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tr MAKE HIGHWAYS SAFE FOR The Utoit Tigures on Kutomobite ae- ^ * ridents for the last year indicate that ' the number of viitims is on the in- crcane. ConsAquenlly it is high timt that soini.' resolutions be put into ef- 1 feet which will decidedly lessen ihi^ rlitu^hter of human lives. )'»r the pedestrian I auggeet the foDowinf; resolution: "In 1924 1 will be thoughtful as li amble along the public thoroughfare. I will carefully observe traffic rules that have hein passed in the interest of my safety. I will co-operate with mo'orist*. I will watch streel'car.^ and stand in the snfety zone when waiting for them. I will keep to the right and. avoid jay walking." RESOUmON BY MOTORIST. Then let the motorist resolve a.s fol-! low.s: "I will think ahead. I will ob- •erve signals. I will co-operate with pedestrians. I will demonstrate my ability to drive skillfully before op- erating a car in traffic. I will keep the mtchunical features of my ma- chine in good working order." If the public, both pedestrians and motorisUs, would make such resolu- tions for 1924 and, taking them seri- ously, would really try to carry them out, many thousands of homes would be spared the sadness such as has been brought about in the past by auto- mobile accidents. Municipalities also have some re- •ponsibilities in this matter. Ordl- tiances can be pas.sed for 1924 which j will help the people in carrying out! their resolutions. Some very good re- •ultfl along this line have been accom-' plished by the Bureau of Safety of: New York City. This bureau has been In.specting brakes of cars to see if the owners have complied with the local regulations. The bureau has just closed its first >• .-'a work, and during the lasti tx 'vo months 73,635 motor vehicles] o\- he streets have been inspected. Of ' tl.' number lO,.")!? had one defective! MOTORIST AND PEDESTRIAN, brake, and the drivers were required to report back with the defective brake ftxed for re-inspection. In 2,280 cases both brakes were defective and the drivers were fined, the penalty usually being |25. INSPECTION OP BRAKES. A brake inspection squad of ten po- licemen has accomplished this work. They were told to stop drivers of cars, particularly of the heavy type, make running tests of brakes and steering gears, and, if found faulty, to see that they were put in good con- dition. Their method is first to signal an approaching truck or other motor ve- hicle to stop. One man gets on the seat of the car by the driver, and, under his instructions, the driver will proceed to start and stop, the patrol- man making a note of the distance it takes the car to stop under various speeds. At a speed of 10 miles an hour a car, to pass the test, must stop within 9 feet; at 15 miles, within 20 feet; at 20 miles, within 87 feet, and at 25 miles in hour within 58 feet This test is made with both the foot and the emergency brakes, and if either brake will not stop within these distances at tbo speed indicated the brake is con- sidered defective. This is only an indication of the sort of activities municipalities can interest themselves in if they are real- ly anxious to protect their citizens from accidents. There are numerous others that might be incorporated in the New Year's resolutions of the municipal officials which will take care of those people who haven't enough interest in public safety to co- operate willingly. A combination of care and co- operation by motorists, pedestrians and community officials will greatly reduce motor accidents in 1924, Here is a triangle of power that should get into action at once. f%ppliii(l FOUR LEGS The good old hors« I used to drive! I sometlmM wish ba were alive; be somethtns lacked of pe» and power, be hit up seven miles an hour. He bad his faulU, I must allow ; but so ha» every sheep and cow. H«'d sometimes cut up monkey shlnaa, and wrap hia Uil around the lines, and use bla feet, with Iron soles, to kick the dashboard full of holes, and driven batty by the files, he'd grip the bit and close his eyes and try to cltmb a barbed wire fence, an animal bereft of sense. But taking Dob- bin pro and oon, I'm sometimes sorry that he's gone; when my old bus is full of bugs, with fantods in the sparking plugs, when tires blow out or strings break down, some forty-seven leagues from town; when I am sUUed for lack of gas, a long night In tha rain to pass; King Richard's plaint I then Indorse: "My ten cent kingdom for a horse!" When motorcycle cops draw near and tell me that 1 must appear before the Jurist and explain why I was pushing my old wain some sixty parasangs or so, where thirty is the clip to go, I cry aloud in my remorse, "My crown and sceptre for a horse!" When reckless drivers hit my car and from its bearings knock the tar, and I am knocked about a verst, BO that my pink suspenders burst, I cry