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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1921-06-23
TRAINING
OUR GIRLS

AS our boys and girls grow in years
we must not relax our vigilance in di-
recting their course along lines. which
will lead them into lives of usefulness.
Our boys should be taught to be
manly, self-reliant, kind and consid-
crate of others, and our girls should
be thoroughly trained in housewifery.
Miss Enid Aubrey's Charm school,"
which is conducted in the Y. w. C. A.,
in Chicago, has recently turned out
fifteen girls who, it is said, have mas
tered the art of conducting home
successfully.
They were taught how to prepare
the delicious dinners that men like,
how to manage the house economically
without skirting the brink of financial
rim, how to dress and how to take care
of the wage Garner and avoid friction
Every girl should be thoroughly
trained in this line and every mother
should be capable of instructing her
girls in the housewives duties in the
home.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1921-06-23
KEEPING
CHILDREN
IN SCHOOL

Every state now has a compulsory
day school attendance law, according
to information recently furnished BY
the Z. S. Department of Labor through
the Children's Bureau The Bureau
has just completed an analysis of edu-
cation laws affecting child labor, the
results of which are published in
chart entitled, Estate Compulsory
School Standards Affecting the En-
ployment of Minors"
In five states attendance is required
until Is years of age, in two of these
in certain districts only; in three until
II; and in thirty-two until Is. One
state requires attendance until Is, six
others and the District of Columbia I'M
til IA and one state requires attendance
until the age of y years, but applies
this to illiterates only
Unfortunately, the exemptions in the
majority of states are so numerous
that they greatly limit the application
VI IHS law he lllOSI common eS0nD-
lions are for employment or upon COM
pletion of a specified school grade.
-Four states specifically exempt for
work IN agricultural pursuits, 3 with
no age provision. The laws of IA 9th
er states contain loosely worded provis
ions exempting a child at any age,
which might be used to cover absence
for farm work as we'll as for many 9TH
er purposes. Several states exempt
child whose services are necess ary
for the support of himself or others,
without any age or educational pro-
vision.
The amount of attendance requir-
ed is still unsatisfactory in many
states, several demanding only II, .16,
or 20 weeks in a year. Even in states
where city children must attend for 8
or months, the amount of attend
ance required in rural school districts
IS sometimes considerably less.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1921-06-23
DIR. GODDARD,
121 Wisconsin St.,
Milwaukee, Wis.

Nowadays" says Miss Hesse,
Eve look on the rubbing as merely a
vigorous agitation which wears out
the fabrics. Instead we substitute
good soap solutions and allow them to
remove the dirt"
Take borax and neutral soap for
soft water or, sal soda and laundry
soap for hard water, make a good So
luton of suds and then put the clothes
in this. With anly a little agitation
the dirt will soon be removed as effect
lively as when it was rubbed out. With
this arrangement boiling is not neces-
sary, as this is merely futher agita
ton. If boiling is used to sterilize
clothing, the same result can be Sc
cured by hot mangling or ironing,
which has the same disinfecting prop
critics.
The dirt gathered on personal APP
oarel is held there by the oil from the
body.
When a washing machine is used it
furnishes agitation. The soap solu-
ton added to the water and a strong
suds made before clothes are added
does the work of lberating the dirt
The cothes are rinsed with hot wa
ter to ceanse free from soap, rinsed
again in a clear cool water, and finally
through a blueing water.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1921-06-23
THEHOLY BOND
WEAKENING

One of the distinguishing marks of
the American people is their frivolous
attitude toward marriage Because
divorces are so easily obtained, it
semes that we have come to look light
ly upon wedlock, with all the relations
of home and family; and by reason Of
this fact we are coming to be thought
of as people apart by other civilized
nations.
In the entire dominion of Canada
last year there were just twenty di-
vorces; and these were granted by act
of parliament as the courts had no au-
thority to grant them.
In the city of Denver, on TIE other
hand, the number of divorces granted
in the same time was more than one
thousand, Notwithstanding the popula-
ton of Denver is less than one thir-
tieth as great as that of Canada. If
the divorce rate in Canada were as
great as that of Denver, the number
of divorces per year would be between
thirty thousand and thirty-fve thous-
and instead of merely twenty. Or put
ting it in another way, Denver has
more than fifteen hundred times as
many divorces in proportion to its
population as does the Dominion OF
| Canada.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1921-06-23
V ENT To
THE Ant

