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Evening journal., 1914-08-19

communication between those two
countries and England, and nothing at
all comes from Russia.
England is alone save for the United
States and Canada. II is experiencing
in full its splendid isolation" The
first question is that of money; the
second that of food. There are fine
crops of grain here-I have seen
thousands of acres of it. The potato
crop is good and there is a goodly num-
Der of sheep, hogs and horned cattle.
There is food enough in sight now to
last four months. so VIC are told Off
cially. After that is gone and no more
food comes in, what? Still the restau-
rants are hocked, and today / sat down
to a luncheon with two good English
friends, TO enjoy pea soup, roast lamb
and mint sauce, whiting Cfish), cold
chicken and lettuce salad, Jelly, cheese
and crackers, and rolls and butter, fin
shing with coffee-all at a cost Of one
shilling and nine pence t42 penee) for
each one. A very good meal 1t was and
at reasonable price.
OF course it is too soon to find any
difference in the cost of living, but 1t
is certain to come. The poor people
will feel It first. although there will
be a decided effort to prevent ex-
tortion.
The English people pin their faith
on the British navy. It's army-as
Lord Roberts and others have often
pointed QUITS not as great as il
should be. Nevertheless, it does not
take long TO whip up the average
civilian and make a soldier of him
It is not known yet whether England
will send its land fighters to Bel
gium. In fact the movements of all
the opposing factors are unknown
The adroitness of Germany's invasion
of Luxembourg and Belgium has
already suggested that its campaign
has been mapped in the usual scien-
tific German fashion. And it already
suggests that after all England may
be the objective point. Yet ever
Germans are heard to say that they
fear Germany has taken a desperate
step and is running amuck like ;
mad dog It begins to look as if thu
Kaiser-in spite of never having ha,
war befOre-has been waiting L
strike a blow with the desire of be
coming the Napoleon of the twentieth
century.
The German consulate was bus
until midnight yesterday, startin
again early this morning, planning Z
get Germans back to the FatherlanC
How he is to do it, nobody seems I
! know, and the crowds continue {
stand and wait. They are a seriou
group of young men. Business is al
) topsy-turvey. Employers have los
, help by the call for reservists an
E by the return of French and Germa
. subjects.
) l.. Irving Handy. Miss Handy an
r William F. Kurtz are booked to sa
! for New York on August Is on tn
5 st. Louis. Mrs. Bertolette (widOw {
5 Captain Bertolette. of Wilmington
/. and Miss Meigs, her sister, started fc
! Paris on Sunday. They went to joi
e their mother and Mrs. Bertolette
e children. Nothing has been heard {
Y them here since they left France, s
. far as communication goes, is jul
! now farther away than the Unite
e States. And we can stand on tt
D Cliffs of Dover on a clear day and yc
0 France.
t THE day is dark and gloomy" il
e. deed, but the English people have a
Evening journal., 1914-08-19

Hinkson were visitors Of Miss Wilson,
at Dew Drop Inn.
Mr.. and Mrs William Frederick and
two sons, of Marshallton. Del. and Miss
Sylvia Chandler visited Mrs. Howard
Ely.
Evening journal., 1914-08-19

ready settled down to the fact 1T had
to come some day." and that 1t might
as we'll be now as any time.
Evening journal., 1914-08-19
"Yours for Wilmington,
"North End Athletic Club.
"Rohnrf w Krnmnr- Soc .

Invitations have been extended TO
Secretary of Commerce Redfeld, Secre-
tary of Labor Wilson. United States
Senators salisbury and DUPONT, and
Congressman Htockson to review the
parade. Invitations have also been eX-
tended to Governor Miller and Mayor
Howell. Congressman Brockson has ac-
cepted the invitation and his letter of
acceptance was published few days
ago. The committee has received let.
ter Of acceptance from Senator Sauls
bury.
The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1914-09-10
ACT OF INCORPORATION
OF WHIIE BROTHERS COMPANY.

