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The Caledonian-record. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1920-current, 1922-11-16
THURSDAY, NOV. 16, 1922
EDITORIAL
THE NON-ATHLETlC


High school and college boys
who do not excel in athletics feel
themselves small and insignificant
factors in their student life at
this period when the football play
er is king. They can give some
help by roofing in the bleachers'
but the plaudits of the crowd Will
never be offered to them.
Many boys try and try, but they
never win success in athletic spots
which demand q peculiar combina-
ton of manual skill, quick vision,
ard rapid action. While these
qualities are always useful, they
atc not the high winners in the
game of life. There is always some
form of activity open in which the
nonathlete can make good, II he
will dig persistently in that field,
he will win results.
New Hampshire changed from
Brown to Brown, for governor IN
the recent election, the difference
being the exact shade of the poh-
teal coloring.
Some of the small boys come
home from school after eXamlna-
tons in great distress for tear
there is some German in then
makeup, their marks are so low
The whirl-a-gig of elections
makes the youngest member OF the
United States senate Il democrat
from Washington state by the
name of Dill. He Will think he is
in some pickle.
Standardized Stoddard B. Bates
OF Orleans county is quoted as say
ine:: 81 never yet have had amy
IDEAS on road building that ! was
ashamed to let the public know
about
Frank Greene certified to the
clerk of the senate that his cleo
ton last week cost him S9.l3. Sen
ator Page will regret that he ana
not wait until there was a mark
down.
4 m voter over in Rutland
is kicking up quite a rumpus pc
cause her name was left Oft the list
o. justices of the peace at the re-
cent election. She evidently wants
to be like George Washington, ilrst
in war, first justice of the peace
aud first in the hats of her u
trNInen.
The Caledonian-record. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1920-current, 1922-11-16

New Hampshire changed from
Brown to Brown, for governor IN
the recent election, the difference
being the exact shade of the poll-
teal coloring.
The Caledonian-record. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1920-current, 1922-11-16

Frank Greene certified to the
clerk of the senate that his cleo
ton last week cost him $9.15. Sen,
ator Page will regret that he dld
not wait until there was a mark
down.
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Some of the small boys come
home from school after eXamlna-
tons in great distress for fear
there is some German in theh'
makeup, their marks are so low
The Caledonian-record. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1920-current, 1922-11-16
SUNNY SQUIBLETS

Those folks in Northeastern
Vermont who did not bother to
vote, will probably complain if the
office holders don't bother to give
them economical government.
1t is feared by some if the wo-
men get into politics, they will
spend their time housecleaning, in
stead of making pie, cutting up
pork and preserving plums.
The politicians all say they wear
no mans collar, and some of them
look as if they were going to dis
card their necktios too.
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British control and many Ameri-
can houses practically driven out
of business in Shanghai and other
ports Of China. Again I am not
complaining. but merely illustrate
ing further the proposition which
make. Congress has been ap-
pealed to for legislation to meet
the situation but It has not been
passed as yet.
It is discouraging indeed to those
who are attempting to build up
and maintain our merchant ma.
rine, when they are confronted
by the suggestion Of many of our
business men, that there is no
sense in attempting to maintain
q fleet Of American merchant
ships when some foreign power
operating ships under foreign
flags 10 willing to take csrgoes
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urging. Again when British cor.
porations were formed under the
Hong Kong ordinances, to do busi-
ness in China with American
financial interests dominating in
the management and control Of
some of such corporations, It was
afterwards decreed, by Orders In
Council, that these corporations,
even when under american con.
troll, must be under the manage
ment Of British subjects.
The question was not asked
What will America think of this
course and how will # affect Amer.
lean interests, but how would II
affect British interests and the
interests OF British subjects In the
Orient.
The result was that large Amer.
lean interests were placed under
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that of boring our children. We
want them to study and TO atten1
school dutifully. but, outside Of
that, how we do strain to amuss
them! They must have Ice cream
cones and candy. and movies and
theaters. and books by the score.
