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"OLD GLORY"
"America For Americans
FOOD WINS THE WAR |
DON'T WASTE IT j
PUBLIC SiHIHil. t:\KOLL.ME\X
AND THE W-VH
"Enrollment in American public
sihcoLs lias been affected by the
war, out iivt to the extern of maki;g
it less than last year, according to
figures compiled by the Department
of the interior through the Bureau
of Education. Figures from 1411
cities and O'jtJ comities or districts
show "u increase cf close to the
i.oruril amount of i'a per cent in
elementary schools, in hi^lt school^
however, the increase is only one
tourth ot the usual y '* l>er ceut.
Suih increase as there is in
high school enrollment is caused hv
the girl students. Fewer boys are
enrolled this year in every class
in high sch^vil except the fourth;
apparently there is a healthy ten
dency for boys in the senior year
to remain and graduate.
In city elementary schools the
increase in enrollment j3 actually
somewhat above normal; but iucity
higu. -chools there is a marked fall
ing off, especially among the boys.
Country schools show swine gains
over last year both in elementary
and uiga school enrollment, but not
as great as would be expected un
der normal conditions. Kurai hitch
schools show increases for both
boys pud girls, despite the war.'"
The loregoing quotation from a
bulletin of the l\ S. Bureau of Edu
cation is most gratifying to all wh
are interested in keeping the
schools c/ America up to a high
satndard during' this period of na
tional cr.'sis. in time of war chil
dren should t>e the last to suffer.
The Xitional 1-abor Committee re
cently :sjued a pamphlet from whic
the Tollowing quotations are taken: I
"At th* present time (in Great
Britaiu) when war is destroying sol
much of its best manhood, the na
tion is under a special obligation
to secUie that the rising generation
grows up strong and hardy, both in
bodv and character. It is necessary
to guard not only against immediate
breakrtc7-r, but also against the
imposition of strains that may stunt
future growth and development."
"la Europe, ia the stress of sud
den warfare the children were for
the momea" forgotten. In Great
Britain, for insta-nce, some of the
first war economies were in the
educational system. School build
ings v?r« taken over for military
purposes; teachers enlisted; re
pairs, -tu'ldjng, appropriations, and
supplies were cut down; evening
schools, medical inspection, school
dentistry, and free lunches ' were
stopped or cut down. And the age
limits for schooling were changed,
Bo that 300,000 little children five
or undfcr, who had been in school,
were turned out. while thousands
of children of eleven or twelve were j
ftxcuaed troin school to go to work.
ha results are that (thousands of
hiWren, in England are without
eachers or schools. At least 1^0,
00 children between eleven and
hh-teen have left school to go to
rork. Juvenile deliquency in Eng
and has increased at least 34 per
ent since the war began. In Ber
in in 1915, there were twice
aany crimes oommitted by children
s in 1914. Oppose all attempts to
ireak down the school system in
our v'c'Cty, either by relaxing en
orcemetit of compulsory education
aws ct by cutting down school
undi. ' Arnold Bennett said in ]
Sngiand, under like circumstances:
Educatk u is the very last thlng'we
ught tc economize in.* Oppose
ill attempts to break down the la
>or laws of >\>ur state, ielther by
fivins ."Cung children special per-1
nits to work, or by exempting cer
ain est^Dlishments from the laws'
imitiag hours of labor. In Eng
and, whore they relaxed the en
'orcemeas of the laws, they have
ound 'too big a price is being paid
for the output." "—Alaska School
Bulletin
RED GROSS BALL
Saturday night a Red Cross dance1
was given in the Haines Arctic Bro
therhood hall, at which a large and
enthusiastic crowd attended. The
gcod ueople of Haines were excep
tionally cordial, and judging from
'h« number of people who attended
the oall, the Red Cross has netted
a handsome sum.
Eirly in the evening a supper
w.'s served consisting of cake, cof
fee, sandwiches, and pickles; the
best part of it being there was
pleu'y for all. Following the re
list the music struck up again
and lovers of the "light fantastic
toe" danced until early in the
morning.
T>>e Haines native band furnish
ed the music, and at intervals Dr.
Keller gave selections on his violin
whbh were well appreciated. Many
boys frc-m the fort weTe over, and
all helned to make the Red Cross
ball a grand success.
Haines, Feb. 20.—That historic
bird visited Haines on Sunday night
and left with -Mr. and Mrs. Frank
Ileiler a fine nine pound baby girl.
Mother and baby are reported doing
nicely.
Dr. I,. S. Keller, Pkagway's popu
lar dentist, is in Haines and has
opened his dental parlors ia the
Presbyterijin hospital.
.Ralph M. Pedersen, editor of
The Daily; A]\askan, tame down from
Snag way on Saturday. He re.
o;ained -over Sunday iu order to
take the medical examination for
military service.
W. B. Stout spent several days in
-.kagway last week attending to
business. He returned home on
Saturday.
