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Wednesday-April 3 191S
e AGE FOUR
DAILY .AUOMOREITE.
1
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Ardinore Weilnesilay April I91K.
A BIGGER ARMY.
The clearest K"--m of the
German drive to the American
pie is the imperative need ol
preparations on a vast calf.
Pig
ar
. No
matter whether the
or not no matter
the Hermans may
drive is stopped
whether or not
seem t
exhaust1
themselves in this supreme ellort it the I. me.
is not safe to assume thai we can j "Hoys you are going to try to
w in hy standing pal on present take Redoubt L! ; what we have of it.
plans. We will shell their first line half
The narrow escape the allies have j an hour and. then will lift and play
hail front a great caia-trophe i- a 1 on iheir second line. W hile they
sufficient warning. Huge as lier-jare doing this you will go over
man losses have been the ( icrman There's a lot of us who are not go-
giant still has a marvelous amount : ing to come hack hut the job musl
of strength left in him and will takee done aud i know you will do it.'"
an indefinite amount ol heating. ; Moments for reflection wire few.
Major lieneral Wood in a Mate-j We- swung out of the orchard on
menl to the senate military commii- t0 th. road. My that corner of hell
lee is said to have recommended an we trudged -i I e 1 1 1 1 v . everv man husv
armv of -I. I In! MM It I to 5.1100.1100 mrn.jv;) ; f)W thoughts. '.At last we
He helieves that we should have
2.5011.0(10 men in France at the earli-J
e-t po-sihle moment a hehel which
the president probably shares with
him.
Any difference of policy that may
develop among administration lead-
ers or army experts is likely to con-
cern the size of tile forces v.e should
proceed to trai.i when this first hig
armv has heen raised and sent. It
hanilv -eems wise to count oil less
than an additional 2(KI00Ol) to pro-
vide the nece-sarv reinforcements
for the main expeditionary force. If
we never have to send them across.
all the hetter.
them readv.
Hut we should tret
COD'S COMPANY.
Wilhelm. the rcligio-maniai'
has
ihe
the
hern mouthing as usual over
marvellous works wrought hy
linn of II uhenzolleru und Colt
in
the hig i ierman drive. Am
generous enough even at ihe
he is
eight
of his pride to giv e his a'lcg
tier a good deal of the credi
line of his triuhphant lei
addressed to his empress fr
I pat!
gKlitls.
m the
to he
grace
front reads: "I am ph'a'-d
a'.le to tell you that by the
of Cod. the ba'tb- has been
The Lord has gorio-siv aided
lie fc.nh-r help'"
To this an merican mini !
plies : " 1 1" t joil is ri-illy helpi:
v oil.
Mav
r re
; tin
ka I-er. it i me -ay tins
irreverence - i 1 1 - think
pa i iv i in I is keeping '
"Is it true that !oi
kai -er. and that he ha -ancient
and glorious
freedom justice and In
"( 'an I le he on I lie -makes
right' on t he -i
i-r ii ' ll v. tire hi -1 and '
will
11: :-io
1 lie
com
vv it ll
aki '1
cinh's
Hie ol
e of n
mi ruer
might
Mierv.
A BIG PROBLEM.
It i-- said that one of the hardct
problems in the world is to get peo-
ple to change tin-ir babi: -.. ami par-
ticularly the eating hahii I loover
has ihe ta-k of changing t'le eating
habit- of a hundred millio.i tneri-
caiis.
Americans have been noted for
their adapiahilitv. Thev can meet
the conditions on the frontier. k-
lahomans in ihe earlv day. learned
the value of food. Thev sometime-
had an empty cupboard: coal and
wood were rot obtainable and the
prairie chip was the favori'e fuel.
War makes -tern dcmamls. I'a-
triolic Americans have responded
loyally and i Iklahonians Have an-
swered the call with enihit -ia-tn.
W e have not ut been ask'-.l to give
ti)i any necessities of life; have been
asked merely to reduce our con-
sumption of some particular foods
that must he shipped abroad if we
are to win thi. war. We ran go
on and eat the forbidden mod but
the day of reckoning will surely
come the steel helmet ai d the
Prussian bayonet will be the forces
that will kill.
