} MorHER PROBLEMS TT TT sx Ey Mrs. Dorothy Coffeen Inclinations Toward Selfishness RE we not all familine with that . unpleasant individual whose whole vocahulury seems to center around the three monotonous words l—my—mine? We meet him every day. He or she is in every group. und whether the con versation is around that time worn subject “My appendix” or “My bush ness,” or merely “The tooth 1 pulled,” there Is little room for one else's interests, had birth. no doubt, when as a child its owner gave voice repeatedly to the phrases. “It's mine! Give It to me! | want that!" Selfishness is of the which is hardest destroy becomes a habit of point of view of view, it is it turns an individual own life rather than lives of others. It is any eso one once it The sellish point that his the fo mind. is the narrowing self-destructive in inward to outward to the acknowl edged obstacle to almost all individual or national progress, and it is also the pleasant qualities with which in contact. A simple example one of most 10 Come tention girl bro having for. was the sn evervthing wish thrown in servant had with her ur house, heen tol that he invited told tha the boy loss had heen with her hack yard playir and 1 watched the little look- ing hungr looked uy disobeved Join bh dle her plas then the ha i begun to grow got the better “You can’t have my toys,” she all and 1 to keep them. ¢ ‘an me if you you toueh things!" Can just see that child a few years from now? But, received a littl that The little hoy Tor er bit of selfl ness whl hat her said, am going of “These are mine watch like, me fortn nately, she right there ently. rlorn looking ball for a This he showed her. “My m er says its more fun hare than The to to keep ti little before, | took probably root, eld e ~ day descends upon Rainy Day Helps WEEN a rainy us and there ill ehiildren in the house who cannot go to school v, “Mother, what shall would we not give are sm and who still we do now?" for some to which 1 turn in less “treasure chests” these help may have them and they may be very helpful to the at the same The treasure chests need cost us nothing and they inexhaustible, Save moments, we children time, may he a wooden grocery box or any substantial qualities from time to time things other one of Drop into it like clean milk bottle tops, long dull nails, empty spools, bits of bright-col- ored cloth, pleces of string. rid hoard boxes, tinfoil, eas ily handled en blocks of wood, pieces of wire or, word, kind of harmless that our way. Enlist chill dren's efforts in these things for the tren and then when a rainy day comes around open the cover and give the children the priv flege of n material inside in any y they They will find enough to do with It to last them many and whatever they with it. hecanse it Is 50 erude to start with, will of necessity be of a creative nature, entirely their own accomplish ment, Another of treasure box very little children may be kept, con taining odd bits of pauper of different colors and pieces of string of different lengths, huttons too large to be swallowed and of varying sizes These things may be sorted according to their colors and characteristics and the sorting process will go on over and over again with perfect fascination Perbaps the greatest of all treasure chests for children is the one formed from mother nature's own lap which is filled with all kinds of usable and fascinating material. To mention a few only : horse chestnuts, reeds, seeds of the larger variety, pods, shells (heavy ones for matching and build ing, thin ones for plercing and stringing) scorns and their cups. bur dock burrs for older children, potatoes with toothpicks, pine cones, and count Joss more which the children will de light to collect for the chest. Paints, paper, scissors, paste and crayons for supplementary material with any of our chests amd a firm resolve to Ie the children alone In executing the play to result, and we have huilt up for ourselves a never-e.ding source of creative, constructive play that will not only give the children ald in their devel yyment but ourselves many hours of saved energy and distress in finding them ocenpatlion, (B® 1828 Wastarn Newaspaner Union. d inn any material COMes the saving sure chest sing the way they want to hours, sort sizes, THE PERFECT HOSTESS | RS. Cucumber Green, whose real name was Margaret, but whose pretended name was Mrs. Cucumber Green, was planning for her party with Allie Baa. Allle Baa was her favorite child. She was an adorable rag doll. No one could help but love Allie Baa. Allie Baa could be depended upon, too, Oh, yes, she always saw to things in such a careful way. So, one day, when Mrs. Green sald to Allle: “Now, Allle, I want my party to be a great success and you, you know, will make It a success by belng a very good hostess,” ske knew that was all that had to be sald. Allle was a perfect would make everything well. Oh, Allie was perfect way! Allle fectly. Cucumber hostess, She off so every [Hiss in understood Mrs. always When £0 per. Cucumber Green with glee, CTHE WHY of SUPERSTITIONS By H. IRVING KING LADYBUGS yHEN you were a child did you \ one insects known as the ladybug hand and say: little your never take of those in Ladybug, ladybug Your he dren fly away bh fire and your burn! Bre use Is on chil. will Of course you did if you are a real Yankee, country bred, and never suspected that you were invoking Norse and goddesses Another way of conjuring the iadybug Is to place it In open palm and, saying, “Fly east, fly west, fly (oo the