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The Holt County sentinel., 1914-07-31

Presbyterian Church. New Point.
Rev, r. u. kob.ris, Pastor,
Preaching III. second ana fourth sundAys
each month, sabbath school each sunday -
10 a.. ~,
The Holt County sentinel., 1914-07-31

Presbyterian Church, woodvilis.
Rev. 7. u, Roberts. Pastor.
Preaching III. Brst ana third sundays Of
of each month. sabbath school each sunday
at 10 "a, N.
The day book., 1914-12-23


. IN MARRIAGE
1t isn't fair to blame D. Cupid for
the considerable falling off in the
number of marriage licenses issued in
the past year from the number issued
the year before. Even the insinua-
ton that he imports his arrows from
Europe and the war has shut off the
supply is a false one.
interviewed at headquarters he
waxed indignant at being held re-
sponsible.
"Aw, go on" he said to the report
er. 81 got enough on my mind run
ming around in this weather with my
scant clothing without being made to
answer when people haven't got the
price Of a license or the first payment
down on furniture.
Nav, l amt short on arrows.
got my own factory right here in the
U. S. A, and l could go on forever
f1inging loves darts, but l ain
counterfeiter and l don't run mint
for lovers. If you can't look out for
IudI OlIO, IL JOu Scll I oOPPAJ JONo
when 1 supply arrows, just put the
blame where it belongs, anyway. You
make me tired.
81 been breaking union rules and
working overtime the last few
months. = It's a lot harder to get
girl to notice fellow if he hasn't any
loose change jingling in his pocket, or
a fellow to notice a girl is she is short
on fol-de-rols, and when l keep up
my record of pierced hearts it gets me
hot under the collar-mere play of
words, you know-when l get the
blame.
''Now get out of here. can't waste
any more time on you. got to get
my forty winks and then 1 have
job of patching up a quarrel between
a couple that were to have been mar
ried in December and have to put it
u 4
The day book., 1914-12-23

LICENSES
job to have it spoiled. Get out of
here"
The reporter strolled down to the
marriage license bureau and corner
ed P. ]. ]. Mccarthy.
What in your opinion has caused
the decrease in marriage licenses in
the past year," Mr. Mccarthy was
asked.
"The one big reason is the eco
nomic condition" he answered.
Times weren't any too good here be-
fore the war broke out in Europe and
of course they are worse now"
What Chicago needs is jobs. Un-
employment is the biggest trouble we
have today. If man is married his
family suffers. The man who would
marry if he had job is stopped. =.
Whether the war will ultimately
benefit America by forcing us to
manufacture at home the numerous
commodities we formerly imported
remains to be seen. The indications
are that it will be a couple of years
before we know.
81 was talking to a well-known
Judge the other day and he pointed
out to me one of the good things the
war has accomplished.
"He said that American million+
aires had gone to Paris and taken
their fortunes with them, afraid Of
what they supposed was the anar-
chisitic trend in America and the
danger that they would lose their
fortunes in the event of class revolu-
ton among the working people to
take what they needed by force.
''He said the joke is now on the
millionaires. AS many of them as
can get back from Europe have been
glad to return and bring their money
with them and when this is put into
circulation again in our own country
it will add little to prosperity.
The day book., 1914-12-23