COMPLETE AMERIANIZA-
TION. Local school boards and munici-
pal organizations oi various kinds
have worked hard and faithfully
during the recent months to pro-
mote the Americanization of aliens
within our borders. Mm the prob-
lem is too big to be left to- scattered
groups. The government through
the department of the interior and
the I'nited States bureau of educa-
tion is now working out a national
program of Americanization work.
State government s and industrial
establishments are called upon to act
as the mediums through which this
work can be carried out on a large
and uniform scale. To reach our
foreis?n-horn no'uilat ion through in
dustrial channels is one of the most
important steps. The industrial ad
commercitil activities ot the country
embrace many millions of foreign-
horn workers. F.neinv propaganda
has heen particularly fruit tnl among
such workers astonishingly large;
numbers of whom neither speak nor
read h'nglish. and some of w hum
if write
ihcii native
tiro ill
tlii ignorance
of our language is -1
j that 1.275.UOO aliens
; under our selective
though accented fur
own in I he fact
were registered
draft law. M-
militarv service.
; many of them have proved diliicnll i
problems in the cantonments and;
'training camps because they do not
umhrstand military orders and can-'
! not read militarv bulletins or tnuti-'
nals.
Damage done hy tires explosions'
injured machinery etc.. in important
; government war operations has in-'
i creased alarmingly since the I nitcdi
; Stales tillered the war. Some of;
;this treacherous work is accom- !
plishcd hy ignorant aliens who have:
'fallen easy prey to Herman propa-
' gaudists. ;
Americanization is the way out of j
;thc-c trouliles. " I'.uglish the Ian-j
1 guage of the L'nitcd Slates
I government's slogan in thi
Let the public take up ihe same slo-
: gaii and add its force to the mvc-
mevit now and as long as tile war
lasts and afterward until the com-
plete Americanization of our for-
' i i l; i i - ho r ii population is realized.
TIIE MEN WHO CAME BACK
( I'nmi the Mritish-Canadian Re-
cruiting Mission i
By Sergt. Harold Baldwin.
1st Division Canadian Kxpedition-
arv. Forces who tells of his
experiences in "Holding
turned up the death trap to our
.f iu. famous Z road.
At this time we were sighted by
jthe Huns and treated to a fussihide
of machine guns and rifle lire. W'e
were now almost to shelter and the
! men made their way as only men
j under fire can. to the safety of a
well -con -tructed trench. A short
rest and then on again this time
up a
and
Hail
then
w communicai ion trench
out
hind
a
ow-Iviih
parapt t.
1 1 ere we wailed in
word.. Apparently i
silence for the
:tl in and indit-
a fear we li--
ferent yet filled with
tetied for the word.
"i her ami at them'
thing I rememher I
through the mud of
1 and '.he next
was plunging
No ManV
I .and. I In each
falling etirsiiu
ide of me men w ere
praying ami gasp-
ing. but itiiscathei
wet:! (.n. two
thing-i mingling queerly in my
head. One was the words of a dog-
gerel sotig we had learned on the
march and the other was a dull
wonder why I was not killed.
After an "eternity" of (dunging
forward we. a pitiful few. reached
our objective the Hulls hurriedlv
leaving that is tlm-i of ihem who
bad not joined their comrades in
bell. Still our work was i.ot yet
do':.-. The ground had hen won.
but In take it i-. one thing and to
hold ii another and with all our
ofliccrs gone and 00 per cent of
our men we had to consolidate.
lu-t as 1 seized a sand bag full
of earth to place in front of me. I
fdt a stinging smack on my ankle
as though I had been i:i 'l.ed. I
turned to cur-e the man. who. I
thought had kicked me and then
I fell over with a scream of pain.
My left loot was siua-hed com-
pletely by a soft -nosed bullet .
