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The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-07-08
The Old Stradivsriu..

It always gives me shiver when q
stradivarius violin is sold for thou,
sands. For it generally means that all
its music will be locked up by some
body in burglar proof case, where all
the best victims are stored. Now and
then Kubelik is permitted to play on
them. But there are hundreds in bond
Meanwhile a man in the adjoining fat
Is playing good tunes on fiddle that
contains nothing but squeak. With a
fifth rate StYadivarius he-and would
be happier. London Chronicle. tx
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-07-08
EARNING A LIVING.

Every man owes himself liv-
ing-a clean, honest, upright living
that shall be credit to him and a
help to others. Ii is useless to sit
down and whine about what the
world owes him. Whining never
did any good. and besides it de-
means man. Whoever goes
manfully out and makes good the
debt that he owes to himself and
to his fellow men will never have
cause 10 complain that he finds the
world defaulter.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-07-08
An Apology For the PLAY

"From your continued applause |
take it that you wish the creator OF
this play to appear" said the theatrical
manager before the curtain.
THAT'S what we want" came from
several in the audience.
'But he has bad cold; he could only
apologize"
That's all we want him to do."-
Yonkers Statesman.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-07-08
Disappointing.

II don't think much of Binks' sense
of proprlety."
t'What's the matter now?'
"Last night after the theater offer
ed to drive him and Mrs. Binks out to
their home, ten miles in the country"
"Well?''
"The chump accepted" = Richmond
Times Dispatch.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-07-08

The seaside breezes are very much
inclined to be chilly, and the boy who
seioHfns by the shore will need q
warm coat for his protection. Chin
ehilla recommends itself. It is soft
and woolly, and withal in the better
qualities, it is not burdensome. The
coat shown here is Of dark blue chin
ehilIa with sailor collar trimmed with
red silk braid
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-07-08
The Man KNOWS.

Shea proverb says that fruit is gold
in the morning and lead at night, mean
ing that it's bad for one In the evening,
] suppose. He-That's right Look at
the trouble Adam got into by eating an
apple after Eve.-Boston Transcript.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-07-08
encouragement.

Why don't you offer your heart and
hand 2"
i fear she would turn me down"
I don't believe it She has given
you enough encouragement
Why, she never gave me the slight
est encouragement"
Get out! I heard her telling you
yesterday that her mother did not al
low her to accept anything of value
from young men," Houston Post
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-07-08
Last Sign.

Last Sign.
I have no patience with Jones. The
man has not a particle Of enterprise in
anything"
Yes, you can see that. Even the
vines in his garden are all creepers.
Baltimore American.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-07-08
Minina In the Sea.

Among the sights on the island Of
Martinique is the mining of material
for the manufacture of lime from the
bottom OF the sea- The bulk Of the
lime used on the island is manufac-
tured from madreporic stone or reef
coral so mined
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-07-08
Tower Of London.

OF the many prisoners with which
the bloody tower of London is as
ISOLATED the most illustrious was Sir
Walter Raleigh. who was confined
there in tie reign of James l. From
an upper window Raleigh had access
to the constable's garden, where he
was permitted to exercise. and indeed
at one time, before it acquired its evil
reputation, it was known as the gar
den tower. The last prisoner to be
immured in the bloody tower was
ThistleWood, a Cato street conspirator.
Among the inscriptions cut into it's
walls is the signature of the Elizabeth
an bishop of Ross, who appended a
Latin quotation, row half obliterated.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-07-08

ASK your friends for advice, women
for pity, strangers for charity and your
relatives for nothing Spanish Prov
erb.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-07-08
Some cynicE

Teacher Waldo. name one of the
best known characters of fiction Wal
do (aged lve), superciliously = Santa
Claus.-Puck.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-07-08

knowledge is proud that he has learn
ed SO much. Wisdom is humble that
he knows no more.-Cowper.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-07-08
Maxine Sure.

Il want an auto horn
"Yessir Do you want something to
warn EN- or something to scare 'em r
Louisville Courier Journal
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-07-08
Oil PAINTINGS.

