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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1914-06-11
no TINE FOR YODLERS.

~ am at loss to understand how the
secretary can consistently leave his office
when state of war practically exists be-
tween this country and Mexico and the
foreign policy of our government is being
laughed at by every civilized nation on
earth.
This certainly Is no time for Mr. Bryan
to be hiking around the country doing
one night stands with Tyroean yodlers.
contortionists and slieght-of- hand artists
and am equally opposed to members of
Congress doing this sort of thing when
Congress is in session"
Secretary Bryan announced some time
ago that all his lecture engagements for
the coming summer were contingent upon
the state of foreign affairs, and whether
he could he absent from Washington.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1914-06-11
Bill introduced in Congress
Would Make Speaking for
Pay a Penal Offense.
$4,000 FINE AND TWO YEARS
Secretary Has Announced That
His Summer Engagements
Depend upon the State
of Foreign Affairs.

Washington, June s.-Secretary Bryan's
lecture tours cropped up in the House
again to-day when Representative Britten
of Illinois, republican, introduced a bill
to make it a penal offensc for any cabinet
officer, head or clerk of a government
department to lecture for pay, other
than actual hotel or travelling expenses
and to prohibit senators or representa-
tives from lecturlng for pay while Con-
Eress is in session. Offenders would be
fined $1,000 or imprisoned FOR two years
or suffer both penalties. He said:
This hill was prepared last September
hut was not introduced when Secretary
i}ryan formerly declared he would lee
turo no more during the period. The
recent announcement from Philadelphia
that several members of Congress and
the distinguished secretary Of state had
signed contracts for period Of lectures
BEGINNING July ! is responsible for my
bill
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1914-10-24
Al nOStri lettOri E abbOnati

Richiamiamo rattenzione di tutti i
nostri letter. ed abbonati sulravviso
che pubblichiamo in ottawa pagina del
Magazzini del ''Bon Ton,,. f. una
vera occasione che 81 presenta a tutti
coloro che desiderano far spesa di og
getti di vestiario, scarpe ecc. poiche'
presentandosi con i cuponi al detti
Magazzini godranno di un notevole
ribasso. Avvertiamo percio' tutti CO.
loro che ne hanno interesse, di ta-
glare j cuponi perche' senza di essi
non potranno usufruire dello speciale
sconto che magazzini del "BOn Ton,,
fanno per speciale CONCESSIONS al let
tori del "Patriota,,. Approfttatene
tunque: questa vendita speciale dura
per tutto il mese di ottobre.
SimiE occasioni capitano di -adc. |
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1914-10-24
SUBSCRIPTION RATES
DOWN WITH THE SPEED
FIENDS

"There are nice streets, big
wide, smooth, long, straight
streets in Indiana. When we get
there We'll hit up the speed a bit
and enjoy some real fast driving"
This is remark frequently
heard from autoists driving to-
ward Indiana.
Indiana has good streets. The
borough paid for them. They
were built for the convenience of
cur townsfolk.
Outsiders are making these
streets speedways.
They are endangering the lives
Of pedestrians. g
Visitors in town often remark
that it is strange that speeding is
allowed on the main thoroughfore
of town so large and so progress
sive as Indiana.
Our tOWnsfOlk only gasp.
They, too, wonder why strange
auto drivers are permitted to
break all reaNnaole speed limits
inside the borough.
There is a speed limit here-15
miles is the law.
We are not not blaming the po-
lice officers for the conditions
which exist.
Arrests follow violations of the
speed limit.
But the PATRIOT takes this
stand:
Fifteen miles as limit is not
exactly what Indiana needs. That
speed is too great. There should
be limit of from eight to 10 miles
That S fast enough driving
through the streets of the town.
The PATRIOT urges the estab-
fishing Of an ordinance that will
make the exceeding Of an eight or
ten mile limit punishable.
This would put a stop to the
speed menace. 1t would cause our
streets to become an advantage in
stead of a detriment.
Council can do this. 1t will re-
quire only little effort.
Land Bert ichteberger.
sentiment Of the people of this
town when We say that we need
speed limit worse than we needed
the paved streets.
Other towns are establishing
speed llmits-real speed limits
and enforcing them.
Why can't Indiana?
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1914-10-24
QUESTIONS that
A GOOD CITIZEN
SHOULD KNOW.

