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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-07-12
DAMS FOURTH OF JULY.

I'm going TO celebrate and have
lots OF fun on this Fourth. 7 was sick
last Fourth and | mean to make up
for Il this one, ] have three punches
Of fifecracke+s ana three bags Of tor
pedoes. Wonder where I'll hide them
from Dan. oh I know! that tin pan
IN the back yard. You won't get them
this time, dogKie" Dan was big
Newfoundland dog and was quite as
fond. Of frecraekers as his master,
Junior.
While Dan wasn't looking Junior
slipped out of the back door and hid
thu hrecrackers under the tin pan.
just then the thought came-why not
put one bunch under and light the
fuse and have a grand explosion
JUST as he finished Dan ran out to see
what he was doing. sighted the pan
snspiciousy, shifted the burning fuse.
paved the pan off and grabbed the
3recrackers in his mouth
When they exploded Junior found
him standing among the bits OF red
paper and smoke poured as a general
after bis first victorious battle
RUTH FARMER
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-07-12
4 BALL GANE--- By ARMFN1Rorr

late for the ball game" Why can't
Tom open 1t as well as can
grumbled Dick. Tom jumped out and
said, II can open It, brother. IL you
are not willing" Dick" asked father,
while Tom was opening the gate, why
are YOU not willing to do things like
Tom ?" Dick never answered a word.
but hung his head in shame. Tom got
back in the buggy and they soon came
to the ball grounds. Crowds of people
were standing and waiting to see the
game. Tom was CAV but Dick was
not. Il wish ! hadn't come said
Dick"
why" asked Tom. But then a pret-
ty little girl passed them and looked
n Tom and smiled. Tom smiled back,
but Dick began to grow angry. About
that time the ball game started. and
what good time they had the people
clapped their hands In delight and
Dick and Tom Joined In with them,
and what a good time they had. After
the ball game was over father bought
them some Ice cream and lemonade. and.
oh. how good II was. Time passed
too quick for now they had TO 60.
They climbed into the buggy once
more and soon arrived at the gate.
without father telling him, He learned
Dick jumped out to oaen the gate
a lesson about that gate and never di.
forget IT either. He was a better boy
after that, and Ike Tommy. he loved
everybody and believed In doing some
good
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-07-12
"WHEN I AN KING'

brought him half million. and
and-he's forgotten me"
Did you love him, dearie?" asked
the old laudlady. softly.
Yes, We were engaged when we
went to school But his father and
mine were ancient enemies and they
broke it off. Then Rex went away 10
school and father failed and died,
and l had to go to work, and I came
to the city-and found you. dear Mrs.
Adams"
Wei. il that Rex of yours knew
what he was doing" grumbled Mrs
Adams. he'd be hunting you up.
You're too frail to work in all kinds
of weather He won't be finding YOU
at all If he don't look out.
'Oh, I'm not really III, Mrs, Ad-
ANS" said Hester, cheerfully. and
then she began to dress. 20. | really
must CO." she said when Mrs Adams
expostulated.
Through the white drifts Hester
plowed her weary way Her frail
body breasting the wind. seemed
beaten back and bruised by the heavy
! blasts, Her cheeks, pink at first with
the sharpness of the cold, grew white
and her lips were blue.
Il m afriad l can't go on" she said
to herself
A policeman at the corner helped
her over drift. You'd better go
into a drug store and get something
hot miss" he advised. You look as
if you were half frozen
Hester tried to laugh. Il shall get
on all right" she said, and was too
proud to tell him that she dared not
spend ten cents.
She struggled on for half dozen
blocks, and saw ahead of her only a
weary waste OF snow. Far down town
they were probably clearing the side
walks. but out in this residential sec
ton no attack was being made on the
drifts
Hester turned from the side street
into wide avenue, lined on each side
by brownstone mansions. Here she
found the walking better. and shiver-
ing, breathless. she sped on her way.
IF 1t only wasn't so far she said
to herself. desperately. She stopped
for a moment to fasten her coat more
stood at the curbstone and chauf-
for the man who was descending the
steps Of an imposing mapsion.
Hester gave one look from man to
master, then fed, stumbling, gasp
ing.
at was Rex" she said to her heart.
wildly 20. he mustn't see ME. He
mustn't see me-"
But he had seen her Hester.
Hester!" he was calling.
She would not turn back, She felt
consumed with shame that he should
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-07-12
JUST BREAD.

