Belletonte, Pa., February 7, 1913. “What have 1 said to make you sad, Big Brother? ‘What do you care for a kid that’s bad, Big Brother? “The city is full of temptation still, Of the things that hurt, and the things that kill; 1 1 don't care for my boy, who will, Little Brother?" “Will you take me back, as you said you would, Big Brother? Will you stick to me till I do make good, Big brother?” “There's never a thing you could say or do ‘To shake the faith I have in you; We started as pals-we're pals straight through, Little Brother.” “What do you hope I'm going to be, Big Brother? What do you see in a kid like me, Big Brother? *1 see the child that the feet, rough-shod, “Why aren't there more good friends like you, Big Brother, To show us boys, what we ought to do, Big Brother?” “It’s the old, old question, lad, to make The eyes grow wet and the heart to ache; But we'll have the men—when the men awake, Little Brother.” ~The Churchman. —— PUBLIC EDUCATION AS CIVIC WORK. . Ww Paes clo latase: foa #e. We are living in an age which is at- tempting to feature as one of its promi- characteristics fl is 1 tl g o activities, but by the commendable ser- vice that is in almost every cen- ulation. Indeed the work is so far-reaching that scarcely a fi- | r of the civic organism its t ai f 3 g 8 5 ‘ | is Hi 2822 i i 2 4 oF g fH i | f I § : i § 2 E 3 ] 2 g g% / s 2 : ; i: 2 g 2 i ; i £ i g ¥ : 5 3 i | : | ; ; t 4 i f 2 8 I 5 2. & EB # extent that nothing when a school board i &5 I g g 2 | Ie i is ; : ; i iE of pecially when an organiza nn with a single 7 g = g i i | : ! i t : fet Egk i f { z243 ; fs : ti} : i : iL 2 i : i policy to such an can be seen; claims to be so pro- or gressive that it does not need to be Bot sch we. can. diam thought—a volunteer reached that function own dea iss with te improvements. a single t has body tha condition, has ceased to y, and will bring on its The discussion so far, while seeming to | deal mostly with the work in large cities, escapes stimulating influence. [am tempted to | may lead one to believe there is no call for such service in the smaller cities and towns. Common observation, however, will show the folly of such an attitude. mention only a few of the avenues] through which it works, but the princi- | of discourse forbid such a departure | et power of initiative an on, it 1s easily understood why public education | become an object of special inter- | est to its members. The complexities of | modern life (community) exhibit them- selves through so many channels that a | high degree of intelligence is the only | for a sound body politic. To! form of government. that permissi out various ways w! valaguard reach all of these diverse channels with such a differentiated system of education | as will promote the most healthy and ef- | ficient type of citizenship, is a work suf- | i g ihe : 5588 Lat ¥ g FSF i d E : 258 f i ; g i i i i : : : § 2 g Bl ! : : i : ] i i ; i if i i : | ; ; § 2 : : | ? 2 The large munici less working under a hi system, demand with a more or less therefore, to point fic cities feel the need of | centres have many function of the | complex propositions facing them it is its jive, but the smaller Sova hick Have ess system perha not alwa ve ge , ear the this support when hly organized there would seem to be no less in proportion in a community loosely 1 shall on will be el social fields of educational work in smaller EB " z a 5% l E 1 £5 i 356% I i id HH | i : : : i £ | ! | BF ; : ; : : i i ? | | i ir E¥:5%% i : gt § c i Ee i ! towns may become subjects of support and ole Be by such an organiza tion In fact I believe the serv- | g i 2 2 I i I “Rg 7 : | ; il 7 3 4 g ] | 1 | § : F 2 8 i g i 3 2 Ai i i 7 1 g g 2 g J 7 g i : 2 i Fs g ; i g : : | - » 35k i 2 g I : | 2 : i : g ; e & are ly out. If this is not done i i g g £s ot £2 i 233 & i BE g i : v there is very little use to spend money in this way. 4. Probably the most ve devel- opment in the public school system has been the introduction of vocational train- ing. Whether or not educators are going too fast in this new field is not a matter for discussion here. It may be there is a tendency to swing to the other extreme as opposed to the tendency of fifty years ago. Whether discipline-culture—which failed largely to consider the child a hu- man being, shall be the aim, or whether an education that will function in life be the end sought cannot be settled here. 1 only wish to emphasize this point—the industrial trend is here and it behooves | the schools to meet it. Now to meet it means unusual financial demands on a school board with a unrest among taxpayers. ow to uent state of ure up to the demands of progress and at the same time satisfy a di sti is f the hardest probl tuency is one 0 problems school facing a board of control. another claim arises to attract the con- Hence atten- tion of those interested in maintaining an up-to-date communis. If taxpayers m know there is a general and for these innovations, and not simply the will of a 8852 ATE if Q = I: 8 2 | : j | § : | g gt I i 1 | | ig E : i E ; i ! fe : : g | i i i i E g i , : E ef 4 i i : He i £8 | i | : E go 8 § E E Hi g 8 | : | ; : Ie: i : g 27 g 1] : : fl is ¢ Bf § : g : ; : : gFidg" 