II you have valuable oil painting
do not hang 1t anywhere where heat
Is liable to wrinkle the canvas.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-07-08

Those fortunate children who have
visited the great Panama Pacific ex-
position at San Francisco do not need
to be told of its beauties and wonders;
they have seen with their own eyes.
Those who contemplate going to the
fair have great pleasure in store, for
all beholders unite in declaring it the
most gorgeous sight imaginable. Per-
haps some who have been there saw
the rare exhibits in the exposition's
continuous live stock show Notable
among these are the long tailed Japa-
nese chickens, which are bred espe-
cially for the emperor of Japan and
whose valuation runs to as high as
$4,000 for a single bird. These chick
ems are housed in glass, this precau-
ton being necessary to preserve the
fine quality and sheen Of their feathers.
The picture shows keeper holding
one Of these remarkable birds in his
hand AS can be seen. the tail feath-
ers reach to the ground.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-07-08
Estimating the Probabilities.
aimed" said Mr.. Cumrox.

is she a soprano or a contractor
Il dunno. suppose she'll decide to
be which ever costs the most Wash
ington Star.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-07-08
WORDS OF WISDOM.

WORDS OF WISDOM.
We are not strong by our power
to penetrate, but by our related
ness.
The world is enlarged for us,
not by new objects. but by finding
more afhniies in those we have.
1t is not talent, but sensibiEty
which is best. Talent confines,
but the central life puts us IN rela-
ion to all. Emerson.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-07-08
Professional jealousy

Guess I'll have to get rid of one of
my household treasures"
How sop
THE parrot Is Jealous OF the phone
graph. Puck.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-07-08
Roman Oysters.

The Romans coated their oysters
with honey and kept them until they
We're slightly putrid.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-07-08
Touch Shoes.

Laborers on Trinidad cocoa estates
largely wear shoes with wooden seles
tipped with iron.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-07-08
Financial,

Financial.
Money is the root Of all evil" and
grating doesn't improve the fruit =
Smart Set.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-07-08
Beautiful Illumina-
ton Scene at Elk
position In San
Francisco

PT%HIS illustration shows the F'oun-
Il tain Of Energy when In srepose
and under brilliant illumination
at night. In the background are shown
the great dome of the Palace Of Liberal
Arts and the Italian towers of the Court
Of Flowers at the Panama Pacific In
ternational Exposition, San Francisco
The Washington times., 1915-06-10
Future of Hundreds of Chill
dren Depends Upon Proper
Placement, Declares J.
Lawrence Solly, of Board
of Guardians.
Service of Trained Workers
Needed For Scientific
Handling of Problems of
Delinquents.
By FLORENCE f. YOpER.

Supporters of plans which attempt
to place before Congress the fact
that Washington Is an entity,
city within the Capital City, and as
such needs a system Of laws and
government which viii adequately
dispose of the problems peculiar to
the usual city of Its size, have en-
ployed every fact-every known
means but perhaps one. '
They have shown that we have
evinced every sign Of city-ship, by
having all kinds of trouble with
sites, railways. schools and 80 on.
but they have missed the strongest
point when they have forgotten to
remind Congress that upon the
within of their appropriations. and
upon the caprice of q public mind
Influenced not by pertinent condi-
tions. but by, a Homegrown
dreds of Washington children.
For the l.s25 children under the
charge Of the Board OF Children's
Guardians are the tail end OF the
kite. the last victims In the clutch
of circumstances which makes them
wards of the nation at large in
stead of the personal responsible
Misfit Placements.
Because of the long g-handled method
Of appropriating funds for their
care. the LIS children who are in
private homes. placed there by the
board, are. on the authority of the
superintendent Of the Board Of Chill
dren's Guardians. j. Lawrence
Solly, more than likely misfit place
ments.
: Misfit because the placing and visit
ing Of 320 children Is done by one
visitor instead Of by eight, the rule
in Boston being one visitor to every
forty children.
And they do not have more vis-
itors because there isn't enough
money appropriated by Congress to
cover the expenses of more visitors.
'ln 1914 said Mr.. Soliy today, -.
of the Children's Aid Society in
/ Boston. was given money with
(which he made an Investigation. He
employed the services OF one woman
to compile the results of the place
ings Of the visitors for one year.
with forty children to visitor. He
found that the visitor with forty
children To- place failed one out OF
every three times. every change Of
home being regarded as a failure. In
other words. 90 per cent Of their
cases we're failures with one woman
to forty children, How many fall
urcs do you suppose we. have. with
800 cases to n visitor?
This means that the Board of
Children's Guardians is not doing all
of ~ work. and that no matter how
hard we in the office may strive to
make the Appropriation cover the
cost. We are running on a Is per cent
efficiency basis when we could
do much more with an adequate
force. No organization gets net re-
suits at all commensurate with the
money outlay, which does not run on
a much higher per cent of efficiency,
and no organization can run ef-
ficiently which is top heavy. Our
demand for service from the mere
standpoint of efficiency alone, should
be the means of obtaining the visit
The Washington times., 1915-06-10
What They Say About Us
Women in the Public Eye AS Viewed BY
Editorial Writers of the Newspapers.

