The phere, wjfe and mother will return all too scene made a deep Impression on ber " soon. young mind, . Do not make the mistake of sacrificA visit to her father's home following theTiappineBs and comfort of your ed. At the conclusion of it ber paternal grandmother and her Aunt Mafamily to your Insane worship of o for. The members of your family do bel stood smilingly waving their adieu not appreciate it They'd a great deal to he little one until the carriage was rather you were a little careless and out of eight . less, exacting. Besides, you would Amy's mother was beginning to wonthen have time to get better aeauatnt. der what made her so unusdally quiet. ed.wlth them and their Individual in- - when a solemn little voice ran out teresti, and to keep In touch with cur-- f from her corner of the carriage: rent eventa Instead of being a back 1 - "Not a tear sbedl-Tout- h'a Com- Dttmber. Exchange. panlon.- :." |