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1. New Ualea Passenger Stall.
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braska Highway, Including the pave
maot ef Main Thoroughfares leading
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The Bar and Judge Landis. ,
, When the committee of congress decided that
Judge Kcnesaw Mountain Landis had committed
no ofTettbe, done no wrong, in accepting employ
ment from the base ball interests while retaining
hit position on the bench, it was felt that the
matter had passed on to the American Bar as so.
elation. Nor wi there any uncertainty as to
what the pronouncement of that body would be
in the premises. The form as expressed by the
resolutions adopted at Cincinnati indicates the
determination of the bar to preserve its high
standard of ethics and morals, and to omit noth
ing in defease of its position.
Had the bar association omitted this action,
it would have stood before the world at con
doning what its members feel to be a wrong
thing. The personality of Judge Landis does not
enter into the argument, nor has any challenge
of his motives been made. His act is looked
upon as unethical, and by some as immoral. No
amount of sophistry or special pleading can mod
ify the outstanding features of the case.
One of the dearest rights of free people is
that justice shall be unimpeded, not bought or
sold, nor influenced by any consideration save
the right. Courts are human institutions, and
judges are men, but in the ease of the federal
bench in effort has been Wade to remove the judge
from the ordinary temptations, ambitions and
even conditions of life. He is conceived to be a
man of trained mind, superior to the allurements
of place and power, wealth and its accompani
ments;. he is secure in his position, assured of an
income sufficient to provide not only comforts
but some luxuries; surrounded at all times by
the things that appeal to the intellect, affording
hira opportunity for enjoyment beyond the scope
of the layman, and -possessed of the respectful
regard of the community. When he does any
thing that brings the least whisper of suspicion
against himself, he has done something that is an
injury to our entire system of administering
justice. ' , ; '"
In accepting private employment while yet
on the bench, Judge Landis has subjected him
self to proper criticism. His act has been a
reproach to him and to all his associates. He
may dismiss' the subject as he did, with, "I have
nothing to safr," but the people of America will
not cease to marvel at the spectacle of a federal
judge drawing one salary from the public and
another from private employers, and will not
cease to believe that "No man can serve two
masters," '
General Wood and Filipinos.
With the announcement of his acceptance of
the position of governor, general' of the Philip
pines, Geri. Leonard A. Wood also gives notice
of intention to retire from the military service
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account of length of service to honorable retire
ment, and will take advantage of this. The house
military affairs committee lately refused, to con
sider a-bill passed by the senate, which would
have allowed the general to retain his rank in
the army while acting in the civil capacity. He
meets. this emergency by action that shows how
highly he 'values the opportunity given him 'by
President Harding, and his continued willing
ness to serve where he may do good.
For the country it is fortunate that a man of
this type is available to deal with the affairs of
the Philippines, which are not only seriously but
critically involved. The work over there is one
of the most important undertakings this country
ever set out to accomplish, and to its carrying
out we are morally obligated. Miserable political
management has undone a great deal that was
set on foot by the republicans, and our national
influence has suffered because of the undermin
ing effects of th flirtation set up between the
Wilsonites and" the Filipino politicians.
This can be set right only by firmness and
fair dealing, with the assurance to the natives
'.hat justice will be done and they will not be
deprived of their birthright because of the pres
ence of the United States as tutor and guide.
General , Wood's presence there will be the best
guaranty we can give the islanders.
Message of the County Fairs.
The season of county fairs is well under way,
soon to be capped by the state fair at Lincoln.
No one of these' can be visited without there
being aroused a feeling of pride in the achieve
ments that thus are evidenced. In Dodge coun
ty the exhibits of fine live stock were so num
erous that a tent had to be erected to accom
modate the pigs of the boys' clubs and the sheep
display. A noticeable feature is the determined
effort to raise the best qualities of products
and not to waste time and effort on mongrel
breeds and poor varieties. It is this progressive
spirit of the farmers and their wives and chil
dren that is largely responsible for the fact that
the total value of Nebraska farms ranks above
all except two other states, Illinois and Iowa.
