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The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1917-12-06

l arrived here week ago today
and l surely do like this life. We
were examined for eight hours
straight and am proud to say that I
got the highest mark out Of two
hundred ind fifty fellows. We got
our first "shot" in the arm Friday
night and it sure was warm work loos-
eu.ng up in the ul"'oing.
am mostly interested in the kitch-
en- now for l am much despised
"K. M" Maybe you don't understand
that but if you rolled out at 4:3O and
set tables; washed diches and peeled
spuds you would soon learn. We all
get turn at the punk (waiting on
table) in the due course Of things. l
have been on for twentyfour hours
and have twenty four more to put in.
l hit it unlucky for we had to serve
Thanksgiving day. Maybe we didn't
feed well. I am sending you menu
of our dinner. We don't get all meals
like this but we are fed all we can
eat. If you don't think so you ought
to see me. l weighed 161 lbs. when l
came here and now 1 tip the beam at
165 even. 1t doesn't seem possible but
either those scales are Icing or l am.
All Joking aside 1 am giving it to you
straight.
Carl Gingery left here Wednesday
for Fort Sam Houston. Wish l were
with him as it is muddy and mud here
means clay mud up to your shoe tops.
If you don't believe it just come down
here and keep your shoes shined up
for parade. Our company leaves here
in week or ten days for the same
place that Carl is. Neil Hopkins and
one of the Scott twins are down here
and l ran into all three of them the
first night here. There are about
5000 of us here and all the way from
a hundred and fifty to three hundred
coming in each day and parts of COM
panies going out each day.
If they start fund up there for the
Y. M. C. A. for the sake of our boys
help it along for you don't know how
much it does for the fellows down
here. If it were not for the "Y" we
would go crazy for want of something
to do nights. They have show of
some kind or an entertainment of
musical or literary program every
night here at the "Y" or there is al
ways a moving picture show at the
Post Hall. s-
Well must quit but please donf
forget me if You aren't too busy and
write me.
Tell every one hello for me at the
house and if any one asks why don't
write to them tell them TO 60 in
kitchen from a. m. to 7 D. m. ano
they will know why l don't. woult
like to hear from them all and / will
write as soon as get time.
Solomon Dewey,
Aviation Division Sig. Corps.
The following menu shows what the
boys didn't miss at home Thanksgiv-
ing day:
MENU.
Oyster Soup
Oysterettes
Sweet Pickles Olives Dill Pickles
Roast Turkey
Sage Dressing
Giblet Gravy Celery Cranberries
Cold Sliced Ham
Mashed Potatoes Dreamed Peas
Cold Slaw
French Dressing
Hot Minced Pie Assorted Cake
Oranges Apples Bananas
Butter
Bread Sweet Cider Coffee
Cigars
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1917-12-06
THANKS RED CROSS.

Another of the many letters of ap-
probation to the Red Cross from the
boys in service has arrived and is
herewith published. This one is from
Arthur Weyrauch. That the work of
the Red Cross is greatly appreciated
is shown by the letters that continue
to pour in.
Cambridge, Mass, Dec. I, 1917.
10 the Ladies of the Red Cross,
Sank Centre, MINI.
Dear Ladies'
Just line to express my sincere
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1917-12-06

REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS.
Joseph w. Ward to Nettie K.
Lewis, south IS # of lot II
blk 1, James add Sank Centre 500
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1917-12-06
in this cold weather, to warm Their

in this cold weather, to warm their
houses.
ut is hoped that this general state
ment will satisfy the women of this
country who have been devoting all
their possible time to knitting for our
men. We cannot too strongly urge
all women who are now knitting to
keep on knitting"
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1917-12-06

The prudent farm gets good results
by using the Herald want column,
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-03-23
New Year.
BY RAY .. HOFFMAN,.

