SS1X
ITS ALLIANCE HERALD, Fill DAY, FEIiRUAUY 25, 1921
COMMENT & MSIOMMENT
Somrlxvly I always tukinjr Hip joy
out of life. Now rortir Mrs. Siirr.h
Harbor of Omnhn, ailol nnl abfttcil
liy Superintendent of Sri ool J. II.
Itrveriilire, who has inuuirurjitod a
rnmpaipn to lo away with lnby tnlk.
Vv'e miht hsive nmi t-ympnthy with
the divine Sarah if she were attempt
ing to rl minnte Imhy talk nmonR the
Adult, Although there are times when
uch modes of Porrh undoubtedly
have their use, hut when Mie Mrikra
at talking to hah'es in the hinsrimge
made especially for their lenelit, we
think it time to fcUcr a protest.
Why on earth shou'd Sarah decide
to pick on proud parent and grnnd
pilimts. If she yearns for an oppor
tunity to start into the reform pome,
there are thousands of other anil more
fruitful fields to conquer. You never
can toll about a woman pave that if
t-hc once trets headed In any. direction,
fhe'll go that way. Therefore, we
must patiently await the time until
Sarah carries her campaign out to
these western wild..
lady of four, and ho near as we could
tell hud as pood a disposition as mo 4
little red-heiided Rills of that age.
Grandma J. was again vi?;t'ng. When
we entered the door we saw her con
tentedly lot-king the younger sister of
little Catherine, ami it would have
been difficult to realize that this was
the same household where the rigid
rules for handling babies had once
lioen In e(Tiet. We never di.-covered
jut how the transformation came
about, but some day, when we meet
the husbtnd, who is a nice, fat genLle-
;tn who sells crockery, we re 1,0'iig
i ask him about the reformation.
Of course, the lady makes a pretty ,
fair case if she couldn't, she wouldn't j
liave started this new reform. Sarah i
is the teacher in charge of speech cor-1
rection in the Omaha schools, unci her
theory is that baby-talk is a uscles
and harmful custom. She doesn't know
that it Is just as natural to talk baby
talk to a baby as it is to let a pretty
girl know the truth. However, to get
back to our knitting, Surah cays:
"This useless ami harmful custom
has been allowed to go on practically
unchecked, end it Is responsible for n
large percentage of seech defects in
the grades, stammering included.
"It gives the child wrong impres- (
tiions of pounds at a time when correct
impressions are very valuable. After
the wrong sound has been learned in
babyhood, it sometimes takes months
of drill to make the correction. It
even has boon said that lisping and
baby-talk are attractive in u very,
young child's speech. This is a state-!
ment made in utter ignorance of the
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child, should this defect become firmly
fixed.
"The results of the 'buby-talk' are
many. The child is kept buck in his
grade; he is socially ostracified; he be
comes self-conscious ami shy, and
sometimes he even is considered men
tally deficient. An ounce of preven
tion is worth a pound of cure. If we
we can enlist the help of the oldrcr
children to do away with 'baby-talk' at
home, it will prove of inestimable
value to the ch'ld who hoon will be
entering school."
The time is coming, just as cer
tainly as death and taxes, w hen babies
will grow up under entirely different
conditions than they do now. The
younger generation of mothers have
all sorts of rules and guides which ure
designed to make the young infants
patient and tractable, as well as teach
them correct habits . We remember
the case of one mother of our ac
quaintance who confided to a friend
that she did want Mary Dlizabeth to
get to be eight months old. because
when she reached that age, she would
le large enough to spank should occa
sion require.
It always hurts us to be forced to
take someone down from a pedestal.
I luring our days on The Journal, we
always admired Doc. Bixby because be
was such a stern old puritan, .mil such
a religious gentleman considering his
associates in crime. We have len
disillusioned roncern:ng the good doe
tor, and the thing that disillusioned us
was the following article from the en
of F.dgar Howard. Kdgar took in the
state press association meeting, und
tells of the termtat;on of a great
city. His remarks concerning I)oc.
Ilixby's attempt to load him into sin
ful ways are almost beyond belief. If
they had come from anyone but the
gentle editor of the Columbus Tele
gram, we wouldn't liePeve them. Head
the story for yourself:
"And as to the temptations thrown
in the pathway of the innocents when
they leave the moral atmosphere of the
rural districts ami go to the corrupting
rone of the Capital city just let me
cite one instance. Within the short
space of one hour I met and defeated
three tempters in Lincoln. The first
two of them tried to get me to join
one of those wicked Greek letter fra
ternities, recently imported from Mis
souri, and known as Ku Klux Klan,
and the third tempter I say it in sor
row was none other than Doctor Bix
by, whom many misguided people re
gard as a model man in mutters of
morals. I was hurrying along a busy
street, on some good mission, when I
came face to face with the seductive
Doctor Bixby. He knows I love him,
and often ho presumes upon my at
tachment. There was cunning in his
eye when he addressed me. I tried to
get him to go with me in pursuit of
my own good mission of the hour, but
he insisted I should go with him on
what he called an "investigating tour."
