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About The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965 | View Entire Issue (June 19, 1919)
THE O'NEILL FRONTIER a H. CRONIN. Publisher. t O'NEILL. NEBRASKA t)r. J. A. Witherspoon, head of th« medical department of Vanderbilt Univer sity, who, as a member of the draft board at Nashville, drafted Alvin C York, •aye: "One day the door opened and tn walked a ti foot Tennessee mountaineer Wtth a petition in his hand. The petition contained the names of members of ths Church of Christ and Christian Union and asked the board to exempt York from military service on religious scruples. I motored to the village to Interview York's pastor, the Rev. C. C Pile. Two days later I Informed York that the peti tion of the congregation would not be considered 'Well,' said York, 'I want to tell you that I am not afraid to tight, but I feel troubled In going contrary to the belted of my church.’ " Belief that Great Britain can have the trade of South America for the asking, dkaspRe the competition which the United Mates hat built up, was expressed by Gordon Ross, formerly financial editor of the Buenos Aires Standard, In an address he delivered In London recently, Mr. Ross Is quoted as saying that there Is In eome South American republic^ a jealous •ear of the extension of the Influence of the United States, and th|A It had been Slid In South America "that'the Monroe •octrlne meant not so much "America far the Americans” as "America for North Americans " During the war 2&4 spies were arrested at Hog Island. These men. most of whom since have received severe penalties, ob talned jobs at the shipyard for the pur pose of gathering information. They Were trapped by sleuths who posed as workmen Throughout the war there were secret service men who wielded riveters’ hammers and did other shipyard jobs, lent of the spies were among the clever est agents of Germany, and one was a no torious Mexican. Nearly everyone In England has Whanged butchers In the past few weeks. Or Is doing so now. When strict ration tar was In force each householder was compelled to register with one butcher and buy all meat from him. Soon the butcher and the consumer were hardly on speaking terms This went on during , the war because the butcher If he had meat was forced to supply the registrant. 1st rant was forced to buy from tliat butch er. The result was that when the goverU The College of Hawaii, soon to become a university, Is planning to establish a college of commerce, organised with a curriculum designed to equip young mesa and women of all Pacific oaunrnea for a part In the solution of Pan-Pacific trade problems. Chinese, Japanese, Russian and Spanish and commerleMl law. trade customs, transportation metfm&s, port reg ulations and land development will be among the courses. been resumed. Six thousand spectators, many of them from the United States, recently witnessed the revival In Mata raoroa A special appeal for patronage from the United States was made In half page advertisements In American papers. Beet seats sold for p each. General ad mission to the shady side was |1,E0 and to the sunny side $1.25; children under 7, half price The famous 94th pursuit squadron, for merly commanded by Eddie Rickenback er, arrived last week, In command of MaJ. Head Chambers, 24 years old, a winner of the D, S. C., the Legion of Honor and the croix de guerre. This squadron la said to have bagged the first and last German planes during America's partici pation In the war, and it was the ouly one that went to Coblenz with the Amer ican army of occupation. On Memorial day Cleveland dedicated “Liberty Row," an avenue of oak trees nine miles long, ev€ty tree of which la a memorial for a Cleveland boy who gave his Ilf* In the war. In Its admiration, for «f the deed, the city of lata Angeles sent a beautiful floral piece to be laid on the memorial altar for Cleveland's gold star men. n recent Iamdon Times prints an adver tisement, “to the middle classes," which '■ appears to be the start of a union of the middle classes, which are described as “bearing the weight between the contend ing forces of irrational Industrial aggres sion and capitalistic domination.'' The movement Is directed by gentlemen oi title. Refugees who got out of Odessa after Its evacuation by the French troops say the city was occupied only for a brief period by the Ukrainian revolutionary peasant army. They state that it was governed by local soviet, with an execu tive committee composed chiefly of load Jewish revolutionary commissionaires from 1C to 2S years of age. If it be true, as Washington rumors lio oa if ik.i n i nv_ i. . refused to take the field In opposition to Villa In ths north, and that Dias, In the south. Is affectively upsetting railroad operation, it ltylks dark for Carranaa, says the New York Evening Sun. One New York city court fined S per sons in one day recently for violations of automobile regulations. The campaign Is a sequel to the great