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The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1916-12-07
TODAYS
BOYS AND GIRLS
Their Holidays Oft DemOraIize the
Household.
PREPARATION is NECESSARY
Mental as Well as Material ReadJust
ments Must Be Made in Order to
Cope With Situation With
Success.
BY sIDoNlE M. eRUENHERe.

WITH a sigh Of relief certain moth
w er sank into a rocker and ex-
claimed: "Thank goodness this vaca-
ton is over and the children will be
back in school tomorrow"
And her expression Of relief was
echoed-uncOnsciOusly, of course-in
thousands Of homes all over the land.
Every year, several times a year,
whatever routine may have been for
tunate enough to establish In our vari-
Gus households Is rudely broken up by
the advent of holidays and vacations.
No matter how experienced we are, no
matter how carefully we plan our cal
endar and figure our budget, the hOli-
days always seem to catch us una
wares. OF course we know they are
coming. We make preparations, some
times weeks In advance, for hundred
little details. But we never seem to
anticipate the fact that the vacations
and holidays do break up the routine
for sleeping and eating and playing.
Indeed, our weekly Saturdays and Sun
days ought to teach us a lesson, but
some of us simply will not learn.
Have you never noticed that children
will sleep later on Saturdays and on
holidays than they do on ordinary
weekdays? And by the same token
they will sleep later during holiday
week than during ordinary weeks.
And then we are annoyed anew that
breakfast is late and that the whole
house is upset"-annoyed and some
what perplexed, too, for we do not seem
able to make out just what the trouble
is until it is all over.
But that is not the worst of it. There
Is always something extra to do during
these trying days-all the more reason
why we should be undisturbed-but
then the disturbance is at it's worst.
1t Is all very exasperating as we'll as
perplexing, and it only shows how pa
tient we are that there isn't more fric-
ton than there is.
But when we come to think of it, the
children are not so much to blame. If
there are boys or girls home from col
lege or boarding school, don't they
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1916-12-07
They Will Sleep Later During the
Holidays.

want to spend much time with their
friends? You wouldn't have it other
wise; yet that means visiting and en-
tertaining-and you have to take YOUR
share. And 1t means getting ready and
keeping appointments - or missing
them-and coming home late, and then
perhaps little more conversation with
the door half open; and all of these
things do so break up the even tenor
OF older peoples ways.
Then there is the excitement hat
goes through the air; you simply can
not escape it. And the noise itself is
distracting enough. Nor are the young
er children any more restful. Every
body seems to feel inspired by the
anarchy of interrupted routine of
work and play.
And it always takes us by surprise.
But why can we not be prepared? 1?
Well, we can If we know just what it
Is that we are to prepare for. We are
prepared with the additional apples or
cookies, and we usually have our dec
orations and hOusecleaning off our
hands in time. But the Irregularities
of the children's free time find us
mentally nnprepared. The fact is that
although we have again and again ex-
perienced the distraction that comes
at these times, we persist in keeping
our thoughts in their familiar ruts,
with the result that the demands upon
our attention made by the children
come as disturbances, and we resent
them.
The kind of preparedness needed by
the parent for meeting the trying or
deals Of the children's days at home is
entirely a mental one. 1t is, in fact,
nothing but assuming the appropriate
state of mind. And the problem is one
that every woman can understand from
her own experience. Just imagine, for
example, that you made an afternoon
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1916-12-07

The well-dressed stranger stepped
into the drug store and, passing by
the boy who usually attended to casual
customers, approached the proprietor,
who was arranging some goods in the
show case.
"Mr. c., presume? he re-
marked, pleasantly, and the druggist
turned and bowed gravely. Il have
heard my friend, Mr.. Quorn, speak of
you often" said the brisk man. HE
told me if ever needed anything in
this line to come to you. He spoke of
you as a man on whom one could rely
with perfect confidence, who had only
the best of evrything and with whom
it was always pleasure to deal"
"Mr. Quorn is very kind" answered
the other, beaming with qualification.
"He is one of by best customers. What
can do for you this mOrning?"
"Well-er-this morning, as it hap
pens," said the stranger, with just a
little briskness, "this morning l should
like, if you will allow me, to consult
your directory"
Certainly" was the calm reply. 1--WE
also have a good selection of one and
two-cent stamps as well as railway
time tables, If you need anything of
that kind"
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1916-12-07
franklin Objects Seriously.

