Fiery Cross, Volume 4, Number 2, Indianapolis, Marion County, 7 November 1924 — Page 5

Friday, November 7, 1924

THE FIERY CROSS PACE FIVE Them tone of America: Patriotism in Peace And Thou Shalt Teach Diligently Unto Thy Children"

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This rainy Saturday night found the Jollys sitting by the fire in their cosy living room in that peculiar state of perfect contentment which comes when we are warm and snug at home while the elements are at war outside. Mr. Jolly, who had been reading in his precious history while his wife, with Mary's help, finished household tasks, sat down the book with an indignant snort.

"Now how do you suppose this" chapter 1m headed?" he iiiei led indignantly, glaring at hid little group as If he held them responsible for the chapter somehmv. As they all three looked ;it him, mildly expectant, he gave :i more vigorous snort and answered his or 11 question: "This man lis the nerve to call !t. ''Suppressing Americans." "Its lots easier to write about it than it is to do tlio suppressing. 1 11 tell the world." said Mary complacently, as she pulled a foot-stool closer to her father's chair and sat flown on it with a thump. "That Is true, dear." observed Mrs. Jolly gravely, dropping the stocking she hud commenced to darn into her lap. "It would he impossible in snpriress America, if nil the people who Ive in America were Americans in spirit and in trnt'i. There are traitors In every country; we have them now .lust as they were the danger zones then." General Gage Worst. "Yes; and old (iencral Gage was the. worst one In the lot!" Clarence hurst forth indignantly. Why he married an American girl and had lived in the Colonies for years, and yet he had the nerve to write to the King of Enplnm) and tell him the Americans would be lions only as Ion;: as the English were larnbs. On top of that Insult he added that if he jusit had five regiments, he could enforce all the laws. Think of being such a;i Idiot after the Boston Tea-party!" "My teacher says that the. proverb about fools learning In the school of experience Is all wrong; it Is the wise man who learns in the school of experience-fools never learn ut all," inserted .Mary positively. "Quite right, daughter"' Mr. Jolly playfully rumpled her hair as he spoke. "General Gage belongs In the claws which never learns. He rot his regiments, and he quartered them in Boston, but he could not enforce the laws." The Plucky Bostcnians. "We adi.ilre the heroic Boston ians." said Mrs Jolly, and we admire the less Interested Colonists who made the cause of Boston their own. The Colonist finned a compact to boycott Great Britain until the rights of MasBachusetts were restored, and also to boycott any Colonists who would not sign this compact. You see they had to protect themselves from the enemies at home." "Good business'. It did the work all right, all right!" gloated Mr. Jolly. "It fixed, the greedy Colonists who thought of no one but themselves, and it drove General Gage to slipw his hand, lie planted his cannon on tha Boston Common, which was about the last straw for such men as George Washington His county of Fairfax passed resolutions which he had I framed calling on the King of Kngland to reflect that "from our royal Sovereign there can be but one appeal." Thrtt was a threat of war. of course." "Yes; and the Virginia Assembly adopted resolutions Hi;'; it when George Washington Went there and made such n speech b bo lit it," explained M.try. stretching her neck painfully to read from the book in her father's hand. "Why bless me. if he didn't offer to ralFe a thousand men , and equip them at h'tr, own' expense, and march at their head to the relief of Boston!" Washington Paid Own Expenses. "lie usually paid his own expenses as a soMir. He learned that in his early fighting days," reminded Mrs. .lolly. It was not mere 'redomentad''' as Mary is fond of repeating. He was ready to stake his fortune to help the oppressed Bostonians- It was his wuy of doing what Patrick Henry said. He was proving that he was no! only a Virginian, he was an American." She was interrupted there by violent applause from her intent little audience. "Gee. I wish I had been there!", breathed in a half-awed whlsptr. "M.-. too!" chimed in Mary, and it was in deference to the sincerity of the child's feeling that her mother lorebor to correct her faulty Knglish. ! Instead she fldlt-d the Information; that the Fairfax ''ounty resolutions of j Gcorue Washington were adopted by the Virginia Assembly, and, h with fix others who were destined for fame wi re appointed delegates to the General Congress which was scheduled to I meet in Philadelphia. There was a quiver In her voice as she went on to speak of the heroic sufferings of the people of Boston at that time: "The pi ople of Ronton were on the verge of .starvation at that time, but made no outcry. General Gage was non phased: he know nothing of such spirit as that. The propl" went In great crowds to hear their leaders argue calmly about existing conditions and because he could think of nothing else to do, I suppose. General Gage ordered that the people could not asHemirie to discuss government affairs." The Right of Assembly. "Oh, that's why our Constitution l'"s that clause guaranteeing to all Americans the right of peaceful asncmbiy!" exclaimed Clarence with the air of a discoverer. "They learned right then what it was to be denied the right'" "Kxactly so." glowed Mr. Jolly, almost es excited as Clarence. "The human race has to find out most of Its needs by that same process. Well, while this was going on in oppressed Boston. Patrick Henry and Edmund Pendleton met at Mount Vernon and the three intellectual and moral giants rode away for Philadelphia." "Gee! I d rather have seen them than the Three Musketeers!" gasped clarence, expressing thereby the limit of his desires. "Excuse me, dear," Interrupted Mrs. Jolly as he started to say something along the same line, "but please rail the children's attention to the fact that this epochal Congress In Philadelphia was opened with Scrip-

