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"OLD GLORY"
"America For Americans"
FOOD WINS THE WAR
DON'T WASTE IT
DO.VT BK I-ATE
Do-i't be tartly -4. school Ot
coarse it was not you.- t'-'LiUt if
you weru late ttip moi-r.ia^. but
taere should N» no excuse for a
repetition tomorrow tvf course it
is u.c^r to remain in your nice
w»i®i bed 0:10 whole t.ou;- long'cT,
but thwi think of the uico io!i£
•uushi:iy hour you will h«ve uftsr
school. Th» same to tlw
merchant and the men in the of
fices iiid on the wl^r:' uiul *U1 ov"
er 'he United States.
There 'was considerable cotifusioin
over the eha"ge i:i| time in ac
cordance wit£ the "daylight;
iiis plan" T\hii:h went ii.to effect at
12:01 a. iu. today, and tharo
jnany discussions. as to whether
hive set out clock ^liead or
it up. Don't v.-ort"r}^ over
litis, as it is a. mere incident. The
fa*-t is we sunjosed to re
tire one hour earlier and. erife o>:>e
iwtur before otu-r usual time, if you
did net advance your time-piece,
but if y0|i did olwy oJ'd*T, like a!'
ioyai Americana «<hou!d, you will
l'o< at your wamh of clock, and
when the hands indicate your iusua.1
hour C'f retiring, you will "lay ine
down to sleep'* and when, you>r l>ij:
Ilea calls i^metaJJio ;und coin"
Jiiaading tones, for you to apise
• :td I'egiu your daf's duties, you
will roll out.
RI LES FOR WAR HORSES
Deutsche Taseszeitung. Nov- 2^
I
The "ctrim; coninuuiding general cl
tae Si.\t j Army Corps ini Bresl^u in
•in order now mini© public has for
bklden thu hoping of jiorses for
pleasure. The Order forbids, for
the territory in. which. the corps is
located, the possession], of all iwre'
es which, are not actually needed in
connection with. -war industries, in
trade, business, manufactures, or
farming, and esjieciany those "whicih
ar® kkept merely for txxnvonien.ee
or pleasure. The ord^r does not
aptlr to horses under 4 years of
age, however, because up to that
time edges of horsesf frcuit teeth
hay» Cor begun to rub tojjether
It «!c«es not apply to horses use,I ex
cluairely for tne<lir.g purjosos, to
jlding'school bores whiih. are used
as a means of iivelijhlooid, <»r ti>
race horses wha?a worth in times
of reac« is entirely beywmd thp
price oossible to anow for them.
"Sacrifice habits, that there may
be a community of enterprise in
our new undertakking." Secre
tary
of War Bakker (May 29, '1").
Divert your dollars from, yourself
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Little Problems
sf (^Married Life
By
WILL1AM QF.ORQB JORDAN
(CupjrtK&t)
WHEN THE FAMILY INTERFERES.
Many a good matrimonial ship, with
Its sunlit cargo of happiness and hope,
has been wrecked on the rocks of fam
ily Interference. If It were customary
to erect tombstones to the memory
of dead loves the cause of the death
of uiarltul happiness In thousands of
homes might be given in the chiselled
epitaph: "Died From an Overdose of
the Interference of Relatives!"
If there be one place In the world
where the justice of "home rule"
should be unquestioned, that place Is
—the home. Murrlage makes the cou
ple a new firm, an Independent partner
ship, not a branch house under the
management of a parent company.
It was Interference and bad advice
that spoiled the first marriage, started
the first quarrel, and broke up the first
home In the world In those early days,
long, long ago when Eden was the only
spot on er.rth that had even a name.
This was the first lesson to man and
now after sixty centuries some people
have not learned it yet. Husband and
wife must work out their own problems
in their own way.
The problems of two must be solved
by two. They need only kindness,
sympathy, a reserve of help in emep
geueles and a free open field all the
time. There Is no Justification for gos
sip, criticism, complaint, condemnation
and Incendiary meddling by members
of the family. These things should be
put on the list of unnecessary luxuries
In the home and gently, firmly, definite
ly cut off.
