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The Washington herald., 1921-12-25
Unlucky Tom

A REAL old fashioned Yankee was telling
n friend of the Ill luck experienced by
his son Thomas.
Take the last case. as an example," h.
said. Just as soon as be went TO Boston
to work. Tom fell in love. She lived In
one OF the suburbs. and directly Tom mad.
up his mind he liked her. be went and
bought fifty "trip ticket to her place
and -"
We'll. what hsppenedf'
What happened; Why. b. was turned
down at the second call and the ticket vas
left on his hands! II that isn't hard luck.
please tell me what isl"
The Washington herald., 1921-12-25

ancient strains that bid all faithful fest -
Bethlehem.
What was the first thing that struck you
on your entering your home! Don't
you remember that7 What. indeed-as
your father unlocked and flung wide the
big door-but the wonderful odors Of the
Christmas dinner? Turkey and cranberry
sauce. mashed potatoes and onions stewed
In cream, white grapes and nuts and raj
sins-however the non essentials varied,
these things were always there.
Christmases Alas, there comes q day
in life when all anniversaries are the gray
antithesis Of what they once were; when
they serve not 50 much a. guideposts point
ing to the goldcapped summit Of life a
milestones to remind you how long the
journey has been and how brief II now
must be.
Among them all, those many that you
now remember, one there IL that stands
forth in particular-hrst, because in its
detail 1t Is typical Of all that preceded It,
and, second, because in a certain sense
it is the last Christmas that you will ever
know.
That Christmas Eve your mother was
more quiet, more nearly grave than, At
such times, you had ever known her to b.
Your small sister was taken to bed at s,
but you, as q special concession to Jour
own age and the season, were permitted
to sit up till your father came back from
an evening shopping EXCURSION. By the
time he had returned the stockings had
been hung at the bedposts upstairs and
mother and you were back again In the
sitting room before the door admitted him
with q furry Of snow. He came In laugh
ing, his great coat touched with fakes OF
white and his arms full Of mysterious pack
ages and bundles which your mother. run
ming up to him and kissing him, whisked
out Of sight while he sat and told you,
at your urgent request, the familiar his
tory Of Christmases when he was boy.
Centuries ago that must have been
centuries ago in time which was even
more Of a golden age than even that suf-
The Washington herald., 1921-12-25
Garcia's Method

MEsDAMEs vIARDOT GARCIA 40
AVA hshbran, the wonderful daughter, =,
Manuel Garcia, who vas perhsp. tb. ,r..tl
est vocal teacher Of all time. lit,r,n,
learned in suffering what they t.p,h, a.
song" IN
The discipline Of the Gsrc,, ho
extremely severe. 1t wa. said tb,, 60
oseo 70 beat his daughters TIL they screamed
me neisnoors' however, did not copfus,
me'noo WITH madness, and on such occ.-
SONS they quantity aid: 'It 10 only Mon
sieur Garcia teaching his sirls to sips.n
The Washington herald., 1921-12-25

sense afraid. And yet somehow, you were
depressed, restless, and. in spite of the joy
full day impending. unhappy.
long while passed. very long while,
1t seemed. You had tried honestly and hard
to 60 TO sleep, because that 10 . matter OF
imperative duty on Christmas Eve, and you
were just about succeeding when
THIE room door cracked on Its hinges!
i You sat bolt upright in bed. your eyes
bulging, your hands clutching the sheet.
You would have called out, but you couldn't
have uttered a sound to save your life.
At first. you see, you had been sure II
was a burglar. but now you remembered
this was Christmas Eve; the only open
fireplace was in the sitting room below, and
here, of course, was Santa Claus, who had
descended by the chimney to the first story
and had now made his way upstairs to fill
your stocking
Not that this was much better. You
knew that II Santa Claus found any boy or
girl awake he would, being q shy gentleman,
Immediately turn and 70, leaving not one
gift behind. So you did your best TO keep
your eyes closed, in spite Of a mighty curl
osity, while the door swung all the way
open. while the foor groaned under wurily
moving footsteps and while. at last, you
heard sounds that indicated the looseninE Of
the candied stream.
But at that juncture perverse human ma
turc interfered. You were nervous and you
began to itch all over
You strove to lie still. yet could not you
tossed fretfully-and from the foot Of the
bed you heard your mothers voice saying /:
Are you sure he is asleep"
Certain" responded tones that you
knew to be your fathers.
Tragedy overwhelmed you. You wanted to
spring up and go to them and fling your
arms about them and ask them what 1t all
meant You wanted to know why they were
doing this and not Santa Claus. You wanted
confirmation or denial Of the first great
doubts of all your young life. But you
could only lie quiet again until the stocking
had been filled and the door had closed.
That morning you arose with an unac-
customed hesitancy. The contents Of your
stocking was matter of small and sad in
terest. and you did not want TO fare your
The Washington herald., 1921-12-25

