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The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1915-11-12

The rag baby has the reputation Of
oeing the best beloved of its little
owner possessions. Here is a Topsv
aoii made OF black stocking with
mouth and nose outlined with warn
ana glass beads for eyes. BY travelling
an old knitted mitten or any knitted
article its head of kinky hair is as.
sured
The figure is cut out in two n,sca.
Wn .e are machine-stitched together.
with an opening left at one side for
turning Il right side out. II Is stufssd
win cotton Rompers and a can or
sayiy striped bingham odd 10 Tho tna.
cination of this Topsy "s
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1915-11-12
BE ECONOMICAL IN FEEDING
Policy for Farmer to Give Fowls Such
Grains as He Has on Farm, Thus
Eliminating Cash Outlay.

With regard to feeding poultry 1t is
always wise to be economical and yet
give sufficient of the right food. 1t is
policy to feed such grains as one has
on his farm, and supplement- with GER
tain feeds which can protitably be pur-
chased for the fitting OF the birds for
market.
By thus doing we eliminate any
heavy outlay in cash. may utilize In
ferfor grain and only purchase those
which In better growing and fitting
will be incorporated into the foods
and make the balanced ration.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1915-11-12
Copyright. 1915. BY the NJ
THE SOCIAL LIFE OF BUSINESS.


Business. while often hard and even
cruel. does not refuse to consider the
human side@of life.
Thousands OF captains OF industries
and merchant princes recognize the
needs OF man as wMi as those OF
trade. and encourage many forms OF
social intercourse among their EN-.
pioyes. including the establishment of
libraries. reading rooms. gymnasiums,
and the organization OF athletic and
other societies.
Exhaustive experiment has shown
that healthy social life can be added
20 business without detriment to finan.
cial profit, and that the more EN-
pioyees get tegether, play together as
well as work together. the more efi-
cient they an likely TO be.
Workers OK the same grade natural.
iy have much in common. and there is
no reason why they should not enjoy
one anotheT's company in business
and out OF 1t, why they should not
have common business interest and
a social acQuaintanceship and friend
ship.
or course, business must be at
tended to, and any social life which
fnterferes with the conduct OF busi-
ness cannot very we'll be tolerated. but
there are forms OF sociability which
the well.regulated store or factory
should recognize. and many Of them
do
Fellow employees should be friends
as wen as business associates. They
should enjoy one another's company
at work as well as out of hours.
A hearty Good morning" an ex-
change of smiles, pleasant Joke, a
kind word. even during the heat OF
business, helps TO bring the strenu-
business OF work TO livable level
and assists rather than retards the
action OF business.
Get acquainted with your fellow
clerks Know something of their per
sonai life, as well as of their business.
Organize ball teams, associations for
business and social betterment Con-
meet with the employees OF similar in
situations. Intermingle and inter
change
The greatest business men in the
world are members of boards of trade
chambers OF commerce, and other or.
CARNATIONS They lunch together un.
afraid of competition. Their princi'
plies should be emuIated by the en-
ployees. who, collectively. are as
strong factor in success as are those
who command them.
Let your wife come into this so
cial and business life, If she will
Do not draw too sharp line be-
tween business and family.
Pass along the good things you have
TO others. and they viii reciprocate
The more you get together. the
greater viii be your accomplishment
Remember that you alone amount
10 very little. that you as part OF
a composite mass may hold great re.
sponsibility
The SUCCESSFUL man is not hermit
He cireulaies rather than boards. He
shakes htnds with his competitors
exchanges experiences with those OF
similar caliings. He has normal SO
ciaI life. tAe kind that does not inter.
fere with his business. He renders
unto business all that business de
serves. and does not forget there Is
something besides business. some.
thing which, II properly handled. will
pIsh rather than handicap trade.
Don't live by yourself Get away
from yourself. Get together.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1915-11-12
Leave II to q Womanl

He--As II Is to be a secret en-.
gagement, dearest, It would not be
wise for me to give you ring at
present.
She-Oh, but ! could wear 1t on the
wrong hand. you know Boston Tran.
script.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1915-11-12

Willie What ia the most unintelli.
gible thing that you ever heard?
GilIie-A magazine poem, set TO
musical comedy music. played on q
photograph. Judge.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1915-11-12
Good Ilorsea In Demand.

