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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1920-01-19

combined his estimates Of news pa
pers and novels in one chapter, and
pointed out how many kinds of de-
fects in the English of both journal
ism and fiction, some common to
both, and some peculiar to one or
to the other; butt, he says, Il am
sure that successful newspapers and
novels, with all their defects, are not
without merit.
The misfortune is that it is the de-
fects rather than the merits, the bad
English rather than the good, that
strikes the eye and sticks in the
memory.-As most novelists read
newspapers, and most journalists
read novels, writer's of each class
catch bad English from those of the
other and adapt it to their own pur-
poses. A writer who wishes to be
read must have something to say
and he must it in an interesting man.
ner People do not prefer bad Eng
lish to good; but if the good English
is in dull piece of writing and The
bad English in a clever one they
will (and with reason) choose the
latter.
These disconnected sentences are
quoted simply to show what one COM
petent scholar, chosen as representa-
tive ola common but not universal
opinion, thought of newspapers and
novels. Another opinion, probably
not so common, was expressed in a
recent newspaper article, which al
most credited journalistic writing
with special fitness as a pattern of
good English. And well-known
proofreader said some time ago that
eHoIiSl ieauel was d dlHloSI perfect
master of diction, and that he had
acquired such mastery by reading
and studying Dickens.
journalism and fiction actually
embody some of the best English
writing and also much of the poorest.
Professor Hill was right in saying
that the defects rather than the
merits strike the eye and stick in the
memory. But that is true of all hu-
man activity, and always will be so,
except in the case of persons who
have been taught to choose the bet
ter way. Persons can be taught, and
without incubation of undue pre-
tension to superiority.
Faulty English is not peculiarly
prevalent in any one kind of writ
ing, although it is more common in
ephemerai composition than in per-
manent literature. Much of the
literature that deserVingly ranks
among the best has been acrimoni-
ously criticized by pcdantic fault
finders who could not themselves
produce anything nearly SO good,
yet who have made many valuable
suggestions of correction. Verbal
criticism can find actual lapses in all
writings, for the best writer who
ever lived was not perfect. Gram
matical purists, however, are much
more liable to error than the auth
ors whose work they decry. They GER
tainly need to be much more cau-
tious than any one of them ever has
been.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1920-01-19
in their diet.

in their diet.
When possible, second weighing
is made several weeks after the first
talk, when the children have had
time to obtain results from changing
their diet. The improvement is
marked in those who have followed
instructions.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1920-06-18
TUBERCULOSIS RAvAcEs BIG
Information Shows That 5e,b47 Car
casses Of Cattle Were Condemned
on inspection.

tuberculosis was responsible for the
condemnation OF more cattle. slaugh-
tered under federal meat inspection
last year. than all other diseases COM
bined. Information from the bureau
of animal industry, United States de-
partment Of agriculture, shows that
b0,547 carcasses OF cattle were con-
demned on post-morten inspection and
of that number $1,000 were the result
Of tuberculosis. In addition 53,652
parts of cattle carcasses were con-
denned for the same cause.
The bureau points out that tuber-
cdlosis in cattle and hog cholera In
swine are the two most serious con
tagious diseases affecting meat anil
mails, and there is evidence that a
heavy loss occurs on farms In addition
to condemnatiOns at establishments
where government inspection Is main
tanned. The department of agricul-
ture Is prepared to give information
on the best methods Of reducing the
losses
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1920-06-18
J I'VE
s STOCK
nIeH-cLAss HORSES NEEDED
Ne Provision Made for Future bN
ooany Farmers Who Are Using
Up Their Work Stock.

The thing most needed In the pro-
duction Of work horses for American
farms Is greater care in the selection
OF the stallion and the brood mare,
say animal husbandry. experts of the
United States department Of agricul-
ture, who have been studying the pres,
ent situation with respect to horses.
Not only was there net decrease Of
approximately 373,0OO in the number
OF horses on farms on January /, COM
pared with year ago, but the experts
are of the opinion that there has been
an even more marked decrease In the
number of mares bred during 1919.
The extent of this decrease cannot be
accurately. determined until the colt
crop Of 1920 is estimated. However,
II the decline In breeding is as great
~ conditions now Indicate. the coun-
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1920-06-18
DISCOVERY OF HOLY CROSS
Was Responsible for lts Recov-
cry From the JsWs.


