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Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1914-02-04
Praamatisnn.

But while the pragmatic solution
seemed to many a deliverance from
worse evils, and a most useful meth
cd of exploring for truth, it was gem
orally felt to be unsatisfying, rather
tentative than final, writes William
Ernest Hooking in the Yale Review.
Pragmatism taken alone leaves belief
too much to the accidents of volition
and to main force, too much to the
vote and hence exposed to the veto.
It's God can offer support and comfort
TO men only on the condition of being
first upheld by them Just in proper
ton as necessity drops out of moral
truth and option takes its place, the
moral atmosphere is rarefied, and eff
fcrt to maintain belief results in swift
er fatigue Men are willing to respond
to the pragmatic incentive, to be act
i've in the making of truth, wherever
reality is seen to be unfinished and
plastic, but in all such activity there
is needed something to stand upon
something which we neither make nor
have made, something independently
real and certain. There must BIZ
something behind pragmatism-
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1914-02-04
Making Ton70rrows
=UOrLu=
BY W4LTER LDILLIAMS LID
uean @tAe School fJournaam oftrU nbxray @ hh.u.,D
LDOrh:
THE ORIGIN OF ADULTS
By W4LTER WILLIAMy. 20.

Burns figures are duplicated from
practically every other country.
Save Babies and Make Soldiers.
Continental Europe and, more latter
ly and more leisurely, Great Britain
are establishing medical inspection OF
children at school and, to a less de-
gree, at home, to reduce the infant
mortality. They seek thus to have the
doctor do for other children what he
has been able to do for his own.
Medical inspection came in Great
Britain as sort of by-product of the
Boer war. A London journalist, of the
staff of the New Statesman, in relat-
ing the discovery of babies in the
United Kingdom, said that during and
after the war many would-be recruits
suffered from physical defects and an
Official inquiry was set on foot to in
quire into physical training in Scot
land. The report was unsatisfactory
as regarded the conditions found By
a bold hypothesis, certain observers,
however, were led to inquire whether
these spoilt adolescents had not once
been younger and DR.. Leslie Macken-
zie verified this induction by visit
to the North Canongate slum of Edin-
burgG, where certain small creatures
were found, who might be regarded as
inchoate specimens of the spoilt sol
diery already encountered. Having
examined the children at school then
the first official medical inspection
in Great Britain-he came to certain
conclusions which led to a general in
quiry in England also 1t seemed
probable that no known type of dumb
bell, Indian club, or strangulation ap-
paratus for strapping ones self to
ones bedroom door, would have the
effect of Strengthening knees bent by
ricketts, or replacing teeth lost ten or
fifteen years before. Then came med
ical inspection of schools in Great
Britain as it had come in Germany,
France and other nations earlier,
Government Care for Mothers.
Beyond care of the child at school
by medical inspection and the success
full effort to reduce infant mortality
it has been diminished 80 per cent in
ten years, though the general death
rate has been diminished only IS per
cent and the ravages of tuberculosis
that great captain of the men of the
death'-to borrow Bunyan's phrase,
only IS per cent-there has come
consideration of the mother If in
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1914-02-04

fants are to be saved alive to furnish
a proper supply of adults, the mothers
must be protected Thus the logic of
the more or less paternalistic govern
ments of Europe and the Amsterdam
charts show the mother as the civil
lied states care.
The French, in whose country the
baby is held in higher regard, per-
haps, than anywhere else in the world,
seem to be pioneers. First, they sup
piled babies with milk. Then they fed
the mothers who nuTsed them, for it
is a curious paradox in France that,
in a country where babies are su-
preme, SO many babies are nursed by
foster-mothers. Next the French be-
gan to feed the expectant mother and
found the result highly successful. At
the Conference in London on infant
mortality a most valuable and signifi-
cant discussion dealt with ante-natal
hygiene. The chief cause of infant
mortality, it was conclusively shown.
is a defective condition of develop
ment at birth-and this depends up
on the facts of ante-natal life. Moth
ers are Natures original device for
the prevention of infant mortality
Hence the care of them by the state.
Besides the charts on infant NOR
tally, indeed supplementary to them,
other charts showed the effect of al
colholism and disease in the parent
upon the life of the infant.
While the states growing concern
in the care of children, from their
birth and before, is mainly brought
about by the states desire for ply
sically strong soldiers in its army, it
has had a good effect in many ways.
Schools for mothers have been estab-
lished. better housing conditions pro-
vided, parks opened, and many meas
ures-some fantastical. but all we'll
meant-have been encouraged And
a little child shall lead them"
Regulations to Safeguard Children.
Scotland. under a new Act of Par
lament. provides for the actual (not
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1914-02-04


