Problem of the Child's Allowance
By SIDONiE MATZNER CRUENDERG
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"I Don't Want
AFTER a long day of strenuous
play Claronco, all of eight, was
certainly tired, and his disinclina
tion to put away tho blocks and toys
was comprehensible. Dut there was
no compromise; mother Insisted and
the task was soon accomplished. He
came back to mother and said, "Now
they're all put away, mother. Give me
a nickel."
"A nlckol?" asked the mother, not
perceiving the relevancy oX the last re
mark. "Why should I give you a
nickel?"
"For putting away those things;
that's work; I don't want to be a
slave," came the answer.
This suggosted a possible misunder
standing, and mother asked rather
than declared, "You don't know what
a slave Is, Clarence!"
"Oh, yes I do," persisted the boy. "A
slave is like the colored people In the
South who used to be made to work
without getting paid."
That was near enough to the truth
for the Immediate purposo, and Clar
ence's mother had to stop fencing. She
closed right In. People get paid for
doing work for others, she explained,
only where they cannot get any other
returns for their service. But people
do not got paid for doing their duty.
The explanation was entlroly satis
factory to Clarence, except at one
point. He did not see how he was
going to get any money If not In pay
ment for the things he had to do and
lie had already discovered that he
needed money. When a child roaches
the point at which he has the germ of
appreciation for money he certainly
should have an opportunity to got it if
that can possibly be arranged. And
VITT, BENEDICT, URGES
TIGERS TO FOLLOW SUIT
Propaganda of Detroit Player Threat
I ena Trouble, for Manager Jennings
Doesn't Like Bridegrooms.
Oscar Vltt threatens to be Jennings'
menace. As most funs know, the
young man from the coast, having
won himself a regular berth with the
Tigers, Immediately took to himself
a brldo. This 1b in Btrict accordance
with the unwritten big league law,
marriage being regarded as the nat
ural follow-up to the gaining of an es
tablished position in tho profession.
Now, Vltt, who rather fancies him
self as a hotel lobby orator, is spend
ing much of his tlmo preaching the
gospel of matrimony to the young and
unmarried members of the party.
"Hoys," he is wont to Bay, "it's the
life. You don't know tho comfort
you're missing by not having your own
Oscar Vltt.
home, and you don't appreciate the re
sponsibility you're shirking as a citi
zen. Follow my example."
Which is all right in a way, only
that Mr. Jennings does not care for
a mad and concerted rush for mar
riage licenses ami a lot of weddings
oil at onco. All managers prefer mar
ried players, who are more sedate and
Bteady than tho single mon. Dut
they dread bridegrooms. And the
more In lovo with their wives the hub
bies are, the greater the fear.
The bridegroom is wont to spend too
much time scanning the grandstand,
to see if wlfoy Is there, or to make
sure that she saw the play he Just
made or the hit he Just got No man
can keep his mind on the game and
his eye on the audience. After the
novelty of married life wears off, the
player gains In valuo. But as a bride
groom be presents a problem.
Attractive Chains.
The new bead necklaces show com
binations of Jado and Jet, cqral and Jet,
or Jade, pearls and Jot, with Imitation
pierced gold or silver filigree beads
tsed at effective Intervals for orna
mentation. One chain. tn which Jade
Is used most attractively, has the
pierced gold beads, with antique fin
ish, and a piece of Chinese money
used aa a pendant
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to Be a Slave."
If the family has the means there are
two ways open, both of which may be
used at some time.
A child may be given a small regu
lar allowance for his own use. Through
this he may learn the Joy of Immedi
ate Indulgence of trifling whims; or
he may learn to expend his resources
with discrimination; or he may learn
the advantages of deferring expendi
ture for more favorable purchasing.
For the reason that the allowance is
a part of the routine income of the
child, by virtue of his membership In
the home community, it should never
be used as an instrument of "disci
pline." As to its amount, it should
be increased only in recognition of
larger needs, and It should be dimin
ished only when retrenchment is
necessary for the family as a whole
or when changing conditions Indicate
reducod needs for the child.
In addition to allowance children
should have opportunities to earn ex
tra amounts of money. It is the money
earned that gives them tho necessary
inner experience without which one Is
never able to translate money value
into terms of effort and exertion and
sacrifice. Money that comes without
effort may teach the child to spend
wisely, or to save; but it can never
teach him the human cost of the things
that he uses from day to day. It is
perhaps at this point more than any
where elso that the children of the
well-to-do fall to become acquainted
with the life problems of the mass of
the people. They come to feel the
value of money in terms of what it
can buy, but not in terms of what it
costs. Only in the effort of labor can
the true value of money be conceived.