Through the zeal of the Empress
Helena, mother Of Constantine the
Great, was discovered the cross on
which the Savior was cruciaed, and
the date 10 given as May 8. The
story usually told II to the effect that
there compelled the Jews to bring the
cross from its concealment and give it
to her, together with other crosses In
their possession. Its identity was es-
tablished by a miracle The body of \
dead man was placed on each OF the
crosses, and when It touched the true
one the dead man Immediately came
to life. Many pilgrims travelling to
Jerusalem received pieces Of the true
cross and the question was raised al
to the possibility of supplying thou
sands with those fragments without
entirely carrying away the cross. 1t
was therefore said that the true cross
had the power Of reproducing Itself.
On the capture Of Jerusalem In 614.
the cross we are told, was carried into
Persia. where 1t remained until re-
stored by Heracllus, which evtOt II
commemorated In September and 10
usually called Holyrood day. The four
nails were distributed so that two
were placed in the imperial crown,
one brought to France, and another
thrown into the Adriatic to quiet its
turbulence.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1920-06-18
MORE HOGS WE'RE IMMUNlZED
Chief Purpose Of Inspection 10 to Per-
nit Reshipment to Farms and
Feed Yards.

An outstanding feature of federal
activities for the control of hog chol-
era during the last year was the great
increase In the number Of swine Inn
munized so that they might be dis
tributed from public stockyards for
purposes other than slaughter. The
last report Of the bureau OF animal
industry, United States department Of
agriculture, gives the number Of feed
hogs immunized as 614,673. This il
a large increase over the preceding
year. The chief purpose OF the an-
spection and incubation Is to permit
reshipment to farms and feeding
yards for further growth or fattening
without danger to herds in which they
are introduced.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1920-06-18
WHY WRITE DULL LETTERS7
ing II Little Thought 10
Given to II.

Most people think before they SPEAK,
but only few think before they write.
l have friend, says writer In Lon
don Answers, and she Is a girl who al
ways keeps her friends; partly, am
sure, because. however far away they
are, 1t is never too much trouble to
write them long and interesting let
tiers. thus. though miles may stretch
between them, she can always keep
her friends very near to her In thought
She does not dash on anything that
comes into her head; she always con-
siders her friends point of view. II
the particular friend she II writing to
II fond Of sport she writes of 1t; fond
of books, then the latest books are dis
cussed; II music Is a favorite, then
music finds place In her letter. And
always through them all there runs Z
little vein Of humor.
So many people suffer from lack Of
tact. For instance. some time ago.
when my mother was about to undergo
very serious operation, 1t became
necessary to censor her correspond
ence-for the simple reason that some
Of It was too depressing for words
One very well-meaning old lady
wrote saying how sorry she was to hear
Of my mothers great misfortune and
how 1t often happened that very ac-
tive women ended their days as bed
ridden invalids And how she once
knew Of a lady who caught cold after
q similar operation and contracted
some awful kind Of incurable 'itis !"
One always considers people In con-
versation. Then why not In letter
writing7 One does not talk religion
before an atheist, nor let the CONVEX
sation verge on the frivolous before =
curate.
Letters require just a. much thought
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1920-06-18
SHEEP DOGS IN QUARANTINE
Examination Showed Many Of I'm
ported Animals Were Infested
With Various Parasites.

