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The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1928-01-05

SERIOUS HOURS OF STUDY
Elsie Turner
NO. ~

The French I students are now learning the
first important topic in any conversation-the
weather. When there is nothing else to talk
about we can always talk about the weather,
so if any of these students ever 90 to France
they can at least be able to carry on an inter-
esting conversation.
The biology class is finishing up cryptogams.
These are woodworking plants and their or
gans. Wednesday they are going to start mic
roscopic work on them.
The students of the worl history class are
studying Christianity and early prosecutions.
This is study of the rule of the emperors of
Rome. These emperors were very cruel and
| reigned with an iron hand.
The English III class is now studying pune
tuation. At present they are learning the cor
rect use of the comma in a sentence.
The economics VII class is having work in
oral expression. Tuesday and Wednesday they
were to give oral reports They We're allowed
| to choose their own topics and some very in
teresting talks were given. Most of the topics
were about current happenings or modern in
ventions.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1928-01-05
Disraelrs Birthplace

The late Lord Beaconsfield was
always very vague in his mind as
to where he had been born, but at
one time he firmly believed it to be
the house at the southwest corner
of Bloomsbury square and Hart
street. Actually, says Mr.. Charles
G. Harper in "a Literary Mans
Tondon," he did not go to live in
Y house until he was twelve
- saf-reeeS and today bronze
z - Re house testified to that.
NetvaaAsl he was the prime min
lister he visited this Bloomsbury
square house, and sat bordering
"in the room in which he was
born!" Another anecdote Mr.. Har-
per has to tell Is of Disraeli when
he was nearing his end. When
his sovereign wished to call and
bid him farewell, he refused, be-
cause, he said, "She only wants me
to give a message to the Prince
Consort!"
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1928-01-05
Social Study Important

Social study has become one Of
the most important subjects in the
modern school curriculum Of today.
The story of the invention of the
steam shovel by Charles B. King
the story of how he one day as a
boy refused to "go fishin'" with the
other boys because he was lying
fiat on his stomach thinking out an
idea about an cid mill wheel that
wouldn't run and how he might and
did make it work-these are far
more interesting and vitalizing
things to the schoolboy of twelve or
fourteen of today than the old lists
of dates and names, and the mere
memorizing or locating of them
without any connecting link to
make them neutrality-suspicious..
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1928-01-05

Then there came the night when
he woke up screaming that horse
had bitten him, and from then on
he associated fear of horses with
darkness. Other animals rapidly
joined the ranks. 1t was useless to
argue or explain. Fear is, not a
matter Of logic. A single little SEN
tence had startled fear into being
but not all the sentences, however
persuasive and reasonable, have
yet been able to drive out fear. He
is saddled with it until he shall
reach an age when of itself it will
go. And until that time what are
we two parents to do? How can
We combat fear?
Some of our friends advise ig-
norance of it; some of them advise
discipline-put him in bed, blow
out his light and leave him alone
no matter what the boy does. Make
him face it!
We are not taking anybody's ad-
vice, however. Parents never do.
We are pampering our boys fear
of the darkness - at least so we
are told - by letting him have a
candle burning in his room until
he has fallen asleep. I tried dis
ciplining him just once and was
convinced by his panic-tricken
screams that if 1 kept it UP /
should be branding the fear more
deeply into him, perhaps so deeply
that he would never get over it.
So I am pampering him, hoping
to. lead him by forgetfulness out
of the dread clutch of fear. know
I can't discipline it out of him. /
know can't argue it out of him.
But / have reason to think I am
weaving it out of him, for the 9TH
er night, when I was putting him
to bed my boy said: "Blow out the
candle, daddy. / want to try Sleep
ing the way you and mother do
in the dark"
So / blew it out and he went to
sleep without a murmur.
wish I could announce that
from that night forth he never
wanted the candle again, but that
wouldn't be telling the truth. He
wanted the candle the next night.
/ know, however, that the night
isn't far off when he will again
ask to have his candle blown out
and that this will occur again and
again until he has learned to pre-
fer the darkness when he sleeps,
just as his daddy and mother do.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1928-01-05
Butterfat Human Need

Food scientists, whose efforts to
find the greatest food values have
increased year by year, find that
generally the people are the health
lest in those countries where but
terfat makes up a large per cent
of the diet. The Chinese people
are a diminutive race and not par
ticularly healthy. Butterfat is not
used by the Chinese except by a
small but growing number Of the
weather. classes. Normal con-
sumption of butter there is esti-
mated at only 100000 pounds per
annum, while China has a popula-
tion of 466,653,O0O. The average
American eats ten times more but
ter In day than the Chinese eats
in q year.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1928-01-05
Disease Spread BY Pets

