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Cultivate Adaptability in Children.
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By EDITH LOCHRIDGE REID
A characteristic too often over
looked, or at least unemphasiz .1 in
the training of children, is tha: of
adaptability. How doss your child
respond to adverse conditions or new
contacts? AVhon you take him visit
ing does he make a roar b ati^e he
eui't sleep in his own bed or eat
with his own -puon or ride i.n the
front seat of the ear a ha d. s at
home? If he responds unfavorably to
new conditions, then ills training in
c onforniins to circumstances has
been neglected.
A child that cannot comply with
the routine of the homo in which he
is a guest cun up. et plans and err
ata friction until the pleasure of the
visit is spoiled for mother and host
ess; and to prepare hint so that this
unpleasantness may be avoided can
not be done in the two or three days
that precede a visit.
To be sure, a child should have his
own things and should Ire held to a
£ yetem ef conduct at home—else how
can ho form any habits of regular
}Ly; not for a mom on t can this
theory he discounted. And It Is very
well to add that small children should
he left at home as much as possible
and not subjected to a change ol
living conditions—but every mother
knows that there are exceptions t<
this rule. We cannot all have nurs
girls and housekeepers, and we can
not alw'avs stay at home; so whilt
we are training the children in good
habits, let us not give them tht
Idea that those habits are not ad
justable.
Well, how shall wo do it? The
fundamental point Jn adjustability is
unselfishness. In fact when you
stop to think of it, doesn’t unselfish
ness almost always solve the prob
lem of friction in social and business
1 life?
One little mother helped her ciiil
! dren by having a guest day at home.
On this day the whole family pro
j t'andod they were dining some place
else. Bobbie, instead of having his
high chair, wit on two books and a
: cushion as he has to do at Aunt
Ellon’s when he visits there. And
Ksthfer had to eat with a big knife
j and fork and drink from a "grown
up glass" and there wasn't any milk
1 no they drank water and were very
j polite about tit.
You get I lie idea! The family are
; lifted out of the nit—boosted up as it
| were, to peek over the high board
fence to see what is in the neigh
bor's yard. And the change of scene
] is Inspiring rather than annoying. I
In social life the happiest individ-l
mil and the most popular is the one I
commonly known as a good mixer, |
the qualifications for which are.
simply adaptability to circumstances
: and respect for the interosts and
ideas of others. So the sooner and ■
, tihe more thoroughly our children
|cultivate these traits, the easier will
■ everyday living be for them and
1 their associates, but only by the care
ful patient guidance of the mother
jean these acquirements be attained.
MRS. CROKER REPORTED ENGAGED TO TRAINER.
citarJ.
According to rumors that pariisl in liublin, Mrs. Richard Cro
ker. widow or the former New Yore City Tammany Hall leader, her
self an Indian princess, is to mar y i> J. Field, who trained Mr.
Croker's raco horses on his iinmen a Irish estate, on which he
lived after his retirement from American politics. Croker died last
year, and a bitter fight lias been begun by his children, whom he
disinherited, for a share in his estate.
MAKES FIGHT
TO SAVE LIFE;
GRIM TRACED)
Tom Edmunds, Found Frozei
to Death on Yukon River,
Made Hard Fight.
(Dawson News.)
More particulars are at hand eon
cerning the death of Eom Edmund*
who was found frozen to death
little off the trail on the Ytikol
River about eighteen miles belov
corning the death of Tom Edmunds
was well known In Circle City. 11
was a wood chopper and had a cam]
aome twenty-odd miles down th
river from Circle. The day he let
Circle for his home was particularly
cold and a sharp wind was blowing
lie was advised to remain at Olrch
for the day on account of th<
weather and because it was knowt
that the trail in places was not safe
being covered with shell ice. but Mr
Edmunds believed that he was fam
lliar enough with the trail and witi
the country to make the trip to hfi
camp in perfect safety, and he in
itiated on going. That was the lasl
■een of him alive.
The neat news Received was from
Harry Anthony, the Fort Yukon-Cir
cle City mall carrier. He arrived at
Circle on his usual trip a short time
after Edmunds had left, and he was
asked if ho hud seen him. He said
lie lead not, but that he had seen
tracks ot a man who had broken
through into water about four feet
deep. The tracks crossed the trail
' several times covering a distance of
(about a mile, and there was evidence
| that lie had fallen into the water a
: second time in the darkness within
! t wenty-five feet of his first mishap,
i On his return trip to Fort Yukon
i Harry Anthony picked up the trail
'and followed it front the first break
in tlie ice to the second water hole.
and troni there to where it took into
the brush. Here lie found the un
"jfortunate man. frozen stiff. Edmund*
■ | had tried to start a fire with green
l, brush and a dry log. but evidently
11 ho was too far gone to make a fire.
