Fair play. [volume], January 31, 1920, Image 5

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FAIR PLAY, STE. GENEVIEVE. MISSOURI
This inlluonza epidemic isn't
going to mean a prolonged vaca
tion from school if the advice of
the Division of Child Hygiene of
the Missouri State Board of
Health is followed. Instead the
schools are to be kept open, the
children are going to bo taught
how to protect themselves from
the disease and to help prevent
its spread in the community.
Superintendents and teachers
of schools are asked to conduct
a morning inspection of all child
ren and to exclude from schools
any child who is suffering from
running eyes, nose, tempeiature
and other signs of impending
diseases until his case can be
passed unon by the family doc
tor. In this way any child who
may be spreading influenza will
be isolated. It is not necessary
to impose a rigid quarantine on
their families provided the per
son suffering from influenza is
isolated, and proper precautions
are taken to prevent the rest of
the family from contracting or
spreading the infection.
A committee of experts from
the U. S. Public Health Service,
the Bureau of Education and
other national authorities recent
ly conducted an investigation
into the subject of the control of
epidemic of diseases among
schoolchildren and advise that
schools should not be closed
during epidemics. This com
mittee reports that the success
ful! control of diseases among
school children requires that
the schools be kept open, except
Qgrhaps in the sparsely settled
rural districts where super
vision by physicians is impossi
ble. They recommend that during
an epidemic, all school children
should be carefully inspected
each morning and provision
made for the exclusion of all
cases of the disease and sus
pects. The suspects should be
excluded until the clinical data
warrants their return to school.
This method is preferable to the
fixed period of exclusion. Child
ren who are ill should be regu
larly visited by a school nurse,
physician or other health visitor,
employed by the school board.
The disinfection of the school
room and the sick room should
be accomplished by soap and
water cleansing and fresh air
and sunshine, rather than by
chemical disinfectants.
The same rule for preventing
a number of diseases which arc
prevalent this time of year ap
ply to influenza. Diseases of
this sort are spread by persons
who carelessly enough spit and
sneeze in the vicinity of other
persons, Thev are contracted
also by putting dirty lingers and
othep unclean objects into the
mouth, as for example a spoon
or cup which has been used by
another person and which has
not been sterilized by putting it
in boiling water.
Knowing how these diseases
are spread it is easy to avoid
them by observing" a few simple
precautions. School teachers
are requested to copy these
rules on the school room black
board and thoroughly instruct
their charges in then meaning
and application.
TO AVOID INFLUENZA.
1. Stay away from the fellow
who pouphs, sneezes or spits
nrnmisr'.mislv.
2. Don't kiss anybody in the
mouth.
8. Don'c put lingers in your
mouth or anything else which is
nut. r.lrn.n.
4. Don't use public drinking
cups.
DO.
1. Wash vour hands before
eating, qr uelore nanming ioou
uliiph another nerson must eat.
2. Pour boiling wator on all
dishes or eating utensils in the
linmn.
8. Open the windows of the
school room ana tno nome, es
II v llm slneninor room.
4. Keep the feet warm and
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ur.Vi anu. uvuiu uuuuu uaiu.tuiu
to cold and latigue.
0. Llvo Dimply.
HANDLE READY-MADE HOUSES
Norwegian Company Anticipates Good
ButlneM In Selling Them for
Erection In England.
Many houses tiro for snle In Norway,
the present owners of which lire hope
ful of selling them to Kngllahtncn. Not
that they expect tho English to emi
grate for Norwegian homes, hut that
they hope to persumlc them to Import
homes from Norway. Tho rendy-to-Inhabit
house, like the ready-to-wear
suit of clothes, is a modern Invention,
which has developed with marked suc
cess In Norway slnco tho first ready-to-lnhablt
houses wcro made some 30
odd years ago. Tho rcady-to-Inhablt
house, to he sure, Is less Immediately
usable than the ready-to-wear suit, for
It must be put up and fastened to
g ether. The chief factory for the man
ufacture and export of Norwegian
ready-made houses Is near Chrlstlanla,
and the houses nre usually of six
rooms with variations that Include n
considerable range of styles and
prices, and they have all the modern
conveniences. Naturally tho factory
Is Just now hoping to contribute n
good mnny houses to the solution of
the housing problem In other coun
tries. "As regards durability," says
a Norwegian correspondent, "wooden
houses can be fairly said, after n
century's experience In Norway, to
last as long as brick, If kept prop
erly In repair. The wooden house In
dustry In Norway after 35 years' ex
perience has now developed to great
perfection, and the wooden dwelling
ofTers a satisfactory solution of tho
housing problem." The factory will
deliver a house In six weeks nfter It
has been ordered, but one of the
recognized elements In the British
housing situation Is that your real
Briton wants at least part of his house
made with bricks.
