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The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-07-23
SUM MER COMPLAINT.

Summer complaint" or diarrhea, is
one of the most dreaded ills which
may befall the baby.
1t is the principal symptom of va
rous forms of Indigestion, some of
them mild and some very serious. But
any undue lOoseness Of the babyS
bowels should put the mother on
guard against illness.
At the appearance of diarrhea, the
city mother should take her baby to
a good doctor. If she has no doctor,
she should go to the nearest infant
welfare station, where a competent
physician will advise her as to the
care of the baby, and the nurses in
attendance will help her carry out his
directions.
In the country, where it is very diff
ficult to get the advice of a doctor, the
mother has a harder problem. Be
cause she is out of the range of in
infant welfare stations, hospitals. and,
often of physicians as well, it is most
important to prevent every attack of
illness possible by careful attention to
the baby's food and general care. as
already advised in these articles.
A pamphlet which may be of help
to the country mother is Infant Care, -
sent free to any one mailing a request
to the Chief of the Children's Bureau,
U. S. Department of Labor, Washing
ton, D. c. This pamphlet contains
simple directions for the care and
feeding of the baby, and suggests some
ways of dealing with various emer.
gencies.
The healthy baby usually has one or
two bowel movements a day. If this
number is increased to four or more
it is time to take measures against
sickness.
1t is we'll to remember, however,
that the bowel movement of a baby
fed entirely at the breast are normally
more frequent than those of a bottle
fed baby, and that a slight increase in
the number of movements is not so
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-07-23

that is, partly breast and partly bottle
fed, the bottle feelings should be
omitted if diarrhea appears, and the
breast given once in four or five hours,
with nothing but drinking water be-
tween meals.
Diarrhea is much more frequent in
July and August than in the cooler
months of the year, which fact has
earned for it the name Of summer
complaint Accordingly the mother
should use every means in her power
during the hot weather to keep the
baby cool In the heat of the day the
baby should wear only a diaper, with
possibly one other thin garment.
Frequent cool sponging and at least
one full tub bath each day, plenty of
sleep, and a constant supply of fresh
air will help to protect the baby from
the excessive heat, and keep him well.
Directions for this health care of the
baby in summer have already been
given in this series of articles.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-07-23
Care of the Baby In Summer

serious a matter to a baby at the
breast as to one arti6cialIy fed. A
baby fed at the breast does not usually
have diarrhea, and when such a baby
shows signs of digestive disturbance.
1t is usually because he is overfed-
either he is nursed too often, or at
irregular intervals, or is allowed to
nurse too long at one time. When he
does have diarrhea, the time between
musings should be increased to 4
hours, and the time at the breast re.
duced to or 10 minutes. If the bow.
els continue loose, the breast should
be Withdrawn entirely for several feed
lngs, if necessary, giving the baby
instead cool drinking water at fire.
quent intervals. In this case, the
mother should pump her breasts at
the regular nursing times, both to
keep them from drying up, and to pre-.
vent tnelr Gazing.
Bottle-fed babies are the most fire.
quent sufferers from summer diarrhea,
and this fact furnishes another strong
argument in favor of breast feeding
Diarrhea in a bottle-fed baby is also
best treated by reducing the amount
of food. The bottle should be omit
ted for s, II or "a hours, according to
the severity of the attack, and in place
Of the milk should be given as much
boiled and cooled water as the baby
will take.
Food should not be withheld for
more than "a hours, without the ad
vice of doctor. When the bottle is
Presumed, the food should be much
weaker than before; water should be
substituted for at least half the milk
previously given. The milk should be
skinned. and the sugar omitted
The return to the former feeding
should be made gradually by adding a
little more milk each day and begin
ming to add sugar The more severe
the attack has been. the more slowly
should changes be made.
If the baby is on mixed" feeding
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-07-23
Training Up a Fiance
BY FLORENCE E. IODER

