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"RORKE'S DRIFT. +"
Edison.

- HIS photoplay retells the story
of an episode of the war be-
tween the British and the
Zuius, in South Africa in
1879. The film Is remarkable not only
for the vividness of it's photography.
but for the realism of its battle
scenes. A real British army marches
through these pictures, and Rorke's
Drift is besieged by real Zulus. The
photographs are so close TO reality
that in the final scene. when relief
comes to the besiegeG, the spectator
almost feels he can hear the SOL
diers cheering.
Running through this realism is the
fabric of a strong nelodrama.
Tommy Brandon, a British cavalry
man invalided At Rorke's Drift. falls
in love with his nurse, Grace Lin
den. Tie camp. frontier post set
down in a sea Of yellow sand. swept
by the never resting wind and
scOrched by the African sun, seems
the last place in the world for n ro-
nance. Nevertheless, the soldiers
advances are not spurned by the girl.
The DAY comes when Brandon is to
leave the hospital. A playful meet
ing with his nurse results in a mar
riage proposal. Grace gives no def
mite answer. but the trooper finds
in her manner no cause for despair.
4 little latsr he finds the reason for
her diffideIfce. Grace has a WORTH
loss brother, who is a soldier. Bran
don sees him begging money from
his sister. She begs her suitor to pro-
tect her brother from himself and in
return promises him her love.
That same afternoon Ken. the
brother. cheats at cards. Brandon,
to shield him from the contempt of
his companions, accepts the blame
himself. Grace learns of the Incl
dent and, not aware of the real situ-
alton, tells Brandon never to see her
again Almost Immediately Ken Lin
den and Brandon leave Rorke's Drift
with n column sent out to surprise
the Zulus.
The Zulus, however. have planned
n surprise Of their own. The column
had scarcely marched out of the
camp when Grace discovers the
s&vages creeping up for an attack on
Rorke's Drift. There is no time to
send messenger and the girl re-
sorts 20 the use of the heliograph to
warn the departing soldiers that the
outpost Is threatened
How the girl, using a mirror to re-
feet the rays Of the sun, stops the
column is shown in the pictures.
There are only eighty men, COM
manded by Lieurenants Chard and
Bromhead. In the detachment. The
ZuIUs outnumbcred them ten to one.
II is necessary to send a messenger
for relief. Volunteers are called for.
Brandon, made desperate by Grace's
rejection Of him. offers himself for
the almost hopeless task of riding
through the Zulu lines to the main
body of the British army.
The detachment starts back 10
Rorkes Drift. II meets the enemy
The Washington times., 1914-02-26
HO7u to Make
Better Cough Syrup than
You Can Buy
4 Family supply, saving =: and
Fully Guaranteed.

A full pint OF cough syrup-as much
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Mix one pint of granulated sugar VIII n
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Take a teaspoonful every one, two or
three hours. IT.,
This is Just laxative enough to help
relieve q cough. Also stimulates the
appetite. which IS usually upset by a
cough The taste Is pleasant.
The effect of pine and sugar syrup on
tho infIamed membranes Is We" known.
pinex is a most valuable concentrated
compound Of Norway white pine en-
tract. rich in gtiaiacol and other natural
healing pine elements. nher prepara-
tions will not work in this combination.
This Pinex and Sugar Syrup remedy
has often been initiated. but the old sue
cessful mixture has never been Sdualed.
II is now used in more homes than any
other cough remedy.
a guaranty of absolute satisfaction.
or money promptly refunded, goes with
this preparation. Your druggist has
Pinex, or will get it for You. " not
send to The Pinex Co. 1T. Wayne
Ind.-Advt,
The Washington times., 1914-02-26
Are Y You
Miserable?
BY Sophie Irene Loeb.