POULTRY NOTES
A few guineas on every farm will
eat a lot of bad bugs and grow into
seml-gamo for some epicure's table.
They bring good prices when sold di
rect to clubs, hotels, etc.
As chickens, ducklings or goslings
grow they need more room In their
coops, and oxtra room should always
be provided before the quarters be
come crowded.
Do not allow chickens of different
sizes and ages to use the same coop
or same yard, but house and feed them
separately if you want the younger to
mako good growth.
Averugo hens' eggs weigh about a
pound and a half to the dozen, but
some run as high as 33 ounces per
dozen. Eggs ought to sell by weight
then everybody would get a square
deal.
Don't omit fresh vegetables and
green Btuff from tha fowls' diot.
Roup Is infectious and the weak
lings are the ones to first become in
fected. Chicks must not be left exposed
to hot sunshine. If there are no trees,
some other Bhude should be provided
growing corn or sunflowers, or even
a shelter of boards, canvas or straw.
Sour milk Is splendid feed for little
chicks.
Neither goslings nor ducklings will
do well on dry feed such as is success
fully used for chicks. They must
have crumbly, damp mashes while
they are young.
Sometimes chicks that have been
thoroughly soaked by a cold rain and
are apparently dead can bo revived by
putting them In a warm place whore
tho temperature is about 100.
A little finely granulated charcoal
mixed In tho feed of little chicks,
ducklings, goslings and poults (young
turkeys) will do a great deal to pro
vent digestivo troubles.
Soli tho old hens. Tha best layers
are tho rullets.
One of the best preventives of dis
ease in the poultry yard Is permanga
nate of potash used in the drinking
water. Put what you can pile of it on
a ten-cent piece into a gallon of water.
Eating on the Fly.
One of the great ammunition com
panies of New England has been forced
by tho demands of war to extend its
plant until It is over a mile In length.
This distance is too long to be trav
ersed by the workers who have only a
half hour for lunch. To meet this de
mand lunch counters on wheels have
been provided, which travel along the
passage, ennbllnR the men to eat as
they leave to get a little outdoor air
during their noon period. The food is
kept hot by electric currents and in
cludes soup, meat, potatoes and other
vegetables. In addition to these mov
able lunchrooms counters are set down
at different points, at which fruit pie,
cake and other unhealed foods are
sold. The prices are always low and
the food quality the best
I'm Sorry; I Was Wrong I
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There may be virtue In the man
Who's always sure he's right,
Who'll never hear another's plan
And seeks no furthor light;
Dut I like more the chap who sings
A somewhat different song,
Who says, when be has messed up
things:
"I'm sorry; I was wrong."
It's hard for anyone to say
That failure's due to him
That he lost his fight or way
Because his lights burned dim.
It takes a man aside to throw
The vanity that's strong,
Confessing: " 'Twas my fault, I
know;
I'm sorry; I was wrong."
And so, I figure, those who use
This honest, manly phrase,
Hate It too much their way to Iobo i
On many future days.
They'll keep the path and make the
fight i
Because they do not long ,
To have to say, when they're not
right:
"I'm sorry; I was wrong."
Richmond Times-Dispatch.
Every Boy Can Have
Whistle Here's How
When off to the park or country
and loafing along a shady stream,
watching a boat drift idly or a fish
line cork rest upon the still surface, it
is a fine time to employ an hour or so
in making those delights to every boy,
bark and plug whistles. The skillful
boy learns the method and his first
effort at least toots in a fashion, while
others may hardly get a whisper out
of their initial attempt. Later per
fection of method and getting the
knack result in a shrill blast that en
dangers ono's eardrums.
Cut a straight willow twig about the
length and twice the diameter of a
lead pencil, one end of which is cut
bevel, as here shown. At three or
four inches from the end cut through
the bark all around; this will be the
length of the whistle. This section
should be free of knots or roughness.
On your knee, or better, on a flat
wooden surface, hammer the bark
-flatnuttd
finished
Whistles in the Making.
smartly, turning it so as to strike
every portion; use the back of your
knife, a stout piece of stick, or a
smooth stone.
