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New-York tribune., 1922-04-09

At approximately eight years Of 40. :.
fants should be left on the doorstsn, ), 5 s.
handiest plutocrat in the vicinity wb.x. : $ y
one, there are few if any children n. = Y
should be allowed to remain unit, y. s
been educated and are self-snnro~...s ~
state should see to it that no package. IS
kind are refused at the door. Thus n. ,,'ss As
during the most troublesome years vo,,,' A
borne by those capable Of bearing # :
mean time the original parents freed -.
dreadful handicap, are able to estah,;.,
selves, to forge ahead and to mako -.
ready for the youngster when bs a..
able to assist in maintaining It
Mr.. Hogarth shows US how fathe, J.
lowed this stern line of duty The l,,s.sl sa' ~
year-old boy has been deposited on NJ p.s
feller's doorstep. Will Mr.. Rockef.,,.- @"
the pretty lad away? VIII he MT ~. "a
orphan asylum? / cannot believe +h..,
he will welcome him in "Comen he sm
here is founding! None Of CON,
babes, but fine boy. Let rim enter mo- pug
hold. Let him help my gardener ~ r- s
and receive in return splendid adu..s W.
Come, rejoice with me over the fourS
have found!"
The boy grows up. He ingratiate, 1,,.y
with the family. Perhaps he even n.~
into it. Mr.. Rockefeller makes him -
president Of one of the great castor I'll
panies.
Then the grand Anal tableau tak., ,..
A woman, simply but fashionablv dressed
proaches the door Of the great castor a; 4.
tory. The vice-presdent, Just steppin, or. =
luncheon, meets her.
"My SOM" Il
Mammal" 4
What scene Of rejoicing follows,
Sometimes, of course, boys do not turn su
so we'll. Even then it is possible for them
steal Mr.. Rockefeler's jewelry or couora i
hundred thousand dollars worth Of Libss,
bonds with which to get started in buspu !
In other words, in order either to make mi
or to 60 bad successfully it is more desi,aA
to be affiliated with the very rich
What nonesense!" you exclaim aTbs 81
pure fancy. No sensible family would pay " /
slightest attention to such an unwished ID /
addition to their number" {
Let me assure you the thing can be NIX
easily managed; only a little ingenuity br
quired. For instance in one family whss ( 4
know two husky boys Of ten and eleven hr #
been placed in most attractive homes By III
following method A different family w
chosen for each. After short study d anh
respective family histories it was eag NJ
discover in each the name of brother /,
near relative who had died within the praVba
decade. With each boy was left note rasi
ing as follows;
Dear Mr. Blank: This is your broas i
Walters child. Care for him, beg Of r. IS
His heart-broken mother h
Did they take him in? III say they d
And not a word has been said about it tosF
one. There was always something queer asaH
Walter, anyway. And you can find Wsx 4
in almost every family.
Such arrangements as this leave the parents
free to develop themselves The children tier
selves are happier, the economic burden
most properly distributed and, what is ns
imp tant, the husband and father is t
cramped in the expression Of that indlvldSI
freedom which is his divine right =
New-York tribune., 1922-04-09

His coming crowns the day. 1t is papa's pock-
cts which produce the large, square box Of
candy. it is papa's pants that Jingle with
dimes and quarters.
There used to be time when fathers home
coming carried sense of foreboding This
was in the era of the stern parent, the days of
corporal punishment. "Wait till your father
comes!" were the ominous words which sent
many small boy quaking through the day
with depressed feeling at the pit Of his stom-
ach, his mind clouded with visions of the de-
scending slipper or the handy hair brush. I'M
perceptibly this avenging angel type Of father
has disappeared. He went out, think, with
the Adams apple. Both are welnigh extinct.
This is probably due to the higher speed at
which we live. Life was more leisurely then.
There was actual relaxation and excitement in
coming home and finding something to get
mad at. But the modern parent reaches his
freside fairly we'll spent with the effort to
keep up with the economic procession. He
doesn't want to be bothered with domestic
tragedies. When his wife meets him with,
Fred, what do you suppose? Willie called
the cook to the speaking tube and then emp
tied the ink we'll into it," he bursts into un-
holy laughter and utters the maddening tru-
ism that "boys will be boys" 1t is father who
looks with an indulgent eye on the school re-
port cards and fails to see the enormty of a
D in geography. 1t is father--- but
New-York tribune., 1922-04-09

