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The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1915-06-03
EVEN THE UNDERTAKES.

A certain temperance lecturer at one
point in his address is In the habit OF
taking out his gold watch and say.
ing Il will give this watch to any
one present who will arise and tell
me one class OF people In the world
that has ever been benefited by the
saloon"
He made that offer all over this
country, and no one ever took II up.
until one gentleman stood and said:
Il think can tell you one class"
What's that7"
The undertaken
My friend was about to unchain his
watch and hand II over, when an old
man arose and said: Hold on! Be-
fore you give away that watch allow
me TO say that have been the under
taker In this community for 35 years,
and have buried a great many OF that
kind Of people; but whenever ] am
called upon TO lay away an old soak
or any member of his family al
ways know it's a charity job; that !
shall never get the money. ] should
be much better of today II had never
had to bury one such case"
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1915-06-03

after receiving very generous con-
tribution from Mrs. Cyrus II. Nc
Cormick. ST., insisted that it be
called the Mccormick Institute"
A little more than year ago,
during an absence from home, |
received a communication from our
Governor saying that the Lord had
at last answered my prayers and
given us the prison warden that |
had been praying for so long. I've
thanked Him many times since for
our warden and present commission
ers, for they have been a great bless
ing TO our prison.
CONTINUED on page SIX
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1915-06-03
NURSING COURSE

agreed to locate the Highway thru
them and over the Eastern Route.
The State road law requires that
for q county TO participate in the
distribution OF the State road fund
its roads shall run from the County
seat OF that County to the County
seat OF the adjoining County. Each
OF the four counties under discus
sion, by building the Dixie Highway
first under the State Aid Law is
entitled to receive from the State
Fund an amount equal to what they
spend on the highway whereas II
they do not connect up with the
road from the County seat Of their
adjoining county they cannot par
ticipate in the distribution Of the
State road fund. II would be folly
for any one Of these counties TO use
the money derived from the sale OF
its bonds TO build short lines out n
few miles from its County seat with
out extending them to its line and
connecting with q good road from
the County seat of its adjoining
county. II is much better and OF
more benefit TO all these counties
TO have the great highway run
through. II will enhance the value
OF its lands by inviting the travel
OF outside people OF large means.
II will give the citizens Of these
counties a great highway North
through the Blue Grass region and
South through the best section OF
Tennessee. II is in the air and II is
confidently predicted that the next
National Congress will take up the
matter OF Federal Aid TO Interstate
Highways and that the Dixie High
way will be one Of the first TO re-
ceive aid from the National Govern
ment. This alone is sufficient reas-
on for making the Dixie Highway
first in the work OF road making.
Finally the location Of the Highway
through Eastern Kentucky is only
conditional and any county on the
line which fails TO build its part
OF IL within one year will not only
lose the great Local, State and Ma
tional benefits TO be received there
form but will cause the Commission
TO relocate the highway through
some other section OF our State.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1915-06-03
TROUBLE FOR J. eARLgvcoRN.

There is a doughty fellow, primo
favorite and boon companion OF our
ancestors. who is getting In bad
with the present generation all over
the world. His name Is John Barley
corn.
Peace and war. foreign climates and
lands at home. all alike spell trouble
for John. In the United States he
lodges around the corner at the men.
ton OF votes for women, and has been
evicted from several states where
women do not vote. In Russia, he is
exiled on the plea OF military neces-
sity. In Germany he finds himself
out OF favor with the kaiser: In
France he is Jailed on suspicion OF
lack OF patriotism; in England he Is
tolerated chiefly that he may be taxed.
and is dubbed a lowbrow. even then.
Chicago Journal.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1915-06-03
COST TO THE GOVERNMENT.

Writing on the question OF rev.
enue. sometimes a disconcertins one
TO temperance advocates. Daniel A
Polling. superintendent OF the citi-
zenship department OF the Christian
Endeavor society, aptly points out
that the fact that the voting out OF the
saloon has never been responsible for
the raising OF taxes anywhere sug.
gests the real answer 10 this ques-
ton. When the American govern
ment." says Mr.. Polling" once meas
ures the almshouses. reformatories.
asylums for the insane and peniten-
tiaries for the criminals, and the in.
direct cost In impaired efficiency.
broken character and sterile homes,
II will strike forever from the lips OF
its people this cup OF economical and
financial woe"
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1915-06-03
A PATRIOTIC pIsTILLER.

