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The (2ec j"ferie aaziip fDa
Defective Children
By ELI1KRT HUBBARD.
In America today there are 20,0uo chll
dren attending our public schools,
it inimij w. wood. timrMn r.f
itliyslcal education
"ollege. Columbia
In the Teacher's 1
university, X e w
York, says that
7 per cent of the!a
ehlldren-that la IS,
'W.000 of them
need attention for
physical defects.
Carrying with
them these defects
they are handi
capped In the great
game of life.
'There la a great
loss In educating
dV.ectlvce. The
only object of edu
cation, anyway. Is
to give us a bet
ter citizenship. The
old law of "mens
sana In corpore sano'
certainly applies.
We owe It to the coming Generations,
first, to see that they are well born, and
ne.it they must be relieved as nearly as
possible from every physlcnl disadvan
tage. Education Is supposed to give weapons
with which we fight life's battles.
A, valuable pamphlet by Dr. Wood has
been printed by the United States Bureau
of Education. A copy of this can be
secured by writing to the bureau at Wash
ington. In thla booklet will bo found a
.rani:, but good-humored discussion of
the subject of physical defects In chil
dren. As lung as the youngster does not ac
tually get sick or die, we assume that he
Is well. "But the fact Is," says Dr.
Wood, "that five per cent of children
have a tendency toward tuberculosis,
find the disease Is easily evolved In
them,"
Five, per cent have curvature of the
rtplne. Five per cent have defecttvo hear
Inc. Twenty-five per cent are suffering
from mal-nutrltloni Thirty per cent have
enlarged tonsils or adenoids. And from
fifty to ninety-eight per cent of all chil
dren In our public schools have defec-
Ella Wheeler Wilcox 01 Progress
'"' Women and Mothers Who
Paradise or Smoke Injure
By ELLA WHEELER WILCOX.
-Copyright, 1912, by Star Company.
1 believe that woman Is making prog
ress; that she Is becoming a better mother
and a better wife, and a better citizen,
with every' decade.
Equal suffrage
will, of course, be
come universal In
Nvoman- will use:
h.e r" p r I v liege
wisely and well.
Neverthc less,
there are some
things' which make
'one pause and
wonder.
For' Instance, tho
bight of' n woman
dressed" In baoy
Jaitjb (the skin of
Hit unborn lamb,
whose 'dam has
been ' kiUed that
, this baby fur may adorn the gentle crea
ture woman), on her head a hat trimmed
with birds of paradise or algrettoa both
necessitating the cruel 'slaughter of
beautiful, harmless birds and In her
.Hps a cigarette.
Women who answer to this description
can be found by the hundreds in Eng
land and America. And, these aro the
women who buy1 guns for their little boya
i and send them forth to shoot birds, with
never a. thought that they are falling tn
any duty toward their children.
Boys who are taught by their mothers
to study and understand birds will never
want to kill them.
It ought to be a keen delight to every
mother, .of a boy to obtain the books of
bird lore now so plentiful, and to train
the young minds In the direction of sym
pathetic understanding and love of our
little feathered friends.
But haw can ft mother do this who
.wears aigrettes and birds of paradise on
-her head?
(ilgarcttu smoking Is gaining among
. women.
Outside the Asylum
Dorothy
'Vanlty of vanities.'' sayeth the
preacher, "nil Is vanity" even matri
mony, according to a correspondent of
this paper who think that he has solved
the problem of why
people marry.
"Are hot most
marriages the result
of vanity, and not
of love?" ho nsked.
"A man marries a
woman because It
pleases his vault
to win her aYay
from other men, and
thus triumph over
his rivals. A woman
marries a man be
cause It gratifies her
vanity to be pre
ferred above other
women, and because
she tt enraptured
with his praises
and flatteries of her."
Of course nobody knows why anybody
marries anybody else, Still less do they
know why they married the particular
Individuals that they did.. That Is the
great mystery of the universe, the sex
call' that Is the profoundest secret of
nature.