Just bread and butter and honey
and milk for supper said Doris.
Guess were most to the starving
place"
Il am sorry mother began; hut
grandfather interrupted. a have seen
the time when that plate Of bread
would have looked better to me than
all the turkey IN the world"
Funny eyes you had" laughed
Doris 'Tli always take the tur-
key, please"
Yes" said grandfather. - big
dish OF nice slices Of turkey breast
would not have tempted me from one
little piece Of that bread at one time
II was when this country was all
new" grandfather. went on. for Doris
was listening for the story 1T was
very different from now We bought
the land at a dollar an acre. Now
IL Ia worth more than hundred times
s much. but we worked hard, and
had none Of the Conyeniences that
are thought 20 be necessities now.
while we were helping To bring the
land up to itss present value.
THE corn and wheat were ground
ut water mills run by the streams
through the country Well. enc I'M
usually cold winter all the streams
froze. and for weeks no -four or
meal could he ground The nearest
market was a hundred miles away,
and could be reached only in wagons,
and as nobody wanted 10 risk the
trip in such weather. we did without
bread for six long weeks My but
the first hoecake tasted good after
that, / never have felt like saying
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-07-12

see her thus.
But he was beside her eager, ex-
postuiating
Hester, dear girl" he said, with
his hand on her arm, and she stopped
and turned to him. and when she saw
the frankly adoring look in his eyes
she broke down and cried
You poor little thing. you poor
little thing he said. AT last l have
found YOU"
He made her lean on his arm
I'm going to take you home" said
Rex. briefly. but first we've got to
get something to warm you up.
of his head toward the house. be
cause it's mans club. But there
tea room at the corner"
Hester ate little 1t was enough for
her to bask in the comfort OF Rex's
presence, and the color came back to
her cheeks and the light into her
eyes as he talked to her.
1--WE hunted everywhere for YOU"
he said. Nobody seemed to know
your address. They told me you were
in New York. and that was all"
II wouldn't let any one know" said
Hester. II told her to tell YOU"
''Vera?" he asked and as she nod
ded she saw his eyes grow hard. but
1t was not until long after that he
told her that her trusted school friend
had tried to win him for herself. and
that she had withheld the address OF
his former sweetheart
Kind Mrs. Adams. deep In the mys-
teries OF Fridays cleaning. was
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-07-12
THE LITTLE LOAF.

Many years ago there was great
famine in Germany, and the poor
people suffered from hunger. A rich
man who loved children sent for
twenty OF them, and said 10 them:
TN this basket there Is "a loaf Of
bread for each of you Take IT, and
come back again every day till the
famine is over. 1 viii give you a
loaf each day"
The children were very hungry.
They seized the basket and strU ~gled
to get at the largest loaf They even
forgot to thank the man who had
utes Of quarreuing and snatching for
bread, every one ran away with his
loaf except one little girl. named
Gretchen. She stood there alone al
a little distance from the gentleman
Then. smiling. she took up the last
loaf. the smallest OF all. and thanked
him with all her heart.
Next day the children came again
and they behaved as badly as ever.
Gretchen. who would not push with
the rest. received only tiny loaf
But when she came home, and her
mother began to cut the loaf. out
dropped six shining coins of silver
20. Gretchen exclaimed her
mother, this must be mistake. The
money does not belong to Us. Run
quick as you can and take II back tc
the gentleman"
So Gretchen carried Il back: but
when she gave the gentleman he,
mothers message, ne said: mo, no
it was nst 4 mistake I had the silvel
/ baked into the snLsllest loaf IN oFdel
! to reward you. ReHvspber that tbs
! person who is contenteo to have {
I small loaf rather than quarrel for :
/ larger one will find blessings THAI arr
4 better than money baked in bread
Ella Lyman Cabot, in Ethics fol
/ Children
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-07-12

