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The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1915-10-21
ONE PRIVILEGE OF DYSPEPTIC
At Least He Has Keen Enjoyment In
the Satisfaction of Quench-
ing Thirst.

It is one Of the few privileges of the
dyspeptic that he thoroughly under
stands what thirst is, and consequent
ly thoroughly enjoys the quenching of
it. Not for him the moderation of the
exasperatingly well-balanced man who,
in the hottest weather, only moistens
his lips with little water, or at the
most washes out his mouth, but does
not swallow the cooling liquid.
No, the 6yspeptic requires his drinA5'
to be very long, and either very cold
or very hot, and when in hot weather
the dyspeptic hears the tinkle of ice
and glass, and sees the dullness Of
frost on the outside of tumbler, he
knows that one Of the pleasantest
physical sensations procurable for him
in this world is at hand.
His imagination is stirred, not only
by the thought Of liquid matter pass
ing down his throat, but by the arti-
fetal differences of temperature which
he is about to produce, by the idea of
a cold glacial stream being poured into
the arid desert of his system.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1915-10-21
Thu Men of the Aran Islands.

Later l met a man from the Aran
islands, which lie off the coast of Gal
way, far out of the world in the wind
and the rain, and he told me proudly
of the place. They're good people
there" he said. II don't suppose you'd
find any better people anywhere In
the world. And they're old-fashioned,
too; maybe that's the reason for it.
You'd see them wearing clothes they
made themselves, grown and woven
right there in the islands, and the
women wear shawls they've made
themselves. You'd see the pampoo-
ties, shoes made of cowskin, that they
use for walking on the rocks. They're
bold sailors, too, and daring; sure,
they have to be, and they go right
out in the Atlantic itself. They have
skin boats they go fishing in, with
high bow to them, the like of that one
there. My uncle had hooker he used
to run, and he was lost of her-he was
anchoring one time, and somehow he
got the chain around his leg, and it
pulled him overheard, and drowned
him. But he was a damn fool to get
caught so, God save him. "A. S. Hill
debrand in the Forum.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1915-10-21
REAL SECRET OF HAPPINESS
Many Things Contribute 30 Condition
Which II Was Meant All
Should Enjoy.

It would be we'll with us all If we
could learn that happiness is an as
celtic thing. 1t is the science of sac
rifice. 1t is the art of denial. 1t is
the gospel of simplicity. Try to accus-
tom yourself to the great, grand, grave
realities of being, and Joy will roll
over you in pillows. The greatest,
grandest, and gravest reality in life
of man is that old, sweet splendor
called love. 1t has thousand forms,
but in every form love is an ascetic
thing. 1t is giving up and a giving
out. It is the enduring harmony Of
life for man in the mass and for man
as an adventurer in search Of Joy. II
we had the courage to solve all our
political and social and domestic prob
lens by resorting fearlessly to the
touchstone Of love, there would be
very little suffering left in the state
and in the separate soul. But we
have not the courage, towards that
we are.
Yet we need not be towards all
our lives long. We can attain the
valiant peace that love confers If we
resolve to live in single and separate
moments dominated by it's law. Our
soul can be set like an Aeolian harp,
ready to be breathed upon by the
wind of hope that blows across the
good salt sea. The things that cor
rode our hearts are easily abandoned.
The rapture that is born of stern de-
NAL costs nothing. 1t is free to all.
It is not to be bought with gold. All
that we need is the strength of will
to make our lives clear and clean
and sane in the service and alteration
of self1ess love. Can we do it as ma
tons? Can we do it as membranes
Douglas.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1915-10-21
conxincinn Evidence.

