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The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1914-09-16
FORMAL RECITAL
|. HAS been ISSUED
MORE THAN SIX MILLION DOL.
LARS WAS SENT TO AID
OF AMERICANS.
ARE FIFTY THOUSAND QUERIES
leans Now on Continent Can Get
Money at Any Time.

Washington-How the American
government has handled the gigantic
task of providing relief and means of
returning home for thousands of its
citizens marooned in the European war
zones was outlined in formal state
ment to the public issued by the fed
eral relief board. Summing up the sit
uation after nearly three weeks OF
work, involving the use of millions of
dollars, unprecedented activities by
diplomatic and consular agents abroad
and the dispatch of two gold-laden
cruisers across the Atlantic, the board
said:
'The situation is so greatly relieved
at the present time that Americans
anywhere upon the continent can, by
applying to the nearest embassy or
legation, get in touch with people in
this country, can get money if they
need any and can get transportation
and passage home L they want it,
Fifty thousand queries from friends
and relatives have been handled by
the department.
The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1914-09-16
A Journalist BOUGHT Suez.

The journalist is often the man be-
hind the statesman. but he seldom gets
the credit. Who was it that induced
Mr.. Disraeli to buy the Suez canal
shares which have proved so abundant
ly good IN investment. with dividends
that are represented not only by
money. though even from that point OF
view it Is the best investment that
state has ever made! Fleet street
knows and honors the name OF Mr..
Frederick Greenwood both for that
reason and for many another. But
how many outside the world OF jour-
nalism realize that but for Mr.. Green
wood the Suez canal shares would
probably have been purchased BY a
rival continental power? The question
was one among those put In gen
eral intelligence" examination paper
a little time back at certain school.
Only one boy was able to answer 1t
correctly. and he was the son OF the
prime minister.-London Chronicle.
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THREE ToAsTs.
Giant Strides In Fixing the Boundaries
of Our Country.

Giant Strides In Fixing the Boundaries
Of Our Country.
At a dinner party given by Ameri.-
cans residing In Paris some years ago
there were proposed sundry toasts con.
corning not 80 much the past and
present as the expected giories Of the
great American nation. In the gen-
eral character Of these toasts geo
graphical considerations were very
prominent and the principal fact
which seemed to occupy the minds Of
the speakers was the unprecedented
bigness Of our country.
Here's to the United States" said
the first speaker. bounded on the
north by British America. on the
south by the gulf Of Mexico. on the
east by the Atlantic and on the west
by the Pacific ocean,"
But" said the second speaker. this
Is far too limited a view Of the sub
ject In assigning our boundaries we
must look to the great and glorious fu-
ture, which is prescribed for us by the
manifest destiny of the Anglo-SaxOn
race. Here's to the United States.
bounded ON the north by the north
pole. on the south by the south pole.
on the east by the rising sun and on
the west by the setting SUM-"
Here the third speaker arose. very
serious gentleman from the far west
"If we are going" said this truly pa
triotic American. Ito leave the history
past and present and take our mani
fest destiny into account why restrict
ourselves within the narrow limits as
signed by our fellow countryman who
has Just sat down? give you the
United States, bounded on the north
by the aurora borealis. on the south by
the procession OF the equinoxes. on
the east by primeval chaos and on the
west by the day Of Judgment Phil
adelphia Press.
The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1914-09-16
WORKED HIS WEAK POINTS.
Mr.. Ape Had No Memory, but Lots OF
Curiosity and Cowardice.


Curiosity and cowardice," said the
one legged veteran, "are the chief
characteristics of all monkeys and OF
most men. ! worked in ZOO after
the war. was the keeper of the mon
key house. My biggest charge was an
ape the size Of a twelve-year-old boy.
and 1t was through his curiosity and
cowardice that used to manage him.
1--WE exercised this ape in the big
room every day, but when we wanted
him to 20 back to his cage he'd climb
up to the roof of the big room. and
even with food you couldn't tempt him
down.
$50 | would go to Jack Lover and
take him gently by the arm and direct
his attention in quiet. mysterious
manner to the dark passage under the
steam pipes.
Lover and every day hptoed to
the pipes. We pretended to point out
to each other some horrible, unknown
creature in the passage, and we'd say:
Look out! There he Is! There he Is!
"As we held each others arms and
bent over and peered into the darkness
we'd hear very soon the delicate pat.
ter Of small, active feet The apes
curiosity had got the better of him.
He crouched beside us. He, too, peer
ed into the dark passage fearfully.
'.Then suddenly Lover would shout:
Look out! He's coming out! He's
| coming 6utr And we'd scamper away
In the direction OF the apes house,
But the ape would be ahead OF a.: IN.
He'd rush into his house In perfect
whirlwind of excitement and terror.
Then-click! We'd snap The door to
on him, and he'd look very foolish.
Every day we fooled the ape in this
way. He was long, you see. on curios-
ity and cowardlce, but very short on
memory.s'-Chicago Herald.
The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1914-09-16
How had|ey Proposed