Because Of the danger to live stock,
especially sfeep, Of the gid tapeworm.
Imported sheep dogs are subjected to
federal quarantine. Sheep dogs have
been found to harbor that parasite
During the last fiscal year representa-
lives Of the United States department
of agriculture examined 1871 imported
sheep dogs for the presence of para
sites transmitted to live stock, and
80 were found to be infested with
parasites Of various kinds. Twenty
two showed the presence of tape
worms, and one Of the tapeworms ex-
PEELED by treatment proved to be OF
the dangerous gid variety.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1920-06-18

Qreateet Cotton Producer and User.
The United States consumes mors
raw cotton and spins more cotton yarn
than any other country, producing
more than 90 per cent of the yarns ~
CURED for domestic Industry.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1920-06-18

Particularly In the broad belt lying between tho
Baltic and the Black seas there II appalling mis-
cry. This great includes the Baltic
states, Poland, Czecho- Slovakia Ukraine, Austria.
Hungary, Roumania Montenegro, Albania and
Serbia. to say nothing Of Russia eastward and
Armenia to the south. In all that region there II
almost complete paralysis OF national life and In
dustry.
All that part of Europe has today tremen-
oous number of idle people. Many Of them want
to work. But there is great shortage Of raw
materials with which to work, and the import
export situation seems all but hopeless Such
has been the output of paper money and so much
greater Is the need of imports than the possibil-
lty or exports under existing conditions that these
countries have nothing, either money goods,
with which to purchase from outside what they
need to sustain life Itself to say nothing Of sup
plies for the revival Of industry. They totter
the brink OF utter ruin, from which nothing but a
helping hand can save them.
The depreciation in the currencies of some Of
these countries, valued in dollars Is unbeev-
able. According to market quotations of April 10.
It ran as follows:
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1920-06-18

In other words II the peoples Of these coun-
tries tried to buy materials and supplies In Amer
lea at the present market values of their curren-
cies, Austria would have to pay approximately 40
times the normal cost Germany 10 times, Greece
Just double Czecho Slovaka Ia times and Po-
land 80
These figures are official and the only In
dex which can briefly give any comprehension of
the economic conditions inside these countries.
Their currencies deprecated because they
have neither gold sufficient production with
which to maintain their normal position with the
United States or with their immediate neIghbors.
Until each such country Is able to produce sufi-
Client to maintain itself. either from within or by
importing In exchange for gold goods, 1t can
not hope for normal conditions. II indeed 1t can
hope to survive. There is nothing difficult of
comprehension about the situation. Somewhere,
somehow some time, those countries must be-
come possessed of food clothing. materials
and the of transporting them. they
must perish Economically and politically they
are crippled to a point threatening complete
paralysis while at the same time the people are
ravaged by restitution and disease. The inroads
Of the latter the war-worn and undernourshed
population has reached the proportions which
Mr. Balfour called appalling
Men, women and children are dying by thou
sands and over vast once civilized areas there are
neither medical appliances nor medical skill sufn-
Client to cope with the sanitary crisis.
In the Ukraine winter of 1850, typhus and
influenza affected most Of the population. In VIII
lagos of 1900 and 5000 half the people would be
Ill Of typhus at the same time. Many physicians
attended territory 40 miles In diameter. Some
who had 10000 to 10000 typhus patients could
get medical supplies whatsoever and could
give only oral encouragement to their sick. And
this year the condition is worse. Paupersm
is becoming more and more intense Prices have
advanced steadily.
In Austria, according to a report dated Feb
ruary u there were in Vienna rations for three
weeks People apathetc, fatalistic and
tired and there was an epidemic OF dancing One
dance was attended by 1900 people. half of whom
had had dinners Refusing to go home they
danced until exhausted. One hundred thousand
school children underfed and diseased as
result of food shortage lack of fuel and made
Quate hospital facilities Crime increasing
among the child population, hunger sometimes
driving little boys to attempts at murder The
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1920-06-18

General Gates, Z Morgan Stallion In
Use at the Morgan Farm, Middle
bury, VI
try will be confronted with a seriously
depleted supply Of good horses within
the next few years.
Many farmers are using up their
work stock without making any pro-
vision for the future. Such a policy
II short-sighted and will have serious
results, according to department Of
agriculture representatives. The pres
ent need Is to increase the percentage
Of efficient horses by careful selection
Of parents. One OF the principal fac
tors from which the market Is suffer-
ing IL the breeding or too many low
grade work animals. There Is strong
demand for high-class horses, at good
prices, the department says.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1920-06-18
Avocado Rich In Fat

