Lakeland Evening Telegram Newspaper, April 10, 1915, Page 6

The Mother’'s Authority. Obedience that cannot be secured without many repetitions, loud tones or a threatening manner is of little value. A prompt response to a simple reque-l! 18 of great value in securing an obedi-| ent habit of mind. For instance, if you| say, “Mary, please close the door."| Mary may do so immediately without waiting to finish something she may be dolng at the same time, or she may dawdle along and wait for a repetition of the order and finally say, “Yes, when 1 get this done,” or something like it In the child who responds quickly is seen one already on the path to trained and instant obedience, without servility, simply showing the recognition of simple orders, a most valuable point in the education of little children. In the other a careless habit of mind 18 noted, a lax recognition of the moth- er's authority, which should be held always, in gentle ways, and which/ must be recognized at first, in every way. Abbott says in his “Gentle Men-l ures In the Management of the Young” that there are three ways the mothetl governs the child—first, by muneuver»; ing and artifice; second, by reason and affection, and. third, by authority. He also says that of the three methods the last is the only one which can be fol- lowed either with comfort to the par- ent or safety to the child, and this method can be brought effectually into | operation by gentle measures. It is,| indeed, true that the importance ot tact and skill in the training of the young and of cultivating their reason| and securing their affection cannot be overrated. But the Influences secured by these means form at the best but a sandy foundation for fillal obedience to ' rest upon. The foundation must be a | gentle but irm authority. | Bab Should Sleep Alone. \ From the very dawn of his precious | life the baby should sleep alone In his | own crib. From the viewpoint of hygiene it is the only plan, and it is, moreover, the only possible way of insuring comfort- able rest for either child or mother. When the means are lacking at the time of baby's urrival to provide a boun tide crib a very good one may be improvised out of an old fashioned clothes basket, which has the advan- tage of being easlly transported from one room to another. It should be fitted from top to bot- For the Children A Cute Little Boy and His Easter Bunny. Fruit is indeed the keyuote of #$pring diet which shall help to improve the complexion. Apples, raw and covked, baked or as sauce; any of the whole- some citrus family, in itself a whole} pharmacopoeia of goodness; the lemon, the orange and the grapefruit—these eaten lavishly and freely are indeed lhellth and beauty at any time of the year, as well as the springtime. Theu, | to augment all of this, such things as ! course. When spring onions. chives und parsiey ure helpful, with crisp salads of rowmaine. endive or escarole, always with plenty of lemon juce and olive oil. These things, not forgetting plenty of water. taken between meuls should obviate ail necessity for physic. Internal medi cines are not as essential us exercise. proper diet, rest, water drinking. all of these, as said above, will help to secure that improved and regenerated complexion so much desired when win ter is a thing of the past. Then it must not be overlooked that a course of facial treatment is well worth its cost and very necessury if such a course is taken in reputable es tablishments, where knowledge and long experience have resulted in real- ly helpful methods. Personal advice as to proper local as well as constitu tional treatment is given, and the pa- tient Is sure of benefit from such a later on that pretty | chapeau, that dainty dress, are donned Photo by American Press Association One Easter eve | dreamed—'twas funny— I took a walk with an Easter bunny. He showed me, the Easter bunny did, Where all the finest eggs were hid. We had much fun, till | heard nurse say, “Wake up, wake up! 'Tis Easter day.” Brer Fox and the Bunny. | Once upon a time there was a bhen | who, in order to be exclusive of ber friends of the barnyard, built her uest up the road in a thicket under the, fence and started in to raise a brood of chicks. | Everything worked fine, but one moonlight night there came a sudden stop, for down the road came a fox, nosing from side to side, till all of a sudden he spled in the moonlight in the grass the head of Mother Hen on her eggs. Quick as a flash be grabbed her by the neck and dragged her off the, nest, and away up the lane he weut.' Sooth to say, it looked bad for the eggs in the nest. But up from the barn in the lane came loping along, nosing i the wearer shall look into her mirror and have nothing to regret as she scru- tinizes her reflection. for her complex- | fon shall be as fresh and as flawless as her costume, and the ensemble will be entirely satisfactory. Beware of Headaches. Headaches are much more serious in their hidden possibilities than most persons believe, and they work havoc with faclal beauty. Middle ear disease, mucus and pus in the upper part of the nose, mas- told abscesses, fevers of various sorts, brain trouble, distempers such as tu- berculosis, joint