SHOULD KNOW.
D. Have you read the Constitution
of the United States?
r. Yes.
D. What form of Government is
this?
r. Republican.
d. What is the Constitution of the |
United States?
r. 1t is the fundamental law of this |
country.
D. Who makes the laws of the
United States?
R. The Congress.
d. What does Congress consist of? !
R. Senate and House of Representa-
tives.
D. Who is the chief executive of the
United States?
r. President.
D. For how long is the President of
the United States elected?
r. A years.
D. Who takes the place of the Presi-
dent in case he dies?
| r. The Vice President.
D. What is his name?
r. Thomas r. Marshall.
d. By whom is the President of the
| United States elected?
R. By the electors.
d. By whom are the electors
elected?
R. By the people.
D. Who makes the laws for the
State of Pennsylvania?
R. The Legislature.
D. What does the Legislature con-
sist of?
R. Senate and Assembly.
D. How many States in the Union?
r. 48.
D. When was the Declaration of
independence signed?
R. July A, 1776.
D. By whom was it written?
r. Thomas jefferson.
D. Which is the capital of the
United States?
R. Washington.
D. Which is the Capital of the State
of Pennsylvania
R. Harrisburg
D. How many Senators has each
! State in the United States Senate?
r. Two.
D. By whom are they elected?
r. By the people.
D. For how long?
r. years.
D. How many representatives are
there?
R. According to the population one
to every 10000.
D. For how long are they elected?
R. 2 years.
D How many electoral votes has
the State of Pennsylvania
R. 34
D. Who is the chief executive of
the S1ate of Pennsylvania?
R. The Governor.
D. For how long is he elected?
f. years.
d. Who is the Governor?
r. Tener.
D. Do you believe in organized gov
ernment?
r. Yes.
D. Are you opposed to organized
government?
r. No.
D. Are you an anarchist?
R. No.
D. What is an anarchist?
r. A person who does not believe in
organized government.
D. Are you a bigamist or poliga-
mist?
r. No.
D. What is a bigamist or poliga-
mist?
R. One who believes in having more
than one wife.
D. Do you belong to any secret So
ciety who teach to disbelieve in or
ganized government?
R. No.
D. Have you ever violated any laws
of the United States?
r. No.
D. Who makes the ordinances for
the City?
r. The Board of Aldermen.
D. Do you intend to remain per-
manently in the U. S.?
T. Yes.
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She spied the window and they stop
ped to look in at the valentines.
"The Little Rich Girl was beauti-
fully dressed, and hanging from her
wrist was a cunning little silver-mesh
purse; and the coins within jingled
oh. so merrily! The Little Rich Girl
scarcely even noticed poor Jennie, ex-
cept to almost push her out of the
way in order that she might see the
better.
"'Oh. Nursie,' she exclaimed pres
emily, let's buy them here. I'll send
that pink one to Lavinia-and the sil-
yer one to Maryland the gold one
to Mamma and-oh, there are just
heaps and heaps OF them and I like
every one!'
1.-THE tears came to little Jennie's
eyes and ran down her funny. red lit
tie nose as she watched the Rich Cir
and her nurse open the door and walk
into the store. That little girl was
going to buy heaps and heaps OF
them and here she wanted just one
only one for little Willie! ,,
"Peering in through the glass, she
saw the man smile upon the little
Rich Girl and the nurse and reach
into the window and lift out the val
entines as they. were pointed out to
him. He would hold one up before
the little Rich Girl and she would look
at it a moment and nod her head;
then the man would put 1t on the
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rows! Some of them I got last st.
Valentines Day weren't so very pret-
ty.'
Mamma shook her head sadly. I
Dorothy, Dorothy" she said in that
tone that always made the little girl
know instantly Mamma was very.
very hurt. surely you don't wish to
be selfish. Just think of the little
boys and girls all over the land who
won't receive even one valentine to-
morrow! why, they would think any
kind pretty. Listen and 1 will tell
you about little Jennie's valentine.
For days and days before st. VAL
entine's Day. little Jennie had stood
with her nose pressed close to the
glass in the store window, looking in
at the beautiful display of valen-
tines. And how she did long to have
Just one of them-just one! But she
knew she could not, for her Mamma
was very, very poor and could scarcely
earn enough money to pay the rent
and buy food for her little family.
But how beautiful the valentines
were. All bright and shining and
dainty! They made her weep and
weep because she knew she could not
have even one-not for herself but for
her little lame brother Willie at home.
Down in one corner of the window.
way back so it could scarcely be seen.
was one valentine which little Jennie
had looked at long and hard. 1t was
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piece the heart together again. The
one who first completes this 1ig-saw
puzzle wins the prize. If you like.
you may also write on each heart be-
iore II Is cut up, some such sentiments
as. BE My Own True Valentine"
Then, too. there's real endowment In
playing st. Valentines Postofrice. No
tify each little guest beforehand to
bring with him to the partv a vaIen-
tine enclosed in sealed but unad-
dressed envelope. Have large hat
oox' covered with red tissue paper and
iurlher decorated with ribbon and
hearts, with slit in the top, all ready
LOT each guest to drop his valentine
into 1t as he arrives.
Ihen. at the selected time. inform
your guests that the ST. Valentine
Postoffice is open and that YOU un-
derstand there is a letter there for
each of them. Cut hole in the back
OF the box and let the guests. one at
a time, reach in and draw out an en-
velope. This will be his or her val
entine.
A pleasing variation of this game
may be had by changing it to what
may be called Registered Letter
Postoffiee." Make a big heart out of
red blotting paper and paste on it as
many small hearts as you will have
guests. Each heart should be in
scribed with a number. Then num-
Der the envelopes in the "Postof1ice, ,"
so that for every number on a small
heart there will be a corresponding
number on an envelope.
Fasten the large heart on the wall,
oIindfold the guests in turn Gust as
in the old. old game of pinning the
tail on the Donkey and give them Il
tiny wooden arrow to use as pointer.
Thus blindfolded, each little boy
and girl walks up to the big heart,
reaches out with the arrow and
touches one of the small hearts. This
means that there is in the Postoflice
for him a registered envelope bearing
that number And he is given it when
he presents the tiny heart, torn off
from the big one. to the Postmistress.
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counter and reach for another.

