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FIRST THINGS.
Founding Hospitals.

The first founding hospital in Eng
land was founded in London in 1888
by Capt. Thomas Coram, an American
sea captain and trader, who died 1874
years ago today, March 30, 1851.
Homes for foundlings had previously
been established in France and Hol-
land. but the kind-hearted skipper was
the first to urge the need OF such an
institution in England, although in
tants we're abandoned in the streets
and left at doorsteps much more fire.
quently than now. Captain Coram
was born in England. but in his youth
emigrated to Massachusetts, where he
worked as shipwright and atferward
ammased n small fortune as the owner
commander OF trading vessel. In
1920 he returned to London, and in his
walks about the city he often came
across babies left exposed and de:
serted in the thoroughfares. The hon.
est mariner devoted his whole time
to writing and speaking in behalf of
the unfortunate youngsters. and at
length aroused public interest to the
point of raising funds for his cherish
ed project In 1889 royal charter
was granted to the first founding hos
pital. Hogarth was one of the most
enthusiastic supporters of Coram's
project. and his portrait of the Massa-
chusetts sea captain is one of the
most treasured possessions of the
oldest of London's homes for found
lings.
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became premier, and as head OF tts
French government, acquired q world
wide reputation for craftsmanship. As
the leader IN the movement for the
separation Of church and state he
offended the Catholics, but he handled
the difficult question with such tact
he was long ago forgiven. Mr.. BRAND
has made several visits to the battle
front, and asserts that his personal
knowledge of affairs at the front has
left the firm conviction that the allies
will prove brilliantly victorious. The
minister of Justice said that in his
conversations with the men in the
trenches he found them gay and con-
fident, and certain of the ultimate
triumph of the republic. Before the
war Mr.. BRAND was the leader OF a
new political faction in France, com
posed of conservative Republicans, in
opposition to the radical government
and the Socialism of Jaures. When
the war broke out Mr.. BRAND imme-
diately buried the political Ratchet
and joined in the government which
now represents all French political
parties and factions. BRAND comes
from family OF humble position in
life. He is no longer an avowed So
ciaiist. although he still holds to
many OF the principles of that party.
His firm stand in the great railway
strike Of 1910 brought down upon him
the disapDroval and denunciation of
his former Socialist comrades. He IS
ono OF the ablest public speakers in
France. He has twice held the post
OF premier. first in 1909 and again at
The beginning of President Poincare's
administration.
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Fairview Girl Laid
At Rest Yesterday

With impressive services all that
was mortal Of Miss Jean Carleton
Simpson, a popular young lady of
Fairview, whose death occurred on
Saturday morning, were laid to rest
Sunday afternoon at Fairview. funeral
services having taken place from the
residence of her father. r. Eugene
Simpson.
The funeral was largely attended by
relatives and friends of the young
lady. Rev. c. H. Perkins, pastor OF
the deceased, conducted the services
and paid a high tribute to the charac.
ter of the young lady.
The white casket in which rested
the remains of the deceased was sur
rounded by numerous flowers. tributes
of love and respect from many sor.
rowing friends.
Young men from the High school
acted as pail bearers and number
of young lady friends carried the fow-
erS
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Our Daily Special.
Uneasy lies the head that wears a
toupee.
Luke McLuks Saws:

