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Evening star., 1915-06-27
CHEER Up! THE WORST
IS YET TO COME.
Copyright, 1918, by nr..Frank Crane.'

Say said the man that moved across
the car aisle and sat down by me; why
don,t Won say something about the real.
genuine menace?
Don't you realize what's going on?
Listen, An English scientist mas pointed
ont that what's going to make trouble for
us is the enormous ice caps az the poles.
II either one increases in weight over the
other the earth Will tip, which would
mean floods and general convulsions
Now. of course, We can't get up to the
poles to regulate the ice masses, but we're
doing in another way what amounts to
the same thing
This is what were doing We're burn
ing millions Of tons Of coal and millions
OF gallons Of oil, besides treating metals
so that they lose their weight All this
IN the northern hemisphere.
Consequently ,fle north side Of the earth
i getting heavier than the south side.
We're tipping That's what
Tn. last time the earth vas weighed she
weighed : .272, 100000 ,000. 900 100000 tons,
Just one power house in New York
burns 2. 600 tons Of coal a day, or. 10000
tons year. BY simple arithmetic you
can compute how the northern hemisphere
is being lightened bH all the steamships
factories power louSes automobiles, fur
naces and stoves
Besides this, take all this powder they re
shooting OF now in Europe
Also were filing the atmosphere with
carbOnic acid gas. deadly poison. the
breathing OF which Is inimical 10 life
That isn't all, either The earth is re
yolying Ike q biz hywheei Taking all
this weight from the rim increa ses the
bursting stress. Have you noticed those
earthquakes in Italy?
The spring is coming later each year
TOO We are wearing overcoa IS In June
Were in for trouble, sure you live
And say. you know the whole world
is going loony. don't you Well, why?
tan tel you
Just as the dumb ANIMALS sense a com
ing storm, and they felt danger in the
air on the last day of Pornpeii, so the
human race seems to have started out on
d grand kill-fest. because they know
something's up
We've got 10 stop burning everything
up or this earth VIII flop. She'll upset
pretty soon. or 1 miss my guess.
And did you ever think Of this? Why
Evening star., 1915-06-27
Nerves.
lphiA Ledger.

From the Phiadelphia Ledger.
Nordau proved to his own satisfac-
tion. If to no one else's. that the com
pleyities Of modern life had given civil
ization a case of nerves" on gigantic
scale. When people were not troubled
with immediate news of world hor-
daily mail bag and the telephone,
rapid trains and general melee which
brings any one and every one into gen
eral relationships, life had few excite
ments. he held, and people could afford
to live tranquil lives without fear of
neurotic upSets.
50 his theory But even the past
would not support him, for there were
times in Europe. especially in Italy in
turies. when the shock to nerves
through the reign of cruelty and the
general uncertainties as to life, liberty
and happiness reached an alarming
potency Yet the evidence of all litera :
lures is that people survived this
and during it required certain stoi-
cism which proved an immediate saving
grace,
We seem to be repeating that process
today. W nile II is true we are not ac-
tually in the presence of the more
hideous and appalling phases OF the
warfare in Europe. the matter is so
minutely presented to us that if our
nerves were as weak Nordau SUP
posed them to be should be de
velopins hysteria. On the contrary, the
most frightful catastropheS now scarcely
stun We are becoming Injured to horrors,
and The thirteenth century stoicism is
seemingly recurring under modern con-
ditlons when nothing that the world is
doing " concealed from any part Of It,
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ALL AROUND THE PLACE

Several reliable nurserymen are ad
vertising varieties of straw berries that
bear continuously all summer. A bed
of such plants, in addition to being a
decided novelty. will be source of
much satisfaction to lovers of straw
berries 1t will be well to make sure
that the esta blishment from which the
plants are purchased is thoroughly re-
liable otherwise the buyer may find
he has only the short-season berries.
The variety best known as an ever
bearing sort is Americus. though there
are several others. These sorts pro-
duce II. rfect rawberries from the be-
ginning of the regular berry season
until late fall, the vines often having
blossoms green berries and ripe fruit
when frost comes. Several varieties
of raspberries that bear all summer
have also been produced by special
lists who are always trying to find
something new in the way of fruits,
vegetables, etc
In preparing straw berry he'd
the amateur must be careful to see that
the varieties chosen are either perfect
lowering or, if imperfect. that per-
fect-fowering sorts are set out in ad-
Strawberries arc Of three
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you have been diligent in your work
Of faith, hope and charity. You have
been and are constant in we'll doing
some among US have gone astray. but
even these wandered from our fold, and
erred not within it's sacred bounds
their condemnation is of themselves
and not of us. You may say without
boastfulness that you have fulfilled
your undertakings in your lodges unto
all whencesoever coming in our com
mon. name. So continue. and not fol
praise Of men. but looking forward t.
the time when your example will con
firm future good deeds in good or evi
days. and also looking forward beyond
all time to the we'll done of our Mas
ter who is in heaven.
And may the Supreme Grand Archl-
tect of the Universe ever have you ir
His holy keeping. May brotherly love
prevail. and every moral and social
virtue cement YOU in the bonds of peace
and fellowship
Evening star., 1915-06-27
SANITARY WATERING
SYSTEMS FOR POULTRY
Barrel May Be Used as Storage Tank.
Small Engine Saves Labor
Of Pumping.
Galvanized Rain Gutter Makes Ideal
Drinking Trough, Which Is Kept
Clean Without Difficulty.
BY n. ARMSTRONG ROBERTS.
Copyright, 191A)

