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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-04-04

The annual convention OF the Ma
tonal Society of New Eng land Women
will be held at Delmonico's on Wednes-
dav, April Ia, at 1880 a. m. for the
transaction of business and election
of officers. The national officers are:
President general, Mrs. Henry Clarke
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-04-04

The Washington Heights Chapter, ID.
A. R., Mrs. Samuel j. Kramer, regent,
will give it's annual luncheon in cele-
bration of its eighteenth birthday on
Saturday, April 10, at the Hotel Aston,
in the belvedere.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-04-04

dents; Mrs. John Francis Yawgcr, re-
cording secretary; Mrs. Herbert +. Da-
wilson, corresponding secretary; Mrs.
Alfred F. Masury, treasurer; Mrs. {. A.
J. Queck- Berncr, auditor, and Mrs. VI.
Taylor Phillips, historian. The mem
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-04-04

dorf-Astoria. The programme. which
will begin at 3 o'clock, will include an
address by John Leonard Merrill, and
one by DR.. Henry X. Rose, of New Jer-
sey, whose subject will be THE Glory
Of Nation" The music for the after
noon will be given by Miss Ethel howe
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-04-04

American millinery, American gowns
and American art. The first of these
will be on Tuesday April 20, from 2 to
s, at the Hotel McAlpin. where there
will be a private exhibition of hand
painted gowns, hats, parasOls. etc. by
Bertha Holly, an American artist
tmember of the Woman's American
Club, who has gained distinction in
Paris and London. Admittance is by
invitation only.
The first of the evening salons will
be on April II, in the ballroom of the
Hotel McAlpin, under the chairman
ship of Miss Marion March Welsh.
Among the speakers for that evening
are Alfred II. Brown, who will speak
on american Drama; Leon Dabo, on
American Art" and Phadric Ago'n, on
American Music"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-04-04

The officers of this society are Mrs. j..
Heron Crosman. president; Miss Mary
Van Buren, Vanderpoel, Mrs. Oliver
Livingston Jones, Mrs. William Tod
Helmuth, Mrs. William Cumming Story
and Miss Florence Guernsey, vice-presi-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-04-04

The business melting Of the Wom-
ans Press Club, Mrs. Haryot Holt Dey,
president, will be held on April 10 at
2 p. m. in the assembly room of the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-04-04

The Theatre Club, Mrs. David Mason,
president. will hold its annual blue and
white breakfast on Tuesday, April 20,
in the grand ballroom of the Hotel
Aston at noon. Mrs John Parker will
be chairman OF the breakfast commit
tee and Mrs. Walter Gahagan. vice.
chairman; Mrs. Mary Fisk, chairman Of
reception, and Mrs. ]. P. Niemann,
chairman of the dance, which follows
the breakfast. The club will hold a
theatre party on April u, when the
members will see Frances Starr in
"Marie-0 dile."
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-04-04

Waldorf-Astoria Miss Sara A. Palmer
will give an address on Colonial
Poetry; Miss Gladys Freeman, Pub
lie Safety; Miss Lille d'Angelo Bergh.
"The Peace Art Album; Miss Amy
Wren, "The Federal Law; Miss Sara
Buchanan Huff, Music Day in the
Press Club" and Miss Mabel Condor,
associate editor of photography" The
Art of interviewing"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-04-04

At the headquarters of the Political
Equality Association, 10 East Forty
first Street, an interesting meeting is
held every Monday night at $3.50
o'clock. Tomorrow night, April 5. the
speaker will be Dorothy Dix. These
meetings are free and all are cordi-
ally invited to attend them.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-04-04

At the annual Jefferson dinner Of the
'Woman's Democratic Club, TO be held
tomorrow evening at the Aldne Club,
the speakers will be Charles A. Towne,
POSTMASTER; Eugene Kiakead, William
Harmon Black. Francis d. Gallatin,
Mrs. Carrie Chapman Gait, Miss Mary
Wood and Miss Grace Isabel Colbron.
The guests of honor will be Cabot
Ward, Mrs. Eugene j. Grant, Mrs. Will
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-04-04