aloud, amid the gorse, "My silver corkscrew for a horie!" My Radio. \Vhen earth is Iron hard with frost And skies portending snow, 1 love to sit beside the Are And hear my radio. It tells me of the barren wastes Wliere aumnier never smiles, Alaska's frozen hills of gold. The gray Aleutian Isles. Ko station do I have to call Xor to a wave length tune. But I can listen tu the pines Along the Mohawk croon. The rush of Icy Arctic seas Where terrible and white. The b<!rg8 are moving crowned with rays, Sapphire and chrysolite. Ko agrlograms break In upon The monologuefi that speak Of snowy plain and frigid lake. And still unfonquercd peak, Ko static trouble stops glissades Or blurs arpt'Kglas, My radio's the winter wind That down the chimney blows. --Minna Irving. A Good Answer. Condescending Lady (to her part- ner) â€" "My husband Is very Jep^lous, so I only dance with exceedingly plain people." The Partner â€" "It's a good system ; I follow.lt." Not to bs Spelled. He had just ublalnod a job at some railway works. "What'fl your name?" asked the timekeeper. "PatrlcK Cahill," was the reply. "How to you spell It?" Inquired the other. The Irishman scratched his head thoughtfully. "Indade, an' 01 don't know, Borr," he said. "01 never shpelt It, an' me father he never shpelt It either. Faith an' 01 don't think It was ever Intended to be shpelt at all. Fut it down without shpelUn', sorr." Tree Doom. To draw sweet sustenance from th") earth Without devouring meat that's slain; With casing bark to fit one's girth And stand unhoused in wind, sun, rain, â€" To have waved leaves Instead of hair And a green color for a face; Never to move through life elsewhere But root forever in one place. O, what a strange life there must be In a broad, earth-rooted tree! And yet, men Bay, when siricken sore, Trees shiver a space Just as they're felled ; A sentlnence sweeps their InmoBt core That by their downward rush Is quelled â€" As If, from base to crown, they tried To walk but once before they died! â€" Harry Kemp. Two Causes. Emphasizing the Plate. "How lovingly she regards her table silver." "Contem-plates it, I'd say." "I say, Tom, are you troubled with sleeplessness?" "I am. Some nights I don't sleep three hours,' replied Tom. "I pity you, then," remarked Bill, "I've got It awfully bad. I've been of- flicted now for about two years. The doctor calls It "neurlo Insomnia para- laxltls.' " Tom grunted, and said; â€" "I've had it about six months; but we call It a baby." ii Family Pride. "You should always be clean in your person," wrote one boy. upon the sub- ject of personal hygiene, "specially on gymnasium days, because If you broke your leg or anything you wouldn't want your family disgraced all over the town by an unclean skin." Content makes poor men rich; dis- content makes rich men poor. Gardem and the Things That Grow in Gardens. Gardens and the things that grow la * gardens, I like Uiem all! In summer, peas and beans, and canta- loupes And squash In fall. Gardens and the folks that work la gardens. They are my friends. Along some garden walk I visit and I talk. Till autumn ends. And when It's wintertime I read A catalogue of garden seed. Sdlora' SiztliS«n««. The Board of TraAe .i««airy now be> Inc held in London Into the etieiua- stances of the loss of the UI-(aUd Tre- Tesaa has elven another oppertudty tor the reteUtng of one of the greatsat epics of the eea. That amaslng "sixth" Mnse which enabled forty-tonr men to navigate two small boats for nearly 2,000 miles over the Indian Ocean U something few landsmen appreciate. Sea instinct Is a reality. A sailor can feel his ship under him like a Ur- Ing thing. He knows Ita mood, eveii when he Is asleep In his bunk. Hs can tell by the feel of the deck under hla feet if the cargo Is stowed properly and the weight equally distributed. He may not be an expert stevedore, and hs knows nothing about metacen- tric height, but he has an inatinct for these things. Another important factor in the sail- or's sixth sense is the smell of a vce- sel. As soon aa he goes on board he can tell by her smell whether she Is a good or bad ship. But he cannot des- cr - the difference In these smells. Although all the complicated naviga- tion Instruments of the modem Uner threaten to kill his sixth sense, the sailor still retains his ktrange sensi- tiveness, and when he retires from his hard profession the old salt becomes a human barometer and can foretell the approach of wind, rain, or snow long before the Meteorological Office knows anything about them. For the life he leads the sailor has to be made of very tough stuff, but un- derneath his rough hide he always re- mains a child of nature, a strangely sentient creature, with the warmest and most responsive heart in the world. Keep Your Checks. A school teacher had found her clas^ ot boys reluctant In their writing of English compositions. At last