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The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-12-19

MT Chairman and Gentlemen of the Cob
 mittee
 I live in state (Alabama) where vomen are the logical sex, where they practice consistency, This may surprise you, lut the basis of my assertion is. that the suffragists of Alabama have unti now refrained from asking the passage of the federal amendment be- cause we preferred giving the men of our state chance to act first, submitting the suffrage question through the legs- lature to the voters. For the first time in its history, a bill was presented to our ? legislature last January, and failed of the necessary three-fifths thereby deny ing the individual voter the opportunity Of deciding the question. In effect, what the legislature said was the man at the polls has no business voting on this ques- ten; we are capable of deciding it for him"
 We do not believe in being circum- scribed by a devotion to any one method Of obtaining the ballot, but use and urge any honorable constitutional means to that end.
 So we feel it entirely logical and con- s!stent to appeal to you, since our legis- . lators are frank enough to admit their ability and willingness to determine the matter; and we are willing that all legis- la lures shall do this, after you have voted . flat they may.
 Your duty. it seems to us, is clear; for in passing the federal amendment all you do is to submit the question to the leg islatues for ratification Sor rejection. Their ability to decide this matter with out referring it to the voters, has been expressed by other southern legislatures in addition to Alabama, notably, Virginia Florida, Louisiana, Georgia, Mississippi
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cd and lef1E legatioN hands of the Americ&H minister. An tne Ger mans in Belgium were thus placed un- der the protection of MT. Whitlock. Thousands visited the American lega- tion and the American consulates, seek ing protection and assistance. Not once did plea go unheeded.
 It was speedily seen that it would be necessary to send the women and children out of Brussels. Many were destitute, in need of food and cloth ing. Their condition was pitifU$& The American legation took charge of them all and arranged for their departure. The people of Brussels behaved admir- ably during those first days of war, and the police gave German subjects protection, but at the same time Brus- sels was not a safe place for stray Germans. In safely transporting some 5000 German women and children, as well as a certain number of men, from Brussels to AiX-la -Chapelle, the Amer ican authorities did a real service fo: Germany, and in Brussels it is consld- cred that they saved many lives.
 Mr Gibson was largely responsible for what was done. Assisted by Mir. Nasmith, the American vice consul, he established sort of concentration camp at the Cirque Royale, and to that he sent the women and children who appealed for protection. On sew eral successive nights he arranged for special trains. The Cirque Royale was filled with these Germans. They need ed food and this was furnished them.
 The German women and children were all safely sent away, and not one underwent undue hardship. Later, when Antwerp was being besieged, the American consul there did similar work in the protection of the Germans who were caught in that city. Scores of Germans went to the consulate for protection, and it was freely given. Here again arrangements were made for getting stranded Germans Into Holland or back to Germany. Once more German lives were rescued from a position of peril.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-12-19
Bald? Just Fast

From the New York Telegraph.
 Are you baldheaded? Why so? There's no reason for it, according to Walter Wade, 27, of AS East One Hundred and Sixty-fifth street. who was arraigned in the Morrisania court recently, on a charge of living in Van Cortlandt park without a permit. Wade was found in a stone culvert by a policeman, where he had been living since Sunday afternoon. Dur
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-12-19
Can't Prove He's Dead

From the New York World.
 Denver.-For the first time in the his- tory of the Denver county court, the will of man of whose death there is no record has been lodged with the clerk of the court. It may become necessary to have the maker-George T. Sheets-de- cared legally dead before the instrument is offered for probate. Sheets, contrac- tor, made the will in 1893. He was then 72 years old. A year later he disappeared. The family did not know of the existence Of the will until a few days ago when Attorney Edwin Parke discovered the doc ument in his safe. Parke turned 1t over to the clerk of the court. 2
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-12-19
DoubIy Tough

From the Louisville Courier-Journal Been on a fishing trip"
 How was it?"
 tBum. Had no luck either at the fishing or at poker"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-12-19
Change of Programmes

From the Washington Star.
 How do you like your new apart ment?"
 "First rate The people next door have some music that we never heard before"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-12-19
Making Progress