She isn't very large, that's true, but
being q county seat, and bOaSting of
a college, several factories, flour mills,
railways, interurbans and her lately
acquired Masonic home, Franklin feels
that she Is not town to be passed
lightly by, in fact, she knows her i'm
pOrtance, and thought that everyone in
the state realized it until she was
taken down a bit lately. During the
big conference of the Methodist
churches held recently in the town a
meeting of the indianapolis presbytery
was in session at the same time at
HOpewell, a country church in a pros
porous farming community a few
miles out. One of the Presbyterian
delegates, on leaving the train Joined
in the throng headed for the Method
iSt church. When it came to regis
tering, some of his inquiries caused
someone to suggest that probably he
was in the wrong place, and he asked
innocently: Isn't this HOpewell?"
mo, this is Franklin" was the proud
reply.-IndianapOl News.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1916-12-07

Irwin Cobb, the war correspondent,
home from Europe long enough recent
ly to get his breath and look over the
proof sheets of new book, attended
an authors banquet in New York.
A deaf man sat next to Cobb. Far
ther down the table another man told
a funny story, and when he finished,
the deaf man laughed and applauded
louder and longer than any Of the
rest.
"GOod old boy" shouted the deaf
man. "That reminds me of story" he
added to those near by.
"Get up and tell 1t, Charlie" cried
several. The toastmaster sanctioned
the suggestion.
Then the deaf man got up and told
the same story the other man had told.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1916-12-07

presently, VIII Immediately assume,
has indeed already assumed, magni-
tude unprecedented in our experience.
We have not the necessary instrumen-
talities for its prosecution; 1t is
deemed to be doubtful whether they
could be created upon an adequate
scale under our present laws. We
should clear away all legal obstacles
and create a basis of undOubted law
for it which will give freedom without
permitting unregulated license. The
thing must be done now, because the
opportunity is here and may escape US
if we hesitate or delay.
Porto Rieo's Needs.
The argument for the proposed
amendments of the organic law Of POr-
to Rico Is brief and conclusive. The
present laws governing the island and
regulating the rights and privileges Of
Its people are not just. We have Gre
ated expectations of extended privi-
lege which we have not satisfied.
There is uneasiness among the people
of the island and even a suspicious
doubt with regard to our intentions
concerning them which the adoption Of
the pending measure would happily re-
move. We do not doubt what we wish
to do in any essential particular. We
ought to do 1t at once.
There are other matters already ad-
vanced to the stage Of conference be-
tween the two houses of which 1t is
not necessary that l should speak.
Some practicable basis of agreement
concerning them will no doubt be found
and action taken upon them.
Inasmuch as this is, gentlemen, prob
ably the last occasion shall have to
address the Sixty-fourth congress, 1
hope that you will permit me to say
with what genuine pleasure and salts
faction have cO-Operated with you in
the many measures of constructive pol
icy with which you have enriched the
legislative annals of the country. 1t
has been a privilege to labor in such
company. l take the liberty of con-
graduating you upon the completion Of
a record of rare serviceableness and
distinction.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1916-12-07
SIGHT TO BE REMEMBERED
Dances of the Turning and HowIing
DerVishes Hypnotic Spectator
From the West.

