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The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1920-02-13
W. @. T. U. MEETING

The w. G. T. u will meet at the
home Of Mrs. w. A. Beakley at 2.30
O'Clock. Tuesday afternoon, Feb. II
In keeping with Francis e. Willard
memorial day. An appropriate pro-
gram has been prepared and lunch
will be served. All interested per-
sons are cordially invited to attend.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1920-02-13
Holbrook Called
From City on Business

Lowell Holbrook, county chairman
of the drive for funds of the Near
East Relief society has been called
out of the city on business for
several weeks and during his absence
asks that the precinct chairmen of
the drive turn in their funds to the
Standrod Bank. Material and sup
plies may be secured from Dave
Neelan.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1920-02-13
DIVORCE GRANTED

A decree Of divorce was granted
In the district court this week to
Martin Jensen against verda Jensen.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1920-02-13
BABE is BORN

A nine pound boy was born to Mr..
and Mrs. Harry Wiegel Monday,
afternoon. Mother and child are do
ing nicely.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1920-02-13
Lodge People Gave
Pleasant Banquet

The Modern Woodmen of America
and the Royal Neighbors entertained
at banquet to their wives and hus-
bands Wednesday evening. There
were nearly $50 present.
The hall was decorated very
cleverly in accordance fifth the val
entine season. An elaborate musical
program was given and several in
teresting talks we're made. DR.. w.
S. Parker of Boise, state physician
for the Modern Woodmen, spoke on
the work Of the order and Miss Grace
Gallet Of the health crusaders spoke
on her work among the young folks
of the school.
- 2. Z. 4. Z. q G.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1920-02-13

J. P. Sessions was q business
visitor in Blackfoot Tuesday.
New-York tribune., 1920-02-01
w. ELIOT president emeritus of Harvard yho attributes
his long life to moderate livnq

that sets up longevity as its ideal,
he says, Is pretty sure to slow up
IN other directions. Progress means
burning out. 1t means doing in five
years what ordinary effort would ac-
compllsh in twenty years. If ma
ton is to adopt longevity as it's
greatest end, it must be content with
the twenty year instead Of the five
year speed mark, or it must be con-
tent to adopt the ideas of others in
stead of forming its own. 1t must
drop back into the position of the
second or third rate plodder and
be satisfied.
The other alternative is to select
a few specially equipped leaders to
burn themselves out and sacrifice
themselves for the progress Of the
nation. But who is to make the Sc
lection and who is to repress the
ambitions Of those who are not
New-York tribune., 1920-02-01
Mrs. JOHN ADAMS DRAKE Ne7o York avomon acho
4'' became the j0o of Italy

thinking for herself and because she
took the trouble to get herself per
sonal|y well informed as to the con-
ditions there.
She knew, and she had the facts
and figures as proof, that the con-
ditions in the war devastated areas
of Italy were quite as bad as those
in France and Belgium She had
the figures about the coal shortage,
the appalling milk shortage that was
causing q horrible infant mortality,
the influenza epidemic and the vast
army of homeless orphans it pro-
duced All these things she studied
out and she got downfto the funda-
mental causes of all this suffering
New-York tribune., 1920-02-01

when seen in her Office where, ever
since the day after her return, she
has been working away as buslly as
ever. "The trouble is that she has
nothing to work with. Every man
and woman from the lowest to the
highest is working with every ounce
Of strength to save Italy. They
have a wonderful organization that
covers the entire country and every
body works.
Il met young Italian naval off
Ger, who, judging from appearances,
might have been interested only in
round Of entertainments and
hirtations. The next day saw him
again at one of our institutions for
orphans. He was helping to pre-
pare food for .'he older children.
He told me he was devoting four
New-York tribune., 1920-02-01
gabrielle DANNJNZIO,S message to Neno York sent
through Mrs. Drahc