The way President Arthur Twining
Hadley, according to Yale legend
asked his prospective father-in-law for
permission to marry his daughter was
characteristic. At the time this gentle
man. Luzon B. Morris, occupied an an.
omalous political position. He had re.
Gently been elected governor Of Con.
nectcut. but his claim was disputed,
and the state was in political turmoil
MIR. Norris" was the way Mr.. Fad.
ley approached the subject of his call.
Il hope that lat least-Inay be per-
mitted toto call yOu-governor."
Worlds Work.
The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1914-09-16
Prime Numbers.

It might appear ut first that every
number can be divided by some num-
Der besides itself and one; but many
numbers cannot, ana II they cannot
they are known as prime numbers. Of
all the numbers having value OF less
than 1000. there are ltO that are
prime. or these twenty-six are smaller
than 100. twenty-one appear between
100 and 200. sixteen between 200 ana
300. sixteen between 800 and 400.
seventeen between 400 and 5OO. four
teen between 500 and GU. sixteen be-
tween GOO and TOO. fourteen between
700 and 500, fifteen between S00 and
900 and fourteen between SOO ana
1000.
The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1914-09-16
THE DRY BATTERY.
ifs Many Uses and the Numerous Proc
esses In Its Making.

ifs Many Uses and the Numerous Proc
esses In Its Making.
That common little object, the dry
cell. has played an important part in
the advancement OF scientific research.
There are few articles manufactured
that are used in SO many ways as the
dry battery. vet it is by no means a
recent discovery.
The automobile. motOrboat. wireless
telegraphic apparatus, Christmas tree
festoons. electric toys and trains. cleo
trio engines. local bell. telephone and
annunciator systems. miniature light
ing equipments, medical batteries and
vibratOrs. electric alarm clocks. bur-
glar alarms. automatic door openers.
safe cracking devices and internal ma
chimes in their many forms, devices
for setting off dynamite explosions in
excavations, the various testing out
Cts and electric clock service. to say
nothing OF the divers ways that It Is
used in scientific experiments. are a
few of the most obvious Of its appli-
cations.
In its manufacture there are about
as many processes AS are necessary In
the making of tungsten lamp. and
the machinery process that makes II
and compounds the ingredients that
go into it is wonderfully interesting
So exact is the formula placed into
each shell that when completed a bat
terry will register up to a uniform am
perage. The highest known amperage
In the manufacture Of dry cell II
twenty-six.
The exact origin of the dry battery
Is uncertain. many inventors having
claimed the honor.-New York World
The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1914-09-16
REPUEsE OF THE ENGLISH ARMY

y Ottawa, Ont.-A second Canadian
force for foreign service is being gath.
cred, although the work of mobflizing
the first expeditioflary army division
of $1,000 men has not been completed
!, The check which British forces re
eeived on the Franco-Belgian from
tier appears to have increased the err-
thusiasm in Canada for volunteering
Troops trains moving to camp at Val
cartier, near Quebec, have been in
yaded by volunteers, who refused to
he nut off. AS a result there are al.
most 10000 infantry in camp, when
but 10000 were called for.
The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1914-09-16
ESKIMO WHALE DANCE.
Whom Arctic Natives Feast and Pick
Their Lite Mates.

