The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1914-10-01
A FAMILY SCHOOL
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road track runs mostly in the open,
and that great cleaner, the wind,
takes care OF most Of the trouble
it stirs up. BY the way. the cheap
er you travel, the better you trav-
ell"
THAT sounds like one OF those
maxims Of the many that only the
few believe" remarked Mrs. Clyde.
you won't practice IL, but you
can safely believe it," retorted the
doctor. The atmosphere in a day
coach is always better than in a
parlor car, because there's an oc-
casional direct draft through. As
for a sleeping-car,-well. I never
get into one without thinking Of the
definition in Life's' dictionary:
Sleeping-Car--An invention for the
purpose Of transporting bad air from
one city TO another"
No matter how low the tempera-
ture is, I pry the window of my
lower berth open, and push the stick
under"
And sleep in that cold draft"
cried Mrs. Clyde. ;,
any dear Mrs. Clyde" replied the
doctor suavely, twill you tell me
the difference between a draft and
a wind?"
ais il a conundrum?'
"No: but I'll answer il for you.
A draft is inside a house: a wind
outside. You're not afraid of wind.
are your
"Of course not"
Then TO you an air-current is
like a burglar. It's harmless enough
outside the room, but as soon as il
comes through a window and gets
into the room, it's dangerous"
Sound common sensel" put in
Granny Sharpless. "Young man,
I believe you're older than you
look"
I'm old enough TO know that
pure air is better than foul warm
air, anyway. Here; | want you
youngsters TO understand this" he
added turning TO the children.
when the blood has circulated
through the system, doing all the
work, it gets tired out and weak
Then the lungs bring air to it -
freshen it up, and the oxygen in the
air makes il strong to fight against
disease and cold. But if the air is
bad, the blood becomes half starved.
So the man who breathes stury
close air all night hasn't given his
blood the right supply. His whole
system is weakened, and he catches
cold not from too much air, but
too little"
There was a pause, in which r,sc
the clear whisper of Bobs, appealing
20 his mentor, Julia, for information.
Say, Junkum, how did we get so
far away from homer"
High time we came back isn't il,
Bobs?" approved the doctor. well,
suppose we return by way Of the
schOOl-house. All Of you go to
Number Three but Betsy, don't
yOu?"
And I'm go-un next year." an
nounced that young lady.
Perhaps not" said Mrs. Clyde.
Don't you think, Doctor, that chill
dren are liable to catch all sorts
of things in the public schools"
"UnquestiOnably.".
More so than in private schools,
aren't they?"
Hum! Well, yes; since they're
brought into contact with a more
miscellaneous lot of comrades"
Which is exactly why have in
sisted on our sticking to the regu-
lar schools" put in Mr.. Clyde, with
the air Of quiet decisiveness. IL
want our children to be brought up
like other childrenr
The mother shook her head du-
biOusly. II wish | were sure it is
the right place for them"
"YOu ought TO be sure. I might
even say-if you will forgive the
implied criticism-that you ought
TO be surer than you are"
Alarmed at his tone, the mother
leaned forward. rs there anything
the matter at Number Three
Several things. Nothing that you
need worry about Immediately, how
ever. I've been talking with some
Of the teachers, and found out a
few points. Charley's teacher, for
instance, tells me that she has
much harder time keeping the chill
dren up to their work in the winter
term than at other times"
II remember Charley's tantrums
over his arithmetic, last winter"
said Grandma Sharpless.
my head felt funny. Kinder
Lhick," defended Charley.
That is bad" said DR.. Strong,
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