OWES LIFE TO BAD SERVICE
Engllthman Willing to Die, but Re
fused to Walt for Starvation
to Do the Work.
Owen WIster, the author, was talk
ing In Philadelphia about England's
disorganized train service.
"They told me a strange tnlc In Bir
mingham," he said. "It seems that a
young Birmingham broker was disap
pointed in love, and went out on the
railroad and laid his head on n rail,
intending to end It nil.
"Tho London express was duo In
three minutes, and tho broker closed
his eyes.
"Ho waited, very pale, eyes closed.
Now and then ho gulped. The three
minutes seemed a long time passing
A long, long time. The rail got very
uncomfortable. The broker twisted
and turned his neck a little. Finally
lie looked at his watch. The train was
Inte 10 minutes late. With a sigh ho
laid his head down on the rail again.
"Well, to make a long story short,
the broker waited and waited for that
Infernal London express till if lie
hadn't gone away at last for a bite to
eat he'd surely have died' of starva
tion." Kindergarten In Smaller Towns.
Statistics just compiled by the kin
dergarten division of the bureau of
educutiou show that approximately
21,0S." children were enrolled In kin
dergartens in towns under 2,500 popu
lation during the year 1!)1B, In charge
of 500 kindergarten tenchcrs.
The banner states for kindergartens
In smaller plnces nppear to be Michi
gan and Wisconsin, the former stnte
with 110 kindergarten teachers and
4,015 pupils, and the latter state with
78 teachers and 2,090 children In at
tendance nt kindergartens In smaller
town. California has 57 kindergarten
techers and 2,037 pupils In cities un
der 2,500 population j Iown, 59 teach
ers and 1,750 children; New .Terse.v,
1!) teachers nnd 1,912 pupils; and Ne
braska, 02 teachers nnd 1,740 children.
The Nebraska figures Indicate a spe
cial effort to reach the smnllcrtowns
with kindergarten facilities.
Mexican Kiddles "Shoot High."
Oeometry, zoology, meteorology nnd
botany are taught as early as the first
grade In tho schools of the stnte of
Chihuahua, Mexico. The study of these
sciences Is simplified In the early
stages, but there Is little attempt to
"sugar coat" the hard facts.
A visitor to a second grade classroom
recently found the pupils none more
than eight years old glibly discussing
rhombussps, rhomboids, trapezoids and
parallelograms. Whenever their teach
er asked a question a thicket of little,
waving arms went upward.
When the history period wns called,
considerable emphasis was placed on
tho various kings that ruled tho Tol
tecs, the aboriginal Inhabitants of this
part of Mexico. The children handled
the ancient' Indian proper names with
surprising ease.
French Academy In Quandary.
What the French academy Is to de
cide In connection with the national di
rectory concerning the Introduction of
current slang terms created by and
during the war Is disturbing the peace
of Its honorable members. Should such
words ns "pollu" be recognized? Opin
ion varies. Is "boche" to bo academic?
"Pollu," literally "hairy one," Is gen
erally considered not to be n worthy
synonym for the heroic French sol
dier. In regard to "boche," M. Brleux
writes; "In the next edition of the
dictionary of the academy our suc
cessors will decidedly be obliged to In
scribe the word 'boche' as a term of
contempt earned by the Germane dur-
HER ROBIN ADAIR
By MILDRED WHITE.
(Cotiyrliht, 1910, Watrn Ncwjmifr Union)
The guardlan-auut of Janet rocked
furiously.
"What nre we going to do with
her?" Aunt Martha walled. "Shu Is
like a magnet to every young man In
tho neighborhood, and they but bits
of steel."
"Voting I" sighed Aunt Mary. "If It
were only the young men I But It's
every man, Martha ; even the old wid
ower Benson, who ought to know bet
ter. Can't ho see that the child Is un
conscious of his ridiculous affection?"
