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The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1916-04-20

distant from Damascus. Perhaps the
Germans will be able to overcome this
difficulty and get the 100000 men to
Ma'an by the commencement Of opera
tions in the spring, as threatened.
When they leave Ma'an, however,
and start westward-that's different
story. The Arabian desert and the
Sinai peninsula are so little known to
Europe and America, excepting in re-
gard to their history and geographical
position, that the announcement in
regard to marching great number of
men across to the SueZ canal-and
supplying them with food and drink by
means of motor trucks, sounds reason.
able.
The Arabian desert is barren land
of mountains, hills and deep valleys.
Perhaps motor trucks could climb the
elevation, or pursue their way through
the bowlder-scattered valleys, but mo-
tors Of the dimensions now known can
not pass along rocky trails, not more
than eighteen inches wide, and there
are many such on the way from Ma'ah
70 Suez. Perhaps wide detours would
obviate trying to pass, but with such
a sun as beats on the Arabian desert
Frequently 40 degrees) and scare
ity of food and water, every mile t. a
tremendously important matter in the
transportation Of O half-million men.
Precarious Undertaking.
The Israelites complained to Moses
that they remembered the cucumbers
and the melons of Egypt, as they at
tempted to struggle along through this
wilderness. That was close to 1000
years ago. Men have become accus-
toned to even greater luxuries than
the cucumbers and melons of Egypt in
A. D. 1916. It looks like an impossible,
and il not impossible, a precarious un-
dertaking. Even the Teutonic allies
themselves would not be pleased with
having 25 men of the original 100000
arrive in Egypt. But in all these 1000
years the nature OF the country has
not changed tC any appreciable extent.
excepting no doubt to become more
barren than it was. Gases have been
abandoned, where there were palms,
and trails have been covered by the
drifting sands. But mountains and
valleys are doubtless about as they
were when Moses started out from
Egypt on his divine mission. Ac-
eording to the news reports, the kaiser
intrusts TO Leopold o. Bavaria this
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1916-04-20

could see it, for Brummel always SAID
that simplicity and elegance were the
keynotes of fashion. German generals
wear great bright red stripes down
their trouser legs. These stripes are
about six inches wide, and can be seen
a German square. Most Of the gen.
erals are rather pompous looking, and
I find the leutnants, Oberleutnants,
oberarzts and hauptmann more fetch
ing. They are all very handsome and
they are the finest, cleverest men IN
all this glorious, young Germany. They
stand so straight and look so soldierly.
After we left the cafe we went to
see the exhibition of war things that is
being held at Geological gardens. They
have everything here that belongs to
war and a soldier They have num-
Der of captured cannon, British,
French and Russian. They have two
English aeroplanes and number or
motorboats. They have uniforms or all
the warning nations. Some of the cos
tunes were very beautiful. The Bull
garian were especially so, but they
were almost too gay to be very practl-
cal. The models that wore the uni
forms were very funny. They have
hands and feet of wooden dolls, but
their faces were most realistic look
ing; indeed, some of them seemed TO
be winking at you.
Just Like Real Trench.
Outside the main exhibition build
ing, on a large lot, trench had been
built. 1t had been built by soldiers
that had been in the war, so it was ex-
actly like the real ones. You enter
trench by going down steps, and THIS
one was about seven feet high and
about three feet wide. Radiating from
all the sides of the main part of the
trench were other passages and rooms.
The officers room was, Of course, the
finest. It was lined with canvas and
cloth and was furnished with an old
couch and some chairs. Iron lanterns
hung from the ceiling and these make
both the light and the heat for the
trenchmen. On the wall hung large
sign, "Futter ausverkauft" Clutter sold
out). Empty tin cans were also hung
on the wall and they are used for
matches, and cigars, etc.
The common soldiers had larger
room, but not nearly so fine as this Of
ficers' quarters. Every here and there
ON the sides of the main passage OF the
trench we're little cupboards, where
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1916-04-20
Footrail for the Home.