Even the Pope recognized her valu-
able service to Italy and invited
Mrs. Drake TO the Vatican where
during a half hours conference he
not only expressed his gratitude
and gave Mrs. Drake an auto
graphed photograph of himself, but
offered the cooperation of the Cath
olic Church in carrying on the relief
work.
But any one WHO goes to inter-
view Mrs. Drake will find it mighty
hard to get anything out of her
about the honors that Italy bestowed
upon her, for she viii talk only
about the needs of that country,
which she says is greatly misunder-
stood
~, is not that Italy has not the
ability to help herself she said
New-York tribune., 1920-02-01

had any organic trouble. Both were
apparently healthy men. The l.
should-worry professor is alive
healthy and happy. His confrerc
who worried, died at ffty-five.
Caesar, for Example
"lt was perfect example Of wor-
rying himself to DEATH" said DR..
Meylan.
Worry is evidently q matter of
temperament, but worry has so many
different forms that it probably has
more to do with shortening life than
lack of moderation in other respects.
The conscientious man worries about
his work. The ambitious man wor-
ries about his prospects. The am
bilious man both worries and over
works. Ambition is a terrible handi-
cap to the man who wants to live
long
Worry shows itself in innunerable
ways. 1t makes the naturally fat
man thin. 1t ruins the temper. 1t
makes one nervous. 1t causes indiges-
tion. There is nothing worry cannot
do. And the only thing the doctor can
do is to advise his patient not to
worry. The doctor cannot exercise
control. All he can do is to give ad-
vice, and it is up to the patient to
do the rest. 1t is a matter Of tenn
permanent and sclf-control. Also. it
IS somewhat a matter of faith. God
tempers the wind to the shorn lamb.
Does He?
With work it is another affair.
For every man there is a positive
limit to the amount of work he can
do, says DR.. Meylan, and that amount
can be determined with exactness.
He says that with the wholehearted
cooperation Of the patient he can de-
termne by observations over a
period Of from six weeks to three
months just how much work any
man can do without danger to his
health.
The worst of it is that man can
not develop the ability to work
longer. Nature has set the limits
with each OF US, and if we want to
preserve life and health we must
New-York tribune., 1920-02-01
DO You Want to Live Long?
The Thing Easy Says Dr. George Meylan Columbia All
One Needs to DO Is Refrain From Worrying and
Be Moderate i'm All Things

Grafton, save In one particular. He
neither smoked nor used alcohol ir
any form.
Don't be too hasty. Hezekiah's
brother, who lived to be ninety
three, smoked moderately and drank
moderately all his life. Hezekiah's s
son, seventy years old, who built two
log houses last summer with his own
hands and unassisted, both drinks
and smokes in moderation and al
ways has done so.
DR.. Meylan says The testimony as
to drinking and smoking is evenly
balanced. The records do not show,
and twenty-five years of attentive
study of the problem of longevity
has not developed that non-drinkers
and non-smokcrs live longer than
moderate drinkers and smokers. 1t
IS the men who use tobacco or al
cohol to excess who shorten their
lives. And the cause is not alcohol
or tobacco, but lack Of moderation.
Second example.
Charles W. Eliot, president emeri-
tus of Harvard University, was born
on March 20, 1884, within a couple
Of months Of eighty-tive years ago.
A few weeks ago DR.. Meylan sat
beside DR.. Eliot at dinner in Bos-
ton. DR.. Eliot was in perfect health
and full vigor. DR.. Meylan asked
him to what he attributed his long
and vigorous life. In it's briefest
form DR.. Eliot's answer was mod
GRAFTON in everything"
And DR.. Meylan adds that any
professor at Harvard who tried to
duplicate President Eliot's working
average would have killed himself in
three years.
Third example.
There were two professors Of
mathematics working side by side in
the same university. They were ap-
proximately the same age. One of
them taught his subject, gave his
class the marks they deserved, and
il they failed to pass it was their
fault. The other worried over every
student who failed to come up to the
standard. Neither of the professors
New-York tribune., 1920-02-01