tnaC we DTlnE up our
children. Many and serious are the treatises
written OF the education Of infants and ado
lescents But more astute minds have OBJ
served that the shoe is on the other foot or,
perhaps to be more accurate, there is shoe
each foot. We have pair. 1t is fifty
fifty. For our children bring us up or down
fully as much as we do them.
presuppose a husband and father who is
deeply interested in his childrens welfare one
who recognizes his responsibility for them and
accepts his obligations cheerfully. There is
another type of male parent to whom offspring
are merely an uncaculated biological result.
AS far as his actions would convey he realizes
no moral family tie. His children are in
cumbrances with a certain legal status, that is
all. This man is perhaps to be envied in his
fine, free detachment, but he cannot be emu
lated. This debonair quality is gift.
The problem of the conscious father is
much more difficult.
We should realize at the start that it is to
the father that the little ones look up far more
than to the mother. Nothing in the world
has been more overworked than the mother
love theory. The words have become sacred
deusion, sentimental button at the pressing
of which tears start from the eyes Of the most
hardened criminals. The sentiment is very
often deeply sincere, but it exists chiefly be-
cause for hundreds of years life has been
tricked by rhetoric. 1t has no foundation in
fact. The very sentiment is Of comparatively
modern origin. We all know that in early
tribal life it was the old man. the father of his
clan, who was looked up to and revered This
is the actual fact to-day.
Mothers, in spite of futterings of emanc-
patton, must necessarily remain much at home.
Home life is their half of the domestic sand
wich. Consequently they much with their
little ones To them falls the major share of
correction and chastisement When we con-
slider how many thousand things single child
do during the course of day which call
for maternal correction, we realize what an in
cessant bugbear the mother must become to
the average child. Fortunately for domestic
peace this does not result in mother hatred
so much as in passive acceptance of mother
as an existing reality, person to be circum-
vented as far as possible, but always to be
tolerated.
But when at eventide father lopes up the
path, ah, then what cries of gladness fill the
demesne! For father is an event, as glorious
the sunset which forms his background.
New-York tribune., 1922-04-09

NDER no circumstances
should children be
allowed to interfere
with the development Of
a parent, especially a
father.
We are prone to ac-
cept the common theory
that we bring up our
New-York tribune., 1922-04-09

At approximately eight years of age
the infant should be left on the door,
step of the handiest plutocrat in the
neighborhood
middle class; not during their tender ages Of
infancy, when we can perfectly we'll care for
them ourselves, but in the later years when
they become serious burden.
New-York tribune., 1922-04-09

why go on? Father is an event Mother is
habit.
1t is exactly this beatifc kind of father
New-York tribune., 1922-04-09
CECILIA AT SEVENTEEN


y HE was a very modern young woman.
D. She had nothing in common with her
- namesake, the Roman maiden who sub
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1922-12-22

ried--judge of the District court al
twenty-four." She helu the case In
her hand and went on opening the
others. She came to one showing
mustached and goateed youth In
captains unifosm--a slim, straight,
soldierly figure AS she passed 1t te
Miss Larrabee Aunt Martha looked
sidewise at her, saying: You wouldn't
know him now. Yet you see him
every day. i suppose" After the girl
shook her head, the elder woman con
tinued: "Well, that's Jim Purdy.
taken the day he left for the army"
She sighed as she said: Let me see.
guess l haven't happened to run
across Jim for ten years or more, but
he didn't look much like this then.
Poor old Jim, they tell me he's not
having the best time In the world.
Miss Larrabee came down the lilac
bordered walk from the stately old
brick house, carrying a great bouquet
Of sweet peas and nasturtiums and
peoples and phlox, fieeting memory
of some association she had In he.
mind Of Uncle Jimmy Purdy ami
Aunt Martha kept tantalizing hei
She could not get 1t out of the back
ground of her consciousness, and yet
1t refused to form itself into a tan.
gible conception. II was associated
vaguely with her own grandmother,
as though, infinite ages ago. her
grandmother had said something that
had lodged In the girls head.
When the occasion made itself,
Miss Larrabee asked her grand
mother the question that puzzled her,
and learned that Martha Perkins and
Jim Purdy were lovers before the
war, and that she was wearing his
he would be back in few weeks with
the Civil war ended. In his first
fight he was shot In the head and was
in the hospital for a year, demented;
when he was put back In the ranks
he was captured and his name given
out among the killed. In prison his
dementia returned and he stayed there
two years. Then for year after his
exchange he followed the Union
army like dumb creature, and not
until two years after the close of the
war did the poor fellow drift home
again, as one from the dead--all un-
certain of the past and untitled for
the future.
And his sweetheart drank her cup
alone. The old settlers say that she
never tiinched nor shrank, but for
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1922-12-22