From the Louisville Courier-Journal. "Well, we are getting along pretty we'll in our plans for defense"
 Sop
 Yep; got an advisory board and 8 gasoline engine.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-12-19

Following is the formal address delivered before the Senate com mittee in Washington last week by Mrs. Pattie Ruffner Jacobs. presi- dent of the Alabama Equal Suf- frase association.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-11-10

AQUINAS
ACADEMY

Several fire dangers were dis
covered yesterday by the city fro
inspection committee at Aquinas
academy and several changes
were suggested to make the
building safer.
The committee, Building In
'spector Snyder, Fire Marshal
Chantler, Fire Chief McAlevy and
State Hotel Inspector Myhan,
found the fire room in bad con-
dition and suggested 1t be lined
with metal. The doors in the
main class room were found to
swing inwardly, and these will
have to be changed.
A door will also be cut in the
sisters sleeping quarters. The
present situation would render
escape nearly impossible In case
of fire, 1t was said.
Fire drill emptied the academy
in 30 seconds, considered by the
committee to be remarkable time.
The fire extinguishers they found
in good condition. The chief fault
they thought, was the fact the
building was wooden and that
the children and teachers slept in
the building.
At school board meeting be-
hind closed doors, Secretary Lis
ter made fire report to the
board yesterday.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-11-10
WILL PICK
"BIG SIX"
SOCCER

All persons in the city sac-
quainted with soccer are urged to
communicate with Supervisor
Kelly at the Central building.
With the opening of the gram
mar soccer league, a large num-
Der of officials will be needed. 3
Supervisor Kelly also intends
to select his committee to Judge
on the six best teams at the end
of the season from the list OF
officials who are used during the
playing year.
The custom of not hanging up
a trophy will be followed again
this year. School authorities DE
lieve the friendly rivalry deyel-
oped between the teams where a
championship is not decided is
better than selecting an individ-
ual champion. For this reason
six teams will be chosen. A point
system will be kept, the winning
team being given two points for
win and one point for a draw.
This system together with the
recommendation of the commit
tee will be used to determine the
big Six"
The same committee Will pick
individual PLAYERS for four ALL
Tacoma teams which will play ex'
hibition games at the close of the
season late in January.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-11-10

tho citizens of Tacoma what can
be done along these lines, and a
general fair open to the entire
public would greatly increase the
interest.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-11-10

HOnOrS
Eleven

Lincoln Park football players
were honored yesterday at a spe-
cial assembly where their virtues
were extolled, despite the fact
that the championship fell to a
rival institution.
Twelve letters we're awarded to
first team players, 10 to the sec
ond team and ID to the midgets.
Lincoln Park will lose Capt.
Todd, Anderson and Brothers;
otherwise Coach Colbert will have
his team practically intact ID
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-11-10
Shields
Captain

Duane Shields, Stadium's star
half back, will guide the destinies
of the blue and gold eleven next
year. Shields was elected to re-
place Capt. Todd on the third bal
lot. Four men were named at
first. The semi-final elimination
left Nelson and Shields, Shields
winning.
Coach Perkins will lose six of
his team by graduation, Todd,
Crumb, Gilbert, Geiger and
Hhager.
AS bulwark for a new team,
he will have seven men, none
more than sophomore, and an
entire second team.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-11-10
WHAT PARENT-TEACHER
CIRCLES ARE DOING

Edison school Parent-Teacher
circle will hold a regular meet
ing Thursday afternoon In the
school building. A feature of the
entertainment will be an exhibit
tion fire drill to show the par
ents how quickly the children can
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-11-10

get out of the building.
Miss Doris Barlow, Miss Leila
Lawrence and Rev. Sargent will
contribute to the program follow
ing the business meeting when
several committees for Thanks
giving contribution work will be
appointed.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-11-10

Dozens Of dainty little
Aprons of white lawn and
dimity, embroidered or trim
med with embroidery and
lace, at 25c
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-11-10
Plan Joint
Fair For All
the Schools

An all-school fair, where the
children will exhibit garden
truck, cooking, sewing and live
stock, probably will be held next
fall. The suggestion made yes
ferday by Elwell Hoyt met with
the school boards approval.
The individual school fairs
have done much towards showing
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-11-10

fight for the championship next
year.
The following first team men
won letters:
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-11-10