ture reading and prayer. They arf trying to rule the Bible out of otu schools and college, and great nuiversities in these days of prosperity: but surli men as Samuel Adams, and George Washington and their fellows, humbly sought for guidance from their Heavenly Father and His Word. These great men were nourished on the spiritual food of the Bible." Open With Prayer. "Glad you called my attention to it." agreed Mr. Jolly. "We are all prone to forget our religion until we get in trouble. We need to study this occasion especially because religioue discussions at that time were as bitter almost as the political ones. When Congress met. all the members wished to open with prayer, and each was afraid to suggest a minister for fear it would offend some member of a differefrnelief." "How did they iinally settle it?" queried llary. leaning forward eagerly. "Why Samuel Adams, Congregationalism rose and said that he would willingly join in praycr-with any gentleman of piety and virtue whatever might be his cloth, provided he was a friend of his country, and he nominated an Episcopal clergvn-.an. the Rev. Mr. Duche. of Philade'lhta. "Fin'!" applauded Mrs. .lolly. "No wonder .Samuel Adams became president of the United States. It is a strange coincidence that tho Psalter for the day included tile 35th Psalm. One verse of u exactly expressed the feeling of the Assembly." "Read it. Daddy.'" urged Mary as he seemed to hesitate. Thus encouraged. Mr. Jolly read with unconscious soiemnit y. "Plead my cause, O Lord, with them (hat strive with me; fight against them that fight against mo; take hold of shield and buckler and stand for