Increase in the number of motor car accidents In that city, and even minor offenses, such as tailing to hold out a hand to sigfial they are about to turn, brlrq^ penalties A deputation representing over St,000 British war vet#ana wfco lived In Can ada before they Joined the colors In Eng land. has requested the parliamentary pensions committee to grant them Cana dian rates or pepslon and the Canadian rate of war gratuity. Japan's aim and motives are being mi {represented in America by "biased or hired agents of China," according to Vis count lahll. According to him. Yuan 6hih Kai, president of China in 1915, was Intensely pro-German and dreamed of modeling the country after Germany. Western potash producers representing that shipments of potash from Europe already aro being brought to the United States liav* secured the promise of Chairman Poindexter to give early oon slderation to legislation designed to pro tect the industry from foreign products. The grand mufti of Palestine, head of all the Moslems of Palestine and dasoert gnt of the great Mohammed, ban frankly stated his opposition to the establishment iLnd /2l°111Bl cummoii wealth In the Holy The further the trial here of 2* al leged pro-German agents proceeds the more evidence Is produced tending to I show that German secret diplomacy ham been at work throughout the whale world, say s a dispatch from Zurich. Berger. Milwaukee socialist nominee for congress, says that If the socialists are not successful, the anarchists will start a cataclysm "such as the world has never I seen before.” Philip Gibbs prophesies that the men who went through the life in the trenches Will generally come out with their Inher ent qualities Intensified, whether they be good or bad. The New Zealand government has re vived udvipes from Dondon indicating that Great Britain will ask New Zealand i|o help her fight the American nackara. 1 LINCOLN HOII : Body Discovered In a Chicago Hotel—Believed He Was De spondent Over New York Visit. Chicago, June 17.—Army intelligence Ifflcers are Investigating the suicide of Decar Voss, of Lincoln, Neb., a former aviator, found hanging In a hotel room Sunday. He left a note which read: "I have prayed for forgivenness." A friend told the police that he had •eemed despondent for the last week following a visit to New York. UNIVER8ITY OF NEB. HAS ASSISTED MUCH IN MARKETING Lincoln, Neb., June 17.—Prof. H. C. Pllley, of the university department of rural economics, has returned from Washington, where he attended a con ference of the United States depart ment of agriculture bureau of mar kets. Plans were discussed for devel oping the marketing work, especially encouraging better marketing methods among farmers. Luring the last year the University of Nebraska department of rural economics has helped organize 20 or 26 co-operative elevators and otherwise done extensive work in the marketing line. The following lines lave been mapped out for development: Grades and standards, direct market ing, wool marketing, co-operative or ganization, marketing live stock and ialry products, accounting systems for co-operative organizations. »ROFE8SOR TELLS OF POT TATO GROWING IN NEBRASKA. Lincoln, Neb., June 17.—Pror. R. F. rlow&rd of the University department >f horticulture has returned from wes ern Nebraska where he supervised he planting of potatoes for the Ne iraska agricultural station. Eighteen data were planted In Sheridan, Dawes, 3ox Butte, Scotts Bluff, Morrill, Klm )all, Cheyenne and Garden counties, ren of the beat northern varieties were med. The experiment, w|U be carried m for five years. Professor Howard said that recant wins made potato seeding conditions avorable in western Nebraska. The ■alns also assure a wheat crop In that lection. Another rain In a month or lix weeks will probably assure a po ato crop. On account of guaranteed vheat and beet prices, Professor How »rd believes the western Nebraska lotato acreage will be somewhat re luced this year over last year. The potato flour factory at Rush rille has been operating successfully or several months. Several carloads if flour have been made. The new lotato grading law is expected to make Ills factory more successful and pop ilar, as stricter grading will mean nore potatoes left on the farm which ran be made Into flour. Professor Jo ward said there were few old po atoes left In western Nebraska. ro HAVE TOWN8HIP HIGH SCHOOL NEAR WEST POINT West Point, Neb., June 17—The luestion of township high schools Is receiving considerable attention throughout the county. In Cuming township, southeast of this city, the movement has taken concrete shape. Plans have been evolved to erect and maintain a township high school. Rep resentative Lauritson is at the head of the movement. Cuming township has always stood well In educational mat ters. It has eight schools within Its border, more than any other township n the county, and the attendance aver iges very high. It is believed that when this school la established, that other townships throughout the county will Follow the same course. BRITISH AIRPLANES ON FLIGHT TO EGYPT By United Pres*. Athens, June 16.