The dervishes Of COnstantinople are
one of those sights of the Orient which
the western visitor sees, as rule,
with the all-embracing and apathetic
tourist curiosity that will regard any
thing from an execution in China to
famine in India in the light of a curl
Gus entertainment. There is no more
horribly fascinating spectacle in the
East than these dervishes, and he
must be thick-skinned indeed who can
come away without feeling that he has
brushed the edge Of mystery-crude
and savage mystery, perhaps, but mys-
terry none the less.
There are two kinds of dervishes,
the dancing or turning dervish, and
the bowling dervish. Both are relig-
ious orders, and their orgies are mys-
tic and devotional in principle and In
tentiOn, but they have about them
more of the character of black magic.
The turning dervishes dance on a
raised, waXed platform, anonymously
reminiscent of q dance floor at Coney
island. A little gallery is provided
where tact and backsheesh may pro-
cure seat for the European visitor,
A primitive orchestra of drums and
flutes provides music whose quality is
almost solely rhythmic, embroidered
by the ghost of thin tune from the
eerie flutes.
With elaborate ceremonial the derv.
ishes step one by one upon the floor.
bowling deeply each to his companions
and to the master Of ceremonies. Slow.
ly, one by one, they begin to turn,
around and around, with 1.-the, snake.
like movements. The drums beat out
q mufled tempo, the floor is maze Of
sinuOuS Circling forms that turn, each
on his own heel, while circllng in
smooth patterns singly and in groups
about each Other-a maze, q tangle,
of blending that draws and tires and
hypnOtizes the eye as 1t lifts the per.
formers into a mechanical ecstasy.
The bowling dervishes are Of anOth,
er and more violent order. Their
dance is one of mad, cOnvulsive con-
tOrtions that seem to rack their tor.
tured bodies in time to the beat of the
drums. Low groans tear from their
throats in the same inexOrable tempo
1t is a physical pain to watch them
Before the ceremony is half over they
are in semiCataleptic state, dead to
the world, but still jerking and twist.
ing in rhythm. The spectacle is not
pretty, but it leaves an impression
that cannot be lightly tossed off.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1916-12-07
Sensible Idea in Japan.

In Japan the nursery Is still protect
ed from the inroads of measles and
other infections by means of an in
scriptiOn over the nursery door saying
with exquisite urbanity this child is
not at home" In the Welcome His
torical Medical museum, says the Lon
don Lancet, most fascinating exhibit
ton is on view, illustrative of Jap
anese charms, amulets, votlve offerings
and objects of medical interest" "
among which these nursery notices Oc-
cupy an important place. Akin to these
notices are the charms embodied as
toys. A yellow tiger with a wagging
head is now said to be toy, but an
ciently it was a form Of exorcism
against palsy and numbness of the
limbs.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1916-12-07

of interest. And when it Is all over
we still feel that we have experienced
a real hardship.
When the holiday season next ap-
prOaches-and, so far as the children
are concerned, there is respite from
routine every week-let us be prepared
by clearing the decks, as far as possi-
BILE, of all thoughts and concerns that
are not Immediately related to the chill
dren's own interests. Let us then give
the children, while we are with them,
our undivided attention, confident that
our neglected cares will receive their
due share when the children are about
their business.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1916-12-07

The undertaken arose and said to
the mourners assembled:
'lf anyone present wishes to say a
few words of tribute to the deceased,
now is the time, when the family will
be glad to hear SUCH"
A stiffness prevailed, and after a
few moments of silence it was broken
by young man, who arose and
asked:
"Do understand that no one wishes
to make any remarks"
ut would appear so," replied the
undertaken.
"Then," asked the young man, as a
light came into his eyes, may 1 be
permitted to make few remarks
about southern California and its won
derful climate|
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1916-12-07
Needles Made of Bone.

The needle is one of the very old
domestic instruments. The earliest
were probably Of bone. Steel needles,
close upon the modern style, were
made by the MoOrs at a very early
period, and there is record of their
introduction into England In the four
teenth century that the matchmaking
industry became quite an important
one in England, and companies were
formed for making them. Needles
made of fish bone, bone of other ami
mails and also of ivory, sometimes hav-
ing an eye at one end and sometimes
having an eye in the middle, have been
found among the refuse Of the cave
dwelling peoples of Europe. The ma
chinery now employed in making nee
dies Of the many kinds used in sew
ing is quite as wonderful as the ma
chinery used in making the pins that
the world uses so recklessIy.-Wash-
ington Star.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1916-12-07
GOOD FOR HUNGRY CHILDREN

Children love Skinner's Macaronl
and Spaghetti because of it's delicious
taste. 1t is good for them and you
san give them all they want. 1t is a
great builder of bone and muscle, and
toes not make them nervous and irri-
able like meat. The most economical
and nutritious food known. Made from
the finest Durum wheat. Write Skin
ler Mfg. Co., Omaha, Nebr., for beau
dful cook book. 1t is sent free to
motherS.-Adv.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1916-12-07

zantine ecclesiastical architecture even
more beautifully, in certain ways, than
those of COnstantinOple. Moreover,
they make up among them a museum
of the lost Byzantine art of mosaic
unrivaled save in Constantinople and
Ravenna.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1916-12-07

