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EDITORIAL
CONSIDER ONLY ONE TOIN'T
Iii ;:11 human endeavors, one
ooint .iloue should N) considered —
trufb. We should ^evtr allow our
judgment to be forced by sxpedieuicy
cr Or a ink out to suit our purpose
'a opposition, to the trutli. Too
many adoot an opinicn because it
's saj>; because it is useful or
bec-i'Je it may "help" 'othetre. It
m y 'e perfectly ppoo t (sometimes
fo norm acts because they axe
e;;;jfci!ivi t. TJhiis should net be oa<r
ri«'u ir; opiniqns.
A. business man may' properly
uivc ciedit to another for ex
ucd'fucv, but that same business
nun sliouUi not form His oninty-tn oa;
iii-.- honesty of the favored for the
s.iuie reason, it would be like brib
>u.'r a jury or a judge. In brib
ing .. judge or a jury, the intention
is to make a wrong act appear
rUut. But this does net make it
li^'ht, although £or expgdiemcy' it
may maie it appear so. In every
act, tl>H thjuj, ''o consider theai is
• -n cm point. What is tie truth?
iu polities especially, expediency
's curr>ed to extreme with. som<£ Oif
us. We seem to think that in order
to „ '.n sometliine jve can lie. In
other words we make i' expedient
t lie, whichi oftemtimes result in
rreat wrones to others by mislead
':»«■ tliose who might have a good
op.;<;on of the omes lied about. No
wonder that truth is such a jewel.
Ko .hikau I'rognSi^ve.
1'ilK : .\K LOOK FOi: TIRED
EYES
l"h'' remedy :or tired eyes"— and
who ';-s not had tliem? or, what
is ihe tame thing, we-aried hearts
—'s ?fe "far look." j
A literary woman cuce consult
ed au oculist concernirg an ail
u.:i' o t her eye J. Upoa examina
tion h<" said: •"Madame, your^eyes
"re tiretf, you need to rest them."
"But," said alie, in reply, "that
ia ^o.'Esible; my engagements axe
such tnat 1 must use t.htm."
Alter reflecting for a moment,
he asked: "Have you any wide
views Horn your home?"
"Oh, yes," she answered with en
thusiasm; "from th« front porch I
u-a see the noble waks of 'the
Klue R:dge and from the rear win
dows I can look out1, upon the glor
ious A'.Jeghamy foothills." '
"Ver'" well,",'replied the oculist,
"♦hat is just what you need. "When
: 'Ur eyes feel tired, go *Toc<k; rtead
iiy at yeur mountains for tea min
u'vs '— twenty would be better—
the for look will resA your eyes."
Tired, wcsirv, troubled 'one, the
far, or tho far-away—and the up
ward—look is what you need. The
"upward look," if concentrated and
continuous upon, some lofty ideal
or'prospect, will restore your flag
ging energies and "transform your
tharacter. "Our eyes are wntoTthe
hills."—P. TV. Sinks. f
Every 'good and commanding
movement in 'the annals of the
world is the triumphs'of enthusiasm.
Nothing great Vas ever accomplish
ed without it.—Emerson.
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Drug Company, Tobacco Counter.
SKAGWAY SCHOOL NEWS;
VOL. 2 SKAGWAY, ALA.' K \. WEDNESDAY. NOVEMBER 29 No. 10
Thauftsg|i\iiug now ic vary nirfh,
'T's then we liAve ^ood pum^Kin
Die.
Wil'ard La Valle eaitrtd the sec
ond grado this week.
Donald Milmca lias again* enter
ed school, being la [the eighth
grade.
Quite approfirlate prcibatdy for
oue of ninth grado girls Bay
ing she was 'Vack on, brackets,."
Those on the hoaorroll from the
first room are:
liileonLyitch
Dorothy Clark
There ha-vo.heen many hooks giv
en to the school td be put int the
library. Abofut twenty *or tjvecity
five ot them being eld ones that
the children) at heme did not want
anv longer. | j
Mrs. Hestin?ss mad§ a pr<|,eait to
♦he Bceond' room oI am Irish
crocheted center piece ^or a stamd
in the room. It is a loyaly p)l§oe of
work acd the room welcomed it.
The eighth grade domestic
science girls made cinnamon buus
last Friday. Tlje recipe was:
Sift together {
1 pt. flour
1 pound (sugar
VI tablespoon salt
1 tablaspoca baking powdert
2 tablespoons butter
Rub together in flour and butter,
'hen add milk to a (soft do(ugJ»
roll ">u# & inch thick. Spread
wdth soft butter grauvuiated sugar
ami oowdered cinnamon. Roll up
like jelly roll in inch slices,
lay close together hi a greased pan
am1 bake in, Quick ove;i.
Mist Maffatt's room gave a very
Interesting! Thanksgiving program
at assembly last Friday. The
firs* number wag a piano sotlo by
Nancy Lynch. .The second number
was ur exercise "Somethang to be
Than fill far," by Owen Flynn, Os
borne Sflmer, Jack Convray, Pros
per Uanty; and Arthur Oollison.
