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The state herald., 1910-04-15
WHY A CHILD LIES
Fibs Told by Boys and Girls
Explained.
Dr.. Amy E. Tanner Has 1000 Instances
Of Juvenile "stories"-says Some
untruths Should Be En-
couraoed.

Boston.--"Now. Willie, tell mother
exactly how many dogs there were
fighting In the back yard!" Willie's
mamma urges conscientiously.
"A st. Bernard dog. with big ears
and fr-r-r-r-ightfully long teeth, and
little curly dog-and several Others
that is-you see-well, there were
six dogs anyway. some of the BLACK
ones and the rest of them kinde,
spotty-"
William" comments mamma.
Anyway, there were a lot of dogs
cause l seen EN-. there was. Well
don't care. there was our dog. and
the Jones dog. and they almost had a
fight"
And Willie's mamma worries a,
Willie's untruths and guesses that
Willie's Sunday school teacher isn't
doing all she ought to. and Willie's
papa who has. well. Just about as
much feeling as most men-just ex.
plodes into hearty laugh, and all
the neighbors triumphantly exclaim:
What dreadful story.teller that lit.
tie Smith boy is getting to be"
If Willie's mamma is following the
work of the new children's institution
at Clark university. Worcester, she
VIII get some light on her troubles.
why children lie" is mystery
which is being annexed to the realm
OF science. DR.. Amy Z. Tanner, a
graduate of the University of Michi-
gan and doctor of philosophy, who
heads the department of experimental
pedagogy at the new institute, has
made study of this particular prob
lem.
Her carefully collected data include
over 1000 lies. They are lies of every
order. the pale ones. the deep-dyed
ones. the emery" ones. and the very
lurid flights of the youthful Mum
chausen.
DR.. Tanner believes that II these
iibs were rightly understood there
would be less anxiety among conscien.
tious mammas.
Every mother" said DR.. Tanner,
knows that sometimes her little boy
tells lies. She does not acknowledge
The state herald., 1910-04-15
~ fkULUkE SIZE,
OBSERVANCE OF NATURAL CON.
piTloNs ESSENTIAL.
Certain Laws That Must Be Obeyed
" Insomnia ls to Be Conquered
Preserving the WelI-Beins
of the Body.

Two sad letters have come to me
One says: Can you tell me of any
harmless sleeping powder that l can
take? can't sleep and my looks are
being ruined" The other asks more
calmly for tonic for nervousness
and adds: 81 cannot sleep or eat
am so nervous and restless. l hope
you can help me-"
Where shall begin my answer?
With common sense. 1t seems to me
with the warning that neither drugs
nor nostrums will promote either
healthful or identifying sleep; with
advice to these two women, and to
all others who suffer In a similar
way, to look first to Nature for the
cure of this great ILL.,
The healthy body is the one that
knows the great boon of sleep as a
matter of course, so II the soft I'M.
consciousness that "knits up the raw
eled sleeve of care" is denied you, you
may be sure that something is wrong
with the casket that holds your rest.
less spirit, Are your habits of life
regular. reasonable, which is to say,
hygienic? Are the hours for your
meals prompt. is the food itself well
cooked and of digestible and nour.
ishine sort? Do you drink plenty of
water-quite three pints day are
ecessary-breathe deeply. sleep In a
well.ventilated room. exercise out.
doors and void the bowels at least
once thoroughly in every "a hours?
All of these things, and more like
unto them-the warm bath that
cleanses the skin and soothes the
nerves, for instance-are necessary
for the body's well being.
In short. sensible and regular habits
of life constitute the first and really
only sure cure for sleeplessness,
which is the sensitive Compartments
way of showing that something is
wrong. Two weeks of regular living
alone would put the worst nerves in
something like order, so unless n won.
nm is desperately Ill In some other
way. there is no excuse for her not
sleeping. Drugs are out of the ques-
tlon for the ordinary case OF sleep
lessness. and no tonic. however good.
will in itself alone reach the root OF
the matter. The habits of life must
all be changed first; you must live &C.
cording to the dictates OF Nature for
wakefulness and sleep to come at their
right times and to be good and
wholesome and identifying.
Let me take up the matter OF out.
door exercise The fresh air so
stored up in the lungs is In itself
soporiflc. in that the new oxygen
freshens the blood and starts up a
more healthy action of the heart
Then the tramp outdoors lifts the
mind TO a higher plane. the troubled
spirit, which inherits the memory that
once all humankind lived outdoors. is
paciiied. The deep breathing is life
Itself. and II the mind is fixed upon
the business in hand while this is be
Ing done IL is even possible to abb
sorb fine essence from the air which
Is In way immortal. At any rate.
the wise people OF India claim this.
while n very gifted American woman
The state herald., 1910-04-15

