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The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-12-26
Up to the Minute Household
Hints Given by San Fran
cisco Woman.

Mrs. Good Housekeeper, one OF San
Francisco's noted home efficiency" ex-
perts, purchased early in the summer
an automatic electric cooker. She
kept careful notes about its operation
for thirty days. Recently she sub
mitted notes, which seem Aladdin like
indeed, for the benefit of other up to
the minute housewives:
ut was busy summer for me on
account of the great exposition and |
felt that needed every possible aid
In my housekeeping, as l expected to
spend many days at the exposition
grounds with friends.
zone day VIC decided to leave home
early and spend the entire day at the
exposition. We fixed up breakfast
consisting Of rolled oats, sausage, corn
bread and coffee placed in the cooker
before retiring. The time switch was
set to start the cooking at 5 a. m. SO
by 2 o'clock breakfast was ready for
us without delay and everything tasted
good.
Immediately after breakfast pre-
pared dinner consisting OF stuffed
chicken, sweet potatoes, onions and
cup custard, which placed in the
cooker. The time switch was set for
4p. m. anticipating dinner at o'clock,
but We were delayed and did not get
home until Z o'clock.
Imagine what relief 1t was mere
~ to set the table and take the ready
cooked meal out of the cooker with
out any preliminary work. We were
very hungry and the dinner was de-
liciouslv cooked.
Il found that my electric bill was
only increased S1.O0 month by the
use of the cooker.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-12-26
One Hundred Five Watt Lamps
Are Operated at Four
Cents an Hour.

Business men call the electric sign
the major general OF all outdoor adj
vertising media" From the modest
shopkeeper on the side street, who
utilizes the space in front of his store
for an electric sign. to the big mer-
chant who flashes his message in the
sky. all realize the fact that more
light means more activity; hence more
prosperity. Electric signs are espe-
cially effective during the holidays.
Even China, usually last in taking
kindly to western ideas, has placed
such great faith in the selling power
of the outdoor sign that the whole
front of o four story department store
in Shanghai is covered with flashing
electric devices reckoning to the pros
pective purchaser.
The leading objection to electrical
outdoor advertising UP to few years
ago was the high cost OF operation
and not the price of the sign itself.
The five watt sign lamp, recently de-
yeloped. has taken the place of the old
style twenty watt carbon lamp and
has reduced the cost OF operation. more
than seyenty-five per cent. The aver
age sign rate throughout the country
is about eight cents per kilowatt hour.
AT this rate 100 five watt sign lamps
can be operated at cost Of four cents
an hour.
On highway sign the average OF
about eight sockets are used for six
teen inch letter. While the sixteen
inch letter is the standard, the twelve
inch letter is effective at a distance
OF block.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-12-26
SOME THINGS
AUTO OWNERS
SHOULD KNOW
Storage Battery Should Be
Kept in Good Condition
in the Winter.

II you've ever had the experience
OF cranking a motor with the temper
aturc ten degrees below zero you'll ap-
preciate the Importance of keeping
your storage battery in good condi-
ton during the winter months.
Here are few suggestions offered
by the Willard Storage Battery Com
pany which every motor car ownen
will do well to heed.
Very little trouble is experienced
with a storage battery II 1t is kept
filled with distilled water and fully
charged. Often a motor car owner
has difficulty in starting his motor ir
cold weather and blames his storage
battery when II is due to some other
cause. For instance, you've probably
seen somebody try to start their mo.
tor and heard the starter turn over
and over for several minutes. Nat
urally such performance drains the
battery Of its strength and great
deal OF driving is necessary in order
to have II recuperate. Or you may
have seen motor car standing a,
the curb on cold winter night with
all the lights burning full blast ThcsJ
are things that can be avoided and a
little foresight on the part Of the car
owner will save him a great deal os
inconvenience later on.
Printing the motor is one way to
avoid the necessity of having the
starter spin the motor for any length
OF time. Back in the days OF the crank
car owner would not have attempt
ed to start his motor on cold morn
ing without first printing it. Today
he Is too prone TO leave It entirely to
his electrical system and he does not
think Of the inconvenience caused him
II that system goes wrong.
1t isn't necessary to worry about a
storage battery all the time in order
TO keep 1t working properly. but a
periodic inspection will do more good
than any amount OF guess work. The
car owner can either make this In
spection himself or have 1t made FREQ
Of charge at an Willard service sta.
ton. They will tell him the exact
condition of his battery. what IL
needs and how he should take care
Of 1t in order to get the best results
from 1t. A battery should not be al
lowed to run down, especially in colo
weather, because the danger. OF freez-
ing is greater when the charge lie
weak. The results OF frozen battery
are too serious to be risked through
the lack OF attention. Since the sue.
cessful operation of electric lighting
and starting systems depends to such
great extent upon the storage bat.
terry, 1t only seems natural that the
car owner should take care OF his bat
terry and follow the suggestions Of
fered by those who have his good ir
mind.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-12-26
ELECTRIC WIRES
In Their Uniforms Will Keep
German Soldiers Warm in
Winter Months.

