Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, January 2, 1917, Page 7

————————— “IT’S ALL IN THE DAY'S WORK” By HENRY CHURCHILL KING President of Oberlin College. A man’s point of view and his mood toward life have, after all, every- thing to do with what his life is to mean to himself and to other men. My thought is that this common, everyday phrase, “It’s all in the day’s work,” may well indicate both mood and point of view. Five suggestions, it may be said to contain: The true view of life is not the ascetic view ; nor the attitude of self-pity ; nor the point of view of medieval chivalry, with its faith in the aristocracy of persons, even in attempted service; but the straight-forward taking on, with cheer and courage, of whatever is involved in the goal one has set himself. That a man should say : “It’s all in the day’s work” has a still further vital bearing on his outlook in life. So saying, one should mean that he takes all that comes, pleasant or painful, bitter or sweet, as simply in- volved in the work assigned, in the trust assured, in the ideal cherished, in the kind of man he purposes ta be. He has chosen his goal, and what- ever is necessary to that goal he takes as a simple matter of course. He finds St. Paul, I think, expressing with exactness his own point of view: “I count not myself to have laid hold; but one thing I do, for- ing the things which are behind, and stretching forward to éhe things which are before, I press on toward the goal.” One sufferings, and sacrifices, appear in a different light when one looks at then as simply involved in the goal that he himself has chosen. Though the point of view is neither that of the medieval knight, nor that f the modern aristocrat, it is still not a dull and hopeless drudgery to which a man is doomed. The goal illumines all the course toward it. It is all in the day’s work. _—eeeeeeeeee DeVoe FJ | Deterioration of Eskirno By Contact With White Man SOME SMILES Discredit to “Civilization” Coining Money. Ing to all accustomed to think well of “That’s the| themselves as “civilized,” in distinction most realistic wild | fromm “barbarous” or " to note man I ever saw. | the quick deterioration in the Eskimos His contortions | r rted by Doctor Anderson as the re- are horrible.” sult of contact with white me: “Just confiden- Of course it is a commonplace of eth- tially,” said the} nology that side show mana-| been injuri and often fatal to primi- ger. “I'll tell you} tive peoples, but usually the humilia- what's the matter | tion of this fact has been mitigated by It is or ought to be a little disquiet- such contact has always with poor Sam. | the possibility of saying that the primi- He’s suffering ise the first visitors with ai jumping f the vices rather toothache. It} than the virtues of civilization—rough shame to make him stay in his cage all day, but look at the business we're do- ing!” — peoples Aqua Pura for Him. Sapleigh—But what's a fellah to do when awsked to take a dwink, don- seems Sailors, for instance, or consciencele traders ruthless in exploiting natur untutored children. This theory would be the better if in many instances mis- sionaries of the most respectable sort had not brought about changes in the they tried to serve which, though different from those worked by cher know? ° ee ee oe SAI Miss Sharp-—Oh, he should take | “°°? ets ie some harmless beverage. . Sapleigh—And—-aw—what would you recommend for me? HEALTH - AND Bacfisaiginies) sie 5 BIG BUSINESS A Prolonged Clutch. “Were there any gripping moments in the problem play you saw last night?” “I should say so! The two princi- pal characters gripped each other early in the first act and kept it up, with a few interruptions, until the final curtain fell.” _ Efficiency is gene Nothin’ Doin’. god of big business. C€ Farmer Oatcake—Did thit air citty chap that wuz up tew yore place hunt- By DR. SAMUEL G. DIXON. Commissioner of Health of Penn- sylvania. ad the iin it is that great corpora- tions have carried in’ last week manage tew hit any- ion to a thing? which has Farmer Hayrix—Gosh, no! Why, materially in- even when he went fer tew start home he missed th’ train. Cynical Comparison. creased the effec- tiveness of their there- fore it is not sur- employees, “This self-made man scoffs at a col- prising to find lege education, you say? that in all great “Yes. To hear him talk, you'd commercial and think a diploma was of no more prac- industrial plants tical use to the man who possesses it than a loving cup.” Wisdom of the Wise. “Did you ever sow any wild oats?” asked the Inquisitive stranger. there are well-or- ganized medical departments, The employers who have upon their rolls tens of thousands of men and women find that it