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The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-08-10
NO ANSWER REQUIRED
BY HELEN DERBY.

Philip Corning rolled up the ar
chitect's blue prints and put them in {
drawer Of his desk.
Tell Mr.. Nelson that will give hin
my opinion later about the plans" be
said to the architects assistant. 81
have to consult-another person"
When he was alone Philip took out
the plans and gloated over them. He
and Rosamund had pored over them
all winter, and they had agreed that
the house would be perfect Nelson
the architect. had almost lost his pa
thence as the young lovers ordered first
one change and then another in the
plans of the house.
And now the worm had turned. The
temperamental Mr.. Nelson had de-
clared that it was an utter impossible.
ity to build fight Of stairs in the
manner directed by the future Mrs.
Corning.
Now. Rosamund Delway was tenn
peramental as we'll as Oscar Nelson /;
therefore. when Philip broke the news
to her over the telephone and limited
that they must sit tight and accept
the plans as they were without fur
Their changes, Rosamund promptly in.
formed him that she simply must in
sist upon changing the pantry to the
other side of the kitchen because she
had decided that the pantry space
would be larger and. facing the east
end Of the house. she could have what
she had always desired-a pantry win
dow overrun with morning glories.
1T would be so cute to see them
every morning" she purred over the
wire.
1T will be cute to see Nelson's face
when you offer him that argument"
he chuckled.
81 don't intend to see him--you must
tell him, Phil"
81? Not on your life, darling" And
he had followed this inelegant remark
with such wise reasoning that Rosa.
mund few into a pretty temper and
told him he could live alone in his old
house.
Thereupon she had hung up the re.
ceiver and Philip had continued to
stare at the space ahead of him with
blank incredulity in his eyes until cen
trails acid voice had twice demanded
Number"
That is how 1t happened that Philip
was alone when a messenger boy
brought him a small. square, white
package sealed with red wax bearing
Rosamund's monogram.
wait. boy" ordered Philip, break
ing the seals. but the lad was half
way down the outer office.
Philip glared at the sight Of the en-
gagement ring he had given Rosa
mund. So the engagement was broken
and she wouldn't listen to reason.
She had said, mo answer required"
He locked the cS,.g In his safe and
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-08-10
Ships Officer Brings Back
Vivid Story From Europe

in good health. He sen. by me to
his friends in Savannah best regards
Mr.. Stovall looks rested and shows
no signs of the strain he met have
undergone since the war developed
in Europe. He wanted to know par
ticularly if it was hot in Savannah.
ut is not impossible to travel in
Europe, but very difficult l got
passport from the French govern
ment as well as the English and had
them vised by the Swiss consul
While travelling through these three
countries | saw none of the fighting,
but there was plain evidence of
war on all hands. At Victoria Sta
ton, for instance, l discovered the
railway service had for the better
part been taken over by the govern.
ment in handling the troop move
ment. In England there is less in
dications of the strife than in
France, which has been hard hit.
London Theatres.
The theatres in London are going
at full blast under government en-
couragement with the dual purpose
of supporting the theatrical profess
sion and to sustain the courage of
the nation. In Paris all places of
amusement are dark and deserted
while the thespians are in the
trenches in Northern France. Matt
nees are held at the Coincide Fran
caise, the benefits from which are
devoted to the care of the wounde
soldiers and the Red Cross. There
is no CONSUMPTION in England, but
when we left there was strong talk
of it. The allies are confident of
ultimate victory
Mr.. Peter likened Switzerland to
an island surrounded by turbulent
ticularly, of course, to the contend
storm-torn waters, referring par
ing nations, which. for selfish ends,
would tread upon Swiss soil if they
dared. The magnificent army is on
duty, however, guarding the bound
aries and the visitor does not think
it probable the Swiss will be drawn
into the maelstrom.-Sa
Press.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-08-10

