Evening Republican, Volume 59, Number 114, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 June 1917 — Page 2

Both Patriotism and Prudence Call for the Practice of Thrift Now

As time advances and demands, in amount, are made oh the resources of the country in order to supply the needs of the military situation, we shall see greater and still greater need for thrift. Let us hope that conditions here will never duplicate those abroad. No matter what the situation may become with us, we will find the practices of thrift of particular value.The_lollowing appeal for thrift_iji England can be taken as the theme for some solemn thinking in this country: , ' ♦ "“Ten shillings saved, say on feasting, equals eight cartridges. Bottle of champagne equals 400 cartridges. Lady’s new hat equals four steel helmets. New dress eqviala four serv ice ri ties. equals one fieldgun. Motorcar equals airplane. Piano equals 100 shells. Lapdog equals 20 shells.” The department of agriculture has been qdiick to recognize the necessity of thrift in the present emergency and has not only sent out many suggestions, but is helping in concrete ways to increase the nation s food supply- ' If we should send 5,000,000 soldiers and nurses to the front, there would still be more than 95,000,000 citizens left in civil life. Let them be organized into a mighty army of thrift, 95,000,000 strong! Can you imagine the tremendous strength of this republic if every man, woman and child set about the task of eliminating waste? Bear in mind, always that it is only through thrift that the nation will be able to get the last ounce of strength_atits, command. Let us remember, also, that voluntary thrift will possibly make unnecessary compulsory 7 thrift. It is easier to begin giving up unnecessary things now and get used to it, than to be compelled to pi voTip actual Comfort a later-on. —Beth patriotism and pru--dence should actuate us to practice thrift immediately. In view of the added need of thrift, it is pleasing to note that the 250,000 schoolchildren of Philadelphia are being taught thrift in a very practical way. They are taking advantage of the shortage of paper, and are gathering up all the old papers and magazines that have hitherto been wasted, and are bringing them to school. On a given day each week these papers are sold. This is not a new idea, and it has been written about a number of .times, but there is no better way of' giving the children a conrrete pxample of conservation and thrift. All the studying the children could do would not produce the results that really doing the thing themselves would. Waste paper from the classrooms alone of the Philadelphia public schools has brought in about $20,000 a year.

Effort to Purchase Friendship of Other Nations Is Futile Policy

Among the mistakes naturarto a government that has been at peace as long as has that of the United States, none is more fatal toward world respect than the effort to purchase the friendship of other nations by cash, or equivalent, consideration. . - Governments, like individuals, are respected not because of what they have, but because of what they are. Governments that are strong, honest, intelligent and honorable are respected automatically, just as afe citizens possessing the same qualities. Friendship and respect are not purchasable commodities. If they were, they’d be on sale, like eggs or buttonhooks or small pea beans, and a man could drop into the nearest department store and say, “Send me up sixteen friends, mostly blondes, and a couple of yards of respect that won’t ravel or crock.” We of the United States must learn that we can’t buy the friendship and respect of other nations. We must earn it. And we can’t earn it vicariously. We must earn it by the strength of our characters, the loftiness of our aims, the cleanness of our souls, and the fineness of our national honor. c; ;■ j To do otherwise is to emulate the sap-headed son of wealth who thinks, by buying wine for everybody, he is accumulating friends. People may drink the wine. But they do so while saying to themselves, “The ipoor sucker I I Wonder what~lisinme"frick"he’ll try next/Uv Men and women are liked and respected because they are honest, honorable, fearless and clean. Nations are liked for the same qualities. Whereby, if the United States wants the friendship and respect of other nations, let it appeal to those other nations on the basis, and the only basis, that makes friendship and respect possible.

Giving of Adequate Physical Training to Children, Duty of Nation

This country needs a citizens’ army and navy of a thoroughly democratic sort, trained under conditions which would interfere as little as possible with the industries of the country. But it is of the utmost consequence that up to the twentieth year whatever training may he given to the boys and girls, which would be available later for the young soldiers and sailors, should also be equally available in the industries And homes of the country. The giving of adequate physical training to all children ds a national interest, both in peace and in war; and it is therefore justifiable that the national government should spend part of the income it raises by taxation in contributing to and making sure of that physical training. This is precisely what the Swiss Federation does. It makes am all contributions to the training whichthecantongandminiicipalities supply in all Swiss schools; and then it maintains a body of inspectors to make sure that the work is really done. I submit that that would be a valuable new function for the department of the interior through its 1 . ... - i»iiiirrn ■ ■■■ ■ iiinnißini ni iiii ■—i i»n i iniiTifniTiMJiTW’iifn bureau of education. With this function there will be associated another of national importance —aid to practical training in agriculture, personal hygiene, public health, diet, and the household arts —in all American schools of every grade, with national inspection of the work done. All this instruction ,is in the interest of the entire nation, without distinction of section, race or religion; and it ought not io be left to the discretion of the states and municipalities without government supervision, jit is a strong case of “each for all and all for each.”