I had merely commenced to feel
tiie stine of pain when the Ilitn-ii'-heil
us again and it w.i- hand to
lund. Mavanan lunged toward
me wiih rifle clubbed. I closed my
eyes as I was utterly helpb s and
w. tiled for inv skull to be smashed
The blow did not fall. I opened
in v eyes in lime to s(.. cur ser-
geant -major phmgs his bayonet
through the Ma variant neck. Down
ibr.j.ed the Htm on all lot:".. When
tin- pain of my wound would sub-
side and I could do.:e away for a
tew minutes and then awaken with
a shudder as I thought
II tin was moving his face
closer toward mine.
Ihe ile
do1 er a:
d
MUST SAVE WHEAT I
IF WE CARRY ON 1
I.loyd-t ieorge told the British
working men that they would have
to "go on or go under." Ile meant
that unless the laborers quit quar-
relling and got down to real work
in building ships the war would be
h.-l.
W'e might well vary this phrase
of the Mriti-.li premier and have it
read with equally vital force to us.
"W e must save wheat or go tiudei.'
We cannot carry on; we cannot
ilefeal the Hun unless the spirit of
sacrifice in the matter oi food he
.accepted by the people of Oklaho-
ma. Our allies and our soldiers must
he fed. and wheat is their largest
'food. Other foods either spoil or
will not make suitable bread for
soldiers. Our allies except Italy
are not accustomed to eating corn
bread and have no mills to grind h.
The Hun will tighten his belt and
fighi on. We must do likewise.
Mut luckil
we have had pieutv of
suitable loods to substitute tor
wheat. Shall we who stav at home
refuse to
be given
give the food'that must
to our soldiers and our
alPes n
we are to win . i liir lore-
father-
toes. oiten lived on Inked pola-
r
i
Save
wheat. Carry on.
Indit has become
world's greatest con
inuiii.
one
timers
ol the
of alum-
cannot read
language ..
( (in- had le
Political Observations.
I All
municipal own
Tship hills be-
I lore I Me ew
' heen sent to
j which means
York
e.e.islat ure have
a -p'Citl committee
thev have heen side-
tracked.
(In and after June JO Texas wom-
en will have the right to vote in
primaries. This means much to the
women as a piiman nomination in
Texas is etiiivalent to an election.
Chairman Hays of the Kepuhlican
national commiitee hkes Washing-:
ton life and therefore plans to make I
Washington the party headquarters j
and to spend ihe greater part of his j
lime until i!ie presidential election!
in !''20 in the capital. !
In round numbers. 250.000 votes I
were cast in ihe rtcent senatorial
is the I primary in Wiscon-ii. A prclimi-
w ork. ! nan canvass in the 71 counties ol
the state indicate a probable total)
of 3500(10 to 375 li!M votes at thej
election. The question that the
rival leader- are asking is: What
is to heconic of the lno.Oilll or 125.-i
()(XI vole-
primary .'
not accor.iled lor in the
Former Congressman Kichard
Mariholdt of Si. Louis has just ap-
peared in the role of lefender of the
( ierman-American Alliance hy writ-
ing a letter to a committee of the
senate that is consiT. ring a hill to
revoke the charter of the alliance.
Mr. Mariholdt dedans the alliance
is thoroughly loyal his declaration
heing at variance wi'h much ol the
evidence the cominii : e e has accuimi-
I ncidentally it has heen stated
that Colonel Roosevelt and Mr. Taft
have kissetl and nu.l" up thai is.
the hreach hetweeu them has heen
heakd and that the" are once more
friends political and social. The
statement goes on to say that the
colonel stihinitled his speech before
l he Maine convention in advance of
its delivery io Mr. Taft for censor-
ship and that he incorporated sev-
eral suggestions made hy Mr. Taft.
Friends of V. D. I pshaw dem tr.d
a free-for-all race for the Demo-
cratic nomination for I'nited States
senator in ( leorgia. and they have
wired the president urging him not
to throw his : upport to W illiam I.
Harris as the loyalist candidate or
to any other opponent of Senator
Hardwick. Me-ides Upshaw and
Harris thine are several other
(icorgians in whose hat.s the sena-
torial hee i huzziug and who he-
lieve they call win the nomination
from I lardvv iek.
