Kankakee Valley Post, Volume 3, Number 5, DeMotte, Jasper County, 15 June 1933 — Page 2

Farthest North in Advertising

An enterprising tailor of Sydney, Nova Scotia, had this sign put up at the trading post at Pond’s inlet, at the north end of Baffin island, about 500 miles north of the Arctic circle, where live only Eskimos, some of whom are shown alongside this most northern specimen of advertising.

Find 15 Per Cent of Americans Subnormal

Disclosures Made in Sage Foundation Survey.

New York.--Fifteen per cent of the total population of the United States is intellectually subnormal or retarded. More than one-half of the 800,000 hospital beds in America are set aside for the mentally ill. More than 1,400,000 persons in America are feeble-minded. These startling figures on mental health are contained in a report of a survey just completed by the Russell Sage foundation covering the work of organized social forces of the country. Feeble-Minded a Problem. To help meet the problem of the feeble-minded, forty-four states maintain state institutions for their care. In 266 cities of the country subnormal children are enrolled in special classes. The survey shows humanitarian activities of various charities and the new work added to their burden by the depression. Family life is given prominent attention by social scientists. Marriage guidance bureaus have recently been established in the states of California, New York, Ohio and Pennsylvania where persons contemplating marriage may secure advice and where those involved in marital difficulties may take their troubles. The last three years have also shown a marked increase in the number of centers where birth control information is given, in accordance with the laws of the respective states. Over 100 such centers are reported in oper-

Setting New Record

Duane Purvis of Purdue caught by the camera as he set a new Western Conference record for the javelin throw at the Big Ten championships in Evanston, Ill. Purvis, who also is a football star, hurled the javelin 208 feet 5 1/4 inches.

SUCH IS LIFE

ation by Mrs. Margaret Sanger, as against approximately fifty-five reported by her in 1929. Efforts to preserve the values of home life for the child where the mother has been widowed or the bread-earner otherwise removed are represented by mothers’ aid laws which have been enacted in all states except Georgia and South Carolina.

Relief Work Head

Photo shows Harry L. Hopkins, New York state administrator of relief, who was nominated by President Roosevelt to be federal emergency administrator under the Wagner $500,000,000 relief act. His salary will be $10,000 a year, meaning a loss of $5,000 to him, as he was paid $15,000 by New York.

Homes involving 256,000 children were so aided in 1930. For mothers who must work, more than 800 day nurseries have been established in cities all over the United States, charging a nominal five to twenty-five cents a day. There have also been set up 4,178 child health centers. Park Movement Grows. In the fields of recreation and selfimprovement, the park movement has grown until recent figures indicate 11,686 city parks representing property value exceeding $2,000,000,000. In addition to the city parks there are state parks in forty-three of the states, covering 7,000,000 acres; national parks covering 10,000,000 acres and national forests, most of which are open to recreational use, covering an additional 150,000,000 acres. Excluding the national forests, which are set apart more particularly for economic than recreational purposes, the remaining park acreage is nevertheless larger than the combined area of Connecticut, New Hampshire, Rhode Island and Vermont.

Long Bus Tour Will Be Part of College Course

Atlanta, Ga.--Oglethorpe university, Atlanta, will conduct a 10,000 mile bus tour through the United States, Canada and Mexico this summer as a regular academic course. Dr. Wallace M. Cunningham, dean of the university’s school of banking and commerce, announced. Recreation, education, and travel combined will be offered by the “summer course,” which will leave here June 30 for the Chicago World’s Fair, then to San Francisco, into Canada, down the Pacific coast to Mexico, and return here August 30.

A Protest!

THE KANKAKEE VALLEY POST.

PEACE AND DEPRESSION

by LEONARD A. BARRETT

It will be a long time before all the benefits accruing from the economic

depression will be fully appraised. One of these benefits already apparent is the response of foreign governments to the late proposal of the United States government for international peace. Peace among the nations of the world is fundamentally a moral problem and can only be settled up-

on a moral basis. War is wrong and like slavery, it too must be abolished. A universal peace pact to be of permanent value must interpret fixed and unalterable moral ideals, and one of those principles is that war is ethically, economically and socially wrong. A realizing sense of the importance of these moral norms is one of the most important signs of the times, and may prove of great value in determining the character of our economic recovery. The sacrifices and suffering incident to the depression, in which every person has shared, revealed the utter futility of depending for the realization of our fondest hopes upon speculative methods of conducting business. Nothing artificial can endure. Selfishness always kills. No nation can possibly exist alone. We are all so dependent upon one another that where one nation suffers, all other nations suffer with it. This sense of interdependence upon one another, substituted for the theory that “might makes right,” will clear away many obstacles which hitherto stood in the path of international peace. The appreciation of the value of moral principles as the basis of settling disputes and misunderstandings is one of the great benefits growing out of the period of depression. Another benefit is the necessity for economy. The governments of the world, as well as the heads of every household, have already begun to economize. Wasteful extravagance can no longer be tolerated. Armaments are very costly. It has been estimated that $5,000,000,000 a year has been spent for destruction. Some nations spent more on weapons of war than it took to run their government. Economy and confidence are the pathways to peace. Every person is convinced of the importance of these factors in our struggle for recovery. If these two principles are applied in our personal as well as our national life, the suffering caused by the depression shall not have been in vain. ©, 1933, Western Newspaper Union.

Latest in Sports Coats

The Schiaparelli boxy sports coat has its rectangular pattern outlined with stitched bands that meet to give shoulder peaks. The string-colored fabric resembles monks-cloth. The jaunty felt hat is the latest in sports hats.

