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The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1914-02-13
COLLEGE HAZING.
1t Was Called "Wreckins" In Carthage
In ST. Augustine's Time.

It Was Called "Wreckins" In Carthage
In ST. Augustine's Time.
At most American colleges it Is called
"hazing;" ut West Point it is called
"crawling" and at English schools
Tagging is often applied When St
Augustine was a boy they called it
"wrecking"
In translation of his Confessions, .
for which l am indebted to a learned
clerical friend, ST. Augustine relates
what the boys did at the University of
Carthage:
Il would take no part in the wild do
ings Of the 'wreckers,' a cruel and dev-
fish name, which was looked upon as
the stamp of the best set. | went about
with them, and Of some Of them l made
friends, yet l always dislked their
ways of going on their wreckings
their wanton attacks upon the shyness
Of freshmen and the unprovoked af-
fronts with which they carried on their
malignant amusement. Nothing could
be more like the conduct of devils, and
what name could be filter for them
than 'wreckers'"
That sounds as if the Carthage soph-
omore was fully as much endowed
with self Importance as the American
sophomore. may add that st. Angus
tines criticism of ''wrecking" is one
more ancient proof that boys will be
boys. ys."-Philadelphia Ledger.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1914-02-13
Must Organize First.

Joliet, H., Feb. l3 In an ad
dress to the Carpenters of this city,
on the occasion of their fifteenth
annual banquet, Attorney D. R.
Anderson. in speaking on, What
UnioDism Means to the Ma ion and
World, said: "Once it was a
crime, punishable by Imprisonment
to belong to a labor organization.
Now l believe it is a crime not to
belong to a labor union. | want
to cite you three things which have
marked for the advance of union
ism, and l will speak of them in
the reverse cf the order of their
Importance. They are legislation,
agitation and organization. The
eight hour day is on the statute
books of this country, Lut it was
not written there until three.
fourths of the men who are now
enjoying that privilege had gained
it for themselves through their la.
Dor unions, through organization.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1914-02-13
BRAZIL AND ITS C0L0RS.
Flag Day There Has Now Become the
Great National Festival.

In the republic of Brazil, where the
ruling language is Portuguese and a
welcoming hand is extended alike to
the European and the Asiatic immi-
grant, great attention has been paid
for some years to the cultivation of a
spirit of patriotism.
The cult of the flag has become more
and more ardent in the hearts of
that people. and the feast of the flag"
each recurring November is celebrated
with more and more pomp and enthu-
siasm all over the immense empire and
on every Brazilian ship, wherever 1t
may be. In a country noted for its nu-
merous saints days the celebration Of
Flag day has become the true festal
day
Commenting on this, lie Bresil Eco
nomique Of Rio Janeiro says: Our
people are imaginative and simple \
flag undulatug in the breeze as it
passes by to the strains Of martial
music, that the officers salute with the
sword and before which everybody un-
covers, speaks more strongly to the
heart of the people than any dry his
toric date which presents nothing in
the concrete and which to the ignorant
recalls nothing of significance"
The lesson Of the flag is taught to all
the children of the schools in Brazil,
and on Flag day they gather in the pub
lie squares of the city and town and
as in the United States, sing patriotic
hymns. .-Indianapolis News.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1914-02-13
SHOW.
mis- DOLLY DIMPLES. -

On next Wednesday and Thurs
day nights, February Is and 10, at
Smiths Theatre, Hamilton Lodge
No. SO, B P 0. f. will give its
aunua, charity benefit This year
the attraction is Miss Dolly Dim
pies" a MUSCLE comedy in three
acts with over $50 of Hamilton S
l-ading talent in the different
scenes and chorus numbers.
1t was planned to have 800 in
the company, but there have been
nearly two hundred more than
this number at the reheaIsals and
the cast will be the largest ever
seen on the stage at Smith Thea
tre
Ia the cast of principles will be
such well known people as Miss
Edna Bosch, Mrs Alloys Egry,
MlS w M 1odWI EISlG We JciS
Carlysle Howald, Ray Meford,
Percy Todd, Danny Brannen, Geo.
Ogg, Cotton Husemen, Edna
M ,rehead Carl Hazeltine, Matte
Millikin, Dorothy Egry. Pauline
Easton, Mildred Egry, Miss Ecker,
Pearl Ent, Marion Martindell,
Jeane Ross aid many others.
The sale of seats opened Satur-
day and was unusually ,arge For
the entertainment the curtain will
rise at 8:l5 sharp and will descend
at 1920. Those arriving late will
not be seated during the hr.t act.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1914-02-13
Labby's Long Walk.