A chicken would rather drink from
a cows hoof-print than from a foun-
tain of clean, pure water, yet that is
no reason why she should be allowed
to do so. any more than she should be
permitted to eat tainted animal food,
which any fowl will devour with great
relish Clean water in large quanti-
ties. easy of access. is one of the chief
essentials to success with poultry and
the providing of it is one of the most
laborious tasks in a commercial plant.
unless there is some system of dis,rib-
uting it by mechanical power or
gravity.
The way In which a fowl drinks
would seem to indicate that she con-
sumes only a few drops of water in a
day, yet in reality she drinks close to
a half-pint, especially during the heavy
laying season, for the egg itself is
something like so per cent water In
house of 500 layers the actual daily
water consumption is more than thirty
gallons. almost :, barrel
Evening star., 1915-06-27
Falls in Battle.

Grand Master Ramsay himself entered
the army If the confederacy, and in the
year following his address fell in battle
in the charge for the recapfure OF a
bastIon OF Battery Wagner. on Morrls
Island.
Published, as il vas says COL. Shei-
~ during the bitterness of war, IT was
Immediately circulated by the grand
master Of Masons OF the state OF Maine,
INTO whose hands by some accident ~
came and in printed form was ORDERED
10 be hung on the wall OF every Ma
sonic lodge in that state. an order
which was obeyed
If our foreign brethren" Col. Shei-
Il added could rise to the sublime
sentiments expressed by David Ramsay
and the grand response made pN the
state Of Maine Masonry would hnd an
.ye1nplification quite worthy of all II
claims.
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How Copy Was Obtained.

AS the worshipful master of Coium-
bia Lodge at Clarendon. Virginia" says
Col Shelley. learning of this address
and so highly approaching its sublime
sentiments and especially the manner
in which il was accepted by the grand
Jurisdiction of the state of Maine which
was the very antitheSis of South Caro-
lima in that troubled period. / wrote to
South Carolina for copy in order that
my lodge might hang it upon its walls
also. but none having been retained
there was referred to Maine
The grand secretary of that grand
jurisdiction referred me to the pub
Usher. who had printed the copies or
dered by the grand master of Maine in
1862. and from him. of the four copies
remaining in his possession ] obtained
one. which has been hung upon the
walls of my lodge and is uniformly
read by some one of the brethren at
each annual election Immediately pre-
ceding such election. St Paul never
expressed himself better
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did the Creator paint coal black, if not
to signify that one day We shall mourn
its loss
1t was hidden away in seams of rock to
earth.
1t was given the property of spontane
Gus combustion. as a further hint for US
to leave it lie
More than that. its flame was made red
as sign of danger
It's Just a question of days till Nature
has revenge upon us for disturbing her
laws. We have built huge fire of coal
and oil upon the altar of our greed and
hate.
You talk about the menace of war
wait till the old earth tips and you'll see
something that will make war look like
a little bonfire in an alley.
Cheer up,
And he sank back into the silent com
munon with his own pleasant Thoughts
Evening star., 1915-06-27
The Shift to Sanity

From the Detroit Free Press.
Two college presidents, representing
sentiment in educational circles and
the assistant secretary of agriculture
speaking in the interests of the farm
ers, have gone on record in single
day in favor of better preparation
against war. And this is a very small
part of the accommodating evidence that
the people of the United States are
awakening from the false sense of Sc
curity and Immunity which long has
deluded them.
The underlying American common
sense is beginning to penetrate the fall
lacies and dangers of the propaganda
work BY Carnegie pacifists and to ap-
praise it for what it really Is, a men,
400 Ito the very existence. OF the nation
Evening star., 1915-06-27
Poultry Yard Notes.

