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The menace., 1914-09-05

The above item, from the Ro-
man Catholic Tablet, published in
Brooklyn, n. Y, would indicate
that the papists, as we predicted,
welcome the war in Europe as a
means Of attracting the attention
Of the American people away
hom the conniving and political
Intriguing Of the Roman hier-
Hrchy in the United States.
OF course ROmanists hope that
The Menace and other anti.papal
and patriotic papers will "col-
lapse"-for unless they do col.
lapse the Roman church is going
10 be put cut of business as a pO-
htical factor in the United
States.
But the Tablet has not reck
oned with the spirit Of the age in
which we are hving-the Amer.
lean people are not going to LET
the war excitement in Europe be
the means Of sending their own
country TO the scrap heap. The
civil war which Rome credits
with putting the A. p. A. move.
ment out Of business, (which IL
did not do, for the simple reason
that the A. p. A. movement did
not come into existence till long
after the civil war; was a thing
that concerned the entire popula.
ton Of this country. The war in
Europe, however, is confined to
the people of that country, and
we are hoping that the present
administration cannot be induced
by the Jesuits to allow the Amer
ican nation to become involved.
The men on The Menace
Firing Line may not take excep-
lions 10 the terms "rubes" and
bsckwoodsmen," but they will
take exceptions TO Rome's esti.
mate of their intelligence. and
they will answer this insult with
IN increased subscription list to
The Menace and renewed aetiv-
ity in defense Of the liberty of
which Rome is stealthily seeking
10 rob them.
The Roman Catholic church
would be willing to plunge every
nation ON the globe into war. IL
the holocaust could only be used
rs q means of profit to this graft
ing, grasping octopus that is
seeking to control the world even
at the cost Of life and property
by Wholesale.
We all deplore the situation in
Europe, and hope that the war
may be brought to a speedy con.
clnsion, with as little disaster as
possible, but we are not going TO
let the priesthood Of the Catholic
church rivet our eyes on our dis
tressed brethren across the water
In order that they may pick our
pockets and loot and destroy our
own institutionA
IL Is not an exaggeration in the
least particular to state that the
destiny, future happiness and
prosperity Of this nation rests in
the hands Of the readers Of this
very little paper, and we are 20.
ing to appeal 70 each and all of
you TO remain at your posts of
duty, and fight ss you have never
fought before for the mainten-
ance Of your position and the
Preservation Of The Menace.
The very men who read these
hines are responsible for this pa
per and the movement It rep
resents. and they are attracting
more attention in the eouncils
Of the poEers that Be today than
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ABoUr SUE CARDS

A subscriber to THE MESAcH asks M
the following question: If person
has several 1914 sub. cards on hand Al
the end OF the year are they good for
They are MKSacs sub. cards win BE-
redeemed no matter how old they are,
though we are anxious that they be
made use Of as rapidly a. possible for
the effect they viii have on the circula-
ton figures.
The menace., 1914-09-05

The goodness or badness Of Roman
Catholic laymen has nothing 10 DO with
the goodness or badness Of popes ana
priaoes Of the church. Popes and
princes are undesirable for the same
raesqn that kinss and princes are IN.
The menace., 1914-09-05
Something NeWl The Bsok Of the Howl
CENTER SHOTS AT ROME
Bu GEoReE 2. RUTLEpGE

BY GEORGE p. RUTLEDGB
Is containing paneked
Washington GLADDEN. and is Psraying paPistS
SEVEN SHoTs-l Why PopedOn The
Priesthood The Aoicular Confession. Bloody Hands
Romansm and American Institutions z. The Remedy
THIS is THE BOOK prOPspe papers
trying TO but without
THIS
send dollar today and postpaid By the mail o,J DOLLAR
fsapil
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The question OF whether Americans
and Romanists shall live together In
peace or enmity turns on the equally
important question Of whether the
mobbing and kidnapping Of patriotic
speakers Is permitted 10 continue
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any council Of war that was ever
held. They are back Of the great
est crusade for liberty that was
ever wAged in the annals Of his
tory. Rome knows, and has
known for some time, that il
will take desperate measures TO
thwart our purpose, and il it can
not be done by the conflict Of the
powers Of the world il can never
be done.
! am counting on the men on
the Firing Line in this world
crisis. l realize their response.
bility, ] have faith in their abil.
ity 70 cope with the situation, and
! am going to depend on you TO
preserve this movement and keep
The Menace in action though the
heavens fall. The circulation boz
is the indicator-keep your eye
on IL.
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TER HAIR sHoNE L1k BEAUTIFUL COPPER IN THE SUNLIGHT"