r. Il INDII IENo COMPANY.
United States OF America, State of Louisiana,
Parish of Orleans, CITY of New Orleans
BE Il known, that on this the twenty-ninth
day of the month Of July in the year of our
Lord one thousand nine hundred and four
teen, and of the independence of the United
States of America the one hundred and thirty
eighth, before me, Joseph Sinai, notary pub.
lic, duly commissioned and qualified, in and
for the parish of Orleans, therein residing,
and IN the presence of the witnesses herein
after named and undersigned, personally came
and appeared the several persons whose names
are hereunto subscribed, who, severally de-
clared, that availing themselves of the laws
of the state of Louisiana, relative to the or
ganization of corporations, they have agreed,
contracted and covenanted, and do by these
presents, agree, contract and covenant and
bind themselves, as we'll as all such persons
as may hereafter become associated with them,
The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1914-09-10
TO LACK OF THOUGHT
FATAL ACCIDENTS ON RAIL
ROADS THUS AScRIsED.
Large Per Cent Of Fatalities Might
Be Avoided by the Exercise Of
Little Care on the Part Of
the Employees.

A Cartink in Pittsburg, Kansas,
the drawgear of a number OF them.
II is a rule Of every cOmpany-dic-
tated by common sense-that the car
repairer must put out a blue flag on
the car on which he is working. II
he does not he is apt to be killed
under the wheels of his car when a
switch engine bumps into it, as 1t is
likely to do any moment. The car
tink" at Pittsburg failed to put up a
blue flag and had both legs cut off in
less than ten minutes after he went
under the car
A Frisco conductor gave his head
brakeman a switch list One car was
kicked onto a passenger track and
the brakeman in question threw the
switch for the adjoining track and
off and the go ahead" signal was
given. The next car was to be kick
ed back down the main line to the
CaboOse. The brakeman walked along
opposite the space between the last
two cars as the engine and eleven
cars moved out of the siding.
While the train was moving at the
rate of about four miles an he STEP
ped In between the last two cars and
gave the go ahead" signal with his
left hand TO the fireman. As the fire
man looked back he saw the brake
man fall out from between the cars.
An emergency stop was made and the
crew ran back to find that both his
legs had been cut off above the knee
He died within an hour He had gone
between the cars to close an angle
cock. so that when the cars were
kicked down the main line they would
not stop when the air hose connec-
ton was broken. AS he stepped be-
tween the moving cars he tumbled
over the "derailer" that he himself
had turned only a moment before.
Being given the switch list shows
that he was considered a capable
man, but he was probably in a hurry
and took a chance. and practically
committed suicide.
At Newburg, Mo-, a brakeman was
killed In much the same way. He
thoughtlessly walked between two
cars to adjust the couplers at the ex-
act moment the engineer decided to
back up half car length. AS a re-
suit the brakeman was caught
between the two drawbacks
and was quite dead when they took
him out.
The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1914-09-10
$1,000, 900 Tons Of Rails.

According to a writer in the Engf-
neering and Mining Journal there is a
total OF 100000 tons of steel rails
at present in use in this country. or
this between 100000 and 100000 tons
are taken up every year and re-rolled
into lighter rails. The capacity of
the re-rolling mills of the country is
about 100000 tons per year. About
100000 tons OF steel scrap are used
every year in steel manufacture, this
scrap taking the place OF about 4.000,-
600 tons Of iron ore, which would be
consumed were scrap not used In
steel-making. Scrap is selling at pres
emit for $12 per ton, compared with
$27 per ton for steel billets. The
price OF steel scrap and that Of pig
iron follow each other closely.
The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1914-09-10
LOVES LABYRINTH
BY N. C. GOODRICH.

Blind"
Stone blind, ROslyn Moore has been
for year. 1t came about through the
premature explosion Of a fashlight
while an operator was taking a view
OF the studio in which he, Roslyn
Moore, had painted The Deluge.'
1T must have broken his heart TO
know. later, that his picture vas IA
nous, but his eyes forever closed to
its beauties"
NO, he has been since the hour OF
the catastrophe just what you see him
gentle, patient, smiling"
"Ah! 1t is pathetic" was the re-
Spouse. See how he moves along"
The two speakers were Parisians.
IN the Eatin quarter. They were re-
garding and speaking of Roslyn Moore.
Their brief colIoquy had told all the
story there was to tell. Roslyn Moore
had remained amid the scenes Of the
student life he loved so well. although
he could no longer view its points Of
interest nor scan the friendly faces of
his fellow bohemians.
Just now, cane In hand, he was eau
tiously cropping his way down the pave
ment leading away from the entrance
to his hotel
There was little breathing spot OF
a park a square further on. II was
here that Moore spent portion Of his
day. usually surrounded by the poor
children from the near tenements.
His pockets were always stocked with
SOUS and sweetmeats, and he held high
court with the romping. lovable group,
to whom he told stories and listened
to their innocent prattle.
In order to reach the park Moore
had to cross a broad esplanade. At
its inner edge young girl Of eighteen
kept a cheap flower stand. Pity that
he could not see Cecile, as her face
frightened at the first glimpse of him!
Rainy days were all gloom to her,
missing his accustomed approach
Now the deep eyes frightened, the
lovely cheek grew damask She stood
all a-quiver as he halted, for some tele-
pathic sense seemed to tell him she
was nearing him. Her small, pretty
hand would steal shyly into his own.
The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1914-09-10
SAFETY DEVICES IN DEMAND
the Country Seek Perfection in
Equipment

