Zurich Herald, 1926-04-22, Page 3•
WHAT 1 READ TO SONNY
lly a Faxen Wena'.
"Mettler, cant you find tire's to, read
just a little this 1110Toini'l My four.
Year-old, with a book in his •hand,
looked pleadingly up a me. Except
for half an hour et the brealtrapt table
I had been on my feet 81110 halt-paet
lour that morning. I looked . at the
kitehen clock. It was nine -thirty. I
took a quick thought of the things that
'taut" be done before noon. Then
said, "Yes, Sonny, take youn book to
the big chair by the window and get
Mother's, footstool. We can read for
fifteen misname"
I leaned back comfortably in the
chair, rested My tired feet on the stool
and took the book. Sonny perched
happily on the wide chair arm. "We
atopped here, where it wore. 'Some-
thing Happens,' " he eaid eagerly, his
finger on the line. The book Was, Eu -
'elle ()wood Grover's Sunbonnet
Babies in Holland, I had read and re-
read it until Sonny almost knew it by
heart but he listened to the "some-
thing that happened" •with great in-
terest, Iaughing delightedly when Oom
Jan discovered that the Sunbonnet
Baby was his own Betje and the two
strange little Dutch girls Were Molly
and May.
When afternoon came, I had had a
brief nap, bed read a little in a tavola
ite magazine and was lying idly look-
ing at the mending box beside the sew-
ing machine, knowing that in a few
minutes I must be "up anl at it." Son-
ny had had a nap too and novelle stood
beside me, again voicing his familiax
plea. "Read to me, please, Mother?"
felt much more like staying right
where I wan but baby eyes and voice
evere too much to resist. I moved from
lounge to chair. "All right,•bring your
book!" I replied, and he ran to the
bookease. From the lowest shelf he
took Burt's Poeme Every Child Should
Known. "What shall I read?' asked.
"The. Duel! The Dael!" he cried,
scrambling over my lip • to the Ann ef
the hair; so 1 read Eugene Field'a
tale of 'the Gingham Dog and the Cali -
Co Cat. "Vow; ,mother, read The Va.
lage 131ackemith and Robert of Lin-
coln and
"Hold on, Sonny!" I cried, laughing,
"that is enough for to -day. 'Mother
insist mend 'Daddy's •shirt and some
eagles and do all the other thins needs
ed for our dear borne."
• Do you see what the little lad ie
learning from these books—leerning
without knowing it? Do you see how
I manage to pad to him twice a. day,
even on the busy day a of summer when
work looms ahead 'like a range of
mountains? .1 de it while 1 rest.
Sornetlin•es it is a Primer or a Met
Reader he brings me and we read the
adventures, of Chicken Little or The
Little Red Hen, sometimes' one of F. L.
Carpenter's Stories Pictures Tell;
again it is a book 9 of Bible stories.
From all of these he is storing up
knowledge and learning to love good
poetry, good pictures and good books.
Where do I get ' all. these books?'
From the childreree department of the
publie library in, the town where we
do our trading. •Several members of
the family -have cards so .that 1 can.
draw a number of books at one time.
Wheod,must return them, I soon take
out again those that Sonny loves so
that he may hear his favorites over
and over. aFinally, end- as I, can, I bur
copies of those lie loves beat so •that
he may have them for his very own.
When I have no particular beek in mind
and wish information, there is alwayi
the library attendant to help me select'
and tell ane which. are the best books.
Until I begaa reading to Sonny,
literature for little children was an Un-
explored field. I find it unexpectedly
delightfue—IVIrs. F. AL H. •
Warning Symptoms.
Shall the teacher send a child home
from ecliool because he has a cold?
Measles, whooping cough and influen-
za are three diseases likely to intro-
duce theraselvee into our 'schoolsun-
der the disguise of "a little oold." I
Must admit my despair as. to checking
the spread of these diseases fib long
as the "bad bold" goes unquarantined,
for they are actively :contagious, in the
yery first stage, when the running
-nose, watery eyes and cough suggest
a "coicl" as the explanation. Measles
ip just as contagious in the first days
of showing, when the watery -eyed
child coughs and sneezes; and ho one
knows the cause, as it is three or four
days later when the elaild lies in bed,
an unlovely, blotchy mass of, ren,
and the dard in front proclaims "Meas-
les Here." ••
When you think of the fact that your
child'scoM may be one of these seri-
ous diseases, you will better realize
why we cannot allow a "cold" to stay
in a sehoolroom uninvestigated, and
why we advise teachers to send •childs
Fen with colds home to stay until a
lector oertitles ;them free fent, mo-
te ion
o Another matter that may seem trif-
fling,is a sore threat.• But I consider
scarlet fever and diphtheria two dis.
eases to lee fought above all! •others.