mean that you don't expect me ever tc
admire another girls beauty"
IL simply like to hear II, Peter. she
admitted. AT first IL simply made me
Ifurious-and then II made me cry. Would
you like me to say that some other man
was awfully handsomeT.
Why not? ?" asked in some astonish-
ment. Certainly I'm not fool enough
to think I'm a prize winner in appear
ance and that you will keep your eyes
glued admiringly on my face for a
life time
Then you think I'm fool" flashed
Mary. How women pounce upon a
mans careless diction and twist 1t into
a mortal affront,
Goodness, noi' I protested. Mary.
do be reasonable. It's this way. Ad-
mration of a beautiful thing isn't al
ways personal. Surely we may some
times admire beauty in others Just as
We admire a beautiful picture or
beautiful statue. It's the humans in
stinctive love of beautiful things!'
But Mary couldn't see. and before
was through I had lied calamity and
told her her hair was more beautiful
than the copper hair of the maid IN the
stage-when 1t wasn't. 1t was that or
more tears.
Why. Ell why. does a mans imper-
sonal admiration OF another wonan's
beauty fire his wife to antagonism and
jealousy? I can't for the life of me
see Mary's viewpoint.
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I Mary's radiant face. the suave sales
man grew subtle.
Now, here" said he guuelessfy. lis
! something that I'm sure will interest
you" He turned. Of course, to Mary.
Like that. Mrs. HuntT'
Mary Is not yet accustomed to being
called Mrs" She blshed and dimpled
deliciously.
Indeed l dog' she exclaimed prettily.
"Oh, Peter, isn't 1t just too lovely!'
1T is said I warily, much too
lovely l imagine for our purse"
How much Is it," Mary asked the
salesman. timidly. I shan't repeat his
shameless answer.
this furniture fiend, addressing him.
self entirely to Mary. like at least one
extensively furnished room for a guest
chamber OF course. We all like to see
young people start out modestly and
sensibly, but when they come from
leading families and expect to enter
tain well-to-do relatives, why-ahemi-
social expectatfons-
Indeed. indeed you're perfectly
RI ghtw exclaimed Mary brightly. Zone
must have at least one besudfuliy
furnished room. Don't you think 80.
Peter"
sense of being lost.
The thought Of how much the pur-
chase would please Mary had already
seized me powerfully. I shock II on.
however. and ventured the suggestion
that mother had planned to give US
some beautiful old-fashioned things OF
hers for our guest room.
But, Peter" pouted Mary. they re
80 frightfully old. What would people
say?'
OF don't much care admitted
,easantIy. Personally. like the oid
stun peter than this Circass'an wal
wounded every sensitive artistic
nerve In that salesman's BODY.
think he shuddered. At any rate ne
glanced at Mary with an Appearing
lock that proclaimed them KINDRED
esthetfc souls apart from me.
And besides" added. we've 1ust
enough money to pay a reasonaoie
furniture bill nicely. haven.t enough
to huy this arfstocratic OUTFIT"
Mary went into private consultation
with the salesman. her cheeks very
red.
peter" she said. he says we can
buy II on the installment plan. Lots
of nice people do that. And We can
send him a check every month. ~
won't be necessary for the collector 10
keep running to the house.
p sighed and surrendered: 1 cont
blame Mary. ] do blame that fnsidtous
more than ought to
spend. IT'S a foolish beginning.
Continued Tomorrow
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HONEYMOON TROUBLES.
VI

