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The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1914-11-13

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From elderly ladies with sure cures
for toothache, corns and tonsilitis;
and from boiled potatoes, poison ivy
and the military experts" of newspa-
pers; and from all females more than
twenty-three or Tess than eighteen
years old; and from persons who
know the exact difference between
who and whom" and are willing
to tell it; and from provincial para
graphers who initiate Franklin P.
Adams; and from old and bad cock
tails under new and seductive names;
and from gilt chairs; and from dogs
with loose hair-good Lord, deliver
us!-Owen Hatteras, in Smart Set.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1914-11-13

left to the judgment of the visiting
nurse. The nurse at all times places
himself or herself under the orders of
the physician In charge. In cases of
urgency special nurses are provided to
look after the patient. There Is no
charge for the visits of the nurse It
is part Of the business of the com6any
and 1t has been found to be profitable,
The longer a policy holder lives, the
more premiums the company receives
Safeguarding the life of its policy hold.
ers' therefore, Is of prime Importance.
Heads Great Nursing Service.
The great factor in this work is this
woman of the South. She has spread
this visiting nurse business far and
wide. She has become next to Doctor
frenkel, the directing spirit of the wei.
fare department, with the title of al.
perintendent Of the nursing service,
The policy holders in 1900 cities and
towns come within her province, The
company has 100000 policies out
ihis nursing service already embraces
sections in which 100000 of the mol.
icy holders live. The nurses under
tnis Woman's charge made 1000 900
visits In 1912. Her. department OK.
pended a little more than five hundred
thousand dollars. She has So clerks IN
ner New York Office. She has 8OO
nurses scattered throughout the Uni.
TED states. All the agents of the com.
pany are Instructed to work in co.on.
eIa'lon with her. She puts in about
lhree months each year travelling
around the country, visiting agencies
se''ins the nurses together, explaining
her plans and delivering addresses In.
cldentally she gets up a vast amount
OF literature intended to epIjghten
men and women in matters of hygiene
Ihere is not anything in the house.
hold or in regard to care of adults or
chllaren TO which she does not give at.
.ehtioh' She goes into those subjects
IN ner addresses and in the printed
matter she puts forth. She tells what
is the right way and what Is the
wrong way to keep house clean She
tells now to keep cooking pots, spoons
and dishes clean and sweet. She tells
ABOUT closets, garbage pals and tow.
els She goes into the matter of
germs She tells how to care for and
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1914-11-13
His Better Half

Here, my DEAR" said the husband,
producing his purse. here is $50 I
won playing cards over at Browns
last night. You may have it to buy
that dress you wanted"
Reluctantly the conscientious wife
took the money; then said, with an
expression of rigid rectitude:
Il simply shudder at the thought
of using money gained In such a way.
Henry, promise me that after you
have won enough for me to buy the
hat to 90 with the dress you will
never touch those awful cards.
don't want my husband to become
gambler"
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1914-11-13
CALOMEL IS MERCURY, It S|CKENs!
STOP USING SAu|VAT|NG DRUG
Don't Lose Days Work! If Your Liver Is Sluggish or Bowels
Constituted Take "Dodsons Liver Tone"-lts Fine!

sluggish liver better than a dose OF
nasty calomel and that it won't make
you sick.
Dodson's Liver Tone is real liver
medicine. You'll know it next morn
ing because you will wake UP feeling
fine, your liver will be working, your
headache and dizziness gone, your
stomach will be sweet and your bowels
regular. You will feel like working;
you'll be cheerful; full of yigor and
ambition.
Dodsons Liver Tone is entirely
vegetable, therefore harmless and can.
not salivate Give it to your children!
Millions of people are using Dodson's
Liver Tone instead Of dangerous cal
omel now. Your druggist will tell you
that the sale of calomeI is almost
stopped entirely here.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1914-11-13
She still had before her the great plan

