“NORTH 
SHORE BREEZE 
safe-guard its individual interests 
in a way unknown to other North 
Shore villages and towns. But such 
opportunities should be used and 
not neglected. It is the duty of ev- 
ery eitizen to exercise his citizen’s 
rights and’ the community interests 
are of such importanee as to de- 
mand his attention for one day in 
the year. Our correspondent of last 
week opens a grave question, that 
of the responsibility of the stay at 
home voter. The truth can not be 
escaped that the self-righteous stay- 
at-home citizen must bear the blame — 
for many things which go astray. 
In faet, the stay-at-home citizen is 
a shirker 
is rated and known. - No man ean 
afford either for his own or his‘ com- 
munity’s sake neglect the responsi- 
bilities of enh. 
““A Cycle of Cathay’’ 
The day is fast passing when a 
century ot Europe will be worth a 
eyele of Cathay. The moral code of 
Contfuscius plainly teaches in its 
precepts the right of the citizens of 
China to rebel against the ruling 
Dynasty if the rulers fail to be 
worthy fathers of the people. This 
right of rebellion has been effec- 
tively used with the result, as a 
Chinese American puts it, ‘‘no more 
king, no more Manchu, no like Man- 
chu, new man rules, Doctor.’’ 
These curt, short-cut, English words 
express accurately the spirit of 
China. Dr. Sun Yat Sen served as 
a Provisional President of the 
newly reorganized Republic. The 
Manchu family were given‘the right 
to retain the Imperial Title and re- 
ceive the honor as a foreign mon- 
arch. An allowance of $4,000,000 
Mexican money is to be allowed the 
retiring Emperor. The ancient sac- 
rifices of the Emperor are to be re- 
spected and the Emperor’s property 
and person are to be protected by 
Republican soldiers. All of the no- 
bility of the Manchu family may re- 
tain their titles, but the offices have 
been stripped of any authority they 
may have enjoyed. Dr. Sun Yat 
Sen has been succeeded by Yuan 
Shi Kai as permanent President. 
He has already apphed to the 
Powers for the recognition of the 
Republic, but there is some doubt of 
his suecess in this direction and will 
be until the work of reorganization 
has progressed to a more advanced 
stage of perfection than the pres- 
ent conditions -indicate. China’s 
problem looms large, and too much 
ought not to be expected. The 
abandonment of the old imperial 
calendar and the adoption of an 
astronomical calendar shows the 
~ Health. 
progressive spirit at work and the 
next fifty years will mean more to 
China than the preceding cycle. It 
means that there is an open door in 
China for the truth, in science, in 
education, in polities, in humanitar- 
lan interests and in religion. The 
day dawn has broken and the 
darkness disappears. 
Give the Board Power 
The death of a young baby from 
tubercular meningitis in Pratt’s 
Junction, Sterling, calls attention 
again to the importance of organiz- 
ing a comprehensive system of milk 
and dairy inspection under the su- 
pervision of the State Board of 
The child was, perfectly 
healthy when it moved from Leom- 
inster to Sterling, although it had © 
In Sterling 
a neighbor- 
never .been breast-fed. 
it was given milk from 
ing dairy. Last spring two of the 
cows in this herd were condemned 
because they were infected with tu- 
bereulosis. Sinee the child’s death 
another cow in the same herd has 
been condemned by the inspector of 
the State Board of Health. The 
milk of all the cows in this herd 
was mixed together, so that the 
child has been fed on tubereulous 
milk with the result that it is now 
dead of tubercular meningitis, un- 
doubtedly contracted from the milk. 
Most of this producer’s milk was 
sent to Boston. His place was not 
in a clean condition. 
The inspector of the State Board 
of Health is constantly finding 
cows infected with tuberculosis in 
Massachusetts, in Vermont, and 
New Hampshire. The disease seems 
to be more prevalent than formerly. 
The English Royal Commission on 
the subject found that a substantial 
percentage of tuberculosis among 
infants was caused by milk from 
tuberculous cows. This emphasizes 
again the need of endowing our 
State Health Department with the 
necessary legal authority to cope 
with dangers of this sort. Our citi- 
zens. are constantly assuming. that 
the State Board of Health has ample 
legal powers when, as a matter of 
fact, it has none in connection with 
our milk supply. 
Automobilists Interested 
Interest in automobile legislation 
centers about the hearing by the 
‘Committee on Roads and Bridges 
of the Massachusetts Legislature set 
for next Tuesday, February 27th, at 
which all bills relating to automo- 
bile horns will be considered. 
State-wide interest is manifested 
in House Bill 1481, introduced by 
the Automobile Legal Association, 
rare 
or 
because that measure restricts the 
sounding of any warning signal to 
an abrupt sound which shall be 
used only as a warning of danger. 
‘This is of especial moment to the 
residents of the rural districts of 
the state, particularly dwellers 
along the highways frequented by 
motorists, because it forbids the pro- 
longed blast, the continuous blow- 
ing of horns, that has at times 
proved a serious annoyance. 
Ilitherto much of the automobile 
legislation in Massachusetts has 
seemed to have been framed es- 
pecially in the interest of residents 
of cities. The measure referred to 
regulates the use of the warning 
signal in the interest of all commun- 
ities, large or small. 
The records of the West Beach 
Corporation of the last year indicate 
a wise administration of the trust 
reposed in the Board of Directors. 
There is every reason to believe 
that the gains made by the Beverly 
Improvement Society will not be 
lost. The contract for the removal 
of ashes has been awarded to a 
worthy citizen who has the best in- 
terests of the Beverly Farms at 
heart. 
If you stay at home from Town 
Meeting and the measure you are 
interested in fails by a single vote 
who is to blame? 
~The schools, the Grany Army of 
the Republic and the pulpits. were 
faithful to the memory of our illus- 
trious Presidents—George Washing- 
ton and Abraham Lineoln. Long 
may their memory endure! 
Roosevelt is so ‘‘ big’’ in the 
Presidential Outlook that he will 
take the job as flippantly as a cup 
of coffee. All the public has to say 
is ‘‘Teddy, have another cup of 
coffee?’?— and. he will take the 
Presidential chair if he gets the 
chanee. 
‘‘Ts your father coming to church this 
morning, Henry?’’ asked the minister of 
a small boy whom he met in the: street. 
“‘T euess so,’’ replied Henry, ‘‘Some- 
body stole his fishing tackle last night 
and I heard him tell ma at the breakfast 
table this morning that his fun for to- 
day was spoiled and he _ supposed he 
might as well go to church.’’ 
Miss Romantic: ‘‘I adore artists and 
musicians and writers. I love to meet 
people who have done something.’’ 
Mr. Rondo: ‘‘Why don’t you 
Sing Sing sometime?’’ 
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