calls the Amalgamated Handholders,
to the trundle-bed trash Just out of
their kissing games. It's funny to
watch the little tads grow up and
pair OFF and see how bravely they try
to keep in the swim. I've seen ten
grandchildren get out and I've great
grandchild whose mother will be
pushing her out before she Is old
enough to know anything. When
young people get married they all say
they're not going to be old-marriedly,
and they hang on to the dances and
little hops until the first baby comes.
Then they don't get out to the dances
much. but they join card club"
In her dissertation on the social
progress of young married people
Aunt Martha explained that after the
second year the couple go only to the
big dances where everyone is invited
oue they pay more attention to cards
The young mother begins going to
afternoon parties, and has the other
young married couples in for dinner
Then. before they know 1t. they are
invited out to receptions and parties,
where little tads preside at the punch
bowls and wait on table, and are seen
and not heard. Aunt Martha con-
tinued:
by the time the second baby comes
they take one of two shoots-either
go in for church socials or edge into
a whist club.
Aunt Martha's eyes danced with the
mischief In her heart as she went on !:
"Now, If after the second baby comes,
the young parents begin to feel like
saving money. and being someone at
the bank. they join the church and 60
In for church socials, which don't take
so much time or money as the whist
clubs and receptions. The babies
keep coming and the young people
keep on improving their home, NOV.
Ing from the little house to the big
house; the young mans name begins
to creep into lists of directors at the
bank, and they are invited out to the
big parties, and she goes to all the
stand-up and e-gobble-and- git
receptions. AS they grow older, they
are asked with the preachers and
widows for the first night of a series
of parties at house to get them out
of the way and over with before the
young folks come later in the week.
When they get to point where the
young folks laugh and clap their
hands at little pudgy daddy when he
dances old Dan Tucker at the big
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1922-12-22

parties in the brick house, it's all up
with them-they are old married
folks. and the next step takes them to
the old folks whist club. where the
bankers wives and the insurance
widows run things That is the inner
sanctuary. the holy OF holes in the
society of this town"
throps. When they came here. back
in the sixties. II happened to be
Fourth of July. and the band was out
playing in the grove by the depot
Mrs. Winthrop got of the train quite
grandly and bowed and waved her
walked over. and gave the band leader
five dollars. They said afterward that
they felt deeply touched to find a raw
western town so appreciatiye OF the
coming of an old New England fam.
lily, that II greeted them with a band.
Before Mrs. Winthrop had been here
three weeks she called on the, as one
Of the first ladies of the town. she
said. TO organize and see If we
couldn't break up the habit of the
hired girls eating at the table with
the family"
The talk drlfted back 10 the old
days. and Aunt Martha got out he"
photograph-album and showed Miss
Larrabee the pictures of those whom
she called "the rude fOrefathers Of
the village" in their quaint old cos
tunes Of war-times. In the book were
baby pictures of middle-aged men and
women, and youthful pictures Of the
old men and women of the town. But
most interesting of all 10 Miss LARA
bee we're the aguerrotypes-qualnt
old portraits In their little black
boxes. framed in plush and gilt. The
old woman brought out picture after
picture-her husbands among the
Others. In a broad beaver hat with a
high choker taken back in Rrattlehoro
before he came TO Kansas. She
looked at IL for a long minute. and
then said gayly TO Miss Larrabee:
-He was a handsome boy-quite the
beau Of the state when We were mar
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1922-12-22