such as Italy probably has never ex-
tended to any other American wom-
an. IN Rome, in Naples, everywhere
she went, the people in the streets
cheered as she passed in her motor
car, with military escort provided bv
the government, and the highest dig
nltarles gave dinners and receptions
in her honor ad decorated her with
medals. Yet never for a moment did
these demonstration turn her head
or distract her from her work.
There was Fiume. What differ
ence did it make, from the human
itarian point of view, who was
finally to get that much contested
city? 1t was filled with children
who were starving and must be
saved. 1t wasn't an easy matter to
get supplies into Fiumc, but Mrs.
Drake found a way, and they were
sent, enough to last three months.
And, later, although she had to
travel in an automobile by night,
she went to Fiume herself to see
that the needy children actually got
the supplies that had been sent.
Here again her entry was turned
into sort of triumphal march, for
Gabrielle d'Annunzio and his entire
staff came out to greet her and that
other New York woman, Mrs. W. B.
Thompson, who had accompanied
her on the journey. Then through
lanes Of cheering people dAnnunzio
took the two women to the Gov
ernor's palace, where he had his
headquarters, and there gave a BAN
quet in their honor.
Twice during the dinner d'Annun-
zio was forced to go out upon a
balcony and address the great
crowds that had gathered. He spoke
cf America in terms of highest
praise, and then he took Mrs Drake
and Mrs Thompson out with him
and the two were chcered as heart
lily as the poet himself Then be
fore they left the soldier-poet gave
Mrs. Drake manifesto to the
American people written in English
III his own hand and decorated her
with the gold medal of Fiume.
New-York tribune., 1920-02-01

chosen? The problem is too difficult.
1t is paternalism gone mad.
And there remains the other diff
Guilty that no one can develop facul-
ties with which nature has not
endowed him. The best one can do is
to cultivate to their highest point the
faculties one has. If this can be
made the uniform practice Of the
nation, in time race of high-pow-
cred specialists will be developed
that over the whole population of a
country will cover the entire field
OF human endeavor, and then there
can be both longevity and progress.
II. G. Wells prognosticates a de-
cent winter climate for New York
tln common with the rest of the
earth) half a million years hence
In the same lenth of time that for
midable race Of high-powered spe-
ciallsts may be cultivated. Let's go,
New-York tribune., 1920-02-01

Gays week to this sort Of th{ny
which he called the after-tbe-war-
light to save the country. His case
was typical of the feeling with which
every one there is imbued.
Italy is like a wounded so,dier
weak from loss of blood" continusd
Mrs. Drake. "But don't make mis-
take,' she added quickly. Italy is
not begging for help. Her people
are patient and long suffering and
highly appreciative Of anything that
IS done with love; but they ask for
nothing. They are fighting on in the
same spirit with which they fought
the war. In her reconstruction work
Italy is making a record second to
none among the countries Of Europe.
and she is doing it practically un-
aided ard against tremendous odds
NO one is helping to rebuild
Northern Italy. devastated by the
Austrians; nobody is sending any
money or raw materials over there
for that purpose, yet the rebuilding
Is going on and has been almost
since the day the arnistice was
signed. And how are they doing it?
The poor peasants are gong back
to the wreckage that was once their
home and are rebuilding houses out
of the ruins, and they are doing the
work splendidly and without COM
plant.
New-York tribune., 1920-02-01
Asks Square Deal

1T is this uncomfortable snj-it
which has caused me to become such
a warm admircr of the entire ma
ton, and ! am sure that every
American who would stop to learn
the truth about Italy would feel the
same way about it. Oh, if | could
only make my own America see
things as they really are | am sure
Italy would get square deal.
Politics DO not interest me. I
only know what saw, and believe
| know the heart Of the Italian peo-
pie, and it holds only love for
America Everywhere went
found this to be true. In Fiume,
when d'Annunzio made his speech in
praise Of America, the people
chcered wildly for fully FIVE min
utes, and great crowd, as YOU
know. always expresses its true sem
timents
There are strong blood ties be.
tween the two nations, and politics
should not be allowed to cast cloud
over this natural friendship. Desti-
tute as the nation is, without coal
or food or medicines, Italy wants
the love and respect of America
more than any Of these material
things. She wants our sympathy
and our appreciation of the vital
part she played in the war. Poor
Italy wrecked herself in helping 10
bring about the victory. and yee
there are so few who will give this
heroic nation her just dues o AwE,
even recognize her sacrifices"
New-York tribune., 1920-02-01
%aougha 1t a Time Killer