Paris, once the gayest city in the
world, hard hit by the great Crop
can war, shows now but half of the
formal life of the gay French me-
tropolis. Instead of the fiaring
lights and the merry laughter OF
women, mourning is now shown on
every hand for the fallen soldiers .
The streets resound at night with
the footballs of the soldiers coming
and going from their posts and
points where they are being trans
formed into fighting items for the
firing line. All lights are exiting
ushed at 10 o'clock every night and
while the people sleep the search
lights, cutting great paths of light
across the sky, play about illumin-
ating the heavens on the never
ending watching for hostile air
craft. Hundreds of the shops are
closed.
France mOurns for her dead, said
Mr.. E. A. Peter, second officer on
the steamship Georgiana, which
made port today from Newport,
ENGLAND, via Brunswick. He de-
scribed the above brief word picture
of the French metropolis. But
while she mourns. the people offer
cbeerfully their sons to meet the
German invaders
Arrived Today.
The Georgiana, owned by Messrs.
Walker-Armstrong & Co., of Savan-
nah, reached her home port this
morning. The vessel sailed from.
Newport, July Is, and made Bruns-
wick on the last day of the mont l..
The vessel with huge American flags
painted on either side encountered
no German submarine or ither sea
fighters on the voyage, but met in
Vulnerable ships of war under the
British flag. The homeward trip in
every way was uneventful.
Had to Wait.
when we left Savannah for I.iv
erpool on May | had no idea of
travelling through Europe said
Mr.. Peter I'VE reached Liverpool
en- May % and found shipping so
c0ngested that the vessel was fore
cd to wait five and one-half weeks
before being warped into the docks
TO discharge. The time hung heavy
on our hands and the plan of visit
ing my people at Berne was then
conceived. l secured passport
from Ambassador Nelson Paige at
London and planned the route
through London, Folkston, Boul-
ogne, Paris and Berne
Saw Colonel Stovall.
Let me say first that | looked up
Mr. Pleasant A. Stovall, the Ameri-
can minister to Switzerland. as soon
AS reached Berne and found him
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-08-10
LIFE UNDERWRITERS

San Francisco, Aug. l0.-The Ma
ticnal convention of the Life Under
writer's Association was opened here
today. The delegates from the East
arrived on two special trains. which
came via the Salt Lake City route.
Every insurance society and most of
the big agents are here. State and
government officials will address the
delegates
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-08-10

Nests Worth Weight In Gold.
The edible birds nests Of the Chi.
nese are worth twice their weight in
silver, the finest variety selling as high
as $40 a pound.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-08-10

At Bootoa 2, st. Louis O.
At Ph1ladelphia 4, Chicago 8.
At Nov York 1, Cleveland l..
AZ 6ehfnston 3, Detroit 5.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-08-10

At Little Rock s, Birmingham 3
At Chattanooga 3, Atlanta /
At Nashville 2, Mobile 1
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-08-10

At c1Svo1and 2, Minneapolis B.
AT ln1Innapolis 3-5, st. Paul AL.
Oh - 10NIeyille 9-3, Milwaukee IL.
~ co1unbus-Kansas City, rain.
~ Co9eland 4, Kansas City 5.
A. Co1onbus 5, Minneapolis 4 Go
~ quf1ville 2, St. Paul 8 Us
- 1n41nnapolis 5, Milwaukee 1.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-08-10

At Brooklyn l, Chicago 2.
At Baltimore o, st. Louis 3.
At Newark "A, Kansas City 0-2
At Buffalo 6, Pittsburg 3.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-08-10
st News In the World OF SPORTS

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The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-08-10

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The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-08-10

At Chicago 0, Brooklyn 13.
"a At Cincinnati 5, Philadelphia 4
AZ st. Louis 2, Boston 6.
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The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-06-28
EYE OF SAVAGE AND OURS