Ut was near the end of my honey
moon. Mary and back from our
trip to Montreal and Quebec-had
halted at q summer hotel in the
Adirondacks. There was a lake dot
ted with snowy lilies almost beneath
the window and the boats rocking by
the shore had tempted me for hours.
Let me row you around the lake
Mary" 1 suggested. Its a bully day."
Mary merely stared out of the win
dow.
fou-you'd better go by yourself.
perhaps" she said, and bit her lips.
II certainly won't" / declared. I'm
no solo honeymooner. What's wrong,
Mary? You haven't really been your
self since we got here"
To my CONSERVATION Mary burst
into tears.
Great Scott" 1 exclaimed. thor
oughly bewildered. There certainly
Is something wrong. Is II anything
rye done. Mary"
Now tears always arouse a horrible
sense of guilt In male humanity. For
one thing. man, unless his expert
ence has been vast, is greatly in
clined to exaggerate the cause of a
Woman's tears and women cry some
times as freely over a broken trinket
as they do over the death of a friend
For another thing, having heard from
feminine lips that most of the iapses
In the universe are the result of male
stupidity and clumsiness, he feels moral
ly convinced that his sex in general Is
implicated-and himself. In particular.
This brings him logically to the stern
conviction that for all he's forgotten
it-with the care-free- habit Of men-his
onense has been atrocious. The tears
have effectively done for him
BY dint of much gentle questioning.
l ELECTED from Mary the alarming fact
that 1 had admired girls hair while
we were driving up the mountain IN the
numbering old stage. -
To be quite truthful, I'd nearly for-
gotten my casual remark
Don't you remember" reminded
Mary, looking away. You said her hair
shone like beautiful copper in the sun
light"
Why, 50 / did" said at last. But,
Mary, never saw such hair on a girl
In my life. And such quantities of IT,"
I'll was most likely pounds and pounds
of false hair" cried Mary, very white
oh, Peter" The last was a wall and
Mary began to cry again. And then
stupid dolt I began to see Mary was
Jealous and. trivial as the cause had
been. she had nursed II into flame.
Mary, said. after an hours pet
ing had brought her again to a sub
iued good humor. do you honestly
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means much to them.
MANY mothers do not realize this.
and mistakingly insist In child
eating anything. or forcing 1t to
rnushy looking foods on a plate. III
the mother of the little boy above
had needed advice she would have
done this: She would have taken
the same yellow pudding (of very
nutritious materially and instead OF
serving II from big dish. she would
have put II into little custard
cun Inverted II on an individual
plate. stick a berry or a cherry or
a raisin on top or around II, and
called IL a fort Then she would
have asked the little boy to eat the
fort, or cat the guns out OF the fort:
or something OF the Eind. ana !
know positively that mere NO. %otia On,
left, s 4,
,rdiyiduaI molds. Who does not re-
member the JOY OF. having "a cake
ali to myself Or, my very own
pie" I seem to feel that modern
motbers forget all the fairy back
gro,Ind of childhood. and ] am glad
10 saw II is one thing ] can credit
the oid-fashioned mother with. She
aid take trouble to bake pies and
little cakes for Susanna or Tobias.
MANY children, quite naturally, nave
strong diversions TO certain kinds OF
food: eggs. for instance. or rice or
certain vegetables. The only, rea-
son the child doesn't eat them IL
because he isn't used to them, and
n is sometimes necessary to encour-
age him TO learn to eat them be-
cause he needs them in his diet. To
do this we must pretend. We
nretend that something or other is
a fort or a castle, or fairy, or
nudding like Jack the Giant XII
ier's, or Cobweb Dew or something
which ties the food up. to the story
or background the child has. ABOVE
all. foods should not be served to
him in a mushy, unattractlve way:
AS soon as possible. the chliu shouid
be taught to eat his food like an
adult and not allowed to stay play
ing at a food in a baby, sloppy way
unnecessarily long. w
make children's cooking easy. Lit
lie custard cups cost only cents:
cooky cutters the same: small tin
dishes, perhaps a cent apiece, and
SO on. 1t may take moment more
to pour a Jelly into individual patty
pans, or to cook a separate little
buildings, or to mound mashed po-
tstoes into a "hill'' but II will paw.
II will tempt the delicate cid to
eat: IL will, teach him new tastes:
and II will help him learn to eat
carefully and not In baby fashion.
Have mothers thought OF this?
Copyright 1914. by Mrs. Christine
Fredertck).
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would she do it, Did
|uP .
In held lke the glitter of
andat
- = Why Beauty Doesn't Count
he Of
earnest? I
he
Csssful s
a o
believe think
The next time to interview the President of the United statesor
pencil his he
in
-
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In daylight, despite the purifying
qualities of the sun, the diligence of
trades and noiseful gain rack and
torment the harassed victim of sick
ness. At night. with the stirred up
dust and microbes. these are laid
asleep.
In nights silent reign few II any
germs Of disease invade nature. True
enough. the sun is sunk. his ultra
violet rays are gone. and the cheerful
brightness Is no more. But the mere
absence of light does not make for
physical disorder. Therefore. some
thing else Is necessary IL night air is
to be really noxious.
The atmosphere is in no way mimi
cal to health as long as the proper
quantity Of oxygen is present This.
you may be sure, does not depend
upon darkness or light. It Is not
question Of color or beauty.
Night air Ii fresh, pure, and sweet
It is much to be- desired. 1t Is the
Sabbath of mankind, to rest the body
and the mind. Any one 1oath to take
Of the double shade, the
starlit air, the sable period. because
of the surviving fallacy that might
air" causes colds. coughs, corns, and
crises, merely deprives himself Of the
dewy freshness, the serenity of yon-
der moon divine. the ebony sweetness
Of nocturnal health and strength
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ture Service. Incl.
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POLY PROVES HIMSELF A HERO.
By FLORENCE z. YODER.