Lord Morley used to tell a quaint
story OF man who was arrested by
the French during the Franco-Prus-
sian war. They found upon him a
letter from his mother, dated Berlin,
and jumping to the conclusion that he
was German spy, in spite of his ve-
hement protestations that he was an
Englishman, condemned him to death.
AS he was being led to the place of
execution he insisted that he had left
something behind him and must go
back for it. He was told that he could
not possibly go back, and was about
to be shot.
by all means" he replied, "but /
must go back and fetch what i have
left behind
What is it," he was asked.
II have" he replied, left my UNI.
brella.'
Straightway the French became con-
WINGED that no one but an Englishman
could be so interested in an umbrella
and accordingly liberated him.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1915-10-21

Of honor, and that she would remain
true to him. It is not often that the
destinies of Europe are changed by
young officers prank. l could picture
the deadly wrath of the Emperor
Franz Joseph when he received the
message-if, indeed, the Italian am
.bassador did not discreet1y modify it's
purport. And l think Prince Niklas,
who sacrificed his financial needs for
the sake of his fatherIand, will find
himself the most impoverished mon
arch in Europe if he comes home safe
from the war.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1915-10-21

least, it is necessary to assume that
he did not.
''It seems to me-" said the king at
last, with frank brutality, that ruler
who does not scruple to accept sub
sidy from Italy, and whose every visit
to my court OF recent years has had
for its one object the borrowing OF
fresh funds, should not press me on
matters of policy. In fact" he said
concluding, sit is impertinent, and |
resent it in the strongest possible
manner"
The rough old man controlled his In
dignation. Prince Niklas has the saw
ing grace of humor, which lends a
finishing touch to rough character.
my dear son-in-law.' he answered,
in the Calabrian peasant dialect OF
Italy, which he had mastered during a
long sojourn in the south at an early
and unchronicled period of his life, 1T
is the privilege of father-in-law to
demonstrate with young man who Is
about to lose his situation and become
unable to support his daughter in her
proper station of life. You are aware,
Victor" he added, that Italia Irreden-
ia is not forgotten among your peo-
pie"
imagine that all my readers are
acquainted with the meaning of this
expression, but for the benefit Of any
who are not I will explain that Italia
Irredenta- unredeemed Italy-is the
name given to that portion of the Aus
TRAN Nominations on the north and
east shores of the Adriatic which is
inhabitated by Italians and has not
yet been regained by the Italian peo-
pie. 1t is, of course, the existence
under Austrian rule Of this strip OF
territory that is the cause of all Italy's
heartburnings against the dual mon
archy.
"Now, Victor" continued the old
man grimly, "if you go too far in sup
port of Austria and Germany you
are going to lose your throne. You
haven't any job. And how do you ex-
pect to support my daughter as con-
noisseur of coins 2"
This bantering allusion to the kings
well-known hobby Of coin collecting
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1915-10-21
don't know how I am going to get

I don't know how am going to get
home, in fact"
King Victor reflected. Having re-
fused one favor, he was naturally In
the mood to bestow another in COM
pensation. His ambassador at Vienna
had telegraphed him that day that
Niklas' account was overdrawn. Ii
Niklas went to war with Austria his
Vienna funds would at once be con-
fiscated; to place sum of money to
his credit there would insure the
crafty old mans keeping the peace.
Prince Niklas saw his irresolution.
and produced a piece OF paper from
his waistcoat pocket
eff you will send that to the am
bassador at Vienna" he said, "you
will earn my eternal gratitude, and
assure you you shall hear no more
pleas for neutrality on the part OF
Italy"
King Victor read the paper as fol-
lows:
place in the Chernagara vaults liras
IOVsVUU DIT pal Oils Jul OAuCl, uA0 " =
demand be promptly entered to H. Fl.
account and be credited all allow
ance"
''Di San Giovanni" said the king,
tossing the paper toward the marquis,
"what do you think Of this?"
The Marquis shrugged his shoulders.
'Tf your majesty wishes 1t to be paid,
it will not seriously affect your rev.
enues," he answered.
"Then wire 1t to our ambassador at
Vienna" said the king, and, ignoring
the old princes protestations OF graft
tude, he stalked out Of the room.
AS soon as he had gone old NiklaA
who, besides being poet, prides him
self upon his penmanship, sat down to
embellish the document with much
flourishing of capitals and chiro
graphic idiosyncrasies. Now, whether
the marchese suspected something
whether he was privy to the conspir
acy, or whether he was merely taken
in, Della Campagna did not inform me
But the form in which the document
went ultimately to the telegraph Office
was as follows:
place in the Chernagara vaults
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1915-10-21