my help. Draw out also the spear, and slop the way of them that persecute me." Patrick Henry's Estimate. There was silence as he ended, then Mary said with a nervous giggle: "That's positively spooky! Xo wonder e cry body was silent. afraid to begin. Patrick Henry saved the day by getting up and making the speech of his life." "Yes: talking's all right." depreciated Clarence, "but whett that Congress had Leen in seslon for fiff -one days, someone asked Patrick Henry who was the mosf powerful councilor in Congress, and he answered unhesitatingly. 'George Washington.' "' "All sorts of men are necessary." reminded Mm. Jolly. "George Washington silenced crtics by his merciless logic, and Patrick Henry roused the patriots by his eloquence." "Well I move to adjourn this Congress." declared Mary emphatically. Jumping up as she spoke. "I feel as solemn as an owl and the rain makes is worse." . "Of what are you thinking, Son?" inquired Mrs. Jolly, laying aside her work to observe Clarence who had been staring into the fir He flushed as he lifted thoughtful eyes to her smiling ones. "I was wondering what would happen today If such a crisis-came to this country."-he said. "1 believe we would all bp men!" "I don't," flashed Mary. Goodnight!" Learning to Read "Reading is getting the thought," said an old educator one of the best I have ever known and the inference was. "that is all you know, or need to know." The slogan of this famous old professor was brought to mind recently by glimpsing the title: "IK) YOC KNOW HOW TO RF.AD?" Closer perusal revealed the fact that the St. Louis Dispatch queued "an exacting cynic" who had declared that "hardly anybody really knows how to read." Whether this is merely cheat) cynicism, or word of authority, vehave no means at hand to prove; but jurt offhand, recalling the number of perFons we nave seen devouring a book and restaurant pie at the same time, or buried in a magazine on the street car. standing by the. roadside waiting for a car. not to mention a saleswoman who kept a book camauflaged on her shelves, and took a gulp, as it were, every time .she turned to lift down a piece of goods for her customer, we are inclined to think that everybody knows, how to read who are hungry enough for knowledge. We venture the assertion, also, that there Is mi lack of assimilation in such cases; Uuse readers get the thought; that is what they want, and they are willing to work for it. I heard a noted author once tell of his early struggle to acquire an education; the effort expended before he could purchase a roveted law book. Because he worked from daylight un til dark on a farm, he had to read law and plough at the same -time. It took his old mule a long time to mako her deliberate turn at the end of the furrow, and he seized the opportunity to grab the book from his pocket and bite off a few phrases to chew as he went hack down the- furrow. He was afterward admitted to tho bar, was subsequently sent to Congress from his district; and eventually became a noted writer of books and plays he had learn eT to read, and reading was literally getting the thought with him. There Is no such thing as loneliness for the person who knows how to read. Where can such company be found as -one finds in books? Where else can onefind friends for every mood, grave or gay? Where !: can we meet on easy conversational terms with the Intellectually great of earth? Where find such a spring of living water to slake the thirst for knowledge? Verily, reading is getting the thought, and all those get the thought who seek for It with a willing hand.

NEWS

Otie section of a recent newspaper contained stories concerning four different parts of our country, and, apparently, as little related as to subject matter; but, n reality, they were all vitally related, and that relation forms one of the burning issues of the day. In the first column of the first page was an account of the founding of the Communist movement in the United States by the millionaire socialist, William Bross Lloyd, on Armistice Day. 1918. This movement, born in Moscow lias for Us object the overthrow of the Government of the United tSaes 4Jie members of this body are pledged to Just that. In the next column. Hal M. Stanley, Commissioner of Commerce and Labor from Georgia, corrects the statement made in a recent issue of a woman's magazine that Georgia has 89,000 child workers between ten and fifteen years of age, most of whom are employed In cotton mills. This gross misstatement by a reliable magazine has no connection with the founding of communism in America to the casual observer; but to the thoughtful reader who Is studying the text of the present Child Labor Amendment, it has a very vital connection. It recalls the fact that the present Child Labor Amendment, according to the Dearborn Independent, was framed by Florence Kelly whose real name is distinctly foreign, and who is the editor of a socialist paper in Berlin. The communists of Russia have already hailed this blU as a step toward communism by the United States. If the devil always appeared in character with horns, hoofs, and tail complete, he would not be so dangerous. It is when he conies, robed as an Angel of Light that he deceives the very elect. The exploitation of little children by labor is a wrong which cries to Heaven; it is an evil which must be wiped out; but