Inc distinguishing mark Of this particu-
ar plan to raise up a generation of healthy
youngsters is that it tries to capture and
to use the child's own interest and magma
ton. This is done by appealing to his love
OF contest, always emphasizing in this
appeal the fact thu the health contest is
jolly one, frclic rather than a series OF
chores.
Inc health calendar is the latest of the
original methods of getting this message
across" to the children devised by the
Child Health Organization. There are
many others just As unique 1t was this
organization. for instance. which first
thought of sending out Che Che, the health
clown, to take the place Of the staid lee
turer who formerly discoursed on health
and hyGiene. To a roomful Of admirinr
The Washington herald., 1921-12-25

And tne mother, ZOE
hesitant. 49,
you nodded head not yet heavy with
sleep.
"Of course, / do" you answered.
But you're getting to be SUCH a pig
boy" she said, and you noticed that her
voice trembled a little and that her hnsers
under the covers closed very tightly about
your own-'such a great big boy, she In
conclusively concluded.
You couldn't see-how could you?-the
impending tragedy, and you boyishly insisted
in your plea until, motherwise, she had
consented and was busy with the Children
Chronicle How the good little, fat little
saint in furs, the merry, red checked man Of
the North, worked in his shop all year
long. with his wife to help him, making toys
for boys who never grumbled at Grand
running, and dolls for girls who ate every
thing that was on their dinner plate. How,
on every Christmas Eve, the big sleigh was
laden and the reindeer harnessed. How all
the world was visited, until every chimney
had been descended and every stocking filled.
All this she told you, and all this you &C.
cepted quite as you had accepted the holy
narrative that had preceded it. And then
she tucked you in again bade you be good
boy and 20 to sleep, and went away leaving
upon your lips a kiss that, after all the
years, remains the dearest kiss that you
have ever known.
1t may have been what your father had
said to you, it may have been the new
quality in your mothers voice, or it may
have been no more than the ancient common
place of time. but, in any case, you that
night grew up. At all events. you lay awake
far longer than you had ever lain before
The light was a mere pin point, but you
could dimly discern objects in the room. and
so, being really so much older than you
used to be. you should have been in no
The Washington herald., 1921-12-25
How He Handles EN-

A CHICAGO man tells of the system pr.e.
"A ticed BY . veterinary in that tow, 10,
respect to the pet animals intrusted q.
care BY wealthy women.
When" the dog doctor consd.d "a AZ,
friend, Il receive an overfed dog. / con.,-,
him to disused brick oven with a cru,t :,
bread an onion and an old shoe. wbe, IN.
dog begins to gnsw the bread the sp.;cn,
mistress is informed mat her dsrlins !,
doing nicely When the canine No..
operations on the onion, word 10 sent h.,
that the animal 10 decidedly better .,S
when the dog tackles the shoe. my ls6y /,
srstihed to hear that her precious pet 1.
ready to be removed ("
The Washington herald., 1921-12-25

and ecstatic children Che Che gives adVic'
which is not only sound scientifically, but Is
pretty certain to be followed. what
younsster can resist a real circus Clown
As DR.. L. Emmett Holt, whose authority
on all matters of child health is NATIONALLY
of Che Cho's):
This nonsense is the best kind of prac-
tical sense in health matters. Its teaching
is adapted not only to children but to
grownups.''
Health plays. fairy stories, alpbabets
and health game somewhat after the
manner of authors and even more fun}
are some of the other novel ideas of this
original campaign.
The whole movement to teach health to
the public school children had its beginning
The Washington herald., 1921-12-25

