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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-06-01

wood, such as we'll appointed offices are fin
ished in, it makes splendid BACKGROUND for
the display of business suits, for Il gives
them the same environment they are likely
to have when being worn by business men.
But If this storekeeper wants to display some
yachting suits or golf suits or evening suits
MS background of oak panels is not at all
suited
For outing suits the decorations might he
OF greenstained wood with perhaps q bit Of
light blue draperies. Or for the dress suits
white and silt enamel would be far better
than dark wood panels. Dark wood is seldom
seen in reception rooms and theatres and
such places where evening clothese are worn.
For directors room, mild, restfuI colors
are needed that are in harmony The secret
or this is that the decorations should be ~
such nature that they do not attract the
attention of the men, but rather appear IN
be as though they belonged. A room done
IN white and gilt with red panels, or even
with loud paper and bright pictures. CANDY
rugs and odd furniture would certainly take
the minds of the men off their subject. Some
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-06-01

w HEN any one yawns in the home q re-.
w mark is generally made, You are
sleepy, you had better go to he'd :"
but a yawn is by no means sign that Won
should retire, rather it means that your Inns
need ventilatng and that nature makes Won
ventilate them involuntarly by means Of a
good hearty yawn.
From this 1t seems that the popular imnres.
sion that it is impolite to yawn in public is
not correct. The belief is based on the ae
sumption that person only yawns when he
or she is tired or sleepy and that the CONVEX.
sation or lack of it or dull people or environ.
ment causes the tired feeling.
But this should not be held up against any
one, for to yawn does not necessarily mean
that the person is bored. Il means thew have
not exercised their lungs sufficiently in fresh
air, and must exercise them artifciallv nv
means of the yawn.
With ordinary breathing the lungs are NOT
completely filled with air, nor are thew on.
tirely emptied every time you exhale during
natural respiration. This leaves quantity
OF dead air In the lungs. generally away down
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-06-01

"hen we stand on one leg, however In order to give
the muscles chance to up naturally throw the
"eisnt OF the body to side and this places such
JOINTS as the hip more directly up and down reducing
the width of the angle therefore giving ess tronh
10 the muscles even while the whole weight ia on that
leg. In the meantime. the other leg Citing much.
needed rest Then, the longcontinued weight
OF the whole body has tired the leg that is bearing if
Tue otner loot is ready to take up the strain and we
shift the feet throwing the body the opposite side
Unfortunately, unlike the storks we cannot stand nm
one leg Indefinitely and this for two reasons-that we
nave more weight to in proportion to our muscle
and that the muscular itself is more fatty and
Tess elastic But 1t is wise TO the plan as much
possible, and few things will help more to prevent IA
sue than the device Of standing on one foot as long
one one can using the other merely balance And by
one way! II transportation facilities much worse in
crowded Cities cars will soon be Mating nm eis
standing Room One Leg Only!"
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-06-01

In Germany and other parts of Europe 1t is
the law that every physician must use the SO.
luton of silver nitrate upon the eyes of every
child that he brings into the world-and this
under penalty of heavy fine.
The same regulation, IL put upon the sta.
tute books of every one of our forty.eight
States would prevent more than half of the
blindness that will otherwise occur in the
years to come. II the public is aroused to
the Importance OF this precaution every
parent will Insist upon his or her infant re-
ceiving this treatment, which is far more
necessary than the first bath, and should pre-.
cede it.
There is nothing more pit!fu than the blind
chid, and If we can make 1t impossible by
SO simple a precaution as this, why Is 1t not
done?
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-06-01
The German Method OF
Preventing Blindness at Birth

7 Is fact, deplorable but true, that very
large proportion of the blindness In the
United States begins in infancy. It is
often due to some faint in the parent but that
does not affect the result, which is easily
preventable
1t is proven that this blindness among In
fants can be easily prevented by proper treat
ment Immediately after birth. If few drops
OF a solution Of nitrate OF silver be put into
each eye Of the infant just after it is born,
blindness of this type will be prevented The
treatment with nitrate OF silver will not do
any harm to the eyes of any infant. so 1t is
only an act Of wise precaution to treat every
infant, without exception, with these few
drops that will act an absolute preventive
of this awful misfortune
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-06-01
New Things
to SAVE
Your TEETH
and Cure
Sore Gums