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Mrs. West "Tho average woman has a vocabulary of only 500 words." Gordon "It's a small stock; but think of the turnover!" Kansas Brown Bull. The inquisitive old lady was bending over the bod of a wounded soldier whose head was swathed with cotton and linen. "Were you wounded in the head, my boy?" she asked. "N'o'm," replied a faint voice. "I was shot In the fiot and the bandage slipped up." The American Legion Weekly. "What has become of the fine old names. 'Prudence and Patience?' They wouldn't be appropriate these days." replied the old Grouch. "If I had a couple of daughters, I would christen them Extravagance and Hysteria." Boston Transcript. A motorist speeding through a country neighborhood killed a hen. lie Etopped and pressed a two-dollar bill into the hand of little Edna, who was on her way to neighbor Reed's. Edna ran and told her mamma of her good fortune. "Well," said her thrifty mother, "put the money in your bank and I will cut the hen's head off so we can eat her." "Perhaps. mamma." said Edna thoughtfully, "as long as we have the money we had better let the Reed's eat the hen. It was their hen." Boston Transcript. The two young things were much in love with each other. They sat one night, beneath the rays of the silver moon, arms around -each other, whispering soft nothings-at-all. Daphne's eyes were downcast; she seemed quite incapable of raising them to meet the lovelight in Algernon's eyes. "Why don't you look up at me, darling?" he whispered. YoTTwill only kiss me again if I do." she replied coyly. "No. honest, I won't," he answered her. "Then what's the use?" asked the simple maiden. Answers, London. He had risked his life to rescue the fair maid from a watery grave, and, of course, her father was duly grateful. "Young man," he said, "I can never thank you sufficiently for your heroic, act. You incurred an awful risk in saving my only daughter." "None whatever, sir," replied the amateur life saver; "I am already married." Chicago News. Alice I hear Jack has broken off his engagement with Gladys. How did she take It? Virginia Oh. It completely unmanned her. American Legion Weekly. Lawyer And may I ask why what you want a divorce? Fair Client (astonished) Certainly. It's because I'm married. .Tud Tunkins says even when he takes his wife s advice she's liable to tell him later he ought to have been man enough to make up his own mind. Washington Star. A teacher in a foreign quarter of the city had in her class a pupil so unruly that it became necessary to write to the boy's father. "Aly dear Mr. Stanovich," the letter began. The next day a stout and irate woman appeared in the classroom flourishing a paper. "I'll teach you to call my husband 'my dear!' " she cried. "Why, he says he ain't never saw you in his lire, and 1 believe him, you piece of impudence!" Selected. One morning at breakfast Maria asked her mistress if she might get off next Sunday to attend her brother's funeral. Of course, even if special company had been invited, brother's funeral had to be attended, and permission was reluctantly granted. After Maria's mistress got upstairs. limv(,vdr he i-eniemherprt that if a Tuesday and- wondered what Marin i was trying to put over on ncr. so she went down to the kitchen to And out. "8e here. Maria," she said, "you ay your brother isn't going to. be burled until Sunday? Today's Tues day!" "Yass'm," said Maria mournfully, "but dey ain't gwine hang him till Friday!" Philadelphia Public Ledger.

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it cannot be destroyed by exchanging it for the greater evil of paternalism. Such Insidious propaganda as the mis-statements in this magazine is designed to arouse public sympathy to such a pitch that the bill will be passed without questioning the power it is giving to the Government to regulate the labor of all children under eighteen. "Crowd Heckles Meeting of Klan." is a head line which greets us in the next column. Tho meeting referred to was the Ktonvocation held recently at Worcester. Massachusetts. United States of America, where the right of assembly is guaranteed under the Constitution which the Communists and their ilk are seeking to destroy. Over against this we find more head lines: "Al Smith Assails Coolidge for Silence on the Ku Klux Klan." .It seems, from the story which follows that after the Governor's speech in Ithaca, a fiery cros3 was seen burning on a hill nearby. This mo.ves the Governor to exclaim: "In the very center of educalion and culture, in a territory which harbors a great university of the State (Cornell), the spirit of bigotry and intolerance appeared upon the horizon." Think of the Irony of that! A Roman Catholic calling another bigoted and Intolerant! There was no account that the meeting was "heckled" by Klansmen, or that the Klan was assailing the President because lie did not flay the Roman Catholics. The men and women of the Ku Klux Klan do not define the words, bigotry and intolerance, according to Governor Smith. WE are a League of Individuals with just one purpose which is openly avowed. We are determined to preserve the sacred trust of the Constitution of these United States as nearly as possible as it was entrusted to us. striving always to become more and yet more worthy of that trust. This one thing we do.