Todd, Parker, Danielson, Hunt.
staples, Brousem, Brouthers.
Swartz, Alger, Johnson, Nelson
and Anderson.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-11-10
CREPE APRONS

-Slipover MILDLY style,
made of best quality plisse
crepe, with sailor collar and
belt of contrasting colors.
Very attractive Aprons,
at $3.50. -. ....... Doc
Also CoveraII style in
high waist effect, with cap
to match. Lavender, pink
and blue in dainty patterns,
at 1880. ......,... .$I.1o
BAND APRONS 25c
-Three-quarter length with
bib. Made of light and dark
percales and Amoskeag ging-
ham, finished in white or
bias pipings, at -. Csc
PLAIN Bank Aprons, full
length, made of Amoskeag
check Bingham, at .25c
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-11-10
SCHOOL NOTES
HOW TO EDUCATE YOUR CHILD

| danger of overtaxIng the mind OF
the normal, active child.
Then, as your children grow,
keep abreast of them in knowl-
edge. Otherwise you will some
day know the sting of your
child's shame of his own parents
| ignorance.
In the schools I have founded
we make the primary considera-
ticn the discovery of what the
child wants to know, and act ac-
cordingly, instead of teaching
the child what We think it ought
to know,
Our method is to let the chill
dren write on the blackboard
every morning what they wish to
know. Then we look up the re-
quested information, generally In
the Book of knowledge, which
may be termed our text book.
The children are thus intensely
interested. They make their o wn
lessons. They are able to apply
what they have learned, for they
have already discovered a need
for that specific bit Of knowledge,
otherwise they could not have
asked for information concern
ing 1t.
Next day the children write
what they have learned in their
book of information, under the
head, What l Have Learned To-
day."
These record books are kept in
place of examinations.
And ! am down on examina-
lions. They are denominations.
They mean nothing, and are not
a test of what we know. Some
day examinations as we now have
them-the terror of all school
children-will be generally abol-
ished.
Sensitive children are often
worried into sickness and not in
frequently into suicide by exam
nations.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-11-10

will produce the Ladies of Gran.
ford in the high school audi
forum Nov. 10.
Miss Black, of the oral express
sion department, will coach the
production.
Dorothy Coye will take the
leading role.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-11-10
ZEST TO APRON DAY--.MANY
NEW STYLES---FINE SAVINGS
EXPERT
PICTURE
FRAMING.

Judging from the the business of this Apron store
have discovered that the best assormen best
styles and values here
buyer has secured special bargains for
selling Extra has been given for display and be-
leve therell be a big attendance.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-11-10
TOLD BY WINIFRED
SACKVILLE STONER


SACKVILLE STONIGR
Exponent of Natural Education
Play and love are two import
ant factors in natural education.
A mother, with the great love
she bears her child, can teach the
little one more in a few minutes
than a teacher, who does not love
the child, can impart in hours of
enforced duty.
To become a teacher of her
child the mother, naturally must
equip herself to impart the i'm
portant facts of life in an enter
tanning fashion. Play must be
made instructive and construct
i've.
A means I and my daughter
Winifred have found of deepest
impressiveness has been the use
of jingles to teach facts. All nor
NAL children like jingles and
rhythm.
Another indispensable fund of
knowledge, entertaingly pre-
sented, is the Book of knowledge,
of which l have already spoken.
In a word, it tells what things
can do and what we can do with
things.
Teach children colors very ear
ly. Girls will learn them much
more readily than boys as rule,
for a boys orthochromatic sense
is much less acute than that of
the girl child.
Consequently parents and
teachers must sharpen the boys
distinction of colors.
In teaching your child, through
play or otherwise, do not keep
his attention concentrated for
more than Is minutes at time.
When you notice attention lag
ging turn to some other form OF
amusement and instruction.
With this caution In mind and
carefully regarded, there is no
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-02-13

the United States steel corporation
with a capitalization based not on gem
uine resources but on market control
through monopoly. The trust form
ers wanted to buy Carnegie out be.
cause he was the most effective man
In the steel business and the trust
would not have been possible without
him. So they gave him some four or
five times what his plants were really
worth. 4 part OF the payment was
for his steel plants; the most OF 1t was
a bribe TO get him out Of the steel
business so the trust could rule and
take such profits as it pleased.
1t is hardly accurate for Carnegie
to say he has been giving his money
away He is giving 1t back.
~SS~S~-sS~
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-02-13