victorious armies at the age of seven
teen. Says DIR. Sargent:
Almost daily / find it necessary to
revise my carefully worked out
theories and formulas as to what
young women can do, until now l
ind 1t safest not to suggest the linn
its of their capabilities. All
theories to the contrary, women are
capable of marvellous endurance.
and so on this score cannot be rated
ineligible for training for military
service. Woman's sex is not
handicap. either mental or physi-
cal, unless woman chooses to make
1t one. The great stretches of Rus
sia could show up countless stolid-
faced, big-muscled, sturdy women.
who plow fields, reap the crops,
make the black bread. and bear the
children, and who have never even
heard that they are weaker sex.
cites cases. and then comes out with
this uncompromising statement:
An able-bodied woman who has
undergone the same rigorous training
that q soldier has should suffer no
more serious consequences than he
from forced marches In a pouring
rain or n sleepless night In a trench.
The type of modern woman which Is
product of steam-heated apart
ments, matinees, teas, and ennul is
fitted neither for motherhood nor for
suffrage, to say nothing OF tasks
savorlng of militarism. But wom-
an of this type is in class by her
self. To be sure, the class is rather
large, but the women who compose
1t are not the ones who will shape
the future either of our homes or OF
our nations destinies.
Certainly it Is. a glowing brief for the
physical capabilities of woman that DIR
Sargent holds, one that mere man may
well envy, II indeed he does not lool
on II with fear, having before his eyes
various inferior examples of complete
domination of the male by the female
That DR.. Sargent is not Unsupported In
his contentious by active example thi,
very day we learn from the accounts al
English women and even of ItaIiar
women who are training to aid in the
national defense, should their service,
be required. The present war has cor
tainly brought, If not an Amazoniar
age. general recognition OF the can,
bilities, of womankind surprising an,
given her in the past Y GrohS
and Commercial Advertiser.
The Washington times., 1915-06-10
Pay For Wives.

There has been no nation-rac cking re-
sponse to the demand formally made
upon the Industrial Relations Commits
sion for pay for wives.
No one even gives Mrs. Thompson
the comfort of disputing her conten-
ton that the commission. If 1t can find
time to stop batting John y. Rookie
Teller, jr., should value and condition
the work OF women in the honle.''
There must be good reason for the
vast silence that has greeted the prom
ositi0n that the hours of house work
be regulated and that wages he fixed
for wives. Probably II is this that
the wives of America 80 per cent of
them, at any rate. have settled this
problem, each for herself. in her own
way. and to her own satisfaction.
Certain 1t Is that the wives of AmerI-
can men, as a rule. are pretty well
satished with their cnOnomic relation
to the income of their husbands and
have every reason to be content
America Is still some distance from the
aay OF labor union for wives n. Y
Evening Mail.
The Washington times., 1915-06-10
THE TIMES DAILY MA AZINE PAGE
HOzv Minerals Are Used
In the Human L laboratory;
. Demanded by Lies Fires
By DIR. LEONARD KEENE HIRSHBERG.
Copyright 1915. by Newspaper Feature Service. Inc)

