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MANUAL TRAINING FADS.
Br Ker. K. A. White.
Does education fit a man to get on,
to make money, to run a store? are
'popular questions about education. Now
the utilities of education have their
place. An education which does not
1 fit a man or woman to live successfully
in our present industrial life talis at
an Important point. But in our zeal
for education as a utility we are losing
sight of the value of education as a
pleasure. Life has as much right to
Joy as it has to food and raiment. Ed-
icv. ic wuuk. ueatlon ought so to be administered
and so conceived that It Is a Joy giver. The introduction
of the so-called fads into elementary grades has been from
a variety of motives. The utilitarian, sees In them a means
of fitting a man to use a Baw or a woman to cook a good
meal. Others see In tbein a subtle educational value, a
means of self-expression.
Manual training hus mnde school work Interesting. The
child naturally wants to construct, to make things, to pro
ject his ideas Into form. However you approach the ques
tion of fads, they are of greatest value in nn educational
system. Those who talk of a return to the three It's savor
of medievalism. There is an odor of the middle ages about
uch assertions. The man or woman who attacks the so
called fads simply reveals his or her complete Ignorance of
the educational value of fads.
MILLIONAIRES OWNED BY TI1LIR MILLIONS.
By Andrew Carnegie.
Men do not own millions. It is the millions
that own the men. When you have education
this is different. When you gain knowledge it
doesn't possess you, but you possess it, and have
a treasure. No matter whether you die worth
millions or not, you have something that is denied
the man who Is Immersed In the accumulation of
wealth. Stock gambling Is not a business; It Is
I a mere parasite on business. If I had a son I
should prefer to have him enter upon a professional ca
reer than any other. I have been looking largely Into small
colleges of late, and I have entered Into the college busi
ness as I not long ago entered into the library business. I
think a young man who goes to a small college receives a
better education than at a large one. I like to see men not
excelling In football or things pertaining to the foot, but
excelling in head expansion. Sport is too generally taking
the place of valuable kuowta.lge at the big colleges.
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THE ORDINARY" WORKMAN.
By O H. Oyen,
While It may De true that there is little or
no chance for the ordinary machinist, or man of
kindred trade, to work1 himself up through his
vocation. It is equally true that there is plenty of
opportunity for the worker in these lines who is
not ordinary for the "extra-ordinary" worker. The
ordinary worker and the man who succeeds
through his work are separate and distinct types.
I One has but to enter the workshop of any large
concern where a hundred or more men are employed at the
same kind of work. Even the most untrained observer, if he
tries, can pick out the "extra-ordinary" men from the
Others.
The ordinary workman is a cog in a machine. lie does
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the work allotted to him with such degree of efficiency as
to hold his position. This is all. lie never progresses,
never learns anything about the line he is in except his
own little stunt, never tries for anything better than a place
at his bench or lathe, never reaches out He does what his
employers consider a fair day's work, never more, and he
does this only because he knows that Just so soon as he
falls to do It he will be out of a position. This Is the
ordinary" worker, the man of the class Included In the
labor leader's sweeping statement.
The worker who amounts to something the extra-or
dinary worker may not exert himself physically as much
as does his companion who stays at his work until the
end, but while he works he keeps his eyes open and learns
something besides his own Job. This is the difference. He
sees that It is not In the performance of the one Job before
him that success is to be won, but In the things that he
masters from the vantage point of the good workman. If
he Is a machinist he learns his machine and the things he
makes. He sees them go through his bands day afterday
and If there Is any possibility of Improvement he Is sure
to find It out Then, If he Is of the right kind he begins
to study ways and means to make the' needed improvement
Employers begin to reckon seriously with the men under
them as soon as" they see they have ideas of their own
that are worth something.
DIVORCE INCREASE IS WELCOME.
Br Ker. Mlnot J. Smrage.
Law does not make marriages. The church
does not make marriages. Men and women, if
they ever are married, marry themselves. All
the law can do is to recognize and try to conse
crate a fact which already exists. If there Is
no marriage, then it is desecration to keep up the
sham.
One of the distinguished characteristics of
modern time is the growth of divorce. Manv
persons'are frightened and think this one of the deplorable
fruits of the wider freedom granted to women. I believe
that on the whole most of the divorces of the present time
are altogether to be welcomed. They are 'almost always
In the Interest of oppressed women, giving them another
opportunity for a free, sweet wholesome life.
There are' cases where the divorce laws are abused, but
they are not nearly so many as frightened ministers In
many of our churches seem to imagine. These cases are
exploited in the papers until folk. Imagine society is ex
tremely corrupt
A SQUARE DEAL IN FOOD PRODUCTS.