JOBS AND NOT D. CUPID RESPONSIBLE FOR DECREASE
IN MARRIAGE LICENSES
Omaha daily bee., 1914-08-02

taking a nap. or Because mothers head aches"
She will give reason, and the child's hungry
mind will be satisfied. He will love and trust
his mother His father he will privately or
publicly regard as tyrant.
One OF the prisoners at Blackwelrs proved
this. When he told his wrongs he said: Il
stood up on bench and wanted to talk. The
head keeper told me TO sit down. When !
didn't sit down he swore at me. Now do you
think he should have sworn at me7" told him
that in the circumstances believed that the
head keepers expletive was justihable, though
] myself never say more than darn.
This head keeper is mild-mannered man.
and only under great stress would he have
lapsed into profanity, believe. But use the
instance to illustrate a mans methods, the
methods Of paternal government
One reason why the maternal influence and
aid are needed In government Is found In the
extreme suggestibility OF criminals. They are
far more amenable TO suggestion than to au-
thority. How suggestible are childrenl child
is crying. You say TO him, "See the funny dog
going BY" He looks out OF the window. He
forgetS his woes His tears are dried
In another moment he is laughing. Suggest
new methods of adjustment of differences to
criminals and they will welcome them. scowl
at them with because" for answer and they
will plot an upsetting of order and upheaval OF
public peace. Arbitrarlness makes anarchists.
The tyrant makes the rebel
Another reason. an allpowerful one, Is that
all criminals strong individualists. So are
all CulluISu. luz ChlAllH1l luluhS VI nlIlbotl
and OF what Is best, or he thinks is best for
him. The child, too is an individualist Of the
most pronounced type. In his earliest stages he
Is one large stomach and loud voice. He,
too. must be taught to think not of his own good
solely, but the good OF the group his group,
the family circle. and as his mental vision Wild
ems, OF the good of his schoolmates, his friends
society. the world. Social consciousness is
asleep in the criminal as 1t Is IN the child. It
must be awakened and after It is awakened
trained.
The best mother Is the one who plays and
studies with her child. Believing this, know
Ing II by instinct "a well as reason, sent no
messages about what 20 do when the mutiny
broke out at Blackwelis.
When was in charge OF the Girls Home, at
Bedford, did not say, DO this" but Let us
DO this" did 1t with them worked in the
garden and painted the buildings with the girls
and took hand in the homework Il worked
Wen there and expected It to work at Black.
Wells. II did. sang with the boys at the ser.
vices, and talked matters over with them, not
from height but with a family spirit of
What's to be done? Let's talk II over" To
one OF the men said. what would you do II
Omaha daily bee., 1914-08-02

OF course knew that anyone of those angry
rebels against order could have crushed me.
This is bigger thing than any mere bodily
safety"
And so l thought and felt when I went to
Blackwells Island. The general who leads an
army has very good chance OF being shot,
but he must take that hazard. Matters we're
serious at Biackwells and whether or not
was killed in the melee was a minor cOnsidera-
tion. Something was to be done and set forth
to do 1t. That was all.
But do not believe that because l advocated
maternalism in government that my methods
were those of gentleness. stood before the
men and said, and saying meant, Men, we
must first have order. We will have order
II have to call out the militia" That brought
what was most needed, silence and attention.
The men knew that meant what said. Hav.
ing secured their attention, l told them that
! was ready to hear their story of grievances.
told them that each tier of men should select
a representative to expound the rights and
complain OF the wrongs of his tier. After /
had listened to these spokesman ] gave each
individual a chance to tell his own story. This
seemed to show them what ] sought
justice for all This is universal appeal.
It reaches all undeveloped criminals. alike.
The men began to quiet down.
Then / explained to them the need of law
and order. told them that without obedience
and self-control they could get nowhere, do
nothing. Slowly, one by one, they came to
agree with me. II was not victory OF the
emotions. l had reached them through the
channels of reason. It was an instance of mind
meeting mind.
1t is a matter Of qualification, far wider than
the purely personal, that have received hun
dreds OF letters from the mothers Of the bow
at Blackwels Island, saying: I'VE are sc glad
that there is a woman looking afte: the boys
on the Island. We feel that they are safer
and will come out better men because woman
Is looking after them as mother might For
a woman understands"
I would not welcome a new matriarchate
But would see women shoulder to shoulder
working with men for the city's good. Many
Omaha daily bee., 1914-08-02
Cheserton Tells Why New Countries Are Interesting Hi

allure OF Imperialism. And what feel applies
Just as much to independent Anglo-saxon
America as to our estimable young colonies
that stu ny the old nag.
Why are the old countries alive, and the new
countries deadG In other words, why would
most Of US rather look at a church crumhling
In Essex. than at class drilling In Australia
To q healthy man. girls from Australia are
an inspiriting sight. like girls from America or
anywhere for that matter: those who do not
understand that do not understand morality.
On the other hand. churches In Essex are, II
anything rather q depressing sight All along
the East Anglican coasts (but more in Suffolk
and Norfolk) can be found the shrunken town
almost covered by The shadow Of its huge
church-tower.
II dates from the time when an that rural
England was rich, and could build what Was
once 4 cathedral over what is now a hamlet
Even in these the remains OF religious civilixa-
ton have been battered by sectarianism and
betrayed by neglect: and are therefore, In a
sense. sad sight Yet why do you and lor
most certainly ID think them as cheerful as
"Piekwick." when they are compared with this
their rival: when falls our ears the cold
and hollow words. Physical Culture In
Australia ?"
II anyone says he does not feel this he is
dencient In culture-or In candour Australian
ladies and American ladies are beautifully
trained; and English churches are abominably
neglected But. after ALL the test OF the issue
Omaha daily bee., 1914-08-02

