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OUR CHILDREN
Watch Your Words.
BY. ANGELO PATRI.

Little children are highly suggestfble.
Careless words reap heavy penalties.
Mother says, right out loud, in the
presence of the little one, Il have the
greatest trouble TO get her to eat.
Really I have to feed her every mouth
ful. Can you imagine such a child?"
That Is quite enough to fasten food
fussing habit on the little one She
likes the idea Of being pointed out to
the visitors as very queer, therefore
interesting, child, who refuses to eat
without being fed, and fed with dainties.
Elght-year-old Ben comes home from
school with an arithmetic paper marked
from top to bottom with red KS. The
truth of the matter is that when the
teacher was showing the class how to
write dollars and cents he was think
ing of something else and the point
passed over his head. Mother did not
examine the paper for the cause of the
red KS, she stopped short with the big
red o at the top.
My, my, my Failure in arithmetic
Well, I never could do arithmetic. ]
suppose he takes after me. Now he'll
have trouble all the way through. ]
might have expected it."
That is enough to faSten a habit OF
failure in arithmetic on the little boy
! He takes what is said literally. He
believes he cannot do arithmetic Wher
the only thing that he needs was to be
told that the dots that mark cents from
Ndollars are TO be Kept directly under
each other, cents under cents, dollars
under dollars.
Dear me. Sara is coughing again
Did you hear her? That poor child
She simply cannot stand an east wind
AS sure as an east wind starts up she
begins to cough. She will always be
delicate I'm afraid. I'll go and make
sure she rubs her chest with oil before
going to bed"
| Now Sara doesn't know an east WING
! from a west wind, nor does she know She
is delicate She does know that a cough
will bring her lot OF attention, excuse
| her from any unpleasant duty, smooth
many rough place. SO the cough is
! fastened upon her and by and by be-
| comes moral and physical burden.
| Watch your words. Encourage chill
dren TO think health, strength, power
success, rightness. Put your words OF
the side of health and righteousness
and it will sway the balance in tn
child's favor every time. Your word i
no light thing to your child. 1t is th'
law and the way.
1t is bad enough when child is II
and has to go to bed and be patien
| sufferer, but it is more than bad Whei
he is put there without reason. 1t
bad enough when a child finds himsel
actually handicapped by a weakness
in one subject or another; why make i
worse by piling on the distress?
II you cannot say something en-
ooursgirg and helpful, keen still an
pray fo~ light. Wisdom will come OF
OF pr2yerful silence.
(CopyrIght, 1922
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WORLD FAMOUS STORIES
THE POND IN WINTER
BY HENRY DAVID THOREAU.

