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Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1915-03-23
CREAM FOR CATARRH
OPENS UP N0STRlLS
Tells How To Get Quick Relief
from Head Colds. It's Splendid

In one minute your clogged nOstrils
will open, the air passages of your
head will clear and you can breathe
freely. No more hawking, snuffling,
blowing headache, dryness. No strug-
Cling for breath at night; your cold
Or catarrh will be gone.
Get a small bottle of Ely's Cream
Balm from your druggist now. Apply
a little of this fragrant, antiseptic,
healing cream in your nostrils. 1t pen
etrates through every air passage of
the head, soothes the infamed or swol-
len mucous membrane and relief
comes instantly.
It's just fine Don't stay stuffed up
with a cold or nasty catarrh-Relief
comes SO quickly. Hooks Pharmacy.
advt
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1915-03-23

, rule he is very sensitive; all too well
he knows he is ugly, so why drive
the iron deeper? Rather, teach him
there is higher beauty, that of the
spirit, beauty that never fades, and
that upon himself rests the decision
whether or not it shall be his.
Colors have great deal to 40 with
enhancing a child's ugliness. The
swarthy child becomes only swarthier
in delicate shades of blue or pink, red
hair and red or green clothes are en-
tirely out of harmony, while an ILL
fitting suit detracts from the appear
ance of any one. AS a matter of fact,
physical perfection or imperfection is
often merely a question of years. The
beautiful child of today is not neces-
sarily the handsome man or woman OF
tomorrow; on the other hand, maturity
and improvement in health and happi-
ness may work wonders. Hold your
judgment in allegiance
Years ago, a dreadfully unattractive
baby was born and grew up in most
unlovely and uncomfortable log cabin.
Not many people, / fancy, saw beauty
or attractiveness in that shy, awk-
ward boy, but Nancy Hanks Lincoln
was his mother, and the world rejoices
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1915-03-23
AN ODD FASHION FANCY.

By some odd fancy of fashion 1t Is
not considered smart taste to have any
of the sash ribbon repeated on the neck
or sleeves. The idea seems to be that
there can be too much of good thing.
even when the latter is exquisite In
fabric and design. Moreover. the one
spot or splash of color on dress of
monotone fabric is apt to be spoiled By
the attempt to introduce 1t on other
parts of the gown. as additional cOlors
distract the eye
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1915-03-23
LOVES PILGRIMAGE.


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Love goes out to the worlds bright
beauty
Seeking a crown FOR her glowing
hair,
Wrought in the gold of her deepest
dreaming,
Jewelled with lights that are burn
ing there.
Love goes out to the worlds high
music
Seeking a song for her lips to sing,
Tuned to the Tilt of her hearts rapt
measure,
Timed to the beat of her sun-white
wing.
Love goes out ON her futile questing
Roaming the ways where the world
is young;
Love goes far and her heart grows
weary,
Seeking the crown and the song
unsung.
Love comes back from the great
worlds wonder
Finding them both where she pass
ed them by
Crown of gold on a child's sweet fore
head,
Song of her heart in a child's low
cry.
-Scudder Middleton.
Life is a wood-shed in which every
one of us gets licking.
Say what you will against civili-
cation, it has at least got rid of
whiskers, the appendix and the heart
Women have very simple tastes
They can get pleasure out of the con
versation of children in arms and men
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A TRUE LENT.


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Is this a fast to keep
The larder lean,
And clean,
From fat of veals and sheep?
Is it to quit the dish
Of flesh, yet still
To fill
The platter high with fish?
Is it to to fast an hour
Or ragged to go,
Or show
A downcast look, and sour?
No! It's fast to dole
Thy sheaf of wheat,
And meat,
Unto the hungry soul.
1t is to fast from strife,
From old debate
And hate
To circumcise thy life.
To show heart grief-rent;
To starve thy sin,
Not bin
And that's to keep thy Lent.
Robert Herrick.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1915-03-23

Walking suit of covert cloth, with
short tailored skirt; hip length jacket
with military collar of skunk and trim
ming of self covered buttons; wide.
high placed belt of covert buttoned I'M
der arms.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1915-03-23
FRANCES STARR
ON CLOTHES