Philippine Manufacturers

There are many sugar and rice mills in the Philippine islands. Manufactures also include candies, embroideries, pearl buttons, fiber textiles, cotton textiles, tailoring, luri mats.

ODD THINGS AND NEW

The Household

By LYDIA LE BARON WALKER

There are lighting fixtures which increase illumination, making it possible to use little electric current without dimming the light. There are ways also of arranging lights so that this same desirable thriftiness is stressed. In each instance decoration is fostered. Let us go back in retrospect to the ancient method of increasing the pow-

The Clear Crystal Pendants Increase the Illuminating Power of This Attractive New Lighting Fixture.

er of candle light. A single candle was surrounded by four good sized clear glass bottles. The rays of light passing through the glass were so magnified that four lace-makers, sitting one in front of each bottle, could each get enough light to do the fine stitchery of lace-making. Crystal Fixtures. Today this same idea of light refraction is carried out decoratively in crystal fixtures, which are in the ascendency of fashion. A bulb of low wattage when encircled with delicate glass pendants will give sufficient illumination for a fairly large hall or dining room. Each prism of the crystals catches light rays and sends them forth so that not a single glow, but hundreds are present in the illumination of rainbow quality, soft

By Lame Bode

WNU Service

and delicately colorful. This type of chandelier, or ceiling light, takes advantage of light refraction, just as the old method of candle lighting took advantage of the magnifying powers of the glass bottles. All lighting fixtures in which crystals reflect light require less powerful bulbs, or lower gas flames than those without them. So fashion is now assisting the home decorator in thriftiness, if she remembers to use low watt bulbs or to turn gas down to small jets. Lights and Bottles. The magnifying power of light through rays penetrating glass can be used decoratively today by those who have clear ornamental glass bottles in their collections of glassware. Use

the bottle precisely as the old lacemakers did. Put a lighted candle behind the bottle and see the effect. Be sure to have the whole arrangement artistic for so only is decoration promoted. Lamps before mirrors will have their illumination increased. Such an arrangement can be decidedly ornamental, and equally economical. In kitchens, bathrooms, and back halls, old-time reflectors can be used to increase light without increasing cost of power. These polished tin reflectors do their work well. Sometimes sconces have glass ornamentally introduced between two lights or back of a single lights and this carries out the same idea of increasing illumination attractively and thriftily. ©, 1933, Bell Syndicate.--WNU Service.

By Charles Sughroe

Finding the “Why” of Child’s Action

Possibly Condemnation Is Decided Upon Too Hurriedly.

By HILDA RICHMOND,

National Kindergarten Association, New York. “I didn’t, think you knew he brought it to school,” said the teacher over the telephone to the startled mother of a seven-year-old, “much less that he gave it to a littie schoolmate to wear.” “My pearl ring!” gasped the mother. “I hadn't missed it, but how glad I am you have it safe.” “The other child’s mother saw the Initials inside and returned it to me with an explanation," continued the teacher. “But, oh. I do hope you will not punish him. He’s only seven, you know, and had no idea of the seriousness of his act from an adult viewpoint. We always see those things as if the offender were grown up--when he isn’t.” “I don’t know what to do,” sighed the mother to herself, “but when I think--how are we going to help him keep his fingers out of mischief? I’ve emphasized that ever since he could toddle and what good has it done? To go to my jewel case like that!” Much thought--no solution. The child made honest confession with a bewildered look at his mother’s concerned face. “Just gave it to June to wear. It was pretty. I like June.” Prayers were said. Lights turned out. Still no thought. Then it came. Loving arms hugged a small boy close and then: “Do you think if daddy and I were to buy a nice shiny gold ring with your initial on it for you to wear all the time, you would like it?” Would he? The little chap was fascinated by jewelry! “And do you think if you wore that nice shiny ring all the time it would help you to keep those fingers out of places where they should not go without permission?” “Oh yes!” “Well, that is what we will do, dear." And that was what we did. And it did help the little lad in his struggle to keep his eager fingers out of places where they had no business. This illustrates the idea of walking not only the “one mile” but also “the twain" with a sturdy little traveler who needs understanding, not condemnation. We mothers and fathers need to see beyond the result of the thought and get at the thought which caused the child to do a certain thing. It takes patience and a lot of self-control. But it is so well worth it! And the adult gets many a surprise when he takes the trouble to find out the real reason why the child acted as he did. Not what the child did but why he did it is the thing to concentrate upon.

Remember Gloves Must Always Be Immaculate

Light gloves, especially, must be clean to give one that “well-groomed” appearance. This is easy if the gloves are washable. Just squeeze them out every night or so when you do your stockings. Try this way: Make rich suds with mild, neutral soap flakes, always keeping the water lukewarm or cool. Put on the gloves and wash just as if you were washing your hands. If there are stubborn spots of soil, gently work dry soap flakes into the leather and continue washing. If the suds get dirty use a fresh lot of suds. (Chamois and doeskin gloves need not be put on the hands, just souse them around in the suds as you would a blanket). Remove the gloves by gently rolling them from the wrists and rinse in clear water, lukewarm or cool, to remove particles of dirt. Then work them around in light suds of mild soap flakes. Leaving a little mild soap in the gloves helps to keep the leather pliable. Squeeze out the moisture, Don't twist, and roll in a dry turkish towel to remove excess moisture. Unroll at once, blow into shape and dry at moderate temperature. Don’t freeze or put near excessive heat. While slightly damp soften the gloves by gently stretching and working the leather between the fingers. Then finish the drying.

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