Copyright 1914. by the Press PubIishfne Coz
oNDoN:-If you on the east side
or the west side or any other
IL side imagine yourself to be very
unhappy and you can only see
me through the small lens, then Won
should see something of the real misery
| In the largest city in the world-London
where there Is a great distinction of
| class. and where who's who matters
! much more than what's what-where
! many man Is so busy making ends
| meet and wages are so low that old age
pensions from the government are a
great necessity, for the average working
man saves but little in lifetime.
OF course, there are those wh, rise.
but the opportunities. once you are in
| a groove: are much less than in dear
| old Uncle Sans domains For ex-
ample, let man have a brilliant idea
as to an invention or be he in an Of
! flee and have a new system devised,
sometimes the VERY CHANCE to get
| to the man higher up is lacking and his
opportunity is stifled before he has been
tried.
| Not so our country-where the man
at the top is willing and glad to listen
to the man at the bottom If he has
something to give toward betterment.
So if you are down in the dumps.
you must just reflect on the position
you would be in IL you, were in a coun-
try that did not appreciate you as
readily as your own. 1t is by such COM
parison that we may get real angle
as to what should make Us miserable
or happy. In the words Of the late
Mayor Gaynor in summing up the
meaning of happiness and misery (and
, he had seen much of both on all Sides:
There is less misery in this world
than some miserable people think.
| Misery seems to be happiness to some
people II they happen to be without
some mental worry or misery they
think they are sick. Every one Is happy
In some way. The predominant feel
ing in the world is one Of happiness.
We often imagine that II We met with
some accident. or. were sick. We would
J not be happy. But the one who has
lost a leg, or an arm. or even his
voice, or his hearing, or his eyesight. Is
generally happy"
! Along this line, in speaking Of the
simple things that can make for happi-
ness, he further stated: where I
lived the winter had hardly gone at
Easter But the thawing snow. the
sir ging of the hens, the cows licking
| themselves and one another in the
barnyard sun. the sharp crack of the
bursting trees in the woods and many
other signs told US that winter was
| ars;pp and the spring arriving ThaSa
we're great days. 1t is the same with
! citv people. only the point OF view is
different" And in the last sentence he
mas truly told the gamut of il all.
| The point of view is different"
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SOPHIE PICKS A DEAD
ONE"
Essanay.
ESSanay.

-HIS is one Of the Essanay
company's Western COM
edies. The idea-that of an
individual who gets into the
habit of pretending to. commit
suicide every time anything doesn't
go to suit him and finally is trick
ed at his own game-is funny. and
the hero" role as enacted by VIC
tor Potel comes up, to all the re-
quirements Of picture play humor.
Snakeville first discovers the ef-
ficacy of pretending suicide when
a bad dinner results in his being
spoken to harshlys by mis- cowboy
boarders. Grieved by their con-
duct, he goes out and makes be-
lieve to hang himself. The cow
boys discover him and cut him
down. Penitent, they overwhelm
him with sympathy and kindness.
The cook is in love with Sophie
Clutts, the Snakeville belle. So is
Mustang Pete. the camp foreman
So, in fact, is all Of Snakeville.
Miss Clutts gives a musical at her
house The cook arrives first and
is warbling sentimental airs when
with horns. yiolinS, bassoonS,
guitars, banjos. and other instru-
ments makes its appearance.
Last of all comes Mustang Pete.
He finds the musicians monopodz-
ing Sophie's attention, and to get
rid of them he stampedes their pom
les with q few shots from his pistol.
While the cowboys are chasing
their horses. Mustang Pete proposes
to Sophie and is accepted. He pre-
pares for hasty marriage. \ min
lister is summoned and the cere-
mony is under way when the cook
looks through the window.
Horrified. the cook fires his pistol
and falls down in Il spasm. Sophie,
rushing out in the midst of the cere-
mony. finds him writhing apparent
ly in his last throes. The Wedding
IS abandoned and the cook and
Sophie are left alone. Tnen the cook
confesses his duplicity, and Sophie,
won by such devotion, IS married
to him.
Weeks pass and Mustang Pete Is
dying of broken heart. A TRACE
dian arrives in Snakeville and pre-
pares to give a performance OF
Faust" Sophie catches the cook
in the act of filching from her purse
the money TO attend the show. She
boxes his ears, forbids him to go,
and sends him to bed.
There the cook pretends to hans
himselfS Sophie finds him and runs
in horror for the doctor. The latter
has figured in two of the pretended
suicides and has had enough of them
He gives the patient a sleeping po-
ton and then calls in the cowboys.
informing them incidentally that the
cook is a faker.
The cowboys adopt the doctor $
plot. They put the cook into night
gown and deposit him in a coffin.
Then they summon the Mephisto-
phoIes of the Faust" production and
revive the suicide" long enough 10
permit him to get a look at his
Mephisto Satan compels the cook
to take another sleeping draught, and
when he wakes again he finds him
self beside his own grave and eN-
periences the sensation of reading
his own epitaph.
Mustang Pete, meanwhile. has risen
from his bed of sorrow. He is in
formed the cook is dead. He loses
no time IN seeking out the tickle
Sophie. who. convinced her husband
has passed to his reward, acCspts his
attentions. They are being married
when the cook, "resurrected," makes
his appearance.
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and there is some stiff fighting. In
one of these brushes Ken Linden
shows his real Colors by GallOping
away from the enemy. When the
column cuts through he is pursued
and shot. The Zulus are driven back
and Ken is found by his sister dying.
In the pocket of his shirt she discov-
ers the card. the stealing Of which
resulted in brandon being accused
as cheat Linden dies in his Sis
tcrs arms after confcssins Bran
don had taken the blame for his
guilt.
Meanwhile Brandon mas fought his
way through the Zulus and reached
the main body of the British army.
Re-enforccmcnts are sent to the be-
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sieged. While the re-enforcements
are coming the Zulus make last
desperate attack on the Rorke's Drift
stockade. Hand to hand fighting or
the fiercest character .ensues. The
stockade is set afire and the Zulus
pour in over the barricades. Tie
gallant eighty are at their last gasp
when troop of the main army's
fastest cavalry gallopS over the hills
to the rescue.
The ZuIus are routed and amid the
chccrinS of the soldiers Brandon is
brought forward as the hero Of the
battle The last scene OF all comes
when Grace, confessiug her error.
appears anu hegs her soldier lovers
forgiveness.
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VexatiOuS Mistake.