the aforementioned narangue was
that the little fiancee meekly listened
to every word! Instead of being
amazed, furious, indignant, she consid-
cred that such a speech was the mark
of strong and wonderful character.
She started in patiently to study that
impossible little man. She gave up
the pleasant society of most of her
friends for his sake. She endured all
sorts of impertinenceS and minor in
suits from him cheerfully. In fact, it
is an open question whether she ever
did see either the impertinence or the
insult of his attitude toward herself
The engagement dragged out for
the promised five years. And at the
end OF the allotted period the happy
couple were married. BY this time,
of course, the little bride had all Of
her initiative and most of her spirits
driven out of her. Five years of train
ing" is a long time, and only the very
long suffering could ever survive any
such course.
Unfortunately, however, the mar
riage was very unhappy one. How
could it be otherwise? 1t is true that
the bride had learnt the worse about
her gallant bridegroom. But even a
worm will turn at last-and she did
turn. To all outward appearances
she was the meekest little soul that
ever walked this sinful earth. But
the process of educating" had really
been too much for her. And after
about three months of connubial bliss,
she cleared out of that home, never
to return.
The husband was much annoyed.
| But he refused to run after her. at
is a direct insult to my method of
training" said he to his friends, "and
nothing will induce me to overlook
such a slight. Why, l spent the five
best years of my life in holding her
will to mine, And l thought that
had succeeded SO well. But women
are sly, even the best of themi New
er again will I trust woman No
nothing would induce me to agree TO g
reconciliation! haven't the heart tc
istart in training her again7
Most other instances Of this form o
training" have ended disastrously
Very few ever reach the stage o
matrimony at all, by the way. Fo
long before the altar is reached, tn
, unfortunate damsel is scared off. An
| small wonder that this should be tn
easel
' For, after all, the one great esse1
: tial in matrimony is love. And Low
includes forbearance, kindness an
a very broad charity for any littl
faults on the part Of the other.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-07-23

first" said Jams, then l will trust
you"
dig under that fir tree on the north
side and you will find it, said the
gnome. So Jams dug With his ak, and
sure enough there was a big box OF
gold coins. He took the lid off a Sec
ond time and the gnome hoped uot
gayly.
trugged home, put the box on the Ia
BILE and called his wife. He told her
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-07-23
Bedtime Stories
For Little Folks
JAMS AND THE GNOME.


Once upon time there lived poor
wood cutter named Jams. He was not
only very poor, but his wife was a
cross woman, who spent her time in
scolding him, so that his life was a
sad one.
So one fine morning Jams determin-
ed to leave home forever. He was
tired of the noise and weary of work
ing without a days peace. so he put
his AK on his shoulder and started out
At noon he sat down under a tree to
rest and eat a bit of cold bread he
had in his pocket
AS he sat there he heard timid cry
at his side and on glancing around
found that a fallen tree had left a
great stump sticking up out of the
ground. In the stump was a rusty
iron box. 1t rolled about as if there
were something in it alive.
Let me out, let me out" Jams heard
voice say. So Jams took his AK and
opened the lid. Out of it jumped a
gnome with long, crooked teeth and
great eyes bullying out from his fore
head.
"Ho, ho." the creature shouted, so
at last l am free. How dare you stand
there, you stupid lOut, staring at me-"
"Well," laughed Jams, that is hardly
kind way to serve me, considering
have just freed you from pretty
tight prison"
Tight prison, | should guess So"
replied the gnome. 81 was put in that
box when the tree was but a sapling
and have remained there till now"
And you would be there yet if
had not gotten you free" answered
Jams.
That's So" said the gnome. 'but
when my old enemy, the Jinx, put me
in there forty years ago, l swore that
the man who set me free should not
live to tell the story. That means
will have to take you out over the sea
and drop you into the water"
AS the gnome uttered these words
he began to swell and swell and swell
till he was as tall as a tree.
Jams was frightened, but he did not
let the gnome see that he was afraid.
That's funny he laughed. "You
are so tall now that | do not believe
fyou could get back into your old box
again"
ooh, yes, l could" said the gnome,
81 can shrivel down to it's size in a
minute and show you" And he began
to grow smaller and smaller and
| smaller till at last he was tiny gnome
and crept into the old box. Jams ran
and clapped on the lid mailing it down
tight with the ak.
There Y are again, good and
tight" he laughed. "And you will have
to wait perhaps another forty years
to find someone to let You free"
"Stay a moment pleaded the
gnome ''If you let me out again
promise by the beard of my great
grandfather-which is the sacred oath
of gnomes-that | will not harm you
Besides, will show you box of gold,
in the bargain
"Well, tell me where the gold is
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-07-23

