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Newspaper
Cumberland Islander
Location
Cumberland, British Columbia, Canada
Date
Feb 23, 1924
Page
2
A fragment quotes Dr Frank Crane defining the best teacher as one who makes you want to learn and the greatest things as the cleverest person who acts rightly. It lists ideals on religion gentleness and cheerfulness and cites jealousy as a mean feeling. It notes the most important training as training in democracy.
A columnist condemns marrying a man with evil habits to reform him. The piece argues against women who accept a wild or fast life for a change through marriage. It warns that reform by marriage is unreliable and that lasting virtue requires genuine change, not a hopeful hope.
A moral essay contrasts a taste for dress with culture and virtue. It warns against reducing women to dolls dressed in fashion, urging inner adornment of character over outer finery and appealing to divine beauty in all creation. It ends by questioning if readers understand the danger of being enslaved to fashion.
An elderly woman in a small riverside town is described as a beacon of cheer. Despite poverty her long life and hopeful outlook kept her youth in heart, sharing counsel to the young and aged alike and noting contentment with one’s lot as the source of lasting happiness.
The speaker reflects on a simple, contented life with pebbles and mosses, enough to eat and clothes, noting sleep and days without worry. At seventy two the world remains young and fair to them, questioning the idea of aging and contentment with life.
Manitoba marriages and farm ownership figures highlight rural life while Canadian Pacific Railway reports record grain marketing and strong earnings. Ship travel and book stalls aboard Empress of Canada reflect growing mobility and literacy tied to agriculture and trade.
Mr John Kyle of the Department of Education argues that manual training and domestic science should be installed in city schools as a practical supplement to books. He cites a $700 cost with a 50 percent government grant and notes potential salaries, urging PTA and school board action now.
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