go to the ant, thou sluggard," said
the Wise Man. "Consider her ways,
and be wiseW Once there was slug
gard, and when he read these ringing
words he determined to take the Ec-
clesiast's advice. So he went to the
ant and started in to consider her
ways, says the Cleveland Plain Deal
er. But, unfortunately, he picked a
day in which the anteater was also
getting busy. And as the sluggard
considered, the anteater ate ants, as
was his nature. In fact, he didn't
cease eating until the supply was eX-
hausted. Then the sluggard went
back home and resumed his ancient
occupation of smuggling. Having con-
sidered the ways of the ant, he was
wise.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1921-06-23
DUGOUT PIT
ISPOPULAR

The dugout pit or potato storage
cellar is probably more widely used
than any other type of storage space
Fitted with water-tight roof it is es-
pecially popular in the central por-
tons of the United States. In the arid
and semi-arid sections type with sod
or dirt roof is in most general use. As
q rule, the excavation for the cheaper
structures of the dugout pit or cellar
type when erected on level or nearly
level land does not exceed three feet.
The soil removed from such an eXcava-
ton, particularly if the dugout is of
any considerable size, IS ample for
banking the side and end walls and
also for the roof The cost of con-
struction may be greatly modified, ac-
,cording to the character Of the loca-
ton.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1921-06-23
THE TWO SIDES
OF SERVICE

When President Harding, few days
ago, presented to Madame Curie. the
dlscoverer Of radium, a gram of that
wonderful and precious element in the
name OF the women of America. he
greeted her "as foremost among scien-
lists IN an age of science, as a leader
among women IN generation which
sees woman come tardily into her
own"
He said: 1--WE lay at your feet the
testimony of that love which all the
generations of men have been wont to
bestow upon the noble woman, the un-
selfish wife, the devoted mother. If,
indeed, these simpler relations of life
could not keep you from great attain
ments IN the realm of intellect. it is
also true that the zeal, ambition and
answering purpose of a lofty career
could not bar you from splendidlv do
ing all the plain and worthy tasks
which fall to every woman's lot"
The truth is that Nine. Curie is one
OF the finest living examples of the
woman who is able to accomplish great
and useful purposes outside the home
without neglecting those within. For
while she ranks as perhaps the great
est scientist of the age, she is still
kind and atfectionate mother. Indeed,
she has not only reared her children
we'll. but she has supported them by
her own efforts during the past fifteen
years.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1921-06-23
OUADRUPLETS
MAKERECORD

June fourth was the sixth birthday
of the quadruplet daughters of Mr.. and
Mrs. F. M. Keys of Hollis, Oklahoma.
The little girls seem to be making an
unusual record as the parents report
that not one of them has had day of
sickness during the entire six years.
They are not very much alike, though
all are said to have happy dispositions.
The first three to be born, Roberta,
Mona, and Mary, are brunettes, while
the fourth, one, Ieota, is blonde.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1921-06-23

ing. A postal will DIR. Goddard
bring it to you, in plain wrapper
Many socalled surgical diseases have
been proven to be cureable by medical
treatment more safely, more easily,
and cheaply by modern medical meth
DDS than was believed possible a few
years ago.
After you have read this little book
you cafl consult DR.. Goddard on his
monthly visits to Grand Rapids, free
of charge, and have the Satisfaction
of knowing that you have secured the
expert opinion of reputable special
list in these matters. If you have been
advised to submit to an operation
surely do not fail to consult him be-
fore undergoing such an operation.
His advice may save you many weeks
of suffering, loss of time, and expense,
possibly your life.
DR.. Goddard will be at the Witter
Hotel, Grand Rapids, all day Thurs
day June Both, and he makes no
charges for a friendly visit. Hours,
9 a. m. to 6 p. m.
Address,
DIR. GODDARD,
121 Wisconsin ST.,
Milwaukee, Wis.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1921-06-23
SEAWEED
BEDS Of
White SEA

