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The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1916-11-02

In his vigorous speech at philadel-
phia on Monday night Mr.. Hughes
made an observation that should keep
his countrymcn thinking soberly every
day until election morning, the sew
enth OF November:
I'VE cannot say now In what par
ticular sort OF mess we shall nnd
things IN March next"
Here Is room for disquletlng specu.
latlon. The Government IN In feeble
hands. II IL never prepared to act
In emergencies II does not know what
TO do. or how to begin Il Is the sport
Of circumstances. IL waits for some
thing to turn up with n guilty feeling
or lncapaclty TO deal with untoward
events Mr.. Wilson. inconstant aud
yaclllntlng himself aud unable to learn
from experience. can obtain neither
inspiration nor support from his Cab
lnet. which In the weakest that any
President has called together since
the civil war. The policy OF the Demo
cratic Administration Is not so much
watchful as fearful waiting. II is
nabby, tlmld, procrastinatlng. always
undecided,
So anything may happen 10 the ma
tion. any disaster. any disgrace. Mr..
Hughes Is right; we don't know
"in what particular sort OF mess we
shall lind things Ia March next The
country Is helpless To prevent hlunders
and imbecllities which may Involve
II In an unwelcome war or tarnish
It's honor; but the people can see to
Il that an American President with
character aud stamina as well as with
brains IL In the White House on March
I 10 pilot the country through the
rapids. ana the people eau give him
a Republican Congress 10 provide the
legislation he asks for 10 carry out
his policies. The people can be In no
doubt that the Cabinet Charles Evans
Hughes selects will contain only able
and efficient men, the best the eoun'
try AFFORDS. New York Sun.
The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1916-11-02

Of the patriots Of the Revolution, con
demn in strongest terms the unpatri-
otlc language OF the Secretary OF war,
and direct that copy OF this preamble
and resolution be sent to him"
Similar action will be taken by patrl-
otIc societies all over the country.
The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1916-11-02
Wilson'S Chocolate Soldier"
Secretary Of War ExCites
Nations Disgust by Declar-
ing Washington's Army
Was as Ba6 a Lot as
Villas Bandit Band.
SPOLlkTloN OF NUNS AND
C0ACHeS THUS C0N0ohED

-ir Their Ragged Rssimentsls Stood
the Old continsntsls, Yielding Not"
ard This Is tbs Reason Baker
Sheers at Real Patriots Because He
Basks In an Environment That
olorios In Yisldina Every American
Risht-Also Takes a Fling a, Civil
War Heroes. Saying They Commit
tod the Same Grimes OF Which
Mexican Outlaws Are Now Guilty.
The defense which Secretary OF War
Newton y. Baker offered for Mr. VII.
sons Mexican policies found quick re-
aponse from patriotic Amcrlcans-but
hardly the response Mr.. Baker could
have wished for.
In speech IN Jersey city. the Sec.
rctafy likened tho Mexican revolution.
lists TO the Contlnentals who fought
with Washington. lie admitted tile
Mexicnns we're q rascally lot, but said
their actions were those OF oil rebels.
Tho patriots Of the American revolu-
ton looted churches and drove minis
tcrs from them on their famous march
20 Valley Forge. he added.
Protests FROM Far and Near.
Protests have come from far and
near. The Empire State Society OF the
Sons OF the American Revolution met
and adopted resolution condemning
"in the strongest terms the unpatriotic
Language ~ the Secretary Of War"
Members ~ the society were outspo'
ken In their denunciation. Some de.
clared that unless hls remarks were
rcpudint.d at once by President VIII
son a movement should be started 10
force the Secretary's resignation.
Friend Of Bakers Joins.
The Empire state Society meeting
WIS In the waldorr.Astorla. In the
chair wns Louis Annin Ames, presl'
dent OF the society. n Democrat, n
stanch supporter ~ the Administration
and "a close friend of Secretary Baker,
lie win nsked II he had any personal
comment 90 make on the action or the
lthu OF Tue VI fHlhAAH'hN'
1t lsAl told IN the resolution" said
y,r. Ames. The resolution was passed
uirnimuusly. 50 II emhodles my views"
Whc resolution follows;
"Wurfcns. Il II reported In The New
YORK Ithgue this morning that Secre.
tary Of War Baker. at n public meeting
held la Jersey city last night. used the
following language rehecting upon the
character ~ the members Of Washing
TOMS nrmy at Valley Forge, and lik.
eued them % the present Mexican rev.
olutiOnisis;
"ead as the MsSieans."
"T know that the Mexicans do not
respect American life and property.
said Mr. Baker, 4 know that they do
Not pay their debts. that they are raga'
mullins, .1hat theG desecrate Church
property, that th'.r money is no good
and thnt they are generally worthless
hut people never respect those things
In revolutions. We did not respect
them IN our Clyil War, Washington's
soldiers In the marrh 20 Valley Forge
stole everything they could lay their
hands on; took the silver vessels out OF
the churches aud sold them TO buy
drink. They drove ministers out OF the
churches. Their money was worthless
and they were Just as bad characters
as the Mexicans.'
Resolved Thr, 40, the descendants
The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1916-11-02
Editorial Comments