No. he is not an American. hyphen-
ated or otherwise; he is Prince obo-
lenski OF Russia. and he thus declares
himself: Serious as the matter may
be for us II drunkenness can be eradi-
Gated we distillers are in duty bound
to welcome the reform and make
every sacrifice for II"
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1915-06-03
FUNCTIONS OF BRAIN.

The last formed and highest func-
ton OF the human brain. called con.
sciousness OF right and wrong, is the
first to become palsied from the toxic
action of alcoholic spirits. This palsy
is a feebleness 10 recognize the ethi-
cal relation OF life and surroundings.
DIR. T. ID. Crothers.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1915-06-03
"pRv" TOWNS SCORE HIGH.

Out OF fifty.three high school teams
at Stanford. Cal, that competed for
athletic honors. the six that scored
highest came from dry" towns. At
the interscholasiic field meet, ut
Berkeley same state. sixty-seven high
schools were represented, and their
three leading teams were also from
dry" towns.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1915-06-03
LAeoRINo MEN PROSPER.

DO more laboring men own their
homes now than under the saloon re-
gime?" This was one OF sixteen
questions sent TO fifty cities and towns
OF Tennessee some time ago. The
replies showed an increase OF As per
cent in the number owning their own
homes since prohibition went into ef
feet
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1915-06-03
CRIME PRODUCER.

Liquor is the greatest OF all crime
producers. Out OF l,l50 prisoners In
the prison at one time. 500 we're eth
er drinking or we're drunk at the
time OF the crime. or the deed was
planned in a saloon. Two hundred
and twelve out Of 226 cases OF muir
der we're due to liquor. Orville
l. Kiplinger. Chaplain OF the Indiana
State Prison.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1915-06-03
MAKING PROGRESS.

In 1896, with a population OF 6,0OO.-
900. New York had 32,257 saloons. In
1914. with a population OF 10000.
the state had but 23,473 saloons. an
increase in population OF 100000 in
IS years and a decrease OF s,7si sa-
looms for the same period.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1915-06-03
TIME WASTED.

There is no use wasting time on any
young man who drinks liquor. no mat
ter how exceptit nal his talent--An-
drew Carnegie.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1915-06-03
INTERNATIONAL
SUNDNYSO1OOL
LESSON

CBy q, o. SELLERS. Acting Director OF
Sunday School Course OF Moody Bible
Institute, ChicagoD
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-10-24

dramatic art back to the principles that
underlie all art, and from this he moves
forward in an exposition of what the
American drama may reasonably ex-
pect to achieve under certain conditions
of support and encouragement. Here
the writer discusses the necessity for
social sanction of this particular art
America in relation to such sanction.
He has many informing things to say
on the theater in the open. on pag-
eants and festivals. An initial chapter
gives an interesting. review of the ex-
pertinent of the new theater," re-
view in which reasons for the outcome
of this experiment take a prominent
mary of the American drama In the
light Of its future powers and poss,-
bilities. The book is an Instructive one
and generally interesting one of
highly authoritative and competent
origin
THE STORY OF WELLESLEY. BY
Florence Converse. illustrations by
Norman Irving Black. Boston:
Little. Brown & Co.
This author puts something Of the
filial spirit into this history of the
life of Wellesley 1t is in a very per-
sonal attitude of devotion and loyalty
that she recounts the story of the
founding of this institution and gives
a geographic account of the founder
and his ideals. The record moves for
ward by way of the aims and achieve
ments of the various presidents of the
college, and the quality and methods
and plans of the corresponding facul-
ties. There is a sketch Of the student
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-10-24

