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zen, can be made the means of putting those people in office who will care for the lives and the welfare of the people. We can study the character of a person before we vote for him, and support loyally those who are in office and are trying to do their duty. We can respect the authority of the police and

the firemen, and of all the officers, local, state, or national, who are our agents in the protection of our lives and property.

Sometimes people find fault with our policemen and firemen and say that they are unfit to do the work that they are supposed to do. Once in a while they are said to be dishonest, and it may happen to be true. But after all, is it not really the fault of the people themselves if these things are so?

If a worthless man is put on the force it is usually because somebody who has influence in politics gets him appointed. But this politician would not have such influence if the people would elect thoroughly capable, courageous men to be officers in charge of a city. If a policeman takes money and then looks the other way when somebody breaks a law, the man who bribes the policeman is surely as much to blame as the officer himself. Very much of the dishonest and inefficient work that is done in public office is the result of people's trying to get privileges to which they are not entitled. If we should all insist on the policy of giving no special favors to anybody, including ourselves,

it would be very much easier to get a square deal for everybody.

QUESTIONS

How do communities help to make their people feel safe? What is the importance of security? From what dangers have men needed protection in the past and from what do we need protection now? What kinds of peril are the result of carelessness?

How much property is destroyed by fire in the United States? How does this country compare with other countries in this respect? By what means do we try to prevent fire? What facilities do we have

for putting out fires? Compare old-style methods with present-day methods. Do firemen need to be intelligent? What does the forest service do in dealing with fires? What is the use of fire insurance? How is it provided?

Mention laws that aim to prevent accident. How do we try to protect travellers? What are grade crossings? Block signals? Full crew laws?

How does the government try to protect people from fraud? What are "blue sky" laws? What are contracts? Why are they important? Name some special pests that the farmer has to contend with. How do our governments try to aid him? Describe the work of the Weather Bureau.

If a person commits a crime how many kinds of officials may get after him? Define extradition. Explain the work of the policeman. How are police and fire departments managed? When public disorders become serious, what public authorities may be obliged to act?

For what purpose, if at all, do we need the army or navy? How are men obtained for service in peace or war? How does our government train men for service? How are our army and navy administered? Mention some of the international movements to prevent war. To what extent have these been successful?

How much responsibility for the protection of life and property rests on citizens? Why do we sometimes find bad and inefficient men in the service?

THEMES AND EXERCISES

The Dangers of Being Alive.

Our State Constabulary.

Our National Guard.

How Our Fire Department Is Managed.

Fire Drills.

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Tragedies That Should Not Have Happened.

Life Saving on the Coast.

Safety on the Railroad.

The Work of Our Police.

What the Weather Bureau Does.

Abolishing Grade Crossings.

Great Fires of History.

Lighthouses and Their Care.

Making Steamboats Safe.
Preserving the Trees.

Moths, Bugs, and Beetles.
Safety First Campaigns.
Life in the Army.

The Marines.

A Sailor in Service.

West Point and Annapolis.

Street Lights.

The Menace of the Automobile.

If it is desired and the time is available, special studies like the following may be found worth while:

CLOTHING

Importance to the individual and the community.

Sources of raw material.

How to encourage the raising of raw material.

Healthful conditions in clothing shops.

How the consumer may influence conditions of manufacture.

The marketing of clothing.

The tricks of price making.

National Consumers' League.

Laws to make the customer sure that he gets what he pays for.
Fashions in clothing-shall we follow them? Who sets them?
Conservation of clothing.

Keeping clothing clean.

The history of a garment you are wearing.

SHELTER

Importance to the family and the community.

Housing problems in city or country.

Advantages of owning or renting.

Planning a dwelling house.

Important features of construction.

The city dwelling and the country dwelling.

Getting money to build a house-Building and Loan Associations. Tenements and Apartments.

Universal features.

Health laws for landlords and tenants. The tenant's obligations to the landlord. The landlord's obligation to the tenant. Rent profiteers and what to do with them. Home life.

Different types.

Effects upon the home of hours of labor of the parents.

Home life where the mother earns a living.

Home life where the children are employed in shops and factories.

Home life to-day and a century ago.

Things that break up the home life.

Things that make home life finer and happier.

CHAPTER IV

TRAINING THE GROWING CITIZEN

Without popular education, no government which rests upon popular action can long endure. The people must be schooled in the knowledge, and if possible in the virtues, upon which the maintenance and success of free institutions depend.-Wilson.

When the state has bestowed education, the man who accepts it must be content to accept it merely as charity, unless he returns it to the state in full in the shape of good citizenship.—Roosevelt.

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Why We Should Want to Be Educated. "What's the use of going to school?" we sometimes hear some restless boy or girl exclaim. "I want to get out and have a good time"-or, perhaps, "earn some money." But those who know will tell such a complainer that a well-educated person can undoubtedly get more out of life and enjoy it more than an ignorant person, no matter what line of work he may follow.

Men without much schooling have sometimes risen to high positions, but the Abraham Lincolns are not many. Besides, Lincoln was one of the few people who have ambition to seek through their own efforts the learning which others will not get unless it is almost forced upon them. Hardly more than one per cent of the people of the United States have been to college, yet out of that small number have come more than half of the men who have held high political positions in our government. In business, employers are always inclined to employ a person who has had an education rather than one who has not. Those who have education in addition to natural ability are the ones