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The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1926-07-15

TOHN w. BROOKE. manufacturer
of machine tools. drills, pumps
saws. files. and other matters OF
hardware, sat up straight in an un.
compromising chair and watched the
mysterious maneuvers of a small
electric j~uggernaut. The Juggernaut
went its way along a narrow steel
track. which turned corners not only
sidewise but up and down. The
track skirted the wall for the most
part. but occasionally took a short
iaunt across the ceiling. There was
one point at which it disappeared
from the room, through a hole in
the wall.
The juggernaut had a habit Of
stopping at desks, dropping papers
lon them, picking other papers up
dropping the other papers some
where else, and ~eternally going
about its business in an a~wesofnely
silent and precise manner. 1t was
mechanically uncanny.
what the blazes is it?" demanded
John w. Brooke.
President Sherwood. Of the Econo'
nv and Efficiency Corporation,
LIMITED. glanced up from his desk
and smiled at the j%uggernaut, which
al that instant vanished though its
hole like a startled prairie dog.
"O~fce-boy." said Mr.. Sherwood.
"New-fangled business. eh?" OBJ
| served Mr., Brooke. staring in fasci-
| nation at the hole ! n the wall.
"Oh, certainly"
"Bet it cost you a lot of money
"0ne thousand. three hundred and
t-wenty.six dollars and forty-eight
cents. said Mr.. Sherwood briskly, as
he rlotted a ape and placed it in
the laws of a steel c~ontrivance. from
which presently the ofice-boy re-
moved it. But for maintenance
w.ll. between eight and nine cents a
|dav. Does the work of three ordi-
mary boys: never gets sick; never
|~sasses the stenographer; never goes
70 a ball game; lever went to its
efandmother's funeral
some boy sighed Mr.. Brooke
whose establishment knew none OF
its kind. Saves you something, ]
suppose
wouldn't have il if it didn't.
Saved its cost of installation in a
wear and a half. and is now several
hundred dollars ahead Of the game.
Never took a vacation yet, or asked
for one. Saves time. money. and
sorrow.
Mr.. Brooke. who was also the
president Of a corporation, nodded his
head solemnly. indicating that there
was no use of arguing the matter.
How much IS my bill2' ne asked
twenty-five thousand dollars,
.repli.d sir. Sherwood promptly
"IIere Il isl"
"Ouch,"
Ten per cent Of what we've saved
you on a Years operating cost. Is
that nuch?'
Eo-o: not when you look at it that
way. ] suppose
you admit the saving, don't you
Got to-
Everybody in the hardware factory
over which John w. Brooke presided
had ia admit it. The things that the
Fconcmy and Efficiency Corporation
did to that establishment We're anaz-
ing The task had been one Of sew
elal months in performance, and it
ha6 been thorough in results.
it did not always appear to be i'm
portant-but it was. For instance,
when The E. and F folks discovered
that one of Mr. Brooke's files, in the
process Of making, travelled S23
yards. passed through u machines,
turned rs corners. and consumed a
total Of 6S minutes to make the trip.
they said. All wrong" When they
got through with that file it was a
domesticated instrument. 1t Travelled
but 922 yards, went through only Z
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1926-07-15

This represents f~emininity's latest
invasion Of the ranks Of masculine
styles. The wide belt and hip peck
cts are features. The girl is Miss
Helen Wood, of Des Moines. la.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1926-07-15


Near the tennis courts is a coy
little tea house-or it is a tea house
now. Once the little cabin contained
an excellent bar, where the ~ieriest
liquid or the coolest brew flowed
down parched threats. another cabin
houses a billiard room and a bowling
alley.
Guest Cabins
Guest cabins along the lake shore
will accommodate two guests each
with the greatest comfort. The camp
will be the scene of many important
conferences on national problems
and several members of the cabinet
are expected to visit White lines.
Probably, too, the d%estinies Of the
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1926-07-15

Old Newspapers for sale at The
Herald office, two cents a pound.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1926-07-15

Republican party will be directed
from here. Rudolph Forster, chief
clerk at the White House, has taken
the presidents place in Washington.
His job is to decide what matters
are to be taken to the president for
| consideration and what may be taken
care of at the capitol.
The president is heartily enjoying
his vacation-if the change of resi-
dence deserves the term. Most of
the forest is virgin timber and the
trails are a delight to the hiker. Mr..
Coolidge was advised by his physi-
clan to do a little rowing, but most
of his exercise is confined to long
walks over the needle-carpeted hills
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1926-07-15
FEEDING REGULARITY
MORE IMPORTANT
THAN IN MILKING

