McCurtain Gazette (Idabel, Okla.), Vol. 14, No. 89, Ed. 1 Wednesday, December 29, 1920 Page: 2 of 8
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WOULD YOU HAVE 'EM BACKT
The time when every boy began
winter with red mittens and copper-
toed boots; when every girl had a
heavy-knitted comforter and thick arc-
ties; when they sat through morning
recitations in anticipation of n lunch
pail full of drum sticks, broad and
butter, boiled eggs and doughnuts;
when cheeks were as red as the re-
cess apple—this is the time our board
of estimate stands for, says New York
Post. The days when every mother
cared for a roomy house, bnked, wash-
ed, sewed and prided herself that no-
body's premises were cleaner, no one's
children were better dressed und no
one set a better table. The period
when children applied themselves to
solid mental nutriment like Morse*
geography, McGuffey's readers and an
arithmetic which went straight
through compound proportion without
answers in the back. People had large
families In those days. They had no
patent foods, no charts, no dally
weighing, but their youngsters were
invulnerable to disease. There weren't
a lot of faddists then besieging boards
of estimate for visiting nurses. House-
wives would have thrown long-nosed
experts on infant care out of the door
In dudgeon. They would have nailed
up notices that they were too busy
redding up the house to traipse to the
door for every visiting teacher, truant
officer, home nurse and probation
agent.
YOUR SHARE IN FIRE LOSSES, '
In the United States the loss by fire
each year is about 1300,000,000—$3
for every man, woman and child In
the republic. In Europe It is about
1 32 cents. Those best qualified to
; speak say America's huge bill is due
to rank carelessness, remarks Phlla-
j delphla Ledger, and it could be re-
duced if carelessness wa9 made as
costly here as It Is abroad. In Eu- J
rope, If Investigation shows the person ,
in whose house or establishment the |
fire started did not take reasonable
precautions, he not only Is held lia-
ble for such loss as he sustained, but
for the losses sustained by his neigh-
bors and, If his carelessness has been
flagrant, he Is likely to be fined heav-
ily or sent to jail. Making careless-
ness costly would reduce the fire bill
of America materially and also reduce
insurance rates.
Boys, don't do anything on the sly—
this was the only don't in the gos-
| pel Do as preached by Old Sawney,
great master of a small but great
school for boys down In Tennessee
To Our
Customers:
THE CATBIRD'S CALL
ONCE upon a time, It is said, all
the birds gathered in the woods
one night to meet the fairies, for
they had been bothered so much with
a bad Puss who visited the woods
they wanted revenge.
"What we want," the birds told the
Fairy Queen, "Is to bother Puss. She
has worried the life out of us, catch-
ing some of our family and climbing
the trees and getting our children."
"Of course, I cannot put Puss out
of the way," said the Queen. "She
is far too useful catching mice; but
I do not approve of her bad habit of
catching birds."
"She does catch them, and she must
be punished." said the birds. "Do help
us, Fairy Queen, or she will stay in
the woods, and soon there will not be
a bird left."
"I will tell you what I will do for
you," said the Queen, after thinking a
while. "Puss is very proud of her fine
fiffyev W/LL
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voice and if she thought anyone could
mock her I am sure she would be so
ashamed she would run away at once.
"I will give to one of you birds the
power to mock Puss, and every time
she comes near the trees you can cry
out at her in her own peculiar tones,"
All the birds began to chatter with
glee, and then they fluttered about
trying to decide which one should be
given this power.
After a while a pretty little bird,
sooty-gray color, which in places
deepened into a blackish-brown, with
a tail the lower part ol which was
a beautiful chestnut, flew to the tip
of a branch and spoke.
"I have always wanted a name," It
said, "to distinguish me from the oth-
er members of the very large family
to which I belong, and if you will give
me this power, Fairy Queen, and a
name, I will be the ope to mimic Puss
the rest of my life."
"I am afraid you will not think the
name a pretty one," said the Queen,
"but because you are so brave and
are willing to take this upon you, and
your branch of the family, you shall
be given, too, an attractive song.
"You shall have the power to whis-
tle and cluck and make mewing
sounds, as well, and when you wish to
sing all shall stop and listen to your
voice, but as you will make the mew-
ing sounds oftener than the others
you will have to bear the name of cat-
bird all the days of your life."
The pretty little bird nodded that
he was willing, and up to the limb
where he sat the Queen and all her
fairies floated, waving over and
around him their wands.
"Go back to your homes," said the
Queen, "and tomorrow you will find
you will soon be rid of your tormen-
tor."
The next day when Puss came to
the woods and began to prowl around
she was surprised to hear "Mi—eu,
mee-ow, me-ow, ral-eu," coming from
one of the tree.5.
She looked up very angry, thinking
that some other puss had come to her
hunting grounds, but she was sur-
prised to see looking down at her a
saucy little bird, which again cried,
"mi-eu, me-ow," while all the other
birds twittered and chattered In the
most tar^alizing manner.
