WHO'S
NEWS
THIS
WEEK
By LEMUEL F. PARTON
NEW YORK.—One day, a long
AN time ago, a 17-year-old girl,
Janet Lord, was walking along Han-
over street in Boston, a place where
you meet sea-
‘Mother Roper’
To Sailors of
The Seven Seas
from all
world.
before a building,
music of a melodeon,
chorus of men’s voices,
the
ed the steps and so entered
headquarters of
men’s Friends society.
showed her the way to go.
Now Janet Roper, house
mother of the Seamen’s Church
institute on South street, New
York, is observing the fiftieth
anniversary of her work among
sailors, and there is hardly a
forecastle from the Cape of
Good Hope to Cairo, from John
O’Groats to the Ambrose Light
which does not contain at least
one shellback beholden to her in
any one of an infinite variety of
ways.
She is slender, almost frail of
physique. There are only a few
traces of gray in her hair for all
her 66 years, and her eyes snap
humor.
Several years ago Mother Roper
devised the idea of publishing lists of
to seamen’s homes throughout the
world for display upon bulletin
boards.
extraordinary results. S
of touch with their families
years have been located and con-
tacts restored, brother ave been
reunited in far-flun
of happy things |
In all, to c
posedly swallowec
ever m
alien po
from oblivion.
While in Boston, Mother Ro-
per met and subsequently mar-
ried a Congregational clergy-
man, engaged in similar serv-
ice. They worked together in
Gloucester, in Canada and in
Oregon until her husband's
death in 1915, when she came
to the Seamen's institute on
South street. She has no illu-
sions about sailormen, holding
them to be no better and no
worse than other men. Her
work, and her three daughters,
living with her in Brooklyn,
comprise her enthusiasms,
i An
UDGE MANLEY O. HUDSON of
the Permanent Court of Interna-
tional Peace at The Hague, recently
rs out
spending his
vacation at
Sees the World
In Terms of
. Mass.,
Human Species into
international juridical import.
was once Bemis professor of inter-
the refusal in 1928
The world’s leading authority
on all questions perjaining to
comity among nations, this
world to him is no abstract
thing, no matter of geographical
division. Human affairs and re-
lationships are his passion, A
Missourian—he was born in St.
Peters in 1886—he reverses an
attributed reaction of citizens
of his commonwealth in that
far from asking to be shown, he
is at all times willing, nay
eager, to demonstrate.
tagnan's ardor in sword-play, in
thrust and riposte, until his oppo-
any rate, silenced.
one,
Now 52 years old, Judge Hud-
son entered the League of Na-
tions secretariat with its origin
in 1919, and ever since he has
been attached to it. Two years
earlier, he was with the inquiry
and peace {erms commission
established by the state depart-
ment and later, in Paris, was a
member of the international law
division of the committee to ne-
gotiate peace. Work then begun
led directly to the World court
bench when the league assem-
bly gave him the second highest
vote—48 out of 5S0—ever re-
ceived by a candidate.
William Sewell college, Liberty,
Mo., is his alma mater and Har-
vard, where he took post-graduate
courses, his alter mater,
(Consolidated Features-—~WNU Service.)
Unsupervised
Play May Be
Bad for Child
® OLDER CHILDREN
likely to establish feeling of
inferiority by “bossing”
younger playmates. All young-
sters should be taught the
pleasure of wholehearted,
friendly co-operation.
By LAURA GRAY
6 CAN'T understand my small
son, Teddy,” complained Mrs.
Bacon to her neighbor, Mrs. Morton.
“Every time he goes to play with
And he used to be such a
“Robert's older than Teddy, isn't
he?” asked Mrs. Morton.
“Only a year and a half, but he
looks three years older; he's so big
and sturdy. Robert's mother and I
have been taking charge of the two
children on alternate days. This
gives each of us every other day
“What a clever arrangement. But
perhaps the boys see too much of
each other. How do they get on
“‘Oh, they scrap a little; I don’t in-
terfere. But this morning Teddy
made a great ado about going to
play with Robert. He didn't want
to go.”
