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The Washington herald., 1914-11-15

we're no good in the first place. Lighton
started in with a clean slate. He expert
mented failed. scratched his head. ex-
perimented. began to get results. Moth
ing was done bIndly. simply because it
always had been done" Everything he
did or tried he had a reason for.
In the meanwhile, Lighton kept on
with his writing. A series OF articles on
farming and country life entitled Let
ters Of an Old Farmer to His Son." he
sent to the Country Gentleman. They
we're accepted and made an instantane-
Gus hit. The editors received more let
ters about these articles Of LightOn's
than they had ever received concerning
anything printed in their magazine. And
now they have been issued in book form
by George H. DOran.
For the most part these letters. sup
posedly written by an old farmer to his
son at an agricultural college. recount
Lighton's own experiences at Happy Hol-
low farm. They are practical, philo-
sophical, kindly. humorous. shrewd. They
put farming in a new Iight-the light of
romance. of adventure, Of hard work.
The Washington herald., 1914-11-15

Ozark Mountains near Fayetteville. Ar
kansas, because that was the cheapest
thing he could buy.
He built a log cabin and put his fam
fly in It. Then he started in to he a
regular farmer That was six years ago.
And now We shall give you the second
portrait OF William R Lighton. the man
who made good. BILL" Lighton is the
biggest man in Fayetteville If you were
to drop of the Fayetteville local some
bright afternoon. rush up to the station
master and get his opinion on the mat
ter you might be surprised to learn that
"Bill' Lighton is the biggest man in Ar
kansas. The station mT-ter, If pinped
right down to it, might even come out
and admit that "Bilr' Lighton is one Of
the biggest men in the country.
There was no fuke connected with
Lighton's success. True. he knew nothing
about farming. but It didn't take him
long to learn. And he had no old-fash
ioned notions to start with. lot Of
farmers have been doing things year
after year Just because everybody else
has done them. and a lot of those things
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Paris or TO Guitry's thousands OF vor-
shippers therein if the brilliant Young
man should shoulder a rifle and 20 Of
to the big war Indeed, they expect him
to do It as quickly as he regains his
strength His tendency to corpulencv
previous to his illness did not make mm
Just the material out of which soldiers
are made. But his illness has changed
all that.
II Guitry goes to war France and the
world can look for a brand-new style Of
war literature. The first man who was
brilliant and clever enough to see in
serious illness an opportunity to be
humorous. droll. witty. sarcastic and
irOnical without being offensive in any
sense OF the word, will surely be able to
extract similar things from a war with
out injuring anyone's feelings,
If Guitry goes to the front the result
will be very much like what would take
place if George Bernard Shaw we're to
Join the British forces. The sizzling wit
that would flare up would be comparable
only to the bursting Of one OF the new
German siege gun shells. The rain Of
satire would be like the splitting of rapid
firers Only where Shaw would get
tremendously serious every once in a
while. Sacha would be eternally enter
tanning He would make war something
to which everyone would want to go
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selves pictured minus their faces and
heads and considered only as the COM
posite powers OF an absolute monarchy
are also set down by Guitry as illustra-
tio-s.
Even VI Guitry's friends are not i'm
uune from his satir!cal hV-or Towards
the end Of his volume he classifes them
under various heads-those who left
cards; those who came to see him to talk
about their own i'll health during the half
hour that they remained. vitiating not
only the air but the moral atmosphere:
and those who with tears in their eyes
entered the room on tIp-tOe to deDlOre
the ravages OF disease in the appearance
Of the patient Everybody knows these
patients, but II isn't everybody who is
willing to paint them in their true colors,
Thus It was that Sacha Guitry. play
wright, has Grasped the principal points
Of a scenario and put them together for
Sacha Guitry. novelist. He has built a
farce out Of something that most of US
consider a tragedy and has done it in
the most modern and brilliant Of French
styles.
ia Maladie" was published by a
friend of Guitrv's Just before the friend
went to the front II was to have been
translated into English, but the war in
tervened.
It would not ho at all surprising to
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No. that happened after my recent Ill
ness am therefore, perfect man. "
"A sick man is no longer a man." he
says in another place. iii. he has
neither name. age. wealth nor family.
only temperature"
In his illness Guitry lost far more flesh
than he did through the flesh reducing
belt to which he loaned his name as
an advertisement He had fattened out
into depressingly straight lines.
None Of his sense Of humor disap-
peared with his flesh. however. His un-
accustomed leanness serves as subject
for one of the illustrations in his health
monograph where only overlong hair
and the smoke Of his cigarette curved.
and where the voluminous folds Of his
wide striped dressing gown dragged like
loaded tapes to the floor.
Guitry has not been content to write
himself into fame as the hero Of his
satirical book on illness. He has also
drawn himself into his own illustrations.
He has chosen such sick room fancies as
an invalid's tray. sparsely filed. beside
a really satisfying meal.
An extremely large thermometer, an
overpowering bouquet of flowers. the sad
smile OF his negro valet as he announces
the doctor. and even the doctors them
The Washington herald., 1914-11-15