Their Lite Mates.
A very primitive custom OF the ma
tiyes of the Berlng ana arcuc consts
of Siberia. custom that mas come
down from generations OF savage an-
cestors, Is the annual celebration or
the whale dance. when the Eskimos
select their wives.
When the sun moves sOnthward at
the end of the snort summer season
and the ice closes up the northern
seas the whales come down to open
water. Then. In celebration OF the
seasons eaten, the ice dweliers assem-
Bile for the whale dance. which lasts
twenty one days.
The great dance circle Is prepared.
and In the center the dancers. both
male and female. perform the most
savage of eyolutions and motions to
the accompaniment of rhythmless
beating of the tomtoms and weird
chanting. The ds.. -.ee songs tell OF the
prowess OF the hunters and OF the
history Of the tribe. The movements
OF the women are surprisingly grace
full, drd they mean to show In their
dance that, AS daughters OF q great
people, ttey are possessed Of all the
qualities such wotnen should have.
The men execute pantomiinic scenes OF
the hunt and so through ali the mo.
tons of the kill. They spear the ice
bear, STAY the walrus and seal and
finally. with extraordinary contortions.
vanquish the mighty whale.
During the last days Of the feast
when the time arrives for the selection
Of husbands and wives, the man per-
forms his mate dance before the wO-
man he has picked out In pantomime
he promises to provide her generously
with the fruit of the hunt, both food
and fur. IL she is pleased with him
she walks out and dances her accept
ance and shows how she will look
after the igloo. When they have
danced before each other they are mar
ried after the custom OF the tribe. ana
he lends her off To his walrus h1de
lodge.
During the dance they feast on
whale. The skin OF the baleen whale
Is about an inch thick and looks like
rubber. The solid blubber between 1t
and the true flesh Is usually about four.
teen inches thick. The black skin and
the blubber. the latter cut to the thick.
ness OF the former. Is called moktuk
and is considered a great delicacy. II
is eaten raw and. although It sounds
repulsive to the civilized ear. Is mos,
palatable. 1t has a flavor something
like that of chestnuts.-youtn's Com
naniOn
The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1914-09-16

THE NEW CURRENCY SYSTEM

Westinghouse one Of the fna,
steps necessary to set in motion the
nations new currency system, the fed
eral reserve board took up considera.
ton of men from whom will be select.
.ed Class CO. directors of the IL re.
.giunal banks. A sufficient nsmber OF
the new officials would be chosen in
leach district before the end of the
week. it was believed, to make posi-.
Sble the organization of the banks. The
board has determined that the IL
banks will be opened simultaneously
The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1914-09-16
LEAVE TO JOIN ARMY
Volunteers From America on the
Streets of Paris.

Paris.-The stars and stripes were
seen on the streets of Paris alongside
thS French tricolor when the corps OF
America,l volunteers, 200 strong
marched through the city to the St
Lazarre railroad station to take train
for Rouen, where they will be drilled
under French officers. Among the
American volunteers are many young
men who have been studying in Paris
American girls waved their handker
chiefs and clapped their hands as the
slender column of volunteers entered
the station, while crowd which filled
the square outside cheered.
The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1914-09-16
MANUFACTURERS ARE ACTIVE.

New York.-It is probable that the
activities of American manufacturers
are likely to result in numerous pro-
tests against alleged violations of the
neutrality laws. Examples are shown
in the objections raised by the rep.
resentatives of the German govern
ment to the manufacture in Philadel-
mia of armored steel automobiles for
use by beligerents. A manufacturing
concern at Ardmore is preparing to
shin through Canada IA afmored cars
sold to the British government.
The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1914-09-16
Speed of tho Street Song.

One of the curious things about the
popular song is the rapidity Of its dis
semination among the street children.
Few OF them can hear it at first hand
at the music halls, yet long before the
latest catchy tune has found its way to
the barrel organs or Sunday newspaper
you will hear it rendered with amazing
accuracy by tiny boys and girls. 1t
seems to travel like rumor through an
East Indian bazar.-London Standard
The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1914-09-16
The Lesser Evil.

Its Mr. Boreleigh. | think I'll send
him word I'm out"
Won't the still, small voice reproach
yOuY
"Oh, yes, but I'd rather listen to the
still. small voice than to Mr.. Bore
leigh's ."-Boston Transcript
The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1914-09-16
HANDSOME BOOK ON -PANAMA-PACIFIC INTERNATIONAL
EXPOSITION AND PANAMA CANAL REGION MAILED
TO ALL INQUIRERS FREE OF CHARGE.

HANDSOME book illustrated profuey
giving
Exposition held in Francisco from Feb 20 until Dec
Pacific International Exposition free Of charge
intended
engineering
Exposition celebrate Write the Manager the
Publications. Pacific International Exposition
position building booklet
The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1914-09-16

seized favorable moment and pro-
ceeded to sound him.
John" she said. you're good.
steady man. Lots of women would be
glad to have you. Why don't you get a
wife,"
John leaned on his rake and scratch.
ed his head reflectively.
well. tell you." he replied. "You
know | was married seven years. an
I've got to have rest"-lndianapulis
News.
The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1914-09-16
Natural Objection.

why won't that rich old cnrmndg-
con let his young wife act in amateur
theatricals?"
Because the last time she took part
everybody raved about the way she
acted u merry widow part Baltimore
American
The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1914-09-16
A COMPROMISE.