The missing ink The Honorable
John WaaanAker- says the missing
LINK between capital and labor ia to
he found IN "pre5 ud'cc and misun-
Outstanding" He Is not far from
right. but It Is unfortunate that he
himself dd mot supply the missing
link In HIS testimony regarding the
Colorado mining strike. Mr.. Wana-
maker testified that he thought MI
john y Rock efeHer Jr made a
great mistake when h. put President
Wilson in inc position II sending
troops into Colorado might be
mistakeh .B this he added. 'hut
thai ~ thc way feel about IL"
Nothing nut prrjad r or misunder-
standing caulf have led Mr. Nsana-
,nsker - make such an answer II
has already beer shown that the Col
ora3o trouble was rot due 70 "a ques-
ficn between the union and Mr. Rock
-elellEr-s Thu lattA4- nzpnea-al1u- a
rer cent ~ The stock ~ the Colorad q
Fuai < Iron Co which was one or
twenty c8al mining companies IN the
State The complete story ~ the out
hresk remains 20 be told We are
ehaeA@oring 10 give the facts from
the Undisputed records In the hope
t1sef Ir Wanamaher ami others who
are the victims either ~ prejudice
NJ misunderstanding wl read and
r@rserTHer' II ~--dsesi1e's
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-07-12

startled by the sound of an auto.
mobile horn at the front door.
Hester came in beaming
It's Rex" she said." and Rev
this Is dear Mrs. Adams She has
been so kind TO me-"
1t was wonderful talk that fol.
lowed Rex insisted that tired, eco.
nomical Mrs. Adams should give up
her poor old lodging house and come
and be housekeeper for himself and
Hester He intended to buy a big
country place, he said, and there
would be many servants to manage.
Did Mrs, Adams think she could?
And Mrs. Adams wept tears OF ioy.
Il told you you should be queen"
Rex said to Hester that night. land
while | can't give you real throne,
dearest, you shall reign In my heart
forever"
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-07-12
Too Much Militancy.

Would George enlist -
NO I don't think he would"
Whats the reason? He comes Of
lighting stock"
That's the reason. He's aoured
on fighting. His grandmother Is n
Colonial Dame. his aunt is a d A r.
and his mother is militant" -
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-07-12

Square No 1.
J. Is what they send as from this
mill
. A maidens name--r love her still
2. Al once again. without delay
4. Down this we walk sons pleasant
day.
square No. ..
I. great Apostle-faithful. true.
.. Likewise, besides. as well as. too
3. Employed, or kept (forsooth. for
gain)
4, Continuous metal bearing vain.
square No. 2.
I. To cross the stream twas this we
took
2. An anorous. coquettish look.
2. Ger these mountains few car
move.
I. Examination made TO prove
square No. (.
I. The Kind of weather now we
face
2 Extent Of surface. open space
2. Not spurious or. false, or vain
4. liquor made from uoisten.d
grain
square No. 3.
!, linear rfeasure--short. tbs true
z, The longest stream you ever knew
z, A molluck much esteemed in
4 From this the hangman's rop.
was made.
Squares No. q,
I. A color made OF black and white
?. garment never ftting tight
3. A son Of Adam~-HrAt To die
4. A sharp and loud and piercing
cry.
square No. :.
l. The greatest word we've ever said
2. Tho place in which We bake our
bread.
2, To take around and try to sell
Z. The extremties-now can't you
tellc
square No. 8.
!. Is what we call our mothers sis.
2, One who uses--man or miss
3. A tyrant OF the Roman race.
4. steady, FASTENED. jogging pace
square No. o.
/. An animal--how swift they 20!
2 Cardwell cousin. don't you
3. A secret order-joliy set
4. To scrape, or Ale. to crate Of
fret
Answer TO Jumbied Great Days.
l. Independence Day
2, The Fourth of July
ROBERT GARLAND
Answer~ to Names Of Boys ana GirlA
/. Herbert
2. Ruth,
5. Dorothy.
4. Dallas.
s. Orpha.
ANNIE MOSES,
Answer to Riddle Of Five.
A violin.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-07-12

Dear Amt &$ocy.--I don't think
you will, have many letters from
TarInville THIS week. for We are hav-
tng a great chautauqua here Every
body, both cid ard young is Just crazy
over Il. Speaking fine, music good
and glorious. More anon.
Lovingly.
Louis DAHL
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-07-12

Skirts are So "a fuller ana thicker
the fashion eHperss say but We fear
Il has come too ilate TO prevent a
race. Of pQp-eyed men.--Little Rock
-CsansftA
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-07-12

Mrs FNIssby Ayling our
physician wants to send me 10 "a
summer~resort fer four weeks
Her Husband Well. I don't blame
him Bos'on Transcript
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-07-12
DALLAS DAHL WINS FOURTH
OF July PRIZE

