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The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-04-25

gratitude he owes this faithful and
tireless little friend for the sleepless,
order that he may slumber in security
and comfort, and when It sings its
merry morning lay | have seen him,
instead of bestowing fond caresses,
reach from his warm quilts, grasp it
est and darkest corner of the room.
crushing the dainty hands that seemed
'lplifted in an attitude of horror and
protection, scornfully mutteriDg such
Uncouth and unworthy reproaches as
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-04-25

The plates, when separated from the
bony part of the animal, are very ir.
regular IN form. Being brittle, they
require careful manipulation, especs al
iy as high temperature, which would
soften them, tends to darken and cloud
the she'll They are therefore treated
at as low heat as is possible for the
work Thickness is obtained by soft.
ening several plates and then applying
pressure, when union of the surfaces
takes place. Under heat the shell also
is nodded into various artificial
forms.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-04-25
Djscourauinq COMPANY.

Mrs. Flatbush-Come over and sing
for me tonight?
Mrs. Bensonhurst-But you have
company visiting at your house,
haven't you?
Yes, but my husband thinks they
have been with US long enough"
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-04-25
Not Mind Readers.

Newed-My wife thinks you are
clever
Oldwed-You mean she says | am
Newed-Well, isn't it the same
thing?
Oldwed-Not on your life. No man
knows what woman thinks.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-04-25
Wise Suggestion.

"Asphodelia Twobble says her TEN,
permanent is going to be the death of
her yet
She ought to take something for
it.
What would you suggest?"
A husband who won't stand for
any foolishness"
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-04-25
Barefoot.

Think of the poor people who have
TO go barefoot" exclaimed the SYM
pathetic girl.
You can't always tell about the pow
erty of people who go barefoot" re-
piled her unimaginative father Some
OF them may be ballet dancers"
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-04-25
Demonstration If

Mrs. Binx-"I was just reading about
a man seventy years old who has been
sent to the penitentiary for the fifth
time for burglary" Mr.. Binx-"Yes,
OLD age steals c;l"-Boston Globe.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-04-25
Those LOVING Girls.

HaZel-He actually followed me
with his eyes for more than a block.
Aimee-And if you had only worn
a veil he probably would have fol-
lowed you with his feet.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-04-25
Still the Same.

The Chinese claim that they bred
and domesticated hogs 1900 years be-
fore the Christian era, but in all that
time the manners Of the hogs have not
improved much.-Atchison Globe.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-04-25
Cruel.

Patience-It is said the musical
acuteness of horses is shown by the
rapidity with which cavalry horses
learn the significance Of trumpet calls.
Patrice-I'll bet if you sang while
riding one he'd run away.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-04-25
The Real EIatterx

Do you think it's a good idea to tell
man funny stories when you're try
ing to jolly him?"
No. replied the veteran salesman.
Let him tell 'em to YOU"
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-04-25
Smoke" From Mount Hood

The smoke" so-called, that has
been reported rising from the crater
of Mount Hood, the extinct volcano of
Oregon, is not smoke at all, according
to F. D. Young of the United States
weather bureau. Sometimes it is
merely snow, blown from the cliffs in
side the crater by a strong wind;
sometimes it is clouds, drifting into
the crater and transformed into an
almost perpendicular column Of va
por by the rising air currents where
the cliffs converge
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-04-25

these, D that blinkety-blank
alarm clock, anyhow then return to-
MS snoring.-Zim, III Cartoon Maya
zine
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1916-11-23
OLD PAPERS WORRY CENSORS
They Should Not Be Used in Packing
Boxes for Shipment Through Any
BeIIiqerent Countries.