Under the title of my Philosophy Of
Clothes" Frances Starr, in the March
Green Book, gives some splendid ideas
and pertinent advice on dress. She
says, in part;
"If were asked what is the key
note of my methods in the. selection of
clothes. should answer: 1T is a
process of elimination Always, /
avoid the extreme. Always, l lessel
the original intended effect, instead of
increasing it, save when that effect is
the always desirable simplicity l wish
to emphasiz that while we should
dress sufficiently, we should not over
dress. We will make no mistakes in
color combinations if we follow the
object lessons furnished us by ma
ture. So l select the three-fold
shades, trinity of colors, provided
they are colors that can live amicably
in one costume. For instance, in The
Secret my first act gown was of flesh
pink, with a girdle and knot, here
and there, of Mather blue, white lace
softening the whole. For the second
act of that play my gown is of white
lace with trimmings of silver A clus-
ter or two Of pink rosebuds completed
color trinity such as l choose be-
cause think it effective. Black, blue,
gray and white with harmonizing
touches of pink or old blue, are my
preferences. When it is fashionable
to wear skirts short. l wear mine
shorter than usual, but not SO short
as the style. There will be, perhaps,
variation of an inch or two from
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the length of my skirts of last
season, but | will have none so short
as this season models. In brief,
try to pay my respects to Madame
Fashion, but do not permit her such
familiarity as to bring upon me my
own contempt nor that of any person
of good taste. If 1 were invited to
give an address on dress to the pu-
pills of girls school, l should begin
and end with Avoid extremes"
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Golden Parfait.
Boil one cup of sugar five minutes
with one-half cup of water. Pou"
slowly in the well-beaten yolks Of five
eggs. Beat well and add one pint IF
whipped cream. Flavor as desired.
Place in mold and pack in ice and salt
four hours.
Silver Parfait.
Same as above, except whites Of
eggs are used, instead of yolks.
Chocolate Cream Pie
Mix two squares Of chocolate on
one half cup of cocoa, one-fourth cup
Of cornstarch, two cups of milk, ono
half cup of sugar, two egg yolks, one
fourth teaspoonful of salt, one table
spoon vanilla. Cook in double boiler
till very thick; pour in baked puff
pastry, cover with meringue made
from two egge whites and brown in
oven.
Strawberry ShOrteake.
Two cups Of -four. oae-half tea
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1915-03-23
MAUD OF THE MUCK-RAKE.

MAUD OF THE MUCK.RAKE.
Maud Muller on summers day
Raked the meadow sweet with hay.
Her pa was not man of wealth,
All that she had was rugged health.
Signing, she said: "Confound the luck,
think I'll go to raking muck"
Because she toiled, wild unrest
And an eager longing filled her breast.
why should have to work" she
cried,
while others scorn me in their
pride?'
with riches they have never earned
. Their backs on me are proudly turned.
The good Lord never planned things
There's something rotten here below.
can Ida Tarhall 7 will no
And whack the plutocrats," said she.
The Judge appeared upon the scene,
Bringing an odor of gasoline.
He stopped to buzz the girl awhile;
She was plump, and he rather liked
her style.
She knew that he possessed a wad,
He though: How sweet name is
Maud"
He spoke of railroad stocks he had,
The maiden listened and was glad.
I'm two years, if my luck is fair
He said, "Ill be a millionaire.
81 travel on passes through the land:
Maud sweetly said: ooh, ART that
grand"
CAS- far as rebates go, I'll say
That regard them as o. K.
"A block of Standard stock | claim
No matter how I got the same.
Now tell me- Maud and tell me true,
Don't | look rather good to you?
Her face against his breast she hid
And gladly answered that he did.
Today she is the Judges wife
And lives in style, enjoying life.
And oft she wonders in her pride
Why people can't be satisfied
Why" she Complains, do critics
pitch
So foolishly into the rich?
why do they ever scold or sigh
Because the things they need are high
Wise Providence has planned affairs,
We rich, alas have many cares.
But while we nobly bear the strain,
Why should the ones below complain
"Of all wise words. the best by far
is: Take things meekly as they are"
Chicago Record-Herald.--
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in love.
A popularity of women's tears is
that women themselves can see
through them. But men, alas, can
not!
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1915-03-23