A RECENT dental clinic in New York City showed
~ number of wonderful advances In den.
,sry' out most OF all 1t proved how little the
average man knows about the work done to his teeth
For Instance, how many patients are aware that
nan the hard cement filings, known as porcelain
cements or artificial enamels, are spoiled by heating
"hen the dentist trims them shape with his ltte
"hriihs disk? IL the dentist greases his disk with
cocoa outer or some other lubricant heating and
no harm results, Heat causes the filling to expand IN
he cavity and later In contracting to pull away from
me tooth and leave saliva and decay 10 ente
AS everyone knows, ether, chloroform laughing ga
eno otner narcotics will make patient insensibe and
'his condition is known "anaesthesia" But few
people nave heard of condition known as analees,a
Ahases'a is way station on the road anaesthesia
"here the patient Is conscious hear see and talk
but cannot feel pain. At the clinic we're two new do
vices for producing analgesia.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-06-01
The Reason We STAND ON ONE LEG to Rest

EVTATCH the people waiting for subway train or
W. Tor street at the end OF DAYS work,
How many OF them standing on one leg?
All we'll nearly all. Yet, when you come to think of
H. IL Is queer that 1t should be restul TO put your
"nole weight on one leg until 1t is tired, then on the
other. and so forth, moving backward and forward
constantly instead OF supporting the weight evenly all
the time on two feet, which would then one would i'm
asne not grow as tired. Yet that this onelee nan &c
true and wise plan for securing rest Is made clear by
the fact that in all the armies the world stand at
ease Is position in which all the weight is mi on
the one loot and the knee Of the other leg is fexed
The whole matter depends on the fact that man is not
yet sufficiently accustomed the upright position AZ
relief from standing upright he will lean against a
pilar or amppost and il II is possible to find proec
ton slightly above level OF TIE ground he will n,t
MS loot on H. Witness the deadly fourth rail of the
barroom. which is placed here for that purpose and
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-06-01

Copyright. 1919. by tho Star Company.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-06-01
1sry and Remedy at Last for Pyorrhea and Loose Teeth

bone. Into this hole the cylinder Is
forced. In few weeks bony growth
forms, connecting the metal cylinder
with the jaw-bone and holding It firm
ly. The false tooth is then connected
to the end of the metal cylinder.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-04-26
CALLS COLLEGE LIFE WASTE
Business Man Says Higher Education
Spells Mercantile Career.

Boston Dispatch to the n. Y. Tines
That the four years a college-bred
man spends in getting higher educa-
tior' are wasted as far as his business
career is concerned seems to be the
opinion among leading business men
recently interviewed. Some of the
men even were inclined to feel that
the four years training was a positive
handicap.
THE average man is graduated from
college at the age of o." said Jerome
Jones, president of the Jones, McDuf-
fee & Stratton Company I'VE want
them younger. The man who comes
to lis just having obtained a college
degree feels almost invariably that he.
is above the mental duties required of
beginner The boy who comes from
the country expects to work his way
up and is willing to start at the bot
tom. Naturally, We want boys to be
educated to a certain degree, but we
have found that the boy who comes
directly from high school is likely 70
make the better business man."
The college man not only loses the.
four years he spends in college, but
about two years besides, which it takes
him to "unlearn" things he has ac-
quired there, is the opinion of the head
of another mercantile house.
Il am not decrying college seduca-
ton, you understand" / am speaking
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-04-26

only from the point of view of the
business man.
If the colleges only taught writing
and spelling and little arithmetic.
the college man would be better equip
yed for a business career. His hand
writing is horrible, because he has to
take notes SO rapidly. sent my son
to mercantile establishment after he
was graduated from college to learn
how to write.
The country boy is a natural trad
Ier. If he has worked in a country
store he has acquired knowledge of
business methods. l have found that
the country boys who come here make
the best business men"
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-04-26
DARIEN'S GIANT TREE
(Darien Gazette

