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The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-10-30
Putting Trouble to Use.

All trouble a be put to good use
in refining and Strengthening our
characters if we go about it the right
way. By looking for the sunshine
which is back of every dark cloud we
help to ehnoble and uplift not only
ourselves but those about us.
Work is the panacea for all ills, and
by setting the mind resolutely at work
we can make all our burdens much
lighter. Mere physical work will not
always accomplish this. for often the
mind has time to dwell on it's mis-
fortunes while the body is busiest.
But keeping the mind constantly filed
with other thoughts will leave no
room for the %troublous, ~grievous
things.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-10-30
BEYOND RUBlES
BY ELIzAsETH scAoEN COBB.


THE girl don't ft," was the i'm
placable announcement of the man
who decided what and what not books
should go forth from the great At
lantic Press.
"H'm!" uttered Cyril Dane, popular
author and dilettante-"make her fit,
then"
1T can't be DONE" voiced the CEN
sor, critic and ruler OF the destinies
of current authorship. You'll have
to find a new one. See here, Dane,
don't get stale and cynical because
you are rich in paying copyright royal
ties. You've struck quite a new lead
in your last manuscript. The charac-
tiers are natural and charming. All
but the girl. She spoils it,"
She's the fair average of the So
cial ton" adhered Dane.
The great editor viewed Dane critic
ally and speculatively.
Dane" he spoke bluntly, what's
the matter with you? Been crossed in
love at some time or other in your ex-
~perience?"
"I?" laughed the author. Il should
say not! Love-there's no such thing
in the world"
Mistake" observed the other sen.
t~entiously. go out and hunt up the
real thing, revise your manuscript on
a basis of later information and you'll
be giving the world a real literary
gem"
Dane swung out of the Office in his
usual self-willed, Indifferent way. but
when he got home in the quiet and
calm of his library he began to think
over what the editor had said to him.
He had not thought much of the story
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-10-30

day they might be lost or destroyed,
so he conceived the idea of preserving
the records on stone.
Palace of Theebaw.
A step only from religion TO royal
ty, for a short drive brings the traveller
to the old fort, with it's dry moat and
c%uriously carved gates. Within its
walls is the Palace of Theebaw, the
last Burman king. The various rooms,
once so sacred to those of kingly
rank, are placarded now, and the most
democratic tourist may thus REALIZE
that he is in THE Lion Throne Room
THE Kings Audience Chamber" or
THE Queens Private Apartments"
Nothing remains of past splendor save
the vacant rooms with their great teak
beams, covered with fast-disappearing
gold-leaf, the gaudy colored glass dis
plays and cloudy mirrors in furnished
frames. One visitor relates that as he
was wandering about in n room he
heard from another the strains of
Home. Sweet Home" executed by a
young BuIT.2n upon an obviously new
English mouth-ofgan. He could not
help wondering how much that palace
had been a home to its royal inmates.
Close at hand is the King > Watch
Tower, a tall cylinder surrounded by a
winding stair, which leads to a sum-
mer house on top. This was built in
a month under pain of death. The
king had so taxed and oppressed the
people that he feared them and dared
not go out of his palace grounds, so in
order to see what was going on in the
city he had the tower built. Today it
is still accessible to those travellers
who will make the climb "at their own
risk" The visit to the palace is not
complete without a glimpse into the
museum in the same grounds. Here
are exhibited life-sized etigies of Thee
baw and his famous warrior queen, as
we'll as courtiers in their robes of
state. Here, too, are the royal palan-
gums and countless smaller relics of
the court. The feeling of the pathos
of past grandeur haunts one as he
leaves this place.
Tug of War for Rain.
These are the main sights of Man,
dalay, but the city itself in its every
day garb has a picturesque interest
not to be overlooked. For instance, il
the rains be late, a tug of war, in
which men, women and children par
ticipate, is not an unusual sight. The
people hope in this way to appease
the u~nfriendly spirits that are keeping
back the rains.
For those who are interested in the
spread of Christianity among these
people, there are numerous mission
schools that invite the attention. A
drive out to Aungbinle is an afternoon
well spent. AS n nears this hamlet.
the attention is arrested by a long
white bridge. both unique and useful.
1t was built by an old Buddhist wom-
an, who thought to gain merit" by
the act. The goal of the journey, how
ever, is a small mission chapel, which
stands on the site of the prison where
the pioneer missionary, Adoniram
Judson, suffered so terribly a hundred
years ago. His prosecutors are long
dead and forgotten, but he lives in the
memory and affection of many hun
dreds and thousands, while the scene
of his trials shares prominence with
the kings palace and Buddha's tomb
as a place worth seeing when one is
"off to Mandalay."
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-10-30
TESLA SEES VISION
Predicts "WorId System" Of
Wireless in Future.
Hundreds viii Be Able to Talk at
Same Time Through the Earth
Static Disturbance Eliminated
by Invention.