Unless you spend less time and
wages in saloons l am going to take
advantage of a new law and have you
posted in the saloons, and then any
saloonkeeper who gives you a drink
will get in trouble" Recorder Cain Of
Bayonne, N. j., warned James Elan
nagan. Mrs. Flanagan said her hus-
band neglected her for saloons.
Your husband might be induced to
stay home if you rugged up a brass
footrail,' suggested the recorder.
Then he could bring his beer home
and enjoy HIMSELF Upon promise to
reform. Flanagan was dismissed.
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1916-04-20
, E HAVE been having some
wonderful days here in
Berlin. Beautiful sunshiny


days like spring. The day
when the rumor came that old Kink
Nicholas wanted peace was glorious
day. Everybody was celebrating lit
tie bit, and the school children were
given a day off. It is not so bad to be
a child in war time, for they get so
many vacations, but think Of the poor
youngsters that follow and have to
study the entire history of this war,
writes Mary Ethel McAuley in the
Pittsburgh Dispatch.
The Tiergarten was packed with peo-
pie and thousands of nails for the iron
Hindenburg were being sold. At Bran
.denburger gate saw the crown prin-
cess go by in an open carriage. She
was having an awful time trying to
get her glove buttoned. I had never
imagined that real princesses had
troubles of that kind, She is fine,
handsome, big woman, bright and
clever, and much beloved.
Inter den Linden was one stream
of flags and banners. They looked glo-
rious in the bright sunlight, and the
wind swished them every which way.
The Bulgarian flag is very beautiful
red, white and lurid shade of green
that makes one think of spring.
We had our second breakfast in Cafe
Victoria. I like this cafe. It is not in
the least fashionable, in fact most Of
the frequenters are middle-aged Jew
ish people, who transact business over
a cup Of coffee. Selling diamonds
seems to be their chief occupation.
But everyone tends to their own bust
ness, and foreigners are not stared at
and made to feel uncomfortable. The
windows are so large that you can sit
here by the hour and watch them go
by. Them, of course, means the SOL
diers.
In the last few weeks I have learned
q whole lot about soldiers. can tell
an underofficer from common soldier,
a sergeant from a feldwebel, and a
leutnant from an Oberleutnant. 1t
is not easy to learn, and took much
studying But like brass buttons and
gold braid. The dress of the German
officer is so simple and elegant that
Beau Brummel would be Jealous II he
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1916-04-20

ted a steamer on the Hudson in 1907
with engines made of his design by
Boulton & Watt, and brought steam
navigation for the first time to COM
mercial success" If we trace the in
vention" of the steamboat back, how
ever, to the man who first drove q
boat with steam engine Of his own
invention, we come to Denis Papin.
who in 1907 drove model boat with
a steam engine which he had invent
ed, and who had in 1880 proposed to
use the piston rod, of which he was
the inventor, to drive the paddle
wheels of boats
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1916-04-20
Nurse and Doctor
Are Final Rulers
BY Dr.. j. Murphy. Minnesota Public
Health Association

should called who will directions about treatment and Diet "h
trained nurse is available out the physician
orders as to clothing the end cheap In many COM
there is visiting for families unable to hire 1
These suggestions will be applicable in most cases of Illness
The ckoom should simply furnished we'll ventilated and kept
at a moderate temperature
The he'd mattress ooh rubber protector over IT.
Blankets and clean sheets frequently dsnfected by boiling NC
comforters unwahabe things should be the bed
The patient should be kept comfortable quiet and as clean as
nbe Visitors and spread disease Inc
fresh discharges usually They should be disposed OF IN
each suggested by the physician required by the
latons of the state health Handkerches should be dneced
hy boiling should Re burned
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1916-04-20

Engineers will tell you
that no two locomotives are
ever exactly alike. They
NAV be turned out to an eX-
actness that defies the most
modern instrument for
measurement or weight to
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1916-04-20

Natural scenery is one
of the ncblest of our natu-
raj resources. Wren it is
put to park use it serves its
highest possible purpose.
Secretary Franklin X.
Lane saws of Americas nat
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1916-04-20

Familiarity with a fc"
first-aid principles in case
of sickness may come IN
handy in every home. Ev-
cry case Of illness, of course,
should be treated individu"
allv. A capable physician
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1916-04-20
There ia always a way to

There is always a way to
get a college education, for
the boy of average ability.
It is always hard for &
boy, but the struggle bring
out the hest that there l. IN
him. a boy can get through
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1916-04-20

he wants depends the quality of his baekhoe
It is in most cases a "gt, grace and gun1sion"
The Detroit times., 1916-06-15
BY AMOS pINcHOT.

