Ellis County Advocate (Gage, Okla.), Vol. 4, No. 24, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 20, 1921 Page: 2 of 4
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BLLIS COUNTY ADVOCATE unuR ORLAIIOHA
Something to
Think j4bout
gF A WALKER
MOTHERS MAKE MEN
SAMUEL MATTHEWS VA UCLA IN
head of the Buldwlu Locomotive
IVorkg in I’hiludelphia has hnd wide
experience -in the selectiou as well as
IJiq handling of men
Me admits that he has a method a
secret in making his selections
HE FINDS OUT WHAT KIND OF
A MOTHER A BOY HAS und pays
no attention to the father In the
Course of a long business life lie has
made few exceptions to tills rule " :
This theory of Mr Vauclain has a
negative as well as v positive side
It explains not only why so many
undistinguished fathers have distin-
guished sons but niso why so many
fathers who are failures vbuve sons
who are successful
There are two sides to the question
For one tiling there is a teudency on
the part of a boy to derive his pre-
dominant traits from his mother
For another the mother is obvious
ly more instrumental than the father
in erenting the environment which
plays a large part in the development
of the sons
e e e
In the average home the problem
of providing a minimum of Income —
which is the duty of the father — is
much less complicated than the prob-
lem of muking both ends meet — which
Is the problem of the mother
Long before statesmen ever dreamed
of a budget system that method was
familiar to the women In one gen-
eration after another they have hud
to pay N their way with resources that
did not Increase in proportion ns the
families grew
The carefulness prudence and "fore-
sight that a woman displays in run-
ning her house naturally yhow them-
selves In the bringing up of her meu-
elilldron If she is incompetent nml
shiftless in one direction she will be
the same in the oilier
N
The mother ns distinguished from
the father lias played a lending part
in the formative period of men of con-
spicuous genius who hnve lifted them-
selves “by their bootstraps” Into places
of great eminence ' ’
The mothers of Abraham Lincoln
and Napoleon Bonaparte supply the
only available explanations of the rise
to leadership of two men vvho are”
types of success' under the most dif-
ficult circumstances -
In each case a powerful dominant
character made possible the passage
from a log cabin to the White House
and from Corsica to the leading place
in Europe and an Imperial throne
In our own time the supreme qual-
ities of Marshal Foch are traceable
to the powerful individuality of his
mother
e e e
From the dawn of history to the
present day in sacred and secular
affairs the influence of the mother
has always been the greatest factor
In the development of ability or ge-
nius Site has been the source of in-
spiration as site was the source of
being -
Sometimes she lias pulled the chil-
dren linndicapped by the father's
characteristics up to her own level
Sometimes she has pushed them
above both herself and the fattier by
an indomitable determination that
neither poverty nor ill fortune of any
kind should interfere with her am-
bitions Mr Vauclain's plan of Selection will
serve its purpose in the great majority
ct Instances He is ‘safe in conclud-
ing that if the hoy hnd the tight kind
-of a mother he can count on his being
the right kind of a hoy
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THE ROMANCE OF WORDS J
“GOSSIP"
4 ''i OSSIP” or “gossib” as '
vj Chaucer spelled it was J
I tlie name given by tlie Ilamp- 4
J shire peasantry to the persons J
4 who acted ns sponsors in bap-
J (ism tlie godfuthers nnd god-
mothers It was a compound
4 word made up of the name
“God” and the word “sib” still
0 used in Scotland In the sense of 4
’“nkin” — the mennljig being that
( tlie gossib was akin to God and 4
stood In tills relation to the
0 child a sense which is still ex- 4
tnnt In our own word "god- J
4 parent” - 4
J Considering "gossip” in its J
4 old) nary use as one addicted to
4 tattling or prattling or the car- 4
rjing of tales and it appears to
benr little relation to the word
4 as originally coined But it
should be remembered that the 4
"gosslbs” were brought by a J
0 "common sponsorship Into a 4
' close familiarity with one an- J
4 other which led eventunlly to t
trivial idle talk and the carry- J
lug of Information from one to
4 another That thU failing is J
not peculiar to Anglo-Saxon
4 godparents Is evident from an J
examination of the French word
4 commerage and the fact that 4
comtnere has passed through '
4 precisely the same stages as 4
t its English equivalent
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Dorothy Dalton -
Being given the chance to display
her cleverness in emotional parte haa
brought merited fame to handsome
Dorothy Dalton a famous "movie" star
known to the patrons of the motion
picture houses Her work in leads has
been crowned with glory and she haa
pleased her thousands of admirers
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HOW DO YOU SXi IT?