FTER the services were over one
u of the congregation turned to
MS wife and said:
On my way TO church
rICilc1 up a button and put il in my
change pocket, where ] had a quarter" I"
Gracious. my dear" anticipated his
wife, very much Mortified And you
cropped il into the collection basket by
nlstake?"
mo, confound itI' replied her nus
band. Il put in the quarter. ''-Maga-
Fine of Fun.
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INES Bedtime Story
PoIly'S 5 Prisoner.

= was bright snrinS day. The oeau-
tiful valley OF Virginia lay a carpet
Of soft green down which the silver
,nread Of the river ran, and far
, Pc toward the east tn" blue noun
i : lifted in a purple haze.
4 Dolly was not thinking a bit
, IT these things. She was worrying
. 1T her party. for her tenth birthday
, I'D be tomorrow and there was not
, -.veet thing in the huse. Pol!y's
p .ar and brother were in the army,
i farm was all torn up, the fences
b. ned to keep warm, most of the cat
. used by the soldiers and things
O. r;ci awfuliy blue to this little Con-
:, crate girl just budding into life in
I midst of the desolation OF war.
here was no sugar, only black mo-
2 scs which was used TO sweeten the
:, fee so. Of course. there would not
,, any cakes or candies. Polly sat
}. the stump of an old tree and
:. ed at the gloomy prospect Then she
:tught sight of a horse coming down
.e road. its gallopinE feet beating
. 100 swiftly on the hard pike. The
rse was specked with foam ana the
}; ldier wore a blue uniform.
Goodness" exclaimed Polly. running
y on the porch and hiding behind
, = chair. 1T is a Yankee"
Y there was anything in the world
lat Polly feared just then it was the
+ ng which little Southern girls called
Yankees" For that was the name by
which the Union men went in the South.
Arc as her papa and brother were ont
.hting these same Yankees it was no
I nder she was scared cold.
VIXEN the rider got in front Of the
!. Sc he leaped from his horse, gave 1t
blow that sent it flying down the
. d. then he ran UP on the porch into
g front door and burst into small
: udy. which had only one door. In a
The Washington times., 1914-02-26
The Price the MdnMuSt Pay

