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The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1921-12-31
THAT SMALL BOY
lust a Word or Two Said Here
in His Defense.
Pennsylvania Educator Issues Warning
to Mothers of Danger of Errors
in Training Methods.

Some interesting facts concerning
proper treatment of children were
brought out in an address at the Moth
ers' club recently by ]. George Becht,
first deputy state superintendent Of
public instruction, the Philadelphia
Record states. In a talk on Youth
Its characteristics and Training" he
defended the small boy" who, he
held, was blamed for much of which
he was not guilty. Children between
the age of five and seven and twelve
and fourteen especially, as a rule, he
said, were going through a process Of
development which was abnormal and
in which the mind did not keep apaCe
with the body. This lack of cO-ordina-
ton in the childs system resulted
in awkwardness, fOrgetfulness, ETC.,
and as a result, boys especially,
going through the awkward age"
were not treated with too much con-
sideratiOn.
The speaker criticized the mothers
who are always nagging their boys
and charging them with Incidence, for
getfulneSs, etc, when in reality the
youngsters should be kindly treated
and given sympathy. He said a
mother, through lack of knowledge,
was often cruel to children, while She
! felt that she was over indulgent. In
/ this connection he specially referred to
the blame given boys because they
] RI in in
other such trifle What was very much
worse, he said, and very common, was
desire to catch the boy in his error,
and to corner him to explain it, which
was responsible for the development
of sneaks and liars. A boy should
not be treated like a law-breaker, he
/ said, because he was slightly dere-
lict, neither should a mother use the
! same method as a policeman.
I The speaker said that now more
than ever the parents should labor to
make the hearthside attractive. In
/ this age of restlessness and shift,
when there was everywhere an effort
made to gain money, social position,
etc, the home spirit that our ancestors
enjoyed was gradually dying away and
the family circle had no place what
ever. The mother should multiply
her efforts to make home attractive,
to establish spirit of fraternity in
the family, and to make sympathy and
consideration qualities which encircled
the hearthstOne and made it the most
sacred spot for both parents and chill
dren.
The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1921-12-31
Germs Combat Paresia

1t is reported that rather remark
able results in the treatment Of gen.
eral paresis have been obtained in
Hamburg, Germany, by inoculating the
patient with the germs of malaria
and recurrent fever. Professor Wey-
gandt made this announcement con-
corning his experiments at a recent
meeting of the Hamburg Medical as
ISOLATION:
"As a result, the remissiOns and
the improvement were much more
marked than they had been previous
ly, when the cases were left untreated
or were treated by the olde= methods.
In the so cases treated for from four
to % months, the following results
were secured:
Ability to resume duties OF calling.
2 per cent; partial resumption of call
ing, % per cent; ability to work at
something, 10 per cent; ability to work
part time, 6 per cent; domicillary care
now sufficient, % per cent; no improve
ment, 10 per cent; progressively worse.
2 per cent.
Accordingly, there was remis-
sion In SO per cent and a marked re-
mission In 48 per cent. The neuro-
logic and serologic improvement was
not equal to the clinical and practical
progress"
The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1921-12-31
PRODUCT OF EiANY BRAINS
Great Musical Instrument, the Organ,
Had Its Inception over Two
Thousand Years AGO.

More than two thousand years ago
barber in Alexandria discovered
that in moving his mirror air was
forced through the tubes which were
common in mirrors at that time. This
caused curious musical sound to be
emitted.
So struck was he by this popularity
that he set about making an instru-
ment which was the foundation of the
modern organ.
After several experiments he made
a water-flute, in which air was forced
by bellows through an inverted cone
which led to flutes controlled by key
board, the pressure being kept uni
form by water.
After a thousand years a rival in
strument made its appearance. This
was a similar pattern, but, instead Of
water, weights regulated the pressure.
In 951 an organ was erected at Win
chester, England. 1t had twenty-six
bellows and ten pipes to each key. The
two men who sat at the keyboard
blew and sweated enormously"
Later, a firm of organ makers in
Germany succeeded in erecting the
first really big instrument. The prim-
airy stops did not differ very much
from those Of today, although various
novelties were introduced.
Among the innovations were the
nightingale and cuckoo stops, while
others represented cock-crOwing and
goat-bleating. Though these novelties
have now fallen into disuse, an organ
with one of these nightingale stops is
still to be seen in Rome.
1t was not until the Nineteenth CEN
fury that the problem of the regula'
ton of air pressures was solved by
the introduction of the. hydraulic
blower.
The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1921-12-31
Mechanical Ticket Seller.