infections, or gout. eye disorders. tonsilitis, gastric crisis, con- stipation, dysenterles, pneumonia and almost the whole roster of human mal- adies may be preceded or accompanied by headaches. Further be it remembered that slov- enly breathing, overeating, poor ven- tilation, lack of exercise and an indoor life all have their accompanying head- aches. tom with a detachable lining of white | from side to side, a little brown bunuy, | There are different methods in the mull or dotted Swiss shirred over pale bite cambric. The mattress should be quite four inches thick and made to fit the bottom of the basket, and it should be well protected with a rubber sheet. Over this—not under it—should be smoothly spread the usual white sheet, made preferably from a plece of an old sheet of soft linen, and over this | again should come the washable pad of stockinette. 7 There is no need of an upper sheet. as the baby will be wrapped in a soft, | warm blanket before being laid in bis | snug little nest, nor should a pillow be ' used, as he will be infinitely better off | when suddenly he lighted on the vacant nest. Creeping closer, be took in the situation, the warm nest and nobody[ home. Instead of destroying them the dear little fellow just placed his warm body on the eggs and took the place of the poor mother, kept them warm all night, and the next morning, which was Easter morn. he brought forth a brood of chicks. | The Egg and Easter. A province of the ancients is that “‘everything springs from the egg." Many writers assert that the custom of exchanging eggs was borrowed from without one. The coverlet should be light of welght, but well wadded, with three | or four thickunesses of silkoline over the cotton filling. Down fillings should | never be used for a baby's pillows or coverlets, as the particles of down, filtering through the covers, will al most certainly find their way Into the nostrils and mouth and thence into the lungs and air passages. ‘ The Mother of Today. i Where was the mother of yesterday who understood her boy's game of foot- ball, who encouraged him in his ath- letics and who was.as enthuslastic as he along these lines? | ‘Where also could one find twenty years ago the woman who played ten- nis with her daughter, taught her to golf and swim as well as sew and ac- companied her to dances, not as a stald chaperon, but as one who enjoyed danc- ing too? And yet this type of modern mother exists in hordes today. She is no cu- riosity, but a reality, who is gaining the companionship as well as the love of the children she has brought into the world. And who shall say that she the Jewish use of eggs during the feast of the Passover. Others say that it is traceable to the fourth century, when the cbhurch pro- hibited eggs during Lent. This gave an abundance of eggs at Eastertide. some of which parents gave to their children, decorating them to make them more attractive. In Italy, it is believed that a scarlet Easter egg, carried about the person during the year will bring good luck. The farmers believed that the land over which an egg had been rolled ylelded plentiful harvests. Why Quassia Was So Called. Quassia, that exceedingly bitter drug #0 largely used for medicinal purposes, owes its name to a negro named Quas-: si, a native of Surinam or Dutch Gui- ana, who brought it into notice as a medicine about the middle of the eight. | eenth century. It was the wood of: the quasaia amara, a small branching tree or shrub, all parts of which were very bitter to the taste and which was used for tonics. From Surinam it was introduced into Stockholm in 1756 and ifn quite a short time became a popu- lar medicine all over Europe. At one time s0 efcacious was it considered has not made of motherhood a more humane. a more understanding profes- slon than her dear old fashioned prede- cessors who rocked the cradle and darned socks? - The Child’s Playroem. There is much of imagination in the lite of every child, and this should be fostered and guided for use in later Ufe. If it is possible give up one room to the child, or, if not that, then a part of a room. an alcove or a corner of the room, so that it can be transformed into an attractive and educative spot for the child. It is not so much a ques- tion of size as it Is of a distinctive place. If possible it should contain a cabinet for toys. A box into which a child at the end of its play dumps all of its toys fosters only a semblance ot‘ order. A cabinet Is attractive in itself to the child (each parent will remember the subtle attractiveness and fascination of the old cupboards and cabigets), and if each toy has its place and the child is early trained to put its toys away in order a valuable asset is acquired for latey years. that drinking cups were made of it for the use of invalids suffering from dyspepsia or similar ajlments. Easter Bolls and Biessome. ‘The sweetest bells of Easter day Are not the ones that ring out clearly Their Easter message blithe and gay, Although, ©f course, | love those dearly. But aweeter than their music, steals A perfume on the sunlit afr, Until undoubtedly one feels The hyacinth has bells more tair. Little, tinted, curiing bells, Pink or purple. blue or white; Beauty such