—Three British air planes. under command of Captain Elenderson, started for India yesterday jy way of Crete and Egypt. While the exact route the planes in tend to follow is not given, the total llstance traveled would be about 3,500 miles. WEST POINT-Plan* have been laid ay the West Point Speed association for the races to be held at West Point on July *. 9, and 10. These will follow the Kearney races and occur prior to the Fre mont meet. The events which will be warded here are: Trots, 2:14, 2:17, 2:20, 1,26 and three year old and over, all for purses of $260 and more In the pacing class there are, the 1:09, 2:12, the 2:16 and the 2:2* and the three year old and over, all for purses of $260 or over. Entries will close on July 2. WEST POINT—The Farmers’ Union Ex change Is developing its business to a considerable extent, so much so that It has leased the former veterinary hospital on North Main street, for a warehouse. Drs. Collins & Collins, former owners of the hospital, have erected a new build ing for veterinary purposes, Immediately south of the old hospital. WEST POINT—The Cuming county Eighth grades exercises will be held in West Point on June 29, when 101 hoys and girls Including the parochial schools of the county, will graduate.*' - WEST POINT—The marriage of John E. Knudson and Miss Kathryn Daniels of PTesnont, waB performed by Judge Os wald on Thursday. Net revenues of the principal railroads Jecreased $43,593,039 In April over that I month a year previous. Moving pictures will be used by the Mexican government to demonstrate to Mexicans how to apply modern machin ery to farm life. American and British authorities dele gated to examine the thousands of sol diers in the British army who lay claim to repatriation to the United States, are having a ditricult Job. Many of them are adventurous individuals who have roamed the globe and now want to go to America at the expense of the British government. Up to date the British government has received more than 20,000 applications for repatriation t'S those who say they have o right to be sent to the United States About 3.000 have Ucn certified, hundreds tave been jeJoctvd and the applications I tvtlfc coining, s— TO NlWHiTECT Under the Competitive Pro cedure Adopted It May Take Six Months—State Men Considered. Lincoln, Neb., June 16.—At a meeting of the commissioners having In charge the erection of the new $&,000,000 state capital, held Friday afternoon it was decided to let the contract for archi tects on a competitive basis. Under the procedure adopted It will take six months to Choose an architect. The board will choose an advistory archi tect at its next meeting on June 24, to serve in directing competition and ad vising the commission when it visits Pther state capitals. A preliminary competition for Nebraska architects will be held, and the three best will be .hosen to enter the general competi tion. Under the appropriation bill work is not to be started for a year from last April, in the hope that building material prices will have descended by that time, and the commissioners are, therefore, taking their"time about the preliminaries. The American institute jf architects had previously suggested i competition under its auspices on plans to be approved by it. The Ne praska commissioners were inclined to this at first, but have partly changed Iheir mind about outside Interference nr direction. ANYMORE MAN IS APPOINTED BURLINGTON SUPERINTENDENT Lincoln, Neb., June 16.—Frank R. Mullen, of Wymore, has been appointed luperlntendent of the Lincoln division >f the Burlington railroad, succeeding Edward Bignell, who has been with the Burlington for 48 years, beginning as i boy. Mr. Bignell has secured a long eave of absence, but is not expected ;o return, as he has large private In terests to look after. He is the ln /entor of a concrete piling thot is be ng extensively used by land owners ilong the Missouri river for the pur pose of protecting their land. The de nand from this source and the for nation of a big $2,000,000 company in Vew York to use these piling for un lerplnnlng for many storied docks has irawn Mr. Bignell from railroad work. Mr. Mullen has long been in the rail ■oad service. He will be succeeded as lead of the Wymore division by C. C. Holtorf, now assistant superintendent it Greybull, Wyo. ANTI—PROHIBITION FORCES GATHERING Thousands Pour Into Washing ton to Take Part In Demon stration Against “Dry” Laws. Washington, D. C., June 14.—Thou sands of delegates to a monster anti 'dry" demonstration poured Into Wash ngton today. Headed by Samuel Gompers, presi lent of the American Federation of Labor, t%e protesting throng is to narch to the steps of the capitol this ifternoon. Speakers there will demand hat congress revoke the prohibition igainst the use of beer and light wines —4— LABOR DELEGATES GO. By Associated Preas. Atlantic City, N. J„ June 14.