uOw many day. in the year1 Every.
IL body knows, but
Here's q brand new calendar, Just issued
ey the Child Health Organisation Of Amer.
lea, and the days In its year are-S0S.
It's the nrst Of its kind, and the first
calendar ever published especially for
school children. That is why 1t %
debonairly drops the siIty-two days that
don't count, the days that are no part OF
the children's working year.
Moreover, It 10 unique in other ways.
Besides being q school calendar, It Is .
health calendar. And It 10 . health cal
endar which uses the vernacular Of youth,
even its slang, to point the maIims which
constitute, according to the Child Health
Organization, q charter Of health for the
children who follow their tsachinu.
Health almanacs are nothing new.
From the time Of Poor Richard, who sang
''early to bed and early to riss makes q
man healthy, wealthy and kiss"-and even
before hint vas quite the usual thing
to sprinkle almanacs, In between informa.
ton about the weather. commerce and the
signs OF the stars, with sage advice about
health. But q health calendar Of the sort
that the Child Health Organization ha,
originated is quite new. And it's N in
teresting to grown ups a. to children.
For instance, here ana some of the mottos
for September:
Sleep with your windows open and vour
mouth shut.
Get the brown bread habit.
A good life insurance pslicy In . hur.h
Of spinach.
Prohibition should include frisd pot..
toSe.
Green apples are the fruit Of an ,v1-
Girls a. well a. boys receive advice in
the laughing spirit that robs It Of half it,
sting:
For healthy complexion, Apply ore
apple to the face and rub In until n
disappears.
good compilation powder is graham
dour.
A good complexion cream il cream.
These sayings are Inspirations of Happy,
the health sprite Of the Child Health
Organization, who has with them delighted
many Thousands Of school children all over
the country, and has incidentally enrolled
these children In the health game which
the &C. H. o." in cooperation with the
United States Bureau Of EDUCATION, has
20 successfully launched through the public
schoola
The Washington herald., 1921-12-25

IN tne war period, when Il was discovered
experts that many of the grave physical
"efects discovered among the Young men
II the nation could be traced back TO child
ood-the outsrowth of malnutrition or OF
mystical defects, undiscovered and allowed
10 continue and become worse with the
years
Fifteen million school children, II was
estimated, suffered from such defects.
which might be corrected or pre-
vented. Six million of these, it was esti-
mated, were NAL nourished.
With the cooperation Of the Federal
Bureau of Education. the Child Health Or
ganization. under its director, Miss Sally
Lucas Jean, set itself to remedy such con-
ditions.
1t began with the slogan health can be
taught" for it had been discovered through
investigation that malnutrition, showing
itself in underweisht and lack of stamina,
as well as in actual defects, was to be
found in the poor little rich child" as
well as in the poor boy and girl. 1t was
often a matter Of ignorance and indiaer-
ence.
NyHIS campaign was directed first to the
i teachers in the schools, then to mothers
and fathers, through their clubs and or
ranizations, and finally to the school child
himself. Teachers were asked TO put health
on the curriculum ofthe school, as one of the
most important parts of real education;
mothers were encouraged to support the
schools In this effort; children were asked
to join the fascinating health contest.
Among the publications of the Child
Health Organization of interest to teachers,
parents and school children are The Glass;
room Weight Record Diet for the School
Child" Teaching Health" Child Health
Program for Parent Teachers Associations
and women's Clubs" THE Lunch Hour
at School," Suggestions for a Program
of Health Teaching in the Grades" (ali
these may be secured through the Federal
Bureau of Education at Washington and
numbers of charming books for the children,
such as a health alphabet, health rhymes,
fairy tales, the health calendar, and q
health game, played after the manner Of
Authors" which may be secured through
the Child Health Organizations Office in
the Penn Terminal Building, New York.
The calendar and the game are also sold
through some department stores.
The Washington herald., 1921-12-25