Gaze forth on the bright. shining sun
of tomorrow,
Think not of the faults and mistakes
of the past,
Nor drink from the gall favored goblet
of SORROW
Take one backward look and let that
be your last.
The old year has gone and the new is
before us,
The road to the future is open to
you,
So mingIe your voice with the joy
swelling chorus
And heed to the call of the year that
Is new;
Away with the thoughts and the words
pessimistic,
The wrongs of the past and the
things that annoy;
But substitute action and deeds opti-
mistic
And anchor yourself in the harbor
Of Joy.
The future depends upon striving and
trying
And doing your best with your own
little part,
The slogan of all should be "Doing or
DYING
Just swing into line with good rum
ming start.
Forget all things past that are border
ed with sadness.
Retain only that which is wholesome
and sweet;
Oh may the new year be o'erhowing
with gladness-
A gladness unstinted. infinitely COM
plete.
So keep straight ahead on the new
opened highway.
The sunshine is bright and the sky
is clear blue;
Retrace not the past's narrow, rough
ened old byway.
But travel the road of the year that
Is new.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-03-23
TRAINING 7ODAlYs
BOYS AND GIRLS
What the Little Ones Should
Learn, and How.
FORCING SYSTEM IS WRONG
Differences Between Information.
knowledge and Wisdom, and the
Value of Experience a. q
Teacher of Children.
BY sIpoNIE M. GUTENBERG.

BY sIpoNIE M. GUTENBERG. ..
rs 1T not true that every parent
] wishes to give his children the full
benefit Of all the accumulated wisdom
Of the past? And 1t is quite natural
for parents to do so, since they are
old enough to realize how wasteful 1t
Is for the child to get all his expert
ence atkirst hand. To learn, and learn,
andz learn, while children are still
young and capable of learning; to
learn while they are still young and
quite incapable Of doing anything
else worth while-that would seem to
be the ideal life for children. Yes.
by all means, have the children learn.
But learn what? And learn how?
These questions do not seem to have
received quite so much attention as
they really deserve. We have been
SO Overawed by the vastness of the
worlds learning, and we have been so
conscious of the fact that the heap is
constantly growing, that we have al
lowed ourselves to look upon the
knowledge of the ancients as sacred
treasury that must be preserved at all
cost, and that must be injected into
children to the limit Of their capaci-
ties.
Without in any way disparaging the
value of accumulated experience, it is
fair to ask whether we have been al
together wise in our pursuit of learn
ing-fOr the children's sake. Is it
not true that we have too readily ac-
cepted the written word as something
worth while in itself? Have we not
too commonly confused information
with knowledge, and knowledge with
wisdom?
In recent years there seems to have
been a wave of frantic fear among
many conscientious parents that the
prevailing methods of instruction are
too slow to give the children all Of the
needed learning. Or perhaps 1t has
been a keen realization of the tremen-
dous store that has to be gathered in
a few short years. At any rate there
has been an eager searching for a
method Of filling the children's knowl-
edge reservoirs more expeditiously
and more cOmpactiy. So we have the
monstrous sight Of three-year-old girl
reading and of a six-year-Old COM
posing poetry.
1t is not to be denied that the world
Is quite full Of a number of things,
many Of which are worth understand
ing. 1t is also true that If you catch
child young you may get more into
him before he escapes than you could
If you delayed your capture. But just
what good does 1t do a child Of eight
to "read Shakespeare"-as many chill
dren Of eight have done? OF course,
they pronounce all the words correctly,
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-03-23
The New Years Coming.
BY FREEMAN e. MILLER.

Better hurry, Mister New Year! We've
been waiting, waiting long
For the rOmping of your rapture and
the laughter of your song,
And the gate is standing open where
the living dreams are sweet
While the happy hands of welcome
scatter roses for your feet.
Hurry. Mister New Year,
There's welcome warm for you.
Where the hearts of hope are wait
ing
And the dreams are coming true!
Hurry, Mister New Year! We are
weary of the king
That has ruled so long with sorrow
he's forgotten how to sing
We are weary of his scepter and the
burdens that he knew,
And we're waiting in the highways
with a welcoming for you!
Hurry, Mister New Yearl
Lo, the morning purple CLEANS,
And the heart of hope is waiting
For the browning of it's dreams!
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-03-23
Lived In Historic Era,

Marie de Rabutin Chantal, known
to the world as Nine. Sevigne. is sup.
posed to have been born In Burgundy,
at the chateau Of Boubilly. in 1926
though both date and place are some
what obscure. In 1914 she married
Marquis de Sevigne. Her unhappy
marriage was terminated by the death
Of the marquis seven years afterward
in duel. The young widow then de-
voted herself entirely to her children.
When her daughter was married to
Marquis de Grignan, the consequent
separation caused the correspondence,
which although not intended for pub
LEGATION. made her name celebrated,
for she associated with the principal
actors in the Civil war Of the Fronde.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-03-23
Goodby, Old Year.
BY THEODORE II. BoIcE.