They are deadly. When they do not
kill, they maim. Yet, if escaped in.
childhood there is little likelihood of .
a later attack. Adults sometimes do
yield to them, especially todiyhtheria,
bnt.only rarely as compared to child-
hood.
The "sore throat" it apt to be the
warning signal in. bth these diseases.
It is true that only a small percentage
of sore throats mean either one. But
always be respectful to a sore throat.
When it is eerious' it is very serious
Indeed. Have a doctor.
Cho teacher, or school nurse, must
be very strict indeed about • sore
throat. Regardless of whether it may
be tonsilitie, pharyngitis, or any of the
other forms. of itis, the sufferer must
be excluded from school until a physi-
Clan's certificate allowe his return.—
Dr. Lerrigo.
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What is in Thy Hand? .
What Moses had in his hand at the
moment that the Loed asked him that
question was ..the rod. of a Millanitilsh
shepherd, a natural implement for 8.
man in his, vocation. It had been a
tough sapling, presumably, and Moses
had apreoted .it and eat it off at the
length of about a yard. Then he strip::
Pei off the bark and trimmed bff
loots till there remained 'a, nearly
round knOte heavy andeibegh, tapering'
down to a convenient handle. Through,'
the end of the han'tlle he had drilled a'
hole ,for a leathern thong, which On
accasion he could slip around his•
wrist. Such a* staff the shepherds of
that region etill carve,. It is a useful
companion when you are alone in the'
•desert. The sharper end is ueeful for
prodding and poking wherever that
process is reqUired, the. heavy end can
be used to . defend -the flank againat
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*61V eZ. Lind rebbers•. • ..
But it was only a club, • after
only a shepherd's rod nand the taek-
to Which Moses was called app.eere.d
to. demand a very different equipment:
God was sending Moses into Egypt tos
• free a nation•from bondage, dud Moses
protested that he was not qualified for'
such a teak. But nader the • call of
God the roti otMoses; became a sceptre
of leadership. , It became a serpent
that • .swalloWed thelserbents of the•
magicians, ' Mightier than the sword
of ansageneral thmt ever led an army,
it became the weapon of a Conqueror.
The Targum of Jews tells .us much
about that rod of •IVIoses. It greW in
Eden, so we are told, and Adam brought
it forth; Noah saved at from the flood;
Joseph carried. it , into Egypt; and
Moses had already wrought wondere
by it. All this is interesting, but it
missesthe point. Therewes, nothing
extraordinary about.the rod:itself. It
Was faith in the eel' of God that made
it potent. Before- its authority Phar-
aoh trembled. Before it the sea
•divided. • It was thelfaith of Moses in
the call of God that wrought weeders
through the rod of a shepherd of
Midian.
What was in the :hand of William
Carey? A shoemaker's hanuter. But
he knocked at the door of India, and.
it opened. What was:in the hand of
Livingstone? A surgeon's lancet, and.
with ithe opbaed Africa.
We are not .endOuraged ta rush in;
reckle.se and. unprepared, to assume,
adventurous tasles where we may play,
the hero. But when the call. of God
comes to us the equipment that He has
provided, which we have testedin the,
humbler fonts of 'service, will be
foundeuillefillene,
Teach Them to Spell.
As a nilcither and .te.adleer; am in-
terested in seelling, For, wends being
• ope of the greatest.i.tiairi,sesof coim,
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Scat, You Ceti
Tom—"Rather than quarrel with niy
wife I go outside and shir,
quiets down." •s • ;
Dick—"Yes? One can tell you al -
moat live otesefeloors from your Ana
healthy color." •
A Prayer.
God, grant rrie th'e4ift Of laughter'
That is, neither,..bitter nor rnean, •
But that peals. like 4: pure stream after
The enushine parge's, it clean.
Gods keep my heart,.c.itan•foo laughter:
*?het linty lighten *Seine soul on its Way':
Testa may coneknilibling alter,
4.1gtlis1i May helde*'sevey,
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But hold me to tender laughter—
Never a eneexing.' •
And, let VIM t WW. conic after,
WeSsed,, X Walk the earth,
ItthotteeIn `notess..!'
menicating our thoughts and, wishes,
the ',spelling o f words is iimpcirtatt.
rf a man wishes to svelte "heavy"
andspells it.",hea.vey," les will be fain
ly sure of getting a heavey horse if
buying One by mail.
