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TRAINING TODAY’S m AND GIRLS They Should Be Taught the Meaning of Thrift. FROM A NEW POINT OF VIEW Child Must Be Encouraged to Think of Cost in Terms of Human Ef fort, Rather Than of Price. By SIDONIE M. GRUENBERG. WHATEVER benefits may flow from the training of children, they are supposed to have some rela tion to the future; but the training itself is founded upon the experience of the past. That educating children to live tomorrow according to the wis dom of yesterday is not always a sound procedure is illustrated by the prevailing attitude toward “thrift.” Everyone, nearly, pays formal homage to the supposed virtue of thrift, and everyone, nearly, resents in his inmost heart the niggardliness and narrow ness suggested by the word. In this country thrift has tradition ally meant the scheme of savings worked out under pioneer conditions during Colonial times. It applies, of course, to the whole economic outlook, but it is especially prominent in con nection with the idea of saving. The early settlers found plenty of land and plenty of timber; but the products of labor were to be attained only \yith much effort. Raw materials that in volved labor, such as wool and linen and all of the metals, which had to be brought from Europe, were carefully hoarded. Clothes were mended and patched until they simply could not hold together any longer, and then the rags were saved for carpets and quilts, or for making paper. A patch was an evidence of “thrift,” and thrift was a commendable virtue. But the cultivation of land was car ried on in a most wasteful maimer, and good timber was burned and de stroyed with wanton disregard for the future needs of the country. These facts only emphasize the fallacy of the common notion that we may teach such an abstraction as a “virtue” and then expect it to perform its function in the regulation of human life. Thrift was very earnestly cultivated, but it had no meaning except in relation to particular kinds of commodities. Fire and fat had to be saved, but what ever was plentiful was disregarded as carelessly as the present generation disregards matches and paper. Yet every generation has to teach its young the best that it knows about the handling of the material basis of life. The difficulty lies in not recog nizing that economic changes are con stantly going on, and that it is neces sary to readjust past experience to new situations. A little boy who had acquired an interest in spending money A Patch Was an Evidence of Thrift, and Thrift Was a Commendable Vir tue. was given an opportunity to exercise this interest by being sent to the neighborhood stores to buy as much as possible for the household. His fa ther, thinking to combine the business of learning with the pleasure of spend ing, suggested that the child keep a record of all that he bought for his mother. “When I was your age,” he said, “I kept an account of all of grandmother’s household expenses.” The child’s mother was at a loss. She approved of the boy’s writing and add ing ; but she also realized the difficulty she had in making her husband un derstand that the prices with which he became familiar as a boy were no longer current. She wished that he had never been so thoroughly drilled in the prices of the early 80’s of the lust century. This father, like so many others, continued to think of cost and saving in terms that no longer apply. In the same way, every family cultivates its pet economies—and its pet extrava gances. In a certain family sugar is looked upon as the index of frugality; whoever takes two or more lumps of sugar to the cup is extravagant, and whoever takes one or none is thrifty. In this same family are trunks full of old clothes that no one will ever use, and the rental cost of storing them is equivalent to more than a tenth of the total cost of the dwelling. Yet these people think nothing of spending sev eral thousand dollars a year on motor cars —because motor cars came into their lives after the standards of thrift had become established. We shall have to teach thrift, or its present-day equivalent, from a new point of view. We have learned that materials of all kinds have value in proportion to their contribution to hu man welfare, and not in proportion to their prices. On the other hand, wc have learned to think of cost in terms of human effort, rather than in terms of price. The children can learn to think of their surroundings in the same way, although it is almost impos sible to escape the idea of price en tirely. A teacher once observed a child crumpling up a piece of paper that she had “spoiled” by a few slight pencil marks. On being reproved, the girl affected an injured air—it seemed to her rather small to make a fuss about a cheap piece of paper. The teacher got the attention of the class and set before it a new problem in arithmetic. There are so many sheets of this kind of paper in a pad, and the board of education pays so many cents a pad. The little girl who precipitated this problem curled up her lips triumph antly—the sheet she had spoiled cost a very tiny fraction of a cent! But, the