(By Fred Lockley, in The Oregon
JournaL)
The midsummer sun beats merci-
lessly down upon the eastern Oregon
desert. The whole plain is like the
top of vast superheated range. There
is no escape from the grilling sun
above nor the reflected heat from
the shimmering sands under foot. The
whole landscape is a-quiver with the
rising heat waves.
The wheels creak as they sink in
to the yielding sand while the per-
spring horses plod onward slowly.
From the scant shelter of the dust
covered sagebrush a jackrabbit lopes
awkwardly away, pausing few yards
distant, its mule-like ears pointing
toads. like miniature gargoyles, squat
inert by the roadside, or. alarmed.
scurry to shelter beneath the twisted
roots and contorted limbs of the sage
brush.
Here the whitening bones OF an In
dian cayuse are scattered promiscu-
ously, a grim reminder of some long
past banquet Of prowling coyotes. The
bare, weather-beaten skull with its
broad expanse of teeth seems to wear
perpetual smile, but the gayety OF
the teeth is belied by the sombre and
cavernous eye-sockets, eloquent OF
desolation. A mottled yellow-brown
snake moves with slnuous grace
among the bleaching bones. At your
approach 1t pauses throws It's body
into coil, raises its triangular shaped
head. and you hear the weird, nerve
racking warning of its vibrating rat
ties. With sinister unblinking eyes,
It watches you while ITS forked tongue
plays angrily back and D forth. aA
shadow moves slowly across the road
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-02-13

is the legislature Of oregon to be a
toy in the hands OF private electrical
interests and will
Are They Toys the house as well
For The as the senate Join
Electric Interests? in throwing away
the plain inter-
ests Of the people in order to aid and
foster the form OF feudalism that pre-
walls when private interests gather in
great natural resources with the pur-
pose. not OF serving the public. but
Of exploiting them? This in a nut
shell is the issue arising out Of the
water power legislation proposed at
Salem and which seems to be slipping
along 10 passage through both
branches.
Stripped Of all sophistry and bun
combe the one and only object Of
those seeking this legislation is to al
low the electric combine to grab fur
ther power resources on a freeboot-
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-02-13

coming OF the king she feels a thrill
OF life, throws off her trance-like
sleep, and. as though by magic, ad-
orns herself in wondrous green, as
befits a desert bride. When the des-
ert and the water meet. things do not
seem merely to grow-they almost
leap from the fertile earth, so rapid
is their development through natures
wondrous alchemy Here in the one
time desert you may now see miles
upon miles OF waving alfalfa.
Stand by the side OF a vividly green
field of alfalfa, on day in early
summer. and watch 1t swaying and
bending beneath the caress OF the
west wind until the whole surface rip
Piles with tiny waves, like the surface
OF some inland lake; the blossoms
form a purple haze over the surface
of the field, and as the delicate tints
Of green and purple blend and merge
in the vagrant breeze II is as though
you were looking at field OF change
able silk shimmering in the sunlight.
The swaying stalks, the nodding leaves
and blossoms keep up a gentle mur-
mur as though they were whispering
age-old secrets learned from the Ar
abs who gave alfalfa its musical name,
and who grew II when Mecca and Is
pahan, Bagdad and Damascus were
but villages.
We are apt to think Of alfalfa as a
newcomer among the forage crops,
yet 1t is as old as history Long be-
fore the Christian era the shepherds
by the shores of the Red Sea and the
Persian Gulf knew It's worth. The
flocks and herds Of the ancient Greeks
were fed on alfalfa and the world
conquering Romans carried the seeds
OF alfalfa to the countries they con-
quered.
When the spaniards came from
Aragon and Castle to the new world
on their mission Of exploration and
conquest, they brought in the holds
OF their vessels alfalfa hay for their
horses. and with a thought for. the
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-02-13
CURRENT THINKING
a NOVEL RECEIPT.
lrhe IndIanapolis News. }

