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The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-01-05
NORMAL LYCEUM COURSE
THURSDAY, JANUARY 10th,
At Sis p. Nj.
HENRY A. ADRIAN, THE LUTHER
BURBANK NAN.
About the Plant World


Mr.. Adrian has three lectures
about the plant world. In these he
aims to present the wonderful work
done by Luther Burbank in adding
many useful plants and what results
may be accomplished with these
plants. by the agricultural classes
throughout the country. He has
with him many specimens of the new
creations of Luther Burbank. To in
crease the quantity and improve the
quality of human food is the biggest
problem the race has ever had to face.
Mr. Adrian shows how Luther Bur
bank is helping to solve this problem.
Nlne-tenths OF all the plants of the
world are either noxious or useless.
The problem of tomorrow is to trans
form a part of them into useful
plants and to destroy the remainder.
Mr.. Adrian's lecture, "The Conquest
of Environment" tells the story
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-01-05
New War Relief Orqanization

A new organization for war relief
has been formed by the women en-
ployees and the wives of the male en-
ployees of the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture. 1t is called
The Women's War Relief Association
of the Department of Agriculture and
will be an auxiliary of the Red Cross
1t will act as an Independent organi-
cation in activities not connected with
the Red Cross.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-01-05

Twenty-Five head of good high
grade three year old heifers. Inquire
of P. ]. Deane, at Citizens State
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1918-01-05
Market Meat by Mail.

Marketing meat and food products
by parcel post can be done economic
ally IN many instances. Many kinds
of meat and food products may be
shipped at this season without the use
OF an expensive container. For some
kinds Of meat an improvised contain
er made of cast-off corrugated paper
board boxes is satisfactory. a mar
ket basket also is a cheap and CON
venient container for shipping meat
by parcel post.
Before meat or meat food products
can be shipped from one State to an
other, however, the shipper must fur
nlsh for each consignment a certifi-
cate of inspection or exemption. Up
on request, information in regard to
shipping meat and meat food pro-
ducts by parcel post will be furnished
by the Bureau of Markets, United
States Department of Agriculture.
New-York tribune., 1918-06-16

tary, The Vi0ilantes, Ne1v York City.
On the advisory board orc Major
General William c. Gorqas. Surgeon
General, u. S. Armv; Hon. Wilhcm
HoaUard Taft, Washington, D. c.;
Rear Admiral William c. Rraisted,
Surgeon General. U. S. Napy; .Sur-
aeom General Rupert Bluo, Public
Health and Mari,se Hospital Service; !;
DR.. Norman Bridge, Los Angeles,
California; Robert Somers Brook
inqs, PRESIDENT. Washington Uniper-
sity, st. Louis, Mo-; Frederick l..
Collins, publisher, Neau York City,;
Henry p. Dauison, chairmaa,, Red
Cross War Council; Mrs. Williyns X.
Draper, Washington, D. c.: P. A.
Surgeon W. E. Eaton, u. s. Navy;
Samuel Gompers, president, Amer
tco7a Federation of Labor; Captain
Rupert Hughes, author, Washington.
D. c.; Jesse II. Jones, Director Gem
eral of Military Relief, American
Red Cross; Harry Pratt Judson.
president, University of Chicago; F.
". Keongh, National Association of
Manufacturers; Lieutenant Colonel
Edgar King, M. c., N. A., Washing
ton, D. c.; Dr.. Frank Murtipa, Conn
cit of National Defence; Major Will
lam James Mayo, NJ. r. c., Roches-
ter, Mime.; Ernest Poole, author.
Neao York City; Charles A. Pyosser,
director, Federal Board for Voca-
tional Education; Mary Roberts
Rinehcrt, author, Sewichley. Po.;
Fred 0. Roof, Pueblo, Co..:
Julius Rosenaoald, Chicago, Ill.,; Dr.
Anna Hovard tShaau. chairman
Woman's Committee Council of Ma
tio'lal Defence; William p. !Sidley
vice-prosidemt, Western Electric
Company, Chicago, Ill.,; Charles
Hanson Tonne, editor, Nssv York
City; George e. Vincent, president
The Rockefeller Foundation, Neu
York City, Lieutenant Colonel Will
lam II. Welch, NJ. c., N. A., Balti
more. Nd
Co1nnaunico tio7,s should be ud
dressed to Surgeon General, U. S
army, Attention Editor Carry On
Washington, D. C.
New-York tribune., 1918-06-16