Good horses are in such demand
now that It will pay any farmer with
good horse-sense to sit up and take
notice.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1915-11-12

The warm looking and dainty
bootees shown in the picture will be
easy to make by those who under
stand crocheting. They are crocheted
of white zephyr and shaped to fit
over the knees. A beading is worked
In near the top and narrow pink satin
ribbon run through it makes It pos
sible to tie the boots SO that they
will not slip down.
A novel and very pretty touch is
given these bootees by the tiny pink
rose buds that are embroidered on
them with silk floss.
Little wooden hangers are covered
with cotton for padding and over
this light satin ribbon is shirred. The
hook is wound with the ribbon and
the hanger finished with pretty bow.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1915-11-12

bungalows and other toy houses are
made of heavy cardboard boxes The
picture shows the Roof, chimney, front
and one side of the bungalow before
they are put together. also the fin.
ished house.
The windows are cut out and Main
white writing paper pasted over tha
openings on the inside. The window
panes and sashes are painted on this
Doors are cut on three sides and
panels and knobs painted on them
Doorsteps, window boxes and flowers
shingles, etc.. are all painted on the
hat surface.
The chimney is made separately
painted rcd. and lined with white.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1915-11-12
careless.

I'm afraid / shall have TO let that
now servant go,
whats the trouble?"
-she couldn't pay less attention to
the children II they were her own"
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1915-11-12

our greatest glory is not in never
falling. but 10 rising every time we
fall.--Confucius
Evening star., 1915-01-28
TO Be COLDER TONIGHT
Fair Tomorrow, Says Weather Bu-
reau-Below-Zero Wave
Sweeps Eastward.

Despite the incipient. rather wet and
the precincts Of Washington this morn
ing. the weather bureau forecasts cold
and fair weather for tomorrow.
Cloudy and much colder" is the pre-
diction for tonight, locally.
The cold wave which has covered the
central and northwest states, sending
the mercury down far below zero last
night. was sweeping eastward with a
speed that promised below-Zero wealth
er in New England, New York and
Pennsylvania tonight, and freezing
temperatures among the Atlantic
states as far south as the Carolinas.
Below Zero in Central States.
CHICAGO, January 2s.-The crest of
the cold wave which swept down from
the northwest today embraced the CEN
trail states: Iowa experienced tenn
peratures from IS to 20 degrees below
zero; Wisconsin. Is to 81 below; north
ern Illinois had to 10 below, and Mis-
souri, towns reported to s degrees
minus.
The wave, according to Henry J. Cox,
chief of the weather bureau here. was
headed east, and already temperatures
in the far northwest had showed some
moderation, though still lower than in
the central states. Minnesota showed
20 to 80 degrees below, and North Da-
kota 10 to Is below.
The coolest day of the year dawned
for Chicago, with the mercury at de-
grees below zero between and am.
Three hours later below was the Off
cial temperature announced.
Evening star., 1915-01-28
THE EVENING STAR, THURSDAY JANUARY 49, 1915

