THIS WEEK'S OUTLOOK A WEEKLY OUTLINE STUDY OF CURRENT HISTORY' BY J. MADISON GATHANY SCARBOROUGH SCHOOL, SCARBOROUGH-ON-HUDSON, N. Y. Our First Employer-President -N Mr. Varney's article, found on another page of this issue of The Outlook, we are informed that for the first time in our history the American people have chosen for the Presidency a practical employer of men. Was President Washington an employer of men? Test further Mr. Varney's statement by reviewing the occupations of our Presidents previous to their elections. An employer of many men might tell you that Mr. Harding's ideas about the employment of labor may be all right for the small employer, but they are impossible fo rthe big employer. What response would you make to such a comment by a big employer? Do you agree with Mr. Harding in his belief about work? Do laborers who do a day's work for a day's pay actually and literally benefit themselves from an economic point of view? how would you conduct it? Would you Two excellent chapters to read are The German Indemnity Should the Allies pay any attention to the protests from Germany against the amount of the indemnity and the method of paying it? What is meant by "the power to tax is the power to destroy"? Has this power ever been used by the United States Government? If so, when and for what reasons? Do you think the enforcement of the twelve per cent export tax provision on German goods would tend to destroy German initiative and ambition to pay If you were asked to write a ten-point. the indemnity? labor creed, what points would you include in it? Define with care the following terms: Diatribes, counterpart, logic, régime, closed shop, colloquial, automatons, anarchy, abstract motives, cant. The three following books are among the best dealing with modern industrial questions: "The Human Factor in Industry," by Frankel and Fleisher (Macmillan); "Mediation, Investigation, and Arbitration in Industrial Disputes," by Barnett and McCabe (Appleton); "The Making of To-Morrow," by Hayes kobbins (Dutton). The Unprogressive Prison What, in your opinion, should be the fundamental aim in sentencing criminals? What argument can you give for the aim you champion? It is perfectly evident that society must protect itself against criminals. Do you think society pays more attention to the punishment of criminals than it does to the removing of conditions which produce criminals? If you do think society pays more attention to the punishment of criminals, what explanation have you to offer? Who are criminals? Can you suggest a better and more effective way of dealing with the problem of crime than that adopted by your community? Should prisoners be producers? If they should, what do you think ought to be done with the products of prison labor? Is it reasonable to oppose the market along with goods not made in prison? If you were the warden of a prison, Is, or is it not, true that the thrift, the frugality, and the industry of one nation is economically bad for other nations? Should Germany be allowed to export as freely and as much as she can? Do you wish to see Germany once good friends? How, in your opinion, The German indemnity is largely a well indeed if Americans paid more at- PLANS FOR POULTRY HOUSES tention to the study of economic prin- Define the following words: Indem- Debs Stays Put Did Attorney-General Palmer act wisely in recommending that Debs be released from prison? What reasons have you to offer in answering this question? What are the pardoning powers of the President? Are they absolute? Can he pardon persons conditionally? What is the difference between pardon, amnesty, and commuting a sentence? If you were a Governor of a State or President of the United States, what principles do you think you would follow in granting pardons? What attitude would you expect those seeking pardon to show before you would pardon them? CH E By PAUL von BOECKMANN Nerve Specialist and Psycho-Analyst XACTLY what Nerve Force is, we do HRISTOPHER MORLEY conducts a genial column called "The Bowling Green" for the New York "Evening Post," and before that conducted a column for the Philadelphia "Evening Public Ledger." He is a graduate of Haverford College and was a Rhodes Scholar at Oxford from 1910 to 1913. He is the author of numerous books, among them "Parnassus on Wheels," "Songs for a Little House," "Shandygaff," "The Rocking Horse," "The Haunted Bookshop," "In the Sweet Dryergy-the Force that and Dry," and "Mince Pie." He has contributed extensively to American maga: zines. He is familiarly known as "Kit" Morley. ENRY HOYT MOORE, whose camera not know. If we did know, we would know the Secret of Life. We know this: it is generated by the Nervous System through which it travels at a speed greater than 100 feet per second. It is the Master Force of the Body, the force that controls every heart beat, every breath, the digestion of every mouthful of food we eat, the action the life of every cell. It of every muscle, and is the force that gives us courage, ambition, personality, character, mental power and en Drives us On, On and On. and every bodily act uses Every mental impulse up a certain amount of Nerve Force. If we expend more Nerve Force than the system can develop, we necessarily become Nerve Bankrupts, and we then have a condition known as Neurasthenia, Nervous Debility, Nervous Prostration or Nerve Exhaustion. Since the greatest drain