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The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1921-07-14
I'M REPRESENTATION
BY Prof. NJ. V. O'Shea.

BY Prof. NJ. V. O'Shea
Nature commands the normal child
to be ceaselessly occupied during wax.
ing life in using all the things al his
command to reproduce what he sees
going on around him. The child who
gallops off on his broomstick, initiating
his father on a horse, is getting valu-
able experience of a simple sort in do
ing what he may need to do later in
life. In this simple action he is using
his senses to get information, and then,
most important of all, he is making
this information his own by actually
doing the act. This is the only way
he can learn it. He cannot ever per.
ceive accurately until he is under the
necessity of reproducing the thing he
is perceiving, or adapting himself to
1t in some way. Nature will not de-
velop any faculty unless there is need
for it. If the child could get all he
wants without becoming sharp in sight,
hearing, taste, touch and smell, he
never would acquire any keenness
through any of his senses.
The child who has a large sand pile
in which he may make pies, build
houses, and so on, has a better chance
to develop his intelligence than a child
who is not so favored. AS a rule, the
better the child's opportunities for i'm
itation, and the wider the range OF
his limitations, the more rapid and
normal progress he will make in the
development of his mind.
Often parents think that doll play
Is simply amusement; but it may be
the means Of developing intelligence
in a high degree. The child of four
or FIVE who cares for her doll, watch
full Of its needs, nursing it when in
trouble. dressing it, putting it to bed
instructing it, is getting forward faster
than she ever could without such ex
perience. These activities all require
keen observation, and intelligence In
execution Doll play brings in mos,
Of the factors OF intellect which are
required in caring for a little child ir
real life. OF course. the more thu
child has to do for her doll. the better
It will be for her intellectual develop
ment. A doll which the child doe,
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1921-07-14

statewide highways will say: This
system does not interest me because
it will o be built past my farm" If
he will stop to think for a moment,
he will know that he is interested.
If he wants to go so, 100, 200 or more
miles away from home, all he has to
do is to drive to the nearest trunkrsys-
tenn road not more than FIVE or six
miles away, and on this improved road
he can go to any place in the state.
furthermore, when this trunk system
Of highways is built counties and town.
ships will be relieved of a vast amount
of road mileage and maintenance,
so that present county and township
highway funds may be used to build
systems of county and township built
and maintained highways to meet up
with the state and federal highway
system. This can be done years in
advance Of time they can be built under
present methods. So that in reality
the farmer living of the state high
way system will have his road past
his farm anticipated by ten or fifteen
years, according to how much activity
his county and township officers mani
fest in the matter Of county and town.
ship systems OF highways.
Good roads are a real boon to the
dairy farmer or the farmer that is
engaged in intensive farming, for in
a very short time after the proposed
state trunk system of highways is
started in real earnest truck lines will
be established throughout the state
and the farmers, produce can be hauled
to the market town every day and sup.
plies a be brought out to the farm
by the trucks without the farmer hav-
ing to leave his work. This is of par
ticular interest to the dairy farmer,
who needs all the time possible with
his herd. There are a number of truck
lines in the state today but they are
handicapped by bad roads that make
their schedule uncertain and carrying
rates too high. Give us the roads and
the truck lines Will take care of them
selves. The railroads in North Dakota
are not planning any extension work
in the matter of branch lines, SO that
we must depend upon the highways
OF the state to move our produce 10.
cally.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1921-07-14

nothing but look at, rock to sleep, or
carry in her arms, is of slight value
compared with one that must be
dressed and ~undressed, have her hair
combed, her nails polished, for whom
clothes must be made, and SO on.
AS the child's range Of observation
increases, doll play ought to become
more varied and educative. A child
who is given a suggestion now and
again will readily develop a high de-
gree of imaginative feeling with re-
gard to dolls, all of which may be
vastly important for intellectual devel-
opment. Suppose a child has five or
six dolls of different sizes and appear
ance. Each n may be made to per
sonify a member Of the family, or
some person in the neighborhood; or
a character in history or in some story
which she has heard. Then these
characters may be made to act their
parts in a little drama. There is no
experience in human life which is
more absorbing than these play dra-
mates in early childhood; and it must
be impressed that in this play the
child is simply taking mental posses
sion of the world around him. If he
did n o dramatic life, he would not
learn it.
An observing parent must have
noted his child's passion to play a
part. Every living thing he sees fur.
nishes a mode for personiication.
Now he is a cat, now a dog, now one
Of his playmates, and Sol on ad lib.
itum. Do you see what this means
for development? Suppose, for in
stance, that a child five years of age
visits a blacksmith. When he comes
home you may find him shoeing horses
all the time. Anything will answer for
the horse. All the child is concerned
with is the shoeing. In performing
this activity he is really learning
about it.
What an advantage 1t would be to
your child if he could utilize the OBJ
jects in his home SO far as possible to
carry on his limitations. Perhaps you
have looked upon these play activities
only as an annoyance, and have felt
that they should be suppressed. But
greater harm could scarcely be done
a child than to prevent him from imi.
tating and personifying the people and
things about him.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1921-07-14