during the course of instruction care
fully explained.
In deciding which of the available
courses an individual disabled soldier
should pursue, the first effort should
be to fit him for an occupation related
as closely as possible to his former
job. His past experience-far from
being discarded-should be built upon.
A competent journeyman bricklayer
who has lost an arm may be prepared
by suitable course in architectural
drafting and the Interpretation of
plans, to take position as eonstYuc-
tion foreman of brickisying gang. 1t
were idle to give such a man course
in telegraphy But a train hand who
has been all his life familiar with rail-
road work may most wisely be trained
as telegraph operator, with a little
commercial instruction on the side.
This man will then be fitted to obtain
employment as station agent at some
minor point on the road. There Is an
additional advantage in instances such
former employer will be willing to
engage again man with whose record
and character he is falniliar--onee
there is assured the competence of
the ex-soldier in his new capacity.
With these latter classes there is,
therefore, no former experience of
value to serve as guide in the choice
of q trade in which the war cripple is
TO be trained. We must then fall back
on the general principles of vocational
guidance. The more important factors
Will be natural talent personal prefer
ence or taste, habits of work, tempera-
ment and the general character of the
individual. Advice in each case should
be given by an expert vocational coun-
selor, man familiar at once with
trade education, with the requirements
Of the various industries themselves,
labor market His opinion should take
of the medical officer. and also the
past record of the individual.
1t is absolutely essential that train
ing, if provided at all, be thorough.
The pupils are men, not boys. and they
cannot go out in the apprenticeship
category-as do the graduates of regu.
lar trade schools--and even in these
the present-day standards of pro-
fciency are high. If ill-trained men
are graduated from the classes the
results will not be fortuitous. En-
ployers will be convinced that the
theory of reeducallng returr ed SOL
diers is unsound; the men will come
to distrust the representations of pro-
snective sucoess which have heen made
to them. There will be, further, an
unjusoifed disturbance Of the labor
market and its wage standards if q
school turns out into a trade as pro-
fessedly skilled operatives crowd of
undertrained and inexperienced men.
Schools Of rHSdnc" tion ust not r n
tribute to difficulties of this character,
New-York tribune., 1918-06-16
demonstrating the Public
By Captain Arthur H. Samuels. S. c.. NJ A.

who gives aims but not opportunity to
the disabled man-soldier, sailor, or
civilians an enemy of reconstruc-
tion. One gift of money that is not
actually earned may utterly stias the
ambition of Handicapped man.
Business men must be told this again
and again. The American public must
know that their government has pro-
vided fair compensation and insur-
ance for the wounded, which, with vo-
cationai training, provide our returned
soldiers and sailors with adequate
means to reanter civil life. There Is
i general appreciation of the fact that
our men will not be turned loose and
allowed to drift as after former wars,
but it is natural that subject SO new
and complicated has got to be ex-
planned, iterated, and reiterated.
This is being done to-day in an In
finite number OF ways. The various
forces that create and guide public
opinion in America are at work enthu-
siasticaily and fundamentally, Offering
every possible means Of cooperation.
! For after all, reconstruction is not
matter of propaganda to be jammed
through; it is news-one of the big
gest pieces of news that has yet found
, its way into the channels of national
publicity.
Newspapers, magazines, motion Pic
lures, pamphlets, speeches-these and
other mediums are bringing recon
struction and its significance into the
American home and American indus
try. The Office of the Surgeon Cen
eral, the American Red Cross and the
Federal Board of Vocational Education
are q small portion of the factors max
ing it known.
The success of this great plan will
depend on the attitude Of the public.
Public opinion is pretty loose term
as it is generally applied. In this in
stance, however, it is pat. because it
represents several very definite and
concrete eiements-the man himself,
his family, his friends, and his en-
ployers. Sympathy and encouragement
are plentiful these days while we are
in the throes of the conflict, but they
will be difficult to maintain when the
thrill Of battle has passed and the ma
tion has settled down to it's normal
activities. And after the war-iong
after-they will be needed most.
Men and women of America by word
of-mouth, house-to-house publicity
based on what they read and hear are
rapidly developing a new psychology
toward the handicapped. Gradual y
they are demonstrating themselves. And
the more thoughtful are beginning to
comprehend that physical reconstruc-
tion and vocational training will not
stop with the coming of peace, but will
become powerful and permanent factors
in American society and industry.
New-York tribune., 1918-06-16
rom Little Acor11s