This hammering separates the fiber
from the sapwood, and with a little
gentle twisting and pulling the bark
will slip off the twig. Cut the twig
the same length as the bark and at
the bevel end flatten one side, as
shown. About an Inch back of the
end cut a thumbnail-shape hole In the
bark to come above the flat side of the
twig and insert the twig. Then blow.
Some Things That Are New.
Experts have listed more than 10,
000 varieties of orchids.
A water-cooled motorcycle has been
invented by an Englishman.
Among the Jewelry novelties is a
combination penknife and lead pencil.
The six state capitals of Australia
have been connected by wireless
telegraphy.
Concealed under the flap of a new
cap for men is a pocket for money or
valuables.
Tho world's greatest wireless station
has been built in Italy, powerful
enough to communicate with North
and' South America when similar sta
tions aro erected on this side of the
Atlautic.
To facilitate rapid writing there has
been invented a metal device to be
clamped to the little linger and with
a shelf on which to rest the next fin
ger and slide over a surface written
upon.
To insure tho owner of a private
shaving cup kept in a barber shop that
ho is its only user there has been In
vented a paper cap to cover it, which
cannot be removed without breaking
a seal.
In the last few years Moscow has
been increasing in population more
rapidly than at any time in a century
and, if the present rate be continued,
it will have more than 2,000,000 resi
dents in 1920.
Facts and Figures.
United States last year produced
1,731 tons of asbestos.
Alaska's 1915 mineral production
was valued at (32.854,229.
Virginia, in 1915, mined 8,122,696
tons of coal, valued at $7,962,934.
American exports of canned salmon
are valued at $7,000,000 yearly.
Ciar of Russia's income is estimated
to be $S0 every 60 seconds.
President Wilson has opened to set
tlement 148,676 acres of land in Sa
linas valley, California.
W MAW GRAHAM DONNER
SPIDER POLICEMEN 8 AVE CON
CERT, "The night before last," said Daddy,
"the Crickets thought It was time for
them to give a Concert. So, several
hours beforehand, they sent around
notices to the Brooks, the Trees, the
Woods and the Lawns all of which
places have Post Offices for the Ani
mals, that the Concert would begin
promptly at half after seven o'clock."
"They were very fine the way they
named their hour, weren't they, Dad
dy?" asked Nancy.
"Yes," chimed In Nick, "I don't see
why they didn't Just say half-past
seven, and be done with It."
"That isn't the Crickets' way, you
see," said Daddy. "Anyhow, the Ani
mals and all the little Creatures knew
Just what it meant and they were right
on time.
"The only place where there was a
Post Office and where they had not
sent any invitations was the Swamp
nearby. You see, a large colony of
Mosquitoes had moved to this Swamp
for the Spring and Summer months.
Now the Mosquitoes were not very
popular and they kept pretty much to
themselves. Sometimes they would
wander forth at night to the Piazzas
where the big Folks were, and then
they would have a real feast. For the
They Rushed Away From the Concert
Mosquitoes like to get little nibbles of
People, Just as you two Children like
to get nibbles of peanuts and candy
and popcorn.
"The Mosquitoes were wandering
around when they saw the Crickets
posting their Invitations in blades of
grass in the Lawn right at the Bide of
the Piazza where they were going that
evening. They knew something was
up. And when the Crickets had gone
off again, didn't those inquisitive little
Mosquitoes go right to the Lawn Post
Offlco and look at the invitations
which the Crickets had left.
"The Mosquitoes were Just as mad
as they could be. They called the
Crickets horrid snobs, for they have
very mean dispositions.
"Then one very cross and snappy
little Mosquito said:
" 'Let's go to the Concert, whether
we are Invited or not, and show those
Crickets that we don't think their
Concert Is so fine that we have to be
invited to it. We will pretend that we
think it Is a free concert.'
"And when they got there, they
didn't act so the Crickets would feel
sorry that they hadn't invited them,
for they were so rude and so cranky
that they went around biting and twig
ging at the ears and legs of all the lit
tle Creatures at the concert Of course
they completely spoiled everything and
the Crickets were beginning to feel
very sad when along came the Fairy
Queen.
"She waved her wand in the air and
what should appear but lots and lots
of big Spider Policemen, all dressed up
in fine blue suits and gray suits. 'Get
to work,' she called out to the Spider
Policemen, and didn't they go around
biting those bad little Mosquitoes un
til they rushed away from the Concert
as fast as they could go!