II sometimes. and she doesn't know
why he does. II would be perfectly
possible for her to punish him unjust.
y, There are some lies, you know.
that should be encouraged.
Yes. indeed. these lies are deyel-
oping the child's Imagination.
For long time children's lies have
been made an object OF study. and by
many scientists. My data are made
from 1000 TO 1900 observations, or
brief accounts of things that were
actually seen. II Is such interesting
work and we get such funny stories
sometimes. You know lie is not
Just n plain lie. There are lies and
lies.
For Instance. there are the lies that
are nothing more than the workings
OF fancy. A little boy comes home
and tells his mother that he heard his
kitty talking to his ncighbors kitty.
"A child hears fairy story and Will
20 ON with II. There are any number
OF these childish fancies, which are
merely the working OF the imaginn.
ton.
The mother who does not recognize
this and who spanks her little boy
for saying that his kitty talked 10
the ncighbor's kitty does wrong.
Then there In another kind OF lic
that is very intorcsting-whcn tho
child tells you what he would like to
have happen instead OF what really
happens. For instance. you ask:
What occurred out on the walkg'
And he will tell you that n kitten
was playing with ball.
Then you say 'and?' ms II asking
for more. and very likely he will tell
you about another kitten. II YOU
keep on saying 'and-and-and' he viii
keep II up aa long ms you do"
The state herald., 1910-04-15

Andrew Carnegie. apropos OF his
epigram about the disgrace of dying
rich, said at dinner in Washington;
why should any one die rich?
There are no pockets in a shroud. and
as for the man who'd like to take
his money with him, why, even II he
managed to do so. 1t would only melt"
The state herald., 1910-04-15

"no has mastered all the gymnastics
that promote health and beauty
claims that 1t is impossible to be fair
and graceful without deep breathing
1t is fact that those who breathe
properly live far longer than those
who breathe any old way.
Accompanied by lung exercises.
there are mental and mechanical gym
nastics for making the veriest wide.
awake a sleepy-head. The mind is in
volved. When bed time comes you
must teach your mind to drop the lit.
tie worries of day; then when the
night toilet is prepared. you must take
20 deep breaths at an open window
WRAP up well) and go to your couch
in the firm belief that you will sleep.
1t is very easy matter to hypno-
tie the mind into the stay-awake
state. If you think that banging
shutter. or some other trifie, Will keep
you from sleeping, 1t will. Get into
bed, then. perfectly assured of the
kindness of the Sand Man, and stretch
out first with deep inhalation that
seems to run from the toes to the top
| of the head. Lie on the back for this.
with every muscle relaxed, and the
arms lying lifeless. heel to heel Then
begin and breathe with one part OF
your body after the other. doing this,
of course, as much with the mind as
with the lungs. Start with the right
foot, beginning the limitations low
down, as 1t seems, In the lungs. yet
drawing the breath as 1t seems, too.
through the leg as II II were hollow
| Go to the left leg with the same
process, take the right arm, the left
the heart, the brain. At last take an.
other breath or two from the toes to
the brain for the final washing out
But let me make prediction-if You
count ten with the breathing of each
part of you. before you get to the left
! arm the Sand Man will have come
unless yours is hopeless case OF
nervousness.
A glass of warm milk drunk at night
Just before going to bed is very
soothing to the nerves, and sometimes
serves as definite sleeping potion,
as an entirely empty stomach often
causes sleeplessness. Keeping the
feet warm in bed is another little
remedy surely open to all, for 1t does
not require much TO know that cold
feet means that the blood is in the
head and that this must be drawn
away before sleep can come. In ex-
IRENE cases of wakefulness then, IL is
good thing to take hot foot bath
Just before going TO bed and the feet
can be rubbed with turpentine, which
will increase the warmth and pleasant
Jingle.
As TO the bath for cleanliness, can.
not give II too much Importance
where the health and comfort of the
aenemic woman is involved II is alb.
solutely necessary to keep the pores
OF the skin open for the nerves to be
soothed. as the greater part of the
body's breathing is done through
them. II the no. bath at night pro-
notes wakefulness, It had better be
taken In the day. but II It can be
taken without this effect, then all the
better, for In this case It will be still
another aid toward sleep. But remem-
Der always that the aememic body re.
quires hot water. as hot as It can be
borne; and as soap is tonic In its
effects on the skin. don't be chary OF
using II. A medicated bath Is also
sometimes of enormous benefit in
cases of sleeplessness.
The state herald., 1910-04-15
IEE,s;sIHs;s'..;,.