the direction of a group of enterpris-
ing Dutch women, special display, on
the banks of the Amstel, to show the
evolution of the social and intellectual
position Of woman since 1913. Feat
ures of the exhibition were contrast
ing middle class houses of 1913 and
of 1913, each with its kitchen, dining
room, bed rooms and furnishing com
plete. Other departments showed
the change in the kind of product of
woman's work in the one hundred
years, as nurse, housekeeper, teacher,
in business and professional life.
Europe Awake on Baby Question.
Inspecting the exhibition, under the
guidance of the honorary secretary,
Mrs. j. E. Van Buuren-Huys, no more
significant section was seen than that
devoted to child-life. In this was set
forth, by charts, maps, official reports,
and wax figures, the changed thought
of the world, particularly of CONT
mental Europe, regarding babies. Ap-
propriately was the exhibition held in
Holland, where the beloved Queen
Wilhelmina and her baby rule.
The baby has just. now been Off
cially discovered in Europe. AS the
real maker of tomorrows world the
infant is being studied by the state.
The fact is that you can not have a
farmer or a merchant or even a jour
nalist without first saving baby. Elk
cept Adam and Eve, and Minerva, the
go. dess- professor, it seems clear
enough now that the origin of adults
must be traced back to babies. If
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1914-02-04
Afraid of LAWYERS.

An old colored man, charged with
stealing chickens, was arraigned in
court and was discriminating himself
when the Judge said: You ought
to have lawyer. Where is your law
yer?"
"Ah amt got no lawyer iedge," said
the old man.
Very well, then" said his honor,
I'll assign lawyer to defend you"
"Oh, no, sub; no, sub! Please don't
do dat" the darby begged.
why not?' asked the Judge. 1T
won't cost you anything. Why don't
you want lawyer"
We'll, jedge, Ah'll tell you, sui"
said the old man, waving his tattered
old hat confidentially. Hits jes dis
way-Ah wan tub enjoy dem chick
ems mahsef.1
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1914-02-04
THE RIGHT SOAP FOR BABY'S
SKIN

In the care of baby's skin and hair,
Cuticura Soap is the mothers IA
vorite. Not only Is It unrivaled in
purity and refreshing fragrance, but
it's gentle emollient properties are
usually sufficient to allay minor irrf-
tations, remove redness, roughness
and chafing, soothe sensitive condi-
lions, and promote skin and hair
health generally. Assisted by Gut
cura Ointment, it is most valuable In
the treatment of eczemas, rashes and
itching, burning infantile eruptions.
Cuticura Soap wears to wafer, often
outlasting several cakes of ordinary
soap and making its use most eco
nomieal.
Cuticura Soap and Ointment sold
throughout the world. Sample of each
free, with 32-p. Skin Book. Address post
card "Cuticura. Dept L, Boston. ADV,
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1914-02-04
STOPPED TRAFFIC FOR PUSSY
Business on New York Thoroughfare
interrupted While Mother Cat
Crossed the Street.

