FALLS eiTY NEWS
VOL. XI
i ALLS CITY. Ol
PEGOUD IN AIR BATTLES.
Brought
Down German Tauba and
Made Two Prlaonera.
I'arla.
Another daring exploit haa
been added to the long Hat of those
luciossfully carried out by Adolph»
1'egoud, the famoiia French aviator,
who I n reported to have attacked and
brought down a (iertuan Uailw near
ML Mcnehould while he waa alone on
patrol duty,
The refairt o f tho Incident aaya tbnt
when t'cgoud auw the tierinnn ap
preaching lie (lew rapidly toward the
boat lie air craft aud "ent It to earth
with a few well placed abut». I ’egoud
then landed bealdo the taobe and took
SATURDAY, APR IL 24, 1915
time. It la the Inanition o f the tread
mill, the life of hard. Incessant labor
without reward."
Mom.- of the letters have au element
of humor. One says:
" I t la the womeu's own fault If they
aro Imposed on. I get nearly every
thing I need. I f I don’t get It one
year I keep on until 1 do, and I don’t
think I urn a very nagging woman.”
Another writes:
"Invent some kind of an adjustable
aluminium cbuln shirt so ua women
Says Woman Should Ba Kiaaad on tho won't have to be always patching.”
Htlll another:
j Chaak— Ha Waa Navar In Dangar.
"W e need a luw to prevent a doctor
I Chicago.—Dr. Harvey W. Wiley, pure
from using an oplute for everything
food expert, »h o la oil a tour urging
from the toothache to cancer.”
better care o f the nation's teeth, took
Again, there are pleas for Instruc
up the queatkin of kissing In an ad
tion In cooking. One letter contains
dress before the City club.
"Girls must have good teeth If they the following:
"In one home the mother put eggs
waut to be klssnble." be said. "Babies
should lie kissed, too. but not on the to fry for supper before abe put her
mouth, und women may be safely biscuit Into the oven to bake, aud fried
kissed on the cheek unless they ore them Ktcadlly during the entire time
beautified with isilsouous paint or the btaculta were baking. The next day
I auw her. while getting o quick lunen,
rouge.
" I f there Is any danger In kissing." place a frying pun over the fire with at
he concluded, "nobody ever threatened least a pint o f lard In IL nnd as soon
as It was warm, but not all melted,
me."
break three eggs Into IL from wbicb
she Anally took them tough, leathery
and altogether Indigestible."
Perhaps the most general complaint
la that the w ife benefits loss than any
otber person, or even nnlmal on the
farm, from the progress made In labor
saving del Ices aud other Improve
meuts As cue puts it: ~A sheep dip.
but no bathtub: a tine buggy and a
poor bn by carriage "
The letters, as a whole, paint coun
try life in America anything but the
roseate hues with which It Is usually
ph-tured
The reason» ii sorlI>od nre
many. but. as one farmer's wife, prob
ably the most philosophic of all, ex
presses It: “ Jt seems to me. after all.
It Is Just according to the man we live
with."
Tho document of the department o f
Department of Agriculture In A t
tempting to Batter Their Opportuni agriculture Is prepared In four re
ties Will laouo Special Instructions. ports. dealing with the social nnd labor,
Lettors From 2,241 Woman on the economic, domestic and educational
needs o f farm women.
Farm Say Thoy Aro Overworked.
God und to France nothing more beau
tlful, nothing more pure, nothing more
generous, than that child.
Wo are
proud o f him. but after the war we
ahull mourn him until death.
“ I carry with me In my new mission
(Ilia pain, engraved deeply lu my licarL
as au example o f eouruge und as a
great reason to hope you may never
know tho pain that we have suffered.”
W ILEY DEFENDS KISSING.
FARMERS’ WIVES
ARE NEGLECTED
They Picture Their Lives as
One Long, Dull Grind.
TELL OF HOME CONDITIONS
Photo by Airi-rtcan Praaa Association.
AOO L1UB I X O O I I >.
prisoner the Germau pilot und observ
er, neither o f whom waa Injured.
Earlier In the aame day t'cgoud la re
ported to have .driven ofT three other
Herman aeroplanes, ono o f which had
dropped ulna bomba on u railroad stu-
tlon.
I’egoud, who Oral gained fame In
11113 as the originator o f the feat o f
flying upside down In an aeroplane,
was awarded the French military med
al early In March for services rendered
to the army during the war.