II the Democratic leader who advo.
Gates putting dyes on the free list to
encourage the industry were surgeon
bis method OF setting n broken limb
would be TO smputate the patients leg
al the neck.
The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1916-11-02

The Democrats complain because
some Republican campaign orators pay
SO much attention 10 the President
What else has the Democratic party
10 talk abOuti
The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1916-11-02

The people OF Vera Cruz who have
erected a monument In tho plaza to
the Mexlcans slain Ia battle seem 10
be ignorant Of the fact that Mr. Will
sou kept this country out OF war.
The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1916-11-02

Optimism Is what makes the Demo.
cratic party, which has fooled some OF
the people only three times IN nfty
years and has never yet fooled all OF
the people some OF the time. think that
Il can now fool all of the people all OF
the time
The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1916-11-02

President Wilson hasn't been able to
ngure out yet whether he Is going 20
be on the stump or up one.
The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1916-11-02

II the paper shortage becomes much
more serious the first thing we know
the machinery OF the state Depart
ment will be coming to an abrupt stop.
The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1916-11-02

Then. too. according 20 the Demo
cratic campaign book that among the
more important enactments OF the
Wilson Administration may be men
toned Magma Charta and the Ten
Commandments
The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1916-11-02

Secretary Redheld conyerses glibly
In terms OF billions until Il comes time
TO make campaign contribution.
when Il Is disclosed that all he really
knows about mathematics In 500.
Job work at The Argus office.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-04-23
he training of child's mind should begin inn
mediately after it is born.''
have never told a child of mine falsehood"
u teach my children to act from principle,
and not from impulse

It Is because parents encourage the
vice in their children. To educate
them in the opposite direction is just
as easy.
Training in unselhshness, as in
other things. should begin in earlies,
infancy. My son Harvey has already
learned to give up without hesita'
ton his best toy to any little friend
who comes to visit him. A few days
ago a chum of his kicked over an
ambitious architectural structure OF
blocks which he had spent many
hours In building. Did he fly out in
rage? No. indeed; he had been
taught better. He merely said. Never
mind; I can soon build another one.
Lessons from Nature.
"one evening. not long ago, little
Harvey was restless and l took him
out on the porch to look at the noun.
tains and the sunset. gave him
a lecture. said that the sun was
standing still. but that the appear
ance Of the sunset was DUE to the
revolution Of the earth. l called his
attention to the cumulus and nim-
bus clouds, and explained that they
held rain. Then I talked to him about
the mountains in the distance and
tried to make 1t clear how they had
been uplifted by the cooling and
crumpling Of the earth's crust.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-04-23
The Hottest Region i'm the World

IVIH1cH is the hottest region in
NM the world? This question is
w a common one. and probably
in most cases the person who asks
it has in mind a comparison of maxi.
mum, rather than mean temperatures.
Assuming the question to be asked
from this point OF view, the answer
to It will no doubt surprise most
readers.
So far as can oe learned from OBJ.
seryations made at regular meteoro-
logical stations. the hottest region in
the world is not In the heart Of AZ.
RIGA, or South America. or even in
the torrid deserts of Asia-but on the
eastern edge Of Death Valley, Cali.
fornia, where borax company has
laid out ranch embracing some 100
acres OF irrigated land. on which are
grown alfalfa. fruit and vegetables.
Although 1t has been stated on ex.
cellent authority that you cannot
hold fire in your hand by thinking
on the frosty Caucasus. the owners
Of the aforementioned property
doubtless had an analogous expedi.
ent in view when they named their
estate Greenland Ranch"
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-04-23

