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The Commoner.
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cJUNE 7, 1907
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er makes nor mars. One muit learn
to make his own environment at
least to make it subservient to his
endeavors. It is not where we work,
'so much as Jhow wo do the work
-One that is determined to succeed
.will become so absorbed, in the busi
ness ho is about that he will make
his own environment. In order to
succeed at anything, we must work
now, and here. As it is out in the
world, so it is in the home we ac
complish only by earnest, persistent
doing, and never growing weary of
doing; by plotting? planning, think
ing, experimenting, and then by
working out the plans and experi
ments" to the Tefy best of our ability.
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i Many busy people are Bhameful
wasters of time and opportunity,
simply becousev they do low things
when higher ones are possible. They
read a poor book when they might
read a better one; they squander
time with inferior companions when
good ones are- possible; they waste
time in half-doing things, .in botch
ing, bungling and blundering, and
then in doing things over and over
because they were not done rignt
the first time. Marden, in success.
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The Child-Labor Problem
fc'iZ&he agitation for the doing away
V. ;.wmi child labor is bringing to the
" - front another, question: After the
labor is taken 'from it, what is the
-. .child to do? It is easy to say, "Put
v him in school, and let him grow,"
' but the fact stares most of people in
the face that in order to keep the
child in school and growing, there
is stringent need of money. Some
. ' body must work. Where there are
several children, oven with steady
work and wages, the average wage
earner finds it a problem, at times,
to stretch his "pay envelope" so as
to. cover the needed expenditures for
his family. The mother should not
tthough,in many cases, she. must
' . ne called upon to add the duties of
"wage-earner to her already over-full
hands. The demands of motherhood,
-with the additional cares ofthe
housework and home-making are too
, often beyond her strength; while,
the constant supervision of the do
.. Ings and the looking after the
whereabouts of the idle children,
and trying to keep .them in "the way
they should go," is one of the most
"nerve-wrecking problems of the day.
7. Many a well-to-do mother, with
t, Jaelpers about her work, goes to bed
, at night after the nerve-stretching
Z, experiences of the day too tired to
,; even utter a prayer. While the con
ditions for the chld are being bet
. tered, let us try to look the question
in the face, and try to contrive some
satisfactory answer "What are we
going to do with the child?" We
must" not forget that a child has
', other appetites than that of the
;. physical body. There must be asso
: ciations provided for him recrea
tions, as well as lessons; habits
must be taught him habits that will
- fit him to become the man we would
have him to be. There must be
'moral, as well as physical training,
and-the play ground must ultimate
ly giye place to the workshop. Many
wise, child-loving people are begin-
- ning to say that the workshop, it
' self, must be the play-ground; the
early lessons of life should take
" form as in the kindergartens of our
-""public schools. For the girls, this
kindergarten training" may ' take
place in the home; but for the boy
there is little found in the home
work to fit the boy for the rush and
-whirl of the life in the business
"V- vyorld. What are we to do with the
rVchild?
which they come, and the heredity
they bring with them. The real evil
lice far back of the immediate par
entage in many instances; often it
began generations ago, and we have
not far to look for the cause of it
all. One of the rarest things to bo
found in this world is a mentally,
physically and morally sound man or
woman. Indeed among the great ma
jority, it is the exceptipn, rather
than the rule, to find & really, com
fortably healthy individual. Almost
every one to be questioned ha somo
ailment or disease of a more or less
seriouB character. In the case of a
fine physique, the mental or moral
(or both) have been neglected, and
it Is seldom that a really fine men
tality has a. corresponding physical
development. One can not gather
figs of thistles, or grapes from
thorns, and the law of heredity
passes on to the offspring the de
fects and ailments of the parents
"even to the third and fourth gen
eration." We sternly condemn the
parent who would neglect a sick
child, or wilfully thrust -a helpless
being into absolute danger; but what
must be said of the person or per
sons who, knowing their unfitness,
deliberately afflict the unborn with
the consequences of their frailties
and vices? Instead of trying to en
force marriage and parentage upon
irresponsible people, it should bo de
manded of them that, for the sake
of future generations, they should
possess a knowledge of and a respect
for the ante-Jiatal laws of being, as
well as a healthy body and a sound
mind, to offer upon the marriage
altar. One can not build without
material, and the value of the struc
ture we rear will depend upon the
worth of the material of which it is
constructed. Generation Ms better
than education, and while we are
building and endowing institutions
for learning, .Jet us, not forget that
the well-born child., without educa
tional facilities sugh as ..these sup
ply will be vastly the superior,
through natural ability, of the weak
ling school child who comes lntothe
world weighted down with, a cruel
heredity. "Compulsory education"
would be a good thing for the law
makers, as well as for .the people for
whom the laws .are made.