The avocado or alligator pear con-
tains as much nutritious fat as does
ordinary cream sometimes as high
as 20 per cent. As It contains little
starch or sugar, 1t might prove vaiu-
able In the diet of diabetes II It did
not cost 80 much.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1920-06-18
Paper Manufactured From Wood

Paper Manufactured From Wood.
The chief raw materials from which
paper Is made are spruce, hemlock,
poplar and pine woods, rags, straw
and old paper. Three-fourths OF the
entire output Il manufactured from
wood pulp.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1920-06-18
How far is Europe
from financial and
social bankruptcy?
a summary of facts
gathered first hand by
Henry p. Dawson.

DIV far Is Europe from financial
and social bankruptcy Is
question of vital Importance to all
the world. Herewith liz concrete
summary of facts Of great value
on this question, gathered at first
hand by Henry z. Dawson. Con-
corning these facts and the man
who gathered them Rowland
Thomas in the New York Sunday
World makes this statement:
At this time Mr.. H. r. Dawson.
partner In the firm Of J. z. Nor
gan, seems more thoroughly quail
fed than any other person in Amer
lea to eXpress an authoritative
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-08-20

he had seen before and this Shadow
seemed to be in the air instead of on
the grass as the other Shadows We're
Still it seemed to be Black Shadow
and nothing more, and he had come
to look on the Black Shadows as his
friends. 1t f1oated along straight to-
ward him. He swallowed the clover
leaf he had been chewing and bobbed
down for another.
Just as he nipped off another leaf
eight sharp points pricked through
his coat just back of his shoulders
and held fast as that Black Shadow
tried to lift him. With a scream of
fright and pain he struggled to get
free. Then, as suddenly as he had
been seized. he was released and the
Black Shadow passed up over the
tops of the bushes and disappeared
OF course, it wasn't a Black Shadow
at all. but Spooky the little Screech
Owl, who had made the mistake of
thinking that half-grown Rabbit
smaller than he was. But that fright
ened young Rabbit didn't know it was
Spooky. He thought it was Black
Shadow with claws.
(Copyrieht, 1920 by T. W Burcess)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-08-20
Y OUR B A B Y
CARE AND TRAINING
A series Of articles prepared
especially for The Star by the
United States Public Health
Service.
HABITS AND TRAINING.

Habits are the result of doing the
same things a great many times. If
a small action is repeated often
enough, the person does it without
thinking, and it becomes a habit. II
the habit continues for a long time,
it may become very difficult to break.
1t is best that a baby should have
only good habits. Sometimes he
learns or some one teaches him a bad
habit. These bad habits should be
corrected as soon as possible, or
rect
PacifierS-One of the bad habits
which is taught the baby is that of
sucking a "pacifier' or other object.
The baby does not teach himself this
disgusting practice. and he should
not have to suffer for it. The pacif1er
never is really clean and may carry
All pacifiers should be destroyed i'm
mediately and no such object ever
should be put into the babys mouth
under any circumstances.
The baby may teach himself to suck
his thumb and fingers. Continual
sucking of the thumb like sucking
pacifier, will spoil the natural beauty
of the mouth by causing protruding
of the upper jaw and teeth. 1t also
causes a constant flow of saliva and
spoils the child's appearance.
To cure the thumbsucking, fasten
wooden tongue depresser obtained
at drug store) or small piece of
wood padded with cloth or cotton on
the inside of the elbow over the
sleeve. This will prevent the child
from bending his arm to get his hand
in his mouth An aluminium mitten to
prevent thumb-sucking has been de-
signed which may be purchased at
most drug stores. The use of this
causes no discomfort and is pref
cradle to other methods. This treat
ment should be continued day and
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-08-20
Food, Health and Thrift
HOME PLAYHOUSES FOR THE
LITTLE TOTS ON SUMNER DAYS