Poverty is the curse OF civiliza-
ton. Child poverty is the worst
kind of poverty. II you strike a
sapling with an AK It may live, but
Il will grow mp SCARED tree. II
You give child bad start, you
cannot expect It 10 become a strong
man or woman, or a first rate citi.
zen.
The hope OF America is in tt
children. That Is why Judge Neirs
Mothers pension proposition is
fundamental. He wants 20 place
American children beyond the no
cessity OF charity--to have them
grow up In their homes. 10 have the
state give the widowed mother
enough money 10 raise the family
independent Of the bounty OF the
rich. This is nothing but hard
common sense. n ought 10 have
been done half a century ago.
IL You were a mother and You lost
your husband and your money would
you prefer 10 have your children
taken from you and put in an insti-
tuition, or would you rather have
the state give you enough 10 raise
them at home? That is all It
amounts 10.
or course, charity fights widows
pensions
Charity fights most things that
are common sense and human, or
that take away from its prestige
For instance. il was not til 1883
in my state. New York, that the
public school maintained by taxa.
ton wrested the education OF the
child from the charity school: II
was hard fight In Massachusetts
this change was made in 1917. Pub
lie school education did not become
a fairly general matter in the Unit.
ed States until 1850 Many states
still lack compulsory education.
No doubt some OF them will have
compulsory military training before
compulsory education comes In.
II is every bit as important 10
take the life Of poor child out NJ
the generally unsympathetlc. often
brutal and always stupid hand OF
charity, and put II back in the home
whore " belongs. "a it was to pre-.
vent charity from usurping our edu-
cational system.
am for Judge Neil's proposition
first, last and all the time.
The Detroit times., 1916-06-15
Wood Alcohol, Too.

The dangers OF wool alcohol are
just now attracting much attention.
not only on the part OF the public
but also OF legislative bodies. A
note In Public Health Reports rec
ords the progress OF the campaign
against this substance during the
year 1915. The National Association
OF Retail Druggists adopted reso-
luton opposing THE use Of wood
alcohol in medicinal preparations to
be used by human beings" and in
favor OF such labelling as would pro-
tect the public against It's harmful
use. Two states. New Hampshire
and South Dakota, each enacted a
law restricting the sale OF wood al.
cohol and prescribing a form Of 10
bel 10 be used. The South Dakota
law debars Its use in any food.
drink. medicine or toilet preparation
intended for human use. internally
or externally. The cities Of New
York. Chicago and Montclair, n. j.,
have adopted regulations OF ordi-
nances restricting its use.
The Detroit times., 1916-06-15
Blocked by Vocabulary.

Birth control is now discussed. quietly but per
sistentlv, BY many groups OF highbrows. sclenti-
fc philosophic philanthropc and otherwise
But IL will be "a full generation before the
majority OF the people will be able TO talk IN
diligently about birth control, or any other sex
subject" says college professor. The Eng
lish language has been so vulgarized that the
scientific terms belonging 10 this subject are
nothing but Greek 10 thousands OF persons.
Saws little woman who teaches sex hygiene
to high school girls: My first lessons were
failures Looking for the reason, l found TO my
astonis hment. that the girls did not know the
meanings of the simple correct words | was
using Now | begin with the dictionary. and
make girls look up definitions before l begin
my sex hygiene lectures
For this reason. the conservatives who stand
in fear of birth control propaganda can stop
their worrying II will take half century 70
educate the mass OF the people 10 use the doc
tors vocabulary. Trained nurses, visiting nurses,
hospitals and free dispensaries are accomplish
ing something quite unconsc!ously, along this
line But only the teacher Of physiology in the
public schools has any idea of the prevailing
dep.orable ignorance of correct and proper sex
words and of their tremendous Importance in
the education OF young people in what they
should know
Until we refine our common speech, birth
control, sex hygiene and similar crusades will
never travel very far from the scientific sources
where they originate
The Detroit times., 1916-06-15
Pointed Paragraphs

II you would please woman.
don't talk-listen.
4 strong will ia frmness. a strong
won't il obstinacy.
Wigs, according 10 the language
OF flowers. are lie-locks.
A man who lacks faith in his abil.
ity never accomplishes anything.
The letter =. like selfish friends.
is first in pity and last In help.
Dreamland is the only land where
we all enjoy equal rights
Each man ia a book II you only
know how TO read hlm-and some
books are bound in calf
Philosophy teaches US to take
things as they come-but the
trouble is that they frequently fail
to come.
No wonder the fair sex is clamor-
Ing for equal rights. AZ II now
stands, when a man dies his better
half is entitled to only a third OF
his estate.
The Detroit times., 1916-06-15
A Poem a Day
To 4 WEED