spoonful baking powder Sift these
together; chop in six tablespoonfu!s
of butter. Mix with one cup of milk
and bake at once in a brisk oven. Split
or cut in thirds, sprinkle with pow
dered sugar, place berries on each
layer and sprinkle more sugar. Serve
with plain, thick cream.
Chocolate Ginger Bread.
Dissolve one teaspoonful of soda in
one of cold water and add to one cup
Of molasses. Add one teaspoonfui
each of cinnamon, ginger and salt.
Melt two ounces of chocolate with
three tablespoonful of. butter, and mix
with molasses and spices. Add two
cups of -four alternately with one half
CUP OF milk Bake in gem pans for
twenty minutes.
almond MacarOOns.
Chop one-half pound of Jordan al
monds very fine, mix with the whites
of five eggs which have been beaten
until very stiff with a half pound of
powdered sugar. Drop from funnel
on buttered paper and bake in hot
oven.
The Washington herald., 1915-08-22

lation against smallpox, typhus, cholera,
and be examined as to general condition
of health; he receives haircut and bath
and is disinfected in body and clothing.
He also has q health button attached to
his uniform.
Besides the washing facilities in the
living barracks. there are long wooden
tables in front of the barracks on which
the population. thanks to the numerous
hydrants, can place their clothing for
thorough cleaning as often as needed.
The sick are cared for in two barracks
and the barracks of the machine gun
platoon has been fitted up as a general
prisoners hospital. Within its courtyard
are buildings used as wards for several
diseases, such as tuberculosis. German
and French sanitary servants hurry to
and fro. The doctors in their white man
ties go about among the clean beds. The
extensive wards. which at present have
several hundred patients, generally are
hardly different from a great hospital.
All possible care is taken Of the sick.
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fessor; from the gigantic Singaiese TO
the thin turbaned Indian; from the Cana
dian auxiliary to the gaudily dressed
zouave-all kinds and conditions Of men
are to be found here.
Although groups Of prisoners have been
coming to and have left the camp since
the war began, the populace has not yet
lost its interest in new patches who ar
rive, although they give hardly a glance
to the little detail of laborers that goes
willingly along with it's landsturm escort.
Curiosity is still rampant when q draft
Of an unusually large size arrives or the
arrivals are Of a rare Sort such as the
crew Of the English destroyer Maori.
which arrived recently. On Sundays, too,
the interest in the manifold activities Of
the camp shows itself in the strolling OF
the great crowds along the Gruenberger
Strasse, which furnishes on every hand
along the high picket fence something
worth looking at, and tells so plainly and
so impressively that somewhere in the
world outside, far away from the Sunday
afternoon strollers, there is war and that
these men have been a part of 1t.
There, too, can be heard all sorts Of ex
pressions of sympathy or antipathy. The
French who 60 their way with friendliness
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ranged around them, kitchens, bath and
wash houses, guard houses, canteens and
church barracks. TIE building material b
Of creosoted wood. The buildings can be
heated and are well ventilated. Between
the buildings at right angles run the camp
streets, which are kept clean and are
above reproach IN the worst weather.
Inside the palisade which surrounds the
whole institution lie ten separate company
divisions. each including five barracks and
surrounded by stout wire fence. An
elderly officer. usually a captain. COM
mands each company.
The streets of the camp are drained and
connected with sewers. Lines for tele-
phones and electric lights cross them IN
all directions. But all the streets and
squares lie in sight Of the numerous rife
mems towers on the surrounding wall and
can be brought under fire from outside
batteries if a revolt should necessitate
such a measure.
The barracks IN the first place serve as
resting places for the night and in bad
weather. Every prisoner has a clean
straw mattress with appurtenances and
wide shelves on the wall above his bed
are provided for his necessities. Large
cans and basins filled to the brim with
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have thrown open their prison camps to
nations and in every case the commissions
have reported that the conditions are as
satisfactory as could be wished. Russia
is the only nation that has refused to let
American investigators inspect its quar-.
tiers for prisoners.
The modern prison camp is as COM
pletely equipped from a sanitary stand
point as any city. Running water and
model sewer systems have been installed
in all of Their. Electric lights are used
everywhere. The sleeping quarters are as
comfortable - those in a private home
Hospital service and physicians are always
to be had at any hour of the day or night
Fire departments are likewise a part Of
these cities of prisoners.
But in nothing has so great a change
taken place as in the feeding of the prison
ers. The kitchens are models of cleanli
ness and would do credit in this respect