In Bohemian Days In Fleet Street"
Is this Labouchere incident which hap
pened when he was in the diplomatic
service and was sent on a mission to
ST Petersburg:
Before starting he had a dispute with
the foreign Office about his expenses.
The foreign office had its idea of the
scale; Labouchere had his But the
Office refused 10 reconsider its Geci
sion. I4abouchere took his leave, cross
ed the channel ana was to all appear.
ance lost. A week after the appoint
ed time he had not arrived nj St
Petersburg. 4 representative Of the
foreign Office was sent out on his
trail. He was traced to Paris and fraui
thence to Vienna. whore he WAS ru
to earth, In reply to his discoYere hn
coolly said. The foreign Office refuse
to pay me my expenses. and I'm walk.
ing to st Petersburg.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1914-02-13
Stores Violate Law.

Chicago, Feb. 13.-State factory
inspectors are investigating large
department stores in this city which
force girls to labor long hours in
violation of the state law. The
management of one store produced
signed statements by the girls de-
nving the charge. Later the girls
acknowledged they were ignorant
of the contents of these documents,
and the states officials charged
that the stores purpose was TO have
the testimony of the girls stricken
out because it was contradictory.
In several cases fines were inflicted
and in one the factory Inspector S
attorneys withdrew the complaint
because of technical error in the
warrant which was drawn against
the lperintendent instead of the
owners of the store. New com
plants were Immediately filed.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1914-02-13
A WILL AND A WAY.
How a Great Sculptor insisted Upon
Getting Recognition.


While still an unknown struggling
student, Carpeaux, the famous sculp-
tor, determined to get his work and
his name before the public, so he sent
a bas-relief that he had just finished
to the Salon in the hope of gaining
the notice of Napoleon Ill
The subject he had chosen was
THE Surrender of Add ell Kader to
Napoleon Ill" He labored so hard
over the work that he fell i'll. He lay
on a sickbed in the hospital when the
news came that the Salon jury had
accepted the bas-relief and would hang
it at the approaching exhibition.
Unfortunately Add Ell Kader" was
so poorly placed in the Salon that it en-
tirely escaped the notice of public and
emperor alike. Carpeaux was not dis
couraged He was no sooner out OF
the hospital than he heard that the
emperor was to visit some cities of
northern France Immediately he pack
ed the cherished group and set off for
yalenciennes. When the emperor en-
tered the city ball Of that town the
bas relief was exhibited at the en-
trance. Napoleon inquired about 1t,
Unfortunately. Lemaire. the deputy
frnm that district, was something OF q
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1914-02-13
WHIRL OF THE WILLY WILLY.
Fearful Force Of the Miniature cy-
clones of Australia.

Writing in Harper's Magazine, Nor
man Duncan tells of his first expert
ence with the whirlwinds of the Aus
tralian desert:
"All at once diminutive whirlwind
took life under our very feet and went
swishing and swiring to the east.
whats that?' cried the artist, as
founded
ut might have been partridge
whirring to new cover.
"a little willy willy said the bush
man.
'1t was singular phenomenon. Its
force and activity were amazing, and
the noise it made-the swish and hum
and crackle of it-astonished us no
less We watched its erratic course.
It's outline was definite. Its path no
man could guess. And it moved swift
ly, only occasionally stopping in inde-
cision to spin like a top. 1t darted, it
swerved it circled. Had 1t returned
upon it's tracks-and there was no GER
tainty that it would not Immediately
do so-we should have taken to our
heelsl 1t was so visible and small
that, having short warning, we might
| have leaped aside and escaped. And
q man would earnestly desire to elude
1t. 1t had a fearsome violence; it
caught up the twigs; 1t scattered the
pebbles; it tore at the scrub; it gather
ed a cloud of dust, When at last it
vanished. thick, red mist. high in
~ ~ 10, or
comical little six foot cyclone, as We
were disposed to regard it.
"Traveling subsequently in the midst
of a host of these small winds, we had
| no laughter left.
"Precisely speaking, the willy willies
| are those destructive cyclones which
| originate in the ocean to the north of
the continent and. blowing to the
| southwest, fall heavily on the north
| erly Western Australian coast from
| December to March OF Ninety Mile
l beach, near Broome, the pearl fishers
| call them Cockeyed Bobs. Five years
| ago two visitations OF the willy willies
sent sixty luggers to the bottom and
| accounted for the disappearance OF
| 300 men and more. 1t is now the GUS
| tom Of the pearlers to lie discreetly in
harbor during the willy willy season.
If, however, the great willy willy, in
stead of following the coast line in a
southerly direction, deviates to the
east, as sometimes happens, it crosses
the continent to the great Australian
| blight, on the south coast. and its
course is marked by torrential rains
A fall of as much as twenty nine and
one-half inches has been recorded. All
the dry lands-where. too. we tray-
eled-are in this way sometimes re-
freshed"
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1914-02-13
keymen Talk Or Strike