"But, dear me, Is she unconscious
of It?" grumbled Aunt Martha. "Or
Just taking a mocking delight in her
power? Certainly she did not Inherit
her propensities from our side of the
family."
"1 wouldn't call Janet flirtatious,"
Mary demurred ; "It's just a wny about
the girl that draws admiration with
out her seeking. Why, you and me,
Martha, nre as bad as the rest. What
wouldn't we endure for that girt?"
"What don't wo!" her sister suc
cinctly replied.
A man smiling came through an
open French window to the veranda.
"I could not help hearing your con
versation," ho said.
The aunts pushed forward a chair.
"Do tell us, Carlton," said Martha,
"what you would advise to bring Janet
to a more settled frame of mind. You,
an old friend of the family, are con
sidered as a relative."
"I remember," smiled Aunt Mary,
"when you were credited with the
same falling ns Janet. Or would you
prefer to have me say with tho same
triumphs? Unfortunately, some of
these love affairs of yours ended In
snd disappointment for the young
women concerned. Now that you are
hack on a visit unmarried, 'hope may
spring anew,' etc. But how do you
suggest that we may bring to Janet
a realization of the sorrow her
thoughtless conquests may cause."
"I will talk to her," Carlton Cralne
promised confidently, and he did.
David Brayton lapsed Into sad si
lence at one end of the verandn, while
handsome Jim Vnll persisted futlloly
with offered remarks from the other
end. It was Carlton who sat on the
center seat with Janet, and Carlton,
the experienced, to whom she listened
with the laughter glint In her eyes.
Then one day, abruptly, little Janet
came to her patient aunts.
"I am going away to visit Cousin
Luclc. In New York," she announc'd.
"You see, Jim, David and Carlton
have nil asked me to marry them, and
maybe going away for a while will
make It easier " She was not al
lowed to finish her sentence.
"Carlton has asked you !" the aunts
cried together.
Janet nodded.
"The traitor!" Aunt Martha ex
claimed. "The sneak!" cried Aunt Mary.
The three deserted men Interested
beennic instinctively aware of the
situation. Jim Vail and David Bray
ton, friends from boyhood, frankly
discussed the ease in secret.
"I'd rather it would be you than
that conceited Cralno fool," Jim said.
David xmllpd a wry smile.
"No chance," he replied. "Carlton
Cralne is always sure of himself with
women."
Apprehensively the mints awaited
word from Janet.
Beyond announcement of her safe
arrival there was none forthcoming
Then one evening, back to the verandn
of departed charm, came Carlton, tin
assured. Ills very step sounded tri
umph and casually he tried to cover
the satisfaction in his voice.
"I received a card from Janet to
day," he Informed tho aunts. "Just
a line, but you may draw your own
deduction."
To their eager gaze he presented
the picture of a skyscraper section of
New York city, benenth it, In Janet's
writing the words:
"What's this dull town to me?
Robin's not here."
"A quotation, of course," Carlton
laughingly explained, "from which
Janet wished me to draw u flattering
Inference."
Two other young men cnine up the
garden path together. The handsome
features of Jim Vail seemed aglow
with some Inner emotion.
"I had a message from Janet to
day," he said, and generously pro
ceeded to share his missive with the
anxious aunts.
"It's Just a line on a card, you see,
hut " he laughed exultantly "like
Janet, to quote that particular line,
to mo."
Silence long nnd embarrassing en
sued. For the two cards Lying face
uppermost on the verandn railing
fnced the troubled aunts with the
bame appealing question.
"What's the dull town to me?
Robin's not here."
"You might exhibit yours now,
David," Jim said, caustically,
David seated himself back In the
shadow of the vine.
"I," he answered, "had no message
at all."
But when It was dusk, and David
still lingered hopelessly In the corner
which had known Janet's pii'sence
that loved young person herself up
penred as one In a dream.
"I had to come back, Davldj" she
snld, "because It was r.o very dull
without you. You see," she added
softly, "you happen to be my Itobln
Adair."
