The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-05-02
From Other Pens
UPLIFTING THE FARMER.

be tremendously useful to the farmers.
But their short courses should be ex-
tended to include other taxpayers. If
and load himself down to the Piimsoil
mark with condensed wisdom in ten
sixteen-hour days. why can't the rest
OF us? Take the subject Of plumbing,
for instance. The average man fin
ishes his education about plumbing
when he learns to spell the word. For
the rest Of his life the highest-priced
labor in the world grabs him by the
throat and shakes q IS bill out of
him whenever q pipe freezes in his
home. Think OF the amount Of money
and conversation q short course in
plumbing would save a harassed
nation! or course q man could not
learn to pipe his residence in ten days
but he could in this time pick up
enough scientific lore to dredge out
the kitchen-sink waste pipe or go to
a faucet in q masterful way with a
wrench when It insisted on leaking.
Some universities are already giving
ten-day courses in the psychology OF
the gasoline engine. Others are CIV
ing short courses in domestic science
and forestry. But many far-reaching
fields are being left untouched. Those
who contribute money and children
to the state institutions Of learning,
and who have to stay at home them
selves, submerged in ignorance. should
rise as one man and demand brief
tabloid courses in chicken raising, the
testing of gas and electric meters the
reading Of railroad timetables, the
tango In its various forms and stages,
the extraction OF loans from a banker
without resorting to crime, the dag
nosis Of golf faults by the possessor
thereof instead Of by we1l-meaning
friends. politics. and how to avoid the
same. and How to talk about Eu-
rope in seif-defense without resorting
to the payment of steamer fare" A
short course In each Of these subjects
would increase the sum Of human
wisdom several hundred per cent.
But what is better. human happiness
would for once move up along with
wfsdom.-Collier's Weekly
KEEPING ONES YOUTH.
DR.. Josiah Oldfield. the famous English
food expert and health authority. being
petent to tell US how to live . long time
and keep young. ALSO. He says: "A man
must submit himself to mental and physi-
Wen. Rink big thoughts an do cling I'M TO 70
noble ideals. Live on the fruit Of the
highest minds. Do not waste time over
Views. rake fruits. vegetable. oils. purs
Avoid shoddy. secondhand food Of iii
kinds" The.. e the best set Of he:lts
in it. The mental and physical dfscfp-
line" Is the keynote to the whole matter.
II anything is the matter with you. think
right, act right. eat right, talk right. and
look up. What have ''big thoughts'' and
noble ideals" to do with health and .
happy old age? Everything. They help
the nerves and the stomach and tho
bones. For indigestion catch the inspira-
ton of big minds. For rheumatism take
fruits. eggs. milk. bread, and no shoddy
or secondhand food. These things should
be taught in church and school. There u
no real religion or education without
memory or literary style. They arc es-
sential to . true ME. In fact, psrson
cannot be happy in this world or the next
without them Cut them out OF the paper
ana nut them where you can sec them oc-
casionally.-Ohio State Journal.