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The San Francisco call., 1910-06-12
Teaching in the Philippines

Unless teacher has more than the
usual amount of perseverance long be-
fore he reaches his post in the ISL
ands he may wish that he had never
come and that he was safely back in
the United States. Beautiful and in
teresting as the country is. the trip
from the coast into the interior is so
hard that all pleasure is drowned in
the physical discomfort. Days of the
slowest travel, journeys by water
along broad, slow rivers, with no
wharyes or landing places so that the
traveller has to be carried out or wade
out from the shore to the boat No
one is in hurry and no one can un-
derstand why there should be hurry
II not today, tomorrow will do as well.
1t is really ridiculous to worry or even
to inquire If your destination is 10 or
200 miles further. You will get there
in time If you are not killed on the
road and If you are, it doesn't matter
how far 1t Is
Once arrived at his destination the
American supervising teacher finds
himself up against some problems. In
the larger cities the teachers them
selves are Americans, but in the small
er barrios they are natives. Some
times these native teachers are scarce
ly more than children, IL or 18 years
old. and have been teaching for sew
eral years. The first task then is to
teach the teacher, not lessons, but the
simplest rules of hygiene and q few
other laws of everyday life In America.
AS rule these native villages are
frightfully dirty, children, refuse and
animals are all mixed together in the
roadway. No one in the village, un-
ms
thought for anything beyond Nthe sim
plest physical needs. Sometimes a ma
tive teacher gets under the influence
of American methods and does a great
deal for his people. If he does not,
however, no one does.
The schools in such districts have no
furniture. The pupils sit about on the
floors exactly as they do in their own
homes. So surprising as to be almost
a shock was -one school, far inland,
with an attempt at benches. These
were really tables, long pieces of split
bamboo dashed to bamboo poles. The
head OF this school was an especially
enterprising person. 1t is TO be hoped
that his salary was higher than most of
the native teachers, who as rule draw
from 50 to IS month. A story is told
by a superintendent recently returned
of a janitor who struck for an advance
on his $3.50 and lost his place alto
gether.
Behind in nearly all things. stlll there
is one in which the Filipino boy is
ahead of the American. That is in his
ability 10 talk in, public. Any student
called upon in school to speak does so
easily, without embarrassment and us
ually very well. He has quiet dignity
that keeps him master of the situation.
In judging, him one must always take
into account the tremendous disadyan-
tages under which he works. And
when all is said and done the remark
able thing about native education in
the islands Is not that IL has not made
more progress, but that il has made as
much. on the whole, perhaps he may
even be ahead OF his western brother
with his greater chances.
The San Francisco call., 1910-06-12
A Dogs "Homing" Instinct

A hound was bought in Missouri and
shipped in a closed express car to
ranch in Kansas. In a day or two il
was missing Investigation proved that
il had gone back 10 its Missouri home
over a distance OF 500 miles, on a road
entirely unknown to the dog.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-07-07

he writes. When the world realizes,
as 1t must in few years, or months
he continues. ''that the destruction of
the coal beds and forests is suicide for
the human race, let the people rise up
and put to death this cruel Survival
of-theF ittest' System of Society. Es-
tablish the Cooperative Common
wealth. Establish a system which
means the Survival of the Best Es-
tablish the only hope of man-Social-
ISM
What, by the way, though makes it
necessary for Mr.. Baker to protest
against the destruction of the coal beds
if the burning of coal helps to fill the
atmosphere with the poisonous gases
that change the usual climatic condi-
tons and thereby kill the crops which
man needs? Why not destroy them at
once and eliminate that evil? Further
more, with the establishment of Social
ism and the barring of the use Of all
existing kinds Of fuel, which Mr.. Baker
seems to think necessary if the eli
matte conditions are to be restored to
their proper shape, what kind of fuel is
Socialism going to provide to develop
the power which Is needed to operate
so many of the important and essential
activities Of man? Does Mr.. Baker
tirely, or has he a secret power pro-
Queer up his sleeve which he would
like to exploit?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-07-07
.AYHAWKER JOTS

