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^l'M'2^i^^M:6lttt NEWS tUOCftltOtTOTHBtVAIttTOmiBWt *F 8HBD MVBHT THURSDAY THS BOWMAN FUlLltHlW« COMPANY «fts Davis Sti^ tvaits**. ■- .■ ____ TW^fff* •*» ■•• and M7, AlJaBT a »OWl«AN. Mflliglai-IritAr ■ *AMmUBO*MB* LB* «tjr i»t*r S0B8CWFTTCW FJUd. $IM A Tata*. Mf tMTt ■tf ft* lottos tl<» fa say tuTtliM* im iooi «k Mossar. 4.»4«M.Xri«.m»iu.J fc »dtftk Act at Mats* % tfTt. siasle rata* oar •*«• *»ttar ***«*, dtt. a*** iHMSw at arraas. lta**k it illaV attstts BBSS THURSDAY, JANtTARY 16, 1913. THE IDEAL CITIZEN It ought not to be so very difficult for the average man to live up to the ideal of good citizenship defined by Dean Walter. T. Sumner In a talk to the Citizen*' association of Oak Park, a few days ago. "My idea of a good citizen," said Dban Sujcneb, "is a man who is willing to give all he can to promote honesty, and put down graft and the social evil." "To give all he can" is not asking the impossible of any man. It is on the other hand, the simple performance of his duty toward the community in which he lives and the protection of that part of society which is helpless to protect itself, by the weight of his example and influence. If every citizen would but strive to attain this ideal* "to give what he can/' what a change would be wrought in the social conditions today. ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ A CONVENIENT MEMORY Two girls, members of a high school sorority, were called into the office of the superintendent of schools to give information concerning the meaning of the Greek letters which distinguished their particular society from others. If Mas. Young really expected to secure infor- mation from these girls, pledged to support their sorority and to stand by their fellow members therein, she was disappointed, for the young ladies displayed a most convenient ability to forget any facts which might be construed in a manner unfavorable to their society. The fact that both girls, when asked the meaning of the letters which form the name of their sorority answered with one accord that they "didn't re- member1' is sufficient grounds on which to condemn such organiza- If they really cant remember, their energies had better be di- rected into some different channel by which the faculty of memory may be developed. And if they have simply found it convenient to faget temporarily facts which it is considered undesirable to put into the possession of the "powers that be," the reason for suppressing secret societies is just so much the more urgent ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ A MIGHTY AMBITION . A literal application of the proverb concerning the desirability of "hitehing one's wagon to a star" seems only a little less ambitious than the scheme to change the course of the ice floes in the neighbor- hood of Cape Race, that menaee to travellers upon the sea, by building a dam into the Atlantic ocean. Such a task seems monumental, but the fact that it is seriously considered by such engineers as Lewis Nixon and indorsed by the New York board of trade and transportation causes it to command respect and admiration from the uninitiated. It is the collision of the warm waters of the Gulf stream with the iagr arctic current off the const of Newfoundland that produces the dense fogs anduresults in the collection of Icebergs m the shallow water of the. Grand Banks of Newfoundland. It is the idea of the engineer who proposes the dam, C. h. Rckbb, to transform the shoal which forms the Grand Banks into a dam by dropping steel cables along it and thus turn the course of the cold current far enough eastward into the deep water where it will sink below the Gulf stream and thus prevent the conditions which produce the fog, and at the same time leave a free course for the ice into the warmer water where it will the more quickly melt and disappear. Such a feat, if acomplished, would be of incredible value to thr race and would add another to the long list of the claims of this age to be an era of wonder working in every line of scientific investigation and achievement. , ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ HABITS OF ECONOMY AN ASSET A new note has been sounded concerning the real value of habits of economy, and from a variety of sources has come advice to young people that it is bad policy to save at the expense of one's personal appearance and to the point of self-denial in amusement and entertain- ment. No less an authority than Pftoi*. Simon N. Patten, instructor in economies in the University of Pennsylvania, gives it as his opinion that young people should not be brought up to rigid habits of self- denial. It is a fact readily granted that the sense of being well and properly garbed is a prop to one's self-respect, and a prosperous ap- pearance tends to inspire confidence in his ability among those with whom he comes in casual contact. Certainly it ia becoming to be al- most an American characteristic to obtain good clothes at whatever cost. Just how we have arrived at this point so far removed from the principle* of thrift and economy which actuated our New England forebears, is not easily seen. 'Whether or not our youth is in any way superior to that of the early years of our history, is a questionable matter, too. We are of the opinion that a too literal application of the principles laid down by Pbof. Patten, and others of a similar way of thinking, wu^ in no wise add to the real worth of the youth of today. The working girl by entering into debt--as she is advised by one re- former (I)--in order to obtain the necessary funds for supplying herself with a wardrobe out of proportion to the wag* which she re- ceives, can scarcely be thought to add to her happiness nor content of mind, except at the sacrifice of her moral sense, nor is the young man whose expense account is greater than his mcome, the one moat likelj to sttract that interest of his employer which toads to advancement. ^ fhsre are cases, of coarse, in whiefa economy has developed into ngserliness, a condition quite as deplorable as tiie otiier extreme. It is not, however, a common oecurrence. since ft is so much leas attractive to the normal young person, and so IHtie m acoord witt his taste and desire* Frinei^ &#& *» ** *d, while those of self-iirfiil|^ee and extrairagance are <mly MISSING SJX WEEKS Trace of Girl After Visit Chicago--Parent Searches in Vain. Strange developments were the out- come of the coroner's inquest, held at the undertaking parlors of J. L. Heb- blethwaite in-Evanston, over the body of Fred Buhrs, who committed suicide Sunday night. The verdict of the coroner's Jury was that the deceased came to his death by taking carbolic acid with suicidal intent while de- spondent over family troubles. J. C. Hartney, deputy coroner, had charge of the inquest Oldest Daughter Disappears. In the testimony before the jury; the recent disappearance of Buhrs* oldest daughter was found to be the cause of the man's death. About six weeks ago the girl disappeared, and since then has been seen by no one in Bvanston. Not long ago a postal card was received from Chicago, with the girl's name signed, but no address was given. Efforts of-the father to find the girl's whereabouts had proved fruitless, and this led to his despon- dency and subsequent suicide. The landlady of the deceased, Mrs. Prater, about whom the man left a note saying, "Mrs. Prater is the one that drove me to my death," was not present at the inquest, on account of illness, and consequently did not tes- tify. The deceased has been in the employ of the Public. Service com* pany, and his small wages as janitor had not kept pace with the advance in the cost of living and was another cause of his despondency. Buhrs Is survived by two small children and the daughter who is missing. Ett*blith$tf$67 Phont Cmtral 4570 KIBCHBKRG stabli$h«jft8 132 N. Stale &teet£hikigo ■3T DimriDnds Save three prefits by buying direct of me tlPTION Clencoe. III. 1ST.... PHONES: CENTRAL 840 ' y TMB PRAi ■^T MODISTE w Gowns, Dresses. Fc Repairing and Rt Surra 711 Wuxovobsy Bloo. 81 B. ____ AUTOMATIC ••» C and/Lingerie Wc deling rfEveningQmnM -"^PRANCES HAMMOND Central Trust - y of Illinois \/2$ W. 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