to any irst-class hotel. The bill of fare
Is changed every day and the food Is al
ways of the purest and the best In fact,
the prisoner of the present war is far bet
ter taken care Of than II he were with his
own army and In many cases he has
far better home and far better food than
he had in times of peace.
At Giesser Germany has established
monster prison camp which is ar ideal
institution OF its kind and which is typical
OF the camps that all the western nations
have established. Representatives Of all
the races that are in the field against the
Teutonic allies are to be seen here.
From the husky Scotch Highlander to
TIE puny Belgian citizen, who was pre-
served at the last moment from fruitless
military service by capture; from the
stupid Tartar who bends down in the
street to pick up q cigar or cigarette butt.
- the highly cultured French college pro
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clear water serve for the morning
toilet Air. light. cleanliness and
painstaking order prevail here just
as in a German barrack which is e1-
pecting a visit from the inspector.
Windows and floors shine with recent
cleaning. Each company possesses in its
barracks its own workrooms where, be-
hind big chests, tailors and shoemakers
rule and undertake great and small 70
pairs on shoes and clothing
Ten enormous kitchens care for the
feeding Of the prisoners. In the early
morning three or four prisoners under the
direction Of a skilled German cook are al
ready busy with the preparation Of the
meals Of the day. In four huge kettles al
most breast high there is constant sim
mering.
On the walls hang the bills of fire for .
week. Each prisoner gets a daily ration
Of 800 grams, or about twothirds of .
pound Of bread With this in mind the
task of feeding hundreds Of thousands Of
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and politeness fare the best The Rus
slams are regarded with a grateful feeling
Of superiority. The English receive some
thing Of the regard which is given to wild
beasts behind the bars, but there is not
much good will in the looks which ex-
anime their conceited, smooth-shaven
faces.
The camp consists Of fifty barracks and
is operated by a machinery of government
no less complicated than that of q mod
crate sized city. In addition to the ad
mnistration building, lying outside. there
are the fifty barracks which are each and
every one built on a pillar foundation and
raised about two feet from the ground.
Absolute dryness is secured for the rooms
in this way.
The extensive ward barracks are ar
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whelmed with emotion and their minds
confronted with such mighty happenings
that they are too strained to conceive Of
them justly.
Spontaneously as patriotic songs
spring to the lips Of soldiers on the
march, poetry flows from the pen Of
every Frenchman who tries to express
what he feels in the present eircum-
stances. Simplicity and sincerity. con-
sequently, are the chief characteristics Of
this verso from the trenches, and 1t
would seem that France il finding it,
youth again and can understand only
two essential passions-great hate and
great love.
Love Is the subject Of all these new
poets-not love Of man for woman, but
love Of France. Of her ruined buildings
and villages. Of her imperiled traditions,
and Of her sons who have died and who
are about TO die It is love born of
hate for her enemies.
~ martial spl1it brsathss In the Pc
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ture presented BY Lieutenant Jacob, Of
the One Hundred and Forty-nrst ipfan-
try, Of Q troop movement. He writes:
Comes the order to advance. and the squads
deployins wide ....r
Seek the foe on every side,
Bold but slowly 'gainst the chance Of the
warning sound that fills
The air with whisper as II kills.
Prince Charles of Bourbon is RESPONSE
BILE for this poem to the memory of Q
private. voituret, who achieved fame In
the battle Of the Narne:
The river Marne flows red today. and Will
still fedder Aow.
For see where singly voituret has
stretched six foemen low.
The lion fighting for its prey the iercer
grows a. triumphs show
A crash Of shell-voiturets day fate turns
70 nisht-so brave men 90!
otAsr poems pay homage 70 the Dad
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Batt1efie1ds Awaken the Gentle Muse of Poetry

on the field of honor, and quite num-
Der are tributes to heroic Belgium. One
reads as follows:
What Of your rights or treatiesT-
The naughty German word
Stand by or die, as make my way!"
Calmly, proudly, Belgium heard.
What of my soul and honor?
Steadfast her reply
''On the cross. but not on the scaffold.
IL the Belgian way to die!"
Another soldier-poet, Jean de KerlacQ.
writes OF King Albert Of Belgium Is fol-
lows:
The cup Of very blood you drank
Nor fore the agony quailed or shrank.
Think not we reckon slight Of this,
Valiant IN field and sacrifice!
Our children shall the legend tell
OF Albert, king. whose name shall spell
whersvf rod - none other can:
'-0seak King. oEsat 4olo3sg. and . Mani
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veniences and I'm
prOvementS and
Every Comfort of
Home Found in
These Mushroom
municipalities the
M o dern Prison
Camp.