You bold thing thrustinE 'naath
the very nose
or her fastidious majesty, the rose.
Even in the best ordained garden bed
Unauthor iz"d. your smiling bttlr
head,
The gardener. mind VIII come IN
his big boots,
And drag you up by your rsbellious
And cast you forth to shriyel In the
Your daring quelled. your little
weed life done.
Mcantime--ah. yes the air IS very
blue
And gold the light and diamond the
dew
You laugh and courtesy in your
worthless way
AMI you are gay. an. 50 exceeding
gay
You argue. in your manner % a weed.
You did not make yourself grow
from n seed.
You farry you've a claim 20 stand
inE room.
You dream Yourself right 90 breathe
and bloom.
Tou know. YOU weed. 7 quite agree
am a weed myself and laugh
Both, Just a. long rs We can shpn
his eye.
Let's sniN At the old gardener
trudging by
Gertrude Hall
The Detroit times., 1916-06-15
WHY NOT?

Private Jones. according TO TitBts. was
summoned 10 appear before his captain.
Zones" said the officer frowning darkly,
this gentleman complains that you have killed
his dog"
"a dastardly trick" interrupted tho owner
OF the dog ito kill defenseless animal that
would harm no ONE
Not much defenseess about him" chimed
in the private, hcatedly. "He bit pretty freely
into my Leg SO / ran my bayonet into him"
Nonsense" answered the owner angrily
HE was a docile creature. Why did you not
defend yourself with the butt OF your rlfle?"
why didn't he bite me with his tal?" asked
Private Jones, with spirit.
The Detroit times., 1916-06-15

The backward child is always 4
problem to his parents and teachers
The gifted child often is likewise Il
problem.
In fact, it Is not too much 10 say
that when a child is unusually
bright mentally, so that he easily
keeps above grade in his school
work. exceptional care is usually
needed in his upbringing.
Parents do not always appreciate
this. They appreciate II so seldom
that. as everybody knows. there Is
a widespread prejudice against pre-.
cocious children"
They are regarded-in too many
cases not without reason-as con
ceited." abnormal" queer.
Eighty" etc. Their unpleasing
traits are thought TO be an inevita-
bic accompaniment Of their precoc-
ity.
As a consequence. precocity itself
Is held in disfsvor.
In reality. whatever shortcomings
arc displayed. the trouble is as a
rule the result Of errors OF train
ing
Precocity and abnormality do not
Of necessity go hand in hand.
know a father and mother. New
Englanders who deliberately cnlti-
waited precocity IN their four chill.
dren. The oldest boy became 50
precocious that ne was able TO pass
the entrance examination into Hsr.
ward college before he was li-at
10 -. 10 be exact.
The other children likewise far
ou,stripped their school mates But,
except for the remarkable inteller.
tual ability they have shown. they
arc normal children in every way
Indeed. all who know them agree
that they are exceptionally sttrac.
tive children.
That is due chiefly 70 the fact that
their parents have always taken
pains 10 develop in them the vir
tues of unselhshness and moral con.
troll. and 20 avoid everything that
would give them undue ideas Of
their Importance.
What usually happens in the case
OF gifted child is that the parents
become indlscreetly proud % him.
The Detroit times., 1916-06-15

They like 10 show him of 10 ad.
hiring visitors. They are continu-
ally keeping him on parade. They
never tire of singing his praises.
Or. IL they do not 90 10 this ex-
treme OF error. they nevertheless so
behave toward the child as 10 fill
, him with the notion that IL is in
hnitely superior 10 other children.
This makes him to some degree
anti-social. He exerts himself little.
il at all, TO get along with other
children. At the same time he be
comes excessively selfcentered IN
his ways Of thinking.
When he begins to go 10 school.
friction naturally develops in his
relations with the boys and girls he
meets there. They resent his con
scious or unconscious attitude OF
superiority.
He may now begin 10 brood. 10
display eccentricities OF character.
Then he becomes Enthusiastically
nervous. Finally, medical advice
has TO be sought
All this might have been averted
IL only the parents had avoided
their initial mistakes in his early
training
Mental brilliancy. accordingly, Is
not a thing 20 be dreaded in chill
dren II is a gift for which parents
should be profoundly grateful.
But. also. II is an indication that
the child thus gifted needs TO be
carefully trained against egotism
against pride. against antisocial
characteristics in general.
The Detroit times., 1916-06-15
from Another Point OF VeD
By c. T. S.