UNITY OF ACTION IS NEED IN WELDING WOMEN'S WORK

Stressing the necessity for wui.ers ana ieaaers oi tne Miss Robbie Gill of Litr.lp R

dressed Major Kleagles of the organization in a masterly manner at the recent executive session hplrl in rh,v

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was auienueu uy represeniauves trom every State in the

U 111U11. Miss Gill said in part: " O No work can be carried forward successfully when the toilers work at cross purposes with each other or with a big general plan. It is my hope that this gathering will serve to inspire a spirit of co-operation toward the general purposes and aims of our' order, and I believe that it W'ill. One State must nnr -rcrtT-i.- o cross purposes with another, but a cieariy uenned and workable program must be followed by each of them.As your Imperial Commander it is my desire and order that nnv ten dency to diregard general plans and iuoSraniB oe cnecKea. We must work together in the mighty tasks before us. Building of The Klan. 'The building of battleships is carried on under mtiitaT-v rAcri,lotnna The master builder has his captains anu lieutenants who riirect nni m.o.--see the work. Thev crivn r,ino and specifications to guide them, and the work Is carried on accordingly. ii me woric is not carried out in line with the specifications the captains ana lieutenants are called in for con-, ference and direction. If it is found that the plans are in error, the master builder corrects them and the construction proceeds. "So in Klan building. The Major Kleagle is placed in charge, and is expected-to build in accordance with the Constitution of the Order under the direction of the Imperial Commander. Such a procedure will result in the building of Klans strong in numbers and right in practice: Klans that will be able to withstand the test jf battle and maintain their loyalty to the principles of our great order. "The several Klans must be officered by . loyal women who haje been carefully trained to their tasks as leaders. They must be we'll trained in all honorable means of offense and of defense. They must know their constitutional rights and limitations ana be governed accordingly. They must be women of conviction wlin v. lleve in their task as one which is high and holy and imperative. They should be women well informed in civic matters home nmhtomo dAn tional needs and religious influences. Working Out Detail. "During this important conference much time will be given to working out detailed plans, but at this moment I would like to outline briefly my ambitions and plans for the coming year. "We want to place a special emphasis upon the teaching of the children. Every home should be a mould wherein the tender and plastic minds of the children are shaped after American patterns. Protestant ideals are most nermanentlv nhnnut or, most surely instilled in the minds nf children for they are as clay in the hands of the notter. AVp nan t.i. at our tables, in our quiet moments ... .. .,v..wt injintrin.M witn our cnuuren. in group meetings LETTERS TO

THE FIRST FIRE OF AUTUMN Rhymester's Roost, . .' October 24, 1924. The frost raced o er the fields last night, old Friend, Sore-nipping summer'sjagging heels, As though to quicken her reluctant pace From haunts where Winter's shadow steals The air wan masterful with lash.that stung To scarlet Beauty s glowing cheek; Small lonely birds crept closer, wing to wing; The trees were shivering and meek. But, Ah. my Friend! It was no time of dread For me within my ingle-nook, A friendly fire, red-leaping from mv hearth, Dividing honors with a alf-closed book! It cast a magic -circle whence vou came To dream with me within its glow; Then friends we love a goodly company Full merry while the Mantes sank low! What matters it, my dear, that summer's gone For beauty sleeps beneath the snows? She will return in robe of silken she'en With crown of jessamine and rose. Meantime her spirit haunts the crackling wood. Escaping as the flames mount higher: ' What boots the whit'ning fields, old Friend? With summer laughing in nly lire?

