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The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-03-30

and Seventh street completed. The
concrete flooring will be- put in today.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-08-17
BITS OF NEWS

Mrs. A. E. mckinney, police officer
of Petersboro, Ont, visited Chicago
yesterday. Was greatly impressed
with municipal courts and Delaware
home for girls,
Judge Pinekney, juvenile court,
summoned to appear before grand
jury next Friday. VIM. Dunn, grand
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-08-17

The banner cotton county in re-
spect to number of bales is Ellis
county, Texas, in which the ginnings
from the growth Of 1914 amounted to
L45, "a bales
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-08-17

they leave the industry that much
worse for their invasion.
'In many Of the designing rooms
where the most expensive hats are
made, sample, women are working
for SIS week just to get the styles.
''In many of the shops there are
women who have spent their lives
working as milliners, women who
have grown old at the trade, giving
the best of their ability, of their
nerve-strength that is taxed to the
breaking point in the busy season,
and those women are exploited de-
spite their experience, worse than
younger women, because they are
not as swift.
Girls are warned not to tell each
other what they are paid. In some
shops a girl is fired who reveals the
amount she earns to the girl next to
her So you see the boss has every
thing his own way"
f, I asked her about the mass meet
ing of milliners to be held under the
auspices of the Straw Workers
tonight at $50 W. Washington St at
8 o'clock, if she did not think the
girls must surely have reached a
place where in desperation they
would unionize to better conditions.
She sighed YEARLY. eff they
haven't they will have to soon. The
drawback to getting girls in this in
dustry to fight is the fact that when
they are making SIS and a possible
SIS in some weeks of the busy sea-
son they forget all about the slack
season or the fact that they spend all
they make for display. If they would
remember"
p, She looked over my hat critically.
81 could trim that hat you are wear
ing in five minutes" she said.
-O-O
BITS OF NEWS
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-08-17
NO DANGER

Doctor am sorry to say, Mrs.
OFlannagan, that your son is suffer-
ing from gastritis!
Mrs. O'Flannagan-Shure, doc
Their, an that can't be! DiviI bit do
we burn Onything but paraf1n candles
in this house!
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-08-17
Ethel LeglnskA

When Ethel Legins<a, the English
Pianiste, brought suit against ner
husband, Roy Emerson Whithorne,
recently it revealed for the first time
that she is married and the mother of
a six-year-ofd boy.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-11-03
You Can't Stand Still
BY n. AppiNcToN BRUCE.
Author of The Riddle of Personality"
Psychology and Parenthood." etc.

There IL an ancient Latin proverb which says
He who advances not. recedes" There are few
proverbs which you ana and everybody else
could more advantageously take to heart.
Life itself IL essentially motion. a movement
forward or q movement back. All things as
many philosophers have reminded US, are in a
constant state Of fux. or cnange. Inertia, abso-
Int cessation OF movement is synonymous with
death.
time In the lives of all Of M when backward
movement sets In, physiologically and mentally
Tho organs Of the body function less smoothly
and effectively. Our minds work less vigorously
and clearly.
Not . few observers believe that this retro
grade motion inevitably starts with middle life
Some have even fixed arbitrarily the age OF forty
~ the time when men always begin to go
back"
| But the facts Of modern scientific research DO
NOT BEAR OUT THIS DEPRESSING VIEW
They suggest, rather, that. unless accident or
illhealth intervene. II II possible to postpone un
| They also suggest that - the chief means to
this desirable end, nothing In Of greater import
ance than THE LEADING OF TEMPERATE
LIFE. AND THE MAINTAINING OF AN OPEN
EAGER, INQUIRING ATTITUDE OF MIND.
| The temperate life-which avoidance Of emo
tional excuses in the way Of anger fear, worry
ETC., as well avoidance Of excuses Of the ia
ble-serves to keep the physical processes in
i
The maintaining Of inquiring attitude
means q persistent learning of new facts. and
the learning Of new facts insures mental growth
| In fact, the moment man ceases to add to his
stock Of knowledge that moment he has begun
to recede mentally. whether he be forty years
old. or twenty. or sixty.
Whereas, IL he refuses to be content with
what he already knows, II daily he strives TO
gain fresh knowledge through books and through
contact with other men, he will advance men
tally long after he would ordinarily begin to
lose ground
| This undoubtedly accounts--in large part al
all events-for the physical and mental powers
exhibited in old age by such men as Gladstone
and virchow.
| They led temperate lives, and they went
through life with inQuiring minds. They never
felt that the time had come when they could at
ford to stop learning. And they were INTENSE
LY INTERESTED In learning.
You, too, must be intensely interested In learn
ing H. like them, you would save yourself from
mental retrogression. Never for instant let
yourself feel that you know enough that you
have achieved enough, and that you rest on
your laurels.
| That time never comes for you or any one
else. The old Latin proverb holds universally
and inexorably true. HE WHO ADVANCES
mot, RECEDES.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-11-03
CHRISTIAN UNITY PROGRESSES