When Mrs. Drake, by telephoning
- few Of her friends from her
apartments in the Vanderbilt Hotel.
"fst undertook the formation of an
organization that was to be known
as the American Free Milk and Re
lief for Italy, the general opinion
Was that, like a good many others.
She had decided to daDbYe in war re-
Aef work, partly because 1T was fash
'ONaoie and partly because the re-
Sncted social activities due to the
war left her with a lot Of spare time
W XIII. But those who figured that
way did so without knowing the real
ouia Drake or the tireless energy of
which she is possessed.
let II these people had stopped
" 'hink they might have seen right
1rom the start that Mrs. Drake In
'ehded doing things. In the first
pace 1t was fashionable at the time
% aid France and Belgium. Mrs.
D'ake turned to Italy. Why? Be-
'ause she had been doing some
New-York tribune., 1920-02-01

keep within those limits and not
complain. If nature has said we
can work only four hours a dav. we
must not be envious of the, man TO
whom nature has given the strength
to work seven hours. The thing for
the four-hour-a a-day man to do is to
learn to concentrate. so as to squeeze
as much accomplishment into his
four hours as the other fellow can
get in seven hours.
1t can be done. Edward Everett
Hale was fine example. He was
never a strong man. From bow
hood he was what would be called
sickly. Experiment convinced him
that he was a four-hour man and he
made the rule never to work after
midday. But he concentrated during
his tour hours, and the result was
that he accomplished far laore than
the average man and lived longer
IMAM Cne average man.
One asks, Does it make any diff
terence whether the work is of the
outdoor Notwithstanding or fores-
try--or mental effort? DR. Mevlan
says no. A farmer is limited in
the amount Of work he can safely do
just the same as the writer or ana
lyticSl chemist,
OF course, there are things one can
90 better OR with less effort than
others, and by choosing the things
one can do best and with the least
effort one can accomplish more in the
specified working hours. But these
things are immutablc, just as the
number Of the working hours is i'm
mutable. That is, if one is best suited
to one line Of effort one cannot bv
toll and study develop another oual-
lty or direction of effort into the
dominant.
New-York tribune., 1920-02-01

stripped and walked out onto the
springboard. But he did not dive.
"Jest thought I'd teeter Bit" he
explained. as he went back to the
shore and waded in from the rocks.
Hezekiah swan around for a quar-
ter of an hour and then dressed and
went back to his boat.
''Jest Lazy
Seven years ago next Easter Dr.
Meylan dropped in to see Hezekiah
about II o'clock in the morning.
For the first time in the ninety
seven years of his life the old gen.
tleman was not up and about. DR..
Meylan asked him if he was sick.
NO." said Hezekiah, "iest kind o
lazy"
DR.. Meylan examined him and
found that the circulation had
ceased in his extremities. He suf-
Tered no pain, however. Hezokiah
himself was not aware chat he was
not functioning normally in every
way That afternoon he died. It
was merely that the machinery
stopped.
1T was the only perfect example
l have ever SEEM" said DR.. Meylan,
"of death from old age"
Hezekiah Lombard worked all his
life as q young man, sometimes in
the lumber forests, sometimes on
the lumber tows going down to
Portland - which was very hard
work, indeed - sometimes on the
farm. AS he began to get old n he
dropped off tho harder kinds of
work, and by the time he was sew
enty was not doing much except
farming. At ninety he did q little
hoeing in the garden, chopped some
firewood occasionally and picked up
chips and carried in wood for the
fire. By the time he was ninety-five
picking up chips and watching the
fire from a comfortable seat we're his
share Of the household duties. Dur
ing his last winter he merely
watched the fire.
His life was the essence Of mod
New-York tribune., 1920-02-01
Received by the Pope

And there were two other gold
medals which Mrs. Drake brought
home with her when she returned
he other day, one bestowed by the
Mayor of Rome and the other by
the president Of the Italian Red
Cross, and so many other hoaors
were heaped upon her that it would
become tedious to list them all.
New-York tribune., 1920-02-01
Did the Work Herself

