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Evening star., 1939-11-17
Backward
ChildIs A
Problem
Manual Work Best
Solution For the
Deficient Type
BY ANGELO PATRI.

When the school fails to teach a
child, and repeated experiences con-
firm the failure, he is examined by
the expert who usually finds what
the teacher already knew-that he
is a backward, mentally deficient
child. There are many such chill
dren in every community. They are
in all races, all classes Of society,
and their deficiencies vary with the
individual, no two being alike.
The problem of what to do with
them, how to make them happy as
possible without allowing them to
fall into the hands Of the unscrupu-
lous folk who are ever ready to use
them for their own selfish ends, is
one that has bothered society for
generations.
Some of these children can be
trained to do certain forms of in
dustrial labor. The great majority
of them cannot be trained to be
self-supporting. AS long as they
live they must be, and should be,
under the supervision of experienced
and skilful leaders. They should be
protected from the unscrupulous,
and from their own ignorance and
weakness. The time is close at hand
when every child, known to be men
tally deficient, will be listed and
supervised and protected unit! death
closes the record.
What can be done with those that
can be trained to make them most
effective? Usually the answer is
handwork. That is all right if one
understands that these children
cannot do accurate, careful work
for any length of time. Some of
them can do a bit of accurate work
on job, but because fatigue sets in
early, close to the heels of any effort
he makes, the next bit is out. This
inability to do sustained, accurate
work to standard is what makes
even the most able of the backward
children unfit for the labor market.
This fact ought to be considered
when planning an education for
them. The usual thing is to give
them shops and tools and try to
teach them to do woodwork and
metal work and weaving to a pass
ing standard. The manual work is
good, but if the notion behind it is
that these children can become
skilled workers, it is a sad mistake.
Brainwork that must be applied
strictly to the abstraction of knowl-
edge from books fatigues the back
ward child almost at once. If pres
sure is put upon him and he is forced
to study beyond the fatigue point,
bad behavior, even violent behavior
results. Finding this to be true, the
teachers of backward children
turned to handwork. This demanded
the use Of the larger muscle masses,
and that did not fatigue these chill
dren greatly. It gave them pleasure.
Manual work then became their
work.
But, after they had reached the
limit of this crude work-and that
limit Is soon reached-the teachers
determined to push the children
ahead toward finer and finer mus
cular adjustments and co-ordina-
tionS. Skilled work was the goal of
such instruction. And that, if the
pupil is a mentally deficient child,
is out of the question. Only a fine
brain, a steady, well-co-ordinated
hand, can do skilled work. Men,
tally deficient children do inaccu-
rate, unskilled work, and are soon
fatigued by that. They must be
protected and guarded and cared for
during the span Of their lives.
It is time we began.
Evening star., 1939-11-17
My Neighbor Says:

A porous pot allows water to
evaporate and this is bad
feature in warm, dry houses.
Plants in clay pots tend to de-
velop a root system between the
soil and the pot with very few
roots in the soil itself.
Meat thawed quickly is like
ly to be tough. Keep frozen
meat in warm place before
cooking.
One teaspoon of chopped
maraschino cherries and one
tablespoon of orange Juice,
added to boiled salad dress
ing, makes a delicious dress
ing for fruit salads.
Two coats Of thin shellac
give a hardwood floor a much
better finish than one thick
one. First coat must be thor
oughly dried before second is
applied.
Evening star., 1939-11-17
Dorothy Dix Says
Marriage No Game for Children;
Youths Dreams Always Crash

I marriage the kind of husbands they
wanted and would be satisfied with
instead of waiting to find out after
marriage that they had guessed
wrong. But the trouble is that when
we are Is we have no way Of know
ing today what we are going to want
tomorrow.
This is what makes a schoolgirl
marriage such a terrible risk. She
is gambling her whole life on the
hunch that she will like the same
looks and qualities in a man when
she is grown up that she does as a
child. OF course, sometimes she
wins out, but the odds are tremend-
ously against her, and generally she
loses out and her Dream Man of
adolescence becomes her Nightmare
OF maturity.
And another tragedy of the early
marriage for a girl is that she misses
her playtime of life. She is pushing
q perambulator when she should be
dancing with the kids Of her own
age. Her shoulders sag under bur-
dens too heavy for her to bear. She
is too young to have learned self
control and forbearance and tact,
and the result is that she so often
becomes peevish and fretful and
hard to get along with, and her
marriage ends in disaster and
divorce.
The truth that we cannot balk
is that marriage is no game for
children 1t is serious undertaking
for adults, and nothing in our in
consequent civilization is so curious
as that we let boys and girls sign a
marriage contract when we consider
them mentally unfit to enter into
any other binding obligation.
DOROTHY DIX.
Evening star., 1939-11-17

step sew chart for each of the four
pieces.
If you've been at your wits ends
trying to think of something new
and original to take to your club or
church sale-here's the solution to
that problem, too! Make these pretty
boudoir accessories Of sateen, slip
per satin, cretonne, chintz or ging-
ham, in gay prints or bedroom
pastels.
Barbara Bell Pattern No. 1644-B
Is designed In one sise-Mediun. It
Evening star., 1939-11-17
Sparkling Tableware
Scores a Hit