Scientists never have been able to
estimate the extent of the seaweed
beds in the White sea. Why scientists
should wish to make this estimate is
something for which we cannot ans
wer, but these gentlemen have de-
voted many precious hours, even days.
in the attempt. AS the weed is cast
up by the storms, it is expected that
the industry will be stable and per-
manent one. Deep seaweed is the
most rich in iodine Iodine also may
be made from Chile saltpeter as base
but seaweed is the cheapest thing from
which it can be manufactured.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1921-06-23
GIRLS TAUGHT
MARKETING

The girls who take home econom-
les course at Iowa State College are
taught marketing SO they can buy
food properly. At the same time
they get practical training in planning
meals for families of different sizes.
Each girl is required to keep an ac-
count OF the amount of food used ano
the kind of food purchased SO that il
leak occurs it can be traced.
The home economics department es
Inmates that ninety per cent Of the
money brought into the wage earner's
home is spent by women and thai
every woman should have the neces
sary training.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1921-06-23
GIVE HIM
A CHANCE

Hundreds of thousands of foreign
ers have been focking into this coun-
try since the war. Millions more will
seek entrance in the years to come.
Whether or not they will become
good citizens and eventually good A
mericans will depend as much upon
us as upon them.
They come to us in comparative
ignorance of American manners, Gus
toms and traditions. They will learn
principally that which is taught them
by others.
If they fall among the minority ele-
ment that disparages law and order
and good government it will not be
surprising if time finds many of them
allied with that class.
But if they find the kindly and pa
ternal hand of the government out
stretched to greet and guide them
| there is every reason to expect thai
they will develop into good and valu-
| able citizens.
Some effort is being made to en-
tighten these immigrants upon THEN
arrival in the United States, but it is
only a beginning and the end is too
quickly reached. 1t can hardly accom-
Iplish the full purpose for which it i:
designed.
A more comprehensive and detailed
course of instruction in the duties o.
American citizenry and business &C
tivity should be provided every foreign
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1921-06-23
OUR DIFFICULT
Language

Apropos of the difficulties that our
foreign-born friends experience IN
learning United States" subscriber
writes: "a boy, born Dane and rails
ed in German family came to me and
said: will you borrow me your wheel
ibarrow?' and when he saw me smile
ne said, I mean, can | lend it from
you "-Outlook.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1921-06-23
DAILY THOUGHT

God is love. Therefore love. With
out distinction, without calculation,
without procrastination, love. Lavish
it upon the poor, where it is very
easy; especially upon the rich, who
often need it most; most of all upon
O ruequals, where it is very difficult,
and for whom perhaps we do least
of all-H. Drummond.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1921-06-23

er who lands upon our shores in future
years, and not one of them should be
sent out into the hive of American in
dustry until he has acquired a clear
understanding of the opportunities
before him and Of the duties that de-
volve upon him.
Good citizens are what we want, but
good citizens are not made standing
idly by while the untutored walk into
the waiting arms of those who thrive
at the expense of good society and "a
tional government.
Give the immigrant a chance
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1921-06-23
mo FUSS" AT
HER WEDDING

Miss Lolita Armour was married
Saturday, June 18th. She is sole heir
to sixty million dollars and society
expected that when she carried John
J. Mitchell, Jr., son of the multi-mil-
lionaire Chicago banker, the ceremony
would be brilliant affair, but Miss
Lolita willed it otherwise. She says
she may be bit old-fashioned but she
wouldn't have any ''fuss" at her wed
ding, although it is said, there was
four thousand dollars worth of lace
on her wedding gown.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1921-06-23
HE KNEW

Dad" said little Reginald, what
is a bucketshop 20 "a bucketshop, my
son." said the father, feelingly, "a
bucketshop is modern cooperate es-
Establishment to which a man takes a
barrel and brings back the bunghole.'
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1921-06-23
.kLEFF IS
PICTURESQUE

The most beautiful city, in Russia is
said to be, not Petrograd or Moscow,
which lack perspective, the one lying
fiat on the level of the Niva, and the
other situated on an insignificant
stream, but Kleff, the ancient capital
of the Cossacks, which lies on the
heights overlooking the rolling Dnie-
per.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1921-06-23