vented by the savages without word OF assist
ance from white man.
There is one other original thing that has
come oft OF Australia the caricatures OF Mr.
VIII Dyson, But this also is something OF
boomerang: for so young a genius could not
have been so bitter unless the social conditions
In his birthplace were almost abominable as
in ours. But instinctivey We all feel that no such
sudden novelty will come out OF Physical
Culture in Australia" The girl at drill and
exercise may swing a club; but she will not
sling II like boomerang. II will not (alasD
kill the instructor and then return gracefully
to her own graceful hand.
There is nothing savage about Physical
Culture in Australia" Nor would she, If asked
TO draw a diagram the blackboard. draw
anything that could for one moment be mis-
taken for one Of Mr. Dysons cartoons. In
other words, the Colonial society. with all its
other superiorities. very seldom has the note
of noUelty, as compared with its parent society.
Girls gymnastic classes In Sydney may be
new, but probably not so new as they were in
Surbton We do not really feel that we
should find anything fresh in such new schools.
And that is exactly what we feel we may find
in the old churches.
! give in this case. in the other, an in
stance 1t occurs. In any hrst-elass carriage
you may meet a man who thinks that Bacon
wrote Shakespeare; and he will probably tell
you long before you have pulled the communi.
cation-cord that Bacon was secret master OF
the Rosicrucians. In any third-class carriage
Omaha daily bee., 1914-08-02

between Central Civilization and Colonial Civil
ization Is which goes to which. II is tSS
cleverest and most successful son OF Colonial
family who is encouraged to see the magic of
Venice or the glory that was Greece
II is not the cleverest OF most successful
son Of q European family, certainly not of an
English family, who is encouraged TO see the
magic Of Melbourne, or the glory that was
Botany Bay the skyscrapers of New York OF
the ranches Of Texas. No colony, SO far as
know, has ever become permanently greater
than the priucipality that really founded It.
Holland is still larger than Java: much
larger that II does not occur to us to compare
them on the map. Spain is still larger than
Peru. And the brute fact of history is still
the exact opposite OF Mr.. Kipling's enigram:
It is What do they know OF Empire who do
not England know 2"
But as ! think ] remarked, the real use Of
reason is to find the meaning of instinct. II
is very often the justification OF II. And
think this can be found In the case we here
discuss. II is not easy to define our instinct
about the English churches and the Australian
girls. Most men avoid churches. Most men
do not avoid girls. And yet the instinct re-
mains rigid; and Is a reality.
So far as | can see, the distinction Is In a
simple but not sufficiently familiar fact One
cannot md any new things In the new
countries. One can, quite seriously. ind new
things In the old churches. The only absolutely
original thing that ever came out OF Australia
was the boomerang And that had been ir.
Omaha daily bee., 1914-08-02

you may meet an angry Irishman who main
tains that such secret societies still exist, and
are a poison in politics He will quote, for
example, the Orange Lodges of Belfast But
both these fanatics. though a trihe tiresome
when taken in large quantities. refer back TO
the fact that there really have been secret
societies in Europe ever since the Eleusinian
Mysteries, and long before.
Now, anybody walking up the Strand can
turn a corner and walk into the Temple Of the
Templars. They were the knot that was cut,
very cruelty, upon this precise allegation. The
Templars were accused of seeking to govern
society by wealth and by a secret II they
had a secret 1t has never been found. II they
hadn't a secret-well, / suppose It will be
found.
But of that mere problem OF the power of a
secret society, We are much more likely to get
information from old church than from a
Colonial gymnastic class. The problem has
been highly modern one from the days Of
the Camorra to the days of the Black Hand.
Yet there is not one single old church In
England, or in Italy or France. or South
Germany that may not contain some touch or
turn OF the chisel or the brush that would re-
veal the whole truth about the terrible mystery
of the Templars.
That, think. is why we see again the.par.
able OF the old pagan sage Colonials and
Americans come to cathedrals: cathedrals do
not run after Colonials and Americans. The
only solution | can suggest is that the new
societies have no mysteries
Omaha daily bee., 1914-08-02
Backwels Island Where the Woman Commissioner of
rections Gave Her Object Lesson in Wise Mother
hood Applied to Government