Files For Governor
lion Frank II. Karris, or Kolhi,
ifler Ming ns, u candidate for tov-
ernor sulneot to the ueniooraiie
primary, made tho following slide
nient relative to his pint I' inn :
Yes, 1 havo filed my declaration
ns a oondidafo for t.Iio Democrat ie
loniitintion for (iovernor. To use
n fnmiliiir expression, tho die is
;ast, nnd Causer has crossed" the
Kubicon," so Unit 1 inn now u full
Hedged candidate. I did not. do so
as a result of over persuasion of
friends, for I lmve consulted Imt
few. Neither was I laboring un
der the fond delusion that 1
would not lmve strenous opposi
tion, because 1 never have won
any tliintr worth the having, except
lty u spirited contest. I did so
without mental reservation or
secret evasion. I huvo no purlieu
lnr nmliilioii to gratify, nor any
secret or hidden policies to pursue.
I am inspired first, us u native
Missoui'iini to seel; this nomination,
because of the great honor I hope
to seetirn ly election us tovern r
of Missouri. S'econd,
because I
recognize Unit in the next few
coming years, matters ot greatest
importance must ho considered and
determined, and that it will require
men who are not afraid lo do so;
men who will seek advice and lake
counsel from all quarters, nod then
act from a conscientious judgment,
and who will not he swayed by
praise, not deterred by criticism.
And if I may be pardoned for the
statement, I feel that I possess
these qualities in some "degree at
least.
You ask nio upon what Issue I
expect to make this contest, anil 1
answer you that the issue is al
ready made. President Wilson,
than whom in my judgment, there
has been no wiser nor more pat
riotic sfatesman in our country,
has alreadv made the issue. I am
for him and in hearty accord with
his administration. The war is
over, and we are at peace, ami yet
we have no peace. The issue is
Shall the treaty of peace and the
covenant of the League of Nations
be approved?" nnd this is the
burning issue and will over
shadow, all others, regardless of
the efforts of crafty polieitiniis to
befog and cloud the peoples' mind.
Missouri entered early into this
contest, and I take pleasure nnd
pride in tho fact that 1 was one
among the first to enter into the
battle. I have no regrets for do
ing so; havo not faltered in the
faith nor weakened in my spirit
nnd am ready now to go to the last
ditch and contest tho last strong
hold. "Shall the treaty of peace,
and the covenant of peace with the
world amoug tho nations thereof
be ratified?" is the issue. Mis
souri having begun the contest,
should continue in tho battle, and
as a humble Missouri citizen,
firm in the faith and constant ami
devoted to tho cause of pence and
all things which havo a tendency
to bring it and preserve it, I have
filed my declaration us a candidate
for tho high oflice, expecting upon
this issuo to wage my contest, so
that tiio world may know whether
or not tho Missouri Democincy
stand for Wilson, his administra
tion, his policy, and his advocacy
lor tho treaty and tho covenant. I
recognize Unit if President Wilson
and his administration do not
touch a responsive chord in the
hearts of Missouri Democrats, and
do not appeal to their sober, can
did judgment, that my candidacy
must of necessity fail; and if it
does upon such an issue, I shall
feel that whatever of time and
labor and expense I may have
given to tho cause, it will in time
prove to bo a sacrifice worthy of
any man.
I recognize tho importance and
the great responsibilities that a
man successful in this undertaking
must assume. 1 appreciate my
weakness and deficiencies, and feel
that I know them; but with it all,
I know that a man with a fair
mind and open heart, without
"entangling alliances," inspired
by a lofty ambition and prompted
by an unselfish desire to render
Borvico to his country, can do so if
I ho will. And this is my ambition.
I I know that a man like myself
I without means is handicapped in
making a canvass in a slate wide
primary, but 1 have been active in
Democratic politics in Missouri
for a quarter of a century. I have
been a member of tho General As
shmbly of Missouri in nine regular
and two extra sessions thereof, a
delegate to every state convention
held by my party for more than
twenty years, a member of tho
Democratic State Committee, and
there is no county m Missouri in
winch there is not a dozen or mote
"t ils citizens who have a personal
speaking acquaintance with me,
and I shall depend upon them, and
olheis who know me and of me,
to recommend or not to recom
mend my candidacy as their judg
ment, will suggest.
I shall make a clean, open con
test upon the issue as it appears to
me, and upon il I have no quarters
to ask and no concessions to make.
Win or lose, survive or perish, I
stand upon this platform and hope
lo be the duly appointed and
chosen captain to carry the banner
n" he general election.
DEEDS, NOT WORDS
Ste. Genevieve People Have Ab
solute Proof of Deeds at Homo.
It's not words but deeds that provi
trim nierit.
