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Entered . {at Checks ;' ‘It goes without saying that the streets must St. John’s b d d d e mac: amtze an Avenue' being once improved they must be kept. im- Druved.. lust how hess to keep them improved none bf us vet khow. But we know much more than" we did ten years ago. his safe to assume that we willi know much more about Street improve: men! ten ve‘trs hence than we du now. But is it pnltcy? Is it economy to keep putting munev on the r:pgirs 0! a ‘emwv that never was right and never But isit pnllcv? Is It ecnnmn, w keep putting muney (In the rewirs oi a sIreet that never was right and newer can he made right except to be reconâ€" st‘ructcd? “9 refer to St Johns Ave- mm [mm l :II'Irel to Sheridan Ruad 1 his street from film Place to Sheridan Road Will never be a reSIdence street. Frum Central Avenue tn Sheridan Road there has been but a single resi< dance built In twenty- -five vears and chal IInI cost, but 83 500 III‘ has been in i if we mistake § thereabI.IuI,_ while IlIere vested several times as many thunsandd of dollars in business blocks as hundred: III dwellings. The same is practicaliq true irmn Central Avenue North- to £qu Place BetweenCentral and SheridaI iLuad there are but {our dwelling house; and but ()ne of these can he said by anI front on St ‘SllCiC‘l of iIuagiIIatiun tn iohn s; the other three simply front i1 if we mistake not, cost. I) thereabu‘uty While mere l vested several times as man of dollars in hnsinéss blocks m dwellings. The same ‘ Strc‘c‘r’of'ixuagmauun m uu... . john'sr the other three simply In Illa! direction. 1t is dear Ihereh re that the d ml that street is to business rather “t that street to residences It was always, a question whether Park “as a wise' attempt even un Cenm Avenue. But Central Avenue is a mu ‘ wider street man St. jolm' 8. Any a. temp! to keep up a Park an SK. Job ,,-. ;n “mum; and sooner or later w‘ A“ Sveet is unwisg: and sooner be abandoned 2is fuiilc. . Central Avenue is Mt St. Jnhns is un'.y 80 féét that the amn‘unt used Eleuuic tracks and .t-he a Park, In the unwise Centrai Avenue is 160 feet wide whi St. )nlms is uniy 80 feet wide, ‘ Cut ‘fro that the aniu‘unt used by the 'C K l‘llecuic hacks and there is no mom i a Park, In the unwise attempt to {J one. which .the propertybwn’ers‘ on t] street never wanted, the road hed w made 13 feet instead 01,25 as it ought have been. An ahSurd ing 'was ma< at the Snuth line uf Laurel avenue, 1 frontage (if the properties on the (5 Side ut the street was seriously'damaizt and all tn make a ridiculuus purl: wh inevitably sooner or later will be rem ed. But whrstuf all. in" cutting d ‘ the road bed a dangerous batnk ‘l made by which three accidents have ready occurred. One of the pronerty cl ily Cancelled with cash but the other t were accidents to persons, 'oue oi wh has neverreco'vered. ,Thin damage property and these achidents never wu 'have ”(30“de had the street bed beet the center ofthestreet. Whose turn come next? have been. An am at the Snth line uf frontage u! the on, side uf the sheet wa and an to makg a r inevitably suoner or It is true the proposed nut scriuusly burdensome. )ust so much argumenf in ting nfi rebuildirig the 5m: it as n is m near future- PUBLISHED ~ The Lite Insur- Theworm ance instiguti‘pns MOVGS of pthe coufitry; Though. have always Heeu quite prone to pose as phihan-E thropic enterprises; As a rule they have been benefical to \he people. But' if anybody wéls ever persujad- ed by the, pretenses of the iqsur- ance companies officers and agents that thebusiness was carried? on iust purely out of-love for bu “ani- I as h is bound to he received lur subscrumun are at sunscmm‘lon. $1. the Post Office EVERY SATURDAY the printed Iahfl .EIDITO that (he destin sed assessmel me. It is sin 1: in favor of su’cét and ma] some 'Iimé in P DAVI D5 PHONI tha de he Int AT HIGHLAND PARK I“ n as t is N)! I I8 Nil Jut- 'd. Ling ‘he ich uld xi” ty, the exposures of sucr Senator Chauncev Depew York and others two ( years agn mus. have swept away all sucn ~|f confidence. ' * in Gene Cumn‘ also sccn :0 similar work Secretary to on the-pretensions of tubercolosis as well as treatment for it. Apham- phlet entitled A_ "War Upon Con- su'mption, was= attractively pre- pared andillustrated giving much valuable Instruction concerning‘ the'prevention and treatment of tuberculosw. 