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The Washington times., 1915-04-28

same time the wall will extend contInu-
ousiy away from you on the left. Nav
a Veritab!e war map Of the extent OF
.ne puma area In your eyes can be
Hdoe il you spread sheet of white pa-
per on the wall and record the noints
at which colored crayon. as II ia
moved about, disappears and reappears,
Inc fact that YOU do not see your
trlend. although you know he sits seven
1eet away from you, as well as the fact
that YOU see an unbroken surface OF
wall In It's blue, yellow, or other color.
shows that your vision makes you see
things Thus. gulible persons. who
believe In black magic and material
izing mediums" are given encoure ge-
ment 10 maintain nonsensical conclu-
slons from things unseen or untruly
seen.
Blind Area Tricks.
The optic nerve enters the back part
Of the eyeball toward the nasal side Of
the eye. When you use both eyes auto
matically at the same time, the blind
area Of the one eye corresponds to a
visual area In the other, and few things
escape the sharp, co-ordinated sight of
the two eyes acting as one.
II. however, as Is often the case, a
little irritation. blindness, swelling,
soreness, sickness, fatigue or what not
interferes with the simultaneous har-
mony and rhythm Of the two eyes,
much that goes on round viii be un-
seen. and many scenes will be testified
to as empty of events or persons which
are in reality present.
The tricks of normal vision, then, of
perfectly cane persons will prove Ham,
let's soliloquy that there are moro
things in heaven and earth than was
ever dreamt Of In the philosophy Of
Horatio or any one else. Indeed, when
both eyes act Independently of each
other. twice as many things may escape
being seen as when one eye Is covered
nm
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Advent Of School Farm
Will Hasten Day Of True
Discrimination OF Values
Tiler of the Soil Will Come Into His Own When Wealth
and Position Are Seen to Have No Meaning-True
Standards Are Near Recognition.
Vocation Series, No. 8.
Bv ANNA BOGENHOLM SLOANE.

