Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 304, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 December 1918 — Page 2

The Future of the Hun

By B. B. HARRIMAN

There must be a future for the German. tie cannot stop and resolve into a mere memory. It is out of the question for the civilized nations to annihilate him. For their own sakes they cannot be as savage as he planned to •be. However many were killed in this war, there will still be many millions left to propagate. What manner of future awaits those million*? What will they do? Whet will be their status in the world? How will they prosper? Already many thinking people are considering the matter of German trade, German industry, German debt paying. The nation Itself is making active preparations for the after-the-war campaign. With this war ended Germany will find herself handicapped with a double load: the debts she has Incurred through the financing of the war, and

the rehabilitation of deyastated countries. In order to pay either bill she must be able to manufacture and sell. She must have markets and supply them. In order to secure markets she must first establish confidence in her wares and in her business methods. She .must gain a certain, and very decided, amount of friendly regard or the rival salesmen, the rival manufacturer, will hold too great an advantage. She can only hope to be a scavenger otherwise, for the other nations will leave her only that which they do not wish to Imndle. All Nations on Guard. How is she going to acquire the necessary standing, the confidence, of buying nations, to give her these markets? Once she would have sent her thousands of emigrants to colonize, with • rigid instructions to demand German goods and thereby create a condition -that would force importations. That iday is past, for in all such cases Germany’s colonial idea carried with it the control of politics through colony ballots. It is inconceivable that any na•tion should ever again cater to the German vote or allow it to be in control of even a fraction of national activities. With all nations on guard against Germanizing influences, that plan must 'be abandoned. If Germany, in her .stupid disregard of all rights and prejudices, should attempt to again get control of any part of the'national Wffalrs of America or Canada or Bra-

Making Our Flag Beloved

By HAMLIN GARLAND

Of The Vigilantes

Among the victims of the measureless ruin which the Prussian militarists have wrought in their desire to dominate the world, Armenia and Syria have high claim to our sympathy. Suffering the full horror of the conquered they have been isolated from the allies who would have helped them if they could. Turkey, the partner of Germany and the cause of the suffering and desolation of the Armenians, Is now conquered and It Is possible for America to rescue the despairing and the hungry in'those lands. This is a duty which we cannot regretfully postpone. We are and must continue to be the storehouse of the world. Our resources must be put to the use of those who' suffer. France and England, in spite of their almost Inconceivable war burdens, are each doing their part in the work of freeing and feeding the oppressed. We should’ not fail of a ready and full co-opera-tion. <

Today the War Is Won. Thus far we have not felt in any decree the pinch of the war—we have hardly been incommoded. We have saved sugar and meat and flour and submitted to restrictions in other ways, but we have not suffered iq. the slightest the pain and the grief of other countries. The sacrifices we have made seem very small and very poor in comparison with what Belgium and Poland and other equally innocent bystanders have endured. Today the war is won—we can seize our great oppoetunity. We have made our flag respected by the valor of our sailors and soldiers, now let us make It beloved by the wise use of our almost limitless wealth. How great, how peaceful the United States seems as we read the reports from the scourged and desolated lands of the East. From our plenty we must instantly send in order that hunger shall not end in starvation and that a whole people Shall not vanish from the earth. Germany has narrowed its field; as its allies retire they leave a multitude of homeless and famishing victims behind —they have no care for the ruined and the desolate—and America must step in to aid till such time as the oppressor can be forced to indemnify and restore. It is not necessary' for me to rehearse the ghastly story of Turko-lTus-sian barbaric cruelties—that has been done full and most movingly by others. My part to to plead with those who tew a surplus Chat they may heal the