By C N LURIE
Common Errors in English and
How to Avoid Them
“ "TO STOP AND TO STAY"
HOW frequently do we bear some
one say or read in a newspaper
“lie is stopping at the Waldorf-Astoria
Jiptel’-wA moment’s reflection
should tell the writer or speaker that
a person does not “stop” at a hotel un-
less lie walks or drives t6- the hotel
arid halts his progress there It is
proper to say "The parade st9pped at
tlie hotel” meaning that the parade
ceased its motion when it reached the
hotel But tlie parade could not "stay"
at tlie hotel A person makes a "stay”
at a hotel not a stop and he stays
there One should not say “I stopped
at the shinmer-resort six' weeks” but
“I stayed there six weeks”
Tlie true meanivg of the word "stop”
was well understood by tlie man who
did not invite his professed friend to
visit him He snld: "If you come at
any time within ten miles of roy house
Just stop” says one authority of Eng-
lish ' (Copyright) '
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THE REAPING MACHINE
ALTHOUGH we are accustomed to
regard reaping by machinery as a
modern art there are records that
In I’liny’s time the Gauls used a crude
comb-shaped afTalr of knives to strip
the heads from the standing grain
Tlie first real patent on a reaping ma-
chine was granted to John Boyce of
Englnnd Jn 1790 Richard French
nnd J J Hawkins received the first
American pntent rights In 1803 Bet
It remained for McCormick In 1831
to make and demonstrate the ill's
practical “reaping machine
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The Moor in 8pain
Tlie Moors sprang from Saracens'
that nomadic tribe of Arabs which in
the Eighth century overran southern
Spain They settled under the genial
skies of Andalusia and found tlielr
surroundings so ideal they were con-
tented to leave the northern portion
of the country to the natives It was
galling to the Spaniard to behold his
beautiful valleys and vineyards in the
possession of the Invaders and to see
tlie crescent tnke tlie place of tlie
cross hut although much blood was
shed In tlie Interim It was not until
tlie Fifteenth century that Rnahdll the
Moot itdi king took Ids lust look at
Granada on tlie spot that tins been
practically mimed “El Ultima Sosplro
del Mom" the Inst sigh of the Moor
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I st tlie furrows he plowed deeply
enough while the brain cells are plastic
then human energies will result in effi-
ciency and the line of least reaistenue will
he the right line —
The Family -Food ’’ '
TAKE one ound of chopped round
steak form into cakes one Inch
thick Make a depression in the eem
ter of each remove to a hot dish and
(ill tlie centers with grated onion pulp
Tour over nnd around the meat balls
the following sauce: Sift one quart of
tomatoes cook down until thick add
salt to taste' four sweet green pep-
pers g ten mod and eut Into shreds
Serve with a border of finely shredded
cabbage
1 mm s
Melon Cream
Choose small nutmeg' melons that
are fine flavored after removing the
seeds take out tlie pulp nnd put
through a sieve To- one quart of
whipped cream add one-hnlf cupful
of powdered sugar a tenspoonful of
vanilla And one pint of melon pulp
Freeze until stiff nnd serve with a
canton ginger sauce with some of the
ginger finely minced sprinkled over
the cream A half cupful of orange or
pineapple Juice may be n'dded to the
above-mixture nnd glace oranges may
lie used for a garnish '
Frozen Fig Pudding
Wash one pound of figs and let soak
over night add one cupful of sugar and
simmer until the figs ae very ‘tender
then cool and cut Into small pieces
Flnee one qnnrt of rich milk in a dou-
ble boiler add two well-beaten eggs