A machine for the rapid issue OF
railway tickets has been demonstrated
In London, according to the Manches-
ter Guardian. Outside the battery"
are Sits in the walls, and below each
of these q saucer-shaped receptacle.
The traveller puts his coins in the pen
ny. twO-penny or three-penny slot, and
the ticket shoots out into the recepta-
Gle. If he puts a six-pence into the
twO-penny slot three tickets emerge.
If he puts a sixpence into the FIVE
penny slot he will get his ticket and
q penny change. He need not have
two pennies for the two-penny ticket.
Four half-pennies will do. But bad
or foneign coins will be returned.
All the work is done by the Oper-
ator In the box, who stands at the
levers and shoots out the tickets as
the coins tumble into a receptacle.
Those who watched the machine at
work said that undoubtedly the inven-
ton would prove its value, especially
during the rush hours.
The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1921-12-31
Not 70 SAY Travail.

That afternoon he had bought n
copy Of Roget's "Thesaurus," without
which the literary life is mere vexa-
tiOn.-From The Briary Bush." p. 80.
Even with 1t, though, the literary
life is often mental suffering, pain,
dolour, ache, smart, displeasure. dis
satisfaction, discomfort, dlscomposure,
disquIet, malaIse, dnquietude, dejec-
ton, annoyance. irritation. worry. in
Fiction, visitation, plague, bore, bother.
stew, modification, chagrin. care,
anxiety, sollcitude, trouble, trial,
ordeal, cark, dole. fret, burden, load,
grief, sorrow. distress, afiiiction woe.
bitterness, heartache, unhappiness.
incubus, pang, anguish, agony. hell
and. even IL you use. employ and bend
to your will March's ''Thesaurus" also,
it-still meaning the literary life-is
hard work.. p. A. IN New York
Tribune.
The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1921-12-31

IN CAME OF LIFE
The Winner Is He Who COnCen-
trateS on His Aim.
Success Means That One Must Make
All Sacrifices, Keeping in Mind
the Great Object.

If you desire to be an expert in the
game of life, you must concentrate on
your aim as an expert chess or base
ball player concentrates on his play
and game. Babe Ruth's skill lies
in the fact that lie has studied batting
and great batterS. NapOleOns ire
mendOus power lay in his ability to
sacrifice everything which conficted
with the one unwavering aim. Nothing
could stand in his way-sOciety,
friends, wife and amusements-every-
thing must give way to his mighty am
bitiOn. To succeed, we must pay the
price and Sacritice-Sacritice a great
many things we are fond of for the
crest aim and ambition in life.
Life is usually what we make it, and
we get out of life just what we put
In 1t. Many great men in life have
made good and were handicapped from
the start. Voltaire, with his many
fits in childhood, III all his life; Pope
sewed up in a canvas jacket each
morning, that he might sit up for his
with fits and the itch; Keats, sickly,
a cOnsumptive; Pee with nerves that
tormented him, yet with all these
things against them, they had the grit
to persevere until they made good.
Gypsy Smith, coming from a gypsy
tent, with the use of Bible and die
tiOnary, has made good as a great
evangelist.
A man must play to win and over
come everything that would deter his
progress.
Sacrifice makes great men. John
Forsythe, who was the owner of a
large leather company, was hurt with
a number of his men. When the am
bulance came, that would only carry
three, FOrsythe said These men must
go first" although he was more Sc
verely injured. Sir Robert Sidney on
the battlefield, pushed away the cup
of water, making a wounded private
drink his share. He knew he must
die, but he died knowing that even the
love of life had not conquered in his
soul. He realized that the rule Of
life, others must come first.
Really great men have self-cOnfi-
dence. 1t is true, great men fail to
accomplish what they set out to do;
but, in the main, they succeeded. The
timorous man only wags his empty
head, and says it can't be done. Bill
McAully is type of man that can can
the can't A few years ago there was
riot in little Texas town. The
sheriff sent an S G call to the gov
ernOr to send a troop Of Texas
Rangers. The governor wired back /:
Rangers en- route The sheriff anx-
iously met the train. One lonely
ranger (Bill McAully) got off. The
sheriff threw up his hands in despair.
"Oh, Lord, where is the rest Of your
outfitT he cried. REST, h|w re-
piled Bill, as he carelessly took big
chew of tobacco. you amt got but
one riot here, have your" This is the
kind of timber and confidence that IL
takes to reach the top and win the
game of life.-Pittsburgh Dispatch.
The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1921-12-31
Never Too Old to Dance.