Cleveland Feb. 13 Members of
the Order of Railway Telegraphers
employed by the Lake Shore and
Big Four railroads have failed to
secure consideration of their de
mands, and strike ballots are now
in their hands. More than 2, 500
workers are involved The men
demand 10 hour day in one-man
stations and an eight hour day at
stations employing more than one
man. They also ask 40 cents an
hour for overtime, ard time and a
half for SUNDAYS. The roads have
refused the demands. on the
grounds that food last spring make
extra expenses impossible.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1914-02-13

its first monthly meeting TO outline
plans in connection with the ad-
ministration of the factory inspec-
ton and other labor laws. The
board will be part of the State
Department of Labor, and will af
ford place for appeal against or
ders changing manufacturing
plants 1t will also have power TO
make rules and regulation in vari-
Gus plants that are not covered by
the law, and which would be i'm
possible to specifically mention be
cause of constant changes. The
board is also empowered to hold in
vestigations in any part of the state
and it's d cisions are final subject
only to the cour's s. Meetings will
be held every month.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1914-02-13

sculptor n1mseir ana or jealous uIs-
position as well
"Bah!' he replied "An uninteresting
piece: the work of a student" The
emperor passed on.
Undaunted. Carpeaux repacked his
work and set or for Lille. There the
collapse OF the ballroom floor put q
stop to the festivities and to the en-
peror's visit Carpeaux started for
Amiens. only to be arrested as sus.
picious character and to have his
precious bundle cenfiscated. He sue
ceeded in proving his innocence and
Immediately hastened to the arch
bishop. who gave him permission to
exhibit the group at the cathedral
gates
The emperor, deep in thought. enter
ed the church without glancing to right
or left Again "Abd ell Kader" had
failed to attract Napoieon's attention
Carpeaux now decided to risk every
thing on one chance.
The next day the emperor, with his
usual retinue. visited a local exhibi
tion. They were examining some
paintings when suddenly young mar
pushed forward and halted before Ma
poleon Pointing to the bas-relief OF
"Abd ell Kader" he started to speak. but
before he could utter a word he was
surrounded and hustled to one side.
great hubbub arose, for every ont
thought that it was an attempt on the
emperor's life. Finally. the yount
man, still struggling with his captors
managed to shout above the clamor 81
Carpeaux. am the author of tha
group And again he pointed to the
Das-relief Gradually calm was re
stored. and Napoleon examined th,
work which the sculptor had so dra
matically brought to his attention Fl,
was delighted with it and purchased
it on the spot Carpeauxs reputation
was finally established Youths Com
panion
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1914-02-13
Against Compulsion.

Washington, Feb l3. .-Declar-
ing that he was opposed 10 any
legislation for compulsory arbitra-
ton Of strike, Secretary of Labor
Wilson urged the House Commit
tee an App opriations to favor a
$50, 900 appropriation for the ap
poiutment of Cancellation commits
sioners to settl: strikes. He said
that in many cases these commits
sioners would be willing to serve
without pay, and that be would be
glad to have them serve under
these conditions, but if the occasion
required it they should be paid
their expenses. He told the com
mitttee that the work of concilia
ton by this department. was handi
capped by lack of funds. It was
at this point Mr.. Wills N expressed
his views on compulsory arbitration
and ventured he opinion that the
majority of right thinking citizens
agreed with this viewpoint.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1914-02-13
lnflammah bic cel1ulola.