she conceived a great Idea to stimulate their Interest â€" to write an account of a ball game. It seemed that she was successful. With one exception, the boys threw themselves at the task and evolved youthful masterpieces. The backward one chewed reluctantly at his pen and was struck by a burst of genius. When the teacher opened his paper, it read: "Rain â€" no game.' Looked Like It. The Waifâ€" "Say, Mr. Pouter Pigeon, did you swallow a toy balloon?" Amuses the Horses. He was a raw recruit. Just enrolled in a crack cavalry regiment, and was paying his first visit to the riding school. "Here's your horse," said the In- structor. The recruit advanced, took the bridle gingerly, and examined his mount with great care. "What's it got this strap around it for?" he asked, pointing to the girth. "Well," explained the Instructor, sol- emnly, "you see, all our horses have a keen sense of humor, and as they scmetimes have sudden fits of laugh- ter when they see the recrllts trying to ride, we put bands around them to keep them from busting their sides!" Winlffr ppputy. U .Jna« Ike proMi nak kWtVi ee» â- doaa siirth Knrlchee fallow flelO* with petaUed sold. ReseU old bewUer «â- â- Â» i« .«â- <â-  of feraa And epeada, nor conata her wealth. WhsB pride is overcome by wlnter'e dearth. Preoccupied In guarding life from cold. Earth does not heed when beauty'a ghoat returns And flUa her hand by stealth. On her at nlgbl the ttiil orbed moor beatows Iced pools that mirror back a dim r« . flection. Gaunt shadowed symmetry of leaf and weed, Frost arabesques of lace. She wears the vast enchantment of the snows, Rayed wheels and sliver stars of brief perfection. Bleached silken grasses, patterns ot wind strewn seed With all unconscious grace. â€"Marie Emllie Gilchrist â- Â» â€" â€" Elizabeth Wins. What is the favorite name among the girls of to-day? A census of girl students at the fa- mous Wellesley College. Boston, Mas- sachusetts, has disclosed, somewhat to the surprise of the authorities, that "Elizabeth" now heads the list, and that, of a class numbering 403. there are twenty-«lx girls of that name. Other names and the number ot those who bear them liiclude: Dorothy, 20; Mary, 18; Katherlne, 18; Eleanor. 17; Marlon, 16; Helen, 15; Margaret, 15; Louise, 12; Ruth, 11; Frances, 11; Alice, 10; Rhoda, 8; Dorothea, 2; Juliet, 2. A Thick Skin Indeed. A young travelling salesman In Eng- land was on his first trip to get orders. At Plymouth, says Mr. G. B. Burgin in Many Memories, he met an old com- mercial traveler, who expressed his interest in the young man and asked him how he had fared. 'Badly," the young man replied. "I was Insulted In every place I visited." "That is strange," said the old tra- veler, "I have been on the road forty years; I have had my samples flung into the street; I have been taken by the scuff of the neck and pitched down- stairs; I don't deny that I have been rolled in the gutter; but insulted â€" never!" Quite Safe. A little girl went to see her gran-l- mother, who was particular about spirit.ia'. affairs. "My dear, I hope you say your prayers every night before going to bed?" tsid the old lady. "No, gran'ma," replied the young- ster. "Why, my dear! Aren't you afraid to go to bed without asking that the good angels shall watch over you dur- ing the darkness of night?" "No, gran'ma. I'm not afraid, 'cause I sleep in the middle." Couldn't Possibly IHave as Much Friend â€" "But my dear, your hus- band probably has more sense than you think." Wife (grudgingly)â€" "Well, that may be; but he couldn't po&sibly have aa much as he thinks." Jail Can't Cure Them, Doctors Can Small Sailor. Robert lived In the country and had never seen a sailor. "Papa," ho said one day, "sailors must be very small men." "Why do you think so?" asked his father. "Becau-si?," answered Robert, "I read in the paper about one who went to sleep on his watch." Why, Indeed. WIII!e"Mainiiia, will you answer Just one more question? Then I won't bother you any nioro." Mother-"All right, then What Is It?" Willie -"Why Is It that the little fishes don't drown before they learn to swlmr'. A Cure by Proxy. •Doctor," said he, "I'm a victim o." Insomnia. I can't sleep If there's the least noise, sn^'h as a cat on the back fence, for instance." "Thia powder will he effecMve," re- piled the physician, after compound- ing a prescription. 'When do I take It. doctor?" "You don't take It. You give It to the cat in some milk." Location of Florence. Oid Ladyâ€" "I want a ticket for Flor- ence." Ticket Clerk (after searching In vain for tfin minutes) -"Wher> the f.i\\K» Is FloreaceT" Old Lady â€" "flitting over there on the s-^-xH" Doctors are now treating and curing diseases and disorders of the brain. This Is the overshadowing news of the world ot medicine. What this jneans to the ten-billion-a-year crime problem is beyond immediate grasp, says a New York ..