Luke McLuks Says:
Every man has yellow. strenk, but
some of us manage to conceal it better
than others.
When q newly married woman dis
covers that by following the directions
In cookbook she can produce per-
fectly good mess OF concrete she be-
gins to place less faith in the gas range
and more faith in the can opener.
What has become OF the old fash
ioned milkman who used to ring bell?
A woman may forget to take any
money with her when she goes shop
ping, but she never forgets to make
sure that she has n mirror in her hand
bag.
A princess can lug around muff
that is about the size of young mat
tress, but her arms are always too
weak to help mother wipe the dishes.
The girl who reads a few pages of
"Gwendolyn's Sacrifice" or Harold
Mninwaring's Perf'dy" every time she
gets on n street car usually pities the
poor lowbrows who haven't her liter
airy temperament
Every now and then you meet man
who wears a No. s hat and whose
brain would just about I'LL thimble.
Another grand feature about living
in this country is that you can always
blame your troubles on the admins
tration.
The lad who bets on the theory that
at is good bet If lose" usually
loses.
A woman just loves to be consistent.
Sha xv311 yrhN Ia tpt1
her husband to the neighbors and then
as soon as her husband gets home she
will start in knocking him.
A man will accept anything else that
he needs, but he usually draws the line
on advice.
For the first two weeks lovcy will
stay home every night with honey and
seem to enjoy 1t. But about the third
week he will begin to squirm around
and yawn every night after supper.
and he will finally brace up enough
courage to tell honey that he will run
downtown for few minutes to attend
to little matter. And when he gets
home about midnight he discovers that
the honeymoon has tied a big rock
around its neck and jumped into the
river.
The man who brags about his small
feet Is wasting time. He should be
Dragging about his small head.
When a man bas something that he
can't sell and can't even give way he
can always raf1ie 1t off,
The old fashioned man. who used to
make the grocer put a potato on the
spout of the oil can so he could carry
II home without splitting any of IT now
has a son who kicks about his sns and
electric light bills.
II the militant SUNS want to be men
as much as they claim they do why do
not some OF them come out with testi-
monials for their favorite shaving
soaps?
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ANALYSIS az KNOX.

In q notable interview former Secre-
tary of State Knox analyses the poll.
teal situation of the moment. Ills
conclusions put into words what the
people are thinking. Business condi-
lions, he believes, are improving and
that the improvement will keep pace
with the growth of popular confidence
IN their ability to deal with the
enemies of bnGiness. Business. he
says, has been afflicted with the hook
worm of agitation, a happy phrase
that will live. The effort u perpetu-
ate for political purposes feeling,
once justified, but the causes for
which were removed by the great con
structive work OF recent Republican
administration, is condemned unspar-
ingly as q mere capitalization OF pre-
Judice. The era of constructive leg
fslation and reform has been succeed
ed by governmental wnims. expert
ments and confusing platitudes."
The people themselves have seen
this and are rebuilding the Republi-
can party without either the extreme
Of reaction or of radicalism. They
have come to realize the essential
difference between Wise regulation
and running amuck. They realize
what they must do to rescue them
selves from the pit into which they
nave Deen led. me calm judgment OF
experience is being substituted for the
momentary emotionalism of demogo.
query.
That this is an accurate picture of
public sentiment cannot be doubted
by anyone who mingles with the
people. 1t may be heard on every
side and it augurs, as Mr.. Knox well
says, . rebuilding of the party under
which the nation has been most pro-
gressiye and most prosperous.-Pitts-
burgh Dispatch.
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Lydio Again Heads
State Laundrymen
ALL OLD OFFICERS WERE RE
ELEcTEp-sEssi COMES
TO A CLOSE.

WHEELING, w. Va, March 2s.-
The first annual convention Of the
West Virginia Laundrymen's associa-
ton was brought to q close Saturday
at noon following the election Of Off
GERS.
The afternoon session was disposed
of ON q vote being taken and the cleo
ton of officers for the ensuing fiscal
year then followed, which resulted in
all OF the present officers, who are w.
]. Lydic. president; e. r. Patton, vice
president: w. j. Parkhill. secretary
and treasurer; T. w. Heironemous.
sergeant-at-arms. being chosen to
serve another term.
tive committee, eonposed OF w. I. Ly~
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LITTLE Boobies PA
by William II. Kirk.

all you poets start in skribbling.
Then all the foxes started riting.
Mister Finnegan & Mister Nelligtn
dident rite vary fast & / dident think
thay liked the gain. Now wud it do
to change that word roof to seelfns,
sed Mister Finnegan & then I cud
maik it rime with plaster. No, sed
pa, you must remember that tonite
you are a poet G. not a contractor.
Ha! Ha! ser Mister Nelligan, all
at onst. hav it. Then Mister Nelli-
gan red his poem. This is the way it
went:
Onst was sitting on the roof,
Looking down at a horses hoof;
l herd the little sparrows sing,
AS poet l am d sassy thing.
Well. sed pa, that is a fair effort
for near poet. K but / will reserve
my deesishun until we heer from me.
Remember / am not going to be out
OF this contest. I mite fix up a fine
poem myself. The rest OF the peepul
cud not maik UP a poem at all, & I
guess thay dident want to. Then
red my poem, 1t sed:
Onst I was sleeping on the roof
OF our bilding witch Is fire proof
Jest then the flames did roar & sing
& burned up almost everything.
Now, listen to mine. sed pa. But
all the company was putting on thare
things and pa cud not mafk them stay.
herd ma laffing at pa long time
after l went to bed. Pa gifts LATED at
mosat of the time. What was the prize
you was going to give the winner,
sed ma. A pikchur of myself. sed pa.
Then ma lated all the harder. That
is BOBBY prize, sed ma.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-03-29
ToDAY'S BIRTHDAY PARTY.
Henry White, 65 Today, Thirty Years
Diplomat.