——— ■ -- til, fbr instance, it will probably lead to the barring Cf intercourse with her d fidt ! ■ t It is difficult to ascertain where 'she can first gain a fuothold. With her reputation blackened by her own acts, her 'gotten methods tiidroughly exposed, It will be a hazardous thing for any , nation to attempt to deal with her. . It is a- matter that, calls for the sober, calm study of master minds, the consideration of all nations opposed to Germanic ideas. IJt must be made a'matter of the most careful consideration, for upon the policy adopted by the notions wiH depend much of their own welfare. There must be a limit set for Teutonic aetivtty, a bound beyond which they dare not go or It will be dnly-a question -of time until the world will again have to take up the task of bdffiSiS? Hun deviiishness. It is time for the nations and their deepest thinkers to begin to plan and consider, for it will not be long now until the Hun will be wanting to emigrate from. Hunland to escape the burdens he has helped-to create. He must not be allowed to shirk his task. He must be the one to pick up the burden nnd stagger along under it He must not be allowed to shift it to other shoulders, in part or in entirety. Must Be Kept Under Surveillance. Ti* forces of many nations have been harnessed in the effort to hammer some reasonable degree of sense into the Hunnlsh head. Next will come the prodigious effort to hold him to his work and force him to walk the straight and narrow path. It is to be almost as hard a task as fighting him into submission, if the way he is preparing for a commercial campaign is any criterion. Unless he is so hedged about by rigid, Inflexible guards that he can do only the right thing, he will soon be doing the wrong one. It is folly to think that getting a whipping wiH change the Hun nature. A cracked crown will not ensure a rejuvenation or any degree of reformation. He will be no more spiritually redeemed than he will be physically restored by the war. The living Hun will, need a process of refining that will Require more than one generation. The dead Hun, thank God, will help to hold him where' he belongs by the thinning out of evil blood when he died. So let us plan now for what comes, later, that we may enjoy life with no fear of despotic oppression in the future years. We must weld a steel ring, such as Kaiser Wilhelm loved to have about, that will keep the Prussian on his good behavior for the nexf two thousand years.' In that lengtl of time, the world of decency may make some progress toward the. elimination of the savage part in his nature, and so bring him to where he la neighbor for decent people.

sick, and house the helpless women and children in the wakq of the Turkish armies. Greatest Opportunity to Help. The committee for Armenian and Syrian relief is asking for a fund of $30,000,000. This seems but a small amount when set over against the nunMohammedan populations of the countries named in the appeal, and yet the committee* assures us that this sum will have the most enormous power of alleviation. It will not restore but it will provide the necessities of life to those who are for the moment unable to feed and clothe themselves. Every man who gives to this fund" will have the satisfaction of knowing that each dollar of his gift goes straight to its mark, affording almost instant relief to some poor soul who is physically suffering and in despair of the future. To send this relief will prove to them, and to the rest 'of thfi. world, that we, the richest of nations, can be upon demand the most generous of nations. If we do ourpart at this time we can make the<Stars and Stripes not only respected, but beautiful in the eyes of the citizens of those faraway lands. It will 1 seem the sign of pity and of healing, the symbol of hope and peace which dur forefathers intended it to be. i An A <>'■

THE POETS TO FRANCE

By THEODOSIA GARRISON

of the Vigilantes. We cannot name you save upon our knees - ” France! France! what fitting tribute may we bring That would not seem a pitiful, poor thing Against your splendor and your agonies— You who withstood the strength of iron seas— A rock wherefrom God’s beacon still shall fling The light that brings a world from shipwrecking. Seeing by you it steers its argosies! France! France! there are no words to make your song— There is no song wherewith to honor you; But note by note through many centuries Shall rise the perfect tribute clear and strong, Giving ybur fame at last the singing due. We cannot ndme you save ujren our knees.

CAT’S PAWS

(In Teutonic Diplomacy) *

By EDITH M. THOMAS,

■t - of the Vigilantes. K - When Highest Beings* cat's-paws choose To pull their chestnuts from the fir< The cat’s-paw newr dares-refuse To do what oveflords require. But If not well it does its task, To meet the overlord’s desire. What happens then?—No need to askHe throws the eat into the fire! ’ •Tis well this lesson should be learnt Of Highest Beings’ ways and alms— If their own fingers are not burnt. They care not foe • world in fiamort •Dor Hochst*.

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Kindergarten Helps for Parents

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BABY'S INTELLIGENCE

By MRS. HARRIET HELLER.