Immediately recent years He discusses
trade combinations and the trust prob
lem. He offers a sturdy defense of
the American business man, and sug-
gests practical problems for the in
vesting public. Commenting upon the
panic periods of the United States, the
writer passes to a competent consid-
Grafton of the present business pros
poets. The whole is an authoritative
and important survey of the imme
date situation of business, finance and
legislative tendencies. The book forms
an available and valuable summary of
facts that are hard to get at unless
gathered into volume as the writer
has gathered them here. In addition
to this body of discussion, Mr.. Dawes
has included here certain extracts
from the diary of his son. Rufus Fear
ing Dawes, of untimely and tragic
death, and an address upon the Army
of the Potomac by his father, Gen. R.
r. Dawes.
THE CASE OF AMERICAN DRAMA.
By Thomas H. Dickinson, editor of
Chief Contemporary Dramatists."
Boston: Houghton Mif1in Company.
In this volume Prof Dickinson sur
veys broadly the entire field of dramat-
ic achievement and dramatic outlook
in the United States. In order to reach
standard of accomplishment and aim
in this direction, the writer reviews
the dramatic situation in European
countries, notably in Germany and
France, where state aid, permanent
administration, definite objective and
liberal views prevail in regard to the
drama. From this point, or in connec-
ton with this point, the writer traces
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-10-24

womens But, being much in love like
any common woman, she becomes the
wife of the fine outstanding fellow of
her choice. The story progresses by
way of the slowly developing diff
ferences that creep in under the double
strain of sustaining the all-round role
of wife and that of profession. A
successful architect, this young woman
is frequently called away from home on
business connected with this occupa-
ton. And quite as matter of course,
the expected happens. Estrangement,
separation. long years of many kinds
of unhappiness ensue. with final
makeshift reconciliation that bears no
relation whatever to the bright dream
so confidently. This admirably con-
structed and interesting story is
realistic picture of modern life in one
of it's very plausible aspects.
ESSAYS AND SPEECHES. By Charles
G.. Dawes Boston: Houghton Milf
fin Company.
Taken together these essays consti-
tute an expert examination into the
business situation and outlook of the
United States. The writer. on the one
hand, makes approach to this subject
by way of the mass of legislation that
has in recent years borne directly
down upon business. He analyses this
legislation, taking into account here
the substance of the Sherman anti
trust law, pointing out it's defects and
On the other hand, Mr.. Dawes looks
into the case of modern business
through the medium of the currency
reforms and financial legislation of the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-10-24

and Arsene Lupin to dissipate the
mystery in an amazing dexterity of
performance, in a bewildering success
sion of exciting event. To the lover
of the detective story Father Brown
must prove a well of sheer delight.
THE RIDDLE OF THE NIGHT; Being
the Record of n Singular Adven-
turc of That Remarkable Detective
Genius, Hamilton Cleek, the Man
of Forty Faces, Once known to the
Police as 'The Vanishing Cracks.
man." BY Thomas w. Hanshew,
author of "Cleek of Scotland Yard"
etc. Illustrated by Gordon Grant
New York: Doubleday. Page & Co.
Cleek was never in better form as a
solver of crime problems than in this
tale, in which he Is at first confused
by an unusual array of possibilities,
but with his customary acumen elm
mates the unlikely and finally deter
mines who it was that strangled a sup
posed Austrian nobleman and nailed his
body to the walls of a deserted cottage
This Is a story of revenge. blackmail.
hatred and impersonation which holds
the readers attention to the finish
THE HIGH PRIEsTEss. BY Robert
Grant. author of 'Unleavened
Bread" etc. New York: Charles
Scribner's Sons.
This is a strong and serious story,
and broadly significant in appeal. Its
heroine is the modern young woman
the college-bred product. advanced in
view and thoroughly convinced of the
value of economic Independence for
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-10-24

life, both at work and at play. Then
there is the story of the fire and the
rush of the loyal alumnae to rebuild
the destroyed structures in a glow of
fervid enthusiasm. 1t is complete
and comprehensive story, one that will
find warm welcome to the women
who look upon Wellesley with the pc
culiar love that this institution in
spires in its students and alumnae
POEMS. By Gilbert K. Chesterton.
author of ORTHODOXY" etc New
York: John Lane Company.
Poems on war and love and religion,
rhymes for the times" and rhymes
for every period of time and every sort
of cline. make up this little book of
verse by the author of Orthodoxy"
and the creator of Father Brown"
These are slashing poems, cutting
way through the misdeeds of govern
mants and the vanities of men in
manner that says quite plainly. You
are all dead and done for, but I will
give you a kick all the same just to re-
mind you of what you might have been
and done" AS spirited comment on
the passing show, Mr.. Chestertor's
poems are of the essence, If not quite
up to the general quality of Mr. Ches-
terton's prose.
FLOWER OF THE GORSE. BY Louis
Tracy. author of The Wings of the
Morning." etc. New York: Edward
J. Clode.
An American artist and his daughter.
living on the coast of Brittany, take a
sail in high seas and heavy weather
along shore on a matter of business.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-10-24