offices in the city's housekeeping could be
efficiently filled by women We need the ele'
ment of the woman's point OF view. know
no woman whom l know would make good
MAYOR but l doubt not but there are such
women. / understand there are some good
women mayors Of towns in the west.
Nor should the assistance OF women De oe-
MED in the national housekeeping. Women's
views and voice should assist In the councils
of the nation. In that larger sphere as III the
municipal lesser, woman Will De ellectNe not
only in the prevention but In the correction
of crime. She will recognize the criminal not
as a monstrosity to be eliminated from the
scheme of life but case OF arrested or warped
development that must be led into better things.
Her mother instinct and experience Will teach
her the truth that the way to deal with crimi-
nails in to divide them into groups and admins
ter to each group according to Its needs. That
is the reason the cottage system in prisons ls
succeeding. It is the principle OF keeping chill
dren of various degrees Of development in
classes by themselves.
They will know that the criminal must
be treated with firmness of good motherhood.
Not that foolish motherhood that brides chill
dren to cease their naughtiness in hope Of re-
ward as some unfit mothers persuade a child
to stop scratching the face OF another by Of
fering the culprit candy But by demand
ing compliance with the law then explaining
its necessity and justifying, and, when neees-
sary, amending It,
The methods Of wise motherhood are what
government most needs. Firmness unshak.
tion to hear the other side. Not one stdedness.
but both sidedness. A man who witnessed the
rise and fall of the rebellion of the bad boys
of Blackwells Island listened while talked
with the boys. Mans methods with the edges
rounded" he said.
He said, ut was when you told them that
order must be restored and that after that you
would hear their stories and II there were any
wrongs you would try to find means to adjust
them, that the mutiny wavered. 1t was Of
that point they broke"
By this experiment was maternalism in gov.
eminent justified. Fl
Omaha daily bee., 1914-08-02

~wwy HEN ] helped 20 quell the mutiny Of
MI fourteen hundred men at Blackwell's
w Island did only what may be ex
pected and must be demanded in the govern
ment OF the future. ! injected into municipal
affairs the maternal instinct. ! adjusted diff
ficult and unpleasant situation by applying the
methods OF motherhood.
Criminals are not merely like bad boys"
They are bad boys and they must be treated as
such. II was with this profound belief amount
ing 70 a conviction, that answered the sum-
mons Of the Warden OF Blackwelrs Island TO
come over and settle the trouble Warden
Hayes put Il too modestly. for he should have
said help 10 settle the trouble"
In this case, as in all other matters OF govern.
ment the maternal element IL needed TO supple
ment the paternal God made world not OF
men. nor Of women, but Of men and women.
He expects them to conduct the affairs OF the
world together. not that one sex shall be rele-
gated 70 a gallery seat TO watch the perform.
ances on the stage OF another Women were
not made TO cheer men, nor TO criticise them,
but TO help them. Until women help IN the
affairs Of government we will have. not bad.
certainly very faulty government.
As Professor Vida D. Scudder, OF Wellesley,
has said in a recent copy OF the Yale Review
"Paternalism has become an obnoxious epithet;
Il carries with II. from patriarchal days, an I'M
pleasant hint OF autocracy. Maternalism is
better. The word stands for an authority more
tender. discipline more intimate, fostering
care more humble. To carry ont this great idea
the Mother-State OF which we dream will need
the help OF It's women
Professor Scudder further says that Mother
State will transform society from the likeness
OF a battle field TO the likeness of home" and
she adds that II is the instinct behind such
personihcations as Liberty with her torch,
Columbia, ample. and motherly. Alma Mater
"No Alma Pater could ever have called for such
LOYALTY from the alumni"-which will recognise
and use the feminine factor In the State OF the
future.
Men and women are not very much alike
They are In matters Of character and methods
Of administration considerably unlike, and win
remain so as the maple tree viii continue to be
unlike the pine Because Of these very differ
ences they need each others supplemental aid
and influence. For instance women have .
lighter touch in human AFFAIRS. Lighter. but
no less Arm. To illustrate this let us study the
methods of father and mother in dealing with
boy. He 10 making noise and disturbing the
occupants Of the room. Keep quiet" the
father says. II the boy dares TO ask why" he
may receive a spanking. At any rate the answer
is gruff Because | have said you should"
will be the only reason vouchsafed him.
The mothers tactics win be different She
OF the alleged unreasoning SEX will reason with
him. She will say: Because you viii make
the nelghbors angry" or because grandma is
Omaha daily bee., 1914-08-02
By G. K. CHESTERTON,
The Famous English Essaylst