phosphates all told only one and one.
third ounces. or possibly ten teaspoon
fuls of these minerals. -,
Ia the fluids of your anatomy--the
blood serum, lymph, and chyle-Zthe
fertiIizing salts present are table salt,
chloride OF lime, baking soda, phos-
phate of soda, chloride OF potash. and
phosphate of lime. About FIVE tea
ten to twenty pounds or the blood
and other liquids. h[I
Uncanned Foods Best.
The energy and force of life Is not
obtained from mine rails. They do not
yield any tangible amount of heat,
though they undergo each moment a
yeritab1e panorama of chemical in
terchanges in the human laboratory.
Lime swops horses in midstream with
soda and potash with lime.
let these simple salts of nature
have significant and essential duties
to carry out. without them life
would be abruptly terminated.
While II is true that iron, lime, and
into the living laboratory artifcially,
most of them penetrate to their al
loted posts by the way of fresh, green
vegetables. fresh fruits, fresh milk,
meats. eggs. cereals. and water. stale
victuals. cold storage meats, canned
and boxed articles of the table all
undergo chemical alterations which
interfere with the absorption OF these
necessary minerals. The yitamines or
mysterious ferments of non mineral
complex structure seem to work
hand in hand with these salts. They,
too, are often wanting in canned.
stale, overly refined and polished
foods.
Iron when administered as a medi-
cine seems to pass out in much the
way and in the amount it is taken.
This is a delusion, however. Iron is
gathered in the human laboratory
and converted into use by the It's
sues, then an almost equal weight of
old iron--junk and rust-is passed
out and into the intestines. ..-.'
The Washington times., 1915-06-10
Mrs. Bridget Dunn.

Whoever heard of Mrs. Bridget Dunn,
of Boston, Mass? N ne. Hearing
the name of Mrs. Bridget Dunn, one
speculates as to whether she is
ciety leader, a suffragist. a feminist,
or a dressmaker. AS 1t happens. Mrs.
Bridget Dunn is none of these. She is,
In common. everyday parlance,
scrubwoman. There are. you will say.
other scrubwomen-thousan of them.
They are dingy, unkempt, poorly dress
ed, unattractive. They should be al
lowed to remain in the background.
Why single out Mrs. Dunn for atten-
ton?
The reason for singing out Mrs.
Bridget Dunn is that Mrs. Bridget
Dunn. by force of character, by de-
termination, and steldy resolve in
the face of difficulties which required
a well-nigh Napoleonic stcadfa suness
OF purpose to conquer, has made of the
vocation of scrubbinS something which
approaches the high dignity of a pro-
feS sion. Mrs. Dunn is delegate to
the National Woman's Trade Union
League, now in convention in this
city. from the Building Cleaners Union
of Boston. She Is president of this
urique organization, which in it's short
lifetime of little over year has al
ready accomplished sweeping reforms
In the conditions relative to the life,
liberty, and pursuit Of happiness OF
building cleaners.
In addition TO being president of her
league. Mrs. Dunn is a wife and a
mother, and a housekeeper. In an in
terview given out she gave short
program Of her days activities. She
arises, it seems, shortly after o'clock
In the morning; reaches the office
building at which she is employed at 3,
and works there until .. After that
the day is hers, She is free to go home
and minister to her invalid husband,
care for her children, attend to her
household tasks, sew. cook, wash, and
when the family eXchequcr demands
more of replenishment than can be OBJ
tanned from her IS weekly wage as an
office cleaner, take odd jobs of clean
ing or laundry work Mrs. Dunn has
managed to keep her two children In
school until they finished the high
school grades. In addition she has
The Washington times., 1915-06-10
Examination Worry May 4
Bring Life-Lasting Effect
Upon Sensitive Child
Purposeful Work Is Needed as Balance to Study-Ex-
penditure of Nervous Force in Wrong Directions May
Lead to Permanent Nervous Disorders " s.
Vocation Series, No. %.
By ANNA BOGENHOLM SLOANE