Christmas pipe. If he doesn't get a
Christmas pipe, he'll enjoy the tobacco
Just as much in his old pipe.
The 16-ounce jar sells for $1.65 at
any tobacco store.
Hyour regular dealer hasn't enough
glass jars to supply the Christmas
Iade, let us play Santa Claus for you.
Send us $1.65 for each jar, a list of
the friends you want to remember, and
your personal greetings cards. Well
do the rest.
Wen pack the glass jars in appro-
pirate Christmas boxes, enclose your
cards and send them off in plenty of
nme to reach your friends before
ehrlstmas. Meanwhile, if you are not
personally acquainted with Edge
worth, We will be glad to send you free
samples-generous helpings both of
Edgeworth Ready-Rubbed and Plug
Slice.
Just send us your name and address
on a postal and we will forward the
samples promptly. If you will also
include the name and address of your
tOeacco dealer, we will appreciate your
courtesy.
hdgeworth is sold in various sizes to
SUI the needs and means of all pur-
chaSers. Both Edgeworth Plug Slice
ana Ready-Rubbed are packed in
small pocket-size packages, in hand
some tin humidors and in various
1anay ln-between sizes.
FOR the Christmas packages or the
nee II samples, address Larus & Brother
company, 52South 21st Street, Rich
moad, Va.
30 Retail Tobacco Merchants: II
i i lobber cannot supply you with
.dgeworth. Larus & Brother Com
pany viii gladly send you prepaid by
parcel post a one or two-dozen carton
r, any size of Edgeworth Plug Slice or
Nea9y-Rubbed for the same price you
would pay the iobber.
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1922-12-22

years. even after her marriage. the
young woman kept u little grave Gov
cred with flowers, that bore the
simple words: Martha. aged five
months and three days"
The war brought her neighbors 50
many sorrows that Marthas trouble
was forgotten. the years passed and
only the old people of the community
know about the little grave beside
the judges and their little boys.
Jimmy Purdy grew into smooth.
faced, unwrinkled. rather blank-eyed
old man, c,erking in the bookstore 70.
a time, serving as city clerk for
20 years, and later living at the Palace
hotel on his pension. He worshiped
Aunt Martha's children, but he never
saw her except when they met in some
casual way. She was married when
he came back from the war. and ~
ne ever knew her agony he never
spoke OF il.
One day they found him dead In
bis bed. And Miss Larrabee hurried
out TO Aunt Narthas TO get the facts
about his life for the paper. II was
bright October morning as she went
up the walk to the old brick house.
and she heard someone playing IN the
piano. rolling the chords after the
grandiose manner OF planlsts &c
years ago. A voice seemed 10 be sing
Ing an old ballad AS the girl mount.
ed the steps the voice came more dis
unctly TO her. II was quavering and
insure. but with a moan OF passion
the words came forth:
As | lay my heart ON your dead
heart-Dougias.
Douglas, Douglas. tender and true
Suddenly the voice choked with q |
Eroan. As she stood by the open door
Miss Larrubee could see In the dirk. |
ened room the figure OF an old woman |
racked with sobs on great mahoc |
any sofa. and on the floor beside her |
lay daguerreotyPe. gliating Its gilt
and glass through the gloom.
The girl tiptoed across the porch
down the steps, through the garden.
and out Of the gate.
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1922-12-22
why DRUGGISTS RECOMMEND
SWAMP ROOT

For many years druggists have watched
with much interest the remarkable record
maintained by DR.. Kilmer's swamp Root.
the great kidney, liver and bladder med,-
cine.
1t is physicians prescription.
Swamp Root is strengthening medi-
cine. 1t helps the kidneys, liver and blad-
der do the work nature intended they
should do.
Swamp-Root has stood the test OF years
1t is sold by all druggists on its merit and
it should help you. No other kidney mcdi-
cine has 10 many friends.
BE sure to get Swamp. Root and start
treatment at once.
However, II you wish first to test this
great preparation send ten cents to DIR.
kilmer 4 Co., Binghamton, N. Y. for .
sample bottle. When writing be sure and
mention this paper.-Advertiseme
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1922-12-22
DYED HER BABYS COAT,
A SKIRT AND CURTAINS
WITH DIAMOND DYES

Each package of Diamond Dyes con-
tains directions so simple any woman can
dye or tint her old. worn. faded things
new. Even if she has never dyed before,
she can put a new, rich color into shabby
skirts, dresses, waists, coats. stockings,
sweaters. coverings, draperies, hangings,
everything. Buy Diamond Dyes-no other
kind-then perfect home dyeing il guar
anteed. just tell your druggist whether
the material you wish to DE is wool or
silk, or whether it is linen, cotton, or
mixed goods. Diamond Dyes never streak,
SPOT. fade or run Advertisement.
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1922-12-22
Freud's Fun.