DvENT of the school farm will
n hasten the day of discrimina-
n ton of true values. To many
the time may seen far ditsant'
To others. near.
Many of our middle sed generation
will live to see 1t, and the growing
generation should be educated Tor II.
Our children will live the life that a
few of us can see coming over our nils
with rapid strides They should be pre-
pared for It. The farmer. the COOK tns
dressmaker. the builder Of houses ana
the maker Of things will be the great
merely buy and sell will be held IN
slight esteem, for they add notnlns 10
the worth of the articles they hanole'
And those whose services are less meea,
full than those OF commerce Will pe
held in no esteem at all.
Woman's Distinction.
Decade by decade our powers Of =
eliminating true values from false
grow. A score Of years ago a woman
was still honored for no other reason
than having picked winner for
father, or a husband, or for the wealth
she possessed. Today wealth and posi-
ton are not enough in themselves to
uphold a womans claim to distinction.
She must besides possessing these as
settings be something In her own right
in order to be looked UP to. Twenty
years hence wealth and position Will
help her to no honors at all.
When riches no longer help to honors.
who will care to become rich? Who
will care to burden herself with the
care Of a palace when the people whose
companionship she covets may just as
often as not pass by her stately gate on
their way to some small cottage that
houses a big soul? Who will care to
own automobiles when she has learned
by sad experience that riding brings on
heart disease and shrunken limbs? And
who will care for a big purse when she
knows that most Of the things money
can buy are not good for her, anyhow
Positions of Honor.
When women no longer crave wealth.
men will cease to wear their brains and
bodies to shreds racing a valueless
article through mires which stain their
hands and souls.
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repeat this several times. Drink daily
three quarts of distilled water and lots
OF fresh milk. Take a Bulgaria tablet
with your meals, sleep in a well-venti-
lated room. and get plenty Of fresh air.
sunlight and mild exercise.
j. W. Do. 1. What do you recon-
mend for an itching scalp? 2. What
is a good remedy for dandruff also?
A. l. Apply calmine, 2Is drains;
phenol, u dram; zinc oxide, drams;
glycerine, 2 drains; lime water, 3
ounces. Take 10 grains of citrate Of
lithia in a glass of water every four
hours: Sulphur ointment may also
help 1t. 2-Dandruff will be eliminat ted
with one dram each of acetic acid,
resorcin and sulphur to two ounces
of red vaseline used three times a
week. Massage the scalp gently and
loosen IT with tips of fingers.
Dr.. Hirshber0 ,pfH ans,per questions
for readers Of The Times on medical.
hy9tenic and sanitation subjects that dre
Of general interest. He tCiH not Under
take to prescribe or OTTER adutoe yor in
dfvtdudl cases. Where the subject is not
OF general interest letters tciH be an
srered personally. II a stamped and ad-
dressed envelope Is enclosed ADDRESS oil
inquiries to DR.. L. X. HT8hber0, care
this office.
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When man no longer cares for OPP
portunities OF graft or unearned sala,
ries, positions of honor and trust VIII
naturally fall to those fittest to fill
them.
Then they will, indeed be positions OF
honor and trust. Our lawmakers VIII
no longer have to shut their ears TO un-
pleasant whispers. They Will no longer
ing the measures dictated by their best
judgment for they will no longer care
whether they lose them or not.
Think of what this will mean to the
country. Think Of what this will mean
to every individual in 1t.
Two thousand years ago the great
man Of Galilee said: Who would be
greatest among you must be the serv-
ant OF all"
We can begin to realize how great he
are we besinpning to understand his
meaning at ali He was two thousand
years ahead of humanity
Value of Service.
He who renders the best service to
ored just as soon as our discriminating
powers become sufficiently developed
to distinguish true values from false.
If the labors Of the cook are more use
full to the race than those of her mis-
tress the cook Is the greater lady OF
the two. If the work of the tiller of the
soil is more essential to human welfare
than the lawyers brief. or the physi-
cis MS prescription, the farmer will be
held greatest among th4 three.
AS we slowly grow in IderstandinS
we are more and more unlikely to give
way to our destructive appetites. When
we have gained sense enough not to
overeat or lie override. We shall have
little use for physicians. And. when we
no longer care much about money We
shall have no use at all for the lawyer.
But bread we will always need. and,
no II after how we may get tho money
with which to buy 1t. there will be no
other place than the soil on which to
grow our grain. The farmer will rise
In he nor more and more as our false
standards Of life wane.
(ThLs is the fitth in series of ar
ticles by Mrs Sloane on rocdtt)ndl Tork
nop appearing in The Times. The nert
in the series appears on Friday, April
30)
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AnSzvers to Health Questions

Reader-Q. have a coated tongue.
Please tell me what to do for it?
A. Eat figs. apples, oatmeal. cereals.
shredded wheat and charcoal. Drink
before each meal Oxide of magnesia
and milk Of magnesia are also good.
Sleep in a well ventilated room, and
get plenty of fresh air. Wash your
mouth with alkaline antiseptic fluid
diluted three times in water.
Interested.-Q. /. I am thinking Of
training for a nurse, and as they ask
one years high school work and never
went to high school. though I passed
studies will benefit me most for that
kind of work 2. What is good for
STRENGTHENING the voice and throat?
3. Is a girl going on twenty-six too old
are never too old to learn. but would
one benefit by It? mean just to be
able to sing at home. Perhaps at that
age the voice is past training. is 1t?
A. /. Rhetoric. elementary psychology.
universal history. general geography:
Hrensh Ens.S
mathematics. hygiene, ,physiology. and
literature. 2. Vocal study. 8. No; 1t is
never too late UP to 100 years to study
or learn anything.
w. J. So. When I rest for a while
my limbs go to sleep. My memory Is
variable, sometimes being very good.
and then dull and uncertain. Can you
help me?
A. Avoid excitement. get plenty OF
| rest and sleep, and never overexert
yourself Do not eat hot dishes. meats,
nuts, beans. peas. salt, pepper or other
condiments. Take a saturated solution
| of iodide Of potash in water after meals,
| starting with a l5-gran dose. Increase
| the dose one drop at time until 1t
gradually until you reach Is drops. Then
60 up again the same as before. and
The Washington times., 1915-04-28
Summer Floor COVERINGS
Hygienic Hand of Time Has Forced
Seasonal Change For Many Reasons.
By MRS. CHRISTINE FREDERICK,
Copyright 1915, by Mrs Christine Frederick