1t was a busy day in Fulton street..
Lines of trucks were bucking each 9TH
er east and west, when out from a
produce store came a cat, and dang
ling from her mouth was kitten,
with which she essayed to cross the
street. Each time she started she had
to turn back because of a truck, and
her efforts soon attracted crowd of
idlers.
Down from the corner came po-
liceman He soon saw what was the
matter, and while there was, nothing
in the traffic regulations to. cover the
point, it took the bluecoat only mo-
ment to decide what to do.
Going into the street he raised his
hands in the way that truckmen have
learned means STOP" They stopped.
The cat, seeing her opportunity, took
a firmer hold on the nape of her prod
ICY, any then, holding it high to keep
its curved tail out of the mud, she
slowly and deliberately picked her way
across and disappeared in a cellar.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1914-02-04

tomorrow's world is to be what we all
nope it to be, the babies must be con-
tinuously cared for. And )ne OF the
newer and more far-reaching ques-
lions in the old world is the baby
question. The child-section in the
woman's exhibition in this quaint Hoi-
land capital shows progress in It's
study and solution.
conaested City Life Stays Infants.
The reports of European congresses
and of the more recent English-speak-
ing Conference were displayed in pop
Mar form. The effect of the crowded
conditions of city life upon infants
was suggested by chart and picture,
Figures furnished by John Burns, BTU
ish Minister of Health, were shown.
Mr. Burns figures contrasted the per-
centages of infant mortality in con-
gested and open districts, in dlstrlcts
whore mothers worked and neglected.
their children. with others more IA
vored In Hampstead. London, the
rate of infant mortality was IL per
Thousand. in Shoreditch, at the otner
and more crowded end OF London. the
infant mortality was 145 per Thousand.
In Lancashire, where women worked
N factories and where many cnlioren
were therefore uncared for, the infant
mortality was exceedingly high, three
or four times the rate IN dlstricts
where women of the same class old
not work. With such facts European
Governments are studying pans
wbereby mothers should be mothers
and not machines.
Doctors are more SUCCESSFUL at say
ing their own babies to become
adults. Mr.. Burns found that doctors
babies died at the rate Of only 40 per
Thousand. while in the case OF the up
nor and middle classes OF Great br4t.
Gin the rate was II, in the case Q.
.rtisans 100 to $50. in the case Q,
-,,ners $50. in the case OF uhsAliieu
10 borers $50 to ESQ, and in the case OF
- I'm workmen, despite their brutaHy
, ,ov : wages. only 81 per thousand. The
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1914-02-04
FRIENDLY TIP.
Restored Hope and Confidence.

After several years of indigestion
and it's attendant evil influence on the
mind, it is not very surprising that
one finally loses faith in things gen.
orally.
A n. Y. woman writes an interesting
letter She says:
Three years ago suffered from an
attack of peritonitis which left me in
a most miserable condition. For over
two years suffered from nervousness,
weak heart, shortness of breath, could
not sleep, etc.
My appetite was ravenous but i
felt starved all the time ! had plenty
If food but it did not nourish me be-
cause of intestinal Indigestion. Medi-
cal treatment did not seem to help. I
got discouraged, stopped medicine and
did not care much whether | lived or
died.
One day friend asked me why |
didn't try Grape-Nuts food, stop drink
ing coffee and use Postum. / had lost
faith in everything, but to please my
friend began to use both and soon
became very fond of them,
Tt wasn't long before | got some
strength, felt a decided change in my
system, hope sprang up in my heart
and slowly but surely | got better. ]
could sleep very well, the constant
craving for food ceased and ] have
better health now than before the at,
tack of periionitis.
my husband and are still using
Grape-Nuts and Postum
Name given by Postum Co., Battle
Greek, Mich. Read THE Road to Well.
viile,s in pkgs. There's a Reason"
Ever read the above letterf new
one appears from time to time. They
are genuine. true, and fall OF kuman
interest.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1914-02-04
Knew What Would Happen.