Celluloid. being first cousin of gun
cotton and closely related to nitro
glycerin, is highly inhammable and
should never be brought in close prox-
unity to a flame. Celluloid is COM
pound of ceIlulose or vegetable fibrine,
reduced by acids to guncotton. Cellu-
lose is found in all vegetable life. par
ticularly in young plants 1t is a
starchlike substance. Cotton fiber is
principally cellulose. After the cotton
fiber is cleaned it is submerged in
acids which quickly reduce it to cellu
lose in the form OF a thick, pasty. semi
transparent mass. Camphor is added
further to thieken it, and the required
coloring matter is thoroughly mixed
in. after which the celuloid is molded
by heat and pressure into various use
full and ornamental objects, such as
combs. boxes. pins, paper cutters, or
naments. etc. New York World
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1914-02-13
Special Meeting.
Local No. 68 Iron Molders' I'm
ion will have special meeting
Monday night, February 16, at
regular meeting hall, all members
are requested to be present.
Screen Bill Passes Senate.

Columbus, Ohio, Feb. 13.-The
Green anti-screen bill has passed
the Ohio senate with only six votes
cast against it. The bill was in
troduced by Senator Green, secre
tary-treasurer of the United Mine
Workers of America, and provides
for the weighing and payment of
coal before it has passed through
screens. For twenty years the
miners have fought for payment
of all coal mined, and against the
practice of operators who paid only
for the coal that did not go through
screens. At the last session of the
legislature a commission was ap-
pointed to investigate the question.
The report was favorable to the
miners, whose years of agitation
are beginning to bear fruit.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1914-02-13

shop craftsmen, which has been on
for eight months, is still waged by
resolute workers, who say their
greatest trouble is failure to Sc
cure publicity OF conditions and
the fact that strike exists. They
charge strike deputies with Great
ing the impression that any labor
editor who refers TO conditions will
be cited for contempt before Ped
eral Judge Arthur Tuttle, of the
eastern district of Michigan, who
is receiver for this railroad. The
strikers are calling attention to a
report of the State Railroad Com
missioner, which puts the Pere
Marquette railroad in the lead in
this state for killing and injuring
passengers and employees during
the year 1912. The Pere Mar
quette's record is employees Is
killed, 293 injured. Passengers,
five killed and 121 injured 1t is
intended to ask Congress to investi-
gate the causes that are response
BILE for this frightful toll. The re-
quest of the Pere Marquette Rail
way clerks for higher wages is now
in the hands of Mr.. James Hogan
of the Department of Labor, who
successfully mediated an agreement
for the federated trades on the
Chicago & Alton railroad. The
clerks received no satisfaction from
Frank H. Alfred, the general man
ager for the Pere Marquette re-
ceiver.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1914-02-13
Learn 10 Write We'll.

First legibility, second sightliuess,
should be the endeavor in handwriting
and let the character" ana the "indi-
viduaity" take care Of themselves. If
you wish to devise a signature hard
to forge that is another thing, but
ones everyday handwriting should be
plain and as good looking as one can
make it. The art Of writing a neat
legible well nunctuatcd. correctly eX-
pressed and spelled letter should be-
long to every high school graduate.
much more to every college graduate.
and the thanks of the community are
due to those who are testing aud try
ing to improve our methods OF educa-
ton; but they must remember that the
letter style is properly more loose and
conversational than any other and
therefore should not be criticised in just
the same way. Kate Upson Clark in
Leslies
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1914-02-13
WOMEN OF JAPAN.
The Old Time "Three Ohediences" No
Longer Dominate Her.

