Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 63, Number 41, Jasper, Dubois County, 4 March 1921 — Page 4

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JASPER WEEKLY COURIER By BEN ED DOANE.

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FRIDAY MARCH 4. 1921.

PEOPLE OF OUR TOWN

George pjeSÄe

GOOD THAT LUNCHES DO. Ideal accompunlment to health

education In. the schools, and the dls-

cojery of undenvelrht. Is the school i lunch, says School Life. In every case In which school lunches have been 1

made available, ami the teaching of food values has jpone on, too, the children have made wonderful progress In wefjjht. Improvement In physical condition in accompanied by Improved school standing. It has been stated by authorities that ' the school lunch without health education does little. Uo.vs mul gfrls who are taught what

to eat, and then -have the opportunity!

to eat It, learn the taste of unaccusrorncd fowls and carry a practical lesion right home, and this lesson Is easily related there. Many children have been found playing school .at home and teaching the value of various foods 'to their younger brothers and sisters. When the parents notlre

and come to school, to find out from the teacher what It all means, the mot valuable link In the chain of health for the school child Is forged. There are hundreds of ways of pointing out to school children the value of health habits, nnd teachers and scholars themselves, acting on the. ImpuN of the moment, can achleu great things.

PEOPLE OF OUR TOWN

The Tightwad Iluslness Man Is repolling a Itald on his One-Way Pockethook! They are getting up a Fourth-of-July celebration, but all They get from Ulm They can Put In Their Eye. Ho lets the Other Fellows advertise nud bring the Crowds to Town and he reaps the Heneflt without Expense. ' EARLY PROPRIETARY DRUGS. I "nope," as useless and dangerous -as some sold today, was not unknown In the enrly part of the eighteenth century, und the' papers of those days . advertised thern, according to a writer ,ln the Atlantic. He says: "As might be expected, cures for the diseases, real or iinaglniiry, which plagued our forefathers, occupied much space In the public prud!, and nothing was more :wlertised and onsutned In greater quantities than Dr. James' fever powders. (Incidentally they killed Oliver fJoldsmlth, and Horace (Walpole . said lie would take them If the house was on fire.) They were advertised as a 'genuine medicine and genuine medicines-were prescribed by the pound or quart, as the npolli'Yle.s were not to hp outdone in n by the surgeons, who Met blood' 1, the bucket at the slightest provocation. Prior to the Introduction of Hover's powders Hnd James powders n :tnnn In a high fever, If highly placed, might be considered worth us much ns G0 to his apothecary. They were ;ln competition with such household remedies as 'syrup of snails' or a 'broth' made of spiders ground tine with opium in n mortar and reduced to a liquid by the addition of hot wine, to be drank in hnl 'covered up warm und sweating.' What constitutions we must have Inherited from our ancestors, since only the robust could have survived."

In SDlte of the fact of deellnlni

rural population, we see a crop In

UYX) which, while not the largest ue

ever had, exceeds that of many previous years when the farm population was much greater. This reveals that machinery nnd better cultural methods are averting the threatened evil of loss of farm labor, and that we may have been overconcerned and too fearful of the future, Sayn St. Louis lohe Democrat. Kconomic conditions have the world-old habit of adjusting themselves. We live In a world of constant change, of new devices to meet new conditions. The world was never so Mire of its ability to produce and distribute an abundance of food as It i today. We may be sure that the resourceful American people will find ways to overcome the menace of agricultural Insutliclency.

The propojij of the health commissioner that New York build a wall of .solid masonry about Itself as a protection against the invasion of rats would aid the city In adding from $.'0,0M" to $HoHhX to its expenses, but whether or not the rats would bedeported or denied entrance Is another iietiou. History, both modern and anrieht, shews the futility of walls ;e jt iip-Mim of protection from Impending di.-iter, says Christian Science Monitor. And even the Pled Piper's more picturesque handling of the invasion of llamelln town proved a failure. th uuh the Piper must be given full credit fr his part in the exploit. It would seem that a simpler and. more modern and original method might be invented.