-It was to obtain Important information one morning not long ago that I ventured to ask admittance to a beautiful rose-embowered 'cottage across the street frotu my new home. ' A charming young mother met meat the door holding her baby on her arm. She endeavored to answer my question in a gracious and neighborly wqy, but was constantly interrupted by the child’s cries. While we stood there the infant was gently changed from one arm to the •other, then put' l ' upon her Shoulder.Later when we were geated within, she rested her uponr her knee in the timehonored position supposed to give comfort to disturbed “tummies.” All to no purpose. The little'one fussed and fussed. Quite naturally we fell to talking of babies. The young mother was thoroughly versed in modern lore; she knew* rules, regulations, symptoms, remedies, foods and all the rest, and Was enthusiastic about the modern science of bringing up infants. “As far as I can see, there is nothing the matter with her,” she said. “Possibly her teeth hurt her. She is young to have teeth, but ..sometimes you know— ■” and so on. The observation about the teeth was made In the same tone of voice, with a purely impersonal Inflection, which she would have used to say, “The machine is cutting the thread”—as if teeth were a contrivance to be adjusted by bolts and screws. Not once In my presence had she spoken to her baby. Wanted to Be Noticed. It was evident to me that her modern 1 training, while essentially desirable, had largely destroyed the instinctive expression of the natural mother. To her, baby was primarily a mechanism, and if she did not know of any mechanical means of correcting an upset condition, she was quite at a loss what to do. Baby, for her part, it seemed to me, was persistently denying this classification. She was notonly something, but somebody, and she: wanted the fact recognized. -x I thought at once of the way Froebel, the founder of the kindergarten, shows us how to meet such a need in his Mother. Play book, and how I wished I could try it. Just then the young mother was called to the ’phone and I seized my opportunity. / Miss Baby was' comfortably deposited on a coq’ch nefir me, but after a moment or two continued fretting and tossing her hands restlessly. Leaning over her I touched the little fists gently, thinking this greeting, “How do you do,-little one? You-are getting to be a big girl, and you want some one. to know. I believe you Want some one to notice you and talk with you.”

My touch must have aroused her notice because she gave heed. I next slipped my forefingers into the palms of her hands and baby-fashion she gripped them. “How do you like to hold my fingers?” I asked. Very gently then I began to raise her into a sitting position and she smiled as she felt her head leaving the pillow. When she could hold on no longer she fell back. Three times I did this, allowing her to fall back more quickly each time. Baby enjoyed the slight shock in falling, and in her little way increased in strength and in the consciousness of strength. She was now perfectly satisfied; her need for recognition and self-activity had been met. Song for Baby.__- . The conversation at the ’phone still continued and while waiting I tried to recall the song to-sing with this little game. In a few minutes, when baby was ready to play “Falling, Falling” again, I sang softly, lifting her this time by holding my hands at her back:

Down goes baby, Mother’s pet; Up comes baby, • Laughing yet. " Baby well- may laugh at harm. While beneath is mother’s arm. Down goes baby. Without fear; Up comes baby, Gaily here. Ail is joy for baby while In (he light of mother’s smile. j Upon her return the little mother expressed great admiration for my skill as a baby-charmer. “It was quite simple," I said and described what had happened. She was much interested and wanted to know more about Froebel’s Mother Play. . A few days later when she came to eall I had my old worn copy of the Mother Play ready to show her. It surprised her to learn that this book which Is used so much by kindergarteners was written especially for mothers with children up to six years old, and she listened eagerly as I showed her the six or seven games which baby might play. My new acquaintance thanked me most appreciatively for the help I had given her and when she left she carried the little book away with her tucked under her arm. -

QUESTION ABOUT BIRTH

By MARGARET WARNER MORLEY. (Author of "Renewal of Life.”) Some day your child win ask where he came from, or where the new baby canje from. In properly answering this natural question the mother has a