and cook 'until smooth stirring con-
stantly add the Juice and Hnd of a
lemon Cool add flgs nnd one pint of
heavy cream and freeze ns usual Use
one pint of water over Vlic figs nnd
cook until tender in the same water
’adding tlie lemon juice nnd rind to the
figs tf desired
Banana Cream -
Scald one pint of milk add two well-
benten eggs two cupfuls of sugar nnd
when cooked until smooth one tea-
spoonful of vnnilla Add one pint 'of
cream and partly freeze then Stir In
one pint of bnnnnn pulp the juice of
two oranges and one-half of a lemon
Serve In glasses ghrnished with -hn-nnnn
balls dipped In lemon Juice and
rolled In powdered sugar'
' Melon Lilies -
Cut small melons In halves after
scrubbing them well Remove the
seeds and cut them into pointed petals
ten or a dozen ‘-Arrange on a plate
and serve a small hall of vnnilla tee
cream in the center of each A melon
leaf or a small leaf from a squash or
pumpkin vine will make an appropri-
ate doilev A sauce of canton ginger
syrup or a dusting with cocoa may be
used over tlie cream if desired
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Unchanging Guatemala '
a In a town in Guatemala many of
the wares offered for sale are similar
to those sold 400 years ago before the
Spanish conquest nnd where the mis-
called "Indians” are clothed In the
gay fantastic garments of pre-Colum-blnn
dnys
On Sunday busiest shopping day
hundreds of Maya men women and
children come into market from the '
surrounding valleys and volcano
slopes laden with country produce A
ten-mile jog-trot with a huge basket
upon her head and the latest baby
slung on her back Is nothing to one
of these swarthy sturdy girls
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CONGENIAL
He: I love hunt-
ing and Ashing
She: So do I—
hunting for good
times and fishing
for compliments
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THE GIRL ON THE JOS K
b How to Succeed— How to Get
S " Ahead — How to Make Good '
1 By JESSIE ROBERTS I
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OFFICE JOBS ‘ rENURY
I VISITED a woman who I greatly
respect tlie sort of woman who
is a credit to America and an asset
to tier neighborhood She has three
daughters the oldest just fifteen and
as we sat over our tea she began to
discuss her plans lu regard to the
future of her girls
I thought that it would be well to
give them training in some business
capacity
“Yes1 But I don’t w nut tliem sim-
ply to- be fit for an office job and
penury And I rule out teaching The
life is too hard— and again too poor-
ly paid I want them to know how
to do something that will lead to free-
dom not slavery And I want them
to work at something that will grow
an interest not become a bore”
It was quite a large order and yet
reasonable One of the girls was dis-
tinctly an artist and her mother was
going to ’give her a course In com-
mercial designing The second daugh-
ter was to be trained in domestic sci-
ence and catering and the oldest girl
was to take an ngrlcultural course For
each girl the mother had invested a
sum of money that while not large
would give the required start in their
different professions y
If there were a little more of this
sort of scheming for girls things would
be a lot easier for them Most girls
are driven to office jobs as the easiest
road to follow Which is one reasoi)
wliy they are so poorly paid
’ - (Copyright)
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LYRICS OF LIFE
By DOUGLAS MALLOCH
la£y seeking beauty
LADY seeking beauty who
- Beautiful would be
Where is beauty? Near to you
Waiting quietly
' If you will but see
Nature Is articulate f J
Can’t you hear her call?