TAS the high cost of living got you?
Do YOU find it pretty hard to make
= - both ends meet? Are YOU mar
ried and getting well along in years.
with a growing family at home and
shrinking balance in the bank. and no
prospects worth mentioning before you?
Are you discouraged? Well. there's no
need of getting discouraged. This is no
philosophical nor psychological treatise
on the uselessness of worry; no scientific
tract on fretting as a disease. 1t is
simply story OF facts. 1t is the story
Of man who was discouraged and who
made good.
First. let us give you a brief portrait
Of William R. Lighton. the man who
was discouraged. Six years ago he was
a newspaper man in town out West. He
had been a newspaper man all his life
and he had lived in many places. When
ever the wanderlust got him he would
pack up his belongings and move on. But
one night at Omaha he sat down and
took stock. When he had balanced
everything up. debit and credit, liabili-
ties and assets, he discovered that he was
riOh IN experience and poor In almost
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Here are a few observations. picked at
random:
IF any man on earth today is entitled
to hold up his head and stick out his
chest. it's the farmer who. with his own
hands and on his own land. has brought
q good crop through n the harvest
There's a solii satisfactic N that
The dollars I'm proud of are those
I've made by growing my crops. There
no three-shell business about that. That's
creation. There's nothing mean in it.
When I've planted a bushel and a half OF
wheat on a well-prepared acre and have
made it give ME thirty-fve OF forty bush
els of increase. I've done something I'm
not ashamed of owning the dollars that
are earned in that way. I'm proud of
them. The long and short of it is that
Id rather own one dollar made by crop
growing on ny farm than ten dollars
made out Of a shrevd trade"
The Washington herald., 1914-11-15

v ToILA! Here is sacha Guitry.
the George Bernard Shaw of
" Paris, getting sick and then
making a lot Of money out Of it!
No one ever denied that the French
we're saving people. But what in the
name Of all the Kings Louis are you
going to call them when they begin to
make capital out Of a sick spell?
Sacha Guitry was the first to hit upon
this astonishing idea. 1t is just this
ability of his to take everything. even
success, lightly that has made Guitry one
Of the most popular men in Paris and his
name one to conjure with.
For so many thousands of francs he
will recommend a fashionable aperitif in
the morning papers. For a few more
thousands he will lend HIS name to a
company advertising a flesh reducing
belt He doesn't need the money. but he
does these things perhaps through the
French ingrown sense Of thrift and un-
uuestionabIy because he is fond OF the
Ridiculous
So it was that he wrote his book on
MS Illness. He doesn't need the money
hat this is bringing him in and being
busy man might just as well have lain
back in bed and had good rest out OF
his sickness as most men do
But not Sacha. It is not he who will
let Paris forget him for one minute,
whether he is sick or we'll. whether there
is war or peace Six thousand words
were what he put down and they were
sold to a publisher before the ink on
his doctors bill was dry.
La Maladie" Is the name Of Gultry's
book in French. Ia English it is Just
plain illness" It isn't a novel It Is
only 5000 philosophical and deductive
words Joined to state Of mind The
conclusion that Guitry comes to Is
"HeaIth is Everything"
Nearly every novelist who has vet
written uses the omotional, experiences Of
himself and friends in constructing his
works. But this is the first time on
record that a writer has capitalized.
financially and artisticalIy speaking. the
Illness that has laid him low
La Maladie" is in the form Of a diary
II Guitry's daily sufTerings While his
temperature was lowering around one
hundred and four and a fraction this
remarkable Frenchman was yet able to
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to write more than the date II is
subtle bit OF arrangement which is left
entirely to the eye Of the individual
reader to discover
La MaIadie" gains its place among
the most clever books OF the year by
reason of two things One is the form in
which it has been published. The other
is Guitry's ability to see himself with
a satiricaI humor which is rare in any
case aud is particularly unusual when
it is remembered that Guitry was serious
ly i'll during a part OF the time that it
WAS written.
In one place he says: ITO be Ill is
frightful. it is shameful. 1t is ignomn-
ious. it is sad, it is unjust. 1t is ugly and
it is not clean; but at last 1 now am
moral man. | have been i'll and will be
able to say in casual tones to my friends
who know the meanings Of temperature.
oh, yes that was before I was MI or
The Washington herald., 1914-11-15