German soldiers are being electro
cally warmed in their cold trenches
by a method of weaving electric heat
ing wires into soldiers trousers and
coats and connecting the garments
with battery at from 100 to 500
meters distance. This apparatus has
been devised by, an electrical engineer.
1t is asserted that the current can be
regulated and that any number of SOL
diers in the trenches can be kept warm
simultaneously.
Electric carpets and bed warmers
are quite practical and useful devices
and there is no insuperable difficulty
in carrying out this proposal, extra
ordinary as. it may appear at first sight
Complications would arise, however,
X the men were stationed in flooded
trench.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-12-26
TRA|NMEN
On Eastern Railroad Have Por-
table Phones as a Part
of Their Kit.

Freight and passenger conductors
on the Eastern railroad now have por-
table telephones as part OF their kits.
In case Of accident. hold-up or delay,
help may be summoned by attaching
the apparatus to the telephone wires
running parallel to the tracks. A small
box contains the transmission and
receiving instruments, together with
a combined transmitter and receiver.
A long jointed rod called fish
pole" forked at the upper end so as
TO secure good circuit, is used to con-
meet the instrument with the over
head wires. When not in use the pole
folds into a small box.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-12-26
ELECTRIC
STOVE WILL DO

II can recommend the automatic
electric cooker for 1t saves time and
labor; cuts down food bills; saves
nutriment in the cooked food, and 1t
cooks thoroughly well in the absence
of the housewife.
This cooker has double walled
steam chamber. The old time fire.
less cooker depended largely upon the
conduction of heat upwards. Steam
under pressure is great aid to quick
heating and temperature of $50 de-
grees is soon reached. When the
steam reaches this temperature, cur
rent is automatically cut of, so that
current is used only about half time
during the cooking process.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-12-26
COMING TO AMERICA.

The baseball team of waseda Uni
yersity of Japan will make tour of
the United States during the coming
summer, playing the leading varsity
mines OF the Pacific coast, middle West
and the East Reports from the land
OF Nippon are to the effect that the
Japanese diamond combination will
be the strongest that has ever repre-
scented the Orient in the baseball field.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-12-26
Farmer
Can Talk on Long Distance TEL
ephone While at Work in
the Field.

OF the 125 uses to which electricity
is put on the farm, the inter-phone is
proving one of the most popular. The
system consists OF two small wall tel
ephhones, connected by pair of wires
through a dry battery. No complicat-
ed wiring or transmission problems
face the farmer who installs the sys,
ten.
The house to barn system Of inter
phones, agriculturists say. has raised
the standard Of farm efficiency. The
phone is installed in the barn and in
many other buildings and during har-
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-12-26

vest time in the hayfields and at the
ice stations in winter. By this method
the farmer is not required to make
the oftimes tiresome trip to the main
house to receive his messages over the
rural telephone. The call is relayed
to the farmer via the inter-phone sys-
ten.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-12-26
TO FORM ASSOCIATION.

The long projected national asso-
citation of professional golfers prom
Uses to become reality in the near
future. A meeting for the formation
OF the organization will be called
shortly after the holidays at which
time committee Of three prominent
golfers will be appointed to draft con-
stitution and rules and to act as in
an advisory capacity.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-12-26
WEATHER FORECAST DISPLAY.