But outside of this without doubt my
correspondent Is right, and vanity has to
tlve teeth, which Interferes wlllr health
and, therefore, with their thinking pin
ceases. The loss to the world through physical
Inefficiency Is absolutely incomputable.
The necessity of supervision and the
tremendous cost- Involved come largely
from the fact that wo aro not good
animals,
No doctor, no teacher and no parent
enn really afford to miss thin particular
little book, given out by our government
gratis.
Copyright 1912,
international News Service.
Wear Aigrettes and Birds of
Rather Than Help Children. .
It Is Causing weak throats, weak nerves
and bad breaths.
A man who had smoked cigarettes for
thirty years, and had been troubled with
a delicate throat, through the persuasions
of his wife, gave up the habit. Within
three months his chronic throat trouble
had disappeared. Besides which the man
looked ten years younger.
There is little use, perhaps, of talking' to
boys about the' pernicious results of
tlgarette smokfng when they see tho
practice Indulged In by their fathers,
brothers and mothers.
Nevertheless, here are a few facts of
fered by a prominent clubwoman of Los
Angeles, Cal., who has studied the ques
tion carefully: . ,
"I have noticed that many of the boys,
big and little, who have been brought
Into the Juvenllc'.toUrt since that tribunal
was established for the correction of
young offenders told the Judge that they
smoked cigarettes. When they dldtt t
admit as much the probation officer often
volunteered a statement to-that effect;"
Mnny a career of crime began with the
lighting of tho first clgaretto by h boy
who might easily have been influenced
for good. Cigarettes affect boys as
drink acts on men. And the. majority of
boys begin smoking for the same reaao'n
that most men begin drinking: They see
others do It, and they think It Is manly.
Almost every week cases come up of
little boys breaking Into grocery or 'drug
stores. In court 1 comes out that they
stole candy, perhaps, maybe cookies, but
it Is almost always the case that they also
took tobacco.
Once formed, the appetite' for' tobacco
fixes itself upon a boy until he Is finally
a slave, and he will go to almost any ex
treme to secure the poisonous weed.
Mothers would do well to teach their
boys that it is a proof of manliness to
show strength to refuse a cigarette when
other boys are smoking.
"Any loafer can smoke; not every boy
can be man enough to refuse," was the
answer of one brave boy when his com
panions laughed at his refusal to Join
them.-
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Dix Says
do with the making of more matches than
ever Cupid has. It is vanity that makes
marriages, and It Is vanity that breaks
them when the people who have won
each other by playing upon their self
esteem grow careless or tired of min
istering to egotism. The use of soft soap
smooths the way of many feet to the
altar, and the lack of It makes a tobog
gan slide at Reno.
That many a man marries because It
tlcklss his sslf esteem to carry off some
particular maiden whom other men are
pursuing, go without saying. Often
tliero Is no real affJllty between him and
her, and ho would never have been at
tracted to her If some other man's atten
tions to her had not plaued his vanity,
and Inspired him to show that he was
the better man.
It is a proverb of the boudoir that no
girl ever has Just one beau. Bhe has
many or none, for men are like sheep In
this respect. They all want to go whero
other men go. Every man Is eager to
dance with the girl over whose ball pro
gram other men are fighting, but no man,
save a martyr, will dance with the lone
maiden who papers the wall. Xothinrr
Inspires a man with such a mad desire,
to take a girl out to th theater as for
her to refuse to go two or three times
because she has previous engagements.
The woman who has a doien proposals j
"Children at Age ol Ten Should
By ADA Patterson.
"I think, generally speaking, u news
paper may safely go Into the hands
and the m!nd of u. child -wherf the child
Is ten years old'
Mrs. Inez Haynes Oil! more who , loves
children and writes with an exceeding
telling heartfelt Intei-dSt about them, was
telling me that women need not grieve
about their so-called unfitness to vote.
Flic thinks newspaper reading begun to
day or tomorrow an admirable prepara
tion, and she says children should read
tle newspapers.