Fond Hubby starting down town.
What will it be. lova- flowers or candy?
Wifie-We'll compromise. dear. You
can send both-Judge
The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1914-09-16

The most deadly foe to success in
the future is the inertia which springs
from self satisfaction in the success of
the past.
The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1914-09-16
His Vacation.

A woman had negro cleaning the
yard for her. His wife had been dead
for several years. So bis employer
The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1914-09-16

Nothing Is possible to him who Is al
ways dreaming Of his past possibilities
The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1914-09-16
Getting In the Picture.

"Some have greatness thrust upon
them"
II know. They bunder accidentally
into tilm." kansas City Journal.
The Detroit times., 1914-03-28

series OF Lenten twilight recitals, In
Chaffee hall. Wednesday afternoon.
April /, at 4 o'clock. Mrs. Cora Hold
gin Miller will read THE land OF the
blue flower" Mrs. Frances Hodgson
BnrnetO. and Miss Hattie Elliott will
sing, assisted by Miss Harriet SILK as
accompanist.
The annual meeting of the Detroit
Association for the Aid of Sick and
Crippled Children will be held Friday
afternoon, April 3, at 1880 o'clock. In
the Hotel Cadillac. The association
has decided to incorporate and arti.
Giles OF incorporation viii be ready for
signatures at this meeting.
o.
Miss Maud Willis will give the third
and last of q series of dramatic reel
tails. under the auspices OF the TWEEN
tieth Century club. Monday morning
at III o'clock. In the Century building.
presenting Augustus Thomas THE
Witching Hour
The Beatrice I.arned Whitney Cir.
Gle of Kings Daughters gave a char
!,y tea and musicale. Saturday after.
noon, in the home OF Mrs. c. H..
Schroeder, No. 1870 Virginia Park.
that was a great success and netted
a goodly sum for the charity work OF
the circle.
George r. Hamilton, director or De-
troit School OF Design. will give an
illustrated talk on How the artist
works." Sunday afternoon, In the Mu'
scum of Art. There will be fine mu-
steal program by Miss Elizabeth RUM
mann and Miss Eva Woodward Lord
pianists: Miss Louise Beaumont Sny'
der, violinist, and DR.. Charles j.
Cragg. basso. all members OF the De-
troit College of Music faculty.
o
An unusually attractive and inter
esting musicale has been arranged by
the Northwestern WOman's club Tor
Monday 4fternoon. in Diamond tenn
pie. ArchibaldAk Jackson, baritone.
will sing a group OF manuscript songs
by Mrs. Frank w. Rose, OF this city,
with the composer at the piano Mrs.
NJ. ID. Bentley, Miss Gertrude Richard
son, Miss Marguerite Mannebach and
Miss Marion Clark at two pianos Will
play Richard Strauss symphonic poem
Death and Transfguration.' Mrs.
Clara Koehler-Heberlein will give an
analytical talk on the Strauss mum
Der. Nominations for office in the
club will precede the program and an
informal reception and tea will fol
low.
The Detroit times., 1914-03-28
The Confessions OF a Wife
The Philosophy of a Chorus Girl

I in love with their stenographers!
asked Eliene.
II don't know" answered Miss
Dunlap. but | don't think they do
very often. They may have a passing
fancy or curiosity for them which Is
! the first sex instinct. but II usuaiiy
amounts to nothing.
| "The attraction OF the girl on the
stage for man, think, Is the subtle
tfiattering which to be seen win her
gives his vanity.
THE persons i'm front OF the foot
lights have never gotten over the
idea that We behind IL are dinerent
from them. The calcium sheds a
my sterious. IL bright. light over the ac-
| tor. We make ourselves attractive 10
the multitude. Each night. consequent
lily, any man who can say: See, this
radiant being singles me out from
among YOU Is always more or less
proud
You are very clever girl, my dear.
I thought while she was talking, anu
you have learned your lesson well In
the short time you have been on the
stage, but I'll bet dollars to dough
nuts that not one Of these things
have you said to Jack, who thinks
you have not thought OF this KIND
IN your pretty little head.
| Why IL II that men will always con-
found innocence with purity when
they think Of women?
Innocence means nothing but lack
of knowledge--it Is not virtue, but
a state Of mind.
| heard q man once boast that his
wife was a child in thought when ne
married her-that she knew nothing
Of the world, the flesh or the devil.
Two years afterward this innocent
women eloped with his best friend.
who had apparently changed her In
nocence to q knowledge which she
had not the purity to resist.
think Miss Dunlap has purity OF
mind, and that Is better than In
nocence. am glad Jack In in love
with her. II will do him good even
1 n he nover mayries heR.
The Detroit times., 1914-03-28
SOCIAL and
PERSONAL