Com
Nevad
w ottld
ressiuaii I'. I.. Huberts of
i ha- announced that he
be a candidate lor the Repuh-
In'. HI
utt ion tor t nit eel States
scnalor at the September
siicces-or lo th.' lale
New lands will be cho-eti at
veutber election. Charles
primary.
Senator
the No-
Ik llen-
ilei'soit i i )em
pointment of
i is now. through ap-
the governor idling
th
ol
v aeancv
Mr. Ne'e
oce a -iom d bv ihe deal h
kinds his term expiring
I'M') . He will also be a
for the lo.:g term.
March
candid
I e
Talk
for l In
gov cm
of William I
I leinoera; ic
or of New Y
iiidolpe Hearst
.oinination for
rk crow s loud-
er. ami many p
frankly that he ca
desires i hough im
prefer some other
n v.
leailels sav
i have it if he so
st of them w onhl
man as the party
.standard bearer. It
Mr. llear-t. alth
s recalled that
igh
(Ideated
the gov-
admitted following
in in the
in Mr.
inaile a vv om
enn i -bin in
that he has
greater than
lerlul r:u- lor
l'Mld. ami il is
a per otial
any other in:
ither 'iiing
art v .
I i earst's
Hi r sc.
An
fa v .
i- that he has a long
W
hen Pre-id
i ti i it U u-oii. some-
time ince.
an i 1 1 tin on
Senator Ni
cxpiesscil the hope thai
id and loyal senator
l-on although a Repub
lican! be returned to the sctutt. for
another term without Democratic
opposition he was praised for the
exhibition of non-partisanship. Mut
now that the president has express
ed the hope that an inllucmial Dem
ocral be elected to tol the short
va -
cancy in the senate caused by the
death of a Democratic senator of
W iscotisin he is openlv charged on
lie
floor of the senate with political
part i-a;iship
Question.
Some day will come a query
That will grip the mind and heart
As the waiting grows so weary
For the boys who do their part.
When suspense your soul is tiring
With the burden of unrest.
And your conscience is inuiring
"Did you do your level hist?"
Can you say that in full incisure
You have answered duty's call
Sparing neither time nor treasure.
Me your limit great or small?
While our own brave sons and
hi nt hers
For our country meet the test
Are we worthy of those others?
II
tv e we done our level best?
Washington Star.
Straw Hats For Electrician.
Popular Science Monthly. A sug-
gestion has recently been made by
a prominent engineer that all per-
sons employed in and around elec-
trieal stations should wear straw
hats with stiff brims till the
veor
round while at work. Stray is a
belter insulator than fell and the
stiffness of the straw gives an addi-
tional advantage as it gives more
emphatic warning to the wearer of
the hat when he comes in contact
with a wire or apparatus carrying
electricity of high tension ll may
seem ridiculous to wear a straw hat
.in ?cro weather but safety first!
I
jSK i it's ) Mr
M j' I f
The Arrival of the
IT PAYS 10 BE POLITE!
I shall have it copied in talteta. I
LIFE'S SMALL AMENITIES ' MaV( i li;ilJ S01H' f'"'" ' hc
SHOULD NOT BE OVF.R- i -peeial litting department and they
LOOKED. :m' niaking me two evening gowns
a reception gown some waists and
Department Store Saleswoman II- other tilings. 1 appreciate the pa-
timtralM Imnnrtnnec of Beinir Hetice and care you have shown.
Pleasant Courtesy Not Only
Proper But Profitable.
Pittsburgh Leader: Willi the
har-h conditions induced in many
limls hy the cruelties of war. one
mav perhaps overlook the small
amenities of life which go so far
toward making this world a delight-
ful place in which to live.
In the rush and rouiine of work
men and women are lorgettitig the
"oil of kindness." the lubricant ol
all others
which enables the wheels
of commerce as well as ocia
to go smoothly and swiltly.
It is not always easy to he
ant. Mut it is always possible
it pay.