N.eees ana Nephews
For unknown reason letter 70 you LEFT out last
/ that
prize awarded Dallas Dahl However
but
Inn didn't Dallas III send prize
a
nice
Herbert Children,
would this Perhaps the
hut do hope haven't
he
crfov an he more
a
Herbert
NJ pfre5 s-ho as /
win befowarded we
ard
ai4c very interesting things for
dc III think OF
AUNT NANCY
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-07-12
Lowry, Va

Lowry. n
My Denr Auntle.~-pcn't you think
ar lazy for not writing for SO long
hut ] have been so busy that I Just
haven't had time
Aren't we having lots Of new mem
berE now? And what has become ~
Mary McCaleb? Hurry and write again.
Mary.
Aunt Nancy 7 know White pullen.
I went 10 school al New London acad
envy when he did
Ny sister was home on a vacation
ard went back to Lyuchburg Sunday
might. win send n drawing fer the
contest, bat know l win not get the
prize, FOR ] am not very lucky
Lovingly.
- PEaRLE WILSON.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-07-12
Rowler's Wharf. "a

Bowers wharf Va
Dear Aunt Nancy am sending you
under separate cover little story for
ths circle. / hope 10 sec 1t in print
and that II may be OF interest 10 some
of our readers
Received the badge and am very
much pleased with IL Thank you very
much. With best wishes
Lovingly,
WILLIAM Il. KTN&fER
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-07-12

Answer to Riddle Of Five.
A violin.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-10-26
THE ELAST SHOT
By FREDERICK PALMER
Copyright, 1914, By Charles Scrlbner's Sons,

rank from the snouI4..s Of the great
coat. ITS wiser, too, that we walk"
he added.
Walk? But my carl" exclaimed
Westerling petulantly.
I'm afraid that the car could not
get through the press in the town."
was the reply. Walking is safer"
/ The absence in him OF that quality
which is the soldiers real glory, the
picture of this deserted leader, this
god of a machine who had been
crushed by his machine, his very lack
Of stoicism or courage-all this sud-
denly appealed to Marta'e quick SYM
pathies. They had once drunk tea to-
gether.
"Oh, 1t was not personal! I did not
think of myself as a person or of you
as one-only of principles and of thou
| sands of others-to end the killing-to
save our country to its people! Oh,
I'm sorry and, personally, I'm horrible
-horrible!" she called after him in q
broken, quavering gust of words which
he heard confusedly in tragic mockery.
He made no answer; he did not even
look around. Head bowed and hardly
seeing the path, he permitted the aide
to choose the way, which lay across
the boundary of the Galland estate.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-10-26

Cutaway lines are so apt to be becoming
that there will be many women who will
be glad to welcome this tunic. 1t is ex-
ceedingly graceful and attractive. 1t is
very simple and easy to make and can
be adjusted over a skirt of contrasting
material or one to match, with equal
snartness. The skirt beneath is a plain
one in two pieces. The tunic itself is in
two, joined to perfectly smooth-htting
yoke. If it is desirable to reduce the
weight of the skirt, or to study economy,
the back can be made of lining material
for portion of its length since the tunic
is long and completely covers it. The
combination of striped and plain materials
is good one but there are numbers of
contrasting materials which can be used
while the possibilities of the tunic for re-
modelling the costume of last season are
apparent. The finish can be made at the
waist-line, as in this instance, or at the
natural one, so that all figures have been
considered. Buttons are an important
feature of present styles. They arc not
large but are handsome. These arc
covered with the plain material and
embroidered with heavy silk floss.
To make as illustrated will require 23S
yards of material 27 inches wide, or ~
yards 60 or a., for the skirt with one
yard of lining SO for the upper portion
of the back; for the tunic will be needed
ga yards 27 or 22s yards SO or "A.
The May Manton pattern No. 84I2 is
cut in sizes from 24 to 80 inches waist
measure. 1t will be mailed to any adj
dress by the Fashion Department Of this
paper, on receipt of ten cents.
Bowman's sell May Manton Patterns.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-10-26
[Continuedl