reused his majesty to white-hot fury.
He jumped out of his chair.
81 have heard enough" he ex-
claimed. "You will leave Italy at once
and never presume to return. The
meeting is at an end" he added, speak
ing to the Marchese di San Giovanni,
who had been trying vainly to eaten
Niklas' eye.
But. as he was stalking Indignantly
out of the room, with one of those dra-
matte changes of mood that charac-
terize the southern Slav, Prince Niklas
threw himself upon his knees before
him, barring his way to the door.
Forgive me, Victor!" he exclaimed
in penitence, catching at the kings
hand and raising it to his lips, DO
what you wish so long as you pardon
me for my indiscreet bluntness OF
speech. I was thinking only OF my
daughters future
st can attend to that" replied his
majesty stifly, trying to get past the
importunate old man.
"But you will forgive me?" pleaded
Niklas, rising to his feet.
81 will accept your apology, an
swered Victor, now half relenting.
There was another matter / wanted
to speak to you about" said Prince
.Niklas. 'You know that the mobillzar
ton of the Montenegro troops has
cost me lot of money"
"You are fool to go to war, Nix
las said the king bluntly. 4 shall
be compelled to occupy your terri
tory"
"But, my dear son-in-law, we have
not yet gone to war;" replied Niklas
suayely. Mobilization does not nee
essarily mean war. However, as |
was saying. it has cost me a good
round sum-a hundred thousand liras,
in fact, and il ! have to call on you
to preserve my throne for me, when |
fly in the face of my country's wish
and refuse to fight"
$50 you want hundred thousand
liras?" demanded King Victor.
Immediately" responded the old
man. "The bank at Vienna wires me
that my account is overdrawn. I
thought I had some money left. but
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1915-10-21

liras 100000 at par Paris our order
and we demand be promptly entered
to HI. H. account and be credited all
allowance. Under H. M. signature. ID
Giovanni.
by Our Royal Warrant, 4th. Aug
It. r. ""
Why was the dispatch sent in Eng
lish? Because English has begun to
supplant French as the language OF
diplomacy. But to an Italian ambas-
sador? There can enlighten no one.
Prince Niklas was proud Of his Eng
lish, and, as soon as the Marchese
had signed and had affixed the royal
seal, he took the precious paper in his
hands and ran like boy to the tele-
graph Office.
And that was the innocent dispatch
which sent Europe wild with wrath
and Joy a few hours later, when the
news ran that the Italian ambassador
at Vienna had called upon the Emper-
or Franz Joseph and informed him
that Italy would maintain neutrality in
the impending struggle.
This done, the outburst of threats
against Italy prevented Victor from
disavowing his ambassadors state.
ment. AS for old Niklas, he had hur
ried back to Montenegro by the first
boat, and was already massing his
fighting men upon the slopes of Cher.
niagara, to lead them in aid of Serbia
against the hereditary foeman, across
the border.
Who betrayed the royal cipher?
There Della Campagna, graceless
scamp though he proved himself IN
betraying Niklas' confidence, would
not bulge an inch. In vain / pleaded
my past assistance to him in a certain
diplomatic embodiment. Della Cam
pagna was adamant But he did ex
pound to me the cipher, which was
changed on the following day.
do you see anything strange about
that message, Mr.. Ky" he asked.
I scanned it closely. The letters, OF
course, were the customary abbrevia'
lions. H. Fl. stood for his highness'
H. M. represented his majesty It. r
v. meant merely '1taliae Rex Victor
or Victor, king Of Italy" Yet there
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1915-10-21
ITALIA IRREDENTA BELLUM
IGNORAT. V.