A young saleswoman in a
department store recently ilhv
life
leas-
And large
I rat-1
ed the importance of 1
in a wonderful wav.
lea-
antiiess :
Holding a very
lion in one of the
responsible poM-
largcst establish-
ments of the city she cotnes in coti-
j tact with many women of van ing
; disposition and frequently finds it
'difficult to keep herself well poised
in the rush of bitsine-s.
In teliing the story she said:
"The firm makes a point ol cour-
tesy to customers but sometimes it
is diliicnll ' keep the impatience
from one's voice when one has stood
for long hours and waited upon ev-
ery conceivable kind of tiurea-on-'
able woman.
"The day had heen a hard one
for me
time. I
cidedly
madam
"She
and it was nearly lunch
had a headache ami fell de-
cross and irritable. Then
came.
was large and the kind ol
person whom one knew at a glance
would be hard to fit. With her was
a smaller friend whom I was sure
would he equally difficult as to the
matter of clothe
"Madam had a card with my
name .otneonc had recommended
me she said as a painstaking per-
son who would be ihe very one to
fit them out with new suits. She
had been told that there were some
verv good looking clothes here that
had been reduced in price. She
wanted something very nice but
reasonable.
Should I
someone else
no madam
voung friend
fit madam and have
serve her friend ? Mut
wished to have her
fitted very carefully.
and wished
"I laving
me to wait on both
leen seated the dress
lPlaiie iievau iuo sun .is. .
........l I....... .....1 ...1 -itl.-r suit ill
serge in latleta in cominnat ion oi
everv kind of material was brought
. . . . . t . .i
out. carefully inspected ami irien on
by
iv the smaller woman tinder
the
keen eve of her more experienced
friend at last resulting in the sale
ot a tatteta coat sun
at
$22. to be
altered at a cost of $0 bringing the
total result of my tiresome task to
the sum of $28
"Each minute my headache seem-
ed to increase in violence and val-
iantly I strove to keep the impa-
tience out of my voice. Mut $28
for all that time and trouble! Mad-
am looked prosperous however
perhaps J might yet he repaid.
"And so the filling began all over
again. Madam chose her gowns
from more expensive stock gowns
which had heen $100 or more re-
duced to $80 and $-'0. It vvas a
long and tedious trial of patience loi-
ns both. Nothing was ju-t right.
This was not the right color this
shade was ju-t the tiling but not
the right material one was too
youthful another far too staid.
"And so it went until both mad
am and I were exhausted and s.u-
had tried on more than fifty suits.
At last we found a suit at $115
which was just the style that mad-
am wanted jitst the color but it
was a serge and madam wanted
taffeta. Too had!
... i i f i .
Ami sue siippeu oui oi me- i"
and smiled. A smile tor the faith
ful tryout of fitly 'nils 1 am not
a swearing person but I wanted to
swear.
"And then madam said to me;
"You have been most kind most
gracious and I am very sorry indeed
that I have not been able to find
just what I wanted. It is no fault
of vours nor of the slock. 1 can
J H L
Little Stranger
ehlom find anvthint
stock that
can wear.
'"Mill I like this serge suit and I
ami 1 am giatl .virs. ieeoiu-
metided you. 1 shall not forget you
and I. too. shall pass your name on
to others.'
"She smiled again took her young
friend in tow and was gone leav-i
ing me smiling still and gasping;
with relief.
"Relief that 1 had heen patient
thai I had not let my headache re- '
act in rudeness; reiief that I had
been plea vint and had kept my i
jol
'or i n v position is a good one.
and her name is a name to eon- I
jure all of the old Knickerbockers
of Manhattan into life again.
"A great lady indeed and a
wealthy oik and one of the firms-olde-t
and best customers.
"She was as good as her word
am
time alter time women ;isk me
ere them saving they have
I io
been recommended by Mrs. . i
and my sales have never heen mC
good and I am hoping for a raise
in the fall."
This ii just one little experience!
of one busy woman employed hy a
well-established firm which having
realized the value of courtesy in
business relations have made it a
requirement of their employes.