Books were treasures. to us ard
we boarded them and read and re-
read them. but no child does that
nowadays. They skim them
through and are done with them
for all time. And we had long.
empty days. too. when entertain.
ments and toys were unthought OF
II remember them well. I remem-
ber inventing games. developing
the possibilities q woodsheds and
back fences, or wandering on long.
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American flag has tended to pro.
duce temporary stimulation OF
American shipping. which has
stopped to some extent the out,
ward flow Of revenue; this is apl
parent from q review of the com
merce for six years from Decem.
Der 81. 1916. to December 81, 1920.
In this period the total COM
merce by sea was s47, ,626.671. $40.
OF this amount American flag ves-
sells carried s12.12e. $50. .4s1. or
about 26 per cent Of the total. On
the other hand the foreign flag
vessels carried s35,4s7, ,041.3 .37s, or
about ~ per cent. or the
foreign countries Great Britain
carried the lions share, viz: s19,.
s11.as7.72o, or about a. per cent
Of the total commerce.
We begin now to realize how
much It would mean to America IL
this money could be expended
amongst our own people.
Would II not be far better to
try to meet the situation which
enables the foreigner to get the
lions share Of world traffic by ap.
plying some Of the methods tha:
he uses In order to handle world
commerce, This vast sum. II spent
In the United States, would stinS
uists every industry, trade and
profession that goes 10 maka 'oi
. happier and . more prosperous
people.
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freight. insurance, banking, etc,
to foreign interests. All such pay.
ments going into foreign hands,
represents 80 much revenue De.
Quoted from the resources Of this
country and retards to that ex.
tent the expansion OF our shipping,
industrial. commercial, and agr,.
cultural interests.
On this basis II 10 apparent that
while the American-owned vessels
through their participation in our
commerce Of a century earned for
American interests s,so7, ,754,
the foreign interests were enriched
to the amount Of s28.2s2,94s,11S.
This In the aggregate 10 Q trs-
mendous indictment against the
apathy OF our interest In our over
seas transportation in ships Of
American nationality.
II becbmes more forcibly appar-
ent when the fact 10 considered
that from 1891 to 1881 an average
OF 80 per cent Of our total com.
merce was transported in Arneri.
can bottoms, while since the civil
war our participation has stead
lily declined to an average for the
period Of 10 per cent, and the out.
ward now Of American dollars has
steadily increased. =.
The increase In volume Of sur
commerce since 1914. and the great
sppsroistion In values OF oommodi.
ties moved In oembination with the
growth Of tonnage undsF the
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herself, with interest and polite
ness. II means q knowledge Of
what life Is; what motherhood.
housekeeping. old age. mean.
PARENTAL FEAR.
To pick social groups merely by
age is to lose something extreme.
ly valuable to life. The circle
narows and ~narrows. and present
iy we find ourselves amid the
tragedies Of parents who scarcely
know their children; children who
have not q single interest In COM
mon with their parents; mothers
who miss all the deliciousness Of
developing girland-boy'hood, and
old age shelved and silent push.
ed into the background OF life.
One of our universal fears Ii
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very well when applied to stock.
ings. saucepans and school books.
but It has nothing to do with our
interests and our affections.
The fabric of human intercourse
is all the stronger for being woven
in one broad strand instead of q
dozen thin threads. and we shall
have more happy marriages. more
good mothers and fathers. and
more real homes when this
ridiculous fashion Of subdividing
our time is SUCCEEDED by something
more reasonable.
In the average American homo
the amusements Of the older
generation, Of the master and mis-
tress. and Of the children fail
into three separate classes. We
have baby parties, children's
parties. debutante parties. bride
Showers" card parties and
luncheons for the young wives
and matrons, dinners and cards
for older people. and quite distinct
dinners and card parties for grand
mother and the great-aunts.
II Is extremely uncommon In
America to find children, young
girls and men. old persons. and the
men and women who are In the
prime of life all In one drawing
room. No, each separate member Of
ths family has his or her separate
and individual pleasures. and II is
not at all unusual to have the
member who happens to be enter.
tanning warn the rest Of the clan
that he or she has all rights to the
dining.room and drawingroom this
evening.