1t has been pretty generally un-
derstood for some time that domes-
tic pets have the facility of impart-
ing the germs of several diseases
to those humans who come in In
intimate contact with them. In
stances have been known where tu-
berculosis, mango, ringworm, and
some other diseases have been
spread by household pets, and now
pyorrhea has been added to the list.
Some persons foolishly allow dogs
and cats to "kiss" them and the
habit is a dangerous one. Even
when unlimited to be so intimate
dogs have habit Of licking the
flesh Of their owners whenever the
chance offers, and in so doing are
liable to pass along the germs of
pyorrhea.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1928-01-05
HOVER
Mrs. Chas. Mills
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Miss Sadie Mills left Tuesday
for her home at Rockford, after a
short visit. with her grandmother
Mrs. Emma Mills and other rela-
tives here. She had been spending
the holidays with relatives near
Corvallis, Oregon before stopping
over here.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harlan Kahler
were Hermiston visitors over the
week end.
Miss Marie Evans returned to
The Dalles last Tuesday after
spending Christmas with home
folks.
John Franklin was unloading a
car of hay at Yellepit Monday for
Floyd Hutchinson.
Mrs. Peterson's mother and sis
ter who have been visiting her the
past week, left Sunday for their
home at Rockford.
Mrs. Lydia Mcclure left Mon
day for Moscow, Idaho to resume
her work there.
Mr.. Schmidt returned Monday
from short business trip to Port
land.
B. B. Stewart returned last week
from spending Christmas with his
son Harlow and his family at SEQ
field. Mrs. Stewart will remain for
some time yet.
Rev. Beebe with Mrs. Beebe and
Rev. Swabb were guests Thursday
at the C. Fletcher home.
Miss Pearl Evans left Sunday
for Yakima near where she is
teaching this year.
The regular Friday night prayer
meeting will be held at the home
of Mr.. Coulson Of Finley this week.
Miss Rose Montague was confied
to her bed last week for several
days with an attack of the flu.
Miss Sue Jean Ashby left Sat-
urday for Elberton to take up her
school duties.
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Mills and
children returned Thursday from
a short visit with friends at Mil
ton, Oregon.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1928-01-05
Proper Place to Look

During the moving portrait OF
one of the ancestors of the Blod-
gett family had got lost. No
one could find it at either the old
or the new house, and there was
great CONSERVATION. William Bl0d-
gett, aged ten, was offered q
4'treat. value not announced, for
any hint that would lead to the
return of the missing grandfather.
At noon he came home from school
breathIess. 81 think, mother" he
said, II think I can find grandfa-
theirs picture"
"Where?"
downtown. I saw notice on
a shop window, and it said: PAINT
.ings restored within"
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1928-01-05
Motors Lift Bridge

Most railroad bridges Of the
lift type in the United States are
operated by electric motors served
by a power system. However, the
Pennsylvania railroad has a bridge
across the Chesapeake and Della
ware canal that has no easy access
to central station power, so gaso-
line engine generator set was in
stalled to supply the lift motors
with energy. A 110-kilowatt gas
engine set serves the two 100
horsepower motors. The lift span
of the, bridges, carrying two tracks,
weighs 700 tons and is raised to a
level that clears the water by 90
feet. If a boat approaches the
bridge can be lifted to it's top po-
sition in 80 seconds.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1928-01-05
Iguana's Accomplishment

In northern Australia the iguana
is seen quite often. This is very
versatile reptile that "can run like
horse, can swim and dive, shin
up a tree, digs it's burrow, and,
when necessary, can fight like a de-
mon. The iguana may go down
It's hole to sleep for months, it can
60 foodless for weeks; at other
times it will eat or swallow any
thing. Mr.. Terry says that snakes,
old socks, or even an unopened tin
Of jam are alike to it, when Its
throat can gulp down such tasty
morselS.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1928-01-05
"REsOLyED THAT" - Silver Mcguire

When Old Father Time passes by with his
| sicle in trembling, wrinkled hand, and the
| new born year enters on the light and youthful
foot it is time for high school students to make
| their new years resolutions. #
Monday morning in every part of the build
| ing was heard the familiar term Resolved
| that The real new year spirit was noted
| everywhere in the halls The numerous ct
| won'ts' and 81 wills showed how important
| this chance at starting the new year right is
to the high school students.
Resolved that will volunteer and oral report
| in English class each time the opportunity af-
| fords How's that for starting off with clean
| slate?
/ Resolved that the teachers should give US
/ half hour each period to play.
This one sounds little better: Resolved that
| I will always have my book report in on time.
| Needless to say, it will be difficult to stick
| to some of these. However there was one reso-
| luton that must be given special notice. Un-
| doubtedly when Daddy Shoemaker" placed this
on the head of his list it meant In all ser
iousness: "Resoved that I will write no more
| notes."
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1928-01-05
Hen's Temperature