It is estimated, on a basis of a questionnaire study made by the children's bureau of the United States Department of Labor, that 17.",000 children were brought before the court in the United States In a year. Of these, .r0,KO on me before courts not' adapted' to handling children's cases. Although every state, except one, had laws providing for Juvenile probation, according to Investigations of the bureau, less than half of the courts hearing children's cases actually had probation service1. The majority of the court failed to make adequate Investigation of the child's home and family circumstances, his physical and mental condition and his rnnal tendencies.

II. ;. Wells hasu't a very romantic vision of "the glory that was Greece." He says in his "Outlines of History" that if we could ! plumped down In the Alliens of Pericles we should find it rather u tawdry music-hall sort of place. Perhaps H. O. Is right, says Boston Transcript. Personally we have always discounted those stories of ancient grandeur and greatness, and we venture to assert, by way of example, that If "the topless towers of Ilium' could be set down among our modern skyscrapers, they would make a mighty ridiculous showing.

If re;. otts may be accepted at their face value, our scientists will presentl have made war impracticable through the invention and manufacture of poisonous cases and high explosive that would absolutely overwhelm anv army and destroy any city. It would be a curious reflection upon the inability of ethical counsels to raise the world above the barbarisms of war if. saw p.altlmore American, In default of any mt iceable association of the people, the scientists should anse war to le nine a thing of the past by their invention of new potencies for rhernfeal agencies In warfare.

You never hear of anyone In this country walking off and leaving a ratchet with MM) In It like the man dM in Pari-. In this country, says ivtrult News, the owner of a satchel containing 2.0u),000 would be mite sure to put a flnsk In It so that he wouldn't walk a way and forget It.

A marriage permit In Chicago costs $l.r0 and a log license $4.50, and the

'countv clerk wants the nrlrn of mar- I

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riage licenses raised to a level with th penult to keep a dog. Hut he io,-:cts that a do license lasts a year ami marriage licenses well, you know how Chicago divorce Is.

The Cheerful Idiot who laughs at the Wrong Time has made More Enemles by his Untimely Cachlnnations than the Kaiser. He laughs when you Prag of your Son, and of the Fish that Got Away, and when you Fall on the Ice he nearly Ilusts a Mb. The only Time he gets Serious Is when you Spring a Funny Story. MEXICO AND POTATOES. Mexico, now reported to be turning to potato culture us u means of rehabilitating the food supply, Is only reverting to u practice that -antedates the discovery of America by Columbus. Tubers thought to be superior to those now produced In America were found growing In Peru when the Spaniards Invaded that country and the potato was a staple upland crop throughout South and Central America, although then, u now, It was a coolweather product, and did not flourish In the hot sunshine of the -tropics. Now the Mexicans are said to be importing front this country a million pounds vt seed, under a plan of the department of agriculture of that country to put the business on n permanent footing. If by any chance the potato In Its new surroundings should attain the former perfection, claimed for it by historians, the world will be the gainer, and the problem of what to do for a new and healthier "Stock will be solved, says Portland Oregonlan. There seem to be limits to what civilization can accomplish In this regard.

It niust'be remembered that democracy Is more than a transfer of power. The horizon is not free from clouds. There Is need of loyalty to the spiritual ideal of the dlglnity bf" Jlüman nature, writes IJIshop ChaunceV II. Ilrewster In an exchange. Our Industrial system Is not an end In Itself. Work may be exalted to give n freedom that may mean Impoverishment of the soul. The wealth of society lies In the worth to realized life of those who compose It. Into the new times we must carry the Pilgrim sense of the majestic . authority of law, also something they hnd not attained, a larger faith in freedom, that liberty which nurses opportunity for creative self-expression. CJenulne democracy must manifest a brave faith In freedom of thought nnd speech as on the whole best for the body politic 'Nothing that keeps thought out Is safe from thought. To demonstrate the folly of some theories nothing Is needed but to air them.

An official of the Immigration bureau says that the dtfllculty attending entry Into the United States Is turning many Europeans to South America. Not being able to get In under the Constitution they take the Monroe doctrine for the next best thing.