Of all dairy operations, milking
on most farms takes the greatest
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-10-03

home to the people of the church the
need for this work Reverend Simon
son inculcated in his sermon of last
Sunday an editorial clipped from a
church paper and written by the
Right Reverend Irving P. Johnson
bishop of Colorado. The editorial
which follows, is full of interest:
This is the season of the year when
young folks are starting on another
lap of that which we call education
We have great system of educa-
tion I'm this country; the greatest ever
attempted. 1t would be wonderful
thing if it worked. I am not sure
that it really educates. At least ii
Goes not seem to succeed in making
us lovers of knowledge.
There are somewhere near 100000
finishing high school every year, and
somewhere near 10000 going out
from college.
This ought to furnish US with q
voting population that is intelligent
and possessed of high ideals-at least
in civic government Well, we wers
d scussing the names of the 10 Amer.
leans who were best known and most
talked about today:
1t ran like this: Jack Dempsey
Babe Ruth, Douglas Fairbanks, Rud'
olph Valentino Che was then 1iving)
Amey Mcpherson, Volstead, Henry
Ford, John D. Rockefeller, Billy Sun
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-10-03
ay and. probably Coolidge.


When I was a boy the 10 best
known Americans would have been
Emerson, Holmes, Grant, Edwin Booth
Longfellow, John L.. Sullivan, Phillips
Brooks, Henry SWard Beecher, De
Witt Talmadge and P. T. Barnum.
Quite a difference in taste!
1t happened shortly after this dis
cussion that Charles w. Eliot and
Rudolph Valentino died on the sans
day. The press gave a couple of
paragraphs to Mr.. Eliot, and columns
upon columns to Valentino. And the
defense was well put by one editor,
"How many would have read about
the former president of Harvard, if
we had published columns about him 4
You all read what we wrote about
/ Valentino, didn't your?
I We certainly did, or we didn't read
the newspapers!
| Take the salaries. paid to the two
imagine that Valentino received
more in a month than Mr.. Eliot
received during his incumbency al
I Harvard
If the two had been billed for the
same town on the same day, how
much of a crowd would each have
attracted?
In short, is education a passion n
America, or is it gesture?
! am inclined to think that there
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-10-03

is a great disproportion in the money
invested in education and the division
received. I doubt if Americans spend
SO much on any one thing and get
so little for the money expended.
1t probably costs somebody at least
$500 per annum for every student in
high school, and there are 1000, 900
of them; and it probably costs some
body at least $1,000 for evc<y student
in college, and there are 100000 OF
them.
This does not include the enormous
investment in buildings and equipment
which comes largely from gifts and
bequests and taxes.
The bill for maintenance alone is
about $3,0O0,000,000 a year.
Compared with what any other ma
tion has spent or is spending, the
cost is enormous.
If this expenditure of money could
| insure a culture, we certainly would
not begrudge the money.
And yet one is not impressed with
the sense of obligation which the
younger generation feel for this pa
! ternal interest of the previous gen.
Grafton. 1 am not inveighing against
the cost; I am merely questioning the
value of that which is bought.
1 am rather fed up on the talk
about progress. If progress - accel-
Grated notion we have It, Our
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-10-03

to rant at the narrowness OF one
who puts his faith in God. 1t is
ridiculous for Babbitt, who has ac-
quired certain amount of material
things, to tell st. Francis that he
is a. fool when we all know that the
last end of Babbitt is mausoleum
(and not very artistic one at that,
while no man living can say what
is the final triumph of st. Francis.
He, at least, has a possible future.
The church has a hard time to
grow in an atmosphere which will
not accept God until God reduces Him
self to laboratory test; not because
such an age lacks information, but
because it is deviod of Imagination,
of a sense of proportion ana of amy
adequate idea of spiritual values.
If the real Christ is largely un-
known today, it is not because He
lacks the eternal values, but because
He differs so completely from our
national supermen. He cannot be
glorified in the same pantheon wsth
cur other present day national heroes.
Are the types that we exalt those
which indicate the true nature of our
national culture. And if so, is there
any reason for us to wonder thaC
Christ is scarcely appreciated except
as He may be used as a successful
medical practitioner, or medium of
our impertinent curiosity?
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-10-03