These agricultural fairs show better than
anything else could the solid foundation of the
atate'a prosperity. Statistics say that there are in
Nebraska 124,000 farms, and that the average
value is $29,927, but it is only through viewing
the annual exhibition . of their products that city
folk can really have the magnitude of the agricul
tural industry impressed upon them. Seven
thousand people attended the Nemaha county
fair fat one day, and not one of these could
have left without being atrengthened and in
spired at was that mythical hero of old who
drew li might from contact with Mother Earth
iitd was conquered only when hi antagonist
lifted him aloft and broke the subtle spell as
his strength drained away.
Democracy and Demagogy.
One of the most astounding statements lately
issuing from a responsible source' is the follow
ing paragraph from the editorial columns of the
Omaha World-Herald:
The law sink from the jnajestlc to the
trifling. It becomes not friend and protector
but cither a nuisance or an oppressor, some-'
thing to be evaded or ignored rather than
obeyed. Instead of something plain and aim
pie and easily understood it it transformed into
a maze, a network of ropes and airing and
wires and cobwebs hopelessly tangled and
snarled. Made without wisdom, made odea
in a blind partisan fury, often with headstrong
passion and prejudice, without regard for sym
metry or proportion, not a natural growth hut
in artificial monstrocity, how can such law
be expected to rule successfully a great and
free and enterprising people all of whom have a
hand in t making, all of whom are Ignorant
of most of it, and all of whom are disgusted
with much of itf
This is a direct invitation to anarchy. It i
subject to but one interpretation; the people are
advised to select what, if any, laws they wish to
obey, and to make such selection from time to
time as convenience or interest may direct, and
to evade or ignore the others.
In this land the laws are made by the people,
and if we have too many or if some of them are
oppressive, it is within the power of the people
to apply the remedy. In Nebraska we have not
only the legislature, but the initiative and refer
endum system (especially championed by the
Omaha World-Herald), and if the statute books
are cluttered up with "ropes and strings and
wires and cobwebs hopelessly tangled and
snarled," 'it is because the people so willed.
' The remedy does not lie in the evasion of
law, but in obeying the law in its minutest par
ticular, enforcing it exactly on all; then if it be
oppressive or hindering, it will soon disappear
before public disapproval. To allow one man, or
a group of men to set themselves above the law,
or any of the laws, is 'to open the door to all to
do the same, and then the whole fabric of the law
dissolves and the mists of anarchy and chaos
enfold the race. Such demagogy as the para
graph quoted contains is unworthy any cause.
Not Another Ludlow.
Marching troops of the United States are
going into West Virginia to terminate a private
war. It is not to be another Ludlow, but is the
earnest effort of the proper authority of the
United States to maintain the sway of law and
to preserve the peace and order of the country.
No matter what the cause, no matter which side
is right or wrong, neither the miners nor the
mine owners has the righMo defy the law and
to set up an army to enforce private views or
to right private wrongs. Only the state can do
that, but, having failed to assert its sovereign
authority the state of West Virginia calls on
the federal government for assistance, and three
regiments of infantry are on the way to 'disperse
the armed groups that now defy the government.
Untutored men may think they are permitted to
carry out their own plans for settling their own
troubles. Unscrupulous or selfish men may feel
they are privileged to protect their own property
or assert their own policies in much the same
way. Both are wrong. Over West Virginia,
in over Colorado, Nebraska or any other state
in the union floata Old Glory, the symbol of the
power of all the people, and to it all must bow,
feeling sure that justice will be done under its
sway. .Whatever else may take place in West
Virginia's coal mining region, the law must be
observed.''' . '' '.-'., ""ji.''' -'' " C,"
Leaving School Too Soon.
Not more' than half of the children attend
school after the age of 14, according to a survey
by the American Institute of Civil Engineers.