Puss gave one more look to make
sure, and then she turned and ran.
while through the wood rang the cry,
"mi-eu, me-ow, mi-eu, me-ow."
And that is the way. so the fairies
say, the Catbird got Its name.
(Copyright)
Lentne has been on trial before some
sort of Bolshevist tribunal or mass-
meeting, the results of which have not
yet reached the civilized world. The
charges were tyranny, autocracy, cor-
ruption and a few other vagaries of a
similar sort. Lenine is represented as
admitting that the Industries of the
country were in a very bad way, and
that Russia faced starvation through
the winter. The remedy for this, he
said, was to use more force to compel
the peasants to bring their produce to
market. They have refused to do this
because they got In exchange for their
produce paper money so worthless that
It Is cheaper to light a cigar with a
100-ruble note than to use a match. It
Is a most hopeful and encouraging
fact that some of the Bolshevists had
the courage to bring the charges and
to go through some sort of form of
trial, says Indianapolis Star. Appar-
ently the terror is beginning to fail.
Lenine may ponder on the fate of
Robespierre.
once upon a time, a school where the
child's mind was trained, his charac-
ter built and his spirit developed,
though doubtless the meagerness of Its
formal curriculum would be scoffed at
by most of our modernists In educa-
tion. Old Sawney's idea of educating
a boy was to make a man of him, and
that idea he carried out every time
he had worth-while material to work
on, says Ohio State Journal. His do's
were few and elementary, and his one
don't was enough, even if he might
have cast 1^ Into the form of a do:
Boys, always tell the truth.
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The fundamental idea of our Amer- I
lean civilization is this: Any man who
has the stuff in him can, by his own j
energy, thrift, Industry and courage ■
rise to any heights he may choose, I
writes Dr. C. A. Eaton In Leslie's.
His only limit is his own weakness.
He, himself, is In a class by himself.
There is no other class here. This is
the greatest experiment ever made by
man. It Is a new ideal, fit to be devel-
oped only In a new world. It is the
American idea.
As our boiler
walls are giv-
ing away we
will make our
last run Satur-
day, January
1st. All who
have seed in
our house
please come
and get them.
Griffith & Goolsby
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The true Idea of thrift is to earn
more than you spend. Just as factory
owners set aside something out of their
profits each year into a depreciation
fund with which to rebuild their worn-
out plant, so each of us should endeav-
or to make our wages sufficient to
give a personal depreciation fund,
says Omaha Bee. Few of us can hope
to be rich, but it Is withlu the reach
of most to acquire by industry and
economy sufficient to meet our wants
and provide for old age.
THE TEACHER'S CALLING.
Teachers worthy of places in the
schools In which American children
are prepared for life, for making a
living, for the duties and responsibili-
ties of democratic citizenship and for
eternal destiny, can never be fully
paid in money, writes Dr. P. P. Ciax-
ton in an exchange. Men and women
worthy of this highest of all callings
will not think first of the pay in mon-
ey or in any other form. For teaefh-
ers. as for otlie'r worker^. Rusklh
liblds: "If they think first bf pay and
drity'second'of work, the}' ate jferfan'ts
of Mm tftro is the lord of fhe-Yh^t
unerect friend that fell, tt'tif&y t hi ilk"
first of the work and Its results, and
only second of their pay, however im-
portant that may be, then they are
sen-ants of Him who is the Lord of
all work. Then they belong to the
great guild of. workers and builders
and saviors of the world together with
Him, for whom to do the will of Him
that sent Him and finish His work in
meat and .drink."
Russia is facing one of the worst
winters in her history, and famine
uprears its grisly bead. The soviet
millennium appears strangely dis-
guised.
It Is said that there are more than
2.",000,000 widows in India. It Is evi-
dent. then, that the girls of India
haven't much « f a chance.
The whole nation has a house short-
age. If things keep on there will hate
to We a return to the biblical condi-
tion of dwelling In tents, and even
then the profiteers will confront the
tent dwellers with the high cost of
ground rents. In fact, remarks Balti-
more American, the only way of deal-
ing with the profiteers seems to be a
drastic one like boiling in oil, or
rounding them up In front of a ma-
chine gun battery.
An Italian who fled home after kill-
ing a girl in New York, four years
ago, has Just been convicted fn his
own country of murder and felonious
i assault "with extenuating clrcum-
i stances." The Italian Idea of crime
1 and justice seem to be a trifle mixed
' to say nothing of emotional sympa-
thy with the criminal,
■
i A New Jersey woman suing her hus-
I band declares he bought clocks to
i throw them at her. This Is certainly
a new version of passing the happy
1 hours away, says Baltimore American,
i Possibly the husband wished to give
a striking proof of his feelings.
Gradually the truth leaks out that
a large part of Russia that revolted
! against czarism is now revolting
against Bolshevism. That part of |
Russia which has democratic instincts j
' naturally detests Bolshevism as it de-
tested czarism.
j The soviet government in Petrograd
I allows but one suit and one pair of
shoes at a time to each persou. The
more it continues in power, the more |
it shows how much individual lib- j
erty can be cramped by an extreme
socialistic rule.