When you SAT- --... ii brought on
this war to crafty your ambition. l
chose to be one Of the weapons Of
war; fought for civilization, for my
home, with the only means | had
against the wickedness of a victory Of
conquest-the precedent of it in this
age-a victory which should glorify
such trickery as you practised on your
people"
81 should like to shoot you dead!"
cried Bellini.
And you let me make love to you!"
Westerling said in a dazed, cropping
monotone to Marta.
Such a wreck was he of his former
self that she found it amazing that she
could not pity him. Yet she might
have pitied him had he plunged into
the fight; had he tried to rally one Of
the broken regiments; had he been
able to forget himself.
Rather, you made love to yourself
through me-" she answered, not harsh
ly, not even emphatically, but merely
as a statement of passionless fact "If
you dared to endure what you ordered
others to endure for the sake of your
ambition; if"
She was interrupted by a sharp zip
in the air Westerling lodged and
looked about wildly.
What is that2" he asked. "What?'
Five or six zips followed like a
charge of wasps flying at a speed that
made them invisible. Marta felt a
brush of air past her cheek and Wes-
terling went chalky white. 1t was the
first time he had been under fire. But
these bullets were only sstrays. No
more came.
Come, general, let us be going!"
urged the aide. touching his chief on
the arm.
Eyes. yesl" said westerling hur-
riedly.
Francois, who had picked up the coat
that had fallen from Westerling's
shoul jers with his start at the buzzing,
held 1t while his master thrust his
hands through the sleeves.
"And this is wiser" said the aide,
unfastening the detachable insignia OF
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-10-26
IF BACKACHY OR
KIDNEYS BOTHER
Eat less meat also take glass of
Salts before eating
breakfast.

Uric acid in meat excites the kid
neys, they become overworked; get
sluggish, ache and feel like Jumps of
bladder is irritated. and you may be
obliged to seek relief two or three
times during the night. When the
kidneys clog you must help them flush
off the body's urinous waste or you'll
be real sick person shortly. At first
you feel a dull misery in the kidney
region, you suffer from backache, sick
headache, diZZines, stomach gets sour,
tongue coated and you feel rheuma-
tic twinges when the weather is bad
Eat less meat, drink lots of water;
also get from any pharmacist four
ounces of Jad Salts; take tablespoon
full in a glass of water before break
fast for a few days and your kidneys
will then act fine. This famous salts
Is made from the acid of grapes and
lemon juice, combined with lithia, and
has been used for generations to clean
clogged kidneys and stimulate them to
normal activity, also to neutralize the
source of irritation, thus ending blad-
der weakness.
Jad Salts is inexpensive cannot in
jure; makes a delightful effervescent
lithia-water drink which everyone
should take now and then to keep the
kidneys clean and active. Druggists
here say they sell lots of Jad Salts
to folks who believe in overcoming
kidney trouble while 1t is only trouble.
Advertisement
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-10-26

where the shells were bursting. These
men minded not the desperate, scat
tered rifie-fire into their ranks. Before
their eyes was the prize of panic
that grew with their approach. Kinks
were out of legs stiffened by long
watches. The hot breath Of pursuit
was in their nostrils, the fever of vic
tory in their blood.
In the defile. the impulse Of one Gray
straggler, who shook handkerchief
aloft in fatalistic submission to the in
evitable, became the impulse OF all.
Soon a thousand white signals of sur
render were blossoming. AS the firing
abruptly ceased, Marta heard the faint
roar of the mighty huzzas of the hunt
ers over the size Of their bag.
Some doctors of different regiments
thrown together in the havoc Of rem
nants of many organizations, with the
help of hospital-corps men, were try
ing to extricate the wounded from
among the dead. They heard a wom-
ans voice and saw woman's face.
They did not wonder at her presence,
for there was nothing left in the world
for them to wonder at. Had an imp
from hell or an angel from heaven ap-
peared, or a shower of diamonds fallen
from the sky, they would not have
been surprised Their duty was clear;
there was work of their kind to do,
endless work. Units Of the broken ma
chine, in the instinct CT their calling
they struggled with the duty nearest
at hand. They begged her to go back
to the house; this was no place for
her.
But Marta did not want safety. Dan
ger was sweet; 1t was expiation. She
was helping, actually helping; that
was enough. She envied the peaceful
dead-thoy had no nightmares-as she
aided the doctors in separating the
bodies that were still breathing from
those that were not; and she steeled
herself against every ghastly sight
save one, that of man lying with his
legs pinned under wagon body. His
jaw had been shot away. Slowly he
was bleeding to death, but he did not
realize it. He realized nothing In his
delirium except the nature of his
wound. He was dipping his finger In
the cavity and, dab by dab. writing
xiii mel" on the wagon body. 1t sent
reeling waves of red before her eyes
Then a shell burst near her and a doc
tor cried out:
"She's hit!"
But Marta did not hear him. She
heard only the dreadful crack OF the
splitting shrapnel jacket She had :
sense Of falling. and that wes all