TT Is interesting to speculate or the
new methods Of doing things that
the Great War has brought forth.
The attitude toward the handicapped
is especially important, and those who
have studied the problem at close
range, overseas and in Canada, are one
in their conviction that recovery is best
quickened by treating the disabled SOL
dier as normally as possible.
In other words, the attitude toward
the cripple must be positive. To en-
phasize his disability to stress the neg
ative phase of his condition, can &C.
complish nothing but feeling Of self
pity and encouragement. Speed Of re-
covery and ambition to return to his
normal activities are fostered to large
degree by the mans environment.
The acorn on tie cover of this first
issue Of Garry On" was selected be-
cause 1t symbolizes growth Of power
and dignity. The oak was the emblem
Of Jupiter. To the Romans the oak
branch and acorn stood for civic power
and justice.
An emblem becomes appropriate and
Significant only by USAGE. and 1t Ia
heped that the acorn-simpie in design
and easy to rsmember-typify;ng ths
idea OF expansion and lasti g strength,
fnaiiy may mean to reconstruction
what the Red Cross and the Y. NJ. C.
A. triangle mean to the world. Ths
name Aearry on" has worked its way
erom the trenches into the American
vocabulary, snd day by day Is becoming
moro colloquial.
New-York tribune., 1918-06-16

1!
~ stops ME on the street and
asks for help" said a PM.
lanthropic business man in New York
recently "how can ! tell whether he
is real veteran Or just an impostor 7
Of course, always want to give some
thing TO the boys who went over the
top. Will they wear button to show
that they've been soldiers?"
And the answer was this: "Any
man who stops you and asks fer aims
is beggar whether he was in the war
or not. No buttons or insignia will
be necessary"
This New Yorker had naively got at
the very roots of reconstruction. Thou
sands of men and women everywhere
are puzzled over the same thing, for
the public does not yet understand the
distinction between the cripple who
can make good if he wants to and the
boggar who could make good but doesn't
want to.
The gap is wide; and one of the most
difficult and vital tasks confronting the
! Government and the other forces in
VOWED in the problem is to reconstruct
the public attitude; to destroy utterly
the worn-out motion about the cripple
and to teach the new.
Picture soldier who has lost both
| legs walking-he will walk-into the
/ presidents Office of an industrial plant
where he is received cordially and
with honor
ut happened in the Toul sector" he
says, about year and Q half age
and it was nine months before s. q.
discharged from the hospital with
these artificial legs. BIT early in tn.
game made up my m nd % max,
good. couldn't go back to railroad
ing-I used to be conductor-so
decided to take up stem raphy ans
typewrltlng. The COVER mant CAV,
me fine course, everything / need ID
am qualified to no down a secre
tarial job and I need one right now.
can't afford to be idle"
Ane presloent, VINO really ADMIRED
his caller, listened politely. He like,
the mans personality. He reached TO
his check book.
eve are proud Of men like you," b
said as he wrote, "and you deserve T.
succeed. Here's fifty dollars. In
sorry haven't position open. Goo
luck to you. You deserve success"
Now the ex-solder was human an,
he accepted the money. He shouldn'
have done so. But he is not the on
to be blamed. The president, unwit
tingly, did vicious thing by offerin
it to him. and every man or woma
New-York tribune., 1918-06-16
High Road to SelfSupport
By Douglas c. McMurtrie
rector Red Cross Institute for Crippled Disabled Men

yHHE provision of training for dis
abled men received tremen-
- dous impetus at the opening of
.be present war. With the call of the
sble-bodied population to arms, the
ensuing shortage of labor necessitated
tba draft into industry of women and
o,d n,en. No potential productivity
could be neglected, and the rehabilita-
ton of the physically disabled became
q national necessity, The dictates OF
national gratitude and national economy
In this instance conceded and in con-
junction have stimulated extensive and
vigorous activity.
The wounded soldier comes through
the held and base hospital, and, finally
# his disability is such as to disqualify
him from further military service. he
Is returned from overseas to con-
yalescent hospital at home. Certainly
at this point. if not perhaps earlier,
preparation for his social and economic
rehabilitation should begin.
The choice Of trades in which dis
abled men may wisely be trained is
of primary Importance. In addition to
considering whether men with certain
types of physical disability can engage
in a given trade. it's present and pro-
spective employment possibilities must
be taken into account. If it is a sea-
sonal trade. if the number of workers
In any locality is so small as to make
difficult the absorption Of many newly
trained men, or if the industry is on
the wane rather than enjoying a
healthy growth, the indications are
negative The ideal trade is one in
which the wage standards are high. the
employment steady, and the demand for
labor constantly increasing. In picking
trades the present boom conditions
should be discounted. Machinists are
now earning fabulous wages, but it
should be considered whether there
will not be an extreme reaction after
the war.
1t is the general consensus of ex-
perience that the decision by the man
to undertake course of training must
be voluntary. OF course, he may be
retained in the military organization
and detailed to trade classes in the
same way as he is detailed to guard
duty, but this would not make for sue
cessful results. The unwilling and
,ebellious pupil learns but little; the
earnest and ambitious one makes rapid
progress. The man must be per-
suaded. therefore, to take up instruc-
tion; the future advantages of being
q trained workman in some skilled trade
should be pointed out. and the prac-
tical arrangements to be made for him
New-York tribune., 1918-06-16
Ho1u Car, a Woman Help?
By Alice Duer Miller