The effects of the elections in Aus-
tria show that no union with Ger-
many is desired. Plainly, the people
had enough of the last union between
the two uations and the condition to
which it brought Austria in its hu-
miliating "Me, too" role, a role It
would be called again to play in any
future union.
The proposal in the Prussian par-
liament to give the ex-kalser about
$235,000,000 does not look as If Ger-
many were unable to pay the indem-
, nlty demanded by the allies, If the Ger-
mans can squander so much on their
ex-autocrats.
It Is said that foreign agents are
working in this country against the
interests of the American merchant
marine. If they are, remarks Balti-
more American, the law should cer-
tainly find a way of dealing with their
pernicious activities and ridding the
country of the agents also.
In Burmah wives are bought from
the parents, and according to cable
dispatches the high cost of wives is
creating a lot of unrest there. In
America there Is no such original In-
vestment to cause unrest, but it is
brought on by the upkeep.
Mrr-Her*ert-f>Terks,-wTfe,-yml -cM-
dren, of Kansas City, spent Christ- j
mas here Sierks' brother!
and family, Ji Id.5Ct*iij; ■ '*>
Hon. N. W- aod.wife, of Ok-
lahoma City, arrived in the city last j
Friday to spend the holidays with MV 1
and Mrs. Rice R. Gore.
John Holt, of Colorado City, Texas j
spent Monday night and Tuesday
morning here visiting the family of
Mrs. Fannie Anderson while en route
home from a visit at Nashville, Ar-
kansas.
The virtue of hazing in educational
institutions Is that after one has for-
gotten all that he was supposed to
learn he still retains the memory of
sonie humiliating if not humorous In-
cident to bhhl hifn toMils alma nMfter.
Anyway, qufte'a: tmniWr of men' ttrtd
wottien 'nrft'^ffcr HfVoifiil fnlddle sge-crin
reinelhber the tlmtf 'when it was not
uncommon for ii person to'jfet a fresh
egg for breakfast. But few town folks
of the younger group can say as much.
Much movement of liquor Is report-
ed since the decision of the federal
supreme court legalized certain foims
of Its movement. Still the principal
movement continues to be that be-
tween the cup aud the lip.
If It were grown men who threw
chewing gum on the sidewalks and on
the movie floors, says Houston Post,
our opposition to capital punishment
for the offense would not be so In-
tense.
The high cost of living In Burmah
has resulted In a popular demand for
cheaper wives. Men more civilized
elsewhere are echoing that wish In
their hearts, though they fear to give
it utterance.
The cost of white paper has not :
been attributed to scarcity caused by i
the reckless manner in which men
tore up all kinds of directories to j
make confetti when the armistice was
signed two years ago.
Fishing for a living Is hard work,
and very discouraging when the fish
don't bite; but fishing for fun Is not 1
hard, and It makes little difference
Whether the fish Wte, provided the bait
btfl«is out '
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A'SeAttfe Wtf{hArestir>HtfiWi tf n$W ■
wotid's record hy giving 3.'};46n potimds
Of milk In 318 days, but so far this
has had no appreciable effect in low-
ering the price of milk.
An eclipse of the sun Is an Inter-
esting phenomenon, but what the pub-
lic wants Is to push aside the profiteer
who still claims a plar-e In the sun
that belongs to legitimate business.
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"Mother," he said very solemnly, "II
think she's been eating bees, too, fot>.
I can hear 'em humming."
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HOW DO YOU SAY IT?
By C. N. Lurie
Common Errors in English and
How to Avoid Them
"HAD HAVE" AND "HAD OF."
THIS expression, had have (or
the expression that is still more
Incorrect, "had of) Is often used Im-
properly for "had." It is bad Eng
Huh to say, for example, "If he had
have tried, he would have succeeded."
Say, "If he had tried, he would htve
succeeded." "Had have" Is also used
frequently and improperly, in such sen
tences as the following: "Had I have
known that he was 111. I should not
hnve visited him." The proper form
Is, "Had I known that he was III," etc.,
or, "If I had known that he was ill,
etc. "Had" or "If I had" carries the
Idea back Into the past, and there Is
no need of the word "have" to ex
press the same thing.
Of course, the expression "had of"
Is simply a case of mispronunciation.
In the careless usage of former times. 4
the droppiqg of the."U" before "have
ntymged, tl),c wqrd,.to ."fcve," and fro*# j j
VW/Cr=
av?".u "of tye transition yas ea«^
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An Insect Diet
Little Tommy was much Worried at
the condition of his pet cnt, who con
stantly lost flesh despite the very good
bits furnished to her
Tommy's mother tried to reassure
him by saying that the cnt was thin
because of the files she had eaten dur
ing the summer.
O* is Pyroi, who is attending
at Tehuacana, Texas, is here
Whereupon Tommy surveyed the cat 'n* holidays with Rev
wit|) ren<>wwd Interest. - Mathews and family
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