By S. W. STRAUS

Pretideot of the American Society tor Thrift

By PORTER EMERSON BROWNE

By CHARLES W. ELIOT

Former President of Harvard University

THE EVENING REPUBLICAN, RENSSELAER, IND.

RECRUITING STATION ON NOTED CORNER

The Twenty-third street corner of the famous Flatiron building in New York converted into a recruiting station for the navy. The roof is modeled after the deck of a battleship, and two guns swing from a turret.

WOMEN’S BIG AID IS TO ECONOMIZE

Secretary of Agriculture Points Out How Each May Help in Crisis. ONE OZ. IS 1,300,000 LBS. The Apron May Be Made the Read Uniform of Merit in Work for the Nation—Make Economy Fashionable. Washington. —In an appeal to the women of the United States Secretary Houston asserts they can do their bit most effectually in the national emergency by practicing effective thrift. The appeal was prompted by many requests for a statement as to the service women can give the nation in producing and conserving agricultural products. ————— “Every woman can render important service to the nation in its present emergency,” says the appeal. “She

REBUILDS RUINED TOWN

Vitrimont, a village of Lorraine, lying between Nancy and Luneville, France, is being rebuilt at the expense of Mrs. William Henry Crocker, wife of William Henry Crocker, the prominent banker of San Francisco, Cal. Mrs. Crocker has already donated $30,000 to begin the work of reconstruction The village is being rebuilt on a new plan which will produce a model village. Miss Polk is in charge of the entire reconstruction work, having been chosen by the American benefactress. She is in Vitrimont supervising the work. The Inhabitants, scattered by the Germnn invasion. have, entered into the spirit of the work and are doing much to help the Americans in building the new village, Vitrimont has been the scene of hot artillery duels a roof remaining on a house. The village until, a very short time ago was a mass of ruin and debris. The picture show’s one cottage in-the ruined town which has already been repaired and made habitable. In the doorw’ay stands a French soldier, home on short leave, with his wife and child. Over the entrance the American flag hangs In company with the French emblem. an evidence of the gratefulness.

need not leave her home or abandon her home duties to help the armed forces. She can help to feed and clothe our armies and help to supply food to those beyond the seas by practicing effective thrift in her own household. “While ail honor is due to the women who leave their homes to nurse and care for those wounded in battle, no woman should feel that, because she does not wear a nurse’s uniform, she is absolved from patriotic service. “The home women of the country, if they will give their minds fully to this vital subject of food conservation and train themselves Tn household thrift, can make of the housewife’s apron a uniform of nafloirarsignificance. Here are the essentials: “Demonstrate thrift in your homes

CASE OF “SHINJU” STIRS JAPS

Double Suicide Attempt Affectinfl Family of Count Yoshikawa Recalls Old Practice. Tokyo. —Japanese society Is stirred by a case of “shinju,” or double suicide, affecting the family of Count Akimasa Yoshikawa, vice president of the privy council. His daughter, Mrs. Kwanjl Yoshikawa and Rikisuke Kuramochi, her chauffeur, are alleged to have sought death in the path of a railroad train. The chauffeur threw the womjin on the tracks, but evidently lacked time to carry out his intention of following her. Instead he drew a short sword, slashed his throat and died a few moments later. Mrs. Yoshikawa was tossed from the rails by the engine. Her condition was pronounced critical. The husband of Mrs. Yoshikawa had been adopted by the Yoshikawa family, becoming the heir to the count. A case of “shinju” is not unusual in Japan and since the olden days many fanciful love stories have been woven around this Japanese practice. It is extraordinary, however, for a woman of as high birth as Count Yoshikawa’s daughter to choose to end her life in such a fashion. The fact that the woman was married and that she sought death with seer chauffeur heightens the interest of the affair in Japanese minds.

GIVES 100 CAMELS AS GIFT

Viceroy of India Receives “Temperate Drinking" Herd of Animals From - Trrdian Ruler.