If you are going to ship some old
clothes to the Belglans or to anybody
else, through the belligerent countries
of Europe, don't wrap them in old
newspapers. This is the warning is
sued by Uncle Sam.
Likewise, if you are packing some
thing, don't use old magazines or pa
pers to fill the interstices to keep your
gifts from rattling around in an over
sized packing case.
Warning is being given all shippers
by the department of commerce that
delay in customs is sure to be the por-
tion of such shipments if they do not
suffer a more serious fate.
This warning is given to big ship
pers, many of whom have found old
papers and magazines a cheap and
useful packing material. Presence Of
such printed matter is a real menace
to the goods.
An Interior motive is always sus-
pected when uncensored printed mat
ter comes to a belligerent country
through channels other than the pub
lie post, where it is readily expected.
Home newspapers are censored by the
governments, and uncensored Ameri-
can papers are not appreciated by the
authorities In Out-Of-the-way corners
of packing cases.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1916-11-23
AMERICAN MONEY FOR CHINA
Rockefeller Foundation Plans to Spend
100000 on Medical College and
Hospital Buildings.

A million dollars of American money
is to be spent on buildings and equip
ment for a medical college and hos
pital at Peking, China, Uncle Sans
commercial attache at that place re-
ports. The money is to be spent by
the Rockefeller foundation.
Some time ago the foundation took
over the previously established Union
Medical college of Peking and the hos
pital operated in connection with it.
It is now proposed to build a COM
plete new plant for these institutions,
the plans calling for buildings for the
college to accommodate a maximum Of
so students and for the hospital to
provide for a present maximum Of 200
beds, with possibilities of later expan-
sion. The hospital is intended primar-
lily to provide clinical facilities for the
college, and 1t is expected to be pat
ronized mainly by the poorer classes.
The expenditure that this project
will involve is not officially stated, but
it is understood that it may run over
$1,OOO,OOO.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1916-11-23

understand their actions in terms of
our own maturer motives and values.
Or rather, there is generally no at
tempt to understand at all, merely a
measuring and critiCizing on the as
sumption that their reasons" for do
ing things are similar to our own.
The child does this and that to begin
with just because he has the impulse
to move, to work his muscles. When
he Is able to handle materials with
some precision he will make new COM
binatlOns and arrangements for no
earthly purpose whatever. There is
satisfaction in the doing, as there is
satisfaction in play, or in eating; but
there is no calculation that leads to
the adoption of means for gaining the
satisfaction. In time, however, the
girls and boys learn to select what they
will do. They will do one thing be-
cause they know they will like the re-
suits; they will do another thing be-
cause it brings them some recognition
or some material reward. But always
there will be impulses to try something
new, something that may have happy
ending, or something that may have an
unhappy ending, but the impulse is
related to the trying, to the contriving,
to the doing, and not to the possible
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1916-11-23
PLAN TO TEACH FLYING
Uncle Sans Experts Will Instruct
Civilians.
Applicants for Training, However,
Must Agree to Become Officers in
the Aviation Reserve Corps at
End of Schooling.

Civilians who meet the requirements
of Uncle Sam will have an opportunity
to become experienced aviatOrs at the
expense of the government, according
to plans that are being prepared by the
aviation branch of the United States
Signal corps In compliance with the act
of congress appropriating S13,00O,OO0
for the organization of military avia-
ton corps.
For the aviation section of the Signal
Officers Reserve corps 1t is proposed
to have 296 officers, graded from major
to second lieutenant. Those who
aspire to be officers may be taught to
fly at the expense of the government.
Applicants must be from twenty-One
to twenty-seven years old. If the can
didate is considered desirable he will
be examined physically, mentally and
morally. The physical test will be the
same as that required for officers of
the regular army who want to serve
In the Aviation corps. In the mental
test the applicant will be required to
establish the fact that he has "the
equivalent of a college education"
The candidate must state In writing
that if he passes his aviation test after
being taught aviation at the expense
of the government he will become an
officer in the Aviation Reserve corps.
Then the examining board will recon-
mend that the applicant be designated
as an aviation student. He will be sent
either to an army aviation school or
private aviation school approved by
the officer in charge of the aviation
section. When he has been taught to
fly he will be commissioned second
lieutenant.
1t is the intention to organize re-
serve aero squadrOns in various parts
of the country.
The enlisted reserve corps calls for
"a master signal electricians, 100 first
class sergeants, 291 sergeants, SAB cor
pOrals, 1881 privates, tirst-class, and
276 privates. These men will be ex-
pected to attend to the motors of the
aerOplaneS.
An officer in the reserve corps will be
commissioned for five years, after
which he may be recommissiOned in
the same or higher grades for success
sive periods of five years.
In time of actual or threatened hos
tilities officers of the reserve corps are
subject to such duty as the president
may prescribe. Heads of staff corps
when authorized by the secretary Of
war may order reserve officers to duty
for periods not exceeding Is days a
year. While so serving the officers will
be paid the same as the respective
grades In the army.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1916-11-23
TRAINING TODAYS
BOYS AND GIRLS
Spontaneous Desire to "Invent"
Is Worth Preserving.
DO NOT LOOK FOR THE MOTIVE
Impulse to Create Something Unusual
May Be Directed Into Channels
That Are Worth While With
out Being Suppressed.
ey sIDoNIE cRUENeERG.