Of their lightness and the attractive
patterns which combine so we'll with
various bedroom color schemes. The
small sizes or these rugs can easily be
washed at home by tacking them to
moor surface and sCrubbing them with
soap and water. then hanging on the
Inc TO dry. Or many housekeepers do
not know that such rugs can be washed
at commercial laundries for about 10
cents square yard.
Mating which still ho,ds its own as
a most desirable summer covering. has
evolved into new kind. actually made
or braided paper. No one would sus-
pect II until she saw the pliable warp
ana Woof and contrasted 1t with the
usual splntery" old-fashioned mat
ung. 1t wears as well, If not better
ana does not split off so easily either
In being scrubbed or from the wear Of
castors and legs of furniture 1t comes
bN the yard, and also is made up into
small rugs OF al sizes. in the regular
mating designs
There Is another class of suurar
rugs variously named which can be
grouped under the word "hber" Some
times they are combined with wool:
sometimes of this fiber alone; generally
In natural or cocoa color with con-
trasting bo"ders. 1t has a thick nile
someth ng like the regulation juto door
mat. except of much finer quality.
II Is almost an ''everla sting" rug espe-
cially suitable for Railways and living
rooms which receive hard wear One
dealer told me that some of them We're
made from the COarser hhers or back
Ing used in more extensive rugs and
this accounts for its good wearing
quality.
The tones OF the summer cover ms
should be chosen with an eye to the r
GOODNESS and neutrality. Staring -
gaudv patterns and hot colors are out
of place.
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FINES DAILY MAG AZINE PA G F
Tricks Of Normal Vision
Explained by Presence Of
Blind Spot on Retina
By DR. LEONARD KEENE HIRsHBERc.
tcopyrtrht 1915 by Newspaper Featur. ssrv,cs ,,,,

-HE blind lead the blind in this
world. This Is actually as well
u as figuratively true. There Is
none 30 blind as they that will
not see, and those who cannot see are
almost as badly situated.
Job says that God is eyes to the blind
and feet to The lame. Since everybody
is-as shall shortly prove-blind In
both eyes at an important spot. t.
prophets words are as true today as
they were thousands Of years ago.
The positive proof that each and ev-
cry person Is blind rests upon the firmly
grounded fact that there is an oval area
in your retina which Is entirely with
out the power or sense Of sight. Curl
ously enough. this place in the back
portant spot Of the retina-exactly
where the optic nerve spreads out like
q. fan as II enters the eyeball and be-
comes the retina.
In this neighborhood. at the very field
you night expect vision to be most per-
feet, you are as blind as a stone. The
French physicist, Narcotic. was the first
to prove II 80. Before this 1t was un-
thinkable that the human eve was blind
anywhere. Now physiologists and ex-
An Interesting Experiment.
II you would close or bandage one OF
your eyes and with the other gaze con
tinuously at a spot on wall about
seven feet distant you can make the
face Of friend or any one disappear II
he seats himself directly in front Of the
wall. upon the side OF the unclosed eye.
He must place himself in such a posi-
ton that his forehead is on level with
the spot stared at. His nearer cheek
must be twenty inches away from it.
II your stare is steady his face will
vanish as II covered by the invisible
CLOAK Of Jack the Giant Killer. At the
The Washington times., 1915-04-28
Points For the Southern Gardener
Important Facts Summed Up For the
Family With Only a Small Garden.
Home Garden Series. No. II.
prepared by the Department of Agriculture,