bers Of the executive board are Mrs.
William Arrowsmith, Mrs. {. c. Ken
nedy. Mrs. Gabrielle Stewart Mullner,
Mrs. Edward Standish Robinson, Mrs.
+ Charles Lincoln Seabury, Mrs. j. Porter
Shannon and Mrs. William R. Stewart.
The Post Parliament. Mrs. John Fow-
Ter Trow, president, will hold its first
meeting of the month on Friday, April
9. at the Waldorf-Astoria. II will be in
charge of the current literature COM
mittee, with Mrs. Judd +. Wells, chair
man. The play, Measure for Measure, "
by Shakespeare, compared with the
play, Maternity" by Bricux, will be
presented for discussion. This will be
the last meeting of the season TO which
guests may be admitted.
The annual church service OF the
New York Mozart Society will be held
on the evening of April IL at the West
/ End Presbyterian Church, 105th Street
and Amsterdam Avenue. Miss Alice
+ Nielsen will be the soloist, and will be
assisted by the Mozart Choral, under
the direction of Walter Henry Hall.
The Woman Suffrage Study Club,
Mrs. Charles Farley Winch, president,
will meet tomorrow afternoon at 3
! o'clock at East Thirty-seventh Street.
The speakers will be Mrs. George b.
Scott. on "The New Jersey Campaign
and James l.. Laidlaw, on Political
Methods" The public is cordially in
vited
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-04-04

Mrs. John Francis Brines, soprano D.
has attracted much attention during lie
last season, giving programmes WIN
Irish harp accompaniment, played py
herself. Mrs. Brines has studied the
Irish harm with Miss Zoe Cheshire, solo
.harpist and teacher. Of 17S West Nine
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-04-04

John Barrett, director general Of
the Pan-American Union. has joined
friends at the New Greenbrier for the
Easter season.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-04-04

Mr.. and Mrs. Preston Gibson, of
Washington. have taken apartments m
the White Hotel for the spring season
and will have friends with them
throughout April while here.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-04-04

The National Society, Patriotic Won
meeting next Wednesday at the Wal
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-04-04

Mrs. John Wanamaker closed six
weeks visit here this week aud re-
turned TO her home in Philadelphia for
the Easter season.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1915-08-26
EARLIEST OF WOMEN'S CLUBS
The Puritan Fathers Banished the
Founder Of the First One in
the Year 1884.

Tracing the beginnings of wom-
ems clubs has given pleasant occu-
patton to research workers, and there
has been speculation ana discussion
as to which is the Oldest club and
who was the pioneer clubwoman in
America. -. :.
Mrs. Philip n. Moore, writing in
the General Federation Magazine.
gives an interesting sketch in this
connection when she states: s'Anne
Bradstreet, wife of the governor of
the Puritan colony, who came here
in 1884, instigated a club that dis
cussed polemics and religious ques-
tions. The Puritan fathers disap-
proved and banished the founder"
In 1918 Hannah Adams started a
literary club in Boston. In 1S4S the
Ladies, Physiological institute dis
cussed laws of life and health. Mrs.
Lucinda Stone, in 1852, originated
the Ladies Library association, in
which she remained interested for
fifty years. AS early as 1853 there
were Minerva clubs. But it was not
until 1868 that the New England
Women's club in Boston and Soro-
sis of New York were founded, and
these two have become the pillars of
the women's club movement in
America. Nine thousand clubs and
two million members are now the
membership figures given by the
General Federation for its affiliations
in all lands.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1915-08-26
BEST OF LIGHTNING RODS
Conductor, It Is Claimed, viii Give the
Most Effective Protection
Vet Devised.

Mention is made in recent num-
ber of German journal of light
ming conductor which, it is claimed,
gives much more effective protection
than the usual rod. The inventor
took an ordinary lightning rod and
equipped'.it below the point with a
disk that was overlaid by electrolysis
with about two miligrams of bro
mide of radium, so put on that it
was weatherproof.
The experiments made showed
that the preparation of radium ion
ned the air, making it conductive,
for wide circuit around the point
Of the lightning rod. This led, nat
urally, to decided fall of potential
in the atmospheric electricity and to
equalization between the various
strata of air lying iii layers one over
another.
The charge of atmospheric elec-
tricity in these strata flowed toward
the point through the air, which was
still good conductor even at con-
siderable distance from the point OF
the conducting rod, and was carried
from the point to the ground.
In addition to the increase of ra-
dius of action of the lightning rod
the ionizing of the air by prepara,
ton of radium seems to cause the
carrying off of stronger currents OF
atmospheric electricity.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1915-08-26
FRENCH WOMEN DO FARM WORK