New York.-Nikola Tesla announced
that he had received a patent on an in
vention which would not only elimi-
nate static interference, the present
bugaboo of wireless telephony, but
would enable thousands of persons to
talk at once between wireless stations
and make it possible for those talking
to see n another by wireless, regard
less of the distance separating them.
He said also that with his wireless
station now in the process of construc-
ton on Long Island he hoped to make
New York n of the central exchanges
in a world system of wireless tele-
phony.
Mr.. Tesla has been working on wire.
less problems for many years. Recent
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-10-30
MADE A SLIGHT MISTAKE
Little Woman Must Have Been En-
barrassed by Error Which In.
volVed Stranger.

officer O'Connor's attention was
first attracted to a trim little woman
near his corner a day or two ago,
when she ran boldly across the safety
zone markers and ducked in front Of
an approaching street car. O'Connor,
who is a traffic policeman. makes 1t
a point to ses that the safety zone
markers are dead lines, and he start.
ed toward the woman. 1t vas his con.
clusion she needed special instruc-
ton in .-afety zones.
He reached her in time to see her
take a firm hold on the coattails OF
a figure turned away from her.
What's the matter. lady?" the POI
liceman inquired. when he noted the
coattail death grip.
He's my husband. Mr.. Policeman.
and he won't come home" the wom-
an walled. facing the policeman, but
never releasing her grip.
The man looked around in q sur.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-10-30
Portrait Painter Of No,e.

The first portrait painter of the
United States to win general fame
was Thomas Sully, who was born 1872
years ago. One of the first celebrated
American historical paintings, Wash
iugton Crossing the Delaware" vas
the product OF his genius. Sully es-
tablished himself in Richmond as a
portrait painter in 1903, but soon
moved to New York, and in 1910 to
Philadelphia, which city was after
ward his home. In addition to Wash
ington Crossing the Delaware" his
famous historical paintings include
"The Capture of Major Andre" and
miranda" AS a portrait painter his
most notable subjects were Thomas
Jefferson, Lafayette, James Madison,
John Marshall, Fanny Kemble and
Queen Victoria. He visited England
to paint the girl queen in her corona
tion robes. Sully lived to an advanced
age. dying in Philadelphia In 1872.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-10-30
CATS FOR FOOD IN HUNGARY
Demand Causes Jump in Price Until
Maximum Is Set by Al.
thorities.

Paris.-The Figaro quotes the Buda-
pest correspondent of the F%rankfurter
Zeitung as follows:
The official organ of the central
Hungarian slaughter houses states
that in the Biharkenszteser district,
where all the Italian residents of Hun
gary are interneds a great number of
cats are killed and dressed daily. The
demand has been such that the price
OF cats rose TO a prohibitive figure,
hence the local authorities stepped in
and fixed the maximum price at three
crowns the kilo." about 25 cents a
pound.)
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-10-30