I Che still had before her the great plan
of being a physician.
Her work in the psychopatn'c "afu
attracted attention and a position was
offered to her by the National ASsocla.
ton for the Study and Prevention OIL
tuberculosis. She had charge OF inc
publicity department. One OF tne
things she had to do was to get out d
biweekly bulletin that kept track OF all
the tuberculosis institutions in Amer
lea. Up to that time there had been no
concert OF action In the war on tuDer-
culosis. It was while she was with
this association that she met Dr. Lee
Frenkel and compiled for him a list or
all the associations and all the persons
engaged in the fight Oh the great white
plague
Welfare Department Work.
Frenkel was so pleased with the
work that Mrs. Cunningham-Snyder
did that when he was invited by a
great insurance company to establish
q welfare department. he asked her to
ACCEPT a position under him. She con-
scented. The work was not much at
first, but it has grown today to be
very large affair. 1t was started IN
New York, experimentally, in one
small section Of the city. Three
months trial was sufficient to warrant
its extension. First and last the pur-
pose of the work was to prolong lie,
the lives of policy holders.
In case Of illness the policy holder is
requested to notify the companys
agent al once. Then visiting nurse
calls. The nurse does not remain in
he home of the patient, throughout
he illness, but gives such attention as
$ necessary.
A skilled nurse can do a wonderful
mount of good in an hours visit Com
,aratively few persons know the ire
nendous Importance of having the sick
DOM sweet and clean. The length of
he visits and the number of calls are
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1914-11-13
ASHAMED OF AN INFIRMITY
Sailors, Particularly Amateur Ones,
Seem to Look on Seasickness
as Crime.

Here | must deal with a distressing
subject, which it would be pleasanter
to ignore, but which my training in
realism will not allow me to ignore
writes Arnold Bennett in the Century
Magazine.
A certain shameful crime is often
committed on yachts, merchantmen
and even men-of-war. It is notorious
that Nelson committed this crime again
and again, and that other admiruls have
copied his iniquity. Sailors, and par
ticulariy amateur sailors, would soon.
err be accused of any wickedness rath.
err than this. Charge them with cheat.
ing at cards, running innocent women,
defrauding the government, and thew
will not blanch; but charge them with
this offense. and they will blush. they
Will recrlminate, and they will lie dis.
gracefully against all evidence; they
cannot sit still under the mere sus
picion Of it.
| have known a yachtsman, an ex-
pert, a member Of an exceedingly
crack club, suddenly Shift his course
shoreward in circumstances not de.
void of danger.
What are you about" was the af.
frighted question. He replied:
I'm going to beach her If don't,
shall be sick, and | won't be sick
aboard this yacht"
Such is the astounding influence of
convention, which has transformed
into a crime misfortune over which
the victim has no control whatever,
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1914-11-13
Cubs Faux Pas,

This may be a base libel on an hon.
ored profession, but it is told by the
man who perpetrated the faux pas.
He was reporter for a Baltimore pa
per-or had been one for about an
hour, this being his first experience in
newspaper work-when the city editor
sent him out to see Cardinal Gibbons.
The cub" rushed down to the modest
white house where the venerable pre-
late lives, says the Philadelphia Eve
ming Ledger, and rang the bell. A man
servant opened the door.
rs the cardinal at home?' asked the
reporter.
No, sir
"Oh, Mrs. Gibbons will do" ejacu-
lated the cub"
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1914-11-13
Beat Him to Il,

Mary" said MIR. Thomas, when q
silence fraught with unpleasant mean.
Ing had followed his first alteration
with his young wife.
Yes" said Mary, interrogatively.
When man and his wife have had
IA difference" said Mr.. Thomas,
with a judicial air, land each consid-
ers the other at fault, which of the
two do you think should make the
drst advance towards recsnciliation?'
THE wiser of the two" said Mrs.
Thomas, promptly; land so, my dear,
I'll say at once that I'm very sorry"
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1914-11-13
Might Take One Precaution.