While some imaginative folks are predicting
religious warfare In American politics-predct
Ing that one class OF church people is about "a
line mp against another-it In interesting 10 note
that Christian good will and unity is forging
steadily to the front
Over in France lot OF English soldiers were
quartered at Rouen with no appropriate place
TO partake OF the Holy communion according 10
the rites 81 the Church of England. whereupon
DR.. Wakefield. bishop of Birmingham, went "a
the Catholic archbishop and asked II he had
objection TO celebration OF the ceremony in the
archiepiscopal chapel.
The reply was; Certainly not" And there
II YVES held Protestant rite in a Roman
Catholic chapel,
The other day, in our own country. Cardina
Gibbons sent his benedction to DR. Fisk tho
new Episcopal bishop OF central New York
There are people who would like to see reli
gious war In this country and who would foment
". LOOK EN- over. Whether they have beer
generals or judges or just politicians you'll
notice that most Of them are fatheads.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-11-03
Russia and the Pro-
hibitiOn of Vodka.

There has indeed been q revolu-
ton in Russia: you can see it in
the peoples faces" The verdict
was that OF the man whom the Rus
sian nation wished to have as their
minister OF munitions. writes Prof.
J. Y. Simpson, In THE British
Weekly" Nor is IL an isolated
Judgment, he continues.
Every aspect OF our village life
has been changed" said the leader
Of one Of the most important par
ties In the Duma to me- "Iatterly
the old men did not come 10 the
village assemblies, because they
vere continually. submitted to in
suit by the younger men when half
drunken. Now they listen to the
older men. so that the latter say.
We have again become fathers. for
the young men respect u.s. The
women are enthusiastic: no longer
are they insulted or beaten They
receive their husbands wages now.
In the villages close to the towns
the women used to meet their hus-
hands 1t the entrance to the viii
lage on Saturday in order to get
the remainder Of their wages be-
fore they had spent them all In
drink Now they remain quietly at
home. II is the children who go
to meet their fathers, sure that they
have brought some little gift for
them.
THE whole life OF the village
communities has been transformed
The chief OF police In a district In
the government Of Moscow said to
a friend Of mine me other day. The
conditions of my service will have
to be altered; ! have had nothing to
do for two months Or. In the more
definite, but not less determined
words OF one of their most distin-
guished professors OF economies
What ! have seen compels me to
ask for absolute restriction--i. e.,
Of beer, as well as of vodka. II we
can arrange that for 20 or % years
the population will not have the op-
portunity to drink, then the cues
ton IL solved. II we can do that
and I am not unhopeful-Russia
will be saved"
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-11-03
Snails are Nutritious.

"All snails are edible and nutri-
tious," says Canon Horsley in a
book on British land and fresh wa.
ter molIuscs. just published. He
goes on to say that even the com
mon or garden snail, though insipid.
is as nourishing as calls foot jelly.
There Is a large white sbelled
snail called Helix pomatia that Is
commonly eaten by connoisseurs In
the south OF England, while all over
France, Italy and Spain several
species are used as food. In France
there are many snail farms. which
yield a good profit to their owners.
In the French and Italian quarters
OF New York snails may be bought.
either alive or cooked, and at most
of the French restaurants they are
served, "escargots farcis" being the
most usual form of the dish.
Snails are easy To raise In large
quantities. They need lime for max
ing their shells, but they do not
have to be fed. as they can lind
their own food. which In exclusive
ly the leaves of many plants. They
are most delicious when prope-l,
prepared and cooked. and, as Canon
Hosley says. as nourishing az calls
foot jelly.-N. Y. World.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-11-03
The Economic
Benefits of War