engineering. to connection with fitting
out of the Nevada.
Lieut.. Gunior grade) J. H. Everson.
to naval training station, Newport, X
T.
Ensign F. G.. Crisp, from tho Mime
sofa to Naval Academy.
Ensign e. F. Enright, from the Min
nesota to Naval Academy.
Pay Inspector E. D. Ryan. from navy
yard. Naval Home. and naval pay once,
navy yard. Philadelphia.
Paymaster NJ r. Goldsborougn, from
navy yard, Philadelphia, to wait ORDERS.
Naval Movements.
The Worden arrived at Key West
January ~. Preston at Key West jan
uary 81, the San Diego at La Paz jan
uafy 2S, the Flusser and the Reid at
Tortugas January 26, the Utah at Qua
canayabo bay January 26. the Michigan
at Guacanayabo bay January 26. the
vestal, Orion. Patuxent and the Pat
tapsco at Guantanamo January 26, the
Dolphin and the Sylph at Tangier
sound January 81, the Chattanooga
at San Francisco January q. the Des
Moines at Tompkinsville January 27,
the Arapaho and Tillamook at Mare
Island January 27. the Mccall at Guam
tanamo January rs, and the Florida at
Guacanayabo bay January 27.
The Saturn sailed from La Paz
January 26 for San Diego, the Wash
fngton from Cape Haitien jan
uary 26 for Port au Prince, the Cy-
clops from Guancanayabo bay jan
uary 26 for Guantanamo, the Eagle
from Guantanamo January 81 for AUX
Cages, Haiti: the Leonidas from Ports
mouth. N H., January 27 for Boston.
the Paducah from Portsmouth. n. H,
for Boston January 81, the Nereus from
Balboa January % for Honolulu, and
the Tennessee from Alexandria jan
uary IS for Jaffa.
The San Diego, on duty on the west
coast of Mexico. has been ordered to
proceed to San Diego, Cal.
The Buffalo has been placed out OF
commission at the navy yard, Mare
Island
Evening star., 1915-01-28
Other Interesting Figures.
ARMY-NAV.
Army Orders.

Second Lieut.. Meade Wildrick. Coast
Artillery Corps, will proceed to the Walter
Reed General Hospital for observation
and treatment.
The following transfers Of officers OF the
Coast Artillery Corps are ordered:
Capt. William r Doores, from the 72d
to the 121st Company.
Capt Frank H. Phipps. tr.. from tho
74th to the 72d Company.
Capt John r Musgrave. from the 121st
to the 74th Company.
Col. Robert L. Hirst. Infantry. is re-
lieved from duty with the organized mill
tia of Minnesota as inspector instructor
and attached to the 26th Infantry.
Mai. Allie w. Williams, Medical Corps,
will proceed to Washington barracks. D..
c., for service as a member Of a board
Of officers to meet at that post February
S, 1915. for the examination Of candidates
for probational appointment as second
lieutenants in the Corps Of Engineers:
Corps. will proceed to Fort Hancock. N. j..
for duty.
First Sergt Thomas McGorrin. Com
pany L. 18th Infantry. at Fort Mcdowell.
Cal. First Sergt. John Engdal, Company
!. 2Sth Infantry. at Galveston, Tex. /; Cook
Thomas Reilly. United States Military
Academy Detachment Of Engineers, and
First Ssrgt. William L. Lesley, Company
F. 22d Infantry. at Fort Sam Houston,
Tex. are placed on the retired list.
Army Orders.
The following named enlisted men OF
the Signal Corps will be sent to Fort
Myer. Va, for duty in connection with
the Signal Corps radio tractor:
First-class Sergt. John A. Malterer
Texas City. Tex.
First-class Private John Hubble and
Privates Edward r. Barnes, Aaron d
Boggs, Richard B. Reilly and Arthur
]. Skeeis. Fort Wood. n. Y. and Corp
Harold T. Beal ami Harry NJ Tugman
Fort Leavenworth. Kan.
Private Watson Emison. Hospital
Corps. Walter Reed General Hospital
will be discharged without honor BY
the commanding officer Of that hos.
pital.
Capt. Claude H. Miller, 11th Infantry
master Corps. vice Capt. Frederick G.
Stritzinger. jr.. who will join the regi.
ment to which he may be assigned.
Naval Orders.
Lieut.. Commander NJ. G. Cook. from
navy yard. Mare Island. Cal, to naval
station. Guam.
Lieut.. Commander e. B. Fenner, from
the Minnesota to command the Vulcan
Lieut.. N. W. Post. to naval recruiting
station. Kansas City. Mo.
Lieut.. C. H. Bullock. from the Kear-
sarge to branch photographic office
Philadelphia.
Lieut. c. F. Russell, from navy yard
Washington, d. c.. to works Of VIII
liam Cramp & Sons. in connection with
the fitting out of the O'Brien.
Lieut.. F. C. Starr. from navy yard
Philadelphia. to connection with fitting
| out of the Oklahoma.
Lieut.. o. L. Cox, from bureau Of steam
Evening star., 1915-01-28
WILL GO TO FORT SILL.
Officers Detailed as Students at
School of Fire for Field Artillery.