I was painfully shocked when the man
confided to me the true meaning of his
request Mollie Bixby may be fully
persuaded in her own mind that Doctor
Bixby has gone beyond the years of
indiscretion, but the usually keen mind
of that lady has not fathomed the
depths of the cunning of her dis
tinguished husband. Not for the pur
pose of promoting marital discord, but
only for the purpose of protecting
other rural innocents when they shall
be inhaling the wicked ozone of Lin
coln, I must tell the plain truth as to
the designs upon me by Doctor Bixby.
Where do you suppose he wanted me
to go with him? To a soda fountain?
Not there. To a library? Not there.
To a debating society ? Not there. To
rone of those places of innocent
amusement did the tempter ask me to
ro. Brazenly he asked me to go "Vn
in Maliel's Room" with him. I shall
say no more.
In the flays w hen we were a diligent
und conscientious university student,
we had an opportunity to watch u
combat between the older und newer
ideas of bringing up babies. In the
flat upstairs was little Mrs. J., who
was enjoying the rearing of Catherine,
the finest baby in the whole world.
Catherine was, so near as we could
tell, an ordinary baby, and no better
behaved than the average, but the
mother insisted that her system of
caring for the infant had made her
almost perfect. Little Catherine was
never rocked to sleep. She was simply
put to lied. If she howled, she was
allowed to howl until she got ready
to quit. If she fretted, her mother
would go on ironing until she got
over it.
The choir of the Presbyterian church
will present a program of music, singl
ing, living pictures, etc., at the church
Thursday evening March 3. 27
We bet that if we did get news from
Mars, it would be that Mars is hav
ing a crime wave. St. Louis Globe
Democrat.
While we are at it we might also try
KfimthinfT tn tirintr nnr matrimonial
bonds up to face value. Minneapolis
i riuuite.
In a wav getting married is like
sine the telephone. You don't al
ways get the party you want. Ness
City News.
Catherine was making fair progress
under this regime until Grandmother
J. arrived from the wilds of Minne
sota. She had brought up six stalwait
sons to be a credit to the nat:on, and
she was simply wild to play with her
first grandchild. The mother was torn
between two fires. If she let Gram I ma
J. have her way, there was no ques
tion but that Catherine would lose the
benefit of six months' of strenuous
training. If she refused, there would
le something to pay.
After studying the matter over, she
decided to stand by her guns. Grand
ma was greeted affectionately, but she
was told that the child was being
brought up according to Hoyle (or
whoever is the proper authority). The
old lady tok it pretty bard. There
was her first grandchild, and she was
forbidden to hold it in her arms, rock
it to sleep or talk baby-talk to it. You
can imagine how she felt about it.
The old lady's pathetic countenance
would have moved anything but a
heart of stone, but the young mother,
having made up her mind, was not to
be moved. The old lady got into the
habit of dropping into the fiat below
and bemoaning the new-fangled ideas
that kept her away from her grand
daughter. Our landlady, having raised
half a dozen kids, was most sympa
thetic, and once or tw ice tried to argue
the young mother out of it.
And then the unexpected happened.
The mother noticed that little Cath
erine crowed delightedly and held out
l.r arms every time grandma came
within ten feet of the cradle. She
couldn't understand it. Grandma ap
parently had accepted her hard lot and
admired the baby at a. respectful dis
tance when the mother was around.
One afternoon we learned the secret.
We had skipped a class. ' and had
' staved in our room. Mrs. j. was down
town shoppin. Yet . from the flat
above came the sound of a lullaby
sune by grandma, and somewher
there was a rocker going as hard as it
could go. ' .
Some vears Rfterward. when the war
was over. P droDned in at the aoait-
ment house to visit. Little Catherine
had grown to be a rather stout young
1IEMINGF0RD
F.. Vj. Ford was a calUr in Marsland
Thursday.
Mrs. c. E. Moranville has been on
the sick I'st.
Elizabeth Miller was a calW in
tow n Tuesday.
Henry Shoemiker was a caller in
Cha.lron Thursday.
W. N. Barret. ha moved his fam
.ly to the country.
Mrs. Charles Sharp was a shopper
in Alliance Monday.
Arlyne Blanrhard spent the week
end with home folks.
Mrs. Herbert Jones was a passenger
lo Alliance Tuesday.
Mr. and Mrs. Muirhead were Alli
ance shoppers Monday.
Mr." Bell of Alliance transacted busi
ness in town Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. Jim Kennedy were
callers in town Tuesday.