In his article viii prosperity or
poverty follow the war;" in tho No
vember Worlds Work. Theodore II.
Price thus discusses some OF the
economic effects Of the great war
and of wars generally.
In France, England. and Ger
many the war has already put most
idlers at work and made men will
Ing TO labor longer aud more EN-
GENTLY. and the fact that war al
ways has this effect probably ex-
plains the paradox of the prosper
ity by which 1t is nearly always
followed.
1T comes TO this: The increase
Of wealth is in proportion to the
intensity and efficiency Of human
industry. for which war Is the
greatest stimulus thus far known
War is. In fact. stimulating 70
mankind both physically and men
tally.
1T not only makes men willing
to labor longer hours but II leads
them TO devise ways Of making
their labor more efficient
with every great war there Is
an increase in the use and inven-
ton OF labor-saving machinery.
in Europe. the era Of railroad
building that succeeded the Napole-
onic wars increased the worlds
wealth by many times the sum the
wars had cost. In our own country.
industrial coordination and the use
OF automatic machinery was so
rapidly extended after the war Of
the confederacy thsf our national
wealth. estimated at $1,000 .000. 900
in 1850, had grown to $1s7 900 ,000.-
600 in 1872"
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-11-03
From Another Point of Vie,U
Every man has his price today.

Every man has his price today.
The paths of wartime glory lead to the
first page again.
We can't see any reason for either OF
the embattled evening prints to ~ with
pride.
Only their regular schedule of duties
is left to the Judges.
Count that day lost whose low descend
ing sun sees from thy hand no st. ry.
settlement skun.
Society for the P. of c. to A. will de-
mand today that the Free Press and
Journal release that long-suffering pig
from the poke.
Municipal ownership is not perma-
nently overthrown; it has just suffered
a blank check.
We give the News reasonable time to
commune quietly with its own thoughts
before expecting the publication of its
communique.
Happily in this hour of vanquishment,
it is still taking beer and light wines.
The Markets
Germany has fixed price on butter !:
Britain's attempt to corner Greece slipped
up.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-11-03
Patriotism Persists

Echoes OF nation dead 500 years
were heard in Minneapolis recently
when 900 UkraInians met IN Mime
apolis and organized a relief fund
for the resurrection OF the Ukrainian
independence.
They included both Austrian and
Russian subjects.
Long ago. In the days OF King
Charlemagne, Ukrainia held sway as
The greatest SIav empire In the
world. In the black soil zone OF
what is now Southern Russia, Uk-
rsinia, or Ruthenia. as II was moro
popularity known. boasted 10000 900
souls, and its capital. Kiev. was the
largest and wealthiest city Of East
ern Europe. Its Kings daughter
married the royal heirs OF England
and France and the voice OF It's min
isters was loud and powerful.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-11-03
THE LURE OF PROFANITY.

A contributor TO the Sun grieves over the
ignorance OF those who assume that "tinkers
dam" IL n "profane expression" hnkers
dam SAYS he was chunk OF dough or batter
used before the days Of muriatc acid to keep
the SOLDER from spreading; and as the solder
commonly did spread nevertheless the unkers
dam was as nearly worthless as the c0nm n,as
expression of disestcem for IL implies. He DIFF
ferentiates II from the common or garden
damn, and says, There is no profanity about
IT,"
But not to care tinker's dam Is just a
profane az not to care maverick damn, I'M
branded with ownership by tinkers or othern.
Taking the IN" out OF damn does not take the
curse off. II 1t Is profane not 10 care Damn
Il is just as profane not to care whiiiet, :
jabberwock. q COOP ar any other filesitimate
and unssnctioned word When one stentoriously
enunciates his refusal to appraise the article
under discussion at the value OF damn. ne
not swearing or cursing: he In literally using
bad language, for, in the sense he means there
n M such noun as damn. We know what .
tinker's dam is but what Is q damn? When
one says he does not care whoop. ne ID far
more definite, for there In such thing a. Q
wboop Whence arose the idea that not caring
q damn was being profane, and why do persons
who do not care one plume themselves on their
devilshness?
II is not profane but It has the sound Of
being profane. and that is all that IL needed:
An Individual who would not for the world
have used blasphemous language used to re-
lieve his feelings by pronouncing the name OF
one Of Wagners operas In q tone that caused
neighboring windows To fall In. and "Gotter-
dammerung" gave him as much satisfaction a.
n he had violated q commandment And who
was the man who always -swore by Charles
q. ID. Roberts and Josephine Dodge Daskam
because they sounded so profane? There IL an
excellent Methodist In this town who severely
reprehends profanity whenever he hears II. but
who produces all the effect of shocking
blasphemy by the embittercd emphasis he lays
on the exclamation. For governments sake"
No. tinkers dam belongs to the comfortgiving
GALAXY Of profane refugees for the emotions, and
that n the worst you can say Of the other
dsmn.-New York Times.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-11-03
Safety instruction
For Older Children