and on their return they assist in the
rescue from a stranded steam yacht
of the crew and the owners wife, the
owner having been killed in the course
of debarkation. The lady proves to be
the former wife of the artist, concern
ing whom the daughter has been in ig-
norance This situation proves COM
pick in the little fishing village. and
Mr.. Tracy makes a most interesting
story of the device adopted to prevent
the matter becoming a subject OF gos-
sip and of the schemes of a dishonest
secretary to blackmail his employers
widow An atmosphere of particularly
intense quality is created. The Breton
peasants figure picturesquely in the
drama. Mr. Tracy always makes his
situations interesting and his char
acters lifelike, and in none of his stor-
les more so than in Flower of the
Gorse."
THE ASHIEL MYSTERY; n Detective
Story. By Mrs. Charles Bryce. New
York: John Lane Company
Mrs. Bryce's success with Mrs. Van
derstein's Jewels" which was her first
essay at n mystery story" will be
more than repeated in The Ashiel
Mystery" which is a better story, with
well suspended interest and a dra-
matte denouement. There are various
strands in the web of circumstance
a young heiress, concerning whose iden-
nobleman, hunted by an avenging band
of Russian nihilists. and a couple of
nephews, each of whom is suspected of
his murder in the library of his Scotch
castle. Mrs. Bryce presents as her
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-10-24

elucidator of the crime Detective Gin
let of London. whose methods are quiet
and effective.
THE WHITE FEATHER. BY Lechmcrc
Worrail and J. l.. Harold Terry.
New York: Edward J. Clode.
Some time ago highly patriotic young
women in England went about handing
white feathers to young men who fail
ed to enlist. or who gave no sound rea-
son for their abstentiou from military
duty. Such an enthusiast undertook to
bring shame to Christopher Brent at
his seaside boarding house. not know
ing that Mr.. Brents failure to enlist
was due to the fact that he was en-
gagged in a much more important work
for his government than trench duty.
and one involving indeed almost as
grave degree of peril. For Mr. Brent
was trailing a group of German spies
who were sending admiralty secrets by
wireless. carrier pigeons and other sig
nails to submarines: secrets which were
filchcd from the London office by the
son of the boarding house keeper The
authors work their situation to a tragic
climax, Mr.. Brent and his coadjutor.
Mrs. Lee. thwarting the designs of the
spies at the last moment a lively ro-
the story. which is an interesting dis
closure of present-day conditions In
England.
A JOURNAL OF IMPRESSIONS. BY
May Sinclair, author of The Three
Sisters" etc. New York: The Mac
MILAN Company
Students in search of accurate and
substantial information about Belgium
or about the war are warned by the
author that her book reflects her i'm
pressions and nothing more.
For the reader who can find pleasure
in diary glimpses of wounded soldiers
and distracted refugees. and who cares
to travel through heart broken coun-
try with the secretary and reporter
of an ambulance corps, the trip is made
as attractive as could well be expected
by the narrative interest with which
each experience is met before passing
on to the next one.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-10-24