DOctor-Why were you rejected?
Applicant (smiling)-For imbecility
"What do you do for a llving?"
Nothing; I have an income of sixty
thousand francs"
Are you married"
"Yes."
"What does your wife doT"
Nothing; she is richer than l."
"You are no imbeclle. Passed fol
general service."-London Daily News
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1916-12-07
salonlkl.s Old chupnh..-

The finest remains OF the ancient
city Of SalOniki are its churches. How
they ever survived the tempests of the
Middle Ages is miracle. Neverthe-
ness they did, % of them. And they
stand today, turned back into churches
after their 500 years Of use as
mosques, illustrating the story of BY.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1916-12-07
Never ThOuuht Of That.

If q man will confine his diet to
bananas alone he may live to be 250
years old. That's what scientist
says. But just imagine what would
happen If there should be an unex-
pected shortage in the banana crop
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1916-12-07
Looking for Improvemert,

"Bliggins says he's an anarchist"
"HOpe he is."
"Why%
Even anarchists have some feel
Ings. When they find they're com
PEELED to associate with a man lik,
Bligglns, maybe some oP them win rs
FORM"
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1916-12-07
Consistent Economy.

"People are undoubtedly making a
proper effort to avoid wasting paper"
remarked Mr.. Chuggins.
"HOw do you knOw?"
II just bought one of those Fliv.
word autos and the man asked me If l
wanted it wrapped up"
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1916-12-07

"Pa, what's meant by party afilia-
tiOnY"
That's a term used by diplomatic
persons to conceal the real motive
which prompts men to hang together
in the hope Of sharing the spoils of Of
fee"
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1916-12-07
It All Depends.

Shifting his Tyre a mighty blow Click
FocEele sings, "What is one mans
sweet is anOther's sour, and it always
will be so; when the cold days make
the Ice man dour they make the coal
man dough. City Star.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1916-12-07

The value Of all kinds of Rah land.
ed in England and Wales in ode year
Is over SS5,OO0,00O. and the number
Of men and boys employed over 4O.0O0
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1916-12-07
LARGEST Peanut Fields.

The largest peanut fields in the
world are in Guinea, on the west
coast of Africa, where peanuts are
grown by hundreds Of tons. Most of
the African peanuts are shipped to
France.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1916-12-07

London still Clings to very old Gus.
tom In case Of an accident. The victim
Is carried away to the hospital on a
kind Of stretcher on two wheels, No
ambulances Hre used
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1916-12-07
Preserving a Sense of Security.

FTSsCTVIHY q oGHse OF oeCUTILy.
"Do you think the electoral college
should be abolished"
mo" replied Senator Sorghum;
"nOw and then few men should be
permitted to take part in an election
with no fear of heckling and with alb
solute confidence in the result"
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1916-12-07
MiilIlnn 70 Go Anlf Mav.

Wife-'TOm, won't you give up
smoking for my sakef" Hub-"Cer-
tainly, my love. IL you'll allow me to
smoke for my own sake."-BOston
Transcript,
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1916-12-07
Givinu Il Credit.

SIS your mOtorcar self starter?"
mo" replied Mr.. Chugglns. II have
to crank it up. But it's self-stopper,
all right"
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1916-12-07

1t is an i'll wind that blows contrary
to the predictions of a weather pro-
phet.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1916-12-07

DR.. Peery's Dead Shot" Is powerful and
prompt but safe One dose only is enough
to expel Worms OF Tapeworm. No castor
oil necessary. Adv.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1916-12-07

Argentina is constructing a single
irrigation system which will cost S6O,.
100000.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1916-12-07

The cheerful feeling you
possess after a drink of
something hot and flavory
should be only the beginning
of your satisfaction.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1916-12-07

For this very reason more
and more people are turning
from coffee to
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1916-12-07
Instant Postum

A lessened tendency to such
annOyances as nervousness
and sleeplesSness repays
them
A ten-day trial of this de.
lightful, flavOry hot drink has
assisted 60 many to health
and comfort that your friend,
the Postum drinker, viii tel
you ito well worth while.
"There's a Reason"
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1916-03-07
His Definition.

