brought the force of common sense and accumulated experi- ence, not the hysteria of frenzied agitation. And in regard to Sunday closing let us quote from E. P. Powell, a Unitarian, writing in the Jewish Tribune, on "Sunday Laws and One-Day Morality:" Our churches should have playgrounds and gymnasiums, as well as sermons. When Agassiz first came to America he complained that the worst feature of society was Sunday re- strictiveness. He had been accustomed to hear his preacher in the morning and play ball with him in the afternoon. Even John Calvin sometimes adjourned his evening service and went with his congregation to the theatre. ... I write as one who rarely goes to a theater, but I claim the green fields on Sunday. I insist on my right to take my rest with games that discharge the blood from my brain. We are an overworked nation. Insomnia and insanity are multiply- ing. Our time for rest we must have, whether in the middle of the week or at the beginning or at the close. W. H. Allen, general agent for the New York As- sociation for Improving the Condition of the Poor, according to the Chicago Daily News, decries the exaggeration in text books on hygiene, with their charts picturing in purple, green and black the alleged effects of alcoholic stimulants on the heart, brain, stomach, liver, knees and eardrums of the drinking man. He in- veighs against texts drawing lessons from accidental and ex- ceptional cases of the excessive use of alcohol and classing