teacher continued, there were sev eral hundred thousand pupils in the schools of the city, and the average attendance was about 175 days a year. What would it cost the city to give each child an additional sheet of this paper each day? The fraction of a cent is not worth considering; but the wanton and un necessary waste of materials is worth very seriously considering. Instead, however, of fixing the chiid's attention Suggested That He Keep a Record of All That He Bought. upon the sugar or the paper, -we should try, as quickly as possible, to get him to think in the larger aspects of the problem. A child of seven or eight is usually quite capable of understanding the principle of avoiding waste, and of applying it quite generally to all kinds of materials. The other side of our problem is to establish through the routine of the home a sane atti tude toward the whole question of the use of materials. It is not enough to repeat from time to time the adage about being “penny wise and pound foolish.” It is necessary constantly to keep before the children the idea that the justification for getting is not hav ing. but using. Material wealth is to contribute not to our repute, not to our power over others, but to life more abundant. Feeding the Infant. The infant is born with a store of iron within its body. During the nurs ing period this store is gradually de pleted, since the milk contains little iron. At weaning time the infant stands in need of iron. This is usually sup plied in egg yolk, beef press juice, scraped beef, prunes, whole wheat foods and oatmeal, and some phy sicians of unquestionable standing recommend spinach. Egg yolk is of especial value as a source of iron, calcium, phosphorus and lecithin. But it is an exceedingly rich food. It must be fed with great care on two accounts, first, to avoid making the baby sick, because while it is usually well taken it acts like poison to some infants, and second, be cause the value of egg is so great that it is especially unfortunate if you up set the infant by an overallowance, since it may be a long time before it will regain its tolerance for this food. Reconciliation. In most families and among friends, differences sometimes arise that are decidedly unpleasant. In nearly all cases these differences spring from mis understandings. A time comes when explanations, apologies and reasons are in order, and a reconciliation takes place. This- is a thing much to be desired, and when it comes, wash the slate clean. Leave no fragments, no left-overs to be brought up at another time. Wash the slate clean as you would wipe out a faulty example. Cleanse the heart of the last drop of bitterness or resentment. Let love and good will prevail. A genial spirit brings more real happiness than a manner so reserved as to raise doubt of the pleas ure of meeting, doubt that reconcilia tion was mutual. So forgive as to for get. It has been done and can be done. Such forgiveness wins good will and cements friendships that fiil life with joy. Hold yourself ready to “wash the slate clean.” Quest for Youth. One child of the period was curious to know what became of the old moons. A greater puzzle is what becomes of the old men and women. People refuse to grow old; perhaps because they are afraid to. They are like the wonderful one-horse shay, proof against the ordinary process of gradual depreciation. They last so many years, seemingly unchanged and unchangeable, and then —suddenly drop into pieces. Old age is unfashionable, and gravity pardonable only in the very young. It is said that the majority of tango stu dents are well over fifty. A hoy may delight in bluebooks, a Greuzelike young girl may addict her self to the study of eugenics; but that way fogeyism and frumpishness lie for ; the man or woman over forty. THE DOUGLAS ENTERPRISE. DOUGLAS. GEORGIA. mim FOR SECURING FERTILE EGGS Strong, Vigorous Male Birds Should Be Used and Inbreeding Avoided —Cull Sickly Hens. The first essential is to handle the breeding flock of hens in such a man ner ns to secure a high percentage of fertile eggs. To accomplish this all small, weak or sickly appearing hens should be removed from the flock and only eggs from strong, vigorous, healthy hens should be used for hatch ing. The flock should be allowed con- Buff Orpington Male. sidernble range if this is convenient, though extensive range is not neces sary to secure fertile eggs. If the hens must be confined in small quar ters, green food or meat meal must be used in the ration and the hens must be compelled to scratch in clean lit ter for part of their feed in order to insure sufficient exercise. Strong, vigorous cock birds must also be used, and inbreeding should be avoided. For all meat and egg breeds one cock should be allowed for ten hens and for the lighter weight egg-producing breeds one cock bird for every 15 hens. MAKE PROFIT WITH TURKEYS More Profitable Side Line Can Hardly Be Found for Those Who Are Favorably Situated. For those who are favorably situ ated for raising turkeys, a more profit able side line can hardly be found. Given plenty of range where the tur keys can find grasshoppers