able TO express his ideas in Latin as
naturally as in English.
My boy Harvey, though not yet
4 years old. has learned the proper
ways Of living. and even something
Of hygiene. He knows, for example.
that 1t is not good idea to keep his
throat warmly wrapped: and the rea.
son why has been fully explained to
him. He has been taught the reason
why Of eating, and the object gained
by diet of whole-wheat bread. II
you ask him why he wears no hat
he will say to YOU. 1t cuts OF the
blood and starves my hair. and
would make me bald like Daddy
THE most important formative
period in child is the first twelve
months of its life. Greater changes
occur in the infant organism during
that period than from the end Of the
first year to ninety years Of age. AT
birth the child is blind, and In effect
devoid OF mentality. At the end OF
a year It knows something of Ian.
guage. and can express the ideas of
hunger. fear. anger. pain and well.
being.
Seeing is the beginning OF con.
seriousness Of an external world. Two
or three weeks pass before the new.
born child can be said to see. Up
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-04-23

planned to him how the germs are
scattered under such conditions. II
you ask him why he never goes to
movie shows. he will say to you,
It's because l don't want to die until
next year.
Safety First" Methods.
My children-the baby. John Pres.
ton. is only 90 months old-arc never
allowed TO ride on street cars, unless
on the front seat. have explained
to Harvey the reason why, and he
understands it perfectly. II you ask
him. he will tell you It is because
germs OF measles. whooping cough,
and other diseases dangerous to lit.
tie boys are plentiful on the cars.
Bu:, II the car is open or well yenti.
lated, all the germs are blown back.
ward, and on the front seat there is
safety.
Harvey. though not yet years
old. knows more about dietetics and
physiology than 90 out OF every 100
grown people. Only the other day.
out at my place in Virginia. he gave
an off-hand lecture TO some farmers
that astonished them. l asked him
10 tell them why he ate no sugar or
candy, and he said: Sugar and
candy don't make me grow at all:
they only make me fat. II / ate much
OF them they wouldn't leave room for
things that make me grow: so |
would be small and weak. Besides.
sugar and candy don't provide lime
and phosphoric acid TO make teeth
out OF. My teeth would be poor and
soft. and would decay and drop out
Call it poll-parrot talk If you will;
yet 1t represents beginning OF &C.
quaintance with hygiene. The farm.
ers. II familiar with the biblical quo.
tation, might have said something of
the wisdom that comes out of the
mouths OF babes and stockings. AS
matter of fact. children. properly
taught are wise; and. furthermore,
a child's saying will excite interested
attention and awaken thought in a
dozen adult hearers. where the same
speech uttered by grown.up would
not elicit the attention OF one OF
them.
ut is a common observation OF
parents that Young children show
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-04-23

Claus was his father or mother-an
expression merely for a person who
gives you things you want.
Harvey has asked me where he
came from-how he came into the
world. In reply have told him the
truth in as simple terms as l could.
He has asked me what death was.
and have told him that It meant ap.
parently ceasing to exist-though
We might hope to survive in a hap
pier state Of being. Necessarily, be-.
You'd certain point my finite knowl.
edge fails, but do not lie to the boy,
or seek in any way to mislead him.
When he asks a question. he is en-.
titled to truthful answer, SO far
as 1t Is in my power to give It.
Il teach my children to act from
principle, and not from impulse. It
has often been said Of children that
they are the most utterly selfish
creatures in the world. II this is SO
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-04-23