1t isn't only the food you serve
but how you serve it that makes a
meal a success. An attractive cas-
serole can stir up interest in
warmed-over stew and sparkling in
dividual glass dishes make yester-
days bread pudding enjoyable.
Flowers on the table always add
a gala touch. OF course, the food
must be wholesome to begin with.
II, In addition, the tablecloth,
dishes, silver and glassware are
spick and span, you'll never need to
apologize to the family or to guests.
Evening star., 1939-11-17
|Colorless Lacquer May
Be Applied to Protect
Surface of Old Print
Papering the Inside of Mahogany
China Cupboard Will Lighten
Interiors Dull Appearance
By MARGARET NOVEL;.

DEAR MISS NOVEL;:
have two commodes at
me II ney are put nat against the wall they
against the arms of the sofa?
Answer
These usually the tops are very large
Evening star., 1939-11-17

A noted authority on love and
marriage says that by the time a
girl is 16 she should not only have
decided on whether she wants q
husband or career, but have made
up her mind about just what kind
OF man she wants to marry. She
should know what she wants him
to look like, the kind of occupation
she wishes he would follow and the
amount of money he should be
earning.
Fine, only that is super1uous ad-
vice to any sweet sixteen. She has
already decided these problems in
her life. She is ~dead set on
matrimony and would rather die a
thousand deaths than be an old
maid. Also, she has a perfect mental
picture of the man she would like to
marry, his work and his finances.
He Is composite portrait of Robert
Taylor, Buddy Rogers and John D.
Rockefeller. Later on she may fall
in love with the freckle-faced gro
cery clerk who makes $25 a week,
but when she is 16 only fairy princes
come up to her expectations. No
lesser prospects need apply.
Now no doubt it would save a lot
OF disappointments and disillusion
in marriage and put crimp in the
divorce statistics If girls knew before
Evening star., 1939-11-17

VIC olC, CiACl C1OlC, giving yOu SOlllc
suggestions for varying the tradi-
tional foods bit, so that you may
embrace the new, but not quite cast
the old aside, if you get what we
mean! There are two Stufings
which are a little unusual and very
delicious, offered for your selec-
ton; the always popular chestnuts
are combined with tomatoes in a
colorful and appetizing way. The
pumpkin pie recipe is a really old
one-but has proved so excellent
that we don't need to stream line
1t to make it interesting!
We are not giving you any in
structions about making mince pies,
other than to tell you that they
should be baked between two crusts,
as you probably know. The stores
and markets are too full of eX-
cellent prepared mince meat to
make it worth the while of the
average housekeeper to try to make
her own. If you use the dry variety,
follow the instructions on the pack
age.
TURKEY.
Ask your dealer to draw the bird,
remove the feet, leg tendons and
cut off the neck, leaving the skin
intact. We assume, of course, that
the turkey has been plucked. Save
the gizzard, liver and heart for
the stuffings or the gravy.
SINCE the turkey. removing any
pin feathers with tweezers. Scrub
the bird thoroughly inside and out
with warm water and a little bak-
ing soda. Dry, both inside and out,
carefully. Salt the fowl inside.
Stuff both body and neck cavity
with dressing and truss. Sew up
the body cavity and tie the legs
to the tailpiece, close to the body.
Pull the neck skin to the back of
the bird and skewer into place.
Turn the tips of the wings back
under the body
Just kefcre putting the turkey
IN the even rub the skin surfaces
we'll with lemon Juice ard olive
oil or butter if you prefer. The
oil gives a crisper crust, in my opin-
ion. Place the bird breast down on
the rack in the roasting pan, bracing
it on either side with small rame-
kins or custard cups to hold it
steady. This method keeps the
breast meat deliciously moist and
tender. Sprinkle turkey lightly all
over with flour
If the turkey seems to be brown
ing too fast, cover with buttered
paper. In the beginning have the
oven about 500 degrees-that is,
good and hot-and after about the,
first IS minutes reduce the heat to
275 degrees, or slow. Pour over the
bird one cup of boiling bouillon or
stock, cover the pan and roast 20
minutes to the pound, stuffed
dressed weight. Add additional stock
from time to time if necessary,
basting every IS minutes. To brown
the breast nicely, reverse the posi-
ton of the turkey and roast it on
its back for the last half hour.
WILD RICE AND OYSTER
DRESSING.
Saute the chopped turkey giblets
In u cup butter, with 70 cup chopped
onions. Add to this IL quarts of
oysters and let cook until their
edges curl. Add to this mixture 3
Evening star., 1939-11-17
BY BARBARA BELL.