The psychologist has shown that an
action set up anywhere in the nervous
centers reverberates throughout the
organism, lowering, or increasing It's
activity. Moment by moment one 8
nervous system is changed. never re-
turning TO the exact condition of any
previous time. Whenever an activity
has stirred any particular portion of
ones nerve fluid that substance has
q tendency to repeat that particular
kind Of action Upon this tendency is
based the formation OF habit.
When used by man, the natural in
clination of the nervous fluid to repeat
q previous action Is an important aid
in character building, but when 1t uses
him. it is q hindrahce to his evolu-
ton. BY deliberately setting himself to
the task of forming good habits the
man builds up tendencies i'm the nerv-
ous fluid to act in particular ways. But
III he allows himself to drift purposeless-
ly In the direction of least resistance,
his nervous system will build up in
pediment to right living which in some
be overcome. '..
Exercise of Mind and Body.
This is the underlying, reason why
school activities should conform closely
to the activities in which the student
will engage during his adult life; the
reason why. ones vocational training
should begin with the first lessons; the
reason why the mental powers generated
by the study of Latin fail when sect
to the task of turning the wheels of
modern industry; the reason why the
study of higher mathematics affords
little help in the problem of making
two blades of grass grow where only
one grew before. 1t is also the reason
why few persons. who have prepared
themselves for any given vocation. de-
sire to change 1t.
For the best development of the indi-
vidual powers, daily exercise of both the
body and the mind Is necessary.
The motor cells in the brain of the
student who neglects his nbysical exer-
else remain undeveloped and this re-
acts on his character, while the person
engaged in active work. who has not
acquired the habit of systematic think
The Washington times., 1915-06-10

Ing. leaves other portions Of his brain
dormant. Study and work, activity and
rest, food-taking and food-using. play
activities and duty activities should al
ternate, for the most harmonious de-
velopment Of character throughout life.
During the the school age 1t Is ,impera-
tive that school officials see to 1t that
neither is neglected, because unused
force in any part of the nervous system
tends to produce nervous diseases.
Purposeful Work.
The child's well-being requires as a
Balance to study not physical activity
alone, but. useful activity; not some
kind Of manual effort alone. but pur-
poseful work If we ask a boy, who Is
whiting, what he. Is doing, he will
seldom answer, whiting" He. will
tell what he is aiming at-making a
horse. a sled: the object is In his mind.
rot the activity by means ms % Of o,ShiGa whics
a cave. not just digging; he is building
a hut, not merely building. From this
we should learn to connect purposeful
work with subjective education, not
Work, considered to be useless, Is de-
pressing and. in the estimation Of ths
average child school studies seem par
ticularly useless. because he Is unable
the other hand, he can readily compre-
hend the use of making a bookrack, or
planting bed or radishes.
Too little work is more harmful than
too much as it either leaves the nerv-
Gus system in q clogged condition, or
leads to the expenditure of nervous
force in wrong direction. Unused
nervous force and wrongly used nerv-
oup force (such as the worry of school
examinations) lead to nervous disord-
err.
o. what great importance Is 1t
whether the child knows his geography
lesson, or not. compared to the mental
debility caused by his worry for fear
OF being kept back, The examination
worry, like all other mental activi-
ties. creates in its own image and the
tendency to worry which may get the
upper hand of the child and mar his
whole life. may prove greater evil
than anything he has learned during
'hts' school years may be able to coun-
terbalance.
The Washington times., 1915-06-10
An AmazOnian Age

DIR. Dudley A. Sargent. whose activi-
Ties as director OF the Harvard gymna-
sum have not prev ented him from Civ
hg a great deal of time and attention
to the physical education Of women. is
out with the timely statement that sex
IL no handicap to military training. OF
course, women have won fame as mill
tary leaders from Hippolyte to Colonel
Kokoytseve. but such cases have been
looked on as exceptional. And more
than exceptional, form any point of view,
Is the case of Joan OF Arc. the only
military leader of either sex TO direct
The Washington times., 1915-06-10
AnSWers to Health Questions

Mr. B.-Q. I am troubled with a bad
breath and a bad digestion. Will you
advise me?
A. Eat figs. baked sour apples. wheat
en- grits. oatmeal. stewed prunes, boil
ed spinach, fresh meats, stewed pears,
grapes, melons. oranges. plain pud-
dings. ice cream. carrots. clear soups.
clam soup. chicken and beef broth. veg
etables with salad oils. cabbage. hominy
mush, corn bread, ginger bread. water
crosses, game and poultry. Drink two
glasses OF distilled water half an hour
before meals. Take one tablespoonful
of milk of magnesia before meals and
six charcoal tablets after. Exercise sew