We may sometimes De privileged tu
help others to live their lives; It Is ar
rogaut assumption for us to attempt to
live their lives for them. We are told
that we should not bury otir talents,
but there Is one talent—that of spe
cial aptness for impertinent manage
ment of the affairs of others—that we
should carefully wrap in a napkin und
on some dark night, quietly bury for
ever.
It Is in the first years of married
life that foreign interference is mosl
trying and dangerous and it is this verj
time when It is most conspicuous and
dominant. No need for the family tc
remind the wife that the husband is
not eighteen karat, that he will never
make a fortune, that they fear greatlj
—and then let their fear expand into a
long catalogue of detail that fades
away into the dim perspective of the
unspoken. After the goods are boughl
and sent home and cannot be returned
what is the use of discouraging the
purchaser?
The wife may think she has the fin
est little home in the world; every
thing serins beautiful to her and she
has even pride in the array of cooking
utenslN. dazzling and new in aluminum
and tiu. and the dishes ranged care
fully on the pantry shelves. She often
stands at tiie door and suilles as she
looks in—to get the general effect at
a glance. When the family makes a
tour <>f inspection, her indiscreet sis
ter may say, "Oh, what a tnlta of a
kitchen. You can only wash the small
dishes like cups and saucers In u little
box like this." It had never seemed
small to her. none of the rooms seemed
small; they held so much love and
hope and happiness that the size did
not count: but now her heart sinks,
and the Joy note seems gone and a
cloud comes over it all and she begins
to compare her home with that of some
friend and it suffers. She thinks ot
all the other deficiencies pointed out
by the visiting inspectors. She tries
to be brave so she will be smiling
when he comes homtt but It Is hard to
keen back the tears.
When Iht husband's sister tells her
In confidence. "just to put you on your
guard so you will know how to handle
him," what a temper he has, It comes
to her as a surprise and a grief, for It
does not seeiu possible he could ever
speak a cross word. When she hears,
still in confidence, ubout the "girl he
was so much in love with two years
ago and was going to marry," she feels
twinges of vague Jealousy and she
I wants to be alone.
He too may suffer from the early
J stages of family interference if his
! mother begins her maternal vivisec
tion of his wife. She doubts if she
will prove a go.xl housekeeper, but "of
course we have to hope for the best.''
Soon the family may begin a cam
paign of education on how she should
S manage him. She hears with Irritation
the words: "You surely won't let him
smoke in the parlor! \'ou know you
can never get the odor out of the cur
tains and that cartridge paper drinks
in smoke like blotting paper absorbs
Ink." If she weakly assents they In
crease the dose; If she rebels they
think she is overconfident and setting
her right becomes more than a pleas
ure—It Is a duty. "Never permit him
to be five minutes late at dinner. Just
assert your independence" Is the nest
shot from this peace-congress In the
interests of domestic war.
The husband may return home In the
evening and find the wife nervous, Ir
I ritable, brimful of suggested new ar
j ningements in the home and repairs
that he might make in his manners and
I disposition. She does not tell him who
has been there all afternoon but hts
knows it as absolutely from the traces
left in her conversation, as the hunter
' reads the passing of a bear from tracks
> i/. :he snow.
She may latter tell him of n change
to he made ir» one of the rooms and
she unwisely names the member of her
family who made the motion; or he to
sustain a position may repeat .sumo
criticism his mother made. They ar<>
planting seeds of discord in each oth
er's minds, unconsciously st! nulatlny
prejudice and opposition and intensify
ing family Interference.
As the days go on critical appro
priation from the family committee on
lnterferenc» may grow harder nnd
harder to bear. It Is depressing to live
under the microscope of criticism, like
an impaled Insect. There is often con
demnation where, If the full facts were
known, there would be only praise.
There is altogether too much judging
In the world, too much Idle intrusive
censorship of the acts of others. It is
uncomfortable to hear constantly that
"you ought to do this" or "you should
certainly do that." It Is so easy to
solve the conundrums of another's
life.