Having laid her groundwork, as
Il were, she turned one Of her rooms
at the Vanderbilt into an Office, in
stalled private telephone Wire and
went to work. 1t wasn't long before
the money began to roll in. But
this money wasn't allowed to remain
in the bank long. Just as soon as
sufficient to make a shipment had
been gathered it was invested in dry
milk and other supplies, which were
rushed to Italy From the Italian
government Mrs Drake obtained q
grant of free transportation by land
and water for the goods, SO that
practically every cent that was eel
lected was spent for supplies, which
was a strong point in favor of the
organization.
Not content with her activities
among the adults, Mrs. Drake or
ganized the Bambino League,
Junior auxi ry, and so started hun
dreds of children to working in Italy,
until the Bambino League grew to
have 5000 members.
Meanwhile, the Italian branch of
the main organization had been or
ganized, under the patronage of the
Queen herself, and trained physi-
clans and specialists carried on the
work there under the supervision of
Henry M. Rae, of New York, and
Captain piero v Tozzi. While the
war ragged, and for short time af-
eerward, Mrs. brakes organization
supplemented the work of the Amer
lean Red Cross in Italy; but when
the American Red Cross withdrew
the vast relief work still to be done
fell upon the smaller organization;
but Mrs, Drake kept right on, work
ing twelve and sixteen hours a dav,
and finally, when things were going
smoothly here, decided upon per-
sonal tour of inspection, to see if
more could not be done.
She went there, expecting to make
quiet visits to the go institutions
which are being supplied by her or
ganizatlon, but instead the ship that
took her over was greeted by the
highest government officials. and her
tour became series Of ovations.
New-York tribune., 1920-02-01
M. GEORGE L. MEYLAN Of Coxnbia acho says the
problem Of Tong hfe is easily solued

state the rules first and give one or
sWo examples.
Don't worry.
Be moderate in everything.
These are the only rules to achieve
longevity. It should be noted that
rule No. 9 refers especially to work.
Fifteen years ago DR.. Mcylan, at
his summer camp in Maine, was
swimming in the lake with his two
boys, when Hezekiah Lombard came
along in a rowboat Hezehiah was
eighty-nino years old.
Come along and have SWIM
DR.. Meylan invited the Old gentle
man.
Don't keer ef l do replied Hez-
ckiah.
re- He pulled his boat up to the shore,
New-York tribune., 1920-02-01

>
Va stories have been written
q - about persons who have
risen to success or fame,
despite the handicap Of early pow
erty but this is story Of a woman
who has attained international dis
tinction despite riches, and it has
features quite as remarkable as any
to be found in the narratives of
those other celebrities.
Less than two years ago Mrs.
oula Rae Drake had no individual
Slain to distinction beyond that of
eing widely known in New York
as the wife of John A. Drake,
inanoier and business partner of
'le late John W. Gates; to
-ay She is one of the strongest non
rohtieal links in the friendship that
ENDS the United States and Italy.
Even While the Fiume controversy
'9as at its height and certain of our
political leaders were being hotly
condemned by the modern descend
'HtS of the Roman Empire, those
'ame people were crowding the
'treets to pay homage to Mrs. Drake
"hom they welcomed as a personih-
cation of the true spirit of America
md hailed as a savior. Thus Mrs.
Drake, through her activities, which
Segan with war work, has served
Ind continues to serve the best in
arrests of both nations.
New-York tribune., 1920-02-01
A Dark Outlook

In fact, it is extremely difficult.
almost impossible, to be optimistic
over the problem of longevity. There
is something depressing about an in
yestlgation of it. 1t seems as though
the first rule should be "don't be
ambitious"
DR.. Meylan admits it, The nation
New-York tribune., 1920-02-01

HNHE rules for achieving lon
! gevity are comparatively
simple, according to Dr..
George L. Meylan, director
of the Columbia University gym
nasium. The difficulty lies in fol-
lowing the rules. And then there is
the question whether longevity is
the best thing for the progress of
the world, or, to get the problem
more into focus, Is it the best thing
for the progress of the nation? Does
longevity mean slowing up? In fact,
a wide field of speculation is opened
when one approaches the compara-
lively simple problem Of longevity
Perhaps the best way to do is to
New-York tribune., 1920-02-01

in the country on her list of mem
bers, but when it came to doing the
work she soon found that she had to
attend to that pretty much all her
self. But that was no discourage
ment-
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and consulted specialists as to the
best methods Of relief.

SA'" NO3ISulISu opcNldIlolo dS lC lNe
best methods of relief.
And all this while her surround
lngs, even some of her friends, were
tempting her back to the life of ease
and luxury. 1t was all very we'll
for her heart to go out to Italy.
Doubtless that poor, dear country
needed help, too, but why not send
check for a few thousand to the
Red Cross or somebody and let them
do the worrying? That was some
Of the advice she got, but that was
just the kind she refused to listen
TO.
With her social standing she had
no trouble in getting the best names
New-York tribune., 1920-02-01
New York W oman w no Received an Ovation in Italv

GREAT many hundreds Of
stories have been written
- about persons who have
risen to success or fame,