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The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-21
A Proud Grandfather.

MT. Wilson is now the proud pos |sessor of two grandchildren. The first |of these was born to his second daugh- ter, Jessie, who is the wife of Francis B. Sayre, a talented and cultivated man she met while engaged in her pet hobby of settlement work. MT. Sayre is now attached to one of the big universities, having entered field to which his talents peculiarly fit him.
 This baby bears the proud name of Francis Woodrow Sayre, and those who have been granted peeps into the home life of the White House say that this youngster wields far more in- fuence over his grandfather than all the senators and congressman put to- gether.
 The second grandchild followed the marriage of Miss Eleanor Wilson, the Presidents youngest daughter, to MT. William G. McAdoo, Secretary of the Treasury, and in consequence, a mem- Der of the official Family" A daughter was born to this union and the little girl was named for her grandmother. Mrs. McAdoo's late mother. Those who have seen the President with this little mite coddled in his arms can we'll appreciate what a blessing she and her little cousin, Francis Woodrow Sayre, have been to their grandfather in times so fraught with tense anxiety and tracking work.
 Sacrificed All For Duty. Those who have watched the course of the President in the last four years have been granted an opportunity to see him in a new light, now that his
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ment of the resignation of MT. William J. Bryan from the Presidents Cabinet. MT. Bryan has conscientious scruples as to our foreign policies when pitted against his well-known attitude to- ward peace at any price and there fore he adopted the only course open to him and that the relinquishment of a post he could not conscientiously hold. The President promptly ac- cepted his Premier's resignation and thereby paved the way for the ap- pointment of man in every way fitted to administer the delicate affairs of state he long had intimate knowl- edge of.
 The smoothness and celerity with which the matters of state have been handled since MT. Robert Lansing en- tered the Cabinet amply prove how completely in accord he and the President are. No sooner had MT. Lansing taken hold of his office than MT. Wilson needed the lure of New Hampshire's hills and went away for "a much needed and long deferred va cation, the first he had had since the war started. MT. Wilson will never cease |, bless the day that Robert Lansing entered his official family and so capably and manfully shouldered a portion of the burden that had all but crushed the President the several months preceding.
 Wins A Beautiful Bride.
 But there is 8 more personal and intimate side to the Presidents req sons for offering such devout thanks this year-primarily his approaching marriage. All the world loves a lover
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smell like Thanksgiving Day.