except that they weren't SO small, not
nearly SO small.
The girl told Mrs. Get-The.M Most
Out-Of-Life hat she thought the wait
ers looked something like the little
gnome Of the woods. To her surprise
Mrs. Get-The-M -Out-Of-Life said.
Eyes, they're relations too"
"But they are very different" said
the girl.
Every" said Mrs. Get-The-Most-Out-
Of.Life, land the walters here grew
because they didn't want a life Of
ease like the little gnome. Their
minds and their thoughts grew too.
But you see how 1t is, creatures
can all start out very much alike.
They changed after they got started.
The walters went On and ~adventured
and took hard roads because they
wanted to get to their goal, and so
they kept growing all the time"
But it wouldn't be nice to have to
wait all the time, l shouldn't think"
said the girl.
Dear me-" said Mrs. Get-The-Most-
Out-Of-Life, "they aren't always walt
ers. Mercy no! They are doing it this
evening as a favor. And they do it
for all our parties as a favor. That's
why they say they belong to the Wait
ers' Ready-To-Help union. They're
ready, not only to help, but to be wait
ers you see"
They were served a dinner such as
they had never seen before, and GER
tainly never tasted before. There was
tomato SOUP which had been made
from tomatoes, so Master Thoughtful
ness said, which had been grown by
Gardener Grow. He could always
make things grow as his name said,
and he had planted these tomatoes in
a hOtbed under a glass cover upon
which the sun shone, and the tomatoes
turned out to be the finest, biggest
tomatoes which could be had.
There was chicken broiled and COW
cred with a sauce which had been
made by the Taste Twins. They were
off now having their maps but they
had done most Of the cooking Of the
dinner. AS Master Thoughtfulness al
so explained to the boy and the girl.
the Taste Twins always knew just
how much salt a thing needed and how
much sugar and how much pepper.
They didn't taste everything them
selves as their names might make n
think but they knew by instinct just
A~xvr Ala -@.k A. -
what they were cooking and SO they
made 1t to suit just about everyone.
They understood 50 many tastes and
Just how things should be cooked and
the girl and the boy certainly agreed
that they did for they had never had
such q fine dinner.
Some Of those around the table made
speeches during the dinner and the
boy and the girl did too.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1921-07-14

vored class. Still another angle to
the situation is the argument present
ed to congress in favor of promoting
commerce between the states, by pro-
vlding truck lines that will make for
freight. In opposition to this, comes
a statement from some of the rail
road interests protesting against the
establishment free of upkeep OF a
system of transportation in compe-
tition with the railroads.
But federal aid to highways has
passed the stage of argument and
congress is now merely considering
the best methods for putting 1t into
effect. The modern motor vehicle has
rendered obsolete old methods Of high
way construction, maintenance and
administration and the road question
has in consequence become more than
a local affair, as is evidenced not only
by the character of the federal legis.
lation but by the attitude of the state
highway officials favoring national
schemes, or methods extending roads
that will onnec up the different
states.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1921-07-14
EHpdddyS
G1EyeMn8
Fairy Tale
~MAW GpnHAM BONNEp
PARTY NEWS.
~MAN GRAHAM N