age that was by no means all expended
at the front.
The shock to the man who wakes up
after the operation to find that he has
lost an arm or leg is not only the
shock of his own handicap, but the hor-
ror of being something
useless and abnormal. Too much sym~
pathy of the wrong kind intens fies tn .
feeling instead Of decrea. ing it. And,
as a matter of fact, 1t isn't true; with
the help Of modern science, the handi-
capped man can still sttain high de-
gree of usefulness and activity.
The recovery of our disabled soldiers
their return to 8 useful life-is In
the control of the women Of this coun,
try. No war work that has ever been
offered to us is as important--or per-
haps as difficult.
But it can be done only with the help
of women-only II wives and mothers
and sisters will give as much pride
and self-sacrifice to the return of their
men to civil life as they gave to send
ing them away to the colors.
New-York tribune., 1918-06-16
NEW MAGAZINE DEVOTED TO TEACHING US HOW TO
PAY OUR DEBT TO THEM

THlS page introduces to Tribune
4 readers "Car'y Om," meau
magazine, Which speaks for
oar disabled soldiers and aailors, The
Vcnguard Of the thousands of these
men sOho 'oill floV back from, the
battlefeld-Vhere they hauc giucn
'ohat to many is almost more than
life itsev-has already reached u.s..
Nc debt Of the civilixation they haze
helped to saue is more sacred thar
their case.
That debt cannot DO paid by
money. America oaves these men more
tham ehasdty--it eaUes them chance
for ife-for an eristence of acton,
usefulness, seU-relia,,ce, content
ment. 1t owes them places in
oatr national life, and those places
not OF beggars on the street cor
ners nor Of pensioners 1vaiting IN
adleness for the end 1t is to this
larger duty that "Corry On" de-
Votes itself-aiding the disabled man
to prepare for usefulness and the
PUBLIC to hnoaU Apqo best to help.
The first number has iust been
published, and all the material on
this page is take, from it. The nam
Der Is being aoidely distributed, but
after this first issue "Carry On"
atall be sent onlV to those acho specif-
cotly request 1t. 1t IS necessary to
co7fne the circulation to those vho
are interested IN the reconstruction
Of our disabled soldiers and sailors.
That should mean every man and
aoomam IN the United States.
Captain Arthur H. Samuels, S.
c., N. a., is IN actiue charge Of
"Cofry O'," havimg given up hn
position as publicity manager With
tho Curtis Publishing Company to
enter the U. s. Sanitary Corps. He
Is a native of Hartford, a Princeton
gra6tate of the class of 1909 and
aoas on "The New York Sun" for O
gear after graduation.
The editorial board of "Cayry On"
is made up OF Colonel Frank Bill
ings, M. c., N. A., chairman director,
Division Of Physical Reconstruction,
New-York tribune., 1918-06-16

