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The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-04-04

IA la American, as She writes Tia
mayor furnished the tools and the
oversight and the Red Cross paid the
wages. In short" DR.. Davis says. 81!
am organizing all l can in the good
Charity organization society plan =
makins the people work for what they
gcr The authorities are very
anne nabIe and l think il would not be
4 difficult proposition to become ~
rant of Syracuse again The people
are not so different now from what
they were in the old days"
The relief work was started on 100
generous a scale and now they are
afraid to stop; for example. when the
refugees first came naturally all ne
town hotels filled up with the better
class of refugees. That was all righ-
OF course; but then the hotel Keepers
went to the authorities AMI asked
them to be responsible for their board
The agreed, and no to now have
bNe1 paying $1.6O (eighJ liTa1 per day
per person. In tle Grand hotel there
was one family of seventeen persons
ali told Friday and yesterday there
had been a big howl. The mayor de
Cided he would pay only three Ira per
person. The hotel keepers cam0
down to five Ira The mayor stau!4
firm. How it viii turn out ! do no
know"
Ia addition 10 establishing work
rooms for women and cooperating
with me mayor in starting work for
Non. Dr.. Davis turned the pension
near the old hotel. ia which she is
living. into q cOnyaIescent hospital
Among the wounded were many who
We're not seriously hurt, who were
able to leave the hospitals shortly
after the disaster. They We're persons
&C. .UstOmed to good living. who had
lost their families and their homes
l. - for these people thai the cony.s-
descent home was established
It Is connected with the hotel and
VII accommodate thirty people Al
though at this time of year the Dan-
sion is usually as full Is the -iotCI
few are going TO Sicily at present: Dr
/ Davis says. among the first CUES )
arc two girls of eighteen and twru-s'
and their foUrteen-year old bTOtncr.
The boy was in the fourth story aU,I
fell TO the bottom without "a ScrajCH.
IL dug out his TWO sisters and tnsy
stayed under some boards for three
days until they were found by one OF
the Russian naval squad. Then there
j. an old lady. left entirely alone FL
the world. and not badly hurt. and a
mother and two daughters, and tEv
leading art merchant OF 4IessIua. Thu
viii be the American Red Cross Home
/ 70 aIesCenrS OF others needing e
pace TO stay a few days or weeks.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-04-04

ing she really is forced to leave IN
done
Politics, you suggest?
Pshaw! Ridiculous,
How much less influence do you
think the average strong minded fe-
male has who. with her hair done in a
belligerent hickory nut under her
ugly hat, marches up to storm the
polls than the really eternal femi-
nine proposition. a dainty Civic
League lady, for instance. who casts
about only TO lend the impress of her
own beauty loving nature?
You can't estimate it-nOw can YOU ,
There's such a beautifully fine point
TO be drawn in the ways in which
women may enter these public affairs
She stands such a glorious chance
OF making a first rate nuisance of her
self when she finally does f1utter down
town on her eTraud OF public veal cali
pretty little feminine women "fiutter
l believeb-that she's up against big
odds from the very beginning, in fact
If she's a wise little thing. she
knows in the first place that it doesn' {
pay at all to be strong minded and
belligerentIy and politically inclined
1t doesn't take.
| can pick d WomanS Rights wom-
an every time in a crowd-can't you ?
There's = way all right. for woman
10 use her influence in the things
worth while, but it's up to her TO he
simply overlooking with tact-before
she can work the wonders which lie
in her power
l believe. in fact, that the Civic
League ladies have come out right
under the mark in the way of perfect
feminine effoTt-and the really fine,
part of ii is that they've formed a
well defined habit of making good
Noticed it, haven't you?
So have l.
And we'll probably keep right on
noticing. too. according to indications, ,
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-04-04