“Well, there are some people—
much as 1 love them — that I
wouldn't want to spend every day
with,” mused the neighbor. “I
should say, in this case, that the
older boy is wearing out the little
fellow. Having always to give in—
to subject one's own wishes—be-
comes monotonous.”
“1 wonder if you awe right.”
Next day, when six-year-old Rob-
ert came to play with four-year-old
Teddy, his mother, in the next room,
was alert to note what went on.
“Let's play train!" suggested Rob-
ert, sweeping things from a small
table and jerking it upside down.
“No. I want to cut out pictures!”
pouted Teddy, already comfortably
seated in the midst of litter.
“Oh, come on!"
the scissors from
“You may be engineman!’
Storm Stopped Temporarily.
This magnificen i
stopped the | it
test from Teddy + jumped
the
willingly helped arrange chs
d the table. ‘Going to be er
man! Going to be engineman!
kept repeating.
“You may be engine driver after;
I'm going to be first!" The bigger
boy seated himself on top of b
at the head of the procession,
mimicked escaping
reality.
Teddy reluctantly took the seat
behind. At last the steam gave out.
“My turn now!" he cried.
“No, let's play
This is no fun!” The
jumped down and
train!
The boys went into the garden.
Robert rushed to the shed, took out
Teddy's new tricycle and kept it the
rest of the morning. How the owner
longed to enjoy his new toy! He'd
had very little chance as yet—the
boys being almost always together.
And so the day went on, the older
boy's wishes always being carried
out, and the younger never experi
enging that satisfaction with regard
to his own. No wonder poor Teddy
was worn out with giving in!
“You'll have to tidy up!” trium-
phantly, at the end of the day, “1
always do when you come to play
with me!’ Robert beamed at the
playroom that looked as if a cyclone
had passed through it.
At last he was gone!
Half a day or even a whole da,
together, once in a while, would have
been a good experience for these
boys, but every day was too much.
xes
and
else!
“steam
wrecked the
is beneficial for young children, the
periods should not be overlong.
No child should be ““under-dog"
all the time. This is apt to establish
an idea of inferiority, not easily
be fair, and learn that there can be
real pleasure in giving in.
National Kindergarten Association
(WNU Service.)
Roman Dogs
into six groups, the canes villatici
(house dogs); canes pastorales pe-
cuarii (shepherd dogs); canes vena-
tici (sporting dogs); pugnaces or
bellicosi (pugnacious or war dogs);
nares sagaces (dogs which ran by
dogs which ran by sight).
United States, writes Margaret Kid-
der in the Los Angeles Times, we
have a sporting-dog group in which
are the bird dogs; a hound group,
including both the scent and the
sight hounds; a working-dog group,
which takes in the shepherd dogs
and the dogs that the Romans
termed war dogs; a terrier group,
which had no counterpart in Roman
times; a top group, which unac-
countably was missing in Rome,
since tiny pets were popular among
the ruling classes, and a non-sport-
ing group, which no doubt includes
some of the breeds that the Romans
listed as house dase
SW pt————
A
RE
TAXI, MISTER?
A farmer rushed up to the home
asked him to
distant farm-
one night and
at once to a
the farmer's home.
rival the farmer
Upon their ar-
asked:
“Three dollars,” said the physi-
“Here you are,” said the farmer,
over the money; ‘the
blamed liveryman wanted five dol-
That Umbrella
news bulletin announcing Mr. Cham-
bed.
“Mummy,’
the surprised answer, “although the
announcer didn't say so.”
“I'm not so sure,” said Helen, de-
cidedly, ‘for the announcer only
said that Mr, Chamberlain had tak-
en his staff with him." Stray Sto-
ries.
BEING MADE UP
“Is your basketball team all
nade up?"
“All but one, and she doesn't
even use face powder.”