No one can doubt that there are in Omaha and
the state at large many boys and girls who will
fail to return to their classes this month although
their schooling is unfinished. A heavy respon
sibility rests on parents who acquiesce in such
arrangement ".'V" ,:" '..;..:" 7'"
While it may be true that higher education
such aa is provided by the universities is thrown
away on eome of those who enjoy its privileges,
it is impossible to uphold any such declaration
concerning "the high schools. Those who lay
down their books at the age of 14 are entering
on the opportunities of life and the, responsibil
ities of citizenship ill-equipped. They can scarce
ly be said to have acquired the foundation on
which their future development must rest. For
their own sakes and in the interest of unified prog
ress toward a higher standard of living those
who are halting by the way should be convinced
of the advantage that the schools hold out to
them. '
The Omaha Live Stock exchange, in en
gaging Dr. W. T. Spencer to conduct the fight
on tuberculosis among live stock has shown a
public spirit that ought to be appreciated in the
country and city as well, for diseased animals are
a menace to all. ;
The railroad official who declares that the
farmers are no worse off than many others
speaks the truth, but ignores the fact that pros
perity generally starts on the farms and then
spreads out to all lines.
. The theft of a guitar from a Howard avenue
flat furnishes the Jastest police mysteryit is
impossible to discover whether it was confiscated
by a neighbor, a burglar or a music critic
Those miners who were ordered to return to
their homes perhaps were evicted and had none.
Don't Do These Things.
Don't blow out the gas, don't take medicine
from a bottle in the dark, don't light a match to
see if there is gasoline in the tank; don't go
around the rear of a street car without looking,
don't rock the boat It would be possible to con
tinue the catalogue much further, but everyone
knows all of the rules in the category to which
these belong, though somebody violates one of
them and makes a case for the coroner every
once in a while.
This is the time of year when another ancient
"don't" is frequently violated. It was violated
m Monroe the other day by four people and the
next day one of them was dead. They depended
upon general judgment instead of exact knowl
edge m the selection of the ingredients for a
mess of mushrooms. The appropriate don't for
all such cases is don't eat anything supposed to
be a mushroom unless yon know exactly what it.
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Brains and Unemployment
Hoover's CU for Conference
Holds Out Hopes for Kelicf.
(From the New York Times)
Barring a single infelicitous phraie, Secre
tary Hoover's snnounccment with regard to
President Harding's unemployment conference
is temperate and of good omen. "It Is Incon
ceivable," be ' "that America, with its sur
plus in food and clothing, with housing though
crowded end with an abundance of fuel, could
allow any suffcrng amoug those of our own
fieople who desire lo woik." Such a situation
i paradoxical, lamentably tragic but unfor
tunately all too conceivable. Hard times have
recurred with something very like cyclic
regularity, and a leading feature his generally
been lessened consumption, or, to put it the
other way, overproduction. Thanks to the war,
the civilised world is drained f ready resources
as never belore, and the organized international
cooperation that might have forestalled em
barrassment has been rendered impossible, large
ly by our own blind prejudice. If anything is
"inconceivable' it is that we hhould altogether
escape the logical result of the crisis through
which we re passing.
In spite of Mr. Hoover's phrase, he would
doubtless be the first to grant the truth of all
this. Nowhere does his statement give promise
of direct financial aid to the unemployed. That
could only result in waste and misdirection of
energy a vast increase of the burden of taxa
tion and a crippling of the very industries which,
under the spur of individual initiative, afford
the only sound basis of future prosperity. One
great resource remains, however, which hitherto
has never been mobilized a nationally repre
sentative conference of all the elements in the
.situation, which shall be inspired by a spirit
of mutual sacrifice and enlightened self-interest
The gist of Mr. Hoover's announcement lies
in the following phrase: "A broad study of
the economic measures desirable to ameliorate
the unemployment situation and give impulse
to the recovery of business and commerce to
normal.'