Henry David Thoreau, ls17-ls62. was an
American writer and philosopher, autnor
Of Walden
After a still Winter night. I ewoke
with the impression that some question
had been put to me which had been
endeavoring in vain to answer In my
sleep as how-when-where?
But there was dawning Nature. In
whom all creatures live, looking in at
nv broad windows with serene and
satisfied face, and no question on her
lips.
I awoke to an answered question. tn
Nature and daylight. The snow lying
deep on the earth dotted with young
pines. and the very slope of the hill on
which my house is placed seemed to
say, Forward" Nature puts no ques-
ton and answers none which we NOR
tails ask She has long ago taken ner
resolution.
20 Prince. our eyes contemplate with
admiration and transmit to the soul the
wonderful and varied spectacle OF this
universe. The night wells without doubt
a part of this glorious creation; but day
comes to reveal to us this great work.
which extends from earth even into the
plains Of the other"
Then to my morning work. First l
take an ak and pail and go in search
II,
a cold and snowy night 1t needed a
divining rod to find it. Every Winter
the liquid and trembling surface of the
pond, which was so sensitive to every
breath, and reflected every light and
shadow, becomes solid to the depth OF
a foot or a foot and a half, so that 1t
will support the heaviest teams, and
perchance the snow covers it to an
equal depth. and it is not to be dis
,ic11o oFNHy
Like the marmots in the surrounding
hills, 1t closes its eyelids and becomes
dormant for three months or more.
Standing on the snow-covered plain,
as if in a pasture amid the hills, / cut
my way first through a foot of snow
and then a foot OF ice, and open VIM
dow under my feet, where, kneeling to
drink, I look down into the quiet parlor
of the fishes, pervaded by a softened
light as through a window Of ground
glass, with its bright sanded floor the
same as in Summer; there a perennial
waveless serenity reigns as in the amber
twilight sky, corresponding to the cool
and even temperament OF the inhabi-
tants. Heaven Is under our feet as well
as over our heads.
Early in the morning, while all things
are crisp with frost. men come with
fishing reels and slender lunch. and
let down their fine lines through the
snowy field to take pickerel and perch;
wild men, who instinctively follow other
fashions and trust other authorities
than their townsmen, and by their go
ings and comings stitch towns together
in parts where else they would be
ripped. They sit and eat their luncheon
in stout fearnaughtS (stout wooden gar
mentS) on the dry oak leaves on the
shore. as wise in natural lore as the
citizen is in artificial They never con-
suited with books. and know and can
90 much less than they have done.
The things which they practice are said
not yet to be known
Here Is one fishing for pickerel with
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leave the son and heir at home and go
off for day with Joan who was old
enough to enjoy picnics.
The first thing that Nancy always
did when the picnic season drew near
was to assemble the picnic basket and
dishes. She had special shelf for
these. 1t was easy to pack basket
at moments notice. And with all the
supplies at hand she never forgot the
salt nor the can opener.
She had made picnic tablecloth
which was great fun. It was square
of white percale dotted with red. The
edges were fringed and in the center
was appliqued a large conventional
flower with stocky stem and leaves.
With this flower there was always a
centerpiece, even on the picnic table!
The pillows which she carried were
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lionaire back there. When we reached
his destination he tipped me a dime.
Now what do you think Of a guy who
will tip you a dime? Some people is
naturally cheap. They think if they
give you IS cents you can pay off the
old mortgage. Some birds loosen up
with four bits. But these dime jugglers
amt nothing but pikers. Imagine Civ
ing driver 10 cents! Can you imagine
tt?" We confessed that we couldn't.
eyes, sir, anybody that gives a guy a
thin dime after lodging traffic for him
ts tin ear"
handed the cabman 80 cents. How
cowardly we are!
The bus stopped and two women got
in. Dropping their coins in the box,
they found seats. The driver looked
into the money receptacle and then
rose to his feet.
This car will not move" he said, as
he eyed the passengers Suspicieusly,
until the correct amount is put in here.
There are only Is cents and 20 cents is
due. Four cents is short"
Nobody moved or spoke. II have
plenty of time" he went on. This is
my last trip for the day. and 1 am in
no hurry" Still no one budged.
Each passenger looked at another
Any one of them would have paid the
deficiency save that he or she might be
regarded as the one who had short
changed" the operator. Plainly some
one had made an error. Two persons
unfamiliar with the fare had dropped in
the box the equivalent of street-car
fare.
The bus remained stationary. The
passengers fidgeted and became self
conscious. Some of the men murmurec
uncomplimentary remarks about the
driver. Finally an elderly lady arose
and placed 4 cents in the machine
Perhaps she was not the one in error
and it may have required courage II
rise. Then she went back to her seat
The driver slipped into first and the,
were of.
X X X x
1t is we'll for our ego that there are
those who, without malicious inten
or critical spirit. reduce US to on
proDer place in the scheme of things
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grown perch for bait. You look into
his pail with wonder as into a Sum-
mer pond, as If he kept Summer locked
up at home, or knew where she had re-
treated. How, pray. did he get these
in Midwinter? Oh he got worms out
of rotten logs since the ground froZe,
and so he caught them. His life itself
passes deeper in Nature than the studies
of the naturalist penetrate; himself a
subject for the naturalist. The latter
raises the moss and bark gently with
his knife in search of insects: the for
mer lays open logs to their core with
his ak, and moss and bark fly far and
wide. He gets his living by barking