A progressive drug firm in Louis
vile has hit upon weather forecast
as Christmas display feature. On
a shield shaped sign placed outside
the door, the company's name and the
word drugs" are set out in bold re-
lief by twelve inch lamp studded let
tiers. Just below the sign. arranged
in three columns of two. are the words
fair, "rain," warmer" Colder"
wind" and SNOW
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-12-26
HEATS CURLING IRON.

An electric curling iron can be heat
ed fourteen times for one cents worth
of electricity, according to figures
compiled by the Society for Electrical
Development.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-12-26
KEEP IRON HOT.

Few housewives know that a six
pound iron can be kept hot for fifteen
minutes by the use OF only one penny's
worth of electricity.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-12-26
PERcoIATEs FOUR CUPS.

According to figures compiled by
the Society for Electrical Develop
ment, one cents worth OF electricity
will percolate four cups Of coffee.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-12-26
LIFTING POWER.

One hundred gallons of water can
be lifted 100 feet by the use of one
cents worth Of electricity.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-12-26

indianapolis, Ind, has population
of 265,57s. according to the latest CEN
sus estimates.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1915-11-16
GREAT GRAIN
MOVEMENT ON
Unprecedented Crops Are Now Being
Rushed to the Atlantic Seaboard
by American and Cana
dian Farmers.

Philadelphia, Nov. l6.--What is prob
ably the greatest movement of grain the
world has ever witnessed is now In
progress.
Selling the opportunity presented by
the war in Europe, American and Cana
dian farmers have raised unprecedented
crops, which are now being rushed to
the Atlantic seaboard in all haste be-
cause of the impending close of naviga'
ton on the Great Lakes.
In Philadelphia, not only are all the
elevators filled to their utmost capacity,
but there are more than thousand cars
of grain on the railroad tracks, awaiting
their turn to discharge as soon as the
feet of steamers arriving in ballast from
Europe relieve the elevators of the 3,00O,-
900 bushels now stored in them.
In addition to the regular trans-Atlan-
tic liners known commercially as whole
cargo carriers, 20 steamers are due at
this port to load eargoes of grain. In
all. the westward bound fleet headed for
Philadelphia has a carrying capacity OF
more than 5000 900 bushels.
Ocean freight rates continue to ad-
vance daily. Rumors are current that
the Italian government will soon call
many OF her vessels home for war pur-
poses. This would intensity the lack of
tonnage, with a corresponding increase
in rates.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1915-11-16
| END INDIGESTION
OR STOMACH PAIN
IN FIVE MINUTES
"Pape's Diapepsin" Makes Sick, Sour
Classy Stomachs Feel
Fine

Time il! In five minutes all stomach
distress will 60 No indigestion, heart
burn, sourness or belching of gas, acid
or quotations of undigested food, nc
dizziness, bloating, foul breath or head
ache.
Papc's Diapepsin is noted for its speed
in regulating upset stomachs. Ii is the
surest, quickest and most certain indi.
gestion remedy in the whole world, and
besides it is harmless
Millions of men and women now eat
their favorite foods without fear--they
know Pape's Diapepsin will save them
from any stomach misery.
Please, for your sake, get large 80
cent case OF Pape's Diapepsin from any
drug store and put your stomach right.
Don't keep on being miserable-life is
too short--you are not here long, SO make
your stay agreeable. Eat what you like
and digest il; enjoy it, without dread Of
rebellion in the stomach.
Pape's Diapepsin belongs in your home,
Should one of the family eat
something which doesn't agree with
them, or in case of an attack Of indiges-
ton, dyspepsia, gastritis or stomach de-
at daytime or during the
night, it is handy to give the quickest,
surest relief known.-Adv.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1915-11-16
How Much is a Vote WORTH