This experience is by no means
:..l..i..l leo is one oi tn-iriv w
ncli
i . .. i.nonpsi Mint the
1 IV Ol 111.11 iiiv I... - -
society man or woman day after
ilav
I'ake
t line
pay -
ami
trouble to be po-
lite.
A GALLANT GROCERYMAN.
"
Corpulent Young Woman Lands in
a Crate of Eggs but the Dealer
Was Game.
1 'biladelphia
ing at' a dinner
liam I-'.. William
l'elcgrapl
'speak-i
Congressman W il-
of Illinois referred
o ii. l...iiiv of irnlbintrv and lit -
untile related this anecdote:
One afternoon some lime since a
about 25(
waddling
you i)
woman
was
weigliin
ponrii
gradually
down the street when she suddenly
stepped on a banana skin in front of
a grocery store. Immediately the
vounil woman began to tlv in all di-
rectioiis at the same time and nnauy
landed in actate of fresh country-
eggs that were on exhibition beside
the door.
"How very unfortunate madam'"
solicitously exclaimed the grocsry-
niati hastening to her succor. "I
trust that you are not badly hurt."
"Not the least bit. thank you."
answered ihe other as she arose to
e .- ... "II... I .-...1.. l'...r lli-it
i leet. inn i ie.in. 's.i. '""-j
I nave nroKcu some oi yum i--.
"Oh no. von haven't." was the
gallant rejoinder of the. groveryman.
as he glanced at the crate
are only slightly bent."
Thev
His Life's Mystery.
New York Tribune: There is a
man in Mozenian Mont. who will
probably go through life bewailing
the injustice of the draft board that
certified him lor service despite the
fact that he presented a Idler writ-
ten by his wife to prove that he had
a dependent family. Here is the let-
ter: "Dear I'nited States Army:
My husband asl me to w rite a reck-
oinmend that he supports his fam
ily lie can not read
him. lus take him.
(1!"
i ..it
i le am t no
good to inc. lie aint done nohting
but play a fiddle and drink lemtnen
essensc since I married him eight
years ago. and 1 got lo feed seven
kids of his. Maybe you can get him
to carry a gun. He's good on squir-
rels and eatin.' Take him and vvel-
cnm. I need the grub and his bed
for the kids. Don't tell him this
Inn take him."
What Coul-' "he Expect.
Los Ansrcies Times; "Paw you
haint eatin' pie with your spoon be
you?' inquired Aunt Samanthy
when there was company at the
table.
"Course I he" was th eprompt
sarcastic rejoinder. "What in tar-
nation did you expect that 1 was
goin' to eat il with? My knife ain't
sharp enough lo cut il!"
Training Little Children
Suggestions by mothers who have been kindergartners. Issued by the
United States Bureau of Education Washington D. C and
The National Kindergarten Association New York N. Y.
very young inotner siioitin mem
orize a few of the songs and finger
plays and study the explanations
mottoes and pictures in Froehel's
"Mother l'lay." so that she may 1e-
iny to use them in her home long he-
j fore the kindergarten age. 1 have
j used them and find that they teach
the virtues which later it is so hard
I to instil for as Froehcl says
! "Mother you can now do with a
! touch as light as a feather what
! you cannot later accomplish with
I the pressure of a hundredweight."
1 have also found that the songs
land plays fill the child's heart with
joy arid contentment entertain him
' immensely and supply his imagina
tion with wholesome food. It the
mother has memorized some of the
songs she can sing or croon them !
while husv ahout her household
1 tasks and in this way can often di-
I reel her child's thoughts and phy.
i with definite aims in view. Her
walks or rides with the children
may also he made occasions for
! such play.
j To illustrate how Froehel's phil-
losonhv helps the mother to train
! her child let us consider first the !
'pat-a-cake play. You smile and
I .--.ay. "W hy" ail mothers play pat-a-cake
with their babies; that is
nothing new." Yes mothers have
I plaved pat-a-cake lor age
iml
1 ages but if thev want to
know vv by
they play it let them turn to rroe-
bel. who points out that the reason
the little game is so widciy known
is because "Simple mother wit never
fails to ling the initial activities oi
the child with the every-day life
about him." He also says. "The
bread or. better it ill. the little cake
which the child likes so well he
receives from his mother; the moth-
er in turn receives from the baker.