Recently invented candles. made Of
metallic magnesium and aluminium for
taking motion pictures at night. project
their ligh' about thirty-three times e
far as an ordinary arc light
The Washington herald., 1914-11-15

T TOILA! Here is Sacha Guitry.
the George Bernard Shaw of
" Paris, getting sick and then
making a lot of money out of it!
The Washington times., 1914-11-27

which point the two leaders will enter
Mexico City together. If Villa cannot
arrange the meeting he will go to the
capital himself tomorrow.
Provisional President Gutierrez and
his party are preparing to leave Quere-
taro for General Villas headquarters,
as he wishes to accompany Villa into
the capital.
A column of convention troops has
been sent north from San Luis Potosi,
under command of Gen. Luis Gutierrez,
brother of the provisional President, to
attack Monterey. Previous reports had
stated that Gen. Luis Gutierrez re-
fused to repudiate CarranZa, but these
dispatches indicate his brother has per-
suaded him to DO so.
Another force of Villistas, under COM
mand of Provisional Secretary of War
Robles. has approached close to Tam
pico. and is awaiting the result Of a
conference with Gen. Luis Caballero,
who has requested the meeting to dis
cuss terms of surrender.
Gen. Jose YneZ Salazar, former Huer-
tista leader, who was interned for
months in the United States, is reported
to have crossed into Mexico west Of El
Paso. to fight Villas friends.
The Washington times., 1914-11-27
7Oday's War
Summary

FRANCE-German artillery fire
slackened. Rheims bombarded,
while newspapermen of neutral
countries visit city.
ENGLAND-Secret inquiry star
ed into destruction of battleshil
Bulwark, blown up with loss OF
300 officers and men.
RUSSIA-Reports of Russian
victory in Poland constantly in
crease magnitude of triumph over
Germans. War office as yet makes
no official claim victory as sweep
ing as reports indicate.
GERMANY-Official statements
still are non-committal as to fight
ing in Poland. Western situation
unchanged.
AUSTRIA-Claimed Russians re-
pulsed in western Galicia. Prisoners
and guns captured at Lazarevatch.
Continued progress in Servian cam
paign.
TURKEY-"Tennessee incident"
practically closed, war minister ex-
planning shot fired across United
States cruisers launch as warning
after the launch had apparently
not seen mine warning.
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CARRANzA READY
FOR. VILLA At TACK
Prepares to Defend Vera Cruz.
Brings in Ammunition and
War AeropIanes.
Continued from First Page

that all reports from General Funston
and from the naval commanders still at
Vera Cruz, specifically stated that the
evacuation took place without incident
No investigation has been ordered of the
reports.
IN order to insure against any clashes
between the American sailors and the
citizens Of Vera Cruz or the soldiers of
'arranZa, the commanders on the naval
vessels have been instructed to deny TO
the men all shore privileges.
General Funston, who has arrived at
Galveston with his forces, has asked for
=. twO-month leave Of absence. 1t will
be granted.
OF the Aguas Ca!ientes commission.
headed by provisional president Cutter
rcz, is reported in dispatches reaching
the State Department as due to leave
Quesetaro today for Mexico City So far
Villa is still outside of the Mexican capi-
tai, but he and Zapata are in accord, the
State Department says, and his entry
into the city is expected very soon
Meanwhile Mexico today has four
heads. Carranza rules in Vera Cruz :;
Zapata in Mexico City: Villa within a
days march of the capital and Gutierrez
at Queretaro.
Sniping continues at Naco, where the
forces of General Maytorena and Cen
eral Hill still face each other, accord
ing to dispatches today to the War De-
partment from General Bliss. Mayto-
rena troops, including artillery have
Whether this indicated an intention on
Maytorena's part of making an assault
upon the town. General Bliss did not
say.
The Washington times., 1914-11-27
Carranza "Standing Pat"
On Vera Cruz Capture

