The Petrolia Enterprise (Petrolia, Tex.), Vol. 22, No. 47, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 24, 1927 Page: 4 of 6
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THE PETROLIA ENTERPRISE
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Our preachei*s and teachers tell us to step
upward, hut many are interested only in stepping
out.
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The kids are always glad to work around
the home place, provided they are paid about
twice what their.work is worth.
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A public treasury with a large surplus, is
about like a jam closet kept unlocked in a family
of boys.
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It is claimed that the women’s feet are get-
ting larger, but it can’t be because the girls are
doing so much more housework.
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Remarked that the candidates will leave no
stone unturned to get elected next year, and un-
fortunately they will not merely turn over the
stones, but pick up a lot of mud and throw it.
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It is said that the politicians are throwing
dust in the eyes of the people, but as the people’s
eyes are so often closed in sleep, not much dam-
age may be done.
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People are now looking for change and ad-
venture, but when they set out for adventure,
there is not apt to be much change left in their
pockets.
The boys say they want new experiences,
and it would be a new experience for some of
them to take hold and do some real studying.
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Thanksgiving is supposed to gather the chil-
dren to the old family hearthstone, but in many
homes the room formerly occupied by the hearth-
stone is now filled by the bridge table and the
cabinet of beauty preparations.
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They used to sell a tremendous lot of work-
ing aprons at the church affairs, but probably
now they could dispose of more sport clothes.
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Holding is said to be a form of foul not al-
lowable in boxing, but the referees seem to toler-
ate it at the dances.
A SACRED ANNIVERSARY
The 10th anniversary has just occurred of
the loss of life of American soldiers killed in ac-
tion in France. These first martyrs in the cause of
free government met their end in a raid of Ger-
man soldiers at Artois.
Many thousands of brave men followed
these first who gave their lives for the country.
The sacrifice brought life long sorrow to their
families and friends, but these men are forever
honored in our history. The greatness of our
country is largely due to the fact that our people
have loved it so dearly, that they would dare and
risk all to preserve it safe and free.
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KEEP THE BOYS IN SCHOOL
Six times as many working boys as school
boys come before the courts of the city of Boston,
according to the Massachusetts child labor com-
mittee. They hold that staying in school seems to
have a steadying influence on boys.
When boys are taken out of school at a too
early age that they may go to work, they frequ-
ently lack the judgment to make good use of the
money they earn. With their own pay envelope,
they may become too independent of their par-
ents, and get to chumming around with a free
spending crowd which uses money in harmful
ways. School is the best place for young boys, and
under the instruction of good teachers they are
constantly being trained in good citizenship in
the schools of Texas.
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BETTER JURIES
Chief Justice Taft told the national confer-
ence on reduction of crime, that; the methods by
which juries are selected should he investigated,
so as to rule out jurors of weak intelligence, of
little experience, and those subject to easily
aroused emotions.
Many people of exceptional intelligence,
who should be taking their turn with jury service,
manage to escape it in many places. Where that
occurs, it becomes more difficult to secure juries
of even average intelligence. A few people on a
jury who have distorted prejudices and mental
limitations can place a serious obstacle in the
way of the state’s attempt to assure justice to its
citizens.
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GOING BACK TO WHITTLE
President Coolidge, being recently asked
what he proposed to do when his term ended, re-
narked that he was going back to Vermont, and
-aid that for a year or two he proposed to spend
Tis time “whittling.”
This will remind former country boys of the
rural habit of many old timers, who to occupy
idle moments would pull out their jackknives,
and amuse themselves by drawing long thin
shavings from a piece of pine stick. They took
pride in their ability to make these fine and even
shavings.
It was a sign of the philosophical calm of
those days, that people could amuse themselves
in this extremely simple way. Not many of our
folks could do that in these restless days. But af-
ter strenuous years at the head of things in Wash-
ington, one could see liow that quiescent act
could appeal to a president of the United States.
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THE BAREHEADED FAD
It is suggested by hat dealers in a recent is-
sue of a trade journal, that young men who go
hatless should be informed that the habit is not
conductive to health. The fad seems to be largely
confined to college students however, but some
of them seem to be inviting the pneumonia bugs
by their fondness for going bareheaded.
The hatless fad might have done very well
in the caveman era, when the men grew a power-
tul mane of hair which would protect their heads
from cold. But in these days when they have their
hair cut every few weeks, nature’s covering on
the masculine head is too thin for cold weather
anyway.
The custom of wearing hats is not probably
due to any desire of the men to decorate their
heads, but to the feeling that the head needs a
covering. A good hat is still one of the necessities
of life.
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THANKSGIVING TIME
Much of the spirit of the old time Thanks-
giving day holiday has gone, and yet much, of it
remains. It was originally a day of genuine reli-
gious observance, in which out of full hearts peo-
ple rendered thanks to the divine power that had
brought them safely through many troubles.