trees. Such a man has some right to
fish, and I love to see Nature carried
out in him. The perch swallows the
grubworm, the p.ckerel swallows the
perch, and the fisherman swallows the
pickerel: and so all the chinks In the
scale of being are filled.
When I strolled around the pond in
misty weather 1 was sometimes amused
by the primitive mode which some
ruder fisherman had adopted. He
would. perhaps, have placed alder
branches over the narrow holes In the
ice, which we're four or five rods apart
and an equal distance from the shore,
and having fastened one end of the line
to stick, to prevent its being pulled
through. have passed the slack line
over twig of the alder, foot or more
above the ice, and tied dry oak leaf
to it, which, being pulled down, would
show when he had bite. These alders
doomed through the mist at regular in
tervals as you walked half way round
the pond.
All. the pickerel of Waldenl When I
see them lying on the ice, or in the well
which the fisherman cuts in the ice,
making little hole to admit the water,
I am always surprised by their rare
beauty. as If they were fabulous fishes,
they are SO foreign to the streets. even
to the woods, foreign as Arabia to our
Concord life. They possess quite
dazzling transcendent beauty which
separates them by wide interval from
the cadaverouS cod and hsddock whose
fame Is trumpeted in our streets. They
are not green like the pines nor gray
like the stones, nor blue like the sky;
but they have. to my eyes. If possible,
yet rarer colors. like flowers and pre-
cious stones, as if they were pearls, the
animalized nuclei or crystals OF the
Walden water.
They, of course, are Walden all over
and all through; are themselves small
Waldens in the animal kingdom; Wal
hetASCos ~ 40 OLA "a AoillS Aiiab tAlCy dlC
caught here-that in this deep and
capacious spring. far beneath the
rafting teams and wagons and car
riages and tinkling sleighs that travel
the Walden road, this great gold and
emerald fish swinls. I never CHANGED
to see its kind in any market; it would
be the cynosure of all eyes there. Easily,
with a few convulsive quirks, they give
up their watsry ghosts, like a mortal
translated before his time to the thin
air Of heaven.
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One Mother says:
We moved into a rented house upon
which we wished to eXpend little money,
for we hoped soon to have our own
home. But when beds, chiffonier and
dresser were installed in the children'S
room the effect was prosy. I added in
terest by pasting on the upper third of
the walls, paper silhouettes, illustrating
Mother Goose jingles, fables and fairy
stories with which the little folk were
already familiar. l added a table and
four chairs, wee size, purchased knock
down" and painted. These had been
coated with bright color. Unbleached
cheesecloth, bought for few cents a
yard and dyed to match table and
chairs. made window curtains.
Silhouettes may be purchased for
about IS cents a package at any book
store carrying school supplies Depart
ment stores carry the implanted fur
niture, which is much cheaper if bought
knocked down" Dad can set 1t up in
very little time. Any dry goods shop or
interior decorators establishment car
ries the unb,eached cheeSecloth. The
total cost of revivifying the room was
scarcely more than SIS plus little effort
on Mothers and Dads part. The re-
ward in joy for the children was out Of
all DrODOrtiOnl
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Tt is strange how many nationally
known men may be seen within the
brief space of four hours. Each is no
table in his particular business or pro-
fession. We had no appointments with
them and the meetings were casual.
They follow.
One was a head of a great motion
picture company, one a famous theat-
rical producer, others a celebrated
basso, a mayor who has just been re-
elected to office, noted correspondent,
who is the husband of a no-less-famous
woman who at one time starred on
Broadway: a nationally known radio
announcer, a bridge expert of interna-
tional repute, and man who is proba-
bly, the most prolific of all ghost
writer's"
Curiously enough, each one of those
enumerated started out in life in a
business remotely different from the
one in which he won fame in later
years.
X X \
The taxicab driver was lonesome. He
was just finishing 12-hour tour. This
cab has been in commission only five
weeks, and me and me partner, the guy
MI, IriUaS all
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fiat squares of oil cloth with stitched
appliques of oil cloth flowers.
There was a small round pillow for
Joan which was her special pride and
delight Pillows, tablecloth, picnic ham
per, thermos jug and bottle, unbreak-
able cups of white enamel paper nap
kins, salt and pepper shakers, bottle
and can openers. sharp knife and
pairing knife, jelly glass or. two and
plenty of paratine paper were on the
picnic shelf.
Nancy flew around assembling her
supplies. She was glad that the cool
sleeveless house dresses for Summer
wear were considered smart.
Copyright, 1929
Write to Nancy Page, care of this paper,
if you are interested in sandwiches to take
10 picnicS. Enclose a stamped, Self-ad-
dressed envelope. asking for her Sandwich
Iea1et.
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are mechanical, the twentieth is the
talent breakdown.
Mary Philbin drives languidly along
the boulevard, wearing Leghorn cha
peau as big as Cartwheel her tiny,
triangular face very grave and wistful.
Rumors are that her fiance, Paul Koh-
ner, has given up very good berth in
Germany to return to Movteland, SO
the wedding may be celebrated.
The Mary Philbin type is one to suf-
fer from the new regime. Dainty,
ethereal, wistful and from a cycle that
emphasized fragile, passive charm
rather than active allure. the Mary
PhilbinS were the frail windflowers OF
pantomime. And pantomime. in the
gelatin sense of the term is something
that will soon be relegated Ito the
chimbley corners where ould men and
women mutter and humble OF the Won
derful days that once were"
Obituary:
Jack Barrymore's profile--R. I, p.
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Lessons i'm English
BY w. l.. GORDON.