and other insects, green vegetation, the seeds of weeds and grasses, waste grain, White Holland Turkey. acorns and nuts of various kinds, the cost of raising them is very small and the profits large. Grain and stock farms are particu larly well adapted to turkey raising, and it is on such farms that most of the turkeys are found. Little has ever been done in the way of raising turkeys in confine ment, and where it has been tried the results have been discouraging. Plenty of range is essential to suc cess in turkey raising. CAPONIZE BIRDS FOR MARKET Rhode island Reds, Plymouth Rocks and Brahmas Make Best Capons —Dress in “Style.” (By M. E. DICKSON. Wisconsin Experi ment Station.) Don’t sell late chickens cheap; ca ponize them. Capons sell in winter et from 25 to 30 cents a pound. Rhode Island Reds, Plymouth Rocks and Brahmas make the best capons. Keep fowls without food 21 hours before caponizing. Be careful to cut away from, and not toward, the backbone when making the incisions. Always dress capons in “style” —leave feathers around necks, hocks, on wing tips and end of the tail. Dry-pick capons to get the best re sults. Ship capons in dozen lots; they bnng better prices TALK ABOUT ITCHING A well known Georgia dentist, Dr. j R. H. Thomas, Valdosta, Ga., writes: “I feel as though some encouragement is due you for the good results J obtained from Hancock Sulphur Com pound, l suffered greatly for three long, hot summers, with some un known itch on my legs from my knees to my ankles. There was no eruption | —the skin perfectly clear and smooth— but talk about itching, it certainly did it. 1 have used one fifty cent bottle of Hancock Sulphur Compound and think lam nearly well. Many thanks.” ; Hancock Sulphur Compound and Ointment are sold by all dealers. Hancock Liquid Sulphur Co., Balti more, Md. Write for Booklet. —Adv. Already Provided. The minister was shaking hands with a new member of his congrega tion, a girl fresh from Sweden, and said, cordially, "1 would like to know your address, so I can call on you.” “Oh,” said the girl innocently, “I baf a man.” IMITATION IS SINCEREST FLATTERY but like counterfeit money the imita tion has not the worth of the original. Insist on "La Creole” Hair Dressing— it's the original. Darkens your hair in the natural way, but contains no dye. Price sl.oo.—Adv. Confirmed Pessimist. “I never hear you discussing the weather.” “What’s the use?” asl 'd the melan choly man. “Every time it rains some body steals my umbrella and every time the sun comes out 1 get ink spots on my Palm Beach suit and I have to send it to the cleaner.” SOAP IS STRONGLY ALKALINE and constant use will burn out the scalp. Cleanse the scalp by shampoo ing with “La Creole” Hair Dressing, and darken, in the natural way, those ugly, grizzly hairs. Price. SI.OO. —Adv. Crazy Insects. Bacon —Prof. 11. G. Walters of Lang home, I’a., says insects frequently suf fer from insanity. Egbert—Of course; you’ve often beard of a crazy flea, haven't you? BANISH PIMPLES QUICKLY Easily and Cheaply by Using Cuticura Soap and Ointment. Trial Free. Smear the pimples lightly with Cuti cura Ointment on end of finger and allow it to remain on five minutes. Then bathe with hot water and Cuti cura Soap and continue some minutes. This treatment is best upon rising and retiring, but is effective at any time. Free sample each by mail with Book. Address postcard, Cuticura, Dept. L, Boston. Sold everywhere. —Adv. Sleepy Philadelphia. Church —I see that Philadelphia pro duces yearly about 50,000,000 yards of carpets. Gotham —And there’s even a nap to them. COVETED BY ALL but possessed by few — a beautiful head of hair. If yours is streaked with gray, or is harsh and stiff, you can re store It to its former beauty and lus ter by using “La Creole” Hair Dress ing. Price SI.OO. —Adv. Looks It. Flatbush —This paper says correc tions made recently in maps of Green land have shown it to be about 150,- 000 square miles larger than formerly believed. Bensonhurst —Why, I didn't know Greenland had been having a war of aggression recently. 11 Net Contents 15 Fluid Drachms] || I if ij| II P I B KM! i ! | II g||j| (9 oo Props r.tSTORLi ALCOHOL - 3 PER CENT A Vegetable FreparatioaforAr similatiiig Uic Food and Mula ting the Stomachs au«lßowelsd I IN FAN TS /C HI Promotes Digcstiou.Clieerfd j nessandKest.CoutamsMdto I/ot Narcotic Ptmakfn St*d . AlxStrtm* 1 I wSSigs "*gl§P‘ facsimile Signori c 1 Exact Copy of Wrapper. CALOMEL MAKES YOU SICK, UGH! ITS MER«f AND SALIVATES Straighten Up! Don’t Lose a Day’s Work! Clean Your Sluggish Liver and Bowels With “Dodson’s Liver Tone.” Ugh! Calomel makes you sick. Take a dose of the vile, dangerous drug to night and tomorrow you may lose i day’s work. Calomel is mercury or quicksilver which causes necrosis of the bones Calomel, when it comes into contact with sour bile crashes Into It, brea«- Ing it up. This is when ,r ou feel th t awful nausea and cramping, t? vou feel sluggish and “all knocked out,” if your liver is torpid and bowel consti pated or you have headache, dizziness, coated tongue, if breath is bad or stomach sour, just try a spoonfu of harmless Dodson’s Liver