he had great wealth. which he was
willing to share with her if she would
always DE pleasant. Then he opened
the top of the box. When she caught
sight of the golden coins shining, the
woman fell on her knees and promis
ed James that never again would she
speak a cross word-and she kept hef
promise.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-07-23
JUSTICE PETER J. HENDRICK

This is just a glimpse of the crowd
of thousands that awaited Harry
Thaw outside the New York County
Court House when he was freed by
Justice Hendrick. The automobiles
in the centre show one in which Thaw
started on his trip to philadelphia,
and others for newspapermen who &C
companied him on his remarkable
journey.
He drove down Broadway in the
heart of the business section while
crowds lined the street. He was
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-07-23

The long engagement is frequently
cited as a period of ecstatic joy and
of unmitigated bliss, the minor quar-
rels and disagreements which, of
course. do occasionally occur being
looked upon as merely the very neces-
sary rift in the joyous lutte of per-
petual love-making.
While it is perfectly true that the
period of the long engagement ought
to be very happy time, the reverse
side of the picture is too often seen.
But the fault-in this instance lies not
so much in the fact that the engage
ment is long one, but in the DISPOSE
ton of the would-be happy couple who
have presumably given their promises
and their professions Of eternal love
to each other.
Human nature is a curious thing. 1t
breaks out in the most unexpected
places and in the most curious ways.
And love certainly has the oldest man
ifestatiOns | heard an odd tale once
concerning a man who was engaged
TO a very charming Girl But he din't
realize that fact bit. Not he, After
he had duly proposed to her and been
accepted, he told her that they would
probably have a very long engage
incentive years at the lowest esti-
mate.
But. my dear" said he cheerfully,
that's something to be rather glad
about, since | shall regard it as a time
of probation for you. l intend to
spend the five years training you for
the position Of my wife. | hope that
you will make an apt pupil, for | shall
spare no pains in teaching you my
ways and methods. | am of rather a
peculiar disposition and l hate to be
crossed or worried in any way. So il
sill lake quite five years to get you
ata ny particular methods and ways
leing
u at the end of FIVE years l find
that you have not entirely adapted
yourself then | shall consider the en-
gagement at an end. But let us trus
that nothing so unfortunate will oc
cur. If you resolve now to devote
yourself entirely to me, to study m
every mood and to strive perpetual!
to please me in everything. takin
criticism and advice in the spirit i
which it is meant. | think that yo
need have nothing to fear in the wa
OF an ultimate rupture OF our rel;
tons"
And the extraordinary thing abou
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-07-23

And the extraordinary thing about
New Britain herald., 1915-08-20

been practically abandoned bv all countries. In England the monoplane has never been popular, except among exhibition hlerS and aerial acrobats the objection to it being that neither the pilot nor the passenger ever has a. thoroughly good view below him and that for a given horsepower it is actually easier to get high speed out of biplane than out of a monoplane and yet produce a machine which will lift reasonable weights and land. req sonably slowly.
 If one looks at a monoplane and a biplane "head-on" one sees that a monoplane is what is known to every engineer as a king post girder ;, whereas a biplane is a "box girder." The actual amounts of struts and trusses and wires is about the same so that for given width of wing from tip to tip, or span, as it is called, a biplane has two lifting surfaces. one above the other. against the single lifting surface of the monoplane, so that it has twice the lifting area, and yet the amount of stuff in the way of struts and wires to be pushed through the air is roughly about the same and as all these set up what is called head
 