4.000, 000 copies of ‘ this pamphlet, printed in :en diff- er‘ent'languages have been placed in the hands of those who needed them. In Chicngn the companv has aided the campaign 'for a tu- ‘bercnlosi‘s‘ sanitarium bv distribzi- ting copies of the Little Ballot in l‘the hémes of 50. 000 policy hold- CI'S. But the company has not limit-i ed its efforts to overwming the‘ white plague. Last summer they startedin New York an arrange- ment tor‘furnishing visiting nurses lor the sick among their policy ‘holdcrs. Now they have similar arrangement in over forty cities. so that free} services is now fur, n-ished to 4000, 0000f pqucy hold- ers. As convincing prdff that this. free service is being used; up to July-l over 32000 policy hnlders, had availed themselves 0t it and the nurses‘ had made over l60, 000 . . '1 VISHSq The company does not claim that this i541 charity work [hey claim instead. and very plausibly so. that the prevention of disease and the conservation of the health of policy holders are sound busi- ness practIces. If the death claims from tuberculosis now numbering about 16 000 annually can be re- duced to 5.000 which Is quite pos- sible. the saving to the company will be vastly greater than the . ILLINOIS- of such men as ' Depew of New 1 two or three have entirclv such .mispluced mmw "The world gtows.stca’duv wise; nspitc of all the discouraging ces to the cpntrarv we are e when allis considered It and i icvidcn positiv is growing better. outlav- GiVO: me ”Give me liberty or give me death." 50 my said the great Patrick Henry. So say we.~ so say ,the boys and‘girls. so say the young men and ‘women. 50 say we all. Nor do we old'bovs and girls any more than the young ones want to be deprived of liberty to relax af- ter a Weary days labor; to breathe heaven's pure air; to enjoy the ‘freedom of out-doors withou’t be- ing confined to the dusty. stifling multi‘odorous street- Whether you are simply an individual or one of a muriicipility. don't be sofpenuri- ous with your holdings. And if your neighbors are not able to po- sess reality of their own, all the moregreason you should be gen- erous§ towards them. It ghas not always been quite agre (able to have an army of lads; abou‘l t0\\_'l‘| meet on the south half ‘l’l lot6 block (ll and for two or three hours vigorously exercise _ their arms and legs and voices, especially the voices- But they . must have sport somewhere; else ‘ they will grow up stilted.~ stolid. stunted. There’s no suitable place in town where the boys can have free course and glorify them- ' selves. Give them a park. Give ' tnem a good large mie.Give them two or three in the course of time. It will pay .is-an investment. MC“ Ah that sounds fraz zled around the cdgc~ ' just ready to break up into wonhlcssncss and be throun away. It leaves a bad taste in the mouth. Rancid riches! You involuntari-. lv think of certain big Corpura-l tiuns that arecnnspicqouslv be fore the public. But forget them all. They are being dealt with by others. But there are rancid riches that do not reach (our figures. Nor do the posScssors dweIl in brown-stone palaces and shear a lamb every day. Rancid riches! Gotten by sell- ' ing incubator eggs [or fresh ones; I by putting water in the millr. small apples in the middle of the barrel. Gotten by doctoringfihni broken-down horse up before trading; by putting stone in the ‘ load of grain; or by making the lOad of hay a little underweight. Rancid riches! Gotten by mak- ‘ing a slave of the wife and serts of the children. Gotten by keep- ing her without good Clothes. and them from going to school. Gotten by giving the children rnnt pigs. the potbellied calves and after they have slicked them up selling them and pocketing the cash; by promising the wife all the egg moneywand making her buy the groceries. "Rancid riches! Gotten by an- noying a neighbor unti'l’he had to leave and buying the farm (or half what It was worth; by fore~ closing the mortgage of the poor ‘ widow who came for help in her dire distress. Gotten by under- fleeding the horses and over-work- l ing the' hired men. Gotten by buying another eighty and keep- mg the boys out of college to Work it. ‘ Rancid riches! Small amount or meat. rancid just the same if taint- ed with dlshonesty or injustice. The time has come when we‘ ve got to quit throwing up our hand ic horror at the motes in the eyes of others and grapple with the be 5 that hinder our own vision. If it is wrong for the railroads to discriminate against lh teak. it is wrong for any man t be unjust glowsstcadilv wiser to a‘nv otbcmnan It It Is wruu. for Ia Wall Spec: mantle to‘ get gain at Wham