In similar crises hitherto this has never been
possible perhaps not even "conceivable." There
have been far too many employers of the type
revealed by Samuel Untermyer in the Lock
wood committee hearings, far too many unionists
of the type of Brindcll. But that has never
been the chief obstacle. In the lack of any
broadly constructive program, the more in
tclligent type of employer and employed have
remained at loggerheads, each jealously guard
ing its own gains and its strategic position for
the future. This is the case today. How far
employers have of late been animated by a purely
factional view of the situation it is not .possible
to tell, for they have had the wisdom of. silence;
but Mr. Gompers has been loudly and vehement
ly outspoken in his proclamation of a narrow,
class-limited policy in his demand of privi
leges for labor which are today quite impos
sible and which at any time could be achieved
only by a frank and free co-operation of all the
industrial forces that make up the nation.
Into this situation, this seemingly eternal
deadlock, Mr. Hoover has thrown the catalyst
of an idea. There is and always has been a third
factor in the industrial problem, the educated
technician who is neither capitalist nor hand
laborer but the executive brainy of both. Speci
fically, there is the Society of American Engi
neers. Almost a year ago Mr. Hoover began
a nation-wide research into industrial conditions
with a view to precisely such crises as the one
now confronting us. The individual researches
each, one working in the industry in which
he is employed are inspired by his high en
thusiasm, by his belief that, if any feasible plan
is forthcoming, both the American employer and
the American workman will have the intel
ligence and the public spirit to embrace it
. This attack upon our industrial problems
is a thing quite new; it is as bold as the situa
tion is huge and difficult. That it should at
once succeed is not impossible, though unfor
tunately not probable. But it has a far greater
chance of success than the academic and talka
tive industrial conferene of a year and a half
ago. Time is long.. That the brain force of in
dustry should not eventually succeed in uniting
the forces of the .nation for the nation's good
is, if you will, inconceivable.
The First Test
. The republicans of New Mexico have prob
ably put their best foot foremost in nominating
H. O. Bursum to succeed himself in the senate.
He is serving now by appointment. The elec
tiona special one takes place next month.
This will be the first test of public sentiment
of any consequence on political matters since
November.1 Has the tide turned? Or is it still
with the republicans?
Secretary Fall, and through him the adminis
tration, will be felt in the campaign. He is a
strong man at home, and probably the stronger
by reason of the compliment the president has
paid him by calling him to a seat at the cabinet
table.-'-- - . - v, ;-,L:
Interest in the contest is increased by specu
lation touching the influence of the result outside
the state. If the tide has turned, how much
benefit -will Tammany, and democratic organiza
tions in other states where campaigns are sched
uled for this year, derive from a -disclosure of
the fact In this far-away state in the southwest?
If the advantage is still with the republicans,
how much benefit all around will they derive?
The campaign will be short only a month.
But all campaigns on the card this year will be
short. Money is scarce, and both parties have
discovered that campaigning nowadays con
sumes the wherewithal in quantities. There are
some expensive new wrinkles, and even old
wrinkles are costing more than hitherto.
Washington Star.
American Farm Values.
In 1910 the census found the value of all the
farms in the United States to be $34,801,125,697.
In 1920 the census valuation was $66,334,309,556.
The figures had been nearly doubled in ten years.
The average value of a farm had risen in a
decade from $5,471 to $10,287. But, of course,
the dollar was worth less in January, 1920, than
it was in 1910 or is in 1921.
That group of grain growing states which is
known as the west north central and which in
clude Minnesota, Iowa, Missouri, Nebraska,
Kansas and the Pakotas reported an increased
value in farms of $13,000,000,000. Yet there were
those who doubted whether $2.26 wheat would
be profitable. Iowa alone is credited with a rise
of more than $4,000,000,000 m the value of its
farms.
The figures are amazing until more astound
ing amounts are recalled. Take, for example.
the total 190 valuations 01 the larms of New
England, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania,
the solid south and the mountain and Pacific
states. Sell them all, land and buildings, at the
census estimates and you would have just about
enough money to pay the American war bill I
New York Herald. :. - (
- No Place for Politics.