>aRazIne. Us importance to all mankind is Incalculable. It is almost childish now to repeat that something is wrong with the mind of every criminal. Men do not break laws for the protection ot men, and in the face of almost certain de- tection and fearful punishment, unless they are abnormal In some respect. But if abnormalities amounting to some forms of actual Insanity can now be definitely cured, and If the next ten years are likely to bring forth ad- vances undreamed of to-day. It begins to look as If the criminal problem might have to be taken out of the hands of the police and the lawyers and put into the hands of the doctors. And the medical men will do a much better Job. The small beginnings of this change are already to be seen in the treat- ment of emotionally Instablo types by Dr. Schlapp and other endocrinolo- gists. Dr. Schlapp's clinic at the I'ost- graduate Medical School and Hospital, New York, Is already taking caro of a number of these unfortunates, ^ent from the courts for treatment. The treatment of emotional instability thrnuRh the medication of the gliuuls Is further advanced and better under- stood to-day than any other medicinal or surgical treatment for criminals and abnormals. The first attack on the old systiMU will come from this quarter. The Root of Evil. I^miitliiiial Instability l>aHed on gland derangement/) afflicts some of tho finest and rarest aiinds iimocg men. The most sensitive and delicately tuned natures, the men and women who should do the world's exceptional work, are often Its victims. Some of them wind up their days In prison, while men say: "He Is a brilliant man; a (enliui. What a pity be Un't straight!' •Twenty years ago," Or. Schlapp loid mH In an Inffrvlew, "the very name endocrine did not exist and men had not yet guessed the secrets of the glands. But to-day our knowledge of the endocrlnes and of their Influence upon every function of the nervous system promises to revolutionize our whole understanding of human be- havior. "We know now that many men com- mit crimes because their thyroid glands or other glands are out of or- der. It Is now certain that these glands control the activities of our nerves altogether. Including the work- ings of our brains. "This means that science has brought the matter of human conduct or misconduct down to a physiological and even to a chemical basis. Men do not err because they are evil, but be- cause ot chemical disturbances In that marvellously intricate machine, the human body. It would be going too far to say that we understand the treatment of all criminals to-day, but we do know how to restore some to normal and useful life. "For tho present we must not fall to recognize that there are many danger- ' ous and rapacious criminals who must be locked up for the safety -of society, even though we know that they are the victims of diseases we are only now beginning to understand. But there are many others who can bci I cured and ought to be treated. Prison ' only makes them worse and makes them a burden to the State, whereas they can be transformed Into produc- ! tlve units. Into assets. And there will ' come a day when medicine will no doubt relievo tho dangerous men whom we must now rage In our own defense." The man In the street naturally wants tu know whether this Is all pro- mise or whether, in his terminology, there's something to It. Has It bet^n tested and proved? It has, and the stories of some of these cases are genuine romances. A young New Yorker of tho sensi- tive type was called to arms in the late war, but never actually went un- der Are. Nevertheless he had been subjected to long suspense and an- xiety, which were heightened in III ef- fect by the fact that he was the only child of a poor widowed mother, toUI- By Edward H. Smith. ly dependent on him. He came back worried and harried, and was given a position in a Wall Street broker's of- llce. The strain continued, for the pay was small, the mother In bad health. The element of worry was never ab- sent from the boy's mind. A hardier type would not have been affected. But this boy was fine, of spotless re- putation, devoted to his mother, and too intense. It happened that an older employee of the same brokerage house made a chum of this young man and soon tempted him. He had a tip that a cer- tain stock would go skyrocketing and make big profits. All the boy needed to do was to take a little of his firm's money and plunge. He could replace It In a few days and be prosperous. The boy was horrified at the sugges- tion and shunned his tormenter. The Intellectual centers of his brain kept advising him against a false step, but the emotional side kept whipping him on. And the emotions won, for the boy was already weakened by strain and worry. He took a small amount ot money, gambled In the stock, and lost. He grew thin and haggard. A vir- tuous concept leaped Into his mind. He rushed oft in an emotional storm and confessed to his employers. They recDgnlzed that the young man was anything but a criminal and made an arrangement to let him pay back the loss. The young cinrk was delighted, but it was not long before his increased povorty began to cramp him worse titan ever. He began to brood anew, wondering what he could do to dis- charge the debt and increase his In- come. He saw accounts ot successful holdups in the newspapers. The Idea struck him that he might get the money for hl.