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close co-operation between the women of the Ku Klux Klan meeting lasted two days, and with them, and in many other ways o.uu piaces, mose ideals and princi pies upon which our great govern ...w.,. ,unl icsi ii u is io continue in existence. "Definite methrtrto f V4 . i .-n -- ....... woif. will oe outlined here for your guidance, and the nlnn mnt inoi,in u. - j -..-. lutiuuc C7V. HUUi tliuuence tnat wju train and teach the youth of the - ---- jua. WUai L should know in matters American and t-roiesiant. Junior Klans should prove an excellent training agency .oi mem. i propose to establish a uepariment that will devote its wis dom. energy and strength to this pnase oi our great work. Wi Erect Hospitals. "We expect to get squarely behind a ouapiuai movement tnat will make possible the care of Protestants who cannot provide for themselvs. This movement can easily be made a success when the women of America put LUBii anuuiatrs to tne wheel. v e are -wnrklnp- tr,ti-,i K. tablishment of homes for dependent children. This is practical Christian work and will be discussed further ounng the meeting. I am eager for the year to find frotestant forces so iriifid aa .o.-n oeiore in matters of faith and fei lowship. Our battle against religious iurues. mat would destroy our gov enimeni ana sunsrirure rnr it a unifiea tlon of church and state is not an imaginary battle. We must, in the words of that old saying 'Hang to geiner. or tiang separately, in mat ters of religion. "Romanism is aggressive and It IS nnitftn We vm?Qt nnt no-l- fn. forminc ourselves q tn ita tdtioo e n?u not ana snouia not assume an attitude of abuse, but 'forewarned built in times of peace for use when Dattie comes, so we should train ourselves to act quickly and effectively in the face of nnv tnrentnnert nccault upon our religious freedom and upon uux national iioeriy ana me. 1 nese days together should prove beneficial. o The Same Thing. "And did you hear him say that h would be willing to die for me?" "Well, not in so many words." "Just what did he say then?" Well, it was just about the same thing. He said that he -would be will lng to cat anything you cooked. o Time To Go. "Where you goin'?" "Home. Don't you hear ma callin me?" "Sure. But she called you three times before this." "Yes, but she's cutting a stick now." o - Just the Trouble. One of the main objections to an 6ther war seems to be that it would luiiywru uj (tiiuiotri pcttut:. tui folk Ledger-Dispatch. A "SHUT iV"

OUR PUBLIC SCHOOLS

If a Nation Expect to Be 4gnorant and Free in a State of

v.iuiaiion, ii nxpects What Never Was, and Never Will Be. Jefferson.

For the benefit nf thnsA towns

ffestions on the lin nf tha pOMrtT-l j-.-.--i-

giving a few directions which -.. biuwui ui lau r-arent-1 eacner" ha lin proven its value beyond an cavil. 5 will waive all argument along that e, and talk about ways and means help schools who have no such orto gan i-iauons to get them, and to make the ful vanous Associations mutually useFirst: Any school desii-inir tn nr. ganlze a Parent-Teacher Association, should write to Mrs. J. E. Summerill. 714 East Henry Street, Savannah, Georgia, for pamphlet entitled "How to join the Statw pnt.Ta-,o. This contains interesting material and information. It will he verv easv to adapt the Georgia, methods to the needs of local organizations in other states. Second: Put yourself on the mailing list oi uie department of the Interior writing to "Superintendent of by Wits of Tomorrow! Friend of the. famiiv u-oii -p--.-and what's your little brother name? i-egy (Whose baby brother is not yet christened) Mother and father have not decided yet. so he's remaining anonymous for the present. London Weekly Telegraph. A TOirhester's comnpuritinn n. giraffe ran: "The e-irf .i. animal and cannot express itself by -". unu, Decause its neck is so long that its voice gets tired on its way to us mouth." Boston Transcript. "Mamma, I'll be glad when I'm grown up!" "W'hy?" "So that I can tret mv hatr fm- lit. ours!" II Travso Rnmo Baby Adrian nounce words auite nfppiv m 1 , t y v -1 r.. "-1UBea 10 rePeat the word "water." One day. thinkine- nhn prtnt nai. him unawares, his mother said to him, wnat does mummie not tn hahv'i bath?" Babv," renlied th r-hilrl Trim. burgh Scotsman. Margaret. S vesrs M ha , un one of the two boxes of strawberries er orotner had purchased, exnectinocompany. Her mother said: "What would you do if and she did a thing like that?" vn, mamma," Margaret exclaimed, eagerly. "I'd make her eat the other box." Boston Transcript. Little Sam was sitting watching a violent thunder storm with evident delight. What VO al dnin' nut tr, ,-l-7' called his mother. 'Oh, mammy." he cried "I wsittin' heah and the Lawd done took a nasnngnt oi me:" Pathfinder. o "No. I can't sav that T an the tardy one. "but they're always at it when I get here." Lyre.

