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Omaha daily bee., 1910-08-29

set him 20 work" Theoretically, excellent
advice. II you can get the tools. but hu-
morous. II you can't. and the change Of
occupation for the boy means only gram
mar or arithmetic In diguise. Here's
where the personality Of the teacher comes
in. Hurl II at John. vigorously, cautiously,
but hurl e. 'Tis the only buzz saw many
Of us have.
Sometimes this hurting gets deadly mo-
notonous. Ono day l we'll remember, 1
had failed In every effort to rouse the
class to personal effort. suddenly stopped
the lesson, gave out paper and said,
Write what you think are the three
greatest things in the world One lad OF
widely divergent tastes wrote, THE three
greatest things in the world are ID the
Flatiron building. (2) the Chelsea fire, (S)
the cruclflxion of Christ" while a little
girl wrote that the greatest thing Of all
was love, because without her father would
never have met her mother and she would
never have been born. In the few moments
in which we talked of the answers given
got back my poise, thanks to the bit OF
humor. and went on hurting as vigorously
as before, and the children had been
aroused.
In class OF little children l tried to
electrify the dull atmosphere in SINH
lar manner. We we're reading of the Pill
grlins and the childish droning voices
were Alphabetically describing our heritage
from Plymouth Rock Turning suddenly
to a little foreigner, said, MARY, did
you ever know before that you had fore
fathers?'
Sure, my father in heaven. my father
what's dead, my stepather, and my god
father came back instantly. The IL
Elimination of the dull lesson was complete
Omaha daily bee., 1910-08-29
THE HUArOR OF TEACHING.
AlAshes that Ease the MonotOny a,
the Grind.

AsAshes that Ease the ATonotony of
the Grind.
The teachers game IL so plainly. give
and not take" II is a building contract
with very inferior materials, thanks TO the
mother who says. II can't do nothing with
james while James usually stands by
9Th "a You can't touch me- air ana to
the AtherS who says. IT don't care what
John docs never chastiss my boy" ana
the boy grows Visabay two inches taller
and ten degrees tougher. Incidentally. can
anyone explain TO me the peculiar eIseanoa
Of this werd 'chastise7'' OF the two kinds
Of parents who come to see me. saws a
teacher In the World Today. one aavs
'Hickin = the other "ohastise," ana there's a
gulf between the two. H. clothes and speech
But our contract is on and the material
furnished IT'S poor workman who finds
fauit With his tools When the lads reach
US they are ready-made, but for the sake
OF the one who may be made over, let's rnix
y little Of our nnoEtara OF enthusiasm. oop-
Gder his handicapped heritage a bit huhor-
oLsly, and keep at It, You can't make an
ANGEL an at once out of a boy whose nearby
patent SAYS "sure 1 licks him. when I
cafches him; but he's too sly for me. -
That lad has q reputation to live up 10.
one he's veFy proud OF and you've got 10
prove 10 hifn that it's poor one, before
Ne gives ttSup. You have to use some Of
the boys own slyness. But SO much In bows
can be laughed out OF them-lf we havsn,t
forsotten, how 90 do It. It is so easy "a
argue! k
one OF the bestsresllts ever had in dis
upAne came from a three-sentenee CONVEX.
sation with Q boy naturally bright hut pre-
ternaturaliy9 lazy. had tried every means
20 rouse hIfn ana had failed sudasnI,, q,
occurred 20 me that he was a Eolf caddy
and had picked up the game himself Sc
that he played we'll one night after bi,
usual day 81 idleRess, l kept him and sale
to him: =
Paul II man could make thu cour.,
IN eighty three and he took IFS. what Vro,,II
you call hifng''
chump," unhesitatingly he REPLIED.
YES, you would. Good night" sa,d
and dismissed him. but the shot told truly
ana aid what many arguments had failet
60 do aF- ''''''
Does teachers convention helm Won =,
Keep enthusiastically and humorously a
NJ We hear mastery papers on school
as they should bs fully equipped witt
every eonvsnienos. but so few tell us o
=, the schools as they are. handicapped b,
lack aocdmaterial and not az all IDEAL
remember a brilliant paper I heard once
and II was brilliant. People came ava,
and said. How well she knows the bo,
problemT This Is what the educator said
IF John is restless try him on somethinl
neSi give him plane and buEs saw an,
Omaha daily bee., 1910-08-29
RAILROAD SCHOLARSHIPS.
Unique Memorial Established by Rail
road President.