The weather bureau has estab.
lished a cooperative station at this
place, and the results OF the obser-
vations made here are discussed by
Mr.. G. H. Wilson in the Monthly
Weather Review.
The thermometers are Installed in
standard screen. placed over an
alfalfa sod, about four feet from the
ground. The shelter is not exposed
to the reflected heat Of the desert.
The location is about 17s feet below
sea level.
On July 10 the maximum thermom.
eter at Greenland Ranch registered
1874 degrees Fahrenheit. the highest
shade" temperature ever recorded
at a meteorological station anywhere
in the world. and four degrees above
the previous record" observed at
Mammoth Tank. also in California.
on Aug. II, 1885. Outside of the
United States the record" for a reg.
ular meteorological station appears
to be 1877 degrees Fahrenheit, which
occurred at Wargla, Algeria. on the
edge Of the Sahara desert, Aug. 81.
1884.
During the hot spell in which this
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-04-23

great readiness to learn impropel
things. This is the case largely be
cause grown people do not teach
them more desirable and worthwhile
knowledge. The child is eager Il
learn. II not taught the right things
1t will absorb the wrong.
"A conspicuous feature OF the I'm
becile' mode Of bringing up younl
children is the systematic bestowal
OF misinformation. The child-mind
you, the average American youngster
OF very early age-is according to
the popular conceptlon) half.witted
or worse. and. therefore. lies are bet
ter adapted for its intellectual con
sumption than the truth.
Why Children Learn to Lie.
at is not going too far to say that
a very large part OF the information
given to young children by their
parents and near relatives is purely
fictional. AS such. It is supposed to
be better adapted for absorption by
the semi.idiot OF nursery age than
mere facts.
There is no fault more severely,
or more Justly. reprehended in the
average child by the average parent
than untruthfulness: yet the parent
constantly and even habitually lies
to the child. And why? Because
1.-THE child being at least semi-imbe.
cile, because 1t is n child) false
statements are supposed to be more
wholesome to its moral and mental
economy than the truth.
This, to my notion. is one Of the
most extraordinary and inexplicable
ideas ever engendered in the human
mind. Truth. as VIC fully realize, is,
for adults. the foundation stone OF all
morality: in Its absence everything
that is worth while goes to pieces.
Why adopt a different and opposite
code for people of younger age?
Upon them 1t has most unfortunate
educational nfiuence-example be.
ing notoriously so much moro influ.
entail than precept.
81 have never told child OF mine
a falsehood. When Harvey, at last
Christmas time. asked me, Who is
Santa CLAUSE told him that Santa
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-04-23
Words from the Famous Physician and
Food Expert in the Interest of
American Children.
4 Comments from an Interesting Conversation
nth DR.. Wiley Recorded By Rene Bachc

him as seriously and earnestly as
II were addressing body OF adult
students. The reward was manifest
slong before he was able to speak.
The child does not arrive sud.
denly at point where II is able to
learn. Yet this seems to be the idea
on which the bringing.up OF the aver
age youngster is based. Having
been dealt with during the first six
or seven years Of It's life much as an
,mbecile might be treated, It is then
tncarcerated in kind OF prison
called a school and stuffed with
knowledge by a forcing process.
The Stuffing Process.
The child. however much It may
dislike the stuffing process. is always
eager to know. But when It asks en-.
nrely reasonable questions, the par.
ent too commonly replies. 'You
wouldn't understand: or, Never
mlnd the reason why: do us l tell
you.
rs that the proper way to deal
with reasoning being? Surely not
1t is. on the contrary. the way in
which one would ordinarily deal
with an imbecile. or Mt least half.
witted. person. Not only does II sig.
nify neglect Of educational opport,.
NIFTY but 1t gives the child an un.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-04-23
rs your child a reasoning being or
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to the average young American
mother. And she will doubtless re
ply. I would have you know. sir. that
my child is no imbecile!
very well. Then why does she
treat him as such?
"of course. she vehemently denies
that she does anything of the kind {:
but 1t is true. all tho same. The
average child. during It's very early
years. is treated in very large de-
gree. as II 1t were an idiot.
Listen to the young mother while
she talks TO her child. Does she
speak to 1t as II 1t we're being gift.
ed with intelligence? She does not
On the contrary. she restricts her re.
marks to what she calls baby talk
such. for example. MS 'oozum muz.
GERS itsy tootsy wootsy doddleums?'
I'm other words. she talks to her
offspring as II 1t were feeble minded.
And In all other respects she acts ap.
parently on the same idea-her no.
ton evidently being that the child,
because very young. possesses no
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-04-23
The Baby Should Have Bed ITSELF Matter How Simple
and Not Sleep with Anyone Else, Say Many
= Experts Baby Care.