q blpiOtIIdt.
Few Americans have served SO long
and we'll in Uncle Sans diplomatic
corps as Henry White, former United
States ambassador to Italy and
France. Mr.. White was born in Balti-
more Go years ago today, and he has
spent nearly half of his life in the
service of his country abroad He was
educated by private tutors and in the
schools of the United States ana
France, and began his diplomatic
service In 1888 as secretary of the
American legation at Vienna. The
following year he was transferred to
the London legation, and was made
secretary in 1856. In that capacity
he served under Ambassadors Robert
T. Lincoln. John Hay and Joseph H.
Choate. He was recalled during the
second Cleveland administration, but
upon the election Of President NC
Kinley- he returned to London. In
1898 he was the chief OF the embassy
as charge d affairs. In 1905 Mr.. White
was appointed ambassador to Italy
by President Roosevelt. and remained
at Rome for two years, when he was
made ambassador to France. His
service in Paris continued until De-
cember. 1909. when President Taft
sent Myron T. Herrick to Paris as his
successor.
Mr.. White is severe critic OF the
diplomatic policy OF the United States,
by which new ambassadors and min
listers are appointed ut each change of
the administration at Washington. AS
a case in point he recently discussed
the recall Of Ambassador Herrick, say
ing:
an no way could our sympathy for
France have been shown better than
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by his retention and in no way could
our Indifference have been shown than
by his recall. / am not criticising the
present administration consider
that President Wilson has done as
much, or more, for the diplomatic
service, than any of his predecessors.
Mr.. Herrick himself remained longer
than usual when change in parties
occurs. What I am criticising IS the
system which practically compeis a
quick change of ambassadors every
time new party gets into power. To
recall Mr.. Herrick was against our
interests and the interests Of the
French republic"
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WHO'S WHO IN THE WAR.
Captain 8oy-Ed.

Captain Boyd, the naval attache
Of the German emassy at Washington,
who was recently accused OF being
the head of German secret service
organization in the Jlhited States, has
"a reputation as one OF the most bril-
liant of the younger officers OF the
kaiser's navy. Before coming to
America, Captain Boyd was Cor five
years chief lieutenant of Grand Ad-
nniral Won Tirpitz, and the head Of the
news division" or intelligent depart
u1ent of the navy department in Ber-
lin. In the latter capacity he carried
on systematic newspaper propaganda
: In behalf of legislation for naval ex-
pansion. In these press campaigns
Captain Boy-Ed ana his assistants
urged the immediate necessity OF
more and larger super-dreadnoughts
and submarines. Captain Boyd is
IS years old and is the son of a Turk
ish father and a German mother. The
latter is a woman OF recognized liter
nry ability and one OF the most popular
!, OF the German feminine writer's OF
fiction, her works being published
under the name OF Ida Boy-Ed. Cap
tain Boyd Is above the average in
height. and Is massive and broad
shouldered OF physique. He speaks
English with scarcely an accent. AL
%
ington, Captain Boyd has for some
time maintained an office in New York
and has spent much OF his time in that
city. The statement that Captain Boy
Ed was implicated in plot to send
German reservists to England as spies
by supplying them with fraudulent
American passports was made by
Richard Peter Stegler. a young Ger
man, who was arrested in New York,
but was promptly denied by Captain
Boy-Ed. AS the man who aroused pub.
lie opinion in Germany in favor of
naval increases. Captain Boyd is
h0nored by his supreiors as one of the
foremost figures in the kaiser's navy.
BRAND.
Aristide BRAND. former premier of
France, and now minister of justice
IN the viviani war cabinet of the re.
public, win be SO years old tomorrow.
having been born at Nantes. March IS.
1862. He began his political career
Aa socialist. and was elected to the
Chamber of Deputies. In the Clemen-
ceAu cabinet he was minister of JUS
dce and public worship. In 1909 he
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kerosene for the Hands.