The expenditure of few dollars and
a few hours work in the poultry yard
and houses will increase vastly the
ease of the work and save much time.
By exercising his ingenuity the intelli-
gent poultryman can do away with
much of the drudgery of properly car
ing for the fowls, and at the same time
will economize space and result in the
better performance of the work For
example, a hinged panel at the rear of
each poultry house. the lower side Of
which is level with the dropping
boards, will enable ,he poultrlcnan to
Evening star., 1915-06-27

another handy arrangement consists
OF stout hinge at one end of the feed
troughs. fastening the troughs to the
wall At the opposite end of the
troush is hook, to fasten in screw
eye placed at the proper height in the
wall When the troughs are not in use
they are to be raised off the floor and
fastened up out Of the way by means
or the hook and screweye. This saves
moor space and keeps the troughs from
becoming fouled, as they are up ont of
the wet except when the fowls are be
ing fed.
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clean the boards easily and quickly
without entering the houses. The pan
ell should be about eighteen inches
wfde, running across the rear wall of
the mouse. and 1t should he hinged at
the top. with hook by means of which
to fasten 1t up when desired
Evening star., 1915-06-27
Miss Carolyn C. Van B|arcom
R. NJ, Prepares Article for
the Press Survey Service.
FEARLESS ENFORCEMENT
OF GOOD LAWS NEEDED
Value of Practical Work Demon
strated in Number of Cities.
She Says.

The part that the public must take in
sa aving the eyes of hundreds of babies
is emphasized in an article prepared
exclusively for the Survey Press Serv-
ice by Carolyn G. Van Blarcom, r. ~,
secretary of the national committee for
the prevention of blindness.
Miss Blarcom argues that first good
laws are required, then fearless and
unremitting action on the part of To-
cal health officers in enforcing these
laws, and last and most important the
stanch support and cooperation from
the public She says that this requires
public education, widespread and un-
ceasing.
This article is being given wide pub
licity by the Survey association, which
is an organization whose purpose is to
Investigate the facts of living and
working conditions and to suggest
means for social advance. The article
follows:
Evening star., 1915-06-27
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.

Is waggin tongue vehicle of
speech
Children who have measles are bound
to be rash.
The one absolutely certain thing in
life is its uncertainty.
When II comes to debt. most men are
glad they are not in it.
Some clocks are almost human they
very seldom tell the truth.
The camera never fiatters, but too
often the retoucher has to be guilty.
A woman's idea of a satisfactory hus-
band is one she can make jealous.
1t doesn't pay to own things you owe
for
A erouchy man thinks he laughs best
who laughs least
The worse a reputation the harder it
is to lose
But too many people get into an ar
gument who have nothing to say.
The female of the species is the weep
ing expert of the human race
Anyway, pessimist never bores us
with his alleged funny stories
Rather than waste kindness on an un-
grateful man, lavish it on a dog.
And often a girl who nlarries for
nome doesn't stay there half the time
Why does the self-made man never
suffer from remorse?
Safety first" is good motto. but
too many people wait until it's too late
TO be careful.
After a man We dislike laughs a one
of our Jokes. somehow we always have
a higher opinion of his Intelligence.
During courtship a man thinks of
ia king unto himself a mate: but after
marriage he is apt to discover that he
took captain.
The nude truth is often mistaken
for an epigram.
The wise guy and the fools money
are soon married
Nine-tenths of a mans talk is of no
earthly Importance
A wife is very dear to the ex-hachelor
who formerly saved his money,
uoman's idea of a woman -hater IS
anv man who fails TO admire her.
An orator Is willing TO raise his voice
if his audience raises the cash.
And many a girl fails TO make
catch because she does too much an
Cling.
It's a case Of matrimonial dyspepsia
II a husband and wife fail TO agree.
Occa sionalIy a bachelor lives TO marry
the daughter of the man who turned
him down.
When il comes TO calling men from
their beds, the firebell puts II all over
the chuTchbelS
The horse may become extinct n tlme
but the donkey will remain with us
7,ntil society mas ceased to 8A
II girls cultivated their dispositions
as .ssidl1ousIv as they do Their com
nIexious fewer marriages would De
failures
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Avoidance of Criticism.