Lovely weather, isn't it? A lady
whom we know went to see the doctor
yesterday.
Well, how are you today?" said the
physician cheerfully.
We'll, DOCTOR. she replied, the
cold I caught Tuesday is a little bet
ter, thanks to your prescription. But
the one | caught Thursday is much
worse. The thing j called to see you
for, however, is the severe cold /
caught last night
The doctor sat down and wrote a
long line Of hieroglyphics.
Here, he said, SIS something for
the one you catch this evening with
that V-neck and those skinny skirts.
Good afternoon"
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1914-02-04

Amsterdam.
Holland, full Of
f a s C i n a ton al
ways to students
of history and
life, has last year
had more than
its usual fasci-
nation because of
it's international
congresses a n d
its local celebra-
lions of the GEN.
tenary of the
freedom Of the
Netherlands. Per
haps no celebra-
ton was more at
tractive than that
a t Amsterdam
where, a m o n 6
other exhibitions,
was held. under
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1914-02-04
Noe About That CoIdest Winter.

"Ptu,-just SOL" Endorsed Uncle
Lazzenberry, when old Oracle Onken
had concluded his meteorological
"reminiscences. That's -ptu!-fact.
l remember myself how cold twas in
eighteen hundred and suthin' Recol-
lect pertickerly that live Goals froze
solid right in the fireplace and the
flames of the candles would freeze and
US children would break 'em off and
eat EN- for strawberries. Eh-yah!-
twas middlin cold, that win
ter"
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1914-02-04
She Should Not Contradict.

An officer in the Indian service, who
was not particularly noted for good
looks, one day turned to his wife's
ayah and said:
do I not look like a monkey"
Expecting that she would. of course,
hasten to reply in the negative. He
was rather taken aback, however,
when she replied:
"The Protector of the Poor is pleas
ed to say SO, and how can his slave
dare to contradict him?"
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1914-02-04
Queer Human Nature

People are funny"
How now?"
I'm this Van Million divorce suit
they divided $25,O00,OOO amicably and
they scrapped about the custody of a
pug dog"
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1914-02-04
Paw Knows Everything.

Willie-Paw, what is piece de re-
sistance?
Paw-A steak after your mother
gets through frying it, my son.
Maw-You go to bed, Willie.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1914-02-04

Why Is it that it takes a hired girl
four hours longer to mop the front
gallery than the back porch?
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1914-02-04
The Settlement.

She-Did you make papa come to
terms, as you said you would?
He-Yes, and they were the very
worst that anyone ever applied to me-
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1914-02-04

One kind of a nuisance is always
telling you that you ought to take
something for that before it is too
late"
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1914-02-04

The Cough is what hurts, but the tickle is
70 blame. Deans Mentholated Cough Drops
INP the tickle-5c at good Druggists.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1914-02-04

Astonishing Tobacco Remedy Guaranteed
to instantly remove taste for cigarettes or tobacco
in any form, or money cheerfully refunded. Send
85c and receive wonderful remedy by return mail.
Address Desk Tobacco Cleanse Co., wichita kansasAcv
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1914-02-04
iuinn LIN to Theory.

HE never spanks his son, does he?
No, he's an efficiency crank"
What's that got to do with it?"
He says the upward stroke is lost
motion. Houston Post
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1914-02-04

Putnam Fadeless Dyes are the
brightest and fastest. Adv
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1914-02-04

A woman's face is her history
though few can read between the lines
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1914-02-04
Give a blind beggar dime and he
may invest in an eye-opener.

Smokers and giggles seem to have
taken the place of the good old fash
Toned hearty laugh.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1914-02-04

No man ever knows how manyr
friends he has lost by handing thems
advice.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1914-02-04
important to Mothers
Overheard.

Overheard.
katherine has such taking way"
Il wish she had way of bringing
back. Boston Evening Transcript
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-02-14
PRINCESS IS
FORCED BACK
TO HER HOME
German Emperor Sends His
Brother to Try to Induce
Sophia to Return.
LOCKS HERSELF
IN PARIS HOTEL