vcr cost it is wrong for others 9‘ less wealth to get less gain dist onestly. . Riche: a tainted only when they are {based by dishonest dealings. N s:lass. no race. no sex alone is gui t; of all the abuses of riches. nor is there a corner on money virtu :s. ll ”'3" Is T333”: Mm! “ta-u to tinul f The- Na. "m“ M. mini Mimi M ripe! League .I ‘8 '3 mneul {homa- Mm mm tiuns leading agendas of Extend ”nuance. “WWW F 1 loan, And which is remit-tented in every importanti city 0‘ the can .try. is making an eflurt tn in‘creise it! ociive memhenhipm 2.0% by the time xii :he next yearly conven- tion. lei: lhari .hree months hence. To this end invi} Mon: are being eem to pnuminem ciI‘i? en; everywhere. In a circuit explaining ihe purpoeei u! the Lengue; it is let inrlh: “Nu city t live unto Etcell alone. It needs the h tmind eympnthv at others: it uwel to unfit: heip and Ivmpathy. It is one 0! the {grinapel lunctium 0‘ the Natigllal Mu’ {:ipal League to «apply the‘ needed (:0 ‘ E'Iiuation ' and cu-oocruti-m between the dtgmutiom ol sundry typel‘ and the “I11. .13 cities that are working [or bettef nut-mam! conditiom. u s. the clearing hwy; between all mm 0‘ agen- cies. putting t 9: experience at ell at the diluulll ut ekzh: it supplies at eflicient and 11me finkmhip mu m proved 0‘ great Con jun benefit. Charles H Bonaparte. nttomcv- «enema ol the Uni :1 State: under Pucudeut Roosevelt. 4 pueddeut u_( the Luxuc. Gems: Bu afinm. jr.. is ttcasurct. and Llwtou K014}! Woodmfl. mercury. V luvitatimqi .m-d lppltcatton blank: can ‘bc obtain tut tltt uctchrv. Clinton Rogers “mint“. 'lhe North American Landing “dametpuia. Having tirgr a member at the Nanun- al Municipiif Luau: lur scum years. we do not ti )iute K) fly that the mmut w-Iume o! it}: Proceedings of the League man unfit! he drives his work.fi whetherfiifiibe manual mental or: spiritualfi * Enthu‘siasm is what keeps Tfimms A. Edison at his laborato 1 tor days at a time withoutfi-Etoing home. It Is the mysteri psomething that com- pelled :Cormick to put out the first tea in the face of opposi- fition. T; I‘Jnth {Easm is the stuff success is made «if. He who accomplishes anythin gwonh while must be full of i Butenfhusiasrn is not success. not is i a guarantee of success. Electri {.7 may be made to move machinctgy. or it may teat every- thing lq 2*?ieces in a thunder crash. One is winder control. the other a member at the Na'iun- If it is Enthusiasm is the dynamo that drives a not. Gunpowder Ii cannon ball (at mile: acy. but the same: blow the ship to atouj There is the eutfl “counts the chickens}; are hatched. " It has: all figured a year in There is that which i to put their harden to a 'gold mine that in and never will urea: Iqualitv of enthusiad i is not intelligently 45 needs ballast. Well-directed a way or makes one u 7 er kind is like the pup h '“ and digs at a gopher“; runs a'bout yelpiug, a...“ ct hole. and maybe at g " " scrtcd oneâ€"but h:' 3 m slingmg din. A man has dummy; vented something new. ail figured out 1'th " > will be. But som’ ' failed (0 count the cod “a tion of skepticism. of” dIffercncc in the thing. 'nt know, or try to know, pertains to making a w of- a new thing. 5 Ci? My son get cnthm fl wuhal thy getting get m fig“ thusiasm. but get that V“ Ii 3 balance wheel ‘a haunt. ‘1”- cauoa. or a good bridle. ‘ downtofl 8110‘ ”y m A , wiping flute. “b young men “ i and ordered hm He served [hem and they natal-‘3 (art to be hucinhle. “Don't won In “Why "Not any more. ' ' side of barrels a! it. t. it now." "\th brought mm uni-hi» tioh!" . i ,u The mill thu IWW poinmdwthebnckhu. '8.“ x be aid ? The two young mi N ch'mn doll propped II! “I glam ‘Whntdoybiikw there (or? asked one. ”Cr: Im' I’ll.“- v.“ ‘H. belonged to I four-11.0“: ouce.’ said the M II D *4 voice. He unused . mt. MU ldded,'01d john Bulqourl #m surved he! wdetlh. “‘1'! ”g romindcr.‘ lid-went bask to will“: the two you! If" ' :llonflyr-Den'e' Pod. Tm 011‘th words. there are some "I! *- thaui' can stop the onwa affalrs. . z“. “Take slime boon ‘ ‘No, thanks! " Is there a tamer: w...“ needed in the counrthfl 1' needed in the the bow want to :0 3 W ui‘al school'thev RM” *; cause they don t belie” “”1 farming. _ ' .fl No matter wnau uy. â€"- tcr how great the nc a few who alwavs re To such we say-1mm I. com: and pun. Tait ofi II. - duct-‘69! 1" Nplio‘ the tin-Iv what is up. ”'1' thou: VI mote I“ coflal’. II. “may dry II Did up It not «I Did . qua hi. “If! wuy lilo “nu PI“ nud BMI kill ‘II The kahi sum ‘JV‘ By! "1 PE '1‘ h; bi! lad