A number of officers have been de-
tailed as student officers at the School
of Fire for Field Artillery. Fort Sill,
Okla. for the purpose of taking the
course of instruction. They are:
Col. G. w. Van Deusen. Sd Field Ar
tillery: First Lieut.. Albert K c. Pal
mer and Second Lieut.. Joseph Andrews,
LIST Field Artillery; Capt. Charles NJ.
Bunker, First Lieuts. Arthur H. Carter
and Dawson Olmstead and Second
Lieuts. Harold C. Vanderveer and
Charles ]. Browne, Sd Field Artillery;
Capt Daniel F. Craig. First Lieut..
John E. Mort and Second Lieuts. Alfred
G. Thompson. Norman P. Morrow and
Cliff Andrus. 4th Field Artillery; First
Lieut.. William Dryden and Second
Lieuts. Lloyd E. Jones. Newton N. Polk
and Karl C. Greenwald, 5th Field Artil-
lery; First Lieut.. Albert T. Bishop and
Second Lieuts. Wesley M. Bailey and
John D. Won Holtzendorff. 9Th Field
Artillery.
Evening star., 1915-01-28
@. LOOMS ALLEN,
President A. e. II. A.

Electric railway men from all over the
United States began arriving In Washing
ton today for the sixth annual mid-year
meeting Of the American Electric Rail-
way Association, which win be held at
the New Willard Hotel tomorrow. and
which will be addressed by President
Wilson at o'clock in the afternoon. fol-
lowed by a banquet Of 500 covers at
night.
A feature Of the dinner program will
be the announcement Of the winner OF the
Anthony n Brady medal. which is pre-
sented each year to the electric railway
which has done the most during that year
to conserve the life and health Of passen-
gers and employees.
At the opening Of the morning session
tomorrow T. S. Williams. president OF
the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company !;
Guy E. Tripp. chairman Of the board Of
directors Of the Westinghouse Electric
and Manufacturing Company. ana NJ. Z.
Brush, vice president Of the Boston Eie-
waited Railway Company, will deliver ad-
dresses: These speeches will be followed
by the presentation of papers by N. c.
Kingsbury, vice president of the AYneri-
can Telegraph and Telephone Company
and others.
Senator Weeks to Speak.
At the afternoon session. beginning at
2 O'Clock, Senator John w. Weeks of
Massachusetts will speak on recent finan-
cial legislation and public utilities, fol-
lowed by others.
c. Loomis Allen, president Of the
Maryland Electric Railway Company,
will preside at the dinner, and among
the speakers will be Representative
Sherley of Kentucky, Representative
Montague Of Virginia and c. L. Henry.
first vice president Of the American
Electric Railway Association.
The statement was made at the mead
quarters of the association today. In
the New Willard Hotel. that there Is
now the stupendous sum total Of cap
ital of $4,596,563,292 invested in the
street railway business in the United
States, Of which about $4.o00.000.000 Is
sociation. Other interesting figures
obtained at the headquarters of the as
ISOLATION are:
Other Interesting Figures.
The annual receipts of electric rail-
ways are about s53S.O00.0oo. $5oo.o0o.-
900 being received by member COM
panies.
Some 100000 are employed on electric
railways of the United States. 100000
on lines of member companies.
The electric railways of the United
States operate more than 7S'ooo pas
senger cars, while the total ror the
s0am roads Is 1000.
The electric railways of the country
carry each year nearly 2,00O,OOO,OOC
passengers, Of which 2.000.50o,000 are
carried on transfers.
Evening star., 1915-01-28
MRS. MUSSEY LECTURES.
Child Labor and Minimum Wage
Discussed at Law College.