to tell child the reason for a com.
mand or for Withholding permission
to do thing. Giving the reason
frankly and clearly is contribution
to the youngsters education. Thus.
for example. don't allow my little
boy Harvey to go to moving.picture
shows. and. because have told him
why. he is satisfied not to go.
II told him that diphtheria. a dis
case very fatal to children. is likely
TO be caught in crowded and ill-ven.
tilated places. and that ! don't want
him TO die. Incidentally. have ex.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-04-23

extraordinary temperature was meas.
ured at Greenland Ranch, the daily
maxima were as follows: Eighth
12S deg: 9th. 1923 deg; 10th. 134
deg; 18th. 12s deg: 18th. 1870 deg:
18th. 1S1 deg. and 18th, 1877 deg.
Throughout this frightful hot wave
the temperature never fell below So
degrees.
The records made at this station
show that temperatures reaching 100
or more have occurred on 54s day,.
and may be expected at any time
from April to October. inclusive: the
highest occurring in July or August.
Temperatures of 1870 or more have
been recorded in May, June. July
and August. In July and August the
average daily maximum has ALWAYS
exceeded ITO degrees.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-04-23
some Recent Hygenc Suggestions

fortunate and not-unjustified feeling
OF unfairness and even contempt.
Contempt of its intelligence Is as
painful to child as to a grown-up
person.
Never have refused to answer.
as well as l was able. question put
to me by my children. They are en-.
titled, II merely as a matter of cour.
tesy. to a proper reply. OF course.
! do not imply that child should
he encouraged In the habit of asking
useless and meaningless questions.
as some children do. merely for the
sake OF asking them.
Again as a matter of courtesy.
there is no good excuse for refusing
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-04-23

to that time light is painful. Next
comes hearing; then touch. Taste
and smell come long while after.
The young baby accepts milk in ODE
dience to instinct, and not because
the fluid Is palatable.
MY first impression in regard to
my elder boy. when he was new.
born. was one of wonder how or
whether SO complex yet feeble crea.
ture could survive. have since come
to realize that there is in the human
baby not only power to survive in
a difficult environment, but also q
something else that possesses in II.
self possibilities little recognized Mt
that stage OF the infants being. But.
II the fullest development Of this
something else is to be accomplished
the child must not be dealt with in
its early and most formative period
as IL 1t were being half.witted or
idiotic."
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-04-23

did he understand all Of It? It is
by no means to be supposed. But
some Of the information he did gather
into his mind: and, what was more
important, perhaps. he knew that
was seriously trying to teach him
something. He knew that was not
fooling with him; that I was dealing
with him as II he we're a reasoning
being. and not an imbecile.
Latin Before English.
Before Harvey was 2 years old I
began teaching him Latin. He learned
Latin words before he could speak.
l taught him simple words, such as
pater (father). mater (mother), lac
(milk), ignis (fire). Then 1 told him,
in Latin words, how to do things
as. for instance. to put his toe into
his mouth. This sort of education
have kept up, and. as result. when
Harvey is ~ years Of age, he will be
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-04-23

tai Impressions most readily, and for
tnat reason the process that we call
education should start in earliest
infancy. Is it not substantially on
cat principle that the education of
puppy.dogs is based? Decidedly. yes;
and, 80 far as this matter is con.
cerned. what is true OF puppies Is
true likewise Of human babies.
1.-THE mother should talk sense to
her child. My elder son. Harvey. is
now 3 years and months OF age.
Ever since he was months old l
have made It practice to talk to
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-04-23

sense whatever. and is incapable of
learning anything.
But. 1t isn't fact. The child.
even though young baby. has sense
and can be taught much that will be
OF subsequent value. II dealt with
as II It were an intelligent creature.
Talk Sense to Children.
My wife and l have never talked
baby talk to our babies; and we
have steadfastly refused to allow
other people to speak to them as II
they were imbeciles.
The training of a child's mind
should begin Immediately after it is
born. Its first years of life are the
period during which It receives men.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-04-23

The English Royal Marines uer.
haps enjoy the most widely diversl.
ned range OF nicknames. being known
as turkeys" red necks," "bul.
locks" Soldiers" "leathernecks :.
His Majesty's Royal Regiment O,
Housemaids" and Joey"