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Los Angeles herald., 1909-04-11

know what truth is at last, real cour-
age, genuine beauty.
OF course, the world is not called upon
to shed tears over the time wasted upon
bad books. But as all of US are not as
sensitive to the heavenly touch as was
this 17-year-old reader-since we may
have trained our tastes so long to in
different style and falsehood instead of
truth-there is danger at last of never
see it. The time spent on these silly
novels might reap valuable reward If
lavished with the same ardor on stand
ard works, such as the politely edu-
Gated know, If they do not read them
every day of the year.
AS one excellent educator says, 1t is
only the we'll grounded in correct Eng
lish-those, who have laid the founda-
ton of characteristic can afford to
read trashy book But the good work
once done, even 1.-The Brides Oath" or
1.-The Pirate Fleet may be rollicked in
without danger.
Young people, however, who have not
learned the holier messages of the
printed page must begin with the ac-
cepted good things. They must even
think with every volume they pick up
for an afternoons reading that they
are building up character or pulling it
down, drinking in health or the sum-
mer rash. They must think lastly that
they are making themselves fit or unfit
for polite society.
The education of a well bred girl now
adays pays considerable attention to
proper reading, and so important is this
thought that there are persons who
make a business of suggesting authors
and titles to the unsophisticated in mat
tiers of literature.
Certain books dubbed by the average
girl or boy as old fashioned or merely
Los Angeles herald., 1909-04-11
THE HURDY-GURDY MAN
GOOD INDOOR AMUSEMENT

S a fun producer, the game of the
u hurdy- gurdy man ranks high and
IA is always a great success at after
noon parties. To play it. seat the
players in a circle and let one OF them
be chosen as hurdy-gurdy man. Then
ask each of the others what musical in
strument he will be, and, after they
have chosen, the hurdy-gurdy man be-
gins to sing:
I'm hurdy-gurdy man,
I'm hurdy-gurdy man,
We must do the best we can
To please the hurdygurdy man.
AS he sings he accompanies himself
on an imaginary piano, and the others
sing with him and accompany them
selves on the instruments they have
chosen; for instance, the boy who has
chosen to be the drum makes the mo-
tions OF drumming, and the boy who
has chosen to be a handorgan grindS
an imaginary handorgan, and so on.
After few moments the hurdy-gurdy
man stops playing the piano and be-
gins playing some other instrument. If
he plays the drum the drummer must
instantly leave off playing and be-
gin playing the piano, the instrument
the hurdygurdy man has just stopped
playing. In a moment the hurdy-gurdy
man changes to the fife and the fife
player Immediately takes up the drum,
and so 1t goes on, the hurdy-gurdy man
changing even faster ana faster, till
finally he takes up the piano again,
whereupon all the players go back to
their original instruments, and the
game begins all over again.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-04-11

religious should form the nucleus of
every young persons library. Indeed,
no library would be complete without
them, for they and others, too numer-
Gus to mention, are the very founda-
ton of English literature. With their
admirable style, great good sense and
spiritual uplift, thew are the actual eye
openers to all good and great reading.
The most important among these are
the Holy Bible, 1.-THE Pilgrims Prog
ress" and the plays of Shakespeare.
Considered only educationally the BIZ
BILE can give more pointers" on be-
havor beauty of deed and word than
all the other books of the world put
together.
Take the first chapter of Genesis alone
for ravishing suggestion, and halt with
the last lines:
"And God saw everything that he had
made and, behold, it was very good"
Who can read these beautiful and
simple words without seeing in the
story of the creation food for eternal
and lovely thought? The heavens and
the earth nave Deen mace ana nnlSned
for us--for you and for me-and all the
host of them.
This greatest of great books and all
the others which deal nobly with real
or supposed life teach us how to live,
emphasize for our dull wits the nice
points of conduct. instruct us in the
very language of the stars.
Many dives by well known authors
are as interesting as fiction. if I must
put the thing that way. What ambi-
tious boy can read good life of Abra-
ham Lincoln without being thrilled
with the hope of being as big and Won
derful himself some day? What girl
can go with Florence Nightingale
through the Crimea Without realizing
the splendor of life.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-04-11
VISITORS HOURS