—With :he exception of those favoring prohi bition, all delegates to the American Federation of Labor convention left nere today for Washington, D. C„ to participate in an anti-prohibition dem bnstration in front of the capital this ifternoon. The largest group remaining here Is rrom Seattle, the other prohibitionists representing various localities. The ronvention has 'adjourned until Mon lay. GOVERNOR LISTER DIES IN SEATTLE Washington Executive Suc cumbs Suddenly From Effects of Nervous Breakdown. Seattle, Wash., June 14.—Ernest i-dster, governor of Washington, died suddenly this morning. He was under going treatment here. Lister would have been 48 years old ;omorrow had he lived He was born n Halifax. England. Lister suffered a nervous breakdown n the east a year ago and did not re ’over completely. On his return to Dlympia he was under a doctor’s care 'or some months, but during the legis ative session in January he collapsed md was taken to a hospital where he vas placed under the constant tare of t specialist. OFFICERS NAMED AT EAGLES CONVENTION AT BURLINGTON Burlington, la., June 14.—The state ■onventlon of the fraternal Order of Eagles closed here yesterday. The new ofifce.rs are: A. H. Flor ence, Mason City, president; A. L. Korgard, Davenport, vice president; the ttev. David Ferguson, Crcston, ehap ain: Frank C. Norton, Clinton, treas urer; Oscar laager, Ottumwa, eon luctor; H.-R. Crawford, Keokuk. Dr. Brown. Bioux City and A. 8. Shaw, Dskaloosa, trustees. The next oen •ention will be hel.l at Oskaloosa. FREMONT—Members of t be Country ; luh ire pushing u ■ ampaign for funds with which to complete the purchase of Ihe French ami Schreiner tracts north of the city, with the Intention of transfer ring the club grounds early nest spring. I*he o.ltion obtained some time ago on tlie grounds expires this week and the ampaign for memberships and money ■mist be Quickly finished so that the final payment can be made. If the project goes through, the Country club will have r {ICO.bW homo soon. It has become a problem In Hahn up t~ serviceable fu-nlfpre at a pi k" within th“ '-"ik of the working .••age' 1 J KIM SIS* MAYBE CALLED Governor McKelvie Consult* Legislators as to Advisability of Special Session to Act on Amendment. Lincoln, Neb., June 13,—An extra session of the Nebraska legislature tc take action upon the woman suffrage amendment is impending. Governor McKelvie has written to the other gov ernors stating that he will call the special session as soon as lie receives assurances enough other governors to make it appear that approval will be thereby hastened, and asks their in tentions. He has aiso writen each member of the legislature stating that from information at hand it appears practical to call a special session to consider ratification, and asking an expression of opinion from them upon the matter, along with a statement of whaf date they *oul<l.suggest. If they have in mind any other' matters that should come up at such a session he would like to receive suggestions thereon. No doubt is entertained of the rati fication if a special session is called. Suffrage leaders are bringing pressure to bear upon republican leaders, and they are responding promptly, as they expect to reap considerable of a vote harvest from granting full suffrage and being in the position to give it. IOWA CONCERN MUST MAKE GOOD ITS CHARGES Lincoln, iseD., June — the Waterloo, Ia„ Creamery Company have been notified that unless they appear before the board of regent* at their regular meeting Thursday eve ning the charges they have filed against J. H. Frandsen. head of the dairy husbandry department of the state university will be tossed over the transom. The company has asked foi two continuances since the charges were filed, and the officers are now suspected of trying to use the big stick on Frandsen. The charges arise out of Frandsen’s activities in promoting the formation of a. milk producers’ associa tion, a proceeding distasteful to the creamery men because it means in creased cost to them. The charges set out that Frandsen violated the spirit of the Sherman an ti-trust laws in advising the producers to combine for the purpose of collec tive bargaining; that he misrepresented the costs of producing milk and that he made unauthorised and untruthful statements regarding the profits made by the Waterloo company in the hand ling of cream. GOVERNOR ASKS LEGISLATORS AS TO SPECIAL SESSION Lincoln, Neb., June 13.—Gov. Samuel R. McKelvie, of Nebraska has sent let ters to members of the state legisla ture asking them for opinions on the question of special legislative session to consider ratification of the federal woman's suffrage amendment. Information from other state, he said, made it appear practical to call a special legislative session in Nebraska to consider the amendment. Letters were also sent by the gover nor governors of other states, asking them what they were going to do qn the federal suffrage question. WHEAT CROP NOT YET SER IOUSLY DAMAGED BY RUST. Lincoln, Neb., June 13.