VERA CRUZ, Mexico, Nov. 27.-Gen.
Venustiano Carranza today formally
established his government of Mex
ico" in Vera Cruz.
The last of the Carranza military
forces marched into the seaport dur
ing the early morning; bringing the
strength of the garrison up to about
$500 men, foot, guns, and horse.
The Carranza lieutenants say they
are plentifully supplied with artillery
and ammunition. With the gunboats Is
Bravo and Zaragosa lying in the har-
Dor, and resources at hand and eX-
pected from customs receipts, they in
sist CarranZa holdss the whip hand
in the Mexican situation, and can COM
pei the acceptance of most of his ie-
mands in the final adjustment of the
southern republics affairs. They ex-
pressed doubt that either Villa or
Zapata would attempt to capture the
city by force of arms.
Rivalries which exist between these
leaders. Carranzistas believe. will COM
pei both to retain large forces in the
capital, thus leaving insufficient
strength, even if they combined, in an
expeditionary attempt to take Vera
Cruz.
Carranza emphasized today that he
is satisfied to stand pat with the hand
he now holds. and await DEVELOPMENTS
By CarranZa's orders, every possible
line of communication to Mexico City
has been cut. with the idea that who
ever holds the capital will be forced
TO suggest peace parleys.
In the meantime, the military today
set about gathering UP the rule of the
city where General Funston left off
AS Carranza promised he announced
officially today that Mexicans employed
under the city government established
by Funston, would be retained in their
places.
The populace continues enthusiastic
over Cara MA Every appearance OF
the leader on the streets was a signal
for outbursts of cheering.
The Washington times., 1914-11-27
Save $2O.50

A Colonial Bedroom Suite, OF
veneered mahogany, at $3.50 in
stead of $4,000.
This Suite includes Dresser,
Chiffonier, and Dressing Table.
What better Christmas Present
from husband to wife or daughter?
Too expensive-then choose
from hundreds of less expensive
pieces-on fourth floor.
The Washington times., 1914-11-27
Gold From Vera Cruz
Landed at Galveston

GALVESTON, Tex. Nov. 27.-The
s1,O00,O00 in gold collected by the
United States Government for GUS
toms duties during the occupation Of
Vera Cruz was today transferred un-
der guard from the transport Cristo-
bal to a Government depository here.
The report that the rear guard
leaving Vera Cruz was fired upon was
denied by General Funston. who re-
ferrei to ''the good feeling on the
part of the people of Vera Cruz that
permitted us to withdraw our forces
without a disagreeable incident Of
any kind and with the manifest best
wishes of the people"
The expeditionary force disembark-
ed from the transports today and
Joined the small army encamped at
Texas City
The Washington times., 1914-11-27
Villa and Zapata May
Enter Capital Together

Ell PASO. Texas. Nov. 2.-Advices
from Mexico City that it was General
Zapata's subordinate officers and not
thc Morelos leader himself who led
Iapatista troops into the national capi-
fal few days ago. have caused Gen.
francisco Villa TO delay his entry into
10" city. according to advices today.
He is endeavoring to get into COM
munlcatlon with Zapata to arrange
meeting at Villas headquarters from
The Washington times., 1914-11-27
QUICKLY
ALL ABRASIONS
WITH P0SLAm

Do not neglect to treat promptly
and with Poslam-any Rash. Cut, Aora :
sion. open sore spot. Poslam is anti
septic, protects, purifies, heals. If your
skin burns, itches and aggravates and
is eruptional and unsightly in appear
ance, Just use Poslam, and note the diff
ference after one or two applications
Your druggist sells Poslam. For free
sample write to Emergency LabOrato-
ries. 90 West 25th street, New York.
Poslam Soap used daily for toilet and
bath, is the best means of improving
the skin. keeping it soft, clear, and
healthy Is cents and is cents.-Advt.
The Washington times., 1914-11-27
Seeks Protection On1y
OF American Interests

Wherever bombs have been dropned
i'm Europe in unfortified cities thu
Amencan Government has made in
curry Secretary of State Bryan said
Today, to learn whether any Ameri
cans or American property was in
Jured. This Government has made no
representations asking that unrortitied
cities be immune from bomb attacks.
he indicated that the United States
is taking no steps abroad which might
involve this country in any way in
dispute with the belligerents. What
ever Is being done is in pursuance OF
policy to protect American interests.
The Washington times., 1914-11-27
Frigate Constellation
To Remain for a While

The old frigate Constellation, which
has been on exhibition at the Washing
ton Navy Yard for three weeks, will re-
main several days longer, because of
the inability of the Navy Department to
furnish a towboat at the present time.
TWO Of the big navy tugs suitable
Tor this duty are at present engaged
with the fleet at target practice on the
Southern drill ground off Cape Henry,
and neither will reach Washington until
early next week. In the meantime visi-
tors will be welcomed aboard the old
friSate.
The Washington times., 1914-11-27

ton until that time preparing his re-
port of the occupation of Vera Cruz.
Secretary Garrison has already an
nounced his willingness to grant |Funs-
ton leave of absence, but a delay will
result in the proposed shift of depart-
mental commanders. After his return
to duty General Funston will take
command of either the border troops or
of the central department. with head
quarters at Chicago, while General
Bllss. present commander of the border
troops. will come to washington to be
assistant chief of staff.
The Washington times., 1914-11-27
Found Dead of Gas.