At Altoona, Pa, is a plant installed
at the shops of the Pennsylvania rail-
road for the purpose of heat-treating
steel for use in locomotives so that it
may be of the highest quality. The
steel is put through a slow perfecting
process to give 1t a more enduring
quality and make 1t capable of stand
ing a greater strain. 1T is a costly
process, but worth all 1t costs" says
the Pittsburgh Gazette-Times. More
and more II is coming to be the pol
icy OF all transportation lines to work
and strive for safety. Partly by
strengthening and perfecting equip
ment and partly by Strengthening and
perfecting the human element in
operation and management down to
the smallest detail is safety gained;
partly also by giving attention to i'm
provement of safety devices.
Safety first is the motto of the
times with the railroads. In the first
intention it is a humane policy, and
in addition to that it is good business
policy. The railroad that has the few
est accidents will make the most
money, other things being equal, for
accidents, wholly aside from their cost
In human lives. are expensive. De
struction of life in railroad accidents
is usually accompanied by destruction
of property, for it is in the destruction
Of costly equipment that lives are sac
rificed. Avoidance of destruction OF
equipment avoids the killing and
of passengers and employees.
The modern care for excellence and
the striving toward perfection in all
the working parts of great transpor-
tation utility are good for the general
public and for the shareholders.
The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1914-09-10
United States handicapped.

Railroad development in the older
countries of Europe has been along
lines decidedly different from those
in the United States. and distinct
types Of rolling stock have conse-
quently been evolved. American loco
motives have been tried In a few Of
these countries, but it is claimed that
they have not proved satisfactory. In
countries where railroads are a more
recent development the capital has to
large extent been furnished by a few
of the more important European coun-
tries, with the natural result that or
ders for equipment are given to the
countries furnishing the capital
Where the roads are owned by the
government, the home manufacturers
are invariably favored in buying equip
ment
The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1914-09-10
FINDING THINGS
BY GEORGIA HORN.

The one who vas initiating towel
agreed emphatically when something
vas said concerning the general help
lessneSs OF men.
L firmly believe" she remarked.
that IL | were TO go away and aban-
don my home, not only friend husband
but all the family would starye TO
death, perish oI heat or cold OF come
10 some horrible end, just because no
body in my household ever knows
where anything Ia. II weren't there
10 tell en-, 'hey couldn't locate even
the telephone to send for help.
As Tor me, ! am the finest living
example Of the human encyclopedia
Long service has trained my brain
into noting automatically the exact To-
cation Of any and all objects. After
a woman has grown used 10 being
asked IN the middle OF July where IS
thu left earmuff worn last December.
she develops remarkably along those
lines.
Somehow the family always gets
more feeble minded In the summer,
Just when | want 10 reCuperate and
have a good time They drive me to
the edge OF insanity when | get them
all together at the summer cottage.
Il begins early In the morning BY my
husbands demanding his cap. You
would think We were in the arctic re-
gions and he expected a frost bite II
he ventured out into the perfect July
day without It. tell him he dropped
It into the wastebasket when he came
home the evening previous. And then
my sister walls and wants TO know
who on earth has taken her tennis
racket and buried It!
"'On top of the plano, Adeline,' /
tell her And Ethel-that is my
daughter-if you are looking for your
embroidery. you dropped it in the
pansy bed when the girls Gale" you
The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1914-09-10
She Watched From the Little Booth
Hourly.