Br Dr. II. W. mley.
This Is the era of the "square deal,'
and it ought to include a square dea
in food products. There Is considerable
misunderstanding of the purpose of the
Agricultural Department in seeking
food legislation. It is not to restrict
trade, but to help it. The primary
purpose is to have all foodstuffs sold
under truthful labels and to tie what
they are represented to be. The same
thing should be true of other products.
It has been maintained by some per-
dr. ii. w. Wiley, .sons that in food products "deception
is tne lire of trade." Statistics have proved that
where food laws have been enforced there has been
an increase of business, not a diminution. This Is due
to the increase in the buyers' confidence that when they
puj se foodstuffs they ore getting what they ask for.
departed and the blue eyes could
scarcely keep open, she persisted that
she wasn't a bit tired, "on'y hungry."
That was a subterfuge she was al
ways guilty of at bedtime.
Next day I saw Kathleen in the park
and we discussed the party.
'lou were a funny man," she said.
I was glad to know that I had given
satisfaction in this direction.
"Did you learn all those stories from
pitsher books, or were they Just make
believe?"
"15oth," I said.
"And you didn't cry when you had
to go home like little Charlie did, did
you?"
I assured her I was able to refrain
from weeping. r
"And you liked me the best of all
the little girls there?"
"Of course I did."
"Quite sure?" she said, coaxlngly,
"Quite sure," I repeated.
"Then mummle was wrong." she
said, triumphantly.
"How's that?" I asked.
"Well, when mummie and Aunt Mer-
va came In to say 'Good-night,' I heard
auntie say how fond you were of me,
and mummie 'said, 'Yes, and I know
some one tlse he's very fond of, too.
or would be, if she'd let him,' and
auntie went quite funny, and said:
Don't be rldlklus, Daisy' Daisy's
what daddle calls muninile but mum
mle only laughed and said: 'I don't
think you're always kind to him."
Kathleen stopped to take brenth
after this long recital, and then went
on: So after mummie went down
ouurs, ami auntie Drought me a
sweetie 'fore I fell sleep, 1 asked It It
was true if she liked some little girl
better'n me. Auntie said 'No,' and
then I asked her If she wasn't always
kind to you. Auntie said. Tertians
not, sometimes.' Then I said she ought
to love you like I did, 'cos you were
lonely and had no nice little girl of
your own like my daddy had. Thin
she stooped down to kiss me, and her
cheek was quite wet, Just as If she'd
been crying. I've never seen Auntie
Merva cry before."
There was a serious look in Kath
leen's blue eyes.
"What made Auntie Merva cry, do
you th'nk?" she asked, quite dis
tressed. "I think I can guess," I said, nnd
with a full heart I kissed the little up
turned face.
Kathleen had told me something I
wanted to know something that I
have been grateful to her for telling
me nil my life. Baltimore Evening
Herald.
A DR AM CRUISE.
My prayers I say and lay me down;
The lights of Starland gleam afar,
liv trundle bed is Sleepy Town,
My window is the harbor bar.
Beyond the curtained patch of blue
There lies a fair and wondrous sea;
AIv dream ship feels the flowing tide,
I hear my sailors calling me.
A shallop skims across the blue,
And Jackies touch their hats, polite,
"Come, get aboard, dear captain, do,
The bells are sounding caudle light"
The lullaby my mother croons
Crows fainter and still fainter grows;
The bos'u pipes his merry tunes
And dances on his timber toes.
Heigh-ho! a merry crew, I ween,
For some are wood, and some are
dough.
And some before in books I've seen,
And some are dolls I used to know.
Now. where away, oh, captain, where?
I'd sail me swift, I'd sail me far,
The evening winds are blowing fair,
We'll head her for the Morning Star.
Toledo Times.
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OMK in!"
My office door opened very
gently, and a little face I knew
well peeped round. In sheer aston
ishment I dropped my pen.
"Kathleen!" I said. "How In the
world did you get down here? You're
not by yourself, surely?"
"Ob, no; course, nursle's with me,"
and the blue eyes smiled, at me so
sweetly; "but she's gone shopping.
I'm not to go till she conies for me."
"But what will mother and nuntle
say? They'll think you're lost"
"I'm too growed-up to get lost," she
said, with a dignified little air.
' I could not help smiling.
"Now, you little rogue," I said,
"when I've helped you off with that
pretty blue coat and hat I shall ex
pect to be told why you've honored
uie with a visit to the city during
business hours."