Often a man does himself a favor.
observes the Lawrence World. by
keeping on good terms with his neigh
Dor.
1t is the idea of the Lawrence World
that the trouble with some folks is
that their parents left off spank
ing too soon.
The Marquette Tribune has discov-
cred that the person who insists on
all the proprieties of custom or society
these warm nights will get little COM
fort or sleep.
A wedding announcement from the
Wetmore Spectator: A young lady in q
town not great ways off recently laid
in a good supply of side-meat. Any
way. she married a man by the name
of Bacon.
The desk motto: Business is a good
deal like skating on thin ice-safety
lies in keeping moving" reminds the
Winfield Courier that the speed OF the
farm wagon it's way to market lies
in keeping the split-log drag moving
This thing of growing old is disa-
greeable and unfortunate In many
ways" writes Mr.. William Allen White
in his Emporia Gazette. and he adds:
"As a man approaches the sere and
yellow, he talks too much. for one
thing"
A plea for patronizing home industry
goes up from the Abilene Reflector.
Noting that lady monologist is on the
program for the chautauSua to be held
in that town. the Reflector says 1t
was unnecessary to send out of town
for her as there are any number of
experts in this line at home.
This kind of notice is posted in a
Greenleaf lumber yard, says the Sem
tinel: All requests for leave of alb
eral, lame back, housekeeping sore
throat, turning the wringer headaches,
brainstorms, cousins wedding, general
indisposition, etc, must be handed to
the manager the morning of the game
AS the Wichita Beacon sees it: "She
stood up beside the pulpit in our
church the other evening (the church
the editor sometimes attends) and sang
Vile and Full Of Sin Am r-sang it
beautifully and bravely. She was about
Ia sweet, innocent girl, just bloom
ir.g into that fairest of God lilies
young womanhood. The editor may be
world hardened. but he was shocked
clear through his callousness. He knew
that she was not vile: neither was she
full of sin. She was innocent and pure
ard all a-glory with the religious fervor
of the hymn she was singing. Most of
US admire that fine old church song
that Charles Wesley wrote and old
Simeon Marsh put to sonorous music,
girl, a solitary figure before an audi
ence and make her sing a lie in those
terribly seif-condemnatory words? On
the other hand, if it is necessary for
somebody to MARBLE Vile and Full of
Sin Am l. why not assign the job to
some sure enough old human sinner
not a person who is without sin?'
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-07-07
Blushing Approved.

The troubles of young people, often
exaggerated, always deeply felt, stir
normal and wholesome sympathy in the
breast of experience. Here is a sample:
Editor the Brooklyn Daily Eagle:
viii you kindly tell me through your
columns how a person can control
themselves from blushing. as 1 blush
very much when any one speaks to me.
try to stop, but all in vain.
Thanking you in advance if you
should ans wer this, am,
IL. LINEMAN.
''714 Carroll street, April 10. 1870"
A frank question demands a frank
answer. Either a boy or girl corre-
can't possibly determine from that
blind initial. 1t doesn't matter much
In either case the indicated clumps
protoplasm known as red blood cor
pusc1es are to blame; and the con-
tractile coats of the blood vessels are
pathetic nerve. Even race, color, or
previous condition of servitude7 may be
ignored in this great discussion, for the
best authority informs US that 'mulat-
toes are often great blushers, blush
succeeding blush over their faces
Now, granting that a cure is desir-
able, which it is if the boy wants to go
into practical politics, or the girl seeks
to enter the active ranks of the suf-
fragettes, the first step should be a
CONSCIENTIOUS TedQlIg OI Tie OHplcdS-
ant Plays of George Bernard Shaw.
This may be followed by dose Of
Poccaccio, and that, in turn. by an in
fusion of Rabelais. A careful reading
of the dramatic criticisms will Indicate
those plays now on the stage that will
be helpful. The Eagle cannot consent
to advertise them in its editorial col
umns. Once you have mastered double
entente and mental suggestion, you
can't blush if you try.
If the boy will consent to give up the
ambition for a vocation for which ma
ture has evidently given him no apti-
tude; or if the girl only aspires to be
sweet and lovely as a maiden, and
gentle and womanly as a matron, the
best advice is to keep on blushing ana
throw physic to the dogs. The best
authority above alluded to is Charles
Darwin. In his volume Expression OF
Emotions" he says trenchantly:
BRUSHING is the most peculiar and
the most human of all expressions
Monkeys redden from passion, but it
would require an overwhelming amount
Of evidence to make us believe that an
animal could blush. Eagle.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-07-07
WARMING NO. ?.