8 g § E iat § g i : § i ih g x Zg3 2 il Hi Ha g i 2 g i ; i | ! : i adverse criticism will conferences, playground fectures, and va. | been indi- | could not reconcile with my snowy A £ Sigrid gf-fgdist = on 1 Bs g E Strange as it may seem, here I am in Liverpool, after the roughest and sickest of trips on the Great Atlantic. Our boat encountering so many heavy gales, the landing was delayed four days, conse- quently the time I had hoped to spend in London will, of necessity, be divided be- tween Queenstown, Liverpool and Ches- ter, where the Walker art galleries, I am told, are well worth a day’s notice. Of all the beautiful sights, the harbor of Queenstown is about the best so far: A mass of gorgeous small islands, block- ing our direct passage in a most fasci- nating manner, and at the doorway the land, water and rocks are so close one distinctly hears and sees the seas dashing g dark and lowering and the swell was too great to allow the usual condition—a ten- der coming out to meet and take the passengers in. After seeing those green old light-houses and a fortress or two with a much mossed causeway leading down to the sea, I was glad that the ele- ments had been kind. 1 wish I could describe the color effect. The green, green ocean, the gray sky, the green hills and the curious bright red and white houses giving one the feeling that surely it was not real; and then those Islands made one feel as though in maize, and it was only that the land marks were so pronounced that I was fi- nally convinced that we were coming out the way we went in. Eighteen hours more and we were able to see the begin- ning of the English coast. The entrance to Liverpool harbor is not nearly so fine, then, too, a dense fog shut down and we were held back for several hours. On " | the way in today we saw the “Mantata- ma,” as she is now in dock here having been aground. 1 have my baggage and reservations all ready for the next move aboard the S. S. Scinda, en route for Gibraltar, so feel I can spend the few hours intervening roaming leisurely about this interesting place. I wish I could describe to you my Saturday in England along the river Dee, in the old town of Chester, quaint and queer beyond words. I was told to go up to the Cruss (Cross) and I could go into the stalls, which meant queer, double- decked store-room affairs with a living house above, the Cruss being the market- i place, where the town crier proclaims anything of any moment, and these queer double-decked affairs are the old market stalls—now stores. The Walker galleries, of which I spoke, so interested me that I pool. S. S. ScINDA, DECEMBER 29th. I left you in Liverpool in my last letter. On getting Thus far there is nothing of interest save stormy seas, rocking boats and pitching dishes, for although a gorgeous Christmas day, such summery weather I Christmas idea of the home day. The day after Christmas the Sorocco, (corre- sponding to a land blizzard) struck up and we have simply been rocking and wallowing in these furious seas ever since. We are to be in Port Said tomor- row, two day’s late. The heaviest cloth- ing, with sweaters and great coat on top, seem none too much for these terrific storms. We are promised five hours on shore tomorrow, and you know how pleasant that will be after three weeks continuous sea going, without once being off. On the other hand, we lose so many of our fellow passengers, going to “do” the Pyr- amids, Cairo and the Nile, that one feels lived “aboard.” There have been beautiful moon-light nights but no one seems to care for any of them for the rocking boat and high winds forbid one even to walk except upon one side of the boat; but we stay out as much as possible, to get the fresh air. Many days we - have been wet through, our cabins soaked, in fact, water, water everywhere. Today the away in fruitless fury, for the day was | Soon everybod almost missed my connections to Liver-, i aboard and settled on the | tine's day is still the custom in some Scinda, the boat carrying us from Liver- | "| pool to Bombay, was so comfortable that on to mention in we all felt at home immediately we reach- i + FOR AND ABOUT WOMEN DAILY THOUGHT. —Winter eggs and exercise go togeth- You cannot, in any given case, by any sudden eT. i FARM NOTES. | — your life has been insincerity. —F. W. ee be not neglect the laying hens’ ex- — Judge not a hen i — i A Valentine Dinner.—At a delightful by he rt do Valentine dinner last year the guests were given hearts cut out of soft white r and edged with pink. Each man her beauty, hr dye i was told that the first name of Ins din- grit, the results satisfactory. ner partner could be found on his heart, il will uot bs . and, as the paper was absolutely biank | —It is not good for hens to dust in except for the pink border, there was coal or wood ashes only. sotie folks much puzzling. Each lady was told to claim, but we find that a few ashes light- examine her heart fora bh of interesting © UP the dirt. gossip concerning her dinner partner, —Noon is a good time supply and succeeded no bet er than the men. stock with some A ply the The host had persuaded the lozaldrug- bages Ya SONS: yeas kind. The latter gist to order trom a chemical house a