-1)o we not need to get busk to the
old-fashioneci spelling bee?
Our preasent-de7 burry in all things
is respomeible. 'Wo do not take the
time to be steeerate and thorough, and
we do not 6so ,the 4lotiesmey as we
should,
We lame raesidly in reading. We be,
'hold. the con building as repre-
settee, by the. ,Word but he not ltneW
ho Vi tp take lhe eisseAiN letteiey„'
and'ifila that word.
Let fathers and mothers take the',
book, and "glee MC: tile levee, as, we:
used to de, and the eltiRrs intereet
Will Inexeate, and veiling 4111 bo pot-
ter. "Teacher" an nOb lo 11
ND's, Th'IL •
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ADAMSON'S ADVENTURES
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C9pyrl b The POI Srs115.44.
ROSE CULTURE FOR THE BEGINNER
By J. B. Spencer, for the Ontario Horticultural As.eociation.
Many a rose grower has made.'•his
g beginning with preraiums secured with
membership in a horticultural society.
On the -other ehand, many who would
grow roses, because ef one or two
failures. have given up the ideaeon ac-
count of diseouragement.: The rpm is.
an easy Plant to grow after the trick
'has been:learned if one is careful to
follow the naethode of an experienced
grower Even with his first, plants. he
need haveno losses provided he has
secured .sturdy plants with good root
system and of ,varietiee Siiitable for
his district. It is highly important
that the roots a a rose plant be never
'allowed to dry out If even the fibrous
roots become withered it is almost im-
poseible to restore them to a condition
in which they will again function in
taking up 'moisture and plant food
from the soil; Most rose plants so -
cured in the spring have been ischisead
le a shed. or cellar and while the roots
wibl. have beenkept moist the stems
may have become much dried out, It
is well, therefore, when opening a
package of new rose plants to bury
thenefor a feW days root and branch
in. moist soil, ' This •enables the wood
not on& of the roots but of the branch-
es to fill up and get ready for growth
when the warm weather arrives,
Roses respond well to richness.' in
the soil , and 'indeed will not bloom
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eatisfaetorily without a good supply •of
• plant food. This should be taken care
of by carefully preparing the bed, en-
riching it to a good depth with well
rotted manure and with some bone -
meal and lime added. Crushed or
broken roots as well as unduly long
ones should be reanoted or shortened
with a sharp knife. The plants shouhd
be set sufficiently wide apart to facili-
tate .easy cultivation. This . will be
about three feet apart for hybrid per-
petuals and about two feet for hybrid
teas. The plants, should be eat firmly
• in.. the soil, using plenty of presser°
with the foot when filling the hole.
From two to three inchea of the steins
aboye the plaoe where they join the
rootshould be covered in the planting
process. All weak limbs, should be
reinoved close to the stem and strong
ones cut back to six or eight inches.
The new growthowillestart from these
Stump -like branches, from buds that
have been dormant up to .this time,
Some varieties are more ',susceptible
than others to attacks of such diseases
as 'mildew and black spot, As a pre-
cautionary measure it is well to care-
fully spray the newly planted bushes
with a fungicidal preparation such as
Bordeaux mixture.
The beginner would do well to ad-
here closely to the hybrid perpetuals
as they are hardier than the --hybrid
teas. A good range of color with
•
plenty ealeloom may be expected from
Mrs; John Laing for pink, Frau Karl
Drueohki.for white and Alfred Colanth
and Hugh Dickson for red. If one
do-
aires to risk one or two hybrid teas it
would be fairly safe to order General
McArthur, a constant blooming red,
and Jonkeer J. L. Mock, a floriferous
type of pink Experience with these
varieties will open the way for ex-
tending the list to be planted in future
years.
No garden is complete without one
or more .climbing roses for the decora-
tion of a wall or fence or the covering
of an arch. For red there is nothing
better than Excelsa. Dorothy Perkins
is a good pink, but Tausendechon is
rather to be preferred because it is
praetically thornless. Very beautiful
newer varieties are Paul's Scarlet
Climber, American Pillar and Dr. W.
Van Fleet, the last named yielding
very lovely flesh pink double roses.
I av ander if ever you change human
beings with arguments alone. . . .
For when you argue with a man. . .
you are somehow trying to pull him
down and make him lese, (and yourself
more); but wheu you try to under-
stand him, when you like him, how
eager is, he then to know the truth you
have; and you add to him in some
strange way, you make hini more than
he wasbefore; and at the same time,
and'ithat is the shear magic of it, you
youiself be.come more.—David °my-
elin: in "Adventures in Underetand-
ing." ' "
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• Good Judgment.