Every one of these four pieces will
prove a source of year. round Joy
and comfort to the lucky lady who
receives them-the comfortable
pretty slippers, the capacious laun-
dry bag, the covered hanger and the
little coming cape. She'll think of
you happily and affectionately
whenever she uses them! They're
all fun to make, too, with this easy
pattern, which includes a step-by-
Evening star., 1939-11-17

requires 11s yards of 36-inch ma
terial for cape; " yard for hanger;
l yard for bag; u yard for slippers;
10% yards binding. in all; u yard to
line slippers.
Evening star., 1939-11-17
kneadins Dough

When kneading begins, yeast
dough is rather sticky, but this does
not indicate that too little flour has
been used. AS kneading continues,
the dough becomes smooth and
Satiny.
Evening star., 1939-11-17
Traditional Foods May Be
Served in Modern Guise
For Added Enjoyment
Try Roasting the Noble Bird
Breast Down for Better
Flavor and Tenderness
BY BETSY CASWELL.
Woman's Editor.

Today tackle the Thanksgiving Recipes
Tor the main ingredients of the feast with they
help
and all his the day and
housewife
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Glacier County chief., 1939-07-21
CHIEF RECEIVES
IMPORTANT NEWS
FROM HUGH BLACK

Superintendent Libby of Glacier
National Park and Mr.. Emery of
the Bureau of Public Roads have in
formed me that there was no money
allotted to Glacier Park out of the
large National Park Service apprO-
priation for the year 1910, which
necessarily means that there will
be no new construction and that
the men of the Bureau of Public
Reads will be moved from Glacier
Park.
In the last ten years great strides
have been made to put the roads Of
Glacier Park in the shape they are
today and it seems to me a tragic
state of affairs that this progress
should be stopped at this time with
some roads in such perfect state and
some SO sadly in need Of rebuild
ing. Don't you agree that now is the
time for the people of Montana to
investigate and find out why we
have been cut off?
Sincerely.
HUGH BLACK
st. Mary's
Glacier County chief., 1939-07-21
Monetary Measure
Will Aid Montana

Approval of the presidents
monetary power to fix the price
of silver will be a great aid to
Montana. according to state
ments by DR.. Frances A. Thom-
son, president of tine state school
Of mines at Butte, and Carl j.
Trauerman of Butte. president
of the Montana Mining associa-
ton.
DR.. Thomson said the stabili-
cation of the price of silver for
the next two years is more i'm
portant than the price itself, as
producers can begin new ven.
lures or enlarge present ones
without fear of declining price.
The sterilization should result
in greatly increased activity in
Montana Silver districts, and
many men should find employ
ment either in new mining &C.
tivity or enlarged workings,
Trauerman said. The need for
additional equipment will result
in more business being spread
over the state, he added.
Glacier County chief., 1939-07-21
Woman Arrested For Buying Cub
Bear in Game Law Violation

The state fish and game depart
ment Tuesday reported an arrest
on an unusual charge-the buy
ing oe a game animal.
Department records showed
Mrs Golden Angel of Dupuver,
purchased a cub bear from an
unnamed man at that place.
She was spprehended by a de.
putty game warden and charged
in court.
Mrs. Angel entered a plea of
guilty to the charge and paid a
$25 fine.
The department also reported
the fining Of Jack Gill of Brown.
ing, who was arrested for sein
ing fish with a net in Lower St.
Mary's lake, just outside the
Glacier national park boundary.
He contributed S25 also.
Glacier County chief., 1939-07-21
Thursday Storm Blocked
Glacier Park Highway

A windstorm Thursday night
of last week blew some 500 trees
across the Mcdonald lake high.
way in Glacier park, according to
Tom D. Caverly. publisher of
Columbia Falls. He said a large
cedar tree demolished a cabin
just cart Of the Lake Mcdonald
hotel.
Lighting accompanied the
storm. but Caverly heard of no
fires in the park. Four spot fires
were reported in the South fork
Of the Flathead region and one
in the North fork country. Tine
same storm is blamed for a fire
which resulted in considerable
damage to the house of Mrs.
Margaret Twoy. a teacher at
Columbia Falls.
Caverly said that the coat of
oil that has been placed on that
section of the Roosevelt highway
extending 16 miller east from
Bolton has conquered the dust
problem. All the rest of the mile.
age along the southern border of
Glacier park already had stan
dard oiled highway.
Glacier County chief., 1939-07-21
Highway Patrol Check 847
Cars on Highway Thru Town