can be cut in half, and the hens will then little cobalt chloride, and this he dis- pick them to pieces. solved in water to make a pink solution —the famous sympathetic ink of romantic —Decaying vegetables in storage under correspondence in the middle ages. With the living rooms ix the cellar are the end of a match he wrote the desired tO promote ill-health in the words on the paper hearts. When gently Keep such products cleaned out as fast warmed over a candle-flame, the writing, 2 they begin to rot. hitherto invisible, turned a decided blue. | —Have the floors of the chicken houses y was directed to warm their hearts at convenient candle flames, and all would be clear. It was. The names and gossip stood out in bold blue. At table, pink and white formed the color-scheme. A row of tiny pink hearts made a ring around the table just inside the plates, and near the center was anoth- er ring of larger hearts. From the chandelier to each place extended a pink silk thread strung with more paper hearts, and the place-cards were white | arrows a to toy bows, the latter’ wrapped with pink baby-ribbon and | strung with pink cord. Each man was required to write an original valentine on the back of the heart naming his part: ner, who read it aloud for criticism on its originality and beauty. After coffee the famous “marble heart” | was carried in,—a cake covered with white icing, and containing a ring. A pretty quiver of silvered wooden arrows was passed, and every guest took ore and wrote his name on the shaft. Each per- son was then asked to pl an arrow into the “marble heart.” The host sliced the cake to learn whose arrow-point came nearest the ring, and the winner was crowned “King of Hearts.” Before leav- ing, the hostess presented each guest with an “Oriental love potion,” just im- ported, she assured us, from Arabia. The potion was sealed in a tiny envelope, and tasted like every-day sugar. It was to be placed under one's pillow that night, and, if taken in a glass of water five min- utes before waking, would secure one’s heart's desire. And no one doubted. Provide your guests on Valentine's day with material from which an original valentine and verse must be made in a certain length of time. Then hide candy hearts about the room, and have a “Hunt for Hearts.” Give a satin cushion to the guest who most skilfully darns a ragged cambric heart. Let each gentleman draw the name of a lady froma deco- rated box, and be compelled to propose to her in an original manner. Married guests might be asked to give a reason for their state, and single peo- ple, excuses for remaining unmarried. Give the spinsters clothes-pins, Spepe make panes, and mucilage, of which to usbands. sand- heart- : well bedded with some light litter, t the biddies will be induced toscratch, and thus warm up their bodies cold frosty mornings. —A horse is a good deal | Jo kevp ith bundled in a heavy blan- in barn, he will almost frozen when you take him out-of-doors. You s2°% } She i Poultry feeding has been much im- proved and simplified by the introduction of the hopper method. The old-fashion- ed way of preparing and mixing a wet mash is done away with, on account of its tedious and needless expense of time and og The hopper is filled with a variety of gro grains, ai placed where it is accessible to the fowls at all times. With this arrangement the hens need never go to roost without sufficient food.—Farm Journal, —On probably the majority of dairy farms in the east the cows are kept in- doors the year round. In former years such a method would have been consid- ered suicidal. All cows were then pas- , tured. It has become a question whether the present-day manner is advisable or not. Are dairy animals. too closely housed? Is not this continuous housing a reason why tuberculosis in cattle is so much in evidence? On this subject Dr. Henry Favill, of Chicago, Ill, a prominent western phy- sician, and also the owner and operator of a large dairy farm, says that, realizing that performance is the ultimate purpose of the dairy cow and bending every effort to develop this breeders A valentine menu should include A pretty way of observing St. Valen- English villages. Itis called ‘“Valentin- ing.” The children gather in a little band ly ie the morning and go from house to house singing some chorus like: 2 “GoodmorTow Valentine, dairy cattle have sometimes allowed Curl your Iwi you. mine, themselves to become somewhat one-sided Two before, and two behind." | in the direction of milk and butter fat The children receive the pennies, can- dies, and little notions that are to them from the windows, dancing with Children of Norfolk “catch” their val- grkings by being Sst to way “Good morn- any person ble. They mustsucceed in this of pure ore the sun rises, or they will be “sun i ft : f g ; 88 4 ES | Fat H f i 3 is EH i ; g§ =f cs : i fit : 3 ‘sei get §2% | ; g 2 E | | i § Hh RE : > Efe A jis $f ] il A fe $ 8 § g Pee i if : I gi i 2 : a | i 57 iis 8 " i f § ! f : : : } g 5 i ti i i g | i Ee iso ! i ¢ I 7g i i lly g i i : | | | | g is : E : 2 : § : i g : g I i 2 § 2 8 E i 5 : i | ; | g HH giz i, § il 5 ¥ H i 2 I g i : 8% : i § : E i E : ] f
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