PAIN ENGRAVED ON
HEART OF D’AMADE
Son Died In Battle Just Before
He Left For Dardanelles.
raria.—General A. O. L. d'Amnde.
commuuder o f the French expedition
ary forces at the Dardanelles and hero
o f many lini'd fought campaigns, has
lost his youngest son, aged eighteen,
who was a second lieutenant o f Infan
try. A friend o f the general has Just
received from him the following let
ter. written while be wns ou the way
to the Dnrdnuellcs:
"D ear Sir—l am very late In ac
knowledging the receipt o f your letter.
The cause o f the delay Is n great mis
fortune which has come upon us
I
have lost my youngest son. Gerard
d'Amadc. a second lieutenant, o f eight
een years, who hud ouly Just been re
ceived at St. Cyr In tho last competi
tion or July, 1014.
"H o fell gloriously for France during
a night reconnollerlng expedltlou In
the Argonne. Mortally wounded, he
fell upon tlie very trenches o f tho ene
my which he had received Instructions
to reconnolter.
“ T w o German generals who were
witnesses o f his bravery and courage
wrote me expressing spontaneously
their admiration nnd Informed mo that
our poor child had been burled near
V—, In tlie great forest o f Argonne.
" I have no need to tell you that It
(a a great pain, but we could offer to
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No. 34
Washington.—A picture o f furm life
In the United States which has never
beeii equaled aud perkups never will
be, because It Is told lu the testimony
of thuusunds o f farmers' wives. Is con
tallied In a document which lias luketi
the department o f ugriculturo a year
and a half to prepare and w hich is now
only Just complete^.
It Is an appealing, human and In
many respects a pitiful story. It re
veals lu a vivid way the truth of a
complaint that lias been frequently
made In past year»—that o f all the
fuetors lu tho rural problem the one
tliut lias been most neglected Is the
farmer's wife.
Tills wns called forcibly to the atten
tion o f the department lu a letter tn
the summer o f July, 1913. Secretary
Houatou decided to And out for him
self. He wrote to 55,000 farmers' wives
throughout the flitte d States asking
them to tell him their greatest needs
and what they thought the department
of agriculture could do to help them.
He received 2.241 replies, representing,
however, the opinion o f many thousand
women, because many o f the writers
had submitted his Inquiry to their
neighbors or women's clubs, graugesor
church organizations.
One MUhigan woman expressed her
hopelessness In tho following:
“ The farm Is run for the benefit of
the farm-ami not the family. O f what
use Is It to buy more land to raise more
corn to feed more hogs to buy more
land?"
Interesting extracts from otber let
ters from north, south, east aud west
arc ns follows:
"N ot one fuifftier lu 100 watches Ills
w ife to see tf she Is overworking, ns he
does his horses."
" I would have a law passed whereby
no man should be allowed to have a
farm unless he would provide for his
w ife as well ns ho does for his stock.”
“ The busy housewife can get along
with any old thing ns long ns she lives,
and n tine monument at the grave Is
enough for her.”
"G et out n government bulletin on
‘The Care o f the W ives and Daugh
ters,' to be sent out ulong with the
stock bulletins or poultry circulars.”
"Taxes and interest are our undoing.
Put the taxes upon the rich man, the
millionaire, tho woman who wears dia
monds nnd velvets nnd give us poor
farmers' wives a chance to buy a 'best
dress' a few times In our lives.”
“ The farm woman Is about the only
Individual we know o f who earn» an
Income and doesn't get I t ”
“ It Is not the lack o f cosmetics that
ages us women o f tho farm before oqr
Fifty-ons Relatives In Army.
London.—Private Mooney, sixty. In a
British convalescent hospital, haa flf-
ty-one relatives In the army. Including
four of hls idneteen children.
CERTIFIED BABIES
GIVEN IN CHICAGO
Dispose of Homeless Children
to Worthy Foster Parents.
UNDERBUYING ENABLES US TO DO UNDER
SELLING. WE BUY IN BIG QUANTITIES AND GET
THE LITTLE PRICE. WE GIUE A LITTLE PRICE.
OUR FILMY. BEAUTIFUL UNDERMUSLINS WILL
PLEASE YOU IN DESIGN. QUALITY AND PRICE.