home Garden Series, NO. ii.
Prepared by the Department OF Agriculture.
be thoroughly prepared before plant
Ing. A deep soil Is desirable, but the
depth should be increased gradually.
The Best Fertilizers.
IL. The barnyard or stable manure
is the best fertilizer for vegetable
growing. as It furnishes both plant
food and humus. Where manure is
not available. green crops. such rs
cowpeas, soy beans, vetch, or Grim
son clover. should be turned under
to supply humus and part of the
nitrogen. Commercial fertilizers
can be employed to furnish most of
the plant food. but without humus
in the soil the fertilizer will be OF
little value.
13. For early crops of cabbage,
cauliflower. tomatoes, peppers. and
eggplant. the seed should be started
box in the dwelling. In most sec
tiOns of the South a cold frame
will be satisfactory, but in the
colder regions a hotbed should be
used.
IA In order to secure good stocky
pants with sc lObl SSSlthlSI NiiD
seedlings should be transplanted at
least once before setting in the
garden. The plants should be set
two inches apart each way in box,
hotbed. or cold frame.
Care In Transplanting.
10. Before setting plants in the
open they should be hardened off,
to prevent a serious check to
growth. This can be accomplished
by exposing the plants to outside
conditions during the day in mild
weather, and finally leaving them
uncovered at night when there is no
danger of frost.
l6. Thoroughly soak the plant bed
before removing the plants, so as to
have as much soil adhere to the
roots as possible.
II. In setting the plants in the
garden, thoroughly pack the soil
around the roots. When the soil is
drN It Is advisable to apply little
water around the roots. AS soon as
the water has soaked In, the moist
soil should be covered with dry earth
to prevent baking.
IS. Give frequent shallow cultlva-
ton with small-tooth eultvators. A
The Washington times., 1915-04-28

- HE gardener in the South
may well remember certain
important facts which are
summed up in the United
States Department Of Agriculture's
new Farmers Bulletin. No. CAT, en-
titled The Home Garden in the
South" They are as follows:
l. In nearly all sections Of the
South there is a scarcity Of fresh
vegetables during a large part OF
the year.
2 A well-kept garden will yield a
return eight to ten times as great as
that from an equal area devoted to
cotton or to other general farm
crops.
3. The value of vegetables in the
diet is a great deal more than the
mere food or money value, as they
furnish a large part Of the essential
salts which are necessary to the we'll
being of the human system.
4. The location selected for the gar
den should be as near the house as
possible. Practically any type OF
soil can be used for vegetables, but
a sandy loan is to be preferred.
5. Good drainage is of prime i'm
pOTtdnCe. II tne lanQ mas not good
natural drainage, artificial drainage
should be employed.
Use Straight Rows.
6. Where cultivation is to be done
by means of horse tools the garden
should be long and narrow, with the
rows running the long way of the
garden.
I. The garden should be laid off In
straight rows for either horse or
hand cultivation.
s. An area of one-fourth to one-half
acre in garden crops should be suf-
fiCient for a family of average size.
9. The garden should be occupied as
large a part of the year as possible.
AS soon as one crop Is removed an
other should he planted, so as to
have succession of crops coming
on al the time.
TO- A good system Of rotation
should be followed in the home gar
den, in order to keep diseases and
insects in check and to keep the soil
in good condition
IL The soil for the garden should
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or So 80, according to size and shape.
Most OF them are covered either
partly or entirely with georgette
crepe. This costs s. a yard. is forty
inches wide, and Is much more prac-
tical than chiffon. At least half a
yard is needed II a brim Is to be COW
cred. Nearly all the hats have vol
is priced from 20 cents a yard up
to anything you may wish to pay.
At least two yards will be needed.
Bunches of three well-made June
roses are 10 cents, and two or three
punches are necessary. This makes
a total cost varying from $40 to
about 50, and does not include lining
or the charge for making, If the hat
is not to be concocted at home.
Odd little crystal bottles of SMELL
ing salts with tops that may be
screwed on firmly may be had for 80
cents at an Eleventh street DEPART
ment store. The liquid covering the
salts Is found in a number of colors.
so that the prevailing scheme Of a
dressing table may be easily matched.
These are great deal more attrac-
tive than the clumsy, old-fashioned
green bottles that formerly held
smelling salts.
NnJormation giving the names OF
shops Uhtch carry the articles re-
terred to IN these columns ,OiH be
furnished on request. Kindly men,
ton date OF issue When possible, and
address. "The Shopper")
The Washington times., 1915-04-28
SEEN IN THE SHOPS
By the Shopper

