THE ALLIANCE HERALD. TTKsDAY, MAY 25. 1020.
Comment - - and
Discomment
The news for the week has been
Talrly dull, but there are a few
bright spots. In international cir
cles there Is the death of Venustlano
Carranza, erstwhile president of
Mexico, who was throttled or other
wise maltreated by a Mexican brother
who disliked his whiskers or had
other valid grounds for helping hi i
to shuffle off this mortal coil. It
doesn't take much excuse or encour
agement for a Mexican to commit
murder or anything else.
In the United States, the public
Interest has been divided between
the fall of McAdoo, the fall of prices
and the profiteer probe. Politics will
be of middling Interest all summer
long, and will be used as column
filler when other stuff is shy. The
price cuts won a place on the first
page for a day or two, but no one
seems to want to give them undue
prominence, despite their Impor
tance. The profiteer probe is old
stuff, though appearing in a new
Torm, and while everybody hopes that
something is done, they don't look
for Mitch ralmer to do it.
j There have been the usual grist of
freak news dispatches. Among these
is a report from Chicago, where Mrs.
Llizie Terwell complains that her
husband Is the stingiest man on
earth. It seems that he allowed her
only 13 cents a meal for the family
table, thereby making the army al
lowance seem luxurious. Little re
ceived only $1.50 for a hat every
seven years and nothing at all for
gowns. Either Llztle had a great
many clothes when she was married,
or but you can figure It out for
yourself. The trial Judge slorped
over and ordered Mr. Terwell to
cough up $50 a week from now on.
Of course this pays for feeding the
family too, but a woman who has
learned to feed a family at 13 cents
a meal ought to save quite a sizable
sum. The only thing that sounds
fishy about the story is that she
rood it for seven years. Probably
her shoes wore out or she wouldn'
have complained then. ,
There has been a little excitement
In the state news, the chief feature
being the tleing of the can to Anna.
Anna, whose last name is Yockel, has
been separated from the office of
chief bookkeeper for the state board
of control, and the board, in dispens
ing with her services, issued a state
ment charging her with Incompati
bility, which Is a logical ground both
for divorce and for decorating with
the royal order of the tin can. Miss
Yockel was a candidate In the recent
primaries for the office of the secre
tary of state. She now seems to have
a disposition to pick a fight with the
board, which, holding the upper
band, is paying no attention to her.
Unless they wish to make her very
angry, they should know better than
to ignore her. However, It's their
-war and Anna's. From published
reports, it looks as though both were
to blame, which makes us wonder If
the Lincoln press Is really Impartial.
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We hear only echoes of tlie over
all clubs now, though presumably
they are still marching on. The
news nearest home comes from Sid
ney, where fifty high school students
went on strike because the faculty
refused to permit them to Join the
fad. It seems that the girls decided
to wear cotton hosiery and gingham
aprons, and the boys the regulation
overalls. The teachers, who had not
been consulted, vetoed this plan, and
the strike followed. The last and
only report we have heard was that
the striking students had loaded into
automobiles and were heading for
Sterling, Colo., where they were to
open a bolshevik campaign. The
Sidney newspapers haven't discussed
the matter at any great length, and
we are tremendously anxious to
learn Just what happened.
Of course, it's a reprehensible and
lawless thing for students to do
this waving of the red flag in the
faces of their teachers. Hardly a
vear Eoes by but In some manner the
conflict startB, and the students are
usually exnelled or otherwise forced
into submission. The threat to with
hold credits is usually sufficient to
brine them back In a penitent mood.
The Sidney affair must have hap
nened the last week of school, and
students are indeed desperate when
they get gay during commencement
week.
We said at one time that the only
two classes of people who dislike to
accept advice are the teachers and
preachers, and that, of curse, Is be
cause It is their business to deal in
advice. They carry standard lines,
and seldom If ever make any changes
In stock. Far be it from us, In the
face of our own dictum, to offer ad
vice to either, although It should be
done occasionally.
Take the matter of dancing. It's
true that there is a difference of
opinion on the subject. Some par
ents would rather see their daugh
ters in a neat row of caskets than to
see them gracefully wriggling on the
dance floor through the mazes of the
fox trot. Other parents have said
they would rather have their sons in
the same fix than to have them learn
to smoke. But boys will pick up
smoking and somehow girls manage
to learn to dance. Now and then
ill advised parental opposition makes
them even more enxlous. Most moth
ers of boys of high school age would
rather see them dance than not, for
boys in their teens are awkward, and
ill at ease in the presence of those of
the feminine sex (not all of them, of
course) and dancing improves the
carriage and in time will overcome
shyness. Certainly the modern
dances have that kind of a tendency,
and the old ones improve the car
riage, anyway.
for them to dance, and believe that
the agitation Is end. J. In a city like
Alliance, where theie are but two
principal amusements, the theater
and dancing, It Is unreasonable to
believe that normal youngsters will
be content always to choose the
least attractive. And It Is Jut as
unreasonable to believe that the
teachers themselves, working at a
lesser wage than that drawn by a
section hand, does not need some
recreation, or that she will forego
her right to choose her amusements
simply because they do pot happen
to meet the approval of her superiors
or the parents of her pupils. There's
a problem here, and no Just solution
will ever be arrived at so long as
the solvers keep their eyes tightly
closed. ,
III3IINC.FOKD ITEMS
M. R Church
The memorial services will be held
at the Methodist Episcopal church
next Sunday morning at 11 o'clock.
The pastor, Uev. A. J. May, will de
liver the sermon and the Joint choirs
will furnish the music. Several of
the Instruments will play for the oc
casion and there will be a splendid
service in honor of the memory of
our Boldler dead. All are Invited to
this service.
There will be a special meeting at
the evening hour, 8 p. m., when the
pastor will conduct a public installa
tion service for officers of the local
chapter of the Epworth league. This
will be an unusually good service and
all are welcome and urged to be
present.
The First Sunday in June there
will be a big all-day service at the
Methodist church and Rev. N. Q.
Palmer will be the speaker. There
will be special music and a morning
service at 11 o'clock; a basket dinner
for everybody; an afternoon service
and an evening service with the pre
liminaries in charge of the Gospel
team. Everybody plan to attend thla
big meeting. Rememhpr lha rioto
June 6. It Is all day.
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73ut teachers, years ago, decided
that dancing was Improper, especial
ly for children of high school age.
They have plenty of logical argu
ments which prove, beyond reason
able doubt, that studients should be
chiefly Interested In their studies.
Rut students aren't as logical as the
teachers. In the spring of the year,
they study in stuffy classrooms and
drag through recitations trying not
to remember that the grass Is green
outside. And In the evening, It's nat
ural that they should want a little
change. The school authorities, hor
rified, declare that they shall not
dance, and having so decided, fond
ly believe, the oracle having spoken
that there's an end to the whole
matter after they have coldly and
flatly turned down a request for
dances in the school gymnasium.
What happens? Do the gentle
students wend their way to prayer
meeting, or to the humble movie, or
do they remain at home and cram
more knowledge Into their heads?
They do not. They go to a dance
There are public dances, and thoRe
who will may see dozens of students
on the floor, unchaperoned, dancing
fast and furiously till the last dog
is hung, hould the school authori
ties sponsor weekly dances at the
gymnasium, they could supervise this
amusement, see that It is kept with
In due bounds, that the girls dress
modestly and that the boys are the
right sort, and that the bell ring at
the right time to go .home.
The far-famed ostrich, you will re
call, sticks its head In the sand and
think that no eye sees It. The school
authorities refuse to permit student
to dance In the place where it Is best
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