where one business would pay, an
other would bo a flat loss; what ono
woman or girl could do 'profitably,
another would bo "plum crazy" to
attempt. Not all women can plan
wisely, or wisely follow a plan. In
such matters, one can but offer sug
gestions, hoping for the best; but
the best suggestion may not fall in
the right place. The problem of
making a living "earning bread
money," oven In these supposed
prosperous timos is, to very many
people, a very serious and distract
ing question. It is hard to plan for
another.
Something About Milk
The Good Book assures us that
"in the multitude of counsel there is
wisdom," but we are often so con
fused by the contrariness of tho
counsel thd.t we are unable to, recog
nize tho wisdom when w soo it. In
the matter of milk for the babies,
we are solemnly warned that it must
be either boiled or sterilized; in the
next breath, we are told that boilfcd
or sterilized milk 4s unfit for the
baby's consumption. In one caso, it
is a cemetery; in the other, it is an
acquarlum. Puro, fresh milk, wo
are told, contains a preservative in
the form of a beneficent bacteria,
which stand ready to make war on
the intrusive "bad" germs, and the
boiling or sterilizing kills these good
police-germs, and leaves tfie door un
guarded for tho entrance of the poison-producing
conditions. la any
case there will be trouble, for the
milk will be unfit for use in a short
time, anyway. If the milk is not
heated, the primary-police force will
be killed by the invaders, and if it is
sterilized, the heat does the work of
destruction, and the milk "goes bad"
all the same. Then, the doctors toll
us of diseased cows, and the hygjen
ists tell us of unclean methods of
the milkers. What shall we feed the
babies whose mothers have ' failed
them?
bolt) "a turn-over whito collar, r small
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Veil or invisible not' over tnit"hair,
straw hat with a wing in
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? I The, Real Issue -
'ifisbecomingpatent to-all close
' observers andstudentsthat -the real
question of "race-suicide"- has nbt
to deal so much with the number
r of the children brought into the
'world, as with the conditions under
x Earning Money at Homo
One of our readers who lives in
the country, sends us the following.
which contains much truth: "There
is plenty of work; here for any one
who is able and wants to work; but
in order to get the work, one must
go to it. Work must be away from
home, and there is little that can be
carried to the home of the' worker.
It makes me tired to read those art
icles in women's departments of the
newspapers and magazines, telling
how women may make money in the
home. The writers thereof do not
know what they are talking about;
they write to fill space, and are paid
for it by editors that know as little
about it as they do. I wonder if
they ever think how many anxious
girls and women will read their stuff,
hoping to find something that will
help them to solve the dreadful prob
lem of earning a little money by
which to eke out a starved subsist
ance, or how misleading such stuff
invariably is! Personally, I do not
attempt any of their fool experi
ments, but,I have known many who
have believed in them, only to fool
away what little money they had,
and It all ended In- grievious disap
pointment." "Earning pin money,
or bread money," at home is just one
of those things In which "so many
things make a difference." Work at
home is governed by the same laws
as work outside, and so much de
pends on conditions, environment,
market and marketing facilities, the
demand for the supply, the time,
health, strength ..endurance" and per
sistence of the worker all these
things must be considered. Where
one succeeds," "hundreds would fail;
Comfortable Clothing
We are told by the fashion writ
ers that not only long, but very full
skirts will again be worn some of
the extremes in fulness measuring
eight yards at the foot-line. ,These
lengthy skirts are for formal and
dress occasions. But wo are com
forted by the advice that, for street
wear, the skirts are made to clear"
the ground entirely, being $wo or
three inches short. Thin material.'
ate taking the place of even light
weight woolens, though light-weight
serges and English mohairs make up
.nicely for occasions, and the blouse
suit is coming into ravor ror service
able wear. Wash goods for all kinds
of costumes, wears and occasions are
in favor, and will greatly lqssen the
expenses for clothing, while at the
same time increasing tho bills for
laundering.