smell like Thanksgiving Day.
 Cranberry molds. set along in rows, resemble ranges of hills in miniature and the preparing and sorting of the various accessories would give any but a trained strategist mild case of delirtum. On Thanksgiving Day the tables for even the lowliest enlist ed men are made attractive and their contents destroy at one fell swoop that long-believed myth about the ex- traordinary difference between the holiday fare and that served to the officers mess.
 Turkey. fresh vegetables. olives, pickles, mince pie, fruit, coffee and so on constitute the meal.
 Contests on Deck.
 To enliven matters some of the men take their dessert on deck and indulge in fearful and awe inspiring pie-eating contests; the winner getting a prize and the also-rans feeling that they have not lost anyway Then there are the deck or gymnasium sports, in- Icluding potato races. the already men,
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first term of office is drawing to q close. Taking a firm hand on the helm of the ship of state MT. Wilson has permitted nothing to interfere with what he deemed his proper course of action. At frequent intervals 1t was announced he would so to San Francisco and there view the mag nificent pageant staged by the Panama Exposition Commission. Aside from the pleasure and recreation to be de- rived from such a trip there were few who believed he would neglect this opportunity to address the assembled multitudes on the questions of the hour and then and there launch his boom for reelection to the White House. It was q golden opportunity that could not be overlooked.
 But seemingly MT. Wilson was actu- ated by higher motives. His duty, as he saw 1t, came first, and while his political advisers pleaded with him and tried to impress upon him that he was committing political suicide by neglect ing such chance, the President clung to the belief that he was performing his whole duty by remaining at his post. and this he did.
 Few there are who doubt for. a mo- ment that the President will again come before the people as @ candidate for reelection, yet so far no word has come from him to officially confirm these views. All efforts on the part of Wilson zealots to launch his boom. so far, have met with stern disap- proval at the White House. MT. Will son has maintained a dignifed and inviolate silence on the subject and even his most intimate friends truth
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fully assert that they know no more about his real plans to this end than the average readers of newspapers.
 Now that the President has fallen victim to the shafts of Dan Cupid it is impossible to even hazard a guess as to just how he will spend his Thanksgiving Day. That the greater part of the day will be passed Ut the side of his beautiful flancee none doubts As both are devotees of out door life and sports In general. 1t is reasonable to suppose that, weather permitting, automobiling and golf will each come in for their share of at- tention. President Wilson has certain set and old fashioned views a. to the observance of fixed holidays and 1t is not to be supposed he will deviate from his accustomed course on this Thanks giving Day. Doubtless there will be a family gathering at the White House and Mrs. Gait in all probability will be among those present.
 His Red-Letter Day.
 But Thanksgiving Day will go down in history as red-letter day in Presi- dent Wilson's life, for, as said before. he has everything to look forward to in life that really makes Ife worth while. His popularity as the Nations Chief Executive Is at high tide, even those who are not in accord with him politically admitting that the really big and perplexing and delicate problems that have cropped up in his admin istration have been handled in mas terly and statesman-like manner. Some profess that he has made serious blunders. but when they come to an- alyze these mistakes they find their arguments easily answered and dis posed of by those who put aside party lines and review his career on purely broad and national lines.
 But none can gainsay that the Presi- dent, whose rather lonely and secluded life since he entered the White House has struck sympathetic chord in the hearts of his many friends. is now entering upon @ new era and that he has many real blessings for which to thank his Creator next Thursday, the day he officially set aside for such ex- pressions of gratitude.
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toned boxing bouts, wrestling matches, bag races, tugs of war and when possible-boat crew races, when championships for the year and the fleet are often determined.
 Since the "new dances came into vogue the tango and one-step and variations of all the standards are in- dulged in by the men, who accom- plish feminine roles by merely tying Eandkerchiefs around their arms, and there are the inevitable choruses and solos-for every battleship con- tains some vocalists who might have made opera singers or, at least. extra men in musical comedies.
 There is q band aboard every man of war and music is not just a holi- day feature. The men, however rare- fly sing of home when Thanksgiving Day Is being spent in foreign ports, as that would induce longing and dis content. and the day must be one of genuine. as well as official good