Or. Z. s Palmer of the government
department of agriculture With 9TH
eTS of the non game species that it is
proposed TO protect here. these birds
have been shown TO be the only ef-
feCtiYe check to the plague of Brown
Tail and Gypsy moths which X sweep
ing over the country from the New
England states, where $4,000 600 has
already been spent in vain attempts
to curb its devastation of the crops
and woods. With the insect eating
birds it Is also planned to shield the
Snowy Owl. which is known to con-
sumo the EOrdes OF meadow mice
whose deprcdations have cost the or
chaTdisjs OF the country millions of dol
Lars.
This battle for the proper protec-
ton of the insect eating birds will
have its effect upon the whole coun-
Try said William butcher. president
of the National Association of Audu-
bon societies at its headquarters, I4l
Broadway. today. More than $1,000
eco has been proven by the govern
mGnt 10 have been lost TO the farmers
of this land last year through the de
pTedatiOuS of insect pests. We want
TO determine if this vast loss to the
nation is not to be considered rather
than the selfish interests OF the few
dealers in the plUmage of the very
birds that destroy these insects. Il Is
high time for The farmers. oTchaTdists
ranchmen and planters of this cOun-
try TO assert themselves in this mat
ter as the agTicultuTists are doing in
this state. We feel that we can count
upon the support of every patriotic
American to help US save the nation 5
valuable bird resources"
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-04-04

the fire place.
This IS the time for confession. %
said Mr.. Montgomery, and in a few
words he told of his sorrow for his
GOODNESS and neglect, for his cruel,
cutting words. He told of his fruit
less search for his loved ones. Gid
ing over that as quickly as possible.
for he heard the quick indrawn
breath of the wife by his side. his
arm was about her. her head on his
shoulder. Il felt that some time You
would return to me, but ] almost de-
SPARED, but three days ago a letter
came that gave me hope and life
And | will confess, mama dear,
said Margaret. 4 saw you often look
ing at papa'S picture with tear filled
eyes and your mouth had such SOT-
TOWful curves that ! knew you loved
papa and wanted to see him, and (
talked it over with nurse and we de
cided to write to papa and-well, he
came as soon as he read the letter
Yes. Margaret, / did not wait to
write, but answered in person and it
will he the aim of my life 10 bring all
the gladneSS possible in your lives,
for / have learned that Man shall not
live by bread alone"
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-04-04
They're not that sort.
By BONNIE BURNHAN

They're not that sort.
Can you imagine a Civic League
lady-a PENSACOLA lazy. mind you.
taking the publicity stump for WOm-
ans Rights and so on. led on, OF
course. by her overwhelming Cnthus-
iasm in public work?
| can't
She's a delightly person. is the
same little lady, whose idea is the
embodiment of her own sweet self
the general identifying of the quaint
and picturesque old city in which she
has the good fortune 10 live.
And when the city plan. which.
by the way. is to cost in the neigh
borhoOd of 81 900, I believe, goes into
Cffect-when We note the sweeping
changes for the better which are TO
be surely wrought, We'll havr worlds
for which to thank the ladies' See if
We don't,
Just . Word.
Now don't you think that I'm over
enthusiastic in this proposition be
cause l happen to be woman
Don't you do 1t.
It's not safe to say. really and truly
straight out, but I'm ALLEGING.
mind. that there are unfortunately
SOME organizations among the ladies
which give a great deal too much
time, according 10 my thinking, to
ScTapping out scraps which ought to
be handled over the back fence any
how, and these cIOthes-Iine rows
sometimes furnish very little interest
by the way. to persons q beg your
pardOnl SiSterS-WhO are proba bly,
anxious to get home to the children.
anyhow. or something else equally as
tragic.
/ belonged to one myself once
But the Civic League is in a class
far superior to these-apart by itself,
and governed in delightful manner
through the excellent all pervading
influence of those who constitute its
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-04-04
THE CORRECT THING
k{ere are few hints on what to wear for the
who isn't sure


Almost
o
in
fro in blacks oxords and
fourinhands bows standing collar
is
shoes
CNever a
Us an II
OF
sho low a q
ything silk
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-04-04

ellie found that her daughter and
nurse had left the room.
You must see our daughter,
Lewis and when Margaret came, in
answer to her mothers call. Lucille
said proudly: Lewis, this is our
beautiful daughter"
Lewis Montgomery voice tTembIad
as he said. Dear Little girl. we Will
have a great deal to make us happy.
now that we are together. and | Will
have much to do to atone for past
neglect
And Margaret replied, as she put
her arms about her fathers neck:
Dear father. we will be happy now,
and the sad look will leave mama S
eyes"
Nurse Mcdowell coming in. said:
Come to supper / know that Mr..
Montgomery is hungry after his long.
cold ride
Lewis took her hand said. My dear
faithful friend, l owe you more than
/ can ever repay"
"YOu owe me nothing, sir Ii has
been my pleasure. and I was only
keeping the promise I made Miss Lu-
Giles mother"
What a supper that was. One
never TO be forgotten, and yet not
one of the little company could ever
give the bill of fare. Nurse summed
it up when she said, We just had
sunshine and happiness
After supper they gathered around
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-04-04
"When Woman Wills She WIFI"