Owing to the shallowness of a GER
tain harbor in England, the ships trad
ing to and from it have to be built
with light draft. Commenting on
this fact one day, facetious individ-
ual remarked to the skipper Of a
steamer:
I reckon, captain, you would think
nothing of running your ship across
meadow on a dewy night?"
Nothing at ALL" came the reply;
though, to make sure, | might send q
uan ahead with q watering.can."
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1914-11-13

"hen Mrs. Cunningham-Snyder first
went out travelling, telling the men Of
the company how to do their work,
some OF the employees thought she was
getting her information second hand.
ana wishing to be gracious, one of
'nem' possibly misled by her unusual
name, would arise after she finished
ner speech and compliment her on
knowing 30 much about her husbands
work Then she would have to explain
.hat she had no husband and it was
ner work she was talking about.
Doing Much for America.
ohe gets fat salary. She is likely
10 get still larger one, She probably
Is doing more than any other one per.
son IN America to improve health con.
ai'iohs and prolong life. Her influence
is growing with each year. She is the
eieatest teacher of hygiene in the
country today. She is young. She still
ID IN her early thirties. For a woman
VINO went to New York ten years ago
lettered and handicapped, she has
maze remarkable progress. This is
al .ne more remarkable in the light
o' 'he TACT that she is the only mem.
Der OF her family who has had a bust.
ness career. Her father is practicing
ID" IN New Orleans today. Four Of
nei brothers are living; one of them
10 Judge OF the district court in north.
ern Louisiana. w.
When the woman of gentle breed.
us, "nether she be of the North or
Vi the South, goes into business she
0eens 10 develop talents she never was
supposed to possess. A little woman
VI bowling Green, KY, who began with
d needle, has built UP a business that
pays her $4,000 a year; a gentlewom.
al OF Albany, N. Y, forced by grim
necessity when she was past fifty To
mont d hVlng for herself and her in.
,ai,u sister, has developed a business
Al NE" York city that liz; drawn in
.allous standard Oil millionaires who
we're eager to share its great profits.
Ano mere this woman of New Or.
ieans goes to New York and, within a
n uevaue, does work thai is likely to
MAKE her a national flglre.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1914-11-13
Ditto,

At an inauguration in Washington
4 couple of negro vendors were OBJ
served passing through a crowded
street, one about ten feet in advance
of the other, and both endeavoring to
dispose of their wares to the passers-
by.
The first negro would cry out:
"Heah's Wheah yo' get yo' cigahs and
tobacco, candies, fruits and nuts"
Each time he called this out, the
negro shuffling along in the rear would
cry: Same heah, same heah, same
heah."
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1914-11-13
Human Nature.

Now, Ethel, Howard says he's sorry
he broke your doll, so | want you to
forgive him."
I'D feel more like forgivin' him,
mother, if could swat plm one first"
Life
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1914-11-13
Objected to the State men Mt

I'VE all make fools of ourselves at
times, your worship said a man who
was charged at the Lambeth police
court with insulting behavior.
You can only speak for yourself"
retorted Mr.. Biron.-LOndon Tit-Bits.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1914-11-13
Real-life Romance,

In real life one sometimes gets the
whole OF a romance and sees it result
in the leading lady thereof cooking for
oarders.-Atchison Globe.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1914-11-13

Red Cross Ball Blue makes the laundress
happy, makes clothes winter than snow
All good grocers Adv.
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1914-11-13

Love that feeds on beauty alone
soon staryes to death
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1914-11-13

or =. . wonderful how long some faces
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-10-13
DELEGATES TO
BIG MISSIONARY
MEETING GATHER
Between Three and Five Hun.
dred Expected at Sessions of
American Board
AZ FOREIGN FIELD
WORKERS TO BE HERE
List Includes Native Chinese and
Sessions Open
Tuesday Afternoon

Men who nave made religious his
tory in distant parts OF the world and
men whose executive. and business
ability have made possible the carry
ing Of the message OF Christianity
into dark continents" are coming
into Detroit In large numbers and reg
isteriEg in the First Congregational
church as delegates to the one hun,
dred and fifth annual meeting Of the
American Board OF Commissioners for
foreign missions. the formal sessions
Of which begin TN that church. Tues.
day afternoon. These smen are fol.
lowing their signatures with their
place OF residence such as Africa
China, Japan. Turkey. end other dis.
tant lands, while othersa afiix the
names of American cities. large and
small
The annual meeting Of the board
will bring together between 800 and
SEQ delegates and AZ missionaries
from distant parts OF the globe. In.
GLIDING native Chinese and a native
japanese. There will be Ave veteran
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-10-13
HIGHLAND PARK TO.
HAVE BOYS WEEK
Detroit Y. M. c. A. Secretaries
VIII Make Campaign Among
Youngsters of Suburbs

