Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, July 13, 1918, Page 2

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DENU, Manager. VOTE AS YOU SHOOT. R Following the days of the late unpleasantness between the States, and reaching up to within very recent times, it was:no uncommon thing to hear ‘the expression,- “Vote as you ghoot.” The “Yellow dog democrat’ and the “stalwart’’ repub- lican hewed to the line marked by .the division of *61.. It was ‘enough to know that a candidate was of “our kind.” -~ Policies counted for very little except as they related to the Great Ques- tion. This custom has one very noticeable effect—it served to - keep alive a burning loyalty-to the cause that was fought for. Today, the old unionist and the old confederate are equally proud of their respective records. The time has come when wé-—north, south, east and west us “vote as we shoot.” All cannot shoot. ‘Possibly there are some who cannot give much;, and some who can serve but little. But every qual- jfied American citizen can vote, and the elections are drawing near. Leaders, state and national, are to be chosen. It is vitally important that in this choosing: no mistakes be made. There is but one vital-issue in the world today—the crushing and utter annihilating of Kaiserism with all its. hellishness and all the unspeakable policies it stands for. - : “Let us not bear the shame of sending to our legislative halls, any man whose complete loyalty is in the slightest de- ‘that, if need . -and her cause.. ; : Let us vote as we shoot—vote to free the world from the great octopus of Hunism; trodden of‘earth’s millions, and to enthrone right and justice and universal peace. But let us remember, in casting our bal- lots, that there is but one way to accomplish-these objects— fight to a.complete and glorious victory. ! «Our heroic lads will do the shooting. Let every American vote back up a bullet. ———— CHILD LABOR. : The United States Supreme Court having declared th child .1abor law unconstitutional, it becomes the duty of the various states to take the matter in hand and see that suitable state laws are passed safe-guarding the lives of the little people. The question of child labor, though, like most other great public questions, is decidedly a two-sided one. It is by no means to the best interest of the children that they be exempted from labor. Labor is the matural heritage of man,” and the earlier in life it is mastered, the happier-and more successful is the individual. Labor is also largely a habit, and, like any other habit, becomes more fixed as it is indulged. Our country is the great country she is today largely be- cause we have enthroned and dignified labor until it has be- come the bed-rock principle of life with all our people. It is, therefore, vitally necessary that our youth be taught in youth the dignity and absolute necessity of labor. This can only be done by practical application. The child must be taught to labor—and taught while yet a child. The youngster that is shielded from all labor during the years of childhood and adolescence is as much sinned against as the one 'who is unduly burdened with toil—if not more so. It becomes our duty, then, in dealing with this question, to shape laws on this subject that every child shall be taught to labor—practically and efficiently, but that none may be unduly burdened. Not only is it necessary from an economic stand- point that our youth be trained to work, but it is just as neces- sary from a purely personal and physical point of view. There is no physical development can compare with that obtained from judicious, properly balanced labor throughout childhood and youth. It has never yet failed, given-the right groundwork to begin on, to produce the most perfect physical development. Nine out of every ten of our great men have been working boys. Also nine out of every ten of our convicts have been idle boys. The truth is significant, and our legislators will do well to keep it well in mind. AMBITION TO BE REALIZED. ' The proposal to empower the president to take the tele- phone and telegraph lines in case of “an emergency” makes it certain that the “emergency” will occur. Postmaster General Burleson, whose pet ambition it has been to rule the wires of the land, will see to that. ‘And when once the wires are in gov- ernment hands we shall see the usual programme carried out. Z.Fu'st alarge increase in wages, and then a decrease in effic- iency. . ‘Who would have thought we could go abroad this year and find the Fourth of July there? When London and Paris both celebrate our national holiday, a long step is taken for- ward toward the brotherhood of nations. —need to adopt the old slogan, only in a modified form.” Let gree questionable. ' The great gravity of the situation demands be, we'subordinate every other interest to this one .supreme demand—utter, unquestioned loyalty to the country .vote to give liberty to the down- .~ Spend Evening-in‘the . Club. : | SOMEBODY ALWAYS “ON-108 | ¥’ ‘Quy” Can Be Depended Upon to Get ‘Move On ‘in Emergency=Men “‘Made to Feel Perfectly Free and ‘Unrestrained. 