Ora Phillips was a passenger to
Lincoln Wednesday night.
Mr. and Mrs. .1. A. Sheldon were
callers in town Wednesday.
Mr. Burle'gh was a passenger to
Mt. Mauri Wednesday night.
Mr. Whitcsell was a passenger to
McCook the first of the week.
Ora Marvel spent a few days in
Hastings the first of the week.
Jim VVilson returned from Beaver
Crossing the first of the week.
Mr. and Mrs. Jenkins motored to
Alliance Wednesday afternoon.
Irma Wright spent Wednesday night
at the home of Helen Andrew.
Frank Caha and Father Manning
were Alliance callers Wednesday.
Mrs. Sam Graham was a caller it
Harve Kiester'a Friday afternoon.
Margaret Dixon is again able to re
sume her work at the post office.
Rev. May, Rev. Enslow and W. L.
Clark were Alliance callers Monday.
Madge Hardy has been confined to
her home nursing a case of tonsilitis.
Mr. Bergerman returned home af
ter spending a few days with his wife.
Faye Miller spent Tuesday night at
the home of Misses Helen and Irene
Haynes.
Clark Summers who has been very
sick shows very little improvement at
this writing.
Ellen, Tessie and Ernest Plahn aie
,.-nd 0 their home nursing i.'ic
chicken pox.
v. mtuatiu oi Wyoming is starling
up a shoe repair shop just north of the
central office.
Mr. and Mrs. Stauacker announce
the arrival of Martha Elenora, Wash
ington's birthday.
A. P. Haynes has been working out
at the Harve Kiester farm the l.ititr
part of last week.
Mr. ami Mrs. Mike Walters an
nounced the arrival of a baby boy the
first of the week.
Blanche Wiltsey and Mrs. Mooser
visited Mrs. Danbom at Antioch, the
first of the week.
Lloyd Mullen is running the Stand
ard Oil wagon for Walter Carter while
he is doing other work.
Mr. and Mrs. Smith of Alliance at
tended the revival meeting at the M.
L. church Tuesday evening.
Elva Bunce returned to her home in
the country the last of thie week after
spending a few days in town.
Mr. and Mrs. Surdyk entertained a
few of their friends and neighbors at
a card party Wednesday evening.
Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Lyons who have
been visiting ut Sidney, Iowa, ,i nd
Johnstown, returned home Tues:lr.v
- The little daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Arthur Carrel!, who has been sick,
shows some improvement at this writ
ing. The sale which was held at the C. E.
Goodrich farm Tuesday went exceed
ingly well. Everything sold at a fine
price.
Mr. and Mrs. Fay Donovan and
family of Alliance were visiting at the
Sam Graham home the latter part. of
the week.
Grace Hansen and Dora Reiman de
parted for Lincoln Thursday night
where they intend to attend the Lin
coln Business college.
Mrs. Powell who has been visiting
jat, Holdrege, Hastings and Lincoln,
for the past two months, returned
to her home at Canton, Tuesday.
Edwin Carson of Chicago is visiting
at the O. N. Swanson home.
Jim Blundell has received word of
the death of his father who lived in
California. The body is being brought
to Chadron for interment.
MARSLAND
Dull Kay was in from the Kay ranch
Saturday.
Rex Tollman of Bellmont was in
town Monday.
Henry Clark was a visitor at the
county seat lat week.
Mrs. Eva Bennett entertained the
M. E. aid society Wednesday after
noon. Burt. Bouck returned from Chadron
Sunday after serving on the jury for
the past week.
A lady from Alliance was in town
last week writing insurance in the
Modern Woodmen.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Harris were in
town shopping Friday from their
ranch up the river.
Mr. and Mrs. Glen Finney are the
proud parents of a baby boy which ar
rived at the'r home last week.
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Townley enter
tained a few friends Saturday evening.
The evening was snent playing cards.
Mrs. Patrick left Friday morning for
her home at Ansleyt, after a week's
visit with her mother, Mrs. Eva Ben
nett.
Mrs. Henrv Hollinrake came up
from Hofl'land for an over Sunday visit
with her husband who is working on
the ice.
Mr. and Mrs. Van Skyke of Alliance
are guests at the home of Mrs. Van
Skyke's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ump
Kendrick this week.
Mrs. Howard StoMorph and children
returned to their Alliance home Fri
day after several weeks' visit with
her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Hunsaker.
Ben Johnson of Hemingford was in
own Friday and Saturday. He
bought a car of hogs from Thomas
Hovarky and shipped them out Satur
day afternoon.
Mrs. Burt Furman. Mrs. C. H. Flem
ing and Mrs. John Sullenberger went
to Crawford Thursday evening to at
tend Eastern Star. Mrs. Sullenbergrr
was taken into the order that evening.
