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“THE CHILD'S FIRST SCHOOL IS THE FAMILY"—Froebel.
Issued by the National Kindergarten Association, 8 West 40th Si ,
New York City. These articles are appeal ing weekly in our columns.
Some Thoughts on the Teaching of Nature Study.
By IDA S. MILLER
A normal child crav03 to tie out |
doors; and no child that is capable'
of understanding anything, is too
voting to be taught to love a flower.
Little by little, as ho grows older,
we call his attention to this flower j
er that bird or that star, thus bring ’
:ng 'into the precious young life a;
hast of friends which will come to
grow' more and more dear and fa- j
miliar as the years go by.
“How few of us appreciate the
beautiful world in which we live';.
Many of us walk through It 1 ik
ghosts, as if wo were in it but not of!
it—. Wo have eyes anil see not.
cars and hear not.'I, Wo did not
learn to observe when we were,
young. Too many of i are apt to
think we are on intimate terms with
Mother Nature if we have a nodding
acquaintance, with the flow'ers and
birds—but there are other beauties j
—sthe stars.
Tike a little child out on Christ
mas night and show him the Pleia
des, tolling him those very stars
were twinkling there the night the
Vttle Christ Child was burn. Watch
the wonder in his face when you
show him An-tures the great golden
etlar. Around from the Dipper han
dle and tell him that star was
named by Job, 2,000 years before
Christ was born.
To get the greatest joy from a
companionship with Nature one must
learn to AScOC.IATK the birds ami
flowers and stars. We think of the
red Antares. the southern star of
summer, coming with field lilies an I
cardinal flowers and red eyod vireoj
the only bird (in some section* o(
th.- states) to sing during the hot
months, it- song accompanied by
the plain va notes • of the wood
pewwee.
A mother will ask. "How /’aall I
stimulate an interest in Nature?";
“How make Johnnie or Mary want
to know about these thins:*?" Well.'
my answer usually is: "Take them
walking awl arouse their attention,
.lid it will not be long until they
will be arousing yours—and that
problem will have settled Itself.
"If you see a humming-bird, tell
them the smallest known bird is a
humming bird living away off in Cen
tral America, and that it is no larger
lh m a blue bottle fly. And tell
them to watch red flowers for these
Mnls. Show them the little plants
that fold their petals and go to sleep
at night. Some of them bow their
heads and bring their leaves together
like little bands clasped in prayer.
They will love that.” Call atten
tion to the Mayweed and watch the
children's delight when you explain
that it is none other than dear old
Peter Rabbit's camomile!
The study of Nature in all its
ph-i s is so beautiful and uplifting
and inspiring that even if one has
not had the opportunity of coining
into an Intimate relationship with it
in childhood, 'here is always the
golden moment - and that is now.
And let us not ha unmindful of the
truth that to arouse and develop
appreciation of beauty in -the mind
n. I h art of a child, we must first
have had our own souls touched.
FAREWELL MESSAGE OY IRISH CHIEF.
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Iytam- HeWows'# iarewetl
Tl)is remarkable letter was written by Liam Mellows, De Vo
lorn a right-hand man itt the Irish Republican cause, a few hours
before liis execution by the Irish Free State authorities. It was
addressed to Mr. anti Mrs. John J. Hearn, of Boston, Massachu
setts. Mr. Hearn Is National Treasurer of the American Associa
tion for the Recognition or the Irish Republic, Note the won
derfully steady hand with which the condemned man wmte.
BURY WALUE
BOS ANGEUSS. Jan. 20.—Thou
rands, including Him players, work
ers, fans, friends and admirers, si
lently passed through u down town
church today and paid final tribute
to Wallie Held, whose body reposed
in state six hours before the funeral
services were held. Before the fun
eral, the doors were closed for a
short period and given over to Mrs.
Reid, immediate family and intimate
friends.
SON FOR IVERSONS.
A baby boy. weighing seven and
three quarters pounds, was born to
Mrs. Iverson, wife of O. E. Iverson,
at 6 o'clock this morning at St. Ann
Hospital. Mr. Iverson is clerk in
the office of the Pacific Coast Coal
Company and was formerly with the
local radio station.
ADVERTISED LETTERS
The following letters remain un
called for in the Post Office at du-;
neati on January 20, Parties wisliiiu: 1
same should call for "advertised let
ters" and give date of list. One
cent is due on advertised letters:
J. W. Brotqn, Comin Massinino. l_.il-!
Han McMillian. Bertel Olson, Mrs. L.;
H. Ward and Perla White.
Z. M. BRADFORD, P. M.
©M bundles or uewspapera at the
Empire, 26 cent*.
Lodge’s Granddaughter
Seeking Divorce.
-Mgy.C Gt
The divorce suit of Mrs.'Con
j -ance Gardner Minot, who charges
d»serUon, is being heard at Salem,
Massachusetts. Mrs. Minot la a
daughter of the late Congressman
Gardner and a granddaughter at
Senator Henry Cabot Lodge.