Pensacola is waking up just now
from the effects of another unbOUnded
surprise TO which she has been treat
ed at the hands of her woman kind.
The WOman'S Edition by the Civic
League ladies, in fact, has come to
be the bona dde subject for quiet at
tefnoOn tea table conversation. dinner
gossip, and the all around ordinary
SHOP talk in downtown circles this
week and well it may be,
The undertaking, stupendous one
In itself, was entirely out of the Ordi-
uaTy-away above the usual money
. qaklng effort, and in a class apart
IL its real relations with the public
Those who assumed the reins were
inexperienced in the usual grind of
the newspaper wOrld-delightfulIy in
experienced. in fact, yet they went TO
work like experts, in every single ue-
paTtment, mind you-and the results
show for themselves.
They hustled the adS.-they wrote
them-they got after" the business.
They planned their paper, too-and
then went after those plans in a way
which promised success and nothing
else from the OUtStaTt.
Then they delegated themselves as
the most charming newsboys in the
world, and sold their sheet
HOw's that for really. truly under
taking by Z brainy lot of society wo-
men,
Clever, wasn't il?
When d Woman Wills. 90.
Pensacola women, be il known.
have set 10 work to create the future
City Beautiful. and it's going to be
done.
DO you think they've been doing
this particularly strenuous CIVIC
League work for the real and unadul-
terated JOY of scampering up and
down PalafoX street to chase the
dimes and nickels from the public
pOcketbook? Not they
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-04-04
Not By Bread Alone

Continued From Page seyeuteen)
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-04-04

membership.
Things work like clock work. in fact.
with the ladiaS-they' all bright and
clever. and they labor in unison for
the city's good.
If you're a member you've Il right
to be proud.
II you're not. you're missing a world
of self-respect and public gratitude
ROW, and later on-take my word for
it,
Movement Long Needed.
Such an organization as that of the
Civic League has long been crying
need in Pensacola.
There has been so much work TO DO
in running the city properly, that the
fancy work has been necessarily neg
Iected-and the men just couldn't
naturally help II,
1t was the subtle power, the good
judgment and the all around fine in
fiuence, then, of a representative body
OF local women which. after all, was
most needed. Now that such a thing
has come 10 pasS-with ladies who
are wisely concluding 10 leave the
gentlemen wholly alone in their poll
ties and their horrors. the whole thing
ought to work beautifully
There's enough going on anyhow.
just now, to convince people that Pen
sacOla is to become a city worth while
in Il shorter time than you'd imagine
and when we've all weatheTed the
present strenuous era of awakening
and progression and so on. we're going
TO find that the Civic League has
played a most important part in it all,
Indeed We are,
Thought of This2 O..
If YOU are wOman-Or even just
a man-haS it ever occurred TO you
what a wonderful influence is en-
bodied in the subtle touch of Il wOm-
an
If she's a good wOman-and all sen
Sible women are SOOd-theTe ) moth
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-04-04
President Roosevelt Says

that outdoor EXCISE is needed by the
American people. That's all very well,
but how can people with rheumatism
follow that advice The answer is
SimpIe-Use Billiards. Snow Liniment
and the rheumatism will go, leaving
you as spry as a colt. Gives quick
and p2Tmanct relief from rheumatism
neuralgia lame back and all pains.
Sold and recommended by w 4.
D'Alemberte druggist and apoihecaFy
121 South PalafoX street. Pensacola.
II
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-04-04
A Sure Sign.