"The v at the end stands for Vic
tor It Is customary in sending
message to append ones name or mi
tials, you know explained Della Cam
pagna patiently.
italia Irredenta ignores the war" /
translated. well, I don't think much
of your Latin, Della Campagna. It
sounds more like medieval Latin than
the language OF Virgil and Cicero, but,
as an arch-plotter award the cake
to YOU"
IT thought you would be amused
replied the young fellow suavely.
"And now, excuse me. have an APP
pointment with lady"
watched the young fellow swing
away with his graceful stride, and /
confess hoped that 1t was the maid
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1915-10-21

I stared at it In perplexity. 1t
seemed strangely familiar to me; yet
for the life of me could not make 1t
out, or think of any word ending in
the letter v.
Surely, my dear friend, you have
not forgotten your Latin?" Della
Campagna demanded.
And then the puzzle existed no
longer. Mechanically my eye sorted
out the words:
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-03-02
JANE WHITAKER VISITS THE HOUSE OF THE
GOOD SHEPHERD HERE'S HER STORY
BY Jane Whitaker

when visited, the House of the
Good Shepherd there was in my mind
the criticisms. I had heard regarding
it and shortly after the mother SUI
perior had greeted me and given me
permission to inspect the institution
I asked her if she would be willing to
tell me the reason for some Of the
things objected to by some of the
girls and by some of the people out
side who have talked to me.
l took her smile as an assent and l
started.
There is criticism of the censor
ship of correspondence you maintain.
Is it true that you so Tigidly censor
correspondence"
We certainly do rigidly censor it, :"
she answered, "and in that we have
the support of the federal govern
ment. These girls are, many of them,
practically white slaves. They are
placed here to protect them from
their former environment. If that
environment had been the right one
they would not have come here.
eve open the letters they receive.
If there is some advice or suggestion
in the letter that in our opinion the
girl should not receive and that will
not help her to build a new and better
life we return the letter to its writer.
eff the letter is from one of her old
friends or from some man she knew
we also return these. The letters the
girl herself writes are read by us lest
there should be something written to
some former companion, some plan
made that we do not thing it advis-
able to have made.
eve try to break the girl away
from the past that placed her where
she is. We only permit her relatives
to visit her and that visit is in a meas
Ure censored by us, since a sister sits
in the room with the girl"
TT is also declared that you do not
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-03-02

lie, the mother answered, "and that
again is to protect the girls. We have
no objection to any one VINO has a
real interest and a genuine motive
going through the institution, but 70
throw it open to the inspection of the
public would mean that we would
have no way of knowing but that a
man was a white SLAYER and merely
wanted to look over our girls and per
haps identify some girl or perhaps
in manner undetected by us COM
mUnicate with her.
Then we feel that it is not kind
to the girls to have many visitors go
ing through the institut on. You will
find that a number Of girls will hide
when the word is circulated that a
visitor is coming.
MANY Of these girls are from very
fine families and they do not wish to
be recognized and they are ashamed
of having reached the place where
they should be sentenced"
I'VE received an anonymous letter
from a girl complaining that she had
had to work in the laundry l next
said.
"Assuredly the girl have to work.
In any institution they must work.
What good would be accomplished if
we let them sit around idly eXchang-
ing gossip? They are taught many
things that we think will help them
when they leave. Their work is not
hard, but they must work"
"Since this is a nonsectarian home
and Protestant as well as Catholic
girls are sent here, do you insist that
they follow the Catholic form of wor-
ship? asked. Though 1 am not a
Catholic myself, l am making this
query merely to answer criticism.
Personally, I never discuss creeds Of
religion"
How absurd, the mother laughed.
eve could not force them to follow
any form of worship. It would be
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-11-05

fees are always moderate wholly within
money matters keep you from beginning
begin treatment and pay as you can
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-11-05