That Poly really must be a COW
ard, he said. as they disappeared
down the road. he never will fCht +"
F1ghtins doesn't show whether or
not you are coward" put in Tes-
sic: She had always made fun of
Poly herself. but she would not let
Tom call him a coward before the
Irove that he is as brave as anv
one" any
Tom and the other children laugh
ed. but another little kitty pirI Loci
her lead, and said that She h. Ifaved
as Tessie did. They did not have
long to wait TO find out.
That night, after they were all
safe in bed. a real fire did brest. an al
IN Tabbyland, not at the Loma ~
tommy Tabby. but in the littie co,
tage OF Roly and Poly. Nov n tbaro
was one thing that made the life ip
Iabbyland a little hard il vas O.
me animal folk were terribly afraid
1 1 IT. put hvlng as they did, iust
IKE other people. they had IN 80
II. But they were very IN -, use
when a fire did break orr tbn,, a iit,
FOL try 10 put il out hut ims; ~, u
away as fast as they could g.. 81
something woke the little NM,
boy up late in the night. He sni tpy
en ne sat up then he jumped on
az "Oht hOlN, and in
second they had walked the MINI
chldren: and the four Uf them bsJ
started down the stairs. The s,,,n11l
nearly blinded them. and the iEoae
nearly dead with terror. hut ,hn'.
managed to get through and ont int
the road. ou' INTO
Suddenly Poly caught his little Gle
ter by the arm. Where's the o,bar
puppy? he cried in alarm. RoIy
dried her eyes and looked about
There was only one little puppy On
the ground crying as il his heart
would break. The other one Was
still in the house. lost IN the smoke
Poly stood up very straight His
eyes were rolling with terror. snS
his heart was beating like a trip
hammer. but there was no fear
there. Tom Tabby said that ! was
a coward" he thought quickly
Well, I'll show him I'll do the
hardest things that there is for an
animal person to do and with that .
he crouched low and ran back into
the smoke and flames
You can see very plainly in the pic
ture that he came out safely, with
the frightened little puppy in his
arms.
He was the real hero of Tabbyland
for many a day. but the thing that
made him feel the best was when
Tom Tahby came frankly to him and
took back what he had said before
all Of the children.
oceegTaSht LA y. z YedAr.l
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7 T was after Supper, and there
had been d shower, so that II
was nice and cool, in Tabby-
land. All of the animals had
come out of their houses, and we're
sitting on their front steps, their
porches, and even out on the walks.
The old maid dog ladies. were in two
title rocking chairs just alike, Mrs.
Hicks was sitting in straight
backed chair on her porch, and
down at the Tabby's house, almost
ALL of the children in town had
gathered. Roly and Poly were there.
as fat and round as two balls OF
butter; Fannie Hicks and her
brother Toby; the two little puppy
boys that Poly had found to play
with RoIy, who didn't have any
names: and all of the Tabby children.
They were Dragging, just as any
children are ape to brag. and they
ere even better at il, for animals
are really very conce.ted. What
would you do" said Tessie, pushing
Tom over TO make more room so
that she could spread out her skirts.
what would you do II the house
caught fire?" All the pairs Of round
eyes looked al her. and several
mouths came open, with an Ohhh,"
but no one but Tom Tabby answered.
I'D find out where IL vas" he
stood up and put his paws in his
pockets while everyone looked at
kim. then I'd he paused and
reaching out pushed Poly over into
the wet grass, push my way out
Of the window and down the vine"'
Everyone laughed but Poly, and he
was very angry. He got slowly up.
end tried TO brush the drops OF
water off. but made no attempt 10
get back al Tom. That makes two
things owe you for" he growled,
but Tom only laughed. You're a
coward" he tainted, that is what
YOU are. you're afraid TO nit me"
but he stopped at the look on
Poly's chubby face Il won't fight
YOU said Poly, while the children
gathered about, them, because /
can lick you. and am bigger than
you are"
Tom laughed, and replied with a
shrug Of his shoulders, That's a
good excuse" but he did not annoy
Poly any more. The children settled
down again. and began to tell stor-
les, but Tom was not happy with
Poly and Roy and the two little
puppy boys in the crowd So when
they got up quietly and left after a
a14 1zaEasnt4 he was rslisved
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Answers to Health
Questions