pays them to pro- “Only once,” replied the young] vide for the adequate m ral care of farmer. “I believe in the rotation of | their working men and women. This crops.” has been carried to a degree which So Paw Says. Little Lemuel—Say, paw, what is the difference between a luxury and a necessity? dentists and chiropodi®ts, whose serv- Paw—Marrying for love is a luxury,| ices are at the disposal of their em- son, and marrying for money is 4a | ployees. hecessity. Instead of considering the. appli- sre eants without regard for their physi- At the Reception. \ cal condition, examinations are now Said He—They required in order that sufferers from tell me that you tuberculosis and other diseases will are an authority not be added to the force of employees on flowers. and menace the healthy workers and Satd’ She— the establishment's customers, Hardly an author- Great industrial plants not only of- ity, although I fer medical and surgical treatment to have made a study their employees, but the majority of of them, them conduct welfare work, carrying Said He—Well, modern medical and sanitary practice what fis your opin- into the homes of their employees, to fon of that bloom- the great benefit and protection of ing {dfot over the workers and their families. there talking to It has been demonstrated beyond the society bud? the question of a doubt that this is an a excellent investment from the employ- Feminine Comment. ers’ standpoint. No man can render He—Miss Elderleigh tells me she is| the maximum of service who is physi- triving to broaden her iifé. — cally unfit. Big business has proved She—Well, I don’t blame her in the | health a primary necessity in industry, least. It has been running to length | and it is willing to pay for it. for a good many years. The employees have never been tak- _ en better care of than at the present Brief, But Pointed. time. This has come about through Landlady—How do you like your|the educational work of health au- eggs? thorities, with the assistance of the would have been considered astound- ing a generation ago. Practically ev- ery department store has its medical and nursing staff. Some even have the sailors and traders, still led only with more or less speed to extermina- tion, It fails utterly in the case af these Eskimos, who have had, as yet, asso- ciation only with white men who were as little Inclined to make money out of them by selling cheap rum as they were to change the ancient habits of life dictated by experience as best adapted to the arctic environment. Yet they say that the Eskimos of Corona- tion island and thereabouts have al- ready lost their, pristine virtues and learned both to beg and to steal. “Learned,” however, is hurdly the right word. It would be more nearly correct to say that they have developed in a very natural way tendencies hith- erto kept latent by circumstances, The members of a small, isolated clan do hot beg or steal from each other, since all their property is practically owned in common. The arriyal of aliens so strange as to seem fferent species creates wholy new conditions, and beg- Pe and stealing from them are only manifestations of immemorial instincts from which none of us Is yet free “Natu "man takes what he can from a stranger with ho more thought of wrong than If it were a bear or a deer he was despoiling—or than if he were a spider taking possession of a fly.— New York Time: Work for Artists. London artists in the war are distress througt yyed to dec orate the walls of manfy of the public schools of the city with fri panels illustrative of | in the British dopd fi One of thae tures depicts Londc cathedral overlookir barges and steamer# moving about the riy Others pie of pastoral seene= in Canada, Australia, Sonth Afeies and the West Ind.es. By exteyiding the Work througheut the sehee! system the bojrd of edpgation Ropes to develop being em \ beyond the eg, triking ple 4..." St. Pyul's the Tmties and the natién OT’ the pupils and pos. sibly developfa large school of decor tive paintingsin England. Why Yeast Raises Bread. of s ud doggh contains a percentage d@e to the starch made by the wheat ylant, myriad livigg and this fdr H the power of working on{the sugar in the dough so that it is broken up and its cha ter changed. The process generates alc hol and carbonic i gas, the alcol evaporating Into the air. But th - bonic gas gé@ts busy and causes little bubbles to rife in the dough, As these inerease and \get la r they raise the dough and it fs converted into bread.