chance to impress forever upon tm young mind a clean and whoietome knowledge of one of the most hnpor tant facts of nature. „?•’ Let the mother strive for two things: to start the child with a beautiful and reverent feeling concerning the origin' of life; to give this knowledge before the child can learn it in a harmful way outside the home. It.is well t;o anticipate the direct question by getting ready before -the child Is old enough to ask it. How to do this? Begin, perhaps, with seeds. Show the seed-pods of any plant. The seeds are the cElttfton^of. the plant. The plant gives them protection and feeds them with its juices. They are part-of the plant. The plant is the mother of the seeds. When the seeds are ripe the pod opens and the seeds leave their mother to live their own separate lives. . • Dwell upon the care the mother plant takes of her little seed-children, of the. beautiful flower petals she wraps ahoiit the tiny pod. Speak' often and reverently of motherhood. Make the little boy as well as the little girl understand and love the mother. ' Lessons From Nature. In the springtime show birds’ nestsif possible. If not* sitow pictures and talk about the building-and how both parents engage in it. Then show or tell about the eggs. Explain how the eggs grew inside the mother-bird. They are a part of her just as the seeds are a part of the plant. When the eggs are ready the bird Jays them in the pretty nest and sits on them to keep them warm.- The father bird sings to her and feeds her. Both birds love the baby birds and as soon as they hatch outr father bird, and mother bird feed them and care for them and teach them to fly. A hen sitting on her eggs can be used to teach the lesson. The egg grew in the hen. How wonderful it is that a little egg can change Into a beautiful bird or a cunning little chicken! As the child grows older lead him to notice that the seed grows into a plant just like the parent, that the egg becomes a bird like the parent. Tell the child ho'w important it Is for children to come from good parents. Speak of parents and children when talking of plants and birds; this will cause the child unconsciously to connect the ideas gained about plants arffl birds with human life. _ ■ When a chance comes to show the child young kittens or puppies or rabbits, or the young of any animal, tell him quite frankly, whether he asks or not, that of course the young ones come from the mother, that before 'they were born they were a part of her. Make it all seem natural to the child. • - - .

Teach Mother-Love. Dwell upon the love. and care the mother everywhere bestows_upon her children. Include father-love wherever it is expressed in the lower animals. When at last the great question comes, the child will probably answer it himself: “Mamma, did I come from you?” “Yes, darling, you were onceja part of mother. How mother loves her little son (daughter) 1” Each mother will think of a way to tell the story according to circumstances. Only remember two things. Tell the story properly before anybody gets ahead of you and poisons the child's mind. And tell it in a. way to make the child reverence and love parenthood.

READING ALOUD TO CHILD

By .HAMLIN GARLAND,

(Author of “A Son of the Middle Border," Etc.) The value of reading aloud to a child cannot be overstated. In the first place, it establishes a delightful comradeship between parent and child. It builds • a lasting foundation of- common interest and mutual understanding. The child associates with the face and the voice of his sire much of the dignity and poetry of the book he has heard read. He infers that his father hfis something of the quality of the author, and -he carries with him a grateful memory of the busyman who laid aside his large affairs in order to give pleasure to a small boy. A father's voice can vitalize the printed page to his son even before the. son can comprehend the written words. I commenced reading aloud to my daughters before they could understand the spoken words, for the reason that the very music of the ballad or the drift of the story enthralled them. It was good to see them strive to comprehend. It developed their imagination. They are growing toward womanhood now and they are able to tell me that they remember those nights when I read to them, with an emotion which they find it hard fittingly to express. I gave them both, in - this way, a feeling for• glorious verse, and a love for choice words which has been of the highest vplue to them up to this time, and which will Increase in value as the years pass.

His Portion.

i They went their way through wooded lanes, 'er fields and grassy mead, nor thought of wealth or wide domans, of danger took no heed. They talked of love that song divine; they breathed the Eden ate i “Were the whole world of beauty mine, naught could tp thee compare!” They talked of days of joy and bliss; her eyes shone like the sun. Smiling, she met his first fond kiss, nor loathed what she had won. They sat them down on clover sweet; hlg arm around her crept. She started, and on nimble feet fled r hls embrace, and wept. The agony upon his face showed plainly love’s first test One bee had spurred her in the race, but he’d sat on the nest.—Tit-Bits.