Details for the local boys week In
the interest of all the boys OF High
land Park. to be held Oct. 1925, are
completed Under the auspices OF the
school authorities four secretaries OF
the Detroit Y. NJ. C. A. will speak. to
ell students above the sixth grade, at
various times during the eight days.
and viii hold at least one mothers
and one fathers meeting In the
schools. They also will meet the
teachers OF the schools in one or more
groups and confer with them as to
any special problems with which they
come In contact. The program for
these meetings will be- arranged by
the superintendent OF schools.
Under the auspices of the different
churches Of Highland Park. r. w.
Hine' being general chairman, the fol-
lowing events. with others. will take
place:
Boy Scout banquet. Tuesday. Oct.
20, In Congregational church; E. A.
Burger. chairman Of the committee.
Mems banquet In Trinity Methodist
church, Thursday, Oct %. The pro-
gram topic will be. Our boys" Sem
Iator G. z. Gittins will re chairman.
Older boys banquet. Friday, Oct. %.
in Highland Park Presbyterian church.
for boys over Is; Arthur E. Sutphin,
chairman
Older boys meeting. Sunday. Oct.
rs. In Highland Park Presbyterian
church for boys over Is: c. Z. Up
ledger, chairman.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-10-13
EXHIBIT IS
INTERESTING SHOW
Gives Some Valuable Data on
Tuberculosis in Concise
Style

Crowds attending the exhibit OF the
Detroit Society for the Study and
Prevention Of Tuberculosis. nj No. sc
Broadway. are receiving much yalu.
able knowledge OF subject on which
there is all too little knowledge, and
they are receiving II In snappy.
catchy style that holds the interest
from entrance to exit
There IL the Michigan shack" for
instance two-room house designed
by the state board OF health. for the
abode OF tubercular persons. The OK.
hibit shows Q model OF the house, In
which fresh air and sunlight are the
aims. Material for q house such as
Is shown can be bought for Sis, and
plans and specifications are furnished
free on application. by the health
board.
+. J. Pienta is the boards repre-
sentative at the exhibit. Clever and
concise means OF showing the ter
rible toll of tuberculosis. the neces.
sary preventive measures, and warn
ing the unwary or fake cures" make
the exhibition well worth visit.
A big clock gives q startling OBJ
jectS lesson In the toll OF tuberculosis,
by ticking on the deaths, In the coun-
try as they occur. There Is one every
1.-TWO and one-half minutes on the aver
age, and the hand on the big clock
registers II. al The big total hand
registers the complete record. The
| big hand shows more than 1.s00
deaths since the exhibit started. and
the clock gives . creepy" but Ell.
fective object lesson toSexhibition Wis.
| itors.
All OF the tables Of statistics are
prepared. from every, angle, each Civ
ing its story at a glance. by the, chart
method.
One startling piece Of Information
/ is the comparative mortality In the
white and Negro races In Michigan
a long line on a chart showing 416.9
the mortality record for Negroes, and
a, short line, 1872 for whites. out OF
each 100000.
Up In a corner. is bottle OF con
sumption cure" with the benign face
| of Its proprietor smiling from the
label, An electric light flashes. aud
the smiling face fades away. skull
land crossbones supplanting 1t. In vivid
style.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-10-13
GOVERNMENT Will
PROTECT. SHIPPERS
wIr.sON.
President Assures Men Doing
BUSINESS in Europe Their In
terest Will be Watched

WASHINGTON. Oct. 12.-words OF
reinsurance to business men were de-
livered today by President Wilson,
Replying to question as to where
the government stands with respect
to shippers who fear to take q chance
with their European business. Wilson
declared that the administration II
behind them to the limit of its rights.
He declared he did not believe these
rights would be interfered with.
OF business In general the presi
dent declared that II Is going normal
ly. with the exception OF the cotton
situation. which he hoped would soon
be facilitated as much as possible in
the circumstances. Imports, he add
ed. are being resumed. but not to an
extent to warrant abandonment o.
the war tar plan.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-10-13
BILLY" SUNDAY
WILL CONDUCT
REVIVAL HERE
Noted Evangelist Tells Minis,
tiers. Though, That He Can't
Come For a Year
WAR IMPOSSIBLE IN
20 YEARS, SAYS PASTOR
Era of Peace and Brotherly
Love Coming, Declares Rev.
Willis A. Moore