road President,
George r. Wolfe Of Youngwood, Pa, and
NJ Roy Strong of Cleveland. o., are an
nounced as the successful candidates for
the Frank Thomson scholarships. With
the addition OF these two young men there
will be eight holders of these scholarships,
which amounts to $500 annually. and which
are awarded upon a competitive examina-
ton to sons of employees of the Pennsyl-
vania Railroad system.
The successful candidates for the schol-
arships in 1907 were w. B. Rudd Of
Media, Pa, who graduated in June Of this
year from Yale university, and George j..
Richers of Altoona, who is taking a course
in engineering at the University of Penn
sylvania In 1908, Merritt E. Gill Of Grand
Rapids, Mich, now at the University of
Michigan, and Harry Wallis Anderson Of
Folcroft Delaware county, Pa, now at
the University of Pennsylvania, were
awarded the scholarships. Benjamin NJ.
Snyder jr. Of Elmira, N. Y. and Wallace
B. Porter of Youngstown. o.. won the
scholarships in 1909.
Young Wolfe is a son OF George B
Wolfe, a locomotive engineer on the
southwest branch of the Pittsburg division
Of the Pennsylvania. He is II years old
ana mas just graduated from tne nlSI
school at Groensburg, Pa. He expects tC
enter the civil engineering department Of
| Lehigh university.
NJ. Roy Strong is a son Of Arthur w
Strong telegraph operator on the Cleve
land and Pittsburg division of the Penn
sylvalia lines. He has been attending tn,
Case School of Applied Science, Cleveland
! o. He is 81 years OF age, and expects t
continue at the Case school Strong Is a
present member OF the Engineer Corp
on the Cleveland and Pittsburg division
The Thomson scholarships were estab
lished by Anne Thomson. Frank Graham
Thomson and Clark Thomson, children Q
the late President Frank Thomson of tn
Pennsylvania Railroad company. Tn
grantors OF this trust fund OF $4,000 de
clared it was their desire to afford t
the sons of living and deceased employee
Of the Pennsylvania system an opportunit
for a technical education. With the award
for 1910 there are eight beneflciaries o
the Thomson Scholarship fund receiving
college education, This number will b
maintained by awarding two scholarship
every year.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-08-29
TwO-rEAR HIeH SCHOOL COuRsI
Proposed Modification Embraces the
Essentials.

Nine special two-year courses, prepared
with view to giving the essentials Of a
four-year high school course to pupils who
cannot spend the four years in school will
be offered to the pupils entering Chicago
High schools next month. This was de-
cided upon by Mrs Ella Flagg Young.
superintendent OF schools, following a
four-hour session with the principals com
mittee. appointed to draft the courses. re-
ports the Record Herald.
The course represents months OF work
by the principals whom Mrs. Young SCI
lected TO assist her In realizing her aim
OF giving pupils who. by reason OF finan-
cial or other contingency, could not give to
school the four years necessary TO COM
plete the regular high school course, q
\ course that would tit them for commercial
pursuits or manual labor, leaving out many
useful but not absolutely necessary studies
The courses have been SO arranged thai
a pupil who. at the end OF two years finds
he viii be Rble to so on for another two
years. can take up the studies In the frs
two years OF the regular course and com.
plste the same work that regular pupils
have done TO secure the diploma OF gradua
| ton.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-08-29

fresh air Is the most powerful weapon
with which 10 fight tuberculosis and 20 start
children right IN life. Chicago Is fortunate
A school for the training OF teacher nurses
Us 10 be established at Columbia university.
Students will be prepared for welfare work.
district and school nursing, teaching In
farmers Institutes, expert sanitary work
IN the training OF children, sanitary inspec-
torships, and other positions under health
boards Miss Adelaide Nutting, professor OF
hospital economical. viii be In charge OF
the school
Omaha daily bee., 1910-08-29
EducatIonaI Notea.

Mrs. Young the superintendent OF the
public school system In Chicago, has
ordered that when the school term begins.
the schools shall be flushed three times
daily, no matter what the weather, with
! fresh air. shA declares that health Is even
Omaha daily bee., 1910-08-29
send your young people 60
TABOR COLLEGE

An accredited school Of the highest STAND.
ing, In a community remarkable for lie
A Trained Faculty Of Specialists.
Low Expense Best Facilities
Fall Term opens Sept isth. Send for
literature TABOR COLLEGE. Tabor Ia
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1910-06-02
Little Things in Life.