WOMEN OF AMERICA! You Who Are Whit. PrntB..nl M

tive-Born Citizens lU . "7

Miss Robbie GUI, Imperial Commander, Women of the Ku Klux Klan, since her election as head of the Women's Klan, has. through her jfble leadership, drawn millions of the best American women together in one mhrhty band. The above is our home, our Imperial Palace, clear of indebtedness, and thrt individual Tflftne nvpp ! h Jat1nn At-A Himllirlu nrnvMa f Y. n

4 longs to the Women!

wo need you and you neea us today in America s greatest organization for the Women, of the Women and by tho Women! I THE KOURIER, "1 I 215-217 G Street. N. W, ' Washington. TV C. t

I am interested in preserving and defending' American ideals and ' institutions as far as within my power. I believe in the principles of the Women of 'the Ku Klux Klan. .How can I become a member of this I organization? I Name I

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we hope may prove helpful. Documents." Government Office. WafihfnHnn r r Printing Subscribe to. or buy the National Parent-Teacher Association Magazine, and Child Welfare. You will find much that parents and teachers should know, discussed in these magazines. The National Parent-Teacher holds a convention to discuss the national plans for child welfare and to discuss the reports received from the various states. The state convention meets once a year and receives reports from the twelve districts into which the states are divided. Each Association should have a Press Agent who will keep all the activities of the Association in the papers, and each Association should keep in touch with other associations in the state. The month of November is of especial importance. r fmm ilia a air. uuieenm to tne twenty-third we have book week, and educational week. Then we have A riniu r.. .fe. i thanksgiving Day; so November promises ffl Hq (i full wl A . . , . .nuiii.il, urawing tne homes and the schools together In all these public affairs or rather national affairs. Helping Children toxRca. An important branch of the work of some Parent-Teacher Associations is to make and keep on exhibit a list of books suitable for children to read. This is of incalculable value to the busy mother who has neither the time nor the opportunity to properly supervise the all-important matter of her child's reading. This ) an age of" specialists, ajid the spe-4a.u-ts fn such lines lighten the superhu.van task of being a mother. Bible Study. The Associations are emphasizing the regular and uninterrupted study hour, and .a few minutes of Bible study each night with secular sub jects. This can be done with the regular Sunday School literature. It u,at ouii.uvy ouiiuui literature, it is impossible to estimate the value of this Bibical training, and to make it systematic, is to get the best results. Patriotism in' Public Schools. "The public school youth who is not in ofM way and another familiar with the Americanism of Washington and Lincoln, is not yet prepared for college, or for life, and. still more clearly is not prepared to be an American. The number of tm-Aniericans in America, may. in some crisis, become appalnng, If, in tact, they do not succeed In Europeanlxing America. Against that possibility there is nothing to save us if we do not save ourselves as our hereditary task of American patriotism." The ringing words quoted above are those of the historian, C. M. Stevens who is doing his best to Inculcate the spirit of Americanism by presenting the great men of America In a way to attract, and teach the youth of this country. When all the children of America go to the public schools, and learn there the same lessons, and learn to understand one another, we will have taken a long stride toward peace. The way to control a stream is at its source. of Good Character!

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