Calcutta, India.—The gift of a hundred camels from the khan of Khalat, Baluchistan, to the viceroy of India, is a valuable war donation. The Khalat camels are considered in many respects the finest in the world, but purchase of good animals of this type has been almost impossible owing to the high value which their owners set upon them. The Khalat camels are said to be exceptionally swift, and so temperate in their drinking as to be almost total abstainers.

SANDALS FOR FARMERS, PENNSYLVANIA PROJECT

Sunbury, Pa.—The footwear of the fashion in Northumberland county during the Summer. Farm clubs have been discussing the price of leather and have asked dealers to ascertain the cost of sandals. With some modem improvements, the promoters figure that sandals will be not only cheaper but more comfortable and healthful tn warm weather. An additional saving will be effected by the absence of hosiery. By no means is this idea being taken up only by the sterner sex.

and encourage thrift among your neighbors. “Make saving rather than spending your social, standard. “Make economy fashionable lest It become obligatory. “Every ounce of food the housewife saves from being wasted —all food which she or her children produce in the garden'and can or preserve—every garment which care and skillful repair make It unnecessary to replace —all lessen thaL.hous.eheld.’s draft on the already insufficient world supplies. “To save food the learn to plan economical and properly balanced meals which, while nourishing, do not encourage overeating or offer excessive and wasteful variety.--It is her duty to use all effective methods to protect food from spoilage by heat, dirt, mice or insects. She myst acquire, the culinary ability toifltHTze every bit of edible food.

Ounce Means 1,300,000 Pound*. “Waste in any individual household may seem to_be insignificant, butlf only a single ounce of edible food, on the average, is allowed to spoil or lie tiirown away in each of our 20,000,000 IIOm^SAl lOm^SA "rial would be wasted each day. It takes the fruit of many acres and the work of many people to raise, prepare and distribute 464,000,000 pounds of food a year. Every ounce of food tiirown away, therefore, tends also to waste the labor of an army of busy citizens. “Clothing is largely an agricultural product and represents the results of labor on the sheep ranges, in cotton fields and in mills and factories. Whenever a useful garment is need--1 essly discarded — material —needed -to "keep some one warm or dry may be consumed merely to gratify a passing fancy. Women would do well to look upon clothing more particularly from the utilitarian point of view. “Leather, too, is scarce, and the proper shoeing of armies calls for great supplies. There are only so many pairs of_shoes in each hide, and ther elsa shortage of animals for leather as well as for meat. Anything that can be done to encourage adults or children to take care of their shoes and make them last longer means that so much more leather Is made available for other purposes. “Employed women, especially those engaged in the manufacture of food or clothing, also directly serve their country and should put into their tasks the enthusiasm and energy the Importance of their product warrants.”

BOY GARDEN ARMY OF 3,000 IN SUPERIOR, WIS.

Superior, Wis.—-The schools of Superior will furnish a junior agricultural army. Fully 3,000 boys are to be marshalled to attack the high eost of living. An elaborate plan has been formulated whereby hundreds of acres within the corporate limits will be under cultivation. Arrangements are also being made to “enlist” girls. gardeners will be divided into shifts on the same plan as the assignment of soldiers to guard duty, each shift taking turns in working the tract. Land, seed and farming implements have all been donated.

MOTHER’S LOVE STAYS DEATH

Woman With Incurable Malady Refuses to Die Until She Sees Son. Saratoga, N. Y.—One of the most remarkable cases of mother love known to this section is attracting attention at the Saratoga hospital. Physicians and nurses, Inured to pitiful scenes, are touched by the case of a woman who, they declare, “refuses to die” until she has seen her son once more. Mrs. Z. Shanks arrived at the hospital a short time ago suffering from an Incurable malady. Premonition of her condition came early to Mrs. Shanks and with it a desire to see her son, “Willie,” who left home five years ago. Prayers and cries for her missing child’s return arouse the hospital staff day and night. The boy traces his ancestry to the British, and there is a belief that he may have enlisted in the allied forces. Medical authorities are astounded that Mrs. Shanks has not succumbed to the fatal malady. They can explain it only by saying that her mother love has made her will triumph temporarily over her ills.

CHAIR IS TREASURE CHEST

Piece of Furniture Found to Be Stuffed With $5,000 in Bonds and Cash. San Rafael, Cal. —Concealed in an armchair in San Rafael’s “House of Mystery,” the former home of the late Mrs. Helene Saunders, searchers found Mrs. Saunders, who was killed in an automobile six months ago, lived in the old house in strict seclusion for 25 years. During the latter part of her life the woman was known for her eccentricities. , Besides‘the bonds and personal effects, Mrs. Saunders left two pieces of real property here worth $7,000. No will was found, nos have the authorities beep able to learn of any relatives.