"How early?" I asked of the hand
some gypsy-looking woman, tho Impres
slon of whose strong New Engluud feat
ures was softened by a smart brown
walking coatumo and long, modish .car
riage of vividly scarlet coral.
"As soon as they are old enough to
take an Intelligent Interest In what
they read," she replied, leaning for
ward earnestly above the writing tablo
Vanity Makes Moro Matches
of Many Feet to tho Altar,
will have a dozen more, whereas the
woman who wants to tnarry will never
have any at all. Tou could make any
girl a belle by employing three good
looking young men to hang about her for
six months. They woud toll In all the
other eligible men In the community,
and she could have her pick of them be
causo U would please their vanity to
marry a woman whom other men ml mire
and desire, and also It would stimulate
their sense or rivalry to know other men
to be tn pursuit of her.
Undoubtedly the rearon why many
men grow tired of their wives la becauee
this fillip to their vanltr Is removed with
marriage.
They have captured the prise, and
since, after marriage, nobody else ap
pears lo want to dispute their ownership
In It, It becomes cheap and worthless rn
their eyes. Many a neglected wife woiild
find her husband turned Into a lover
again If she were about to be snatched
away from him. It Is tho Knowledge
that she Is his for keops nnd that he
can't lose her that makes him Indifferent
to her.
Women marry Just as much for vanity
as men do. .Most girls do accept the first
man that proposes to them, and every
girl Is tempted to. no matter how unsuit
able ho is pr how homely, or dull or un
couth ho'may be, or how little slip lnay
MBS. INEZ HAYNES OILMOBE.
that, because of the Eeaonl..!vaB crowded
With Christmas gifts Instead of pens nnd
1nl: uiid paper and reference books,
"Should the stories of ' crime be
scissored?"
She reflected ong enough for me to
notice how attractive was. tlve combina
tion of New England profile' and ' gypsy
coloring, long enough( too, for me to re
call that she Is the daughter of itJIdeou
Haynes, the warden of -the- Massachu
setts Penitentiary, known during Ian long
charge of It as the model reform'prison
of" the world. ' ' . .
"I should say no." she said at last,
slowly nnd thoughtfully, "for I should
depend upon having so trained them that
they would' not-dwell unduly on' crime.
"But I should like to see newspaper
read wfth Intelligent Interest by women
as well ns men, and children as well as
women. I expect to see the newspaper
Than Oupid, and tho U3e of Soft Soap Smooths the Way
and the Lack of It Makes a Tohoggan Slide to Reno
ever have thought of him before, Just
because such a gorgeous, surging wave
of gratified vanity goes over her at the
realisation that she has been able to In
spire sentiment In a man's heart. It Is
her Initial experience of the success of
being an attractive woman.
And she never gets over this feeling.
Her vanity Is nlwaj n lint p with a
thousand strings upon which h man can
ploy as long as she UVe. It I Oils that
makes women do fool and criminal
things, such as a rich old woman marry
ing a boy young enough to be her son,
or a married woman wrecking her life
nnd her family by carrying on a flirtation
with some man she reallv cares nothing
about.
Man's strongest appeal In courtship Is
likewise made not to a womnn's heart, but
to her bump of self-esteem. A man ilns
a girl by telling her that she Is the most
beautiful creature on earth, that she Is
an nngel, that she Is a combination of
every grace and virtue.
If a lover should dare to tell the truth,
nnd say to his sweetheart. "Pally Ann.
you arc ns homely as a mud fence, your
nose is too short and your mouth too
wide, nnd your eyes too small, and your
figure stump and fat. and you will never
set the river afire with your wit, but even
ko, I love jou and I want you to marry
me,'' why Sa1l- Ann would shout a "No"
Read Papers"
Introduced Into every grade of school
above the primary and the discussion of
current events a part of every day's
school program, and a vital part of col
lege life.
"You would have the children all over
the country discuss the march of the
seven suffragettes upon Albany?"