On Wednesday of this week
Highway Patrolman Anderson,
O'Brian, Cahill, McGuin and
Storm of the Cut Bank. Conrad
ard Great Falls districts were in
Browning checking automobiles
in use on the highways for the
condition of brakes and adjust
ment of head lights and the pos
session of drivers licenses by the
drivers.
A total of SAT cars were check
ed and II arrests were made, IL
being for faulty brakes and 8 for
bad lights. no drivers licenses or
lack of flares on trucks.
Courtesy cards were issued to
tourists whose cars failed to pass
the examinations with the warn
ing that such defects should be
remedied.
The correct test on brakes pro-
vides that the car should be able
to stop within 81 feet from a
speed of twenty miles per hour,
IN this test a courtesy allowance
of fifty feet was made and to
those not able to stop in this dis
lance a summons was issued.
1t is reported that one driver was
not able to stop in $50 feet.
1t is hoped that the patrol will
find time to continue with this
much needed inspection, that we
may look forward to a time when
these dangerous cars will be off
the highways and no longer be a
hazard to the life of every one u.s.
ing the highway.
Glacier County chief., 1939-07-21
Balanced Budget For Last Two
Years Sets Record For q Years

When the Treasure states ifs.
cal period ended June 30, her
budget had been balanced for two
consecutive years and a small
balance remained in the general
fund-the first time such a con-
dition had existed for 21 years.
according to statement by Gov
ernor Roy E. Ayers.
In addition to cutting expenses
to meet income during the last
year, the state government re-
tired 81, 1867 All in bonds. An
other saving was effected in re-
funding $632 900 in capitol build.
Ing bonds that had been out
standing 80 years for three-quar.
tiers of one per cent interest
the lowest rate on any bonds sold
by the state. the governor said.
To-day. the credit of the state
has been firmly re-established."
Governor Ayers says. Sale of
the capitol building bonds re-
moved the only blot on our cur
rent financial picture {. Nobody
can now point to any delinquency
in state financial affairs that will
place penalty on taking advan-
tage of credit necessary to meet
cur obligations"
According to records of State
Accountant William Hosking.
planning and trimming of ex-
penses by Governor Ayers ap-
pointive departments is directly
responsible for the sound finan-
cial condition Of the state. AS
we enter the new fiscal year, the
state departments over which |
have control have instructions to
watch the dollars. to save wher-
ever possible and to keep this
state in its present sound finan-
cial condition, he governor said.
Glacier County chief., 1939-07-21
Martin GOOdrider Will
Go To Washington

Martin Good Rider, Blackfeet
Indian who played with Shirley
Temple in the picture 'Susannah
of the Mounties," returned from
New York where he made person
al appearances with the show. He
is expected to leave here about
Aug. l for Washington and other
points in the east. He will be &C.
companied by Archie St. Goddard
Jr.. better known as Sa- Poo. "the
Wind.' Good Rider will return
to Hollywood later to take part
in another picture. He is spend.
ing a vacation at his home in
Browning.
Glacier County chief., 1939-07-21
Browning Delegation Will Attend
lewistown Hi-way Meet

Lewistown. Mont. July 90 The
Montana Division of the Canada
to Mexico Highway Association
with the cooperation of the Bill.
ings Commercial Club. Great Falls
Chamber of Commerce. and the
Central Montana Chamber of
Commerce of this city, is making
preparations for the largest at
tendance in the history of the
national associations conventions
Starting with registration of
delegates from Canada and Mex
leo and the five states. Arizona,
New Mexico, Colorado. Wyoming
and Montana. on Friday July 81,
the balance of the day will be de-
voted to entertainment and group
caucuses to determine the trend
of policies to be acted upon July
%
Convention headquarters will
be at the Fergus Hotel. A ban
quet will be served at 7: 90 that
evening after which prominent
speakers will talk on road quest.
ions of general importance to the
group.
Much enthusiasm is being
evinced over the five states di-
rectly concerned in obtaining the
designation of US. Highway No.
666 for what ls claimed will be
the shortest and most scenic
route from Edmonton. Calgary
and Lethbridge, Canada to Nog-
ales and Douglas, Arizona on the
Mexican border.
Glacier County chief., 1939-07-21
Bsbb School Trustees Send
Letter To Mr.. Dove