mother With the new knowledge which. 20
were sure, was written In your eyes,
However, you did facs her. and, at -
got 1t out What that cost ye1-what bach
ing and filing, what stumbling and contra
dictions-you can never wholly forget. MOI
can you ever wholly forget the great par
oIysm Of tears in which II ended, and the
cry in which you framed your Anal euss-
tioni
''oh, isn't there any Santa Clsusr'
All. the worth Of q mother Ia best shown
when other things begin TO seem worth
noting Can you ever cease 20 remember
how she met that fatal moment Of ys~s
terminating childhood
A SANTA CLAUSE Yes. ther, 10 a Santa
n Claus. BE came intsthe hearts Of men
and women when the first helpless lttls bsby
lay smiling on its mothers breast, al
brought to this rude world the message Of the
love that is eentleness and protection and Of
the faith that is seh-sscrihce. He came
then, she told you, and be will remain 90
long as those things last. What matter in
whose form he appears TO you; Just % long
as the laughter Of children is sweet to your
ears ana just 80 long as the faces OF the
poor awaken your soul to pity and your
hand TO help, so long will Santa Claus re-
main with you.
That was your mothers Christmas SER
mon. and though it then, perhsps, rather
dried your tesrs because Il sent you cut
among the other children big with q secret
which they were too small TO share, ] sub
nit that, even now, Il remains the best Of all
Christmas sermons. II Christmas 10 not
what II once wss, the fault 1. not in Ii.
day, but in you. There Is no festival except
you make IL. II you are too old to receive,
be assured that you can never grow too old
or too poor to give. The world needs every
Santa Claus that Il can muster. Be one,
and you will find that still. almost as in the
days when You were a boy. Christmss-ths
Christmas Of the Golden Dsys-comes once
a year.
The Washington herald., 1921-12-25

"otnss passed together After their mar
rage, and of the little sister-not the one
upstairs, but another whom Won never
Hne"-Who saw three Christmases with
tnem and would now zee no more.
lou were used to his tones in merri-
ment; you were not unfamiliar with them
in the pronouncement of Judgment. but
the quiet note that was in them now was
deep and tender with q depth and a tender
ness that were new. You looked-as in
time OF doubt you always looked-townrd
your mother, but she had walked to the
window and was looking out at the dark
ness. and, facing your first real knowledge
OF death, you learned then why one Of the
wreaths that father bought every Christ
mastide was taken out to the little buryins-
ground on the hill.
DUT there were other stories to be told,
- and later that same Christmas Eve your
mother told you again the two you were
never weary Of hearing. You remember
how you knelt there beside her knee, your
little head in her lap and her caressins
fingers in your curls. You remember how
your fearless voice said Now I lay me-"
And-listen Surely you can still hear
her own pure voice as It Joined with yours
in the prayer that was our Lords.
And then-then she tucked you in bed
and told you Of the little Eastern village
on this night, 1900 years and more ago.. of
the Three Wise Men riding out of Chaldea,
Of the honest shepherds who saw the blaz-
ing star that outshone the multitudes Of
heaven and heard the chorus of the white
Christ. 1t doesn't matter what you have
read since then-no story can ever be told
% well, can ever seem vivid or be so
true as that which your mother. seated on
the bed beside you, told you Of the baby
The Washington herald., 1921-12-25
A Leading Question

DURING the trial Of a case in a Boston
~ court It became necessary to call TO III,
witness stand a lsdy's maid.
Where were you at 6 As on III. eva
ming In question: was the first query put
to her by the examining counsel.
Dressing the hair Of madame" va, IN.
response.
Now, said the attorney. very .olsmnl,
with uplifted finger, think very CAREFUL,
before you answer. Was or wa, not ,op,
mistress In the room At that tiner'
The Washington herald., 1921-12-25

hciently far-of boy
hood Of your own
That he told you. and
he told you, too, about
the fnst Christmas
which he and your
The Washington herald., 1921-12-25

Every year you children had seen, for week before
the 25th the busy little mother, who was then % tall
and beautiful, milking tremendous armies of small
cakes And the poor Of the town-dont you remember
them would come to the kitchen door and depsrt
thence, cooky laden
The Washington herald., 1921-12-25