Little red ants can be trapped by
means of sponges soaked in sweetened
water. When the ants collect on the
sponge it should be dropped into boil
ing water.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1921-06-23
. E {.
= A Medical Book Free
By DR.. N. A. Goddard

Modern Methods of treating Chronic
Diseases without Operation has
just come from the Specialist and is
one of the most interesting as well as
instructive little books the doctor has
ever written.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1921-06-23
PARAKEETS FOUND IN
THICK WOODS

Parakeets usually rest IN colonies
and live in thick woods Of cypress
swamps. It is said that in an early
day they were numerous along the
lower Wabash in Indiana and were
found in the winter in the hollow
trunks of sycamore trees in state Of
semi
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1921-06-23
HAD SEEN THE STATUES

"Mother," said little Bobby, "do you
know what they do with presidents
when they get through with them =
"No DON'T" replied his mother. "They
freeze them stiff and put them up IN
parks" replied he.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1921-06-23

If You are a SUI
ferer from Appen-
1icitis, Rupture, Gall
Stone, Collie, Goitre
Or Chronic diseases
Dc a private nature,
you should avail
yourself of his offer
to send you this val
liable little book free
simply for the ask
-
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1921-06-23

A light coat of varnish, put on once
every few months will lengthen the
life of your Hneoleum and keep the de-
sign intact.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1921-06-23

Substitute for Hot Water Bottle
When you have no hot water bot
tie and need one in an emergency
wiring a flannel out of hot water and
apply as needed. Fill an ordinary
glass bottle with hot water and lap it
against the cloth.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1921-06-23
HOUSEWIVES
CORNER

A Random Record of Helpful Sugges-
tions for Busy Home Makers.
Dirt which sends clothing and other
household fabrics to the laundry can
be washed out without the hard rubbing
that has always been the treatment Civ
en- them, according to Miss Glenna
Hesse of the home economics division
of Iowa State College.
Much energy can be saved and home
washing made easier if the old time
wash board be eliminated from the
washing apparatus and scientific meth.
DDS applied.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1921-06-23
HELPFUL
THOUGHTS

Sow thistles and they spring up and
sting you. Sow flowers and they de-
light you with their beauty and fra
GRANGE.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1921-06-23

More than one hundred women serve
in national parliaments throughout the
world.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-04-18
Editorials For
|. Women Folks

Two statements in the news are
interesting to women
One is that Of government officials
at Washington who say American
women in 1920 spent 1854, 100000
to make themselves beautiful.
This sum went largely for paints,
powders and other cosmetics.
The other is that of Daniel Craw-
ford, Jr., president of the Philadel-
phia Operative Builders Associa-
ton, who says there is a shortage
Of 1900, 900 homes in the country.
AS a result of this shortage, fam
lilies are crowded into homes of
one or two rooms. Sanitary condi-
lions are poor. Ventilation is bad.
There Is insufficient sunlight. On
healthy pallpr on the faces of the
occupants is bound to result. Ar
tifcial roses are the only ones that
will bloom on such cheeks.
With sufficient homes to give ev-
cry family a house and a plot of
ground to itself. nature, which is
the best Of all beauty doctors, would
take care of the occupants. Health
would be improved as well.
At an average cost Of $1,000 per
home, the sum spent by women last
year for beautifers would build
116,S00 houses.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-04-18
JAMESBURG

Mrs. Earl Collins, wife of rural
mail carrier Earl Collins. of this
place. met with a distressing acci-
dent while riding on a potato plant
err and suffered the amputation Of
two fingers on the left hand. She
was assisting her husband. who con-
ducts a small place on the road to
Half Acre when she attempted to
drop some seed into the machine
and the digits were so badly mashed
that am%putation was necessary by
Drs. II. ID. Zandt and Jacob Shinn.
The opening services of the forty
hours devotion at st. James Catho-
lie church at this place Sunday
morning were attended by large
congregations. Assisting the Rev.
Thomas Kearney al the three days
service will be the Rev. f. G. Griffin
Of st. Mary's church, South Amboy;
Rev. Father O'Riley, of Lakewood.
and Rev. Lawrence Travers OF
Woodstown. Services will be held
night and morning and will close
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-04-18
WOMAN AVOIDS
AN OPERATION
Hope Nearly Gone, but Lydia E..
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound
Saved Her T