^ needs by some such crime. One morning, after a sleepless night, the boy put a gun Into his pocket and started out aimlessly, with the rather loose idea in his mind that opportunity might come hla way. He passed a ma- chine shop and picked up a pie<-e of pipe, again without knowing what he Intended doing with It. He bad not eaten the night before and had had no breakfast that morning. He paused before a Jeweler's window. He stood hesitantly in the doorway, with a re- solve half formed. Then the telephone bell rang, and the Jeweler walked to the rear of the store to answer. The young man slipped Into the shop and knocked him down with the pipe. As he saw the man fall, all control left the boy. He made no attempt either to rob the store or to flee, and he was arrested. Now, It is perfectly easy for the cynical to say that the boy simply committed a premeditated assault, but lost his nerve at the sight of a falling man. But how explain such premeri- tation in a boy of timid, sensitive character? Dr. Schlapp found that the chemical balance of the boy's blood was badly disturbed, that there was too much thyroid hormone (a hor- mone is a stimulating substance form- ed in one organ and carried to an- other), and that he was overworrled and undernourished. Treatment re- stored him to normal health, and he has been efficient and trustworthy for several years. There's a murderer now serving a life sentence in Sing Sing, a young !Jew of the modern type. He had.fall- i en in love with a young orthodox I Jewess. Uoth were well educated, well reared, and exceptional Intellectually. The girl's orthodox father forbade tho attentions ot the ycung man, as he had fallen away from the strict faith, and was considered a goy. Immediately there was a change in the young man. He began to worry and brood. He lost his Job for Inatten- tion. He wandered aimlessly about the streets trying to And another, but locking the resolution to enter olUces. Finally there was a secret reconcllia- tiou, and the boy at once grew better, but tho young woman's father discov- ered a tryst of the lovem and demand- ed of his daughter that she renounce her lover forever. The girl yielded. The young man tried to give her up and forget, but he was already emo- tionally disturbed, and the task de- manded a will he was no longer able to command. Stronger Than Love. Finally he resolved on suicide, went to New Jersey, bought a revolver, and went home to end his llfeyBut desire to see the girl and bid her farewell overcame him. He saw her coming down the street, ran out, pleaded In an irrational, manner, - smiled happily when she seemed to humor him, bought her a drink in a soda shop, and started to walk with her again. Shu was nervous lest she be seen on the street with him and the fact be report- ed to her father, so she proposed that they enter the park. A strange rage fieized him. He whipped out the re- volver and emptied it into the girl's body. Then he turned it on himself, but it was empty. He had to be drag- ged away from his beloved victim and to his cell. Medical testimony and influential legal aid saved the' man from the elec- tric chair, but the law refused to re- cognise the case even as Insanity and sent the red-handed lover to prison tor lite. He Is still in Sing Sing, a quiet, helpful, broken man who teach- j ea the other prisoners in their pitiful school and says some sort of prayer at night to a photograph of the girl. Examination showed, ot course, a â-  highly advanced state of emotional In- , stability and gland derangement, which can be treated as surely and de- finitely as malaria or dyspepsia. ! The great truth seems to be that . there are countless human beings who , are ill adapted to their environment and the stresses and struggles of life. They need both medication ot the glands and some sort ot social cure and guidance. Nothing of the sort is provided for them now, and they be- \ come rrlralnals. These people form the one-third of our great crime-com- i mitttng class which can be cured with ' such medical weapons as are already known and tested. Dr. Schlapp alone \ has made fifteen thousand expert- I ments with such types, and other spe- ' ciallsts have been making many thoa- sands more. I One of these days our legislators ' are going to build larger hoaplta's and I amaller prisons. â€" Colltera. i.:r<t^^-^