According to the United States
bureau Of animal industry, a set
ting hen has a slightly higher tenn
perature than a nonsetting hen,
the difference being about one de-
gree, although the temperature Of
a setting hen varies slightly be-
tween day and night. In the case
Of hen setting on Matching eggs
the temperature tends to increase.
This is because the developing en-
bryos generate Observation-Disclosures
Magazine.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1928-01-05
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AFRAID

Having had all the failings OF
children when we ourselves were
young, we, as parents, determined
to raise our boy to have none of
them. In the first place we decided
that he was never to know the
meaning of fear. There were to be
no imaginary wolves lurking in the
darkness or under his bed such as
we had suffered from in our child
hood.
For the first three years of his
life the word "afraid" was never
used in his presence, or if it was,
it was spelled so that he could not
get hint of it's significance. No
body was permitted to read "Little
Red Riding Hood" to him or to
jump out from behind door with
a startling ''boop' He was put at
a regular time in his little bed
upstairs and left there to go Sc
renely to sleep while his parents
sat down stairs. Fine! 1t worked
like a charm.
On his third Christmas, with our
permission, a doting aunt present
ed him with a gallant little rock
ing-horse mouth open as he
strained at the bit and nostrils
spread wide and red to indicate his
indomitable spirit. The boy loved
it. He stroked it and petted it in
an ecstasy of delight. He patted
its back and put his hand into
the mouth to caress the red tongue
and the white teeth; and at this
point the aunt felt she must add
a realistic touch to enhance the
child's pleasure and cried out with
mock alarm: "Look out he doesn't
bite YOU"
There was gasp from my little
boy. His hand was snatched out of
the mouth and he stood petrified.
waiting to be bitten. The aunt
laughed merrily. We parents as
sured him it was joke and after
moment he went on playing with
his wooden horse-but still out of
range of a possible vicious bite
from the gaping jaws. Before
Christmas day was passed the in
cldent seemed to have been dis
missed for good and all. But it
wasn't. My young so nsoon learned
that his toy horse would not and
could not bite but he also learned
that real horses do bite, and he
gave them a wide berth on the
street from that day on.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1928-01-05
Loue and Lilac Time

The lilac is an oriental blossom,
coming to us originally by the way
of Turkey and Spain. 1t is sup
posed to be the flower OF lovers,
marking the heyday Of spring. The
love lore of the "laylock," to give
It an old world name, is varied and
pleasant. A spray of white lilac,
buried on the eve of q new May
moon, is a midland charm which
maidens practiced, believing that
by the time the lilac died they
would have the heart OF the man
they desired.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1928-01-05
Honest Preference

81 don't pretend to know much
about art" said the lady who re-
members something and thinks she
originated 1t, "but I know what ]
like"
"I'm that way, too" said Miss
Cayenne. "And I'm frank enough
to say that at an artistic reception
the things really like are chicken
salad. ice cream and fudge" .r@
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1928-01-05
Magic of a Smile

Cultivate optimism; look for the
bright side Of everything; smile per-
sistently, there is magic In smile.
you can't worry much when the cor
'ners Of your lips are turned up.
Contrary to the usual opinion that
we cry when we feel bad, William
James, the great psychologist, main
tains that we feel bad because we
cry. Similarly, it is hard for us
to feel bad when we persistently
wreathe our faces in smiles. The
mental state tends to follow the
physical expression.-Dr. knight
Miller, in Psychology Magazine.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1928-01-05
Truth About Fertilization

There is an old superstition that
II a piece Of hickory wood is put
in water it will turn to stone in
seven years. OF course 1t Is not
true. No wood ever turns to stone.
Even wood which petrifies does not
actually turn to stone. The wood
merely acts as mold while min
erals from water or the atmosphere
are deposited as the wood decays.
The length of time required for an
object to petrify depends upon cir
cumstances. 1t may be a few years
or a thousand. Usually it requires
long period.-EXchange.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1928-01-05
Sold

A "swell-head" went to a fashion,
able artist to have his portrait
painted. The fee was pretty stiff,
and the likeness too true to be fiat
tering. Not well pleased, the sit
ter demurred at the price.
''Well, you need not pay for it
unless you want it," said the artist.
'"Then you'll have 1t on your
hands. How can you sell it If re-
fuse to have it?"
"As easily as I can paint a tail
on it," said the artist, in a tone
which brought out the checkbook
like a flash.-Pittsburgh Chronicle
Telegraph.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1928-01-05
Spring Water for City