X/OUR boy, your friend, may be
wounded-what then? Perhaps
he will recover; perhaps ne may
be permanently disabled-what then?
BE may be blinded, he may lose an
arm or leg or both-what then
aftcrward?
His wounds. you know of course, will
be glorious" for time at least-but
what then7 How long before ne will
cease being hero, and become just a
cripple? How long before people will
tire of their sympathy? What then?
Haven't you thought of this dreadful
possibility. OF course you have. Don't
you wish to avert it? OF course you
do. Well, it can be averted. You can
do it.
Vague promises of spiritual benefit
arc poor consultations for the soldier
who has been disabled in the service
Of his country. A real mans ambition
needs more fuel than philosophy. 1t
needs dignifed practical field for
endeavor. Discarding all mere senti-
mentality. then, what, after his con-
valescence, will be his real position in
society? Has he to look forward only
to sitting in a chair and being sup
ported-to becoming a night watchman
or an errand boy?
No. This is the literal truth. Many,
even most disabled, men will have
chance to be better off, handicapped
though they are, after the war than
before. Not better off physically; that
OF course cannot be; but actually better
OF financially, socially and mentally.
Already the Government is planning
The greatest educational work ever con-
eeived. Every disabled man discharged
from the hospitals indeed,
At his bedside, long before he IS dis
charged-will be given, if he will ac-
eept 1t, thorough course of vocational
instruction in the trade or profession
1or which he Is best suited. These
courses. lasting just as long as is nee
sssary to make him competent, will
make him able to compete successfully
even With whole men.
Think what that means--a free tech
meal education for your boyi Perhaps
ae vas machinist. With efficient in
Nruction that he could not before
aaord, he may fit himself to be fore
man IN his old shop. II before he was
wounded he was only "hand" he may
" taught enough 10 make him an
expert. Before the war he took any
'oe he could get. Under the super
"s'on Of the best obtainable vocational
ssachers he will be trained for the
1oo for which he is the best adapted
" most inclined.
20 such possible results seem mar
salcusf Here in the United States
civilians have achieved inspiring vic
.oHes over their so-called disabilities
~'eedy iH England, France and Ger.
many the work has been going on; and
M this has been accomplished. Just
-'"S At these authentic cases and see:
a Clay. of the Royal Engineers,
vas paraiyzcd in the right arm.
Se1ors the war he was = butcher.
Sov ne Is telephone engineer.
2. 3. Woodins. 4 sailor In the
's'sh Navy. lost his right leg.
New-York tribune., 1918-06-16
n TACTICAL experience of the war
shows that the degree to which

\ shows that the degree to which
soldier can recover is in large
measure a question of his state Of
mind; and his state of mind is usually
q reflection of the state Of mind Of his
wife OF his mother. Women have al
ways known in q general way that men,
tai attitude has much to do with a
patients recovery in ordinary illness.
Now we see that the same thing 10
true of the man who has contracted
tuberculosis, has been blinded, has lost
an arm or a leg, or is suffering from
any Of the physical or mental diseases
that war leaves in it's wake. For hope
Of his future lies in making him believe
he has future. His return to useful
activity depends on his own conviction
that he can be useful. The instant he
Is content to be an invalid he will be-
come and remain an invalid.
To prevent his losing hope, to keep
up his sense Of responsibility, is in ths
power of his womankind. That is why
1t is necessary that every woman who
has man on the other side should
understand what the government is
trying to do for him, why it s doing
1t, and how she can help.
First of all she ought to know that
each mans pension will be continued
however little or much he progresses
on the road to health and self-support.
The government does this not only from
a sense of justice. but because, know
ing that recovery is largely mental
state, it realizes that it would be set
ting up an obstacle if 1t should pen
alize man for recovering by taking
away or even decreasing his pension.
Then, women should see that the
government is doing this for the sake
of the wounded men themselves. Pro-
lection of the health of soldiers while
they are part Of the fighting force is
for the sake Of the army. But this
resducation Of wounded men fer civil
life Is done In the interest Of the in
dividuai. In past times, goyerhmen. g
have found it cheaper to entomb such
men In institutions for incurables and
in soldiers homes-to pay them their
pensions and forget about them. The
present idea is that the country owes
them more than their pensions; it owes
them the fullest possible return to a
normal life.
But in order to return the soldier to
! norma s1 NJ
tain control of him beyond the military
hospitai. There must first come bed
side treatment, of course---the direct
medical or surgical treatment for the
disease or wound; then the special
treatment necessary to at him for his
selected occupations then, outside the
hospital, his training In o vocationsl
school, and then ct last his entrance
upon his Industrial lob.
In every step the hesp Of women Is
essential; not only In cheering him dur
!, ing the FIRST STAGES, hnt In encouraging
him to follow pstientiy and exactly the
I detei! Of hjs Trainings routine more
wearisome to many natures than fight
ing.
| Our government asks that we use cur
love 70 strengthen the will Of our
wounded--not TO weaken Il. This may
sound like harsh thing to say to q
| woman who has sent out q strong
| healthy man and receives him back
blinded or crippled, until we remember
that the object Of it Is to cave the sol.
! der and to keep alive In him the cour.