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cheer. Proper religious services are included in every such celebration and the chaplains take no small part in the general celebration.
 Supplies for the Vessels.
 Paymaster- General Samuel Me- Gowan is the individual who has so revolutionized transportation and bids" and such things that every man of every vessel can eat fresh, in- stead of canned, vegetables with his turkey and have his turkey. too. with out any attendant howls of disappro- val from an economical Congress.
 In former years one could gauge the distance of the fleet from base by the bill of fare of the mess tables leach succeeding week reducing the quantity of fresh meats and green stuff. Now. however. there are re- frigerator boats, which stalk the war ships and replenish their stores before |the latter are reduced to an uncom-
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fortable scantiness. s..i.. Perhaps one reason why Paymaster General McGowan is so keenly inter- ested in the welfare of the men is because, unlike most holders of the position of aymaster-General, he was not appointed to 1t direct from l. civil life, but advanced after years of serving on various war ships and cruising about the world, spending each Thanksgiving in a different port or latitude.
 Recalls Odd Thanksgiving. In reminiscing of Thanksgiving he began, like Alice in Wonderland, "at the beginning" recalling the first one spent in the navy.
 i've did not enthuse especially over the substantial portion of the menu that day." he said. whimsically. be cause we had enjoyed CD turkey three time a day for many weeks-had it because there was nothing else to eat |-and would much rather have par taken of juicy bcefsteak.
 'The fleet was near the port of Tar sus-that same Tarsus to which Saint Paul alluded as mo mean city'-but lit must have changed nightly since then. Certainly, 1t did not impress me as any place to spend Thanksgiving.
 However, went up in the interior and called on the Vali, or Governor, drank many cups of Turkish coffee and tried to chat with my host. But as my Arabic was just about as good as his English we did not have a very .enlightening conversation. l remem- Der vividly how very homesick was! At night I came back to the ship and we had big Thanksgiving din- ner with everybody trying to be won derfully enthusiastic and toasting 'sweethearts and wives (of which l had, and have, neither) and carefully avoided all mention of home.
 Another Thanksgiving. which spent under entirely different condi- tions, comes to mind because 1t was then that learned to eat pumpkin pie. You know down where I come from"-Admiral McGowan is a son of Dixie-land with a most pronounced Southern accent---"we never went in very much for eating pumpkins; thought. them better for feeding to hogs than to humans. But that Thanksgiving found me attached to the Wolverine, later the Michigan, at her station port. Erie. Pennsylvania. Incidentally, was one of the few officers connected with her around
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natives" of foreign port at that time.
 Of course the elaborateness of tho days exercises depends upon the tal- ent of the crew and the size of the ship. Athletic rivalry is often intense among various vessels of the fleet, and when one possesses an especially clever boxer, or fox trotter, or pie eater, or singer. the others are sure to learn it--there is no hiding of lights under bushels at such times-and his ability lends added lustre to the pro- gram.
 Turkey for Hundreds.
 Prior to any such exhibitions, how ever, comes the feast of the day. And preparing it is certainly an Augean task! Aboard the flagship Wyoming there are about 1900 men; think how much turkey they can eat Imagine making mince pies for as many men as one sees in the bleachers at a base ball game on day when the home team has been going good!" Problems in arithmetic are neces- sary in order to determine the quan- tity of rations served. If twelve hun dred men each consume a generous .helping" of mashed potatoes and then ask for more (and there is no restriction as 10 a mans appetite) how many potatoes would a cook have to well anybody can see that it is quite a problem.
 And always, everywhere, in every port, latitude and longitude and in | the face of almost insurmountable diff hcuity of transportation, there is TURKEY. Hamlet minus the princi- | pal role would be 8 mere incident compared to a navy dinner without "the noble bird"
 The busy housewife, ordering and directing the proper browning of her own family turkey, just ought to glimpse the rows of huge ovens and crosses and grosses-if such plural izing be permissible-of those battle l ship birds!
 The combined aroma of them. aris- ing from an entire fleet. must make Ia whole section of the Atlantic ocean
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Nation S Chief Executive he Proud Grandfather of wo Lusty Youngsters, About to Acquire One of he Capitals s Most Beau. |iful and Cultivated Wo-
 nen As a Wife.
BY A. R. PARKHURsT, JR.