(The indianapolis News.)
Take one ocean liner plying be-
tween San Francisco and the Philip
pines. Add a young man going to
Hawaii on business. and an heiress
and her aunt going nowhere in par
ticular. Mix the two young folk grad
ually among the other passengers.
with an occasional half hour alone
away from the watchful eyes OF the
aunt. Turn the ship into the center
of one tropical storm. Mix gradually
until they come TO a froth. the sea
and the bowling of the winds.
Beat the vessel slowly against Jag
ged rocks until II is we'll pounded up.
Throw in looks OF despair to suit the
taste. Add one binding flash OF
lightning that rent the heavens to
a conclusive heave Of the stout old
hull that had braved the southern
seas for years.
Pour a wave. mountain high. on
the ship. mixing the passengers brisk
lily together; then turn the entire mass
suddenly into the sea. Put the young
mans arm providentially against a
floating spar, chicken coop or a door
torn off a stateroom. Have another
convenient wave sweep the maid in
his direction. Put in strong young
man." Add then all grew black"
Drop in a sandy beach unexpected
ly. Put the hero on the beach. Have
him "come to" with the sun shining
bright or brightly. Close by put the
maid, a la the daughter of the skip
per OF the schooner Hesperus, minus
the salt sea being frozen on her
breast
Inject into the situation at this
point one handy cave, with another
ditto nearby. Add signals daily to
passing ships. After baking thorough
ly for six months on the island, put
In rescue after hope had been aban-
doned. a trip TO the good old U. S. A
and one church close to the corner
Mix in a sufficient detail to suit
place in an attractive corner and
serve to the public at Sh35 per serve
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-02-13

TRENTON, N. j., Feb. l3.-Al-
though President Wilson may not
have meant to start anything" with
respect to a second torn when ne said
In his indianapolis speech that the
people might later on have an oppor-
tunity to render decision on his ac-
c'mplishments. the democracy of New
Jersey certainly has started out with
the single purpose Of accomplishing
tnat which the president dlsavowed.
The state committee prior to the fall
election took quarters here in a build.
Ing on west state not far from the
capitol and past which all the poll.
ticians must go on their way to the
seat of state government.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-02-13
An ApostrOphe to irrigation

in front Of your horses. From the
shadow you look upward to where n
buzzard floats in Overwhelming cir
cles, a black silhouette against the
cloudless turquoise Of the sky.
The witened bones, the cactus
with its blotched and spine-covered
lobes, the circling buzzard, the cow
ardly coyote Sinking up the draw
the scene is typical Of death and DESC
lation.
When you pass that way again, you
will see here and there khaki-clad fig
ures with their stakes and chains and
instruments. A great cash has been
cut across the sagebrush waste scores
Of men and teams are extending and
widening the gray scar across the face
of the desolate plain. The clank Of
chains on scrapers, the creak Of
sweat-covered harness as the strain
ing horses drag the finely pulverized,
flour-like volcanic ash up the banks
ally, a yellow-brown flood is led from
the Umatilla river into the reservoir
and drawn through miles of radiat-
ing bitches.
Come back again. 10! miracle
has taken place. Here, in the land
Of little rain, where sand and sage
brush reigned supreme. you will see
an ever-extending carpet OF velvety
green. Where the rattlesnake crawl
ed over the bleaching bones stands
the Hermiston school house with a
score or 80 Of bronze faced young Am
orleans playing in the yard.
Here in the desert, water is king
and the desert is the bride Of the
king. For centuries, the great gray
waste has lain passive, dormant,
asleep. The desert has been waiting;
she has not known for what At the
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-02-13

future they brought along and planted
some alfalfa seed. From Mexico II
was carried to the west coast OF South
America. 1t did not come to tour
own coast until the discovery Of gold
In California. The first We know Of
In the west was planted in Califor-
MIA in 1854. 1t has turned the barren
sagebrush waste Of eastern Oregon
into farmers paradise and has built
railroads and cities throughout tho
semi-arid region.