OUR FURNISHING GOODS DEPARTMENTS. FOR
BOTH MEN AND WOMEN. ARE STRONG ONES WITH
US. JUST COME IN AND SEE WHAT OUR GOOD
STORE TELLS: YOU WILL BUY.
N. SELIG’S
FALLS CITY D E P A R T M E N T STO RE
“ Mentally be should be as follows:
“ Three to four and one-half months,
grasp an object that Is placed before
him. Hold bis head erect, unsup
ported.
"Seven months, sit alone, unsupport
ed. and reach for toys.
“ Eight to ten months, start to creep.
Some babies never creep, but start to
walk Instead.
"Ten months, start to stand, holding
some objecL At eleven months, stand
entirely nlone and at from twelve to
fourteen months start to walk.
“ One year, say 'mamma' and 'papa
"T w o years, talk quite plainly. Ofnon
names o f animals, persons and objects
aud put tw o words together "
Chlcaga—Tbe city o f Chicago Is giv
ing away officially certified babies—
brown eyed, gray eyed aud blue eyed
little beauties, quite chubby aud per
fectly healthy—und they are intrusted
to the care of highly recommended and
thoroughly worthy foster parents ouly
This is a new Idea, tn which Chicago
leuds tbe way.
Medical officials of
other large cities are watching Its de New York Governor Signs Bill Allow
velopment with close lutereat and with
ing Constable to Forbid Him Drink.
a view to Its udoptlou.
Albany. N. Y.—The town drunkard
Chicago, like every other municipali must reform In spite o f himself Gov
ty, finds on its bunds dependent little ernor Whitman nnd Senator Jones
ones tjho have no parents to care for have conspired to bring this about. A
them, no friends to vouch for their bill signed by the governor provides
good behavior.
Chicago takes them that n pence officer or constable o f a
all under Its brond wing—Chicago leads town shall have the power to forbid
among the baby loving cities—exam the sale or giving away o f liquor to
ines them physically and mentally and certain persona by notice In wrlrinp
then offers officially certified Infants
for adoption.
What home needs a baby? Many a
household is ready and anxious to w el
come a healthy and happy youngster,
but not every ono Is worthy of the new
arrival. A t least so Chicago thinks,
and thereupon proceeds to examine the Imlustiinl News Bureau
would be foster parents.
A t Portland the other day an
Dr. William J. Hickson o f the
psychopathic laboratory o f the munic Inspector broke up a dance three
ipal court o f Chicago Is the originator
high schools o f that city were go
o f tbe plan. Dr. Hickson Is a baby
specialist also an ardent student of ing to give at the Multnomah
the problem o f mental deficiency. Here hotel.
»re bis fixed standards for a certified
It was clearly a case where the
baby:
police
department had more sense,
“ At birth the certified baby must
weigh at least six pounds and measure and a higher standard o f morals
twenty inches.
than the Portland Public School
“ At one year o f age he must weigh
system.
twenty-one pounds and measure twen
There is scarcely a week that
ty-seven Inches, Increasing three Inches
during the second year, and from hls some Portland high school does
third to tenth year two Inches annual
not put on a theatre or a minstrel
ly. Hls fontanelle, or 'soft spot.' should
show or dancing exhibition.
close at jihout the nineteenth month
TOWN DRUNKARD DOOMED.
The Top-Heavy
Educational System
A high-pressure Parent Teacher
association keeps up a continual
round o f agitation for new ideas
and progressive schemes that
raise taxes.
A week ago a lot o f high school
students went on a week’s tramp
to Celilo and in another part o f the
state high school soldiers had a
pitched battle with guns.
Nowhere are children being
thoroughly drilled in the common
est rudiments o f good English,
and a majority fail in the eighth
grade.
College professors go over the
state at public expense lecturing
on wild flowers, the Bluebird,
Prehistoric remains and mental
science.
They all get big salaries and
have their travelling expenses
paid and the Lebanon Criterion,
April 2, says editorially:
“ He ithe professor) thought it
was entertaining to a Lebanon
audience to fill at least one-half o f
o f his time reading dry and unin
teresting prose from a book.”
“ It was better than some o f the
others but it did not leave a favor
able impression behind, and to
gether with those that preceded it
achieved no beneficial result for
the college.”
The above are some o f the
reasons why people are revolting
at our top-heavy educational sy
stem that is constantly seeking to
heap up new burdens on the tax
payers, and is spending large
sums without any adequate re
turn.