Except uHfo themselves. blame them
whom d ls Spoken listen not TO one
nor repr.tt 70 the other. let the great
Srs rChai ~ Hearts alone decide on
right Cr rrnrg fudge nor when but
Que accuses q nd the other ~ absent
Spf! do gTstgrsf wrong as men nOt even
called NISpIs should yoG act on par
tta} Judgments ssNeraliy formed New
erthe!'ss. should this wrong be done
unto EoI. fOI give even when Inis-
1Ede eed forgive you hope 10 be for
given. tn"S@ al things. give no cause
o. oHeLrr. see that Your brother has no
JUST complaint against "ou ~alk erect
and upright. IN faCt. = well = $ APPEAR
arcc, A.sUns. Eemefnber wherein to
h+ jealous ~ We aid counsel prorec-
ton end attentive ear. preserve 4
fs.-hful breast, ha vine withaI 4 ready
sEd tTa- heart II +; be III TO speak
EVIL. nv now much more Is 1t 10 ,io evil
gave 20 remind sou Of these things. and
warn or counsel Of command for
know how much ] have OF error and
req Z hc~ much ! have TO learn and
II, constrained to write, and
ttr having authority Of
h g. e. Dul g lch as was placed in his
hs nds 10 write doctrine approved
srnor z us at all times.
Tribute to His Brethren
IT laud and honor you, brethren, for
many ah gs. and chiefly forasmuoh a.
Evening star., 1915-06-27
Extract From the Address.

The address, in part. follows:
-Tne Grand Lodge. anxious TO- your
prosperity and desirous that. as mem
bers of the great mystic family, you
should preserve in unfaded brightness
the light Of Masonry which had been
Entrusted To your keeping, did hereto
fore address an encyclical letter OF ad-
vice and of admonition. In the last
grand communication. moved p\ llkt
feeling II made request of me to dlrect
another letter unto the same purpose
4 republish and affirm the former
letter for your guidance in all respects
therein set forth. as to other general
doctrines. my brethren, the masters OF
lodges Will admoniSh you. Il Is Your
duty and should be your pleasure 10
hearken diligently and observe their
precepts Special matters remain con
cerning which / nave to charge you
Walk circumspectly in the present
evil time. ever mindful OF solemn un-
dertakingS on your part in the pres
enCe of Almighty God. De faitnful IN
observance thereof toward all and
singular the brethren, whether these
be met III lodges dedicate or only
known 20 you by divers means. in
darkness or light, in health or sick
ness. in wealth OF want, III peril or
safety. in prison. eScap or freedom, IN
charity or erilmindeduess, armed or
unarmed, friend or seeming foe. and
as 10 these. most certainly toward
brethren. when Masonically met on. by
or with al due and regular intercom-
rnunicatIon and Intelligence. You have
registered words which cannot be un-
spoken or recalled, dntedat!ng : they
VIII survive all disturbances among
men and turmoils III state. words
which in fullest force and neanin <
should b. ever present unto YOU in
thought. utterance and deed.
Evening star., 1915-06-27

When II comes to debt. most men are
glad they are not in it
Evening star., 1915-06-27

Some clocks are almost human. they
very seldom tell the truth.
Evening star., 1915-06-27
Admonished of Flight of Time.

Time win its affairs will soon 10
every on. b. past We are at Ia bOr
for shorr while only in the Work Or
Him vino hatu no respect IF persons
h'uialnE is i meet, into another and
~ enduring temple, If vouChsafed unto
ue :" be 50 edited it will never be re-
eTet I" remember any good deed done
~ 'nr name ~ common Master and
FathE - Whatsoever brother, even
MN 49,! the prOfane would call an
enemy u We do good to those who
love rs ana do good unto us what
more d" "" man other mem | charge
.H"iF oIis - you. in the name of our
sLpren" and Universal Master, To be
2 Ndfut now Eou ere bound in certain
duties wher"uuto you have called Him
:" witness your obligations and per
f"r'Haucc, VINO Will hereafter Judge
'targ you. IN HIS great name and in
View Of Ills hnal day suffer not the
disputes and broiis OF men 20 impair
tHe harmony which has existed and
WI exist throughout the fraternity
t"r whether Or not you put to shame
the teachings Of our craft they can
n"t 10" a7nulled, nor, despite evil mem
hers. %ho may pain u.s. can the body
OF our faithful brotherhood be an
initiated o. destroyed. or even so much
as paralyzed
let US not hear among US that there
Is war. that strife and dissension pre-
walls. as Masons II concerns US NOT.
speak 10 i'll Of your brethren. If YOU
have aught against one suffer not your
anger TO get the mastery ofsyour trorh
il any. deern.np, that their personal de-
slFeS OF advancement gain have
been hlndered by a brother clamor
unto YOU. heed them not when they
speak apart. consider that il is unma-
sonic and unmanly 10 take amends by
back biting ana slandtring: hearken not
- such. nor he CovinouS Ioininp TO-
E"fhsr and coWplotiing whereby
brethren. unhrard and undefended. MAY
~ injured There are such among
~ nf such make no further observa-
ton than 10 shuu their errors
Evening star., 1915-06-27

