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Show Prevailing Opinions I Comment of th American Pratt 1 Child Management There are eld-faahlonsd folk who etlU sigh for the era ef "lick-In' "lick-In' and lamia'." They ses spoiled kiddles bossing home roosts and cutting dldoa ta echool with nothing noth-ing te fear but soothing appeals ta thslr better natures. Italics of a sterner but better behaved generation, gen-eration, they wonder what the world la coming ta. A strap ar open palm, applied en the right spot never hurt anybody, they Penance Dona Ia pardoning T. F. Cannon, sa escaped convict who bad reformed, re-formed, married, procured, and long held, a reeponelble position. Governor Martin U Davey ef Ohio expresses the reasonable opinion that the original purpose ef society so-ciety haa beea more thaa fulfilled, ful-filled, through the ' suffering which fear and aslf-repreasloa entailed. A penitentiary la, by definition, a place ef penance. The convict In this case was either psnitsnt er sufficiently practical te realise ths lm practicality of crime. If every convict who escapes could, and would, establish for himself a place in society and make hia way aa a steady, respectable, re-spectable, respected cltlssn, every atata could afford to serve the rlflsa of prison guards with blank cartridges only, and wink at escapes, es-capes, upon ths score ef economy and in tha Interest of rehabilitation rehabili-tation of convicts. Louisville Times. The 3c--Dy HospiUl Plan Tw years after Ita Inception tha s-eanta-a-day plan for hospital hos-pital care in New York City haa reached aa enrollment of zM.sST subscribers and haa a reserve fund of 123. 000 Invested in approved ap-proved securities. Originally epea only ta group subscribers, tha service now Includes In-cludes a family plan, by which a husband, wife and ail minor children chil-dren in a family may Join. . Another developing j)haee . of the service is that of cooperation with large employers. With 230 member hospitals In the metropolitan region, tha plan provides ths best pose I bis solution solu-tion for what haa ae often been a desperate emergency. New York American. y feel, and anynow nature must bava upholstered part af tha Juvenile Juve-nile anatomy for a purpose. Thslr plaintive protests against ths ultra-ultra In modern kid rearing, rear-ing, of course, are aa longer taken seriously, svoklng only superior smiles. Thst Hem from Canada the other day, however, must have moved the child psychologists a litUs. They're not only still spanking 'em up there. It seems, bait intsr-estlng intsr-estlng themselves In tschnique te make lessons derived from the old practice go farther. Thwacka and waitings incidental te the disciplining of small boys st a London, Ontario, school wsra broadcast so that ethsr little boys contemplating naughtiness might hser and heed. Twes quits a sensation among the youngstsra. Why not ast up a mlcropbons at aome local teacher's desk? Then our little enee everywhere could llaten In while shs fights back an unworthy urge for a laying-on of handa and sweetly reasons with Cherub Johnny for pouring glue in Utile Mabel's hair. Los Aa-gslss Aa-gslss Times. Armament Outlay Thirtsen per cent of the estimated esti-mated budget of the United States govemmsnt during ths coming fiscal year will be devoted to the maintenance and upbuilding of the army and navy. The actual amount to be expended ex-pended for that purpose ia $1,-000 $1,-000 000.000. This Is a huge sum. But oonsidsring what most of the other great power ar pro-poalng pro-poalng along this line. Uncle Sam's outlay in comparison ta total budgetary sxpenditurse is at the bottom of the Ust Croat Britain's bill will be 20 per cent of hsr budgst: France, SO per cent: Italy, estimated, 2T per cent; Russia, 11 per cent; Japan, 47 per cent and Germany probably proba-bly even greater. Hitler has not given out any Information aa to governmental expenditures for two years. But tha beat foreign eetlmatss put this armamsnt coat for 1M7 at S.M0,-000.000 S.M0,-000.000 marks, or 11.600.000,000. Thus 1 years aftsr tha conclusion conclu-sion ef the war to and war, Mare la extorting a toll of dollars which makae ao-c ailed extravagance of the prewar yeara look like a buffet buf-fet luncheon compared to a rich banquet The conetant railing of the ante before the last World war waa one of the Inciting causes ef the conflict If like causss bring Ilka effects In their train, the only question la not tha probability of another blowoff, but how soon wlll It come? Sacramento Bee. |