Royal spring, at Georgetown, KY,
said to be one Of the largest OF
its kind in the world, was named
In 1775. The water bursts from a
high bluff Of limestone rock. flows
through the west end Of the town
and empties into the Elkhorn
river, nearly a mile from its source.
Georgetown, now with population
Of about 5000, gets its entire water
supply from this spring and has
done so for many years. At one
time a wooden mill, a grist mill and
several other establishments were
operated by water power supplied
by this stream.-Kansas City Star.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1928-01-05
Loue Story

"You love me, don't you?" he
said, looking into her beautiful
face. A loving look was In her
eyes as she Struggled her head on
his shoulder.
He slipped his hand into his
pocket and drew out a little box.
Opening 1t he withdrew a spar
king cube Of sugar. He slipped
it into her awaiting mouth, and
with low whinny she gall0ped off
to the Observation-Disclosures.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1928-01-05
Where He Stored he

Elected from his home in VIII
Ienden, Australia, recently, man
was given permission by the rec
tor to store his furniture in the
church. 49,.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1928-01-05
GIRLS SPORTS

December %, the girls suffered a second
heart-breaking defeat at the hands of Benton
City. Kennewick led their opponents until the
second quarter when the referee, due to a lack
of understanding with the score keepers, ban
ished Shepard from the game. During the half
the mistakes on the part of the officials were
corrected and Shepard was allowed to re-enter
Benton City had already gained sufficient
lead, however, to cinch victory, but the Kenne-
wick girls fought hard to leave the final score
1910
Friday of this week the girls go to White
Bluffs to meet the fairer sex of that city.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1928-01-05
Keep TaIkineg

Clever things are said mainly by
those who are always Cabling: oc-
casionally they hit upon q good
thing.-E. w. Howe's Monthly.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1928-01-05

mag" the word used by us to
describe horse or fault-fnding
woman, means to the natives of
parts of India snake god
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1928-01-05
HOME EDUCATION
The Child's First School is
The Family-Froebel

, Issued by the National Kin
+ dergarten Association, 8 w.
= 10th St., New York City.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1928-01-05
BOYS SPORTS
Joe Brown

The Christmas holidays caused quite a lull
in the basketeers' action. However, practice was
resumed Thursday, after several days layoff,
in preparation for the coming games at White
Bluffs January 9th and Richland January 9.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1928-01-05

Coach Smith at Basketball Practice: Say,
Mart, either throw that ball to Lincoln or Boyer
or shoot yourself.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1928-01-05

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Evening star., 1928-10-21
COMMUNITY CENTERS


Dennison art class, lampshade making.
Saturday-10 am, rhythmic dancing
class.
Dunbar Center, First and N streets.
ThursdaJ-6 PM. girls swimming
class, Silver Leaf Social and Athletic
Club, Dunbar Flashes; pm, Dunbar
Athletic Club; 8 PM, No. 40 Elks' Ath-
lectic Club; 9 pm, Carlisle Athletic
Club.
Lovejoy Center, Twelfth and D streets
northeast.
Monday--3:15 pm, music extension
classes.
Wednesday, to 10 pm. art class,
Girls Athletic Club, Londonaires Social
Club, Northeast Junior Male Chorus,
Manchester Athletic Club, Community
Athletic Club
Friday-3:15 pm, childrens indus
trial and game hour.
Saturday-7:30 to 10 pm, Boys In
dustrial Club. Girls Literary and ORA
matte Club, Rinky Dinks, Active Game
Group, Manchester Athletic Club.
West Washington Center-Twenty-
seventh and N streets.
Tuesday-7:30 pm, meeting of the
West Washington Citizens Association,
handwork group for adults.
FTl0ay-1:S0 pm. handWork group
Forget-n1e-not Club, Vincent Social
Club. community singing Reglar Fell
lers, athletics, social dancing, modelling.
Garfield Center, Alabama avenue and
Twenty-f1fth street aouthcast
Wednesday-3:ls pm. music class: 5
p.i11.. Boys Symphony Orchestra: 7:30
p.m., Girls Social Group, Garfield Ath
letic Club. shoe-mending class. dress
making class. Boys Whiting Club; 8
| pm, women's art class.
Military Road Center, Military road
near Brightwood:
Monday-3:l5 pm, Buzzing Bees
Club.
Wednesday-3:l5 pm, Boys Club.
Smoshers School. Forty-second street
and Benning road northeast:
Mcnday-3:l5 pm. Boys Symphony
Orchestra. music class.