The problem of framing a just and equable
revenue law at the present time would appear
difficult enough to demand the best efforts of
leaders in both parties without introducing a
political element into an issue so far removed
from the field of politics. There is neither a
republican nor a democratic way of revising? the
income tax or of taxing corporations and articles
of consumption. What is sound, is sound irre
spective of the support it may have. There may
be certain national issues that naturally lend
themselves to differences of opinion along party
lines, but taxation is not one of them. Cleve
land Plain Dealer . v
How to Keep Well
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EXTRACTINO VITAMINES.
It has been proved that a food to
be adequate niut have a proper
amount of carbohydrates, such aa
larrh and sugar, fat, such aa but
ter and gravy, protaln, such as lean
maAt and it, minerals, such aa
an It and lima, and aluu of a newly
diacoverad aet of u balance known
aa vitamlnoa.
It la common to niwamire the food
requirement by calorie or heat
u in t. ana in judging or a roon Mini
iiteajture outweigh all others In Im
portune. Hut in addition to calor
ie or energy unit, it la ncury
that the diet ahould contain a cer
tain epucllled quantity of protein If
the tliwuea are to be kept In flrat-
cImwi repair.
A a rule It I not necsaaary to
pay attention to mineral, uliue the
avaruga mun will eat enough miner
al to aupply hi needs If he cat the
diet which are customary among
our people.
The vltumlnes atlll are an un
known quantity, though we have
learned much about them In recant
yearn. It 1 the Abundance of this
fermentlike group of aubatnnce In
very frexh foods which la responsible
lor their miperiorlty.
Klnh eaten at the Wiiterxldc. but
ter just out of the churn, new laid
t'CRft, radlnhen, onion, and pen
rrexn rrom trie garden, all these not
only tame better but are more
wholesome than other ldr, more
traveled, and more Bophlitlcated
food products, In all probability be
cause they have more vlinmine.
Hut alnce we cannot all live by the
river and catch our own fish, or live
on the farm and auck a cow in a
pasture, It becomes Advisable to put
vttamlnes In permanent form If it
can be done. A year ago Dubln and
Lewi of Amu, I., described a
method of drying vltaminee And put
ting them up in powdered form. The
drug house have permanent prepA
rations of vltaminea on the merket
More than two years ago Given told
of uHlng dried orange juice a an
addition to the diet
For year Hess ha advocated the
use of the juice of canned tomatoes
a a preventive of ecurvy. There
fore I was not aurprlsed when I read
in the Journal of Biologljal Chem
istry that McClendon not only ex
tracted various vitamines and put
them up in a form in which they
would keep but he demonstrated by
laboratory teat that the vltAmlne
extracted had not been -lestroyed or
made ineffective in the process.
From green leaves and fruit skin he
extracted fat soluble A. He pre
served this and other vitAmines in
mint oy drying it with heat. Other
vitamin were extracted from spin
ach, yeavt, and the germ . t wheat.
The mot frail of the vitamlne
U that which prevent wuny. Ha
preserved the antl-arorbutio vita,
mine of orange and tomatoes. It
may ba that w are coming to
canned vltaminea
1'erhapa the table of the future
will have three or more vliamlne
ahaker a!onld the wilt and pep
per. When w eat we will sprinkle
a little canned vitamin on our
canned meat and dried vegetables,
cut it, and keep healthy. Every
thing rural la being canned. We
may soon have canned freshness.
Try Eating Ilrnn.
U. A. J. writes: "I am (I yean
old. 1 have had very few natural
evacuation of the bowels for sev
eral year. I have ud epsom baU
nnd other cathartics. Very often I
use enemas. Will the frequent use
of the latter Injure my system or
health t"
REPLY.
The use of enems Is preferable
to epsom salts and other cathar
tics. However, It develops the enemA
habit and that is a bud one. How
did you get atarted on salts and ca
thartics? But why ask? 60 many
people of your generatioi did not
know the harm of the cathartic
habit Instead eat plenty of bran,
vegetable and fruit. It this does
not suftlc eat sugar. If hat is not
enough take mineral oIL
Bran Help Most People.