EYE Or SHVAGE ANU OOkSs-
Do savages have better eyesight than
civilized people. have been told that
they haVe.-Reader.
It is true, declares an eminent stu
dent (Prof. Haddon of Cambridge,
Eng.), that savage and half civilized
people have better eyesight than the
normal European or American. But,
he adds, the degree of superiority is
not very marked.
It is no doubt true that the great
strain upon civilized" eyes, the con-
slant use of them, and the work done
in artificial light, is responsible for
the inferiority of Civilized" eyesight.
On the other hand, this is partly bal
anced by the care and expert treat
ment that it is possible for the civil
lied person to give his eyes, and
which is entirely unknown to the saw
age.
This leads to the observation that
the eyes of man today are very sim
liar to the eyes of men who lived
thousands of years ago. This is shown
by the writings Of the ancients. The
normal eye today can see as many
stars as could the man who lived
thousands of years ago. He can see
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-06-28

the strikers and the people of Chi
cago were the two Socialist alder
men.
l have never voted the Socialist
ticket, except for Guinea, and have
said a number of times that if Social
lists were elected to office, there would
be no difference between them and
any other oficeholders. But if the
Socialists can produce any more who
will fight for the people like the two
men they now have in the city coun-
Gil, I'll be with them.
If they had not been in the city
council there is no doubt in my mind
that the streets of this city would
have run with the blood of street car
men shot down by the hirelings of
the street car company. AS far as 1
am concerned l am willing to give
credit where credit is due, even
though the men are Socialists
James L. Robinson.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-06-28
with the naked eye the same num-
Der of stars, no more-and no less.

1900
ToDAY'S OLDEST STORY
Dallas, Tex, June 26.-This yarn
"a true one-is about a millionaire
with enough coin to choke the Hoo
sac tunnel and a plain ordinary old
mule, "Maud's Brother"
The millionaire is Col. E. H. R.
Green, who owns few railroads,
some land and other more or less
valuable goods of this world, includ-
ing "Maud's Brother" The colonel
wanted to drill for oil at Cash, Tex.
Being a gentleman with a strain of
sporting blood in his system, the col
onel decided to let "Maud's Brother"
determine where to start the first
drill.
The gentleman mule was turned.
loose and where he stopped to Craze
the drill was made If the colonel
strikes it rich ''Maud's Brother" gets
a pension-and should worry.
1870
HER SINISTER SIDE
She is the most charming of damsels,
forsooth,
Until she gets into the telephone
booth.
For there she sits chatting and CAB
bling along,
While outside the booth stands a half
frenzied throng.
Small matter your deals or the state
of your biz;
She has to tell Algy how handsome
he is.
And the haIf-frenzied throng NUT
tiers phrases uncouth
Addressed to the girl in the telephone
booth.
Courier Journal.
1870
Groom (from carriage Window)-
What has happened, driver?
D,-;1,ar Tho horse hoe fbI-ovTyp n
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-06-28

Groom (from carriage Window
What has happened, driver?
Driver - The horse has thrown
shoe!
Groom-Heavens, man, you. mean
to say the horse, too, knows we were
just married! --.--- -
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-03-12
How ToIstoy Made His viii.

The story of how Count Tolstoy
made his will is told in the annual of
the Tolstoy society by one of the wit
nesses and is reported by London Pub
lie Opinion. On July %, 1910, the
witness was summoned by a lawyer,
who said that Tolstoy wanted to make
his will without an hours delay. They
rode away at once to the meeting
place, mile from Tolstoy's home. He
met them and led the way into dense
forest.
In the thickest part of all, the mar
'ative continues, I'VE stopped at a big
stump of tree. Tolstoy sat down on
the stump, took fountain pen from
his pocket and asked for a sheet of
paper With feet crossed he began to
make the rough sketch of his will"
1t was completed, signed and wit
lessed then and there, and then: He
rose and going to his horse said to
me: How CHASTITY all this legal busi-
less is!' With an activity remarkable
in a man of eighty-two he swung him
self into the saddle and vanished
quickly in the dark greenery of the
underground"
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-03-12