There is one thing to be said in favor
of keynoteS. They don't fall due on any
given date, and the indorser is seldom
held responsible.
1t seems the sailor who explained to
the Judge that his condition was due to
too much wine, listed to port
Col. Roosevelt is said to have been will
ing to eliminate himself, we are now told,
to insure the elimination of Wilson. 1t
cannot be very we'll denied that he has
the first half of his wish, anyway.
PUNCTUATION REMARKS
Said the foreigner q to the ny O.
such swattng,
We have with US this week the guys who
change O. into O..
All we ask is the privilege of sticking
around the cashiers window when the
visiting doctors get their bills.
Many of the physicians are sleeping in thelr
steamers on the river.--News item.
The steamer full of sleepers
Through the night time gently rocks.
Full OF doctors soundy sleeping,
SoundIy sleeping by the Docs.
Our corn crop, by the way, doesn't
promise to come up to last years. AS a
matter of fact, we aren't exactly sure, as
yet, that it will come UP at all.
Both the Republicans and the Demo-
Gratis are strong this year for the red,
white and blue only the Republicans
have a few Hughes the better of it.
For all the Democratic platform will
have to say in favor of national prohibi-
ton, we take it for granted that one of
the members of the committee on resolu-
tons is that well-known st. Louis citizen,
Bud Weser.
They cheered Wilson's foreign policy
is minutes 10 not one for Bryan.
What we would like to know, however,
is what about the patients, meantime?
IA
Safe to come out now, brother; Blue
Star day is over.
The Detroit times., 1916-06-15
The Old Gardener Says

That IL Is good plan 10 put
few extra melon seeds IN each
hill just as the first plants are
coming up. They may be con.
sidered as achievements, and
Will give bearing vines. even
though the earlier plants sue
cumb TO attacks OF the cut worm
and striped beetle. a hill as ap-
piled 10 melon culture does not
necessarily mean a mound. II
IL better 20 practice level cul.
ture than II is 10 make an ele-
walton which will throw the
water away from Tho plants like
the roof OF a house.
The Detroit times., 1916-06-15
Paper In the Home.

Advocating the increased use OF
paper appliances and utensils in the
household. writer in Good Health
says that there are now about 30
household articles made from vege-
table parchment paper-among them
ice blankets, dishcloths. bed protec.
tors. etc. The housekeepers who
have learned TO use these articles.
the writer AYERS. say that they could
not possibly do their work com
fortably without them.
The Detroit times., 1916-06-15

in the open air is perhaps the most
important oi the three.
Where the work is not very labori.
Gus and ventilation Is fair 1t Is SUI
fcient to provide for such exercise
In connection With the noon day
lunch period. which. for this reason.
should always be at least 80 minutes
long
Where the work IL laborious and
tho ventilation leaves much TO be
desired. II will pay TO have fresh air
breathing. and setting mp exercises
several times during the day.
II you do hard indoor work. how
ever. you need az least one hour for
lunch and recreation.
The Detroit times., 1916-06-15

In this connection word should
be said concerning the importance
Of proper facilities for rest and
recreation in the open air In most
Of the big downtown stores the ma
jorIty Of workers have nowhere TO
90 during the noon hour except the
street. Yet in most instances tho
roofs Of the buildings in which they
work are unused
Why not ask your employer II
you can use the roof OF your build.
Ing during lunch hours?
One large New York concern en-
ploying hundreds OF clerks. both men
and women. have provided a dancing
pavilion on one OF the upper floors
where tho employees can dance In the
fresh air. The firms officials bc.
lieva mat under proper conditions
dancing Is a wholesome form Of OK.
ercise and recreation.
The Detroit times., 1916-06-15
Child-POverty and Its
Relation to Charity

THE campaign against child pow
erty which was inaUgurated by
Judge Henry Nell when ne originated
the Mothers Pension system assumed
its most conspicuous form In the
Heating Kenyon bill This paper has
published a number OF articles on
the subject hy such eminent students
Of social science as Prof scott Near
ing and Charles Edward Russell
Amos Pinrh0t. who contributes to
this issue. IS one OF tho hest known
active workers IN sociology In the
United StateHD