Proudly, futteringly she would lead
him across into the park and deliver
him into the guardianship of the glee-
full coterie Of little ones awaiting him.
Thanks, mademoiselle, you help to
make my life beautiful" always Moore
would say, but never an audible re-
Spouse. Only a soft pressure Of the
guiding hand, and then-a flower.
Finally, for week, Cecile missed
her friend. She grew pale and thin
and distressed. She watched from her
little booth hourly. Moore was gone.
and with him her sole interest in life,
the sunshine, heaven.
There came to her the woman in
charge Of the little hotel one day. She
placed eoleau of gold pieces upon
the counter Of the flower stand.
See, Cecile," she said, softly, "the
maestro has gone to see a wonderful
surgeon In London. He babe me bring
you the money, and each day you are
to take your daintiest blossoms to the
little ones. He left the word. too. II
was this: A kiss through me of hope,
or courage, of gratitude" and the
woman pressed her lips to the brow
OF the pure, innocent girl.
And then one day-oh, love immor-
tai! There came out from the en-.
trance Of the hotel the familiar form.
but there was no cane now, He
walked erect, his bearing that OF some
knight, glaCsome, in rhapsody with life
and all Its message. A new glory
shone from the noble face. sightIess
no longer. Straight up to the palpi-
tatng Cecile he advanced, both hands
extended. And there he stood, silent.
motionless, while he gazed past those
beautiful eyes into the very soul OF
the lovely girl.
"Cecilei Cecile!" he said softly at
length-"to see you first, my dream,
my thought-reality! Gomez am
yours, you are nine"
Her hand went TREMENDOUSLY to her
Ups In mute signal she motioned
that she was dumb.
Il knew 1t not until the day I went
away" he said. the more fervently en-
,ircling her dear hand. And then I
NEW how / loved her who loved me
blind, stricken, helpless. But your
'yes-they speak. your soul. It speaksl
>arita-how happy we shall be-!
And so 1t was. There was q quiet
Tedding in the little park that even.
ng. with Roslyn's old loyal compan-
,ns In attendance.
Copyright 1slA By W. q. ChapmauJ
The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1914-09-10
Growing Old by Degrees.

Growing old has many stages. You
can remember the time when, in read
Ing your favorite author, you we're dis
gusted to find that he had made his
nero forty years old, and you won
dered how he could be guilty of i'm
putting romance to such an unconscion-
able age. By and by. even though you
found forty years to be the old age
OF youth, you were solaced by the
thought that it was the youth of old
age. and still later you will wonder
where youth ends and old age begins.
The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1914-09-10
All Rests on Fate,

During a prolonged study Of the
lives Of various men both great and
small, came upon this thought: In
the web OF the world the one may well
be regarded as the warp, the other as
the wool It is the little men, after
all. who give breadth TO the web. and
the great men frmness aud solidity,
perhaps also the addition Of some sort
Of pattern. But the scissors Of the
fates determine its length and 10 that
all tho rest must io.u il submitting
itself Goethe
The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1914-09-10

and | picked 1t up and put 1t on the
table In your room
Then | settle down on the porch
to read and the cook appears. She
says she ha always put the rolling
pin on the shelf in its proper place
but 1t Is missing, and for the life Of
her she hasn't the vaguest idea where
It Is. and what shall we do about the
cherry pie? Before | know 1t my sub
conscious brain is prompting my
tongue to murmur that she will find
the rolling pin on the floor under the
icebox.
While Mary is scrambllng for the
rolling pin my husband bangs in
through the screen door looking
around In a vague sort of way in the
frightened manner men have when
they have lost something
my CAPT he exclaims fretfully. 4
took 1t of a minute while was spad-
ing up that bed and for the life OF
me-
"I think I saw It hanging on one
OF the rosebush stakes, | tell him, and
on he goes tickled to pieces at find
ing his cherished pet. Then Ethel
tears through the house like a young
cyclone, disrupting and scattering ev-
erything she passes. and talking ten
miles to the second to the effect that
II she can lay hands on the individual
who has distracted her new book
Ethel say /, your book is on top
OF the laundry hamper in the stairway.
l am sure | don't know how It got
there unless you put 1t there Vow
ing that she has not been within a
mile OF the hamper for a year, Ethel
flies out. Then appears sister. She
looks sad. She says that since she
read that letter from Tom that came
In yesterday mornings mail she has
not been able to find 1t, and while, OF
course. there was nothing specially
secret In it-still--she would hate aw-
fully Was II possible any one was
mean minded enough to pick 1t up
Your letter. recite mechanically
to my distracted sister. is carefully
tucked away in my salad recipe book
Then I find my husband doggedly
paving over all the clean clothes Just
ironed and spread out carefully on my
bed. He looks up In a panied and
reproachful way. I have lost my cap
he confides. I can't imagine where
Lorenzo say. grabbing his arm
Just as he Ia about to roll into a ball
my fresh lingerie dress, you probably
viii find your cap in the rowboat-you
know you went fishing just before
luncheon
And that's the way It goes" sighed
the woman initiating a towel Some
times It's a perfect wonder to me that
don't have to chart the path to the
dining room table and blaze a trail to
the lair OF the bathtub for that family
Of mine! II keep on, I shall have to,
soms day!"-Chicago Daily News.
The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1914-09-10
Railroad Earnings.