————— ——
They Knew Her
A woman motorist was driving
along a country road when she
noticed a couple of repair men
climbing telephone poles.
“Fools,” she exclaimed to her
companion. “They must think 1
never drove a car in my life Pb
fore.”
Shocking Language
Lady—1'm afraid I'll have to re-
turn that parrot I bought here some
time ago. He shocks all my friends
by his dreadful language.
Dealer—Ah, you've got to be care.
ful 'ow you talk before 'm, lady.
"T's terrible quick to learn,
Measure of Importance
ice to humanity?"
portant service,” replied Mr.
Groucher,
about.”
Might Be Long Trip
ist who has bumped
Couldn't you have gone round me?
Star.
An Old Adage
>f my motters has always been
“Strike while the iron is hot"|
IN TRAINING
Bug-—-What you doin’ that for?
Other Bug—I'm in training for a
marathon and I have to run around
the block every day.
Social Insecurity
“So,” remarked the boyhood
friend, “you are in the swim."
“Mother and the girls think 1
am,” answered Mr. Cumrox, “but
my personal feelings are those of a
man who has just fallen overboard
and ought to be hollering for help.”
With a Microscope
“You see that old boy over there?
He thinks in terms of millions."
“He doesn’t look to me like a
financier.”
“He isn't, He's a bacteriologist.”
A President’s Attendance Ca
One Sunday during the summer
of 1917 the President suggested
that we drive quietly over to Vir-
ginia and attend the service at the
Pohick church, which was the
place of worship of George Wash-
ington. When we arrived, the lit-
tle edifice was well filled, Mr.
Wilson, my brother Randolph and
I were escorted to the Washington
pew, given prayer books and left
to ourselves. The service over,
“May 1 tell you a story?”
is the story:
Knowing our plans, Mr. Jervis
had reached the church at
about, At the nearest house he
inquired whether there was to be
a service,
but said that the preacher was
and that Jervis
of him. At the
Mr. Jervis found a
home
quire
house
might
vestry and
foot girls and boys.
the man whether there would be
attends the appearance of a Presi- | a service at the church, because
dent in public. Also I was im-|the President had intended to
ongregation, | come.
asked the clergyman.
one of | United States,” replied
asked: | The minister looked at
sorrowfully. “Young
: | you ili?” he asked.
“M” for Noon Jervis showed his badge, adding
er rhe | that the President and Wil-
According to the United States | son were due in an hour. The
Naval Observatory 12:00 M is al- | minister clapped his hands. *‘Chil-
most universally used to desig- | dren, Sunday school is dismissed.
nate 12:00 o'clock noon. M in this | All of you run home and tell your
connection is an abbreviation of | fathers and mothers the President
‘Meridiem,"'’ the accusative of the | is coming to church and I want
Latin “meridies,”
lay.
“Of
Jervis,
men,
Afterwards Mr.
secret 8ervic © 1 caller
man, are
» -
Mrs.
{him."” Then he turned to Jervis.
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Wise and Otherwise
If your garden is fooling you, give
it @ few digs in return,
Women can give everything with a
smile and take everything back with
a tear.
Every dog has his day, says the
proverb. And, judging by the row in
my back garden, every cat has her
knight.
“Parents are often a hindrance to
children in a career,” says a judge.
Perhaps—but the children could
hardly start a career without them.
A seaside worker tells me he gets
$250 » day for picking up litter. A
tidy sum?
Did the guy who said “honesty is
the best policy” ever try telling the
boss what he really thought of him?
Hank says his wife's new diet has
fairly took her breadth away!
y an, I must shave. You
over to church and
tell the sexton to ring the bell—
vigorously.” At the church Jervis
found the old sexton opening the
| door. He gave the minister's mes-
The sexton’s mouth stood
open for a minute. Then he said:
“Here, you ring that bell. It's
just outside in a tree. 1 got to go
home and shave.” —Edith Bolling
Wilson in The Saturday Evening
t Post.
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