Measured by the Swanton standard
IL might be replied that they are worth
$500 each. That village had a meeting
called for the purpose of deciding upon
the question of purchasingad ditionsl
land near the power plant at Highgate.
But 10 voters were present, and Il was
voted 20 purchased the land at price Of
s., 600 The trustees were authorized 70
issue promissory notes for that sum,
and but 100 men voted, or were present
10 vote, upon the question. That made
each vote worth $500.
More than this, according to the Swan
ton Courier, OF the 10 votes present,
eight Of them were officials Of the vii
lage, or members Of special commit
tee required to be present at the meet
ing. This leaves just two voters who
came simply and solely because they had
enough interest in their municipality 20
vote upon 4 question involving the eN.
penditure Of several thousand hard
earned dollars And yet there are those
who say that all women would not
vote. and that therefore no women
should vote.
The Swanton Courier's article had
hardly been digested when the eve Of the
editor was arrested by an authentic
statement that. on the frstT tuesday in
November. but one third Of an the voters
u Burlington. the largest city Of the
state. had enough civic interest 30 80
10 the polls and vote upon the question
o. the adoption Or rejection Of the new
municipal charter which could provide
for q modified fern Of commission gov
erument.
Here again it Il seen that Tire duties
of citizenship are held very lightly, and
that very many ~ tire so-calied 'eest
eitizsns- d. not properly bold 81 ever
rise their rights Of ct.rfnship TAX
about there being If lack 0i feal -
ligious interest IN the churches. Tie
ehurrhes sbsu fer better PereeutsFe
q interest thar the above hFunes inti-
cate Is municipal nattrrs BETTER have
. revival Ser tha voters Il ths state
Springfield kepuftsF.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1915-11-16
CHILD'S TONGUE
BECOMES COATED
If CONSTIPATED
When Cross, Feverish and Sick, Give
california Syrup of
Figs"

Children love this "fruit laxative
and nothing else cleanses the tender
stomach, liver and bowels SO nicely.
A child simply will not stop playing
to empty the bowels, and the result is,
they become tightly clogged with waste,
liver gets sluggish, stomach sours, then
your little one becomes cross, half sick,
feverish, doesn't eat, sleep or act nat
urally, breath is bad, system full of cold,
has sore throat, stomach ache or diar.
rhpa. Listen, mother! See II tongue
is coated, then give a teaspoonful of
California Syrup of Figs" and in few
hours all tie constipated waste, sour
bile and undigested food passes out of
the system, and you have well, play
full child again.
Millions of mothers give california
Syrup of Figs because it is perfectly
harmless; children love it, and it never
fails to act on the stomach, liver and
bowels.
Ask your druggist for a 50-cent bottle
of California Syrup of Figs which has
full directions for babies, children of all
ages and for grown-ups plainly printed
on the bottle Beware of eounterfeits
sold here Get the genuine, made by
california Fig Syrup Company" Re-
fuse any other kind with contempt
Adv.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1915-11-16
What Does Your Town Know About
Its Children.

Child Welfare Exhibits is the title OF
bulletin issued yesterday by the chill
dren's bureau of the federal department
of labor. This has been prepared in re-
ply to the many inquiries by the bureau
about exhibits, and single copies may be
had for the asking The bulletin will
give those who expect 70 observe the
nation wide baby week next March, or
those who are planning baby show, a
ohildrenis health conference, or any kind
Of children's exhibit the benefit OF ex-
pert advice and practical experience in
successful exhibit work.
The bulletin l. full Of suggestions for
communities Of all sizes. IL describes ef-
fective small exhibits Of one or another
phase Of child problems. IL defines a
Achild welfare exhibit" IN the title Of
which the name Of the city or state
appears as a "well.rounded presenta
ton of the whole question Of the well
fare Of the community's children" and
sounds warning against undertaking
such = general exhibit without the CO.
operation 81 all the social agencies Of
the community.
The results Of child welfare exhibits
are emphasized. "A new factory in
spector in Kansas City, a housing in
spector IN Louisville $4,000 school
building in = congested district Of North
anpton, increased sewer connection In
Easthampton where the ice supply Of
the town vas uenaced, are types Of re-
sults which have been secured IN prae-
tioally every community that has de-
voted sufficient time and thought % the
planning Il q child-usliare exhibit. IN
cities where no organized combination
II social agencies ssis,s D. interpret and
carry out the legislative program suE-
eested b. an exhihit. the exhibit organ
ration itself BE- often . hrst step - such
combination"
The bulietn includes q complete bet
IF ali child wslfart exhibits owned by
state departments Asuuafy .. 1918, and
o earr 81 the rearrd blsuk used ~ TIE
chldrsn's health conference % Tire ehii-
ffens bureau.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1915-11-16
Robert Fay Makes a Long
and New State
ment
APPEARS BEFORE
U. S. ATTORNEY
Secret Service Bureau Will
Check Up the
Story