grandfathers travelled eight miles an
hour under the most favorable con-
ditions, and about three miles an hour
when roads were bad. We are
travelling home to God at an average
of 80 miles an hour in various con-
veyances, and yet 1 think they thought
more, saw more and really accomp-
lished more in an hour than we do
with all our appliances.
agree that we have specialists
who know more about this or that
than they ever dreamed of knowing
then, but I still think that such
eminent Americans as Washington,
Jefferson, Hamilton, Franklin, Marsh
all, Jackson, Clay and Lincoln were
bigger men than we produce today,
and not more than two of them ever
saw the inside of a college.
Still, modern specialists charge
more for Their services than any of
them would ever have dreamed of
charging for theirs.
/ have no brief against education
l merely question the relative dimen-
sions of the educated man To-Day as
manifesting much of the progress of
which we boast.
Collectively we know a lot, but in.
dividually we have not the equal in
mental equipment OF those who pre-
ceded us,
Encyclopedia knowledge is not ed
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-10-03
ucation, and financial success is not

ucation, and financial success is moi
culture.
The church is confronted with a
dilemma. Shall we, also, court sue
cess at the price of reducing our
standards of art of music and morals
in order to count more noses in our
congregations, or shall we continue
to be isolated BECAUSE of cur devo-
tion to these standards. 1t is really
vital question, and one which ii
is not easy to answer.
If the ultimate purpose of life is
congregations and our bank deposits
we have arrived at a high stage oil
progress, but if we are here to love
the true, the beautiful and the good
we are scarcely on our way.
You may tabulate facts and hate
truth you may paint pictures and
be ignorant of beauty; you may say
Lord Lordw and despise real good
ness.
AS st. Paul intimates, 'Knowledge
puffeth up, but charity buildeth up'
And that, too, is just the meaning OF
education. 1t means to lead out, to
build up, to acquire dimensions
1t is silly for philosopher to call
Christian a hypocrite, unless he
himself practices his own theories
| it is absurd for mechanistic scIent-
list who puts his trust in microbe
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-10-03
IS EDUCATION
A PASSION, OR
A GESTURE?

In connection with the work among
the young people of his parish Rever-
end E. wv. Imonson, rector of st.
stephens, Episcopal church, is start
ing campaign among his parishioners
to keep in touch with the large num-
ber of students who go away from
Douglas every fall to the different
schools of the nation. Reverend
Simonson is chairman of the ecuca-
tional commission of lis church for
this state and is greatly interested
in the work of creating in educational
institutions spiritual link with the
students.
AS a part of this work in bringing
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-10-03
All Of Douglas Is
Urged to Observe Fire
Prevention Week.
October 4th to 9th

Humanity issues a ringing call to all
America urging us to do our best in
making our country safe from the raw
ages of the red destroyer-FIRE. We
are asked to concentrate and unite our
efforts during the week of October 4th
to 9th inclusive.
Let this week remind every one of us the
loss of life and the tremendous property
damage that has been DONE Think back
and consider how much Of this could have
been avoided. Someone carelessly threw
lighted match, cigar or cigarette, some
one left pile Of rubbish or rags ready for
flame to start a big fire. Yes, much
loss could have been prevented. The city
Of Douglas urges every firm and every
Individual to volunteer their support to
the movement to do everything in their
power in the preventing Of further losses
during the next twelve months. Your
hearty cooperation is desired
Evening star., 1926-05-18
Your Baby and Mine
Second Summer Weaning.
BY MYRTLE MEYER ELDRED.

