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Twelve Most Famous
Living American Men?
McCready Sykes, In Commerce and Finance.
While various committees and persons in authority are compiling lists
of America’s 12 greatest living women, divers people have occasionally tilled
an idle hour by making selections of the 12 greatest living Americans of the
inferior sex.
To qualify, a m«n should have a record of achievement or influence that
marks him as a man who has definitely affected the course of the history of
his time. All such lists are merely tentative and suggestive and if properly
chosen will probably Include the names of persons with whose views and
achievements the compiler is not in sympathy.
Any such list compiled with fair perspective and sobriety of spirit should
include some of the following names. We claim no more than that for this
suggested dozen from among the greatest living Americans. The names ana
arranged alphabetically:
William E. Borah Charles H. Mayo
Thomas A. Edison John D. Rockefeller
Charles W. Eliot Elihu Root
Henry Ford William H. Taft
Samuel Gompers Booth Tarklngton
Charles E. Hughes Woodrow Wilson
The statistically Inclined may note that these names may be cross-in
dexed as follows:
Republicans . 4 Baptist .. 2
Democrats . 3 Unitarian . 2
Party not publicly announced.... 5 Episcopalian . 1
Denomination not publicly an
nounced . 7
Married .12 --
Not married ... 0 Did not go to college. 4
Went to college . 8
If the department of agriculture should get hold of these figures the
government would probably print a pamphlet Jumping to the conclusion that
by keeping his mouth shut on politics and religion a man would not destroy
his chances for the Hall of Fame; that going t,o college would increase hts
chances, but that if he remained an oburrate bachelor he would not even
have a look in.
Disclaiming any willingness to be personal, we would remind the com
pilers of lists of America's Dozen Dazzling Dames that their conspicuous
choices have nothing on the wives and mothers of the greatest men. None of
the distinguished gentlemen but would proclaim "It Is they that have made
us and not ourcelves." ~ ,
Our list is neither copyrighted nor ex cathedra. Revised editions may be
compiled at will.
LONGER LIFE AND BETTER.
The cost of life insurance ought to
come down. The figures of the census
office show that the average span of life
in the original registration states is in
creasing, and, in all probability, the
"ame is true of the entire country.
Insurance rates are based on the
length of life span of the insured.
The longer the insured live, the more
insurance premiums they pay, and the
more premiums they pay the less the
annual premium can be and the com
pany still keep financially safe.
That is the argument. Sound enough
if the basic fact is right.
We often hear statements that the life
span is longer because the average age
at 'death is greater. Which is all very
interesting, but the insurance companies
know the shortcomings of such state
ments from the statistical standpoint.
The statement as to the increasing
span of life, as shown by a study of
vital statistics of the original registra
tion area, is sponsored by the statical
department of the Metropolitan.
Within the last 20 years, or the period
beginning with the census of 1900 and
ending with that of 1920, the increase
in life expectancy of the different age
groups was as follows:
At birth .5.05 years
5 years of age.2.21 years
10 years of age.1.92 years
16 years of age.1.85 years
20 years of age.1.76 years
80 years of age.1.29 years
40 years of agfe.8 years
50 years of age.28 years
80 years of age.02 years
90 years of age.07 years
100 years of age.19 years
The only losses in life expectancy in
the 20 years have been:
Age 60.07 years or 26 days
Age 70.17 years or 266 days
These may seem like trifling gains, but
note how they bulk.
The aggregate gain for the at-birth
group is nearly 13,000,000 years.
Among those 30 years old the aggre
gate gain is about 2,500,000 years.
The sumtotal of increase in life span
of all persons of all groups re a figure
in excess of the estimated age of the
earth. Not only are men living to older
age, but they are efficient for a span of
life that is certainly one decade longer
than was the case a few years ago.
The proportion of men and women 60
years of age and older capable of earn
ing a living and more was never so
large.
If wc would readjust our economics so
as to set aside certain types of jobs
for old people, morons, cripples and
those with certain other disablements—
jobs for which they are well fitted physi
cally, mentally, temperamentally, and
otherwise—we would find a large part
cf the grc ip over 70 years of age earning
their day’s pay.
Protecting people against various
forms of contagion, and shielding them
against undue hardship is bringing a
large proportion of the population into
efficient, early old age, and a fair pro
portion into even longer reaches of life.