They did not have to be begged and implored to
go to church or to offer prayers of thankfulness.
Such expressions came naturally without effort.
Much of that spirit today is lost. Even the
multitudes of people who have a strong religious
feeling, are apt to be too busy with their own holi-
day doings on Thanksgiving day, so that they do
not attend the church services, and they may give
scarcely a thought to this element of grateful rec-
ognition of blessings.
It is well to remember that for most of us
anyway, life brings much cause for gratitude. If
we stop to look at our troubles and then at the
things that bring us happiness, we find that for
the most part the joys predominate. It seems
rather hard and unfeeling not to render a prayer
of thanksgiving to the author of all good.
While these sentiments are weaker than
they should be, Thanksgiving day still brings
millions of families together in happy family re-
unions. Our families are scattered all over the
country, and it is not possible to assemble the
children and the sisters and cousins and aunts as
was formerly done when they all dwelt close by
the old home. Now many of them are hundreds
and thousands of miles away.
But the automobile makes such gatherings
more possible fer many of us. It is a relatively
easy thing now to go home a hundred or two
miles. The young people should take consider-
able pains to keep up this holiday custom. These
homecomings mean more to their older folks
here in Texas than the younger generation
realizes.
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Also the people are told to develop their
brains, and there seems to be considerable empty
space inside of their heads providing room forj
the same.
--THE HOLIDAY RUSH
It must be nearly 20 years now that the
American people have been begged and implor-
ed and argued with, to buy their Christmas firifts
and winter ;stuff early, so as to avoid the di^
agreeable rush of the fortnight before Christmas.
It may be thought that all this argumentation has
not had much effect, since that rush continues as
bad as ever. !
People are more prosperous than they were
20 years ago, so that they are buying much more
than before. They make more gifts than before,
send more greetings in the mail. If there had
never been any “Buy Early” campaign, business
would simply be paralyzed by the volume of it.
As it is, a great number of people are following
this advice, so that the greatly increased business
is considerably distributed and equalized.
It is however, a disagreeable and unecono-
mic proceeding, for such a mass of people to set
out to do the same thing at the same time. It cre-
ates a hard strain for mail and express employes,
so that many of them are cruelly overworked.
The store workers usually have about twice as
much as they can do.
It would be a simple thing for people to
avoid this unpleasant feature. The great major-
ity might just as well buy this stuff in November
or early in December, and get their stuff off in
the mails and express, marking “Not to be open-
ed until Christmas” if desired.
Then that would leave the last two weeks
before the holiday free for the many people who
have no money ahead, and can not anticipate
their wants. People would get better service in
the stores, many folks who are now worn out and
made nearly or quite sick by the yearly experi-
ence, would get through very comfortably. Why
not try that plan here in Byers.
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RESPECT FOR COOKERY
Mrs. Calvin Coolidge, Mrs. Herbert Hoov-
er, and Mrs. Theodore Roosevelt, Sr., are among
the leading women who have contributed to the
Congressional Cook Book, issued for the benefit
of the Congressional club at Washington. It
might be thought that these noted women would
have gotten beyond interest in4the flour barrel
and the cookstove, but it will usually be found
that women who have become very noted in the
world, have kept a kfisn interest in those funda-
mental arts of the kitchen that are the basis of a
happy home.
It is remarked that few divorces occur
where the women are good cooks. The smiles and
blandishments of the flappers are very fascinat-
ing for a time, but the woman who knows how to
cook is sure of a good home and she has a form of
knowledge that can always provide her with a
job.
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CONTROLLING THE RIVERS
The Mississippi Valley association has pass-
ed resolutions asking that steps be taken so that
the rivers of the nation shall be changed from a
menacing master into a utilitarian servant.
A river can be a great force for industrial
prosperity, or it can be a threat to the homes and
business of the people. If its waters can be con-
trolled, then it may become a mighty power
.plant, or a highway over which our freight can
be carried for a very low price and without
building any track. But if its waters get beyond
human control, then they constitute one of the
world’s most destructive forces. The little works
of man, his homes and his roads and his work-
shops, vanish beneath their angry floods. The
waters of our rivers could accomplish far more
work than they do, but if left to themselves, they
bring disaster and destruction.
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The forefathers used to expatiate on the
sacred fire of freedom, but the present genera-
tion prefers to burn gasoline.
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Hard to satisfy everyone. Some complain
because the newspapers are muzzled and don’t
speak the truth, and some complain because they
are not muzzled and tell the truth too freely.
The people are urged to awake out of sleep
and cure the evils of the community, but to do
that they have got to go to bed a little earlier in
the evening.
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The people are urged to “snap into” their
work, and they are always willing to soft snap
into it.
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Grundy, John. The Petrolia Enterprise (Petrolia, Tex.), Vol. 22, No. 47, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 24, 1927, newspaper, November 24, 1927; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth893746/m1/4/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; .