Kerosene will clean your hands bet
ter than anything else after backing
o range or stove. Pour little in the
water. wash your hands in 1t, then
wash them In tepid water. and finally
with plenty Of soap and stiH nail
brush in hot water. Finish UP by rub
bling the hands with lemon Juice, rose,
water or glycerine.
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All Right Without "ExpIana.Ion.,

please read me the poem yours
reading mother?" begged a little boy
sweetly. But I'm afraid it's too old
for you. dear" his mother answered.
I'm afraid you wouldn't be able to
understand It." "oh, yes. would"
was the calm answer. $50 long rs you
didn't try to explain"
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Pa was reeding in the paper the
other day about how to maik the hoam
happy. The story wich toald about
how to maik hoam happy was in a
Sunday paper, & ma toald pa not to
beeleeve it. but pa believed it Jest
the saim, & he sed, now we are going
to be reel happy. We are going to
have party & play sum gains that
The paper tells about" Ma asked pa,
please not to have the party, but pa
is stubborn, so he asket lot of peepul
up to the house last mite.
Thare was Mister = Missus, Finne-
gan e Mister & Missus Nelligin.
Thare was sum of pas men trends,
witch cain. too. without thare wives
beekaus thay was bachelors.
Now, foxes. sed pa, the main reason
for my having you all heer tonite was
perhaps a selfish one. l wanted to
have goodly crowd here SO l cud
try out sum Of these new gains. The
first of these gains Is a poetry con-
test. Eeech of the gests will have a
card on witch will be found words at
the end of 4 dotted lines. Then thay
all looked at thare cards & the cards
looked like this:
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IN SPRING MILLLlVERY

die, Fairmont; e. r. Patton, Parkers-
burg; w. J. Parkhill, Clarksburg; IT,
w. Heironemous, Grafton; Frank r.
Scroggins. Wheeling; =. e. Cole, Char.
lesion. and Walter Shaw. Parkera-
burg. 1t is understood that either
Charleston or Huntington will be
chosen as the next meeting place.
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Now, sed pa. the idee is to fill in
words to maik the stanzy. Now ladies
& gents talk yure corners & git busy
wen / ring the gong.
Then everybody asked pa what was
the prize, & pa sed, that is part of the
gain. the prize is secret. The one
I) that marks the best verse gifts the
prize, but will not tell you until the
gain is oaver what the prize is. Now
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SureI

"Why has baseball obtained such q
hold ON the people OF your country"
asked the foreigner.
Because the fellows who can't play
It can always qualify as expert critics."
replied the American.
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Wa,Il Go FlftY.fftY.

Dear Luke-You say, Always laugh
at mans jokes, and some day he will
lend you money when you need it"
Now, know where to go for succor
mot sucker) when l am in Cincinnati
have been laughing at your jokes for
three years.-Heine, Dayton, o.
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Why not build castles in the ARR
For they are wonderfully fair,
And when complete cost not cent,
You pay no taxes and no rent.
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Correct.

Every time pick up paper see
some new fool proposition" said the
old fogy. Now It is civic center
What IS Sam Hill Is civic center?"
"A garbage wagon" replied the
crouch.
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Bis Of Byplay
By Luke MeLuke
Copyright. 1915, the oinctuuast
Enquirer
By Luke McLuke
WunI

Theae singing folks give me a pain,
They have no reasoning,
For when the music says Refrain"
They always start 10 sing.
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Calling Him Down.

AT least four times she called him down.
And yet his features wore no frown.
For. rs he mapped upstairs. the sinner.
She called him down to get his dinner.
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Paw knowe Evorythine

Wtllie-Paw, what Is q masterful
husband7
Paw-A man who can make his wife
do anything she wants to do. my son.
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Things to Worry About.
The shah Of Persia has the tails of
his horses dyed crimson.
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o. Howe Perfect is treasurer Of the
Huntington Moving Picture company
Of Huntington, Ind.
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Another Fatal Flash.
"Unloaded" gun.
Just for fun.
All done.-A. H. T.
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Daily Health Hint.