1t is reasonable to suppose
that Christ, the author and
founder of the Christian reli-
gion, knew what constitutes
Christianity. You and | are alb
surd when we endeavor to say
what Christianity is. Only He
can fix the metes and bounds
of it, define it, and fix it's laws.
He founded his religion on
love, and on that foundations
erected a noble structure. Hear
him:
IF we love me, keep my COM
mandments~"
"If ye keep my command
ments, we shall abide IN my
love"
This is my commandment,
that ye love one another"
"Ye are my friends, if ye do
whatsoever | command ye."
Thou shalt love the Lord thy
God with all thy heart, and with
all thy soul, and with all thy
mind This is the first and
greatest commandment, and the
second is like unto it: Thou shalt
love thy neighbor as thyseif. On
these two commandments hang
ALL the law and the prophets"
How can any man fail to un-
derStand so simple a matter?
The whole OF the Christian reli-
gion- the whole of our duty to
the Creator, the whole OF our
obligation 10 enc another, yea,
even the GreGi God himsef-alT
are eXplainet nd comprised in
this one word Love. FGU it is
Tritten, God is love.
Creeds and IS and isms may
spring up v hout end, and
smooth and usible men may
seek to diStI and twist and
modify and eX ain away; cranks
may lay strees lpon minor points
and rascals may divert the
truth to thei own ends, but
throughout I'll eternity the
words of the Christ viii remain
firm and true, and those who
love Him viii follow in humble,
ehild-like faith the inexpressible
beauty and S)Gmdless compre-
hension of That phrase: Love
one another tauntain Inn Trib-
une.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1916-03-07
Grippe.


Grippe, more commonly SMELL
ed grip, has caused more deaths
than tuberculosis or SMALLPOX
1t is infectious, and has been
recognized as a distinct disease
Tor more than four hundred
years.
1t has, in times past, swept
over continent with fearful
mortality, and at one time the
entire civilized world was af-
tllcted and sailors on the high
seas did not escape.
Grippe is specifically much
IKE the common cold, but its
germ-a cylinder-is as distinct
and individual under a micro
scope as the germ of typhoid.
The disease is transmitted bv
sneezing, coughing, splitting, and
using common drinking vessels,
And because all people are care
less, the world has not been free
.of the disease for centuries.
Some years, when the disease
IS epidemic, it is mild. This year
the reverse is true, and many
deaths are reported from differ
ent sections of the country.
The symptoms are distinct.
The muscles become tender: the
bones and Joints ache; there is
severe pain in the temples and
at the back of the head; the
throat swells and becomes raw.
and the membraneous Innings
eXude a yellow substance. Oc-
caSionally there is vomiting, and
always nausea.
The place for a grippe patient
in bed. A little exposure will
probably result in grippal pneu-
monia. If the patient refuses
20 give up, and goes about his
IffaiTs, a nervous and physical
breakdown is probable.
The mental depression that is
part Of the malady makes a
crouch of the patient, and he
becomes unfit for human soci-
ETY..
1t might be added that short
,Omings in this weeks Tribune
nay be laid to the fact that the
aditor has it.-Fountain Inn
Tribune.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1916-03-07
KEEP OYSTERS BY FREEZING
experiments Made by New Jersey
Man Show sivaIves Alive After
Six Weeks.

Sayville, N J.-Preserving shell
oysters in cold storage has been sue
cessfully tried by Capt. Frederick
Ockers of West Sayville.
Il am convinced that frozen oysters
will live for a great length of time"
he says. They will practically be in
a state of suspended animation and
can be kept indefinitely until wanted.
Then they may be gradually thawed
back to life"
Captain Ockers' idea is that during
suspended animation their condition
will be similar TO that OF the frog
frozen i'll cake OF ice. Captain 0ck.
ers believes that oysters can be put
into the freezer in April or any other
time when they are in prime condi-
zion and held for a favorable market.
He has made successful experiments
up to six weeks, and believes that IL
an oyster can be frozen for six weeks
and still live the process may be ex-
tended indefinitely.