— New York World. and yeast consists of its, which ferment, Barbara, Popular Name for Girls, Has a History That Goes Back to Early Saints The revival of the name Be a as n common proper appellation for girls draws attention to its origin. This naine Barbara is especially interesting in that it, in common with three oth ers, has been made the representative of an idea in the annals of the Roman Catholic church. Agnes, Margaret and Barbara are the four great virgin saints revered with pas sionate fervor, bec e the fact that around — the many wide! traditions, women — cr, separated allegories and Finally Agnes came to represent the trininph of innocence rguret the vic- tory through faith, I treme of intellectual ¢ Barbara that of tistic consecration. Saint Barbara is the especial patron of architects and of their art in its ex pression of relig was a maiden of Heliopolis, who be- eame a Christian and desired to hon- or the chief mystery of the creed in some enduring form. When she ob- served a certain bath chamber being ‘structed with only two windows, as had always been the custom until that time, she insisted that thr ntrances for light should be built. For this act of rebellion her cruel father flew into a demoniae rage, and with his own hands beheaded the inspired maiden. Instantly a terrific storm arose, as if the very elements cried out their loudest protest against the horrible deed. To an accompaniment of crash- ing and reverbating thunder the evil creature was destroyed by a light- ning bolt. From architectures Saint Barbara became the patron of engineers. She was always the protectress from thun- der and afterward from its imitator, artillery. In Frenci ships the ammun- nition room is still known as “la sainte barbe.” Philologists tell us that the name is derived from the Greek root bar, which means strong, and that it is a repetition of the primitive people’s reduplicated barbar (very strong). From the same root came the Latin barbarus and our own barbaric mean- ing wild cruelty and rude ignorance, or ill-adapted splendor. Arabs Have Many Virtues. Travelers ascribe to the Arabs ‘many virtues. They are a proud and earnest people, sharp-witted, courag- eous, temperate and hospitable, but vengeful. One of their most striking characteristics is their great love for poetry. The children of the nomads as well.az the offspring of the fel lahs are early taught to read, write and calculate, as might be expected of the descendants of that race which s and | fe and industry | Katharine, | stallized | he the ex-| votion, and} n. It is sald that shej | | | | | ments, goir neoof the handsomest buildings in Bucharest, the Rous | ty the National bank, RON EOE vuniun capital oceupled by the Teutons, is.that occupied MERE VINCENT UNAFRAID Mere (Mother) of Luneville, France, and drumsticks, about to call citizens and make announcement of official news. Mere Vincent bh town erier since the be, war, taking the place nning of the her husband, who, despite his years, volun- teered and ined the colors. Mere Vincent braves frequent bombard- around at certain fixed hours to read aloffd official news and acts. FIRER OF SIGNAL ROCKETS a The photograph shows a Freneb sol- dier in the Balkans in the foremost trench. His duty is to fire signal rock- ets at night andl on account of bis ex- posed position he offers a ready target tor the enemy. « Patriotic Jews. It is stated by Dr. Max Nordau, a well-known Jewish writer, that at the present time about 700,000 Jews are fighting in the ranks of the various belligerent nations, and that already many thousands of them have been decorated for bravery. They have earned more than 2,000 crosses of the Legion of Honor, war crosses, and military medals in France; three Vic- toria crosses, besides numerous dis- tinguished service orders and distin- guished conduct medals. in England, and more than 8,600 iron crosses in It is estimated that so far some 60, 000 Jews have died in battle. Vincent, town erier | with her drum) § served as / DUCHESS D’AOSTA AWARDS MEDALS Duchess D’Aosta, wife of the Itallan commander, entering the Constang theater, Rome, where the ceremony of awarding medals to the Red Crosa nurses took place. Every Red Cross nurse who has served with the Malian army throughout one y was awarded a medal and the duchess pinned it on. The duchess is on the right. —~ GATHERING UP WHAT THE GERMANS LEFT English troops collecting German rifles from the battleground of St. Pierre Divion after the terrific battle on the western front. Enthusiastic Reprobation. “Don't you think, Ethel, that slang; “I hear visitors to that fall Bower ought to be reproved by ladies?” exhibition sire quite loud ip heir “Well, you cun just bet your sweet | praise.” life, you'd never catch me falling for “And yet, strange to say, when you Quite Contradictory. it" go there, ‘mum’s’ the The Fussy Boss. Not Up on Football. Rank Manager—-Now please under- “I fear my boy is in rome trouble ; i oa