Child Labor and the Minimum
Wage" was the subject of an address
delivered by Mrs. Ellen Spencer Mus
sey, honorary dean of the Washington
College of Law. before the students
yesterday afternoon. The lecture was
the last in the course on laws govern
ing social welfare.
Mrs. Mussey advocated a minimum
wage law, and declared that an indus
try should not be maintained if it can
not pay a living wage to all its en-
ployes The District and forty states
have child labor laws, the speaker
declared, but she said that the present
methods of enforcement do not secure
the desired results.
She praised the Palmer-Owen child
labor bill.
Evening star., 1915-01-28
TO ACT ON BILLY SUNDAY.
Pastors and Laymen May Consider
Invitation Monday.

A joint meeting of the pastors and
the laymen's committees to consider
he advisability of bringing Rev. W. A.
Billy Sunday to this city may be held
at o'clock William Knowles
Cooper. chairman of the laymen's COM
nittee. today wrote to DR.. Clarence A.
chairman of the pastors COM
nittee, who at present is in Boston,
asking him if it would be expedient for
his committee to meet with the lay
mems committee Monday.
Evening star., 1915-01-28

live stock in the United States than on
the same day a year ago. This was the
hrst time in many years, the statement
said. that an increase had been shown.
The number Of beef cattle increased
3.4 per cent over the number a year
ago, or an actual increase of 1.212,060
head. Hitherto the number Of beef cat
There are also more milch sows than
last year, the increase being 2.5 per
cent, or in numbers $4,000. Swine,
however. showed the greatest increase
of all classes-9.6 per cent. January /,
in the country; January 1 last. e4.e1s.-
900.
Evening star., 1915-01-28
MRS. VEATCH LOSES SUIT.
Street Car Company Successfully De-
tends Damage Case.

A verdict in favor of the City and
Suburban Railway Company was rem
dered late yesterday afternoon by a
jury in Circuit Division 2 of the
District Supreme Court, before Justice
Stafford. in the suit to recover $4,000
damages filed by Mrs. Lillian May
Veatch.
The plaintiff claimed that she was
thrown to the floor of e car of the
company near Union station August 26.
1913. She claimed the car had stopped
and while she was standing near the
door. for the purpose of alighting. the
vehicle was started suddenly, causing
her to fall.
company. urged on the jury his YER
sion of the accident. He claimed that
Evening star., 1915-01-28

Mrs. veatch fell before the car had
reached the regular stopping place. He
said 1t had slowed up to avoid collision
with an automobile and whom II moved
forward to the stopping plAco that the
plaintiff fell.
Attorneys Mason N. Richardson and
Charles s. Shreve represented the
plaintiff.
Evening star., 1915-01-28
First Of Entertainment Series

The first of a series Of Thursday
evening entertainments at the National
Press Club will be given this evening
at $50 o'clock. The entertainment
will be entitled The might Of the Ks =
These include Secretary Of State
Bryan, Secretary OF the Navy Daniels.
Assistant Secretary of War Brecken-
ridge, Assistant Secretary OF the
Navy Roosevelt, Assistant Secretary OF
the Treaslry Newton. Representatives
Townsend OF New Jersey and johnson
of Washington. Commissioners New
man and Brownlow and United States
Marshal Maurice Splain.
Evening star., 1915-01-28
INFERRED AT ARLINGTON.
Funeral Services for Commodore Will
liam Braunersreuther, q. s. N.