~ TARTNG the figures quoted today by Kate Waller Bar
re continuation of her series of articles published
exclusively in Washington Times to show the need of
an e,,iehened conscience formulating higher community stand
ards to battle with pice conditions
m with her figures she finds gedm of expectation and nope
that already the National Government has taken steps to minimize
the evil in both army na forecasng State and local aid in
protecting the community this part of the price be paid
The demand for Of The Times containing preceding
ARTICLES, has been large supply for Articles Seven and Eight
in the series has and of the remaining articles there
are but very few left They w be supplied on application to the
,oo of The Times Munsey building, Pennsylvania
as long they last.
e.e,s to The Times Mrs. Barrett concerning the articles
the subjects Nth they deal pouring from social pork
fo,me inmates of dpsion penologs and Others Mrs.
R mill gipe resume the letters at the close of this series Of
articles
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diers that it should permit such
centers Of vice to exist near army
posts, is a disgrace.
In the navy the combined COM
miunent rate for such diseases is
1885 per 1909 This shows Il con-
siderable reduction from the figures
of the previous year. but it still cx-
ceeds the average rate Of anv other
disease.
The Washington times., 1914-02-26

Petit, of Chicago, says ca per cant of
the boys and girls arrested are children
Of divorcecs Justice Mayo, of New
York found only two such In l2,"U
The Washington times., 1914-02-26

"Women are not fitted to work alone.
sa.5 Mrs. r. II. Asbough. president OF
the City Federation of Detroit, welcom.
ing men into the organization.
The Washington times., 1914-02-26
What Realm Is
Not WOnan'S S?

has induced the city to establish a
lodging house for women and children.
Suffrage.
Chicago women. registering for the
municipal election, had t. tell their
ages.
Frances NJ. Easement. OF gainesville,
started the fight for equal suffrage In
Ohio twcnty-eight years ago, and is
still at It.
Governor Walsh of MasSa chusetts pre-
diets that women will soon be voters in
the Bay State.
Present pet ambition Of militant suf-
fraEettes is to raid a meeting Of the
British cabinet. AS for votes-that's a
side issue
Capacity.
Miss Agnes Darcy controls the opera
tion Of twenty-fou elevators in a big
New York building, sitting in front of
an electric chart which shows the posi-
tion of 81 each elevator and comuni-
eating with the operator by phone, if
necessary.
Miss Elnor Cebhardt has made a syn-
Opsis of the laws of New Jersey relating
TO women and children.
Matrimonial
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Indiana club women have pledged
themselves to cooperate with health
officers and physicians in the prevention
Of disease.
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In Public Service.

Miss Georgianna Hopkins is official
mcnder of broken homes in Philadelphia,
as special agent of Domestic Relation
Court.
Ifttsburghs superintendent Of police
is empowered to appoint four police
women.
Uncle Sam is clever. Employs a calm
and pretty young WOMAN at the custom
house to deal with the irate citizens who
seek solution of the puzzles of the in
come tax.
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Matrimonial.

Authorities disagree. Chief Justic
The Washington times., 1914-02-26

St. Joseph (Mo), club women are
working for municipal farm to take
the place of the city workhouse.
The Washington times., 1914-02-26
Club Women.

The Ohio State Federation OF WOm-
ems Rural Clubs has 1000 members or
ganized in eighty-five clubs.
The Washington times., 1914-02-26

The woman's City Club. Of Chicago.
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Capacity.

Miss Elnor Cebhardt has made a syn-
opsis of the laws OF New Jersey relating
TO women and children.
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ou KATE WALLER BARRETT.

The price he paid is well mus,
trated in the story Of the Prodisai
Son who came back home penniless.
after having wasted some OF ,he peI
wears of his life, and lost that which
is dearer than life itself to any Que
his self-respect and his ideals
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-02-23

have therefore met all the require
ments of the law. Now this pestifer-
GUS old trouble maker complains of
Tige, and we are served with notice
that we must keep him muzzled.
Outrageous"
tits the law" said Mr.. Page, mild
ly. 81 guess you'll have to give in"
1t had been really disagreeable
experience ever since Miss Narcissa
Wentworth had rented the other
half of the big double house. She was
lonely spinster with two nephews
and niece away at school, had some
means and she boosted of some fam
lily diamonds. She began by sticking
up her nose at those common
Pages" because they lived plainly,
happily, and did not put on airs Then
when one day Tige made dash for
her sole pet, an antiquated tabby, the
real war began. From that time Miss
Wentworth never even looked at her
neighbors. When Tige ran acros" her
garden a week later, she went to the
village authorities and invoked their
cooperation. There was not statute
relating to animals, tresspass, null
sances and disorderly conduct that
Miss Wentworth did not traverse to
annoy and prosecute the especial OBJ
ject Of her dislike.
Hector Page finally accepted the
situation. Tige, everybody's friend if
they would only let him be, went
around the street disconsolate with
big wire cage over his head and was
chained up nights. Naturally the re-
straint CALLED him and when the moon
was full he bayed his woes forth to
that gentle luminary. Again Miss
Wentworth complained, but the law
had spent its full force. One morn
ing, nose high tilted in the air, she
followed her household goods from
the place.
"She's movedp' enthused Hector,
deliriously joyful. What relief"
Eyes, and we have got to move,
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A TROUBLE MAKER
By George Elmer Cobb.