Freud. the psychologist, gives an
example Of humor in the remark of a
professor who taught at the Univer-
sity Of Goettingen.
Wishing to enroll a student named
War; in his class, he asked him his
age. Upon receiving the reply that
the student was thirty years of age,
he exclaimed: All, so / have the
honor of seeing the Thirty Years
war;"
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1922-12-22
| thought on
Yuletide giving
And a few hints on how
to FILL Fathers stocking

Another Christmasis rapidly rolling
bound.
Another year when you have to sit
pwn and think-and think hard
hat to give Uncle Arthur, Father,
ousin Edward, Grandfather and the
est.
Every maxwell, nearly every man
likes nothing better than good pipe.
Ind the chances are that he will find
least one hanging on the Christmas
Zee and be tremendously pleased.
Right there is your opportunity to
tep in and give him something to 20
Fith the pipe.
Not an ash tray. Gle probably has
ozens of them.) Not metal con-
hiner for safety matches. (He'll
lever carry the darn thing.) Send
bim some tobacco. Chats what men
Usually smoke il pipes.) So to Edge
Eorth smokers, to the friends of
Edgeworth smokers, and to all Others
Pho may be interested, we respect
|ully offer this Christmas suggestion:
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1922-12-22
That Theory Won't %.

A humorist remarks that In view OF
the fuss woman makes over a tiny
mouse, he Is inclined to believe that
the serpent Eve said she saw was
nothing but an apple worm. The only
thing wrong with this theory Is that
an apple worm certainly doesn't tempt
one TO eat the apple.-Boston Tran
script.
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1922-12-22
Did Leonardo Name American

1t has been generally supposed that
Martin Waldseemueller of ST. Die first
applied the name America to the west.
ern continent. But now Professor
Harrington asserts that Leonardo da
vinci gave the name on map made
in 1911.
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1922-12-22
eororwina pIms the SIGHT.

Lend me ten until see you again.
old man.
I'D rnther not put II Just that way"
what do you mean7'
Suppose | lend you ten until I see
you again. In the circumstances my
vision Is apt to be much keener than
urs."-Boston Transcript.
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1922-12-22
Important to Mothers
Better.

He still has the first dollar he ever
made"
well. that's better than having a
collector sitting on your doorstep wait
ing for the next one you're going to
make"
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1922-12-22

There is nothing more satisfactory
after day of hard work than a line
full Of snowy white clothes. For such
results use Red Cross Ball Blue.-Aa
vertisement.
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1922-12-22
Not Now.

when | was young, girls we're
taught TO darn their own stockings"
"Yes, Grandma. but In those days
II was possible TO place darn where
1. wouldn't show. Life.
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1922-12-22

a 16-ounce
glass jar of
E dge W orth
R e a d y
Rubbed.
You'll have
to hunt far
and wide to
find the slnok-
er who won't
be tickled to
pieces to find
a glass jar of
E d G e W orth
b e s j d e his
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1922-12-22
When They're Read In Court.

Willis-What do divorce suits provel
Gillis-That we all foolIshly think
we are original, and yet every fellow
writes the same kind OF love letters.
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1922-12-22
Soap
Ire Healthy

earning Business Methods.
bow is your son James getting on
*pllege, Mr.. JonesT asked the
lyman.
me! He's getting more business
|every day"
am glad to hear that. How does
|ad show it?"
ell" said Jones, when he first
up there and wanted money he
TO write asking for 1t. Now he
Tally draws on me at sight"
all tombstones are reliable bad
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1922-12-22

Only those who are poets can maks
soup of sausage skewers.
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1922-12-22

all tombstones are reliable bad
lie must live forever.