I That he realized his desperate con
•! dillon was seen by the fact that
! | there was blood on the hushes and
‘ on the log where he had been tcar
! lug at them with his hands, and the
■ was torn off his fingers te the
bone. He hail made a last hard light
for life alone in the wilds, but was
1 overcome by grim fate, and, numbed
and freezing, fell asleep io wake no
more.
-Nothing could be done, so Anthony
proceeded on his way to Fort Yukon
land from thore wireless hack par
ticulars of the tragedy to the people
of Circle City, and a party immedi
ately left for the scene. Mr. Ed
munds was about sixty years of age.
For engraved or printed ealllaf
cards see Tbe Empire.
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Here are the first pictures received in America of the funeral of er-King Constantine of Greece,
who died in exile at Villa Igea, Palermo, Italy. The top picture shows the coffin, with the late mon
arch’s crown on top of it, being taken from the villa. The bottom shows the arrival of the funeral pro
cession at the pier, at Palermo, from which it was shipped to Naples for burial. An Italian guard of
honor was provided, and Italian and Grerk dignitaries were honorary pallbearers.
BOARD'S ACTION
FINAL, TEACHER
TO REMAIN OUT
School Board Announces Wil
Not Reinstate High
School Instructor*
The action of the Juneau Schoo
Board in relieving Harrison W
Metenoeh from his duties on the staf
lolf High School Instructors is final
according to an announcement mad<
•by the hoard this afternoon. Grove
C. Winn explaining the position o
the board. The board's action \va;
taken last Saturday and studies it
the science and mathematics depart
meats, formerly under Mr. Meenoch
have been taken over hv four othei
teachers who will continue to handli
them until the end of the schoo
year.
Following the removal of Mr
Meenoch. a petition was drawn ui
by students of the High School ask
ing that he be reinstated. Mr. Wlnt
said that the action of the student!
in this respect was commendabh
and that the petition had been giver
due consideration. The hoard, h'
added, feels that it cannot in just id
to the school reverse its action
iwhich as far as can he seen now, i
final.
The hoard's action, it was ex
plained, w;w not taken hastily. Com
plaints of conditions in the scionc
and mathematics departments hav
been made on many occasions b;
numbers of parents since early in th
term. These were brought to th
attention of the head of the dopari
ments affoctorLsaad the hoard mad
every (wort to rind a com pc ton
teacher Ko relieve Mr. Meonoch afte
It was convinced of his inability t
handle the situation. These wer
unsuccessful and, being convince
that no Improvement had been show
in conditions, the board, it was sta
ed, felt it could no longer delay th
action taken.
Mr. Meenoch, it .is undersjood m
der the advice 'of counsel, has refuse
to accept the board’s dictum and ha
reported to the school for duty ever
day during the present week. HI
former daises are being handle)
however, by Superintendent Lan
Mrs. Bishop and Miss Carnahan.
There has been some criticism <
the board’s action and plans are hi
ing made by sympathizers of M
Meenoch for a moet.ing of parent
and students at the High School ti
night for the purpose of protestlnj
Mr. Winn said the board had hear
of such a meeting being proposed
He added that many parents of slut
ents In Mr. Meenoch’s classes ha
personally expressed their approvt
of the course taken.
Reports made to the board ar
saiid to have been convincing of th
■tnabiUty of the teacher to maintai
order in his various classes or t
handle the students with any dogrf>
of success.
CHINA FACES GRAVE
FINANCIAL CRISI
PEKING, Feb. 10.—’The Chinos
Finance Minister says Hie govern
ment faces insolvency unless mill
tary and other expenditures are re
duced throughout the country am
provincial government remits collec
tions Total debt $1,728,400,000
of which $487,000,000 domestic, am
no funds available for repayment o
$480,000,000 without security nov
due. Accumulated unpaid milltar:
expenses have reached $180,000,000
j ' SUPREME COURT
COINS NEW SET
CHIN WHISKERS
WASHINGTON, Feb. 9.—Ju
’ dicial whiskers are coming back ,
into their own.