one I love blow upon It, then it wil fly off in search of your destined German girls set the ladybug on the point of the finger and ask If when they will be married-—in one year? In two years? ete. The ladybug takes flight at the proper count, In the great grain- raising sections of the Northwest Swedish farmers may be seen count. Ing the spots on the ladybug's wing- covers to forecast the crops, gods of old with the the best” love, All this Is because In the old Norse mythology the Iadybug was con- secrated to the goddess Freyja, the wife of Odin. With her brother, Frey, she presided over love and the grow. ing crops. It was probably the bright markings of the wing-covers of the ladybug—sometimes called the lady- bird--which caused it to be associated with Freyja in her eapacity as god- goddess of love. The goddess’ home was in the sun, whence also was be lieved to come the ladybug: and an echo of this belief Is seen in the ad- vice In our chiidhood’s rhyme to “Fly away home; your house is on fire.” (@ by MeClure Newspaper Syndicate.) (@ by McClure Newspaper fyodicate.) done that morning in Number Four, Green Lane, to get ready for the party! The children were golng to arrive at three o'clock, and they were going to bring all their dolls. “Now, Allie,” Mrs. Cucumber Green sald, “I want you to see that they all have a time and get plenty to eat.” Allie understood perfectly. At last they were all ready and Mrs, Cucumber Green's mother helped dress her as she had helped dress her children. good Such a party It was! " which They played was quite the nicest game of all, and then had a supper of and bread and butter and a birthday cake with four candles upon it! The dolls all behaved beautifully and were a pride to every mother. It able manners they had “house, cocon was surprising, what good Not of each wait } mouth too, one cked her fingers, but rr mother to wipe her and nicely, ore candy rom each GABBY GERTIE I" 3, Ata °) “Many a man Is bald bascause his wife is good at picking locks.” A} ———— Dear Editor: HINKING over the most interest. ing people 1 have mot Iately, 1 call to mind an antique dealer who lives with his relies In a shack without screen doors, Wifeless, he lives alone except for three dogs and a horse-~company enough for any man. No beds to make, no dusting to do, no one to tidy up around him. And on his dining. room floor Is a rare oriental rug, worth, he says, several thousand dol lars, Some folks would think It wicked for any wan to let his dogs race over such a rog. It's muddy and will un doubtedly get abused. He may never find a buyer for it. He could launder this up, sell it, and buy linoleum, hut he loves that rug and Is happy with It, I admire his philosophy of life. Isn't it great to own something you love and to feel no need to turn It Into money! After all, what good are possessions If we don't enjoy them? ~Fred Barton, (© by the Bell Syndicate, Ine) Janet Gaynor star, was born In Philadelphia, cago. Later her Hollywood where family moved she Westerns. Later she played leads of productions and has talents Lin" 23 a singer in “Sunny OCO0O000 i By LEONARD A. BARRETT SoOon FROM JERUSALEM TO JERICO L. A. Barrett. eVOery man assume y for himself i r ¢ values has alwp Another man came down that same road and other he, too, the He fallen no Priest in philozophy “passed by on looked at the by the wayside, but He is called He, too, had WAR same side” had offered man who assistance, the story. a of life thing like this: w to me: | it with Mr, which hat 1 possess belongs am not compelled to share another—an attitude not gether uncommon today, If my bor's house alto neigh. is burning 1 may not be compelled to inform him so far as the legal demands are concerned: but. a higher law, the moral imperative, cer tainly commands me not only to not help him put out the fire The law of the land may not compel me assistance the injured in an accident which 1 may happen to witness, but the moral law certainly urges me to do Only by rendering to the demands of the higher moral imperatives can we possess peace of conscience and happiness, (@, 1930, Western Newspaper Union.) fy him but to offer to one automobile 80. obedience wns Prams DON00 How It Started By JEAN NEWTON 0000 WHY IT IS CALLED “PNEUMONIA” ERE is a word which, If we were enlled upon unexpectedly to speil It might embarass some of us, yet with whose meaning many people perhaps have been unfortunately too familiar, “Pneumonia” Is a good example of a word which, like many other medi. eal terms which are now common currency, barks back for Its origin to the Greek of classic antiquity. Technically speaking, pneumonia is the affection or sickness which results from an inflammation of the lung And it Is so-called after the Greek “poeumo,” which means *“lung.” (@ by the Dell Byndicate, Ine.) LITERAL STUFF “Sorry has She's to my sister bad accident, Fay rather a bitten by an adder” “Good gracious! An adder? wax this?” er, but she her fingers up in the machinery of the cash reg ister,” got “Well, change,""’ the latest report Is ‘no FAIR PRICE Think to Stop € Cas Cheap and Expensive Weapons ‘ “1 Cautious Critics thint M Zoology fur-bearing Freshman wearing his Prof animal? Yes, sir-a coon-skin Can you mention a coat, Night Baseball Father, dear f h me clock in the daughter, you due to hit what if 1 missed ither, come now The Now, steeple sirikes one quit; this guy's And a home run! At Intervals “What, Brown, you've bought your little boy an old piano? 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