The deeds of Po.m's Kidney Pilk
For Ste. d'eueviove kidney suffer
Ol'S,
llaye made their
Poof lies in the
Genevieve people.
Win. F. Under.
local icputiition.
testimony of St.
prop
of tin shop,
Me. deiicviovc. says:
Kidney Pills several
1 u-eil Dunn's
i'iiis ago for
lameness across my linen anil itiniiile
with the action of my kidnevs. ThN
medicine lixed me in good shape. I
have recommended Doitn's befoie and
gladly endorse them again. "
Price' (iOe, at all dealers. Don't
simply ask for a kiduc) remedy get
Dona's Kidney Pill the -nine that
Mr. Duller laid. Pnster-Milbuin Co.
Mfgr., HulT.do, N. Y. adv
Service Meials Ready
For Mritatlon
The medals awarded by the
Stale to Missouri soldiers, sail
ors and marines for service in
the "War with Germany are now
ready for distribution. The ap
plications should he made to the
Adjutant General's office upon
record blanks which may be ob
tained from the County Cleric or
Local Post of the American
Legion. Applicants should use
this form, as the records of the
soldier must be furnished be
fore the medal can be awarded
In addition to the medal for
Missourians who- served in the
War with Germany, a medal
will likewise be presented 'to
Tho l') d One Ton Truck may well be
classed as an agricultural necessity, it
fits into and tills so many wants on the
farm. It is a reliable bearer of farm
burdens, not only do
The
IF3irmr'S
Truck
sivo farmer has
possibilities of the
ready to buy one.
so from the way fanners are buying them.
Truck Chassis 5r0 f. o. b Detroit.
Stanton Garage
Poiti) AuTiiomziSD Sauss And Skiivice
Stis. Genisviisvis, Mo.
each Missouri Volunteer who
served with a Missouri regiment
during tho War with Spain. Tho
application should bo made in
the same way and on the same
blank.
A medal will likewise be
awarded to each member of the
Missouri National Guard who
served on the Mexican Border
in 1910. Application for this
medal should be made in the
same way.
All Ste. Genevieve County
soldiers, sailors and marines en
titled to a medal are urged to
call on the County Clerk of the
County at once, obtain the ne
cessary blank, lill it out and
forward 4o oflice of Adjutant
General Harvey C Clark, Jef
ferson City, Mo. The medal
will bo sent without delay.
Where the soldier is deceased
tho medal will be presented to
his nearest living relatives.
Don't You Forget It.
Hear in mind that Chambei Iain's
Tablets not only move the bowels but
improve the appetite and strengthen
the digestion. They contain no pep
sin or other digestive ferment but
stieiigtlien the stomach and unable it
to peiforiu its tuuetious naturally, adv
Every child in America will be
asked to give at least one penny
toward the erection in New
York of a set of "victory
chimes" which will ring out in
daily reminder of the sacrifices
made by Americans in the war,
it was announced last week by
the newly organized Victory
Chimes and Carillon Associa
tion. The plans call for a series '
of -18 bells one for each -state
in the union on which will be
played daily a victory anthem
composed for children, "The
Star Spangled Banner," and
"'America," A forty-ninth bell,
to be the largest bell in the
world, would be sounded only
upon the inauguration or death
of a president of the United
States.
Machine Repair Work
I am always to be found at my
home and am fully equipped to re
pair steam engine, gasoline engines,
tractors and other machinery. The
welding of eat-iron castings I
make a specialty. I also do gun
smith work. I have on hand four
gasoline engines from four to ten
horse power for sale,
adv. FKLIX SUCI1ER.
Hunting, trapping and tres
passing on Wm. Baumstark's,
.T. F. Berry's G. Renin's and
John Glaser's Island opposite
Ste. Genevieve are strictly for
bidden and every violator is
cautioned to keep off if he does
not want to pay a fine.
Wm. Bacmstakic
.1 AMISS P. BlSUUY
G. Rishm'
adv John Glasisk
Notice!
No hunting or trapping allow
od on oil)- property clay or night.
I Violators will be prosecuted.
E. E. Swinmc
.Truss A. DlSTCIIMlSNDY
AS
ing the work of several
horses nuickor and
betti-rthan the horse,
and does not 'eat its
head off" when not
working. Tho aggres
only to consider the
Ford truck and ho is
We judge this to be
lug UM lut war."
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