Mr., Samuel Craig Baker, of Hender-
son, KY, is out with warning No. g."
Most people may have forgotten about
Warning No. l." But 1t was issued
more than a year ago by Mr.. Baker. 1t
concerns orr changing climatic condi-
lions which have come under his OBJ
servation. He held then, and is more
firmly convinced of it now that mems
Ignorance of certain natural laws is re-
sponsible for these changes and that
the changes are progressively unfavor-
able to human life. In fact, the con-
ditions as they have developed since
Warning No. T. was issued convince
Mr.. Baker that in a very short period
the world will be suffering from famine
as a result Of these climatic changes.
1t is his opinion that the use of coal.
petroleum, natural gas. etc, which rob
the atmosphere of oxygen and leave a
trail of deadly carbon dioxide, along
with the destruction of the forests are
responsible for the changing of the
climatic conditions; mild winters, late
cold springs. early frosts in the au-
tumn, to say nothing of floods and
storms. He insists that these condi-
lions which prevailed during the past
year. have ruined the fruit and vegetable
crop; and cut the wheat crop of this
country and the world in half He ex-
pected this not of this spring in par
ticular. but for all future springs. He
expects the seasons to grow worse il
a progressive ratio.
There may be some people who will
insist that Mr.. Baker is a trifie askew
as to his facts. For instance the
fruit and vegetable crop of this coun-
try has not been put out of business
entirely. There has been a shortage
here and there in several of the berry
crops. But the peach and apple crop
is going to be an enormous one. AS
for wheat, the experts in the premises
say that the yield of wheat in the
United States this year will be about
as large as the average for the past de-
cade. OF course, it would have been
bigger if the entire acreage devoted to
wheat had panned out. but it is going
to be far from half a normal wheat
crop for this country. Corn and other
crops, including tobacco and cotton.
are going to be as large if not larger
than usual.
But why cavil over such trif1ing de-
tails as these? It's the remedy which
Mr.. Baker proposes that is interesting.
1t can be described in the one word
Socialism" Mr.. Baker thinks that the
present selfish system of struggle, COM
petition and exploitation in the indus
trial world is powerless to cure or re-
lieve any of the evils it has created, CT
rather. which Mr.. Baker has discovered
"a world wide revolution is necessary"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-07-07

ter have him come UP. That break
fast jacket of yours is altogether too
becoming not to have someone see 1t.
I'll disappear into my room Tell
him-well, dressing for rehearsal"
The girl arose and with a few deft
touches, piled the breakfast things on
tray. her mother half protesting,
half acquiescing. Almost coincident-
ally with her exit tray in hand from
one door was the entrance of Mr..
Godfrey Martin at another
He was g favorite with Mrs. Cal
houn, and his reception was most cor
dial. The little woman made no at
tempt to conceal her delight at seeing
someone from home. and had so many
questions to ask him concerning local
happenings that the young fellow, who
essayed courteously to answer them,
had little room for constraint. At the
first opportunity he asked after An
gela- Because she would have pre-
ferred to speak openly and even more
especially because she knew that from
her room. only separated them by a
drawn curtain. her daughter was a
more or less interested listener. Mrs.
Calhoun assured him that Angela was
we'll
7 saw her last night-at the theater,' -
And you were thereY' she interrupted
eagerly. Tell me what you thought of
her. Isn't she splendid?''
He hesitated SO long that she mistook
his silence for disagreement. The posi-
bility- almost angered her and she drew
herself up prepared to defend her opinion
to the very last
"Oh, perhaps she began lofti1y.
Pardon me, dear Mrs. Calhoun he
interrupted hastily. ''She is indeed splen-
did. Under any circumstances whatever
she Is that That 1 would have admitted
before you left Alabama I saw her act
last. night and now I am ready to pro-
nounce her magnificent. Did she tell you
that our northumberland
ment came from my absurd unbelief in
her dramatic ability? Think of tt; I.
Godfrey Martin, tried to convince her
that she could not act Do you wonder
that she broke with me?"
Did she-juSt for that?"
How could she help it, dear little girl!''
he went on, passionately. II was an idiot
and I shall never go back to Talladega
an idiot in her presence I have lost her,
but I don't intend to deny myself that
final pleasure. When shall I have the
opportunity"
Before Mrs. Calhoun could frame reply
Angie emerged suddenly and stood against
the crimson background of the curtain.
Her face was flushed and tear-stained,
but she was smiling radiantly.
You shall never have the opportunity
If 1 can prevent it," she said.
The bell interrupted noisily and Mr..
Goldsmith was announced.
please attend to him, momSey, said
Angie, with admirable presence Of mind,
land tell him there will be no contract. =
Copyright, 1910. by Associated Literary
Press.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-07-07
HOW TO SLEEP OUTDOORS.