counter and reach for another.
"One-two-three four - little
Jennie could not keep count of them,
there were so many. But after a
while nurse said something to the
man and he wrapped UP the huge
pile of valentines before him and
handed them to the smiling little Rich
Girl after she had paid him out of
her little purse.
Then just as they were leaving,
the man smiled, called to them
reached into the window again and
lifted out-the one that was marked
Ten ,Centsl
Little Jennie's heart almost stop
ped still. Her 'valentine! The one
she had so wanted to give to Willie,
III was awful! The door opened and
out they came, the little Rich Girl
clasping her big bundle in her arms
and holding the unwrapped valentine
Imply between her fingers. As she
passed 1t fell from her fingers-and
neither she nor the nurse saw n fall,
Jennie pounced upon 1t in an in
seah.' II was almost too good to be
rue! Yes, she had it-she actually
was holding 1t in her own hands! And
then she remembered Remembered
that 1t did not belong to her. she
hesitated a moment and then ran az
ter the little Rich Girl.
Little Girl she said, holding II
out to her, you lost this valentine J
saw you drop it,
THE little Rich Girl stonned 49,
turned around in surprise. And then
a very wonderful thing happened-
that is, wonderful to Jennie.
Oh said the little Rich Cir,
turning up her nose quite haurbtilv
throw 1t away. 1 meant to, anvwav
fhe man gave 1t to me because n is
all soiled on the back. I'm sure il ia
no good at all!'
And with that she passed on. her
head held high in the air and a look
of scorn on her pretty face.
mo good? Well, Dorothy, you
may be sure Jennie didn't think so
nor Willie, either!"
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Soint Oolentine'5 Ooo