as theirs foretells Springtime joy and delight. . They say there lived in days of old A noble youth who was much famed For his curling locks of gold— | Hyacinthus he was named. He was changed into the flower ‘That we hyacinth now call, By some ancient god of power, Yet no tears can we let fall. At the fate of the fair boy, For the flower's bells proclalm | Easter love and hope and joy, 8o give him enduring fame. ~Amy Smith. Popular Russlan Beverage. A popular drink among the peas- ants of Russia is called qua Itis made by pouring warm Wwater over rye or barley meal. It is a fermented liquor and is very sour, dut has Jsen used for years by these poverty stricken people. “Penny Situps.” Some of the cheap lodging houses in London are called “penny situps.” They provide mere benches, with wooden backs. Each lodger places his arms on the back of the bench before him, and then, resting his head on his arms, tries to sleen. We Conguered Nature. | “Yes, gentlemen.” sald the geolo- | gist, “the ground we walk on was once under water.” “Well " replied‘ the patriotic young man of the party, ! “it Simply goes to show that you | lcln'l nold this country down.” For Eastern Laughs. “Mr. Dewer called again this mers- ing,” sald the new office boy as Mr. Wilson entered the office. “Did you tell him I had gone to California, as 1 told you, Frank?" “Yes, sir.” “What did he say? “He asked when yom would be back, and I eald, After luach.’ “—~Indianapolis Newa. treatment of headaches. Each depends upon the source. Deep breathing and simple rations, sleep In the open air and muscular sport in the open may cure safely, if not quickly. Charcoal, olive oll, mflk of magnesia and fruits eliminate the frontal throbs that come from constipation. Ice bags, and alkaline mineral wa- ter, a short diet with green vegetables may cure the headache of glutoony. Rational gymnastics, physical cul- | ture, graduated exercises in the fresh air and a cold bath may cure the head- ache due to sleeplessness. If a headache 1s persistent see a physician. For Brittle Nails. You can't make your hands look nice if your nalls are very brittle, because they always break off and show rough, Jagged edges. Brittle nails are often constitutional, or a sign of poor health. You can do a great deal toward curing them in the following way: Rub some pure cold cream or white vaseline all over the nalls and well fnto the base at night. Once or twice ,a week apply a little olive oil, and never wash the hands in hard water or put them in strong soda water, for this aggravates the condition. The treatment described is a remedy for hang nails also, for it keeps the skin round the base of the nails pliable and soft. To Allay Pain of Burns. Burns on the hands and arms are of frequent occurrence to the housewife, Aside from the pain caused, they de not add to one’s charms. In case of a burn at once apply linseed or sweet ofl to the parts affected and then thick- ly cover with baking soda and bind with a soft linen cloth. In ordinary cases of burn this will shortly relieve the pain. Equal parts of limewater and linseed ofl applied to the burm peveral times a day will keep it soft. allay pain and hasten healing. Whitening the Skin. Regular applications of equal parts of lemon juice and glycerin after wash- ing do wonders in whitening the skin | and preventing the formation of dis- coloration marks upon the neck from the constant wearing of furs. The glgcerin belps to keep the skin pleas- ingly soft. also preventing it from get. ting that harsh, dry, shriveled up ap- pearance which is so conducive to the formation of wrinkles on face and | neck. Zine Ointment For Red Nose. A red noee is often constitutional, or Jhe sign of indigestion, but more often than not it is caused by a too thin skin. | When the latter is the cause zinc oint- ment is a splendid remedy. You should apply it to the nose every night. You will find it does wonders in hardening the skin. and in this way the tendency | to redness will gradually disappear. In a State of Doubt. “Your legal department must be very expensive.” “It is,” sighed the eminent trust magnate. “Still, 1 sup- Pose you have to maintain it?” “Well, I don't know. Sometimes I think it would be cheaper to obey the law."— Birmingham Age-Herald. As to Palmistry. If the lines of the hand really eated how long a person will surance people would have palmistry loag age. 1 live, ta- adopted The Price of a Week'j Board By RUTH CRAHAM Tom Burus. a furiser's buy, who didn't like farm v went from Il nois vut into the wiid west. There e ‘wandered about, making a living as best he could. but there was little for | bim to do. except kill the animls of the wilderness either for their meat or thelr skins. During bis wanderings Tom married the daughter of a settier who bad come from Obio. She wished to get back to that state as much as ber husband wanted to return to [lli- nois. But instead of drifting eastward they drifted fartbher westward, for as civilization encroached upon them the wild apimals. by which Tom made a living, became scarce, and they were obliged to find new hunting grounds. So at last they found themselves in a gulch where game was plenty and neighbors were few. It was a