Turkc-y Laind, a Booig by the boys
was thiid. The boys' voices blend
ed v*ry "well and they received
much, applause. An exercise by
Frances Keanuedy, XMcy [Lynch,
Mary McCann and 'Lilly Peterson,
onsist*of four recitaticins and a
song. The girls did *heir parts
very well. Another exercise "1621
—Thanksgiving—1916," by all the
arirls was very good. A eoaig "The
Harvest." by the room fintfsihed the
program. Next Friday Mrs. Bunt
ing's room will entertain, j
Last Friday, tflje high ddhool do
mes; ic science class made some
delicious almond cooflcies, to which,
the manual training boys and their
teacher were treated. The recipe
follows:
1 cut shcytening'
1cup sugar
2 eggs (yolks only) '
'/i cup milk (possibly more)
teaspoon salt
2 Ms cups flour
2 teasi>oons baking powder'
1 teaspoon almond extract
1 cup dbosptpe-d nuts '
Cr. on shortening aind Buga>r. Add
well btaten yolks, then milk. 'Bift
to^tttur flc^ur, baking powder, and
salt, and stir to tke Urst mixtmre.
Add nuts and; ecc tracit. Beat smooth
Drcp from a teaspoon and bake in
modei«te Oven. Allow j plenty; of
room frr spreading.
Tilths are also oallel Sw$et Milk
Dro.) Cakefi. {
THANKSGIVING
Thanksgiving) was Jirit i held in
Plymouth, Mass., by the Pilgirtfins
iu 1621 in gratitude for the good
croos they had. received.
People held i< ol'f and cm umitil
'ha Revolution. TQiew the Contin
eu'al congress set a date for
Tfcanksgivinsr for eacth yea*- of th,e
Revolution.
Washington them had a upocial
Thanksgiving' int 17S4 for * peace,
with Britain. it was net observed
a;-aiu widely till 1815 when, Madi
son had ' Thanksgiving for the
en>< of the warl8r-2.
I» wag Obsemed in Newi York
ever1* year from 1S17, put 'jvaan't
observed nationally till Lincoln set
thi» last Thursday in November for
Thanksgiving and every president
since has Hollowed him in the same
actiou. *
Thanksgiving ia usually observ-'
e.i by having a fea^t on that day.
Proud Mr. Turnkey strutting about
Knons nothing of the short time
he'll be out,
For 011 Thanksgiving, day,—
Roas'ei and browned and so caire
fully dressed,'
We'll see Proud Mr. Turkey looking
a j' best.
BBSSIiE CONWAY,
j Eighth. G-'rade.
The line JlWjttlDSgiviiig Spirit
How many of you know the true
suirit c£ Thanksgiving? I know
yO'U all think you do, but "do you?
waj- to keep Tha-nkagtvinig is
not *c bee how mucij. you can eai
as some people secau to think, at
least that is nit Che v.ay lor any
one . who has emoughi to eat every
day. of his lit"? •» behave.
Br eh conduct rul'ght, be excused
In a boot black or news boy, who
knew he \vc»u 1<J 11W get another
such chance until Christmas and
maybe not then. I say 'suchi con
"ucl might be excusable for htm
but no' for you. "Then 'what is
t1"'« way to ke>ea T.aanksghCjpgi?" I
hear >rou ask.
I know cif a little boy who when
aakei what Thanksgiving day was
"»*'s 'he day *o Uuank you for'ev
erything you get, wthet'her you like
'» or no*. "But wil^ite Thanksgiving
day >s lor being thankful for every
tiling vo-u have, I omce uaw a mot'q
whic. I admired very mudh. It was
"J.ct us see instead of how* much
we can get to be tbaukfiul for,
how much we can give clhems' to
be thaiikful for."
OHe ward more. Be sere you givo
| *o some one who will need it, not
some en*, to wiliOm it will be a
j burden.
I • firing tfliis in mind let us try
I fo kicp Th^nk3gi<vSrg in Uhe proper
spirit. j
FLORIS OL.ARK,
Eighth) Grade.
I
Re-Creation of Music....
I —IS ONLY ACCOMPLISHED BY—
Edison
"Diamond Disc"
Phonograph
See the splendid new display of late models, and hear the
daily concerts that demonstrate their superior merit
over all sound reproducing machines.
VI7t t ED RDflQ
IxLLLLli DtiUu.
FRATERNAL ORDERS
Arctic Brotherhood. —
Camp SIcagv/ay No. 1,
A. B. meets every sec
ond and fourth.' Tues
day evening at 8:30 p.
m. saurp. Visiting brothers ooTdial
ly wt'v-cme. W. L. Stevenson, Arc
tic Chief. W. 10. Burford, Arctic
Hecc rder.
Fraternal Order
Eagle)*—
Skagway Aoiia
Xo. 25, Frater
nal Oilier of
i'.iigietj meets tlict llrst and tuiru
Wednesday night of oarh month at
tni'ii hull on Fifth Avenue. Visit
ing brothers cotrdiaJly invitcjil to
attend. L. E. Hudson, \V. 1*.,
J. M. Greisbach, Secretary.
P. & A. M.
White P;iS6 Lodge |
F. & A. M. No. 113
mect3 2d and 4th I
FrI. Ev 'gs, of each |
niQiuE. visiuag uromers are wel
come.
Elmer L. Wheeler, W. M.
Aildrcss all communications to
tKo Secretary.
B. P. O. ELKS
Skagway Lodge
No. 431, B. P. O.
E. meets every
Thursday night
* at 8:00 o'clock.
Visiting brothers
cordially welcome.
HENll: FRIEDENTHAL, E. R.
r. J. VAtfDEWAIJ,, secretary
Pioneer of Alaska Igloo, No. 13,
uicetfe in A. B. Hall first Monday in
every month at 8:30 p. ui.
Visiting Brothers cordially wel
come.
W. L. STEVENSON, Pres.
V. T. DORTERO, Rec. Sac.
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