For the benefit of the many who
have asked for the dimensions of tae
large old tree that stands in the heart
of the city just by the artesian well
we give the figures as measured by
Mr.. John Butts in 1895: Hight, 10
feet; circumference, $50 feet; trunk
circumference, Is feet inches; long
est limb, 81 feet; average length D
limbs 80 feet covers 1900 feet; will
shelter 5,069 men; age, unknown, as
the grandparents of the present oldest
inhabitants claim it to have been OF
the present size during their earliest
recollections.
Some fit mention of this grand old
monarch is worthy place among our
county records. 1t has been nurse"
and picnic grounds for more than one
generation of the same family and
many a gray-haired citizen can now
discourse with pleasurable pride CT
birthday parties held under its gener-
Gus shade. Many trees far less worthy
of mention have become of universe.
note because of the pride of citizen
ship.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-04-26
FINDS BUG TO SAVE ALFALFA
U. ). Expert Discovers Crop Weeyils'
Mortal Enemy in Italy

Parasites which will destroy the
weevil that preys on the alfalfa crops
of the West have been discovered in
Italy by w R. Thompson, representa-
tive of the United States bureau of en-
tomolOgy in that country. He has just
titled DR.. l.. o. Howard, chief of the
bureau, that shipment of these par
asites are on their way from Europe.
The alfalfa weevil has not spread to
any such great extent as the cotton
boil weevil; but as many farmers
throughout the West include alfalfa as
one of their principal crops the timely
introduction of an enemy to the pest
into their fields will save many agri-
suIturists from loss.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-04-26
VOICE CULTURE
FOR HELLO GIRLS
Operators in Twin Cities to Be Taught
How to Speak.

st. Paul, Mimi, April 25.-The te e
phone company operating here and Ia
Minneapolis has decided that the
voices of its girl operators are noe
what it wishes them to be
" *More gentle than the summers
breeze,
That mildly whispers through the way
ing trees,
Soft as the nightingale's complaining
ing song,
Or murmuring currents, as they roll
along.
The result is that the girls will be
given lessons in voice culture so their
voices will sound distinct over the tel
ephone. The company is taking big
chance, for with sweeter voices more
girls may be asked to desert the
Switchboard for the marriage altar.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-04-26
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Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-04-26
"PIE CUTTING" DELAY
NETTLES GEORGIANS


Savannah, Ga, April 25.--All repub-
lican postmasters and government off
cials in Georgia should be put out of
Office at once and democrats put in
their places, according to Congress
man Charles G. Edwards, who, with
other members of the Georgia delega-
ton in congress, visited President Will
son several days ago and expressed
dissatisfaction at the slow distribution
of patronage. 3ft5
Congressman Edwards has re-
turned home under order of his ply
sicians.
Mr.. Edwards said the president
told the Georgians that it was his
intention to appoint Colonel Pleasant
A. stovall as United States min
lister to Switzerland. ~
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-04-26
PLEASURES IN SPRING COLOR
Wonderful Tulips and the Modest Dan.
lions Contribute to Enjoyment.
Cincinnati Enquirer.)