Longer dominate F1EF
From the beginning Of japanese his
tory to the introduction OF Chinese
civilization women occupied very
high place in Japan and filled positions
of importance and honor in state re
lgion and household Several EN-
presses at different times ruled the EN-
pire. The greatest lights in the worla
of pure Japanese literature are both
women MuraSaH Shikibu and Sci
Shonagon. Their superb productions.
"Genji Mouogatari'' and "MakuranO
Soshi," are strong proofs Of a large
measure of liberty and of high posi-
ton in society enjoyed by women of
the time. 1t was chiefly the Confu-
clan doctrine of the three obediences:
Obedience. while yet unmarried, to a
father; obedience, while married. to a
husband; obedience, while widowed, to
son, that changed the primitive state
Of comparative freedom and independ-
ence of woman. Buddhism and feudal
ism contributed also to place women
in an inferior position and state of de
pendence.
Many Americans assume that women
still occupy an inferior position in ia
pan under the law. But this is not
true During the last fifty years fe-
male education has spread throughout
the country. Western Jurisprudence
has superseded Chinese and a great
revolution has come over the social
and legal position OF woman. The
new civil code of Japan created a new
legal woman. 1t proceeds upon the
principle of equality Of the sexes and
makes no distinction between men
and women in their enjoyment and ex,
ercise Of private rights so long as the
woman remains single. She may now
become the head Of the house. She
may exercise parental authority over
her child. If her husband be dead she
may adopt children. she may make
contracts, acquire or dispose OF prop.
erty in her own name. In short. she
may be party to any legal transac-
ton so long as she remains unmarried.
When she Is married her state OF Gov
erture obliges her to obtain the per
mission of her husband before doing
certain acts, such as contracting debts
insdtuting legal proceedings, entering
into contracts Of personal service. etc
But even though she does these acts
without her husbands permission. they
are not void. but only voidable.-
From a Bulletin of Japan Society of
America.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1914-02-13
EYES OF A PIG.
Did You Know They Closely Resemble
Those of Human BEING?


Your eyes are like a pigs If any
body told you so you would doubtless
feel insulted. And yet such a state
ment would be quite correct. Your
eyes are very much like a pig's-more
so. indeed. than they are like any other
animals.
This is one of the most curious
truths Of physiology. A pigs eye so
closely resembles that of a human
being as to serve very important
practical purpose. Young men who
are learning to be eye doctors are
taught the rudiments of their business
with the help of pigs eyes. They dis
sect them and practice all sorts OF
operations on them. from removing q
cataract to the shipping of the muscles
which control the movements of the
eyes in their orbits. If an oculist hap
pens to be puzzled about an operation
he expects to perform. he sometimes
gets one or more fresh pigs eyes from
the butcher and makes experiments
with them.
A pigs eye in live pigs head does
not look much like human eye. 1t
is small and not very intelligent In
expression. When the pig is dead,
however. and the eye Is taken out 1t
is hardly dfstinguishable from the eye
of person.
Human eyes do not vary much in
size. and In themselves they have no
expression whatever When 1t is said
that person has large eyes it means
simply that the opening between the
lids is larger than ordinary. 1t is the
lids that are wholly responsible for
ocular expression, which is capable of
such wonderful variations.-New York
American.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1914-02-13
oaic Below Stairs.

A country gentleman recently had
his house fitted with electric bells, and,
giving instructions to his servant, he
said. Now. / want you to understand
me clearly. Joseph. that when ! ring
once want you and when | ring
twice want Maggie. the housemaid "
The bell rang Joseph never moved.
Presently it rang again, and Maggie
hurried to her master, who was very
angry. why didn't that rascal Jo-
seph come when | rang for himT' de-
manded the gentleman. why, sir"
answered Maggie Joseph was busy
reading the paper when be heard the
first ring. and he said TO me, Now.
Maggie, wait until master rings again,
and then it will be you he wants -
Pail Mall Gazette.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1914-02-13
Beating 1t In.

DR.. Brandes. in his lecture on Shake
speare's Hamlet" said the interest OF
Shakespeare was to be found in story
and not in psychology. Elizabethan art
was intended for IN audience who read
but little Like all early art, it was ex-
plicit The conditions were similar to
those IN the story of the old London
stage manager, who said:
IF you want the British public to
understand anything YOU must tell
them what you are going to do next
that you are doing it, and, last, that
you have done it" and he finished by
saying, Then they will perhaps under
stand you Pail Mall Gazette
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1914-02-13
A Coal Fire Without Wood.

In the Woman's Home Companion a
contributor tells as follows new way
to start the kitchen fire:
ATTACH a rubber tube from the gas
jet long enough to reach to the front
of the range. Put a metal tip on the
free end of the tube. light it and mold
it under the CRATE already filed with
coal a steady flow of gas for a few
minutes will start good coal fire
without using any kindling wood"