MADE COMPLETE

i*he Four Elements of Childhood Needed in the Well-Rounded Christian Manhood. Childhood is so filled with beautiful elements that it is not strange the Saviour compared those in the kingdam of heaven to a little child. We mehtion four of these elements: .j_The element of inquiry. A boy has been defined as an animated interroga-tion-point, and we Think it would not wrong the girl to include her also in this fine definition. How many questions they can ask, and how Jttange many of them are I Some are frivolous, some are idle, but some are profound and startling. A little child, recelving its first impressions about God, listened in wonder till the mother paused, and then it asked. Who made God?”Anol her, its mother a member of one church and the father of another, was toddling along with the father to Bible school one morning, when the bell on mother’s church began to ring. The little fellow, puzzled and perplexed, looked up into his father’s face and said : “Papa, why did Dod put your church in one place and mamma's in another?” And this should be one of the ruling characteristics of mature life, however old and wise we be. Perhaps no man ever wrestled with a more difficult problem than Job, and none ever asked more questions, and no one ever triumphed more gloriously. We should question our par. ents, our teachers and our preachers. We should ifiterrogate the Bible; -gnd~ other good books; And not only these, but the stones, the stars, the birds and the flowers; yea, all nature, for it speaks of God. The reverent question, persistently asked, is the surest key to the temple of truth, and the one great highway to the realm of knowledge and usefulness. ‘ Element of Trust. The element of trust. The Christian walks not by sight, but by faith. A little girl was busy- at play, when she overheard a woman say that her mother had told a certain thing, but that she doubted it. The child was on her feet in a moment, and, in the most earnest manner, she said r“lf m y mother said it was so, then it is so, whether it is so or not!” This is a child’s way of expressing perfect trust, such trust as made Abraham “the friend of God” and “the father of the faithful.” “Without faith it is imposslble to please God.” Like children with their hands clasped in the hands of their parents, we should go where the Father leads, trusting his wisdom and love to guide us aright, and to shield us from all danger. We trust our banker, our physician, our railroad engineer, all of w’hom often fall; why not trust a God who never fails? A life without trust is a garland robbed Element of Forgiveness. The element of forgiveness. Children have their quarrels and spats, and, for the moment, it looks -as if they would never be friends again. But in a littie while the storm is past and the sky is clear, and there is not a vestige of the trouble left lingering in the heart. And so it shout'd be with the children of God. It should never be said by us, “I can forgive, but I cannot forget." That is not forgiveness. To harbor resentment and to purpose revenge is as unlike the Spirit of the Christ as light is unlike darkness. The small man and the coward never forgive, but the large man and the brave always do. When the river, ice-locked during the winter, melts in the spring, its flow is all the most abundant and majestic. And when fine natures forgive and forget, the life-current of love is increased by the thaw. Paul and Barnabas had a difference so great that it sent them asunder into separate fields of labor, but their love for each other was unimpaired. The highest tribute ever paid to Lincoln was that, though his heart was as big ns the world, there 'was no room in it for the memory of a wrong. And the dying prayer Of the Saviour was: —“Forgive them [his murderers], for they know not what they do.** Element of Enjoyment. The element of enjoyment. The average boy, with his “Robinson Cruso” and “Arabian Nights;” with his ball and bat, drum and trumpet, kite and top, pony and saddle, dog and gun, and the average girl, with her playhouse, dolls and swlfig, constitute a picture of genuine enjoyment. They know they are being cared for, and that every want is being anticipated. They are_ facing the sun, so that all shadows fall behind them. The night brings them sweet rest, and the morning, bright and buoyant, bids them enjoy another day. And should not the Christian be happy? He has God for a father, Christ for a brother, angels for spirits, the earth for a school and workshop and heaven for a home. “Weeping may endpre for a night, but joy cometh in the morning.” those who love God.” “Rejoice in the Lord always; and against I say rejoin.”—Christian Standard.

Feeling God's Presence.

Each should feel God’s presence within himself, but each should feel it also In the other. This is the true foundation of human fraternity, and therefore those who love their fellowmien and believe they are cold toward God, are nearer the kingdom than many who imagine they love God, but who do not love their fellowmen. —Antonio Fogazzaro.