n ERLIN. Germany, Feb. 1.-THE
X runaway princess, Sophia, wife of
Eitel Friedrich and daughterinIaw
Of the German emperor, is back in this
city, thanks to the royal fatherinlaws
persuasions. but she refuses to speak to
her husband or live with him.
The princess fled to Paris after she
had left her husband.
Kaiser Is Shocked.
The kaiser, who vas terribly shocked
at the discovery, fearing a denouement
which would put the Gutenberg scan
dal completely in the shade, dispatched
his brother. prince Henry of Prussia.
and the erring husband to Paris to
fetch back the incensed wife, by force
if necessary.
Princess Locks Herself IN.
The two princes stopped at the quiet
and unpretentiOus hotel Louvois. which
faces the BibliOteque National in the
rue de Richelieu, while the princess re-
manned bolted and barred up in the
hotel bIirabeau. Prince Henry. how
ever, was recognized by compatriots.
who INDUCED in patriotic demonstra-
tons with the result that, in the
middle of the night, his royal high
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-02-14
Preparing for Coming
Of Many Immigrants to
Pacific Coast Country

London, Eng, Feb. 14.-That the gov
ernment at Washington is making
preparations for increased emf grafton
from Europe to the Pacific coast of the
United States on the opening of the
Panama canal. is indicated by a re-
quest to American cOnsuls to furnish
the department Of labor with reports
on the plans being made by Transport
tation agencies to handle the increased
udIIlc. The cOnSulS have also been
called upon to supplement the work Of
special emigration commissioners who
have visited Europe lately, with re-
ports of the quantity and quality Of
the expected immigration.
European representatives of Ameri-
can railroads welcome this action on
the part Of the American government
as indicating the beginning Of a move
menC by Washington to encourage the
nigh type OF emigration which England
and Germany are making every effort
TO divert to their own colonies. These
governments offer every Involvement to
steamships and railroads to handle
this traffic while the agents of Ameri-
can transportation concerns complain
that the American government adopts
a negative policy, which, while effec-
lively shutting out many undesirable
emigrants, also OBSCURE yes the solid
type OF immigrant for whom there is
still much room in the Gnited States.
Alexander jackson, who has repre-
sented large American railroad sys-
TEN for many years IN Europe, has
suggested to the locab American con-
sulate that the United States prepare
booklets setting forth the agricultural
and business possibilities of the var
lous states for FREQ distribution in
Europe. He believe that such book
lets backed by the government i'm
print would lad e. = great increase in i
the huHpeP OF IMMIGRANTS who are
looking for farms r business openings
rather than for & binary jobs.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-02-14
German Crown Prince
Has Newspaper Hobby
Future Kaiser of Germany Expresses
Desire to Become Publisher
and Editor.

Berlin. Germany. Feb. 14-SOme-
times one really feels inclined TO Won
der II the crown prince is deliberately
endeaVOring TO shorten the natural life
of his august father by barely giving
him time to recover from one shock
before giving him another even worse
one.
AS you have probably already heard
the latest idea of the future kaiser is
that he wants to become newspaper
proprietor and editor, and as he is a
young man who generally gets what
he wants and who through the dowry
of his wife is financially able to found
q newspaper, I should not be a bit
surprised if he would soon become one
of US.
AS a newspaper man, I suppose I
ought to feel highly flattered by the
compliment which young william pays
The Fourth Estate, ana as a cnronlcier
Of news I know I shall be delighted
when the new paper appears, for II IS
certain not to be dull with the IDEAS,
which the crown prince holds I see
long perspective OF most deIlghJI1ii
controversies ahead, which viii tal
7lnOn the fraternity Of foreign CORE
spOndents in Berlin like rain OF
heavenly mama
The kaiser, however IS furious he
looks upon newspapers in general as
one of the worst plaques OF present
davs and If he saw a possibility Of do
ing So he would drive every foreign
newspaper correspondent out OF Ger
MANY. for every editor in Germany
who has not dared to criticize the
events which resulted from the notori-
Gus Zabern affair has at least found
a certain satisfaction in quoting the
comments of the foreign press and
these have not been very pleasant
reading to the kaiser
1t may now be considered quite set
tied that the plan Of sending the
crown prince on a tour through the
German colonies as the best means Of
preventing him from airing his pecu-
liar ideas through the press in a man
ner which would be hailed with de-
light by the Socialists and which could
not help but seriously endanger the /
future of the HOhenzOllern dynasty, is
to be carried out in the near future.