There is so much to be told about
the boy and the girl adventures!
There were little cards in front Of
everyone's place. The chairs were
made OF elmwOOd which Mr.. Wood
Elf had cut down and made. The
walters belong to a walters union
called the Ready-To-Help union. They
were relations to the Ever-Willing fam.
lily.
In fact they were first cousins. The
Willing family had had an en-
gagement so they couldn't be at the
dinner, but they sent a telegram of
good wishes. 1t had been one Of the
messages which the courier, from the
House Of Secrets, had had to deliver
on his way back from seeing the boy
and the girl.
This was what the message said:
Greetings to the boy.
Greetings to the girl.
And the best Of luck to O both"
And how pleased they were. Later
on, when they each made their
speeches they thanked for the mes
sage most especially.
This message was read aloud by
Master Thoughtfulness who had been
chosen as the master of ceremonies
for the dinner party. For. as Mrs.
Get-The-Most-O ut-Of-Life explained,
he would be sure to make the party
a great "go" and wouldn't forget any
thing.
The walters at once began to serve
the food. They looked like the little
gnome the boy and girl had first met
on their adventures, who had told
them they would find the answers to
their questions In the House Of Sc
crets. He went anywhere be-
cause he was too lazy and cared too
much for a life Of ease. And the
walters did look a great deal like him
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1921-07-14
WISE MEN HAVE LEARNED SOME.
THING; HAVE YOU?

IE city mail order house. doing a ma
tional business and advertising ma
tionally. has a million or more GUS
toners. You are only one OF them.
and there is nobody in that mail
order establishment that has the
time to give your order a single
thought except to fill it.
You take what you get. at long
distance, and be thankful that
you're alive
Trade at home and your mer
chant has to give you quality to re-
tain your trade and the trade of his
other neighbors. If by accident
there is anything wrong with the
quality. you are where you can get
instant satisfaction. The satisfac-
ton you get by long distance is
~>or Is n~
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1921-07-14
THE NATIONAL CAPITAL
BY J. e. Jones.

When the Panama Canal was opened
to commerce eight years ago. there
was endless discussion throughout the
United States regarding the policy of
free tolls to American ships passing
through the canal. OF course the term
is a mongrel. since there could be no
such thing as free tolls" The propo-
sition to grant preference to the Amer
lean Merchant Marine has again been
revived and what the administration
people say Is "a joker is now pre-
scented to them in the shape of a plank
adopted by the republican national con
vention at Chicago last June. Just
how the troublesome words came to
be inserted in that momentous docu-
ment is not clear. but the language is
explicit enough, and here it is:
I'VE recommend that all ships e.
gagged in coastwise trade and all YES
sells of the American Merchant Marine
shall pass through the Panama Canal
without the premium Of tolls"
Senator Borah Of Idaho, is said to
be ready TO lead a fight in the United
senate to put this pronunciamento into
effect. Immediately he is confronted
with the statement that the Hay
Pauncefote treaty still stands. Thus
we r brought back to the same old
argument that was threshed over IN
1928. At that time the British gov
eminent showed c~onclusively that they
sewed us up in the diplomatic tangles
of the Clayton-Bulwer treaty Of 1S49,
which was supplemented by the Hay
P~auncefote treaty signed at Wash
ington in 1901. The provision as 70
the equality of charges for the ships
Of all nations is adopted from the on.
vention governing the Suez canal, and
reads as follows:
The canal shall be free and open
to the vessels of commerce and war
of all nations observing these rules,
on terms of entire equality, so that
there shall be no discrimination against
any such nation, or its citizens or sub
jects, in respect of the conditions or
charges Of traffic. or otherwise. Such
conditions and charges of traffic shall
be just and equitable"
Congress threshed this whole thing
out before and those who remember
the great debate will find no difficulty
in recalling that the leaders of the
Taft administration, led by Senator
Root, Senator Lodge, and former Am.
bassador Choate insisted that it was
the Solemn duty Of the United States
to live up to the solemn agreement
which it had "solemnly made" respect.
ing the Panama canal.
Very clearly the diplomacy of Great
Britain scored against us in the Pana.
ma canal matter, just as the British
usually seem to be more clever than
we are when their government and
ours meet.
Perhaps 1t is rather rough to print
a joke that has been banded abOu,
Washington for some time. Neverthe
less, here IL is: A budding statesman
declared that he would refuse to &C
cept a position in the Office of oul
secretary Of state because he did no
care to erv under the British gov
ernment." The inference Of this an
ecdote is intended to indicate the gen
eral impression that our Britisl
cousins are more clever In their diplo
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1921-07-14

Every revolution was once a thought
in one mans mind.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1921-07-14