Aunt Laurie will be in her office In
The Herald building to issue prizes.
receive calls from Juniors teachers,
parents and others Monday afternoon
from until o'clock and n Saturday
from 10 in the morning until 3 o'clock
in the afternoon. Other appointments
may be made at any time by telephone
when the regular hours do not suit
the convenience of visitors.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-04-11
EASTER BoNNETS

Ivy the time you read this paper to-
* day you will probably have cele-
- brated Easter in thorough NAH
ner. I suppose a great many of you
found gayly colored Easter eggs hidden
about in the lawn. shrubbery and gar
den this morning, and then after those
were all hunted you no doubt went into
breakfast and ate more, poached, boiled
or scrambled. as you like them best.
Then you all went to church, or any
way to Sunday school, and there amid
the flower bedeeked aisles and in the
midst of reverent worshpers you heard
once more the beautiful anthems and
lessons of praise and thanksgiving that
Christ. the Lord. is risen"
I am sure that all the Junior boys
and girls were dressed as nicely for this
occasion as the taste of their parents
suggested, and that EACH one was
pleased with the fact thai he made a
nice appearance. But you know Easter
bonnets are not really important, and
hope that you will each remember that
the clothes you wear have very little to
do in making you a better boy or girl.
Many boys and girls have been
forced today to go to church and will
go to school tomorrow in the same old
dresses and suits and hats which they
have worn all winter.
Now, 1 want every Junior boy and
girl to make a special effort to be
friendly and kind toward those chill
dren. 1t may be that some one of them
has a sick father or mother, or that the
father has been out of work and there
is not sufficient money in the house to
purchase Easter fnery. How many of
the readers of the Herald Junior will
do this one thing for Aunt Laurie-just
try as hard as possible to make those
boys and girls forget that they are
wearing garments from which the
freshness has worn off, and do not by
any word or act call attention to your
own pretty bright summer attire
Well, boys and girls, are you going
to write me about what you would
do when your cousin comes to VISIT
This will be a fine chance for each one
to point out the most attractive and
interesting pldCoS III anu oDONS 49,
home town. Those Juniors who live at
the beach will plan picnics on the sand,
trips to the nearest canyons, wonderful
fish dinners, and perhaps a short ocean
trip. Those who live back in the beau
tifuI citrus belt will have an entirely
different line of interesting places to
see, and lovely rides and drives through
the orange scented valleys.
Every one of the writer's can find
several delightful things to tell about
and 1 am sure that all the prospective
visiting cousins (and you know all OF
the Juniors are cousins to each other)
will be very anxious to know what EN-
tertainment would be theirs should they
go to visit you.
The drawing subject, Helping
Mother" will be something which each
one can draw from life, and boys and
girls alike will find plenty in their dairy
life which will make a good picture.
The Easter pictures were all so good
that l shall give another topic along
the same general plan very, very
soon. Affectionately,
AUNT LAURIE.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-04-11
His Best Friend

"Faryer." the small boy perched con-
fidingly on the parsons knee. do you
know who is my best friend?" why,
YES, my son. hope do: Who is your
very best friend, dear Paul?" The
devil. faryer. I love the devil best of
all, cause he always tells me to do
lust what l want to do"
Los Angeles herald., 1909-04-11
ABOUT PRIZES FOR HONORABLE
MENTIONS

i Competitors in any contest are +
4 entitled to a handsome book prize 4
j. when their work has received hon. +
4 orable mention three times. I,
4 They must claim the prize sub +
\. hitting copies of their letters. sto- 4
4 ries or limericks. 4
4. 4. j. 4 + + 4 I. 4. 4 4 j. 4 4 = 4 4 =
Los Angeles herald., 1909-04-11

The Herald Junior is published by the Her
aid company for the children Of the south
west. 1t is devoted TO their interests. and
VIII publish principally their own writings,
All children public school age are well
ccme as contributors. The editor wishes to
encourage correspondence and suggestions
from teachers
Los Angeles herald., 1909-04-11
SHELLFlSH FURNISH
FOOD FOR SEA MONSTERS

IND you ever wonder how the fish
in the sea manage to get their
= food? On land the animals that
do not live on each other eat plants.
but in the sea there is only a small
fringe of seaweed in the shallow waters
Los Angeles herald., 1909-04-11
UNFINISHED STORY