Funeral services were held at Airing
ton national cemetery this after
noon for Commodore William Brau-
nersreuther, U. S. N, retired, who died
in New York city last Monday. At the
request of the family the usual mill
tary honors were dispensed with.
The honorary pallbearers were: Rear
modore T. E. D. veeder, U. s. N; Com
modore T. ED. Veeder, U. S. N. re-
tired; Commodore G. H. Peters, U. S.
N, retired; Pay Director ]. N. Speel, U.
S. NJ; Col. c. H. Lauchheimer, U. S.
NJ. c.; Capt. G. r. Clark, U. S. N; Capt.
B. c. Bryan, U. S. N. and Lieut.. Com
mander F. L. Sandoz. U. S. n, retired.
Evening star., 1915-01-28
MAINE MEMORIAL SERVICES.
WIN Be Held at Arlington Cemetery
February Is, Weather Permitting.

memorial services In nonof OK Sn0
dead of tho battleship Maine are 70 b
held At the entrance Of the Maine SEQ
ton Of Arlington national cemetery.
February Is. weather permitting.
Should the day be stormy II Is pro-
posed to hold the exercises in the arm
hall at Fort Myer. Representative 4.
p. Gardner Of Massachusetts, has been
invited to be ono OF the principal
speakers.
At a meeting of the Maine memorial
committee last night in the National
Tribune building decision was reach
ed to confine the service to Arlington.
without a parade, as was frst proposed.
The formal dedication of the fighting
mast of the Maine will not be hold
until May. The Maine memorial COM
mittee Is endeavoring to have this
dedication take place Memorial day.
At the committee meeting last even-
Ing Col. John McElroy was re-elect-
ed chairman. with National Command
er H Oden Lake as vice chairman; ].
Walter Mitchell. secretary; Robert F.
Finucane, officer Of tho day, and Ed
Linn, treasurer.
Evening star., 1915-01-28
D. L. jenkins Chosen President.

At the annual meeting of the Build
in Material Exchange OF Washington.
held at the Commercial Club Tuesday.
officers were elected for the year as
follows: President, D. L. Jenkins;
vice president. s. D. Frazier: secretary
and treasurer, A. F. Harlan: arbitra-
tion committee, w. W. Shearer, chair
man; H r. Eastwood and G. A. Bon
net.
Evening star., 1915-01-28
LIVE STOCK ON THE INCREASE.
More Beef Cattle, Mich Cows and
Swine in Country Than Ever Before.

The Department OF Agriculture sees
cheaper meat and shoes for people of
the country in figures gathered by its
agents showing that the number of
live stock in the United States is on
the increase
In a statement issued today the de-
partment discounted reports that prices
were bound to rise, and said that on
January / there were 7,712.OOO more
Evening star., 1915-01-28

Experts agree that the total OF the
crops raised from seed IN the United
States might be doubled by improved
methods of farming. To do this would
add $4,000. 100000 to $4,000, 100000 to
the nations wealth and the resources
of its farm population.
Evening star., 1915-01-28
Early Morning Fire Causes $500 Loss

A shed and pile of lumber at 14th and
c streets southwest, the property of
Hugh ]. Phillips, and the house of Elsie
Griffith, adjoining, were damaged by
fire about o'clock this morning 1t is
thought the fire was started by sparks
from an engine. About 5000 damage
resulted.
Evening star., 1915-01-28
Only Six Vouchers Filed.

The fish of America. north of the 18TH
mus OF Panama, embrace 3 classes. 80
orders, 223 families, Lib genera, 33o
subgenera, 3,263 species and 1913 sub
species.
Evening star., 1915-01-28
The Easiest Way
To End Dandruf

There is one sure way that never fails to
remove dandruf completely and that is to
dissolve 1t. This destroys 1t entirely. To
do this. just get about four ounces of plain,
ordinary liquid arvon; apply 1t at night
when retiring; enough to moIs,en the
scalp and rub II in gently with the finger
tips.
By morning most, II not an. Of your dan
drun win be gone. and three or four more
applications will completely dissolve and en-
tirely destroy every single sign and trace
Of II, no matter how much dandrun you may
have.
You will nnd. too that all itching and
digging Of the scalp will stop instsntly, and
your hair will be fu6y, lustrous. glossy.
silky and soft, and look and feel q hundred
times better.
You can get liquid arvon at any drug
store. 1t is inexpensive, and four ounces
10 all you Will need This simple remedy
has never been known to fail.