You need only imitate ' f
Beauty by your wall
Nature that is all
Here Is beauty : ’TIs a rose - '
’Tis a rose of red
Yet she does not all disclose—
Beauty be It said
: Shown too much Is fled
‘ i -
i y
Only dignity may dare
- Crimson harmonies
Only women wise may wear
Colors such as these
Lady' if you please
Here is beauty : Quietness
Modesty repose $ "
Beauty is not fair unless
-Dignity it knows —
Lady here’s a rose
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THE CHEERFUL CHERUft
I sit LenetttK tk
rvight Uy "
And vonder wtk
1 vristfvl siqK -IF
From -tkxs vt
infinity
A little verse mvy come
to me
TIIE SUNSHINE FAIRY
GOOD morning” said Father as
little Henry came into “the din-
ing room “isn’t this a nice bright
morning son I” - '
Henry did not answer He jerked
his chair from the table and slid into
it with a sullen air for Henry was
cross because his mother had not let
him put on his new shoes 'thnt morn-
ing 1
"Heavy black clouds seem to be
bothering you” said Henry's father
“Better drive them away or you will
have an unhappy day”'
But Henry did not answer He kept
Ids eyes on his plate and a frown on
his face hut when he pushed his dish
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4 four -step
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away from him and Spilled the cream
Ills father told him to go to his room
and stay there until the cloud cleared
from Ids face v
- Henry did not quite - understand
about tlie “heavy black cloud” but lie
did know of course that lie bad be-
haved badly so he went to Jiis room
feeling that everyone' was treating him
unkindly-
“Have not got a heavy cloud on my
face” he-sald looking In the mirror
Then he drew the shade because some-
one hnd once told him that little
fairies danced In the sunlight when
It strenmed into the room -
“Get out of my room" said Henry
“I won’t have any fairies in here 1
don’t lika girls and ail fairies-are
- “What’s in a Name?”
By MILDRED MARSHALL
Facts about your name? Itsh(tory meatv-
las whence it was derived significance)
your lucky day and lucky jewel
THERESA
ONE of the prettiest of feminine
names which for some reason has
always been associated wltjh France
nnd yet Is essentially English Is
Theresa It Is one of the many femi-
nine names which come from the har-
vest nml Its original source Is a Greek
word meaning to reap or gather In a
crop - -
The first to benr the name wns a
Spanish lady the wife 'of a Roinnn
noble called Paulmus Both Paullnus
nnd his wife were devotees of St Je-
rome The name Theresa lind great
vogue in Spain and is finally found as
Teresa on a throne In Leon In the
Tenth century ' '
The most noted Teresa appears in
the Sixteenth century when the Ro-
man Catholic church produced the re-
markable saint of that name through
iJie Spanish connection of the house
of Austria the princesses of Spain nnd
Gerinnny were frequently christened
Teresa " v - ' "v
In France it betaine Terrese through
the queen of Louis XIV nnd Provence
called it Terezon Tlie empress-queen
added greatly to Jts fame her noble
spirit winning nil hearts -
St Theresa of course brought It to
England through tlie Roman Catholic
religion though its vogue there did not
begin until nfter tlie Reformation
England also calls her Terry and
Tracy France makes her Tlierese Shs
is Theresa in Portugal and Teresa aud
Teresitn In Spain Italy uses Teresa
and Tenesinn in Germany she la
Theresia
Theresa’s taiismanlc stone Is amber
It promises her good health wards off
'evil spirits and warns nppronclilng Ill-
ness by idling In color Thursday Is
tier lucky day nnd three her lucky
number
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Kansas Family Problem
An Emporia fninlly takes iho family
dog to church once in a while Last
Sunday tlie dog was tied to (lie motor
car during tlie services Every time
the choir snug tlie dog jiowled It was
a question whether to take the dog
away to keep from disturbing the
peace or stop tlie choir to keep from
disturbing the dog — Emporia Gazette
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A LINE O’ CHEER
By John Kendrick Bangs
A COMFORTING THOUGHT
JUST take thla comfort unto your
aoul
In the midst of your worrlss'
- and frets
The 'Football never could score a
Uoal v
Were It not for the klcke It sstsl
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girls Anyway 1 don’t believe in
fairies only those in picture books”
Henry was very cross as you See
and he did not want to see the sun-'
shine so he threw himself on his bed
on his back to think over how cross
everything was that morning
All at once lie heard some one cry-
Ing - It seemed to come from outside
his window So Henry jumped up and
peeked out
The tiniest creature dressed In hi)
ver sat on the sill of the window t-
Ing '
“Wliat are you crying about?” asked
Henry wiio really was a v?ry kind lit-
tle boy ' -
"I can’t get in to do my work" said
the little creature “It is all dark in-
side and they shut me out I am the
sunshine fairy and I linve to dunce
when the sun shines and make people
happy But how can I when they will
not let me in?”