So far. so good. We have found
two links in the great chain of lite
and service. Let us beware how-
ever of making the child feel that
these links complete the chain. The
baker can bake no cake if the mil-
ler grinds no meal; the miller can
eriml no meal if the farmer brinir
i; .roii- it t'-ivmer enn l.rit'iir :
no grain if his field yields no crop'; '
ii.. 'fh. t.i eo viehl no rrnn if the
lorces ol nature tail to
gethir to produce it ; the
nature could not conspiri
V'.Ol'k to-
forces of
together '
were it not for the all-wise and be-
neficent Power who incites them to
their predi termined ends."
It is because we mothers have
felt perhaps dimly and unconscious-
ly the lesson which the pat-a-cake
plav teaches of dependence on one
another and the gratitude each
owes to all. that we have played this
little game from ancient times.
The Value of "Pat-a-Cake"
I start to play pat-a-cake with
niv baby when he is six months old.
It affords him great satisfaction to
evercise his arms anil 1o direct In
movements so that both little dim-
pled hands meet together. When
he is about IS mom lis or 2 years
old I begin to show him the picture
of pat-a-cake found in Froebel's
"Mother Play." Through this
means I gradually and easily lead
him to see that "For
owes thanks not only
er to the baker the
farmer hut also am
his bread lie-
to his moth-
tniller the
mo-t of all
'ather. who.
to
thr
am1
Ihe
leaven iV
nigh the iti st ri". mental it y of dew
rain sunshine ami darkness.
1 winter and summer causes
tnd summer causes th
.earth lo bring forth the grain."
It is only after having studied the
j picture thoroughly and
chapter on Pat-a-cake in
read the;
the "Mot-
toe and Cutnnieiitarie
and com-1
nutted to memory
tune in the "Song
Froehel's "Mother
the verses and j
and Music" oC
May." thai 1 am
readv lo teach pat-a-cake to mv
baby and as I have shown 1 do
not teach it all at once but prefer:
to it again and again perhaps when
we are out working in the garden
on a sunny day or in the house I
watching the rain. When my child!
is old enough to be interested in j
such things we go into a bakery;
shop and to the astonishment of1
the baker ask if we can see his;
ovens. W'e often pass a nnll and I
tell my child that this is the place
where the farmer brings his grain.'
Thus the lesson of pat-a-cake goes;
on for a long time before it is tirst i
played in babyhood. It teaches us
to iie ever thankful and baby learns!
to say: "Thank you dear mamma" j
"Thank you dear baker" "Thank
vou dear lod." !
other songs and
s "Mother Play'
There are manv
games in Froebel"
which I give to my children long he-
lore the kindergarten age. In all
of these they take the greatest de-
light. I begin early to sing the
songs and play the linger games
which nourish the instinct of love
for the members of the familv and
affection for -animals
The Family Mother Song For
Teaching Affection.
This is the mother so busy at home
Who loves her dear children what-
ever may come.
This is the father so brave and so
strong.
Who works for his family all the
day long.
This is the brother who'll soon be
a man ;
lie helps his good mother as much
as he can.
This is the sister so gentle and mild
Who jlavs that her dolly is her little
child.
This is baby all dimpled and sweet;
llovv soft his wee hands and his
chubby pink feet !
Father and mother and children so
dear
Together you sec them one family
here. F.mille Poulsson.
The active child of 4 or 5 in-
stinctively desires to measure him-
self against children of his own
age. and if deprived of the oppor-
tunity to do ibis loses much of
what is necessary for his highest
and best development. Through
contact with each other children
learn to wait their turn and to be
considerate in many other ways.
Moreover the child wants to
make things and. although the
mother can play little songs and
games with him while carrying on
her household tasks she cannot al-
ways take the time necessary to di-
rect and assist the child in manual
occupations. This is one reason
why the kindergarten fills a great
need
work
Association with playmates
with various materials and
tools and songs and games are all
provided in the kindergartens.