The appointment of Judge
Sanford to the supreme court
adds another set, three in all, (
i to the high court bench. There
Is •strikingly close resemblance
, of tho Sanford crop to the ch.n
ners which Justice Sutherland,
recently appointed, brought into
court. The third sot belongs to
Justice McKenna.
All tho whiskers and the two
■ sets of mustaches worn by
Chief Justice Taft and Justice
.( i Holmes belong to the Republl- ,
can. Justice Van Devanter is
• the only cietui-shaven G. 0. I’.
jurist. There are three Dema
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Discharged Officers
May Go to South Seas
M TOKIO, Fell 19.—Major General
-i Nosa-wa, a retired officer, is leaving
‘■for the South Seas and South Amor
1 j i'f-a to investigate economic expansion
i possibilities for those officers who
1, are to be discharged on account of
!j the military adjustment.
PRAISE FOR ALASKA'S
FIRST WEST POINTER
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In u letter from Seattle from Mrs.
'Ann Blanchard to Mrs. Pullen of
this city, l)\in Condon hud the f.>1
’ j lowing to say about Dan Pullen, fa
il moos as a soldier, student and ath
>; letic star of West Point and at one
- time premier tarlclo of tho University
j! «f Washington football team.. The
t'note follow
r' “Dear Mrs. Pullen: Tho other
i, evening I heard Dean Condon, in a
(?j looturo at Mi any Hall, speak of Dan
li Pullen as tho exceptional student
lj who could rank A in all subjects and
be a star athlete, too. I wanted to
e shout ‘hurrah for our side'."—(SUag
! way Alaskan.)
FATE OF SEIZED SHIPS
WASHINGTON, Feh. 10.—Of 104
German vessels seized bv the United
States on entry into war, 44 have
been disposed nf by the Shipping
Board by sale or transfer. The navy
disposed of 0 and 11 were tost at sea.
Thirty remain under the control of
tiherShipping Hoard and 14 under the
navy.
I-atest styies of engraving for
, visiting cards at The Empire,
ITALY IS NOW
REORGANIZING
POLICE FORCE
ROME, Fob. 10.—The whole of!
Che Italian iiolico service is being
r. organized under the government of I
Premier Mussolini. The Hoval -Cara-]
blneers w1!M remain as the principal
police force of Italy, while the Royal
Guards will be abolished and thoir
personnel absorbed in.o the carabi-j
neers. The number of detectives on!
the Italian police force will be in-]
re.isoJ from 6.000 to 12,000.
The Royal i 1r.to:no>rs bavo been
he backbone of ilia Italian police
force for over a c: naury. Their his
tory Is filled with glorious deeds
connected w fh the rise and unity of
a-M the separated Italian states. They
are noted for their picturesque ap
pear i nee, and present a colorful con
trast to all the other police of Eu
rope. Their tunics resemble the
coat of an evening dress suit, with
the tails bordered in deep red. Across;
the chest several wide strands of]
white leather cross each other, and ■
are d signed to carry their knap
-ack ; Their headgear consists of a
large fait hat peculiarly shaped, and
resembling the hat usually worn by
Napoleon.
While tin- Royal Guar.Is, which or-i
paniaation was instituted by former
Premier \'::ti, will bo abolished, not
all the p-uairts will be taken into the
Roy 1 Carabineers. The Royal Guards
[number approximately 40.000 and
only half that number will find!
[berths in the enlarged organization I
i of Carabineers. The remainder will |
| be di •charged. The addition of 20.000 |
Royal Guards to the Carabineers'
! forces will increase the latter bodv
[to 80,000.
[NO danger of coal
STRIKE NEXT APRIL1
NEW YORK. Feb. 10. — Phil H.
Penna, secretary of the Indiana Coal
j Operators’ Association and chairman
of the recent joint conference of cm-,
ployers and workmen, says: “In my
opinion there Is not now, nor has1
[there been at any time, the remotest!
danger of a strike^in April. If poo-|
1 le. in the face of the situation, per
sist in becoming panic stricken and [
buying coal they do not need, it will,
be their own affair.”
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CHICKENS FOR SALE.
To make room for more chickens;
I am selling some fine roasters. Put.
your orders in early. D. B. Femraer.
—adv.
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Refreshments Prizes Musical Program
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Liberal allowance made for old rolls.
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Sleds, Skates and Skiis for sports offered
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