. She settled herself sedately In a
chair opposite to me, quite unconscious
of the pretty picture she made with
"they'll think you'be lost.". .
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her mass of fair hair and her sweet
little face.
"It's a most 'portant visit," she said.
"I've come to nsk you to my party
next We'n'sday."
"Indeed? I shall be delighted to
come. So that's what brought you
down here, Is It?"
I had heard great tales about this
party, but not from Kathleen. ls
was evidently her surprise for me.
"Shall I be expected to do anything
hi particular?" I asked.
"You'll have to make believe all the
time, like you always do at our house."
This was certainly a candid state
ment. I wondered If the rest of .the
family shared the same view. I hoped
not, becnuse I was, as a rule, particu
larly serious after Kathleen had gone
to bed.
"Aunt Merva will be there, of
course," I ventured to suggest
"'Course she will," replied Kath
leen. Then she made a tour of the room,
came back and resumed her seat, and
asked me seriously: "Is this where
you play all by yourself in the day-
timer' .
"Well, yes, I suppose I do."
'"Do you keep your toys In those big
tin boxes?"
"Well, they're not toys like tuose in
your nursery." -
"Do you sit here all by yourself,
then?"
1 nodded. .
"And never feel lonely?"
"Sometimes," I said, smiling In spite
of myself at the serious little face.
"1 heard mummie tell daddy one day
you were a lonely man.''
"Oh!"
I was certainly henring some home
truths. '
"But you won't be lonely when you
come to my party, will you?"
"No, denr. I like to come as often
as I can to your house," and I spoke
the truth.
By this time Kathleen's nurse had
returned I expect she had been wait
ing outside all the time and with
strict Injunctions "not to forget the
party nest Wednesday," my little vis
itor kissed me good-by, and I tried to
settle down to work again.
But a pair of blue eyes would keep
dancing In front of me on my blotting
pad. Sometimes I thought they were
Kathleen's and sometimes I thought
they were some one else's. Kath
leen's eyes and her Aunt Merva's were
strangely alike. I had noticed It be
fore. The room seemed quite cheerless
now that she had gone.
In the Intervening days the postmai
left strange notes for me.
Sometimes the missives were stuck
together with Jujubes, but, I had no
dimcuity in deciphering the signs.
They read: "Don't forget the party
next We'n'sday." As to the crosses
well, .the most ignorant person knows
what those moan In a letter.
"We'n'sday" came at last, and, of
course, I went to the party. It was
a great success. The house was turned
upside down by a merry crowd of little
folks who kept the fun going until
long after they ought to have been In
bed.-
Kathleen queened It all. very pret
tily, and after tht last little guest had
Humorous
- A GRUESOME MEMENTO.
Volume of Autographs M'hlch Kelnte
to a Dreadful Crime.
Among the collections of n manifold
chnraeter. Including a volume of au
tographs the genuineness of which Is
beyond all doubt, and 'many other
curios, all In a more or less degree
connected with American history, In
possession of a well known resident
of this city who for more than fifty
years has been engaged In gathering
such things, the most gruesome of the
lot is a series of memorials (If to al
low them such a title can be proper)
connected with one of the trio of great
crimes that bereft the American peo
ple of the nation's chief magistrate,
says the Washington Star.
This particular one concerns the
trial, conviction ami execution of
Gulteau, the assassin whose awful
crime resulted In the death of- Tresi
dent Garfield. Not only does this
gloomy memento Include the auto
graphs and portraits of each member
of the jury with one exception, It also
contains the autographs of the Judge
who presided in the case, those of the
lawyers who participated In the event
nnd their photographs; also the sign
manual of Uulteau himself and the
.Tack Ketch who pulled the cord that
launched the wretch into eternity.
This Is not all, however, that Is
shown in this chapter of the dreadful
tragedy. The details are augmented
In their completeness by a lock of the
murderer's hair, by a part of the blnck
cap that covered his face when he
wns hanged and a piece of the rope
that was fastened around his neck
when, so far as earthly expiation
went, he suffered for his crime.
furioiiM I ay Windows.
There Is a house In Bridgeport,
Conn., that has two or the most cu
rious bay windows ever seen. They
are made of halves of old horse cars.
Holes were cut In the front of the
house Just the size of the cars.-and one
of the discarded vehicles was cut In
two lengthwise. The halves were put
In position and pow the front rooms
have added light and window seats
that used In times gone by to accom
modate the riding public of the city.
Batn's Impatience.