Staid old London is becoming too
gIddy for words, what with grandpa
taking up the new dances.
1t is a fact, dancing masters Of the
fashionable west end say, that the Eng
lish dance craze has reached such a
height that septuagenarians are among
their most enthusiastic pupils.
'And they do very well, tOo," one OF
these toddling tutors declares. "SOme
of them come for the sake Of exercise,
not with the idea of cavorting in the
ball room. But they insist, invariably,
on being taught the latest thing, even
though they claim to view the dancing
class as a sOr' Of modern gymnasium.
"When they take to the cafes or ball
rooms, however, they strengthen their
domestic ties, for mother, whatever her
age, is becoming keener than ever on
dancing.
1.-The modern husband, whatever hiE
age, doesn't murmur when he has tc
take up dancing. That is the only way
he can keep an eye on his wife"
The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1921-12-31
Elan With History.

The nag that waved over the capitol
building in Washington while the ma
tional congress was passing necessary
legislation during the troubled days
Of the World war and which few more
happily on November II, 1918. the day
the armistice was signed, was unfurlei
on Armistice day this year over tho
state capitol of Connecticut In Hart
ford.
The nag was presented to Connecti-
cut by former Secretary Of the Treas
ury Carter Glass IN appreciation of
that states having made the best rec
ord In the last Liberty loan campaign
Connecticut raised 149-s5 per cent d
It's quota. with Michigan second, cred
tied with 1855 per cent
The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1921-12-31
One "Man's Reason.

Here is one mans reason for not
supporting his wife and family, ac-
cording to a report filed with Mrs.
Lulu Runkle, head Of the adult pro-
baton department Of the juvenile
court.
I'm just not satisfied" he said. I'm
not contented. / don't like to stay
In one place very long. 1 just won't
live with her any longer. NO.
haven't any other reason"
The man suggested that his wife. q
cripple and partly deaf. with a three
year-old boy and a five-mOnths-old
baby to care for, Should 60 to work.
He didn't like the idea Of providing
for them.
With jail sentence facing him, the
man.decided he would support them
indianapolis News.
The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1921-12-31
AID FOB
HIGHWAY PROJECT
THIRTY-EIGHT STATES TO BEN
Eft BY APPROVAL OF BILL
BY CONGRESS.
MID-sOUTH WILL BENEFIT
Tennessee, Arkansas, Alabama and
Mississippi Are Among PartieI-
pating States-other Projects
Being Considered.

Washington.-Highway projects with
federal aid were approved in 3S out OF
4S states between July 1 and October
1, and will cost something more than
$25,000,000, the public roads buerau OF
the department of agriculture has an
nounced.
Tennessee, Arkansas, Alabama and
Mississippi are included among the
states participating. Additional prof
ects have been approved since Septem'
Der 80, and others are being consid.
cred.
Exclusive Of bridges, which in them.
selves total more than two miles, the
new roads approved in the first three
months of the new fiscal year amount
to 1,400 miles. The bridges, it is esti.
mated, will cost SLATE, LAG and the
roads 25,353,84S. OF this grand total
of $26,SS1, 1874 the states will pay $16,.
100000,
Since the initiation of federal aid to
roads several years ago, the depart.
lnent has approved, up to October 1,
s6,S02 miles Of roads, consisting of
roads, costing $614,153,31S. In their
construction the federal government
has allotted $21S,153,931, or more than
SO per cent.
OF the projects for the first three
months of this fiscal year, beginning
July l, graded earth, sand clay and
gravel roads have been approved to
the extent of 1,004.7 miles. Their cost
will be approximately $10,949,2S6, OF
which the federal government pays 81.
3S3,995.
The highest type OF roads to be con-
structed are the concrete, bituminous
concrete, brick and block, which total
264.75 miles. These are estimated to
cost $11,459,79O. Toward their con.
struction the government has allotted
&4.012,646.
The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1921-12-31
Mh.r. h.r rheuuht, Ware.