To Mrs. s. Jas soon as hot
weather shows it's face mothers every
where begin to worry about second
Summer feeding and reiterate all the
old bugaboos about not Weanlng the
baby in the Summer, etc.
One mother, whose letter stands
before me, is still nursing her 10
month-old baby, who is underWelgnt
and wakes up three times at night TO
be fed, all because her aunt ana her
mother are sure that nothing but
trouble will result If she weans the
baby before Summer is over. Her sis
ters baby is big, fat, healthy, all
night sleeping infant and he was
weaned at the proper time, nine
months, but even this evidence doesn't
quite satisfy this other mother.
There must be some good reason
why all doctors and specialists insist
that a baby should be weaned at nine
months of age; no matter how success
full a nurse the mother thinks herself
to be. And the reason is that 1t has
been found that children nursed longer
than this become victims of malnutri-
ton, are poor sleepers and generally
lower in vitality than the child who Is
put upon cows milk and solid foods
and is entirely Weaned before his first
anniversary.
1t is true that hot weather some
times complexities matters to small
extent. IF the baby is 9 months of
age in July or August it is quite all
right to hold off weaving until
September.
The fact that he is no doing we'll Is
no indication for not weaving, in fact
1t shows plainly that he needs other
foods, but as hot weather and new
foods are not always compatible, If
weaving time comes in July or August
put it off one or two months. For any
other baby stick to the weaving at
nine months. even if this comes in the
early Summer.
A child of . months needs more
nourishment than can be provided by
his mother, and his health is threat.
ened when she fails 10 heed this
warning and continues to nurse dur
ing the Summer months.
Evening star., 1926-05-18

BY MRS. HARLAND III. ALLEN.
Copyright. 1926.)

them all. Whatever YOU do, don't get
a ring that's too snowy, as many large
rings are. The setting depends upon
the stone and the way in which it's
cut. Settings and cuttings change
with the style.
How much should your fiance spend?
Ask father how much he spent when
he was a young man struggling to
make both ends meet. It's certain
that your f1ance shouldn't spend his
last cent of savings on the ring-that
Is, the last cent exclusive of the trav-
eler's checks for the honeymoon. Your
engagement ring is a fixture for life,
and it is only natural that you wish a
beautiful one. Remember there are
even limits to the price one should
pay for beautiful family keepsakes.
How about buying the ring on the
installment plan? Well that's a per-
sonal matter. after all. But isn't it
better to start Your married life with.
out debts? Isn't it better to wait a
while and then buy the ring You want
without having bills coming monthly
to remind You that YOU don't even
own the ring yet? Many f1ances are
too proud to tell their sweethearts that
they are buying the engagement ring
on the installment plan. 1t is wrong
to do so. Frankness and honesty are
no obstacles to real love.
If your fiance had the good taste to
select you, perhaps YOU can depend
upon him to select as good an en-.
gagement ring. Prove to him that
you're going to be a practical wife by
taking the side of economy. Unless
you love the purse more than the
man, you'll know what sort of ring to
Suggest"
Evening star., 1926-05-18
The Engagement Ring.

Excepting a first born, nothing is so
great a source of pride as an engage
ment ring. Yet It is no easy matter
to choose the ring. Etiquette rules
that the fiance shall select the ring.
but many young women insist upon
being heard in the matter. UnfOr-
tunately, this Is too often because they
are more concerned in getting a ring
that will surpass their friends than in
selecting one that's within the means
of the bridegroom.
The choice of your ring should de-
pend upon two things-first of all,
your future hubby's means, and, sec
ondly, upon your own good taste. If
you're wise and prOvident you Will
suit your taste to his means and save
him a lot of mental anguish.
Many women still believe that all
engagement rings are set with dia-
monds. but you probably know bet
ter. The ring may be set with al
most any kind of stone, because 1t
isn't a badge at all, but simply the
symbol of a pledge. Recently Princess
Nary's engagement ring was set with
emeralds. and the Duchess of York
had a sapphire in hers. Your birth
stone is suitable for an engagement
ring, and it may be a most gracious
means ofasidestepping financial strain.
Just how large a ring should l buy!
What kind Of a setting is proper! How
should my diamond be cut? How
much should my f1ance spend? Those
are some of the questions every most
beautiful girl in the world" asks. OF
course. there are varying answers to
Evening star., 1926-05-18
Where Tot