I It. C. writes: Vis bran cooked
with oatmeal eaten every morning
during the year Injurious to the
health, or i it beneficial?"
REPLY.
Beneficial to most people.
I'sc Hot Vinegar.
R. T. S. write: "Will you kindly
tell how to remove nit from .he
hAir After lice hAve been killed?"
REPLY.
Wash the hair with hot vinegar.
Comb out the nit with a fine tooth
comb.
.Try Curing Yourself.
J. H. write: 'l have had canker
for 40 years, and as yet no doctor
has cured me, so I take it there is
no cure for canker. What have you
to offer on the question? What is
the cause of canker?"
REPLY.
The physicians msy not be Able
to cure you, but you ran cure your
self. Canker is caused by wrong
eating habits. To cure it, change
your eating habits. You earn it for
yourself, now earn your cure. Sim
ple as falling off a log.
Get Ready for a Hard
Winter
From the Christian Century.
Famine stalks in the alley of the
great cities. The Liberty bonds and
small savings accounts have been
gradually consumed and many fam
ilies are even now, in the middle of
the summer, next door to want The
commission on immigration and citi
zenship of the Chicago Y M. C. A.
has decided to inaugurate a cam
paign of publicity to prepare the
public for the dire things that seem
about to happen. This commission
Is authority for the statement that
on July 1 in some parts of the state
there were as many as five men for
every opening for employment. The
city of Chicago has large numbers
of men sleeping out of doors and
begging their daily bread: The first
touch of real winter will drive these
men indoors. The commission urges
that the lodging houses of the city,
which have fallen Into disuse dur
ing recent years be made ready for
the demands that are sure to press
upon them during the coming win
ter. The churches are &lso warned
that they, too, must prepare to lend
a helping hand. Where it is possible
to do so, groceries should be bought
up at the summer prices against the
neea or the coming winter. In the
cky of Chicago it is prophesied that
there will be at least 200,000 men
out of employment when the
snow flies. These must have a min
imum wage of $100 each to get
through, the winter. Thi means that
special plans for employment must
be devised which will cost $20,000,
000, a sum of money father stag
gering when one begins to grasp its
meaning. Meanwhile every Influ
ence should be used with congress
to seek the cause of the present de
pression and adopt adequate reme
dies. The goods of the United
States are being driven, out of the
world markets, by the competition
of reviving European countries. Na
tions that would buy of us are un
able to do so because of unfavorable
exehange rates. If these common
assertions about the economic situa
tion are not correct, then the truth
should be found and some kind of
remedy devised. Poverty in the
richest nation of the world is an ab
surdity amounting to a social crime.
Motor Drivers
From the New Haven Journal
Courier.' ' .
Drivers of automobiles who make
trouble finally with a crash of se
rious character usually have a his
tory. Just aa the seemingly sound
oak tree when it lies prostrate- before
the gale lies revealed weak and de
fective at the heart, so as a rule
there is an explanation when some
driver sideswipes the citizen quiet
ly going tils way, or terrioiy over
turns himself or others, perhaps
with fata results. Not always, but
often.
Quite recently a young man met
his death in his car. As the details
came out and all the facts, It de.
veloped that his fast and heedless
driving was remarked. His friends
knew it and commented on it. He
was not as other automobillsts are.
This ran on for some time; at last
the law of chance silent, remorse
less caught him.
Some time ago, another driver
wrecked a party and created a sen
sation. The victims were severely
injured, the driver escaping by that
strange law that keeps the theory
of vicarious sacrifice to the fore.