Jesus in the manger'
a little child like you.
Out Of the awesome
silence that followed
you begged her, At
last, to give you the
history Of Santa
Claus or was pc
Kriss Kringle to you1
ths first time, seemed
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-03-19


ton truck. and worn out, they charge-
They declare that Cowdrey talked in
sultingly to them and ordered them
out of his shop when they complained
about the truck.
City planning ideas will be featured
at the meeting of the Cooperative
club next Tuesday night when Mayor
Herbert J. Corwine and Commissioner
Robert d. McGiffert win have charge
of the program. L. B. Triton. land
scape architect. associated with the
Harland Bartholomew city planning
office of st. Louis. has been invited to
speak. c. A. Haskins. engineer with
Black & veatch, Kansas City. Mo-. tho
firm in charge of constructing To-
peka's new filtration plant, also has
been invited to speak.
Deaf persons in Topeka and from
Kansas City. Olathe, Mcpherson and
Holton. totalling more than 100. will
attend a social and dance at Moose
hall tonight A banquet will folloy
the dance. A special sermon for deac
persons will be given at the First
Congregational church Sunday morn
ing, and many of those who attend the
party tonight are planning to remain
for the sermon. S. T. Walker. super
intendent of the Kansas and Ladies of
Security Children's home, and form erly
head of the school for the deaf at
Olathe, will interpret the sermon by
DIR. A. f. Gregory for the benefit of
the deaf listeners
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-03-19

Rev NJ. A Draper, pastor. Bible study, 10
a. m. Morning worship and communion at
FIRST CHURCH OF CHRIST-Corner
Huntoon and Polk streets. Children's Sun
day school, 0 80 a. m. Morning services. IL
Evening services, 5 O'Clock Wednesday
evening meeting, O'Clock. Reading room,
7O5-7O6 Mills building, open daily except
Sunday and holidays, from o 80 a. m. to
SWEDISH BETHEL MISSION-Corner
Sixth and Harrison streets, Rev. A L. Nys-
Morning services, Ii o'clock Sermon by
Rev. c. w. Bowman of Chicago. Also bap-
tism. Young Peoples society, p. m: Eve
ming services, Z 80 O'Clock. sermon by the
pastor.
UNITED BRETHREN.
FIRST-Corner Twelfth and Quincy
streets, Rev. J. W. Stiverson, pastor Sun
day school, 9:45 a. M, Martin Miller, su-
perintendent. Morning services, IL O'Clock.
sermon by Evangelist E. C. Smith, Chris
easer selSces
m. The evangelistic services will continue
thruout the week.
streets, Rev. ]. II. Frazer. pastor. Sunday
school, 9:45 a. m. Morning worship. IL
O'clock, subject, ..Harassing Christ
topic. conducted by the missionary. com
mittee. Evening services, 30 O'Clock.
Prayer meeting, Wednesday evening, Z 80
o'clock. Choir practice Thursday evening
at Z 80 o'clock.
OTHER ORGANISATIONS.
INTERNATIONAL BIBLE STUDENTS
Lie East Sixth street, Klingaman hall.
Berean studies from to 4 p. m. Baptism
discourse at p. M, followed by INNER
sion. Sunday school lession, Z p. m.
SPIRITUAL TEMPLE BUILDERS-Cor-
ner Fourth and Monroe streets. Sunday
school. 10 n. Morning services, II
o'clock. Evening services. o'clock, lee
ture by Mrs: Rosa Simpson and Mr.. and
Mrs. Frank Wollman.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-03-19
GRAIN TRADE NEWS.

Topeka. Kan, March u.
Options on the wheat market closed about
Sc less than last week. most Of this decline
coming in the last couple of days This
was due principally to the fact that the
premiums on export wheat were reduced
considerably in the last few days. The ex-
porters started in Monday to buy wheat
and the market rallied in good shape but
when the premiums were reduced It fell
of its own weight. Cash prices of wheat
dropped about &c to &c in the same time.
The receipts of wheat in Topeka were re-
duced about 500 under those OF last week
due to the fact that the farmers are busy
in the fields putting IN the. new spring
ent low prices are very unsatisfactory to
the holders of wheat Most of the wheat
held back in the farmers hands is in the
hands of people who can carry it an indefi-
mite length of time and il Is freely predict
ed that n large part of the reserves will be
carried into the new crop months provided
prices do not rally considerably from the
present level.
The corn market showed net decline of
about &c on the options and lie on the cash
corn for the week. The corn market is
much nearer a pre- war basis than is the
wheat market and will not show anywhere
near the fluctuations that the wheat will
| for this season. Demand for corn has been
very limited in the past week and it is the
| opinion of most dealers that it will con-
tfnue So
The mills in Topeka report no particular
flour sales for the week and the market
for flour shows signs Of recovery
C. L. PARKER
Secretary Topeka Board of Trade.