The British government issued an
official document, "white paper."
saying it will not change its mind;
that a Jewish national home will be
In Palestine as of right and not on
sufferance. That is satisfactory.
Jews were in Palestine before there
were any English in England, Irish
in Ireland, or French in France.
The v “w hite paper” adds that "his
majesty's government has no such
aim in view as that Palestine should
become Jewish as England is Eng
lish.” Palestine, of course, will |ie
come as Jewish as the Jews of the
world decide to make it. At tho
present the Arabs are ten to one
against the Jews. Jews can change
that if they choose.
Abe Espinoza, San Francisco, was dis
qualified at the 37th hole In the finals of
the northern California professional golf
tournament at Del Monte, when he
picked a four leaf clover and then
brushed the line of putt with his hand.
Now that it has been officially
settled that Colonel Harvey’s knee
breeches aren't plush, perhaps we
can get around to less important
matters, such as a reduction in fed
eral taxes.
Hearst for governor campaign
buttons have appeared in New York.
If it is not presumptuous, it is sug
gested that New York city papers
give more attention to home affairs
and less to trying to “reform” the
middle west.
YOU, TOO, HOWARD?
ELSEWHERE on this page ap
pears an article concerning
_ Janies R. Howard's unintention
al betrayal of tha farmers on ship
subsidy. Mr. Howard’s surrender
on this subject has been a mystery.
Now, it appears, he is talked of as
the "farm member” of the federal
reserve board to be appointed soon;
and It is said that his attitude
toward subsidy has enhanced his
chances of landing the Job.
One of the greatest ills in na
tional life is the succumbing of men
who are on the firing, line for the
people to the urgings of personal
ambition. Men who would not take
a money bribe fall when honors and
financial ease appear theirs if they
will but "play the game.”-' They dr
it without really realizing what they
are about. They become intoxicat
ed by flattery and under the subtle
manipulation of vanity by those who
know exactly what they want.
It is to be hoped that Mr. Howard
will stand firm for the interests of
those who employ him. If it appears
that he is not going to do so, then
he should be given his choice of re
signing or being "fired.”
There was no mention of bequests
to charity in William Rockefeller’s
will. But that isn’t important. If
the visible property amounts, as it
probably will, to $200,000,000, the
United States will collect $50,000,000
in inheritance taxes and the state
$10,000,000. Thus while working for
himself and his family, Mr. Rocke
feller has gathered together $60,000,
000 to be used for public purposes.
The former kaiser says "a monarch,
but not I” will return to Germany.
The republic is only temporary, in
his mind. He thinks, apparently,
that one of his sons will get back the
job that he lost, and historically he
is justified in the thinking.
Republics in Greece, Rome, France
and elsewhere have started, lasted
a little while, then made way for
monarchy or tyranny. The French
republic has come back, after eclipse.
This republic, like the republic of
Switzerland, has lasted.
And the kaiser overlooks the fact
that the German republic is made
up of men that have had,40 years of
training under the social democratic
party. If they know anything it is
that the one thing they do not need
is another kaiser.
4 “KNOCK WOOD." 4
4 Th© phrase, “knock wood," 4
4 comes from an old Danish myth. 4
4 Here is the autherv^j origin: Ac- 4
4 cording to Danish tradition, 4
4 whenever an old Danish sea cap- 4
4 tain was about to start on a long 4
4 journey in his wooden vesssl, 4
4 he would tap on the side of his 4
4 Bhip and stand silently by. It 4
4 was a superstition that the elves 4
4 of the forest would come out to 4
4 bless his ship because it held 4
4 millions of their kinds in its tim- 4
4 bers. So the superstition became 4
4 a custom. And the old idea has 4
4 come down to moden times. That 4
4 is why one "knocus on wood" 4
4 whenever he does' not want hiB 4
4 luck to desert him. 4
♦ ♦
We shall best honor these men
and days of old by signing our own
declaration of Independence from all
those elements of selfishness and
sordidness that lead to indifference
as to the country's welfare and to
an all absorbing desire for mere per
sonal ease or acquisition.—Prince
ton Press.
Fears that gasoline will go to 30
cents a gallon increase when one
reads that John D. gave away $20
in new dimes at a church benefit.