Wise people in the country are quitting the mail order houses
in great numbers. This is apparent by the fact that the biggest
of them are all but on the financial rocks. Don't be in the tail
of the procession. Trade at home. where a part Of your dollar
comes back to you.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1921-07-14

Tall Like q Toll Gate,
When Ii q dogs tail like q toll gate
when 1t stops q waggin'-wa.en.
The Columbus dispatch., 1921-11-09
Wonderful Concert;
Be Sure To Attend

About twelve months ago, Mr.. L,
f. Lide, our enterprsing Edison
dealer, put on a Tone Test at the
Mississippi State College for Women.
Hundreds Of our best music critics
pronounced this one Of the best at
fractions of the season.
On Friday NIGHT, November 18th,
at the Stephen d. Eee High School,
Miss Elizabeth Spencer, soprano, as
sisted by Mr. Emil Bertl ,will give the
music lovers of Columbus another
concert, even more enjoyable than the
one given last year On this occasion
Miss Spencer viii sing in unison with
Che New Edison, and it is extremely
interes,ir@, as well as highly enter
tanning, to witness such a perform
3nce.
Mr. Lide is anxious for all lovers of
real music TO attend this concert. and
tickets of admission may be had free
Of charge by applying to him at the
L. r. Lide Drug Store
The Columbus dispatch., 1921-11-09

577S2. The death rate from tuber-
culosis is 142f6 higher in the South
than in the Nation as a whole. One
reason for the exceedingly high death
rate in the South is the great preya-
lence of the plague among the negroes
who are especially susceptible to tuber-
culosis, the death rate among them
being three and one-half times that
among the whites. But inasmuch as
the negroes viii doubtless continue to
be intimately Associated with the
whites in domestic and other work in
the future the whites will never be
safe from infection until the negroes,
as well as the whites, have been freed
from the plague.
It has been estimated that the to-
tai economic loss from the ravages
of tuberculosis in the South is S175,.
900 600 n year, and In projecting their
warfare against the plague the Bap-
lists hope to greatly reduce this loss,
as well as to save the life and promote
the health and general efficiency OF
the whole people.
Would Educate The People.
In addition to providing treatment
for persons who have already con-
The Columbus dispatch., 1921-11-09
X. p. MINsTRELs

The Knights of Pythias Minstrels,
which will be shown at the Columbus
Opera House on November 22nd and
23rd, will be much more pleasing
show than was the great K p. Min
strel of last season. All the scenery
and costumes will be new. All the
lighting effects, and, in fact, every
thing necessary to make frst-class
attraction, have been contracted for,
and rehearsals are to begin next Mon.
day night. There will be new songs.
and new voices land nothing old but
the fayorites of last year who are
again to help the Knights of Pythias
for charity's sake. Further details,
together with cast of characters, will
appear in a later issue of the Dis
patch.
The Columbus dispatch., 1921-11-09
OLD MAIDS RETURN

Did you see the cold Maids last
year? They are coming back again.
SO don't fail to see them. No, this
is not the same play; i'm fact. most of
them are married and they are going
to tell you how they got husbands.
The play win be given 10y the
Franklin Parcnt-Teachcr Association,
November IT, IL is to be coached by
Miss Marie MuIlens. Of the franklin
faculty. who is working with such
al that # win surely be % success.
She is assisted In this work hy Mrs.
Joe Wotford and Mrs T. A. ii Wood,
who are very capable ass business
managers. and Mrs Lillian MeRight.
who IS the advertising manager.
The Columbus dispatch., 1921-11-09
Voice OF
The People
County Taxation.

NoHi'y AdA"NiOHs
Columbus, Miss, Nov. 8, 1921.
Editor Colupbus Dispatch:
Dear Sir: Since the publication of
the discussion that was had in meet
ing of the Rotary Club last week and
the letter of the Mayor of the City
of Columbus, relative to the assess
ment of certain classes of personal
property, think it would be Of in
terest to your readers to give some
data from our County Personal
Assessment Roll,
The Personal Assessment Roll for
Lowndes County for the year 1921
shows the following: 457 pianos,
valued at $G7,57O.OO; $40 of these
pianos are assessed in the city Of
Columbus, valued lt $54,300; Vie
trolas, $50 valued at $10,920; 172 Of
these VictolGs are assessed in the
city of Columbus, valued at $3.50;
organs and other musical instruments,
1873 valued at $4,460.73, of these are
assessed in the city of Columbus, val
ued at 1880; household furniture in
excess Of $3.50, valued at $51 $50; of
this item $44,4S0 is assessed in the
city of Columbus; watches, $50, val
ued at $1O,620; 4S0 of these are
assessed in the city of Columbus,
valued at $500; diamonds, $17,7OO;
of this item 81 800 is assessed in the
city of Columbus.
ask you to publish these figures
that the taxpayers of the county may
see that the County Assessor has not
fallen down on his job. Some get the
city assessment and the county assess
ment confused in their minds. They
are separate and distinct assessments.
With very best wishes for the con
tinued success Of your valuable
paper, | am,
Yours truly,
B. G.. HULL,
County Assessor.
The Columbus dispatch., 1921-11-09
PastOrS-Laymen At
Jackson Next Week