The time has come to say goOdby,
Old Year. for we must part;
And It's reluctantly we speak
The word that wrings the heart.
For you have been a faithful friend
Through all your twelve-month stay.
A friend who chung to us by night
And walked with us by day.
We well remember when you came,
A bright and smiling youth.
With all the promises of hope
And all the cheer of truth.
We hailed you then with merry shouts.
And fOndly clasped your hand;
With you we started on the road
To newer conquests planned.
Meath sunny skies we journeyed on
Along life's thoroughfare.
And you were ever at our side,
In all our joys to share.
Through days Of toll and days of rest
We always found you near,
A loyal friend, companion true.
With purpose ever clear.
When skies were dark, and rough the
way,
And grief and trouble came,
You through misfortune to us chung,
Your friendship e'er the same.
Through summers heat and winters
cold,
Through gladness. doubt and fear.
You with us steadfastly remained
A loyal friend. Old Year.
But now you're sadly aged, old friend,
Your hair is white as snow;
Your steps. once firm, are faltering.
And you desire to go,
We cannot keep you 'gainst your will,
And so It's with a sigh
We clasp your trembling hand and say
"GOOdby, Old Year, goOdby"
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-03-23
Little New Year.
By KATHERINE FAITH.

The old, old Year goes out at the door
But the little New Year comes in;
And to take the place of the sQuan
dered days
There's Year just about to begin
He's a dear little chap. is the small
New Year,
And deep in his eyes Of blue
Is the promise Of all the joy that life
Is holding In store for you.
Health's shining there-if you'll cross
your heart
To live with a wise discretion
And then follows Sleep. and then tol-
lows Play.
And Love joins the dim procession.
And trailing behind are the ghosts Of
the years
That wait on the Grown-Up Shore.
And haunt all the paths of After-a-
While
That lead to the Futures door.
The New Year stands on his tippy-tOes
And puts in your two brown hands
The reins of his steeds. CAN and
WILL
To drive through the deep life sands.
And hard he stares with his wistful
eyes,
Wondering if you'll get through
And hoping that all of the dreams he's
dreamed
Will have the good taste to come
true.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-03-23
NOTES

II old pots are used for potting
bulbs they should be thoroughly
scrubbed and washed inside and out.
Do not use too large pots for bulbs.
Four-inch pots will hold one hyacinth
bulb and a six-inch pot will hold five
tulips or five Roman hyacinths; three
hyacinths or three narcissi.
When pots of bulbs are placed in
dark, cool cellars or closets, give them
only sufficient water to keep the soil
moist. Examine them frequently and
see that the soil does not become dry.
Six weeks Is the usual time that
bulbs require to make a good root
growth. but some may require more
and some less time. When top growth
is an inch high. the roots are possibly
sufficiently developed so the plant can
be started In growth. Stand the plants
on a table or the floor and cover with
a newspaper for few days before ex-
posing to the strong light. Allow this
to remain for few days and then
gradually reduce and admit light. Az
soon as the plant assumes deep green
color 1t may have unobstructed light.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-03-23
ROSES GREATEST PRODUCT
BY ELIZABETH VAN BENTHUYsEN.