| always is in the way in the summer
unless some provision of this kind is
made to take care of it. A house built
for large family should have plenty
Of storage, because each member Of
! the family has certain articles that re
quire special accommodation at certain
times during the year. The housewife
always finds something to store away
and often is puzzled to find suitable
place for such things
The general style of this house is a
modification Of the old plan Of util.
izing gables, but the new style of
dormer varies the gable monotopy In
fact, gables generally look well when
they are necessary to finish the end
of a roof, but they seldom look well
when built especially to light a bed,
room. Always there must be a rea,
sonable excuse for any outside house
extension, otherwise there is some
thing wrong with the architectural
effect.
The building Of chimney exposed
like this chimney almost always i'm.
proves the appearance Of the gable
end Of a house. The exposed part OF
the chimney, however, should be
treated in conformity with the general
style of the house. The finish of the
chimney should be in keeping with
the other outside decorations. Red
brick with lines Of white mortar usual
ly matches up nicely with dark-col
ored house with white trimmings. Also
rough-surfaced brick are in keeping
with shingle siding.
The manner of placing shingles also
has an influence on the general char
acter of the exterior decoration. The
outside appearance of a house is a
study in colors as well as design.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-03-12
Euxpt eetn More Rain Now.

Rain fell in torrents in Alexandria,
Egypt, during the rejoicings over the
accession of the new sultan. Some
fifty years ago the statement would
have seemed ridiculous; but of recent
years the climatic character of Egypt
has lost its consistency, and now we
have rain in places where none was
known before, and more rain where
there was very little. or only the gem
tie dew.
The English are believed to be re-
sponsible for the rain-with their new
channels for spreading over the land
the waters of the Nile. Cairo has only
two inches in the year, while 500 miles
up the Nile there is practically none
at all. Just as the plantation Of trees
In a desert will bring rain, so is Egypt
now a moister place because Of the
extension of cultivated lands. But 1t
is not likely that all our western civ,
ilization will ever destroy the won
derful dryness of Egyptian air with
which the constitutions Of invalids
and pyramids agree
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-03-12
MAKES BEST USE)
OF ROOF SPACE
Rooms in Attic the Particular De.
sire In This Architectural
Design.
INTENDED FOR LARGE FAMILY
Splendid Cellar is One Of lts chief
Advantases-Poreh Arrangement
Most PIeaslna-Espeelal Fsa.
ture ls Erect Given by
Window Llahts.

The manner OF building a wide root
gives the opportunity OF planning sew
eral rooms In the attic The house
shown In this design makes good use
OF the roof space that is ordinarily
given to the storage OF old shoes.
This is a good.slzed house for a
large family II was designed espe,
eially for town or village where the
lots are liberal In size. II has a good.
looking. prosperous appearance. as
though the family feels proud to own
such house.
II Is built with a good cellar for the
foundation, the wall OF which is put
up Just above grade line. From the
cellar wall the construction is OF stud.
ding In the ordinary way, except that
the toists OF the main floor do not rest
on the sill. The cellar wall is four or
i've feet in height, according to the
depth OF cellar required, 80 that the
ioists are supported by q ribbon set
Into the studding three or four feet
above the sill. From this studding
TlpOon up 10 the peak the mousse is
built In the usual way
II is desirable to have a depth OF
timber work between the wall and the
main floor sufficient to set the cellar
windows above the wall. The design
OF the front porch and the front porch
roof is little different from the ordl-
nary, but the effect is very pleasing,
The manner of starting the porch
roof close up against the front of the
dormer gives the appearance OF ex-
tending the dormer plan out over the
front ,eranda. 1t follows out the idea
OF relieving what would otherwise be
an extra wide roof. The front part Of
the veranda roof is supported by tim
bered porch columns, which are diff
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-03-12
Surnames of Royalty.