The Dispatch has been requested
to publish The program of the Pas
tors-LoNmen conference To De held
by the Baptsts at Jackson next
Monday and Tuesday, An interest
ing. instructive and inspiring confer
ence is promised, and as many Of the
baptlStS oi LoWhueS county as can
possibly do so are urged to attend.
The program, upon which Nre some
of the leading men of the South, rs
as follows:
Monday Evening.
devotional exercises at O'Clock
led by Doctor D. W. stores Oh Hieehs
wood.
Organization.
Address, Tusteeship and llthlng,
by Hon. Gilbert I. Stephenson, oi
North Carolina.
Trial OF the bob0Crs, by lhe JACK
son Is. y. Z. L.
The Columbus dispatch., 1921-11-09
IrnGE CoRnELL Hull

Judge Cordell Hull, of Tennessee,
is the new chairman Of the Demo
cratic national executive committee,
succeeding George White. of Ohio.
The election Of Hull is considered a
COMPROMISE between the Cox and
factions. 1t is rumored now
that White may become candidate
for governor Of Ohio next fall.
The Columbus dispatch., 1921-11-09
EX. SERVICE MEN

All Ex-Service Men who have uni
forms are requested to wear them,
and those who have no uniforms are
requested to attend the Memorial
Service at the First Methodist Church,
Friday, November 18th, just the same.
Tell all the "Buddies" you meet and
let Us have a full attendance. Meet
at the City Hall Friday morning al
9:45.
TOMBIGBEE POST, NO. 50.
The Columbus dispatch., 1921-11-09
Week of Prayer.

This week on each afternoon the
ladies of the First Methodist Church
are holding a series Of SERVICES to
which the public is cordially invited.
The opening service on Monday after
noon was conducted as follows: Song
Sweet Hour of Prayer devotional
BY Mrs. II. II. Ellis; short stories of
answered prayers by Mrs. h. b.
Rulan; "lncarnating a Life by Pray
en-, and a short story of prayer by
Mrs. J. A. Lipsey; prayer by Mrs.
r. II. Lipscomb; song and Offering,
part Of which viii go TO foreign mic
sions and part of which will go TO the
home missions; bonediction, by Mrs.
McIlwain. The program for each aft
ernoon will be just as enjoyable and
as profitable and il is hoped large
number OF church women will attend.
A
The Columbus dispatch., 1921-11-09
COARSE WORK

President Harding has issued his
annual Thanksgiving proclamation,
enumerating the things for which We
should be thankful. He may not be
lievo it, but one of the things for
which we are not thankful is the
Harding administration.
The Columbus dispatch., 1921-11-09
CAN DO As THEY LIKE

Myron 7. Herrick, our Ambassador
to France, denies the rumor that he
is going to marry the daughter of
the late j. Pierpont Morgan, and Miss
Morgan denies it, too. Under the
we will have to taxa
their word for it, Furthermore, it is
all the same to us. They can marry
or not marry, just as they see fit.
The Columbus dispatch., 1921-11-09
MuSIC AID ADYENTuRE

A young lady stepped into the
Divelbiss book store yesterday and
asked for copy of Robinson
Causo." Brother Divelbiss comprom-
ised by selling the young lady a copy
of "Robnson Crusoe" and a Carueo
record for her Victrola.
The Columbus dispatch., 1921-11-09
HONOR THE DEAD

On next Friday morning at II
o'clock, when the wildcat whistle
blows, stop work for two minutes.
The body of the unknown soldier will
be lowered into the grave at Airing
ton National Cemetery at that time.
TOMBIGBEE POST, NO. SO.