 about the same; also the weight in each case is pretty nearly the same, because it is possible in a biplane or box girder structure to use lighter main spars for the wings.
 In tackling hostile air craft in the early part of the war the usual weapons were either ordinary service rifles or automatic pistols, though a good many pilots, especially the crack fliers or tabloid" scouts preferred to use the old fashioned long barreled revolver throwing a heavy bullet.
 However, it soon became evident that a machine gun mounted on an aeroplane was actually the most eff fcient weapon, but there was the ob- vous difficulty of fitting a machine gun on tractor" machine so that the stream of bullets would not hit the propeller. Various efforts, all of them futile and a good many of them hu- morous have been made to get over this difficulty. Some people have tried fitting a machine gun on the top of a biplane so as to fire over the top of the propeller. and the French even tried fixing the gun so high up on a monoplane that it cleared the propeller tip, but, of course the passenger in each case had to stand up to fire, which was exceedingly uncomfortable for him considering that he is ploughing through the air at over sixty miles an hour.
New Britain herald., 1915-08-20

spite the fact that the two kaisers are practically fighting three-quarters of Europe. Those are the lessons that we want to learn and that's why Gen. eral Wood has hit on this plan to start a school for officers. It is one of the best and most progressive movements that the United States army has taken since its inception. We don't want a tremendous standing army; not by any means. But we want a reserve force that can take the field at a moments notice, equipped, prepared and ready to fight the moment the command comes."
 Expenses Are Small.
 The expenses are small and, exclu- sive of railroad fares, do not exceed $50 for a month of training. Uniformo and special clothing cost about $20: board and other camp expenses do not exceed $50; all arms and other equip mcnt are furnished by the United States army without cost.
 At 5:30 in the morning the bugle sounds and the men turn out for short
New Britain herald., 1915-08-20

cording to one of the officers. who is an instructor at the summer school The men are poorly officered, he said, as they themselves have not been schooled into a real soldierly educa- tion.
 ''The United States army today said this officer, "is in such shape that for as small a force it is 1t is a splendid fighting machine. The new reorganization army bill calls for 63, = 900 men for foreign service. This will mean a great drain on the supply of officers in this country. In addition, the men available for home duty are about twice as many the police force of New York.
 We could never have such a thing in this country. But you cannot find single officer in the regular army who isn't in favor of universal mli- tary service. Orators may say that it is repugnant to a free republic to com pei men to serve in the army. But the professional servants of all who start lall the wars that we must fight for
New Britain herald., 1915-08-20

each side is usually about 30 per cent of the total force. We need a reserve to fill the gaps that would be opened. We must get them among the people of the country. It takes six months to make a fair soldier and one year to train a satisfactory one. To train men to be soldiers you need officers. That's the purpose of this school-to have a reserve corps of officers that could step into the breach tomorrow and train men and equip them both mentally and physically to have million soldiers in
 the field within six months of the out
 break of any war against this country.
 In Need of Munitions.
 "Kitchener has 100000 men in the rear of the last line of trenches in
 France, and they in many cases lack
 rifles and ammunition, while the artil-
 lery is practically powerless because it
 has not high explosive shells. The
 German has been prepared. He has
 been thorough. and the result is that
 not a battle has occurred on German soil in the past year of warfare, de-
New Britain herald., 1915-08-20

them believe that the United States finally must come to the point where she will compel her citizens to serve in the army Australia does it. Swift zerland does it. Switzerland can mo- bilize 25O,O00 men in twenty-four hours. She can get 500,000 to the front in three days. She did that last Au- gust and that's the reason that the Germans went through Belgium, per hapS.
 Would Need a Million Men.
 "We would need a million men to- morrow for war. That would take 35OO0 officers. Our plan is to have men step from civilian life to com mand fit to take charge of the men under them. That's the purpose of this school. We could not take militia officers in case of war to have com- mand of regular soldiers. With the regular army and the militia we could put on the field of battle today about 3OO0OO men, It has been the rule of war according to statistics that in the first six months of a war the loss to
New Britain herald., 1915-08-20
HOW NEW YORK HARBOR IS PROTECTED
 BY BIG GUNS AGAINST ANY ENEMY