"It taught them a good lesson, for
they never again went to a Concert
where they were not invited that was
given by the Crickets. For they Boon
found out that the Fairy Queen is a
real Friend of the Crickets.
"And the Concert went on after the
Mosquitoes had left, and the Spider
Policeman sang a very fine marching
song,- while some of them sang a song
called 'Weaving the Web.' So the con
cert ended even better than they had
hoped for in the very first place."
QUITE CLEVER AT FIGURING
Little Marjorie Tells Fond Father
How Many Flies Would Be Left
After One Was Killed.
Little Marjorie was telling about
her number work at the family dinner
table and papa wanted to test her
mildly.
"Can you add small sums, girlie?"
"Yes, papa."
"And can you subtract too?"
"Take one number from another?
Yes, Papa."
"That's nice, dear. Now let me hear
you do it. Supposing there were four
files on a table and I killed one, how
many would be left?"
"One," was the proud and sparkling
answer. "The dead one."
HELPS IN HOUSECLEANING
Closet Where There May Be Orderly
Arrangement of Utensils Makes
the Work Easier.
No one thing does more to help easy
cleaning than some kind of house
cleaning closet. This may be placed
under the back stairs, in a rear hall,
or even In a back porch. It should be
wide and shallow, preferably not more
than a foot or eighteen Inches In depth,
to accommodate buckets, palls, scut
tles, etc. One of the most successful
closets I know of Is built on a back
porch of a house in the country. It is
about a foot wide and has a narrow
sbelf extending across at the height of
about five feet. On this shelf are kept
cleansers, ammonia, stove polish,
bathbrlck and many other bottles and
pans of cleaning necessities. Under
the shelf are fastened small holders,
into which are slipped the various
brooms, mops and tools having long
handles, thus keeping each separate
and In shape. Small hooks are placed
lower down, on which are hung lan
tern, tin basins, carpet-beater, etc.
Several high hooks are reserved for
holding mackintosh and farm clothing,
and boots share the lower space with
buckets and pails. Woman's Home
Companion.
HOUSEHOLD HINTS
When Ironing it is a very good plan
to get a clean brick, a white one if
possible, as a stand. The Iron will re
tain heat much longer than if an open
lronstand be used.
When boiled and unboiled eggs get
mixed, spin them, and the boiled
ones will spin round quite fast, while
those which have not been cooked will
hardly spin round once.
Tar may be removed from the hands
by rubbing with the outside of fresh
orange or lemon peel and drying im
mediately. The volatile oils dissolve
tar so that It can be rubbed off.
When buttons are taken from an old
dress they should be strung on a string
before putting them into the button
box.
When the hair is dry, lusterless and
brittle try rubbing a few drops of cas
tor oil well Into the scalp.
A little lemon Juice added to the wa
ter In which the hair is washed will
keep it light and at the same time act
as a tonic to the scalp.
It is said that the hands may be
Bpeedily whitened by rubbing them
well for three nights successively
with sweet almond oil and then dust
ing over them as much fine chalk as
they will retain.
To Wash Feather Pillows.
It is possible to wash pillows with
out removing the feathers. Boll In
borax water, to which a small quan
tity of ammonia has been added. Use
half a teacupful of borax to a boiler
ful of water and add a teaspoonful of
ammonia. Boll 15 or 20 minutes.
After removing pillows from the boil
er, scrub the tick, if badly stained,
by laying on a washing board and ap
plying suds with a stiff brush. Rinse
In two or three waters and hang out
on the line in a shady place to dry.
Shake pillow and change ends two or
three times a day. Bring pillows into
the house before dew falls or it rains,
as it takes a long time to dry pillows
at best. This process makes the
feathers light, flaky and sweet smell
ing. Spanish Rice.
One tablespoonful of good lard in
spider, very hot. Fry one minced onion,
a handful of minced olives, one small
minced chili pepper (or ten drops of
tabasco sauce), parsley, salt and pep
per. Fry till golden brown. Add one and
a half cupfuls of uncooked Carolina
rice. Fry until pale yellow.- Put this
into a double boiler. Add two cupful3
of strained tomato and four cupfuls of
ground steak broth. Stir once, thor
oughly. Cover and let cook until l Ice
is done at least one hour.
Squab Pie.