Cincinnati Enquirer.)
Springtime brings US such varieties
of color that the gladness of them in
duces a sort of intoxication of the
sight to those of an appreciative turn,
and nowhere more so than in our lat
itude otter the dull gray monotony of
the winter.
Among the many refreshments O.
the vision in natures colorings none
can give more pleasure upon the rich
green clover and blue grass of the
lawn than beds of tulips. These startl-
ing instances of magnificent colorings
are so impressive as for the time to
minimize our wonderment over the
tulip craze that possessed Holland in
1634-37, when speculation in the bulbs
went wild and finally bankrupted in.
dividuals, families, and companies, so
that the government had to interfere
to put stop to it. The stock and bond
market was affected by the craze
Fabulous prices prevailed, and even
single choice bulb brought 5000. The
speculation involved many millions
of dollars. This reminds one of the
quite recent and still enduring era ze
over pictures, statuary, and bric-a-
brac in this and other countdies.
Holland is still the greatest pro-
Queer Of varieties of the tulip. In our
country the State of Washington leads
in the cultivation. There is no longer
a corner on the market, but the tulip,
with its beautiful bell-shaped flower.
is with us in abundance to delight the
eye. We see it in red, yellow and
white and variegated in tints and mark
ings, with varying shades of red, scar
let, pink purple, maroon, and in some
instances a close approach to black
Whatever its color or shading or
marking, the tulip, in beds of artistic
arrangement upon the background of
ASo'i'i SANNh' 40 just hOW q 3 cat pic
ture.
Along with the yellow of the tulip
that of the humble dandeion stands
out with refreshing contrast to the
darker richness of the moved lawn.
To some this mere weed" so sommon
everywhere. may not seem much to
view, but to many its single flower of
the rosette type in its rich yellow IS
very charming. In it's primary color
it is really bright and brilliant. We
must not forget its several uses, for
like other members of the chicory
family, it has served to exc out scare
ity of coffee.
The dandelion gives from its milky
juice contribution of diuretic and al.
terative for the shelf of the pharma-
cist Its leaves, close clinging to the
ground, provide us a salad. Who has
not eaten or heard of dandelion
greens? Also, there is dandelion wine
Just now there is industry in the gath
ering of leaf stem and blossom of the '
modest, earth-clinging dandelion.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-04-26
HOW CARBORUNDUM WAS IN
VENTED
fHarper's Weekly.)

Carborundum could never have been
invented in a garrett One man ho2-
cred on the borderland of discovery
for years. Clay, coke, and sawdust
subjected to great heat produced an
indefnable something that showed him
he was on the right track. He sought
more intense heat in an effort to
magnify that something which he did
not as yet understand. He believed he
was on the verge of grasping in I'M
limited quantity an abrasive purer
than any yet known. Emery comes
from an impure substance in nature
known as corundum. The man IN
question was trying to combine the ST.
lica in the sand and the carbon in the
coal in an effort to produce a pure
abrasive. So he went to Niagara
Falls. With the aid of water churning
great electric units he produced the
most intense heat known to man.
These substances he now placed in
furnace and fused by electricity. The
result was that they threw down pris
matte crystals composed of pure cor
undum combined with carbon
The discoverer came to New York
with the first crystals Stepping into
diamond-cutter's laboratory, he ask
ed the cutter in charge what his crys-
tai was. A series of tests developed
that it would scratch diamond. A
diamond is pure carbon and the hard
est natural thing in the world. He
sold these crystals for more than he
could have obtained for diamonds Of
the same weight He had produced in
a furnace material better than nature
itself could make.
So carborundum could never have
been discovered by the dreamy inven-
tor who worked alone. A great plant
employing scores of men and costing
a fortune in excess of the widest an
ticipation of the seeker of bygone days
was necessary Each furnace was in
itself marvel of construction. Years
of work and thousands of dollars had
to be expended to produce few crys-
tails than one could drop into the end
of goose quill. But these few crys-
tails opened the way for an artificial
abrasive that could be produced by
the millions of pounds cheaply and
quickly.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-04-26

Physician-Well, but if your little
pig won't grow big and fat, you must
go to the veterinary.
Woman (who has brought her pet
pig to the doctor's) oh, doctor, l
have no confidence in him, he's SO thin
himself-Fligende Blaetter.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-04-26

DO WOMEN WANT THE BALLOT!