Service at the front seems to in
dispose men for work in the fields.
The military authorities of France
granted leave to q great many to
permit them to do the work of seed
ing. They were obliged later to
ask the local authorities to send
back to the front all men who neg
lected the work for which they were
sent home. An employment bureau
organized to recruit farm help to
replace the men at the front sue
ceedcd in placing only 5000 refu-
gees from Belgium and northern
France, Spaniards, kabyles from
Algeria, and Moors, were tried un-
successfully, yet, thanks to the
womcIf, the total wheat acreage is
11,446,256 acres against last years
12,9S6,G60, of which 696,2O4 acres
were in invaded territory.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1915-08-26
CLOCKS WENT ON STRIKE
But 1t Was in Philadelphia, So There
Was Not Much Worry Over
Tardy Timepieces.

Several thousand Philadelphians,
peering from trolley car windows at
familiar clocks on familiar build.
ings, wondered what Gin all con-
science was the matter with the
home alarm clock; or. if there was
nothing the matter with the alarm
clock, what ''fn all conscience" the
"old man at the Office would say
when they dropped in three-quarters
of an hour early for that eight
O'Clock appointment.
As matter of fact, there was
nothing the matter with the alarm
clock, and the thousands slid into
their typewriter chairs or climbed
on to their bookkeeping stools Just
inside the usual , 80 seconds.
The REG! trouble was that fully
a thousand Philadelphia street and
factory clocks had stopped near 7:15
a. m. They were the timepieces
which are regulated by Western
Union telegraph wires from the
United States observatory in Wash
ington, and water had somehow
leaked in and let the current out of
the wires. New circuits were ar
ranged, which set all the clocks going
again by one o'clock in the after
noon.-Philadelphia Public Ledger.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1915-08-26
LEARNING TO BE INCREASED
Or Shall tho World Moro Widely oiT.
fuse tho knowledge Already
0aIned7

Two purposes were prescribed for
the Smithsonian institution by its
founder-"the increase and diffusion
of knowledge" Which of these aims
is the more importantp
Shall we stop finding out new
things until every living man knows
about the old things-or shall we de-
vote ourselves to investigating the
universe and not bother ourselves
about whether anyone knows or
cares? Doubtless either of these
extremes would be foolish but which
way shall we tend?
This question is suggested by
series OF communications addressed
to the editor Of Science. In one of
these the charge is made that the
western universities, as distinguished
from the eastern, neglect scientific
research, and even discourage it,
while university extension work is
encouraged and Tewarded. In other
words, the diffusion of knowledge is
favored rather than its increase.
The reason, we are told, is that the
more popular work means popular
approval, followed by Legislative ap-
propriations.-Litcrary Digest.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1915-08-26
"FACTS" ABOUT THE WHALE
Are Put on Record, but II 10 Not Com
pulsory That Ono Must Be-
lieVe Them.

The whale, like the orator, makes
the most noise when nearest the sur
face of things. When he goes deep
you never hear him. Whales spend
their time in ocean travel and tax
ing the air. There was once a whale
named George Washington. His fa-
ther had caught favorite human
being and had put him in the refrig-
orator to keep, when George hap
pened along and swallowed him.
Georges father, missing Jonah,
which was the name of the dainty.
suspected George, and took him out
into back ocean current. George
thereupon began to weep salt tears.
but, with prodigious courage, for a
whale, said:
"Father, | cannot tell you a tale.
| swallowed Jonah with nv little
swallower."
Whales are used to lubricate sew
ing machines, to decorate museums
of unnatural history and to reduce
to pulp woman's waist line
Life.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1915-08-26
DRESSING THE RAZOR STRoP
Many Things Arc to Be Considered u
Ono Would Achieve the
Best Results.