Commenting on the dispatch about
lightning striking three churches at
once. Brother Dickey said:
"Sometimes ole Satan gits tired
wnltln' fer sinners, en blazes do way
ter 'em." Atlanta Constitution.
I When a bulldog chews up a little
1 dog, the owner appears to be Indig
nant, but he Is really proud of the
bulldog's performance.
He So your father asked you what
you saw In me to admire? She Oh,
no. He asked me what I Imagined I
saw. Life.
Oracye Maude asked George to kiss
her. Gladys Well, I like her cheek I
Gracye So did George. Louisville
Courier-Journal.
"Don't know her? Why, she lives
iu the same square with you." "Yes,
but she's not in the same circle."
Cleveland Leader.
Miss Iert Which half Is It that
doesn't know how the other half lives?
Miss Caustlque The better half.
Philadelphia Record.
Judge I'll give you thirty days In
Jail. Prisoner Good! My wife will
be through cleaning house when I get
out Kansas City Times.
Brother You can't think how nerv
ous I was when I proposed. Sister
You can't think how nervous she was
until you did. Town and Country.
Jack Why do you girls spend so
much time and money on dress? Nell
(candidly) To Interest the men and
worry other girls. Philadelphia Tress.
She Freddie and Clara are engaged,
but they have decided to keep their
engagement a Becret Clara told me
so. He Yes, I know. Freddie told
me. Plek-Me-Up.
"Waiter, these nro mighty smnll
oysters." "Yes, sir." "And they don't
appeal to be very fresh, either." "Then
It's lucky they're small, aiut It, sir?"
Cleveland Leader.
Nell Mr. Kammerer Is so kind. Ha
said I took a very pretty and very
artistic picture. Belle Indeed? And
whose picture did you take, dear?
Philadelphia Ledger.
"Don't you ever go to school, Jim
nile?" "Well, yer see, It's dls way,
kid ma gives me a nickel a week ter
go to school an' de teacher gives me a
dime ter stay away. Judge.
She I have a new milliner, Jack.
Don't you think my hats are more be
coming than they used to be? He
Yes; and your bills are becoming more
than they used to be. New York Mall.
"Charles, have you ever considered
going Into any business?" "Naw. The
governor wanted me to last yeah, but
I told him, dontcherknow, It was
enough to have one tradesman In tha
family." Puck.
The Boss I'm afraid you are not
qualified for the position; you don't
know anything about my business.
The Applicant Don't I, though? I
keep company with your typewriter.
Chicago Journal.
Stage 'manager (Interviewing chil
dren with the Idea of engaging them
for a new play) Has this child been
on the stage? Proud mother No;
but he's been on nn Inquest, and he
speaks up fine! Punch.
Physician (looking Into his anteroom,
where a number of his patients are
waiting) Who has been waiting the
longest?" Tailor (who has called to
present his bill) I have, doctor; I de
livered the clothes to you three years
ago. Glasgow Evening Times.
Mrs. Brickrow How do' you man
age to persuade your husband to buy
you such expensive bonnets? Mrs.
Topflatte I take him shopping with
me, walk him around until he can't
stand, and then wind up In a bonnet
store. He'll buy anything to get home.
New York Weekly.
Lecturer on the French Revolution
It is Impossible to imagine the chaos
that reigned confusion and' anarchy
everywhere. In our morepeacefiil con
ditions we cannot even imagine such
a state of things. Man at the back of
the hall Yes, we can, mister. Come
up to our house; we're movln'. Pick-Me-Up.
"Yes," Bald he, letting her out an
other notch beyond the speed limit,
"the automobile lias come to stay."
Then the machine slowed down, gave a
shudder or two and a dry, rasping
cough, nnd stopiied. ' You were right,"
said his guest a few hours later as
they trudged wearily Into town.
Houston Post.
A Western paper tells of a confused
clerk who, asked by a young lady for
a certain number of yards of muslin,
looked at the cloth for a minute, mean
while fumbling for the end. "Finally
he s;ild disgustedly, "Dick must have
sold both ends of this: yes, I'm sure
ho did." And with that he pushed
his shears across tho piece, and from
the end thus made sold the quantity
day In a crowded street car,
Rabbi Illrscir, of Chicago, got up to
give his seat to a woman. Much
to the Jewish divine's disgust a, young
man scrambled into It before the lady
could take It For some moments the
rabbi glared at the offender In silence.
Finally the rude young man, growing
restless, said: "Wot are you staring
at me for? You look as If you would
like to eat me!" 'Tin forbidden to do
that," answered Hlrsch. "I'm a Jew.
Ex.