Frederick Johnson, forty years old,
janitor Of an apartment house. was
found dead in bed today in his room at
45s Louisiana avenue. Gas was flowing
from an open jet which, 1t is believed.
had been unintentionally left open; The
condition of the body indicated Johnson
had been dead at least two days.
The Washington times., 1914-11-27
Admits Taking Automobile

Samuel Henson pleaded guilty in the
Police Court today to a charge of TAX
ing away an automobile with out the
consent of the owner, and was held for
the action of the grand jury. with bond
placed at $500. The automobile was the
property of William G. Newmeyer. Of
1895 G street.
The Washington times., 1914-11-27
For Him"

The FAMOUS Royal Easy Chair
is here, of quartered oak, fumed
oak, and mahogany. Price, Sl8,
with footrest; only $40 if without
the footrest. Included are cush-
ions, covered in Boston Leather.
Have one reserved for future de-
livery-a small deposit is all that
need be paid now.
The Washington times., 1914-11-27
General Funston Asks
Leave for Two Months

General Funston. commander of the
Vera Cruz expeditionary force, today
requested Secretary Of War Garrison
for two months leave. effective De-
cember /. He will remain at Calves
The Washington times., 1914-11-27
WONDERS Of. YUKON
DETAILED IN REPORT
Geological Survey Finds River
Ranks Fifth Among Those of
the Continent.

The Yukon river, in Alaska, is one
of the great rivers of the North Amer
ican continent. A brief report on the
discharge Of Yukon river at Eagle.
Alaska, by r. a. Porter and r. w.
Davenport, has just been issued by the
United States Geological Survey.
Probably few people have an ade-
quate conception Of the size of this
river and characteristics Of its flow.
A. III. Brooks. of the Geological Survey.
large rivers in North America, and esti-
mates it's drainage area at about $3.50, 0e0
square miles. It's length, including the
Lewes and Tesln rivers, Is given in
the report as 500 miles. This may pc
compared with f0o0 miles for the Mis-
the Mackenzie 1000 for the Colorado
combined with Green river. and 800 for
the Ohio combined with the Allegheny.
Flow Comparatively Small.
The discharge Of the Yukon varies
from a maximum of 254,0C0 to mini
mum Of 10.1O0 cubic feet a second. or an
estiated average flow Of 1890 cubic feet.
This is a relatively small discharge. the
average flow of the Mississippi being
695, 900. that Of the Ohio 100000, and that
of the Colorado $500 second-feet. The
Nile. with a drainage area Of l.262,on
square miles. has an average flow or
116,0OO cubic feet second.
The flow of the Yukon is therefore
relatively small as related to its Drain
age area. and this apparent anomaly is
accounted for by. the fact that the IN,
characteristic of that portion of the
United States which lies between the
Sierra Nevada and the Rocky noun
tains: north Of the latitude of Salt Lake
City"
portant a bearing on transportation in
interior Alaska that 1t has eiven rise
to a general recognition of two sea-
sons-the CLOSED season." when the
Yukon is either filled with floating
ice or frozen over. and the "open sea-
SON. The breakup of the ice usually
occurs about the middle of May, after
which the river Is open to Transports
ton for five or six months, or a little
longer.
Breaking Ice Spectacular.
The breakup is not only an event of
great economic significance to the in
habitants in the interior Of Alaska,
but it presents features Of great drama
tic interest as we'll.
One who has not witnessed it. ac-
cording to the authors of the Survey
report, can hardly imagine the I'M
pressiveness Of the spectacle. From
bank to bank the surface of the river
is a solid mass of huge moving ice
cakes, which are constantly grinding
and dislntegrating with an awe-in-
spring exhibition OF resistless force.
The freeze-up is less spectacular
With the increasing cold Of the au-
tumn siush ice forms in the river, and
as the cold becomes more intense the
ice increases in volume until finally
1t is sufficient to bridge the entire
stream. This means the termination
of navigation on the Yukon until the
following May.