ly he exhibited an article published
in the Electrical World eleven years
ago, in which he predicted not only
wireless telephony on a commercial
basis but that it would be possible to
identify the voice of an acquaintance
over any distance. That its operator in
Hawaii was able to distinguish the
voice of an engineer friend at Airing
ton, Va, was announced by the Amer
lean Telephone and Telegraph com
pany as the most marked triumph of
it's communication by wireless tele-
phone from the naval radio station at
Arlington to Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, a
distance Of 1000 miles.
The inventor, who has won fame by
his electrical inventions, dictated this
statement:
THE experts carrying out this bril-
liant experiment are naturally de-
serving of great credit for the skill
they have shown in perfecting the de-
vices. These are of two kinds: First,
those serving to control transmission,
and, second, those magnifying the re-
ceived impulse. That the control of
transmission is perfect is plain to x
perts from the fact that the Arlington,
Mare Island, and Pearl Harbor plants
are all inefficient and that the dis
lance of telephone communication is
equal to that of Geographic transmits
sion. 1t is also perfectly apparent that.
the chief merit of the application lies
in the magnification of the micro
phonic impulse. 1t must not be imag-
ined that we deal here with new dis
coveries. The improvement simply
concerns the control of the transmit
ted and the magnitication Of the re-
ceived impulse, but the wireless sys-
tenn is the same. This can never be
changed.
That 1t is practicable to project the
human voice not only to a distance of
5000 miles, but clear across the globe,
l demonstrated by experiments in
Colorado in 1889. 1t is claimed that
static disturbance will fatally inter-
fere with the transmission, while, as a
matter of fact, there is no static dis
turbance possible in properly designed
transmission and receiving circuits.
Quite recently / have described, in a
patent, circuits which are absolutely
immune to static and other interior
ences-so much so that when a tele-
phone is attached, there is absolute
silence, vel lightning in the immedi-
ate vicinity not producing a click of
the diaphragm, while in the ordinary
telephone conversation there are all
kinds Of noises. Transmission with
out static interference has many won
derful properties besides, first of which
is that unlimited amounts Of power
can be transmitted with very small
loss.
Another contention is. that there
can be ne secrecy in wireless tele-
phone conversation. l say it is absurd
to raise this contention, when it is
positively demonstrated by expert
ments that the earth is more suitable
for transmission than any wire could
ever be. A wireless telephone CONVEX
sation can be made as secret as a
thought.
It's all a wonderful thing. Wireless
is coming to mankind in its full mean
ing like a hurricane some of these
days. Some day there will be, say, six
great wireless telephone stations in a
world system connecting all the in
habitants of this earth to one another
not only by voice but by sight. It's
surely coming"
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-10-30
Peculiar pleasure Palace.

THAT is the most unique motion pic
ture theater | know of anywhere" said
old P. G. Poster, indicating a weather
beaten, ramshackle rattletrap of a
structure, that looked as if it might
tumble down in its own dust at any
moment. Although it is in the last
stages of dilapidation and decay, its
owner actually does not call 1t The
Majesticl'"
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-10-30

Shenandoah, Ia.-Five hundred four,
leaf clovers is the number J. l.. Bader
OF Monticello, Ia, who is visiting in
this county. has found in the last
three weeks. This is Mr.. Bader's hob
by. as he spends all his spare time
looking for them. Recently while ON
a business trip to Yorktown he found
100 in n day.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-10-30
Mercury Aids Plants

A scientific Investigator of Europe
has discovered a new method of de-
stroying fungous disease and house
hold pests by the $ OF mercury. In
inclosed spaces the mercury is EN-.
pioyed in the form OF yapor. In other
cases It is injected in metallic form
directly into the circulating fluids Of
the plant. The growth OF the plant is
not only not disturbed. but is in most
cases actually assisted.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-10-30

prised manner and in a clustered way
denied the accusation of the woman.
When she heard the voice she slowly
released his coattails. A dismal look
came into her eyes. q beg you par
don" she said to the accused man.
but her face was turned to the po-
liceman.
The man gathered his coattails to
himself and walked hurriedly away.
O'Connor Just grinned to himself
Indianapolis News.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-10-30

times. She was born in France, the
daughter OF Franz Antoine, who is
said to have been the chef of En-
peror Napoleon. She came to this
country when twenty-six years old.
Her last husband, who died several
years ago, was Patrick Quinlan, a
cafe proprietor.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-10-30
HAS LONELY SUPPER AT lo5
Indiana ~centenarlan Said to Be Daugh-
ter Of Franz Antoine, Napo-
Icons Chef.