- ..s@SS. NV 06tN ~ 06tV.
1T is not often in this war-ridden pc
Rod that any gentle bit of information
comes from the zone of cannon and
shell. but here is most vitality inter.
esting bit of knowledge which has been
turned up, as it were, by the point of
the bayOnet and sent to us officially
from Sophia.
1t puts a new light upon altar of
roses and offers not only an intensely
interesting insight into the most valu-
able character Of rose culture, but. per-
haps, a valuable light for the guidance
OF the American culturists, notably
along the Pacific coast, where roses are
raised In many places so prOfusely that
hedges and lamp post and telephone
pOle-Ornaments are fashioned from the
virile growths.
Once We had the idea that weird
procession Of camels, winding slowly
along the Persian heights, brought sea-
ward the altar Of roses and that the
shah's domain had a monopoly In this
line. Later the Turk came to be re-
garded as a competitor for the honors
of getting the most concentrated es-
sence known from the blossoms.
Now comes the official information
that Rose Valley, In Bulgaria, is the
worlds greatest source Of the costly
perfume and that the Bulgarian pro-
fusion Of rose culture has cut the price
Of altar Of roses from the old $50 an
ounce down to SIP.
We learn these things, and the &C
companying absorbing detail, all be-
cause the Bulgarians are disturbed In
this gentle occupation by the more
pressing business Of meeting the
allied arms ON the south and the
Roumanians and the Russians to the
north. We have little interest in their
clash Of arms on this page, other than
, as it interferes with the worlds great
est rose garden.
The Bulgarian rose district lies on
the south side Of the Balkan mountains
in territory that once belonged to Tur-
key. 1t is 1900 feet above the sea
level and constitutes a district about
as long as Long island and twice as
wide. There are in Rose Valley alone
10000 acres Of roses and the atmOs-
phere is so pregnant with the odOr
of the blossoms that 1t Is like standing
in the doorway of a flower shop to
enter the fairy realm.
The roses are both red and white,
although the red. being the stronger.
is preferred for making altar of roses.
The young rose bush Is planted 10
inches deep in a mixture of earth and
manure. and when it is once tucked
away, after May Of the third year it
becomes paying property fer the next
20 years.
The distillers take from the Bulga-
rian REALM every year about 100000
roses. 1t is estimated that it takes 200
roses to make pound and that the an
nual crop is about twenty tons. 1t
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-03-23

and they even offer you a good imita-
ton of expression" 1t is not difficult
to teach ordinary children to read at a
very early age. 1t is not difficult to
have them read a great deal and to
reproduce much of what they read. But
what is the use of all this? The as
sumption is that the more the child
reads the more he will remember, and
the more he remembers the better off
he Is.
The facts Of the child's DEVELOPMENT,
however, are against the forcing sys-
TEN Of education. We can make a
child reproduce beautiful passages
from our 'best authors" long before
we can give him an inkling Of what
the authors are talking about. The
child may read about passions and in
trigue. but he gets only words and
high-sounding phrases. We may keep
the child at our side and fill him up
with a thousand facts of history and
enough other words to qualify him for
three or four GRADES ahead of his
years. But this learning does not add
to the child's power. because it has no
real meaning ~ hint is not con-
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-03-23
Hospitals for Animals.

There is in India a sect called jams
one of the articles Of whose creed Is
that men should not only do no harm
to animals, but should protect their
lives and cure their ills. The jams
have many hospitals where sick and
MANNED animals are tenderly cared
for.
The piOus Jain who meets on the
road wounded animal stops to take
care Of 1t or receives 1t into his dwell
ing. The hospital at Bombay is stu.
ated in the center of the most denscly
populated quarter of the "Black
Town" and all visitors are freely ad-
mitted.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-03-23
New Year Greetings.
BY r. T. HART.

From out of the dark and silence
And separation long
In grateful, glad remembrance
l send this little song:
The year has seemed a long one
Without your voice. your smile,
Yet blessed, holy memories
Have cheered each weary mile.
In absence still cherish
These memories of you
And send these lines on New Years
morn
To pledge my faith anew.
God grant that ere it closes
All blessings 1t may bring
To you whO've frightened many years,
And to whom now / will sing.
May it be bright and happy
And may it's smiles and tears
Weave DER your life a rainbow
OF hope for all your years.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-03-23
DECORATING THE TABLE
ev L. M. BENNINGTON,

1t Is not necessary to have any un-
limited bank account or big credit with
a florist In order to see that the table
Is supplied with tasteful decorative
effect. Plants grown In the window
can be made to do the double duty Of
Frightening the house and giving a
finishing touch to the table.
There is nothing better In the whole
list for making the table CHEEKY than
the Asparagus Plumosus. The dainty
foliage of this fine plant Is like lace.
The plant can be made to take the low,
broad aspect that Is 80 essential to t.
BILE decoration. All that Ii required 10
to pinch the young fronds a. soon -
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-03-23

takes 10000 roses to produce an ounce
of altar. War and weather cut the
output this year to 10000 ounces. al
though normally the country does
twice that volume of business.
When the roses rach the distiller he
takes 20 pounds of roses and Is gal
Ions of water and makes his first mix
ture. From this he gets 80 pounds Of
rose water. This is again distilled to
make the concentrated extract. The
altar is the cream that rests on top
Of the Redistribution. 1t is SKINNED OF
much like the farmer skins his milk.
There is serious opportunity for the
western culturist in America In this in
dustry. l understand that experts are
studying the Bulgarian reports to see
what real prospect may be found for
us. New York. London and Paris are
the chief markets for the output.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-03-23
nected with his emotions and expert.