A tall, blonde, handsome fellow. just
returned from "Ovef there" came in
quite frequently to see my boss and
naturally becaAe interested In him.
One day, during dictation. while my
boss was deciding what to say, my
thoughts became centered around this
young man, whom, for convenience.
/ viii call Mr.. Smith.
At this juncture my employer said.
Evil you please read what have
said 80 farr
And to my discontinue and his in
tense amusement said, Referring to
attached letter from Mr.. Smith"-in-
stead Of the correct name.
He laughed and said. $50 that's
where your thoughts are, young
weman."-Chicago Tribune.
The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1921-12-31

"An oracle for some; game for
others" 10 the legend on a small paste
board box now selling downtown. With
In Is a square piece Of stiff paper, d.
vided into 10 parts, with the names Of
four stocks In each, making "a names
In all, many Of which are speculative
favorites. On a pivot in the center
Is an arrow, waiting to be spun. With
this new method Of picking 'em, fully
as reliable as some now In use. comes
the announcement: "All the fun Of
Wall Street with none Of Its dangers"
New York Evening Post.
The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1921-12-31

Washington-Formal notice has been
received by the state department from
the new government OF Guatemala that
DR.. Julio Bianchi, minister to Washing.
ton under the Herrera government, re-
Gently overthrow, no longer repre-
sents that country. The notification
was contained in telegram to the sec
Rotary Of state from Rodriguez Cas-
tille-jo, minister Of foreign affairs.
The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1921-12-31
COLONEL HENRI
WATTERSON DIES
PICTURESQUE KENTUcN EDfIon
AND WRITER PASSES AWAY
SUDDENLY.
END COMES ATJACKSaNvlLLE
Had Been In Florida For 81 WssN'
In Accordance With HIs gshzh
Cusom.-Was Promineai ~
Politics For so Yean

Jacksonville "Marse IeneTy wa.
terSon. content with tn lllnsss v
his life, is resting from ns iaDors'
With only the members a hs HILLS
dfate family present and VI ne noui
Of the service unannounC "a ne Douy
of the venerable Kentuc q jonfnaiis'
who died here will be pIseed IN =
vault to remain until spin Wnen y
will be taken home to be gwen
final resting place be sic hs motner
and farther in Cave Hill cenetary -
Louisville.
Because Of the grief of BIS mother
and sister and for fear man persons
would attempt to attend Tie brief ana
simple service at mortusg cnapel
which preceded laying aWsE Of the
body, Henry Watterson, Jr, arranged
that the hour of the serrIce be not
made public and the family requested
that there be no floral tributes. de-
string that the service and everything
connected with it be as simple as
possible. The Rev. Mr.. ]. T Boone,
pastor Of the First Christian church
here, of which denomination Mrs. Wat
terson is a member, officiated
Hundreds of messages of coincidence
have been received bT Mrs Waiter
son from old friends d Colonel Wat
terson and newspaper men in al parts
of the country who werstrained under
MARE Henry" One particularly touch
ing was from Arthur Krock, editor
Of the Louisville Timed HJlm and I
are weeping for the deatAof ola Mas
ter" it read.
Jim" is Jim Wilson. aged negro
servant who has resided at the Wat.
terson home for many years
Death came peacefully. ths venar-
able editor retainging conse BUSINESS
almost to the end and converslng dur
ing the last half hour with bis wife,
son and daughter.
Colonel Watterson came 30 Jackson
Vile six weeks ago in accordance With
his annual custom Of spending the
winter in Florida, usually at Fort Myer.
Soon after he arrived here he was
taken i'll, but for a few days an I'm
provement in his condition seemed
noticeable. He contracted slight cold,
and while seated in chair soon after
breakfast he suffered an acute brpn-
chial attack and was ordered 70 bed
by his physician. His condition grew
worse during the day and night and
the end came at Sis o'clock The
immediate cause of his death his physi-
clan said, was heart failure Esperln-
duced by congestion of the lungs
Thus "Marse Henery'' passed to that
beautiful shore" where he last Octo-
Der wrote his comrades OF the Coufed-
crate army he was sure "the bon
ME blue flag will be flying at tn fore
nd the bands will be playing Dixie
parade, and the pretty girls will
: stributing The Chattanooga
Sthe newspaper published by
z the war between the states
lof ragged, red-nosed angels
ct forgotten the rebel yen"
The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1921-12-31

jefferson City, Mo.-The first issue
Of the Weekly Clarion" q publication
edited by four inmates OF the peniten-
tiary for distribution among the con-
victs. has made its appearance here.
The issue contained an article by War
den HILL urging the convicts to pre-
pare them selves for paroles.
The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1921-12-31
Assured Continued Employment,

