Douglas Island news., 1917-09-21
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 As he thundcrs down Che corri
 dors or Time from the cradle Co On, |. grave with notebook iu one hand
 and a lead pencil iu Che other th, average newspaper man meets with lo great diversity of people som, | wise some otherwise. but gcncr Iauy similar m that they are an liars Had David been newspaper man ! instead of king ot Israel he would not have qualified his renowned declaration. "I said in my haste alI
 men are liars" with the supernuous
 words "iu my haste"
 Literally speaking. an men arc mot liars nor women either True there are people who would prefer Go Iic on thirty days time than tcll |thc truth for cash; but again, thcre are others who tcl Che truth when ! a lic would bc much more diplomatic. 
 For example.
 There are lot of children at-
 tending Che cbools iu this vicinity
 who. il che teachers performed their duty. would bc sent home and told to cultivate thc intimate acQuaIn- taucc oi soap and water. There arc not many of them but several. and ! iu a country where water Is as plcu- |u ul as here. there is no excuse for such conditions.
 The foregoing is a truth which had better not have been told. but 'it is a truth au thc same. and Che Stroller mentions it m a spirit ot . Kindness and iu thc hope that it may bc productive of good results. For what child growing up with en- crustcd cakiuEs ou its body. dcuoJ- iur Che number Of years it has Lived. tbc samc as a cows age is denoted by wrinkles ou Che horn. |. can ever amount Co @ TOW of beans either mentally or physioaily2 A number oi years ago it was Che esteemed privilege ot Che Stroller Co conduct au interview for publican tlou with Miss Eva Booth. thc noted Salvation Army worker and prob- ably Che greatest slum missionary on Che American continent Among many other interesting statements made by Miss Booth was th.s I . always enter Che slums armed with soap and scrubbing brush and never attempt Go administer Co spir- .iual needs until am air Of clcauli- ness prevails.
 And Miss Booth was right Her scrubbiur campaigns would bc roc mcmbcrcd long after her efforts Go better spiritual conditions were for- gotten.
 The majority ot children and cs- pcc.an boys. require considerable looking after it they are to bc kept clean by Che mothers and 90 whole . Iot of driving and naErus Ii they | 'arc Co bc kept clean by their own |cForts. But when a boy lc1yc it 'Io his mother and Che mother leaves |it Co Che boy. che latter Is not apt Co Joe u good condition for going to school or going any place else. or Che two. the mother is Che one Go blame.
 The Stroller once knew a loving | but careless mother Co receive a jar which it Is a safe bet she has never forgotten. An residents of Skarway twenty years ago win re- member Jim Harrison, who resided there when Che history of that now placid villa was being made ut a rate of several pages every day and night Jim had made a hur- ricd trip Co Seattle and was return mg Co SkaEWay On tbc same steamer was a young mother whose oGspr.ug. with utter disregard ior union hours. cried practically au tbo time. One day when thc child was putting in @ few extra trills and ! Che young mother was considering jumping overheard. Harrison called
 Go hcr
 ! "Hcrc. Madam. you take this
 hand at whist and ! will see what ! ] can do to appeasc thc wrath of
 that kId."
 The tired mother was only too willing Co accept Che kind offer and having transferred Che child to Jim sat iu Che game. and womaulikc
 began Co ask. What Is trump2' ! Harrison started Co walk che cabin
 with thc child, singing Mother . Goose melodies. college songs. psalms
 hymns and spiritual songs. After
 something like 200 laps around Che
 card table Che child sank into a peaceful slumber and Jim eased
 into % chair and studied his ohorg,
 most iutcnuy for some time. Al
 length he called to the mother and
 inquired the age Of the child. m,
 mother replied:
 Seven months, three weeks and
 two days this afternoon at 1.30'
 'You mean to tcll me" ropIio. | Jim. "that this kid Is less than df
 teen months old?"
 And why" inquired the mother