Daily HoaIth hint.
Never try to nail two sticks Of dynG-
mite together.
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Tipperary. Norfolk and Military
styles or plain Mannish effects:
blues, blacks, black-and-white
checks. sand, putty. etc. Many
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-05-18

game for my boys is always in de
ping OBJ condition and don't need no
work like your bunch OBJ would-be's.
81 know faint de custom to give out
in advance of de games de lineup but
I'm willin dat you hab mine as all OF
my youngsters are loyal and will
stand by me- Besides dis dey is all
under contract to play for me and de
contracts amt got no ten days claws
in dem neither. My boys will play de
game like dis:
J. Weille, shortstop; G. Alexander,
third base; T. Ates, catcher; B. Beall,
first base; D. Hammett, second base;
NJ. Kilk, rightfeld; r. P. Jones, left
field; B. Dearman, deep center; d.
Easterlery, Pitcher.
"As I sed, l let you fix de time and
will sho you some ball team what
am a team. From the way your dubs
would stack up wild my bunch of hus-
kies I can leave dem all to town cept
my pitcher and deep center fielder.
"As 1 sed, 1 lets you said when ana
l am redy for you"
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to the college, saying that she wanted
to remain at Mr.. Pigford's home. She
was allowed to remain and her father,
the Rev. G. B. Hines, of Lake Charles,
notified. He is en- route to Meridian
and is expected to arrive here this aft
ernoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Pigford state that aft
err talking with the girl for short
while they discovered that she acted
strangely. Continued questioning illic-
tied the information that she was
student at the college. Mr.. Pigford
Immediately telephoned Prof. Beeson,
who responded to the call in an auto
mobile. Seeing that the young lady
was in good hands and her evident
dislike to returning, she was left at
the Pigford home until her father,
who had been notified, could reach
the city.
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AMERICA WANTS NO
NATIONS PROPERTY
CONTINUED From Page One)

the right of liberty and justice and
stripes of blood spilled to vindicate
those rights; and then in the corner,
a prediction of the blue serene into
which every nation may swim which
stands for these great things.
"The mission of America is the only
thing that a sailor should think about;
he has nothing to do with the formu-
lation of her policies; he is to support
her policy whatever it is-but he is to
support her policy in the spirit of her
self, and the strength of our policy is
that we, who for the time being adj
minister the affairs of this nation, do
not originate her spirit, we attempt to
embody it; we attempt to realize it in
action: we are dominated by it, we do
not dictate it."
The big fleet of warships which has
been at anchor in the Hudson River
for the last ten days, steamed past the
President for final review today, and
put to sea- The President was sta
toned on the Mayflower AS each
craft passed, it gave the Presidential
salute of 81 guns. Tens of thousands
Hooked to vantage points to view the
five mile procession.
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The "EederaLs" NOW.
Appear to GiUe the.
CHyLeague Trouble.
"sHoRTYv ROBERTS HAS A TEAM
WHICH HE WANTS TO FACE
o. 3. WITH.

And now have come forth the Fed
erals to give trouble and more work
to the members of the City Baseball
League.
Just as ]. B. Grains Lumbermen's
team was getting in shape to take
on all corners, and threatening to do
TO them what it had done to both the
Bankers and the Transportation
teams-refuse to let them score even
one-an OUTLAW team comes on the
scene. and issues def.
This, signed by C. B. (Shorty) Rob-
ers. manager of the "Hattiesburg
Baseball Company, of the Federal
League" was received by Mr. Grain:
"You think you got some ball team,
don't you? | don't think you done so
much when you tucked out on dem
railroad boys and de banker kids.
OF course dey amt got much teams
and. too. luck was agin EN- or you and
your buch er dubs never would git by
wild them games. Now, if you think
you're so much me and my boys would
like to take little fall out 'er you. |
hear YOU done been CROWN bout your
pitcher. / want to show you what a
pitcher looks like. l wants to show
YOU a team what am a team, and if
you got a team like you say we will
have a game wots sho nuf game.
"NOw, mister manager, if you Amt
skeered. you and your bunch of dubs,
lets have a game. Any day you think
Won have a real ball team let me
know let you name de time for de