THE Butterfly on the Wheel will
be presented only three more times
by this clever local stock company.
tonight. tomorrow matinee and night,
and then the bill is changed The
above play has done remarkably well
here as il has a plot that is vitality
interesting 10 everyone. IL deals with
divorce and treats the subject very
frankly. To those that are contem-
plating a plunge into the matrimonial
abyss. from whence So many people
emerge into the divorce court and
others find the true way 10 happiness
and fortunately they are in the pre-
dominance A visit TO the theater TO
see this wonderful play should be en-
couraged as they may find out some
thing that may save them many a
heart ache, as 10 teaches and breaches
against the folly of people not trust
ing each other absolutely. The But
terhy On the Wheel" appeals directly
TO every woman, and the fair sex has
been at the oliver fl big crowds this
week and the men were not far be-
hind.
Starting with the matinee Sunday
anniversary week will start. 1t will
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-11-05
AT THE LASAJIF-

The perturbation of "Zaza" by the
Famous Players Film Co. at the La
Sale today with Pauline Frederick
in the celebrated title role. recalls
TO mind that at the time that Mrs
Leslie Carter made her appearance in
the role several years ago. the New
York dramatic critics declared that
she was the one woman on the Amer
lean stage who could have success
fully played the part. But the critics
are the first 10 declare that Miss Fred
erick is the one woman who can ap-
proach this stupendous task with a
iustihable expectation of success.
on Saturday Theda Bara will be
seen in the big religious picture pro-
duced by the William Fox Co. entitled
Sin" This is a phOtodrama out Of
the ordinary featuring Theda Bara in
the leading role of a romantic Italian
girl. The plot revolves around an
Italian girls lovers. and their desper-
ate efforts TO gain her favor. Besides
Miss Bara, William Shay and other
experienced players will be seen in the
cast.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-11-05
AT THE ORPHFUM

Capacity audiences every perform
ance at the Orpheum Thursday TO see
the German Side OF the War as shown
by the Chicago Tribune motion pic
lures.
Mgr. Allardt OF the Orpheum
theater, where the German war views
are being shown, indicates his posi-
ton with reference TO any hyphenated
American. AS the last war picture
fades from the screen a beautiful
American flag replaces il and the or
chestra plays the Star Spangled Ban
ner." The land of the free and the
peaceful looks better than ever after
an hour and quarter of the Tribune
war views.
The Orpheum was crowded at every
show, the receipts going far in ad-
vance Of the normal Thursday in spite
OF the fact that the usual Thursday
matinee audience was not present
There were a great many Germans
present and probably more Hungar-
ians than were ever seen in q theater
in this city before.
The pictures were taken by Edwin
T. Weigle of the Chicago Tribune.
and II is evident that he risked his
life many times to obtain them. One
could not be as close as he was to
bursting shells. follow advancing
sharpshOOters and record the firing
Of the immense guns that made the
camera tremble, without great risk.
The pictures show The German
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-11-05

Side OF the War" The enemies are
not observable except occasionally as
prisoners or hospital patients. The
enemy is not seen In the kind Of
warfare that employs guns that ex-
plode 1000 pound shells 26 miles
away. But soldiers are seen moving
upon entertainments, crawling a few
feet at a time and dealing death and
destruction with small rapid-fire guns
scarcely larger than the man who fires
them. Intimate views are given Of
huge steel monsters that produce YER
liable earthquakes at each discharge.
The details of the rushes across fields
and through woods are shown with
surprising clearness and many scenes
produce thrills by their startling re-
ality.
Then there are the sombre scenes,
the men forever blind, the terribly
manned, scores with both legs gono
and so many OF them mere boys. The
spectators are very quiet as these
views fash past on the screen and the
music is in perfect harmony with the
subjects