1t is unquestionably true that the
world has profited greatly By the
deeds of great men, some of whom
have left an imperishable name as
they passed out of it. Nevertheless il
is an open question whether the good
they have wrought can measure up 10
the happiness obtained from the
smaller concerns of life, manifesto
tons of which are apparent from
day to day. The wonderful figures
that pass through life's drama, scor-
ing their triumphs before an enthu-
siastic public, serve their purpose adj
mirably and instruct and entertain
many, but their achievements count
for little in comparison with the
humber, sweeter, more wholesome
contentment derived from the numer-
Gus minor incidents which form so
large part of everyday existence. 1t
does not seem to matter how wonder
full mans achievement, how wide
spread the adulation following his
success, how satisfying the plaudits
of an enthusiastic world, the glamor
wears off after a while, and then it is
that he turns for comfort to the new
erfailing balm of genuine apprecia-
ton dispensed in the intimacies of the
home circle, and learns from the soft
er side of life lesson which can
never be taught in the glare of pub
licity.
The world owes an inestimable
debt of gratitude to the men and
women who form the unobtrusive
circles of life, who, content to move
in their limited sphere, are unattract-
ed by the promises and fame of the
greater outer eXpanses whose borders
have never been set, and whose OPP
portunities seem always to conjure
up some alluring mirage with which
to tempt the ambitious spirit. These
distinctly their own it may not sat-
isfy every hope, but it brings JOY and
comfort to it's adherents.
The opportunities for doing the lit
tie things that tell are many and
varied in the quiet life. Forbearance,
ton, all flow from their source, and
confirm the impression that the eX-
ercise of the inner graces of life
tends to happiness far more than the
public display of ones talents. Mutual
understanding that needs no reiter-
ated assurance of its presence solves
many knotty problem; the perform
ance of some little courtesy or an act
that carries with it the guarantee of
its sincerity will change a cherries
aspect into glowing outlook. 1t is,
indeed, the little things IT. life that
count for the most.-EX.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1910-06-02
Simnle But Salutary.

Here's the whole thing in nut
SHE'LL said Brown to me. 81 am now
2S years old, have my own business,
have brought it to such state that /
have decided to take partner"
"rake one?" answered /.
There's the rub" he gave back
my partner must be such an all
around knowing one that I'm afraid
I'll have hard work to fill the posi-
ton.
my partner must be able to make
laws and to enforce them, must be
able to carry out complicated chemi-
cal work, must be a skilled mechan-
ic, must know something of econo-
mics, must be able to buy wares OF
all kinds with due consideration OF
my finances, must be able to do tail
oring, of a kind, if necessary.
Hold on, Brown" said |. Are you
dippy, as the vulgarians say?"
NO" replied he. 81 want wife
Look around among your friends and
see If any one man among them
could do all that good housewife
should be able to do. She must make
just laws for the family and enforce
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1910-06-02
Points for (.Bridge.C Players.

With the years against you, never
venture a weak heart declaration I'M
less you have diamonds enough to
pull you through
Holding a commanding club, don't
hesitate to tell the cook it looks like
rain, if the soup justifies the declara-
ton.
If you hold a good heart, don't dis
card it.
Never waste time attempting to
fnesse when your wife is obviously
leading up to new broadcloth suit
If you find an unguarded knave
kick him and run.
If you are short Of honors, never
mind-many an obscure man dies
rich.
With three good suits and four ola
monds it is safe to accept all invita-
ton to weekend party.
If Your partner is a dummy. don't
complain she probably woulndt have
ma,rieo you if she hadn't been.
With the score against you, tip
the waiter literally
Do not make a practise of leading
thr / Oh the cafe door-EX.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1910-06-02

Pinkham's Vegetable Compound made
me well woman and / have no more
backache. / hope can help others by
telling them what Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound has done for
me" MRS. EMMA IMsE, $50 First St.,
Milwaukee, Wis.
The above is only one of the thou
sands of grateful letters which are
constantly being received by the
Pinkham Medicine Company of Lynn,
Mass, which prove beyond doubt that
Lydia e. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound, made from roots and herbs,
actually does cure these obstinate dis
eases of women after all other means
have failed, and that every such suf-
ering woman owes it to herself to at
least give Lydia f. Pinkham's Vegeta-
BILE Compound a trial before submit
ting to an operation, or giving up
hope of recovery.
Mrs. Pinkham, of Lynn, Mass,
invites all sick women to write
her for advice. She has guided
thousands to health and her
advice is free.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1910-06-02
MisinfOrmed.