~ whiskers and sat up, rub
bing his eyes.
There's something I must do
this morning. Oh, yes, |
know"
He cut a big Easter lily from
the stalk with his sharp teeth.
Twill make a fine mega
phone" said he.
Then he began to call.
Wake up, wise little owl, we
need you. / want you, Chick-a-
bids"
Peep, peep, peep" they an
swered, hurrying through the
grass.
"Quack, quack, I'm coming,
too, Mr.. Bunny"
A big butterfly lighted on a
lily and a thrush began to triil
in the beech tree, I'm here
here"
So all the dear little Easter
people responded to Bunny's
call.
Then he sat up, stamped loud
", and said: "Pay attention.
Business on hand
"You know the three little
houses in the hollow-Jimmy
Smith lives in the brown one,
Polly Dean in the white one and
six of the dearest little folks in
the gray one; the house is SO
small and the family SO large
that the children spill over out
of doors and live wherever they
happen to light.
Now, Dot is the mainstay OF
the family; when she is around
nothing very much can happen
to them.
Last night brother Bunny
didn't whistle when he came past
my tree, so I stopped him.
"What's the matter?' said |.
"'Why, haven't you heard!
Dots hurt herself-she tell
down stairs and she cant walk,
and her head is tied up. SO Bob
by ran away and fell in the
brook and now he's sick and aw-
full cross. Sos Johnny, and Nan
doesn't like to stay at home and
wash dishes. Everything is all
wrong count of Dot, and nobody
knows what to do. So near Eas-
ter. too. That's harder yet, isn't
it, Bunny?
"Then said to myself, Wen
see about that Easter Won't
we, little people?'
Then all began to talk at once.
cheeping, growing. quacklng'
singing-what a racket
Complete this story, which is by
Myra Marley. Tell what plan tne
woodland animals evolved for the as,
-sistance of Dot and her famliy. ZEN
which of the animals meant the
with the homework and care OF .ns
children and Just what each one couio
do which ones we're to provide amuse-
ment and in what manner. Ieii Wnlcn
birds ar beasts were to contribute food
and sweetmeats for the Easter dinner
and of what it should consist. and give
&c much detail as possible concerning
the entire meeting and its results.
one prize, a book. will be given in
this contest this week for the pest
completed story. -
Write from $50 to $50 words on one
side of the paper, leaving margin at
the top and side of each page; ADDRESS
the letter neatly to Aunt Laurie, Los
Angeles Herald, Los Angeles, Cal, ana
he sure that it reaches this office not
later than Saturday afternoon. April IL.
SA-
His Best Friend
Los Angeles herald., 1909-01-09
cAUsATIVE AGENCIES CAN
WORK ONLY THROUGH MATTER

SATICOY, Jan. 7.-[Editor Herald:
The essential properties or requirements
of the mind, the intelligent power in
man, require a peculiar activity by
which he cOnceives, judges, reasons,
wills, imagines and remembers. 1t Is
the understanding, the intellect, the in
Clination, the disposition, and with these
are included the thoughts, feelings and
the affections, with their appropriate
resultant actions.
If this active, spiritual, invisible
mind is matter, and can be seen and
handled as a solid substance, then most
surely Asbury Cecil must admit that it
is far easier for some of the physical
forces of nature, which are not spirit
ual, to be a material substance. For
instance, the sunlight, or heat; and
why could he not handle that peculiar
substance, sound?
[ would quicker believe these to be
solid substances than mind. There is
Just as much sense, just as much con-
sistency, in one saying as in the other.
That the invisible, intangible, active
energies are the direct causative
agencies of all the activities in matter
is plainly seen. Gravity does not man.
ifest it's actions to our senses except
through material bodies, as the earth
or planets, and all bodies having
weight.
Life only functions through organ
lied material bodies, either animal or
vegetable, and mind through it's medi-
UNI. the material brain. Sound only
operates through material, resonant
bodies; magnetism only through the
metals-iron, steel, etc. S. H. L.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-01-09
TEACHERS TOUR

