Little Talks by
Beatrice Fairfax
The day's news mentions another
case of child beating, the interven
tion of the Children's Society and the
arresi--t of the father, who inflicted
"twenty-two lacerations in the arms
and body.'*
It is to be hoped when thts
■rase comes up for trial, the police
Jourt Justice may not repeat the
conduct of another Judge a week or]
two ago.
This arbitrator of our destinies j
congratulated the parents, who had
1 een haled before him on a charge,
of brutality and said that he, the|
judge, "would have done the same :
thing m his place."
And yet parents of this type won
iter why children lie to protect
themselves, run away from home
and frequently come to a bad end,
When a parent flogs a child in a
rage it is never the child's welfare
he has in view, but the venting of
his anger on a helpless victim. Andj
the \ictim seldom forgets: let par-!
cnts who look forward to happy re-j
lations with their children in the;
evening of life bear this in mind.
A child may deceive a parent who
beats him, with a pretense of afTec
tfon, but '.he feeling is seldom gen
uine. If an animal resents and re
members cruelty why should a child,
infinitely more highly organized, for
get?
And why respectable people, in
dulging themselves in this ignoble
weakness, should feel called upon
to quote Solomon's "Spare the rod
and spoil the child," I don't know.
Certainly they do not quote as
an evidence of superiority that Sol
omon had a thousand "secondary
wi\%s" as the Germans call them.
They are rather ashamed of that,
hut they are strong in quoting him
as an upholder of flogging. In the
opinion of the most advanced stud
ents of child welfare, he was as
benighted, as brutal, as lacking in
real wisdom in one case as in the
other.
Children's Court Stories
Spend a session in any Children's
Court and the stories of youthful
crime invariably begin with ac
counts of unmerciful whippings at
home. A child is a human being,
having self-preservation as his
strongest instinct. In evading a
brutal thrashing by any means in
his power he is carrying out a phy
sical law that is as old as man.
A generation ago, people spoke
imblushinglv of "breaking a child's
spirit,'" not realizing that they were
killing in the child the divine' spark
God gave him to go through life.
Now that we have "Mothers' 1
Councils" and societies for the pro
motion of child welfare, we have
discovered what a crime this was.
That the child whose spirit was
broken did not get far on the road
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Bringing Up Father Copyright, 1918, International News Service *— * *— * By McManus
ARouisO HER.E -I'M > n „ B \ ===== COMF RVCHT 1 p- HERE - I'LL
ro J — yi : m r HERE!! , > m YOU VjHO's BObb*
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to success. That ho was afraid of;
people, afraid of taking chances,
afraid of circumstances, afraid of
everything that would land him on;
the top rung of the ladder.
And that frequently he was a con- |
stitutional liar, that the habit ofj
being untruthful in childhood to!
protect himself, kept him from be-j
ing truthful by habit when he grew i
to be a man.
Bernard Shaw says: "Any dog
trainer will testify that a spaniel
can be spoiled for life by a single
act of terrorization; and many hu
man beings have been spoiled ln :
that way."
Develop Responsibility
On the other hand, children who|
have persisted in incorrigibility nn-l
der dally beatings have developed!
into useful members of the family
on appealing to their sense of re
sponsibility.
"You are a part of the family'
unit, George; if you fall in these
duties we shall all suffer." The boy
waited for the usual threats; they,
did not come.
Sometimes he failed, sometimes:
he did not. It was a long, uphill!
task getting him to realize the partj
he played in family life.
But finally he comprehended, end i
it appealed to his sense of impor
tance, it appealed to forces ages|
older than he was. When he failsj
now he says "I'm sorry." There
no brutal thrashing. The boy has!
been reclaimed.
The magnificent showing our boys,
are making in France confirms thia i
doctrine. The Kaiser was sneering-j
ly contemptuous to our "lightning-j
trained" men. What chance would;
they have with men who had been
severely disciplined the better part!
of their lives?
What chance? Why, the soldiers!
who had been "brought "up un- j
der the crack of the whip," and had 1
not had their souls crushed under
the Iron heel of authority, proved a
sickening shock to the Kaiser.
They were the better men.