piaythings can be kept, and from it
curtain may be hung, long enough
to come to the edge of the play shelf.
When the room is put in order the
child's play, not being set out on
the floor, does not have to be moved.
He can keep his fine achievement in
the way of block building to show
to his father when he comes home.
If you put wide brown paper on the
wall behind the shelf with thumb
tacks the child can draw on it or
paste joyously his preferred pictures
without injury to the rest of the
room. and thus crafty without him
drance his natural instinct for draw
ing on wall. Drawing the curtain
shuts out the childish exhibit as eff
fectively as the curtain on stage
conceals the Scene. Besides, detached
in that way from the rest of the
room, a child's play material does
not give the impression of disorder
that it gives when strewn on the
floor. Since child is in the house, to
give him a definite space. even when
you cannot give him a nursery. sim
plities wonderfully the matter of
keeping the house in order. Try it.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-08-20
lI1TILESI0RlE!s
IrBEDTImE
BY THORNTON w. BURGESS.
A Shadow With Claws.
Experience. the best of teachers.
Is worth a dozen lusty preachers.
Peter Rabbi

Peter RABBIT.
1t was moonlight when at last the
lost little son of Peter Rabbit re-
covered from the shock it had given
him to learn that the two handsome
strangers he had seen and overheard
were Granny and Reddy Fox, and be-
gan to think about venturing out from
his hiding place in the old stone wall.
His stomach reminded him that he
couldn't remain in hiding all the time
and still live.
He was very cautious. was this lit
tie Rabbit. You see, he had begun
to really learn. He had seen Old Man
Coyote and Granny and Reddy Fox,
and though he didn't know the name
of the former, he knew that all three
were to be avoided and watched for.
Best of all, he had learned that he
didn't know as much as he had
thought he did about the Great World,
and that it is just as bad to be igno-
rant of danger as to be careless of it.
So when at length he crept out from
between the stones of the old wall
and then out to the edge of the bushes
he took the greatest care to look this
way and to look that way for the
longest time before venturing out to
the patch of sweet clover he had
found early in the evening. At length,
sure that Old Man Coyote, Granny
Fox and Reddy Fox were not in sight.
he ventured out Even then he would
reach out for a hasty bite and then,
while he ate it, would sit up very
straight to look and listen. Then
he would reach for another llasty bite
and sit up as before. He had learned
the important lesson of not trusting
to appearances.
Now, having seen them so recently,
it was quite natural that Old Man
Coyote and Granny and Reddy Fox
should be the only ones that little
Rabbit thought about. So he kept
looking this way and that way over
the Green Meadows, but never once
did he look up in the air. 1t never
entered his head that there might be
danger there.
Now, every once in while he saw
Black Shadows moving across the
moonI1t Green Meadows. At first they
frightened him. but he soon discovered
that they were harmless. OF course.
They were merely the result of little
clouds floating across the face of Mis-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-08-20
GENERALIZATION CABLE
SENT BY LADY ASTOR

Lady Aston, first woman member
of the British parliament, and many
other prominent women in foreign
counties have cabled their congratu-
lations to Miss Alice Paul. chairman
OF the national woman's party, on
the ratification of the federal suf-
frage amendment. Among those from
whom cablegrams We're read at the
suffrage headquarters today are:
Ellen Key of Sweden. Olive Schrei-
ner of South Africa, Lady Constance
Lytton of England. Nine. de Witt
Schlumberger of France. Countess
Maria Loschi of Ialy and Henry w.
Nevinson. noted English war cor
respondent and leader in the agi-
tation for suffrage in England.
Lady Astor's Fluctuations were as
follows:
"Women's quality of moral courage
is essential in public life to help
the growth of better social and in
ternational relations
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-08-20

tress Moon. So finding them so harm
less the little Rabbit gave them no
heed at all. He bobbed down for
bite, then popped up to watch. bobbed
down for another bite, and popped up
again to watch.
1t was just after one of the times
he had popped up to watch that he
noticed a smaller Shadow than any
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-08-20

night until the habit is entirely
cured.
Questions relating to baby care and
to problems of maternal and child
health will be answered by experts
of the United States public health
service. Address Baby Health Editor,
United States Health Service, Wash
ington. d. c. Please mention this
newspaper.