The reason that advice Is usually of
little value is that it Is not based oa
a perfect knowledge of the Infinity of
detail that makes up a condition. Per
fect advice should fit the situation as
a glove fits the hand; most advice
does not get much nearer than a box
ing glove In the matter of fitting.
That the family Interference may
arise from genuine Interest does not
excuse it nor even explain it; where
love is greatest It should be most ten
der and most considerate. There ara
times when some tiny flame of misun
derstanding arises between husband
and wife that a breath of kindly In
terpretation might blow into nothing
ness, but, talked over by the family
and canvassed and debated and In
tensified, grows Into a conflagration.
Under the gossip, often unthinking
of Its evil Influence, a tiny molehill of
difficulty may become an almost Impas
sable Rocky Mountain runge. Oil Is
a good thing to pour on troubled wa
ters but It Is poor to put out a fire.
A difficulty that originally concerned
only a duet now has been made to of>
feet the whole family choir. It Is eas
ier for two people to reach loving har
mony than to distribute It among a
dozen.
Sometimes the Interference of fam
ilies becomes even more active and
aggressive than this, and because of a
fancied grievance or a genuine oppo
sition It actually comes between hus
band and wife and by harsh criticism
or condemnation seeks to lrlclte strife
and discord between them. Here In
stant loyalty of the one to the other
should assert Itself and refuse to listen
to the voice. In an Instinctive spirit
of protection there should be a calm,
dignified protest against the recitul
of whnt If unessential should never
be spoken, and If of serious import
should be heard only In the presence
of the one thus charged with whut
I he or she should have the opportunity
of denying or disproving Instantly, be
fore the weeds of suspicion have time
to root themselves In the heart of
the other.
In many homes, there is some one
in the family, on either side, whose
visits bring a trail of sadness, sorrow,
protest, bitter opposition, an unneces
sary and unwarrantable Intrusion of
a discordant element tending to worry,
irritate and perhaps even to bring into
inharmon.v husband and wife. In this
delicate situation it often seems a prob
lem how best to act. The health and
happiness of the home must be consid
ered as of first and greatest Impor
tance. If It be but a trivial Inconven
ience or Jar to the domestic serenity,
I the wisdom of tolerance for a time
j should be manifested.
If it be of more serious menace, im
I possible to master by patient bearing,
i the privilege of hospitality should not
j be strained beyond the bearing point.
There Is a moment when sacrifice
ceases to be a virtue and degenerates
into cowardice, vice. There may be an
Injustice to oneself and to one near
and dear that this unwelcome guest
j hood outrages. It Is not true hospital
j Ity to mask the heart's continued pro
| test under a smile, to submit unneces
surlly to an atmosphere that saps one's
i mental and moral vitality, that dulls
energy, deadens one's finer sensibility,
and kills the Joy of life, leaTtng one
worried, wfak, worn and weary, unable
| to meet as one should the questions of
every-day living.
If we constantly suffer Injustice that
j we can remove, we are slaves to the
• Individuality of another and cowards
to our own. The rankling Irritation
1 of the unjust bearing, If continued, will
! permeate our whole nature, like an
J emotional poison. We should therefore
act calmly, wisely, with kindness and
1 dignity, and frankly recognize condl
I tions and with perfect fairness take
! the gentlest action that will remedy
them. Better a short, decisive battle
fought to a finish than a constant se
ries of petty squabbles and skirmishes.
We cannot be just to others If we ar^
unjust to ourselves. If one lives ever
under the scepter of the decision of
others, it Is not free life—it is slavery.
! One cannot keep emotion constantly
corked up; some time that cork will
come out—perhaps inopportunely.
True love, true companionship, true
living, can reign In the home only as
there is In the home an atmosphere of
liberty, of Individual freedom in its
highest sense.
If there be Interference lrom out
side forces, whether they be from the
family or others, that tends to blight
the joy, rest, peace and calm of the
home, that threatens to bring in even
the thin edge of the wedge of discord
between husband and wife—that inter
ference should be silenced forever.
The home should be a sanctuary of
refuge, not a battle ground of discord;
It should be a place where the angel
of lovo ever swings the censer o£
peace, and calny aod happlaegg.
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