called In to see me before died. Dif-
ferent parts of my body were badly
swollen and was told had dropsy.
Doan's Kidney Pills saved my life, and
made 1t worth living"
Remember the name-Doan's. For
sale by all dealers. so cents a box.
Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo. N. Y.
The state herald., 1910-04-15

When female canvasser asked an
old farmer to sign petition in favor
of woman's movement he eyed the
document for awhile with suspicion.
mo, Pm again it, sure" was the re-
ply, with the emphasis of man who
had had some domestic infelicity. -
woman who's allus a-movin' is allus a.
gettin' in trouble. If you've got any.
thing to keep her quiet I'll sign it,
Ladies Home Journal.
The state herald., 1910-04-15

pains anu urinary lib
come, and there is
danger of diabetes and
fatal Bright's disease.
Doan's Kidney Pills
cure sick kidneys and
impart strength to
the whole system.
Mrs. M. A. Jenkins,
Quanah, Texas. says:
II was so badly run
down that the doctors
told me there was no
hope. I was SO low
my relatives were
The state herald., 1910-04-15

1t is always a shock to n man to dis.
cover that woman knows her own
mind" when he marries her under the
impression that she hasn't any.
The state herald., 1910-04-15

And your shoes pinch. shake into your
shoes Aliens Foot-Ease. the nntlseptic
powder for the feet. Cures tired. aching
feet and takes the sting out OF Corns and
Bunions. Always use II for Breaking in
New shoes and for dancing parties. Sold
everywhere &c. Sample mailed FREE
Address. Allen s. Olmsted. lie Roy. N. Y.
The state herald., 1910-04-15

The multimillionaire was uncertain.
But how do | know you can sup
port my daughter in the manner to
which she has been accustomed?" he
demanded. obviously.
The imported nobleman smiled
blandly.
Il will go re test" he volunteered.
what test?"
81 will lif with you one year and
see how she is accustomed and zen
will know what to say"
But just then James the footman,
liberated the $1,000 bulldog.
The state herald., 1910-04-15

Endurance is u much better test OF
character than any single act OF hero
ism-however noble.-Avebury.
The state herald., 1910-04-15

There Catarrh In this section OF the country
than all other diseases put together and until the last
few years was supposed TO be incurabe. For great
many years doctors pronounced Il local disease and
prescribed local remedies. and by constantly failing
To cure With local Treatment pronounced neufable.
Science has CEtarrh TO be constitutional dis
and therefore requires constitutional treatment
Hairs Catarrh Cure. manufactured by =. j. Cheney
A Co. Toledo ohio. s the only Constitutional cure
the market IL rs taken Internally In doses nom 10
drops to teaspoonfu. II acts directly the blood
and mucous surfaces OF the system. They orer one
hundred dollars for any case Il tails 10 Send
for circulars and testimonials.
Address; =. J, CHENEY q CO.. Toledo. Ohio.
Sold by Druggists. 7sc.
TAks Halls Family Pills for constipation.
The state herald., 1910-04-15

relieves tired, overworked eyes, stops eye
aches, congested, infiamcd or sore eyes. All
druggists or Howard Bros, Buffalo, N. Y,
The state herald., 1910-04-15
DELAY IS DANGEROUS.

When the kidneys are sick. the
whole body is weakened. Aches and
The state herald., 1910-04-15

1t is foolish to be up to date on
somebody clse's money.
The state herald., 1910-04-15

Mrs. winslow's Soothing Syrup.
For children tecthng spftens the gums, reduces n.
nammation, allays palm. cures wind collie &c bottle
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-07-18
NORTHWEST LEAGUE

SEATTLE. Wash. July l7.-score.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-07-18

BOURNEMOUTH. England, July If
Leon Moranc, the French aviator. has
been officially awarded the first prize
at the meeting Just ended for speed. al
titude. sea flight and general merit. j..
Armstrong Drcxel, son OF Anthony DreX-
cl was awarded second place, while Gra-
ham White. the English aviator. takes
third place.
Moranc reached an altitude OF 400
feet and covered eighteen miles around
the Needles lighthouse ana return in
twenty-five minutes. The condition oi
Alan Boyle. son OF the Earl of Glasgow,
who was injured yesterday while making
Il flight here. was considered alarming
today by the attending physicians. Boyle's
mouoplane fell from a considerable height
and the aviator was picked up uncon-
scIous. lie suffered from conclusion Of
tho brain
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-07-18
UNITED STATES SUPPLIES
OWN DEMAND IN FRUITS