come IN the methods of waging
war and IN the things that fol.
low In war; trail none has
been so revolutionary as those that have
struck the prison camps.
In former years prison camps were thu
shame of the nations. Men were herded
together, exposed to the weather, unpro-
tected from the ravages of the diseases
that always lie in wait where great mum.
oers OF people are gathered without SUM-
cient sanitary arrangements.
The awful cruelties that the Greeks and
ferslans In the ancient days inflicted on
their prisoners were unspeakable. In the
middle ages prisoners were thrown into
dungeons, there to die of sickness or
starvation. Unspeakable mutilations were
inflicted on them. In the NapoIeonic
times the awful conditions that prevailed
IN the prison camps of the various nations
have been the shame of the nations since
Even so late as the American Civil war
the prison camps were conducted In bar
barrie cruelty-the name Of Libby prison
even today being the name for all that is
horrible and disgusting in prison life
The change that has come about in this
war is revolutionary. Every nation en-
broiled has founded huge concentration
camps to provide for the prisoners it has
captured. and these camps, with perhaps
one exception. are models of sanitation.
humaneness and comfort.
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w HAT is there about the rattle
M Of rife fire, the choking
clouds of powder smoke and
the laundering roar Of artil-
lery that waken in the soldiers on the
battlefelds the gentle muse Of poetry?
One generally associates poetry with
the gentler things of life. with . coy
maiden and q blushing youth, for in
stance. But here is France. with her
newspapers and masasines filed with
poems sent to them by soldiers In the
trenches. Nurses and general workers
in the war have Likewise felt poetic IN
spiration and Q great quantity of verse
comes from them.
It must be admitted that In many Of
these efforts the expression does not II
ways measure mp to the subject. The
souls oe thase poets n actioa are ovsg.
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The Kitchens are shining. They and
their white clad cooks would not disgrace
q hotel The storerooms are just as spick
and span. In them, on high shelves,
breads, fruits and vegetables are stored
until they are needed.
The utmost care is given to cleanliness
and health, not only for the sake Of the
prisoners but for the entire country.
Every prisoner who Is brought into camp
has his heart and Kidneys tested by the
camp physician. He must undergo inocu-
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men begins to appear in its proper pro-
portions. typical bill Of fare for two
days Of the week is as follows:
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SUN DAY.

SUNDAY FRIDAY
MORNING. MORNING.
Sugar, so grams Rumford Soup, 50 grams
Coffee 8 grams NOON.
NOON. Canned Peas 40 grams
Beef. LIS grams Potatoes, 400 grams
Noodles, 10 grams Fat, ~ grams
Potatoes 800 grams NIGHT
Fat, 20 grams One Herring
NIGHT. Potatoes, 600 grams
Barley Soup. 100 grams
Potatoes. 100 grams
Rrama
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-07-11

"Humpsti- Bumpsti' these two fiexi-
BILE bump-proof eccentrics suggest
that IL there is any doubt in ones
mind as to the difficulty of taking
these hazardous falls harmlessly. let
the skeptics try 1t.
Karl Statzer and company in The
Coon Detective" will offer an ex-
cruciatingiy funny burlesque skit,
and, completing the bill, is a merry
whirl of musical comedy in tabloid
form
A large and talented organization
of female Ministries will figure con-
spicuousiy on the bill for the latter
half of the week. They are The
Petticoat Minstrels.' The girls have
a complete minstrel performance. the
conventional first part being follow
ed hy an olio of specialties. The
setting in which the feminine trout
badours work is pretty and pic
turesque.
Other features of the same bin are
Walter Melton and company in
Don't Walk In Your Sleep; Friend
and Lesser. presenting singing,
dancing and comedy skit. Krit and
DeMont, who have a comedy, talking
and acrobatic act. and the pretty
and versatile Sirverton Girls who
give hazardous and spectacular OK
hibition of wire dancing and other
midair feats.