Bad judgment is responsible for
more heartache than auytting else.
Nearly every neletake is bronghe
;ova eareegaeleee egegeeenej, Review
your lite and. In tabulating itaet
• ties,' you will slissoover that you erhed
because
you knew no better or else
becauee you miejudged.
To judge fairly and slearelY lrfn
experience, Ex,perleace pro'
vIde ne with vile -darn; •so that we
fledge according to our knoWiedige. We
Often judge through ignorance; if We
knew more we should often say Wee'
and be not nearly so harsh.
No man would adult of asking some,
of us our opinion on machinery or wool
or artificial, at or Shakespeare. These
SubJecta may be entirely out of the,
scheme of our researches,. It in betteri
that the tradesinan, manufacturer, ori
literary man be asked About these
things. But. there are some eubjects
in _whith all sane People are acohnlh-
Belled. That is why we may all learn
from each other,
Our judgments.— those prineiples
whiebaControl our lives—are our bah'
anced con.clusions. from contact with'
the world. We are supposed to have
Weighed matters and concluded that
certain tendencies alwaysfollow cer-
tain establishments. If, far instanosn
a man is healthy M thought and whole-'
some in character and develops, his'
powers along right linee, we may con-'
elude he will move towards a certain
consummation that is honorable and
true.
Not that our judgment is infallible.,
We make errors because we may he
deceived, either willfully or accidental-
ly. But on the whole our balanced
Judgments will not play false.
Some people are expert In judg-
ment and yet can give no reason ,for.
their expertness. Others are always
confused. Theyare never quite sure
of themselves, and hesitate and trem-
ble when Galore ,ara dependent upon
their decision%
' That is why seemingly •unlikely men
prosper in business., whilst their fei,
lows who work harder have a struggle
all the time to keep going. It is just
a matter of judgment.
It is, all very strange how naturally
certain people fall into things and
never seem to be perplexed. They
just move along calmly and quietly
and always hit the nail on the head.
whilst others are fumy and bustling,'
busy everywhere and always worrying'
why they don't get on. The finger of
experience always indicates in the lat-
ter that their estimate of thingsbrings
wrong conclusions..
It Is every manes duty to cultivate
the ability to give a wise opinion about
life, people, and bueineas. For this -
he must observe very much, read
widely, and think more than all. It is
not necessary to be a geniusfor this,'
As the great sense—oommon sense—is
developed. so are we able to under-
stand.
Public opinion is, a powerful thing, but
often fickle and rife with falseness,.
When we are wrongly judged and peo-
ple talk evil against ue and ours, we
judge so live that no one will believe
what others say about us. That will
effectively combat the evil tongue.
The more we let the tants speak for
themselves the more we shall come to
be swayed by a soundness that Is de-
pendable It iseasy to see that the
more correct our concluions. our Judg-
ment., the more likely we are lo make
headway.
,e,tr
Beginnings of the Music
Business.
One quiet evening many thousands
of years ago a molten sun had thrown
the last of its brazen rays upon the
sky, a. Chinese shepherd sat piping by
the river bank. He lead cut himself a
reed from the water's, edge, and cun-
ningly transformed it into a soft -
voiced flute. His companion, a• fisher
-
Diana listened entranced.
"Give me your flute, 0 brother," said
the fisherman at length. But the shep-
herd played on without answeringaud
the low notes fell upon the ears of the
fisherman like drops of water upon the
parched sand.
"Give me your flute, 0 brother" said
the fisherman again. "I need it to
soften the heart of my beloved."
' But the shepherd went on playing.
"Behold," said the fisherman again.
.elf yeti will give nee that flute, in in-
tern 4will give 3,012. a cunningly
wrought 'net into whieh .the children.
of the river will fall as the petals of
th•e flowers upon the grass."
The Shepherd: stopped playing andl
considered. He was fond of fish,
"All right," .he said at length, hand-
ing over the Hate, for which he re-
ceived the cunningly fashioned net la
return. e
• The bargain was completed, and in
this way— s possihlre-the music buSi-
O.CAS, began.
Daum.
r..0: inone quarter of :the skr, the
'Moon, ;
Lord of the herbs and night -expands
ing flowere,
Sinks towarda his bed behind the
western hills;
While in the east, preceded by the
Dawn,
His, blushing ohariotoor, the glorious
• Sun
• 130.ginslot courso, and fax tato the
o
Capt the feet radiance of his orient
beams,
-e-Prom the ,Sanekrit of Kalidesa. 1
B.C. (dIanier-Williams).
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