w E HOPE YOU have taken advan-
w tage Of bargain week. in The
Herald's Alaska Yukon-Pacif1c
exposition contest. During the week
which is now almost at an end double
votes were allowed. Interest in the con-
test is constantly growing greater. The
Alaska Yukon-Pacif1c exposition will
be held at Seattle, Wash, from June
to October. Is, 1909. 1t will cost 10000
COO and will be the most stupendous en-
terprise of its nature which the western
coast has ever attempted. The Herald
has made arrangements to send twelve
teachers to the exposition as its guests.
1t has asked the public to name the
teachers who will make up the party.
Six school teachers will be selected
from Los Angeles county, three from
the city of Los Angeles and three from
the county at large outside the city;
one will be chosen from San Bernar-
dino, one from Orange, one from Santa
Barbara, one from Riverside, one from
Kern and one from Ventura county.
The teachers who will make the trip
will doubtless enjoy the experience, and
its educational value will make it well
worth the while Of the public to assist
The Herald by selecting the candidates.
The tour will be for the benefit of the
teachers in the first instance, but it will
also be for the benefit Of the children.
who will be instructed by them. When
the education of teacher is added to
by experience, that teacher becomes
more efficient, and although all Of the
teachers who will make the tour
are well fitted for their great life work
upon their return to duty they will be
ADLER than ever before. No class in the
community deserves better treatment
than the school teachers, who devote
their lives to the important work of
training our children, the citizens of to-
morrow.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-01-09
MORE HUN

A NGELS and ministers of grace
"a defend US! Not content with a
AA Zeesheeny in the American fam
lily, we are to have a Czaky. The new
representative Of the Royal Order of
Hungarian Goulash is an intimate
friend of Zeesheeny, husband of
Gladys Vanderbilt. Encouraged by
the success of Hon. Zee. Hon. Ia has
wooed and won a wealthy western
widow who, says the dispatch which
announces the new international en-
gagement, elves in sumptuous apart
ments in a palatial, exclusive hotel In
New York" We should think it would
have to be exclusive, if it is to be an
especial shelter for beautiful brown
noblemen with barb wire entangle-
ments for names.
Count Czaky's description would fit
some OF the heroes Of the fiction pur-
veyed by The Duchess. He is "tall,
dark, and of distinguished appearance.
He is a poet and htterateur, and
patron Of the fine arts. He is heredi-
tary governor of the county of Szepes,
a captain in the Seventh regiment of
Hungarian Hussars and a member of
the Hungarian house of lords" The
gallant Zeesheeny is to be congratu-
lated on his enterprise in bringing
about another bond Of union between
the land of the free and the home Of
the Hun.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-01-09
SAYS SENTENCE ON GoMPERs
MUST BE WIDELY DISCUSSED

BAKERSFIELD, Jan. T. Editor
Herald: [ am somewhat astonished
that so little attention is being paid by
your correspondents to the sentence
passed on Gompers, Mitchell and Morri-
son. Is it not understood that here
again the right of free speech--rapidly
becoming a vanishing quantity-is seri-
Ously threatened?
1 wonder that no one alludes to the
argument made by Judge Alton b.
Parker. Here it is.
Over and over again the courts have
held an unconstitutional law is 'ipso
facto" void and need not be obeyed.
Also that any law curtailing the right
Of free speech is of that character. But
now, according to Judge Wright, while
a statutory law curtailing the right of
free speech may be properly disobeyed,
an order of court curtailing that same
free speech must be obeyed implicitly.
In other words, the court claims that
it's decision is superior to law.
Personally I consider the doctrine of
the closed shop" indefensible, but those
who are fighting the unions are advo-
Gates of the 'closed earth''-monopoly
Of all the means of Iife-which is far
worse. VICTOR H TELFORD.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-01-09
DECLARES MIND RESPONDS
TO MATERIAL SURROUNDINGS

LOS ANGELES, Jan. 5.-TEditor
Herald1: There is no person so fool
lsh as to deny that the mind exerts
much influence on the body, but as ac-
ton and reaction between the two is
forever going on it is very evident the
mind is not an independent force. and
does not reign supreme over the much
desp1sed body. Mortal man is a crea-
ture OF moods, and his moods which
are manifestations Of mind, are caused
by what? They are caused by material
thlngS and conditions mostly. SO sIlscen-
t1bIe to the effect of climatic changes.
1000 and drink, is the mind at all times,
If the body is very cold, what is the
condition of the mind? Dull and
stupid.
II the mind controls the body why
should 1T be? If the body is very weary
from toll or travel is the mind bright
ana active? No, for nothing responds
quicker to physical conditions than this
mind which, when working througi1
a Christian Scientist, takes delight in
denying the existence Of matter. With
physical conditions alone any Chris
ton Scientist that walks this earth
can be made a gibbering idiot, and
yet they continue to exalt mind and
express contempt for matter. There is
nothing more helpless in this world
than the human mind when material
conditions are not favorable for ac-
ton; and the man who sWells with
pride today over the mental power he
possesses may be in the madhouse to-
morrow because of some injury to his
head. Because the mind can remove
imaginary ills which it produces let us
not depart so far from reason and
common sense as to think we can VIC
late the physical laws Of health and
eVade the penalty by mental action.
CLAIMING SEVERANCE.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-01-09
ACTION OF MATTER DECIDED
BY FORCES ACTING ON 1T