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HAHJEUSBURG TELEGRAPH
Advice to the Lovelorn
BY BEATRICE FAIRFAX
TALKS I.IK 10 A BROTHER
DEAR MISS FAIRFAX:
For years I have been friends with
two sisters, both of whom are of
about my own age (19). They and
their father have always considered
me as one of the family, and I, hav
ing no sisters of my own. have in a
measure, adopted them.
Recently, the older of the two girls
has been keeping late hours, and' is
going with company of which neither
her father, nor her sister nor myself
approve. I am personally acquainted
with these companions of hers (hav
ing gone to high school with them),
and know that 1 would never allow
my sister, if I had one, to associate
with them.
Can you please suggest some way
of my helping this girl without giv
ing her the impression that it Is a
case of jealousy on my part?.
HARVEY,
Since you really feel that this girl
is getting into bad company you
might easily enough want to warn
her even if you didn't consider her a
little sister. What does it matter
whether she thinks you jealous or
not? You aren't selfishly considering
yourself in your position, but the help
you can give her. Just bend every
energy to wear her away from her evil
companions. Try to find for her the
good times and enjoyment she craves,
and the useful companionship she
wants outside of this group of people
who are unfit for her to know. Give
her something "just as good"—some
thing better! Youth frequently longs
for gayety and amusement, and the
best argument against the wrong sort
of canipanionship may be to prove
that equal happiness can be found
with right sort of compantonship.
DfIVT FORCE YOURSELF
DEAR MISS FAIRFAX:
I am 19 and care a good deal for a
young man employed near my home.
A man I know promised to give me
an introduction to him, but I have
found out that he doesn't care to meet
any young girls near his place of
business. I would like yoilr opinion
as to what I should do to make his ac
quaintance.
ANXIOUS.
Why force yourself on a young man
who has expressed himself in such
a way that your trying to meet him
can only belittle you? Even if you
did meet him he would under the cir
cumstances, probably do nothing
to further the acquaintance. I thinlc
the sensible thing to do is Just forget
all about him.
BE HONEST
DEAR MISS FAIRFAX:
I am 26 and am going about with a
man of 45. I like this man very
much, but I cannot say I love him.
Do you think the difference in ages
is too great? I know this man loves
me very much.
A. B.
Age Is not the real Issue; tempera
ment is. A man of 45 may still be
boyish, virile, full of the Joy of liv
ing and In every way able to command
a girl's love as well as her respect.
Don't lead the man to believe that you
care for him when you yourself are
In doubt of your feelings. On the
other hand, give your feelings a fair
chance to develop and prove them
selves through companionship out
K {tf which happy love ptyen, grou,
LIFE'S PROBL
ARE DISCUSSED
By MRS. WILSON WOODROW
"Dear Madam—As a reader of
your column, I would like to ask
your opinion. Do you believe that
true friendship exists among wom
en?
"I have few friends, because most
of the girls I went to school with
have now grown up and turned to
frivolity, and the others are In a
position where they can afford things
which I cannot, and, truthfully
speaking, about which I do not care,
—such as lots of clothes, etc. I am
satisfied with having plain things
and only those which X need.
"There is one girl I know and
esteem very highly, but another girl
of the same age as ourselves —she
Is not yet twenty-one —Is more of a
coquette than I would care to be
with, as I dislike any form of co
quetry. Several times lately when
the three of us have had an ap
pointment, the other two have gone
away without saying a word to me,
and when I would call for them X
would ttnd that they had gone with
out leaving even a message. This
makes me very unnappy, and I often
think X will never have faith in
friendship again.
"I have no boy friends, although
I would like to meet some nice young
men, but X do not have the oppor
tunity, and X do not suppose they
are any truer in their friendships
than girls. •
"Trusting you will tell me what
you tlilnk on this subject,
"I am respectfully, L. E."
You poor child! Xf I were only
a fair godmother how gladly would
I appear before you, touch a pump
kin with my magic wand, turn It
into a coach and whisk you off to the
ball to dance with the prince. You
are like a pendulum which has
swung too far in one direction. You
need all the amusement and recrea
tion you can get.