There was once minister in Hart
ford who had a lot of boys in his Sun
day School who were in the habit of
staying away on the Sunday when the
big steamer City of Hartford locked
in the morning. One Sunday the min
lister came down to Sunday School
and found all the boys there. He was
profoundly affected. Boys" he said,
you cannot imagine how much this
exhibition of loyalty on your part to
the Sunday School affects me. When
came by the docks this morning
and saw the City of Hartford there
Gee Whit" shouted the boys in
chorus, is she IMP and they left in a
body.-Ex.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1910-06-02
The Glamour of Years.

1t is one of the strangest things
how the glamour of years maintains
its fascination. The most cherished
day dreams of the youth are of the
time when he shall be rich and sue
cessful, and they are no more de-
lightful, no more real, than those of
the rich and successful man who
looks back on the days Of his youth,
when he was really happy Most of
us are so busy thinking and dream
ing of the time when we should have
been happy, or when we are going to
be happy, that we miss the things
that are within our reach, having our
eyes fastened elsewhere.-EX.
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EDITED BY PRUDENCE PRUDE

flag whose bright ribbons ilutter as
significantly from the rim of the
small boys bicycle as from the staff
of some stately capitol.
The slow-marching veterans of
yesterdays battles are a tear-moving
spectacle not so much, perhaps, for
their very feebleness and unmistak-
able WEAKNESS as for that country
and those ideals which they fought
for, which their comrades died for
and for which every last one of them
mand were made of him. 1t is right
and proper, even a duty that we hon
or, today, the memory of the men who
died for country in order that the
land of their freedom might be saved
to the future. 1t is right and proper
and a duty that we live for the coun-
try for which they died, in order that
we may maintain and preserve for
ever those principles which they rep
resented and which spurred them on
to the greatest sacrifice that men may
be called upon to make-the sacrifice
of his own life blood.
The battles are not all over though
the weapons of war have been
long in disuse. There are still those
foes which threaten the unsullied flag
as dangerously and perilously as any
army of confederates or British ever
threatened a uniform of blue. These
are the battles we are called upon to
repulse else these men who fought
yesterday and these other foes re-
pulsed in actual combat were all in
vain. After building, comes main
tenance, as serious and solemn and
responsible a problem as the cree
ton of the structure in the beginning,
There are foes, deadly to virtue,
which menace our citizenhood today;
foes deadly to our national upright
ness which threaten our vigor and
foes which threaten our strength, our
faith, our cleanliness of mind and our
principles of justice and equality
which are the very foundation upon
which this nation was erected.
The battles are not all fought The
battle of Life calls for an army of
volunteers equipped with weapons as
staunch and true and steadfast as
were those forces of 1912 or the
armies of the sixties. We do wrong to
think we can resi- on the arms laid
down by the boys in blue. Rather, if
what they fought for is to be i'm
mortal, and the causes for which they
struggled, imperishably established,
we must be up and doing, enlisting
our services in the cause of right
eousness, marching under the way
ing banner of loyalty to neighbor, 10y
atty to home, loyalty to country and
loyalty to God. This must we do, new
er ceasing our vigil, never forgetting
the principles of high mindedness
which we pledged ourselves to up
hold, never forgetting those ideals of
life which must be maintained if we
are to be judged Christian nation,
in order that these soldier dead whom
we honor today and these soldiers liv-
ing to whom we pay the deserving
tribute of a grateful people, may
have given what they gave, even
though it were life itself, in a good
cause and for an undying nation.
May we all be soldiers of the cross.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1910-06-02
Emergency PnfiS.

For dessert try Emergency
Puffs: Drain canned peaches from
their syrup and cut fruit in quar-
ters," says Fannie Merritt Farmer in
Woman's Home Companion for June,
Mix and sift one cupful of bread
-four, one half teaspoonful of salt and
two tablespoonfuls of baking-powder
Qevel measurements). Moisten to a
soft dough with milk. Butter individ-
ual molds and drop spoonful of the
mixture in each, place a piece of
peach in each and cover peach with
another spoonful of dough- Steam
ten minutes and serve at once. Notice
what large quantity of baking-pow-
der is used in this recipe, two table
spoonfuls, not two teaspoonfuls.
Remove puffs from molds and
serve with peach-sauce: To drained
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1910-06-02
How 10 Make Orange Pnncn.