WASHINGTON, July 1.-THE United
States Is beginning 10 supply for its own
use fruits and nuts which few years
ago were practically all imported. This
applies particularly TO such fruits as
oranges. pruncs and ralsins. Bananas,
figs. walnuts. cocoanuts and almonds are
sun largely imported,
Twenty years ago the imports OF fruits
and nuts were more than five times as
great as the exports, the former being
valued at S2l,000.000. while the latter
were valued at only 81. 900 900. During
the last fiscal year. however, the imports
OF this sort had increased TO S36.OOO.OO
while the exports mad gone up In value
To $19. .O00, 900.
In 1890 there were imported $1,000 OOt
worth of oranges. In 1910 less than SlOO,-
200 worth. while more than S2,O0O.OOu
worth were exported last year. as COM
pared with about S25 900 in 1900 AS 10
pruncs Sl.750.00O worth were imported
in 1890 but less than $50. 600 worth came
i'm last year, whereas the exports Of this
fruit increased from 81, $50. 900 in 1900 TO
Si7 900. 900 last year
On the other hand the value OF the
bananas. almonds, walnuts and cocoanuts
imported had increased during the last
two decades. $4,000 900 worth Of bananas
coming to this country in 1900, as com
pared with Sl2.0o0o00 during the last
fiscal year.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-07-18
COMPETITION Of
NATIONAL GUARD
Riflemen Compete for Selection
Of Camp Perry Team
From Utah.
SHOOT AT POST, OGDEN,
MANTI AND RICHFIELD
Captain kneass of Company B,
Ogden, Makes Highest NUM-
Der of Points.

The annual state rifle competition for
the selection OF the Camp Perry team
was held Sunday and the shooting OF the
high mon OF the various organizat tIons
was exceedingly good. twenty-five men
from salt Lake companies shot at Fort
Douglas and six from Company 3 at
Ogden. Shooting in the southern batta-
lion was conducted at Manti and Rich
tain w. G. Eneass OF Company al
points. Captain Knehss totaled 1871
points against 1879 scored by Anderson
OF Company II in this city. Captain c.
Coolidge OF Ogden made 1SS points.
The scores from the competitions held
Mt Manti and Richfield have not been re
ceived and hence the official announce
ment OF the fifteen highest shots, which
VIII make up the team, cannot be made.
Major Williams will have complete list
OF the scores Monday afternoon, when the
team will be selected
The course shot was slow fire at ths
200. 800 and e00-yard ranges and skir-
mlSh run, the possible score being $50
Sergeant Anderson of II company led the
shots at Fort Douglas. making 1S9 points
Captain Webb of the battery came sec
ond, with 160 points. and Merrill OF II
company, third, with 15S points. Ander-
son shot high score at 200 and the skir-
'mish, and tied with Ammusen at 300
yards. Warthman and Wilson tied for
high score at 500 yards.
TABLE OF RESULTS.
Al Fort Douglas
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-07-18
WATER DESTROYS STOCK
AT PEMBROKE STORE

Water damaged the stock of the Penn
broke Stationery company, 30 West Sec
ond South street. 10 the extent Of at leas-
$1,000 this (MondaYj morning, at >
o clock. An unused lavalory IL the rooms
above she store Was rut in operation,
with tic result that ;i1c plumbing fixtures
wers broken by the wafer pressure. AMI
the water Hooded th. store downstairs.
Pedestrians passing rno store had ineir
attention attracted ny the water which
was running In small streams from the
ceiling, They Immediately ;elcphoned to
A. 3. Pembroke. who hurried % Tho store.
After making hasty examination he
telcphoned to the city waller works de-
partment, which responded, and turned
off the water.
Stock ranging from lead pencils to hnc
leather covered books on the ;naiD boov
OF the building was practically ruined
and valuable engineering supplies In the
basement which was flooded. were, ac-
cording To Mr. Pembroke. also ruined.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-07-18
OGDEN DEFEATED.
BY S|ME[TERITES
Margetts's Nine Beats Dad Gin
lin's Nine i'm the Ninth
Inning.
LARGE CROWD OF FANS
SEES PRETTY BALL GAME
Best Exhibition of National
Sport Seen in Ogden in
Months.
Spocial to The Tribune.