'By CLARENCE BUDINGTON KEL. fcan war vessel hired a motor truck and (drove nine miles to get to the Y. M. C, /A. club in'a famous French elty, I'ask- ‘ed them why. S “Because it's a regular hangout,” one of them said, and another added, “Be- cause you get white bread with butter on it; and eggs fried on both sides and soffee ‘with plano accompaniment.” As soon as I broke into the place I found why men would ride nine miles on a truck to loaf there from eight un- il eleven. % It wasn’t the sort of place folks in the United States imaging a Y. M, O. A, to be, It was a swelteringly hot night; and the broad front steps were lined from end to end with men in khaki and men in navy blue. | They were gassing and smoking until ‘the place ‘looked as if the captain had ordered a smoke screen to help him through' the submarine zone. From ‘the street. you could:hear ‘a plano doing business and a lot more ‘men in -uniform howling, “Joan - of Arc If the mothers of these hoys hearts would have droppeéd off a pound of weight and increased ‘their beat by ten” to the second., They sang as if they were glad to be alive. Right on ‘the Job. --And then somebody: busted up''the game. - A sailorman: came in:and made the ‘announcement ‘that the driver of to quarters again, and it was a walk of nine nilles on a hot night, or a stretch in the brig for them. Gloom déscended, - Then somebody turned around-and bellowed, “Where's one of them ‘Y guys?'” A “Y" guy happened to be on 'thé spot and in a second he was surround- ed, not by a crowd of men who were angry or in a mood to demand some- thing, but by fellows who were mighty courteous in an unpleasant situation. That was something worth remarking, and it made you sort of glad to be around. 3 ; They put the thing up to the “¥Y” guy and one fellow said sort of bash- ful-like, “We don’t want to act like we was puttin’; this up to you. ' 'Tain’t your fault, but—" It was apparent they had gotten the idea somehow that you could depend on a “Y” guy-to get a'move on him; and the “Y” guy allowed as much. “Sure, it's up to us,” he said, “that’s why we're here.” . Inside of twenty minutes he was angle on the side of it. He tucked the thirty sailormen into it and off they went to keeptheir appointment with their boss. . That, quite likely, is one reason why they rode nine miles to spend an eve- ning in the Y. M. C. A., because they knew somebody was on ‘the job.~ Like You Owned the Place. Another reason is that you don't have to knock, show a ticket, wiggle your first finger or roll over and play dead to get in. -You just walk in like you were there to foreclose a first mort- gage on the place. When you walk through the front door you don’t run into a lecture hall, though there 1s:one upstairs, and ‘the odor that comes to your nose isn’t ithe odor “of sanctity. fried eggs. The cafeteria is the first thing you meet,-and if you are wise you. get acquainted with it and stay acquainted while you are in this' lo- cality, for it is the best and cheapest place to eat in'town. I know because I tried several. The 'most impressive thing about it is the complete absence of an osten- tatious welcome. You just help your- gelf and nobody says a word. You wander in and “eat and wipe your mouth on your sleeve and hike upstairs to mess around on a piano or write a letter or play billiards, or to do as you doggone please. You are free. To be able to make a huge number. of men feel perfectly free and unrestrain- ed and at home is quite some little ac- complishment. I haven’t had time- to find out how it is done, but the next time I have a party at my house I'm going to try it on. It’s the real thing in hospitality. 3 SURPRISE FOR CHURCH FOLKS. Qalled an Hour Earlier for Prayer = Meeting and Set to Digging Dandelions. T P Denver, Colo—Every member of City Park Baptist church was urgently requested to attend a special mid-week prayer meeting and to be on hand an hour earlier than usual. When the #yyorshipers” arrived the ‘pastor pro- duced an old case knife for each mem- ber, pointed to a church lawn badly cluttered ‘by dandelions and told men and women alike to get busy. . At the end of an hour of digging the lawn was clear of weeds, ‘ EIR HANG 0UT! ’;xanks Travel, Many Miles to Paris.—Thirty sallors off an Amerl- could have heard that racket thelr’ HINT “FOR How. Loss of8ecdling, Riants Thraugh their truck refused to take them back - -| in the day that the follage of all tender. seedlings=will be thoreughly dry before night; ventilation to keep the air pure; back with a big truck with a red ftri- It’s the smell of: DEVOTE STUDY. TO GARDEN iProperly: Planted Land“of’Malue Both --t0- the -Owner..and- to-the -+ Communlity. duction ‘in ‘a systematic ‘way ‘8o’ tha the garden will glve satisfactory re- sults. a8tudy methods” of eultivation on all:products. ‘ When buying onion sets, for-rexample, "see - if*there iare| not other f00d crops. which are better ‘procured in a'state ofgrowth than in seeds. - All ‘gardens ‘need :horseradish and’ rhubarb, -which - are ~best started Afrom roots, and these can be bought any Rhubarb will, thrive in-any odd:bit of ground. from ‘almost iany ‘dealer. It “will “be: ready- for use*the . seco; Some clalm -they.have .the best su cess ‘growing it “after th€ early bage, beets,-etc. thefall;the smail:roots:being rem and cut. into. sets four to.six inches long.” ‘“The top-end is' cut-square and. the bottom slanting so. there wilk be} 'no »mistake in /planting. - Fhese: iare {progress. trom. day: to.day. "This;sys- :| A recent advertisement contains the- LIt,viA'-a":wlsé course to phn?kooé pro- year. It 1s a valuable crop as well a8 belng hardy ‘and prolific, “oT /i Horseradish also:is:commonlygrown from-roots. or-sets and mot: from seeq. The crop Is dug A’ SATURDAY, EVENING, JULY 13, 1918 “"Before”Day of Chronometer. . Longitude baflled all.navigaters until the ‘chronemeter-eime intowse in"1785. The ancients and later navigators, in- cluding all the great discoverers, could find their latitude by observations of the sun’s height, but theyicould deter- . mine*thel! ngitude only by: “dead reckoning,” ‘or estimating their ship’s Just Reward. = * Weary Willie—Dat’s the worst’ ple 41.