The very best advice I can give
you is to quote Professor William
James to you, only I can't do it
accurately, because I haven't the
book at hand. But, anyway, he said
something somewhere about every
one needing a moral vacation now
and then. No one can be frightfully
good all the time without becoming
a tiresome prig, and you surely
don't want to be that.
And don't Ignore frivolity too
much. It's the leaven of life. "A
little nonsense now and then is rel
ished by the wisest men"—l may
say especially by the wisest men.
Their fondness for nonsense is usu
ally in proportion to their wisdom.
Why, you are only twenty-one!
And twenty-one was never in
tended to be staid. Youth turns
naturally to laughter and nonsense
and frivolity and pretty things. And
because you are inclined to frown
on these things is pi-ooably the rea
son that your friends of the same
age as yourself break their engage
ment with you.
Do you really mean t<4 say that
you are content with "plain things
and only those you need!"
1 do not say, of course, that you art
wilfully deceiving me, but I wonder
if you are not unwittingly deceiv
ing yourself. It Is not in the heart
of woman to be tnsenslble to the
lure of pretty clothes. Only recently
I saw a certain faraway, absorhea
look in the eyes of a sister woman.
When anyone spoke .to her she came
to with a start.
"It is either a man or a new
hat." I said to myself. "Time will
tell."
For the next day or two she
seemed worried and anxious; then
she suddenly appeared light of Btep,
a gay, confident gleam in her eyes,
and—an adorable hat on her head.
"It's been awful," she confided.
"I had to go past that shop three
times a day. and they wouldn't take
this bonnet out of the window. To
day I coufdn't resist any longer. I
fell for it."
A warm glow of sympathy flooded
my being. "I've been going
through the same soul struggle," 1
confessed. "It's been a pair of shoe
buckles with me."
And yet you ask, Can there .be
Woman's Danger Period
The period between forty-five and
fifty-five years of age is said to be a
rxisis or danger period In a woman's
life which tests her for her fitness to
continue in the race. It is then that
she suffers from such annoying
symptoms as heat-flashes, nervous
ness, headaches, "the blues," or
dread at impending evil, or some
dormant disease in the system be
comes active. When a woman is
passing through this crisis there is
one tried and true remedy. Lydia E.
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which after forty years of success
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true friendship between women?
There are moments such as these in
ever;- woman's life which only a
woman can comprehend.
And why scorn coquetry? A girl
told me yesterday that she consid
ered it wrong to flirt. She thought
it unfair to men. But. so far as I
ciated. Most men like the fun of
stalking their bright gazelle, so why
deprive them of it? No one wants
a perfectly monotonous courtship
any moie than he wants to eat cold
rice pudding all the time. If you
can't indulge in a few coquetries now
and then, what's the use of being
twenty-one?
My dear girl, you are more to be
pitied than blamed, if you have nev
er had any silly seasons. I know
that I speak with the universal voice
when I say that anyone who wants
them can have my periods of seri
ous thought or hard study or consci
entious endeavor. But rubies
couldn't buy my silly seasons.
How to Conserve
Canning and Packing For Win
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National War Garden Experts,
DRYING PUMPKIN
Pumpkins are bulky vegetables to
store—why not try something new
this year and dry them? It requires
a sharp knife, some "elbow grease," |
a little commonsensa, and sunshine. !
The free drying manual which the
National War Garden Commission.
Washington, will send In return for
a 2-cent stamp gives detailed direc
tions for drying fruits and vege
tables.
There are two ways of preparing
pumpkin for drying and both are sat
isfactory. Cut into one-half inch
strips, pare and clean. Blanch three
minutes. Cctfd dip, remove surface
moisture by pressing between clean
towels, and spread on drying trays,
platters or dripping pans. Spread a
single thickness of paper or thin mus
lin first. The drying time Is three to
four hours, starting at 110 degrees F.
end raising gradually to 140 degrees
F The pumpkin may be cut in rings
instead of strips, and these rings hung
up over the kitchen stov e or In the
sun. Unless the air Is very dry, the
time required will be longer if the
drying is done in the sun than in a
drier, but less watching is necessary
and the product will have an excel
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