Jacksonville. Ind.-Mrs. Susan
Quinlan. who is now one hundred and
five years old, spent her birthday
quietly at her home with only her. son.
Charles, sixty years old, a carpenter.
with whom she lives. sharing the sup
per.
Ars. Quinlan has been married three
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-10-30
Neutral Envv.

What is the cause of social up-
rest?"
THE DESIRE" replied Mr.. Dustin
Stax. "of the workingman for leisure
and of the leisurely man for some
thing to keep him busy"
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-10-30
RemarkabIe ExnerI.ne.

Houston. Tex.-Minnie Norea, lev.
enteen, was carried 60 miles to safety
on a Goor and log. during the recent
storm which swept the coast.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-10-30
Euo Shell Far From FraoIIe.

The strength of an egg shell is not
generally fully realized. Recently
eight ordinary hens eggs were submit
ted to pressure applied externally all
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-10-30

over the surface of the shell, and the
breaking pressures varied between 400
and 675 pounds a square inch. With
the stresses applied internally to
twelve eggs these gay way at pres
sures varying between 80 pounds and
90 pounds a square inch. The pres
sure required to crush the eggs varied
between 40 pounds and rs pounds.
The average thickness of the shells
was 13-thousandths of an inch.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-10-30
Seize owed codHsh.

New York.-Health officers seized
dyed Goldfish. painted to represeps
salmon
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-10-30
unfayorabIe Estimate.

Does your congressman discuss
public questions intelligently?"
mo" replied the political boss; 'he
comes right out and says exactly
what he believes to be true, without
regard to the effect on his chances.
/ never saw a man act so unintelli-
gent"
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-10-30

Look about you for the man who
is h%apliest in his success. You viii
find him OF moderate habit
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-10-30

Optimistic Thought.
To the brave MAI every land is a
native country.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-10-30

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Eastern Utah advocate. [volume] (Price, Utah) 1895-1915, 1915-02-12
We Want a Sample of Our Work
in Your Home

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Strictly for advertising purposes and for limited time only Of these Por
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The Washington herald., 1915-01-24

rthu: E. Dowell and D. L. SeIke. was
appointed to make a detailed report,
fixing the exact boundaries of the as
sociation's territory, which is now gen.
orally speaking, from Calvert street to
Chevy Chase Circle. and from Rock
Creek to Wisconsin avenue, and to re-
port to the February meeting. with a
view to cooperating with the Engineer
Commissioner who is mapping out the
boundaries of the several associations.
Another committee. made up of DR..
Poole, chairman and Messrs. David,
Bryant, Davidson and Gage. was ap-
pointed to take such steps as were
necessary to look after the associa-
tions interests in connection with a
sanitorium, beyond the association 5
territory, as to which complaint has
been made to the District Commission
ers. number of other matters affect
ing the section are under inquiry for
action at the February meeting.
The Washington herald., 1915-01-24
LATEST AERIAL RAID
MYSTIFIES BRITAIN
Believe Mysterious Airship Was a
WaterpIane from German Warship
and Not a Dirigible.

London. Jan. 23.-In the belief that the
airship seen over Cromer last night was
a German hydrO-aerOplane sent on a
scouting mission from warship in the
North Sea near the English coast. the
admiralty today ordered a closer patrol
of the sea north of Dover. Two British
destrOyerS left Dover at ; o'clock this
morning to search for the mysterious
wHTship.
While official confirmation Was with
held of reports that the airships sighted
over Cromcr was a German craft and an
attempt was made in some circles to
show that residents of the town who
claim to have seen the airshps were
''spUofing," nevertheless the belief per-
sisted that the Germans were preparing
for another aerial raid like that Of last
Tuesday uigN.
One of the persons who claimed to have
seen the airship is a New York news
paper man whose reliability is unques-
toned.
The Washington herald., 1915-01-24
PEARY'S ARCTIC AERO PLAN.
APPROVES Suggestion to Seek Trace
of SteGansSOn by WaterpIanes.