No matter how naughty a child may
be. YOU need not fear for his future Ii
he knows where he is going. When
the sturdy 3-year-old starts out of the
gate and you halt him with, Where
YOU going, Bill?" and he calls back
river" take heart That child will
never need a guardian. He will take
care of himself. because he knows
where he Is going, and II you asked
him, he would know what he was go
ing to do when he got there. Ana
that, you must know. is O golden glft
from the fates themselves.
1t IS the child who. when halted,
says, "Oh. I dunno. Maybe Ill stop
in at Pete's and maybe I'll 60 over
to Simmie's. I dunno. I might and
I mightnt." that brings the worry
lines to your face, and with cause.
The child who does not know where
he is going. nor why. is in danger.
He will be likely to waste time and
effort and more than likely get into
trouble before he finds his way.
Some children seem born with a
purpose in life. They know where
they want to play and with whom.
They know definitely when they want
things and why. and they are just as
definite when they don't want them.
They are not always wise, nOt' AWAY .
right, but that one thing they have.
Their decision of character gives you
many a difficult hour. They must be
reasoned with; they cannot be forced
from their position, but one can re-
ioice that they have the power and
the desire to form a decision and stick
to it.
The child who has no purpose in
what he does is in danger. It shows
out in adolescence. Along about the
eighth year Of elementary school he
| begins tagging behind the class; he
drops out, saying he wants TO work
but jobs are scarce, at least for him
and the corner store is hosritable ant
| friendly. He doesn't know just what
| he is going to do. He is going to get
| g. Job from somebody. somewhere
some time. BY and by is the closest
| he gets to a definite time of achieve
| ment. The only thing one can do with
| this sort of child is 10 get a job fol
| him. and as fast as he loses one get
him another. Teach him the cost OF
his daily bread and see that he comes
Evening star., 1926-05-18
A New Bath Lotion.

The most important thing about
ba tn water is that it be soft, for hard
water is not cleansing and simply 1rri-
tates the skin and makes it feel harsh.
Therefore anything that softens
water is a valuable beautif1er. The
chief value of bath salts is that they
make the water deliciously salt and
a good soapy lather possible.
You can soften bath water by
throwing in Jumps of soda, but the
only danger is in getting too much,
for strong soda is worse for the skin
than hard water. I should like to sug-
gest a very pleasant and inexpensive
bath lotion made as follows: Take one
ounce of benzoin and add to it two
ounces of white vinegar, just the or
binary good quality cooking vinegar.
Put in a bottle and let it stand for a
week before you use it, keeping 1t In
"A warm place. A few drops in the
bath water are all you need. 1t has
a very pleasant odOr. it does not dry
! the skin, it is also slightly bleaching,
and has the added virtue of being in
expensive.
Several people have written me that
| they like the oatmeal bags so much.
| These also soften hard water and
| bleach the skin, and are really no
! trouble to make. Some people like
mixture of equal parts of oatmeal and
| bran, but it has no more virtue than
Evening star., 1926-05-18
Cake Filings.

Chocolate Filling. - Mix together
eight level tablespoonfuls of cocoa,
three tablespoonfuls of milk, one egg,
one cupful of powdered sugar and
onehalf teaspoonful of vanilla. Stir
over the fire for a minute until thick
and smooth, being very careful not
to let it scorch. Cool before spread
ing on the cake. This will make
enough to cover two large layers or
three small ones.
Whipped Cream F'illing.-Set bowl
in a pan of ice water, put three
fourthS Cupful of thick cream in the
bowl and beat until stiff, then add
one-fourth cupful of powdered sugar,
the white of one egg beaten to stiff
froth and one half a teaspoonful of
vanilla. Place between layers of cake
just before serving.
Fig Filling.-Run one pound OF figs
through a chopper and put them in
saucepan with one cupful of boiling
water. one half a cupful of sugar and
the juice of one-half a lemon. Put
in a double boiler and simmer Until
it is a smooth paste. Cool before
using.
Evening star., 1926-05-18
The Doctor Wind.

In extremely hot climates near the
sea suffering is experienced not only
from heat and humidity, but also from
insects and from that general feeling
of depression that comes when the air
is lifeless and sitting. In the region
of the trade winds, however. these
steady and gentle breezes spring up at
certain times of day almost with
clockwork regularity, the time OF
their blowing being exactly condl-
toned by the superheating of the
land. A wind then blows in from the
sea that scatterS the insects and stlrS
the atmosphere and revives dropping
splits so much that people do not
sneak of it as a mere wind; they say,
"Hooray. here comes the doctor"
Now, what do you know about that !!
Answers to Yesterdays Questions.
l. The gypsy moth is poisonous to
touch.
>. Scorpions are not insects.
8. Centipedes have two pairs OF legs
to each body segment; mlllepedes nave
ONLY one pair to a segment.
4. Beetles can fly. though they are
usually only seen crawling.
:. Most insects have wings. even
ants. which appear to have no wings,
being winged as to their queens and
males; there is tropical group that
is entirely wingless, but is known with
us only rarely-the silverworms which
we sometimes see in old books as
minute, scurrying silvery threads.
Junebugs are beetles.