Miss y. M.-what will develop bust
quickly? -
Massage with camphorated oil or
any Kind OF oil Deep breathing and
muscular exercise viii also help.
r. O. E-I have BEEN bothered with
lame ankles. which seem to stffYen al
night and when sit down to rest I
am on my feet all day At night 1
can hardly stand. They have beer
this way. for two weeks Please advise
what course to take. / cannot resi-
until September
You need a physical examination az
once from skull to foee Internal. or
Eanic disturbances often cause this
You must rest somehow.
DR.. Hirshbers. wflf answer questions
for readers of this paper on medical
hygienfc and sanitation subjects thai
are of general interest He will not IN
dertake to prescribe or offer advice
for individual cases. Where the sub
ject Is not Of general interest letters WI .
be answered personally IL a stampe,
and addressed envelope IS inclosed. Ad.
dress all Inquiries to Dr. l. K. Hirsb.
berg. care this office.
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0hreeNin ute Dourneyc
Where Elephants Are Trapped in Pit.
Ry TEMPLE MANNING
By TEMPLE MANNING

about getting the elephant out of the
pit and into a cage.
one OF the mahouts got a small line
under the swaying neck. after innumer-
able failures, and a heavy cable was
attached and dragged under, then
thrown over the neck and drawn tight,
and the other end was tied to tree. It
was then easy to get nooses over the
elephants hind legs, and the animal
was ready to be released from the pit.
The men threw logs and brushwood into
the pit and the elephant, trampling
these under foot. soon was elevated
nigh enough 70 climb out of the pit.
An old tame she elephant, remarkably
clever at this work. was led up. seized
the head rope, and, under her mahout's
direction. led the captive away to its
cage. At the door OF the cage the ele-
phant baked and would not enter. But
his tame relative got behind him. and
with one shove of her great head threw
him inside.
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Secrets of Health and Happiness
Why Night Air Is Purer
Than That Of the Day
By DIR. LEONARD KEENE HIRSHBERC
A. B. NJ. A, NJ d. (Johns Hopkins).

a MONG the legion discrediteJ nonsenscal
~ pietes and superstdons table turnings
N : doofsms. survive with greater doggedness
and persistence than absurd beliefs anent the dan
of night air. :
Air is chartered libertine which bloweth where It
listeth 1t be warm It be cold. may bite
shrewIy and It may a npping an eager Yet
it be fresh alters little whether It Is night
day air. s7--
but the night interfere with either.
At night there lisa husbandry In heaven; their candles
all But it believe
very wtchng time breahes contagion the world
Night air Is really kind There
and dirt fever germs and bacteria than by day.
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THE INSTALLMENT PLAN.


n n AIRY and I have been haunt
NU ing furniture stores since
Nl our return from honeymoon
ing. We have been decoyed
by furniture agents into admiring
things far beyond our means We have
been decoyed into buying things that
we don't need and can't afford-and one
Of them Is a Circassian walnut bed
room set that Mary Is quite mad
about.
To begin with. mother warned us
about the smiling duplicity of furni-
ture men.
You'd better be very careful, Peter"
she said graveiy. You'll find they'll
play subtly on Mary's love of pretty
things. They all do. Once the woman
is lured into a display of interest-and
subtly won, the man is easy. He
doesn't like to appear mean. He wants
very much TO please his wife, and,
therefore. the mischief is done before
he realizes IT. II seems to me at a
generous estimate that you ought not
spend more than a hundred dollars q
room. And besides son. you can't az
ford it."
Mother was right Nevertheless, / fell
and fell very hard.
We had bought sensibly, think
until we saw that Crcassian walnut
set. and Instantly. after one look at
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SuperStitionS

a scorpion inclosed in bottle or In
some situation from which 1t cannot
escape will sting itself to death.
In the Ural mountains the neasantry
believe that IL a wolf sees a man be-
fore the man sees the wolf. the man will
be struck dumb and remain so as long
as the wolf lives.
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