—The weekly crop report of the Burlington does not indicate that any great damage has been done in Nebraska to the wheat crop. Considerable rust is reported from various parts of the state, hut the rains are washing off some of tihis. Only in those sections where the wheat rust has eaten the leaves so that there Is nothing to draw the nitrogen from the air that is necessary for the head ing out process is there any damage. Corn is all planted, and while here and there fields have been washed, neces sitating replanting, no material damage has been done. FEDERAL COURT WILL BE ASKED TO DISMISS TRACTION SUIT. Lincoln, Neb., June 13.—At a consul tation between the attorney general, counsel for the state railway commis sion and the city attorney it was de cided to ask the federal court to dis miss for want of Jurisdiction the in junction suit brought by the street car company of Lincoln to compel the state and city to keep hands oft while the company installed a schedule of farep of its own. It has been trying for two years to get Increased rates, claim ing that It Is headed for receivership, and that the commission will not glTe the prompt relief needed. Attorney General Davis wil raise the point that an injunction can not lit where an adequate remedy at law is at hand, that of appeal from the com mission to the state supreme court. The company challenges the adequacy of this remedy, claiming it has been , once to the supreme court and was by it sent back to the commission. TO RETURN GERMANS. .Washington, D. C., June 11.—Return ■ to Germany of about 2,000 former offl- 1 cere and sailors taken from German vessels when the United States seized ' enemy shipping at the outbreak of the war will begin about July 1, Those to , be released now are being held at forts McPherson and Ogelthorpe. New York city is considering licensing its ice dealers, so that profiteers could te le gully disciplined. To an energetic reporter for the New York Evening Sun, we owe the infovma- i tion that Sergeant York’s bride was mar- t rled in a new pink silk dress embroidered around the bottom in red and biue flowers. It had two wonderful little pock ets on each of which were embroidered flags of the allies sent to his girl sweet- ' heart by Sergeant York on silk hand kerchiefs from Prance. The couple were accompanied us for as Nashville on their honeymoon by the pastor of York's church and Mrs. York, sr.. who had been as far as the county scat of her home ] county but twice ip her Wte, and had never even hoped to gc as far as Nash- 1 v tiler Training Little Children e«((Mtl«u by mothers who bare been kindergartners. Issued by The Called States Bureau of Education, Washington, D. C-. and The National Kindergarten Association, New York. N. Y. BY MRS. IjOVISE G [’IJ)LIN SIMENSON. EvMtBT young mother should mem- j i orize a few of the songs and j I Anger plays, and study the expla- j nations, mottoes and pictures In Fro*- 1 bel’s “Mother Play.” so that shs may 1 begin to use them In her home long 1 before the kindergarten age. I have 1 used them and And that they teach the virtues which later It is so hard to ' instil, for, as Froebel says, “Mother, 1 rou can now do with a touch as light 1 18 a feather what you cannot later ac- I Eomplish with the pressure of a hun- 1 Hredweight." i I have also found that the songs 1 bnd plays fill the child’s heart with I * loy and contentment, entertain him 1 Immensely and supply his imagination | with wholesome food. If the mother j has memorized some of the songs, she 1 sing «-or croon them while busy 1 sbout her household tasks, and in this 1 way can often direct her child’s * thoughts and play, with definite aims 1 In view. Her walks or rides with the 1 children may also be made occasions 1 (or such play. I To illustrate how Froebel’s phtlos- 1 fphy helps the mother to train her child, let us oonsider first the pat-a cake play. Tou smile and say, “Why, J all mothers play pat-a-cake with their ' babies; that is nothing now." Tes, mothers have played pat-a-cak* for 1 ages and ages, but If they want to ' know why they play it, let them turn ! to Froebel, who points out that the reason the little game is so widely ' known is because “Simple mother wit 1 never falls to link the initial activities of the child with the every-day life 1 about him.” He also says, "The bread or. better still, the little cake whieh the child likes so well, he receives from his mother; the mother In turn , receives It from the baker. So far, so good. W* have found two link* in ' the great chain of life and service. uow*w, or m&iaog U»e child feel that these links com- : plete the chain. The baker can bake 1 no cake If the miller grinds no meal; the miller can grind no meal If the Farmer brings him no grata;; the farm « ean bring no grain * his field yields no crop; the Said can yield no crop if the forcee of nature fail to Work together to produce It; the ‘ tdrces of nature could not conspire 1 together