ucCtcu Will uhS 0kuOtiOuS duu expert
ence.
There Is real danger In the at.
tempt to shorten the childs develop
Ing period by forcing him to an early
completion Of the school work. The
fact that the child Is capable of pass
Ing the school tests In fewer years
than are ordinarily required may not
be real gain. II 1t were possible
to make the child condense his valu-
able experience so that he would at
ten Years Of age be where most chill
dren are at fourteen. that would be
worth considering. In so fur as learn
Ing represents condensed experience It
Is worth while; In so far. however. as
II Is merely a mass of words about ex-
perience. 1t Is worse than useless.
There Is another danger In the con-
centrated learning theory Of bringing
up children. The most valuable part
OF the child's education during the
early years. so far as the school
Is concerned, has to do with
learning how to get along with
other children-with other people,
that is. And this is the chief ad-
vantage of the kindergarten or school
during these years. The problem Of
the adjustment of the individual to the
group. and from this the individuals
discovery of his own personality, is
the most significant part of education.
We are likely to have the choice be-
tween more individual instruction and
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-03-23
Hospitality.

Don't let impromptu hospitality die
out In your home. housewife. Encour-
age your husband to bring his friends
home for dinner and your daughter to
bring her friends to lunch. Keep q
stock Of canned goods always ready On
your shelves and supply Of clean
table linen in your linen closet, and
then you will not feel any qualms about
asking your own callers who stay on
Into lunch hours to partake of your
lunch with you.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-03-23
~curino" Married Couples.

If every wife who is trying to cure
her husband and every husband who
is trying to cure his wife would stop
the operation. and all the husbands
would devote their energies to curing
themselves and all wives devote their
energies !. to curing themselves, the
homes would be a great deal happier
than they are today. There are scOld-
ing wives who are bending all their en-
ergies to the task of curing their hus-
bands Of habits far less detrimental
to the happiness Of the home than the
habit of scolding. There are husbands
who have set themselves the task Of
curing their wives Of imperfections Of
much less consequence than the in
firmities Of character and temper pos
sessed by the husband himself.-Edin-
burgh Scotsman.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-03-23


ing Side.
rapid progress of kind, and more
group activities with slower learn
ing" When we are confronted with
this choice, it is well for us to realize
that the child needs more experience
with the external world, including
other people. This he needs not only
as foundation for the concepts and
distractions and the lofty ideals we
usually value in learning" but he
needs 1t quite as much as a means Of
getting outside himself. Richard gets
from his few months Of kindergarten
an enlarged vocabulary and an en-
richment Of his knowledge about
things. But most noticeable and most
valuable is the fact that he has lost
self-cOnsciOusness and has gained in
control of self In relation to others.
1t has been found that where chill
dren are given an abundance Of con-
crete experience with things of nature
and of the shop and studies. and with
each other, while the reading and
writing was postponed, they soon
caught up on the learning side. and
were healthier and happier than the
bOOk-fed children. There are other
ways of learning than the Rs system,
and there are more important things
for the child to get than any book can
give him. But most important Of all,
the book learning serves at its best on
foundation Of genuine experience
with life's realities.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-03-23
The Old Year.
BY JOSH WINK.

We bid goOdby to thee, Old Year,
But not with sad regret;
For long the scars of thy sore wounds
Will be upon us yet.
A record thine of blood and woe.
OF nations in fierce strife,
The greater one for world control.
The weaker ones. for life.
Thou hast kept arms in mems gripped
hands,
The tears in women's eyes.
The dread i'm little children's hearts,
Death rattles In their cries;
Lands hast thou swept of homes and
crops,
Where toll cOntented reigned,