DAUGHTERS BACKGROUND.
Isn't this extremely stupid7
And doesn't II perhaps account.
in part At least. for some Of our
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UP THIS TRAGIC FOLLY OF THE DIVIDED HOME" WARNS
KATHLEEN NORRIS URGING CLOSER TIES WITHIN FAN1IL

aimless trips through the village.
with no expensive refreshments to
act a. q spur.
But nowadays who dares take q
child out without offering II all
sorts Of treats, or who keeps q
child waiting an hour In Q shop or
a Doctors office without feeling
the need OF an'apology?
saw two small children In =
Chicago department store a few
weeks ago. They were actually en-
ragged because they had chanced to
!. see already all the moving pictures
at the big houses and their mother
would not allow them to -oatn.
r about searching for some un.adver.
tised picture. They debated the
big films ill-temperedly. guided by
patient and painstaking mother.
No. they wouldn't like to see any
one of them over againl
Perhaps. the mother suggested,
there was circus In town. They
snatched the paper again. No.
there was no circus.
SECRETS NOT SHARED.
In the end. with the little girl
crying in vexation. they decided
upon games; each child was to
have two dollars 10 spend In the
toy department and they would
carry their booty to . hotel and
spend the afternoon there. I
imagine these children were travel.
ing and that this was perhaps not
quite their normal attitude.
But ones thought wss; ''No
background No resources Of con-
versation. no interest in strange
scenes and new places. no develop
ment Of character. They had to be
completely distracted by food,
candy. toys, Ices. pictures, music
something - something - some
thing-or they were totally at q
loss.
They did not have q real share
Of their mothers and fathers lives;
they were not even listening to
them. There were some seven or
eight things in life that definitely
amused them and they were dis
satisfied until they had secured
those things.
Their father was impatient to
get away to q golf game; their
mother wanted to.shop. to have her
hair marceiled and TO Join some
friends at tea. She was q gentle.
generous. affectionats mother. and
she was most anxious to settle the
children happily before she left
them. But during an entire hour
at the lunch table neither she nor
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u. S. Paid Vast Sums
To Foreign Shippers

Do not think It is exaggerated statement to say
that foreign interests enriched by the carriage
- Of American commerce, exports and imports to the
amount Of $2s,2s2, ,94o11s as stated.
1t Is hard to realize the immensty of these figures but
one will stop to think that from the foundation of the
Republic to the present time there has been expended by
the Federal Government for the Improvement of rivers
and harbors and canals exclusive Of the Panama Canal
only and for the construction of the
Panama Canal $47ss5 $685. including its fortcaton
amounting in all to $1b1b es1 141ss begin to realize
what an immense amount Of money the American people
have paid into the Golfers of foreign peopeand to that
extsnt enriched them 49,. .........
In only years. sisted above we have enriched
foreign shipping interests in the of $88742s0 345
almost enough to pay the debts Of the allies to the United
States.
We begin now to realize how much it would mean to
America this money could be expended among our own
people
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the father addressed them except
to say, would you like. -" or.
why don't you. 80"
MOTHERS ENCIRCLING ARM.
And yet. II we turn back the
pages Of iiteraturs only o genera.
ton or two. what extremely dif.
ferent little girls and boys We find!
The little girls OF Miss Thaxte-,
and Miss Proctor, and Mary e. VIII
kins! Little Girls who came home
from school and sewed neatly upon
samples. and then asked fearfully
for an hours holiday. and were off
down the lane to Ellen's or Sarah's
house. exulting In Just blue sky
and green grass and the delight
full possibility Of climbing up on
the hay wagon in the barn and
bouncing on the seatl
Terrible little prigs. perhaps.
those pantailetted and hoopskirted
little girls. Yet American homes
whether in New Hampshire or
Louisiana--hsd background" then!