For Summer Wear
Blouse suits are to be worn for all
traveling, even for short trips, to and
from tho city. It Is an American
custom to insist upon coat suits, and
to equally persist in carrying the
coat over the arm, as it is constant
ly done on hot days. The tendency
Is very strong to substitute for these
costumes the simple, cool washable
blouse suits, which are not at All
expensive.
The class" of women who have lit
tle money to spend, and who wish
to spend it to the -best advantage,
should not buy the black or blue suit
for summer wear and trail it through
the hot .days vith the inconvenient
coat burdening the arm, but should
expend a couple of dollars on a black
and white striped or .checked cotton
fabric, or a 'solid gray or blue, or
brown, and make it up at home Into
a plain blouse and skirt, lx leather
makes a fresh, cool, couvonicnl cos
tume at small expense. Ono could
afford several of these suits, if made
at- homo, for tho cost of ono coat
suit. Tho skirt should he cut qilito
short, and the waist should be lined.
Tho soft turnoyor collars of em
broidery can bo made nt homo quite
inexpensively.
Wash gdods are much used for
summer woar, and nothing is moro
cool and becoming than theso freshly-laundered
blouse and skirt suits.
Linen gowns will be much worn, and
aro suitable for nearly every occa
sion. Tho linon frock with tho
Jumpier waist having tho largo arm
holes, and the skirt with fan plaits,
as well as linen coat suits, and tho
blouse and skirt suits. The goods
may be whito or colored, or any of
tho fancy linens.
There is littlo difference in tho
colors worn by older, and younger
women this season. White Is always
a good choice, and no woman is too
old to wear this in every fabric.
Black and whito stripes in muslin
will answer many doubts as to ma
terial for an afternoon gown.
Consumption of Liquids
Liquid nourishment, wo are told
by the American Magazine, should
bo sipped, or spoonedeaten that
it may become mixed with tho saliva.
Liquids taken between meals, before
tho stomach is empty, disturbs di
gestion. Clear coffee, chjekon broth,
lamb broth, oatmeal, tea, clam wa
ter, whey, and milk mixed with an
equal amount of vichy are among tho
best. The practice, however, is a
bad one. Falntness, "gonencBB," and
other symptoms of Indigestion that
invite this practice may be caused
by it. Tho taking of semi-solids at
soda fountains between meals is to
be earnestly condemned, Water .
alone should be taken at a draught,
and ice water, which checks tho flow
of saliva, should not be taken when
eating starchy foods. Four glasses
of water a day, clear, and of tho
temperature that suits, is sufficient
for the sedentary person.
CHILDREN SHOWED IT
Effect of Their Warm Drinic in tho
c Morning
"A year ago I was a wreck from
coffee drinking and was'on the point
of giving up ray position in tho
school room because of nervousness.
"I was telling a friend about it
and she said, 'We drink nothing at
meal time" but Postum Food Coffee,
and it is such a comfort to have
something we can enjoy drinking
with tho children.'
"I was astonished that she would
allow the children to drink any kind
of coffee, but she said Postum was
tho most healthful drink in the
world for children as well as for
older ones, and that the condition
of both the children and adulta
showed that to be a fact.
"My first trial was a failure. The
cook boiled it four or five minutes
and it tasted so flat that I was "in
despair but determined to give it
one more trial. This time we fol
lowed the directions and boiled it
fifteen minutes after the boiling be
gan. It was a decided success and
I was completely won by Its rich
delicious flavor. In a short time I
noticed n. decided improvement in
my condition and kept growing bet
ter and better month after month,
until now I am perfectly healthy,
and do my work in the school room
with ease and pleasure. I would not
return to the nerve-destroying reg
ular coffee for any money."
"There's a Reason." Read the
famous little "Health Classic," "The
Road to Wellville," in pkgs.
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