Henry raised the shade and up
jumped the little 'fairy 'and - danced
Into the room on the sunshine as it
strenmed In " v
“Oh haven't you any face?” asked
the little creature ”or is It behind old
black cloud? Sometimes he does hide
faces but I most always can drive him
away” ’
Henry went to the mirror and sum
enough tills time' he found that In
place of his face there was a heavy
black cloud - through which he could
see but dimly '
He looked at the sunshine and the
little fairy had been Joined by hum
dreds of others who were dancing
nbout In the Jolliest manner - - -
Henry forgot all about the cloud' as
he watched them and ' presently a
stream of sunshine cleared awny the
cloud nnd Henry Jumped up for you
sap he was dreaming all tlie time he
hnd 'fallen hslesp ‘
T)ie wind hnd blown the shade and
Into the room came the bright sun
but-Henry could not find tlie fairies
though lie looked everywhere
“They did drive away heavy black
cloud " thought Henry “and 1 do feel
happier I’erhaps there are somef
fairies in the sunshine after all"
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THE RIGHT THING
' - - at j
THE RIGHT TIME
By MARY MARSHALL DUFFER
WHEN SHE WALKS
A little neglect may breed mischief"—
Franklin
WHEN walking with a woman It la
customary for the mnn to ask-
to carry any parcels site may be bur-
dened with It Is a" woman’s privilege
to insist on carrying them herself but
remember that it is very -embarrassing--for
a man to walk with n woman who
is burdened as besides feeling regret
that he cannot aid tier he Is put in a
false position by those whom lie may
meet - “
Every well-bred woman should know
-that It is no longer considered the
light thing for a man to take her arm
in walking unless she is feeble or the
way hazardous If she happens to be
accompanied by a mnn who Is Bet
aware of this fuel she should not tahe
offense but If he takes her arm she
should ascribe It to his ignorance of
that rule of good breeding and rostral
him by simply assuring him thnt she
can manage much better when unaid-
ed ‘ 1 ' -
If a woman Is overtaken or over-
takes a man of her acquaintance (dm
is privileged to ask him to'accotnpany
her ns for ns their wnys go together
though needless to say she 'would say
tills only to a close acquaintance She
should not do this however when he
Is accompanied ly another woman and
would not usually wish to when he
was accompanied by another mnn
When taking n pleasure walk togeth-
er It is always the woman’s privilege
to set the pace and make suggestions
as to tlie direction In nhtch the walk
should be taken ” ' v
- If a woman chances to see that a
stranger has dropped something what
Bhould she do? Tills Is a question thnt
sometimes comes up' She should not
stop to pick It up unless the mnn Is de-
cldelv older than she nnd she Is very
young She should courteously attract
his attention to the fact that he has
dropped the article nnd leave him to
pick It up for himself T However Iff
she Is walking behind the one who has
lost the article nnd not to pick it np for
him might mean that It would be trod-
den upon she imiy lu common sense
stoop and get it
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' TWO LAPS BIHIND
' “DM you follow my ndvteo”
“Why-er-yea but I didn’t
etch hp with N
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