THE following letter was receiv-
ed by Mr.. Dove W.P.A. engineer
for this territory from the Babb
School Trustees, District No. 8
Due to the fact.that Mr.. J. J.
Galbraith has issued a restraining
injunction against us. namely Hi
Woodward and Emmett Augere,
from spending any funds of the
bond issue of School District No.
8, we must at this time stop all
our expenditures and construc-
ton until we receive a decision
from the Court.
We ask that you kindly close in
this building before disseminating
the project.
Sincerely
Hi Woodward
Emmett Augere
Hugh Black, Clerk
Glacier County chief., 1939-07-21
Blackfeet Council Set Date For
Sale Land Oil and Gas Leases

All blood members of the
Biackfeet tribe of Indians are
herebv notified that the Black.
feet Tribal Council plan on ad.
vertising the following described
tribal lands for oil and gas leases
NJ. E4SWA. W4SEA. Sec. II,
Twp. 30. N. K. 6 West; Lot l, Sec,
Is, Twp. 80. N. R. 6W, Lot 7,
SWANWA. WHSW4. Sec. IS;
W4NW4. W4SE4, Sec. 10; N4NW
t. Lots 2. 3 and i. SCI NW4, Sec,
20; NE4. Sec. 80. all in Twp, 80
N. r. S West and containing
l230.25 acres according to the
official survey thereof.
Article VII, Sec. 3 of the Black
feet constitution provides that
Blackfeet lands shall not be leas-
ed to non-member if a member
of the tribe or an Indian CO.
operative association is able and
willing to use the land and to pay
a reasonable fee. The date of sale
will be held at the Blackfeet
Agency, August Is, 1889 at 1:3O
p M. Any blood member IF the
tribe. if financially able. may
take advantage of Article VII,
Section 3 and consumate a lease
prior to August l, 1889 after
which date, it will be necessary
that they face competition at the
regular sale.
BLACkFEET TRIBAL
BUSINESS COUNCIL
Glacier County chief., 1939-07-21
Buddy, Spare a Dime
Plea Saves His 5000 Roll

SAN FRANCISCO.-F. L. Thorn
asson teaches psychology in Los An
geleS. He practices what he
teaches. Unable TO sleep last night
Thomasson took midnight stroll.
A rough looking man followed him
and at q dark corner moved in front
of him. Thomasson thought he was
going to be held up. Then he
thought Of his psychology.
Changing his own course abruptly,
he headed straight for the stranger.
Hi. buddy he said, can you
spare me a dime? l haven't eaten
since
We'll, III be- gasped the
startled stranger. And here l was
gonna hold you up"
ThomassOn said he got the dime.
He put il in pocket where he was
carrying 5000 and walked away.
Glacier County chief., 1939-07-21
GLACIER COUNTY CROP REPORT

No precipitation. Generally warm
and sunny with growing conditions
excellent. Some early seeded wheat
on fallow headed out. Warm wea-
Their with some wind has caused
some burning of crops planted on
stubble or previously idle lard. Pas
lures and range land have good COW
ering of grass. Blister beetles dam
aging gardens Grasshoppers, where
not poisoned. showing up quite
heavily. Shearing practically COM
plcted, good weights reported. Cat
tie and horses IN excellent shape.
Glacier County chief., 1939-07-21
Texas Man Stitches Up
Tendon in His Own Hand

DALLAS, TEXAS.-An ordinary
needle and white thread aren't ex-
actlv the right thing for sewing up
cat hand. c. c. Murphy had
learned Emergency hospital ply
siCians who examined the job Muir
ply performed on himself COM
mented that II was neatly done all
right, but fixing up severed tendon
isn't quite as simple as darning
sock. They removed the stitches
and sent Murphy to the city hospital
TO have the job done over again.
Glacier County chief., 1939-07-21
Alfalfa Cutting

The penalty for delay in start
ing the first and second cutting
of alfalfa is only poorer quality
hay, but farmers who make the
third cutting too late are taking
the chance of running the field for
the following year, says Ralph D.
Mercer. extension agronomist.
He goes on to explain that alfal-
ia needs a growth period be.
tween the time of the last cut.
ting and winter. During this per-
iod it stores food in the roots.
Glacier County chief., 1939-07-21
Peter Bushman in Pictures

Peter Bushman from Choteau
Mcnt who is attending school in
Riverside, California is now en-
Dloyed by Paramount Studios.
Hollywood, California in the new
picture that Paramount is max
ing.
The scenery for the picture is
being filmed at Big Bear Lake a
Mountain resort and the name of
the Pictures is White Flame.
Peter Bushman is well-known
in Browning.