THE first day of fathers little vaca-
! ton 1t rained, SO they could not go
on the excursion, as planned. That
gave father q chance to catch up with
some reading, as everyone had to stay
indoors. The first interruption came
when James brought him an odd con-
trivance made up of sticks and wires
and strings. James was very enthusi-
astic, and father patiently laid his
book aside to see what was going on.
"Oh, father, see how 1t looks" ex-
claimed the inventor, and as everyone
looked on he pulled one Of the strings.
There was a twisting and straining
among the sticks and wires, and one of
the sticks jerked away from it's COM
paniOns and stood out straight. The
younger members of the family were
enchanted, and the youngest said, do
it again !" But father failed to get ex-
cited.
well, what is it?" he asked.
"Oh, it's just a machine" exclaimed
James, somewhat chilled Every time
1 pull the string that stick flies up,
you see."
Yes, father saw. whats the use
Of it?" he queried, perhaps as much
to make conversation and to encourage
the child as to satisfy his own curiOs-
ity.
James had to admit that it was of no
use, but maintained stoutIy that it
worked. Father was permitted to re-
turn to his book, and the children
went back to their play. But James
had not been encouraged. On the con-
trary, he had been infected with sug-
gestlOn that might, indeed-in the
course of time-stimulate him to fur
ther effort, but one that would almost
certainly take the edge off his spon-
taneity.
Father, with his experience and with
his feeling of responsibility, had
reached the point of planning his time
and calculating his energy expen-
dltures. He knew good reason for
everything he did outside of the Or
binary routine, like reading a novel or
going to a baseball game. He also
knew a good reason why he followed
some of his routine-like hanging up
his coat or interviewing people with
his back to the window. Everything
he did was either the result Of habit
or the result of deliberate intention.
And he had forgotten that children
sometimes act without motive and
without purpose.
One of the commOnest reasons for
our failure to get along with young
children, and for our failure to get
the most out of them, is our attempt to
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1916-11-23
Bio laboratory for NAVY

Modern battleship building includes
so many complex scientific problems
that Uncle Sans navy board is plan-
ming for the construction of a complete
chemical and physical laboratory which
will conduct experiments along many
lines. 1t will be used to test out new
devices as well as to devise new ones.
The best types Of burners to use with
each of the various grades of fuel oil
and the most desirable forms of hulls
to be used for vessels of all kinds are
among the problems now requiring at
tentton and properly equipped place
for experiment. In addition to these
the continued testing of materials used
iO every branch Of shipbuilding will be
concentrated In this one great labOra-
tory.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1916-11-23
As 20 Golf.

1t was the Office of the great sport
ing newspaper, and the golf editor was
taking brief holiday. In his alb
sence the inquiries from readers
which the gOlfing man answered
through his correspondence columns
were handed to the racing editor.
(Which is the better course" wrote
an ardent follower Of the royal and
ancient game, Ito fuzzle ones putt or
to fetter on the teep
The turf man tilted back his chair
and smoked five cigarettes before TAX
ing his pen in hand. Then, when he
had come to a decision on the weighty
problem, he wrote as follows:
SHOULD a player snaggle his iron, it
is permissible for him to fuzzle his
putt; but better plan would be to
drop his guppy into the pringle and
snoodle it out with niblick."
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1916-11-23