R. M. Odell mada a ringing
speech, at the Rialto Theater Sun
day evening on the subject, "Eyes
of tne .Navy." and was heartily
applauded. \
We think that Haines baa res
ponded nobly to the call for Eyes
for the Navy, as some five or six
ruirs of binoculars, spy-glasses and
telescopes have been donated and
sent away to be used in the defense
of cur loved United States. Yes,
Haines, aithousrh few in number, and
poor financially is trying to do her
b" 'ri this great vvorld's war.
The Ladies Club gave an , enter
tainment in the Rialto Theater last
n'irht 'o raise money to improve the
!>:ayground at the public school.
Dr Keller assisted in furnishing the
mus'c for the entertainment
_\V. E. Polley, who has charge
of 'lie meat market has been quite
ill tor several days, but we are
•rlaii to ■note that he is improving.
Tne Siby'lino Cooks.
It is recorded of Turn a in the Proud,
the seventh Mux of Rome, tiiut an old
woman cane t > !ii:n with nine books,
which contained, she said, sacred ora
cles. She asked an enormous price for
them, and when the monarch refused
she dew into a rage, threw three of the
books into the tire and still asked the
same price for the remainder. The ru
ler again refused, and s~o thereupon
threw three more into the fire and still
asked the same price for the three re
maining. This so astonished the ru
ler that ho boiight the three at the
price for which in the flrst instance he
might have had the nine. These were
the Sibylline books, long looked upon
b. the Romans as divine oracles.
"HARD WORK WINS.
I lafthe StafTof Lift on th* Hard Road
to Sucoeea.
Str Frederick Troves, a noted British
lurgeon, said recently that hard work
ounts for more than brilliancy. If he
lad to submit to a major operation, he
tdded, he would choose a careful, hard
vorker rather than a brilliant surgeon.
The* remarks have excited some
wntroversy. But, after all, do they
;ontaln any real disparagement of bril
iancyV Brilliancy, like genius, la an
iccldent. It Is born, not made. The
ivorld would be a dull, flat plane Intel- |
ectually If it did not throw up brll- J
iaut people. Hard work would never !
lave given us Shakespeare, Beethoven, I
bCeats, Heine, Poe, Shelley.
But hard work is the stuff of life. On
It we can count, on It we can rely.
Hard work collects data, assimilates ;
:hem, verifies brilliant liyi>otheses, con- '
sects and completes truths received In j
'flashes.''
When the brilliant man is also a hard |
worker he conquers the world. But the |
slow conquests of hard work by men of j
talent and ability are by no means neg
ligible. We can train children to ap
preciate work and method, efficiency,
order and Industry. When they hap
pen to bo brilliant into the bargain the
reward of hard work will be corre
ipoudlngly greater.
Woe to them who expect brilliancy
alone to give them the success that is j
worthy and enduring.—Chicago Herald.
VANITY AND SPECTACLES.
The Old Plea That Wearing Glaaeee
Makee One Look Aged.
One of the popular objections to
wearing glasses is that wearing glasses
makes one look old.
This was true In the days when they
were worn only to help poor sight and
chiefly by the elderly. Now a very
large percentage of wearers of specta
cles are children, and the wearing of
spectacles Is no longer a mark of ad
vanced age. It Is not a sufficient ex
cuse for a lady to say that glasses
would make her look old.
Moreover, wearing glasses is one of
the best preservers of u youthful ap
pearance. This Is because prolonged
eye strain causes wrinkles to appear
prematurely and gives the countenance
a strained, anxious, tired, drawn, cross
look, which Is very characteristic and
Is far more to be avoided from the
polut of view of appearance than the
slight disfigurement of glasses.
Indeed.so far from being unbecoming,
there are some tyi<es 01 face to which
glasses just add the finishing touch.—
Charles Phelps Cushing In World's
Work.
The Way Not to Keep Young.
Our Cousin Eua is only forty years
old, but she doesn't look to be a day
under sixty. Worry has been the
cause. She has worried almost con
stantly for fear she would look old
and that her husband wouldn't like
her. She has dieted herself in order to
remain young. She newr eats as rnirb
as she wants or the kind of foi>d she
wants. She seems to think that pun
ishing herself in tills manner will keep
off old age. And she sleeps with a view
of remaining young. She goes to bed
at t> o'clock every afternoon, and she
remains In bed until 7 o'clock In the
morning. The remaining eleven hours
of the tweuty-four she spends in try
ing Ho rub youth nnd beauty into her
cheeks.—Claude Callan in Fort Worth
Star-Telegram.
Living on Ca!ori«s.
The cheapest eating lu the world la
rice and peanuts, measured by the cal
ories, which constitute the only real
test. There Is no attention paid to the
value of food in practical living. Our
sole guide Is what hits our appetite.
We want what "we'd ruther," us the
poor woman told Jane Addauis. There
Is twice as much living lu some kinds
of foods us in others, and yet we puss
up our plate perfectly unconcerned
whether it comes back with 500 or
1,000 calories. That is one reason we
are poor.—Columbus (CM Journal.
Education In Japsn.