Tokio.-All the shipyard laborers in
japan are assured continued employ
ment for at least year In completing
the 10 light cruisers and "a destroyers
now building or projected. This assur-
ance comes from Vice Admiral Keisuke
Okada, chief of the department of ma
val equipment. AS result of the un-
derstanding reached at Washington
work has been suspended on four bat
tleships and four battle cruisers.
The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1921-12-31
Sells Store After 40 Year,

Helena, Ark.-Solomon' shoe store,
which has been operated in Helena
for the past 40 years, has been sold to
Isadore Rothschild, Jacob and Richard
Jiedel, who will have charge at once.
Henry Solomon, the former manager,
viii enter the Wholesale shoe business
in Memphis.
The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1921-12-31
Domino Fans In Lsno Game.

A domino game has been In progress
for the last quarter Of century in
Riverhead, N. Y. The exact data OF
its inception Ia not known. but Il
was begun BY four men some time N
ie08. Since then the same four. the
,ldest now ninety-four, have gathered
or several hours daily to match Up
the little black blocks. The frst ten
years were the hardest. the Quartstts
asserts.
The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1921-12-31
Muscle Shoals Project Halted,

MISREPRESENTATION between
Secretary Weeks of the war depart
ment and representatives Of Henry
Ford on the latter's offer to lease and
purchase the governments nitrate and
waterpower project at Muscle Shoals,
Ala, have been halted, to be resumed
after the Christmas holidays
The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1921-12-31
President Gives 500 To Father.

Marion, Or. George T. Harding,
father Of President Warren G. Harding,
received a check for 800 from the
white house. as his sons usual Christ
mas gift.
The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1921-12-31

Mardid.-Senorita Maria Y Zeritos,
daughter Of rich merchant. was
stricken with the belief that she was q
perpetual motion machine. She liter
ally walked herself to death, refusing
both food and sleep.
The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1921-12-31
Gets IS Months For Theft

Paris.-Pierre Ribotte was sentenc-
ed to Is months imprisonment for
stealing $1,000 worth of jewelrv and
notes from a woman gypsy. The wo-
man said she had been collecting the
valuables for more than 40 years.
The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1921-12-31

Asks Definition OF Arbitration Points.
Lima, Peru.--A meeting OF delegates
OF Chile and Peru in Washington to de-
eide on bases for arbitration Of the
Tacna-Arica dispute, under the aus.
pices OF the United States government
was suggested in reply sent by Peru
to the Chilean governments note ask.
ing for a definition OF the points upon
which Peru desired arbitration.
The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1921-12-31
Asks That Lepers Be Removed

London-Revelation at recent med
ical meeting that there are more than
40 lepers in England caused a public
sensation. The government has re-
ceived many letters demanding the re-
movai OF all victims.
The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1921-12-31

Saulte Ste. Marie, Mich.-With the
passage through the locks here Of the
steamer Sir Thomas Shaughnessy, nav
Igation on the great lakes was form
ally ended for the 1921 season. Ar
rangsments have been made to close
and pump out the locks.
The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1921-12-31
VIVA Reported a. sseroke. y

Mexico City.-Reports have reached
here that Francisco Villas operations
as an agriculturist have been so disas-
trous that he il practically 'broke."
It Is rumored that loan from the gov
ernment is being asked for him.
The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1921-12-31
smucoIed 70 w.tche.-csvob+.

London.-Leon Grugg. a British, citi
zen, struggled 13 watches into Eng.
land from Austria, but was captured
just as he was disposing Of the las,
timepiece. He was fined $500.
The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1921-12-31
pIsecverv o. plamords Reported

Rifa--Discovery and confiscation OF
Q treasure OF diamonds and other gems
secreted by adherents OF the late car
are reported In private advices from
Moscow. The hoard is valued at about
$4,000
The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1921-12-31

Columbus, O.--The death in local
hospital OF Mrs. Martin Theado, Co
lumbus, brought the toll in the Wright
store gas explosion to four. Three 9th.
or victims died in hospitals. Forty per
sons were injured in the blast.