were It not for the all-wise ! and beneficent Power who incites 1 them to their predetermined ends.” ' It Is because we mothers have felt ' perhaps dimly and unconsciously the 1 lesson which the pat-a-cake play leaches of dependence on one another, and the gratitude each owes to all that we have played this little game ' from ancient times. The Value of “Pat-a-Cake. I start to play pat-a-cake with my baby when he is six months old. It 1 affords him gr?at satisfaction to exer- 1 else bis arms and to direct his move- 1 ments so that both little dimpled 1 hands meet together. When hs is 1 about It months or 2 years old I be Kln te show him the picture of pat-a- ■ cake found in Froebel's “Mother Play.” Through this means, I grad ually and easily lead him to ses that "For his bread he owes thanks not only to his mother, to the baker, the miller, the farmer, but also and most of all to the Heavenly Father, who, through tha Instrumentality of dew and rain, sunshine and darkness, win- : There Wat a Reason. From the Indianapolis News. However the nations were or might Save been divided in the great conflict lust ended, there never was a belief in ] my quarter of the world that English jpeaklng people would be on opposing sides. Germany recognised the power of the unwritten treaty by which, when the luesdion Is one of right or wrong, there :an be no two sides among people reared m the same traditions. An extract from the program of the memorial service for the officers and men of the American irmy and navy who have fallen in the war, held in Westminster Abbey, ex presses this feeling in the eloquent lan guage of the British clergy, who speak the voice of the empire: Bet us now unite in thanking God for those ef our brothers of the great American republic who have laid down their lives in a sacred and righteous cause. Their deaths have sealed the unwritten but inviolable covenant of our common brotherhood. Tneir deaths have laid the enduring foundations of the world’s hope for future peace. For their sakes we raise this day our proud thanksgiving in the great abbey which enshrines the illustrious dust of the makers of the English speaking peo ples. Bet us render our humble and joyful price to Almighty God that in their response to the clarion call of freedom and of justice the two com monwealths have not been divided. < This service was short, as becomes the 1 tribute of a nation of flghtln men to the I 5ghting men of an associated nation. j The Truthful Ticker. , From the Bos Angeles Times. 1 ’’The ticker never lies," is a familiar j idage in Wall street. The thought behind s that the funny little Instrument, which t icrvously tells off the story of the day on e :he stock exchange, which in its turn re- t loots the optimistic or pessmistlc trend j if business, truly records the pulse beats if our trade and commerce. When stocks ire buoyant, money free, credit easy, the , lublle speculatively inclined; when brok- j irs are blithesome and optimists are ram innt and entirely surrounded by hulls, the , Jcker ticks fast and Its dots and dashes j ire of business strength; of development 1 naximus; of prosperity, present and to lome The financial columns are the most •eliable barometer to be found They read B low, “continued fair weather, with steady irade winds.” Road Making. From the Bos Angeles Times. t The state of Illinois voted a bond Issue t if t60.000.000 for highway construction over o i period of three years or more. Now it <3 s reported that contracts have been lot !i for 50 miles of road building as a starter t According to the figures, the average cost e ier mile will be $28,000, which is almost i 110,000 a mile above the estimates made by r :he engineers at the time the vote was j aken. it is tough when a war in Gor- g nany can boost the price of broken i-ock r ind gravel In this country out of sight ,1 3ut as a people we are now healthily v :ommttled to a program of road construe- i Jon and we are going ahead with It in <3 ipite cf alt II er and summer, causes the earth to iring forth the grain." It Is only after having studied the dcture thoroughly and read the chap er on Pat-a-Cake in the “Mottoee md Commentaries” and committed to nemory (he verses and tune in the 'Songs and Music" of Froebel’s Mother Play," that I am ready to each pat-a-cake to my baby, and as havo shown, I do not teach t ail at once, but refer to it igafn and again, perhaps when we ire out working in the garden on a unny day, or in the house watching he rain. When my child is old enough 0 be interested m such things, we go nto a bakery shop and, to the aston shment of the baker, ask if we may ee bis ovens. We often pass a mill md I tell my child that this is the dace where the farmer brings his train. Thus the lesson of pat-a-cake ;oes on for a long time before it la Irst played in ..babyhood. It teaches is to be ever thankful and baby earns to say: "Thank you. deaf namma," "Thank you, dear baker,” Thank you, dear God." There are many other songs and fames in