WHILE “GEORGE” LOOKED ON

> Real Blarney Stone. Three or four of us made up a little party to go to Blarney castle to Improve dur ability in the art of talking by kissing the Blarney stone, says CapL Albert B. Wbnham in “Spun Yarns of a Naval Officer.” The saying that all roads leal to Rode applies somewhat to Blarney, too, but the ffish miles—l cannot think how they reconcile them with the miles recorded by the taxicab indicators 1 -However, we got-there, and, bounding up the stone stairs, reached the top of the tower. Two persons were already there, an old man and one of tiffi loveliest women I ever saw. We were rather pressed for time* and soproceeded to kiss the stone. The Blarney sttme Yaw the outside of the tower, about three) feet down, if you wish really to kiss at/you must be let down headfirst, dotoetrfcMand be hauled up. All of the tower is a hangfog Ing about a foot f/om the tower wall, built to enable/ era, when the castle - bulling water melted lWkbh>< top of the enemy operating On Wtofront door. * \ Haring let ohq another, cfcyvn, we finished under the wondering gaze of the lovely woman. “Exctj&e me,.gentlemen,” she said, “but wifatjiaye you been doing?” T We told her. „ I With a disdainful look she turned to the old fellow and saiCV'Tliere, George, I told you that, pointing to a meek-looklng Atonq inside, “was not the Blarney stone; and I have not kissed the Blarney stone! I have not come all the way from America to go away without doing it!” As she said that she looked appealingly at us, for George did not seem inclined, to rise to the occasion. The end of it was that we lashed her dress round, her ankles, lowered her, and pulled her up triumphant, “There,- George, now I can go back to America and say that I have kissed the Blarney stone!” she cried. l am bound to saj that George, who proved to be her husband, did not look happy or pleased. His reputation for telling the truth-had suffered, and I am pretty sure that he wished we never had come.

“Boys” Got Good American Food.

Ts the American mother could come face to face with some of the women cooking meals for her soldier boy at the Y. M. C. A. hut over here R : would gladden her heart, says a London (Eng.) correspondent. They would prove to the American mother that her boy while here is getting real good did “Yankee, Doodle” meals, cooked by real American mothers just like herself. These women —most of them American volunteer workers—supply about 2,500 meals a day, besides hundreds of “teas” (yes, mothers, he’s got the English tea habit now; you’ll have to give him tea every afternoon when he gets back), luncheons and night meals. The “chief cook” is Hon. Mrs. Arthur Coke, and her specialty is griddle cakes “fit for a king.” One month recently she turned out 20,000 of them, six of which were eaten by ito less a personage than King George himself. The king and queen recently visited, Eagle hut. They gave the king three of the Cffkes. He cleaned his fllate and came back for a "refill.” . ,

Real “Sky Pitot"

A preacher literally comes down out of the heavens to preach the Gospel to American aviators'in England. He is Rev. Reginald Crew, American Y. M. O. A. pastor-aviator, who files from one aviation camp to another, holding religious services for the “boys.” He has no long-distance record, but he has flown as far as thirty milpa between camps for -a prayer mating. Arrivmg at a camp, die. frequently gives his Yank birdmen congregation, thousands of feet below, a preliminary exhibition in the “corkscrew," “loop-the-lpop,”. “apple-turnover” qnd other fancy stunts. Thab'Jnsureqtheii' attention. v '' '' Then-he-volplanes to earth, climbs out of his chariot, removes his football headgear and starts “church.” The boys call him the “sky pilot.” He is a great favorite and they eagerly flock to services.— Exchange.

An Allied Uniform.

In a vaudeville theater at one of the French ports there was a comedian who had an act which he called. “Le Nouvel Uniforme.” He wore a French steel helmet topped with the cock feathers of the Italians. His eoat and breeches were of khaki. About his waist was slung a Scotch sporran. He wore golf stockings. The top of one was the pattern of the French flag and the other of the American flag. And he sang a song about the beach at Waikiki—a Frenchman’s interpretation of an American idea of Hawaiian harmony I Certainly nothing could have been more allied —Roy S. Dnrstlne, In Scribner’s Magaslne.

No Co-Operation.