New York. Jan. 23.-Rear Admiral Rob
crt f. Peary today approved the plan
submitted to the Aero Club of America
by Burt NJ. Mcconnell TO seek Vihialmur
Stefansson. the missing Arctic explorer,
by means Of hydroaeropIanes.
The expedition will start from Alaska
next June.
Mr.. Mcconnell WAS meteoroloCist with
The Stefsnsson expedition liz is convinced
the latter, with ten of tho Srcw. is still
alive on drifting iccberEs i'm RehrinS
Straits. His proposal was rejected by
the Canadian government. but the gov
cruors of the Aero club Of America have
announced they would give their CO.
operation to the project
Mr.. Mcconnell says that his plan is to
have two aviators patrol the entire re-
EiOn OF Behring Straits by having the
machines fly Ia miles from shore, sweep
twenty-five south. and return on a par
alIcl course. This would he repeated
each day at points twenty-five miles fur
ther south.
The Washington herald., 1915-01-24
BETTER single
Than UNHAPPY"
TAFT.
Former President Says Girls
Should Be Independent
of Matrimony.
TRAIN THEM TO WORK
Believes Women Should Be Taught to
Support Themselves So They Will
Not Have to Depend Upon Men.

New York. Jan. 3.-'I believe every
girl should be trained to some occupation,
wiz h if followed would make her indie
pendent of marriage. as a means of sup
port"
This is one Of the sentiments expressed
by former President William II. Taft in
an interview obtained by woman re-
porter for an evening newspaper and
printed here today. Mr.. Taft did not
attempt to solve the maria ge-and-di-
vorce problem" but ne gave some inter-
cstng views i'm the parts Of the inter
view that follow:
A life Of single bIessedness is GER
tainly preA rable to an unhappy mar
riaEe. both from the point Of view of the
individual and society. II girl is
trained to some occupation, in which she
can support herself without hardship.
then she need not marry except in Obedi-
cnCc to the dictates OF her heart. Today
many a young woman accepts hus-
band, not because she loves him, but be-
cause she reasons somewhat as follows:
1 may never have another chance; at
least, he will support me, and il | find
life with him too unbearable l can di-
vorCe him
VIII Not Reduce Marriages..
THAT sort of union carries within
itself the seed of separation. No
American girl ought to be obliged to
marry for a living. I am not opposed
to marriage. but when any marriage
is forced by circumstances conjugal
life is not so desirable as single bless
edness for women.
'EcOnomic independence will not
make girls averse to marriage. Moth
ing can interfere with the natural
loving instinct of a woman's nature. I
think we can leave it to nature to see
that there are marriages enough"
The former President in speaking of
his daughter Helen, said he was very
proud of her when she elected to re-
turn to college instead OF remaining
at home in Washington where she
could share in the social diversions of
the White House.
The Washington herald., 1915-01-24
To Report on boundaries.

A meeting Of the executive COM
mittec. Representative Kahn. OF Cali
foTnia. who has taken a live interest
in District affairs, was invited to ad-
dress the association at its meeting
February 10.
4 committee OF three members. com
priSinE Dr. T. A. Poole, chairman. and
The Washington herald., 1915-01-24
SEEKS AID FOR SERBS HERE.
Nine. Grouitch, Former West Nir-
GInia Belle, Arrives on Mission.

New York, Jan. % - Nine. SlaVko
Grouitch Cnee Miss Mabel Dunlap.
West Virginia belle. wife Of a Servian
cabinet member. arrived on the Lusitanlt
today. Sh. brought a story OF patient
suffering from the great concentration
camp in the Servian interior. There are
7O6 90 homeless women and children be
ing fcd 10y the government while their
husbands and fathers are at the front.
This great lamp. she said. is covered
with badly constructed shelters that do
little to protect the inmates from cold
and rain Her purpose in coming to the
United States is to enlist the aid OF
Americans in obtaining sce,l and farm
ing implements for these homeless ones
so they may return to their former
places Of residence and take up the till
ing OF land.