The royal families of Europe have
not generally a surname because
mostly (unlike the English houses of
Stuart and Tudor, which were the
respective surnames of the first king
Of each house before he ascended the
throne) they are descended in the
male line from some territorial counts
existing long previous to the period
In which the somewhat modern Gus
tom of surnames prevailed. King
George V, derives in the male line
from the ancient counts Of Victim
(fourishing in the tenth century,,
afterwards electors of Saxony. dukes
of SAKE Coburg Gotha, etc. His ances-
tors in the male line were of the house
of Este, one of whom, AzO of Este,
married early in the tenth century the
daughter and heiress of Guelph, duke
of Bavaria, from which match sprang
in the male line the dukes of Bruins
wick-LuenenbuTg, afterwards electors
of Hanover and kings of Great Britain.
The members of the British royal
family are described by their prince
ly titles in proceedings in the house
of lords, and no allusion is made to
any surname-for instance, they sign
the test roll merely by their pers nal
or Christian name, and we know
nothing of any surname which apper-
tanned by right or by usage to his late
majesty, King Edward, or to his maj.
esty, King George "
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-03-12
KEEP UP UNREST IN CHINA
FerVent Believers In Evil Spirits and
Kindred Invisible Agencies Source
Of Much Trouble.

Il is common belief among the ig
norant classes OF the Chinese that
the innumerable evil spirits OF the
dead are real and terrible demons
These demons are believed 10 be able
10 subject the relatives 10 the most
evil state OF bondage and suffering,
Superstition runs so rampant
throughout China, In spite OF the
sprinkle OF education and advances
made during the last decade by ocei.
dental commerce and missionary ef-
forts, that the average native firmly
believes In the existence OF invisible
agencies. These superstitlOus agen-
cies can mysterlously cut OF queues
and bring about sickness or accident
or other dire disasters.
Because OF this superstltlous fear
and belief in the presence OF evil do.
mons, many OF the Chinese are fire.
quently aroused TO the widest, most
uncomfortable state OF excitement.
These latter outbreaks manifest them
selves in different phases Of public
disorder and rloting. For example. in
1877 a panic broke out In which a
queue'cutting mania occurred.
The later Boxer outbreak was a g.
gantlo Illustration OF how supersti.
tious fear can arouse the average Mon
golian, Under the stress OF high ex-
citement and fever. the average Is.
norant Chinaman, led on by unscru.
pulous leaders. Is made 20 actually be-
lleve that all the laws OF nature have
for their especial benefit been sud.
denly repealed. The ignorant. super.
stitious mind OF the native is readily
worked up to the point where he be.
lieves he bears a charmed life and
that his body is inyulnerable TO rife
bullets, exploding artillery shells or
other missiles of war.
Difficult as 1t is to believe, there
are native fatallsts existing today in
China so wildly superstitious that
they believe no sword has ever been
forged which can cut their charmed
lives. Obviously, they have never
gone up against the real thing In oc-
cidental warfare, but 1t is with such
sophistrles that these fatalists in
flame the superstitious minds OF their
ignorant followers. The disturbing
and perilous element among the Ce.
lestials, with their wild superstltions,
is impossible TO estimate, but in spite
of the marvellous advances during the
last two decades, China is still filled
with such dangerous men. One of
the great needs of modern China is
some educational method whereby
these wicked and evil states of the
ignorant, superstitious mind of the Ce-
lestial can be oyercome.-Clyde Wit
mer.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-03-12

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The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1915-03-12

comes up TO the bottom OF the win.
dow. The two ohiha closets al the
sides extend up even with the top OF
the window 80 that the window h
framed and forms part Of the built-in
cabinet work. the trim OF which all
matches with the other woodwork both
In the dining room. parlor and front
hall.
The men folks are considered as
having some rights In this house. by
planning the library at the back end
OF the hall This library makes a very
cozy sitting room likely 10 be used
good deal, especially by men who car
ry their business accounts home With
them 20 go over In the evening.
The stair leading down to the cellar
is In the rear and at the side OF the
pantry. which is more convenient in
this house than the usual way Of go
Ing down TO the cellar under the front
stairs. This plan also gives a good
cloak closet In the front hall, a CON
venience that ia always appreciated.
Upstairs there are three good bed.
rooms and any amount OF closet room,
because the different clothes closets