YZE HEN President Wilson issued A W his Thanksgiving Day Procla- AA W nation several weeks ago it |~ is extremely doubtful if there |ere any among the readers of this ficial document who had more to be ankful for than the writer of the me. Blessings have been showered Don the President in the closing year his four-year term, and while the ation, generally, is devoutly thankful at 1t has been blessed with so strong hand on the helm of the ship of ate in these troublous times yet MT. ilson, personally, has so much to be ateful for, there is little wonder that
 more exultant note did not find it's ay into the annual message setting |rth the last Thursday in November a day of general thanksgiving. l No President of the United States |nce George Washington has been |nfronted with so many staggering oblems as have arisen in the admin |Erative path of Woodrow Wilson. ected upon 8 platform that com Fitted him to a legislative programme
 
 ort of revolutionary, he battled sin |ehanded and alone until he whipped Fhostile Congress into line and forced to live up to the pledges the Demo- |atic party had made to a credulous |nstituency.
 Few there were who, for a lent, |lieved that "The Schoolmaster" Euld bring about a fruition of these |lomises. A tariff had to be amended; new and sweeping reform in the |rrency system effected; 0 definite I'd radical foreign policy instituted; |Ingry politicians kept in the back ound and those who had visions of |hsting at the Federal pie counter Eegated to the party's scrap heap, K say nothing of the President being Freed to assume the burdens that |shtfully belonged to his Cabinet. f Mexico A Perpetual Thorn. |sumed such proportions in the early |hges of the Wilson administration to necessitate the sending of a bat N fleet and United States Marines to Era Cruz and the border. The l, goes cried loud and blatantly for |Irmed interference" and jeered the |Yatchful waiting policy of a man Ao stolidly declined to see this nation |pnged into a long-drawn-o out and body war with guerilla bands that hmed the hills and plains of the |iter republic. The worst in that |;broglio is over and so far we have |taped with the loss of a few lives, | s. Marines killed by Mexican snip | at Vera Cruz, and a few soldiers |lot down on the border by Mexican |Indits. Better by far as it is than
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,hough On the High Seas Or In Foreign Ports, the Officers and Menof Our Navy Observe the Great National Day = Elaborate Preparations On Every Vessel To Celebrate the Occasion.
BY CAROLYN CROSS.

THANKSGIVING DAY in the navy isn't what 1t used to bel But neither officer nor enlisted man states the fact with remin- lent sadness of tone. For many trs ago, and many years less than It .and, indeed, until very recent trs, the Plymouth Rock anniversary Is a day anticipated for months lsad because it would bring turkey n trimmings" to every man aboard lp in the navy. But now--well, the Ilormen are not any less patriotic, ly they have such improved food hditions that a holiday has lost some its desirabilities, at least from a finary standpoint.
 In every other respect Thanksgiv- X Day is just as longingly antici- Fed, for greater freedom is allowed b men and events, unheard of in X "old days" enliven the ship dur f the forenoon and after dinner fl tea-or tiffen.
 {A1l sorts of athletic contests possible the floating gymnasium are i'm fged in and more than one promis- f White Hope" has made his debut holiday bcEl;.
 From the time sAey turn out every In aboard feels tangible difference the day. No matter what the Iather whether they be Ilr the equator or ploughing about crusted seas-it is Thanksgiving ly and there will be "doings."
 Every vessel of the navy must be iot ship-shape and for this purpose but a fourth of the men are told \ to look after the absolutely neces- Nv routine, such as cleaning, scrub fg, cooking and accomplishing the husand and one odd jobs man of kr is always providing.
 Whenever 1t is possible men are
 .mitted to go home for Thanksgiv-
 ! and of course their Day" becomes H individual holiday, but the major N simply go ashore for jollification. Theatre or a football game-if the set is in any home pqrt-or for what Fer happens to be provided by "the
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E HEN President Wilson issued a his Thanksgiving Day Procla- nation several weeks ago it
 is extremely doubtful if there
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1915-02-11
Leisure is a Most
Powerful Agent
By A. wANCEMANN. Chicago

duced there be capno residue by
unemployed be maintained But the product of aborwea
is greater then arises oerpus out of which, Immediately remotely
who does not by his labor the which
lives is supported
Thus Intellectual class becomes possible these being enabled to
leisure subjects which otherwise pressure
direct needs would leave them time
The of depends upon leisure me through wealth
mutation At present there exists accumulation of oepus wealth
which not fairly distributed but largely goes under present industrial
system of privilege production and distribution those controlling
special privileges.
1t sefevdent that eure the powerful agent
razng knowledge depends upon regularity which necessary wealth
production and upon the actual made to labor for changing the
bounty of work into wealth This neither fully
understood solve the problem fairly until enable the work.
ing through leisure gain better fundamental knowledge
of the relations of and poverty and the periodic effects of p
e production and distribution the welfare and destiny of ALL
Most persons think they time knowl
edge They prefer paat Thus vicious circle formed in
the minds intelligent and who that the social
and knowledge the be insured without the leisure
TO acquire and apply such knowledge the of democracy the
form of laws based upon understanding of the natural of
kind in wealth production and distribution which do not call for hec
book charity"
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1915-02-11
GIL Necessity Of Making
Farms More Attractive
By ]. Thomas MsthiOt. Banker. St. Paul, MINI.