holiday. To begin with, historians
know of two st. Valentines, neither
of whom had thing to do with the
sending of love tokens.
One st. Valentine was a bishop in
Greece and healed the son of famous
rhetoriclan named Grafton. Among
German Catholics prayers to him are
believed to be efficacious in the cure
of epilepsy.
The other st. Valentine was an
early bishop, or pope, of Rome at the
time of the Claudian prosecutions
when he was cast into prison. He,
too. performed a miracle, for he
cured the daughter of his jailor of
blindness. But, alas, the good man
was finally executed.
Centuries and centuries ago when
our forefathers were called Aryans
and Semites, they held festival about
the middle of February in honor Of
the return of Spring; and 1t was a
most savage and wicked affair. Later
on the Chaledeans and Babylonians,
about three hundred years before
Christ, observed this celebration in
less barbarous fashion; and still later
tiic 1ItehS anu tlltIi lue INOlIleiHo lc-
fined 1t to a commendable degree.
Among the Romans 1t was called
the Feast of the Lupercalia and was
held in honor of Pan, which meant
Nature, and Juno, or Mother Earth.
This feast was held about the middle
of February. And on this day the
names, of the young girls were put into
a huge box and the young men drew
them forth by lot. Each girl was de-
clared to be the valentine" of the
young man who had drawn her name
for the remainder of the year.
All of which, you rightly say, does
little in explaining the celebration Of
st. Valentines day by the exchanging
of love tokens. And really. there is
no direct connection.
A very celebrated scholar, DR..
Thomas Walsh, who made thorough
study of the origin of popular GUS
toms, suggested that the old Norman
French word "Gallantin," meaning
beau" was quite similar in sound to
the word valentine; and that the
Norman French people gradually con-
cluded that, since the old Roman hol-
lday was celebrated on st. Valentines
Day, it was right to believe that the
saint himself was the patron Of low
ers. But even that seems somewhat
unconvincing, doesn't 1t?
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eat their fill Of turkey-by order of
the President of the United States!
Yes indeed; you may be mighty sure
the cook didn't say mo" to him!
1t would indeed be pleasant to write
that little Tad" grew up to be a
fine. strong man like his father; but.
alas, he died when only eighteen years
of age.
Lincoln was very indulgent to his
children and enjoyed their pranks al
most as much as they did. Indeed.
he often overlooked their little mis-
deeds. for he hated to cause them
pain. His great love of children ex-
tended to others than his own.
One day when he was walking with
the War Department a nurse who had
one child in her arms and another by
her side. unavoidably got in his way.
The friend stopped down, picked up
the tot and put her to one side 81
Lincoln could pass.
mo, no." said the President. THAT
Is all right" And 1t was quite EVIL
dent that he was displeased that the
little child had been disturbed.
1t has been said that one of the
reasons why he was so fond of seeing
children happy and laughing was the
severity of his own boyhood. You
know, of course, that he was born in
a log cabin and that his parents were
very, very poor. He worked hard all
day long splitting rails and clearing
the land of timber. And later he fol-
lowed the plow from sunrise to sun
set. He was inordinately fond of
books and he not only read at night by
the light of tallow dip, but also car
ried book with him to his daily labor
and, when lunchtime came, would sit
with his back against tree and read
while he ate.
And perhaps 1t was because he had
SO few and such poor toys in his own
childhood that the great War Presi-
dent took such keen interest in the
toys of his two sons. Not very far
from the White House was a little
toy shop kept by a kindly old man
who filled 1t with paper soldiers, mar
bles, jacks and goodness knows, every
thing that could possibly appeal to a
little boy or girl.
And there was many and many a
day that President Lincoln would walk
to the shop with little Tad" and en-
joy keenly helping him make his se-
lection from the wonderful store Of
playthings displayed on Its shelves.
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PresidentLin and His Children

n AOU have. no doubt, heard much
" about Abraham Lincoln, our
y martyred President-heard of
- his great Emancipation Procla-
nation, his solemn performance of
duty during the dreadful Civil War
and his assassination one night at the
theatre just as that awful struggle
was drawing to close. And, too.
you have heard of his exceeding kind
ness of heart, his great sympathy for
those in distress and his unfailing good
humor.
But, do you know that President
Lincoln was very, very fond of chill
dren7 He was. And he was especial
ly devoted to his second son, little
Tad" as everyone called him. When
Lincoln first went to the White House
his eldest son, Robert, was a student
at Cambridge. Tad was ten years
of age and his younger brother Willie,
eight.
Only little more than a year after
he became President, little Willie
died. Tad" was simply heart roken
for he had lost both brother and play
mate. And President Lincoln felt 1t
as only man of his deep nature could
feel the death of little son.
But the sad happening seemed to
bring him and little Tad" even closer
together. And many were the happy
moments they spent together during
the ensuing years. with Tad" perched
on the arm Of his fathers chair lis
tening to the reading of the Bible or
looking at favorite photograph
album.
Tad" was particularly fond of
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! on have heard and read so many
stories of Abraham Lincoln, our
martyred president, no doubt,
that Won are ALWAYS ga rer for