The camera never fiatters, but too
often the retoucher has to be guilty.
Evening star., 1915-06-27

The one absolutely certain thing i
life is its uncertainty
Evening star., 1915-06-27

A woman's idea of a satisfactory hus-
band is one she can make jealous
Evening star., 1915-06-27

Children who have measles ire bound
to be rash.
Evening star., 1915-06-27
Miss Blarcom's Article.

For some years past the subject of
prevention Of blindness has appeared
frequently upon the programs of medi-
cal meetings and conferences of health
officers, nurses and social workers. The
statement is made and reiterated that
more than quarter of the blind chill
dren in the schools for the blind in
this country are sightless because their
ewes were neglected at or soon after
birth-the accoucheur neglected to use
the prophylactic "a silver solution) so
well known to the medical profession.
or the needed medical care for the
baby's sore eyes was not given
1.-THE familiar statement that ophthal-
mia neonatorum-cap pa Bile of causing
lifelong blindness-is both preventa BILE
and durable is so generally accepted
today as to be almost automatic. AL
most each year there is written on the
statute books of some state law which
il designed to safeguard the eyes of
ba bieS.
Evening star., 1915-06-27

During the summer. when. the soil is
warm and dry. All several barrels with
dust that has been passed through the
ash sitter. Fowls like nothing better
than a good bath of fine, dry dust.
which is much better than sifted ashes.
as the latter have a tendency to bleach
the shanks of yellow-legged fowls.
The barrels of dust may be kept in a
corner of the poultry house, where they
will be handy. They should, of course.
be covered. so that the hens may not
get into them and waste the dust
Evening star., 1915-06-27

Is waggin tongue a vehicle of
speech
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Sad Procession of Blind Babies.

"And yet the percentage of ophthal-
mis-. neonatorum victims admitted to
the schools for the blind year after year
varies but slightly, and we are forced
TO admit with no little chagrin that
scarcely more than a scratch has been
made on the crust of the problem as a
whole.
"If the sad procession OF little bind
children, with state institutions as
their goal, is to be eliminated, some
thing more definite and practical Will
have to be done than the enactment
of laws which only become dead let
ters. and the making of speeches and
reading of papers before selected au-
dienceS.
"Unquestionably the first step is the
enactment of laws providing for the
compulsory reporting to local health
officers of all cases of babies sore eyes.
This would make possible the provision
of medical attention for all uncared
for cases.
But we find upon making a survey
of the laws that more than half Of the
states (thirtyJ do require that ophthal-
mia neonatorum be reported Why
then are the babies still going blind?
Because executing in very few com
,nunities the law is neither oheyed nor
enforced nor is any official action taken
when information upon an occasional
case does find its way to the depart
of
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Here Is What Is Needed.

."rhe filing of report is valuable
only If il instantly sets in motion a
niece of official machinery capable of
meeting the needs of the Individual
BABY. At the present time the facili-
ties at the disposal Of the average
halth officer for giving efficient as
sistance to the physician or the mid
wife is so limited as to be practically
without value.
Each local health department needs
in its employ nurse to visit each
midwife case and TO secure such care
as is necessary. and also to give visit
ing nursing assistance TO those doctors
who wish it. And in addition to this
there should be ey clinics and hos
Evening star., 1915-06-27

It doesn't pay to own things you ou
for.
Evening star., 1915-06-27

And often a girl who marries for a
nome doesn't stay there half the time.
Evening star., 1915-06-27

Rather than waste kindness on an un-
man. lavish it on dog.
Evening star., 1915-06-27

Anyway, pessimist never bores us
with his alleged funny stories.
Evening star., 1915-06-27

'T laud and honor you, brethren, for
many 4hD gs. and chiefly foresmuoh a.
Evening star., 1915-06-27

After man We dislike laughs at one
of our jokes. somehow we always have
a higher opinion of his Intelligence.
Evening star., 1915-06-27

Safety first" is a good motto. but
too many people wait until its too late
TO be careful.
Evening star., 1915-06-27

Why does the self-made man never
suffer from remorse?