MINSTREL SNOW
WILL BE GIVEN
Special Committee Decides,
Performance Will Be j
Splendid Jazzy Affair
The minstrel show for the benefit)
of ibe playgrounds of Juneoii will J
bo B'iven at the Coliseum Theater)
next Tuesday anti Wednesday night ;
This announcement followed the re j
ucarsal last night at Elks’ Hall of j
.if jokes and choruses, solos, etc. i
Owing to certain Juneau cranks pro-1
le. ting to many of the joke3 and j
other bnsine'ss” of the end men, a ,
special committee consisting of
clergymen, lawyers, doctors, merch
„at,s and barbers, was quickly called
together Tate yesterday afternoon by
the members of the Fire Department,
in charge of the minstrel show, and
this special few were asked to pass
judgment on the entire performance.
'The barbers shaved a few of the:'
jokes which are alleged to have .been j
sprung about itbe time Noah and the:
dove did an act; the clergymen pres :
ent told some new ones, which were
added; the lawyers sprung a few’
extras and the merchants and doc-j
tors said ’T«et’r” go as she is "wri:.''|
The special committee voted the,
show Is going to be a jazzy affair. |
from the time the curtain goes upj
until the last chorus Is sung. The
music is of the catchy kind, which
sets the feet a-pattering, the jokes
tire going to be told all over town,
after they have "been sprung, and the
solo numbers of .the classic sort ero
going down in musical circles as liie
best ever given in Juneau.
The advance sale of tickets, at j
Harford's and Butler-Mauro, and tlie i
request of reservations to be la id j
aside, indicates that all of Juneau I
will turn out during the two nights, i
I In fact, it looks as if there would j
j be two “standing room only" nights. 1
Practically everybody in Juneau j
realizes that the playgrounds is a!
big institution and the minstrel show!
Is the means by which the deal will j
be put through.
There are many surprises in store
for the audiences on the two nights,
but. the committees already admitted
: to rehearsals have been put on a
“cross my heart" .pledge, not to di
1 vulge anything.
| The end men are J. L. Gray, J. W.
j beivers, J. B. Bernhofer and M. S.
Jorgensen. These tour will furnish
any amount of fun.
Eddie Sparks and George Hall, two
youthful blackface artists, are going
to assist in certain numbers but
what they are going to do remains a
secret as far as the general public is
concerned.
Harry Sperling will be the “center
piece," as Dolly Gray persists in
calling him, and the others in the
circle, aside from the end men are
W. M. Fry, C. E. Harland, H. G.
Nordiing, W. Engberg. Harry J. Fish
er, Ed Reaudin. E. G. Harding and
Cash Cole. Miss Irene Nelson is the
only young lady permitted to be in
the company and .she was selected
after due consideration of the many
good lady vocalists in Juneau for a
special bit of work.
The end men and Harry Sperling
are responsible for the jokes, of'
course, with the extra assistance of
the special committee last night,
mentioned above, and the songs were
selected by the individual soloists,
Mamie Halm and Mrs. H. Vance, who
has also been a most valuable pianist
anil instructress during the rehears
al*.
The entire Coliseum Theater Or
chestra will .be in the pit on both
nights of the performance.
BIGJMID
DENVER, Jan. 21.—One hundred
policemen, under the personal direc
tion of Chief Williams swooped down
on Denver bootlegger* late this after
noon and raided more than 50 cigar
stores and soft drink establishments,
(fifty arrests were made.
Rare Articles Are Used
h Religious Structure
LOS ANGELES, Jan. 20.- Bricks
end atones from Westminster Abbey,
Charlemagne's lower and o'.l Ma
nila, Crtroifisas from Meta and Ca*.
vi e, old ship .snterns, nails, a pipe
Oignu from Freiburg and Baden and
handiwork ftctn the old Spaniards
and Indirns comprise a portion of
the materlasl said to have been used
In the construction and equipment
of an unique religious structure lo
cated in a secluded arroyo near
here.
Abbey San Encino as it is known,
is the work of one man entirely, and
has been in course of construction
for more than eight years. With
high buttressed walls of blue gran
ite, tall stained glass windows and :
high bell tower, it follows the gen
eral lines^of the old mission style, j
The red tiles which form the roof |
were molded and baked by the <
hands of Its lone builder.
Almost every material in the con
struction of the abbey carries Its I
story. A key, raid to have once
been Napoleon's, unlocks a big plank
door, hung on wrought iron hinges t
and openiing into a great hall. Stones, t
now part of the brick pillars around t
the patio, are ®aid to have comp f
from the battlefields along the Ital- '
tan and German fronts.
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Latest styles of engraving for S
rlsltlng cards at Hie Empire. t
NEW U. S. SUPREME COURT JUSTICE.
Pierce Butler, of St. Paul Minnesota, recently approved by the
Senate to fill the vacancy created in the United States Supreme
Court by the resignation of Associate .Justice Day, is shown posing
for the cameraman as he left the White House, where he had been
officially presented to the President by Chief Justice Taft.
DAWSON MINE
COMBINE MADE
Consolidation Is Keported and
General Manager
Is Announced.
DAWSON, Jan. 20.—Warren If S.