Older children. never get on or or
car while IL Is in motion. always
face forward. the way. the car Is go
ing. In getting OF q car. take hold
of handle with left hand, use eau
ton, don't get excited Look out
cor the elevated post when getting
OF a car. Look both ways before
getting OF q car for an auto or
wagon that may be coming. Never
run across behind q car. auto OF
wagon, wait and see what is on the
otner side. Don't run across In front
Of q car. auto or wagon. there may
be an auto on the other side that
is moving faster; take time to see
what Is coming. then move on 3
fast walk. don't run. (The quick
run ahead of or behind q car. auto
or wagon is what causes accidents
10 children.) DO not get on q crowd
ed step Of q car. wait for next car.
~ q wagon, auto or elevated post
may knock you from the crowded
step. II you are on q car and go
past your stopping place. don't jump
OF. wait until car stops at next
stopping place and walk back. Al
ways cross q street or boulevard at
the ciosswalk, stop and look both
ways, go slow, wait for an opening
in the passing autos and wagons
Do not run. Do not get excited and
allow q wagon or auto to crowd
you In front Of a fast-moving auto
or car. Look out for the "joy-rid-
ers." the auto-speeders. Look out
for that motorcycle. Look both ways
when crossing a street or boulevard
The speeder may come from either
direction. Never trespass on a rail
road track: $4,000 children under
IS YEAR, of age killed on railroad
tracks during the past 20 years.
Never steal a ride on a freight or
passenger train. Never cross under
or crawl through a standing freight
train. may start while you are
doing 90; wait until It passes out
OF your way. Don't get excited In
q crowd, or at a IRE scare. Keep
cool. Stop q panic, don't start one.
The panic Is more dangerous than
the IRE. Keep small children, away
from any bonfire started In the open.
Keep children away from the Ice.
wagon, they get in wagon after o
piece Of ice and get hurt. Go safe.
Think along lines OF safety and eau
tion. and you can 60 safely and
without fear, II you keep your head
clear.
Children. take this home to your
parents, and ask them to teach you
these Safety Instructions: then
they will learn them also.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-11-03
Pointed Paragraphs

Ambition never has time to take
day of.
Don't use your best friend for a
crutch. Go II alone.
The one-armed man has an OF
hand way OF doing things.
Charity gives itself rich and GOV
etonsness boards itself poor.
The tongue has more to do with
honor than the conscience usually
has.
Wisdom is the art OF being out
when people call who want to Dor
row.
Ambition has prevented many a
man from making success In
small things.
When man asks for 4 voman'a
sympathy he really doesn't care
very much about IT,
Some men perform a duty - II
they were paid for doing 1t and
were doubtful about the pay.
A man may become great by &C
cident. but he never has genuine
wisdom and goodness thrust upon
him.
The society leader in a small vii.
lage imagines she has a grievance
when her name doesn't show in the
local paper.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-11-03
Stirring Up the Animals.

The man who dropped a chew OF
fne-cut into the elephants trunk at
the circus as the animal reached
out for candy. was remembered and
nearly killed by the big brute two
years later. on the occasion OF the
return of the show. A dog will re-
member for years the fellow who
kicked him. and bide his time To
even up. Many other dumb animals
are possessed Of these same traits,
among which are the Detroit Free
Press and the Detroit Saturday
Might. each Of which. sometime,
William Jennings Bryan must have
fed something very distastefui. a.
each take every occasion possible
to snari At that gentleman whether
he n In snarling distance or not.
The FREQ Press has been showing
its teeth since 1895. Nimmo only
since the ex-secretary resigned:
some day they will probably bite
him real hard; 1t present they sim
ply growl-Isabeila County Courier.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-11-03
One Hole Ahead.