-ever tasted. = - g 3 “Mrs. Jones—Wait just a minute and I'll.give ‘you a dollar. . That ple was baked by my husband’s mother. - Qfi. e 3 Crowded Out. % 3 isidion “Mrs. Flathunter—Are there any rats or mice in-this apartment? = % #Mr. Cubicle, the Agent—Only mice. g We can't supply space for rats at less I ‘than $150 a month, ARG i % tem was uncertain and caused a great many shipwrecks. s The Proper Time. = =/ T -“About what: time was" it when the witness: wag' giving/ his: évidence that ™ - : the prisoner lost countenance?’ ~was when “his iface . b= . Aucld-English. © following: “If. the. gentleman iwho keeps the boot shop. with the red head will return~the -umbrella of a young Jady with whalebone ribs and aniiron handle’ to' the slate-roofed grocer’s shop he will. hear of something to his advantage, as'the same is the gift of |qame; Louis! a deceased mother mow no-more with | Jfanlon—You're: wrong, “Ed; she the name:engraved upon it.” ‘| won’t even‘ridein a stripped roadstefs GRAND THEATRE | [ Mat. and ‘Night U “R. M. HARVEYS PRESENTS “I suppose it fell.” S0 awrong Agaln. : McGonigie—I think:she's a “brazes tled In bundles and kept over: winten] in+“sand.” When-planting ‘time~comes crowbar or long stick "and :the s dropped in and covered two-or thre inches- deep so"thaf they do not comé up until: midsummer. - Any,.deep, -xich, well-drained.soil will answer for horses ~ radish, TE | GARDENER #Damping: Off” May: Be Avoided ~/With'Little: Trouble. ‘Many_millions ‘of geedling plantsiar “lost* annually by ‘ what’ is - generally 14 termed “damping off.”.. It ‘may beiob- served in the.sudden . collapse_of ithe little.plants at -the -meck or .. ground level, and usually occurs .while |the' seedlings’ are- still in7the ‘seed pan, though it'alse may-happen-even after ‘they 'have beentransplanted. ~ It 18 due to the work of a'mimutefungus, and -brought about "by. excessive mois- ture in the soil or atmosphere, .a condi- tion the fungus guickly takes advant- age of to get in-its.deadly work. To prevent: such. conditions, the-sol must:be sufficiently porous o that iw: terwill soak into it qufckly. 'Water is given only when needful, and-so-early also’ will ‘tend to 'ward, off disease. “Damping off” also may be checked by placing a thin/ayer:of-sharp sand over the surface of ‘the: soll; or ailight, dusting ‘of flowers:of sulphur also may: combat the evil x il Guard against-sowing seed too thi the seedlings will' be so: close. to ion another. that they .will: not .dry iout readily.—Country Gentleman. Old Plea for Gardens. “Plantations have .one advantage in them which is not to be-found in most other works, as they give a pleasure of a more lasting date;and continually improve in the eye of ithe 'planter. When you‘have‘finished a’ bullding, or any other undertaking of the like! na- ture, it-immediately decays:upon your hands; you, see it brought to thei ut- most point of -perfection, and from that.time hastening to. its ruin. ' On the. contrary, when: you+have finished your: plantations they are still:arriving at igreater degrees of : perfection as long as you live 'and-appear morei de- lightful in every‘succeeding year than they. did in the foregoing. But I do “Dot’ only.recommend. this art to.men"of estates as a pleasing -amusement, (but as it is a kind of virtuous employment, and may, therefore,~be inculcated by "moral motives;-particularly from :the love which we ought'to have for iour country, and the - regard “which: we ‘ought to bear to our posterity.” : " The extract is from an essay byiJo- seph Addison; which appeared. in ithe London Spectator August 20, .1714. England did about as Addison suggest- ed, with the result that English gar- dens are- noted the world: over, and Englishmen are better for them, Not True to' Type. “Smell anything, grandmother?”. aske ed the youngster who was-lylng on the floor drawing. - ' Grandmother assured: him she idid not. The young artist'gave & few finish- ing touches and repeated his question. Grandmother sniffed the:air and again declared she smelled nothing. “Well,” said the boy, “you-ought to. 1 have just drawed a-skunk!” Only Real Test of Garden. After all, the true test of a garden ig its actual beauty, and if ‘thisqual- ity is not there in fullness and suffi- clency the garden is-largely a-failure, no matter what ‘“ideals” are 'at- tained. Art and Nature in-Garden. Art in garden is in reality but fidel- ity to nature, yet both the mind and the hand of ‘man must place thelr marks on the place or we should have -but one uninteresting :bit of the wilds, small koles-arermade ~with & lghts ks 1y, for, should the mujority. germinate, {} 2oy REATER—— 40 -MINSTREL. KINGS AND QUEENS-40 * ‘Including * Famous -Ballad ‘Singers, ' Entrancing Dancers, Novelty Entertainers, Expert Comedians, -In-’ strumental and Vocal Soloist—A Creole Beauty. Chorus . 20 PIEGE BAND 10 PIECE-ORGHESTRA . 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