deso- late life. especially for the woman. Tom offered to take his wife east. but she knew he had never fitted himself for the work to be doue there, and she preferred to remain where they were rather than run the risk of starving in her former home. One day a man came trudging up the gulch and, stopping at the Burns cab- in, asked Mrs. Burns if he could be accommodated for a short time. She told him that her husband would be home soon and then she could give an answer. The stranger said he would pay well for his board. When Tom returned it was agreed between him and his wife that they would take the stranger in, though there was only one room in the cabin. and they were all obliged to sleep in the same room, divided into two parts by a curtain. The man went out every morning prospecting for something—he didn't say what—and every night returned to the cabin. He remained with the Burns couple a week, then said to them: “I'm going away from here, and 1 can't pay you any board. 1 have been told that an article is to be found in this region that is very valuable. Had 1 found it 1 eould have paid you thou- sands of dollars for my keep. As it is I can't pay you anything"™ “That's all right. stranger.” John. “We wouldn't bave felt ranted in charging you over $§4 way, 8o it doesn't matter much.” “It matters wore to we than to you It may be that I've missed the deposit I've been looking for, and some day you may stumble on it. But you won't recognize it if you do. I'm going to leave you some chemicals, and if you ever come across the article I refer to and mix It with the chemicals and burn the compound it will give a green flame.” ave them some idea of what the substance looked like In its crude form and, pouring the chemicals from his stock Into bottles, left them with him, with his address, telling them if they ever found the article to write him and he would make them rich. A month passed after the stranger’s departure and the Burnses would have almost forgotten his coming had It not been for the bottles he had left them that stood in the cupboard. One day John, Instead of hunting in the gulch and the region thereabout, went down to its mouth and, rounding a mountain spur, entered a valley. He encounter- ed a trapper, who told him that noth- ing could live there, not even animals, and there was no use for him to try to get any game there. So desolate was the place that it was called Death valley. Johu had heard of it and con- cluded to have a look at it before go- ing home. So he wandered about in ft. He hadn't gone far before he saw scattered about a substance that an- swered the description his boarder had glven him. He gathered some of it and took It home with him. After supper, while his wife was washing the dishes, he took a plece of the substance he had brought from Death valley and, putting it in a tin pan, poured the chemicals over it and set fire to it. As he did so his wife paused in wiping a dish and watched bim. As the flame burst forth the two looked at each other with surprise and pleasure. It burned green. The couple talked that night over various plans to secure what value there might be in their find to them- selves. They thought of presenting a claim for the ground where they had found the substance, but realized that they were too poor and too ignorant of the subject to handle it themselves, 80 they wrote to their lodger that they thought they had found what he had been looking for. He came to see them, and John showed him a specimen of his find and also that it burned green. The stranger uttered an exclamation of delight. “That {s borax,” he said, “used for washing purposes in every household in America.” He told John that if he would tell him where it lay he would form a said war- any company to take the ground, work it ] and would give John half of all he made out of it himself. John accept- ed his proposition, and an agreement was written out and signed by both ac- cording to the terms. It turned out the stranger bad a large borax company behind him with un- limited capital. A company was form- ed, and he retained 20 per cent of the stock. Of this he assigned one-half to John, which gave him more money than he and his wife could spend. They went back to the east, where thelr lives. Did Service to Humanity. Captain Hutchinson. the dockmaster at Liverpool, is credited with having originated the reflecting lighthouse in 1763, and another great improvement in the invention of a light for light. houses was made by Lieutenant Drum- mond, who was the first to suggest the using of oxyhvdrogen light. To- day there is no danger rock or point | along any of the navigable coasts but i bas its modern lighthouse. Varied Menu. chorus girl dines one day em & and the next on a crustaceam— New York Evening Mail. e they lived in comfort for the rest of | Boy's P istol By THOMAS R. DUNN | | This happened some thirty yelrl- n.go.! | Manuers in the far west are better; | mow than they were then. lndeed.l jlhey are as civilized where else. A stagecoach drew up in front of a tavern in a small town where gun law was the only law on the statute book | But even that was an unwritten law, for there was no statute books to write it in. A young man, dressed