It was because of my study of
Froebeian methods and their suc-
cessful application to the child be-
low 4. and because 1 realized how
impossible it was for me a busy
mother to me el the growing needs
of my children that 1 wanted a
kindergarten
in our town not only
tor my own liuie ones but tor all
the bovs and girls. A number of
mothers anil fathers became inter-
ested in my project; we petitioned
our board of education and a kin-
dergarten was sion established. It
was a success from the verv start.
NATIONAL FACTS.
The postal savings hanks pay 2
per cent on deposits and the
amount each person can deposit is
limited to $ I .' KX However when
the deposit reaches $1000 the de-
positor has the privilege of purchas-
ing every six months a postal sav-
ings bond which pays interest at
the rale of 2 1-2 per cent.
There are four classes of post-
offices. The first class is an office
with gross receipts of $40000 or
more. The second class is an of-
fice with gross receipts Sri.OUO or
more. The third class is one with
gross receipts of $1.(00 or more
The postmasters of these offices
-.. i .. -i... -1 i.
ue appointed oy liie i esi'ieiu. i ne
appointment must he confirmed by
'be senate to become operative.
Any postotuce with gross receipts
of less than $1000 is a fourth-class
office. The latter is appointed by
the fourth assistant postmaster gen-
eral. The state of Nevada has 5541"-
"40 acres of unoccupied public land;
-Vichigan has 6.(U0 acres subject
to entry; Kansas "5.214 ; .North Da-
kota. 403.667; South Dakota. 2.-
8SO.S2S; Alabama 47.040; Arizona
.!0.S10327; Arkansas 278.133; Cali-
fornia. 20.625023; Colorado. 17236.-
114; Florida 268484; Idaho 16-
213273; Louisiana 101016; Minne-
sota. 043.831 ; Mississippi. .36.882;
Montana. 10.065.121; Nebraska
l'2.358; .New
Mexico 27.788.357;
77; Oregon 1144-
Oklahoma 42.P
605; W'isconcin
30.020000.
58; Wyoming
The United States has no "coat
of arms" but the expression i-
: sometimes erroneously applied lo
jthe great seal of the United States
ias affixed io treaties commissions
. to office and other official docu-
ments. What is sometimes called
the coat of arms of the United
Slates is a fac-simile or perfect rep
resentation ot one side ol the great
seal of the United States adopted
in 1782. and not changed since. On
the day the continental congress
representing thirteen colonies
:iilouteil ihe Dechtnition nf 1 nde-
iu. ii.. j i-7f h -mnnmts.l
a committee to report a device for
a national seal. Different devices
j were considered but none was
adopted until June 20 1782 near
the clase of tiie Revolutionary War.
I lis main feature was a spread-eagle
bearing on its breast a shield with
; thirteen stripes alternate red and
I white like the national flag hold-
1 ing in its right claw an olive branch
las the emblem of peace and in its
: left claw thirteen arrows typical
i of war whenever necessary. The
I device is still much used as an em-
blem of national authority.
Section 50 of the army law now
in force reads: "The vice-president
of the United States the officers
judicial and executive of the gov
ernment of the Lnited States and
of t)le scveral states and territories;
I 0f )K L'nitej States ; customs house
clerks; persons employed by the
United States in the transmission
of the mail; artificers and workmen
emplayed by the United States in
the armories arsenals and navy
yards of the United States; pilots;
marines actually employed in sea
service of any citizen or merchant
within the United States shall be ex-
empt from militia duty without re-
gard to age: and all persons who.
because of religious belief shall
claim exemption from military serv-
ice if the conscientious holdings of
such belief by such person shall be
established under such regulations
as the president shall prescribe
shall he exempted from militia serv-
ice in a combatant capacity; but no
person so exempted shall be ex
empt from militia service in any ca-
pacity that the president shall de
clare to be noncombatant.
A Dry Old Osculator.
Boston Transcript: Custonter-.
Those kisses you sold me yesterday
were hard and stale. 1 thought you
claimed to keep only fresh candies.
Salesgirl We do generally. They
must have come from an old batcli.
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