WASILlA NEWS
Published by tiie HEUNING 1AMII.Y fob the people in and near KNIK and WASILLA, ALASKA
Yol. I.
NOVEMBER, 1917
No. 6
ONLY THE PRESIDENT
Washington is a busy city these days.
A person has to keep his eyes wide
open if he wants to see everything
that is going on, and then he is apt to
walk right by something or somebody
he very much wants to see.
One thousand people missed seeing
a certain man the other day, although
they looked directly at him. He is a
man of international renown, particu
larly well beloved and known in the
United States.
Rut he didn’t seem so well known
to folks on Pennsylvania Avenue that
morning, as he crossed the wide street
in front of the White House. Yet he
was a man to command attention any
where.
He was immaculately dressed in a
dark fedora, light gray coat and pin
stripe trousers. He was tall, and car
ried himself with such a military car
riage that one would have taken him
for an Army officer, if it were not
known that all Army officers these
days must wear their uniforms at all
times.
Jvven at that several persons took
him for an Army officer. lie had a
surprisingly good chest on him, and
held himself so well. As he crossed
Pennsylvania Avenue into Madison
Place automobile horns tooted at him.
People scurried out of the usual rush
of vehicles at this point, and with them
scurried our hero.
Nobody noticed him particularly. A
taxi driver scowled at him. A mes
senger boy from cine- of the Govern
ment departments brushed by him with
the weight 'if the whole war on bis
should' r< '1 wo women jostled hill)
as they hurried.
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fiout of tin* < aiiK'roti Iioum*. Ill iliil
not liiij.'1-i tin'll Hi- roiiiimit'il tt;i tin
n'!i walk ;iii<! t>ii;u-<| tin- ioiih i into
JI stt i'( l
If iii l,a-I l;i iii 'iiiriliiiy MiAiloo,
a imn'lii •! an<l om laisons wonM liavc
MU J ji i) to look at 1)11)1. It la li.nl In'rTI
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jrl.v a liU'uii< /( ami one |)i i>o)|s wolllii
la. ■ turtiu) .1 tnl iooki'l Rltt Iii' wiia
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Hi a.u- only JVro.ii'irnt Wilson
WHAT HAVE WE DONE TODAY?
We shall do orach is the jean to come.
Bat what have we done today ?
We ahall |iee our (old in a princely ram,
Bnt what did we give today ?
We ahall lilt the heart and dry the tear,
We (hall plant a hope in the place of leer,
We (hall apeah the worde of lore and cheer,
Bnt what did we apeak today ?
We (hall reap anch joya in the by and by,
Bnt what hare we done today ?
We ahall bnild na manaiona in the ahy,
But what have we bnilt today ?
'Tie aweet iu idle dreama to baak,
Bnt here and now, do we do our taak ?
Yea, this is the thing onr souls most ask.
What hare we done today ?
—Selected
NEW THREE-CENT STAMPS
l’.ooks of 3-cent stamps arc in the
making, anticipating a demand for
this particular price of article that
will make its sale in convenient pack
age form a necessity.
Announcement is made by A. M.
I lockcry, third assistant postmaster
general. that the Postoliice Department
is preparing to issue these books, and
that notice will be given in due season
to postmasters that these are avail
able.
The demand for the :> cent stamps
will come directly .after this provision
of the new war tax hill goes into ef
fect, November 1st, when the price
for transporting lirst class letters will
be raised by .'<> per cent.
GUARD THE CHILDREN’S EYES
Since public sellouts have drawn chil
dren In them for many hours in each
day, near sightedness and eye strain
have increased. Dr. Kdniund Burke
lluey explains why reading is so hard
oil the eyes,
< Ine reason for eye fatigue is (lie e\
cessive nuniher of eye movements that
are iteces'.,n y. \ page that w e read in
a I'linnie or two rri|itires perhaps one
hnudred and lift) i|tiiek movements,
while the eye in looking at objects or
dinarily would mtike only a fraction
of this nuniher Also, during each
reading pause the muscles must main
tain, w till ride aim precision and stead
iUess, a "set" ol the eye that will pie
\ i nt him ring
It is true that, whenever we go
about, our eyes constantly move as
we look at objects that are stationary
or have a different movement than our
own. But this movement is much
slower in walking or riding than in
reading, and it does not require such
accuracy of fixation. It is much freer
and more varied.
The most dangerous condition pro
duced by reading is the great amount
of near work. The eye was planned
for looking at things at some distance.
There is an almost entire absence of
near-sightedness among uneducated
people who read very little.
If artificial light must be used, the
light should be shaded and not too
near. A well-shaded electric light is
best.
Pick-Ups
Another symbol of efficiency is the
Mason jar. filled and waiting for next
winter.
Most of ns can sleep better by having
economized on food, particularly late
at night.
W hat has become of the city man who
intended spending his vacation in the
harvest field?
Perhaps by this time many of the war
bridegrooms will be glad to enlist to
secure peace.
It may he that the tlermau scientists,
on their short rations, have at least
succeeded in discovering the “original
atom.”
1'ngland’s large purchases of Rounders
and other fish in the Poston market
suggests the additions of filet de sole
to the Pritish war diet.
('urn bread made with skim milk has
mtii'li more food value than when made
with water, heeavtse the milk contains
I'mtein whieh is a tisstte builder.
In the rave for the road crossing manv
an auto driver has won against the
lovomotiie engineer. Hut some have
run detid heats.
\ Huston newspaper says a banquet is
eevtaluh a poor talkiue proposition
riven there is no eseii'e for it. It
uevei was an eatim; proposition.
\\ liile the law veis nr awa\ to the
wai, w h> not avoid lawsuits as much
as possible J