Directions for living and sleeping in
the open air. is the title of a pamphlet
just sent out by. the National Associ-
alton for the Study and Prevention of
tuberculosis to it's local representa-
tives in all parts Of the United States.
The pamphlet is meant to be hand
book of information for anybody who
desires to sleep cut of doors in his own
home. It emphasizes the fact that out
door sleeping is as desirable for the
well as for sick. The booklet will be
sent free of charge to anyone applying
for it ut the headquarters of the Ma
tional Association for the Study and
Prevention of tuberculosis in New
York, or to the secretary of any local
or state anti-tuberculosis association
Some of the subjects of which the
pamphlet treats are, how to take the
open sir treatment in a tenement
house; how to build a small shack or
cabin on a fiat roof in the city; how
to make one comfortable while sleep
ing outdoors either in hot or cold
weather; how to arrange porch on
a country house; and how to build
cheap porch; the construction of tents
and tent houses: the kinds of beds and
bedding to use in outdoor sleeping, and
various other topics. The book is well
illustrated and attractively prepared.
The object of the book is to suggest
particularly to consumptives who can
rot secure admission to a sanatorium
how they can be treated at home I'M
Ger the direction of a physician. In
view of the fact that there are less
than $4,000 hospital beds in the United
i I'll
900 who should be in hospitals, the
National Association urges that more
attention be paid TO sleeping in pro-
perly provided places at home, and
that in every case the best be made
of the M tient'S environment
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-07-07
FRON OTHER PENS
Discomfort.

We suppose it is a weakness of hu-
man nature never to be quite satisfied
with what one has. and to feel that
there is always something more to
come which we believe to be rightfully
ours and. therefore. certain to come
our way. We are prone to look about
us and contrast our possessions with
our neighbors. We believe in our
hearts, even if we lack the temerity
to say what we believe that we are
probably as worthy of Fates favors
as they are. and we can not under
stand why other men should be pre-
ferred before us. We may argue our
selves into believing that we are actu-
ceive a larger share of ife's rewards
than we do. yet how few of us ever
look upon another side of the picture
and cogitate upon why we in turn
should be so much better off material
ly than our less fortunate neighbors
on the other side of the line. We in
terest ourselves in their condition, per-
haps. to the extent of rendering tenn
porary assistance, but we seldom make
their cause our own and seldom try to
reason out why a kind Providence
should have favored US with so large a
part of earthly comforts as compared
to their meager share. 1t is simply not
part of our natural inheritance to be
wholly satisfied with our lot in life, nor
are we able to view with any measure
of justice the inequalities of life We
are quick enough to put ourselves in
the places of those who are better off
than we are; yet it is impossible to APP
preciate for moment the condition of
those less fortunately circumstanced
than are we.-Charleston News and
Courier.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-07-07
DEMAND FOR BIG MEN.