MacFariand has Open appointed Gen
£•1*31 manager of the New Northwest,
Corporation, emibraofhg Burrall &
Baird Dredging Company; Canadian
Klondyko Power company, which i
controlled by Jthe Gold (Fields com^
pany, an American concern which
now' is a branch of the Southern Af
rican Gold FVlds company.
The company now has hundred*
of miles of old gold creeks which it
•is expected will take 20 years to
work. Dredges and hydraulics will
be used by the new company which
M.aeiFarland heads.
Passion Players Draw
Down Only $2.25 a Day
OBKRH AMEKGAr. .Ian. 20. Per
formers in this year’s Passion Play,
receiving an average of 18,000 marks
for their service*, according to the
final financial statement issued by
the committee in charge. The sum
represents about $2.25 at the then
prevailing rate of exchange.
At least .ri2ti hours were spent in
actual performances. Sixtv-six pres
entations were given between May 9
and September 26. each of which
took four hours in the morning and
four in the afternoon. In addition
there were -ven months of re
hearsals.
Tickets of ■ I mission produced an
aggregate of 21.640,470 marks.
French Amateur Flashes
Radio Over Ocean.
[M .Leon- Deloy^
M. Lean DeLoy, ~r.cmber of the
French Radio Relay League, was
one of the first of the foreign !
amateur radio fans to transmit j
signals that could be heard by j
amateur stations in the United i
States. His calls were heard by |
Gene B. Witbolm, of Rrooklyn, |
New York, who so reported to tha
American Radio League, at Hart
ford. Connecticut. DeLoy was de
tailed by the French Government
I to continue his radio experiments
started during the war. At one
time he was connected with the
United States Navy Department as
attache.
Weather Conditions As Recorded by
Weather Bureau.
the U. S.
Forecait for Juneau and vicinity for 24 hours beginning 8 p
Rain tonight and Sunday; continued mild temperature;
southeasterly winds.
IOCAju u A T A
Barom. Temp. Humidity Wind Velocity
8 p. m. yest'v .30.23 33 89 SE 8
8 a. m. today 30.16 36 69 SE 12
12 noon today .30.16 35 89 SE 11
__ CABLE AND RADIO REPORTS
_YESTERDAY —r- TOD AT
Highest 8 p.m. | Lowest 8 a.m. Precip.
_ tempt, tempt. | tempt. tempt. 20 hra.
Dutch Harbor 38
St. Paul
Kodiak
Nome
Noorvik
Tanana
iiaglo
Fairbanks
36
42
26
32
10
32
34
36
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McKinley Park 28
Anchorage 40
Valdez . 26
Juneau 33
Sitka. . 38
Prince Rupert 30
Seattle 42
Portland 48
San Francisco 56
0
10
26
20
34
26
33
38
30
38
46
52
30
30
30
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-18
-10
6
0
22
16
32
38
28
36
38
44
8 a.m.
tempt.
3 2
32
- 4
-20
- 8
8
0
16
36
38
30
36
38
44
m. today:
moderately
Weather
Snow
Rain
Rain
8 a. m.
Weather
0
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.02
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0
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.48
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NOTE: Observations at Prince Rupert, Seatle, Portland and Sau
Francisco are made at 4 a. m. and 4 p. m., Juneau time.
The pronounced low pressure area noted over the Arctic region yes
terday has rapidly lost its energy and while it caused tnew in the In
oror yesterday, the weather*ie fair today throughout the main portion
)f the Territory. A decided drop in temperature is advancing eastward
'rom Seward Peninsula and readins are again below zero in the Yukon
Galley. •
With re.valively high pressure to the southward over British Co
timbia and the North Pacific States, southerly winds have set in over
Southeast Alaska with resultant precipitation in the form of snow
aiming to rain.
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Cldy
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Cldy
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Clear
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Clear
Cldy
Rain
Rain
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Cldy
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HEATING STOVES
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Manufacturers of high grade Sitka spruce and
hemlock lumber. Boat lumber a specialty. Inquiries
for both local and foreign business given prompt
attention.
Mills and office at Juneau,7 < ka.
Seattle Office: 506 Mutual^ife Bn
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IMew Columbia Records
FOR THE NEW YEAR.
Come in and hear them.
JUNEAU MUSIC HOUSE
FOUNDATION FOR A SUCCESSFUL YEAR
The cornerstone of a building is firm and
lasting. But the corner stone of a savings ac
count in this bank—a dollar bill—is more than
that. It not only lasts, it grows!
Lay the cornerstone of your success today—
at this bank.
Interest at the rate of four per cent paid
on savings deposits.
FIRST NATIONAL BANK
JUNEAU, ALASKA
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| We have a complete line of hardware |
1 for every use. f
i Sleds, Skates and Skiis for sports offered |
by the present fine weather. |
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FOR THIS YEAR—1923
TRY TRADING WITH US. OUR GROCERY LINE IS KEPT RIGHT
UP IN STANDARD AND CHOICEST BRANDS OF ALL GOODS.
Everything in our bakery line is electrically baked and that
means the best way.
Bread—3 loaves for 25 cents.
THE AMERICAN BAKERY AND GROCERY
We Deliver Phone 391
“THE BAKER WHO BAXES"