Special to The Tribune.
OGDEN, July 17.-''Won in the ninth
tells how Murray defeated Dad Gimlins S
baseball team at the fair grounds this
afternoon in heartbrcakins finish by
score of to 3.
The crowd in the grand stand had
started 10 leave for town at the end OF
the eighth inning when the score stood
3 to . In the locals favor. when Murray
by punching hits passed two men over
the home plate. This gave the smeltor
boys q lead OF one run. The crowd set
tied back in their seats. and with drawn
breath awaited the end OF Ogden's last
inning. The finish came when with two
men on bases and two men out Murphy
for Ogden drove a red hot one in the
vicinity OF second base Ribschcr spranS
n foot In the air and pulled II down
with one hand. saving the game for Mur-
ray. His enthusiastic teammates carried
him OFF the grounds on their shoulders.
The game was by far the pretticst
exhibition of the national sport seen In
ogden in many months, Cntil the fourth
inning neither team scored. BY bunch
ing hits Murray got in two runs. Ogden
came up and Bluth scored on wild
throw 10 second by Scott. In the next
inning Ramshaw made n two-base hli
over first base. bringing in two men
which gave Ogden a lead.
The lineup.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-07-18
SEVEN PERSONS INJURED
In AUTOMOBILE WRECK

SEATTLE Wash. July 17.--Sevcn per-
sons were injured one probably fatally,
when an automobile driven by w. a.
Briggs and carrying party OF friends.
ran into another machine driven by
Henry Mayagonet n chauffeur. today.
Mr. Briggs. who is superintendent OF an
office building, received n fractured skull
and Is not expected to live. The others
who were injured arc:
Mrs. w. A. Briggs, badly bruised about
the head and body.
George Wallsworth. hand and ankle
sprained.
Mrs. Wallsworth, head and face bruised.
internal injuries.
Allen Wallsworth. aged Z. left shoul
der broken
Helen Finnisan. II years old, nose broi-
en-. face and head cut.
Henry Mayagonet. body bruised.
Miss Helen Finnigan, whose home is in
Devils Lake, n, D.. has been visiting
Mr.. and Mrs. Briggs. residents OF Seattle.
The Wallsworths reside in Apple ton, Wis.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-07-18
BREWERS PICNIC ENDS
IN RIOT AND KILLINGS

CHICAGO. July 1T. L. Mulvhlll ana
Patrick Haley were possibly fatally shot,
several other men were seriously injured,
and ten-coach excursion train was
wrecked by mob in a riot at Columbia
park on the Santa Fe railroad west OF
Chicago late today.
y dozen of the wounded. including
Mulvhill and Bailey, were brought into
Chicago aboard n fast train and taken
TO a hospital. Officials OF the Santa Fe
meantime rounded UP a carload of special
police, who were rushed out TO Columbia
park. The police discovered that the first
section OF the excursion train upon which
the trouble started had been so badly
wrecked that II WAS impossible TO move
il. A number Of arrests were made
The trouble occurred at the end OF the
annual picnic given by the employees Of
a large Chicago brewing concern. The
train that was 10 bring the plcnickers
back TO the city was made UP in two
sections. majority of the passengers
wanted to ride on the first section, After
the first section had been filled the
crowds continued 10 attempt To get
aboard. At this Juncture, It Is said, a
trainman drew a revolver and attempted
10 drive back those nearest him. A rush
followed and the trainman fired. The
crew of the first section OF the train was
driven into the woods near the parle as
the mob began TO hurl stones and clubs.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-07-18
STATEWIDE PROHIBITION
ISSUE WITH DEMOCRATS

DALLAS, Tex, July 17.-State-wlde
prohibition is the leading issue of the
campaign now on in the Democratic
party OF Texas TO select nominations for
all state offices from governor down TO
sheriffs. Primaries will be held July %.
with about $50 candidates TO be voted on.
The attitude of Senator Bailey is being
generally watched because OF the influ-
ence IL may have on his fortunes when he
becomes a candidate for reelection TWO
years from now. Senator Bailey has
given his support 10 Judge William Pom
dexter for governor. Judge PoindeNter Ia
yors amending the constitution To prohibit
LIQUOR traffic. but opposes n statutory
statewide prohibition act as unconstitu-
tional.
There are three other candidates for
Governor-Cone Johnson Oscar b. Col
Quit and f V. Davidson
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-07-18
INTERURBAN LINE CAR
C0LLIDES WITH AUTO

DENVER, Col. July 17.-Four persons
were injured, one probably fatally when
an interurban car on the Denver & In
terurban railroad struck an automobile a
mile east OF Eldorado. Springs. twenty
miles from here, today. The automobile
with its occupants was pushed sidewise
hundred feet by the car struck trolley
pole and was wrecked. The injured:
Mrs. John l., Boyd, 81 years old; three
ribs broken, hurt internally. VIII prob
ably die.
Ralph NJ Gillette. two ribs broken, in
tcrnally hurt.
Mrs Ralph NJ, Gillette. bruised.
Byron B, Boyd. ligaments Of ankle Sc
vcrely bruised.
siding the occupants OF the automobile
were unable To see the interurban car
approaching, down grade, at high speed.
4 special car brought the victims TO
Denver.