The Rev. Billy" Sunday. baseball
evangelist. Is coming TO Detroit, for
one OF his whirlwind reviyals.
His telegram accepting the invita-
ton from the ministers OF Detroit
was read In the meeting OF the Pas.
tors union, Monday morning. II was
a typical Billy" Sunday epistle. and
was read by the Rev II. Lester Smith
OF the Central NJ. L. church, mem
Der OF the committee that extended
the invitation.
Il will give you the first date suit
able for live city like Detroit" the
Etelegram stated. 1T necessarily can,
be for a year. as am tied UP solidly
for that length of time. | sincerely
prize your condolences In me, as ex
pressed In Your Invitation"
DR.. Smith declared that the Detroi;
pastor would correspond further with
tho noted evangelist, to learn nis
terns-Aas applied 10 closing OF other
churches during his work here. and
such matters
The Rev. willis AZ: Moore, paste,
OF the Church OF Our Father, spoke
to the ministers on The presen'
trend OF liberal thought" and his tall
sparkled with epigrams. Referring &c
the European war, he declared thai
in 20 years, such war Viii not bs
possible. as an era of peace and
brotherly love will exist, with all meu
IN true brotherhood.
They Will not even. talk against
each other" he said. WI
He declared that the church should
bold the balance OF power in thu
world. and added, that conditions
showed that II did not. Selfish race
selfish sectarianism permit OF warks
he declared. I'VE must found ouI
civilization on the9 rock Of universal
love, and In less than 20 years the
world will come to Il. All of the
troubles Of the present day viii, drive
the world to it, fHe bewailed the
lines that were drawn between the
children Of God, and the attitude tina,
these Chinese and Japanese have nc
right in "a white mans country"
Prof. Sidney L.si, Gulick, OF rho
Doshiska university. Kyoto, Japan
who was speaker in the meeting
declared that the Japanese regard
the California troubles between Jap
anese and Americans, as great 9
breach of the treaty between japan
and America, as was Germany's VIC
lation of the Belgian. treaty.
Japan has lived up to its gentle
mems agreement with the United
States. TO the letter." said Prof. Gu
lick, ''but the United States has
not And as to the reported inniis
of Japanese, there are 1000 less Ja,
anese In this country today. thar
there were when the treaty went into
effect. Japan has lived up to the
alien labor law as II has lived up q
the rest OF the treaty--to the letter.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-10-13
ASSERTS SENATE ACT
GIVES ALASKA AWAY

WASHINGTON, ID. c., Oct. ia
bin to insure the giving away OF Alas
ka Is what Rep. Lenroot, Of Wiscon-
sin calls the Alaska coal bill as
passed by the senate. In his state
ment, Lenroot says:
The bill provides that all leases
shall be subject to valid existing
rights and then throws open the
doors Of the district court OF Alaska
for suits against the United States
to determine their rights after IL has
leased the coal. The result would
be no coal lands would be leased at
all except TO these various claimants.
Finally, the bill fixes a maximum
royalty upon the coal mined OF five
cents ton. When II Is remembered
the Gugegnheim syndicate actually
made a contract with the Cunning
ham claimants for royalty equal 10
so cents a ton, we see how little re-
gard the Democratic senate has for
the public interest"
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-10-13
COUNCIL ASKED TO
PROVIDE NIGHT NURSES

Mayor Marx will present to the
common council, Tuesday, q formal
petition from the Women's Political
and Civic league. asking that night
nurses be provided for the city physi.
clans ONCE, ready to answer emsr.
gency calls. after the visiting nurses
are OF duty.
I'VE find that after $3.50 o'clock In
the afternoon, no provision Ii made
In thin city to take care Of sickness
and suffering among those not able to
AFFORD their own nurses" the petition
states, land we feel that some meas.
ure should be used to overcome this
condition OF affairs"