of Nerve Force is by way of the brain, it can easily be understood why mental strain, worry, grief, and of course, abuse of the reproductive functions, wreck the nerves so readily. single factor in the maintenance of health is that the nerves be in order." Hundreds of books have been written by Nerve Specialists intended as a guide in caring for the nerves and restoring nerve force. Unfortunately these books do not meet the need of the general public as they are written in technical and complex language. I have written a 64-page book entitled" Nerve Force," -Eyes-Nose -Ears Throat -Bronchials which in the simplest language explains hundreds of vital points regarding the nerves and their care; information every person should know. Students of the subject, including physicians, pronounce the book the most practical work on the subject which has ever been written. Large corporations have bought my book by the thousands for their employees. Physicians recommend it to their nervous patients. Extracts from the book have again and again -SOLAR PLEXUS been reprinted in maga -Diaphragm -Stomach -Colon Bladder -Liver -Intestines -Kidneys Pelvic Organs Diagram showing how the Solar Plexus, Nine people out of ten have weak nerves and are not aware of it. They think because their hands do not tremble, muscles twitch, or knees shake, that their nerves are perfect. Bear in mind that our nervous system consists of two great branches, the External and the Internal. Organic derangements and ailments are due to weakness of the Internal Nervous System, and not the External System, which mainly governs the external muscles. Note the accompanying diagram. The symptoms of Nerve Exhaustion vary the development is usually as follows: H caught the winter impression of according to individual characteristics, but Madison Square, New York, which appears on the cover, is art manager of The Outlook. He has likewise long been responsible for the "By the Way" columns, which many of our readers assure us they invariably turn to first. AWRENCE F. ABBOTT is President of The Outlook Company, then the author of "Impressions of Theodore Roosevelt." ARL HORTER, who is again represented First Stage: Lack of energy and endurance; that "tired feeling." Second Stage: Nervousness; restlessness; sleeplessness; irritability; decline in sex force; loss of hair; nervous indigestion; sour stomach; gas in bowels; constipation; irregular heart; poor memory; lack of mental endurance; dizziness; headache; backache; neuritis; rheumatism; and Third Stage: Serious mental disturbances; fear; undue worry; melancholia; dangerous organic disturbances; suicidal tendencies; and in extreme cases, insanity. Em this is, w, this time by an etch-apply to you, especially those indicating ing of the "Bridge of Sighs," is VicePresident of the New York Society of Etchers. He is largely self-taught in his art. Beyond a few lessons in the etching craft by Senseney, Mr. Horter has had no teacher save his own early and persistent passion for the arts. or zines and newspapers, which is the strongest proof of real merit. The cost of the book is 25 cents. Bound in substantial leatherette cover 50 cents. Remit in coin stamps. Address Paul von Boeckmann, Studio 331, 110 West 40th Street, New York City. I have advertised my various books in this and other highclass magazines for more than twenty years, which is ample guarantee of responsibility and integrity. If the book does not meet your fullest expectations, I shall return your money PLUS your outlay of postage. So send for my book To Day subject to my guarantee. If your nerves have given you trouble, especially if your doctor has told you that your condition is due to your nerves, submit your case to me, and I shall tell you definitely the exact nature of your weakness, and whether I can help YOU, as I have helped over 90,000 men and women during the last thirty years. I am a Nerve Specialist and Psycho-analyst, besides being generally experienced in all sciences pertaining to the Body and Mind. I have treated more cases of "Nerves" than any other man in the world. My instruction is given by Mail only. No drugs or drastic treatments are employed. My method is remarkably simple, thoroughly scientific and invariably effective. Positively no fee is charged for a " Preliminary Diagnosis" of your case, and you will be under no obligation to take my course of instruction, if you do not care to. Do not explain your case in your first letter, as I shall send you special instructions on how to report your case and how to make certain "nerve tests used generally by Nerve Specialists; and I shall send you FREE, other important data on the subject which will give you an understanding of your nerves you never had before. I shall send you authentic records of numerous cases of Nerve Exhaustion I have corrected. which have never been equalled in the histo of medical practice. I have corrected thousa of cases of extreme Nerve Exhaustion. [Advertisement] One of the Thousand Beautiful Illustrations in Simonds' History "Your Men Have the Devil's Own Punch,' said Foch to Pershing, "GO TO IT!" When that great final offensive was being planned-the offensive that brought the Germans to their knees and put an end to the War-General Pershing picked the strongest, most vital part of the German line and hit it with everything he had. 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