Words often misused: Do not say,
Every one has their peculiarities," or
have their" Say, Every one has his
peculiarities."
Often mispronounced: Beatrice. Pro-
nounce be-a-tris, as in be" as in
ask" as in kiss" accent first syl
liable.
Often misspelled: Dshevel: FL, not le
synonyms: Malicious, malign, malig-
nant, malevolent, invidious, spiteful,
reSentful.
Word stury: use a word three times
and it is yours" Let us increase our
vocabulary by mastering one word each
day Today's word; Aim; to assert
positively. This much 1 affirm as
true"
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Strawberry Cream.

Wash ore quart of fresh berries, leav-
ing out II or more for decoration. Sugar
the rest of the fruit with about half a
cupful of sugar and let stand for sew
eral hours. then crush. Dissolve two
tablcspoonfuls of granulated gelatin in
two tableSpoonfuls of cold water for a
few minutes, add three tablespoonfuls
of boiling water, stir over hot water I'M
til thoroughly dissolved, then cool, add
the crushed fruit and juice, and when
it begins to jcll. fold in one pint of
heavy cream whipped stiff. Place in a
glass bowl. decorate the top with whole
berries and let stand in the refrigerator
for Two or more hours.
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" 49,
night, have gone
5000 miles in it.
We average from
$50 to 200 miles a
day apiece on each
tour. I've carried
a lot of celebrities.
Yes, sir, they've sat
right where you
are. A lot of
prizefighters, yeah.
And a night club
hostess talked to
me once from that
there back seat.
She said, Snap
into it, buddy; let's
get going
"One day I had
a well known mil
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pa SAN VA AID 1Alass
terpiece when it
was finally unyC6-
ed and viewed by
his fellow citizens.
The h orSe and
rider were perfect
and the action in
spring. He had
attained the crest.
Then SO m e one
ventured that the
stirrupS had been
omitted. 1t was
true. Months of
a S S ! duouS effort
had been lavislled
on the creation,
which proved to be
imperfect Broken
of heart tha arficf
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MILADY BEAUTIFUL
BY LOIS LEEDS.

and pulled alternately, giving the back
Of the neck a hard rubbing massage.
Exercise Three is good for straight
ening the back and stimulating the skin,
so that it will become smooth and fine
in texture. This exercise is especially
recommended for those who have
goose pimples" on their backs. Let
the folded towel pass diagonally across
the back with the right end held up
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A different bag for every ensemble
Is the rule adopted by many women
nowadays. And in consequence Of this
there is greater demand from really
we'll dressed women for inexpensive but
good looking bags that there used to
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THE BR0CADE EVENING BAG AT
THE TOP HAS A PATENT FASTEN-
ING AND PEARL TASSEL, AN
OTHER COVERED WITH SEED
PEARLS HAS A GOLD FRAME
AND GREEN STONE CLASP, WHILE
A THIRD. IN ENVELOPE STYLE.
COMBINES SEED PEARLS AND
COLORED EMBROIDERY.
be when a bag was bought for almost
constant use and durability was highly
valued.
If you cannot afford a different bag
for every ensemble you can at least
select your ensembles and bags in such
q way that you will have an appropriate
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Killed himself. He Is gone, but his
work still stands. Visitors are not told
Of its beauty of conception and design.
Instead they point to the imperfect1on.
Few would notice it otherwise.
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MOCK HOLLANDAISE.
Egg yolk. l,
Butter, tablespoons.
Flour, teaspoonful.
Hot water, Il cup.
Paprika, y teaspoon.
Juice of "a lemon.
Serves 4 or portions.
Melt butter in top of double
boiler, stir in flour, then add hot
water. Cook in double boiler
minutes. stirring constantly. Re-
move from fire-add egg yolk
slightly beaten. Mix well. Re-
turn to stove and stir and cook
for minutes. Lastly, add lemon
juice. Sauce for cauliflower,
artichokes, asparagus, onions, etc.
DIET NOTE.
Recipe furnishes much fat.
Lime, iron, vitamins A and B
present Could be given to chill
dren over If paprika we're
omitted. Can be eaten by normal
adults of average or under
weight. Good in diet to increase
weight.
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Willie Willis
BY ROBERT CULLEN.