George Washington china relies in
one of the special cabinets made for
the collection and placed on the
ground floor of the White House,
where the public has access.
The White House collection of presi :
Dental ware is one of the most inter-
esting historical collections in the
country. and an interesting story is
attached to the acquisition of every
piece in it.
The collection wassbegun with parts
of sets of dinner services used by
seven Presidents found in the White
House. 1t was placed in two cabinets
in the lower east corridor of the man.
sion. which were designed by Mrs.
Theodore Roosevelt She always took
an interest in everything pertaining to
american history and was anxious to
DO all that lay in her power toward
ware and continuing the collection
until it became representative of
every administration from that of
George Washington to the present.
Eight shelves were filled with china
used during the Lincoln. Grant. Hayes,
Arthur, Harrison, Cleveland, Mckinley
and Roosevelt administrations This
original collection has been augment
ed by gifts from descendants or friends
Of the various presidents until it now
fills four cabinets and approaches COM
pletion.
One shelf is filled with pieces from
the state dinner set which Mrs. Roose-
Welt ordered and which is still used
as the state set. 1t is of beautiful
Wedgewood. decorated with a simple
colonial patter in gold and the diverse
of the great seal of the United States
enameled in colors on each plate. This
set contains more than twelve hundred
pieces. and from these were selected
a dinner platter, dinner, breakfast, tea
and soup plates, with a tea and coffee
cup and their saucers. for the collec-
ton.
Another striking shelf is that which
contains the Hayes china. Each dish of
the original set was different, the de-
signs being selected to represent the
flora and fauna of every state in the
Union. similar idea is embodied in
the design of the Harrison china
Mrs. Harrison, who was china
painter of note. is said to have de-
signed the china which she ordered
during her husbands administration.
She ,entwined the goldenrod, which she
desired to have adopted for the ma
tional flower, and Indian corn to form
a wreath around the edge of the plates
and placed the coat of arms of the
country in the center.
This plan of using the indigenous
plants of the country to suggest the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-10-24

may be shown. The time is still I'M
propitious for the return of paintings
abroad. Yet it is difficult to consum-
mate the details of arrangements for
holding them and showing them here.
Each section is under the charge of
special foreign. commissioner.
The paintings themselves come into
our country free, but there is a duty
on frames and the frame is an integral
part of the picture-hence the pictures
and frames are brought in lin bond"
and cannot be freely shipped from
place to place unless the duty on the
frames is paid or special concession
secured.
There are. of course, no such restric-
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| able.
| TrHE Society of Illustrators is holding
1 it's annual exhibition in the galleries
| of the National Arts Club, New York.
There are 241 exhibits. and the display
as whole is exceedingly varied and in
teresting. Much of the work is in color,
and many of the works shown are car
ried as far, if not farther. than the
| majority of paintings produced without
thought of reproduction.
Impressionism, post-impressionism and
the like do not lend themselves kindly
to illustrative purposes, hence Illustration
has to a great extent escaped the
vagaries of current fashion in the world
i of art Paradoxically speaking, it is up
to date" but not modern" Indeed. one
may almost venture the belief that it is
a bit old fashioned--for the storytelling
element is there strongly in evidence.
But as Kenyon Cox has said. artists
have told stories since the beginning,
and not the least, but the greatest. among
Them such as Rembrandt. Indeed. some
times reviewing the field of American
art, one MAY question whether or not
the illustrators more than their brother
painters have not interpreted contemporary
life and gotten most truly into their
culiarly national.
To be sure illustration is essentially
literary. But what writer has more
wildly pictured life of the farmer and
, his family than A. B. Frost-or who has
given US more striking glimpses of life
, in urban social circles than Charles Dana
Gibson? But the illustrator is not always
merely the accompanist of the author.
| In this illustrators, exhibition in New
York at present there is interesting
i group of Autographs by Joseph Pennell
which, while illustrative. were primarily
produced becauAe of the pictorial quality
of the subjects-"Assisi." London From
f! the Artists Window" Waterloo Bridge"
etc.
| There is another group of charcoal
drawings by Thornton Oakley Illus
trating the great industrial workshops
of Pittsburgh-the blast furnaces seen
at night and at twilight wrapped in
there is a set of drawing in crayon and
colored chalks on gray paper by Walter
Hale picturing little towns abroad
some of which today are no more.
And there are big strong canvases,
full of action and life. pictures which
more. AS far as medium goes there
seems to be no restriction whatsoever,
and there is not one b. many styles 1t
| is an interesting and encouraging exhi-
bition and it is to be regretted that it
! is not to be shown here.
eHHE prints shown at the San Fran
cisco exposition which received
medals are to form a small choice col
lection which. under the patronage of
Joseph Pencil. is to be shown in the
annual exhibition of the Philadelphia