VW M ORE than one interesting bA kE problem in heavy gunnery " close at home presents it. self in these days of stress here and strife abroad. The recent war game along the Atlantic coast, for example, in which the pick of Uncle Sanl's battleshps and destroyers took part adds much to the ever present speculation as to whether New York is vulnerable or not.
 Can the forts of New York throw enough steel from their heavy artillery to keep an enemy's fleet outside of great gun range of Manhattan island or Brooklyn? Do our Dreadnoughts and per-Dreadnoughts present enough of an armored bulwark (plus their own big fourteen inch guns and twelves) to protect Manhattan against an invader from overseas?
 Let it be admitted frankly, that sev- eral of the great nations have battle, ships mounting guns big enough to knock over the WoolWorth tower or make a bulseye of the Waldorf-As- toria, though the shots be fired from far out at sea. On the other hand, our forts at the Narrows and at Sandy Hook mount guns of equal strength, as well as one or two of greater power the sixteen inch type. Given a gun on the rocking deck of a warship and another of similar range and power Oil a concrete emplacement behind a para pet ashore, and the latter has the ad- vantage of the former every time.
 Now arises another delicate consid- eration-has any country enough big warships to smother our coast defense forts? And have we sufficient ships able to throw enough heavy metal 10 drive them off or sink them?
 Of course a definite answer to such questions. however pertinent just now or however interesting to the layman, cannot be set down. What we can ar- rive at in our search for information is something about the ships and the 1 guns themselves, considered against | the background of the Atlantic ocean | near New York and the forts that fringe | the sand pits of Sandy Hook, that | guard the outer gate and the green slopes of Staten Island and Long Is- | land farther up the bay. Sandy Hook is the strongest posi- | tion. Fort Hancock absolutely com mands the entrance channels to New | York bay. Mounted there are batteries
New Britain herald., 1915-08-20

nance, tactics, formations and other technical branches that are requisite to a well rounded education. ... General Woods Plan.
 Each year it is planned to have 35,- 900 men assemble here. From these a certain number will be given army berths. The civilians who have passed the student age are trained entirely with an eye to making them real off, cers. They are assigned to commands regular soldiers being bivouacked to enable civilians to take charge of them.
 The cirricuum of the school is not the usual humdrum and routine of a summer camp. Scant attention is paid to the school of the soldier, as the gen. eral relies on the civilians to study that for themselves. The plan is to famiiarize officers with the modern weapons of warfare. Machine gun practice, according to General Woods plan, is the important study. In com pany with other modern soldiers Gen. eral Wood believes that the wars of the future will be fought with machine guns rather than rifles Great guns have been mounted here and the of ficers are taught their use.
 Soldiers now stationed at the bar racks see in this movement a great forward step in the matter of pre- paredness.
 Volunteer Militia.
 The volunteer militia of the various states is in a pretty poor state, ac-
New Britain herald., 1915-08-20

EyER before has this nation
 given military instruction
 and training to such a large
 number of men and boys as
 r. Four camps have been con-
 for the college boys-one at &rg, N. Y.; another at Luding- h.; one at the Presidio at San To and the fourth at Chicka- #Ga. In addition the camp at |rg was opened for the busi- In. and many hundreds took ad- of the opportunity to famil- Eenselves with the duties of the soldier. Nearly all the state | in the country had several # camp life this summer also. |burg's stretch of thirty acres Ehe summer military camp to Williams for duties as officers in war huns with activity these the end it is expected that Rt barracks at the edge of the will have housed at least 35,- D. These are drawn from the component elements making bass of prospective officers. Ma heral Leonard Wood had su- |ommand of the maneuvers and listed by all the recognized au- in the United States army on Ious branches that make up a dier. z ...
 |4faculty." to use collegiate omprises the experts on ord