BY George Elmer Cobb.
Copyright by w. G. Chapman.)
81 simply won't do itH' declared
Hector Page angTily.
Then you've got to- give up Tige. !"
Never
The young man was flushed, in
dignant and mad all over. 70 his
way of thinking there was full cause
for it all His father, placid, easy go
ing, had just announced disturbing
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Pulling Him Down Was Staunch
Faithful Tige.
act and it had set Hector Page all
aflame.
'Why, never heard of such a
thingw stormed the young man.
Here we are unfortunate enough to
share a double house with a whim-
steal, disagreeable old maid. She
ties dogs and has got to hate all of
at account. We have paid the
=. I license for Tige, we have
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The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1914-01-01
SHORT CHANGE GRAFT.
An Honest Industry That Does Ri
Business In New York.

An Honest" Industry That Does Bio
Business In New York.
One form of honest graft a hotel
keeper has TO fight the hardest In this
town is accidental short changing
said the manager OF very popular
MOTEL near the Grand Central depot,
famous for its oyster bar.
THE same sort OF honest graft OBJ
tains at almost every cash changing
place In the city where there is a net
ting on the cashiers desk to protect
the cash and a lower bar OF wood to
hold up the netting or glass screen.
This bar of wood or metal runs across
the hand hole for change. The cash
iers have figured out the aJ.gie of VI
sion OF all men, short ana tall, and
the distance they stand from the desk
to receive their change.
Say dollar is changed to take out
30 cents. The accidental short
change artist will push forward the
70 cents in coin, but his hand will
halt one dime that is hidden from the
angle OF vision of the man getting
change by the line of the bar over
the cash hand hole. II the man is in
hurry or absentminded he grabs the
change he sees and rushes off without
one dime. Always, stop, stoop and
look II in doubt
And you would be surprised to
know how much money is left on
cashiers counters, box offices, sub
way ticket booths and other places.
I'll wager 100000 10 short changed
annually in New York. They never
call you back."-New York World.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1914-01-01
FORESTALLS STRIKE
Frisco Line Changes IeIegTapheTs'
Wa|kOut Into Lockout.
All Telegraph Instruments Remov-
ed and Telephones Installed
400 Operators Dismissed

Springfield, Mo.-In anticipation Of
the strike of 100 teiegraphers en-
ployed on its lines, the ST. Louis &
San Francisco railroad Sunday laid of
indefinitely 400 telegraphers and be-
gan to transform its telegraph lines
into a telephone system of railroad
communication
This action disclosed the company's
plans for resisting the strike, to the
Amusement of the telegraphers, ship
pers and railroad circles in general
Removal of all telegraphic instru-
ments from the company's Offices be-
gan Sunday. 1t is said this is the first
time such transportation of the use of
the wires has been made by railroad
to avert a strike.
Among those who will leave the
service of the Frisco are many who
were to present the demands of the
Order of Railroad Telegraphers at a
conference with the receivers of the
II I'd.
at noon "a special trains, consisting
iof an engine and caboose, went out on
the Frisco lines with right of way
over all trains except passengers. The
crew of each train removed the in
struments from every station it passed
and joined the telegraph wires al
every mile. Thus 1000 miles Of
railroad telegraph were converted int
telephone circuit.
Many points on the system wer'
without Geographic communication
temporarily. Telephone operators vii
replace the telegraphers. The threat
ened strike will be forestalled by wha
practically amounts to a lockout, an
it is said by some Frisco officials her
that the conference between the tele
graphers and the receivers may not b
held at all.
According to E. G. Levy, genera
manager of the road, every five mile
of the Frisco's wires will be guarde
: by man day and night At a
points where it is necessary to Civ
|. orders. he said, deputy United State
D marshal will be on duty to protect tn
r telephone operator