"s’*. Penny Wise \
and Found Foolish i
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NEGRO’S MEMORY A PUZZLE
Of Limited Educational Attainments,
Colored Man Has Wonderful
Fund of Useful Information.
Jim Gilmore, a negro aged llfty-slx,
who lives in the town of Greenville,
Tex., is said hy scientists who have
examined him, to possess one of the
most remarkable memories known.
With apparently a small amount of
educational training Gilmore is able
to quote any verse in the Bible sug
gested to him. He answers any ques
tions pertaining to the Civil war, the
Spanlsh-Amerlcnn war and the late
World war, giving dates of all out
standing historical events. He can
name every station and water tank
from San Francisco to New York on
the prl clpal transcontinental rail
roads.
There seems to be no limit to the
amount of poetry Gilmore can quote.
“The Sinking of the Titanic,” num
bering 40 verses, and “The World Wnr
From Beginning to End,” In GO verses
nnd three parts, is another literary
achievement- of which he can boast.
He has traveled extensively and
possesses an excellent vocabulary for
one of limited education.—Exchange.
Her Achievement.
“My wife got after a blue facer with
a hatchet out in the yard yesterday,”
related Gap Johnson of Rumpus Itidge.
“After going twice around the track, as
it were, she ketehed her foot In a mess
of baling wire and fell nnd sprained
her arm, if she didn’t break it out
right. But, by cripes, she shore cut
off that there snake's head as she
went down !”—Kansas City Star.
WAS UNDER NO OBLIGATION
Transaction of Youthful Newspaper
Proprietor Had Been on a Strictly
Business Basis.
George developed a journalistic In
stinct ut the early age of fifteen. With
the consent of his father and some
nssistnnce from the same cource he
bought an “amateur printing outfit"
and started the Kllnkerville Monthly
Journal, subscription price 50 cents
a year, payable in advance.
“I suppose you call yourself the
editor and proprietor of this office,”
remarked an envious young associate
who dropped in at his “sanctum" in
the basement of the paternal dwelling
one day.
“Of course X do,” responded the
youthful Journalist. “I don’t owe a
cent on it.”
“Proprietor! Umph. Everybody
knows you got $25 from your father
to start It with.”
“Yes, sir!" stoutly rejoined George.
“And his subscription for the Journal
is marked paid fifty years nluvid on
my books!”—Pittsburgh Dispatch.
Half a Dozen Fines Did It.
“Mr. Grumpson is a changed man
since he bought a car.”
“For the better?”
“Yes. There was a time when he
wouldn’t take anybody’s advice, but
now he lends an attentive ear to traf
fic policemen.”—Birmingham Age-Her
ald.
Quiet.
“They’re, very modest, aren’t they?”
“Very. Even insisted on being di
vorced quietly.”
FUNERAL BEARERS ON STRIKE
Incident That Enlightened British Pul*»
lie Concerning Profession About >
Which Little Is Known.
The strike of funeral bearers In
Hull calls attention to a profession of
which comparatively little is known.
People are apt to look upon tha
somber figures who walk beside tha
hearse and carry the coffin to tha
graveside as simply a part of the un
dertaker’s outfit, but in rcnllty these
men are a profession to themselves.
Usually they are small tradesmen,
writes a correspondent, or out of
work, ready to earn a few shillings
In this way. Every undertaker lias ids
own little band who can be relied upon
to come whenever a funeral is 01C
Generally the undertaker provides tha ’
tall hats, n fact which a counts for
the grotesque fitting of some of tha
lints, but the black suit must be pro
vided or borrowed by the man himself.
T^e fee varies from 75 cents to $1.25,
according to the district, and there are
men who cun make $5 a week ami
upwards out of this line. At Hull
the fee hns been $1.25. Now th©
undertakers wish to drop It to $1 a
funeral, and hence the strike of tha
bearers.—Manchester Guardian.
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British Columbian Iron Resources.
A complete survey of the iron re
sources uf Iirltish Columbia will ba
commenced this summer. The Do
minion geological survey, In ..o opera
tion with the provincial department of
mines, will conduct the work. It. G. A.
Young, the geological survey depart
ment's specialist, will commence the
work In a few weeks.
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