ALEXANDRIA, Jan. 5.-[Editor Letter
Box1: 1t has been said aptly that "a
metaphysician is one who explains
something that he knows nothing
about" This seems to fit the case with
r. N, c. F., w. E. Brown ct al. in
their all-mind-no-matter explanations.
Mr.. Cecil says in his minor premise"
that matter evinces intelligence, but
goes on to say that matter has no more
control over that intelligence than "a
house controls the man who lives in
it." Again he is in error when he says
carbon shows intelligence because it
always selects two atoms of oxygen.
Under certain conditions carbon will
unite with one atom of oxygen in the
form Of carbon monoxide.
Matter always acts or responds ac-
cording to the algebraic sum Of forces
acting upon it, and not upon it's own
inclinations, as Mr. Cecil would have
us believe. All matter is radioactive,
and this radio-activity accounts for
light, heat, electricity, magnetism, re-
pulsion, etc. Therefore all force is due
to this radio-activity of the particles
of matter.
If we call this radio-energy mind,
but not omnipotent, for it depends upon
the algebraic sum of force environ
ment) for it's action. Carbon responds
to certain elementary forces Cor slim
ulD in the simplest or inorganic de-
gree, and, for the sake of argument,
we will call this the simplest or lowest
form of intelligence. Then, at the 9TH
Ger extreme, we have in the highest
and most complex form of matter the
IF rolls Of the
matter of brain, the most sensitive
matter in nature, acting in response
to stimuli forces and therefore evinc-
ing the most intelligence.
That intelligence is found through
out nature in this elementary sense
is no proof that nature is intelligent in
the sense that we are; nor does it prove
that nature has. any definite plan.
Change is the cause of evolution and
results in complexity and specializa-
ton, a continual building up and tear
ing down. DIR. HUMANITAS.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-01-09
President Roosevelt Plans
a Perfectly COrking Time

itinerary as outlined includes many
places visited by Winston Churchill on
his recent tour for the British govern
ment, during which he reports having
seen splendid specimens of lion, gil
RATES. and elephants from the railway
car window, sage the San Jose Her
aid.
That Mr.. Roosevelt expects to re-
main at least a year on African soil
indicates the thorough manner in
which the project is to be carried out.
1t also significantly corroborates his
undoubted purpose of placing himself
in situation where the most captious
critic could rot accuse him of exert
ing his influence upon the new admin
istration. OF course, President Roose-
velt's idea of a glorious holiday is not
that of the recluse or the armchair
student. However, it would seem that
such a strenuous year in the jungle
would be more like hard work than
play. Mr.. Roosevelt practices what he
breaches, and he is most ardent dis
ciple Of the doctrine of endeavor. From
every point of view his African trip
is calculated to yield him the highest
satisfaction.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-01-09
California Is Unfairly Dealt
zVith BY French Treaty

tom house as wines they are capable
Of much dilution and stretching, ow-
ing to their high content of alcohol.
The treaty, in fact, permits the inpor-
tation Of alcohol at duty of 70 cents
per gallon, while the home product
pays $1.10 per gallon, says the San
Francisco Call.
Moreover this process of miscel-
laneous fertilization of wines with
spirits distilled from grain or from
anything but grapes is forbidden un-
der the pure food law of this country,
and should certainly not be permitted
under treaty. 1t was admitted by tie
high and low tariff men alike in Wash
ington that Mr.. Morgan was the best
informed witness appearing before tic
committee and the most capable rep
resentative of any industry there I'M
der consideration. There is every rea-
son to hope that his representations
will carry their due weight. It is the
fact that the farmers do not get their
just share of the benefits of protec-
tiOO