A Wilmington woman recently
reached the conclusion that the at
tachment OF a certain policeman for
her cook must be Investigated, lest II
prove disastrous TO domestic discip-
line. says Harpers Weekly.
DO you think be means business,
Nary" she asked.
Il think 50, mum" said Mary. Hes
b@gun to complain about my coOkin'
num-"
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-04-04

Continued from Fa9e ShVe0teenJ
entered He said not word. but held
his arms Iongingly toward Lucille.
One glance at him. an instant's
pause. and then. with cry, oh,
Lewis. my husband" Lucille Mont
gomory was held in fond. close en-
brace.
"LuciHa. my darling. | did not know
until too late. Forgive and love me
once more.
y have never ceased loving you,
Lewis I did wrong
No. dearest. do not blame yourself
You were starving / understand by
my own experience after YOU left.
Turning TO speak 70 Margaret. LU-
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-04-04
In Usual Order.

Arriving MissiOnaTy-May ask
what course YOU intend TO take with
me-
CannibaI King-The regular one.
You'll follow the fish.
The Washington herald., 1909-06-20
Had It Wrong.

was IN what they call a general store
in a Long Island village when farmer
drove up and called the proprietor TO the
door and asked:
Jim. have ye got any clotheslinesT'
Plenty. Tom-plenty." was the reply.
MY old woman says We ought to have
a new one"
"Yes. think I sold you the one you
have about three years ago. ClOtheslines
Will wear out, you know"
How much for oneT'
twenty-five cents for a hundred feet
That's the way they come. Shall bring
one outr'
Not at that price A tin-peddler was
telling me yesterday that when the new
tariff bill passed clotheslines could be had
for % cents. Guess III wait a Bit"
"All right, Tom-all right" good-na-
turedly replied the merchant as he turned
away, and the deal was OF.
Fifteen minutes after the farmer had
driven homeward I followed him in my
buggy. and I had gone mile when I
met him coming back with his horses on
a sharp trot. We both halted, and I
Iaughingly asked II he was going back
TO take the clothesline.
You bet I am be briskly replied 7
just met a sewing -machine man, who
told me that the tin-peddler was all
wrong. Instead OF coming down TO 3
cents. Il the new tarin bin passes. they
will 60 up 70 2S. and I'm going to save
that three cents or bust my wagonr'
JOE KERR
The Washington herald., 1909-06-20
Zed's Chances.

"How do they come along with them
flying g-maehinesT" asked the old farmer
OF the grocer. to whom he had been sell
ing potatoes.
"Oh. they've got 'em down hne." was
the reply.
They hy, do theyT'
"Yes. fy anywhere. Are you inter
estedT'
Not now I was last winter, but I've
given Il up. Ny son Zed started IN TO
make a flying machine last fan, and II
HIS chance hadn't been spilled he'd be q
great man now"
rs that sof What kind Of a machine
did Zed maker
1T Was something ike a hayrack, but
made Of light wood. Then he killed a
hundred geese, ducks and hens and nailed
their wings onto II. He was going 70
get the dap O. the wings by turning e
crank. Guess she'd have hown al right
II they had split his chance"
What happenedT
''Zed had got her all done but glueing
On some tail-festhers behind 70 make her
steer straight when he saw a constable
coming and lit out"
'YesT'
"A gal had sued him for breach OF
promise and be could not tarry. Been
gone four months now. and don't know
whether he'll ever come back. Yes. sir,
spilled his chance, and he may never have
another. Instead OF the machine nying
he few. That's the way IN this world
You never can tell when you are going
% fy TO fame OF be sued by some foo
gal and have 10 skip out FOR Missouri" "
JOE KERR
The Washington herald., 1909-06-20
No Peace For Him,