To put razcr's edge in condition
to cut easily and smoothly, remove
all dirt and coarse grit from both the
sharpening and the finishing sides
of the strop and then dress as fol-
lows; On the sharpening surface
spread a light coat of superfne -four
of emery and on the finishing sur
face apply some rouge (ferric OK
lde). The commercial grades of
these materials as purchased at the
drug stores are not sufficiently fine
and uniform to be used without
preparation. Any coarse grit ruins
the edge of the razor, while the uni
form, fine grit produces the tiny,
keen cutting teeth.
Upon a sheet of smooth paper
spread quantity of the emery flour
or the rouge from which it is desired
to secure the finest particles. Shak,
1t well around over the paper and
then tip the sheet so that the mate
rial slides off. A fine dust will be
seen clinging to the surface of the
paper. This dust may then be trans
terred with the finger tip to the sur
face of the strop and worked into
the leather. The occasional applica-
ton of oil to the finishing side of the
strop will prevent glazing and assist
IN the production of n keen edge.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1915-08-26
CAL OMEL WHEN BILIOUS? NO! STOP!
MAKES YOU SICK AND SALIVATES

Here's my guarantce-Go to any drug
store and get a so cent bottle Of bod.
sons Liver Tone. Take n spoonful and
IL 1T doesn't straighten you right up
and make you feel fine and vigorous I
want you to go back to the store and
get your money. Dolson's Liver Tone
is destroying the sale of calomel because
1T is real liver medicine; entirely vege-
table, therefore it can not salivatc or
make you sick.
guarantee that one spoonful of Dod-
sons Liver Tone will put your sluggish
liver to work and clean your bowels of
that sour bile and constipated waste
which is clogging your system and max
ing you feel miserable. guarantee that
bottle of Dodson's Liver Tone will
keep your entire family feeling fine for
months. Gave il to your children. 1t is
harnle.a: dcsAA'S gripeAnd they like ite
RAsaaAsk tsNaA
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1915-08-26
"DOdsOn'S Liver Tone" Is Harmless To
Clean Your Sluggish Liver
and Bowels. =

Ughl Calomel makes you sick. It's
horrible! Take a dose OF the dangerous
drug tonight and tomorrow you may lose
a days work,
Calomel is mercury or quicksilver
which causes necrosis of the bones.
Calomel. when it comes into contact
with sour bile crashes into it, breaking
II up. This is when you feol that awful
nausea and cramping If you are slug
gish and "all knocked out" il your
liver is torpid and bowels constipated
or you have headache, dizziness. coated
tongue, if breath is bad or stomach sour,
lust try spoonful Of harmless DOdsoa's
Liver fons toAigAt On nay guarantees.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1915-08-26
ALWAYs A SIGNAL OF DEATH
Flag at .HaIf Stair Has Dire sisnifi.
canoe for Al; Who Under
stand its Import.

Nearly everyone speaks of a flag,
when being flown at distance from
the top of the pole, as "half mast"
This is not the correct expression.
Suchsflags are at sshaf staff because
they are flown in this manner wheth-
er or land d'or-sca from the flagstaff.
TO see a flag at half staff means
death 1t may mean, on an incom-
sing ship, that one of the passengers
or crew died at sea. Many a little
fishing vessel comes into Gloucester
and L wharf in Boston every sea-
son with flag at half staff, and this
means one of the fishermen, or more.
has met death, generally by being
swept overheard.
This custom of flying flags at half
staff originated first as token of
defC;,,. Thai ! ii;,5 IS, wlen All army vas
defeated, its flag was lowered down
the staff to give room for the victo-
rious army to place its flag above
that of the defeated army.
From this the custom grew into
flying the flag at half staff when an
officer, army or navy, died. Later it
was adopted by civilians as well, and
today when man of prominence
dies, regardless of whether he was
sailor, soldier or civilian, the flags
are hung at half staff. Whereas, in
the olden days, when the custom
started, the upper space was left to
indicate that the victor could put his
flag there, now it seems that death
isSthe victor, and so the space is left.
1t is, of course, mark of respect to
the dead person to have flags at half
staff for him.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1915-08-26
PARDoNABLE ERROR.

what an interesting thumb
print ~ exclaimed the near-sighted
man. 81 suppose you had it magni-
fled and framed for scientific pur-
poses ?"
"That isn't thumb print" re-
sponded the museum attendant.
'That's a map OF Boston"
nArIIpss
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1915-08-26
SPOTTED.

"He is very distinguished ap
pcaring man. A captain of indus
try, I'll bet"
You're wrong. He drives jit
ney."
How do you know"
81 tapped him on the shoulder
with my fan, and he reached bach
under his arm for nickel"
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1915-08-26
A CONTRADICTION.