w nave neard and read so many
" stories of Abraham Lincoln, our
y martyred president, no doubt,
that you are always eager for
more. Perhaps you have pictured
him sitting in the White House brood
ing over the terrible war and planning
campaigns with generals but never
himself going into danger. But Lin
coin was under fire once and showed
that he was not afraid of flying bull
let's
1t was at the defense of the city of
Washington, when General JubaI
Early with his flying army was at
tacking that city on July II, 1864.
Fort Stevens was the principal point
of attack and the Union troops were
putting up their stoutest resistance
there. The big guns were booming
away within the fort and the rifles
swapping at the Confederates, who
had sheltered themselves behind trees
and in nearby houses they were pour
ing In a most destructive fire upon
the Union works.
During the battle President Lincoln.
anxious and eager to see with his own
eyes, drove up to the fort, which was
just few miles outside of the city
He wore his tall stove-pipe hat and
his long black coat-just as you have
so often seen him in pictures.
So great was his interest and anxi-
ETY. In the progress of the battle that
he climbed up on one of the parapets
where he was exposed to the rain Of
flying bullets from the Confederate
lines. Presently a bullet wounded a
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the generosity of his illustrious father
Is quite evident from story handed
down about him. One Christmas day
the turkey and cranberry sauce was
especially fine at the White House,
and little Tad" was particularly i'm
bued with the Christmas spirit. So
he set forth to see what good cheer
he could give to others.
After a while, he came proudly into
the kitchen leading about a Dozen
ragged street urchins whom he had
picked up nearby. He wanted them
to enjoy some of the turkey and the
cranberry sauce. But the cook said
no and tried to chase them out of the
kitchen. Little Tad" went straight
to his father and. explained what he
wanted.
And right then and there. the poor
little boys from the street were seated
at the kitchen table and allowed to
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For Your Valentine PARTY

ladies be covered with white icing
bearing the names of boys present
in red icing. OF course, you must ex-
plain that these little cakes are true
lovers valentines" left mysteriously
by st. Valentine himself.
Did you ever hear of a Valentine
grab bag? Well, it's just about the
most fun ever after the ice cream
and the salted almonds have disap-
peared. All during luncheon this bag
has been swinging from the chande-
lier, and running down from it to
each plate Is a piece of narrow red
ribbon.
The bag itself is cut heart-shape
from two large pieces OF red paper
over muslin. At the signal from you,
each little guest pulls on his red rib
bon; and, 10 and behold, the bag Is
torn apart and each child finds at
tached to the other end of his ribbon
valentine. or a valentine favor If
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NOT QUITE.

UAA ANNA" asked little Ethel as
hv they were leaving the church at
nuk the end of the service. where
do they keep the animals?"
'What?" exclaimed Mamma. What
in the world are you talking about,
Ethel? What animals?'
1.-THE ones in the church," explained
the little girl. You know"
For goodness sakes!" gasped
Mamma. Where did you ever get
the idea they have animals in church ?''
WELL" replied the little Miss in a
hurt tone, "show me just one of them
then-the consecrated cross-eyed bear
that we were singing about" GA
consecrated cross I'd bear.")
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o. 4@0EEDI-ZIZE 4LEcS @
NN<0QZzEZ/T7ZEeyT O1YEsSE4R
THE SOILED VALENTINE

very plain indeed, compared to the
others: but 1t was also very pretty.
And 1t was much cheaper, too, for 1t
was marked Ten Cents, whereas some
of the others cost more than twice
that much. How little Jennie did
long to be able to buy it. But ten
cents-why, in all her life she had
never had more than penny at a
time to spend!
"And so, as she stood before the
window on the day before st. Valen-
tines Day. she felt, oh, SO miserable.
Just then a dainty Little Rich Girl
came walking along with her nurse.
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~ HEN you think of Christmas
you remember that 1t Is in
celebration of the birth of the
W Christ child; and Easter OF
His Resurrection. The Fourth of July
means the signing of the Declaration
of Independence. and Thanksgiving
the day on which the entire nation
renders thanks to God for the bless
ings of the past year. And So
through all of our holidays and festal
occasions-you will find that they
have direct relation to a person or
event of the past and are appropriate
in character.
That is, all of them except st. VAL
entine's Day. What is the first thing
you think of when anyone mentions
that day? Valentines. to be sure!
And yet. strange to say, neither the
tender, sentimental valentine nor the
grotesque comic one has a thing to
do with ST. Valentine himselfi In
deed. 1t never has been explained con-
clusively why we give and receive val
entines on the fourteenth day of Feb
ruary and call 1t st. Valentines Day.
But very little is known about this