"I should Indeed, and I should haVe a.
djRiusalbn of tho death of Whltclaw Bold
and the plan to transport the hody from
England to this country In a battleship.
If children aro trained to seek the mean
ing behind these acts recorded In the
dally news they will soon become philoso
phers and good cltlzans,
"But It doen not require a system of
training In current events In school to
evolve a good citizen. Ten women have
asked mo two Important questions, in ut
most the same language, In a short time.
'How shall I educate myself to the vot
ing point?' And 'How shall I know for
whom to vote?' "
Drawn for The Bee by George McManus
at him that uould sound as If It came out
of a megaphone. Ami she wouldn't
marry him If he wsa the finest' chap In
the land. Not she. She would wait until
some nice plausible liar with n slick
tongue In his head came down the pike.
11 Is one of the tragedies of marriage
j that both men and women marry to get
their vanity tickled, and that matrimony
so often stops the hand that spreads the
sslve and pulls the punkah. The man
has married beltevlnr that he was get
ting a queen that men would forever
fight over nnd behold, when he has got
ten her he flnda he Is perfectly welcome
tocher Also, he thought that he . had
found (he intelligent creature In the world
who appreciated how big. and strong,
and wonderful, and superior to all other
men he was, ami he ascertains that he
has gotten a wife who has no hesitation
In reminding him of his weaknesses and
calling attention to his faults.
The woman has married believing that
she will spend the balance of her life In
listening to a paean ofpralses of her
own charm, and after the wedding day
her husband doesn't even notice how she
looks, nor what she has on, nor speak
of her housekeeping except when tho
bread Is burned.
Hence the failure of matrimony and
the prevalence of divorce.
The Wreath Man
By WINIFRfiP HLACK.
He's here, the man with the wreaths.
Hurrah for him and the wares lie car
ries! Oh, I know It Isn't the thing to make u
fuss over him these
days. Christmas
Imsjjone quite out
or fashion, they tell
me. It's proper
nowadays to groan
whenever you hear
tho name Santa.
Claus,. nnd It's the
correct pose to wish;
the hideous holi
day, season was
over and done with
before It has fairly
begun.
We ale awfully
out of fashion, the
If
Hi
little boy and ' t,
hopelessly behind tho times. We love
Christmas; why, we can't even think of
slelghbella without wanting to prance,
and as for wishing It was over, we'd
fthank people with such wishes ns that to
keep thonVto themselves wfth their other
gloomy vlAws of lite. "
Such folks (toVt know what fllil' It Is
to live at all, do they, little boy? I'll
warrant they don't even like mince, pie,
nnd the very ides of- plum pudding
Would glvo every. one of them Indigestion
for a week,
What thoy want la tea 'and toast, or
nwleback and mineral water, or cock
tails and caviar, Well, they are -welcome
to them for all of us, aren't they, llttlo
boy?
We'll take cider, nnd egg-nog, and roast
turkey, and a round, of beet, and mince
pie with lots of raisins, and plenty of
good rich crust, and pumpkin pie, too,
with an old-fashioned American chiease to
go wth It.
None of your foreign stuff this time of
year. Imagine Hanta Claus speaking with
a French arcentl NUts and apples, and
elder, and oranges, big, yellow one, and
little fat comfy, plncushlotiy fellows, red
dish and easy to peel. Citron, too., can
dles and preserved ginger, and candy,
stocka of It. red and white, and oandy
canes, and old-faahloned chocolate creams
with a little white buttbn on top of them,
and gingerbread with nuts chopped tip in
It, and raisins, too. Dear me, little boy,
what a world of good things It Is, to be
sure! And I can smell them oil whenever
I look at the man with the wreaths, can't
you?
He's a funny little man, Isn't he? Sort
of withered and ragged and tired-looking,
and yet there's a twinkle In his eye. I
wonder If he knows Santa Claus and got
those wreaths right from Santa Claus'
own wreath garden. I shouldn't wonder,
would you?
Hello, there, wreath man, how did you
leave the reindeers, and have the toy
Advice to Lovelorn
Hj- BEATRICE FAIRFAX.