lar academic subjects boys are required
to take practical courses in farming,
gardening, dairying, farm carpentry,
farm blacksmithing, farm engineering,
farm masonry, farm painting and shoe
and harness repairing, and all girls are
required to take courses in home cook
ing, sewing, laundering, nursing pOul-
try raising and kitchen gardening.
This course not only prepares the
Indian youth for industrial efficiency,
but at the same time helps them to
find those activities for which they are
best adapted and to which they should
apply themselves definitely during the
vocational period, the character and
amount of academic work being deter
mined by its relative value and impor-
tance as means Of solving the prob
lens Of the farmer, mechanic and
housewife.
NonessentiaIs Eliminated.
NOnessentials are eliminated. One
half of each day is given to industrial
training and the other half to academic
studies. All effort is directed toward
training Indian boys and girls for eff
ficient and useful lives under the con-
dltiOns which they must meet after
leaving school Other subjects to which
this course directs special attention
are health, motherhood and child well
fare, civics, community meetings and
extension work.
After their long course of search,
the experts of the Indian office who
have been In the closest touch with this
work say that they came to the conclu-
sion that the economic needs of all
peOple-and of the Indian especially
demand that the schools provide for
instruction along eminently practical
lines. To this end the industrial schools
were established, In which the culture
value Of education is not neglected,
but rather subordinated to the practi-
cal needs of the child's environment,
In the first or primary period, spoken
of before, the Indian child goes into
what is to him a strange land with q
strange tongue, strange habits, customs
and standards. He is lacking that five
years or so of fundamental home edu-
cation which most white children re-
ceive in our American ways of think
ing, doing and living. Officials of the
Indian office are much pleased with the
way their new method is working out.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1916-11-23

Curried Turkey.-Cut the remains
Of cooked turkey into neatly-trimmed
shreds, free from bone. To q pound
and a half Of the meat, melt two ta-
blespoOnfuls Of butter In a saucepan !;
add tablespoonful of chopped onion
and cook until q golden brown. Add
one tablespoonful of curry powder,
three teaspOonfuls of flour, one
chopped apple, one teaspOonful of
chopped coconut and salt to taste
mix well and moisten with a cupful
of stock, stir until boiling hot. Put
the lid on the pan and simmer for ten
minutes. Then add the turkey meat,
one-half cupful of milk; simmer 10
minutes and add just before serving,
one teaspOonful of lemonjuice. Serve
with boiled rice.
Turkey Outlets With Sauce.-Chop
the breast Of a cooked turkey. Put
two slices of bread in a basin, cover
with milk, and let it soak for 20 min
utes, then drain dry. Put the chopped
turkey into the basin, add four table
spoonfuls Of chopped, cooked ham, the
bread, salt, pepper and paprika to
taste, and mix well together. Divide
the mixture into equal parts; mold
them in the shape of outlets on a
Toured board, brush them with beat
en- egg and toss In smoking-hot fat,
Drain them on white paper and ar
range in a hot dish, garnish with
parsley and serve with Hungarian
sauce. For the sauce: Fry one
chopped onion in two tablespoonfuls
Of butter until brown; add half-cup.
full of grapejuice and reduce to halt
the quantity, then stir in a teaspoon.
full Of paprika and two cupfuls OF
white sauce; simmer for Is minutes
add a half-cupful Of cream, salt and
pepper to taste and add bit by bit, two
tablespOOnfuls Of butter.
Carrots cooked and mashed and
used as one does pumpkin or squash
in pie will be most appetizing.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1916-11-23