Tone. Here's my guarantee—Go to any drug store or dealer and get a 50-cent bottle of Dodson’s Liver Tone. Take a spoonful tonight and If it doesn’t Perfectly Simple. “Charley, dear,” said young Mrs. Torkins, “this article says that the old-fashioned stump speaker has al most disappeared.” “Yes?” "Well, it's easily explained. The government has imposed so many re strictions on cutting down trees that the supply of stumps has probably given out.” A great many men make their mark in this world because of their inabil ity to write. Buy materials that last Certain-teed Fully guaranteed _ For sale by dealers lbest §£ O 0 I ? IH O everywhere responsibility So W■,Ji aVg at reasonable prices General Roofing Manufacturing Company World's largest manufacturers of Roofing and Building Papers NewTorkflly Otlrug* Philadelphia St. Loais tiostoa tlrvcliud PftUbar*h Detroit San Franrlseo flaefanat! New Orleaaa LosAo?«t!es Ulna. apoIU Kansas City Seattle Indianapolis AtUwtn Richmond Houston London Sydney What Ammonia Will Do. Ammonia in warm water will revive faded colors, and it will remove grease spots on rugs and carpets like magic. There is nothing so likely to make a man economize as the lack of money. Improved Beyond Expectations “My wife has been a long sufferer of lung trouble, and frequently with hemor rhages,” says Mr. R. C. Currence, of 5400 Pennsylvania Ave., Nashville, Tenn. “We had almost given up hope of her ever being any better. She has taken four bottles of Lung-Vita, and she has never had an other hemorrhage, or even symptom. She has improved beyond our expectations, has gained in flesh, and we are almost sure she will soon be sound and well.” Mr. Cur renee is a prominent lumber man of this city and is connected with John B. Ran som & Co. Take Lnng-Vita for consump tion, asthma, and kindred troubles. If your dealer does not have it in stock, send us $1.75 for a thirty-day treatment or write for booklet today. Nashville Medicine Co., Dept. Y, Nashville, Tenn. Adv. Filtration. If all urban population of the United States were supplied with filtered wa ter, or water of equal purity, Ihe ur ban typhoid fever death rate would be 14 per 100,000, states George A. John son, consulting engineer, of New York city. A reduction of (17 per cent in the typhoid rate immediately follow ing filtration has been amply demon strated. Children Cry For CASTOR IA What is CASTORIA Castoria is a harmless snhstitnte for Castor Oil, Pare goric, Drops and Soothing Syrups. It is pleasant. It contains neither Opium, Morphine nor other Karcotic substance. Its age is its guarantee. It destroys "Worms and allays Feverishness. For more than thirty yeiyrs it has been in constant use for the relief of Constipation, Flatulency, W'ind Colic, all Teething Troubles and Diarrhoea. It regulates the Stomach and Bowels, assimilates the Food, giving healthy and natural sleep. The Children’s Panacea—The Mother’s Friend. GENUINE CASTORIA ALWAYS Bears the Signature of In Use For Over 30 Years The Kind You Have Always Bought THE CENTAUR COM RAN V. NEW YORK C»T> t | straighten you right up and make yo« ' feel fine and vigorous by morning { 1 want you to go back tc the store and get your money. Dodson’s Liver Ton# is destroying the sale of calomel b«- cause it is real liver medicine; entire ly vegetable, therefore it cannot sali vate or m you sick. I gua r untee tha„ one spoonful of Dodson’s Liver Tone will put your ri.ujp gish liver to work and clean your bow els of that sour bile and constipated waste which is clogging your system and making you feel miserable. I guar antee that a bottle of Dodson’s Liver Tone will keep your entire family feel ing fine for months. Give it to your children. It is harmless; doesn’t grip# and they like its pleasant taste. — Adv lie’s a wise man who makes tlie mistake of guessing a woman’s age too young. WOMAN’S CROWNING GLORY Is her hair, if yours is streaked wttk ugly, grizzly, gray hairs, use “La Cre ole” Hair Dressing and change it in the natural way. Price SI.OO. — Adv. Deadly. Bacon —A cucumber always reminds me of a cartridge. It’s nearly the same shape. Egbert—But hardly as dangerous, do you think? Swift Matrimony. First Stage Hand —What was the row out in front during the first scene; Bill? Second Stage Hand —The understudy nursemaid got excited and carried ia the heroine’s baby when it wasn’t due to appear until three years later in (he fourth act. —Punch Bowl. SIONNER' s THE HIGHEST QUALITY SPAGHETTI 36 fcge Recipe Book Free SKINNER MFG.CO.. OMAHA. U.SA IARGEST MACARONI FACTORY IN AMERICA MEN AND Kl<3ne V trouble preys u P° n th e mind, die WOMEN courages and lessens TV yivix.iv, ambition; beauty, vig °r and cheerfulness often disappear whe* the kidneys are out of order or diseased, for good results use Dr. Kilmer'* Swamp-Root, the great kidney remedy. At druggists. Sample size bottle by Par cel Post, also pamphlet. Address Dr. Kilmer & Co., Binghamton. N. Y., and enclose ten cents. When writ, lng mention this paper. Anti-Suction Pumps tfKS? Half the cost of others. Writ© for catalog. Agents, wanted. Peoria Hydraulic Pump Co., Peoria, Eli. W. N. U., ATLANTA, NO. 34-1916.