C. V. Witty of Crawford spent a
few days in Marsland this week visit
;ng at the home of Ernestine Mc
Laughlin. Mr. Witty was on his re
turn to Crawford from his home in
Illinois, being called there by the seri
ous illness of a brother.
Mrs. Chas. Huss and daughter, Miss
Helen, went to Denver Thursday where
Miss Huss will take up work at the
wholesale millinery. She has had sev
eral seasons' experience and will fin
ish her training there this spring. Mr.
Huss accompanied them as far as
Alliance.
MODERN ECONOMY
"I don't spend as much money an
! my girl as I used to a couple of years
ago.
How's that?"
"Well, I used to bring her candy
when I called. Now she's satisfied with
j a package of cigarettes.'
Wanted to buy both your fat
and stock hogs. O'liannon and
Neuswanger. Phone 71. 18tf
The landlord who asks others to
join him in putting rents down to a
reasonable basis is not yet in the cen
ter of the crowd. Pittsburg Gazette.
An English novelist says that it
would be unw ise to standardize wom
an's dre.s by legislation. Unwise is a
feib'e word it would be impossible.
Stock hogs wanted by the Ne
oraska Land Company. 103-tf
It must be hard to have such a large
income that one can't pay the tax on
it El Paso Herald.
REMEMBER to ask
your grocer for Cal
umet Baking Powder and be
sure that you get it the In
dianhead on theorange label
Then forget about bake
day failures. For you will
never have any. Calumet
always produces the sweet
est and most palatable foods.
And now remember, you
always use less than of most
other brands because it pos
sesses greater leavening strength.
Now Remember-
Always Use
There 13 no waste. If a
recipe calls for one egg two
cups of flour half a cup of
milk - that's all you use.
You never have to re-bake.
Contains only such ingre
dients as have been officially
approved by U. S. Food Authorities,
is the product of the largest, most
modern and sanitary Baking Pow
der Factories in existence.
Pound can cf Calumet contains fu!l
loo. Some baking powderscme in
' XI os. instead of 16 o. cans. Be sura
you get a pound when you want it.
Clitrat
Columbia
Muffia
Rcip
4 cups sifted
flour, 4 level tea
spoons Calumet
Baking Powder,
1 tablespoon su
gar, 1 teaspoon
salt, 2 eggs, 2
cups of sweet
milk. Then mis
in the regular
way.
DON'T
LOSE
YOUR
DIAMONDS
Have the setting built up,
re-pronged, before it is too
late.
Our manufacturing depart
ment gives you prompt
service.
Leave the work in the
morning. It will be
ready in the afternoon.
Thiele's
Jewelry Department
To the Young Women
of Alliance
nnHRIFT is something that should be de
veloped by every young woman. It is
an attribute to be admired.
To the young woman who intends to 'marry,
thrift is essential. It affords the training
necessary to make a provident housewife.
It is exactly as necessary to the young woman
making her own way in the world. She will
find it an invaluable aid in her task.
No easier or better wray to get this training
can be found than in a savings account Not
only are you saving, but adding to your sav
ings as you go, through the liberal interest
paid.
This bank invites your account and will show you
every courtesy as well as offer any advice you seek
to help your account grow.
First National Bank
ALLIANCE
NEBRASKA
my even carries
maclies now
He
20 for 20 cents
in r. tight package i.
Alto obtainable in round
tint of SO, vacuum-tealed. .
HENRY WAS "near."
IN OTHER words, tight.
HE CARRIED two packs.
OF CIGARETTES.
ONE FOR friend Henry.
FULL OF "Satisfys."
AND THE other containing.
JUST ONE cigarette.
. . '
AND THAT lone cigarette.
WAS ALWAYS offered.
TO SMOKELESS friends. 1
WHO WERE all polite.
AND REFUSED to take It.
AND 80MEH0W Henry.
WAS NOT popular.
TILL ONE day by mistake,
HE PULLED the full pack.
AND EVERYONE tell on it.
WITH LOUD cries of glee.
HIS STRONG constituUon.
CARRIED HENRY through,
AND DAY by day.
HE GREW more popular,
AND HENRY knew why.
FOR HE'S nobody's dummy.
AND NOWADAYS he not only,
CARRIES THE cigarettes.
THAT SATISFY.
BUT FORCES 'em on people.
-
GIVES AWAY packs of 'em(
AND, SHUCKS.
HENRY COULD run for Mayor,
AND GET away with it now.
.
GIVE your friends the real thing
introduce them to Chesterfields I
Odds are they'll find just what you'va
found in this wonderful Turkish-Do
mestic blend a smoke that by com.
parison seems way out of its prica
clasa-andi. They Satisfy!"
CIGARETTES '
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Liggett h Myers Tobacco Co.