Theoretically, all the vessels taking part In maneuvers of the Pacific tleet were sunk sir times In one day. Happily there is n vast distinction between the theory and practice of naval warfare.

About the only way you could set some men to pray would be to make them a congressional chaplain at $5,000 a year for about a minute prayer a clay for -00 days.

Eight Chautauqua tents are being

established In England to furnish en

tertainment of an instructional char

acter to various towns or villages, after the manner of "the poor man's university," which originated in the vicinity of Chautauqua lake. In the state of New York. The Idea of having grand opera, lectures, concerts and other things of an educational nature brought to your door will no doubt be exceedingly popular at the present period.

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To save coal, England has begun experiments with the Stelnmett plan of establishing central electric stations for ll?htt heat and power. Pioneering often pays.

Does Your Letterhead (Get It? Th appearance of your letterhead may mean success or failure. Do yourself justice in the quality of your business messenger. We do not advocate extravagance. - We recommend the " use of a vtry moderate priced standard paper which has won recognition for its quality and the aervice it gives. W are prepared to furnish that paper and to print yoa a letterhead that is a dig nified representative, a

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Life In Armenia Is decidedly just onu Qef Ore YOU PlaCC DD Order thing after another.

The American Legion says red tape

in Washington must go, but Is likely to find It about as Wrongly entrenched

as the Germans were on the west front.

Time Is not money, but some' people

npud it as foolishly as though It I

w ere.

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Bead what the experts say about the FROZO ICE MACHINE. MARTIN BETTAG & SONS. REFRIGERATING ENGINEERS it t at u r Evansvile, Ind, December 21, 1920. Frozo Ice Machine Co., 40 Virginia Ave . Indianapolis, Indiana Dear Sirs:-After making a rigid uivestigation of your ice and refrifforatinß machine, Jam thoroughly convinced that you have a Dlant. thatb PCi URO. of ita Rimnlirnrtr will filneVi raf rSniMtinn

ata cost so low that you have eliminated all competition in your line. The Machine beinK without any movinfr parts makes it practically everlasting and reduces the price of the machineso that it is within reach of c cry uses of ico or refrigeration. m I l m . . . . . .

incre is a crying neea lor this machine and the field is unlimited There is no question but what this company has a wonderful futnre before it. I have had over thirty-two years experience as a refrijreratinjr engineer and am chief engineer for the Holt & Brandon Ice & Cold Stoiage Co. Yours very truly, MARTIN BETTAG. This Ice and Refrigerating Machine has no moving parts, no belts, no pullies to get out of order. It is in our opinion one of the greatest invention of the present age owing to the fact that this little machine can make ice and refrigeration cheaper than any other method known to the refrigerating world. The machine can be made large or small, suitable tor farmers, butchers, dairyman, grocers, and all who need cheap refrigeration. We have one of these machines making ice and refrigerating at the Gosman building, across the street from the Indiana House. Don t fail to see it.

I OB MACHINE CO. Jasper, Indiana.

Telephone 124.

PEOPLE OF .OUR TOWN

Every town has a Jolly Fat Man like this, . who likes Everybody nl whom Everybody likes. He's' always In Good Humor and goes about dispersing Good Cheer. This Good Scout has Just as many Troubles as Anybody Else, but he does All his Worrying In Prkute.

The $l,ttKO0O,wXJ asked for the army and navy is n frightful sum for war purposes in a time of penee, but so Ion? as the world Is full of war purposes It Is wisdom not to be eaught defenseless twice In a decade, snvs Houston Post. Much of our $24,000,000.000 war expenditure represents the price of unpreparedness.

A (IJntinRuished German peneral suggests that' General Pershing be sent to crush the Red armies in Russia and It must at least be admitted that the speaker's personal observations give him good reason for his belief that Mack Jack could do It.

WHAT THE SPHINX SAYS By NEWTON NEWKIRK.

"How human It Is to remember those who owe us and to forget those we owe."

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