This situation extremely Serious but may prove blessing
disguise 1t may impress the minds of the people of the
United States the absolute necessity of making the farm attractive
home center.
For the past decade there has been steady emigration from rural
districts the and cities Economists have preached against this
condition. socoo have endeayoed to point out the natural results
but the general public has paid little heed to their warnings
When the residents the congeste cen however, called
pay six ten cents loaf for bread and propoonate high prices
meat import problem will be brought them
The grain crops of this country this to be abnorma
large but they proporonate the population? In seeking refua
ton of the contention that they has merely into the ag
cultural states of the West Ten years the great wheat fields OF
Iowa titled by their content to take proper return for
their labor Today those farmers have turned into land spectators They
secured their quarter sections and moved into the
They have where their children have better educational facilities
the older their families find entertainment The
farms have been left to tenants.
This viii eventually not only essenng of the yield from the
lands but obbng of the soil The tenant has simply temporary
the land and consequently he going much from the
soil possible with as little nurturing possible.
This condition does prevail in Iowa alone 1t applies alike to
agricultural sections throughout the country.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1915-02-11
WHEN KIDNEYS ACT BAD
TAKE GLASS OF SALTS
Eat Less Meat If Kidneys Hurt or You
Have Baekaehe or Bladder Misery
Meat Forms Uric Acid.

No man or woman who eats meat
regularly can make a mistake by flush
ing the kidneys occasionally, says a
well-known authority. Meat forms
uric acid which clogs the kidney pores
so they sluggishly filter or strain only
part of the waste and poisons from
the blood, then you get sick. Nearly
all rheumatism, headaches, liver trou-
BILE, nervousness, constipation, dizzi-
ness, sleeplessness, bladder disorders
come from sluggish kidneys.
The moment you feel a dull ache in
the kidneys or your back hurts, or if
the urine is cloudy, offensive, full of
sediment, irregular of passage or at
tended by sensation of scalding, get
about four ounces of Jad Salts from
any reliable pharmacy and take a
tablespoonful in a glass of water be-
fore breakfast for few days and your
kidneys will then act fine. This IA
nous salts is made from the acid of
grapes and lemon juice, combined with
uthia and has been used for genera
tons to flush clogged kidneys and
stimulate them to activity, also to neu-
tralize the acids in urine so it no
longer causes irritation, thus ending
bladder disorders.
Jad Salts is inexpensive and cannot
injure; makes a delightful efferves-
cent Whitewater drink which all reg
ular meat eaters should take now and
then to keep the kidneys clean and
the blood pure, thereby avoiding se-
rious kidney complications.-AdY
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1915-02-11
u II human Being Cannot
Help Telling a Lie
BY M. A. BLISS. Attorney. Columbus. o.

The other side called expert prove that most everybody lies
entroduced statistics This declared that months
he had found that legislator 80 interviews had lied 10 times doctor
whom he had interviewed told IA lies in rs meetings. and young lawyer
40 conversations had departed from the truth % times An older
advocate faed 2S times in 40 conversations Out of ten remarks by
banker five untrue and literally statement made with
intention mead grocer in Is talks lied 40 times and the mans
grandmother he d managed get in fasehoods in eight
yersations.
Young married women according this expert prone
tell little lies than Others for the young whom he had kept tab
told untruths Is times in II calls.
In months this mans girl he declared told $50 lies In
all he had kept 37 Conversations and there 1924 lies Oh
this number 100 aabe vanity told the
speakers personal interests so put forth conceal embar
RAISING defect so nure other person. and so to make
for not doing what had been promised.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1915-02-11
Curing Drunkards by
Law Not Pleasing

does very little good arrest for inebet, which al
form of disease, and should be treated SUCH
The city county United Charities should establish free home
dunds could be confined for few weeks and given the liquor
cure
But people afford them have they The least
desire to do
But if they there instead Of to prison when arrested
they could be compelled to take the
What blessing would be to their families when they returned
home cured Of the Of drink