“I always try to make the best Of a had situation,” remarked Mr. Glitbery. “What do you do when your water pipes freeze and then burst?” “Oh, I sing a little song just to show that I’m not worrying.” “That’s highly commendable.” ' “Rut when the water beglns leak on the people who occupy the flat beneath mine to save my life I can’t perMade them to join me in staging.”Birmingham Age-Herald. - lb’ . -

HE CUT ERD TAPE

A With toe Fo^Sblo^»y^ r H« < * Preferred to Pay for Anything r That Ho Might Require. —— I wanted a wire paper clip. Mlsn she would fetch some from the storekeeper. That’s what started the matter. I pinned the loose. papers together and went on with my work. The storekeeper had evidently refused to part with any clips Without: an order. Miss Smith brought me aprinted foldeFtontalnlng a request for “paper clips, wire,”<*which she had typed in triplicate on pip* headed •“Ministry of Eqpnomy. For departs mental use only.” She said it was ths right thing to do and I was to sign IL and then Mr. Jones, downstairs, would deal with it. It sounded quite innocent; t initialed it without misgiving. '■’■'-Later in the week the folder came _hptk. It contained several extra Sheets- of paper and had evidently traveled. The first minute was from Mr. Jones: “In reference to Mr. Temporary’s request for paper clips, wire, for departmental use, I fail to see what advantage these have over paper dips, brass, which are in use in my department” , Mr. Robinson said that the question opened, a wide field, and he had requested the storekeeper to let him know how many paper clips, brass, he had in stock. “Bee attached sheets A and Al.” These were a formal request to the storekeeper, and his reply, to say be had 37 one-gross boxes on hand and one box, partly opened, which he estimated to contain 60. If the exact

number, was required he would have toe dips counted. 7 Mr. Short pointed out that bis colleagues had not noticed that the matter was one which came within the province of the ministry of wire drawing. He had consequently put through a request for a price at which paper clips, wire, could be supplied. He attached a carbon copyof his letter, and a reply from the applied wire department, ministry of wire drawing, to say the matter was receiving attention and would be dealt with in due time. The next minute was frbnra gentleman who had evidently set the vast machinery of the directorate of office supplies and sundries at work. Attached were papers from them to say they had paper clips, wire, as well as paper clips, brass, in stock. They wished to be certain that no change in design was necessary, and were sending, by motor, samples of the paper (wire) /they had in stock, as perhaps' one or\other might prove suitable. - Appende® were other papefs of which the first Was from the ciuefofthe departmental garage to* say liAhad a motor at Huntingdon awaiting'ayhsmsignment of paper A He had instructed the driver to return‘at once. his arrival he would requested. . '. .. \ ■ y As this point Mist Smith entered t ■ “Will you make ouy an /order for a typewriter eraser?” / “No,” I answered 'firpaly. "YOU will please give this dime to one of the and ask her to go out and buy one!”—S. P., in London Malt

Two War Heroes.

The two colored soldiers of the American army in France who became famous for their bravery and . courage tn preventing more than twenty Teutons west of Verdun from executing a well-developed plan to assail one of most important points of resistance on the American front, have Ijgen decbrated by the French. ' Their names are Henry Johnson and Needham Roberts. Both are privates and members of the old New Ydtk National Guard. It Is said these men have been awarded the war cross by the French general.of the division under whom the unit is serving, amj that Johnson is scheduled to receive the much-coveted gold palmof the French army commander as well?—Skqitbern <Woman’s Magazine.

“I Like Gravy."

At a recent dinner party that included the in their high chairs, the guests felKto talking of that custom of the dark ages—making children wait until the second table. • "When I was a little .shaver," said a prominent attorney, “my brother aud *1 were holding forth In the kitchen. Twice the gravy bowl had been refilled. The* third time it was returned to the dining room my brother stuck bis head through the door and yelled: “Don’t eat up all the gravy. I like gravy.” * \ > - f

"Fish Meal" for Cattle.

On the shores of the North sea there has recently been started a factory for the manufacture of what has proven to be a very satisfactory food for live stock from the refuse of a fish-packing plant A “fish meal” la turned out which contains 55 per cent of albumen and 12 peT'eenfr of fat. It Is eaten by swipe and some cattle accept It readily. Besides making use of a refuse, It releases much grain otherwise demanded for food by these animals.-

Ten Yearn a Long Time.

“Why is Wombat hustling so strenuously? I thought he. retired with enough to five on." •tt looked like enough to live oa—tea years ago. ” —Judge.