~ UFFS of fascinating fuffiness
- are piquant addition to a
tailored costume. whether 1t
be severe or elaborate. A
half-ruff that Just fills in the collar
consists Of two rows of frilling.
with chenille dots or Belgian blue.
and a throat band Of velvet of the
same color. The price of this Is so
cents at a G street store.
Boudoir bird cages were introduced
to New York during the winter. win
ming enthusiastic approval from
women who wished something diff
ferent from the gilded cages for
their feathered pets. An F street
department store Is showing some
of the newest kinds. They are not
cheap by any means. for a white
enamel stand and a cage ornament
ed with daintily colored flowers costs
$40. An elaborately decorated cage
without the stand is s25; a plain one
10 s15, while lantern-shape OF white
wicker that may be stained to match
any color scheme Is so.
The Washington times., 1915-04-28

Had you thought of buying a leg
horn hat? They will be very popular
for dressy and garden party wear.
this summer. and are expensive
enough to forbid general imitation.
An untrimmed leghorn Is either "a
The Washington times., 1915-04-28

sweep or turnplow should not be
used unless the land becomes so
weedv that cultivators will not do
the work.
The Hattiesburg news., 1915-02-08
Arrest Is Made of
Iwo Alleged Store
Ma sked THE ves
BARNEY DoHERTY CATCHES PAIR
CHARGED WITH PALMER COSS.
ING ROBBERY.

Charged with holding up Mrs. James
Mitchell and robbing the store of her
husband at Palmer's Crossing, on Fri.
day night, G. Arthur Hartfield and
johnnie Pace were arrested last night
by Barney Doherty, a Forrest county
constable, and will be given a prelimi.
nary hearing before Justice of the
Peace Greer late this afternoon Or to-
morrow morning.
Both men deny the charges. When
arrested, pistol and $12 in cash was
taken from the pair
According to Mrs. Mitchell, she went
to the store to get some articles for q
sick person, when she came face to
face with the two men. Their faces
were masked, and both are said t.
have drawn pistols on her.
A watch, said to have belonged to "A
negro employed in the Dreyfus mills.
who recently was attacked by a couple
of hold-up men, Knocked senseless and
robbed, was found on one of the men
arrested. by Constable Doherty.
The Hattiesburg news., 1915-02-08
Residence of the
ReU. E. J. Currie
Damaged by Fire
DEPARTMENT ARRIVES IN TIME
TO PREVENT SERIOUS CON-
FLAGRATiON.

But for the timely arrival of the fire
department, the handsome residence
of the Rev. e. ]. Currie, superintend-
ent Of education for Forrest county, on
North Main street would have been de-
stroyed by fire last night. Despite the
fact that the building is of cement and
has slate roof, the flames had made
some headway on the banisters on the
top of the structure. All the engine
companies responded, and the fire was
put out before great damage was done
The flames were discovered shortly
before s o'clock, and attracted many
persons on their way to church. Chief
Potter said this afternoon that sparks
from the chimney alighting on the
wooden bansters started the confagra
ton.
Earlier in the afternoon, the depart
ment answered a call to fight small
blaze in negro residence near Wat
kins shop. Sparks from the chimney
here, also, started the fire. 1t was sup
pressed after small damage had been
done.
The Hattiesburg news., 1915-02-08
HELD UP AND SHOT.