Star, N. C.-"My monthly spells
gave me so much trouble, sometimes
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-04-18
.satened Attack

.-SateneU Attack
",.c Gun know what your captor
did, hut We must admire his eff
Cheney" said Bob. And his speed!'
"Elienne would have stuck where
I told him till doomsday!" put in
that whoever got rid of Etienne sent
that taxi along!"
EXACTLY! And if they couldn't
hold up in the cellars they planned
to hold us up on the boulevard"
80 that's why you forced him to
take the old road at the " l sup
pose by this time we'd all have been
in the ditch"
And dead! More than hat junk
at stake. I'VE found out about
=. ne arms concealed in the cellar. !
wonder how we managed to escape
alive, Some of the consptrators must
have bIundered!!"
Then Daddy contributed this bit
"Tn bet there's a small army of
rufians put in the park by this
time!"
"Well If you won't throw the stuff
to the-the wolves. then let's hide
it." I suggested. Put some OF 1t in
my sugar-box, and in the -four bar
rel, and the laundry tubs. and the
waste baskets! Then hll up the
casket with fat irons! And wei
nut it in the safe in Bob's room!"
1T that will amuse you girls, go
10 it," agreed my husband.
I'm afraid to mov out of this
room alone" I confessed. you boys
help u.s."
As we wandered about the house,
concealing ropes Of pearls in music
rolls, and diamond cavaliers in the
cAke-box, we had chances to peek
from the windows at safe angles
The earth was white in the moon.
light. Nothing moved in the Lori
mer park. Our fear seemed absurd
When we had assembled once
more in the living room, Daddy pro-
posed:
"Cards-for an hour! Cigarets!
AND champagne!
mo more champagne tonight"
said.
"Cruel dame, consider! We who
are about to die, sal" I am sure
that Daddy will meet death with q
joke. When he perceived that ]
was going to be firm, he grew prop.
erly serious: 49,,
'You boys can't run for help, blu
Bob has got plenty Of guns. Maybe
he girls can help a little. And we
L stave 'em off until daylight. ]
guess you'll take my advice, son
and install that private wire con-
meeting you with the station house.
Daddy could not get over bad man
aSement, wherever spotted. -.
We've plenty of guns" Bob said
sChrys can shoot even If she can
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-04-18

Mrs. Joseph. Kuzma and daughter
Margaret visited friends in New
York City
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-04-18

Away went Nancy and Nick and
Mr.. Flippety-Flap to the Island
of Farthest-Ev to hunt up the
Monkey Family.
The Green Shoes that the twins
wore were heading straight for the
ocean, which it is necessary to
cross before yuo come to this par
ticular place. That's one peculiar
thing about any island, indeed,
that you may have noticed. You
always have TO cross water before
you come to it. You simply can
not reach it by land. even the
back way.
But just before they left the
shore, Flippety-Flap stopped sud
denly. Tut" cried he. mot tut
you but tut me. children. It's
my fault! I forgot! We've gotta
go to China first!"
WHY" asked Nick c%uriously.
ITO get some rice. Monkeys
like rice"
wouldn't the grocery store
do?" suggested Nancy.
Grocery store!' repeated the
fairyman thoughtfully. Yes. that's
a good idea if you've any money"
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-04-18
THE BOOK OF JANE
By JANE LORIdER

talk. SO can Jane! How about you.
Kath?"
At last the moonlight faded out.
We darkened the house, and pre-
tended to retire. Bob distributed
the arms.
Spence sat close to Chrys. He
was %watchful, devoted, solicitous.
Finally he placed a comforting hand
on hers-and forgot to take it away,
1 rejoiced to be close to my own
man once o 1t was for the last
time, 1 told myself.
AS our dim figures grew clearer
in the darkness 1 perceived that
Katherine never took her eyes from
Bob and me-.
A faint rattle at a French window
made us listen.
"Sit tight" Bob whispered to me,
"Remember-if anything happens to
me tonight, that I've always loved
you, my darling"
(To be continued)
Copyright, 1921, N. E. Al