Fathers could command then, and
II was q hard little girl who wae
not influenced by mothers arm
about her waist and mothers per-
suasiye voice In her ear. There
was a code then: Little gentlemen
were polite TO their sisters friends.
and little ladies behaved with dig
nifty.
And when all Is said and done.
they grew up to be wonderful won,-
en-. those little girls Of the patch.
work and the autograph albums.
With grandma and Cousin Sally
and Uncle and Aunt Porter behind
them. and the older cousins TO
chids them. and the younger cous.
ins to turn to them for guidance.
they felt their responsibility. Their
little group Of dancers and nirrs
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many domestic failures? Divorces
are frequently caused by the wife
finding interests where the hus-
band has mono. and vice versa.
and certainly the servant problem
and the schooling problem and the
napper problem all come under
this head.
"You Americans" say the
Europeans. have no social back
ground!"
And we usually agree. partly be-
cause we don't quite know what
q social background Is, and large
ly because we are quite sure that.
whatever II Is. we haven't Il.
A social background doesn't
mean ancestors-it doesn't mean
h,oasy. or the old homestead. or
silver spoons. or q family tree. It
doesn't even mean age in a nation.
But 1t does mean that behind
your daughter and mine Is q group
Of men and women to whom she be.
longs. by right of BIRTH Old.
young, rich. poor. successful and
unfortunate. this Is her back.
ground, and she has her place
there.
She comes into the drawing
room and meets your friends. OF
course, It bores her to distraction
she would much rather 20 of with
her own friends to see part fifteen
of "The Fangs of the Viper
but she bears It as best she can,
as bashful Eight. as awkward
Fourteen, ~ embarrassed and
gisgiing and fearfuliy articuiate
Sixteen. She meets all the aunts
and cousins, and the awkward
little boys. growing up. and she
grows UP, too, and presently she
10 eighteen and she makes her
formal bow.
GOOD FOR ANY GIRL
And then, when she In twenty.
eight. and has been married to ono
OF the srown.up little boys for
perhaps six years. It means that
all this large group Of old men and
women. rniddie-aged friends of her
parents. young girls and boys. and
even children are keeniy interested
In her. approve or disapprovs Of
what she dees--maks Il impossible
indeed. for her 10 do anything
without their knowledge and par
tisanship.
This sort Of tightly knitted as
ISOLATION 10 good for any girl; II
means an Increased sense Of re-
sponsibiiity to society. for one
thing. II means an ability to talk
to persons older or younger than
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was not detached from all other
human groups, and 20 detached
from the moorings Of sanity and
dscency and self-respect.
LANDS RICHEST FAMILY.
To 20 back, even In . modern
way. or even part Of the road.
would be bitterly hayd. now. We
bore our children, and they bore
US; We both have been growing in
exactly opposed directions for
years and years. They calculate
"Oh. goodness! when the plans
for the evening collapse and leave
them stranded with only the pros
pect Of dinner with dad and
mother. and sitting about doing,
nothing. afterwards; and we experif
ence an undeniable sinking Of the
heart when, in answer to a kind,
ly interested query, isn't t'''7
the night of Helen's party?" the
young voices say biankly. mo.
it's postponed. What can we do?
What are you and dad doing to.
nisht7"
II there II q family left where
this conversation would end with.
an ecstatic, Mother, it's just
ourselves tonight! Won't dad be
delighted! Let's all choose what
We want most to dov' then that
family is the very richest in the
land.
fCepyrirht, Is2e By The Republic
syndicate.) -.
This II one Of . series Of Woman
to Woman Talks on present day
family and social problems that
Mrs. Norris, Americas best loved
and most popular woman writer.
Is writing for The Washington
Sunday Times. Another talk win
be printed next Sunday.
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ICES them to prejudice the Ameri.
can people, the stockholders in
that enterprise. against leading
their financial and other support
to its successful accomplishment.
II instead Of criticism they would
Specialize for . while and make au
impartial and disinterested study
Of the whole subject. they would
commend rsthentbsn unconscious.
iy assist in Destroying an instru.
mentality which is absolutely essen.
tiai in this aEe Of competition Tor
the development Of our ssrieul.
turai, commercial and industrial life.