Il didn't mean to be wicked in
church. A fly was botherin' that man
in front of me an Just tried to see if l
could knock it off with a rubber band"
(Copyright, 1929
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sugar vegetables prepared received the
imous of the experts.
dinner cook medium with level
tablespoon sugar in the boiling possible Slice,
pinch
of salt, and level tablespoon of
delicious peel slice and stew ripe
of of salt, level table
spoons sugar tablespoon of bread crumbs Cook 10
minutes longer and
with vegetables kitchen and notice
how much makes these heahfu foods Try dash of
onions 1t makes children and adults like them
Most foods delicious and noursng with The
Sugar Institute.
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Delicious flavor for
vegetable foods
Any woman interested liz appetite
appeal can use it

COOKING history was made recently when four
famous cooking experts met in kitchen high
up in New York skyscraper. The question
before the house what could be done to
make vegetable dishes delicious as they
could be. The result of the experiments. which
were carried on for several days, was the far
reaching new discovery of an old secret. The
best way to cook vegetables is in small
amount of water and with the addition of
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British railways are inaugurating
mid-week excursions with reduced fares.
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1t is we'll for our ego that there are
those who, without malicious intent
or critical spirit. reduce US to our
proner place in the scheme Of things
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MOVIES AND MOVIE PEOPLE
BY MOLLIE MERRICK

are mechanical, the twentieth Is tn
talent breakdown.
Imperial Valley press., 1929-02-04
OFFICERS STAGE
REAL ROUNDUP.
AT CALIPATRIA

SiXty-three whites, MeXicans and
negroes were arrested on the east
side at Calipatria late Saturday
night when Sheriff -. L. Gillett and
his deputies dropped in on the even
ing's festivities and fine combed
the notorious northern village which
has long been a thorn in the side
of law enforcement agencies of
Imperial Valley.
The entire motley crew was load
Cd into cars and irought to the
county jail here. Four were booked
on possession of intoxicating liquor
charges, four on gambling charges
and the rest for alleged vagrancy.
Two negro women were arrested.
Those booked on the gambling
charges are Leon Green, 80, negro;
Steve Black, 24, an Indian; Pablo
Salinas, SO, and Patricio Cervantes.
II.
The men held on the liquor
charges are all M4>icans They gave
their names as John Castro. 10, Jose
Sepubeda, 36, Antonio Castro, %,
and Joe Estrada. A large quantity
Of liquor was taken when the
quartet was arrested, according to
officers.
Calipatria s famous east side was
roaring full blast when the sheriff
and his men dropped in shortly be
fore midnight TO quiet the place
and backed their cars up to the
doors Of the places where the most
noise was coming from.
Many escaped in ,he darkness but
the number taken into custody eff
fectively put a stop TO the "cele-
bration which hes been almost
constant there in thc last few
months.
Since November Calipatria has
been the scene of three murders and
numerous shooting and cutting
scrapes.
John Castro, jose Sepubeda, An
tonic Castro and Joe Estrada plead
ed not guilty when they appeared
before Judge Mayfield today TO an
swer the possession of intoxicating
liquor charge lodged against them.
Bail was set at $500 each.
Lynn Duncan, who also was taken
in the drag net, was sentenced to 80
days in Jail on vagrancy charge.
The sentence was suspended on con
dition of good beha vior.