Line a deep dish with puff paste,
bake ten minutes in a hot oven and
allow to rise. Cover this with a layer
of good sausage meat, fill It with four
to six squabs stuffed with a force
meat flavored with truffles. Cover the
birds with a layer of sausage meat and
another Qf paste. Paint the pie with
yolk of egg and bake from one to two
hours. Fill the hole left In the center
with one cupful of melted aspic Jelly.
Serve cold.
Puffs of Meat
One cupful dried roast meat, two
nggs. one cupful milk, one teaspoonful
baking powder, one heaping table
spoonful flour, pepper and salt. Beat
up the eggs, add them gradually to the
flour, then add the milk, salt and pep
per and powder. Divide into buttered
casseroles and bake in a hot oven.
Serve hot. Small individual dishes are
as good as open casseroles or cocottes.
Virginia Waffles.
Boil half of a cupful of Indian meal
In a cupful and a half of water 30
minutes. Add a cupful and a half of
milk, two teaspoonfuls each of sugar
and melted butter, two cupfuls of bak
ing powder and two well-beaten eggs.
Fry in a well greased waffle iron.
Serve with maple sirup.
Maple Pudding iSauce.
This is good on bread or cottage
pudding. Beat the yolks of two eggs
wkh a tablespoonful of sugar. Melt
a cupful of maple sugar in a cup of
hot milk and when boiling stir in the
beaten egg yolks, stirring all the time
until it thickens. Beat whites of eggs
until foamy, and add Just before serving.
STAR OF THE MOVIES
Jt i'Jt W C' ,,A.V
mm
Miss Grace Darmond, Well-Known
Film Actress Who Is Being Starred
in a New Serial.
Beauty Sleep Brings
A Clear, Fresh Skin
There are a few fundamental laws
in regard to a clear, fresh skin. The
first of these is sleep, and, say what
you may, there is no better adage in
the English language than the old
rhyme of "Early to bed." Too little
sleep leaves Its traces on the face as
clearly and definitely as if some demon
or nightmare bad written it there with,
pen and ink for all the world to read.
The eyes are heavy and dull, the
mouth sagging, faint lines appear
around the mouth and eyes, and the
skin, instead of being fresh and pink,
is of a grayish hue. Not only is there
a physical effect, but the mental result
produces irritability, a nagging temper
and a nervousness which go far to
ward producing wrinkles and "crows'
feet."
It should be remembered that on
hour of sleep before midnight is worth,
two after. Eight hours' sleep Is suffi
cient for the average adult; those who
do brain work require more. Let your
room be filled with fresh, cold air
the colder the better and see that
the bedclothing is neither too heavy
nor too light. Sperry's Magazine.
Around the World.
Plans are under way for establish
ing wireless telephone system in sev
eral cities in Spain and to connect
with Spanish vessels and Spanish col
onies In Africa.
Development of the Incandescent
lamp represents an improvement of 1,
075 per cent in the amount of light ob
tainable from a given consumption of
electricity.
In a machine invented in England
to test the durability of textiles, dutl
edged blades are rubbed by an electric
motor against the fabrics until they
are worn through.
Statistics gathered from colleges
throughout the country show that rest
dents of the United States, both men
and women, are growing taller, more
robust and stronger.
French scientists have decided that
carrier pigeons are influenced by mag
netism and that, with the growth of
wireless telegraphy, much less de
pendence can be placed on them.
Medicine river, Fort Sill reservation,
Oklahoma, has the most unusual cross
ing in the United States. A concrete
roadway constitutes the ford across
the river and water flows over it con
tinuously. We imagine there are a lot of halos
in heaven that won't be called for.
The man who always gets' what he
wants usually makes a noise like a
bank roll.
Horses are not partial to wild oats,
which may explain why they possess
horse sense.
Eventually a man quits wandering
around with a chip on his shoulder.
Single gardenias are seen now and
then on hat brims.
San Francisco thus far this year has
erected 18 new factory buildings, val
ued at $4,150,000.
A clock Is wound np to make It run,
but a business is wound up to stop it.
The milk of human kindness would
be much richer if it wasn't skimmed
so often.
With One Exception.
"I presume Dubwaite thinks his lit
tle son Is lust about the smartest boy
ever born?"
"Oh, no. Dubwaite remembers that
he was a youngster once."
Its Farewell Stunt
Scribbles Here's one of my Jokes
In this patent-medicine almanac.
Dribbles So? Then It must have
passed the age limit