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An Merchant Marine Means United States Foreign

II 10 and hiss been the proud
boast Of America that she has not
At any time In her history entered
upon q war Of aggression OF Of con.
quest. whenever she has been
involved in war. Il has been waged
in self-defense or In the mainten.
ance Of some high ana lofty prin.
ciple. Her people are idealists.
while many Of her competitors for
world trade and business are ma
terialists In the strictest sense of
the term. When America has up
for consideration q question as to
q step that might be taken for her
own advancement In the world of
competition, she 10 apt to ask her.
self. How will the other powers
look upon the taking OF this step?
How will II affect them even
though II be beneficial to Ameri-
car" II q course which would be
beneficial to her might possibly
be injurious to another power, or
at least looked upon by that power,
whether Justly or not, a. an en-.
croachfnent upon interests. Amer.
ica holds back. This IL the view.
point and course of the idealistic
nation.
Did anyone ever know Of time
in the history Of the British empire
when she ever put to herself the
question as to how other powers
would be affected. whether inju.
riously or otherwise. by q course
she had mapped out for herself
that would be beneficial to her
peopleH The question she has
usually asked herself, and It seems
to me II Ia the question that we
ought to ask ourselves, is-Does
the proposed step affect benefi.
cially or otherwise the British En-.
pire and her ossessions?--and IL
the question be. answered In the
affirmative, that step is taken
unless II might be trespass upon
the rights Of other peoples az to
invite war.
U. 8. NOT CONSIDERED.
Innumerabie instances might be
given to illustrate the point now
made, but will only take q few.
When the Ahgio,Japanese Alliance
was entered into, I think It safe
to say that no consideration was
given to Americas views, or as to
whether America would be injuri-
ously affected or not. but the
question was. how would It affect
the high contracting parties7
The alliance was formed, to be
modified or abrogated, II you
please, only when the Disarma.
mont Conference convened and
dissolved an alliance which was
unpopular not only In America
but as we'll In some OF the colo.
NAL possessions OF Great Britain.
am not complaining Of this
oourssi I am simply illustrating
the proposition which I am now
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sometimes feel that one of the
obstacles placed in the way Of the
successful development OF our
merchant marine is to be found In
the severe structures which are in.
dulsed In against the agents Of the
Government and in the iteration
and reiteration Of the charge that
Il 10 Impossible to successfully
build and maintain an American
Merchant Marine. sonsltfPso
The secret and tnsidious foreign
influence that seeks by propagsn.
da and otherwise to destroy Amer.
ica's efforts rejoices in these
structures ana criticisms ana u.il.
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y THINK that the very funniest
thing ever heard at a circus
u was saiA by q charming young
woman Of perhaps thirty. who
passed me IN the crowd. She look.
ID At some special lion or elephant
and then up at the man beside her.
obviously her husband. and said i'm
pulsively. In q tone Of regret:
"oh. Billy! wouldn't the children
love thisr'
And In saying % she placed her.
self perfectly as one Of the millions
Of American householders who al.
vide their time, their interests.
their affections into neat little
plots, like . vegetable garden. and
never dream OF allowing them to
mix.
knew tntuitiveiy that when this
woman decided to give . day or an
hour to her children. she did It
conscientiously and allowed moth
ing to interfere with It. But when
she planned q Sunday In the car
the children were left at home;
she invited just Mary and Tom
Sherman. and disposed Of Billy's
mother and the children well in ad-
vance.
A COSTLY MISTAKE.
When she went to see her own
mother in Yonkers she went alone.
When she had 10 spend q morning
downtown shopping she never
dreamed Of taking ten-year-old
Sarah. And ~ to having the chill.
dren visible at any dinner party
or tea. she would quite ~ soon
have had the riding horses brought
in!
This In one Of the real deficien-
cies Of our American home Life,
and, like all our other mistakes, Il
Is costly. "A place for everything
and everything In its place" 10 al