A logical and stimulating discussion
CT the matter Of equal suffrage is thar
recently made by Rev T. D. Ellis, pas
tor of the Wesley Monumental church
in Savannah, in which he raises tn :
question of whether the woman SUI
frage movement is in fact represen
tative one. Is it not true, Mr.. Ellis
would suggest, that the women inter-
ested in the movement in this country,
represent but a small portion of the
women of the country who are of vot-
ing age? If equal suffrage is granted
women, will there be very many of
them to avail themselves of the privi!
eye of voting?
The following comment on Mr.. Ellis
sermon is clipped from the Macon
News:
Rev. T. D. Ellis, a former Macol
minister and now pastor of Wesley
Monumental church at Savannah, Is
eloquently opposing from the pulpit
the encroachmentS made by the wo-
man suffrage movement
Mr.. Ellis is urging the women of his
church and the women of Savannah to
hold aloof from the equal rights CAM
paign.
There would be no suffrage
question were it not for unhappy oil
maids, unhappy widows and discon-
tented married women" he asserted
adding, There have been good women
from happy homes who have been
swept onward in the movement, under
mistaken if not wicked leadership"
1t was ably and logically pointed out
by MIR. Ellis that if women secured the
ballot she will thereby make herself
liable to all the duties of citizenship,
and in fulfilling those duties she must
inevitably neglect her home, her chill
dren, her husband and herself "WO
men cannot elevate politics, but pol
itics will degrade woman" he de-
ciared
But while there is great hue AMI
cry over the suffrage problem, statis-
tics show that women are the least
concerned over the battle for right
that is being waged in their behalf.
The suffrage cause in England
claims 100000 supporters. There are
1S,5OO.OO0 women in England
| The national association in the
United States estimates that three mil
lion sisters" are "sympathetically
allied with the movement. There are
twenty-three million of women in this
country of voting age.
In 354 Massachusetts towns ami
cities women may vote in certain ell
ections. Last year no woman voted in
1853 towns, and in so others less than
ten exercised their suffrage If only
nifty towns did more than fifty women
vote. AS women in Massachusetts, are
little if any different from those in
any state, this would indicate that they
really do not desire the ballot. AID
as for Observation-Disclosures is no race
question there such as there would
Individually be in the South.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-04-26

The New Jersey man who thinks he
has invented perpetual motion has
overlooked the capacity of some wo-
mems tongues.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-04-26
Americas, Ga, April 26, 1918
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flames Whitcomb Riley)
aere is ever song somewhere, my
dear,
There is ever a something sings al
ways;
here's the song of the lark when the
skies are clear.
le sunshine showers across the
grain,
And the bluebird thrills in the orch
ard tree.
I'd in and out. when the caves drip
rain,
The swallows are twittering cease
lessly-
lere is ever a song somewhere, my
dear,
In the midnight black or the mid
day blue;
e robin pipes when the sun is here,
And the cricket chirrups the whole
night through
buds may hlOw and the fruit may
grow,
And the autumn leaves drop crisp
and sore;
whether the sun. or the rain, or
the snow.
There is ever a song somewhere, my
dear.
ere is ever a song somewhere, nv
dear,
Be the skies above US dark or fair;
ere is ever song that our heart:
may hear
ere is ever a song somewhere, mj
dear
ere is ever song somewhere!
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-04-26

Probably it is true that the best
farmers are too busy working that
they don't have time to get blue about
the crop prospects.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-04-26

Now who will undertake the heroic
task of trying to count the rs" in
Colonel Roosevelt's autobiography.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-04-26

low that the recent d A. II. revolt
4 is ended. the Mexicans may have
aher chance.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-04-26

New Orleans Photographer accuses
Mississippi riyer Of getting full
OF disorderly conduct
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-04-26

a.. is reported that the suit against
Brazilian coffee trust has been
aed ON satisfactory grounds.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-04-26

'oung fans are saving up their
lCles for the opening day in the
que.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-04-26

he Mexican reyoluti0nists need a
baseball games to liven up their
ting ability.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-04-26

he standpat tariG newspapers at
the tariff revision as if they were
! SO much per column.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-04-26

Life without honor is wanton waste
of Gods raw material.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-04-26

When wise men do play the fool
they never have any halfway business
about II.