The accident nearly deprived the
world of persons whom it would not
willingly lose. When the matter
was canvassed and all the evidence
was in from the rear towns, it Ap
peared that this man was known as
a desperate driver. He was not con
tent to use his machine as a means
of transportation but he had to
"step on her" and dash to and fro
to make the groundlings stare. 80
definite was this that persons
stepped forward to say that long be
fore the accident they had driven
with him but once only, telllm: him
with some heat, "never again." It
is probably true that in many, if not
most cases, where there it disaster
the explanation lies in -he past
that "accident is a logical outcome
of recklessness. -
It may be profitable to Introduce
the law of chance as a topic In the
scbMla. It U not only curious but
impressive. It is definitely known
how often one may take a crossing
"on the high," or cut in n a car in
advance in perfect safety, the next
time, however to be eligible for the
hospital or related institutions.
THE SINGLE TRACK MAN.
There la a man In our little town.
So careful and thrifty, they iay.
H counts every seed in hl carden in
spring;
And dusta all hi tools when ho puts
them away.
This man has a Job In a town miles away.
But he never misses his trsln.
He a on time In the mornlni. he's on time
at nliht,
In sunshiny weather or rain.
He always reads the same news sheet
O' mornings and at night
He buys one like the night before
uu 1 n.u, tuo 1UK VLl quite.
Now recently It happened
. vnaiice came
And knocked right at his big front door,
auu b,to caura ms name.
But this man In our town couldn't anawof,
He hadn't a word to say.
He had run so long on a single track
no anew no other way.
And so he gets the seven-ten.
And the ftve-flfteen as well.
And he'll soon be wearing blinders.
As near as we can tell.
Jane Bates, in Forbes Magazine (N. T.).
Romance in Origin
Of Superstitions
Br H. IRVINQ KINK.
Tha Child and the Woodpile.
Among children's superstitions it
one which says that "If you go out
to the woodpile and say: 'Johnnie
wilh your finger, Willie with your
ton, tuthin (something) romrs out
of the woodpile and tear off all your
close (clothes)."' How many of u
in childhood have thui approached
a woodpile with bravado and, hav
ing uttered the conjuration, fearfully
ran for the house before the "nuthin '
could catch u. It it interesting to
note that children have a collection
of superstitions which are distinc
tively their own and which they do
not carry over with them into adult
life, though they are by no meant
more absurd than tlioe which influ
ence them at "grownupi."
These tupcrstitionn are learned
from other children and not from
older people. Generation after gen
eration of children past them along
to their tucceiaor from an origin in
tome dim and distant pat. The
question is: Why does childhood
have its superstitions no more child
ish than the superstitions of older
people yet distinct from them? They
are evidently superstitions once
common to people both of child
hood and maturity, or are derived
from such superstitions. What is
there about them that cause them to
persist in the child mind long after
they have ceased to be operative in
the mature mind? The child's
woodpile superstition is apparently
not an inheritance from tree-worship,
but from an idea of the an
cients impinging upon it and be
tween which are tree-worship it is
sometimes hard to draw a definite
line. It was that form of animism
which regarded trees not as gods
but as the residence of spirits, bene
ficent or malevolent as the case
might be. Examples of this are
still found among uncivilized tribes
in various parts of the world. The
child at the woodpile crying: "John
ny wn your finger t, Willi will)
your toet i mocking the wood
spirit whose former home, the trr
which furnished the wood for the)
pile, lies in ruin, but about which ha
may be tuppocd to itilt linger.
Naturally under turh circumstance
the wood-spirit would b angry anl
"tear off 'all" the child clothes i
it caught him,
(Owntht. by Tht P.II lyadlrtt
Ine
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Parents' Problems
Should children be allowed to
nuke collection of birds' eggs?
For purposes of study children,
under supervision, might be allowed
to make collections of bird.' eggs.
Onl yone eff should be takrn from
a nest, and that should bt so taken
tint 1 ha mhir mat are not harmed.
or the parent birds In any way dis
. . a 1 1 . 1.
turned, a goon oira ooo or
good leader in nature study is nec
essary to the making of a collection
of bird' eggs without doing any
harm.
Applicants for admission to New
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this winter"
Nokol
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