in the ordinary business costume of New York or Chicago or Philadelphia or any other eastern city. got out of the coach with the other passengers and went into the tavern. He asked if there were any letters for him. The landlord banded bim ove. He read It and bunted through his pockets for his cigar case. Not finding it at once, he took out seven articles while making the search, among them a small pistol. Several men. denizens of the coun- try, were lounging about, among them a red faced man with a stubble beard and as many scars on his face as 8 German student member of a dueling corps. This man caught sight of the new arrival's pistol. and it at once ex- cited his interest. “Lemme see that, stranger.” be snllnl. The young man handed him the pis tol, and he looked it over with evident pleasure and amusement. “Purty. isn't it?" he remarked. He continued to examine it, cocking and uncocking it. Meanwhile the stranger found his cigar case and, lean ing a chair up on its hind legs against the wall, sat down on it, resting bis heels on the front round and. lighting a cigar, smoked. “What do you do with it?" inquired the red faced man. The stranger smoked on without making any reply. His sang froid ex cited the attention of the bystanders, who commenced to move uneasily away The man who asked the ques- tlon was Scar Joe, so called from the traces of his many fights. He was not used to asking questions and re ceiving no reply. He cast a slnglei glance at the stranger and went on cocking and uncocking the revolver. “Goin' to make a birthday gift of it to your little boy?” he asked. Still no reply. “Will it shoot?" persisted Scar Joe. This third question eliciting no reply, the westerner took a quick alm at the stranger's cigar and fired, and cigar and sparks left the smoker’s lips. He didn't turn pale. He didn’t look at Scar Joe reproachfully or fearfully or any other way. He didn't look at him at ell. He simply took out anoth- er cigar, lighted it and went on smok- there as uuy-l ing. “Does shoot, don’t it? Shoots purty straight, don’t it? 1 wonder if I could do it again!" He fired u second shot with like re- sults. The stranger remained as im- perturbable as before, taking out an- other cigar and lighting it with as lit- tle apparent objection to this waste of cigars as if he were loaded down with | them Again Scar Joe sent it flying | amid a shower of sparks “Stranger.” sald the smoker in a soft voice, “you're one of the best shots I | ever saw. That pistol I've brought from the east as a present for my wife. | I've got another for my little girl that I'll bet you can't hit a silver dollar! with at ten yards." The stranger thrust his right’ hund? | into his trousers pocket and grasped something t he drew out so clutched in his fist t it was not easy to dis- | cern what it was. One of the lookers on, with better or quicker sight than the others. seemed to get on to some- thing about to happen, for he ducked under a table. The stranger reached the thing out to his tormentor. It ex- ploded. and Scar Joe staggered back- ward, at the same time putting his| hand to his hlp. The something in the stranger's fist exploded again. and the westerner fell dead. One would naturally suppose that those present would be chiefly interest- ed in the fallen man. 8o they were | till they were convinced that he had | received his last scar. Then all of a | sudden their minds concentrated on the thing In the stranger hands that had done the work All eyes turned townrd! bim curiously. He had returned the| explosive thing to his pocket. | “Landlord.” he said, “I'd like some- me to be here at 2. Just time for dinner.” “l say, stranger." sald one present, “would you mind lettin' us see what that was you shot him’ with?* “I know what It 13, said the man who had sought safety under the table “It's a bulldog. 1 seen 'em before. They're the ugliest weapon at short range they is goin'” ‘The stranger took out | pistol with It's now L [I've L a short, thick A very stocky barrel and al- lowed the party to examine it “Was t'other one really a gift for sour wife? asked one. “Certainly When | was called east she asked me to bring her a revolver | suitable for a woman." While the stranger was dining the body of his victim was belng removed When his team arrived and he was driving away one of the crowd who had gathered to see him off cried out: ! "Much obleeged for gettin® rid ot Scar | loe. He was gittin' to be a nunisance.” | On the identical spot where this episode happened there 18 now a hand- | Some hotel, lighted by electricity and having all the modern improvements, Botanical Divisions. A teacher in a Woodland aveaue school asked the other day: “How many kinds of flowers are there?” Three pupils held up their hands. She chose one to reply. “Well, Isidore, how many kinds of flowers are there?” | “Three, teacher.” “Indeed? And what | are they?” “Wild, tame an’ collie."— Cleveland Plain Dealer. thing to eat before | go. My wife' E writes me that she’ll send a team for | ! ONE Wy After the ownem or 80, keeps anywhy, time. Dirt is sure !a. best of cases. Haye by & competent y,, satisfacton of kno. time Will be woy, | cost. 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