Place in basin hal: pound of
granulatad sugar and quart of lu''e-
warm water. Squeeze out the inicL VI
two each of lemons and oranges, add
the grated md of one orange and
briskly a1iE WITH a wooden spoon for
five minutes. Strain through q CHI
nese straine.' into smell ice cream
freezer, cover the freezer. bury in d
tub with broken ice and rock salt and
freeze for 5h.rty-five minutes Divide
Elk
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~ A Devoted
NM MI n nj u \ III WI ~ Women andthe Home
w wi HN w ONnN EDITED

them. She must understand the COM
plicated processes of cooking. Bak-
ing, mending, washing, ironing and
otherwise caring for the clothing of
family requires mechanical skill.
Bringing up a child properly re-
quires far more knowledge and wis
dom than selling dry goods of stand
ard makes and prices year after
year. Where is more science and skill
required than in the sick room? And
if the wife does not know how to do
all of these things how can she dir
ect the work of her paid help, espec-
tally if the help knows less than she
does. ?"-EX.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1910-06-02
Sir BENJAMIN StOn's Portrait of MARI
Twain.


1t is difficult for Sir Benjamin
Stone, the British Parliamentarian
who has photographed more famous
persons than any professional photog-
rapher, to say which is his best indi-
vidual portrait, but he thinks he has
rarely had more success than with
Mark Twain. His leonine head-that
white shock of hair-stood out brave
ly against the dark back ground. 1t
is of this photograph that Mark Twain
said, on his return to New York;
Amongst the honors heaped upon me
by Englishmen was that of being pho
tographed in Parliament. / am not a
membe rof Parliament. But neither am
member of Congress. Has any
fellow-American suggested that l
should be photographed in Congress!
No. ] blush to say that they have
not. And yet here is an honor that
might without risk be bestowed on any
great man. And yet it was not be-
slowed on Washington, Jefferson, or
Lincoln. When / saw the photo
graph, with the Mother of Parliaments
in the background, and realized my
advancing years, said to myself,
Here are two noble monuments of an
tiquity-two shinins examples of the
survival of the fittest May Strand.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1910-06-02
Manhattan Shrimns.

For those who enjoy using the
chafing-dish let me suggest Man
haitian Shrimps," says Fannie Merritt
Farmer in Woman's Home Companion
for June. Melt one tablespoonful of
butter, add one tablespoonful of flour
and stir until well blended; then pour
on gradually, while stirring constant
ly, one half cupful of thin cream, and
one third of a cupful Of stewed and
strained tomatoes mixed with few
grains of soda, Bring to the boiling
point and add one cupful of fnely-cut
cheese, one egg slightly beaten, and
one and one half cupfuls of canned
shrimps broken in pieces. Season to
taste with salt, mustard and cayenne,
and serve just as soon as the pieces
of cheese have entirely melted"
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1910-06-02
How TO Prevent Weeds.

Cover your flower bed over with
salt from one inch to two inches
deep. Dampen salt occasionally and
leave it on the ground for a week or
ten days This will be sufficient time
to kill not only the weeds, but also
all the seeds that may be in the soil
or on the surface. Before planting
dampen the ground thoroughly and
let it alone overnight. Snrape of the
salt on the surface in the morning
and let it remain until dry enough to
work Then plant your seeds and you
need have NJ fear of being bothered
with weeds.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1910-06-02
To Mend China.

Make a thick solution of gum
Arabic in water and stir into it plas-
er of Paris until the mixture becomes
of glue like consistency. Apply it
with a brush to the fractured edges of
the china and press them together.
In two or three days the fracture will
have set until it is impossible to
break the article in the same place.
The Whiteness of the cement, renders
it dou5ly valuable-Ex.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1910-06-02
Memorial Day.

Memorial Day. Today we consecrate
to the memory of our soldier dead
and the honor of our soldier living.
The red, white and blue, symbolic as
II is of all we hold dear in the annals
of our country waves from cottage
and mansion office building and
public edifice with equal gradeur
People of all ranks, sprung from all
paths of life, unite 20 honor the on
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1910-06-02

me a well woman,
and l would like to
tell thewhole world
of it. / suffered
fromfemale trouble
and fearful painsin
my back. had the
best doctors and
they all decided
that / had a tumor
in addition to my
female trouble, and
advised an opera
ton. lydia r.