Money will buy bricks, but it will
not always buy brains, and Japan is
oue of those aspiring but i>oor <x>uu
tries that are impressed by braius, but
not by bricks. There are not ten real
ly fine educational buildings In Japan,
but amoug her educators Japan num
bers many men who. as professors in
American or English universities, have
won an enviable reputation.—Maynard
Owen Williams in Christian Herald.
Friendly, but Formal.
"Have you a letter from your pre
vious employer?"
"No. suh," replied Erastus Flnkley.
"I ain' expectin' to hear f'uui him.
We parted friendly, but we alu' car
ryln' on no reg'lar correspondence."—
Washington Star.
Head of the Family.
"Are you head of the family?"
"Not exactly," replied Mr. Meekton.
"My position is rather that of the man
higher up, who gets blamed when any
thing goes wrong."—Washington Star.
Not Hard to Do.
"They spend their money faster than
they make It."
"Well, that's no trick nowadays."—
Detroit Free Press.
A Substitute.
"So you didn't get that political plum
from your congressman?"
"No, but he sent me some seeds."—
Buffalo Express.
Your lips are the bow; your words
are the arrows; there are a million
marks. The arrows are of your own
choosing.—Youth'a Companion.
♦ FRATERNAL ORDERS +
Arctic Brotherhood. —
Camp Skagrway No. 1,
meats every second and
XouxtJi Tuesday evening
at 8:30 o'clock. Visit
ing brothers cordially welcome.
Edward A. fUtsinuson, Arctic Chief.
William R. Gray, Arctic Recorder.
Fraternal Onler
Ka^U>s—
Skugwuy Aerie,
No. 25, Frater
nal Order of
I><Jirs meet the first and tlUixl
Wednesday night ot eatii nnxnth at
their hall on Fifth Avenue. Visit
in* brothers conliaJly invited to
attend.
John M. Keller, \V. I*.
J. M. (jriesbach, Secretary.
P. & A. M
Whitt) Pas* Lodge
F. & A. M. No. 113
meet* 2d and 4th
Saturday Erenlngg
of each months. Visiting Brethren
ar« welcome.
HAHOLD TALBOT, W. M.
JAALHS WALLACE, Secretary.
B.P. O. ELKS
Bkacway Lodg*
No. 431, B. P. O.
E. mAeta every
Tiurtda/ at 8:30
p. m. Visiting
brothers cordially welcome.
W. B. BATSON, E. R.
F. J. YiA'DEWALL, secmtary.
Pioneer of Alaska Igloo, No. 12,
niwt* 1b A. B. Hall first Monday Is
every month at 8:80 p. m.
Visiting Brothers cordially wel
come.
J. C. WOOD, Pres.
P. H. Doree, Rec. Sec.
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0A1NKS _ _ _ _ ALASKA
ONE WEAK SPOT
Man)* Skagway Prapte Have a Weak
Part ajul Too Often It's tlie Back
Many people havo a weak spot.
Too often it's a bad back.
Twinges follow every . sudden
twist.
Dull aching keeps u.p, day and
night.
Backache is often from weak
kidneys.
In such cases a kidney medicine is
needed.
Down's Kidney Pills are for weak
kidneys.
For backache and urinary ills.
Good proof of merit in the follow
ing statement.
James Cubbon, mgr. Victor Clean
ing and Dye Works, 1203 Yesler
Way, Seattle, Wash., says: "My
kidneys were in bad shape and everf
time I bent over it seemed as tho'
mv back would break. The kidney
secretions were unnatural, being
scanty, painful and irregular in
passage. My work as a tailor kept
me bent over and that made me suf
fer al] the more. 1 was lame and
sti£f all over and could hardly
straighten up.' It wasn't any time
before Doan's Kidney Pills h.ad
heloed me and I was cured of every
sign of the trouble."
Price 60c, at all dealers. Don't
simply ask lor a kidney remedy—
get Doan'c Kidney Pills—the Bame
that M.\ Cubbon had. Foster-Mll
bum Co., Mflgrs., Buffalo, N. Y.
—Adrertisement.
Piles Cured In 6 to 14 Days
Druggists refund money If PAZQ
OINTMENT fails to euro Itching,
Blind, Bleeding or Protruding Piles.
First application gives relief. 50c.
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Catarrhal Deafness Cannot Be Cured
by local applications, as they cannot reach
the diseased portion of the ear. There Is
only one way to cure catarrhal deafness,
and that is by a constitutional remedy.
Catarrhal Deafness is caused by an In
flamed condition of the mucous lining of
the Eustachian Tube. Wi.en this tube is
inflamed you have a rumbling round or Im
perfect hearing, and when it is entirely
closed. Deafness is the result. Unless the
Inflammation can be reduced and this tube
restored to Its normal condition, hearing
will be destroyed forever. Many cases of
deafness are caused by catarrh, which is
an inflamed condition of the mucous sur
faces. Hail's Catarrh Medicine acts thru
the blood on the mucous surfaces of the*
system.
We will give One Hundred Dollars for
any case of Catarrhal Deafness that cannot
be cured by Hall's Catarrh Medicine. Cir
culars free All Druggists, 75c.
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