Some sort OF q monument Is to be
erected in the courthouse square at
Great Bend. and on the day excava-
ton for the foundatio ION was to begin
a man came and ssked the mayor
for the privilege Of doing the work,
eracting no reward other than the
promise that he could have what
ever he found. The promise was
readily given, whcreupon the man
confessed that he had dreamed
there was a pot Of money hidden
In the ground where the monument
was to be built and he wanted II.
Tie mayor told him TO 20 after II
with the result that the city Of
Great Bend In ahead one hole In the
ground. and one tired man has less
fAith n dreams than he once had.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-11-03
Steering Wheel That Tits.

A tiltable steering wheel invent
ed By Edward J. Lobdell and Grin
X. Snyder, OF Onaway. Mich. saves
the driver much trouble when en-
tering his car. II tilts up parallel
with the steering post instead OF
remaining at the usual rigid posi-
ton at right angles to the steering
post. The driver thus has tse use
Of the entire space between the
seat cushion and the steering post
when entering the car or leavinr
IL. A latch mechanism Is provided
by which the wheel IL at other
times locked in its normal position
for steering the car.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-11-03
A Poem a Day
CACTUS CENTER'y WAN TALK.

CACTUS CENTER'y WAN TALK.
Down here In Cactus Center we wal
called on BY . gent
whose Plea cay for Ss' Arma IsSas.!'on; or
We turned out strong TO hear him.
Tor he sure was known To fame,
And we welcome the dating uish ed
Tn. s sna are s.S to meet nee the same n
rode In forty miles or more.
And the cowmen sat beside 'em, with
nobody getttn' sore.
We was out TO be enlightened by this
big man. heaven-sent
Whose talk was: Preparation; or q
Plea for Armament"
He spoke to us two hours on diplo-
macy and war.
He talked OF Europe's battles. TIL
we heard the cannon roar.
He talked OF gallant birdmen. and Of
dreaded submarines.
And OF all the things that enter into
modern war machines.
And he. says: III war should hit us.
right this instant. while I talk.
We would have to night with popguns
and with bullets made OF chalk.
FOR where. I'm all this nation, could
We md men armed TO kill?
Just answer that" he hoilers, and
the hall became quite stiil.
IL was stili for thirty seconds. or
perhaps twas forty-hvc.
when Rear Hawkins rose up. slowly.
and he says: I'VE allus strive
To answer any question. 90 we'll
show what might depend
On this town OF Cactus Center II a
war note e'er was penned."
Then we all stood. POGO pronto. and
en- massey. and all that,
And In each hand. upward pointed,
was large and decp-voiced xat
And We fired a rousin' voliey-and
out the window went
The dad OF Preparation: or q Plea
for Armament"
Arthur Chapman. In Judge.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-11-03
BUT NOT BY A DEBATE

Whatever the troubles OF the British NAV be
In certain part OF France or at the Dardan.
eiies, one thing is TO be remembered, and that
is II there be dssension among the leaders n,
home It will have a palsying effect on the plan
OF campaign abroad. AS Macaulay said, quoted
most approvingly by Ragehot, you cannot carry
on campaign by a debating society. Even a
bad general may occasionally win victories and
recoup his earlier blunders but many men OF
many minds make for indecision. And inde
cision on the firing line Is almost as fatal az 20
have the weaker battalions that Napoleon was
convinced never had the favor OF the Diety.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-11-03
~ the Mighty Builders
Of the Dominion.

~ Charles Tupper, who was the old.
! s6tatssnnan in the world, is dead al
= ~ of ninety-four, after q lifetime
|fSted to the interests of Canada.
= Conservative in politics, he repre-.
ned his native province, Nova Scotia
ler)iament for many years. He was
ember Of the first government Of
M, following confederation, and
TX twenty years ago was premier fol
months, giving up office when de.
TT q tie polls by the Liberals unde,
+! M Inurier.
11t . strong protectionist. He
~ 1Est and all subsequent at.
- IS rQalprocity with the United
He Sided IA expanding Canadian
nmtil & Included. not only Britain
- Afflea, New Zealand, Aus
IA alk ~ British possessions.
thfp(1Sh = 1ntiring efforts, the
t&oda Of canadA we're brought
III che n6rthwsst was made
! ~ lhhsd lvslume of
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-11-03

Stomach disorders resulting from
improper eating combined with q
filthy mouth is frequently the start
ing point OF one Of the most destruc-
tive and facilitating diseases with
which the dentist has TO deal
pyorrhes Pyorrhes means pus.
Thus pus results frcm the destruc-
ton Of the tissues and bony sub