The street car was rather crowded when
the fat man got on. but he saw an open
ing and fell into It to hear the man on
his right exclaim:
Il knew IT, I knew It! ! knew I
shouldn't be let aloner'
MY friend. didn't intend to disturb
you," said the fat man. in apologize
tones.
But you have disturbed me. It's got
so that I can't have a peaceful hour. A
dozen times a day I an asked what
think OF Taft. or II don't wish we he'd
Bryan. or II the tariff schedule don I
please me. Have they a right 10 ask me
those questionsT''
''N-o-o-O, but people win talk. you
know
And I am asked about the weather
and the crops and business, and other
fool things. They seem trying 10 drive
me to my grave. I'm expecting every
minute you'll ask ne II ! ever saw such
weather before in this month"
NO. I pledge you my word l won't"
Then somebody else will ask something
Just as foolish. Don't try 70 convince me
that they won't. but because I feel il in
my bones"
Il don't think they will They seem
"a he a lot OF intelligent people and
But Just then man on the other side
bent over and handed the ''teehy" man
a slip OF paper and said:
Il am canvassing the car to see how
many electors favor a second term for
TAFT Please write yes or no on this
slip"
JOE KERR.
The Washington herald., 1909-06-20
II u

BE IT known unto al men by these
presents. that we. the undersigned, edi-
tors and managers OF daily newspapers,
have entered into n 'gentlemen's agree-
ment' to publish the following daily pro-
gram regarding the movements OF ex-
President Roosevelt and his son Kermit
during the next two months:
'Sunday-Teddy seizes g boa cOnStric-
tor in his folds and crushes the life out
OF him
Monday-Kermit shoots a lion thar
was having serious thoughts OF leaping
upon his father's back. CBless you. my
son; you couldn't have done better shoot
ing at a barn.
Tuesday-Teddy shoots mother giraffe
that gets IN his way 20 ask that SIS
name be placed on the roll Of the hon
cred dead. Kermit gets lost, but finds
The Washington herald., 1909-06-20
THE DAILY PROGRAM.

himself in time for dinner
"Wednesday TEDDY bags q rhinOceros.
Just took a bag and walked right up 70
the beast and gathered him in. Natives
stared in astOnishment. Kermit shot a
leopard that might have grown Up to be
a bad, bad animal If allowed 70 live on.
'Thursday-Terrible rainstOrm. but
while Kermit was drying ont his coat
tails his father sauntered forth and end
ed the life Of 4 lion which had just
crawled out OF its nest in a hollow log
The animals Of Africa are doing lots OF
kicking.
.Friday-Teddy sets out TO make a
banner day Of il When night comes he
counts up two elephants, three lions, two
giraffes, FIVE hyenas. three buffaioes and
d leopard that have fallen at his FIRE.
None have got up after falling. Kermit
The Washington herald., 1909-06-20
II II

is lost again.
Saturday-Kermit has found himself.
and the day is spent in gressing boots.
taking quinine. writing letters and posing
for photographs to our star artists.
Teddy has become so expert al II that
he can jump from 4 squat into a pose
IN three seconds" JOE KERR.
The Washington herald., 1909-06-20

First Farmer-Hiram Dudds just drew
By with leyen new city boarders.
Second FaTmer-HOw dye know they
wuz new arriYalSl
First Farmer-Why. re could tell by
the way they wuz smilin' that they
hadn't eaten a meal at Hiram's Jet.
The Washington herald., 1909-06-20
THE SUMNER GIRL

IHE % MALh UlAL-
/ look into her dreamy eyes
And think l see her souls depths
through them.
She seems indeed a perfect prize,
As girls do mostly when you WOO them.
She let me glimpse e tender glance,
Then with her hirting fan she screens
it
She says my loves her nfe's romance
I wonder II she really means it.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-11-20

Nippon 70 make themselves comfort
able Ia this country. But IL is all a
question OF more food Tho war with
China. the war with Russia. the diplo-
matte negotiations with the United
States werc caused by the necessity
OF finding opportunities for a growing
population
And that is. after ali. the main cause
OF most OF the wars ever waged Some
stand on the record as wars for civil.
or religious. liberty. but most Of them
are FOR more room. more food How
appropriate, then. that war engines be
turned into agricultural implements, TO
secure peacel For when the money,
time and energy that arc being spent
on ,rrmies and .navics are applied 70 the
production Of grain and fruit there
win be very little occasion for war.
when swords are made into plough
shares and spears into pruning hooks
there win be plenty Of food for all. and
each one can sit under his own ne tree,
or vine. IN peace ana tranquility. The
way to find an outlet Is not 20 make
war upon other nations but to produce
more. and the power Of the earth TO
yield is almost unlimited. II is only
a question OF labor intelllgently di-
rectcd