It llnx l.nxtnl 1, miner.
Dar Mss Fairfax: I am seventeen
years of age nnd have been friends with
a young man of the same ngo for two
years. About six months ago he told me
ho loved me. I love htm dearly, and he
treats me with all the respect and lon
that any girl can get. Htlll I doubt him
I because he Is of the same age as I am
' Do you think nge can hove anything
to do with love, and do yon also think
our love can last for nlmut four more
years, because circumstances will not
permit him to marry liefore then?
DOUBTFt U
It has lasted longer than four years,
thank heaven, for this would be n verv
unhappy world If It were as ahort-ltved
as you fear.
The years have tills much to do with
love- A boy of IT Is .too young to know
If he loves or- not I am glad marriage
Is Impossible for. four years. Perhaps Itv
then' you will be more sure of yourselves
and of rch other..
Does Hp I.itTf You f
Dear Miss Fairfax; I am deeply In love
with a young gentleman two years in
senior, 1 love him very much, Do you
think It Is proper for me to tell It to
him, us he has asked me a great many
times? BEATBICE,
pon't confess your love until he has
first confessed his. Neither Is It wise to
give a man assurance of love unless a
proposal of marriage accompanies his
confession.
No matter how fast a young lap Is
he seldom catches up with his sjnod In
tention. j
trees borne a good crop this year? What'
Better than ever! Hurrah I and the candy
bushes are fairly bent idnwn with glor
ious fruit, all colors ofid'awcetcr than
over ' -x
Snow! You're surely going to have
some of that by Christmas, nren't yoti.
wreath man? There may he a new sled
a regular sled with low runners and n.
screaming eagle on the side, and w'vi
got to have a chance to try that.
Dolls, prettier than ever thla year, are
they, wreath man? And soldiers, regi
ments of them. T-r-um, t-r-um, t-r-um
can't you hear the drums, little boy
Hark! they ore faint and far away, but
drums for all that. Hurrah! Chiistmis
Is coming, Christmas, the Jolllest, hap
piest, gnyest, kindest, most generous time
In al the year. Hurrah for dear old
Christmas and all that Christmas brings!
Show us your wares, wreath man.
That's a splendid fallow with tile berries.
I'll take that, and what a glorious green
that holly Is! One of those, please. Vy"hy.
we couldn't eat a.blto without a. wi'eath
In the dining room window nnd one for
tho .light above, the table. Fe.attrth?
Wellyes, vwe'll take some of ;that, too.
Hurrah! We'll look Jlke the very hom
of 'the 'blessed old Santa Claus, tyoh't' we,
llttUbny?
Ve like you, wreath1 man, and we low
the thoughts the' sight of you' bring to
us. Happy thoughts, tender thoughts,
generous thought.
How Is the little sewing woman who
worked so hard to get daughter ready for
school thla fall how Is It going to be with
hor Christmas? Tilves all alone some
where, doesn't she, on the top floor thtt
is nono too warm?
Invite her and her best friend to dinner
at the best restaurant In the neighbor
hood. You enn't bo there? Walt, what
of that; she can be yoUr guest Just the
same, can't she? Qo and see the restau
rant man about It, have a table decorated,
and send the little seamstress to dine In
style for once. Won't she Le proud to
show her friend what fine friends alley has
up there In tho big world where people
wear real furs and ride tn real automo
biles? What has become of the old French
teacher who used to say "boh Jour" so
cheerily every time ha came Into the
house? He looked a little pale the last
time you saw him. Why not send htm n
bottle of French wine and a Merry
Chriutmas to gladden his heart?
What a time It Is, what a time! No
one can possibly be offended at any aort
of kindness -now. The stiffeat ramrod on
earth must bend a little In the wreat.t
season, the friendly season, the Joyous
season. Isn't It ,a good thing It conies
once a year, nnyhoW?
He Is here, the man with the wreaths.
Hurrah for him and the wares he
brings!