Mr.. P. Harvey Middleton, in an in
teresting account OF the life Of James
Jerome Hill, in Progress Magazine for
July, quotes that wonderful empire
l.uilder as saying:
1.-THE conditions in the United States
today are such that any man who
starts out with Industry, intelligence
and honesty has a chance for success
such as was never known before
America has taken foremost rank in
dustrially among the nations. The re-
suit is that any man who wants to
work can find opportunity. If he is
intelligent and keeps his wits about
him, if he has in him the right ma
terial, he can get to the front, no mat
ter how humble his start or how poor
his circumstances. At no time in the
worlds history were SO many oppor-
tunities for advancement held out to
the workingman in the ranks. Men who
can accomplishment men, of energy
and initiative-are in greater demand
than ever before. One of the greatest
problems today is the finding of pro-
per men to place in posts of trust and
responsibility as foremen, superintend-
ents and the like. We simply cannot
find such men fast enough. Why, all
but the merest fraction of the best OPP
Grating officials in the railroad world
today are men Who have come up from
the ranks, advancing by earnest effort
and untiring energy along the hard,
straight road. and finding few short
cuts. BY reason of that manner of ad-
vance they have brought with them tn
their high positions that practical
knowledge obtained by wrestling hand
TO hand with the minor problems that
make up the great whole, which en-
ables them to contend with and solve
the ever more intricate problems that
are being created each day by the big
and growing mechanism Of national in
duStrv''
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-07-07
QUAKER MEDrTAToNs.

rFron the Philadelphia Record.1
Life is full of trials, with more con-
victions than acquittais-
The market fisherman is always an
advocate of a seine Fourth.
A man is impervious to misery when
he can joke with his dentist
1t seems quite natural that an old
maid should be self-possessed.
No. Maude dear, it isn't only the milk
train that has a cowcatcher ahead.
A White Mountain hotel proprietor
advertises mo hay fever and no grass
widows
When Fame places a man on Pc
destal even Death cannot always take
him off.
Miss Cayenne-"I have just broken
off my engagement" Cynicus-"Ah!
Who is the happy MANI"
This is better STILL remarked the
long suffering man as he threw brick
at his neighbours monograph
Love can be snothered with too
many kisses just as effectually as beef
steak can be smcthered with onions
A man can mortgage his house to
buy an automobile, but he can't very
well mortgage his castles in the air TO
raise funds for a flying machine.
Blobbs-''Why is Wigwag in such a
rage?" Slobbs-"He has just had an
argument with his wife trying to prove
to her that he hasn't a bad temper
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-07-07

Republican insurgents in tine house
OF Representatives have been taking all
the credit for reforming the rules Of
the house at the last session and their
newspaper friends have been giving it
to them. But Champ Clark, the leader
OF the Democrats in the house. told the
New York Democrats at the Tammany
Hall Fourth of July celebration that 10
the Democrats in the house belongs
the sole credit for such changes in the
rules as were made And inasmuch as
the Democrats furnished four times as
many votes to change these rules as
did the Republican insurgents, Mr..
Clark's claim does not appear to be
without foundation.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-07-07
WORK FOR PEACE.

Limitation of ornaments and sub
mission of international disputes to ar
pitration may come upon us some time
with amazing sudGcnness. 1t may ar
rive all at once, like the century plant
that blooms in night. At any rate
IT is clear to the dullest perception that
aversion to war, IN both its human
itarian and its economic aspects, is
permcating modern civilization, Just rs
other greet ideas like evolution or de-
mocracy have dore. A war between
the United States and Great Britain is
universally regarded as unthinkable
Equal acquaintance and mutual I'M
Outstanding might bring the same feel
ing of friendship between other pow
ers. 1t is noticeable. at least, that
whenever men are predicting war they
single out another country than their
own.
Congress has taken the initiative to-
ward the establishment Of a court of
the world and it is expected that Mr..
Roosevelt will be honored by the
American government as its chief rep
resentative in a tentative world con-
ference if other nations will Join US. No
other man is so we'll fitted for the ulti-
mate head Of such permanent body
of arbitration, and for such a place he
is peculiarly fitted, by reason of his in
fiuence with all mankind and his I'M
derstanding of the practical difficulties
involved. As president. of the world"
he would be capable of doing human
ity a service in the abatement of wars
physical and moral miseries to which
history affords no parallel-Indian-
apolis Star