Mr.. and Mrs. John F. Dodge and
Mr.. and Mrs. George p. Codd are In
French Lick Springs.
Miss Clara Dickinson gave q lunch
con In the Detroit club Friday, In
honor Of Miss Louise Palm, Of Grand
Rapids.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank W. Hubbard
arc In Atlantic City and before return.
ing to Detroit will visit relatives in
New Haven, Conn.
o.
Ward Macauley will give a talk on
Current literature" before the Home
Study club. Monday afternoon, In the
home OF Mrs. u. A. MacLachlan, No.
104 Erskine-st.
%
Mrs. Mona Louise Clark Pam will
speak ON Socialism and its attitude
toward women" Sunday afternoon, In
Alliance hall, under the auspices OF
Branch No. /, Detroit Socialist party
o.
Miss Marie Bail was the honor
guest at a luncheon given Friday by
Mrs. Frederick d. Standish. Miss
Ball will leave shortly with her par.
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. William H. Ball,
to make her home in Syracuse, N. 7.
%
The Michigan Authors association
will meet Thursday evening. April .,
in the Hotel fuller, when Norman
Hackett, the well-known Detroit actor.
will give a talk on the life and work
Of the late o. Henry.
o.
Detroit suffragists will observe ma
tional suffrage day. May 2, with an
afternoon automobile parade. an even
Ing parade OF motor cars and illumi-
mated floats, to be concluded with an
informal dancing party and supper.
o.
The girls gymnastic classes Of Gen.
trail High school will give an exhibit
ton Of gymnastics. folk-dances and
basketball Saturday evening In the
school. The basketball game to con.
clude the program will be played be
tween the eleventh and twelfth grades.
o.
An illustrated talk ON his recent pc
Rod Of service as assistant navigator
on tho big U. 8. battleship Utah, will
be given Saturday evening, In the ar.
mory. BY Lieut.. 8. Wells Utley, Of De-
troit Naval Reserves.
Detroit Training School Alumni as
sociation Will give the second in q
The Detroit times., 1914-03-28
CHAPTER elk.

Miss Dunlap and | went over to
Eliene's to dinner yesterday. The
more l see OF her the better ! Ike
her.
Eliene was frankly curious about
life on the stage.
II can't tell you much about II,
said Miss Dunlap, because this -
my first season, but I imagine II holds
only the same temptations and hard
ships that come TO girl who must
earn her living out in the world.
II do not believe there Is a woman
In the work-a-day world--if she be
honest-who has not at some time or
another had q sex temptation or mt
least sex bride.
1T is polite fiction that women,
especially unmarried women, shall
ignore sex. but every man glorles in
II, and from the time he is 20 until
he IL 10 he is mo$e or less physically
interested In every good-looking wom-
an he sees.
'Oh. II does not make any diner
ence II he is married." she continued
TO answer 10 the shocked look that
Eliene gave her Neither do I mean
that every man pursues every woman
with criminal intent. What i mean
Is this. That no business, art or
trade. can unsex the human race. and
as long Is this ~ SO. there will be
curiosity, desire. admiration. love,
hate. tragedy and comedy mixed up
with any business. profession or Art
in which the sexes work together.
And you will fnd this no more on the
stage than any other place.
Don't mistake me; l do not mean
that all or any one Of these things
happen to all men and women who
work together, but have found that
to do our best work. one must b IN
love.
1T Is not youth which creates. but
love. Every great man or woman OF
history has had . great love behind
him or her"
do you think men are apt TO fal
The Detroit times., 1914-03-28

Ovvo8s AOSu H
ltl>oa's Idyll: overture 10
1oG0o1'e Rhine Journey
D 00t&ordammerung;" the
~ IannutOd from Tristan
ma the Ride Of the Val
P1oeOol's numbers will
{ uoogno from s'The Flying
on1 WUtan's farewell
~ Walkure." The sale OF
w ~ concert 10 open In Grin.
lSlchos has been engaged
Il - tenot role In Dubois
lGo& words Of Christ" In
S1f Mich, April 10 This wilI
l1lchCl1 second appeaFaace In
- this work.
orogt1nx recital by pupils
\ ~ yoeal and piano classes OF
- HfockWay Brown, con.
nponaot, was held 1t the
~ 1ol Weotminster-ave., Sat
ltEnoon, March Is.
~ 4 Detroit teachers and
4 ~ fhe mandolin. banjo and
m attend the thirteenth an
Voof10n Of the American
e Ann1oostn, lfendolinists and
161oy n SA1 Hotel Statler. Cleve-
-