Greenville, Miss. Feb. Saturday
night just as ]. V. Roselle, a prominent
and honored citizen OF the city, closed
his store at 10 o'clock to return home
he was held up and shot. There were
three Of the robbers, believed to be ne
groes. WhS the gang ordered Rosel
lie to throw up his hands, he threw his
fashlight and one of the robbers an.
swered with shot. The bullet enter.
ed Mr.. Roselle's face and came out
below the right shoulder blade. The
robbers then fed and are still at large.
Mr. Roselle is at the Kings Daughters
hosEtal seriously, although not neces.
sarily fatally wounded. The shootine
of Mr.. Roselle is the climax of several
bold robberies of stores during the past
few weeks. &
The Hattiesburg news., 1915-02-08
TOAIR MINISTER'S
TROUBLES IN COURT
Colored Pastor of Baptist Church
Claims Assault.

Difference between Carlton Mahon
and the Rev. C. w. Williams, both col
ored, the latter being the pastor of the
Mt. Zion Baptist church, will be
threshed out in Mayor Batson's court
tomorrow morning, when Mahon will
answer a charge of assault and bat
terry. The minister told the court this
morning that Mahon threatened to use
a knife on him and had cursed him in
the presence of two women. Mahon
said that the preacher was jealous of
him, and had started the quarrel. May
or Batson wanted to hear some more
witnesses, and as none were present
he postponed the hearing till . o'clock
tomorrow morning.
The Hattiesburg news., 1915-02-08
BETTER BUSINESS
SEEN BY VISITORS
OHIO LUMBERMEN IN HATTIES.
BURG PLACING LARGE
ORDERS.

A near revival in business in the
Central states, at least, which will be
followed by general picking up of &C.
tlvities throughout the country, is pre-
dicted by two Columbus, Ohio, lumber
men who are In Hattiesburg today,
placing orders for lumber of various
dimensions
George Harlow and w. D. Kerr, both
from Ohio's capital city, have been
here for the last two or three days,
looking over the situation.
1--WE are so confident that business
soon will take on better tone," said
Mr.. Kerr this afternoon, that we
are buying large quantities of lumber.
The orders we have just placed will
be followed by others both from our
selves and other buyers. Business in
the Central states is growing better
daily. 1t is but a question of few
weeks when a general betterment will
take place"
With Theo. Schlitz, of Hattiesburg,
Mr. Harlow and Mr. Kerr will leave
for New Orleans tomorrow on a bust
ness trip.
The Hattiesburg news., 1915-02-08
Masonic Lecturer
Here to Instruct
inGiving Degrees
ANNUAL INSPECTION OF KNIGHTS
TEMPLAR ALSO OCCURS
TONIGHT.

One of the most important Masonic
affairs Of the year was begun in Hat
tiesburg today, with the arrival Of
District Deputy Lecturer w. G. Gray
son, who is in Hattiesburg to instruct
the local Masons in the conduct of
their work. He will remain here
three days, during which time the
three degrees of the Blue Lodge will
be explained, and the members made
proficient in the administering of the
degrees.
Today and tonight, Mr.. Grayson will
lecture on the Entered Apprentice de-
gree. Tomorrow and tomorrow night
he will take up the Fellow Craft de.
gree, and Wednesday, the Master Ma
sons degree. There will be three
meetings each day.
Grand Commander Benoist, of the
Mississippi knights Templar, is i'll
Hattiesburg today, and tonight will
make an inspection of the Hattiesburg
Templars, While here, Mr.. Benoist is
the guest of Earl Conner.