ITO me modern journalism has long been
growing as mysterious as hieroglyphics;
but wherever (for one moment) It Is not
mysterious It Is highly symbolic. Which also
is like = hieroglyphic ! Gull this example
from a current daily paper; quoting It simply
as Il stands
Two excellent releases. one OF which
is calculated to make q strong appeal
70 lovers OF the historic. viii shortly
appear At the kinemas. These are
Physical Culture in Australia" de-
pictlng q girls gymnastic class at drill
and exercise. and Famous Churches
OF England"
Now ! have no doubt that the writer OF this
paragraph meant that the historic interest
was Ia the Engllah churches, not IN the
Australian gymnasta. But Il seems to me
that the mere order, being q matter OF instinct
"a important And wonder how many readers
did not feel Il fully natural that the gymnastics
should be mentioned In such a connection. Also
wonder how many people know what a re-
ease Is: because ] don't But something IN
ne wording Of the sentence gave me q snatch
- that everlasting lost clue-the clue that
>>ads to the central riddle and the central
Omaha daily bee., 1914-08-02

you were a keeper and the boys had broken
out in this wayf" tie said: Il would have
them shot II they didn't behave" He was
good boy after that His social consciousness
had awakened by what he himself thought out
and expressed in our conference. IL is the
monitor system IN schools. Put the worst boy
In a position Of trust and he will not abuse It.
The only thing didn't take to Blackwells
Island was my slipper. rebuke that amount
ed to slipper, that had all Of its settling
force. came about when one of the men who
had been in several prisons and knew all about
1t told me just how prisons ought to be run
When he had finished said:
tits too bad you are In here. because II you
were out you ought to be the warden or com
missioner and run thiags yourself"
He Joined in the laugh Of the others and
settled down.
Every mother knows the salutary effect upon
youth of going to bed without supper" |
found the diet system very effectual with the
men who held out longest at Blackwells
Island, and. to paraphrase the old adage, you
can reach q mans reason through his stomach
Fasting conduces to quick and sane decisions.
The dark closet is a well-known last resort
OF the disciplining mother Our coolers"
served well that purpose at Blackwells. And
yet the coolers are not half so terrifying as
the mems imagination of them. They are like
the other cells, save that the other cells have
no walls separating them. They call occupancy
OF them solitary confinement, and yet every
man has his neighbor within hearing distance.
no bed. The man must reflect In an upright
position. For this reason the cooler" serves
yet another disciplinary purpose akin to the
regimen of childhood. A sentence to II means
TO the rebel!ious criminal what the order
Johnny, stand In the corner and turn your
face TO the wall" means to the child.
do not believe in emotionalsm with either
Of the undeveloped classes, children Grim
mails. At least. I do not believe in misdirected
emotionalism, because the results gained
through such avenues to the brain and will are
not stable
When told the men didn't like their striped
suits because they made them look like zebras
they laughed. But ! said that the new drab
suits would be worn only by the we'll behaved.
the honor men.
have been asked whether I was not afraid
to 90 to Blackwells Island. No, l was not
afraid. But let me explain my conception OF
fear. realized, as any thoughtful woman
would, that there was a possibility Of violence.
! knew that was facing danger. But knew
this when faced the men at the penitentiary
when they broke line ana demanded to be
heard said First get back into line.
will not hear a word until there is order. After
that you may tell me your grievances"
Omaha daily bee., 1914-08-02

Group Of the bad
Boys Of Blackwell's
Island" Whom DR..
Davis Has Promised
New Drab Suits II
They Will Earn Them
by Good Conduct.
Omaha daily bee., 1914-08-02
Iaternalism the Coming Great Force in Government

Katherine Bement Davis,
After Tanning 400 Wild
Convicts in Three Days
by "Motherly Methods"
Discusses the Efficiency
of the Slipper, the Dark
Closet and All the Ways
of "Wise Motherhood" in
Controlling Criminals and
Running Cities, States and
Countries.
ByKatherine Benent Davis.
Commissioner Of Corrections Of che City Of New York