"Politeness," said the ready-madt
philosopher, doesn't cost anything
Maybe not" replied Mr.. Grow.
cher. but | once stopped to tell ,
man the time of day and he grabbed
my watch"
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1915-08-26
HINDERING AGRICULTURE.

Agriculture will be impeded for 6
century on the European battlefelds
because every time laborer's hoe i,
swung vigorously it will strike ar
unexploded she'll and cause its explo
sion.-Louisville Courier-Journal.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1915-08-26
FISH IN BREAD.

Patience-The latest fad in the
way of cure for dyspepsia is bread
made of sea water, instead of fresh
water
Patrice-Looks as if we might be
getting back to the Ioaves-and-fishes
idea.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1915-08-26
THE o6sERVANT CHILD.

Little girl, does your papa have
much trouble with his automobile 2"
Yes, sir. He has as much
trouble with it as if he was married
to it. it."-Judge.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1915-08-26
HAsTY READING.

81 wonder on what lines OF
thought the brain of that man with
the newspaper opposite is running?'
$40 Judge from the way he's read.
ing it, | should say mostly on head.
lines"
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1915-08-26
SHOULD SAY so.

"Smithcrs is a great advocate of
peace, | understand"
81 should say he is! Why, he
won't even use military hair
brushes"
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1915-08-26

Kitty call them an agricultu-
raj couple.
katharinc-How so?
kltty-She's peach and he's a
regular beat.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1915-08-26
ONE ON THE MEN.

what do YOU think of these roll
collars the men are wearing?"
Looks like the girls have got the
laugh on us at last"
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1915-08-26
HER REST.

Did you get good rest on your
vacation 2"
Splendid. We played bridge ev-
cry afternoon and danced every
night"
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1915-08-26
LOGIC OF THE SITUATION.

See here, this gas bill is too
heavy"
MY dear sir, in the nature of
things it must be light bill"
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1915-08-26
DON'T MAKE ANY DIFFERENCE.

Nell-Maude has rejected that
lawyer who was so attentive to her.
Belle-Well, | suppose even a
legal light can be turned down.
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1915-08-26
THE REASON.

"In his writing Scribble has such
a fine, flowing style"
"Thats because he always uses a
fountain pen
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1915-08-26
IMPOSSIBLE RANK.

1.-The drum major of that corps is
only nineteen.
Don't believe it. A minor can't
&c a major. too"
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1915-08-26
TOO TRUE.

Stolen sweets are dearest"
That's what you'll find out about
the kisses one snatches when il oO,De.
- hreach-of-pr0naise suit
Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1915-08-26
Southern Railway,
Premier Carrier of the South.

Tickets sale daily and limited 80 days for returning
Good going via one route and returning via another
Stop-OVerS allowed.
Oxford eagle., 1915-09-02
The Editor and You.

Did you ever stop to consider the different
treatment accorded you by the editor and that you
accord him? asks the Macon lGa.) Times.
II he should knock your business through the
columns Of his paper you would nurse the grudge
against him to your grave and as time rolled by it
would grow in size until you would find it as hard
to roll as baby elephant soaked in grease. Now,
is such the case with the editor? He hears that
you have ridculed and run down his paper that
you have told people on the streets that it could
not come to your home. And then you tell him
that your daughter has graduated. He praises
her TO the sky, says she is the pride of the com
munity. the smartest thing on earth, and that ne.
parents have just cause to be proud of her. Ysu
can mark your paper ''refus ed,'' stick it backhn
the postofhce and boast of it to your associates,
humiating him if you can, but if your son gets
into trouble or your daughter misbehayes in church
or elsewhere, rather than hurt her feelings the
editor suppresses everything connected with the
unfortunate case, at the risk of being called a
numbskul who never can get hold of the news.
He hears Of your denunciaton, feels the sting II it
all and sometimes suffers financial loss as a con-
sequence, but he never uses the columrs/of his
paper to get even" On the other hand, il you
have anything to boost, he will boost, he will boost
it for you; if honors come ye5E-way he takes pride
in heralding it out,-snu if death nvades your
home he will gote the bottom of his heart for tende
expressions Of sympathy and coincidence for those
left to gnOurn. You might sometimes think OF
these things while endeavoring by words o.. deeds
to belittle the editor and his usefulness in the
community. You might put higher polish on
your Christianity by following the editors ex-
ample.