Froeboi’s ‘'Mother Play” vhich I give to my children long be fore th* kindergarten age. In all of ihese they take the greatest delight ■ begin early to sing the songs and day the finger games which nourish he instinct of love for the members if the family and affection for a*l« nals. TOT FAMILY. lather Boat tor Teaching Affection Played en Bahy'e Fingers, Beginning with the Thumb, fhie le the mother, es busy at heme, Pho lovee her dear children, whatever may come. Phla la tha father, ee breve and ee etreng; Pho worke tor hie family all tha day long, rhla la tha brather, whe’U eoeo be a maa; 3,0 helpa hla coed mother ae much aa ha can. Alla le the ale ter, ao ran tie and mild, Pho ptaye that tha dally la her little child, rhla la the bahy, all dimpled and eweet; daw aoft hla waa hands end hla ohabby pinB feet I rather and mother and children an dear, together yon boo thorn, ono family bore. —Emilio Poulason. The active child of 4 or 6 In itinctlvely desires to measure himself igainst children of his own age, and f deprived of the opportunity to de Ills, loses much of what Is necessary or his highest and best development* through contact with each other, ihildren learn to wait their turn, and 0 be considerate in many other ways. Moreover, the child wants to make .hinge, and, although the mother can jlay little songs and games with him vhile carrying on her household asks, she cannot always take the time lecessary to direct and assist the child n manual occupations. This Is on* -eason why the kindergarten fills k treat need. Association with play nates, work with various materials ind tools and songs and games are ill provided In the kindergarten. It was because of my study of Froe >elian methods and their successful Lpplicatlon to the child below 4. and tecause I realized how Impossible It vas for me, a busy mother, to meet he growing needs of my children that wanted a kindergarten In our town, lot only for my own little ones, but or all the boys and girls. A number if mothers and fathers became inter isted in my project; we petitioned mr Board of Education and a kinder rarten was soon established. It was 1 success from the very start Please pass this article on to a friend md thus help Uncle Sam reach all the nothers of the country. Cape to Cairo By Air. From the Columbus Dispatch. Actual construction wont already has >een begun In connection with the pro- . ected Cape to Culro air service, the Brit- <* sh air military announces. Airdromes are >eing set up every 600 miles, the present lonstop limit, from one end of Africa to he other, the principal ones being built it Cairo, Khartum and two In German ■last Africa at Kampla and UJljl. The route then passes .ato Rhodesia and •long the course of the railway to the tape. Long before the famous Cape to lalro railway Is In operation It Is confl lently expected that airplanes will be overing the route on regular schedules. .’he distance Is 5,200 miles. After estab ishing this service the plan of the air ninistry is to hand it over as a going nterprise to a British commercial com any. The air ministry Is acting as a plo leer In various undertakings, and, ac ordlng to one of its officials, its position o commercial flying will be analogous o that of the British admiralty and rner hant marine service. Why Not Plain Americana? From the Kansas City Star. When a British minister to the United itates wrote a letter touching on Ameri an poltlcs. President Cleveland sent him is passports. But now a mission from he United States—unofficial to be sure— ' abroad to give the British government tistruetlou on how to manage Ireland. Just how Is this sort of thing to be Ju» ifted? What business have American olt 4ens with the domestio policy of the Bru sh empire? The question of the hyphen at once rises. We have been conducting a rath n active campaign against hyphenated .merlcanlsm for the last two years, loesn’t that Include all hyphens? Are ,e 1° have the Czecho-Slovak-Americans etitioning the government about the lanagement of the city of Prague? And ugo-Slavlc-Americans taking action bout Fiume, and Italian-Amerlcane pro feting, and Anglo-Americans rioting and ’ollsh-Americans making demands and lagyar-Americans remonstrating? Why not really get rid of the hyphen nd be Just plain Americans? " Political No Man’s Land. From the New Tork Times. Nothing could more clearly show how tie political center of gravity ..of this na ioii has shifted than the announcement f Chairman Homer 8. Cummings, of the emocratic national committee, that he ; about to spend two months’ canvassing tie states that lie between the Mlssis ippl river and the Pacific ocean. That sed to be u solid block of states In which o democrat had more than y languid iterest. Now and then one of them would o democratic because of local Issuer or •ere deviltry. But when Missouri su.t euly and unexpectedly went republican it as the beginning of a change which ban lade the middle west and the far west ebatable ground, a political No Mar’s Aral.