During May, the railways Of the
United States received for their serv-
Ices to the public an average of S.
100000 a day; It cost to run their
trains and for other expenses of opera
ton $5.92o.000 day; their taxes were
$S41. 500 a day; their operating income
S1,972.322 a day for the 220,S97 miles
Of line reporting, or at the rate Of
$3.50 for each mile OF line for each
day. Thus for every six dollars OF
their earnings which remained avail
able for rentals, interest on bonds, ap-
preparations for betterments, improve
ments and new construction. and for
dividends. the railways had to pay
more than one dollar In taxes.
The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1914-09-10
MADE INTO PRETTY COTTAGE
Old Box Cars Put to Good Use at
Slight Expenditure of Work
and Money.

Some of the leading railroads are
converting old box cars into cottages
for their section forces and other
track laborers. by means of simple
and inexpensive alterations. A typi-
cal example is shown in the illustra-
ton. In this case the car was run
The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1914-09-10
Daily Thought.

There is a time in every mans
education when he arrives at the con-
Viction that envy is ignorance; that
imitation is suicide; that he must
take himself for better or worse, as
his portion; that though the wide uni
verse is full Of good. no kernel Of
nourishing corn can come to him but
through his toll bestowed on that plot
OF ground which is given him to till.
Trust myself; every heart vibrates
to that iron string.-R. w. Emerson.
The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1914-09-10
ACROSS THE ISLE OF MAN
Electric Road That Called for Much
Skill From the Engineers
That Built IL.

The Isle of Man, although a small
and somewhat out-of-the-way island in
the Irish sea, possesses a very well
equipped and interesting electric rail-
way. The railway connects the cap
ital, Douglas, with the several small
The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1914-09-10
Out ~ rrainlnn

A small resident of a college town
heard much talk about being in and
out OF training. One Sunday, after a
restless church session, he remarked
to his mother: Mamma, please ex.
cuse me for not sitting still during
the sermon. You see, / haven't been
to church all summer and I'm not In
training for it."
The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1914-09-10

off on an abandoned piece of track
and the earth was filled in until the
trucks were covered. A new roof
covered with roofing paper was built
over the old one, the sliding door on
one side of the car was boarded up
and a new door was cut in the oppo-
The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1914-09-10
Supplies Needed by Railroad

The Chinese Eastern railway an
nually requires about one hundred and
seventy thousand feet OF firewood, sew
en- hundred and fifty thousand round
logs and fifty thousand square logs
and boards.
The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1914-09-10

cities on the island and in doing this
crosses over the rugged interior.
A trip over this electric railway
line furnishes the traveller with some
Of the. most spectacular scenery in
the world; while the mountains are
not high. the cliffs and gorges are In
places almost appalling; many diff
cult engineering problems had to be
solved In building this railroad.
The Illustration shows a bridge
with a car on It, the photograph be-
ing taken from point on the east
coast OF the island.-Popular Electri
city.
The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1914-09-10
Margins Explained.

He-"You understand what a mar
gin in stock is. don't your" She-"Oh,
yes. That's the money you put up
and lose."-Boston Transcript.
The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1914-09-10

The oId-styIe Boarding Car With Its
Many DIscomforts Is Being Re-
placed by the "sox-car Cottage"
site side of the car. Windows were
then cut as shown and a small but
comfortable porch was built. for
which a railroad tie of extra thick
ness forms the step.-Popular Me
chanics.