rewards Of punlshments. When the
child does something that is out Of the
ordinary we are not tn look for a pos
slble inventiveness, that may in time
be turned TO good Use.
So much of what grown-up people
do every day is relaISd to getting GER
tain rewards that We are In danger Of
overlooking the fact that we would do
quite otherwise if we were entirely
free. And we overlook the fact that
some of the best work we our
selves accomplish Is quite devoid or
any motive" of material reward. Thus
we get into the habit Of Interpreting
all conduct, including the children'A In
relation to the question whats the
use?"
But this question is quite proper, 1t
is even necessary. Children must learn
to conserve their energy and to make
full use of their time and Of their re-
sources. The only danger is that we
shall narrow the range of fuses" that
are to guide US and our children in
controlling and directing the impulses.
We must recognize that having fun
solving puzzles or cOntrlving GIN
cracks or whiting a stick Is quite as
Legitimate a motive for a child as get
ting satisfaction by mending clothes
or building a fence or making money
is for adults.
1t is better for the child to be max
ing something for the fun Of making 1t
than to do nothing for lack Of some
thing useful" to do. The Edisons and
FultOns and Howes are rare enough ;
but every normal child is considerably
more of an inventor than we ordinarily
recognize. Most of us stop inventing
rather early in life because those who
are a few years older ask the stupid
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1916-11-23

and cook until 1t threads; pour it
over the whites of two beaten eggs.
Beat until thick, then stir in three cup
fuls Of freshly popped corn. Spread
waters thickly with the mixture and
bake until brown in the oven.
Rich Little Tea cakes-Cream
three-Quarters of cupful Of butter,
add one cupful of granulated sugar
and the grated rind of lemon. Then
add five well-beaten eggs, alternately
with two cupfuls of flour, mixed and
sifted with teaspOonful of baking
powder and quarter of a teaspOonful
of salt. Beat well and after the
flour is all in add teaspoonful of va
nilla. Turn into small patty tins well
creased with washed butter. Bake Is
minutes in a moderate oven.
Shaker cookies.-Cream one cupful
of shortening and one cupful Of sugar,
add two well-beaten eggs, beat well !;
add seven-eights Of cup Of milk and
two cupfuls of flour, and salt as need
ed. If the shortening is butter, little
is all that is necessary. Add three
fourths of a teaspoonful Of soda dis
solved in a little water, one cupful Of
raisins and two cupfuls of rolled oats
which have been Drowned in the oven,
or at least thoroughly heated. Drop
by spOOnfuls on a buttered sheet.
These cookies have rich nutty flavor
owing to the Drowned oatmeal. Oat-
meal cookies are not usually baked
long enough to sufficiently cook the
oatmeal. This method OvercOmes that
difficulty.
creamed Celery and Almonds
Cook two Gupfuls Of celery, cut In inch
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1916-11-23
FEATS OF TURKISH PORTERS
Fierce Kurds Garry Great odds-No
Burden Too Great, and Their
Pay Is Small.

More varied, as spectacle, than the
yelled women of the Galata Bridge are
the hamals, or coolies. Most of these
carriers are Kurds, fierce people of the
eastern mountains who have fallen into
the low estate of selling their strength
to city dwellers.
l know the feats of transportation
achieved by Chinese servants, by Jap
anese go-rikkies, by hill women of the
Himalayas, by dusky coolies of India
and the Straits, but to the Kurdish ha-
NAL must be accorded the palm as bur-
den-bearer.
Yonder man carries on his back a
bedstead and mattress fastened on top
of great basket. The next man car
ries 20 watermelOns as one load. Here
is another with "a square feet Of plate
glass mirror in a frame, and following
him one who carries a rOll-tOp desk,
and on top of that an office chair.
There must have been a furniture sale
somewhere, for the next fellow bears a
sofa and two parlor chairs.
Now comes a hamal groaning under
the weight of two kegs of white lead
or paint-a heavier load than his
mates more snowy burden of 38 five
gallon oil cans. And here comes one
with SO wooden boxes on his back.
Not all the hamals are young and
strong. Here comes an old Albanian,
whose load of figs bends him to the
ground. AS if to point the contrast,
two boys with huge hampers on their
backs come prancing and playing
pranks.
Is not this next coolie carrying the
heaviest load of all? On his back is a
full-sized packing case, and lashed to
it are other large wooden boxes. That
is no white mans burden. A not un-
common load for hamals, l am told, is
300 pounds. Is there any other city in
the world where men work so hard to
earn five or ten cents?-Youth's Com
panion.