New York, Nov. I6.--Robert Fay, the
chief figure in the alleged German con
spiracy to plant bombs on steamships
carrying munitions to the allies from
this port, and for which six men have
been indicted, was taken before United
States Attorney ii. Snowden Marshall
yesterday.
Fay talked to William J. Flynn, chief
of the secret service, for some time Sun
day and was reported to have material
ly amplified the alleged confession he
made to authorities when arrested.
1t was stated that Fay had offered
to turn state evidence when the five
alleged co-conspirators are placed on
trial.
Although no offer of immunity has
yet been made to Fay in return for his
testimony, it was believed that if he be-
came a government witness he would be
granted immunity and taken before the
federal grand jury.
The governments attorneys plan to
have new indictments against Fay and
the other five fled as a result of the
announcement by counsel for the defend
ants that the validity of the present in
dictments would be contested on the
ground that United States statutes had
been stretched to cover happenings on
foreign vessels on the high seas.
The case of Karl Buenz, managing
director, George Koetter, general super
intendent, and three minor employees of
the Hamburg American line, all under in
dictment charged with technical violation
l..
connection with steamships which are
alleged to have supplied German com
merce raiders ON the high seas, was called
yesterday before Federal Judge Foster.
None of the defendants responded and
the case will be called again Wednesday
and date for trial set.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1915-11-16
The Autumn Trail

When, in the grey of the early morn
ing, a distant honking of wild geese sig
mails the closing down of winter, pull
on my tramping boots and call Paddy to
join me on the trail. There is a zest in
the very breath of these late fall morn
ings, the tingle OF sharp frost in the air,
and the crunching yield Of half-frozen
earth underfoot, as We swing along the
highway. The rising sun CLEANS frey
orange on the window panes. The frost
shimmers on the orchard grass. From
down the road mans voice calls to his
horses. He is beginning his days toll;
we exult in the thought Of our day of
freedom! We feel the cloak Of civil
zation, the armor that man with men
must wear, slipping away, and opening
mp unknown depths TO the sunshine and
the clear, fragrant air. In the exposure
we find truths Of ourselves that we had
not known. That i the healing of the
great outdoors. the recreation Of the
Raymond Comstock in The Coun-
tryside Magazine for November.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1915-11-16
Only Woman in the United States Who
Has an Ostrich Farm.

In the About People department Of
the November Woman's Home Compan-
ION appears an interesting sketch Of Mrs.
I William Tracy, who Is said 10 be- the
only woman ostrich farmer in the Unit
ed States. Following i an extract from
the article about her;
Mrs Tracy keeps about a hundred
II the long legged birds on an alfalfa
ranch az Butt0nwillow. Cal, not only
taking care Of them herself but also su-
! per,ising the preparation Of their plumes
I Tor the market. Il was IN 1907 that
Mrs. Tracy. reading that only four per
cent Of the ostrich feathers used in this
country were Of domestic prohibition,
decided 20 lay the foundations Of Der
ranch By improving a pair q Wen grown
chicks from Arizona. They oost her
i've hundred dollar, though a similar
I pair could nov ~ bought from one 30
tuo hundred dollars. and ~ they weighd
three hundred pounds apiecs The express
BIN added hfty Eve dollars g. the initial
expense. But she founi little difficulty
in reaf.ur them 81 the favorable climate
If Kern ouunty. the yuunR birds regulr-
ina aiteut the samf care AZ young chiek-
efsss nnl as the SOFA iucreased. the ven
turs became 8eeidedif prohtahis. Mr..
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